Chapter Summaries

After King Zhou’s defeat, Ji Chang agreed to establish Western Zhou and restore what the tyrant had taken from the people. Meanwhile, Celestial Venerable Yuanshi and three other Sages threatened the Jie Sect, prompting Cult Master Tongtian to prepare the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation and assign its defenses.

• Jiang Ziya reported that King Zhou and Daji had burned themselves to death at the Star-Picking Tower, and he urged Ji Chang to ascend the throne.
• Ji Chang agreed to become king after returning King Zhou’s seized wealth to the people, and within a month he established Western Zhou with Fengjing as its capital.
• King Zhou followed Shen Gongbao to Nüwa’s new world with his people from Yin Shang.
• Cult Master Tongtian returned to the Jie Sect after learning that Celestial Venerable Yuanshi’s followers were gathering to destroy it, and found Daoist Jieyin, Daoist Zhunti, and Taishang Laojun there too.
• Cult Master Tongtian ordered the Jie Sect to form the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation and appointed disciples to guard its inner formations.
• Cult Master Tongtian instructed Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal to shake the Six Souls Banner when the four Sages surrounded him.

Cult Master Tongtian used the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation to gather the vital Qi of Jie Sect’s disciples and form a golden dome over the formation, while the other Sages held back and studied his setup. Grand Pure One Laozi began explaining how the formation worked, leaving the Sages to assess its defenses before entering.

• Cult Master Tongtian gave Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal the Six Souls Banner and wrote the names of Celestial Venerable Yuanshi, Taishang Laojun, Daoist Jieyin, Daoist Zhunti, Jiang Ziya, and Ji Chang on its tails.
• Cult Master Tongtian confronted Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti, accused them of trying to poach Jie Sect disciples, and challenged the Sages to enter the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation.
• Celestial Venerable Yuanshi prepared to charge into the formation, but Grand Pure One Laozi stopped him and pointed out that Cult Master Tongtian was gathering the power of Jie Sect’s disciples.
• Cult Master Tongtian used the formation to collect golden energy and shaped it into a dome that descended over the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation.
• Cult Master Tongtian taunted Celestial Venerable Yuanshi for hesitating, and Celestial Venerable Yuanshi consulted Grand Pure One Laozi, Daoist Jieyin, and Daoist Zhunti about the formation.
• Grand Pure One Laozi explained that the formation repeatedly drew small amounts of vital Qi from Jie Sect disciples, refined it, sent it to Cult Master Tongtian, and channeled some of it into the formation’s protective barrier.

The four Sages discussed how to break Cult Master Tongtian's Ten Thousand Immortals Formation and concluded that Celestial Venerable Yuanshi's disciples would have to handle its subsidiary formations. Yuding True Person volunteered to break the Taiji Formation, and Grand Pure One Laozi began explaining the requirements for overcoming the Two Forms Formation.

• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti identified the Taiji, Two Forms, Four Symbols, and Eight Trigrams Formations as key components of the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation.
• Grand Pure One Laozi said the four Sages would need to hold off Cult Master Tongtian while Celestial Venerable Yuanshi's disciples broke the formation.
• Grand Pure One Laozi explained the Taiji Formation's yin and yang eyes and described how a fighter could defeat their guardians to break it.
• Yuding True Person volunteered to face the two formation eyes, and Celestial Venerable Yuanshi praised him.
• Grand Pure One Laozi said the Two Forms Formation required someone proficient in both ice and fire techniques.

Celestial Venerable Yuanshi and Grand Pure One Laozi organized disciples to counter the remaining formations, then led the assault on the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation. The four Sages fought Cult Master Tongtian while Yuding True Person, Nezha, and Yang Jian prepared to break other formations, and Tongtian rejected calls to end the conflict because he feared his disciples would be slaughtered or recruited into the Western Sect.

• Nezha volunteered to break the Two Forms Formation with his Samadhi True Fire, and Yang Jian agreed to protect him from its fire techniques.
• Grand Pure One Laozi selected twelve powerful disciples to hold off the Four Symbols Formation and the Eight Trigrams Formation.
• Celestial Venerable Yuanshi led the Chan Sect disciples into the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation as the four Sages attacked Cult Master Tongtian.
• The four Sages fought Cult Master Tongtian to a standstill while Yuding True Person, Nezha, and Yang Jian worked to break other formations.
• Celestial Venerable Yuanshi justified attacking the Jie Sect, while Cult Master Tongtian said he had planned to take his disciples to another world.
• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti proposed ending the battle, but Cult Master Tongtian refused to dissolve the formation because he feared his disciples would be killed or recruited into the Western Sect.

Cult Master Tongtian, Celestial Venerable Yuanshi, and Grand Pure One Laozi fought while trading accusations with Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin. Inside the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, Yuding True Person entered the Taiji Formation, while Nezha and Yang Jian faced the ice and fire worlds of the Two Forms Formation.

• Cult Master Tongtian and Celestial Venerable Yuanshi accused Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin of poaching disciples, and Daoist Jieyin admitted they had done so.
• Yuding True Person entered the Taiji Formation, where Chishouxian and Wuyunxian prepared to attack him.
• Nezha and Yang Jian entered the Two Forms Formation and were separated into its ice-and-snow and lava worlds.
• Nezha blocked the ice spikes with his Heaven-Covering Cord, threw the Vajra Snare into the snow, and confronted the frost giant controlling that side of the formation.
• Nezha transformed into his three-headed, six-armed form and charged the frost giant.
• Yang Jian dodged a stream of lava and searched for the unseen formation master as a voice challenged him in the world of flames.

Erlang Shen endured Golden Hoop Immortal’s fire beasts and counterattacked, killing Bifang and wounding Yiji. He continued fighting Yiji while Golden Hoop Immortal pursued him with lightning.

• Golden Hoop Immortal summoned the flame beasts Yiji and Bifang, which attacked Erlang Shen with fire and crushing blows.
• Erlang Shen stood unharmed after their combined attack, then used his double-edged trident to break Bifang’s beak and cripple Yiji.
• Golden Hoop Immortal restored the beasts and added lightning to their attacks as Yiji armed himself with a stone pillar and Bifang attacked from the sky.
• Erlang Shen transformed into the Vermilion Bird, pursued Bifang through the lightning, severed its wing, and killed it with his trident.
• Erlang Shen charged Yiji and split his stone pillar, opening a huge wound in Yiji’s head as Golden Hoop Immortal’s lightning pursued him.

Erlang Shen killed Yiji and found Golden Hoop Immortal, while Nezha fought Spiritual Tusk Immortal’s Jiuying and frost giant in the world of ice and snow. Nezha destroyed the frost giant, leaving Jiuying and Spiritual Tusk Immortal still to face him.

• Erlang Shen killed Yiji, opened his Heavenly Eye, and discovered Golden Hoop Immortal’s hiding place.
• Golden Hoop Immortal, nearly out of Law Power, gave up trying to escape and awaited death.
• Spiritual Tusk Immortal used the Two Forms Formation to summon Jiuying to help the frost giant fight Nezha.
• Nezha used his Three Heads and Six Arms to fend off Jiuying while attacking the frost giant with his Vajra Snare and Samadhi True Fire.
• Nezha shattered the frost giant’s hands and head, and its body melted away.

Nezha fought Jiuying, breaking free of its ice and using the Vajra Snare and Heaven-Covering Cord to restrain five of its heads. After surviving Jiuying’s lightning attack, Nezha pierced its central head with a spear infused with Samadhi True Fire, leaving the head burning to ash.

• Nezha shattered the ice Jiuying had trapped him in and cut off one of its heads with the Fire-Tipped Spear.
• Nezha enlarged the Vajra Snare and Heaven-Covering Cord, binding five of Jiuying’s remaining heads.
• Spiritual Tusk Immortal struck at Nezha with lightning, while Jiuying’s heads attacked him with water and ice.
• Jiuying’s central head absorbed the lightning and spat a pillar of it at Nezha, whose Samadhi True Fire shield sent him flying but protected him.
• Nezha hurled the Fire Arrow Spear into Jiuying’s central head, and the spear’s Samadhi True Fire burned the head to ash.

Nezha and Erlang Shen defeated the defenders of the Two Forms Formation, weakening Cult Master Tongtian as the battle against the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation continued. The clash between the Sages resumed, while True Person Taiyi and Guangchengzi faced Holy Mother Jinling on the battlefield.

• Nezha killed Jiuyin and Spiritual Tusk Immortal, while Erlang Shen killed Golden Hoop Immortal, breaking the Two Forms Formation.
• Celestial Venerable Yuanshi noticed Cult Master Tongtian's strength diminish, but Cult Master Tongtian struck him and insisted he would protect his disciples by winning.
• Cult Master Tongtian rejected Grand Pure One Laozi's offer to end the conflict, and the five Sages resumed fighting.
• Holy Mother Jinling led Jie Sect disciples against the Chan Sect, but True Person Taiyi arrived to defend them.
• Holy Mother Jinling tried to recruit True Person Taiyi, and Guangchengzi arrived to rebuke her.

Holy Mother Jinling led the Jie Sect disciples in an attack on True Person Taiyi and Guangchengzi, while Yuding True Person fought Wuyunxian and Chishouxian inside the Taiji Formation. The two Jie Sect immortals paused their attacks and offered Yuding a truce, leaving him to decide whether to trust them.

• Holy Mother Jinling led the Seven Incense Chariot's Jie Sect disciples to attack True Person Taiyi and Guangchengzi.
• Yuding True Person fought through the Taiji Formation, dodging its Yin and Yang Qi while destroying the soldiers Wuyunxian and Chishouxian created.
• Wuyunxian and Chishouxian tried to persuade Yuding True Person to join the Jie Sect, warning that the battle would exhaust him first.
• Wuyunxian and Chishouxian proposed that they stop fighting and wait for the battle outside to end, promising to let Yuding rest on a platform between the formation's two fish.
• Wuyunxian and Chishouxian stopped creating soldiers and gave Yuding True Person ten breaths to consider their offer.

Yuding True Person agreed to Wuyunxian and Chishouxian’s demands so they would build him a resting platform, while secretly preparing for their betrayal. The two Jie Sect disciples activated their trap and sent him into the Yin fish, where Yin Qi tentacles ensnared him.

• After Yuding True Person asked for a hundred breaths to decide, Wuyunxian and Chishouxian agreed and planned to kill him regardless of his answer.
• Chishouxian and Wuyunxian discussed sabotaging a platform or continuing their assault if Yuding True Person refused their terms.
• Yuding True Person agreed to their demands, and Wuyunxian and Chishouxian built him a platform to rest on.
• Wuyunxian and Chishouxian waited for an opening in Yuding True Person’s Law Power and tried to distract him with talk of easing the fighting between their sects.
• When their chance came, Wuyunxian and Chishouxian activated the platform’s hidden trap, carrying Yuding True Person into the Yin fish and binding him with Yin Qi tentacles.

Yuding True Person used Grand Pure One Laozi’s Exquisite Treasure Pagoda to defeat Wuyunxian and Chishouxian, breaking the Taiji Formation and destroying two of the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation’s four hubs. Cult Master Tongtian rejected Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin’s offer to disband the Jie Sect and accused them of trying to steal his disciples.

• Yuding True Person used the Exquisite Treasure Pagoda to withstand the Taiji Formation’s Yin Qi and overpower Wuyunxian.
• Wuyunxian fled toward the formation’s edge, but Yuding True Person’s Immortal-Slaying Sword caught him and killed him.
• Chishouxian refused to flee and declared that he would live or die with the Jie Sect, but Yuding True Person killed him after his Yang Qi soldiers vanished.
• Yuding True Person broke the Taiji Formation, leaving two of the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation’s four hubs gone.
• Grand Pure One Laozi realized Yuding True Person had succeeded, while Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin urged Cult Master Tongtian to admit defeat and disband the Jie Sect.
• Cult Master Tongtian angrily accused Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin of trying to steal his disciples.

Cult Master Tongtian fought Celestial Venerable Yuanshi, Grand Pure One Laozi, and Daoist Zhunti while Daoist Jieyin broke into the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation. Daoist Jieyin destroyed the Four Symbols Formation’s spirit beasts with ease, and its four Jie Sect disciples charged him with their Law Treasures.

• Celestial Venerable Yuanshi assigned Daoist Jieyin to break the formation while he, Grand Pure One Laozi, and Daoist Zhunti held off Cult Master Tongtian.
• Grand Pure One Laozi used the Exquisite Treasure Pagoda to shield Daoist Jieyin from Cult Master Tongtian’s Purple Lightning Hammer as Cult Master Tongtian attacked the three Sages with his Law Treasures.
• Cult Master Tongtian charged the three Sages after they demanded that he disband the Jie Sect, and they engaged him while Daoist Jieyin entered the Four Symbols Formation.
• The four disciples controlling the Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise attacked Daoist Jieyin with their spirit beasts, but he destroyed all four in moments.
• The four Jie Sect disciples drew their Law Treasures and charged Daoist Jieyin, determined to defend their sect.

Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti dismantled the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation’s remaining power hubs while capturing its disciples, leaving Cult Master Tongtian furious. Daoist Jieyin’s strikes cracked the formation’s foundation, but it remained standing as the fighting disciples moved away.

• Daoist Jieyin shattered the Four Symbols Grand Formation, then broke the Eight Trigrams Formation and captured its Jie Sect guards in his grotto-heaven treasure.
• Daoist Zhunti left Cult Master Tongtian’s battle and began capturing Jie Sect disciples for the Western Sect, while Daoist Jieyin attacked the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation’s foundation.
• Daoist Jieyin’s first strike knocked nearby Jie Sect and Chan Sect disciples unconscious, and he began sweeping them into his treasure.
• Celestial Venerable Yuanshi and Grand Pure One Laozi objected when Daoist Jieyin captured Chan Sect disciples, reminding him of their agreement to leave them alone.
• Daoist Jieyin captured the unconscious disciples near the formation’s foundation and struck it again, enlarging its cracks as the remaining fighters moved away.

As the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation neared collapse, Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal betrayed Cult Master Tongtian by giving Daoist Zhunti the Six Souls Banner. Cult Master Tongtian seized him with the banner and began torturing him with the Immortal-Slaying Sword while the other Sages refused to help.

• Daoist Zhunti captured Jie Sect disciples and took them into his grotto-heaven treasure as Daoist Jieyin battered the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation.
• Cult Master Tongtian called for Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal to use the Six Souls Banner, but Daoist Zhunti revealed that he had the banner and that Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal had joined him.
• Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal admitted that he had abandoned the Jie Sect and defended his choice, prompting Cult Master Tongtian to condemn him for betraying his master.
• Cult Master Tongtian summoned Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal with the Six Souls Banner and ordered the Immortal-Slaying Sword to punish him.
• Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal begged Daoist Zhunti and the other Sages to save him, but they refused and denounced him as the sword continued cutting him.

Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal died under the Immortal-Slaying Sword as the battle resumed and Daoist Jieyin destroyed the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation. Facing the defeated Jie Sect disciples’ loyalty and the Sages’ demands, Cult Master Tongtian disbanded the Jie Sect and urged his disciples to choose their futures.

• The Immortal-Slaying Sword stripped Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal of his flesh until he died, while the combatants watched.
• Daoist Zhunti resumed capturing Jie Sect disciples, and Cult Master Tongtian, Celestial Venerable Yuanshi, Grand Pure One Laozi, and Daoist Jieyin resumed fighting.
• Daoist Jieyin destroyed the foundation of the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, ending the battle in the Jie Sect’s defeat.
• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti demanded that Cult Master Tongtian disband the Jie Sect, while the disciples declared they were willing to live and die with it.
• Cult Master Tongtian agreed to disband the Jie Sect after Daoist Zhunti promised the Western Sect would not mistreat its disciples.
• Cult Master Tongtian formally disbanded the Jie Sect and told his disciples to join the Western Sect or seek peaceful lives elsewhere.

Cult Master Tongtian said farewell to the Jie Sect disciples as they joined Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti in the Western Sect. After the others departed, Celestial Venerable Yuanshi asked Cult Master Tongtian to fight him to mend a crack in his Dao heart, and their duel ended with a sudden occurrence behind Yuanshi.

• Cult Master Tongtian urged the Jie Sect disciples to stay united, and they thanked him before agreeing to continue cultivating with Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti.
• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti took the Jie Sect disciples to the Western Sect after promising Cult Master Tongtian they would treat them well.
• Grand Pure One Laozi led the Chan Sect disciples away, while Celestial Venerable Yuanshi stayed behind and asked Cult Master Tongtian to help mend his Dao heart with a fight.
• After recovering their strength, Cult Master Tongtian and Celestial Venerable Yuanshi fought with their Law Treasures and swords, but neither could wound the other.
• Cult Master Tongtian and Celestial Venerable Yuanshi withdrew from their exchange, and something suddenly happened behind Yuanshi.

Cult Master Tongtian and Celestial Venerable Yuanshi escalated their duel as the Purple Lightning Hammer battered the Auspicious Cloud of the Heavens’ shields. Grand Pure One Laozi turned back after hearing the thunderous impacts, while both combatants poured more power into their Law Treasures and the hammer retreated into the thunderclouds to gather lightning.

• The Three Treasures Jade Ruyi blocked the Purple Lightning Hammer, and the two Law Treasures clashed before returning to their masters.
• Cult Master Tongtian gathered lightning into the Purple Lightning Hammer, while Celestial Venerable Yuanshi strengthened the Auspicious Cloud of the Heavens for defense.
• Cult Master Tongtian challenged Celestial Venerable Yuanshi, who accepted and raised golden shields against the hammer’s strike.
• As the Purple Lightning Hammer broke through the first and second shields, Grand Pure One Laozi sent Daoist Randeng to escort the Chan Sect disciples and hurried back.
• The Purple Lightning Hammer broke through a third shield, prompting both cultivators to pour more power into their Law Treasures before the hammer flew into the thunderclouds to gather lightning.

Cult Master Tongtian and Celestial Venerable Yuanshi continued their contest as the Purple Lightning Hammer smashed through five of the Auspicious Cloud of the Heavens’ nine shields. Their taunts and anger escalated while Grand Pure One Laozi hurried toward them, and Yuanshi challenged Tongtian to settle things with their own hands.

• The Purple Lightning Hammer broke the fourth shield, while Celestial Venerable Yuanshi taunted Cult Master Tongtian and Tongtian mocked him over the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation.
• Celestial Venerable Yuanshi and Cult Master Tongtian increased the Law Power they fed their treasures, strengthening the remaining shields and powering the Purple Lightning Hammer with lightning.
• Grand Pure One Laozi saw the enormous clash from afar, wondered why the contest was so fierce, and continued toward the two Sages.
• The Purple Lightning Hammer and the lightning serpents broke the fifth shield, and Cult Master Tongtian taunted Celestial Venerable Yuanshi.
• Celestial Venerable Yuanshi cursed Tongtian and challenged him to settle the contest with their own hands.

Cult Master Tongtian and Celestial Venerable Yuanshi agreed to settle their fight with one decisive clash between their Law Treasures. Grand Pure One Laozi arrived to stop them, but the Purple Lightning Hammer and the Auspicious Cloud of the Heavens collided before he could intervene, leaving the victor unknown.

• Cult Master Tongtian broke through six of the Auspicious Cloud of the Heavens' nine barriers, and Celestial Venerable Yuanshi decided to gamble on a decisive strike rather than keep wearing each other down.
• Cult Master Tongtian proposed that they pour their remaining Law Power into their Law Treasures and let them clash, and Celestial Venerable Yuanshi agreed.
• Cult Master Tongtian charged the Purple Lightning Hammer with lightning while Celestial Venerable Yuanshi strengthened the three remaining barriers with defensive formations.
• Grand Pure One Laozi hurried toward the battlefield, hoping to stop the two from badly injuring each other.
• The Purple Lightning Hammer and the Auspicious Cloud of the Heavens collided before Grand Pure One Laozi could intervene, and both Cult Master Tongtian and Celestial Venerable Yuanshi wondered whether they had won.