Chapter Summaries

Ji Chang tried to win Jiang Ziya’s favor by pulling his carriage around West Qi City at tremendous speed. After more than eight hundred laps, Jiang Ziya declared that the number had fixed West Zhou’s fate and warned that changing it would bring Heavenly Retribution.

• Ji Chang decided to lower himself to gain Jiang Ziya’s favor and use him against Guangchengzi and other Chan Sect rivals.
• Ji Chang pulled Jiang Ziya’s carriage around West Qi City, accelerating until he broke the sound barrier and leaving Jiang Ziya repeatedly unconscious.
• Ji Chang finally stopped after more than eight hundred laps and asked whether he had shown enough sincerity.
• Jiang Ziya said Ji Chang’s eight hundred laps meant Great Zhou would rule for eight hundred years, prompting Ji Chang to prepare to run again.
• Jiang Ziya jumped from the carriage and said the fate was fixed and could not be changed without bringing Heavenly Retribution.

Ji Chang learned that his cart-pulling journey had fixed Great Zhou’s fate at eight hundred years, and Jiang Ziya said the decree could not be changed. Later, Guangchengzi gathered the Chan Sect disciples and proposed targeting the Interception Sect, leaving the others to weigh the risks and his motives.

• Ji Chang realized that stopping his cart journey had limited Great Zhou to eight hundred years and begged Jiang Ziya to change the outcome.
• Jiang Ziya declared Great Zhou’s fate fixed by Heaven, then fled while Ji Chang and his ministers regretted the decision.
• Guangchengzi criticized Ji Chang’s public spectacle and summoned the Chan Sect disciples and the Human Dao Saints to discuss a greater matter.
• Guangchengzi proposed dealing with the Interception Sect, prompting the immortals to question the risks of widening the conflict.
• Guangchengzi argued that destroying Shang might not be Master’s only aim, while the Chan Sect disciples considered whether Master wanted the Interception Sect destroyed too.

Guangchengzi resolved to destroy the Interception Sect and drew the Chan Sect disciples into planning how to provoke it through the Great Shang conflict. Chijingzi proposed targeting important Interception Sect figures so their deaths would force the sect to retaliate.

• Guangchengzi blamed the First Disciple of Intercepting Sect for his lack of progress and insisted that the Interception Sect must be destroyed alongside Great Shang.
• The Chan Sect disciples objected over the immense Karma and consequences, but Chijingzi pledged his support for Guangchengzi and urged the others to follow their leader.
• Guangchengzi proposed exploiting Interception Sect disciples who held official posts in Great Shang, claiming the Chan Sect would only be acting against Great Shang.
• The Chan Sect disciples began suggesting ways to target Interception Sect disciples, while Chijingzi took the lead in offering plans.
• Chijingzi argued that ordinary outer disciples would not provoke the Interception Sect into action and urged the Chan Sect to target important core figures instead.

Guangchengzi dismissed Chijingzi’s broad plan to destroy the Interception Sect and revealed that he intended to lure its disciples with a fabricated history and a supposed method to become Saints. Chijingzi questioned how such powerful, discerning immortals could be fooled, leaving Guangchengzi’s scheme untested.

• Chijingzi proposed targeting the Interception Sect Core Disciples, but Guangchengzi challenged him to explain how they could be trapped and killed.
• Guangchengzi argued that they could create Karma and calamities to ensnare Interception Sect disciples, including its Personal Disciples.
• The Chan Sect disciples expressed doubts about Guangchengzi’s confidence and warned that the Interception Sect leaders would be difficult to deceive.
• Guangchengzi described a false hidden fragment of history containing a method to become a Saint as bait for the Interception Sect.
• Chijingzi asked how Guangchengzi could fabricate history convincingly enough to fool the Interception Sect Personal Disciples.

Guangchengzi explained that deceiving the Interception Sect required Saints to fabricate convincing traces of the Great Dao, then pressed the Qilin Old Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor to help destroy it alongside Great Shang. The two Saints objected to being drawn into a fight with the Interception Sect, but Guangchengzi reminded them that their status and future depended on the Chan Sect.

• The immortals doubted that anyone could fabricate a lost history convincing enough to fool the many powerful Interception Sect Disciples.
• Guangchengzi revealed that he had invited the Qilin Old Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor to help create the false history.
• The Qilin Old Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor realized Guangchengzi wanted them to help target the Interception Sect and warned that doing so could bring Sect Master Tongtian's wrath.
• The Qilin Old Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor protested that they had agreed only to punish Shang Zhou, not destroy the Interception Sect.
• Guangchengzi argued that the Jie Sect Disciples in Great Shang made conflict unavoidable and warned the two Saints that others could take their place if they refused to help.

Guangchengzi persuaded Qilin Old Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor to help destroy Shang Zhou by claiming they could spare the Interception Sect’s Personal and Core Disciples and gain favor from both Saints. The two agreed, but worried that falsifying history would fail because the Great Dao’s traces could expose the deception.

• Guangchengzi warned Qilin Old Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor that anyone who aided Shang Zhou would face destruction, even if they were Saints.
• Guangchengzi proposed sparing the Interception Sect’s Personal Disciples and some Core Disciples while killing other disciples involved with Shang Zhou, arguing that this would soften the consequences and earn favor from both Saints.
• Qilin Old Ancestor asked how destroying Interception Sect disciples could win favor from Sect Master Tongtian, and Guangchengzi explained that surviving core disciples could let the sect flourish again.
• Qilin Old Ancestor asked whether Guangchengzi’s fabricated history was meant to kill the Interception Sect’s Core Disciples, and Guangchengzi denied that he would slaughter his fellow disciples.
• Qilin Old Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor agreed to Guangchengzi’s plan but said that the Great Dao’s traces could expose their fabricated history.

Guangchengzi revealed that he planned to use Four Extremities Heaven’s Saints to fabricate history and Dao Traces, while Qilin Old Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor agreed to help win over one side each. After sending the two elders away, Guangchengzi assigned his junior brothers tasks to spread rumors, recruit support, and prepare for a severed Space-Time.

• Qilin Old Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor explained that they could not convincingly imitate ancient Dao Traces themselves.
• Guangchengzi said Four Extremities Heaven’s Saints could join with six Saints to fabricate a convincing world and its history.
• Phoenix Ancestor and Qilin Old Ancestor each agreed to win over one side, and Guangchengzi said he would persuade the remaining two.
• After the elders left, Guangchengzi activated an Innate Restriction and told his junior brothers he trusted only them.
• Guangchengzi ordered True Person Huanglong and Lingbao Great Mage to spread rumors in the East Sea, while Manjushri, Puxian, and Cihang prepared the groundwork for a severed Space-Time.
• Guangchengzi assigned Yuding and Qingxu to establish an Inspection Pavilion in West Qi and gather intelligence.

Guangchengzi sent Chijingzi to counsel Juliusun and the others, while he and the Qilin Old Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor sought help from the Four Extremities Heaven. After the two clans spent their remaining favors with White Tiger and Vermilion Bird, Guangchengzi persuaded Azure Dragon and Black Tortoise to cooperate as well.

• Guangchengzi gave Chijingzi the task of easing Juliusun, Taiyi, and Daoxing’s worries, and Chijingzi suggested hinting at Guangchengzi’s favor rather than explaining his motives outright.
• Guangchengzi accepted Chijingzi’s advice and said he needed to act with greater authority as head of the Chan Sect.
• The Qilin Old Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor spent their clans’ remaining favors to secure White Tiger’s and Vermilion Bird’s help, leaving both clans with fewer options.
• Guangchengzi reassured the two ancestors that their clans would benefit after the Interception Sect fell, then asked them to take him to Azure Dragon and Black Tortoise.
• Guangchengzi emerged from both meetings having secured Azure Dragon’s and Black Tortoise’s agreement, but kept his methods to himself and told the two ancestors to coordinate with the Four Extremities Heaven.

Guangchengzi returned to West Qi, confident in his plans to defeat the Interception Sect, but Lu Ya ambushed him with the Divine Crow Gourd. After Guangchengzi gained the upper hand in their fierce battle, Lu Ya swallowed him into the gourd.

• Guangchengzi considered how to use West Qi’s forces to attack Shang Zhou and destroy the Interception Sect while avoiding the dangers of the calamity.
• Lu Ya ambushed Guangchengzi with the Divine Crow Gourd, and Guangchengzi mocked him before learning he had reached the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Perfect Stage.
• Lu Ya unleashed Solar True Fire, but Guangchengzi countered with the Fan Tian Seal and scattered the flames.
• Guangchengzi sealed off Lu Ya’s escape with Jade Clarity Immortal Banners and pressed forward as Lu Ya’s magical power waned.
• When Guangchengzi reached out to seize him, Lu Ya used the Divine Crow Gourd to swallow Guangchengzi.

Lu Ya captured Guangchengzi with the Divine Crow Gourd, but more than a hundred West Qi Quasi-Saints surrounded him as he tried to escape. Kong Xuan appeared to escort Lu Ya away and struck down a Phoenix Clan Quasi-Saint who attacked; a clear laugh then rang out as they prepared to leave.

• Lu Ya sealed the Divine Crow Gourd, recovered from battle, and headed toward Jiameng Pass with three Demon Race subordinates and the captured Guangchengzi.
• More than a hundred West Qi Quasi-Saints surrounded Lu Ya and demanded that he release Guangchengzi.
• Lu Ya called for Kong Xuan, who appeared and told the Quasi-Saints to stand down.
• Kong Xuan escorted Lu Ya away, but a Three-Corpse-Severing Phoenix Clan Quasi-Saint attacked them.
• Kong Xuan made the attacker’s magic treasure vanish and caused his head to explode, then warned the others not to attack again.
• As Kong Xuan and Lu Ya prepared to leave, clear laughter echoed across the area.

Kong Xuan confronted Phoenix Ancestor over the Phoenix Clan’s past treatment of him and his younger brother, and Phoenix Ancestor used Saintly might to suppress him. Chijingzi arrived and asked to speak privately with the two Saints about a matter concerning Great Zhou’s survival, but Qilin Old Ancestor refused to leave Kong Xuan and the others unwatched.

• Qilin Old Ancestor appeared before Kong Xuan, praised his manners, and recalled the ties between their clans.
• Phoenix Ancestor accused Kong Xuan of abandoning the Phoenix Clan, and Kong Xuan replied that the clan had mistreated him and his younger brother.
• Phoenix Ancestor released Saintly might to force Kong Xuan to kneel, but Kong Xuan mocked him as a half-Saint and Phoenix Ancestor prepared to attack.
• Chijingzi arrived with an object carrying the essence of a Saint’s Great Dao and asked Phoenix Ancestor and Qilin Old Ancestor to hear urgent news about Great Zhou in private.
• Phoenix Ancestor agreed to speak privately, but Qilin Old Ancestor stayed behind to watch Kong Xuan and the others, leaving Phoenix Ancestor hesitant.

Chijingzi persuaded Phoenix Ancestor and Qilin Old Ancestor that Guangchengzi planned to use them and their clans as cannon fodder, then offered them a partnership and promises of lasting status. The two Saints agreed to entrust their clans’ destiny to him, but questioned how he could guarantee anything without the Human Dao Seal, and Chijingzi argued that its absence left them free and unreplaceable.

• Chijingzi tried to leave after Phoenix Ancestor and Qilin Old Ancestor showed little interest, but they stopped him when he threatened that they would regret continuing to serve Guangchengzi.
• Chijingzi accused Guangchengzi of planning to revoke their Saint Positions, claim the rewards for himself, and make their clans bear the calamity’s karmic burden.
• Chijingzi argued that Guangchengzi had made the two clans enemies of the Interception Sect and intended to use the Saints as cannon fodder, then promised to treat them better and preserve their status.
• Chijingzi said he would avoid attacking the Interception Sect unless it attacked first, and Phoenix Ancestor and Qilin Old Ancestor agreed to cooperate and entrust their clans’ destiny to him.
• Qilin Old Ancestor questioned how Chijingzi could guarantee their positions without the Human Dao Seal, and Chijingzi argued that its disappearance left them free, powerful, and impossible to replace.

Chijingzi persuaded Phoenix Ancestor and Qilin Old Ancestor to fake a defeat, but they later cornered Kong Xuan and Lu Ya at Great Shang's border and demanded the treasure holding Guangchengzi. Qilin Old Ancestor offered to make Guangchengzi disappear from the Primordial Wilderness, leaving Kong Xuan and the others uncertain whether to agree.

• Chijingzi reassured Phoenix Ancestor and Qilin Old Ancestor that he would explain Guangchengzi's capture to his master, then told them to stage a failed attack and flee.
• Qilin Old Ancestor blocked Kong Xuan and Lu Ya as they tried to leave, but a sudden upheaval in the Primordial Wilderness wounded him, and he and Phoenix Ancestor withdrew with the Quasi-Saints.
• Kong Xuan and Lu Ya tried to return to Great Shang, but an unseen force kept them from crossing its border.
• Kong Xuan called for the hidden senior to reveal himself, and Qilin Old Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor appeared and trapped the group at the border.
• Qilin Old Ancestor demanded the treasure sealing Guangchengzi and offered to ensure Guangchengzi never returned to the Primordial Wilderness; Lu Ya refused, and the group fell silent.

Kong Xuan and Lu Ya refused to hand Guangchengzi over until Qilin Old Ancestor threatened their companions. Kong Xuan stopped him by surrendering the Divine Crow Gourd, leaving Qilin Old Ancestor holding the treasure.

• Qilin Old Ancestor claimed many in West Qi wanted Guangchengzi gone because he planned to use surrendered generals to attack the Interception Sect and later make them take the blame.
• Qilin Old Ancestor said he wanted to imprison Guangchengzi until the war ended so he could answer to the Chan Sect Saints, but Kong Xuan refused to hand him over.
• Qilin Old Ancestor trapped Kong Xuan, Lu Ya, and their companions in his palm and threatened to crush Canlong unless they surrendered Guangchengzi.
• Kong Xuan stopped Qilin Old Ancestor's finger from crushing Canlong, and Lu Ya handed over the Divine Crow Gourd at Kong Xuan's signal.
• Qilin Old Ancestor seized the Divine Crow Gourd and decided not to refine it, fearing that doing so would anger Guangchengzi.

Qilin Old Ancestor extorted treasures from Lu Ya and Kong Xuan, then killed Canlong and Ghost Mountain to enforce his demands. He seized Kong Xuan’s earth-element pearl and demanded the other four Five Elements pearls, leaving Kong Xuan and Lu Ya trapped under his threat.

• Qilin Old Ancestor kept the Divine Crow Gourd and demanded that Lu Ya offer Phoenix Ancestor a token of gratitude before leaving.
• When Lu Ya warned him against excessive greed, Qilin Old Ancestor crushed Canlong and let the Investiture Altar take Canlong’s True Spirit.
• Qilin Old Ancestor threatened Lu Ya, then crushed Ghost Mountain when Lu Ya continued to show his anger.
• Kong Xuan offered an Innate Spiritual Treasure and then a Five Elements earth pearl, but Qilin Old Ancestor took both for himself.
• Qilin Old Ancestor demanded that Kong Xuan hand over the other four elemental spiritual pearls and threatened him with physical pain.

Qilin Old Ancestor extorted Kong Xuan and Lu Ya for their treasures, then demanded Hunyuan Golden Cores from the Interception Sect in exchange for letting them go. He threatened that he could kill them and conceal the evidence, leaving Lu Ya uncertain whether the Heavenly Dao Saints could discover the truth.

• Kong Xuan handed Qilin Old Ancestor the remaining four Spirit Pearls, which combined with the first pearl into a set of Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.
• Qilin Old Ancestor claimed the pearls belonged to the Qilin Clan and pressured Kong Xuan to offer Phoenix Ancestor a gift as well.
• Kong Xuan gave up two Mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, and Qilin Old Ancestor took them despite Phoenix Ancestor refusing them.
• Qilin Old Ancestor continued to hold Kong Xuan and Lu Ya, then asked Kong Xuan to give the Qilin Clan Hunyuan Golden Cores in return for safe passage to Great Shang.
• Lu Ya warned Kong Xuan not to trust Qilin Old Ancestor, who claimed he could kill them and hide his involvement from the Heavenly Dao Saints.

Qilin Old Ancestor extorted Kong Xuan for treasures, seized his Great Thousand World, and captured him as a hostage while casting Lu Ya away. Lu Ya returned to Golden Ao Island and urgently called for his master.

• Qilin Old Ancestor demanded about a hundred Hunyuan Golden Cores, and Lu Ya angrily condemned his greed.
• Qilin Old Ancestor crushed Taoci and used his power to force Lu Ya to one knee, while Kong Xuan offered his single Golden Core and a trove of treasures.
• Qilin Old Ancestor seized Kong Xuan's Great Thousand World and claimed its contents as punishment, despite Kong Xuan accepting his decision.
• Qilin Old Ancestor invited Kong Xuan to the Qilin Clan and secretly planned to imprison him, then kicked Lu Ya away and left him without his three subordinates or Senior Brother Kong Xuan.
• Lu Ya swore revenge, returned to Golden Ao Island, and urgently called out to his master.

Liu Yuan accompanied Lu Ya to West Qi to confront Qilin Old Ancestor over Kong Xuan being taken hostage. After Lu Ya attacked the city’s defenders and demanded Qilin Old Ancestor appear, Qilin Old Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor watched from concealment without revealing themselves.

• Lu Ya told Liu Yuan how Qilin Old Ancestor had taken Kong Xuan hostage and asked for help.
• Liu Yuan dismissed Lu Ya’s concerns about facing a Saint and decided to go with him to West Qi without informing their Master.
• Liu Yuan brought Lu Ya to West Qi City, where he encouraged Lu Ya to attack the Immortals glaring at him.
• Lu Ya burned the defenders, including a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, to ashes and demanded that Qilin Old Ancestor come out.
• Qilin Old Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor stayed hidden and observed Liu Yuan.

Qilin Old Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor recognized that the Saints were using them as blades, but decided to exploit the conflict to strengthen their clans. Outside West Qi City, Lu Ya returned with Liu Yuan and challenged the old thief while a crowd of immortals surrounded them.

• Qilin Old Ancestor told Phoenix Ancestor that the Saints would reclaim their power and leave their clans bearing the consequences of the conflict.
• Qilin Old Ancestor urged Phoenix Ancestor to seize resources and authority for their descendants while they still could.
• Phoenix Ancestor agreed to join Qilin Old Ancestor in displaying their clans’ strength, and he ordered his subordinates to test Lu Ya and Liu Yuan.
• Outside West Qi City, immortals from various clans surrounded Lu Ya and Liu Yuan, seeking the rewards offered for capturing or killing Lu Ya.
• Lu Ya dismissed the surrounding immortals and shouted for the old thief to come out and die.

Lu Ya challenged West Qi City and used the Immortal-Slaying Gourd to behead two Quasi-Saints who attacked him. He continued taunting the city until Qilin Clan chief Lin Xuan appeared, empowered as a Three-Corpse-Severed Quasi-Saint, and threatened to kill him.

• Wan Hong and Shi Gang attacked Lu Ya and Liu Yuan outside West Qi City with their Divine Abilities.
• Lu Ya summoned the Immortal-Slaying Gourd and beheaded Wan Hong and Shi Gang, alarming the immortals in the city.
• Lu Ya taunted the immortals and demanded that the Qilin Old Ancestor come out, while Chijingzi appeared on the wall and exchanged insults with him.
• Lin Xuan arrived with Qilin Clan Quasi-Saints, and Lu Ya accused him of taking a Hunyuan Golden Core.
• Lin Xuan threatened Lu Ya and stepped out of the city.