Recaps

Luohu arrived at the Dragon Clan’s ancestral grounds, judged their defenses insufficient to stop him, and decided to take their resources. He deployed the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation against the Dragon Palace.

• After failing to find the Qilin Clan, Luohu headed toward the East Sea to see what surprise the Dragon Clan might offer.
• Luohu found Candle Dragon, six Daluo Golden Immortal elders, and the remaining pureblood True Dragons gathered inside the Dragon Palace.
• Luohu inspected the Dragon Palace’s powerful Xiantian Great Formation and concluded that it could not withstand his strength.
• Needing resources after spending his fortune on the Four Immortal Slaying Swords and supporting the Demon Race, Luohu justified taking the Dragon Clan’s treasures for their own safety.
• Luohu deployed the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation against the Dragon Palace.

Luohu unleashed the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation against the Dragon Clan’s Dragon Palace formation, overwhelming Candle Dragon and the defenders. As the Dragon Clan faced annihilation, Hongjun and Yang Mei sensed the attack from afar, while Yang Mei wondered how Luohu had advanced so quickly.

• Candle Dragon took control of the Dragon Palace formation, and five Grand Unity Golden Immortals manned its three formation eyes to defend the Dragon Clan.
• Luohu’s Immortal Slaying Sword Formation annihilated everything across hundreds of millions of li, leaving Candle Dragon and the Dragon Clan’s defenders in despair.
• Grand Unity Golden Immortals near the Eastern Sea watched from a distance but did not dare approach or aid the Dragon Clan.
• Hongjun and Yang Mei sensed the formation’s power, and Yang Mei was shocked that Luohu had advanced to ninety-eight percent comprehension of the Origin Great Dao.
• Observers concluded that even Ancestor Dragon’s Pearl or Ancestor Dragon himself could not defeat Luohu, while the Dragon Clan remained on the brink of destruction.

Luohu broke the Dragon Palace’s great formation and demanded all of the Dragon Clan’s collected treasures in exchange for sparing them. Candle Dragon agreed to hand everything over, leaving the Dragon Clan facing ruin.

• Luohu’s Immortal Slaying Sword Formation shattered the Dragon Palace’s great formation while Candle Dragon and the Dragon Clan’s Daluo Golden Immortals watched helplessly.
• Hongjun and Yang Mei chose not to approach or interfere, as they had no wish to make an enemy of Luohu over the Dragon Clan’s resources.
• Candle Dragon bowed to Luohu and asked why he had attacked the Dragon Clan.
• Luohu identified himself as Demon Ancestor Luohu and demanded every Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure the Dragon Clan had collected.
• Candle Dragon agreed to surrender all the Dragon Clan’s treasures and did not dare keep anything back.

Luohu plundered the Dragon Clan’s treasures but spared them, then returned to Mount Sumeru and sent the Demon Race to cause trouble elsewhere. Fearing the four Dao achievers believed to reside in the Eastern Sea, he forbade the Demon Race from disturbing it, leaving the region peaceful and attracting settlers.

• Luohu left the Eastern Sea with the Dragon Clan’s treasures, sparing the Dragon Palace and Ancestor Dragon Pearl so the clan could defend itself.
• Luohu returned to Mount Sumeru satisfied with his haul and entered seclusion while the Demon Race continued stirring up slaughter and chaos.
• As the Demon Race grew stronger, it began provoking Grand Unity Golden Immortals, but Luohu ordered it to avoid the Eastern Sea and the Innate Divine Demons.
• Luohu feared the four Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortals believed to have achieved the Dao in the Eastern Sea, so he refused to risk provoking them.
• During the Dragon-Han Calamity, the Eastern Sea remained peaceful, and beings seeking safety moved there to settle among its islands and blessed lands.

Bai Yu considered how quickly he was comprehending Great Daos and why the Primordial World’s incomplete Great Daos might serve as a fallback. Meanwhile, Hongjun’s progress stalled at ninety-nine percent, and Bai Yu remained wary of the unexplained fate of Pangu and the Primordial Heavenly Dao.

• Bai Yu concluded that he would likely be the fifth to attain the Dao, since Luohu had comprehended the Slaughter Great Dao to only ninety-eight percent and Hongjun still needed the Dao-Demon Conflict.
• Hongjun found that his comprehension had stopped at ninety-nine percent and suspected that his Great Dao was incomplete within the Primordial World.
• Bai Yu considered using the Primordial World’s incomplete Great Daos as a fallback, though completing them all would take immense time and effort.
• Bai Yu worried that Pangu might be in eternal silence, secretly plotting, or have transcended, and he remained uneasy about the Primordial Heavenly Dao’s unusual friendliness toward him.

Bai Yu considered Pangu’s transcendence and the Primordial World’s fixed past, while Hongjun struggled to complete his Great Dao comprehension. Hongjun appealed to the Primordial Heavenly Dao, which revealed the Dao-Devil War’s key information and favored him over Luohu.

• Bai Yu concluded that he could not safely travel back through the River of Time to meet Pangu and decided to continue comprehending the Great Dao.
• Hongjun remained stuck at ninety-nine percent comprehension and, after ten thousand years of contemplation, suspected the Primordial Heavenly Dao was preventing him from proving the Dao.
• Hongjun bowed and asked the Primordial Heavenly Dao to take pity on him and guide his Dao path.
• The Primordial Heavenly Dao revealed key information about the Dao-Devil War to Hongjun because Luohu had not yet reached the required level of comprehension.
• Bai Yu observed that the Heavenly Dao’s favoritism left Luohu without a fair chance and found the predetermined conflict uninteresting.

Hongjun realized that the Heavenly Dao had made him a favored chess piece and revealed a script for the Dao-Demon Conflict. Though he regretted having no choice in the matter, he turned toward Luohu, knowing the script made their fight unavoidable.

• Hongjun concluded that the Jade Plate of Creation fragment and Pangu Banner were signs that the Heavenly Dao had chosen him as its protagonist.
• Hongjun feared being a chess piece but comforted himself that the earlier beings who achieved the Dao might have been pieces too.
• Hongjun stopped comprehending the Great Dao because the Heavenly Dao was holding him back and further effort seemed pointless.
• Hongjun recalled that he and Luohu had no serious grudge and had both avoided provoking the other while pursuing the Dao.
• Hongjun realized the Dao-Demon Conflict script made him and Luohu enemies obstructing each other's Dao, so he gazed westward and prepared to follow it.

Bai Yu completed his comprehension of the Slaughter Great Dao and prepared to prove the Dao for the fifth time. Over the same several thousand Yuanhui, Hongjun cultivated alliances among the Innate Divine Demons and considered how to counter Luohu’s Four Immortal Slaying Swords.

• Bai Yu reflected on how the Slaughter Great Dao specialized in killing power while the origin Great Daos encompassed broader mysteries.
• After several thousand Yuanhui, Bai Yu fully comprehended the Slaughter Great Dao and prepared to prove the Dao for the fifth time.
• Hongjun sent his Three Corpses to the Western Continent to gather information on Luohu and traveled to discuss the Dao with other Innate Divine Demons.
• Hongjun built friendships with nearly all the Innate Divine Demons, including Yang Mei, as preparation for his Dao contention with Luohu.
• Hongjun remained wary of Luohu’s Four Immortal Slaying Swords and considered recruiting a few of the strongest Innate Divine Demons as an added precaution.

Hongjun sent his Evil Corpse to Mount Sumeru to test Luohu's Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, and the formation destroyed the corpse while revealing enough of its workings for Hongjun to begin planning a way to break it. Luohu kept the corpse's Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, unaware that his attacker was one of Hongjun's Three Corpses or that Hongjun had staged the battle as a test.

• Hongjun sent his powerful Evil Corpse to Mount Sumeru with a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure to force Luohu to reveal the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.
• Luohu was caught off guard by the Evil Corpse's attack and deployed the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation to defeat it.
• The formation killed Hongjun's Evil Corpse and left Luohu with its Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.
• Hongjun considered the loss worthwhile because he had learned how the formation operated and gained a general idea of how to break it.
• Luohu wondered where the strange attacker had come from, but he did not know about the Method of Slaying Three Corpses or Hongjun's role in the attack.

Hongjun planned to gather top-tier Innate Divine Demons to ensure he could defeat Luohu and break the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, but recruiting allies for a fight to the death would be difficult. The chapter ended with the question of why Ancestor Yin Yang, Old Ancestor Qiankun, and Yang Mei would risk making Luohu a mortal enemy.

• Hongjun used an Evil Corpse to probe the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and learned that four top-tier Grand Unity Golden Immortals were the minimum needed to break it.
• Hongjun decided that he needed more than himself and his Three Corpses, so he planned to invite Ancestor Yin Yang, Old Ancestor Qiankun, and Yang Mei.
• Hongjun valued Ancestor Yin Yang for his Taiji Diagram, an Innate Supreme Treasure, as well as his Innate Yin Yang Mirror.
• Old Ancestor Qiankun possessed the Qiankun Diagram and the Qiankun Cauldron, both Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.
• Hongjun recognized that his allies might agree to fight Luohu but would hesitate to help him kill Luohu and incur a mortal enmity.

Hongjun used the Jade Plate of Creation as bait to recruit Old Ancestor Qiankun and Ancestor Yin Yang for his campaign against Luohu. Both agreed to help in exchange for borrowing the treasure, leaving Hongjun still needing to secure Yang Mei.

• Hongjun offered Old Ancestor Qiankun use of the Jade Plate of Creation for ten thousand yuanhui after Luohu's death, and Old Ancestor Qiankun agreed to join the fight.
• Hongjun went to Ancestor Yin Yang's dojo and offered him the same deal.
• Ancestor Yin Yang tried to seize the Jade Plate of Creation, but Hongjun revealed his aura and the aura of the Pangu Banner, making Ancestor Yin Yang back down.
• Ancestor Yin Yang agreed to help Hongjun against Luohu, while Hongjun remained focused on killing Luohu and proving the Dao.

Hongjun sought Yang Mei’s help in his plan to kill Luohu, while reflecting on why he had chosen to cultivate the Qi Great Dao. Yang Mei reacted with shock when Hongjun revealed the Jade Plate of Creation, a treasure he had long searched for.

• Hongjun considered Yang Mei’s mysterious nature and his mastery of ninety-seven percent of the Space Great Dao.
• Hongjun reflected that the Qi Great Dao best suited him and that Pangu’s strength, rather than the Great Dao of Strength itself, had made Pangu supreme.
• Hongjun contacted Yang Mei and explained his plan to go after Luohu.
• Yang Mei questioned why Hongjun hated Luohu and said he had little interest in joining their conflict.
• Hongjun showed Yang Mei the Jade Plate of Creation, and Yang Mei recognized it as the treasure he had searched for across the Primordial World.

Hongjun offered Yang Mei ten thousand yuanhui of access to the Jade Plate of Creation in exchange for helping kill Luohu, and Yang Mei accepted. Hongjun trusted the Heavenly Dao to keep Yang Mei from fleeing with the treasure, while Yang Mei feared the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation Luohu was preparing.

• Yang Mei was stunned to discover Hongjun was offering the Jade Plate of Creation and decided the chance to use it for ten thousand yuanhui was worth accepting.
• Hongjun reasoned that Yang Mei would stay in the Primordial World to comprehend the Space Great Dao and that the Heavenly Dao would prevent him from fleeing with the Jade Plate.
• Hongjun offered the Jade Plate and the Pangu Banner because he needed Yang Mei, Old Ancestor Qiankun, and Ancestor Yin Yang to help kill Luohu.
• Yang Mei accepted Hongjun's proposal, wary of Luohu's Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.
• Yang Mei and Hongjun knew Luohu was tempering the Four Immortal Slaying Swords but did not know he also possessed the Immortal Slaying Formation Diagram.

Hongjun, Ancestor Yin Yang, Old Ancestor Qiankun, and Yang Mei traveled to Mount Sumeru to confront Luohu, beginning the Dao-Demon Conflict. As Bai Yu watched from Penglai Immortal Island, he reflected that the conflict would be decided by the powerful Hongjun and Luohu, while the Demon Race and all beings beneath Saints were insignificant by comparison.

• Yang Mei prepared to flee if he faced the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, prioritizing survival over the Jade Plate of Creation.
• After discussing the Dao for one hundred yuanhui, Hongjun, Ancestor Yin Yang, Old Ancestor Qiankun, and Yang Mei set out for the Western Continent.
• Luohu reached ninety-nine percent comprehension of the Slaughter Great Dao while cultivating at Mount Sumeru.
• Hongjun and the others attacked Mount Sumeru, instantly breaking its protective Xiantian Great Formation and giving Luohu a brief chance to react.
• Bai Yu watched from Penglai Immortal Island and considered how the Dao-Demon Conflict depended on the contest between Hongjun and Luohu, not the Demon Race.

Bai Yu explained how Quasi-Saint cultivation differed from Grand Unity Golden Immortal perfection, while Yang Mei saw Hongjun’s Jade Plate of Creation as a rare chance to advance his Great Dao comprehension. The Dao-Demon Conflict then began abruptly, and Luohu rushed out to confront the forces gathering against him.

• Bai Yu considered Merging of the Three Corpses a technique for clarifying the Dao heart, not a sign of complete Origin Great Dao comprehension.
• Yang Mei accepted Hongjun’s proposal because he believed the Jade Plate of Creation could help him overcome his stalled Great Dao progress.
• The Dao-Demon Conflict began without warning, catching Luohu at home by surprise.
• Luohu charged out on the World-Destroying Black Lotus with the Black Fiend Spear, a treasure he had obtained after killing Hongjun’s Evil Corpse.
• Hongjun, Old Ancestor Qiankun, Ancestor Yin Yang, and Yang Mei moved against Luohu for the Jade Plate of Creation, despite the danger posed by his Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.

Luohu recognized Hongjun, Ancestor Yin Yang, Yang Mei, and Old Ancestor Qiankun as a group capable of breaking the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, so he deployed the formation and targeted Old Ancestor Qiankun. The formation’s sword qi breached Old Ancestor Qiankun’s Qiankun Diagram, leaving the four unable to break their gates simultaneously.

• Luohu realized Hongjun and the others had come to attack him and suspected the mysterious black-robed Daoist had told Hongjun how to break the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.
• Luohu deployed the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and focused its attacks on Old Ancestor Qiankun, whom he considered the group’s weakest member.
• Hongjun summoned the Pangu Banner, Yang Mei used spatial power to divert the sword qi, and Ancestor Yin Yang relied on his Innate Supreme Treasure for protection.
• Hongjun, Yang Mei, and Ancestor Yin Yang sought to break their formation gates, but Old Ancestor Qiankun could not withstand the formation’s attacks.
• A strand of Immortal Slaying Sword qi broke through the Qiankun Diagram and struck Old Ancestor Qiankun.

Old Ancestor Qiankun was overwhelmed by the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and died after his treasures failed to protect him. Hongjun realized that Qiankun’s death had left the group without the key to breaking the formation.

• Old Ancestor Qiankun was struck by Immortal Slaying sword qi, which tore through his body, Dao Soul, and Origin Great Dao.
• Old Ancestor Qiankun summoned the Qiankun Diagram and Qiankun Cauldron, but repeated sword qi shattered both treasures’ defenses.
• Several more strikes annihilated Old Ancestor Qiankun, extinguishing his Dao and preventing reincarnation.
• Hongjun learned of Qiankun’s fall and grieved because breaking the formation would now be much harder.
• Hongjun regretted underestimating the formation and realized he had not sent his three corpses to help Qiankun in time.

Hongjun sent his Evil Corpse carrying the Pangu Banner into Qiankun’s former gate while Luohu discovered that Hongjun possessed a fragment of the Jade Plate of Creation. Luohu unleashed hundreds of Immortal Slaying Sword Qi strands, leaving Yang Mei and Yin Yang struggling to withstand the formation.

• Hongjun gave the Pangu Banner to his Evil Corpse and sent it to search Qiankun’s former formation gate, while keeping his other two corpses back.
• The Evil Corpse found no trace of Qiankun or his relics, which Luohu had already taken as the Qiankun Diagram and Qiankun Cauldron.
• Luohu noticed Hongjun’s fragment of the Jade Plate of Creation and grew determined to seize it.
• Luohu intensified the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, multiplying its sword qi to hundreds of strands.
• Yang Mei warned Hongjun that he was nearing his limit, while Yin Yang struggled to hold out even with the Taiji Diagram.

Luohu’s Immortal Slaying Sword Formation battered Hongjun, Yang Mei, and Ancestor Yin Yang but could not overcome their Innate Supreme Treasures. Luohu recognized the formation’s limits and kept its hidden connection to Mount Sumeru’s ancestral vein from the attackers.

• The Immortal Slaying Sword Formation’s hundreds of sword qi struck the defenders’ Innate Supreme Treasures but could not break through them.
• Luohu’s use of Mount Sumeru’s ancestral vein as the formation base made breaking the formation risk damaging the Western Continent and incurring immense karmic consequences.
• The formation drew power from the Western Continent’s earth veins while retaining the Immortal Slaying Formation Diagram and the Four Immortal Slaying Swords.
• Luohu saw that the formation had reached its limit, while Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures remained vulnerable to its sword qi.

Yin-Yang Ancestor struggled to wield the Taiji Diagram against Luohu’s Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, while Yang Mei also neared his limit. Luohu used the Western Continent’s earth veins to concentrate the formation’s power on Yin-Yang Ancestor, escalating the attack to more than ten thousand strands of sword qi.

• The Immortal Slaying Sword Formation shook the Western Continent, though Daluo Golden Immortals outside could not see through it.
• Bai Yu saw that Luohu was drawing on the Western Continent’s earth veins to sustain and strengthen the formation.
• Yin-Yang Ancestor’s lesser mastery of the Yin Yang Great Dao made it difficult for him to wield the Taiji Diagram, and prolonged use began to strain his three flowers of Essence, Qi, and Spirit.
• Yin-Yang Ancestor told Hongjun that he could not hold on, while Yang Mei was also struggling; Hongjun said he could not help them.
• Luohu chose Yin-Yang Ancestor as the formation’s weak point and poured the earth-vein power into his direction, raising the Immortal Slaying Sword Qi from hundreds to more than ten thousand strands.

Yin-Yang Ancestor used the Innate Yin Yang Mirror and his own life to unleash a final attack that shook the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation. His death created an opening for Hongjun and Yang Mei to exploit as they sought to break the formation.

• Hongjun and Yang Mei studied the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, while Yang Mei realized he could not escape through the endless void and had to break it.
• Hongjun relied on his Three Corpses to find a flaw in the formation and remained focused despite Qiankun Ancestor's death and Yin-Yang Ancestor's peril.
• Yin-Yang Ancestor's Taiji Diagram began to falter under Luohu's relentless Immortal Slaying Sword Qi, and he chose to make a final sacrifice.
• Yin-Yang Ancestor detonated the Innate Yin Yang Mirror and himself, shaking the formation and creating a brief opening.
• Hongjun and Yang Mei seized the opening as Yin-Yang Ancestor died and his Dao dissolved.

Hongjun took the Taiji Diagram that Yin-Yang Ancestor sent him before dying, refined it, and gave it to his Good Corpse to replace Yin-Yang Ancestor in the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation. Luohu kept the formation intact, while Yang Mei regretted joining Hongjun and Luohu collected the damaged treasures Yin-Yang Ancestor left behind.

• As Yin-Yang Ancestor died, he sent the Taiji Diagram to Hongjun, who refined it and gave it to his Good Corpse.
• Hongjun's Good Corpse took Yin-Yang Ancestor's place, and Luohu kept the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation running through the force of the self-detonation.
• Luohu saw the Good Corpse bearing the Taiji Diagram and realized Hongjun now held three Innate Supreme Treasures.
• Yang Mei regretted accepting Hongjun's invitation after two fellow Daoists had fallen, but recognized that he had underestimated Luohu and the formation.
• Luohu collected the damaged Innate Spiritual Treasures and Innate Spiritual Roots left at Yin-Yang Ancestor's position.

Luohu overwhelmed Yang Mei with the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, while Hongjun’s Good Corpse held firm behind the Taiji Diagram. As Yang Mei neared his limit, he stayed calm and prepared to escape using a costly hidden method.

• Hongjun’s Good Corpse used the Taiji Diagram to withstand Luohu’s Immortal Slaying Sword Qi, leaving Luohu unable to break through his defenses.
• Luohu focused on Yang Mei, believing the Western Continent’s earth veins gave him enough power to destroy the land and force his enemies to bear the resulting karma.
• Yang Mei saw Luohu approach and secretly sent frantic messages to Hongjun while maintaining a calm expression.
• Luohu increased the Immortal Slaying Sword Qi attacking Yang Mei from thousands of strands to a million by drawing on the Western Continent’s earth veins.
• Yang Mei realized he was close to defeat but kept his composure, intending to hold out as long as possible before escaping with a costly method.

After a hundred years in the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, Hongjun discovered its sole flaw and sent Yang Mei instructions for breaking it. The chapter explained that the Immortal-Severing Sword’s position had the weakest killing power, while Luohu’s effort to forge the formation had left that weakness unavoidable.

• Hongjun kept encouraging Yang Mei while he searched for a way to break the formation, and Yang Mei endured Luohu’s attacks for a hundred years.
• Hongjun finally found a method to break the formation and transmitted it to Yang Mei.
• Hongjun identified the Immortal-Severing Sword’s position as the formation’s only flaw because its killing power was weaker than that of the other three swords.
• Luohu knew about the weakness but could not eliminate it because the Four Immortal Slaying Swords and the naturally formed Immortal Slaying Formation Diagram had different origins.
• Luohu’s extensive study of artifact forging and formation laying had produced the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, but had also consumed much of his time and effort.

Luohu explained why the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation’s Immortal-Severing Sword was its unavoidable weak point. Hongjun discovered the flaw after sending his Obsession Corpse toward Yang Mei, who was still struggling in that direction.

• Luohu recognized that the Immortal Slaying Formation Diagram’s fixed framework required four killing swords and a linking core, leaving the Immortal-Severing Sword weaker than the other three.
• Luohu concluded that the formation could not be made complete because the Four Immortal Slaying Swords and the diagram did not share the same root and origin.
• Hongjun wondered how Yang Mei had survived so long and sent his Obsession Corpse to investigate Yang Mei’s direction.
• The Obsession Corpse was instantly killed by the Immortal Slaying Sword Qi, and Luohu collected the top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure it left behind.
• Hongjun realized that the Immortal-Severing Sword’s direction was the formation’s flaw, while Yang Mei was bewildered by the Obsession Corpse’s sudden arrival and death.