Chapter Summaries

After Di Jun killed Da Yi, Zhu Rong confronted him, and the Demon and Wu Clans gathered for battle. As the two sides stood on the verge of war, Jieyin learned that Zhunti had secretly taken the Little Golden Crows’ corpses.

• Di Jun crushed Da Yi with a single palm strike and killed him for shooting down his ten sons.
• Zhu Rong arrived and attacked Di Jun, who drove him back with True Sun Fire as observers learned Da Yi was dead.
• Zhu Rong and Di Jun blamed each other for their clans’ losses and prepared to fight again.
• Emperor Taiyi and the Demon Gods arrived, and Taiyi threatened Zhu Rong with the Eastern Emperor Bell.
• Di Jiang and the other Ancestor Witches joined Zhu Rong, bringing the two clans’ forces to the brink of war.
• Jieyin asked Zhunti whether he had left traces, and Zhunti revealed he had secretly taken the Little Golden Crows’ corpses.

After the Demon Clan and the Wu Clan faced off, Di Jun postponed their decisive battle for ten thousand years and ordered the Heavenly Court to prepare for war. Niu Ben considered why both sides needed time, then Empress Pingxin suddenly appeared before him.

• Jieyin and Zhunti welcomed the coming conflict as an opportunity for the Western Teachings, while the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa watched without intervening.
• Di Jun declared that the Demon Clan would fight the Wu Clan to the death in ten thousand years, then withdrew with Emperor Taiyi and the Demon Clan forces.
• Dijiang led the Ancestral Witches away, relieved that Chiyou might have time to refine the Ancestor Witch Essence Blood and become an Ancestor Witch.
• Di Jun ordered the Heavenly Court to enter its highest state of war readiness and train the Great Formation of the Stars of the Heavens.
• Niu Ben reasoned that the Wu Clan had not finished refining the Essence Blood and that the Demon Clan had not completed the Witch-Slaying Sword.
• Empress Pingxin appeared in the Great Hall of Fengdu City, and Niu Ben asked why she had come.

Empress Pingxin asked Niu Ben to preserve a remnant of the Wu Clan’s bloodline during its coming war with the Demon Clan, and he agreed. As the two clans prepared and the Human Race grew in peace, Chiyou completed his refinement of the Ancestor Witch Essence Blood, restoring the Twelve Ancestral Witches just before the decisive battle.

• Empress Pingxin told Niu Ben she could not bear to watch the Wu Clan face destruction and asked him to preserve some of its bloodline during the Witch-Demon War.
• Niu Ben agreed to preserve a spark of the Wu Clan’s bloodline, hoping Pingxin would owe him a favor and noting his dislike of Di Jun and Emperor Taiyi.
• The Wu and Demon Clans prepared for their final battle, while the Human Race expanded and shared knowledge through Cangjie's Written Characters.
• At Pangu Temple, Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches discussed the coming battle when Chiyou released a terrifying aura, signaling that he had succeeded in refining the Ancestor Witch Essence Blood.
• Dijiang led the other Ancestral Witches toward Chiyou.

Chiyou refined Ancestor Witch Essence Blood and became an Ancestor Witch, allowing the Wu Clan to complete its Twelve Ancestor Witches. Ten thousand years after Di Jun’s declaration of war, the Witch and Demon armies gathered at Buzhou Mountain, while Dao Ancestor Hongjun recognized the Heavenly Dao’s hidden scheme and remained unable to intervene.

• Chiyou broke through in the blood pool and became an Ancestor Witch, prompting Dijiang and the other Ancestor Witches to welcome him as a brother.
• Qiang Liang urged Dijiang to practice the Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Array with Chiyou, and Dijiang began training with him and the other Ancestor Witches.
• Ten thousand years after Di Jun’s declaration of war, the Demon Army arrived at Buzhou Mountain with Slaying Witch Weapons and its star formations.
• The Wu Clan army emerged to face the Demon Army, with the twelve Ancestor Witches leading its ranks.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun realized the Heavenly Dao was using the Witch-Demon War to devour the remnants of Pangu’s will, but his bond with the Heavenly Dao left him unable to act, so he placed his hopes on Niu Ben.

The Witch and Demon Clans launched a brutal war of extermination at Buzhou Mountain, while the Human Race and several powerful observers chose to wait and watch. As the slaughter continued, the Saints and other factions considered its dangers and opportunities.

• Di Jun declared war on the Wu Clan, and Dijiang gathered the Wu warriors, confident that Chiyou's advancement had completed their Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Array.
• The Demon and Wu armies clashed at Buzhou Mountain, where Slaying Witch Weapons helped the Demon Clan inflict heavy casualties.
• At Kongtong Mountain, Huang Tian declined Cangjie's request to support the Wu Clan and chose to watch the battle first.
• Zhunti welcomed the war as an opportunity for Western Teachings, while Jieyin decided to wait until it ended; Kunpeng hoped the Wu Clan would kill Di Jun and Emperor Taiyi.
• The Three Pure Ones watched the battle through a cloud mirror and remarked on its terrifying tribulation aura, while Nuwa worried about Fuxi's safety.

Niu Ben watched the Witch-Demon War, prepared to save part of the Wu Clan, as the Wu and Demon Clans unleashed their ultimate formations. Their summoned Pangu True Body and Di Jun’s Three-legged Golden Crow collided above Buzhou Mountain, creating an expanding sphere of destructive light.

• Niu Ben kept watch over the Witch-Demon War after agreeing to Empress Pingxin’s request to preserve a remnant of the Wu Clan.
• Di Jiang and the other Ancestor Witches activated the Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Array, drawing in the blood and vitality of fallen Wu and Demon warriors.
• Di Jun ordered the Demon Clan to activate the Great Formation of the Stars of the Heavens, and the two armies summoned their immense battle formations.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches summoned the Pangu True Body, while Di Jun transformed into a Three-legged Golden Crow empowered by the stars.
• The Pangu True Body and the Three-legged Golden Crow attacked each other, and their collision created a vast sphere of light above Buzhou Mountain.

As Pangu True Body and the Three-legged Golden Crow collided, their shockwave devastated the Primordial Wilderness Land and cracked Buzhou Mountain. Beyond the Primordial World, two Saint Beings from the Universe Devouring Realm discovered it and tore open its world barrier to seize its Origin Essence.

• Pangu True Body and the Three-legged Golden Crow's collision sent a shockwave across the land, killing countless beings and flattening mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas.
• The collision cracked Buzhou Mountain, terrifying the watching great powers.
• Two Saint Beings leading otherworldly beings through Chaos sensed the Primordial World and learned that its Origin Essence was abundant and undamaged.
• The Unicorn Saint urged his cautious Big Brother to invade before the Saint Ancestor arrived, and Big Brother agreed to seize the world.
• The Unicorn Hunyuan Being used a black Bone Bead to tear open the Primordial World's Heaven and Earth Fetal Membrane.

The Heavenly Dao warned the Primordial World’s Saints that Outer Chaos invaders had breached its barrier. Niu Ben also received the warning and a system choice to defend the world or ignore the invasion, as the Witch-Demon War continued.

• Long-tailed Primordial Chaos Being led his subordinates toward the rift to enter a new world.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun sensed a disturbance beyond the Primordial World and received the Heavenly Dao’s warning of an invasion.
• The Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti received the warning and considered the threat posed by the invaders.
• Jieyin told Zhunti that repelling the invaders could help them repay their debt of Heavenly Dao Merit.
• Niu Ben received the invasion warning and a system mission offering rewards for either defending the Primordial Wilderness or ignoring its troubles.

After choosing a system mission that awarded a Fragment of Chaos Supreme Treasure, Niu Ben appeared in his Chaos Divine Ox form on the Witch-Demon battlefield. The Three Pure Ones suspected he had come to stop the war after learning of the invasion from the Outer Chaos.

• Niu Ben chose the system option that offered a Fragment of Chaos Supreme Treasure and resolved to act to preserve the Wu Clan's bloodline.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Demon Clan gathered their strength for a final clash near Buzhou Mountain.
• Niu Ben manifested his enormous Chaos Divine Ox true body, and its Chaos Qi suppressed the battlefield's competing powers.
• The combatants and watching great powers were shocked by Niu Ben's appearance and formidable aura.
• At Penglai Immortal Island, Tongtian suggested Niu Ben had come to mediate the war, and Taishang agreed that the Outer Chaos invasion might have prompted him to intervene.

Niu Ben descended onto the battlefield to halt the Wu-Demon War, but Zhu Rong challenged him and was pinned beneath Niu Ben’s hoof. Niu Ben then revealed the Heavenly Dao’s warning of a great enemy threatening the Primordial Wilderness.

• The saints realized Niu Ben had appeared to mediate the Wu-Demon War and unite the races against an external threat.
• Niu Ben’s true form stopped the fighting, but Zhu Rong angrily accused him of interfering and refused to listen.
• Dijiang tried to silence Zhu Rong, but Niu Ben stomped through the Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Array and suppressed him.
• The Ancestor Witches and Demon Clan leaders questioned why Niu Ben had attacked Zhu Rong.
• Niu Ben condemned both races for fighting while a great enemy threatened the Primordial Wilderness, then shared the Heavenly Dao’s warning with everyone present.

Niu Ben stopped the Witch-Demon War after warning that enemies from beyond the Primordial World had breached its barrier. The Six Saints arrived, and a huge, ominous gate appeared in a rift in the void.

• The Heavenly Dao warned everyone in the Witch-Demon War that foreign enemies had breached the Primordial World's outer barrier, and Niu Ben explained why he had intervened.
• Dijiang ordered the Wu Clan to withdraw the Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Array, and Di Jun ordered the Demon Clan to disperse the Great Formation of the Stars of the Heavens.
• Niu Ben received a system reward for mediating the war: one Fragment of Chaos Supreme Treasure, bringing his collection progress to 1/7.
• The Six Saints of the Heavens descended, and the Wu and Yao beings bowed to them as the Saints looked toward Niu Ben.
• A rift tore open in the void, and a massive gate with a cold, deathly aura emerged.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun confirmed that invaders from beyond the realm had attacked the Primordial World and promised Heavenly Dao Merit and Primordial Violet Qi to those who helped defend it. As the Primordial World’s living beings rallied to fight, the Universe Devouring Realm’s army broke through its inner barrier.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun arrived and confirmed that enemies from another world were invading the Primordial World.
• Hongjun announced that anyone who killed an Outer Demon would receive Heavenly Dao Merit, while those who made great contributions could also receive Primordial Violet Qi.
• Jieyin, Zhunti, and many Quasi-Saints were excited by the rewards, and the gathered powers vowed to fight the invaders.
• Niu Ben considered how he might distribute the Primordial Violet Qi he already possessed and focused on preparing for the battle.
• The Universe Devouring Realm’s army, led by two Hunyuan living beings, broke through the Primordial World’s inner barrier.

Gu Liao and Gu Ye led the Universe Devouring Realm’s army through the Primordial World’s shattered barrier, hoping to seize its Origin Essence for their Saint Ancestor. The Primordial Wilderness forces intercepted them in the Chaos Void, and the invaders realized the world was far stronger than they had expected.

• Gu Liao and Gu Ye broke through the inner barrier and ordered their army to invade the Primordial World and seize its resources.
• The invaders sensed the Primordial World’s rich Origin Essence and spiritual energy as they charged toward it.
• Gu Liao and Gu Ye stopped when powerful auras approached from the Primordial Wilderness.
• Niu Ben, the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Jieyin, Zhunti, and a vast Primordial Wilderness army arrived to confront the invaders.
• Taishang warned Tongtian that Gu Liao and Gu Ye were both at the ninth level of Primordial Chaos, while Niu Ben matched their cultivation.
• Gu Liao and Gu Ye grew uneasy after discovering that the supposedly early-stage world had seven Hunyuan powerhouses, including Niu Ben.

The Primordial Wilderness and Universe Devouring Realm armies clashed in a brutal battle while Tongtian confronted Gu Ye and Gu Liao. Tongtian trapped both Ninth Heaven experts in the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, which began to overwhelm them.

• Gu Ye and Gu Liao decided to fight the Primordial Wilderness forces rather than retreat and wait for reinforcements.
• Niu Ben ordered the Primordial Wilderness army to attack, and Gu Ye led the Universe Devouring Realm army into battle.
• Tongtian stepped forward to face Gu Ye and Gu Liao, despite being at the Primordial Chaos Fourth Heaven.
• Tongtian summoned the four Immortal Slaying Swords and formed a sword formation around Gu Ye and Gu Liao.
• The sword formation's destructive attacks grew stronger until Gu Ye and Gu Liao were suppressed and could not break free without the power of four Saints.

Tongtian used the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation to overwhelm Gu Ye and Gu Liao, but just as he was about to kill them, Dao Ancestor Hongjun and a mysterious figure arrived and halted the Four Immortal Slaying Swords. Niu Ben suspected the newcomer was the Heavenly Dao Incarnation, leaving Gu Ye and Gu Liao stunned by the appearance of two more Heavenly Dao-level powers.

• Jieyin and Zhunti charged toward the other Outer Realm Beings to earn Merit while Tongtian fought Gu Ye and Gu Liao.
• Tongtian's sword formation struck Gu Ye and Gu Liao with severe injuries, and the Four Immortal Slaying Swords moved in to finish them.
• Hongjun and a law-shrouded figure emerged from spatial ripples and froze the Four Immortal Slaying Swords in midair.
• Niu Ben suspected that the mysterious figure was the Heavenly Dao Incarnation, while Taishang, Yuanshi, and Nuwa sensed the Heavenly Dao's aura and bowed to Hongjun.
• Gu Ye and Gu Liao reacted in disbelief to Hongjun and the possible Heavenly Dao Incarnation appearing on the battlefield.

Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao Incarnation captured Gu Ye and Gu Liao, while Niu Ben and the Saints wiped out the Outer Realm Army and received Heavenly Dao Merit. The Primordial Wilderness forces returned home, leaving an Outer Realm Quasi-Saint at the world’s edge to discover that the leaders and army had vanished.

• Hongjun ordered Tongtian to dismantle the Immortal Slaying Formation, then he and the Heavenly Dao Incarnation bound Gu Ye and Gu Liao and took them away.
• Niu Ben, Taishang, and the other Saints attacked the remaining Outer Realm Beings and killed or suppressed the invading army.
• Heavenly Dao Merit descended on the Primordial Wilderness fighters, raising many cultivations; Jieyin and Zhunti received none because their Merit went toward repaying their debt.
• Tongtian gained the most Merit and advanced to the Mid-Stage Saint Peak, while Nuwa wondered why no Primordial Violet Qi had appeared.
• Niu Ben led the Saints and other powerful figures back to the Primordial Wilderness.
• An Outer Realm Quasi-Saint at the Primordial World’s outer barrier found that Gu Ye, Gu Liao, and the army’s auras had disappeared and feared they had all fallen.

After the Outer Realm invasion ended, the Witch and Demon Clans returned home and decided to recover rather than resume their war. Niu Ben warned Xi He and Chang Xi that peace would not last, and Dao Ancestor Hongjun summoned all Quasi-Saints and stronger cultivators to the Purple Cloud Palace.

• The Outer Realm Quasi-Saint withdrew after the invading army was destroyed, and the Primordial Wilderness beings returned to their homes.
• Dijiang and the Ancestral Witches chose to recuperate after losses in their battles against the Demon Clan and the Outer Realm invaders.
• Di Jun told Tushan Blood Fox that the Demon Clan would recover before attacking the Wu Clan to avenge their sons.
• Niu Ben returned to Xi He and Chang Xi, explained that Tongtian had suppressed the Outer Realm leaders with the Immortal Slaying Formation, and warned that the Primordial World would not remain peaceful.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun summoned all Quasi-Saints and cultivators above their realm to the Purple Cloud Palace.

After Dao Ancestor Hongjun summoned all beings at and above the Quasi-Saint Realm to Purple Firmament Palace, many speculated that he would distribute Primordial Violet Qi. The powerful beings gathered outside the palace, where the arrival of the Saints left them waiting for the announcement.

• Beings across the Primordial Wilderness reacted to Hongjun's decree, and Zhen Yuanzi, Kunpeng, and Ancestor Minghe set off for Purple Firmament Palace.
• Di Jun led Emperor Taiyi and the other Demon Clan powerhouses toward the palace, while Niu Ben also departed after suspecting the summons concerned the world's safety.
• The Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Jieyin, Zhunti, and other Quasi-Saints traveled to Purple Firmament Palace.
• Quasi-Saints gathered outside the palace, speculating about Hongjun's purpose as Haotian and Jade Pool emerged from its gates.
• The Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti arrived with auras surpassing the Quasi-Saint Realm.

Niu Ben joined the Saints and Quasi-Saints gathered at Purple Firmament Palace, where Dao Ancestor Hongjun announced that the Universe Devouring Realm planned to invade the Primordial World. Hongjun warned that its Saint Ancestor sought to plunder their world’s Origin Essence, leaving the gathered powers to face an approaching threat.

• Haotian and Jade Pool welcomed the Six Saints and ushered the Quasi-Saints into Purple Firmament Palace.
• Niu Ben arrived, received the gathered powers’ respect, greeted the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa, and took the final front cushion beside the Saints.
• Zhunti resented Niu Ben, while Nuwa reflected on his rise and Di Jun and Emperor Taiyi brooded over their grievances against him.
• Hongjun appeared before the assembly and said he had gathered them to announce three matters.
• Hongjun explained that the Universe Devouring Realm was collapsing and its Saint Ancestor had sent a vanguard after the Witch-Demon War revealed the Primordial World’s coordinates.
• Hongjun warned that the Saint Ancestor would soon lead an army to invade and seize the Primordial World’s Origin Essence.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun warned the assembly in Purple Cloud Palace that the Universe Devouring Realm would launch a larger invasion to seize the Primordial World’s Origin Essence, and the Six Saints and Quasi-Saints vowed to fight. Hongjun then promised rewards for those who helped defend the world, leaving the Quasi-Saints eager to hear whether Primordial Violet Qi would be among them.

• The beings in Purple Cloud Palace reacted with alarm when Hongjun revealed that the previous Outer Realm Army had been only the Universe Devouring Realm’s Vanguard and that a stronger invasion was coming.
• Tongtian Saint asked Hongjun for a strategy, and Hongjun declared that the Primordial World had no choice but to fight and kill its invaders.
• Tongtian Saint, Jieyin, Zhunti, Saint Taishang, Saint Nuwa, and Primordial Heavenly Lord each voiced their resolve to defend the Primordial World.
• Niu Ben remained silent, recognizing that the invasion and the coming battle were inevitable.
• Hongjun promised that the Heavenly Dao would reward merit and punish faults, prompting the Quasi-Saints to speculate that Primordial Violet Qi might be offered.