Chapter Summaries

Lin Changqing absorbed the cauldron’s impure medicinal energy, strengthening his body until it summoned a massive lightning tribulation. His Power of Merit kept dispersing the thunderclouds, and as he struggled to suppress it, the god and demon in his sea of consciousness suddenly moved.

• Lin Changqing absorbed the cauldron’s demonic, baleful, and medicinal energies while the Great Priest feared for his safety and Xing Tian and Hou Yi stopped the Wu from intervening.
• Lin Changqing’s furnace appeared and refined the remaining medicinal liquid as he continued absorbing energy for another half month.
• Lin Changqing emerged with greatly strengthened flesh and blood, which summoned thunderclouds over the Xing Tian Tribe.
• Lin Changqing tried to welcome the lightning tribulation, but his Power of Merit began dispersing the clouds.
• Lin Changqing used his soul and Merit Golden Body to suppress the Power of Merit, but the thunderclouds still could not gather.
• Lin Changqing pressed down on his spirit platform, and the five-hundred-zhang god and demon in his sea of consciousness suddenly moved.

Lin Changqing endured an unusually powerful bodily Lightning Tribulation inside the Wu Clan’s great cauldron, tempering his flesh until he forged a Heavenly Tribulation Body. After the tribulation ended, he reached a small achievement in body cultivation, but his new lightning power began to leave him.

• Lin Changqing withdrew his Power of Merit, provoking the Lightning Tribulation and causing its intensity to surge.
• The Great Priest contained the tribulation in the Wu Clan’s cauldron, but the cauldron multiplied its power as Lin Changqing faced it with his body alone.
• Lin Changqing endured the lightning’s escalating strikes, absorbed the liquid lightning, and grew stronger as Hou Yi and the others watched.
• After a day and night, the Lightning Tribulation ended, leaving Lin Changqing with a Heavenly Tribulation Body and physical strength comparable to a superior Houtian Spiritual Treasure.
• Lin Changqing was stunned when his lightning power and Heavenly Tribulation Body began to leave him.

Lin Changqing completed his body tempering in the Witch Clan’s medicinal cauldron, gaining tremendous strength while the Divine Demon image expelled the thunder from his Heavenly Tribulation Body. After leaving Xing Tian’s tribe and traveling with Hou Yi to the Houtu Tribe, he headed home to Kunlun Mountain, where he found a battle raging at the mountaintop.

• The Divine Demon image drove the thunder out of Lin Changqing’s body, and the Chaos True Dragon Qi swallowed it, gaining a thunder ability usable while Lin Changqing transformed into a dragon.
• Lin Changqing emerged from the cauldron with greatly enhanced physical strength and expanded cellular worlds, while Xing Tian darkened at the loss of the secretly added Ancestor Witch bloodline.
• Lin Changqing demonstrated his power by punching Hou Yi backward, then teased Xing Tian about the medicinal concoction before leaving despite the Great Priest’s efforts to keep him.
• Lin Changqing and Hou Yi traveled through the Primordial World to the Houtu Tribe, where they parted, and Lin Changqing set off for Kunlun Mountain.
• Several thousand years later, Lin Changqing reached Kunlun and sensed a battle at the mountaintop, where divine arts and treasure light were tearing apart spirit peaks.

Lin Changqing rushed toward the fighting on Kunlun Mountain and found Guang Chengzi suppressing Yunxiao and dozens of Interception Sect disciples with the Heaven-Turning Seal. As Yunxiao prepared to sacrifice herself to save them, Lin Changqing's furious shout rang across the mountains.

• Lin Changqing armed himself with Divine Demon techniques and hurried toward the battle after seeing the destruction across Kunlun Mountain.
• Lin Changqing found Guang Chengzi attacking Yunxiao and the Interception Sect disciples with the Heaven-Turning Seal while Guang Chengzi stood at the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Yunxiao accused Guang Chengzi of attacking them while their Master and senior disciples were away, and an Interception Sect disciple sacrificed his life essence to push back the seal.
• Guang Chengzi drove the Heaven-Turning Seal down again, claiming he would hold Yunxiao and the others accountable for the conflict.
• Yunxiao prepared to sacrifice her heart's blood and soul so the other disciples could escape, but Lin Changqing shouted at Guang Chengzi from afar.

Lin Changqing returned to the mountain and confronted Guang Chengzi to rescue Yunxiao and the other Interception Sect disciples. Guang Chengzi’s killing blow seemed to strike Lin Changqing, but a tide of blood-red light erupted beneath the mountain and shattered the attack.

• Yunxiao and the Interception Sect disciples recognized Lin Changqing’s arrival and urged him to flee from Guang Chengzi.
• Lin Changqing charged Guang Chengzi and hurled the Spear of Divine Demons at him, while Guang Chengzi dismissed him as a weak Acquired Human.
• Guang Chengzi’s attack blasted the spear aside and continued toward Lin Changqing as Yunxiao and the others watched in alarm.
• A silver lock reached Yunxiao and the disciples beneath the Heaven-Turning Seal, and they feared Lin Changqing had been crushed.
• Blood-red light erupted beneath the mountain, shattered Guang Chengzi’s finger attack, and Lin Changqing challenged him over attacking the Interception Sect disciples.

Lin Changqing overwhelmed Guang Chengzi and stopped just short of killing him to avoid provoking the Sages. As the injured Interception Sect disciples celebrated, Guang Chengzi seized their lapse in defense and sent his treasure crashing toward them.

• Lin Changqing charged Guang Chengzi, broke through his divine arts, and used the All Characters Secret to unleash a tenfold-strength attack.
• Lin Changqing drove Guang Chengzi to beg for mercy, then halted his spear rather than risk provoking Primordial Heavenly Lord and starting a battle between Sages.
• Yunxiao and the other Interception Sect disciples watched in awe as Lin Changqing defeated Guang Chengzi and cheered for their Senior Disciple Brother.
• Seeing the disciples beneath the Heaven-Turning Seal lower their guard and Yunxiao unable to hold it back, Guang Chengzi attacked them with his treasure.

Lin Changqing stopped Guang Chengzi from using the Heaven-Turning Seal to kill Yunxiao and the other Interception Sect disciples, then captured him. The disciples thanked Lin Changqing for returning after his Heart-Piercing Lock shattered the seal’s attack.

• Guang Chengzi threatened to bring the Heaven-Turning Seal down on Yunxiao and the other Interception Sect disciples if Lin Changqing attacked him.
• Lin Changqing pressed Guang Chengzi with a powerful divine art, but Guang Chengzi retaliated by unleashing the Heaven-Turning Seal against the disciples below.
• The Interception Sect disciples remained calm, and Lin Changqing’s Heart-Piercing Lock shattered the Heaven-Turning Seal’s suppressive light.
• Lin Changqing seized the Heaven-Turning Seal and captured Guang Chengzi.
• The Interception Sect disciples welcomed Lin Changqing back and told him the Sect of Elucidation had repeatedly caused trouble while he was away.

Lin Changqing rallied the Interception Sect after a junior disciple died fighting Guang Chengzi, and led them toward the Sect of Elucidation’s gate to demand justice. He sealed Guang Chengzi and carried the Heaven-Turning Seal as thousands followed him up Kunlun Mountain, leaving the Sect of Elucidation disciples in panic.

• Lin Changqing mourned the Interception Sect disciple whose soul had been destroyed by the Heaven-Turning Seal, while the others blamed Guang Chengzi for his death.
• Lin Changqing gave more than a dozen acquired spirit roots to the wounded Interception Sect disciples, who accepted them after he explained they were of little use to him.
• Lin Changqing declared that they could not let the matter pass and said they would seek justice from Primordial Heavenly Lord and the Sect of Elucidation.
• Lin Changqing sealed Guang Chengzi, took the Heaven-Turning Seal, and led Yunxiao and thousands of Interception Sect disciples toward the Sect of Elucidation’s gate.
• The Sect of Elucidation disciples panicked as Lin Changqing and the Interception Sect procession approached, intent on demanding an audience with a Saint.

Lin Changqing led the Interception Sect’s disciples to the Sect of Elucidation’s mountain and openly questioned the Sage of Jade Purity over the sect’s treatment of their fellow disciples. As both sects rallied behind their leaders, the Interception Sect’s will formed a sword that destroyed the Sect of Elucidation’s attacks.

• Lin Changqing carried the captured Guang Chengzi up the Sect of Elucidation’s mountain while thousands of Interception Sect disciples followed.
• Cihang and other Sect of Elucidation immortals appeared at the mountain gate and condemned Lin Changqing for challenging the Sage.
• Lin Changqing loudly declared that he had come to question the Sage of Jade Purity, stunning both sects.
• Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, Wudang, and the gathered Interception Sect disciples joined Lin Changqing in questioning the Sage.
• The Interception Sect’s will gathered above its mountain gate as a sword, which tore apart the Sect of Elucidation immortals’ attacks.

Lin Changqing led the Ten Thousand Immortals up the Sect of Elucidation’s mountain, demanding an answer about whether its disciples had honored the pact among the Three Sects. After Randeng’s Good Corpse refused to answer for Sage Yuanshi, Lin Changqing reached the summit and challenged the Sage directly.

• Lin Changqing and the Ten Thousand Immortals climbed toward the Sect of Elucidation’s summit without attacking, while its disciples called for deputy sect master Randeng to stop them.
• Randeng sent out his Good Corpse, and Lin Changqing recognized it as a discreet attempt to avoid conflict.
• Lin Changqing asked Randeng whether the Sect of Elucidation’s disciples had respected the Sage and honored the pact among the Three Sects, and the Interception Sect immortals joined his demand.
• Randeng’s Good Corpse said he could not answer for the absent Sage Yuanshi, but Lin Changqing and the Ten Thousand Immortals continued to the mountaintop.
• Lin Changqing stepped onto the summit, unleashed the gathered auras, and shouted a direct challenge to Sage Yuanshi.

Lin Changqing challenged Yuanshi over the Sect of Elucidation’s mistreatment of Interception Sect disciples, standing beneath the Pangu Banner’s crushing pressure. He demanded justice from his Sage martial uncle, confident that his hundred billion merits would deter Yuanshi from killing him.

• Lin Changqing and the Interception Sect immortals confronted the Sect of Elucidation, prompting the Pangu Banner and the sect’s fortune to manifest.
• The Pangu Banner’s pressure forced the Interception Sect disciples to bow, but Lin Changqing remained standing with the Divine Demon’s power supporting him.
• Randeng’s Good Corpse withdrew, and Randeng recalled his Three Corpses and secluded himself to avoid being caught in a conflict between Sages.
• As Sect of Elucidation disciples taunted Lin Changqing, he ignored them and asked Yuanshi whether he considered the Interception Sect part of the Mystic Gate and whether its disciples had wronged his sect.
• Lin Changqing accused Yuanshi’s disciples of bullying fellow disciples and driving a junior brother to his death, then relied on his hundred billion merits to keep Yuanshi from killing him.

Lin Changqing confronted Yuanshi after Guang Chengzi was healed and protected, refusing to return the Heaven-Turning Seal unless Guang Chengzi apologized for an Interception Sect disciple’s death. After Lin Changqing insulted Yuanshi and his disciples, Yuanshi finally attacked him with the Pangu Banner.

• Yuanshi’s Myriad Heavens Auspicious Cloud healed Guang Chengzi, restored his cultivation and Dao Heart, and cleared his Inner Demon.
• Guang Chengzi demanded that Lin Changqing return the Heaven-Turning Seal, but Lin Changqing refused unless he knelt and apologized for the Interception Sect disciple who died.
• Yuanshi watched without intervening as Lin Changqing kept the Heaven-Turning Seal and denounced Guang Chengzi for relying on a Sage’s authority.
• Lin Changqing accused Yuanshi’s Twelve Golden Immortals of being worthless and called for them to be killed, enraging the Sect of Elucidation’s immortals.
• Yuanshi attacked Lin Changqing with the Pangu Banner, shattering the clouds, void, and laws as he sought to suppress him.

Primordial Heavenly Lord tried to force Lin Changqing to submit, but the Interception Sect’s power intervened and revealed its fortune and defensive treasures. Lin Changqing met Tongtian above the sect’s million-zhang golden dragon of fortune and apologized for failing to save the sect’s disciples.

• Primordial Heavenly Lord’s pressure injured Lin Changqing and forced the Interception Sect’s disciples to the ground, but Lin Changqing refused to admit fault.
• The Interception Sect’s will sent sword light toward the Sect of Elucidation, and the Four Immortal Slaying Swords and formation diagram appeared to shield Lin Changqing and the disciples.
• The Interception Sect’s fortune manifested as golden clouds and a million-zhang golden dragon, while the disciples were carried toward their mountain gate.
• Lin Changqing bowed to Tongtian, who had appeared above the golden dragon, and apologized for arriving too late to save the Interception Sect’s disciples.

Lin Changqing’s scheme made the Interception Sect appear righteous in its conflict with the Sect of Elucidation, winning Tongtian’s support and the fortune golden dragon’s healing power. Tongtian claimed the Heaven-Turning Seal for Lin Changqing and demanded Guang Chengzi’s life, while the Primordial Heavenly Lord faced pressure to answer for his disciple’s death.

• Lin Changqing realized that the Primordial Heavenly Lord’s phantom had been drawn into a scheme that placed the Interception Sect on the side of righteousness and could influence the grand trend of Heaven and Earth.
• Tongtian praised Lin Changqing, and the fortune golden dragon healed his injuries and soul.
• Lin Changqing gave Tongtian the Heaven-Turning Seal, and Tongtian erased the Primordial Heavenly Lord’s imprint before granting the treasure to Lin Changqing.
• Tongtian confronted the Primordial Heavenly Lord over the death of his disciple and expanded the Immortal Slaying Formation across Kunlun Mountain.
• The Primordial Heavenly Lord argued that Guang Chengzi had been punished, but Tongtian rejected his claim and demanded a life for a life.
• At Tongtian’s command, Lin Changqing sent the Heaven-Turning Seal toward the Sect of Elucidation while keeping it under the Interception Sect’s control.

Tongtian broke with Yuanshi after their clash damaged Kunlun Mountain and declared that the Interception Sect would leave. He led the sect east toward the East Sea, while disciples scattered across the Primordial World responded to his call to gather there.

• Tongtian confronted Yuanshi over Guang Chengzi and the Sect of Elucidation's treatment of his disciples, and their phantoms clashed, damaging Kunlun Mountain's grotto-heaven.
• Tongtian announced that the Interception Sect would leave Kunlun Mountain, and Yuanshi repaired the Sect of Elucidation's mountain range without asking him to stay.
• Tongtian ordered the Interception Sect disciples to pack up, and they gathered behind him as the Biyou Palace rose from the mountaintop.
• Tongtian told Taishang that he had found a new mountain gate, and Taishang acknowledged that the Three Pure Ones' separation was fated.
• Tongtian carried Biyou Palace east toward the East Sea with the Ten Thousand Immortals, while he gathered the disciples and their belongings from across the Primordial World.
• A plump Daoist seized a spiritual root from a hidden tunnel, Jinling left a Geng Metal valley, and Interception Sect disciples across the Primordial World hurried toward the East Sea.

After the Three Pure Ones separated, Tongtian moved the Interception Sect from Kunlun Mountain to a newly discovered blessed land in the East Sea. He named its main island Golden Ao Island, while Lin Changqing considered defying Heaven's Dao to change the sect's fate.

• Taishang severed his palace peak from Kunlun Mountain and left with his disciple, leaving Yuanshi and the Sect of Elucidation behind.
• Yuanshi reflected on Lin Changqing's strength and decided the disciple posed a future threat to the Sect of Elucidation.
• Tongtian used the Twenty-Four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls to transport the Interception Sect to the East Sea.
• Tongtian revealed the blessed land he had discovered and named its main island Golden Ao Island after consulting Lin Changqing.
• Lin Changqing accepted the island as the Interception Sect's new home and resolved to defy Heaven's Dao if necessary, prompting a bolt of heavenly lightning.

Tongtian reshaped the islands around Golden Ao Island into a vast blessed land and established the Interception Sect’s mountain gate there. Taishang also settled the Human Religion on Shouyang Mountain, and both Saints announced their sects’ new homes across the Primordial World.

• Tongtian placed Biyou Palace above Golden Ao Island and used the Immortal Slaying Formation Diagram to rearrange the surrounding islands into a grand formation.
• Tongtian formed seas of fortune across the islands as golden creatures transformed into dragons, strengthening the land’s spiritual energy.
• The Interception Sect disciples chose their caves, with Yunxiao and Qiongxiao naming their island Three Immortal Island.
• Taishang established Eight Sceneries Palace on Shouyang Mountain and transformed the mountain range into a top-tier blessed land.
• Tongtian announced that the Interception Sect had reopened its mountain gate on Golden Ao Island, while Taishang announced that the Human Religion had settled on Shouyang Mountain.

The Human Religion and Interception Sect reopened their mountain gates, spreading blessings while the Three Pure Ones’ split shook the Primordial World. Nuwa, the Western saints, and the Demon Emperor reacted to the upheaval, with the Western Sect anticipating its rise and the Demon Emperor declaring the demon race’s ambition to rule Heaven and Earth.

• Taishang reopened Shouyang Mountain, severed living beings’ sentience and karmic ties, and offered cultivators a chance to become registered disciples if they reached the mountain within ten thousand years.
• Tongtian reopened Biyou Palace and used the Interception Sect’s formation to spread spiritual energy and blessings to creatures across the East Sea.
• Nuwa emerged from Wa Huang Palace and wondered whether the Three Pure Ones’ separation and the ensuing upheaval were part of the Heavenly Dao’s design.
• Jieyin and Zhunti celebrated the split of the Mystic Gate and declared that the Western Sect had hope of rising.
• The disciples of the Sect of Elucidation lamented Kunlun Mountain’s declining spiritual energy as Yuanshi remained in Jade Void Palace.
• The Demon Emperor celebrated the Three Pure Ones’ split and proclaimed that the demon race should govern Heaven and Earth.

After the Saints’ sects split, Kunpeng plotted to seize sainthood and become Demon Emperor while beings across the Primordial World feared the coming upheaval. Tongtian brought Lin Changqing to Golden Ao Island to cultivate, and Lin Changqing prepared to gift him the Heaven-Turning Seal for a hundredfold return.

• In the Blood Sea, Kunpeng told his demons to watch a place tied to his lost chance at sainthood and promised them ranks if he became Demon Emperor.
• Hong Yun worried over the Saints’ division as Zhen Yuanzi offered him shelter at Wuzhuang Temple, while beings across the Primordial World fretted over the upheaval.
• On Golden Ao Island, Tongtian welcomed Lin Changqing to cultivate there, and Lin Changqing planned to break through to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Lin Changqing produced the Heaven-Turning Seal, and his system announced that gifting the treasure would earn a hundredfold return.

After Tongtian gave Lin Changqing the Heaven-Turning Seal, Lin Changqing passed it to Yunxiao, who accepted it to protect herself and avenge their fallen fellow disciple. The system rewarded him with Primordial Star Transformation, and Lin Changqing left to consolidate his cultivation.

• Tongtian handed Lin Changqing the Heaven-Turning Seal, and Lin Changqing decided to give it away rather than keep it.
• Lin Changqing praised Yunxiao for facing Guang Chengzi and offered her the treasure in honor of their fallen fellow disciple.
• Yunxiao initially refused, blaming herself for failing to protect the disciples, but Lin Changqing insisted that she accept the Heaven-Turning Seal.
• Yunxiao accepted the treasure and resolved to cultivate so she could face Guang Chengzi again.
• The system rewarded Lin Changqing with Star Transformation, upgraded it to Myriad Heavens Star Transformation, and mutated it into Primordial Star Transformation.
• Lin Changqing told Tongtian he needed to consolidate his cultivation and left.