Chapter Summaries

Tongtian broke free of Laozi and the Three Pure Ones’ encirclement and killed the Supreme Pure One, but a strange, sorrowful rain then fell across the Primordial World and Chaos. The chapter left Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun weeping beneath the rain while Taiyi, protected on the Sun Star, watched and pondered.

• Tongtian used the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation to overwhelm the Three Pure Ones and cut off the Supreme Pure One’s arm.
• Tongtian endured the Upper Pure One’s sword and blocked the Jade Pure One’s attack so he could strike down the Supreme Pure One.
• Laozi hit Tongtian’s shoulder with the Flat Cane, but Tongtian healed his injury and withdrew with the advantage.
• Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun noticed a strange sorrow spreading through heaven and earth, and both began to weep.
• A rain of sorrowful Weak Water fell across the Primordial World and Chaos, while Taiyi remained untouched within the Sun Star and watched it thoughtfully.

Tongtian wept until his sorrow became a sword art that revealed the Sword Great Dao to the Primordial World. He then unleashed Sword Moves Mountains and Rivers against Laozi, destroying One Qi Transforms into Three Purities and cleaving Laozi’s Coiled Dragon Crutch in two.

• Tongtian’s tears turned the rain across the Primordial Wilderness into sorrowful sword qi, shaking countless cultivators and gathering around him in the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation.
• Tongtian’s display of the Sword Great Dao resonated with the innate Sword Dao Law, earning him Heavenly Dao Merit and the source’s favor.
• Tongtian challenged Laozi and struck him with Sword Moves Mountains and Rivers, forcing Laozi to defend with the Coiled Dragon Crutch.
• Tongtian’s sword dispersed Supreme Pure Daoist and Jade Purity Taoist, undoing Laozi’s One Qi Transforms into Three Purities.
• Tongtian cleaved Laozi’s Coiled Dragon Crutch in two, leaving Laozi stunned by the strength of his Sword Dao.

After Tongtian defeated Laozi inside the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun agreed to seek help from Zhunti and Jieyin. Tongtian sensed the Western Sages approaching Lintong Pass and prepared to settle matters with his brothers once and for all.

• Tongtian severed Laozi's Coiled Dragon Crutch, then let Laozi leave the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation after declaring that he needed to bring reinforcements.
• Laozi admitted to Yuanshi Tianzun that he had failed to capture Tongtian, and the two returned to the Zhou Camp.
• Yuanshi Tianzun argued that they could not let Tongtian's victory threaten their sects, while Laozi hesitated over breaking with their Third Brother.
• Laozi agreed to reconcile with Tongtian if he admitted his mistakes and confined himself in Biling Palace, and the brothers summoned Zhunti and Jieyin for help.
• Tongtian sensed Zhunti and Jieyin heading toward Lintong Pass and resolved to settle things with Laozi and Yuanshi once and for all.

Yuanshi and Laozi recruited Zhunti and Jieyin to help break Tongtian’s Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, and Yuanshi secretly assigned his disciples to remove its four swords. When Nüwa appeared in the chaos, the four Sages feared she would aid Tongtian, who confronted them over their double standard.

• Yuanshi explained how the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation could be broken and secured Zhunti and Jieyin’s help with a Great Dao oath.
• Yuanshi ordered Daoist Randeng, Yun Zhongzi, Guangchengzi, and Real Person Yellow Dragon to enter the formation and remove its four swords, while Old Immortal of the South Pole stayed outside to support them.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, Zhunti, and Jieyin discussed the Dao with their followers as they waited to act against Tongtian.
• Nüwa appeared in the chaos, prompting the four Sages to suspect that she intended to join Tongtian.
• Yuanshi urged the other Sages to block Nüwa, but Tongtian’s sword appeared and he challenged Laozi and Yuanshi for seeking help while objecting to his inviting Nüwa.

Nüwa joined Tongtian inside the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, and the next day she stood with him against Laozi, Yuanshi, Zhunti, and Jieyin. After their debate over the Heavenly Mandate, the four Saints prepared to attack the formation.

• Laozi stopped the other Saints from attacking until the next day, while Yuanshi worried that Nüwa's arrival had changed the odds.
• Nüwa met Tongtian inside the formation and said she had come to vent her anger at Yuanshi, Zhunti, and Jieyin.
• The next day, the four Saints arrived at Lintong Pass as the Interception Sect disciples worried and the Exposition Sect immortals celebrated.
• Laozi challenged Nüwa's involvement, but she argued that the calamity was meant for the Twelve Golden Immortals and mocked his claims about the formation harming Heaven's harmony.
• Tongtian and Nüwa entered the formation together, and Laozi, Yuanshi, Zhunti, and Jieyin brought out their treasures and prepared to break it.

Laozi, Yuanshi Tianzun, Zhunti, and Jieyin entered the four gates of Tongtian’s Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation and confronted him together. Tongtian unleashed a devastating sword strike, and the formation’s heightened power began to crack Laozi’s Taiji Diagram bridge.

• Laozi, Yuanshi Tianzun, Zhunti, and Jieyin divided the four gates and entered the formation, overcoming its sword qi with their treasures and abilities.
• Tongtian welcomed the four Saints and warned them to face his Immortal Slaughtering Sword Dao.
• Tongtian struck with Despair, Slaughter, Destruction, Reincarnation, and Five Elements Sword Intents, forcing all four Saints to defend together.
• Laozi used the Taiji Diagram, Yuanshi used the Pangu Banner, and Zhunti and Jieyin countered Tongtian’s sword radiance with their own techniques.
• The formation shuddered, cracking Laozi’s White Jade Golden Bridge and revealing that the tribulation aura and gathered Calamity Qi had strengthened it.

Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun joined forces to suppress Tongtian's Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, but Tongtian's Sword Dao overwhelmed Zhunti when he joined the fight. Goddess Nüwa intercepted Jieyin, and their clash began as the battle continued.

• Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun used the Taiji Diagram and Pangu Banner together to suppress Tongtian's Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation.
• Laozi urged Zhunti and Jieyin to work together with him and Yuanshi Tianzun to capture Tongtian.
• Tongtian countered Laozi and Yuanshi's attacks with numerous Sword Dao techniques, leaving Yuanshi under heavy pressure.
• Zhunti attacked Tongtian with the Seven Treasure Wonderful Brush Tree, but Tongtian broke its light and split the treasure in two with one sword strike.
• Jieyin rushed to help Zhunti, and Goddess Nüwa intercepted him with the Red Embroidered Ball.
• Jieyin unleashed a dazzling array of treasures and powers against the pink sun formed by Nüwa's attack.

Nüwa trapped Jieyin in the Rivers and Mountains Map and blocked Zhunti from interfering with Tongtian’s battle against Laozi and Yuanshi. As Tongtian’s sword formation battered the two Sages’ defenses, Laozi’s Profound Yellow Pagoda began to shake violently.

• Nüwa used the Red Embroidered Ball to destroy Jieyin’s treasure banner and suppressed his Glazed Extinction World with the Rivers and Mountains Map.
• Nüwa trapped Jieyin inside the Rivers and Mountains Map, leaving Zhunti to face her alone.
• Nüwa blocked Zhunti from reaching Tongtian and fought him with the Red Embroidered Ball against his Seven Treasure Wonderful Brush Tree.
• Tongtian’s Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation unleashed its accumulated sword qi against Laozi’s Profound Yellow Pagoda and Yuanshi’s All Heavens Celebration Cloud.
• Laozi’s Profound Yellow Pagoda began to shake violently, and Laozi sensed a great danger.

Tongtian Jiaozhu overwhelmed Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun in the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, breaking their defenses and wounding Yuanshi. As Laozi struggled to stop Tongtian, Nüwa caught Sage Zhunti off guard and struck him with the Red Embroidered Ball.

• Tongtian Jiaozhu shattered Laozi's Heaven and Earth Exquisite Pagoda, but Yuanshi Tianzun's surprise attack forced him to turn away from Laozi and clash with Yuanshi.
• Tongtian repeatedly battered Laozi, forcing him to retreat and repair the damaged Profound Yellow Pagoda while Yuanshi took his place.
• Yuanshi hid within the All Heavens Celebration Cloud, but Tongtian's sword pierced its defenses and cut Yuanshi's face.
• Laozi tried to use One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, but Tongtian severed the three streams of clear qi and drove Laozi back.
• Nüwa struck the distracted Sage Zhunti with the Red Embroidered Ball, enraging him.

Laozi invoked the Yin-Yang Heavenly Dao to strengthen himself against Tongtian after Yuanshi neared defeat. The battle remained unresolved, with Laozi burdening himself with more debt to the Heavenly Dao.

• Tongtian fought back Yuanshi's attack and continued overpowering him, while Laozi urged Zhunti to leave Nüwa and help defeat Tongtian.
• Zhunti secretly infused Nirvana Buddha Lightning into the Seven Treasure Wonderful Brush Tree, but Nüwa redirected his attacks through the Rivers and Mountains Map, injuring Jieyin inside it.
• Nüwa struck Zhunti with the Red Embroidered Ball and tore away half his Sage body.
• Laozi rushed to rescue Yuanshi when Tongtian nearly killed him.
• Laozi opened the Taiji Diagram and summoned the Heavenly Dao's power, manifesting his Yin-Yang Heavenly Dao to suppress Tongtian.

Taiyi observed Laozi wielding the Taiji Heavenly Dao and began trying to comprehend the Innate Five Tai Great Daos, entering secluded cultivation. Meanwhile, Laozi used the borrowed power to reverse his battle with Tongtian and violently suppress him.

• Taiyi saw that Laozi had learned to wield the Taiji Heavenly Dao more naturally, but still regarded him as a pseudo-Saint beneath Hongjun.
• Taiyi reflected on the Innate Five Tai Great Daos and used the Three Thousand Laws of the Dao to seek their mysteries.
• After circling the Three Thousand Laws through his body three thousand times, Taiyi caught the aura of the Innate Five Tai Great Daos and began comprehending it without help from the system.
• Taiyi entered secluded cultivation and left an observer state to record events in the Primordial World.
• Laozi charged Tongtian with the Taiji Heavenly Dao’s power, abandoning his usual treasures and overpowering Tongtian’s Sword Dao.
• Nüwa watched Laozi’s sudden show of strength and marveled at his hidden reserves.

Laozi and Yuanshi joined forces against Tongtian, while Zhunti and Jieyin struggled against Nüwa after all the sages invoked their Heavenly Dao powers. Nüwa gained the upper hand, forcing Laozi and Yuanshi to consider intervening before the Western Two Sages were defeated.

• Yuanshi merged with the Yuanshi Heavenly Dao, formed a crude Pangu-like giant, and damaged Tongtian’s Qingping Sword with his illusory Heaven Splitting Axe.
• Tongtian struck Yuanshi with the Zhuxian Longsword, while Laozi knocked Tongtian down but abandoned his attempt to imprison him when the four Zhuxian Longswords threatened him.
• Jieyin escaped Nüwa’s seal after Zhunti and Jieyin invoked the Annihilation and Karma Heavenly Daos, but Nüwa summoned the Creation Heavenly Dao and empowered the Mountains and Rivers State Altar Diagram.
• Nüwa’s diagram overwhelmed the combined Annihilation Buddhist Dharma Heavenly Dao, forcing Zhunti and Jieyin to focus on defense and seek help from Laozi and Yuanshi.
• Laozi and Yuanshi saw the Western Two Sages nearing defeat and prepared to intervene rather than let their side’s numbers fall from four against two to two against two.

Tongtian drove Laozi and Yuanshi into a hopeless battle after Nüwa sealed Jieyin and Zhunti in the Rivers and Mountains Map. Nüwa returned to Primordial Wilderness and announced that she had captured the Western Two Sages, leaving Tongtian to face the other two alone.

• Nüwa sealed Jieyin and Zhunti inside the Rivers and Mountains Map, preventing them from helping Laozi and Yuanshi.
• Tongtian rejected Yuanshi's request to spare the Three Sects' disciples and charged Laozi and Yuanshi, while Nüwa let the Three Pure Ones settle their conflict themselves.
• Tongtian gained the upper hand as the four gates of the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation pressed Laozi and Yuanshi.
• Nüwa appeared before the forces at Lintong Pass and told Zhao Gongming and the others that she had captured the Western Two Sages.
• Zhao Gongming and his allies rejoiced, while Burning Lamp Daoist despaired and looked at Guangchengzi and the other Exposition Sect immortals with rising killing intent.

Tongtian Jiaozhu overwhelmed Laozi and Yuanshi in the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, and the heavenly sign of a Sage’s death followed. Nüwa continued crushing Zhunti and Jieyin inside the Rivers and Mountains Map, ignoring their pleas and threats as she sealed them away.

• Daoist Randeng despaired as he realized the Western Two Sages had been captured and Tongtian Jiaozhu was gaining the upper hand.
• Tongtian Jiaozhu’s Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation grew stronger, suppressing Laozi and Yuanshi until the formation fell silent.
• Heavenly blood rain and mourning revealed that a Sage had died, leaving the immortals of the Exposition Sect grieving and fearful.
• Nüwa compressed the chaotic world inside the Rivers and Mountains Map, trapping Zhunti and Jieyin despite their efforts to resist.
• Zhunti and Jieyin pleaded with Nüwa and threatened the Western Sect’s revenge, but she dismissed them and rolled up the Rivers and Mountains Map, concealing them inside.

Tongtian killed Yuanshi within the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, then severed his ties with the Three Pure Ones and fought Laozi. Their battle shook the Chaos and threatened to decide which disciples would be listed in the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.

• Tongtian gathered Yuanshi’s fallen treasures after killing him, while Taiyi sensed the Sage’s death and returned to his enlightenment.
• Laozi rebuked Tongtian for killing Yuanshi and charged at him, but Tongtian accused his brothers of using him and declared they would fight to the death.
• Tongtian swore a Heavenly Dao Oath severing all bonds with Yuanshi and Laozi and renounced the name Shangqing Tongtian.
• Laozi attacked Tongtian with his cane, and the two Sages traded wounds as their Taiji and sword powers clashed.
• Tongtian unleashed the four Immortal Slaughtering Swords while Laozi struck with a Taiji Yin-Yang Fish, shaking the sword formation and affecting the Primordial Continent.

Tongtian emerged victorious from the shattered Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation after Laozi and Yuanshi fell, while Nüwa imprisoned Zhunti and Jieyin. He set out to end the Investiture of the Gods calamity by destroying the Three Sects, and arrived at Lintong Pass to meet his disciples.

• Tongtian's Immortal Slaughtering Swords split the Primordial Continent into four, unleashing disasters that killed more than half its beings.
• A bloodied Tongtian emerged from the ruined formation, confirming to Guangchengzi and Zhao Gongming's groups that Laozi and Yuanshi had fallen.
• Tongtian reclaimed his damaged swords and formation diagram, then headed to Wa Palace to join Nüwa.
• Nüwa told Tongtian that Zhunti and Jieyin were trapped in the Mountains and Rivers State Altar Diagram and that he could act without restraint.
• Tongtian rode his Kui Ox to Lintong Pass, resolved to end the calamity, and was greeted by Zhao Gongming, the Three Xiao Fairies, and other Interception Sect disciples.

Tongtian Jiaozhu killed the Exposition Sect immortals at the Zhou camp, while allowing Yun Zhongzi and Yang Jian to leave the sect. After Jiang Ziya died and entered the Investiture of the Gods List, Tongtian saw that the great tribulation remained unsettled and decided to target the Western Sect.

• Tongtian Jiaozhu killed Daoist Randeng and wiped out the Exposition Sect immortals, sparing only Yun Zhongzi and Yang Jian.
• Yun Zhongzi and Yang Jian swore Heavenly Dao oaths to leave the Exposition Sect, and Nezha urged Yang Jian to join the Interception Sect or aid Human King Di Xin.
• Tongtian Jiaozhu killed Jiang Ziya, sending his true spirit into the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Tongtian took the Investiture of the Gods List and God Beating Whip, then saw that the great tribulation had weakened but not ended.
• Tongtian decided to send the Western Sect's disciples onto the list to fill the remaining positions.

After destroying the Exposition Sect, Tongtian Jiaozhu summoned Shen Gongbao and offered him the role of directing the Investiture of the Gods. Shen Gongbao accepted and asked to join the Interception Sect.

• Tongtian Jiaozhu pulled Shen Gongbao from his abode and asked whether he had bewitched the Interception Sect's disciples; Shen Gongbao admitted it.
• Tongtian Jiaozhu promised Shen Gongbao a fortuitous opportunity and appointed him to direct the Investiture of the Gods after Jiang Ziya's execution.
• Shen Gongbao pledged to help Tongtian Jiaozhu and send members of the Western Sect and others onto the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Shen Gongbao declared his admiration for the Interception Sect's belief in equality and asked Tongtian Jiaozhu to accept him as a disciple.

After making Shen Gongbao an outer disciple of the Interception Sect and entrusting him with the Investiture of the Gods, Tongtian personally annihilated the remaining Humanity Sect and Western Sect disciples. The divine positions on the list were filled, and the gathered baleful qi began to be purified, though the immeasurable calamity remained inevitable.

• Tongtian accepted Shen Gongbao as an outer disciple of the Interception Sect and handed him the Investiture of the Gods List and God Beating Whip.
• Tongtian went to Eight Scenery Palace and killed Grand Master Xuandu, whose true spirit drifted toward the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Tongtian arrived at Mount Sumeru and told Maitreya Buddha, Medicine Buddha, and the Western Sect that they were part of the tribulation.
• Tongtian destroyed the Western holy land and killed its disciples, sending their true spirits toward the Investiture Platform.
• With the Three Sects annihilated, the Investiture of the Gods List filled its divine positions and began gathering the world's baleful qi to purify it.

After Tongtian destroyed the Three Sects and emptied the accumulated baleful qi into the Investiture of the Gods List, Nüwa released Jieyin and Zhunti from the Rivers and Mountains Map. The Western Two Sages left furious and grieving, but Jieyin restrained Zhunti from challenging Tongtian while his power was at its peak.

• The Three Sects were destroyed, their disciples ascended the Investiture of the Gods List, and the Primordial World began anew as its accumulated baleful qi poured out.
• Nüwa suppressed the Western Two Sages' attempts to escape the Rivers and Mountains Map, then released them, moved by memories of Fuxi's death.
• Zhunti attacked Nüwa, but she nullified his strike and threatened to seal the Western Two Sages in the map again.
• Jieyin stopped Zhunti from fighting Nüwa, and the brothers thanked her before leaving Wa Palace.
• Zhunti vowed to avenge their disciples, but Jieyin persuaded him to wait until a future calamity to confront Tongtian.