Vol. 3The Great Dao and the Sects

Taiyi forged the Great Dao Gate while Tongtian fought the Sages, completed the Investiture of the Gods, and witnessed the Primordial World’s restoration. Taiyi reached a stalemate with the Heavenly Dao as Zhen Yuanzi became a Sage, and Tongtian threatened the newly founded Buddhist sect.

  • Lu Ya cursed Zhao Gongming with the Seven Arrows Book, and the Three Xiao Sisters used the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation to defeat the Exposition Sect immortals and kill Real Person Taiyi.
  • Wutian emerged from the chaos, possessed Kong Xuan, and fought Yuanshi Tianzun, while Di Xin brought Tongtian a story from another timeline.
  • Tongtian broke with Laozi and Yuanshi and formed the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, while Taiyi persuaded Nüwa to join the Alliance of Immortals and Demons.
  • Tongtian and Nüwa fought the four Sages inside the formation, but Laozi summoned the Heavenly Dao’s power to suppress Tongtian as Yuanshi neared death.
  • Tongtian killed Laozi and Yuanshi and destroyed the Exposition and Western Sects, then completed the Investiture of the Gods under Hongjun’s orders.
  • The Heavenly Dao reunited the four continental fragments, while Taiyi continued cultivating and learned that Laozi and Yuanshi had been revived.
  • Taiyi forged the Great Dao Gate and fought the Heavenly Dao to a stalemate, while Zhen Yuanzi proved the Great Dao of Earth and received an offer of a Sage Seat.
  • Jieyin and Zhunti founded Buddhism as Tongtian sent a sword light toward the Western Paradise Holy Land, alarming Amitabha Buddha and Buddha-Mother Zhunti.
Chapters 202–302 Read from ch. 202

Arc 9The Rise of Wutian

The Three Xiao Sisters and Kong Xuan rescued Zhao Gongming and challenged the Exposition Sect, but Kong Xuan’s battle with Yuanshi Tianzun was overtaken by Wutian, a heart-demon ancestor born from Taiyi’s divine sense. The Sages struggled against Wutian as Di Xin arrived to share a story from another timeline with Tongtian.

  • Lu Ya used the Seven Arrows Book with Nailhead to curse Zhao Gongming, while the Three Xiao Sisters fought to rescue their brother and Yunxiao uncovered the Exposition Sect’s trap.
  • Taiyi’s inner-demon power corrupted Chen Jiugong and Yao Shaosi, who killed Juliusun and Grand Master Lingbao as they traveled to seek Kong Xuan.
  • Kong Xuan and Nezha stole Zhao Gongming’s straw effigy from the Zhou Camp, and Kong Xuan used it to restore Zhao Gongming’s souls and spirits.
  • The Three Xiao Sisters defeated the Exposition Sect immortals with the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation and killed Real Person Taiyi.
  • Heart Demon Kong Xuan challenged Yuanshi Tianzun, who defeated him and pinned him beneath Qilin Cliff with the Qilin Seal.
  • Wutian emerged from the chaos, possessed Kong Xuan, and fought Yuanshi Tianzun with the reverse Five Elements and Fantian Seal.
  • Wutian shattered Yuanshi Tianzun’s Pangu Banner attack, leaving Laozi, Tongtian, Nüwa, Zhunti, and Jieyin alarmed by his power.
  • Di Xin arrived at Biling Palace with the Golden Winged Great Peng and told Tongtian that the jade slip he presented contained a story from another timeline, extracted by Taiyi.
Chapters 202–227 Summaries Read

Arc 10The Immortal Slaughtering Formation

Tongtian broke with Laozi and Yuanshi, while Taiyi secured Nüwa’s support against the Sages. The four Sages entered Tongtian’s formation, and the battle left Yuanshi near death as Laozi invoked the Heavenly Dao against Tongtian.

  • Di Xin persuaded Tongtian that Laozi and Yuanshi had turned against him, and Tongtian severed his ties with Yuanshi and declared he would also cut down Laozi.
  • Wutian revealed the return of the Devil Dao, spreading heart demons across the Primordial World before Tongtian formed the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation and gave Yuanshi three thousand years to prepare.
  • Taiyi visited Nüwa, exposed Yuanshi’s schemes and the Western Sages’ influence over Di Xin, and persuaded her to join the Alliance of Immortals and Demons.
  • Nüwa attacked Western Paradise with the Red Embroidered Ball, and Laozi, Yuanshi, Zhunti, and Jieyin later joined forces to challenge Tongtian’s formation.
  • Tongtian defeated Laozi’s One Qi Transforms into Three Purities and damaged his treasures, but Laozi and Yuanshi brought Zhunti and Jieyin to help break the formation.
  • Nüwa joined Tongtian inside the formation, where the four Sages attacked them and Tongtian’s sword strikes split Zhunti’s Seven Treasure Wonderful Brush Tree.
  • Tongtian shattered Laozi’s Heaven and Earth Exquisite Pagoda and wounded Yuanshi, while Nüwa tore away half of Zhunti’s Sage body.
  • As Tongtian nearly killed Yuanshi, Laozi rescued him and summoned the Heavenly Dao’s power to suppress Tongtian with his Yin-Yang Heavenly Dao.
Chapters 228–252 Summaries Read

Arc 11The Investiture and Reforging

Tongtian defeated the Three Sects, completed the Investiture of the Gods, and helped restore the Primordial Continent under the Heavenly Dao’s direction. Taiyi continued cultivating as Zhen Yuanzi prepared to prove Dao, while Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun were revived.

  • Taiyi began comprehending the Innate Five Tai Great Daos as Tongtian fought Laozi and Yuanshi, and Nüwa captured Zhunti and Jieyin in the Rivers and Mountains Map.
  • Tongtian killed Yuanshi and Laozi, shattered the Primordial Continent with the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, and destroyed the Exposition and Western Sects, while Shen Gongbao took charge of the Investiture of the Gods.
  • Hongjun summoned Tongtian, Nüwa, Zhunti, and Jieyin to Purple Cloud Palace, ordered Tongtian to complete the investiture, and forbade him from interfering in human dynasties.
  • Tongtian and Haotian arranged for Interception Sect disciples to receive heavenly offices, and Shen Gongbao conducted the investiture with Tongtian appointed Great Emperor of the North Star.
  • The Heavenly Dao used the Jade Creation Disc and World Source to reunite the four continental fragments, while Tongtian, Nüwa, Zhunti, and Jieyin calmed the surrounding seas.
  • Taiyi cultivated from the restored Primordial World as Zhen Yuanzi awakened at Longevity Mountain, completed his Dao of Earth, and declared his intention to prove Dao and become a Sage.
  • The system told Taiyi that the Heavenly Dao had revived Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun, and Taiyi chose cultivation, receiving the Source of the Great Dao of Craft.
Chapters 253–277 Summaries Read

Arc 12The Great Dao Gate

Taiyi forged the Great Dao Gate and fought the Heavenly Dao to a stalemate, while Zhen Yuanzi became a Sage and Taiyi agreed to help Houtu revive the Ancestral Witches. The Western Two Sages founded Buddhism, drawing Tongtian’s attack as the story left their new sect under threat.

  • Taiyi mastered the Great Dao of Artifacts as the Heavenly Dao revived Taiqing Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun, and Tongtian defeated Yuanshi Tianzun in their rematch.
  • Taiyi protected Zhen Yuanzi as he proved the Great Dao of Earth, and the Heavenly Dao offered him a Sage Seat.
  • Zhen Yuanzi considered the Heavenly Dao’s offer while the Sages gathered at Longevity Mountain to share their Dao insights.
  • Taiyi agreed to help Houtu revive the Ancestral Witches and began forging the Great Dao Gate from vast quantities of materials.
  • Taiyi completed the Chaos Spiritual Treasure and used it to battle the Heavenly Dao, whose withdrawal of the Three Thousand Heavenly Dao Laws disrupted the Primordial World.
  • Taiyi and the Heavenly Dao fought to a stalemate on the Chaos Primordial Continent, then ended their battle without either defeating the other.
  • Taiyi chose not to interfere when Jieyin and Zhunti founded Buddhism and received a portion of Buddhism’s Great Dao Source.
  • Tongtian sent a sword light toward the Western Paradise Holy Land, and Amitabha Buddha and Buddha-Mother Zhunti feared for their newly founded sect.
Chapters 278–302 Summaries Read
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