Chapter Summaries

At the Western Heavenly Court’s banquet, Haotian proposed three friendly matches against the Eastern Heavenly Court to raise his court’s reputation, and Emperor Venerate accepted. Haotian named Buddha Kunpeng for the first match, while Emperor Venerate sent Zhao Gongming to face him.

• Haotian welcomed the guests and began the banquet, then proposed that each Heavenly Court send three people to compete.
• Emperor Venerate accepted Haotian’s challenge, as both had intended to use a spell duel to test the other court.
• Haotian announced Buddha Kunpeng as the Western Heavenly Court’s first contestant, surprising Kunpeng, who had not been told beforehand.
• Zhao Gongming stepped forward to face Kunpeng, prompting the gathered cultivators to question whether he could defeat the Sub-Saint.

Haotian replaced Kunpeng with Yin Wuji for the Western Heavenly Court’s first match against Zhao Gongming. Zhao Gongming effortlessly broke Yin Wuji’s attack and knocked him to the ground, leaving the duel’s outcome apparent.

• Haotian stopped Kunpeng from fighting and chose Yin Wuji to face Zhao Gongming instead.
• The gathered cultivators and Saints reacted with surprise and criticized Haotian for going back on his word.
• Kunpeng angrily withdrew as Yin Wuji entered the void and challenged Zhao Gongming.
• Yin Wuji attacked Zhao Gongming with a black dragon formed from his Fangtian Painted Halberd.
• Zhao Gongming’s golden light tore through the black dragon, struck Yin Wuji in the chest, and sent him crashing to the ground, bleeding.

Zhao Gongming defeated Yin Wuji in one move, giving the Eastern Heavenly Court the first match and humiliating Haotian. The second match began with Emperor Dong Hua countering Ling Xu Zi’s Void Great Dao, and he ended the chapter charging toward Ling Xu Zi’s hidden position.

• Zhao Gongming defeated Yin Wuji with a single move and reported back to Emperor Venerate.
• Emperor Venerate taunted Haotian, who insisted the Eastern Heavenly Court had won only by luck and agreed to begin the second match.
• Haotian sent Ling Xu Zi to fight, and Emperor Venerate chose Emperor Dong Hua as his side’s second contestant.
• Ling Xu Zi used Void Great Burial, but Emperor Dong Hua shattered the Void Cage with Pure Yang Purple Qi.
• Ling Xu Zi merged with the void and attacked with invisible blades, which Emperor Dong Hua deflected before locating Ling Xu Zi and rushing toward him.

Emperor Dong Hua defeated Ling Xu Zi, giving the Eastern Heavenly Court its second duel victory. Kunpeng and Lord of Stars entered the final match, while Venerable Yuanshi remembered his humiliating defeat by Qin Mu.

• Emperor Dong Hua shattered Ling Xu Zi's hidden void and forced him to concede before fleeing in disgrace.
• Emperor Venerate praised Emperor Dong Hua and taunted Haotian over the Western Heavenly Court's two losses.
• Haotian urged Kunpeng to win the final duel, and Kunpeng entered the arena to face the Eastern Heavenly Court.
• Emperor Venerate chose Lord of Stars over Chi You to fight Kunpeng, and Lord of Stars promised victory.
• Venerable Yuanshi recognized Lord of Stars and recalled how Qin Mu had defeated him despite his use of the Pangu Banner.

Kunpeng and Lord of Stars fought the third match between the Western and Eastern Heavenly Courts, trading powerful swallowing and star-based attacks. Lord of Stars gained the upper hand, but Kunpeng revealed his true form and swallowed his Starlight Meteorites, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Kunpeng opened the fight with a black vortex combining demonic aura and Buddhist light, but Lord of Stars blocked it with a barrier of starlight.
• Kunpeng shattered Lord of Stars’s barrier with a barrage of black vortexes, and Lord of Stars countered by blasting them apart with pillars of starlight.
• Kunpeng used a Black Ring to swallow the pillars of starlight, then struggled against Lord of Stars’s relentless Starlight Meteorites.
• As onlookers feared Kunpeng would lose, he revealed his Giant Kun True Body and swallowed every Starlight Meteorite.

Kunpeng revealed his True Body and used the Demon Master Palace and Demon Master Bow to overwhelm the Lord of Stars. As the Lord of Stars was sent flying, the spectators expected the Western Heavenly Court to win the third match, while Emperor Venerate remained calm.

• Kunpeng blocked the Lord of Stars' Star Blade with the Demon Master Palace and broke it.
• Kunpeng repeatedly drove the Demon Master Palace at the Lord of Stars, who dodged its attacks.
• Kunpeng summoned the Demon Master Bow and struck the Lord of Stars with a returning Light Feather Arrow that devoured his magic power.
• The Lord of Stars formed a starlight barrier, but Kunpeng's Palace and arrow shattered it and sent him flying.
• Haotian expected Kunpeng to win the match, while the Eastern Heavenly Court's people looked gloomy and Emperor Venerate stayed calm.

Lord of Stars unleashed his Natal Star against Kunpeng’s repeated assault, destroying Demon Master Palace and the Light Feather Arrow before defeating Kunpeng. The onlookers were stunned as Kunpeng fell and Lord of Stars remained standing.

• Kunpeng warned the injured Lord of Stars to surrender, then sent Demon Master Palace and another Light Feather Arrow at him.
• Lord of Stars formed his Natal Star from the Power of Stars and hurled it at Kunpeng’s weapons.
• The Natal Star shattered Demon Master Palace, erased the Light Feather Arrow, and continued toward Kunpeng.
• Kunpeng used Beiming Guixu to trap the Natal Star in a black vortex, while Lord of Stars sustained it with seals.
• Lord of Stars made the Natal Star explode inside the vortex, shattering Kunpeng’s True Body and sending him flying, while Lord of Stars stayed upright.
• The crowd watched in stunned silence as Kunpeng rose, wiped away his blood, and looked at Lord of Stars with a complex expression.

After Lord of Stars defeated Kunpeng, Emperor Venerate mocked Haotian and led the Eastern Heavenly Court away. The Western Heavenly Court’s failed contests prompted the Saints and guests to leave, leaving Haotian with the Two Saints of the Western Teachings and Venerable Yuanshi.

• Kunpeng admitted defeat to Lord of Stars, who returned to Emperor Venerate and reported that he had fulfilled his duty.
• Emperor Venerate mocked Haotian over the Western Heavenly Court’s strength and led the Eastern Heavenly Court away.
• Jieyin and Zhunti blamed Haotian’s eagerness for the Western Heavenly Court’s defeat, while Venerable Yuanshi complained that Haotian had provoked the contest.
• Sect Master Tongtian left with the Interception Sect disciples, and Zhenyuanzi, Taishang Saint, and Nuwa Saint also departed.
• The Free Cultivators and powerful figures left the banquet, and Haotian dismissed Kunpeng and the other Western Heavenly Court members.
• Haotian remained at the venue with Jieyin, Zhunti, and Venerable Yuanshi.

Haotian asked Venerable Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti how to strengthen the struggling Western Heavenly Court, but they could offer no solution. They urged him to seek Dao Ancestor Hongjun at Zixiao Palace, where Hongjun received him and asked why he had come.

• Venerable Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti reproached Haotian for challenging the Eastern Heavenly Court before the Western Heavenly Court was ready.
• Haotian asked the Three Saints how to find capable supporters after the Western Heavenly Court lost all three contests.
• Venerable Yuanshi suggested that Haotian visit Zixiao Palace and ask Dao Ancestor Hongjun for guidance.
• Haotian traveled to Zixiao Palace, knelt at the gates, and requested an audience with Hongjun.
• Hongjun let Haotian enter and asked what had brought him there.

Haotian asked Hongjun to help staff the Western Heavenly Court, and Hongjun summoned the Saints to Zixiao Palace to discuss the request. As the Saints began responding to the summons, Venerable Yuanshi suspected the meeting concerned Haotian’s failed celebration and the Western Heavenly Court.

• Haotian knelt before Hongjun and asked him to persuade the Saints to send disciples to the Western Heavenly Court.
• Hongjun agreed to summon the Saints to Zixiao Palace, and Haotian celebrated, believing the Saints would have to comply.
• Taishang Saint received Hongjun’s summons and left Eight Sceneries Palace for Zixiao Palace.
• Nuwa Saint received the summons and hurried to Zixiao Palace, wondering whether a new Tribulation of Calamity was beginning.
• Tongtian decided to attend despite having severed his Saint position and set off for Zixiao Palace.
• Venerable Yuanshi received the summons while refining demonic energy and wondered whether it was about Haotian’s Western Heavenly Court.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun summoned the Saints to Zixiao Palace, and several of them suspected the meeting concerned the Western Heavenly Court. Qin Mu and his allies believed the summons might be about the coming Investiture of the Gods Calamity, which could unfold differently now that Qin Mu had taken Di Xin as his disciple.

• Jieyin and Zhunti connected Hongjun’s summons to Haotian’s earlier visit to Zixiao Palace and traveled there to learn what was happening.
• Zhenyuanzi received Hongjun’s decree while discussing the Dao with Huang Tian and the Human Race leaders, then left for Zixiao Palace.
• Huang Tian suspected the Investiture of the Gods Calamity was beginning and wondered how Qin Mu’s involvement would change its course.
• Emperor Venerate received the summons in the Heavenly Court and headed for Zixiao Palace, while Qin Mu and Ancestor Minghe did the same from Fengdu City.
• The Saints gathered before Hongjun in Zixiao Palace and noticed Haotian beside him, reinforcing their suspicion that the meeting concerned the Western Heavenly Court.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun summoned the Saints to Zixiao Palace and announced that the Investiture of the Gods Calamity was approaching. He revealed the Investiture of the Gods and its power to resurrect listed deities, leaving the Saints intrigued and wary.

• Haotian arrived at Zixiao Palace, and the Saints wondered why he had been allowed to hear their discussion.
• Taishang Saint asked Dao Ancestor Hongjun why he had summoned them, and Hongjun announced that the Tribulation of Calamity was nigh.
• Hongjun named the coming calamity the Investiture of the Gods Calamity and produced a golden scroll.
• Hongjun explained that anyone named on the Investiture of the Gods would have their True Spirit protected and could be resurrected after death.
• The Saints were astonished by the list’s promise of immortality, while Qin Mu and Emperor Venerate stayed calm because they knew its benefits came with complications.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun entrusted the Investiture of the Gods to Haotian and declared that those named on it would serve the Western Heavenly Court. The Saints disputed whose disciples should fill the list, and the argument remained unresolved as they waited for Hongjun to decide.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun gave Haotian charge of the Investiture of the Gods, prompting the Saints to worry about losing their disciples to the Western Heavenly Court.
• Venerable Yuanshi proposed filling the list with disciples from Sect Master Tongtian’s Interception Sect because it had so many followers.
• Sect Master Tongtian challenged Venerable Yuanshi and argued that the Western Teachings had many qualified followers who could be listed instead.
• Jieyin and Zhunti defended the Western Teachings, while Venerable Yuanshi continued to argue that the Interception Sect was the better choice.
• Qin Mu supported Tongtian and challenged Venerable Yuanshi to offer his own elite disciples; Ancestor Minghe, Zhenyuanzi, and Emperor Venerate backed Qin Mu.
• Venerable Yuanshi grew furious, while Taishang Saint and Nuwa Saint stayed silent as the Saints awaited Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s decision.

At Zixiao Palace, the Saints debated who should be placed on the Investiture of the Gods until Dao Ancestor Hongjun established a rule based on who died during the coming calamity. He entrusted the list to Haotian, who worried that he might also end up on it if he failed to attain Sagehood.

• Saint Jieyin proposed putting Wild Gods on the Investiture of the Gods, but the Saints argued over whose disciples should fill the list.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun ruled that no names would be added in advance and that the True Spirits of those who died in the calamity would enter the list automatically until it was full.
• Taishang Saint, Venerable Yuanshi, Sect Master Tongtian, the Two Saints of the West, and the other Saints agreed to Hongjun's proposal.
• Hongjun gave the Investiture of the Gods to Haotian and declared that all Immortals and Gods who died in the calamity, along with all beings below the Saint level, would be placed on it.
• Haotian accepted the list and resolved to strengthen the Western Heavenly Court and pursue Sagehood before the calamity began.

Qin Mu persuaded Tongtian and Emperor Venerate to unite the Interception Sect and Eastern Heavenly Court against the Western Teachings, Chan Teachings, and Western Heavenly Court in the coming Tribulation of Calamity. Emperor Venerate summoned the Eastern Heavenly Court’s immortals and announced that the calamity was about to begin.

• Tongtian worried that the Investiture of the Gods would put the Interception Sect at a disadvantage because its many disciples had varying strengths.
• Qin Mu warned Tongtian that the Western Teachings, Western Heavenly Court, and Chan Teachings would target the Interception Sect and Eastern Heavenly Court.
• Qin Mu proposed that the Interception Sect and Eastern Heavenly Court send every disciple and supporter of their enemies onto the Investiture of the Gods, and Tongtian agreed.
• Qin Mu went to the Eastern Heavenly Court, where Emperor Venerate agreed to join forces with the Interception Sect.
• Emperor Venerate summoned the Eastern Heavenly Court’s immortals and generals and announced that a Tribulation of Calamity was approaching.

Emperor Venerate informed the Eastern Heavenly Court that the Investiture of the Gods Calamity would threaten them all, with the dead bound to obey the list’s master. He revealed that he had allied with the Interception Sect, leaving him confident the Western Heavenly Court and its allies could be overcome.

• Emperor Dong Hua asked Emperor Venerate whether the coming Tribulation of Calamity threatened the Heavenly Court.
• Emperor Venerate explained that the Dao Ancestor had entrusted the Investiture of the Gods to Haotian and that those who died beneath the Saints would be bound to its master.
• The Immortals and Gods feared losing their freedom and worried that Haotian and his allies would target the Eastern Heavenly Court.
• Emperor Venerate revealed that he had reached an agreement with the Interception Sect to join forces and put their enemies on the Investiture of the Gods.
• The Immortals and Gods left to prepare, while Emperor Venerate declared that their combined strength would defeat any schemes.

Haotian plotted with the Western Saints and Venerable Yuanshi to use the Investiture of the Gods to weaken the Eastern Heavenly Court and strengthen the Western Heavenly Court. Wary of Qin Mu and the Interception Sect, they agreed to recruit more forces, while Venerable Yuanshi secretly prepared to use his alliance with Demon Ancestor Luohu for revenge.

• Haotian proposed killing Eastern Heavenly Court immortals so their True Spirits would enter the Investiture of the Gods and bolster the Western Heavenly Court.
• Jieyin and Zhunti endorsed Haotian's plan, but Venerable Yuanshi warned that Qin Mu and the Interception Sect could support the Eastern Heavenly Court.
• Haotian and the Two Saints of the West recognized Qin Mu and Tongtian as major threats, including Tongtian's Immortal-Slaying Formation.
• Venerable Yuanshi urged them to recruit sects and Free Cultivators caught up in the calamity, and said he would seek the support of other Saints.
• Venerable Yuanshi revealed that Demon Ancestor Luohu had agreed to work with him and provided a spatial passageway to the Demon Realm.

Haotian persuaded Jieyin and Zhunti to have Western Teachings win over the next Human Emperor, then traveled to recruit other sects for the Tribulation of Calamity. He warned the Great Void Sword Master that everyone below the Saint realm in the Primordial Wilderness would be entered on the Investiture of the Gods, even those living in seclusion.

• Haotian proposed that Jieyin and Zhunti convert the next Human Emperor to gain a share of Human Race Fortune and place a strategic piece for the coming calamity.
• Jieyin agreed that Western Teachings would pursue the Human Emperor, while Zhunti tasked Haotian with recruiting other sects.
• Haotian resolved to gather Fortune for the Western Heavenly Court and left to recruit sects across the Primordial World.
• Haotian arrived at the Great Void Sword Sect and asked the Great Void Sword Master to join the Western Heavenly Court for the coming calamity.
• The Great Void Sword Master questioned why his secluded sect would be involved, and Haotian warned that all beings below the Saint realm in the Primordial Wilderness would be listed in the Investiture of the Gods.

Haotian recruited the Great Void Sword Sect and the Five Elements Sect into the Western Heavenly Court by warning them about the coming Tribulation of Calamity. Meanwhile, Di Xin inherited the Shang throne after Emperor Yi died, and a black-robed stranger released a fearsome aura outside Chaoge City.

• Haotian convinced the Great Void Sword Master to join the Western Heavenly Court by promising protection for the Great Void Sword Sect during the Tribulation of Calamity.
• Haotian visited Five Elements Mountain and persuaded the Five Elements Patriarch to join the Western Heavenly Court.
• Emperor Yi told Di Xin to inherit the Shang Dynasty and reassured him that an emperor could follow the Great Dao by governing and protecting the people.
• Emperor Yi passed away, and Di Xin ascended the Shang throne.
• A black-robed man arrived outside Chaoge City and unleashed an aura that shrouded the city.

Jingchen, a Daluo Golden Immortal of the Western Teachings, arrived at Chaoge expecting the Human Emperor to welcome and honor him. Di Xin refused to come out until Jingchen flew to the palace, where Di Xin rejected his demand to kneel and pay respects.

• Di Xin sensed a Daluo Golden Immortal waiting outside Chaoge and chose to leave him waiting despite his ministers urging him to offer a welcome.
• Jingchen grew angry when no one came to receive him, released a powerful pressure, and flew toward the imperial palace.
• Great experts across the Primordial Wilderness sensed Jingchen's anger, while Qin Mu recognized him as a Western Teachings disciple and recalled that Di Xin was his own disciple.
• Jingchen reached the palace and demanded that Di Xin come out and pay homage to him.
• Di Xin appeared and declared that neither Jingchen nor even the Two Saints of the Western Teachings could make the Human Emperor kneel.