Chapter Summaries

Tathagata Buddha reached the First-Rank Great Dao First Heaven Realm and drove Sect Master Tongtian and the others into Chaos, but the Heavenly Court’s formation withstood every attack. After Tathagata’s power revealed the Primordial Continent’s location to the heavens, the Jade Emperor stepped outside the formation to face him.

• Tathagata Buddha’s Great Dao power blasted Sect Master Tongtian, Primeval Lord of Heaven, and Goddess Nüwa into Chaos, leaving the Heavenly Court exposed.
• The Jade Emperor taunted Tathagata as the Heavenly Court’s protective formation repelled his attacks without damage.
• Tathagata Buddha recognized that Zhang Yifan was protecting the Heavenly Court and realized his power had exposed the Primordial Continent’s coordinates to the heavens.
• Bai Susu ordered the powerful beings of the heavens to hold off the invaders at any cost and buy the Primordial Continent time.
• Tathagata repeatedly attacked and cursed the Jade Emperor, who left the Heavenly Court’s protection and confronted him.

The Jade Emperor confronted Tathagata Buddha and endured his Great Dao attacks without moving, protected by Zhang Yifan’s discarded underclothes. After Tathagata Buddha’s sacrificial power ran out and the Jade Emperor beat him, Tathagata warned that the Primordial Continent’s location had been exposed to the Myriad Heavens and Worlds and that an invasion was coming.

• Sect Master Tongtian and the others rescued the wounded Yang Jian and Howling Celestial Dog and brought them to Zhang Yifan’s farmhouse courtyard.
• The Jade Emperor taunted Tathagata Buddha, who attacked him with the Pillar of Buddhist Dao Law, but could not hurt him.
• Tathagata Buddha exhausted his sacrificial power and weakened as the Jade Emperor revealed he wore Zhang Yifan’s old undershirt and baggy underpants.
• The Jade Emperor kicked and slapped the powerless Tathagata Buddha before his body and primordial spirit dissipated.
• Tathagata Buddha warned that the Primordial Continent’s coordinates had been revealed across the Myriad Heavens and Worlds and that endless slaughter was coming.

After the Jade Emperor killed Tathagata, Li Longji executed Crown Prince Li Heng and bound Yang Yuhuan to serve him, then announced the Mortal Realm’s unification. The chapter ended with Great Tang celebrating Li Longji and calling for him to become Human Emperor.

• Tathagata fell to the Jade Emperor, while Dao Ancestor Hongjun decided to seek the Great Dao Realm rather than return to the Primordial Continent.
• Li Longji found Yang Yuhuan and Crown Prince Li Heng as they fled, then killed Li Heng and placed a Fatal Binding on Yang Yuhuan.
• Li Longji returned to Chang'an City, where the barrier between the Primordial Continent and the Thirty-Three Heavens disappeared and Great Tang’s destiny surged.
• Li Longji proclaimed the Mortal Realm united and thanked the Human Race and myriad races for their sacrifices.
• Di Renjie, Guo Ziyi, Gao Shi, and others praised Li Longji and called for him to inherit the throne of Human Emperor.

As the Mortal Realm united in calling for Li Longji to become Human Emperor, he accepted the position, gained immense power, and shattered the last Heavenly Dao Shackles binding the Human Dao. The former Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors left Huoyun Cave, and Li Longji announced an enthronement ceremony in three months, which Houtu agreed to witness.

• Across the Mortal Realm, people and soldiers called for Li Longji to ascend as Human Emperor, while Li Shimin and others in the Netherworld celebrated his rise as a descendant of the Li family.
• Li Longji declared his intention to become Human Emperor, and purple aura, golden light, and merit descended upon Chang'an as his cultivation rose to the first heaven of the Primordial Chaos Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Li Longji used the Human Emperor Seal to sever the final three Heavenly Dao Shackles, and sweet rain fell across the Mortal Realm.
• Fuxi, Xuanyuan, Shennong, and the other ancient human worthies passed through Huoyun Cave's gates and rejoiced at being free.
• Li Longji announced that his Human Emperor Enthronement Ceremony would be held in Chang'an in three months and invited Haotian Shangdi, Houtu, the Human Race's worthies, and the myriad races; Houtu agreed to attend.

As the Human Emperor Enthronement Ceremony approached in a newly rebuilt Chang'an City, Empress Houtu arrived and granted every being recorded in the Book of Life and Death sixty-six additional years of mortal life. Goddess Nüwa then arrived to offer a congratulatory gift, leaving the gathered people eager to see what she would give.

• Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi and his son arrived at the vast, rebuilt Chang'an City, where Guo Ziyi welcomed Zhen Yuanzi and escorted him to the honored guests' seats.
• Empress Houtu arrived with prominent figures of the Netherworld, and the citizens of Chang'an knelt to welcome her.
• Houtu used the Book of Life and Death to grant every living being recorded in it an additional sixty-six years of mortal life.
• The people thanked Houtu, while Zhen Yuanzi, Di Renjie, Guo Ziyi, Gao Shi, and Du Fu marveled at her gift.
• Goddess Nüwa arrived, was welcomed by Di Renjie and the citizens, and announced that she would also offer a gift to the Human Race.

Goddess Nüwa gave humanity the Monster Summoning Banner to unite humanity and the Demon Race, then used her power to restore more than a thousand heroic spirits from history. The returned heroes swore loyalty to the Human Emperor and pledged to help humanity flourish.

• Chenxiang explained to Du Fu that Empress Houtu had kept the souls of many who died in the Mortal Realm as citizens of the Netherworld, repaying a karmic debt by extending humanity’s lives.
• Goddess Nüwa bestowed the Monster Summoning Banner on the new Human Emperor, joining the leadership of humanity and the Demon Race.
• Goddess Nüwa reached into the Heavenly Dao and drew the true spirits of more than a thousand outstanding figures back into the Mortal Realm.
• Xiang Yu, Huo Qubing, Zhuge Liang, and other returned heroes swore loyalty to the Human Emperor and vowed to dedicate themselves to humanity.
• Di Renjie welcomed the heroic spirits’ return, saying their talents would help humanity rebuild and prosper.