Chapter Summaries

East King Duke attacked the Dragon Clan’s island, but Haotian defeated him and drove him back to Purple Mansion Continent. Afterward, Hongjun searched for the Three Pure Ones, while Panhu and the Ancestral Witches began plotting to use Hongjun’s Samsara Purple Lotus to create reincarnation.

• East King Duke entered the Dragon Clan’s array and battled seven True Dragons until Haotian arrived and overwhelmed him.
• East King Duke fled to Purple Mansion Continent, where Haotian’s forces defeated the Purple Mansion immortals before East King Duke retreated behind the island’s protection array.
• Hongjun watched the battle, then traveled to East Kunlun to seek the Three Pure Ones but failed to find them.
• Hongjun headed west to observe his enemy and gather artifact-refining materials, unaware that Panhu had spotted him.
• Panhu explained reincarnation to the other Ancestral Witches and revealed that Hongjun possessed the Twelve-grade Samsara Purple Lotus, prompting them to propose taking it.

The Thirteen Ancestral Witches confronted Hongjun and demanded that he help evolve reincarnation with his Twelve-grade Samsara Purple Lotus. Their negotiations erupted into battle, while Lu Yang revealed that their conflict had fixed reincarnation’s appearance in the Heavenly Mandate.

• Panhu persuaded the Ancestral Witches to seek Hongjun’s cooperation, and the thirteen traveled to intercept him after he left East Kunlun.
• Houtu and Panhu questioned Hongjun about the Twelve-grade Purple Lotus and urged him to use it to evolve reincarnation, but Hongjun claimed it was not yet ready.
• Panhu and the other Ancestral Witches attacked after Hongjun refused, and Hongjun fought back with the Pangu Banner while preventing them from forming the All-Heavenly Divine Fiend Great Array.
• The battle devastated the surrounding lands and destroyed low-level worlds, killing countless living beings.
• Lu Yang calculated the Heavenly Secrets and concluded that the Ancestral Witches’ attack had determined reincarnation’s appearance within one Cosmic Epoch.

Panhu and the Ancestral Witches forced Hongjun to evolve reincarnation immediately, then planned the Six Paths and built the Eighteen Levels of Hell in the Netherworld. As they prepared to begin the evolution, Hongjun produced a Twelve-grade Purple Lotus containing the Law of Reincarnation, while Ancestor Dragon sensed an approaching Calamity and found the Heavenly Secrets concealed.

• Hongjun stopped fighting after calculating that reincarnation had become part of the Heavenly Mandate, and he agreed to evolve it with the Ancestral Witches in a hundred thousand years.
• Panhu urged the group to evolve reincarnation immediately, and Hongjun yielded; they chose the Netherworld and agreed on the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Panhu broke the barrier between the Yin-Yang realms, and the group entered the Netherworld to plan reincarnation and construct the Eighteen Levels of Hell.
• Ancestor Dragon sensed an approaching Calamity, but he could not see the Heavenly Secrets because Hongjun had concealed them with the Ancestral Witches’ power.
• Hongjun and the Ancestral Witches completed the Eighteen Levels of Hell, then Hongjun brought out a Twelve-grade Purple Lotus containing the Law of Reincarnation.

Hongjun and the Thirteen Ancestral Witches evolved the Six Paths of Reincarnation, earning immense Merit and strengthening the Ancestral Witches. The new reincarnation system drew the attention of Minghe, Lu Yang, and the Western powers, while Panhu discovered that Hongjun and Lu Yang had each made their own plans within it.

• Minghe watched Hongjun reveal the Twelve-grade Purple Lotus and envied its power, but he remained hidden in the Blood Sea, afraid of the Ancestral Witches and Hongjun.
• Panhu and the other Ancestral Witches formed the All-Heavenly Divine Fiend Great Array, and Hongjun entered it as they used the array and the purple lotus to evolve reincarnation.
• After several hundred years, the Six Paths of Reincarnation appeared, and Heavenly Dao bestowed immense Merit on Hongjun and the Ancestral Witches, whose laws grew more than ten thousand times stronger.
• Lu Yang sensed the Primordial World's growth accelerate, while Panhu learned that Lu Yang had comprehended the Law of Reincarnation and had placed six Golden Crow Eggs into reincarnation; Panhu also discovered Hongjun had hidden an Innate Spiritual Treasure there.
• Minghe learned that the Blood Sea was connected to the Asura Path and resolved to cultivate until he could create the Asura Race.
• Jieyin and Zhunti learned of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and Maha joined them as they set out for the Netherworld.

As great powers searched the Netherworld for reincarnation, Rahu implicated the Witch Clan, drawing attacks against them as the Calamity approached. Lu Yang raced to prove Hunyuan Dao Fruit before a Sage could threaten him, while Ancestor Qiankun attacked the Witch Clan settlement and battled Gonggong and Zhurong.

• Human Tribe warriors used their totems to open a passage to the Netherworld and went in search of opportunities.
• Rahu and other great powers searched the Blood Sea and Hell for reincarnation, but failed to find it; Rahu concluded that its evolution involved Pangu Bloodline and revealed his finding.
• Lu Yang sensed that the Calamity would erupt soon and resolved to prove Hunyuan Dao Fruit before Hongjun or Rahu became a Sage.
• As the Calamity Sha intensified, Rahu's revelation made the Witch Clan a target, and many races began provoking them over reincarnation.
• Ancestor Qiankun attacked the Witch Clan settlement with the Qiankun Cauldron, but Gonggong and Zhurong joined forces and blasted it away before the battle continued.

As the Dragon-Phoenix Calamity erupted, Lu Ya joined the conflict and accepted Tai Shang’s Xuanhuang Pagoda for protection. After witnessing Rahu secretly inflame the clans’ hostilities, Lu Ya fought off and killed three Kirin, while the Demon and Witch Clans attacked the Kirin Clan below Buzhou Mountain.

• Ancestor Dragon and Candle Dragon discovered that the Calamity had begun and worried over the Dragon Clan’s fate.
• At Kunlun Mountain, the Three Pure Ones decided to seal their dojo, and Tai Shang lent Lu Ya the Xuanhuang Pagoda when he refused to stay.
• Lu Ya sensed a Lesser Thousand World advancing into a Middle Thousand World, then watched Rahu stir up conflict among the Dragon, Phoenix, and Kirin Clans.
• Protected by the Xuanhuang Pagoda, Lu Ya survived an ambush by three Grand Unity Kirin and pursued and killed all three.
• The Thirteen Ancestral Witches led the Witch Clan into battle against the Kirin Clan below Buzhou Mountain, while the Demon Clan also attacked.

Lu Yang exposed Rahu’s long-running crimes to the Primordial World, turning the Dragon, Phoenix, and Kirin Clans against him and driving Rahu’s followers from Mount Sumeru. As powerful beings converged on the mountain, Zhunti, Jieyin, and Maha fought off rivals seeking to claim it.

• Purple light screens appeared across the Primordial World and showed Rahu killing Dragons, Kirin, and Phoenix while planting false evidence to fuel conflict among the three clans.
• Rahu realized his schemes had been exposed, decided to hide, and abandoned Mount Sumeru as his Demon Clan followers debated whether to break with him.
• The Dragon, Phoenix, and Kirin Clans and numerous other experts headed west to hunt Rahu, while Hongjun joined Ancestor Yin Yang, Ancestor Qiankun, and Ancestor Aurora on their journey there.
• Zhunti, Jieyin, and Maha arrived at Mount Sumeru hoping to claim its blessed land, where dozens of Da Luo had already gathered to contest ownership.
• Five Da Luo attacked Zhunti, Jieyin, and Maha, but the trio used their spiritual treasures to hold them off and gain a slight advantage.

Mahā, Zhunti, and Jieyin fought the Grand Unity cultivators battling over Mount Sumeru, while Rahu’s accusations made the Primordial World believe Hongjun had exposed his secrets. As Lu Yang watched from the Western Wasteland, Rahu was eventually found by Ancestor Dragon, Yuan Feng, and First Kirin.

• Mahā, Zhunti, and Jieyin defeated the Grand Unity cultivators at Mount Sumeru, killing several while their souls entered reincarnation.
• Rahu ambushed Hongjun with the God-Slaying Spear, then accused him of exposing Rahu’s secrets before vanishing.
• Ancestor Yin Yang, Ancestor Qiankun, and Ancestor Aurora doubted Hongjun’s denial, and Azure Dragon spread word that Hongjun had exposed Rahu.
• News of Hongjun’s supposed role spread across the Primordial World, raising his reputation and making his enemies wary of him.
• Lu Yang realized Calamity Sha aura had driven Rahu to blame and attack Hongjun, while Hongjun’s refusal to swear an oath strengthened the rumor.
• After several years passed in the Western Wasteland, Ancestor Dragon, Yuan Feng, and First Kirin found Rahu.

Rahu trapped Ancestor Dragon, Yuan Feng, and First Kirin in the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and fought them with its overwhelming power. Lu Yang watched from a distant projection, while Yuan Feng began to discern the formation’s mysteries, prompting Rahu to focus his killing intent on her.

• Ancestor Dragon, Yuan Feng, and First Kirin found Rahu in the Sea of Sand and entered the oasis after he refused to come out.
• Rahu trapped the three in the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and attacked them with its four swords, black lotuses, and God-Slaying Spear.
• Ancestor Dragon, Yuan Feng, and First Kirin joined forces against Rahu, but his formation and treasures gave him the upper hand as he summoned increasingly powerful Sword Qi.
• Lu Yang observed the battle from a distant projection and decided to help the three, who faced danger despite their clans’ Fortune.
• Yuan Feng noticed sunlight from the Sun Star and discerned part of the formation’s mysteries, then explained her discovery to Ancestor Dragon and First Kirin.
• After First Kirin suggested Yuan Feng had an affinity with the formation, Rahu grew suspicious and resolved to kill her.

Lu Yang’s manipulation led to the Archaic Poison Dragon escaping its seal, lowering the Moon Osmanthus’s grade and destroying much of Wangshu’s Moon Palace. After discovering the damage, Wangshu traveled to the Sun Star to find the dragon and uncover how it had escaped.

• The Archaic Poison Dragon broke free from the Moon Osmanthus, whose grade fell from top-tier to high-grade, then attacked and heavily damaged the Moon Palace.
• The Archaic Poison Dragon returned to the Sun Star, where Xihe met it and sparred with it without either gaining a clear victory.
• Lu Yang observed the events and considered how the Moon Osmanthus’s lost Fortune had flowed to the Sun Star.
• Wangshu discovered the damage to the Moon Palace and the Moon Osmanthus, realized the Archaic Poison Dragon had escaped, and decided to pursue it.
• Wangshu arrived at the Sun Star and descended through its Ninefold Sea of Fire despite the heat making her uncomfortable.

Wangshu found Xihe on the Sun Star and confronted her, while the Archaic Poison Dragon challenged Wangshu and was quickly frozen. Wangshu tracked Xihe into a Great Thousand World and prepared to punish her, but Xihe’s insult about Wangshu being a remnant beneath Great God Pangu’s axe provoked her killing intent.

• Wangshu followed Xihe’s aura to her cave abode, where Xihe revealed her transformation into a Sun Star creature but refused to explain it.
• The Archaic Poison Dragon arrived and attacked Wangshu, who used the Taiyin Treasure Pearl to freeze much of its body.
• Xihe joined the fight with Great Sun Golden Flame, but Wangshu froze the Poison Dragon completely and Xihe fled underground.
• Lu Yang caused the frozen Poison Dragon to sink into the Sun Star’s magma, where the ice melted and freed it.
• Wangshu tracked Xihe by her aura into a Great Thousand World and declared that she would send Xihe’s divine soul into reincarnation.
• Xihe rejected Wangshu’s judgment, called her a remnant beneath Great God Pangu’s axe, and triggered Wangshu’s killing intent.

Wangshu was ambushed by Xihe and the Archaic Poison Dragon after Lu Yang’s Mind Monkey invaded her mental realm, leaving her severely injured even after she drove it out. She escaped into the starry sky, while Lu Yang considered using the Mind Monkey to establish an Inner Demon Tribulation and placed his hopes on the Chaos Golden Crow.

• Lu Yang sent the Mind Monkey into Wangshu’s mental realm, where it fought her Moon Rabbit form as Xihe and the Archaic Poison Dragon attacked her body.
• Xihe and the Archaic Poison Dragon wounded Wangshu and inflicted a serious Dao injury while she struggled against the Mind Monkey.
• Wangshu found the Mind Monkey’s weakness, drove it from her mental realm, and escaped the Sun Star despite Xihe and the Archaic Poison Dragon pursuing her.
• Xihe and the Archaic Poison Dragon lost Wangshu in the depths of the starry sky and considered waiting until they grew stronger to face her again.
• Lu Yang planned to use the Mind Monkey to establish an Inner Demon Tribulation during the Dragon-Phoenix Calamity and relied on the Chaos Golden Crow to help him prove Hunyuan Dao Fruit.

The Immortal Slaying Sword Formation devastated the cultivators trapped inside while Rahu continued to withstand the Quasi-Saints. Outside the formation, the Chaos Golden Crow absorbed leaking Primordial Origin Energy, and Hongjun, Ancestor Yin Yang, and Ancestor Qiankun entered to confront Rahu.

• Hundreds of Grand Unity level cultivators struggled against the formation’s sword qi, and one was killed after earlier attempts to counter the formation had failed.
• The Chaos Golden Crow absorbed leaking Origin Energy beyond the Primordial World Barrier, reaching one hundred million Calamities' worth of magic power as Lu Yang used a small amount of Merit to guide it.
• Zhunti watched a black-robed Daoist seize a treasure fragment, then saw the Daoist die when Rahu teleported out a High-grade Primordial Spiritual Treasure that detonated.
• Daoist Hongjun, Ancestor Yin Yang, and Ancestor Qiankun arrived and entered the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation after their attempts to restrain its swords failed.
• Hongjun found Rahu standing on the World-Destroying Black Lotus Dharma Platform, still suppressing the Grand Unity cultivators while facing the Quasi-Saints.

The Azure Dragon entered the Outer Chaos to avoid the Calamity and gather Primordial Origin Energy, but the Chaos Golden Crow overwhelmed and devoured him. Lu Yang observed other attempts to gain power beyond the Primordial World and saw the Chaos Golden Crow’s mana approach the amount needed for the Sun Star to prove the Hunyuan Dao Fruit.

• The Azure Dragon left the Primordial World and searched for Primordial Origin Energy in the Chaos, refining it to increase his mana.
• A Chaos Storm swept the Azure Dragon far from the Primordial World, and after finding his way back, he continued gathering Primordial Origin Energy.
• The Chaos Golden Crow appeared, hunted the Azure Dragon, shattered his defenses, and devoured him.
• A Western Wilderness cultivator who had used a Great Vow to rise from Mystic Immortal to Quasi-Saint lost that cultivation upon entering the Chaos and was destroyed by Chaos Qi.
• The Chaos Golden Crow’s mana approached one Immeasurable Calamity, bringing the Sun Star closer to proving the Hunyuan Dao Fruit.

Yang Mei discovered Lu Yang’s Chaos Golden Crow avatar in the chaos and tried to capture it, forcing Lu Yang to spend most of his Merit to strengthen his Primordial Spirit Cultivation. The Golden Crow reached the magic power of one Immeasurable Calamity and broke free of Yang Mei’s bindings, but remained trapped nearby while Lu Yang prepared to prove Hunyuan Dao Fruit.

• Lu Yang sensed danger to his Chaos Golden Crow avatar beyond the heavens as it neared the magic power needed to prove Hunyuan Dao Fruit.
• Yang Mei encountered the Chaos Golden Crow, attacked it, and pursued it when it tried to flee.
• Yang Mei overwhelmed the Golden Crow with spatial powers and bound it in Chaos Willow Tendrils.
• Lu Yang used most of his Merit to raise his Primordial Spirit Cultivation, sending more magic power to the struggling avatar.
• The Chaos Golden Crow accumulated the magic power of one Immeasurable Calamity and used its sun-and-moon eyes to break Yang Mei’s bindings.
• The Golden Crow stayed to stall Yang Mei while Lu Yang’s main body prepared to prove Hunyuan Dao Fruit.

Lu Yang proved the Hunyuan Dao Fruit and escaped Yang Mei by concealing his newfound power. As the Three Clans’ war continued to devastate the Primordial World, Lu Yang began planning to use the Chaos Golden Crow and celestial origins in his Three Corpses cultivation.

• Lu Yang proved the Hunyuan Dao Fruit, gained the ability to use any Golden Crow as his true body, and chose not to integrate with the Primordial Heavenly Dao.
• Lu Yang escaped Yang Mei, who concluded that the Chaos Golden Crow had hidden its strength and traveled to contact Di Jun.
• Yang Mei warned Di Jun against seeking the Chaos Golden Crow, but heavenly lightning destroyed the wisp of Yang Mei’s divine soul in the Hollow Willow Tree.
• Lu Yang decided to make the first Chaos Golden Crow one of his Three Corpses and sent a strand of his Primordial Spirit to take origin from the Moon Star.
• The Dragon, Phoenix, and Kirin Three Clans continued their devastating war as Azure Dragon, Black Tortoise, Vermilion Bird, and White Tiger fought across the battlefield.

Lu Yang intervened in the Shadow Crow King Nine Netherworld’s attempt to evolve into a Nine Nether Crow, using the World-Ending Millstone to turn him into one of his avatars. After Nine Netherworld emerged from the array, he led the Shadow Crow Clan into the Netherworld to establish itself in the Nine Netherworld Land.

• Nine Netherworld activated the Nine Netherworld Great Array and entered it to absorb Nine Netherworld Power and transform his Innate Origin.
• Lu Yang noticed the ritual and sent the World-Ending Millstone into the array, where it ground Nine Netherworld’s body and primordial spirit into a new three-legged Nether Crow avatar.
• The three-legged Nether Crow absorbed the Fire of the Nine Netherworld, reached Golden Immortal cultivation, and gained a Grand Unity level Innate Origin.
• Nine Netherworld emerged from the array and told the Shadow Crows to follow him into the Netherworld, promising to help them evolve as well.
• Nine Netherworld crossed into the Netherworld, and the Shadow Crow Clan followed, abandoning its nest on Youdu Mountain.

Nine Netherworld transformed dozens of Shadow Crows into Nine Nether Crows, and eleven of them tried to ambush Donghuang Taiyi. Donghuang Taiyi destroyed them, prompting Jiuyou to forbid further rash attacks as he resumed cultivating in the Nine Netherworld Land.

• Nine Netherworld took control of the Nine Netherworld Land and used its power to transform the Shadow Crows who endured the process into Nine Nether Crows, renaming the clan the Nine Netherworld Clan.
• Eleven newly evolved Nine Nether Crows left the Netherworld and decided to kill Donghuang Taiyi and take the Eastern Emperor Bell for Nine Netherworld.
• The eleven Nine Nether Crows ambushed Donghuang Taiyi after he killed twenty-seven Grand Unity Golden Immortals, but his protective divine light stopped their attacks.
• Donghuang Taiyi entered and broke the Nine Netherworld Great Array, then burned all eleven Nine Nether Crows to ashes with Sun True Fire.
• Jiuyou told the remaining Nine Nether Crows and Yin Crows not to act rashly, then began cultivating with the Nine Netherworld Power gathering around him.

Rahu killed Ancestor Qiankun and Ancestor Yin Yang during the battle in the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, while Hongjun collected their treasures. Lu Ya warned the remaining powers that Rahu intended to achieve Unity of Person and Formation, a step that would exhaust his remaining Fortune and bring the Heavenly Mandate down upon him.

• Rahu baited Ancestor Qiankun into attacking, then pierced him with Chaos Sword Qi and destroyed his body and primordial spirit.
• Hongjun used the Qiankun Divine Incantation to claim Ancestor Qiankun's treasures before the First Kirin could seize the Qiankun Cauldron.
• Ancestor Yin Yang failed to restrain Rahu's Black Lotus Dharma Platform, was gravely wounded by Rahu, and self-detonated, damaging Rahu's defenses.
• Hongjun recited the Yin Yang Divine Incantation and took the Taiji Diagram after Ancestor Yin Yang's death.
• Di Jun recognized that Rahu's Fortune was draining and that Rahu had no way to escape the coming Heavenly Mandate.
• Lu Ya warned Hongjun and the other powers that Rahu intended to achieve Unity of Person and Formation, but Rahu chose to delay while he still had Fortune to spare.

Hongjun gathered the Innate Five Directions Banners to weaken Rahu’s Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, while Lu Yang gained insight into the Five Elements Laws. As the great powers pressed Rahu and prevented him from merging with the formation, two mysterious black- and white-robed figures arrived and entered the battle.

• Hongjun told Di Jun that gathering the Innate Five Directions Banners could weaken the formation, and the great powers brought the five banners together to suppress the Black Lotus Dharma Platform.
• The banners weakened the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation by thirty percent, while Lu Yang strengthened his understanding of the Five Elements Laws and prepared to send his Good and Evil Two Corpses into the formation.
• The great powers continued attacking Rahu, and Hongjun used the Pangu Banner to stop him from merging with the formation.
• Lu Ya healed Yuan Feng with Innate Flame, and Yuan Feng brought forth the Phoenix Clan’s Myriad Birds Banner to destroy nearby sword qi.
• Two mysterious figures in black and white robes descended into the West Wasteland Sand Sea and entered the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.