Recaps

Duobao read Buddha Is the Dao and, inspired by its teachings, realized that neither Daoist arts nor Western Buddhist Dharma was his true path. He chose to forge his own way as the Buddha of the Mystic Gate.

• Duobao sealed his cultivation abode with formations and opened Buddha Is the Dao, whose powerful fluctuations strained his defenses.
• Duobao read the opening pages and was astonished by the book’s teachings connecting Buddhist Dharma, Daoist arts, and the Three Teachings.
• Duobao saw the line, “Only today do I know that I am myself,” and realized he should choose his own Dao rather than follow either tradition.
• Duobao thanked Lin Tian through a bow and nine prostrations, then resolved to become the Buddha of the Mystic Gate and establish Eastern Buddhist Dharma.

The Two Sages of the West searched for the source of the vanished Buddhist-bead Qi and followed the Three Xiao Sisters to Lin Tian’s mountain peak. Lin Tian wrote a diary entry, received modest rewards, and was left facing two ragged visitors at his fence.

• Jieyin and Zhunti searched near the Interception Sect for clues about the Buddhist beads but found no explanation in the barren surroundings.
• The Two Sages saw the Three Xiao Sisters leave a little mountain peak and suspected it was connected to Duobao’s past visit.
• Jieyin and Zhunti flew to the peak, taking care to conceal their strength and presence.
• Lin Tian wrote a new diary entry and received a doubled Qi-concealment range and improved bearing as rewards.
• Two ragged strangers called to Lin Tian from outside his fence, and he wondered who they were.

Tongtian read a new Great Dao Diary entry claiming that Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao had conspired to shape the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, leaving him horrified and determined to keep the revelation secret. The entry also linked the Three Xiaos and the Two Sages of the West to a mysterious place south of the Interception Sect, though Tongtian had not yet investigated it.

• Tongtian sensed the disguised Two Sages of the West heading toward the southern edge of the Interception Sect and prepared to confront them.
• Tongtian noticed that the Three Xiaos and several others had visited the same ordinary-looking mountain, and he wondered what drew them there.
• Tongtian put off his pursuit of the Two Sages when the Great Dao Diary Copy lit up and revealed a new entry.
• Tongtian read that the diary's owner had met three female cultivators and believed Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao had conspired against all living beings.
• Tongtian established countless Sage-level restrictions around Biyou Palace to conceal the diary's contents, then reacted with shock to what he read next.

Tongtian read the diary’s claim that Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao had schemed against the Sages and planned to suppress the Interception Sect in the Investiture of the Gods Calamity. Shaken by the entry, he began searching for a way to protect his sect.

• Tongtian read that Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao had manipulated the Sages and exploited the Human Clan.
• He learned that the Interception Sect would be targeted in the Investiture of the Gods Calamity and eventually suppressed by the other four Sages.
• Tongtian’s fury shattered the restrictions around him and shook Biyou Palace.
• Tongtian recalled that the diary’s previous claims, including its account of Duobao, had come true, so he reconsidered the new entry.
• Tongtian wondered whether Hongjun had orchestrated everything and asked how he could save the Interception Sect.

After reading the diary’s warning about the Heavenly Dao and the Interception Sect’s future, Tongtian decided to protect his sect, only to discover that he would eventually be forced to take the Saint-Slaying Pill. The chapter left him considering whether to renounce sainthood and withdraw the entire sect from the Primordial World.

• Tongtian reconsidered strange restrictions on the Three Sovereigns and Pingxin and suspected the Heavenly Dao was behind them.
• Tongtian concluded that the Four Saints’ attack would doom the Interception Sect without the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords and decided to act.
• Tongtian turned the page of the Great Dao Diary and read that his sect would fall, his disciples would betray him, and he would be confined after taking the Saint-Slaying Pill.
• Tongtian erupted in fury, shattered the restrictions in Biyou Palace, and nearly destroyed the palace.
• Tongtian fixed his attention on the diary’s suggestion that he renounce sainthood and withdraw with the Interception Sect.

Tongtian considered the Great Dao Diary’s advice to abandon his Sage status and withdraw the Interception Sect from the Primordial World, but judged both options too costly to pursue for now. He resolved to watch for Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao’s schemes while preparing to confront the Two Sages of the West.

• Tongtian realized that giving up his Sage status and withdrawing the Interception Sect would leave the sect vulnerable and sacrifice its providence.
• Tongtian grew more suspicious of Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao, but could think of no safe countermeasure.
• Tongtian decided to wait and see how events developed, while keeping the option of risking everything if matters reached a crisis.
• Tongtian turned his attention to settling accounts with the Two Sages of the West and investigating a barren mountain peak.
• Tongtian sensed the Two Sages of the West nearby, suspected they were angry, and vanished to confront them.

Jieyin and Zhunti discovered a hidden courtyard and suspected Tongtian lived there, then recognized the Buddha orb they had given Duobao being used as a toy by Yazi. The two Western Sages realized their lost treasure had been found and humiliated, while they remained wary of being discovered.

• Jieyin and Zhunti examined the courtyard’s powerful formation, abundant spiritual Qi, and casually discarded treasures.
• Zhunti concluded that Tongtian was likely the courtyard’s owner, and Jieyin worried that Tongtian might have noticed their disguises.
• Yazi appeared in the courtyard and played with a small golden ball.
• Jieyin and Zhunti recognized the ball as the Buddha orb they had given Duobao and grew angry at seeing it treated like a toy.

Lin Tian came out of his cultivation ground to find the Two Sages of the West preparing to leave after discovering their prayer bead had been suppressed there. The sages mistook the presence they sensed for Tongtian at first, but were left wondering who Lin Tian was when he addressed them.

• Zhunti recognized his psychic-power treasure being kicked around by Yazi and lamented its filthy, suppressed state.
• Jieyin sensed that the force suppressing the prayer bead was stronger than he was and concluded that Tongtian must be nearby.
• Zhunti and Jieyin decided to leave before Tongtian arrived, believing the Interception Sect disciples visited the courtyard to pay their respects.
• The Two Sages sensed a subtle but powerful presence behind them and feared Tongtian had been inside the courtyard all along.
• Lin Tian walked out through the courtyard gate, and the Two Sages wondered about his identity, strength, and connection to Tongtian.
• Lin Tian asked the Two Sages what had brought them to his cultivation ground.

The Three Xiaos brought Perfect World to Zhao Gongming, hoping it would help him break through his cultivation bottleneck, then began comprehending Covering the Heavens with One Hand. Its power overwhelmed their formations, so they decided to use the Primordial Golden Dou to contain it before the Heavenly Dao noticed.

• Yunxiao chose to take Perfect World to Zhao Gongming before the Three Xiaos began studying their own manual.
• The Three Xiaos found Zhao Gongming meditating at Biyou Palace and saw that he was trapped at a dangerous bottleneck.
• Yunxiao placed Perfect World beside Zhao Gongming and left a voice transmission jade pendant explaining the book.
• The Three Xiaos went to a cultivation ground and Yunxiao took out Covering the Heavens with One Hand, unleashing a powerful phenomenon.
• Qiongxiao's formations failed to contain the book's power, so Yunxiao ordered them to use the Primordial Golden Dou.

The Three Xiaos used the Primordial Golden Dou to suppress the power of Covering the Heavens with One Hand and began reading it again. Yunxiao regained her enlightenment when she reached Empress Ruthless and realized that her breakthrough opportunity lay in the character’s cultivation arts and state of mind.

• Yunxiao released the Primordial Golden Dou, which swallowed the book’s radiance, suppressed its power, and sealed the Daoist sanctum.
• Yunxiao explained that Perfect World had caused no phenomenon near Biyou Palace because a Sage’s laws and Gongming’s strength had suppressed it.
• The Three Xiaos opened Covering the Heavens with One Hand and read it again, but Yunxiao’s sense of enlightenment faded as she skimmed the early plot.
• Yunxiao’s enlightenment returned when she encountered Empress Ruthless, whose brilliance and determination had deeply impressed her.
• Yunxiao recognized the Myriad Transformations Sacred Art and Empress Ruthless’s state of mind as the key to her breakthrough, and declared that she was both Yunxiao and Empress Ruthless.

Yunxiao broke through to the Daluo Golden Immortal Dao Fruit after comprehending the book, while Qiongxiao and Bixiao began manifesting powers tied to characters from it. Yunxiao watched in astonishment as Bixiao summoned what appeared to be Yan Ruyu’s Chaos Green Lotus.

• Yunxiao released her power, which the Primordial Golden Dou absorbed, and manifested the Three Flowers Gather at the Crown and Five Qi Return to the Origin, attaining the Daluo Golden Immortal Dao Fruit.
• Yunxiao thanked Senior Lin Tian for her breakthrough and resolved to stand up to the Chan Sect’s Twelve Golden Immortals if they bullied the Jie Sect Disciples again.
• Qiongxiao released a gentle power that Yunxiao recognized as Ji Ziyue’s Origin Spirit Body, suggesting she had comprehended Ji Ziyue’s essence.
• Bixiao emanated domineering demonic power, and Yunxiao suspected she had comprehended Yan Ruyu’s true essence.
• Bixiao manifested an emerald lotus containing chaotic power, and Yunxiao cried out in shock that it was Yan Ruyu’s Chaos Green Lotus.

Zhao Gongming struggled to break through to the Quasi-Saint realm as the Interception Sect faced growing pressure from the Chan Sect. After Yunxiao left him a book from Lin Tian, he opened Perfect World and was struck by its powerful words, hoping it would help him overcome his cultivation barrier.

• Zhao Gongming grew frustrated when his cultivation failed to break through the barrier to the Quasi-Saint realm.
• A Sage's presence abruptly left Biyou Palace, and Zhao Gongming wondered what his Master was doing before deciding to seek out Lin Tian.
• Zhao Gongming found Yunxiao's voice-transmission jade pendant and a plain book on the stone platform.
• Yunxiao's message explained that Lin Tian had given them the book as an opportunity.
• Zhao Gongming opened Perfect World, felt the power of its synopsis, and eagerly began reading in hopes of gaining enlightenment.

Yuanshi Tianzun saw Tongtian leave to seek the Two Sages of the West and devised a scheme to provoke the Interception Sect while Tongtian was away. He ordered the Twelve Golden Immortals to visit the sect under the pretense of discussing cultivation, intending to seize a chance to capture its disciples and fill the Investiture of the Gods.

• Yuanshi Tianzun sensed that Tongtian had left seclusion and used his divine sense to track him toward the Two Sages of the West.
• Yuanshi Tianzun realized Tongtian might be provoked into violating the Dao Ancestor's decree that Sages must not intervene in the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.
• Yuanshi Tianzun reasoned that filling the Investiture with Interception Sect disciples would spare the Chan Sect from the calamity's costs and strengthen its fate.
• Yuanshi Tianzun sent a voice-transmission jade talisman ordering the Twelve Golden Immortals of Chan Sect to visit the Interception Sect and discuss cultivation with its disciples.
• Yuanshi Tianzun planned to exploit any conflict while Tongtian was away, hoping his disciples could capture the Three Xiaos, Zhao Gongming, and other Interception Sect disciples.

The disguised Two Sages of the West entered Lin Tian’s courtyard after mistaking it for a place that might hold an opportunity. They were stunned by its spiritual Qi and plotted to reclaim their prayer bead, but Lin Tian kicked it into a pond before Zhunti could retrieve it.

• Zhunti and Jieyin tried to leave Lin Tian’s courtyard, then learned that Lin Tian was its master and asked to come inside.
• The Two Sages of the West entered the courtyard and were astonished by its dense spiritual Qi, which they compared to that of Purple Cloud Palace.
• Jieyin decided to probe Lin Tian and told Zhunti to recover their prayer bead, while Zhunti spotted Yazi playing with it.
• Lin Tian walked past Zhunti and kicked the prayer bead into the pond, then sent Yazi away.

Jieyin discovered that Lin Tian’s courtyard concealed powerful formations and an object that could repel even a Sage’s divine sense, and he and Zhunti plotted to take its treasures. As Lin Tian went to make tea, an astonishing sight appeared at the courtyard entrance and terrified the two Sages of the West.

• Lin Tian kicked Zhunti’s prayer bead away, making Zhunti reconsider trying to take it openly.
• Jieyin used his divine sense to investigate Lin Tian and the courtyard, but an inexplicable force severed his attempt to reach the power inside the house.
• Jieyin told Zhunti that the courtyard likely held powerful treasures and proposed they take one before later bringing Taishang and Yuanshi to create another opportunity.
• Lin Tian invited Jieyin and Zhunti to sit while he brewed tea, unaware of their plans.
• As Zhunti began to search the courtyard, an astonishing sight at the entrance made both Sages tremble with horror.

Jieyin and Zhunti mistook Lin Tian’s muddy wooden zither for an unattended Supreme-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure and tried to steal it. The courtyard’s formation blasted them away, and Lin Tian found a stalk of bamboo left behind.

• Jieyin and Zhunti heard the wooden zither’s hum and realized it could affect their primordial spirits.
• Jieyin decided to take the zither while Lin Tian was inside, despite Zhunti’s doubts.
• Jieyin used the Green Lotus Treasure Banner and the Twelve-Grade Golden Lotus of Merit to conceal his presence as he tried to seize the zither.
• The zither triggered the courtyard’s formation, which struck Jieyin and Zhunti and sent them flying away.
• Lin Tian came outside, found the courtyard undisturbed, and noticed a green stalk of bamboo beneath his foot.

Lin Tian planted the strange jade bamboo left behind by the two sages in his pond, where the spiritual water began to transform and nourish it. Far away, Jieyin and Zhunti recovered from the courtyard’s attack, and Zhunti discovered that his Six Roots Pure Bamboo had vanished.

• Lin Tian picked up the jade bamboo, dismissed it as ordinary, and planted it in his pond before going inside.
• Nourished by the pond’s mineral water, the bamboo turned emerald green, released a strange Qi, and began rapidly absorbing the water.
• Jieyin and Zhunti halted above the ocean with the Twelve-Grade Golden Lotus of Merit after being hurled away by the power in Lin Tian’s courtyard.
• Jieyin and Zhunti concluded that the courtyard’s formation had overwhelmed them and discussed returning with Taishang and Yuanshi.
• Zhunti tried to summon the Six Roots Pure Bamboo but could not sense it in his purple mansion or Sumeru pouch, and he cried out that it had disappeared.

After discovering that Zhunti had lost his Six Roots Pure Bamboo in the strange courtyard, he and Jieyin debated whether to return for it or gather Taishang and Yuanshi first. Tongtian suddenly appeared behind them, furious that they planned to summon the other two sages.

• Zhunti realized he could no longer sense his Six Roots Pure Bamboo and feared it had fallen inside the courtyard.
• Zhunti reasoned that the courtyard's formation had knocked the treasure from his hand and suppressed its presence.
• Jieyin warned that returning to the courtyard after being caught stealing could put them in danger.
• Zhunti refused to return immediately and proposed finding Taishang and Yuanshi so the Four Saints could face Tongtian together.
• Tongtian appeared behind Jieyin and Zhunti and challenged them for planning to call Taishang and Yuanshi.

Tongtian confronted Jieyin and Zhunti over their theft of treasures and their attempt to implant Western methods in Interception Sect disciples. When they tried to flee, he trapped them in a vast sword net and demanded an explanation.

• Jieyin and Zhunti encountered Tongtian, whose overwhelming presence made them realize their situation was dangerous.
• Jieyin invoked the Dao Ancestor’s decree forbidding Sages from interfering during the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.
• Tongtian replied that the decree did not forbid Sages from attacking other Sages and accused the two of stealing treasures and planting Western methods in Interception Sect disciples.
• Jieyin and Zhunti summoned their defenses and tried to escape from Tongtian.
• Tongtian drew the Qingping Sword and surrounded Jieyin and Zhunti with a massive sword net, demanding an explanation.

After Yuanshi Tianzun ordered Chan Sect disciples to provoke the Interception Sect, Guangchengzi entered the early-stage Quasi-Saint realm and set out to stir up conflict. Taiyi Zhenren, Yu Ding Zhenren, and Daoist Qingxu also headed for the Interception Sect, unaware that Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos were nearing breakthroughs.

• Guangchengzi broke through to the early-stage Quasi-Saint realm at Peach Blossom Spring Cave.
• Yuanshi Tianzun ordered Guangchengzi to visit the Interception Sect and provoke a conflict by any means necessary.
• Yu Ding Zhenren, Taiyi Zhenren, and Daoist Qingxu met and agreed to go discuss the Dao with the Interception Sect.
• Qingxu boasted that he could defeat the Three Xiaos, so Taiyi and Yu Ding assigned them to him while they planned to face other disciples.
• Taiyi and Yu Ding left for the Interception Sect's training grounds, where Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos were close to completing their breakthroughs.

Zhao Gongming focused on Shi Yi’s story in Perfect World, awakened the Double Pupils, and broke through to the Early-Stage Quasi-Saint realm. As he sat in meditation, Guangchengzi and Daoist Qingxu arrived at the Interception Sect and provocatively called for Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos.

• Zhao Gongming realized that Perfect World’s characters could be opportunities and chose to study Shi Yi’s life in detail.
• As Zhao Gongming read, his eyes developed Double Pupils, and he invoked Shi Yi’s power.
• Zhao Gongming’s three flowers bloomed to the ninth grade, his five Qi matured, and he advanced from Daluo Golden Immortal to Early-Stage Quasi-Saint.
• Guangchengzi came to Biyou Palace on behalf of the Chan Sect, claimed he had come to seek the Dao, and called for Zhao Gongming.
• Daoist Qingxu arrived and taunted the Three Xiaos, claiming he wanted their guidance and to strengthen the Mystic Gate’s friendship.

Zhao Gongming completed his breakthrough into the Quasi-Saint realm but sensed he could advance further, while Yunxiao, Bixiao, and Qiongxiao gained new powers from Covering the Heavens with One Hand and reached the Daluo Golden Immortal realm. When Guangchengzi and Daoist Qingxu challenged the Interception Sect, Yunxiao and her sisters prepared to confront them.

• Zhao Gongming reached the Quasi-Saint realm and focused on Perfect World, believing he could go one step further.
• Bixiao stabilized her cultivation at the Early-Stage Daluo Golden Immortal realm and gained a Chaos Green Lotus treasure.
• Qiongxiao mastered the Great Void Technique and stabilized her Daluo Golden Immortal cultivation.
• Yunxiao revealed that she had inherited Empress Ruthless's power and mastered secret arts including Flowers Bloom with a Single Thought.
• Yunxiao proposed that the sisters take magical treasures to thank Lin Tian, but Guangchengzi and Daoist Qingxu arrived to challenge Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos.
• Yunxiao became furious at the Chan Sect's provocation and told Bixiao and Qiongxiao to deal with Guangchengzi and Daoist Qingxu first.

Guangchengzi and Daoist Qingxu challenged the Three Xiaos at the Interception Sect, intending to send them onto the Investiture of the Gods. Yunxiao unleashed a strange, powerful Daoist art against Qingxu, while Qiongxiao and Bixiao moved to block Guangchengzi.

• Guangchengzi insulted the Interception Sect when its disciples did not answer his call, and nearby observers recalled the Chan Sect's previous visits and the injuries they had caused.
• Guangchengzi told Daoist Qingxu to fight in earnest and send the Three Xiaos onto the Investiture of the Gods to win Master Yuanshi's favor; Qingxu agreed.
• The Three Xiaos appeared, and Yunxiao rebuked the Chan Sect for repeatedly causing trouble at the Interception Sect.
• Guangchengzi noticed a strange presence around the Three Xiaos but dismissed them as too weak, then assigned Qingxu to challenge them.
• Yunxiao sent countless purple flowers toward Qingxu, and Guangchengzi warned him that the attack rivaled a full-force strike from an early-stage Daluo Golden Immortal.
• Qiongxiao and Bixiao intercepted Guangchengzi as he moved to protect Qingxu, and their Daoist art shocked him.

Guangchengzi attacked Qiongxiao and Bixiao with the Heaven-Flipping Seal, but Zhao Gongming appeared and overwhelmed him with strange law power. The chapter ended with Guangchengzi crashing into the ground after Zhao Gongming struck him with a light pat.

• Guangchengzi threatened Qiongxiao and Bixiao, then attacked them with the Heaven-Flipping Seal.
• Bixiao used the Chaos Green Lotus to resist while Qiongxiao swallowed the Heaven-Flipping Seal with the Great Void Technique, but Guangchengzi forced it to explode inside the space.
• Guangchengzi drove Bixiao away and moved to attack Qiongxiao, but Zhao Gongming appeared and shattered the power he had released.
• Qiongxiao and Bixiao flew toward Yunxiao while Zhao Gongming blocked Guangchengzi and demanded that he kneel and apologize.
• Guangchengzi brought out the Heaven-Flipping Seal, Soul Falling Bell, and Male and Female Twin Swords, but Zhao Gongming restrained him with strange law power and knocked him into the ground.

Zhao Gongming overpowered Guangchengzi while Yunxiao, Bixiao, and Qiongxiao defeated Daoist Qingxu and captured his primordial spirit. The Three Xiaos celebrated Interception Sect’s victory until Yuanshi appeared in a fury over his disciple’s injury.

• Zhao Gongming struck down Guangchengzi, shocking the onlookers and impressing Bixiao and Qiongxiao with his sudden strength.
• Yunxiao unleashed Flowers Bloom with a Single Thought, destroying Daoist Qingxu’s body and damaging his primordial spirit.
• Bixiao and Qiongxiao combined the Primordial Golden Dou, the Chaos Green Lotus, and the Great Void Technique to capture Qingxu’s fading primordial spirit.
• The Three Xiaos regrouped beside Zhao Gongming and discussed their victory and the loss of the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors.
• Yuanshi appeared and condemned the Three Xiaos for injuring his personal disciple, leaving them shaken by his pressure.