Chapter Summaries

The Four Sects Dao Debate continued as Guang Chengzi lost to Daoist Bhaisajyaguru, tying the score at two wins each. Grand Yi Perfected Person won the deciding match against Sunlight Daoist, giving Mount Kunlun the final victory.

• Tongtian Sect Leader first proposed sending Lin Zhu against Daoist Bhaisajyaguru, but Taishang Laojun stopped him because their cultivation levels were too far apart.
• Yuanshi Tianzun sent Guang Chengzi to fight Daoist Bhaisajyaguru, and they battled evenly for three days and three nights.
• Daoist Bhaisajyaguru used the Seven-Layered Pagoda to trap Guang Chengzi and win the match, bringing the score to two victories each.
• Daoist Zhunti sent Sunlight Daoist into the deciding match, and Yuanshi Tianzun sent Grand Yi Perfected Person to face him.
• Grand Yi Perfected Person trapped Sunlight Daoist in the Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cover, and Yuanshi Tianzun stopped the fight, awarding the final victory to Mount Kunlun.

After Mount Kunlun won its Dao debate against the Western Sect, Lin Zhu received treasures and later traveled the Primordial World while Tongtian studied the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation. Lin Zhu finally captured a rare Twenty-Four Winged Golden Cicada after pursuing it for ten years.

• Grand Yi Perfected Person defeated Sunlight Daoist, giving Mount Kunlun three victories and securing its win over the Western Sect.
• The Kunlun disciples received treasures, and Lin Zhu gained a piece of Five Elements Primal Essence before entering seclusion.
• Tongtian Sect Leader ordered Lin Zhu to oversee the Jie Sect while he entered seclusion to study the Four Swords of Zhuxian and the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation.
• Lin Zhu left Mount Kunlun to explore the Primordial World and search for the remaining Five Elements Pearls, encountering treasures and sensing the other pearls' locations.
• Lin Zhu discovered a Twenty-Four Winged Golden Cicada feeding on a Wind Thunder Wutong, set up a Magic Array, and pursued it for ten years.
• Lin Zhu struck the golden cicada with a Seal Technique and captured it.

Lin Zhu comprehended the Startling Goose Wind Thunder Escape from the Twenty-Four Winged Golden Cicada, then helped the cicada transform and made him a Jie Sect disciple. After teaching the escape technique to the Iron-Eating Beast, Lin Zhu discovered Demon Soldiers slaughtering and devouring a Human Race settlement.

• Lin Zhu observed the Twenty-Four Winged Golden Cicada's escape art for five hundred years, helping it develop Spiritual Intelligence and reach the Golden Immortal realm.
• Lin Zhu comprehended and mastered the Startling Goose Wind Thunder Escape, then emerged from seclusion to find the transformed Golden Cicada Child waiting for him.
• Lin Zhu accepted Golden Cicada Child as his Jie Sect disciple and gave him the Water Fire Gourd and Wind Thunder Wutong before sending him to Mount Kunlun.
• Lin Zhu taught the Startling Goose Wind Thunder Escape to the Iron-Eating Beast, then rode with it across the Primordial World to test the technique.
• Lin Zhu sensed blood and saw Demon Soldiers led by a demon general slaughtering and devouring humans, so he flashed to the settlement.

Lin Zhu saved a human tribe from the Demon Race, protected it with a Magic Array, and obtained the Earth Spirit Pearl after subduing its guardian Earth Dragon. While searching for the remaining pearls, he met Jiu Li again, who was traveling to the Da Yi Tribe before heading to Buzhou Mountain.

• Lin Zhu killed the Demon Race soldiers attacking a human tribe and agreed to protect its people.
• Lin Zhu recognized You Chao Shi, set up a mountain-protecting Magic Array, taught him its principles, and passed on cultivation methods before leaving.
• Lin Zhu found the Earth Spirit Pearl in a cave and taught its guardian Earth Dragon the Earth Spirit Method of absorption.
• Lin Zhu set out to find the remaining pearls and encountered Jiu Li riding an Iron-Eating Beast.
• Jiu Li told Lin Zhu that he planned to visit the Da Yi Tribe and then head to Buzhou Mountain because of repeated conflicts between the Demon Race and the Witch Race.

Lin Zhu visited the Da Yi Tribe with Jiu Li, where he and Hou Yi exchanged insights on body tempering and archery before setting out again. Later, Lin Zhu watched Haotian defeat a Demon Ape and met the Dao Ancestor’s attendant, ending by asking why he had fought the demon.

• Lin Zhu joined Jiu Li on a visit to the Da Yi Tribe and learned that the Witch Race was preparing for possible war with the Demon Race.
• Jiu Li introduced Lin Zhu to Da Yi, and the three discussed body tempering and archery for a hundred years.
• Lin Zhu left the tribe while Jiu Li and Da Yi continued toward Buzhou Mountain; months later, Lin Zhu received Merit through You Chao Shi’s success in building houses.
• Lin Zhu spotted Haotian fighting a Demon Ape and watched Haotian use the Haotian Pagoda to kill it.
• Haotian invited Lin Zhu over, introduced himself as a visitor from the Purple Cloud Palace, and Lin Zhu asked why he had fought the Demon Ape.

Lin Zhu and Haotian traveled together through the Primordial Wilderness, where Lin Zhu defended a Human Tribe from the Demon Race and explained his belief in helping the weak. When Ci Tie confronted Lin Zhu over the death of his demons, Lin Zhu faced the Demon Saint in battle while Haotian watched.

• Haotian told Lin Zhu that he had killed remnants of the Demon Race, and Lin Zhu offered to guide him through the Primordial Wilderness.
• Lin Zhu and Haotian traveled together and debated the Dao, forming a friendship through their exchange of insights.
• Lin Zhu drove off demons slaughtering a Human Tribe, then told Haotian that compassion and helping the weak mattered in cultivation.
• Ci Tie arrived to avenge his slain subordinates and blocked Lin Zhu and Haotian from leaving.
• Lin Zhu asked Haotian to watch the battle, then clashed with Ci Tie using the Qing Qian Sword as Haotian observed their fight.

Lin Zhu killed Ci Tie and became sworn brothers with Haotian after they shared a feast and traveled together for over a thousand years. They parted at last, with Lin Zhu returning to Mount Kunlun and Haotian heading for the Purple Cloud Palace.

• Lin Zhu defeated and killed Ci Tie with the Thirty-Six Sea Stabilizing Divine Pearls, then roasted Ci Tie's meat to share with Haotian.
• Lin Zhu and Haotian discussed the coming war between the Witch and Demon Races, swore brotherhood, and began traveling together.
• Lin Zhu and Haotian protected Human Race settlements and eliminated demons, earning Merit as they traveled for over a thousand years.
• Haotian and Lin Zhu both reached the Grand Luo Realm Peak, then decided to return to the Purple Cloud Palace and Mount Kunlun respectively.
• Haotian departed for the Purple Cloud Palace, while Lin Zhu rode the Iron-Eating Beast toward Mount Kunlun.

Haotian returned to Purple Cloud Palace and told Hongjun about Lin Zhu, whose Dao insight earned the Dao Ancestor’s praise. Back on Kunlun Mountain, Lin Zhu reunited with Jin Chan and the Jie Sect disciples, learned the Method of Cutting Three Corpses from Tongtian, and was about to enter seclusion when Guang Chengzi and Xuan Du came to visit.

• Haotian reported the surviving Demon Race and his travels with Lin Zhu to Hongjun, who told him to cleanse any demons he encountered and praised Lin Zhu’s insight.
• Hongjun sent Haotian to enter seclusion after recognizing that he had reached the peak of the Quasi-Saint realm.
• Lin Zhu returned to Kunlun Mountain, met Jin Chan, and promised to guide his disciple after visiting Tongtian.
• Tongtian explained the Method of Cutting Three Corpses to Lin Zhu, teaching him how to pursue the Quasi-Saint realm.
• Zhao Gongming, the Three Xiaos, and other Jie Sect disciples visited Lin Zhu, who shared spiritual treasures and lectured them and Jin Chan on the Dao.
• Guang Chengzi and Xuan Du arrived at Lin Zhu’s Daoist Temple as he was preparing to enter seclusion, and Guang Chengzi reproached him for not visiting them.

Lin Zhu welcomed Xuan Du and Guang Chengzi, then secluded himself to study the Method of Cutting Three Corpses and developed two new divine methods. After painstakingly severing and refining his Evil Corpse, he broke through the Grand Luo Realm and entered the Quasi-Saint Realm.

• Lin Zhu explained his absence to Xuan Du and Guang Chengzi, shared what he had gained, and recounted his travels before the two disciples left.
• Lin Zhu comprehended the Method of Cutting Others' Three Corpses, which could sever another cultivator's path, but resolved not to use it except against someone utterly wicked.
• After ten thousand years of seclusion, Lin Zhu touched the Quasi-Saint Pass and evolved the Method of Cutting Three Corpses so the severed corpses could empower his Three Flowers on Top.
• Lin Zhu prepared for another thousand years, then used the Qing Qian Sword to sever his Evil Corpse with nine painful strikes.
• Lin Zhu spent over three thousand years refining the Evil Corpse atop his Three Flowers on Top, breaking through the Grand Luo Realm's peak and entering the Quasi-Saint Realm.

After Lin Zhu entered the Quasi-Saint Realm, the Kunlun Saints congratulated him and offered to teach him artifact refining and alchemy. He studied artifact refining under Yuanshi Tianzun for a thousand years and left to develop a new method of his own.

• Lin Zhu broke through to the Quasi-Saint Realm, drawing the attention of Tongtian Sect Leader, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Taishang Laojun.
• Lin Zhu received congratulations from the Jie Sect Disciples, then visited Tongtian Sect Leader, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Taishang Laojun.
• Yuanshi Tianzun offered to teach Lin Zhu artifact refining after he stabilized his cultivation, while Taishang Laojun invited him to listen to alchemy lessons.
• Lin Zhu assessed Jin Chan's cultivation and lectured him for a hundred years before entering seclusion to study the Quasi-Saint Realm.
• After a thousand years, Lin Zhu visited Yuanshi Tianzun and received a thousand-year lecture on artifact refining, during which he began to form a new refining method.

Lin Zhu developed the Creation Artifact Refining Method, crafted a powerful robe for Jin Chan, and discovered a way to strengthen him by gathering the Primordial Five Worms. When Lin Zhu set out to find the remaining worms, Tongtian Sect Leader revealed that he already possessed one.

• Xuan Du visited Lin Zhu with his new disciple Tian Peng, whom Lin Zhu welcomed and gave Five Elements Primal Essence as a meeting gift.
• Xuan Du told Lin Zhu that Yuanshi Tianzun had confined Guang Chengzi for secretly taking Sibuxiang.
• After a thousand years of seclusion, Lin Zhu deduced the Creation Artifact Refining Method and made Jin Chan a defensive Golden Cicada Treasure Robe from his silkworm shedding.
• Lin Zhu discovered that Jin Chan could grow stronger by absorbing the other four Primordial Worms and began instructing him, with Tian Peng also attending his lectures.
• Lin Zhu decided to search the Primordial Wilderness for the remaining worms and told Tongtian Sect Leader of his plan.
• Tongtian Sect Leader revealed that he possessed one of the Primordial Four Worms, a hairy, nine-tailed venomous insect.

Tongtian Sect Leader gave Lin Zhu the Nine-Tailed Earth Scorpion, and Lin Zhu set out with Xuan Du to find the remaining Primordial Five Worms. They found the Heavenly Apricot and captured the Multi-Eyed Golden Centipede, though the apricots had not yet ripened.

• Tongtian Sect Leader gave Lin Zhu the Nine-Tailed Earth Scorpion and warned him to return to Kunlun early if he found the other insects.
• Lin Zhu and Xuan Du left Kunlun to search for the Primordial Five Worms on behalf of their disciples, Jin Chan and Tian Peng.
• Lin Zhu deduced the Multi-Eyed Golden Centipede's location, and the two disciples found it near a Heavenly Apricot bearing six unripened fruits.
• Lin Zhu set up a magic array, then subdued the Multi-Eyed Golden Centipede when it rushed out to protect the tree as Xuan Du approached the apricots.
• Lin Zhu investigated the captured centipede with his Omniscience Divine Ability.

Lin Zhu and Xuan Du visited the growing Human Race, where Xuan Du gifted pills and Lin Zhu lectured its cultivators. Xuan Du acquired the Eight Scenery Lamp, and the two left to seek the remaining Primordial Five Worms after Lin Zhu located the Nine-Headed Insect.

• Lin Zhu captured the Multi-Eyed Golden Centipede, and Xuan Du gave him the Immortal Apricot before they continued their search for the remaining worms.
• Lin Zhu and Xuan Du visited Sui Ren, Zi Yi Shi, and You Chao Shi at a Human Race settlement that had grown to a million people.
• Xuan Du gifted the Three Ancestors of Humanity several gourds of pills, and Lin Zhu taught cultivation methods to thousands of Human Race cultivators for ten years.
• Lin Zhu recognized the Eight Scenery Lamp's connection to Xuan Du, who exchanged Nine Revolutions Golden Pills for it with Sui Ren.
• Lin Zhu and Xuan Du departed the settlement, and Lin Zhu later deduced the location of the Nine-Headed Insect and led them toward it.

Lin Zhu and Xuan Du found and killed Nine-Headed Insect, discovering that the Demon Race was using Human souls to forge Witch Slaughtering Swords. Lin Zhu sent Xuan Du to warn the Human Race and informed Jiu Li, who set out to alert the Twelve Ancestral Witches as the Wu-Yao War approached.

• Xuan Du and Lin Zhu tracked Nine-Headed Insect to a Human Tribe, where he was slaughtering its people.
• Lin Zhu identified Nine-Headed Insect as a Grand Luo Golden Immortal and killed him with the Thirty-Six Sea Stabilizing Divine Pearls.
• Lin Zhu discovered the Witch Slaughtering Sword on Nine-Headed Insect and realized the Demon Race was refining such weapons with Human souls to fight the Witch Race.
• Lin Zhu sent Xuan Du to warn Sui Ren and the Human Race, then instructed him to report the matter at Mount Kunlun.
• Lin Zhu told Jiu Li about the Demon Race's scheme and urged the Witch Race to protect the Human Race.
• Jiu Li agreed to warn the Twelve Ancestral Witches and immediately left for Buzhou Mountain.

Lin Zhu searched the Netherworld Blood Sea for the Black Ant Mosquito, comprehended a powerful Divine Power, and discovered the God-Slaying Spear. After taking the spear, he was confronted by Tian Boxun and the Asura Race.

• Lin Zhu left the Jiu Li Clan, deduced that the Black Ant Mosquito was in the Netherworld Blood Sea, and traveled there on the Iron-Eating Beast.
• While searching the Blood Sea, Lin Zhu comprehended the Changing Stars and Shifting Planets Divine Power.
• Lin Zhu detected an incomplete Innate Array, excavated a seabed basin, and found the God-Slaying Spear buried beneath it.
• Lin Zhu suppressed the spear's killing intent and collected it, causing the surrounding mountains to collapse as the Earth Veins shifted.
• Tian Boxun and other Asura Race members arrived, and Lin Zhu told them he had entered the Blood Sea to seek an item and intended no harm.

Lin Zhu entered the Netherworld Blood Sea seeking an item and clashed with Tian Boxun, Ancestor Minghe’s disciple, before confronting Minghe himself. After Minghe drew the Yuantu and Abi Swords, Lin Zhu prepared to fight him.

• Tian Boxun accused Lin Zhu of trespassing and attacked him with the Crescent Treasure Shovel.
• Lin Zhu countered with the Qing Qian Sword, overwhelmed Tian Boxun, sealed his mana, and broke both his arms.
• Ancestor Minghe arrived with thousands of Blood Sea experts, and Tian Boxun asked him to punish Lin Zhu.
• Lin Zhu introduced himself as Saint Tongtian’s First Disciple and explained that he had suppressed Tian Boxun after the attack.
• Minghe drew the Yuantu and Abi Swords, and Lin Zhu readied the Qing Qian Sword to face him.

Lin Zhu fought Ancestor Minghe in the Netherworld Blood Sea, countering his swords, Blood God Sons, and Karma Fire Red Lotus with powerful treasures and divine arts. After they agreed to stop fighting, Lin Zhu explained that he had come only to search for the Black Ant Mark.

• Ancestor Minghe attacked Lin Zhu with the Yuantu and Abi Swords, but Lin Zhu blocked them with the Primordial Measuring Heaven Ruler and Profound Yellow Pearl.
• Ancestor Minghe summoned thousands of Blood God Sons, and Lin Zhu destroyed them with Chaos Divine Lightning unleashed through the Violet Lightning Hammer.
• Ancestor Minghe trapped Lin Zhu in the Karma Fire Red Lotus, but Lin Zhu’s merit protected him from its karmic flames and let him escape.
• Lin Zhu reached Ancestor Minghe, and the two agreed to end their fight.
• Lin Zhu told Ancestor Minghe that he had come to the Blood Sea to find the Black Ant Mark and would leave once he found it.

Lin Zhu reconciled with Ancestor Minghe, who agreed to help him find the Black Ant Mosquito in the Netherworld Blood Sea. After discovering Minghe had kept the insect’s location from him, Lin Zhu followed Ghost Mother to its hiding place and began capturing it.

• Ancestor Minghe stopped fighting Lin Zhu, learned he was searching for the Black Ant Mosquito, and ordered the Asura Race to search the Blood Sea.
• Tian Boxun apologized to Lin Zhu, and Ancestor Minghe invited him to Asura Palace.
• Lin Zhu sensed that the Black Ant Mosquito was already inside Asura Palace and realized Minghe had concealed its location to form a connection with him.
• Ghost Mother led Lin Zhu to a trench, where he confirmed the Black Ant Mosquito was hiding and entered alone.
• Lin Zhu found the juvenile Six-Winged Blood Mosquito and cast a spell at it, but it tore through space and lunged at his face with its proboscis.

Lin Zhu collected the last of the Primordial Five Worms and hurried to the Human Race Ancestral Land, where Xuan Du and the Three Ancestors of Humanity were under attack. Lin Zhu killed the Demon Saints Ji Meng and Fei Lian, leaving the Human Tribe safe for now.

• Lin Zhu severed the Black Ant Mosquito’s proboscis, captured it, and completed his task of gathering the Primordial Five Worms.
• Lin Zhu flew to the Human Race Ancestral Land and found Xuan Du protecting the injured Three Ancestors and their tribe from two Demon Race experts.
• Lin Zhu identified the attackers as Ji Meng and Fei Lian, and they refused his demand to abandon the Witch Slaughtering Sword.
• Lin Zhu attacked Ji Meng and Fei Lian with his sword and treasures, killing both Demon Saints.
• Xuan Du and the Three Ancestors thanked Lin Zhu for helping protect the Human Tribe.

Lin Zhu and Xuan Du returned to Kunlun after the Demon Race attacked the Human Race, and Lin Zhu warned the Three Ancestors to prepare for further assaults. There, he found the Three Saints and their disciples caught in a doctrinal dispute, and he urged them to remember that the Three Sects were one family.

• Lin Zhu learned from Sui Ren that the Demon Race had attacked the Human Race and suspected its plan to refine the Witch Slaughtering Sword had begun.
• Lin Zhu gave Sui Ren a Jade Slip for emergencies, then left with Xuan Du to report the threat to the Three Saints at Kunlun.
• Guang Chengzi told Lin Zhu and Xuan Du that disputes between Chan Sect and Jie Sect disciples had sparked an argument among Yuanshi Tianzun, Tongtian Sect Leader, and Taishang Laojun.
• Lin Zhu silenced the bickering disciples and ordered them to wait calmly while he went to meet the Three Saints.
• Lin Zhu argued that each doctrine could be valid and urged the Three Saints not to turn a Dao Debate into a contest over superiority.