Chapter Summaries

Qi WuHuo learned the Dongyue characters and, seeking a way to command the Earth Veins across the human and demon realms, created the Primordial Scarlet Script character Tai through enlightenment. His new character appeared in the Shangqing Library, while the secluded Great Spirit Treasure Celestial Venerable opened her eyes.

• The Dragon Emperor confirmed that Qi WuHuo belonged to the Three Pure Ones’ lineage, and Reward Good, Punish Evil mistakenly concluded that he was a personal disciple of the Shangqing Spirit Treasure Great Celestial Venerable.
• Yun Qin taught Qi WuHuo the three characters Dong, Yue, and Ling, which joined his mastered character Command to form the Dongyue Command.
• Qi WuHuo realized the Dongyue Command could not reach the distant Demon Realm Earth Veins, so he tried to derive the character Tai and use it to change his predicament.
• Qi WuHuo observed the linked mountain ranges and created a new Primordial Scarlet Script character, Tai, as Earth Vein Qi surged and the sky turned red.
• A new Tai appeared among the Primordial Scarlet Script characters in the Shangqing Library, and Azure Sun Marvelous Dao Celestial Lord rushed to warn Senior Brother Taiyi.
• More than ten thousand years later, the secluded Great Spirit Treasure Celestial Venerable opened her eyes.

Shangqing Spirit Treasure Great Celestial Venerable watched Qi WuHuo face the tribulation without interfering, while Qi WuHuo used his new character [Peace] to prepare for battle and traveled to the Underworld. The chapter left him confronting Di Ting in the City of Wrongful Deaths and asking whether Di Ting had schemed against him.

• Shangqing Spirit Treasure Great Celestial Venerable chose not to rescue Qi WuHuo, hoping he would overcome the tribulation by his own strength.
• Qi WuHuo created thirty Jade Talismans bearing [Peace] and gave them to Yun Qin to place across the Demon Race’s mountain ranges.
• Qi WuHuo gave Reward Good, Punish Evil Jade Talismans bearing [Peace], then agreed to carry the Dragon Emperor’s Dragon Pearl to the East Sea Dragon race’s Ancestral Vein.
• The Dragon Emperor asked Qi WuHuo to look after the East Sea Dragon race and stayed behind to teach the Ba Snake as Qi WuHuo entered the Underworld with Reward Good, Punish Evil.
• Qi WuHuo learned that Di Ting was in the City of Wrongful Deaths and went to confront him.
• Di Ting mistook Qi WuHuo’s pure energy for that of a supreme being, then froze when Qi WuHuo asked if he had schemed against him.

Qi WuHuo confronted Listening Truth in the Underworld, learned that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva had sacrificed himself to protect Jin Province’s souls, and struck a wager for Listening Truth’s help. The chapter ended with Central Ghost Emperor Zhou Qi learning that Qi WuHuo had returned to Fengdu with a gift.

• Qi WuHuo accused Listening Truth of manipulating events around Qing Jingwei’s Great Sage ritual and punched him using the Mount Tai Prefect’s Imperial Decree.
• Listening Truth explained that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva had saved Jin Province’s souls from Donghua’s attacks but was gravely injured, and Qi WuHuo gave the Bodhisattva Buddhist beads to aid his recovery.
• Listening Truth offered to answer Qi WuHuo’s questions after receiving the beads, then predicted that Zhou Qi would allow Qi WuHuo to take over only three more Underworld Chief Officers.
• Qi WuHuo wagered that he could gain control of seven top Underworld gods, and Listening Truth agreed to join forces with him if he succeeded.
• A trusted Chief Officer told Central Ghost Emperor Zhou Qi that Qi WuHuo had returned to Fengdu with a gift, and Zhou Qi reacted in alarm.

Qi WuHuo offered Fengdu’s sealed Underworld spirits a chance to escape by becoming earth deities, and Central Ghost Emperor Zhou Qi agreed to lend twelve for a trial. After the Eastern Ghost Emperor learned Qi WuHuo was no longer the Northern Emperor’s envoy, Zhou Qi realized he had been deceived and decided to kill him.

• Central Ghost Emperor Zhou Qi suppressed his urge to kill Qi WuHuo, fearing the Northern Emperor’s retaliation, and welcomed him to Fengdu’s banquet.
• Qi WuHuo announced that he could help the Seventy-Two Departments’ Chief Officers break free of their seals by becoming Mountain Gods, and Zhou Qi agreed to lend twelve Underworld spirits for a trial.
• The Eastern Ghost Emperor told Zhou Qi that Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole had revealed Qi WuHuo was no longer the Northern Emperor’s envoy and had urged Fengdu to join his ranks.
• The Eastern Ghost Emperor explained that Qi WuHuo was Supreme disciple Xuanwei, held the Dongyue Seal, and could enfeoff earth deities.
• Zhou Qi flew into a rage after learning Qi WuHuo had deceived him and ordered that they kill him.

Central Ghost Emperor Zhou Qi betrayed the Northern Ghost Emperor and tried to seize the Dongyue Seal, then tortured and killed Qi WuHuo to learn how Yin Deities could become Earthly Deities. Qi WuHuo’s final gamble triggered the Mount Tai Prefect Sacrifice, and Dao Ancestor Tai Shang appeared to praise him as the Mount Tai Prefect.

• The Eastern Ghost Emperor revealed Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole’s token, prompting Zhou Qi to turn against Qi WuHuo and attack the other Ghost Emperors.
• Zhou Qi suppressed the Seventy-Two Chief Officers, seized the Dongyue Seal, and stopped his sword when Qi WuHuo warned that Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole was using him in a struggle between the Four Emperors.
• Zhou Qi interrogated Qi WuHuo for the method to enshrine Yin Deities as Earthly Deities, then used the answer “[Tai]” to pierce Qi WuHuo with chains and leave him near death.
• Zhou Qi released Fengdu City’s imprisoned ghosts and deities and ordered them to chant [Tai], while Qi WuHuo’s remaining soul used the Mount Tai Prefect Sacrifice to attempt to reverse Yin and Yang.
• As Qi WuHuo’s darkness gave way to light, Dao Ancestor Tai Shang appeared and praised him as the Mount Tai Prefect.

Qi WuHuo met Tai Shang in the chaos after drawing near to the Dao, explained how the character [Tai] let him turn the Underworld spirits’ power back on itself and survive, and rejected absorbing that power to preserve his pure Dao heart. Tai Shang praised his unique Fengdu ritual and invited him to discuss the Dao; Qi WuHuo began by asking about the Four Emperors.

• Tai Shang told Qi WuHuo that he had seen his Teacher because he was drawing near to the Dao, and promised to seek him out and guide him again if he died.
• Qi WuHuo explained that the character [Tai] he had created caused the power of Fengdu’s spirits to flow back into him, giving him a chance to survive and break free.
• Qi WuHuo said he would not absorb the spirits’ power to advance, because it would taint the purity of his Dao heart.
• Tai Shang praised Qi WuHuo’s unique Fengdu ritual as the foundation for an Emperor’s Dao, while recognizing that Qi WuHuo had other plans.
• Tai Shang created a place for them to sit and discuss the Dao, and Qi WuHuo asked about the Four Emperors.

Tai Shang explained the realms above the Great Emperor and the three paths Qi WuHuo could choose. After reflecting on the suffering and strife he had witnessed across the six realms, Qi WuHuo declared his own path: becoming Mount Tai Prefect and suppressing Heaven, Earth, Man, God, and Ghost.

• Tai Shang explained the Great Grade, the authority of the Four Emperors, and the distinct paths of the South Pole and North Pole.
• Tai Shang recounted how Haotian defeated the greatest powers of his era, established the Heavenly Court, and later fell while pursuing his Dao.
• Tai Shang described the three paths above the Great Emperor: Emperor and Pole, Purity and Ancestor, or the path of blazing strength followed by Xuanzhen.
• Qi WuHuo told Tai Shang that a reincarnated version of himself would be him, yet not himself, and said Tai Shang need not break his vow to guide him back.
• Qi WuHuo recalled the suffering and ambition he had witnessed among gods, humans, earthly deities, and ghosts, and rejected Mount Tai Prefect as his choice.
• Qi WuHuo declared that he would become Mount Tai Prefect, unite the Five Directions and Five Realms, and suppress Heaven, Earth, Man, God, and Ghost.

Qi WuHuo reaffirmed his resolve to follow the Dao, and the Supreme One promised to teach him the divine art One Qi Becomes Three if he survived his tribulation. When Huang Yao’s divination showed Qi WuHuo dead, the stalled calamity surged across the Six Realms, and Houtu Empress Earthly Deity awoke from a dream of his death filled with killing intent.

• Qi WuHuo told the Supreme One he would follow the Dao even if it cost him his life, and the Supreme One praised his resolve.
• The Supreme One promised to teach Qi WuHuo One Qi Becomes Three after he overcame his tribulation, and asked him to pass a message to the other two five hundred years later.
• Huang Yao deduced that Gouchen’s schemes connected several powerful figures and that a calamity was gathering across the Six Realms, then agreed to divine Qi WuHuo’s whereabouts for Xiao Pengcao.
• Huang Yao’s divination rod for Qi WuHuo cracked and turned bloodred, making Xiao Pengcao weep as Huang Yao realized his death would unleash the calamity at several times its former strength.
• Houtu Empress Earthly Deity dreamed of Qi WuHuo dying in chains and awoke with killing intent.

After learning that Wuhuo had been killed in Fengdu City while trying to save her, Empress Houtu confronted the Heavenly Court and struck down the Judicial True Lord. She renounced her Imperial Venerable authority, led the Earthly Deities in casting Heaven aside, and awakened Mount Buzhou as the age of war began.

• Primordial Zhi Yuanjun sensed Empress Houtu’s distress and learned that Central Ghost Emperor Zhou Qi had killed Wuhuo in Fengdu City.
• Empress Houtu concluded that Gouchen and Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole had targeted her through Wuhuo, and she vowed to destroy Fengdu and seek revenge beyond it.
• Empress Houtu told the Heavenly Court’s envoys that Wuhuo had died saving her, but the Judicial True Lord demanded that she accept the loss for the greater good.
• Empress Houtu blasted the Judicial True Lord through Ruizhu Palace’s gate and crippled him by pinning him to her stone stele.
• Empress Houtu abandoned her Heavenly Court authority and declared that the Earthly Deities would cast Heaven aside, prompting them to break their investiture seals and edicts.
• The Earthly Deities withdrew their support from Heaven, causing the Thirty-Six Heavens to collapse by three layers, and Empress Houtu called for Mount Buzhou to awaken.

Houtu Empress Earthly Deity revealed the Sky-Shattering Mace formed from Mount Buzhou and marched to challenge Great Emperor Gouchen, while the Jade Emperor tried to contain the crisis in Heaven. Judicial True Lord died urging the Jade Emperor to stop the coming kalpa, and Immortal Yun Qin discovered Qi WuHuo’s apparent corpse in Fengdu City.

• Houtu Empress Earthly Deity summoned Mount Buzhou, formed the Sky-Shattering Mace, and headed for Great Emperor Gouchen’s Celestial Palace.
• Judicial True Lord denounced Judicial Great Celestial Venerable’s call to mobilize Heaven and pleaded with the Jade Emperor to mediate and prevent a kalpa.
• When the Jade Emperor declined to punish Judicial Great Celestial Venerable, Judicial True Lord killed himself to press his plea, and Judicial Great Celestial Venerable took his head and admitted guilt.
• The Jade Emperor ordered that Judicial True Lord be buried with full honors, while the silent court dispersed.
• Immortal Yun Qin sent Demon Kings out with Jade Talismans, then used a mirror to contact Qi WuHuo and saw him pierced through the heart and Primordial Spirit in Fengdu City.

After WuHuo’s apparent death, Yun Qin refused to believe he was gone and hurried toward Jinzhou as rebellions threw the Heavenly Court into chaos. Great Emperor Ziwei crushed the revolts and told the amnesiac Jade Emperor to regain his power within a thousand years, while Di Ting’s changed hexagram suggested WuHuo was still alive.

• Yun Qin grieved over WuHuo’s apparent death, insisted he would return, and set off toward Jinzhou to complete what he had entrusted to her.
• The Plague Department, part of the Fire Department, the Great Year Department, and Water Virtue Star Lord rebelled against Heaven as the Heavenly Court’s authority faltered.
• Great Emperor Zhuling stopped Water Virtue Star Lord from dragging the Heavenly River down, while the North Pole Exorcism Department executed the rebellious Fire gods and destroyed the Plague Department.
• Great Emperor Ziwei returned with the Plague Great Emperor’s severed head, explained that he defended order rather than the Jade Emperor, and gave the amnesiac ruler a thousand years to grow strong enough to join the coming struggle.
• Great Emperor Ziwei led the Exorcism Department to hold the line beyond the South Pole, while the Jade Emperor wondered where the prophesied Yu was and asked after Demon-Subduing.
• Di Ting and Huang Yao repeatedly divined that Heaven and Earth were blocked, then Di Ting recognized a changed hexagram called Tai and concluded that WuHuo was not completely dead.

As the Six Realms descended into conflict, Qi WuHuo was transformed during Zhou Qi’s ritual to summon the Mount Tai Prefect. He faced the enraged ghosts and gods in the Underworld and began to wield the authority the ritual had gathered.

• Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole and Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole confronted each other over their past and the death of the Empress of Wa, then prepared to fight as Houtu attacked Gouchen Palace.
• The Jade Emperor received reports that the Demon Race had assembled a million troops, humanity had sent a vast cavalry force toward the Demon Realm, and the Fengdu Ghost Emperors were trying to escape the Northern Emperor’s seal.
• Zhou Qi began the Mount Tai Prefect ritual in Fengdu, but the power gathered by the ghosts and gods flowed into the chained Qi WuHuo instead.
• Qi WuHuo broke free as the furious ghosts and gods charged, and his transformation stopped the Underworld’s Yin energy from flooding into the living world.
• Clad in the Zhou Jue Yin Tian Robe and holding the Sin-Destroying Ruyi, Qi WuHuo invoked his authority and declared, “I—Command!!!”

Qi WuHuo used the Mount Tai Prefect Sacrifice to destroy Fengdu’s evil spirits and pursued Central Ghost Emperor Zhou Qi into the heavens, where he confronted the South and North Poles. The chapter ended as his sword, after killing Zhou Qi, continued toward Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole.

• Qi WuHuo invoked the Mount Tai Prefect Sacrifice and destroyed the Evil Gods and fierce ghosts in Fengdu, freeing many wronged souls to reincarnate.
• Central Ghost Emperor Zhou Qi betrayed the Eastern and Western Ghost Emperors and fled toward Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole, while the Northern Ghost Emperor suppressed the two brothers.
• After Di Ting helped him locate Zhou Qi, Qi WuHuo commanded the Yellow Springs’ spiritual veins to form chains that pierced and pursued the fleeing Ghost Emperor into the heavens.
• Qi WuHuo followed the chains to the South and North Poles, declared himself Tai, and announced that he had come to apprehend the Fengdu rebels.
• Qi WuHuo struck down Zhou Qi with a sword infused with the Mount Tai Prefect Sacrifice’s power, then sent the same attack toward Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole.

Qi WuHuo, the Mount Tai Prefect, joined Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole in confronting Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole and halted the tribulation by shattering his newly formed Dao foundation. After Great Emperor Changsheng withdrew and the Heavenly Court’s order steadied, the young Jade Emperor watched Qi WuHuo through the Haotian Mirror as Qi WuHuo looked back at him.

• Qi WuHuo’s sword forced Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole to defend himself, while Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole and the assembled gods held their positions.
• The young Jade Emperor and Xuan Du watched through the Haotian Mirror, and Xuan Du steadied his shaking alchemy furnace before warning that the confrontation could either halt the tribulation or shatter the order of the Six Realms.
• Great Emperor Changsheng attacked Qi WuHuo with his green bamboo, and Qi WuHuo exchanged blows with him while Great Emperor Ziwei, True Lord Tian Peng, and the Exorcism Department’s generals engaged the other forces.
• After Qi WuHuo’s ritual power ran out, he shattered his Dao foundation and used its remaining power to wound Great Emperor Changsheng, stopping the tribulation’s momentum.
• Great Emperor Changsheng acknowledged Qi WuHuo as the Mount Tai Prefect and withdrew from the confrontation, while Great Emperor Ziwei vanished with him to settle their conflict.
• The young Jade Emperor asked Xuan Du to find Qi WuHuo, then saw Qi WuHuo turn and look toward him through the Haotian Mirror.

Great Master Xuan Du stabilized the young Jade Emperor as the celestial conflict resumed, while Houtu’s forces fought Gouchen and the Demon Race across the earth. Li Zhai led the Huaxu cavalry into battle, and Qi WuHuo returned to Di Ting with the Seventy-Two Department Chiefs as the fate of the fighting remained unresolved.

• Great Master Xuan Du rejected the young Jade Emperor’s suggestion that Mount Tai Prefect rule, then used pills to keep the Jade Emperor’s consciousness stable as Haotian’s power threatened to overwhelm him.
• Great Emperor Gouchen fought Houtu Empress Earthly Deity while the Demon Emperor was held back by thirty-six earthly gods, and both armies clashed as the gods tried to protect the Earth Veins and civilians.
• Seventh Prince Li Zhai arrived with the Huaxu battle standard and three hundred thousand cavalry, joining Houtu’s forces and turning the battle against the demons.
• Lord Candle Dragon ordered the million-strong Demon Race army to join the fighting, while Di Ting worried that Qi WuHuo might be caught in the Antarctic calamity.
• Qi WuHuo arrived at the monastery with the Seventy-Two Department Chiefs and greeted Di Ting.

Qi WuHuo recruited thirty Yin gods to help break the demonic blockade and support Empress Houtu, while Di Ting discovered that Qi WuHuo had reached Yin and Yang Undefiled. In Heaven, the Jade Emperor recognized Qi WuHuo as an Orthodox God and protected him from the Judicial Heavenly Venerable, then lost his memories and awakened as a new boy determined to guard all living beings.

• Qi WuHuo persuaded Di Ting to honor his bet by helping ten times, then selected thirty Yin gods to return with him to the mortal world.
• Di Ting discovered Qi WuHuo had reached Yin and Yang Undefiled and learned that only one Correctness remained for him to complete the Dao.
• Judicial Great Celestial Venerable demanded that the Jade Emperor punish Great Emperor Changsheng, then called for Mount Tai to be destroyed and Fengdu annihilated.
• The Jade Emperor declared Qi WuHuo an Orthodox God, wrote Mount Tai Prefect into the Haotian Jade Scroll, and sentenced Judicial Heavenly Venerable to one hundred lashes.
• The Jade Emperor told Great Master Xuan Du that Qi WuHuo was Supreme Xuanwei, then lost his memories and died as his consciousness faded.
• A new young Jade Emperor awakened, and Great Master Xuan Du heard him vow to suppress the Celestial Court, guard the Six Realms, and protect all living beings.

Great Master Xuan Du asked Great Unity Salvation Heavenly Venerate to protect the amnesiac Jade Emperor, while the Heavenly Court prepared for the Demon Race’s assault. As Hou Tu and Gou Chen clashed and the million-strong Demon Race army gathered, Qi WuHuo prepared to use Destroy Buddha, Execute Emperor, and Di Ting promised to teach him Fuxi’s deadly zither music.

• Great Master Xuan Du brought Great Unity Salvation Heavenly Venerate to meet the amnesiac Jade Emperor, and Taiyi Saves from Suffering gave his Daoist title as Qinghua.
• Thousand-Mile Eye and Wind Ear reported the Demon Race’s movements, and the Jade Emperor used the Haotian Mirror to watch the battle while Xuan Du explained the threat.
• Hou Tu and Gou Chen fought amid falling stars and rising mountains as both armies gathered and the human cavalry charged to disrupt the Demon Race’s formation.
• Ju Ling Shen caught Old Yellow Ox impersonating Weaver Star Lord, then sent him after Yun Zhiyi and Weaver Girl with unregistered armor and weapons.
• The Jade Emperor spotted Qi WuHuo in the Haotian Mirror, while Qi WuHuo and Di Ting planned to use Destroy Buddha, Execute Emperor against the million-strong army.
• Di Ting covered Kṣitigarbha’s eyes and promised to teach Qi WuHuo the zither music Fuxi played after the Wa Emperor died.

Qi WuHuo used Di Ting’s guidance to seize control of the Demon Race’s formation foundation and announce that he could enshrine an Earth God on their leyline. He drew the Demon Race’s million-strong army toward himself, leaving Houtu and the others to face the battle’s turning point as he waited alone for the enemy.

• Qi WuHuo entered the Demon Race’s ancient formation and, following Di Ting’s advice, targeted its hidden formation foundations.
• Qi WuHuo used his incantation to incapacitate the Demon Race elites guarding a key camp, while the Dragon Emperor mourned his apparent death and Yun Zhiyi and the Weaver Girl searched for him.
• Prince Qin led 150,000 troops on a desperate charge behind enemy lines, and the Demon Race’s advance faltered when Qi WuHuo destroyed and took control of its formation foundations.
• Di Ting used the formation network to broadcast Qi WuHuo’s identity across the battlefield, and Qi WuHuo announced that he could enshrine an Earth God atop the Demon Race’s leyline.
• The Demon Emperor ordered his forces to turn on Qi WuHuo, while Houtu realized his plan and heard him declare that he was waiting for the million-strong army.

Houtu defeated Gouchen’s immediate attack by summoning Mount Buzhou and vowed to strip him of his sovereign’s throne, while Qi WuHuo faced the million-strong demon army as bait. With help from the Underworld spirits, Qi WuHuo played an ancient slaughtering melody on his zither, and the sound of Fuxi returned to the mortal world.

• Gouchen attacked Houtu and condemned her compassion, but Houtu summoned Mount Buzhou to pin down his palace and shattered his armor, then vowed to knock him from his sovereign’s throne.
• Lord Candle Dragon raced toward Qi WuHuo, but Weaver Girl intercepted him while Yun Zhiyi went to help Qi WuHuo; Old Yellow Ox and the Eighth Great Sage urged demons to defect, and the Dragon Emperor gave his remaining power to the Serpent.
• The demons from all five directions gathered into a vast formation around Qi WuHuo, while Di Ting monitored the battlefield and waited for the right moment to act.
• Qi WuHuo fought through the demon army, suffered injuries, and narrowly evaded a storm of spears until Di Ting and the thirty-two Underworld offices’ spirits acted together to protect him.
• The Underworld spirits formed a platform from the demons’ weapons, and Qi WuHuo sat upon it with the Blood River Sword and an ancient zither as the demon army closed in.
• Qi WuHuo swept his hand across the strings, exhausting the Underworld spirits and unleashing a ripple that spread three hundred li as the sound of Fuxi returned to the mortal world.

Qi WuHuo used the Fuxi Qin, the Mount Tai Earth Vein, and the sacred fetus to defeat Lord Candle Dragon and devastate the Demon Race’s forces across three hundred li. Wounded but victorious, he rode the Báshé into the sky as the Heavenly forces watched in silence.

• Qi WuHuo’s first Fuxi Qin blast swept across three hundred li, killing demons and injuring Heavenly Soldiers while Yun Zhiyi and the Weaver Girl fought Lord Candle Dragon.
• Lord Candle Dragon fired Gouchen arrows at Qi WuHuo, but the Weaver Girl cut one apart and Yun Zhiyi stopped another at the cost of severe injuries.
• Qi WuHuo absorbed the demons’ divine arts into the sacred fetus and answered Candle Dragon’s final arrow with the orthodox music of Fuxi Qin.
• The Mount Tai Earth Vein reversed and amplified Qi WuHuo’s music, shattering the final arrow and killing Lord Candle Dragon and the demons across the battlefield.
• A bloodied Qi WuHuo lost the strength to fly, and the Báshé carried him as Ju Ling Shen recognized his victory as “Sweep Away.”