Chapter Summaries

Daoist Lu Ya challenged Zhao Gongming at Lintong Pass and nearly killed him with the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife, but Fairy Bixiao stopped the weapon with her Hunyuan Golden Dipper. Lu Ya fled to the Zhou Camp, where the Exposition Sect disciples mocked his retreat.

• Daoist Lu Ya confronted Zhao Gongming and demanded that he surrender and put his name on the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Zhao Gongming attacked, but Lu Ya immobilized him with the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife and ordered it to kill him.
• Fairy Bixiao struck down the flying knife with her Hunyuan Golden Dipper and forced Lu Ya to flee with the Golden Crow Rainbow Transformation Technique.
• Fairy Bixiao checked on Zhao Gongming, who recovered and returned with her to Lintong Pass.
• Lu Ya returned alone to the Zhou Camp, where Real Person Yellow Dragon mocked him for coming back so soon.

Daoist Lu Ya revealed a curse ritual that could kill Zhao Gongming and ordered Jiang Ziya to perform it, while the Twelve Golden Immortals and Daoist Randeng recognized the ritual would harm its caster. They left Jiang Ziya to carry out the plan, believing his death was part of his destined tribulation.

• Daoist Lu Ya argued that Zhao Gongming had advanced to Quasi-Sage Late stage, shocking Daoist Randeng and the remaining Golden Immortals.
• Pressed to demonstrate his abilities, Daoist Lu Ya claimed his Seven Arrows Book with Nailhead could kill Zhao Gongming.
• Daoist Lu Ya instructed Jiang Ziya to build a hidden altar and perform rites over Zhao Gongming's straw effigy for twenty-one days, warning the caster might suffer disaster.
• Jiang Ziya memorized the instructions and agreed to carry them out, though he sensed something was wrong.
• After leaving Jiang Ziya, Chijingzi condemned Daoist Lu Ya for making him perform a harmful curse, but Guangchengzi and Real Person Taiyi said Jiang Ziya was destined to endure the tribulation.

The Twelve Golden Immortals let Jiang Ziya bear the karmic backlash of Daoist Lu Ya’s curse, while Jiang Ziya began the ritual that weakened Zhao Gongming. The Three Xiao Sisters discovered Zhao Gongming unconscious, but the Interception Sect’s disciples could not save him and feared his souls would soon be taken.

• Real Person Yellow Dragon protested that Jiang Ziya would suffer grave karmic consequences, but the other immortals dismissed his concerns and let him leave.
• Burning Lamp Daoist allowed Real Person Yellow Dragon to depart, while Guangchengzi and Real Person Taiyi showed their contempt for him.
• Jiang Ziya prepared an altar in the Xiqi camp and began the Seven Arrows Book with Nailhead ritual against Zhao Gongming.
• Zhao Gongming grew increasingly weak and fell unconscious as the curse drained his Three Souls and Seven Spirits.
• Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao found Zhao Gongming unconscious and summoned Lu Yue, Ma Yuan, and other Interception Sect disciples for help.
• Lu Yue and Ma Yuan confirmed that Zhao Gongming had been cursed and warned that his souls would soon be taken, while the Zhou camp’s strength made rescue difficult.

Taiyi chose to secretly warn the Three Xiao Sisters that the Exposition Sect had set a trap for their planned raid on the Zhou Camp. The sisters halted their operation, and Yunxiao went to investigate the enemy camp herself.

• The Three Xiao Sisters gathered Interception Sect disciples and prepared to storm the Zhou Camp to rescue Zhao Gongming.
• Taiyi chose to keep his main body in the Sun Star and use an incarnation to warn the sisters, earning the Source of the Great Dao of Space.
• A mysterious voice warned the Three Xiao Sisters that the Exposition Sect had laid a trap and advised them to feint east and strike west.
• Yunxiao suspended the raid and led her sisters into a side hall to discuss the warning privately.
• Yunxiao transformed into a white cloud and drifted toward the Zhou Camp to investigate.

Yunxiao discovered that the Exposition Sect had laid a trap for the Interception Sect in the Zhou Camp, so the Three Xiao Sisters changed their plans and launched a surprise hunt instead. The raid killed dozens of Exposition Sect immortals, but Bixiao’s attempt to assassinate Yang Jian was exposed and became a direct fight.

• Yunxiao scouted the Zhou Camp and found Exposition Sect disciples guarding a tent within a powerful hidden formation.
• Yunxiao returned to Lintong Pass and told Bixiao and Qiongxiao about the trap, and the Three Xiao Sisters devised a counterattack.
• Burning Lamp Daoist waited with the Exposition Sect immortals for the expected raid, then dismissed them when the Interception Sect disciples did not appear.
• The Three Xiao Sisters led Interception Sect disciples in teams to ambush isolated Exposition Sect immortals, killing dozens under cover of night.
• Yang Jian sensed Bixiao approaching his tent and raised the alarm, forcing her to fight him openly.

The Three Xiao Sisters failed to find the Seven Arrows Book with Nailhead in the Zhou Camp and decided to seek help from Kong Xuan at Three Mountains Pass. Taiyi chose to use his inner-demon power on Chen Jiugong and Yao Shaosi as Burning Lamp Daoist moved to intercept them.

• The Interception Sect attacked the Zhou Camp, but Yang Jian and the Exposition Sect immortals escaped before the Three Xiao Sisters reached the empty tent holding the Seven Arrows Book with Nailhead.
• Fairy Yunxiao led the Three Xiao Sisters and their allies back to Lintong Pass rather than risk being trapped in the enemy camp.
• The Three Xiao Sisters decided to summon Kong Xuan from Three Mountains Pass to help save Zhao Gongming.
• Chen Jiugong and Yao Shaosi set out for Three Mountains Pass, while Burning Lamp Daoist headed to intercept and kill them.
• Taiyi received a system prompt about the interception and chose to use his inner-demon power to turn Chen Jiugong and Yao Shaosi into Heavenly Demons.

Daoist Randeng sent Juliusun and Grand Master Lingbao to stop Chen Jiugong and Yao Shaosi from seeking reinforcements for Zhao Gongming. After the pair were captured and nearly strangled, a mysterious voice offered them power, and their bodies began emitting Demonic Qi.

• Daoist Randeng told the Exposition Sect Golden Immortals that Chen Jiugong and Yao Shaosi had gone to Three Mountains Pass and asked who would intercept them.
• Juliusun and Grand Master Lingbao pursued Chen Jiugong and Yao Shaosi, then Juliusun captured them with the Imprisoning Immortal Rope.
• Juliusun tightened the rope while Grand Master Lingbao taunted the captives and said Zhao Gongming would soon die.
• A majestic voice asked Chen Jiugong and Yao Shaosi if they craved power, and both answered yes.
• Grayish-black mist poured from Chen Jiugong and Yao Shaosi, shocking Juliusun and Grand Master Lingbao, who identified it as Demonic Qi.

After Chen Jiugong and Yao Shaosi succumbed to the Heavenly Devil Dao, they killed Juliusun and Grand Master Lingbao, then continued toward Three Mountains Pass. Jiang Ziya learned that the two Golden Immortals had been added to the Investiture of the Gods List, leaving the Zhou Camp’s leaders alarmed and unsure what to do about the approaching Interception Sect reinforcements.

• Yao Shaosi broke free of the Imprisoning Immortal Rope, turned it against Juliusun and Grand Master Lingbao, and killed Grand Master Lingbao.
• Chen Jiugong used the Imprisoning Immortal Rope to kill Juliusun, and the two disciples then recovered from their devilization.
• Chen Jiugong urged Yao Shaosi to find Martial Uncle Kong Xuan at Three Mountains Pass, while Yao Shaosi defended their actions and accepted the heart demon’s power.
• Taiyi watched the corruption and killings through the Heart Demon Eye and judged that the Heavenly Devil Dao had become mature in the Primordial Wilderness.
• Jiang Ziya sensed that Grand Master Lingbao and Juliusun had entered the Investiture of the Gods List and informed Burning Lamp Daoist, Guangchengzi, and the others.
• Burning Lamp Daoist and the remaining Golden Immortals lamented that the Interception Sect’s reinforcements could no longer be stopped, while Real Person Yellow Dragon looked on with a cold sneer.

Real Person Taiyi reported the losses among Yuanshi Tianzun’s disciples, and Yuanshi Tianzun determined that Juliusun and Grand Master Lingbao had died from inner demons. He summoned the Jade Void Disciples to explain the threat and give them instructions.

• Real Person Taiyi went to Jade Void Palace and told Yuanshi Tianzun that many of the Exposition Sect’s Golden Immortals had been killed or wounded.
• Yuanshi Tianzun calculated that Juliusun and Grand Master Lingbao had died from inner demons and accused Tongtian of joining outsiders against him.
• Yuanshi Tianzun explained inner demons to Real Person Taiyi and warned that his protection would not extend beyond Kunlun Mountain.
• Yuanshi Tianzun ordered Real Person Taiyi to ring the Golden Bell and summon the disciples.
• White Crane Disciple ushered the gathered Jade Void Disciples into the palace, where they bowed to Yuanshi Tianzun and sat in silence.

Yuanshi Tianzun armed the Jade Void Disciples against heart demons and sent the Exposition Sect to attack Lintong Pass, while Taiyi chose to remain in seclusion. After hearing Zhao Gongming was gravely injured, Kong Xuan flew to Lintong Pass with Chen Jiugong and Yao Shaosi.

• Yuanshi Tianzun turned the Heavenly Lamp's wick into Glazed Lamp Talismans and distributed them to the Jade Void Disciples to protect them from heart demons.
• Real Person Taiyi delivered talismans to Guangchengzi and Chijingzi, while Burning Lamp Daoist received none and resolved to leave the Exposition Sect after the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.
• Taiyi chose to ignore the Exposition Sect's mobilization and continued cultivating in the Sun Star.
• Chen Jiugong and Yao Shaosi reached Three Mountains Pass and told Kong Xuan that Zhao Gongming was gravely injured by the Exposition Sect's curse arts.
• Kong Xuan made arrangements, assumed his peacock form, and carried Chen Jiugong and Yao Shaosi to Lintong Pass.

Kong Xuan arrived at Lintong Pass as Zhao Gongming neared death from Jiang Ziya’s Seven Arrows Book with Nailhead ritual. After examining Zhao Gongming, Kong Xuan planned a nighttime raid on the Zhou Camp with Nezha to recover the curse’s targets and destroy the ritual.

• Kong Xuan joined the Three Xiao Sisters at Lintong Pass while Yun Zhongzi, Old Immortal of the South Pole, and other Jade Void Disciples arrived at the Zhou Camp, restoring the balance between the sects.
• Jiang Ziya reported that Zhao Gongming had lost all but his Vital Soul, which would disperse in three days, as the Zhou leaders discussed breaking through Lintong Pass.
• A scout reported that a flag bearing the character 'Kong' flew over Lintong Pass, and Burning Lamp Daoist identified the Five-Colored Divine Light as Kong Xuan’s formidable power.
• Kong Xuan examined Zhao Gongming and said he could save him by reclaiming his souls and spirits and destroying the curse.
• Kong Xuan asked Nezha to accompany him into the Zhou Camp that night and instructed him to seize the Seven Arrows Book with Nailhead and the straw effigy while Kong Xuan drew the enemy’s attention.

Kong Xuan and Nezha infiltrated the Zhou Camp to steal Zhao Gongming’s straw effigy, but Yang Jian and Real Person Taiyi tried to stop them. Nezha escaped into the sky using his newly revealed True Spirit Nine Transformations, while Real Person Taiyi wondered how he had acquired such a technique.

• Kong Xuan led Nezha into the Zhou Camp and told him to seize Zhao Gongming’s straw effigy.
• Nezha snatched the effigy after Jiang Ziya finished the ritual, but Yang Jian blocked his escape.
• Kong Xuan fought Yang Jian and gave Nezha an opening to flee with the effigy.
• Real Person Taiyi confronted Nezha and demanded that he surrender the straw effigy.
• Nezha turned into a Chaos Stone to withstand Taiyi’s attack, then transformed into a fiery phoenix and flew away.
• Real Person Taiyi recognized Nezha’s transformations as resembling the Nine Revolutions Primordial Skill, while the narration identified his technique as True Spirit Nine Transformations.

Nezha escaped Real Person Taiyi by transforming into a breeze, while Kong Xuan faced the Exposition Sect immortals at Lintong Pass. Kong Xuan used his Five-Colored Divine Light to defeat their attack and take Guangchengzi’s Fantian Seal.

• Nezha transformed into a fire phoenix and then a breeze, escaping Real Person Taiyi as the Three Xiao Sisters watched from Lintong Pass.
• Real Person Taiyi abandoned the pursuit and returned to Zhou Camp, while Kong Xuan faced the Exposition Sect immortals who tried to stop him leaving.
• Kong Xuan rejected Burning Lamp Daoist’s appeal to stay out of the conflict and declared his loyalty to the Interception Sect.
• Kong Xuan’s Five-Colored Divine Light swept Chijingzi from the air, frightening the Exposition Sect immortals.
• Guangchengzi attacked Kong Xuan with the Fantian Seal, but Kong Xuan swept it away and took the treasure.

Kong Xuan defeated the Exposition Sect immortals with his Five-Colored Divine Light and returned Zhao Gongming’s lost souls and spirits to his body. Zhao Gongming regained his color and quasi-Saint aura, but remained unconscious while the others waited for him to awaken.

• Kong Xuan unleashed the Five-Colored Divine Light’s metal, water, earth, wood, and fire attacks, overwhelming Burning Lamp Daoist and the Exposition Sect immortals.
• Burning Lamp Daoist led the battered Jade Void Disciples back to camp after they failed to stop Kong Xuan.
• Kong Xuan returned to Lintong Pass, where the Three Xiao Fairies welcomed him and thanked him for retrieving Zhao Gongming’s straw effigy.
• Kong Xuan used five beams of divine light to free Zhao Gongming’s Two Souls and Seven Spirits from the Seven Arrows Book with Nailhead and restore them to his body.
• Zhao Gongming regained his ordinary complexion and quasi-Saint cultivation aura but did not wake, so Kong Xuan told the Three Xiao Fairies to wait patiently.

After Zhao Gongming recovered, the Three Xiao Sisters set up the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation at Lintong Pass and killed Real Person Taiyi. Taiyi chose to confront Yuanshi Tianzun before he could attack the sisters, but Yuanshi hesitated and went to consult Laozi, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Kong Xuan restored Zhao Gongming’s Three Souls and Seven Spirits, and the Three Xiao Sisters thanked him for saving their brother.
• The Three Xiao Sisters vowed to set up the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation at Lintong Pass and take revenge on the Exposition Sect immortals.
• Taiyi chose to suppress Yuanshi Tianzun and received a Great Dao-level Artifact Forging Source from the system.
• Yuanshi Tianzun felt watched, failed to identify the source, and went to the Eight Scenery Palace to seek Laozi’s counsel.
• The Three Xiao Sisters defeated the Exposition Sect immortals in the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation, and Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao killed Real Person Taiyi.

The Exposition Sect disciples struggled to find a way to break the Three Xiao Sisters’ Nine Bends Yellow River Formation and considered asking Yuanshi Tianzun for help. Yuanshi Tianzun arrived in person at Zhou Camp, where he refused King Wu of Zhou, Ji Fa’s request to join his sect and foretold Ji Fa’s posthumous honors.

• Burning Lamp Daoist and the other Jade Void Disciples concluded that they could not break the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation and agreed to petition Yuanshi Tianzun.
• As the disciples hesitated over who should deliver the petition, Yuanshi Tianzun arrived at the Great Zhou military camp on the All Heavens Celebration Cloud.
• The Zhou soldiers and King Wu of Zhou, Ji Fa, hurried to witness Yuanshi Tianzun, while the Saint’s radiance prevented mortals from seeing his true appearance.
• Yuanshi Tianzun greeted Ji Fa, who knelt and asked to join his sect.
• Yuanshi Tianzun told Ji Fa that he had affinity with the sect but no destiny to join it, and foretold that Ji Fa would receive posthumous honors and a divine position in the Heavenly Realm.

As the Interception Sect disciples feared Yuanshi Tianzun’s arrival at Zhou Camp, a heart demon awakened inside Kong Xuan and offered him the power to pursue his obsession. Kong Xuan accepted, lost control of his body, and set out to challenge the sage, leaving his fellow disciples stunned.

• The Three Xiao Sisters, Zhao Gongming, and Kong Xuan saw purple qi over Zhou Camp and realized Yuanshi Tianzun had arrived.
• A mysterious voice spoke to Kong Xuan, revealing itself as his heart demon and asking whether he wanted to challenge a sage and become powerful enough to stand alongside sages.
• Kong Xuan answered yes, and the heart demon emerged from his soul and took control of his body.
• Heart Demon Kong Xuan told the Interception Sect disciples he would meet Yuanshi Tianzun, ignoring their warnings.
• Heart Demon Kong Xuan declared he would fight even if he could not win, then strode out as Zhao Gongming and the others watched in disbelief.

Kong Xuan challenged Yuanshi Tianzun outside the Zhou Camp, provoking the Sage into a duel beyond the heavens. As the gathered immortals watched through magical screens, Kong Xuan opened the fight with his Five-Colored Divine Light.

• Kong Xuan left Lintong Pass and shouted for Yuanshi Tianzun to come out and die.
• Zhao Gongming and the Interception Sect immortals were stunned, while Guangchengzi and the Exposition Sect immortals angrily condemned Kong Xuan.
• Yuanshi Tianzun confronted Kong Xuan, who declared his allegiance to the Interception Sect and Yin Shang and dared the Sage to fight.
• Yuanshi Tianzun challenged Kong Xuan to battle beyond the heavens to avoid damaging the Primordial World, and Kong Xuan accepted.
• The immortals watched the duel through magical screens, and Kong Xuan began by unleashing his Five-Colored Divine Light.

Heart Demon Kong Xuan attacked Yuanshi Tianzun with his Five-Colored Divine Light, but the Sage resisted it without moving. As the onlookers reacted to the clash, Kong Xuan’s challenge remained unanswered and Yuanshi Tianzun still stood firm.

• Heart Demon Kong Xuan revealed his Five-Colored Divine Light, and Yuanshi Tianzun offered to spare him if he returned to Jade Void Palace and faced the wall beneath Qilin Cliff for a calamity.
• Heart Demon Kong Xuan refused and swept the Five-Colored Divine Light at Yuanshi Tianzun, whose Sage aura stopped it from moving him.
• Heart Demon Kong Xuan increased his power from thirty percent to seventy percent, but Yuanshi Tianzun remained motionless.
• Zhao Gongming, the Three Xiao Sisters, and the Interception Sect immortals watched in shock, while the Exposition Sect immortals celebrated Yuanshi Tianzun’s strength.
• Burning Lamp Daoist resolved to join the Western Sect after the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, while Guangchengzi and the other Exposition Sect immortals mocked Kong Xuan.

Yuanshi Tianzun overwhelmed Kong Xuan in the chaos and used the Qilin Seal to suppress him beneath Qilin Cliff. Kong Xuan was left defeated as the Interception Sect immortals witnessed his capture.

• Yuanshi Tianzun restrained Kong Xuan and demanded that he submit to five million years of suppression beneath Qilin Cliff.
• Yuanshi Tianzun summoned the Qilin Seal, which transformed into Qilin Cliff and pinned Kong Xuan down.
• Kong Xuan revealed his peacock form and exhausted his strength trying to escape, but Qilin Cliff forced his Five-Colored Divine Light back into his body.
• Kong Xuan accused Yuanshi Tianzun of using a magic treasure after their contest in Dao arts ended in his defeat.
• Zhao Gongming, the Three Xiao Sisters, Ma Yuan, the One-Qi Immortal, and the other Interception Sect immortals watched Kong Xuan's defeat and lamented it.