Chapter Summaries

At the Western Heavenly Court’s banquet, Haotian proposed a three-on-three sparring match with the Eastern Heavenly Court to display his side’s strength. Di Zun accepted, and the first match began with Kunpeng facing Zhao Gongming.

• Haotian opened the banquet, then proposed that three people from each Heavenly Court spar for the guests.
• The Saints recognized that Haotian wanted to build the Western Heavenly Court’s reputation, while Jie Yin and Zhun Ti worried about its weak foundation.
• Di Zun accepted the challenge, pleased that Haotian had raised the idea he had intended to propose himself.
• Haotian named Kunpeng Buddha Ancestor as the Western Heavenly Court’s first fighter, surprising Kunpeng, who took the field.
• Di Zun sent Zhao Gongming to face Kunpeng, prompting the guests to question whether Zhao Gongming could overcome a Sub-Saint.

Haotian replaced Kunpeng with Yin Wuji for the Western Heavenly Court’s first match against Zhao Gongming, hoping to save his Sub-Saint fighter for later battles. Zhao Gongming easily shattered Yin Wuji’s attack and defeated him, leaving Yin Wuji badly injured on the ground.

• Haotian stopped Kunpeng from fighting and named the Quasi-Saint Yin Wuji as the Western Heavenly Court’s first fighter instead.
• Di Zun mocked Haotian for changing his word, while Kunpeng angrily withdrew from the Void.
• Yin Wuji challenged Zhao Gongming, who stood calmly without drawing a magic treasure.
• Yin Wuji attacked with his Fangtian Painted Halberd, forming a black dragon from its power.
• Zhao Gongming released a streak of Jinguang that tore through the black dragon and struck Yin Wuji, sending him crashing to the ground coughing blood.

Zhao Gongming defeated Yin Wuji in one move, giving the Eastern Heavenly Court the first match and angering Haotian. In the second match, Eastern Hua Emperor Lord countered Ling Xuzi’s void attacks and found his hidden position, but the fight had not yet concluded.

• Zhao Gongming defeated Yin Wuji with a single move and reported to Di Zun that he had fulfilled his mission.
• Di Zun taunted Haotian over Yin Wuji’s defeat, and Haotian insisted that the Eastern Heavenly Court had won only by luck.
• Haotian sent Ling Xuzi to fight in the second match, and Di Zun chose Eastern Hua Emperor Lord as his opponent.
• Ling Xuzi used Void Great Burial and other void techniques, but Eastern Hua Emperor Lord’s Pure Yang Purple Qi broke through and neutralized his attacks.
• Eastern Hua Emperor Lord detected Ling Xuzi’s hidden location and shot toward him.

East Hua Emperor Lord defeated Ling Xuzi, giving the Eastern Heavenly Court a 2–0 lead over the Western Heavenly Court. Kunpeng entered the final bout against the Lord of Stars, while Primordial Heavenly Venerate was reminded of his past defeat by Qin Mu.

• East Hua Emperor Lord shattered Ling Xuzi’s concealment, severely injured him, and forced him to yield.
• East Hua Emperor Lord returned to Di Zun, who taunted Haotian over the Western Heavenly Court’s losses.
• Haotian urged Kunpeng to win the final bout, and Kunpeng entered the void to face the Eastern Heavenly Court’s opponent.
• Di Zun rejected Chi You’s offer and sent the Lord of Stars to fight Kunpeng.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate recognized the Lord of Stars and recalled how Qin Mu had defeated him despite his use of the Pangu Banner.

Kunpeng and the Lord of Stars fought the third contest of spells, with the Lord of Stars gaining the upper hand until Kunpeng revealed his true form. Kunpeng swallowed the Lord of Stars’ meteor attack, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Kunpeng attacked the Lord of Stars with a vortex combining North Sea devouring power and Buddhist Nirvana, but the Lord of Stars blocked it with a screen of starlight.
• Kunpeng overwhelmed the starlight screen with successive black vortexes, and the Lord of Stars destroyed them with pillars of star power.
• Kunpeng swallowed the pillars of starlight with a black ring, then struggled against the Lord of Stars’ relentless rain of star-force meteors.
• Kunpeng transformed into his enormous true Demon Race form and inhaled, swallowing all the starlight meteors.

Kunpeng revealed his true form and overwhelmed the Lord of Stars with the Demon Master Palace and Demon Master Bow, putting the Western Heavenly Court on the verge of winning the third magical contest. Haotian celebrated the apparent advantage, while Di Zun remained calm as the battle continued.

• Kunpeng shattered the Lord of Stars’ Star Blade with the Demon Master Palace and drove him to dodge repeated attacks.
• Kunpeng summoned the Demon Master Bow and shot a light-feather arrow that pierced the Lord of Stars’ left arm and began devouring his magical power.
• The Demon Master Palace and returning arrow struck the Lord of Stars’ starlight shield, shattering it and blasting him backward.
• Haotian and the Western Heavenly Court’s supporters welcomed Kunpeng’s apparent advantage, while Di Zun remained unruffled.

The Lord of Stars unleashed his Life Star against Kunpeng’s Demon Master Palace, Light Feather Arrow, and devouring vortex, defeating him in the clash. The assembled beings were left stunned as Kunpeng fell and the Lord of Stars remained standing.

• Kunpeng renewed his assault with the Demon Master Palace and a Light Feather Arrow, but the Lord of Stars stood his ground and formed a Life Star from his Dao fruit and the power of the Celestial Stars.
• The Lord of Stars sent the Life Star into Kunpeng’s attacks, blasting back the Demon Master Palace and shattering the Light Feather Arrow before the star swept toward Kunpeng.
• Kunpeng opened a vast black vortex and tried to devour the Life Star, while the Lord of Stars maintained it with his seals.
• The Life Star exploded inside the vortex, shattering Kunpeng’s true body and sending him flying as the Lord of Stars was forced back but stayed upright.
• The gathered beings reacted in shock to Kunpeng’s defeat, and Kunpeng rose, wiped blood from his mouth, and looked at the Lord of Stars with a complicated expression.

After the Lord of Stars defeated Kunpeng, Di Zun mocked Haotian and led the Eastern Heavenly Court away. The Western Heavenly Court’s failed contests drove the guests and saints from Haotian’s banquet, leaving him with Jie Yin, Zhun Ti, and Primordial Heavenly Venerate.

• Kunpeng admitted defeat to the Lord of Stars, who returned to Di Zun and reported that he had fulfilled his command.
• Di Zun ridiculed Haotian’s Western Heavenly Court and departed with the Eastern Heavenly Court.
• Jie Yin and Zhun Ti blamed Haotian’s eagerness for the Western Heavenly Court’s three losses, while Primordial Heavenly Venerate inwardly criticized him.
• Sect Master Tongtian mocked Primordial Heavenly Venerate, then left with the Jie Teachings Disciples; Zhen Yuanzi, Saint Taishang, and Saint Nuwa also departed.
• The Rogue Cultivators and other guests left the banquet, and Haotian ordered the Western Heavenly Court members to withdraw.
• Kunpeng and the others withdrew, leaving Haotian with Jie Yin, Zhun Ti, and Primordial Heavenly Venerate.

Haotian and the three sages discussed the Western Heavenly Court’s weakness after its defeats, and the sages urged him to seek Hongjun Dao Ancestor’s advice. Haotian reached Zixiao Palace and was admitted, where Hongjun asked why he had come.

• Primordial Heavenly Venerate, Jie Yin, and Zhun Ti blamed Haotian for rushing the Western Heavenly Court into conflict with the Eastern Heavenly Court.
• Haotian admitted that the Western Heavenly Court lacked capable people, but the three sages had no immediate solution.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate and the Western sages advised Haotian to visit Zixiao Palace and ask Hongjun Dao Ancestor for help.
• Haotian crossed the Chaotic Void, knelt outside Zixiao Palace, and requested an audience with Hongjun Dao Ancestor.
• Hongjun Dao Ancestor opened the palace doors, received Haotian, and asked what he had come for.

Haotian asked Hongjun to order the Saints to send disciples to staff the Western Heavenly Court, and Hongjun summoned the Saints to Zixiao Palace. As the Saints set out, they wondered whether a new Great Calamity was approaching, while Primordial Heavenly Venerate suspected the summons concerned Haotian’s court.

• Haotian knelt before Hongjun and asked him to have the Saints send disciples to the Western Heavenly Court.
• Hongjun agreed to summon the Saints to Zixiao Palace, and Haotian anticipated that Di Zun would no longer be able to interfere with his plans.
• Laozi received Hongjun’s summons and left the Eight Sceneries Palace for Zixiao Palace.
• Nuwa and Tongtian received the summons and set off, each suspecting that a new Great Calamity might be beginning.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate received the summons while refining Demonic Energy and wondered whether it was about the Western Heavenly Court.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun summoned the Saints to Zixiao Palace, leading them to suspect the coming Investiture of the Gods Great Calamity or the Western Heavenly Court's troubles were involved. Qin Mu and his avatars anticipated the calamity, while Qin Mu believed his mentorship of Di Xing could change its course; the chapter ended with the Saints assembled and Haotian's presence raising questions.

• Primordial Heavenly Venerate connected Hongjun's summons to Haotian's earlier visit about the Western Heavenly Court and headed to Zixiao Palace.
• Jie Yin and Zhun Ti recalled Haotian's visit and traveled to Zixiao Palace, suspecting the summons concerned the Western Heavenly Court.
• Zhen Yuanzi received Hongjun's summons while discussing the Dao with Huang Tian and other human leaders, then departed for Zixiao Palace.
• Huang Tian suspected the Investiture of the Gods Great Calamity was about to begin and wondered how Qin Mu and the avatars would alter its course.
• Di Zun and Qin Mu received the summons and headed to Zixiao Palace; Qin Mu reflected that taking Di Xing as his disciple could change the calamity's original trajectory.
• Qin Mu and Old Ancestor Ming He arrived at Zixiao Palace with the other Saints, who noticed Haotian standing beside Hongjun.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun gathered the Saints at Zixiao Palace and announced that the Investiture Great Calamity was approaching. He revealed the Investiture List and explained its power, leaving the Saints stunned as Qin Mu and Di Zun remained composed.

• Haotian asked Dao Ancestor Hongjun to uphold justice for the Western Heavenly Court while the Saints watched him warily.
• Hongjun announced that the Great Calamity was approaching, surprising the assembled Saints and confusing Haotian.
• Hongjun named the coming disaster the Investiture Great Calamity and summoned a golden list into the palace.
• Hongjun explained that those named on the Investiture List would have their true spirits protected and could revive after death.
• The Saints were shaken by the list's promised immortality, while Qin Mu and Di Zun stayed calm because they knew its benefits were not as great as they seemed.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun gave Haotian authority over the Investiture List and ordered listed gods to obey the Western Heavenly Court. The Saints disputed whose disciples should fill it, and Qin Mu backed Tongtian against Yuanshi’s proposal to use Jie Teachings disciples.

• Hongjun appointed Haotian to manage the Investiture List, and Haotian rejoiced at gaining authority over its gods.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate proposed filling the list with Jie Teachings disciples, provoking Sect Master Tongtian’s anger.
• Tongtian argued that Western Teachings had many qualified Arhats and Bodhisattvas who could be listed instead.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate defended Western Teachings and again urged Tongtian to contribute his numerous disciples.
• Qin Mu supported Tongtian and challenged Yuanshi to offer his own elite disciples, while Old Ancestor Ming He, Zhen Yuanzi, and Di Zun agreed with him.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate grew angry as Saint Taishang and Saint Nuwa stayed silent, leaving the decision to Hongjun.

At Zixiao Palace, the Saints argued over who should be placed on the Investiture List until Dao Ancestor Hongjun ruled that anyone who died during the Great Calamity would be entered onto it. Hongjun gave the list to Haotian to manage, leaving Haotian determined to strengthen the Western Heavenly Court and attain Sainthood.

• Saint Jie Yin proposed putting wild gods on the Investiture List, prompting the Saints to argue over whose people should be chosen.
• Haotian seethed as the Saints refused to let their own disciples enter the list, while Qin Mu expected Hongjun to make the decision.
• Hongjun decreed that no names would be written in advance and that the true spirits of those who died in the calamity would enter the list until its positions were filled.
• Taishang, Primordial Heavenly Venerate, Tongtian, the Two Sages of the West, Qin Mu, Nuwa, Ming He, and Zhen Yuanzi accepted Hongjun's method.
• Hongjun handed the Investiture List to Haotian and ordered him to record all immortals and gods below Sage who died in the calamity.
• Haotian accepted the list and resolved to strengthen the Western Heavenly Court and strive to attain Sainthood before Hongjun dismissed the Saints.

Qin Mu persuaded Sect Master Tongtian and Di Zun to unite the Jie Teachings and the Eastern Heavenly Court against the Western Heavenly Court and Clarify Teachings in the coming Investiture Great Calamity. Di Zun summoned the Eastern Heavenly Court’s immortals and revealed that a Great Calamity would descend upon the Primordial Wilderness.

• Sect Master Tongtian worried that the Dao Ancestor’s rules for the Investiture List would unfairly cost the Jie Teachings many disciples.
• Qin Mu proposed that the Jie Teachings and the Eastern Heavenly Court join forces and send the Western Heavenly Court and Clarify Teachings onto the Investiture List, and Tongtian agreed.
• Qin Mu went to the Eastern Heavenly Court, where Di Zun agreed to the alliance.
• Di Zun summoned the Eastern Heavenly Court’s immortals, gods, and generals to the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
• Di Zun announced that a Great Calamity would descend upon the Primordial Wilderness, shocking the assembled immortals.

Di Zun told the Eastern Heavenly Court that the Investiture Calamity would ensnare all beings beneath the Saints and bind the dead to the Investiture List. He revealed that he had agreed to ally with the Jie Teachings, leaving him confident that their combined strength could withstand their rivals.

• Di Zun explained that the Dao Ancestor had given Haotian the Investiture List and that those beneath the Saints who died in the calamity would be bound to it.
• The immortals and gods feared that the calamity could kill them and strip them of their freedom, forcing them to obey Haotian.
• Di Zun said the Western Teachings, the Clarify Teachings, and the Western Heavenly Court would target the Eastern Heavenly Court.
• Di Zun revealed that the Eastern Heavenly Court would join forces with the Jie Teachings and seek to place their rivals on the Investiture List.
• The immortals and gods welcomed the alliance, then left to prepare as Di Zun remained confident in their strength.

Haotian discussed using the Investiture List to weaken the Eastern Heavenly Court and strengthen the Western Heavenly Court, while the Primordial Heavenly Venerate warned that Qin Mu and the Jie Teachings could thwart their plans. The group agreed to recruit forces for the coming calamity, and the Primordial Heavenly Venerate secretly relied on a pact with Demon Ancestor Luohu.

• Haotian proposed killing Eastern Heavenly Court immortals so their true spirits would enter the Investiture List and bolster the Western Heavenly Court.
• Jie Yin and Zhun Ti supported Haotian’s plan, but the Primordial Heavenly Venerate warned that Qin Mu and the Jie Teachings might ally with the Eastern Heavenly Court.
• Zhun Ti, Jie Yin, and Haotian acknowledged Qin Mu’s strength and the threat posed by Tongtian and the Zhu Xian Formation.
• The Primordial Heavenly Venerate urged them to recruit sects and rogue cultivators entering the calamity, and said he would seek support from other saintly forces.
• The Primordial Heavenly Venerate privately intended to use the calamity to get revenge on Qin Mu and revealed that Luohu had agreed to cooperate with him and provided a passage to the Demon Realm.

Haotian persuaded Jie Yin and Zhun Ti to have Western Teachings seek the next Human Emperor, then set out to recruit sects for the Investiture Great Calamity. He warned the Taixu Sword Master that even secluded cultivators in the Primordial Wilderness could not escape the calamity.

• Haotian proposed that Western Teachings convert the next Human Emperor to gain influence over the Human Race’s Fortune, and Jie Yin and Zhun Ti agreed.
• Zhun Ti ordered Haotian to recruit the other sects for the calamity, and Haotian pledged to carry out the task.
• Haotian left the Western Heavenly Court and arrived at the Taixu Sword Sect to invite it to join his side.
• The Taixu Sword Master questioned why his secluded sect should be involved in the Great Calamity.
• Haotian explained that the Dao Ancestor’s order meant all who died beneath the Saints would enter the Investiture List, regardless of whether they lived in seclusion.

Haotian recruited the Taixu Sword Sect and Five Elements Sect into the Western Heavenly Court by warning their leaders about the coming Great Calamity. In Chaoge, Di Yi died and Di Xin took the throne, while a mysterious Buddhist figure arrived outside the city and released his aura.

• Haotian warned the Taixu Sword Master that the Great Calamity threatened his sect and secured the Taixu Sword Sect's agreement to join the Western Heavenly Court.
• Haotian visited the Five Elements Sect and persuaded the Five Elements Ancestor to join the Western Heavenly Court by offering protection and benefits during the Great Calamity.
• Di Yi summoned Di Xin, entrusted him with the Shang Dynasty, and told him that an emperor could attain the Dao through governing and protecting the people.
• Di Yi died, and Di Xin inherited the throne at an enthronement ceremony in Chaoge.
• A black-robed Buddhist figure arrived outside Chaoge City and unleashed an aura that enveloped the city.

Di Xing refused to welcome Jingchen, a Daluo Golden Immortal of the Western Teachings, and challenged his demand for obeisance. Jingchen confronted the Human Emperor at the palace, while Qin Mu recognized the Western Teachings’ interest in the Human Race and trusted his preparations.

• A guard reported Jingchen’s arrival outside Chaoge, and Di Xing chose to leave him waiting despite the court officials’ pleas to welcome him.
• Jingchen grew angry at being ignored and unleashed a stronger aura as he flew toward the palace, alarming powerful figures across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Qin Mu sensed that a Daluo Golden Immortal of the Western Teachings had gone to Chaoge and noted that Di Xing was his disciple.
• Jingchen demanded that Di Xing come out and pay respects, then introduced himself as a Western Teachings disciple and ordered Di Xing to kneel.
• Di Xing refused, declaring that neither Jingchen nor even the Western Teachings’ two sages had the right to make the Human Emperor kneel.