Chapter Summaries

The Heavenly Emperor and seven other powers issued a temporal summons inviting all Grand Unity Experts to discuss reopening the Pangu Era and reshaping the Prehistoric Universe. Ancestor Dragon, Yuanfeng, Shi Qilin, Jieyin, Zhunti, Three Corpses Hongjun, Huang Tian, and Haotian reacted to the plan as they prepared for the assembly.

• Yang Jian and Nezha complained that the war had dragged on for three epochs without a worthy opponent, while Taiyi ruined a medicine pill after overhearing Nezha demand more treasures.
• The Heavenly Emperor, Wangshu, Changxi, Taiyuan, Ziguang, Nuwa, Baili, and Xihe inscribed a summons on the River of Time, setting the assembly for the third day of the third month in the thirty-sixth epoch of the Near Ancient Era.
• Ancestor Dragon reacted to the summons by smashing a Jade Table, and the Dragon Clan realized its survival could be at stake.
• Yuanfeng and Shi Qilin recognized that reopening the Pangu Era could change the heavenly order, and Shi Qilin awakened the Qilin Clan to prepare for its survival.
• Jieyin and Zhunti discussed securing a place for Western Teachings, while Three Corpses Hongjun and Huang Tian also prepared to attend the assembly.
• Haotian failed to calculate the consequences of reopening the Pangu Era and injured his mind, as the summons stirred mighty experts throughout the Three Realms.

Li Fan convened the Grand Unity Assembly to discuss reopening the Pangu Era and building a new order for the Prehistoric Universe. The assembly’s powerful figures pledged their origins to a Dao Contract, formally beginning the creation of the new heavens.

• Heavenly Dao Hongjun, Houtu, the Saints, the Dragon and Phoenix Clans, and ancient sacrifices arrived at the Grand Unity Divine Palace.
• Li Fan opened the assembly and argued that reopening the Pangu Era would break the old order and redistribute Dao fortune without destroying heaven and earth.
• Taishang, Primordial Lord of Heaven, Sect Leader Tongtian, Hongjun, Houtu, Nuwa, Empress Ziguang, Goddess Taiyuan, and Goddess Wangshu pledged support and offered their powers to establish the new heavens.
• Li Fan formed a Dao Contract and declared that the assembled powers would reopen the Pangu Era, forge new heavens, establish a new Dao, and protect living beings.
• The Saints sealed the contract, and Ancestor Dragon, Yuanfeng, Ancestor Minghe, the Grand Unity experts, and the Archaic Sacrifices added their origins and Dao Fruits.

The sacred beings watched Xi Qi and Shang turn their campaigns into a contest of endless meetings and inflated battle reports, while the Grand Unity Assembly also discussed procedures for the new heavens. Xi Qi captured Mianchi Pass and prepared to march on Chaoge as Wen Zhong struggled to restore order in the Shang camp.

• Zhen Yuanzi worried about the future of the Earth Immortal Dao and considered approaching the Heavenly Emperor for guidance.
• Jiang Ziya led Xi Qi through a relentless schedule of meetings, using exaggerated reports from Yang Jian, Nezha, Huang Tianhua, and Long Xuhu to rally the army and drive its advance eastward.
• Wen Zhong ordered the Shang camp to hold meetings to counter Xi Qi, but disputes and delays weakened morale as Xi Qi reached the city walls.
• The sacred beings watched the armies through a divine mirror, and the Grand Unity Assembly agreed to discuss rules for meetings in the new heavens.
• After Xi Qi captured Mianchi Pass, Jiang Ziya called another meeting to plan the assault on Chaoge and improve the army's battle reports.
• Wen Zhong demanded that the Shang generals establish proper meeting procedures, while they privately doubted whether the Shang army could still win.

After a hundred thousand years of gathering calamity, Cangli Clan returned from the Return to Ruins as the Primordial Heavenly Emperor, empowered by the loosening River of Fate. He headed to reclaim control over destiny, throwing the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation off the Heavenly Dao’s ordained course and setting a greater conflict in motion.

• The River of Fate stirred, and Cangli Clan’s Dao Fruit healed as his power rose to the Sub-Saint realm.
• Cangli Clan entered the Primordial World with Tianling Clan, declaring his intention to reclaim control of Qiankun and the destinies of all beings.
• The ancient clans and surviving remnants of the Primordial Era recognized Cangli Clan, while Yuanfeng, Ancestor Dragon, and Shi Qilin reacted to his return.
• Cangli Clan flew toward the River of Fate, vowing that no one would stop him from attaining the Hunyuan Dao.
• Cangli Clan’s return caused the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation to deviate from the Heavenly Dao’s ordained script and sparked a wider conflict.

Cangli Clan returned from the Return to Ruins but was blocked from the River of Fate by the seven seals and headed for Grand Unity Heaven instead. His return awakened the Fate Demon God's scheme to revive the Body of Destiny, drawing Cangli Clan into a greater struggle.

• Cangli Clan tried to approach the River of Fate, but the seals laid by the Heavenly Emperor and Wangshu sent him flying back.
• Tianling Clan arrived, and Cangli Clan abandoned his attempt to enter the river and set off for Grand Unity Heaven to meet the Heavenly Emperor.
• The Fate Demon God's Golden Apple Tree responded to Cangli Clan's source imprint, and the Fate Demon God used it to revive the Body of Destiny.
• Li Fan recognized the aura of destiny and realized the Fate Demon God's scheme was tied to Cangli Clan's return.
• Cangli Clan sensed destiny's power and realized he had been drawn into the struggle between Fate and destiny.

Cangli sought the Heavenly Emperor’s permission to open the River of Fate so he could pursue the Hunyuan Dao, but Wangshu, Ziguang, Taiyuan, and the Heavenly Dao rejected his plea. As Li Fan warned that the Fate Demon God’s return threatened all beings, Cangli was expelled from the palace and left despairing that his path had been severed.

• Cangli entered the Heavenly Realm and was shaken by its powerful Star Gods, flourishing order, and transformed Grand Unity Palace.
• Cangli asked Li Fan to open the River of Fate, swearing to obey the new era’s order and never tamper with others’ destinies.
• Wangshu explained that the River of Fate had been sealed to suppress the Fate Demon God, while Ziguang and Taiyuan warned that opening it would not restore Cangli’s chance to attain the Dao.
• The Heavenly Dao declared that the sealing had been necessary and urged Cangli to change with the times, and Li Fan declined to act against its decree.
• Li Fan warned Cangli that the Fate Demon God could destroy him and sent him out of the palace, then announced that the calamity had begun.
• Cangli walked through the Heavenly Realm as its officials watched with indifference and despaired that his Hunyuan Path had been severed.

Tongtian and Primordial Lord of Heaven fought across the Southern Land, unleashing an end-time tribulation, while Li Fan and the goddesses activated the Zhou Tian Star Array to suppress the River of Fate. The Fate Demon God emerged and seized their stellar sword, leaving the fate battle on the verge of breaking into open combat.

• Tongtian opened the End Slaughter Domain and clashed with Primordial Lord of Heaven, whose Yuanshi Dharma Form met the domain with the Pangu Banner.
• The Three Pure Ones' battle devastated the Prehistoric Universe, prompting Cangli, Ancestor Dragon, Yuanfeng, the Two Sages of the West, and Taishang to react.
• Li Fan commanded the Zhou Tian Star Array as the goddesses joined their powers to form a colossal stellar sword.
• Li Fan and his allies struck the River of Fate and called on Grand Unity Heaven to suppress it.
• The Fate Demon God rose from the shattered river, grasped the stellar sword, and challenged the array's power to suppress his fate.

Li Fan defeated Fate Demon God and freed the beings of the Prehistoric Universe from fixed fate, but Destiny Demon God arrived and the great calamity continued. With Yang Mei driven away and the Chaos Bell sealing the Three Realms, Li Fan called on everyone to choose how to proceed.

• Li Fan used the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler and the Zhou Tian Star Array to break Fate Demon God's attack and sever the power binding the fates of all beings.
• Li Fan trapped Fate Demon God inside the Grand Unity Heaven Realm, while the freed destinies plunged into chaos and the battles between Yuanshi and Tongtian and between the Shang and Xi Qi forces continued.
• Destiny Demon God arrived with Yang Mei and declared that freedom still led toward destiny's finality.
• Taishang confronted Destiny Demon God and Yang Mei, while Yuanfeng joined him, and Yang Mei withdrew.
• Li Fan sent the Chaos Bell into the boundary wall to seal the Three Realms, then declared that the great calamity had not ended and urged his allies to choose how to proceed.

The Destiny Demon God pursued Cangli Clan to the East Sea, where Ancestor Dragon confronted him and fought him to a standstill. As the World Calamity’s battles spread, Li Fan declared that the chaos had to end and that the reckoning of all things was next.

• The Destiny Demon God broke free of Taishang’s seal and chased Cangli Clan, who fled toward Huang Tian and the East Sea.
• Huang Tian headed for the East Sea Dragon Palace, while Taishang, Tongtian, and Yuanshi followed the chase.
• Ancestor Dragon blocked the Destiny Demon God to defend his Dragon Palace, but their opening clash reduced the palace to ruins.
• Ancestor Dragon and the Destiny Demon God fought across the East Sea, matching Water Law against the Law of Destiny as Cangli Clan and Huang Tian hid among the ruins.
• Tongtian and Yuanshi eased their battle, while Dragon Clan forces fled the ruined Dragon Palace for the Netherworld World.
• Wangshu asked Li Fan what would happen next, and he said the chaos could not continue and that the reckoning and end of all things were coming.

Yuanfeng and Black Bird stopped Zhunti from seizing Kong Xuan’s Five Elements Origin, and Jieyin intervened to end the clash with compensation and a warning. As the East Sea battle continued, Li Fan sensed the Fate Demon God growing stronger and recognized that the War of the Investiture of the Gods had entered its true storm.

• Yuanfeng attacked Zhunti as he tried to steal Kong Xuan’s origin, while Black Bird’s Human Dao Sacred Light shielded Kong Xuan and held Zhunti at bay.
• Yuanfeng’s spear struck Zhunti, and Randeng escaped the battle at Golden Chicken Ridge.
• Jieyin stopped Yuanfeng and Zhunti from clashing further, apologized for Zhunti’s actions, and offered Yuanfeng an Innate Geng Metal Origin as compensation.
• Yuanfeng accepted the compensation, warned Zhunti not to target Kong Xuan again, and urged her son to stay vigilant.
• Li Fan watched the East Sea battle and saw the Fate Demon God condensing into a greater shadow as the calamity advanced.

Wangshu slew the Destiny Demon God as the four Saints shattered Tongtian’s Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, ending the great tribulation and sealing the Interception Sect’s defeat. After the Western Saints seized Interception Sect disciples, Goddess Taiyuan reclaimed their Golden Lotus of Merit, and Li Fan announced the beginning of a new era.

• Laozi, Primordial Lord of Heaven, Jieyin, and Zhunti joined forces against Tongtian’s Immortal Slaying Sword Formation while Li Fan watched from the Zhou Tian Star Array.
• Wangshu killed the Destiny Demon God by severing its Dao foundation, took the Golden Apple Tree sapling, and received the Ancestor Dragon’s thanks.
• Laozi used One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones to break Tongtian’s formation, while Yang Jian drove back Yuan Hong, King Zhou died in the burning Star Plucking Tower, and Daji left with Di Xin’s family.
• Jieyin suppressed Turtle Spirit Holy Mother beneath the Golden Lotus of Merit, and Zhunti gathered Interception Sect disciples for the West before the Blood-Winged Black Mosquito attacked the lotus.
• Goddess Taiyuan killed the Blood-Winged Black Mosquito, reclaimed the Golden Lotus of Merit, and freed Turtle Spirit Holy Mother; Jieyin accepted the loss, and Zhunti backed down.
• Li Fan declared that the old tribulation had ended and a new era had begun.

Li Fan defeated the Fate Demon God, whose death ended the old era and left the River of Fate shattered as he called on the sages to reopen the Pangu Era. Meanwhile, Jiang Ziya conferred the remaining gods, and Ji Fa entered reincarnation after only three days as Human King.

• Li Fan used the Chaos Law and a heaven-opening divine axe to break the Fate Demon God's spear, sever his connection to the River of Fate, and kill him.
• The River of Fate dried up, the Underworld ceased operating, and Wangshu and Houtu declared that the age of the ancients had ended.
• Li Fan announced that the Great Dao Chess Game was settled and called on the sages to reopen the Pangu Era.
• Jiang Ziya conferred Heavenly Court positions on Wen Zhong, Yuan Hong, the Six Sages of Mount Mei, Duobao, Gui Ling, and Ma Shi, but said he lacked authority to assign Nezha a position.
• Yang Jian and Nezha left the platform, while Jiang Ziya told Li Jing and his wife that some people were born to be protagonists.
• Ji Fa, who had been Human King for three days, lay on his sickbed and went to Reincarnation.

Li Fan and the saints, Hunyuan experts, and goddesses joined forces to sacrifice the Fate Demon God and reopen the Pangu Era. Pangu returned to Taichu, while the Pangu Heavenly Kings established a new Great Dao order and welcomed the dawn of the new era.

• Li Fan received the Three Daos' permission, and the Three Pure Ones led the saints toward the source of Fate while Li Fan and the goddesses performed the sacrifice.
• The Three Pure Ones, the Ancestral Witches, Li Fan, and the others reached the source of Fate, where Pangu recognized Taichu and faded into Dao Transformation.
• Li Fan and the other Pangu Heavenly Kings inherited Pangu's responsibility and opened a new era, restoring the Primordial World and its laws.
• Taishang, Tongtian, Huang Tian, Cangli Clan, Shi Qilin, and other experts advanced toward or attained Hunyuan Grand Unity, while Haotian suppressed his hatred of Huang Tian.
• The new Hunyuan experts pledged to protect the era with Li Fan, and the Near Ancient Era ended as the Pangu Era dawned across the Prehistoric Universe.

In the End of Dharma Era, Li Fan held a grand heavenly enthronement and god-conferral ceremony, appointing Yang Jian, Nezha, Jin Ling, and Wu Dang to powerful offices. Yunxiao became the Southern Longevity Heavenly Emperor, and her authority brought a slight recovery of spiritual energy to the southern Primordial World as a new order began.

• The Three Pure Ones prepared to attend Yunxiao’s enthronement and the appointment of the third-rank Heavenly Lords, while the gathered great experts arrived at the Grand Unity Heaven Gate.
• Li Fan appointed Yang Jian as Erlang Xian Sheng Zhen Jun and Nezha as the Great God of the Three Altars and Sea Assembly.
• Li Fan appointed Jin Ling as Great Emperor Zi Fu Dou Yuan and Wu Dang Holy Mother as Great Emperor Li Shan Yuan, both first-rank Great Emperors.
• Li Fan crowned Yunxiao the Southern Longevity Heavenly Emperor and gave her authority over longevity and the southern Heavenly Realm.
• Yunxiao’s Longevity Dao Rhyme spread through the Primordial World, granting reincarnating souls a glimmer of life and slightly restoring spiritual energy in the south.
• Li Fan placed Jin Ling and Wu Dang under Yunxiao’s command, and the gathered immortals welcomed the new order of the End of Dharma Era.

A rumor that the Earth Immortal Realm would open under the Five Emperors’ rule stirred the powers of the Primordial World, while Li Fan and his companions examined the Golden Apple Tree that would support it. They anticipated the rise of the sixth Earth Dao Saint and the upheavals to come as the three Dao reached their final structure.

• News spread that the Earth Immortal Realm would open, with the Five Emperors governing heaven, earth immortals governing the land, and Lady Houtu presiding.
• Haotian laughed off the rumor but worried that the new realm would diminish his authority, while the Demon Clan fell into disarray under Kunpeng’s influence.
• Bai Ze warned the demon saints that the gossip likely carried meaning, especially its mention of Lady Houtu, and they recognized that the Heavenly Emperor was arranging pieces for the new era.
• Li Fan, Wangshu, and Taiyuan studied the Golden Apple Tree in Grand Unity Palace, identifying it as the spirit root that would support the Earth Immortal Realm.
• Wangshu said the realm’s opening would establish the Earthly Dao’s foundation and lead to the sixth Earth Dao Saint, while Li Fan predicted more saints, schools contending, and unrest among humanity.

Li Fan, Wangshu, and Houtu created the Earth Immortal Realm, establishing its heaven, earth, spirit-root network, and Reincarnation laws. The new realm became a contested home for rival traditions and peoples, while Li Fan left its future conflicts to its own destiny.

• Li Fan opened the world barrier and began creating the Earth Immortal Realm, while Wangshu stabilized heaven with the Chaos Spirit Root and Houtu shaped the land and established Reincarnation.
• The Earth Immortal Realm took shape beside Wuxiang Mountain, and Primordial Lord of Heaven, Minghe, Kunpeng, and Lu Ya considered its significance and their plans for it.
• Li Fan set laws for the realm and declared that its residents must uphold the path of earth immortals and preserve the Three Realms' balance.
• Zhen Yuanzi established the realm's first innate sacred land, while the Buddhist sect and Demon Clan sent followers to claim territory and spread their teachings.
• The Three Pure Ones' disciples settled in the Eastern Continent, demons occupied the Northern Continent, Buddhists spread across the West, and Zhen Yuanzi became the Southern Continent's cultivation leader.
• Li Fan and Wangshu chose to guard the realm's foundation without controlling its disputes, then departed with Houtu as the sun and moon watched over the new world.

The Earth Immortal Realm flourished in a golden age while the End of Dharma spread across the old world and gathered in the Return to Ruins. Li Fan recognized Jieyin’s Nirvana ambitions and proposed moving the Five Heavenly Realms, declaring that their own actions would define the greater trend.

• The Earth Immortal Realm prospered as the old lands of the Primordial Universe withered, while the End of Dharma aura began condensing in the Return to Ruins.
• Li Fan sensed that the End of Dharma was an inevitable movement toward the Primordial World’s Nirvana and suspected Jieyin’s Nirvana Dao was tied to it.
• Jieyin told Zhunti that Nirvana would return heaven and earth to the Return to Ruins before a new epoch began, alarming his junior brother.
• Empress Ziguang, Nuwa, Wangshu, and Goddess Taiyuan discussed Jieyin’s intentions with Li Fan and warned that they would oppose him if he caused a catastrophe.
• Li Fan proposed that the Five Heavenly Realms move, shocking Jieyin, then declared that where they stood was the greater trend.

Jieyin and Zhunti severed Western Teachings from Xuanmen and founded Mahayana Buddhism, receiving Heavenly Dao merit as the Buddha Sect took shape. Xuanmen’s Three Pure Ones planned to draw disciples and fortune from the new sect, while Li Fan and the Heavenly Court watched the coming struggle over the east.

• Zhunti declared Western Teachings independent from Xuanmen, and Jieyin established the Buddha Sect and manifested the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss and Great Thunderclap Temple.
• The Heavenly Dao bestowed merit on the Nine-Rank Golden Lotus, transforming it into a Ten-Rank Golden Lotus and stabilizing the Buddha Sect’s foundation.
• Taishang proposed that Chan Teachings disciples such as Randeng and Manjushri Guangfa Tianzun join the Buddha Sect, and said he would take Daoist Duobao west to establish Lesser Vehicle Buddhism.
• The Buddha Sect’s founding spread through the Three Realms, and living beings flocked to the Great Thunderclap Temple as Zhunti and Jieyin welcomed their growing following.
• At Grand Unity Palace, Li Fan, Goddess Taiyuan, and Empress Ziguang discussed the Buddha Sect’s likely eastward expansion and the coming contest for fortune.

As Buddhism’s rapid expansion threatened the balance of the Earth Immortal Realm, Taishang traveled west, founded Taoism’s teachings, and ordered Duobao to establish Lesser Vehicle Buddhism. The Three Pure Ones then established Taoism’s Three Sutras and restored the balance between the Dao and Buddhism.

• After watching Buddhism spread through the eastern lands and beyond, Taishang went to Hangu Pass and taught Yin Xi the five thousand words of the Tao Te Ching, making him Taoism’s first transmitter.
• Taishang enlightened Xu Jia and sent him west with the azure ox, but Jieyin blocked their path and asked whether the Lesser Vehicle was Buddhism’s destined affinity.
• Taishang commanded the reincarnated Duobao to return to Buddhism and transform it through the Dao; Duobao accepted and established Lesser Vehicle Buddhism as Shakyamuni.
• Zhunti objected to the division of Buddhism, but Jieyin chose to accept Duobao, reasoning that the Lesser Vehicle would ultimately become part of Buddhism’s tradition.
• Taishang, Yuanshi, and Lingbao jointly established Taoism’s Three Sutras, received Heavenly Dao merit, and restored order as Buddhism’s expansion was restrained.

Li Fan watched the Hundred Schools of Thought take shape and decided Jixia Academy should unite their inheritances. As the Zhou dynasty neared collapse and the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors plotted to restore a Human Emperor from the Human Witch bloodline, Li Fan prepared to expand the Heavenly Realm into Inner Chaos.

• Shi Qilin founded the Mohist School, while Kunpeng, Minghe Cult Master, Shennong, and Grand Master Xuandu established lineages in feng shui, military strategy, agriculture, and diplomacy.
• Li Fan decided to establish Jixia Academy as a sacred ground that would gather the world's schools and their Dao inheritances.
• Da Yu, Xuanyuan, Zhuanxu, and Fuxi discussed the Zhou dynasty's decline, Ancestor Dragon's secret support, and their plan for a Human Emperor from the Human Witch bloodline.
• Wangshu and Ziguang reported that Huoyun Cave and Ancestor Dragon were conspiring to restore the Human Emperor, while Nuwa cautioned that the change would affect many schools and traditions.
• Li Fan said the Heavenly Court would preserve order regardless of who became Human Emperor and announced that the Five Heavenly Realms would leave the Prehistoric Universe for Inner Chaos.
• Li Fan revealed that the Three Pure Ones Heavens would merge into his domain, restoring the Twelve Heavens of Grand Unity; the goddesses noted that the Earth Immortal Realm would complete the count of forty-nine.