Chapter Summaries

Chu Yang and four Human Race Universe Masters ambushed three Cloud Winged Beast Universe Masters in the Qiya Mountains, badly wounding them before Yun Hong Demon God arrived and forced the humans to retreat into Taiyun Palace. With Yun Hong Demon God occupied there and the battle at Flowing Cloud Valley still underway, Chu Yang proposed leaving the palace to finish off the three wounded enemies.

• Lord Yun Shan, Lord Yun Ya, and Lord Yun Hai discussed the coming battle as Taiyun Palace approached the Qiya Mountains.
• Chu Yang stunned the three Cloud Winged Beast Universe Masters with a will attack, while the Lord of Ice Peak trapped them in an ice domain and Lord of Void Gold struck them with a powerful secret technique.
• Lord of Void Gold's attack severely damaged Lord Yun Hai, Lord Yun Shan, and Lord Yun Ya before Yun Hong Demon God arrived and wounded the Lord of Ice Peak with a single axe strike.
• Lord of Void Gold drew the Human Race group into Taiyun Palace, allowing the injured Cloud Winged Beast Universe Masters to retreat while Yun Hong Demon God faced the humans outside.
• Chu Yang suggested that he leave the palace and kill the three wounded Cloud Winged Beast Universe Masters.

Chu Yang led a risky assault that killed the three wounded Cloud Winged Beast Universe Masters, including Lord Yun Ya, while the Human Race’s Universe Masters held Yun Hong Demon God back. After Chu Yang survived Yun Hong’s devastating counterattack, Lord of Void Gold brought Taiyun Palace to rescue him as Yun Hong prepared to pursue with a black tower.

• Chu Yang persuaded Lord of Void Gold and the others to attack the wounded Cloud Winged Beast Universe Masters before they recovered.
• Chu Yang used Hollowfication World and the All-Heaven Star Array to immobilize and bombard the three enemies while Lord Huang Jian and Lord Dragon Travel intercepted Yun Hong Demon God.
• The Human Race’s reinforcements joined the battle, and Chu Yang killed two Cloud Winged Beast Universe Masters before crushing Lord Yun Ya with the All-Heaven Star Array.
• Yun Hong Demon God struck Chu Yang with his giant axe, but Chu Yang blocked the blow with the All-Heaven Star Array and suffered heavy damage.
• Lord of Void Gold brought Taiyun Palace to retrieve Chu Yang, while Yun Hong Demon God took out a black giant tower and prepared to chase them.

With Taiyun Palace trapped beneath Yun Hong Demon God's suppression tower, Chu Yang broke through his restraint on the Law of Space and became a fifth-tier Universe Master. His Cosmic Stars Supreme Treasure repelled Yun Hong Demon God long enough for news of a crisis at Flowing Cloud Valley to force him to retreat, and Chu Yang then returned to the Primal Universe to strengthen his divine body.

• Yun Hong Demon God used a suppression-type supreme treasure to trap Taiyun Palace, leaving Lord of Void Gold unable to hold out for more than half an hour.
• Chu Yang released his suppression of the Law of Space, completed his breakthrough, and became a fifth-tier Universe Master.
• Chu Yang activated the Cosmic Stars Supreme Treasure set and joined its All-Heaven Star Array with Taiyun Palace to withstand the black tower.
• Lord Dragon Travel taunted Yun Hong Demon God, who learned that only two of his four Universe Masters remained at Flowing Cloud Valley and retreated to support them.
• Chu Yang told Lord Dragon Travel, Lord of Void Gold, and Lord Huang Jian that he would return to the Primal Universe to advance his divine body, then left while the others headed for Flowing Cloud Valley.

Giant Axe Founder and twenty-three Human Race Universe Masters fought Yun Hong Demon God at Flowing Cloud Valley and destroyed his divine body, but his self-destruction triggered the surrounding Flowing Cloud Force. Luo Feng arrived and used the Star Tower to protect the Human Race experts from the annihilation storm.

• Chu Yang began transforming his divine power into the power of a Universe Master inside the Heavenly Court Divine Kingdom.
• Giant Axe Founder arrived at Flowing Cloud Valley and fought Yun Hong Demon God while the Human Race Universe Masters prepared a combined attack.
• The twenty-three Universe Masters struck Yun Hong Demon God together, weakening him but failing to kill him outright.
• Giant Axe Founder revealed his eighth-tier strength, and the combined Human Race attack disintegrated Yun Hong Demon God's divine body.
• Yun Hong Demon God self-destructed, unleashing an annihilation storm that stirred the Flowing Cloud Force.
• Luo Feng arrived, expanded the Star Tower, and shielded Chaos City Lord and the others from the storm.

After revealing that the Star Tower belonged to him, Luo Feng helped the Human Race secure Flowing Cloud Valley while Chu Yang completed his breakthrough to Universe Master. Chu Yang then shared the Laws of Time and Space with his other selves and, after fifty thousand years in seclusion, set out for Golden Ao Island.

• Luo Feng revealed that he possessed the Star Tower, and Giant Axe Founder rebuked Universe Masters who coveted it.
• After the annihilation storm subsided, the Human Race cleared the battlefield and took control of Flowing Cloud Valley, where nearly all the Cloud Winged Beast Clan's Universe Masters had perished.
• Chu Yang completed his transformation into a Universe Master, and Luo Feng told him he planned to temper his will at the Black-Veined Stone Pillar.
• Chu Yang shared the Laws of Time and Space with his other selves, and Prehistoric Chu Yang used the new understanding to strengthen his power and Fantian Seal.
• After fifty thousand years of seclusion, Chu Yang left for Golden Ao Island to visit Tongtian Sect Leader and learn about the Primordial World's changes.

Chu Yang sought Tongtian Sect Leader’s guidance on severing the Three Corpses and mastering the Laws of Time and Space, then helped prepare the Jie Sect for the approaching Investiture of the Gods Tribulation. He began building a simulated trial ground for a sect-wide competition as unrest grew among the Jie Sect’s many disciples.

• Chu Yang visited Biyou Palace, revealed his mastery of the Laws of Time and Space, and explained that he had not severed a corpse because he lacked suitable spiritual treasures.
• Tongtian Sect Leader explained the Good Corpse, Evil Corpse, and Obsessive Corpse, warning Chu Yang to follow his own path and avoid losing himself.
• Chu Yang asked Tongtian Sect Leader about combining the Laws of Time and Space, but Tongtian Sect Leader warned that their fusion was dangerous even for a saint.
• Daoist Duobao proposed an Intercept Sect Grand Competition to prepare Jie Sect disciples for the approaching tribulation, and Tongtian Sect Leader approved it.
• Chu Yang volunteered to construct a simulated trial ground, received permission to draw on the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, and began building the formation space.
• News of the competition excited Jie Sect disciples, while the sect’s vast and uneven membership faced growing friction and anxiety over the coming tribulation.

Chu Yang completed the Dao Inquiry World, a perilous virtual training ground for Jie Sect disciples, and Tongtian Sect Leader approved it as the venue for the grand competition. Duobao brought eight promising disciples, including Wen Zhong, to test its Dao-heart trials, and they entered the illusion.

• Luanshan and several Jie Sect disciples challenged Chu Yang about his formation, then entered the trial ground and struggled through shifting hazards before Chu Yang opened an exit for them.
• Chu Yang explained that the trial ground would train Jie Sect disciples for the coming tribulation, and Duobao inspected it and submitted his findings to Tongtian Sect Leader.
• Tongtian Sect Leader and Holy Mother Jinling reviewed the trial ground’s rules and approved it as the main venue for the Intercept Sect Grand Competition.
• Chu Yang spent half a month perfecting the trial ground and named it the Dao Inquiry World, whose facilities included cultivation trials, punishments, and powerful puppets.
• Duobao brought eight talented disciples to test the Dao Inquiry World, and Wen Zhong entered last after Duobao singled out his recent breakthrough and talent.

Wen Zhong experienced the Dao Inquiry World's illusion of the Great Shang Dynasty’s rise and fall, while another disciple nearly suffered Qi Deviation before Chu Yang rescued him. As word of the realm spread and the Jie Sect’s fortune surged, Original Celestial Venerable sent Real Person Taiyi and Jade Tripod Perfected Person to investigate, and they questioned Jinguang Xian outside Biyou Palace.

• Wen Zhong relived the Great Shang Dynasty’s decline and defeat in the illusion, then awakened after a warning and admitted he had nearly succumbed to despair.
• Chu Yang rescued a second-generation disciple who had fallen into Qi Deviation, and the disciple later awoke with his cultivation greatly advanced.
• Deng Xi boasted to fellow disciples about his gains in the Dao Inquiry World, helping spread news of the secret realm throughout the Jie Sect.
• Original Celestial Venerable sensed the Jie Sect’s fortune rising and ordered Real Person Taiyi and Jade Tripod Perfected Person to investigate.
• Real Person Taiyi and Jade Tripod Perfected Person saw the excited crowds outside Biyou Palace, and Jinguang Xian welcomed them and asked why they had come.

Real Person Taiyi and Jade Tripod Perfected Person investigated the Jie Sect’s sudden rise and learned about the Dao Inquiry World and its grand competition. The Tongtian Sect Leader agreed to let Chan Sect disciples compete, and Daoist Duobao prepared the rules as the competition drew near.

• Jinguang Xian told Real Person Taiyi and Jade Tripod Perfected Person about the Dao Inquiry World and the rewards for winning the Jie Sect Grand Competition, but refused to let them enter the realm.
• Real Person Taiyi offered an Innate Spiritual Treasure so Chan Sect disciples could join the competition, and Jinguang Xian took the proposal to Daoist Duobao.
• The Tongtian Sect Leader approved the Chan Sect’s participation and instructed Daoist Duobao and Chu Yang to give Real Person Taiyi and Jade Tripod Perfected Person a proper welcome in the Dao Inquiry World.
• Real Person Taiyi and Jade Tripod Perfected Person returned to Kunlun Mountain, where the Original Celestial Venerable ordered them to compete and demonstrate the strength of Chan Sect.
• Daoist Duobao announced a three-stage competition featuring the Trial Tower, the Illusionary Heart Realm, and a Peak Showdown, with the Tongtian Sect Leader approving the rules.
• The Tongtian Sect Leader told Daoist Duobao that the Original Celestial Venerable and Laozi would attend the competition as observers.

Chu Yang launched the Jie Sect Grand Competition using the Dao Inquiry World, while Real Person Taiyi and Jade Tripod Perfected Person entered its trials to assess the Jie Sect. On the sixth tower’s seventh floor, they faced Great Witches whose strength forced the Chan Sect immortals into a dangerous fight.

• Tongtian Sect Leader warned Daoist Duobao and Chu Yang that Real Person Taiyi and Jade Tripod Perfected Person had come to probe the Jie Sect, and Chu Yang promised to protect the Dao Inquiry World.
• Prehistoric Chu Yang discussed expanding the Dao Inquiry World into a Virtual Universe and identified the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation as the start of his larger plan.
• Chu Yang began the Jie Sect Grand Competition, and thousands of disciples entered the Dao Inquiry World to challenge its seven Trial Towers.
• Immortal Wuyun, Holy Mother Jinling, and the Three Xiao Sisters reached the seventh tower but were defeated by its quasi-Saint-level gatekeeper.
• Real Person Taiyi and Jade Tripod Perfected Person advanced to the seventh floor of the sixth tower and encountered Great Witch gatekeepers.
• Jade Tripod Perfected Person blocked a Great Witch’s spear with the Apricot Yellow Banner and wounded him with the Slaying Immortal Sword, but then sensed something amiss.

The first stage of the Intercept Sect Grand Competition ended with Holy Mother Jinling in first place, showcasing the Jie Sect’s overwhelming strength. Real Person Taiyi and Jade Tripod Perfected Person reassessed their plans as the Illusionary Heart Realm began.

• Jade Tripod Perfected Person and Real Person Taiyi withdrew from the Trial Tower after failing to defeat its sixth-floor guardian, while Jie Sect disciples mocked their early exits.
• The Three Xiao Sisters confronted the two Chan Sect disciples, and Yunxiao questioned why they had stopped at the sixth tower.
• Real Person Taiyi and Jade Tripod Perfected Person privately discussed investigating the Jie Sect’s strength and plotting against its disciples during the competition’s combat stage.
• The Trial Tower rankings showed Holy Mother Jinling in first place after reaching the second floor of the seventh tower, with Yunxiao and other Jie Sect disciples close behind.
• Real Person Taiyi and Jade Tripod Perfected Person decided to wait for an opportunity, and the second stage, the Illusionary Heart Realm, began.

Real Person Taiyi entered the Illusionary Heart Realm, resisted its temptations, and defeated a false Eastern Emperor Taiyi that nearly killed him. He returned to Golden Turtle Island after experiencing three hundred years in the illusion, with his cultivation improved, and urged Jade Tripod Perfected Person to enter next.

• Real Person Taiyi and Jade Tripod Perfected Person watched the disciples react to the Illusionary Heart Realm before Real Person Taiyi entered first.
• Real Person Taiyi resisted illusions of imperial power, beautiful women, family, and betrayal, then followed an apparent Yuanshi Tianzun into a trap.
• The false Eastern Emperor Taiyi attacked Real Person Taiyi with the Eastern Emperor Bell, but Real Person Taiyi recognized the phantom's weakness and shattered the bell.
• Real Person Taiyi emerged from the illusion and learned that less than six hours had passed outside, though he had experienced three hundred years and improved his cultivation.
• Real Person Taiyi told Jade Tripod Perfected Person what had happened and invited him to enter the Illusionary Heart Realm.

The Intercept Sect’s Illusionary Heart Realm trial ended, and Jade Tripod Perfected Person escaped Tongtian Sect Leader’s illusion by unleashing the Apricot Yellow Banner’s power. The top eight hundred disciples advanced to the arena stage, where Jade Tripod Perfected Person drew Yao Bin as his opponent.

• Yuanshi Tianzun and Zhunti Daoist traveled to Golden Ao Island to observe the Intercept Sect competition, and Tongtian Sect Leader had Daoist Duobao bring them into Biyou Palace.
• Jade Tripod Perfected Person entered an illusion of Jade Void Palace, where Tongtian Sect Leader tried to make him join the Jie Sect and attacked him with the Qingping Sword.
• Jade Tripod Perfected Person used Real Person Taiyi’s advice and poured essence blood onto the Apricot Yellow Banner, breaking the illusion and returning injured to the real world.
• Daoist Duobao announced that five thousand disciples passed the Illusionary Heart Realm trial, then selected the top eight hundred for the arena stage.
• Real Person Taiyi drew Fire Spirit Child as his opponent, while Jade Tripod Perfected Person drew Yao Bin; Chu Yang recognized Yao Bin as a formation expert among the future Ten Celestial Sovereigns.

Jie Sect disciple Yao Bin trapped Jade Tripod Perfected Person in a powerful array, but Jade Tripod survived with the Central Wuji Apricot Yellow Flag and defeated him. Zhao Gongming and Daoist Duobao stopped Jade Tripod from killing the badly injured Yao Bin, leaving the rivalry between the sects tense.

• Real Person Taiyi defeated Fire Spirit Child by striking him with the Qiankun Circle and won the first match for the Chan Sect.
• Yao Bin trapped Jade Tripod Perfected Person in an array of mist, ghosts, vines, and sword qi, then attacked him with a dagger.
• Jade Tripod revealed that the Central Wuji Apricot Yellow Flag had protected him, dispelled the array, and defeated Yao Bin with his whisk.
• Jade Tripod prepared to kill the incapacitated Yao Bin, but Zhao Gongming blocked his strike and Daoist Duobao conceded the match for Yao Bin.
• Jade Tripod left after agreeing to spare Yao Bin, and Zhao Gongming gave the injured disciple a medicinal pill.

The elimination rounds left twenty-five disciples to compete, and the final battles began with Yuanshi Sage intervening to seize Yunxiao’s Golden Flood Dragon Scissors. Jade Tripod Perfected Person trapped Holy Mother Jinling with the Apricot Yellow Banner, but Chu Yang urged her to follow their plan and use the Treasure Dropping Coin.

• After seven days of arena battles, twenty-five disciples advanced, including Real Person Taiyi, Jade Tripod Perfected Person, and twenty-three Jie Sect disciples.
• After three days of rest, Real Person Taiyi faced Yunxiao and lost his advantage when Yuanshi Sage forcibly took Yunxiao’s Golden Flood Dragon Scissors before she could finish the fight.
• Real Person Taiyi conceded, leaving Jade Tripod Perfected Person as the Chan Sect’s only remaining disciple.
• Jade Tripod Perfected Person used the Apricot Yellow Banner to trap Holy Mother Jinling and weaken her Dragon Tiger Jade Ruyi.
• Chu Yang sent Holy Mother Jinling a voice transmission telling her to follow their plan, and she remembered the Treasure Dropping Coin.

Holy Mother Jinling used the Treasure Dropping Coin to defeat Jade Tripod Perfected Person and seize the Apricot Yellow Banner, while the Jie Sect disciples advanced through the competition. After the final battles, Yunxiao took first place, and Chu Yang resolved to change the Jie Sect’s foretold fate.

• Holy Mother Jinling dropped the Apricot Yellow Banner with Xiao Sheng’s Treasure Dropping Coin, defeated Jade Tripod Perfected Person, and claimed the treasure as Tongtian Sect Leader stopped Yuanshi Tianzun from intervening.
• Jade Tripod Perfected Person left to apologize to Yuanshi Tianzun, while Real Person Taiyi stayed to study the Jie Sect’s fighters.
• The remaining competitors were the Three Xiaos Goddesses, Holy Mother Jinling, Immortal Wuyun, Holy Mother Guiling, and Holy Mother Wudang; Chu Yang vowed to prevent their tragic futures.
• Bixiao trapped Holy Mother Jinling in the Nine Turns Yellow River Formation, but Holy Mother Jinling won, while Holy Mother Guiling narrowly defeated Immortal Wuyun.
• The final rankings placed Yunxiao first, Holy Mother Jinling second, Bixiao third, Qiongxiao fourth, Holy Mother Wudang fifth, Holy Mother Guiling sixth, and Immortal Wuyun seventh.
• Tongtian Sect Leader praised the competitors and singled out Yunxiao for winning through her own strength.

After the grand competition, Daoist Duobao distributed rewards and announced rules for entering the Dao Inquiry World's Trial Tower and Illusionary Heart Realm. As Chu Yang guarded access, Chang Er Dingguang Xian stirred up a campaign against him, and Daoist Duobao was about to explain who created the Dao Inquiry World when Chu Yang asked him to keep it secret.

• Hongjun Daozu summoned Tongtian Sect Leader to Zixiao Palace, leaving Daoist Duobao to oversee the disciples and distribute the competition rewards.
• Daoist Duobao granted the top ten frequent Trial Tower access, the top three five Illusionary Heart Realm chances, and other disciples regular entry opportunities.
• Chu Yang used his Xiao Lei avatar to turn away Yuan Ye and other disciples seeking extra access, insisting they improve their cultivation instead.
• Chang Er Dingguang Xian gathered dissatisfied disciples and urged them to pressure Daoist Duobao to revoke Chu Yang's authority over the Dao Inquiry World.
• Six of the Seven Accompanying Immortals joined a growing crowd that demanded justice from Daoist Duobao, who began explaining that Chu Yang had created the Dao Inquiry World.
• Chu Yang sent Daoist Duobao a voice transmission asking him not to reveal the secret yet.

Chu Yang revealed his Quasi-Sage strength and defended his control of the Dao Inquiry World, while Chang Er Dingguang Xian and Piluxian plotted against him with a talisman from Sage Zhunti. After detecting the plot and teleporting into Dingguang Xian’s cave, Chu Yang seized the talisman and began searching his soul.

• Chu Yang told the disciples that the Dao Inquiry World required the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation and declared that only those with Quasi-Sage strength could control it; he and Daoist Duobao enforced its entry rules.
• Chang Er Dingguang Xian raged over Chu Yang’s authority and discussed using the Western Saints’ interest in Jie Sect disciples to oppose him with Piluxian.
• Piluxian gave Chang Er Dingguang Xian a talisman bestowed by Sage Zhunti, which held the power of one Late-Stage Quasi-Sage strike and required forty-nine days of nurturing.
• Chu Yang sensed someone plotting against him, used a mark to reach Dingguang Xian’s cave, and caught him refining the talisman.
• Chu Yang took the talisman from Dingguang Xian, recognized the lingering Saint’s aura, and used the Soul Searching Technique on him.

Chu Yang used Chang Er Dingguang Xian’s memories to uncover Sage Zhunti’s schemes, then refined Zhunti’s talisman and altered it for his own counterplot. In Zixiao Palace, Hongjun Daozu announced the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, but the Sages failed to agree on how to fill the list.

• Chu Yang searched Chang Er Dingguang Xian’s soul, learned of Sage Zhunti’s plans, and placed a restriction on Chang Er Dingguang Xian’s primordial spirit.
• Chu Yang refined Sage Zhunti’s talisman, sensed flaws in the Western Sages’ power, and altered the talisman to use against them.
• Hongjun Daozu summoned the six Sages to Zixiao Palace and declared that they must fill the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Yuanshi Tianzun, Tongtian Sect Leader, and Sage Zhunti argued over which sect’s disciples should be listed, while Laozi and Nüwa remained detached.
• Tongtian Sect Leader proposed sending one Jie Sect disciple and ten each from the Chan Sect and Western Sect, provoking Yuanshi Tianzun and Sage Zhunti.
• Hongjun Daozu ordered the Sages to gather three hundred and sixty-five righteous gods, but they still failed to agree on how to allocate the list.

After the Investiture of the Gods Calamity began, Tongtian Sect Leader ordered the Jie Sect disciples to cultivate in seclusion while Chu Yang revealed the Western Sect’s schemes and asked to enter the chaos. Chu Yang found a Chaos Spiritual Root bearing a golden gourd, but after it attacked him, he trapped it in the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation.

• Hongjun Daozu left the saints to face the Investiture of the Gods Calamity through their own abilities, and Tongtian Sect Leader returned to Biyou Palace to warn his disciples.
• Tongtian Sect Leader ordered Daoist Duobao to keep the Jie Sect disciples on Golden Turtle Island cultivating in seclusion, then Chu Yang revealed that Chang Er Dingguang Xian had been secretly recruited by Sage Zhunti.
• Chu Yang asked to enter the chaos with the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, and Tongtian Sect Leader lent him the Four Immortal Slaughtering Swords.
• Chu Yang endured days of Chaos Divine Lightning and discovered a hidden space containing a huge green Chaos Spiritual Root and a golden gourd.
• The Chaos Spiritual Root attacked Chu Yang, and after struggling to break through its defenses, he planted the Four Immortal Slaughtering Swords around the space and activated the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation.