Chapter Summaries

Qi WuHuo met the Buddha, received Primordial Heavenly King's bequest, and learned how the Buddha's sacrifice connected the past and future against the final tribulation. After the Buddha and Great Dao Lord Yuchen departed, Qi WuHuo absorbed the lotus's power and stood one step from completing his cultivation.

• Qi WuHuo met the Buddha, who explained that he had entered Nirvana to carry knowledge of the final tribulation across the ages.
• The Buddha gave Qi WuHuo the lotus entrusted by Primordial Heavenly King, containing ten thousand years of cultivation.
• Amitabha Buddha and the other Buddhist disciples gathered beneath the Bodhi Tree as the Buddha delivered his final teachings.
• Great Dao Lord Yuchen bid farewell to Qi WuHuo and vanished, returning to Yu Heaven in the Shangqing Realm.
• The Buddha promised his disciples he would return, gave his final teaching, and departed as the Bodhi Fruit ripened.
• Qi WuHuo absorbed the lotus's power and resolve, strengthening his Emperor Venerable Qi until only one step remained.

Qi WuHuo reorganized the Buddhist sect under Heavenly Court protection, then returned to Great Luo Heaven and found his teachers absent. The Three Pure Dao Ancestors revealed that a coming tribulation involved them and agreed to grant “his” wish, while an artifact spirit announced that the Venerable Lord was about to return.

• Qi WuHuo asked Ran Deng to watch over the Bodhi Fruit until it ripened, giving him an edict that let him depart for the Bodhi Tree.
• Qi WuHuo and Guanyin agreed that the Buddhist sect needed separate lineages, and Qi WuHuo named Amitabha Buddha the Buddha Lord and Maitreya Bodhisattva the Future Buddha.
• Zhang Xiaoyu established the Five Elders rank, naming the Buddhist sect, Guanyin, and Qi WuHuo among its first three members.
• Qi WuHuo visited Great Luo Heaven but did not break through its barriers when he realized the Three Dao Ancestors did not wish to meet him.
• The Three Pure Dao Ancestors discussed an approaching tribulation involving them and decided to grant “his” wish.
• An azure-robed artifact spirit told Qi WuHuo that the Venerable Lord was about to return.

After receiving Fuxi’s warning, Qi WuHuo arranged for Empress Nuwa to stay under Empress Houtu’s protection. The Three Pure Dao Ancestors’ avatars then vanished during a lecture, spreading fear across the Six Realms as Gouchen the Supreme Emperor awakened in Outer Heaven.

• The blue-robed spirit gave Qi WuHuo Fuxi’s Jade Talisman, which warned him to act at once if anything major happened.
• Qi WuHuo told Empress Nuwa about Fuxi’s warning, and they discussed the matter for several hours.
• Qi WuHuo sent Empress Nuwa to stay with Empress Houtu, who sealed Ruizhu Palace and announced she was entering seclusion.
• During a lecture at Miro Palace, the Three Pure Dao Ancestors’ avatars were attacked and dispersed into pure qi despite the immortals’ attempts to help.
• Master Qiu, Zhuang Zhou, True Person Yin, and others sensed the disturbance as news of the avatars’ disappearance spread through the Six Realms.
• Gouchen the Supreme Emperor opened his eyes in Outer Heaven and said the Three Pure Ones’ avatars had departed, meaning he had succeeded.

Great Emperor Gouchen led his army against the Heavenly Court, forcing his way through its defenders until Qi WuHuo revealed his Emperor Venerable power as True Martial Demon Queller and stopped him before Soaring Heavens Palace. The two prepared to clash as a blazing Fire Star glowed beyond the thirty-third layer of heaven.

• Great Emperor Gouchen broke Outer Heaven’s seals, rallied his surviving subjects, and marched on the Heavenly Court to seize the highest throne.
• The Ten-Direction Tribulation Annihilation Array and the Nine-headed Lion’s divine art failed to stop Gouchen, though Great Unity Salvation Heavenly Venerate and Heavenly Marshal Tian Peng disrupted his momentum.
• Great Master Xuan Du shattered the Purple Gold Eight Trigrams Furnace while striking Gouchen, then used it to collect tens of thousands of Gouchen’s followers before Gouchen’s attack broke through the South Heavenly Gate.
• A sword made from the same material as Gouchen’s halberd intercepted his gathered strike before Soaring Heavens Palace.
• Qi WuHuo declared himself True Martial Demon Queller and unleashed Emperor Venerable sword energy, halting Gouchen as both sides faced one another.

Qi WuHuo fought Great Emperor Gouchen as True Martial Demon Queller, but Gouchen gained the upper hand until Fire Luminary Great Emperor Dongyang and Mount Tai Prefect joined the battle. Qi WuHuo combined the three venerated selves into one and unleashed a surge of power as his sword struck.

• Great Emperor Gouchen and True Martial Demon Queller fought, and Gouchen's greater experience and strength gradually gave him the advantage.
• Fire Luminary Great Emperor Dongyang and Mount Tai Prefect surprised Gouchen with a spear attack and Underworld chains, then fought alongside True Martial.
• Gouchen held off all three Great Emperor Lords and drove them back, while Great Master Xuan Du, Great Unity Salvation Heavenly Venerate, and Heavenly Marshal Tian Peng prepared to protect Qi WuHuo.
• Gouchen realized Dongyang and Mount Tai Prefect were not ordinary combatants, and True Martial told him to guess again.
• True Martial revealed the principles behind Dongyang's and Mount Tai Prefect's powers, drew both forces into himself, and combined the three bodies into one.

Qi WuHuo and Great Emperor Gouchen fought across the Thirty-Six Heavens as their opposing powers and authorities collided. Qi WuHuo ultimately pierced Gouchen with a strike infused with boundless purple qi, leaving Gouchen defeated and the Immortals stunned.

• Qi WuHuo joined the powers of Great Emperor Dongyang and Mount Tai Prefect, then used yin and yang to restrain Gouchen and fight him on equal terms.
• Gouchen revealed his authority over warfare, seized control of the Six Realms’ divine weapons, and unleashed them against the stars surrounding True Martial.
• Qi WuHuo and Gouchen closed in for their final clash, and Gouchen disarmed Qi WuHuo and raised his halberd against him.
• Qi WuHuo revealed boundless purple qi and drove a sword-finger strike through Gouchen’s brow, shattering his weapons and armor and sending him falling.
• True Martial lowered his sword-fingers and declared that the Immortal Dao cherished life.

True Martial Demon Queller killed Great Emperor Gouchen and secured the heavens, while Kun Peng Laojun learned that True Martial was Venerable God Taiyi. Qi WuHuo waited at True Martial Hall as Great Emperor Ziwei, Great Emperor Changsheng, and Emperor Fuxi returned, still clashing.

• Great Emperor Gouchen charged True Martial Demon Queller with his final attack, but True Martial turned and killed him with a sword forged from Innate Purple Qi and Emperor Venerable Qi.
• True Martial Demon Queller announced Gouchen's execution, and the Immortals and Gods accepted him as the new God of War who would hold down the heavens.
• True Martial Manor joined forces with the Exorcism Department and the Thunder Department to eliminate Gouchen's remaining forces, while the realms escaped serious harm.
• At Refining Yang Temple, Kun Peng Laojun told Zhuang Zhou that he had discovered True Martial Demon Queller was Venerable God Taiyi, and Zhuang Zhou teased him into nearly revealing more.
• Kun Peng Laojun returned to True Martial Hall, where Qi WuHuo waited for a guest; Great Emperor Ziwei, Great Emperor Changsheng, and Emperor Fuxi arrived while still fighting.

Qi WuHuo revealed his Emperor Venerable power as the Celestial Realm’s order shifted and Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole learned that True Martial had slain Gouchen and the judicial officer. After testing Qi WuHuo’s strength, Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole proposed giving him the position of the Northern Emperor as Yun Qin’s dowry.

• True Martial Great Emperor suppressed the arriving Emperor Venerable auras and went to confront Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole, Fuxi, and Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole.
• Fuxi publicly claimed that Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole had captured him, while Great Emperor Changsheng returned to South Pole Longevity Heaven.
• Thunder Sound Universal Salvation Celestial Venerable told Great Emperor Changsheng that True Martial had slain the judicial officer and Gouchen, taken the Fire Department, opened True Martial Manor’s four divisions, and attained Emperor Venerable Level.
• At Ziwei Palace, Fuxi questioned Qi WuHuo about killing Gouchen, and Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole agreed that the judicial officer had been punished.
• Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole sparred with Qi WuHuo, judged his strength sound, and proposed the position of the Northern Emperor as Yun Qin’s dowry.

Qi WuHuo announced his wedding, and the Jade Emperor proclaimed it throughout the Six Realms as old friends and allies prepared to celebrate. The chapter ended with the assembled realms gathering for Qi WuHuo and the Northern Emperor's wedding.

• Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole offered Qi WuHuo the Northern Emperor's title before leaving to search for her, and Qi WuHuo said his wedding depended on his teachers' return.
• Qi WuHuo told Zhang Xiaoyu he was getting married and explained that he would remain to face the Final Tribulation; Zhang Xiaoyu issued an imperial decree announcing the wedding across the Six Realms.
• The Empress, the dragons, Buddhist leaders, and other acquaintances received the news, while Li Zhai chose to offer his congratulations from afar.
• Qi WuHuo visited the aging Elder Tao, promised him a night of drinking, and invited him to celebrate beneath the Soaring Heavens Palace.
• The immortals, spirits, and leaders of the Six Realms gathered as Qi WuHuo and the Northern Emperor's Son of the North Pole held their wedding.

At True Martial Great Emperor and the Northern Emperor's Son's wedding, immortals gathered in the Celestial Realm, where young prodigies witnessed Yang Jian's strength and Empress Houtu and Empress Nuwa's arrival. After days of celebration, Qi WuHuo and the girl retired to True Martial Manor for their wedding night, protected from Fuxi by the Sky-Covering Banner.

• A young Daoist became captivated by Fairy Maiden Chang'e while another young prodigy declared his ambition to serve the Jade Emperor, and the two nearly fought before Yang Jian effortlessly separated them.
• Yang Jian left with Sister Ao, while the two boys resumed trading insults and watched the gathered immortals.
• Great Emperor Ziwei, Great Emperor Changsheng, Empress Houtu, and Empress Nuwa arrived, and Zhang Xiaoyu welcomed the goddesses warmly as the guests wondered whether Empress Houtu would return to the Celestial Palace.
• Qi WuHuo and the girl arrived at their wedding without formal attire, and True Martial Great Emperor welcomed the guests as the Celestial Realm celebrated for days.
• Spirit Officer Wang cleared True Martial Manor of its guests, and Qi WuHuo and the girl eased their wedding-night nerves with a joke before she called him her husband.
• Fuxi tried to sneak toward the manor but found it shielded by layers of formations and Qi WuHuo's Sky-Covering Banner, while Qi WuHuo and the girl began their wedding night.

A month after his wedding, Qi WuHuo learned that Qing Jingwei had died and reunited with the Fierce Tiger Mountain God before returning to the Celestial Court. Great Emperor Ziwei resigned as Northern Emperor and nominated Qi WuHuo, who accepted the seal and received new titles as the Celestial Court prepared to face the Great Tribulation.

• Qi WuHuo read that Qing Jingwei had fled after his formation was broken, then taken his own life, and burned the box containing the demon's head.
• The Fierce Tiger Mountain God visited Qi WuHuo, shared wine and stories of their years apart, and departed after bidding him farewell.
• Empress Houtu agreed to return to the Celestial Court, and Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole accused Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole of violating the agreement concerning Fuxi.
• Great Emperor Ziwei admitted his violation, relinquished his office, and nominated Qi WuHuo to succeed him as Northern Emperor.
• Qi WuHuo caught the Northern Emperor's seal, and the Jade Emperor granted him the titles of Central Emperor Venerable, Xuantian Shangdi, and others while confirming him as Northern Emperor.
• Yuqing Primordial Celestial Venerable, Supreme, and Shangqing set out to suppress the Great Tribulation as Qi WuHuo looked out over the mortal world.

Li Xuanzuo and two young companions investigated a suspected Longevity Cult site outside Jin Province and awakened an Ancient Buddha called the Longevity Buddha. As the Buddha attacked them, Yang Jian appeared, revealed himself as True Lord Qingyuan Miaodao, and said he had come on the Emperor’s orders to root out its contingencies.

• Li Xuanzuo traveled to Jin Province with two companions, reflecting on the human world’s prosperity and King Wei Wu’s declining health.
• The three followed their clues to an abandoned temple, where they found an Ancient Buddha idol and caught a man attempting a ritual.
• The temple’s cultists attacked, and their leader invoked the Longevity Buddha before the companions defeated the group.
• The Buddha absorbed the cultists’ flesh and blood, revived, and trapped Li Xuanzuo and his companions in an overwhelming vision.
• Yang Jian intervened, shattered the Buddha’s light, identified himself as True Lord Qingyuan Miaodao, and declared that he was acting on the Emperor’s orders.

Yang Jian defeated and captured the Stone Buddha, uncovering a connection to the Bodhi Fruit and Great Emperor Changsheng’s old schemes. After sending the captive to True Martial Manor and parting from Li Xuanzuo, Yang Jian returned to Louguan Dao, where he unexpectedly met Zhentian Great Emperor Lord.

• Yang Jian shielded Li Xuanzuo and the others, drove the Stone Buddha into the mountains, and ordered his divine generals to search the area and subdue demons.
• Sky-Pouncing Eagle and the divine generals trapped the Stone Buddha, and Yang Jian captured him with the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Halberd and forced him to reveal, “Bodhi Fruit.”
• Yang Jian sealed the Stone Buddha in a gourd and sent him to Ju Ling Shen True Lord, asking that Yang Erlang be credited with completing the task so he could earn merit for a Treasure Lamp for his younger sister.
• Yang Jian repaired the ruined temple and left after telling Li Xuanzuo to do good and avoid evil; Li Xuanzuo and his companions returned to the academy in Jin Province Prefectural City.
• At Louguan Dao’s Refining Yang Temple, Yang Jian learned that True Person Yin and True Person Xi were away, then found Zhentian Great Emperor Lord beneath a ginkgo tree and paid his respects.

Ming Xin returned to the mortal world to fulfill an old promise and met Gui Qiwu, a boy with extraordinary Human Dao Destiny who wanted to cultivate the Dao. After Gui Qiwu’s parents asked Ming Xin to take him along, Ming Xin carried the sleeping boy through the snow toward a new life of cultivation.

• Yang Jian told True Martial Great Emperor that the South Pole Longevity Great Emperor might target the ripening Bodhi seed, and True Martial said he had come to address the threat.
• Zhang Shu discovered Gui Qiwu had extraordinary aptitude for Human Dao Destiny, but the boy rejected that path and chose Daoist scriptures and the flute instead.
• Ming Xin arrived in Liang Village seeking an old friend, stayed there for more than a year, and recognized that Gui Qiwu reminded him of someone from the past.
• Gui Qiwu gave Ming Xin a roasted chestnut and told him to rest, prompting Zhang Shu and the Earth God to realize the Daoist was the thousand-year-old Ming Xin.
• Gui Qiwu’s parents asked Ming Xin to take their son with him, and Ming Xin agreed while revealing his identity.
• Ming Xin carried the sleeping Gui Qiwu through the snowy prefectural city and promised that they would cultivate together without the old troubles.

Qi WuHuo traveled toward the Buddhist Kingdom with Yang Jian, pausing to meet two old friends who died after another lifetime of Buddhist cultivation. When they reached Spirit Mountain, the Buddhist assembly welcomed him with great ceremony, and Ran Deng the Daoist announced that the Bodhi Fruit had ripened.

• Qi WuHuo let Yang Jian accompany him as they traveled west through the prosperous Human World toward the Buddhist Kingdom.
• Qi WuHuo and Yang Jian encountered two elderly monks arguing over their Buddhist understanding, and Qi WuHuo recognized them as old friends.
• After the monks exchanged final teachings and jokes, they died and entered nirvana again; Yang Jian learned that one was Medicine Master Lapis Lazuli Light Tathagata reincarnated and the other was an incarnation of Golden Cicada Master.
• At Spirit Mountain, the Buddhist deities opened the way and welcomed Qi WuHuo with an elaborate ceremony, while Buddha Lord Amitabha Buddha and Maitreya Bodhisattva greeted him in person.
• Beneath the Bodhi Tree, Ran Deng the Daoist saw that the Bodhi Fruit had fully ripened and said that the Emperor Lord had arrived.

Qi WuHuo visited Ran Deng in the Buddhist kingdom to receive the ripened Bodhi Fruit, which he transformed into an innocent young boy. Ran Deng chose to remain in Buddhism, while Qi WuHuo left with the boy and ordered preparations that suggested a confrontation with Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole.

• Qi WuHuo met Ran Deng beneath a Bodhi Tree, and Ran Deng gave him the Bodhi Fruit promised a thousand years earlier.
• Ran Deng explained that he had found his own path and would not return to the True Martial Manor, and Qi WuHuo congratulated him on his decision.
• Qi WuHuo used the Bodhi Fruit's spiritual nature to create a young boy, then departed the Buddhist kingdom with the child.
• Qi WuHuo ordered Yang Jian to tell Ju Ling, Wang E, the Heavenly King, and Heavenly Marshal Tian Peng to prepare as thunder gathered over the Buddhist kingdom.
• Qi WuHuo and Ran Deng bid farewell, and Ran Deng returned beneath the Bodhi Tree, renewed his Buddhist vows, and became an eternal lamp.

Qi WuHuo wandered through the Human World with the Bodhi Fruit child, teaching him cultivation and considering whether to take him as a disciple. He brought the child to meet Master Qiu, where the child began his first lesson by asking what the Dao was.

• Qi WuHuo traveled with the Bodhi Fruit child through the Human World and taught him a breathing method, which the child quickly mastered.
• The child explored the Human World with delight, practiced cultivation, and asked Qi WuHuo to take him as a teacher.
• Qi WuHuo told the child that entering his school required affinity and the right disposition, then decided to take him to meet Master Qiu.
• Qi WuHuo brought the child to the Capital City and sent him into the Treasury Chamber to meet Master Qiu.
• After Master Qiu welcomed him, the child asked, "May I ask, what is the Dao?"

Qi WuHuo returned to the Capital City after a thousand years and quietly reunited with Qiu through a child who had come to learn about the Dao. As Qi WuHuo led the child away, a white-haired old friend watched them and accepted their parting.

• Master Qiu taught a child that the Dao was in his heart and encouraged him to question the answer.
• Qi WuHuo listened to a tavern storyteller exaggerate the Master's deeds, then left without revealing who he was.
• Qi WuHuo visited the plum grove near the Nine Steles, where the white-haired woman and Li Xuanzuo were also present.
• The child returned from the Treasury Chamber and asked Qi WuHuo whether he would visit the Master; Qi WuHuo said he had already seen him.
• Qiu realized that the Master had arranged for the child to meet Qi WuHuo, and Qi WuHuo led the child away as the white-haired woman watched from Dingyan Peak.

Qi WuHuo took the child across the world to meet old friends and learn why people chose to fight, then brought him to Square Inch Mountain and accepted him as his first disciple. He named the boy Bodhi.

• Qi WuHuo brought the child to visit the aged King Wei Wu, Li Zhai, who described the fear and sacrifices behind his military victories and explained that people had to know why they fought.
• Li Zhai shared wine with Qi WuHuo, recalled their past, and chose to die with the age he had helped bring to an end.
• Qi WuHuo traveled with the child through the seasons, visiting old acquaintances and places, including Central Province Prefecture City, where he played an ancient chess game with a young man surnamed Long.
• Qi WuHuo reunited with Chao Feng and Jiao Tu at the city gate, watched the sunset with them, and received their blessing to become an immortal.
• Qi WuHuo led the child to Spiritual Platform Square Inch Mountain, Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave, and asked if he wanted to become his disciple.
• The child bowed to Qi WuHuo, who accepted him as his first disciple and granted him the title Bodhi.

Bodhi broke through to Primordial Prenatal Qi after months of cultivation on Square Inch Mountain, while Qi WuHuo recognized that Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole had reached his final opportunity to act. Qi WuHuo descended the mountain and met Changsheng, beginning their confrontation.

• Bodhi naturally achieved Primordial Prenatal Qi, then learned that Qi WuHuo had reached the same milestone in about a month and felt disheartened by his Teacher's genius.
• An earth deity delivered a letter and a ring from Empress Houtu, and Qi WuHuo learned that Nuwa, Ziwei Great Emperor, and Fuxi were occupied with urgent matters.
• Qi WuHuo realized the Six Realms were temporarily weakened and that Changsheng's chance to pursue the Reincarnation Tribulation was nearly gone.
• Qi WuHuo gave Bodhi a spiritual peach, then left Square Inch Mountain as Bodhi planted the peach pit and imagined taking disciples someday.
• Qi WuHuo encountered Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole beneath a pavilion, and Changsheng came to face True Martial.