Chapter Summaries

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.

Lin Tian won the Supreme-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure Twelve-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus, which the system had repaired and bound to him. After hiding it to keep its origin secret, he welcomed a thousand-year cultivator seeking an immortal opportunity, then recognized the ugly young man who entered as the visitor the system had mentioned.

• Lin Tian questioned the system about its prize draw, then started it and won the Twelve-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus.
• The system explained that it had repaired the black lotus, removed its restrictions, and made it recognize Lin Tian as its master.
• Lin Tian bonded with the black lotus, tested its powerful defense, and decided to keep it hidden from the Primordial World.
• The system told Lin Tian that a thousand-year Daoist seeking an immortal opportunity had come to his courtyard, and Lin Tian agreed to meet him.
• Lin Tian opened the courtyard gate and welcomed the visitor, then saw a sharp-featured young man in black robes enter.

Shen Gongbao entered Lin Tian’s courtyard, where the mysterious cultivator treated him to extraordinary tea and pointed him toward the Interception Sect. As Shen Gongbao prepared to leave after offering Lin Tian a pearl, he sensed a powerful presence from a book beside the stone table.

• Shen Gongbao overcame his doubts and entered the courtyard, where its dense spiritual Qi refreshed him and improved his cultivation.
• Shen Gongbao met Lin Tian and was startled by his overwhelming presence, then accepted a cup of tea that further strengthened his cultivation.
• Lin Tian told Shen Gongbao that he had gone the wrong way and pointed him toward the Interception Sect.
• Shen Gongbao thanked Lin Tian, offered him a jade-green pearl as a gift, and prepared to leave.
• Shen Gongbao noticed a thick Daoist book beside the stone table and sensed the fortuitous opportunity that had drawn him to the courtyard.

Shen Gongbao became fascinated by Lin Tian’s novel, "Covering the Heavens with One Hand," and borrowed it after Lin Tian explained its story. He left with the book, while Lin Tian hoped it would help Shen Gongbao gain insight before the system interrupted his thoughts.

• Shen Gongbao examined the title "Covering the Heavens with One Hand" and wondered whether its audacious name challenged the Heavenly Dao.
• Lin Tian explained what a novel was and introduced the story of Ye Fan and the nine dragons pulling a coffin.
• Shen Gongbao wanted to read the book but hesitated because he had no treasure to offer and worried about keeping it from Lin Tian.
• Lin Tian told Shen Gongbao he could borrow the book and return it when he finished.
• Shen Gongbao accepted the book, thanked Lin Tian, and backed out of the courtyard.
• Lin Tian reflected on Shen Gongbao's lack of confidence and hoped the novel would give him insight, then the system spoke and startled him.

Lin Tian learned that Shen Bao’s jade-green pearl was the Heaven-Opening Mother Pearl, a Supreme-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, but set it aside and fell asleep. The pearl entered Yazi’s body and restored his true form, leaving Lin Tian with a newly grateful dragon who offered to serve as his seat.

• Lin Tian refused the system’s repeated demands to write a diary entry and examined the pearl Shen Bao had given him.
• The system identified the pearl as the Heaven-Opening Mother Pearl, a Supreme-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, and explained that Lin Tian could not use it to open the heavens.
• While Lin Tian slept, the pearl absorbed the courtyard’s spiritual Qi, flew into Yazi’s mouth, and unleashed its power inside him.
• Yazi transformed into a much larger, more imposing form as his bloodline was restored, while Lin Tian woke to find the pearl glowing in Yazi’s belly.
• Yazi thanked Lin Tian, spoke human words, and offered to serve him as a seat; Lin Tian realized Yazi had swallowed the pearl but was no longer sure it was a loss.

Shen Gongbao read Covering the Heavens with One Hand in a secluded cave and gained Duan De’s power and the Tongtian Underworld Treasure. Believing Lin Tian had arranged the opportunity for him, he returned to the courtyard with the book and planned to oppose the Chan Sect.

• Shen Gongbao settled in a hidden cave and began reading Covering the Heavens with One Hand, while a mysterious barrier concealed the energy surrounding him.
• He became fascinated by Duan De and finished the book after a day and a night, but initially found no sign of the opportunity he had expected.
• The Tongtian Underworld Treasure emerged from the book, struck Shen Gongbao, and infused him with power that raised his cultivation to Peak Profound Immortal.
• Shen Gongbao concluded that Lin Tian had arranged the treasure and power for him because his opportunity lay with Duan De.
• He decided to return the book to Lin Tian, then seek refuge with the Interception Sect or bury Chan Sect Disciples, and entered the courtyard when its gate opened for him.