Chapter Summaries

Dao Ancestor Hongjun used the Karma Wheel to locate Qingyuan and unleashed a full barrage of attacks at his apparent position. Qingyuan remained motionless and smiling amid the destruction, leaving Hongjun uncertain whether his attacks had truly reached him.

• Hongjun realized Qingyuan’s apparent position was a Karma illusion and retrieved fragments of the Earth-Splitting Chisel.
• Hongjun used the Karma Wheel to trace Qingyuan through countless Space-Times and identify a Karma Anchor Point.
• Hongjun attacked the anchor point with the Heavenly Dao Eye, the Earth-Splitting Chisel fragments, and other destructive techniques, but Qingyuan remained standing calmly.
• Confused that Qingyuan did not dodge or appear harmed, Hongjun repeatedly recalculated and restored his mana.
• Hongjun imprisoned the area and unleashed every attack at once, insisting Qingyuan could not remain unscathed even if Great God Pangu were present.
• As the destruction swallowed Qingyuan’s apparent position, Hongjun watched the storm until his pupils contracted.

Qingyuan survived Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s devastating attack, leaving Hongjun and the Primordial Wilderness’s Heavenly Dao Saints stunned. He revealed that he had endured the force head-on and died once in the process, while Hongjun remained unsure how Qingyuan could withstand his power.

• Hongjun unleashed the power of the Pangu Dao Fruit against Qingyuan, but the Ancient Pagoda remained and Qingyuan appeared unharmed.
• The Chaos turbulence subsided, revealing Qingyuan standing calmly as the Heavenly Dao Saints watched in shock.
• The Saints looked toward Sect Master Tongtian with envy, while Tongtian felt conflicted pride in his disciple.
• Qingyuan asked Hongjun whether he had any more methods and said he had endured the attack head-on.
• Qingyuan showed the destructive wounds on his palm, and Hongjun questioned how he had survived the strike.
• Qingyuan revealed that he had endured the attack and died once.

Qingyuan used the Substitute Death Puppet to escape Hongjun’s killing blow, then launched a counterattack with his Space-Time and Karma powers and the God Slaying Spear. Hongjun transformed into a towering Fiend God and caught the spear at his forehead, stopping its life-threatening strike.

• Qingyuan let the Substitute Death Puppet take Hongjun’s full-strength attack and appeared unharmed.
• Qingyuan attacked Hongjun with a Chaos Demon God finger that shattered Spacetime Fragments and disrupted Hongjun’s control of the Great Dao Laws.
• Qingyuan summoned the Karmic River, binding Hongjun with countless threads of karma and leaving him dazed.
• Qingyuan drove the God Slaying Spear toward Hongjun while the Heavenly Dao Saints feared the consequences of Hongjun’s death.
• Hongjun fused with the Creation Jade Disk, tore through the karmic bindings, and caught the God Slaying Spear in his palm.

Qingyuan attacked Hongjun with the Chaos Pearl, stunning him with how deeply he had refined the Chaos Supreme Treasure. While Hongjun dismissed a giant umbrella as an illusion and focused on the pearl and the God Slaying Spear, its chains and Demon God heads swarmed him and began biting his legs.

• Hongjun caught Qingyuan's God Slaying Spear with a hand coated in Chaos slime and taunted him for exhausting his mana.
• Qingyuan's Chaos Pearl struck Hongjun from behind, and Hongjun used his eight arms and Five-Colored Divine Light to resist it.
• Hongjun recognized the Chaos Pearl and questioned how Qingyuan had refined it so profoundly.
• A massive umbrella appeared beneath Hongjun, but he judged it to be an illusion and focused on the Chaos Pearl, the God Slaying Spear, and the Creation Jade Disk.
• The umbrella opened and released countless chains tipped with Chaos Demon God heads, which bit Hongjun's legs and made his expression turn ugly.

Hongjun struggled to contain Qingyuan’s strange treasures and more than a thousand Innate Spiritual Treasures, leaving the Heavenly Dao Saints and other observers stunned. Unable to suppress Qingyuan, Hongjun offered to spare the Interception Sect and Sect Master Tongtian, but Qingyuan rejected his claim that they were evenly matched.

• Mysterious heads and chains from Qingyuan’s giant umbrella bit Hongjun’s legs, numbed him with toxins, and nearly dragged him away before he summoned defensive treasures.
• Hongjun became distracted and increasingly strained as Qingyuan sent more unfamiliar Innate Spiritual Treasures against him.
• Over a thousand powerful Innate Spiritual Treasures clashed and restrained one another in Chaos, astonishing the Primordial Wilderness’s observers.
• Hongjun privately considered ending the fight and offered not to destroy the Interception Sect or punish Sect Master Tongtian.
• Qingyuan scorned Hongjun’s claim that they were evenly matched and challenged him to look at what Qingyuan could do.

Qingyuan used the Eight Souls Banner to curse Hongjun, turning the tide of their battle and shattering his Chaos Demon God body. The Primordial Wilderness feared Hongjun had lost, but the absence of Blood Rain suggested he was still alive.

• Hongjun and the watching Saints were shocked when Qingyuan summoned the vicious Eight Souls Banner, whose eight banners bore Hongjun's name.
• Hongjun sensed the banner lock onto him across time, fate, and karma, then demanded that Qingyuan end their fight without killing him.
• Qingyuan activated the Eight Souls Banner, and its curse wounded Hongjun so severely that he could no longer suppress the God Slaying Spear, Chaos Pearl, and Head Umbrella.
• Qingyuan's treasures overwhelmed Hongjun, shattered his enormous body, and scattered his flesh throughout Chaos.
• The Heavenly Dao Saints believed Hongjun had lost, but they realized he had not fallen because no Blood Rain appeared in the Primordial Wilderness.

Qingyuan and Hongjun fought an extended battle of curses and karmic techniques in Chaos after Qingyuan destroyed Hongjun’s physical body. Unable to kill each other, they ended the fight and confronted one another outside the Primordial Wilderness, where Hongjun recovered the Investiture List and planned to seek another way to surpass Qingyuan.

• Hongjun gathered his scattered flesh into a cursed spear and attacked Qingyuan, then unleashed four hundred and eighty million Extreme Resentment Nails against him.
• Qingyuan retaliated with his own sinister treasures and curse-killing methods, and the two fought across Chaos for three days and nights.
• Hongjun declared that neither of them could kill the other and called for an end to their meaningless battle; Qingyuan agreed.
• The scattered flesh vanished, and Hongjun appeared above Zixiao Palace to face Qingyuan beyond the Primordial Wilderness.
• Hongjun asked whether Qingyuan had secretly interfered in the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation, and Qingyuan admitted that he had.
• Hongjun retrieved the Investiture List from the Heavenly Court and West Qi, intending to use it and other schemes to surpass Qingyuan.

Qingyuan and Hongjun entered Zixiao Palace to discuss how to settle the conflicts between them and determine the future of the Primordial Wilderness. They agreed to leave the Human Race’s fortunes to lesser beings, while Qingyuan warned Hongjun not to press him over the Earthly Dao.

• Hongjun invited Qingyuan to Zixiao Palace for tea and a discussion, and the two sat together in the Great Dao Hall.
• Qingyuan told Hongjun that he wanted a peaceful life and compared their reluctance to fight unless forced upon them.
• Hongjun proposed that they stop interfering with each other, restore the Interception Sect’s former standing, and leave the Human Race’s established course alone.
• Qingyuan rejected the idea that the Human Race’s future was fixed and proposed that neither side personally intervene, with beings above Saint level forbidden from interfering directly.
• Hongjun accepted Qingyuan’s proposal, but Qingyuan warned him not to be greedy over the Earthly Dao and threatened to wound the Heavenly Dao, gravely injure Hongjun, or destroy the Primordial Wilderness.

Qingyuan returned from Zixiao Palace after bargaining with Hongjun over the Primordial Wilderness’s future and arranging a Heaven-Pacifying Assembly. He reunited with Tongtian and paid respects to the other Saints, while the Two Sages of the West ingratiated themselves with him.

• Qingyuan showed Hongjun a fragment and pressed him to share authority over the Heavenly Dao; they later negotiated the future balance of power in the Primordial Wilderness.
• Qingyuan proposed a Heaven-Pacifying Assembly, and Hongjun agreed to hold it in Zixiao Palace in a hundred years.
• Qingyuan returned safely to the Primordial Wilderness, leaving the assembled Saints and great powers uncertain how to deal with him and the Interception Sect.
• Qingyuan bowed to Tongtian and declared that he had fulfilled his charge, prompting Tongtian to praise him with pride.
• Qingyuan paid respects to Saint Taiqing, Venerable Yuanshi, Saint Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti; Venerable Yuanshi’s restraints dissolved and his cultivation returned.
• Jieyin and Zhunti approached Qingyuan with shameless smiles to ingratiate themselves with him.

After defeating the Dao Ancestor, Qingyuan met the Heavenly Dao Saints and revealed himself as the teacher of the Hunyuan Saints. Most of his disciples accepted him, but Chi You remained hostile and suddenly attacked him.

• Qingyuan spoke calmly with the Six Heavenly Dao Saints, easing their fear that he would retaliate against them.
• Candle Dragon and Kunpeng were the first Hunyuan Saints to pay respects to Qingyuan as their master, and the others followed.
• Haotian and Jiu Feng also acknowledged Qingyuan, while Chi You and Minghe hesitated because of their past conflicts and familiarity with him.
• Minghe overcame his awkwardness, paid respects to Qingyuan, and joined the others in laughter after Qingyuan called him Big Brother.
• Chi You raised the Zhurong Divine Saber and slashed at Qingyuan.

Qingyuan effortlessly defeated Chi You, who had erupted in anger over Qingyuan’s deception, then let him flee with the Zhurong Divine Saber returned to Xing Tian. The Primordial Wilderness’s powers realized that every major faction’s Hunyuan Saint had ties to Qingyuan, while Qingyuan sent the saints home and explained how those killed in the calamity could be restored or reincarnated.

• Chi You attacked Qingyuan in fury, but Qingyuan met his all-out slash with one finger and defeated him without effort.
• Chi You threw down the Zhurong Divine Saber and ran, and Qingyuan asked Xing Tian to keep the saber and return it to Chi You later.
• The powers of the Primordial Wilderness realized that the Hunyuan Saints behind its major factions had all come from Qingyuan’s tutelage, making the Interception Sect overwhelmingly powerful.
• Qingyuan dismissed the Hunyuan Saints and told them to continue their affairs as before without giving the Interception Sect special treatment.
• Qingyuan told the Mystic Gate’s saints that those killed in the calamity remained on the Heavenly Court’s Myriad Immortals List and could choose to join the Heavenly Court or enter reincarnation.

Qingyuan revealed that the Interception Sect disciples killed in the God-Sealing tribulation could reincarnate or be revived, and Sect Master Tongtian rejoiced. Qingyuan’s Saint disciples appeared before their grandmaster, while frightened Interception Sect disciples began blaming Daoist Duobao for their persecution of Qingyuan’s faction.

• Qingyuan told Sect Master Tongtian that he had secretly preserved the fallen disciples’ chances to reincarnate or be revived.
• Sect Master Tongtian praised Qingyuan, and the other Heavenly Dao Saints left with their disciples.
• Qingyuan summoned his Personal Disciples, who appeared as Hunyuan Saints and paid their respects to Tongtian.
• Interception Sect disciples feared Qingyuan would punish them for joining Daoist Duobao in ostracizing his faction.
• One of Daoist Duobao’s enforcers knelt and claimed Duobao had coerced him into carrying out false charges and suppressing fellow disciples.

Qingyuan and Sect Master Tongtian returned to the Interception Sect, where Tongtian punished its offending disciples but left Daoist Duobao alone. Isolated and consumed by resentment toward Qingyuan, Duobao entered secluded cultivation, while the Two Shakya rejoiced that their long-planted chess piece had succeeded.

• Interception Sect disciples exposed Daoist Duobao’s misconduct to Qingyuan, and Qingyuan left the Human Race’s affairs to Yun Zhongzi before returning with Sect Master Tongtian.
• Yun Zhongzi went to handle the Human Race’s affairs, and Di Xin expanded his conquests, established the Nine Provinces, and began rebuilding the realm.
• Sect Master Tongtian punished Interception Sect disciples for their offenses, but Daoist Duobao received no summons or punishment and was shut out of Biyou Palace.
• Daoist Duobao blamed Qingyuan for his downfall, withdrew into secluded cultivation, and nursed his hatred.
• The Two Shakya rejoiced in the Western Lands because their long-arranged chess piece had finally succeeded.

Daoist Zhunti and Jieyin welcomed Daoist Duobao to the Western Pure Land and offered him leadership of the Western Teachings in exchange for joining them. Their disciples protested, but Zhunti declared Duobao their leader and granted him authority to execute anyone who disrespected him.

• Daoist Zhunti broke off his sermon and led the Western Teachings disciples to wait several days at the Pure Land gateway for an honored guest.
• Daoist Duobao approached the Western Pure Land, pausing to look back toward the East Sea as he struggled with his decision.
• Daoist Zhunti and Jieyin welcomed Duobao and said fate had brought him to the West.
• Daoist Duobao demanded absolute authority and said he would refuse to join unless he could reign supreme.
• Daoist Zhunti offered Duobao leadership of the Western Teachings, shocking the disciples, who protested his appointment.
• Daoist Zhunti declared Duobao the leader, ordered the disciples to obey him, and authorized him to kill anyone who disrespected him.

Daoist Duobao joined the Western Teachings as Tathagata Buddha, gained authority and followers, and recruited many Interception Sect disciples. The Interception Sect remained silent about his defection until the Heaven-Pacifying Assembly at Zixiao Palace began.

• Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin appointed Daoist Duobao leader of the Western Teachings, and he accepted the name Tathagata Buddha.
• Tathagata impressed the Two Sages with his insight, gathered allies, and suppressed Maitreya’s faction and the Earth Faction.
• Tathagata recruited Interception Sect disciples, including those who had come to curse him, and the Western Teachings’ ranks grew.
• Sect Master Tongtian and Qingyuan did not respond to Duobao’s defection or the recruitment of Interception Sect disciples.
• The Heaven-Pacifying Assembly announced by the Dao Ancestor began, inviting Daluo Golden Immortals to Zixiao Palace to hear the Dao Ancestor and Qingyuan lecture.

Qingyuan and Hongjun opened Zixiao Palace for the Heaven-Pacifying Assembly, and Qingyuan expanded attendance to include Golden Immortals and cultivators who understood Laws. As cultivators began arriving, the chapter ended with Laozi and Yuanshi reaching the palace and Qingyuan seated beside Hongjun.

• Hongjun announced that Grand Unity Golden Immortals and above could attend the Heaven-Pacifying Assembly at Zixiao Palace, prompting cultivators to travel there and speculate about a coming dispute between the Interception Sect and the Teachings of the Western Lands.
• Qingyuan announced that Golden Immortals and even lower-level cultivators with Law comprehension could follow the Cloud Bridges to Zixiao Palace, and living beings cheered at the chance to hear the Dao.
• Qingyuan and Hongjun discussed the attendance rules, and Hongjun accepted Qingyuan’s broader invitation despite his displeasure.
• Grand Pure Laozi arrived with Xuandu, Green Ox, and Registered Disciples; Qingyuan eased the disciples’ uncertainty about paying respects before they took their seats.
• Venerable Yuanshi arrived with the Chan Sect Disciples and took their seats.

At a grand gathering in Zixiao Palace, Zhao Gongming proposed an exchange of insights before the Dao lecture, and Qingyuan agreed. Zhao Gongming then challenged Tathagata to fight, leaving the Western Teachings at the center of a brewing confrontation.

• The Demon Sect, Interception Sect, and Western Teachings arrived at Zixiao Palace to pay respects to Dao Ancestor Hongjun.
• The gathered immortals recognized Daoist Duobao, now appearing as a Buddha and standing with Jieyin and Zhunti.
• Qingyuan hosted the banquet and guided the proceedings after Hongjun gave brief formal remarks.
• Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiāo stepped forward, and Qingyuan invited them to speak.
• Zhao Gongming proposed an exchange of insights before the lecture, then roared at Tathagata, “Do you dare fight?!”

Zhao Gongming challenged Tathagata to fight in Zixiao Palace, while Tongtian silenced Zhunti’s objections and allowed the younger generation to exchange moves. Tathagata accepted Zhao Gongming’s challenge and revealed a powerful Glazed Golden Body by catching his iron whip.

• Zhunti objected to a fight in Zixiao Palace, but Tongtian ordered him to be quiet and approved the duel.
• Zhao Gongming called out Tathagata and challenged him to demonstrate the Western Teachings’ skills.
• Tathagata rose and accepted Zhao Gongming’s challenge, saying he could reveal a wrathful vajra form.
• Zhao Gongming charged and swung his iron whip at Tathagata’s head.
• Tathagata caught the whip with one hand, his Glazed Golden Body resisting the blow.

Zhao Gongming challenged Tathagata at the Zixiao Palace exchange conference, where Tathagata revealed the Eight-Nine Profound Art and drew challenges from cultivators across the Primordial Wilderness. After the exchanges, Hongjun lectured on the Dao of the Quasi-Saint and some of his experience as a Saint, then invited Qingyuan to speak.

• Zhao Gongming fought Tathagata but withdrew after Tathagata used his superior cultivation and the Eight-Nine Profound Art to withstand him.
• Tathagata introduced the Eight-Nine Profound Art as an accessible technique he had created by drawing on many schools, and invited interested cultivators to learn it in the Ultimate Bliss World.
• The Three Xiāo challenged Tathagata and lost, while Golden Spirit Holy Mother, Holy Mother Wudang, and Turtle Spirit Holy Mother defeated him.
• Cultivators from the Mystic Gate and other Primordial Great Powers exchanged techniques and tested their strength without serious harm.
• Hongjun interrupted the exchanges to lecture on the Dao of the Quasi-Saint and share some of his experience cultivating the Great Dao as a Saint.
• Hongjun finished his lecture and yielded the floor to Qingyuan, who set down a Great Dao Incense Burner.

Qingyuan used the Great Dao Incense Burner to help the assembly enter a state of Dao Unity, then began teaching a cultivation system from the Golden Immortal Realm through the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm. As the Saints and other cultivators listened closely, Hongjun grew uneasy, wondering whether Qingyuan would next explain the Primordial Golden Immortal Path.

• The Great Dao Incense Burner spread mist throughout Zixiao Palace, settling the minds of the Immortals and even the Heavenly Dao Saints into Dao Unity.
• Hongjun examined the mist, found nothing harmful, and allowed Qingyuan to begin expounding the Dao.
• Qingyuan announced that he would teach cultivation from the Golden Immortal Realm through the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm and warned the audience not to interrupt.
• Qingyuan described a Golden Immortal method that fused the Primordial Spirit with a primary Law to form a vessel for exploring the Sea of Laws and accumulating comprehension.
• The Immortals and Heavenly Dao Saints became engrossed in Qingyuan's explanation, while Hongjun grew troubled and wondered whether Qingyuan would teach the Primordial Golden Immortal Path next.