Chapter Summaries

Ling Tian went to Chentang Pass to meet Nezha after the boy was born from a ball of flesh and grew into an unruly troublemaker. He asked Li Jing and Lady Yin to introduce Nezha, but Nezha appeared and challenged him, leaving his parents alarmed.

• Ling Tian regarded the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation as a respite and turned his attention to Nezha’s birth at Chentang Pass.
• Lady Yin gave birth to a ball of flesh, and Li Jing’s sword strike released a three-year-old Nezha from it.
• Taiyi Zhenren took Nezha as his disciple and gave him spiritual treasures, but Nezha continued causing trouble around Chentang Pass.
• Ling Tian arrived at Chentang Pass, where Li Jing and the officials welcomed him as the Imperial Tutor.
• Ling Tian told Li Jing and Lady Yin he had come to see Nezha, and Nezha appeared to challenge him to a fight.

Ling Tian took Nezha as his student and quickly subdued his unruly behavior through strict discipline and lessons. After nearly a month, Nezha had become obedient, and Ling Tian felt he had nearly accomplished what he wanted during the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.

• Li Jing and Lady Yin feared Ling Tian would punish Nezha, but Ling Tian praised the boy and offered to teach him.
• Nezha attacked Ling Tian, who froze him in place and terrified him into submission.
• Ling Tian took Nezha away from the hall, and Nezha discovered that his lessons included test papers and beatings.
• Over the next month, Ling Tian disciplined Nezha until the boy studied obediently and Chentang Pass grew quiet.
• Nezha finished his homework and tried to sneak out, but grew nervous when Ling Tian smiled at him.

Ling Tian took Nezha to the East Sea Dragon Palace to catch seafood, and Nezha was thrown through its gates during the Third Dragon Prince’s coming-of-age celebration. Nezha clashed with the prince, and the East Sea Dragon King prepared to attack him and flood Chentang Pass.

• Ling Tian told Nezha to help him catch seafood from the East Sea Dragon Palace and carried him to the palace.
• Ling Tian tossed Nezha at the Dragon Palace, and Nezha crashed through its gates during the Third Dragon Prince’s celebration.
• Nezha explained that his teacher had sent him for fresh seafood, enraging the Third Dragon Prince and the gathered dragons.
• The Third Dragon Prince attacked Nezha, but Nezha’s four spiritual treasures let him force the prince onto the back foot.
• The East Sea Dragon King threatened to destroy Nezha and flood Chentang Pass.

Ling Tian entered the East Sea Dragon Palace, terrifying the East Sea Dragon King and the Third Dragon Prince through their bloodline instincts. He spared the Dragon Clan members but declared that he would stay and sample the East Sea’s delicacies.

• The East Sea Dragon King prepared to attack Nezha but froze in fear when he sensed someone at the palace entrance.
• The Third Dragon Prince burned his dragon essence to reach the Golden Immortal realm, then lost the breakthrough and trembled when he sensed the same figure.
• Ling Tian entered the palace, apologized insincerely for the misunderstanding, and told Nezha to apologize to the gathered Dragon Clan members.
• Ling Tian recalled the ancient enmity between the Phoenix and Dragon Clans while the East Sea Dragon Palace stood silent.
• Ling Tian spared the East Sea Dragon King and the Third Dragon Prince, then ordered the Dragon King to bring out food so he could sample the East Sea’s delicacies.

Jiang Ziya hid in a cave to avoid being found by Ji Chang and escape his fate, while Ji Chang searched Xiqi for three years and died without finding him. As Jiang Ziya feared Yuanshi’s retaliation, Zhao Gongming appeared before him, leaving Jiang unsure of his intentions.

• Ling Tian and Nezha ate an elaborate seafood feast at the East Sea Dragon Palace, while the East Sea Dragon King tried to keep Ling Tian pleased.
• Ji Chang dreamed repeatedly of a flying bear, and San Yisheng interpreted it as a sign that Xiqi would gain a great talent with a Bear-like Physique.
• Ji Chang searched Xiqi for three years, unaware that Jiang Ziya was hiding in a cave to avoid being discovered.
• As he lay dying, Ji Chang told Ji Fa to find the person with the Bear-like Physique and not raise an army before finding him.
• Zhao Gongming appeared before Jiang Ziya, who feared he had come to kill him and brought out the Investiture of the Gods List and the God-Beating Whip.

Zhao Gongming brought Jiang Ziya to join the Interception Sect, taking the Investiture of the Gods List and the God-Beating Whip with him. Yuanshi learned of Jiang Ziya’s defection and ordered an investigation, while Shen Gongbao became the prime suspect and was tortured until Yuanshi appeared.

• Zhao Gongming tested Jiang Ziya’s loyalty, then told him the Dao Venerable had arranged the tribulation and invited him to join the Interception Sect.
• Jiang Ziya accepted Zhao Gongming’s offer and formally joined the Interception Sect with the Investiture of the Gods List and the God-Beating Whip.
• True Person Huang Long informed Yuanshi that Jiang Ziya had defected, and Yuanshi angrily ordered him to investigate who had leaked the news.
• True Person Huang Long suspected Shen Gongbao, seized him, and began torturing him for information.
• Shen Gongbao insisted he had not leaked the news, and Yuanshi appeared as he was about to confess under torture.

After Yuanshi rescued Shen Gongbao from True Person Huang Long’s torture, he sent him to Xiqi to take Jiang Ziya’s place as Prime Minister of Western Zhou. Ji Fa recognized Shen Gongbao as the Bear-like Physique from his dream and welcomed him into Xiqi’s service.

• Yuanshi healed Shen Gongbao with Three Lights Divine Water, cleared him of suspicion, and ordered True Person Huang Long to apologize.
• After Yuanshi left, True Person Huang Long threatened Shen Gongbao into silence, and Shen Gongbao vowed to repay his humiliation through the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.
• Ji Fa continued searching for the Bear-like Physique after inheriting his father Ji Chang’s dream.
• Shen Gongbao appeared outside the Marquis of the West’s Mansion, and Ji Fa recognized him as the man from his dream and called him Prime Minister.
• Shen Gongbao introduced himself as a Chan Teachings disciple sent by his master and pledged to serve Xiqi with his life.

Ji Fa established the Western Zhou with Shen Gongbao’s support, and auspicious signs appeared over Xiqi. The rival factions reacted to the new state as Di Xin anticipated that its first campaign would target Marquis Chonghu.

• Shen Gongbao declared that Heaven’s will called for establishing the Zhou and campaigning against Shang, and auspicious signs appeared in the sky.
• Ji Fa proclaimed the Western Zhou, appointed Shen Gongbao to serve as its prime minister, and received the submission of Xiqi’s soldiers and people.
• Yuanshi welcomed Shen Gongbao’s success, Huang Long resented him, and Tongtian smiled because events followed Ling Tian’s plan.
• Ling Tian criticized Hongjun while eating seafood with Nezha, who was confused by his remarks.
• Di Xin angrily learned that the Western Zhou had been established, and Xiao Li predicted it would first send troops against Marquis Chonghu.

Shen Gongbao led Western Zhou’s first campaign toward Fengcheng, confident that his Misfortune Law would guarantee victory over North Marquis Chong Houhu. Xiao Li used the Misfortune Black Dragon to absorb Shen Gongbao’s curse and send it back toward the Western Zhou army, where it began to awaken Shen Gongbao.

• Western Zhou announced its founding and sent Shen Gongbao to attack North Marquis Chong Houhu, while Xiao Li secretly arrived at the Marquis’s manor with the Misfortune Black Dragon.
• Shen Gongbao led the army to Fengcheng, where Xiao Li watched from the city wall as the troops made camp.
• Shen Gongbao performed a ritual to spread his Misfortune Law over Fengcheng and assured Ji Fa that Western Zhou would win.
• Xiao Li used the Misfortune Black Dragon to devour Shen Gongbao’s black vapor, then sent the dragon to release the vapor over the Western Zhou army.
• Shen Gongbao awoke from his rest to a cacophony of noise.

Shen Gongbao's Misfortune Law backfired, bringing a night of disasters to the Western Zhou camp instead of Fengcheng. At dawn, the North Marquis army attacked the exhausted Western Zhou forces, while Xiao Li warned Chong Houhu not to pursue a desperate enemy before departing.

• Shen Gongbao discovered that fires and other mishaps were striking the Western Zhou camp, and realized his Misfortune Law had been broken and its backlash was harming his own army.
• Shen Gongbao recognized Xiao Li on Fengcheng's walls and organized his soldiers through the night as disasters left them exhausted.
• At dawn, the North Marquis army surged out of Fengcheng and attacked the Western Zhou camp, whose morale had collapsed.
• Xiao Li told Chong Houhu the battle would end in victory and warned him not to pursue a desperate enemy, then vanished.
• Yuanshi turned his gaze toward the battlefield from the Jade Void Palace.

Yuanshi discovered that Shen Gongbao’s Misfortune ability had backfired on Western Zhou, leaving its army routed and Ji Fa unconscious, so he sent True Person Huang Long to rescue them. As Western Zhou collapsed outside Fengcheng, Marquis Chonghu joined the pursuit, and Huang Long arrived to break the siege and confront the marquis.

• Yuanshi realized that Shen Gongbao’s Misfortune ability had rebounded onto Western Zhou and summoned True Person Huang Long to save Shen Gongbao and the army.
• Fengcheng’s forces routed Western Zhou’s army despite Shen Gongbao’s efforts to organize a defense, while Ji Fa remained unconscious.
• Marquis Chonghu laughed at Western Zhou’s defeat, then charged from Fengcheng to pursue the retreating army.
• Western Zhou’s soldiers mutinied, and Ji Fa briefly regained consciousness before hearing Shen Gongbao despair and fainting again.
• True Person Huang Long arrived, rebuked Shen Gongbao, and turned his attention to Marquis Chonghu.

Chonghou Hu’s death halted the battlefield, but True Person Huang Long’s attack on Shen Gongbao’s army led the four personal disciples of Tongtian to kill him for violating the immortals’ rules. The chapter ends with Shen Gongbao witnessing the aftermath as Yuanshi and Tongtian meet again in the void, openly hostile.

• Chonghou Hu was beheaded, and his death stopped the Fengcheng army’s pursuit and ended the Western Zhou army’s panic.
• True Person Huang Long drove the Fengcheng soldiers away, and Shen Gongbao thanked him before leading the Western Zhou army back toward Western Zhou.
• Daoist Duobao, Golden Spirit Holy Mother, Holy Mother Wudang, and Turtle Spirit Holy Mother surrounded True Person Huang Long and destroyed his body and Primordial Spirit.
• Daoist Duobao condemned True Person Huang Long for the Chan Teachings’ violation of the rules, killed him, and collected his True Spirit.
• Shen Gongbao watched rain fill a huge crater outside Fengcheng and reflected that True Person Huang Long had deserved his fate.
• Yuanshi and Tongtian met again deep in the void, and hostility filled the air between them.

Yuanshi withdrew after Tongtian refused to yield, then sent Guangchengzi to assist Shen Gongbao. At Jiebei Pass, the Chan Teaching immortals entered the Ten Absolute Arrays and discovered they had fallen into Sanxiao’s Nine Bends Yellow River Formation.

• Tongtian confronted Yuanshi over True Person Huang Long’s death and stood ready to fight when Yuanshi threatened him.
• Yuanshi left without challenging Tongtian, who refrained from killing him to follow Ling Tian’s plans for the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.
• Yuanshi ordered Guangchengzi to descend the mountain and help Shen Gongbao, after which the campaign proceeded smoothly but the tribulation timeline stretched out.
• The Ten Heavenly Lords arrived at Jiebei Pass and set up the Ten Absolute Arrays to stop Shen Gongbao’s forces.
• The Chan Teaching immortals attempted to break the Ten Absolute Arrays, but a song and black fog revealed they had entered Sanxiao’s Nine Bends Yellow River Formation.
• Guangchengzi warned the Chan Teaching immortals that the formation could strip away their cultivation, and they braced themselves against its power.

The Chan Teachings immortals suffered devastating losses inside Sanxiao’s Nine Bends Yellow River Formation, but Burning Lamp entered and used Saintly power to make the formation falter. Sanxiao and Zhao Gongming faced the formation’s imminent collapse as four new auras appeared.

• The Primordial Gold Dou stripped Chijingzi of his cultivation, and the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors killed him despite the Chan Teachings immortals’ threats.
• Guangchengzi urged the Chan Teachings immortals to break the formation, but the Chaos Gold Dou killed Juliusun and the formation’s attacks continued to overwhelm them.
• The surviving Chan Teachings immortals gathered to defend themselves while hoping Yuanshi would intervene, unaware that Tongtian was holding him back.
• Burning Lamp entered the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation and unleashed a limited Power of a Saint, shaking it violently and encouraging the Chan Teachings immortals to taunt Sanxiao and Zhao Gongming.
• Sanxiao and Zhao Gongming grew alarmed as the formation neared its limit, then sensed four auras appear.

Di Xin used the Shang Dynasty's growing fortune to counter the Power of a Saint sustaining Randeng, allowing Sanxiao and Zhao Gongming to resume their attacks inside the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation. Randeng abandoned the Chan Teachings immortals, leaving them exposed to the Primordial Gold Dou.

• Xiao Li, Xiao Yu, Xiao Jiu, and Di Xin arrived at the formation on their teacher's orders to help Sanxiao and Zhao Gongming.
• Di Xin summoned the Shang Dynasty's fortune as an Auspicious Golden Dragon, forcing Randeng to use nearly all his Power of a Saint to hold it back.
• Sanxiao and Zhao Gongming thanked Di Xin and attacked Randeng and the trapped Chan Teachings immortals again.
• Randeng struggled to protect the Chan Teachings immortals from the Primordial Gold Dou's attacks.
• Randeng turned into a breeze and fled, leaving Guangchengzi and the other Chan Teachings immortals at the mercy of the golden light.

After the Chan Teachings immortals died, Yuanshi blamed Randeng and set out to attack the Sanxiao sisters, but Tongtian stopped him at Jiebei Pass. Yuanshi attacked Tongtian with the Pangu Banner.

• The Sanxiao sisters and Zhao Gongming thanked Di Xin and the three demons for helping them defeat Guangchengzi and the other Chan Teachings immortals.
• Yuanshi divined that nearly all his disciples had died and furiously confronted Randeng, who said the Shang Dynasty’s Auspicious Golden Dragon had restrained the Power of a Saint.
• Yuanshi went to Jiebei Pass to kill the Sanxiao sisters, but Tongtian blocked his way and accused the Chan Teachings of breaking the rules.
• Yuanshi grew angrier at Tongtian’s rebuke and attacked him with the Pangu Banner, summoning shadowy axe-blades across the void.

Yuanshi attacked Tongtian with the Pangu Banner, but Tongtian’s sword qi overwhelmed his axe gleams. Laozi intervened and restrained Tongtian’s sword with the White Jade Golden Bridge, yet Tongtian refused to surrender and mocked the Saints’ strength.

• Yuanshi unleashed the Pangu Banner’s axe gleams against Tongtian, who met the attack with a powerful sword light.
• Hongjun watched the battle from Zixiao Palace and felt uneasy despite the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation appearing to follow his plans.
• Yuanfeng and Qing Luan cheered Tongtian from the Southern Ming Undying Volcano as Primordial Beings debated whether the other Saints would join the fight.
• After Tongtian’s sword light nearly cut through Yuanshi’s attack and Yuanshi began bleeding, Laozi arrived and pinned the sword light down with the White Jade Golden Bridge.
• Tongtian recognized Laozi’s breakthrough to the Heavenly Dao Saint Middle Stage, then rejected Laozi’s offer to surrender and declared that a mere Saint Fourth Heaven could not make him submit.

Tongtian fought Laozi and Yuanshi, using their attacks to temper himself and break through to the middle stage of the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm. After his breakthrough, his sword light overwhelmed their defenses and struck at Yuanshi.

• Tongtian broke free of the White Jade Golden Bridge’s suppression and attacked Laozi with a powerful sword strike.
• Laozi called on Yuanshi for help, and Yuanshi attacked Tongtian with the Pangu Banner while Tongtian’s first sword light was occupied.
• Tongtian summoned the Immortal Slaying Sword, then vanished when Yuanshi’s axe beams swallowed him and shattered the void.
• Swords across the Primordial World bowed toward Tongtian as sword auras gathered, and Laozi realized Tongtian was using their attacks to break through.
• Tongtian emerged with a sword light more than a hundred times stronger, forcing back Laozi and Yuanshi’s attacks and striking at Yuanshi.
• Laozi blocked Tongtian’s sword light for Yuanshi with the White Jade Golden Bridge, but a stronger sword beam immediately appeared and attacked Yuanshi again.

Tongtian used his battle against Laozi and Yuanshi to reach the mid-stage of the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, then overwhelmed both Saints. As Hongjun grew furious at their defeat, he ordered Haotian, Zunti, and Jieyin to go kill Tongtian.

• Yuanshi considered fleeing, but Laozi reminded him that Hongjun was watching, and Tongtian appeared and called out his intention to run.
• Tongtian's sword strike shattered Yuanshi's axe-light, and Laozi blocked the attack with the White Jade Golden Bridge.
• Tongtian repeatedly attacked the two Saints, leaving Yuanshi unable to fight back and carving more gashes into Laozi's bridge.
• Primordial Beings marveled that Tongtian had used Laozi and Yuanshi to break through and now had the strength to kill them.
• Hongjun condemned Laozi and Yuanshi for becoming tools for Tongtian's breakthrough and ordered Haotian, Zunti, and Jieyin to kill Tongtian.

Haotian, Zunti, and Jieyin joined Laozi and Yuanshi to attack Tongtian, believing they could overwhelm him. As the five Saints pressed their advantage, Tongtian revealed that he had secretly set up the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation around the battlefield.

• Haotian, Zunti, and Jieyin left Zixiao Palace to aid Laozi and Yuanshi against Tongtian.
• Yuanshi struggled to evade Tongtian's sword attacks and welcomed the arrival of the three Saints.
• The five Saints attacked Tongtian together, and he dodged for the first time before appearing wounded.
• The Primordial World Beings wondered why the Phoenix Clan had not come to Tongtian's aid as the five Saints closed in.
• Tongtian revealed the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation around the battlefield.