Chapter Summaries

Meng Chen studied the Twelve Divine Pillars Grand Formation and incorporated its principles into his Saint Dragon Myriad Tribulations Undying Body while remaining at Jade Void Palace. When Taiyi Zhenren came seeking help with the Time Law, Meng Chen guided him to an insight that helped him break through his confusion.

• Meng Chen comprehended the Twelve Divine Pillars Grand Formation and used its principles to refine his Saint Dragon Myriad Tribulations Undying Body with Jade Clear Divine Thunder.
• After three hundred years, Taiyi Zhenren visited Jade Void Palace and was startled to find Meng Chen seated in Yuanshi Tianzun's chief seat.
• Meng Chen explained that Yuanshi Tianzun had entrusted him with the sect's affairs, then asked Taiyi Zhenren what he needed.
• Taiyi Zhenren said he was trying to reach the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal Realm but lacked understanding of the Time Law.
• Meng Chen demonstrated time through a lotus that bloomed, withered, and revived, prompting Taiyi Zhenren to realize that an instant was eternity.

Yun Zhongzi sought to learn Meng Chen’s method for refining Black Sun Child, but Meng Chen persuaded him to establish a sect in the Myriad Witch Kingdom and teach artifact refinement there. Yun Zhongzi accepted the mission, hoping to earn Merit and an artifact-refining material as a reward.

• Taiyi Zhenren spread news among the Chan Sect disciples that Meng Chen had sat on Yuanshi Tianzun’s throne, shocking those who heard it.
• Yun Zhongzi rushed to Jade Void Palace and asked Meng Chen to teach him the method for refining Black Sun Child.
• Meng Chen said the method came from Divine Lord Meng Zhang and offered to ask his imperial father if Yun Zhongzi agreed to a condition.
• Meng Chen asked Yun Zhongzi to establish a sect in the Myriad Witch Kingdom and train artifact refiners, claiming the work would earn Merit and help spread the Dao.
• Yun Zhongzi accepted the mission, and Meng Chen promised him an excellent artifact-refining material after he established the sect.

Yuanshi Tianzun entered Pangu Hall and discovered the Wu Clan’s hidden forces and plans for the coming war. The Eleven Ancestral Witches revealed Houtu’s secret role and ordered a scorched-earth strategy in case they lost.

• Meng Chen taught Yun Zhongzi as agreed, lent him the Culinary Dao Treasures, and assigned him homework.
• Yuanshi Tianzun entered Pangu Hall and discovered nearly two hundred hidden Great Witches, along with the Wu Clan’s troops and training grounds.
• The Eleven Ancestral Witches discussed their possible defeat and learned from Dijiang that Houtu had divided her origin to cultivate a new Ancestral Witch and guard the Wu Clan’s future.
• Xuan Ming challenged Dijiang’s confidence that Houtu’s presence would prevent betrayal, citing the Wu Clansmen of Myriad Witch Kingdom.
• Dijiang ordered the Wu Clan to destroy the Eastern Lands’ cultivation environment if defeat seemed imminent, assigning Zhurong to trigger earth-fire disasters and Gonggong to bring down Mount Buzhou.

Di Jun prepared for the Demon Clan’s final battle by sending its resources to Goddess Nüwa and entrusting Lu Ya with a hidden plan, while Taiyi said farewell to Queen Mother of the West. In the Demon Realm, Master Tongtian finished disciplining the Two Xiao Fairies and reclaimed his power from Luo Hou.

• Di Jun ordered the Heavenly Court’s treasures and cultivation resources sent to Goddess Nüwa and prepared to destroy the Heavenly Gate if the battle turned against him.
• Di Jun praised Lu Ya for siding with all living beings, then secretly gave him the Western Collapse Plan to use if his allies failed to stabilize the Primordial Wilderness.
• Taiyi and Queen Mother of the West acknowledged that they were Dao Companions and parted with mutual respect before their final battle.
• Master Tongtian continued punishing Immortal Qiongxiao and Bixiao for their conduct at Purple Cloud Palace while the Demon Realm’s sages searched for Luo Hou.
• Luo Hou returned to the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons and handed his power over to Master Tongtian, who warned the Two Xiao Fairies before leaving.

Meng Zhang broke through to the Divine Emperor Realm and offered to guard the Primordial Wilderness as the sages confronted the Witch and Demon Clans’ threatened final battle. Meng Chen learned of his father’s breakthrough, then rewarded Guang Chengzi and Yun Zhongzi for their contributions to the Chan Sect.

• In the Eight Scenery Palace, Goddess Nüwa refused to choose between the Human Race and Demon Clan but promised to prevent the Demon Clan from destroying the Heavenly Gate.
• Yuanshi Tianzun revealed that he had taken the Heart of the Earth and warned that the Wu Clan planned to destroy the future of the Primordial Wilderness if defeat became inevitable.
• Meng Zhang arrived as a newly ascended Divine Emperor and offered to protect the Primordial Wilderness, leaving the sages relieved and respectful.
• Meng Chen sensed his father’s breakthrough through their bloodline and realized that his own bloodline and Calamity Fate were improving.
• After Guang Chengzi reached the Grand Golden Immortal realm, Meng Chen gave him a Chaos Creature’s corpse and Life Source, then sent him to establish a sect in the Myriad Witch Kingdom.
• Yun Zhongzi completed five hundred sets of Culinary Dao Magic Treasures, and Meng Chen rewarded him with the low-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure Volitant Sky Cape.

Meng Chen recruited the Vegetable Clans and Five Grains Clans to cultivate food-producing resources for the Myriad Witch Kingdom, promising them Merit and a future without sacrificing their people. He introduced the Culinary Dao, and the chapter ended with the clans tasting Zhu Chu’s spirit dish and feeling their strength rise.

• Meng Chen summoned the Vegetable Clans and Five Grains Clans to the Myriad Witch Kingdom and explained that their races could earn Merit by using their natural traits to provide resources.
• The clans agreed to follow Meng Chen’s plan after Di Xuan clarified that they would cultivate useful produce rather than be eaten.
• Di Xuan distributed scriptures teaching the clans how to cultivate fruits and stalks, while he explained that the Myriad Witch Kingdom offered every race a chance to display its talents.
• Meng Chen announced that the gathered immortals would become the first Culinary Dao cultivators and had Wu Clan members provide cooking tools and seasonings.
• Zhu Chu demonstrated the Culinary Dao by making Tiger Skin Chili, and the immortals ate it and felt their strength increase.

The Teaching of Humanity arrived at Kunlun Mountain, where Grand Master Xuandu asked Meng Chen for help teaching Dao and offered him a trove of pill formulas. Meng Chen sent Zhen Yizi to guide the visitors to the Myriad Witch Kingdom and urged him to claim welcoming gifts from his wealthy uncles.

• Grand Master Xuandu introduced eight fellow disciples to Meng Chen, who welcomed them as his junior brothers.
• Grand Master Xuandu explained that the Teaching of Humanity had come to learn how the Chan Sect imparted Dao and presented Meng Chen with pill formulas he and Sage Laozi had approved.
• Meng Chen accepted the formulas and arranged for Zhen Yizi to lead Grand Master Xuandu and the others to the Myriad Witch Kingdom.
• Grand Master Xuandu and his fellow disciples were surprised to discover that Zhen Yizi's cultivation surpassed theirs by a major realm.
• Meng Chen told Zhen Yizi to accept welcoming gifts from his wealthy uncles, leaving Grand Master Xuandu and the others to pay up.

Grand Master Xuandu and the Teaching of Humanity sought Chan Sect support for preaching to the human race while worrying that Chan Sect might interfere in its affairs. Meng Chen agreed that Chan Sect would preach but would not cultivate or control the human race, and Zhen Yizi quietly judged the visitors for their guarded attitude as he escorted them to War Witch City.

• Meng Chen had Zhen Yizi escort Grand Master Xuandu and the Teaching of Humanity group through the Myriad Witch Kingdom after securing resources from them.
• Grand Master Xuandu questioned Zhen Yizi about the human race, and Zhen Yizi said decisions about Chan Sect preaching belonged to Meng Chen.
• Perfected Person of Donghua asked whether Chan Sect would preach to the human race, and Zhen Yizi confirmed that it would.
• Watching through a water mirror, Guang Chengzi questioned why the Teaching of Humanity wanted Chan Sect’s help while guarding against its influence, and Meng Chen explained their concerns.
• Zhen Yizi remained respectful while privately condemning the human race’s lack of boldness and led the group toward War Witch City.

Zhen Yizi showed Grand Master Xuandu and the Teaching of Humanity members War Witch City, revealing the Myriad Witch Kingdom’s military strength and its acceptance of gifted humans from minor worlds. As they confronted the Primordial Wilderness Human Race’s shortcomings, Zhen Yizi prepared to show them how the Chan Sect spread its teachings.

• Zhen Yizi brought Grand Master Xuandu and the others into War Witch City, where its vast blood-and-vitality presence revealed the Myriad Witch Kingdom’s formidable forces.
• Grand Master Xuandu saw the city’s soldiers, merchants, and many human immortals, and learned that Meng Chen had accepted talented humans who ascended from minor worlds.
• Grand Master Xuandu was shaken to learn Meng Chen had used the Creation Gourd to remold those humans rather than teach the Primordial Wilderness Human Race.
• Zhen Yizi praised the lower-realm humans for their self-reliance and willingness to learn, prompting the Teaching of Humanity members to reflect on their own race’s failures.
• Zhen Yizi apologized for straying from the subject and offered to take Grand Master Xuandu and the others to see how the Chan Sect spread its teachings.

Meng Chen ordered Guang Chengzi and Di Xuan to seize the ownerless East Sea islands, including Golden Ao Island, for the Chan Sect. When former Disciples of Intercepting Teaching returned to Penglai Island and frightened the Loose Immortals into fleeing, Guang Chengzi vowed to kill them.

• Zhen Yizi showed Grand Master Xuandu and the others around the Myriad Witch Kingdom, while Meng Chen warned Guang Chengzi not to clash with the Teaching of Humanity.
• Meng Chen ordered Guang Chengzi and Di Xuan to reclaim Golden Ao Island, Penglai Island, Three Immortal Island, Nine Dragon Island, and other ownerless islands as Daoist temples.
• Meng Chen learned that Daoist Duobao and former Disciples of Intercepting Teaching planned to occupy Intercepting Teaching's old temples to improve their standing in the Western Church.
• Rogue Cultivators reported the returning Disciples of Intercepting Teaching to the Chan Sect after spotting them in the East Sea.
• Guang Chengzi and Di Xuan arrived at Penglai Island, where the frightened Loose Immortals fled at the sight of Pilu Xian, Jin Guangxian, Ling Ya Xian, and Curly Head Immortal.
• Guang Chengzi called the returning Disciples of Intercepting Teaching evil and vowed to slaughter them.

Guang Chengzi and Di Xuan attacked Penglai Immortal Island after Jin Guangxian, Ling Ya Xian, and Curly Head Immortal returned and resumed slaughtering its inhabitants. Guang Chengzi revealed his Grand Golden Immortal cultivation, killed all three, and took their treasures.

• Guang Chengzi and Di Xuan charged toward Penglai Immortal Island, where Jin Guangxian, Ling Ya Xian, and Curly Head Immortal had slaughtered the remaining Rogue Cultivators.
• Jin Guangxian, Ling Ya Xian, and Curly Head Immortal boasted that the Western Sages could revive them and dismissed the possibility that Meng Chen would attack them.
• Guang Chengzi's killing intent destroyed Seven Immortals Hall and wounded the three former Disciples of Intercepting Teaching.
• Guang Chengzi killed Jin Guangxian and revealed himself to Ling Ya Xian and Curly Head Immortal.
• Guang Chengzi defeated and annihilated Ling Ya Xian and Curly Head Immortal, then seized the Purple Golden Bell, Devouring Heaven Bottle, and Fire Spirit Pearl.

Guang Chengzi visited the East Sea Dragon Palace, where the East Sea Dragon King sought Chan Sect’s support for the Dragon Clan. Guang Chengzi agreed to consult Dao Lord Meng Chen about allowing young dragons to join Myriad Witch Kingdom.

• After marking Penglai Island with a statue of Yuanshi Tianzun, Guang Chengzi traveled to the East Sea Dragon Palace for information about the sea.
• The East Sea Dragon King welcomed Guang Chengzi with lavish hospitality and ordered Ao Jia to retrieve the Mountain-Driving Whip and other treasures.
• The East Sea Dragon King offered Guang Chengzi the Mountain-Driving Whip, but Guang Chengzi declined to accept it before knowing whether he could help the Dragon Clan.
• The East Sea Dragon King asked Chan Sect to let the Dragon Clan’s descendants become subjects of Myriad Witch Kingdom.
• Guang Chengzi agreed to consult Dao Lord Meng Chen and promised to give the East Sea Dragon King a reply, while the king explained that he intended to send young dragons sealed since the Primordial Era.

East Sea Dragon King brought Guang Chengzi into Dragon Gate Grottoes to show him the dragon clan’s ancient heritage and sealed young dragons, hoping Chan Sect would accept them. Guang Chengzi acknowledged the dragon clan’s friendship but said My Teaching’s decisions belonged to the Eldest Senior Brother, and the chapter ended with Ao Guang kneeling to ask for the saints’ teachings.

• East Sea Dragon King told Guang Chengzi that the sealed young dragons descended from Primordial Dragon Emperor and other ancient dragon leaders, and invited him into Dragon Gate Grottoes.
• Guang Chengzi entered the frozen ancestral land, where Ao Guang explained its declining spiritual veins and showed him the dragon clan’s ancient halls and records.
• Guang Chengzi told Ao Guang that My Teaching’s decisions rested with the Eldest Senior Brother, despite recognizing the dragon clan’s friendship.
• Guang Chengzi saw a five-clawed yellow dragon whose potential matched Yellow River True Man’s.
• Ao Guang knelt before Guang Chengzi and pleaded for the dragon clan to receive the saints’ teachings and make amends for its past.

Guang Chengzi joined Di Xuan in reclaiming the East Sea islands and slaughtering former Disciples of Intercepting Teaching. Meanwhile, Daoist Duobao took the name Rulai Zhenjun, accepted new disciples, and claimed Golden Ao Island as his daoist temple.

• The East Sea Dragon King supplied Guang Chengzi with intelligence on Disciples of Intercepting Teaching active across the East Sea, and Guang Chengzi reassured him that the Chan Sect would not blame the Dragon Clan for monitoring Golden Ao Island.
• Guang Chengzi told Di Xuan that Daoist Duobao had returned and seized many immortal islands, and the two set out to reclaim them.
• Guang Chengzi allowed Rogue Cultivators to remain on the islands under Chan Sect protection but killed former Disciples of Intercepting Teaching, including those who had joined the Western Church, and reclaimed their treasures.
• Daoist Duobao asked Sage Jieyin for a new name and became Rulai Zhenjun, swearing that Daoist Duobao would no longer exist.
• Rulai Zhenjun accepted Ayi Nafa, A Nan, and Kasyapa as disciples and declared Golden Ao Island their daoist temple.

Rulai Zhenjun set out with his disciples to confront Guang Chengzi after learning that five of his fellow disciples had supposedly been killed. Guang Chengzi revealed cultivation equal to Rulai Zhenjun’s and declared that Meng Chen regarded him as an ant, leaving Rulai Zhenjun furious and unable to refute him.

• A Scattered Demon reported that Guang Chengzi had displayed the heads of five Golden Ao Island disciples and demanded that Rulai Zhenjun fight him.
• Rulai Zhenjun dismissed the warning as an opportunity to defeat Guang Chengzi and took Ayi Nafa, A Nan, and Kasyapa with him.
• Rulai Zhenjun found that the displayed heads were illusions, though their expressions were convincingly real.
• Guang Chengzi appeared and revealed an aura as powerful as Rulai Zhenjun’s, showing that he had reached the Grand Golden Immortal realm.
• Guang Chengzi said that Meng Chen considered Rulai Zhenjun an ant, leaving Rulai Zhenjun enraged but unable to deny the difference between their realms.

Guang Chengzi defeated Rulai Zhenjun on Golden Ao Island, destroying his body and spirit despite Rulai’s powerful attacks. Meng Chen watched the fight through the Space Witch Clan’s witchcraft and was pleased with Guang Chengzi.

• Rulai Zhenjun transformed his body into gold and attacked Guang Chengzi, but Guang Chengzi used the Twin Swords of Male and Female to destroy his right hand.
• Rulai Zhenjun unleashed Tathagata Three Thousand Hands, and Guang Chengzi countered with the Seal of Yin-Yang Overturning Heaven, obliterating Rulai’s arms and crippling his primordial spirit.
• Guang Chengzi blasted Rulai Zhenjun apart, rejected his attempt to turn him against Meng Chen, and destroyed his three thousand avatars with the Twin Swords of Male and Female.
• Rulai Zhenjun laughed that a Sage backed him before his body and spirit were utterly annihilated, leaving Ayi Nafa, A Nan, and Kasyapa stunned.
• Meng Chen watched the battle through the Space Witch Clan’s witchcraft at Jade Void Palace and was satisfied with Guang Chengzi.

After Rulai Zhenjun and his followers died in the East Sea, Sage Jieyin chose not to resurrect them because he feared opposition from Sage Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun. Guang Chengzi returned to Kunlun Mountain with the East Sea islands secured and his spoils, which Meng Chen told him to keep.

• Sage Zhunti refused to help Sage Jieyin resurrect Rulai Zhenjun and warned him against challenging the Taiji Diagram and Pangu True Body.
• Sage Jieyin decided to postpone the matter and ultimately lacked the courage to resurrect Rulai Zhenjun and the others.
• With help from the East Sea Dragon Palace, Guang Chengzi took control of the Overseas immortal islands and drove out evil cultivators.
• East Sea Rogue Cultivators praised Guang Chengzi as the East Sea Demon-Quelling Celestial after he killed demons and evil cultivators.
• Guang Chengzi returned to Kunlun Mountain, reported his victory to Meng Chen, and offered him the treasures and Great Dao Divine Scripts he had collected.
• Meng Chen told Guang Chengzi that the treasures belonged to him, and Guang Chengzi accepted his spoils of war.

Meng Chen planned to settle part of the Myriad Witch Kingdom’s population on overseas immortal islands and agreed to meet with the East Sea Dragon Clan about its submission. He rewarded Guang Chengzi for killing Duo Bao, while the East Sea Dragon King prepared to present the clan’s treasures at Meng Chen’s summons.

• Meng Chen told Guang Chengzi that the Water Wu Clan would lead the migration of some Myriad Witch Kingdom beings to the overseas immortal islands, and Guang Chengzi raised concerns about weakening the Wu Clan.
• Meng Chen reassured Guang Chengzi that Plant Spirit Race elites returning from the Eastern Celestial Pole would strengthen the Myriad Witch Kingdom, and agreed to meet the East Sea Dragon Clan.
• Meng Chen rewarded Guang Chengzi for killing Duo Bao by letting him take nine Yellow Plums from the treasury.
• Guang Chengzi sent the East Sea Dragon King a summons from Meng Chen before heading to retrieve his reward.
• The East Sea Dragon King excitedly summoned Ao Jia and Ao Yi and prepared to take the Dragon Clan’s treasures to meet Meng Chen.

The East Sea Dragon King Ao Guang brought his sons to Kunlun Mountain to seek a place for young dragons in the Myriad Witch Kingdom. Meng Chen agreed to accept the primordial young dragons, but said the Four Seas Dragon Clan would first have to cleanse its karmic sin to join.

• Ao Jia and Ao Yi grew nervous on Kunlun Mountain, so Ao Guang took their tokens and left them waiting while he met Meng Chen.
• Ao Guang bowed before Meng Chen and offered the Dragon Clan’s treasure vault in exchange for a chance for primordial young dragons to join the Myriad Witch Kingdom.
• Meng Chen agreed to accept the young dragons, explaining that Guang Chengzi had spoken on the Dragon Clan’s behalf.
• Meng Chen clarified that the Four Seas Dragon Clan itself could join only after cleansing the karmic sin upon its members, leaving Ao Guang deep in thought.

Meng Chen prepared to expand the Chan Sect’s influence through the Four Seas while the Myriad Witch Kingdom discussed sending forces beyond Kunlun Mountain. The Witch-Demon Tribulation then erupted in a cataclysmic battle at Mount Buzhou, whose outcome Goddess Houtu foresaw as the destruction of both clans.

• Meng Chen declined to accept the Four Seas Dragon Clan into the Chan Sect because its branches had pledged themselves to rival factions, but he planned to claim the Four Seas’ territories later.
• The East Sea Dragon King gave Meng Chen the Dragon Clan’s secret vault and Dragon Nurturing Hall tokens, then returned to mobilize East Sea aquatic tribes in support of the Myriad Witch Kingdom.
• The Myriad Witch Kingdom’s leaders discussed sending part of their forces into the Primordial Wilderness to gather resources for Kunlun Mountain.
• The Wu Clan and Demon Clan met at the Three Clans Ancient Battlefield beneath Mount Buzhou, where Hou Hai had become the thirteenth ancestral witch by inheriting Goddess Houtu’s origin.
• The Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Formation manifested Ancestor Hongjun as the Wu Clan formed the Pangu True Body, and the two formations clashed with power that shattered heaven and earth.
• Meng Chen watched the battle, while Goddess Houtu foresaw the destruction of both clans and the witches of the Myriad Witch Kingdom believed the conflict would end threats against them.