Recaps

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.

Houtu challenged Nuwa over the human race’s suffering and the Heavenly Emperor’s response to Luohu’s return, prompting Li Fan to summon the other emperors for a council. He proposed establishing Heavenly Tribulations to reform cultivation across the Prehistoric Universe, and the assembly erupted at his plan.

• Houtu arrived at Grand Unity Palace and confronted Nuwa over the human race’s calamity and declining Fortune.
• Houtu raised concerns about Luohu’s return to the Demon Realm’s saintly seat, and Li Fan reassured her before summoning the other emperors.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven, Yaochi, and Xihua answered Li Fan’s summons, while Haotian could not pass the barrier preventing him from joining them.
• Li Fan declared that the path of cultivation in the Prehistoric Universe must change and argued that unchecked slaughter was draining its origin.
• Li Fan proposed Nine Ranks and Nine Grades of Heavenly Tribulations to judge cultivators by character, merit, and Killing Sin, rewarding the virtuous and punishing the wicked.

Li Fan proposed a new cultivation law in the Prehistoric Universe, letting cultivators seek the Dao through methods and use Heavenly Tribulation to strengthen their foundations. Tongtian offered the Interception Sect’s support but left disappointed after Li Fan and Nuwa insisted that the trials treat all beings equally.

• Li Fan explained that the new law would let cultivators gain power through spells before pursuing the Great Dao, with Heavenly Tribulation tempering their hearts, methods, and Dao foundations.
• Tongtian entered Grand Unity Palace and argued that the Interception Sect’s teaching without discrimination made it suited to promote the new law, while Primordial Lord of Heaven warned that it could disrupt orthodox traditions.
• Nuwa stopped Primordial Lord of Heaven and said both laws cultivated the Heavenly Dao Law, while Li Fan assured the assembly that Heavenly Tribulation would prevent chaos.
• Empress Ziguang rebuked Tongtian for interrupting the Five Directional Heavenly Emperors’ meeting, and Tongtian asked Li Fan to judge his humble-born disciples by their Original Mind during the heart-tempering tribulation.
• Nuwa insisted that fairness required all beings to face Heavenly Tribulation equally, and Tongtian returned to Biyou Palace on the Qingping Sword to prepare his disciples.

The Five Directional Heavenly Emperors established laws requiring cultivators to face Heavenly Tribulations, and the trials began across the Primordial World. Tongtian’s Interception Sect tried to use formations and Earth Veins to withstand them, but Houtu punished the disciples who went too far before the thunderclouds cleared.

• The council proclaimed, “Cultivate the Dao through law; temper the heart through tribulation,” and Li Fan opened Xuantian Realm to release the thunder pool and begin the Heavenly Tribulations.
• Cultivators across the Primordial World realized that future breakthroughs would require surviving tribulations of divine thunder, karmic fire, fierce winds, and illusions.
• Tongtian rallied one hundred thousand Interception Sect disciples to use formations and Earth Veins to withstand the tribulations and attain the Dao through law.
• Houtu struck the most radical Interception Sect disciples with a pillar of light, sending them to the Nine Netherworlds for reincarnation and warning the sect not to exploit the Earth Veins.
• Tongtian suppressed his anger as the surviving disciples fell silent, and the thunderclouds dispersed when the council ended.

Yang Jian and Yang Chan used their accumulated merit to break the heavenly-law restriction at Peach Mountain and dug through the mountain to rescue Yao Ji. They reunited with their mother and left, while Yang Jian recognized the two Demonic Cultivators as people connected to his past life and chose not to reveal their identities.

• Yang Jian and Yang Chan arrived at Peach Mountain and used their merit to dissolve the heavenly-law restriction imprisoning Yao Ji.
• Yang Chan guided Yang Jian as he dug through the mountain, while two nearby Demonic Cultivators mistook their rescue effort for a search for treasure.
• Yang Jian broke through into Yao Ji’s cave, and she recognized her children as they rushed to embrace her.
• Yao Ji, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan emerged into the sunlight and departed together after their reunion.
• Yang Jian recognized the Demonic Cultivators as Yang Tianyou and his former-life elder brother, but decided to let their past connections fade.

Human Emperor Wu Yi sought control of thunder and lightning to elevate himself into a Heavenly God, but the Dragon Clan refused him and reported his ambition to the divine court. Li Fan and the goddesses watched as Wu Yi prepared to challenge the Heavenly Dao, expecting him to face its wrath.

• Wu Yi, emboldened by the Shang Dynasty’s power, decided to claim authority over thunder and lightning and ordered his imperial carriage to the East Sea.
• Wu Yi demanded that Ao Guang let him command every bolt of lightning within Human Race territory, but Ao Guang warned him that the Heaven and Earth Laws could not be changed by human strength.
• Ao Guang refused to entertain Wu Yi’s demand and returned beneath the sea, leaving Wu Yi furious and resolved to ask the heavens himself.
• Ao Guang sent a memorial to the divine court, where Dragon Mother Ao Li suspected Wu Yi had backing from the Human Emperors of Huoyun Cave and decided to watch the Heavenly Emperor punish him.
• At Grand Unity Palace, Li Fan and the goddesses discussed Wu Yi’s ambition and predicted that the Heavenly Dao would make him pay for challenging its authority.

Wu Yi attempted to seize control of lightning at his anniversary festival, trusting messages from the Human Dao Saints that they would support him. Heavenly Dao struck him dead, leaving Chaoge stunned and the Human Emperor Seal damaged.

• Rogue immortals, Primordial Lord of Heaven, and the Human Dao Saints discussed Wu Yi’s plan to challenge Heavenly Dao, while the Saints sent him reassuring messages.
• Wu Yi held a festival in Chaoge, blood-sacrificed the Heaven-Questioning Stele with the Human Emperor Seal, and demanded command over lightning.
• Heavenly Dao summoned a Purple Firmament tribulation as the messenger relayed more messages from the Human Dao Saints, including that Xuanyuan would retrieve Wu Yi from Reincarnation if needed.
• Wu Yi defied Heavenly Dao, and a violet-gold bolt struck him, reducing him to ash and splitting the stele while chipping the Human Emperor Seal.
• Chaoge’s people and officials reacted in shock as Dragon Mother laughed and Li Fan remarked that Heavenly Dao’s strike had been serious.

Tai Ding passed the Human Emperor’s throne to Di Yi as the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation began to gather. Li Fan planned to confront the Fate Demon God and proposed making Tongtian take the blame for the damage to the River of Fate, leaving Tongtian’s willingness uncertain.

• Tai Ding warned Di Yi to remember Wu Yi’s lesson and passed him the Human Emperor Seal at the succession ceremony.
• Shennong, Fuxi, and Xuanyuan discussed the unstable Human Emperor’s Fortune and the possibility of upheaval for the Shang Dynasty.
• Wangshu and Nuwa described the World Calamity’s growing power, while Li Fan said the Heavenly Dao would target the Three Pure Ones’ sects.
• Li Fan identified the Fate Demon God in the River of Fate as a threat that had to be dealt with before the tribulation advanced.
• Li Fan proposed pinning the River of Fate’s damage on Tongtian and said Tongtian could serve time before receiving the position of Great Heavenly Venerate Lingbao.

Haotian went to Purple Heaven Palace to complain to Hongjun and ask him to impose Heavenly Laws that would restrain the Saints’ disciples and Yaochi. Hongjun agreed to speak with the Heavenly Emperor of Grand Unity Palace, but warned Haotian to take care of himself, signaling that this was his one remaining favor.

• Haotian left the Heavenly Court and flew to Purple Heaven Palace to seek Hongjun’s judgment and help.
• When Hongjun opened the palace doors, Haotian complained about Tongtian, the Interception Sect, the Chan Teachings, and Yaochi.
• Hongjun explained that he had placed Xuan Guang on Yao Ji to guard against Luohu, but Tongtian’s concealment of the Tianji had prevented the contingency from being used.
• Haotian asked Hongjun to use Heavenly Gods’ positions and a covenant of Heavenly Laws to restrain all beings, including Saints’ disciples.
• Hongjun agreed to visit Grand Unity Palace and discuss the matter with the Heavenly Emperor, then warned Haotian to take care of himself.

Hongjun and Haotian visited Grand Unity Palace to discuss the Investiture of the Gods, but Li Fan imposed strict application and review procedures that threatened the fate of Saint disciples. Hongjun left frustrated with Haotian and a stack of application forms.

• Li Fan learned that Hongjun was approaching Grand Unity Palace and ordered the Five Luminaries Star Gods to let him in.
• Haotian arrived and followed Hongjun through the Zhou Tian Star Array’s golden gate into Grand Unity Palace.
• Hongjun proposed establishing divine positions across the Three Realms to restore order, but Goddess Taiyuan presented regulations requiring applications, reviews, and public oversight.
• Li Fan insisted that everyone, including Saint disciples, had to follow the rules, while Haotian grew anxious under Hongjun’s glare.
• Goddess Taiyuan criticized some Saint disciples as unfit for divine positions, and Hongjun realized the rules could endanger his sects’ disciples.
• Hongjun and Haotian left Grand Unity Palace on bad terms, carrying a stack of Investiture of the Gods application forms.

Hongjun brought three thousand Investiture application forms to Eight Sceneries Palace and pressed Taishang and Yuanshi to prepare the Profound Gate’s three sects for the World Calamity. The three sects agreed to recruit widely and send karma-bound disciples into divine positions, while powerful forces across the Prehistoric Universe watched the gathering storm.

• Hongjun arrived at Eight Sceneries Palace with three thousand Investiture application forms, and Taishang resisted accepting them.
• Hongjun summoned Grand Master Xuandu and argued that the Human Sect could recruit more disciples, but Taishang eventually agreed to hear Yuanshi’s views.
• Yuanshi arrived, mistook the forms for Hongjun’s promised opportunity, and offered to provide thirty thousand more.
• Hongjun declared that the three sects should recruit cultivators widely and place existing disciples on the Investiture of the Gods to obtain divine positions.
• Hongjun departed, Yuanshi left to inform Tongtian, and Taishang recognized that the three sects had become conspicuous pieces in the brewing World Calamity.

Ancestor Dragon, Yuanfeng, and Taiyi plotted to attack the Three Pure Ones and bring down the Mystic Sect as the calamity erupted across the Prehistoric Universe. The Heavenly Emperor’s decree let the gods withdraw from their duties, while unaffiliated cultivators struggled to enter the sealed Heavenly Realm for shelter.

• Ancestor Dragon, Yuanfeng, and Taiyi agreed to target the Interception Sect first, then Chan Teachings, and assigned themselves to delay Tongtian, Taishang, and the other Three Pure Ones.
• Hongjun sensed danger on his journey back to Purple Heaven Palace as Calamity Energy surged and the laws across the Three Realms, Nine Provinces, and Twelve Domains shook.
• Goddess Baihua announced the Heavenly Emperor’s decree, allowing deities under his authority to temporarily leave their posts and avoid the calamity.
• The gods and underworld officials stopped patrolling or carrying out most of their duties, while the Four Heavenly Kings relaxed over immortal wine.
• Unaffiliated cultivators rushed toward the sealed Heavenly Realm, but the Zhou Tian Star Array and Innate Star Gods kept them outside.

Ancestor Dragon, Yuanfeng, and Taiyi challenged the Three Pure Ones, beginning battles across the Prehistoric Universe. Yuanfeng destroyed one of Tongtian’s four swords, but Tongtian turned the remaining swords into a strike of Ending that injured her before the battles continued.

• Ancestor Dragon attacked Yuanshi with the Vast Sea Rending Tide Halberd, but Yuanshi used the Pangu Banner, the Myriad Heavens Celebration Cloud, and the Law of Karma to gain the advantage.
• Yuanfeng attacked Tongtian at Biyou Palace, and Tongtian raised the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation against her.
• Yuanfeng’s Nirvana Heart Fire and Nirvana Heavenly Saber shattered the Intercepting Heaven Sword, leaving Tongtian injured and the formation unstable.
• Tongtian absorbed the three remaining swords and struck Yuanfeng with the Law of Slaughter, but the Li Di Flame Light Banner stopped the attack short of her Hunyuan Dao Fruit.
• The clashes devastated parts of the Three Realms, while Taishang and Taiyi had not yet begun fighting in earnest.

The Heavenly Emperor intervened to stop the Hunyuan war and restore the damaged laws of Heaven and Earth. The combatants withdrew, but the conflict left the Prehistoric Universe unsettled, and powerful experts flocked to Grand Unity Heaven seeking safety.

• The Heavenly Emperor's will crossed the Primordial Three Realms, and his decree condemned the Hunyuan experts for fighting before the tribulation.
• The Heavenly Emperor calmed the laws, repaired the shattered void, and stabilized the Primordial World with his authority.
• Ancestor Dragon returned to the East Sea, Yuanfeng returned south, Tongtian withdrew to Biyou Palace, and the other combatants departed.
• Tongtian mourned his defeat and damaged palace, while Duobao, Gui Ling, Zhao Gongming, and the other Interception Sect disciples remained too frightened to return.
• Taishang grew wary of Zhunti and the Western Teachings, while Yuanshi erased the battle damage on Kunlun Mountain.
• Grand Unity experts gathered at the Heavenly Realm, where Taibai recorded their arrivals as Li Fan, Wangshu, Nuwa, Taiyuan, and Ziguang sat in Grand Unity Palace.

Di Xin became the Human Emperor as the Heavenly Dao’s calamity froze the Primordial World, while Nuwa sent the restless Spirit Pearl into Reincarnation. Li Fan recognized the embryo as the future Nezha, whose mortal life was about to begin.

• Di Yi passed the Human Emperor Seal to Di Xin, who took the throne and vowed to protect the Human Race.
• Di Xin’s ascension stirred Human Race Fortune, and Wangshu, Nuwa, Taiyuan, Empress Ziguang, and Li Fan watched from Grand Unity Palace.
• Bixiao, Qiongxiao, Chang'e, and Yang Chan brought Nuwa a restless crimson Spirit Pearl that had begun forming an embryo.
• Nuwa calmed the Spirit Pearl with Creation spiritual light and used the Hongmeng Sacred Sword to send it through a Humanity Dao Reincarnation seal.
• Li Fan recognized the Spirit Embryo as the future Nezha, while the goddesses discussed the tribulations awaiting him in the Mortal World.

Heavenly Dao unleashed a single slash that severed the Golden Immortals’ immortal foundations across the Prehistoric Universe, ending the Ancient Immortal Path era. Di Xin’s attempt to defy the judgment failed, and Demon Ancestor Luohu chose his broken remnant soul as the spark for the coming World Calamity.

• Heavenly Dao declared judgment on the Golden Immortals and sent a slash that cut down their immortal foundations throughout the Prehistoric Universe.
• Di Xin sacrificed his essence blood to the Human Emperor Seal and used its Imperial Dao Rule to resist the slash, but it shattered, leaving his Martial Path foundation destroyed and the seal petrified.
• The Golden Immortals across the realms fell in despair as their foundations were severed, ending the Ancient Immortal Path era and forcing the remaining Taiyi Golden Immortals away from its path.
• The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors watched from Huoyun Cave as the Human Emperor’s era ended, while the All Grand Unity Experts turned their attention to Chaoge.
• Li Fan recognized that Heavenly Dao was laying the groundwork for the World Calamity, and Di Xin sensed that Demon Ancestor Luohu had begun to act.
• Luohu planned to use Di Xin’s remnant soul to ignite the calamity, break Heavenly Dao’s seal on the Demon Realm, and reclaim the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.