Chapter Summaries

Gu Changqing used the Great Salvation Art to send fallen Interception Sect disciples into reincarnation with improved foundations, then continued brewing his wine as the battle raged. The Interception Sect rallied around him, and the Four Saints suddenly sensed something at Biyou Palace.

• Gu Changqing unleashed the Great Salvation Art, guiding the fallen Interception Sect disciples into reincarnation and nourishing their souls with Buddhist light.
• Gu Changqing continued brewing an immense batch of wine while onlookers mistook his words about it for acceptance of defeat.
• Duobao and the Interception Sect disciples vowed to protect Gu Changqing and ensure his wine succeeded, strengthening their resolve.
• Tongtian realized the ordeal had purified and united the Interception Sect, then warned Haotian that Gu Changqing would settle accounts with him.
• The Four Saints sensed something at Biyou Palace and turned toward it in alarm.

The Four Saints sensed a tremendous Sage Dao aura from Biyou Palace, and Tongtian declared that Gu Changqing had proven his Dao. Gu Changqing emerged drunk, but his cultivation remained at peak quasi-saint, leaving the crowd and Four Saints stunned.

• The Four Saints sensed Gu Changqing’s overwhelming Sage Dao aura, and Laozi rebuked Haotian and Yaochi for failing to stop him.
• Tongtian announced that Gu Changqing’s aura had emerged and celebrated the prospect of the Interception Sect having two Sages.
• Living beings debated whether Gu Changqing had truly proven his Dao as the Heavenly Dao showed no signs of recognizing him.
• Chang’e heard Gu Changqing’s line about Jade Nectar and blushed, wondering whether he had meant it for her.
• Gu Changqing emerged from Biyou Palace thoroughly drunk, and everyone sensed that he remained at peak quasi-saint rather than having become a Sage.

Gu Changqing appeared to have failed to prove his Dao, prompting the Four Saints to mock and threaten him. He then opened his Wine Gourd and released an overwhelming Sage Dao aura, leaving the confrontation poised to change.

• All living beings assumed Gu Changqing had failed to prove his Dao, while Tongtian struggled to understand what had happened inside Biyou Palace.
• Yuanshi mocked Gu Changqing for the Interception Sect disciples’ sacrifices, and Gu Changqing answered only with a drunken belch and a sidelong glance.
• Jieyin demanded that Gu Changqing surrender, while Nuwa and Houtu watched with intent to protect him.
• Gu Changqing asked whether they were certain he had failed, provoking Yuanshi to threaten him with death.
• Gu Changqing declared that he stood unrivaled in the mortal world, struck out with his palm, and opened the Wine Gourd, releasing a supreme Sage Dao aura.

Gu Changqing drank the wine he had brewed, using it to break through from peak quasi-saint to primordial Daluo Golden Immortal. The Four Saints tried to stop him, but his Merit Golden Wheel blocked Yuanshi’s attack as he completed his breakthrough before them.

• The wine’s fragrance spread across the Universe, and Tongtian recognized it as Gu Changqing’s chance to prove the Dao of Primordial Unity.
• Gu Changqing confirmed Tongtian’s words, stepped toward the Four Saints, and drank from his Wine Gourd as his aura began to rise.
• Yuanshi attacked Gu Changqing with the Heart-Piercing Nail, but Gu Changqing’s Merit Golden Wheel stopped it.
• Gu Changqing continued drinking and advancing as Great Dao Golden Lotuses bloomed beneath his feet.
• Gu Changqing took his final step, manifested a Dao Fruit, and attained the cultivation of a primordial Daluo Golden Immortal.

Gu Changqing completed his breakthrough to the Second Heaven of Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal, stunning the world and reassuring Houtu and Nuwa. He confronted Haotian over the Interception Sect disciples who had died, then watched Yuanshi step forward and launch a lethal attack.

• Gu Changqing revealed his powerful Dao Fruit, and the Interception Sect disciples celebrated his breakthrough as a Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal.
• Houtu and Nuwa were astonished that Gu Changqing had succeeded in attaining the Dao and felt relieved.
• Gu Changqing confronted Haotian over the Interception Sect disciples he had killed, and Haotian cowered behind the Four Saints.
• Zhunti asked Laozi and Yuanshi how they could withdraw after provoking Gu Changqing, while Laozi insisted they had no reason to fear him.
• Yuanshi claimed his Sixth Heaven of Sage cultivation surpassed Gu Changqing's Second Heaven, then launched a lethal attack as Gu Changqing looked on mockingly.

Yuanshi attacked Gu Changqing with the Pangu Banner, Jade Purity Immortal Light, and Yuqing Divine Thunder, but Gu Changqing calmly unleashed his Hunyuan sword strike. Yuanshi raised the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Cloud to defend himself as the sword descended, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Yuanshi brought out the Pangu Banner and charged at Gu Changqing with his full power.
• Nuwa stopped Tongtian from intervening, and Tongtian watched while preparing to protect Gu Changqing if needed.
• Gu Changqing drank calmly as Yuanshi's assault bore down on him, then summoned the Purple-Green Nine Heavens Sword and named his technique Hunyuan.
• Gu Changqing's sword absorbed the surrounding chaos energy and annihilated Yuanshi's Jade Purity Immortal Light and Yuqing Divine Thunder.
• Yuanshi summoned the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Cloud as Gu Changqing's descending sword struck toward him.

Gu Changqing overpowered Yuanshi in a clash, leaving the sage injured and shocking the watching living beings. Yuanshi blamed Gu Changqing’s wine for his strength and withdrew, vowing to settle the score another day.

• The tribulation light cleared to reveal Gu Changqing standing while Yuanshi had been hurled back a million li, his robe torn and his aura unstable.
• The crowd realized Yuanshi had lost the clash, and the disciples of the Three Teachings fell silent as Gu Changqing’s strength became clear.
• Yuanshi suspected Gu Changqing’s wine had empowered him and concluded that continuing to fight would bring him no advantage.
• Yuanshi accused Gu Changqing’s wine of supporting his strength and announced that he would settle their dispute another day.

Gu Changqing confronted the Four Saints after they decided to retreat, demanding that they answer for their attack on the Interception Sect. When Yuanshi refused to stay, Gu Changqing asked Tongtian to lend him the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords.

• Yuanshi decided to withdraw after recognizing the strange power in Gu Changqing's wine and the danger of continuing the battle.
• Haotian worried about the Heavenly Court's fate, but Yuanshi snapped at him and Laozi ordered the Four Saints to leave.
• Gu Changqing stopped the Four Saints from departing without an accounting for the wounded and fallen Jie Sect Disciples.
• Duobao and the other Jie Sect Disciples rallied behind Gu Changqing and called for blood to repay blood.
• Yuanshi defiantly tried to leave, so Gu Changqing turned to Tongtian and asked to borrow the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords.

Gu Changqing demanded the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords, and Tongtian entrusted them to him after declaring that his bond with Laozi and Yuanshi had been severed. Gu Changqing activated the Immortal-Slaying Sword Array against the Three Teachings, leaving the Four Saints scrambling to retreat.

• Gu Changqing asked Tongtian to lend him the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords, while Laozi warned Tongtian about the karmic burdens of unleashing slaughter.
• Tongtian declared that Gu Changqing could govern the Interception Sect and that the Three Pure Ones' bond with Laozi and Yuanshi was over.
• Tongtian sent the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords to Gu Changqing, who accepted them and declared that blood debts must be repaid in blood.
• Gu Changqing summoned the Immortal-Slaying Sword Array, enclosing the Three Teachings in a crimson barrier and terrifying their disciples.
• Gu Changqing commanded the array to slay, and Laozi shouted for everyone to retreat as sword light surged toward them.

Gu Changqing unleashed a devastating sword strike that slaughtered most of the Three Teachings’ disciples and grievously wounded their Personal Disciples, leaving the Four Saints furious. Jieyin then tried to use the Buddhist art of Conversion against him, but Gu Changqing remained confident and struck again.

• Laozi and the other Three Teachings leaders raised defensive treasures as their disciples tried to flee Gu Changqing’s descending sword light.
• Gu Changqing’s sword strike killed most of the Three Teachings’ ordinary disciples and severely wounded Xuandu, Guangchengzi, Ksitigarbha, and Maitreya, while the Four Saints survived behind their defenses.
• Duobao and the Jie Sect Disciples watched in shock as the Four Saints reacted with fury and grief over their losses.
• Jieyin invoked Conversion, gathering the world’s blood fiend aura and karmic burdens to turn them against Gu Changqing.
• Gu Changqing dismissed the Buddhist Dao and struck again, declaring that all the gods and Buddhas must bow before him.

Gu Changqing faced Jieyin’s Buddha Kingdom in the Palm with Sword Opens Heaven’s Gate, refusing to be intimidated by the Buddhist divine art. His sword light tore into the Buddha kingdom and sent it into turmoil, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Jieyin unleashed Buddha Kingdom in the Palm, a vast Buddhist pure land capable of assimilating those caught within it.
• Jieyin used Words Become Law to send Chains of Order from the Buddha kingdom toward Gu Changqing.
• Gu Changqing praised the technique but answered with Sword Opens Heaven’s Gate using the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords.
• Yuanshi mocked the sword technique as an old Great Luo-level ability, but Gu Changqing unleashed a mighty sword strike into Jieyin’s Buddha kingdom.
• Gu Changqing’s sword light swept through the Buddha kingdom, provoking a vast storm and throwing the realm into turmoil.

Gu Changqing overwhelmed Jieyin and Zhunti by unleashing the full might of Sword Opens Heaven's Gate, destroying their Buddha Kingdom in the Palm. With the Profound Gate facing further losses, Laozi ordered the Four Saints and their followers to retreat into the Heavenly Court.

• Gu Changqing's sword light tore through the Buddha Kingdom in the Palm, and Tongtian recognized that Gu had become one with the Sword Dao.
• Jieyin called on Zhunti for help, and the two Sages poured Buddhist laws and Chains of Order into the collapsing Buddha kingdom.
• Gu Changqing's towering sword strike shattered the Chains of Order and destroyed the Buddha Kingdom in the Palm, defeating Jieyin and Zhunti together.
• The gathered experts warned that the Three Teachings' disciples could be wiped out as Laozi and Yuanshi hesitated to fight Gu Changqing again.
• Laozi ordered the Four Saints and their forces to retreat into the Heavenly Court and postpone deciding what to do next.

After defeating the Three Teachings and forcing the Four Saints to retreat, Gu Changqing pursued them toward the Heavenly Court, declaring that he would trample the Southern Heaven and shatter Lingxiao. The Heavenly Court's leaders braced for his arrival as onlookers followed to witness the coming clash.

• Laozi urged the Four Saints, Haotian, and Yaochi to retreat to the Heavenly Court and rely on its Primal Chaos Star Dou Great Array.
• Laozi used the Taiji Diagram to carry the Three Teachings away, while the Four Saints' defeat drew scorn from living beings across the world.
• Gu Changqing drank more wine and followed the retreating group toward the Heavenly Court, insisting that their drinking was not over.
• Tongtian asked Gu Changqing what he intended to do, and Gu Changqing declared that he would trample the Southern Heaven and shatter Lingxiao.
• Onlookers followed Gu Changqing toward the Heavenly Court, where the Four Saints, Haotian, and Yaochi were dismayed that he had pursued them there.

Gu Changqing pursued the Four Saints to the Heavenly Court, forcing Haotian to assemble the Primal Chaos Star Dou Great Array. Gu Changqing declared his resolve to attack and unleashed the united Nine Sword Divine Ability against the array.

• Laozi ordered Haotian to gather the Heavenly Court’s experts and deploy the Primal Chaos Star Dou Great Array.
• Haotian summoned the Heavenly Court’s forces, while Chang'e, the Queen Mother of the West, and others resented him and Yaochi for involving them in the crisis.
• The Heavenly Court formed the Primal Chaos Star Dou Great Array with its Stars Banners as Gu Changqing arrived beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens.
• Yuanshi warned Gu Changqing that attacking the Heavenly Court would bring heaven’s punishment, but Gu Changqing welcomed the prospect of using tribulation lightning to brew wine.
• Gu Changqing steadied himself with more wine, invoked the Nine Sword Divine Ability, and unleashed its power against the array.

Gu Changqing unleashed a sword strike beyond Hunyuan and shattered the Heavenly Court’s Primal Chaos Star Dou Great Array. He entered the undefended court searching for fine wine, but found none.

• Gu Changqing united the Nine Sword Divine Ability into a strike that astonished Tongtian with its power beyond Hunyuan.
• Gu Changqing’s sword battered the Primal Chaos Star Dou Great Array while Haotian pleaded with Laozi, Yuanshi, and the other Saints for help.
• Gu Changqing’s strike destroyed the array, leaving the Heavenly Court’s experts wounded and its defenses broken.
• Gu Changqing descended into the Heavenly Court and said he wanted to find its hidden fine wine and Immortal Brew.
• Gu Changqing searched the Heavenly Court, found no fine wine, and declared there was no fun in it.

Gu Changqing left the Heavenly Court without killing anyone after finding no fine wine, having already achieved his goal of intimidating Haotian and Yaochi. The Four Saints and their allies departed in disgrace, leaving Haotian and Yaochi behind in silence.

• Gu Changqing said he would leave because the Heavenly Court had no fine wine, then flew back to the Interception Sect.
• Living beings and the sages realized Gu Changqing had shattered the Heavenly Court’s formation to intimidate Haotian and Yaochi, not to slaughter its inhabitants.
• Tongtian, Houtu, and Nuwa praised Gu Changqing, while Laozi and the other Four Saints seethed over their humiliation.
• Jieyin lamented the deaths of Western Buddhist disciples, but Laozi refused to offer compensation or accept his complaints.
• Jieyin and Zhunti returned to Western Spirit Mountain, Laozi and Yuanshi headed to Kunlun Mountain, and Haotian and Yaochi remained behind.

After the battle devastated the Heavenly Court and Gu Changqing earned the title Sword Saint, Laozi and Yuanshi learned that Guangchengzi and the others might never recover, while Hongjun promised a way to restore the Profound Gate. Back on Golden Ao Island, Gu Changqing responded to the slain Jie Sect Disciples by declaring that he would establish a Sword Tomb for them.

• Haotian and Yaochi rebuilt the Heavenly Court, while its remaining experts watched without helping.
• Living beings across heaven and earth hailed Gu Changqing as the Sword Saint, believing he had surpassed Tongtian in the Sword Dao.
• Randeng told Yuanshi that Guangchengzi and the others' three flowers were nearly shattered and their injuries might prevent further cultivation.
• Hongjun sent Laozi and Yuanshi a message promising a way to restore the Profound Gate when he emerged.
• Gu Changqing returned to Golden Ao Island, saw the Jie Sect Disciples killed by the Haotian Pagoda, and announced that he would establish a Sword Tomb for them.

Gu Changqing opened a great realm to establish the Interception Sect's Sword Tomb, honoring fallen disciples and imprinting his sword arts into their swords. The Sword Tomb became a supreme sacred ground for sword cultivators, and Tongtian recognized that Gu Changqing had become the Sword Dao's sole supreme.

• Gu Changqing opened a great realm and summoned the companion swords of fallen Interception Sect disciples to form the Sword Tomb.
• Gu Changqing imprinted more than a thousand sword dao divine arts into the inverted swords, creating a cultivation sanctuary for the surviving disciples.
• Tongtian and the Interception Sect disciples realized that each sword contained a divine art they could study.
• Living beings across the world marveled at the Sword Tomb, while sword cultivators felt its overwhelming resonance and acknowledged Gu Changqing's supremacy.
• Tongtian sensed the world's reactions and trembled at the fulfillment of his dream: the Sword Dao's sole supreme.

After proving the Dao, Gu Changqing turned a Heavenly River into wine infused with his Hunyuan insights, allowing the Interception Sect disciples to begin comprehending how to become primordial Daluo golden immortals. Tongtian then warned Gu Changqing that a new measureless calamity was forming and that even the Saint's Lineages would be drawn into it.

• Ji Ren, Ao Cunxin, Kong Xuan, and the Hongmeng Blood-Winged Black Mosquito bowed to Gu Changqing after witnessing his triumph and establishment of the Sword Tomb.
• Gu Changqing turned the Heavenly River into wine, and Ji Ren discovered that it contained insights from proving the Dao.
• The Interception Sect disciples tasted the wine and realized Gu Changqing was sharing the path to becoming primordial Daluo golden immortals.
• Tongtian privately told Gu Changqing that calamitous fiendish qi was gathering and another measureless calamity might soon involve the Saint's Lineages.

After Gu Changqing proved the Dao of primordial unity, Tongtian warned him that Hongjun was driving the Investiture of the Gods Measureless Calamity against the Interception Sect, but Gu Changqing trusted his preparations and humanity’s changed circumstances. Gu Changqing began considering a search for the Five Pre-Heavenly Ultimates, while Hongjun decided to return to the world.

• Tongtian consulted Gu Changqing about the approaching calamity and warned that Hongjun or the Heavenly Dao might be targeting the Interception Sect.
• Gu Changqing reassured Tongtian that the changed Three Realms, stronger humanity, and his earlier preparations would keep the calamity from easily engulfing the sect.
• Tongtian praised Gu Changqing’s path to proving the Dao and entered seclusion to contemplate the Dao.
• Gu Changqing watched the Interception Sect members study the Sword Tomb’s divine abilities and considered seeking the Five Pre-Heavenly Ultimates in the Outer Chaos Region.
• Hongjun opened his eyes in the Heavenly Dao Void and decided to reappear between Heaven and Earth.