Chapter Summaries

Lin Tian traveled with Bai Suzhen to Northern Kuru Continent to meet Great Shaman Nine Phoenixes and discuss the Witch Clan’s campaign against the Demon Race. Meanwhile, Saint Nuwa ordered Ancestor Teng Snake to shelter Bai Ze and the surviving demons, setting plans for their resistance in motion.

• Great Shaman Nine Phoenixes returned to Northern Kuru Continent after Lin Tian agreed to visit, and Lin Tian stored his new Pan Gu blood essence to strengthen his foundation first.
• Lin Tian told Xu Mao Gong and the others he planned to visit Northern Kuru Continent, and Bai Suzhen insisted on accompanying him.
• Lin Tian and Bai Suzhen arrived in Witch Clan territory, where Great Shaman Nine Phoenixes welcomed them and hosted a meal that eased the women’s initial tension.
• Lin Tian and Great Shaman Nine Phoenixes discussed their plans against the Demon Race while the demons remained unaware of their arrival.
• Saint Nuwa summoned Ancestor Teng Snake and ordered him to protect Bai Ze and the surviving demons.
• Ancestor Teng Snake went to the Hundred Thousand Mountains to meet Bai Ze and discuss resisting the Witch Clan and restoring the Demon Race.

Lin Tian and Great Shaman Nine Phoenixes hunted down Demon Race strongholds across the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, crippling Bai Ze and Ancestor Teng Snake’s revival plan. With their forces nearly destroyed, Bai Ze and Ancestor Teng Snake led the survivors to attack the Witch Clan camp, where a battle-ready army awaited them.

• Great Shaman Nine Phoenixes sent Witch Clan scouts to locate Demon Race strongholds while Lin Tian and she prepared to strike the powerful demons they found.
• Lin Tian and Great Shaman Nine Phoenixes attacked a stronghold in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains and slaughtered its Great Luo Golden Immortal Demon King and several thousand demons.
• Lin Tian and Great Shaman Nine Phoenixes continued destroying Demon Race strongholds, devastating Bai Ze and Ancestor Teng Snake’s plans to revive the Demon Race.
• Ancestor Teng Snake proposed attacking the Witch Clan, and Bai Ze agreed that the desperate Demon Race had to stake its remaining forces on a final battle.
• Bai Ze and Ancestor Teng Snake led the surviving demons toward the Witch Clan camp and found its army assembled for battle.

Lin Tian confronted Ancestor Teng Snake, who had led the Demon Race Army to attack the Witch Clan, and proved he could withstand the Quasi-Saint Supreme’s full assault. Ancestor Teng Snake was left shocked as Lin Tian remained unharmed, while Great Shaman Nine Phoenixes and the Witch Clan’s forces watched in astonishment.

• Ancestor Teng Snake arrived with the Demon Race Army and threatened to destroy the Witch Clan’s camp.
• Lin Tian emerged to defend the Witch Clan, and Ancestor Teng Snake decided to fight him despite recognizing the danger.
• Ancestor Teng Snake transformed into his divine serpent form and attacked Lin Tian with Destruction Divine Light.
• Lin Tian shattered the divine light against his body without being injured, shocking Ancestor Teng Snake.
• Great Shaman Nine Phoenixes rejoiced at Lin Tian’s strength, while Ancestor Teng Snake remained hostile and prepared to continue the battle.

Ancestor Teng Snake attacked Lin Tian with his devouring law, but Lin Tian used its pull to rush in and shatter Teng Snake’s manifested head with the Hongmeng Measuring-Heaven Ruler. Enraged, Ancestor Teng Snake charged into close combat, and Lin Tian gathered power for another attack.

• Ancestor Teng Snake unleashed Mad Serpent Devours Heaven, but Lin Tian stood firm against the devouring force while the Witch Clan struggled to resist its aftermath.
• Lin Tian rode the suction toward Ancestor Teng Snake and smashed his manifested serpent head with the Hongmeng Measuring-Heaven Ruler.
• Ancestor Teng Snake withdrew in pain, and Demon Marshal Bai Ze realized Lin Tian could contend with ancient Primordial Supremes.
• Ancestor Teng Snake charged at Lin Tian with his physical body, and Great Shaman Nine Phoenixes warned Lin Tian about his strength and deadly poisons.
• Lin Tian covered himself with his power law and gathered power into his fists as Ancestor Teng Snake approached.

Lin Tian steadily gained the upper hand against Ancestor Teng Snake, while the Witch Clan seized the opening to attack the Demon Race. Ancestor Teng Snake ordered Demon Marshal Bai Ze to retreat with the surviving demons as he stayed behind to hold off Lin Tian.

• Lin Tian and Ancestor Teng Snake clashed head-on, but Lin Tian’s strength grew while Ancestor Teng Snake weakened and was forced onto the defensive.
• Seeing Ancestor Teng Snake driven back, Great Shaman Nine Phoenixes led the Witch Clan in an assault on the Demon Cultivators.
• Demon Marshal Bai Ze ordered his warriors to form an array and fight the Witch Clan, despite the Demon Race’s heavy losses.
• Ancestor Teng Snake told Demon Marshal Bai Ze to lead the Demon Race in retreat while he remained to hold off Lin Tian and the others.
• Demon Marshal Bai Ze led the surviving demons toward the rear of the battlefield.

Lin Tian fought Ancestor Teng Snake and broke through to the late Quasi-Saint realm, summoning the phantom of the great god Pan Gu as his power surged. With Ancestor Teng Snake and the Demon Race on the verge of defeat, Teng Snake begged Saint Nuwa to save him, and she prepared to intervene.

• Lin Tian pressed Ancestor Teng Snake while comprehending the transforming power law and using the Secret of All.
• Lin Tian broke through to the late Quasi-Saint realm, and the phantom of the great god Pan Gu appeared above him.
• Lin Tian’s stronger attacks battered Ancestor Teng Snake until his body was covered in cracks and his venomous blood spilled across the land.
• Demon Marshal Bai Ze led the Demon Race in an attempt to flee, but Lin Tian kept them from escaping.
• Ancestor Teng Snake knelt and begged Saint Nuwa to save him, and Nuwa watched from Wa Emperor Palace before deciding to intervene.

Saint Nuwa intervened to stop Lin Tian from killing Ancestor Teng Snake, while Saint Tongtian tried to seek Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s help and was blocked by three Saints. Hongjun reassured Tongtian that Nuwa would not kill Lin Tian, as Lin Tian began fighting her manifestation and astonished the watching cultivators.

• Saint Nuwa sent a powerful manifestation of her laws to block Lin Tian as he prepared to kill Ancestor Teng Snake.
• Saint Tongtian grew furious at Nuwa’s attack on Lin Tian and left seclusion to seek Dao Ancestor Hongjun, but Saint Zhunti, Saint Jieyin, and the Primordial Heavenly Venerable stopped him.
• Saint Tongtian prepared to fight the three Saints, prompting Dao Ancestor Hongjun to appear and halt the confrontation.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun told Saint Tongtian that Nuwa would not kill Lin Tian, since doing so would ruin her standing as the Human Race Holy Mother.
• Lin Tian began exchanging blows with Nuwa’s manifestation, and the watching powerful figures were astonished by what happened.

Lin Tian drove back Saint Nuwa’s attacking avatar and pressed his advantage, exploiting the avatar’s inability to replenish its strength. Ancestor Teng Snake and Demon Marshal Bai Ze fled the battlefield, leaving Lin Tian alone to face Nuwa’s avatar.

• Lin Tian’s strike blocked and repelled Saint Nuwa’s attack, shocking the watching cultivators and Dao Ancestor Hongjun.
• Humiliated by Lin Tian’s resistance, Saint Nuwa sent her avatar to attack him again.
• Lin Tian charged the avatar and battered it with repeated attacks, forcing it to spend its dwindling strength.
• Ancestor Teng Snake fled through the void with Demon Marshal Bai Ze and the remaining members of the Demon Race.
• Saint Nuwa watched her avatar being driven back and grew furious as Lin Tian continued fighting it.

Lin Tian defeated and destroyed Saint Nuwa’s avatar, alarming the watching cultivators and enraging Nuwa. Fuxi pleaded with Nuwa on Lin Tian’s behalf, and she agreed to let the offense go, while the other Supremes reconsidered their past enmity with Lin Tian.

• Fuxi left the Fire Cloud Palace to ask Nuwa to forgive Lin Tian, while Shen Nong and Xuan Yuan stayed to watch the battle.
• Lin Tian overwhelmed Nuwa’s avatar with his power law and split it apart with a saber strike.
• Nuwa grew furious at Lin Tian, but Fuxi reached the Wa Emperor Palace and urged her to spare the Human Race junior.
• Nuwa relented because Fuxi had spoken and said she would not hold a grudge against Lin Tian.
• Lin Tian saw that Nuwa did not retaliate and wondered why, unaware that Fuxi had intervened.
• The watching Supremes were shocked by Lin Tian’s strength and reconsidered their relationship with him.

Lin Tian killed Saint Nuwa's avatar, angering her and deepening his commitment to cooperate with Lady Pingxin and the Witch Clan. Great Shaman Nine Phoenixes abandoned the plan to annihilate the Demon Race and looked ahead to strengthening the Witch Clan with Lin Tian's support.

• Lin Tian's killing of Saint Nuwa's avatar made the Primordial Heavenly Venerable and the Two Western Saints see him as a greater threat, while Saint Tongtian praised his strength.
• Lin Tian chose to stand firmly with Lady Pingxin and the Witch Clan, hoping their cooperation through the Six Paths of Reincarnation would help the Human Race prosper.
• Heavenly Sovereign Fuxi persuaded Saint Nuwa not to attack Lin Tian again, though she retained her hatred of him.
• Lady Pingxin approved of Lin Tian's actions and prepared to discuss deeper cooperation with him.
• Great Shaman Nine Phoenixes gave up trying to wipe out the Demon Race, recognizing that Saint Nuwa's protection made the campaign too dangerous.
• Great Shaman Nine Phoenixes hoped Lin Tian would become a Saint and wanted to strengthen her relationship with him for the Witch Clan's future.

After helping the Witch Clan avert disaster, Lin Tian asked Great Shaman Nine Phoenixes to share their body-tempering methods so the Human Race could cultivate more widely. She agreed and led him into the Pan Gu Divine Hall, where an ancient Dao resonance stirred the power law within him.

• Great Shaman Nine Phoenixes and the Witch Clan thanked Lin Tian for defeating Ancestor Teng Snake's threat, and Lin Tian said the clans should cooperate in the future.
• Lin Tian asked Great Shaman Nine Phoenixes to teach the Witch Clan's body-tempering methods to the Human Race, and she agreed to provide copies of their twelve arts.
• Lin Tian and Great Shaman Nine Phoenixes feasted in the Witch Clan's divine hall while her subordinates prepared the cultivation methods.
• Great Shaman Nine Phoenixes led Lin Tian to the Pan Gu Divine Hall and explained that the Twelve Ancestral Witches had once lived there.
• Lin Tian entered the Pan Gu Divine Hall and felt its mysterious Dao resonance make the power law within him circulate rapidly.

After gaining insight in the Pan Gu Divine Hall, Lin Tian received the Witch Clan’s cultivation methods from Great Shaman Nine Phoenixes and brought them back to Jixia Academy. The methods spread across Great Tang, turning its people and army into powerful cultivators and rapidly expanding the empire’s influence.

• Lin Tian advanced his power law through enlightenment in the Pan Gu Divine Hall, and Great Shaman Nine Phoenixes gave him the Witch Clan’s cultivation methods for the Human Race.
• Lin Tian and Great Shaman Nine Phoenixes agreed to consolidate Witch Clan territory and postpone further conflict with the Demon Race, which had Saints Houtu and Nuwa supporting it.
• Lin Tian returned to Jixia Academy and gave the cultivation methods to Xu Mao Gong, instructing him to distribute them among human cultivators.
• Xu Mao Gong sent the methods to academy heads, who spread them throughout the provinces and helped people learn to practice them.
• People across Great Tang adopted the easy-to-learn Body Tempering arts, and the methods’ spread through the army strengthened Great Tang and accelerated its expansion.

Lin Tian spread cultivation methods that rapidly strengthened the Human Race and earned a vast descent of merit from the Heavenly Dao. He used the merit to upgrade the Hongmeng Measuring-Heaven Ruler instead of improving his cultivation, while the Saints and Human Sovereigns watched and reacted.

• The spread of Lin Tian’s cultivation methods drew powerful cultivators to Jixia Academy and greatly increased the Human Race’s strength and fortune.
• Merit Golden Light descended over Jiangzhou City, drawing the attention of the Saints and other mighty cultivators.
• Lin Tian rejected the merit for his own cultivation and chose to use it to improve the activation chance of the All-Character Art.
• Lin Tian cast the Hongmeng Measuring-Heaven Ruler into the merit, and the treasure absorbed the golden light as onlookers watched in astonishment.
• Nuwa, Fuxi, Tongtian, Zhunti, Daoist Jieyin, Shen Nong, the Flame Emperor, and Xuan Yuan reacted to Lin Tian’s use of the merit, which gradually dwindled to scattered wisps.

Lin Tian shared merit with the Great Tang’s people, strengthening their cultivation and tying his Imperial Law to Human Race fortune. Haotian felt his own Imperial Law suppressed and ordered Venus Star to find a way to remove Lin Tian indirectly.

• Lin Tian shattered the remaining golden merit light and bestowed it upon the people of the Great Tang, easing their cultivation and improving their health.
• The Human Race’s gratitude gathered its fortune around Lin Tian, awakening his Imperial Law and empowering the Heaven-Flipping Seal with that fortune.
• Lin Tian spent the following days handling affairs at Jixia Academy, cultivating, and enjoying time with Bai Suzhen in Jiangzhou.
• Haotian sensed that Lin Tian’s rise threatened his Imperial Law and summoned Venus Star to discuss him.
• Venus Star warned Haotian against attacking Lin Tian directly, then suggested exploiting the conflict between Spirit Mountain and the Human Race to divert trouble eastward.

Haotian ordered Venus Star to provoke conflict between the Human Race and Buddhism, and Venus Star’s scheme targeted the impoverished Golden Mountain Temple. Disguised Great Tang soldiers led by Cheng Yaojin raided the temple and seized its Buddhist Treasures, while Faming’s fellow monks ignored his pleas for help.

• Haotian approved Venus Star’s plan and gave him authority to mobilize Heavenly Court personnel, requiring him to stir up conflict between the Human Race and Buddhism.
• Faming’s starving junior monks asked him to pawn the temple’s treasures for food, but Faming berated them and blamed Jixia Academy for turning people against Golden Mountain Temple.
• Cheng Yaojin and disguised Great Tang soldiers watched the temple from above, concealed by a precious mirror, and prepared to seize its treasures.
• Heavenly lightning shattered the restrictions on Faming’s meditation chamber, and Cheng Yaojin’s men stormed inside.
• Cheng Yaojin knocked Faming down, ordered his soldiers to seize the Buddhist Treasures, and Faming cried for help as the temple’s monks ignored him.

After Buddhist temples across Great Tang were looted, the Buddhist leaders blamed Lin Tian and asked Faming to seek justice from Guanyin. Lin Tian received a mission to confront Great Tang's Buddhist Sect and uncover the mastermind, and chose that path.

• Monks from Great Tang's Buddhist schools gathered at Golden Mountain Temple and urged Faming to seek justice for the looted temples.
• Faming revealed that Golden Mountain Temple had also been robbed of a Buddhist Treasure and reported the losses to Guanyin.
• Guanyin told the Buddhist Sect to publicize the matter and consult Jixia Academy, while the monks sensed fear in her voice at the mention of Lin Tian.
• Xu Mao Gong told Lin Tian that the monks blamed the Great Tang Military, Jixia Academy, and Lin Tian for the thefts.
• The Spirit Vine True Self offered Lin Tian three mission choices, and Lin Tian chose to confront Great Tang's Buddhist Sect and uncover the true mastermind.

Lin Tian responded to Buddhism’s smear campaign by admitting that Jixia Academy had looted Buddhist treasures and ordering every Great Tang temple to report its land and pay taxes. After dozens of temples defied the order and were crushed by the army and Jixia Academy, Buddhism’s influence waned and Lin Tian sensed the Human Race’s fortune growing more concentrated.

• Lin Tian stopped Qin Shubao, Cheng Yaojin, and Xu Mao Gong from storming the temples and ordered them to publicly admit the robbery, register every monk, limit each monk to ten mu of farmland, and enforce full taxes.
• Lin Tian’s proclamation spread across the Great Tang, winning support from commoners who resented the temples’ wealth and tax exemptions.
• Li Shimin and his ministers praised Lin Tian’s proclamation, and they recognized that Li Chengqian’s position as crown prince might be less secure.
• After dozens of temples failed to report their land honestly within three days, Lin Tian sent the Great Tang Army and Jixia Academy to destroy them, killing thousands of monks and their cultivators.
• Buddhist prestige collapsed across the Great Tang, while Golden Mountain Temple was spared the purge because Lin Tian had already confiscated its land.
• Lin Tian sensed that the Human Race’s fortune had become more concentrated after Buddhism’s influence was suppressed.

Lin Tian received the Combat Secret and used it to copy and improve the Golden-Haired Hou's Heaven-Roaring Roar. On Spirit Mountain, Maitreya Buddha grew enraged over the Buddhist Sect's losses in Great Tang and released his overwhelming aura when the assembly stayed silent.

• Lin Tian received half of his mission reward, the Combat Secret, after his cultivation advanced.
• Lin Tian tested the Combat Secret against the Golden-Haired Hou, copying his Heaven-Roaring Roar and transforming it into the World-Opening Roar.
• Lin Tian began sparring with Jiejiao members to learn their divine abilities and stay battle-ready.
• Maitreya Buddha demanded revenge for Great Tang's destruction of his Buddhist Dao lineage and the decline of his believers.
• When the Bodhisattvas and Arhats stayed silent, Maitreya Buddha unleashed his supreme quasi-saint aura across Spirit Mountain.

Maitreya Buddha left Spirit Mountain to confront Lin Tian over the Human Race’s actions, but Weituo persuaded him to seek a peaceful negotiation. In Jiangzhou, Monk Faming and hundreds of monks gathered outside Jixia Academy to ask Lin Tian for relief for struggling monasteries.

• Maitreya Buddha berated Tathagata for tolerating the Human Race, and Tathagata struck him after Maitreya questioned his loyalty to Jiejiao.
• Maitreya declared he would restore Spirit Mountain’s dignity and left, while Zhunti told Tathagata not to interfere.
• Weituo caught up with Maitreya and warned him that the Journey to the West Calamity could cloud his judgment and that Lin Tian had killed Ancient Buddha Randeng.
• Maitreya agreed to travel with Weituo to Jiangzhou and avoid hostility while seeking a negotiated solution.
• Monk Faming led several hundred monks to block the entrance to Jixia Academy, hoping Lin Tian would grant monasteries relief from taxes or other support.

The Buddhist monks’ protest outside Jixia Academy continued until Maitreya Buddha and Weituo arrived, hoping to negotiate with Lin Tian. The monks’ chants threatening Jixia Academy enraged Maitreya, and after he slapped Faming, Faming declared that he understood and attacked the academy’s formation.

• The monks wailed outside Jixia Academy for three days while Jiangzhou’s people mocked them for eating lavish meals.
• Maitreya Buddha and Weituo arrived, and the monks cheered and chanted that Maitreya would destroy Jixia Academy and capture Lin Tian.
• Maitreya Buddha tried to leave, but Weituo persuaded him to stay and avoid worsening the Buddhist Sect’s standing with Lin Tian.
• Faming greeted Maitreya Buddha, who slapped him and rebuked the monks for disgracing the Buddhist Sect.
• Faming announced that he understood, then gathered his magic power and struck Jixia Academy’s formation.