Chapter Summaries

Lin Tian forced Spirit Mountain to compensate him, then returned to the Heavenly Court, where Hongjun confirmed him as Heavenly Emperor and arranged his marriage to Queen Mother of the West. Lin Tian prepared to summon the immortals and decide how to reorganize the Six Sovereigns' departments.

• Lin Tian agreed to let Six-Eared Macaque enter the Journey to the West Calamity, then demanded compensation from Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin for Spirit Mountain's attacks.
• Daoist Zhunti surrendered his bodhi origin and one-tenth of the Eight-Treasure Merit Pool, and Lin Tian left Spirit Mountain with Six-Eared Macaque and Bull Devil King.
• Hongjun named Lin Tian Heavenly Emperor and bestowed a Heavenly Marriage on him and Queen Mother of the West, granting them merit.
• Bull Devil King and Six-Eared Macaque greeted Queen Mother of the West as their Mistress, while she gave each a Flat Peach immortal fruit.
• Queen Mother of the West told Lin Tian that Great Emperor Qinghua had handed over his imperial seal, and Lin Tian ordered the immortals of every department to assemble in Lingxiao Hall.

Lin Tian consolidated control of the Heavenly Court and received the Chaos Pearl, a Chaos Supreme Treasure containing many strands of Hongmeng Purple Qi. After summoning the Queen Mother of the West and Chang'e and shutting the hall doors, he found that they had mistaken his intentions.

• The Queen Mother of the West returned to Yaochi after the Nine-Heavenly Maiden advised her about her status as Heavenly Empress and her relationship with Lin Tian.
• Lin Tian took the throne in Lingxiao Hall, appointed Heavenly Court officials, and left the Underworld and figures destined for the tribulation untouched.
• Immortal Elder Antarctic and Tathagata warned that Lin Tian's authority did not extend beyond the Heavenly Court, while Lin Tian resolved to consolidate his rule before challenging them.
• The Spirit Vine True Self announced that Lin Tian's avatar had earned the Chaos Pearl for completing the mission to unify the Heavenly Court.
• Lin Tian discovered that the Chaos Pearl held more than thirty strands of Hongmeng Purple Qi and could produce more as its inner space developed.
• Lin Tian called the Queen Mother of the West and Chang'e over and closed Lingxiao Hall, prompting them to assume he intended to behave improperly there.

Lin Tian gave Chang'e and the Queen Mother of the West a strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi each, then prepared the Heavenly Court and ventured into Chaos to seek resources and strengthen himself. He began tempering his body with the Chaos Currents while cautiously exploring beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens.

• Lin Tian gave Chang'e and the Queen Mother of the West Hongmeng Purple Qi as wedding gifts and told them they could earn more by having children.
• Chang'e and the Queen Mother of the West entered seclusion to refine their gifts, while Lin Tian arranged for Bull Devil King and the others to patrol the Primordial World and report to Great Emperor Zhenwu.
• Lin Tian settled Heavenly Court affairs, secretly established the Celestial Star Dou Formation, brought Su Meiniang and Zixia to the Heavenly Court, and left for Chaos.
• Lin Tian entered the Chaos Starry Sky equipped with powerful treasures and safeguards, seeking chaos origin qi and a fortuitous opportunity.
• Lin Tian cautiously drew back the Executioner Immortal Sword Formation and used the Chaos Currents to batter his body as he cultivated the Nine-Revolution Mystic Art.

Lin Tian found a Chaos Immortal Apricot tree, a broken halberd, and a buried Chaos Demon God corpse in Chaos, then used their resources to strengthen himself and the Four Zhuxian Swords. After a powerful snake-like Chaos Demon God arrived and noticed the swords, Lin Tian faced a new threat to his treasure.

• Lin Tian found and collected a broken halberd, then moved the Chaos Immortal Apricot tree into the Chaos Pearl and obtained a strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• The tree's removal revealed a Chaos Demon God corpse, whose Chaos Origin and Essence Blood Lin Tian refined while eating Chaos Immortal Apricots.
• Lin Tian sent the Four Zhuxian Swords into the vortex beneath the tree to absorb its savage Baleful Qi Origin, and his cultivation advanced to the late Quasi-Saint stage.
• A powerful Chaos Demon God resembling a three-headed snake arrived, and Lin Tian realized it had killed the buried corpse and likely owned the broken halberd.
• The Chaos Demon God spotted the strengthened Four Zhuxian Swords and reached for them, while Lin Tian prepared to confront the threat.

Lin Tian broke through to the strength of an intermediate Chaos Demon God and defeated the pursuer who had attacked him. He lured five stronger Chaos Demon Gods away from a trove of chaos origin qi, then revealed the Four Zhuxian Swords as they attacked him.

• Lin Tian advanced to late Quasi-Saint and minor mastery of the eighth revolution of the Nine-Revolution Mystic Art, bringing his strength to the level of an intermediate Chaos Demon God.
• Lin Tian used the Pan Gu Chaos Body and Chaos Bell to overpower the Chaos Demon God, who fled and dropped three chaos spears that Lin Tian collected.
• The fleeing Chaos Demon God led Lin Tian to a region rich in chaos origin qi, where five of his companions gathered and coveted Lin Tian's Four Zhuxian Swords.
• Lin Tian fled to draw the Chaos Demon Gods away from the chaos origin qi, then stopped and displayed the Four Zhuxian Swords.
• One Chaos Demon God dismissed Lin Tian as a fragile creature of the Primordial World and lunged to seize the swords.

Lin Tian killed four of the five Chaos Demon Gods who had pursued him, while the snake-headed demon escaped. He then entered the Chaos Origin Qi region, discovered a world hidden within it, and absorbed it into the Chaos Pearl, deepening his control over the pearl.

• Lin Tian trapped the five Chaos Demon Gods in the Executioner Immortal Sword Formation and killed one with the God-Slaying Spear, then battered another until the formation's sword beheaded him.
• The snake-headed Chaos Demon God charged into the formation, saw a dying demon's body fly toward him, and fled as Lin Tian called after him.
• Lin Tian pursued the other three fleeing Chaos Demon Gods, killed two with the Chaos Bell, Heaven and Earth Manifestation, and the God-Slaying Spear, and let the snake-headed demon escape.
• Lin Tian collected the five demons' bodies and treasures, then entered the region filled with Chaos Origin Qi and discovered a complete, primordial middle thousandfold world hidden inside.
• Lin Tian used the Chaos Pearl to transfer the world into its inner Chaos and sensed that his connection to the pearl had deepened, leading him to wonder if he could eventually control all its universes.

After reaping Chaos Demon Gods and growing immensely stronger, Lin Tian returned to the Primordial World and reunited with Su Meiniang and Zixia at the Water-Curtain Cave. He learned that the Buddhist Sect was expanding and that a dispute over Ksitigarbha King Bodhisattva had ended only after Lady Pingxin intervened, prompting Su Meiniang to ask whether he knew her.

• Lin Tian refined the origins of five Chaos Demon Gods, reached peak quasi-saint cultivation, and completed the eighth revolution of the Nine-Revolution Mystic Art.
• Lin Tian hunted more than forty Chaos Demon Gods, frightening the rest and acquiring many treasures before returning to the Primordial World.
• Lin Tian's immense aura disturbed the starry chaos as he traveled to the Water-Curtain Cave, where Su Meiniang and Zixia struggled under its pressure.
• Su Meiniang told Lin Tian that the Buddhist Sect was expanding its influence and that the Queen Mother had failed to stop it through negotiations.
• Su Meiniang recounted how a Western Saint sent Ksitigarbha King Bodhisattva's true spirit into reincarnation, Great Emperor Fengdu intervened, and Lady Pingxin stopped their ensuing fight.
• Su Meiniang asked Lin Tian whether he knew Lady Pingxin.

Lin Tian gave Su Meiniang and Zixia Chaos Immortal Apricots and precious treasures, then entered seclusion and reached the eighth revolution of the Nine-Revolution Mystic Art. He announced a Dao lecture at Lingxiao Hall, but powerful figures across the Primordial World dismissed it or declined to attend, while Patriarch Minghe sent Rakshasa Woman and Baxun in his place.

• Su Meiniang told Lin Tian that Lady Pingxin had secretly intervened in his conflicts and ordered Great Emperor Fengdu to bring the Underworld under the Heavenly Court, leaving Lin Tian determined to learn why.
• Lin Tian gave Su Meiniang and Zixia Chaos Immortal Apricots, then rewarded their kisses with precious innate treasures.
• Lin Tian entered seclusion, refined chaos and Great Dao origins, and broke through to the eighth revolution of the Nine-Revolution Mystic Art as his Dao Fruit sublimated.
• Lin Tian announced that he would expound the Dao at Lingxiao Hall in fifty years, inviting mighty cultivators who could enter through the Southern Heavenly Gate.
• Daoist Jieyin, Daoist Zhunti, the Buddhist powerhouses, Great Immortal Zhen Yuan, and Primordial Heavenly Venerable's disciples dismissed or declined Lin Tian's invitation.
• Patriarch Minghe ordered Rakshasa Woman and Baxun to attend the lecture in his place.

Lin Tian prepared to preach the supreme Great Dao of Chaos to the Primordial World's powerhouses, drawing figures from across the realms toward the Heavenly Court. Holy Mother Jinling convinced the Three Skies and Holy Mother Wudang that his sermon was worth attending, while Lin Tian remained at Yaochi after consolidating his strength.

• Patriarch Minghe sent Rakshasa Woman and Baxun to the Heavenly Court, while the Northern Kuru Continent's Demon Race stayed behind, intent on defying Lin Tian.
• Great Emperor Fengdu assigned the Ten Courts of Yama to guard the Underworld and led the Five Directional Ghost Emperors toward the Heavenly Court.
• The Dragon Clan elders left Ao Guang and the others to guard the expanded Dragon Cavalry Corps and traveled to the Heavenly Court.
• Holy Mother Jinling told Holy Mother Wudang and the Three Skies that Lin Tian's sermon had advanced the Four Saints of the North Pole and expounded a Great Dao more profound than Cult Leader Tongtian's teachings.
• Lin Tian consolidated his cultivation after reaching the peak of the eighth revolution of the Nine-Revolution Mystic Art and returned to the Heavenly Court, intending to preach and refine his strength Dao.
• Lin Tian spent fifty years at Yaochi with the Queen Mother of the West, while the Seven Fairies returned to help manage the harem.

Lin Tian prepared to lecture at the Heavenly Court, where a single hair at the Southern Heavenly Gate tested those seeking entry. When the lecture began, the arriving immortals discovered that Lingxiao Hall and its Meditation Cushions held the mysteries of the supreme Chaos Great Dao.

• Lin Tian left one severed hair beside the Southern Heavenly Gate as a test for visitors, while the Four Heavenly Kings and Great Emperor Zhenwu guarded the entrance.
• Demons failed to withstand the hair and were turned away, while Lu Ya, Great Emperor Fengdu, Holy Mother Wudang, Holy Mother Jinling, and other Quasi-Saint powers entered.
• Lin Tian prepared Lingxiao Hall with nine Meditation Cushions made from the Chaos Great Dao and slain Chaos Demon God bloodlines, along with twelve hundred other seats.
• The Chaos Bell announced the start of the lecture, and the assembled immortals entered Lingxiao Hall.
• Lu Ya and the other attendees were astonished by the hall's Chaos Great Dao resonance and the supreme aura of the Meditation Cushions.

Lin Tian’s sermon drew the immortals into a fierce scramble for Great Dao meditation cushions, which eased only when he appeared in Lingxiao Hall. He revealed that he had plenty of cushions and distributed more, while the less advanced immortals were left without seats.

• Lu Ya, Taiyi Savior Heavenly Venerable, and other powerful immortals claimed meditation cushions and received revelations of the Dao.
• Yunxiao and Bixiao took the final two cushions, prompting Great Master Xuandu, Sage Emperor Chong'en, and others to challenge Bixiao’s right to keep hers.
• As Bixiao and the others prepared to fight, Lin Tian appeared at the Main Seat with the Queen Mother and the Lady of Guanghan, suppressing the hall with his aura.
• Lin Tian asked why they were arguing, then gave the Queen Mother and Chang'e cushions and tossed seven or eight more onto the floor.
• Great Master Xuandu, Great Emperor Zhenwu, Sage Emperor Chong'en, the Five Directional Ghost Emperors, and Qiongxiao claimed cushions, while the less cultivated immortals realized they did not qualify.

Lin Tian began a sermon in the Heavenly Court, explaining profound Great Daos and guiding his listeners as they made breakthroughs. He bestowed Hongmeng Purple Qi on five attendees, leaving the others envious and wondering why they had not received any.

• Lin Tian sealed the Heavenly Court with the Chaos Bell and began explaining the Great Daos he had gathered and developed.
• Lu Ya, Great Emperor Fengdu, and the other listeners asked questions while Lin Tian patiently guided them through the Dao.
• The Queen Mother of the West broke through to the late Quasi-Saint stage, Chang'e reached the peak of the middle Great Encompassing Golden Immortal stage, and Lu Ya and others also advanced.
• Lin Tian produced five strands of Hongmeng Purple Qi and gave them to Lu Ya, Great Emperor Fengdu, Holy Mother Jinling, Holy Mother Wudang, and Taiyi Savior Heavenly Venerable.
• The five strands entered their recipients' primordial spirits as the other attendees watched with envy, and Lin Tian noticed their reactions.

Lin Tian ended his thirty-thousand-year sermon after granting five strands of Hongmeng Purple Qi to selected attendees, and the immortals left with major gains in their cultivation. News of the successful sermon spread across the Primordial World, leaving Zhen Yuanzi shocked that he had missed it.

• Lin Tian explained why he gave Hongmeng Purple Qi to Lu Ya, Great Emperor Fengdu, Holy Mother Jinling, Taiyi Savior Heavenly Venerable, and Holy Mother Wudang, and urged the other immortals to devote themselves to comprehending the Dao.
• Lin Tian preached for thirty thousand years, greatly advancing the attendees’ understanding and cultivation prospects, before ending the sermon with the Chaos Bell.
• The immortals departed the Heavenly Court as fellow disciples, while Holy Mother Jinling, Holy Mother Wudang, the Three Skies, and Zhao Gongming joked about the gifts and the powerful figures who had missed the sermon.
• News of the sermon and its rewards spread through the Primordial World, stirring envy among countless beings.
• At Five Villages Temple, Zhen Yuanzi learned that the sermon had succeeded and that Lu Ya was expected to reach the Quasi-Saint peak, then spat blood in shock.

After learning that Lin Tian’s sermon had offered Hongmeng purple qi and Great Dao Meditation Cushions, powerful beings across the Primordial World regretted missing it. As the news that more purple qi remained spread, Demon Master Kunpeng launched an attack on Heavenly Court outposts to lure its experts and bargain with Lin Tian.

• Zhen Yuanzi regretted missing the sermon and withdrew into a Dao hall, while Patriarch Minghe berated himself for overlooking his chance to become a Saint.
• Guang Chengzi and the other Jade Void Palace disciples, Primordial Heavenly Venerable, and the Buddhist leaders learned that the sermon had truly offered Hongmeng purple qi and meditation cushions, and they regretted staying away.
• Kong Xuan realized he had missed an opportunity suited to his strength, spat blood, and vanished as remorse spread among the mighty beings.
• News spread that Lin Tian had possessed more than five strands of Hongmeng purple qi but had offered only five because only five attendees could bear them; Zhen Yuanzi and Patriarch Minghe gained hope, while others considered stealing it.
• More than a dozen demon kings and their forces attacked Heavenly Court sites across the Eastern Victory Divine Continent and Southern Jambu Continent, prompting Great Emperor Zhenwu to send Six-Eared Macaque, Bull Devil King, and the other generals to suppress them.
• Demon Master Kunpeng told Qin Yuan that the attacks would lure Heavenly Court experts so they could capture them and bargain with Lin Tian for Hongmeng purple qi, assuring him that a Saint would intervene if needed.

Lin Tian sent the Queen Mother of the West to suppress Kunpeng’s uprising on the Northern Kuru Continent, ordering her to raze it. She led the eight-hundred-thousand-strong Dragon Cavalry Corps and a vast Heavenly Court army toward the continent.

• Patriarch Minghe considered aiding Lin Tian against Kunpeng to forge a bond, but waited cautiously because a Saint backed the Northern Kuru Continent.
• A heavenly official reported that Kunpeng had trapped the Holy True Lord’s forces and that the Seven Generals were gravely wounded.
• Lin Tian authorized the Queen Mother of the West to lead a punitive expedition and ordered her to leave no intact Northern Kuru Continent.
• The Queen Mother of the West assembled the Dragon Cavalry Corps at the Eastern Sea and proclaimed the Vine Dao Venerable’s decree to subdue the demons.
• The eight-hundred-thousand-strong Dragon Cavalry Corps and two hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers marched toward the Northern Kuru Continent with the Queen Mother of the West at their head.

The Queen Mother of the West led the Heavenly Court’s assault on the Northern Kuru Continent, where the Demon Race and its allies resisted and tried to capture Heavenly Court leaders. Kunpeng and Qin Yuan confronted her, but her powerful treasures and confidence in Lin Tian’s backing let her meet their attacks head-on.

• Great Emperor Zhenwu and his companions tried to break through Yingzhao and the Fierce Beasts to join the Queen Mother of the West.
• The Nine-Heavenly Maiden demanded the demons surrender, but Bifang refused, and the Queen Mother of the West ordered the Northern Kuru Continent’s demons killed.
• The Heavenly Court’s forces and the Demon Race clashed as Zhuwu, Qiongqi, and Taotie joined the fighting, followed by Zhao Gongming, Taiyi Savior Heavenly Venerable, and other Heavenly Court experts.
• Kunpeng ordered Ji Meng to attack the Heavenly Court experts and went with Qin Yuan to capture the Queen Mother of the West.
• The Queen Mother of the West fought Kunpeng with the Dao Void Mirror and used her defensive armor and Chaos Formation Diagram to repel Qin Yuan and the Demon Master Palace.

The Queen Mother of the West and the Heavenly Court’s forces routed Kunpeng’s Demon Race across the Northern Kuru Continent, but Nuwa intervened to stop them. Lin Tian defied her order and commanded the slaughter to continue, while a young blue-robed Daoist appeared before Nuwa Palace.

• The Queen Mother of the West and Holy Mother Jinling severely wounded Qin Yuan, and the arriving Heavenly Court powerhouses killed several Demon Race leaders.
• Kunpeng fled into the Northern Kuru Continent as the Heavenly Court forces and Patriarch Minghe pressed their attack, forcing the Demon Race leaders to retreat with him.
• Nuwa blocked the Queen Mother of the West and ordered the Demon Race to withdraw, then struck the Queen Mother of the West with her saintly power when she objected.
• Lin Tian commanded the Heavenly Court to keep killing every demon in the Northern Kuru Continent, and the Queen Mother of the West and her allies resumed their advance.
• Nuwa’s killing power was stopped before it could leave Wa Emperor Palace, where a young Daoist in blue robes appeared before Nuwa Palace.

Lin Tian confronted Nuwa in the Wa Emperor Palace over her attack on the Queen Mother of the West and forced her to agree that the Northern Kuru Continent's demons would submit to the Heavenly Court. He left after demanding that Kunpeng and the other demon leaders die, and discovered that Daji had survived as Nuwa's maid.

• Daji was captivated by Lin Tian as he entered the Wa Emperor Palace to confront Nuwa.
• Lin Tian overpowered Nuwa, warned her not to interfere in the Northern Kuru Continent, and demanded that she stop the slaughter.
• Nuwa agreed to place the demons under the Heavenly Court's jurisdiction, and Lin Tian insisted that Kunpeng, Qiongqi, Taowu, and Taotie must die.
• Nuwa accepted that Lin Tian could kill Kunpeng, and Lin Tian left the palace after forcing her to agree.
• Lin Tian asked the maid her name and learned that she was Daji, whose primordial spirit Nuwa had secretly saved.

Lin Tian ended the Northern Kuru Continent conflict and prepared the Six-Eared Macaque for the Journey to the West calamity while reflecting on how the Heavenly Dao used calamities to complete itself. He turned to developing the Chaos Pearl, received a mission to create myriad worlds, and was surprised when the Pearl sent him Great Encompassing Golden Immortal-level power and new information.

• Nuwa ordered the Northern Kuru Continent forces to surrender and warned Kunpeng and the others to flee; Taowu was killed, and the Queen Mother of the West returned to the Heavenly Court to enter seclusion.
• Tathagata sent Golden Cicada into reincarnation, but the Curtain-Raising General devoured him each time he passed the Flowing Sand River, prompting Tathagata and Guanyin to wait for the Six-Eared Macaque.
• Lin Tian summoned the Six-Eared Macaque, gave him instructions and treasures, and decided to let him undertake the Journey to the West while postponing his reckoning with the Buddhist Sect.
• Lin Tian developed a primordial world within the Chaos Pearl and received a mission to establish myriad worlds and guide their inhabitants toward the level of the Primordial World before the Dragon-Han First Calamity.
• The Chaos Pearl sent Lin Tian power equivalent to a Great Encompassing Golden Immortal and a stream of information.

Lin Tian completed developing a world and learned that the Chaos Pearl could return enormous power to him as worlds evolved, while the Tang Monk began his journey west accompanied by the Six-Eared Macaque. Guanyin Bodhisattva secretly followed them as Lin Tian watched the Buddhist Sect struggle with the disrupted Journey to the West, and the chapter ended with Lin Tian finishing the world’s development.

• Lin Tian realized that developing worlds could grant him power equivalent to Quasi-Saints and considered creating Saints to help develop more worlds.
• The Tang Monk reached the Five-Finger Mountain region, where the Six-Eared Macaque met him and agreed to escort him west.
• Guanyin Bodhisattva worried that the Six-Eared Macaque might kill the Tang Monk, so she secretly followed them.
• Lin Tian reflected on how his changes had disrupted many of the Journey to the West ordeals and watched to see how the Buddhist Sect would replace them.
• Lin Tian finished developing a world with beings brought from the Primordial World and integrated his comprehended Dao into it.