Recaps

Tongtian read the Great Dao Diary and learned that Hongjun’s Investiture of the Gods plot would destroy Great Shang and bring the Human Clan under his control. The diary left Tongtian alarmed by the prediction that the Human Emperor would be replaced by a ruler who called himself the Son of Heaven.

• Tongtian sealed Biyou Palace, summoned the Great Dao Diary, and watched golden light search him before a strange crack sounded.
• Tongtian read Lin Tian’s musings about cultivation and respected the unknown diary writer as a supreme Dao expert.
• The diary claimed Hongjun had made the Human Clan the battlefield of the Investiture of the Gods to control it through Great Shang’s downfall.
• The diary said Chan Sect disciples would aid Jiang Ziya and Xiqi in attacking Great Shang, which was supported by the Interception Sect.
• Tongtian grew angry at the Chan Sect’s planned campaign and decided to have Wen Zhong investigate Jiang Ziya.
• Tongtian read that Great Shang would fall, the Human Emperor would disappear, and Zhou’s ruler would claim the title of Son of Heaven under heaven’s rule.

After reading the Great Dao Diary, Tongtian learned that Hongjun planned to use the Investiture of the Gods calamity to control heaven, earth, and humanity. Convinced that renouncing his Sainthood could free him from the Heavenly Dao, Tongtian decided to seek his own Dao and turned his attention to the mysterious courtyard.

• Tongtian read that the Four Sages would attack Jin'ao Island and that the Interception Sect would suffer devastating losses in the Investiture of the Gods calamity.
• Tongtian concluded that Hongjun intended to use the conflict to control the Sages, the Human Clan, and the Heavenly Court.
• Tongtian read that renouncing his Sainthood could free his primordial spirit from the Heavenly Dao and let him pursue Hunyuan through his own Dao.
• Tongtian resolved to renounce his Sainthood and seek his own Dao.
• Tongtian wondered whether the courtyard that had helped Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos could guide him, then directed his divine sense toward the mountain and waited for Zhao Gongming to return.

Hongjun was alarmed when Tongtian released a presence that destroyed his hidden Heavenly Dao consciousness, and he decided to hasten the calamity and free Jieyin and Zhunti. At Lin Tian’s courtyard, Wen Zhong and the others were overwhelmed by Lin Tian’s formidable presence, while Lin Tian calmly asked why they had come.

• Hongjun discovered that Tongtian’s powerful presence had shattered the consciousness he had planted and left Tongtian impossible to sense or divine.
• Hongjun suspected Tongtian had uncovered a hidden truth or gained a powerful treasure, then resolved to hasten the calamity and release Jieyin and Zhunti.
• Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos brought Wen Zhong to Lin Tian’s courtyard, where Wen Zhong was astonished by the spiritual Qi.
• Wen Zhong saw Lin Tian and sensed an unfathomable, Sage-like presence, while Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos realized Lin Tian had grown stronger.
• Lin Tian asked the visiting Daoists what had brought them to see him.

Zhao Gongming brought Lin Tian a trove of treasures, which Lin Tian accepted despite mistaking several of them for ordinary or bizarre objects. While having tea, Zhao Gongming sensed a mysterious golden stone brick by the entrance and was struck by its defensive power when he examined it with his divine sense.

• Zhao Gongming presented Lin Tian with numerous treasures, including items Wen Zhong recognized as belonging to Chan Sect figures.
• Lin Tian mistook the treasures for everyday objects and a strange gauzy skirt, then accepted them after Zhao Gongming apologized for their low grades.
• Lin Tian summoned tea and cups for Zhao Gongming, Wen Zhong, and the others.
• Zhao Gongming noticed a golden stone brick near the entrance and sensed Immortal Qi and the power of laws coming from it.
• Zhao Gongming sent his divine sense toward the stone brick, but its power shattered his probe and left him in pain and shock.

Zhao Gongming marveled at Lin Tian’s golden stone and wondered whether it could suppress the Interception Sect’s providence. After Lin Tian’s tea healed the group and strengthened Wen Zhong, Zhao Gongming finally asked to examine the stone brick.

• Zhao Gongming’s divine sense was crushed by the golden stone, and he considered asking Lin Tian to give it to the Interception Sect as a providence-suppressing treasure.
• Zhao Gongming drank Lin Tian’s tea and felt his primordial spirit condense; the Three Xiaos’ injuries healed, while Wen Zhong’s spiritual root and cultivation improved.
• The Three Xiaos and Wen Zhong thanked Lin Tian for the tea, but Lin Tian treated it as an ordinary drink.
• Zhao Gongming hesitated before asking Lin Tian what the golden stone brick by the entrance was and whether he could take a closer look.

Zhao Gongming and the others mistook Lin Tian’s Great Wall model for a powerful divine treasure, and Lin Tian offered it to him as a useless rock. Zhao Gongming insisted on returning with a gift to exchange for it, leaving the Three Xiaos and Wen Zhong with Lin Tian while he went back.

• The Three Xiaos and Wen Zhong noticed the Great Wall model by the doorway, and Wen Zhong recognized its design as a defense that could protect Great Shang.
• Lin Tian dragged the model over and told Zhao Gongming it was an ordinary display model with no use.
• Zhao Gongming sensed the model’s immense power and decided it could protect the Interception Sect, but he worried about accepting it without repayment.
• Lin Tian offered Zhao Gongming the model for free, calling it a lousy rock, but Zhao Gongming refused to take it without a return gift.
• Zhao Gongming insisted on returning home to fetch a treasure, and Lin Tian reluctantly agreed while allowing the Three Xiaos and Wen Zhong to stay.

As the Chan Sect’s fortune and spiritual Qi declined, Yuanshi Tianzun announced that the Investiture of the Gods would take place in the mortal world, with Jiang Ziya chosen to oversee it. Jiang Ziya and six others were summoned to the Jade Void Palace, while Shen Gongbao hoped to support his friend and earn the Chan Sect’s respect.

• Manjushri, Cihang, Puxian, Juliusun, and True Person Huang Long noticed the Chan Sect’s declining spiritual Qi and fortune and speculated about its cause.
• Yuanshi Tianzun appeared above the Jade Void Palace and declared that the Investiture of the Gods would be carried out in the mortal world, with Xiqi as its battleground and Great Shang supported by the Interception Sect.
• Yuanshi Tianzun appointed Jiang Ziya to take the Investiture of the Gods and the God-Beating Whip to the mortal world, and ordered the other disciples to assist him.
• Yuanshi Tianzun summoned Jiang Ziya, Manjushri, Cihang, Puxian, Juliusun, and True Person Huang Long to the Jade Void Palace, and they vanished in a beam of golden light.
• The Chan Sect disciples questioned Jiang Ziya’s ability to lead the undertaking, while Shen Gongbao felt happy for his friend and hoped to serve him in the mortal world.

Yuanshi ordered the Chan Sect disciples to establish Xiqi as the base for the Investiture of the Gods and kill the Interception Sect disciples. He entrusted Jiang Ziya with the Investiture of the Gods, the God-Beating Whip, and a secret plan, while Taishang grew uneasy that Yuanshi had kept the plan from him.

• Yuanshi instructed the Chan Sect disciples to support Xiqi, establish a Son of Heaven, and wage the Campaign Against Shang on Heaven's behalf.
• Yuanshi claimed that seven Chan Sect disciples had been killed by Jie Sect disciples and ordered the others to use any means necessary to put Interception Sect disciples on the Investiture of the Gods.
• Manjushri, Cihang, Puxian, and the other disciples accepted Yuanshi's orders and pledged to attack the Interception Sect.
• Yuanshi told Jiang Ziya that managing the Investiture of the Gods could earn him immortality, then gave him the Investiture, the God-Beating Whip, and a brocade pouch containing a secret plan.
• Jiang Ziya accepted the task and vowed to avenge the Chan Sect by killing Interception Sect disciples.
• After the disciples left, Taishang realized Yuanshi had concealed his plan from him and worried that the campaign might escape his control.

After Jiang Ziya received the Investiture of the Gods, he rejected and insulted Shen Gongbao, destroying their friendship. Shen Gongbao left the Chan Sect and decided to seek refuge with the Interception Sect, or else assist Great Shang, while plotting to obstruct Jiang Ziya.

• Shen Gongbao waited outside the Jade Void Palace and endured Chan Sect disciples mocking his origins and questioning why Jiang Ziya had been chosen.
• Jiang Ziya emerged with the Investiture of the Gods, and the disciples who had mocked him immediately fawned over him and asked to join his mission.
• Shen Gongbao approached to congratulate Jiang Ziya, but Jiang Ziya dismissed him, denied their friendship, and insulted him as a beast unfit for the Chan Sect.
• Chan Sect disciples joined Jiang Ziya in ridiculing Shen Gongbao, who grew furious and resolved to leave the sect and help the Interception Sect obstruct Jiang Ziya.
• Shen Gongbao packed his few belongings and set out to seek a place in the Interception Sect, considering Great Shang as an alternative.

Yuanshi explained that he had allowed Shen Gongbao to leave so he could become Jiang Ziya’s adversary, while Taishang secretly placed divine sense inside both men to monitor them. After Yuanshi punished the Antarctic Immortal for leading Chan Sect disciples into a disastrous clash with the Interception Sect, Randeng emerged from seclusion at the Peak Quasi-Saint realm, and Taishang began considering how to cripple Daoist Duobao.

• Yuanshi told Taishang that Shen Gongbao could serve as a whetstone for Jiang Ziya and would eventually be listed on the Investiture of the Gods.
• Taishang secretly sent divine sense into Shen Gongbao and Jiang Ziya so he could keep watch on them.
• Yuanshi dragged the disheveled Antarctic Immortal back to the Jade Void Palace and condemned him for disobeying orders and causing the deaths of Grand Master Lingbao, Yun Zhongzi, and Chijingzi.
• Taishang pleaded for the Antarctic Immortal, and Yuanshi spared his life but confined him to a trial space until he could advance beyond his current cultivation.
• Randeng emerged from seclusion with the aura of a Peak Quasi-Saint, prompting Yuanshi to declare the Chan Sect secure.
• Taishang identified Daoist Duobao as a potential threat to Randeng and resolved to find a chance to cripple him.

Zhao Gongming asked Tongtian for a Supreme-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure to exchange for a defensive treasure that could greatly increase the Interception Sect’s fortune. Tongtian agreed to visit the mysterious senior with him, and the chapter ended as they entered Lin Tian’s courtyard, leaving Tongtian eager to learn about the senior’s cultivation path.

• Tongtian watched Zhao Gongming emerge from a strange space and hurried back toward the Interception Sect’s grounds, while the Three Xiaos and Wen Zhong remained missing.
• Zhao Gongming asked Tongtian for a Supreme-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, claiming he could exchange it for a treasure that would increase the Interception Sect’s fortune by thirty percent.
• Zhao Gongming explained that the mysterious senior had helped him and the Three Xiaos improve their cultivation, and Tongtian agreed to accompany him to meet the senior.
• Tongtian concealed his Sage presence and disguised himself before Zhao Gongming led him to the mountain summit where Lin Tian’s courtyard stood.
• After Zhao Gongming paid his respects, the courtyard appeared, and Tongtian entered with him, wondering whether its owner had mastered a path beyond the Heavenly Dao.

Lin Tian tried to stop the Three Xiaos from bringing him more unsuitable gifts, but they mistook his words for proof of his immense cultivation and promised to find him better treasures. When Zhao Gongming arrived with his elder, Lin Tian opened the courtyard gate, and the Three Xiaos and Wen Zhong were astonished to recognize the visitor as their master, Tongtian.

• Yunxiao apologized for the Three Xiaos’ delay, and Lin Tian explained that their return gifts were unnecessary because he had no use for them.
• The Three Xiaos interpreted Lin Tian’s explanation as a sign of his great strength and vowed to give him a treasure worthy of him in the future.
• The system told Lin Tian that Zhao Gongming had brought his elder to the courtyard and described the visitor as an upright but impulsive man seeking the Dao.
• Lin Tian opened the courtyard gate and told the Three Xiaos and Wen Zhong that Zhao Gongming and his elder had arrived.
• Zhao Gongming entered with Tongtian, whom the Three Xiaos and Wen Zhong recognized as their master, and they became even more respectful.

Hongjun released Jieyin and Zhunti after warning them not to fight another Sage, while secretly expecting them to keep gathering disciples for the West. He discovered that Tongtian had vanished from the Heavenly Dao and could not locate him, while Jieyin and Zhunti resolved to enter the mortal world and sabotage the faction backed by the Interception Sect.

• Hongjun warned Jieyin and Zhunti to avoid another battle with a Sage, then sent them out of the Purple Cloud Palace while planning to continue the Investiture of the Gods.
• Hongjun sensed that Tongtian had disappeared from the Heavenly Dao and searched the Primordial World, but found no trace of him.
• Jieyin concluded that Hongjun had implicitly allowed the Two Sages of the West to roam freely and recruit disciples, provided they acted carefully.
• Jieyin decided that he and Zhunti should go to the mortal world, where the Investiture of the Gods would create opportunities to benefit the West.
• Jieyin and Zhunti vowed to discover which faction the Interception Sect supported and undermine its fortune, seeking revenge against Tongtian.

Tongtian entered Lin Tian’s courtyard and was astonished by its spiritual Qi and Lin Tian’s immense presence. After discovering that the golden stone could suppress the Interception Sect’s fate, Tongtian resolved to offer Lin Tian a treasure in exchange rather than accept it for nothing.

• Tongtian explored the courtyard, sensed its extraordinary spiritual Qi, and concluded that Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos had advanced because of it.
• Tongtian secretly told the Three Xiaos and Wen Zhong to conceal his identity, and they greeted him as their uncle.
• Tongtian was overwhelmed by Lin Tian’s presence, then introduced himself as the younger generation’s uncle and apologized for disturbing him.
• Lin Tian offered Tongtian tea and the Great Wall model, which Tongtian recognized as the divine stone Zhao Gongming had described.
• Tongtian’s divine sense encountered the stone’s immense merit and defensive power, and he judged it capable of suppressing the Interception Sect’s fate.
• Tongtian refused to accept the stone as a free gift and told Lin Tian that he would offer a treasure in exchange.

Lin Tian traded six packets of spiritually potent tea and two models for Tongtian’s Golden Phoenix Hairpin, Qingping Sword, and Heart-Piercing Lock. Tongtian was astonished when Lin Tian said he had another divine stone like the one Tongtian sought.

• Lin Tian served Tongtian and his companions tea that nourished the primordial spirit, and Tongtian praised its quality.
• Lin Tian offered Tongtian tea packets, so Tongtian gave him the Golden Phoenix Hairpin in return.
• Tongtian refused to accept the divine stone for free and offered his Qingping Sword and Heart-Piercing Lock for it.
• Lin Tian accepted Tongtian’s treasures and offered him two models, prompting Tongtian to ask if Lin Tian had more divine stones.

Lin Tian gave Tongtian a second Great Wall model, stunning Tongtian and the Jie Sect disciples with the prospect of using the matching treasures to protect the sect and Great Shang. Tongtian offered Lin Tian a powerful jade xiao in return, and Lin Tian concluded that Tongtian had come seeking Dao guidance, leaving him anxious because he knew nothing about cultivation.

• Tongtian and the others were astonished when Lin Tian said he had another divine stone like the one protecting the Interception Sect.
• Lin Tian summoned the matching Great Wall model from his house and offered both models to Tongtian.
• Tongtian insisted on repaying Lin Tian and placed his Dragon-Resonance Xiao, a Supreme-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, on the table.
• Lin Tian accepted the xiao and wondered why Tongtian was so generous, suspecting he wanted something from him.
• Lin Tian decided Tongtian had come seeking Dao guidance and worried that he could not answer questions about cultivation.

Lin Tian told Tongtian that cultivators could follow their own Daos, prompting Tongtian to seek a path beyond Hongjun’s control. Lin Tian advised him to make his Dao what he loved most, and Tongtian recognized his lifelong devotion to swords as the foundation of his own path.

• Tongtian traded for Lin Tian’s two Great Wall models, then asked what Dao Lin Tian cultivated.
• Lin Tian said he followed his own Dao, and Tongtian realized that one could grow powerful without relying on Hongjun’s path to Sagehood.
• Tongtian asked whether he could cultivate his own Dao and how to choose it, while Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos listened closely.
• Lin Tian advised Tongtian to make his Dao something he liked and was good at, giving examples such as chopping firewood and fishing.
• Tongtian recognized that swords were what he had loved and practiced most throughout his life, and a sword-like baleful presence radiated from him.

Lin Tian used a system-provided Sword Dao poem to answer Tongtian’s request for guidance, then summoned his brush, ink, paper, and inkstone to write it. Tongtian discovered that the ordinary-looking writing tools were Chaos Supreme Treasures.

• Tongtian asked Lin Tian to guide him past what he believed was the limit of his Sword Dao.
• Lin Tian admitted that he did not understand the Sword Dao, but offered to share a poem about it.
• Lin Tian’s system supplied him with a Sword Dao poem in exchange for skipping a diary entry.
• Lin Tian summoned his brush, ink, paper, and inkstone to write the poem for Tongtian.
• Tongtian’s divine sense was repelled by the four writing tools, and he realized they were Chaos Supreme Treasures.

Lin Tian wrote Tongtian a sword Dao poem whose brushwork and paper carried immense power, and Tongtian accepted it before leaving with his disciples. As Tongtian departed, he spotted Zhunti's Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree hidden in a vase beside Lin Tian's seat.

• Tongtian recognized Lin Tian's brush, ink, paper, and inkstone as four extraordinary Chaos Supreme Treasures that seemed beyond the Heavenly Dao's jurisdiction.
• Lin Tian wrote a sword Dao poem, and its powerful presence prevented Zhao Gongming, the Three Xiaos, and Wen Zhong from seeing the characters clearly.
• Lin Tian gave the poem to Tongtian, whose primordial spirit was struck by its baleful Qi and overbearing sword Dao meaning.
• Tongtian declined Lin Tian's offer to share a meal and prepared to leave with Zhao Gongming, the Three Xiaos, Wen Zhong, and the other Jie Sect Disciples.
• As Tongtian backed out of the pavilion, he spotted Zhunti's Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree standing in a purplish-black bronze vase beside Lin Tian's seat.

Tongtian recognized the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree in Lin Tian’s courtyard and realized it could remain hidden from the Two Sages of the West there. After returning to Biyou Palace, he sealed the area from outside detection and called his disciples to discuss two divine stones that could suppress fortune.

• Tongtian found the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree in Lin Tian’s courtyard, but Lin Tian said he had taken it as an ornament without knowing what it was.
• Tongtian left Lin Tian’s courtyard with Zhao Gongming, Wen Zhong, and the Three Xiaos, then saw Yazi heading back with the Dragon Binding Rope around his neck and a fish in his mouth.
• Tongtian brought the group to Biyou Palace, declared that Lin Tian was likely a Great Dao Sage, and ordered his disciples to keep Lin Tian’s identity and presence secret.
• Tongtian isolated Biyou Palace with his spatial technique and brought out two divine stones capable of suppressing fortune, asking the group to decide how to use them.

Tongtian tested the two Great Wall divine stones and, after Yunxiao explained how Wen Zhong had been brought to Lin Tian’s courtyard, gave one stone to Wen Zhong to protect Great Shang’s fate. He sealed it in the Wind-Fire Brocade Pouch and arranged for Wen Zhong to refine it, then sent Zhao Gongming and Wen Zhong away while asking the Three Xiaos to show him the Primordial Golden Dou.

• Tongtian reinforced his sealed formation with Sage laws after the Great Wall models’ power nearly broke through it.
• Zhao Gongming proposed using one divine stone to suppress the Interception Sect’s providence, and Yunxiao argued that Lin Tian had deliberately arranged for the second stone to reach Wen Zhong.
• Wen Zhong confirmed that he had been transported through a strange black space to Lin Tian’s mountaintop and asked Tongtian for a stone to protect Great Shang.
• Tongtian gave Wen Zhong one Great Wall model, sealed inside the Wind-Fire Brocade Pouch, and explained that Wen Zhong could refine part of its power over time.
• Tongtian ordered Zhao Gongming to prepare the five packets of tea for the sect and Great Shang, then asked the Three Xiaos to show him the Primordial Golden Dou.

Tongtian examined the Primordial Golden Dou and learned that Lin Tian had modified it and prepared the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation for the Three Xiaos. After the Three Xiaos left Biyou Palace, Tongtian decided to study Lin Tian’s handwritten guidance and, if it proved suitable, activate the divine stone before renouncing his Sagehood.

• Yunxiao summoned the Primordial Golden Dou, and Tongtian sensed its greatly enhanced destructive power.
• Tongtian recognized that the Three Xiaos’ formation against Yun Zhongzi and Chijingzi had been derived from the Primordial Golden Dou.
• Yunxiao explained that Lin Tian had modified the treasure and made the formation clear to her after she retrieved it from his courtyard.
• Tongtian used his divine sense to learn the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation, then returned the Primordial Golden Dou to the Three Xiaos and told them to focus on cultivation and help Wen Zhong if needed.
• After the Three Xiaos left, Tongtian resolved to read Lin Tian’s handwritten guidance and consider activating the divine stone before renouncing his Sagehood.

Hongjun discovered that Tongtian had obtained a mysterious power capable of repelling his divine sense and suspected it was a divine stone that could suppress the Interception Sect’s fate. He resolved to stop the treasure from disrupting his plans and called on the Heavenly Dao to eliminate it.

• Hongjun sensed Tongtian near the Interception Sect after Tongtian’s presence had mysteriously vanished, deepening his suspicions of him.
• Hongjun probed Biyou Palace and overheard Tongtian tell Zhao Gongming about a divine stone that could suppress the Interception Sect’s fate.
• A defensive force repelled Hongjun’s divine sense twice, preventing him from investigating Jin'ao Island further.
• Hongjun concluded that the force might come from an Innate Supreme Treasure connected to Tongtian’s disappearance.
• Hongjun left the Purple Cloud Palace, communicated with the Heavenly Dao, and ordered the unfavorable factor eliminated.

Daoist Randeng emerged from three hundred thousand years of seclusion on Kunlun Mountain after reaching the Peak Quasi-Saint realm and learning that his destiny lay in the West. As he prepared to repay his karma to the Chan Sect during the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, Yuanshi Tianzun summoned him to the Jade Void Palace.

• A powerful phenomenon erupted above Vulture Peak, alerting the Chan Sect Disciples that Randeng might have emerged from seclusion.
• Randeng broke through to the Peak Quasi-Saint realm, and the force of his breakthrough shattered the formation around Yuanjue Cave.
• Randeng realized that his destiny lay in the West and that his karma was rooted in the past rather than in the Chan Sect.
• Randeng vowed to repay the Chan Sect during the Investiture of the Gods Calamity by acting against the Interception Sect Disciples who took part.
• Randeng mounted his sika deer, but Yuanshi Tianzun summoned him to the Jade Void Palace to discuss an important task for the calamity.

Jiang Ziya descended Kunlun Mountain with the God-Beating Whip and Sibuxiang to oversee the Investiture of the Gods, while Shen Gongbao hurried toward the Interception Sect after learning that Randeng had become a Peak Quasi-Saint. A mysterious mist transported Shen Gongbao to a desolate mountain, where a hidden courtyard’s gate opened before him.

• Yuanshi Tianzun announced that Randeng had reached the Peak Quasi-Saint realm, shifting attention and Heavenly Dao fortune toward the Chan Sect.
• Jiang Ziya set out for the North Sea on Sibuxiang, carrying the God-Beating Whip and expecting to receive the Central Wuji Banner.
• Sibuxiang warned Jiang Ziya about the Interception Sect and Shen Gongbao, and Jiang Ziya vowed to kill his former fellow disciple.
• Shen Gongbao, angered by how the Chan Sect had treated him, learned of Randeng’s breakthrough and rushed toward Jin'ao Island to seek acceptance by the Interception Sect.
• A bank of white mist seized Shen Gongbao and carried him to a barren mountain, where he sensed a mysterious presence and found a protected courtyard.
• The courtyard gate slowly opened as Shen Gongbao stood outside.