Chapter Summaries

After supporting Zhiyang’s rule and returning to their travels, the Willow Deity and Shi Yongheng were summoned to the God Realm. Zhiyang revealed that the Chaos Chief God would be born on the Qiankun Platform in a hundred years.

• The Willow Deity and Shi Yongheng watched Qingtian merge with the Heavenly Dao after sealing Xuan Yi, while Zhiyang took charge of the Three Realms.
• The two Great Gods visited the Chaos Hall to support Zhiyang and encouraged Yue Mi to keep cultivating.
• The Willow Deity and Shi Yongheng returned to teaching at Changze Mountain, then spent sixty thousand years traveling.
• After Zhiyang summoned them, the two entered the God Realm and met Zhiyang, Tianqi, and Bai Jue at Zhiyang Hall.
• Zhiyang told them that the Ancestral God had foretold the Chaos Chief God’s birth on the Qiankun Platform in a hundred years.

Shanggu’s weak cultivation and unruly behavior worried Zhiyang as signs of the Chaos Tribulation appeared, so he summoned others to find a way to prepare her. After Bai Jue refused to help, Zhiyang insisted that he teach her, but Bai Jue remained unwilling.

• A century after the Willow Deity wondered about Shanggu’s birth, the gods welcomed her at Qiankun Platform, where Zhiyang named her Shanggu and Tianqi claimed the right to teach her.
• Ten thousand years later, Shanggu ran into Shi Yongheng and the Willow Deity near the Samsara Divine Hall, pretended she was lost, and fled before they could learn Zhiyang was searching for her.
• The Willow Deity and Shi Yongheng discussed Shanggu’s prospects and the achievements of two young people in a lower world, including their joint breakthrough to the Human Dao Supreme realm.
• Zhiyang summoned Bai Jue and the others to discuss Shanggu’s education, explaining that her blocked divine veins kept her from inheriting the Chaos Main God’s position as the Chaos Tribulation threatened the world.
• Bai Jue refused to clear Shanggu’s divine veins or teach her, but Zhiyang sternly declared that Shanggu was entrusted to him.

Zhiyang told Bai Jue that the Chaos Tribulation had begun and persuaded him to teach Shanggu, the Chaos Main God, how to open her blocked divine veins. Zhiyang then asked Shi Yongheng and the Willow Deity how the Tribulation could be stopped, and learned that the Main God might have to sacrifice herself to save all living beings.

• Zhiyang explained that the barrier around the Land of Jiuyou was loosening and Chaos energy was spreading, marking the start of the Chaos Tribulation.
• Zhiyang convinced Bai Jue to try opening Shanggu’s divine veins and agreed that she would visit Long Abyss Hall the next morning.
• After Bai Jue left, Tianqi teased Zhiyang for tricking him, and Zhiyang reflected on how burdensome governing the Three Realms had become.
• Zhiyang found Shi Yongheng and the Willow Deity and asked if anyone besides the Chaos Main God could stop the Chaos Tribulation.
• Shi Yongheng said only someone who cultivated Chaos energy could stop it, and the Willow Deity revealed that the Chaos Main God had to sacrifice herself unless she could seize a sliver of life.

Zhiyang learned that the Chaos Main God might have to sacrifice herself to stop the Chaos Tribulation, but he still intended to help Shanggu inherit the position and leave the final choice to her. Meanwhile, Bai Jue refused to take Shanggu as his disciple, and Shanggu sought help getting back at him.

• Shi Yongheng told Zhiyang that the Chaos Main God might need to sacrifice herself to dispel the Chaos Tribulation, and Zhiyang asked him and his wife to keep the revelation secret, especially from Bai Jue and Tianqi.
• Zhiyang concluded that Xuan Yi had rebelled after learning the same truth, but he still planned to help Shanggu inherit the position of Chaos Main God and respect her decision when the tribulation came.
• Bai Jue changed his mind and refused to accept Shanggu as his disciple after meeting her, and the two argued before parting on bad terms.
• Shanggu returned to Pilgrimage Hall in tears and asked Yue Mi to help punish Bai Jue, but Yue Mi refused because she feared him.
• Shanggu turned to Zhiyang and intended to have him vent her anger on Bai Jue.

After Shanggu agreed to become Bai Jue's disciple, Xuan Yi invited her to the Land of Jiuyou, prompting the True Gods to plan to reinforce its seal. Tianqi worried that Shanggu would be in danger, but Zhiyang reassured him that Shi Yongheng would protect her while the others confronted Xuan Yi.

• Zhiyang and Yue Mi persuaded Shanggu to become Bai Jue's disciple rather than descend to the Lower Realm.
• Half a year later, Xuan Yi invited Shanggu to the Land of Jiuyou, and the True Gods planned to reinforce the seal there.
• Zhiyang asked Shi Yongheng to accompany them and protect Shanggu from demonic creatures during the mission.
• At Pilgrimage Hall, Tianqi objected to Shanggu going, fearing Xuan Yi could harm her despite the seal.
• Zhiyang explained that Shi Yongheng would protect Shanggu while the three True Gods dealt with Xuan Yi and reinforced the seal, calming Tianqi.

Shanggu resisted joining Bai Jue, Zhiyang, and Tianqi on their mission to meet Xuan Yi, then prepared to flee until Yue Mi reminded her of her duty to the Three Realms. Three days later, Shanggu arrived at the barrier around the Land of Jiuyou with Shi Yongheng.

• Zhiyang decided that he, Bai Jue, Tianqi, and Shanggu would go to the Land of Jiuyou in three days to meet Xuan Yi, despite Shanggu's protests.
• After the three True Gods ignored her objections, Shanggu felt powerless and began longing for greater strength.
• Shanggu packed her belongings and told Yue Mi she planned to flee rather than face Xuan Yi.
• Yue Mi persuaded Shanggu to consider her responsibility to the sentient beings of the Three Realms, and Shanggu stopped trying to leave.
• Three days later, Shanggu and Shi Yongheng arrived at the barrier surrounding the Land of Jiuyou.

Xuan Yi tried to recruit Shanggu to train in Jiuyou, warning that the Chaos Tribulation would arrive in about a thousand years and only the Chaos Chief God could stop it. Shanggu refused to trust him and prepared to leave, so Xuan Yi moved to keep her in Jiuyou.

• Shanggu and Shi Yongheng entered Jiuyou and met Xuan Yi, who asked whether she could bear the burden of becoming the Chaos Chief God.
• Xuan Yi offered to help Shanggu cultivate in Jiuyou and become the Chaos Chief God within a thousand years.
• Xuan Yi explained that the Chaos Tribulation would destroy the three realms in about a thousand years unless the Chaos Chief God appeared.
• Shanggu refused Xuan Yi's offer, saying she would save all living beings and would not trust the Demon God.
• Xuan Yi swept his right hand toward Shanggu and Shi Yongheng, declaring that Shanggu would remain in Jiuyou for the next thousand years.

Shi Yongheng and the gods trapped Xuan Yi in the Binding God Formation and left with Shanggu, believing the threat was contained. Xuan Yi revealed that his capture was part of a scheme to make them eventually send Shanggu to Jiuyou to cultivate before the Chaos Tribulation.

• Shi Yongheng lured Xuan Yi into the Binding God Formation, where Zhiyang, Bai Jue, and Tianqi sealed him underground.
• Bai Jue and Tianqi checked that Shanggu was unharmed, and Shi Yongheng accepted their thanks before the group departed.
• Mo Yu appeared in the cavern and reported to the awakened Xuan Yi that Bai Jue and the others had left Jiuyou.
• Xuan Yi explained that he had endured imprisonment and allowed himself to be sealed so the gods would consider Jiuyou safe for Shanggu to train in.
• Xuan Yi ordered Mo Yu to investigate Shanggu's cultivation in the God Realm and report any news.

Shanggu trained in Jiuyou for a thousand years to master Chaos power, while Bai Jue secretly protected her and Xuan Yi kept her company from the Binding God Platform. After mastering her power and breaking Xuan Yi’s barrier, Shanggu prepared to return to the God Realm, leaving Xuan Yi to bid her farewell.

• Bai Jue took Shanggu to Jiuyou to cultivate with the Godslayer Flower and asked Xuan Yi to seal the border so she could not leave before completing her training.
• Shanggu agreed to Xuan Yi’s conditions: she would face Jiuyou’s dangers without his protection and visit him often at the Binding God Platform.
• Tianqi tried to enter Jiuyou and bring Shanggu back, but Bai Jue and Zhiyang stopped him; Bai Jue later separated his soul to guard Shanggu, with Hong Ri watching over his body.
• Bai Jue’s soul secretly helped Shanggu fight demons and find medicine as she cultivated, despite the harm the effort caused him.
• After a thousand years, Shanggu mastered Chaos power, reached the Shore of Jiuyou, and broke Xuan Yi’s barrier.
• Shanggu told Xuan Yi she was returning to the God Realm, and he urged her to take care.

Shanggu returned to the God Realm and destroyed the Qiongqi invasion, while Xue Ying earned permission to resume her former post. After Tianqi discovered that Shanggu was meant to bear the tribulation, he stole the Main God Token Feather to prevent her sacrifice, fled the God Realm, and escaped Shanggu's pursuit.

• Shanggu returned to the God Realm, defeated Mo Yu and the Qiongqi, and was welcomed back by Gu Jun and the gods.
• Xue Ying explained how she uncovered the Qiongqi attack, and Zhiyang restored her to her former post governing the four seasons.
• Tianqi learned that Xuan Yi planned for Shanggu to take the Main God Token Feather and endure the tribulation in his place, and decided to stop her succession.
• On the day of Shanggu's ceremony, Zi Han stole the Purple Jade Whip, while Mo Yu killed the guard at the Hidden Pavilion and framed Tianqi.
• Tianqi seized the Main God Token Feather and fled after refusing to return it; Shanggu pursued him but let him escape.
• Zhiyang promised the gods he would bear Tianqi's punishments, and Shanggu returned without having captured him.

Bai Jue explained that Tianqi was preparing the World-Annihilation Formation, and Shanggu failed to persuade him to return. As the gods mobilized to stop him, Yue Mi entered the formation and tried to reach Tianqi, while Wu Huan secretly followed with a demonic artifact.

• Bai Jue told Shanggu that Tianqi’s stolen items could let him create the World-Annihilation Formation and become a Chaos God, then warned her not to seek him out.
• Shanggu found Tianqi at Abyss Ridge Marsh, but he struck her and claimed he had never liked her, leaving her in tears.
• Yue Mi sought answers from Shi Yongheng and the Willow Deity, then learned that Tianqi was activating the formation and quietly received the Willow Deity’s protection.
• Shanggu ordered Bai Jue to lead troops against Tianqi, Zhiyang to guard Qiankun Platform, and went to the South Sea with Gu Jun; Yue Mi joined Bai Jue’s force.
• Xue Ying gave Wu Huan a demonic artifact, and Wu Huan followed Yue Mi into the formation and slipped into Azure Dragon Platform.
• Yue Mi begged Tianqi to stop, then threatened to die in the formation; Tianqi withdrew some of its power to save her as she urged him to return for Shanggu’s sake.

Yue Mi sacrificed herself to save Tianqi, who then reactivated the World-Annihilation Formation before Bai Jue killed him to stop it. Shanggu mourned them and sought the truth, while Tianqi revealed in his Fate Chart that Bai Jue’s choices had driven Shanggu toward sacrificing herself to resolve the Chaos Tribulation.

• Yue Mi took Wu Huan’s Heaven-Slaying Bow arrow for Tianqi, confessed her love, and died in his arms as her divine power source shattered.
• Tianqi returned to the formation and used his origin power to activate it, while Yue Mi’s scattered origin gathered and vanished into the heavens.
• Wu Huan falsely claimed Tianqi had sacrificed Yue Mi, and Bai Jue stopped the gods and demons from fighting before striking Tianqi with the Tai Cang Spear to halt the formation.
• Shanggu learned that Yue Mi had become a stone statue and Tianqi was gone, then returned to the God Realm and mourned them in Peach Abyss Forest.
• Bai Jue entered Tianqi’s Fate Chart, where Tianqi blamed him for driving Shanggu toward her destined sacrifice, and Bai Jue left believing he had harmed her.

Shanggu sacrificed herself to erase the Chaos Tribulation, and Bai Jue preserved a trace of her consciousness before the Three Realms returned to peace. As Bai Jue and Zhiyang faced Xuan Yi’s renewed assault on the weakened God Realm, Xue Ying and Hong Ri fell defending them.

• Mo Yu tampered with the Qiankun Platform, and its warning that the Main God must sacrifice her primordial spirit spread panic among the gods.
• Shanggu went to Lookout Mountain with Bai Jue, immobilized him, and took the Main God Token Feather before sacrificing herself on the Qiankun Platform to erase the Chaos Tribulation.
• Bai Jue rushed to Shanggu as she vanished, then used his origin power to preserve her final trace of divine consciousness; the Three Realms returned to peace, and Zhiyang took charge while Bai Jue fell into a deep sleep.
• After Bai Jue awoke, Xuan Yi and Mo Yu led the demon army against the weakened God Realm, and Bai Jue and Zhiyang confronted them at Heaven’s Gate.
• Xue Ying ambushed Mo Yu and used her origin power to destroy them both, while Xuan Yi absorbed the gods’ divine power and severely wounded Bai Jue.
• Xuan Yi fired the Heaven-Refining Bow at Bai Jue, and Hong Ri blocked the arrow and was gravely injured.

After awakening from a ten-thousand-year sleep, Yue Mi learned what had become of the gods and trained in the Nirvana Art while searching for Shanggu’s reincarnation. She discovered Tianqi was still alive as the Purple Moon Demon Lord, and Shi Yongheng promised to help her reunite with him.

• After the gods fell and the Three Realms changed, Yue Mi awakened in the Piaoxue Mountain Range and asked the Willow Deity what had happened to Shanggu, Tianqi, and the God Realm.
• The Willow Deity recounted the gods’ downfall and gave Yue Mi the Nirvana Art, which Yue Mi practiced for tens of thousands of years.
• Yue Mi learned that Gu Jun had a daughter who looked exactly like Shanggu, changed her appearance, and began visiting the Immortal Realm.
• Yue Mi introduced Feng Ran and Hou Chi to Shi Yongheng, who recognized Hou Chi as Shanggu and told her she had not yet recovered her memories.
• Yue Mi revealed that Tianqi was alive, and Shi Yongheng identified him as the Purple Moon Demon Lord and offered to help Yue Mi reach him.

Blazing Sun awoke after sixty thousand years and learned that several ancient gods had survived and taken new identities. When Bai Jue’s Tai Cang Spear appeared at Lookout Mountain, Blazing Sun revealed himself, and Willow Deity restored Hong Ri’s remnant soul at the Snowfall Mountains.

• Yue Mi invited Shi Yongheng and Willow Deity to Donghua’s birthday celebration, but both declined and prepared a meal with Feng Ran and Hou Chi.
• Willow Deity sensed Blazing Sun awakening and brought him to the Snowfall Mountains, where Shi Yongheng explained the Three Realms’ current state and Bai Jue’s divided identities.
• The Three Realms trembled as Tai Cang Spear appeared at Lookout Mountain, drawing Mu Guang and prodigies from the Immortal and Monster Realms.
• Jing Zhao tried to claim the spear with the Ascension Umbrella, Qing Mu protected Hou Chi, and Mu Guang recognized her resemblance to Shanggu.
• Blazing Sun appeared at Lookout Mountain, acknowledged Mu Guang’s rule, and Bai Jue’s fading consciousness spared Jing Zhao after Mu Guang pleaded for her.
• Blazing Sun returned to the Snowfall Mountains with Yue Mi, where Willow Deity restored Hong Ri’s remnant soul and presented the Qilin Step technique.

Shi Yongheng and Willow Deity dispelled the Chaos Tribulation and left the world, while a married couple traveled to Mount Hua and encountered Yang Chan at her Holy Mother Temple. Ao Cunxin arrived in tears and told Yang Chan that she had fled home after arguing with her husband over the Roaring Sky Hound.

• Willow Deity taught Shi Yongheng’s student about movement techniques and warned her that the Dao had no end.
• Shi Yongheng dispelled the Chaos Tribulation, and Sky City vanished into the sea of people before he and Willow Deity departed.
• Shi Yongheng and his companion traveled to Mount Hua, discussed the Holy Mother Temple’s indulgence of people’s wishes, and decided to open a small tea shop at the mountain’s foot.
• Yang Chan manifested at the Holy Mother Temple, heard the visitors’ prayers, and told them to leave, but Shi Yongheng and his companion stayed to sightsee.
• Ao Cunxin flew to Mount Hua, embraced Yang Chan, and wept as she complained that her husband had rejected her request to make the Roaring Sky Hound live elsewhere.

Shi Yongheng and Willow Deity explored the Three Realms and studied its cultivation system, advancing to consummate Golden Immortal. After more than ten years, they settled near Mount Hua and opened a tea stall.

• Shi Yongheng and Willow Deity advised Ao Cunxin and Yang Chan about their relationship troubles and the consequences of granting selfish wishes, then disappeared.
• Shi Yongheng and Willow Deity spent ten years traveling through famous mountains and rivers to understand the world's cultivation system.
• Willow Deity and Shi Yongheng concluded that they had reached consummate Golden Immortal and discussed how this world's system compared with the Nine Heavens.
• Shi Yongheng and Willow Deity talked about Shi Hao, Huang, and the exceptional talents of their children.
• Willow Deity used the power of Creation to restore two dilapidated houses near Mount Hua, and a tea stall appeared outside them.

Shi Yongheng and the Willow Deity befriended Yang Jian and exchanged powerful sword arts for his Eight-Nine and Nine-Turn Profound Techniques. After Yang Jian moved against Yang Chan for marrying a mortal, Shi Yongheng and the Willow Deity turned to studying their improved Nine-Turn Profound Technique.

• Shi Yongheng visited Yang Jian at Guanjiang Estuary, introduced himself as Tianyu, and invited him to the Mount Hua teahouse.
• Over the next hundred years, Yang Jian grew close to Shi Yongheng and the Willow Deity, became Judicial Heavenly God, and shared his Eight-Nine and Nine-Turn Profound Techniques with them in exchange for three sword arts.
• Yang Jian led heavenly soldiers to Mount Hua and ordered Yang Chan to return to the Heavenly Court for marrying a mortal.
• A lamp-bearing middle-aged man fled with an infant as Mount Hua split, and guards barred access to the mountain.
• Shi Yongheng and the Willow Deity decided to study their improved Nine-Turn Profound Technique, whose first six revolutions had reached the King realm and whose seventh reached the highest level of the End of the Road.

Yang Jian sought comfort from Shi Yongheng and the Willow Deity after imprisoning Yang Chan under pressure, while the Willow Deity visited Yang Chan and studied the cave’s altered barrier. Years later, Shi Yongheng encountered the Bull Demon King threatening to eat a youth, and the demon revealed his connection to Sun Wukong.

• Yang Jian told Shi Yongheng that a threat against hundreds of thousands of people in the Northern Border had forced him to imprison Yang Chan, and Shi Yongheng gave him potent spirit wine.
• The Willow Deity visited Yang Chan beneath Mount Hua, awakened her, taught her the Pacifying Chaos Art, and noticed that the barrier had changed.
• The Willow Deity spent years studying the embryonic celestial laws while Shi Yongheng left a clone to run the tea stall and went traveling.
• Shi Yongheng found the Bull Demon King carrying off a youth to feed his wife and watched him throw aside an older man as unsuitable to eat.
• A sorcerer confronted Old Bull, mocked his claim to be the Great Saint Who Equals Heaven, and then recognized him as the Bull Demon King, Sun Wukong’s sworn brother.

The Bull Demon King kidnapped Chen Xiang, provoking Yang Jian to come to Jade Cloud Mountain and demand his release. Princess Iron Fan freed Chen Xiang after learning he was Yang Jian’s nephew, while Yang Jian’s attention fixed on the Bull Demon King’s armor-clad belly.

• The Bull Demon King refused to release Chen Xiang after a man revealed that Chen Xiang was Erlang Shen’s nephew, so Xiaotian Dog went to fetch Yang Jian.
• Yang Jian arrived at the Bull Demon King’s cave, and Xiaotian Dog hid behind him after the Bull Demon King opened the door.
• Chen Xiang threatened Princess Iron Fan with his uncle’s arrival and identified Yang Jian as Erlang Shen.
• Princess Iron Fan hurriedly untied Chen Xiang after realizing Yang Jian was his uncle.
• The Bull Demon King challenged Yang Jian to come take Chen Xiang, and Yang Jian stopped when he heard the bull’s armor clang against his belly.