Chapter Summaries

Xuan Yang spent a brief vacation with his Dao companions before returning to cultivation and making great progress in the Law of Strength. Meanwhile, Grand Pure Laozi broke through from the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm to the Primordial Golden Immortal realm.

• Grand Pure Laozi accepted Xuan Yang's advice and chose to comprehend the Alchemy Law.
• After twenty thousand years of quiet cultivation and growth across the Primordial Wilderness, Xuan Yang relaxed with Chang Xi, Xi He, and Wangshu for two thousand years.
• Xuan Yang resumed cultivation, focused on the Law of Strength, and made a major breakthrough after twenty-five thousand years.
• A powerful aura erupted from Kunlun Mountain as Grand Pure Laozi advanced into the Primordial Golden Immortal realm.

Xuan Yang brought the Twelve Ancestral Witches to Nuwa’s Empress Wa’s Palace and explained that Nuwa had created Ferocious Beasts to feed the Witch Tribe. He proposed a sustainable plan involving a vast region in Chaos, leaving Tongtian to establish a Spiritual Array there.

• Xuan Yang revealed that Nuwa had created the Ferocious Beasts gathered outside her palace as food for the Witch Tribe.
• Di Jiang and Ju Mang explained why the beasts suited the Witch Tribe, while Gonggong questioned whether there were enough and Houtu urged him to trust Xuan Yang.
• Xuan Yang led the Ancestral Witches into Empress Wa’s Palace, where Tongtian and Laozi welcomed him and offered their help.
• Xuan Yang proposed that Nuwa, Tongtian, and Taiqing carve out a vast region in Chaos to raise the beasts, and said Tongtian would set up a Spiritual Array there.

Nuwa interrupted Laozi’s attempt to teach the Human Race, then gave them a broad sermon that undermined his plan to gain merit and become a saint. As Laozi returned to Kunlun Mountain, Xuan Yang announced the emergence of the Martial Dao beneath darkened skies.

• Nuwa summoned the Human Race on the Coast of the East Sea and began preaching, drawing away the people Laozi had tried to teach.
• Di Jun, Taiyi, and Fuxi watched secretly and praised Nuwa for disrupting Laozi’s plan.
• Nuwa taught the Human Race the Dao of Hunyuan and her reworked understanding of the Immortal Way, leaving Laozi with little to offer them.
• Laozi realized he could no longer gain enough merit through teaching the Human Race and left for Kunlun Mountain.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun grew furious in the Purple Cloud Palace but could not stop Nuwa’s actions.
• Xuan Yang laughed across the Primordial Wilderness and declared, “Martial Dao, emerge!”

After Yang Jian and his siblings rescued Yao Ji from the Heavenly Court, Xuan Yang welcomed them at Grand Xuan Palace and helped heal her. Hongjun grew furious at Haotian for refusing to confront Xuan Yang and decided to force him back into play.

• Primordial Lord of Heaven raged over the Heavenly Court's defeat and blamed Haotian for hiding instead of confronting Yang Jian and Xuan Yang.
• Hongjun became enraged that Haotian had abandoned his role in the plan and resolved to force him to act.
• Yang Jian carried Yao Ji into Grand Xuan Palace with Yang Jiao and Yang Chan, where she realized Xuan Yang's presence had kept Haotian from intervening.
• Yao Ji thanked Xuan Yang for saving her and explained that his reputation had given her children the confidence to challenge the Heavenly Court.
• Xuan Yang said he had protected his disciples and gave Yao Ji Three Lights Divine Water to heal her injuries.

After receiving five percent of the fortune distributed by Nuwa’s Kongtong Seal, Duobao deepened his understanding of the Law of Treasures and broke through to the Chaos Golden Immortal realm. Primordial Lord of Heaven planned to make Guangchengzi the Human Emperor’s teacher, while Zhunti and Jieyin eagerly anticipated the chance for their disciples to gain fortune.

• Nuwa put away the Kongtong Seal after it finished distributing fortune.
• Duobao used his share of the fortune to deepen his comprehension of the Law of Treasures and break through to the Chaos Golden Immortal realm.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven envied Duobao’s breakthrough and decided to have Guangchengzi serve as the Human Emperor’s teacher.
• Zhunti and Jieyin watched Duobao’s breakthrough and eagerly anticipated the future position of Human Emperor’s teacher.

Duobao Daoist overwhelmed Guangchengzi and Pharmacist Daoist with his sword intent after they combined their strongest attacks. Pharmacist Daoist abandoned Guangchengzi to save himself, leaving the grievously wounded Chan Sect immortal at Duobao’s mercy.

• Guangchengzi and Pharmacist Daoist joined their Jade Purity Divine Thunder and glazed Buddha’s Light against Duobao Daoist’s sword intent.
• Duobao Daoist broke through their combined defense, and Pharmacist Daoist withdrew his Origin Sarira and fled.
• With the pressure shifted onto him, Guangchengzi was struck down and left near death in a crater outside Xi Qi City.
• Duobao Daoist mocked Pharmacist Daoist and approached the helpless Guangchengzi, who bitterly blamed the Western Sect disciple and pleaded inwardly for his master to save him.

Xuan Yang repelled Primordial Lord of Heaven’s Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and Pangu Banner with one punch, stunning the Primordial Wilderness and deepening Hongjun’s concerns about the growing alliance against him. Primordial Lord of Heaven unleashed an even more desperate attack, and Xuan Yang faced it without wavering.

• Xuan Yang struck once and sent back the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and Pangu Banner, astonishing cultivators across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Zhunti and Jieyin, still suppressed by Grand Pure Laozi’s Taiji Diagram, gave up resisting and regretted not following Xuan Yang’s Primordial Path.
• Tongtian watched from Biyou Palace and felt reassured that he had chosen to follow Xuan Yang.
• Hongjun struggled against Nuwa and Houtu in the Chaos void and worried that Xuan Yang’s strength and alliance with them threatened the Heavenly Dao faction.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven poured his mana and Saint origin into the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and Pangu Banner to launch a more powerful attack, while Xuan Yang remained calm.

After the Two Sages of the West secretly wounded Wen Zhong during battle, Sect Master Tongtian appeared in the Great Shang camp, healed him, and promised to stop them from interfering. Wen Zhong prepared to attack North Sea City again the next day and vowed to defeat Yuan Futong.

• Wen Zhong struggled with his severe injuries and wondered who had struck him with unfamiliar power.
• Sect Master Tongtian appeared in Wen Zhong's command tent and healed his injuries with immortal light.
• Tongtian told Wen Zhong that the Two Sages of the West had secretly attacked him and aided the Rebel Army.
• Tongtian ordered Wen Zhong to attack North Sea City as usual the next day and promised to deal with the Western sages if they intervened.
• Wen Zhong accepted Tongtian's protection and vowed to cut off Yuan Futong's head in battle.

Xuan Yang proposed that he and the four Saints refuse Hongjun’s Heavenly Court gathering and let the Investiture of the Gods unfold without their involvement. The five factions formed an alliance to defend the Human Race and the Human Path, leaving Xuan Yang waiting to see how Hongjun would respond.

• Nuwa, Houtu, Taiqing, and Tongtian asked Xuan Yang how he planned to counter Hongjun’s schemes, and he said they should respond to events as they came while defending the Human Path and the Human Emperor.
• Xuan Yang proposed that all five factions refuse to attend Hongjun’s Heavenly Court appointment in a hundred years, and he dismissed Hongjun’s decree as having no authority over them.
• Xuan Yang argued that their absence would leave the Investiture of the Gods to Hongjun, Yuanshi, and the Two Sages of the West, while warning that an attack on the Human Race would amount to a declaration of war.
• Laozi, Houtu, Tongtian, and Nuwa pledged to stand with Xuan Yang, formally establishing an alliance against Hongjun’s plans.
• After the four Saints departed, Xuan Yang said that this was only the beginning and waited to see how Hongjun would respond.

Xuan Yang reunited with Wangshu on the Lunar Star while Di Jun, Taiyi, Nuwa, and Fuxi arrived at Purple Sky Palace for Hongjun’s third sermon. When Zhunti and Jieyin occupied Di Jun’s meditation cushion, Taiyi attacked them with his Chaos Bell.

• Xuan Yang reached Wangshu’s residence on the Lunar Star and embraced her after her seclusion.
• Xuan Yang carried Wangshu inside to test the results of her cultivation.
• Di Jun, Taiyi, Nuwa, and Fuxi arrived at Purple Sky Palace, where cultivators greeted them and East King Duke resented their popularity.
• Haotian and Yaochi opened Purple Sky Palace’s gates, and the cultivators entered for Hongjun’s third sermon.
• Zhunti and Jieyin took Di Jun’s meditation cushion, so Taiyi summoned his Chaos Bell and prepared to strike them.

Wangshu, Xi He, Chang Xi, Di Jun, Taiyi, and Houtu followed Xuan Yang’s diary and stayed back while Hongjun and the other great powers fought Luohu at Mount Sumeru. After Luohu destroyed the Western ley lines and escaped as a weakened remnant soul, Hongjun prepared to kill him, but others suddenly arrived to intervene.

• Chang Xi and Xi He discovered that Wangshu had also received Xuan Yang’s diary, and Wangshu agreed to take them to Mount Sumeru.
• Three thousand years later, Hongjun led the gathered cultivators against Luohu, while Di Jun, Taiyi, Wangshu, Houtu, and the others hid nearby and waited.
• Luohu fought Hongjun, Qian Kun, Yin Yang, and Yang Mei for a hundred years before activating the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, which Hongjun and the others eventually broke.
• When Luohu fled, Di Jun stopped Taiyi from pursuing him, and Houtu and Di Jiang kept the Ancestral Witches from joining the chase.
• Luohu detonated the West’s Earth Veins, killing Qian Kun and Yin Yang and severely wounding Yang Mei; Hongjun and the hidden groups survived.
• Hongjun prepared to strike Luohu’s weakened remnant soul, but several voices suddenly announced that they had come to help him.

Yuanshi’s attacks damaged Zhen Yuanzi’s Earthly Book Formation and Di Jun’s Grand Formation of the Stars, bringing karmic debt down on him and forcing him to stop. As Yuanshi and Di Jun argued while Fuxi and Tongtian gathered treasures, twelve beings overflowing with Malevolent Qi arrived.

• Zhen Yuanzi activated the Earthly Book Formation to shield himself, Hongyun, and Di Jun from Yuanshi’s attacks.
• Hongyun reminded Di Jun that the Grand Formation of the Stars could protect him, and Di Jun activated it alongside Zhen Yuanzi’s formation.
• Yuanshi failed to recall the Pangu Banner and Immortal Slaying Sword Formation before their attacks struck both formations, damaging them and bringing black Karmic Debt over his head.
• Hongyun and Zhen Yuanzi declared they would keep aiding Di Jun, so Yuanshi and Di Jun traded insults instead of fighting further.
• Fuxi and Tongtian continued collecting treasures while Yuanshi and Di Jun argued.
• Twelve beings overflowing with Malevolent Qi arrived.

The Twelve Ancestral Witches arrived at Treasure Distribution Rock to help Xuan Yang and the Demon Race secure the spiritual treasures. With their support, Yuanshi and Laozi withdrew, and Zhunti and Jieyin became the next targets.

• Houtu brought the Twelve Ancestral Witches to Treasure Distribution Rock after learning from Xuan Yang’s diary that he wanted the treasures.
• The gathered cultivators, Yuanshi, Laozi, Zhunti, and Jieyin noticed the Ancestral Witches’ arrival and wondered why they had come.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches confronted Yuanshi and Laozi, declaring that they would help the Demon Race.
• Laozi persuaded Yuanshi to leave, and East King Gong fled under the Ancestral Witches’ hostile stares.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches turned toward Zhunti and Jieyin, who prepared to run.

Hongjun accepted East King Duke as a registered disciple and gave him the final Hongmeng Purple Qi and the Innate Red Embroidered Ball. He bestowed the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation upon Yuanshi, prompting Tongtian to warn his Second Brother that accepting it would saddle him with Hongjun’s immense karma.

• Hongjun offered East King Duke the chance to become his registered disciple, and East King Duke eagerly performed three kneelings and nine kowtows to accept.
• Hongjun gave East King Duke the final strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi and the Innate Red Embroidered Ball.
• After weighing whom to give the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation to, Hongjun chose Yuanshi, who accepted it with excitement.
• Tongtian sent Yuanshi a voice transmission warning that the formation was inauspicious and would make him inherit Hongjun’s debt of karma to the West.

Yuanshi accepted Hongjun’s Immortal Slaying Sword Formation despite Tongtian’s warning, while the cultivators in Purple Sky Palace received no treasures and begged Hongjun for help. Hongjun announced that he would unify with the Dao and sent his accumulated treasures to Treasure Distribution Rock, prompting the Diary Owners to prepare to seize them.

• Tongtian warned Yuanshi that accepting the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation would bring trouble, but Yuanshi dismissed his advice, accepted the formation, and thanked Hongjun.
• Taiyi and Di Jun discussed East King Gong’s Hongmeng Purple Qi and the likely consequences of Yuanshi taking the sword formation.
• Hongyun and Zhen Yangzi expressed relief that Hongyun had not received the Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• Hongjun declared the sermon over, and ordinary cultivators begged him to grant them treasures.
• Hongjun announced his Unification with the Dao, said he would rarely appear afterward, and sent his treasures to Treasure Distribution Rock.
• The Diary Owners, including Di Jun, Taiyi, Nuwa, and Fuxi, became excited and prepared to claim treasures.

Di Jun took the sixth Cushion before Kunpeng could claim it, changing the expected arrangement and complicating Hongjun’s plans for Zhunti and Jieyin. When the pair arrived and asked Hongyun to give up his seat, Hongyun remembered Zhen Yuanzi’s warning and refused.

• Di Jun claimed the sixth Cushion, and the other cultivators—including Kunpeng—backed down rather than challenge him and Taiyi.
• The Diary Owners noticed that events differed from Xuan Yang’s diary, while Hongjun grew irritated because Di Jun’s seat disrupted his plan to settle Zhunti and Jieyin’s Karma.
• Zhunti and Jieyin entered the hall, complained about their hardships, and searched for someone willing to yield a Cushion.
• Di Jun and Taiyi threatened Zhunti and Jieyin with their Magic Artifacts, so the pair withdrew and turned to Hongyun.
• Zhunti and Jieyin pleaded with Hongyun to surrender his seat, but Hongyun recalled Zhen Yuanzi’s warning and refused.

Xuan Yang revealed that Hongjun planned to teach an incomplete Method of Slaying Three Corpses to prevent other cultivators from threatening his authority, and he explained how the complete method required matching innate artifacts. As the Second Dao Lecture approached, Di Jun and Taiyi decided to skip it, Tongtian resolved to avoid the method and warn his brothers, and Hongjun sensed that he had lost several great opportunities.

• Xuan Yang wrote that Hongjun deliberately planned to teach an incomplete method that could not lead to sainthood, while recruiting destined Saints as disciples to secure his position.
• Xuan Yang explained that the complete method required a matching set of innate artifacts to unify the Three Corpses, making the path inaccessible to most cultivators.
• Xuan Yang planned to warn his brothers and companions against cultivating the method and to point them toward becoming Saints through Law.
• Di Jun and Taiyi decided to wait for Xuan Yang's advice, skip Hongjun's next sermon, and spread the Dao instead.
• Tongtian resolved not to cultivate the Method of Slaying Three Corpses and began considering how to warn his brothers, while Nuwa remained uncertain.
• Hongjun awoke from cultivation and wondered who had caused him to lose several great opportunities.

Di Jun and Taiyi doubted Xuan Yang’s prediction that the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans would fall, while Xuan Yang continued keeping his diary and received a powerful body-refining technique after completing an Eon of writing. The three clans eventually devastated one another and withdrew from the Primordial Wilderness, leaving Di Jun and Taiyi stunned that Xuan Yang had foreseen their fate.

• Di Jun and Taiyi questioned Xuan Yang’s prediction, then continued exploring the Primordial Wilderness while leaving him to cultivate on the Sun Star.
• Xuan Yang completed an Eon of diary writing and received the Nine Revolutions Primordial Essence Technique (Primordial Wilderness Edition), which strengthened both his body and magical power.
• Xuan Yang cultivated the technique until he reached its sixth turn, while the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans escalated their war into an all-out battle.
• Ancestor Dragon swore to suppress the Four Seas, and Yuan Feng and Primordial Kirin swore to guard the Immortal Volcano and central lands, ending the three clans’ rule.
• Xuan Yang recognized that the clans’ war had ended and anticipated the coming conflict between Luohu and Hongjun.
• Di Jun and Taiyi learned of the three leaders’ oaths and realized that Xuan Yang’s long-ago prediction had come true.

Hongjun sealed Luohu’s remnant soul away from the others and claimed most of the merit after destroying it, while Di Jun and Taiyi searched the ruined West for treasures. Xuan Yang hosted Wangshu, Xi He, and Chang Xi on the Sun Star, and Di Jun and Taiyi found the damaged Universe Cauldron and Yin Yang Mirror before deciding to return to him.

• Di Jun, Taiyi, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, Chang Xi, Xi He, and Wangshu attacked Luohu, but Hongjun sealed Luohu’s remnant soul inside a barrier and shut everyone else out.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches cultivated with the malevolent and demonic qi near Mount Sumeru, while Di Jun and Taiyi searched the ruined West for treasures.
• Wangshu, Xi He, and Chang Xi visited Xuan Yang on the Sun Star, toured its sights, and spent a thousand years playing games with him before departing.
• Di Jun and Taiyi found the damaged Universe Cauldron and Yin Yang Mirror, then decided to return to the Sun Star and ask Xuan Yang whether he could repair them.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches returned to their tribe, and Hongjun destroyed Luohu’s remnant soul, earning most of the Heavenly Dao’s merit.
• Hongjun turned his attention to finding the Universe Cauldron and Yin Yang Mirror, unaware that Di Jun and Taiyi had already taken them.

Xuan Yang traveled to Buzhou Mountain with Zhen Yuanzi, Hongyun, and the Queen Mother of the West to claim the Innate Gourd Vine. Hongjun learned of the planned visit and prepared to inflame a conflict between Xuan Yang and the Witch Tribe, while Xuan Yang arrived at the vine to find Da Yi, Kuafu, and other warriors guarding it.

• Xuan Yang transformed into a Golden Crow and carried the Queen Mother of the West toward Buzhou Mountain, while Hongyun carried Zhen Yangzi.
• The group arrived near Buzhou Mountain, and Zhen Yuanzi, Hongyun, and the Queen Mother of the West led Xuan Yang toward the Innate Gourd Vine.
• Hongjun calculated that Xuan Yang was heading for the vine, which Houtu had ordered the Witch Tribe to guard, and planned to secretly intensify a clash between them.
• Xuan Yang and his companions reached the Innate Gourd Vine and found Da Yi, Kuafu, and a group of Witch Tribe warriors guarding the area.