Chapter Summaries

Qingyuan confronted Zhunti and Jieyin, who had come in separate thoughts to capture and convert him while revealing the Saints’ plan to destroy the Interception Sect. After Qingyuan took control of their sealed space, Zhunti attacked and was erased, leaving Jieyin stunned.

• Zhunti and Jieyin revealed themselves and demanded that Qingyuan join the Western Lands Teachings.
• Zhunti disclosed that the Saints had allied to destroy the Interception Sect and said their teacher was empowering them to capture Qingyuan.
• Qingyuan threw out a wooden box that seized control of the space Zhunti and Jieyin had sealed.
• Zhunti attacked Qingyuan with the Bitter Bamboo, but froze in midair and vanished without a trace.
• Jieyin searched the space for Zhunti’s aura and found nothing, leaving him dumbfounded.

Qingyuan killed Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin, then faced Sect Master Tongtian’s Separate Thought and revealed the gulf between their strengths. After Tongtian’s Separate Thought died in their exchange, Qingyuan resolved to protect the Interception Sect and let the world sense his power.

• Qingyuan made Daoist Zhunti vanish with a thought, then killed Daoist Jieyin after Jieyin accepted his fate.
• Qingyuan told Sect Master Tongtian that he remained his disciple and had no intention of harming him or the Interception Sect.
• Sect Master Tongtian asked Qingyuan to demonstrate his strength, and Qingyuan’s power erased Tongtian’s Sword Dao attack.
• Tongtian burned the origin of his Separate Thought and unleashed One-Sword Heaven-Opening, but Qingyuan pierced him with Great Extinction Withered-Heaven Finger.
• Before vanishing, Tongtian said he trusted Qingyuan and urged him to seek help if he could no longer bear his burdens.
• Qingyuan bowed to Tongtian’s vanished Separate Thought, resolved to guard Tongtian and the Interception Sect, and let his aura spread to the world.

Sect Master Tongtian discovered that Qingyuan had vanished and confronted Saint Taiqing and Venerable Yuanshi, accusing them of taking his disciple. As his dispute with Yuanshi neared a battle, Tongtian suddenly identified the Western Saints as the ones who had targeted Qingyuan and departed to confront them.

• Sect Master Tongtian failed to locate Qingyuan and confronted Saint Taiqing on Shouyang Mountain, demanding to know whether he had schemed against his disciple.
• Taiqing denied harming Qingyuan, and Tongtian left for East Kunlun to confront Venerable Yuanshi.
• Tongtian accused Yuanshi of taking Qingyuan, drove the Chan Sect disciples from Jade Void Palace, and faced him with the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and Pangu Banner at the ready.
• Taiqing arrived and tried to prevent Tongtian and Yuanshi from fighting, but the brothers continued arguing over Qingyuan and past attacks on Interception Sect disciples.
• Tongtian noticed a strange ripple in Taiqing's and Yuanshi's eyes, realized the Western Saints were responsible, and tore open the void to leave.

After Qingyuan disappeared, the Three Pure Ones besieged the Ultimate Bliss World and demanded that the Two Shakya return him. The Dao Ancestor stopped the destruction and revealed Qingyuan, promising to settle accounts with the Two Shakya.

• Taiqing asked Yuanshi whether he had secretly harmed Qingyuan, and Yuanshi denied it before blaming the Two Shakya.
• Yuanshi and Taiqing joined Tongtian outside the Ultimate Bliss World and demanded that the Two Shakya return Qingyuan.
• The Two Shakya pleaded with the Three Pure Ones, but Taiqing joined the siege and all three attacked them.
• Tongtian and Yuanshi wounded Jieyin and Zhunti as Yuanshi tore apart the Ultimate Bliss World, killing its inhabitants.
• The Dao Ancestor appeared, stopped the destruction, revealed Qingyuan, and said he would personally settle accounts with the Two Shakya.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun stopped the Saints from deciding the Two Sages of the West’s fate and asked Qingyuan to speak for himself. Qingyuan demanded that the Two Sages die, leaving the gathered Saints stunned and Sect Master Tongtian laughing with approval.

• The Dao Ancestor arrived to stop the fighting, and Sect Master Tongtian and Saint Taiqing checked that Qingyuan was unharmed.
• Sect Master Tongtian and Saint Taiqing accused the Two Sages of repeatedly harming Mystic Gate disciples, while Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti pleaded for mercy and promised to take responsibility.
• The Two Sages wept and appealed to Qingyuan, while their followers grew angry and some prepared to sacrifice themselves.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun silenced the other Saints and told Qingyuan to speak for himself, prompting Sect Master Tongtian to object to what he saw as the Dao Ancestor’s bias.
• Qingyuan asked the two Saints of the Western Lands to die, stunning the assembled Saints and making Sect Master Tongtian laugh with approval.

Qingyuan defended his call for the Two Shakya to die as a matter of moral duty, leaving the Western Saints unable to answer without humiliation. Daoist Zhunti then turned the confrontation around by questioning how Qingyuan escaped their ambush and why he had been outside the Netherworld, putting Qingyuan and Sect Master Tongtian under suspicion.

• The Two Shakya pleaded with Qingyuan to spare them, while Dao Ancestor Hongjun silently pressured him to relent.
• Qingyuan rejected their moral appeals and argued that Heavenly Dao Saints who spread evil should atone with their deaths for the greater good.
• Sect Master Tongtian and Saint Taiqing showed their support as Qingyuan's argument left the Two Shakya unable to decide whether to die or refuse.
• Daoist Zhunti asked how Qingyuan had overcome the Western Saints' powerful Separate Thoughts and what he had been doing outside the Netherworld.
• Taiqing questioned Sect Master Tongtian as Zhunti's questions cast doubt on Qingyuan's actions and shifted the balance of the confrontation.

Qingyuan explained his visit to the Underworld Bureau, and Dao Ancestor Hongjun pressured him and Sect Master Tongtian to end the dispute with the Two Sages. After Zhunti offered compensation and Tongtian returned the treasures, Tongtian struck Zhunti down with the Slaying Immortal Sword.

• Qingyuan used the Qingping Sword and Tongtian’s power to answer the Two Sages’ questions and explain that Empress Pingxin had invited him to the Underworld Bureau.
• Qingyuan demanded that the Two Sages answer for attacking him, but Hongjun called the affair a misunderstanding and asked Qingyuan to let it go.
• Tongtian ordered Qingyuan to forgive his martial uncles, and Qingyuan obeyed; Hongjun and Taiqing then departed.
• Zhunti offered two Innate Spiritual Treasures and five hundred Houtian Spiritual Treasures, which Tongtian accepted before scolding the Two Sages.
• Tongtian returned the treasures to the Western Pure Land, then split Zhunti in two with the Slaying Immortal Sword and demanded that he give back what Qingyuan had suffered.

Sect Master Tongtian killed Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin despite their recent reconciliation, then went to Zixiao Palace to accept punishment and persuaded Dao Ancestor Hongjun that the killings served to deter hidden threats. Hongjun let the matter go, while the two Western sages departed after being warned not to complain further.

• Sect Master Tongtian split Daoist Zhunti apart with the Slaying Immortal Sword, then attacked Daoist Jieyin and cut off his arm.
• Sect Master Tongtian overwhelmed Daoist Jieyin with sword energies and killed him, warning the Western Teachings not to provoke the Interception Sect again.
• Sect Master Tongtian returned Qingyuan to Golden Ao Island and went to Zixiao Palace to accept punishment from Dao Ancestor Hongjun.
• Sect Master Tongtian claimed he had killed the two sages to display the Heavenly Dao Saints' strength and deter Hunyuan Saints and a hidden schemer.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun agreed not to pursue the killings, ordered Sect Master Tongtian not to trouble the Western Teachings again, and declared the old grudges settled.
• Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin complained to Hongjun, but he silenced them and sent them back to the Ultimate Bliss World.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun summoned Saint Nuwa and the Demon Race Saints, revealing that Qingyuan had killed the Two Shakya and asking them to deal with the First Disciple of Interception Sect. Back at Biyou Palace, Sect Master Tongtian realized Hongjun had secretly targeted Qingyuan and questioned why his teacher had turned against Interception Sect.

• Hongjun summoned Nuwa and the Demon Race Saints to Zixiao Palace after the Two Shakya failed to deal with Qingyuan.
• The Demon Race Saints feared Hongjun would order them to fight Tongtian, but Hongjun assured them they would not face him.
• Hongjun asked whether the Demon Saints could kill the Two Shakya, then revealed Qingyuan had killed them in a short time.
• Tongtian returned to Biyou Palace and concluded Hongjun had secretly enabled the attack on Qingyuan.
• Tongtian reflected on Hongjun's betrayal and sighed that Qingyuan was no ordinary disciple.

Sect Master Tongtian confronted Saint Taiqing over secretly joining outsiders against him, rejecting Taiqing’s claims that it was for his own good. After Tongtian left, the Demon Race Saints learned Qingyuan had killed the Two Shakya and feared his hidden power.

• Sect Master Tongtian met Saint Taiqing in Taiqing Hall, and the brothers argued over Taiqing’s secret actions and his failure to help reconcile Tongtian with Second Brother.
• Tongtian accused Taiqing of betraying him and the Interception Sect, then declared he would resist any attempt to target them and left the hall.
• Great Master Xuandu found Saint Taiqing distressed, asked if he was all right, and quietly left him alone.
• The Demon Race Saints in Zixiao Palace were shocked to hear Qingyuan had killed the Two Shakya in a short time.
• Saint Nuwa questioned whether Tongtian had given Qingyuan a special method, but Dao Ancestor Hongjun asked whether Tongtian could have killed the Two Shakya with only a Separate Thought.

In Zixiao Palace, Hongjun heard the Demon Saints’ proposals for dealing with Qingyuan and settled on Baize’s plan to hold an Immortal Dao Assembly to test him. As Hongjun began expounding the Dao, Tongtian and Qingyuan wondered why he had rung the Dao Bell and prepared for whatever would follow.

• The Demon Saints hesitated to propose a plan after learning that Qingyuan had killed the Two Shakya, so Hongjun questioned Lu Wu, Ying Zhao, Shang Yang, and Baize in turn.
• Hongjun ordered Shang Yang to carry out his plan to pressure the Interception Sect and lure Qingyuan out, despite Shang Yang’s fear of offending Tongtian.
• Baize proposed an Immortal Dao Assembly where the Saints’ disciples could exchange techniques and test Qingyuan under the cover of guidance.
• Demon Master Kunpeng urged Hongjun to kill Qingyuan and suppress the Interception Sect, but Hongjun explained that the Interception Sect’s Fortune Aura made attacking it dangerous.
• Hongjun chose Baize’s plan, promised to accept the Demon Saints as Outer Disciples of the Mystic Gate, and began expounding the Dao in Zixiao Palace.
• At Biyou Palace, Tongtian asked Qingyuan why Hongjun had rung the Dao Bell, and Qingyuan assured him he would handle any trouble that arose.

Qingyuan returned the Qingping Sword to Sect Master Tongtian, received the Yugu Drum, and openly clashed with Hongjun across distant spacetime. At Zixiao Palace, Yuqing rejected Hongjun’s plan to make the Demon Saints Outer Disciples and stormed out, leaving Tongtian confused as he entered the hall.

• Sect Master Tongtian gave Qingyuan the Yugu Drum, told him to remain on Golden Ao Island, and left for Zixiao Palace.
• Qingyuan reflected that he had exposed his strength, then exchanged a palm strike with Hongjun, shaking Zixiao Palace and injuring Hongjun’s arm.
• Hongjun reassured the Demon Saints and told them to wait for the Heavenly Dao Saints to arrive.
• Venerable Yuanshi deduced that Qingyuan’s strength would make the Dao Ancestor more wary of Jie Sect and went to Zixiao Palace after hearing the summons.
• Yuqing insulted the Demon Saints and stormed out after Hongjun announced he would accept Kunpeng and the others as Outer Disciples of the Mystic Gate.
• Sect Master Tongtian teased Yuqing as he left, then entered Zixiao Palace and frowned at the gathering.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun announced an Immortal Dao Assembly and planned to accept the Hunyuan Saints as Outer Disciples, while the other Saints questioned his motives and Venerable Yuanshi objected to the Demon Race Saints. As the assembly discussion continued, the Saints witnessed the Witch Clan and Heavenly Court clash over Chi You’s plan to rebuild Buzhou Mountain.

• Sect Master Tongtian challenged Hongjun, suspecting the gathering was a scheme to kill him, but Hongjun said the Immortal Dao Assembly would establish order among the Saints and their lineages.
• Venerable Yuanshi objected to the Demon Race Saints entering Zixiao Palace, but Hongjun defended their origins and announced that he would accept all the Hunyuan Saints as Outer Disciples.
• Hongjun ordered Saint Nuwa to bring the Three Sovereigns from Huoyun Cave to Wa Huang Heaven and teach them, and Nuwa agreed.
• The Saints noticed that the Witch Clan had clashed with the Heavenly Court and turned their attention to the conflict.
• Chi You had united the Witch Clan at the ruins of Buzhou Mountain and planned to rebuild it as a Heavenly Pillar, provoking the Heavenly Court because it would obstruct their gate.
• The conflict escalated from arguments to deadly fighting, and the Heavenly Emperor appeared at the gates of the Heavenly Realm to face the Witch Clan.

Xing Tian returned to find the Witch Clan poised to fight the Heavenly Court over rebuilding Buzhou Mountain, only to discover the confrontation had begun because his words about rebuilding their home were misunderstood. The Heavenly Emperor rejected Xing Tian’s attempt to defuse the dispute, and Chi You stepped in to challenge him.

• Witch Clan members and Heavenly Court gods gathered in a tense standoff over the Witch Clan’s plan to rebuild Buzhou Mountain.
• Xing Tian returned from the Northern Darkness and learned that the witches believed he had ordered them to prepare for the project and a war with the Heavenly Court.
• Xing Tian explained that he had meant rebuilding their home as a long-term undertaking, not rebuilding Buzhou Mountain or fighting the Heavenly Court.
• The Heavenly Emperor appeared and accused Xing Tian and the Witch Clan of repeatedly provoking the Heavenly Court, refusing to let the matter end with an apology.
• Chi You challenged Haotian and offered to fight him himself.

Chi You challenged the Heavenly Emperor after believing the Heavenly Court had oppressed the Witch Clan, but learned the conflict began when Xing Tian’s instructions were misunderstood as a plan to rebuild Buzhou Mountain. The Dao Ancestor announced an Immortal Dao Assembly, and Chi You offered to pledge allegiance to the Heavenly Court after the confrontation subsided.

• Chi You refused to back down from the Heavenly Emperor, and the Witch Clan rallied behind his defiance.
• The Heavenly Emperor accused the Witch Clan of trying to rebuild Buzhou Mountain, leaving Chi You stunned and denying that anyone had proposed it.
• Xing Tian explained that he had told Erlang and the others to prepare to rebuild their home, and they had misunderstood his meaning.
• The Heavenly Emperor confronted Chi You over the Witch Clan’s repeated clashes with the Heavenly Court, but the Dao Ancestor’s bell interrupted their standoff and Hongjun announced an Immortal Dao Assembly in a thousand years.
• Chi You offered to make peace or pledge allegiance to the Heavenly Court, and the Heavenly Emperor left without accepting; Chi You then laughed as the immortals departed.

Chi You confronted Xing Tian over his mishandling of the Witch Clan and promised the assembled witches a method to strengthen their bloodlines. Meanwhile, the Heavenly Emperor questioned his ministers about the Dao Ancestor’s Immortal Dao Assembly and called out to his Master, uncertain whether the gathering threatened the Heavenly Court.

• Chi You reprimanded Xing Tian for the chaos that followed his absence and promised to teach the Battle Witches and Great Witches a method to improve their bloodlines before sharing it with the rest of the clan.
• Chi You lured Xing Tian to a deserted mountain ridge and punched him, then warned him that his actions could have led to the Witch Clan’s destruction.
• Chi You urged Xing Tian to act as a deputy leader and protect the clansmen instead of taking on manual labor, then teased him about finding his missing head.
• The Heavenly Emperor asked his ministers to speculate about why the Witch Clan wanted to rebuild Buzhou Mountain and what the Immortal Dao Assembly might mean.
• After dismissing the ministers, the Heavenly Emperor cupped his hands toward the void and asked whether his Master was there.

Haotian asked Qingyuan why Hongjun planned to target the Interception Sect, and Qingyuan explained that Hongjun sought to weaken the Three Pure Ones to secure control of the Primordial Wilderness. A thousand years later, the Immortal Dao Assembly began amid spectacular omens, with countless powerful cultivators setting out for Zixiao Palace.

• Haotian consulted Qingyuan about whether the Heavenly Court should attend Hongjun's Immortal Dao Assembly, and Qingyuan told him it was safe to go.
• Qingyuan explained that Hongjun viewed the Interception Sect's growing power as a threat and would eventually use the Heavenly Court as a pawn against the Three Pure Ones.
• Haotian reasoned that Hongjun would also target the Human Sect and Chan Sect, and Qingyuan told him to accept Hongjun's coming request and join his plans.
• Qingyuan predicted that the Immortal Dao Assembly would be obstructed, then tested Haotian's cultivation knowledge while Hongjun told the Saints the assembly would establish rules for the Primordial Wilderness.
• A thousand years later, Zixiao Palace appeared in Chaos, and Grand Unity Golden Immortals and Saintly Tradition disciples began traveling there for the assembly.

The Primordial Wilderness’s factions and mighty figures gathered at Zixiao Palace for the Immortal Dao Assembly, where the Dao Ancestor prepared to address them. Before he could speak, a violent darkness and mysterious chains engulfed the palace, leaving everyone trapped and panicked.

• The Heavenly Steps appeared, and cultivators from across the Primordial Wilderness set out for the Immortal Dao Assembly.
• Demon Master Hall, the Witch Clan, the Dragon Clan, the Underworld Bureau, and other forces traveled through Chaos toward Zixiao Palace.
• The Heavenly Dao Saints and their followers arrived, with the Interception Sect displaying its vast ranks of powerful disciples.
• Ling Zhuzi and Lu Ya quarreled in Zixiao Palace, and Saint Nuwa scolded them while Daoist Duobao silenced the Interception Sect disciples who mocked them.
• After the gathered leaders took their seats, the Dao Ancestor began to speak, but Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind collapsed as darkness, black flames, and mysterious chains surrounded Zixiao Palace.

A mysterious sea of black flames and bronze chains attacked Zixiao Palace during the Dao Ancestor's banquet, forcing the Heavenly Dao Saints and other cultivators to fight for survival. The Heavenly Dao Saints began losing ground, while Dao Ancestor Hongjun watched the assault and tried to identify the force behind it.

• Black flames engulfed Zixiao Palace, and Dao Ancestor Hongjun demanded to know who had come to attack his dojo.
• Venerable Yuanshi, Sect Master Tongtian, Saint Taiqing, the Western Lands' Saints, and Saint Nuwa charged into Chaos to confront the flames.
• The Demon Race Saints joined the fight but were quickly overwhelmed by bronze chains that pierced and pinned them in the burning sea.
• Chi You, Xing Tian, Jiu Feng, Candle Dragon, and the other Hunyuan Saints stayed inside the palace as they watched the chains torture the Demon Race Saints.
• The chains and flames devastated Chaos and damaged Zixiao Palace, while the Heavenly Dao Saints suffered injuries and retreated under the overwhelming assault.

A mysterious Chaos Black Lotus attacked Zixiao Palace, skewering the Heavenly Dao Saints and Hunyuan Saints before Dao Ancestor Hongjun fought back. After the lotus’s main root struck at Hongjun, everything seemed to return to normal, leaving the cultivators unsure whether the destruction had truly happened.

• The Chaos Black Lotus’s roots pierced the Two Shakya, Nuwa, the Three Pure Ones, and other saints, pinning them above its sea of black fire.
• Hongjun blew away the black flames, revealing the enormous Chaos Black Lotus whose roots had attacked the saints.
• Hongjun struck the lotus and shattered countless offshoot roots, but the lotus itself remained unharmed.
• The saints retreated into Zixiao Palace and warned Hongjun about the lotus, which they feared might bring a great calamity.
• After Hongjun assured the saints that he could protect them, a main root smashed through Zixiao Palace and attacked him.
• Hongjun met the root with the power of the Creation Jade Disk and the Heavenly Dao Eyes, and the cultivators experienced a collapse of reality before everything appeared normal again.