Recaps

Taiqing challenged Dao Ancestor Hongjun, but Tongtian struck first and discovered Hongjun could stop his sword with a glance. After everyone returned to their seats, Hongjun turned his attention to the Jade Emperor, leaving the outcome of the accusations uncertain.

• Taiqing threatened to kill Hongjun, who mocked his strength and dared him to attack.
• Tongtian used Sky Punishing Style against Hongjun, but Hongjun stopped the sword with a slight turn of his head.
• Tongtian joked with Hongjun and reflected that only Zhang Yifan's Sword calligraphy might threaten him.
• Hongjun called everyone back to their cushions and taunted Taiqing, who privately believed he had another source of strength.
• The Jade Emperor joked that Hongjun should address Jieyin next, but Hongjun insisted on handling the Jade Emperor's crimes first.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun confronted the Jade Emperor over his alliance with Zhang Yifan and accused him of betraying the Primordial Continent. The Jade Emperor revealed that Hongjun had seized or devoured the Heavenly Dao, and Hongjun demanded that the Jade Emperor’s group bow or die.

• Hongjun questioned Haotian about his loyalty, condemned his actions during the Journey to the West Tribulation, and threatened to cast him into the Animal Realm.
• The Jade Emperor denounced Hongjun as the true traitor and accused him of overpowering or devouring the Heavenly Dao.
• Hongjun praised the Jade Emperor’s insight and declared that he was the Heavenly Dao itself, then demanded worship.
• Saint Jieyin, Netherworld Patriarch Minghe, and Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi knelt before Hongjun, while the Jade Emperor and the other Saints refused.
• Hongjun offered the Jade Emperor’s group a chance to submit, then threatened to kill them all if they would not bow.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun threatened to strip the Saints of their positions using the tea they had drunk, then demanded that Netherworld Patriarch Minghe and Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi swear allegiance. The Jade Emperor warned them against following Hongjun, and the chapter ended as the other Saints launched a coordinated attack on him.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun threatened to kill everyone who refused to bow and claimed he could strip the Saints of their positions because they had drunk his tea.
• The Jade Emperor challenged Hongjun’s willingness to bear the karmic consequences and recognized the tea as containing the Saint-Slaying Pill.
• Hongjun said he would use the Primordial Continent against Zhang Yifan if Zhang Yifan came for him, and the Jade Emperor urged Minghe and Zhen Yuanzi not to swear allegiance.
• Hongjun demanded that Minghe and Zhen Yuanzi pledge themselves to him, while they silently wished the Jade Emperor would use his hidden trump cards.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven attacked Hongjun with the Pangu Banner, and Sect Master Tongtian, Saint Nuwa, and the Grand Pure Saint joined the assault.

Four Saints attacked Dao Ancestor Hongjun at Zixiao Palace, but he blocked them and trapped everyone inside. As the Jade Emperor calmly brewed tea beneath a mysterious conical hat, the Grand Pure Saint and Sect Master Tongtian stepped outside its protection, and the Grand Pure Saint prepared to test his power against Hongjun.

• The killing intent from Zixiao Palace alarmed the Human Dao Saints in Huoyun Cave and Saint Houtu, who left the Netherworld in her true body; Ksitigarbha saw his chance to empty the Eighteen Levels of Hell.
• At Zhang Yifan's farmhouse, Suirenshi and the others chose to wait and watch rather than send the Golden Crows to Zixiao Palace.
• The Grand Pure Saint, Sect Master Tongtian, Saint Nuwa, and the Jade Emperor attacked Hongjun together, but his mana barrier stopped their strike without making him move.
• Hongjun revealed that his grand formation had sealed Zixiao Palace, and the group's attacks failed to break its gates.
• The Jade Emperor sat on a throne and brewed tea beneath a conical bamboo hat, while the Grand Pure Saint and Sect Master Tongtian stepped beyond its protection.
• The Grand Pure Saint released a domineering imperial aura and challenged Hongjun, saying he would test whether Hongjun's heaven could be severed.

The Grand Pure Saint gathered the Taiqing World’s faith to advance his faith incarnation to the Heavenly Dao Realm, then faced Dao Ancestor Hongjun at Zixiao Palace. The chapter ends as the faith incarnation arrives and Saint Jieyin recognizes its realm.

• Grand Master Xuandu led rituals and prayers across the Taiqing World until the Grand Pure Saint’s faith incarnation emerged from its statue and advanced to the Heavenly Dao Realm.
• The Grand Pure Saint ordered Grand Master Xuandu to borrow power from the Taiqing Holy Court for the battle against Hongjun.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun expanded Zixiao Palace into a vast world and invited the Grand Pure Saint to fight.
• The Grand Pure Saint severed his Saint position, and the Heavenly Dao granted his request; Sect Master Tongtian, Primeval Lord of Heaven, and Nuwa then severed theirs and regained their former strength by proving the Dao of Hunyuan.
• The Grand Pure Saint opened a crack in the Taiji Diagram, and his faith incarnation descended into Zixiao Palace, prompting Saint Jieyin to cry out that it had reached the Heavenly Dao Realm.

The Grand Pure Saint merged with his body of faith and fought Dao Ancestor Hongjun, unleashing a powerful spear technique before Hongjun overwhelmed him. As Hongjun prepared to kill him, the Grand Pure Saint revealed an imperial transformation and called on the people of the Taiqing Holy Court to lend him their strength.

• The Grand Pure Saint's body of faith descended, raising his cultivation to the second level of the Heavenly Dao Realm and forcing onlookers to flee Hongjun's palace.
• The Grand Pure Saint and Dao Ancestor Hongjun exchanged devastating attacks that shattered the surrounding space and injured Jieyin, Minghe, and Zhen Yuanzi.
• The Grand Pure Saint used Lord of Fire Li Er's spear technique, pushing one strike to the fourth level of the Heavenly Dao Realm before Hongjun shattered it and sent him flying.
• Hongjun offered to spare the Grand Pure Saint if he swore allegiance, then raised his hand to kill him when he refused.
• The Grand Pure Saint revealed his imperial form, drew his emperor's treasured sword, and ordered the people of the Taiqing Holy Court to lend him their strength.

The Grand Pure Saint drew the Taiqing World’s strength through the Taiqing Holy Court and transformed into the Taiqing Saint King, reaching the Heavenly Dao Realm Fifth Heaven. As he attacked Dao Ancestor Hongjun, the Jade Emperor reflected on his own immaturity and vowed to forge his own path.

• The Grand Pure Saint called on every citizen of the Taiqing World to lend him strength, and their power healed and empowered him as the Taiqing Saint King.
• The Jade Emperor realized that the Taiqing Holy Court gathered its citizens’ strength like the Heaven-Smiting Army, then slapped himself and vowed not to rely on his father’s protection.
• The Taiqing Saint King reached the Heavenly Dao Realm Fifth Heaven and asked Hongjun how he compared to him.
• Hongjun called the Taiqing Saint King his only potential threat on the Primordial Continent.
• The Taiqing Saint King charged and slashed Hongjun with his Emperor’s Sword, making Hongjun feel pain and laugh with excitement.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun battled the Taiqing Saint King for months, enjoying the fight before overwhelming him and demanding his submission. Just as Hongjun pierced Taiqing, a young man in a golden imperial robe stabbed Hongjun with a battered Emperor’s Sword, leaving everyone stunned by his identity.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the Taiqing Saint King fought fiercely across Zixiao Palace, and Hongjun laughed as Taiqing’s black dragon and sword strikes sent him crashing into the ground.
• After months of fighting, Hongjun grew bored, revealed his superior strength, and offered to spare Taiqing if he submitted, but Taiqing refused and attacked again.
• Hongjun battered Taiqing repeatedly, then pierced his chest with a two-finger sword strike as Primeval Lord of Heaven and Sect Master Tongtian cried out.
• A young man in a golden imperial robe suddenly stabbed Dao Ancestor Hongjun with a battered Emperor’s Sword, shocking the Jade Emperor, Sect Master Tongtian, Primeval Lord of Heaven, Saint Jieyin, Netherworld Patriarch Minghe, and Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi.
• The onlookers recognized the young man’s face and reacted with disbelief, while the Jade Emperor screamed and jumped in shock.

A mysterious Haotian stabbed Dao Ancestor Hongjun, but Hongjun survived the surprise attack and fought back against Taiqing Saint King, Sect Master Tongtian, and the Golden Robe Wearer. The Golden Robe Wearer identified himself as Taiqing before a sudden, shared heartbeat left him and the Jade Emperor reeling.

• A mysterious Haotian stabbed Hongjun, shocking the Jade Emperor and the assembled saints, who wondered whether the attacker was the Jade Emperor’s true brother or a clone.
• Taiqing Saint King urged Tongtian to seize the opening, and Tongtian unleashed Zhang Yifan’s Sword character talisman against Hongjun.
• Hongjun was badly wounded and fell from the peak Heavenly Dao Realm to the Eighth Heaven, but he activated Zixiao Palace’s formation and the Heavenly Dao Divine Wheel to resist his attackers.
• Hongjun repelled Taiqing Saint King, Tongtian, and the Golden Robe Wearer, sending them flying; the Golden Robe Wearer told the Jade Emperor that he was Taiqing.
• The Golden Robe Wearer and the Jade Emperor were struck by a powerful heartbeat, and Taiqing dropped to one knee as the Jade Emperor stared at him in alarm.

The Grand Pure Saint, Sect Master Tongtian, and the Golden Robe Wearer failed to kill Dao Ancestor Hongjun, who recovered enough to overpower them and demand the Golden Robe Wearer's identity. The Golden Robe Wearer revealed that the Grand Pure Saint's consciousness avatar was inside him, and Hongjun seized him by the neck.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun counterattacked with the Zixiao Palace Grand Formation and blasted the Grand Pure Saint, Sect Master Tongtian, and the Golden Robe Wearer away.
• The Grand Pure Saint tried to rescue Netherworld Patriarch Minghe and Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi, then returned beneath the Jade Emperor's conical hat and collapsed from his injuries.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun demanded to know who the Golden Robe Wearer was, and the Golden Robe Wearer mockingly claimed to be the Grand Pure Saint.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun caught the Golden Robe Wearer as he tried to retreat beneath the conical hat.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun realized the Grand Pure Saint's consciousness avatar was inside the Golden Robe Wearer, and the avatar spat in Hongjun's face.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun increased his grip, trying to crush the Golden Robe Wearer's neck.

The Golden Robe Wearer awakened when his heartbeats stirred the Jade Emperor and expelled Grand Pure Saint’s consciousness from his body. After slapping Dao Ancestor Hongjun billions of miles away, he revealed that he could easily kill him but had too little strength left, and sent the Jade Emperor out of Zixiao Palace as his divine consciousness began to disperse.

• The Jade Emperor rushed to help the Golden Robe Wearer, whose heartbeat synchronized with his and drove Grand Pure Saint’s consciousness avatar from the body.
• The Golden Robe Wearer awakened and slapped Dao Ancestor Hongjun, sending him flying billions of miles and leaving the gathered saints stunned.
• Grand Pure Saint explained that he had not controlled the Golden Robe Wearer, who had awakened through a remnant of divine consciousness.
• The Golden Robe Wearer recognized the Jade Emperor as the one whose presence had awakened him and prepared to face the charging Dao Ancestor Hongjun.
• The Golden Robe Wearer said his remaining strength was insufficient, tore open the Zixiao Palace Grand Formation, and sent the bewildered Jade Emperor outside.

The Jade Emperor escaped Zixiao Palace and joined Saint Houtu, while the Golden Robe Wearer drove Dao Ancestor Hongjun back with overwhelming power. The Golden Robe Wearer then collapsed after a deceptive final sword strike split Hongjun in two, leaving the Saints sheltered beneath the conical hat and Hongjun afraid to approach.

• Saint Houtu stopped attacking Zixiao Palace when the Jade Emperor emerged, and she followed him toward Fengxian County to find his father.
• The Golden Robe Wearer forced Sect Master Tongtian to control the conical hat and ordered the other Saints to assist while he faced Dao Ancestor Hongjun.
• The Golden Robe Wearer dispersed Hongjun’s attack and struck him with such force that Hongjun vomited blood and fled.
• After claiming his divine sense was about to dissipate, the Golden Robe Wearer collapsed and drew Hongjun close; he then cut Hongjun’s body in two with a sudden sword strike.
• Hongjun fled again, badly injured, while Netherworld Patriarch Minghe and Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi began to believe the Great Dao could be pursued beyond Hongjun’s level.
• The Golden Robe Wearer’s aura vanished, but Hongjun still feared approaching him.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun forced Netherworld Patriarch Minghe and Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi to swear lifelong loyalty, then granted them Primordial Violet Qi and helped them become saints. After sending them and Saint Jieyin away with orders to monitor the Heavenly Court and develop the Western Teachings, Hongjun faced Taiqing and the other saints beneath the bamboo hat.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun mistook the Golden Robe Wearer's return beneath the bamboo hat for a possible trap and chose to confront Netherworld Patriarch Minghe and Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi instead.
• Hongjun demanded that Minghe and Zhen Yuanzi swear to the Great Dao that they would never harbor improper thoughts against him, and both complied while Minghe privately preserved a narrow loophole by swearing loyalty to "the Dao Ancestor."
• Hongjun gave Minghe and Zhen Yuanzi Primordial Violet Qi, and they fused with it and became saints with his aid.
• Hongjun ordered the two new saints to monitor the Heavenly Court and support Jieyin's Western Teachings, then told Jieyin to focus on developing the teachings and sent him into a secret realm to recruit more people.
• Hongjun approached Taiqing, Tongtian, Yuanshi, and Nuwa beneath the bamboo hat, and Taiqing urged him to surrender before Hongjun proposed that master and disciples talk.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun tried to sway Taiqing, Sect Master Tongtian, Primeval Lord of Heaven, and Saint Nuwa into turning against the Jade Emperor, but they saw through his Way of Heavenly Words. They chose to fight Hongjun in Zixiao Palace and cultivate beneath the conical hat until they could escape.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun admitted he had caused Taibai Jinxing and the Heavenly Court gods to lose their power, then argued that the Jade Emperor’s display of divine power would stir mortals to seek cultivation and rebellion.
• Hongjun’s arguments nearly swayed Taiqing, Sect Master Tongtian, Primeval Lord of Heaven, and Saint Nuwa, but Saint Nuwa recalled the Jade Emperor’s three movements of the Heaven Shattering Plan and broke his influence.
• Taiqing and the others rejected Hongjun’s attempt to win them over and prepared to fight, while Hongjun resolved to wear them down because he could not breach the conical hat’s defenses.
• Sect Master Tongtian asked where First Qilin and the Dragon Ancestor were, and Hongjun revealed that he was refining them for their Fragments of Great Dao Laws.
• Taiqing argued that First Qilin and the Dragon Ancestor likely had backup plans, then led the four saints to face Hongjun and decided they would fight while cultivating until they reached Primordial Chaos Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

Ksitigarbha seized Houtu’s departure to activate a hidden formation, emptying the Eighteen Levels of Hell in pursuit of Buddhahood and the Dao of Hunyuan. Hongjun approved his petition and bestowed Primordial Violet Qi as Heaven Dao poured merit into him, leaving Ksitigarbha newly elevated to Buddha Fruit Status.

• After Houtu left the Netherworld Underworld, Ksitigarbha activated a vast Buddhist formation that immobilized its inhabitants and sent the condemned ghosts into reincarnation.
• Ksitigarbha told Qin Guangwen and the Ten Yama Kings that emptying hell was his path to proving the Dao of Hunyuan, and dismissed their warnings about the consequences.
• Ksitigarbha emptied the remaining levels of hell and petitioned Heaven Dao to let him become a Buddha.
• Hongjun left his battle at Zixiao Palace, approved Ksitigarbha’s petition, and sent him Primordial Violet Qi.
• Heaven Dao granted Ksitigarbha immense merit, raising him to Buddha Fruit Status and leaving him eager to prove the Dao of Hunyuan.

After returning from Zixiao Palace, the Jade Emperor reported to Zhang Yifan that Hongjun had fused with the Heavenly Dao and that the Saints were fighting a deadly battle. Zhang Yifan refused to personally kill Hongjun and rebuked the Jade Emperor for giving up at the first difficulty.

• The Jade Emperor and Saint Houtu arrived at Zhang Yifan's courtyard while Suirenshi, Emperor Xin, and Kitchen God Zhang Ziguo prepared a meal.
• The Jade Emperor told Zhang Yifan that Hongjun had devoured the Will of the Heavenly Dao, while Grand Pure Saint had entered the Heavenly Dao Realm and gained a powerful imperial incarnation.
• The Jade Emperor revealed that Taiqing had uncovered another Haotian, whose remnant soul had sent peak Heavenly Dao Realm Hongjun flying with a single slap.
• The Jade Emperor relayed Hongjun's intent to kill the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, and the Jade Emperor, and asked Zhang Yifan to kill Hongjun himself.
• Zhang Yifan refused, knocked the Jade Emperor on the head, and called him a disappointment for being discouraged by the danger.

Zhang Yifan taught the Jade Emperor that a true Heavenly Emperor should serve the people of the Primordial Continent, then revealed Jianmu as the core of a plan to reinforce the world. New Saints and a Hunyuan Buddha appeared, and Saint Houtu rushed to confront Ksitigarbha after learning he had become a Buddha.

• Zhang Yifan rebuked the Jade Emperor’s selfish view of the Heavenly Emperor’s role and urged him to unite and protect the people of the Primordial Continent.
• Zhang Yifan told the Jade Emperor to use Hongjun’s attack as an opportunity to become the people’s leader and prepare to reinforce the fragile Primordial Continent.
• Zhang Yifan revealed that the tree in his courtyard was Jianmu, which the Jade Emperor could use as the core of a grand formation.
• Minghe and Zhen Yuanzi announced that they had become Saints, and the Jade Emperor explained that Hongjun had granted them the chance to do so.
• Ksitigarbha announced that he had become a Buddha and proved the Dao of Hunyuan, alarming Saint Houtu and the Jade Emperor.
• Saint Houtu left Zhang Yifan’s courtyard, found Ksitigarbha above the Eighteen Levels of Hell, and blocked his path in fury.

Ksitigarbha provoked Saint Houtu after proving the Dao of Hunyuan, then used the Eighteen Levels of Hell to keep her from fighting freely. The Jade Emperor decided to draw Zhang Yifan into the dispute by claiming Boss Liang was being bullied, and Zhang Yifan rushed to help.

• Ksitigarbha dismissed Saint Houtu’s accusations and fought her from within the Eighteen Levels of Hell, using the underworld as a shield.
• Saint Jieyin arrived to take Ksitigarbha to Spirit Mountain and joined the fight, while Saint Houtu held back to avoid damaging the hells.
• Ksitigarbha refused to leave, recognizing that Saint Houtu wanted to attack Spirit Mountain instead.
• The Jade Emperor watched the standoff in Fengxian County and realized Saint Houtu was being tied down.
• The Jade Emperor told Zhang Yifan that two bald donkeys were bullying and trying to molest Boss Liang, and Zhang Yifan grabbed him and rushed out.

Zhang Yifan rushed to the Netherworld to defend Boss Liang, only to learn that she was Saint Houtu and that his son was the Jade Emperor. He confronted Ksitigarbha, who claimed to have attained Hunyuan and attacked him after Zhang Yifan finally stepped into the air.

• Zhang Yifan hurried to the Netherworld with the Jade Emperor after hearing that Ksitigarbha was at Boss Liang's house.
• Saint Houtu threw herself into Zhang Yifan's arms and asked him to stand up for her against Ksitigarbha.
• Ksitigarbha mocked Zhang Yifan and revealed that the Jade Emperor was the Heavenly Court's ruler, prompting the Jade Emperor to kneel and confess.
• Zhang Yifan mistook the Jade Emperor's confession for news that his son had awakened past-life memories and become the Jade Emperor.
• Saint Houtu confirmed her identity, and Zhang Yifan accused Ksitigarbha of seeking merit through false vows and challenged him to end his own life.
• Zhang Yifan stepped into the air above hell, and Ksitigarbha attacked him with a world-destroying palm strike.

Zhang Yifan used the Yellow Springs Lamp and Yellow Springs Road to suppress and whip Ksitigarbha in the Netherworld. He left Ksitigarbha battered and unconscious while the watching powers feared Zhang Yifan’s strength.

• Zhang Yifan summoned the Yellow Springs Lamp, whose light slowed Ksitigarbha and suppressed his power, then entrusted the lamp to Houtu.
• Zhang Yifan summoned the Yellow Springs Road as a whip and explained that its removal sealed the Netherworld, trapping those within it.
• Zhang Yifan whipped Ksitigarbha, whose attacks and attempts to escape were stymied by the lamp’s light.
• Meng Xiaojiu told Zhang Yifan that Ksitigarbha had insulted the Jade Emperor, prompting Zhang Yifan to strike him several more times.
• Meng Xiaojiu revealed Ksitigarbha’s insults toward Boss Liang and the Earthly and Human Dao Wills, and Zhang Yifan whipped Ksitigarbha until he was unconscious.
• Netherworld Patriarch Minghe, Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi, and Saint Jieyin watched in fear as Ksitigarbha’s body and primordial spirit trembled under the punishment.

After whipping Ksitigarbha unconscious, Zhang Yifan summoned Netherworld Patriarch Minghe, Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi, and Saint Jieyin, leaving the three terrified of what he might do. Minghe and Zhen Yuanzi arrived to pay their respects, and Jieyin appeared just before Zhang Yifan could call his name.

• Zhang Yifan whipped Ksitigarbha unconscious and restored the Yellow Springs Road to its form as a road.
• Zhang Yifan addressed the watching Primordial mighty beings, then summoned Netherworld Patriarch Minghe, Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi, and Saint Jieyin.
• Netherworld Patriarch Minghe and Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi reluctantly appeared and greeted Zhang Yifan as Master Zhang.
• Saint Jieyin appeared after Zhang Yifan began to call him and claimed that he had been delayed by a long journey from the west.
• Meng Xiaojiu, King Qin Guang, Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi, and Netherworld Patriarch Minghe reacted skeptically to Jieyin's excuse.

Zhang Yifan invited the gathered Saints and other powerful figures to his courtyard after subduing Ksitigarbha. Netherworld Patriarch Minghe, Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi, and Saint Jieyin discovered that their Saint-level cultivation vanished inside the courtyard and hurried in when Zhang Yifan called them.

• Zhang Yifan invited Houtu, the Jade Emperor, and the other gathered powers to his thatched cottage, while Houtu rebuked Netherworld Patriarch Minghe for abandoning the Netherworld.
• Zhang Yifan and the group arrived at his courtyard, where Buddha Burning Lamp begged Saint Jieyin to save him from hanging in the sun.
• Zhang Yifan carried Ksitigarbha into the courtyard and tossed him into a corner without restraints.
• Netherworld Patriarch Minghe, Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi, and Saint Jieyin stepped into the courtyard, lost their Saint-level cultivation, and leaped back outside in terror.
• Netherworld Patriarch Minghe confirmed that his cultivation returned outside and vanished again inside, leaving the three Saints afraid to enter.
• Zhang Yifan called the hesitant Saints into the courtyard, and Netherworld Patriarch Minghe and Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi rushed inside while apologizing.

Zhang Yifan welcomed Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi, Netherworld Patriarch Minghe, and Saint Jieyin into his courtyard and offered them Enlightenment Tea. He then reprimanded Zhen Yuanzi and Minghe for failing to protect the Eighteen Levels of Hell, leaving them to acknowledge their mistakes.

• Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi, Netherworld Patriarch Minghe, and Saint Jieyin entered Zhang Yifan's courtyard and were astonished to see Kong Xuan as a pet peacock and Suirenshi serving as Zhang Yifan's attendant.
• Suirenshi served the visitors Enlightenment Tea, and Zhang Yifan offered each of them some to take away; the Jade Emperor showed reluctance.
• Zhang Yifan asked Zhen Yuanzi and Minghe whether they knew their grave sins, startling them after Dao Ancestor Hongjun had recently called others to account.
• Minghe admitted he had failed to stop Ksitigarbha from threatening to destroy the Eighteen Levels of Hell, and Zhen Yuanzi acknowledged the same failure.
• Zhang Yifan explained that destroying the hells would endanger the Primordial Continent and damage the fortune of Minghe's Asura race, while Minghe stood respectfully and accepted the reprimand.

Zhang Yifan declared a thousand-year ban on fighting within the Primordial Continent for all beings at the saint realm or above, citing the world’s fragility. After the gathered powers agreed to his decree, he ordered Netherworld Patriarch Minghe, Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi, and Saint Jieyin to dig a hole, leaving them fearing it was their grave.

• Zhang Yifan recounted how past calamities had damaged the Primordial Continent and condemned Ksitigarbha to death for threatening its survival.
• Saint Jieyin supported Ksitigarbha’s execution, and Zhang Yifan warned that the Primordial Continent’s destruction would also doom Dao Ancestor Hongjun.
• Zhang Yifan prohibited saints and Primordial Chaos Grand Unity Golden Immortals from fighting within the Primordial Continent for a thousand years, and the continent’s great powers agreed.
• Zhang Yifan clarified that they could fight in the chaos if they did not harm the Primordial Continent.
• Zhang Yifan told Netherworld Patriarch Minghe, Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi, and Saint Jieyin to dig a two-meter-long, two-meter-deep hole, making them fear they were digging their own grave.

Zhang Yifan ordered Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi, Netherworld Patriarch Minghe, and Saint Jieyin to dig three pits, and they mistook the order for a command to bury themselves alive. The chapter ended with Zhang Yifan insisting they go ahead and bury themselves after revealing he had meant to plant trees.

• Zhang Yifan told the three Saints to dig three pits, while Sun Wukong appeared with shovels and greeted Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi.
• The three Saints found the courtyard soil impossible to dig until Zhang Yifan lifted its restriction, then they finished the pits.
• Netherworld Patriarch Minghe climbed into a pit while Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi and Saint Jieyin began covering him with dirt.
• Zhang Yifan returned and revealed the pits were meant for planting trees, but then irritably ordered the three to bury themselves anyway.
• The Jade Emperor, Saint Houtu, Suirenshi, and the others laughed as the three Saints obeyed.