Chapter Summaries

After Li Er’s ascension revealed his identity as Dao Ancestor Tai Shang, the Three Pure Ones prepared to take responsibility for the Primordial Wilderness. Meanwhile, Kong Qiu founded the Confucian School, created the Righteous Qi Art, and became a Human Dao Saint before surviving a lightning tribulation in Lu City.

• Laozi met Yuanshi and Tongtian in Kunlun, and the Three Pure Ones discussed Laozi’s attainment and their coming responsibility as Lords of the Heavenly Dao.
• Tongtian agreed to stand with his brothers, and the Three Pure Ones discussed the Dao, awakening spiritual beings across Kunlun Mountain.
• Kong Qiu founded the Confucian School and developed its teachings, then created the Righteous Qi Art and advanced to the Perfected Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm.
• The Confucian Dao River appeared, and Kong Qiu traveled upstream through the Space-Time Long River, imprinting the Confucian Dao into the Human and Heavenly Daos and receiving the Human Dao Saint Position.
• Fuxi, Shen Nong, and Xuanyuan sent the Kongtong Seal, the Book of the Human Dao, and the Qingfeng Sword to Kong Qiu as a lightning tribulation descended on Lu City.
• Kong Qiu used his words to shield and heal Lu City, then survived the tribulation with the protection of his treasures.

Kong Qiu overcame his Dao Creation Tribulation, founded the Confucian Dao and Jixia Academy, and became the Confucian Ancestor. His new teachings spread through Yanxia, setting the stage for a scientific cultivation era.

• Kong Qiu inscribed the Righteous Qi Art into Yanxia's fortune, allowing living beings to cultivate Confucian Dao and helping his disciples take their first steps.
• Merit formed the Book of Righteous Qi and stabilized Kong Qiu's power, after which he declared himself the Confucian Ancestor and founded Jixia Academy in Lu City.
• Fuxi and Taiqing Laozi visited Kong Qiu, and Laozi recognized that the Book of Righteous Qi could preserve Jixia Academy and spread its teachings.
• Taixuan connected Jixia Academy to the Void Realm, where Kong Qiu discovered the academy and wondered if the Dao Venerable had created it.
• Yanxia's many schools of thought were eventually integrated into the Confucian School, while the Confucian, Immortal, and Martial Daos advanced and spirit-energy technology launched the age of scientific cultivation.

At the Dao Realm’s Eon gathering, the Primordial World’s Sages compared their cultivation and learned how Luohou and Kong Qiu had advanced so quickly. Taixuan then revealed that Outer Realm Powers had coveted the Primordial World since Pangu created it, leaving the gathered beings to confront the truth about ancient invasions.

• Living beings at or above the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm gathered in the Dao Realm to hear the Sages preach, where the assembled population numbered exactly 1,296,000.
• Minghe, the Four Spirits of Heaven and Earth, Bei Xuan, and others asked Kong Qiu and Luohou how they had reached such powerful cultivation.
• Luohou explained that he had refined Chaos Qi into World Origin with Qiongqi Chaos and the Demon Race, and advanced through his Demonic Path Law; Kong Qiu credited the Human Race’s Innate Dao Body.
• Yuanshi and Tongtian explained that the second Taiqing was an avatar created from the Three Pure Ones’ Original Sources, altered by Laozi’s Mortal Incarnation.
• Taixuan warned that the Primordial World was not safe, and Luohou disclosed that part of the world he had seized came from beyond the Primordial World.
• Taixuan explained that Outer Realm Powers had instigated the Primordial Beast Calamity, prompting the gathered beings to connect the invasion with the near destruction of the Primordial Star Gods.

Taixuan revealed the Outer Chaos’s past interference and declared his intention to lead a counterattack, warning that mortals who absorb World Origin without a proper foundation would perish. He began a series of sermons to strengthen the Dao Realm’s cultivators, with Xuan Yuan and Kong Qiu teaching their respective paths.

• Taixuan told the Sages and Quasi-Saint Great Powers how Destiny and other Chaos Demon Gods had allied with the Outer Realm Powers to hinder the Primordial World’s growth.
• Luohou guessed that Taixuan planned a counterattack against the Outer Chaos, and Taixuan confirmed it while exposing Luohou’s interest in seizing World Origin.
• Taixuan demonstrated that World Origin could kill cultivators whose foundations were too weak, then promised that contributing to the Primordial World could lead them to Sagehood or the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Xuan Yuan preached the Human Immortal Martial Dao for nearly ten thousand years and answered the listeners’ questions.
• Kong Qiu began preaching the Confucian Dao, using written words to reveal the Three Thousand Great Daos and bring his listeners into enlightenment.

After the Primordial Wilderness’s great powers finished preaching, Laojun expounded the Yin-Yang Dao and condensed a Creation Dao Fruit prototype. He declared himself Dao Ancestor Tai Shang and asked to unite with the Heavenly Dao, while Taixuan brought forth his own perfected Dao Fruit.

• Kong Qiu and the other great powers preached their respective Daos, and listeners across the Primordial Wilderness gained cultivation and insight.
• Fuxi recognized Kong Ming’s Acquired Eight Trigrams and sent a golden streak of light into him.
• Taixuan ordered Laojun to preach, and Laojun revealed a profound Dao Resonance that astonished Yangmei.
• Laojun’s Yin-Yang teachings manifested myriad creations, and a Black-White Dao Fruit formed above him and merged with his Primordial Spirit.
• Laojun, declaring himself Li Er, claimed the position of Dao Ancestor Tai Shang and asked the Heavenly Dao to approve his union with it.
• Taixuan released a more perfected Cyan-Gold Dao Fruit, leaving Yangmei trembling at the sight.

Taixuan arranged for Laojun to merge with the Heavenly Dao, then organized the Primordial World's first counterattack against the Outer Chaos for one Eon later. He selected the expedition's participants and gave them the Chaos Spirit Mirror, which could resurrect the dead at the cost of their Original Source.

• Taixuan placed three thousand Great Dao seeds into Laojun, and Laojun merged with the Heavenly Dao as its Dao Ancestor.
• After the Heavenly Dao Laws appeared and the gathered powers comprehended them, Laojun left to familiarize himself with the Heavenly Dao's operations.
• Taixuan told everyone to prepare for a counterattack against the Outer Chaos in one Eon and asked who would join and who would guard the Primordial World.
• Luohou, Tongtian, Haotian, and many other powers volunteered for the expedition, while Taixuan assigned Zhen Yuanzi to remain and defend the Primordial World.
• Taixuan distributed Chaos Spirit Mirrors to the expedition's leaders, explaining that the mirrors could resurrect fallen beings but repeated resurrections could damage their path to the Dao.

After receiving a sign from Heaven, Haotian went to ask Nuwa to witness his Heavenly Marriage with Yao Chi. Nuwa agreed and proposed arranging the other marriages of Heaven, Earth, and Man as well, but Ling Zhuzi interrupted them with an eager question.

• Haotian told Yao Chi he planned to join the expedition against the Outer Chaos, and she offered to accompany him.
• Haotian realized his bond with Yao Chi was connected to the Heavenly Marriage and told her he cherished her beyond that fate.
• Haotian went to Wa Huang Palace, where Golden Phoenix led him to Nuwa and he encountered Ling Zhuzi.
• Haotian asked Nuwa to witness his Heavenly Marriage, and Nuwa agreed to arrange it alongside the marriages involving the Earth Emperor, Xuanyuan, and the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan.
• Ling Zhuzi interrupted Haotian and Nuwa to ask whom Haotian was marrying, and Nuwa scolded him.

Ling Zhuzi joined the preparations for the Primordial World's counterattack, while Haotian arranged the Three Marriages of Heaven, Earth, and Man. On the wedding day, Haotian arrived at Yingzhou Immortal Island to escort Yao Chi to the Heavenly Court, as Shen Nong and Xuanyuan set out to welcome their brides.

• Nuwa agreed to let Ling Zhuzi accompany Haotian to the Outer Chaos, and Haotian returned to the Heavenly Court to make arrangements.
• Ling Zhuzi informed Shen Nong and Xuanyuan about the plans, while Golden Phoenix went to Yingzhou Immortal Island to assist Yao Chi.
• Haotian sent wedding invitations throughout the Primordial World, and Queen Mother of the West offered to oversee the Heavenly Court's preparations.
• The wedding day arrived, and Haotian, Shen Nong, and Xuanyuan departed to welcome Yao Chi, Netherworld Tingyu, and the Nine-tailed Fox of the You Su Clan.
• Haotian reached Yingzhou Immortal Island, presented betrothal gifts to Yao Chi, and invited her to accompany him to the Heavenly Court.

Nuwa officiated the Three Marriages of Heaven, Earth, and Man for Haotian, Yao Chi, Shen Nong, Tingyu, Xuanyuan, and the You Su Clan, and the ceremony produced merit and sent the Red Embroidered Ball to a new master. Kuafu was reborn as the Old Man of the Moon and took charge of marriage, while the Yanxia cultivators joined the Heavenly Court after the thousand-year banquet.

• The Queen Mother of the West welcomed Nuwa to the Jade Pond, where the gathered powers witnessed her call upon the Three Daos to approve the three imperial couples’ marriages.
• Nuwa completed the wedding rites, and the resulting merit raised Yao Chi, Tingyu, and the You Su Clan’s cultivation, empowered the Red Embroidered Ball, and rewarded the guests.
• The Red Embroidered Ball flew to Peach Mountain, where Houtu’s Life-and-Death Force helped Kuafu return to life, and he took the marriage office as the Old Man of the Moon.
• Haotian recognized Kuafu’s new divine office while discussing Heavenly Court positions and Earth Gods with Zhen Yuanzi.
• The Heavenly Court banquet lasted over a thousand years, and Yanxia cultivators filled many vacant divine positions.

After an Eon of preparation, Taixuan led nearly ten million Primordial Wilderness forces into the Outer Chaos to begin a counterattack. He revealed that their Great Thousand Worlds would merge with the Primordial World, then sent the expedition through a purple-black gate into the Abnormal Chaos.

• Taixuan announced the counterattack, and the Heavenly Court, Sages, clans, and other factions assembled their armies.
• Laozi brought Dong Hua, whom he had guided back through Reincarnation, and Haotian proposed that Dong Hua earn a place among the Four Emperors.
• Yuanshi, Zhen Yuanzi, Minghe, Luohou, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, Jieyin, Zhunti, and other leaders arrived with their forces.
• Taixuan showed the Sages that nearly half of Chaos had transformed into the Primordial World and said their Great Thousand Worlds would help it expand into an Origin World.
• Taixuan merged the Great Thousand Worlds around the Primordial World and transported the expedition to the Abnormal Chaos.
• Taixuan ordered the expedition to slaughter the Outer Chaos forces and turn them into Heaven and Earth Origin as a purple-black gate appeared before them.

Taixuan entered the Abnormal Chaos, where he was ambushed by Pangu’s plans and found Qing Yun being hunted by a powerful Abnormality. He faced the creature while Qing Yun used the Creation Green Lotus to defend herself.

• Yangmei and Wangshu entered the passage, and Tongtian, Laozi, and the others sent the Heavenly Court and Yanxia Immortal Dynasty forces through in an organized formation.
• Taixuan met Pangu and the Great Dao at the border of the Abnormal Chaos and questioned whether they would respond to the threat.
• Pangu slapped Taixuan into the Abnormal Chaos, then secretly sent a Dao Resonance after him to test his strength.
• Taixuan sensed Qing Yun in danger and teleported to her, finding her pursued by a Dao-level Abnormality.
• The Abnormality transformed and surged from the third to the sixth layer of the Heavenly Dao Level, so Taixuan told Qing Yun to protect herself with the Creation Green Lotus as he prepared to test it.

Taixuan fought the God of Abundance in the Abnormal World and discovered that it possessed the Devouring Concept, which let it absorb attacks and regenerate. He exploited its weakness to destroy it, then collected its remains and left with Qing Yun.

• The God of Abundance attacked Taixuan with tentacles infused with twisted Laws of Life and Creation, while Taixuan defended himself with the Creation Lotus Platform and struck back with the Primordial World Pearl.
• Taixuan found that the God of Abundance could withstand his attacks and regenerate, and he suspected the Abnormal World possessed Conceptual Traits beyond the Great Dao.
• The God of Abundance made Taixuan's divine sense vanish, leading Taixuan to identify its Conceptual Trait as Devouring.
• Taixuan created Chaos Spirit Treasures to make the God of Abundance devour them, then used his Pangu Clan inheritance to exploit its weakness.
• Taixuan sealed the space-time, interfered with fate, and destroyed the God of Abundance's divine soul and True Spirit before storing its remains and leaving with Qing Yun.

Taixuan rescued Qing Yun after the God of Abundance fell, while Taichu prepared to spread the Origin Dao among the Chaos Demon Gods and advance his own plans. The newly emerging Demon Gods learned of the Origin Dao and their task of opening worlds, and Zhouji reacted with battle intent after learning that someone was stronger than him.

• Several powerful figures found only a trace of the God of Abundance's aura and realized that he had fallen without leaving evidence behind.
• Taixuan concealed himself and Qing Yun and set out to find Tongtian, Yangmei, and the others to warn them about the danger.
• Taichu decided to test whether Taixuan's Dao Fruit could bear more of the Origin Great Dao and continued transforming the Three Thousand Great Daos.
• Taichu named the supreme Great Dao the Origin Great Dao and sent its Conceptual Traits into Origin Chaos, giving every Demon God a special legacy.
• Axis Extreme, also called Zhouji, learned that Origin Chaos had nurtured the Demon Gods and that they would need to open worlds.
• Zhouji erupted with battle intent after learning that he was not the strongest Chaos Demon God, while Taichu planned to have the Demon Gods contribute to opening worlds and temper their dispositions.

Taichu watched the first Chaos Demon Gods emerge in the Origin Chaos and nudged them toward studying the Origin Dao and opening worlds. After Zhouji and Xin Ling were born, another Chaos Demon God prepared to emerge.

• Taichu spread the Origin Dao throughout the Origin Chaos, then secluded himself to study the newly born Origin Concept.
• Zhouji emerged as the Space-Time Demon God, declared control over the Space-Time Law, and displayed the power of a Hunyuan Taiji Daluo Golden Immortal.
• Taichu pressed Zhouji with his aura and told him to return to studying the Origin Dao, so Zhouji nurtured a World Seed into a Middle Thousand Worlds.
• Xin Ling emerged as the Mind Demon God and sensed Taichu's majestic Creation Green Lotus, then returned to his place of nurturing to study the Origin Dao.
• Zhouji noticed Xin Ling's reaction and resumed his cultivation, while another Chaos Demon God prepared to emerge.

Xing Ling emerged as the Star Demon God and caused the Star Concept to appear in the Origin Chaos, while Taichu comprehended it in seclusion. Taichu perfected his Dao Fruit, discovered that his world had transformed, and named its three great continents Origin, Creation, and Star.

• Si Ming, Zhu Yin, and Qi Ling emerged as Demon Gods and recognized that they needed to grow stronger and cultivate the Origin Dao.
• Wu Xiang emerged as the Material Demon God, and Taichu judged that his Four Symbols and Five Elements Laws suited him to cultivating the Origin Dao.
• Xing Ling emerged as the Star Demon God, causing star projections and the Star Concept to appear in the Origin Chaos; a seven-colored light entered his Primordial Spirit and greatly enhanced his comprehension.
• Netherworld, Liang Yi, and Myriad Spirits emerged as Demon Gods and received the same guidance to cultivate the Origin Dao.
• Taichu comprehended the Star Concept until he birthed it as his third concept and discovered that his opened world had transformed into a star-filled realm with three vast continents.
• Taichu named the continents Origin, Creation, and Star, then realized that his Dao Fruit could now support his Origin Great Daos and credited Xing Ling with helping perfect it.

Taichu emerged as an Origin Demon God, proclaimed control over the Origin Great Dao and Creation Great Dao, and ordered the Chaos Demon Gods to merge their worlds into the world he would create. As some rebelled, Zhouji and Xin Ling discussed Taichu’s strength and uncovered that the Origin Power that nurtured the Chaos Demon Gods came from the depths of the Chaos.

• Taichu revealed that Xing Ling had risen to the twelfth stage of the Hunyuan Taiji Daluo Golden Immortal realm and decided to emerge and begin creating a world.
• Taichu proclaimed himself an Origin Demon God who controlled the Origin Great Dao and Creation Great Dao, stunning the Chaos Demon Gods with his overwhelming pressure.
• Taichu announced that after one Kalpa Tribulation he would create a world and require the Chaos Demon Gods to merge their worlds with corresponding Star Projections, provoking many to plan resistance.
• Xin Ling visited Zhouji, who dismissed the rebels as ignorant and said their understanding of Taichu’s strength revealed the vast gap between them.
• Zhouji told Xin Ling that the Origin Power that nurtured all Chaos Demon Gods came from the depths of the Chaos.

Zhouji comprehended the truth of the Space-Time Great Dao and condensed a Dao Fruit, entering the Half-step Great Dao realm. Xin Ling grew resentful at falling further behind and secretly set out into Chaos, while Xing Ling investigated the growing number of Star Projections gathering in the Chaos Star Sea.

• Zhouji told Xin Ling that opposing the forces shaping Chaos was futile and could hinder his cultivation, so Xin Ling thanked him and left.
• Zhouji considered the many possible Space-Time branches, realized the future held infinite possibilities, and condensed a silver-gray Dao Fruit.
• Taichu sensed Zhouji's breakthrough and observed that Xing Ling might reach the Half-step Great Dao realm before opening a world.
• After sensing Zhouji's advance, Xin Ling grew bitter, concealed himself with the Mirror of Mind, and headed into Chaos in three directions.
• Xing Ling wondered why Taichu had set time as one Kalpa Tribulation and investigated why gathering Star Projections made comprehending Laws easier.

Xing Ling sought Zhouji’s advice and entered the Space-Time Sea, where he comprehended a powerful strand of the Star Concept and attained the Dao. He woke to Zhouji’s congratulations and learned that a Kalpa Tribulation was approaching, while Zhouji sensed Xing Ling had gained an extraordinary advantage.

• Xing Ling decided to seek Zhouji’s guidance rather than ask the dangerous Origin Demon God Taichu.
• Zhouji led Xing Ling into the Space-Time Sea, where Xing Ling resisted its power with the Stellar Law and discovered a seven-colored strand of Stellar Law.
• Taichu noticed the Star Concept responding to Xing Ling and confirmed that Xing Ling’s Original Source and True Spirit were unchanged.
• The Star Concept merged into Xing Ling, and his accumulated Law power formed a violet-gold Dao Fruit as he attained the Dao.
• Xing Ling awoke after a long cultivation, and Zhouji told him that a Kalpa Tribulation was approaching and that Xing Ling’s opportunity had likely put him ahead.

Xing Ling reached the Half-step Great Dao realm and returned to the Chaos Star Sea as Xin Ling led Chaos Demon Gods to confront Taichu. The confrontation ended with Taichu exposing Xin Ling’s knowledge of the Origin Dao, prompting the other demons to question him.

• Xing Ling told Zhouji he had gained something from his Dao Attainment but could not explain it, and Zhouji said Xin Ling and several Chaos Demon Gods were preparing to rebel against Taichu.
• Xin Ling sensed Xing Ling’s aura in the Space-Time Sea, assumed Zhouji had taught him how to break through, and led the Chaos Demon Gods toward Taichu before they could join his side.
• Zhouji invited Xing Ling to watch the confrontation, but Xing Ling returned to the Chaos Star Sea, where he sensed an unusual attraction to the Star Projections.
• Taichu appeared before Xin Ling and the Chaos Demon Gods, who accused him of demanding their worlds and threatening their place in the chaos.
• Taichu challenged Xin Ling over what Zhouji had told him about the Origin Dao, and the other Chaos Demon Gods demanded to know whether Xin Ling had deceived them.

Taichu punished the Chaos Demon Gods after Xin Ling led them against him, then used their fallen origins to create replacements and prepare new worlds. He spared and restrained the surviving gods, leaving them to await his instructions.

• Taichu revealed that he could create a new Mind Demon God from Mind Dao Origin, terrifying Xin Ling and the other Chaos Demon Gods.
• Xin Ling begged Taichu for mercy, but the Chaos Demon Gods attacked him by detonating their Dao bodies and Laws.
• Taichu obliterated Xin Ling and the most aggressive gods, then restored the damaged Chaos and gathered origins corresponding to the fallen gods.
• Taichu used Space-Time Grand Arrays to create replacement Chaos Demon Gods who already had the worlds he required.
• Taichu bound the surviving Chaos Demon Gods from freely using their Laws, spared them, and told them he would notify them when it was time to open the worlds.