Chapter Summaries

Yang Jian broke Ksitigarbha’s illusions and nearly killed him before Medicine Master Buddha intervened, but Daoist Duobao and Zhao Gongming arrived to fight Medicine Master Buddha. Yang Jian then used the Primordial Law to crush Ksitigarbha, leaving his death imminent while Medicine Master Buddha was overwhelmed by the two reinforcements.

• Ksitigarbha trapped Yang Jian in Buddha Kingdom in Palm, but Yang Jian shattered the illusion and escaped.
• Yang Jian subjected Ksitigarbha to the Eighteen Layers of Hell and corrupted his Buddha heart with demonic energy.
• Medicine Master Buddha arrived and restored Ksitigarbha’s consciousness, while his Immovable Wisdom King Aspect protected Ksitigarbha from Yang Jian’s attacks.
• Shen Gongbao secretly alerted Zhao Gongming, who arrived with Daoist Duobao and attacked Medicine Master Buddha.
• Yang Jian invoked the Primordial Law, shattered Ksitigarbha’s golden body, and left him on the verge of death as Daoist Duobao and Zhao Gongming battered Medicine Master Buddha.

Yang Jian killed Ksitigarbha despite Bai Ze’s attempt to intervene, deepening the Western Teachings’ losses. On Spirit Mountain, Zhunti and Jieyin planned to undermine the Interception Sect and ordered Bai Ze to negotiate an alliance with the Jiuli Tribe and Lu Ya.

• Bai Ze tried to rescue Ksitigarbha, but Kong Xuan severed Bai Ze’s arm and warned him not to interfere.
• Yang Jian killed Ksitigarbha, and Howling Celestial Dog devoured his body as the Investiture of the Gods List began restoring his soul and True Spirit.
• Bai Ze took Medicine Master Buddha back to Spirit Mountain, where Zhunti gave Medicine Master Buddha the Jinghong Sword and urged him to reach the Quasi-Saint realm.
• Zhunti and Jieyin agreed to work with the Chan Sect to secretly kill or convert Interception Sect disciples before striking at Tongtian.
• Bai Ze proposed an alliance with the Jiuli Tribe and Lu Ya, and Zhunti and Jieyin ordered him to negotiate with them.

Dong Wanggong rescued Shi Ji from Chang Er Ding Guang Xian and helped her reshape her roots, raising her cultivation until she became his Dao Companion. Shi Ji decided to kill Chang Er Ding Guang Xian herself and take his head to Golden Ao Island to sever her ties with Master Tongtian and the Interception Sect.

• Chang Er Ding Guang Xian broke into White Bone Cave and threatened Shi Ji with conversion to Buddhism or death on the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Dong Wanggong appeared, imprisoned Chang Er Ding Guang Xian in a Minor Thousand World, and sent Biyun Boy to follow Yang Jian.
• Dong Wanggong offered Shi Ji a third choice, and she accepted his help and became his Dao Companion.
• Dong Wanggong reshaped Shi Ji's roots in the Heavenly Dao Nirvana Pool, and she advanced to Quasi-Saint Peak and received the Nishang Immortal Robe.
• Shi Ji told Dong Wanggong she wanted to kill Chang Er Ding Guang Xian herself and take his head to Golden Ao Island.
• A figure fell from the void.

Shi Ji killed Chang Er Ding Guang Xian after he betrayed the Interception Sect, then went with Dong Wanggong to Golden Ao Island to settle her karma with Sect Master Tongtian. After they left, Tongtian reflected on the Interception Sect’s peril and the mysterious state of Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao.

• Shi Ji killed Chang Er Ding Guang Xian and sent his remaining origin to the Investiture of the Gods List, while Dong Wanggong took Skull Mountain into the Chaos Bead.
• Future Buddha Bai Ze saw the aftermath, realized Chang Er Ding Guang Xian had failed the Western Sages’ test, and returned to report to them.
• Daoist Duobao and Zhao Gongming were stunned to see Shi Ji had reached Quasi-Saint Peak and become Dong Wanggong’s Dao Companion, while Tongtian joked that his sect had become a place for the Immortal Emperor to find partners.
• Shi Ji presented Chang Er Ding Guang Xian’s head, and Tongtian ordered Duobao and Zhao Gongming to display it at Golden Ao Island as a warning.
• Dong Wanggong and Shi Ji declined Tongtian’s invitation and left for Penglai Immortal Island, while Tongtian worried about the Interception Sect’s fate and whether Hongjun had changed or vanished into the Heavenly Dao.

Ji Chang proclaimed himself king of Great Zhou and prepared to overthrow Di Xin, while Great Shang, Great Zhou, and the Jiuli Tribe fought for control of the Human Race. As armies and sect disciples converged on their battlefronts, a Wu Race great power arrived at the Zhuolu Plains.

• Ji Chang proclaimed Great Zhou and declared war on Di Xin, with Su Hu, Jiang Ziya, and his ministers pledging their support.
• Di Xin purged disloyal people and sent armies under Yang Jian, Li Jing, and Grand Tutor Wen against the vassals who had not joined Great Zhou.
• The Shang and Zhou armies fought repeatedly at Golden Rooster Ridge as disciples from the Four Sects joined the conflict; the Ten Heavenly Lords' Ten Absolute Arrays were destroyed.
• The Jiuli Tribe, backed by the Yao, advanced toward the Zhuolu Plains, where Bi Gan and Shen Gongbao prepared to defend Great Shang.
• Shen Gongbao said he had requested help from Penglai Immortal Island and expected the Wu Race to intervene, then a soldier reported that a Wu Race great power had arrived.

Xuan Ming joined Great Shang’s campaign against the Jiuli Tribe, and Dong Wanggong traveled to the Zhuolu Plains to meet her. He accepted her as a Dao Companion and gave her a Pangu Primordial Spirit to help advance her cultivation.

• Xuan Ming told Bi Gan and Shen Gongbao that she had come at Empress Pingxin’s command to help Great Shang and would stop Old Ancestor Kunpeng if he acted unusually.
• Dong Wanggong chose the System’s reward that made Xuan Ming his Dao Companion, then told Shi Ji he was leaving for the Zhuolu Plains.
• Nuwa confronted Dong Wanggong about taking Xuan Ming and Pingxin as Dao Companions, and Shi Ji and Nuwa sent him on his way.
• Dong Wanggong and Nezha arrived at the Zhuolu Plains, where Bi Gan, Shen Gongbao, and Xuan Ming welcomed them; Bi Gan then planned how to face the Jiuli and Yao forces.
• Dong Wanggong gave Xuan Ming a Pangu Primordial Spirit, and they sealed their love with a kiss.

Di Xin arrived at Zhuolu Plains to confront True Man Gu and the Jiuli Tribe as Great Shang prepared to defend its final line against them. He challenged True Man Gu’s claim to the Human King’s title, leaving the opposing armies poised for battle.

• Dong Wanggong told Xuan Ming he planned to win Pingxin over after the Battle of Zhuolu so the two sisters could serve him together.
• Bi Gan asked Nezha if he could handle the Ten Great Yao Saints, and Nezha boasted of his Chaos Demon God Body while explaining why he respected Medusa.
• Shen Gongbao led Bi Gan and Nezha to face True Man Gu and Lu Ya, who threatened to let his Gu worms devour them.
• Di Xin appeared above the battlefield on a Divine Dragon, and his pressure drove True Man Gu’s Gu worms back into the Iron Eater Beast.
• Di Xin accused True Man Gu of betraying the Human Race and Chi You’s rules, but True Man Gu insisted he was the Human King and challenged Di Xin to settle the dispute by fighting.

Di Xin faced Lu Ya and the Demon Race after the Jiuli Tribe rebelled, then called on Shang Tang to help restore the Human Race. Shang Tang emerged from the Human Sacred Land as Di Xin’s Human King destiny began to recover.

• Lu Ya declared that he had brought the Demon Race to support True Man Gu, and Di Xin and Nezha mocked him.
• Bi Gan urged Di Xin to summon Shang Tang, arguing that the Jiuli Tribe’s rebellion gave their ancestor a reason to intervene.
• Di Xin and the Chaoge troops knelt on the Zhuolu Plains and asked Shang Tang to defeat the demons and restore peace to the Human Race.
• The Human Race Destiny Golden Dragon appeared as Di Xin’s Human King destiny and Purple Star Emperor Qi began recovering.
• Shang Tang crossed through the void from among the Human Saints and emerged to answer Di Xin’s call.

Shang Tang and Lu Ya fought in the Nine Heavens while Di Xin and True Man Gu led their armies into battle on the Zhuolu Plains. Nezha captured Empress Medusa and sent her to Dong Wanggong, while the war continued beneath a growing aura of Kalpa Tribulation.

• Shang Tang summoned four Nine Provinces Cauldrons and challenged Lu Ya, drawing him away from the battlefield to fight in the Nine Heavens.
• Bi Gan led Great Shang's forces against the Jiuli Tribe and its Yao allies, while Di Xin charged True Man Gu.
• Shen Gongbao fought through the Yao army as the Ten Great Yao Saints surrounded Nezha.
• Nezha bound Empress Medusa with Huntian Ling and sent her to Dong Wanggong, asking him to take her into his harem.
• Xuan Ming welcomed Medusa beside her, while Dong Wanggong decided to send Nezha back to the Heaven Burying Demon Pagoda for training.

Nezha killed six Demon Saints while Future Buddha Bai Ze converted the other three, drawing Old Ancestor Kunpeng into a confrontation. Dong Wanggong suspected Bai Ze was pursuing a larger plan as the battle on the Zhuolu Plains became more complicated.

• Xuan Ming nudged Medusa into Dong Wanggong's arms, while Nezha attacked the nine Demon Saints.
• Bai Ze appeared and used Buddhist powers to take the White Emperor of Qingqiu, the Golden Horned Giant Beast, and the Eight-headed Serpent into the Buddha Kingdom in Palm.
• Nezha killed Fei Yi, Gu Diao, Bi Fang, Lu Wu, Zhu Yan, and the Thunder God, who were sent to the Lingxiao Treasure Hall under the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Lu Ya called on Old Ancestor Kunpeng to retrieve the three captured Demon Saints, while Dong Wanggong chose to watch and ponder Bai Ze's motives.
• Bai Ze declared the three Demon Saints destined for Buddhism, and Six-Eared Macaque and Wuzhiqi accepted that their intervention had ended.
• Old Ancestor Kunpeng attacked Bai Ze with Boundless Dark Water and a frigid chill.

Di Xin killed Gu Zhenren, seized three more Nine Provinces Cauldrons, and forced the Jiuli Tribe to surrender. He ordered the tribe dispersed and assimilated while he and Shang Tang joined the battle against Lu Ya, who sealed the void with his Light Domain as Di Xin prepared to use the God-Slaying Flying Knife.

• Bai Ze and Old Ancestor Kunpeng battled in the Chaos Void while Eastern Emperor Taiyi and the Western Teachings considered the consequences of Bai Ze's actions.
• Bi Gan used the Wordless Heavenly Book to command Great Shang's forces, and Shen Gongbao slaughtered the Demon Race's army.
• Gu Zhenren unleashed Gu Devours the Cosmos, but Di Xin killed him with the Xuanyuan Sword and claimed the Yuzhou Ding, Liangzhou Ding, and Yongzhou Ding.
• The Jiuli Tribe surrendered, and Di Xin ordered its people scattered among Great Shang's settlements and its top cultivators killed.
• Di Xin found the injured Shang Tang and gave him three Nine Provinces Cauldrons before they attacked Lu Ya together.
• Lu Ya cast Light Domain to seal the void, and Di Xin began to summon his treasure with the words, "Treasure, please turn around..."

Di Xin wounded Lu Ya with the Immortal Slaying Flying Knife, and Bai Ze seized the chance to trap Lu Ya in his Buddha Kingdom and try to convert him. As Bai Ze declared Lu Ya destined to become a Buddha, Di Xin handed the flying knife to Shen Gongbao for his campaign against Zhou.

• Di Xin struck Lu Ya in the chest with the Immortal Slaying Flying Knife, which tore through him before returning to Di Xin's hand.
• Bai Ze used Buddha Kingdom in Palm and temporal power to seize Lu Ya before Old Ancestor Kunpeng could reach him.
• Dong Wanggong explained that Bai Ze hoped to make Lu Ya a Buddha so the Demon Race could enter Buddhism and regain influence.
• Lu Ya threatened Bai Ze while Old Ancestor Kunpeng demanded his release, but the others watched without intervening.
• Di Xin told Bi Gan that Kong Xuan had given him the Immortal Slaying Flying Knife, then lent it to Shen Gongbao for the Zhou battlefield.
• Bai Ze ignored the threats and announced that Lu Ya could become the Great Sun Supreme Bright Buddha and take the position of Buddha.

Bai Ze tried to convert Lu Ya and then defeated Old Ancestor Kunpeng with a divine art that drew on the power of the future. Kunpeng survived the blow but struggled to climb out of the pit, while the gathered powers recognized how far Bai Ze had advanced.

• Bai Ze urged Lu Ya to join the Western Teachings, but Lu Ya refused and cursed him, while Nezha mocked the exchange by pretending to seek conversion himself.
• Bai Ze invoked Buddha Kingdom in Palm to convert Lu Ya, and Old Ancestor Kunpeng attacked him with Three Thousand Measures of Dark Water.
• Bai Ze used the Great Mandate and Great Buddhist Law to borrow power from the future and struck Kunpeng into a bottomless pit.
• Six-Eared Macaque and Wuzhiqi discussed their chances against Bai Ze, while Dong Wanggong and Xuan Ming marveled at his mastery of fate.
• Old Ancestor Kunpeng coughed up blood and struggled to climb out of the pit after Bai Ze's attack.

The Old Ancestor Kunpeng fought Bai Ze to rescue Lu Ya, while Shang Tang encouraged Di Xin to fulfill his destiny as a Human Emperor. Bai Ze escaped with Lu Ya toward Spirit Mountain, leaving the Old Ancestor Kunpeng uncertain whether Bai Ze was serving the Western Teachings or pursuing another plan.

• The Old Ancestor Kunpeng freed Lu Ya from Bai Ze's Buddha Kingdom in Palm and took the Monster Summoning Banner from him before challenging Bai Ze.
• Shang Tang told Di Xin that his role in the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation could lead him beyond Supreme Saint, and Di Xin's bloodline awakened.
• The Old Ancestor Kunpeng and Bai Ze fought over Lu Ya, who repeatedly passed between their grasp and endured near-death ordeals that strengthened his resolve to control his own fate.
• Bai Ze threatened to use the Western Teachings' fortune and killed Lu Ya if the Old Ancestor Kunpeng resisted, so the Old Ancestor Kunpeng held back.
• Bai Ze called the Old Ancestor Kunpeng a weakling and carried Lu Ya toward Spirit Mountain, while the Old Ancestor Kunpeng wondered whether Bai Ze had truly joined Buddhism or was plotting for the Yao Race.

Eastern Emperor Taiyi emerged to rescue Lu Ya, but Bai Ze took Lu Ya to the Western World while the Two Sages of the West held Taiyi off. Taiyi battled the sages in the Chaos Void until they summoned Primordial Heavenly Venerate, who arrived intent on defeating him and coveting the Witch-Slaying Sword.

• Bai Ze demanded that Old Ancestor Kunpeng summon Eastern Emperor Taiyi to save Lu Ya.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi appeared and ordered Bai Ze to release Lu Ya, but Bai Ze refused, declaring that Lu Ya would join the Western Teachings.
• Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin intervened, allowing Bai Ze to take Lu Ya toward the Western World while they faced Eastern Emperor Taiyi.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi pursued the Two Sages of the West into the Chaos Void and wounded them with the Witch-Slaying Sword before Saint Jieyin trapped him in the Nightmare.
• Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin summoned Primordial Heavenly Venerate, who arrived and declared that Eastern Emperor Taiyi posed no threat as he eyed the Witch-Slaying Sword.

Eastern Emperor Taiyi fought Primordial Heavenly Venerate and the Two Sages of the West over the Witch-Slaying Sword, but was defeated after they drew on the Primordial World's power. Lu Ya arrived with Bai Ze, having converted to Buddhism as the Great Sun Supreme Bright Buddha, and threatened the Saints if they attacked his uncle and Kunpeng.

• Primordial Heavenly Venerate joined Zhunti and Jieyin against Eastern Emperor Taiyi, claiming he owed them a debt and wanted the Witch-Slaying Sword.
• Dong Wanggong watched the battle from the Chaos Green Lotus as Xuan Ming predicted Taiyi would lose and Lu Ya would become the Great Sun Supreme Bright Buddha.
• Taiyi trapped the three Saints with Space-Time Dao chains and wounded the Two Sages of the West, but Primordial Heavenly Venerate used the Pangu Banner and the Primordial World's power to overpower him.
• Kunpeng seized the Witch-Slaying Sword and rescued the badly wounded Taiyi, then accused the three Saints of abusing their authority.
• Bai Ze and the newly converted Lu Ya arrived, and Lu Ya warned the Saints that he would self-destruct his origin if they attacked Taiyi and Kunpeng.

Lu Ya joined the Western Teachings, while Dong Wanggong confronted Demon Ancestor Luohu and uncovered his interest in Eastern Emperor Taiyi. The story then shifted to Golden Rooster Ridge, where Great Zhou and Great Shang gathered their forces for a decisive confrontation.

• Lu Ya’s light failed to heal Eastern Emperor Taiyi, and Zhunti invited Eastern Emperor Taiyi and Old Ancestor Kunpeng to recover on the Sun Star.
• Old Ancestor Kunpeng took Eastern Emperor Taiyi away, while Dong Wanggong noticed dark aura linked to Demon Ancestor Luohu around him.
• Dong Wanggong found Demon Ancestor Luohu in the Chaos Void and asked whether he planned to recruit Eastern Emperor Taiyi into the Devil Dao or turn him into a Dark Golden Crow.
• Demon Ancestor Luohu denied targeting Eastern Emperor Taiyi and vanished into the Chaos Void; Dong Wanggong then headed toward the Netherworld Realm with Xuan Ming and Medusa.
• At Golden Rooster Ridge, the Three Teachings and Great Zhou faced Great Shang and the Interception Sect, while Kong Xuan and the Golden-winged Great Peng Bird guarded the pass with the Yin-Yang Five-Element Formation.
• Jiang Ziya presided over Great Zhou’s military tent as Su Hu knelt before him.

Su Hu returned to Xi Qi, killed Ji Chang and Lei Zhenzi, and seized the city under Jiang Ziya’s name while Jiang Ziya remained unaware. After Su Hu brought the Great Zhou cauldrons to Chaoge and marched back to Golden Rooster Ridge, the Great Shang Army retreated, leaving Jiang Ziya in danger.

• Su Hu persuaded Jiang Ziya to let him return to Xi Qi, then met Ji Chang in the palace and killed him with power granted by a Blood Demon sigil.
• Su Hu defeated and beheaded Lei Zhenzi, while Haotian concealed changes to the Investiture of the Gods List from Jiang Ziya and the Heavenly Dao Saints.
• Su Hu ordered his men to slaughter Ji Chang’s family and Xi Qi’s officials in Jiang Ziya’s name, and they secretly sent the Yanzhou Ding and Xuzhou Ding to Chaoge.
• Su Hu established the Jiang Dynasty in Xi Qi, killed Lady Ma, and then hurried back to Golden Rooster Ridge with an army.
• The Great Shang Army sounded its retreat, leaving Jiang Ziya facing the consequences of Su Hu’s actions.

Su Hu arrived at Jiang Ziya’s camp with an army and accused him of ordering the murder of Ji Chang’s family so he could claim the throne. Jiang Ziya killed Su Hu and Su Quanzhong, and the enraged Jizhou army plunged the camp into chaos.

• Su Hu brought thousands of beauties and a million Jizhou soldiers to Jiang Ziya’s camp, then claimed Jiang Ziya had ordered him to kill Ji Chang’s family and urged him to take the throne.
• Jiang Ziya and the others found Ji Chang’s family dead in Xi Qi, while rumors of Jiang Ziya’s usurpation spread throughout the Human Race.
• Su Hu repeated his accusations before leaders from the Three Teachings, and Medicine Master Buddha pointed out that the Investiture of the Gods List had shown no response to the deaths.
• Jiang Ziya, overwhelmed by suspicion and rage, struck Su Hu with the Central Wuyi Apricot Yellow Banner and killed him.
• Su Quanzhong attacked Jiang Ziya and was killed, prompting Su Hu’s followers to lead the Jizhou army in a bloody assault that threw the camp into chaos.

Guangchengzi restored Jiang Ziya’s senses after he killed Su Hu and tried to seize the throne, but Jiang Ziya lost the trust of the allied sects. Shen Gongbao arrived to demand Jiang Ziya and the Central Wuyi Apricot Yellow Banner in exchange for Ji Fa, and Jiang Ziya agreed to go.

• Guangchengzi suppressed Jiang Ziya, took the Central Wuyi Apricot Yellow Banner, and dispelled the Kalpa Tribulation’s influence on him.
• Jiang Ziya claimed Su Hu had framed him, while San Yisheng urged the Three Teachings to rescue Ji Fa; Future Buddha Bai Ze said he could not divine a solution.
• Tu Xingsun announced Shen Gongbao’s arrival, and Shen Gongbao mocked the camp before demanding Jiang Ziya and the banner for Ji Fa’s release within ten days.
• Guangchengzi refused to trade Jiang Ziya, but Great Sun Supreme Bright Buddha Lu Ya argued that Jiang Ziya should bear the consequences, intensifying the conflict between the sects.
• Jiang Ziya agreed to go with Shen Gongbao in exchange for Ji Fa, threatening to self-detonate if Great Shang broke its promise.