Chapter Summaries

Ren sent Madara Uchiha’s soul through the Asura Path of Reincarnation, successfully arranging his rebirth but suffering severe injuries from the backlash. Meanwhile, Empress Pingxin learned of the disturbance in the Underworld and ordered King Yan to summon Xingtian as she worried over the Primordial World’s uncertain future.

• Ren used the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist to send Madara Uchiha’s soul into the Asura Path and help him complete his rebirth.
• Reincarnation’s backlash broke Ren’s right arm and injured him, so he returned to Ziwei Palace to heal.
• King Yan asked Empress Pingxin about the disturbance in Reincarnation, and she assured him it was under control.
• King Yan told Pingxin that Wu Clan members in the Underworld wanted to leave, and she ordered him to restrain them and summon Xingtian.
• Pingxin spoke with a cold-voiced presence about the Primordial World’s possible destruction, her uncertain role, and the consequences of Ren sending someone through Reincarnation.

Madara Uchiha was reborn among the Shura Race and began training in the Primordial World, while Tianpeng considered how to build a sincere friendship with Ren. The chapter ended with Tianpeng explaining why he had sent gifts to Ren after his arrival in the Heavenly Court.

• The Shura Race trained its young in combat and slaughter, teaching that killing made them stronger.
• Perth brought the newly born Madara to Xius and told him Madara had killed the birth attendant, defeated guards, and slaughtered hundreds of Demon Race captives during his Blood Baptism.
• Madara told Xius that he enjoyed battle and fighting, then asked to be taught how to kill while privately wondering why Ren was nowhere to be seen.
• An officer reported that the Ziwei Great Emperor had accepted Tianpeng's gifts and planned to visit the Celestial River to drink and inspect the Heavenly River Navy.
• Tianpeng admitted he was less diligent than Yang Jian and Ren, then told his officer that he had sent gifts because befriending Ren required patience and sincerity.

Ren recovered from his injuries and traveled to Yao Chi with the Seven Fairies, who explained why they felt weak and out of place in Heavenly Court. He arrived at Yao Chi while Taibai Jinxing went to invite the Golden Spirit Holy Mother and the Three Xiao.

• Tianpeng ordered his officer to monitor Ren and reported that the Jade Emperor had invited Ren, the Three Xiao, and the Golden Spirit Holy Mother to a banquet.
• Taibai Jinxing arrived with the Seven Fairies to invite Ren to the Jade Emperor's banquet, and Ren agreed to go to Yao Chi.
• Taibai Jinxing left to invite the Golden Spirit Holy Mother, while the Seven Fairies escorted Ren toward Yao Chi.
• Red Lotus asked Ren to slow down because the Seven Fairies could not keep up with him.
• Azure Lotus and White Lotus told Ren that the sisters had weak cultivation because they were born mortal and felt their family ties to the Jade Emperor had been severed.
• Ren advised the Seven Fairies to rely on themselves and keep cultivating, then reached Yao Chi with them.

Ren attended the Jade Emperor’s banquet at Yao Chi, where the Jade Emperor questioned him about Jiang Shang and the Divine Ranking’s strange behavior. Ren agreed to inspect the Divine Ranking, while privately knowing Jiang Shang had been sent to another world.

• Ren arrived at Yao Chi and reunited with Yunxiao and Qiongxiao before joining the banquet.
• Ren greeted the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother, then took his seat and exchanged polite conversation with the Heavenly Court’s rulers.
• The Jade Emperor asked Ren whether he had stayed with Jiang Shang after the Investiture of the Gods, and Ren confirmed he had seen his Martial Uncle off.
• Jin Ling questioned how Jiang Shang could still be alive after a hundred years, and the Jade Emperor explained that Jiang Shang’s aura remained on the Divine Ranking.
• The Jade Emperor described the Divine Ranking’s recent unusual movements and subtle changes, then invited Ren to inspect it.
• Ren agreed to visit the Investiture Hall, privately recalling that he had erased Jiang Shang’s memories and sent him to the Shrouding the Heavens World.

At a Heavenly Court banquet, Ren secured control of the Ziwei Legion after agreeing to Jin Ling’s conditions, including handing Daoist Randeng over to her and obtaining the God-Striking Whip from Yuding. The Jade Emperor grew suspicious of Ren and Jin Ling’s alliance, while Jin Ling offered Wen Zhong to help command Ren’s troops.

• The Jade Emperor offered Ren command of the Northern Legion, but Qiongxiao argued that the Ziwei Legion was stronger and wanted to join Ren’s campaign.
• Jin Ling privately offered Ren the Ziwei Legion and full authority as Ziwei Great Emperor in exchange for Daoist Randeng and the God-Striking Whip, and Ren accepted.
• Qiongxiao asked to serve as Ren’s general, and Ren agreed to take her along.
• The Jade Emperor sensed that Ren and Jin Ling had made a private deal and wondered whether their sects planned to cooperate.
• The Jade Emperor offered to send Li Jing to assist Ren, but Jin Ling said Wen Zhong would help instead and disparaged Li Jing’s command ability.

Ren secured command of the Northern Legion and the Ziwei Legion while strengthening his ties with Jin Ling and the Intercepting Sect. After Ren and Jin Ling left the banquet, the Jade Emperor worried that Ren’s growing alliances threatened his authority and ordered Taibai Jinxing to investigate him.

• Ren persuaded the Jade Emperor to give him the Northern Legion, with Wen Zhong set to command it alongside the Ziwei and Thunder Legions, and proposed sidelining Li Jing.
• Ren and Jin Ling understood that Ren intended to kill Li Jing, whose ties to Buddhism had turned Jin Ling against him.
• Ren left the banquet with Jin Ling and the Three Xiao, while the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother remained behind, troubled by the Expounding Sect and Intercepting Sect’s cooperation.
• The Jade Emperor feared Ren could become a powerful link between the two sects and ordered Taibai Jinxing to investigate his relationships.
• Taibai Jinxing revealed that Tianpeng had sent Ren gifts, and the Jade Emperor learned Ren had also formed ties with the Human Sect.

Ren discussed Li Jing and the Investiture List with Jin Ling and the Three Xiao while returning toward Ziwei Palace. He learned that even powerful Interception Immortals could not escape the list, but he believed Jiang Ziya’s Artifact Spirit might eventually let him control it.

• The Jade Emperor decided to have his seven daughters visit Ren, despite the Queen Mother’s concern about their reputations.
• Qiongxiao reminded Ren of their agreement that he would take her along as a general when he led troops to the Mortal World, and Jin Ling confirmed that Wen Zhong would hand him the Ziwei Legion.
• Jin Ling told Ren that Wen Zhong’s intelligence network had uncovered Li Jing’s Buddhist ties and Buddhist disciples seeking influence in the Heavenly Court.
• Ren asked Jin Ling about the Investiture List, and she explained that breaking it could destroy the True Spirits bound to it and that escaping it had proved impossible for her and Yunxiao.
• Ren privately resolved to visit the Great Investiture Hall and consider whether Jiang Ziya’s Artifact Spirit could help him control the Investiture List, then used Nine Secrets: Xing to fly toward Ziwei Palace.

Ren reclaimed the Ziwei Great Emperor’s authority and took command of both the Ziwei and Northern Legions, while building the loyalty and leadership needed to control them. As Ren completed The Art of War, golden Merit flowed into the military treatise and raised its quality.

• Wen Zhong returned the Ziwei Legion and its command token to Ren, and the Jade Emperor handed him the Northern Legion as well.
• Ren took control of the two legions, relying on Nezha, Lei Zhenzi, and Yang Jian to help while he worked to gain loyal subordinates.
• Lei Zhenzi complained about avoiding Gouchen Palace, then agreed to help Nezha train the Northern Legion’s three million soldiers.
• Ren carved military strategies into bamboo slips as Yang Jian praised his treatises and discussed their potential to become a Supreme Treasure.
• Ren finished carving The Art of War, and golden Merit flowed into the slips, increasing the treatise’s quality.

Ren arranged for Lei Zhenzi to return to Gouchen Palace and anticipated a full court assembly as Heavenly Court’s factions maneuvered around legitimacy and authority. The Jade Emperor arrived at Lingxiao Palace to find nearly everyone who could attend gathered there, leaving him alarmed by the unusual turnout.

• Ren discussed the military treatise’s rise to a Supreme-Grade Spirit Treasure and its growing connection to Human Race Destiny with Yang Jian.
• Ren told Yang Jian to bring Nanji and Lei Zhenzi to Gouchen Palace, arguing that Wen Zhong would accommodate Lei Zhenzi because his authority as Gouchen Great Emperor mattered.
• Yang Jian agreed to follow Ren’s arrangements, and Ren assured him he would not set him up.
• At the court assembly, Ren took his star-forged sovereign seat while Lei Zhenzi told him Wen Zhong had welcomed him to Gouchen Palace and offered to handle outside affairs.
• The Jade Emperor entered Lingxiao Palace and was startled to see the hall full, with three other Great Emperors and nearly every eligible Heavenly Court official in attendance.

Wen Zhong accused Li Jing of betraying Heavenly Court and brought captured accomplices before the Jade Emperor, while Ren prepared Nezha to confront his father. When Li Jing arrived and saw Ren and Nezha waiting, he realized the danger and fled.

• Ren told the Antarctic Immortal Elder to watch quietly as the Jade Emperor opened morning court.
• Wen Zhong accused Li Jing of leaking Heavenly Court intelligence and helping thieves steal resources and Peaches.
• Wen Zhong revealed that he had captured Li Jing’s suspected accomplices and admitted sending a forged imperial decree to summon Li Jing.
• Ren told Nezha that he should make Li Jing suffer rather than kill him, and Nezha vowed not to spare Li Jing or his Buddhist backers.
• Li Jing entered Lingxiao Palace, saw Ren and the armed Nezha, and fled.

Ren and Yang Jian tried to reclaim Nezha’s Linglong Pagoda from Li Jing, but Lingji Bodhisattva intervened and clashed with the Jade Emperor. Ren took control of the pagoda and destroyed Li Jing’s divine sense inside it, while Lingji Bodhisattva defended his actions before the furious Jade Emperor.

• Wen Zhong struck Li Jing with Thunder as Yang Jian and Ren reached for the Linglong Pagoda.
• A golden hand seal attacked Yang Jian and tried to seize the pagoda, but the Jade Emperor shattered it with the Haotian Mirror.
• Ren used Nine Secrets: Bing to take control of the pagoda and burned away Li Jing’s divine sense within it.
• Lingji Bodhisattva appeared and claimed the pagoda was a Buddhist treasure he had given to Li Jing, angering the Jade Emperor.

Ren rejected Lingji Bodhisattva’s demand for the pagoda and accused Buddhism of infiltrating the Heavenly Court, leaving the Jade Emperor furious and ordering a purge of its hidden agents. Nezha joined the investigation and faced Li Jing’s claim that Buddhism had forced him to betray his son.

• Lingji Bodhisattva asked Ren to return the Buddhist pagoda and take Li Jing away, but Ren refused and condemned Buddhism’s interference in the Heavenly Court.
• Ren reminded Lingji Bodhisattva that he had ignored the Jade Emperor, prompting the Jade Emperor to threaten to report Buddhism to Hongjun.
• The Jade Emperor ordered Taibai Jinxing to investigate Li Jing’s accomplices and send any traitors directly to the Execution Immortal Platform.
• Ren asked the Jade Emperor to let Nezha help investigate, then urged Nezha to leave no suspected traitor alive.
• Li Jing claimed Buddhism had forced him to target Nezha to replenish the Merit Golden Lotus and threatened his family, but Lei Zhenzi warned Nezha not to believe him, hardening Nezha’s resolve.

Ren used the court assembly to turn the Heavenly Court against Buddhism, and the Jade Emperor ordered Lingji Bodhisattva executed for storming Lingxiao Palace. The chapter ended as Wen Zhong and other powerful figures prepared to seize Lingji.

• Nezha dragged Li Jing away while Ren placed ten thousand Ziwei Army soldiers under Nezha's command.
• Ren accused Lingji Bodhisattva of disrespecting the Heavenly Court, and Lingji denied intending any further offense.
• Interception Sect members, the Antarctic Immortal Elder, and Lei Zhenzi urged the Jade Emperor to execute Lingji.
• The Jade Emperor ordered Lingji sent to the Execution Immortal Platform for execution that day.
• Lingji protested as Wen Zhong, the Three Xiao, and the Golden Spirit Holy Mother prepared to seize him.

Lingji Bodhisattva attacked Ren with the Three-Flavored Divine Wind, but Ren’s Nihility Devouring Flame overwhelmed it. Medicine Master Lapis Lazuli Buddha rescued Lingji Bodhisattva from Lingxiao Palace and asked the Heavenly Court to spare him, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Desperate to escape the Interception Sect, Lingji Bodhisattva attacked Ren with the Three-Flavored Divine Wind from the Wind-Calming Pearl.
• Ren countered with the Nihility Devouring Flame, which devoured the weakened divine wind and grew stronger.
• Medicine Master Lapis Lazuli Buddha used the Seven-Treasure Wondrous Tree to block the Jade Emperor’s Haotian Mirror and carry Lingji Bodhisattva out of Lingxiao Palace.
• The Jade Emperor pursued Medicine Master Lapis Lazuli Buddha, and Ren, Lei Zhenzi, the Antarctic Immortal Elder, and the Interception Sect followed outside.
• The Haotian Mirror revealed Medicine Master Lapis Lazuli Buddha, who apologized for Lingji Bodhisattva and asked the Heavenly Court to spare him.

Ren exposed the Buddhist Sect’s plan to use Nezha’s Lotus Origin to repair its Merit Golden Lotus and refused to surrender the Lingling Pagoda. Medicine Master Lapis Lazuli Buddha attacked Ren, who was badly injured but briefly stopped him, and the Jade Emperor and Jin Ling moved to intervene as another roar sounded from within the Heavenly Court.

• Lingji Bodhisattva demanded that Ren return the pagoda, and Liuli Buddha backed his demand.
• Ren revealed that the Buddhist Sect wanted the pagoda to extract Nezha’s Lotus Origin and repair its Merit Golden Lotus.
• Medicine Master Lapis Lazuli Buddha attacked Ren, and Ren struck back with the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist.
• Ren was badly wounded and hurled toward a palace, though his punch briefly checked Liuli Buddha’s attack.
• The Jade Emperor drew the Haotian Mirror and Jin Ling moved to protect Ren, but a roar rang out from within the Heavenly Court.

Ruthless arrived at the Heavenly Court to save the badly wounded Ren and fought Medicine Master Lapis Lazuli Buddha. Their battle shattered stars and buildings, and the chapter ended with both of their attacks destroyed and Liuli Buddha demanding to know who she was.

• Ruthless caught Ren before Liuli Buddha could seize him, then shattered the Buddha's arm with the Flying Immortal Art.
• Ruthless entrusted Ren to Yunxiao and challenged Medicine Master Lapis Lazuli Buddha to fight.
• Ruthless and Liuli Buddha exchanged powerful blows, and Ruthless used the Myriad Transformations Sacred Art to dispel his flames and tear through his body.
• Ruthless gathered fragments of the broken river of stars into an immortal palace and sent it crashing down on Liuli Buddha.
• Liuli Buddha countered with the Great Sun Seal, destroying the palace as the handprint also crumbled, then demanded Ruthless's identity again.

Ruthless crippled Lingji Bodhisattva and turned him into an opponent for Ren to fight. Ren accepted the challenge and charged at Lingji Bodhisattva, while Ruthless warned Liuli Buddha not to interfere.

• Ruthless used the Heaven-Slaying Dao to sever Lingji Bodhisattva's Great Dao, causing his cultivation to fall from the Daluo Golden Immortal realm.
• Ruthless summoned the Devouring Heaven Demonic Jar, which drained Lingji Bodhisattva's spiritual power and vital energy until he was left at the Grand Unity Human Immortal realm.
• Ruthless told Ren to defeat Lingji Bodhisattva, explaining that his experience made him a dangerous opponent despite his weakened cultivation.
• Ren accepted Lingji Bodhisattva as his stepping stone, healed with starlight, thanked Yunxiao, and charged into battle.
• Liuli Buddha tried to stop Ren, but Ruthless threatened to kill him and slaughter all of Buddhism if he interfered.

Ren fought Lingji Bodhisattva after the Ruthless Emperor’s threat shook the Heavenly Court, and Lingji unleashed the violent winds stored in his Wind-Calming Pearl. Ren and Lingji traded powerful attacks in a fierce battle, while the Heavenly Court recognized that the Ruthless Emperor had made their apparent match possible.

• The Ruthless Emperor threatened to slaughter the Buddhist Sect, but Ren charged at Lingji Bodhisattva to kill him.
• Lingji attacked Ren with wind blades, and Ren used his Nihility Devouring Flame to destroy them.
• Lingji crushed the Wind-Calming Pearl, releasing violent winds that damaged Heavenly Court buildings and clouds.
• Ren found a weak point in the winds and attacked Lingji with his Shura Fist, then fought him with Dao arts and divine abilities.
• The Heavenly Court watched Ren and Lingji battle, understanding that the Ruthless Emperor was responsible for their apparent equality.

The Ruthless Emperor fought Medicine Master Lapis Lazuli Buddha in the Starry Sky, revealing overwhelming demonic power while testing her techniques against him. As spectators wondered who she was, Liuli Buddha summoned a Bodhi Tree filled with worlds and sent an army of Buddhist disciples to attack her.

• The Ruthless Emperor threatened to slaughter Buddhism if Liuli Buddha killed Ren, then attacked him when he reacted with killing intent.
• Liuli Buddha used Immortal Seal, and the Ruthless Emperor countered with Flying Immortal Art as they clashed and rose into the Starry Sky.
• The Ruthless Emperor unleashed her Demon Qi and struck with Nine Secrets Unified, while Liuli Buddha answered with Amitabha Buddha Seal.
• The Jade Emperor, Yunxiao, Jin Ling, Bixiao, and Qiongxiao marveled at the Ruthless Emperor's strength and wondered about her connection to Ren.
• Liuli Buddha summoned a Bodhi Tree filled with Small Worlds and unleashed My Buddha Slays Demons, sending countless Buddhist disciples toward the Ruthless Emperor.

Ruthless Emperor fought Liuli Buddha in the Starry Sky, matching his divine abilities with techniques she had created across her past lives. As Liuli Buddha unleashed his Great Sun Glazed Body, Ruthless Emperor revealed the power of her nine lifetimes and gathered their Daos into her present self.

• Ruthless Emperor summoned an army of star soldiers with Scatter Stars into Soldiers, and they clashed with Liuli Buddha’s Buddhist disciples.
• Liuli Buddha hurled worlds at Ruthless Emperor with Bodhi World, but she answered with Three Thousand Worlds, and their world-based techniques shook the Starry Sky.
• Liuli Buddha borrowed the power of his past and future to forge his Great Sun Glazed Body, then attacked with the Great Sun Glazed Seal.
• Ruthless Emperor released her full aura and took nine steps, revealing the figures and Daos of her nine lifetimes.
• Ruthless Emperor took a tenth step, gathered the Daos of those lives into her present self, and appeared in white robes before Liuli Buddha.