Chapter Summaries

Laozi broke free of the Investiture of the Gods calamity’s influence after Ancestor Kirin reminded him that Haotian and Yaochi could help defeat Tongtian. He went to the Heavenly Court to seek their aid, interrupting Haotian and Yaochi as they watched the war below.

• Ancestor Kirin explained that the calamity had clouded Laozi’s judgment, and Laozi recognized how it had entangled him in the Chan-Jie conflict.
• Laozi realized that Haotian and Yaochi could join the four saints against Tongtian and potentially break the stalemate.
• Laozi thanked Ancestor Kirin for clearing his mind, then left for the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
• Haotian and Yaochi watched the Investiture of the Gods war and discussed how its conclusion would strengthen the Heavenly Court.
• An aged Dao Sound rang through the Lingxiao Great Hall, breaking the silence as Haotian and Yaochi watched the Mortal World.

Taiqing Laozi urged Haotian and Yaochi to enter the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, arguing that the Heavenly Court needed the fallen immortals to fill its ranks. Haotian realized the calamity was the Heavenly Court’s chance to gain real authority, but the chapter ended before he decided what to do.

• Taiqing Laozi appeared in Lingxiao Hall and told Haotian and Yaochi that the calamity had arisen to fill the Heavenly Court’s empty posts.
• Haotian and Yaochi refused to enter the conflict, citing their limited cultivation and the danger of death and Karma.
• Laozi argued that the Heavenly Court would lack enough candidates if Tongtian and the Interception Sect won their battle against the other saints.
• Haotian realized that the Interception Sect’s disciples were the ideal candidates for the Heavenly Court and understood that the calamity offered it a chance to rise.

On Azure Nether Island, Xuan Qing and Xuan Ming discussed the Heavenly Court entering the Investiture of the Gods and revealed that the tribulation would prepare the Primordial World for ascension into chaos. The chapter ended with Qing Ling and Qing Ya teasing Xuan Qing about his failure to find a Dao Companion.

• Haotian and Yaochi decided to enter the Investiture of the Gods after Laozi persuaded them.
• Xuan Qing and Xuan Ming learned through their Divine Sense that Laozi was drawing the Heavenly Court into the tribulation.
• Xuan Qing explained that the tribulation could strengthen the Myriad Spirits and prepare the Primordial World to ascend and seek World Origins in chaos.
• Xuan Qing told Xuan Ming that half of the chaotic Small Worlds and Origins had been gathered and that they would attack Sin Domain City after the tribulation.
• Qing Ling and Qing Ya arrived on Azure Nether Island and reminded Xuan Qing that Old Madam wanted him to find a Dao Companion.

Xuan Qing lost an eternal chess match after Qing Ling teased him about finding a Dao Companion, then was stunned when You Hui confessed and embraced him. Unable to face her sudden intimacy, he fled Azure Nether Island while the others laughed.

• Qing Ling's teasing unsettled Xuan Qing, causing him to make a fatal move and lose his long-deadlocked chess game to Xuan Ming.
• Xuan Qing argued that love and worldly feelings had no place in his pursuit of the Great Dao.
• You Hui arrived, embraced Xuan Qing, and offered to become his Dao Companion out of gratitude and affection.
• Xuan Qing panicked, broke free, and fled Azure Nether Island.
• Xuan Ming, Qing Ling, and Qing Ya laughed at Xuan Qing's embarrassed escape.

At the East Sea Dragon Palace, Zu Long, Ancestor Phoenix, and Ancestor Kirin revealed that they and Tongtian had deceived Laozi and the other saints while preserving their clans from the Investiture’s losses. As the Three Ancestors watched the final battle from afar, Master Tongtian and the Jie Sect army descended upon Linjie Pass.

• Zu Long asked Ancestor Kirin why he had summoned him and Ancestor Phoenix to the East Sea.
• Ancestor Kirin revealed that Laozi had invited him to join Chan Sect against Master Tongtian, and Zu Long and Ancestor Phoenix mocked the saints for failing to see through their scheme.
• The Three Ancestors recalled how their clans had filled their Investiture quotas and avoided further losses, leaving Tongtian and Jie Sect to face the final battle.
• Master Tongtian descended upon Linjie Pass with Daoist Duobao, Fairy Yunxiao, and the Jie Sect army, terrifying Xiqi’s forces.

As the final battle between immortals and Buddhas began at Jiepai Pass, Nuwa appeared before Di Xin, Shang Rong, and Bi Gan to declare that the Mortal Realm’s future would be decided by mortal dynasties. She established a Human Dao barrier across the Mortal Realm, protecting its people and separating human affairs from the Heavenly Dao’s games.

• Xiqi’s soldiers withdrew far from Linjie Pass as the Chan Sect, Buddhism, and the Interception Sect assembled for the final battle of God Conferment.
• Di Xin watched the confrontation from Zhaoge and reflected that the battle would decide Great Shang’s survival and the Human Race’s fortune.
• Shang Rong and Bi Gan entered the palace, where Nuwa and Golden Phoenix appeared before them.
• Nuwa told Di Xin, Shang Rong, and Bi Gan that after the immortal conflict ended, Great Shang and Xiqi would settle the Mortal Realm’s disputes through their own war.
• Nuwa declared that Human Dao affairs could no longer be controlled by immortals, Buddhas, or the Heavenly Dao, and urged Great Shang to prepare to fight Ji Fa.
• Nuwa spread a golden Human Dao barrier across the Mortal Realm, protecting its people and restricting immortal and divine battles from harming them.

At Jiepai Pass, the Jie Sect faced the allied forces of the other saints and the Heavenly Court after Nuwa’s Human Dao power shielded the Mortal Realm from immortal battles. Tongtian unleashed the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, and as the four saints entered it, the Immortal-Slaying Sword struck at Laozi.

• Tongtian recognized that Nuwa had established rules for the Human Dao to protect the Mortal Realm and welcomed the chance to settle the immortals’ grievances without endangering mortals.
• Laozi, Primordial Heavenly Venerate, Jieyin, Zhunti, Haotian, and Yaochi descended above Jiepai Pass with their forces, and Haotian argued that the Investiture of the Gods concerned the Heavenly Court.
• Tongtian ordered the Jie Sect disciples to form the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and the Myriad Immortals Great Formation.
• Zhunti proposed that Laozi, Primordial Heavenly Venerate, Jieyin, and himself enter the four positions of the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, and the four saints agreed.
• As Laozi entered the eastern position, Tongtian activated the Immortal-Slaying Sword, which unleashed a tremendous slash toward Laozi.

The Four Saints battled the Four Swords of Zhu Xian across the formation, but Zhunti came close to being overwhelmed by the Immortal Exterminating Sword. As the other Saints struggled to assist him, Jieyin asked Laozi for help.

• Laozi used the Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda to withstand the Immortal Slaying Sword in the eastern formation domain.
• Jieyin used the Six Roots Pure Bamboo to defend against the Immortal Slaying Sword in the west but could not suppress it.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate protected himself with the Myriad Heavens Celebration Cloud and attacked the southern formation base with the Pangu Banner, pushing the Immortal Trapping Sword toward collapse.
• The Immortal Exterminating Sword wounded Zhunti repeatedly, leaving him in a precarious state as he struggled to hold the northern formation gate.
• Jieyin, unable to leave his own formation position, asked Laozi to help Zhunti.

Laozi shielded Zhunti as Master Tongtian strengthened the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, turning the battle into a deadlock. Laozi ordered Xuandu, Ran Deng Daoist, Guang Chengzi, and Maitreya to enter the formation and draw its four swords, and they reached the swords under the saints’ protection, awaiting an opportunity to break the formation.

• Laozi used the Taiji Diagram to protect Zhunti, who then struck back at the Immortal Exterminating Sword with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree.
• Master Tongtian poured his Primordial Saint Essence into the formation, strengthening its four swords and forcing the four saints into a stalemate.
• Laozi concluded that the formation could only be broken by removing its four swords and ordered Xuandu to choose three cultivators to help.
• Xuandu selected Ran Deng Daoist, Guang Chengzi, and Maitreya, and the four agreed to enter despite fearing the formation’s killing power.
• Laozi, Primordial Heavenly Venerate, Jieyin Daoist, and Zhunti opened protected paths that escorted Xuandu, Guang Chengzi, Ran Deng Daoist, and Maitreya to the four swords.

Master Tongtian ordered Yunxiao and the Interception Sect to reinforce the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, turning the battle against the Four Saints and the disciples trying to seize its swords. God Haotian and Queen Mother of Yaochi shattered the Myriad Immortals Great Formation with a combined strike, leaving Tongtian furious as the original stalemate returned.

• Master Tongtian ordered Yunxiao to activate the Myriad Immortals Great Formation and reinforce the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.
• Yunxiao, Daoist Duobao, Holy Mother Jin Ling, and Wudang Holy Mother led the Interception Sect's hundreds of millions of disciples in channeling power into the formation.
• The strengthened formation overwhelmed the battlefield, putting the Four Saints and Xuandu, Ran Deng, Guang Chengzi, and Maitreya in grave danger.
• God Haotian and Queen Mother of Yaochi descended and combined their powers to shatter the Myriad Immortals Great Formation's reinforcement.
• The blow injured Yunxiao, Duobao, Jin Ling, Wudang, and the Interception Sect's cultivators, while the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation's power fell and the Saints' protections stabilized.
• Master Tongtian roared in fury at Haotian and Yaochi as the battle turned against him again.

Tongtian attacked Haotian and Yaochi while holding the Immortal-Slaying Formation together, and their powers nearly devastated the Mortal Realm. Nuwa’s Human Dao power protected all living beings, repaired the heavens, and sealed the battle’s destructive force within Jiepai Pass.

• Tongtian steadied the Immortal-Slaying Formation and unleashed a powerful sword strike at Haotian and Yaochi.
• Haotian and Yaochi joined their power and Spiritual Treasures to confront Tongtian’s attack in the Nine Heavens.
• The collision unleashed a catastrophic energy tide that shook the Mortal Realm and left billions of living beings in danger.
• Nuwa’s Human Dao power rose from the land and dissolved the destructive shock waves, calming the earth and restoring the heavens.
• Nuwa’s Human Dao formed a barrier around Jiepai Pass, trapping the battle’s remaining power inside and safeguarding the living beyond it.

Empress Nuwa’s Human Dao barrier protected the Mortal Realm from the Saints’ clash, prompting Tongtian, Haotian, and Yaochi to realize how close they had come to causing mass destruction. While Tongtian remained locked in battle, Laozi, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti exploited the weakened Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and struck its four core nodes.

• Empress Nuwa’s Human Dao light shielded the lower realm, and its inhabitants praised her for saving them.
• Tongtian, Haotian, and Yaochi felt regret and relief as they recognized the destruction their clash might have caused, but their confrontation continued.
• Tongtian’s attention remained fixed on the battle above Jiepai Pass, weakening his control over the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti sent Xuandu and three other disciples to seize the four swords of the formation.
• The four Saints struck the formation’s eastern, southern, western, and northern core nodes, causing the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation to convulse and weaken.

After Xuandu and his companions removed the four swords, the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation collapsed and its backlash left Tongtian gravely wounded. Yunxiao led the Myriad Immortals Great Formation in a counterattack that injured Haotian and Yaochi, but Laozi then used the Taiji Diagram to break apart the formation.

• Xuandu and his three companions pulled the Four Swords of Zhu Xian from the formation, causing the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation to collapse.
• Tongtian suffered the formation's backlash, and Haotian and Yaochi struck him down with their combined power.
• Yunxiao rallied the Jie Sect disciples and unleashed the Myriad Immortals Great Formation against Haotian and Yaochi, wounding them.
• Laozi unfurled the Taiji Diagram and began shattering the Myriad Immortals Great Formation, trapping the disciples' power.

After the Interception Sect’s formations were broken, Tongtian confronted Laozi over the saints’ scheme and the Heavenly Dao’s decree. Yuanshi struck down the wounded Jie Sect Disciples while Laozi restrained Tongtian, and their souls streamed toward the Investiture of the Gods.

• Ji Fa rejoiced as the Taiji Diagram shattered the Myriad Immortals Great Formation and left the Jie Sect Disciples gravely wounded.
• Laozi told Tongtian that the Heavenly Dao required the Jie Sect Disciples to enter the Investiture of the Gods, and Tongtian angrily accused him and the other saints of betraying their brotherhood.
• Yuanshi seized the chance to attack the surviving Jie Sect Disciples with the Pangu Banner’s Sky-Opening Sword Qi.
• Laozi bound Tongtian with Taiqing Dao energy, preventing him from protecting his disciples.
• Yuanshi’s sword qi killed countless Jie Sect Disciples, and their souls rose toward the Investiture of the Gods.

The Investiture of the Gods battle ended with nearly all Interception Sect disciples entering the God Conferment Golden List, leaving Biyou in ruins. Tongtian found a faint hope in the survivors, and the Seven Attendants of the Immortal emerged from beneath the battlefield beside an unnamed, remarkably unscathed figure.

• The God Conferment Golden List filled with the names of the fallen Interception Sect disciples, and the saints believed the tribulation was settled.
• Duobao, Holy Mother Jin Ling, and Wudang Holy Mother survived the destruction of the Myriad Immortals Great Formation, while Yunxiao entered the list.
• Duobao collapsed in grief and lamented that the Interception Sect had lost its disciples and its former future.
• Tongtian saw Duobao still alive and took comfort in the survival of his disciple.
• The Seven Attendants of the Immortal dug their way out from beneath the ruins, having survived by sheltering near an underground formation eye.
• A tall, unnamed figure emerged beside the Seven Attendants of the Immortal with his Dao foundation and immortal reserves apparently intact.

Immortal Dingguang betrayed Master Tongtian, handing the Six Soul Banner to Daoist Zhunti and revealing himself as a Western Teach agent. Zhunti rewarded him with the title Dingguang Joyful Buddha as Tongtian watched the Interception Sect’s final hope disappear.

• Master Tongtian urged Immortal Dingguang to activate the Six Soul Banner and wound the Four Saints.
• Immortal Dingguang flew to Daoist Zhunti and presented him with the banner, revealing his long-standing betrayal of the Interception Sect.
• Duobao, Wudang Holy Mother, and the surviving disciples condemned Immortal Dingguang for betraying their sect.
• Daoist Zhunti erased the Four Saints’ names from the Six Soul Banner and declared Immortal Dingguang Dingguang Joyful Buddha.
• Master Tongtian remained imprisoned, watching as his treasure and the Interception Sect’s last hope were lost.

Tongtian burned his Saint Dao origin and nearly broke free of the Heavenly Dao after the Jie Sect’s collapse, but Nuwa’s Human Dao Giant Hammer forced his Saint’s Fruit Position back into him. Seeing a mirror of his own madness, Tongtian realized his furious grief had not been part of his plan and wondered what had taken hold of him.

• Tongtian burned his Saint Dao origin, broke free of the Heavenly Dao’s restraints, and blocked the Saints’ combined attack as they fled Jiepai Pass.
• Tongtian vowed vengeance for the Jie Sect’s dead and began shedding his Saint’s Fruit Position to become an unfettered Primordial power.
• The Human Dao Heaven and Earth Barrier summoned a Giant Hammer that struck Tongtian’s Saint’s Fruit Position back into his soul and subdued his power.
• Nuwa told Tongtian that Measure Tribulation Killing Intent and obsession had clouded his mind, then showed him the rampaging figure he had become in a Pure Water Mirror.
• Tongtian questioned what had happened, since he had only pretended to grieve and had secretly regarded the Jie Sect’s entry onto the list as a victory.

Nuwa uncovered extra-territorial power hidden in the Six Soul Banner’s baleful Origin and identified Jieyin and Zhunti as conspirators, but a mysterious rift seized the sages and Tongtian’s disciples before she could act. They arrived on Azure Nether Island, where Yunxiao searched for the person she admired.

• Nuwa traced Tongtian’s loss of control to an unseen force that had twisted his soul and Dao Heart.
• Nuwa trapped a dark trace of energy, and Tongtian recognized the Six Soul Banner’s energy within it.
• Nuwa discovered that extra-territorial power was mixed with the banner’s baleful Origin and accused Jieyin and Zhunti of betrayal.
• A black rift opened above Jiepai Pass and dragged Nuwa, Tongtian, and the surviving Interception Sect disciples away.
• Nuwa, Tongtian, Duobao, Holy Mother Jin Ling, Wudang Holy Mother, and the others arrived on Azure Nether Island, where Yunxiao searched for the person she admired.

Nuwa brought the extra-territorial power from the Six Soul Banner to Xuan Ming and You Hui, who explained how it had affected Tongtian and revealed that Taiqing and Yuqing had acted willingly against his sect. Xuan Qing returned, explained the Interception Sect’s hidden gains in the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, and warned that the War of Chaos was about to begin.

• Nuwa and the Interception Sect disciples approached the pavilion, where Xuan Ming and You Hui’s game overwhelmed them until a voice told them to close their eyes.
• Nuwa greeted Xuan Ming and You Hui as her martial uncles and showed them the extra-territorial power she had removed from the Six Soul Banner.
• Xuan Ming dissolved the alien power and told Nuwa and Tongtian that it had disrupted Tongtian’s mind, while Taiqing and Yuqing had not been corrupted and had chosen to oppose him.
• Xuan Ming revealed that Xuan Qing had foreseen the threat and allowed events to unfold as part of his plan.
• Xuan Qing returned and told Tongtian that the Interception Sect had used the calamity to conceal its strength and gain an opportunity.
• Xuan Qing warned that the War of Chaos was about to begin and that no one could retreat.

Xuan Qing announced that several Chaos Dao Realms had arrived near the Primordial and warned that a campaign in Chaos was approaching. He urged Jie Sect’s core disciples to reach the Origin realm, promising each a unique Great Dao opportunity if they were ready when the campaign began.

• Nuwa asked Xuan Qing whether Yang Mei and the others had brought the Chaos Dao Realms near, and Xuan Qing confirmed they had reached the Primordial’s barriers.
• Tongtian pledged Jie Sect’s obedience while privately hoping a future campaign would let him bring his disciples serving in the Heavenly Court back under his banner.
• Xuan Qing warned that Chaos was too dangerous for anyone below the Daluo Golden Immortal of the Origin and urged Duobao, Yunxiao, and the other core disciples to cultivate toward that realm.
• Xuan Qing promised each core disciple a personal Great Dao opportunity if they broke through before the chaotic campaign began.
• Duobao, Yunxiao, and the other disciples gratefully accepted the challenge and resolved to pursue the Origin realm with single-minded devotion.