Chapter Summaries

Fang Xun visited Ji Ning’s universe to comprehend its Dao Origins, then arrived in Meng Qi’s world and was made the Tree Spirit of its Great Dao Tree. The chapter ended with Meng Qi warning him to avoid drawing the attention of Amitabha and Empress Nuwa.

• Ji Ning showed Fang Xun the Chaos Universe Origin, where distinct Dao Origins formed the universe.
• Fang Xun used the Myriad Heavens Dao Tree to resist the origin’s pressure and draw on its Dao mysteries.
• Ji Ning set up a time barrier so Fang Xun could comprehend the Dao without being disturbed.
• Fang Xun arrived in Meng Qi’s world and discovered Meng Qi had made him the Tree Spirit of the Great Dao Tree.
• Meng Qi warned Fang Xun that Amitabha and Empress Nuwa were near transcendence and could detect that something was wrong with him.

Fang Xun traveled to Ye Fan’s world, where Ye Fan concealed his arrival and brought him to the Heavenly Court’s medicine garden. There, Fang Xun met the Azure Emperor and drew the attention of the garden’s other immortal trees, who challenged his title as a Dao Tree.

• Fang Xun transferred his main consciousness to Ye Fan’s world, and Ye Fan gave him the Myriad Mother Qi Cauldron to conceal his presence.
• Ye Fan warned Fang Xun that the Ruthless Emperor’s attitude toward him was uncertain, then took him to the Heavenly Court’s medicine garden.
• Fang Xun met the Azure Emperor, Wan Qing, and learned that they shared the rare origin of cultivating from a Spiritual Root.
• Fang Xun and the Azure Emperor discussed Fang Xun’s Myriad Heavens Dao Tree path, and the Azure Emperor praised its potential to reach the End of the Road Domain.
• The Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree, Fusang Tree, Peach Tree, Bodhi Tree, Ginseng Fruit Tree, and other immortal trees surrounded Fang Xun and demanded that he show his true form so they could compare.

Fang Xun wagered an Immortal Emperor scripture against the immortal trees and medicines in Ye Fan’s medicine garden, then overwhelmed them with the Myriad Heavens Dao Tree and collected their offerings. As he reached for Azure Emperor’s lotus seed, Black Emperor tried to steal it and other prizes, and Fang Xun struck the thief with the Heavenly Emperor Fist.

• Fang Xun challenged the immortal trees and medicines to a contest, wagering a scripture for spiritual roots that pointed to the Immortal Emperor Realm in exchange for their ripe fruits.
• Azure Emperor joined the wager as an observer, offering a Chaos lotus seed, while the commotion drew the garden’s immortal medicines to watch.
• The immortal trees and medicines displayed their powers, but Fang Xun summoned the Myriad Heavens Dao Tree and subdued them with its nearly thousand Taiyi Dao Fruits.
• The defeated trees and medicines gave Fang Xun their fruits, branches, and leaves, and Azure Emperor sent him a Chaos lotus seed.
• Black Emperor lunged for the lotus seed and several other offerings, but Fang Xun struck all four of his shadows with the Heavenly Emperor Fist.

Fang Xun gathered immortal origins and secured the Ginseng Fruit Tree’s origin by helping Houtu negotiate with Zhen Yuanzi. With the Witch Clan’s support promised for his future Da Luo tribulation, Fang Xun and Houtu set out for the Netherworld Blood Sea to fight Ming He for the Karma Fire Red Lotus.

• Fang Xun beat the Black Emperor with the Heavenly Emperor Fist, then debated cultivation with the Azure Emperor in the Heavenly Emperor’s Medicine Garden.
• Fang Xun returned to Penglai Immortal Island with immortal fruits and branches, and Houtu summoned him to Pangu Hall to help obtain the final spiritual roots.
• Fang Xun arranged for Meng Qi to gift him a Ginseng Fruit and persuaded Houtu to promise the entire Witch Clan would protect his Dao when he attained Da Luo.
• Houtu used Fang Xun’s two Ginseng Fruits to complete a transaction with Zhen Yuanzi and returned with the Ginseng Fruit Tree’s origin.
• Fang Xun and Houtu headed for the Netherworld Blood Sea to fight Ming He and claim the Karma Fire Red Lotus.

The Witch Clan attacked Ming He to seize the Sea of Blood, where the embryonic Six Paths of Reincarnation lay, and Houtu used Pangu Hall to take control of it after the Ancestral Witches defeated him. The chapter left Yuantu, Abi, and the Karma Fire Red Lotus floating before Fang Xun.

• Zhu Rong announced that the Witch Clan wanted the Sea of Blood, and eleven Ancestral Witches confronted Ming He.
• Ming He refused to surrender the Sea of Blood and fought Di Jiang, whose Pangu Dao Rhyme withstood the force of Ming He's swords and Red Lotus Karmic Fire.
• The other Ancestral Witches joined the battle, repeatedly killing Ming He as he resurrected through the Sea of Blood.
• Houtu offered Ming He another chance to withdraw, but he refused, so she shattered him with Pangu Hall and claimed control of the Sea of Blood.
• Yuantu, Abi, and the Karma Fire Red Lotus appeared before Fang Xun with their spiritual light dimmed.

Fang Xun persuaded the Karma Fire Red Lotus to lead him to Yingzhou Immortal Island, where he found the Pure World White Lotus and obtained the island’s Realm Bead. As he sensed Fangzhang Immortal Island’s location, White Lotus revealed that she had once fought over it with a willow tree connected to Great Immortal Yang Mei.

• Fang Xun discovered that the Karma Fire Red Lotus’s origin could help his Spiritual Root Transformation Dao advance, and the lotus offered to guide him to the Pure World White Lotus on Yingzhou Immortal Island.
• Fang Xun traveled with a Shangqing Clone along Jianmu Tree for several hundred years before reaching Yingzhou Immortal Island.
• The Karma Fire Red Lotus lured out the Pure World White Lotus, but White Lotus suppressed it before Fang Xun invited her to join him.
• White Lotus restored Fang Xun, led him to her home, and gave him Yingzhou Immortal Island’s Realm Bead; she also let him take the island’s Spiritual Roots and Innate Spiritual Treasures.
• While Fang Xun sensed the location of Fangzhang Immortal Island, White Lotus said she had once fought a willow tree over it and identified the tree as a Top Grade Innate Spiritual Root connected to Great Immortal Yang Mei.

Fang Xun met Great Immortal Yang Mei, learned that his path to the Dao might face a limit, and received a Green Willow branch from him. After nearly two thousand Yuan Hui in seclusion, he discovered that the Witch-Demon truce had expired and war was imminent, while no Sages had yet appeared.

• Fang Xun entered Fangzhang Immortal Island through the Realm Bead and met Great Immortal Yang Mei beneath the Hollow Willow Tree.
• Fang Xun told Yang Mei about the Primordial Wilderness and the coming Witch-Demon Calamity, and Yang Mei warned that the conflict could shatter it.
• Yang Mei recognized Fang Xun's path through Spiritual Roots and Myriad Dao Fruits, cautioned that Top Grade Innate Spiritual Roots were the Primordial Wilderness's limit, and gave him a Green Willow branch.
• Fang Xun returned to Yingzhou, counted the Green Willow among the origins he had collected, spared the two lotuses their origins, and prepared to merge Yingzhou and Penglai.
• Nearly two thousand Yuan Hui later, Fang Xun learned through the Wa Huang Token that the Golden Crow princes had been born and the Witch-Demon Pact of Non-Aggression had expired.
• Fang Xun read Hong Yi's reports about the Witch Clan's occupation of the Sea of Blood and Kunpeng's rise as Demon Master, and noticed that no Sage had yet emerged.

Daoist Zhunti visited the Human Race to investigate its unusual rise and discovered that Yi Zi’s teachings and human aspirations could offer a path to enlightenment. After Zhunti escaped before Hong Yi could present his planned gift, Hong Yi trusted that the Western pair would eventually grasp the lesson, and declared that a sage was coming.

• Daoist Zhunti sent a Da Luo avatar to observe the Human Race, whose settlements glowed with extraordinary destiny and auspicious signs.
• Zhunti found the Human Race Academy and listened to its teachings on honoring family, ancestors, and the struggles that shaped the people.
• Hong Yi discussed using Buddhism and the Western Teachings to plant a source of Yinguo, with Fang Xun and Meng Qi supporting his plan.
• At an academy, Zhunti saw a young human’s aspiration to protect and strengthen the Human Race attract its destiny, and he realized that aspiration could guide teaching and enlightenment.
• Zhunti spent a thousand years visiting human schools before sensing Yi Zi’s immense share of Human Race Destiny and fleeing without confronting him.
• Hong Yi explained that Zhunti had missed the Other Shore Golden Bridge, but would understand the lesson in time, and said a sage was coming.

Jieyin and Zhunti became Saints by establishing the Western Teachings and making forty-nine Great Vows, ushering the Primordial Wilderness into the Age of Sages. The Three Pure Ones severed their Dao Fruits to seek another path to Da Luo, while Di Jun ordered Kunpeng to investigate the Witch Clan’s actions in the Sea of Blood.

• Jieyin and Zhunti founded the Western Teachings, made forty-nine Great Vows, and merged the Primordial Violet Qi into their primordial spirits to become Saints.
• Fang Xun and Hong Yi observed the west’s transformation, while the Three Pure Ones discussed how to contend with the new Saints and attain Da Luo again.
• Grand Pure Daoist proposed that the Three Pure Ones sever their Dao Fruits, and Jade Pure Daoist and Upper Pure Daoist agreed.
• The Three Pure Ones used their treasures to sever their Dao Fruits, creating three pure Dao Fruit phantoms that they forcibly sustained.
• Demon Master Kunpeng urged Di Jun to investigate the Witch Clan’s seizure of Ming He’s territory in the Sea of Blood.
• Di Jun appointed Kunpeng to lead the probe and authorized him to test the Witch Clan’s strength if necessary.

The Witch-Demon conflict escalated into a devastating war, and Chang Xi died after confronting Gong Gong, sending her Innate Indestructible Spiritual Light to Fang Xun. He accepted it and raised Heng'e as his disciple; after the war subsided, he met the three-year-old Heng'e and began caring for her.

• Gong Gong flooded the eastern lands with the Sea of Blood's filth, and Fang Xun shielded Human Race settlements with the Mountain River Society Diagram.
• Chang Xi attacked the Sea of Blood and died to Gong Gong, while Xi He shattered Gong Gong's Dao body and Zhu Jiuyin rescued him.
• Chang Xi's Innate Indestructible Spiritual Light went to Fang Xun, who accepted it as his disciple and arranged for her to be born human as Heng'e.
• Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin studied the Demon Race's Cosmic Stars Great Array and planned to exploit the weakened Taiyin Goddess and the Little Golden Crows.
• The Witch and Demon Tribes eventually withdrew, and three-year-old Heng'e met Fang Xun, who gave her Divine Strike and the Green Wood Spirit Pearl.
• The Pure World White Lotus took Heng'e to play, while Fang Xun ordered the Karma Fire Red Lotus to help cleanse the Sea of Blood's filth.

Fang Xun drove Kuafu and Hou Yi away after cleansing the Calamity Qi that clouded them, but the Ten Golden Crows then attacked Shouyang Mountain. He shot down nine suns to protect the Human Race, leaving the Witch and Demon Clans mobilizing their great arrays as the calamity centered on him.

• Fang Xun blocked Kuafu and Hou Yi from entering the Human Race Territory and discovered that Calamity Qi had overwhelmed them.
• Fang Xun cleansed Kuafu and Hou Yi with Pure World Immortal Light, and the two Great Witches left.
• Ten Golden Crows drove the Sun God Chariot toward Shouyang Mountain, while Hong Yi warned Fang Xun that the Sages had set the attack in motion.
• Fang Xun used his bow and nine crude arrows to shoot down nine of the eleven suns, then captured the Golden Crows and the Sun God Chariot with the Mountain River Society Diagram.
• The remaining Golden Crows raced toward Shouyang Mountain as Houtu and the Twelve Ancestral Witches formed the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Great Array, while Fu Xi led the Heavenly Court in forming the Cosmic Stars Great Array.
• Fang Xun realized that the Witch and Demon Clans were gathering their forces and that the great calamity had made him its center.

Fang Xun negotiated with Di Jun, Tai Yi, and Xi He after revealing that the nine Golden Crows could be saved, securing the Demon Race’s protection for his Dao and the Chaos Bell’s Dao Rhyme. The Sages Jie Yin and Zhun Ti identified Fang Xun as an Anomaly of the Primordial Era and resolved to follow the Heavenly Dao’s order to destroy or subdue him.

• Fang Xun asked Di Jun whether Great Luo Divine Mystery could resurrect his nine sons, and Di Jun said a Sage had prevented it.
• Fang Xun revealed that the nine arrows held the Golden Crows’ remaining primordial spirits, and Xi He and Tai Yi realized their sons could be saved.
• Fang Xun demanded the Demon Race protect his Dao and took a wisp of Dao Rhyme from Tai Yi’s Chaos Bell in exchange for saving the Golden Crows.
• Fang Xun returned the nine Golden Crow corpses and the living Little Golden Crow, then sent the three suns back to the Heavenly Court.
• Fang Xun told the Chat Group he was ready to pursue the Great Luo Dao Fruit of Creation, though he was still one step short.
• Saint Jie Yin and Saint Zhun Ti recognized Fang Xun as an Anomaly of the Primordial Era and decided to follow the Heavenly Dao’s command to destroy or subdue him.

Fang Xun completed the Great Luo Dao Fruit of Creation and became a Great Luo Supreme, but the Heavenly Dao’s tribulation escalated into a World-Ending Thunder Tribulation that he survived with five Innate Supreme Treasures. As his human tribulation loomed and the Witch and Demon Tribes waited, Houtu sensed a disturbance from the Sea of Blood and warned Ming He.

• Fang Xun used the Three Pure Ones to complete the Way of Creation, then fused the resulting Great Luo Dao Fruit into himself and attained Da Luo.
• Fang Xun merged the origins of nine Top Grade Innate Spiritual Roots into himself, forming the Myriad Heavens Dao Tree and transcending the River of Time.
• The Heavenly Dao’s Purple Firmament tribulation descended, and Fang Xun used the Pure World White Lotus to shield his primordial spirit from the Tribulation’s calamity qi.
• Fang Xun borrowed the Taiji Diagram, Pangu Banner, Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, Pangu Hall, and Chaos Bell to withstand the World-Ending Thunder Tribulation.
• The Witch and Demon Tribes held back as Fang Xun prepared for his human tribulation, while Houtu sensed a disturbance from the Sea of Blood and threatened Ming He.

Ji Ning descended into the Primordial Wilderness and stopped Ming He from killing Fang Xun, while his sword Dao expanded the Heavenly Dao’s limits. Protected by Di Jun and Houtu as they confronted the Sages, Fang Xun began retracing the River of Time to complete his Great Luo attainment, as Nuwa and the Dao Ancestor discussed the Sky-Opening Axe.

• Fang Xun summoned Ji Ning through the Chat Group, and Ji Ning took up the Yuantu and Abi Twin Swords to duel Ming He.
• Ji Ning’s Supreme Ultimate Sword Dao expanded the Primordial Wilderness’s sword Dao and turned half of the World-Ending Thunder Tribulation’s clouds into Golden Merit Clouds.
• Saint Zhun Ti moved to stop Fang Xun, but Di Jun activated the Cosmic Stars Great Array against him while Houtu summoned the Pangu Incarnation to face Saint Jie Yin.
• Fang Xun entered the River of Time, met Nuwa at the source of his Yinguo, and continued toward earlier eras as the Myriad Heavens Dao Tree spread its roots through Time-Space.
• Fang Xun encountered Great Immortal Yang Mei in the ancient battlefield, while Nuwa warned the Dao Ancestor that he would lose and the Dao Ancestor remarked that axes were first used to chop down trees.

Fang Xun reached Pangu in the River of Time and learned that the Myriad Heavens Dao Tree had once belonged to Pangu, who used it to summon and defeat powerful beings across the heavens. Pangu struck Fang Xun with his axe, and Fang Xun returned to the ongoing tribulation and war, where Ji Ning asked whether he had met Pangu.

• Fang Xun entered the Chaos Green Lotus and met Great God Pangu, who explained that Hong Jun's efforts to limit Da Luo served to protect the Primordial Wilderness.
• Great God Pangu recognized the Myriad Heavens Dao Tree's Tree Heart and revealed that he had once traveled the heavens through the tree before felling it to summon and kill powerful beings.
• Pangu explained that the defeated Chaos Demon Gods would return after the Five Tribulations of Heaven Opening, and that Hong Jun was preparing the Primordial Wilderness to oppose them.
• Pangu told Fang Xun he would strike him with his axe but would leave the Tree Heart in his possession, then cut down Fang Xun's tree with a single blow.
• Fang Xun returned to the tribulation as the World-Ending Divine Thunder raged and the Witch-Demon clans fought the two Sages; Ji Ning asked whether he had met Pangu.

Fang Xun used Heaven-Opening Merit gained from Pangu to survive the World-Ending Thunder Tribulation and attain Da Luo, ending the battle and returning to Nuwa. He revealed what happened at the River of Time, while the Dao Ancestor withdrew and Ye Fan and Meng Qi urged Fang Xun to bring them to the Primordial Wilderness.

• Fang Xun used Heaven-Opening Merit to disperse the World-Ending Thunder Tribulation and attain Da Luo, forcing Saint Zhun Ti and Saint Jie Yin to retreat.
• Fang Xun thanked the Demon Race and Witch Clan for their help, then returned to Shouyang Mountain with Ji Ning and Hong Yi.
• The Dao Ancestor admitted defeat to Nuwa, then vanished after realizing the Myriad Heavens Dao Tree had opened a second path.
• Fang Xun returned to Penglai Immortal Island, where Nuwa praised his attainment and asked about his meeting with Pangu.
• Fang Xun told Nuwa about the River of Time and the Tree Heart, while Ye Fan and Meng Qi urged him to bring them to the Primordial Wilderness.

Fang Xun’s arrival in Ye Fan’s world triggered the Myriad Mother Qi Cauldron and revealed his new ability to connect All Heavens. Ye Fan traveled to Pangu’s battlefield, reached the realm Above Sacrificial Dao, and returned with news of Pangu’s overwhelming power; the gathering ended with Fang Xun telling Meng Qi that the Three Pure Ones awaited the final moment.

• When Fang Xun’s consciousness descended into Ye Fan’s Medicine Garden, his body reached Da Luo and the Myriad Mother Qi Cauldron shook All Heavens until Wushi and the Empress suppressed it.
• Fang Xun admitted to the Azure Emperor, Wushi, the Empress, and Ye Fan that he came from beyond all worlds and could connect All Heavens.
• Fang Xun sent Ye Fan to Pangu’s battlefield, where Ye Fan sacrificed away his existence through Pangu’s blows and revived Above Sacrificial Dao.
• Pangu praised Ye Fan’s advancement, explained that becoming Nothingness itself was the path to Limitless One, and challenged him with the Heaven-Opening Axe.
• After Ye Fan returned, Fang Xun toasted with Hong Yi, Ji Ning, and Ye Fan, then told Meng Qi that the Three Pure Ones had severed their Dao Fruits and were waiting for the final moment.

Fang Xun visited Kunlun Mountain, where the Three Pure Ones entrusted him with their Dao Fruits and the Dao Ancestor’s envoys brought a scheme to force them toward Sagehood. After Houtu’s past threat against the Three Pure Ones was revealed, Fang Xun realized the Dao Fruits’ path to completion depended on the Witch Clan and the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

• Ye Fan joined the Demon Race under the Wa Imperial Palace and left for the Heavenly Court seeking to establish a Heavenly Emperor.
• Ji Ning departed Human Race territory to travel and advance his Sword Dao, while Hong Yi prepared to guide the Human Race forward.
• Fang Xun visited the Three Pure Ones, received their Dao Fruits and the Taishang Dan Shu, and foresaw that the Witch Clan and Six Paths of Reincarnation were key to the Dao Fruits attaining the Dao.
• Haotian and Yaochi delivered the Dao Ancestor’s scroll urging Taiqing toward Sagehood and a mirror showing Houtu had once considered hunting down the Three Pure Ones.
• Taiqing accepted the Dao Ancestor’s gifts, and Fang Xun returned to Shouyang Mountain and placed the Three Pure Ones Dao Fruits in the Qiankun Cauldron.

Fang Xun brought Heng'e to meet Nuwa and gave her a Taiyin Dao Scripture as the Three Pure Ones became Sages. As Nuwa returned to seclusion, Fang Xun turned his attention to the coming calamity of Daoist Red Cloud and his plans against Ming He.

• Fang Xun brought Heng'e to Creation Hall, where Nuwa recognized Chang Xi's connection to her and welcomed Heng'e as her granddisciple.
• Fang Xun presented Nuwa with the Taiyin Dao Scripture he had created for Heng'e, and Heng'e entered a state of Dao comprehension after receiving it.
• Nuwa warned that Heng'e's connection to the Moon Star made her a weakness in the Cosmic Stars Great Array, while Fang Xun vowed that no one, not even a Sage, could touch his disciple.
• Taiqing established the Human Sect, followed by Jade Pure establishing the Interpretation Sect and Shangqing establishing the Interception Sect, and the Three Pure Ones became Sages on the same day.
• Nuwa resisted the Heavenly Dao's urging to become a Sage and entered seclusion in Chaos, while Fang Xun returned Heng'e to Shouyang Mountain.
• Fang Xun anticipated Daoist Red Cloud's coming calamity and began considering how to deal with Ming He, whose immortality might require a solution from the Witch Clan.

Daoist Hongyun was ambushed by Kunpeng and Daoist Ming He while seeking a path to Sagehood, and he destroyed himself rather than let them take his Primordial Violet Qi. After the battle exposed their attack and the Primordial Violet Qi vanished, Fang Xun found the wounded Daoist Ming He hiding in the past Sea of Blood and struck him down.

• Daoist Hongyun left seclusion and went to the Human Race Territory to seek an opportunity to become a Sage, while Saint Jie Yin and Saint Zhun Ti entered seclusion and their Spiritual Treasures secretly manipulated Yinguo.
• Kunpeng and Daoist Ming He sensed Daoist Hongyun’s presence, tracked him down, and attacked him together, seeking his Primordial Violet Qi.
• Daoist Hongyun fought back, gathered his selves from across Time-Space, and self-destructed; Hong Yi used the Mountain River Society Diagram and Qiankun Cauldron to contain the destructive aftermath.
• Great Luo Supremes and Quasi-Saints descended to seize the missing Primordial Violet Qi, while Saint Zhun Ti tried to intervene and Saint Shangqing drove him away; Daoist Ming He and Kunpeng swore they had not obtained it.
• Daoist Ming He fled to a Sea of Blood in the past to recover, but Fang Xun ambushed him and used Order Divine Chains to bind his primordial spirit, explaining that Fu Xi had calculated his hiding place.