Vol. 3The Investiture Calamity

As the Investiture of the Gods Calamity unfolded, Ao Changsheng and the Jie Sect faced escalating threats from the Chan Sect and the other Sages. The Jie Sect disbanded after the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation fell, and Cult Master Tongtian and Celestial Venerable Yuanshi ended the volume locked in a decisive clash whose result remained uncertain.

  • Ao Changsheng sent the Chaos Demon God of Disorder’s corpse to his Dao Field, while Yun Zhongzi took Leizhenzi as his disciple and investigated Yao Qi draining Yin Shang’s fortune.
  • Jinling exposed True Person Taiyi’s scheme around Nezha and confronted Celestial Venerable Yuanshi, while Guiling fought Yuanshi and became trapped inside a Middle Thousand World.
  • Ao Changsheng defeated the Hellfire Mountain Master in Chaos, while Jinling helped bring about True Person Taiyi’s death after Bo Yikao was executed.
  • Fuxi blocked Celestial Venerable Yuanshi from avenging Taiyi, and Yuanshi returned to Jade Void Palace and declared that the Great Investiture of the Gods Calamity had begun.
  • Kong Xuan halted Xiqi’s forces at Golden Rooster Ridge, while Cult Master Tongtian deployed the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation against the other Sages.
  • Cult Master Tongtian revealed the formation’s hidden Yin-Yang Five Elements core, wounded several Chan Sect disciples, and turned his attack on Zhunti.
  • Cult Master Tongtian evacuated Yin Shang’s people to Nüwa’s new world and prepared the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation against the four Sages.
  • After the formation fell and the Jie Sect disbanded, Cult Master Tongtian and Celestial Venerable Yuanshi clashed with their Law Treasures, leaving the outcome uncertain.
Chapters 202–301 Read from Ch. 202

Arc 9Jinling Defies Yuanshi

Ao Changsheng drove Yangmei away and continued cultivating while Yun Zhongzi became entangled in the changing fortunes of the Human Race. Jinling uncovered the Chan Sect’s scheme around Nezha and faced Celestial Venerable Yuanshi, leaving Guiling trapped with him as she unleashed an unexpected power.

  • Ao Changsheng overwhelmed Yangmei’s spatial projection, then sent the Chaos Demon God of Disorder’s corpse to his Dao Field and collected the Dao Fruits it produced.
  • Yun Zhongzi thanked Ao Changsheng for removing Hongyun’s Calamity Sha Qi, received the Dao Fusion Method, and went to investigate Yao Qi draining Yin Shang’s fortune.
  • Yun Zhongzi took Leizhenzi as his disciple, while Jinling and Guiling watched over Bo Yikao and Jinling later warned Shiji to leave the Nine Provinces.
  • After Boy Biyun was killed by a Heaven-Shaking Arrow, Shiji confronted Li Jing and Nezha, and True Person Taiyi’s intervention led Jinling to expose his scheme to seize Nezha’s providence.
  • Celestial Venerable Yuanshi confronted Jinling after she discovered the hidden plot, and she used her star-powered technique while arranging for her incarnation to flee with Shiji.
  • Guiling broke Yuanshi’s restraint long enough to rescue Jinling, then fought him with the Turtle Roar Cannon and was trapped inside a Middle Thousand World.
  • Yuanshi battered Guiling and offered to keep her at Jade Void Palace, but as he prepared to seal her away, Guiling invoked reincarnation and began another Turtle Roar Cannon attack.
Chapters 202–22625 summaries Read

Arc 10The Investiture Begins

Ao Changsheng battled the Hellfire Mountain Master in Chaos while the conflict over the Investiture of the Gods intensified in the Primordial World. Jinling helped bring about True Person Taiyi’s death, and Yuanshi finally accepted that the Great Investiture of the Gods Calamity was beginning.

  • Guiling fought Celestial Venerable Yuanshi with power borrowed from a Great Thousand World, but Yuanshi defeated her before Fuxi carried her away and Ao Changsheng helped her recover.
  • Ao Changsheng entered Ten Thousand Stars City, where the Hellfire Mountain Master identified him and pursued him into Chaos to seize his Great Dao of the World.
  • Ao Changsheng fought the Hellfire Mountain Master with multiple Dao bodies and Great Thousand Worlds, ultimately crushing him with the combined power of his Five Elements and Disorder Dao bodies.
  • As Bo Yikao went to Chaoge to rescue Ji Chang, Jinling and Guiling planned to withdraw his fortune, but Jinling changed course when True Person Taiyi targeted him.
  • King Zhou framed Bo Yikao for an attempted assassination and ordered his execution, while True Person Taiyi and Yuding True Person failed to rescue him from the Yin Shang forces.
  • Jinling intervened after Bo Yikao’s death and told him that King Zhou had framed him, then watched as the Dark Bird manifestation and a Human Race Daluo defeated and killed True Person Taiyi.
  • Celestial Venerable Yuanshi tried to avenge Taiyi, but Fuxi blocked his counterattack and Cult Master Tongtian confronted him before the two Sages moved their battle into Chaos.
  • Yuanshi returned to Jade Void Palace, blamed Taiyi’s fall on his own schemes and the Immeasurable Tribulation Qi, and declared that the Great Investiture of the Gods Calamity was beginning.
Chapters 227–25125 summaries Read

Arc 11The Immortal-Slaying Formation

Kong Xuan halted Xiqi at Golden Rooster Ridge, but the conflict grew into a battle between the Sages after Cult Master Tongtian deployed the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation. With the formation’s hidden core revealed, Tongtian overwhelmed his opponents and the fight remained unresolved.

  • King Zhou forced Ji Chang to eat meat pies made from Bo Yikao, while Bo Yikao’s spirit scattered and Jinling and Guiling ensured his body could not become a weakness.
  • Ji Chang escaped Youli with Leizhenzi’s help, and Ao Changsheng allowed Guiling to join Jinling in the calamity after teasing her about her readiness.
  • Kong Xuan routed Xiqi’s forces at Golden Rooster Ridge, and he resisted Daoist Zhunti’s efforts to recruit him into the Western Sect.
  • Cult Master Tongtian spread the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation’s killing Qi across the battlefield, prompting Celestial Venerable Yuanshi to seek an alliance with Jieyin and Zhunti against him.
  • Celestial Venerable Yuanshi entered the formation to confront Tongtian, and Grand Pure One Laozi and the Western Sect Sages joined the battle as Guiling, Jinling, and Zhao Gongming fought Laozi outside.
  • Wen Zhong led Yin Shang forces through a passage in the formation while Tongtian defeated Laozi and the Chan Sect disciples inside the Taiji Diagram.
  • A piece of dead wood entered the formation and restored the Sages’ strength, but Tongtian exposed its hidden Yin-Yang Five Elements core and badly wounded Guangchengzi, Chijingzi, and Yuding True Person.
  • Tongtian absorbed Grand Pure One Laozi into the formation, trapped Jieyin and Zhunti, and severely wounded Jieyin with the Withered Wood Sword before turning his attack on Zhunti.
Chapters 252–27625 summaries Read

Arc 12The Ten Thousand Immortals Formation

Cult Master Tongtian withdrew Yin Shang from the Investiture of the Gods War, then fought to protect the Jie Sect from the four Sages and their disciples. The Jie Sect was disbanded after its formation fell, leaving Cult Master Tongtian and Celestial Venerable Yuanshi to settle their rivalry in a final clash of Law Treasures.

  • Cult Master Tongtian withdrew the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation and warned Wen Zhong of its final killing move, while Jiang Ziya and King Wu of Zhou counterattacked the retreating Yin Shang forces.
  • Cult Master Tongtian secretly evacuated Yin Shang’s people to Nüwa’s new world, and King Zhou escaped Chaoge with Daji as Jiang Ziya’s army occupied the deserted city.
  • Ji Chang established Western Zhou, while Cult Master Tongtian returned to the Jie Sect and prepared the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation against the four Sages.
  • Yuding True Person broke the Taiji Formation, and Nezha and Erlang Shen defeated the guardians of the Two Forms Formation.
  • Daoist Jieyin broke the Four Symbols and Eight Trigrams Formations, while Daoist Zhunti captured Jie Sect disciples and revealed that Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal had betrayed Cult Master Tongtian.
  • Daoist Jieyin destroyed the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation’s foundation, and Cult Master Tongtian disbanded the Jie Sect after Daoist Zhunti promised to treat its disciples well.
  • Cult Master Tongtian and Celestial Venerable Yuanshi fought after the other Sages and disciples departed, then poured their remaining power into the Purple Lightning Hammer and the Auspicious Cloud of the Heavens for a decisive clash.
  • The Purple Lightning Hammer and the Auspicious Cloud of the Heavens collided before Grand Pure One Laozi could intervene, leaving Cult Master Tongtian and Celestial Venerable Yuanshi uncertain of the result.
Chapters 277–30125 summaries Read
Volume 3 of 14
Volume 3 of 14