Chapter Summaries

Di Kun ordered Zhou Jun to continue targeting the mysterious figure while he went to observe Hongjun, confirming his suspicion that Hongjun was connected to the Chaos Gods and Demons. Di Kun left Zhou Jun as a hidden weapon in their contest and waited to see how Hongjun and his allies would respond.

• After receiving Zhou Jun's message, Di Kun chose to let him continue instead of retreating, then went to the Earth Dragon Clan's territory.
• Di Kun saw that the Earth Dragon Clan had grown stronger, with more than a hundred members reaching the Golden Immortal realm.
• Di Kun headed toward Hongjun's lecture and sensed Hongjun react, confirming that Hongjun had ties to the Chaos Gods and Demons.
• Di Kun reasoned that appearing before Hongjun would redirect suspicion from himself and make Zhou Jun a more effective hidden card.
• Di Kun decided to test Hongjun directly and wait to see what move the Chaos Gods and Demons would make.

After Hongjun ended his preaching, he swore to unite the Primordial Wilderness against the Ferocious Beasts and slay Shen Ni. Di Kun announced a lesson on the Earthly Dao, then secretly sent two avatars to carry out undisclosed tasks while suspecting Hongjun was probing him.

• Hongjun ended his preaching, and the awakened lifeforms bowed as their cultivation had greatly improved.
• Hongjun swore before the Great Dao to lead the Innate Lifeforms against the Ferocious Beasts and kill Shen Ni, prompting secluded gods and demons to head for Mount Zhou in pursuit of Merit.
• Di Kun announced that he would explain the Earthly Dao in a hundred years and lead its cultivators in restoring the damaged Primordial Land.
• Hongjun followed Di Kun to the Earth Dragon Clan's territory, questioned him about his whereabouts, and said he would return to discuss the Dao after Di Kun's preaching.
• After Hongjun left, Di Kun suspected he had come to investigate him and sent two avatars into the Earth Veins to handle secret matters.

Zhou Jun reached Pangu Hall and discovered that the Chaos God and Demon Resentments were preventing it from absorbing Pangu Marrow. He suspected they were weakening Pangu Hall and tampering with the Ancestral Witches as they were nurtured, then wondered what power the resentments feared.

• Zhou Jun fought through the Chaos God and Demon Resentments with the Earth Vein Pearl and Purification Law, then hurried toward the Center of Mount Zhou.
• Zhou Jun saw the resentments destroy a drop of milky-white liquid before it could reach Pangu Hall, and noticed that they vanished once the drop was gone.
• Zhou Jun climbed above Pangu Hall and recognized the jade structure as Pangu's Spine, the liquid as Pangu Marrow, and the vessel collecting it as a Marrow Pool.
• Zhou Jun dropped several portions of Pangu Marrow toward Pangu Hall and watched the resentments destroy each one.
• Zhou Jun concluded that the resentments were draining Pangu Hall and interfering with the Ancestral Witches' development, possibly causing the Witch Clan's inability to produce Primordial Spirits.
• Zhou Jun asked whether the resentments feared Pangu's Heart within Pangu Hall or the Ancestral Witches.

Zhou Jun discovered that the Pangu Jade Stone responded slowly and used the Creation Array to strengthen it and the Pangu Marrow. After the Green Lotus Seeds provoked the Resentment of Chaos Gods and Demons, he formed a plan and planted them in the marrow, where they grew into Creation Green Lotuses.

• Zhou Jun found that the Pangu Jade Stone trembled whenever Pangu Marrow dripped and realized it responded only briefly and slowly.
• Zhou Jun inscribed the Creation Array into the Pangu Jade Stone, extending the time he could communicate with it and enriching the Pangu Marrow with Great Dao essence.
• Zhou Jun took Green Lotus Seeds from his Treasure Space, causing the Resentment of Chaos Gods and Demons to churn against the jade stone.
• Zhou Jun deduced that the Chaos Demon Gods were reacting to the Creation Green Lotus's aura and decided to use the seeds to draw their attention away from Di Kun.
• Zhou Jun tossed the seeds into the Pangu Marrow Pool, where they grew into one Twelve-Petal Creation Green Lotus and several Nine-Petal Creation Green Lotuses.

Zhou Jun realized the Primordial Jade Lotus could help him create the Abyss and used it to strengthen the Pangu Marrow while completing a Creation Array. As Mount Zhou’s jade stones awakened and communicated with him, he sensed that Pangu’s contingency might be emerging and that he could not escape the causality of having invoked Pangu’s name.

• Zhou Jun reconsidered the Primordial Jade Lotus and concluded that it was likely a catalyst rather than an essential aid to Nuwa’s creation of humans.
• Zhou Jun gained confidence in creating the Abyss, reasoning that Chaos Gods and Demons could be drawn into it and given a chance to reincarnate while their cooperation weakened.
• The Primordial Jade Lotus strengthened the Pangu Marrow and connected with Zhou Jun’s Creation Array, speeding his inscription on the Pangu Jade Stone.
• As Pangu Marrow dripped and the Chaos Gods and Demons’ resentment grew stronger, Pangu Hall drew closer to the Pangu Jade Stone.
• Zhou Jun completed more of the Creation Array, causing the Pangu Jade Stone and other jade stones in Mount Zhou to awaken and respond to his divine sense.
• Zhou Jun sensed that the awakened stones might hold Pangu’s contingency and felt that the causality of using Pangu’s name meant he could not prevent it from emerging.

Zhou Jun completed the Creation Array on the Pangu Jade Stone, awakening the heart within Pangu Hall and causing the Primordial Wilderness to tremble as its beings entered enlightenment. The event accelerated Heavenly Dao’s gestation, and Hongjun learned that a hidden scheme beneath Mount Zhou had been disrupted and pressed the Creation Jade Disk fragment to reveal more of its plans.

• Zhou Jun completed the Creation Array, and the Pangu Jade Stone’s Dao charm forced the Resentment of Chaos Gods and Demons to appear as Pangu Hall absorbed a drop of Pangu Marrow.
• Pangu’s Heart awakened, and its growing heartbeat caused Zhou Jun to enter enlightenment and the Primordial Wilderness to tremble, bringing Innate Beings into enlightenment while hurting the beast armies.
• Shen Ni awakened in the Beast Nest, summoned the Four Great Beasts, and led Hundun and Taotie out to help the Resentment of Chaos Gods and Demons resist the trembling.
• After ten thousand years, the trembling faded, leaving the Primordial Wilderness’s laws clearer and its beings’ foundations strengthened.
• Hongjun learned from the Creation Jade Disk fragment that Heavenly Dao would emerge ahead of schedule and that the heart had awakened beneath Mount Zhou.
• Hongjun demanded that the fragment reveal its remaining schemes, and it agreed to cooperate while disclosing some of its plans.

Zhou Jun discovered that Pangu’s Heart revived the Primordial Wilderness and that Pangu Marrow’s Bloodfall could suppress the power of the Chaos Gods and Demons, then continued investigating Pangu Jade Stone. Meanwhile, Di Kun followed Zhou Jun’s instructions and grew wary of Hongjun after detecting that Hongjun could secretly travel through the Earth Veins.

• Zhou Jun sensed the Primordial Wilderness reviving with Pangu’s Heart and realized the Bloodfall carried Pangu’s Dao aura toward the Sea of Blood, where it could suppress the Chaos Gods and Demons.
• Zhou Jun received Di Kun’s message, decided to delay creating the Abyss, and took Creation Green Lotus seeds to plant in another Pangu Marrow Pool.
• Zhou Jun planted thirty-six seeds in the next Pangu Jade Stone level and began engraving it to uncover its secrets.
• Di Kun completed his plans among the Elves, reducing their apparent connection to him and easing Hongjun’s suspicions.
• Zhou Jun told Di Kun to keep engraving the Pangu Jade Stone and search for Pangu’s Skull at Mount Zhou’s summit.
• Di Kun noticed Hongjun had been using an undetectable ability to travel through the Earth Veins, renewing his vigilance toward him.

Hongjun finally led the Innate Gods and Demons in a counterattack against the ferocious beasts, while Di Kun used the turmoil to expand the Earthly Dao and restore the Primordial Land. He sent Zhou Jun a resentment-absorbing stone tablet and began a risky new refinement with Leyline Fire.

• Hongjun announced the counterattack, and Innate Gods and Demons led the Primordial Land's beings against the ferocious beasts for Great Dao Merit.
• Di Kun and Diming sent the Earth Dragon Clan and Earthly Dao cultivators to repair the ravaged land and teach the Earthly Dao to less combat-capable races.
• The Earth Dragon Clan gathered slain ferocious beasts' corpses, which Di Kun used with Chaos Spirit Stones to refine a tablet that absorbed Resentment of Chaos Gods and Demons.
• Di Kun sent the tablet beneath Mount Zhou through a spatial gate and sent a message to Zhou Jun.
• Di Kun released the materials he had gathered and began refining them in Leyline Fire for a defensive treasure.

Shen Ni ordered the ferocious beasts to retreat to the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, using weaker beasts to delay the Innate Lifeforms as he prepared to face Hongjun and the others. Their advance slowed while the Innate Gods and Demons strengthened their followers by transmitting their Great Daos and restoring conquered lands, as Di Kun's hidden avatar watched.

• Chaos and the other three ferocious beasts told Shen Ni that Hongjun and the Innate Gods and Demons were driving their clans back.
• Shen Ni ordered powerful ferocious beasts to gather in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains and weaker ones to stall the enemy.
• The retreat and resistance slowed the Innate Lifeforms' campaign, giving the Innate Gods and Demons time to consolidate their gains and assess one another's strength.
• The Innate Gods and Demons spread their Great Daos among the Innate Races, while the Earth Dragon Clan and the Elves helped repair lands cleared of ferocious beasts.
• Di Kun's hidden avatar observed the growing power and future tensions among the Innate Gods and Demons, confident that his plans would proceed.

Hongjun gathered the reincarnated Chaos Gods and Demons to plan how to defeat Shen Ni and prevent him from destroying the Primordial Wilderness. After they agreed to form an alliance, Hongjun revealed that Yang Mei, the Space God and Demon, would help them.

• As the Innate Beings neared the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, they found no ferocious beasts along the way and paused to recover and discuss the Dao.
• Hongjun met with Five Elements Daoist, Yin Yang Daoist, Luohu, Niluan, and other reincarnated Chaos Gods and Demons, urging them to unite against Shen Ni.
• Five Elements Daoist proposed a Dao Oath and a pact not to attack one another for one kalpa after Shen Ni was slain.
• Luohu suggested inviting Di Kun, but Hongjun said Di Kun seemed wary of him and might discover their original identities.
• After the others worried that their alliance would be too weak without Di Kun, Hongjun revealed that Yang Mei would join them, shocking the assembled Chaos Gods and Demons.

Hongjun revealed that Yang Mei had survived and used the news to bring Luohu and the others into an alliance against Shen Ni. As they advanced into the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, deadly Chaos God and Demon Resentment inflicted heavy losses, leaving the alliance uncertain it could survive an encounter with the Ferocious Beast army.

• Hongjun explained that Yang Mei would cooperate against Shen Ni because the Ferocious Beasts had occupied half the Primordial Land and Shen Ni's strength was unknown.
• Luohu and the others formed an alliance and made a Dao Oath, while Hongjun secretly used their agreement to keep track of them.
• Hongjun organized the Innate Gods and Demons and Innate Beings to advance into the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.
• Chaos God and Demon Resentment possessed Innate Beings and drove the group to advance cautiously, with nearly one in twenty Innate Beings dying before they reached the mountains' center.
• Powerful resentment erupted from underground and possessed an Innate God and Demon, forcing the others to suppress him and gather together.
• Hongjun and the others realized they might have to bypass the Ferocious Beast army and strike Shen Ni directly if they could not withstand what lay ahead.

Hongjun sought Di Kun’s help repairing the shattered Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, while Di Kun began a plan that depended on his main body and Zhou Jun. The alliance gathered and refined the broken mountain veins, hastening the repairs so they could face Shen Ni before he grew stronger.

• Hongjun agreed to find Di Kun and asked the Innate Alliance to regroup while he was away.
• Di Kun’s avatar welcomed Hongjun’s request and headed to the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains to restore the land and suppress the Resentment of Chaos Gods and Demons.
• Di Kun sent the alliance leaders a request to gather the shattered mountain and river veins for him to use as materials.
• Niluan and his allies opposed repairing the mountains, but Hongjun warned that their collapse would strengthen Shen Ni and could make victory impossible.
• The alliance gathered the broken veins, and Ancestor Qiankun began refining them in the Qiankun Cauldron, accelerating Di Kun’s restoration work.

Di Kun and Zhou Jun completed preparations to open the Abyss, while Di Kun arranged to use the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains’ earth veins to suppress the Chaos Gods and Demons’ resentment for a limited time. The allies agreed to prepare for a final counterattack, with no more than ten thousand years to defeat the Ferocious Beasts.

• Di Kun learned that his clone had repaired more than half of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains’ central region and suspected Hongjun was monitoring him through the Chaos Gods and Demons.
• Zhou Jun emerged from Mount Zhou after inscribing six more Creation Arrays, explaining that the growing Dao aura had changed time and prevented him from contacting Di Kun.
• Di Kun gave Zhou Jun a Resentment Bead and explained that it and a stone tablet were preparations for opening the Abyss; Zhou Jun carried the tablet beneath Mount Zhou, where it absorbed lingering resentment and Ferocious Beast thoughts.
• Di Kun and his clone seized a lull in the Chaos Gods and Demons’ resentment to connect through the earth veins, causing the central region to tremble and begin reviving.
• Di Kun told Hongjun, Five Elements Daoist, and the others that he could temporarily suppress the resentment across the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains for up to ten thousand years if they provided another batch of materials.
• Hongjun and the others agreed to organize their forces and defenses, while Di Kun connected his Stone Book to the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains’ earth veins.

The Innate Beings Alliance and the ferocious beasts began their decisive battle in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains as Di Kun activated the earth veins to suppress the Chaos Gods and Demons’ resentment and support the alliance. Hongjun and his companions advanced toward the Beast Nest to confront Shen Ni, while Taotie was intercepted by two Innate Gods and Demons.

• Di Kun completed preparations in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains and used the earth veins to gather the battlefield’s lingering thoughts into the Stone Book, restoring the Ancestral Vein.
• Hongjun rallied the Innate Beings Alliance at the dark-red boundary, and the alliance and the ferocious beasts charged into battle.
• Hongjun crushed a jade signal for Di Kun to suppress the resentment, while the alliance’s fighters held back the ferocious beasts.
• Di Kun suppressed the resentment and raised a protective formation near the battlefield’s central boundary, giving the alliance clearer sight and a refuge for its wounded.
• Hongjun and his companions advanced toward the Beast Nest to confront Shen Ni, and Taotie tried to stop them with Devour Heaven and Earth.
• Two Innate Gods and Demons, one wielding a whip amid Lei Ting and the other carrying a staff with suppressive Dao charm, joined forces to intercept Taotie.

Hongjun and the allied Chaos God and Demons reached the Beast Nest and confronted Shen Ni, whose cultivation had advanced far beyond their expectations. Their coordinated attacks wounded him, but Shen Ni returned to the battlefield ready to continue the fight, leaving the Ferocious Beast Tribulation undecided.

• Lei Ze, Town Seal, and the Innate Gods and Demons held off the Four Great Beasts while Hongjun and the others advanced toward the Beast Nest.
• Shen Ni ordered the Fierce Beasts not to interfere with Hongjun's group, and the Innate Alliance faced fiercer attacks as the Four Great Beasts fought in earnest.
• Yang Mei joined Hongjun's group and used the Space Dao to bring them quickly to Shen Ni, whose aura showed he was close to crossing the threshold of Dao Fruit maturity.
• Niluan and Wuliang attacked Shen Ni, then Yin Yang, Five Elements Ancestor, and Yang Mei coordinated their treasures and Daos to pressure him.
• Luohu and Ancestor Qiankun struck Shen Ni with the World-Destroying Black Lotus and Qiankun Cauldron, knocking him into the earth and drawing blood.
• Shen Ni returned to the sky, declared the battle exciting, and appeared behind Yin Yang to thrust the God-Slaying Spear at him.

Shen Ni seized Luohu’s World-Destroying Black Lotus and fought Hongjun and the other Ancestors, who wounded him with a combined attack but could not prevent him from recovering with the battlefield’s baleful qi. Meanwhile, Di Kun strengthened the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains’ Earth Veins and prepared to alter events once Zhou Jun’s Abyss was born.

• Qiankun and Luohu intervened to protect Shen Ni, but Shen Ni struck Luohu and took control of the World-Destroying Black Lotus after Ancestor Nirvana switched their positions with a Bronze Mirror.
• Shen Ni used the Black Lotus and God-Slaying Spear to spread a domain of resentment, prompting Boundless Ancestor and the others to combine their powers against him.
• Ancestor Five Elements’s Sky-Opening Axe Ray wounded Shen Ni, and Hongjun and the others charged in before he could recover.
• Shen Ni absorbed baleful qi during the ongoing battle, while Ferocious Beasts and Innate Lifeforms fought fiercely across the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.
• Di Kun transformed battlefield corpses into Earth Veins, restored the Ancestral Vein to one-tenth of its original state, and extended the Earth Veins deeper into the mountains as Zhou Jun began creating the Abyss.

Zhou Jun used Mount Zhou’s power and the Stone Tablet to suppress the space beneath the Sea of Blood, then opened an Abyss World by transforming Chaos Energy and resentment into a growing realm. As his creation expanded, the Stone Tablet shattered, and bloodfalls poured through the opening onto the breaking land.

• Zhou Jun placed the Stone Tablet beneath a Bloodfall so it could absorb Pangu’s Dao charm, then entered the space beneath the Sea of Blood with it.
• Zhou Jun used Mount Zhou’s power to suppress the space and sever its connection with the Primordial Wilderness.
• Zhou Jun swung the Green Lotus Hoe, splitting Chaos Energy into Clear and Turbid Qi and combining Gray Qi with the Resentment Bead’s contents to form a continent.
• Zhou Jun expanded the space into an Abyss World, while the Stone Tablet absorbed Calamity Qi and Resentful Energy and began to crack.
• Zhou Jun’s released desires pushed the Stone Tablet past its limit, causing it to shatter and the continent to break apart as bloodfalls poured from the opening.

Di Kun awakened from the Earthly Dao’s influence as the Beast Nest shattered and the Ferocious Beast Tribulation ended. Shen Ni accepted a Great Dao oath sending the ferocious beasts into the Abyss until future tribulations, while merit was distributed to those who had contributed.

• Di Kun merged with the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, guided their restoration, and was drawn toward merging with the Earthly Dao before Shen Ni’s Beast Nest shattered and restored his awareness.
• Ancestor Hongjun and the others realized that the shattered Beast Nest meant the ferocious beasts could no longer reproduce, while Luohu urged Shen Ni to surrender and Shen Ni attacked instead.
• Luohu persuaded the others to continue fighting Shen Ni, but the Eye of the Great Dao appeared as Shen Yuan declared that the Abyss would gather Calamity Qi, Resentful Energy, and Killing Intent.
• Shen Ni swore to lead the ferocious beasts into the Abyss, making it their homeland and barring them from the Primordial Wilderness except during future tribulations.
• The Great Dao accepted Shen Ni’s oath, ended the Ferocious Beast Tribulation, and distributed merit among its participants, including Di Kun and Shen Yuan.
• The Eye of the Great Dao gathered the ferocious beasts into the Beast Nest, and Shen Ni prepared to leave the Primordial Wilderness after warning Yang Mei and Hongjun that he would challenge them again.

After the ferocious-beast calamity ended, Di Kun restored the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains and developed the Earth Dao while Zhou Jun’s opening of the Abyss revealed that it had inherited the Chaos Gods and Demons’ legacy. Zhou Jun discovered that the Abyss, the Blood River, and a hidden force were connected to the barrier preventing their advancement, and he summoned Di Kun to discuss what came next.

• Shen Ni vanished with the Beast Nest and ferocious-beast army, while Hongjun realized the altered outcome had undermined his plans and his cooperation with the Chaos Gods and Demons.
• The surviving northern beings left the devastated Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, and Di Kun brought the Yuanchu Life Tree and half the Yuanchu Elves there to restore its Ancestral Vein.
• Di Kun concealed and developed the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, but an invisible force blocked his final step toward the Grand Unity Dao Fruit.
• After Zhou Jun summoned him, Di Kun learned that opening the Abyss had transferred the Chaos Gods and Demons’ legacy into it, while the Abyss expanded and its inhabitants, including Shen Ni’s ferocious beasts, adapted to their new world.
• Shen Yuan observed the Heavenly Dao and Earthly Dao taking control of the Abyss, then realized the Blood River was separating the Primordial World from the Abyss and sensed a hidden hand advancing his plans.
• Shen Yuan sent word to Di Kun and returned to Wuyi Mountain to wait for him and consider their next move.

After learning Shen Yuan’s discoveries, Di Kun reconsidered the Primordial Wilderness’s origins and planned to thwart Hongjun’s Dao merger through preparations tied to the Dragon-Phoenix conflict. He strengthened Wuyi Mountain and fostered its growth, while Hongjun reassessed Di Kun and shifted toward cooperating with the Primordial Wilderness’s Innate Gods and Demons against the Abyss.

• Di Kun questioned Shen Yuan about the relationship between essence, qi, and spirit, then concluded that Heaven, Earth, and Man were linked to essence, qi, and spirit through Reincarnation.
• Di Kun sent Shen Yuan to Mount Zhou to complete his earlier task and explained that the Dragon-Phoenix clans’ conflict might be a setup for the Dao and Demon Struggle rather than the true calamity.
• After Shen Yuan departed, Di Kun examined his developing Grand Unity Dao Fruit and prepared to return to the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.
• Di Kun chose to reinforce Wuyi Mountain, whose growing Dao charm had attracted Innate Beings, and considered promoting trade there to nurture the Treasure Dropping Coin and Treasure Gathering Basin.
• Di Kun strengthened Wuyi Mountain and its connections to the surrounding Earth Veins, deepening Earth Dao cultivation and spreading vitality through the Eastern Continent.
• Hongjun sensed Wuyi Mountain’s transformation, judged Di Kun to be exceptionally powerful, abandoned plans to destroy him, and began reconsidering an alliance against the Chaos Gods and Demons in the Abyss.