Chapter Summaries

Li Ping'an was claimed as the Primordial Great Dao’s son, sent into the prehistoric world, and found a broken imitation of Pangu’s Sky-Opening Axe. When Demon Ancestor Luohu confronted him and invited him to join the demonic path, Li Ping'an showed him a message from his father and asked to postpone the offer until he had completed some beginner quests.

• The Primordial Great Dao named Li Ping'an his son, granted him a Great Dao Imprint and several mantras, then sent him into the prehistoric world while going to sleep.
• Li Ping'an arrived in a dangerous wilderness and celebrated his new identity as the Primordial Great Dao’s son.
• The Great Dao Imprint guided Li Ping'an to pick up a battered axe, which revealed itself as Pangu's Sky-Opening Axe · Broken Blade (Imitation).
• Demon Ancestor Luohu appeared in black fog, recognized Li Ping'an’s unusual foundation, and invited him to join the demonic path and help destroy the prehistoric world.
• Li Ping'an showed Luohu a note from his father and asked to delay joining until he had learned the map and finished some beginner quests, leaving Luohu stunned.

Li Wuyang survived an encounter with Demon Ancestor Luohu by relying on the Primordial Dao note and his title as a Primordial Dao Child. After finding food and befriending a cloud-stepping white colt he named Huaihuai, he reached a dangerous swamp and stopped at its edge.

• Demon Ancestor Luohu spared Li Wuyang after recognizing the Primordial Dao Rhyme on his note, then vanished and warned him not to get himself into trouble.
• Li Wuyang recovered from his fear, tucked away the note, and set off through the barren land in search of food.
• A Lightning Deer dropped its purple Lingzhi Mushroom when Li Wuyang waved his battered axe, and he ate the mushroom to satisfy his hunger.
• Li Wuyang freed an injured white colt from thorny vines, formed a bond with it, and named it Huaihuai.
• Li Wuyang rode Huaihuai through the forest until they reached a vast, poisonous swamp, where a hungry hiss sounded from deep within.

Li Wuyang survived a swamp python’s attack when his axe’s faint World Creation aura frightened the creature, then discovered his mount Huaihuai was hopeless at navigation. The chapter left him robbed by a cunning squirrel that stole both a glowing pinecone and his Lingzhi Mushroom.

• A giant swamp python lunged at Li Wuyang, but his panicked shout and the axe’s faint aura made it freeze and cower.
• Li Wuyang ordered the python to move aside, and it cleared a path so he and Huaihuai could escape the swamp.
• Huaihuai repeatedly lost its way, bringing Li Wuyang past the same crooked-necked tree three times.
• A squirrel offered Li Wuyang a glowing pinecone, then snatched it back along with the Lingzhi Mushroom from his waist and fled.

Li Wuyang discovered that a strange shell had been stealing nearby treasures and tamed it as the Void-Concealing Pouch. At dusk, he approached a Witch Clan settlement, where its inhabitants attacked him, leaving him to defend himself with his message note.

• Li Wuyang failed to catch the golden squirrel, then found a stream and watched several spiritual plants and other treasures vanish before his eyes.
• Li Wuyang found a jade-white shell containing the stolen items and subdued it with the Primordial Great Dao’s power, naming it the Void-Concealing Pouch.
• Li Wuyang ate some of the recovered vermilion fruits, fed Huaihuai, and continued traveling until nightfall.
• Li Wuyang spotted a village and approached, but the Witch Clan inhabitants identified him as a spy and hurled boulders at him.
• Li Wuyang shouted that his father was the Primordial Great Dao and raised his message note as a shield.

Li Wuyang survived a Witch Clan attack when the Primordial message slip formed a violet barrier that erased a boulder. He convinced the Houtu Tribe that he was a powerful Primordial Dao Child, and his casually acquired axe left the tribe elders astonished.

• Li Wuyang raised the message slip to call for his father, and its violet barrier erased the boulder thrown at him and Huaihuai.
• Li Wuyang claimed to be the Primordial Dao Child, and Hou Yuan, leader of the Houtu Tribe, questioned him before apologizing for the attack and inviting him inside.
• Li Wuyang told Hou Yuan and the elders a mixture of truth and lies about his origins, his master, and his protective treasure, earning their trust.
• Li Wuyang shared a meal with the tribe and said he had tripped over and picked up his shabby axe.
• Hou Yuan and the elders recognized the axe as extraordinary and began viewing Li Wuyang as a highly blessed guest.

Li Wuyang enjoyed the Witch Clan’s hospitality by posing as a wise and lucky Primordial Dao Child, while his uncanny knack for finding treasures won the tribe’s admiration. His stay ended in another astonishing stroke of fate when a sword fragment from a battle involving Demon Ancestor Luohu landed at his feet.

• Li Wuyang impressed Chief Hou Yuan and the Witch Clan elders with vague predictions about the Witch and Demon Clans, then gave spiritual fruit and stones to the tribe’s children.
• Hou Yuan invited Li Wuyang to stay at the Houtu Tribe branch camp, where Li Wuyang repeatedly split open boulders to reveal valuable materials and gave them away.
• A battle between two powerful figures sent a terrifying pressure across the land, forcing Hou Yuan to raise the tribe’s protective formation.
• A black Sword Tip Fragment flew from the distant battle and landed near Li Wuyang after its path shifted toward him.
• Li Wuyang recognized Luohu’s aura on the fragment, retrieved it safely, and left Hou Yuan and the Witch Clan elders stunned by his supposed good fortune.

Li Wuyang left the Houtu Tribe and continued toward Buzhou Mountain, surviving a Demon Lord’s possession attempt before gaining a tiny elf named Yingying as a companion. In a canyon, Yingying urged him to help a wounded Sky-Gazing Roarer being captured by demon cultivators, and the beast unleashed a desperate roar.

• Li Wuyang accepted Hou Yuan’s farewell gifts and left the Houtu Tribe on Huaihuai, heading toward Buzhou Mountain.
• Li Wuyang found a cracked Bronze Mirror in demon ruins, but its attempt to possess him was destroyed by the Great Dao Imprint.
• A flower spat out a tiny elf, and Li Wuyang named her Yingying and took her along.
• Li Wuyang saw demon cultivators using a starlight array to subdue a wounded Sky-Gazing Roarer and heard them plan to extract its bloodline and fire core for the Demon Saint.
• Yingying pleaded with Li Wuyang to save the Sky-Gazing Roarer, which then threw back its head and roared.

Li Wuyang used his battered axe to drive off the demon cultivators attacking Sky-Gazing Roarer. After helping the exhausted beast recover, he wondered whether it might become his bodyguard, unaware that a concealed streak of light had watched them.

• Sky-Gazing Roarer unleashed its Life Source Flame, killing two demon cultivators before collapsing from exhaustion.
• As the surviving demons prepared to capture Sky-Gazing Roarer, Li Wuyang stepped out and challenged them.
• The demons attacked Li Wuyang, but his axe released a chaotic ripple that destroyed their weapons and shook their foundations.
• Terrified by the axe's Dao rhythm, the demon cultivators fled, and Li Wuyang gave Sky-Gazing Roarer dried beast meat while Yingying tended its wounds.
• A concealed streak of light passed above the canyon, paused as if noticing Li Wuyang and Sky-Gazing Roarer, then vanished into the distance.

Li Wuyang and his companions reached the plains near Buzhou Mountain, where overwhelming spiritual energy poisoned his weak body. He collapsed in a small forest as the Void-Concealing Pouch began to tremble.

• Li Wuyang treated the Sky-Gazing Roarer, named it Little Fire, and welcomed it into his group alongside Huaihuai and Yingying.
• Little Fire told Li Wuyang that demon clans had attacked its volcanic territory over a fire-element spiritual root and that an expert had badly wounded it.
• Li Wuyang checked Hou Yuan's map and led the group out of the gorge toward the area near Buzhou Mountain.
• The group reached a lush plain near Buzhou Mountain, where the spiritual energy grew so dense that Li Wuyang, Huaihuai, and Little Fire struggled to breathe and move.
• Li Wuyang directed Huaihuai into a nearby forest and collapsed, while the Void-Concealing Pouch in his arms began to tremble.

Li Wuyang used the Innate One Qi Art to refine the overwhelming spiritual qi at the foot of Buzhou Mountain, rapidly advancing his cultivation and recovering from the danger of bursting apart. After confirming the route on his map, he set off for Myriad Spirits Market to learn about the primordial world and seek treasures and information.

• Li Wuyang drew a wisp of baleful qi from the God-Slaying Spear fragment to devour nearby spiritual qi, easing the pressure on his body.
• Li Wuyang learned the Innate One Qi Art from the jade slip and guided spiritual qi through his meridians into his dantian.
• Li Wuyang cultivated for days while Huaihuai, Little Fire, and Yingying absorbed spiritual qi or plant essence nearby.
• Li Wuyang reached the peak of Qi Refining to Spirit Transformation, and Little Fire's injuries healed more than halfway.
• Li Wuyang checked his map and chose Myriad Spirits Market as his next destination.

Li Wuyang traveled toward Myriad Spirits Market and clashed with Young Master Rhino at a roadside food stall after refusing to sell Little Fire. Daoist Master Xuanhe intervened, warned Young Master Rhino, and invited Li Wuyang to visit Pure Tranquility Hall as Li Wuyang continued toward the market.

• Li Wuyang tested his improved cultivation while traveling toward Myriad Spirits Market with Huaihuai, Little Fire, and Yingying.
• Hungry and out of Spirit Stones, Li Wuyang offered spirit herbs to Old Glutton in exchange for food at his roadside stall.
• Young Master Rhino insulted Li Wuyang and tried to buy Little Fire, so Yingying made him sneeze with glowing powder.
• Daoist Master Xuanhe stopped the confrontation, confirmed Young Master Rhino had provoked Li Wuyang, and ordered him to leave.
• Daoist Master Xuanhe invited Li Wuyang to visit him at Pure Tranquility Hall, and Li Wuyang traded spirit herbs for food before heading toward Myriad Spirits Market.

Li Wuyang explored Myriad Spirits Market, exchanged ores for Spirit Stones, and discovered that the wares he wanted were too expensive. After a crooked merchant lured him into a secluded alley, he was trapped in a den of demons who planned to rob and devour him and his companions.

• Li Wuyang entered Myriad Spirits Market after paying an entry fee and was amazed by its crowds and variety.
• Li Wuyang traded unused ores for Spirit Stones and found that pills, robes, and flying artifacts cost more than he could afford.
• A shifty old man tried to sell Li Wuyang several fake treasures, then offered to lead him to a market with illicit goods.
• Li Wuyang followed the old man into a dark building, where the door slammed shut behind him.
• A group of beastlike demons surrounded Li Wuyang and his companions, and their wolf-headed leader demanded their valuables before killing them.

Li Wuyang and his companions were trapped by demon cultivators, but he used the Great Dao Rhyme and a Sky-Opening Axe imitation to strip away their cultivation and defeat them. After escaping to the market street, he resolved to rely on his own strength and use his trump cards properly.

• A wolf demon and his followers cornered Li Wuyang and his companions in a dead-end alley and demanded their belongings.
• The Great Dao Imprint stirred, and Li Wuyang channeled its Dao Rhyme and his Innate True Qi into the Sky-Opening Axe imitation.
• Li Wuyang swung the axe, and its chaotic ripple erased the demons’ cultivation and turned them into trembling beasts.
• Li Wuyang searched the demons, took their Spirit Stones, and fled the courtyard with Huaihuai and the others.
• Li Wuyang reached the market street and reflected on the dangers of the prehistoric world and the need to use his strength and trump cards well.

Li Wuyang explored the market, discovered that a cheap charred lump of wood was Innate Yi Wood Essence, and used some to heal Little Fire. After Daoist Master Xuanhe invited him to a gathering, Li Wuyang expressed interest in the auction’s Seven-Orifice Exquisite Lotus despite lacking Spirit Stones, leaving him to seek another opportunity.

• Li Wuyang rented a courtyard inn and visited the Myriad Treasures Tower, where he found its valuable wares far beyond his means.
• Li Wuyang bought a charred lump of wood for ten Low-grade Spirit Stones after the Great Dao Imprint sensed something within it.
• Li Wuyang uncovered Innate Yi Wood Essence inside the wood and fed a slice to Little Fire, strengthening her and improving her injuries.
• Li Wuyang prepared for the Myriad Treasures Tower auction and accepted Daoist Master Xuanhe’s invitation to a private gathering at Pure Tranquility Zhai.
• Daoist Master Xuanhe introduced the Azure Cloud Sword Immortal, Mr. Mo, and Young Master Jinpeng, who discussed the auction’s desired items.
• Li Wuyang told the gathering he wanted the Seven-Orifice Exquisite Lotus, and Daoist Master Xuanhe offered to look for a substitute.

Li Wuyang sold his spare goods at the marketplace and sought information about Hongmeng and Buzhou Mountain, but the answers he wanted were far beyond his means. He left unsure which way to go, then resolved to focus on earning money for the auction.

• Li Wuyang set up a stall in the free vending area and learned from a neighboring talisman vendor how stallkeepers attracted customers.
• A young Daoist offered five mid-grade Spirit Stones for Li Wuyang’s Earthen Essence, and Li Wuyang accepted the price after the vendor revealed the ores’ higher value.
• Li Wuyang sold more of his miscellaneous items and gathered several hundred low-grade Spirit Stones and a few mid-grade ones.
• At the Hundred-Knowledge Pavilion, Li Wuyang learned that researching Hongmeng required a thousand high-grade Spirit Stones and heard that a suspected Chaos Meteorite had fallen in the wild northwestern lands months earlier.
• Li Wuyang left the pavilion uncertain about his route to Buzhou Mountain and decided to earn money for the auction first.

Li Wuyang caught the little golden bandit squirrel, Jinbao, and persuaded it to join his party as a Treasure-Seeking Mouse. Outside the auction, Jinbao stole a Spirit Calming Sachet from a richly dressed young man; Li Wuyang found a mysterious purple token marked with “Xuan” hidden inside and kept it, sensing it might matter at the auction.

• Li Wuyang chased the little golden bandit squirrel after it stole a Golden Scale Fruit, then paid the Bear Demon a Mid-grade Spirit Stone to spare it.
• Li Wuyang invited the squirrel to join him, and it accepted, giving him the Golden Scale Fruit; he named it Jinbao.
• Li Wuyang went to the Myriad Treasures Tower but was stopped from entering the auction, while Jinbao sensed a treasure in a young man's sachet.
• During a quarrel outside the auction house, Jinbao stole the Spirit Calming Sachet and returned it to Li Wuyang, who slipped away as the young man discovered the theft.
• Back at his inn, Li Wuyang opened the sachet and found a purple token carved with “Xuan,” whose strange spatial fluctuations and Dao resonance left him uncertain of its purpose.

Li Wuyang watched the auction from outside the Myriad Treasures Tower, but Jinbao’s obsession with an item in Young Master Jinpeng’s chest dragged him into an ambush. After Jinbao seized an ancient bronze compass and was injured, Li Wuyang took it and fled with Huaihuai as the attackers pursued him.

• Li Wuyang watched Young Master Jinpeng leave the auction with a chest and tried to restrain Jinbao when it fixated on something inside.
• Black-clad attackers ambushed Young Master Jinpeng’s group, and the battle spread through the street.
• Jinbao slipped into the chaos, grabbed an ancient bronze compass from the opened chest, and was struck by a gust of demonic wind.
• Li Wuyang picked up the injured Jinbao and the compass, drawing the attackers’ attention.
• Li Wuyang mounted Huaihuai and fled while Little Fire used flames to hinder the pursuers.

Li Wuyang escaped his pursuers by using the purple token to enter a hidden courtyard. He found a spiritual fruit tree, a book on spatial arts, and a stash of high-grade spirit stones, and decided to shelter there while studying his finds.

• Li Wuyang followed the purple token’s resonance through a wall into a hidden courtyard, leaving his pursuers outside.
• Li Wuyang gave Jinbao a healing pill, and Jinbao fell asleep while holding the compass.
• Li Wuyang ate one of the tree’s three fruits and fed the other two to Huaihuai and Little Fire, strengthening them.
• Li Wuyang found a book called Introduction to Space and more than a hundred high-grade spirit stones in the courtyard.
• Li Wuyang decided to stay in the courtyard until the danger passed and study the book and the compass.

After recovering in a secluded courtyard, Li Wuyang returned to the auction and secretly stole a water-element pearl from the Myriad Treasures Tower. He fled the guards but was stopped at the market gate by Daoist Master Xuanhe.

• Li Wuyang studied Introduction to Space and the bronze compass while Jinbao recovered, then left the courtyard for the auction’s final moments.
• The Wind Thunder Wings sold for fifteen thousand high-grade spirit stones, far beyond Li Wuyang’s means.
• Jinbao sensed a hidden water-element treasure in a room behind the auction platform, and Li Wuyang slipped inside and broke its formation with his axe.
• Li Wuyang touched and took the azure pearl, triggering alarms and drawing the Myriad Treasures Tower guards’ pursuit.
• Li Wuyang escaped the room by striking a gap in a magical hand and ran for the market exit, where Daoist Master Xuanhe blocked his path and demanded the treasure.

Li Wuyang escaped Daoist Master Xuanhe and the Myriad Treasures Tower pursuers with help from his companions, then plunged into a dangerous region of spatial turbulence. Near collapse, he spotted a glowing vortex that might lead him out.

• Li Wuyang used his crude spatial power to delay Daoist Master Xuanhe, then escaped the market with Huaihuai while Little Fire, Yingying, and Jinbao disrupted their pursuers.
• Li Wuyang and his companions fled across plains, hills, and mountains as Daoist Master Xuanhe and the Myriad Treasures Tower experts steadily closed in.
• With his true qi nearly spent and his companions injured and exhausted, Li Wuyang led them into a region of spatial turbulence to escape.
• Daoist Master Xuanhe and the Myriad Treasures Tower expert stopped at the turbulence's edge and decided to guard its perimeter.
• Protected by the Great Dao Imprint, Li Wuyang struggled through the chaotic space and spotted a glowing spatial vortex as he neared collapse.