Chapter Summaries

After defeating the Demon Clan’s attempt to take Xi He, Niu Ben stayed with his clan and celebrated his growing collection of treasure fragments. Nuwa proposed Tushan Blood Fox as a new match for Di Jun and arrived in Qingqiu Land to meet her.

• Niu Ben noted that he had four Innate Supreme Treasure Fragments and that his Innate Five Directional Flags would finish forging in about three thousand years, then descended to celebrate with the Ox Clan.
• Nuwa returned to the Heavenly Court with Di Jun, Emperor Taiyi, and the Demon Clan, whose leaders fumed over Niu Ben’s demands and their failure to take Xi He.
• Nuwa told Di Jun that she had another candidate for the Heavenly Marriage: the Fox Demon Ancestor of Qingqiu Land, Tushan Blood Fox.
• Nuwa traveled to Qingqiu Land, where Tushan Blood Fox appeared and paid her respects.

Nuwa arranged for Tushan Blood Fox to become Dao companions with Di Jun, and the Demon Heavenly Court invited powers across the Primordial Wilderness to their wedding. After considering the invitation, Niu Ben decided that Niu Ba should represent the Ox Clan at the ceremony.

• Nuwa asked Tushan Blood Fox to marry Di Jun and jointly rule the Demon Heavenly Court, and Tushan Blood Fox accepted her decree.
• The Fox Demon Clan celebrated the match, while the Demon Heavenly Court sent wedding invitations throughout the Primordial Wilderness.
• Taishang, Yuanshi, and Tongtian agreed to attend, while Jieyin and Zhunti planned to honor Nuwa by going.
• Zhen Yuanzi angrily rejected the Demon Clan’s invitation because he still blamed them for Ancestor Hong Yun’s death, while Ancestor Minghe considered attending.
• Niu Ba told Niu Ben that the Demon Clan had invited the Ox Clan, and Niu Ben said Niu Ba should attend on their behalf.

Niu Ben sent Niu Ba to attend Di Jun’s wedding while he left to complete his mission with the Wu Clan. The chapter ended as powerful guests gathered at the Demon Clan Heavenly Court for the wedding.

• Niu Ben persuaded Niu Ba to attend Di Jun’s wedding, saying the Ox Clan should not appear afraid and promising to protect him.
• Niu Ben explained that he needed to travel to the Wu Clan to complete his Choice Mission and had asked Niu Ba to represent the Ox Clan at the wedding.
• Niu Ben visited Xi He and Chang Xi, then spent time refining the Ox Clan’s Primordial Chaos Grand Array and accompanying his family and the two goddesses.
• Niu Ben said farewell to the Ox Clan and departed for the Wu Clan on Kong Xuan’s back.
• Di Jun’s wedding day arrived, and Guangchengzi, Duobao, Xuandu, Ancestor Minghe, Venerable Kasyapa, and other guests arrived at the Demon Clan Heavenly Court.

At Di Jun’s wedding, the Demon Clan welcomed Niu Ba and the Ox Clan with exceptional courtesy because of Niu Ben’s strength and standing among the Three Teachings. Niu Ba took a prominent seat in the Lingxiao Treasure Hall alongside the Three Teachings’ disciples.

• Mighty figures and Three Teachings disciples arrived for Di Jun’s wedding, impressing the assembled guests with the Demon Clan’s influence.
• Fei Dan and Fei Lian warmly greeted Niu Ba and the Ox Clan, surprising guests who recognized them as Niu Ben’s clan.
• The guests discussed how Niu Ben’s backing by the Three Pure Ones compelled the Demon Clan to treat the Ox Clan respectfully.
• Fei Dan guided Niu Ba and his companions to seats near the front, equal to those of the Three Teachings’ disciples.
• Guangchengzi, Duobao, and Xuandu greeted Niu Ba courteously, and he took his seat as nearby mighty figures showed him goodwill.

Di Jun and Tushan Blood Fox held the Heavenly Marriage ceremony in the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, receiving a vast Heavenly Dao blessing of merit. Nuwa and Di Jun received their shares, and Tushan Blood Fox transferred hers to Di Jun.

• Emperor Taiyi resented Niu Ba and vowed that the Demon Clan would settle its scores with Niu Ben and destroy the Ox Clan.
• Di Jun and Tushan Blood Fox entered the Lingxiao Treasure Hall and were welcomed by the assembled guests and Demon Clan.
• Nuwa appeared as the marriage witness and declared their union the foremost of the Three Marriages of Heaven, Earth, and Man.
• Di Jun and Tushan Blood Fox vowed before the Heavenly Dao to establish the Heavenly Marriage and harmonize yin and yang.
• The Heavenly Dao sent down a river of merit, which divided among Di Jun, Nuwa, and Tushan Blood Fox.
• Tushan Blood Fox transferred the merit she received to Di Jun.

Di Jun refined the merit from his Heavenly Marriage with Tushan Blood Fox, broke through to the Sub-Saint Level, and vowed to deal with Niu Ben. Meanwhile, Niu Ben and Kong Xuan entered Wu Clan territory, where the Great Witch Da Yi confronted them.

• Di Jun refined the Power of Merit, severed his third corpse with the River Diagram and Luo Script, and reached the Sub-Saint Level.
• Nuwa left the wedding ceremony, while Demon Clan members and visiting powers congratulated Di Jun on his breakthrough.
• Di Jun resented Niu Ben for thwarting his plans and vowed to teach him a lesson if they met again.
• Kong Xuan carried Niu Ben to the Wu Clan's territory, where Wu Clan members appeared and challenged them as Demon Clan intruders.
• Da Yi identified himself as a Great Witch and demanded to know why Niu Ben and Kong Xuan had trespassed.

Niu Ben arrived in Wu Clan territory seeking Houtu Ancestor Witch, but learned she had left to travel and needed to find her before she comprehended the Earthly Dao. Da Yi challenged Niu Ben to test his strength, and Niu Ben effortlessly destroyed Da Yi’s powerful arrow.

• Da Yi confronted Niu Ben and Kong Xuan, then respectfully greeted Niu Ben after learning he was the First Disciple of the Three Pure Ones.
• Niu Ben asked to see Houtu Ancestor Witch, but Da Yi told him she had left the tribe to travel through the Primordial Wilderness.
• Niu Ben decided he needed to find Houtu quickly to complete his mission before she comprehended the Earthly Dao herself.
• As Niu Ben prepared to leave, Da Yi challenged him to a test of strength, and Niu Ben accepted.
• Da Yi fired his strongest arrow at Niu Ben, who stopped it with a gesture and shattered it effortlessly.

Niu Ben found Houtu Ancestor Witch while traveling the Primordial Wilderness, and the two agreed to journey together as she searched for a great opportunity. They entered a Human Race settlement, where Houtu witnessed the cycle of human life and death.

• Niu Ben easily broke Da Yi's arrow and advised him to infuse his attacks with law power or the True Meaning of Annihilation.
• Da Yi reported Niu Ben's visit to Pangu Temple, surprising Dijiang and the other Ancestor Witches.
• Niu Ben found Houtu Ancestor Witch in the wilderness and learned she was searching for a great opportunity she had sensed.
• Houtu agreed to travel with Niu Ben, and Niu Ben sent Kong Xuan back to the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.
• Niu Ben and Houtu rested in a Human Race settlement and watched people be born, grow, age, and die.

Houtu Ancestor Witch and Niu Ben reflected on the Human Race’s short lives before visiting Zhen Yuanzi at Wuzhuang Temple, where they tasted ginseng fruit and discussed the Dao. Niu Ben challenged Zhen Yuanzi’s emphasis on guarding and stillness with a view of the Dao that also required motion and decisive action.

• Houtu Ancestor Witch watched a human life pass and remarked to Niu Ben on the fragility of Human Race lives.
• Niu Ben and Houtu Ancestor Witch traveled to Longevity Mountain and were welcomed into Wuzhuang Temple by Zhen Yuanzi.
• Zhen Yuanzi served Niu Ben and Houtu Ancestor Witch ginseng fruit, which Houtu found beneficial to her Ancestor Witch True Body.
• Zhen Yuanzi described his Dao of guarding the land and regulating its earth veins.
• Niu Ben praised Zhen Yuanzi’s guardianship, then explained that the Dao also involved motion, discerning circumstances, and acting decisively when needed.

Niu Ben and Houtu left Wuzhuang Temple after a century of discussing the Dao with Zhen Yuanzi, then continued their journey toward the Netherworld Blood Sea. As the Wu and Demon Clans’ conflict intensified, Leize Demon King arrived at the Heavenly Court claiming to know how to break the Wu Clan’s bodies.

• Niu Ben and Zhen Yuanzi discussed the Dao for a hundred years, and Houtu’s vague insight into the cycles of life and order grew clearer as she listened.
• Niu Ben and Houtu thanked Zhen Yuanzi, departed Wuzhuang Temple, and headed west toward the Netherworld Blood Sea.
• More than two thousand years passed as the clashes between the Wu Clan and Demon Clan grew fiercer and the aura of the Tribulation deepened.
• Di Jun gathered the Demon Clan’s upper ranks and asked them to find a way to overcome the Wu Clan’s formidable physical bodies, but Fuxi had no solution.
• Leize Demon King entered the Lingxiao Treasure Hall and announced that he had a method to break the Wu Clan’s bodies, shocking the assembled Demon Gods.

Leize Demon King revealed that Human Race essence blood could make ordinary Houtian Spiritual Treasure weapons pierce the Wu Clan’s bodies. Di Jun and the Demon Clan’s upper ranks celebrated the prospect of producing many such weapons, leaving the hall eager to exploit the discovery.

• Leize Demon King claimed he had found a way to overcome the Wu Clan’s powerful bodies and demonstrated by coating an ordinary Houtian Spiritual Treasure sword with blood.
• Leize Demon King used the sword to kill a captured Heavenly Witch, shocking Di Jun, Emperor Taiyi, and the Demon Clan’s upper ranks.
• Di Jun examined the sword, realized the blood was what made it effective, and demanded that Leize explain what it was.
• Leize revealed that the vial contained Human Race essence blood and said his subordinate had discovered that it let weapons pierce Wu Clan bodies.
• The Demon Clan’s upper ranks celebrated the discovery and proposed gathering Human Race blood to make Slaying Witch Weapons.

Demon King Leize proposed forging Slaying Witch Weapons from Human blood to counter the Wu Clan, and Di Jun eagerly embraced the plan. Fuxi warned that attacking the Human Race could provoke Saints and Niu Ben, but Emperor Taiyi and Kunpeng backed the plan, with Kunpeng secretly hoping the move would weaken Di Jun and Emperor Taiyi.

• Demon King Leize presented a method for countering the Wu Clan, and Di Jun celebrated the prospect of defeating them and unifying the Primordial Wilderness.
• Fuxi urged Di Jun to reconsider targeting the Human Race, warning that it was connected to Saint Taishang, Saint Nuwa, and Niu Ben through Huang Tian.
• Emperor Taiyi dismissed Fuxi's concerns, arguing that the Saints would not interfere and that Di Jun could defeat Niu Ben with his Sub-Saint strength.
• The Demon Gods condemned Fuxi and supported Emperor Taiyi, while Kunpeng endorsed collecting Human blood to forge Slaying Witch Weapons.
• Kunpeng privately agreed with Fuxi's concerns and hoped the plan would bring down Di Jun and Emperor Taiyi, allowing him to gain greater authority or dominate the Demon Clan.

Di Jun ordered four Demon Gods to secretly harvest Human souls and blood to forge weapons, while Niu Ben and Houtu reached the Netherworld Blood Sea after his Chaos Five Elements Flag was completed. At the Blood Sea, Houtu saw countless wandering souls, including Human souls, and the chapter left them confronting the scene.

• Di Jun decided the Demon Clan would secretly target the Human Race and ordered Ji Meng, Ying Zhao, Jiu Ying, and Gui Che to harvest souls and blood energy.
• After more than a thousand years of travel, Niu Ben received the completed Chaos Five Elements Flag and learned of its formidable powers.
• Niu Ben told Houtu Ancestor Witch that nothing was wrong, and the two continued their journey.
• Niu Ben and Houtu arrived at the Netherworld Blood Sea, where Houtu saw countless wandering souls, including souls of Human Race beings.

Houtu Ancestor Witch witnessed countless souls perish in the Netherworld Blood Sea and began seeking the truth about their fate. After Ancestor Minghe allowed her and Niu Ben into the Blood Sea, Niu Ben guided her toward the idea of Reincarnation, leaving her repeating the words “Rebirth” and “Reincarnation.”

• Houtu Ancestor Witch watched souls dissolve in the Blood Sea and felt that they should not meet such an end.
• Niu Ben realized Houtu Ancestor Witch was beginning to comprehend Reincarnation and planned to guide her.
• Ancestor Minghe sensed Niu Ben and Houtu Ancestor Witch, appeared before them, and asked why they had come.
• Houtu Ancestor Witch told Ancestor Minghe she had come to seek enlightenment and asked to enter the Blood Sea; he agreed and led them inside.
• Niu Ben described the need for a Place of Reincarnation where departed souls could be reborn, deeply shaking Houtu Ancestor Witch.

Houtu gained insight into reincarnation and drew down the Primordial Wilderness's power, prompting Niu Ben to say she was about to prove Dao and become a Saint. Meanwhile, the Three Ancestors reported widespread disappearances among the Human Race to Huang Tian, who prepared to investigate.

• Houtu understood the meaning of reincarnation and rose above the Netherworld Blood Sea.
• A vast power from the Primordial Wilderness descended into Houtu, and Niu Ben told Ancestor Minghe that she was likely about to prove Dao and become a Saint.
• The Three Ancestors learned that people were vanishing from many Human Tribes and brought the report to Huang Tian.
• Huang Tian questioned how so many people could disappear without explanation.

Huang Tian ordered Ancestor Suiren to investigate the Human Race disappearances, while Demon Emperor Di Jun expanded the Demon Clan’s effort to harvest human blood for the Witch-Slaying Sword. At the Netherworld Blood Sea, Houtu Ancestor Witch understood that her path was to become the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and Niu Ben received an Eighteen Layer Hell Model.

• Huang Tian warned that the disappearances might be a deliberate attack and sent Ancestor Suiren to investigate the major Human Tribes.
• Demon God Gui Che oversaw the slaughter of captives and the forging of weapons tempered with Human Race Essence Blood, including the Witch-Slaying Sword.
• Demon Emperor Di Jun ordered Gui Che to increase the collection of Human Race Essence Blood, dismissing concerns that the Human Race might discover the operation.
• Houtu Ancestor Witch awakened from her contemplation and realized that she must transform herself into the Six Paths of Reincarnation and establish an orderly place for souls to return.
• Niu Ben received an Eighteen Layer Hell Model from the system after completing the character selection.

Houtu told Ancestor Minghe that she needed the Netherworld Blood Sea to establish Reincarnation, but he refused to surrender his Dao Field and prepared to fight. Niu Ben tried to persuade Minghe, who accused him of plotting to seize the Blood Sea and challenged him to give up Penglai Immortal Island instead.

• Houtu thanked Niu Ben and Ancestor Minghe for guarding her, and Minghe asked whether she had comprehended her path to sainthood.
• Houtu said her Dao required the Netherworld Blood Sea as the foundation for Reincarnation and asked Minghe to give it to her.
• Minghe angrily refused, insisting that the Blood Sea was his birthplace and Dao Field, while Niu Ben considered whether to help Houtu take it.
• Houtu declared that she was determined to obtain the Blood Sea, and Minghe summoned the Twelve-Grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus and the Yuantu and Abi swords to face her.
• Niu Ben urged Minghe to support Houtu’s meritorious plan, but Minghe accused him of conspiring to seize the Blood Sea and challenged him to give Houtu Penglai Immortal Island instead.

Niu Ben and Houtu Ancestor Witch confronted Ancestor Minghe over using the Netherworld Blood Sea to establish Reincarnation, bringing them to the brink of battle. Heavenly Dao then manifested above the Blood Sea, drawing the attention of powerful beings and Saints across the Primordial Wilderness.

• Niu Ben offered to ask his master and Two Martial Uncles to relocate Penglai Immortal Island, but Houtu Ancestor Witch insisted that Reincarnation had to be established in the Netherworld Blood Sea.
• Ancestor Minghe accused Niu Ben and Houtu of scheming to take his territory, while Niu Ben prepared to use the Chaos Five Elements Flag and Houtu gathered her witch power.
• A terrifying pressure froze the Netherworld Blood Sea, and the Eye of Heavenly Dao appeared above it.
• Niu Ben, Houtu Ancestor Witch, and Ancestor Minghe recognized Heavenly Dao's manifestation and wondered why it had appeared.
• Great powers across the Primordial Wilderness sensed Heavenly Dao and rushed toward the Blood Sea, while the Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Nuwa watched in alarm.

Heavenly Dao ordered Ancestor Minghe to yield the Netherworld Blood Sea so Houtu Ancestor Witch could establish Reincarnation. After Ancestor Minghe agreed and Houtu promised him a Dao Field, she privately asked Niu Ben whether he had known about her mission, and he confirmed it.

• Heavenly Dao told Ancestor Minghe to yield the Blood Sea so Houtu Ancestor Witch could establish Reincarnation.
• Ancestor Minghe reluctantly surrendered the Blood Sea, and Houtu Ancestor Witch thanked him and promised him a Dao Field in the future Underworld.
• The Eye of Heavenly Dao disappeared, leaving the watching great powers and Saints confused about what had happened.
• Houtu Ancestor Witch enclosed herself and Niu Ben in a barrier and asked whether he had known she was meant to establish Reincarnation.
• Niu Ben confirmed that he had known, and Houtu Ancestor Witch assumed Heavenly Dao Will had guided him.

Houtu entrusted Niu Ben with her Ancestor Witch Essence Blood to deliver to Dijiang after she sacrificed herself to create Reincarnation, and promised him authority over the Underworld. As Houtu began her transformation, Niu Ben told Ancestor Minghe about their agreement and hinted at an opportunity for him.

• Houtu gave Niu Ben her Ancestor Witch Essence Blood and asked him to deliver it to Dijiang so the Wu Clan might preserve the Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Array.
• Niu Ben accepted the task after choosing the system reward of a Fragment of Innate Supreme Treasure.
• Houtu promised Niu Ben the Authority of the Underworld once she had transformed into Reincarnation and established its order, and he agreed to maintain its operation.
• Houtu dispelled the barrier, then stepped toward the Blood Sea as profound Dao Aura erupted around her.
• Niu Ben told Ancestor Minghe that Houtu had agreed to let him wield the Authority of the Underworld.