Chapter Summaries

A disguised Quasi-Saint infiltrated Holy Mother Zi Guang’s Starry Sky to seize her nine Origin Stars, hoping to refine them into a Star Dao Fruit and reach the Peak Quasi-Saint realm. As the intruder reached for the stars, a goddess appeared and warned that another’s Dao Fruit could not lead them to sainthood.

• A dark-light figure crossed the Starry Sky’s defenses and inspected the nine Origin Stars while Holy Mother Zi Guang prepared to enter seclusion.
• The intruder admitted they wanted to take Zi Guang’s Dao Fruit and believed refining the nine stars could help them reach the Peak Quasi-Saint realm.
• Zi Guang warned the intruder about the Heavenly Court and Hua Tian Peak, but they dismissed her threats and argued that no one would protect her.
• The intruder formed a giant hand and reached for the nine stars as Zi Guang watched helplessly.
• A goddess emerged from the void and cautioned the intruder that borrowing another’s Dao Fruit could not bring them to sainthood.

Long Ling obeyed Saint Huode’s order to protect the nine Origin Stars and battled a Quasi-Sage trying to seize them. After sparing the wounded attacker, she discovered that someone had breached her barrier around the stars.

• Saint Huode ordered Long Ling to protect the nine Origin Stars, and she used Hua Tian Peak’s secret treasure to reach them.
• Long Ling destroyed the attacker’s grasping hand and warned that refining the stars would sever his Dao Path, but he attacked anyway.
• Long Ling used her jade hairpin to repel the Quasi-Sage’s five Innate Spiritual Treasures and pierce his sky-devouring maw.
• Long Ling protected the nine stars from the attacker’s explosion and struck him into a blood mist, but let his primordial spirit escape after sensing that killing him would invite tribulation.
• Long Ling sensed that someone had pierced the divine-power barrier protecting the nine stars.

Long Ling defended the Nine Origin Stars as a fragment of the Heavenly Emperor’s Treasure Seal fused with one star, transforming it into a violet Origin Star infused with imperial authority. After the Holy Mother Zi Guang dissolved into the Star Sea Origin to sleep for ages, Long Ling remained to guard the stars.

• A fragment of the Heavenly Emperor’s Treasure Seal pierced Long Ling’s barrier and fused with the Quasi-Sage Origin Star.
• The star expanded and turned violet as it absorbed the seal’s Heavenly Emperor Authority and Heavenly Dao Will.
• Long Ling’s defense drove away the watching Quasi-Sages, leaving the Nine Origin Stars undisturbed.
• The Holy Mother Zi Guang thanked Long Ling and promised to visit Saint Huode before her body dissolved into Spiritual Light.
• The Holy Mother Zi Guang’s Zhen Ling and primordial light entered the Star Sea Origin, and Long Ling gained an insight into her own path before turning back to the stars.

Long Ling extracted the Spiritual Nature from the nine Origin Stars and placed each cluster into a Grand Unity Purple Pill, following Luo Qing’s plan to speed the birth of the Nine Star Gods. She sent the pills’ merged phantoms toward the Six Paths of Reincarnation in the Yin Netherworld.

• Long Ling assessed the nine Origin Stars and decided to help their nascent Star Gods grow more quickly.
• Long Ling extracted the Spiritual Nature from Ziwei and the other eight Origin Stars, leaving the stars lifeless.
• Long Ling reassured the nine clusters of Spiritual Light and placed each one inside a Grand Unity Purple Pill refined by Luo Qing.
• Long Ling linked her divine sense to the nine pills and merged the nine phantoms on each pill into one.
• Long Ling chanted the Reincarnation Incantation and sent the nine pill phantoms toward the Six Paths of Reincarnation in the Yin Netherworld.

Long Ling used the nine Origin Stars to gestate new spiritual lives, then sealed the now lifeless stars and prevented the gathered immortals from fighting over them. The Heavenly Court realized that a purple Emperor Star held part of Huang Tian’s authority, leaving him with little hope of restoring his power as the wider Primordial Wilderness prepared for the coming calamity.

• Long Ling used phantom images of the purple pills to reincarnate the nine stars’ true spirits, stored the life-bearing pills, and sealed the weakened Big Dipper Nine Stars.
• The immortals and gods saw that the stars had lost their Spiritual Nature and origins; after Long Ling departed, the Quasi-Sages dispersed rather than risk challenging Huatian Peak.
• Kong Xuan and Taishang Laojun recognized that the Emperor Seal Jade fragment had fused with a star to create a purple Emperor Star carrying part of the Heavenly Court’s authority.
• Huang Tian realized Long Ling had allowed the fusion and decided to seek his grandmaster’s help at Huatian Peak.
• The Demon Race’s rise and the Heavenly Court’s losses weakened its position, while the Western Teachings’ Buddhist Race continued wearing down the Anti-Hegemon Alliance in the western Central Domain.

As the Three Clans prepared for war, Yan Tianyu pursued an alliance with the Buddhist Race to reduce Human casualties, while Huang Tian lost patience waiting for help and set out to visit Hua Tian Peak. The Human and Buddhist Races began secret talks as the decisive battle approached.

• The Demon Race’s victories in the Northern Domain shifted many Eastern Region immortal sects toward supporting it, leaving Yan Tianyu’s Human Race alliance efforts in a delicate position.
• Jiang Zi suggested that the Human Race ally with the Buddhist Race against the Demon Race, and Yan Tianyu agreed to pursue the possibility.
• The Demon Race conscripted Northern Territory clans as the Buddhist Race’s war against the Anti-Hegemon Alliance neared its end and the Three-Clan conflict heated up.
• After the Buddhist Race left the Human Race’s proposal open for negotiation, Yan Tianyu sent Jiang Zi to meet with them, and the two races began communicating frequently without the Demon Race’s knowledge.
• Huang Tian, tired of waiting for news from Hua Tian Peak, traveled to Kunlun Mountain with Heavenly Generals and immortal officials to seek his Sage grand-teacher’s help restoring his Heavenly Emperor Authority.

Huang Tian arrived at Kunlun Mountain and sought Luo Qing’s guidance about the missing Heavenly Emperor Authority. Luo Qing received him, but Huang Tian feared his request would be rejected.

• Huang Tian’s grand procession arrived in Kunlun Mountain, where the cultivators viewed the Heavenly Court with wariness and little respect.
• Zhao Gongming welcomed Huang Tian and offered to discuss the Dao, but Huang Tian said he urgently needed to consult their Ancestor.
• Luo Qing sensed Huang Tian’s arrival and knew he had come about the Heavenly Emperor Authority, which could no longer be returned to him.
• Zhao Gongming led Huang Tian to meet Luo Qing, who received his disciples and asked nothing aloud.
• Huang Tian worried that Luo Qing already understood his plan and intended to reject his request.

Huang Tian asked Luo Qing to help recover the Emperor Seal fragments and restore the Heavenly Emperor Authority, but Luo Qing explained that its loss was a tribulation imposed by the Heavenly Dao. Huang Tian realized the authority might be impossible to preserve, yet still asked whether the Grandmaster could help.

• Huang Tian requested Luo Qing's assistance in reclaiming the Emperor Seal fragments and restoring the Heavenly Emperor Authority, angering Zhao Gongming by bypassing Long Ling.
• Luo Qing reflected that Huang Tian's power and status had made him overlook proper deference to his fellow disciples and considered whether Hua Tian Peak's lineage shared this flaw.
• Luo Qing asked Huang Tian about Haotian's reincarnation, then explained that Haotian's tribulation had been required by the Heavenly Dao to balance the Clear and Turbid Qi after the Immortal-Demon War.
• Huang Tian realized that the Emperor Seal's shattering and the loss of his authority had also been inevitable tribulations ordained by the Heavenly Dao.
• Huang Tian asked Luo Qing whether the Grandmaster was truly unable to help him.

Luo Qing rebuked Huang Tian for obsessing over restoring his Heavenly Emperor Authority and suppressed him beneath the Five-Colored Divine Mountain to temper his state of mind. Huang Tian remained trapped there as Zhao Gongming visited to mock him, while he began questioning the value of his title.

• Luo Qing told Huang Tian that Heavenly Emperors ruled only temporarily and that restoring his authority was not worth the cost to Hua Tian Peak.
• Luo Qing judged that Huang Tian’s state of mind was flawed, sealed his Dharma Power, and suppressed him beneath the Five-Colored Divine Mountain until the Heaven and Earth Calamity ended.
• Zhao Gongming asked whether imprisoning the Heavenly Emperor was appropriate, and Luo Qing told him to explain the punishment truthfully and visit Huang Tian to discuss the Dao.
• Luo Qing let Zhao Gongming tease Huang Tian so he would lose his reverence for the Heavenly Emperor’s position and focus on cultivation and strength.
• Huang Tian’s accompanying immortal gods enjoyed cultivating at Hua Tian Peak without worrying about his absence, while Huang Tian suffered under the mountain and began doubting the value of being Heavenly Emperor.

As Innate forces joined the Human and Demon races in the struggle for supremacy, the Buddhist Race lost its chance to become the World Protagonist. Jieyin and Zhunti decided to support the Human Race and seek gains in the coming Investiture of the Gods Calamity, and the Human Race celebrated the Buddhist Race’s shift in allegiance.

• The Interception Sect and Phoenix Perch Mountain sent forces to support the Demon Race, while the Interpretation Sect and Hua Tian Peak backed the Human Race.
• Nearly a hundred Quasi-Saints joined the Immortal Armies, with most supporting the Human or Demon races and only a few siding with the Buddhist Race.
• Jieyin and Zhunti concluded that the Buddhist Race had been eliminated from the contest for World Protagonist because too few Innate forces supported it.
• Zhunti told Jieyin that he had reached an agreement with Laozi and Yuanshi to support the Human Race and pursue benefits during the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.
• The Buddhist Race changed course and agreed to support the Human Race, prompting celebration among the Human Race’s leaders.

The Human Race debated the Shi Race’s demand for the western border and half of the Central Domain in exchange for an alliance against the demon race. Luo Qing considered the negotiations and concluded that incense fire might be the only human offering capable of attracting the Western Sages.

• Yan Tianyu and the Human Race leaders rejected the Shi Race’s demand for half of the Central Domain but worried that refusal could drive it to ally with the demon race.
• You Chao Shi warned that the Shi Race would not surrender its existing territory without gaining substantial benefits.
• Yan Tianyu asked Luo Lian, Zi Luo, and Yun Xiao for advice, and Yun Xiao urged them to consult their Grandmaster because the Western Sages were involved.
• Luo Lian, Zi Luo, Yun Xiao, and Yan Tianyu decided to seek a Sage’s advice.
• Luo Qing inferred that the Shi Race would probably still ally with the Human Race, but decided that incense fire might be needed to persuade Jieyin and Zhunti.

Luo Qing sent Yan Tianyu’s group a sheet bearing the character “teach,” written in faith-based divine power, to exchange for Buddhist support of the Human Race and the western region of the Central Domain. Yun Xiao and You Chao Shi presented the offer to the Buddhist Race, whose leaders reacted with fury and threatened the envoys.

• Luo Qing decided to use the Incense Fire Divine Path as leverage to seek Buddhist support and the western region of the Central Domain.
• Luo Qing sent four imperial-seal fragments to consider reforging the Heavenly Emperor Authority and dispatched the paper marked “teach” to Yan Tianyu and the others.
• Luo Lian and Zi Luo recognized the character’s faith-based power and inferred that Luo Qing intended to trade it for Buddhist support and territory.
• Yan Tianyu entrusted Yun Xiao and You Chao Shi with delivering the paper to the Buddhist Race and presenting it to the Two Saints of the West.
• Over half a year later, the Buddhist Race’s leader and six Quasi-Sage patriarchs angrily rejected the offer and threatened You Chao Shi, while Yun Xiao remained safe.

Yun Xiao insisted that the character “Teaching” was valuable and persuaded the Sakya patriarch to send it to Zhunti for appraisal. Zhunti comprehended Incense Fire divine power from it, recognized Luo Qing’s guidance as a favor, and accepted that the West’s transaction with the Human Race was now bound by karma.

• Yun Xiao rebuked the Western Quasi-Sages and argued that the “Teaching” character, not the white paper, was the valuable item.
• The Sakya patriarch sent the paper to the Western Spirit Mountain while Yun Xiao and You Chao Shi remained under guard.
• Zhunti examined the character and comprehended the path of Incense Fire divine power for the Western Teachings.
• Zhunti realized the character had revealed a breakthrough he and Jieyin were close to discovering, and acknowledged that Luo Qing’s favor had bound him to the Human Race’s transaction.

Jieyin and Zhunti discovered that Human Race Incense Fire could greatly aid their cultivation and arranged for the Western Teachings to preach among the Human Race. Yun Xiao and the Golden Winged Great Peng secretly negotiated an alliance between the Human Race and the asura race, leaving the Human Race poised to fight the demon race with hidden support.

• Zhunti told Jieyin that their deductions revealed Human Race Incense Fire could benefit Sage cultivation, and Jieyin ordered the Western Teachings to secure the right to preach among the Human Race.
• The Golden Winged Great Peng arrived at the asura camp and took over negotiations with Yun Xiao on behalf of the Western Teachings and asura race.
• Yun Xiao and the Golden Winged Great Peng agreed that the asura race would cede the western part of the Central Domain, support the Human Race against the demon race, and receive permission for the Western Teachings to preach among humans.
• Yun Xiao and the Golden Winged Great Peng signed a secret contract, while the asura race planned to conceal its alliance and ambush the demon race at a decisive moment.
• Yun Xiao returned the contract to the Human Race leadership, who celebrated the prospect of defeating the demon race with the asura race's hidden support.

Yan Tianyu launched the Human Race’s massive army against the Demon Race to keep its secret alliance with the Shizu concealed and raise human morale. After the Human forces crushed a Demon forward outpost, Lu Ya ordered the Demon Race to assemble its full strength, while worrying that Yan Tianyu’s urgency concealed another plan.

• Yan Tianyu chose to attack the Demon Race immediately after learning the Shizu had signed a submission treaty with the Human Race.
• Yan Tianyu rallied the Human Race’s leaders and sent an army of more than a hundred million soldiers toward the Demon border.
• The Human army crushed hundreds of thousands of Demon soldiers at a forward outpost, and news of the attack spread across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Demon Race powerhouses demanded permission to fight, but Lu Ya warned them not to underestimate the Human Race and ordered the full army to mobilize.
• Lu Ya worried that Yan Tianyu’s sudden offensive might conceal a hidden plan.

Demon Emperor Lu Ya sent Bao Fuzi to guard the Demon Race’s western border, fearing the Western Teachings might exploit the Human-Demon war to attack. He revealed that the Lunar Star’s influence had caused the Demon Race’s birth rate to collapse, leaving its forces in a worsening crisis.

• Lu Ya summoned Bao Fuzi and asked him to lead a separate army to defend the western border against a possible Western Teachings attack.
• Lu Ya told Bao Fuzi that the Demon Race had only a little over eighty million soldiers compared with the Human Race’s hundred million, and that new demons and demon immortals were no longer replacing battlefield losses.
• Bao Fuzi realized the Lunar Star was targeting the Demon Race, and Lu Ya explained that Saint Huode of Hua Tian Peak had altered the order of Heaven and Earth.
• Bao Fuzi agreed to guard the western border and requested help from the Interception Sect; Lu Ya also promised five Quasi-Sages from other immortal sects.
• Bao Fuzi led ten million soldiers and tens of thousands of Interception Sect immortals west to join the troops already stationed there, preparing to hold off the Western Teachings.

The Human and Demon Races began a bloody final battle, and Luo Qing watched as fallen Innate Divine Beings were absorbed into the Investiture of the Gods. While Zhao Gongming tormented Huang Tian beneath the Five-Colored Divine Mountain, the calamity continued slowly, with few Grand Luo Golden Immortals or Quasi-Sages entering the fight.

• Yan Tianyu led the Human army into Demon territory, but Demon Emperor Lu Ya stopped its advance in a desolate wilderness, where the two armies began a prolonged battle.
• Zhao Gongming mocked and tormented Huang Tian beneath the mountain while they watched the battlefield through a Water Mirror.
• Luo Qing watched the war from atop the mountain and intended to break Huang Tian's pride and his worship of the Heavenly Emperor.
• Luo Qing saw a slain Innate Divine Being's Remnant Soul enter the Investiture of the Gods and estimated that one-fifth of the hundred thousand listed immortals had been absorbed.
• Luo Qing judged the calamity's progress slow because most fallen fighters were below the Grand Unity Golden Immortal level, while the strongest innate beings held back.

Demon Emperor Lu Ya abandoned his defensive strategy and challenged the Human Race to a decisive battle on the wasteland one month later. Yan Tianyu and the Human Race commanders recognized that their provocations had worked and prepared for the coming fight while cautioning against underestimating the Demon Race.

• Demon Race leaders and allied Innate Divine Beings urged Lu Ya to stop defending and attack the Human Race, citing mounting losses and declining morale.
• Lu Ya explained that he had held back to watch for the Shizu, but decided he could no longer delay without risking unrest in the Demon Race camp.
• Lu Ya ordered his left and right protectors to deliver a challenge to Human King Yan Tianyu for a decisive battle in one month.
• The Demon Race army regained its fighting spirit after hearing the challenge, while Lu Ya took their confidence as a sign that victory was likely.
• Yan Tianyu and You Chao Shi recognized that the Human Race's provocations had drawn Lu Ya into battle, and Yan Tianyu warned the Human Race commanders not to become careless.

Yan Tianyu coordinated a simultaneous attack by the Western Teachings after the Demon Race challenged the Human Race to a decisive battle on the Wasteland. One month later, the two armies clashed, and seven immense figures appeared above the battlefield as the fight began.

• Yan Tianyu received Lu Ya's challenge for a decisive battle in one month and decided the Human Race and Western Teachings would attack the Demon Race at the same time.
• Yan Tianyu informed Jiang Zi of the plan, and the Western Teachings' forty-million-strong army advanced toward the Demon Race's border under Bao Fuzi's watch.
• The Golden Winged Great Peng, Daoist Randeng, and Guang Chengzi discussed joining forces against the tens of thousands of Interception Sect disciples in the Demon Race camp.
• A month later, Yan Tianyu and Lu Ya deployed their vast armies on the Wasteland, with allied experts positioned to face one another around the formations.
• Yan Tianyu and Lu Ya ordered their armies to attack, and seven enormous figures appeared above the battlefield as the formations tore open space.

The Human and Demon armies fought an evenly matched battle while the Shi Clan attacked a Demon stronghold, where Bao Fuzi’s forces held them back with layered arrays. As Zhao Gongming and Huang Tian watched, Zhao remembered that the Witch Clan had yet to appear in the struggle for World Protagonist.

• The Human and Demon armies unleashed formation attacks whose collisions shook the wilderness, while the Saints’ protections contained the destruction.
• The Shi Clan Chief and several Western Quasi-Sages led the Shi Clan’s army against Bao Fuzi’s stronghold, but its arrays stalled their advance.
• Luo Qing and Zhao Gongming watched the battle and praised the Demon Race’s strength, with Zhao telling Huang Tian that losing to Lu Ya was no disgrace.
• Huang Tian blamed Lu Ya’s schemes for his defeat and reasoned that Saint Huode would intervene if the Demon Race threatened the Human Race.
• Zhao Gongming realized that the Witch Clan had not appeared in the contest among the Acquired Races.