Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tian captured Bai Ze after stopping the demon race’s attack on humanity, then humanity prospered and Laozi established the Humanity Sect as a Sage. Determined to increase the Primordial World’s strength against the Heavenly Dao, Xiao Tian released Bai Ze and sent him to deliver a message to Dijun and the Eastern Emperor.

• Bai Ze overwhelmed the human Golden Immortals’ formation, but Xiao Li arrived and drew his attention until Xiao Tian bound and captured him.
• Xiao Tian kept Bai Ze imprisoned after Nüwa agreed he should be punished, while the demon race halted its human hunts and humanity developed in peace.
• Laozi established the Humanity Sect and became a Sage, while Xiao Tian’s cultivation rose to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm through humanity’s merits and fortune.
• Xiao Tian resolved to build the Primordial World’s top-level fighting strength and released Bai Ze from his restraints.
• Xiao Tian told Bai Ze to deliver a message to Dijun and the Eastern Emperor.

Xiao Tian’s schemes helped ignite the War of the Witches and Demons, while he secretly rescued several key fighters and watched the conflict escalate. After a thousand years of battle left both sides devastated, Gonggong broke Mount Buzhou, unleashing catastrophe across the Primordial World.

• Bai Ze delivered Xiao Tian’s drawings to Dijun and Donghuang Taiyi, who interpreted them as a call to attack the Witch Clan and resolved to go to war after Yuanshi and Tongtian became Sages.
• Donghuang Taiyi launched a surprise attack on the Kuafu Tribe, starting the War of the Witches and Demons, while Xiao Tian’s Asura Path Body secretly rescued Kuafu and Demon Saint Jimeng.
• Jieyin and Zhunti’s corpse avatars helped Bai Ze and Feilian defeat Jiufeng, but Xiao Tian’s Asura Path Body rescued her and made her work for Bibi Dong by caring for sows.
• Jieyin and Zhunti became Sages, and the Demon Clan and Twelve Ancestral Witches clashed in a battle that turned even when the witches summoned Pangu’s True Body.
• After a thousand years of fighting killed several Ancestral Witches and shattered Dijun’s primordial spirit, Gonggong rammed Mount Buzhou and broke it, releasing destructive forces across the land.

The War of the Witches and Demons ended in catastrophe as Mount Buzhou collapsed, the Ancestral Witches and Donghuang Taiyi died, and Hongjun and the Saints restored the Primordial World. Xiao Tian supplied Nüwa with materials to mend the heavens and support them, earning immense merit, then suggested that Fuxi reincarnate among humans to regain a chance at returning.

• Gonggong’s destruction of Mount Buzhou unleashed floods and other disasters, while Xuanming and Donghuang Taiyi killed each other and Dijiang died after driving away the remaining Witch Clan.
• Hongjun ordered the fighting to stop and reshaped the Primordial World as the Saints worked to contain the disasters and mend the heavens.
• Nüwa borrowed nine heavens breathing soil from Xiao Li, and Xiao Tian appeared with the materials she needed to repair the heavens and support them.
• Xiao Tian received more merit than Nüwa, surprising the Saints, before Nüwa’s thanks for his supplies explained his large share.
• Xiao Tian told Nüwa that Fuxi could reincarnate among humans, serve the Human Clan, and accumulate blessings until he could return.

Xiao Tian kept the surviving Witch Clan hidden in his Kamui Dimension, gained the Chaos Bell, and watched as the ten Golden Crows brought disaster to the Primordial World. When Lingzhuzi fought them alone, Xiao Tian sent Xiao Li to help with the Chaos Bell.

• Nüwa received Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s approval for her senior brother’s plan, while Xiao Tian reassured the hidden witches that Gonggong might be resurrected and showed them the demons’ assigned jobs.
• Xiao Tian convinced the witches to accept their work, chose the Chaos Bell as his reward, and angered them by revealing that the treasure was Donghuang Taiyi’s former weapon.
• The ten Golden Crows left the Northern Continent of Kuru and scorched the Primordial World’s four great continents before deciding to attack Xiao Tian and the Human Clan.
• Lingzhuzi confronted the Golden Crows and fought them with several Innate Spirit Treasures, while Xiao Tian realized that Water Child had become the future Nezha.
• Xiao Tian urged Xiao Li to aid Lingzhuzi, then lent him the Chaos Bell, which Xiao Li recognized as a powerful treasure.

Xiao Li joined Lingzhuzi in fighting the ten Golden Crows with Xiao Tian’s Eastern Emperor Bell, killing three and gravely wounding three before Xiao Tian intervened to save him. Hongjun then punished the surviving princes, ending the Ten Suns Catastrophe, and summoned the Sages and Xiao Tian to the Purple Cloud Palace a thousand years later.

• Xiao Li arrived with the Eastern Emperor Bell and struck down two Golden Crows, while Lingzhuzi used Three Lights Divine Water to kill them after the formation broke.
• A Golden Crow prince used the Solar Indestructible True Body and exploded, but Xiao Li met the attack with the Eastern Emperor Bell and survived, leaving seven princes injured or weakened.
• Great Immortal Wuchen tried to borrow the bell, then Old Devil Black Wind attacked Xiao Li to seize it; Xiao Tian appeared, subdued Black Wind, and made him Xiao Li’s enforcer.
• Xiao Tian took the exhausted Xiao Li away, and Nüwa recalled Lingzhuzi; three Golden Crows had died and three had been gravely wounded.
• Hongjun confined the seven surviving princes to the four seas for two measure tribulations and ordered them to take turns replacing the Sun Star, ending the Ten Suns Catastrophe.
• A thousand years later, Hongjun summoned the Sages and Xiao Tian to the Purple Cloud Palace in the Chaos beyond the heavens.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun appointed Xiao Tian as Heavenly Emperor and gave him the Investiture of the Gods to rebuild the Heavenly Court. As Xiao Tian considered how to derail the coming calamity, he spotted Shang Tang’s flourishing providence and formed a plan involving Zhaoge before King Zhou Di Xin was even born.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun named Xiao Tian the Heavenly Emperor and entrusted him with the Investiture of the Gods, startling the Sages.
• Xiao Tian invited Jieyin and Zhunti to help staff the Heavenly Court, and Zhunti gave him three low-grade innate spirit treasures instead of a disciple.
• Zhunti secretly asked Dao Ancestor Hongjun to protect the Western Sect’s disciples from the list, while Hongjun resolved to make Xiao Tian become a Sage so he could reclaim the throne for Haotian and Yaochi.
• Xiao Tian toured the desolate Thirty-Three Heavens and worried that the Investiture of the Gods Calamity would devastate the Sages and let the Heavenly Dao take control.
• Xiao Tian warned Nüwa to protect Lingzhuzi from the calamity and sent Xiao Li to her for guidance in figurine-making.
• Xiao Tian used his Heavenly Dao Double Pupils to identify Shang Tang as the Human Clan’s most prosperous dynasty and devised a plan focused on Zhaoge before King Zhou Di Xin’s birth.

Di Xin was born amid miraculous signs, awakened powerful abilities, and gained First Phoenix as his guardian; twenty-five years later, the Sages maneuvered around the Investiture of the Gods as Di Xin expanded Shang territory. After Zhunti secretly came to Zhaoge, Di Xin returned from the Southern Barbarians and questioned Bi Gan about Nüwa’s newly built temple, ending with the vice-chancellor struggling under Di Xin’s pressure.

• Di Yi’s queen died after giving birth to Di Xin, then appeared as a spirit bound for the Heavenly Court, while the infant’s system shielded him from the Heavenly Dao and awakened his Human Emperor Physique and Nine Deaths Nirvana ability.
• First Phoenix swore to become Di Xin’s guardian heroic spirit, and the Heavenly Dao confirmed her oath as the Sages and Hongjun reacted to the unexpected turn of events.
• Over the next twenty-five years, First Phoenix, Laozi, and Yuanshi’s disciples taught Di Xin, while the Sages schemed over the Investiture of the Gods and their rivalries deepened.
• Di Yi died on Di Xin’s birthday and became the second name on the Investiture of the Gods; Di Xin later campaigned in the Southern Barbarians, expanding Shang territory while slain Qi refiners did not join the list.
• Jieyin proposed overturning Shang’s providence and drawing Jiejiao into the conflict, so Zhunti traveled personally to Zhaoge as Nüwa’s temple was completed.
• Di Xin returned to court, questioned Grand Preceptor Wen and Bi Gan about the temple, and made Bi Gan struggle to breathe under his pressure.

Di Xin thwarted Zhunti’s attempt to bewitch him through Nüwa’s temple and publicly swore to seek justice against the Sage. The Deva Path and Hongjun responded by ordering Zhunti to support a rival state and help overthrow Great Shang within ten years.

• Bi Gan explained why the ministers had built a Nüwa temple, and Di Xin announced he would visit it the next day.
• At the temple, Di Xin’s Human Emperor destiny blocked Zhunti’s spell, and Di Xin exposed the false Nüwa before Zhunti fled.
• Nüwa discovered Zhunti’s scheme, contacted Xiao Tian, and sent Lingzhuzi to Zhaoge to assist Di Xin.
• Di Xin offered prayers to heaven and swore before the people of Zhaoge to root out the Sage who had plotted against Great Shang.
• The Deva Path granted Di Xin a chance to oppose the Sages, and Hongjun ordered Zhunti to establish a state that would defeat Great Shang within ten years.

Xiao Tian warned the Three Pure Ones that Zhunti might exploit their divisions, while Hongjun secretly sought to weaken the Deva Path. Zhunti offered Tongtian an alliance and the God-Smiting Whip, and Di Xin executed corrupt officials Fei Zhong and You Hun.

• Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, and Xiao Tian discussed the Human Clan’s dwindling fortune and agreed to watch Zhunti and Jieyin while trying to preserve the Three Pure Ones’ unity.
• Xiao Tian warned Yuanshi and Tongtian that Zhunti could exploit their growing feud to recruit Tongtian against Great Shang.
• The Deva Path listened to their conversation, while Hongjun resolved to weaken it by ensuring the Investiture of the Gods was filled with pretenders.
• Zhunti visited Tongtian on Golden Turtle Island and offered him the God-Smiting Whip as an inducement to ally with him.
• Di Xin summoned Fei Zhong and You Hun, exposed their abuses, and ordered them executed and torn apart by five horses.

After King Zhou Di Xin’s purge, Xiao Tian chose a reward that let him travel between worlds and returned to the Primordial world, where Zhunti plotted to use Su Daji to provoke a rebellion. Su Daji agreed to go to Zhaoge, but on the journey Grand Preceptor Wen was attacked by troops led by Boyikao amid a mysterious black wind.

• Fei Zhong and You Hun were executed, and Xiao Tian chose the reward granting him travel between worlds, permanent residency in the Primordial world, the God-Slaying Spear, and the Yellow Central Plum.
• Xiao Tian’s Deva Path Body returned to the previous world, completed its mission, and helped Zhang Chulan and Feng Baobao before returning to the Primordial world.
• Zhunti and Jieyin settled on Ji Chang as an ally and Zhunti planned to use Su Daji to give Western Zhou a cause to oppose Great Shang.
• King Zhou rejected every woman at the consort selection, then agreed to summon Su Daji after Grand Preceptor Wen recommended her.
• Su Daji agreed to travel to Zhaoge with Grand Preceptor Wen, despite her betrothal to Boyikao, while Zhunti secretly believed her arrival would help bring about a break between Marquis Ji and Great Shang.
• On the road to Zhaoge, Grand Preceptor Wen prepared for an approaching force, but a strange black wind swept over the camp as Boyikao demanded that Su Daji be released.

King Zhou Di Xin saved Su Daji from Sage Zhunti with the God-Slaying Spear, then took her to Zhaoge and publicly named her queen while cutting taxes. Su Daji waited for him that night, but he remained focused on cultivation, while Xiao Tian’s original body was urged to come collect the goods.

• Grand Preceptor Wen confronted Boyikao, who had come to rescue Su Daji after hearing she had been abducted, and explained that she was traveling willingly to Zhaoge for the consort selection.
• Sage Zhunti tried to kill Su Daji, but King Zhou Di Xin appeared and struck him with the God-Slaying Spear, injuring and driving him away.
• Xiao Tian chose a reward that advanced his cultivation to the Quasi-Sage realm and granted him crystals of the Laws of Time, Space, and Strength.
• King Zhou reassured Grand Preceptor Wen, dismissed Boyikao, and ordered the party to continue to Zhaoge; Boyikao left heartbroken after seeing Su Daji’s feelings for the king.
• King Zhou publicly declared Su Daji queen and reduced Great Shang’s taxes by thirty percent, winning the approval of the officials and people.
• Su Daji waited for King Zhou through the night, then learned he had spent it cultivating; meanwhile, King Zhou’s incarnation urged Xiao Tian to come collect the goods.

Zhunti tried to use Boyikao to provoke Marquis Ji into opposing the Shang Dynasty, but Xiao Tian intervened and sent Boyikao toward Western Spirit Mountain to become Zhunti’s disciple. Zhunti recognized the disguised Xiao Tian as Yuanshi and left thwarted, while the Heavenly Dao pressed him to complete the Investiture of the Gods.

• Zhunti disguised himself as a diviner and entered Marquis Ji’s residence, hoping to turn Boyikao’s heartbreak into a cause for rebellion.
• After others failed to reach Boyikao, Xiao Tian, disguised as a white-robed young man, persuaded him to seek strength beyond King Zhou and cultivate the Dao.
• Xiao Tian told Boyikao to seek Zhunti as his master and left him a Buddhist writ, while secretly demanding that Boyikao kill a mighty Primordial figure after succeeding.
• Zhunti realized that someone had discovered him, abandoned his plan to take Boyikao as a disciple, and vanished from Marquis Ji’s residence.
• Boyikao set out for Western Spirit Mountain, and Zhunti confronted the white-robed young man, accused him of being Yuanshi, and watched him dissolve into motes of light.
• The Heavenly Dao criticized Zhunti’s failure and warned that the Western Sage could be replaced, while Xiao Tian concealed his ambitions and continued to keep a low profile.

Zhunti received the Creation Furnace from Dao Ancestor Hongjun as the Investiture of the Gods Calamity approached. In the Blood Sea, Xiao Tian helped Houtu realize she could deliver its departed souls, while he battled Minghe to stop him from interfering.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun gave Zhunti the Creation Furnace, and Zhunti resolved to use it to help the kingdom he supported and drive a wedge between Yuanshi and Tongtian.
• After Witch Clan warriors seized his Taiyi Blood Crystal Mine and Blood Space, Minghe attacked Great Witch Xiangliu and severed one of his serpent heads.
• Xiao Tian arrived and claimed he would help Minghe drive out the Witch Clan, but then urged Houtu to deliver the Blood Sea's departed souls and invoked Hongyun's Primordial Purple Qi.
• Houtu vowed to deliver the departed souls, and Minghe tried to stop her by attacking with the Yuantu and Abi Swords.
• Xiao Tian blocked Minghe's swords and used the Eastern Emperor Bell to seal the area, while the Adamantine Staff severed Minghe's connection to the Twelfth-Tier Karmic Fire Hong Lian.

Xiao Tian subdued Minghe with the Chaos Bell and helped Houtu establish the Underworld and become a Sage. After the other Sages claimed shares of its authority, Xiao Tian made a deal with Minghe and secretly used the Six Paths of Reincarnation to give new identities to the Ancestral Witches he had saved.

• Minghe unleashed a Blood Sea sword formation against Xiao Tian, but Xiao Tian evaded it with Kamui Intangibility and suppressed Minghe beneath the Chaos Bell.
• Houtu redeemed the Blood Sea’s wronged souls, vowed to transform herself into the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and created the Underworld and the Eighteen Levels of Hell.
• Boundless merit made Houtu the seventh Sage, and the other Sages negotiated for positions and authority in the Underworld.
• After releasing Minghe, Xiao Tian agreed to return the Twelfth-Tier Karmic Fire Hong Lian in exchange for three talented Asura girls, then secretly used the Six Paths of Reincarnation to give new identities to Jiufeng and the Ancestral Witches he had saved.
• Xiao Tian took the three Asura girls to the Human Clan Saint Teacher Hall to train in the Three Talents Asura Formation, then brought breathing soil to Nüwa and offered her instant noodles.

Xiao Tian maneuvered the Investiture of the Gods Calamity while Zhunti helped Ji Fa rebel against King Zhou. After a battle of rumors and public opinion, Ji Fa was branded a traitor and found his rebellion increasingly difficult to justify.

• Xiao Tian visited Nüwa and Great Immortal Zhenyuan, bringing instant noodles to Nüwa and eating Zhenyuanzi’s ginseng fruits.
• Zhunti arranged Marquis Ji’s assassination, and Ji Fa blamed King Zhou, declared rebellion, and accepted help from a Vajra Arhat and Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal.
• Xiao Tian asked Tongtian to send Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal to Ji Fa and resolved to use the calamity to challenge the Primordial Heavenly Dao.
• King Zhou ordered the lords to Zhaoge after Shang Rong reported Ji Fa’s military preparations, but Ji Fa refused to go and spread claims that King Zhou had killed Marquis Ji.
• King Zhou had rumors circulated that Ji Fa had murdered Marquis Ji over resentment and Su Daji, and the resulting half-year propaganda battle turned most of Great Shang’s people against Ji Fa.
• Ji Fa was branded a rebel, lost people from Western Qi to Great Shang, and angrily called King Zhou despicable.

Xiao Tian sent his Deva Path Body, Dugu Baitian, to confront the revived Demon Ancestor Luohou in the Northern Continent of Kuru. After a devastating battle, Dugu Baitian sealed Luohou inside a vast celestial sphere and sent it to the Supreme Yin Star.

• Zhunti and other powerful figures sensed Luohou's revival as his Demon Qi ravaged the Northern Continent of Kuru.
• Xiao Tian dispatched Dugu Baitian to Luohou's cavern, where Dugu Baitian fought him for three days and used the battle to improve his skills.
• Luohou unleashed Boundless Demon Light, destroying the Ninefold Absolute Netherfrost Forbidden Land and killing billions of demons, while onlookers wondered whether Dugu Baitian was Xiao Tian.
• Hongjun learned that Dugu Baitian was supposedly formed from Pangu's turbid blood and Luohou's demonic remains, while Xiao Tian denied any connection to him.
• Dugu Baitian caught Luohou as he tried to escape, used Deva Path · True · Chibaku Tensei to imprison him in a celestial sphere, and sent it to the Supreme Yin Star.

Xiao Tian used Dugu Baitian’s limitless revival and Heavenly Dao Will Manifestation Power to challenge the Deva Path, then spent Primordial Achievement Points to prove the Dao through strength. He entered Chaos to face the Extraterritorial Heavenly Demons born from his tribulation and began slaughtering them.

• The Sages and Hongjun sensed Dugu Baitian’s Deva Path power, while Xiao Tian discovered that his Deva Path Body could revive after Luohou’s attack erased it.
• The Deva Path repeatedly killed and sealed Dugu Baitian, but he revived and escaped; their clash of wills ended when the Primordial Heavenly Dao withdrew to protect the Primordial World.
• Xiao Tian received Primordial Achievement Points for contending against the Deva Path and spent them to begin proving the Dao through strength.
• Extraterritorial Heavenly Demons appeared in Chaos, and Xiao Tian left the Primordial World to face them while Hongjun told Nüwa to let him handle the tribulation.
• Xiao Tian struck the demon ranks with his Heaven-Equaling divine abilities, killing a Sage-level Extraterritorial Heavenly Demon and destroying many others with the attack’s splash damage.

Xiao Tian survived his tribulation, killed the Sage-level extraterrestrial demons, and proved his Dao through strength, becoming a Hunyuan Great Firmament Golden Immortal. Hongyun returned as the ninth Sage and took control of the Investiture of the Gods, while Dugu Baitian continued transforming the Northern Continent of Kuru.

• Xiao Tian killed the two Sage-level extraterrestrial demons and wiped out the remaining demons, then received merit and opened a Chaos world within his body as he proved his Dao through strength.
• Xiao Tian chose the Spacetime Hourglass reward, returned to the Primordial, and handed the Investiture of the Gods to Hongjun after being told he could no longer oversee it.
• Xiao Tian discussed the Dao with the Three Pure Ones, visited Nüwa, and then went to Zhaoge, where he learned that Hongyun had returned as the ninth Sage and gained the Investiture of the Gods.
• Nüwa brought Xiao Tian to speak with Hongyun about Kunpeng, and Xiao Tian noticed that Hongyun had become a shrewd schemer.
• Dugu Baitian transformed half of the Northern Continent of Kuru into a Star Domain and built Heaven-Equaling Palace there.

After taking charge of the Investiture of the Gods, Hongyun reunited with Zhenyuanzi and learned from Xiao Tian about the great tribulation and the West’s plans. Hongjun summoned the Sages, warned them about Dugu Baitian, and discussed the Dao with Xiao Tian before Nüwa urgently invited him to meet.

• Hongyun rejected Zhunti’s offer of a new abode and visited Zhenyuanzi at Five Manors Temple, where they reconciled over their past.
• Xiao Tian arrived, ate a Ginseng Fruit, explained the Investiture of the Gods, and warned Hongyun and Zhenyuanzi that Zhunti was supporting Ji Fa’s Western Qi against Great Shang.
• After learning Xiao Tian had attained the Dao through strength, Hongyun went to Spirit Mountain and warned Zhunti not to provoke Xiao Tian or endanger his disciples.
• The Three Pure Ones met with Xiao Tian to discuss the tribulation, and Hongjun summoned the Sages to Purple Cloud Palace, where he told Xiao Tian not to interfere and cautioned everyone about Dugu Baitian.
• Xiao Tian discussed the Dao with Hongjun for a thousand years, then received an urgent invitation from Nüwa.

Xiao Tian learned that Nüwa’s living figurine had awakened and discussed Lingzhuzi’s foretold Great Tribulation with her. Meanwhile, Dugu Baitian rejected Bodhi’s warning to withdraw from the world, and King Zhou Di Xin revealed his Quasi-Sage cultivation during a confrontation between Duobao and Chan Sect disciples.

• Nüwa showed Xiao Tian the living chibi figurine she had created and explained that it might eventually reach Quasi-Sage.
• Nüwa told Xiao Tian that Fuxi’s divination foretold a life-and-death calamity and great opportunity for Lingzhuzi, with the fates of the seven gourd siblings drawing closer together.
• Daoist Bodhi urged Dugu Baitian to avoid the approaching Great Tribulation, but Dugu Baitian refused and accepted Bodhi’s lightning-struck wood.
• The Primordial Heavenly Dao criticized Dugu Baitian for taking the wood, and he provoked it until it left, earning an achievement point and exchanging it for a Deva Path Will Experience Card.
• Zhunti followed Duobao to Zhaoge, where Duobao clashed with Guangchengzi and other Chan Sect disciples and revealed his Quasi-Sage strength.
• King Zhou Di Xin appeared and revealed that he was also a Quasi-Sage, then invited Duobao and the Chan Sect disciples to continue their fight and demolish the square.