Chapter Summaries

Li Tian persuaded Zhenyuanzi to devote himself to the Earthly Dao, and Zhenyuanzi began elevating the origin of the Earth Immortal Realm with the Earth Book. As the Four Great Continents merged and the realm became whole, Zhenyuanzi’s aura surged toward a breakthrough, leaving his attainment of the Dao imminent.

• Li Tian convinced Zhenyuanzi to cast aside his hesitation and join the Earthly Dao.
• At Wuzhuang Temple, Zhenyuanzi studied the Saint method Li Tian had given him and prepared to act.
• Zhenyuanzi activated the Earth Book, awakening the Heaven and Earth membrane and stirring the Primordial Wilderness’s Earth Veins.
• Hongjun failed to calculate the cause of the upheaval, while Pingxin sensed the Four Great Continents beginning to merge.
• The Four Great Continents fused and the Earth Immortal Realm became whole as Zhenyuanzi’s aura rose toward the peak of Supreme Saints.

Zhenyuanzi followed Li Tian’s counsel, defied Hongjun’s warning, and became an Earthly Dao Saint, inspiring hope across the Primordial Wilderness. Hongjun then suppressed his new power and ordered him to leave for the chaos, barred from ever returning.

• Li Tian urged Zhenyuanzi not to retreat, and Zhenyuanzi vowed to protect the Primordial Wilderness and the Earthly Dao as he advanced to sainthood.
• Zhenyuanzi became an Earthly Dao Saint, and his breakthrough shook the Primordial Wilderness and renewed its spiritual energy.
• Zhunti and Jieyin feared that Zhenyuanzi’s sainthood would force them to repay their old karmic debt to Hong Yun, while the other Saints reacted with surprise and concern.
• Li Tian watched Zhenyuanzi restore the Earth Immortal Realm as cultivators across the Primordial Wilderness saw renewed hope of reaching the Saintly path.
• Hongjun suppressed Zhenyuanzi’s saintly power and decreed that he must cultivate in the chaos and never return to the Primordial Wilderness.

Zhenyuanzi rejected Hongjun’s order to leave Wuzhuang Temple and enter seclusion in chaos, declaring his intention to join the Earthly Dao and oppose the Heavenly Dao. Hongjun attacked the temple with a devastating palm, and Zhenyuanzi faced him knowing he could see no chance of survival.

• Hongjun threatened Zhenyuanzi with heavenly punishment for defying his decree, while Li Tian expected Zhenyuanzi not to back down.
• Zhenyuanzi refused to comply and resolved to join the Earthly Dao, even if the decision cost him his life.
• The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors were shaken by Zhenyuanzi’s defiance, while Nuwa lamented her past failures and Jieyin and Zhunti welcomed the prospect of his downfall.
• Zhenyuanzi shielded Wuzhuang Temple with the Earth Book as his disciples reacted to Hongjun’s overwhelming pressure.
• Hongjun unleashed a vast palm strike aimed at crushing Wuzhuang Temple and severing the Earthly Dao’s foundations, leaving Zhenyuanzi unable to see a way to survive.

Zhenyuanzi refused Hongjun’s demand to retreat into chaos, and Pingxin intervened to protect him. Hongjun and Pingxin prepared to clash above Wuzhuang Temple, while Li Tian watched from concealment, ready to join the fight.

• Zhenyuanzi rejected Hongjun’s ultimatum, declaring that abandoning the Primordial Wilderness would sever the roots of his Earthly Dao.
• Pingxin appeared and challenged Hongjun for moving to kill an Earthly Dao Saint.
• Li Tian observed from a crack in chaos and prepared the Green Ping Sword, judging that Hongjun would avoid a direct fight.
• Hongjun weighed the risk of confronting Pingxin but declared that Zhenyuanzi must die to defend the Heavenly Dao’s dignity.
• Pingxin accepted the challenge, and the rising power of the Heavenly Dao and Earthly Dao threatened to devastate the Primordial Wilderness.

Pingxin confronted Hongjun as the Heavenly Dao and Earthly Dao gathered their power, but the Heavenly Dao intervened and ended the standoff before they fought. Hongjun withdrew, leaving the Primordial Wilderness relieved and Heavenly Lord Yuanshi furious at his teacher’s retreat.

• Heavenly Lord Yuanshi, Nuwa, Minghe, the Two Sages of Buddhism, and other experts watched as Hongjun and Pingxin faced off above Wuzhuang Temple.
• Hongjun’s projection and Pingxin’s Earthly Dao aura pressed down on the Primordial Wilderness, leaving Zhenyuanzi struggling despite the protection of the Earth Book.
• Hongjun’s projection withdrew its pressure and warned Zhenyuanzi not to interfere in the great calamity, while Li Tian suspected the true will of the Heavenly Dao had spoken.
• Hongjun departed after nodding to Pingxin, and Pingxin dispersed her projection to focus on mastering the Earthly Dao.
• The great experts sighed with relief as the Primordial Wilderness fell silent, while Heavenly Lord Yuanshi grew furious that Hongjun had retreated.

Li Tian’s confrontation with Hongjun ended with Pingxin establishing Zhenyuanzi as an Earthly Dao Saint, and Li Tian received rewards that strengthened his hopes for the Primordial Wilderness. He returned to the Netherworld to cultivate the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique while most of the world remained under Hongjun’s control.

• The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors watched in astonishment as Hongjun yielded to Pingxin, while Nuwa resolved to change her path to attaining the Dao.
• Li Tian reflected that he and Pingxin had successfully awakened the Earthly Dao by making Zhenyuanzi an Earthly Dao Saint, and the system rewarded him with laws, the Kongtong Seal, and four treasure upgrade cards.
• Li Tian checked his system panel, saw the Primordial Great World’s fortune glowing crimson, and vowed to overturn Hongjun and advance the world.
• Li Tian began cultivating the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique Pingxin had given him to strengthen his body.
• Li Tian returned to the Netherworld after speaking with Zhenyuanzi and cultivated by absorbing the baleful aura in a forbidden region, while Hongjun still controlled most of the Primordial Wilderness.

Li Tian secluded himself in the Netherworld to cultivate Pingxin’s Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique while avoiding Hongjun’s attention. He broke through to the ninth revolution, manifesting Pangu’s true form and triggering a shock across the Primordial Wilderness that Hongjun recognized as the aura of the being who had once nearly killed him.

• Li Tian decided to remain hidden in the Netherworld and focus on tempering his body, saving his trump cards for a future confrontation with Hongjun.
• He used Pingxin’s guidance to refine the Netherworld’s baleful aura, learning that the Ancestral Witches had failed to reach the ninth revolution because they lacked Primordial Spirits.
• Li Tian broke through to the ninth revolution of the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, and Pangu’s true form appeared behind him.
• The phenomenon shook the Primordial Wilderness, causing beings everywhere to bow and leaving Heavenly Lord Yuanshi and Taiqing Laozi stunned by their bloodline’s reaction.
• Powerful factions sent Divine Sense, avatars, and messengers to investigate the upheaval.
• Hongjun recognized the aura as belonging to the being who had gravely wounded him before World Creation.

Li Tian’s breakthrough to the ninth revolution of the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique caused Pangu’s True Form to appear, alarming Hongjun and stirring Pingxin. Li Tian left the ruined Land of Absolute Balefulness with Pingxin, who congratulated him on reaching the strength of a Chaos Godfiend.

• Hongjun recognized Pangu’s True Form and feared that Pangu might return to overturn the order he had built, so he resolved to find the source of the apparition.
• Li Tian saw that his breakthrough had devastated the Land of Absolute Balefulness and apologized to Pingxin for the disturbance.
• Pingxin told Li Tian that the Netherworld remained undisturbed and that she had come because she sensed Pangu’s True Form appear.
• Pingxin congratulated Li Tian on completing the ninth revolution and reaching a physical realm comparable to a Chaos Godfiend.
• Li Tian told Pingxin that he still needed eight or ten years to refine the technique and fully understand its mysteries.

Empress Pingxin gave Li Tian her deductions for the ninth revolution of the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique and asked how the Earthly Dao could grow stronger. Li Tian decided to seek a powerful ally by awakening the Human Race’s path, then arrived at Shouyang Mountain in disguise as Daoist Qingping.

• Empress Pingxin gave Li Tian a Jade Slip containing the deductions she and the Twelve Ancestral Witches had made about the ninth revolution of the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique.
• Li Tian concluded that the Earthly Dao needed a major ally because its own growth had slowed and it could not withstand Hongjun alone.
• Li Tian set his sights on the Human Race and resolved to break the seal on the Kongtong Seal, opening a path for the Three Dao to stand as equals.
• Li Tian went to Shouyang Mountain as Daoist Qingping and began lecturing on the Great Dao beneath an ancient pine tree.
• The Human Race learned that Daoist Qingping was skilled in many arts, while its Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors remained confined and its fortune had dwindled since the Shang Dynasty fell.

Li Tian met the Three Ancestors of the Human Race after they agreed to hear him, and entered their Ancestral Land, where he sensed the clan’s immense strength and fortune. He told the Three Ancestors he had come to discuss the Human Race’s true future, leaving the hall tense as they questioned his claim.

• A young clansman told Li Tian that the Three Ancestors had agreed to meet him and invited him to the Ancestral Land.
• Li Tian traveled with the clansman to the Ancestral Land and sensed more than five hundred Grand Unity Golden Immortals there.
• Li Tian entered the central hall and paid his respects to the Three Ancestors, including Suiren clan.
• Suiren clan thanked Li Tian for teaching and enlightening the Human Race, then asked why he had come.
• Li Tian said he wanted to discuss the true future of the Human Race, prompting Suiren clan to challenge his premise as the other two Ancestors watched him closely.

Li Tian exposed the Human Race’s declining fortune and urged the Three Ancestors to risk a struggle against the Heavenly Dao and the Saints. After they chose to trust him, he proposed gathering their scattered fortune to awaken the Human Dao.

• Li Tian warned the Three Ancestors that the Human Race’s shattered Fortune Divine Dragon left it vulnerable to decline and exploitation by the Saints.
• Suiren clan acknowledged the crisis and asked why the Three Ancestors should trust Li Tian, despite warnings from his companions.
• Suiren clan and the other two ancestors resolved to gamble on Li Tian’s plan rather than accept the Human Race’s slow decline.
• Li Tian asked whether the Three Ancestors knew of the Earthly Dao Awakening, and they recalled Empress Pingxin’s power.
• Li Tian revealed his friendship with Empress Pingxin and said he had come to restore the Human Race’s fortune, condense its Fortune Divine Dragon, and bring the Human Dao into the world.

Li Tian persuaded the Three Ancestors of the Human Race to consider reviving the Human Dao, asking only that the Human Race help him defeat an old foe. Ying Zheng joined their deliberations and decisively supported the perilous plan, leaving the ancestors ready to pursue the Human Race’s liberation from its constraints.

• Li Tian admitted that he wanted the Human Race’s help against an old foe after the Human Dao was established, and the Three Ancestors agreed to consult the leaders of the tribes.
• The Three Ancestors summoned Ying Zheng from Qin State to discuss a matter they said concerned the Human Race’s future.
• The Suiren clan explained Li Tian’s plan to revive the Human Dao and asked Ying Zheng to cast the deciding vote.
• Ying Zheng weighed the danger against the chance for the Human Race to control its own destiny and wholeheartedly endorsed the plan.
• Ying Zheng urged the Human Race to trust its people and join forces with the Earthly Dao to awaken the Human Dao, stirring the Three Ancestors.

Li Tian won the Human Race leaders’ agreement to resist the Heavenly Dao and restore the Human Dao, then urged Ying Zheng to unify the remaining tribes before confronting Heaven. Ying Zheng revealed that the Human Dao Fortune Divine Dragon had been shattered since the War of Investiture of the Gods and that, despite conquering most tribes, its scattered fortune seemed impossible to reunite.

• Suiren clan finalized the Human Race leaders’ decision to unite and face the crisis together.
• Li Tian rallied the Sacred Hall by saying the Earthly Dao had already offered secret support and that the Human Race must fight for its own future.
• Ying Zheng condemned the Saints’ oppression and called for the Human Race to overthrow the existing order and claim control of Heaven and Earth.
• A Human Race leader proposed contacting the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors in Huoyun Cave through the Heart Lantern Guidance.
• Li Tian advised Ying Zheng to unify the remaining tribes and gather the Human Race’s fortune before trying to restore the Human Dao.
• Ying Zheng explained that the Human Dao Fortune Divine Dragon had been torn apart and that his conquests had gathered too little fortune to reassemble it.

Li Tian revealed the Kongtong Seal to the Human Race’s leaders, winning their trust and giving them the means to restore Human Dao Fortune. He entrusted the seal to Ying Zheng and planned to use his Pill Dao and artifact laws to strengthen Qin’s army as it pursued unification.

• Li Tian revealed the Kongtong Seal, astonishing the Three Ancestors and Ying Zheng and turning their caution toward him into trust.
• Li Tian explained that the seal could serve as a catalyst for gathering Human Dao Fortune and forging the Destiny Divine Dragon anew.
• Li Tian entrusted the Kongtong Seal to Ying Zheng and urged him to train the army and unite the human tribes.
• Li Tian planned to help Qin sweep through the remaining territories and realized he could use his Pill Dao and artifact laws to strengthen its military.
• Twenty years passed.

Li Tian and Ying Zheng reviewed preparations for the Fengshan at Mount Tai, the final trial in reviving the Human Dao. As Ying Zheng worried that the plan might fail and bring the Saints’ retaliation, Li Tian reassured him that the Human Race could try again as long as it stood firm.

• Ying Zheng discussed the ceremony for next month’s Fengshan at Mount Tai with Li Tian in the Human Race’s sacred land.
• Li Tian noted that Ying Zheng had reached the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm by using the Kongtong Seal to cultivate with Human Dao Fortune.
• Ying Zheng asked Li Tian whether the Fengshan could succeed, knowing that failure could bring grievous losses and an assault from the Saints.
• Li Tian served Ying Zheng Concentrating Heart Tea, which eased his restlessness.
• Li Tian reminded Ying Zheng that they had prepared thoroughly and could begin again if the plan failed, as long as the Human Race’s spirit remained unbroken.

After guiding Ying Zheng to renew his resolve, Li Tian sensed Hongjun's scheme against the Netherworld and raced to intervene. Hongjun summoned the Two Sages of Buddhism to help attack the Netherworld, and Jieyin and Zhunti set out for Purple Heaven Palace without knowing his plan.

• Ying Zheng thanked Li Tian for his guidance, bowed, and left the Human Race's sacred land resolved to shoulder the Human Race's hopes.
• Li Tian sensed danger, divined Hongjun's intentions toward the Netherworld, and rushed there in a streak of silver light.
• At Purple Heaven Palace, Hongjun decided to weaken the Earthly Dao by turning the Netherworld upside down.
• Hongjun sent a decree summoning the Two Sages of Buddhism to Purple Heaven Palace.
• Jieyin and Zhunti discussed their uncertainty about Hongjun's summons, then traveled toward the chaos.

Hongjun ordered the Two Sages of Buddhism to use their pawn in the Netherworld to confront the Netherworld Blood Sea and guide its karmic force toward transcendence. Though they feared Empress Pingxin’s response, they obeyed, believing they had no choice under Hongjun’s power.

• Hongjun summoned the Two Sages of Buddhism to Purple Heaven Palace and assigned them a task.
• Hongjun revealed that he knew they had planted a pawn in the Netherworld.
• Hongjun ordered them to use the pawn to send Buddhism against the Netherworld Blood Sea and its karmic force.
• The Two Sages feared that Empress Pingxin would destroy Buddhism but obeyed Hongjun’s decree.
• Jieyin told Zhunti that they had to obey Hongjun or risk being erased by the Heavenly Dao.

Jieyin and Zhunti ordered Ksitigarbha to seize the Netherworld Blood Sea, and he mobilized Buddhism’s Netherworld forces to attack Ancestor Minghe’s territory. After Great Brahma reported that Buddhist monks were forcibly converting Asuras, Minghe prepared to respond to the assault.

• Jieyin and Zhunti ordered Ksitigarbha to take the Netherworld Blood Sea, and Ksitigarbha accepted their command despite his doubts.
• Ksitigarbha transformed into a warlike Buddha and ordered Buddhist disciples across the Netherworld to march on the Blood Sea.
• Minghe decided to stop pursuing Daoist Qingping after Tianbo Xun failed to find him.
• Great Brahma reported that Buddhist monks had attacked Asuras near the Blood Sea and forcibly converted more than a hundred of them.
• Minghe reacted with fury to Buddhism’s assault and declared that his patience did not mean he would tolerate bullying.

Ancestor Minghe erupted in fury over the Buddhist sect’s siege of the Blood Sea and rushed to confront them. Ksitigarbha invoked the Saints’ decree and attacked Desire-Color Heaven, who feared the Asura Race would lose control of its homeland as the battle began.

• Ancestor Minghe unleashed his Supreme Saint pressure, then left the Blood God Palace with Great Brahma and Tianbo Xun.
• Ksitigarbha arrived at the Blood Sea with Buddhist elites and ordered them to deal with the Asuras while he held Ancestor Minghe back.
• Desire-Color Heaven challenged Ksitigarbha over the Buddhist sect’s attack, and Ksitigarbha cited a Saint’s edict to cleanse the Asura Race of its sins.
• Desire-Color Heaven insulted Ksitigarbha and the Buddhist sect, prompting Ksitigarbha to strike him with a powerful blast of Buddhist light.
• Desire-Color Heaven ordered the Asuras behind him to withdraw and fought back, but Ksitigarbha’s greater strength overwhelmed him as he called inwardly for Great Brahma to arrive.

Ancestor Minghe arrived at the Blood Sea and confronted Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva over the Buddhist sect’s attempt to convert the Asura Race. Their powers collided as the Underworld’s rulers refused to intervene, leaving the conflict to escalate between them.

• Ancestor Minghe arrived on his Blood Lotus and threatened the Buddhist forces after learning they had entered the Blood Sea and abducted Asura to convert them.
• Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva said he had come under the Two Buddhist Saints’ decree to invite the Asura Race into Buddhism and defended cleansing their sins with Buddhist light.
• Ancestor Minghe attacked Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva with a massive blood palm, and Ksitigarbha met it with his sacred treasures.
• The clash shook the Blood Sea and the distant Underworld, prompting the Ten Yama Kings to forbid Underworld officials from entering the Blood Sea.
• Empress Pingxin sensed the battle but chose not to intervene.