Chapter Summaries

Saint Sanqi arranged a layered formation of strange spiritual-root plants to face Taishang Laozi, then boldly challenged him to break through. Taishang Laozi studied the formation cautiously as the Potato Mines concealed in the outer perimeter came into view.

• Purple Jade Food Sage Flowers multiplied and took root behind the Super Strong Nut, forming what appeared to be a coordinated defense.
• The Divine Fire Tree Stump appeared behind the flowers, bringing its powerful flames and support abilities to the formation.
• Saint Sanqi placed Super Strong Acorn Squashes in front of the Super Strong Nuts, completing another defensive layer.
• Saint Sanqi admitted she lacked confidence against Taishang Laozi, invited him to break through her formation, and beckoned him forward.
• Taishang Laozi examined the combined plants and recognized that their individual threats could grow when used together; Potato Mines lay hidden in the outer perimeter.

Taishang Laozi tested Sanqi’s defensive formation, which was built from her Master’s strange plants, and then attacked her with the Coiled Dragon Crutch. Sanqi remained calm despite her depleted mana, and the chapter ended as the transformed treasure shot toward her.

• Sanqi’s formation surrounded her with rings of Potato Mines, Super Strong Acorn Squash, Super Strong Nut, Purple Jade Food Sage Flowers, and Divine Fire Tree Stumps.
• Taishang Laozi praised the formation’s ingenuity but warned Sanqi that tricks could not overcome absolute strength.
• Sanqi told Taishang Laozi the plants were toys from her Master and casually ate a Sacred Peace Fruit while facing him.
• Taishang Laozi summoned the Coiled Dragon Crutch, whose power exceeded that of Primeval Lord of Heaven’s Three Treasures Jade Ruyi.
• Taishang Laozi sent the Coiled Dragon Crutch, transformed into a sharp sword, straight toward Sanqi, while Saint Zhunti looked troubled.

Taishang Laozi attacked Sanqi, but Potato Mines hidden throughout the void destroyed his Coiled Dragon Crutch and stopped him before he could breach her formation. He recognized the depth of Sanqi’s defenses and praised the ingenuity of the devices made by Changkong Daoist.

• Taishang Laozi launched his Coiled Dragon Crutch at Sanqi as beings across the Primordial World watched.
• The Coiled Dragon Crutch triggered a Potato Mine, lost its aim, and set off countless more mines hidden in the void.
• The explosions battered the Coiled Dragon Crutch until it fell, and Taishang Laozi lost control of it before calling it back.
• Taishang Laozi saw faint ripples as the Potato Mines split and spread, but he could no longer detect them afterward.
• Taishang Laozi praised Sanqi’s methods and said the devices made by Changkong Daoist contained many Great Daos and could form varied formations.

Taishang Laozi used the Qiankun Diagram to suppress the Potato Mines hidden in Sanqi’s defensive formation, weakening it and clearing the way for another attack. He empowered the Coiled Dragon Crutch and sent it upward again, where it advanced smoothly.

• Taishang Laozi recognized that Sanqi’s strange plants could form many kinds of formations, and Sanqi challenged him to break through hers.
• Taishang Laozi decided to suppress the Potato Mines rather than risk setting them off while forcing his way through.
• Taishang Laozi brought out the Qiankun Diagram, which suppressed the void mines and prevented them from exploding.
• Sanqi praised Taishang Laozi’s move, and he strengthened the Coiled Dragon Crutch to reclaim his pride.
• Taishang Laozi sent the Coiled Dragon Crutch upward again, and it advanced without difficulty.

Taishang Laozi tested Saint Sanqi’s formation with the Coiled Dragon Crutch, only for the Super Strong Acorn Squash to smash it and reappear. Impressed by the formation’s power and low cost, Sect Master Tongtian watched as Taishang Laozi began considering using bait to break through.

• Taishang Laozi sent the Coiled Dragon Crutch toward the formation after detecting no movement around the Super Strong Acorn Squash and Super Strong Nut.
• The Super Strong Acorn Squash leaped up and struck the Coiled Dragon Crutch with force greater than a dozen Potato Mine explosions.
• Taishang Laozi recalled the damaged crutch and saw a new Acorn Squash appear where the one-use attacker had vanished.
• Saint Sanqi called the objects little toys, while Taishang Laozi acknowledged that the layered formation would be difficult to break.
• Sect Master Tongtian admired the formation’s strength and low magical-power cost as Taishang Laozi considered using bait to get past it.

Taishang Laozi identified the squash’s weaknesses and tried to clear a path to the Super Strong Nut. The Purple Jade Food Sage Flower swallowed his Coiled Dragon Crutch, severing his connection to the magic treasure and leaving everyone stunned.

• Taishang Laozi explained that the squash attacked only along a fixed route, struck a single target, and could be exhausted by repeated attacks.
• Taishang Laozi sent an ordinary immortal sword toward the squash as bait, and the squash crushed it before disappearing.
• Taishang Laozi hurled the Coiled Dragon Crutch at the exposed Super Strong Nut with overwhelming force.
• The Purple Jade Food Sage Flower lunged past the Super Strong Nut and swallowed the Coiled Dragon Crutch.
• Taishang Laozi lost his connection to the Coiled Dragon Crutch, while the Primordial World's onlookers stared in shock.

Taishang Laozi abandoned his attempts to dismantle Sanqi’s array and chose to test it by charging through with his own power. He passed through a hidden Potato Mine’s explosion unharmed and continued forward.

• Taishang Laozi admitted that Sanqi’s array had defeated his attempts to break it and cost him a magic treasure.
• Taishang Laozi recalled the Qiankun Diagram and announced that he would overcome the array with overwhelming power.
• Sanqi invited Taishang Laozi to enter the array as Yuanshi Tianzun, Sect Master Tongtian, and Saint Zhunti watched.
• Taishang Laozi triggered a hidden Potato Mine, but emerged from the explosion unharmed and continued forward.

Taishang Laozi crossed the Potato Mine field and endured the Super Strong Acorn Squash’s attack without injury. He stopped before the Super Strong Nut, weighing how to get past it and the Purple Jade Food Sage Flower behind it.

• Taishang Laozi walked through a barrage of exploding Potato Mines without being harmed.
• Taishang Laozi approached the Super Strong Acorn Squash, which awakened and slammed down on his head.
• Taishang Laozi remained unharmed, astonishing the watching mighty beings with his strength.
• Taishang Laozi reached the Super Strong Nut and paused, considering its defenses and the Purple Jade Food Sage Flower behind it.
• The watching mighty beings waited in silence as Taishang Laozi stood before the next obstacle.

Taishang Laozi destroyed the Purple Jade Food Sage Flower with the Qiankun Diagram and recovered his damaged Coiled Dragon Crutch. He then turned his attention to the Super Strong Nut and launched a distant attack, whose power left the watching Primordial beings in an uproar.

• Taishang Laozi approached the Purple Jade Food Sage Flower, which lunged at him and tried to swallow him.
• Taishang Laozi used the Qiankun Diagram to pin the Purple Jade Food Sage Flower in place.
• Taishang Laozi struck the immobilized flower with his palm and destroyed it.
• Taishang Laozi recovered the dimmed Coiled Dragon Crutch as it reappeared from the flower’s vanished space.
• Taishang Laozi attacked the Super Strong Nut from a distance, summoning a colossal hand that stunned the watching beings.

Taishang Laozi’s immense attack failed to damage the Super Strong Nut, confirming its extraordinary defenses. He then brought out his newly forged Vajra Bracelet and announced that he would use it to break the nut.

• Taishang Laozi’s giant palm struck the Super Strong Nut, and the resulting shock wave sent the watching Human Race and demon race reeling.
• Demon Emperor Di Jun, Eastern Emperor Taiyi, and Saint Zhunti watched the attack and reflected on the gap between their strength and a Sage’s.
• The Energy Turbulence cleared to reveal the Super Strong Nut still intact, with only its ochre-yellow aura dimmed.
• Taishang Laozi recalled the nut’s defensive abilities and examined it, finding no sign of damage.
• Taishang Laozi took out his Vajra Bracelet, described its powers to Sanqi, and declared that he would use it to break the Super Strong Nut.

Taishang Laozi’s Vajra Bracelet failed to destroy the Super Strong Nut, which quickly regenerated its chipped surface. After identifying the patterns covering it as the source of its defense, Taishang Laozi brought out the Purple Gourd to try another approach.

• Sanqi invited Taishang Laozi to demonstrate the power of his treasure, and he sent the Vajra Bracelet flying at the Super Strong Nut.
• The Vajra Bracelet struck the Super Strong Nut in a tremendous explosion, but the nut remained standing with only a small chip missing.
• The Super Strong Nut regenerated its damaged surface, and Taishang Laozi deduced that its surface patterns gave it extraordinary defenses.
• Taishang Laozi brought out the Purple Gourd, one of the Seven-Colored Gourds, to try to break through the nut’s defenses.

Taishang Laozi used the Purple Gourd’s cold qi and flames to shatter the Super Strong Nut, leaving only the Divine Fire Tree Stump between him and victory over Sanqi’s formation. Sanqi then revealed another Spiritual Root, the Pea Gatling, as her next challenge for Taishang Laozi.

• Taishang Laozi froze the Super Strong Nut with Mysterious Ice Cold Qi, then shattered it with flames from the Purple Gourd.
• The beings of the Primordial World saw the Divine Fire Tree Stump as the last obstacle in Sanqi’s formation, while Taishang Laozi invited her to use her remaining methods.
• Taishang Laozi rode a cloud into the formation as Sanqi prepared another defense.
• Sanqi summoned the Pea Gatling, a Spiritual Root from the Primordial Violet Gold List, before Taishang Laozi.

Saint Sanqi unleashed the Pea Gatling, its rapid barrage and explosive fruits striking Taishang Laozi and filling the sky with explosions and Energy Turbulence. The attack ended, but the chaos obscured what had happened to Taishang Laozi.

• Taishang Laozi approached the Divine Fire Tree Stump while Saint Sanqi prepared the Pea Gatling.
• Saint Sanqi aimed the Pea Gatling at Taishang Laozi and fired a continuous barrage of pea bombs.
• The Divine Fire Tree Stump imbued the pea bombs with explosive fire as explosive fruits also struck Taishang Laozi.
• Saint Sanqi stopped firing, but explosions continued until Energy Turbulence filled half the sky and hid Taishang Laozi from view.

Saint Sanqi’s Pea Gatling, empowered by the Divine Fire Tree Stump, badly battered Taishang Laozi and shocked the Primordial World. Taishang Laozi acknowledged the weapon’s power, while Sect Master Tongtian marveled at Sanqi’s strength.

• The Primordial World’s onlookers feared how dangerous the Pea Gatling would be against large groups of enemies.
• The Energy Turbulence dissipated, revealing Taishang Laozi battered, blackened, and dressed in tattered robes.
• Taishang Laozi caught his breath and praised the Pea Gatling and Dao Master Changkong for their remarkable power.
• Taishang Laozi realized that the Divine Fire Tree Stump had amplified the Pea Gatling’s pea bombs.
• Sect Master Tongtian marveled that Saint Sanqi had injured Taishang Laozi after heavily injuring Saint Zhunti and subduing Primeval Lord of Heaven.

Taishang Laozi restored his confidence by summoning the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda and charging back into Sanqi’s repaired formation. He broke through several obstacles and reached the Super Strong Nut.

• Sect Master Tongtian considered the rivalry between Sanqi and Nuwa and anticipated the spectacle if they met.
• Sanqi’s formation and its obstacles were restored, leaving Taishang Laozi frustrated at having to start over.
• Taishang Laozi summoned the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, whose Xuan Yellow Qi protected him from harm.
• Taishang Laozi charged through the Potato Mine field and the Super Strong Acorn Squash without being injured.
• Taishang Laozi uprooted and crushed the Purple Jade Food Sage Flower, then reached the Super Strong Nut.

Saint Sanqi used the Corn Cannon to attack Taishang Laozi, but his Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda withstood the blast. Sanqi then brought out the Primordial Measure Heaven Ruler, the pagoda’s nemesis, as the confrontation continued.

• Saint Sanqi summoned the Corn Cannon, a modified Spiritual Root ranked fifty-eighth, and fired it at Taishang Laozi.
• The blast shook the world and made the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda tremble, but Taishang Laozi remained unharmed.
• Taishang Laozi praised Dao Master Changkong’s invention and said he wanted to study it, then dismissed the cannon as no real threat to him.
• Saint Sanqi recognized that her modified Spiritual Roots could only delay Taishang Laozi and summoned the Primordial Measure Heaven Ruler, ranked twenty-ninth on the Magic Treasure Ranking and the pagoda’s nemesis.

Taishang Laozi put away his Exquisite Pagoda when Sanqi revealed the Primordial Measure Heaven Ruler, then summoned the Taiji Diagram, one of the Heaven-Opening Three Treasures. He revealed that he was refining the diagram into his body and invited Sanqi to make her move.

• Sanqi brought out the Primordial Measure Heaven Ruler, the Exquisite Pagoda's natural nemesis, and Taishang Laozi put the pagoda away.
• Taishang Laozi said he would use another magic treasure and transformed his eyes, releasing opposing auras of death and life.
• Sect Master Tongtian, Primeval Lord of Heaven, and Saint Zhunti realized Taishang Laozi was refining a magic treasure into his body.
• Black and white vapor from Taishang Laozi's eyes fused into the Taiji Diagram, which Sanqi recognized as the Taiji of Heaven and Earth.
• Taishang Laozi gestured for Sanqi to attack, confident the Taiji Diagram could withstand her methods.

Sanqi and Taishang Laozi prepared for a decisive clash between the Heaven Suppressing Coffin and the Taiji Diagram after Primeval Lord of Heaven escaped his confinement. Sanqi refused Taishang Laozi’s offer to rest, and the battle began as the Taiji Diagram released its Yin Yang power.

• Saint Sanqi recalled the Heaven Suppressing Coffin to face Taishang Laozi, freeing Primeval Lord of Heaven from its suppression.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven restrained himself from joining the duel, while Sect Master Tongtian mocked him for intervening earlier.
• Sanqi and Taishang Laozi set aside their other weapons and prepared to pit their strongest treasures against each other.
• Taishang Laozi offered Sanqi time to rest after her previous fights, but Sanqi declined and told him to attack.
• Taishang Laozi set the Taiji Diagram spinning, unleashing Yin Yang power that shook the Primordial World and Qiankun.

Demon Ancestor Luohu appeared as Taishang Laozi and Sanqi prepared to unleash their ultimate moves, and he accused Taishang Laozi of shamelessness. The Sages recognized Luohu as an ancient power who had once opposed Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

• Taishang Laozi and Sanqi prepared to use their ultimate moves, and the Heaven Suppressing Coffin trembled ominously.
• A voice from the horizon called Taishang Laozi shameless, prompting him to demand that the speaker reveal himself.
• Black mist spread across the sky, and Taishang Laozi, Primeval Lord of Heaven, Sect Master Tongtian, and Saint Zhunti sensed a powerful threat within it.
• The black mist dissipated and revealed a strange, serpent-bodied young man whose purple horns stirred the Primordial World's spiritual energy.
• The Sages recognized the figure as Demon Ancestor Luohu, an ancient opponent of Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

Demon Ancestor Luohu appeared before the gathered Sages and respectfully greeted Sanqi, who called him Uncle Little Black. Beast Emperor Shenni then arrived and also bowed to Sanqi, leaving the Sages alarmed as they recognized him as an ancient, formidable power.

• Demon Ancestor Luohu ignored Taishang Laozi and bowed to Sanqi, calling her Miss Sanqi.
• Sanqi greeted Luohu as Uncle Little Black, astonishing the Sages and other onlookers.
• A mysterious voice called after Luohu as Beast Emperor Shenni appeared beside him.
• Beast Emperor Shenni bowed to Sanqi, who called him Uncle Yao.
• The Sages gathered together, recognizing Shenni as an ancient power who might surpass Luohu and Hongjun.