Chapter Summaries

Zhao Gongming drove the Chan Sect forces into a truce after capturing Huang Long and knocking Jiang Ziya unconscious, prompting Guang Chengzi to seek help from Primordial Heavenly Lord. Primordial Heavenly Lord sent Guang Chengzi to Taiqing to borrow a treasure, but his real aim was to bring Xuan Du into the conflict against Zhao Gongming.

• Zhao Gongming’s display of power kept Daoist Ran Deng from pursuing him, and Western Qi raised a truce banner while Guang Chengzi revived Jiang Ziya with an immortal pill.
• Daoist Ran Deng focused the group on rescuing Huang Long, and Lei Zhen Zi volunteered to sneak into the Shang Army camp after dark.
• Guang Chengzi left for Kunlun Mountain to report Zhao Gongming and ask Primordial Heavenly Lord for a way to counter his treasure.
• Primordial Heavenly Lord sent Guang Chengzi to Taiqing to borrow a treasure, intending to enlist Xuan Du to suppress Zhao Gongming.
• Guang Chengzi explained the situation to Xuan Du, and Taiqing’s voice sounded with a soft sigh.

Xuan Du reluctantly set out with Guang Chengzi to hold Zhao Gongming back, while the San Xiao joined Zhao Gongming at the Shang camp and explained why they had entered the war. Yun Xiao revealed that her chance to break through lay in her Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation, leaving Hong Yun wary of how the tribulation might unfold.

• Taiqing gave Xuan Du the Taiji Diagram and ordered him to accompany Guang Chengzi, restrain Zhao Gongming, and avoid killing him or interfering further.
• Zhao Gongming rescued Zhao Jiang from outside Xiqi City and returned to the Shang camp, where he recognized the San Xiao arriving from Three Immortals Island.
• Bi Xiao explained that Han Zhi Xian and Shen Gongbao had told the San Xiao that Chan Sect disciples were targeting Interception Sect followers and that Zhao Gongming needed help.
• Yun Xiao said the San Xiao had left seclusion to defend their fellow disciples and that she had sensed a breakthrough opportunity in the great tribulation.
• Hong Yun worried that Yun Xiao's opportunity might involve Hongjun or the Heavenly Dao and decided to watch the tribulation closely.
• Yun Xiao told Zhao Gongming that her Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation held her breakthrough opportunity and that their master had given the San Xiao the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation to study.

Yun Xiao explained that she believed creating a world inside her Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation could help her reach Primordial Unity, while Hong Yun suspected the insight was part of a scheme by Hongjun or the Heavenly Dao. When Guang Chengzi challenged Zhao Gongming over Huang Long being hung at the camp gate, Wen Zhong explained that Zhao had acted in response to the Chan Sect humiliating Zhao Jiang.

• Yun Xiao told Zhao Gongming and the others how she had built the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation and sensed that creating a world within it could let her advance to Primordial Unity.
• Hong Yun told Tong Tian that Yun Xiao's Formation Dao was on the right path, criticized Tong Tian's Immortal Slaying Sword World, and suspected Hongjun or the Heavenly Dao was using her attempt to attain the Dao.
• Zhao Gongming warned Yun Xiao that the calamity might be clouding her judgment and urged her to ask Hong Yun and Tong Tian for guidance; Yun Xiao agreed and explained she had come because she feared Zhao would be outnumbered.
• Xuan Du and Guang Chengzi arrived, and Guang Chengzi demanded that Zhao Gongming release Huang Long from the camp gate.
• Wen Zhong addressed Xuan Du and explained that Zhao Gongming had hung Huang Long there because Chan Sect members had previously captured and humiliated Zhao Jiang.

Bi Xiao wounded Guang Chengzi after he insulted the Interception Sect, and Xuan Du intervened to stop her from killing him and arranged the release of True Man Huang Long. Guang Chengzi insulted Bi Xiao again, prompting the Interception Sect disciples to ready their treasures as Daoist Ran Deng led the Chan Sect disciples into the fight.

• Guang Chengzi disparaged the Interception Sect, so Bi Xiao attacked him with the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors and gravely wounded him.
• Xuan Du restrained Bi Xiao's scissors, treated Guang Chengzi, and persuaded Zhao Gongming to release True Man Huang Long.
• Zhao Gongming handed the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors to Yun Xiao and returned True Man Huang Long to Xuan Du's side.
• Guang Chengzi called Bi Xiao a shameless wretch, and Zhao Gongming and the Interception Sect disciples raised their Spiritual Treasures against him.
• Xuan Du used the Taiji Diagram to hold back three Interception Sect treasures, while Daoist Ran Deng ordered the Twelve Golden Immortals to attack Zhao Gongming and Wen Zhong.

Yun Xiao trapped the Chan Sect’s Twelve Golden Immortals in the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation, while Zhao Gongming and Wen Zhong drove Ran Deng and Jiang Ziya away outside. The Primordial Heavenly Lord then ordered Yun Zhong Zi to kill Wen Zhong and rescue Jiang Ziya.

• Yun Xiao activated the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation and trapped the Twelve Golden Immortals, stripping away their cultivation as her own bottleneck weakened.
• Xuan Du entered the formation using the Taiji Golden Bridge to investigate, while Zhao Gongming attacked Ran Deng and Jiang Ziya outside.
• Zhao Gongming drove Ran Deng away, and Wen Zhong chased Jiang Ziya off; the remaining Chan Sect disciples withdrew, while Lei Zhen Zi flew to Mount Zhongnan for help.
• Taiqing Laozi worried that Xuan Du might use the Taiji Diagram against San Xiao, while the Primordial Heavenly Lord watched his disciples suffer but refrained from intervening.
• The Primordial Heavenly Lord sent Yun Zhong Zi a decree ordering him to kill Wen Zhong and rescue Jiang Ziya.

Yun Zhong Zi killed Wen Zhong at Juelong Ridge and agreed to accompany Jiang Ziya back to Western Qi. Meanwhile, Ran Deng fled Zhao Gongming to Wuyi Mountain, where Zhao attacked him in front of Cao Bao and Xiao Sheng.

• Lu Ya killed Lei Zhen Zi with the Immortal Slaying Flying Knife and fled after erasing his aura.
• Yun Zhong Zi trapped Wen Zhong in the Heavenly God Fire Pillar at Juelong Ridge, where Wen Zhong and Ink Qilin burned to death and their True Spirits entered the Investiture of the Gods.
• Jiang Ziya pleaded with Yun Zhong Zi to help protect Western Qi, and Yun Zhong Zi reluctantly agreed to go with him.
• Ran Deng fled Zhao Gongming to a cave on Wuyi Mountain and met the unaffiliated cultivators Cao Bao and Xiao Sheng.
• Zhao Gongming caught up and hurled the Sky-Flipping Seal at Ran Deng, while Xiao Sheng saw the attack begin.

Zhao Gongming killed Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao after the Treasure Dropping Golden Coin failed to stop his whip, then recovered his treasures and returned to camp with the coin. Meanwhile, Di Xin and Daji considered resuming cultivation with Great Shang’s fortune after Wen Zhong’s apparent death, leaving Daji conflicted about whether to stay involved.

• Xiao Sheng used the Treasure Dropping Golden Coin to take the Sky-Flipping Seal, but Zhao Gongming’s whip killed him while Ran Deng escaped and Cao Bao took control of the coin.
• Zhao Gongming apologized to Cao Bao, but Cao Bao threatened to kill him, so Zhao Gongming struck him down and recovered the Sky-Flipping Seal.
• Zhao Gongming returned to camp, where San Xiao emerged from the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation after sealing the defeated Twelve Golden Immortals inside.
• Zhao Gongming refined the Treasure Dropping Golden Coin and explained that it could knock down most treasures three times a day, but could not affect weapons and was countered by his Treasure Gathering Basin.
• Di Xin told Daji that Wen Zhong’s death likely removed the restriction on using Great Shang’s fortune to cultivate, and asked her to stand with him if she continued cultivating that way.

After Wen Zhong’s death, Di Xin and Daji consumed Great Shang’s fortune to become Grand Unity Golden Immortals, and Di Xin went to fight Western Qi. As Interception Sect reinforcements arrived, Di Xin overwhelmed Yun Zhong Zi while Golden Spirit Holy Mother vowed to settle Wen Zhong’s death.

• Daji chose to stand with Di Xin and Great Shang, and the two absorbed its fortune until they reached the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Di Xin left Daji to guard Chaoge, appointed Bi Gan to govern, and led troops to confront Western Qi.
• Jiang Ziya and Yun Zhong Zi met Di Xin on the battlefield, where Di Xin’s Fortune Golden Dragon forced Yun Zhong Zi to use his treasures to defend himself.
• Daoist Duobao, Golden Spirit Holy Mother, Saint Mother Wu Dang, and other Interception Sect disciples arrived to support Zhao Gongming.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother learned that Yun Zhong Zi had killed Wen Zhong and swore that they had formed a karmic enmity.

Di Xin absorbed Great Shang’s fortune and fought to defend the dynasty, while Daoist Duobao and Sect Master Tong Tian watched the growing conflict. Di Xin killed Yun Zhong Zi despite Duobao’s warning, placing the Chan Sect immortal on the Investiture of the Gods.

• Daoist Duobao worried that Di Xin had absorbed Great Shang’s fortune, and Di Xin declared that the dynasty’s fortune remained intact because he was Great Shang.
• Hong Yun warned Sect Master Tong Tian that the Interception Sect’s disciples would be drawn into the great tribulation and likely fill many positions on the Investiture of the Gods.
• Di Xin overwhelmed Yun Zhong Zi and trapped him with the Fortune Golden Dragon.
• Daoist Duobao urged Di Xin not to kill Yun Zhong Zi, but Di Xin argued that the Chan Sect showed no mercy to his allies and that he had his own teacher to rely on.
• Di Xin struck off Yun Zhong Zi’s head, placing the immortal on the Investiture of the Gods.

Primordial Heavenly Lord wanted to avenge Yun Zhong Zi, but Taiqing stopped him from breaking the Saints’ agreement not to intervene. In the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation, Xuan Du sought to lead the defeated Chan Sect disciples out, while San Xiao debated whether to release them, and Di Xin joined Zhao Gongming with a laugh.

• Primordial Heavenly Lord grieved Yun Zhong Zi’s death and prepared to kill Di Xin, but Taiqing reminded him that the Saints had agreed not to intervene and warned that Hong Yun’s side could retaliate.
• Taiqing calmed Primordial Heavenly Lord by suggesting they ask their teacher to release Yun Zhong Zi after the tribulation, then sent a message ordering Xuan Du to rescue the trapped disciples.
• Xuan Du, protected by the Taiji Diagram and Wind Fire Cushion, chose to lead Guang Chengzi and the others out of the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation without harming San Xiao.
• Yun Xiao considered letting the Chan Sect disciples go because they had already lost their cultivation, and Duobao and Zhao Gongming agreed that the disciples of the Mystic Gate should not kill one another.
• Bi Xiao argued that they could kill Guang Chengzi and the others, but Yun Xiao stopped her, and Zhao Gongming explained that Di Xin was staking his life for Great Shang.
• Di Xin approached Zhao Gongming and the others after killing Yun Zhong Zi and laughed in agreement with Zhao Gongming.

Di Xin tried to persuade Xuan Du to hand over the Twelve Golden Immortals so he could kill them and end the Investiture of the Gods Calamity. Xuan Du refused, leaving the two sides at a deadlock over how the conflict could proceed.

• Xuan Du used the Taiji Diagram and Wind Fire Cushion to rescue the Twelve Golden Immortals from San Xiao’s Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation.
• Di Xin declared that he would pursue the rescued immortals himself, and Daoist Duobao led the Jie Sect disciples out to watch the confrontation.
• Di Xin met Xuan Du, Jiang Ziya, and the Twelve Golden Immortals outside the Western Qi camp and asked Xuan Du to hand them over.
• Xuan Du refused, explaining that he had to obey his master and could not kill Di Xin while he remained the Human Emperor.
• Di Xin proposed that Xuan Du let him kill the Twelve Golden Immortals to resolve the calamity, but Xuan Du was left speechless.

Di Xin revealed that he could control the Nine Provinces Barrier and Nine Cauldrons, then used them to suppress Xuan Du’s Taiji Diagram and trap the Twelve Golden Immortals. Taiqing failed to retrieve the treasure after Hong Yun blocked his intervention, leaving Di Xin in control of the battlefield.

• Di Xin charged the Twelve Golden Immortals, and Xuan Du raised the Taiji Diagram to shield Guang Chengzi and the others.
• Yun Xiao recognized that Di Xin was wielding the Nine Provinces Barrier, while the Interception Sect disciples wondered how he had gained control of it.
• Di Xin summoned the Nine Cauldrons and used them to suppress the Taiji Diagram by merging his aura with the human realm.
• Xuan Du failed to move the immobilized Taiji Diagram, and Taiqing’s attempt to retrieve it was cut off by Hong Yun.
• Taiqing withdrew his magic power while the Primordial Heavenly Lord watched, and Di Xin continued his assault.

Di Xin used the Nine Cauldrons to overpower Xuan Du and kill two of the Twelve Golden Immortals. Primordial Heavenly Lord arrived to stop him but lowered his weapon when Di Xin warned that killing the Human Emperor would turn the human race against him.

• Di Xin seized Guang Chengzi and the others after the Nine Cauldrons blocked Xuan Du’s rescue attempt.
• Di Xin killed True Man Huang Long, sending his soul to the Investiture of the Gods.
• Di Xin seized Qingxu Daode Tianzun, but Xuan Du’s Taiji Golden Bridge could not penetrate the Nine Cauldrons’ protection.
• Primordial Heavenly Lord and Taiqing arrived, and Primordial Heavenly Lord’s Three Treasures Jade Ruyi was blocked by the Nine Cauldrons.
• Di Xin killed Qingxu Daode Tianzun while Primordial Heavenly Lord was delayed.
• Primordial Heavenly Lord raised the Pangu Banner, but Di Xin warned him that killing the Human Emperor would earn the human race’s hatred, so Primordial Heavenly Lord lowered his weapon.

Di Xin refused to let the Saints use Great Shang as a battlefield for the Investiture of the Gods and killed Chi Jingzi after Primordial Heavenly Lord rejected his demand. Hong Yun’s disciple Huluwa appeared to protect Di Xin, while Taiqing sent the Taiji Diagram toward him.

• Primordial Heavenly Lord tried to rescue Guang Chengzi and the others, but Di Xin used the Nine Cauldrons to block him and demanded that the Saints leave the Nine Provinces alone.
• Primordial Heavenly Lord refused Di Xin’s demand, and Di Xin killed Chi Jingzi in front of him.
• Primordial Heavenly Lord attacked Di Xin with chaotic sword energy from the Pangu Banner.
• Hong Yun told Tong Tian he would let Di Xin handle the crisis himself, then Huluwa appeared and swallowed the sword energy with his gourd.
• Huluwa reminded Primordial Heavenly Lord and Taiqing that Saints had agreed not to intervene and that Di Xin was the Human Emperor.
• Primordial Heavenly Lord attacked Huluwa, while Taiqing sent the Taiji Diagram across to Di Xin.

Primordial Heavenly Lord gravely wounded Zhao Gongming after Bi Xiao insulted him, while Huluwa was too occupied fighting Yuan Shi to intervene. Hong Yun pressed Sect Master Tong Tian to protect his disciples, and Tong Tian finally stepped in, healing Zhao Gongming before confronting his second senior brother.

• Bi Xiao accused Yuan Shi of picking on the weak, prompting Primordial Heavenly Lord to attack Huluwa and San Xiao.
• Zhao Gongming shielded Bi Xiao from the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, but the blow shattered his Sea Suppressing Divine Whip and left him gravely wounded.
• Zhao Gongming warned San Xiao not to provoke Yuan Shi further, even as they gathered around him in distress.
• Hong Yun challenged Sect Master Tong Tian to act, warning that he would seek justice himself if Tong Tian stood by.
• Tong Tian arrived, steadied Zhao Gongming's injuries, and confronted Yuan Shi over his lethal attack on the disciples.
• Yuan Shi claimed he had only punished the disciples for showing disrespect, and Daoist Duobao stepped forward to respond.

Hong Yun stopped Taiqing from rescuing Guang Chengzi and the others while Primordial Heavenly Lord’s accusations deepened Sect Master Tong Tian’s rift with him. Tong Tian took the captured Chan Sect disciples into a formation and ordered Duobao to summon the Interception Sect disciples and arrange the Myriad Immortals Great Formation.

• Duobao challenged Primordial Heavenly Lord for calling his attack on Gongming a small punishment, and Tong Tian blocked Primordial Heavenly Lord from striking him.
• Hong Yun shattered Taiqing’s golden bridge, told him to wait before releasing Guang Chengzi and the others, and healed Di Xin with Ziwei divine power.
• Primordial Heavenly Lord blamed the Interception Sect’s outer disciples for the conflict, and Duobao retorted that the Chan Sect had used followers as sacrificial victims in the Ten Absolute Arrays.
• Tong Tian declared that the Investiture of the Gods had targeted his disciples and took Guang Chengzi and the others into his formation.
• Tong Tian ordered Duobao to ring the Golden Bell, summon the Interception Sect disciples, and establish the Myriad Immortals Great Formation.

Sect Master Tong Tian established the Myriad Immortals Great Formation and challenged the Primordial Heavenly Lord to break it, while Hong Yun agreed not to intervene and declared that the battle would end the Investiture of the Gods. Taiqing joined the Primordial Heavenly Lord, and they agreed to wait for the formation and their allies to be ready before fighting.

• Sect Master Tong Tian assembled the Myriad Immortals Great Formation and wagered that his Interception Sect disciples would fill the remaining places on the Investiture of the Gods if the Primordial Heavenly Lord could break it.
• Huluwa swept up the San Xiao and Zhao Gongming into his gourd to keep them out of the battle and heal Zhao Gongming.
• The Primordial Heavenly Lord accused Tong Tian of being bewitched by Hong Yun, but Tong Tian insisted he acted by his own judgment and asked Hong Yun not to intervene.
• Tong Tian privately told Hong Yun that he hoped the formation battle might help him find an opportunity to advance further.
• Hong Yun agreed to stay out of the fight and declared that its outcome would end the Investiture of the Gods; Dao Ancestor Hong Jun did not object.
• Taiqing agreed to fight alongside the Primordial Heavenly Lord, but asked to wait until the formation was complete and two more allies arrived.

Primordial Heavenly Lord summoned Jieyin and Zhun Ti to help break Tong Tian’s Myriad Immortals Great Formation, but Zhun Ti diverted to recruit Kong Xuan and attacked him. Kong Xuan trapped Zhun Ti in his Five-Colored Divine Light, leaving Primordial Heavenly Lord worried as he waited for his missing ally.

• Primordial Heavenly Lord called Jieyin and Zhun Ti to join him in breaking Tong Tian’s formation and sent Nan Ji to deal with the Interception Sect disciples.
• Zhun Ti spotted Kong Xuan at Golden Rooster Ridge and urged the Phoenix Clan prince to join Western Buddhism as a Buddha.
• Kong Xuan refused Zhun Ti’s offer, invoked his master Hong Yun, and wondered if this confrontation was the tribulation that could help him reach the Quasi-Saint realm.
• Zhun Ti attacked Kong Xuan with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, but Kong Xuan blocked the strike with his Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Kong Xuan transformed into his true peacock form and swept Zhun Ti into the Five-Colored Divine Light as Primordial Heavenly Lord grew anxious.

Kong Xuan was gravely wounded when Zhun Ti broke free of his Five-Colored Divine Light, but Hong Yun helped him find a new path through righteous energy. Wu Tian and Xuanwu stayed to guard Kong Xuan and sent their treasures to Huluwa as he headed toward the battle.

• Kong Xuan swallowed Zhun Ti with his Five-Colored Divine Light, but Zhun Ti burst out and broke the divine ability before Wu Tian and Xuanwu intervened.
• Zhun Ti withdrew toward the Myriad Immortals Great Formation rather than risk facing Hong Yun and the others.
• Kong Xuan fell unconscious and began to weaken, but Wu Tian urged him to seek new life within his dissipating divine light.
• Hong Yun sent the Heavens Celebration Cloud into Kong Xuan and revealed that its righteous energy could become his Dao.
• Kong Xuan began to recover as white light gathered around him, while Wu Tian and Xuanwu chose to stay and watch over him.
• Wu Tian and Xuanwu gave their spear and shell to Huluwa, who connected with the treasures and took them into his body.

Hong Yun made Zhun Ti agree that Kong Xuan would receive a share of Buddhism’s fortune, then the Four Saints entered the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation. The Interception Sect’s disciples used the formation’s Saint-level sword power to repel Primordial Heavenly Lord, who retreated into the Myriad Immortals Great Formation as Saint Mother Wu Dang and Spirit Turtle Saint Mother attacked Jieyin and Zhun Ti.

• Hong Yun demanded that Kong Xuan receive a share of Buddhism’s fortune, and Zhun Ti agreed after Jieyin urged him to avoid further complications.
• Primordial Heavenly Lord led Taiqing, Jieyin, Zhun Ti, and their followers into the completed Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.
• Duobao, Golden Spirit Holy Mother, Saint Mother Wu Dang, and Spirit Turtle Saint Mother took positions at the four gates as the sword energy filled the formation.
• Spirit Turtle Saint Mother confronted Primordial Heavenly Lord with Saint-level power, and Saint Mother Wu Dang joined her attack while Zhun Ti did not keep Wu Dang occupied.
• Primordial Heavenly Lord retreated into the Myriad Immortals Great Formation, and Saint Mother Wu Dang and Spirit Turtle Saint Mother turned their attacks on Jieyin and Zhun Ti.