Chapter Summaries

Styx steered the Tribulation’s calamity qi into the Virtual God Realm as Jiang Ziya and Shen Gongbao felt compelled to seek new paths and set out for Kunlun Mountain. Styx waited for Zi Shou to ascend the throne and sensed that Destiny’s wounds were nearly healed, while Hongjun might still intervene.

• Styx directed the Tribulation’s surging calamity qi into the Virtual God Realm.
• Jiang Ziya left Chao Ge after failing to break through in the Literary Dao and searched for an immortal sect.
• A leopard spirit named Shen Gongbao left his barren mountain to seek a master, with Kunlun Mountain as his first destination.
• Jiang Ziya was drawn toward Kunlun Mountain through a series of coincidences and began traveling there too.
• Styx watched the key figures enter the game, then awaited Zi Shou’s ascension and sensed Destiny’s recovery and the possibility of Hongjun’s return.

Styx sent blood light to several figures on the Primordial Continent, strengthening some and transforming Huang Tianhua’s aptitude. On Kunlun Mountain, Yuanshi accepted Jiang Ziya and Shen Gongbao as nominal disciples, preparing them to cultivate before the Tribulation.

• Styx sent blood-colored light to Crown Prince Zi Shou, Yang Jian, Yuan Hong, and Huang Tianhua, granting them benefits.
• Crown Prince Zi Shou gained new governing strategies, deepening Di Yi’s satisfaction with him.
• True Lord Qingxu Daode sensed a bond with Huang Tianhua and took the boy to Purple Sun Cave on Green Peak Mountain.
• Jiang Ziya and Shen Gongbao met at Kunlun Mountain’s gate and were summoned by Yuanshi.
• Yuanshi accepted Jiang Ziya and Shen Gongbao as nominal disciples and ordered White Crane Boy to take them to Antarctic Immortal Elder for cultivation.

Yuanshi told Antarctic Immortal Elder to teach Jiang Ziya and Shen Gongbao well and secure more Fortune for the Chan School. In Chentang Pass, Nezha drew the Zhentian Bow with the Righteousness Arrow, which flared with flames as he pulled the bow to a full moon.

• Yuanshi explained that the Tribulation was arranged by the Dao Venerate and ordered Antarctic Immortal Elder to teach Jiang Ziya and Shen Gongbao well.
• Nezha practiced spear techniques in Chentang Pass, but his Mana melted the ordinary weapon.
• Nezha picked up the Zhentian Bow and discovered he could lift it easily.
• Nezha selected the Righteousness Arrow and nocked it onto the bowstring.
• Nezha drew the Zhentian Bow to a full moon as the arrow’s flames refined his Mana without burning him.

Nezha drew the Zhentian Bow with the Righteousness Arrow but held back from firing it, fearing the destruction it could cause. The bow and arrow recognized him as their master, and the arrow transformed into a fire spear as the Loyalty and Filial Piety Arrows flew toward their own destinations.

• Nezha resisted the urge to shoot the Righteousness Arrow after considering the danger to living beings.
• A ray of light from the Zhentian Bow and Righteousness Arrow entered Nezha, and both treasures recognized him as their master.
• The Righteousness Arrow transformed into a scarlet spear with a flaming tassel and the Dao Script for Fire.
• The Loyalty Arrow flew toward the Crown Prince Mansion in Zhaoge, while the Filial Piety Arrow flew toward the Heavenly Court.

Nezha drew the Zhentian Bow and aimed its arrow into the sky, but withdrew it at the last moment. Jin Ning and Li Jing and his wife praised his strength and restraint as the Zhentian Bow recognized him as its master, and Human Dao Destiny favored him.

• Nezha drew the Zhentian Bow to a full moon, sending its pressure across Chentang Pass and the nearby East Sea.
• Li Jing and his wife rushed to stop Nezha, but Jin Ning bound them in place so she could test his judgment.
• Nezha aimed the Righteousness Arrow into the void, then withdrew it before firing.
• Jin Ning praised Nezha, while Li Jing and his wife felt gratified by his strength and restraint.
• The Zhentian Bow recognized Nezha as its master, showing Human Dao Destiny's favor toward him.

Nezha learned that the Zhentian Bow had chosen him because he restrained his power and protected the Human Dao, and Li Jing entrusted the sacred artifact to him. The arrows of Loyalty and Filial Piety found new masters, appearing before Zi Shou and separating Yang Jiao and Yang Jian.

• Nezha apologized to Li Jing and Yin Shi Niang for losing the Zhentian Arrows and revealed that the Zhentian Bow and Righteousness Arrow had acknowledged him as their master.
• Jin Ning explained that the Zhentian Bow chose Nezha for his benevolent restraint and his desire to protect the Human Dao.
• Li Jing gave Nezha the Zhentian Bow and reminded him that greater power brought greater responsibility.
• Nezha joined the Zhentian Bow and the Righteousness Arrow spear with his body and sensed that the arrows of Loyalty and Filial Piety had changed as well.
• A Golden Arrow appeared before Zi Shou in Chao Ge City, and another arrow flew between Yang Jiao and Yang Jian during their sparring in Yaochi.

Yang Jian recognized the Filial Piety Arrow and used it to subdue the Three-Headed Flood Dragon, which transformed together with the arrow into a Three-Pointed Double-Edged Halberd. He tested his new weapon by challenging Yang Jiao to another fight.

• Yang Jian examined the Filial Piety Arrow and recognized the warmth and image of his mother, Yao Ji, in it.
• The Three-Headed Flood Dragon broke free from its seal beneath Yaochi and attacked Yang Jian and Yang Jiao.
• The Filial Piety Arrow pierced the Flood Dragon and began devouring its power until Yang Jian stopped it.
• Yang Jian offered the weakened Flood Dragon a chance to submit, and it agreed; he then used his Divine Power to bind it to the arrow.
• The Flood Dragon and Filial Piety Arrow merged into a Three-Pointed Double-Edged Halberd, which Yang Jian claimed as his own.
• Yang Jian challenged Yang Jiao to fight again, and Yang Jiao summoned his Fangtian Huaji Halberd to meet him.

Zi Shou was chosen by the Loyalty Arrow and learned the Human Dao’s charge to strive ceaselessly for Humanity. As upheaval threatened the Great Wilderness and Great Shang, he resolved to leave the palace, rally the people, and face the coming crisis without fear.

• Zi Shou recognized the Loyalty Arrow as one of the Zhentian Nine Arrows and worried that its choice signaled a new era of turmoil.
• The Loyalty Arrow showed Zi Shou the struggles of the ancient sages and revealed the words “Strive ceaselessly, Humanity Eternal!”
• Zi Shou accepted the Human Emperor’s responsibility, and the Loyalty Arrow merged into him as a Dark Bird Shadow appeared behind him.
• Wen Zhong congratulated Zi Shou, who ordered the Palace Sutra Pavilion opened to scholars to strengthen the destiny of the Human Dao.
• Zi Shou decided he could no longer remain confined to the palace and vowed to face the coming upheaval, inspiring the generals and people of Zhaoge with his Imperial Dao Qi.

After Zi Shou awakened and gained recognition from the Human Way Sacred Artifact, Di Yi ordered preparations for his succession and declared that he would crown him in three hundred years. The Human Dao answered with auspicious signs across Chao Ge City.

• Di Yi told Shang Rong and Bi Gan to begin preparing for Zi Shou's succession, and both ministers accepted his command.
• Shang Rong worried that unrest in the Great Wilderness made the timing dangerous, but Di Yi insisted Zi Shou should succeed as soon as possible.
• A crimson Zhentian Arrow engraved with "Courage" flew into the hall, and Di Yi caught it, recognizing it as a sign that the Human Dao approved of his choice.
• Di Yi decreed that the Heavenly Sacrifice Ceremony would take place in three hundred years, when he would personally crown Zi Shou.
• Auspicious clouds gathered over Chao Ge City as the Fortune Mystic Bird circled overhead and the city's spirits praised Di Yi and Zi Shou.

After three hundred years of preparation, Zi Shou formally ascended the throne as the new Human Emperor of Great Shang. The Human Way recognized him, and he received the empire’s Fortune as Imperial Dao Qi surged across Chao Ge.

• Shang Rong and Bi Gan spent three hundred years preparing the enthronement ceremony and receiving the Vassal Lords.
• The Vassal Lords traveled to Chao Ge with tribute after receiving Di Yi’s decree.
• Zi Shou ascended the Sacrifice Altar as officials, Vassal Lords, and Immortal Divine Envoys watched.
• Di Yi gave Zi Shou the Human Emperor Sword, while Shang Rong presented the Imperial Seal.
• Zi Shou vowed to govern wisely and protect Humanity’s prosperity, and the phantoms of Past Human Emperors recognized him.
• A Fortune Pillar entered Zi Shou, the Imperial Seal merged into his brow, and his Imperial Dao Qi swept across Chao Ge.

Zi Shou ascended as the new Human Emperor and took the name Di Xin, displaying a powerful command of Human Dao Destiny that unsettled his rivals and pleased his allies. As the Great Wilderness acknowledged his reign, Great Shang entered the Di Xin Era.

• Ji Chang saw Zi Shou’s power and Fortune, restrained his ambitions, and hid his plans more carefully.
• Jiang Huanchu congratulated Zi Shou, while E Chongyu, Chonghou Hu, and the other Vassal Lords also offered congratulations as they concealed their own calculations.
• Styx watched Zi Shou’s ascension and welcomed the protection that the Human Emperor’s Fortune offered him.
• Yuanshi reconsidered Chan School’s plans, Tongtian celebrated the prospects for Sect of Interception, and Lao Tzu used the Taiji Diagram to examine the future.
• Zi Shou became Di Xin, sent Di Yi to the Chaos Evolution World, and declared that he would lead the Great Wilderness into a new age.
• The Fortune Mystic Bird cried out, the Great Wilderness trembled, and its beings bowed toward Zhaoge as the Di Xin Era began.

Nezha said goodbye to Li Jing and Yin Shi Niang after the Human Emperor's succession ceremony, then left with Jin Ning for Mount Shouyang to cultivate. On the way, Jin Ning reassured him about his parents' affection and hinted that the Empress might surprise him.

• Yin Shi Niang and Li Jing gave Nezha parting advice as he prepared to leave for Mount Shouyang with Jin Ning.
• Nezha bowed to his parents and promised to visit them, while Yin Shi Niang hugged him and Li Jing silently waved goodbye.
• Jin Ning took Nezha away on an Auspicious Cloud, and Li Jing and Yin Shi Niang headed back toward Chentang Pass.
• Nezha admitted he was surprised Li Jing had not scolded him, and Jin Ning explained that his father cared about him.
• Nezha vowed to cultivate seriously and return with his father seeing him in a new light, while Jin Ning warned that the Empress might not be what he expected.

Jin Ning and Nezha traveled toward Mount Shouyang, but both sensed an opportunity and a Phoenix Clan presence in a cave below. They discovered the Windfire Cave and learned that Azure Luan and Fire Phoenix had left two Spiritual Treasures there to finish forming.

• Jin Ning took Nezha across the Great Wilderness, and he gained ambition to travel its mountains and rivers.
• Jin Ning and Nezha sensed a Phoenix Clan aura and an opportunity below, so they descended despite their journey to Mount Shouyang.
• Jin Ning revealed the Windfire barrier outside a cave and received information from the divine-bird phantoms.
• Jin Ning learned that Azure Luan and Fire Phoenix had left two unfinished Spiritual Treasures in the Windfire Cave, hoping a Phoenix Clan member would eventually retrieve them.
• Nezha and Jin Ning became the first to reach the cave since Azure Luan and Fire Phoenix had left.

Jin Ning explained that Azure Luan and Fire Phoenix had left Spiritual Treasures in the cave, and Nezha chose not to take what belonged to them. The Wind Fire Wheels emerged and sought Nezha, whose innate fire physique made him an ideal match for the treasures.

• The barrier sensed Jin Ning and guided her toward the cave, while the Spiritual Treasures inside also called out to Nezha.
• Jin Ning told Nezha about Azure Luan and Fire Phoenix’s legacy, and Nezha suggested waiting for them or returning their treasures.
• The barrier opened after the phantoms of Azure Luan and Fire Phoenix greeted Nezha, and their forms emerged from the cave.
• The two figures transformed into the azure and red Wind Fire Wheels, which urged Nezha to claim them.
• Jin Ning identified the wheels as an Innate High-grade Spiritual Treasure, and Nezha’s Innate Fire Spirit Physique was revealed to complement them.

Nezha claimed the Wind Fire Wheels and discovered a Wind Fire Spiritual Spring in the cave, where he and Jin Ning began soaking. The wheels fused with Nezha’s origin, and the spring’s power proved surprisingly compatible with him.

• Jin Ning urged Nezha to accept the Wind Fire Wheels and promised to explain their departure to Azure Luan and Fire Phoenix.
• Nezha bonded with the Wind Fire Wheels, whose wind-and-fire energy began merging with his origin and Innate Fire Spirit Physique.
• Nezha learned from the wheels that a Wind Fire Spiritual Spring lay inside the cave, and Jin Ning sent a message to the Empress before following him in.
• Nezha jumped into the spring and comfortably balanced its violent power, surprising Jin Ning.
• Jin Ning sensed that the spring could cleanse her Dao Body and stepped in to join Nezha.

While Nezha cultivated in the Spiritual Pool, Styx secretly gave him insight into a powerful Four Heads, Eight Arms divine ability, which Nezha manifested and merged into his body. The pool then sealed itself, leaving Nezha and Jin Ning hovering outside the cave.

• Styx watched Nezha's progress and reflected that Jin Ning's guidance had helped him grow into a sensible child.
• Styx sent a streak of blood light into Nezha's Nascent Soul, granting him sudden insight without Jin Ning noticing.
• Nezha absorbed the Wind Fire Spiritual Liquid, then manifested a Four Heads, Eight Arms Dharma Form and merged it into his body.
• Jin Ning praised Nezha for comprehending the divine ability, while Nezha excitedly tested his new strength.
• The cave shook, its barrier forced Nezha and Jin Ning outside, and the entrance sealed as the Spiritual Pool began a new cycle.

After Nezha and Jin Ning depleted the Spiritual Pool, they hurried to Mount Shouyang, where Jin Ning explained that its cities housed generations of retired Human Race elites. Nezha arrived awed by the ancestral land and the powerful cultivators gathered there.

• Jin Ning told Nezha that the Spiritual Pool needed time to recover, then praised his Four Heads, Eight Arms divine ability as a real physical body.
• Nezha wondered whether he could control several Spiritual Treasures at once, and Jin Ning said the idea could greatly increase his combat power.
• Jin Ning urged Nezha to hurry to Mount Shouyang, and they flew there with the Wind Fire Wheels.
• Nezha saw the many cities around Mount Shouyang and was astonished by the powerful Human Race cultivators living there.
• Jin Ning explained that Mount Shouyang was the Human Race's ancestral land and that its cities held elites from the eras of past Human Emperors.

Jin Ning took Nezha to meet Empress Nuwa while Styx summoned All Saints to begin preparations for the Tribulation. Styx established the rules for the struggle in the Virtual God Realm, leaving the Saints to organize their disciples and choose factions.

• Jin Ning led Nezha toward Nuwa's palace and reminded him to be respectful when meeting Empress Nuwa.
• After Jin Ning and Nezha returned to Mount Shouyang, Styx decided it was time to begin the Tribulation and summoned All Saints to the Blood God Realm.
• Yuanshi told Styx that Sanqing's disciples were ready but warned that Great Shang's Human Emperor could wield Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal-level battle power.
• Styx promised to address the Human Emperor's strength and said the eight hundred Vassal Lords and the tribes of the Myriad Races would participate in the Tribulation.
• Styx declared that the Tribulation would take place in the Virtual God Realm, barred Primordial Chaos Golden Immortals and Saints from participating, and set rules for faction choices, single chances, and an end to grudges outside the realm.
• All Saints accepted Styx's rules and left to prepare their disciples.

Styx prepared a safe battlefield in the Virtual God Realm for the Tribulation, drawing in participants from across the Great Wilderness. With Houtu and Nuwa strengthening the battlefield, he added Heavenly Dao Power to its core, leaving Dream Spirit’s realm more stable and developed.

• Styx ordered disciples and allies, including Fuxi’s disciples, Kong Xuan, Jin Yu, the Ten Golden Crows, Zhao Gongming, Sanxiao, Zhen Yuanzi, and Hong Yun, to participate in the Tribulation.
• The All Saints left the Blood God Hall, while Houtu, Dream Spirit, and Nuwa stayed with Styx.
• Dream Spirit showed Styx a battlefield she had created in the core area of the Virtual God Realm and explained its protections.
• Houtu infused Earth Dao Origin into the battlefield to create Samsara Channels that could return damaged Nascent Souls safely.
• Nuwa infused Human Dao Origin and the Power of Creation, making the battlefield resemble the real world.
• Styx added a wisp of Heavenly Dao Power to the Virtual God Realm’s core, increasing its stability and potential for development.

The Heavenly Dao Origin empowered the Enlightenment Tea Tree, transforming the Virtual God Realm and showing Dream Spirit a path toward the Primordial Chaos Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm. Styx explained how the realm’s changes would accelerate her cultivation, while Nuwa and Houtu resolved to focus on comprehending their Daos.

• The Enlightenment Tea Tree spread its roots through the Virtual God Realm and connected its passages to other realms, drawing their laws into the realm.
• The Virtual God Realm shifted between void and reality before stabilizing as half-void and half-real, and Dream Spirit told Styx she had seen a path to the Primordial Chaos Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.
• Houtu and Nuwa congratulated Dream Spirit and reflected on their own progress as Spokespersons of the Earth Dao and Human Dao.
• Dream Spirit’s aura surged, and she broke through to the fifth tier of the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm.
• Styx explained that the connected laws and the Tribulation’s Kalpa Qi could speed Dream Spirit’s cultivation, potentially bringing her to the realm’s peak by the Tribulation’s end.
• Styx reminded Nuwa and Houtu that their Dao connections could also lead them to great heights, and they resolved to study their laws diligently.