Chapter Summaries

Baize, Lu Wu, Ying Zhao, and Shang Yang challenged Haotian to test their strength as newly ascended Demon Race Saints. Xing Tian also became a Saint and attacked Haotian, but Haotian killed him with one bolt of Chaos Divine Thunder before turning back to the four Saints and asking whether they would face him one at a time or together.

• Baize, Lu Wu, Ying Zhao, and Shang Yang left Wa Huang Heaven and manifested their Demon Saint forms in Chaos to challenge Haotian.
• The four Demon Race Saints provoked Haotian, while he warned them that killing them would not be difficult.
• Xing Tian appeared as a newly ascended Saint and declared that he would repay Haotian for their past encounter.
• Xing Tian attacked the Heavenly Realm with his axe, but Haotian shattered the strike and killed him with a bolt of Chaos Divine Thunder.
• Haotian turned to the four Demon Race Saints and asked whether they wanted to challenge him individually or together.

Haotian overwhelmed the newly ascended Demon Race Saints, while Demon Master Kunpeng endured his Chaos Divine Thunder and withdrew after receiving Creation Origin. Haotian then struck down Lu Wu and pressed Baize and Shang Yang to fight, until another elder intervened.

• Haotian taunted Baize, Ying Zhao, Lu Wu, and Shang Yang, and Ying Zhao challenged him.
• Haotian destroyed Ying Zhao’s halberds and pierced him with Chaos Divine Thunder, sending him falling into Chaos.
• Demon Master Kunpeng emerged from Northern Darkness, swallowed Haotian’s Innate Five-Element Divine Thunder, and withstood repeated Chaos Divine Thunders until Haotian stopped and granted him Creation Origin.
• Kunpeng returned to Northern Darkness, leaving Baize and the others before Haotian; Lu Wu stepped forward and Haotian struck him down with one bolt of black lightning.
• Haotian demanded that Baize and Shang Yang take their turns, but another elder called out to challenge him and spare the juniors.

Candle Dragon revealed that he had become a Hunyuan Saint and faced the Heavenly Emperor’s Heavenly Punishment, wielding the Laws of time and space to withstand its first strike. After his Dharma Aspect was destroyed, Candle Dragon prepared to emerge in his true form, whose appearance began affecting the Primordial Wilderness’s laws.

• The Heavenly Emperor questioned why Candle Dragon had come forward, and Candle Dragon said he had come to undergo Heavenly Punishment rather than help the Demon Race Saints.
• Candle Dragon revealed his Saint aura, shocking the Primordial Wilderness and alarming the Phoenix Clan and Qilin Clan.
• The Heavenly Emperor warned Candle Dragon that he would attack if Candle Dragon challenged him, then summoned destructive thunderclouds to test him.
• Candle Dragon used the Laws of time and space to resist the lightning, but the Heavenly Emperor gathered the lightning into a massive bolt that destroyed Candle Dragon’s Dharma Aspect.
• The Heavenly Emperor recognized Candle Dragon’s strength and invited him to fight again, and Candle Dragon began emerging in his true form as the void shattered and his presence affected the Myriad Dao Laws.

Candle Dragon challenged the Heavenly Emperor to test the power of Heavenly Punishment and Chaos Divine Thunder, then fought him in the Chaos. The Heavenly Emperor ultimately pierced Candle Dragon with a Chaos Divine Thunder spear and blasted him apart, leaving his fate unknown as he challenged the other onlookers.

• Candle Dragon's emergence as a Saint tore open the Primordial Wilderness's sky and displayed his immense mastery of time and space, stunning cultivators and the Heavenly Emperor.
• Candle Dragon asked the Heavenly Emperor to demonstrate how Heavenly Punishment commanded Chaos Divine Thunder, and moved into the Chaos to avoid damaging the Primordial Wilderness.
• The Heavenly Emperor attacked Candle Dragon with divine thunder; Candle Dragon endured the assault, escaped the Thunder Emperor Dharma Form's grasp, and battled the thunderstorm chains for half an hour.
• Candle Dragon thanked the Heavenly Emperor for tempering his body and improving his understanding of the Thunder Dao, but the Heavenly Emperor pierced him with a Chaos Divine Thunder spear and blasted him into pieces.
• The Heavenly Emperor looked across the Primordial Wilderness and called for anyone else to step forward.

Candle Dragon survived the Heavenly Calamity, while Great Sage Dao Venerate died by self-detonation inside Hongjun’s formation after refusing to cooperate. As cultivators across the Primordial Wilderness reacted to his death with fury, Haotian’s Dharma Aspect appeared to stop them from damaging the Earth Veins and urged them to confront those responsible.

• The Heavenly Emperor dismissed Candle Dragon after he endured the Chaos Divine Thunder and received the Primordial Wilderness Will’s reward, then ordered Baize and Shang Yang to face their Heavenly Calamity.
• In Zixiao Palace, Hongjun tried to force Great Sage Dao Venerate to reveal his origins and cooperate, while Great Sage Dao Venerate condemned Hongjun for ambushing and crippling him.
• Great Sage Dao Venerate detonated himself, tearing apart Hongjun’s Killing Formation and damaging Zixiao Palace; the Heavenly Emperor abandoned his confrontation with Baize and Shang Yang, and they fled with Ying Zhao and Lu Wu.
• Chi You revived Xing Tian after Haotian wounded him, then left to vow revenge for his teacher; Xing Tian recovered and wondered why Chi You looked as if he had been crying.
• Cultivators across the Primordial Wilderness mourned Great Sage Dao Venerate and vented their anger by damaging Earth Veins until Haotian’s Dharma Aspect rebuked them and told them to pursue those responsible.

Haotian condemned the Primordial Wilderness’s destruction while Hongjun asked the Heavenly Dao Saints whether to kill the native Hunyuan Saints and how to divide the Five Emperors. The Saints spared the Hunyuan Saints and Taiqing arranged the Five Emperors among the Three Pure Ones, while Jieyin explained why the Western Sages and Nuwa had withdrawn from the dispute; a sudden voice then interrupted their conversation.

• Haotian’s Dharma Aspect rebuked those ravaging the Primordial Wilderness and stirred resentment toward the Heavenly Dao Saints and Hongjun.
• Hongjun asked the Six Heavenly Dao Saints whether the native Hunyuan Saints should be killed, and they opposed the idea; he ordered them to claim and restrain the Hunyuan Saints instead.
• Hongjun asked how the Five Emperors should be divided, and Tongtian agreed that the Interception Sect would not interfere.
• Yuanshi challenged Tongtian’s claim to any benefit, but Taiqing arranged for himself and Yuanshi to take two Emperors each and Tongtian to receive the remaining one.
• Jieyin warned Zhunti against seeking a share of the Five Emperors, and Zhunti realized Nuwa had withdrawn in order to advance indirectly.
• A sudden voice interrupted Jieyin and Zhunti as they spoke in the Ultimate Bliss World.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun summoned the Heavenly Dao Saints to Zixiao Palace, praised the Interception Sect, then condemned its influence and declared that it had to be destroyed. Venerable Yuanshi enthusiastically backed the plan and rejected reconciliation with Tongtian, while Saint Taiqing fell silent.

• Hongjun summoned Jieyin and Zhunti to Zixiao Palace, where they found the other Heavenly Dao Saints present except Sect Master Tongtian.
• Hongjun praised the Interception Sect’s contributions before condemning its profit-seeking customs, livestreaming, and monopolies for fostering corruption and calamities.
• Venerable Yuanshi urged Hongjun to restrain the Interception Sect and declared he would not reconcile with Tongtian unless Tongtian abandoned the sect and his Dao.
• Hongjun said the Interception Sect had to be destroyed to avert an Immeasurable Calamity, shocking the Saints.
• Venerable Yuanshi supported destroying the sect, accused Saint Taiqing of taking Tongtian’s benefits, and threatened to sever ties with him if he continued defending Tongtian.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun persuaded the Heavenly Dao Saints to support an upcoming Investiture of the Gods that would remove wicked Interception Sect disciples and make them gods in heaven. Saint Taiqing accepted the plan and later decided to contact Sect Master Tongtian, while the Western Teachings Saints planned to exploit the Interception Sect’s decline and release White Bone.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun proposed destroying the Interception Sect, and Venerable Yuanshi supported him while Saint Taiqing hesitated.
• Venerable Yuanshi argued that eliminating the Interception Sect would help Sect Master Tongtian, but Saint Taiqing worried that joining outsiders against their third brother was wrong.
• Hongjun explained that the Investiture of the Gods would remove wicked Interception Sect disciples, preserve their True Spirits, and appoint them as gods under Haotian.
• Saint Taiqing accepted Hongjun’s plan, and Hongjun instructed the Saints to assist him in suppressing the coming Tribulation of Calamity.
• Saint Jieyin and Saint Zhunti discussed using the Interception Sect’s decline to strengthen the Western Teachings, then agreed to release White Bone.
• Saint Taiqing sat in his tea room on Shouyang Mountain and decided to contact Sect Master Tongtian.

Sect Master Tongtian visited Saint Taiqing at Shouyang Mountain, where they discussed the mysterious force creating new Hunyuan Saints and the future of the Primordial Wilderness. Taiqing questioned Tongtian about his Interception Sect disciples and ended by asking whether he would accept a way to preserve their True Spirits if their destined deaths could otherwise not be avoided.

• Sect Master Tongtian praised his disciples’ Dao discussion and wondered how the mysterious existence was creating Hunyuan Saints.
• After Saint Taiqing summoned him, Tongtian judged the newly ascended Hunyuan Saints weak and agreed that the hidden force behind them was the real threat.
• Saint Taiqing warned that the new Saints might be disguises for the mysterious existence, leaving the Heavenly Dao Saints unsure how to respond.
• Tongtian explained that he gave his Interception Sect disciples opportunities but would not control their choices or interfere with their fates.
• Saint Taiqing asked whether Tongtian would accept an opportunity to preserve his disciples’ True Spirits if their bodies were destined to die and their Dao to vanish.

Saint Taiqing cautiously questioned Sect Master Tongtian about the fate of the Interception Sect’s ill-natured disciples, and Tongtian realized the concern hinted at a future calamity. After summoning his core disciples, he saw how powerful the Interception Sect had become and feared that its potential to produce many Saints was drawing the other Saints’ attention.

• Saint Taiqing asked Tongtian what he would do if troublesome disciples died in a calamity but gained a chance to improve, and Tongtian said he cared most about protecting his valued disciples.
• Taiqing described his plans to cultivate the Great Dao Law and invited Tongtian to discuss the Dao with him before Tongtian left Shouyang Mountain.
• Back at Biyou Palace, Tongtian suspected Taiqing had been testing him because something dangerous threatened the Interception Sect.
• Tongtian summoned his Personal Disciples, the Seven Attendant Immortals, second-generation Personal Disciples, and Elite Outer Disciples, numbering nearly one hundred thousand core disciples.
• Seeing the sect’s strength and the many Quasi-Saints among its disciples, Tongtian feared that the Interception Sect could one day produce many Hunyuan Saints and become a force the other Saints would target.

Sect Master Tongtian feared that the Interception Sect’s growing strength and his disciples’ excitement over the possibility of becoming Saints would provoke the Heavenly Dao Saints, so he ordered them to remain on Golden Ao Island and avoid entanglement in outside affairs. He expelled the disobedient disciples, then reassured Qingyuan and the other Court Pillars, leaving them unsettled by his warning.

• Sect Master Tongtian realized that the Interception Sect’s many potential Hunyuan Saints could threaten the Heavenly Dao Saints and bring danger upon the sect.
• The Interception Sect’s disciples celebrated their future prospects, but Sect Master Tongtian ordered them to stay on Golden Ao Island, avoid outside Karma, and diligently cultivate the Huangting Jing.
• Many disciples argued that confinement would damage the sect’s business, while Qingyuan wondered whether Tongtian’s caution signaled an approaching Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.
• Sect Master Tongtian rebuked the disciples for defying him, expelled the hundred thousand Core Disciples, and warned them to bear the consequences if they ignored his orders.
• Sect Master Tongtian told Qingyuan and the other Court Pillars that he was not angry with them, invited them to sit, and stirred their concern with a remark.

Sect Master Tongtian questioned the Interception Sect disciples about what they would do as Saints, while Qingyuan’s restraint impressed the gathered disciples and deepened Duobao’s jealousy. After asking Qingyuan about Great Sage Dao Venerate and hearing a possible connection to the Primordial Dao Sea, Sect Master Tongtian gave him the Qingping Sword for protection.

• Sect Master Tongtian asked what the disciples wished to do after becoming Saints, and they eagerly described their ambitions.
• Qingyuan explained that he and his disciples avoided speculating about sainthood before attaining it, prompting the other disciples to apologize for their fanciful talk.
• Sect Master Tongtian said the Saints were seeking a method to create more Saints and urged the disciples to cultivate, while warning them not to leave the East Sea recklessly.
• Sect Master Tongtian dismissed Duobao and the other personal disciples, then privately asked Qingyuan how he had met Great Sage Dao Venerate.
• Qingyuan recalled that Great Sage Dao Venerate had mentioned the Primordial Dao Sea, and Sect Master Tongtian gave Qingyuan the Qingping Sword with three powerful sword-qi attacks for protection.

Qingyuan discussed Interception Sect’s looming danger with Sect Master Tongtian, who revealed he wanted to ally with Great Sage Dao Venerate against their enemies. Qingyuan said he could not contact Great Sage Dao Venerate and suggested seeking the more powerful Great Love Heavenly Venerate instead.

• Sect Master Tongtian warned Qingyuan that Great Sage Dao Venerate might still be alive and could have planted something in him, then promised Qingyuan first access to any method of becoming a Saint.
• Sect Master Tongtian revealed that Interception Sect faced possible destruction and explained that powerful factions treated its members as pieces in a larger struggle.
• Qingyuan admitted he had glimpsed fragments of the future and reasoned that Interception Sect’s growing power and the rise of Hunyuan Saints had made it a target.
• Qingyuan persuaded Sect Master Tongtian that withdrawing from the world would not prevent plots, and Sect Master Tongtian agreed to leave his disciples to their own fortunes.
• Sect Master Tongtian confessed he wanted to ally with Great Sage Dao Venerate, while Qingyuan said he could not contact him and suggested approaching Great Love Heavenly Venerate.

Sect Master Tongtian sent Qingyuan to seek an alliance with Empress Pingxin to protect the Interception Sect from other Heavenly Dao Saints. After Tongtian withdrew Biyou Palace from the East Sea, Qingyuan quelled the disciples’ unrest and restored their injuries, leaving Daoist Duobao resentful of his growing influence.

• Tongtian rejected Qingyuan’s suggestion to contact the Great Sage Dao Venerate and instead agreed to seek an alliance with Pingxin through the Underworld Bureau.
• Tongtian forced Qingyuan to undertake the mission, then withdrew into cultivation and vanished Biyou Palace from the East Sea.
• The Interception Sect disciples panicked over Tongtian’s disappearance and began fighting while arguing about whether he was hiding from danger.
• Qingyuan subdued the gathered disciples with his aura, reprimanded them for attacking fellow disciples, and had Daoist Duobao state the punishment for repeat offenses.
• Qingyuan healed the disciples’ wounds and lingering ailments, winning their gratitude and intensifying Daoist Duobao’s resentment toward him.

Qingyuan calmed the Interception Sect by telling its senior disciples that Sect Master Tongtian had entered seclusion to pursue a breakthrough. After Daoist Duobao forbade them from revealing this explanation, rumors spread among the disciples, while Sect Master Tongtian watched Qingyuan head toward the Netherworld and hoped he could reach an agreement with the Earthly Dao Saint.

• Qingyuan dismissed the Interception Sect disciples after warning them against large-scale conflicts on Golden Ao Island, then kept the senior disciples to speak with them.
• Qingyuan claimed Sect Master Tongtian had entered seclusion to pursue a breakthrough and asked the senior disciples to keep the matter secret.
• Daoist Duobao threatened the gathered disciples with severe punishment if they revealed what Qingyuan had told them.
• The senior disciples dodged their junior disciples' questions, leaving rumors and curiosity to spread through the Interception Sect.
• Sect Master Tongtian watched Qingyuan head toward the Netherworld and hoped he would reach an agreement with the Earthly Dao Saint.

Qingyuan visited the Underworld Bureau and quickly devised solutions to its administrative problems, impressing the Fengdu Great Emperor and the two Saints. After the Fengdu Great Emperor secured an audience for him, Empress Pingxin agreed to meet Qingyuan, who then arrived at Pingxin Hall.

• Empress Pingxin and Jiu Feng noticed Qingyuan arriving at the Underworld Court, and Pingxin chose to wait before meeting him.
• The Fengdu Great Emperor welcomed Qingyuan, who asked about the Underworld Bureau’s development and heard about its ongoing problems.
• Qingyuan proposed ways to organize records, manage lost souls, and curb rival powers, leaving the Fengdu Great Emperor impressed and grateful.
• Jiu Feng praised Qingyuan’s intelligence, and Empress Pingxin warned her not to let her new sainthood make her arrogant.
• The Fengdu Great Emperor asked Pingxin to receive Qingyuan, citing his past help, his new solutions, and his connection to Saint Shangqing.
• Empress Pingxin agreed to meet Qingyuan for the sake of Saint Shangqing, and Qingyuan arrived at Pingxin Hall.

Qingyuan warned Empress Pingxin that the Underworld Bureau faced three calamities, then argued that the Dao Ancestor’s campaign to control the Primordial Wilderness put Pingxin and the Earthly Dao in danger. He left the threat unresolved, with Pingxin listening as he pressed his case.

• Qingyuan visited Pingxin Hall and told Empress Pingxin and Jiu Feng that the Underworld Bureau faced three calamities.
• Qingyuan said the Heavenly Dao Saints could renew their attacks and that the departure of the Witch Clan left the Underworld Bureau unable to restrain the Netherworld’s rising powers.
• When Qingyuan called Pingxin’s own safety his third calamity, Jiu Feng erupted with killing intent, and Pingxin suppressed and struck her before ordering her to stay silent.
• Qingyuan linked the danger to the Dao Ancestor’s effort to control the Primordial Wilderness, citing the suppression of the Human Dao and past attempts to seize the Earth Dao Origin.
• Qingyuan asked whether Pingxin was truly safe, leaving her to consider the threat to the Earthly Dao.

Qingyuan warned Pingxin that the Underworld Bureau faced a hidden calamity, then proposed an alliance with the Interception Sect as the solution. Pingxin agreed to let him ask Sect Master Tongtian whether he would accept.

• Qingyuan's warning made Pingxin sense a grave danger, while Jiu Feng initially accused him of spreading alarmist nonsense.
• When Qingyuan tried to leave, Pingxin stopped him, restrained Jiu Feng, and pressed Qingyuan to explain the Underworld Bureau's problems and how to resolve them.
• Qingyuan claimed his master might help but pretended to leave before revealing his proposal, prompting Pingxin to bind him and demand an explanation.
• Qingyuan proposed that the Underworld Bureau and Interception Sect form an alliance, offering support against Netherworld factions and help modernizing lost-soul management.
• Qingyuan argued that both organizations needed allies, and Pingxin agreed to have him ask Sect Master Tongtian about the alliance.

Qingyuan maneuvered Pingxin into proposing an alliance with the Interception Sect, leaving Tongtian bewildered by the reversal. After Tongtian rejected the need for an alliance, Qingyuan pleaded that the sect faced future danger and asked Tongtian to agree to a one-Tribulation alliance with Pingxin.

• Qingyuan failed to contact Tongtian with the Shangqing Secret Art, so Pingxin used it to summon him herself.
• Pingxin asked Tongtian to ally with the Interception Sect, and Tongtian stared at Qingyuan in confusion over the unexpected proposal.
• Pingxin explained that the Underworld Bureau faced internal troubles and external threats, while Tongtian insisted the Interception Sect was secure and needed no allies.
• Qingyuan argued that Pingxin could become a valuable ally, prompting Tongtian to rebuke him and unleash his aura until Pingxin intervened.
• Qingyuan pleaded that he foresaw trouble for the Interception Sect and proposed a one-Tribulation alliance, offering to accept punishment if his prediction proved wrong.

Qingyuan secured an alliance between the Interception Sect and the Underworld Bureau, earning Sect Master Tongtian’s reluctant approval and a warning to stay in the East Sea. As Qingyuan headed back, Saint Zhunti ambushed him and demanded that he join the Western Teachings, while Qingyuan calmly offered him a chance to leave.

• Sect Master Tongtian agreed to a secret alliance between the Interception Sect and the Underworld Bureau and said Qingyuan would face restrictions if his prediction of danger proved wrong.
• Empress Pingxin thanked Qingyuan for helping the Underworld Bureau and promised to assist him if he ever needed help.
• Qingyuan discussed reorganizing the Underworld Bureau with Pingxin, then left the Netherworld to return to the Interception Sect.
• Saint Zhunti appeared on Qingyuan’s route and surrounded him with countless illusions when Qingyuan tried to flee.
• Zhunti claimed Tongtian could not sense the ambush and urged Qingyuan to join the Western Teachings, threatening to overpower him if he refused.
• Qingyuan remained composed and told Zhunti he could leave without consequences.