Chapter Summaries

Beichen left the Three Immortal Islands to observe the Dao-Devil War and secretly studied Demon Ancestor Luohu’s Immortal Slaying Array on Mount Sumeru. He began comprehending the array diagram as Hongjun and three other Daoists confronted Luohu.

• Beichen and Yan Lie found a Yellow Middle Plum seedling growing in Chaos Soil on Yingzhou Island, but Beichen could not determine why it had stopped growing.
• After three years, the system offered Beichen a choice between observing the Dao-Devil War and staying hidden; he chose to leave the islands and received the Great Dao Art of Evasion.
• Beichen used the evasion art to conceal himself on a mountain near Mount Sumeru and watched Luohu’s Immortal Slaying Array unfold.
• Beichen spent half a month studying the array and began forming its diagram in his mind.
• Hongjun arrived with three Daoists and challenged Luohu, who declared that he would kill them all and attain sainthood.

Beichen watched the Four Ancestral Immortals confront Luohu at Mount Sumeru and studied the dangers of the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation. Luohu left the formation to kill Daoist Jin Yun, whose soul he sent plummeting toward the Nine Netherworlds.

• Beichen observed Hongjun, Great Immortal Yang Mei, Yin-Yang Ancestor, and Qiankun Ancestor arrive to challenge Luohu.
• Luohu challenged the four ancestors to enter the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, and each took a different sword gate.
• Beichen discerned that the sword gates differed in strength and that Hongjun had chosen the weakest gate while Qiankun faced the most perilous one.
• The four ancestors became trapped at their gates as Luohu mocked the united forces outside the formation.
• Daoist Jin Yun insulted Luohu, who burst from the formation and pierced him with the God-Slaying Spear.
• Luohu struck Jin Yun's escaping soul with dark energy and sent it plunging toward the Nine Netherworlds.

Demon Ancestor Luohu slew Jin Yun, then fought the Demon-Subduing Allied Forces while Beichen watched and learned about the Nine Demon Pagoda. After Luohu killed or captured the allied forces’ remaining peak Grand Unity Golden Immortals, he returned to the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation to face the Four Ancestors.

• Luohu killed Jin Yun with a single thrust, and Jin Yun’s soul fell into the Nine Netherlands.
• Xuanhuang challenged Luohu, but the Demon Ape volunteered and clashed with him while Beichen observed their fight.
• Star Daoist challenged Luohu, and Shuihua fought him instead, with their attacks driving each other back across the void.
• Luohu used the God-Slaying Spear to kill six peak Grand Unity Golden Immortals, then brought out the Nine Demon Pagoda and reduced the nine remaining fighters to bones.
• Luohu returned to the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and declared that the final showdown with the Four Ancestors had begun.

Xuanhuang, the Demon Ape, Xingchen, and Shuihua perished in brutal battles as Beichen gained insight from their power. The Immortal Slaying Sword Formation turned against the alliance until Qiankun Ancestor and Yin-Yang Ancestor sacrificed themselves, giving Great Immortal Yang Mei a chance to fight Luohu while Hongjun prepared his hidden trump card.

• Xuanhuang and the Demon Ape destroyed each other, while Xingchen and Shuihua also died, unleashing a catastrophic flood that killed countless beings.
• Beichen absorbed the Dao profundities released by the battles and rapidly improved his cultivation.
• Luohu used the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation to wound Qiankun Ancestor and Yin-Yang Ancestor, tipping the battle in his favor.
• Qiankun Ancestor and Yin-Yang Ancestor blew themselves up, damaging Mount Sumeru and crippling two sword gates.
• Great Immortal Yang Mei restrained the formation and entered its central gate to fight Luohu as Hongjun summoned his Three Corpses to suppress the other gates.
• Hongjun revealed that he still had a trump card capable of killing Luohu, leaving Beichen wondering what it was.

Beichen watched Hongjun break Luohu’s Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and witnessed Luohu’s defeat and establishment of the Devil Dao. When Luohu’s treasures were left behind, Beichen seized them and escaped to the Three Immortal Islands before Hongjun could stop him.

• Demon Ancestor Luohu unleashed the twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus, but Great Immortal Willow held it at bay with the Hollow Willow.
• Old Ancestor Hongjun summoned the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Cloud, broke the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, and took the four immortal swords.
• Great Immortal Willow was gravely wounded and vanished, while the Three Thousand Divine Demons escaped as Luohu admitted defeat.
• Demon Ancestor Luohu swore that the Devil would grow as the Dao waned, established the Devil Dao, and crumbled away.
• Beichen used the Great Dao Concealment Technique to take Luohu’s World-Destroying Black Lotus, God-Slaying Spear, and Nine Demon Pagoda, then escaped to the Three Immortal Islands.
• Hongjun discovered the treasures were gone and demanded to know who had taken them.

Beichen waited for Hongjun to become a Sage while secretly studying the Demon Ancestor's three treasures, and Hongjun finally began secluded cultivation after searching fruitlessly for the thief. The chapter ended with Ling Cair excitedly bringing Beichen a mysterious glowing object.

• Hongjun searched the Primordial World for the thief who had taken the Demon Ancestor's Three Treasures, then left Mount Sumeru after a thousand years and returned to the Violet Heavens Palace to pursue Sagehood.
• Beichen learned from Mo Yuan that no one had become a Sage or begun lecturing on the Dao, and told him to report any such news immediately.
• Xihe, Dijun, Taiyi, and Changxi worried over the long quiet after the Dao-Devil War and wondered about Beichen and their unborn children.
• Beichen finished comprehending the restrictions on the Demon Ancestor's three treasures but put them away because his cultivation was not yet high enough to use them safely.
• Ling Cair burst into Beichen's cave carrying a keen-glinting object that gave off a gentle glow.

Beichen used the Chaos Nine Heavens Rainbow Spirit Silk to craft a powerful capturing net and, after a hundred years of work, a beautiful defensive garment for Ling Cair. The chapter ended with Mo Yuan and Yan Lie hoping Beichen would make clothes for them, while Beichen planned garments for Xihe and Changxi.

• Ling Cair brought Beichen the Chaos Nine Heavens Rainbow Spirit Silk, and Beichen explained its power and offered to make her a dress.
• Beichen studied the spirit silk, wove it into a top-grade acquired spirit treasure called the Chaos Nine Heavens God Capturing Net, and tested it on fierce aquatic creatures in Penglai's waters.
• Beichen spent a hundred years making a nine-colored defensive garment for Ling Cair and helped her put it on.
• Mo Yuan tested Ling Cair's garment with a palm strike, was thrown into a wall, and recognized that its defense reached the late Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage.
• Mo Yuan and Yan Lie asked Beichen to make garments for them, but Beichen turned away and thought about making Immortal Skirts for Xihe and Changxi.

Beichen finished defensive immortal skirts for Xihe and Changxi, then urged his disciples to cultivate before Hongjun's first lecture. He discovered an aphid was stunting the Yellow Middle Plum, freed the spiritual root to grow, and ended with Ling Cair arriving with a bottle of Chaos Qi.

• Beichen completed two immortal skirts, and Mo Yuan and Yan Lie mistakenly thought he had made them for themselves before refusing to wear them.
• Beichen told Mo Yuan and Yan Lie to consume the Three Immortal Islands' spiritual fruits and fruit wine, and announced that he would take them to Hongjun's lecture at Zixiao Palace.
• Beichen used the Chaos Nine-Colored God-Catching Net to find and capture an aphid that was draining the Yellow Middle Plum's nourishment.
• After Beichen removed the aphid, the Yellow Middle Plum grew into a towering tree on Yingzhou Island, and he wondered whether pests were stunting the other great spiritual roots.
• Ling Cair arrived carrying a white jade bottle filled with Chaos Qi, admired the Yellow Middle Plum, and Beichen asked how she had found him.

Beichen obtained the Universe Ruyi Bottle and completed his cultivation to the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage. After Hongjun announced his lecture at the Purple Firmament Palace, Beichen gathered his disciples and set out with them to attend.

• Ling Cair presented Beichen with the Universe Ruyi Bottle, a Supreme Grade Innate Spirit Treasure, and Beichen transferred his treasures into it.
• After eight hundred years of cultivation, Beichen reached perfected Grand Unity Golden Immortal and stopped just short of the Quasi-Saint Realm.
• Hongjun announced that he had attained sainthood and would lecture at the Purple Firmament Palace in a hundred years.
• Beichen summoned Mo Yuan, Yan Lie, and Ling Cair and headed to the Sun Star to bring Dijun, Taiyi, Xihe, and Changxi along.
• Beichen arranged for Mo Yuan and Yan Lie to carry the pregnant Xihe and Changxi, then gave them protective Immortal Skirts.
• Beichen and his disciples departed for the Purple Firmament Palace with Ling Cair leading the way.

Beichen and his companions crossed the deadly Gale Domain and Great Dao Fragment Domain on their way to Zixiao Palace, surviving the journey despite Mo Yuan and Yan Lie’s injuries. In the ninety-third year, Beichen reached the palace first and found a little monkey waiting outside.

• A mid-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal was torn apart by the Gale Domain, and another cultivator died just before crossing it.
• Ling Cair, Beichen, and the others entered the Gale Domain; Beichen and the women’s protective garments shielded the group while Mo Yuan and Yan Lie endured its damage as a trial.
• After crossing the Gale Domain, Beichen warned that the Great Dao Fragment Domain still stood between them and Zixiao Palace.
• Beichen opened a path through the Great Dao Fragment Domain, and the group survived the crossing, though Mo Yuan and Yan Lie emerged badly wounded.
• Thirty years later, Beichen used Proximity to the Horizon to reach Zixiao Palace and found a little monkey outside.

Beichen arranged to help Six-Eared Macaque hear Hongjun’s lecture, then entered Purple Heaven Palace and claimed a front cushion while waiting for Nuwa. The hall filled, and Beichen invited the late-arriving Nuwa to take the seat he had saved for her.

• Beichen recognized Six-Eared Macaque, learned Hongjun would bar him from the lecture, and promised to record the Dao for him in his Mystic Turtle Shell.
• Six-Eared Macaque agreed to wait outside the palace for Beichen, while Beichen entered and sat on the fourth front cushion.
• Beichen greeted Tongtian, clashed with Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate, and noted the cultivation of the others gathering in the hall.
• Kunpeng and Hong Yun arrived and took seats near Beichen as the hall filled with cultivators.
• Nuwa arrived late, and Beichen waved her over to the cushion he had saved for her.

Beichen gave his cushion to Nuwa and warned Hong Yun not to give his seat to Jieyin and Zhunti. Hong Yun ignored the warning and surrendered his cushion to Jieyin, leaving Zhunti still without a seat.

• Beichen yielded his cushion to Nuwa, provoking an argument with Primordial Lord of Heaven and earning thanks from Nuwa, Fu Xi, and Tongtian.
• Beichen and Zhen Yuanzi agreed that they did not want to become Hongjun's disciples or rely on the six Saint Positions.
• Beichen warned Hong Yun that Jieyin and Zhunti would try to get his cushion, but Nuwa and Zhen Yuanzi also urged Hong Yun not to give it away.
• Jieyin and Zhunti arrived crying and complained that they had no seats, while Beichen called out to offer them other seats.
• Hong Yun gave his cushion to Jieyin, who immediately took it, while Zhunti continued to cry for a seat.

In the Purple Heaven Palace, Hong Yun’s attempt to help Zhunti cost Kunpeng his seat and earned him Kunpeng’s hatred. As Hongjun began his lecture, Beichen suddenly surged toward the Quasi-Saint Realm, interrupting the hall and drawing Hongjun’s furious attention.

• Zhunti loudly feigned deafness until Hong Yun offered him his seat, then pressured Kunpeng to give up his cushion as well.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven threatened Kunpeng and claimed Hongjun would expel him for being a non-human, so Kunpeng left the palace vowing to take revenge on Hong Yun.
• Beichen warned Hong Yun to beware Kunpeng and resolved to help Hong Yun survive and perhaps give Kunpeng another chance at Sagehood.
• Ancestor Minghe arrived and took the final seat beside Hong Yun before Hongjun entered and announced a three-thousand-year lecture.
• Hongjun sealed the palace and began lecturing, but Beichen suddenly released a Quasi-Saint aura, interrupting him and shocking the gathered cultivators.

Beichen broke through into the Quasi-Sage Realm during Hongjun’s lecture, drawing the attention of everyone in Zixiao Palace and enraging Hongjun. When Hongjun ordered him to leave, Beichen chose to withstand the Saint’s might and stay.

• Beichen’s breakthrough gathered his three flowers and five qi, and the gathered cultivators—including Sanqing, Nuwa, and his disciples—watched and learned from his display.
• After nearly a hundred years, Beichen firmly settled into the Quasi-Sage Realm, and his disciples congratulated him and asked him to teach them.
• Hongjun accused Beichen of disrupting his lecture and challenging his authority, then ordered him to leave Zixiao Palace as his Saintly might and killing intent filled the hall.
• The system offered Beichen rewards for leaving or staying, and he chose to face Hongjun’s might and remain in Zixiao Palace.

Beichen provoked Hongjun in Zixiao Palace, then received Heaven and Earth Great Dao divine light that protected him from the Saint’s authority. After talking Hongjun into letting him stay, Beichen helped start the lecture, leaving Hongjun to begin teaching the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Dao.

• Beichen denied challenging Hongjun, but the system rewarded him with Heaven and Earth Great Dao divine light that entered his body and protected him.
• Hongjun realized he could not harm Beichen while the divine light protected him and decided to drive him from Zixiao Palace instead.
• Beichen argued that expelling him would make Hongjun look petty, and Hongjun agreed to let him remain and listen to the lecture.
• Beichen started clapping and urged Hongjun to begin, prompting the other guests to join in until Hongjun silenced them.
• Hongjun glared at Beichen and began teaching the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Dao.

Old Ancestor Hongjun taught the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Dao in Zixiao Palace, but Beichen’s repeated breakthroughs and the other guests’ distractions made the lecture difficult to deliver. After a thousand years, Hongjun was still struggling to teach as Zhen Yuanzi, the unborn children of Xihe and Changxi, and a creature in Beichen’s treasure bottle drew his attention.

• Old Ancestor Hongjun explained the foundations of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm, while the guests’ comprehension varied according to their seats and abilities.
• Beichen ignored the lecture, recorded the Great Dao with the Universe Great Dao Mystic Turtle Shell, and repeatedly broke through in the Quasi-Saint Realm, disrupting Hongjun’s teaching.
• After a thousand years, the lecture reached the middle-stage teachings, and Zhen Yuanzi broke through into the Quasi-Sage Realm.
• Zhen Yuanzi thanked Beichen for helping him refine his Dao foundation, and Hong Yun congratulated him, prompting Hongjun to resent their lack of attention.
• Hongjun noticed Xihe and Changxi’s unborn children listening to the lecture and discovered that a powerful-rooted aphid in Beichen’s treasure bottle was listening too.

Mysterious Turtle Beichen’s crowded audience disrupted Hongjun’s lecture when Xihe and Changxi went into labor in the Zixiao Palace. The Ten Golden Crows were born, and Hongjun’s attempt to keep lecturing was interrupted by their overwhelming sunfire.

• Hongjun realized Beichen had brought more than thirty listeners, including the dragons, phoenixes, qilin, unborn children, and an aphid, while Beichen himself ignored the lecture.
• Xihe went into labor, and Beichen blocked Hongjun’s warning gaze and reassured her that she could give birth in the palace.
• Beichen enclosed Xihe and Dijun in a barrier, while Hongjun continued lecturing and several listeners advanced toward Grand Unity Golden Immortal perfection.
• Changxi went into labor, so Beichen enclosed her and Taiyi in another barrier; her voice carried through it and drowned out Hongjun’s lecture.
• The Ten Golden Crows were born in a blaze that heated the palace, prompting Hongjun to disperse their sunfire and leaving Jieyin and Zhunti confused by his words.

Hongjun’s lecture was repeatedly disrupted by the Ten Golden Crows and the Moon Maidens, while several cultivators advanced to the perfected Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm. After ending the three-thousand-year lecture, Hongjun turned his attention to the six people in the front-row seats.

• Hongjun suppressed the Ten Golden Crows’ scorching aura as they raced around the Zixiao Palace, angering many cultivators and deepening the Sanqing’s enmity toward Beichen.
• Houtu admired the Golden Crows and noticed the twelve Moon Maidens beside Changxi, while Changxi and Xihe broke through to the perfected Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Hong Yun, Dijun, Taiyi, Fu Xi, Jieyin, and Zhunti also advanced to the perfected Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm as the Moon Maidens’ glow distracted the audience.
• The Ten Golden Crows pestered the Moon Maidens to play, and Changxi sent them away before the little crows teased her about the girls being unable to understand the lecture.
• Hongjun finished his three-thousand-year lecture, noted that the cultivators had gained much, and looked toward the six people seated on the front-row cushions.

Hongjun accepted Jieyin, Zhunti, and Hong Yun as disciples and declared Beichen a nominal disciple, but Beichen publicly refused and told Hongjun he was unworthy of teaching him. Afterward, Beichen offered Zhen Yuanzi a possible path to sainthood and invited him to visit the Three Immortal Islands.

• Hongjun named Jieyin and Zhunti his new inner disciples and took Hong Yun and Beichen as nominal disciples because they had sat on cushions.
• Beichen refused Hongjun’s decree, explaining that he had already established his own sect and did not want Hongjun as his master.
• Beichen declared that Hongjun was unworthy to teach him and claimed he might one day give Hongjun guidance, shocking the cultivators in the Zixiao Palace.
• Hongjun suppressed his anger and let the matter drop, while Houtu admired Beichen’s refusal and Zhen Yuanzi quietly praised his clear judgment.
• Beichen told Zhen Yuanzi he might remain a Quasi-Saint for a long time, then offered to help him enter the ranks of the Saints if he visited the Three Immortal Islands.
• Hongjun asked where the other person connected to a cushion was.

Hongjun accepted Hong Yun as a nominal disciple but refused to take Kunpeng back after Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate accused him of poor character. As Kunpeng swore to kill Hong Yun, Hongjun rewarded his disciples with Quasi-Saint Pills and warned them to avoid the Witch-Demon Great Tribulation.

• Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate persuaded Hongjun that Kunpeng was unfit to join his sect, leaving Kunpeng outside Zixiao Palace.
• Kunpeng swore before the Heavenly Dao to kill Hong Yun, and Beichen learned of the oath and decided to delay the feud until he could intervene.
• Hongjun gave Sanqing and Nuwa one Quasi-Saint Pill each, then reluctantly gave Jieyin and Zhunti one apiece after they pestered him.
• Beichen laughed at Jieyin and Zhunti's shamelessness, while Hong Yun admitted he could not imitate Zhunti's loud appeals.
• Hongjun warned his disciples to stay in the palace and cultivate rather than become entangled in the Witch-Demon Great Tribulation.