Chapter Summaries

Haotian returned from the Underworld and pledged the Heavenly Court to Great Shang’s campaign against Xiqi, shifting the balance of Fortune. The Western Teachings and Clarify Teachings reacted with fury, while the Primordial Heavenly Demon dismissed Haotian as an unworthy concern.

• Haotian accepted Yin Tianzi's Divine Decree, returned to the Heavenly Court with Yaochi, and summoned the immortal officials.
• Haotian announced that Ji Fa of Xiqi had colluded with a Demon God and forged the Investiture List, then ordered the Heavenly Court to support Great Shang against Xiqi.
• The Heavenly Court's Fortune left the Western Teachings and flowed to the Jie Teachings, causing half of the Western Teachings' Golden Lotus of Fortune to wither.
• Daoist Zhunti raged at Haotian, while Daoist Jieyin realized that Haotian had defected to Qin Mu.
• Guangchengzi denounced Haotian before the Primordial Heavenly Demon, who dismissed him as a mere Heavenly Dao Saint.

Primordial Heavenly Demon formed an alliance with Lord of Thunder Punishment and Dark Night Monarch to eliminate Qin Mu and claim the Immortal Seed. At Three Mountains Pass, demonized Randeng defeated Kong Xuan, forcing Di Xin to order Great Shang’s retreat.

• Primordial Heavenly Demon dismissed Haotian and negotiated with Lord of Thunder Punishment and Dark Night Monarch, promising them a share of the world’s Origin of Destruction in exchange for helping kill Qin Mu.
• Lord of Thunder Punishment and Dark Night Monarch agreed to join forces with Primordial Heavenly Demon to pursue the Immortal Seed.
• Randeng’s Ending Demonic Energy resisted Kong Xuan’s Five-Colored Divine Light, and Randeng struck Kong Xuan down.
• Great Shang’s soldiers lost morale as Xiqi celebrated Kong Xuan’s defeat and Ji Fa ordered an attack on Three Mountains Pass.
• Di Xin used the Human Emperor Seal to order Great Shang’s army to retreat, while injured Kong Xuan withdrew into the city under the protection of Jie Teachings immortals.

After Great Shang lost Three Mountains Pass to Randeng, Qin Mu treated the defeat as bait and dispatched the San Xiao to prepare the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation at Sishui Pass. He also sent Old Ancestor Ming He and his Asura army to raid the Western Continent while the Western Teachings' forces were away.

• Randeng defeated Kong Xuan, and Guangchengzi ordered the Xiqi army to occupy Three Mountains Pass rather than pursue the retreating Shang forces.
• Di Xin reassured the wounded Kong Xuan that Randeng's alliance with the Primordial Heavenly Demon had countered his abilities and told him to recover.
• When Jie Teachings disciples urged Daoist Duobao to avenge Kong Xuan, Qin Mu told him to send the San Xiao to Sishui Pass to set up the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation.
• Duobao delivered Qin Mu's order, and Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao departed for Sishui Pass with the Primordial Golden Dou and Golden Flood Dragon Scissors.
• As Randeng celebrated with Ji Fa at Three Mountains Pass, Guangchengzi worried that Qin Mu's silence meant trouble.
• Qin Mu summoned Old Ancestor Ming He and ordered him to take the Asura army to raid the Western Continent while the Western Teachings' main forces were at Xiqi.

Old Ancestor Ming He led the Asura army to raid the Western Teachings’ deserted Mount Sumeru while Jie Yin and Zhun Ti were away at Xiqi. After breaking the Saints’ protective array, the Asuras plundered the mountain, and Ming He moved to uproot its Bodhi Tree.

• Ming He summoned the Asura army and told them he would lead them to bring warmth to Mount Sumeru.
• Ming He and the billions of Asura soldiers traveled west and found Mount Sumeru guarded only by novice monks.
• Ming He broke the mountain’s protective array with the Yuantu Sword and sent the Asuras to loot the sacred ground.
• Ming He seized the treasures in Jie Yin and Zhun Ti’s palace and reached for the Bodhi Tree to take it back to the Blood Sea.

After Great Shang’s defeat at Three Mountains Pass, Di Xin steadied his shaken court and waited for his master’s reinforcements. The Five Emperors arrived to defend the Human Race, and three mysterious female immortals descended afterward, leaving their allegiance uncertain.

• Wen Zhong warned Di Xin that Xiqi had four Hunyuan-level experts and that Kong Xuan was badly wounded.
• Kong Xuan apologized for his defeat, but Di Xin reassured him and urged him to recover.
• The Five Emperors descended into the Human Emperor Hall and announced that Huang Tian had sent them to aid Great Shang.
• Di Xin and the officials welcomed the Five Emperors, whose arrival restored the court’s confidence.
• A powerful Jie Teachings aura emerged from the rift, and three beautiful female immortals descended, led by a woman in a plain palace gown.

Di Xin welcomed the San Xiao Fairies, who revealed their plan to lure Xiqi’s army to Sishui Pass and defeat it with the Nine Bends Yellow River Grand Formation. As Great Shang prepared for the decisive battle, Ji Fa and the Clarify Teachings celebrated their victory at Three Mountains Pass, unaware of the trap awaiting them.

• Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao arrived in Chaoge and told Di Xin they had come to aid Great Shang under their senior brother’s orders.
• Yunxiao said the San Xiao Fairies would establish the Nine Bends Yellow River Grand Formation at Sishui Pass and instructed Di Xin to draw Xiqi’s army there.
• Di Xin ordered Great Shang’s troops to withdraw toward Sishui Pass, placed Wen Zhong in command, and directed the Five Emperors to secure Chaoge.
• Di Xin looked toward Xiqi and anticipated the defeat awaiting Ji Fa’s army.
• Ji Fa celebrated the capture of Three Mountains Pass and praised Randeng Daoren for defeating Kong Xuan.
• Randeng Daoren and the Clarify Teachings immortals boasted over the victory and disparaged the Jie Teachings.

After Three Mountains Pass fell, Ji Fa and the Clarify Teachings feared the Jie Teachings would send a Saint to Sishui Pass, but Randeng Daoren boasted that Xiqi had powerful backing. The chapter ended as a golden rift tore open the sky above Three Mountains Pass.

• Guangchengzi worried that the Jie Teachings' calm response to Kong Xuan's injury was a sign of a hidden plan.
• Ji Fa warned the Clarify Teachings that the Jie Teachings might send a Saint to the battle at Sishui Pass.
• Randeng Daoren claimed that Duobao's foundation was unstable, Tongtian would not intervene, and the Primordial Heavenly Demon Sect Master could deal with Qin Mu.
• Ji Fa and the others regained their confidence and pledged to follow Randeng toward Sishui Pass and Chaoge City.
• Randeng hinted that a Heavenly Dao Saint was overseeing them, then a golden rift tore open the sky above Three Mountains Pass.

Randeng brought Jie Yin and Zhun Ti to join Xiqi, and the alliance advanced after Zhang Guifang staged a retreat from Azure Dragon Pass to Sishui Pass. While Xiqi celebrated its victories, Old Ancestor Ming He led the Asuras in plundering Mount Sumeru and claimed the Bodhi Tree for his Blood Sea.

• Randeng revealed that Jie Yin and Zhun Ti had agreed to support Xiqi, and the Clarify Teachings and Western Teachings formally allied.
• Ji Fa led Xiqi’s army toward Azure Dragon Pass, where Zhang Guifang followed Chaoge’s orders to feign resistance and retreat to Sishui Pass.
• Zhang Guifang staged a defeat, allowing Xiqi to claim Azure Dragon Pass and pursue the retreating Great Shang army toward Sishui Pass.
• News of Xiqi’s victories spread, drawing more forces to its side as Ji Fa and the others celebrated at Azure Dragon Pass.
• Old Ancestor Ming He and his Asura army looted Mount Sumeru, emptied the Eight Treasures Merit Pool, and ransacked the Western Teachings’ palaces.
• Old Ancestor Ming He set his sights on Zhun Ti’s Bodhi Tree, declaring that it was fated for his Blood Sea.

Ming He raided Mount Sumeru and uprooted Zhun Ti’s Bodhi Tree, but Jie Yin and Zhun Ti refused to retreat and led the Xiqi army toward Sishui Pass. There, the San Xiao Fairies trapped the vanguard in the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation as Qin Mu watched his larger scheme unfold.

• Ming He and his Asura army breached Mount Sumeru, destroyed the Eight Treasures Merit Pool, killed the Western Teachings disciples, and uprooted Zhun Ti’s Bodhi Tree.
• Jie Yin and Zhun Ti learned of the raid at the victory banquet; despite Zhun Ti’s fury, they ordered the Xiqi army to advance toward Sishui Pass.
• Yunxiao, Bixiao, and Qiongxiao prepared the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation while Qin Mu monitored events and anticipated the hidden powers behind the conflict.
• Randeng led the Xiqi army to Sishui Pass and ordered an assault, but the formation swallowed the vanguard and drained the immortals’ cultivation.
• Bixiao appeared before the trapped Clarify Teachings immortals and tossed the Primordial Golden Dou toward Chijingzi.

Bixiao, Qiongxiao, and Yunxiao used the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation to overwhelm Chijingzi and the Clarify Teachings disciples. Chijingzi’s Yin Yang Mirror was seized, and Yunxiao’s attack began stripping away his Great Dao Three Flowers.

• Bixiao used the Primordial Golden Dou to pull Chijingzi and the Yin Yang Mirror into its suction, while Qiongxiao’s Golden Flood Dragon Scissors shattered his Yin Yang barrier.
• Chijingzi rallied the Clarify Teachings disciples, who combined their power to form a protective barrier as Yunxiao let them gather their strength.
• Yunxiao turned the nine river bends toward the gathered disciples, draining their power and leaving them trapped between holding their ground and retreating.
• Chijingzi swallowed Golden Cores and opened a gate in the Yin Yang Mirror, but a muddy river surged through and blasted him back, damaging one of his Great Dao Three Flowers.
• Yunxiao activated Nine-Bend Rotation, Immortal Three-Flower Severing, and the Primordial Golden Dou struck Chijingzi’s Three Flowers while Bixiao claimed the Yin Yang Mirror.

San Xiao used the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation to overpower Chijingzi and sever his Dao Fruit despite his pleas for mercy. As Chijingzi fell into a mortal, Guangchengzi and the other Clarify Teachings immortals heard his cries from outside the formation.

• Bixiao took Chijingzi’s Yin Yang Mirror while Qiongxiao and the other Golden Immortals repelled the Clarify Teachings immortals’ attacks.
• Yunxiao used the Primordial Golden Dou to collapse Chijingzi’s first Great Dao Flower, and he begged to be released.
• Chijingzi burned his primordial spirit and called for Guangchengzi, but Yunxiao collapsed his second and third Great Dao Flowers.
• Yunxiao severed Chijingzi’s Three Flowers and Five Qi, stripping him of his cultivation and reducing him to a mortal.
• True Person Taiyi protested that Chijingzi had already lost, while Bixiao rejected his complaint.
• Guangchengzi heard Chijingzi’s cries from outside the formation as True Person Yu Ding and Juliusun urged him to act.

Guangchengzi entered the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation to confront San Xiao, while Di Xin and Wen Zhong weighed whether Great Shang could send help. The chapter ended with Guangchengzi's fate inside the formation unknown and the Five Emperors of the Human Race considered as possible reinforcements.

• Guangchengzi decided to enter the formation after Zhun Ti warned him to destroy its Array Eye quickly, while Jie Yin sensed that the formation was operating on its own.
• Guangchengzi armed himself with the Fan Tian Seal and Soul-Severing Bell, and Yunxiao opened the formation gate for him.
• Guangchengzi strode into the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation, and Yunxiao closed the gate behind him.
• Di Xin asked Wen Zhong whether San Xiao could handle Guangchengzi, and Wen Zhong explained that the Fan Tian Seal could threaten the Array Eye.
• Di Xin considered sending help, and Wen Zhong noted that Kong Xuan was still recovering while the Five Emperors of the Human Race could contend with a Hunyuan expert together.

Human Emperor Xuanyuan and Kong Xuan prepared to enter the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation and restrain Guangchengzi. As they planned their move, Di Xin and Wen Zhong worried that Randeng, Ji Fa, and the Nine-Tailed Fox might attack Sishui Pass while they were occupied.

• Di Xin refused Wen Zhong's offer to enter the formation, ordering him to remain at Sishui Pass because he could not safely face Hunyuan experts.
• Human Emperor Xuanyuan arrived from Chaoge, sensed Guangchengzi had entered the formation, and offered to help restrain him.
• Kong Xuan emerged from seclusion with his injuries stabilized and agreed to enter the formation with Xuanyuan to test himself against Guangchengzi.
• Di Xin and Wen Zhong warned that Randeng, Ji Fa, and the Nine-Tailed Fox could exploit their absence to attack Sishui Pass.
• Xuanyuan judged that Randeng would stay outside to observe unless the battle inside the formation spiraled out of control.

Xuanyuan and Kong Xuan entered the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation to aid San Xiao while Randeng, Ji Fa, and the Western Teachings refused to intervene. Guangchengzi began breaking through the formation, but an urgent cry for help followed, leaving the battle unresolved as he continued inside.

• Xuanyuan and Kong Xuan concealed their auras and entered the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation from the west.
• Randeng told Ji Fa and the Western Teachings to wait rather than help Guangchengzi, while the Nine-Tailed Fox reassured Ji Fa that Guangchengzi would win.
• Guangchengzi released Primordial Immortal Light inside the formation, parting the Yellow River's turbid waves and shattering Formation Patterns.
• An angry cry for help sounded from within the formation, and Guangchengzi called to his junior brothers before Randeng stopped the Western Teachings from advancing.
• Guangchengzi pressed farther into the formation as the Yellow River's turbid qi closed around him and its power threatened to strip away the Three Flowers and Five Qi.

Guangchengzi used his Hunyuan power to free the Clarify Teachings Golden Immortals from the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation. Yunxiao and her sisters chose to confront him rather than retreat, and the chapter ended with the Primordial Golden Dou's golden light unable to break through his Great Dao immortal light.

• Guangchengzi shattered part of the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation and freed Chijingzi, True Person Taiyi, True Person Yu Ding, Daoxing Tianzun, and the other trapped Golden Immortals.
• Guangchengzi dismissed the San Xiao's strength and prepared to hold them accountable, while Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao decided to fight rather than abandon the formation.
• The San Xiao activated the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation, the Primordial Golden Dou, and the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors against Guangchengzi.
• Guangchengzi walked into the Primordial Golden Dou's golden light, which stopped three feet away from him and could not advance.

The San Xiao’s Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation failed to overcome Guangchengzi, who damaged its western foundation and wounded the sisters. Xuanyuan and Kong Xuan entered through the breach, and Xuanyuan challenged Guangchengzi’s claim that Xiqi followed Heaven’s Mandate.

• Bixiao used the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors against Guangchengzi, but he knocked them away and left them dimmed.
• Yunxiao turned the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation’s nine tributaries to seal Guangchengzi’s connection to the Great Dao, but he broke the western formation foundation with a palm strike.
• The damaged formation caused backlash that injured Qiongxiao, Bixiao, and Yunxiao, leaving the sisters unsure whether to withdraw or keep fighting.
• Xuanyuan and Kong Xuan tore open the western formation space and entered, confronting Guangchengzi after finding the San Xiao injured.
• Guangchengzi accused Xuanyuan of defying Heaven by aiding Great Shang, and Xuanyuan replied that the Human Race should decide its own realm and challenged Clarify Teachings’ role in the war.

Xuanyuan and Kong Xuan helped the San Xiao Fairies repair and strengthen the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation, combining their power to challenge Guangchengzi’s Hunyuan pressure. As the five cultivators activated the formation, Xuanyuan and Kong Xuan’s auras grew stronger, alarming Guangchengzi’s allies.

• Xuanyuan proposed using the Human Emperor Sword and Kong Xuan’s Five-Colored Divine Light to restore the formation while the San Xiao Fairies continued presiding over it.
• Yunxiao shared the formation authority with Xuanyuan and Kong Xuan, and Xuanyuan repaired the western formation foundation with the Human Emperor Sword.
• Kong Xuan used the Five-Colored Divine Light to stabilize the Five Elements, restoring the formation and suppressing Guangchengzi’s Primordial Dao.
• Guangchengzi condensed Hunyuan Law into a colossal seal as Yunxiao activated the Primordial Golden Dou and the five cultivators joined their mana.
• Qiongxiao sealed the Qian position and Bixiao turned the Kun position while Xuanyuan and Kong Xuan poured their power into the formation.
• Chijingzi, True Person Taiyi, Daoxing Tianzun, and True Person Yu Ding sensed Xuanyuan and Kong Xuan’s growing auras and realized the formation exceeded an ordinary Quasi-Saint formation.

Xuanyuan, Kong Xuan, and the San Xiao used the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation to trap Guangchengzi, who countered with the Fan Tian Seal. As the formation began to collapse, Kong Xuan took control of its five-element Array Eye and revealed his true form, his power surging toward the Hunyuan barrier.

• Xuanyuan and Kong Xuan restored the formation’s damaged parts, and Xuanyuan’s sword strike forced Guangchengzi’s palm back half a foot.
• Bixiao, Qiongxiao, Yunxiao, Xuanyuan, and Kong Xuan attacked Guangchengzi together, compressing his Primordial Immortal Light with five techniques.
• Guangchengzi summoned the Fan Tian Seal and empowered it with Hunyuan mana, causing the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation to shake and its flags to shatter.
• Yunxiao redirected the formation’s mana into Xuanyuan and Kong Xuan as the Fan Tian Seal descended and the five-element Array Eye cracked.
• Kong Xuan took control of the five-element Array Eye, transformed into an enormous Five-Colored Peacock, and surged toward the Hunyuan barrier.

Kong Xuan used the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation to sweep at Guangchengzi’s Fan Tian Seal, but Guangchengzi poured in more Hunyuan power and began forcing him back. Xuanyuan then awakened his Human Emperor True Body by drawing on Human Dao Fortune through the Human Emperor Sword, stabilizing the formation and confronting Guangchengzi with a new threat.

• Kong Xuan combined the formation’s Five-Element power into his Five-Colored Divine Light and halted Guangchengzi’s descending Fan Tian Seal.
• Guangchengzi poured more Hunyuan Origin power into the Fan Tian Seal, cracked Kong Xuan’s divine-light pillars, and forced him downward.
• Kong Xuan told Yunxiao and Bixiao to guard the formation as Guangchengzi increased the seal’s pressure and collapsed parts of its interior space.
• Xuanyuan released the Human Emperor Sword to suppress the western formation foundation and awakened his ten-thousand-zhang Human Emperor True Body.
• The Human Emperor True Body stabilized the formation, and True Person Yu Ding recognized that the Human Emperor Sword had drawn Fire Cloud Cave’s Human Dao Fortune to Xuanyuan.
• Guangchengzi realized he had gravely underestimated Xuanyuan.

Xuanyuan joined with the Human Dao and struck Guangchengzi with a sword powerful enough to threaten his Primordial Dao Fruit. Cornered, Guangchengzi sacrificed Chijingzi as a shield, and the Human Emperor Sword Qi erased Chijingzi completely.

• Xuanyuan condemned Guangchengzi for his crimes against the Human Race and the Jie Teachings, then unleashed a Human Dao sword strike.
• Kong Xuan, Yunxiao, and her sisters helped trap Guangchengzi, leaving him unable to retrieve the Fan Tian Seal or escape.
• Guangchengzi ordered Chijingzi to come to his aid, and Chijingzi rushed forward out of trust in his senior brother.
• Guangchengzi sealed Chijingzi with his Hunyuan mana and hurled him into Xuanyuan's descending sword.
• Chijingzi was erased by the Human Emperor Sword Qi, while the Clarify Teachings' Golden Immortals watched their faith in Guangchengzi shatter.