Chapter Summaries

Lin Tian took Tongtian's place in Biyou Palace and decided to save Shi Ji despite her disobedience. After assessing the Spirit Vine Sect's strength against the Chan Sect and Western Religion, he found his disciples held a slight advantage over their combined forces, leaving him ready to act.

• Lin Tian sent his spirit vine law true body through the Gate of Ten Thousand Worlds and arrived in Biyou Palace as Daoist Tongtian faced the Chan Sect's assault.
• Lin Tian chose to save Shi Ji, reasoning that abandoning her would go against his principles as the Spirit Vine Sect's leader.
• Lin Tian examined his disciples and found Kong Xuan and Duobao at the quasi-saint peak, with the sect possessing five quasi-saints and thirty great luo experts.
• Lin Tian assessed the Chan Sect and Western Religion, concluding that their combined strength without Saints fell slightly short of the Spirit Vine Sect's.

Lin Tian sent the Spirit Vine Sect disciples to Mount Qianyuan after learning that the sect could overpower the Chan Sect and the Buddhist Sect of the Western Lands. As True Person Taiyi prepared to cripple Shi Ji and send her back as an insult, Shi Ji concealed her resolve to make the Chan Sect pay in blood.

• Lin Tian ordered the Spirit Vine Sect disciples to leave seclusion and march on Mount Qianyuan to rescue Shi Ji.
• Kong Xuan, Daoist Duobao, Holy Mother Wudang, Holy Mother Jinling, and Holy Mother Yuling led the disciples from Golden Turtle Island, and Lin Tian transported them to Mount Qianyuan.
• True Person Taiyi proposed capturing Shi Ji, stripping away her cultivation, or killing her to provoke the Spirit Vine Sect, and Guang Chengzi ordered him to carry out the plan.
• True Person Taiyi accepted the assignment and focused his fury on Shi Ji as the Chan Sect members grew wary of his vicious intentions.
• Shi Ji realized True Person Taiyi meant to attack her and secretly resolved to make the Chan Sect pay in blood.

The Spirit Vine Sect's Ten Thousand Immortals arrived at Mount Qianyuan just as True Person Taiyi was about to kill Shi Ji, overwhelming the Chan Sect with their numbers and power. After Taiyi insulted Lin Tian, the Spirit Vine Sect's fury intensified, leaving him facing their murderous anger.

• True Person Taiyi tried to kill Shi Ji, but the Mount Qianyuan formation shattered and Duobao, Kong Xuan, Wudang, Zhao Gongming, and the Spirit Vine Sect's Ten Thousand Immortals arrived.
• The Spirit Vine Sect's assembled Quasi-Saints and Great Luo overwhelmed the Chan Sect with their auras, leaving True Person Taiyi shaken and Guang Chengzi fearful.
• The Three Skies helped Shi Ji up, and she thanked them while feeling guilty for bringing the sect out of seclusion to save her.
• True Person Taiyi, consumed by shame and anger, accused the Spirit Vine Sect of destroying his formation and insulted Lin Tian.
• The Spirit Vine Sect's Ten Thousand Immortals erupted in greater fury at Taiyi's insult to Lin Tian, while Taiyi remained arrogantly unafraid.

Kong Xuan killed True Person Taiyi, whose true spirit was taken by the Investiture of the Gods List, prompting Yuanshi to declare the war officially underway and go to Mount Qianyuan. As the battle turned against the Chan Sect, Guang Chengzi planned to escape by abandoning its weaker disciples.

• Kong Xuan killed True Person Taiyi and destroyed his primordial spirit, and the Investiture of the Gods List took Taiyi's true spirit as its second entry.
• Yuanshi blamed Lin Tian for the Chan Sect's losses, declared the Investiture of the Gods war officially underway, and traveled to Mount Qianyuan.
• The Spirit Vine Sect's morale rose after Kong Xuan's victory, while Guang Chengzi considered retreating from the battle.
• Guang Chengzi secretly proposed that he and the other senior Chan Sect disciples flee while the weaker disciples covered their escape.
• Heavenly Venerable Dao Xing and the other Golden Immortals fell silent as they weighed Guang Chengzi's plan, and Guang Chengzi prepared to persuade them further.

Yuanshi descended upon Mount Qianyuan during the battle between the Chan Sect and the Spirit Vine Sect, then demanded that the Spirit Vine Sect disciples bow to him. When they refused, he injured a Golden Immortal disciple and pressed Daoist Duobao to answer him.

• Guang Chengzi sensed Yuanshi's arrival, and purple clouds and Saintly pressure filled Mount Qianyuan.
• Yuanshi appeared before the gathered fighters, and the Chan Sect disciples bowed to him.
• Yuanshi demanded that the Spirit Vine Sect disciples bow, but Duobao and the others remained silent because of his hostility toward their sect.
• A Golden Immortal disciple said they did not know what to answer, and Yuanshi injured him with a glance.
• Yuanshi asked Duobao why the Spirit Vine Sect disciples had not bowed, and Duobao's anger surged at Yuanshi's treatment of the injured disciple.

Yuanshi used the Spirit Vine Sect disciples’ defiance as an excuse to unleash his Saintly pressure on them at Qianyuan Mountain. The disciples refused to submit, and Yuanshi turned his attack on Holy Mother Wudang while holding back from killing her because of the karma it would incur.

• Daoist Duobao and Kong Xuan realized Yuanshi intended to provoke the Spirit Vine Sect and tried to get the disciples back to Golden Ao Island.
• Yuanshi unleashed his oppressive aura, crushing the weaker disciples and preventing them from leaving.
• Kong Xuan confronted Yuanshi by name, and Duobao and Holy Mother Wudang joined him in defying the Saint.
• Yuanshi fixed his gaze on Holy Mother Wudang and pressed her to her limits with his power.
• The Spirit Vine Sect disciples condemned Yuanshi’s bullying and vowed not to bow, while he restrained himself from killing them to avoid the resulting karma.

Daoist Duobao tried to defuse Yuanshi’s confrontation by apologizing and offering to take the Spirit Vine Sect disciples back to Golden Turtle Island. The disciples followed his example, leaving Yuanshi unable to attack them without further damaging his reputation.

• Daoist Duobao suppressed his anger, apologized to Yuanshi, and asked him to forgive the Spirit Vine Sect disciples and let them return to Golden Turtle Island.
• Yuanshi felt jealous of Lin Tian for raising a talented disciple like Daoist Duobao, but he hesitated between attacking the sect and letting them leave.
• The Spirit Vine Sect disciples realized that apologizing could frustrate Yuanshi without forcing them into a direct fight.
• Holy Mother Jinling apologized to Yuanshi and promised to face the wall for ten thousand years and avoid Chan Sect disciples.
• Yunxia and the other Spirit Vine Sect disciples repeated the same apology, leaving Yuanshi listening as their words continued without cease.

Yuanshi demanded that the Spirit Vine Sect disciples kneel and keep vigil for Taiyi and Nezha for three years, then used his Saintly pressure to force them toward submission. Daoist Duobao and the others challenged him to explain what wrong their sect had done, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Yuanshi offered to drop the matter only if the Spirit Vine Sect disciples knelt on Mount Qianyuan for three years.
• Daoist Duobao argued that the sect had been discourteous to Yuanshi but had not been wrong to kill Taiyi and Nezha.
• Yuanshi rejected Duobao’s argument and warned that the disciples must kneel or die.
• Yuanshi restored his crushing pressure, forcing weaker Spirit Vine Sect disciples to collapse and leaving Duobao struggling to stay clear-minded.
• Duobao asked what wrong the Spirit Vine Sect had done, and Holy Mother Wudang, Zhao Gongming, Yunxiao, and Jinling echoed his challenge.

Yuanshi pressured the Spirit Vine Sect’s ten thousand immortals as they continued to question him, drawing contempt from beings across the Primordial World. Taishang and Nuwa watched for Lin Tian to act, while Jieyin and Zhunti hoped Yuanshi’s intervention would bring Lin Tian out of seclusion and deepen their conflict.

• Minghe watched the Spirit Vine Sect’s ten thousand immortals resist Yuanshi and judged them more favorably than the Chan Sect’s disciples.
• Zhen Yuanzi remembered Red Cloud’s death and nearly went to Mount Qianyuan to confront Yuanshi, but restrained himself.
• Beings across the Primordial World, including some Chan Sect disciples, looked on Yuanshi’s actions with discomfort and contempt.
• Taishang watched Golden Turtle Island for signs that Lin Tian would emerge, but saw no movement.
• Nuwa prepared to target the Spirit Vine Sect and Kong Xuan if Lin Tian and Yuanshi began fighting.
• Jieyin and Zhunti welcomed Yuanshi’s intervention, expecting it to draw Lin Tian out and make their enmity harder to resolve.

Yuanshi threatened to kill the Spirit Vine Sect's Ten Thousand Immortals, while Lin Tian watched from the sidelines, using the Saint's pressure to temper his disciples and preparing to intervene if needed. Daoist Duobao and Kong Xuan refused Yuanshi's demand that they kneel and keep vigil for True Person Taiyi and Nezha, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Lin Tian decided to let Yuanshi's pressure temper the Spirit Vine Sect's disciples while remaining ready to stop any lethal attack.
• Yuanshi warned the Spirit Vine Sect's Ten Thousand Immortals that he might kill them, alarming both sects on Mount Qianyuan.
• Daoist Duobao chose not to summon Lin Tian and prepared to take responsibility for his fellow disciples.
• Yuanshi demanded that Duobao kneel and keep vigil for True Person Taiyi and Nezha, but Duobao firmly refused.
• Yuanshi asked Kong Xuan to respond, and Kong Xuan rejected the demand and refused to kneel even for an instant.

Yuanshi rejected the Spirit Vine Sect’s five Quasi-Saints and threatened to annihilate the sect, but Lin Tian emerged and arrived at Mount Qianyuan atop Kong Xuan. His overwhelming presence dispersed Yuanshi’s pressure and left the fate of the confrontation poised to change.

• Yuanshi questioned the Spirit Vine Sect’s five Quasi-Saints, and each refused to compromise as the sect’s disciples stood firm.
• Yuanshi declared that the Spirit Vine Sect could all die together, intending to annihilate the sect.
• Lin Tian’s voice thundered across the Primordial World, warning Yuanshi not to bully his disciples.
• Kong Xuan revealed his peacock true form, and Lin Tian appeared on his back in an Azure Lotus of sharp light.
• Lin Tian dispersed Yuanshi’s pressure over Mount Qianyuan, and Duobao bowed deeply before him.

Lin Tian confronted Yuanshi at Mount Qianyuan and answered Yuanshi’s demand for an accounting by crushing the Chan Sect disciples with his aura. Shi Ji realized that someone had secretly manipulated her into leaving Golden Turtle Island, and the chapter ended as Lin Tian increased the pressure on the fallen disciples.

• Duobao regretted mishandling the Spirit Vine Sect’s defenses, while Shi Ji realized she had left Golden Turtle Island without remembering how and suspected Yuanshi had schemed against her.
• Yuanshi accused the Spirit Vine Sect disciples of killing True Person Taiyi and Nezha and demanded an accounting from Lin Tian.
• Lin Tian unleashed his Sword Intent to make Yuanshi think he was under attack, then used his aura to crush the Chan Sect disciples behind him.
• Lin Tian mocked Yuanshi by asking whether the accounting satisfied him, and Yuanshi flared with fury.
• Lin Tian increased the pressure on the Chan Sect disciples, threatening their internal organs as Yuanshi cursed him.

Lin Tian and Yuanshi clashed with their auras, and the Saints’ power shook the minds of onlookers across the Primordial World. As Yuanshi shielded the disciples at Mount Qianyuan, the Chan Sect members pretended to be incapacitated and made Lin Tian appear to have the upper hand; the other Saints recognized their deception.

• Lin Tian’s Sword Qi collided with Yuanshi’s destructive aura, and the shock forced many onlookers to cut away parts of their divine sense to survive.
• Yuanshi and Lin Tian protected the Chan Sect and Spirit Vine Sect disciples from the force of their clash.
• Guang Chengzi stayed sprawled on the ground to avoid drawing attention, and Wenshu copied his act after realizing what he was doing.
• More Chan Sect disciples pretended to collapse until all of them were lying down, while the Spirit Vine Sect disciples remained standing.
• Onlookers mistook the scene for proof that Lin Tian was suppressing Yuanshi and mocked Yuanshi, but Taishang, Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti saw that the Chan Sect disciples had simply lain down themselves.

Lin Tian’s aura struck Yuanshi’s Chan Sect disciples, turning their feigned injuries into real ones and leaving them gravely wounded. Yuanshi erupted in rage, while Taishang planned to strengthen the Chan Sect through an alliance with the Western Religion.

• Yuanshi realized that his disciples’ earlier falls had been a sham, and the resulting anger disrupted his fight with Lin Tian.
• Lin Tian’s aura broke through Yuanshi’s defenses and struck the Chan Sect disciples lying on the ground.
• Lin Tian’s Sword Qi ravaged Guang Chengzi, while the other Chan Sect disciples were badly injured and spat blood.
• Yuanshi roared at Lin Tian and prepared to fight him to the death after the injuries made his defeat seem undeniable.
• Taishang considered joining the Chan Sect with the Western Religion and drawing the Spirit Vine Sect into the great tribulation.
• Jieyin and Zhunti waited for the battle to end, hoping Yuanshi would offer them greater benefits.

Lin Tian and Yuanshi began a Saint-level battle, and Lin Tian's first sword strike overwhelmed Yuanshi's attack and forced him to summon the All-Heavens Celebratory Cloud. Lin Tian then merged with his sword light and lunged directly at Yuanshi, leaving Yuanshi furious as the fight escalated.

• Yuanshi circulated his magic power, and Lin Tian answered by striking first with his Heaven-Following Sword.
• Lin Tian's sword light pierced the void, alarming the watching Saints with its power and precision.
• Yuanshi's destructive attack shattered against Lin Tian's sword light, forcing him to summon the All-Heavens Celebratory Cloud for defense.
• Lin Tian's sword light faltered against Yuanshi's defensive domain, but then flared with renewed power.
• Lin Tian left his mount and merged with his sword light as he charged Yuanshi, enraging him.

Lin Tian’s sword avatar overwhelmed Yuanshi, then revealed that it was only a strand of his primordial spirit lodged in the Green Duckweed Sword. Yuanshi realized Lin Tian might rival Hongjun and stopped fighting, leaving the confrontation poised for a compromise.

• Lin Tian merged with his sword light and forced Yuanshi to defend himself with the All-Heavens Celebratory Cloud and Three Treasures Jade Ruyi.
• Yuanshi and Nuwa realized that the Lin Tian fighting Yuanshi was likely an avatar rather than Lin Tian’s true form.
• Lin Tian revealed himself and struck Yuanshi’s All-Heavens Celebratory Cloud, extinguishing half its golden lamps and nearly breaking its defenses.
• The Spirit Vine Sect’s disciples gained confidence while the Chan Sect disciples were left humiliated by the revelation that Yuanshi had been suppressed by an avatar.
• Yuanshi considered Lin Tian’s strength and wondered whether he had reached a level comparable to Dao Ancestor Hongjun, then refrained from renewing the fight.

Lin Tian and Yuanshi faced off as Yuanshi used the Pangu Banner to threaten him with a destructive battle. They agreed to let their sects fight while the Saints stayed out of it, a contest that suited Lin Tian’s plan to have the Spirit Vine Sect act during the calamity.

• Yuanshi admitted privately that he could not match Lin Tian, but his pride kept him from retreating.
• Lin Tian taunted Yuanshi, who summoned the Pangu Banner and threatened to fight without restraint.
• Lin Tian warned Yuanshi that destroying the Primordial World would bring the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun’s punishment.
• Taishang predicted that Yuanshi would seek a dignified exit by letting the Chan Sect and Spirit Vine Sect fight without their Saints intervening.
• Yuanshi proposed using all living beings as pieces in a contest, and Lin Tian agreed, seeing it as an opportunity to put his plan into motion.

The Chan–Spirit Vine War erupted around Mount Qianyuan after Lin Tian and Yuanshi allowed their disciples to fight freely. Kong Xuan clashed with Randeng, tried to recruit him to the Spirit Vine Sect, and attacked again after Randeng refused.

• Yuanshi summoned the remaining Chan Sect disciples and gave Guang Chengzi and the others time to recover before the two sects took their positions.
• The Chan–Spirit Vine War began around Mount Qianyuan, as both sides unleashed attacks without holding back.
• Kong Xuan fought Randeng and recognized him as a powerful peak quasi-saint nearing a breakthrough.
• Randeng tried to persuade Kong Xuan to join the Chan Sect, but Kong Xuan insulted the sect and urged Randeng to defect instead.
• Randeng briefly considered switching sides but rejected the offer, fearing Yuanshi would kill him and doubting Lin Tian would protect a traitor.
• Kong Xuan attacked Randeng with his Golden Blade, and Randeng answered by summoning a lamp.

Kong Xuan suppressed Randeng after overcoming the Numinous Pivot Lamp with his Five-Colored Divine Light and Time Law, while the Spirit Vine Sect gained the upper hand across the battlefield. Holy Mother Wudang killed Daoist Huanglong, and more Chan Sect disciples began falling.

• Randeng unleashed the Numinous Pivot Lamp, but Kong Xuan erased its flames with the Five-Colored Divine Light and then used the Time Law to control their clashes.
• Daoist Duobao fought Guang Chengzi, whose Heaven-Overturning Seal helped him withstand Duobao's attacks.
• Holy Mother Wudang overwhelmed Daoist Huanglong, who revealed his ancient Dragon Clan form before she pierced his neck and sent him to the Investiture of the Gods List.
• After Daoist Huanglong died, more Chan Sect disciples fell to the Spirit Vine Sect's attacks.

The Chan Sect suffered devastating losses against the Spirit Vine Sect until Yuanshi revealed that he had been using the battle to prepare his disciples for a powerful formation. The Taiji Two-Aspect Dust Formation trapped the surviving Chan Sect disciples in a transformed space, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• The Spirit Vine Sect overwhelmed the Chan Sect, while Yuanshi honored his agreement with Lin Tian and refused to intervene.
• Taishang, Jieyin, and Zhunti watched the Spirit Vine Sect’s strength with alarm and recognized the threat posed by Lin Tian.
• Yuanshi relied on Taishang’s Taiji Two-Aspect Dust Formation, deliberately allowing weaker disciples to die so the survivors would fight with greater resolve.
• Yuanshi activated the formation, drawing every Chan Sect disciple into a boundless chaotic space.