Chapter Summaries

During the Dao Ancestor’s Third Sermon, Hong Yi descended into the Primordial Wilderness through the Chat Group Core and was recognized as a Chaos Demon God after being struck by Pangu’s axe. His memories then revealed that he had also been present at the battle before the World Opening.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun explained the Primordial Da Luo Golden Immortal and the Path of the Sage, while Nuwa listened and considered her own path.
• Fang Xun used the Chat Group Core to bring Hong Yi’s consciousness into a Clay Figurine, and Hong Yi emerged on Penglai Immortal Island.
• Fang Xun brought Hong Yi into the Primordial Wilderness, where Hong Yi briefly vanished before returning with the world’s recognition.
• Hong Yi told Fang Xun that he had been pulled to the Source of Time and struck by Pangu’s axe, making him a Chaos Demon God.
• Hong Yi’s main body received the avatar’s memories and relived the battle before the World Opening, where Pangu’s axe struck him.

After witnessing Pangu’s supreme power, Hong Yi recorded his insights and shared them with the Chat Group, prompting Ye Fan to reconsider the limits of the Sacrifice Dao Method. Hong Yi then joined the newly born human race as a teacher, while he and Fang Xun planned how to guide its development before the inevitable Witch-Demon calamity.

• Hong Yi recovered from the shock of witnessing Pangu and wrote down his insights to reorganize the Book of Changes.
• Hong Yi warned the Chat Group that visitors to the Primordial Wilderness would face Pangu’s axe strike during authentication, and he shared what he had sensed about Pangu and the Chaos Demon Gods.
• Ye Fan concluded that a realm existed beyond Above Sacrificial Dao, rejected self-sacrifice as the final path, and began evolving a better method.
• Hong Yi uploaded his account of witnessing Pangu, but Fang Xun found the axe-light beyond his ability to comprehend and stopped watching.
• Hong Yi joined the newly born human race and explained to Fang Xun that he would guide them without taking away their achievements or opportunities.
• Fang Xun and Hong Yi discussed how to develop the human race, recognizing that the Witch-Demon calamity could not ultimately be avoided.

Suiren Shi discovered fire and earned merit by creating it through Drilling Wood for Fire, becoming a Golden Immortal alongside the other Human Ancestors. Hong Yi and Fang Xun then discussed guiding humanity toward a Primordial Immortal Dao Civilization, with support from the Chat Group.

• A human leader followed Hong Yi's guidance into the forest, where a lightning-struck tree revealed fire to him.
• Suiren Shi discovered fire's uses, then succeeded in Drilling Wood for Fire and received Golden Merit Cloud from the Heavenly Dao.
• Hong Yi told Suiren Shi to refine the merit, helping him reach the Golden Immortal realm and claim the Kindling Fire as his Dao Fruit.
• Fang Xun and Hong Yi observed that Ziyi Shi and Youchao Shi were also destined to become Human Ancestors and attain Golden Immortal Dao Fruits.
• Hong Yi and Fang Xun proposed developing humanity's own cultivation system from the Dao Ancestor's teachings and researching the Hundred Arts of Cultivation.
• Meng Qi, Ye Fan, and Ji Ning uploaded their respective Hundred Arts of Cultivation materials to support the plan.

After the third sermon, Hong Jun accepted the Three Pure Ones as disciples and Jie Yin and Zhun Ti as registered disciples, then revealed the Primordial Violet Qi as the opportunity for Sainthood. The seven strands went to Nuwa, the Three Pure Ones, Jie Yin and Zhun Ti, and Red Cloud.

• The Three Pure Ones and several other top Innate Divine Saints severed their Good Corpses and became Quasi-Saints.
• Hong Jun asked Taiqing, Jade Pure, and Upper Pure to become his disciples, and all three accepted.
• Jie Yin and Zhun Ti pleaded for recognition and became Hong Jun's registered disciples.
• Hong Jun announced that the Primordial Wilderness Heavenly Dao offered opportunities for Sainthood and summoned seven strands of Primordial Violet Qi.
• Hong Jun gave strands to Nuwa, the Three Pure Ones, Jie Yin, and Zhun Ti, then assigned the final strand to Red Cloud.

As Hongjun prepared to merge with the Primordial Wilderness, he distributed powerful treasures to his disciples and other Great Luo Supremes. Nuwa received the Heavenly Dao Myriad Phenomena Auspicious Cloud and a trove of spiritual treasures, then left Purple Cloud Palace with new protection against Hongjun’s control.

• Hongjun gave the Taiji Diagram and Central Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner to the Grand Pure Daoist, the Pangu Banner to the Jade Pure Daoist, and the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation to the Upper Pure Daoist.
• Hongjun bestowed the Heavenly Dao Myriad Phenomena Auspicious Cloud and numerous Innate Spiritual Treasures upon Nuwa.
• Hongjun gave two Spiritual Treasures each to Zhun Ti and Jie Yin, and granted East King Duke and West Queen Mother treasures while appointing them Chiefs of Male and Female Immortals.
• Hongjun directed the remaining Great Luo Supremes to seek treasures at the Treasure Distribution Rock outside Purple Cloud Palace.
• Nuwa hurried out ahead of the others, relying on her new Heavenly Dao privileges to avoid being casually manipulated by Hongjun.

Nuwa collected treasures from Treasure Distribution Rock, then returned to the Human Race and learned how much it had changed under Hong Yi's guidance. After discovering Hong Yi was a Chaos Demon God and accepting his connection to the Taiji True Intent, she agreed to let him remain with the Human Race.

• Nuwa collected fewer than a thousand treasures from Treasure Distribution Rock, and the Three Pure Ones arrived to select their own shares.
• After the others left, Nuwa seized Treasure Distribution Rock and declined the Grand Pure Daoist's offer of the Taiji Diagram.
• Nuwa visited the Human Race and reviewed its history, discovering that it had prospered and that Yi Zi had guided its development.
• Fang Xun told Nuwa that Hong Yi was a Chaos Demon God who had helped the Human Race and gained its Destiny's recognition.
• Nuwa verified Hong Yi's origins, thanked him for the Taiji True Intent, and agreed to entrust him with the Human Race's affairs.

After Nuwa punished Fang Xun for provoking Hong Yi, she gave him powerful spiritual treasures and a share of Heavenly Dao privilege. When the Dao Ancestor integrated with the Heavenly Dao and the Great Contention Era began, Fang Xun confronted a fierce beast targeting the Human Race and unleashed his own creation divine light.

• Nuwa beat Fang Xun in a created Dimensional Space, then gave him the Qiankun Cauldron, the Mountain River Society Diagram, the Five Elements Spirit Pearls, and access to the Heavenly Dao Myriad Phenomena Auspicious Cloud.
• The Dao Ancestor achieved Dao Integration, completing the Heavenly Dao and ushering in the Great Contention Era, which Hong Yi warned would bring conflict between the Witch and Demon Races and danger to the Human Race.
• A few years later, Fang Xun sensed hostile gazes targeting the Human Race for the Creation Pure Light in the First Generation Humans.
• Fang Xun shifted to an enemy's location and attacked with his Three Thousand Dao Fruits, drawing out a powerful four-horned beast associated with the Demon Race.
• Fang Xun formed his own Myriad Dao Creation Divine Light and prepared to strike the giant beast.

Fang Xun killed a Fierce Beast sent to watch the Human Race and challenged the Demon Race’s Ghost Car, while Kuafu arrived to oppose him. At the Human Race’s ancestral land, Hong Yi went out to protect the people and confronted a disguised avatar severed from a Da Luo Yinguo.

• Fang Xun killed the Fierce Beast with the Myriad Dao Creation Divine Light and kept its four horns.
• Ghost Car revealed himself, and Fang Xun warned him that attacking the Human Race would make him an enemy.
• Kuafu appeared and faced Ghost Car as the Witch-Demon standoff drew attention to the Human Race.
• Hong Yi left Shouyang Mountain after reassuring the three Human Ancestors that he would protect the Human Race.
• Hong Yi used Yi Dao runes to confront an old Daoist whose Da Luo Yinguo had been severed.

Hong Yi killed Zhun Ti’s avatar with the Great Liberation Technique, while Nuwa’s Red Embroidered Ball prevented Zhun Ti from retrieving it. Jie Yin and Zhun Ti investigated Hong Yi and concluded that he was a Chaos Demon God, leaving Zhun Ti sensing that their karmic connection with him would continue.

• Hong Yi crossed the River of Time, trapped the old Daoist on the Golden Bridge, and destroyed him with the Great Liberation Technique.
• The old Daoist refused to reveal his true body and admitted that he feared provoking the Human Race before his avatar melted away.
• Zhun Ti tried to retrieve his avatar from history, but Nuwa’s Red Embroidered Ball threatened whoever interfered, so he destroyed the avatar and erased its karma.
• Jie Yin and Zhun Ti discussed Nuwa’s unusual path and her likely opportunity to become a saint through the Human Race.
• Jie Yin and Zhun Ti concealed their deduction from Nuwa and used the Heavenly Dao to investigate Hong Yi’s origins.
• Jie Yin identified Hong Yi as a Chaos Demon God, and Zhun Ti sensed that his karma with the Human Yi Zi would continue.

Fang Xun turned competing invitations from the Witch and Demon Tribes into a plan to bring Empress Houtu and the Demon Emperor to Shouyang Mountain, using tokens bearing the Heavenly Dao Myriad Phenomena Auspicious Cloud. Di Jun accepted, while Fang Xun privately admitted he had no intention of asking his Teacher to end her seclusion.

• Hong Yi sensed that Empress Nuwa had altered reality and restored the old Daoist whom he had melted with the Great Liberation Technique.
• Ghost Car invited Fang Xun to the Heavenly Court on Di Jun’s orders, while Kuafu invited him to visit the Witch Clan for Empress Houtu.
• Fang Xun gave Kuafu and Ghost Car tokens bearing the Heavenly Dao Myriad Phenomena Auspicious Cloud and invited Houtu and Di Jun to Shouyang Mountain in his Teacher’s name.
• Hong Yi approved Fang Xun’s plan, and Fang Xun admitted he did not intend to ask his Teacher to emerge from seclusion.
• Ghost Car reported the invitation to Di Jun, who accepted it as Tai Yi worried over what the Heavenly Dao’s signs meant for the Witch and Demon Tribes.

Houtu and Di Jun secretly met Fang Xun at Shouyang Mountain to use the Heavenly Dao Myriad Phenomena Auspicious Cloud to learn their clans’ futures. Fang Xun agreed to let them examine it together, but demanded compensation to keep the transaction from entangling him in their karma.

• Houtu accepted Xuansu’s invitation to Shouyang Mountain, erased traces of the meeting, and discovered Di Jun was doing the same.
• Houtu and Di Jun arrived at Shouyang Mountain together, where Fang Xun welcomed them while Nuwa remained in secluded cultivation.
• Fang Xun produced the Heavenly Dao Myriad Phenomena Auspicious Cloud and confirmed that Nuwa had left him to handle it as he saw fit.
• Fang Xun proposed that Houtu and Di Jun examine the cloud together, and they tacitly agreed rather than risk a fight that could disturb the River of Time.
• Fang Xun displayed his treasures and demanded compensation, explaining that he wanted to settle the transaction without becoming entangled in their karma.

Fang Xun accepted gifts from Houtu and Di Jun before divining the future of the Witch-Demon conflict. The vision showed the Star Dou Grand Formation clashing with the Pangu True Body, leaving both leaders injured and determined to resist that fate.

• Houtu gave Fang Xun Ancestor Witch Origin Blood made from the essence blood of the Twelve Ancestral Witches, while Di Jun recognized her path of tracing back to Pangu.
• Di Jun gave Fang Xun the Wa Huang Token, which could summon Demon Race Da Luo and communicate with the Heavenly Court.
• Fang Xun used the Heavenly Dao Myriad Phenomena Auspicious Cloud to reveal the future Witch-Demon battle, then sealed off his senses as the vision formed.
• The vision showed the Star Dou Grand Formation facing the Pangu True Body, whose axe strike shattered the deduction and injured Houtu and Di Jun.
• Houtu and Di Jun concluded that the vision revealed the destined outcome of the conflict, thanked Fang Xun, and resolved to face the fate ahead.
• Fang Xun returned the Heavenly Dao Myriad Phenomena Auspicious Cloud to Penglai Island.

Houtu and Di Jun made a secret pact to prevent large-scale war between the Witch and Demon Tribes for three thousand epochs, with Fang Xun as their witness. After Fang Xun showed them the Human Race’s memorial shrine, academy, and nursery, Di Jun left and Houtu admitted she could not bear to see more.

• Houtu and Di Jun agreed that the Witch and Demon Tribes would avoid large-scale war for three thousand epochs, and that Da Luo and Quasi-Saints would not provoke conflict.
• Houtu and Di Jun chose Fang Xun to witness their pact, which Nuwa had secretly helped arrange.
• Fang Xun led Houtu and Di Jun to the Human Ancestral Shrine and described the sacrifices of humans honored there.
• Fang Xun showed them the Human Race Academy, where people shared practical skills and cultivation methods.
• Fang Xun brought them to the Human Race Nursery, and Di Jun left abruptly while Houtu said she could not keep watching the Human Race’s customs.

Houtu brought Fang Xun to Pangu Hall to witness her battle with Di Jiang for supremacy in the Witch Clan. As the Ancestral Witches’ fight shook apart worlds and Chaos, Fang Xun watched warily from the sidelines.

• Houtu took Fang Xun through Time-Space to Pangu Hall and told him to relax under its pressure.
• Houtu sent Fang Xun into a world beside Kuafu, who explained that Houtu and Di Jiang would fight to decide whose lineage was strongest.
• Di Jiang and Houtu revealed their true forms and began exchanging devastating physical attacks.
• The Ancestral Witches’ blows shattered space, worlds, and Chaos, while Pangu Hall continually repaired the arena.
• Houtu and Di Jiang drew on their full physical strength as their blood qi rose, and Fang Xun worried that Houtu might beat him too.

Houtu defeated Di Jiang after awakening a path to “Nothingness” through overwhelming power, and Pangu Hall recognized her as the Witch Clan’s Empress. The chapter ended with Houtu asking Fang Xun whether he had devised the plan he had promised her.

• Ye Fan warned the Chat Group that Houtu and Di Jiang’s battle was reaching its decisive moment.
• Houtu and Di Jiang’s final clash revealed how the Ancestral Witches could shatter existence into “Nothingness” through power beyond the Da Luo Realm.
• Houtu took her Innate Dao Body form and defeated Di Jiang, whose body exploded before Time-Space reversed and restored him.
• Pangu Hall acknowledged Houtu, crowned her as its controller, and the Witch Clan hailed her as their sole Empress.
• Meng Qi, Ye Fan, Hong Yi, Ji Ning, and Fang Xun discussed the newly revealed path to “Nothingness,” while Fang Xun realized Houtu had noticed him.
• Houtu asked Fang Xun whether he had thought of the plan he had promised her.

Houtu established her authority over the Witch Clan and shared a Mystic Art based on Pangu’s true form. In Pangu Hall, Fang Xun advised her to limit the damage the Witch Clan caused, and she agreed to confine Gong Gong and Zhu Rong there for several thousand Yuan Hui.

• Houtu declared that all witches must obey her and distributed her Mystic Art to the Ancestral Witches, who would teach it to the rest of the clan.
• Houtu opened a new Timeline and asked Fang Xun to explain his strategy in Pangu Hall.
• Houtu told Fang Xun that the Primordial Wilderness expanded without limit and that Great Luo Supremes could generate spiritual qi and other resources.
• Fang Xun urged Houtu to change how the Witch Clan developed, including adopting animal husbandry and making its hunters more careful.
• Fang Xun urged Houtu to restrain the powerful Ancestral Witches, especially Gong Gong and Zhu Rong, and she agreed to keep them in Pangu Hall for several thousand Yuan Hui.

Fang Xun helped Houtu seek an irreplaceable place for the Witch Clan and was granted a chance to refine Ancestor Witch Origin Blood in the Pangu Blood Pool. After his body reached Taiyi Golden Immortal perfection, Houtu revealed the Witch Clan’s objections and invited its dissatisfied members to challenge him.

• Fang Xun agreed to help Houtu establish an irreplaceable position for the Witch Clan and promised Meng Qi he would visit the Three Pure Ones.
• Houtu let Fang Xun enter the Pangu Blood Pool and taught him the Panwang Profound Art to refine Ancestor Witch Origin Blood.
• Fang Xun used the Blood Pool to raise his physical strength to Taiyi Golden Immortal perfection, but he did not attain the Great Luo Divine Mystery.
• Houtu explained that reaching the Great Luo Dao Realm required consciousness to transcend the world and time, then returned Fang Xun from the Timeline.
• Houtu revealed that Nuwa had secured the opportunity for Fang Xun to enter the Blood Pool, and told those who objected they could challenge him.

Fang Xun challenged the Great Witches together and used the Heavenly Emperor Fist to defeat their combined battle formation without entering the Great Luo Dao Realm. The Ancestral Witches marveled at his strength, while Ye Fan praised the fight.

• Fang Xun invoked Ye Tiandi Possession and challenged the Great Witches to attack him together.
• Kuafu charged Fang Xun, who overwhelmed him with the Heavenly Emperor Fist and blasted apart half his body.
• After Houtu gave permission, Hou Yi, Xing Tian, Chi You, and the other Great Witches joined the fight, but Fang Xun injured them with his fists.
• Houtu recognized Fang Xun's Panwang Profound Art and said he had advanced remarkably in nine years.
• The Great Witches formed a battle formation, but Fang Xun broke through it with the Heavenly Emperor Fist and won.
• The Ancestral Witches discussed Fang Xun's extraordinary combat strength, and Ye Fan celebrated his fighting style.

Fang Xun defeated the Great Witches, secured their acceptance of his use of the Pangu Blood Pool, and gave Houtu the true intent of the Samsara Seal before returning to Shouyang Mountain. There, he reunited with Xuan Du, now a Golden Immortal and Taiqing’s disciple.

• Fang Xun defeated the Great Witches with his physical strength, and Houtu ended their dispute over the Pangu Blood Pool.
• After the Witch Clan feast, Fang Xun urged Houtu to travel through the Primordial Wilderness and gave her the true intent of the Samsara Seal.
• Houtu seized the seal, causing Pangu Hall to reveal its supreme treasure power, then kept the seal hidden from the Heavenly Dao.
• Fang Xun returned to Shouyang Mountain, where Hong Yi told him that a rival for the title of Strongest Second Generation of the Primordial Wilderness had arrived.
• Xuan Du greeted Fang Xun as the Human Race’s Guardian and explained that he had become a Golden Immortal under Grand Pure Daoist.

Fang Xun welcomed Xuan Du to the Human Race and drew him into a debate about Yin-Yang and Natural Non-Action. Xuan Du entered enlightenment after Fang Xun shared his understanding of the Foundation of Existence, while Meng Qi urged Fang Xun to reveal more of the Three Pure Ones’ Daos.

• Xuan Du told Fang Xun that the Grand Pure Daoist had sent him to settle his yinguo among the Human Race, and Fang Xun invited him to the Human Race Academy.
• Fang Xun asked Hong Yi to let Xuan Du teach at the academy, and Xuan Du began guiding the children in cultivation and Natural Non-Action.
• Fang Xun debated Xuan Du about how non-action existed within Yin-Yang, asking increasingly difficult questions until Xuan Du struggled to answer.
• Fang Xun shared his view that Yin-Yang was the Foundation of Existence and demonstrated its evolution, causing Xuan Du to enter enlightenment.
• Meng Qi urged Fang Xun to tell Xuan Du about the Cause of All Fruits and the Venerable of the Final Tribulation, but Fang Xun decided not to reveal everything at once.