Chapter Summaries

Plot and key events

• Niu Ben crushes the Demon Saint Ancestor beneath the World-Destroying Millstone, overcoming his final resistance.
• The Saint Ancestor claims he cannot die while the Demon Realm’s Origin Essence survives, then tries to escape as a Primordial Spirit core. Niu Ben traps and seals him, rejects his offer to reveal secrets, and grinds him—and every trace of his soul—away.
• The Saint Ancestor’s death triggers a Great Dao Lament and a rain of blood. The Highest Demon Realm begins collapsing without its ruler: its land fractures, mountains fall into the Chaos Void, and its sky breaks apart.
• The Primordial Wilderness forces celebrate the victory. Niu Ben remains alert while assessing the damage, then reunites with Xi He and Chang Xi.

Character developments

• Niu Ben proves able to defeat and permanently destroy an exceptionally powerful enemy. Though he jokes about his injuries, he recognizes how dangerous the battle was and does not let the celebration distract him from the collapsing realm.
• Xi He shows her deep concern for Niu Ben; once assured he is unharmed, she relaxes.
• Chang Xi openly admires Niu Ben’s strength and celebrates his victory.
• The Three Pure Ones and other immortals express growing pride and respect for Niu Ben, seeing his triumph as a source of honor for the Mystic Gate and the Primordial Wilderness.

Character interactions

• Niu Ben dismisses the Saint Ancestor’s threats, captures his escaping spirit, and refuses his attempted bargain.
• Xi He checks Niu Ben for injuries, while Chang Xi praises him; he reassures Xi He and affectionately pats Chang Xi’s head.
• Tongtian boasts to the Primordial Heavenly Lord about their foremost disciple; the Heavenly Lord agrees that the victory will elevate the Mystic Gate’s standing. The assembled immortals and cultivators then salute and acclaim Niu Ben.

Significant themes

• Finality and consequences of power: Niu Ben’s victory destroys not only the enemy’s body but his soul, while the ruler’s death destabilizes the realm he sustained.
• Loyalty and fellowship: Niu Ben fights for his allies, and their concern and praise affirm their bonds.
• Victory mixed with vigilance: The army celebrates, but the realm’s collapse leaves the aftermath dangerous and unresolved.

Plot points and events

• After Niu Ben kills the Highest Demon Realm’s Saint Ancestor, the Primordial Wilderness’s leaders praise him for ending the threat and securing a major victory.
• The Demon Realm’s Heavenly Dao Origin Essence—a vast sphere containing three thousand Great Dao laws—emerges from the ruins. It could greatly strengthen an individual cultivator or help the Primordial Wilderness’s Heavenly Dao advance.
• Niu Ben prepares to claim it for himself, while Jieyin and Zhunti privately hope to obtain a share for the Western Teachings.
• Before Niu Ben can touch the Origin Essence, Dao Ancestor Hongjun arrives in a display of overwhelming Heavenly Dao power. He declares that the essence is dangerous and must be taken to Purple Firmament Palace and merged into the Primordial Wilderness’s Heavenly Dao.
• Hongjun promises to assess everyone’s contributions and reward them later, then sends a Divine Net to seize the essence.
• Niu Ben blocks the attack with the Chaos Five Elements Flag, placing himself between Hongjun’s power and the prize. The gathering falls into tense silence.

Character developments and interactions

• Niu Ben receives public recognition but remains focused on the spoils. He resents Hongjun’s late arrival and apparent attempt to claim the reward after Niu Ben did the fighting. His refusal to step aside marks a direct challenge to Hongjun’s authority.
• Hongjun appears calm and impartial, presenting his claim as necessary for the safety and prosperity of the Primordial Wilderness. His immediate attempt to seize the essence, however, makes his motives seem self-serving.
• Jieyin and Zhunti reveal their ambition to gain a portion of the essence, though they recognize Niu Ben’s decisive role in the victory.
• The Three Pure Ones greet Hongjun respectfully but look uneasy when he claims the spoils. Taishang is about to intervene before Niu Ben acts.
• Zhu Rong voices the outrage of the troops, while Dijiang urges caution. The gathered army is too intimidated by Hongjun’s pressure to openly object.

Significant themes

• The rewards of victory: The battle’s outcome raises the question of who deserves control of its spoils.
• Authority versus merit: Hongjun invokes his position and the public good, while Niu Ben’s claim rests on the work and risks he personally undertook.
• Power and restraint: Hongjun’s overwhelming presence silences the assembly, but Niu Ben’s resistance suggests that even supreme authority may be challenged.
• Public justification and private ambition: Hongjun frames his action as protecting the realm, while the scene leaves his intentions—and those of the other factions—open to suspicion.

Plot points and events

• In the ruins of the Demon Realm, Niu Ben uses the Chaos Five Elements Flag to block the Heavenly Dao’s net and stop Dao Ancestor Hongjun from taking the Demon Realm’s Heavenly Dao Origin Essence.
• Hongjun calmly asks what Niu Ben wants. Niu Ben argues that he earned the essence by killing the Saint Ancestor and leading the army that conquered the Demon Realm, so it should count as his spoils.
• Hongjun replies that the Origin Essence is essential to the Primordial Wilderness and must be merged into its Heavenly Dao by heaven’s decree.
• Niu Ben rejects the idea that this decree settles the matter. He says he is willing to hand over the essence—but only if Hongjun negotiates his terms, an unprecedented challenge to the Dao Ancestor’s authority.

Character developments and interactions

• Niu Ben remains defiant and blunt, insisting that status cannot erase what he is owed. Though he challenges Hongjun, he presents himself as willing to bargain rather than refuse outright.
• Hongjun stays impassive and authoritative, invoking the Heavenly Dao’s needs and decree rather than acknowledging Niu Ben’s claim directly.
• Tongtian Cult Master is torn between admiration for Niu Ben’s boldness and fear that he will provoke their teacher.
• Primordial Heavenly Lord sees Niu Ben’s conduct as intolerable disrespect and demands an apology; Niu Ben respectfully acknowledges him as an elder but refuses to yield.
• Saint Taishang understands Niu Ben’s dislike of being coerced and quietly restrains Primordial Heavenly Lord.
• Zhunti and Jieyin outwardly keep clear of the dispute, but privately welcome the possibility of conflict within the Mystic Gate.
• Zhu Rong openly supports Niu Ben’s claim, arguing that the prize should belong to those who fought for it.

Significant themes

• Authority versus earned entitlement: Niu Ben challenges whether a heavenly decree can override the contributions of those who fought and won.
• Negotiation versus coercion: Niu Ben is willing to compromise, but only through discussion rather than unquestioned obedience.
• Political opportunity: The Western Teachings’ hopeful reaction shows that internal discord among their rivals could shift the balance of power.

Key plot points

• After defeating the Saint Ancestor, Niu Ben negotiates with Hongjun for the Demon Realm’s Heavenly Dao origin essence.
• Niu Ben demands half the essence, arguing that his intervention saved the expeditionary army and the Primordial Wilderness from destruction. Hongjun reluctantly agrees.
• Niu Ben then demands a Saint Crystal, claiming it as his rightful reward for killing the Saint Ancestor. He threatens to destroy the remaining origin essence if Hongjun refuses.
• Recognizing both Niu Ben’s strength and the danger of losing the essence, Hongjun yields. The origin essence is split: half enters Niu Ben, and half is incorporated into the Primordial World.
• The infusion dramatically enriches the world and opens new possibilities for cultivation.

Character developments and interactions

• Niu Ben proves himself not only a formidable fighter but also a bold negotiator. He stands firm against Hongjun’s authority and insists on claiming rewards he believes he earned.
• Hongjun shifts from detached control to wary compromise. Though angry at Niu Ben’s demands, he accepts them because the Primordial Wilderness needs Niu Ben and the world’s advancement.
• The gathered Saints and cultivators react with shock and envy to Niu Ben’s demands, then with excitement as the origin essence transforms the world.
• Duobao Daoist and Zhao Gongming recognize that the new world laws may provide a route to the Quasi-Saint realm beyond the traditional method. Minghe, Zhen Yuanzi, and Kunpeng sense that the path to Sainthood has also become less obstructed.

Significant themes

• Strength and negotiation: Niu Ben’s power gives him leverage even against the Dao Ancestor.
• Reward and merit: Niu Ben frames his demands as compensation for risking his life and saving the world.
• Shared advancement versus individual gain: Half the essence benefits Niu Ben personally, while the other half empowers the entire Primordial Wilderness.
• New paths to cultivation: The transformed world offers hope of advancement to beings across every level, from newly sentient creatures to ancient Quasi-Saints.

Key plot points and events

• Following the Primordial Wilderness’s victory over the Demon Realm, its Heavenly Dao absorbs half the realm’s Origin Essence. The resulting advancement helps many cultivators break through old bottlenecks or glimpse a path forward.
• The armies gather to receive their rewards. Most expect them to be allocated by military merit, which would leave the Mystic Gate—especially Niu Ben and the Three Pure Ones—with nearly all the valuable spoils.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun announces a change: because every major faction risked much in a war for the Primordial Wilderness’s survival, all principal participants will receive a supreme blessing, regardless of their rankings.
• Hongjun awards one Saint Crystal each to the Wu Clan, Demon Clan, Western Teachings, Netherworld Blood Sea, and the principal Human Race branch. Each crystal can enable a faction to produce a Saint.
• The recipients erupt in excitement and gratitude, with Zhunti leading the Western Teachings in bowing to Hongjun and the others joining in.

Character developments and interactions

• Niu Ben remains confident and unconcerned about the distribution: he has already secured the greatest prize. He privately sees Hongjun’s generosity as a calculated effort to restore goodwill and balance after the Mystic Gate’s overwhelming display of power.
• Hongjun shifts from the expected merit-based system to a universal reward for the major factions, presenting the decision as fair while also easing their fear of the Mystic Gate’s dominance.
• Zhunti and Jieyin, initially resigned to receiving nothing after their losses, are transformed by the award into jubilant supporters of Hongjun.
• Minghe, long trapped at the peak of the Quasi-Saint realm, sees the crystal as a chance to fulfill his ambition of becoming a Saint.
• Di Jun and the Demon Clan hope the crystal will help restore their former glory. The Wu Clan is equally astonished, while Zhu Rong’s earlier delight at Niu Ben’s victory is tempered by Dijiang’s warning to mind his words before Hongjun.

Significant themes

• Merit versus shared sacrifice: Hongjun replaces a strict ranking of individual achievements with rewards for collective participation and losses.
• Power and political balance: Niu Ben recognizes the decree as a way to placate the other factions and limit resentment toward the Mystic Gate.
• Hope and transformation: A single Saint Crystal represents the possibility of advancement, renewed power, and a future previously thought impossible.

Plot points and events

• After the Demon Realm’s destruction, Hongjun distributes five Saint Crystals—each containing a distinct Great Dao law—to the leaders of the Western Teachings, Netherworld Blood Sea, Wu Clan, Demon Clan, and Human Race.
• Each faction sees the crystals as a chance to gain another Saint and strengthen its standing. Minghe is especially eager to cultivate, while the Wu Clan considers which physically powerful brother can use its crystal.
• Huang Tian offers the Human Race’s crystal to his master, Niu Ben, but Niu Ben tells him to keep it for the Human Race’s own future. He urges them to develop a second human Saint so the race can stand independently.
• Hongjun announces that the army should return to the Primordial Wilderness after resting, while the Heavenly Dao manages the battlefield’s future evolution. Once he departs, the victorious army celebrates and heads home.
• Faction leaders thank Niu Ben, recognizing that his defeat of the Saint Ancestor forced Hongjun to change the rules and distribute the crystals.
• Niu Ben chooses to return to the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains with Xi He and Chang Xi. He needs a quiet retreat to stabilize and advance his cultivation while suppressing half the Demon Realm’s Heavenly Dao origin.

Character developments and interactions

• Huang Tian demonstrates loyalty and humility by deferring to Niu Ben over the Human Race’s crystal. Niu Ben, in turn, encourages the Human Race to become stronger without relying on him.
• Niu Ben remains the central force behind the victory and the new opportunities it creates, but prioritizes cultivation and independence over acclaim.
• Zhunti enthusiastically welcomes the Western Teachings’ prospect of a third Saint and flatters Niu Ben, who bluntly warns him not to meddle with his treasures.
• Dijiang protects the Wu Clan’s crystal and plans to use it to create another powerful fighter; Zhu Rong’s curiosity provides a lighter moment.
• The Three Pure Ones support Niu Ben’s decision to leave, assuring him they can maintain order in his absence. Tongtian expresses confidence that his retreat may lead to an even greater breakthrough.

Significant themes

• Power and opportunity: The Saint Crystals turn victory into the possibility of a major increase in the Primordial Wilderness’s strength.
• Loyalty and responsibility: Huang Tian gives the crystal up to his master’s judgment, while Niu Ben returns the responsibility to the Human Race rather than keeping its power for himself.
• Collective victory and recognition: The factions’ gratitude reflects their understanding that Niu Ben’s actions made the new rewards possible.
• Independence and growth: Niu Ben urges the Human Race to establish its own strength, while his own retreat reflects his pursuit of greater power and control over the Demon Realm’s origin.

Key plot points and events

• Niu Ben returns to the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains with Xi He and Chang Xi after the war in the Demon Realm. The region has flourished after the Primordial Wilderness Heavenly Dao absorbed half of the Demon Realm’s Origin Essence.
• Niu Ba, Niu Ben’s father and the Ox Clan patriarch, rushes out to welcome him. He proudly recounts Niu Ben’s victories: defeating the Saint Ancestor, destroying the Demon Realm’s ruler, and forcing Dao Ancestor Hongjun to retreat after taking part of the Heavenly Dao’s Origin Essence.
• The Ox Clan celebrates Niu Ben’s return with a lavish feast. Niu Mu worries over her son’s health, while Niu Xiaomei eagerly admires him and receives playful teasing in return.
• In a private, warded meeting, Niu Ba asks how much stronger the clan has become. Niu Ben says he holds half the Demon Realm’s Origin Essence and can complete the three thousand Chaos Divine Oxen within him. Once he refines the essence, he expects to overpower any force in the Primordial Wilderness except the Heavenly Dao itself.
• Niu Ba reveals the Saint Crystal awarded to the Ox Clan, setting up its likely use in strengthening the family.

Character developments

• Niu Ben returns physically unharmed but weary. The warmth of home and family helps him shed the violence and tension accumulated during the war. He is confident—almost boastful—about his future strength.
• Niu Ba shifts from exuberant pride in his son’s achievements to strategic concern for the Ox Clan’s prospects. He remains bold and ambitious.
• Niu Mu shows her usual maternal tenderness, prioritizing Niu Ben’s well-being over his fame.
• Niu Xiaomei is excited by her brother’s renown, though Niu Ben jokes that she has been neglecting her cultivation.
• Xi He and Chang Xi share Niu Ben’s relief at returning home and greet his parents respectfully.

Significant themes

• Family and home as refuge: After extraordinary violence and danger, the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains offers Niu Ben peace and emotional grounding.
• Collective pride and rising power: Niu Ben’s victories bring prestige to the Ox Clan, while his new resources and the Saint Crystal promise further growth.
• Power tempered by personal ties: Niu Ben’s confidence contrasts with his mother’s concern and the family’s affection, keeping the story’s grand conflicts rooted in intimate relationships.

Character interactions

• Niu Ba greets Niu Ben with rough affection, then celebrates his accomplishments with unmistakable pride.
• Niu Xiaomei clings to and praises her brother; he responds by teasing her about her cultivation.
• Niu Mu checks Niu Ben’s condition, and he reassures her. She warmly welcomes Xi He and Chang Xi as well.
• Once the celebration gives way to private strategy, Niu Ba questions Niu Ben about the clan’s future strength, and Niu Ben answers confidently before Niu Ba produces the Ox Clan’s Saint Crystal.

Key plot points and events

• The Ox Clan receives a Saint Crystal, a dangerous but powerful treasure capable of creating a Saint. Niu Ba worries that choosing a recipient will cause resentment among the clan’s elders.
• Niu Ben insists the crystal should go to his mother, Niu Mu, rather than to a younger talent or his wives, Xi He and Chang Xi. They agree, noting their own foundations are strong.
• Niu Ben explains that the family needs another powerful defender while he is away. With both parents as Saints and the mountain’s protective formation, the clan will be safer amid growing threats across the myriad worlds.
• Niu Mu accepts and consumes the crystal. Its violent, foreign Dao laws overwhelm her weaker body and spirit. Niu Ba tries to intervene, but Niu Ben stops him and moves to stabilize her with his own mana. The chapter ends as he begins the rescue.

Character developments

• Niu Ben shows practical foresight and deep devotion to his family, prioritizing their long-term security over distributing the treasure politically.
• Niu Mu moves from self-doubt and reluctance to accepting the crystal out of concern that she not become a burden to her family.
• Niu Ba initially frets over clan politics, then enthusiastically supports his son’s decision, though his eagerness nearly leads him to interfere during the dangerous refinement.
• Xi He and Chang Xi demonstrate trust in Niu Ben and solidarity with Niu Mu.
• Niu Xiaomei is excited by the prospect of her mother becoming a Saint.

Significant themes

• Family loyalty and protection: The crystal is used to strengthen the family’s defenses rather than reward status or talent.
• Power carries danger: The Saint Crystal can elevate Niu Mu, but its foreign Dao laws may also destroy her.
• Preparation for an uncertain future: Niu Ben’s decision reflects the looming instability and powerful enemies in the wider realms.
• Trust across generations: Niu Mu accepts a risky transformation because she trusts her son’s judgment.

Character interactions

• Niu Ba seeks Niu Ben’s advice; Niu Ben answers decisively and persuades the family that Niu Mu is the right choice.
• Niu Mu refuses at first, while Xi He and Chang Xi reassure her and support Niu Ben’s plan.
• Niu Ba gives Niu Mu the crystal and offers to guard her, but Niu Ben takes over, seals the hall, and prevents his father from disrupting the refinement.

Key plot points and events

• Niu Ben channels his Hunyuan Taiji power into Niu Mu, neutralizing the violent laws in her Saint Crystal and safely guiding the energy through her body.
• Niu Mu’s cultivation rapidly climbs from Grand Luo Golden Immortal to Perfected Quasi-Saint. The crystal’s complete saint-path laws take root in her primordial spirit, bringing her to the brink of sainthood.
• The growing saintly pressure strains the hall and its concealment formation. Niu Ben tells his family to let the formation break rather than hide the breakthrough.
• Niu Mu releases her aura. The formation shatters, and signs of a Saint’s arrival—violet qi, heavenly flowers, golden lotuses, and Dao music—spread across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Powerful figures across the world react with shock, envy, frustration, or approval. In the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, the Heavenly Dao gathers thunderclouds for the final baptism.
• Niu Mu rises and prepares to face the Heavenly Dao’s trial, encouraged by Niu Ben.

Character developments

• Niu Mu progresses from injured crystal-refiner to a newly ascended Saint, gaining confidence and openly embracing her clan’s achievement.
• Niu Ben demonstrates both formidable control and filial care, then chooses to announce the Ox Clan’s rise rather than conceal it.
• Niu Ba supports the formation but cannot hide his envy at how easily Niu Mu advances.
• The wider powers are forced to recognize the Ox Clan’s growing dominance: Zhunti and Jieyin are stunned, Minghe is exasperated, Di Jun is resigned, Primordial Heavenly Lord is angered, and Taishang Laojun approves.

Character interactions

• Niu Ben carefully guides Niu Mu’s breakthrough and urges her to steady her mind and later unleash her aura.
• Niu Ba warns that the formation is failing and struggles to reinforce it; Niu Ben rejects further concealment.
• Niu Ben’s decisive encouragement leads Niu Mu to reveal her power before the whole world.
• The distant figures’ reactions show the breakthrough’s impact on rival clans, sects, and major powers.

Significant themes

• Filial devotion and shared strength: Niu Ben’s power enables his mother’s breakthrough.
• Unfair advantage and rapid advancement: The Ox Clan’s methods make the arduous pursuit of sainthood seem effortless to outsiders.
• Power and public recognition: Niu Ben chooses to make the Ox Clan’s achievement impossible to ignore.
• Shifting influence: Niu Mu’s ascent signals that the balance of power in the Primordial Wilderness is changing.

Key events

• Niu Mu completes her merger with the Saint Crystal and ascends to Hunyuan Sainthood. When Heavenly Dao’s thunder baptism arrives, she dispels it with a single word.
• Heavenly Dao formally recognizes her status and sends down merit, prompting beings across the Primordial Wilderness to kneel and hail her as a Saint.
• Niu Mu’s ascension alarms the powerful factions: the Ox Clan now appears to have three Saints in one family, with Niu Ben’s partners and disciple Huang Tian adding to its formidable strength.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun manifests through the Eye of Heavenly Dao and grants Niu Mu spiritual treasures, while implicitly reminding the Ox Clan that Heavenly Dao remains supreme.
• Niu Ben rejects the implied show of authority. He accepts the gifts but warns that any attempt to meddle with the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains will bring him to Purple Heaven Palace. After a tense standoff, Hongjun withdraws.
• Niu Mu returns to the hall feeling stronger than ever, joking that she could “slap the East Sea dry.”

Character developments and interactions

• Niu Mu transforms from a gentle figure into a confident, overwhelmingly powerful Saint, calmly erasing the tribulation and embracing her new strength.
• Niu Ben acts as the Ox Clan’s bold protector, openly challenging Hongjun to defend his family’s independence.
• Niu Ba watches his wife’s success with tears of pride, while the Ox Clan celebrates her achievement.
• Xi He and Chang Xi admire Niu Mu alongside Niu Ben.
• Jieyin and Zhunti are so intimidated by the Ox Clan’s growing power that Jieyin urges his junior brother to avoid provoking them.

Significant themes

• Power and status: Niu Mu’s ascension reshapes the balance of power across the realm.
• Family loyalty: The family’s strength is presented as a shared source of pride and protection.
• Defiance of authority: Niu Ben’s confrontation with Hongjun establishes that even Heavenly Dao’s authority has limits when challenged by him.
• Awe and fear: The wider world’s worship and alarm show how dramatically the Ox Clan has changed from a powerful family into a near-unmatched force.

Key plot points and events

• The Ox Clan celebrates Niu Ben’s victory and rising prestige with a three-day feast, drawing gifts and tributes from powerful figures and factions across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Niu Ben entrusts the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains to his parents, Niu Ba and Niu Mu, and announces that he will enter death seclusion to surpass the Heavenly Dao Realm. He brings with him half of the Demon Realm’s Heavenly Dao Origin Essence.
• In seclusion, Niu Ben absorbs and refines the Origin Essence, breaking down its 1,500 Great Dao law chains into World Origin Essence. His Dao Fruit strengthens, while the three thousand Divine Ox phantoms in his body become more substantial.
• Ten thousand years pass. The Primordial Wilderness grows far more spiritually abundant, and powerful cultivators become increasingly common. Humanity expands under Huang Tian and Cangjie, while the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains becomes a revered demon sanctuary.
• In the West, Jieyin and Zhunti discuss Ksitigarbha, who has spent ten thousand years refining a Saint Crystal in hopes of becoming the Western Teachings’ third Saint.

Character developments and interactions

• Niu Ben shifts from celebrating his victory to pursuing an even higher realm, showing confidence in his durability and ability to refine overwhelming power.
• Niu Ba and Niu Mu take on the responsibility of protecting the Ox Clan’s homeland and maintain its security as Hunyuan Saints.
• Niu Ba and Niu Mu are honored as the guardians of a clan whose influence now commands respect across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Zhunti grows impatient and envious of the Ox family’s three Saints, fearing the Western Teachings will lose influence. Jieyin counsels patience, explaining that Ksitigarbha’s transformation requires time.

Significant themes

• Ambition and transcendence: Niu Ben aims to surpass the Heavenly Dao Realm, pursuing power beyond established limits.
• Cultivation through patience: Both Niu Ben’s long seclusion and Ksitigarbha’s slow refinement emphasize that breakthroughs require sustained effort.
• Power reshapes the world: The influx of Heavenly Dao Origin Essence raises spiritual energy throughout the realm, transforming its lands and shifting the balance among factions.
• Prestige, rivalry, and insecurity: The Ox Clan’s ascendancy inspires awe, while the Western Teachings worry about being eclipsed.

As Ancestor Minghe, the Ancestor Witches, and Niu Ben refined their gains from the battle ten thousand years earlier, Emperor Taiyi began his breakthrough in the Yao Realm, unleashing scorching solar fire across the Primordial Wilderness. The chapter ended with the Demon Clan cheering as Taiyi’s Three-legged Golden Crow appeared, while Demon Emperor Di Jun watched with reddened eyes.

• Ancestor Minghe refined most of the Slaughter Saint Crystal, and Ancestor Witch Qiang Liang endured the Physical Body Saint Crystal’s baptism.
• Niu Ben absorbed the final wisp of origin essence and reached the ninth level of Hunyuan Supreme Ultimate Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal.
• Emperor Taiyi’s surging solar fire tore through the sky, scorching the Primordial Wilderness and drawing the attention of its powerful figures.
• Niu Mu stopped Niu Ba from dispersing the fiery aura and explained that the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains’ formation would protect their clansmen.
• Emperor Taiyi emerged in the form of a Three-legged Golden Crow as Demon Clan members hailed him as their Saint Sovereign.
• Demon Emperor Di Jun watched Taiyi’s appearance from atop the Demon Clan Chariot.

Emperor Taiyi attained Sainthood with the Chaos Bell and declared himself the Demon Clan’s Eastern Emperor Saint, causing the Demon Clan’s fortune to surge. As the Witch Realm and Western Teachings reacted warily to his rise, Taiyi strode toward the center of the Primordial Continent and fixed his gaze on the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.

• Emperor Taiyi absorbed the Demon Realm sovereign’s Saint Crystal, condensed a hunyuan Dao fruit, and proclaimed that he had attained the Dao as a Saint.
• The Heavenly Dao recognized Emperor Taiyi’s ascension, and the Demon Clan’s worship sent its race fortune soaring.
• Di Jun celebrated the Demon Clan’s new Eastern Emperor Saint while Zhunti and Jieyin worried about the consequences of the Demon Clan’s rising power.
• Zhu Rong demanded to confront Taiyi, but Dijiang ordered him to stay put while Qiang Liang remained in secluded cultivation.
• Emperor Taiyi took up the Chaos Bell and strode toward the center of the Primordial Continent, eventually setting his gaze on the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.

After proving Dao and becoming a Saint, Emperor Taiyi demanded that the Ox Clan submit to the Demon Court, and Niu Ba and Niu Mu confronted him. The Chaos Bell drove them back, and Di Jun joined Taiyi in threatening the Ox Clan as a battle between Saints seemed imminent.

• Emperor Taiyi sent two rays of saintly power toward the Azure Ox Ancestral Hall, and Niu Ba and Niu Mu emerged to challenge him.
• Emperor Taiyi declared that the Demon Court would rule all demonkind and offered Niu Ba the post of Grand Marshal if the Ox Clan submitted.
• Niu Ba attacked Emperor Taiyi with his Hunyuan Black Iron Staff while Niu Mu sealed off his escape routes with her azure ribbon.
• Emperor Taiyi used the Chaos Bell to repel Niu Ba and shatter Niu Mu's ribbon.
• Di Jun appeared beside Emperor Taiyi and warned Niu Ba that the Ox Clan must join the Demon Court or face a fight.

Saint Taishang intervened when Di Jun and Emperor Taiyi threatened the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, then used the Taiji Diagram to overpower Taiyi’s Chaos Bell. Taiyi was driven down from the Nine Heavens Above, and the clash remained unresolved.

• Saint Taishang arrived at the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains and warned Di Jun that he would defend Niu Ben’s territory.
• Emperor Taiyi challenged Taishang and attacked him with the Chaos Bell, but the Taiji Diagram absorbed the strike.
• Taishang pressed down with a giant hand of yin and yang, and Taiyi poured his power into the Chaos Bell to resist.
• Taishang explained that Taiyi could not unleash the Chaos Bell’s true power because his forced Sainthood had left his primordial spirit and laws impure.
• Taishang pressed his hand down, forcing Taiyi to buckle and fall from the Nine Heavens Above toward the Primordial Wilderness Land.

Di Jun and Emperor Taiyi confronted Saint Taishang after Taishang defeated Taiyi, then joined forces against him with the Great Formation of the Stars of the Heavens. Taishang answered by creating three Saint-level incarnations, and the battle reached a stalemate inside the formation.

• Saint Taishang struck Emperor Taiyi down with one palm, sending the Chaos Bell flying back into Taiyi’s body.
• Di Jun arrived, stopped Taiyi from attacking again, and challenged Taishang over his brother’s defeat.
• Di Jun activated the Great Formation of the Stars of the Heavens, and Taiyi joined him with the Chaos Bell as the formation’s nexus treasure.
• Taishang created the Shangqing Daoist, Jade Pure Daoist, and Taiqing Daoist incarnations with One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones.
• Di Jun and Taiyi unleashed a rain of star-meteors and golden crow fire, while Taishang and his three incarnations defended themselves, bringing the battle to a stalemate.

As Di Jun and Taiyi battled Taishang, Tongtian and the Primordial Heavenly Lord arrived to support him, bringing the Three Pure Ones together against the Demon Clan. Niu Ben then emerged from seclusion with power beyond the Heavenly Dao, leaving Hongjun stunned by his breakthrough into the Dao Integration Realm.

• Di Jun and Taiyi pressured Taishang inside the Great Formation of the Stars of the Heavens until Tongtian arrived from Golden Ao Island and tore open the formation with the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.
• The Primordial Heavenly Lord joined Tongtian with the Pangu Banner, and the Three Pure Ones prepared to attack Di Jun and Taiyi.
• A tremendous force erupted from the Azure Ox Ancestral Hall, shook the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, and made the Heavenly Mechanism impossible for Di Jun to divine.
• Tongtian and the Primordial Heavenly Lord halted their attacks as Taishang sensed Niu Ben's cultivation had surpassed Taiji Daluo and followed a path of his own.
• Hongjun felt Niu Ben's aura break beyond the Heavenly Dao and recognized that the Azure Ox had reached the Dao Integration Realm.

After ten thousand years of seclusion, Niu Ben emerged and overwhelmed the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains with his aura, shocking Hongjun and the Western Paradise. He confronted Emperor Taiyi and Di Jun as they tried to claim his territory, then punched their supposedly indestructible Great Formation of the Stars of the Heavens.

• Hongjun failed to divine anything about Niu Ben and saw his aura push back the Eye of Heavenly Dao.
• Zhunti and Jieyin felt Niu Ben’s immense aura, and Ksitigarbha King could no longer refine the Saint Crystal.
• Niu Ben emerged from seclusion, restoring the ruined land as he walked, while Niu Ba, Niu Mu, Chang Xi, and Xi He watched.
• Niu Ben accused Emperor Taiyi and Di Jun of building a nest on his roof and absorbing his territory, then confronted them above the Nine Heavens.
• Emperor Taiyi empowered the Chaos Bell with his origin blood essence, and Di Jun unfurled the River Diagram and Luo Script to strengthen the Great Formation of the Stars of the Heavens.
• Niu Ben dismissed the formation as worthless and punched it with his bare hand, leaving Emperor Taiyi and Di Jun stunned.

Niu Ben shattered the Great Formation of the Stars of the Heavens, seized Emperor Taiyi’s Chaos Bell, and mocked it as a chamber pot. He then struck Emperor Taiyi from the sky, leaving him crashing into an enormous abyss.

• Niu Ben broke the Great Formation of the Stars of the Heavens with one punch, grievously injuring Di Jun and destroying the formation’s star phantoms.
• Emperor Taiyi poured his power into the Chaos Bell and charged Niu Ben with the supreme treasure.
• Niu Ben caught the Chaos Bell barehanded, crushed its radiance, and forced it to shrink back to its original size.
• Niu Ben called the Chaos Bell heavy and suggested using it as a chamber pot, enraging Emperor Taiyi.
• Emperor Taiyi failed to recall the Chaos Bell, and Niu Ben slapped him out of the sky and sent him crashing into an abyss beyond the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.

Niu Ben punished Emperor Taiyi for his arrogance and forced Di Jun to admit the Demon Clan’s defeat and offer a ransom. As Niu Ben weighed whether to kill Taiyi or cripple him, Saint Taishang judged that the lesson had been enough and warned that killing the brothers would disrupt the Primordial Wilderness’s destiny.

• Di Jun rescued the battered Emperor Taiyi, but Niu Ben appeared above them and threatened to crush both brothers.
• Di Jun admitted the Demon Clan’s defeat, while Niu Ben refused to let Taiyi avoid answering for his insults.
• Niu Ben slapped Taiyi twice, then subdued him and made him acknowledge that he had been wrong to seize what Niu Ben had not given him.
• Di Jun knelt and offered half the Yao Realm’s treasures and three supreme grade innate spiritual treasures in exchange for Taiyi’s life.
• Jieyin, Zhunti, Tongtian Cult Master, and Saint Taishang watched the confrontation, while Niu Ben considered Taiyi’s fate.