Chapter Summaries

Lin Tian met Daoist Lu Ya on the Sun Star and exchanged the Great Sun Bathing in the Eastern Sea for Lu Ya’s insights into the Flame Dao. Lin Tian’s discussion of the Great Dao of Chaos deeply impressed Lu Ya, and Lin Tian left with a bow and twelve arrows before returning to Flower-Fruit Mountain.

• Lin Tian encountered Daoist Lu Ya at the boundary of his overlapping-space formation and introduced himself as a Dao cultivator from Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• Lin Tian taught Lu Ya the Great Sun Bathing in the Eastern Sea, which Lu Ya recognized as an art once practiced by his father, Demon Emperor Di Jun.
• Lu Ya invited Lin Tian to a palace within the Fusang Divine Tree and shared his insights into the Flame Dao.
• Lin Tian asked whether Lu Ya’s teachings could lead to the Great Dao of Chaos, then offered pointers that left Lu Ya amazed and eager to hear more.
• Lin Tian ended their discussion, accepted a bow and twelve arrows from Lu Ya, and left the Sun Star for Flower-Fruit Mountain.

Lin Tian returned to Flower-Fruit Mountain and learned that the Heavenly Court's Flat Peach Banquet had begun, then went to the Southern Heavenly Gate without an invitation. The guards recognized him as the mysterious figure from Flower-Fruit Mountain's Spirit Vine but insisted that the rules barred entry without an invitation.

• Lin Tian praised Su Meiniang and Zixia for decorating Water-Curtain Cave and offered to adjust the flow of time there for cultivation.
• Zixia told Lin Tian that Fairy Chang'e had sent word that the Flat Peach Banquet was underway.
• Lin Tian arrived at the Southern Heavenly Gate, where the Barefoot Immortal and Day Patrol God noticed his extraordinary presence.
• Lin Tian told the gate guards that the Queen Mother of the West had personally invited him, but he had no invitation card.
• The Day Patrol God identified Lin Tian as the mysterious being within Flower-Fruit Mountain's Spirit Vine and warned the Barefoot Immortal about his reputation.
• The Four Heavenly Kings blocked Lin Tian and declared that anyone without an invitation would be expelled.

Lin Tian was invited to the Heavenly Court but was deliberately barred at the Southern Heavenly Gate, where he killed Ao Run and struck down the gatekeepers. Chang'e escorted him to the Flat Peach Banquet, where the gathered immortals were astonished by his presence and cultivation.

• The Four Heavenly Kings and Yang Jian tried to drive Lin Tian away from the Southern Heavenly Gate despite his invitation from the Queen Mother of the West.
• Lin Tian killed Ao Run by twisting off his head, then slapped Yang Jian into the gate and swept the Four Heavenly Kings away.
• Chang'e arrived, rebuked the Heavenly Court guards for blocking Lin Tian, and escorted him inside.
• Haotian watched the incident through the Heavenly Mirror, saw events unfold as expected, and left.
• Chang'e led Lin Tian to the Flat Peach Banquet, where Great Immortal Yellow Horn, Guanyin Bodhisattva, Zhao Gongming, and other immortals studied him in astonishment.

At the Flat Peach Banquet, Haotian tried to provoke Lin Tian by demanding that Chang'e dance, but Lin Tian exposed their relationship and openly defied the Heavenly Emperor. After Lin Tian disrupted the banquet and struck General Sky-Cleaver, the conflict with Haotian escalated.

• Venus Star proposed that Chang'e dance, and Lin Tian told her to pour his wine before suggesting she dance only for him at the Moon Palace.
• After General Sky-Cleaver rebuked Lin Tian and Haotian urged Chang'e to perform, Lin Tian flipped his table and threatened anyone who spoke again.
• Lin Tian pulled Chang'e into his arms and declared that she was his woman, then accused Haotian of daring to order her around.
• The Queen Mother of the West warned Lin Tian that Haotian was baiting him, but Lin Tian replied that he had already lost his temper.
• General Sky-Cleaver demanded that Lin Tian admit his guilt, so Lin Tian immobilized him and slapped him down beside Haotian's seat.

Lin Tian fought his way through Haotian’s attempt to provoke him at the Flat Peach Banquet, revealing cultivation at the peak of the early quasi-saint realm. After seeing through Haotian’s scheme, he prepared to confront Guanyin Bodhisattva, who had stepped in to stop him.

• Lin Tian subdued the seven Northern Dipper Star Lords and ignored Venus Star’s demand that the immortals arrest him.
• Haotian ordered Zhenwu, Yang Jian, Nezha, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, and others to seize Lin Tian, but Lin Tian’s single strike sent them flying and devastated the Heavenly Court.
• The Nine-Heavenly Maiden warned the Queen Mother of the West that Haotian and the Buddhist Sect might have laid a trap for Lin Tian.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva intervened, and Lin Tian declared that he had been waiting for a chance to kill her.
• Lin Tian sent Chang'e to the Queen Mother of the West, then unleashed his cultivation, crushing weaker immortals beneath his aura and shocking Haotian and Guanyin with his peak early quasi-saint power.

Lin Tian used his mastery of the Space Origin Great Dao to overpower Guanyin Bodhisattva and destroy her Golden Body in the Heavenly Court. As he prepared to kill her, Buddha Tathagata’s arrival was announced by a vast wave of Buddhist light and chants.

• Great Emperor Gouchen, the other emperors, and powerful beings across the Primordial World watched the upheaval as Lin Tian’s Quasi-Saint might shattered Heavenly Court palaces.
• Lin Tian confronted Guanyin Bodhisattva and used folded space and a black hole vortex to neutralize her attacks.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva unleashed the Three Lights Divine Water, but Lin Tian seized the Eight-Treasure Glazed Bottle and shattered her Pure Glass Vase.
• Lin Tian transformed into the Chaos Giant Ape, smashed apart Guanyin Bodhisattva’s Golden Body, and sent her crashing through the void.
• As Lin Tian prepared to strike down the wounded Guanyin Bodhisattva, Buddhist light and chants spread across the Heavenly Court from outside the Southern Heavenly Gate.

Lin Tian confronted Tathagata over Guanyin’s slaughter of Flower-Fruit Mountain’s inhabitants, then faced an attack by Spirit Mountain’s assembled forces. The chapter ended with Lin Tian trapping Ancient Buddha Maitreya in his Time and Space Great Daos, eroding his Buddhist power and cultivation.

• Tathagata arrived at the Southern Heavenly Gate with Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, Ancient Buddha Maitreya, and the Four Buddhist Guardian Vajras to confront Lin Tian.
• Lin Tian accused Tathagata of hypocrisy, citing Guanyin’s slaughter of hundreds of millions on Flower-Fruit Mountain, and declared he would seek justice for the dead.
• Ancient Buddha Maitreya and the Four Guardian Vajras formed a formation around Lin Tian while Samantabhadra and Guanyin prepared to attack, and Haotian warned the Queen Mother of the West not to interfere.
• Ancient Buddha Maitreya charged Lin Tian with the aim of suppressing and converting him, while Lin Tian dismissed Tathagata as an idiot and unleashed his Time Domain Field.
• Lin Tian used his Time Great Dao and layered Space Great Dao to restrain Ancient Buddha Maitreya, eroding his Buddhist light, lifespan, vitality, relic, and cultivation.

Lin Tian killed Ancient Buddha Maitreya despite Tathagata’s warning, then was trapped in Tathagata’s Buddha Kingdom in the Palm. With Guanyin Bodhisattva and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva helping to reinforce it, Lin Tian battered the realm until he began tearing open a path out.

• Lin Tian struck Ancient Buddha Maitreya with the Hongmeng Star-Heaven Ruler, then drove Samantabhadra Bodhisattva away and withstood Tathagata’s palm strike.
• Lin Tian captured Ancient Buddha Maitreya’s Buddha relic and primordial spirit, ignored threats from Maitreya and Tathagata, and ground Maitreya’s primordial spirit to death.
• Tathagata attacked Lin Tian with Buddha Kingdom in the Palm, enclosing him in a world of Buddhist light and chants of conversion.
• Lin Tian transformed into a Chaos Giant Ape and repeatedly smashed the Buddha Kingdom with the Chaos Ape Staff as Tathagata, Guanyin Bodhisattva, and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva reinforced it.
• Lin Tian blasted through part of the Buddha Kingdom and tore open a vast rift in space.

Lin Tian revealed the Chaos Bell and unleashed his full power against Tathagata, Guanyin Bodhisattva, and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva. He pursued Tathagata into the Thirty-Three Heavens, where the destruction grew so severe that the other immortals rushed to stop him.

• Lin Tian shattered Tathagata's Buddha Kingdom in the Palm, struck him with the Chaos Ape Staff, and revealed the Chaos Bell.
• The Chaos Bell pinned down Guanyin Bodhisattva and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva; Guanyin escaped by burning her laws, while Lin Tian seized Samantabhadra's treasures after destroying his body.
• Lin Tian drove Tathagata back with the Chaos Bell, then transformed into a Three-Legged Golden Crow and burned the Four Great Vajra Guardians and much of the Heavenly Court.
• Tathagata fled toward the Thirty-Three Heavens as Lin Tian pursued him, smashing through the heavens with the Chaos Bell and spreading solar true flame.
• The Queen Mother of the West, Haotian, Holy Mother Jinling, Zhao Gongming, and the others hurried after Lin Tian to prevent the Thirty-Three Heavens from collapsing.

Lin Tian revealed a twelve-petal Great Dao Bloom and overwhelmed Tathagata in the Thirty-Three Heavens, while the Queen Mother of the West moved to stop the battle. Meanwhile, Patriarch Minghe accepted Lin Tian’s loaned God-Slaying Spear and confronted Ksitigarbha King Bodhisattva at the Netherworld Blood Sea.

• Lin Tian manifested three twelve-petal Great Dao Golden Flowers, shocking Hongjun, Laozi, Nuwa, and the other observers.
• Lin Tian used the Chaos Bell to shatter Tathagata’s Golden Body and drove him into retreat as the Queen Mother of the West considered intervening.
• The Grand Supreme Elder Lord agreed to Lin Tian’s request and asked the Queen Mother of the West to stop the battle.
• Zixia delivered the sealed God-Slaying Spear to Patriarch Minghe, who promised to return it after completing the task.
• Patriarch Minghe confronted Ksitigarbha King Bodhisattva at the edge of the Netherworld Blood Sea and challenged him over his constant chanting.

Patriarch Minghe attacked Ksitigarbha King Bodhisattva in the Underworld while Lin Tian fought Tathagata in the Thirty-Three Heavens. Lin Tian was appointed Great Emperor Ziwei, then let Tathagata rush to the Underworld after learning Minghe had the advantage there.

• Patriarch Minghe summoned the God-Slaying Spear and resumed his attack on Ksitigarbha King Bodhisattva despite Ksitigarbha's offer to withdraw.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva joined Tathagata against Lin Tian, while other Buddhist figures arrived and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva returned to Spirit Mountain to recover.
• The Queen Mother of the West announced that Lin Tian would become Great Emperor Ziwei, and the Grand Supreme Elder Lord affirmed the appointment.
• Lin Tian stopped fighting and put away the Chaos Bell, but blocked Tathagata from leaving for the Underworld until he received a message from Great Emperor Fengdu.
• Tathagata, Guanyin Bodhisattva, Medicine Buddha, and Amitabha Buddha hurried toward the Underworld after learning something had happened there.

Lin Tian returned to the Heavenly Court after defeating Tathagata, while the Buddhist Sect discovered Ksitigarbha King Bodhisattva had suffered Dao death in the Underworld. Tathagata accused Patriarch Minghe and attacked him, but Great Emperor Fengdu intervened; the Buddhists left vowing to find the killer and kill Lin Tian.

• Lin Tian returned to the Jade Pool with the Queen Mother of the West and found the banquet grounds wrecked by their battle.
• Tathagata and the Buddhist figures found Ksitigarbha King Bodhisattva dead in the collapsed regions of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Tathagata accused Patriarch Minghe of killing Ksitigarbha King Bodhisattva, and the Buddhist figures attacked him in the Netherworld Blood Sea.
• Great Emperor Fengdu invoked Lady Pingxin's authority and stopped the fighting from further disrupting the Underworld.
• Tathagata and the Buddhist figures withdrew, resolved to find the killer and lay a death trap for Lin Tian; Tathagata spat Buddha blood after returning to Spirit Mountain.
• The Queen Mother of the West sat on the Cloud Couch in the Heavenly Court as the immortals watched Lin Tian warily.

At the Yaochi gathering, the Queen Mother of the West announced that Saint Taiqing had appointed Lin Tian as Vine Dao Venerable, and a flood of merit light convinced the immortals that Heaven had endorsed him. Lin Tian received powerful rewards and resolved to secure his new position before pursuing the Spirit Vine True Self’s mission to unify the Heavenly Court.

• The Queen Mother of the West announced that Saint Taiqing had appointed Lin Tian as Vine Dao Venerable while the former Venerable oversaw the succession of dynasties in the mortal realm.
• Lin Tian’s merit light flooded the gathering, leading the immortals, the Queen Mother of the West, and Chang'e to view him as destined to rule as a sovereign.
• The Spirit Vine True Self rewarded Lin Tian with Chaos Time God-Devil essence blood, the River Chart and Luo Writing, and the method for setting up the Celestial Star Dou Formation.
• Lin Tian considered using the Celestial Star Dou Formation to contend with Saints, but recognized that unifying the Heavenly Court and gathering its many materials would be difficult.
• The Spirit Vine True Self issued a mission to unify the Heavenly Court, and Lin Tian decided to secure his position as Vine Dao Venerable first.

Lin Tian became the Spirit Vine Heavenly Emperor and took control of the Spirit Vine Emperor Star, shifting the balance of power in the Heavenly Court. Haotian and Great Emperor Gouchen began considering an alliance to kill Lin Tian, with Haotian left weighing their plan.

• Lin Tian declared himself the Spirit Vine Heavenly Emperor, and True Lord Yisheng escorted him to the Spirit Vine Emperor Star.
• Bo Yikao handed Lin Tian the Spirit Vine Imperial Seal, then departed to enter reincarnation and become an emperor in the mortal world.
• Lin Tian claimed the seal's power, officially took control of the Spirit Vine Emperor Star, and sent its imperial radiance across the Primordial World.
• Haotian brooded over Lin Tian's rise as Great Emperor Gouchen warned him that Lin Tian and the Queen Mother of the West threatened his position.
• Great Emperor Gouchen proposed that he and Haotian ally against Lin Tian, either waiting for the Buddhist Sect to fight him again or joining forces with quasi-saints to set a deadly trap.

After taking control of the Spirit Vine Emperor Star, Lin Tian began teaching the Great Dao in the Spirit Vine Imperial Palace, transforming Great Emperor Zhenwu’s cultivation and drawing Star Lords to listen. The chapter ended with Luo Xuan dismissing the gathering and refusing to visit.

• Haotian and Great Emperor Gouchen agreed that the Buddhist Sect might help them eliminate Lin Tian.
• Lin Tian used the Spirit Vine Imperial Seal to control the Spirit Vine Emperor Star and assessed the loyalty and potential of its celestial officers.
• Lin Tian invited Great Emperor Zhenwu and two other True Lords into the palace, where he expounded the Great Dao and helped Zhenwu advance to half-step quasi-saint.
• Star Lords who entered the palace discovered Lin Tian was preaching and settled in to listen, while some who had stayed away missed the opportunity.
• On Mars, Luo Xuan rejected the idea of visiting Lin Tian, insisting that a Quasi-Saint’s Dao would not be worth hearing.

Lin Tian's Dao preaching greatly advanced the Heavenly Court's Star Lords and won the loyalty of Holy Mother Jinling and Great Emperor Zhenwu's companions. Marshal Tianpeng arrived too late to attend, while the chapter ended with the Great Thunderclap Temple mourning the deaths of Ancient Buddha Maitreya, Ksitigarbha King Bodhisattva, and the Four Dharma-Protecting Vajras.

• Luo Xuan and the Martial Virtue Star Lord dismissed the rumors about Lin Tian's preaching as exaggerated.
• The Queen Mother of the West told Marshal Tianpeng that Chang'e had reached the Great Luo golden immortal realm by listening to Lin Tian preach, prompting him to race to the Spirit Vine Emperor Star.
• Lin Tian's preaching ended, and True Lord Tianyou, True Lord Yisheng, and True Lord Yousheng each advanced a cultivation realm, with Great Emperor Zhenwu reaching the half-step quasi-saint realm.
• Holy Mother Jinling praised Lin Tian's Dao and pledged continued respect, while Great Emperor Zhenwu and his two companions swore loyalty to him.
• Marshal Tianpeng learned that he had missed the preaching and watched the newly strengthened Star Lords emerge, regretting his decision not to attend.
• At the Great Thunderclap Temple, Ancient Buddha Maitreya, Ksitigarbha King Bodhisattva, and the Four Dharma-Protecting Vajras were dead, leaving the temple shrouded in gloom.

Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti chose Six-Eared Macaque to replace Spirit Vine in the Karmic Calamity and sent Tathagata two treasures to counter Lin Tian. As Lin Tian planned to pursue the Four Seas Dragon Clan's resources, Chang'e arrived at his palace, where he immediately drew her into his arms.

• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti decided to send Six-Eared Macaque into the Karmic Calamity and gave Tathagata the Seven-Treasure Wonderful Tree and the Twelfth-Grade Merit Golden Lotus to help him oppose Lin Tian.
• The Queen Mother of the West selected a hundred immortal maidens and attendants, placing them under the Seven Fairies, while Chang'e set out for the Spirit Vine Emperor Star.
• Lin Tian examined the Chaos Time Demon God's origin essence blood and decided to target the Four Seas Dragon Clan for its Ancestral Dragon Pearl fragments and other resources.
• Chang'e arrived at the Spirit Vine Imperial Palace and congratulated Lin Tian, who pulled her onto his lap and began to misbehave on the imperial throne.

Lin Tian returned to Flower-Fruit Mountain as the newly enthroned Spirit Vine Heavenly Emperor and began organizing its unruly Demon Soldiers. After sensing that someone had followed his disciples, he confronted Yun Zhongzi and three other Daoists above the clouds.

• Mountain and river gods brought treasures to Su Meiniang and Zixia, who learned that they were honoring Lin Tian, their Master.
• Lin Tian returned to the Water-Curtain Cave, reassured Su Meiniang and Zixia, and accepted the Old Monkey King and Flower-Fruit Mountain's forces paying homage to him.
• Lin Tian scolded the disorderly Demon Soldiers and decided to teach them formation drills before appointing them as Flower-Fruit Mountain Heavenly Soldiers.
• The Bull Devil King and six fellow disciples returned from their travels with improved cultivation, asked to go to heaven, and were sent back to train the Demon Soldiers when Lin Tian sensed they had been followed.
• Lin Tian teleported above Flower-Fruit Mountain and confronted Yun Zhongzi and three other Daoists, asking Yun Zhongzi why his cultivation had fallen.

Lin Tian retrieved the Little Beast Emperor and Ghost Chariot from the River of Time, learned that the Journey to the West calamity had begun, and entered another Primordial World to serve as Sun Wukong’s Dao protector. When Sun Wukong killed the Martial Virtue Star Lord, Lin Tian prepared to flee with him through the Southern Heavenly Gate.

• The Little Beast Emperor and Ghost Chariot told Lin Tian that the Upper Realm’s chaos had swallowed Daoist Hongjun and devastated the Western Continent, then offered their heart blood to aid him against the calamity.
• Lin Tian carried the two into his independent world and headed for All-Heaven Divine Mountain as the ruined Western Continent collapsed and the Four Great Continents emerged.
• Lin Tian entered a separate Primordial World agreed upon with Daoist Hongjun and became Sun Wukong’s companion and Dao protector during the Journey to the West.
• Sun Wukong rushed to Lin Tian’s Spirit Vine Sect and confessed that he had killed the Martial Virtue Star Lord, fearing the Jade Emperor would soon respond.
• Lin Tian left the Red Yang Token behind to keep the sun moving, warned Sun Wukong that the star lord had been used by someone, and led him outside to face the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals’ ambush.

Lin Tian defeated Guang Chengzi and seized the Executioner Immortal Sword, then prepared Flower-Fruit Mountain’s forces for a campaign against the Four Seas. After refining the sword, he arrived at Penglai Immortal Island and met Holy Mother Wudang, the late Quasi-Saint leader of Biyou Palace.

• Lin Tian used the Chaos Bell to suppress the Executioner Immortal Sword, wounded Guang Chengzi, and drove him and the other Chan Sect immortals to flee.
• Lin Tian ordered Old Monkey King to train Flower-Fruit Mountain’s demon soldiers and sent Six-Eared Macaque, Bull Devil King, and the others to stir up trouble across the Four Seas.
• Lin Tian spent centuries removing Guang Chengzi’s imprint and refining the Executioner Immortal Sword, then settled Flower-Fruit Mountain’s affairs.
• Lin Tian led Old Monkey King, the Four Great Monkey Elders, the Seventy-Two Cave Demon Kings, and eighty thousand elite soldiers toward the Eastern Sea.
• Lin Tian reached Penglai Immortal Island, where Holy Mother Wudang opened its grand formation and welcomed him at Biyou Palace.