Chapter Summaries

The Asura Clan joined the battle at Peach Mountain to help Yang Jian split the mountain and save his mother, turning the clash into a chaotic three-sided war. With his allies holding off the Heavenly Court and Western Teachings, Yang Jian advanced toward Peach Mountain, while Qin Mu watched from the Nether Underworld, pleased that his plan was unfolding.

• Ancestor Minghe sent the Asura Clan, led by its Four Great Devil Kings, to Peach Mountain in support of Yang Jian.
• Bo Xun attacked King Dizang, and the Asura army charged the Buddhist forces and Heavenly Court soldiers, throwing the battlefield into chaos.
• Daoist Duobao and Bo Xun joined forces against King Dizang as Chi You continued fighting Haotian's incarnation.
• Yang Jian regained his resolve, reunited with Yuan Hong and Fire Spirit Holy Mother, and walked toward Peach Mountain while the surviving heavenly soldiers fled.
• Qin Mu watched the fighting in a water mirror from the depths of the cycle of reincarnation and considered the turmoil part of his plan.

Qin Mu’s Peach Mountain scenario drew the attention of the Saints, but Yang Jian’s attempt to split the mountain was halted when Haotian summoned Jieyin and Zhunti. With three Saint incarnations controlling the battlefield, Haotian condemned the rebels to eternal imprisonment in Nine Nether Purgatory, while Venerable Yuanshi watched from Yuxu Palace.

• Qin Mu received confirmation that the Peach Mountain scenario had been established perfectly and that its special Red Packet was being generated.
• Yang Jian reached Peach Mountain and unleashed his strongest axe strike, but Haotian called on Jieyin and Zhunti for aid.
• Jieyin and Zhunti appeared as Saint incarnations and immobilized the battlefield with their combined pressure.
• Zhunti’s Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree overwhelmed Daoist Duobao’s Myriad Treasure River, and Chi You blocked the attack with his Tiger Soul Saber before being blasted into the mountains.
• Haotian ordered the Sect of Interception immortals, Asura warriors, and other rebels cast into Nine Nether Purgatory forever as Yang Jian remained pinned beneath the Saints’ power.
• Venerable Yuanshi watched the outcome from Yuxu Palace and smiled with satisfaction.

Huang Tian, the First Generation Human Emperor and one of Qin Mu’s Clones, intervened at Peach Mountain and challenged the three Saint incarnations for persecuting Yang Jian. By declaring Yang Jian a member of the Human Race, Huang Tian undermined Haotian’s justification, while Yang Jian realized that his master stood behind the forces supporting him.

• Huang Tian appeared at Peach Mountain and broke the pressure imposed by Haotian, Jieyin, and Zhunti, freeing the Sect of Interception immortals and Asura warriors.
• Huang Tian rebuked the three Saint incarnations for judging Yang Jian and asked how the matter could be unrelated to the Human Race when Yang Jian had human blood.
• Haotian could not deny Yang Jian’s human ancestry without contradicting the Heavenly Court’s own account, and the three incarnations fell silent.
• Yang Jian connected Huang Tian’s arrival to Qin Mu’s ties with Chi You, the Sect of Interception, and the Asura Clan, and suspected Huang Tian was another of his master’s Clones.
• Yang Jian concluded that Qin Mu had been coordinating a vast faction behind the scenes and gained confidence that he was not fighting the Heavenly Court alone.

Huang Tian defended Yang Jian’s filial quest against Haotian, Jieyin, and Zhunti, then fought their three incarnations after they chose battle. As Huang Tian gained the upper hand, Yang Jian seized the chance to turn back toward Peach Mountain and reunite with his mother.

• Zhunti argued that Yang Jian had broken heavenly law, but Huang Tian declared filial devotion a core principle of humanity and used humanity’s power to push back the Saints’ auras.
• Jieyin prepared to attack, and Huang Tian restored Yang Jian’s strength before declaring that he would personally witness Yang Jian reunite with his mother.
• Jieyin, Haotian, and Zhunti jointly attacked Huang Tian, who countered with Humanity: Passing Flame and Humanity: Unyielding, breaking their assaults.
• Huang Tian’s Fortune Golden Dragon struck Haotian while Huang Tian held Jieyin and Zhunti at bay, turning the battle against the three incarnations.
• Yang Jian watched Huang Tian fight and recognized the opening to reach Peach Mountain.

Yang Jian’s strongest strike against Peach Mountain was stopped by Venerable Yuanshi, who threatened Huang Tian and the rebels. As the Saints’ incarnations prepared to overwhelm Huang Tian, Qin Mu received the Peach Mountain scenario Red Packet and intervened, cutting off their connection to the Heavenly Dao.

• Yang Jian poured his full strength into a strike that shattered Haotian’s restrictions across Peach Mountain.
• An unknown hand stopped Yang Jian’s axe with two fingers, and Venerable Yuanshi appeared.
• Venerable Yuanshi demanded that Huang Tian withdraw and threatened to suppress the Humanity Dao if he refused.
• Qin Mu received a prompt that the Peach Mountain special scenario Red Packet was ready and decided to end the conflict.
• Qin Mu’s presence descended over Peach Mountain, halting the laws and weakening Venerable Yuanshi, Haotian, Jieyin, and Zhunti.
• Huang Tian recognized the presence as his true self’s arrival.

Qin Mu arrived at Peach Mountain, collected the final special red packet, and revealed that Huang Tian was his incarnation, shocking the Three Realms. The four Saint incarnations resolved to fight him and launched their strongest attacks together.

• Qin Mu collected the special red packet at Peach Mountain and completed the set of three special red packets.
• Yang Jian and Duobao led their allies in paying respects to Qin Mu as his disciple and Sect of Interception senior brother.
• Huang Tian addressed Qin Mu as “This Venerable One,” revealing himself as Qin Mu’s incarnation and shocking the onlookers and four Saints.
• Venerable Yuanshi, Haotian, Jieyin, and Zhunti rejected Qin Mu’s authority and declared they would fight him.
• The four Saint incarnations attacked Qin Mu together with their strongest techniques.

Qin Mu used the Destruction Divine Spear to destroy the four Saints’ incarnations and cleared the way for Yang Jian to split Peach Mountain. Before Yang Jian could strike, the four Saints arrived in their true bodies, ready to confront Qin Mu and the Sect of Interception.

• Qin Mu dissolved the combined attack of Venerable Yuanshi, Haotian, Jieyin, and Zhunti with the Destruction Divine Spear.
• Qin Mu pierced and destroyed all four Saints’ incarnations in a single counterattack, astonishing the Three Realms.
• Qin Mu told Yang Jian to split Peach Mountain, and Yang Jian raised his Shield-Axe to strike.
• Qin Mu sensed the arrival of a greater threat as the Great Desolation World shook beneath overwhelming pressure.
• Venerable Yuanshi, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Haotian descended at Peach Mountain with their true bodies, surrounding Qin Mu and the Sect of Interception.

Qin Mu faced four Saints who attacked him with their supreme treasures, but he used the Sacred Spirit Pearl to create a world that absorbed or nullified their strikes. When Venerable Yuanshi and the others manifested Pangu’s True Form and cracked that world, Qin Mu revealed three independent Dao bodies, leaving the four Saints shocked.

• The four Saints arrived in their true bodies and pinned Peach Mountain beneath their combined pressure, while Tongtian, Zhenyuanzi, and others prepared to intervene.
• Venerable Yuanshi attacked Qin Mu over his past humiliation, and Haotian, Jieyin, and Zhunti joined him with their own supreme treasures.
• Qin Mu opened a world with the Sacred Spirit Pearl, dissolving or absorbing the four Saints’ attacks.
• Venerable Yuanshi joined forces with the other Saints to manifest Pangu’s True Form, whose axe strike cracked Qin Mu’s world.
• Qin Mu invoked the Great Law of Self-Transformation into Freedom and manifested past, present, and future Dao bodies, then challenged the four Saints to fight all three of him.

Qin Mu killed Haotian with the Heaven-Opening Sword, causing heaven and earth to mourn as the Three Realms witnessed a Saint’s death. With Haotian gone and the remaining Saints cornered, Venerable Yuanshi prepared to reveal his final trump card.

• Qin Mu’s past self attacked Venerable Yuanshi’s Dao foundation while his future self used the Destruction Divine Spear to hold Jieyin and Zhunti at bay.
• Qin Mu struck Haotian down with one punch, then killed him with the Heaven-Opening Sword despite his pleas and threats.
• Haotian’s death brought blood rain and the Great Dao’s wailing, and Qin Mu absorbed the Saint Origin from his remains before asking the other Saints who was next.
• Zhunti urged Venerable Yuanshi to use his trump card, while Tongtian, Zhenyuanzi, Ancestor Minghe, and Empress Pingxin watched with concern.
• Venerable Yuanshi looked at the fallen Haotian and the suppressed Western Saints, then faced Qin Mu with a calm, venomous resolve.

Venerable Yuanshi opened a gate to the Devil Race and summoned Chonglou Demon Venerable and a vast army to kill Qin Mu, offering them part of the primordial world's origin. Qin Mu remained confident as Chonglou demanded he surrender, leaving the confrontation on the verge of battle.

• Venerable Yuanshi used a black token to open a rift to the Devil Race, prompting Dao Ancestor Hongjun to recognize the danger but remain at Zixiao Palace.
• Chonglou Demon Venerable crossed through the gate, identified himself as one of Demon Ancestor Luohu's four Great Devil Kings, and asked Yuanshi where Qin Mu was.
• Chonglou questioned Yuanshi's motives, while Jieyin and Zhunti hesitated over whether to continue backing him after he summoned the Devil Race.
• More than a hundred thousand Devil Race soldiers poured through the gate, and Chonglou revealed Yuanshi had promised them one-third of the eastern continent's Fortune and origin in exchange for Qin Mu's death.
• Qin Mu urged Sect Master Tongtian to stay in Biyou Palace, then mocked Chonglou's demand that he kneel and become a demon slave.

Qin Mu revealed that he wielded both the Sacred Spirit Pearl and the Destruction Divine Spear, then crushed Chonglou and his Devil Race army at Peach Mountain. As Chonglou called for Demon Ancestor Luohu, Luohu approached the Great Desolation World’s barrier while Dao Ancestor Hongjun vanished from Zixiao Palace.

• Qin Mu revealed the Destruction Divine Spear alongside the Sacred Spirit Pearl, terrifying Chonglou and the hundred-thousand-strong Devil Race army.
• Chonglou attacked Qin Mu, but Qin Mu used the Sacred Spirit Pearl’s power to crush the Devil Race army and suppress Chonglou.
• Qin Mu pinned Chonglou to the ground, forced him to kneel, and pierced him with the Destruction Divine Spear to stop his attempted self-destruction.
• Chonglou sent a distress signal and cried out for Demon Ancestor Luohu, whose aura shook the Great Desolation World.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun vanished from Zixiao Palace as Luohu strode through the chaos toward the Great Desolation World’s barrier.

Qin Mu killed Demon Venerable Chonglou after Hongjun blocked Luohu from entering the Great Desolation, then turned his attention to Venerable Yuanshi and the Western Saints. His future self stopped Jieyin and Zhunti from fleeing, leaving them trapped as Qin Mu prepared to confront Yuanshi.

• Hongjun confronted Luohu in Chaos and fought him, preventing him from descending into the Great Desolation.
• When the summoned Devil Ancestor failed to arrive, Qin Mu used the Sacred Spirit Pearl to suppress Demon Venerable Chonglou and killed him with the Destruction Divine Spear.
• Qin Mu absorbed Chonglou's corpse, purified its devilish energy, and spread the resulting spiritual rain across the eastern continent.
• Qin Mu turned toward Venerable Yuanshi and declared that he was next, while Jieyin and Zhunti tried to escape.
• Qin Mu's future self blocked Jieyin and Zhunti and warned them that they would die if they moved.

Qin Mu isolated Venerable Yuanshi from the Primordial Heavenly Dao, stripping away his immortality and forcing him to beg for his life. As Qin Mu moved to kill him, the Eye of the Heavenly Dao appeared and ordered him to stop.

• Qin Mu condemned Venerable Yuanshi for colluding with the Devil Race and endangering the Primordial Wilderness, but Yuanshi insisted that his Heavenly Dao connection made him immortal.
• Yuanshi and Zhunti taunted Qin Mu, believing he could not exhaust their ability to revive, while Qin Mu calmly prepared the Sacred Spirit Pearl.
• Qin Mu used the Sacred Spirit Pearl to isolate Yuanshi from the Primordial Heavenly Dao, leaving him weakened and unable to revive through its power.
• Yuanshi panicked, fell to his knees, and begged Qin Mu to spare him, but Qin Mu raised the Destruction Divine Spear to kill him.
• The Eye of the Heavenly Dao opened above the Nine Heavens and commanded Qin Mu to stop.

The Eye of the Heavenly Dao intervened just as Qin Mu was about to kill Venerable Yuanshi, prompting Qin Mu to challenge its decision and threaten to rebel against Heaven. The Heavenly Dao judged Yuanshi guilty of three crimes and began stripping him of his Saint Position.

• The Eye of the Heavenly Dao stopped Qin Mu's spear and froze the battle, while Venerable Yuanshi and the Saints Jieyin and Zhunti believed it had come to save Yuanshi.
• Qin Mu accused the Heavenly Dao of protecting a traitor and listed Yuanshi's crimes before threatening to lead the Sect of Interception against the Heavenly Dao.
• The Eye of the Heavenly Dao questioned Yuanshi, rejected his excuses, and declared him guilty of three crimes, including colluding with the Devil Race.
• The Eye of the Heavenly Dao sentenced Yuanshi to lose his Heavenly Dao Saint Position, shaking the Great Desolation.

Qin Mu watched the Heavenly Dao strip Venerable Yuanshi of his sainthood, then killed him and absorbed the origin energy he left behind. Jieyin and Zhunti begged Qin Mu to spare them, leaving their fate uncertain.

• The Heavenly Dao extracted Venerable Yuanshi’s Primordial Violet Qi, reducing him from a Saint to a late-stage Quasi-Saint.
• Qin Mu took the Primordial Violet Qi as the Eye of the Heavenly Dao vanished, while Jieyin and Zhunti pleaded with him to spare them.
• Venerable Yuanshi begged Qin Mu for mercy, then attacked with the Pangu Banner; Qin Mu shattered the Chaos Sword Qi with a punch and took the banner.
• Qin Mu pierced Venerable Yuanshi with the Destruction Divine Spear, erasing him completely as Taishang Laozi and Tongtian watched from afar.
• Qin Mu absorbed Venerable Yuanshi’s remaining origin energy with the Sacred Spirit Pearl, and Jieyin and Zhunti clung to his leg, begging for their lives.

After Qin Mu spared Jieyin and Zhunti, Yang Jian split Peach Mountain and reunited with his mother, Yaoji. Qin Mu took the family to Irrigation River Mouth as news of the battle spread, leaving the Great Desolation in upheaval and Venerable Yuanshi’s disciples in despair.

• Qin Mu ordered Jieyin and Zhunti to leave, and the two Western Saints fled Peach Mountain in humiliation.
• Qin Mu told Yang Jian to split Peach Mountain, and Yang Jian cleaved it open with the Mountain-Splitting Divine Axe.
• Yaoji awoke, embraced Yang Jian and Yang Chan, and thanked Qin Mu for saving her.
• Qin Mu shielded the family from onlookers and took them to Irrigation River Mouth.
• Zhenyuanzi ordered Wuzhuang Temple sealed, while Ancestor Minghe expressed relief that he had allied with Qin Mu.
• Venerable Yuanshi’s disciples at Yuxu Palace learned that their master had been annihilated and despaired.

After Venerable Yuanshi was erased, Guangchengzi sealed Kunlun Mountain behind Chan Teachings’ Saint Grand Array while the disciples feared Qin Mu’s retaliation. Haotian revived in the Heavenly Court, learned how the Heavenly Dao had stripped Yuanshi of his Saint position before Qin Mu destroyed him, and was left shaken by the revelation that Saints could lose their protection.

• Guangchengzi rallied the panicking Chan Teachings disciples and ordered them to activate the Mountain-Protecting Array and seal Kunlun Mountain for hundreds of millions of years.
• The Chan Teachings disciples took their positions, and the Saint Grand Array rose to shroud Kunlun Mountain.
• Haotian revived from his cracked Saint seat in the Lingxiao Treasure Hall and demanded that Taibai Venus explain what had happened after his death at Peach Mountain.
• Taibai Venus told Haotian that the Heavenly Dao had judged Yuanshi, stripped him of his Saint position and Primordial Violet Qi, and left Qin Mu able to erase his True Spirit with the Destruction Divine Spear.
• Haotian realized the Heavenly Dao could revoke a Saint’s immortality and feared Qin Mu’s ability to bring the Heavenly Dao into the conflict.

Haotian revived in fear of Qin Mu and ordered the Heavenly Court to close its gates and restore Yaoji’s status. At the Yang Residence, Qin Mu explained why the Heavenly Dao would restrain Haotian from seeking revenge, then turned his attention toward settling accounts with the Chan Teachings.

• Haotian learned that Jieyin and Zhunti had survived by begging Qin Mu for mercy, then ordered the Heavenly Court closed to unauthorized visits to the lower realm and restored Fairy Yunhua to the immortal registry as Eldest Princess.
• Yang Jian brought Qin Mu, Yaoji, and Yang Chan home to the Yang Residence, where the Plum Mountain Brothers and the Grass-Headed Gods welcomed them.
• Yaoji tried to thank Qin Mu with a formal kowtow, but he stopped her and said Yang Jian’s affairs were his own.
• Yaoji worried that Haotian and the Chan Teachings would retaliate, so Qin Mu explained that the Heavenly Dao could strip Saints of their positions if they threatened the Three Realms’ stability.
• Qin Mu reassured the family that Haotian feared dying again and would not dare take revenge, then said someone would settle the Chan Teachings’ debt for the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.

After Qin Mu killed Venerable Yuanshi, he returned to Jin'ao Island, opened three fused special red packets, and gained a Great Dao Seed that began transforming his body and cultivation. Days later, Heavenly Court troops arrived at Yang Jian’s residence with a decree from Haotian, and Yang Jian challenged their authority.

• Yang Jian reunited with Yaoji and Yang Chan before Qin Mu returned to Jin'ao Island, where the Sect of Interception celebrated his victory over Haotian and Venerable Yuanshi.
• Qin Mu said the leaderless Chan Teachings could be dealt with later and returned to his Dao Field to recover and examine three special red packets.
• Qin Mu fused and opened the red packets, obtaining a Great Dao Seed whose power began reforging his body and pushing his cultivation to the peak of the Ninth Heaven of the Primordial Unity Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
• Several days later, Yang Jian spotted Heavenly Court troops above his residence, and Taibai Venus said they had come under Haotian’s orders with an imperial decree.
• Yang Jian refused to receive Haotian’s decree and mocked the Heavenly Emperor, leaving Taibai Venus and the other celestial soldiers unable to respond.

Yang Jian rejected Haotian’s decree restoring Yaoji and granting titles to him and Yang Chan, leaving the Heavenly Court publicly humiliated. Meanwhile, Ji Fa, the Dragon Emperor, and the Nine-Tailed Saint Emperor plotted to use the Chan Teachings and Haotian against Qin Mu, as the despairing disciples at Kunlun Mountain heard a hostile challenge outside.

• Taibai Venus read Haotian’s decree restoring Yaoji’s status and investing Yang Jian and Yang Chan with titles and territories.
• Yang Jian dismissed Haotian’s offers and took Yaoji and Yang Chan home, while Taibai Venus and the heavenly retinue were left embarrassed.
• Ji Fa, the Dragon Emperor, and the Nine-Tailed Saint Emperor agreed to target Qin Mu by recruiting the Chan Teachings and persuading Haotian to oppose him.
• The Chan Teachings disciples lamented their helplessness inside Kunlun Mountain after Yuanshi’s death.
• An unknown voice outside Kunlun Mountain demanded that the Chan Teachings come out and die, prompting Guangchengzi and the others to react angrily.