Chapter Summaries

Lu Jun considered Ancestral Dragon’s plan to turn his body into a Houtian Spiritual Treasure while keeping his primordial spirit anchored to the Investiture of the Gods. Ancestral Dragon revealed that he had already begun refining his body and produced a Dragon Pearl containing a fragment of his primordial spirit, prompting Azure Dragon to ask whether he had split it.

• Ancestral Dragon proposed placing his body on the Investiture of the Gods, turning it into a Houtian Spiritual Treasure, and using his primordial spirit as its artifact spirit.
• Lu Jun compared Ancestral Dragon’s plan to Tai Yi’s intended Nirvana using the Chaos Bell and questioned whether the body could be refined successfully.
• Ancestral Dragon declared that his body was suitable for refining and revealed that he had already started the process.
• Azure Dragon asked why Ancestral Dragon had kept the refining secret, and First Kirin recounted how Azure Dragon had repeatedly harmed Ancestral Dragon and the Dragon Race.
• Ancestral Dragon defended Azure Dragon’s intentions, and Lu Jun asked him to explain his ongoing body refinement.
• Ancestral Dragon summoned a huge Dragon Pearl containing a fragment of his primordial spirit, and Azure Dragon asked if he had split his primordial spirit.

Ancestral Dragon explained how he created an independent avatar with the Dragon Pearl and planned to reincarnate it while his original body stayed to suppress Dragon Spring Cave. Lu Jun realized the Pearl might have become the First Emperor, but his changes to the Prehistoric World and plan to have Ancestral Dragon Sealed as Deity may have overturned that future.

• Ancestral Dragon revealed that he had split off a primordial spirit with the Dragon Pearl, creating an independent avatar through the method of Manifesting Billions of Avatars.
• Ancestral Dragon recounted how he had planned to refine his body to suppress Dragon Spring Cave after his Dao Dissolution, then accidentally developed an avatar while experimenting with his primordial spirit.
• Ancestral Dragon explained that he intended to send the avatar and Dragon Pearl into Reincarnation while his original body remained behind to guard Dragon Spring Cave.
• Lu Jun realized that Ancestral Dragon's Dragon Pearl might have reincarnated as the First Emperor and given later emperors the title True Dragon Son of Heaven.
• Lu Jun wondered whether his changes to the Prehistoric World and plan to have Ancestral Dragon Sealed as Deity had disrupted Ancestral Dragon's plans.

Lu Jun helped Ancestral Dragon attempt to place his body and primordial spirit on the Investiture of the Gods, allowing his body to become a Spiritual Treasure that suppressed Dragon Race Karmic Force. Hongjun recognized Ancestral Dragon’s plan as a way to escape his limits and revealed that Innate Spiritual Treasures could also come into being when a being transformed its body into one.

• Ancestral Dragon offered Lu Jun control of his Second Primordial Spirit and explained that he wanted his body transformed into a Houtian Spiritual Treasure.
• Lu Jun questioned Ancestral Dragon’s willingness to risk failure, but Ancestral Dragon refused to explain his reasons.
• Lu Jun established the Investiture Platform and asked Hongjun Dao Ancestor to grant Ancestral Dragon a Divine Position.
• Hongjun examined Ancestral Dragon’s plan and concluded that his body could grow into a Merit Supreme Treasure while his primordial spirit served the Heavenly Dao.
• Hongjun recalled how Chaos Spiritual Treasures became Innate Spiritual Treasures and identified body transformation as another way Innate Spiritual Treasures came into being.

Hongjun granted Ancestral Dragon a divine office that let him regulate the waters and gradually resolve the Dragon Race’s karmic burden. First Kirin, seeing the Dragon Race gain a path forward, began considering giving Qilin Cliff to Sixth Prince.

• Hongjun concluded that Ancestral Dragon could transform his body into a Spiritual Treasure and agreed to let him pursue that path.
• Hongjun invested Ancestral Dragon as the Lower Yuan Five Energies Calamity-Resolving Water Official, Dragon Spring Cave Emperor, granting him authority over the waters and karmic calamities.
• Ancestral Dragon accepted the title and realized he could use the Great Dao of Water Essence to draw out and purify the Dragon Race’s karmic force.
• Azure Dragon rejoiced that the Dragon Race had gained a way to repay its ancestral sins and secure its future.
• First Kirin regretted dissolving his Dao before considering this path and wondered whether he should give Qilin Cliff to Sixth Prince.

The Ancestral Dragon was appointed Great Emperor of Water Officials, prompting the Four Seas Dragon Kings to celebrate their renewed security. Ao Guang stopped his brothers from abandoning the marriage alliance with Zhao Gongming and insisted that the Dragon Race remain loyal to Lu Jun’s support; the Saints also sensed the appointment.

• First Kirin considered reclaiming Qilin Cliff from Primeval Lord of Heaven and making it part of Lu Jun’s Stellar Incarnation.
• The Heavenly Dao appointed the Ancestral Dragon as a Divine Lord, and Dragon Race members throughout the Prehistoric World sensed the news.
• Ao Guang and his brothers celebrated the Ancestral Dragon’s appointment, and Ao Shun suggested they might no longer need a marriage alliance with Zhao Gongming.
• Ao Guang rebuked his brothers and explained that the Dragon Race owed its opportunity to Lu Jun and should use the marriage alliance to strengthen their ties to him and Zhao Gongming.
• Ao Guang ordered the Four Seas to celebrate and make the marriage alliance their foremost priority, while the Saints at Mount Sumeru observed the Ancestral Dragon’s appointment.

The Saints discussed Ancestral Dragon’s new divine position and speculated that Lu Jun had granted it to help arrange Zhao Gongming’s marriage to the Dragon Race. In Dragon Spring Cave, Ancestral Dragon began transforming his body into a Spiritual Treasure, and the chapter ended with the observers marveling at his living self-refinement.

• Houtu welcomed Ancestral Dragon’s divine appointment as evidence that the Great Desolation World was improving.
• Nuwa suggested that Lu Jun had raised the Dragon Race’s status to support a marriage between Zhao Gongming and the Dragon Race, prompting the Saints to gossip about the match.
• Nuwa questioned Tongtian about Zhao Gongming’s preferences, and Tongtian said his disciple’s destined affinity would unfold in time.
• Ancestral Dragon prepared to transform himself into a Spiritual Treasure, while Lu Jun promised to protect him and watched with the Investiture of the Gods and Ancestral Dragon Pearl at hand.
• Ancestral Dragon separated his primordial spirit from his body and used his own flesh, blood, and soul to begin refining a Spiritual Treasure Embryo.
• Azure Dragon celebrated Ancestral Dragon’s apparent success, while Immortal Weng of the South Pole marveled at the extremity of his living self-refinement.

As the Ancestral Dragon’s transformation into a Houtian Spiritual Treasure was overwhelmed by the Dragon Race’s Karmic Force, he chose to fuse his primordial spirit, body, and the calamity’s burden at the cost of his future. Dao Ancestor Hongjun judged his resolve worthy of help and revealed fragments of the God-Slaying Spear as a possible means to control the force.

• Bai Ze’s innate ability warned of great danger just as the weakening Ancestral Dragon Flesh released the Dragon Race’s accumulated Karmic Force.
• The Karmic Force swarmed the Ancestral Dragon and cracked the Spiritual Treasure Embryo, while Azure Dragon failed to reach his brother.
• The Ancestral Dragon fused his primordial spirit into the embattled embryo, choosing to bear the Dragon Race’s sins and sacrifice his future.
• Lu Jun prepared the Investiture of the Gods to preserve the Ancestral Dragon’s True Spirit if necessary.
• In Zixiao Palace, Dao Ancestor Hongjun recognized the Ancestral Dragon’s resolve and revealed fragments of the God-Slaying Spear as an aid against the Karmic Force.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun used the God-Slaying Spear Fragments to help transform the Ancestral Dragon into a nine-story pagoda that could devour and purify karmic evil. The chapter ended with Azure Dragon offering nearly half the Dragon Race’s stored treasures to support Hongjun’s refinement.

• Hongjun decided to use the God-Slaying Spear Fragments to counter the Dragon Race’s karmic evil and strengthen the Ancestral Dragon’s transformation.
• Hongjun intervened in Dragon Spring Cave, refined the Dragon Race’s Karmic Force, and shaped the Ancestral Dragon into a nine-story pagoda.
• The Ancestral Dragon realized the pagoda could devour and purify karmic evil, and accepted its form as a greater path than his planned Dragon Head Staff.
• Azure Dragon offered nearly half the Dragon Race’s stored treasures to help Hongjun refine the pagoda, despite the Ancestral Dragon’s protests.
• Hongjun incorporated Azure Dragon’s treasures into the pagoda, while Bai Ze and Immortal Weng of the South Pole praised Azure Dragon’s decisive judgment.

The Dao Ancestor personally forged Ancestral Dragon’s body into a pagoda, drawing on the Dragon Race’s karmic force and Azure Dragon’s offering of half the race’s accumulated treasures. Just as the pagoda’s prototype stabilized, God-Slaying Spear fragments appeared and began devouring the karmic force, prompting the gathered immortals to flee before the Dao Ancestor intervened.

• Lu Jun and the Saints watched as the Dao Ancestor forged Ancestral Dragon’s body into a pagoda and considered its potential as a Houtian Supreme Treasure.
• Laozi praised Azure Dragon for offering half the Dragon Race’s treasures, while Nuwa explained that the treasure could become Ancestral Dragon’s new body and support his future transformation.
• The pagoda’s prototype stabilized and began drawing in the Dragon Race’s karmic force.
• God-Slaying Spear fragments descended into Dragon Spring Cave and resonated with the karmic force, creating vortices that tried to devour it.
• Bai Ze recognized the fragments and warned everyone to retreat; Azure Dragon and the others fled the danger zone.
• The Dao Ancestor spoke the command, “Stabilize.”

The Dao Ancestor reforged the God-Slaying Spear Fragments into a short sword that devoured the Dragon Race’s Karmic Force, turning Ancestral Dragon’s pagoda into a weapon that could threaten even a Saint. The completed Nine-Story Pagoda began drawing in and purifying Karmic Force, though the Dragon Race had not yet repaid its burden.

• The Dao Ancestor suppressed the God-Slaying Spear Fragments and reforged them into a dark-red short sword on the pagoda’s ninth floor.
• The God-Slaying Short Sword began devouring the Dragon Race’s Karmic Force, and Ancestral Dragon realized the pagoda could use that burden to nourish the sword.
• The Dao Ancestor fused Ancestral Dragon’s Primordial Spirit with the pagoda and established a symbiotic connection between Ancestral Dragon and the sword.
• Ancestral Dragon recognized that the growing sword and pagoda could let him threaten a Saint, despite being only a Primordial Spirit Sealed as Deity.
• The Nine-Story Pagoda stabilized in Dragon Spring Cave, drawing in Karmic Force and purifying it layer by layer, while only a faint trace of merit could be stored at its foundation.

After Hongjun transformed Ancestral Dragon into the Myriad Karma Devouring Dragon Pagoda, Ancestral Dragon escaped Dragon Spring Cave and gained a new role in suppressing the Dragon Race’s karmic force. He pledged himself to Lu Jun, entrusted his Second Primordial Spirit to Lu Jun’s care, and the chapter ended with Azure Dragon preparing to be entered onto the list.

• Ancestral Dragon discovered that the pagoda’s nine inner worlds could serve as a protected cultivation sanctuary for the Dragon Race and thanked the Dao Ancestor for refining it.
• Ancestral Dragon shrank the pagoda and explained to Azure Dragon that it could leave Dragon Spring Cave and absorb karmic force wherever it went.
• Ancestral Dragon joined his Spiritual Treasure form with his listed Divine Position, allowing him to wield the pagoda, the God-Slaying Sword, and the Water Official’s Heavenly Dao Authority.
• Ancestral Dragon pledged to follow Lu Jun, who accepted the pagoda and asked when Ancestral Dragon might transform into a divine being.
• Ancestral Dragon entrusted his Second Primordial Spirit to Lu Jun, who agreed to find it a suitable home.
• Lu Jun told Azure Dragon that it was his turn to be entered onto the list, and Azure Dragon accepted.

Lu Jun invested Azure Dragon as the Eastern Azure Dragon Saint Beast and accepted First Kirin’s offer to take Qilin Cliff and refine it into a Spiritual Treasure. He then set out with First Kirin and his companions for Immortal Volcano to meet Primordial Phoenix, while Azure Dragon hurried back east to avoid her.

• Lu Jun invested Azure Dragon as the Eastern Azure Dragon Saint Beast, binding him to the Investiture of the Gods and the eastern earthly veins.
• First Kirin asked Lu Jun to take Qilin Cliff and refine it into a Spiritual Treasure so the Qilin Clan could build a future around Lu Jun.
• Lu Jun agreed, and First Kirin helped shrink Qilin Cliff into a small qilin-shaped object that Lu Jun put away.
• Lu Jun proposed visiting Immortal Volcano to meet Primordial Phoenix and possibly grant her a Divine Position.
• Azure Dragon claimed he had to return to Dragon Spring Cave, and First Kirin teased him about feeling guilty over his past treatment of Primordial Phoenix.
• Azure Dragon fled east, while First Kirin carried Lu Jun and the others south toward Immortal Volcano.

Lu Jun and his companions reached Immortal Volcano and learned that the Phoenix Clan had declined because its Nirvana ability had once made it reckless and deeply karmically burdened. Primordial Phoenix erupted in anger at First Kirin and Ancestral Dragon, then launched a devastating attack, leaving Lu Jun in danger.

• Lu Jun, First Kirin, and Ancestral Dragon discussed the Phoenix Clan's decline and its past recklessness.
• Primordial Phoenix emerged from Immortal Volcano, furious at First Kirin and Ancestral Dragon for speaking about her.
• The Phoenix Clan members begged Primordial Phoenix to calm down and suppress the volcanoes, while some blamed First Kirin for provoking her.
• Primordial Phoenix accused First Kirin and Ancestral Dragon of flaunting their new divine positions and attacked them with White Blazing Sun Annihilation.
• First Kirin warned Ancestral Dragon to protect Lu Jun as Primordial Phoenix's blazing suns bore down on them.

Primordial Phoenix attacked First Kirin and Lu Jun at Immortal Volcano, overwhelming First Kirin with Southern Bright Leaving Fire. The Ancestral Dragon Pagoda absorbed her flames and the Phoenix Clan’s Karmic Force, leaving Ancestral Dragon astonished by its ability to grow stronger from the assault.

• Primordial Phoenix unleashed blazing suns at First Kirin and Lu Jun, and First Kirin defended himself with his Ten Thousand Mountains divine ability.
• Primordial Phoenix’s relentless attacks broke through First Kirin’s Mountain Barrier and sent Annihilation Flames toward him.
• The Ancestral Dragon Pagoda shielded Lu Jun and First Kirin from the flames, prompting Primordial Phoenix to attack the pagoda directly.
• The Ancestral Dragon Pagoda devoured the blazing suns, Southern Bright Leaving Fire, and Phoenix Clan Karmic Force, channeling the negative energy to the God-Slaying Short Sword.
• Ancestral Dragon realized the pagoda could absorb attacks and strengthen itself, then condemned Primordial Phoenix for attacking Lu Jun, who had come to grant the Phoenix Clan a Divine Position.

Lu Jun confronted Primordial Phoenix after she ignored warnings and attacked recklessly, then overwhelmed her with his gravitational power. Primordial Phoenix was left unconscious or near death beneath a shattered Immortal Volcano as the Phoenix Clan watched in fear.

• Ancestral Dragon and First Kirin rebuked Primordial Phoenix and demanded that she apologize to Lu Jun, but she insisted she only wanted to fight them.
• Lu Jun walked unharmed through Primordial Phoenix's Southern Bright Leaving Fire, astonishing her and the watching clans.
• Lu Jun used the gravitational field of his Neutron Star Battle Body to restrain Primordial Phoenix and draw her toward his fist.
• Lu Jun struck Primordial Phoenix with one punch, sending her into the main Immortal Volcano and causing the peak to crack and erupt.
• Ancestral Dragon Pagoda, First Kirin, and the Phoenix Clan were stunned by the blow, while the Phoenix Clan begged Lu Jun to calm down.

Lu Jun subdued the Phoenix Clan and heard Colorful Phoenix reveal that Rahula had coerced the clan into causing destruction in Immortal Volcano. She began explaining why Primordial Phoenix’s transformation had little to do with Azure Dragon, but the chapter ended before she gave the reason.

• Lu Jun stopped attacking, and the Phoenix Clan begged him to spare Primordial Phoenix and submit to his authority.
• Colorful Phoenix stepped forward to oversee the clan, while First Kirin and Ancestral Dragon vouched for her.
• Colorful Phoenix explained that Primordial Phoenix distrusted outsiders because the Phoenix Clan had been repeatedly deceived, and said her transformation had little to do with Azure Dragon.
• Colorful Phoenix admitted that the Phoenix Clan had once acted recklessly, including attempting to make the south an Eternal Fire Domain, and revealed that Rahula had coerced them into detonating Immortal Volcano to fuel his demonic cultivation.
• Colorful Phoenix confirmed that Rahula had detonated southern Guixu to divert the Dragon Race and Qilin Clan from destroying the Phoenix Clan.
• Lu Jun asked why Primordial Phoenix’s transformation had little to do with Azure Dragon, and Colorful Phoenix pointed to the Phoenix Clan’s high proportion of females.

Colorful Phoenix revealed that Rahula’s pressure and the other clans’ ambitions had driven Primordial Phoenix to seek powerful allies, while the Phoenix Clan was ultimately betrayed by Ancestor Yin Yang. The chapter left Lu Jun and the others shocked by the revelation that Yin Yang’s sneak attack altered Primordial Phoenix and the clan’s nature.

• Colorful Phoenix explained that Primordial Phoenix had sought alliances with powerful figures, including Immortal Yang Mei, Ancestor Qiankun, and Ancestor Yin Yang, to resist Rahula.
• Colorful Phoenix clarified that Azure Dragon had been only one potential ally and had not caused Primordial Phoenix to change sex, leaving Ancestral Dragon Pagoda embarrassed about the misunderstanding.
• Lu Jun questioned why Rahula had targeted the Phoenix Clan, and First Kirin and Ancestral Dragon Pagoda admitted that their clans had once hoped to destroy the Phoenix Clan for its disasters and gain merit.
• Colorful Phoenix revealed that Ancestor Yin Yang had pretended to become sworn siblings with Primordial Phoenix, then attacked her and other Phoenixes to steal their innate primordial yang origins.
• Colorful Phoenix said the stolen yang origins threw Primordial Phoenix’s yin and yang out of balance, permanently reversed her Dao Body toward female form, and left the Phoenix Clan with more females; First Kirin and Ancestral Dragon Pagoda trembled in shock.

Colorful Phoenix explained why Primordial Phoenix had attacked Lu Jun and pleaded for mercy, and Lu Jun left to propose a way to help his elder brothers complete Nirvana. He suggested sending the Golden Crows to the Immortal Volcano to calm its fire veins and earn merit, while their powerful Nirvana forms might consume the fires that fueled its eruptions.

• Colorful Phoenix revealed that Primordial Phoenix's injuries and distrust had led her to exploit Azure Dragon's guilt, and she asked Lu Jun to forgive the Phoenix Clan.
• Lu Jun considered letting the Phoenix Clan continue guarding the Immortal Volcano, then suddenly flew to the Sun Star.
• Lu Jun told Xi He, Tai Yi, and Chang Xi that his elder brothers might need more merit to overcome the karmic obstacles blocking their Nirvana.
• Lu Jun proposed that the Golden Crows help the Phoenix Clan stabilize the Immortal Volcano's fire veins to earn merit and ease the clan's burden.
• Tai Yi, Xi He, and Chang Xi recognized that the Golden Crows' Nirvana forms could consume the Immortal Volcano's Fire Essence and prevent its eruptions.

Lu Jun brought Bo Huang’s Nirvana Egg to the Immortal Volcano and discovered that it could devour the crater’s Fire Essence, rapidly calming the threat of eruption. Seeing a possible way to end the Phoenix Clan’s long-standing danger, Colorful Phoenix agreed to accompany Lu Jun to the Sun Star to bring more Golden Crow eggs.

• Xi He and Tai Yi approved Lu Jun’s plan while staying behind to guard their Imperial Father as he stabilized his position as a Saint.
• Lu Jun carried Bo Huang’s Nirvana Egg from the Sun Star to the Immortal Volcano and dropped it into an active crater.
• Bo Huang’s egg devoured the crater’s Fire Essence, leaving the flames calm and easing the Phoenixes’ work of suppressing it.
• Colorful Phoenix asked whether Golden Crow Nirvana could devour all Fire Essence, and First Kirin and Ancestral Dragon realized how different it was from Phoenix Nirvana.
• Lu Jun concluded that more Nirvana Eggs could calm the other craters, then asked Colorful Phoenix to gather Phoenix Clan members and accompany him to the Sun Star.

Lu Jun established the Eight Suns Devouring Fire Array at the Immortal Volcano Range, where eight Golden Crow Nirvana Eggs absorbed the Fire Essence and freed the Phoenix Clan from its worst volcanic dangers. The Saints witnessed the change and praised Lu Jun for helping pacify another great threat to the Prehistoric World.

• Lu Jun directed the phoenixes as they completed the Eight Suns Devouring Fire Array around eight Golden Crow Nirvana Eggs.
• Primordial Phoenix considered arranging marriages between Phoenix Clan members and the Golden Crow Clan, then ordered Fire Phoenix to prepare young phoenixes to approach the Tenth Prince.
• The array drew Fire Essence into the eggs, calming the Immortal Volcano Range and allowing trapped phoenixes to leave their guarded craters.
• Tens of thousands of phoenixes thanked Lu Jun and pledged to heed his commands.
• The Saints sensed the Fire Essence declining, and Zhu Rong recognized the Golden Crows’ Nirvana ability as the cause.
• Tongtian, Primeval Lord of Heaven, and Laozi praised Lu Jun’s actions and reflected on how Water and Fire had both been pacified.