Chapter Summaries

Key events and plot points

• Xuandu proves his Dao and becomes a Saint, leaving the Western Teachings alarmed at the Mystic Gate’s growing power.
• Jieyin and Zhunti attend Xuandu’s celebration with meager gifts. Zhao Gongming and Bixiao mock their poverty, while Niu Ben accepts the gifts and tosses them to Azure Ox as bedding.
• Niu Ben warns the Western Saints that the centennial deadline is approaching: all Hunyuan cultivators and Quasi-Saints must gather in the Yao Realm to fight another world. Anyone who shirks or plots will risk having Mount Sumeru destroyed.
• After the final hundred years pass, a Heavenly sign announces that the truce is over. The Yao Realm becomes a vast staging ground, with the Appoint Officials Platform and a great battle flag at its center.
• Xi He leads the demon forces as ten million soldiers prepare for war. The Western Teachings arrive with their full strength, led by Jieyin and Zhunti, determined to comply with Niu Ben’s decree.

Character developments and interactions

• Xuandu’s rise to Sainthood further strengthens the Mystic Gate, though he does not appear directly in the events that follow.
• Jieyin and Zhunti shift from resentful reluctance to fearful compliance. Their humiliating reception and Niu Ben’s threat make clear that they cannot safely defy him.
• Niu Ben acts as an unquestioned military and political authority, using intimidation to ensure the Western Teachings join the campaign.
• Zhao Gongming and Bixiao openly ridicule the Western leaders, exposing the gulf between the West’s poverty and the East’s wealth.
• Xi He appears as a commanding demon leader, rallying a massive army for the coming invasion.

Significant themes

• Power and hierarchy: The Mystic Gate’s strength leaves the Western Teachings unable to resist Niu Ben’s demands.
• Humiliation and rivalry: The West’s inadequate gifts invite public mockery, deepening sectarian antagonism.
• Duty under threat: The coming campaign is presented as compulsory, with punishment for anyone who fails to contribute.
• War and mobilization: The shift from peace to battle is marked by the Heavenly sign, the assembled armies, and the sudden arrival of the Western forces.

Plot points and events

• The expedition against the Demon Realm gathers in the Yao Realm. Niu Ben’s demon army is already immense, including more than thirty Quasi-Saint demon kings.
• The Western saints Zhunti and Jieyin arrive. Concerned by the size of the forces aligned with Niu Ben, they advise their disciples to stay together and avoid becoming frontline casualties.
• Haotian leads the Heavenly Court’s full elite army, declaring its readiness to follow Niu Ben into battle. His support reflects a major reversal in his fortunes: Niu Ben once helped him secure the Heavenly Court’s standing.
• The Wu Clan emerges from an enormous fissure. Eleven Ancestor Witches—excluding Pingxin, who remains to guard the Underworld—appear alongside Xing Tian, Hou Yi, and eight million Pureblood Witch warriors. Their power has grown dramatically through the Underworld’s merit and the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors arrive with ten million human cultivators. The Human Race has become a formidable power, led in part by Niu Ben’s disciples Cangjie and Huang Tian.
• The vast armies of the Demon Clan, Heavenly Court, Western Teachings, Wu Clan, and Human Race fill the Yao Realm, waiting for Niu Ben.
• The Three Pure Ones and their disciples then descend together, bringing the combined forces of the Three Teachings and signaling that the full coalition is assembled.

Character developments and interactions

• Haotian demonstrates loyalty to Niu Ben, committing the Heavenly Court’s accumulated military strength to the campaign.
• Zhunti and Jieyin are uneasy about the scale of the coalition. Jieyin counsels caution, while Zhunti privately calculates the consequences of Niu Ben’s growing influence.
• The Wu Ancestor Witches, especially Zhu Rong, arrive eager for battle. Zhu Rong loudly looks forward to fighting a Demon Ancestor, while others urge him not to act rashly.
• The Human Race is presented as transformed from its former vulnerability into a central, militarily powerful force. Cangjie and Huang Tian’s presence shows Niu Ben’s influence extending through his disciples.
• The gathering of the Three Pure Ones, the Western saints, and the other powers establishes a tense but broadly united expedition centered on Niu Ben.

Significant themes

• The consolidation of power: Niu Ben’s influence has drawn nearly every major faction into a common campaign.
• Transformation and rising status: The Wu Clan and Human Race have grown far beyond their former limits, reshaping the balance of power.
• Unity against a greater threat: Rival groups put aside their differences to prepare for a war beyond their own world.
• Loyalty and leadership: Haotian’s commitment and the assembled armies’ expectation of Niu Ben underline his role as the coalition’s commanding figure.

Key plot points and events

• The Primordial Wilderness gathers its greatest forces in the Yao Realm for an expedition against the Highest Demon Realm. The Three Pure Ones, Saint Xuandu, the Western Saints, the Ancestral Witches, and tens of millions of cultivators assemble, but the commander’s platform is still empty.
• Niu Ben arrives amid a display of overwhelming power. His Hunyuan Taiji Dao causes even the saints and other Hunyuan experts to recognize how far he surpasses them.
• The assembled factions bow to Niu Ben, acknowledging him as their king, senior disciple brother, or Great Emperor. The Three Pure Ones remain standing in respectful greeting.
• Niu Ben explains that the Demon Realm has conquered other civilizations and previously tried to invade the Primordial Wilderness. He distinguishes this external threat from the world’s past internal conflicts and rallies the armies to defend their homeland.
• The troops answer with a furious battle cry. Niu Ben manifests a destructive sword, points it toward the Demon Gate, and leads the expeditionary army through the rift into Chaos.

Character developments and interactions

• Niu Ben is established as the supreme commander and the most powerful figure present. His calm authority gives way to fierce resolve as he turns the assembled armies’ fear and anger into unity.
• The Saints and other leaders acknowledge Niu Ben’s superior strength and accept his command. Jieyin and Zhunti privately react with awe and unease at his growing power.
• The assembled factions—including the Demon Clan, Three Teachings, Human Race, Heavenly Court, Buddhism, and Wu Clan—set aside their divisions to join a common campaign.
• Tongtian voices the Interception Sect’s willingness to lead the charge, while the soldiers’ repeated vows establish their commitment to the war.

Significant themes

• Unity against an outside threat: Old rivalries are temporarily set aside to defend the Primordial Wilderness.
• Leadership and inspiration: Niu Ben’s speech transforms the army’s shared history and anger into a clear purpose.
• Power and hierarchy: The reactions to Niu Ben emphasize the vast gap between his strength and that of even the saints.
• A shift from internal conflict to external war: The chapter frames the expedition as a defense of homeland and civilization rather than another struggle among the world’s own factions.

Chapter Summary

• The Demon Realm prepares an invasion: Under the World-Destroying Edict, the Demon Realm mobilizes its armies for an attack on the Primordial Wilderness. The Demon Ancestors and more than a hundred Demon Sovereigns gather at the Heavenly Demon Temple, awaiting the Saint Ancestor’s opening of the world passage.
• The demons’ confidence turns to shock: Myriad Tribulations complains about losing the Supreme Blood Pill, while Soul-Devouring rebukes him and warns him not to interfere with the Saint Ancestor’s plans. Annihilation monitors the passage, which is expected to open fully in a few days.
• The Primordial Wilderness strikes first: A violent force from the far side suddenly tears open the supposedly one-way passage. Instead of a small incursion, the full strength of the Primordial Wilderness pours into the Demon Realm: Saints, Buddhist forces, the Witch Race, monsters, the Heavenly Court, and human cultivators.
• Niu Ben leads the expedition: At the front of the vast army is Niu Ben, the Primordial Wilderness’s foremost expert and the slayer of Bone Sovereign. The Demon Vanguard stationed near the passage is overwhelmed by fear and caught unprepared.
• The battle begins: Niu Ben announces that demon kills will earn points, with the highest scorer receiving first claim on the Saint Crystal. He declares the demons their “appetizer” and orders the campaign to begin.

Character Developments and Interactions

• Myriad Tribulations remains resentful over losing the Supreme Blood Pill and mocks the Primordial Wilderness, revealing his arrogance and poor judgment.
• Soul-Devouring asserts the Saint Ancestor’s authority and checks Myriad Tribulations’ scheming.
• Annihilation stays focused on monitoring the passage, but is among the first to recognize that its disturbance is extraordinary.
• Niu Ben appears calm and commanding, turning the invasion into a competitive, reward-driven campaign.
• The Demon Vanguard and Sovereigns shift abruptly from anticipation and confidence to disbelief and terror when the Primordial Wilderness army attacks first.

Significant Themes

• Reversal of expectations: The demons expect to invade, but instead become the targets of a surprise assault.
• Overconfidence and miscalculation: The Demon Realm’s certainty leaves its forces unprepared for the enemy’s strength and initiative.
• Unity and collective action: The Primordial Wilderness’s many factions assemble into a single, massive expedition.
• Competition amid war: Niu Ben motivates his forces with a points system and the promise of first claim on the Saint Crystal.

Key plot points and events

• Niu Ben offers a Saint Crystal as the expedition’s top reward, prompting the Primordial Wilderness army to launch eagerly into battle.
• The Interception and Chan Teachings, the Wu Clan, Heavenly Court, and Western Teachings each unleash powerful techniques against the demon vanguard. Their combined attacks overwhelm the enemy.
• Jieyin and Zhunti join the fighting despite Zhunti’s regret at losing potential converts and soldiers; the Saint Crystal is too tempting to ignore.
• Niu Ben watches rather than intervenes, intending to give the army a chance to earn merit and build confidence.
• Within the time it takes an incense stick to burn, the army annihilates the millions of demons guarding the passage. Their easy victory raises morale, and the soldiers look to Niu Ben for orders.
• Niu Ben calls the vanguard battle “the appetizers” and prepares the army for the main assault. He assigns the Wu Clan and Heavenly Court to attack the First Demon Abyss, ruled by the Blood Demon Sovereign.

Character developments

• Niu Ben remains calm and authoritative, using the Saint Crystal and the victory to motivate the army. He sees the first battle as preparation for the greater conflict ahead.
• The commanders and factions display their power and competitive spirit, eager to win merit and claim the reward.
• Zhunti reveals his self-interested side: he mourns the demons’ deaths because they could have become Western Teachings followers or cannon fodder, but fights anyway for the chance to gain a Saint Crystal.
• The army shifts from nervousness to confidence and bloodlust after discovering how easily it can defeat the demon vanguard.

Significant themes

• Reward as motivation: The Saint Crystal turns a dangerous expedition into a competition for glory and merit.
• Overwhelming force and confidence: The decisive victory strengthens the army’s belief in itself.
• Self-interest beneath virtue: Zhunti’s lamentations contrast with his practical desire to recruit or exploit the demons.
• A victory that is only a beginning: The slaughter is framed as a warm-up; the true danger lies in the three Demon Abysses.

Character interactions

• Niu Ben’s reward spurs the factions into action, and their leaders compete through displays of destructive power.
• Jieyin and Zhunti recognize that they must act quickly or miss out on the enemy—and the reward.
• After the victory, the army’s attention turns to Niu Ben, whose orders are followed without hesitation.
• Niu Ben assigns the Wu Clan and Heavenly Court a joint assault on the First Demon Abyss.

Plot points and events

• Niu Ben assigns the invading forces to three fronts: the Wu Clan and Heavenly Court attack the First Demon Abyss; the Demon Clan and Western Teachings target the Second; and Niu Ben leads the Three Pure Ones’ disciples and the Human Race against the central Third Abyss and the Heavenly Demon Temple.
• Zhunti asks whether converted demons count toward the Western Teachings’ battle score. Niu Ben sets rewards by rank, but denies points if converts are killed or turn traitor—leaving Zhunti disappointed and scheming.
• The expeditionary army divides and charges. Powerful formations and overwhelming numbers let the three forces sweep aside the demon armies in their path.
• Niu Ben’s central force advances fastest toward the Heavenly Demon Temple, the Demon Realm’s heart and the stronghold of its three Demon Ancestors. Hundreds of Hunyuan Demon Sovereigns gather to defend it.
• Inside the temple, the Demon Ancestors learn that their passage was forcibly breached and their entrance forces destroyed almost immediately. They react with disbelief and fury, while their assembled commanders are terrified.

Character developments and interactions

• Niu Ben demonstrates calm authority, assigning forces strategically and driving directly toward the enemy leadership.
• Zhu Rong eagerly embraces the Wu Clan’s role, while Haotian and the Three Sovereigns pledge obedience and support.
• Xi He leads the Demon Clan with fierce resolve. Jieyin and Zhunti are uneasy about fighting alongside the Demon Clan; Zhunti’s concern for scoring converts exposes his self-interest.
• The Demon Ancestors shift from confidence in a future conquest to panic and anger. The Annihilation Demon Ancestor lashes out at the messenger, while the Blood and Shadow Demon Sovereigns and others remain cowed.

Significant themes

• Overwhelming unity and force: The allied armies’ coordination and formations make the Demon Realm’s defenses seem helpless.
• Hubris overturned: The Demon forces’ plans to conquer the Primordial Wilderness collapse as the invasion reaches their own doorstep.
• Competing motives within an alliance: The attackers cooperate, but Zhunti’s focus on rewards reveals that shared purpose does not mean shared priorities.

Key plot points and events

• The Primordial Wilderness army attacks the First and Second Demon Abysses simultaneously.
• At the First Abyss, Zhu Rong’s fire dries out huge stretches of the Blood Demon Sovereign’s sea, while Dijiang’s spatial power prevents the Sovereign from escaping. Haotian’s starlight further purifies the blood sea, and Xing Tian and Gong Gong wound the demon ruler. Zhu Rong kills him, and the First Abyss falls.
• At the Second Abyss, Xi He’s combined solar and lunar light exposes and destroys the Shadow Demon Assassins’ hiding places. Zhunti wounds the Shadow Demon Sovereign, Jieyin traps her, and Demon Clan forces finish her off.
• With both flank commanders defeated, the two armies converge on the Third Demon Abyss and the Heavenly Demon Temple. There, they face the Demon Realm’s remaining elite: two thousand Hunyuan Demon Sovereigns and the vast Myriad Demons Immortal-Severing Formation.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhu Rong is aggressive and decisive, relying on overwhelming physical strength and fire to defeat the Blood Demon Sovereign.
• Dijiang counters the Blood Demon Sovereign’s escape technique by sealing space, enabling the others to attack.
• Haotian, Xing Tian, and Gong Gong each contribute distinct attacks—starlight, axe strikes, and water-based ice spears—to weaken the Blood Demon Sovereign.
• Xi He demonstrates the strategic value of her solar and lunar powers, revealing enemies concealed in darkness.
• Zhunti and Jieyin cooperate in defeating the Shadow Demon Sovereign: Zhunti strikes and urges her to convert, while Jieyin captures her with the Golden Lotus.
• The Blood Demon Sovereign’s confidence collapses into terror; the Shadow Demon Sovereign likewise becomes helpless once exposed and wounded.

Significant themes

• Coordinated strength over individual power: The armies combine complementary abilities to overcome formidable rulers.
• Countering an enemy’s home-ground advantage: Light, fire, space, and water neutralize the Blood Sea and Shadow-Killing formations.
• The collapse of arrogance: Both demon rulers begin confident in their domains but are quickly overwhelmed.
• Escalating conflict: Two victories lead directly to a far larger confrontation at the Demon Realm’s final defensive line.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• The Primordial Wilderness army launches a coordinated assault on the Demon Realm’s central force. Xuandu leads the charge, using his three incarnations and the Taiji Diagram to stop the Demon Sovereigns’ enormous World-Destroying Demon Saber.
• The Interception Sect, Chan Teachings, and Human Race divisions combine their formations and treasures to break down the demons’ defenses. The Wu Clan attacks from the left while Xi He and the allied demon-Buddhist forces strike from the right, completing an encirclement.
• The Demon Realm’s formation collapses. Most of its two thousand Hunyuan Demon Sovereigns are killed or wounded, and the survivors flee. The expeditionary army takes control of the Third Demon Abyss.
• At the Heavenly Demon Temple, Niu Ben challenges the hidden rulers. Three Heavenly Dao-level Demon Ancestors emerge: Soul-Devouring, Myriad Tribulations, and Annihilation.
• The Annihilation Demon Ancestor attacks with Nirvana Divine Light, but Tongtian counters with the Four Immortal Slaying Swords, forming a vast sword formation that destroys the attack.
• The Myriad Tribulations Demon Ancestor tries to burn through the formation with his cauldron. The Primordial Heavenly Lord strikes it with the Pangu Banner, knocking it away and leaving a mark on its surface. The Demon Ancestor is visibly shaken.

Character developments and interactions

• Xuandu accepts Niu Ben’s order to lead the charge and displays the power of his newly attained Hunyuan level, multiplying his strength through One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones.
• Niu Ben remains calm amid the battle, directs Xuandu, and personally cuts down Demon Sovereigns. After the victory, he confronts the three Demon Ancestors without hesitation.
• The allied leaders—including Duobao, Guangchengzi, Fuxi, Zhu Rong, Xi He, and the Western Saints—coordinate their forces effectively, emphasizing the Primordial Wilderness army’s unity.
• Tongtian directly answers the Annihilation Demon Ancestor’s threat, while the Primordial Heavenly Lord supports him by driving back the Myriad Tribulations Demon Ancestor’s cauldron.
• The Demon Ancestors’ confidence turns to anger and alarm as their forces are overwhelmed and their supposedly formidable treasure is damaged.

Significant themes

• Unity and coordination: The coalition’s combined formations and flanking maneuvers overcome the Demon Realm’s numerical and magical strength.
• Power tested by action: The Demon Ancestors’ boasts are challenged by the heroes’ ability to counter their Heavenly Dao-level attacks.
• Escalation: The victory over the Demon Sovereigns gives way to a far greater confrontation with the Demon Realm’s supreme rulers.
• Reversal of expectations: The invaders expected an easy victory, but the Primordial Wilderness army instead sweeps through their territory.

Plot and key events

• The Three Pure Ones and newly ascended Saint Xuandu combine their abilities and treasures to pin down the three Demon Ancestors. Their defenses and attacks overwhelm the demons’ expectations, revealing the saints’ formidable Great Dao foundations.
• Niu Ben strikes from behind with the full force of his Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique and the power of three thousand Chaos Divine Oxen. His punch shatters the Annihilation Demon Ancestor’s nine layers of armor and leaves him gravely wounded.
• The three Demon Ancestors abandon the Heavenly Demon Temple and flee. Niu Ben orders the Primordial Wilderness Expeditionary Army to pursue, and the army sweeps through the Demon Realm toward its central forbidden zone.
• At the edge of the Central Chaos Demon Abyss, the cornered demons make a final appeal to their transcendent ruler, the Saint Ancestor. The three Demon Ancestors sacrifice much of their Heavenly Dao essence, joined by the surviving Demon Sovereigns’ pleas, to awaken him.

Character developments and interactions

• Niu Ben establishes himself as a decisive battlefield force, turning the tide with a devastating ambush and then leading the pursuit.
• The Three Pure Ones and Xuandu work in coordinated defense and offense, holding the Demon Ancestors in place while their treasures steadily weaken them.
• The Demon Ancestors shift from arrogance to alarm, then panic and desperation. Annihilation is badly injured; Soul-Devouring and Myriad Tribulations flee alongside him before regrouping at the abyss.
• The surviving Demon Sovereigns share their leaders’ despair and join the plea for the Saint Ancestor.
• The saints’ teamwork and the demons’ desperate alliance contrast sharply: one side presses its advantage, while the other faces annihilation and clings to its last hope.

Significant themes

• Overconfidence overturned: The Demon Realm’s rulers discover that their opponents are far stronger than expected.
• Cooperation and combined strength: The saints’ coordinated use of abilities and treasures, alongside Niu Ben’s intervention, breaks the demons’ resistance.
• Desperation and last hope: With defeat seemingly certain, the demons stake everything on awakening the Saint Ancestor, setting up a new confrontation.

Key events

• A blood-red pillar of light sinks into the Chaos Demon Abyss, and an overwhelming will freezes the Demon Realm’s winds, demonic energy, space-time, and even the powers wielded by the Three Pure Ones.
• Niu Ben and the allied forces realize that the Highest Demon Realm’s hidden trump card has awakened. The Saint Ancestor emerges from the abyss, and his arrival shakes the continent and tears open the sky.
• The Saint Ancestor dismisses the three defeated Heavenly Dao Demon Ancestors as “trash.” They beg for mercy, but he ignores them and focuses on Niu Ben.
• Claiming the Three Thousand Chaos Divine Oxen’s vital origin within Niu Ben for himself, the Saint Ancestor provokes him. Niu Ben refuses to yield and challenges him directly.
• The Saint Ancestor attacks with the Demon Realm’s Heavenly Dao power, forming a colossal gray hand. Niu Ben counters with a full-power ninth-revolution strike of the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, channeling the strength of three thousand Divine Oxen. His punch shatters the hand, and its remaining force surges toward the Saint Ancestor. The chapter ends as the Saint Ancestor finally shows serious interest.

Character developments and interactions

• Niu Ben remains defiant under crushing pressure, turning the Saint Ancestor’s threat into a direct challenge. His confidence is backed by a powerful display of strength.
• The Saint Ancestor is revealed as an ancient, immensely powerful being who has slept for three chaos epochs. He views Niu Ben’s inherited power as something to take, but is surprised by Niu Ben’s resistance.
• The three Demon Ancestors are reduced to terrified, injured subordinates, emphasizing the gulf between them and their master.
• The Three Pure Ones and their allies find even their divine weapons suppressed, underscoring the unprecedented danger facing the Primordial Wilderness forces.

Significant themes

• Defiance against overwhelming power: Niu Ben refuses to submit even when facing an enemy who can command an entire realm’s Heavenly Dao.
• Power and inheritance: The Saint Ancestor’s desire to claim Niu Ben’s origin essence pits ancient greed against Niu Ben’s hard-won strength.
• The limits of hierarchy: The Demon Ancestors’ reverence and helplessness contrast with Niu Ben’s willingness to challenge the figure they worship.

Plot and events

• The Saint Ancestor speaks the Word of Law “Stillness,” imposing deathly immobility across the battlefield and even into Chaos. Niu Ben’s enormous fist-intent phantom slows and begins to be erased.
• The surrounding fighters are crippled by the effect. The Three Pure Ones recognize that the Saint Ancestor has reached beyond the Heavenly Dao, while the three Demon Ancestors celebrate and expect Niu Ben’s destruction.
• Niu Ben remains calm, judging the Saint Ancestor’s rule-altering power impressive but limited. He answers it with overwhelming physical force, merging three thousand divine ox phantoms into a single, concentrated manifestation.
• His power shatters the Saint Ancestor’s Stillness domain, restoring motion and breaking the old monster’s composure for the first time.
• Niu Ben reappears directly before the Saint Ancestor and launches a vastly faster, stronger punch. The chapter ends as the Saint Ancestor reacts in alarm.

Character developments and interactions

• Niu Ben displays complete confidence and reveals that his strength exceeds the Saint Ancestor’s rule-based power. He shifts from observing the technique to taking the offensive.
• The Saint Ancestor, previously emotionless and seemingly untouchable, is shocked when his law is broken by brute force.
• The Three Pure Ones assess the threat and worry about Niu Ben, while the Demon Ancestors respond with worshipful confidence and greed.
• Niu Ben’s allies cry out in concern as the Stillness law weakens their connection to the Great Dao.

Significant themes

• The clash contrasts control of laws and reality with raw, absolute strength.
• Niu Ben’s confidence challenges the apparent hierarchy of power: even a technique that can erase the Heavenly Dao may fail against overwhelming force.
• The chapter builds tension through the opposing sides’ reactions—fear and concern among Niu Ben’s allies, fanaticism and anticipation among his enemies.

Key plot points and events

• Niu Ben overwhelms the Saint Ancestor’s defenses with brute force, shattering his annihilation barrier and killing him with a single punch.
• The battlefield is stunned. The Primordial Wilderness army erupts in celebration, while the demon forces collapse into despair.
• The three Demon Ancestors—Annihilation, Myriad Tribulations, and Soul-Devouring—lose their will to fight, believing their cause is hopeless now that their supreme leader is dead.
• Saint Taishang senses the victory is not final. A vast black vortex forms, drawing in Chaos energy, and a terrifying gray-scaled claw emerges.
• The voice from within reveals that the Saint Ancestor’s origin Dao body has been wounded rather than truly destroyed—and that Niu Ben has enraged him.
• Excited by the stronger challenge, Niu Ben charges straight into the vortex to confront the hidden true body.

Character developments and interactions

• Niu Ben proves vastly stronger than the Saint Ancestor, but his disappointment at the easy victory gives way to delighted anticipation when a more formidable enemy appears. He meets the new threat head-on.
• The Saint Ancestor shifts from disbelief and desperation to an ominous, furious return, suggesting his apparent death was not the end.
• The three Demon Ancestors go from serving as powerful leaders to broken remnants, their faith and resolve shattered by the Saint Ancestor’s apparent defeat.
• Saint Taishang remains composed and perceptive, recognizing the danger before the vortex’s occupant reveals itself.
• Zhu Rong celebrates Niu Ben loudly, while Zhunti and Jieyin react with stunned disbelief. Their contrasting reactions emphasize the gulf between Niu Ben’s side’s triumph and the demons’ despair.

Significant themes

• Overwhelming strength versus established power: The Saint Ancestor’s authority over the world and its laws cannot protect him from Niu Ben’s raw force.
• Faith and despair: The Demon Ancestors’ Dao Hearts collapse because their confidence depended on the Saint Ancestor’s supposed invincibility.
• Escalating conflict: A decisive victory becomes the setup for a more dangerous confrontation.
• Niu Ben’s appetite for challenge: Rather than fear the emerging threat, he welcomes it as a chance for a more satisfying fight.

Plot points and events

• Niu Ben ignores calls to retreat and charges alone toward the black vortex, where a gigantic claw from the Demon Realm threatens to emerge.
• Tongtian and the other saints brace and protect the Primordial Wilderness, though they realize they cannot meaningfully help in a battle of this scale.
• Niu Ben uses the Primordial version of “He Transforms into Freedom” to create three thousand identical, full-strength bodies—each a Hunyuan Supreme Ultimate Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal.
• The three thousand Niu Bens attack the claw together, combining powerful strikes, sealing techniques, and World-Destroying Millstone phantoms. Within moments, they badly wound it, forcing it to retreat.
• As the vortex contracts and gathers energy, Niu Ben prevents the enemy from escaping or launching its attack: he grabs the vortex and tears it open by brute force, revealing the devastated, deathly realm beyond.

Character developments and interactions

• Niu Ben demonstrates both overwhelming power and fearless decisiveness, escalating from a lone charge to a three-thousand-body assault and finally confronting the enemy’s realm directly.
• Tongtian Cult Master proudly celebrates Niu Ben’s courage, but candidly recognizes that the saints are better off cheering him on than interfering.
• Duobao Daoist treats Niu Ben’s charge as an example of the spirit expected of the Mystic Gate Guardian and inspires Tongtian’s enthusiasm.
• Taishang and Primordial Heavenly Lord are astonished by Niu Ben’s abilities; Taishang recognizes that the technique lies beyond their understanding, while Primordial Heavenly Lord gains insight into the Great Dao.
• Zhao Gongming, Zhunti, and Jieyin react with alarm and disbelief, underscoring how far Niu Ben’s power surpasses even the saints’.

Significant themes

• Courage against overwhelming danger: Niu Ben advances even when the threat appears impossible to face.
• Power beyond established limits: His technique challenges the saints’ understanding of cultivation and divine abilities.
• Collective strength through individual power: The many Niu Bens coordinate perfectly, turning one fighter’s strength into an unstoppable assault.
• A cliffhanger of escalating conflict: Tearing open the vortex exposes the enemy’s realm, setting up a direct confrontation beyond the portal.

Plot points and events

• Niu Ben tears open the black vortex and reveals the Saint Ancestor’s true realm: a lifeless expanse of gray mist, littered with the remains of countless worlds.
• The Saint Ancestor’s true form is revealed as a colossal Primordial Chaos God who devours worlds and grows stronger through annihilation. His earlier appearance in the Demon Realm was only a minor avatar.
• The gathered leaders of the Primordial Wilderness recognize the scale of his threat. Taishang uses the Taiji Diagram to shield their army from the realm’s annihilation energy.
• The Saint Ancestor acknowledges Niu Ben for reaching his hidden domain, then raises a hand to crush him and his three thousand avatars.
• His palm suppresses Niu Ben’s powers so completely that even Niu Ben’s mastered techniques become useless. The avatars are destroyed, and Niu Ben is left barely resisting.
• Xi He, Nuwa, the Three Pure Ones, and the others are unable to intervene. The Saint Ancestor’s palm finally descends, and the surrounding chaos is obliterated.

Character developments

• Niu Ben discovers that his confidence was misplaced: his strength cannot match the Saint Ancestor’s overwhelming, higher-order power. He nevertheless fights desperately to resist.
• The Saint Ancestor is established as coldly confident and indifferent to lesser beings, treating Niu Ben as an insect rather than an opponent.
• The Primordial Wilderness leaders shift from alarm at the Saint Ancestor’s existence to horror as they witness Niu Ben’s helplessness.

Significant themes

• Overwhelming power and hierarchy: The Saint Ancestor’s strength nullifies Niu Ben’s abilities, presenting the clash as a difference in levels of existence rather than a fair fight.
• The cost of evil power: The Saint Ancestor has built his might by consuming worlds and sacrificing their inhabitants.
• Helplessness and sacrifice: Even powerful allies cannot reach Niu Ben when he needs help, heightening the tragedy and suspense.

Character interactions

• The Saint Ancestor addresses Niu Ben with chilling contempt, framing his destruction as a reward and monument to the invader’s “courage.”
• Taishang protects the army while the others watch Niu Ben’s defeat, unable to break through the Saint Ancestor’s pressure.
• Xi He, Nuwa, the Three Pure Ones, and the rest call out to Niu Ben but can only witness the attack.

Chapter Summary

• The Saint Ancestor’s enormous palm seemingly obliterates Niu Ben, leaving no trace of him or his aura. The Primordial Wilderness forces are overwhelmed by despair: Xuandu, the Ancestral Witches, Xi He, Nuwa, and the Three Pure Ones all believe he may be dead.
• The Three Pure Ones admit they cannot resist the Saint Ancestor, whose power exceeds the Heavenly Dao and reaches the “limitless” realm. Meanwhile, the Demon Realm’s survivors celebrate Niu Ben’s apparent defeat and anticipate conquering the Primordial Wilderness.
• The Saint Ancestor prepares to attack the remaining army, especially eyeing the Three Pure Ones as valuable nourishment. But he pauses, senses something, and declares that Niu Ben has not yet revealed his true strength.
• A charred wooden puppet falls from the void, followed by a surge of azure-gold energy. Niu Ben emerges completely unharmed, restoring hope and morale among his allies.

Character Developments and Interactions

• Niu Ben appears to have survived the devastating strike through an apparent protective puppet, though the chapter does not explain the full extent of his power.
• The Primordial Wilderness fighters move from terror and grief to overwhelming relief and renewed confidence when he returns.
• Xi He is nearly overcome by grief, while Chang Xi supports her; Niu Ben’s reappearance immediately reassures her.
• Xuandu, the Three Pure Ones, and the other disciples acknowledge their limits, but relax once Niu Ben is safe.
• The Saint Ancestor remains confident and detached, yet recognizes that Niu Ben’s displayed strength is not his true power.
• The Demon Realm’s survivors are triumphant after the apparent victory, but their celebration is undercut by Niu Ben’s return.

Significant Themes

• Despair and hope: Niu Ben’s apparent death devastates his allies, and his return reverses their fortunes.
• Power and its limits: Even the Three Pure Ones are powerless before the Saint Ancestor, highlighting the immense gap between them.
• Hidden strength and misjudgment: The Saint Ancestor suggests that Niu Ben has more power to reveal, while the chapter’s apparent defeat proves misleading.
• Loyalty and emotional bonds: The reactions of Xi He, the disciples, and the Ancestral Witches show how deeply Niu Ben’s allies depend on and care for him.

Key plot points and events

• Niu Ben survives the Saint Ancestor’s surprise attack thanks to a Substitute Doll, which absorbs what would have been a fatal blow. He realizes he had underestimated the enemy.
• Enraged by the Saint Ancestor’s use of the Heavenly Dao’s Origin Essence, Niu Ben reveals his true form: a colossal, pure-blooded Chaos Azure Ox.
• The Ox’s overwhelming Chaos aura pins down the three Demon Ancestors, terrifies billions of demons, and purifies the Soul-Devouring Demon Ancestor’s resentful spirits.
• The Saint Ancestor recognizes Niu Ben as a genuine Chaos life-form—something he believes should no longer exist after Pangu destroyed the Chaos Godfiends.
• Niu Ben attacks with a devastating hoof strike. The Saint Ancestor counters with the Annihilation Heavenly Dao, forming a vast divine diagram from thirty-six thousand demon dragons.
• Niu Ben invokes the Chaos Divine Ox Scripture and manifests three thousand divine shadows. His raw physical power shatters the diagram and sends the Saint Ancestor crashing through the Demon Realm’s heavens into a vast basin.

Character developments

• Niu Ben shifts from confidence to caution after nearly being killed, then responds with anger and overwhelming force. Revealing his true body exposes the extraordinary purity of his Chaos bloodline.
• The Saint Ancestor, initially composed and contemptuous, is shaken by Niu Ben’s identity and visibly forced onto the defensive.
• The Demon Ancestors and demons are shown to be powerless before the Azure Ox’s ancient bloodline pressure.

Significant themes

• Hidden identity and unleashed power: Niu Ben’s true form reveals a level of existence beyond the world’s established hierarchy.
• Physical strength versus law: The Saint Ancestor’s Heavenly Dao techniques are overcome by Niu Ben’s “one force breaking ten thousand laws.”
• Survival and adaptation: The Substitute Doll saves Niu Ben, but his near-death experience also teaches him not to underestimate his opponent.

Character interactions

• Niu Ben openly taunts the Saint Ancestor for his sneak attack and vows to kill him.
• The Saint Ancestor demands to know who Niu Ben is, then denounces him as a Chaos beast when threatened.
• The two clash directly: the Saint Ancestor deploys his Annihilation power, while Niu Ben answers with the strength of his Chaos true body.

Key plot points and events

• Niu Ben emerges unharmed after the Saint Ancestor’s devastating palm strike, revealing that the attack was little more than a scratch.
• His allies in the Primordial Wilderness celebrate, while the Demon Realm’s forces are stunned and terrified.
• The Saint Ancestor is revealed to have been wounded: Niu Ben secretly returned force through the blow, drawing on the power of the Three Thousand Divine Oxen within him.
• Niu Ben challenges the Saint Ancestor, refusing to let him use Niu Ben’s blood and vitality as a catalyst.
• The Saint Ancestor licks the blood from his hand, then laughs with such force that the Central Demon Abyss and surrounding mountains collapse, while his own followers are injured by the shock.
• He straightens and releases an overwhelming aura, declaring that Niu Ben has rekindled the battle spirit he possessed when conquering other Great Thousand Worlds. He steps forward, preparing for a renewed fight.

Character developments and interactions

• Niu Ben proves not only exceptionally durable but capable of striking back against the Saint Ancestor. His confidence and taunts show he is ready to meet the ancient ruler directly.
• The Saint Ancestor, initially appearing withered and wounded, reveals his true power and a long history of conquest. Rather than being angered by the injury, he welcomes the challenge.
• Niu Ben’s allies—including Zhu Rong, Zhao Gongming, Tongtian, the Primordial Heavenly Lord, Taishang, and Xi He—shift from dread to exhilaration and renewed confidence.
• The Demon Ancestors and Demon Sovereigns go from triumph to panic when Niu Ben survives and the supposedly invincible Saint Ancestor bleeds; the Saint Ancestor’s laughter further overwhelms them.

Significant themes

• Defying the seemingly invincible: Niu Ben’s counterattack breaks the Demon Realm’s belief that its ruler cannot be harmed.
• Power and hidden strength: Niu Ben’s survival is paired with a concealed return strike, while the Saint Ancestor’s frail appearance masks immense power.
• The exhilaration of worthy opposition: The Saint Ancestor treats Niu Ben’s resistance as a welcome return to battle, setting up a clash between formidable rivals.

Plot points and events

• Niu Ben and the Saint Ancestor clash in a brutal, high-speed fight. The Saint Ancestor’s Heavenly Dao halberd can rend space and time, but Niu Ben matches it with his perfected Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, the Slaughter Divine Sword, and immense physical power.
• Their battle shakes the Highest Demon Realm so violently that the Three Pure Ones and the Primordial Wilderness army must shield their forces from the shockwaves.
• Realizing he may lose a drawn-out fight, the Saint Ancestor turns to a more desperate weapon: the Demon Realm itself. He declares that its inhabitants belong to him and activates the Heavenly Demon Life-Transmutation Formation.
• Billions of monstrous pipes descend across the realm and pierce demons of every rank, draining their blood, demonic energy, lifespan, and souls to strengthen the Saint Ancestor. Tens of millions die almost immediately.

Character developments and interactions

• Niu Ben remains eager and confident despite the Saint Ancestor’s power, taunting him and openly claiming the realm. His strength and bottomless vitality make the Saint Ancestor fear that he will lose through attrition.
• The Saint Ancestor reveals his true nature as a ruthless tyrant who treats his own people as resources. Rather than accept defeat, he sacrifices them to empower himself.
• The Annihilation Demon Ancestor recognizes the formation and reacts with terror, pleading for the Saint Ancestor to stop. His fear underscores how horrifying—and apparently familiar—the technique is.
• The Three Pure Ones and the Primordial Wilderness forces work together to protect the army, while Niu Ben’s duel with the Saint Ancestor occupies the battlefield’s center.

Significant themes

• Tyranny and exploitation: The Saint Ancestor’s rule is revealed as ownership, with demons raised like livestock for eventual sacrifice.
• Power at any cost: Faced with defeat, the Saint Ancestor chooses mass slaughter, showing that his ambition outweighs loyalty to his people.
• Strength versus endurance: Niu Ben’s overwhelming vitality threatens to outlast even the ancient ruler, prompting the latter’s desperate escalation.

Chapter Summary

Plot and major events

The Saint Ancestor sacrifices the entire Highest Demon Realm to increase his power. Blood-red demonic tubes drain billions of Demon Race cultivators, destroy the realm’s continents and spiritual energy, and even consume the three Heavenly Dao-level Demon Ancestors and over one hundred Hunyuan Demon Sovereigns. Myriad Tribulations and Soul-Devouring Demon Ancestors are drained and killed, while Annihilation Demon Ancestor realizes they were merely livestock raised for sacrifice before being absorbed as well. With the energy of the entire Great Thousand World concentrated into him, the Saint Ancestor transforms into a colossal archaic demon god whose power approaches the Limitless Realm.

Conflict escalation

The Saint Ancestor declares that the Primordial Wilderness will be his next source of nourishment and unleashes the World-Annihilating Seal, formed from eighty-one layers of World-Destroying Divine Thunder and the Heavenly Dao Annihilation Law. The attack threatens to destroy the entire battlefield and places the Primordial Wilderness army in mortal danger.

Character developments

The Saint Ancestor is revealed as utterly ruthless and indifferent, viewing his own followers as expendable resources and calling their sacrifice the “greatest fortune” and proof of loyalty. His transformation demonstrates both his desperation and his willingness to destroy an entire world to gain power. Niu Ben responds with fierce confidence rather than fear, expanding into a massive Great Dao True Body and fully embracing his overwhelming combat strength. He manifests three avatars with power equal to his original body, revealing the terrifying potential of his Primordial Version of the “He Transforms into Freedom” Technique.

Character interactions

The Demon Ancestors beg the Saint Ancestor for mercy, only to be betrayed and consumed. Annihilation Demon Ancestor directly condemns him for treating them like penned livestock, but the Saint Ancestor dismisses the accusation. On the opposing side, Saint Taishang, Tongtian Cult Master, and Primordial Heavenly Lord protect the Primordial Wilderness army with their supreme treasures as the Saint Ancestor’s pressure overwhelms them. The army initially panics, but Niu Ben’s transformation inspires amazement; Guangchengzi and Duobao are stunned by the identical aura of his avatars, while Zhu Rong enthusiastically praises his dominance.

Themes

The chapter emphasizes betrayal, absolute loyalty enforced through terror, the sacrifice of the many for one ruler’s ambition, and the contrast between ruthless power obtained through mass slaughter and defiant strength achieved through personal cultivation. It also highlights overwhelming intimidation, the danger of artificially forcing one’s realm higher, and the emergence of a climactic battle between two colossal powers.

Ending

Niu Ben and his three identical Great Dao avatars confront the descending World-Annihilating Seal with simultaneous attacks empowered by the World-Destroying Millstone and the strength of three thousand Chaos Divine Oxen, setting up the decisive clash.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Niu Ben combines the power of his original body and three Great Dao Clones, using four pairs of fists to confront the Saint Ancestor’s World-Annihilating Seal.
• The Saint Ancestor has sacrificed the entire Demon Realm’s living beings and absorbed its Heavenly Dao origin essence, making the seal powerful enough to reshape a Great Thousand World.
• Despite this, Niu Ben withstands the seal through overwhelming physical strength, his Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, and the bloodline power of the Chaos Azure Ox.
• When the Saint Ancestor further strengthens the seal with demonic blood essence and the resentment of countless dead demons, Niu Ben summons twelve thousand Chaos Divine Oxen and unleashes the technique “Three Thousand Divine Oxen, World-Creating.”
• Niu Ben cracks and then completely shatters the World-Annihilating Seal with a single devastating punch. The backlash severely injures the Saint Ancestor, causing his body to collapse inward and erupt with uncontrolled demonic blood essence.
• The Primordial Wilderness army celebrates Niu Ben’s victory, with Zhao Gongming, Guangchengzi, Duobao Daoist, and countless cultivators loudly praising him.
• Niu Ben immediately launches a follow-up assault instead of allowing the Saint Ancestor to recover. His three clones surround the enemy while his original body wields a five-colored divine spear formed from the Chaos Five Elements Flag.
• The eastern clone binds the Saint Ancestor with the Great Dao God Conferring Technique, sealing his control over the Heavenly Dao. The western clone smashes his shoulder with the Vajra Bracelet, while the southern clone kicks him in the ribs with axe-like force.
• The Saint Ancestor, enraged and humiliated, struggles desperately against the restraints, but the battle continues with him at a severe disadvantage.

Character Developments

• Niu Ben demonstrates that his physical body and bloodline have reached an extraordinary level, allowing him to overpower a realm’s accumulated power through raw strength rather than complex techniques.
• He becomes increasingly dominant and confident, taunting the Saint Ancestor and immediately pressing the attack after destroying the seal.
• The Saint Ancestor shifts from arrogant certainty to shock, terror, rage, and desperation. His belief in the invincibility of his accumulated power is shattered along with the seal.
• Saint Taishang, Tongtian Cult Master, and Primordial Heavenly Lord recognize the unprecedented scale of Niu Ben’s achievement and understand that he has pushed the law of strength to its absolute limit.
• Xi He remains deeply concerned for Niu Ben, showing her emotional attachment and fear for his safety.
• The cultivators of the Primordial Wilderness gain renewed confidence and morale after witnessing Niu Ben’s breakthrough victory.

Significant Themes

• Raw strength versus accumulated power and technique: Niu Ben proves that absolute physical power can overcome even a catastrophic attack built from an entire realm’s Heavenly Dao essence.
• The limits of arrogance: The Saint Ancestor’s confidence in his overwhelming power collapses when confronted by an opponent he cannot understand or overpower.
• Sacrifice and corruption: The World-Annihilating Seal is fueled by the lives, resentment, and blood essence of the Demon Realm’s inhabitants, emphasizing the destructive cost of the Saint Ancestor’s ambition.
• Unity and inspiration: Niu Ben’s victory revitalizes the Primordial Wilderness army, transforming despair into enthusiasm and fighting spirit.
• Suppression through overwhelming force: The chapter presents Niu Ben as a force that does not merely counter the Saint Ancestor’s techniques but breaks through and destroys them completely.

Character Interactions

• The three primordial saints observe and analyze Niu Ben’s feat, expressing astonishment at his mastery of strength.
• Xi He silently worries about Niu Ben while watching the dangerous clash.
• Niu Ben openly mocks and provokes the Saint Ancestor, challenging his claims of power.
• Zhao Gongming, Guangchengzi, and Duobao Daoist lead the army’s celebration, encouraging the Primordial Wilderness cultivators to cheer for Niu Ben.
• Niu Ben’s original body and three clones coordinate seamlessly, surrounding and attacking the Saint Ancestor with complementary techniques.
• The Saint Ancestor responds with furious insults and desperate resistance, but the combined assault leaves him wounded, restrained, and increasingly powerless.