Chapter Summaries

After nine thousand years of battle, the Witch and Demon Clans’ formations collapsed when members of both sides turned on their leaders. Dijiang took advantage of the chaos to kill Fuxi, one of the Demon Clan’s Four Emperors.

• Jieyin and Zhunti patrolled the Chaos while the Witch and Demon Clans continued their war.
• The two clans fought for nine thousand years, devastating Mount Buzhou and the surrounding world.
• Di Jun, Taiyi, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches unleashed their formations’ strongest attacks, but a greater divine force protected Mount Buzhou.
• Demon Gods and Great Witches betrayed their sides and self-destructed, disrupting both formations and causing them to collapse.
• Dijiang infiltrated the Demon Clan’s upper ranks while Fuxi was distracted, then tore through Fuxi’s body and destroyed his soul and River of Fate.

Meng Chen asked God-Emperor Meng Zhang to collect the Ancestral Witches’ essence blood and the treasures of Di Jun and Taiyi if the Witch-Demon Tribulation ended in mutual destruction. As the battle grew more savage, the leaders of both clans realized their path to attaining the Dao through calamity fate had failed, but continued fighting to the death.

• After Fuxi fell and the formations vanished, Meng Chen summoned God-Emperor Meng Zhang and asked him to gather the Twelve Ancestral Witches’ essence blood and Di Jun and Taiyi’s innate treasures if the clans perished together.
• God-Emperor Meng Zhang agreed and told Meng Chen that Great Immortal Yangmei would visit after the tribulation and might offer him guidance.
• The Witch-Demon battle intensified, leaving the mighty figures wounded and causing heavy losses among both clans as their calamity fate rapidly declined.
• Di Jun, Taiyi, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches realized that defeating their enemies could not grant them the Dao because the clans’ calamity fate would collapse with victory.
• Di Jun, Taiyi, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches launched suicidal attacks, while the Ten Shamans of Mount Ling and the Ten Great Demon Sages switched opponents and began slaughtering each other’s forces.

The Witch-Demon War descended into mutual slaughter as the Ten Great Demon Sages and the Ten Shamans of Mount Ling turned against their own sides. Di Jun, Bai Ze, Gonggong, and the Demon Sages died in a series of devastating self-destructions, leaving the battlefield’s fate uncertain.

• The Ten Shamans of Mount Ling and the Ten Great Demon Sages slaughtered Wu Clan and demon race fighters, while Xing Tian, Xiang Liu, and Nine Phoenix tried to save their clansmen.
• Taiyi killed Shebishi with the Chaos Bell, then fought seven Ancestral Witches as Ancestor Kunpeng secretly gathered the All-Encompassing Stars Banners.
• Ancestor Kunpeng betrayed Di Jun and attacked him with the Demon Master Palace, while Di Jun revealed that he had sent the Demon Summoning Banner to Wa Palace.
• Bai Ze self-destructed, devastating the battlefield, and Gonggong pierced Di Jun with his Water Element Staff before Di Jun also self-destructed and killed four Ancestral Witches.
• The nine remaining Demon Sages rushed Xing Tian, Xiang Liu, and Nine Phoenix and self-destructed, killing themselves and the three Great Witches.

After the Demon Clan’s pillars fell, Taiyi and the Ancestral Witches fought a final battle that shook the Primordial World. Their clash ended the Kalpa, leaving the world’s fate and the survivors’ next steps unresolved.

• Ancestor Kunpeng joined the seven Ancestral Witches in attacking Taiyi, while Zhu Jiuyin taunted him over the Demon Clan’s collapse.
• Taiyi rejected the idea that he had been wrong to betray the Ten Great Demon Sages and ignited his Great Dao origin.
• Taiyi killed Xuan Ming with the Witch Slaying Sword, and the remaining Ancestral Witches burned their own origins to enter the Sub-Sage realm.
• Ancestor Kunpeng fled with the All-Encompassing Stars banners after failing to find the Hetu Luoshu and Sun and Moon Essence Wheels.
• Taiyi and the six remaining Ancestral Witches unleashed their final attacks as World Force suppressed them and more timelines shattered.
• The Primordial World shook three times, the Tribulation Qi vanished, and the Kalpa ended.

After the Witch-Demon Tribulation ended, Meng Chen and the Chan Sect received abundant merit, and the Myriad Witch Kingdom’s rulers gained a new lease on life. Yuanshi Tianzun summoned Meng Chen to Purple Cloud Palace, where he learned that Ancestor Hongjun planned to foster the Human Race as the next Heavenly Protagonist and expected the Myriad Witch Kingdom to stand aside.

• The Heavenly Dao distributed merit and karmic sin among the factions involved in the kalpa, while Yuanshi Tianzun and God-Emperor Meng Zhang gave their merit to Meng Chen.
• Meng Chen absorbed the merit, and Guang Chengzi, Yun Zhongzi, Zhen Yizi, and the Myriad Witch Kingdom’s builders also received rewards.
• The Twelve Great Witches discussed how joining Meng Chen had helped them survive and secure a future for their faction.
• Yuanshi Tianzun summoned Meng Chen to Purple Cloud Palace, where Meng Chen traveled through Chaos under the protection of the Primordial World’s realm light.
• Yuanshi Tianzun told Meng Chen that Ancestor Hongjun intended to establish the Human Race as the new Heavenly Protagonist, leaving the Myriad Witch Kingdom’s claim in the way.

Ancestor Hongjun announced that the Human Race was the most suitable candidate to become the new Heavenly Protagonist, while the Myriad Witch Kingdom’s races were fated to miss the position. Yuanshi Tianzun challenged Hongjun’s ruling, arguing that Heavenly Dao must not treat living beings differently.

• Meng Chen considered the burdens and unfair rules attached to being Heavenly Protagonist and decided the Myriad Witch Kingdom would require sufficient compensation to make way.
• Ancestor Hongjun arrived at Purple Cloud Palace and declared that a new Heavenly Protagonist should lead the myriad races after the Witch and Demon Clans answered their Kalpa.
• Old Ancestor Styx offered the Asura Clan for the position, but Ancestor Hongjun rejected them as un fated for it while calling them indispensable among the six paths.
• Ancestor Hongjun named the Human Race as the most suitable Heavenly Protagonist, relieving Sage Laozi and Goddess Nüwa.
• Ancestor Hongjun said the Myriad Witch Kingdom’s races would miss the position and must yield to the Heavenly Protagonist, but Yuanshi Tianzun objected that all living beings deserved equal treatment.

Yuanshi Tianzun challenged Ancestor Hongjun’s decree naming the Human Race the Heavenly Protagonist, arguing that every race deserved a fair chance to compete. The other Sages joined his opposition, and Ancestor Hongjun accepted their united stance.

• Yuanshi Tianzun argued that past calamities came from ambitious rulers, not multiple powerful races, and threatened to lead all races against the Heavenly Dao if it unfairly favored humanity.
• God-Emperor Meng Zhang arrived and questioned Yuanshi Tianzun’s talk of attacking heaven, easing the tension in Purple Cloud Palace.
• Yuanshi Tianzun refused to obey Ancestor Hongjun’s decree and warned that he would not excuse the Human Race if it abused its status.
• Sage Laozi and Goddess Nüwa sided with Yuanshi Tianzun and asked Ancestor Hongjun to withdraw the decree.
• Sage Jieyin and Sage Zhunti joined the other Sages in opposing the decree, and Ancestor Hongjun praised them for standing firm.

Ancestor Hongjun rejected the idea of supporting the Human Race as Heavenly Protagonist and let all races compete for the role, praising Meng Chen’s vision of unity among the races. He then announced that he intended to re-establish the Heavenly Court, leaving the sages alert for his next words.

• Ancestor Hongjun explained that Pangu had not truly died and that he wished to leave the Primordial Wilderness’s burdens to his disciples.
• Sage Laozi asked who would become the Heavenly Protagonist, and Ancestor Hongjun challenged the sages to explain what the title meant.
• Meng Chen declared that all living beings were Pangu and that every race should be considered the Heavenly Protagonist.
• Ancestor Hongjun ruled that the races must compete for the position, then dismissed Old Ancestor Styx’s hopes for the Asura Clan.
• Ancestor Hongjun announced his intention to re-establish the Heavenly Court, drawing the sages’ full attention.

Ancestor Hongjun asked the sages to recommend a candidate for Heavenly Emperor, but the powerful figures present refused the role. He chose Haotian Daojun, who appeared in the Purple Cloud Palace after beating Disciples of Intercepting Teaching and greeted his teacher.

• Yuanshi Tianzun recommended Great Immortal Zhen Yuan, who declined and nominated Old Ancestor Styx instead.
• Old Ancestor Styx also refused the throne, but Ancestor Hongjun ordered his disciple Mahābrahmā and one hundred thousand Asura Mystic Immortals to serve in the Heavenly Court.
• Ancestor Hongjun considered recruiting from the Myriad Witch Kingdom, but God-Emperor Meng Zhang's stern look stopped him.
• Ancestor Hongjun summoned Haotian Daojun as his choice for Heavenly Emperor.
• Haotian Daojun arrived wielding a lightning whip, scolded Disciples of Intercepting Teaching, and then bowed to Ancestor Hongjun.

Ancestor Hongjun appointed Haotian Daojun and Yaochi as Heavenly Emperor and Heavenly Queen, giving them treasures to establish their rule. Afterward, Haotian God invited Meng Chen to the Heavenly Court for advice, where Meng Chen sat beside the new rulers without being intimidated.

• Haotian Daojun complained inwardly about teaching the disciples of Intercepting Teaching, and Ancestor Hongjun understood why their cultivation had frustrated him.
• Ancestor Hongjun reflected on Master Tongtian’s failure to teach the disciples of Intercepting Teaching according to their aptitudes.
• Ancestor Hongjun appointed Haotian Daojun as Heavenly Emperor and Yaochi as Heavenly Queen, then bestowed treasures on them.
• Haotian Daojun and Yaochi thanked Ancestor Hongjun, and the Purple Cloud Palace meeting ended.
• Haotian God invited Meng Chen to the Heavenly Court for guidance, while God-Emperor Meng Zhang told Meng Chen to return to the Eastern Celestial Pole afterward.
• Haotian God and Yaochi took their thrones, and Meng Chen conjured a seat and joined them without being cowed by Haotian’s authority.

Haotian God invited Meng Chen to help develop the Heavenly Court by arranging for the Chan Sect to preach in the Heavenly Realm. Meng Chen agreed in exchange for three heavens for the Chan Sect, then advised Haotian God on divine path cultivation.

• Haotian God told Meng Chen he planned to open an Ascension Gate and establish an Ascension Pool, but lacked the support and resources to develop the Heavenly Court.
• Haotian God asked the Chan Sect to enter the Heavenly Realm in the future and help civilize its inhabitants by preaching the Dao.
• Meng Chen agreed on the condition that the Heavenly Court would not interfere with the Chan Sect's preaching, and Haotian God granted the Chan Sect the Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Heavens.
• The Heavenly Queen Mother hosted a small Peach Banquet to celebrate the agreement and gave Meng Chen extra peaches.
• Haotian God asked Meng Chen for guidance on divine path cultivation, and Meng Chen explained its precautions while the Heavenly Queen Mother listened.

At a meeting of the sages, Yuanshi Tianzun and Laozi rejected Jieyin’s request to resurrect Daoist Duobao and confronted the Western Sages over their schemes. Luo Hou later revived Duobao and several other Intercepting Teaching disciples in secret, leaving them in the hands of a Demon Sage opposed to Tongtian.

• Jieyin asked Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun to let him resurrect Rulai, but both rejected the request.
• Zhunti appealed for mercy on behalf of the West, and Yuanshi Tianzun accused the Western Sages of sending Ran Deng to undermine the Chan Sect.
• Jieyin and Zhunti denied scheming with Ran Deng, and Jieyin dropped his request to resurrect Duobao.
• Qiongxiao and Bixiao tormented Luo Hou in the Demon Realm, prompting him to leave the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons and amuse himself elsewhere.
• The Great Freedom Demon Saint told Luo Hou that Daoist Duobao and other Intercepting Teaching disciples had fallen and remained unresurrected.
• Luo Hou secretly revived Daoist Duobao and several other disciples, then handed them over to a Demon Sage hostile to Tongtian.

Daoist Duobao and his companions joined the World-Ending Demon Palace, where Duobao was made Eldest Senior Brother. When Master Tongtian confronted him, Duobao followed his new teacher’s order to address Tongtian as a Demon Saint, and Tongtian left without attacking him.

• Daoist Duobao and his companions became disciples of the World-Ending Demon Saint, and Duobao impressed the palace disciples with his demonic arts and shamelessness.
• The World-Ending Demon Saint appointed Duobao Eldest Senior Brother, prompting Jin Guangxian, Ling Ya Xian, and the others to renew their respect for him.
• Golden Spirit Demon Mother, Wuyun Demon, and Turtle Spirit Demon Mother reacted angrily to the news, while Master Tongtian announced that he would confront the World-Ending Demon Saint.
• The World-Ending Demon Saint summoned Duobao and introduced Master Tongtian as Demon Saint Tongtian rather than his former teacher.
• Duobao obeyed the World-Ending Demon Saint and greeted Tongtian as a junior addressing a Demon Saint, and Tongtian departed in despondence without attacking him.

Meng Chen returned to the Eastern Celestial Pole, where God-Emperor Meng Zhang told him of his connection to the Heavenly Dao and gave him treasures gathered during the Witch-Demon Tribulation. Meng Chen left with the Chaos Bell, the Essence Blood of the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and the Hetu Luoshu, while the Hetu Luoshu’s future karmic entanglement remained unresolved.

• Meng Chen returned alone to the newly rebuilt Eastern Celestial Pole and met God-Emperor Meng Zhang in Azure Dragon Hall.
• Meng Chen recounted the Heavenly Realm’s affairs, and he and God-Emperor Meng Zhang discussed moving the Myriad Witch Kingdom into the three heavens.
• God-Emperor Meng Zhang revealed that he and the other Divine Lords shared an origin with the Heavenly Dao, and that Meng Chen was a child of the Heavenly Dao.
• God-Emperor Meng Zhang gave Meng Chen twelve drops of Ancestral Witch Essence Blood, the Chaos Bell, and the Hetu Luoshu.
• God-Emperor Meng Zhang advised Meng Chen to have Yuanshi Tianzun refine the Chaos Bell, while Meng Chen decided to keep the Hetu Luoshu despite its future karmic entanglement.

Meng Chen studied how to forge a cultivation realm beyond the Hunyuan Golden Immortal Realm so he could eventually challenge the Heavenly Dao and prove the Chaotic Origin Dao. He visited the Plant Spirit Race’s instructors and rewarded Old Ancestor Ruo with Creation Qi, leaving hopeful that the race would soon produce a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

• Meng Chen concluded that proving the Chaotic Origin Dao required creating a realm capable of standing shoulder to shoulder with Saints before challenging the Heavenly Dao.
• Meng Chen went to the Green Green Grassland to check on the Plant Spirit Race experts he had brought to the Eastern Celestial Pole.
• Old Ancestor Ruo greeted Meng Chen and explained that his Dao Injury had slowed his cultivation after his battle with demonic-path experts.
• Meng Chen gave Old Ancestor Ruo Creation Qi, which he said could heal seventy or eighty percent of his injury.
• Old Ancestor Ruo assured Meng Chen that a Great Luo Golden Immortal would emerge from the Plant Spirit Race within a hundred thousand years.

Meng Chen discussed transcendence and the Hunyuan Golden Immortal Realm with God-Emperor Meng Zhang, who urged him to pursue his own strength rather than a fixed destination. Great Immortal Yangmei arrived at the Eastern Celestial Pole and was startled to sense the Pangu Imprint on Meng Chen.

• Meng Chen discussed his ideas about the Hunyuan Golden Immortal Realm with God-Emperor Meng Zhang, who praised his understanding.
• God-Emperor Meng Zhang explained that fixed goals could make cultivators follow a path laid out by a great figure, while pursuing their own strength could lead them to transcendence.
• Meng Chen asked whether his teacher, Yuanshi Tianzun, had become a waypoint on Pangu's path, and God-Emperor Meng Zhang said Yuanshi was inheriting Pangu's mantle.
• Great Immortal Yangmei arrived at the Eastern Celestial Pole, and God-Emperor Meng Zhang and Meng Chen welcomed him.
• Great Immortal Yangmei sensed the Pangu Imprint on Meng Chen and learned that Meng Chen had joined Yuanshi Tianzun's sect; he expressed sincere admiration for Meng Chen's fortune.

Great Immortal Yangmei invited the Primordial Wilderness’s Dao Friends to his Harmony Dao Ceremony and argued with God-Emperor Meng Zhang about Ancestor Hongjun taking the treasures of fallen allies. Ancestor Hongjun arrived and defended his claim to the treasures, leaving Great Immortal Yangmei condemning him.

• Great Immortal Yangmei invited the Primordial Wilderness’s Dao Friends to Yangmei Great World for his Harmony Dao Ceremony and explained that he had reclaimed his former origin as the Space Demon God.
• God-Emperor Meng Zhang asked why Great Immortal Yangmei had not invited Ancestor Hongjun, and Yangmei explained that Hongjun had fought him after he took the fallen Qiankun and Yinyang’s disciples away.
• Great Immortal Yangmei accused Ancestor Hongjun of seizing the fallen great powers’ treasures, while God-Emperor Meng Zhang argued that ownership of such treasures was complicated.
• Ancestor Hongjun arrived at Azure Dragon Hall and asked whether the disciples of Qiankun and the others could still possess the Primordial World’s supreme treasures.
• Great Immortal Yangmei rebuked Ancestor Hongjun for taking Qiankun’s treasures before his body was cold and questioned his regard for their bonds.

Great Immortal Yangmei accused Ancestor Hongjun of betraying their allies during the Dao-Demon War, while Hongjun defended his actions and challenged him to settle their grievance. Yangmei declared war on Xuanmen on behalf of Yangmei Great World, and Hongjun accepted.

• Great Immortal Yangmei accused Ancestor Hongjun of withholding aid during the Immortal Slaughtering Array battle to seize his rivals’ treasures and the enlightenment opportunity.
• Ancestor Hongjun showed Yangmei visions of the past and argued that he could have killed him, while Meng Chen questioned how Yangmei recovered and attained the Dao first.
• Yangmei rejected Hongjun’s explanation and accused him of taking the Qiankun Cauldron and Taiji Diagram after Qiankun and Yinyang died.
• Ancestor Hongjun challenged Yangmei to fight at the Chaos Palace ruins, and Yangmei demanded a decisive battle between their orthodox lineages, with the victor taking over the defeated side’s heaven and earth.
• Yangmei declared war on Xuanmen on behalf of Yangmei Great World, and Ancestor Hongjun accepted the war.

After Great Immortal Yangmei declared war on Xuanmen, Ancestor Hongjun sent Meng Chen to the Purple Cloud Palace to learn the Dao of transcendence. As Ancestor Hongjun instructed him, Yu Ding Zhenren broke through to the Grand Golden Immortal realm.

• Great Immortal Yangmei declared war on Xuanmen, and God-Emperor Meng Zhang said he would attend Yangmei’s Harmony Dao Ceremony.
• Ancestor Hongjun told Meng Chen to visit the Purple Cloud Palace to learn the method of attaining the Dao, then warned him to be ready for the coming battle.
• God-Emperor Meng Zhang urged Meng Chen to prepare for war, but Meng Chen returned to the Chan Sect confident that Xuanmen would prevail.
• Meng Chen visited Ancestor Hongjun, dropped his formal act, and listened as Ancestor Hongjun explained the Dao of transcendence.
• Yu Ding Zhenren broke through to the Grand Golden Immortal realm, prompting Yuanshi Tianzun to reflect on his disciples’ progress.

While listening to Ancestor Hongjun preach, Meng Chen transformed into a Dragon of Fate and cultivated a River of Fate whose Divine Ability Tribes evolved and pursued the Great Luo Dao. After hundreds of thousands of years, Meng Chen finally broke through, while Yuanshi Tianzun struggled to carry out the Chan Sect’s plans in his absence.

• Ancestor Hongjun’s sermon deepened Meng Chen’s understanding of the Great Dao, and Meng Chen transformed from an Azure Dragon into a Dragon of Fate.
• Within Meng Chen’s River of Fate, Divine Abilities developed into tribes that formed societies, evolved, and created new abilities and rivers of their own.
• Ancestor Hongjun praised Meng Chen’s method of proving the Dao and anticipated his future contest with Great Immortal Yangmei.
• Yuanshi Tianzun discovered that Meng Chen had remained in the Purple Cloud Palace and took charge of the Chan Sect’s affairs, including the migration of the Myriad Witch Kingdom and preaching to the Human Race.
• As the Divine Ability Tribes struck the River of Fate and proved the Great Luo Dao, Meng Chen condensed the Law of Destiny into a Great Dao river and broke through.