Chapter Summaries

The Black Emperor and Duan De used Field Runes to unleash Governing Heaven and Earth, shattering the Ten Absolute Arrays and sending its formation masters onto the Investiture of the Gods. As the final Da Luo battle began, Lu Ya activated the Primordial River Luo Great Array, with Wushi and the Empress taking its formation eyes.

• The Black Emperor and Duan De secretly spread Field Runes throughout Cloud Dream Marsh, drawing on the Primordial Wilderness to prepare Governing Heaven and Earth.
• The Black Emperor and Duan De unleashed the attack twice, breaking the Ten Absolute Arrays and severely injuring its formation masters, whose souls the Investiture of the Gods seized.
• Duan De, Fang Xun, Wushi, and the Empress took advantage of the enemy’s confusion to attack, and Fang Xun called the Dao Friends from All Heavens to begin the final Da Luo battle.
• Tai Yi gave the River Diagram and Luo Book to Lu Ya, who summoned the Primordial River Luo Great Array.
• Lu Ya made Wushi and the Empress the guardians of the array’s two formation eyes.

The Primordial River Luo Great Array and Field Runes turned the battle against the Great Luo Supremes, while Wang Lin killed Shao Dian despite his merit treasure. Shao Dian’s death altered human destiny, weakening Qiong Chan and strengthening Tai Yi as Fang Xun watched Human Emperor Xuanyuan.

• Duan De, Wushi, and the Empress attacked the stunned Great Luo Supremes, sending more than twenty onto the Investiture of the Gods.
• Saint Shangqing identified the Field Runes as the Dao of a Primordial Da Luo Golden Immortal, while Dong Bo Xue Ying used the Cang Xuan Pearl’s Primal Chaos art to weaken the opposing fighters.
• The Primordial River Luo Great Array divided the enemy forces, and Wushi and the Empress slaughtered Great Luo Supremes as Wushi searched for a worthy fight.
• Wang Lin overcame Shao Dian’s merit and bronze mirror treasures with his Five Elements Dao, pierced Shao Dian’s head, and sent his soul to the Investiture of the Gods.
• Heaven’s purple thunder signaled the disruption of destiny; Qiong Chan’s destiny declined while Tai Yi’s rose, and Human Emperor Xuanyuan refrained from entering the battle to save Shao Dian.

Fang Xun’s forces broke the Primordial River Luo Great Array after the Three Teachings conceded, leaving nearly half of the trapped Da Luo Supremes dead or ascended to the Investiture of the Gods. As tensions rose between Fang Xun and the surviving disciples, he reminded them that the Heavenly Dao had driven the calamity, and his words briefly cleared their minds.

• Shangqing ordered his disciples to withdraw, and Zhao Gongming entered the array with the Sea Calming Divine Pearls to demand an end to the fighting.
• Wushi clashed with Zhao Gongming, but Daoist Duobao and Jin Ling Shengmu arrived as the Interception Sect prepared for battle.
• The Empress struck the Interception Sect Immortals with One Thought Blooms Flowers, Ruling the World, then faced Wushi while warning them through her readiness to sacrifice her Dao.
• Guang Chengzi conceded the formation for Chan Sect, and Fang Xun accepted before calming Wushi and the Empress and having the River Diagram and Luo Book released.
• The array dissipated and revealed that nearly half of the Da Luo Supremes had been lost, while Fang Xun sensed the future calamity’s fortune surge tenfold.
• Lu Yue accused Fang Xun of showing no mercy, but Fang Xun said the Heavenly Dao left them no choice, and his words cleared the minds of Lu Yue, Daoist Duobao, and Zhao Gongming.

After helping Tai Yi defeat the Three Teachings, Fang Xun prepared for the next battle and sought the Three Pure Ones’ help in understanding their hidden authority. He then met Saint Taiqing and found Xuan Du approaching a profound Taiji Dao.

• Fang Xun restored Cloud Dream Marsh, and the defeated disciples of the Three Teachings departed while Zhao Gongming questioned Saint Shangqing.
• Fang Xun thanked the Dao Friends from All Heavens for helping him win, then learned from Meng Qi and Ye Fan that the Dao Ancestor was watching him and could pose a danger.
• Fang Xun visited the Three Pure Ones at Shouyang Mountain and learned that Pangu had granted them authority tied to the Primordial Wilderness Dao Fruit.
• Fang Xun asked to meet Uncle Master Taiqing, and Daoist Morality opened a connection to Taiqing Temple.
• Fang Xun arrived at Taiqing Temple and saw Xuan Du’s Yin-Yang qi merge into a mysterious Dao pattern resembling Taiji.

Fang Xun sought allies and learned that some Chaos Demon Gods might not be irreconcilable enemies, though Great Immortal Yang Mei supported Hongjun. After Tai Yi's Army reached the Yellow River, the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation appeared and affected Fang Xun's consciousness.

• Fang Xun visited Saint Taiqing, who confirmed he faced a Deadly Calamity but could not help; Saint Taiqing accepted the Innate Five Primes.
• Fang Xun returned to the Three Pure Ones and arranged for them to debate the Dao with Fate Demon God, diverting the Dao Ancestor's attention.
• Great Immortal Yang Mei explained that some Chaos Demon Gods were native to the Primordial Wilderness and could potentially be negotiated with, but said he and his era supported Hongjun.
• Fang Xun shared what he learned with Ye Fan, Hong Yi, and Meng Qi, then returned to Tai Yi's Army.
• Tai Yi's Army reached the Yellow River, where the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation arose and left Fang Xun's consciousness muddled when he probed it.

Fang Xun investigated the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation and learned that it was guarded by the Interception Sect’s Quasi-Saints and Great Luo experts. He gathered allies to enter the Primordial Wilderness, where Wang Chao appeared close to a major breakthrough.

• Fang Xun sensed the formation’s Immortal Sealing Art and met Yunxiao, who explained that she had laid it down under the Heavenly Dao’s pressure.
• Black Emperor and Duan De’s doppelgangers were quickly defeated when they tried to scout the formation, so Dong Bo Xue Ying sent in his own doppelganger and discovered the defenders at its key nodes.
• Yunxiao used the Primordial Golden Dou to destroy Dong Bo Xue Ying’s doppelganger, and he reported that his Soul Secret Art could not meaningfully weaken Quasi-Saints.
• Lu Ya offered Fang Xun the Seven Arrows Book of Nail Head to kill Yunxiao, but Fang Xun refused to use the dangerous treasure.
• Fang Xun arranged for Qin Mu, Luo Feng, and Su Ming to send doppelgangers into the Primordial Wilderness.
• Wang Chao agreed that this was his best chance to descend, and Fang Xun sensed that he was close to making a breakthrough.

Fang Xun gathered powerful allies from across the worlds and showed them the blood-soaked River of Time, revealing the endless cycle of Pangu’s Immeasurable Calamity. After the newcomers recovered from the revelation, Fang Xun prepared them for the coming battle and assured Heng'e he would be safe.

• Fang Xun invited Jiang Li, Jiang Nan, and Heng'e to join the battle in the Primordial Wilderness, while Wang Chao and the others accompanied them.
• Great God Pangu explained that he selected the strongest Dao Friends of the Previous Generation and gave them opportunities to grow before they faced his axe.
• Fang Xun saw the River of Time trapped in an endless cycle of bloodshed, where generations of cultivators rose to challenge Pangu and died beneath his Sky-Opening Axe.
• Fang Xun and the others returned to the present, where Luo Feng, Wang Chao, Jiang Nan, Su Ming, and Jiang Li voiced their shock and insights.
• Fang Xun told the assembled Dao Friends they would enter the formation in three years, then hosted a Spiritual Fruit Feast.
• Heng'e asked Fang Xun not to enter the formation, but Fang Xun reassured her that he would be safe.

Su Ming, Jiang Li, and Qin Mu entered the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation and revealed new Daos that shook the Primordial Wilderness. Qin Mu’s sword inspired Jin Ling Shengmu to unleash a new attack, and his Calamity Response Sword broke through her sword light and pointed at her brow.

• Fang Xun sent Su Ming and Jiang Li into the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation after three years of preparation.
• Su Ming manifested Dao Without End, and Jiang Li revealed the Infinite River, restraining the formation and drawing the Heavenly Dao’s attention.
• Yun Xiao Xianzi unleashed Primordial Turbid Qi to strengthen the formation, while Jin Ling Shengmu moved to drive Su Ming and Jiang Li back.
• Qin Mu intercepted Jin Ling Shengmu, displayed a Chaos state that let him pass between Existence and Nothingness, and used his Open Calamity sword art against her and the other Shengmus.
• Jin Ling Shengmu answered with the Shangqing Ultimate Sword of Termination, but Qin Mu’s Calamity Response Sword broke through her sword light and pointed at her brow.

Wushi faced Zhao Gongming’s power of nothingness and ignited Sacrificial Dao Fire, breaking through his limits during their battle. The chapter ended with Wushi reforming from the flames and emerging with peerless power.

• Qin Mu spared Jin Ling Shengmu and asked her, Wudang, and Guiling not to interfere in the battle.
• Wushi entered the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation and challenged Zhao Gongming, who sealed away Wushi’s time-space powers with the Sea Calming Divine Pearls.
• Zhao Gongming struck Wushi with his Golden Whip, and the power of nothingness pushed Wushi toward the Sacrifice Dao realm.
• Wushi ignited Sacrificial Dao Fire, broke the Sea Calming Divine Pearls’ seal, and fought Zhao Gongming with a Wushi Bell formed from the flames.
• Wushi’s body shattered under Zhao Gongming’s strongest strike, but the Sacrificial Dao Fire remained burning.
• Wushi condensed a new form within the Sacrificial Dao Fire and stepped out, illuminating the Primordial Wilderness.

Wushi completed Sacrifice Dao and resumed his battle with Zhao Gongming while the fighting continued through the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation. Luo Feng fooled the combatants and Sages with a fake Sacrifice Dao display, then revealed his Dao Severing Blade had simply grown stronger.

• Wushi succeeded in Sacrifice Dao, and Zhao Gongming prepared to fight him again.
• Guang Chengzi led the Interpretation Sect disciples toward Su Ming and Jiang Li, while Ji Ning blocked True Man Yuding and True Man Puxian in a sword duel.
• Luo Feng faced Wu Yunxian and Jin Guxian, whose apparent Sacrifice Dao alarmed everyone watching.
• Luo Feng used the Dao Severing Blade to knock aside their treasures and cut through Wu Yunxian's defense, then revealed his Sacrifice Dao flames were an illusion.
• Fang Xun laughed at the Sages' reactions, drew their angry attention, and received Empress Nuwa's playful strike as Meng Qi laughed too.

Jiang Nan entered the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation and challenged the Yuqing Saint’s disciples to learn from their Yuqing Primordial Dao. After defeating them and earning the Yuqing Saint’s respect, Jiang Nan revealed that he was only one step away from becoming a Great Dao Sage.

• Jiang Nan realized that the Primordial Wilderness Origin surpassed his own Primordial Dao and identified the Yuqing Saint and Primordial Daoist as the paths that could advance it.
• Jiang Nan trapped Guang Chengzi, Chi Jingzi, Cihang Zhenren, Venerable Manjushri, and Immortal Nanji in his Primordial Great Luo Heaven, declaring himself the Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate.
• The five Interpretation Sect disciples unleashed their strongest Yuqing techniques, and Jiang Nan countered each one with more profound Primordial Dao arts, defeating them while studying their Dao.
• The Yuqing Saint greeted Jiang Nan as a fellow Daoist and expressed his admiration, an unprecedented acknowledgment that stunned the Primordial Wilderness.
• The Yuqing Saint asked how far Jiang Nan was from Sagehood, and Jiang Nan answered that he was only one step away.

Jiang Nan and the Yuqing Saint revealed the Sage realm of Existence, prompting others to consider their own paths. Heng'e then used the Moon Star and her Myriad Heavens Taiyin Immortal Light to defeat Daoist Duobao, leaving him suppressed and embarrassed.

• Jiang Nan and the Yuqing Saint debated the Primordial and displayed the Sage realm of Existence before everyone.
• Hong Yi, Su Ming, Jiang Li, Qin Mu, Heng'e, and Fang Xun considered how their own paths might reach higher realms.
• Heng'e told Daoist Duobao that Fang Xun had sent her to challenge his reliance on Spiritual Treasures, provoking him into a duel.
• Heng'e summoned the Moon Star and hurled it at Daoist Duobao, forcing him to abandon his Spiritual Treasure River and flee.
• Heng'e unleashed Myriad Heavens Taiyin Immortal Light, suppressing Daoist Duobao as the Interception Sect disciples watched.
• Heng'e revealed that she had used her Dao of Heavenly Secrets to exploit a flaw in Daoist Duobao's Dao Heart, and he asked whether Fang Xun had taught her not to talk so much.

Heng'e trapped Daoist Duobao with the Moon Laurel Tree, but the Dragon-Phoenix-Kirin Three Races revealed their ambush inside the Nine-Bends Yellow River Formation. Fang Xun sent the Empress and Wang Chao into the formation, where Wang Chao opened battle by knocking Ksitigarbha and Ying Long into the Yellow River with one punch.

• Daoist Duobao escaped Heng'e's moonlight attack, but Heng'e had the Moon Laurel Tree bind him in its endlessly regenerating branches.
• Heng'e challenged the gathered fighters, and Kong Xuan revealed that the Dragon-Phoenix-Kirin Three Races had entered the formation; Ancestral Dragon, Primordial Phoenix, and Ancestor Kirin appeared with their forces.
• Fang Xun sent the Empress and Wang Chao into the formation, telling them to fight normally and not reveal too much.
• The Empress recovered her Sacrifice Dao cultivation, while Wang Chao entered and chose to face Maitreya, Ksitigarbha, Ancestral Dragon, and Ying Long.
• Wang Chao's fist intent pressured his opponents, then his first punch sent Ksitigarbha and Ying Long into the Yellow River, badly damaging both.

Wang Chao fought the Ancestral Dragon while drawing Maitreya into the battle, and Heng'e joined the Empress against the Three Races. As the clashes continued inside the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation, Hongjun and Luohou arranged a hidden strike against Heng'e using a freed, imprisoned will attached to the God Slaying Spear.

• Wang Chao traded powerful blows with the Ancestral Dragon and dragged Maitreya into the fight, forcing Maitreya to use his Sixteen-Foot Golden Body to withstand a punch.
• Heng'e joined the Empress and locked her Myriad Heavens Taiyin Immortal Light against Kong Xuan's Five-Colored Divine Light while the Empress fought Primordial Phoenix and Ancestor Kirin.
• Hongjun examined the fighters through the Jade Plate of Creation, then secretly contacted Luohou and sent an unseen blood aura into the formation.
• Luohou removed the Red Tassel from the God Slaying Spear, freeing the consciousness of an old enemy and promising it freedom if it completed a task.
• Luohou identified Heng'e as the target, and the freed will descended unnoticed into the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation.

Fang Xun entered the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation and rescued Heng'e from a lethal attack by the Shisha Demon God, then battled the Demon God’s unseen spear strikes. As a new threat arrived from the Depths of Chaos, Fang Xun recognized the black shadow as Demon Master Kunpeng.

• Kong Xuan sensed danger and warned Heng'e as a crimson light slipped past their defenses toward Heng'e’s head.
• Fang Xun emerged from Heng'e’s bracelet, blocked the attack with the Myriad Heavens Dao Tree’s light, and used the Chaos Bell to identify the attacker as Shisha Demon God.
• The Shisha Demon God targeted Fang Xun, who repeatedly countered his undetectable spear strikes with the Chaos Bell and Myriad Heavens Dao Immortal Light.
• Heng'e worried that Fang Xun had put himself in danger by entering the formation, while the Dao Ancestor watched from Purple Heavens Palace.
• A black shadow rushed from the Depths of Chaos into the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation, and Fang Xun recognized it as Demon Master Kunpeng.

Kunpeng carried four returning Chaos Demon Gods into the battle, where they used karma, time, and Yin-Yang powers to trap Fang Xun and threaten him. Ji Ning arrived to save Fang Xun, revealed that he had reached the Taichu Realm, and faced the Shisha Demon God's attack.

• Kunpeng appeared with Yinguo, Shi Chen, and Yin-Yang, prompting Fu Xi and the other powers to recognize the danger of the returning Chaos Demon Gods.
• Yinguo invoked Fang Xun's past grievances to bind him with karma, while Shi Chen and Yin-Yang suppressed the Chaos Bell and Shisha's spear struck toward Fang Xun.
• Fang Xun challenged the Chaos Demon Gods, but Ji Ning appeared and knocked aside Shisha's spear light with the Abi Yuantu Twin Swords.
• Ji Ning revealed that he had attained the Taichu Realm after defeating True Man Yuding and True Man Puxian in their sword debate.
• Shisha launched a fierce spear assault at Ji Ning, targeting his vital points.

Ji Ning’s Taichu Sword Dao clashed with Shisha Demon God’s spear while Karma Demon God and the other Chaos Demon Gods attacked Fang Xun. Saint Taiqing entered the conflict to settle his lineage’s karma with Yin-Yang Demon God and sent Grand Master Xuan Du into the formation.

• Ji Ning used his Taichu Sword Dao to fight Shisha Demon God, whose strikes grew more murderous as the two battled unseen within the void.
• Karma Demon God told Fang Xun how Shisha had severed his emotions through repeated lives of killing his loved ones, then used karma to try to plunge Fang Xun into nothingness.
• Fang Xun resisted Karma Demon God’s attack with his Myriad Heavens Dao Tree as Yin-Yang Demon God’s Taiji Diagram disabled the Chaos Bell and Shi Chen Demon God attacked through time.
• The Chaos Bell briefly stopped Shi Chen Demon God’s strike, allowing Fang Xun to escape the River of Time and reach Karma Demon God.
• Saint Taiqing appeared above the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation and told the Dao Ancestor he sought only to eliminate his karma with Yin-Yang Demon God.
• Saint Taiqing ordered Grand Master Xuan Du to enter the formation and settle the karma owed to the Taiqing lineage.

Xuan Du invoked Taishang Laojun to settle Taiqing’s karma with the Yin-Yang Demon God, while Fang Xun faced the Karma and Shi Chen Demon Gods after calling on the power of All Heavens. The chapter left Fang Xun fighting alone as the Demon Gods revealed that Pangu had gone mad and become the enemy of Myriad Heavens and Worlds.

• Grand Master Xuan Du descended to challenge the Yin-Yang Demon God and awakened the Taiji Diagram’s response by cultivating the Nothingness of Taiji.
• Xuan Du summoned Taishang Laojun, whose power overwhelmed the imitation Taiji Diagram as the Qiankun Ruler and Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda joined the battle.
• Fang Xun learned that the Fate Demon God was occupied debating the Dao with the Three Pure Ones, then called for more allies through the Investiture of the Gods.
• Fang Xun released the power of the Myriad Heavens Dao Tree and attacked the Karma Demon God, who erased his karma and vanished into nothingness.
• The Shi Chen Demon God described how Pangu gained the Myriad Heavens Dao Tree and surpassed the Chaos Demon Gods, while the Karma Demon God revealed that Pangu later went mad and became the enemy of Myriad Heavens and Worlds.

Fang Xun was drawn into the First Tribulation by the Karma Demon God’s scheme and found himself at the center of the Fierce Beast Tribulation battlefield, where Hong Jun and Luohou attacked him as though he were the Karma Demon God. Facing three Innate Supreme Treasures, Fang Xun reversed his Perfect Treasure Light and unleashed the Primordial Era Dao Annihilation Marvelous Method, transforming the Myriad Heavens Dao Tree.

• Shi Chen Demon God and the Karma Demon God accused Fang Xun of drawing the Myriad Heavens Worlds into another Immeasurable Calamity, and Fang Xun asked whether the previous Myriad Heavens Dao Tree had gained a true spirit and undergone Transformation.
• The Karma Demon God answered that the previous tree had possessed no intelligence, then trapped Fang Xun in a Karma Black Hole and sent him into the past.
• Fang Xun arrived amid the Fierce Beast Tribulation, where his karma bound him to the Karma Demon God’s death and the attacks of the Taiji Diagram, Pangu Banner, and God Slaying Spear threatened him.
• Fang Xun realized Hong Jun and Luohou had entered the time-space to kill the Karma Demon God again, and he used the Primordial Era Dao Annihilation Marvelous Method to resist them.
• The Myriad Heavens Dao Tree in the present transformed as its Dao fruits took on an aura of Destruction, alarming everyone who saw it.

Fang Xun used the Myriad Heavens Dao Tree to master the mutual generation of existence and nothingness, escape the First Epoch, and kill the Shi Chen Demon God’s past self. His attack failed to harm the present Shi Chen, who revealed that the same force could affect him only once across time and wondered whether Fang Xun or Hong Jun was Pangu’s final choice.

• The Myriad Heavens Tribulation Tree shifted from existence toward nothingness, while Empress Nuwa calmed the turbulent River of Time.
• Fang Xun used the Chaos Bell’s disruption of the Three Treasures of Heaven Opening to break through Luohou’s attack and unleash an Existence-Nothingness Black Hole.
• Fang Xun used the Pangu Banner’s aura to open a fissure in time-space, then killed the First Epoch Shi Chen Demon God with his Sacrifice Dao technique.
• Fang Xun escaped the collapsing time-space and returned to the present, where he attacked the already wounded Shi Chen Demon God instead of the unharmed Karma Demon God.
• The Shi Chen Demon God survived Fang Xun’s strike, explaining that the same force could affect him only once across time, and asked whether Fang Xun or Hong Jun was Pangu’s final choice.