Chapter Summaries

Saint Zhunti’s incarnation arrived in Northern Darkness and rescued Kunpeng from the Demon Clan’s attack. Di Jun refused to release Kunpeng, arguing that letting him join the Western Teachings without punishment would undermine the Demon Clan’s authority.

• Saint Zhunti’s incarnation appeared on the battlefield just as Emperor Taiyi was close to defeating Kunpeng, forcing the fighters to stop.
• Observers, including Zhen Yuanzi, the Three Pure Ones, and Nuwa, recognized that Zhunti’s intervention confirmed the Western Teachings would protect Kunpeng.
• Kunpeng welcomed Zhunti’s incarnation, while Emperor Taiyi urged Di Jun to kill Kunpeng before the incarnation could interfere further.
• Di Jun rejected Emperor Taiyi’s proposal and warned that fighting a saint’s incarnation could make enemies of the Western Teachings’ two saints.
• Zhunti’s incarnation said Kunpeng had joined the Western Teachings as their Third Buddha and asked Di Jun to spare him.
• Di Jun countered that Kunpeng had betrayed the Demon Clan and that releasing him would damage its dignity and authority.

Zhunti negotiated with Di Jun to spare Kunpeng, offering future Western Teachings support in the Witch-Demon War and one Innate Spiritual Treasure as compensation. Di Jun accepted, severed Kunpeng’s ties to the Demon Clan, and withdrew the army from the North Sea.

• Zhunti isolated himself and Di Jun from others and offered Western Teachings’ help in the future Witch-Demon War in exchange for Kunpeng’s safety.
• Di Jun agreed to spare Kunpeng but demanded compensation for the Demon Clan’s lost Fortune.
• Zhunti gave Di Jun one Innate Spiritual Treasure, and Di Jun accepted the settlement.
• Di Jun declared Kunpeng’s ties to the Demon Clan severed and ordered the Demon Army to withdraw.
• Emperor Taiyi put away the Chaos Bell and left the North Sea with Di Jun as observers wondered what agreement the two had reached.

After the Zhunti Incarnation rescued Kunpeng and took him to the Western Realm, the Wu and Demon Clans held back from full-scale war while the Human Race flourished. Years later, a terrifying aura darkened the sky and shook the Primordial Wilderness, leaving its great powers unsure what had happened.

• Zhen Yuanzi and the Ancestor Witches lamented that the Zhunti Incarnation had intervened to save Kunpeng, while Huang Tian and Cangjie noted the Demon Clan had lost an ally.
• Kunpeng vowed to remember Di Jun and Taiyi’s attempt on his life, then followed the Zhunti Incarnation west with the remnants of Northern Darkness Palace.
• The Wu and Demon Clans prepared in secret during a period of calm as the Human Race advanced through Cangjie's Creation of Characters and Niu Ben's Martial Dao method.
• Many years later, the sky suddenly darkened, a terrifying aura spread across Primordial Heaven and Earth, and the Great Dao and laws trembled.
• Kunpeng, Ancestor Minghe, Zhen Yuanzi, Di Jun, and Emperor Taiyi were alarmed by the upheaval but could not identify its cause.

Niu Ben’s breakthrough to the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal triggered the Primordial Tribulation, sending Purple Firmament Divine Lightning into the Underworld. As the Underworld’s inhabitants sensed the upheaval, Niu Ben completed a major transformation in his secluded cultivation site, but his breakthrough remained underway.

• Dijiang and the other Ancestor Witches, along with the Saints, sensed a disturbance that signaled an impending Primordial Tribulation.
• Nuwa, the Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunti wondered who was attempting to attain the Primordial, with several suspecting Niu Ben.
• Purple Firmament Divine Lightning struck the Underworld, shaking the Eighteen Layers of Hell and alarming its inhabitants.
• Ksitigarbha King used his Buddha Light and thousand-handed Dharma Body to suppress the turmoil in the hells.
• Xuandu and the other Three Teachings Disciples, Ancestor Minghe, and Empress Pingxin realized the disturbance came from Niu Ben’s secluded cultivation site and anticipated his breakthrough.
• Niu Ben opened his eyes after refining Pangu’s Essence Blood and the Origin Essence of the Great Dao of Strength, transforming his three thousand Earth Fiend Divine Oxen into Heavenly Gang Divine Oxen.

Niu Ben fused three thousand Heavenly Gang Divine Ox Dharma Images into the Chaos Divine Ox and drew a Primordial Tribulation as he sought to enter the Divine Ox Realm. He moved the tribulation to the Endless Nether Abyss and invited others to witness his attempt to attain the Dao of Primordial Chaos.

• Niu Ben fused his three thousand Heavenly Gang Divine Ox Dharma Images into the Chaos Divine Ox, whose form remained incomplete.
• Niu Ben withdrew from the Great Thousand World to his secluded cultivation site in the Underworld, causing the Purple Sky Divine Lightning to retreat into the tribulation cloud.
• Niu Ben announced that the nine layers of Primordial Tribulation Lightning would descend upon the Endless Nether Abyss and invited the Underworld’s powers to observe.
• Xuandu, Golden Spirit Holy Mother, Huang Long, Chijingzi, the Ox Clan Beings, Ancestor Minghe, and Ksitigarbha King headed for the Endless Nether Abyss.
• Empress Pingxin stayed in Pingxin Palace and wondered whether Niu Ben could survive the tribulation.

Saint Nuwa, Jieyin, Zhunti, the Three Pure Ones, and Huang Tian gathered to witness Niu Ben’s Hunyuan tribulation in the Underworld. Pingxin allowed Niu Ben’s masters, fellow disciples, their disciples, and the Human Race to enter the Ghost Gate, but barred Nuwa and the Western Saints.

• Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti arrived in the Underworld, followed by the Three Pure Ones and their disciples, then Huang Tian, Cangjie, and other Human Race beings.
• At the Ghost Gate, an invisible force repelled Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti, while the Three Pure Ones and their disciples entered without difficulty.
• Huang Tian and the Human Race beings also entered the Underworld, but Zhunti’s second attempt and further attempts by Jieyin and Nuwa were repelled.
• Pingxin’s projection explained that the gates were sealed during Niu Ben’s Hunyuan tribulation and only his masters, fellow disciples, their lineage of disciples, and the Human Race could enter.
• Zhunti asked Pingxin to let the Western Saints observe, but she refused, citing Niu Ben’s instructions and the risk of unrelated visitors altering the tribulation.

Zhunti, Jieyin, and Nuwa were barred from entering the Underworld and left, while Hongjun sensed the Heavenly Dao gathering against Niu Ben’s attempt to prove the Hunyuan Dao by force. At the Netherworld Abyss, the Three Pure Ones and their disciples watched the Primordial Chaos Lightning Tribulation build, worried that Niu Ben lacked their magic treasures to face it.

• Pingxin’s phantom kept Zhunti, Jieyin, and Nuwa outside the Ghost Gate, and the three Saints departed without witnessing Niu Ben’s tribulation.
• Hongjun sensed the Heavenly Dao’s Origin Essence gathering within the tribulation cloud and wondered whether the Heavenly Dao would allow Niu Ben to succeed.
• The Three Pure Ones arrived at the Netherworld Abyss, where the Underworld’s disciples and beings bowed to them.
• Tongtian and Primordial Heavenly Lord worried about the Primordial Chaos Lightning Tribulation’s power and regretted that Niu Ben had not asked them for magic treasures beforehand.
• Tongtian said his Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, Taishang’s Taiji Diagram, and Yuanshi’s Pangu Banner could have helped Niu Ben face the tribulation.

Niu Ben faced the Primordial Chaos Lightning Tribulation as Taishang, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Huang Tian, Cangjie, and the gathered beings watched anxiously. He withstood the first bolt with his body and charged at the second, discovering that the lightning strengthened the Chaos Divine Ox Phantom within him.

• Taishang refused to interfere with Niu Ben’s tribulation, and he, Yuanshi, and Tongtian worried that the Heavenly Dao might make it more dangerous.
• Huang Tian and Cangjie arrived with the Human Race beings and expressed their faith and concern for Niu Ben.
• Niu Ben let the first bolt strike him without using a treasure and emerged unharmed as its lightning sank into his body.
• Niu Ben sensed that the first bolt had made the Chaos Divine Ox Phantom within him more solid.
• Niu Ben charged into the second, more powerful bolt, creating a violent burst of lightning above the Netherworld Abyss.

Niu Ben faced the Primordial Chaos Lightning Tribulation in the Underworld, enduring its first three bolts with his body before the fourth overwhelmed him. As he knelt beneath the lightning, Taishang remained confident that Niu Ben still had methods he had not used.

• Niu Ben withstood the first two bolts of Primordial Chaos Lightning with his physical body, impressing the observers and the Three Pure Ones.
• The third bolt struck, and Niu Ben charged into it head-on, surviving with a disordered aura as Taishang protected the gathered observers from the shockwaves.
• Niu Ben considered using other methods or the Chaos Five Elements Flag if the tribulation became too much for him.
• Niu Ben punched the fourth bolt, but its destructive power wounded him and pinned him beneath a pillar of light.
• Tongtian and Yuanshi feared Niu Ben might not survive, while Taishang told them to keep watching because Niu Ben had more methods left.

Niu Ben broke the fourth Thunder Tribulation, revealed his Chaos Azure Ox true form, and shattered the fifth before charging into the sixth. When the sixth tribulation vanished, Niu Ben disappeared with it, leaving the witnesses baffled.

• Niu Ben resisted the fourth Thunder Tribulation and shattered it with a burst of power.
• Niu Ben transformed into an enormous Chaos Azure Ox, shocking the Three Teachings disciples, the Three Pure Ones, and the gathered Ox Clan beings.
• Niu Ben charged into the fifth Thunder Tribulation and destroyed it, while the Three Pure Ones calmed the resulting shockwaves.
• The sixth Thunder Tribulation appeared, and Niu Ben charged to meet it.
• Niu Ben and the sixth Thunder Tribulation vanished together, leaving the spectators unable to explain what had happened.

Niu Ben was taken into a void and confronted by the Eye of Heavenly Dao, which offered him power in exchange for submission. He rejected the offer and chose the dangerous path of breaking free from the Heavenly Dao’s restraints, then began to act on that choice.

• After Niu Ben vanished with the sixth Primordial Chaos Lightning Tribulation, the onlookers feared he had perished, while he found himself in a blank void.
• A massive Eye of Heavenly Dao appeared and demanded that Niu Ben submit in exchange for help attaining the Daluo Golden Immortal realm.
• The system presented Niu Ben with a choice between submitting for an Innate Supreme Treasure and risking destruction to pursue his own path and receive a cleansing by the Origin of the Great Dao.
• Niu Ben rejected submission, chose the dangerous second option, and raised his hand to break the void.

After rejecting Heavenly Dao’s offer to become its Hunyuan, Niu Ben faced its intent to erase him. He returned to the Netherworld Abyss as a new, judgment-filled tribulation gathered, while Hongjun resolved to protect him if necessary.

• Niu Ben rejected Heavenly Dao’s offer, provoking its killing intent as the void around him collapsed.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun realized Niu Ben had refused Heavenly Dao and resolved to intervene if the younger ox needed help.
• Dark-gold tribulation clouds formed again above the Netherworld Abyss, bewildering the gathered observers.
• Niu Ben reappeared in his Chaos Azure Ox true form, and the Three Pure Ones noticed the new tribulation held a supreme will.
• Violet-gold lightning condensed with an intent of judgment, and Niu Ben challenged Heavenly Dao as he faced it.

Niu Ben endured successive Primordial Chaos Lightning Tribulations strengthened by the Heavenly Dao Will, but each strike left his Chaos Azure Ox true form more gravely wounded. As another terrifying tribulation formed above the Netherworld Abyss, he remained defiant, though his survival was uncertain.

• Niu Ben charged into the Heavenly Dao-reinforced purplish-gold lightning and blocked it, but the impact cracked his horns and badly wounded him.
• Tongtian asked Taishang why the Heavenly Dao was interfering, and Taishang explained that Niu Ben's path of true transcendence was not tolerated by it.
• The grayish-white Void-Returning Lightning struck Niu Ben, splitting open his chest and corroding his body until he was mangled and greatly weakened.
• Niu Ben vowed that the Heavenly Dao would not end him and recognized that it meant to erase him for becoming an anomaly beyond its control.
• A hazy gray tribulation formed in the cloud above the Netherworld Abyss, terrifying the onlookers with its power to erase all existence.

As Niu Ben faced a devastating final bolt of his Primordial Tribulation, Dao Ancestor Hongjun appeared and froze the lightning. Hongjun confronted Niu Ben over refusing Heavenly Dao’s recruitment, and the Eye of Heavenly Dao manifested in response to Hongjun’s intervention.

• Taishang told Tongtian and Yuanshi that Niu Ben had to face the tribulation alone because outside help would provoke stronger lightning.
• Niu Ben prepared to use the Chaos Five Elements Flag as the final bolt descended toward him.
• The tribulation lightning stopped in midair, and Dao Ancestor Hongjun emerged before Niu Ben.
• Hongjun privately told Niu Ben that he knew Niu Ben had refused Heavenly Dao’s offer of recruitment.
• The Eye of Heavenly Dao manifested above the Netherworld Abyss after Hongjun intervened.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun intervened to save Niu Ben from the final Primordial Tribulation Lightning and openly declared that he would protect him against the Heavenly Dao. He froze the Tribulation Cloud until its destructive lightning vanished, after which the Heavenly Dao's Eye disappeared, leaving the gathered beings baffled.

• Hongjun appeared above the Netherworld Abyss and stopped the final tribulation lightning as the Eye of Heavenly Dao watched him.
• Taishang, Yuanshi, Tongtian, and Niu Ben wondered why Hongjun had intervened for Niu Ben despite his connection to the Heavenly Dao.
• Hongjun declared that he would protect Niu Ben, angering the Heavenly Dao and prompting dark-golden lightning to surge through the Tribulation Cloud.
• Hongjun shielded Niu Ben and spread clear light that froze the area and subdued the Tribulation Cloud's lightning.
• The Tribulation Cloud dissipated, and the Eye of Heavenly Dao faded away without a battle, leaving the gathered beings bewildered.

After surviving the Primordial Tribulation with Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s help, Niu Ben received a baptism from the Origin of the Great Dao, marking his attainment of Hunyuan. Hongjun returned to Purple Sky Palace, leaving Niu Ben to wonder why he had intervened, while Heavenly Dao reacted warily to the Great Dao’s descent.

• Niu Ben thanked Dao Ancestor Hongjun for stopping the final tribulation bolt, and Hongjun invited him to Purple Sky Palace once matters were settled.
• After Hongjun vanished, Niu Ben wondered why he had risked clashing with Heavenly Dao to protect him.
• The Origin of the Great Dao descended through the Chaos barrier and enveloped Niu Ben, astonishing the Three Pure Ones and the ceremony’s attendees.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun sensed the baptism at Purple Sky Palace and praised Niu Ben for earning the Great Dao’s recognition.
• The Eye of Heavenly Dao appeared and regarded the Origin of the Great Dao with surprise and apprehension.

Niu Ben absorbed the Origin of the Great Dao and attained Hunyuan, rising to the Ninth Heaven of the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal Realm. His breakthrough alarmed the Three Pure Ones and drew concern from the Demon Clan and Western Teachings.

• Niu Ben healed from his tribulation injuries and broke through from the Sub-Saint Level into the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal Realm.
• Niu Ben's cultivation surged to the Ninth Heaven, leaving the assembled beings and the Three Pure Ones stunned by his strength.
• Taishang praised Niu Ben as his disciple, while observers outside the Underworld speculated whether Niu Ben or Ancestor Minghe had attained the Dao.
• Di Jun and Emperor Taiyi feared that Niu Ben was the one who had succeeded, since his new power widened the gap between him and the Demon Clan.
• Jieyin and Zhunti realized Niu Ben had likely attained Hunyuan and worried about his strained relationship with the Western Teachings.

After proving the Dao of Hunyuan, Niu Ben advanced to the Ninth Heaven of the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal and completed his Third Ancestral Return, raising his physical body to the level of an Innate Supreme Treasure. He greeted the Three Pure Ones with respect, while Nuwa reflected on how his breakthrough might change Primordial Heaven and Earth.

• Nuwa sensed that Niu Ben had successfully proven his Dao despite the Heavenly Dao’s opposition and wondered whether he was an anomaly of the Primordial Wilderness.
• Niu Ben realized he had reached the Ninth Heaven of the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal and received a system notification that his Third Ancestral Return had begun.
• Chaos Divine Light surrounded Niu Ben as his bloodline transformed, strengthening his body until it was comparable to an Innate Supreme Treasure.
• The system announced that Niu Ben’s Third Ancestral Return was complete and that the next one required cultivation to reach the Heavenly Dao Realm.
• Niu Ben approached the Three Pure Ones, saluted them, and affirmed his respect for his master and martial uncles despite surpassing them in cultivation.
• Tongtian Saint praised Niu Ben, Yuanshi acknowledged his immense cultivation, and Saint Taishang said his achievement comforted him as a master.

After attaining Hunyuan, Niu Ben announced that he would marry Xi He in the Ox Clan a hundred years later, with the Three Pure Ones officiating. He thanked Pingxin for protecting his attainment ceremony and left the Underworld, while Xi He and Chang Xi awaited his return.

• Niu Ben told the Three Pure Ones that he and Xi He would wed in the Ox Clan in a hundred years and asked them to officiate.
• The Three Pure Ones approved, and Niu Ben invited the gathered disciples and Human Race members to attend the wedding.
• The Three Pure Ones returned to Penglai, Huang Tian and Cangjie led the Human Race back to Kongtong Mountain, and the Underworld personnel returned to their posts.
• Niu Ben thanked Pingxin for keeping Jieyin, Zhunti, and Nuwa from entering the Underworld during his attainment, then asked her to govern in his absence.
• Niu Ben flew back toward the Ox Clan, where Chang Xi asked Xi He when he would finally marry her.

Niu Ben returned to the Ox Clan valley and asked Xi He to marry him in one hundred years after revealing that he had attained the Dao. Xi He accepted, and Niu Ben went to tell his parents and arrange the wedding, leaving Niu Ba and the elders stunned by his arrival.

• Chang Xi teased Xi He about Niu Ben marrying her, and Xi He suggested he should marry Chang Xi too.
• Niu Ben appeared in the courtyard, and Chang Xi asked if he had returned to marry Xi He.
• Niu Ben held Xi He's hands and proposed that they marry in one hundred years; Xi He happily agreed.
• Xi He realized Niu Ben had attained the Dao, and Chang Xi congratulated him on becoming a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin.
• Niu Ben said the wedding would take place in the Ox Clan and suggested Chang Xi serve as maid of honor, embarrassing both sisters.
• Niu Ben went to the Ox Clan ancestral hall to discuss the wedding with his parents, startling Niu Ba and the elders.