Chapter Summaries

Empress Pingxin imprisoned True Person Taiyi and Ksitigarbha after they brought invitations from the Chan Sect and Western Teachings, angering the Heavenly Dao Saints. Venerable Yuanshi, Zhunti, and Jieyin denounced her before the Primordial Wilderness, leaving the Underworld in turmoil as Pingxin prepared to face their challenge.

• Great Witch Feng told Empress Pingxin that True Person Taiyi had come on Venerable Yuanshi’s orders to summon her to East Kunlun, and Pingxin ordered Taiyi imprisoned in the Eighteen Levels of Hell.
• A Great Witch reported that King Ksitigarbha had brought an invitation from the two Western Teachings Saints, and Pingxin ordered Ksitigarbha imprisoned as well.
• Great Witches used Pingxin’s blood talismans to seize and throw True Person Taiyi and Ksitigarbha into the bottom of the Eighteen Levels of Hell.
• Venerable Yuanshi interrupted his sermon to condemn Pingxin for imprisoning his disciple and threaten an overhaul of the Netherworld.
• Zhunti and Jieyin accused Pingxin of lacking compassion and virtue to serve as an Earthly Dao Saint, while their combined pressure sent the Underworld into chaos.
• Pingxin remained calm as she recognized that the Heavenly Dao Saints had turned against her sooner than she expected.

Empress Pingxin denounced Venerable Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti for their past abuses and accused them of plotting to seize the Earthly Dao and Netherworld. The Heavenly Dao Saints called for her punishment and swayed many beings against her, while the Witch Clan rallied to defend her and challenged them to fight.

• Empress Pingxin accused the Heavenly Dao Saints of hypocrisy and coveting the Earthly Dao and Netherworld’s authority.
• The Netherworld and Earthly Dao roared in response as Venerable Yuanshi threatened to suppress Pingxin and purge the Netherworld.
• Zhunti and Jieyin defended the Heavenly Dao Saints, blamed Pingxin, and urged her to apologize, turning many beings against her.
• The Witch Clan rejected the Saints’ accusations, defended Pingxin, and prepared to fight them.

Empress Pingxin confronted Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti after they entered the Netherworld and killed countless lost souls to pressure her. As Zhunti gained the upper hand, Pingxin activated an iron command token, received the power of ten Chaos Demon God incarnations, and smashed him into a puddle of flesh.

• Pingxin denounced Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti for their greed, and Yuanshi entered the Netherworld to challenge her.
• Jieyin and Zhunti followed, and the three Heavenly Dao Saints' auras burned countless lost souls while they demanded Pingxin submit.
• Pingxin attacked Zhunti with Wangxiang Terrace, but their battle left her unable to defeat him outright as Jieyin and Yuanshi watched.
• Jieyin urged Pingxin to cooperate, while Zhunti mocked her weakness and claimed she could not defeat him.
• Pingxin activated an iron command token, received the power of ten Chaos Demon God incarnations, and used Wangxiang Terrace to shatter the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree and crush Zhunti.

Pingxin used the power of Fang’s ten Chaos Demon God incarnations to smash Zhunti’s body and trap his consciousness in the Six Paths of Reincarnation. Jieyin then challenged her with his treasure banner, and Pingxin transformed into a Nether God to fight back as their battle began.

• Pingxin drew on the Iron Token’s power and instantly destroyed Zhunti’s body before suppressing his consciousness with the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Zhunti realized he had been imprisoned, while Yuanshi mocked him for bringing shame upon the Heavenly Dao Saints.
• Jieyin brought out the Jieyin Treasure Banner and said he would subdue Pingxin for imprisoning his disciple.
• Pingxin gathered the Netherworld’s Earthly Path Strange Treasures into a Heaven-Soaring Pillar and transformed into her Nether God form.
• Jieyin sent the banner’s Amitabha manifestations against Pingxin, who smashed them into powder with the pillar.

Empress Pingxin overwhelmed Saint Jieyin in the Netherworld, shattering his treasures and forcing him to flee. As Venerable Yuanshi intervened, Pingxin pursued Jieyin with dark divine thunder, intending to seal his Primordial Spirit beneath the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

• The Netherworld’s inhabitants and watching cultivators relaxed as Empress Pingxin overpowered Zhunti and shattered Jieyin’s Golden Body.
• Jieyin insisted he had been holding back, but Pingxin challenged him and charged with the Heaven-Soaring Pillar.
• Pingxin broke through Jieyin’s attacks and defenses, destroying his Divine Staff and crushing his Golden Body.
• Jieyin called for Venerable Yuanshi, who tried to protect him with several treasures before attacking Pingxin with the Pangu Banner.
• Pingxin dodged Yuanshi’s strike, battered Jieyin until his treasure banner shattered, and sent him fleeing toward Yuanshi.
• Pingxin summoned a storm of dark divine thunder to strike Jieyin and pursued her plan to seal his Primordial Spirit beneath the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Empress Pingxin fought Venerable Yuanshi and Daoist Jieyin in the Netherworld, overwhelming them despite their powerful treasures and techniques. After Jieyin called for the other Heavenly Dao Saints to intervene, Saint Taiqing and Saint Nuwa appeared in the Netherworld.

• Daoist Jieyin used his Nirvana Buddha Thunder to resist Pingxin’s Netherworld Demon Thunder while Yuanshi attacked her with the Pangu Banner.
• Pingxin countered Yuanshi with the Human Book and Reincarnation Brush, then unleashed a barrage of blood-black spears that kept him occupied.
• Yuanshi gave Jieyin the Sudden Thunder Qin, and Jieyin used it with his Nirvana Buddha Thunder to destroy the demon thunder surrounding him.
• As Jieyin boasted about the treasure, Pingxin pierced him with a blood spear and pinned him to the Netherworld earth.
• Jieyin called on the other Heavenly Dao Saints to suppress the Earthly Dao, and Saint Taiqing and Saint Nuwa appeared in the Netherworld.

Taiqing and Nuwa confronted Empress Pingxin in the Netherworld, demanding control over part of the Earthly Dao in the name of the Primordial Wilderness’s greater trend. Pingxin refused and fought back against Taiqing, and Nuwa joined the battle.

• Taiqing and Nuwa arrived in the Netherworld and urged Pingxin to yield authority over the Earthly Dao and accept their plan to balance the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Pingxin rejected their demands and called on the Heavenly Dao Saints to withdraw their disciples and stop interfering in the Netherworld.
• Taiqing attacked Pingxin with the Xuandu Heavenly Plow, Heavenly Will Blade, and Five-Colored Treasure Box.
• Pingxin burned away Taiqing’s flood with Netherworld True Fire, knocked aside and suppressed two of his treasures, and forced his Lidiyanguang Banner into a deadlock with her flames.
• Nuwa praised Pingxin’s strength and attacked her with the Chaos Five Spirit Pearls.

Empress Pingxin fought five Heavenly Dao Saints who sought to control the Earthly Dao, while their attacks devastated the Netherworld and endangered its Lost Souls. She refused to yield as Saint Nuwa questioned whether personal resentment drove her resistance.

• Saint Nuwa used the Chaos Five Spirit Pearls to attack Pingxin, who raised the Bridge of Helplessness to suppress them.
• Nuwa worsened the Netherworld flood and fires while Zhunti urged Pingxin to compromise, warning that the Lost Souls and Witch Clan would perish.
• Pingxin heard the Lost Souls beg for help and condemned the Saints for destroying her realm, but Zhunti blamed her for the slaughter.
• Pingxin struck Zhunti with the Six Paths of Reincarnation and pinned Jieyin with blood spears as Taiqing and Yuanshi continued attacking.
• Pingxin used Netherworld True Flame and magical treasures against Taiqing's sword attack, while Nuwa wondered whether resentment motivated Pingxin's defiance.

Pingxin confronted the Heavenly Dao Saints over their attempt to seize control of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and Tongtian was drawn into the fight after Taiqing invoked the Mystic Gate’s authority. After Pingxin empowered herself with the Earth Dao Origin and the strength of ten Chaos Demon Gods, she smashed Jieyin apart, leaving the Saints stunned as his Primordial Spirit fled toward the Heavenly Dao.

• Taiqing attacked Pingxin with the Nine Dragon Golden Staff and demanded that she surrender, but she knocked the staff away.
• Tongtian came to the Netherworld after Taiqing’s words reached him and urged Pingxin to stop fighting.
• Taiqing pressed Tongtian to join the battle, and Tongtian apologized to Pingxin before attacking her with the Purple Lightning Hammer.
• Pingxin fused the token into her Primordial Spirit and drew upon the Earth Dao Origin, Netherworld authority, and the power of ten Chaos Demon Gods.
• Pingxin struck Jieyin with the Nether God’s iron hammer, shattered his Divine Staff, and killed his body as his Primordial Spirit fled toward the Heavenly Dao.

After Pingxin killed Jieyin, she battled the Heavenly Dao Saints in the Netherworld and held them off, prompting great powers across the Primordial Wilderness to question the Saints’ strength. The conflict remained unresolved as its disturbance reached the Dao Ancestor in Zixiao Palace.

• Beings across the Primordial Wilderness sensed Jieyin’s death and began doubting whether the Heavenly Dao Saints were truly powerful.
• Pingxin mocked the Saints for attacking her in numbers and then resenting her resistance.
• Saint Taiqing attacked Pingxin with the Taiji Diagram, but she blocked his moves and knocked away his Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda.
• The other Saints joined the fight, while Sect Master Tongtian held back and made only token attacks.
• Jieyin revived and returned to battle, but Pingxin continued to fight the Heavenly Dao Saints without showing signs of defeat.
• The battle’s disturbance reached the Dao Ancestor in Zixiao Palace.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun discovered that Pingxin’s power came from Great Love Heavenly Venerate’s hidden measures in the Netherworld and arrived to confront her. After Pingxin refused to yield the Netherworld’s reincarnation authority, Hongjun began to announce her suppression but stopped when he noticed something in the distance.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun used the Creation Jade Disk to analyze Pingxin’s battle against the Heavenly Dao Saints and traced her strength to Great Love Heavenly Venerate’s influence.
• Hongjun opened a rift into the Netherworld, where the Heavenly Dao Saints greeted him and Pingxin pinned Jieyin beneath her shield.
• Hongjun challenged Pingxin for resisting the general trend and wearing armor before him, while Pingxin said she would not surrender reincarnation authority for the Saints’ selfish purposes.
• Taiqing accused Pingxin of disregarding living beings, and Hongjun announced that he would suppress her before turning solemn and staring into the distance.

Qingyuan confronted Hongjun in Zixiao Palace and reclaimed the Great Dao Hall after matching the Dao Ancestor’s attack. He then pressed Hongjun to stop the Heavenly Dao Saints from fighting Pingxin, and Hongjun ordered them to cease hostilities.

• Hongjun halted his attempt to cripple Pingxin and vanished from the rift after noticing Qingyuan’s arrival in Zixiao Palace.
• Qingyuan and Hongjun exchanged palm strikes that destroyed Zixiao Palace, and Qingyuan blocked Hongjun’s attack with his physique.
• Qingyuan asked Hongjun to return the Great Dao Hall, and Hongjun handed it over without resistance.
• Qingyuan urged Hongjun to use his authority to end the Saints’ battle against Pingxin, and Hongjun agreed.
• Hongjun restored Zixiao Palace and sent a command for the Saints to cease hostilities, while Pingxin suspected Qingyuan had influenced the order.

Pingxin ended the Heavenly Dao Saints’ assault after Hongjun ordered them to withdraw, and Zhunti and Jieyin reconciled on their way to Zixiao Palace. There, Hongjun revealed that Great Love Heavenly Venerate had appeared before him again, leaving the Saints shocked that he was still alive.

• Hongjun ordered the Heavenly Dao Saints to cease fighting and leave the Netherworld, and Pingxin released Zhunti from the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Zhunti apologized to Jieyin for believing Great Love Heavenly Venerate’s lies, and the two restored their bond and agreed to work together.
• The Two Shakya noticed lingering signs of a Great Dao clash near Zixiao Palace and hurried inside to join the other Saints.
• Zhunti asked Hongjun why he had called off the assault on Pingxin, and Hongjun said Great Love Heavenly Venerate had visited him again.
• The Heavenly Dao Saints reacted with alarm and anger when Hongjun’s revelation showed that Great Love Heavenly Venerate had survived being killed several times.

In Zixiao Palace, Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao Saints discussed Great Love Heavenly Venerate's survival and sudden increase in strength. Jieyin and Zhunti suspected he had caused their conflict by creating a duplicate of Jieyin, leaving the Saints to wonder whether he could turn Separate Thoughts into Hunyuan Saints.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun told the Saints that Great Love Heavenly Venerate had grown so powerful that Hongjun could no longer be certain he could subdue him.
• The Saints questioned how Great Love Heavenly Venerate had survived repeated deaths and improved so quickly, while Hongjun speculated that he used avatars or another hidden method.
• Zhunti explained that a recent incident had driven him and Jieyin apart, and Jieyin described how his arrangements were uprooted before a second version of him attacked.
• Jieyin suggested that Great Love Heavenly Venerate had gathered the Separate Thoughts embedded in his arrangements and fused them into an avatar.
• Yuanshi dismissed the idea that this could create a Hunyuan Saint so easily, while Taiqing wondered whether Great Love Heavenly Venerate could turn Separate Thoughts into Hunyuan Saints.

The Heavenly Dao Saints suspected that the rising Hunyuan Saints might be Great Love Heavenly Venerate’s incarnations and began to question whether Qingyuan had been replaced or was involved. Tongtian defended his disciple, but the other Saints agreed that Qingyuan should be investigated and that a junior must not control the Human Dao.

• Taiqing suggested that Great Love Heavenly Venerate might have created Great Dao incarnations to impersonate the Human Dao Saints and control the Human Dao.
• Jieyin recalled that his Separate Thoughts had failed to harm Qingyuan and proposed that Qingyuan might be connected to the Hunyuan Saint impersonating him.
• Jieyin questioned Great Sage Dao Venerate’s closeness to Qingyuan and urged the Saints to bring Qingyuan in for questioning.
• Tongtian angrily defended Qingyuan, saying his disciple had remained on Golden Ao Island and that Tongtian’s Separate Thoughts had watched over him.
• Zhunti suggested Qingyuan might have been replaced, while Yuanshi and Jieyin called for an investigation.
• The Heavenly Dao Saints agreed to investigate Qingyuan and prevent the Lord of Human Dao from falling into a junior’s hands.

The Heavenly Dao Saints suspected Qingyuan had been possessed and tried to use the accusation to pressure him over the Lord of Human Dao, but Sect Master Tongtian defended his disciple and Hongjun ended the dispute. The Sages then discussed how to deal with the foreign Hunyuan Saints and began devising ways to expose two hidden enemies.

• The Heavenly Dao Saints seized on Daoist Jieyin’s accusation to demand that Qingyuan be investigated and surrender the position of Lord of Human Dao.
• Sect Master Tongtian swore Qingyuan had not been possessed or turned into a puppet, and Hongjun ordered the Sages to stop raising the matter for now.
• Hongjun warned that the foreign Hunyuan Saints threatened peace in the Primordial Wilderness and asked the Sages for a plan.
• Saint Zhunti listed Great Sage Dao Venerate, the Human Dao Three Saints, the Hunyuan Saint behind Haotian, a false Daoist Jieyin, and a hidden Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal as dangers.
• Zhunti proposed provoking and tracking down the enemies, while Hongjun suggested the Two Sages of the West feign a bitter fight to draw out the false Daoist Jieyin.

Hongjun devised plans to divide and control the Hunyuan Saints, including granting titles to the Human Dao Three Saints and provoking Great Sage Dao Venerate. After Tongtian left Zixiao Palace, the remaining Saints agreed that the Interception Sect had to be eliminated.

• Hongjun outlined plans to capture hidden Hunyuan Saints, weaken Great Sage Dao Venerate, host a banquet, pressure Haotian, and set the Hunyuan Saints against one another.
• Hongjun explained that granting the Human Dao Three Saints titles and spreading praise of them would stir resentment in Great Sage Dao Venerate.
• Hongjun wrote a decree for Venerable Yuanshi to deliver to Queen Mother of the West.
• After the Saints returned to Zixiao Palace without Tongtian, Hongjun asked them for their views on the Interception Sect.
• Taiqing, Venerable Yuanshi, Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti all supported ending the Interception Sect.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun rejected the Saints’ call to eliminate the Interception Sect, then revealed that he could no longer divine anything about Qingyuan. Suspecting Qingyuan might be connected to the Hunyuan Saints from beyond, Hongjun proposed capturing him to uncover the truth.

• Saint Zhunti and Venerable Yuanshi condemned the Interception Sect’s unchecked growth, while Saint Taiqing also called for it to be dealt with.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun said the Interception Sect’s Destiny had not run its course and ordered the Saints not to raise the matter again.
• Hongjun told the Saints that Qingyuan was a great Variable whose Karma he could no longer divine.
• Venerable Yuanshi attributed Qingyuan’s power to the Human Dao, but Hongjun insisted that his concern was Qingyuan’s concealed Heavenly Secrets.
• Saint Zhunti wondered if Qingyuan was connected to the Hunyuan Saints from beyond, and Hongjun proposed capturing him to learn about the Great Love Heavenly Venerate and the other Hunyuan Saints.
• Saint Zhunti volunteered for the Western Sages to capture Qingyuan and convert him.

At Zixiao Palace, Hongjun ordered the Saints to focus on eliminating the Hunyuan Saints and postpone dealing with the Interception Sect. He then sent a decree appointing the Queen Mother of the West to rule Jade Pool Fairyland as Head of Female Immortals, leaving her troubled by the assignment.

• Zhunti proposed capturing Qingyuan, but Taiqing and Yuanshi rejected his plan, and Hongjun said Qingyuan was no immediate concern.
• Hongjun directed the Saints to stir up talk of a banquet and target the Human Dao Three Saints, while ordering them to leave the Interception Sect alone until the other threats were dealt with.
• Yuanshi gave White Crane Boy two copies of Hongjun's decree, one for the Queen Mother of the West and one for the Human Dao Three Saints.
• White Crane Boy delivered the decree to the Queen Mother of the West, and Hongjun commanded her to return to the Heavenly Court as Head of Female Immortals.
• The immortals in the Queen Mother of the West's hall celebrated the prospect of joining the Heavenly Court, while she worried about what had happened to Yaochi Golden Mother.

Queen Mother of the West prepared to enter the Heavenly Court as the Head of Female Immortals, troubled by the danger behind the appointment. She left her Good Corpse to guard West Kunlun and ordered her followers to sever their ties to the lower realm.

• White Crane Boy delivered magical treasures and congratulations to Queen Mother of the West, then left after receiving rewards.
• Queen Mother of the West recalled Yaochi Golden Mother's downfall and feared that the Dao Ancestor's appointment concealed a trap.
• She told her followers to pack and accompany her to Heaven, while they cheerfully imagined the benefits awaiting them.
• At the West Kunlun square, Queen Mother of the West summoned her Good Corpse to remain as Queen Mother of the West and guard the Dojo.
• Queen Mother Niangniang declared that she would enter the Heavenly Court under a new name and ordered her followers to cut off their ties to the mortal world.