Chapter Summaries

Yuanshi learned that Taishang wanted him to join the Two Sages of the West in putting Interception Sect disciples on the Investiture of the Gods, and Taishang revealed the Dao Ancestor’s hidden purpose for the calamity. After the Great Dao Diary confirmed that Taiyi and Yu Ding were plotting with Zhunti, Yuanshi decided to cleanse Chan Sect.

• Yuanshi hid his anger from Taishang and concealed what he knew about the Two Sages of the West recruiting Chan Sect disciples as pawns.
• Taishang created a barrier to shield their conversation and explained that the Dao Ancestor expected the Investiture of the Gods to be filled, regardless of who suffered the calamity.
• Taishang urged Yuanshi to cooperate with the Two Sages of the West and put Interception Sect disciples on the list, warning that they might be listed themselves if it remained incomplete.
• Yuanshi questioned Taishang’s plan and learned that Taishang feared the calamity would bring them harm, despite his ability to divine the workings of heaven and the protection of the Taiji Diagram.
• The Great Dao Diary confirmed to Yuanshi that Taiyi and Yu Ding were plotting with Zhunti, and Yuanshi told Taishang he would sweep the trash out of Chan Sect.

After Taishang visited the Jade Void Palace, the Chan Sect Disciples waited outside while the Twelve Golden Immortals discussed the planned attack on the Interception Sect. Yuanshi and Taishang abruptly left after a surge of Sage power, and True Person Huang Long feared that Taiyi and Yu Ding had failed.

• Taishang entered the Jade Void Palace, surprising the Chan Sect Disciples gathered outside.
• Juliusun, Manjushri, and Cihang boasted that Guangchengzi and the other disciples would defeat the Interception Sect, while True Person Huang Long urged them to wait for Yuanshi's orders.
• Two waves of Sage power burst forth above the palace, and Yuanshi ordered the Chan Sect Disciples to postpone the attack.
• Yuanshi and Taishang vanished toward Taiyi Zhenren and Yu Ding Zhenren's presence, leaving True Person Huang Long to suspect that their mission had gone badly.

Jieyin tried to persuade Taiyi and Yu Ding to hear his plan, but they refused to incur a Sage’s karmic debt and prepared to return to Kunlun Mountain. Yuanshi and Taishang confronted them, and Yuanshi, furious over Guangchengzi’s death and their meeting with Jieyin, unleashed Sage Qi against them.

• Jieyin stopped Taiyi and Yu Ding and offered to explain a plan to help them, but they refused to conspire with the Western Sages and left.
• Jieyin sensed Taishang and Yuanshi approaching, vanished to avoid being seen with the Chan Sect disciples, and left Taiyi and Yu Ding wondering what his plan had been.
• Taiyi warned Yu Ding that accepting a Sage’s help would incur karma they might never repay, and they decided to return to Kunlun Mountain and await Yuanshi’s judgment.
• Yuanshi and Taishang appeared before Taiyi and Yu Ding, and Yuanshi berated them for failing to save Guangchengzi and for meeting with Jieyin.
• Yu Ding tried to explain that Jieyin had offered to help resolve their calamity, but his words made Yuanshi angrier.
• Yuanshi swept Sage Qi over Taiyi and Yu Ding, apparently preparing to kill them, as Taishang watched in shock.

Yuanshi tried to kill Taiyi and Yu Ding for allegedly betraying the Chan Sect, but Taishang intervened and demanded that Yuanshi confront Jieyin before deciding their fate. The chapter ended as Jieyin approached and the two Sages prepared to question him.

• Yuanshi attacked Taiyi and Yu Ding with the Void Box, captured Yu Ding, and nearly pulled Taiyi inside.
• Taishang stopped Yuanshi with the Qiankun Diagram, rescued Taiyi, and urged his brother to halt before harming the Chan Sect's providence.
• Yuanshi accused Taiyi and Yu Ding of conspiring with the Two Sages of the West and letting Guangchengzi and Daoist Qingxu die.
• Taishang sensed Jieyin nearby and persuaded Yuanshi to confront him before executing Yu Ding.

Jieyin headed toward Yuanshi and Taishang, expecting to exploit their grievances against Tongtian, but Yuanshi confronted him over planting a pawn in the Chan Sect. Yuanshi summoned the Pangu Banner and threatened to cripple Jieyin unless he explained himself.

• Jieyin sensed killing Qi near Kunlun Mountain, then decided to wait before approaching Yuanshi and Taishang.
• Jieyin greeted Yuanshi and Taishang, but Yuanshi immediately threatened to kill him.
• Jieyin defended himself by invoking the Dao Ancestor and Tongtian’s confinement, then tried to leave when Yuanshi challenged him about Tongtian’s fight.
• Yuanshi used the Void Box to stop Jieyin and accused him of planting a pawn in the Chan Sect to join the Western Teachings during the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.
• Yuanshi threatened to cripple Jieyin’s cultivation and summoned the Pangu Banner.

Yuanshi threatened Jieyin with the Pangu Banner to force him to explain the Western Sages’ pawns planted in the Chan Sect. He stopped short of attacking, but when Jieyin remained silent, Yuanshi prepared to reveal a captured pawn.

• Jieyin panicked when Yuanshi invoked the Pangu Banner and hurriedly activated the Twelve-Grade Golden Lotus of Merit to defend himself.
• Taishang urged Yuanshi not to unleash the banner, warning that it could harm Kunlun Mountain’s cultivators and draw the Dao Ancestor’s punishment.
• Yuanshi accepted Taishang’s warning and demanded that Jieyin explain the Western Sages’ pawns in the Chan Sect.
• Jieyin regretted coming and stayed silent, fearing that admitting to planting five pawns would expose them and ruin his reputation.
• Yuanshi said he would show Jieyin what happened to the pawns, and the figure he summoned left Jieyin frozen in shock.

Yuanshi confronted Jieyin with Taiyi and Yu Ding, accusing them of conspiring with the Western Teachings and betraying the Chan Sect. Jieyin chose to confirm the accusation to protect his hidden pieces, leaving Taiyi and Yu Ding trapped under Yuanshi’s deadly attack.

• Yuanshi released the battered Taiyi and Yu Ding and accused them of plotting with Jieyin and betraying the Chan Sect.
• Jieyin realized that denying involvement could expose his real pieces, so he decided to play along with Yuanshi’s suspicion.
• Taiyi pleaded with Jieyin to explain that he and Yu Ding were innocent, but Jieyin falsely claimed they had plotted to join the Western Teachings.
• Yuanshi believed Jieyin’s account and unleashed his Sage power, engulfing Taiyi and Yu Ding in collapsing space and chaotic baleful winds.

After Jieyin confirmed that Taiyi, Yu Ding, Guangchengzi, and Qingxu had been Western Teachings' pawns, Yuanshi killed Taiyi and Yu Ding and pursued Jieyin. Jieyin tried to save himself by offering Yuanshi a gift and promising help against Tongtian's Four Immortal-Slaying Swords Formation.

• Yuanshi became convinced that Taiyi, Yu Ding, Guangchengzi, and Qingxu had betrayed the Chan Sect for the Western Teachings.
• Yuanshi used the Void Box to kill Taiyi and Yu Ding despite Taishang's attempt to dissuade him.
• Jieyin denied responsibility and fled east, but Yuanshi pursued him and crushed the surrounding space with his Sage power.
• Taishang followed Yuanshi east and wondered why Jieyin was heading toward the Interception Sect and Zhunti.
• Yuanshi caught Jieyin and prepared to attack him with the Pangu Banner, so Jieyin offered a gift and promised to help break Tongtian's Four Immortal-Slaying Swords Formation.

Jieyin offered Yuanshi and Taishang his treasures and future help in exchange for their cooperation, then told them about a resource-rich Daoist temple. Yuanshi distrusted him and demanded compensation or a beating staged as consensual, leaving Jieyin humiliated and weighing his choices.

• Jieyin offered Yuanshi and Taishang all his treasures and cultivation resources, along with help during the Investiture of the Gods.
• Taishang asked whether Zhunti was nearby, and Jieyin explained that he had discovered a mysterious place on the southern coast of the Interception Sect's territory where Supreme-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures could be found.
• Yuanshi accused Jieyin of lying or luring them into a trap, while Jieyin insisted that he was telling the truth.
• Jieyin warned that fighting would draw the Dao Ancestor and delay the Investiture of the Gods, making Yuanshi hesitate.
• Yuanshi demanded that Jieyin either accept a beating and claim he had taken it willingly or hand over his Twelve-Grade Golden Lotus of Merit and help with the Investiture of the Gods.

Jieyin persuaded Taishang and Yuanshi to follow him to a supposed treasure trove, hoping to steal treasures and escape. When Zhunti arrived looking panicked and disheveled, Jieyin wondered whether he had failed to retrieve the treasures.

• Jieyin swallowed his anger when Yuanshi demanded compensation, and Taishang persuaded Yuanshi to investigate the treasures Jieyin claimed were nearby.
• Yuanshi agreed to follow Jieyin but threatened to seize the Twelve-Grade Golden Lotus of Merit and other treasures if Jieyin had deceived him.
• Taishang warned Yuanshi not to attack Jieyin and urged restraint, prompting Yuanshi to suspect Taishang had an arrangement with the Western Sages.
• Jieyin led Taishang and Yuanshi to the desolate southern coast of the Interception Sect, where Yuanshi and Taishang doubted his claim that treasures were hidden there.
• Zhunti rushed toward the group looking panicked and disheveled, leaving Jieyin to wonder whether he had failed to retrieve the treasures.

Jieyin brought Taishang and Yuanshi to the mountain where Zhunti’s courtyard had vanished, hoping they could uncover it, but they found only barren earth. Yuanshi accused Jieyin of deceiving them and attacked him, leaving Jieyin and Zhunti in danger.

• Jieyin reassured Zhunti and said Taishang and Yuanshi could break the courtyard’s formation, but Zhunti insisted on explaining that the courtyard and his treasures were gone.
• Zhunti told Jieyin he had searched the marked mountain without finding the courtyard, and Jieyin realized his claim of an opportunity might be exposed.
• Jieyin told Zhunti to prepare to flee toward the Purple Cloud Palace if Taishang and Yuanshi could not find the courtyard.
• Jieyin led Taishang and Yuanshi to the desolate mountaintop where the courtyard had stood, while Zhunti followed warily.
• Yuanshi and Taishang accused Jieyin of deceiving them, and Yuanshi unleashed a wave of Sage power at him.

After the Two Sages of the West fled, Yuanshi pursued them while Taishang stayed behind to investigate the strange, untouched area. Taishang spotted Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos approaching and secretly wondered whether they knew where the fortuitous opportunity was.

• Jieyin tried to explain the situation to Yuanshi, but Yuanshi demanded that he and Zhunti be reborn through the Heavenly Dao and summoned the Pangu Banner.
• Zhunti and Jieyin fled into the distant void before Yuanshi could attack.
• Yuanshi accused the Two Sages of the West of deceiving them and flew after them, while Taishang chose not to follow.
• Taishang noticed the area had remained unharmed by Yuanshi's Sage power and Pangu Banner, then tried to investigate it with his spiritual sense.
• Taishang saw Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos heading toward the mountaintop and concealed himself, suspecting they knew of the fortuitous opportunity.

Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos returned to seek out Lin Tian after his pills healed their injuries and strengthened them, while worrying about how to repay him. Hidden nearby, Taishang overheard them, suspected a concealed opportunity at the mountain, and disguised himself as a Jie Sect Disciple to follow them.

• Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos praised Lin Tian's pills for healing their primordial spirits and strengthening their cultivation.
• Qiongxiao worried that they had no suitable treasures to repay Lin Tian, and Yunxiao feared they might have to give up the Primordial Golden Dou.
• Zhao Gongming reassured the Three Xiaos and urged them to present their prepared treasures and ask Lin Tian for guidance if needed.
• Taishang secretly overheard the group's conversation and suspected that a hidden formation concealed an opportunity connected to Tongtian.
• Taishang decided to investigate alone before calling Yuanshi and the Western Sages, then disguised himself as a Jie Sect Disciple and followed Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos.

Lin Tian watched four visitors argue outside his hidden courtyard, then received a second golden Great Wall model from the system for his unconventional laziness. After an explosion emptied his pond, he went to investigate and was shocked by what he found inside.

• Lin Tian watched the monk and nun flee while a Daoist pursued them, and the white-haired old man vanished from the clearing.
• Lin Tian briefly got up to stretch, lay back down, and received another Great Wall model from the system.
• Lin Tian summoned two golden Great Wall models and wondered whether the Great Wall could help Di Xin or Sect Master Tongtian, before deciding to stay out of the calamity.
• An explosion blasted all the water out of Lin Tian's pond, and Lin Tian saw Erha's guilty, evasive gaze as he prepared to investigate.
• Lin Tian floated over to the pond and stared in shock at what was inside it.

Lin Tian discovered that the Primordial Golden Dou had drained his pond and seemed transformed, then saw Zhao Gongming and his three younger sisters return with a suspicious stranger. The system warned that the stranger planned to use Gongming, but said he could not see Lin Tian’s residence without Lin Tian’s consent.

• Lin Tian found the pond drained and the Primordial Golden Dou lying in the mud, then summoned it and noticed its golden glow and engraved patterns.
• Lin Tian moved two Great Wall models into the main hall and prepared to sleep as the sun set.
• Zhao Gongming and his three younger sisters returned to the courtyard with an unfamiliar young man following them.
• The system warned Lin Tian that the young man had been watching Gongming and intended to use him.
• Lin Tian learned that the young man could not see the residence unless Lin Tian consented.

Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos reached Lin Tian’s courtyard to deliver their gifts, but an unfamiliar Jie Sect disciple appeared and asked to join them. The disciple seemed unable to see the courtyard, leaving Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos suspicious.

• Zhao Gongming warned the Three Xiaos to deliver their gifts quickly and avoid disturbing Lin Tian’s secluded cultivation.
• An unfamiliar Golden Immortal Jie Sect disciple called out to Zhao Gongming, surprising him by approaching without being noticed.
• Zhao Gongming questioned the disciple’s identity and told him to return and keep quiet about the area.
• The disciple claimed he had followed a treasure’s light and asked whether Zhao Gongming had found a Dharma treasure.
• The disciple pointed at the courtyard’s location as if it were empty and asked Zhao Gongming to take him along, baffling Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos.

Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos encountered a suspicious Interception Sect disciple at Lin Tian’s hidden courtyard and went inside without him. The disguised Taishang realized he could neither perceive the courtyard nor follow them, and his composure gave way to rage.

• Zhao Gongming suspected the young disciple was an undercover spy and ordered him to wait quietly while they returned to the Interception Sect.
• Yunxiao, Bixiao, and Zhao Gongming agreed that the young man’s unnoticed arrival and inability to see Lin Tian’s courtyard were suspicious, but Qiongxiao urged them to visit Lin Tian first.
• The young man approached Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos at the seemingly empty patch of ground, and Zhao Gongming ordered him to stay back and keep their business secret.
• Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos vanished into Lin Tian’s courtyard without leaving any trace of Qi.
• Taishang, disguised as the young man, wondered whether Tongtian had surpassed him, then grew frustrated and furious at being unable to find the courtyard or its treasure.

Taishang failed to investigate the hidden courtyard and left, while Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos entered and thanked Lin Tian for helping them. When Yunxiao picked up the Primordial Golden Dou to take it away, it had changed, and three dark rays shot from it into the Three Xiaos' brows.

• Taishang concluded Tongtian had hidden the place with formations, failed to trace Zhao Gongming, and flew away rather than risk provoking the other Sages.
• Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos entered Lin Tian's courtyard, where he confirmed he had prevented the young man from detecting them.
• Zhao Gongming offered Lin Tian a sword and a five-colored divine stone in gratitude for the pills, and Lin Tian accepted the stone.
• Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos went to retrieve the Primordial Golden Dou and found the pond in disarray, though the Six Roots Pure Bamboo remained.
• Yunxiao noticed that the Primordial Golden Dou had changed, then three dark rays shot from it and entered the brows of the Three Xiaos.

The Three Xiaos discovered that the Primordial Golden Dou contained the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation, which they believed Senior Lin Tian had secretly devised for them. After Zhao Gongming accepted their explanation, Qiongxiao suggested giving the Primordial Golden Dou to Senior Lin Tian to repay his kindness.

• Yunxiao matched the black mist in her primordial spirit with her spiritual Qi and comprehended the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation Art.
• Yunxiao learned that the formation used the Primordial Golden Dou as its eye and could strip the three flowers from a Peak Daluo Golden Immortal.
• Bixiao and Qiongxiao also revealed that they had received the same formation revelation, and Yunxiao concluded that Senior Lin Tian had bestowed it on them.
• Yunxiao told Zhao Gongming about the formation, and he agreed that Senior Lin Tian must have secretly guided the Three Xiaos.
• The Three Xiaos worried about accumulating more debts of gratitude, and Qiongxiao suggested giving the Primordial Golden Dou to Senior Lin Tian.

Qiongxiao realized the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation could use a treasure other than the Primordial Golden Dou as its core, so the Three Xiaos decided to offer it to Lin Tian. Lin Tian mistook their gratitude for a response to washing the treasure and rejected the gift, leaving the others stunned by his apparent disregard for its value.

• Qiongxiao explained that the formation instructions said the Primordial Golden Dou should be used as its core if possible, but did not require it.
• Yunxiao and Bixiao confirmed Qiongxiao's reading, while Zhao Gongming urged them to test the formation with another treasure before giving the golden dou away.
• Zhao Gongming warned the Three Xiaos to keep the opportunity secret and avoid mentioning the formation when they thanked Lin Tian.
• The Three Xiaos thanked Lin Tian, bowed to him, and Yunxiao held out the Primordial Golden Dou, crediting him for what had happened to it.
• Lin Tian told them to get up and said he had barely done anything, which the Three Xiaos and Zhao Gongming interpreted as confirmation that he had devised the formation.
• When the Three Xiaos began to offer him the golden dou, Lin Tian rejected it as useless to him, leaving them staring in shock.