Chapter Summaries

Lin Tian’s sword nearly killed Yuanshi, but a mysterious heavenly voice restored the damaged All-Heavens Celebratory Cloud and revived Yuanshi’s Dao heart. Lin Tian suspected Hongjun had intervened and continued attacking, only to find the treasure’s final golden lamp resisting his full power.

• Lin Tian’s sword light reached Yuanshi, but a heavenly voice awakened Yuanshi and restored the All-Heavens Celebratory Cloud.
• The restored All-Heavens Celebratory Cloud blocked Lin Tian’s strike, astonishing him and the watching Saints.
• Taishang and Lin Tian realized that someone had secretly repaired the treasure, and Lin Tian suspected Hongjun.
• Lin Tian poured his full power into the Green Duckweed Sword, shattering 9,999 golden lamps, but the final lamp endured and stopped his attack.

Lin Tian’s attack failed when the All-Heavens Celebratory Cloud unexpectedly revived and protected Yuanshi, whose foundation stabilized. Yuanshi then begged Lin Tian for mercy and offered to bring the chief culprit and his disciples to Golden Turtle Island, leaving the other Saints to consider how to avoid his fate.

• Lin Tian realized the All-Heavens Celebratory Cloud had dispersed his attack among its golden lamps, leaving one flame lit and its spiritual awareness unharmed.
• Lin Tian saw that Yuanshi’s foundation had stabilized and understood he had lost his easiest chance to kill him.
• Lin Tian silenced Yuanshi and raised the Green Duckweed Sword to attack again.
• Yuanshi apologized and promised to bring the chief culprit behind the discord between the Chan and Spirit Vine Two Sects to Golden Turtle Island to beg forgiveness.
• The Primordial World’s creatures were shocked by Yuanshi’s submission, while Jieyin, Zhunti, Nuwa, and Taishang stayed silent and considered how to avoid a similar predicament.

Lin Tian deciphered the changes in Yuanshi’s All-Heavens Celebratory Cloud while the other Saints realized that Yuanshi’s death would leave them with no safe path forward. He struck at Yuanshi with a renewed, flowing sword light, intent on killing him in one blow.

• Taishang concluded that the Saints had to unite against Lin Tian and left the Eight Sceneries Palace.
• Lin Tian refused Yuanshi’s pleas and waited while he worked out how to overcome the All-Heavens Celebratory Cloud.
• Jieyin and Zhunti agreed that Yuanshi could not die, since his death would shatter the Saints’ supreme Golden Body and force them into endless conflict or submission.
• Lin Tian finished deciphering Yuanshi’s defense and attacked before Yuanshi could finish speaking.
• Yuanshi realized Lin Tian had used their conversation to study his treasure, and Lin Tian answered his accusation by calling him foolish.

Taishang arrived at Mount Kunlun and saved Yuanshi from Lin Tian’s sword with the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda. He tried to persuade Lin Tian to reconcile, but Lin Tian recognized the attempt to exploit their former brotherhood and held to his resolve.

• As Lin Tian’s sword threatened to kill Yuanshi, purple qi, celestial flowers, and heavenly music announced Taishang’s arrival.
• Taishang used the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda to block Lin Tian’s Green Duckweed Sword and protect Yuanshi.
• Lin Tian drew back, realizing Taishang’s arrival had made killing Yuanshi more difficult.
• Taishang called Lin Tian and Yuanshi his junior brothers and urged them to stop fighting and work together.
• Lin Tian resented Taishang’s appeal to brotherhood, while Taishang privately viewed unity as a tool for gaining resources.

Taishang tried to persuade Lin Tian to join him in exploring the Great Dao, but Lin Tian saw through his appeal to brotherhood and the common good. Lin Tian exposed Taishang's hypocrisy and raised the secret of the Human Teaching, leaving the watching beings alert to Taishang's reaction.

• Taishang appealed to their past bond and the welfare of the Primordial World to urge Lin Tian to cooperate with him.
• Lin Tian dismissed Taishang's proposal as empty rhetoric, and Taishang stopped speaking and asked what had offended him.
• Lin Tian challenged Taishang to admit whether he truly believed his own words, then laughed with cold killing intent.
• Lin Tian condemned Taishang for using brotherhood and the Primordial World's interests to excuse his schemes and his support of Yuanshi.
• Lin Tian brought up Taishang's founding of the Human Teaching, causing Taishang's expression to change as the watching beings listened closely.

Lin Tian accused Taishang of siphoning Human Race fortune and concealing the fate of the Five Emperors, prompting the Three Sovereigns to suspect Taishang had deceived them. Jieyin and Zhunti arrived to support Taishang and Yuanshi, leaving Lin Tian facing four Saints.

• Lin Tian challenged Taishang over the Human Teaching, the Kongtong Seal, and the Human Race's fortune.
• Lin Tian pointed out that the Three Sovereigns remained while the Five Emperors had vanished, and beings recalled that their imprints were on the Kongtong Seal.
• The Three Sovereigns grew furious as they reconsidered the Five Emperors' unexplained deaths.
• Taishang struggled to hide his anger while weighing how to silence the Three Sovereigns and contain the suspicions surrounding Fuxi.
• Jieyin and Zhunti arrived, questioned Lin Tian's accusations, and urged him to settle the matter privately with Taishang.

Lin Tian confronted Jieyin and Zhunti over their past betrayal of Red Cloud, then redirected the Saints’ fury toward Yuanshi’s fate. He offered to spare Yuanshi and end the conflict peacefully if the Saints accepted his conditions.

• Lin Tian rebuked Jieyin and Zhunti and recalled how they had taken their seats at the Purple Heaven Palace by deceiving Red Cloud and Kunpeng.
• Lin Tian accused Jieyin and Zhunti of plotting against Red Cloud, questioning why Red Cloud had left the safety of Five Villages Temple and been intercepted by Kunpeng on the way to the Western Lands.
• Taishang, Jieyin, and Zhunti grew furious at Lin Tian’s accusations and prepared to attack, while Yuanshi remained silent.
• Lin Tian said he would not settle the old grievances that day and brought the discussion back to Yuanshi.
• Lin Tian offered to spare Yuanshi and make peace, and Zhunti asked what conditions he wanted.

Lin Tian forced Yuanshi to surrender strands of destruction and karma law origin by exploiting the other Saints’ pressure and Yuanshi’s fear of facing him alone. After taking those strands, Lin Tian demanded law origin from Taishang, Jieyin, and Zhunti as well to advance his power law.

• Taishang, Jieyin, and Zhunti urged Yuanshi to yield to Lin Tian and settle their conflict later.
• Lin Tian demanded one strand each of destruction law origin and karma law origin in exchange for sparing Yuanshi and the Chan Sect for now.
• Yuanshi weighed the risk of losing the other Saints’ support and agreed to Lin Tian’s demand.
• Yuanshi severed and handed Lin Tian a strand of each law origin.
• Lin Tian turned to Taishang, Jieyin, and Zhunti and demanded a strand of law origin from each of them.

Lin Tian extorted Taishang, Jieyin, and Zhunti after dividing them from Yuanshi, who had already surrendered part of his law origin. The three sages gave in rather than risk facing Lin Tian without Yuanshi, while Kunpeng watched from the Northern Sea and regretted not having maneuvered more boldly in the past.

• Taishang, Jieyin, and Zhunti hesitated to oppose Lin Tian because Yuanshi might not join them after they had urged him to endure his own loss.
• Lin Tian pressed the three sages for their law origins, and Yuanshi avoided their gazes rather than coming to their aid.
• Taishang, Jieyin, and Zhunti each surrendered part of their law origin to Lin Tian, while privately blaming Yuanshi and resenting Lin Tian.
• The living beings of the Primordial World watched in disbelief as Lin Tian extorted the Four Saints one by one.
• Kunpeng watched from the Northern Sea and regretted not realizing earlier that he could have maneuvered when powerful beings threatened him.

After forcing Taishang, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti to surrender their law origins, Lin Tian prepared to leave the former Jade Void Palace. His decision to relinquish control of Mount Kunlun eased the Saints’ tension, though Zhunti began scheming against him.

• Kunpeng regretted not having risked everything to claim a seat to hear the Dao, while Minghe considered tricking someone out of Hongmeng purple qi to become a Saint.
• Zhen Yuanzi suspected Jieyin and Zhunti might have schemed in Red Cloud’s death and considered asking Lin Tian for help uncovering the truth and taking revenge.
• Taishang, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti silently urged Lin Tian to leave after he forced them to surrender their law origins.
• Lin Tian announced that he would lift his suppression of Mount Kunlun and relinquish control of the mountain.
• Zhunti welcomed Lin Tian’s offer and privately took it as a sign that Lin Tian had grown complacent, while he asked Lin Tian to restore Mount Kunlun and end disputes between their sects.

Lin Tian used his control over Mount Kunlun to unleash a vast sword formation and kill Yuanshi with a surprise attack. Yuanshi’s death brought down heaven-and-earth omens that forced all living beings to grieve, leaving Taishang, Jieyin, and Zhunti stunned.

• Jieyin urged Lin Tian to let the Chan and Spirit Vine Two Sects coexist, and Lin Tian began activating his control over Mount Kunlun.
• Sword intent surged from Mount Kunlun’s peaks and converged into a terrifying force as the four Saints realized Lin Tian was preparing an attack.
• Lin Tian revealed his scheme and struck Yuanshi’s primordial spirit and flesh with sword intent, killing him before he could escape.
• Heaven and earth responded to Yuanshi’s death with lightning, blood rain, and sorrowful sounds that made all living beings weep against their will.

Lin Tian killed Yuanshi, and the Spirit Vine Sect’s fortune rose as countless beings longed to join it. The enraged Saints launched a joint attack on Lin Tian, with Zhunti firing a Saintly arrow and Jieyin summoning a towering Golden Body of a Buddha.

• Countless living beings yearned to join the Spirit Vine Sect, causing its fortune to rise.
• Lin Tian sensed Yuanshi’s death and the Sect’s increased fortune, and wondered whether killing Saints could grant him more fortune.
• Hongjun grew furious at Yuanshi for dying despite his efforts to save him.
• Taishang, Jieyin, and Zhunti recovered from Lin Tian’s deception and attacked him together.
• Zhunti fired a blazing silver arrow at Lin Tian while Jieyin chanted scriptures and manifested a Golden Body of a Buddha.

After Yuanshi’s death, Taishang, Jieyin, and Zhunti joined forces to attack Lin Tian, but his aura suddenly faded and made them fear he would self-detonate. The three Saints retreated and cautiously probed the turbulent void; just as they relaxed, a ripple of power appeared.

• Jieyin summoned Amitabha Buddha to seal Lin Tian’s escape routes while Zhunti attacked and Taishang formed a yin-yang millstone to crush him.
• Lin Tian’s aura rapidly dwindled under the combined assault, making the three Saints suspect he was preparing to self-detonate.
• Zhunti, Jieyin, and Taishang retreated and focused on defending themselves as the scattered power of their attacks plunged the void into chaos.
• When no explosion came, the three Saints cautiously extended their divine senses to search for Lin Tian.
• The three Saints loosened their restraint and accelerated their probing, and a ripple of power emanated from the void.

Lin Tian appeared to destroy himself with the Green Duckweed Sword, leaving Taishang, Jieyin, and Zhunti to believe he had chosen Liberation by Violence. After they discovered he had sent the Spirit Vine Sect disciples away, Lin Tian’s voice came from the void, apparently unharmed.

• Taishang, Jieyin, and Zhunti braced for the shock wave they expected from Lin Tian’s self-detonation, but none came.
• The Saints and the living beings saw Lin Tian pierced by the Green Duckweed Sword and concluded he had used Liberation by Violence.
• Taishang, Jieyin, and Zhunti realized Lin Tian had sent the Spirit Vine Sect’s Ten Thousand Immortals away before disappearing.
• The three Saints called Lin Tian’s apparent death their victory, though they could not feel pleased.
• Lin Tian’s voice suddenly came from the void, asking whether they were so happy to see him dead.

Lin Tian’s incarnation defeated Yuanshi, but Yuanshi revived through the Heavenly Dao, while the real Lin Tian remained in Biyou Palace. Mistaking Yuanshi’s return for Lin Tian’s emergence, Taishang, Jieyin, and Zhunti attacked him, and their clash devastated the surviving Chan Sect disciples.

• The three Saints and the Primordial World realized that the Lin Tian who had fought Yuanshi was only an incarnation, and Lin Tian mocked the Saints from Golden Turtle Island.
• Yuanshi revived through the laws of the Heavenly Dao as the real Lin Tian watched from Biyou Palace.
• Taishang, Jieyin, and Zhunti mistook Yuanshi’s resurrection phenomena for Lin Tian emerging from seclusion and attacked the figure in the void.
• Yuanshi defended himself and counterattacked, then the Saints realized their mistake and tried to withdraw their attacks.
• The attacks collided across Mount Kunlun, blasting Chan Sect disciples and killing several of them.
• Yuanshi demanded that Taishang, Jieyin, and Zhunti rescue the surviving disciples, and they hurried to help.

After Yuanshi lost a level of cultivation and the Chan Sect’s treasures and palace were destroyed, he urged the other Saints to attack Lin Tian and destroy the Spirit Vine Sect. Their alliance stalled as they argued over how to divide the sect’s treasures and eastern cultivation grounds.

• Yuanshi restored the Jade Void Palace as an empty shell and discovered that his cultivation had fallen from the sixth heaven to the fifth.
• Yuanshi called for revenge, and Taishang, Jieyin, and Zhunti agreed to storm Golden Turtle Island, suppress Lin Tian, and destroy the Spirit Vine Sect.
• Zhunti demanded that the Saints recover their own treasures and divide the remaining spoils equally.
• Yuanshi rejected an equal division and demanded that the Spirit Vine Sect’s stores go to the Chan Sect to compensate for its losses.
• Zhunti and Jieyin threatened to postpone the campaign unless Yuanshi agreed to discuss a fair division, including the sect’s cave abodes and cultivation grounds.
• Taishang objected to the Western Saints taking possession of the eastern lands in the Three Mountains and Five Sacred Peaks.

Taishang, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti argued over how to divide the Spirit Vine Sect’s territory and disciples, but Zhunti’s magic power accidentally shattered much of the Jade Void Palace. The four Saints turned wary of one another while Lin Tian examined the five laws he had taken from them on Golden Turtle Island.

• Zhunti rejected Taishang’s claim that the east belonged to the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa, arguing that the Buddhist Sect should claim the Spirit Vine Sect’s vacant lands.
• Taishang, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti argued over the Spirit Vine Sect’s treasures, territory, and disciples as they considered their future rivalry.
• Zhunti’s magic power surged during the dispute and blasted apart more than half of the Jade Void Palace’s Main Hall, which lacked its original protective formations.
• Guang Chengzi, Randeng, and the other Chan Sect disciples rushed out, saw the four Saints among the wreckage, then retreated and reinforced their quarters.
• The four Saints watched each other warily, while Lin Tian examined the five laws he had extorted from them on Golden Turtle Island.

Lin Tian discovered that the Spirit Vine Sect’s growing fortune came from where people’s hearts turned, and comprehended the fortune law. With the Saints likely preparing to retaliate, he opened the Spirit Vine True Self’s rewards and received treasures that could let him complete the Celestial Star Dou Formation.

• Lin Tian divined the source of the Spirit Vine Sect’s and his own rising fortune, discovering that it depended on where people’s hearts turned.
• Lin Tian’s fortune-law seed sprouted, allowing him to comprehend the fortune law.
• Lin Tian anticipated that the Saints would retaliate and decided to strengthen himself before facing them again.
• Lin Tian opened the Spirit Vine True Self’s plane rewards and received star power, Pan Gu’s heartblood, Chaos adhesive gold, the Reincarnation Purple Lotus, the Earth-Lifting Flame Light Banner, and the Upgraded All-Heaven Baleful God Formation.
• Lin Tian found that the reward included the stellar power needed to complete the Celestial Star Dou Formation once he refined it into his body.

Lin Tian examined the rewards from unlocking the Spirit Vine True Self's plane and discovered that they could greatly strengthen his formation, spiritual roots, and body. He also learned that chaos adhesive gold could upgrade Spirit Treasures, offering a way to improve the Four Zhuxian Swords that had begun to lag behind him.

• Lin Tian considered how mastering the Celestial Star Dou Formation would let him contend with five Saints when combined with the Four Zhuxian Swords.
• He expected ten drops of Pan Gu's heartblood to advance his spiritual roots and strengthen his body.
• Lin Tian examined a portion of chaos adhesive gold and discovered that its aura of Chaos could corrode beings with insufficient cultivation.
• Lin Tian learned that chaos adhesive gold could upgrade Spirit Treasures, potentially resolving his concern that the Four Zhuxian Swords could not keep pace with his growing strength.

Lin Tian examined the treasures from his gift package, realizing they could strengthen his Four Zhuxian Swords and bring his Chaos Green Lotus Dao Embryo closer to restoring its Chaos Supreme Treasure power. With the Earth-Leaving Flame-Light Banner, he also completed the set of five elemental banners and gained a formation that would bolster his defenses against the Saints.

• Lin Tian realized chaos adhesive gold could upgrade the Four Zhuxian Swords into Innate Supreme Treasures and greatly increase their power.
• Lin Tian obtained the Twelfth-Grade Reincarnation Purple Lotus and planned to merge it into his Chaos Green Lotus Dao Embryo alongside the World-Purifying White Lotus and World-Destroying Black Lotus.
• Lin Tian considered how he might acquire the remaining Karmic Fire Red Lotus from Daoist Minghe and Merit Golden Lotus from Jieyin.
• Lin Tian obtained the Earth-Leaving Flame-Light Banner, completing the five elemental banners and enabling him to deploy the Innate Five Elements Grand Formation.
• Lin Tian judged that his formations and the Four Zhuxian Swords would let him withstand an attack from Taishang, Yuanshi, Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti together.