Chapter Summaries

Xiao Fan revealed that he had destroyed the foreign race army with lightning and proposed invading their homeland to eliminate the threat permanently. He led a force of experts across Heaven Pillar Mountain, where he began wiping out the foreign race’s tribes and armies.

• Xiao Fan admitted that he had summoned lightning to kill the foreign race members who had crossed Heaven Pillar Mountain.
• Xiao Fan warned that more foreign race members could invade and proposed attacking their territory to exterminate them.
• Gu Han and the Beast Kings agreed to send some experts with Xiao Fan while leaving others behind to guard Heaven Pillar Mountain.
• Xiao Fan led the group into the foreign race’s land and began a purge, letting his allies fight scattered enemies while he annihilated large tribes and armies with lightning.

Xiao Fan and his companions exterminated every alien race beyond Heaven Pillar Mountain, ending the threat to Xuanxuan Continent. After returning Heaven’s Punishment Forest’s forces home, the group thanked Mei Xueyan, and Yunxiao prepared to depart.

• Xiao Fan’s extermination force killed every alien race on the far side of Heaven Pillar Mountain, leaving no survivors.
• Gu Han thanked Xiao Fan and his companions, who said they had acted largely for Mei Xueyan; the Three Great Holy Lands became more respectful of her and promised not to target Heaven’s Punishment Forest.
• Xiao Fan declined Gu Han’s invitation to Heavenly Saint Mountain and opened a Space Channel to return Mei Xueyan and the Mystic Beasts to Heaven’s Punishment Forest.
• Gu Han rebuked the Three Great Holy Lands for speaking against Heaven’s Punishment Forest and Xiao Fan after they had left.
• Mei Xueyan sent the Beast Kings away, thanked Xiao Fan and the Chat Group members, and Yunxiao announced that she would return to Three Immortals Island.

Yunxiao invited Xiao Fan and the others to Three Immortals Island, where her spiritual fruits greatly increased their cultivation. Their visit ended with Yunxiao introducing them to Zhao Gongming, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao, whose arrival brought Xiao Fan face to face with figures central to the coming Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.

• Yunxiao returned to the Primordial Investiture of the Gods World and sent invitations to Xiao Fan, Yan Lingji, Huang Rong, and the others.
• Xiao Fan, Yan Lingji, Huang Rong, Yue Buqun, and the other invitees traveled through illusory Light Gates to Three Immortals Island and marveled at its scenery and spiritual energy.
• Yunxiao gave each visitor an Acquired Spiritual Fruit, and Yan Lingji and the others advanced to the third level of the Immortal Altar, the King Realm, while Xiao Fan remained unchanged.
• Zhao Gongming arrived with Qiongxiao and Bixiao, and Yunxiao introduced the three as her siblings.
• Xiao Fan studied Zhao Gongming and recalled his future role in the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation, while Bixiao questioned why Yunxiao had befriended weak acquired humans.

Yunxiao tried to stop Zhao Gongming, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao from joining the war, knowing their fates from the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation. Unable to persuade them, she agreed to go with them, while Zhao Gongming insisted that the Saint Lords would not intervene.

• Bixiao dismissed Xiao Fan and the others as too weak, and Yunxiao rebuked her for judging friendship by strength.
• Zhao Gongming told Yunxiao that Wen Zhong had asked for help, and Qiongxiao and Bixiao said they would accompany him to battle.
• Yunxiao warned them against leaving Three Immortals Island and reminded them of Tongtian Cult Master's instructions to avoid the tribulation.
• Zhao Gongming took Yunxiao's warning as a refusal to help and prepared to leave alone, but Yunxiao stopped him.
• Yunxiao agreed to join Zhao Gongming, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao, while Zhao Gongming declared that the Saint Lords would not enter the war.

Yunxiao and her siblings prepared to join the Investiture of the Gods War, while Xiao Fan chose to travel with them to the battlefield. On the way, Xiao Fan signed in for a Heavenly Immortal Pill that could raise his cultivation to Heavenly Immortal Peak, and the group reached the Yin Shang Camp.

• Yunxiao decided to accompany Zhao Gongming, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao into the war, and Su Xiaoxiao advised her to call on Tongtian Cult Master if Celestial Venerable of the Primordial Beginning approached.
• Su Xiaoxiao, Xiao Fan, and the others returned to their respective worlds, but Xiao Fan stayed and asked to accompany Yunxiao to the battlefield.
• Yunxiao agreed to bring Xiao Fan along after warning him not to fight, and the siblings set out on their mounts toward the battlefield between Yin Shang and Western Qi.
• Xiao Fan signed in during the journey and received a Heavenly Immortal Pill that could raise his cultivation to Heavenly Immortal Peak, which he stored in the System Space.
• Zhao Gongming led the group down to the Yin Shang Camp.

Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Fairies arrived at Wen Zhong’s camp, restoring the Yin Shang forces’ confidence after the Ten Heavenly Lords suffered heavy losses. Zhao Gongming challenged Jiang Ziya and defeated him and Nezha, while Huang Tianhua, Lei Zhenzi, and Yang Jian joined the battle against him.

• Wen Zhong welcomed Zhao Gongming, Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, Bixiao, and Xiao Fan into the Yin Shang camp and introduced them to the remaining Ten Heavenly Lords.
• Zhao Gongming learned that Zhao Jiang had been hung above the Western Qi camp and vowed to capture an opponent in retaliation.
• Zhao Gongming rode Black Tiger to the front lines, with the Three Xiao Fairies and Xiao Fan following, while Wen Zhong lifted the no-battle sign and brought the Yin Shang forces out.
• Jiang Ziya led Nezha, Lei Zhenzi, Huang Tianhua, Yang Jian, Jin Zha, and Mu Zha to confront Zhao Gongming.
• Zhao Gongming knocked Jiang Ziya from Sibuxiang and then defeated Nezha, before Huang Tianhua, Lei Zhenzi, and Yang Jian attacked him together.

Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Fairies routed the Chan Sect fighters, captured Yellow Dragon Taoist, and returned to the Yin Shang Camp in triumph. The Yin Shang forces celebrated their victory while Jiang Ziya lay near death in the Western Qi Camp.

• Bixiao killed Lei Zhenzi with the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors, while Qiongxiao blocked Yang Jian and Yunxiao kept watch.
• Zhao Gongming knocked Huang Tianhua from his Jade Qilin, then captured Yellow Dragon Taoist with the Dragon Binding Rope.
• Zhao Gongming used the Sea Stabilizing Pearl to defeat Chijingzi and several other Chan Sect Immortals, forcing them to retreat.
• Zhao Gongming returned to the Yin Shang Camp with Yellow Dragon Taoist, whom Wen Zhong's men hung from a banner pole after Zhao sealed his primordial spirit.
• Wen Zhong hosted a celebratory banquet where Xiao Fan joined the toasts, while Jiang Ziya lay unconscious in the Western Qi Camp and King Wu Jifa lamented his condition.

Xiao Fan warned Yunxiao that the Chan Sect might try to rescue Yellow Dragon Taoist, and Bixiao stopped Yang Jian’s attempt. The next day, Zhao Gongming chased Burning Lamp toward Mount Wuyi, triggering a check-in mission for Xiao Fan.

• Guangchengzi gave Jiang Ziya a pill, and Jiang Ziya recovered while the injured Chan Sect immortals discussed Zhao Gongming’s powerful treasure and Yellow Dragon Taoist’s predicament.
• Xiao Fan warned Yunxiao that Yang Jian might try to rescue Yellow Dragon Taoist, and Bixiao guarded him that night.
• Yang Jian transformed into a flying ant, but Bixiao discovered him and forced him to flee without rescuing Yellow Dragon Taoist.
• The next day, Burning Lamp went out to face Zhao Gongming, then fled southwest when Zhao Gongming attacked him with the Sea Stabilizing Pearl.
• Zhao Gongming pursued Burning Lamp toward Mount Wuyi, prompting Xiao Fan’s check-in mission and leading him to urge Yunxiao to follow.

Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao used the Treasure Dropping Coin to take Zhao Gongming’s Dragon Binding Rope and Sea Stabilizing Pearl, but Zhao Gongming killed Xiao Sheng and fought Cao Bao. Burning Lamp Taoist struck Zhao Gongming from behind, and Bixiao arrived just as Cao Bao attacked, leaving the fight interrupted by the Three Xiao Fairies’ arrival.

• Xiao Fan traveled southwest with Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao after warning them that Zhao Gongming might be in danger.
• Burning Lamp Taoist met Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao beneath a pine tree on Mount Wuyi, and they promised to stop Zhao Gongming.
• Xiao Sheng used the Treasure Dropping Coin to knock down Zhao Gongming’s Dragon Binding Rope and Sea Stabilizing Pearl, which Cao Bao collected.
• Xiao Sheng tried to use the Treasure Dropping Coin against Zhao Gongming’s Divine Whip, but Zhao Gongming killed him with a blow to the head.
• Burning Lamp Taoist secretly struck Zhao Gongming with the Cosmos Ruler while Cao Bao attacked, and Bixiao intervened with her scissors before Cao Bao could wound him.

The Three Xiao Fairies rescued Zhao Gongming from Burning Lamp Taoist, and Zhao Gongming spared his enemy after taking his treasures. Xiao Fan earned the siblings’ gratitude and a gift before they headed back to camp.

• Bixiao killed Cao Bao, while Qiongxiao intercepted Burning Lamp Taoist as he tried to flee.
• Zhao Gongming recovered the Dragon Binding Rope and Sea Stabilizing Pearl from Cao Bao and examined the Treasure Dropping Coin.
• Yunxiao joined Qiongxiao, and together they forced Burning Lamp Taoist down and surrounded him with Zhao Gongming and Bixiao.
• Yunxiao persuaded Zhao Gongming to spare Burning Lamp Taoist, who surrendered his treasures to ransom his life.
• Bixiao explained that Xiao Fan had warned them Zhao Gongming might face danger, and Zhao Gongming thanked him and gave him a treasure.
• Zhao Gongming led the group back to the main camp as Burning Lamp Taoist secretly memorized Xiao Fan.

After Zhao Gongming captured Burning Lamp Taoist, the Yin Shang camp celebrated while the Western Qi camp struggled to find a way to rescue him and Yellow Dragon Taoist. Seven days later, Jiang Ziya decided they had to return to Kunlun Sect for help, just as Nezha announced that a Taoist had arrived to see them.

• Xiao Fan received a Diamond Cutter from the sign-in system while traveling with Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Fairies to the Yin Shang camp.
• Wen Zhong celebrated Burning Lamp Taoist’s capture, while Jifa and Jiang Ziya withdrew the Western Qi troops and raised the no-battle banner.
• Zhao Gongming told Wen Zhong how Xiao Fan and the Three Xiao Fairies had helped him at Mount Wuyi, and Wen Zhong sent a battle report to Chaoge before hosting a banquet.
• For seven days, Jiang Ziya’s forces refused to fight, so Wen Zhong had Burning Lamp Taoist hung beside Yellow Dragon Taoist.
• Yang Jian offered to help the captives escape, but Yuding True Person rejected the plan, and Jiang Ziya decided to return to Kunlun Sect for help.
• Nezha entered the tent and told Jifa, Jiang Ziya, and the Chan Sect Immortals that a Taoist outside wished to see them.

Daoist Lu Ya joined Western Qi Camp and challenged Zhao Gongming, but fled when Zhao Gongming brought out the Sea Stabilizing Pearl. After Xiao Fan revealed Lu Ya’s deadly magic treasures, Yunxiao worried about her brother’s fate.

• Guangchengzi welcomed Lu Ya, who said he had come to deal with Zhao Gongming and promised to prevent him from using his treasures.
• Lu Ya confronted Zhao Gongming, exchanged blows with him, then turned into a rainbow and fled when Zhao Gongming summoned the Sea Stabilizing Pearl.
• Zhao Gongming returned to Yin Shang Camp angry, while Bixiao and Qiongxiao offered to deal with Lu Ya if he appeared again.
• Xiao Fan warned Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Fairies about Lu Ya’s Seven Arrows Book with Nailhead and Flying Dagger of Execution.
• Yunxiao recalled that Lu Ya had killed Zhao Gongming in her original fate and looked at her brother with worry.

Xiao Fan advised Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Fairies to prepare the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation and wait for the Chan Sect to strike first. Lu Ya gave Jiang Ziya instructions to curse Zhao Gongming with a straw effigy, and after five days Zhao Gongming grew gravely distressed as the Three Xiao Fairies arrived.

• Xiao Fan explained that the Treasure Dropping Coin could counter Lu Ya's Flying Dagger of Execution and proposed using the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation against the Chan Sect.
• Zhao Gongming, Bixiao, and Qiongxiao agreed to wait and see whether the Chan Sect attacked first, and Yunxiao reluctantly acquiesced.
• Lu Ya gave Jiang Ziya a ritual scroll directing him to curse Zhao Gongming with a straw effigy for twenty-one days.
• Jiang Ziya took three thousand soldiers to Qi Mountain, where Nangong Shi built an altar and Jiang Ziya began bowing to the effigy each day.
• After five days, Zhao Gongming became restless and agonized, suspected Lu Ya's scheme, and Wen Zhong offered to summon the Three Xiao Fairies.
• Bixiao arrived with Yunxiao and Qiongxiao, and the Three Xiao Fairies saw Zhao Gongming's condition.

Xiao Fan warned Yunxiao that Yang Jian could use the Seventy-Two Transformations to impersonate them, so they agreed on a code phrase before she went to retrieve the Seven Arrows Book with Nailhead. Yunxiao caught Yang Jian disguised as Bixiao on her return journey and captured him, bringing him toward the Yin Shang Camp.

• Qiongxiao and Bixiao urged an immediate attack on the Western Qi Camp, but Yunxiao chose to save Zhao Gongming first and went to retrieve the arrow book from Qi Mountain.
• Xiao Fan advised Yunxiao not to kill Jiang Ziya and proposed a code phrase to expose disguises; Yunxiao left for Qi Mountain while Qiongxiao and Bixiao stayed to guard Zhao Gongming and Xiao Fan.
• Lu Ya sensed someone was coming for the arrow book and sent Yang Jian and Nezha to warn Jiang Ziya, but Yunxiao had already taken it by the time Nezha arrived.
• Yang Jian transformed into Bixiao and intercepted Yunxiao as she returned; Yunxiao used the code phrase to expose him and captured him with the Primal Chaos Golden Chalice.
• Yunxiao spared Yang Jian and continued toward the Yin Shang Camp with him in her custody.

Yunxiao returned to the Yin Shang Camp with the Seven Arrows Book with Nailhead and Yang Jian, and Xiao Fan proposed using the captives to force the Chan Sect to face the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation. Yunxiao challenged Guangchengzi and the Chan Sect Immortals, leaving Burning Lamp Taoist, Yellow Dragon Taoist, and Yang Jian hanging from the Yin Shang banners as the stakes.

• Yunxiao told the Yin Shang Camp that she had recovered the arrow book and captured Yang Jian, prompting Zhao Gongming and her sisters to urge his execution.
• Xiao Fan proposed offering Burning Lamp Taoist, Yellow Dragon Taoist, and Yang Jian in exchange for the Chan Sect breaking the formation, and Yunxiao agreed.
• Nezha returned to the Western Qi Camp with Jiang Ziya and reported that the arrow book had been taken.
• Yuding True Person realized Yang Jian was missing, and Yunxiao called Guangchengzi out of the Western Qi Camp.
• Yunxiao challenged the Chan Sect Immortals to break her formation and displayed Burning Lamp Taoist, Yellow Dragon Taoist, and Yang Jian hanging from banner poles.

The Three Xiao Fairies used the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation to capture the Chan Sect Immortals who had aided Western Qi, including Lu Ya, who perished and entered the Investiture of the Gods. After returning to the Yin Shang Camp, Yunxiao worried about Yuanshi's retaliation, and Xiao Fan urged them to summon Tongtian Cult Master and avoid provoking Yuanshi.

• Yunxiao, Bixiao, and Qiongxiao taunted the Chan Sect Immortals until Yuding True Person entered the fray and Yunxiao pulled him into the formation with the Primal Chaos Golden Chalice.
• Yunxiao captured Chijingzi and then swept Guangchengzi, Lingbao Grand Master, the other Chan Sect Immortals, and Yang Jian into the formation as Bixiao and Qiongxiao fought them.
• The Nine Bends Yellow River Formation sealed the captives' Mudball Palaces and stripped the Twelve Golden Immortals of their Three Flowers and Five Qi, while Lu Ya was killed and entered the Investiture of the Gods.
• The Three Xiao Fairies returned to the Yin Shang Camp without attacking Ji Fa and the other mortals, and Grand Tutor Wen ordered a celebratory banquet.
• Yunxiao voiced concern about Yuanshi's response, but Bixiao and Qiongxiao urged her to stand firm; Xiao Fan advised them to summon Tongtian Cult Master and remain humble before Yuanshi.

Bixiao killed the Chan Sect's Twelve Golden Immortals and their third-generation disciples in the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation, leaving only Jiang Ziya alive. Celestial Venerable of the Primordial Beginning arrived to confront the Three Xiao Fairies, but Tongtian Cult Master appeared with Zhao Gongming before the conflict escalated.

• Yunxiao warned Qiongxiao and Bixiao not to act rashly against Celestial Venerable of the Primordial Beginning, and the sisters agreed.
• Bixiao sent the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors into the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation and killed the Twelve Golden Immortals and the third-generation Chan Sect disciples, sparing Jiang Ziya at Xiao Fan's request.
• Xiao Fan and the Three Xiao Fairies stayed in camp while Wen Zhong continued pressuring the Western Qi Camp.
• Celestial Venerable of the Primordial Beginning arrived above the formation and ordered the Three Xiao Fairies to enter it, while Yunxiao stopped Bixiao from answering him.
• Tongtian Cult Master arrived with Zhao Gongming, relieving Xiao Fan's fear that the Three Xiao Fairies would face the same fate as in their original story.

Tongtian Cult Master arrived to protect Sanxiao and Zhao Gongming from Celestial Venerable of the Primordial Beginning, and their dispute over the deaths of the Twelve Golden Immortals threatened to become a battle. Taishang Laozi intervened, but Tongtian continued to challenge the fairness of Celestial Venerable of the Primordial Beginning’s demands.

• Tongtian Cult Master arrived and reprimanded Sanxiao while making clear he would take them away.
• Celestial Venerable of the Primordial Beginning immobilized Bixiao, but Tongtian broke his attack with sword intent.
• Celestial Venerable of the Primordial Beginning demanded that Sanxiao and Zhao Gongming enter the Investiture of the Gods, and Tongtian refused to surrender them.
• Tongtian and Celestial Venerable of the Primordial Beginning prepared to fight after exchanging accusations about their disciples and the war.
• Taishang Laozi descended between the two Saints and urged them to settle their dispute peacefully.
• Tongtian told Taishang Laozi that Celestial Venerable of the Primordial Beginning was unfairly targeting Biyou Palace disciples.

Laozi mediated between Celestial Venerable of the Primordial Beginning and Tongtian over the Investiture of the Gods, proposing that Tongtian choose which Jie Sect disciples would fill its remaining vacancies. Tongtian and Celestial Venerable of the Primordial Beginning accepted the deal, and Tongtian took Sanxiao back with him.

• Celestial Venerable of the Primordial Beginning argued that the Jie Sect must supply disciples for the Investiture of the Gods, while Tongtian challenged him to settle the dispute in battle.
• Laozi proposed that the Chan Sect's listed disciples remain on the Investiture of the Gods and that Tongtian choose which Jie Sect disciples would fill the remaining vacancies, with Sanxiao and Zhao Gongming allowed to return.
• Tongtian accepted Laozi's proposal and planned to recruit more third-generation disciples to fill the vacancies; Celestial Venerable of the Primordial Beginning agreed as well.
• Tongtian ordered Yunxiao to withdraw the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation and bring Sanxiao back with him.
• Celestial Venerable of the Primordial Beginning warned Jiang Ziya not to return to Kunlun Sect, then left on his Aloeswood Carriage; Laozi departed for Eight Sceneries Palace on his Azure Ox.

Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Fairies left the Yin Shang Camp after Tongtian ordered them back, and Xiao Fan decided to leave as well. Xiao Fan returned to Mount Wuyi and began cultivating with the Heavenly Immortal Pill, intending to raise his cultivation before returning to the Dou Qi World.

• Tongtian allowed Zhao Gongming to bid farewell to Wen Zhong and Xiao Fan, then took the Three Xiao Fairies back toward Golden Turtle Island.
• Zhao Gongming told Wen Zhong and Xiao Fan that Tongtian and Yuanshi had reached an agreement requiring him and the Three Xiao Fairies to withdraw from the conflict.
• Xiao Fan suggested involving the Western Sect, and Zhao Gongming decided to mention the idea to Tongtian before leaving for Golden Turtle Island.
• Xiao Fan told Wen Zhong he was leaving to pursue a breakthrough, then returned to Mount Wuyi and found Cao Bao and Xiao Sheng's former cave dwelling.
• Xiao Fan took the Heavenly Immortal Pill and began refining its energy.