Recaps

Hun Xiu survived two palm strikes from Primeval Lord of Heaven despite having no strength, and discovered that his body absorbed the second attack. Sect Master Tongtian checked on him after witnessing his inexplicable resilience.

• Primeval Lord of Heaven's first palm strike hit Hun Xiu after Sect Master Tongtian blocked most of its force, but Hun Xiu emerged unharmed.
• Hun Xiu realized that his system seemed to have vanished and wondered how his ordinary body had survived the attack.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven launched a second, full-force palm strike while Sect Master Tongtian could not intervene.
• Hun Xiu's body absorbed and broke down the second strike's power, leaving him unhurt and strangely satisfied.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven stood stunned, and Sect Master Tongtian hurried to Hun Xiu and asked if he was all right.

Sect Master Tongtian discovered that Hun Xiu had endured Primeval Lord of Heaven’s palm strike without injury, while Hun Xiu taunted his Second Martial Uncle over the attack. Primeval Lord of Heaven tried to strike Hun Xiu again, and Tongtian finally confronted him in anger.

• Sect Master Tongtian examined Hun Xiu and found that his power vanished as soon as it entered Hun Xiu’s body.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven recognized Hun Xiu’s unusual toughness, while Tongtian accused him of sneak-attacking his disciple.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven defended his strike by saying Hun Xiu had killed his Immortal Crane and that he had shown mercy.
• Hun Xiu mocked Primeval Lord of Heaven by claiming his face had fallen to the ground.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven threatened Hun Xiu, and Sect Master Tongtian shielded his disciple and angrily challenged his second brother.

Sect Master Tongtian and Primeval Lord of Heaven fought after their dispute over Hun Xiu and the immortal cranes escalated, while Laozi failed to keep the brothers from clashing. After the battle, Sect Master Tongtian gave Hun Xiu the Shangqing Cultivation Technique, and Hun Xiu began his first secluded cultivation in the Primordial World.

• Laozi intervened in the dispute and urged Primeval Lord of Heaven and Sect Master Tongtian to let the matter of the immortal cranes go, but neither would yield.
• Hun Xiu accused Primeval Lord of Heaven of ambushing him, and Primeval Lord of Heaven attacked him before Sect Master Tongtian blocked the blow and challenged him to fight.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven and Sect Master Tongtian fought for three days and three nights in the Primordial World while Hun Xiu had Crane Two prepare and eat the immortal cranes with him.
• Sect Master Tongtian returned to Hun Xiu's cave abode after seven days, gave him the Shangqing Cultivation Technique, and told him to cultivate diligently.
• Hun Xiu began secluded cultivation, while Sect Master Tongtian reflected on their battle and sensed he had moved closer to becoming a Saint.

After ten thousand years in seclusion, Hun Xiu reached the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and left his cave, though Tongtian, Laozi, and Primeval Lord of Heaven sensed no spiritual power from him and believed he had made no progress. The chapter ended with Xuandu asking Laozi what realm Hun Xiu had reached.

• Hun Xiu emerged from ten thousand years of seclusion after cultivating to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm with the Shangqing Cultivation Technique.
• Tongtian sensed Hun Xiu's emergence but could detect no spiritual power, so he believed his disciple was still an ordinary mortal and felt disappointed.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven sensed Hun Xiu's emergence and laughed, pleased that Tongtian's eldest disciple seemed to have made no progress.
• Laozi noticed Hun Xiu had emerged and told Xuandu about the disciple Tongtian had accepted ten thousand years earlier.
• Xuandu asked Laozi whether Hun Xiu had reached the True Immortal realm.

After ten thousand years in seclusion, Hun Xiu emerged and met Jiejiao’s disciples, including Duobao, before Sect Master Tongtian summoned him to Biyou Palace. Tongtian asked about Hun Xiu’s cultivation, ending the chapter by asking what realm he had reached.

• Laozi told Xuandu that Tongtian’s disciple had gained nothing from ten thousand years of seclusion, leaving Xuandu to assume Hun Xiu had made no progress.
• Hun Xiu emerged from seclusion and noticed the many Jiejiao disciples on Tongtian’s territory.
• Duobao stopped Hun Xiu, learned he was Jiejiao’s Senior Disciple Brother, and respectfully greeted him.
• Jiejiao’s disciples gathered around Hun Xiu until Tongtian summoned him to Biyou Palace.
• Hun Xiu told Tongtian he had grasped only the basics of the Shangqing Cultivation Technique, and Tongtian asked what realm he had reached.

Hun Xiu told Sect Master Tongtian that ten thousand years of seclusion had made him a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, though Sect Master Tongtian believed he had made no progress. After Hun Xiu casually vowed to stay in seclusion until reaching the Grand Luo realm, the Primordial Heavenly Dao treated his words as a Great Dao Oath, leaving him bound to cultivate.

• Hun Xiu claimed he had reached the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and apologized to Sect Master Tongtian for his slow progress.
• Sect Master Tongtian mistook Hun Xiu's claim for an attempt to comfort him and encouraged him to work toward the Grand Luo realm.
• Sect Master Tongtian noticed the many lip prints on Hun Xiu's face, and Hun Xiu said his Junior Sisters had kissed him after he emerged from seclusion.
• Hun Xiu returned to his cave abode and said he would not emerge until he reached the Grand Luo realm.
• The Primordial Heavenly Dao treated Hun Xiu's words as a Great Dao Oath, so Hun Xiu began cultivating in earnest.

While Hun Xiu remained in seclusion on Mount Kunlun, Sect Master Tongtian moved Jiejiao to Golden Turtle Island and told his disciples that Hun Xiu was a Grand Unity Golden Immortal preparing to reach the Great Luo realm. After the Three Pure Ones separated and Hongyun perished, a new tribulation descended upon the Demon Tribe and the Witch Tribe.

• Sect Master Tongtian chose not to disturb Hun Xiu and led Jiejiao from Mount Kunlun to Golden Turtle Island.
• Yunxiao, Bixiao, and Qiongxiao asked why Hun Xiu was not joining them, and Tongtian claimed he was in seclusion preparing to break through to the Great Luo realm.
• The Jiejiao disciples admired Hun Xiu and resolved to cultivate harder after hearing Tongtian's account of his progress.
• Laozi left Mount Kunlun for Shouyang Mountain with Xuandu, while Primeval Lord of Heaven remained there and the Chanjiao disciples later departed.
• Hongyun perished in the schemes of the Two Western Saints, and the final strand of Grandmist Purple Qi disappeared.
• A new tribulation arose, targeting the Demon Tribe and the Witch Tribe, rulers of the heavens and earth.

After the Witch-Demon War devastated both tribes, Hongjun told Houtu that the Witch Tribe had to leave the Primordial Continent and revealed the Heavenly Dao’s plan for them. Houtu became a Saint by establishing the Netherworld and leading the surviving witches there, while Hongjun appointed Haotian and Chi Yao to take over the Heavenly Court.

• After the Witch-Demon War ended with nine Ancestral Witches and both Demon Emperors dead, Hongjun visited Houtu among the ruins of the Witch Tribe’s stronghold.
• Hongjun told Houtu that the Witch Tribe had to withdraw from the Primordial Continent, and he sent her the Heavenly Dao’s instructions after she asked where her people could go.
• As he departed, Hongjun sensed a variable at Mount Kunlun and identified him as Tongtian’s Chaos Body disciple, who might affect the next calamity.
• Hongjun summoned Haotian and Chi Yao and appointed them to take over the ownerless Heavenly Court as Desolation Master and Heavenly Mother.
• Houtu transformed herself into the Six Paths of Reincarnation, established the Netherworld Realm, became the Primordial World’s eighth Saint, and took control of the Earth Dao.
• Houtu led the surviving Witch Tribe into the Netherworld and forbade them from leaving at will, easing the Demon Tribe’s fear that she would destroy them.

After ages of cultivation, Hun Xiu emerged from seclusion as an Early Stage Quasi-Saint, unaware that the Investiture of the Gods calamity was unfolding. He encountered Daoist Randeng on Mount Kunlun, who mistook him for a Saint, and introduced himself as a disciple of Jiejiao.

• The Demon Tribe abandoned its plans to reclaim the Heavenly Court after Patriarch Hongjun appointed Haotian its ruler and Desolation Master.
• The Three Sects’ disciples became the focus of the coming Investiture of the Gods calamity, and Patriarch Hongjun presented a list that could revive the dead while binding them as gods.
• Hun Xiu emerged from his long seclusion on Mount Kunlun, having accidentally surpassed the Great Principle realm and reached the Early Stage Quasi-Saint realm.
• At the Purple Cloud Palace, Patriarch Hongjun praised Sect Master Tongtian’s disciple, but the Saints could not determine whom he meant because the calamity obscured heavenly secrets.
• Daoist Randeng encountered Hun Xiu on Mount Kunlun and mistook his extraordinary presence and hidden aura for those of a Saint.
• Hun Xiu identified himself to Randeng as Hun Xiu of Jiejiao, leaving Randeng astonished.

Hun Xiu encountered Randeng on Mount Kunlun, where Randeng mistook Hun Xiu’s hidden strength for a treasure and decided to take it. Randeng blocked Hun Xiu’s departure and demanded he surrender his belongings, leaving Hun Xiu facing a confrontation without the system he had lost.

• Randeng recognized Hun Xiu as a Jiejiao expert and suspected he used a supreme treasure to conceal his strength.
• Hun Xiu sensed Randeng’s growing hostility, while Randeng dismissed him as a minor Jiejiao disciple.
• Randeng introduced himself, and Hun Xiu recognized him as the shameless old thief and realized the Three Pure Ones had split.
• Hun Xiu tried to leave Mount Kunlun, but Randeng blocked his way and claimed he could not leave a Saint’s sect grounds as he pleased.
• Randeng demanded that Hun Xiu leave his belongings behind, while Hun Xiu wondered what he could possibly take since he had lost everything, including his system.

Randeng tried to rob Hun Xiu of the treasure concealing his aura and planned to kill him, but Hun Xiu refused to hand it over. Randeng’s ambush failed to hurt Hun Xiu, whose effortless palm sent Randeng crashing into a mountainside and buried him.

• Randeng demanded that Hun Xiu hand over his belongings, secretly intending to kill him afterward.
• Hun Xiu refused and tried to leave, but Randeng blocked him and claimed Hun Xiu’s aura-concealing treasure was destined to be his.
• Randeng attacked Hun Xiu from behind with a powerful palm strike, but Hun Xiu remained unharmed.
• Hun Xiu struck Randeng with a seemingly harmless palm, sending him into a mountain and burying him beneath its collapsing slope.

Hun Xiu survived Randeng’s strongest attacks unharmed and shattered Randeng’s Qiankun Ruler with his fist. He then knocked Randeng flying across Mount Kunlun, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Hun Xiu sent Randeng flying with an unexpected palm strike, but Randeng recovered and crushed him beneath a massive palm imprint.
• Hun Xiu emerged unharmed, shocking Randeng, who suspected he possessed a Chaos Level treasure and accused him of stealing it.
• Randeng exposed Hun Xiu as a Jiejiao disciple, and the Chanjiao disciples gathered around mocked him and urged Randeng to punish him.
• Hun Xiu ignored the accusations and challenged Randeng, then blocked the Qiankun Ruler with his fist and shattered the Innate Supreme Treasure.
• Hun Xiu punched Randeng, sending him crashing through several mountain ranges on Mount Kunlun.

Hun Xiu overwhelmed Randeng, destroying his Innate Supreme Treasure and leaving him badly wounded. Randeng suspected Hun Xiu might be a Pseudo-Saint or wielding a Chaos Treasure, and Hun Xiu launched another attack after seeing through his attempt to stall.

• Hun Xiu shattered Randeng’s Qiankun Ruler with a punch and sent him flying, stunning the Chanjiao disciples.
• Hun Xiu reveled in his strength and wondered if he was a born protagonist after defeating the stronger Randeng.
• Randeng returned wounded and disheveled, then considered whether Hun Xiu was a Pseudo-Saint or had relied on a Chaos Treasure.
• Hun Xiu demanded Randeng’s last words, but Randeng called the fight a misunderstanding while planning a sneak attack.
• Hun Xiu saw through Randeng’s stalling and appeared above him to strike with a descending kick.

Hun Xiu crushed Daoist Randeng beneath his foot on Mount Kunlun, drawing the attention of powerful figures across the Primordial World. The onlookers were stunned by Hun Xiu’s appearance and strength, while Randeng’s humiliation threatened to disgrace Chanjiao and its absent leader, Primeval Lord of Heaven.

• Hun Xiu drove Randeng beneath his foot and smashed into a mountain range on Mount Kunlun.
• The destruction drew powerful figures from across the Primordial World, who watched Hun Xiu standing in the crater.
• The onlookers were captivated by Hun Xiu’s extraordinary looks and otherworldly presence until Randeng screamed beneath his foot.
• The observers realized Hun Xiu had effortlessly subdued Randeng, a Late Stage Quasi-Saint and Chanjiao’s Vice Sect Master.
• The watching powers anticipated that Randeng’s humiliation would ruin his reputation and embarrass Chanjiao and Primeval Lord of Heaven.

Hun Xiu continued trampling Randeng on Mount Kunlun, overwhelming every attempt to escape and refusing to accept Randeng’s claim that their conflict was a misunderstanding. As the Primordial World’s great powers watched, Hun Xiu pressed down on Randeng and his aura vanished.

• Randeng struggled against Hun Xiu’s shoe but found that his magic power was absorbed, leaving him unable to break free.
• Randeng begged Hun Xiu to lift his foot and called the conflict a misunderstanding, but Hun Xiu accused him of falsely claiming that Hun Xiu had stolen his spirit treasure.
• At Five Villages Temple, Zhenyuanzi wondered who Hun Xiu was and thought Randeng had offended a mysterious expert over a spirit treasure.
• On Demon Master Island, Kunpeng watched Randeng’s defeat and wondered how Hun Xiu had subdued a Late Stage Quasi-Saint so easily.
• Jiejiao disciples on Golden Turtle Island watched an image of the scene and found Hun Xiu strangely familiar.
• Hun Xiu told Randeng to remember the price of his choice, pressed down on his head, and made Randeng’s aura vanish.

At the Purple Cloud Palace, the Three Pure Ones signed the Investiture of the Gods List, and the Saints discovered that Randeng, Chanjiao’s Vice Sect Master, had become the first person listed. His unexpected fate left the Saints shocked and raised questions about how the calamity would unfold.

• The Three Pure Ones signed their true names on the Investiture of the Gods List without naming specific disciples.
• A wisp of True Spirit entered the list, prompting Primeval Lord of Heaven to taunt Sect Master Tongtian that a Jiejiao disciple had likely been listed first.
• Sect Master Tongtian and Primeval Lord of Heaven opened the list to find its first name.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven saw that Randeng, Chanjiao’s Vice Sect Master, was listed first and was stunned.
• Laozi, Zhunti, Jieyin, and Nuwa also reacted with shock at Randeng’s appearance on the list.

Hun Xiu discovered that Randeng’s death had sent him onto the Investiture of the Gods List, confirming that the tribulation had begun. He turned his attention to the Chanjiao disciples on Mount Kunlun and prepared to send them onto the list as well.

• The Saints learned that Randeng, Chanjiao’s Vice Sect Master, had been listed, and Sect Master Tongtian mocked Primeval Lord of Heaven over it.
• Hun Xiu watched Randeng’s True Spirit leave the Primordial Continent and realized the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation had begun.
• Hun Xiu decided to target the Chanjiao disciples on Mount Kunlun, reasoning that he had already made himself Primeval Lord of Heaven’s enemy.
• The Chanjiao disciples grew fearful when Hun Xiu fixed his gaze on them and declared he would send them into the tribulation as righteous gods of the Heavenly Court.
• Hun Xiu raised his hand as Chaos gathered above Mount Kunlun and an immense invisible hand emerged from the chaotic void.

As Hun Xiu appeared to threaten every Chanjiao disciple on Mount Kunlun, observers across the prehistoric world wondered whether he had Saint-level backing. The Jiejiao disciples decided not to intervene, then recognized the mysterious expert as their Senior Disciple Brother.

• Zhenyuanzi and Kunpeng reacted to Hun Xiu's apparent plan to wipe out the Chanjiao disciples, while Kunpeng welcomed the growing chaos.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother asked Daoist Duobao whether Jiejiao should support Chanjiao, but Yunxiao and Bixiao argued against helping their rival sect.
• Zhao Gongming warned that Hun Xiu had defeated Randeng and that Jiejiao's disciples risked dying if they intervened.
• Daoist Duobao decided Jiejiao would stay out of Chanjiao's crisis.
• Qiongxiao said Hun Xiu looked like Senior Disciple Brother, and the Jiejiao disciples recognized him in the projection.

Jiejiao's disciples recognized Hun Xiu as their Senior Disciple Brother after he killed Daoist Randeng and prepared to attack Chanjiao's headquarters. Hun Xiu brought his enormous hand down on Mount Kunlun, then blocked the Great Powers from observing the aftermath.

• Jiejiao's disciples recognized Hun Xiu, and Bixiao praised his looks and strength.
• Daoist Duobao ordered the disciples to keep Hun Xiu's identity secret until Sect Master Tongtian returned.
• Chanjiao disciples across the primordial world rushed toward Mount Kunlun after seeing Hun Xiu kill Daoist Randeng and threaten their fellow disciples.
• Hun Xiu brought his massive hand down on Mount Kunlun, shaking the mountain and apparently wiping out the Chanjiao disciples there.
• Hun Xiu dissipated the probing thoughts watching Mount Kunlun and descended to the ground.

Hun Xiu looted Jade Void Palace and destroyed it, while the Saints in Purple Cloud Palace reacted to Randeng and many other disciples entering the Investiture of the Gods List. The chapter left Mount Kunlun in ruins as Chanjiao disciples raced to confront Hun Xiu.

• Hun Xiu collected Daoist Randeng’s treasures and sensed that Randeng’s True Spirit had entered the Investiture of the Gods List.
• The returning Chanjiao disciples realized their people on Mount Kunlun had perished and hurried back to catch Hun Xiu.
• In Purple Cloud Palace, Primeval Lord of Heaven accused Sect Master Tongtian of causing Randeng’s death, but Tongtian denied it and challenged him to fight.
• Patriarch Hongjun said that a person with the Flying Bear Manifestation from the human race would preside over the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Many more True Spirits entered the list, alarming the Saints as they wondered whether Chanjiao or Jiejiao disciples had died.
• Hun Xiu looted Jade Void Palace and destroyed it with a palm strike, blasting away its peak and the summit of Mount Kunlun.

Hun Xiu escaped after destroying Jade Void Palace, while Chanjiao's disciples rushed back to Mount Kunlun and discovered the devastation. In Purple Cloud Palace, Primeval Lord of Heaven and Sect Master Tongtian argued over who would appear on the Investiture of the Gods List, leaving the Western Two Saints and Nuwa curious about Tongtian's disciple Hun Xiu.

• Hun Xiu sensed Chanjiao's experts approaching Mount Kunlun, concealed his aura, and fled at high speed.
• Old Man of the South Pole and the Twelve Golden Immortals saw the mushroom cloud above Mount Kunlun and realized Jade Void Palace had been destroyed.
• The Primordial Great Powers calculated what had happened and were shocked that the mysterious expert had killed Randeng, slaughtered Chanjiao disciples, and destroyed Jade Void Palace.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven and Sect Master Tongtian argued over whether Chanjiao or Jiejiao disciples would appear on the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven mocked Hun Xiu as a talentless disciple, while Tongtian insisted Hun Xiu possessed Saint's Potential and caught the Western Two Saints' and Nuwa's interest.

Sect Master Tongtian defended Hun Xiu’s Saint’s Potential, but the Investiture of the Gods List revealed that the True Spirits entered on it belonged to Chanjiao. Primeval Lord of Heaven returned to Mount Kunlun to find Jade Void Palace destroyed, restored the palace, and summoned all Chanjiao disciples while Hun Xiu hid nearby.

• Primeval Lord of Heaven mocked Hun Xiu’s potential, and Patriarch Hongjun silenced the quarrel before allowing the Saints to inspect the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven discovered that the listed True Spirits belonged to Chanjiao, while Sect Master Tongtian laughed at his humiliation.
• After leaving Purple Cloud Palace, Primeval Lord of Heaven hurried to Mount Kunlun, and Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin followed him there.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven found Jade Void Palace in ruins and could not divine who had destroyed it, while Hun Xiu concealed himself in Mount West Kunlun.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven restored Jade Void Palace and summoned all Chanjiao disciples to meet him.

Primeval Lord of Heaven questioned the Chanjiao disciples about the destruction of Mount Kunlun and had Old Man of the South Pole draw the culprit. He recognized the drawn Hun Xiu, leaving his disciples stunned by his reaction.

• Primeval Lord of Heaven tried to calculate who had destroyed his sanctuary but found only Chaos obscuring the culprit.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven demanded that the Chanjiao disciples explain what happened on Mount Kunlun and singled out Old Man of the South Pole to recount events.
• Old Man of the South Pole described the attack and said the disciples had clearly seen the culprit’s face.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven ordered Old Man of the South Pole to draw the culprit, and Old Man of the South Pole sketched Hun Xiu.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven recognized Hun Xiu and muttered, “It’s him!”

Primeval Lord of Heaven learned that the culprit who destroyed Jade Void Palace and killed Randeng was Hun Xiu, Tongtian's chief disciple, but he refused to believe Hun Xiu could be powerful enough. Tongtian discovered that Jade Void Palace had also been destroyed and welcomed worried Jiejiao disciples at Biyou Palace.

• Old Man of the South Pole and the Chanjiao disciples confirmed to Primeval Lord of Heaven that Hun Xiu was the culprit who attacked Mount Kunlun.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven identified the culprit as Tongtian's chief disciple, Hun Xiu, then struggled to believe the supposedly weak disciple could have defeated Randeng and destroyed Jade Void Palace.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven failed to calculate the truth because the heavenly secrets were obscured, while the kneeling Chanjiao disciples wondered why he was not furious.
• Tongtian learned through calculation that Jade Void Palace had been razed and felt pleased that Primeval Lord of Heaven had suffered a loss.
• Tongtian returned to Biyou Palace, where Jiejiao disciples rushed in saying something terrible had happened, and he confidently asked what could have happened with him there.

After learning that Hun Xiu might have died when Primeval Lord of Heaven's sacred grounds were destroyed, Sect Master Tongtian went to Purple Cloud Palace to check whether his True Spirit was on the Investiture of the Gods List. He grasped the list without difficulty, while Haotian left resolved to become a Saint.

• Yunxiao told Sect Master Tongtian that the terrible news concerned Hun Xiu, prompting him to rush toward Mount Kunlun.
• Sect Master Tongtian concluded Hun Xiu was likely dead and headed to Purple Cloud Palace to look for his True Spirit on the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Haotian tried to take the Investiture of the Gods List, but its power threw him back, and Patriarch Hongjun told him he could not control it yet.
• Sect Master Tongtian arrived and firmly grasped the Investiture of the Gods List, leaving Haotian stunned.
• Haotian realized his failure came from being too weak and resolved to become a Saint.