Chapter Summaries

Nezha and Princess Longji captured the Hum and Ha Generals and took Azure Dragon Pass, while Yu Hua’s Blood-Transforming Divine Saber wounded Jinzha and Muzha before Yang Jian obtained its antidote. After Yu Hua was executed, Yu Yuan came seeking revenge, and Xiao Tian used a shared dream to teach Nezha, Yang Jian, and Lei Zhenzi new abilities, leaving the armies facing Yu Yuan at Sishui Pass.

• Nezha and Princess Longji defeated Qiu Yin and captured the Hum and Ha Generals, securing Azure Dragon Pass for Xiqi.
• Xiao Tian divided the forces into three armies, and Li Jing’s army advanced to Sishui Pass, where Yu Hua wounded Jinzha and Muzha with the Blood-Transforming Divine Saber.
• Yang Jian disguised himself, obtained the antidote from Yu Yuan, and escaped with help from his Howling Celestial Dog; Jinzha and Muzha recovered.
• Li Jing ordered Yu Hua executed, prompting Yu Yuan to rush to Sishui Pass in anger.
• Xiao Tian taught Nezha, Yang Jian, and Lei Zhenzi new techniques and divine abilities in a shared dream.

Xiao Tian defeated Yu Yuan’s challenge through Yang Jian, then visited Biyou Palace to tell Cult Master Tongtian about Fire Spirit Holy Mother’s marriage to Lei Zhenzi and warn him that Jiejiao disciples might obstruct the Investiture of the Gods Plan. Cult Master Tongtian approved of the marriage but cautioned Xiao Tian not to disregard Biyou Palace’s immortals, leaving their conversation unresolved.

• Yu Yuan challenged Xiqi to avenge Yu Hua, but Yang Jian used the Weapon Secret to seize the Golden Radiance File and disrupt the Ruyi Heaven and Earth Bag, forcing Yu Yuan to flee.
• Yang Jian killed Peng Zun and Dhuta Fajie at Jiepai Pass, and Deng Jiugong’s army spent a month securing the pass.
• Xiao Tian traveled to Biyou Palace and respectfully met Cult Master Tongtian while he expounded the Dao to his disciples.
• Xiao Tian told Cult Master Tongtian that Fire Spirit Holy Mother and Lei Zhenzi had become Dao companions, and Cult Master Tongtian welcomed their relationship.
• Xiao Tian reported Yu Yuan’s defeat and warned that Jiejiao immortals might join King Zhou and obstruct the Investiture of the Gods Plan; Cult Master Tongtian cautioned him against arrogance toward Biyou Palace’s immortals.

Xiao Tian left Biyou Palace after Cult Master Tongtian gave him permission to kill Jiejiao disciples who obstructed the Investiture of the Gods Plan. When Golden Spirit Holy Mother confronted him, Xiao Tian defended his actions and revealed Zhao Gongming’s feelings for her, then considered the Mosquito Taoist’s connection to Turtle Spirit Holy Mother’s fate.

• Cult Master Tongtian told Xiao Tian to kill Jiejiao disciples who defied the Investiture of the Gods Plan, and Xiao Tian left Biyou Palace.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother and ten other Jiejiao disciples blocked Xiao Tian and demanded an explanation for his killing of Yu Hua.
• Xiao Tian argued that Yu Hua had defied heaven by serving King Zhou and reminded the group that the Investiture of the Gods Plan had the saints’ approval.
• Xiao Tian told Golden Spirit Holy Mother that Zhao Gongming had loved her for more than three yuanhui, leaving the other disciples stunned by the gossip.
• Xiao Tian reflected on the Mosquito Taoist’s killing of Turtle Spirit Holy Mother and suspected that her spirit had possessed the mosquito, creating the Mosquito Taoist and enabling her revenge on Daoist Jieyin.

Xiao Tian left Biyou Palace after urging Golden Spirit Holy Mother to address Yu Yuan and hinting that she should seek out Zhao Gongming. At Cloud-Piercing Pass, Nezha killed Long Anji, but Chen Geng’s Wenhuang Formation stalled Li Jing’s army until Yang Ren destroyed it and killed Chen Geng.

• Xiao Tian revealed that Zhao Gongming secretly loved Golden Spirit Holy Mother, and she agreed to speak to Yu Yuan while asking Xiao Tian to keep the secret.
• Xiao Tian left Biyou Palace and reached Cloud-Piercing Pass, where Ma Zhong killed Tai Luan before Muzha killed Ma Zhong.
• Long Anji captured Deng Xiu, Nangong Shi, and Muzha with his Four-Limb Softener, but Nezha defeated and killed him.
• Chen Geng set up the Wenhuang Formation, poisoning the area and stopping Li Jing’s army as Nezha emerged from it battered.
• Yang Ren arrived and used his Five-Fire Divine Flame Fan to destroy the formation, then killed Chen Geng with his Flying Lightning Spear.

Xiao Tian advanced the Investiture of the Gods plan as the Zhou army fought through Yin Shang's defenses, while secretly preserving Yuan Hong and misleading Jiejiao disciples. The chapter left Jiejiao's immortals searching everywhere for the missing Zhao Gongming, unaware that Xiao Tian was planting traces of his aura to keep them occupied.

• Xiao Tian cured Huang Feihu's army of Yu De's Poison Pox, and the army took Tong Pass before defeating Chen Tong at Lintong Pass.
• Zhang Kui and Gao Yinglan killed Huang Feihu, Yang Ren, and other generals before Yang Jian killed Zhang Kui; later, Li Jing's army took Wandering Soul Pass.
• King Zhou recruited Yuan Hong and the Seven Monsters of Mount Mei, who ambushed Deng Jiugong's army; Longxuhu killed Wu Wenhua, and Yang Chan saved Deng Chanyu.
• Xiao Tian secretly had Kong Xuan capture Yuan Hong with Five-Colored Divine Light so he could be sent to the Perfect World instead of dying.
• Xiao Tian and Shen Gongbao drew more than a hundred Jiejiao immortals into the fighting, filling the Investiture of the Gods while avoiding the deaths of Jiejiao's second-generation disciples.
• Xiao Tian spread Zhao Gongming's aura across the world, prompting Cult Master Tongtian and the Jiejiao immortals to search for him after learning he had disappeared in the Northern Continent of Lu.

Xiao Tian explained to Zhao Gongming that he had abducted him to keep him and other Jiejiao immortals from being drawn into the Investiture of the Gods, then revealed that his claim about Zhao Gongming’s love for Golden Spirit Holy Mother had prompted her and others to search for him. Xiao Tian planned to meet the Three Skies in the Northern Continent of Lu.

• Xiao Tian and Kong Xuan traveled with Zhao Gongming captive, and Xiao Tian explained that he wanted to prevent Jiejiao immortals from dying or being enslaved during the Investiture of the Gods.
• Xiao Tian told Zhao Gongming that he had told Golden Spirit Holy Mother he loved her, and that she and other Jiejiao immortals had searched for him for over three years.
• Xiao Tian recalled how Jiejiao and Demon Tribe immortals had been captured and turned into mounts in the original calamity, and resolved not to let the Western Sect take advantage this time.
• Xiao Tian considered Immortal Yuyi’s fate and learned that Kong Xuan did not want to retrieve her supposed younger brother.
• Xiao Tian planned to meet the Three Skies in the Northern Continent of Lu.

Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao searched Northern Juluzhou for Zhao Gongming, believing he was hiding there because he was embarrassed about his feelings for Jin Ling. Yunxiao sensed someone nearby and purified the miasma to reveal Xiao Tian, who had come to Northern Juluzhou for her.

• Bixiao and Qiongxiao confirmed that Zhao Gongming was in Northern Juluzhou and discussed bringing him to the Cult Master to arrange his marriage to Jin Ling.
• Yunxiao explained that Zhao Gongming would hide rather than openly admit his feelings for Jin Ling, and she urged her sisters to find him.
• Yunxiao used her sleeve to clear the black miasma after sensing someone nearby.
• Yunxiao revealed Xiao Tian, who had come to Northern Juluzhou for her.

Xiao Tian met Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao and offered to help them find Zhao Gongming, whom he had secretly taken away to keep him from the Investiture of the Gods. As they traveled through Northern Juluzhou for a year, Xiao Tian grew closer to the Three Skies and witnessed the Witch Tribe’s decline and formidable innate strength.

• Xiao Tian introduced himself to the Three Skies, and Yunxiao asked whether he knew where Zhao Gongming was.
• Xiao Tian claimed he had seen Zhao Gongming traveling with two others and agreed to guide the sisters, while concealing that he had arranged Zhao Gongming’s continued absence.
• Bixiao invited Xiao Tian to ride her Flower-Plumed Bird after his escape arts left their mounts behind.
• Xiao Tian led the Three Skies in pursuit for months, and Yunxiao repeatedly sensed Zhao Gongming’s aura but found that he had already moved on.
• Over the next year, Xiao Tian became familiar with the Three Skies and cooked for them as they traveled through Northern Juluzhou.
• Xiao Tian encountered Witch Tribe communities and learned about their immense bloodline power, their dwindling numbers, and their long decline since the War of the Shamans and Demons.

Xiao Tian brought the Three Skies to meet Golden Spirit Holy Mother and arranged for Yunxiao to help settle her feelings for Zhao Gongming. After the Investiture of the Gods Plan ended, Zhao Gongming was freed, only to drop to his knees when he heard Yunxiao’s voice.

• Xiao Tian sensed that the Investiture of the Gods Plan was nearly complete and decided to lead the Three Skies to Golden Spirit Holy Mother before they found Zhao Gongming.
• Bixiao recognized Golden Spirit Holy Mother, and Yunxiao summoned her and warned her about traveling alone to the Northern Continent of Lu.
• Yunxiao declared that she would find Zhao Gongming and make him give Golden Spirit Holy Mother an answer, while Duobao Daoist, Turtle Spirit Holy Mother, and Wudang Holy Mother secretly watched.
• Xiao Tian reflected on the end of the Investiture of the Gods Plan, his gains in fortune and merit, and his goal of advancing his cultivation.
• Xiao Tian's Sixth Calabash Brother's Body and Kong Xuan freed Zhao Gongming and left him to decide his own fate.
• Zhao Gongming heard Yunxiao call his name and instinctively dropped to his knees.

Zhao Gongming and Golden Spirit Holy Mother reunited and became Dao companions, while Yunxiao ordered Jiejiao to close its gates after the Saints were imprisoned. Xiao Tian spent twenty years cultivating, advanced to great Luo golden immortal grand perfection, and learned that Kong Xuan was pregnant with their child.

• Yunxiao reunited Zhao Gongming with Golden Spirit Holy Mother, and Zhao Gongming confessed his sincere feelings for her.
• After returning to Southern Jambudvipa, the group learned that Dao Ancestor Hongjun had imprisoned the Saints, and Yunxiao presided over Zhao Gongming and Golden Spirit Holy Mother's union.
• Yunxiao ordered Jiejiao to close its gates and forbade its disciples from wandering or causing trouble.
• Xiao Tian gave Kong Xuan the Treasure-Falling Money, then secluded himself to refine merit and cultivate.
• After twenty years, Xiao Tian reached great Luo golden immortal grand perfection and refined his Treasure Gourd into a Supreme Innate Merit Numinous Treasure.
• Kong Xuan refined the Treasure-Falling Money into a Supreme Innate Merit Numinous Treasure and became pregnant with Xiao Tian's child.

Xiao Tian traveled back as the Innate Gourd Vine on Buzhou Mountain, hoping to learn from the cultivation methods of Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao. After three thousand years, he used the vine’s leaves to make the sisters their first clothes, leaving them with powerful treasures that might attract thieves.

• Xiao Tian chose to seek insight from Dao Ancestor Hongjun and arrived in the past as the Innate Gourd Vine on Buzhou Mountain.
• Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao began cultivating on Xiao Tian’s leaves, each following a self-created cultivation method.
• Xiao Tian repelled White Marsh and Qinyuan when they tried to bite or pierce the vine.
• Yunxiao warned that mighty beings would eventually seize the vine and its gourds, while Bixiao mourned its likely fate.
• Xiao Tian refined six leaves into innate treasure garments for the three sisters, who put them on and worried that others would steal them.

Xiao Tian gave Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao Innate Spirit Treasure clothes, then heard Dao Ancestor Hongjun announce that he would teach the Dao at the Zi Xiao Palace. Xiao Tian and the Three Skies prepared to attend, while he reflected on the powerful beings and factions already rising across the Primordial World.

• Xiao Tian gave Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao embryonic low-grade Innate Spirit Treasure clothes that concealed their Dao Patterns.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun announced that he would impart the Dao at the Zi Xiao Palace, prompting enlightened beings across the Primordial World to recognize their opportunity.
• Xiao Tian decided to attend Hongjun’s lecture to seek progress toward the primordial chaos Golden Immortal realm, and the Three Skies welcomed the chance to learn.
• Xiao Tian approached the sisters under the assumed name Sky, and Yunxiao introduced herself and her younger sisters while remaining cautious.
• Xiao Tian surveyed the rising Witch Tribe, the future Demon Tribe leaders, and Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian as the Primordial World approached a new age.

Xiao Tian traveled to Zi Xiao Palace with Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, Bixiao, and Zhao Gongming, arriving after the first sermon had begun. He gained a major cultivation breakthrough from Hongjun's teaching, while the group settled in to await the next sermon.

• The Sun, Taiyin, and Taichen tried to seize Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao, but Zhao Gongming drove them away and joined Xiao Tian's group.
• Xiao Tian joked that Zhao Gongming should use that name, and Zhao Gongming adopted it; the Three Skies and Zhao Gongming then became sworn siblings with Xiao Tian as their fifth brother.
• Xiao Tian taught the group escape arts as they traveled through the Nine Heavens and chaos, carrying them the rest of the way to Zi Xiao Palace after ten thousand years.
• Xiao Tian and his companions arrived during Hongjun's first sermon, found seats near him, and Xiao Tian entered a state of Dao enlightenment.
• After the sermon ended, Hongjun announced that he would preach again in three thousand years, and the cultivators exchanged insights and refined their animal-hide clothing.
• Xiao Tian discovered that the sermon had raised him to false Saint perfection and strengthened his body, primordial spirit, and Double-Yolk Universe.

After Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s lecture, Xiao Tian and the other cultivators agreed to enter the chaos and discuss the Dao during their three-thousand-year rest. Xiao Tian explored his past as a Chaos Fiend and his prospects for surpassing the Sacrificial Dao realm, while the chapter left him poised to exchange insights and test his strength against the others.

• Zhao Gongming suggested that the cultivators enter the chaos and discuss the Dao during their three-thousand-year rest, and Xiao Tian agreed.
• Xiao Tian considered how Hongjun’s teachings might help him advance beyond Sacrificial Dao and focused on cultivating the Great Daos of Strength and Dream and Illusion.
• Xiao Tian recalled that he may once have been a two-bodied Chaos Fiend whose Dream and Illusion abilities could suppress enemies, before Pangu killed him and his corpse gave rise to the Innate Gourd Vine.
• Xiao Tian observed Nuwa’s mastery of the Great Dao of Creation and noted that she had reached Quasi-Saint perfection.
• Cult Master Tongtian eagerly joined the proposal to enter the chaos, while Xiao Tian reflected on the power of the Ancestral Dragon, Primordial Qilin, and Primordial Phoenix, who had inherited fragments of Pangu’s Dao Fruit.

Cult Master Tongtian challenged the gathered innate beings but was defeated by Zhao Gongming’s twenty-four Sea-Calming Pearls before he could act. After Tongtian called for another opponent, Ancestral Witch Zhurong stepped forward to fight Zhao Gongming.

• Cult Master Tongtian challenged the gathered beings and drew his Azure Duckweed Sword.
• Zhao Gongming attacked Tongtian with his twenty-four Sea-Calming Pearls and quickly defeated him.
• Tongtian accepted his loss without frustration and called for another opponent.
• Donghuang Taiyi tried to fight Zhao Gongming, but Di Jun stopped him and urged him to observe the gathering first.
• Ancestral Witch Zhurong rushed forward and challenged Zhao Gongming.

Zhao Gongming lost to Zhurong, prompting Yunxiao to step in and defeat Zhurong with the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation. Cult Master Tongtian also lost to Yunxiao, while Donghuang Taiyi and Di Jun grew wary of the Ancestral Witches and other powerful innate beings.

• Zhurong overwhelmed Zhao Gongming, blasted away his twenty-four Sea-Calming Pearls, and forced him to admit defeat.
• Qiongxiao, Bixiao, and Zhao Gongming urged Yunxiao to challenge Zhurong, and Yunxiao stepped forward to defend her sworn elder brother.
• Yunxiao trapped Zhurong in the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation until he collapsed from exhaustion, then released him.
• After breaking through to the Quasi-Saint realm, Cult Master Tongtian challenged Yunxiao, but she trapped him in her formation for a month and defeated him.
• Cult Master Tongtian accepted his defeat, while Donghuang Taiyi and Di Jun exchanged grave glances over the powerful innate beings who had appeared.

Xiao Tian discovered that he might be the Patriarch Bodhi he had been searching for, then advanced to the early Quasi-Saint realm during Hongjun’s second lecture at Zi Xiao Palace. The Azure Heaven Fragment transported him back to the era after the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, where he considered his connection to Sun Wukong and the debt he owed Zhunti Daoist.

• Xiao Tian met Zhunti Daoist and gave the name Bodhi, prompting him to realize he might be Patriarch Bodhi himself.
• Hongjun began his second lecture, and Xiao Tian seized a seat near the front before comprehending the primordial chaos Great Luo Dao.
• Zhunti Daoist stopped Nine-Headed Infant from disturbing Xiao Tian, unknowingly creating a great debt of cause and effect between them.
• Xiao Tian comprehended the primordial chaos Great Luo Dao Fruit and reached the early Quasi-Saint realm.
• The Azure Heaven Fragment transported Xiao Tian to the era after the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, where he realized he might need to arrange for Sun Wukong to become Zhunti’s scripture pilgrim.

Xiao Tian took Zhu Tianpeng and Yuan Hong as disciples for a century each, then prepared the immortal stone on Flower-Fruit Mountain so Sun Wukong would be born with extraordinary gifts. After sealing Sun Wukong’s innate powers and watching him grow into an Earth Immortal, Xiao Tian left him to seek a higher cultivation method.

• Zhu Tianpeng emerged from the Wuding River and asked Xiao Tian to accept him as a disciple; Xiao Tian agreed to teach him for a hundred years as Patriarch Bodhi and forbade him from revealing their relationship.
• Xiao Tian taught Zhu Tianpeng the Thirty-Six Heavenly Transformations and the Weak Water Heavenly Immortal Art, and Zhu Tianpeng reached the Golden Immortal realm before their bond ended.
• After Zhu Tianpeng left, Xiao Tian named his universe the Bodhi Realm, taught Yuan Hong for a hundred years, and resolved to settle karmic ties and advance his plans.
• Xiao Tian prepared the immortal stone on Flower-Fruit Mountain, then traveled eight hundred years into the future as Sun Wukong was born; he sealed the monkey’s Fiery Golden Eyes and innate Heavenly Immortal cultivation.
• Sun Wukong spent three hundred and eighty years on Flower-Fruit Mountain, cultivated back to the Earth Immortal realm, and decided to seek an immortal master after witnessing a monkey die.
• Guided by Old Monkey, Sun Wukong set out to find a superior cultivation method and a path to eternal life for himself and the monkeys.

Xiao Tian trained Sun Wukong at the Crescent Moon Three-Star Cave, teaching him powerful transformations and the Somersault Cloud while preparing him for the trials ahead. After Sun Wukong revealed his transformation to his senior brothers, Xiao Tian expelled him, and Sun Wukong departed without revealing who his master was.

• Xiao Tian took the Immortal-Slaying Calabash from Lu Ya, freed Da Yi, rebuilt his body, and patiently restored his intelligence before making him his eldest disciple.
• Da Yi guided Sun Wukong to Xiao Tian’s Crescent Moon Three-Star Cave, where Xiao Tian tested him and taught him numerous arts, including the Somersault Cloud.
• Xiao Tian trained Sun Wukong until he reached the entry-level taiyi golden immortal realm and warned him not to show off his abilities.
• Sun Wukong transformed into a pine tree before his senior brothers, so Xiao Tian ordered him to leave and warned him to keep their master-disciple relationship secret.
• Sun Wukong agreed and departed, while Xiao Tian later took in more disciples, including the Six-Eared Macaque, and planned to benefit from the Journey to the West calamity.

Xiao Tian accepted Zixia and Qingxia as disciples after separating them from Randeng’s control, and planned for them to cultivate at Crescent Moon Three-Star Cave. The chapter left Sun Wukong enjoying a fight with Nezha in the Heavenly Court while Xiao Tian considered future plans involving the Three Immortal Islands and the pilgrimage.

• Xiao Tian kept Yang Chan cultivating in seclusion and continued teaching his disciples at Crescent Moon Three-Star Cave.
• Xiao Tian encountered Zixia and Qingxia, who had been captured and made part of Randeng’s Liuli Lamp, and accepted them as disciples.
• Xiao Tian used his power to separate Zixia and Qingxia, who thanked him and agreed to cultivate under him for a hundred years.
• Xiao Tian planned to send the sisters to the Three Immortal Islands and use Randeng’s attempt to reclaim them as an excuse to visit.
• Sun Wukong rode a Heavenly Horse and fought Nezha in the Heavenly Court, while Lei Zhenzi served comfortably as Great Emperor Gouchen.