Chapter Summaries

The Three Pure Ones discovered that all twelve Ancestral Witches, alongside Houtu, had become Earthly Dao Saints, leaving them stunned by the Witch Race’s overwhelming strength. Houtu named Yuanshi and Tongtian as the ones who had insulted her, and her brothers prepared to confront them.

• Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Witches bound the Three Pure Ones with Divine Sense and threatened them as their anger shook the Prehistoric World.
• Yuanshi learned that the Ancestral Witches had become Earthly Dao Saints through Netherworld Reincarnation and the completion of the Earthly Dao.
• Tongtian and Laozi realized their advantage and plans had been undermined by the twelve Ancestral Witch Saints.
• Zhu Jiuyin appeared beside Houtu and asked which people had bullied her.
• Houtu pointed out Yuanshi and Tongtian and repeated the insults and threats they had made against the Witch Race.

Laozi apologized to Houtu and the Witch Race on Yuanshi and Tongtian’s behalf as the Ancestral Witches pressed them to answer for their insults. Houtu had not yet decided whether to accept the apology, while the threat of a clash between the Heavenly Dao and Earthly Dao Saints spread panic across the Great Desolation World.

• Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Witches mocked Yuanshi and Tongtian and prepared to attack, while Tongtian and Yuanshi were left humiliated and speechless.
• Laozi stepped forward and apologized to Houtu and the Witch Race on behalf of Yuanshi and Tongtian, admitting that his brothers had acted offensively.
• Di Jiang left the decision to Houtu, while the Ancestral Witches kept their battle intent raised and the Three Pure Ones watched her anxiously.
• The Saints’ confrontation shook the Great Desolation World, terrifying its inhabitants and making many fear another Saint war.
• Zhen Yuanzi sensed the gathering power from Wuzhuang Temple and worried that a battle between more than ten Saints would devastate the recovering world.

Di Jun prepared the Great Array of the Stars of Heaven as the Heavenly Dao Saints and Earthly Dao Saints faced off, while Lu Jun feared their clash would destroy the Great Desolation World. Hongjun intervened by moving all sixteen Saints into Chaos, leaving them shaken by the extent of his power.

• Di Jun recalled Tai Yi and raised the Great Array of the Stars of Heaven, preparing the Demon Race for a possible Saint war.
• Lu Jun nearly suffered backlash while tending the Star Eggs and feared the Saints' confrontation would shatter the Great Desolation World.
• Hongjun ordered the Saints to fight in Chaos and silently transported all sixteen of them there.
• Laozi, Primeval Lord of Heaven, Sect Master Tongtian, Nuwa, Houtu, and the other Ancestral Witches realized how far Hongjun's power surpassed their own.

After Hongjun forcibly removed the Saints from the Great Desolation and demonstrated his power, Lu Jun speculated that the completed Earthly Dao had freed the Dao Ancestor from restrictions. The Ancestral Witches then attacked the Three Pure Ones in Chaos, overwhelming them until Laozi asked whether their anger had subsided.

• Di Jun withdrew the Great Array of the Stars of Heaven, while Zhen Yuanzi reflected on the gap between himself and Hongjun.
• Lu Jun reasoned that completing the Earthly Dao had freed Hongjun to wield more of his true strength.
• Hongjun revealed that he had tested his power by using the Heavenly Dao and Earth Dao Authority together, and he was satisfied with the result.
• Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, Tian Wu, and She Bishi attacked Primeval Lord of Heaven, while Di Jiang, Qiang Liang, Ru Shou, and Ju Mang disrupted Tongtian's Zhu Xian Sword Formation.
• Xuanming, Zhu Jiuyin, and Xi Zi kept Laozi occupied as the Ancestral Witches overwhelmed the Three Pure Ones; Tongtian's formation was forced to close.
• Laozi asked the Ancestral Witches whether the battle had satisfied their anger.

The Twelve Ancestral Witches tried to summon Pangu’s True Body in Chaos, but their array instead gathered Heaven-Opening Merit into a Golden Body that opened a small world and joined it to the Great Desolation World. Houtu realized the event had revealed something important about the merit and the world’s response, though she had not yet explained her discovery.

• Houtu noticed the Witches were losing power quickly in Chaos and offered to end the fight if the Three Pure Ones apologized and gave compensation.
• Houtu ordered the Ancestral Witches to form the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Array, but it failed to summon Pangu’s True Body.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven mocked the Witches, then watched in horror as the array stirred the Heaven-Opening Merit within all Three Pure Ones.
• The gathered merit formed a Golden Body that called out “Opening of Heaven,” split Chaos, and created a small Heaven and Earth that merged into the Great Desolation World.
• The Witches and Three Pure Ones felt their consumed merit restored, while Houtu sensed the Great Desolation World’s joy and realized what had happened.

Houtu realized that the Ancestral Witches’ power to summon Pangu’s True Body was meant to create and expand the Great Desolation World, not to wage war. Her conjecture shook the Saints and even Hongjun, who reacted with unprecedented shock.

• Houtu asked the Ancestral Witches to reconsider the purpose of the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Array, whose power came from their bloodlines.
• Houtu argued that Pangu intended the Ancestral Witches to inherit his work of creation by opening new territory and strengthening the Great Desolation World.
• Di Jiang, Zhu Jiuyin, Qiang Liang, Zhu Rong, and Gong Gong were shaken as they reconsidered their past use of Pangu’s True Body in battle.
• Laozi, Primeval Lord of Heaven, Sect Master Tongtian, and Nuwa reacted to Houtu’s theory, with Tongtian resolving to direct his sword Dao toward expansion and creation.
• Hongjun rose from his Cloud Bed in Zixiao Palace and exclaimed, “Pangu... Creation of Heaven!”

Hongjun realized that Pangu’s creation of the Great Desolation World had also set it on a path of expansion into Chaos, and he resolved to guide the world outward rather than keep its powers competing internally. On the battlefield, the Three Pure Ones accepted Houtu’s terms, and Houtu began considering compensation that could benefit Lu Jun.

• Hongjun saw the Small Heaven and Earth become a World Seed attached to the Great Desolation World and understood it as evidence of Pangu’s intent to expand the world into Chaos.
• Hongjun reconsidered his past efforts to control power and resources within the Great Desolation World, then resolved to guide the Saints toward expanding its territory.
• Laozi praised Houtu’s insight and offered the Three Pure Ones’ possessions as compensation, while Primeval Lord of Heaven and Sect Master Tongtian accepted her authority.
• Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Witches agreed to accept compensation rather than continue fighting, and Houtu realized she had not yet decided what to request.
• Houtu considered that she and the Witch Race lacked nothing, then thought of Lu Jun and wondered what others might need.

Houtu secured thirteen top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures from the Three Pure Ones as compensation for their offense, while the Demon Race postponed Tai Yi’s Nirvana and the Three Pure Ones worried about the Ancestral Witches’ merit-extracting array. The story left the Three Pure Ones troubled by the possibility that the array could drain their Heaven-Opening Merit again.

• Houtu recognized that Lu Jun’s revelation had helped complete Reincarnation and avert disaster for the Witch Race, and decided to repay him with defensive treasures.
• Houtu demanded thirteen top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures from the Three Pure Ones, and Laozi agreed to settle the dispute.
• The Three Pure Ones reluctantly handed Houtu thirteen treasures, after which they and Nuwa departed for the Prehistoric World.
• Tai Yi told Di Jun that he would delay Nirvana because the Demon Race could not afford to weaken the Great Array of the Stars of Heaven.
• Tongtian warned Laozi and Primeval Lord of Heaven that the Twelve Heavenly Merit Array could forcibly extract their Heaven-Opening Merit again.

Laozi proposed that the Three Pure Ones spend their Heaven-Opening Merit to open three additional heavens, and Yuanshi and Tongtian agreed to join him. In the Netherworld, Houtu revealed that Lu Jun had guided the Witch Race toward survival, leaving the Ancestral Witches wondering whether he had mastered a legendary cultivation path.

• Tongtian and Primeval Lord of Heaven feared the Ancestral Witches could exploit their shared Pangu lineage to take the Three Pure Ones' Heaven-Opening Merit.
• Laozi proposed that the Three Pure Ones use their merit, the Taiji Diagram, and the Pangu Banner to open three heavens above the Thirty-Three Heavens.
• Yuanshi and Tongtian accepted Laozi's plan, and the three brothers set out toward the border with Chaos.
• Zhu Rong asked Houtu why she had gathered so many top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, and Houtu said she needed to explain how the Witch Race had survived.
• Houtu identified Lu Jun, Di Jun's sixth son, as the benefactor who had pointed the Witch Race toward Incarnation Reincarnation.
• After hearing Houtu's account, the Ancestral Witches questioned whether Lu Jun had embarked on the path of Manifesting Billions of Avatars and Converging Timeline.

Houtu explained why Lu Jun had guided the Witch Race toward Reincarnation, reasoning that he had sought to preserve the world’s balance and help it expand. The Ancestral Witches accepted their debt to him and began discussing how to repay it with spiritual treasures.

• Houtu told the Ancestral Witches that Lu Jun’s warning had prevented her from reincarnating alone and preserved the Witch Race’s greatest battle formation.
• Houtu reasoned that Lu Jun had helped the Witch Race withdraw from the struggle for supremacy to prevent the Prehistoric World from becoming depleted and unstable.
• Di Jiang ended the discussion, and Houtu declared that the Witch Race owed Lu Jun Karma for their sainthood, survival, and the perfected netherworld.
• Houtu offered thirteen Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures as the first repayment, and the Ancestral Witches agreed to repay their debt.
• The Ancestral Witches discussed gathering all seven Innate Gourds, and Di Jiang sent Ju Mang to seek the gourd held by Great Immortal Zhen Yuan.

The Ancestral Witches gathered Innate Spiritual Treasures to complete sets and support Lu Jun, while considering what they could trade to Minghe for his banner. Hongjun overheard their discussion and sent down another treasure as the Witches planned to negotiate with Minghe.

• Hongjun overheard the Ancestral Witches discussing the Earthly Dao and sent them an Innate Gourd as a reward.
• The Ancestral Witches identified the Human Lantern as Ran Deng, then decided to leave any action against him to Di Jun and Tai Yi.
• The Witches found several complementary treasure sets and noted that Ran Deng held treasures belonging to two of them.
• Houtu proposed granting Minghe the title of Asura Dao Master and authority over the Asura Dao in exchange for his Northern Profound Origin Water Control Banner, and Di Jiang approved the plan.
• Di Jiang recalled that Hongjun still held the Plain Cloud Boundary Banner, and Hongjun immediately sent it down to the Ancestral Witches.

After returning from the River of Time, Nuwa found the Human Race thriving across Fengqi Mountain, Buzhou Mountain, and even the Western Lands. Fuxi explained that Lu Jun had led him away from the Demon Race and onto the Human Emperor Path, leaving Nuwa to confront the scale of his new destiny.

• The Ancestral Witches took the Plain Cloud Boundary Banner and discussed gathering the remaining Five Directions Banners, including Jieyin's Azure Lotus Banner.
• Di Jiang assigned the Ancestral Witches to collect scattered Spiritual Treasures, with Xuanming approaching Nuwa, Houtu approaching Minghe, and Ju Mang already seeking Zhen Yuanzi.
• Nuwa returned to Fengqi Mountain and was astonished by the Human Race's growth, from immortal cultivators in the mountains to vast settlements around Buzhou Mountain.
• Nuwa sensed that the Western Lands were also filled with the Human Race and wondered whether the Two Sages of the West had been robbed in their own home.
• Fuxi told Nuwa that Lu Jun had persuaded him to abandon his Demon Race position and walk the Human Emperor Path.
• Nuwa sensed Fuxi's immense Human Emperor Destiny and realized it was linked to the hundreds of millions of humans.

Nuwa realized that Fuxi’s Human Emperor Path could extend beyond the Human Race, whose growing population and territory had given it the potential to become the foremost race in the Prehistoric World. She and Fuxi recognized Lu Jun’s role in setting these events in motion, just as a familiar Saintly pressure arrived at Fengqi Mountain.

• Nuwa examined Fuxi’s Human Emperor Destiny and explained that the Human Path could govern all living beings, not merely the Human Race.
• Nuwa traced the Human Race’s growing fortune to its occupation of Buzhou Mountain, the Western Lands, and Fengqi Mountain, and to Fuxi’s protection.
• Nuwa concluded that Fuxi’s protection and her own creation of the Human Race had helped it flourish, while Fuxi credited the Sixth Prince with reminding him to protect them.
• Nuwa warned that Fuxi had incurred immense Karma with Lu Jun and considered visiting the Demon Court.
• A familiar Saintly pressure with the icy aura of the Earthly Dao descended upon Fengqi Mountain.

Xuanming asked Nuwa for the Innate Gourd and Heaven and Earth Cauldron to help repay the Witch Race’s immense karma to Lu Jun. After learning that Lu Jun had guided Houtu and Fuxi, Nuwa decided to deliver the treasures to him in person, while the chapter ended with Zhen Yuan asking Ju Mang about the Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd.

• Xuanming visited Nuwa and requested the Innate Gourd and Heaven and Earth Cauldron for the Witch Race’s effort to repay its karma.
• Xuanming told Nuwa that Lu Jun had guided Houtu toward Reincarnation and helped avert danger to the Witch Race.
• Nuwa connected Lu Jun’s guidance of Houtu and Fuxi with the Human Race’s rise and resolved to meet him herself.
• Xuanming agreed to Nuwa personally deliver the two treasures to Lu Jun, then departed.
• At Wuzhuang Temple, Zhen Yuan asked Ju Mang whether he wanted the Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd.

Ju Mang asked Zhen Yuanzi for the Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd to repay the Witch Race’s debt to Lu Jun, and Zhen Yuanzi decided to deliver it himself because he also owed Lu Jun. Houtu traded Minghe the authority to rule the Asura Dao for his Northern Profound Origin Water Control Banner, leaving Minghe newly ambitious but unaware that the Asura Dao had lost its former place among the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

• Ju Mang told Zhen Yuanzi that the Witch Race needed the Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd to repay Lu Jun for guiding Houtu and the Ancestral Witches toward establishing Reincarnation and the Earthly Dao.
• Zhen Yuanzi recalled how Lu Jun’s guidance had helped him comprehend his avatar method, acknowledged his own debt, and offered to deliver the gourd to the Heavenly Court.
• Houtu visited Minghe in the Blood God Palace and offered to make him Asura Dao Master in exchange for the Northern Profound Origin Water Control Banner.
• Minghe accepted Houtu’s offer and handed over the banner, then began planning how to expand the Asura Clan under his new authority.
• Minghe celebrated his new position without realizing that the Asura Dao had become one among the myriad Daos rather than retaining its former place as one of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Houtu visited Di Jun and Tai Yi at the Sun Star to thank Lu Jun for helping the Saints attain the Dao, bringing Innate Spiritual Treasures she had gathered for him. Di Jun and Tai Yi realized they had neglected their son’s needs, and another guest arrived with a missing gourd.

• As Lu Jun resumed nurturing his Star Eggs in the void, Houtu went to the Sun Star carrying Spiritual Treasures for him.
• Houtu met Di Jun and Tai Yi and explained that the treasures were a token of gratitude for Lu Jun’s guidance.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi were shocked to learn the treasures were meant for Lu Jun, and Tai Yi added his Purple-white Immortal Slaying Gourd to the collection.
• Di Jun admitted he had nearly forgotten to care for his son and said he would not decide for Lu Jun whether to accept the treasures.
• Houtu explained which remaining treasures were held by other immortals and Saints, and a guest arrived announcing he had brought the Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd.

Di Jun abandoned his Demon Emperor title and became the Sun God after absorbing the prayers of all beings, crediting Lu Jun for showing him the path. Lu Jun sought a way to accelerate the birth of his Star Primordial Spirits, and the chapter ended as Tai Yi, Houtu, Nuwa, and Zhen Yuanzi arrived to meet him.

• Zhen Yuanzi brought the Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd to repay a karmic debt to Lu Jun and said Ju Mang had entrusted him with it.
• Nuwa arrived at the Sun Star and asked Di Jun about the vast Vow Power of All Beings surrounding him.
• Di Jun declared that he had left his role as Demon Emperor and become the Sun God, saying Lu Jun had guided him to this path.
• Lu Jun learned from his system that Companion Items could accelerate the manifestation of his Star Primordial Spirits, but stronger items would produce stronger incarnations.
• After deciding to let his Star Primordial Spirits develop naturally, Lu Jun was visited by Tai Yi, Houtu, Nuwa, and Zhen Yuanzi.

Houtu, Nuwa, Zhen Yuanzi, and Tai Yi gave Lu Jun nearly twenty Innate Spiritual Treasures to repay debts of gratitude, and Lu Jun used them to accelerate the growth of his Star Eggs and their primordial spirits. As the stars evolved, Houtu concluded that Pangu had left Innate Spiritual Treasures behind so they could expand the Prehistoric World.

• Houtu presented Lu Jun with nearly twenty Innate Spiritual Treasures in repayment for his guidance, while Zhen Yuanzi, Nuwa, and Tai Yi offered additional treasures of their own.
• Lu Jun accepted the gifts and used his divine ability to send the treasures into separate Star Eggs.
• The system recognized the treasures as Star Cores and Companion Spiritual Treasures, then accelerated the stars' growth and the primordial spirits within them.
• Tai Yi and Zhen Yuanzi realized the evolving stars were gaining powerful primordial spirits and Companion Spiritual Treasures, while Houtu and Nuwa observed the stars' extraordinary potential.
• Houtu said she understood Pangu's purpose: he had left Innate Spiritual Treasures in the Prehistoric World so they would expand it.

Houtu concluded that Pangu’s Innate Spiritual Treasures were meant to help later generations expand the Prehistoric World by creating stars and nurturing Innate Divine Beings. Lu Jun wondered whether his system-driven work was part of that expansion, and Houtu turned to Nuwa with a question about the items used to create the Human Race.

• Nuwa asked what Houtu meant by saying Pangu’s goal had been to expand the Prehistoric World, and Houtu recalled how the Ancestral Witches had misunderstood Pangu’s power as destruction rather than creation.
• Houtu pointed to Lu Jun’s Star Eggs and argued that Innate Spiritual Treasures used as star cores greatly accelerated the creation of stars and powerful Star Divine Beings.
• Houtu proposed that Pangu had left the Spiritual Treasures as seeds for expanding the Prehistoric World, and Nuwa, Zhen Yuanzi, and Tai Yi reacted with surprise.
• Lu Jun privately attributed the rapid development to his system, but considered whether Houtu’s realization might reflect guidance from the Earthly Dao and recognized how his actions had changed the world.
• Houtu asked Nuwa whether she remembered the key items she had used to create the Human Race.

Houtu concluded that Nuwa’s creation of the Human Race had expanded the Human Path and proposed that the Witch Race help Lu Jun nurture Stellar Incarnations, but agreed its duties to the Earthly Dao came first. Tai Yi and Nuwa then considered how the Demon Race and Nuwa could support Lu Jun, who learned that Houtian Spiritual Treasures could also serve as cores to accelerate his incarnations’ evolution.

• Houtu interpreted Nuwa’s creation of the Human Race as an expansion of the Human Path and decided to mobilize the Witch Race to help Lu Jun nurture Stellar Incarnations.
• Zhen Yuanzi warned Houtu that assisting Lu Jun could distract the Witch Race from its responsibilities to the Earthly Dao, so Houtu withdrew her proposal.
• Houtu urged Tai Yi to have the Demon Race support Lu Jun, and Tai Yi vowed to gather resources and retrieve treasures from Kun Peng’s North Sea Demon Master Palace.
• Houtu reminded Nuwa of her ties to Lu Jun through the Demon and Human Races, prompting Nuwa to ask whether Houtian Spiritual Treasures could serve as Star Cores.
• Lu Jun consulted the system, learned that Houtian Spiritual Treasures and even ordinary materials could accelerate his incarnations’ evolution, and confirmed that Houtian Spiritual Treasures would work.