Arc 2The Western Teachings Rise

Lu Tian advanced the Western Teachings’ standing by rescuing humans, navigating the Witch-Demon conflict, and strengthening his own cultivation. After the calamity broke Buzhou Mountain, he helped Zhunti secure the Mysterious Turtle’s limbs to support the heavens, earning vast merit and arranging the turtle’s reincarnation in the West.

  • Lu Tian reached the Taiyi Realm, rescued human clans, and brought a million people west despite the Three Pure Ones’ demand that he return them.
  • Lu Tian and the Western Teachings helped restore the Western Earth Veins, welcomed a Witch Clan tribe, and formed a plan with Houtu to establish reincarnation in the West.
  • Lu Tian defeated Luohu in his inheritance realm, claimed the World Destroying Black Lotus, and returned to Mount Sumeru as the West’s spiritual qi began to revive.
  • Jieyin and Zhunti lured the ten Golden Crow princes from Tanggu Valley, and Da Yi shot down nine of them, triggering war between the Witch and Demon Clans.
  • Gui Che killed Kuafu with the unfinished Witch Slaying Sword, and Hongjun ordered Lu Tian and the Six Sages to control the calamity.
  • Gonggong struck Buzhou Mountain and caused it to collapse, so Lu Tian and Zhunti went to the North Sea to seek the Mysterious Turtle.
  • Lu Tian persuaded the Mysterious Turtle to offer its limbs willingly in exchange for reincarnation and a chance to join the Western Teachings.
  • After Nuwa mended the sky, the Mysterious Turtle severed its limbs to support the four poles, and the Heavenly Dao sent its True Spirit west as Zhunti and Lu Tian received vast merit.
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Ch. 26Chapter 26

Lu Tian and the Western Teachings disciples agreed to attend the Mystic Gate Grand Gathering in three thousand years, where they would face the elites of the Chan and Jie Sects. At Two Realms Mountain, Lu Tian gained a Twelve-Grade Void Clarity Spiritual Lotus through the system and set off east with his Senior Brothers to seek opportunities.

  • Jieyin and Zhunti announced that the Chan and Jie Sects had invited Western Teachings to Kunlun Mountain for a Dao discussion in three thousand years, and Lu Tian volunteered to represent his teaching.
  • Pharmacist, Maitreya, Mahasthamaprapta, Sunlight, and Moonlight also volunteered, and Jieyin promised to help them advance to Taiyi while warning them they might suffer public defeats.
  • Lu Tian asked to travel east alone, and the group arrived at Two Realms Mountain, where the system rewarded him with a Twelve-Grade Void Clarity Spiritual Lotus.
  • Lu Tian agreed to travel with Pharmacist, and the other Senior Brothers joined them after Zhunti told them to follow Lu Tian's lead.
  • The disciples scattered to explore Two Realms Mountain, while Lu Tian found a secluded spot and took out the Void Clarity Spiritual Lotus.

Ch. 27Chapter 27

After refining the Twelve-Grade Lotus Platform, Lu Tian went to Two Realms Mountain to rescue Pharmacist from a strange spatial realm. He discovered how to escape and returned with Pharmacist, only to find their fellow disciples under attack by two Taiyi Realm demons.

  • Lu Tian refined the Twelve-Grade Lotus Platform over six hundred years and sensed that the Taiyi Realm was within reach.
  • After learning that Pharmacist was trapped at Two Realms Mountain, Lu Tian traveled there and searched the tangled spatial layers while Maitreya, Mahasthamaprapta, Sunlight, and Moonlight waited outside.
  • Lu Tian found the injured Pharmacist and investigated the strange realm, discovering that it connected illusion and reality and resonated with his Zero World.
  • Lu Tian used merit to deduce the realm's mystery, opened a passage, and led Pharmacist out before merging the distorted space into a magic artifact.
  • Lu Tian and Pharmacist returned to the summit and found Mahasthamaprapta, Maitreya, Sunlight, and Moonlight being pushed back by the Striped-Eyed White-Browed Tiger and the Purple-Scaled Python Demon.

Ch. 28Chapter 28

Lu Tian and his senior brothers reached Qianyuan Mountain, where Lu Tian received the Kunyuan Dao Robe and they searched for treasures. He arrived as Taiyi Zhenren defeated Pharmacist and claimed a fire treasure, then faced Taiyi Zhenren’s sudden sword attack.

  • Lu Tian’s group traveled east for a thousand years, sharing their gains and narrowly escaping a demon dragon at a Blessed Land.
  • Lu Tian led his senior brothers to Qianyuan Mountain and received the Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure Kunyuan Dao Robe from the system.
  • The brothers searched Qianyuan Mountain separately, while Lu Tian found little and the others had their own encounters.
  • Lu Tian discovered Pharmacist fighting Taiyi Zhenren over a treasure associated with nine fire dragons, and Taiyi Zhenren defeated Pharmacist.
  • Lu Tian intervened to protect Pharmacist and identified Taiyi Zhenren, who attacked Lu Tian with the Yin Yang Sword.

Ch. 29Chapter 29

Lu Tian defeated Taiyi Zhenren with his spiritual treasures, then spent six hundred years in seclusion and advanced to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm. On his way to Kunlun, he discovered a human tribe trapped by a Golden Immortal cat demon and decided to intervene, considering humanity’s importance to the Sages’ plans.

  • Lu Tian broke Taiyi Zhenren’s assault and drove him away with Primordial Heavy Water, then accepted the Nine Dragon Fire Cover from Pharmacist.
  • Lu Tian secluded himself for six hundred years, refining the Nine Dragon Fire Cover and Kunyuan Dao Robe while Jieyin protected his cultivation.
  • Lu Tian endured heavenly lightning that strengthened his body, completed his Taiyi Golden Immortal Dao Fruit, and transformed into a Body of Five Elements Origin.
  • Lu Tian traveled toward Kunlun and, after four hundred years, discovered a human tribe of roughly one hundred thousand people trapped by a Golden Immortal cat demon.
  • Lu Tian considered humanity’s role in the Sages’ plans and prepared to intervene in the cat demon’s attack.

Ch. 30Chapter 30

Lu Tian secretly aided human clans fleeing west, giving them cultivation methods and jade stones to encourage their migration and strengthen the Western Teachings. After reaching Kunlun Mountain and gaining an Enlightenment Tea Tree, he was summoned by Jieyin, who questioned his sudden advancement to the Taiyi Realm.

  • Lu Tian rescued a fleeing human clan from a raccoon demon, gave its elder three jade stones containing a cultivation method and directions west, and urged the people to worship the Western Teachings.
  • The elder divided the clan into groups and led some west, but generations suffered heavy losses from demons and battles; Lu Tian continued aiding other human groups in secret.
  • Lu Tian arrived at Kunlun Mountain three hundred years before the Mystic Gate Grand Ceremony and received a mature Enlightenment Tea Tree as a reward.
  • Taiyi Zhenren greeted Lu Tian and led him to the immortal palace where Jieyin and Zhunti were waiting.
  • Jieyin asked Lu Tian how he had advanced to the Taiyi Realm and reprimanded him for doing so merely to participate in the gathering.

Ch. 31Chapter 31

Lu Tian showed Jieyin and Zhunti that he had refined four Innate Supreme Treasures and also obtained the Enlightenment Tea Tree, then used its tea to enter a profound state of enlightenment. He awoke with an uncontrolled pupil technique, joined his masters at the Mystic Gate Grand Gathering, and stood before the arrival of the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa.

  • Lu Tian revealed four Innate Supreme Treasures, convincing Jieyin and Zhunti that he had refined suitable treasures into his Five Qi and preserved his foundation.
  • Lu Tian presented the Enlightenment Tea Tree, gave Jieyin and Zhunti tea leaves for their disciples, and entered enlightenment after brewing a top-grade leaf.
  • After three hundred years, Lu Tian awoke with a powerful pupil technique, and Zhunti covered his eyes to stop him from looking directly at the saints.
  • Jieyin brought Lu Tian and the Western Teachings' disciples to the Mystic Gate Grand Gathering, where Lu Tian sensed Styx and surveyed the gathered cultivators.
  • Supreme Purity Daode, Yuqing Yuanshi, Shangqing Lingbao, and Wa Huang Nuwa appeared, and a tremendous aura surged through the gathering.

Ch. 32Chapter 32

The Six Sages gathered for the Mystic Gate Grand Gathering, where Jieyin and Zhunti impressed the assembly with spiritual tea and Three Lights Divine Water. Zhao Gongming defeated True Person Huang Long in the opening contest, and a Western Teachings disciple entered the arena as the chapter ended.

  • Taiqing welcomed the guests and explained that the gathering would feature Yuqing and Shangqing discussing the Dao and give the Sages a chance to explore its mysteries together.
  • The Three Pure Ones displayed their gifts and abilities, but Jieyin and Zhunti surprised the assembly by serving Enlightenment Tea Tree leaves brewed with Lu Tian's Three Lights Divine Water.
  • Xuandu announced the beginning of the gathering, and Zhao Gongming volunteered to spar before True Person Huang Long stepped forward to challenge him.
  • Zhao Gongming used the Dragon-Binding Rope and Primordial Golden Whip to defeat Huang Long, leaving the Chan Sect camp silent and Yuanshi Tianzun weighing whom to send next.
  • A Western Teachings disciple entered the arena, prompting Styx to praise his courage.

Ch. 33Chapter 33

Lu Tian challenged Zhao Gongming at the Mystic Gate Grand Ceremony, asking Tongtian Jiaozhu for permission to settle his grudge against members of the Jie Sect’s outer sect if he won. Zhao Gongming trapped Lu Tian with the twenty-four Sea-Calming Divine Beads, but Lu Tian revealed several powerful treasures and began forcing his way through the formation as a deadly crisis suddenly struck.

  • Styx wagered a High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure on Lu Tian’s victory, while the gathered experts mocked his chances.
  • Lu Tian bowed to Tongtian Jiaozhu and asked to settle his mortal grudge with members of the Jie Sect’s outer sect if he won; Tongtian agreed.
  • Zhao Gongming attacked Lu Tian, who froze space, traded blows with him, and suppressed the Dragon-Binding Rope with the Plain Cloud Boundary Banner.
  • Zhao Gongming activated the twenty-four Sea-Calming Divine Beads, trapping Lu Tian in a formation that weighed him down and forced him onto the defensive.
  • Lu Tian summoned his Vajra Dharma Form and revealed the Twelve-Grade Void Clarity Spiritual Lotus, Nine Dragon Fire Cover, and Kunyuan Dao Robe as he tried to break the formation by force.
  • Lu Tian used his treasures to defend himself and restrain some of the Sea-Calming Divine Beads, but a deadly crisis suddenly made Zhao Gongming and the watching powers tremble.

Ch. 34Chapter 34

Lu Tian defeated Zhao Gongming and went to the Jie Teachings outer sect to settle old grudges, killing the disciples who had bullied him. Tongtian Jiaozhu’s anger brought him under crushing Sage pressure, and the confrontation escalated as Jieyin, Zhunti, and Yuanshi Tianzun joined the clash of Sage auras.

  • Lu Tian unleashed Moon Like a Hook and defeated Zhao Gongming, but Tongtian Jiaozhu’s protective formation froze the battle before the blow could kill him.
  • Tongtian Jiaozhu allowed Lu Tian to go to the outer sect, where Lu Tian used his pupil technique to expose the karmic debts of the disciples who had bullied him.
  • Lu Tian killed dozens of his former tormentors with the Moon Washing Blade, provoking Tongtian Jiaozhu’s rage and crushing Sage pressure.
  • Lu Tian bowed to Tongtian Jiaozhu but refused to retreat, and Jieyin’s Sage aura shielded him as the storm clouds split apart.
  • Tongtian Jiaozhu and Jieyin faced off, while Yuanshi Tianzun and Zhunti added their Sage auras to the clash and Lu Tian endured the pressure at its center.

Ch. 35Chapter 35

Lu Tian fought Duobao inside the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, enduring three days and nights of relentless attacks while searching for a way to break it. With both fighters nearly exhausted, Lu Tian realized Duobao was also nearing his limit, but the battle remained unresolved.

  • Dao De Tianzun stopped Tongtian and Yuanshi from continuing their clash, and Tongtian ordered Duobao to fight Lu Tian with the Immortal-Slaying Sword.
  • Duobao dispersed thirty percent of his cultivation before the duel, then opened the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation after Lu Tian unleashed his strongest slash.
  • Lu Tian used the Plain Cloud Boundary Banner and Kunyuan Dao Robe to withstand the formation's endless sword qi, but could find no way to strike back or break its four swords and diagram.
  • Lu Tian endured the formation for three days and nights without conceding, earning admiration from the watching great powers as his defenses and magic power dwindled.
  • Lu Tian realized that his Five Elements Body gave him an advantage over Duobao, who was also nearly out of magic power after sustaining the formation's attacks.

Ch. 36Chapter 36

Lu Tian burned nearly all his life essence to break Duobao’s Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation and won the duel, then began recovering by devouring Styx’s blood-colored placenta. The contest ended with the Jie Sect defeating the Western Teachings four to three, while Jieyin urged his disciples to follow their own paths and grow at their own pace.

  • Lu Tian sacrificed most of his life essence to attack Duobao, broke through the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, and survived through rebirth from a drop of blood as Duobao fell to the formation’s backlash.
  • Lu Tian asked Jieyin to delay healing him, then went with Zhunti to recover in a time-accelerated space by devouring the blood-colored placenta, which restored his vitality and transformed his origin.
  • Tongtian sent Wu Dang to test the Western Teachings, and she defeated Mahasthamaprapta.
  • Gui Ling Shengmu, Golden Spirit Holy Mother, and Yunxiao won their matches, while Pharmacist narrowly defeated Bi Xiao after seven days and nights of fighting.
  • Jieyin reminded his disciples of the hardships he and Zhunti had faced and encouraged them to advance along their own paths.
  • The Jie Sect won the contest four victories to three, overturning the great powers’ contempt for the younger generation.

Ch. 37Chapter 37

After recovering from the Mystic Gate Grand Ceremony, Lu Tian strengthened his foundation and received Jieyin’s encouragement to remain the strongest of his generation. The Demon Race’s empresses, Changxi and Xihe, came to meet him, and Changxi gave him an Ink Painting Scroll.

  • The Interception Sect defeated nearly all of the Interpretation Sect’s Golden Immortals, and the three-month Mystic Gate Grand Ceremony ended with the Interception Sect established as the top sect.
  • Tongtian and Yuanshi argued over their disciples’ conduct and performance until Dao De Tianzun stopped them, after which Tongtian returned to Biyou Palace and comforted the recovering Duobao.
  • Lu Tian completed a thousand years of recuperation, refined more of the mysterious placenta, and improved his foundation and abilities.
  • Jieyin and Zhunti warned Lu Tian against deliberately risking his life for another breakthrough and assured him they would support him as he competed with the Interception and Interpretation Sects.
  • Jieyin told Lu Tian that envoys from the Demon Race had requested an audience, and Lu Tian agreed to meet them.
  • Changxi and Xihe met Lu Tian in the main hall, and Changxi gave him an Ink Painting Scroll as a meeting gift.

Ch. 38Chapter 38

Changxi gave Lu Tian a treasure and sought Enlightenment Tea Leaves for her unborn child, while Lu Tian negotiated a visit to the Demon Race Treasury without deepening his ties to the Demon Race. At the Kunlun Dao discussion, Lu Tian advanced through prolonged enlightenment, then accepted Changxi and Xihe’s invitation to the Heavenly Court, where he received a powerful formation diagram.

  • Changxi gave Lu Tian an ordinary Houtian Spiritual Treasure and asked for Enlightenment Tea Leaves for the child she was carrying; Lu Tian gave her tea and secured an invitation to the Demon Race Treasury.
  • Lu Tian considered the karmic risks of joining the Demon Race and resolved to prepare for Houtu’s future role in reincarnation.
  • At the Eight Sceneries Palace, Lu Tian listened to the Sages discuss the Dao and advanced his mastery of several laws over ten thousand years.
  • Changxi and Xihe invited Lu Tian to the Demon Race Heavenly Court, and he traveled there with them aboard their flying boat.
  • At the South Heaven Gate, Lu Tian received the Formless Immeasurable Formation diagram, which could unite its users’ power to trap even a Sage.

Ch. 39Chapter 39

Lu Tian toured the Demon Race Heavenly Court and searched its treasury, while Bai Ze secretly revealed to Di Jun and Taiyi that human essence blood could be used to break the Witch Clan’s bodies. Di Jun arranged for Lu Tian to carry an invitation to his master, using the meeting to suggest ties between the Heavenly Court and the Western Teachings, while Bai Ze continued watching Lu Tian.

  • Changxi arranged for seven Demon Race cultivators to guide Lu Tian around the Heavenly Court before he entered its treasury.
  • Bai Ze told Di Jun and Taiyi that weapons forged with human essence blood could break the Witch Clan’s Indestructible Bodies, and Di Jun ordered him to watch Lu Tian in secret.
  • After searching the treasury for 1,300 years, Lu Tian took a Low-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure Spirit Brush that could make painted inanimate objects real.
  • Di Jun privately invited Lu Tian, asked him to deliver a Gilded Invitation to his master for his sons’ upcoming birth celebration, and gave him a flying boat.
  • Lu Tian suspected the invitation and flying boat were meant to signal an alliance between the Heavenly Court and the Western Teachings, while Di Jun and Taiyi accepted that he might see through their plan.

Ch. 40Chapter 40

Lu Tian discovered that the demon clan was slaughtering humans to gather blood essence for the Witch Slaying Sword, so he rescued survivors and secretly carried them west to benefit the Western Teachings. The Three Pure Ones stopped his spirit vessel at Two Realms Mountain, and the Western saints came to defend him as the two sides prepared to clash over the humans’ fortune.

  • Di Jun dismissed Taiyi’s concerns about burdening their elder brother’s bloodline with karma and resolved to forge the Witch Slaying Sword to destroy the Witch Clan.
  • After noticing that human-protective jade talismans were breaking more often, Lu Tian followed a signal and killed a demon general who had been collecting human blood and souls.
  • Lu Tian realized the demon clan was gathering materials for the Witch Slaying Sword and persuaded human tribes to travel west with him, taking in survivors as he searched for Blessed Lands.
  • After three thousand years, Lu Tian reached Two Realms Mountain with a million humans aboard his spirit vessel, and Dao De Tianzun detected their fortune flowing west.
  • The Three Pure Ones halted Lu Tian and demanded that he return the humans, but Jieyin and Zhunti arrived to defend their disciple and refused to surrender them.

Ch. 41Chapter 41

The Dao Ancestor halted the Sages’ confrontation over the human race and confined them for three thousand years, leaving the Western Sages with the advantage. In the Western Pure Land, Jieyin deduced Di Jun’s secret plan to use the Demon Race Imperial Son’s birth to conceal a scheme involving human essence blood and souls, and he proposed turning the resulting Karmic Debt against the Imperial Son.

  • Tongtian refused to join either side, saying that intervening would destroy the human race’s chance of survival, while Dao De Tianzun, Yuanshi Tianzun, Jieyin, and Zhunti prepared to fight.
  • Zhunti claimed he had already reported the matter to the Dao Ancestor, but a decree arrived ordering all five Sages to return to their abodes and remain confined for three thousand years.
  • Dao De Tianzun and Yuanshi Tianzun accused Tongtian of siding with outsiders, so Tongtian defended his Dao and confined himself inside Biyou Palace; his two elder brothers returned to their own mountains.
  • In the Western Pure Land, Jieyin examined the jade bottle and invitation and deduced that Di Jun planned to use the Imperial Son’s birth and the Heavenly Court’s destiny to conceal the consequences of a human slaughter.
  • Jieyin proposed that Lu Tian and the Western Sages trigger the Imperial Son’s Karmic Debt and turn Di Jun’s scheme against him.

Ch. 42Chapter 42

Lu Tian established a settlement for the human race in the West, earning immense merit and strengthening the Western Teachings. Two thousand years later, he and the other Western Teachings disciples arrived at the Heavenly Court for the demon race's Imperial Son's birth.

  • Jieyin and Zhunti planned to use news of the demon princes' birth to influence the Witch-Demon war, while Lu Tian agreed not to take part directly.
  • Lu Tian repaired the Western Earth Veins, released the human race, and granted their leading Human Immortal the cultivation of an Earth Immortal.
  • Lu Tian arranged for five senior brothers to take turns spreading the Western Teachings and assisting the human race, which flourished over the next thousand years.
  • The human race's worship brought a great wave of merit to the Western Teachings, with half of it going to Lu Tian, who saved it rather than using it to advance his cultivation.
  • After another two thousand years, Lu Tian and the Western Teachings arrived at the Heavenly Court, where Kunpeng welcomed them while Di Jun and Taiyi awaited the Imperial Son's birth.

Ch. 43Chapter 43

Di Jun used the ten Golden Crow princes to bear the Witch Slaying Sword’s Karmic Debt, while Changxi secretly transferred that burden onto herself. After the forty-nine-year Heavenly Court feast, Lu Tian approached Houtu as she departed and invited her west to repair the Earth Veins.

  • Jieyin and Zhunti secretly sent Divine Sense to the Sun Star and overheard Changxi confront Di Jun over using their sons to offset the Witch Slaying Sword’s Karmic Debt.
  • Di Jun placed the ten Golden Crow princes in the sword-forging formation, and Changxi later recognized the Karmic Debt on them and secretly began transferring it to herself.
  • Houtu arrived at the Heavenly Court feast with an avatar, gave Taiyi living rabbits as playmates for the demon princes, and was admitted under Gui Che’s surveillance.
  • The forty-nine-year banquet ended with Di Jun persuading several races to submit to the demon race, and Lu Tian departed with Jieyin, Zhunti, and his senior brothers.
  • As Houtu left the Heavenly Court, Lu Tian stopped her and, invoking his masters’ intentions, invited her west to help restore the collapsed Earth Veins.

Ch. 44Chapter 44

Lu Tian persuaded Houtu to help restore the western Earth Veins and settle a Witch Clan tribe in the west, then traveled to Buzhou Mountain and received the Chaos Bead. After returning to Spirit Mountain, he found Houtu waiting anxiously to discuss the Demon Clan’s secret weapon.

  • Lu Tian revealed the Demon Clan’s weapon plans to Houtu and secured her agreement to send a Witch Clan tribe west and restore the Earth Veins.
  • Houtu reported Lu Tian’s warning to the Ancestor Witches, who argued about attacking the Heavenly Court until Di Yi urged them to wait and learn more.
  • Lu Tian reached Buzhou Mountain and received the Chaos Bead, then considered combining its inner world with his Virtual-Real World to pursue enlightenment.
  • Lu Tian refined the Chaos Bead on his journey west and returned to Spirit Mountain.
  • Houtu hurried to meet Lu Tian, explaining that Jieyin and Zhunti had delayed discussing the Demon Clan’s secret weapon until he returned.

Ch. 45Chapter 45

Lu Tian helped Jieyin and Zhunti persuade Houtu to repair the Western Earth Veins, then cultivated until he was ready to seek Luohu’s second inheritance. He entered the inheritance realm and began a trial battle against Luohu for the Twelve-Petaled World Destroying Black Lotus, but the fight remained unresolved.

  • Lu Tian explained that Houtu could establish reincarnation in the West and use the Earthly Dao to restore wandering souls, and Jieyin and Zhunti agreed to discuss the plan with her.
  • Jieyin promised Houtu that the Western Teachings would help the Witch Clan disrupt the Heavenly Court when the time was right, and Houtu went to repair the Western Earth Veins.
  • Houtu, Jieyin, and Zhunti restored the Western Earth Veins while Lu Tian settled Houtu’s Witch Clan tribe, cultivated, and gathered merit from the repairs.
  • Lu Tian entered Luohu’s inheritance secret realm, where Luohu demanded that he defeat him at the Taiyi Realm to claim the inheritance.
  • Lu Tian fought Luohu, resisted the World Destroying Black Lotus’s illusion, and unleashed his strongest attacks after burning his lifespan, but Luohu countered with a demonic spear.

Ch. 46Chapter 46

Lu Tian spent a hundred thousand years fighting Luohu and transforming his foundation into that of a Chaos Demon God, using the Chaos Bead to hide it and sustain his cultivation. After reaching the peak of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, he defeated Luohu and prepared to claim the second layer of inheritance.

  • Lu Tian realized Luohu wanted him as an heir, then repeatedly challenged him and grew stronger over sixty thousand years of defeats and breakthroughs.
  • Lu Tian devoured Styx's placenta, endured repeated cycles of death and rebirth, and began transforming his Creation-Destruction Bamboo origin.
  • Luohu warned that the Heavenly Dao would destroy a Chaos Demon God foundation, but Lu Tian used the Chaos Bead to conceal it and draw on the chaos within.
  • Lu Tian completed his transformation, awakened the power of Creation, and manifested the Primordial Red Vajra and a protected starfield in the Chaos Bead.
  • Lu Tian cultivated to the peak of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, then attacked Luohu with his treasures and life-burning secret art.
  • Lu Tian reduced Luohu to ashes with a storm of blade light and ended the secret art after consuming a tenth of his life essence.

Ch. 47Chapter 47

After returning from his battle with Luohu, Lu Tian cultivated for millions of years and received Heavenly Dao Merit when Jieyin, Zhunti, and Houtu restored most of the Western Earth Veins. The Three Purities grew wary of Lu Tian’s influence, while Jieyin and Zhunti prepared to take their next steps; Changxi visited the ten Golden Crow princes at the chapter’s end.

  • Lu Tian defeated Luohu, received the World Destroying Black Lotus, and returned to Mount Sumeru, where Jieyin and Zhunti welcomed him back.
  • Lu Tian spent millions of years cultivating and sparring with Pharmacist as the Western Teachings’ disciples improved their foundations.
  • Lu Tian and Pharmacist discovered that the West’s spiritual qi was reviving, and Lu Tian received a share of merit for the Earth Veins’ restoration.
  • The Three Purities learned that Houtu had earned Lu Tian’s portion of merit and resolved to monitor his actions in the western lands.
  • Jieyin and Zhunti told Lu Tian that the main Western Earth Veins had been restored and prepared to act after Houtu returned to the Witch Clan.
  • Changxi visited the ten Golden Crow princes at Tanggu Valley to assess their cultivation.

Ch. 48Chapter 48

Jieyin and Zhunti manipulated the Golden Crow princes into leaving Tanggu Valley, triggering a confrontation between the Witch and Demon races after Da Yi shot down nine of them. As Taiyi rushed toward the Sun Star amid the battle, Lu Tian watched from the Western Pure Land, while Dao De Tianzun suspected him of secretly influencing the calamity.

  • Changxi forbade the Golden Crow princes from leaving Tanggu Valley, but disguised as guards, Jieyin and Zhunti tempted them with stories of the mortal realm and led them to a teleportation array.
  • The ten Golden Crows descended into the Primordial World, where their flames devastated the land, and Da Yi shot down nine of them before Taiyi rescued the youngest.
  • Dijiang and the other Ancestor Witches confronted Taiyi, while Di Jun arrived with Demon Race forces and the two sides prepared for war.
  • Dao De Tianzun suspected Lu Tian of helping the Western Teachings manipulate the Witch-Demon Calamity, as Changxi demanded that Di Jun use the Witch Slaying Sword.
  • Di Jun noticed Kuafu was missing and sent Taiyi to check the Sun Star, but Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin slowed Taiyi as fighting broke out.
  • Lu Tian observed the escalating battle from the Western Pure Land with Jieyin, who said the conflict was unavoidable.

Ch. 49Chapter 49

During the Witch-Demon War, Gui Che killed Kuafu with the Witch Slaying Sword, and Hongjun summoned the Six Sages, praised Lu Tian for exposing the sword, and ordered them to keep the war under control while he could not monitor the Primordial World. When Gonggong struck Buzhou Mountain and shattered the heavens, Lu Tian urged Zhunti to take him to the North Sea, while Jieyin stalled the other Sages.

  • Gui Che defeated Kuafu with the unfinished Witch Slaying Sword and destroyed his body and soul, intensifying the war between the Witch and Demon Clans.
  • Jieyin and Zhunti brought Lu Tian to Purple Heaven Palace, where Hongjun praised Lu Tian for revealing the Demon Clan's Witch Slaying Sword and ordered the Six Sages to control the calamity while he was unable to monitor the Primordial World.
  • After leaving Purple Heaven Palace, Lu Tian considered the Primordial Violet Qi he had received and wondered whom to give it to.
  • Gonggong struck Buzhou Mountain, causing it to collapse and the Thirty-Third Heaven to split open as the Heavenly River poured through.
  • Lu Tian broke away from Jieyin's protection and urged Zhunti to take him to the North Sea; Dao De Tianzun followed, while Jieyin kept the other Sages occupied with repairing the heavens.

Ch. 50Chapter 50

Lu Tian and Zhunti found the Mysterious Turtle of the North Sea and persuaded it to sacrifice its limbs to support heaven and earth in exchange for reincarnation and a place in the Western Teachings. After Nuwa mended the sky and the turtle stabilized the heavens, the Heavenly Dao rewarded the Mysterious Turtle, Nuwa, Zhunti, and Lu Tian with merit.

  • Lu Tian brought Zhunti to the North Sea and revealed that the Mysterious Turtle could support heaven and earth.
  • Zhunti subdued the Mysterious Turtle, and Lu Tian persuaded it to offer its limbs willingly in exchange for reincarnation and a chance to join the Western Teachings.
  • Dao De Tianzun's avatar and then Yuanshi Tianzun arrived, but the Mysterious Turtle refused Yuanshi's request because it had already promised its limbs to support the heavens.
  • After Nuwa mended the sky, the Mysterious Turtle swore an oath, severed its four limbs to support the four poles, and its body dissolved as heaven and earth stabilized.
  • The Heavenly Dao sent the Mysterious Turtle's True Spirit west to reincarnate and bestowed the second-largest share of merit on Nuwa, with vast rewards also going to Zhunti and Lu Tian.
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