Chapter Summaries

Haotian openly declared that he would leave the Heavenly Court and establish a Western Heavenly Court, persuading many Immortals and Gods to join his rebellion. Emperor Venerate unleashed his Saintly Might and struck Haotian, sending him flying as the rebels remained under threat.

• Haotian announced that he was leaving the Heavenly Court and asked the Immortals and Gods to follow him and found a new court.
• When the assembled Immortals and Gods hesitated, Haotian warned them that Ling Weizi had likely exposed their treason and urged them to join him.
• A Star Lord and many other Immortals and Gods stepped behind Haotian, declaring that they would abandon the Heavenly Court.
• Emperor Venerate released his Saintly Might, pinning Haotian and the other rebels beneath its pressure while Yaochi worried about Haotian.
• Emperor Venerate warned Haotian that being Hongjun Dao Ancestor's attendant would not protect him, then struck him with a Purple Gold palm and sent him flying.

Emperor Venerate repeatedly attacked Haotian for rebelling against the Heavenly Court, but a strange black disc shielded Haotian from his lethal strike. Venerable Yuanshi emerged from the disc and asked Emperor Venerate to spare Haotian, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Emperor Venerate struck Haotian twice, badly injuring him, but Haotian refused to submit.
• Emperor Venerate launched imperial energy to kill Haotian, and a swirling black disc appeared and shattered the attack.
• Haotian declared that he would establish the Western Heavenly Court and that Emperor Venerate could not kill him.
• Venerable Yuanshi emerged from the black disc and asked Emperor Venerate to spare Haotian because he had been Dao Ancestor Teacher's attendant.

Venerable Yuanshi and the Two Saints of the Western Teachings arrived to protect Haotian and his supporters from Emperor Venerate. The three Saints planned to escort Haotian away so he could establish a rival Western Heavenly Court, while Emperor Venerate faced them without Qin Mu present.

• Venerable Yuanshi confronted Emperor Venerate and declared that he would protect Haotian, while Emperor Venerate accused him of secretly encouraging Haotian's rebellion.
• Venerable Yuanshi unleashed his black aura and claimed he could suppress Emperor Venerate unless Qin Mu came in person.
• Jieyin and Zhunti arrived in the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, revealing that three Saints were backing Haotian.
• Jieyin argued that Haotian and the Immortals and Gods had the right to leave the Heavenly Court, and Emperor Venerate grew grim as he realized reasoning with the Western Saints was pointless.

Venerable Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti backed Haotian’s rebellion and prepared to remove him and his followers from the Heavenly Court. Emperor Venerate tried to stop them, but Jieyin and Zhunti blocked his attack and fled, leaving Haotian’s departure underway.

• Jieyin pressured Lord of Stars with Saintly Might until Emperor Venerate intervened and freed him.
• Jieyin and Zhunti prepared to leave with Haotian, but Emperor Venerate ordered them to stop.
• Haotian declared that he could rule the Heavenly Court better than Emperor Venerate.
• Venerable Yuanshi told Jieyin and Zhunti to hold off Emperor Venerate while he carried Haotian and the rebel Immortals and Gods away in a streak of light.
• Emperor Venerate attacked Jieyin and Zhunti, but they blocked his Purple Gold palm print and fled as the Lingxiao Treasure Hall shook.

Emperor Venerate let Venerable Yuanshi and the Two Saints of the Western Teachings leave the Heavenly Court with Haotian and many Immortals and Gods, while Qin Mu remained in the Nether Underworld and made no move. Saints and leaders across the Primordial Wilderness questioned Yuanshi’s motives and wondered why Qin Mu had not intervened.

• Emperor Venerate dismissed the angry Heavenly Court gods and said that someone else would resolve the conflict if he could not.
• Powerful beings across the Primordial Wilderness noticed that Venerable Yuanshi had taken Haotian and many Immortals and Gods toward the Western Realm.
• Taishang Saint suspected that Venerable Yuanshi was undermining the Heavenly Court’s Fortune and worried that he was challenging Qin Mu again.
• Tongtian and Nuwa Saint questioned why Qin Mu had not acted, and Nuwa wondered whether an unknown force supported Venerable Yuanshi.
• Zhenyuanzi asked Huang Tian why his true self had not intervened, and Huang Tian said he could not know what his independent true self was thinking.

Venerable Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti led Haotian and many Immortals and Gods away from the Heavenly Court while Qin Mu chose not to intervene. In the Western Realm, the three Saints planned to establish a Western Heavenly Court, and Haotian revealed that Venerable Yuanshi had the Demon Ancestor’s support.

• Ancestor Minghe noticed that Venerable Yuanshi and the Two Saints of the Western Teachings had left the Heavenly Realm with Haotian and many Immortals and Gods.
• Yin Tianzi asked Qin Mu why he was not responding, and Qin Mu said he would let the disloyal members leave and settle accounts with the Saints later.
• Venerable Yuanshi brought Haotian and the Immortals and Gods to the Western Realm, where they celebrated escaping the Heavenly Court.
• Jieyin and Zhunti joined Venerable Yuanshi, who questioned why Qin Mu had not intervened and proposed establishing the Western Heavenly Court.
• Haotian secretly recalled that the Demon Ancestor supported Venerable Yuanshi.

Venerable Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti opened a new realm in the Western Lands and built an Immortal Court for Haotian. Haotian declared himself ruler of the Western Heavenly Court, and its Fortune elevated him to the Sub-Saint realm.

• Venerable Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti joined forces to open a space in the Western Lands and reshape it into a grand Immortal Court.
• Venerable Yuanshi told Haotian that the new realm would be the domain of the Western Heavenly Court.
• Haotian flew to the Immortal Court’s highest point and proclaimed himself ruler of the Western Heavenly Court.
• Mighty figures across the Primordial World learned of Haotian’s declaration and wondered why Qin Mu had not intervened.
• The Western Heavenly Court’s Fortune empowered Haotian, raising his cultivation to the Sub-Saint realm.

Haotian established the Western Heavenly Court and used its Fortune to advance to the Sub-Saint realm, alarming powerful figures across the Primordial Wilderness. As the Saints debated why Qin Mu had not intervened, Huang Tian dismissed Haotian and condemned his ingratitude.

• Haotian celebrated reaching the Sub-Saint realm and dreamed of gathering more Heavenly Court Fortune to attain Sainthood.
• Powerful figures across the Primordial Wilderness discussed Haotian's breakaway court and wondered why the Eastern Heavenly Court had not responded.
• Taishang warned Xuandu that Haotian would regret his actions, while Tongtian and Nuwa also questioned Qin Mu's silence and chose not to interfere.
• In the Human Emperor Realm, Zhenyuanzi warned Huang Tian that the Western Heavenly Court might rival Qin Mu's court, and Huang Tian dismissed Haotian as an ungrateful insect.

Haotian established the Western Heavenly Court with support from Venerable Yuanshi and the Two Saints of the Western Teachings, while the Eastern Heavenly Court held back from responding. Jieyin and Zhunti recruited Kunpeng as the new court’s second-in-command to help it grow and spread the Western Teachings.

• Huang Tian and Zhenyuanzi discussed Qin Mu’s strength, while Ancestor Minghe dismissed Haotian’s challenge as foolish.
• Emperor Venerate rejected Chi You’s request to lead an attack on the Western Heavenly Court, despite the anger of the Eastern Heavenly Court’s officials.
• Venerable Yuanshi returned to the mountains, and Jieyin and Zhunti agreed to recruit disciples into the newly established Western Heavenly Court.
• Jieyin and Zhunti invited Kunpeng to serve as the Western Heavenly Court’s second-in-command, and he accepted.
• Kunpeng headed to the Western Heavenly Court as Jieyin said he would help it grow and spread the Western Teachings.

Venerable Yuanshi summoned the Chan Teachings disciples and urged them to join Haotian’s Western Heavenly Court to gain its Fortune and grow stronger. Guangchengzi and the others agreed to go, while Randeng remained noncommittal and left to see how events unfolded.

• Venerable Yuanshi gathered the Chan Teachings disciples at Yuxu Palace and told them Haotian had established the Western Heavenly Court and reached the Sub-Saint realm.
• Venerable Yuanshi offered the disciples official posts in the Western Heavenly Court, but they hesitated because joining could put them against Qin Mu and the Eastern Heavenly Court.
• Guangchengzi asked whether Haotian could be trusted, and Venerable Yuanshi promised to intervene if Haotian harmed them.
• Guangchengzi agreed to join, and the other Chan Teachings disciples followed, eager to gain the Western Heavenly Court’s Fortune.
• Venerable Yuanshi told the willing disciples to go on their own and vanished from Yuxu Palace.
• Guangchengzi asked Randeng whether he would join, but Randeng said he would see how things went and flew away.

Qin Mu sensed Haotian's rise as a Sub-Saint and the founding of the Western Heavenly Court, then emerged from the Nether Underworld. His appearance alarmed Saints and powerful figures across the Primordial Wilderness, who wondered whether he would confront the Western Teachings or destroy the new court.

• Qin Mu learned that Haotian had joined Venerable Yuanshi and the Two Saints of the Western Teachings to establish the Western Heavenly Court, and dismissed Haotian as their puppet.
• Qin Mu left the Nether Underworld and appeared in the Primordial Wilderness, drawing the attention of powerful figures throughout the realm.
• Taishang Saint, Nuwa Saint, Zhenyuanzi, Sect Master Tongtian, and Huang Tian speculated about Qin Mu's intentions, while Sect Master Tongtian welcomed his disciple's return.
• Venerable Yuanshi recalled Qin Mu's past victories over him and trusted that Demon Ancestor Luohu could aid him if needed.
• Jieyin and Zhunti worried Qin Mu might target the Western Teachings, but argued that Haotian had left the Heavenly Court of his own accord.
• Emperor Venerate eagerly wondered whether Qin Mu would seek justice for the Heavenly Court against the Western Heavenly Court.

Qin Mu wandered the Human Realm instead of attacking Haotian’s Western Heavenly Court, then followed a system prompt to a special Red Packet in a valley near Chaoge. There he met a gifted child named Zi Shou, whose Human Emperor’s fate seemed tied to the Fengshen Final Realm.

• Qin Mu decided not to interfere with Haotian and the Western Heavenly Court because of the immense karma involved.
• The system detected a special Red Packet and guided Qin Mu to a valley near Chaoge in Great Shang.
• Qin Mu collected the Red Packet and learned that its drop location was called the Fengshen Final Realm.
• Qin Mu sensed Human Emperor’s fate in a child who approached him and examined the child’s extraordinary fortune and bones.
• The child introduced himself as Zi Shou and asked whether Qin Mu was an immortal.

Qin Mu recognized the child Zi Shou as the future King Zhou and offered to teach him cultivation, challenging the belief that a Human Emperor could not cultivate. Zi Shou became Qin Mu’s disciple, and Qin Mu began preparing him for a dangerous but extraordinary future.

• Qin Mu recognized Zi Shou as the future King Zhou and wondered whether their meeting in the Fengshen Final Realm was guided by fate.
• Qin Mu asked Zi Shou whether he wanted to cultivate, and Zi Shou revealed that his father and palace elders said a Human Emperor could not cultivate.
• Qin Mu rejected that teaching and offered to pass on cultivation, Immortal Techniques, and divine abilities if Zi Shou became his disciple.
• Zi Shou knelt and formally accepted Qin Mu as his master, and Qin Mu cleansed his marrow and opened his meridians with magical power.
• Qin Mu told Zi Shou to build a solid foundation before learning the supreme Great Dao, then asked whether he would face future hardships without backing down.
• Zi Shou declared that he was unafraid and would treat every hardship on the path to strength as a stepping stone.

After founding the Western Heavenly Court, Haotian sought to strengthen it by inviting the Primordial Wilderness’s great powers to a banquet and securing the Western Saints’ support. Jieyin and Zhunti agreed to attend, while considering whether Qin Mu might interfere with Haotian’s plans.

• Qin Mu remained by Di Xin’s side, rebuilding his foundation and teaching him cultivation.
• Haotian realized ruling the Western Heavenly Court had raised his cultivation to the Sub-Saint realm and decided to host a banquet to demonstrate its strength.
• Haotian ordered Kunpeng to invite the great powers, immortals, and gods to a banquet in a hundred years, including the Eastern Heavenly Court.
• Haotian visited Jieyin and Zhunti and asked them to attend the celebration; both Saints agreed.
• Zhunti worried Haotian’s ambition might provoke Qin Mu, but Jieyin believed Qin Mu was unlikely to intervene and noted that Venerable Yuanshi stood behind Haotian.

Haotian visited Venerable Yuanshi and Taishang Saint to invite them to a celebration for the newly established Western Heavenly Court, planned for a hundred years later. Yuanshi agreed while secretly hoping Qin Mu would attend, and Taishang Saint also accepted.

• Haotian went to Kunlun Mountain and invited Venerable Yuanshi to the Western Heavenly Court's celebration in a hundred years.
• Venerable Yuanshi accepted the invitation and privately considered using the celebration as a chance to settle his score with Qin Mu.
• Haotian traveled to Shouyang Mountain, where Xuandu treated him coldly and led him to Eight Sceneries Palace.
• Haotian invited Taishang Saint to the celebration, and Taishang Saint agreed to attend.

Haotian visited Penglai Immortal Island to invite Tongtian to celebrate the establishment of the Western Heavenly Court. Tongtian condemned Haotian for plotting against Qin Mu and crushed him to his knees with his aura.

• Taishang accepted Haotian's invitation and wondered why Qin Mu had not stopped the Heavenly Court's defection, while Xuandu reported that Haotian was heading to Penglai Immortal Island.
• Haotian arrived at Penglai Immortal Island and asked to meet Tongtian, then followed an Interception Sect disciple to Biyou Palace.
• Haotian greeted Tongtian as a saint, but Tongtian corrected him and criticized him for joining Yuanshi and the Western Teachings.
• Haotian invited Tongtian to a banquet celebrating the Western Heavenly Court, and Tongtian accused him of plotting against Qin Mu and the Heavenly Court's fortune.
• Tongtian released a violent aura that forced Haotian to his knees.

Haotian invited Saints and powerful factions to the Western Heavenly Court’s centennial celebration, hoping to strengthen its prestige, while Tongtian and Zhenyuanzi agreed to attend. In the Eastern Heavenly Court, Emperor Dong Hua proposed holding a rival celebration, and Emperor Venerate remained confident that Haotian was bringing about his own downfall.

• Tongtian restrained his anger toward Haotian, accepted the invitation, and planned to find out what the Western Heavenly Court was plotting.
• Haotian invited Zhenyuanzi, who agreed to attend after consulting Huang Tian, and Nuwa also accepted his invitation.
• Haotian avoided inviting the Underworld and the Eastern Heavenly Court, while Kunpeng and others invited factions and powerful Free Cultivators across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Lord of Stars reported that Haotian had invited many figures to the celebration, including Saints, and Emperor Venerate dismissed the threat.
• Emperor Dong Hua proposed that the Eastern Heavenly Court hold its own celebration to compete with Haotian’s event.

Emperor Venerate rejected Emperor Dong Hua’s proposal and hinted at a better plan to counter Haotian’s celebration for the Western Heavenly Court. A century later, Qin Mu sent Di Xin away with treasures and advice, while the Western Heavenly Court’s celebration drew a huge crowd.

• Emperor Dong Hua urged Emperor Venerate to hold a competing celebration, but Emperor Venerate said he had a better plan and dismissed the assembled Immortals and Gods.
• Qin Mu chose not to destroy Haotian’s Western Heavenly Court, believing it might help meet the coming calamity, and continued teaching Di Xin.
• After a hundred years, Di Xin reached the Immortal Realm, and Qin Mu gave him the Yan Yang Sword, Houtu armor, and a jade pendant containing Qin Mu’s divine thought.
• Qin Mu told Di Xin to govern the kingdom and treat its people kindly, then vanished as Di Xin bowed to him.
• The Western Heavenly Court’s centennial celebration began, and Immortals, Gods, and Free Cultivators crowded its gates.

The Western Heavenly Court’s celebration drew nearly every Saint in the Primordial World, beginning with Sect Master Tongtian and followed by Venerable Yuanshi, Taishang Saint, and others. The venue fell silent when Emperor Venerate arrived with a formidable delegation from the Eastern Heavenly Court, leaving everyone unsure of his intentions.

• Sect Master Tongtian arrived first among the Saints, surprising the guests who expected him to oppose Haotian’s celebration.
• Venerable Yuanshi and Taishang Saint arrived, and Tongtian greeted his estranged senior brother coldly before the three Pure Ones gathered.
• Saint Jieyin, Saint Zhunti, Saint Zhenyuanzi, and Nuwa Saint arrived, prompting guests to remark that nearly every Saint had attended.
• The guests debated whether Emperor Venerate would come, given the rivalry between the Eastern and Western Heavenly Courts.
• Emperor Venerate arrived with Lord of Stars, Emperor Dong Hua, Chi You, and many Eastern Heavenly Court officials and generals, overwhelming the venue with their auras.

Emperor Venerate arrived uninvited at Haotian’s Western Heavenly Court celebration with Immortals and Gods from the Eastern Heavenly Court, stirring suspicion among the assembled Saints and guests. Haotian welcomed them despite the tension, while Emperor Dong Hua and the others remained uncertain about Emperor Venerate’s intentions.

• Jieyin and Zhunti privately worried that Emperor Venerate might disrupt the celebration, while Venerable Yuanshi, Sect Master Tongtian, and Saint Zhenyuanzi considered how they might respond.
• Haotian saw Emperor Venerate arrive and feared he had come to cause trouble, but steeled himself because many Saints supported him.
• Emperor Venerate challenged Haotian’s assumption that he would not attend, then accepted Haotian’s invitation and took a seat at the banquet.
• Emperor Dong Hua and the Eastern Heavenly Court’s companions wondered why Emperor Venerate had rejected their plan to hold a competing celebration and instead brought them to Haotian’s event.
• The assembled powerful figures and Free Cultivators sensed the atmosphere grow more solemn as the Eastern Heavenly Court’s delegation arrived.