Chapter Summaries

Gu Changqing manifested the karma threads of the Primordial World and began restoring their order after the storm had left the world’s laws in disarray. As he reshaped karma and rebuilt the world’s workings, Hongjun tried to stop him, but Gu Changqing continued.

• Gu Changqing drank from the Wine God Gourd and formed mysterious seals, making the Primordial World tremble and revealing its tangled karma threads.
• Cultivators discovered that spiritual energy drained their magic power, spirit roots had lost their power, and the cycles of life and death had stopped.
• A surviving expert on Kunlun Mountain recognized the threads as the karma of the entire Primordial World, while the Elder of Chaos lost his will to resist.
• Hongjun sensed Gu Changqing rewriting and severing his karmic bond with the Heavenly Dao, then unleashed its power and rushed to stop him.
• Gu Changqing joined broken karma threads and untied knots, restoring spirit roots, creating water along the East Sea Shore, and correcting the Heavenly Cycle Starry Dipper.

Gu Changqing restored the world’s karma and repaired the Primordial World, while the Heavenly Dao turned away from Hongjun, Laozi, and Yuanshi. He then called for the Black Tortoise to deal with the remaining chaos, and the colossal creature emerged from the rift in the Nine Heavens.

• Gu Changqing reordered karma, restoring the paths of life, death, and reincarnation.
• The Primordial World’s spiritual veins and spiritual qi recovered, leaving the world more powerful than before.
• Tongtian, Houtu, and Nuwa sensed the world’s recovery, while Hongjun, Laozi, and Yuanshi felt the Heavenly Dao abandon them.
• The Wine Sword Immortal called for the Black Tortoise, reminding ancient beings that it had once supported Heaven and Earth with its body.
• The Black Tortoise answered from the chaotic void and emerged through a rift above the Nine Heavens, opening its mouth as if to swallow Heaven and Earth.

The Black Tortoise devoured the Chaos Qi pouring through the cracks in the Heaven and Earth Barrier, restoring the Primordial World and ending the Measureless Calamity. Hongjun revealed that the Heavenly Dao had refused his attempt to wield its power and that all Three Daos might bestow merit, leaving Laozi and Yuanshi shaken.

• The Black Tortoise swallowed the remaining Chaos Qi and strengthened the Primordial World's barrier and origin.
• The restored world filled with a complete Dao rhythm, and the Black Tortoise disappeared into Chaos after looking toward Gu Changqing.
• Living beings rejoiced over surviving the calamity and cried out in praise of the Wine Sword Immortal.
• Laozi warned Hongjun that Gu Changqing's deeds had undone their schemes and made them sinners in the eyes of living beings.
• Hongjun said the Heavenly Dao had refused his attempt to wield its power again.
• Hongjun told Laozi and Yuanshi that all Three Daos might bestow merit, shocking them.

Hongjun explained that the Heavenly Dao bestowed merit on Gu Changqing to preserve its standing as the Earth and Human Daos rose. The Earth, Human, and Heavenly Daos then combined their merit and poured it onto the Wine Sword Immortal, leaving Laozi and Yuanshi despairing as all living beings witnessed the unprecedented event.

• Laozi and Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi demanded that Hongjun explain why the Heavenly Dao would reward Gu Changqing, their enemy.
• Hongjun told them that Gu Changqing had saved the Primordial World's living beings and that the Heavenly Dao had to grant him merit to avoid losing status to the Earth and Human Daos.
• The Earth Dao released a torrent of merit, while the wishes of countless living beings gathered into a river of Human Dao merit.
• The Heavenly Dao manifested an unprecedented ocean of merit, and its torrent joined those of the Earth and Human Daos.
• The three Daos' combined merit descended upon the tipsy Wine Sword Immortal as Hongjun, Laozi, Yuanshi, and the Elder of Chaos beyond Chaos watched.

Gu Changqing absorbed the combined merit of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity and advanced from the sixth heaven to the ninth heaven of Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal. The Primordial World fell silent as his breakthrough reached its culmination, while Hongjun, Laozi, and Yuanshi watched in hatred and fear.

• Gu Changqing continued drinking wine as the merit torrent entered his body and shattered the barrier to the seventh heaven of Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal.
• Yuanshi seethed over Gu Changqing's recognition by the Three Daos and looked to Hongjun for help, but Hongjun remained fixed on Gu Changqing.
• Gu Changqing's aura kept rising amid wondrous phenomena, and he broke through to the eighth heaven of Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal.
• Sect Master Tongtian cheered Gu Changqing's advancement, while Laozi and Yuanshi feared the consequences of his growing strength.
• Gu Changqing surged through the stages of the eighth heaven and attained the ninth heaven of Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal, silencing the Primordial World.

Gu Changqing used the returning merit to break through the great perfection of the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm and ascend to the Hunyuan Limitless Daluo Golden Immortal realm. The Primordial World submitted to his supreme might, while Yuanshi collapsed and Hongjun withdrew his gaze.

• Gu Changqing's cultivation rose to the great perfection of the Ninth Heaven, and Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi spat blood from the shock.
• After Gu Changqing drank from his Wine Gourd, his aura surged and the remaining merit formed a Daoist robe around him.
• A Dao fruit manifested above Gu Changqing, alarming Laozi and driving Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi to spit blood again as his sage origin shattered.
• Gu Changqing's Dao fruit transformed into the supreme Hunyuan Limitless Daluo Golden Immortal Dao fruit, and heaven, the Three Thousand Great Daos, and the myriad spirits bowed before him.
• Tongtian wept with joy, Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi fainted, and Laozi trembled in despair as Hongjun withdrew his gaze from Gu Changqing.

Hongjun withdrew with Laozi, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and the Elder of Chaos, ending the threat to the Primordial World. As the living beings celebrated Gu Changqing’s victory, they discovered that a vast ocean of merit still remained above him, suggesting his breakthrough might continue.

• Hongjun swept away Laozi, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and the Elder of Chaos in heavenly radiance and departed.
• The Primordial World realized the Profound Gate had retreated, and its living beings rejoiced at surviving.
• Countless beings bowed to Gu Changqing and sent him their faith and wishes, while Sect Master Tongtian praised him.
• A Mighty Expert noticed an immense cloud of golden merit still hanging above Gu Changqing.
• The living beings and Tongtian stared at the remaining merit and wondered whether Gu Changqing could continue breaking through.

Gu Changqing refused to absorb the vast merit left after his breakthrough, saying it no longer belonged to him and that he was fulfilling an old promise. He summoned the North Sea Black Tortoise and declared that it would prove its Dao, sending the merit surging toward it.

• Tongtian and the gathered beings were stunned by the immense merit remaining after Gu Changqing's breakthrough.
• Duobao, the Interception Sect disciples, and the other gathered beings urged Gu Changqing to break through again and surpass Dao Ancestor Hongjun.
• Gu Changqing drank from the Wine God Gourd and declared that the merit no longer belonged to him.
• Gu Changqing announced that it was time to fulfill his promise and called the North Sea Black Tortoise to prove its Dao.
• The golden merit cloud transformed into a vast river and surged toward an unknown location above the Nine Heavens.

Gu Changqing fulfilled his promise by giving Black Tortoise the remaining merit, allowing him to prove the Dao of Primordial Unity. Black Tortoise became a Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal and bowed in gratitude to Gu Changqing.

• Gu Changqing's choice to give Black Tortoise the remaining merit reminded Tongtian, Nuwa, and Houtu of his promise to help him prove the Dao.
• The merit gathered above the Nine Heavens and revealed Black Tortoise's immense true form supporting heaven and earth.
• The merit flowed into Black Tortoise, restoring his strength and helping him form a Hunyuan Dao Fruit.
• The Primordial World's living beings and the Interception Sect disciples were stunned as Black Tortoise became a Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal.
• Black Tortoise thanked Gu Changqing and bowed his head to him.

Black Tortoise completed his proving of the Dao and gained recognition from the Heavenly, Earth, and Human Daos, while the Primordial World's Myriad Spirits realized how far Gu Changqing’s power and foundations surpassed ordinary Sages. The chapter left Black Tortoise pledging himself to Gu Changqing, whom many now considered more deserving than Dao Ancestor Hongjun of the title “teacher of Sages.”

• Black Tortoise’s Hunyuan Dao Fruit released a radiant light that soothed the Primordial World's Myriad Spirits as he completed his proving of the Dao.
• A knowledgeable Ancient Mighty Expert explained that Black Tortoise had gained the joint recognition of the Three Daos by gathering merit through mending the heavens, supporting the heavens, and saving the world.
• Nuwa and Houtu arrived and admitted that Gu Changqing’s presence and foundations surpassed their own, while Gu Changqing remained drunkenly unconcerned.
• Black Tortoise stabilized his cultivation and thanked Gu Changqing, pledging to obey him even at the cost of ten thousand deaths.
• The Primordial World's Myriad Spirits wondered whether Gu Changqing, as the teacher of Black Tortoise, was more deserving than Dao Ancestor Hongjun of the title “teacher of Sages.”

Gu Changqing’s influence on the Three Daos became clear to the Primordial World’s living beings, who began to regard him as their supreme Dao. When Houtu invited him to discuss the Dao, Gu Changqing declined and chose to return to his wine.

• The living beings recalled that Gu Changqing had guided Ji Ren, Hong Yun, Black Tortoise, and Minghe on their paths to attaining the Dao.
• They remembered that Houtu had also received Gu Changqing’s guidance before transforming into Reincarnation and opening the Earth Dao.
• The living beings concluded that Gu Changqing had shaped the Heavenly, Human, and Earth Daos, and many declared him their true Dao.
• Houtu invited Gu Changqing to discuss the Dao, stirring eager anticipation among Tongtian, Duobao, Zhao Gongming, and the other Jie Sect disciples.
• Gu Changqing declined Houtu’s invitation and said he would rather return to his wine.

Gu Changqing rejected Nuwa and Houtu’s invitation to discuss the Dao, returned to Golden Ao Island to drink, and left the Primordial World’s cultivators to deal with the destruction wrought by the Chaos Storm. In his cave abode, a transformed Merit Golden Wheel manifested before him.

• Gu Changqing refused the Sages’ invitation to discuss the Dao and walked back toward Golden Ao Island with his Wine Gourd.
• The cultivators laughed off their disappointment, surveyed the ruined East Sea Shore, and departed to rebuild their sanctuaries and Dao Lineages.
• Nuwa returned to Wa Huang Palace, while Houtu disappeared into the void.
• Gu Changqing drank in his private cave abode, where golden light and heavenly sounds heralded the appearance of his transformed Merit Golden Wheel.

Gu Changqing completed the Merit Golden Wheel’s transformation and continued comprehending the Great Karma Art while appearing to sleep. In Zixiao Palace, the Sages struggled to understand his escape and breakthrough, and Hongjun admitted their defeat to Elder of Chaos.

• Gu Changqing perfected the eighteen-layer Merit Golden Wheel, which gathered his supreme divine abilities and greatly amplified his power.
• Gu Changqing lay down to sleep while his primordial spirit merged with the river of karma to deepen his comprehension of the Great Karma Art.
• In Zixiao Palace, Yuanshi angrily questioned how Gu Changqing had overcome the Sages and the Chaos Storm, then asked whether Heaven meant to destroy the Profound Gate.
• Hongjun opened his eyes and told Elder of Chaos that they had suffered an utter defeat.

After Gu Changqing escaped the Chaos Storm, the Elder of Chaos rejected blame for the Profound Gate’s defeat and realized that his Chaos Laws were constrained in the Primordial World. He announced that he would return to Chaos, leaving Taiqing Laozi and Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi desperate to keep him from abandoning them.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun declared that the Profound Gate had suffered an utter defeat, prompting the Sages to look toward the Elder of Chaos for blame.
• The Elder of Chaos angrily confronted Hongjun, defending the scheme and accusing him of shifting responsibility for its failure.
• The Elder of Chaos reflected that the Primordial World suppressed his Chaos Laws and understood that he had strayed from his true domain.
• The Elder of Chaos announced that he would return to Chaos and never again enter the Primordial World.
• Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi and Taiqing Laozi pleaded with the Elder of Chaos to stay, but he mocked them as useless and began to fade away amid twisting Space Laws.

After the Elder of Chaos left Zixiao Palace, Hongjun explained to Laozi and Yuanshi that Chaos could grow stronger in his own realm and later return as a powerful ally against Gu Changqing. Hongjun then turned his attention to the silent Jieyin, whose detachment made his eyes flicker.

• The Elder of Chaos ignored Laozi's attempt to stop him, departed for Chaos, and warned Hongjun to look out for himself.
• Laozi and Yuanshi questioned Hongjun about letting the Elder of Chaos leave, and Hongjun said it might be a good thing.
• Hongjun explained that Chaos was constrained in the Primordial World and could strengthen himself in Chaos before returning to oppose Gu Changqing.
• Laozi thanked Hongjun for his explanation as Yuanshi's anger eased and both accepted his reasoning.
• Hongjun shifted his gaze to Jieyin, who remained seated in silence, and his eyes flickered slightly.

In Zixiao Palace, Hongjun discovered that Jieyin had transcended his grief and reached a state of unity between Heaven and man. Jieyin declared his understanding of suffering and began establishing Mahayana Buddhism through his forty-eight great vows.

• Hongjun scrutinized Jieyin and realized that his Dao foundation had undergone a profound transformation into a state of Heaven and man as one.
• Hongjun told Laozi and Yuanshi that the Profound Gate's defeat might turn into a blessing and that another supreme expert was about to emerge.
• Jieyin opened his eyes, revealing an empty, serene Dao realm that shocked Laozi and Yuanshi.
• Jieyin told Hongjun that he had understood suffering and declared that he alone could deliver all living beings.
• Jieyin vowed to establish Mahayana Buddhism and attain the unsurpassed bodhi Dao fruit through his forty-eight great vows, then released a terrifying aura.

Jieyin awakened a supreme Buddhist dao after Zhunti’s death, manifesting a vast Buddha Kingdom Pure Land across the Primordial World. As the other Sages and powerful beings watched in alarm, Jieyin’s aura continued to rise, and a golden swastika appeared between his brows.

• Jieyin’s aura surged beyond Taiqing Laozi’s and Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi’s, leaving them unable to understand his new Buddhist power.
• Golden light and countless Buddhas, bodhisattvas, vajras, arhats, and sangharamas appeared across the Primordial World.
• Tongtian, Sage Randeng, Nuwa, Kunpeng, and Minghe sensed the phenomenon and reacted with shock, fear, or unease.
• Laozi and Yuanshi realized Zhunti’s death had driven Jieyin to comprehend a supreme Buddhist dharma, fulfilling Hongjun’s words about a blessing born of disaster.
• A golden swastika appeared between Jieyin’s brows as his blood qi and aura surged higher, and Laozi and Yuanshi sensed what he was about to do.

Jieyin transformed his fractured Dao Fruit and became a Buddha, overwhelming Laozi and Yuanshi with his power. On Golden Ao Island, Gu Changqing noticed the change, called it interesting, and went back to drinking.

• Laozi and Yuanshi recognized that Jieyin's rising aura resembled Gu Changqing's ascension and feared he might reach Hunyuan Wuji.
• Golden swastika runes gathered around Jieyin's damaged Dao Fruit, healing its cracks and transforming his body with Buddha light.
• Jieyin opened his eyes as a Buddha, leaving Laozi and Yuanshi stunned and earning Hongjun's approval.
• Gu Changqing woke in his cave abode on Golden Ao Island, glimpsed Jieyin's transformation, and returned to drinking and resting.

Gu Changqing recognized Jieyin’s transformation into Buddha as the birth of a powerful Buddhist School that could challenge the Profound Gate through karma and the faith of living beings. As Buddha Light drew followers across the Primordial World, Tongtian and other powerful figures recognized the new threat.

• Gu Changqing realized Jieyin had established a Buddhist Great Dao whose karmic power made it dangerous to oppose through force alone.
• Buddha Light calmed fighters and led countless independent cultivators to take refuge in Buddha.
• Yunxiao and Zhao Gongming identified the Buddhist School’s competition with the Interception Sect for believers, incense offerings, and vow power.
• Tongtian declared that the Profound Gate had gained another great enemy and wondered how Gu Changqing would respond.
• Nuwa and Houtu each regarded the upheaval with shock or hostility.

Jieyin completed his transformation and established the Great Dao of the Buddhist School, prompting Nuwa and Houtu to recognize him as a new rival. As Jieyin began chanting, the Reincarnation Disk’s golden light intensified and Gu Changqing reacted with alarm.

• Nuwa sensed that Jieyin had forged a new Great Dao and resolved to treat him as a rival.
• Houtu noticed golden light on the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk and tried unsuccessfully to erase it with the power of reincarnation.
• Jieyin’s Buddhist manifestations receded, revealing his new appearance in a radiant kasaya and a gaze filled with compassion.
• Jieyin began chanting, and his first syllables halted fighting across Heaven and Earth.
• Houtu saw the golden halos on the Reincarnation Disk brighten, while Gu Changqing dropped his Wine Gourd and stared in alarm.