Vol. 5The Road to Western Zhou

Ye Xuan gathered allies and ancient powers while preparing the Human Clan for the conflicts ahead. After Xiqi rebelled and founded Western Zhou, Jiang Ziya and new allies prepared for war, while Ye Xuan revived Zhang Lin and clashed with Yang Jian.

  • Ye Xuan raised Eastern Emperor Taiyi, Demon Emperor Di Jun, and Demon Ancestor Luohu, collected powerful treasures, and recruited allies while defying Haotian Shangdi.
  • Huanhuan’s Great Joy Technique overcame Ye Xuan’s resistance, though he later helped her reach the Quasi-Saint realm.
  • Ye Xuan gathered allies in Chaoge, persuaded Zhen Yuanzi to join the Human Clan’s alliance, and raised Beast Emperor Shen Ni.
  • He fought the Nether Serpent and faced the Three-Headed Wolf beyond the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
  • White Tiger defeated and purified the Nether Serpent and Three-Headed Demon Wolf, while Huanhuan, Ye Wudao, and Bai Susu built an underground network for Ye Xuan.
  • Ye Xuan released Ji Chang, who rallied Xiqi against Yin Shang and sought Jiang Ziya’s help, but Jiang Ziya initially rejected his appeals.
  • Jiang Ziya agreed to help Ji Chang, organized Xiqi’s forces, and oversaw the founding of Western Zhou under King Wen.
  • Yang Jian and Lei Zhenzi joined the Zhou cause, while Ye Xuan revived Zhang Lin after Yang Jian killed her and Yang Jian clashed with Lei Zhenzi in camp.
Chapters 402–501 Read from Ch. 402

Arc 17Corpses and Heavenly Treasures

Ye Xuan gathered powerful corpses and treasures while recruiting allies and defying the Heavenly Court. After raising Demon Ancestor Luohu, he encountered Huanhuan, whose cultivation technique overcame his resistance.

  • Ye Xuan visited Chang'e on Taiyin Star, raised the bodies of Eastern Emperor Taiyi and Demon Emperor Di Jun from their Solar True Fire, and received the Chaos Bell from the system.
  • Ye Xuan recruited Jade Rabbit, then secretly took the Treasure-Dropping Copper Coin from Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao as Daoist Randeng attacked them.
  • Ye Xuan freed the Six-Eared Macaque from Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s restraint, raised his cultivation, gave him a weapon, and sent him to Nuwa for training.
  • Tianpeng delivered Haotian Shangdi’s demand that Ye Xuan lower his rank, but Ye Xuan took the Nine-Toothed Rake and sent Tianpeng back with a taunt.
  • Taishang Laojun armed Tianpeng with a fire poker and sent Gold Horn and Silver Horn to support Xiqi as Ye Xuan set out to raise Demon Ancestor Luohu.
  • Ye Xuan defeated Ye Wudao’s demonic forces, crushed Luohu’s remnant soul, raised Luohu’s body, and received the World-Destroying Black Lotus and God-Slaying Spear.
  • Madam Hehuan met Ye Xuan on his way to Spirit Mountain and brought him to the Hehuan Sect, where his presence loosened her cultivation bottleneck.
  • Ye Xuan asked Huanhuan to help him cultivate without magic power, but her Great Joy Technique overcame his resistance, and she later woke on a huge bed unsure what had happened.
Chapters 402–42625 summaries Read

Arc 18Allies and Chaos Beasts

Ye Xuan gathered powerful allies for the Human Clan, persuaded Zhen Yuanzi to join his cause, and raised Beast Emperor Shen Ni from beneath the Hundred Thousand Mountains. Beyond the mountain’s gales, he fought a Chaos Ferocious Beast and discovered that another was waiting nearby.

  • Huanhuan realized Ye Xuan had saved her from her own illusion and helped her reach the Quasi-Saint realm, while Ye Xuan returned to Chaoge and reunited with Wushuang.
  • Ye Xuan welcomed Chang'e and the Jade Rabbit to Chaoge, appointed Su Quanzhong as Wang Yong’s deputy, and received Yuan Hong and his companions as allies.
  • Ye Xuan named Zheng Lun and Chen Qi General Heng and General Ha after their evenly matched spar, then welcomed Hu Chi and reunited Wuzhiqi with Zhenzhen.
  • Ye Xuan watched Yuan Hong and Wuzhiqi fight to a draw, then stopped them before their battle could damage Chaoge.
  • Ye Xuan visited Zhen Yuanzi and showed him visions of the Investiture of the Gods and the Journey to the West, persuading him to join the Human Clan’s alliance.
  • Ye Xuan received ten boxes of Ginseng Fruits from Zhen Yuanzi, gave him treasures from the Jade Void Palace, and revealed that he had come to seek Beast Emperor Shen Ni.
  • Ye Xuan raised Shen Ni from beneath the Hundred Thousand Mountains, transformed him into a youth, and imprisoned him in a coffin before receiving the Seven Injuries Parting Hatred Saber from the system.
  • Ye Xuan fought the Nether Serpent beyond the mountain’s gales and shattered its lightning pearl, then faced the Three-Headed Wolf after it emerged to confront him.
Chapters 427–45125 summaries Read

Arc 19Xiqi Turns Against Yin Shang

After White Tiger dealt with the intruding Chaos beasts, Ye Xuan withdrew to cultivate and pushed Xiqi toward rebellion by releasing Ji Chang. Ji Chang rallied Xiqi and sought Jiang Ziya’s help, but Jiang Ziya left him waiting after their first meeting.

  • White Tiger defeated and purified the Three-Headed Demon Wolf and the Nether Serpent, then told Ye Xuan about the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion and the threats to the Primordial World.
  • Huanhuan left the ruined Hehuan Sect with Ye Wudao, and they joined Bai Susu in building an underground network for Ye Xuan’s Twelve Zodiac Animals plan.
  • After more than six years of cultivation and preparation, Ye Xuan ordered Su Daji to release Ji Chang, who returned to Xiqi vowing revenge against the Human Emperor.
  • The Antarctic Immortal urged Ji Chang to raise an army against Yin Shang and seek Jiang Ziya by the Wei River, while Ji Chang struggled with the trauma of eating the dead in Youli City.
  • Ji Chang returned to Xiqi, where San Yisheng secretly fed him Ruhua’s flesh, and Ji Chang then announced Bo Yikao’s death and issued a proclamation calling for Yin Shang’s overthrow.
  • Ye Xuan’s ministers advised him to let Xiqi attack first, while Jiang Ziya met Wu Ji by the Wei River, saved him from execution, and took him as a disciple.
  • After Wu Ji introduced him to Jiang Ziya, Ji Chang visited the Wei River and invited the sage to help Xiqi, but Jiang Ziya questioned Xiqi’s cause and ignored his gifts and pleas.
Chapters 452–47625 summaries Read

Arc 20The Rise of Western Zhou

Jiang Ziya joined Ji Chang in Xiqi, where Western Zhou was founded and its forces prepared for war. Yang Jian and Lei Zhenzi arrived to aid Zhou, while Yang Jian’s killing of Zhang Lin brought Ye Xuan’s attention to him and the two new allies clashed in the camp.

  • Ji Chang endured Jiang Ziya’s test of sincerity, and Jiang Ziya agreed to help Xiqi after declaring that Ji Chang’s efforts foretold eighteen hundred years of rule.
  • Jiang Ziya took command of Xiqi’s military and directed its soldiers to farm near Mount Qi, despite Nangong Shi’s objections.
  • San Yisheng fed the failing Ji Chang broth made from a child, while Jiang Ziya organized the armies at Mount Qi.
  • Jiang Ziya presented the Grain-Holding Rice Measure, and Ji Chang founded Western Zhou and became King Wen of Zhou.
  • Yang Jian encountered a three-headed demon dragon, defeated him, and made him into a blade before reuniting with Yang Chan and agreeing to help Jiang Ziya.
  • Yang Jian killed Zhang Lin after mistaking her for a yao, but Ye Xuan revived her and identified Yang Jian as her attacker.
  • Yang Jian joined Jiang Ziya as vanguard general, and the Antarctic Immortal brought Daoist Lu Ya to stage a golden bird spectacle that stirred Xiqi’s fortune.
  • Yun Zhongzi helped Lei Zhenzi consume the Immortal Apricots, giving him wings of wind and thunder and a cudgel before sending him to Xiqi.
  • Lei Zhenzi arrived at Jiang Ziya’s camp and fought Yang Jian, who gradually gained the advantage before Lei Zhenzi unleashed a giant lightning dragon.
Chapters 477–50125 summaries Read
Volume 5 of 7
Volume 5 of 7