Chapter Summaries

Gu Changqing stopped Tongtian from attacking Luohu and assigned the weakened Devil Ancestor to guard Golden Ao Island against the Interception Sect’s enemies. Luohu agreed to serve the sect after Gu Changqing promised to help him regain the Hunyuan Great Luo realm.

• Tongtian confronted Luohu over using demonic qi to provoke heart-demons among the Interception Sect’s disciples and threatened him with the Qingping Sword.
• Luohu appealed to Gu Changqing, who persuaded Tongtian to spare him in exchange for making him handle threats and spies around Golden Ao Island.
• Gu Changqing told Luohu to make hostile visitors embrace the devil, and Tongtian backed the arrangement with a threat to send Luohu back to Hongjun.
• Luohu agreed to advance and retreat with the Interception Sect, while Gu Changqing promised to help him return to the Hunyuan Great Luo realm.

Luohu learned that Gu Changqing had guided Houtu to attain Sagehood and establish the Earth Dao, convincing him to pledge himself completely to the Interception Sect. Hongjun raged in Zixiao Palace as Laozi, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti arrived to request an audience.

• Luohu doubted Gu Changqing could help him return to the realm of primordial Daluo until Sect Master Tongtian vouched for him.
• Tongtian revealed that Gu Changqing had guided Ancestral Witch Houtu to establish Reincarnation, create an Earth Dao equal to the Heavenly Dao, and attain the Hunyuan Dao Fruit.
• Luohu understood Gu Changqing's ability to create Sages and prostrated himself, pledging to serve the Interception Sect through ten thousand deaths.
• Tongtian recognized Luohu as a powerful hidden Dao guardian for the Interception Sect and admired Gu Changqing's arrangements.
• Hongjun raged in Zixiao Palace while watching Golden Ao Island, then Laozi, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti arrived to request an audience.

Hongjun warned the Four Saints that Gu Changqing and Luohu together threatened the foundations of the Profound Gate. He then asked Jieyin about the Buddhist School, whose growth had stalled after the recent incident.

• Laozi condemned Gu Changqing for sheltering Luohu and defying Hongjun, but Hongjun grew more displeased.
• Yuanshi dismissed Luohu as weak, and Hongjun rebuked him, warning that Luohu’s cunning made him dangerous alongside Gu Changqing.
• The Four Saints realized Hongjun feared the threat the pair posed to the Profound Gate.
• Hongjun asked Jieyin how the Buddhist School was progressing, and Jieyin reported that its disciples were mostly mediocre and its eastward expansion had met strong resistance.
• Jieyin added that fewer people had come to seek the Buddhist Dao since the recent incident, leaving Hongjun and the others in an awkward silence.

In Zixiao Palace, Zhunti proposed simplifying Buddhist dharma so ordinary beings could become believers, and Hongjun granted him and Jieyin a seed of all beings’ faith. Jieyin and Zhunti accepted the Heavenly Dao’s aid and turned their attention toward Gu Changqing, setting the stage for a stronger Buddhist challenge to the Interception Sect.

• Laozi and Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi criticized Jieyin’s hollow Buddhist School and warned that beings’ affinity had shifted to the Interception Sect and Gu Changqing.
• Zhunti proposed that beings could receive Buddhist fortune by holding faith in their hearts without cultivating or understanding Buddhist teachings.
• Hongjun examined the Buddhist School’s dao rhythms and condensed the source of all beings’ faith into a seed for Jieyin and Zhunti.
• Jieyin accepted Hongjun’s aid despite worrying about its price, while Zhunti’s confidence rose as he challenged Gu Changqing to protect the hearts of all beings.

After Gu Changqing drove Hongjun away and protected Luohu, the Jie Sect disciples celebrated his power but wondered about his motives. Back in his cave, Gu Changqing’s drunken sleep unleashed visions of many Great Dao powers before they suddenly vanished, and he wondered whether he had failed again to step onto the path he sought.

• The Jie Sect disciples celebrated Gu Changqing for standing up to Hongjun, while some questioned why he had protected Luohu.
• A respected Personal Disciple urged the others to trust Gu Changqing, and their doubts gave way to support for his decision.
• Gu Changqing slept drunk in his cave as Great Dao Golden Lotuses and visions of supreme divine powers appeared around him.
• The visions shattered and vanished, waking Gu Changqing, who drank from his Wine God Gourd and wondered if he had failed again to set foot on that path.

Gu Changqing examined how the Chaos Bead’s growing world reflected his cultivation, but judged its evolution too slow to help him pursue a Dao beyond the Hunyuan realm. He decided that Nuwa’s creation laws could accelerate it and set out for Wa Huang Heaven.

• Gu Changqing reflected on his failed attempt to unite the myriad laws into a Great Dao without precedent.
• Gu Changqing inspected the Chaos Bead and saw that its world contained nearly all the Three Thousand Great Dao laws, though none were complete.
• Gu Changqing considered how to speed the Chaos Bead’s evolution after imprinting the Three Thousand Great Daos’ supernatural powers inside it.
• Gu Changqing realized Nuwa’s creation laws could help the Chaos Bead’s world evolve faster.
• Gu Changqing left his cave abode and flew toward Wa Huang Heaven.

Gu Changqing visited Nuwa in Wa Huang Heaven and asked to borrow her Dao of Creation to speed the evolution of the small world inside the Chaos Bead. Nuwa was astounded to learn he had imprinted the laws of all Three Thousand Great Daos into the bead, and the chapter ended with her calling his plan mad.

• Nuwa sensed Gu Changqing arriving at Wa Huang Heaven and welcomed him into Wa Huang Palace.
• Gu Changqing drank wine with Nuwa, who asked why he had protected Demon Ancestor Luohu from Hongjun.
• Gu Changqing said the world's affairs could not be reduced to good and evil and hinted that the Primordial World held deeper secrets.
• Gu Changqing asked to borrow Nuwa's Dao of Creation and showed her the Chaos Bead.
• Nuwa was shocked that Gu Changqing had imprinted all Three Thousand Great Daos into the Chaos Bead and planned to use her Dao of Creation to accelerate its small world's evolution.
• Nuwa called Gu Changqing a madman, and he dismissed her words as praise.

Nuwa taught Gu Changqing the Dao of Creation, and its power transformed the world inside his Chaos Bead. The world advanced into a Great Thousand World, leaving Nuwa astonished by the scale of Gu Changqing’s achievement.

• Nuwa warned Gu Changqing that the Dao of Creation was dangerous, but he insisted on learning it.
• Nuwa imparted the Creation Laws, and Gu Changqing entered a profound state of cultivation in Wa Huang Palace.
• The Creation Laws transformed the Chaos Bead’s world, giving birth to countless living beings and strengthening its laws.
• Gu Changqing finished comprehending the Dao of Creation and thanked Nuwa, saying he had only grasped its surface.
• Gu Changqing sensed the Chaos Bead’s immense aura and discovered that its world had become a Great Thousand World.

Nuwa was astonished that Gu Changqing had raised the world inside the Chaos Bead from a Lesser Thousand World to a Great Thousand World using the Dao of Creation she had taught him. After thanking her and promising to bring wine on his next visit, he left Wa Huang Heaven and paused above the Primordial World, contemplating it.

• Nuwa examined the Chaos Bead and realized Gu Changqing had created a Great Thousand World, then asked how deeply he had comprehended the Dao of Creation.
• Gu Changqing credited Nuwa for sharing her complete insights into creation, while Nuwa marveled that he had accomplished what even powerful immortals could not easily do.
• Gu Changqing solemnly thanked Nuwa and promised to help her if she ever needed him.
• Nuwa asked Gu Changqing to visit Wa Huang Heaven more often to discuss the Dao, and he agreed to bring fine wine next time.
• Gu Changqing left Wa Huang Heaven but stopped above the Primordial World to look down at it and think.

After running out of wine, Gu Changqing decided to brew a vintage using Kunlun Mountain’s ancestral vein and raced toward the mountain. As Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi taught the Chan Sect disciples at the Jade Void Palace, a tremendous crash erupted beneath Kunlun Mountain.

• Gu Changqing found that his Wine God Gourd was nearly empty and decided he needed rare ingredients for a new brew.
• A surge of earth energy inspired Gu Changqing to use an earth spiritual vein as wine material, despite the karmic consequences.
• Gu Changqing chose Kunlun Mountain’s ancestral vein and set off toward the Jade Void Palace, eager to provoke Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi.
• Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi taught the Yuqing Great Dao to Guangchengzi, Chijingzi, Yu Ding Zhenren, Taiyi Zhenren, and the other Chan Sect disciples.
• A tremendous crash sounded from beneath Kunlun Mountain while the Jade Void Palace lesson was underway.

Gu Changqing drunkenly siphoned Kunlun Mountain’s dragon vein to brew wine, provoking Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi’s fury. As outsiders gathered to witness the confrontation, Gu Changqing casually asked Yuanshi whether he objected to his taking the spirit vein.

• A tremendous tremor shook Kunlun Mountain and interrupted Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi’s sermon in the Jade Void Palace.
• The Twelve Golden Immortals sensed an attack on Kunlun’s earth veins, and Yuanshi went to investigate.
• Yuanshi found Gu Changqing drunk in the earth’s core, using chains of laws to draw spiritual qi from Kunlun’s dragon vein.
• Yuanshi accused Gu Changqing of trespassing and destroying the foundations of his dojo, while his furious shout drew attention from across the Primordial World.
• Gu Changqing admitted he was taking part of the spirit vein to brew wine and asked Yuanshi whether he objected.

Gu Changqing claimed he could take Kunlun Mountain’s Spirit Vein to brew wine, enraging Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi and drawing cultivators to watch. He defended his actions by arguing that Kunlun Mountain had originally been a shared dojo of the Three Teachings, leaving Yuanshi to face his claim that the Interception Sect still owned a share.

• Gu Changqing casually told Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi that he wanted to take some of Kunlun’s Spirit Vein to brew wine.
• Cultivators gathered a thousand miles from Kunlun Mountain and discussed Gu Changqing’s brazen request.
• Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi accused Gu Changqing of trespassing, damaging the Chan Sect’s dojo, and disregarding sect rules and seniority.
• Gu Changqing argued that Kunlun Mountain had been granted to the Three Teachings as a shared dojo and was not solely the Chan Sect’s property.
• Gu Changqing insisted that the Interception Sect’s share made it reasonable for him to take scraps of the main Spirit Vein.

Gu Changqing drained Kunlun Mountain’s ancestral spirit vein to brew wine while Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi fumed at his shameless argument. Yuanshi finally attacked him from behind, and Gu Changqing remained unturned as the blow came down.

• Gu Changqing argued that the Interception Sect still had a share of Kunlun Mountain, leaving Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi unable to refute him.
• Gu Changqing began drawing Kunlun’s spiritual essence into his Wine God Gourd, while Yuanshi watched helplessly and heard the distant cultivators mock him.
• The cultivators’ laughter and Yuanshi’s humiliation pushed him into a fury, and he erupted with Sage’s might.
• Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi appeared behind Gu Changqing and struck at his back with the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi.
• Gu Changqing did not turn around and showed keen interest as Yuanshi’s blow approached.

Gu Changqing remained unmoved as Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi struck him with the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, demonstrating the vast gulf between their powers. The strike devastated the surrounding heavens and Kunlun, but Gu Changqing still stood calmly with his Wine God Gourd.

• Gu Changqing calmly continued draining the Kunlun Spirit Vein, treating Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi's impending attack with indifference.
• Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi struck Gu Changqing in the back with the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi and Jade Purity Immortal Light.
• The strike shattered the void, destroyed countless stars, shook Kunlun Mountain, and sent nearby cultivators fleeing.
• After the chaos subsided, the cultivators saw that Gu Changqing had not moved or been injured by the strike.

Gu Changqing remained unharmed after Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi struck him with the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, leaving witnesses stunned by the gulf between their power. Yuanshi was left humiliated and afraid of retaliation, while Gu Changqing finished drawing spiritual qi from Kunlun’s ancestral vein and murmured that it should be enough.

• Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi's full-power strike failed to affect Gu Changqing, who did not turn around or use any visible defense.
• The East Sea ancestor and other cultivators realized Gu Changqing had endured the strike without using laws or magical protection, and they marveled at his strength.
• Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi felt humiliated by his failed attack and feared that Gu Changqing might retaliate.
• Gu Changqing looked at the Wine God Gourd and the depleted Kunlun ancestral vein, then said that should about do it.

Gu Changqing finished draining a substantial portion of the Kunlun ancestral vein while Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi stood powerless after his attack failed to harm him. The onlookers marveled at Gu Changqing’s strength and celebrated the Chan Sect’s humiliation as he made no further move.

• Gu Changqing withdrew the gathered Dao rhythm and energy into his body, then checked the Wine God Gourd and the diminished Kunlun ancestral vein.
• Gu Changqing took another swig from the gourd and declared that should do, while Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi did not strike again.
• Cultivators recognized that Gu Changqing had drained roughly thirty percent of the Kunlun ancestral vein despite Yuanshi’s full-strength attack.
• Unaffiliated cultivators laughed and praised Gu Changqing for humiliating the Chan Sect and leaving Yuanshi unable to retaliate.
• The onlookers admired Gu Changqing’s strength, courage, and freedom to act as he pleased.

Gu Changqing drained thirty percent of Kunlun Mountain’s ancestral spirit vein and left Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi unable to retaliate. As Gu Changqing headed west toward the Buddhist School’s territory, the watching cultivators wondered what he intended to do there.

• Gu Changqing thanked Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi after taking spirit-vein resources, leaving Yuanshi furious and speechless.
• The watching cultivators laughed at Gu Changqing’s taunting thanks and discussed the damage he had done to Kunlun Mountain.
• Gu Changqing left without looking back, and Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi chose not to attack him again.
• The cultivators noted that Gu Changqing had drained only thirty percent of the ancestral vein, leaving its foundation intact.
• A watching Mighty Expert noticed Gu Changqing was heading west toward the Western World, where Jieyin and Zhunti cultivated.

After taking Kunlun Mountain’s spirit veins, Gu Changqing headed west, prompting cultivators to suspect he would target the Buddhist School’s spirit veins at Vulture Peak. Yuanshi and the Twelve Golden Immortals remained behind in humiliation as the crowd rushed after Gu Changqing, leaving the fate of the Western World uncertain.

• Cultivators realized Gu Changqing was heading toward the Western Buddhist Sect and speculated that he planned to take its spirit veins to brew wine.
• A Mighty Expert explained that the Western World’s spirit veins were the Buddhist School’s foundation and vital to its fortune.
• Countless cultivators raced toward the Western World to witness Gu Changqing’s next move.
• Yuanshi watched the crowd leave and took grim satisfaction in the possibility that Jieyin and Zhunti would suffer as he had.
• The Twelve Golden Immortals discussed Gu Changqing’s departure for the Western World, but Guangchengzi said nothing in response.

Gu Changqing arrived at Vulture Peak after leaving Kunlun, alarming the Buddhist School with his presence. Jieyin emerged in his Amitabha manifestation, wary as he faced Gu Changqing and the Wine God Gourd.

• Guangchengzi admitted that Kunlun’s disciples could do nothing about Gu Changqing and wondered whether they could ever catch up to him.
• Guangchengzi watched Gu Changqing’s direction and warned that the Primordial World might never know peace again.
• Gu Changqing reached Vulture Peak and waited outside while Buddhist disciples recognized him and panicked.
• Jieyin appeared as Amitabha in a vast Buddha Kingdom Pure Land and regarded Gu Changqing with deep wariness.

Gu Changqing arrived at Vulture Peak, where Jieyin met him with the Buddha Kingdom Pure Land manifested and ordered him to leave the Buddhist School’s sacred ground. Gu Changqing had not yet answered, leaving the tense encounter unresolved.

• Jieyin surrounded Vulture Peak with Buddha Light and Hunyuan Wuji might as Gu Changqing faced him from the air.
• Gu Changqing greeted Jieyin as though he had come to welcome him, amusing the distant cultivators and nearly breaking Jieyin’s composure.
• Jieyin told Gu Changqing that he was not welcome in the Buddhist School and asked him to leave at once.
• The cultivators understood that Jieyin wanted to avoid provoking Gu Changqing, but wondered whether Gu Changqing would obey.