Chapter Summaries

Tongtian lost the Zhuxian Sword Formation to the Four Saints but recovered the Lu Xian Sword and formation diagram before Beiming intervened. Beiming restrained Tongtian and urged the Saints to settle the conflict peacefully, leaving the post-battle confrontation unresolved.

• Tongtian diverted his attack from Yuanshi to Jieyin, disrupting Jieyin long enough to prevent him from taking the Lu Xian Sword.
• Tongtian dismissed the formation; Laozi, Yuanshi, and Nüwa seized three swords, while Tongtian reclaimed the Lu Xian Sword and the formation diagram.
• The five Saints faced one another in a tense standoff after the formation vanished.
• Beiming arrived with the Chaos Bell, restrained Tongtian, and used his presence to deter Laozi, Yuanshi, and Jieyin.
• Nüwa greeted Beiming, and Jieyin bowed to him.
• Beiming asked Laozi and Yuanshi to move to a quieter place and discuss the killing tribulation and a new order for the Primordial Wilderness.

Beiming ended the Saints’ standoff after the Zhuxian Formation fell and led them away to settle postwar matters. The Investiture Grand Ceremony then began as Qin’s rise continued, while a new tribulation loomed beyond the chapter’s ending.

• Beiming proposed that the Saints leave the battlefield and discuss matters elsewhere, and Yuanshi Tianzun, Jieyin, Nüwa, Tongtian Sect Master, and Laozi agreed.
• Beiming used his power to transport the six away from Luoyi, ending the immediate danger for the surviving armies.
• The Three Religions’ forces withdrew to their respective strongholds, and the Investiture killing tribulation came to an end.
• Qin State recovered the Nine Cauldrons after its army reached Luoyi, while King Zhaoxiang of Qin welcomed the Saints’ withdrawal from mortal affairs.
• Jiang Ziya held the Investiture Grand Ceremony in the Qinling Mountains, restoring divine bodies and positions to the True Spirits on the list.

Beiming gathered the Saints in the Inner Chaos after the Investiture of the Gods and urged them to set aside their conflict and prepare for the next shift in Heaven and Earth’s fortunes. Jieyin announced the coming rise of the West, while Tongtian insisted that the Saints establish fair rules for sharing in it.

• Beiming brought Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Nüwa, and Jieyin to a protected space in the Inner Chaos after ending Tongtian’s confinement.
• Beiming explained that the Saints’ feud could destabilize the Primordial Wilderness, and urged them to focus on the new stage following the Investiture of the Gods.
• Jieyin declared that the Mystic Gate’s decline would shift the Heavenly Dao’s momentum westward and called for the Saints’ support of Western Prosperity.
• Tongtian agreed to offer some assistance but demanded that the Saints first negotiate rules for sharing the coming prosperity and bearing its tribulations.
• Tongtian saw Western Prosperity as a chance for the Jie Sect to recover its standing and gain a share of the new order.

Beiming proposed a Westward Journey to revive the West, connect East and West, and redistribute merit and luck, giving the Saints a new contest after the Canonization of the Gods. As the Saints began negotiating their roles, Laozi insisted that the Human Religion must send a representative, leaving the team’s remaining places unsettled.

• Beiming proposed forming a four-member westward team with a mount to travel through the West, endure eighty-one hardships, spread the Dao, and bring the regions along the route under Huoyun Cave.
• The Saints discerned that Sun Wukong and Jin Chanzi were destined members, leaving two team positions and the mount open to competition.
• Tongtian praised Beiming’s proposal as an opportunity for the Jie Sect to recover from its defeat, while Jieyin reminded Yuanshi of his promise not to obstruct Western Prosperity.
• Yuanshi affirmed that the Chan Sect would not participate, and Tongtian taunted him for yielding to reason.
• Laozi assessed the Saints’ competing interests, then declared that the Human Religion would support the journey and provide a suitable candidate as a human vanguard.

The Saints settled the Journey to the West roster, giving Laozi one member slot and the Western Religion the final slot and mount. After the other Saints departed, Beiming, Nüwa, and Tongtian considered how to use the journey, while Tongtian recognized it as a chance to rebuild Jie Sect’s influence despite its lack of a treasure to stabilize its Luck.

• Laozi decided to raise his nominal disciple Tianpeng’s cultivation to Daluo Golden Immortal so he could join the westward journey.
• Jieyin claimed the last member slot and the mount for the Western Religion, intending to bargain with Haotian and secretly convert the person Haotian selected.
• Beiming warned the Saints that Heaven and Earth showed signs of disorder and that chaos was about to stir.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Jieyin departed to prepare, leaving Beiming, Nüwa, and Tongtian behind.
• Nüwa planned to discuss raising Fuxi and undermining Haotian with Beiming, while Tongtian saw Jin Chanzi’s role in the journey as a chance to spread Jie Sect’s teachings.
• Tongtian reflected that Jie Sect’s Luck depended on continual recruitment because the sect lacked a Spirit Treasure capable of suppressing it.

Tongtian acknowledged that Beiming had saved him and the Jie Sect from a worse fate, and agreed to owe the Literary Sect two karmic debts. He arranged for his disciples to return to Golden Turtle Island, while privately resolving to confront Laozi and Yuanshi over their betrayal.

• The chapter explained that Tongtian could not safely seize Ming He's Karma Fire Red Lotus, since doing so could endanger the Asura Race and disrupt reincarnation, bringing disastrous karma upon the Jie Sect.
• Tongtian thanked Beiming for breaking the deadlock after the Jie Sect's defeat and asked for Duobao, Wuyun, and the other disciples staying at the Literary Sect to return to Golden Turtle Island.
• Nüwa pointed out that Tongtian now owed Beiming two Saint-level karmic debts, and Beiming asked that they be recorded on the Literary Sect's account for future aid.
• Tongtian agreed to repay the debts and focused on retrieving his disciples and stabilizing the Jie Sect ahead of the Journey to the West Tribulation.
• Tongtian reflected that Laozi and Yuanshi's betrayal hurt more than the Jie Sect's defeat and decided to abandon his remaining illusions about their brotherhood.

At the Great Void Palace, Tongtian met his captured Jie Sect disciples and agreed to exchange the Qingping Sword for their return to Golden Turtle Island. Beiming accepted the bargain, leaving the sword in his hands and the captives' release as the agreed price.

• Beiming brought Nüwa and Tongtian to the Great Void Palace, where more than a hundred Jie Sect disciples captured in the Battle of Luoyi waited under guard.
• Tongtian reassured Duobao and the other captives, telling them the Jie Sect's defeat was not their fault and that they would rebuild the sect together.
• Tongtian offered the Qingping Sword to Beiming in exchange for the captives' safe return, despite Duobao and the others urging him not to give it up.
• Beiming drew the Qingping Sword into his hand and accepted it as the price for the Jie Sect disciples' freedom.

After the Investiture of the Gods, Beiming sent the Literary Sect disciples to rest while he and Nüwa anticipated Jieyin’s next move. At Mount Ling, Jieyin prepared to convert captured Jie Sect disciples and received Chan Sect defectors, while Yuanshi learned of the betrayal and planned to use Juliusun’s defection to force Jieyin to repay a debt of Saint cause and effect.

• Tongtian exchanged the Qingping Sword to bring back Duobao and the other Jie Sect disciples, then returned with them to Golden Turtle Island.
• Beiming dismissed the Literary Sect disciples to recover and cultivate, and he and Nüwa agreed that Jieyin’s move was imminent.
• Jieyin fortified Mount Ling against the Demon Sect and had Zhunti, Immortal Chang'er Dingguang, and others convert the captured Jie Sect disciples.
• Randeng took Juliusun to Mount Ling, while Manjushri, Samantabhadra, and Cihang remained with the Chan Sect.
• Yuanshi deduced that Randeng and Juliusun had gone to Mount Ling and chose not to expose the three other disciples Randeng had approached.
• Yuanshi planned to wait for Juliusun to formally betray the Chan Sect, then kill him and make Jieyin’s intervention settle their Saint cause and effect.

Jieyin and Zhunti prepared to establish the Buddhist Sect as a new path apart from the Mystic Gate Dao lineage, while their conversion of Jie Sect disciples advanced. Jieyin's proclamation began the sect's formal emergence, leaving the West transformed and its new doctrine declared across the Primordial Wilderness.

• Zhunti observed that Immortal Chang'er Dingguang had helped loosen the resolve of more than a thousand Jie Sect disciples, who awaited the final step of conversion.
• Zhunti reassured Juliusun that Jieyin had karmic ties with the Chan Sect Saint and promised Randeng a chance to reach Quasi-Saint, but refused to provide him a Spirit Treasure.
• Zhunti told Jieyin that the disciples' minds had been shaken and that Immortal Chang'er Dingguang had proved useful.
• Jieyin unleashed his Saintly Might and proclaimed that he and Zhunti would break from the Mystic Gate Dao lineage and establish the Buddhist Sect.
• Jieyin declared suffering, awakening, and ferrying as the Buddhist Sect's principles, while Saintly power made the barren western land appear to flourish and drew living beings to worship.

Jieyin declared the Buddhist Sect independent from the Mystic Gate, drawing away part of its fortune as former Western Religion, Jie Sect, and Chan Sect disciples took Buddhist roles. The West gained strength while Laozi recognized that the Mystic Gate’s momentum had begun to waver, but he held back from confronting Jieyin.

• Jieyin and Zhunti proclaimed the Buddhist Sect’s establishment, and Mystic Gate fortune flowed into the new sect.
• More than a thousand captured Jie Sect disciples converted, while Yaoshi, Maitreya, Mahasthamaprapta, Ksitigarbha, and other followers received Buddhist titles and positions.
• Jieyin became lord of the Buddhist Sect and Zhunti its presiding mother, as Heavenly Dao merit stabilized the sect and eased the sense of betrayal.
• Cultivators across the Primordial Wilderness reacted to Jieyin’s split, while Bei Ming and Nüwa saw it as a chance for the Demon Sect to rise.
• Laozi sensed the loss of Mystic Gate fortune and the disruption to his Journey to the West plans, but restrained his anger because the West’s revival followed Heavenly Dao momentum.

Yuanshi Tianzun confronted Jieyin over Juliusun’s defection to the newly established Buddhist Sect and attacked Mount Ling when Jieyin refused to hand him over. Jieyin raised his defenses, and the two Saints began a clash over the repayment of their karma.

• Laozi decided to wait for the Journey to the West and consider joining forces with the other Mystic Gate sects to suppress the Buddhist Sect.
• Yuanshi Tianzun attacked Mount Ling with his Saintly Might and demanded that Jieyin hand over Juliusun for betraying the Chan Sect.
• Jieyin refused, arguing that Juliusun had willingly taken refuge in Buddhism and that he would not abandon him to Yuanshi’s anger.
• Yuanshi attacked Jieyin with the Pangu Banner, and Jieyin blocked the strike with the Twelve Grade Merit Golden Lotus.
• Yuanshi unleashed Opening Heaven and Earth, while Jieyin summoned eighty-one sariras to form a Buddha Dharma Image and prepared to defend himself.

Yuanshi Tianzun and Jieyin ended their confrontation after Yuanshi demonstrated the Pangu Banner’s power and Jieyin offered Saint karma to settle the dispute over Juliusun. Back at Jade Void Palace, Yuanshi refused Haotian’s demand for the Investiture of the Gods List and ordered his disciples to strengthen the Chan Sect.

• Yuanshi’s strike with the Pangu Qi Blade damaged Jieyin’s Sarira and weakened the Twelve Grade Merit Golden Lotus, but Jieyin protected Mount Ling.
• Jieyin proposed offsetting the Buddhist Sect’s acceptance of Chan Sect disciples with the Saint karma he owed, and Yuanshi agreed to spare Juliusun for now.
• Yuanshi returned to Jade Void Palace and resolved to focus on improving his disciples’ strength after the Investiture battle.
• Nanji Xianweng reported that Haotian had demanded the Investiture of the Gods List, but Yuanshi ordered him to keep the list and the God-Smiting Whip.
• Yuanshi sent Nanji Xianweng and Jiang Ziya to report to the Heavenly Court and instructed the disciples to cultivate diligently; Guang Chengzi vowed they would eventually slay Randeng and Juliusun.

Yuanshi praised Guang Chengzi’s resolve and prepared to teach the Chan Sect disciples, while Tongtian rallied the diminished Jie Sect and assigned Jin Chanzi a path to control his fierce-beast bloodline. The chapter ended with Tongtian ordering Duobao to arrange and guard Jin Chanzi’s ten lifetimes of reincarnation.

• Yuanshi approved Guang Chengzi’s declaration and promised to expound Yuqing’s cultivation method to the Chan Sect disciples.
• Tongtian summoned more than two hundred surviving Jie Sect disciples to Biyou Palace and lamented that the Buddhist Sect had risen where the Jie Sect had fallen.
• Duobao urged Tongtian to rebuild the Jie Sect by spreading its teachings and grasping a ray of hope for struggling beings.
• Tongtian rallied the disciples, who pledged to follow him and uphold the Jie Sect’s Dao.
• Tongtian ordered Jin Chanzi to undergo ten lifetimes of reincarnation and accumulate good deeds to suppress his fierce-beast bloodline.
• Tongtian instructed Duobao to negotiate with the Netherworld Underworld, arrange Jin Chanzi’s reincarnations, and guard against interference.

Tongtian Sect Master arranged for Jie Sect disciples to prepare for the Journey to the West and began training three disciples for the coming struggle. In the Heavenly Court, Haotian gathered the gods in a grand assembly and hoped to use the Investiture of the Gods List to command the Jie Sect gods, while the Literary Sect’s influence continued to evade his authority.

• Tongtian Sect Master sent Duobao to the Netherworld Mansion to arrange reincarnation for the deceased Jie Sect disciples.
• Tongtian Sect Master ordered Zhao Gongming to lead the other disciples westward and secure key locations for the Journey to the West.
• Tongtian Sect Master kept Wudang, Clouds, and Immortal Wuyun behind to teach them the Dao of Quasi-Saint and urged them to advance before the tribulation began.
• Haotian and Yaochi presided over a grand assembly in Lingxiao Treasure Hall, where the gods stood divided mainly between the Literary Sect and Jie Sect.
• Haotian hoped to use the Investiture of the Gods List to control the listed Jie Sect gods, but the Literary Sect’s divine officials continued to ignore many Heavenly Emperor edicts.

Haotian tried to assert his authority over the Heavenly Court, but Saint Mother Guiling challenged the court’s lack of real influence over the Primordial Wilderness. When Haotian demanded the Investiture of the Gods List from Nanji Xianweng, Nanji refused and directed him to seek Yuanshi Tianzun’s approval; Haotian backed down, and Han Chi tried to calm the officials.

• The Jie Sect gods gave Haotian only a formal salute, showing little reverence despite their divine appointments.
• Saint Mother Guiling questioned Haotian’s claim to rule the Primordial Wilderness, leaving him unable to answer.
• Haotian asked Nanji Xianweng to surrender the Investiture of the Gods List so he could secure the Divine Path and the gods’ loyalty.
• Nanji Xianweng refused, argued that the list should remain with him and the God-Smiting Whip with Ziya, and told Haotian to ask Yuanshi Tianzun directly.
• Haotian angrily accused Nanji of disregarding him, but did not dare go to Jade Void Palace to confront Yuanshi Tianzun.
• Han Chi urged the officials to remain calm and described the Heavenly Court as a place where they could cultivate while fulfilling their duties.

After the court assembly, Haotian despaired over how little authority he held and rejected Yaochi’s counsel to accept his position. Alone in his quiet room, he tried to calm his resentment through meditation, but a Heart Demon began speaking to him.

• Saint Mother Jin Ling and Guichenzi urged the ministers to stop provoking conflict, and Haotian dismissed the court.
• Yaochi told Haotian the Heavenly Court was functioning well and urged him to let go of power he could not claim.
• Haotian said he would retreat into seclusion and left the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, leaving Yaochi to manage the court’s daily affairs.
• Haotian sat in his quiet room and brooded over the Saints’ disciples controlling the Heavenly Court and denying him the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Haotian tried to draw on the Heavenly Court’s Luck to settle his Dao heart, but a voice mocked his distress and obsession.

Demon Spirit Saint infiltrated Haotian’s bedchamber and used Heart Demon Induction to corrupt him for the Demon Sect’s plan to seize the Heavenly Court. As Haotian struggled between Dao and demon, Yaochi sensed an ominous danger but could not identify its source.

• Haotian woke to a demonic voice in his mind and summoned the Haotian Pagoda, Haotian Mirror, and Haotian Sword to search his bedchamber.
• Demon Spirit Saint emerged from the void, suppressed Haotian, and revealed himself as the Demon Sect’s chief elder.
• Demon Spirit Saint explained that the Demon Sect intended to take over the Heavenly Court and identified Haotian’s resentment and fear as fertile ground for a Devil Seed.
• Demon Spirit Saint cast Heart Demon Induction, causing demonic qi to surge through Haotian and clash with his imperial-path Immortal light.
• Yaochi felt an unexplained heart palpitation, but her attempts to calculate its cause were obscured by ill omen.

After Yaochi warned that the Heavenly Court’s secrets had become impossible to read, Guichenzi judged that the Demon Sect might target the Heavenly Court and urged the Four Emperors to prepare a defensive retreat into the starry sky. Han Chi ordered Literary Sect forces to assemble in the Ziwei Enclosure, and the Chan and Jie Sect forces moved to join them as the Heavenly Court braced for battle.

• Yaochi warned the Four Emperors that the Heavenly Court had undergone a mysterious change and ordered them to heighten their guard.
• Guichenzi arrived at Han Chi’s mansion and argued that the Demon Sect might attack the Heavenly Court, proposing that they gather their forces in the Ziwei Enclosure and activate a defensive Zhou Tian Star Array.
• Han Chi issued a joint order with Guichenzi for trustworthy gods, officials, and Star Lords to assemble in the Ziwei Enclosure and sought cooperation from the other emperors.
• Nanji Xianweng led Dao Xing Tianzun, Huanglong Zhenren, Jiang Ziya, and other Chan Sect members toward the Ziwei Enclosure.
• Saint Mother Jin Ling ordered the Jie Sect gods to assemble at the Ziwei Enclosure in accordance with Tongtian Sect Master and Duobao Daoist’s instructions.
• Forces from various religions streamed across the Heavenly Realm toward the Ziwei Enclosure as tension mounted.

Yaochi discovered that Haotian had fallen into the Demonic Dao and fought him while calling the Four Emperors for help. Demon Spirit Saint controlled the corrupted Heavenly Court and waited for Wutian to establish the Demon Sect as the Four Emperors considered the hidden plot behind Haotian’s corruption.

• Yaochi broke through the restriction on Haotian’s chambers and found him demonized; Haotian attacked her with the Haotian Sword.
• Yaochi used the Inverted Chaos Flag to deflect Haotian’s attacks and summoned Guichenzi, Han Chi, Nanji Xianweng, and Saint Mother Jin Ling for aid.
• Demon Spirit Saint occupied the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, corrupted its officials and servants, and watched Haotian and Yaochi fight through a projection.
• The Four Emperors received Yaochi’s call, and Han Chi warned that Haotian’s fall was likely caused by a hidden plot rather than simple cultivation deviation.

After Haotian fell to demonic corruption, Guichenzi and Han Chi prepared the Heavenly Court for a possible attack while the Three Sects urged caution. Bei Ming and Nüwa saw Haotian’s fall as an opening to replace him as ruler of the Heavenly Court.

• Han Chi urged Guichenzi, Nanji Xianweng, and Saint Mother Jin Ling to seal the Starry Sky, summon Ling Yan, and have Yaochi retreat rather than rush to Haotian’s rescue.
• Guichenzi assigned Han Chi to activate the Zhou Tian Star Array and ordered Nanji Xianweng and Saint Mother Jin Ling to defend Ziwei Star and guide Yaochi back to safety.
• Han Chi activated the three hundred and sixty-five main stars and sealed off the Heavenly Realm with the array, while the leaders sent reports to their respective sects.
• Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian Sect Master instructed Nanji Xianweng and Saint Mother Jin Ling to preserve their forces and cooperate with the Literary Sect’s plans.
• Bei Ming told Nüwa that Wutian was advancing on Mount Sumeru and argued that Haotian’s fall left the Heavenly Court ready for a new ruler; Nüwa agreed.