Chapter Summaries

Laozi challenged Li Xinghe and Fuxi at Huoyun Cave, intending to support Hongjun and destroy the Earthly and Human Daos. Li Xinghe revealed that his incarnation had reached the Hunyuan Taiji Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm through the Creation Law, forcing Laozi to withdraw while he considered how the Chan Sect could grow stronger.

• Laozi unleashed his Hunyuan Taiji Grand Unity Golden Immortal aura and declared that he would support Hongjun and destroy the Earthly and Human Daos.
• Fuxi warned Laozi that he could not leave Huoyun Cave freely, and Li Xinghe stood up to teach him a lesson on Pangu’s behalf.
• Li Xinghe revealed his Creation Law and Hunyuan Taiji Grand Unity Golden Immortal cultivation, stunning Fuxi and Laozi.
• Li Xinghe demanded that Laozi kneel and call him Uncle, but Laozi refused and cursed him.
• Laozi dissolved his incarnation to escape further humiliation, resolving to return with the Chan Sect’s experts and treasures.

Li Xinghe investigated Fuxi’s unexplained cultivation speed and warned him to watch Laozi and Hongjun as Chaos faced upheaval. As his Second Incarnation guided Tongtian and the others through Chaos, Li Xinghe offered them opportunities to advance, then tried to help Kong Xuan break through—though he omitted the Fire origin Kong Xuan needed most.

• Fuxi told Li Xinghe that an invisible power had repeatedly flowed into him at cultivation bottlenecks since the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation, and Li Xinghe asked about Nuwa.
• Li Xinghe predicted a major upheaval in Chaos and told Fuxi to keep watch on Laozi and Hongjun, refusing Fuxi’s offer to join the struggle.
• Yuanshi found the ruined small world and rushed inside, believing it held a great treasure and that the Great Dao had favored him.
• Li Xinghe’s Second Incarnation guided Tongtian, Zhao Gongming, Yang Jian, and Xuandu through Chaos, directing Tongtian to the Sword Demon God’s former dojo and explaining the Sea-Calming Pearls’ potential to Zhao Gongming.
• Kong Xuan complained that he could not cross the final hurdle to attaining the Dao, so Li Xinghe offered him four origin powers—metal, wood, water, and earth—leaving out fire.

Li Xinghe gave Kong Xuan, Yang Jian, and Xuandu treasures and guidance to help them advance, then explored Chaos to cultivate Destruction Law. His Second Incarnation reached the Hunyuan Taiji Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, and Tongtian soon broke through to the same realm.

• Li Xinghe explained the origins of Kong Xuan’s five-element powers and gave him the treasures to refine.
• Li Xinghe passed the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique to Yang Jian, repairing flaws in his cultivation and bringing him close to attaining the Dao.
• Li Xinghe urged Xuandu to use the Kongtong Seal to comprehend the Human Race’s unyielding spirit and return to his original purpose.
• Li Xinghe explored Chaos, sensed its pervasive destructive aura, and considered whether Pangu had opened heaven to escape a greater catastrophe.
• Li Xinghe’s Second Incarnation advanced to the Hunyuan Taiji Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm after cultivating Destruction Law for several Eons.
• A sword light rose from the Chaos Void as Tongtian reached the Hunyuan Taiji Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, one step behind Laozi.

Li Xinghe gathered the newly advanced Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortals and led them toward the secret realm, warning that Ye Chen and Laozi had also grown stronger. Meanwhile, Luohu, Hongjun, and the Qiankun and Five Elements Demon Gods converged on the shattered small world, where Hongjun’s attempt to recruit the two Demon Gods failed.

• Li Xinghe told Tongtian that the others needed to face danger and become Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortals to survive the coming catastrophe.
• The returning group had all attained the Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, and Kong Xuan vowed to kill Ye Chen and the Two Sages of the West.
• Li Xinghe revealed that Ye Chen had attained the Dao and that Laozi had reached the Hunyuan Taiji Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm; Tongtian vowed to oppose Laozi and Yuanshi if they interfered.
• Li Xinghe led the group toward the secret realm, where the dumplings were ready and the guests had nearly all arrived.
• Luohu entered the shattered small world after sensing that someone had tracked him, while the Qiankun Demon God and Five Elements Demon God arrived and encountered Hongjun’s incarnation.
• Hongjun invited the two Demon Gods to investigate the world together, but they refused, and Hongjun entered the shattered small world alone after warning them that Luohu had reached the peak of the Hunyuan Taiji Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

Li Xinghe gathered his allies in a dangerous shattered world he had chosen as a trap, while experts from the Hunyuan World secretly entered in pursuit of Luohu and Chaos Supreme Treasures. After revealing that he had refined part of the world’s former Heavenly Dao origin, Li Xinghe warned his group about the unknown outsiders and moved Qian Kun and Five Elements away.

• Qian Kun and Five Elements entered the shattered world, while Li Xinghe’s Second Incarnation arrived with Tongtian and his four juniors.
• Li Xinghe warned the group that the world had once possessed its own Heavenly Dao and remained dangerous despite its destruction.
• A Hunyuan Taiji Grand Unity Golden Immortal and ten Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortals secretly entered the world, hoping to seize treasures and resources.
• Kong Xuan urged Li Xinghe to find Yuanshi Tianzun, but Li Xinghe cautioned him about Luohu, Hongjun’s incarnation, and the outsiders pursuing Luohu.
• Li Xinghe revealed that his First Incarnation had refined part of the shattered world’s Heavenly Dao origin.
• Li Xinghe’s true body took Qian Kun and Five Elements away after they sensed his aura.

Li Xinghe learned that Qiankun Demon God and Ancestor Five Elements had fled the Primordial Great World after its powerful sects discovered the Jade Plate of Creation. As pursuers threatened to reach the Chaos World, Li Xinghe decided the gathering of outsiders and local powers could still work to his advantage.

• Qiankun Demon God and Ancestor Five Elements returned injured from the Primordial Great World and warned Li Xinghe that its people might be coming for him.
• Ancestor Five Elements revealed that the Primordial Great World's cultivators were pursuing the Jade Plate of Creation, which had once belonged to a sect that was later destroyed.
• Qiankun Demon God explained that the pair had been hunted after killing a disciple and drawing attention to the Jade Plate of Creation's aura.
• Qiankun Demon God suspected their pursuers had deliberately let them escape so they would lead the way back to the Chaos World.
• Li Xinghe told them that another group from a different world had already arrived, though it was not strong enough to be their pursuers.
• Li Xinghe said his divination had revealed secrets in the area and assured Qiankun Demon God and Ancestor Five Elements that he held the advantage.

Li Xinghe, Luohu, and the others explored a ruined small world filled with Destruction laws and powerful treasures, while Li Xinghe suspected the Great Dao had guided him into setting the trap. The visitors continued searching for opportunities, unaware of the deeper forces at work.

• Minghe arrived in person with Yuantu and Abi after sending a Blood God incarnation ahead, and the group entered the ruined small world with their senses severely limited.
• Tongtian and Li Xinghe sensed the overwhelming Destruction aura and Sword Dao law, while Li Xinghe realized the world might have belonged to a Hunyuan Wuji Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
• Luohu recognized the small world’s significance, planned to draw the Hunyuan World’s pursuers into a conflict with Hongjun and Li Xinghe, and hoped to take advantage of the chaos.
• Treasures and strange auspicious signs began appearing throughout the small world, prompting Li Xinghe to suspect that an unseen force was manipulating events.
• Li Xinghe concluded that the Great Dao might have guided him to arrange the setup and decided to uncover its purpose and the small world’s secrets.
• Jieyin and Zhunti collected more than a dozen Innate Spirit Treasures soon after entering, delighting in their newfound wealth.

Li Xinghe and his companions explored a ruined small world where an Innate Supreme Treasure appeared, drawing powerful cultivators toward it. Tongtian claimed the sword-shaped treasure was destined for him as Yuanshi warned that Hongjun and Luohu had also arrived.

• Zhunti and Jieyin discussed how the Innate Spirit Treasures could help rebuild the Western Teachings, but Jieyin urged them to seek a supreme treasure.
• An Innate Supreme Treasure’s aura appeared, and Zhunti and Jieyin rushed toward it alongside cultivators and Chaos creatures.
• Li Xinghe let his companions search for opportunities while cautioning them to prioritize safety; Tongtian also set off to seek a treasure.
• The Hunyuan World cultivators chose to pursue the treasure rather than attack Luohu, whose World-Ending Millstone had reportedly become a Chaos Supreme Treasure.
• Tongtian, Yuanshi Tianzun, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Old Ancestor Minghe gathered where Chaos creatures were attacking the concealed, sword-shaped treasure.
• Tongtian claimed the sword was destined for him, while Yuanshi warned that Hongjun and Luohu had arrived and questioned whether Li Xinghe could protect Tongtian.

Tongtian revealed that he had reached the Hunyuan Taiji Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and defeated Yuanshi in a single strike. When Tongtian moved to claim a powerful sword, a group from the Hunyuan World appeared and threatened to kill anyone who stood in their way.

• Yuanshi challenged Tongtian, believing his improved cultivation made him a match for his younger brother.
• Tongtian revealed his higher realm and defeated Yuanshi with one strike from the Four Swords of Zhu Xian.
• Old Ancestor Minghe mocked Yuanshi as the weakest of the Three Pure Ones as a powerful sword emerged.
• Tongtian attacked a massive hand reaching for the sword, but its owner blocked his full-powered strike.
• A leader and ten Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortals from the Hunyuan World appeared and said they had come to hunt Luohu.
• Tongtian refused to back down from the Hunyuan World group and prepared to fight.

Tongtian confronted the invading Hunyuan World experts while Kong Xuan, Yang Jian, Yuanshi Tianzun, and the Chaos forces prepared to fight for Great Dao Merit. The battle began in a shattered minor world, with Tongtian facing the enemy leader, a stronger Hunyuan Taiji Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

• Yuanshi Tianzun considered retreating but stayed when he saw Tongtian blocking the invaders, then traded insults with the Hunyuan World experts.
• Kong Xuan explained to Yang Jian that killing the outsiders could earn Great Dao Merit, and the Chaos World’s inhabitants sensed a call to drive them out.
• Tongtian claimed the newly formed Sword of Despair and challenged the Hunyuan World’s leader to fight.
• Kong Xuan urged the Chaos creatures to attack, while Yang Jian and Yuanshi Tianzun joined the battle against the invaders.
• More than twenty Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal-level fighters clashed in a shattered minor world as the enemy leader charged at Tongtian.

Tongtian fought Xuanzhong and advanced to the second level of the Hunyuan Taiji Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, while Yuanshi and Kong Xuan fought their own opponents. The Five Elements and Qiankun Demon Gods entered the battle and turned their attention to Xuanzhong.

• Tongtian used his duel with Xuanzhong to deepen his Sword Dao comprehension and broke through to the second level of the Hunyuan Taiji Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Yuanshi killed a Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal with the Pangu Banner and gained Great Dao Merit.
• The Five Elements Demon God demonstrated a Five Elements technique to Kong Xuan and killed Kong Xuan's opponent with its storm.
• The Qiankun Demon God appeared and killed another Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal, alarming the Hunyuan World fighters.
• Xuanzhong grew frightened by the two Demon Gods as they gathered their strength against him, while Tongtian scorned his hesitation.

Tongtian trapped the Hunyuan World invaders and killed their second-in-command while the Chaos creatures joined the battle for Merit. He then confronted Yuanshi and demanded the Pangu Banner and Precious Lotus Lamp, and their duel began with Tongtian unleashing a terrifying sword strike.

• Xuanzhong fled as Qian Kun and the Five Elements pursued him, while the remaining Hunyuan World experts tried to escape.
• Yuanshi failed to stop the invaders’ second-in-command, but Tongtian’s Four Swords of Zhu Xian formation trapped him and Tongtian killed him for Great Dao Merit.
• Chaos creatures and local cultivators joined the battle, with Kong Xuan and others honing themselves against the Hunyuan World experts.
• Tongtian demanded that Yuanshi hand over the Pangu Banner and Precious Lotus Lamp, but Yuanshi refused and trusted that killing him would be difficult.
• Tongtian and Yuanshi raised their auras to their peaks, and Tongtian struck with the Sword of Despair, leaving Yuanshi shocked and terrified.

Tongtian battled Yuanshi and rejected Hongjun’s authority after Hongjun intervened to save Yuanshi. Hongjun unleashed his avatar’s full power and crushed Tongtian into the earth.

• Tongtian pressed Yuanshi to surrender the Precious Lotus Lamp and Pangu Banner, and Yuanshi called for help from Jieyin and Zhunti.
• Hongjun arrived, blocked Tongtian’s attack, and saved the badly injured Yuanshi.
• Tongtian told Hongjun he no longer considered him his master, while Yuanshi condemned Tongtian and Hongjun declared his intent to kill him.
• Hongjun’s overwhelming aura suppressed Tongtian, whose Sword of Despair barely broke free before Hongjun dispelled his sword light with a finger.
• Luohu urged Tongtian to enter the demonic path, but Tongtian refused and attacked Hongjun with three sword techniques.
• Hongjun dismissed Tongtian’s attacks and struck him with one palm, smashing him into the depths of the earth.

Hongjun and Tongtian clashed as Luohu revealed himself and attacked the Hunyuan World’s experts with his newly evolved Chaos Supreme Treasure, the World-Ending Millstone. Ancestor Five Elements and the Qiankun Demon God returned to protect Kong Xuan, leaving Hongjun surrounded by enemies as the conflict escalated.

• Tongtian provoked Hongjun, but Hongjun held back because killing a Heavenly Dao Sage would harm the Heavenly Dao Origin and Li Xinghe would intervene.
• Luohu revealed himself, admitted provoking the Hunyuan World’s people, and attacked them with the World-Ending Millstone, which had evolved into a Chaos Supreme Treasure.
• Hongjun realized Luohu had destroyed a world to empower the Millstone and warned that his actions could bring a calamity upon both worlds.
• Luohu killed the Hunyuan World’s experts beneath the Millstone, and Kong Xuan confronted him after losing the chance to claim Merit.
• Ancestor Five Elements and the Qiankun Demon God returned after Xuanzhong escaped, and they stood between Luohu and Kong Xuan.
• Hongjun tried to turn the two Demon Gods against Li Xinghe, but they rebuked him and prepared to drive him from the Primordial Heavenly Dao.

Li Xinghe used the Eye of the Heavenly Dao to stop Luohu and Hongjun from attacking, then turned the confrontation against Yuanshi. Hongjun fled, leaving Yuanshi surrounded and badly wounded as Jieyin and Zhunti betrayed him and offered to surrender.

• Li Xinghe appeared with dumplings, and the Eye of the Heavenly Dao materialized when Luohu prepared to attack him.
• Li Xinghe confronted Hongjun over attacking Tongtian, then struck at Yuanshi with heavenly punishment until Hongjun intervened.
• Li Xinghe offered Luohu a chance to take revenge on Hongjun, prompting Luohu to attack while Hongjun fled.
• Tongtian, Yang Jian, and the others surrounded Yuanshi, while Minghe blocked Jieyin and Zhunti.
• Jieyin and Zhunti stabbed Yuanshi from behind, seriously injuring him, then asked Li Xinghe to spare them and let them surrender.
• Kong Xuan rejected Jieyin and Zhunti's claim that they were his brothers.

Tongtian killed Yuanshi after Li Xinghe handed him over, and Li Xinghe took the Pangu Banner while Yang Jian received the Precious Lotus Lamp. Jieyin and Zhunti pledged to help Li Xinghe, who then sensed Ye Chen arriving and prepared to face him.

• Li Xinghe told Tongtian to deal with Yuanshi, and Tongtian killed him beneath his sword.
• Li Xinghe urged Tongtian to absorb Yuanshi's remaining primordial spirit, took the Pangu Banner, and gave the Precious Lotus Lamp to Yang Jian.
• Li Xinghe rejected Jieyin and Zhunti's claim that they had aided him, but spared them after they pledged to support the War to Conquer Heaven.
• Li Xinghe neutralized Jieyin and Zhunti's Saint-Slaying Pill and brought them into the world within the Chaos Pearl.
• Li Xinghe sensed Ye Chen's arrival, and Kong Xuan eagerly asked where he was.

Ye Chen entered a sealed ruined world and triggered the voice of the ancient Sword Master of Destruction, who offered his Sword of Destruction and inheritance to whoever was fated to find them. Li Xinghe and the others realized the inheritance might reshape the balance of power, while Luohu abandoned his fight with Hongjun to search for the sword.

• Ye Chen hurried into the ruined small world, sent Hongjun’s ten Quasi-Saint Peak cultivators away to seek their own opportunities, and sensed that the place held a great opportunity for him.
• Li Xinghe, Kong Xuan, Hongjun, and Luohu sensed the world seal itself as Ye Chen entered, preventing anyone inside from leaving or anyone outside from entering.
• The Sword Master of Destruction announced that he had created the world and left his inheritance in the Sword of Destruction after a battle destroyed its foundation.
• Li Xinghe and the Demon Gods Qian Kun and Five Elements discussed the Sword Master’s unknown origins and concluded that his power might have rivaled the strongest ancient Chaos Demon Gods.
• Luohu stopped fighting Hongjun and began searching for the Sword of Destruction, determined to claim its inheritance.

The Sword Master of Destruction suppressed everyone’s realm below the Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and forbade the use of magical treasures, changing the balance of power in the ruined world. Li Xinghe set out with his allies as Hongjun gathered ten Quasi-Saints, while Ye Chen saw the restrictions as an opportunity.

• Hongjun resolved to stop Luohu from obtaining the Sword of Destruction, while Ye Chen arrived and welcomed the chance to gain its inheritance.
• Destruction Law swept through the world, causing Kong Xuan, Tongtian, Li Xinghe, and everyone else to lose realm power.
• The Sword Master of Destruction announced that everyone would be suppressed below the Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and barred from using magical treasures.
• Kong Xuan and Luohu tried to resist the rules and were struck by Divine Punishment, while Ye Chen believed his system would keep him safe.
• Hongjun gathered ten Quasi-Saints and went looking for his subordinates, while Li Xinghe led his group toward Ye Chen and considered killing Luohu without his magical treasure.

Ye Chen, Li Xinghe, and their rivals explored an ancient sword sect and reached its sword tomb, where they competed to claim the Sword Master of Destruction’s inheritance. As they entered the trial, Hongjun ordered his followers to attack Li Xinghe’s companions.

• Ye Chen explored a lifeless sword sect whose petrified dead crumbled to dust, while Qian Kun and Tongtian speculated about the sect’s destruction.
• Hongjun arrived at the sect, and Li Xinghe waited for Ye Chen to locate the Sword of Destruction before making his move.
• Ye Chen reached the sword tomb and identified the black longsword as the Sword of Destruction; Li Xinghe recognized its immense value.
• The entrants learned that the sword tomb awarded one inheritance to each person, with stronger inheritances lying farther inside, and that progress depended on understanding sword intent and Laws.
• Ye Chen advanced ahead of the others, while Hongjun caught up and ordered his ten Quasi-Saint Peak followers to attack Li Xinghe’s companions.

Li Xinghe continued through the Sword Tomb toward the Sword of Destruction while Tongtian and the others confronted Hongjun and Luohu. The battles drew nearby Chaos creatures, who struggled to advance under the Sword Tomb’s pressure.

• Li Xinghe warned Kong Xuan not to provoke Hongjun, then continued toward the Sword of Destruction while leaving Tongtian and the others to hold Hongjun back.
• Hongjun ordered his people to attack Qian Kun, Five Elements, Tongtian, Kong Xuan, and the others, but Tongtian claimed the chance to fight Hongjun himself.
• Tongtian and Hongjun began a fierce battle, while the others fought Hongjun’s subordinates.
• Luohu tried to persuade Qian Kun to let him pass by promising to share the Sword of Destruction, but Qian Kun refused and blocked him.
• Luohu unleashed his Destruction Law against Qian Kun, and their battle drew Chaos creatures into the Sword Tomb, where its pressure stopped them from advancing far.