Chapter Summaries

Daoist Randeng attacked Zhao Gongming with the Heaven-Measuring Ruler as Zhao Gongming tried to carry the wounded Shen Gongbao toward Lin Tian. Zhao Gongming unleashed his Double Pupils to confront Randeng, who renewed his attack and vowed to kill him.

• Daoist Randeng summoned the Heaven-Measuring Ruler and struck at Zhao Gongming as he fled with Shen Gongbao.
• Zhao Gongming used his Double Pupils to strengthen himself and shield Shen Gongbao, but Randeng's blow sent them crashing down and left Shen Gongbao badly injured.
• Zhao Gongming carried Shen Gongbao toward Lin Tian's courtyard, but Randeng appeared before them and mocked Zhao Gongming and the Interception Sect.
• Zhao Gongming insulted Randeng as Yuanshi's good dog, enraging Randeng into unleashing his power.
• Zhao Gongming fully manifested his Double Pupils and dispersed Randeng's pressure, surprising Randeng with their uncanny power.
• Randeng condemned Zhao Gongming and declared that he would kill him and block his path to attaining the Dao.

Randeng attacked Zhao Gongming and Shen Gongbao, but the Three Xiaos intervened with the modified Primordial Golden Dou and trapped Randeng in the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation. Zhao Gongming and Shen Gongbao escaped to deliver the Investiture of the Gods and the God-Beating Whip to Senior, while Randeng entered the formation to challenge the Three Xiaos.

• Randeng’s Heaven-Measuring Ruler shattered Zhao Gongming’s defenses and threatened to kill him and Shen Gongbao.
• The Primordial Golden Dou appeared, drove back the Heaven-Measuring Ruler, and revealed Yunxiao, Bixiao, and Qiongxiao.
• Yunxiao urged Zhao Gongming to carry the Investiture of the Gods and the God-Beating Whip to Senior, and he left with Shen Gongbao.
• The Three Xiaos blocked Randeng and, after exchanging threats, activated the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation.
• Randeng dismissed the formation’s power and charged into it with the Heaven-Measuring Ruler.

Nuwa failed to claim the Chaos Supreme Treasures and secretly plotted to use the Pipa Spirit and Pheasant Spirit to carry them out. When Zhao Gongming and Shen Gongbao arrived to seek an audience with Lin Tian, Nuwa hid her identity and watched as they entered the courtyard.

• Nuwa realized she could not penetrate or claim the wooden zither and tea set, and decided not to risk taking them herself.
• Nuwa threatened to replace the Pipa Spirit and Pheasant Spirit, then promised to preserve their mission if they helped her take the treasures out and kept her instructions secret.
• Nuwa privately intended to use the two spirits as test subjects and deny responsibility if they failed to remove the treasures.
• Nuwa recognized Zhao Gongming outside the courtyard and saw Shen Gongbao with him as they asked to meet their senior about an important matter.
• Nuwa hid the treasures at the courtyard’s edge, altered her appearance, and concealed herself as Zhao Gongming and Shen Gongbao entered.

Lin Tian wrote a diary entry about the Human Clan’s decline and urged Di Xin to seek Kong Xuan, earning a Great Dao Sage Experience Card. Zhao Gongming and Shen Bao arrived battered after being pursued by rival disciples, and Zhao Gongming left Shen Bao in Lin Tian’s courtyard before hurrying back to help the Three Xiaos.

• Lin Tian wrote that the Human Clan’s decline stemmed partly from losing the Kongtong Seal and the Human Dao, and advised Di Xin to find Kong Xuan for help.
• Lin Tian claimed a Great Dao Sage Experience Card that let him wield a Great Dao Sage’s power for half a day, while the Nine-Tailed Fox overheard his plans to confront Hongjun and destroy the Western Teachings.
• The system told Lin Tian that Zhao Gongming and Shen Bao were waiting at the gate, and Lin Tian let the injured pair into his courtyard to recover.
• Zhao Gongming explained that rival disciples had pursued them and left Shen Bao with Lin Tian while he went to support the Three Xiaos against Daoist Randeng.
• Lin Tian noticed Zhao Gongming had left his hands empty and called out to stop him before he departed.

Lin Tian offered Zhao Gongming the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls back so he could face Randeng, then had Zhunti retrieve them from the pond. When Lin Tian used the Filth-Avoidance Art to clean Zhunti, Zhao Gongming recognized the Western Sage working as a servant in Lin Tian’s courtyard.

• Lin Tian offered Zhao Gongming the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls, and Zhao Gongming accepted them as a loan so he could fight Randeng.
• Lin Tian ordered the mud-covered figure in the pond to bring the pearls, and Zhunti hurried over with them.
• Zhunti tried to hide his identity from Zhao Gongming, but Lin Tian used the Filth-Avoidance Art to clean him.
• Zhao Gongming recognized Zhunti as one of the Two Sages of the West and stared in shock, while Zhunti feared his reputation was ruined.

Zhao Gongming visited Lin Tian’s courtyard and discovered that Zhunti and Jieyin had become servants there, while Lin Tian returned Zhao Gongming’s transformed Sea-Calming Divine Pearls and offered him a wooden zither for his coming battle with Randeng. When Nuwa refused to hand over the zither, Lin Tian struck her, leaving Zhao Gongming, Jieyin, and Zhunti stunned.

• Zhao Gongming saw Zhunti covered in mud and learned from Lin Tian that Zhunti and two others were his servants; he suspected one of them was Jieyin.
• Lin Tian returned Zhao Gongming’s ten Sea-Calming Divine Pearls, and Zhao Gongming sensed that their power had grown enough to rival an Innate Supreme Treasure.
• Lin Tian offered Zhao Gongming the wooden zither to help him fight Randeng, and Zhao Gongming agreed to take it.
• Lin Tian approached Nuwa to retrieve the zither after she ignored his call, while Zhunti mocked her for hiding her identity.
• Lin Tian slapped Nuwa and demanded that she hand over the wooden zither, shocking Zhao Gongming, Jieyin, and Zhunti.

Zhao Gongming received Lin Tian’s wooden zither and discovered that Lin Tian’s maid was Nuwa, a Sage. After Zhao Gongming left, Nuwa swallowed her humiliation and entered Lin Tian’s main room, hoping to find treasures she could take.

• Lin Tian gave Zhao Gongming the wooden zither, reassured him about his coming battle, and accepted his respectful thanks.
• Zhao Gongming recognized Nuwa and feared she would blame him for Lin Tian’s anger, but he kept her identity secret and left the courtyard.
• Lin Tian ordered Nuwa to clean the three rooms, and she obeyed while concealing her face from Zhao Gongming.
• Nuwa regretted defying Lin Tian and decided to endure her punishment until she could escape the courtyard and reclaim a treasure.
• Nuwa entered Lin Tian’s main room, hoping to find something valuable she could take as compensation for the slap.

The Two Sages of the West worried that Nuwa would claim any treasures in Lin Tian’s house, but they dared not enter. Lin Tian considered dismissing his disobedient servants and turned to Shen Gongbao for an account of what had happened.

• The Two Sages of the West envied Nuwa for entering Lin Tian’s house and feared she would take any treasures inside.
• Zhunti asked Jieyin what they should do, and Jieyin urged him to obey Lin Tian and wait for an opportunity to enter.
• Lin Tian considered letting the Two Sages of the West go after Zhao Gongming returned and replacing the disobedient Nuwa.
• Lin Tian brewed tea with a wave of his hand and wondered whether Zhao Gongming would need help in his fight.
• Lin Tian noticed Shen Gongbao waiting in the courtyard and called him over to explain what had happened.

Nuwa entered Lin Tian’s house and discovered that its spiritual energy and laws surpassed even Purple Cloud Palace, making her fear that she could never take revenge on him. When she examined a blade painting, its power overwhelmed her consciousness, and she recovered shaken but unharmed before reaching to take the painting down.

• Nuwa sensed the immense spiritual energy and laws in Lin Tian’s house and concluded that Lin Tian might be as powerful as the Dao Ancestor or stronger.
• Nuwa explored the main hall and saw a painting of a saber hilt among Lin Tian’s wall art.
• Nuwa’s consciousness was drawn into the painting’s white space, where a blade law attacked her as a verse filled her mind.
• Nuwa’s consciousness was expelled from the painting, and she woke in the house unharmed, though exhausted.
• Nuwa realized the paintings and poems contained powerful laws and reached to take down the blade painting.

Nuwa was badly injured when she tried to steal Lin Tian’s mural and later his Great Dao Writing Brush, while the Great Dao Diary Copy inexplicably entered her sleeve. Convinced Lin Tian was a Great Dao Sage, she planned to use the diary to escape, but Lin Tian’s voice reached her before she could recover.

• Nuwa tried to take a mural, triggered its formation, and was severely injured by the blade depicted in it.
• Nuwa found the Great Dao Diary Copy and Writing Brush, then concluded that Lin Tian was a Great Dao Sage.
• Nuwa touched the diary, opened it, and watched it turn into light and slip into her sleeve.
• Nuwa decided to keep the diary and take the brush, but the brush’s power struck her and worsened her injuries.
• Nuwa considered dying and being reborn in the Heavenly Dao to escape, then sat down to recover as Lin Tian’s voice came from outside the courtyard.

Randeng used the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin against the Primordial Golden Dou, disrupting the Three Xiaos' Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation. As the Primordial Golden Dou flew toward him, Randeng believed he had won, but the chapter ended before its arrival revealed what would happen.

• The Three Xiaos trapped Randeng in the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation, where they hid while its deadly phenomena filled the space.
• Randeng praised the formation's power but vowed to kill the Three Xiaos and send them to the Investiture of the Gods.
• Randeng used the Heaven-Measuring Ruler to clear a space around himself, then brought out the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin to find the formation core.
• The Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin drew the Primordial Golden Dou out of the mist, weakening the formation and revealing the Three Xiaos' figures.
• Randeng believed the Primordial Golden Dou had been subdued and prepared to seize it, but an astonishing change occurred as it neared him.

Randeng’s Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin shattered when it struck Yunxiao’s Primordial Golden Dou, revealing that the treasure was far more powerful than he expected. The Three Xiaos trapped Randeng in the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation, but he produced a magical treasure bearing a Sage’s power, leaving them terrified and uncertain whether they could hold him off.

• Randeng’s Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin failed to stop the Primordial Golden Dou and shattered on impact.
• The Primordial Golden Dou pursued Randeng, but Yunxiao, Bixiao, and Qiongxiao appeared and surrounded him.
• Yunxiao activated the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation with the Primordial Golden Dou as its core, trapping Randeng.
• Randeng declared that he had brought a powerful magical treasure and revealed its Sage-like presence.
• The Three Xiaos recognized the treasure as carrying a Sage’s power and feared it would end their plan to hold Randeng until Zhao Gongming arrived.

Randeng used Sage Yuanshi’s Pangu Banner against the Three Xiaos, overwhelming their Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation and injuring them. He then appeared before the fallen sisters with several treasures prepared for defense, while they remained in danger.

• The Three Xiaos feared Randeng’s unknown treasure and prepared to hold him off until their senior brother arrived.
• Randeng revealed the Pangu Banner, and its pressure weakened the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation.
• Randeng attacked the Three Xiaos with the Pangu Banner, breaking their defenses and sending them crashing through mountains.
• The Three Xiaos’ formation collapsed, leaving the Primordial Golden Dou spinning as the sisters panicked.
• Randeng appeared before the injured Three Xiaos with the Heaven-Measuring Ruler, Pangu Banner, and Eight Treasures Glazed Bottle, and they mocked his precautions.

Randeng attacked the badly wounded Three Xiaos with the Heaven-Measuring Ruler, but Zhao Gongming arrived and used his modified Sea-Calming Divine Pearls to dispel the pressure and restore them. As the Three Xiaos prepared to fight beside him, Zhao Gongming condemned Randeng and the Chan Sect for making slaughter their path.

• Randeng dismissed Yunxiao’s warning about Zhao Gongming and swung the Heaven-Measuring Ruler at the Three Xiaos.
• Zhao Gongming appeared before the Three Xiaos, dispelled Randeng’s oppressive power, and revealed the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls.
• Zhao Gongming used a Sea-Calming Divine Pearl to heal the Three Xiaos enough to fight again.
• The Three Xiaos gathered the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation and prepared to join Zhao Gongming against Randeng.
• Randeng mocked Zhao Gongming and threatened to kill him, while Zhao Gongming condemned the Chan Sect’s slaughter and its role in the Investiture of the Gods calamity.

Zhao Gongming used the modified Sea-Calming Divine Pearls to repel Randeng’s Heaven-Measuring Ruler, revealing that the pearls could unleash the power of the four seas. He then launched a close-range attack, forcing Randeng to abandon retrieving his weapon and defend himself with a golden lotus.

• Randeng attacked Zhao Gongming with the Heaven-Measuring Ruler, but Zhao countered with the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls.
• The clash shattered the surrounding space and sent the Heaven-Measuring Ruler flying away.
• Zhao Gongming realized the modified pearls were far more powerful than he had expected and resolved to fight Randeng without holding back.
• Randeng tried to summon back the Heaven-Measuring Ruler, but Zhao Gongming appeared before him and attacked with the pearls.
• Randeng sensed the danger, recalled his attacking pearls, and formed a golden lotus beneath his feet to boost his speed and protect himself.

Zhao Gongming mocked Randeng after dodging his attack, but Randeng answered by unleashing the power of the Pangu Banner, which overwhelmed Zhao Gongming. Randeng challenged Zhao Gongming to summon the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords if he thought their battle was unfair.

• Randeng escaped Zhao Gongming's attack, and Zhao Gongming taunted him for fleeing as he had in the past.
• Randeng grew furious and threatened to use the Pangu Banner to destroy Zhao Gongming's body and soul.
• Zhao Gongming relied on his Sea-Calming Divine Pearls, wooden zither, Double Pupils, and the Three Xiaos' Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation to believe they could withstand the banner.
• Randeng poured his power into the Pangu Banner, which shattered the space around them and made Zhao Gongming feel its overwhelming pressure.
• Zhao Gongming accused Randeng of shamelessly relying on Sage Yuanshi's treasure, but Randeng insisted wielding it was his own ability and challenged him to bring out the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords.

Randeng used the Pangu Banner to overwhelm Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos, crushing their defenses and leaving them trapped beneath its pressure. As they feared being killed and forced onto the Investiture of the Gods, Zhao Gongming revealed that Senior had given them another mysterious treasure and prepared to test it against Randeng.

• Randeng unleashed the Pangu Banner against Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos, and their combined attack collided with its power.
• The returning force crushed Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos, destroyed the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation, and dimmed the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls.
• Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao feared they would die or be trapped on the Investiture of the Gods, and Yunxiao resolved to detonate her primordial spirit rather than be captured.
• Zhao Gongming reassured his three sisters that they still had a chance and pointed to a mysterious treasure belonging to Senior.
• Zhao Gongming calmly said he would unleash the treasure and test its power against Randeng.

Randeng wielded the Pangu Banner against Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos, whose Sea-Calming Divine Pearls, Double Pupils, and Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation briefly suppressed its presence. Randeng then unleashed the banner’s full power at great cost to himself, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Randeng taunted Zhao Gongming and claimed the Pangu Banner surpassed the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls, while Zhao Gongming decided to save his xylophone as a final trump card.
• Zhao Gongming summoned the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls and told the Three Xiaos to complete the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation and hold Randeng back.
• The Three Xiaos used the Primordial Golden Dou to establish the formation, and Yunxiao brought its core to Zhao Gongming as the formation’s pressure spread across the surrounding world.
• The formation, Zhao Gongming’s Sea-Calming Divine Pearls, and his Double Pupils weakened Randeng’s imposing presence and the Pangu Banner’s aura, surprising both sides.
• Randeng invoked the Pangu Banner’s full power to reverse space and time, collapsing the surrounding space and causing blood to flow from his seven orifices.

Zhao Gongming emerged unharmed from the Pangu Banner’s attack, protected by the mysterious wooden zither he carried. Randeng’s repeated attempts to strike him failed, and Zhao Gongming approached while Randeng grew increasingly frightened.

• Randeng believed the Pangu Banner had killed Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos, then searched the mist for their souls.
• Zhao Gongming emerged uninjured with an ancient wooden qin and mocked Randeng’s use of the Pangu Banner.
• Randeng attacked Zhao Gongming again, but the banner’s power passed through him without causing harm.
• Randeng exhausted his energy unleashing repeated attacks, while Zhao Gongming remained protected by a gentle force around his body.
• Zhao Gongming floated through the void toward Randeng, whose confidence gave way to fear.

Zhao Gongming tried to bluff Randeng with the wooden zither’s strange ability to evade the Pangu Banner, but Randeng overcame his fear and attacked with his Peak Quasi-Saint power. After the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls failed to stop him, Zhao Gongming threw the wooden zither at Randeng and watched its power cut through space.

• Zhao Gongming claimed that his Great Dao power could overcome even the Jade Disc of Creation, hoping to scare Randeng into retreating.
• Randeng doubted Zhao Gongming’s claim but feared the zither’s ability to ignore the Pangu Banner, then decided he could not return to Sage Yuanshi in disgrace.
• Randeng attacked Zhao Gongming with his Peak Quasi-Saint power, and Zhao Gongming countered with the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls.
• Randeng’s enormous palm knocked the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls aside and pressed his attack, leaving Zhao Gongming with few options.
• Zhao Gongming hurled the wooden zither at Randeng, and its passage carved a strip of void through space.