Chapter Summaries

Tongtian left Zixiao Palace after clashing with his brothers, while Hongjun and the Five Saints prepared plans against the Witch Clan and the Demon Race. Fuxi advanced toward Refining Spirit, Returning to Emptiness, opened a passage to the Myriad Heavens and Worlds, and recognized it could offer the Witch Clan an escape route.

• Tongtian announced that he was returning to his cultivation ground to enter seclusion, leaving Yuanshi furious and the Two Sages of the West pleased.
• Hongjun and the Five Saints drew up plans that placed an invisible net over the Witch Clan and the Demon Race.
• Fuxi touched upon Refining Spirit, Returning to Emptiness and realized that advancing further required him to connect with the Myriad Heavens and Worlds.
• Fuxi's sigh made the Sun Star vanish and then reappear, while his cultivation stirred strange signs across the Primordial World.
• Fuxi opened the Myriad Worlds Passage, entered the Void Sea, and advanced to within a finger's breadth of Refining Spirit, Returning to Emptiness.
• Fuxi decided that the passage could serve as an escape route for the Witch Clan amid the plots against them and the Demon Race.

After leaving Zixiao Palace, Laozi visited the Demon Clan Heavenly Court and found Di Jun and Tai Yi worried about confronting the Witch Clan under Houtu’s protection. Laozi told them to act without restraint, promising that Empress Houtu would give him some face.

• Jieyin and Zhunti left for Mount Sumeru after Laozi and Yuanshi gave them pills and magical treasures to celebrate their disciples.
• Laozi went to the Demon Clan Heavenly Court on Buzhou Mountain and passed through its concealed formations.
• Laozi saw the Demon Race training and preparing to avenge its past losses.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi discussed their inability to attack the Witch Clan while Houtu protected it.
• Laozi arrived at the Heavenly Palace, and Di Jun and Tai Yi greeted him as Senior Brother Taiqing.
• Laozi urged Di Jun and Tai Yi to act freely, saying Empress Houtu would give him some face.

Laozi joined the Demon Race on the Dao Ancestor’s orders, ending its restraint and reigniting the war with the Witch Clan. As the conflict spread, Tongtian followed a mysterious connection into the East Sea, while Jieyin and Zhunti considered whether to intervene.

• Laozi told Di Jun and Taiyi that he had come on the Dao Ancestor’s orders, then took up a place in the Heavenly Court as the Demon Race’s Sage shield.
• Di Jun ended the Demon Race’s period of lying low, and its renewed attacks sparked war across the Primordial World.
• Tongtian heard that Laozi had joined the Demon Race and followed a faint connection into the depths of the East Sea.
• Hong Yun wondered whether Laozi’s dispute with Fuxi had prompted his actions, but Zhen Yuanzi urged him not to speculate about a Sage.
• Jieyin and Zhunti discussed the bloody war between the Demon Race and Witch Clan, and Zhunti offered to intervene to hasten the Tribulation’s end.

Jieyin and Zhunti planned to lure Di Jun's ten sons into a conflict with the Witch Clan. Zhunti secretly entered Tang Valley in disguise and began deceiving the Golden Crow princes about their father.

• Jieyin cautioned Zhunti to disguise himself before luring Di Jun's ten sons into the Primordial World.
• Little Ten complained about life on the Fusang Tree, and the First Golden Crow Prince comforted his brothers.
• Zhunti disguised himself as a bird-headed man and passed through Di Jun's Grand Formations without raising an alarm.
• Zhunti told the princes that Di Jun had sent him to take them to the Heavenly Court.
• The First Golden Crow Prince and the Tenth Golden Crow Prince challenged Zhunti, who pretended to hesitate before implying that Di Jun had given troubling orders.

The ten Golden Crows flew through the Primordial World, and their uncontrolled Solar Divine Fire devastated the lands below. After Kuafu’s clansmen suffered heavy casualties, he attacked the Golden Crows, killed the Second Golden Crow Prince, and chased the remaining nine toward Tang Valley.

• The First Golden Crow Prince agreed to take his brothers on a tour after the Tenth Golden Crow Prince persuaded them to go.
• The ten Golden Crows flew across the Primordial World, scorching the land and killing countless living beings as Kuafu’s people suffered more than a million dead or injured.
• Kuafu confronted the Golden Crows and declared that he would take their lives for killing his clansmen.
• The First Golden Crow Prince arrogantly identified himself as the Heavenly Emperor’s son, and Kuafu struck down the Second Golden Crow Prince with his axe.
• The nine surviving Golden Crows fled toward Tang Valley, and Kuafu pursued them across the ground.

Kuafu pursued the nine Golden Crows across the Primordial World as their heat scorched the land, but Zhunti secretly restored a river that Kuafu drank, causing him unbearable pain. The Golden Crows attacked the weakened Kuafu, and another voice arrived in fury as he neared collapse.

• The nine Golden Crows fled from Kuafu, scorching the land and killing countless living beings as Zhunti watched.
• Zhunti restored a dried-up river, and the exhausted Kuafu drank all its water before resuming his pursuit.
• Kuafu caught up with the Golden Crows, but pain from the river water slowed him, so the First Golden Crow Prince ordered his brothers to attack.
• The Golden Crows wounded Kuafu with their talons and beaks while Zhunti watched the fight with Jieyin through a water mirror.
• As Kuafu swayed on the verge of collapse, an enraged voice demanded to know how the Golden Crows dared injure his brother Kuafu.

Hou Yi avenged Kuafu by shooting down the Golden Crow princes who had killed him. The Tenth Golden Crow Prince fled toward Buzhou Mountain, calling for his father and uncle to save him.

• Hou Yi named his longbow Sun-Slaying and fired an arrow at the Golden Crows after Kuafu collapsed.
• The First Golden Crow Prince was killed by Hou Yi's arrow as the brothers wondered how they had defeated Kuafu.
• Hou Yi shot another arrow through the Third and Seventh Golden Crow Princes.
• Hou Yi fired three arrows at once, killing three more Golden Crow princes.
• The Tenth Golden Crow Prince fled toward Buzhou Mountain with two brothers and called for his father and uncle.

Di Jun discovered that Hou Yi had killed nine of his ten Golden Crow sons and rushed with Taiyi to save the last one. After the Tenth Golden Crow Prince reached his father, Laozi erased the concealment formation around the Heavenly Court and prepared to answer his Master's call.

• Bai Ze reported the Demon Race's gains against the Witch Clan, and Di Jun collapsed after sensing that his children were in danger.
• Di Jun used the River Diagram and Luo Book to discover that the young Golden Crows had left the Fusang Tree and were being hunted by Hou Yi.
• The Ninth Golden Crow Prince shoved the Tenth out of the path of Hou Yi's arrow and fell to the ground himself.
• Taiyi and Di Jun arrived in time for Taiyi's Chaos Bell to erase Hou Yi's arrow, and the Tenth Golden Crow Prince flew into Di Jun's arms.
• Di Jun held his grieving son as he fell asleep, while Laozi erased the Heavenly Court's concealing formation and left to answer his Master's summons.

Di Jun and Taiyi attacked Hou Yi for killing eight of the Golden Crows, but Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches intervened, triggering a war between the Witch and Demon races. Meanwhile, the Four Saints and the Dao Ancestor discussed a plan involving Chang'e and Hou Yi to intensify the Witch Clan's fury.

• Di Jun and Taiyi confronted Hou Yi, who struggled to resist their Quasi-Sage pressure after killing eight Golden Crows.
• Taiyi hurled the Chaos Bell at Hou Yi, but Dijiang used barriers of space to stop its attack.
• The Eleven Ancestral Witches arrived to protect Hou Yi, and Di Jun's grief and anger turned into a declaration of war.
• The Demon Saints led the Demon Race army against the Witch Clan as the two sides clashed across heaven and earth.
• At Zixiao Palace, Laozi claimed Tongtian was in seclusion, while the Dao Ancestor asked the others about their next step.
• Laozi proposed that Chang'e eat the spiritual medicine and ascend to the Taiyin Star, with Hou Yi following, to inflame the Witch Clan's anger.

Laozi explained the Sages’ plan to use Chang'e and Hou Yi to provoke a war between the Witch and Demon Races and bring down Buzhou Mountain for the Sages’ benefit. He expected Xihe to seek his Moon Pill, unaware that his assumptions about Chang'e’s memories and fate were wrong.

• Laozi revealed that Chang'e was Changxi, Xihe’s younger sister, and that he had prepared a Moon Pill to awaken her identity as a Taiyin Goddess.
• Laozi explained that Chang'e’s return to the Taiyin Star would drive Hou Yi to abandon the Witch Clan and become Wu Gang, provoking the Ancestral Witches.
• Laozi said the Ancestral Witches would be incited to destroy Buzhou Mountain, causing a calamity that the Sages would resolve and use to gain Merit.
• Jieyin questioned how Laozi knew Hou Yi and Chang'e would marry, and Laozi replied that Chang'e had lost her former memories and would be drawn to the heroic Hou Yi.
• The narrator revealed that Laozi’s assumptions about Changxi’s rebirth were mistaken, but Laozi remained confident that he could correct any problems in his plan.

The Sages discovered that Chang'e had become a powerful human warrior and had barely met Hou Yi, ruining Laozi's plan to bring them together. Hongjun ordered Laozi to fix the scheme, while Chang'e's sealed memories as the Taiyin Goddess returned and she reflected on Fuxi's guidance; someone then called out to her.

• Jieyin questioned Laozi's hands-off approach, and Laozi showed the Sages a water mirror revealing Chang'e's life among the Human Race.
• Hongjun confronted Laozi over the failed plan, and Laozi promised to use a Divine Ability to make Chang'e and Hou Yi fall in love.
• Hongjun assigned Laozi to carry out the remedy, while Yuanshi declined Jieyin and Zhunti's offer to help.
• Chang'e stood before Fuxi's statue as her sealed memories as the Taiyin Goddess returned, realizing her current path had fulfilled Fuxi's words.
• An unidentified voice called out to Chang'e from behind.

Laozi disguised himself as a poor old man and tried to arrange a marriage between Chang'e and Hou Yi so he could gain a share of the Human Race's Fortune. Chang'e recognized his scheme and resisted his attempt to alter her feelings, while Laozi failed to realize that her restored primordial spirit was beyond his power.

• Chang'e recognized Laozi despite his shabby disguise and secretly sent spell seals that concealed her actions from him.
• Laozi asked Chang'e for food, then questioned whether she was betrothed and proposed Hou Yi as a match.
• Chang'e realized Laozi's plan could provoke Xihe and spark a war between the Witch and Demon clans.
• Laozi secretly used a divine ability to change Chang'e's feelings toward Hou Yi, unaware that her restored primordial spirit made the technique ineffective.

Chang'e exposed Laozi's attempt to manipulate her and the Human Race, and Nuwa intervened to protect her. After Chang'e revealed the Moon Pill's cost, Suiren Shi recognized a plot that could reignite war between the Witch and Demon Clans and led the Human Race in severing its connection to Laozi.

• Chang'e rejected Laozi's claim that she and Hou Yi loved each other and attacked him, prompting Laozi to seize her.
• Chang'e called on Nuwa, whose statue's light rescued her and drove Laozi away before exposing his true form.
• Chang'e explained that the Moon Pill granted Taiyin power but bound its user to the Taiyin Star for life.
• Suiren Shi and the others inferred that Laozi planned to use Chang'e, Hou Yi, and the Moon Pill to provoke conflict between the Witch and Demon Clans and drag in the Human Race.
• Suiren Shi petitioned Nuwa to expel Laozi from Human territory, and the Human Race's Power of Vows severed Laozi's connection to them.

After the Human Race severed its connection with Laozi, Chang'e gained their Fortune and restored life to the lands devastated by the Golden Crows. At Zixiao Palace, the Sages approved Laozi’s plan to provoke war by having the Demon Race slaughter the Human Race, drawing in the Witch Clan.

• Laozi fled after the Human Race rejected his scheme, while Zhunti and Jieyin distanced themselves from his failure and Primordial Heavenly Venerable condemned the Human Race.
• The Human Race’s Fortune gathered around Chang'e, greatly increasing her strength as she spread spiritual Qi and revived the devastated land.
• Suiren Shi and the other human leaders guided their people in rebuilding, expanding their settlements, and strengthening the Human Race’s Fortune.
• At Zixiao Palace, Primordial asked Jieyin and Zhunti for a way to break the deadlock between the Witch and Demon races, but they refused to intervene.
• Laozi proposed that the Demon Race attack the Human Race on a grand scale so the Witch Clan would come to their aid and war would begin.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun approved Laozi’s plan, sealing the fate of the Human, Witch, and Demon races.

After the Little Golden Crows’ deaths, Di Jun and Tai Yi led the Demon Race into war against the Witch Clan, devastating the Primordial World. Laozi warned Di Jun that the Ancestral Witches might follow Houtu’s path, and Di Jun renewed his ambition to fight the Witch Clan to the death.

• Di Jun and Tai Yi mobilized the Demon Race to attack the Witch Clan, while Bai Ze warned Di Jun that their warriors struggled against the Witches’ powerful bodies.
• Hong Yun sheltered fleeing living beings at Longevity Mountain, and he and Zhen Yuanzi lamented the war’s destruction.
• Xing Tian and Hou Yi discussed the fighting beneath Buzhou Mountain before Zhurong left to join the battle.
• Laozi went to the Heavenly Court and warned Di Jun and Tai Yi that the Eleven Ancestral Witches might imitate Houtu and succeed.
• Di Jun recalled his ambition to unify the Primordial World and resolved to personally lead the Demon Race in a fight to the death against the Witch Clan.

Laozi told Di Jun and Taiyi that weapons made from Human Race flesh and blood could pierce the Witch Clan's bodies, prompting the Demon Race to march on the Eastern Sea Shore. Nuwa moved to protect the Human Race, but Laozi and Yuanshi intercepted her outside Wa Huang Palace.

• Laozi told Di Jun and Taiyi that weapons refined from Human Race flesh and blood could break through the Witch Clan's physical bodies.
• Laozi assured Di Jun and Taiyi that they did not need to worry about Nuwa intervening.
• Di Jun and Taiyi led the Demon Race's armies toward the Human Race's territory to obtain material for the Witch-Slaying Sword.
• Nuwa saw the approaching armies and prepared to go to the Human Race's aid.
• Laozi and Yuanshi stopped Nuwa outside Wa Huang Palace after knocking her maid unconscious.
• Nuwa attacked Laozi and Yuanshi and summoned the Red Embroidered Ball.

Fuxi received Hongjun on Buzhou Mountain while Houtu fought Jieyin and Zhunti in the Netherworld. As Sages clashed across the realms, Di Jun sent the Demon Race army toward the Human Race to lure out the Witch Clan and finish the Witch-Slaying Sword.

• Fuxi questioned Hongjun about the battles beyond the heavens, then agreed to conclude their discussion of the Dao.
• Jieyin and Zhunti provoked Houtu by claiming the Blood Sea had a karmic connection to Western Teachings, and Houtu fought them to a standstill in the Netherworld.
• Tongtian watched the battles beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens and in the Netherworld, suspecting that the Sages had devised another plan.
• Di Jun told Taiyi that he intended to use an attack on the Human Race to draw out the Witch Clan while he completed the Witch-Slaying Sword.
• A few hundred Demon Soldiers approached the Human Race's territory and charged after threatening the humans.

The Demon Race attacked the Human Race, but humans fought back with unexpected strength until the Ten Great Demon Gods turned the battle against them. As Chang'e and the human powerhouses fought to defend their people, the Witch Clan marched to their aid, and Yuxiu asked Suiren Shi about the power of his Fire Seed.

• The Human Race rallied against the Demon Race, using teamwork and the strength of its Heavenly Prodigies to rout the first wave of soldiers and generals.
• Zhurong told Dijiang that the Demon Race was besieging the Human Race, and Dijiang ordered the Witch Clan to march to the Eastern Sea Shore and help destroy the Demon Race.
• The Ten Great Demon Gods joined the battle and overwhelmed the humans, prompting Chang'e to attack Tongming before Pangshen intercepted her.
• Chang'e sent Pangshen flying with her sword, while the Three Ancestors of the Human Race, Shennong, Xuanyuan, Shaodian, and other human powerhouses fought the demons.
• Suiren Shi's Fire Seed evaporated Yuxiu's wave, forcing Yuxiu to evade and ask about the fire's origin.

The Human Race battled the Demon Race as Suiren Shi demanded answers and Xuanyuan’s formations overwhelmed the Demon Saints. Shennong poisoned and wounded Chaoyan, who fled, while the battlefield continued with Ganjing still trapped by Youchao Shi and Mietu held by Ziyi Shi.

• Suiren Shi angrily demanded to know why the Demon Race had attacked the Human Race.
• Ganjing broke free of Youchao Shi’s forest, but Youchao Shi trapped him again with vines and trees that could not injure him.
• Chaoyan attacked Shennong, but Shennong dodged and used poisoned Seven-Star Silver Soul Grass to numb Chaoyan and wound him; Chaoyan then fled from Shennong’s pursuit.
• Ziyi Shi kept Mietu trapped with treasured threads while Shaodian fought Basu and could not help her.
• Xuanyuan split his warriors into formations that isolated Shu Tao from Xiong Zhuo and Bu Feng, then used the Xuanyuan Sword to kill all three Demon Saints.

The Human Race gained the upper hand against the Demon Race, while Nuwa punished Laozi for plotting to use the Demon Race to slaughter her people. The Witch Clan arrived as reinforcements, and Di Jun refused Taiyi’s call to retreat, choosing to fight on.

• Ancestor Minghe, Hong Yun, and Zhen Yuanzi watched the Human Race defeat Demon Gods and praised Fuxi’s teachings.
• Hongjun concealed his anger as Fuxi mocked him over the Human Race’s success.
• Nuwa attacked Laozi and accused him of plotting to slaughter the Human Race; Yuanshi tried to shield Laozi from her blows.
• Laozi and Hongjun saw the Witch Clan go to war with the Demon Race and believed their plan was succeeding.
• The Witch Clan arrived at the Eastern Sea Shore, raising Human morale and forcing the Demon Race to fight on despite desertions.
• Taiyi urged Di Jun to retreat, but Di Jun refused and vowed to fight the Witch Clan.