Chapter Summaries

Yao Ji fought the Three-headed Demonic Flood Dragon on Peach Mountain, but the dragon sacrificed its Origin Pearl to reach the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and poisoned her. Yao Ji drove it off with her treasures, then collapsed and fell toward a pool.

• Yao Ji battled the Three-headed Demonic Flood Dragon and wounded it before it fled toward Peach Mountain's summit.
• The Three-headed Demonic Flood Dragon sacrificed its Origin Pearl, broke through to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, and wounded and poisoned Yao Ji.
• Haotian sensed that something had happened to Yao Ji, but his divination showed nothing; Sect Leader Tongtian had concealed Tianji after Luohu offered him the design concept of the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.
• Yao Ji bound the dragon with the Immortal Binding Rope and pierced one of its heads with the Cloud Phoenix Hairpin.
• The Three-headed Demonic Flood Dragon burned away part of its bound body to escape, and Yao Ji collapsed from her wounds and exhaustion, falling toward the pool below Peach Mountain.

After Luohu broke through the Heavenly Dao blockade and revived the Demonic Dao, its influence drove Yang Tianyou to approach the ice-sealed Yao Ji. Nuwa’s safeguard stopped him, but Li Fan realized that Yao Ji’s unborn child could threaten humanity’s position in the world.

• Yang Tianyou found the ice-sealed Yao Ji by the Peach Mountain riverbed and decided to take her away.
• Luohu emerged from the Demon Realm and drove the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon Path into the Prehistoric Universe, alerting the Three Realms’ foremost beings.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven forged a Three-Pointed Double-Edged Spear from the Three-headed Demonic Flood Dragon and gave it to Yu Ding Zhenren.
• The Heavenly Demon Path twisted Yang Tianyou’s thoughts, and he used demonic qi to melt Yao Ji’s ice seal and approach her.
• Nuwa’s safeguard blasted Yang Tianyou away and suppressed his cultivation, while Creation Power protected Yao Ji and isolated the demonic qi within her fetus.
• Li Fan saw three strands of destiny forming around Yao Ji’s child and realized the possible demon-human offspring could endanger humanity’s position as protagonist of heaven and earth.

Haotian sent King Virupaksha and King Guangmu to Peach Mountain to kill Yang Tianyou, while Nuwa sent Dragon Lady Yun Hua to retrieve Yang Chan. King Guangmu’s attack was interrupted by Chiguo Tian, but Yang Tianyou was mortally wounded, and King Guangmu turned his attention to Yang Jiao.

• Haotian ordered King Virupaksha and King Guangmu to apprehend Yang Tianyou, whom he condemned as a Demonic Cultivator who had married Yao Ji.
• Nuwa sent Dragon Lady Yun Hua to Peach Mountain to bring Yang Chan back.
• King Guangmu shattered Yao Ji’s barrier and struck Yang Tianyou with golden lightning as Yang Tianyou tried to shield Yao Ji and their children.
• Yao Ji threw herself in front of Yang Tianyou, and Chiguo Tian stopped King Guangmu’s attack before it could kill them both.
• The lightning’s lingering power destroyed Yang Tianyou’s Golden Immortal body, and he exchanged a tearful farewell with Yao Ji.
• When Yang Jiao rushed toward his dying father, King Guangmu called him an evil demon and prepared to kill him.

The Heavenly Court and Humanity Dao fought over the fate of Yao Ji’s children, but Yaochi suppressed Yao Ji while Yang Jiao and Yang Tianyou were taken to the Underworld. Yang Jian awakened the Eye of Heaven as Yang Chan left with Dragon Lady Yun Hua, and Yu Ding Zhenren prepared to take him away.

• Yang Chan’s power repelled King Guangmu’s attack, and Dragon Lady Yun Hua arrived to take her away under Empress Nuwa’s decree.
• Xuanyuan offered Yang Jiao reincarnation or the Evil Path, but Yaochi arrived and demanded reincarnation.
• Yaochi sealed Yao Ji inside a chasm at Mount Peach, while King Guangmu and Chiguo Tian took Yang Jiao and Yang Tianyou toward the Underworld.
• Yang Jian’s hatred awakened the Eye of Heaven, and Xuanyuan left after spotting Yu Ding Zhenren.
• Dragon Lady Yun Hua departed with Yang Chan, and Yu Ding Zhenren told Yang Jian it was time to leave and gain strength.

Ten thousand years later, Luohu found the Origin of Destruction in the Outer Chaos, but Li Fan and three Hunyuan beings confronted him and forced him to submit to the Heavenly Emperor. The group then turned their attention to the Origin of Destruction.

• Yang Chan remained devoted to thoughts of her mother while Yang Tianyou and Yang Jiao lived new lives after reincarnation.
• Luohu reached the dangerous region where Shen Ni was conceived and used the Twelve-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus to expose the Origin of Destruction.
• Li Fan, Wangshu, Taiyuan, and Ziguang appeared and surrounded Luohu, cutting off his escape.
• Luohu offered the black lotus and swore by Dao Contract to serve Li Fan and make the Demon Realm obey the Heavenly Emperor.
• Li Fan's group focused on the Origin of Destruction as it emerged at the center of the Chaos region.

Li Fan collected the Destruction Origin into the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls, then ordered Luohu to prove the Dao in the Outer Chaos. Luohu agreed despite suspecting that Li Fan was testing him, and the chapter left him about to begin.

• Li Fan used the Law of World and Chaos Law to calm and collect the Destruction Origin into a miniature chaos space.
• The Sea-Calming Divine Pearls absorbed the miniature chaos space and began devouring its destructive Dao aura.
• Li Fan turned to Luohu and told him that the Outer Chaos was a suitable place to prove the Dao.
• Luohu accepted Li Fan’s order and prepared to seize the opportunity to prove the Dao.
• Li Fan explained that proving the Dao in chaos carried great risks, while Wangshu and Ziguang discussed the dangers and opportunities of doing so.

Luohu endured the erosion of Chaos Power and began rebuilding his Dao Fruit, surviving the most dangerous stage of attaining Hunyuan. As Luohu’s breakthrough continued, Li Fan considered Yang Mei’s search for the Fate Demon God’s legacy and watched his treasures consume the surrounding Chaos Power.

• Luohu confined the Law of Slaughter with his will as Chaos Power eroded his body and Dao Fruit, risking the collapse of his Dao.
• Goddess Wangshu and Empress Ziguang recognized that Luohu was staking his survival on making his Great Dao of Slaughter indestructible within Chaos.
• Luohu summoned the Twelve-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus, which absorbed the returning Law of Slaughter and protected his Dao Fruit as it began to reform.
• Slaughter origin gathered in Luohu’s Dao Fruit, allowing it to grow complete and pass the most dangerous stage of his breakthrough toward becoming a Hunyuan Grand Unity Demon Ancestor.
• Li Fan and the goddesses speculated that Yang Mei was searching for the Fate Demon God’s Golden Apple Tree, which could help Yang Mei transform his true body.
• Li Fan watched the Sea-Calming Divine Pearl and the Twenty-Four Petal Creation Green Lotus divide and refine Chaos Power, drawing some of it away from Luohu.

Luohu attained Hunyuan through slaughter, stirring demons and unsettling the Prehistoric Universe as ominous forces gathered around the Return to Ruins. In the Outer Chaos, Li Fan fought Luohu with swords and began to overwhelm him, while Wangshu reminded Luohu of the Heavenly Emperor’s old challenge.

• Luohu completed his Slaughter Dao Fruit and declared himself the Hunyuan Demon Ancestor, awakening the Great Freedom Demonic Path across the Prehistoric Universe.
• Ancestor Minghe, Primordial Lord of Heaven, Taishang, Sect Leader Tongtian, Fuxi, Shennong, Xuanyuan, and Nuwa sensed Luohu’s breakthrough and anticipated turmoil or catastrophe.
• The Return to Ruins invaded the River of Fate and pried loose a severed section, while Nuwa searched for the hidden variable behind the brewing storm.
• Li Fan and Luohu faced off in the Outer Chaos, and their Great Dao sword abilities collided in a battle that shook the cosmos.
• Li Fan used four sword techniques to suppress Luohu, then struck with the Heaven and Earth Great Furnace Demon Refining Style as Wangshu taunted Luohu about their promised sword contest.

Li Fan defeated Luohu in the Outer Chaos, split the World-Destroying Black Lotus, and sent Luohu back to the Demon Realm badly wounded. Li Fan returned to Grand Unity Palace with the nine remaining grades of the lotus and asked Nuwa to help him with an idea.

• Li Fan blocked Luohu's escape and overwhelmed him with the Chaos Heaven-Opening Sword, cutting Luohu in half and splitting the Twelve-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus.
• Li Fan suppressed the remaining nine grades of the lotus with the Creation Green Lotus while Luohu took three grades and crashed through the Demon Realm's barrier.
• Li Fan warned Luohu to stay in the Demon Realm and recover, then returned to Grand Unity Palace with Wangshu, Taiyuan, and Ziguang.
• Luohu returned to his palace, discovered the mighty experts of the hundred races had fled, and entered deep seclusion to heal his Dao injury.
• The Heavenly Emperor and his companions arrived at Grand Unity Palace, where the gathered officials welcomed them and Nuwa, Xihe, Baili, and Changxi asked about the battle.
• Li Fan showed Nuwa the damaged nine-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus and asked her to help with an idea he had gained during the journey.

Haotian considered using stricter heavenly statutes to assert his authority, while Li Fan and the goddesses repaired the World-Destroying Black Lotus and joined it with three other innate lotus platforms. The Black Lotus regained its spirituality as Luohu sensed his connection to it breaking, and Jieyin recognized that the Western Teachings would need another Golden Lotus of Merit.

• Haotian decided to derive stricter heavenly statutes from the Three Realms’ Initial Laws to establish his authority as Jade Emperor.
• Li Fan, Nuwa, and Goddess Taiyuan used the origin of destruction and their powers to repair the World-Destroying Black Lotus.
• Li Fan and Xihe brought the Pure World White Lotus and Karma Red Lotus together with the Creation Green Lotus and Black Lotus, forming a fourfold barrier that awakened the Black Lotus’s spirituality.
• Luohu sensed his connection to the World-Destroying Black Lotus breaking and angrily blamed the Heavenly Emperor.
• Jieyin and Zhunti sensed trouble, and Jieyin concluded that the Western Teachings had to cultivate another Golden Lotus of Merit.

Yuanfeng sought approval to use Black Bird’s descent to help the Shang Clan establish a dynasty, while Haotian presented his draft of Heavenly Laws to the Heavenly Emperor and the goddesses. Li Fan approved the laws but warned Haotian not to let his own heart cloud his judgment.

• Yuanfeng traveled to Grand Unity Heaven and entered through the guarded Heaven Gate with Haotian.
• Yuanfeng asked Li Fan to approve the Black Bird plan, explaining that the Shang Clan’s rise could lead to a Human Dao Saint.
• Haotian presented his draft of Heavenly Laws for review by Li Fan and the goddesses.
• Bixiao, Qiongxiao, Chang'e, and Yang Chan secretly tried to listen outside the hall, then fled when they feared Nuwa would catch them.
• Wangshu, Empress Ziguang, Changxi, and Taiyuan discussed the draft’s strictness and possible loopholes.
• Li Fan sent a Dao decree into the jade scroll to approve the laws, then warned Haotian that laws and the Heavenly Dao could change and dismissed him.

Haotian authorized the Four Heavenly Kings to enforce the new Heavenly Laws across the Five Heavenly Realms. Their brutal thousand-year crackdown restored order, and they gained enough heavenly providence to overcome their early Quasi-Saint bottleneck.

• Haotian proclaimed the Heavenly Laws and ordered the Four Heavenly Kings to punish every violator without exception.
• After violations spread, the Four Heavenly Kings began a crackdown, beating and capturing lawbreakers throughout the Heavenly Realm.
• The Four Heavenly Kings entered the Cang Tian Domain, where the Chan Teachings’ Twelve Golden Immortals stayed out of their way as they punished their associates.
• The campaign left the Heavenly Realm’s immortals subdued and restored order, while Li Fan and the goddesses watched and commented at Grand Unity Palace.
• The Four Heavenly Kings completed their thousand-year campaign and gained heavenly providence that lifted their early Quasi-Saint bottleneck.

After Xia Jie died, Shang Tang led the Shang Clan to overthrow the Xia Dynasty with the Black Bird’s descent as a sign of Heaven’s mandate. Shang Tang founded the Shang Dynasty, while the last surviving Xia heir escaped into the mountains and Ancestor Dragon foresaw a coming calamity.

• Xia Jie died after losing control of his dynasty, and a struggle for the Human Emperor’s throne erupted.
• Shang Tang declared that the Black Bird’s descent signaled Heaven’s mandate had shifted, and Yuanfeng and Xuanyuan barred Grand Unity Experts from intervening directly.
• Feudal lords and Xia defenders abandoned their resistance as Shang Tang’s army advanced toward the Xia Capital.
• Chun Wei escaped the burning palace with his mother and became the final surviving bloodline of the Xia Dynasty.
• Shang Tang entered the ruined capital, proclaimed the founding of Shang, and promised to ease labor duties and taxes.
• Ancestor Dragon watched the transition and foresaw that the changing of the Human Emperor would bring the first calamity of the Near Ancient Era.

Shang Tang began the Shang Dynasty’s era of revering ghosts and sacrificing to gods, binding the dynasty’s fortune to the Underworld as he sought to become a ghost god. His sacrifice succeeded, but the ritual’s terrible cost set the stage for the dynasty’s eventual collapse.

• Li Fan and the goddesses discussed Shang Tang’s promotion of the Ghost Dao, while Li Fan said the Human Race had to walk its own path.
• Yang Jian broke through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm after sensing disorder in Human Race Fortune, then focused on rescuing his mother, brother, and father.
• Shang Tang gathered hundreds of thousands of citizens at Chaoge’s Ghost Sacrifice Altar and declared that he would sacrifice himself to protect the Shang Dynasty.
• The citizens’ wishes and Shang Tang’s bloodline fueled the ritual as an ancient high priest stabbed him through the heart.
• Shang Tang became the Ghost God Human Emperor, while only one sacrifice participant survived as a bound human soul.

Black Bird became the seventh Human Dao Saint in a ceremony hosted by the Phoenix Clan, while the Shang Dynasty’s reverence for ghosts and its ties to the Interception Sect stirred concern among the sages. The chapter left Yang Jian waiting outside the Grand Unity Palace as Primordial Lord of Heaven prepared to send him into the Human Clan’s disputes.

• Yuanfeng invited Li Fan, Nuwa, and the other Grand Unity Experts to the Wanling Domain, where Nuwa used the Hongmeng Sacred Sword to guide Human Dao power into Black Bird and make her a Saint.
• Yuanfeng hosted a banquet at the Immortal God Palace, and Nuwa remarked that the Phoenix Clan had once been favored by the Human Realm.
• In Huoyun Cave, Xuanyuan and Shennong discussed Black Bird’s sainthood, while Fuxi warned that Shang Tang’s reverence for ghosts and gods could bring trouble.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven directed Yang Jian to intervene in the Human Clan’s disputes, while Taishang hoped the conflict would not reach the Eight Sceneries Palace.
• Tongtian berated Duobao for the Interception Sect’s deep ties to the Shang Dynasty and feared the sect would bear the consequences.
• Yang Jian arrived at the Grand Unity Palace but waited outside because Li Fan and the others had gone to the Wanling Domain.

Yang Jian reunited with Yang Chan at Grand Unity Palace and sought a way to rescue their mother, Yao Ji. The Heavenly Emperor ruled that merit could compensate for her punishment, so the siblings set out to earn it, while Chang'e suspected he had already arranged their path.

• The Heavenly Emperor returned to Grand Unity Palace, where Yang Jian waited to request an audience and reunited with Yang Chan.
• Yang Chan introduced Yang Jian to Qiongxiao, Bixiao, and Chang'e, and Yang Jian said he had come to save their mother.
• Chang'e explained that freeing Yao Ji through Peach Mountain’s Earth Veins would require breaking the boundary to the Nine Netherworld, while Qiongxiao and Bixiao offered advice and support.
• Yang Chan showed Yang Jian the Peach Mountain Earth Vein Map and said she would ask her master to show mercy, but the Heavenly Emperor declared that merit could compensate for Yao Ji’s punishment.
• Yang Jian and Yang Chan resolved to travel throughout the Primordial World, Nine Provinces, and Twelve Domains to earn merit, and the three goddesses gave them protective treasures.
• After the siblings departed, Chang'e suspected the Heavenly Emperor had already arranged their path to earn merit.

At Grand Unity Palace, Li Fan proposed reopening the Pangu Era as a way to reshape the Primordial World and give the Three Pure Ones a chance to establish their own Dao. Meanwhile, Yang Jian and Yang Chan descended into Shang territory to find their reincarnated father and eldest brother, encountering famine and widespread ghost worship.

• Nuwa warned that the Ghost Immortal Path could worsen the Ghost Tribulation and showed the assembly the bloody sacrifices and resentment in Shang Dynasty ancestral temples, where Interception Sect disciples were sharing profits with the Human Emperor.
• Nuwa revealed that Calamity Qi from the Return to Ruins had corrupted the River of Fate, prompting Wangshu and Ziguang to warn that opening the Ghost Immortal Path was too dangerous without suppressing its sources of disaster.
• Li Fan proposed reopening the Pangu Era, arguing that the Three Pure Ones would agree because remaking heaven and earth could free them from Pangu's framework and let them establish their own Dao.
• Yang Jian and Yang Chan descended into Shang territory disguised as ordinary Daoists to search for their reincarnated father and eldest brother.
• Yang Jian and Yang Chan saw famine, corpses, and fervent worship at ghost temples, while the Human Emperors of Huoyun Cave allowed Shang Tang's sacrifices to continue as part of the Ghost Tribulation.

After finding their brother reincarnated as a woman, Yang Jian and Yang Chan abandoned their search and traveled to Chaoge, where they confronted Shang Tang for using Ghost God Power to terrorize the human race. Shang Tang merged with a ghost god and drove the siblings into retreat, while Chaoge’s people celebrated his power.

• Yang Jian and Yang Chan found the aura of their brother after eighteen hundred reincarnations, saw that he had become a woman, and decided to stop searching for him.
• The siblings discovered that Shang Tang used human sacrifices and Ghost Soldiers to command ghosts and gods and oppress the people of Chaoge.
• Yang Jian and Yang Chan entered the Human Emperor Sacrificial Hall and attacked Shang Tang, while Yang Chan’s moonlight purified the Living Souls and weakened the Ghost Soldiers.
• Shang Tang summoned Underworld ghosts and merged with the ghost god, reaching the peak of Grand Unity Golden Immortal strength.
• Yang Jian and Yang Chan used Bixiao’s Jade Pendants to block Shang Tang’s attack, then fled Chaoge as he vowed to pursue Yang Jian.
• The people of Chaoge cheered Shang Tang and praised his command over ghosts and gods.

Minghe received Li Fan’s approval to kill Shang Tang and led the Asura army against Chaoge. He slew Shang Tang, shattered the Myriad Ghosts Great Formation, and absorbed the Killing Dao power as Yang Jian and Yang Chan watched in disbelief.

• Minghe told Li Fan that he would kill Shang Tang and the Ghost Soldiers supporting him, and Li Fan granted him a Heavenly Emperor’s Edict.
• Minghe returned to the Blood Sea and ordered the Asura army to prepare, march, and fight within three days, while Shang Tang learned of the impending attack and failed to gain help from Huoyun Cave.
• Minghe led the Asura army toward Chaoge and instructed Consort Uma to guard the Blood Sea Holy Hall.
• The Asuras broke through Shang Tang’s Myriad Ghosts Great Formation, and Minghe killed Shang Tang with the Yuantu Sword and Abi Sword.
• The Earthly Dao descended as Killing Dao power flowed into Minghe, while the Asuras destroyed the remaining ghosts and Yang Jian and Yang Chan watched in shock.

Ancestor Minghe established the Asura Sect and became the first Saint to attain the Dao through slaughter, while Shang Tang’s fall ended the first calamity of the Near Ancient Era. The story left the world entering a more uncertain age as Wai Bing took the throne and Houtu went to Grand Unity Heaven.

• Minghe established the Asura Sect, received Earthly Dao merit, and became a Saint whose Killing Dao joined the laws of the Primordial World.
• Yang Jian and Yang Chan received merit for assisting in battle, while the Asura warriors gained strength from the Earthly Dao’s blessing.
• Tongtian sensed the newborn law of slaughter and gained greater authority, while Houtu headed to Grand Unity Heaven.
• Minghe ordered the Asura followers back to the Blood Sea as the turmoil across the Prehistoric Universe temporarily subsided.
• After Shang Tang fell, Wai Bing ascended the throne as King of Shang, and the dynasty’s power declined amid the killing calamity’s aftermath.
• Xuanyuan’s opinion of Minghe worsened as the first calamity of the Near Ancient Era ended and a new era began.