Chapter Summaries

Lin Tian obtained the Executioner Immortal Formation Diagram from Holy Mother Wudang after promising to free Jiejiao disciples and incur a great karmic debt. Meanwhile, the Bull Devil King provoked Ao Guang at the Eastern Sea, and after Ao Guang attacked, the Bull Devil King escaped while the Dragon King pursued him.

• Lin Tian visited Holy Mother Wudang, who recognized that he wanted the Executioner Immortal Formation Diagram and warned him the Chan Sect would oppose rebuilding the sword formation.
• Lin Tian promised to free whichever Jiejiao disciples Holy Mother Wudang chose and agreed to owe her a great karmic debt, so she gave him the diagram.
• Lin Tian watched through his divine sense as the Bull Devil King used a staged dispute to capture dragons and demand every Eastern Sea treasure and the Dragon Clan's submission.
• Ao Guang attacked the Bull Devil King with his Great Luo laws, but the Bull Devil King escaped with a mysterious rune that transported him across vast distances.
• Ao Guang transformed into a true dragon and used the Dragon Clan's Astonishing Divine Ability to pursue the Bull Devil King across the Eastern Victory Divine Continent.

After the Bull Devil King reached Lin Tian and claimed the Dragon Clan had attacked him, Lin Tian declared war on the Four Seas and ordered the Spirit Vine Emperor Star’s forces to subjugate the Dragon Clan. His proclamation shook the Primordial World, and Lin Tian dispatched the Great Emperor Zhenwu to lead the campaign while sending the Bull Devil King back to the Eastern Sea.

• The injured Bull Devil King arrived at the Spirit Vine Imperial Palace and told Lin Tian that Ao Guang had attacked him after he sought justice for Flower-Fruit Mountain’s Demon Soldiers.
• Lin Tian summoned the Four Saints of the North Pole and issued a War Proclamation against the Dragon Clan, naming True Lord Yousheng Grand Marshal of the Sea Campaign.
• The proclamation spread across the Primordial World, alarming Haotian, the Queen Mother of the West, Holy Mother Wudang, and other powerful figures.
• Lin Tian ordered the Great Emperor Zhenwu to lead the campaign, gather Heavenly Soldiers from the Star Lodges, and treat anyone who obstructed them as an enemy.
• The Bull Devil King admitted his injuries were part of an act, and Lin Tian sent him back to the Eastern Sea to oversee events.

Ao Guang learned that Lin Tian had used the Bull Devil King to provoke the Dragon Clan and planned to make the Four Seas submit, so he organized an alliance against him. At the Longevity Emperor Palace, Immortal Elder Antarctic revealed Lin Tian’s power to Guang Chengzi and the others, who realized they had badly underestimated him and feared their master’s reaction to losing the Executioner Immortal Sword.

• Ao Guang received Lin Tian’s War Proclamation, recognized the Bull Devil King’s earlier visit as a setup, and discussed the Dragon Clan’s choices with Ao Qin and Ao Shun.
• The Turtle Chancellor proposed joining with Spirit Mountain and the Heavenly Court’s rivals to trap Lin Tian, and Ao Guang sent his allies to recruit them.
• Ao Guang, Ao Qin, and Ao Shun vowed that the Dragon Clan would not submit and divided up their missions to seek support.
• At the Longevity Emperor Palace, Guang Chengzi asked Immortal Elder Antarctic to help reclaim the Executioner Immortal Sword from Lin Tian.
• Immortal Elder Antarctic explained that Lin Tian had defeated powerful Buddhist figures and possessed twelfth-grade Great Dao Golden Flowers, leaving Guang Chengzi and the others stunned.
• Guang Chengzi worried that he could not answer to their master after Lin Tian took the Executioner Immortal Sword.

Immortal Elder Antarctic considered the Dragon Clan’s offer but failed to persuade Lin Tian to return the Executioner Immortal Sword, so he prepared to confront him with the Chan Sect’s swords. Meanwhile, the Heavenly Court and Flower-Fruit Mountain attacked the Four Seas, and the Dragon Clan fought back.

• Ao Qin asked Immortal Elder Antarctic to save the Dragon Clan and offered him a treasury and three hundred dragon scions in exchange.
• Immortal Elder Antarctic visited the Spirit Vine Imperial Palace, but a Heavenly Soldier said Lin Tian was in seclusion and would not receive him.
• Immortal Elder Antarctic returned to the Longevity Emperor Palace and ordered the Chan Sect disciples to bring three swords and form a formation over the Four Seas.
• Haotian and Gouchen offered to join the confrontation, while Immortal Elder Antarctic weighed the risks of involving them and Spirit Mountain.
• Great Emperor Zhenwu led Heavenly Court forces against the Dragon Clan as Marshal Tianpeng and Flower-Fruit Mountain's Demon Soldiers joined the campaign.
• Ao Guang refused to surrender and led the Four Seas forces into battle, while Great Emperor Zhenwu fought the Dragon Clan's ancestor and other experts.

While Lin Tian remained in seclusion, the Chan Sect trapped Great Emperor Zhenwu to draw him out, but Lin Tian sent Chang'e to seek help from Lu Ya and Patriarch Minghe. Lu Ya and Minghe confronted Immortal Elder Antarctic’s formation, leaving the standoff poised to escalate.

• Immortal Elder Antarctic and the Chan Sect disciples formed a plan to capture Great Emperor Zhenwu and force Lin Tian to emerge, while Haotian, Gouchen, and figures from Spirit Mountain waited in secret.
• A heavenly general told Lin Tian that the Chan Sect had trapped True Lord Yousheng, but Lin Tian stayed in seclusion and asked Chang'e to seek aid from Lu Ya and Patriarch Minghe.
• Chang'e persuaded Lu Ya to rescue True Lord Yousheng by promising that Lin Tian would share his Dao insights, then secured Patriarch Minghe’s help to repay his karmic debt.
• At the Eastern Sea, Immortal Elder Antarctic refused Lu Ya’s demand to release True Lord Yousheng and challenged him to enter the formation.
• As Lu Ya prepared to enter the formation, Patriarch Minghe arrived in a wave of blood clouds, alarming Immortal Elder Antarctic.

Patriarch Minghe fought the Chan Sect while Buddhist forces waited to intervene, and Lin Tian arrived at the Eastern Sea after the Dragon Clan celebrated its victory over the Heavenly Court. He overwhelmed the Dragon Clan with his Three-Legged Golden Crow form and forced it to submit, leaving its survival in his hands.

• Patriarch Minghe charged into the formation to save True Lord Yousheng, and Immortal Elder Antarctic followed to fight him while Buddhist forces waited for an opening.
• Lin Tian sensed the battle’s shock waves and traveled to the Eastern Victory Divine Continent, where Ao Guang and the Dragon Clan celebrated driving back the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals.
• Ao Guang and Ao Shun wished Lin Tian had appeared so they could kill him, but Lin Tian’s voice suddenly rang across the Eastern Sea and his pressure terrified the Dragon Clan.
• Lin Tian transformed into a vast Three-Legged Golden Crow and plunged into the Eastern Sea, blasting seawater into the sky and destroying much of the Dragon Palace.
• Lin Tian demanded the Dragon Clan submit, and the Dragon Clan’s ancestor and other dragons knelt and pledged their loyalty.

After subjugating the Dragon Clan, Lin Tian faced a large Buddhist Sect force that had arrived to kill him. Their battle shook the Primordial World, while Lady Pingxin recognized Lin Tian as an anomaly and instructed Great Emperor Fengdu to aid him when the time came.

• The Dragon Clan Ancestor surrendered the Four Seas to Lin Tian, and Lin Tian sensed hidden forces gathering outside the Eastern Sea.
• Amitabha Buddha and more than a dozen Buddhist figures emerged and demanded that Lin Tian return to Spirit Mountain or die.
• Lin Tian attacked the Buddhist Sect force, and the clash shattered vast stretches of space and threatened the Eastern Sea, Eastern Victory Divine Continent, and Heavenly Court.
• Great Emperor Fengdu asked Lady Pingxin to stabilize the Underworld, and she told him Lin Tian was an anomaly who must not be offended and should be aided when the time was right.
• As Lin Tian fought four Quasi-Saints with ease, Great Emperor Gouchen asked Haotian whether they should intervene.

Lin Tian provoked the hidden Buddhist powerhouses into joining the battle, then faced eight Quasi-Saints as Haotian and Gouchen joined Tathagata and Randeng. The fight escalated into a full assault on Lin Tian, who countered Randeng’s Sea-Calming Divine Pearls with the Chaos Ape Staff as the chapter ended with Randeng striking at him.

• Haotian and Great Emperor Gouchen decided to wait for Tathagata before attacking Lin Tian.
• Lin Tian rang the Chaos Bell and battered the Buddhist fighters until Tathagata and Ancient Buddha Randeng arrived.
• Haotian and Gouchen joined the Buddhist powerhouses, bringing the number of Quasi-Saints attacking Lin Tian to eight.
• Lin Tian knocked Haotian’s Pagoda away with the Chaos Bell, and Tathagata, Randeng, and the others launched a coordinated assault.
• Tathagata tried to sever Lin Tian’s control of the Chaos Bell with the Seven-Treasure Wonderful Tree, while Randeng attacked with the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls.
• Lin Tian struck the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls with the Chaos Ape Staff as Randeng advanced with the Coffin Lamp and Heaven-and-Earth Ruler to cleave at Lin Tian’s Ancestral Witch body.

Lin Tian fought off the Buddhist forces with his powerful treasures, then moved toward the Chan Sect battle and drew even more Quasi-Saints into the fight. Surrounded by more than a dozen mighty opponents, he remained under pressure as allies and spectators feared he might not escape.

• Lin Tian used the Executioner Immortal Sword to split the Myriad Gods Picture, sever Great Emperor Gouchen's arm, and badly wound Samantabhadra Bodhisattva.
• Lin Tian killed Lingji Bodhisattva with the Chaos Ape Staff, while Ancient Buddha Randeng and Buddha Tathagata continued to suppress him and his treasures.
• Lin Tian put away several treasures and moved toward the Chan Sect battle, destroying its formation as Patriarch Minghe tried to flee.
• Guang Chengzi and the Chan Sect cultivators joined Tathagata, Randeng, and the others in surrounding Lin Tian and trying to seize the Executioner Immortal Sword.
• Zhao Gongming, Chang'e, and Yang Jian watched Lin Tian's predicament with awe and worry.

The Queen Mother of the West, Great Emperor Fengdu, and Lu Ya joined Lin Tian against more than a dozen Quasi-Saints as he tried to seize the three killing swords. Lin Tian suppressed Chi Jingzi and the others, but Tathagata and the Chan Sect elders struck back before he could secure the swords.

• The Queen Mother of the West decided to intervene after the Nine-Heavenly Maiden warned her to consider Lin Tian's future potential, and Great Emperor Fengdu also left the Underworld to help.
• The Queen Mother of the West, Great Emperor Fengdu, and Lu Ya fought Tathagata and Ancient Buddha Randeng, but all three were wounded in their first clash.
• Lin Tian asked Patriarch Minghe to help, but Minghe refused to fight and instead agreed to rescue people while Lin Tian suppressed Chi Jingzi, Heavenly Venerable Dao Xing, and True Person Yuding with the Chaos Bell.
• Lin Tian intercepted the attackers and severed Chi Jingzi's hand, sending the Immortal-Slaying Sword flying as he demanded that Heavenly Venerable Dao Xing and True Person Yuding surrender their swords.
• Tathagata broke away from Lu Ya and the others to attack Lin Tian, while Ancient Buddha Randeng struck at them with the Twenty-Four Sea-Calming Pearls.
• Immortal Elder Antarctic urged his junior brothers not to surrender their swords, fearing Lin Tian would re-form the Executioner Immortal Sword Formation.

Lin Tian used his Pan Gu Chaos Body to defeat his enemies, seize the four murderous swords, and escape the Quasi-Saints’ encirclement. When a hidden Saint intervened and tried to capture him, Lin Tian charged against the Saint’s will and unleashed the God-Slaying Spear.

• Lin Tian grew into his Pan Gu Chaos Body and used the Chaos Bell to crush Heavenly Venerable Dao Xing, True Person Yuding, and Chi Jingzi, trapping them with the three murderous swords.
• As his colossal body began to shrink, Lin Tian grabbed the Queen Mother of the West, Great Emperor Fengdu, and Lu Ya, then escaped the encirclement while Tathagata and the others resisted his attack.
• Lin Tian sensed a hidden Saint’s will, resisted its assault with the Good Fortune Jade Disc Fragment, and publicly called the Saint a rat and a bullshit Saint.
• The hidden Saint’s will sought to capture Lin Tian, but Lin Tian raised the Chaos Bell and charged toward it despite warnings from the Queen Mother of the West and other witnesses.
• The Saint’s will unleashed destruction against Lin Tian, who pinned it with the Chaos Bell and released the God-Slaying Spear, spreading killing intent throughout the Primordial World.

Lin Tian repelled the attackers and destroyed Daoist Jieyin’s saintly will with the God-Slaying Spear, then withdrew to cultivate with the Four Seas’ Ancestral Dragon Pearls and other resources. After countless years, the Spirit Vine Emperor Star erupted with renewed light and Dao resonance as Lin Tian’s cultivation advanced.

• Lin Tian used the God-Slaying Spear to destroy Daoist Jieyin’s saintly will, wounding Jieyin’s Saint Primordial Spirit and forcing Daoist Zhunti to abandon plans to attack.
• Lin Tian returned to the Spirit Vine Emperor Star to refine the three Immortal Swords and master the Executioner Immortal Sword Formation, while his opponents retreated in defeat.
• Great Emperor Zhenwu took control of the Four Seas, and the Dragon Clan surrendered the Ancestral Dragon Pearls and other resources to Lin Tian.
• Lin Tian appointed Flower-Fruit Mountain’s demon soldiers as Heavenly Soldiers and its leaders as Heavenly Generals and Deputy Heavenly Generals.
• Lin Tian spent centuries digesting his battle insights, then refined the Ancestral Dragon Pearls and Chaos Time Demon God's essence blood while cultivating in seclusion.
• After countless years, the Spirit Vine Emperor Star blazed with light and spread purple Dao flowers and resonance across the surrounding expanse, granting breakthroughs to many immortal maidens.

Lin Tian consolidated his breakthrough and ordered the Dragon Clan to form a million-strong Dragon Cavalry Corps. As a Saint arrived at Spirit Vine Star, Lin Tian faced the appearance with confidence.

• Lin Tian emerged from seclusion after strengthening his cultivation, while Guanyin Bodhisattva captured the Six-Eared Macaque and took him to Spirit Mountain.
• Lin Tian ordered Ao Guang and the Dragon Clan to organize a Dragon Cavalry Corps and raise its strength to one million within a thousand years.
• A Saint's divine will enveloped the area around Spirit Vine Star, and the Primordial Heavenly Venerable appeared in a vortex above it.

Lin Tian bargained with Primordial Heavenly Venerable for the release of his three disciples and secured Immortal Elder Antarctic’s recall from the Heavenly Court. After returning the disciples, Lin Tian exchanged a blow with Primordial Heavenly Venerable to test his strength, leaving the extent of their power unresolved.

• Primordial Heavenly Venerable demanded that Lin Tian release Chi Jingzi, Heavenly Venerable Dao Xing, and True Person Yuding, while Lin Tian threatened to kill them and revealed his formidable strength.
• Lin Tian demanded the All-Heavens Celebratory Cloud in exchange for the three disciples, but Primordial Heavenly Venerable refused and asked for another condition.
• Lin Tian instead demanded that Primordial Heavenly Venerable recall Immortal Elder Antarctic from the Heavenly Court and relinquish his position among the Six Sovereigns, and Primordial Heavenly Venerable agreed.
• Lin Tian released the gravely wounded Chi Jingzi, Heavenly Venerable Dao Xing, and True Person Yuding to Primordial Heavenly Venerable.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerable struck Lin Tian with a finger attack, and Lin Tian countered with his Pan Gu Chaos Body while the Chaos Bell shielded Spirit Vine Emperor Star from the impact.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerable withdrew his hand, visibly shocked by Lin Tian’s strength.

Lin Tian forced the Primordial Heavenly Venerable to retreat after withstanding his attack, then went to Gouchen Star to punish Great Emperor Gouchen. After defeating Gouchen and hurling him into Lingxiao Hall, Lin Tian confronted Haotian as the Heavenly Court watched in fear.

• Lin Tian withstood the Primordial Heavenly Venerable’s attack, and Lady Pingxin warned the Saint not to interfere before he departed with Chi Jingzi and the other two.
• Lin Tian went to Gouchen Star and attacked Great Emperor Gouchen after Gouchen refused to come out of his palace.
• Lin Tian defeated Gouchen, shattered his dao fruit, and hurled his battered body through the Heavenly Court into Lingxiao Hall.
• The Seven Fairies told the Queen Mother of the West that Lin Tian had challenged the Primordial Heavenly Venerable and was now attacking Gouchen.
• Lin Tian entered Lingxiao Hall, where Haotian saw Gouchen’s condition and feared he would be next.

Lin Tian killed Great Emperor Gouchen and took the Heavenly Emperor’s throne after Haotian surrendered the Investiture of the Gods List and the Central Jade Emperor’s Seal before entering reincarnation. When the Bull Devil King reported that Spirit Mountain had captured Six-Eared, Lin Tian prepared to act, alarming the Queen Mother of the West and the Nine-Heavenly Maiden.

• Lin Tian confronted Haotian, demanded the Investiture of the Gods List and the Central Jade Emperor’s Seal, and killed Great Emperor Gouchen with the God-Slaying Spear.
• Haotian surrendered the two symbols of office, abandoned his cultivation, and left only his true spirit to reincarnate.
• Lin Tian took the Heavenly Emperor’s throne and assumed control of the Heavenly Court.
• The Bull Devil King told Lin Tian that Spirit Mountain had captured Six-Eared on Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• Lin Tian reacted furiously and prepared to go after Six-Eared, while the Queen Mother of the West and the Nine-Heavenly Maiden warned him about the dangers of Spirit Mountain.

Lin Tian went to Spirit Mountain to rescue his disciple, the Six-Eared Macaque, and laid the Executioner Immortal Sword Formation outside its gates. When Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti arrived, Lin Tian challenged every Buddha on Spirit Mountain, including the two Saints, to either hand over his disciple or fight him.

• Lin Tian rejected the Queen Mother of the West's warning, entrusted her with the Heavenly Court's affairs, and traveled to Spirit Mountain with the Bull Devil King.
• Lin Tian deployed the Executioner Immortal Sword Formation and Four Zhuxian Swords outside Spirit Mountain, killing several Buddhas who rushed out.
• Lin Tian sent the Bull Devil King to demand the Six-Eared Macaque, but Manjushri Bodhisattva tried to seize him before Lin Tian pulled him back into the formation.
• Tathagata refused to hand over the Six-Eared Macaque, arguing that he had to face the Buddhist Sect's karmic calamity.
• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti arrived and confronted Lin Tian, who challenged them and all of Spirit Mountain to a fight if they would not release his disciple.

Lin Tian challenged Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti at Spirit Mountain, then entered the Executioner Immortal Sword Formation and dared the Buddhist Sect to pursue him. The two Saints summoned the sect’s strongest fighters and entered the formation, whose activation shook the Primordial World as distant powers watched.

• Lin Tian intercepted Daoist Jieyin’s suppression, accused the Western Lands of persecuting him, and challenged both Saints to enter the Executioner Immortal Sword Formation.
• Lin Tian remained inside the formation, forcing Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti to plan an assault with Kong Xuan and the Buddhist Sect’s leading figures.
• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti entered the formation, followed by Kong Xuan, Randeng, Tathagata, Guanyin, Wenshu, Amitabha Buddha, and others.
• The Executioner Immortal Sword Formation activated, sending four vast sword beams across the Primordial World and destroying stars in the Chaos Starry Sky.
• Immortal Elder Antarctic and the others at Mount Kunlun realized Lin Tian had mastered the formation, while Holy Mother Wudang, Lu Ya, and Heavenly Court figures watched from afar.

Lin Tian’s Executioner Immortal Sword Formation devastated the Buddhist Sect’s forces at Spirit Mountain, forcing its Saints and leaders to retreat in disgrace. Dao Ancestor Hongjun arrived to intervene and ordered Lin Tian to withdraw the formation.

• Lin Tian used the Executioner Immortal Sword Formation to fight the Buddhist Sect’s experts for more than a month, killing Medicine Buddha and leaving many others trapped or badly wounded.
• Buddha Tathagata, Amitabha Buddha, Ancient Buddha Randeng, Daoist Zhunti, Daoist Jieyin, and Kong Xuan escaped the formation in a battered state.
• Daoist Jieyin summoned Dao Ancestor Hongjun to judge the conflict, and Hongjun appeared above Spirit Mountain.
• Nuwa, Laozi, and Primordial Heavenly Venerable arrived and saw the Buddhist leaders’ defeat and the formation surrounding Spirit Mountain.
• Lin Tian greeted Hongjun, who ordered him to withdraw the Executioner Immortal Sword Formation.

Lin Tian secured Six-Eared Macaque’s release from Spirit Mountain and challenged Dao Ancestor Hongjun to uphold justice over the Buddhist Sect’s attack and the attempt to force his disciple into a Karmic Calamity. After Hongjun explained that the calamity had fallen upon Six-Eared Macaque through his bond with Lin Tian, Six-Eared asked to enter it and return to Flower-Fruit Mountain once it was over.

• Lin Tian persuaded Hongjun to make the Buddhist Sect answer for capturing his disciple, and Hongjun promised to intervene if anyone attacked Lin Tian after he withdrew the Executioner Immortal Sword Formation.
• Lin Tian demanded that Hongjun settle the matter of Six-Eared Macaque’s capture, while Zhunti argued that the disciple had to enter the Karmic Calamity.
• Hongjun brought Six-Eared Macaque out of hiding, and the macaque rejoiced at seeing Lin Tian and Tathagata’s injuries.
• Lin Tian and Six-Eared Macaque both feigned poor ability to avoid accepting responsibility for the calamity, while Hongjun explained that it had fallen upon Six-Eared through his karmic bond with Lin Tian.
• Lin Tian secretly warned Six-Eared not to be tricked, but Six-Eared chose to enter the calamity and asked to return to Flower-Fruit Mountain after safely overcoming it.