Chapter Summaries

Niu Ben effortlessly defeated the two Saints of Western Teachings, Zhunti and Jieyin, while Saints and powerful figures across the realms watched in awe. The chapter left the witnesses reflecting on Niu Ben’s overwhelming strength and what it meant for their own factions.

• The Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, and Niu Ba watched Niu Ben overpower the two Western Teachings Saints and praised his strength.
• Haotian suspected Western Teachings had schemed to expose Yaoji’s violation of heavenly rules, but held back his anger because he had only recently become a Saint.
• Di Jun and Emperor Taiyi worried that even if Taiyi became a Saint, the Demon Race would still lack the strength to challenge Niu Ben.
• Di Jiang and the Ancestor Witches agreed that Niu Ben’s exile of the Wu Clan may have spared them a disastrous war with the Demon Race.
• Niu Ben withdrew his fist and stood calmly as the gathered Saints continued watching.

Niu Ben defeated Jieyin and Zhunti, then offered to trade Yang Tianyou and Yang Jiao to the Western Teachings for two Innate Spiritual Treasures. Jieyin accepted the deal, and both sides departed with what they had bargained for.

• Niu Ben defeated Jieyin and Zhunti, returned their Magic Treasures, and heard Jieyin concede that Yang Tianyou and Yang Jiao could go with him.
• Niu Ben stopped Jieyin from leaving and offered to hand over Yang Tianyou and Yang Jiao because the Western Teachings wanted them.
• Zhunti asked what Niu Ben demanded, and Niu Ben named two Innate Spiritual Treasures as the price.
• Jieyin agreed and sent Niu Ben a golden alms bowl and an emerald-green jade ruyi.
• Niu Ben accepted the treasures and vanished, while Jieyin and Zhunti left with Yang Tianyou and Yang Jiao.

Saint Zhunti failed to forcibly convert Yang Jiao, so Saint Jieyin ordered Yang Tianyou to take him away and keep sending people to convert him. Meanwhile, Yang Jian woke alone by a riverbank, confused about what had happened and searching for his family.

• Yang Tianyou told Yang Jiao that he had joined Saint Zhunti and had only pretended to be his father to draw him into the Western Teachings.
• Yang Jiao rejected Saint Zhunti's demand to become a Buddhist Son, and Zhunti's attempt to convert him was repelled by a powerful force within his consciousness.
• Saint Jieyin ordered Yang Tianyou to take Yang Jiao to a spiritual mountain and have people try to convert him continuously.
• Saint Jieyin told Saint Zhunti that they could not challenge Niu Ben and should accept losing two Innate Spiritual Treasures in exchange for Yang Tianyou and Yang Jiao.
• Yang Jian woke on a riverbank a hundred li from Guanjiang Mouth and called for his mother, father, brother, and sister, unsure where they were.

After the Heavenly Court took Yaoji away, Yang Jian was left alone and powerless until Jade Cauldron True Person arrived to offer him a chance to cultivate. Just as Yang Jian agreed to become his disciple, Niu Ben appeared and claimed Yang Jian as his own disciple instead.

• Alone by the river, Yang Jian grieved over Yaoji's capture and wondered how he could ever oppose the Heavenly Court.
• Jade Cauldron True Person arrived and offered to take Yang Jian as his disciple so he could learn immortal arts and one day rescue his mother.
• Yang Jian accepted Jade Cauldron True Person's offer and prepared to perform the master-taking ceremony.
• Niu Ben appeared and ordered Jade Cauldron True Person to return, declaring that he would take Yang Jian as his disciple.
• Jade Cauldron True Person accepted Niu Ben's decision and told Yang Jian that joining Niu Ben's sect was extraordinary good fortune.

Jade Cauldron True Person gave Yang Jian a Ginseng Fruit before Niu Ben accepted him as a disciple. Niu Ben received a Substitute Doll from the system and took Yang Jian to the Ox Clan, where Yang Jian remained determined to grow strong enough to rescue his mother.

• Jade Cauldron True Person told Yang Jian that Niu Ben was the foremost Saint and offered him a Ginseng Fruit as a meeting gift.
• Yang Jian accepted the fruit, hoping it would help him gain strength to rescue his mother, Yaoji.
• Jade Cauldron True Person returned to Penglai, and Niu Ben asked Yang Jian to become his disciple; Yang Jian agreed and bowed to him.
• Niu Ben received a Substitute Doll from the system, which could take one fatal attack in his place.
• Niu Ben took Yang Jian to the Ox Clan, reassuring him that he could rescue his mother if he believed in himself.

Primordial Heavenly Lord learned that Jade Cauldron True Person had failed to recruit Yang Jian because Niu Ben had taken him as a disciple. Niu Ben brought Yang Jian to the Ox Clan to cultivate, where Yang Jian advanced quickly and became an immortal within a few years.

• Jade Cauldron True Person told Primordial Heavenly Lord that Niu Ben had claimed Yang Jian as his disciple, and Primordial Heavenly Lord accepted the outcome as equivalent to Yang Jian joining the Chan Teachings.
• Niu Ben brought Yang Jian to the Ox Clan's Innate Blessed Land, where the clan welcomed their king and wondered why he had brought a human with him.
• Niu Ba congratulated Niu Ben on defeating two Western Teaching Saints, and Niu Ben gave him their two Innate Spiritual Treasures for the clan.
• Niu Ben introduced Yang Jian as his disciple and told the Ox Clan to care for him, then arranged a place for Yang Jian to cultivate.
• Niu Ben trained Yang Jian in physical conditioning, Dao scriptures, and meditation; after a few years Yang Jian became an immortal, and Niu Ben began teaching him profound spells.

Yang Jian spent tens of thousands of years cultivating under Niu Ben, enduring rigorous training and beginning to awaken his Heavenly Eye. He remained determined to rescue Yaoji, while Niu Ba and Niu Ben sensed an approaching disturbance in the Primordial Heaven and Earth.

• Yang Jian carried Niu Ben's miniature heavy mountain through the blessed land each morning and studied Niu Ben's foundational method at noon for thousands of years.
• Yang Jian's Heavenly Eye opened a small crack, letting him perceive the currents of spiritual energy and the paths of vital auras, but its power surged out of control until Niu Ben suppressed it.
• Yang Jian asked how close he was to rescuing Yaoji, and Niu Ben told him he could defeat celestial generals but was not yet strong enough to protect her from the Heavenly Court.
• Niu Ba praised Yang Jian's toughness and warned Niu Ben that the Heavenly Court, the Western, the Demon Race, and the Wu Clan were moving in the shadows as the Tribulation approached.
• Niu Ben sensed an obscure ripple in the Primordial Heaven and Earth and told Niu Ba to wait and see as the Ox Clan grew stronger and Yang Jian continued cultivating.

A new streak of Primordial Violet Qi appeared in Primordial Heaven and Earth, igniting a race among the great powers to seize the foundation of sainthood. Niu Ben watched without moving as the West, the Heavenly Court, the Demon Race, and the Wu Clan prepared to pursue it.

• Primordial Violet Qi appeared, and Niu Ben considered how its arrival might affect the Human Race while waiting to see who would move first.
• Quasi-Saint cultivators across Primordial Heaven and Earth emerged from seclusion and raced toward the violet qi.
• Jieyin and Zhunti discussed seeking the treasure for the West, then left Spirit Mountain to assess their chances.
• Haotian ordered the Heavenly Court’s forces to pursue the violet qi and declared that he intended to claim it.
• Di Jun and Emperor Taiyi resolved to seize the violet qi for the Demon Race, while the Wu Clan prepared to act to preserve the balance of power.

The appearance of Primordial Violet Qi drew the Three Pure Ones, the Heavenly Court, the Western Saints, the Demon Race, the Wu Clan, and other Great Experts into a confrontation over the chance to attain sainthood. As the factions gathered, Niu Ben considered helping the Human Race produce a Saint, while Haotian’s demand that the Violet Qi be handed to the Heavenly Court met with ridicule and defiance.

• Wu Clan experts and the Three Pure Ones sensed the Primordial Violet Qi and set out to claim it.
• Niu Ben explained to Yang Jian that the Violet Qi was only a foundation for sainthood, then considered adding fuel to the Human Race’s rise.
• Rogue Cultivator Great Experts gathered around the Violet Qi, and Haotian arrived with Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals to claim the site for the Heavenly Court.
• The Two Saints of the West, Di Jun, Emperor Taiyi, and Wu Clan experts arrived, intensifying the standoff around the Violet Qi.
• Haotian asked the gathered powers to yield the Violet Qi to the Heavenly Court, but Zhunti challenged his claim and Jieyin declared that the Violet Qi seemed destined for the West.
• Di Jun mocked the Western Saints’ claim, and Emperor Taiyi urged the factions to seize the Violet Qi by force.

The Three Pure Ones arrived as the factions disputed the Primordial Violet Qi, and Tongtian claimed it by deploying the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation. Niu Ben suspected the violet qi’s sudden appearance concealed another scheme, and the qi began trying to escape even after Tongtian sealed it inside the formation.

• Emperor Taiyi and the Wu Clan prepared to fight over the violet qi, while Haotian tried and failed to make the gathered experts respect the Heavenly Court’s authority.
• Taishang, Primordial Heavenly Lord, and Tongtian Cult Master arrived, and Tongtian rejected Haotian’s claim and declared the violet qi belonged to the Three Pure Ones.
• Tongtian deployed the Four Immortal Slaying Swords and the Immortal Execution Array Diagram, frightening the Rogue Cultivators and deterring the Demon Race, Wu Clan, and Two Saints of the West.
• Niu Ben watched with Yang Jian and warned that the violet qi’s ownership might not be settled, since its sudden appearance could be part of a hidden scheme.
• The Primordial Violet Qi drifted toward the edge of the formation, but Tongtian sealed the surrounding void with Sword Qi and stopped it from escaping.

The Three Pure Ones moved to claim the Primordial Violet Qi while the other powers hesitated, and Tongtian used the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation to deter anyone who challenged them. The violet qi then revealed a mysterious force and shook the formation, leaving its hidden origins unresolved as the Three Pure Ones suppressed it.

• Zhunti sensed that the Primordial Violet Qi carried the Dao resonance of a Saint’s foundation but had chaotic karma and concealed origins.
• Di Jun held the Demon Race back, reasoning that the violet qi’s struggle against the formation meant it might resist the Three Pure Ones.
• Taishang agreed that the Three Pure Ones should take the violet qi first, prompting Haotian to object and Tongtian to challenge anyone who disagreed to enter the formation.
• A Rogue Cultivator Quasi-Saint attacked the violet qi, but Tongtian destroyed his Lingbao and grievously wounded him with a sword strike.
• Niu Ben warned Yang Jian that the Primordial Wilderness lacked the strength to hold on to opportunities, then sensed that the violet qi’s karma remained unrevealed.
• The violet qi erupted with an ancient aura and shook the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, but Taishang, Primordial Heavenly Lord, and Tongtian joined forces to suppress it.

The Three Pure Ones suppressed the Primordial Violet Qi, but a strange imprint within it revealed that the prize might be bait meant to provoke a struggle. Niu Ben secretly alerted humanity, and the Three Ancestors began preparing to claim their own chance at sainthood.

• The Three Pure Ones forced the Primordial Violet Qi toward themselves, but an eerie phantom appeared inside it, and the other powers challenged their claim.
• Tongtian attacked the phantom, while Taishang and Primordial Heavenly Lord identified it as an imprint rather than a living being.
• Zhunti and Haotian argued that the Three Pure Ones should not take the violet qi alone, while Di Jun and Taiyi weighed their chance to intervene.
• Niu Ben told Yang Jian that the imprint was a trigger and that someone had cast the violet qi as bait to make the Primordial Wilderness's powers fight.
• Niu Ben secretly sent a message to the Human Ancestral Land, where Suiren Shi, Youchao Shi, and Ziyi Shi decided humanity must pursue the violet qi and began gathering its strength.

The Three Pure Ones attacked the imprint inside the Primordial Violet Qi, causing it to split into fragments as its main body escaped their sword formation. Niu Ben secretly connected the Human Race’s Fortune to the violet qi, drawing the Three Pure Ones’ attention to the Human Race’s possible claim to a Saint Position.

• Tongtian used the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation to strike the imprint inside the Primordial Violet Qi, and the attack exposed Heavenly Dao karma.
• The Primordial Violet Qi split off fragments of its Dao resonance, distracting the gathered factions while its main body tried to escape.
• Tongtian suppressed the main body and drove back the figures trying to seize it.
• Niu Ben watched from the Human Ancestral Land as the Human Race’s Fortune resonated with the violet qi.
• Taishang, Primordial Heavenly Lord, and Tongtian recognized the Human Race’s connection and suspected Niu Ben’s involvement.
• Haotian and Zhunti discovered that the violet radiance fragments they had seized could aid comprehension but could not grant sainthood.

Niu Ben watched the battle for the Primordial Violet Qi with Yang Jian, then emerged to support humanity’s claim to a chance at sainthood. When he challenged the hidden imprint within the violet qi, the factions resumed fighting, and the Three Pure Ones moved to secure the battlefield.

• Zhunti and Jieyin attacked the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation while Emperor Taiyi rang the Chaos Bell, prompting the Wu Clan and other factions to join the fight.
• Yang Jian asked whether Niu Ben was stronger than the Three Pure Ones, and Niu Ben replied that a fight between them would be another matter.
• Suiren Shi, Youchao Shi, and Ziyi Shi raised humanity’s Fortune, causing the Primordial Violet Qi to veer toward it.
• Taishang called Niu Ben out, and Niu Ben appeared before the Saints and declared that humanity had the right to contend for a chance at sainthood.
• Niu Ben challenged the hidden imprint within the violet qi, briefly slowing the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and triggering renewed attacks by the Demon Race, Wu Clan, and Heavenly Court.
• Taishang stabilized the formation with the Taiji Diagram, Primordial Heavenly Lord drove back Di Jun’s River Diagram and Luo Script with the Pangu Banner, and Tongtian unleashed the Four Immortal Slaying Swords.

Niu Ben exposed a hidden Chaos imprint in the Primordial Violet Qi, revealing that it was bait set by an unseen power. Ancestor Yin-Yang appeared, shattered Tongtian’s Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, claimed the violet qi, and asked the gathered powers whether they had enjoyed the show.

• Niu Ben used Primordial Chaos power to force the hidden imprint within the Primordial Violet Qi to reveal its ancient Chaos aura.
• Tongtian struck at the imprint while Niu Ben restrained it, but a voice from beyond the void revealed that the imprint had been bait.
• Niu Ben explained that the violet qi had been set out to lure powerful figures or make them fight among themselves.
• Ancestor Yin-Yang emerged from a rift and broke Tongtian’s Immortal Slaying Sword Formation with a single flick.
• Ancestor Yin-Yang took the Primordial Violet Qi and introduced himself, shocking the gathered powers before asking whether they had enjoyed the show.

Ancestor Yin-Yang revealed that the Primordial Violet Qi was bait to lure the Saints into a scheme to consume their Origin Essence and seize the Heavenly Dao’s power. He declared that he intended to kill everyone on the battlefield, then activated a formation.

• Ancestor Yin-Yang broke Tongtian’s Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and revealed that the violet qi was bait he had tampered with.
• Taishang, Primordial Heavenly Lord, Emperor Taiyi, and Niu Ben questioned Ancestor Yin-Yang’s motives, and he acknowledged that he sought a path beyond attaining the Dao.
• Hongjun watched from Purple Heavens Palace, understood that Ancestor Yin-Yang planned to devour the Saints’ Origin Essence, and chose not to intervene.
• Ancestor Yin-Yang declared that he meant to kill everyone gathered on the battlefield, including the Saints, Haotian, Emperor Taiyi, and Niu Ben.
• Ancestor Yin-Yang clenched the Primordial Violet Qi and activated a formation.

Ancestor Yin-Yang trapped the Saints and other powerful figures in the Two Forms Heaven-Severing Grand Formation, cutting off their connection to the Heavenly Dao so he could refine them and seize its power. Niu Ben remained unaffected, and the chapter ended as he unleashed his Origin aura and Ancestor Yin-Yang vowed to refine him first.

• Ancestor Yin-Yang activated the Two Forms Heaven-Severing Grand Formation, revealing that the scattered violet qi fragments had secretly served as formation triggers.
• Zhunti, Jieyin, Taishang, Primordial Heavenly Lord, Tongtian, Haotian, and the others found their attacks weakened as the Formation severed their connection to the Heavenly Dao.
• Ancestor Yin-Yang revealed that he planned to refine the assembled Saints, Demon Race emperors, Wu Clan, Heavenly Court, and Human Race into his yin-yang Dao Fruit to wrest control of the Heavenly Dao from Hongjun.
• Niu Ben remained untouched by the Formation, while Tongtian and the others noticed that his power had not declined.
• Niu Ben stepped forward and unleashed his Origin aura, shaking the Formation, and Ancestor Yin-Yang declared that he would refine Niu Ben first.

Niu Ben battled Yin-Yang Ancestor inside the Two Forms Heaven-Severing Grand Formation, resisting its attacks and shielding the Human Race’s Fortune. After Niu Ben began breaking the formation’s nodes, Yin-Yang Ancestor revealed that the Primordial Violet Qi was also a Fate Furnace prepared for the gathered Sages.

• Niu Ben smashed Yin-Yang Ancestor’s chains and Yin-Yang Ancient Mirror with his Hunyuan power, forcing Yin-Yang Ancestor back for the first time.
• Yin-Yang Ancestor reversed the formation’s yin and yang, disrupting the combatants’ senses and mana while Haotian rallied the Heavenly Court’s generals.
• Suiren Shi, Youchao Shi, and Ziyi Shi sustained the Human Race’s Fortune link as Yin-Yang Ancestor sent Divine Light toward it, and Niu Ben intercepted the attack.
• Niu Ben struck the formation’s nodes repeatedly, opening flaws in the Two Forms Heaven-Severing Grand Formation and giving the Sages hope of reaching Heavenly Dao power again.
• Yin-Yang Ancestor ignited the Primordial Violet Qi and revealed eight Sage phantoms, declaring that it was also a Fate Furnace prepared for them.

Ancestor Yin-Yang trapped the Saints and other battlefield powers in his Fate Furnace, intending to drain the Saints’ origins and seize Heavenly Dao authority. Niu Ben proved the furnace could not bind his fate, shattered his own phantom, and struck Ancestor Yin-Yang through their connection, leaving the fight at a turning point.

• Ancestor Yin-Yang used Primordial Violet Qi and the Two Forms Heaven-Severing Grand Formation to bind the Saints’ fate phantoms and draw the Demon Race’s Fortune into the Fate Furnace.
• Taishang identified the furnace’s purpose, and Ancestor Yin-Yang revealed that he meant to refine the Saints’ origins and take Heavenly Dao authority.
• The Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Haotian attacked together, but Ancestor Yin-Yang held his ground after Heavenly Dao’s power was cut off.
• Niu Ben explained that his fate was not tethered to the Heavenly Dao, then shattered his own phantom inside the furnace and made Ancestor Yin-Yang bleed.
• Niu Ben struck through the Fate Furnace’s connection to Ancestor Yin-Yang, forcing him back three steps and injuring him as Tongtian praised the punch.

Ancestor Yin-Yang manifested the shadow of his Chaos Demon God true body and challenged Niu Ben, who fought him head-on inside the Two Forms Heaven-Severing Grand Formation. When Yin-Yang concentrated the formation’s power on Niu Ben, the Three Pure Ones began attacking to keep him from facing it alone.

• Ancestor Yin-Yang summoned his yin-yang Demon God true shadow and threatened to tear apart Niu Ben’s Hunyuan Dao Body.
• Niu Ben withstood the Demon God’s oppressive aura and traded a punch with its palm, forcing it back slightly.
• Niu Ben broke the Demon God’s yin-yang blades and swallowed their power, then mocked its taste.
• Ancestor Yin-Yang contracted the formation to concentrate its power on Niu Ben.
• The Three Pure Ones attacked, with Taishang stabilizing one corner of the formation and Primordial Heavenly Lord striking the Demon God with Chaos Sword Qi.