Chapter Summaries

Qi WuHuo used Blood Sea Dao Lord’s rite and the Three Pure Ones’ blood to undergo a perilous breakthrough, fighting the imprinted heroes of the Primordial Era while clashing with the Three Pure Dao Ancestors. He reached the peak of Great Grade as Empress Nuwa returned, and the Sea of Blood vanished.

• The gods and immortals saw a vast purple-qi phenomenon, and Thunder Sound Universal Salvation Celestial Venerable suspected Supreme Xuanwei was only now breaking through to Great Grade.
• Great Dao Lord Yuchen added the Three Pure Ones’ blood to Blood Sea Dao Lord’s rite, sending Qi WuHuo’s cultivation surging to the peak of Great Grade.
• Qi WuHuo’s true spirit battled the ancient powers imprinted in the rite while his qi burst outward, and he fought Supreme, Shangqing Great Dao Lord, and Yuqing Primordial Celestial Venerable.
• Empress Nuwa returned with her true spirit and body reunited, then touched Qi WuHuo’s brow and calmed the killing intent within him.
• The five Great Grade rites joined into one, Qi WuHuo completed his breakthrough, and the Sea of Blood disappeared as the six celestial anomalies spread across heaven and earth.

Qi WuHuo completed his breakthrough to Great Grade by absorbing the Blood Sea’s foundation, and Empress Nuwa returned to life. As the others departed, Great Dao Lord Yuchen explained that his incarnation would soon vanish, but promised to join Qi WuHuo in future adventures if his sword could still be drawn.

• The Thunder Sound Universal Salvation Celestial Venerable watched the Blood Sea’s transformation and wondered whether Supreme Xuanwei would become a threat to Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole.
• Qi WuHuo absorbed the Blood Sea’s foundation and completed a flawless Great Grade breakthrough, while Empress Nuwa returned to life and reunited with him.
• The Shangqing Great Dao Lord took Empress Nuwa and the other Dao Ancestors to Yuqing’s Great Luo Heaven, while Great Dao Lord Yuchen chose to remain behind as his incarnation faded.
• Qi WuHuo offered to preserve Great Dao Lord Yuchen in a Taiyi Realm, but Yuchen declined and sent him away.
• Great Dao Lord Yuchen told Qi WuHuo to return with any future trouble or strife, promising to join him for one last adventure if his sword could still leave its sheath.

After emerging from the emptied Blood Sea, Qi WuHuo claimed that its strange phenomena had come from his breakthrough, drawing the gathered immortals’ attention away from Empress Nuwa’s return. Nuwa resolved to pursue the Dao of the Imperial Venerable, while the Three Dao Ancestors strengthened WuHuo’s position by summoning the Six Realms to hear their teachings.

• Qi WuHuo emerged from the Blood Sea, and the assembled immortals bowed to him while the Thunder Ancestor questioned him.
• Qi WuHuo said the strange phenomena had come from a slight breakthrough, concealing Empress Nuwa’s return in her true body.
• Empress Nuwa told the Three Dao Ancestors that she wished to attain the Dao of the Imperial Venerable, then fell asleep after taking a pill to harmonize her body and spirit.
• The Three Dao Ancestors agreed to honor their old pact and issue an edict to support Qi WuHuo, who had reached the pinnacle of Great Grade.
• The Three Dao Ancestors announced across the Six Realms that they would hold a gathering on the Dao in Great Luo Heaven forty-nine days later, open to all who aspired to the Dao.

As the Three Pure Ones Dharma Assembly approached, True Person Yin, Amitabha Buddha, and the immortals prepared for it or chose not to attend. Qi WuHuo pondered the Buddha-linked Lotus Seed before meeting the Heavenly Maiden, who said the Northern Emperor was waiting for him.

• True Person Yin declined to attend the assembly, and Zhuang Zhou chose to remain with him as they traveled with Yang Jiao and Yang Jian.
• A young Daoist prepared Qingfeng and Mingyue for his absence, then remembered the distant place he had once reached and said no one would come again.
• Amitabha Buddha sent Guanyin Bodhisattva to attend the assembly with offerings, while he stayed beside the Bodhi Tree to guard its ripening fruit.
• At True Martial Manor, Spirit Officer Wang defeated Ju Ling Shen in a test of strength as the immortals discussed the coming assembly.
• Qi WuHuo considered how the Lotus Seed's Buddha charm accelerated his Qi of Emperor Venerable, then met a Heavenly Maiden who told him the Northern Emperor was waiting.

Qi WuHuo weighed the paths that might lead him to the Emperor Venerable realm and asked Yun Qin to travel the world with him once Heaven’s turmoil settled. Their intimate moment was interrupted by Zhang Xiaoyu, but Qi WuHuo turned his head aside and kissed Yun Qin.

• A Ziwei Palace immortal left Qi WuHuo and Yun Qin alone in the pavilion, where Yun Qin revealed she had mastered a thread of Sword Qi to fish for spirit fish in the clouds.
• Qi WuHuo considered seeking guidance from the scroll and sword in Doushuai Palace, while recalling his Teacher Tai Shang’s explanation for why he could not simply teach him the path he had once walked.
• Qi WuHuo asked Yun Qin to leave Heaven with him and explore the world, and she agreed, privately resolving to stay by his side for as long as she lived.
• As Qi WuHuo and Yun Qin drew close, Zhang Xiaoyu arrived, and the Ziwei Palace immortal fled rather than intervene.
• Qi WuHuo turned Zhang Xiaoyu’s head away, stepped toward Yun Qin, and kissed the corner of her mouth.

Qi WuHuo returned the Sky-Covering Banner to the Jade Emperor and restored the Haotian Mirror, while Zhang Xiaoyu realized his friend still intended to leave Heaven. Meanwhile, the Nine Heavens Thunder Sound Universal Salvation Celestial Venerable decided to challenge Qi WuHuo over control of the Fire Department.

• Zhang Xiaoyu and Qi WuHuo composed themselves after Yun Zhiyi was carried away, then discussed the Three Pure Ones Dharma Assembly and the ancient pact governing the Sky-Covering Banner.
• Qi WuHuo showed the Sky-Covering Banner to Yun Qin, and the weapon reacted to both her and Zhang Xiaoyu before Qi WuHuo handed it back to Zhang Xiaoyu.
• Qi WuHuo and Zhang Xiaoyu reopened the hidden formation, returned the Sky-Covering Banner to its place, and restored the Haotian Mirror to Zhang Xiaoyu.
• Zhang Xiaoyu asked whether Qi WuHuo was really leaving Heaven, and Qi WuHuo confirmed that he was; Zhang Xiaoyu said he would follow him.
• The Nine Heavens Thunder Sound Universal Salvation Celestial Venerable learned that Zhuling Great Emperor had lost control of the Fire Department and resolved to test Qi WuHuo's position and take control of the department.

Qi WuHuo accepted Lord Thunder Ancestor Great Emperor’s invitation and visited the Thunder Department, where he met Thunder God and Lightning Mother again and declined their attempt to repay him for helping Jin Province. After wine and conversation, Thunder Sound Universal Salvation Celestial Venerable asked whether Qi WuHuo wished to ascend to the Imperial Venerable rank.

• Qi WuHuo cultivated and spent a peaceful stretch of time studying the Dao, visiting his teacher, and traveling with Yun Qin while tensions grew around the True Martial Manor.
• Old Yellow Ox delivered a Jade Talisman inviting Qi WuHuo to the Thunder Department, and Qi WuHuo agreed to go despite Old Yellow Ox’s concerns.
• Old Yellow Ox arranged an imposing procession to accompany Qi WuHuo, and Qi WuHuo entered the Thunder Department to meet its Lord, Thunder Sound Universal Salvation Celestial Venerable.
• Thunder God and Lightning Mother returned the Heavenly Emperor Coins Qi WuHuo had spent to bring rain to Jin Province, but Qi WuHuo gave the treasure back to them.
• Thunder Sound Universal Salvation Celestial Venerable hosted Qi WuHuo for a drink, then asked whether he wished to ascend to the Imperial Venerable rank.

Thunder Sound Universal Salvation Celestial Venerable offered Qi WuHuo the chance to inherit the Southern Pole’s title and authority, but Qi refused and defeated him in a clash of foundations. After Qi left, Thunder Sound ordered a scheme to pit the Fire Department against the Dipper Department, unaware that someone might control both.

• Thunder Sound Universal Salvation Celestial Venerable explained that ascending to the Imperial Venerable realm required control of an unclaimed domain of authority and offered Qi WuHuo the future seat of Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole.
• Qi WuHuo declined the offer, saying he would follow his own path, and prepared to leave the Thunder Department.
• Thunder Sound attacked Qi WuHuo to test his strength, but their palm clash shook Shen Xiao Thunder Mansion and left Thunder Sound injured.
• Qi WuHuo departed with the generals of True Martial Manor, while Thunder Sound acknowledged his formidable foundation and ordered his followers to provoke a conflict between the Fire and Dipper Departments.
• Thunder Sound claimed no one could control both departments, and a faint Star of Fire appeared high in the sky.

Qi WuHuo recovered from his clash with the Thunder Sound Universal Salvation Celestial Venerable and used the brewing feud between the Fire and Dipper Departments to draw out those plotting against them. When assassins tried to turn their sparring match into a massacre, Emperor Lord Huoyao Dongyang arrived and revealed that he held the seals of both departments.

• Qi WuHuo expelled the Thunder Sound Universal Salvation Celestial Venerable’s lingering thunder and told Old Yellow Ox to make the Thunder Department believe he had been wounded.
• Agents of the Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole stoked a brawl between the Fire and Dipper Departments, and the two sides arranged to fight again despite Star Lord Zuo Fu’s orders.
• The Thunder Sound Universal Salvation Celestial Venerable watched the departments clash, believing Qi WuHuo was too injured to interfere.
• Several Fire Department Divine Generals concealed lethal weapons and charged the Dipper Department, but Old Yellow Ox recognized the threat and called for them to be stopped.
• Emperor Lord Huoyao Dongyang appeared with both departments’ seals, halted the would-be assassins, and received the two departments’ joint allegiance as their shared master.

Fire Luminary Great Emperor Dongyang stopped the Fire Department and Dipper Department from fighting, exposed the Thunder Department’s role, and defeated Thunder Sound Universal Salvation Celestial Venerable. At the Three Pure Ones Dharma Assembly, True Martial revealed that all Three Dao Ancestors shared him as a disciple.

• Dongyang Great Emperor suppressed seven Fire Department Divine Generals who attacked the Dipper Department and sent them to the Exorcism Department for custody.
• Dongyang Great Emperor fought Thunder Sound Universal Salvation Celestial Venerable, struck his old injury, and forced him to kneel beneath the pressure of his spear.
• The Exorcism Department began interrogating the traitors, while rumors spread that the Thunder Department had ordered their actions; Fire Department and Dipper Department came under Dongyang Great Emperor’s command.
• Immortals speculated that True Martial Great Emperor would clash with Dongyang Great Emperor and the Northern Emperor’s Son as the Three Pure Ones Dharma Assembly began in Miro Palace.
• True Martial Great Emperor bowed to Primordial Celestial Venerable and Supreme Pure Spirit Treasure Celestial Venerable as his teachers, and Dao Ancestor Tai Shang revealed that the Three Dao Ancestors shared him as a disciple.

The Three Pure Dao Ancestors revealed that True Martial Demon Queller Great Emperor was their shared disciple, formally welcomed him into their lineage, and granted him the Daoist title Qingwei. After the assembled Immortals and Gods honored him, Qingwei continued the assembly by expounding the Dao for three days.

• The Three Pure Dao Ancestors declared that True Martial Demon Queller Great Emperor was their common disciple, overturning the Immortals and Gods' assumptions about his origins and alliances.
• The Three Pure Dao Ancestors bestowed a Yin-Yang jade pendant, a purple-trimmed Daoist robe, and a jade hairpin on True Martial, while the Yuqing Primordial Celestial Venerable praised him as Supreme Goodness without Flaw.
• The Shangqing Spirit Treasure Celestial Venerable revealed that Listening had helped him find True Martial, startling Listening and earning him the respect of the assembled Gods.
• Tai Shang renamed True Martial Qingwei, acknowledging his standing as a disciple co-transmitted by the Three Pure Ones.
• Dao Lord Qingwei expounded the Dao for three days, and the Immortals and Gods bowed to him in gratitude for his teachings.

After Dao Lord Qingwei announced that he and Yun Qin were Dao companions, the Jade Emperor proposed setting their wedding date, and Yun Qin agreed. Meanwhile, Kun Peng Laojun discovered Emperor End-Tribulation Celestial Venerable’s hidden treasures but resealed the chamber and hurried to inform Venerable God Taiyi.

• Qi WuHuo announced before the immortals and gods that he and Yun Qin were already Dao companions, and Yun Qin confirmed it.
• The Jade Emperor congratulated the couple and proposed that they set a wedding date, and Yun Qin quietly agreed.
• Yun Zhiyi fainted when the Jade Emperor’s marriage proposal was accepted.
• Kun Peng Laojun found the secret chamber containing Emperor End-Tribulation Celestial Venerable’s divine sword and scrolls, then resealed it without entering.
• Kun Peng Laojun resolved to tell Venerable God Taiyi about the discovery.

After the Six Realms Dharma Assembly, Qi WuHuo learned that Laojun had found the secret realm Emperor End-Tribulation Celestial Venerable had left for him. He arrived at Doushuai Palace and opened the realm, reaching the legacy his teacher had prepared.

• The Jade Emperor sent the gathered immortals and gods to his ancient peach garden, where Old Yellow Ox named their feast the Peach Banquet.
• Qi WuHuo declined to join the gathering and contacted Laojun, who reported finding Emperor End-Tribulation Celestial Venerable’s secret legacy to Venerable God Taiyi.
• Venerable God Taiyi told Laojun that Qingwei would come, and Laojun realized that Qingwei was Qi WuHuo’s new Daoist title.
• Qi WuHuo arrived at Doushuai Palace before Laojun could explore the secret realm, and Laojun greeted him anxiously.
• Qi WuHuo pressed his hand against the secret realm, shattering its protective light and revealing the gift his teacher had left behind.

Qi WuHuo entered Doushuai Palace’s secret realm and received the Late Tribulation Celestial Venerable’s account of the Final Tribulation. He witnessed the old world’s destruction and rebirth, then learned that the cycle would eventually annihilate every being of the current era without malice or exception.

• Kun Peng Laojun tried to follow Qi WuHuo into the secret realm, but the Late Tribulation Celestial Venerable’s sword aura stopped him.
• Qi WuHuo met the Late Tribulation Celestial Venerable, who explained that he had transcended by letting go of his attachments and showed Qi WuHuo the Final Tribulation.
• Qi WuHuo witnessed the realms collapse into a cosmic egg, then watched Taiyi cleave it open and create Heaven and Earth as the Northern Emperor and the giant died.
• After returning to the secret realm, Qi WuHuo heard the Late Tribulation Celestial Venerable explain that the Final Tribulation destroyed all beings of an era before a new world began.

The Emperor End-Tribulation Celestial Venerable showed Qi WuHuo the Final Tribulation and explained why only the beings of the current kalpa could try to stop it. After Qi WuHuo vowed to face the calamity, the Celestial Venerable revealed that his twenty thousand years of cultivation might have been real despite the vision being a Yellow Millet Dream.

• The Emperor End-Tribulation Celestial Venerable explained that the Final Tribulation would destroy the world through heat or cold death and that he had abandoned a plan to sacrifice a kalpa’s inhabitants to prevent it.
• The Celestial Venerable said that only beings of the current kalpa could halt the Final Tribulation, and he suspected the Three Pure Ones’ true bodies were absent because they were suppressing it.
• Qi WuHuo refused to seek transcendence simply to escape the Final Tribulation and vowed to overcome the calamity using Taiyi’s authority.
• The Celestial Venerable suddenly attacked Qi WuHuo, whose growing Qi of Emperor Venerable automatically blocked the strike and created an opening to counterattack.
• The Celestial Venerable revealed that Qi WuHuo’s vision of twenty thousand years and the Final Tribulation had been a Yellow Millet Dream, but suggested that the twenty thousand years of cultivation within it were real.

Qi WuHuo learned that Emperor End-Tribulation Celestial Venerable had used his accumulated power to help him establish Imperial Prenatal Qi, then sought answers from the Three Pure Dao Ancestors about the Final Tribulation. They revealed that the Jade Emperor had killed the being embodying the next era’s Creation of Heaven and Earth eight thousand years earlier, beginning the calamity and suffering grave wounds.

• Emperor End-Tribulation Celestial Venerable spent the power he had gathered over five tribulation eras to temper Qi WuHuo’s Dao heart and help him establish Imperial Prenatal Qi.
• Emperor End-Tribulation Celestial Venerable left his collapsing secret realm, recognized his aged reflection, and returned to Supreme Pure Spirit Treasure Celestial Venerable with his memories restored.
• Qi WuHuo arrived before the Three Pure Dao Ancestors and asked them about the Final Tribulation.
• Yuqing Primordial Celestial Venerable explained that the Final Tribulation was a cycle of destruction and renewal, and that its signs had appeared eight thousand years earlier.
• Yuqing Primordial Celestial Venerable showed Qi WuHuo a vision of the battle eight thousand years ago and revealed that the Jade Emperor had killed the being representing the next era’s Creation of Heaven and Earth, gravely wounding himself.

Qi WuHuo learned the truth about the final tribulation and the Three Pure Dao Ancestors’ efforts to delay it, then resolved to grow strong enough to stop it. As he left for the Western Buddhist Kingdom, Tai Shang was revealed to be holding back the next era’s Gods and Devils through a discussion of the Dao.

• Qi WuHuo connected the Jade Emperor’s ancient battle and death with the fear driving the immortals and gods to seek Emperor Venerable power, and suspected Gouchen had helped bring about the catastrophe.
• Yuqing Primordial Celestial Venerable explained that Gouchen had sealed himself in the place where the next era would begin, while Shangqing Great Dao Lord and Yuqing Primordial Celestial Venerable revealed that their true bodies were suppressing the Cold Silence and Heat Death Tribulations.
• The Three Pure Dao Ancestors told Qi WuHuo they could delay the final tribulation for at most about twenty thousand years and urged him to become strong enough to cleave through it.
• Qi WuHuo left after deciding to advance toward the Emperor Venerable realm as quickly as possible, considering a visit to the Western Buddhist Kingdom and studying the golden Lotus Seed in his palm.
• The Three Pure Dao Ancestors questioned Tai Shang about his whereabouts, and the scene revealed him seated before the next era’s Gods and Devils, preventing them from advancing while he continued discussing the Dao.

Qi WuHuo subdued the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe long enough to learn that One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones could reshape it, but he lacked the Imperial Qi to finish. Realizing he needed a powerful ally before investigating Buddha and Taiyi’s connection, he went to the former Blood Sea and asked his teacher to emerge from seclusion.

• Qi WuHuo visited Zhang Xiaoyu at Soaring Heavens Palace and asked whether he knew about the Final Tribulation.
• Zhang Xiaoyu showed Qi WuHuo the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe, a trophy from his battle eight thousand years earlier against the ancient god of the Final Tribulation.
• Qi WuHuo pulled the axe free and suppressed its baleful energy while Zhang Xiaoyu used the Haotian Mirror to protect the palace.
• Qi WuHuo used One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones to transform part of the axe, but his Imperial Qi ran out and the attempt failed.
• Qi WuHuo went to the former Blood Sea and called upon Great Dao Lord Yuchen, asking his teacher to emerge from seclusion.

Qi WuHuo entered the Buddha Kingdom with True Martial Great Emperor and confronted a false Buddha beneath the Bodhi Tree. The Buddha’s power drew Qi WuHuo into a scene from the Primordial Era, where the Primordial Heavenly King recognized that someone had taken the Buddha’s place and demanded the truth.

• True Martial Great Emperor’s procession entered the Buddha Kingdom, while Ran Deng the Daoist and Guanyin Bodhisattva left to visit old acquaintances.
• Qi WuHuo passed through the Bodhi Tree’s barrier, and the Buddha appeared to welcome him and propose continuing their ancient debate.
• Amitabha Buddha attacked Qi WuHuo, but Great Dao Lord Yuchen appeared and exposed the false Buddha as Pāpīyas before striking him down.
• The Buddha’s power enveloped Qi WuHuo and brought him into a Primordial Era memory, where he found himself in the Buddha’s body during a gathering with the Primordial Heavenly King.
• The Primordial Heavenly King noticed Qi WuHuo’s changed manner and demanded to know who he was, and Qi WuHuo said he had come from the future.

Qi WuHuo met the Primordial Heavenly King through the Buddha’s memories, convinced him of the future and the ultimate tribulation, and watched the Three Pure Ones prepare to change their past. The Buddha then sacrificed himself as a vessel to carry the Primordial Heavenly King’s power and message to the future.

• The Primordial Heavenly King shattered Taiyi’s descending divine intent, then tested Qi WuHuo in battle and recognized him as his future disciple.
• Qi WuHuo told the Primordial Heavenly King, the Emperor End-Tribulation Celestial Venerable, and the Great Dao Lord Yuchen about the ultimate tribulation, and they accepted his account.
• After awakening in the Primordial Era, the Primordial Heavenly King, the Emperor End-Tribulation Celestial Venerable, and the Jade Firmament Daoist Lord agreed to make their own preparations against the ultimate tribulation.
• The Emperor End-Tribulation Celestial Venerable took Xuan as his first disciple and entered Doushuai Palace to wait, while the Great Dao Lord Yuchen went to war and later guarded the Empress Wa’s true body in the Blood Sea.
• The Primordial Heavenly King gave his cultivation to the Buddha to pass on to the future, and the Buddha chose to die beneath the Bodhi Tree so his memories could carry the message across time.