Ch. 1001The Demon Lord's Scheme
Xuan Yi was imprisoned on the Binding God Platform after Bai Jue and the True Gods sprang their trap, while Shanggu confronted Bai Jue for hiding the plan from her. Xuan Yi then revealed that his apparent defeat was part of a scheme to make Shanggu inherit the Chief God Token Feather and sacrifice herself to stop the Chaos Tribulation.
- Mo Tian left as Xuan Yi faced Bai Jue, Zhiyang, and Tianqi, who used Jiuyou's array and their divine artifacts to bind and suppress him on the Binding God Platform.
- Shanggu learned Bai Jue had staged much of their past together and accused him of treating her as a chess piece; Tianqi and Zhiyang tried to ease their conflict before the True Gods returned to the God Realm.
- Mo Yu reported to the imprisoned Xuan Yi that the others had fallen into his trap, and Xuan Yi explained he had deliberately forced Qingtian's final move and expected Bai Jue to lower his guard.
- Xuan Yi revealed that he intended Shanggu to sacrifice herself to stop the Chaos Tribulation, then planned to invade the God Realm and rule the Three Realms and Jiuzhou.
- Xuan Yi urged Mo Tian to cultivate and study the Chaos power expected from the Godslayer Flower, and Mo Tian began deducing how Yin-Yang could evolve into Chaos.