Chapter Summaries

The Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches set out to gather materials and complete the Underworld before the Heavenly Dao awakened. At Treasure Distribution Rock, the Lingbao disappeared from the later-arriving Purple Firmament Palace guests and flew toward the Primordial Wilderness, where someone sensed a great opportunity approaching.

• Taiqing urged the Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches to focus on building the Underworld, and Dijiang agreed to gather materials with the Witch Race.
• Taiqing assigned Daoism, Heaven Demon, and his allies to help gather construction materials, then the Sanqing returned to Kunlun Mountain to form special hand seals.
• After Hongjun merged with the Dao, Dong Wang Gong rushed to Treasure Distribution Rock and collected the few treasures visible to him and his subordinates.
• Di Jun, Tai Yi, and the other later-arriving guests saw different treasures on the rock, but the Lingbao suddenly turned into streaks of light and flew toward the Primordial Wilderness.
• Dong Wang Gong celebrated the other guests' loss, while someone said an enormous wave of opportunities was rushing toward him.

Taiqing used the Spiritual Treasure Attraction Art to draw nearly a thousand treasures from Treasure Distribution Rock to Kunlun Mountain, where the Sanqing welcomed them. At Purple Cloud Palace, Dong Wang Gong considered seizing treasures from independent cultivators, but Hong Yun’s earlier instructions led an Immortal Court quasi-saint to urge him to recruit them instead.

• Taiqing, Yuqing Yuanshi, and Shangqing Lingbao used the Spiritual Treasure Attraction Art to draw nearly a thousand spiritual treasures from Treasure Distribution Rock to Kunlun Mountain.
• Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Lingbao praised Taiqing’s plan, and Taiqing led the Daoism disciples to gather materials for constructing the Underworld.
• Dong Wang Gong considered attacking Di Jun and Tai Yi for their treasures, but Immortal Court quasi-saints restrained him, so he turned his attention to the independent cultivators.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi remembered Hongjun’s warning, refrained from fighting Dong Wang Gong, and left with the Demon Race for the Heavenly Court.
• An Immortal Court quasi-saint reminded Dong Wang Gong that Hong Yun had instructed them to recruit independent cultivators, and Dong Wang Gong changed his attitude.

Dong Wang Gong recruited rogue cultivators after following Hong Yun’s advice, then took the Treasure Distribution Rock for himself. At the Demon Race Heavenly Court, Xuanqing congratulated Di Jun and Tai Yi on receiving Hongmeng Purple Qi before asking them for a large amount of spirit materials.

• Dong Wang Gong ordered the Immortal Court to courteously recruit rogue cultivators and leave their Lingbao alone, but most Rogue Quasi-Saints refused to join.
• Kunpeng left for the Northern Darkness Palace after resenting Hongjun, while Dong Wang Gong took the Treasure Distribution Rock, suspecting it was an extraordinary Lingbao.
• Xuanqing told Di Jun and Tai Yi that his master, the Reincarnation Celestial Venerable, already knew they had received Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi recognized that Hunyuan Celestial Venerables surpassed Heavenly Dao Saints and agreed they should stand united with Xuanqing.
• Xuanqing revealed that he had come to request spirit materials from Di Jun and Tai Yi.

Xuanqing persuaded Di Jun and Tai Yi to mobilize the Demon Race to gather materials and continue researching formations while he concealed his plans to build the Underworld. Di Jun revealed that Hongjun had given him the Evasion Shuttle, while Dong Wang Gong returned to Penglai and hurried to Nuwa's palace over the Hongmeng Purple Qi.

• Xuanqing urged Di Jun and Tai Yi to prepare for the second Immortal-Demon War by gathering spiritual materials and continuing their formation research.
• Di Jun agreed to mobilize the Demon Race and asked Xuanqing to help deduce a Heavenly Court formation while Tai Yi studied teleportation.
• Di Jun showed Xuanqing the Evasion Shuttle that Hongjun had bestowed on him, but Xuanqing deferred studying it and assigned it to Tai Yi.
• Di Jun ordered the Demon Race to gather the materials Xuanqing had listed.
• Dong Wang Gong returned to Penglai Immortal Island and hurried toward Nuwa's palace, while Lei Ze worried that the Hongmeng Purple Qi could fracture the Immortal Court before returning to cultivation.

Nuwa gave the Hongmeng Purple Qi to Dong Wang Gong, the lord of the Immortal Court, after explaining that her master would not allow her to become a Heavenly Dao Saint through it. The chapter ended with Nuwa publicly declaring that she would pursue the Law Path to become a Hunyuan Celestial Venerable.

• Dong Wang Gong entered Nuwa's imperial palace, where Fuxi and Nuwa had been waiting for him, while the Immortal Court's powerful beings anxiously watched for a possible conflict.
• Nuwa presented Dong Wang Gong with the Hongmeng Purple Qi, and Fuxi urged him to accept it.
• Dong Wang Gong seized the Hongmeng Purple Qi, thanked Nuwa, and promised to heed her within the Immortal Court.
• Fuxi and Nuwa recalled that Old Ancestor Creation had prevented the Hongmeng Purple Qi from merging into Nuwa's Primordial Spirit and that Taiqing had said it could not be refined without the Heavenly Dao's recognition.
• Nuwa declared that she would pursue the Law Path to Sainthood and bestowed the Hongmeng Purple Qi upon Dong Wang Gong before all beings.

Xuanqing explained the dangers of refining Hongmeng Purple Qi to Di Jun and Tai Yi after Nuwa gave hers to Dong Wang Gong. The brothers remained uneasy about the Hongmeng Purple Qi fused with their Primordial Spirits, while Xuanqing also stressed its benefits and the possibility of becoming Heavenly Dao Saints.

• News spread that Nuwa had given her Hongmeng Purple Qi to Dong Wang Gong, shocking Di Jun and Tai Yi.
• Di Jun asked Xuanqing to explain the Hongmeng Purple Qi and promised that he and Tai Yi would repay him for the information.
• Xuanqing said refining the Hongmeng Purple Qi entrusted one’s Primordial Spirit to the Heavenly Dao, subjected the cultivator to its control, and risked losing power if the Qi was reclaimed.
• Di Jun told Xuanqing that the Hongmeng Purple Qi had fused into his and Tai Yi’s Primordial Spirits and could not be activated.
• Xuanqing reassured the brothers that Hongjun was unlikely to harm them, then reminded them that the Hongmeng Purple Qi guaranteed sainthood and could allow resurrection through the Heavenly Dao.

Xuanqing planted doubts in Di Jun and Tai Yi about becoming Heavenly Dao Saints, while the Heavenly Court and Immortal Court prepared for war and the Underworld. With help from clones severed by the Two Pure Ones and the Twelve Ancestral Witches, Styx brought the Underworld close to completion and its leaders and duties were assigned.

• Di Jun and Tai Yi secretly agreed to doubt Xuanqing's warning while pretending to consider his words, and Xuanqing was satisfied that he had planted a seed of doubt.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi mobilized the Demon Race, while Dong Wang Gong went to refine his Hongmeng Purple Qi and the other Immortal Court leaders gathered materials to build the Underworld.
• Styx oversaw construction of the nearly completed Underworld with fourteen powerful clones severed by the Two Pure Ones and the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
• The clones took key Underworld offices: Fengdu would rule its administration, the Twelve Ancestral Witch clones would fill the Ten Palaces and other roles, and Yuanqing and Lingqing would guard against Heavenly Court and Heavenly Dao interference.
• The Two Pure Ones and the Twelve Ancestral Witches left the Five Ghost Emperor positions undecided until after Reincarnation was established.

With the Hunyuan Celestial Venerables in seclusion and the Heavenly Court and Immortal Court preparing for war, the Underworld’s construction continued unnoticed. While gathering spiritual materials, Taiqing discovered Shouyang Mountain and claimed the Kongtong Seal, leaving him puzzled that Hongjun had not taken it.

• The Hunyuan Celestial Venerables entered seclusion to refine their Destiny, while the Heavenly Court and Immortal Court focused on preparing for the second Immortal-Demon War.
• Taiqing led Six-Eared and his other disciples to gather spiritual materials, having accepted them into Daoism alongside Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Lingbao.
• Taiqing sensed a summons from an immortal mountain and recognized its features as those of Shouyang Mountain.
• Taiqing entered the mountain’s Innate Shaoyang Taiji Life-Death Great Formation, which opened for him and revealed nine peaks and magnificent palaces.
• Taiqing found the Kongtong Seal atop the central Lesser Yang peak and drew it into his hand, wondering why Hongjun had left it there.

Taiqing claimed Shouyang Mountain and the Kongtong Seal, using the mountain’s abundant spiritual materials to accelerate construction of the Underworld. Meanwhile, Mituo and Bodhi discovered that the Heaven Demon had occupied Mount Sumeru and fled after failing to break his formation.

• Taiqing took control of Shouyang Mountain and the Kongtong Seal, then sent Six-Eared and the Daoism disciples to gather mature spiritual materials for the Underworld.
• The Two Pure Ones, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, Styx, Hong Yun, Zhen Yuanzi, Fuxi, and Nuwa congratulated Taiqing, while Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Lingbao later gathered materials from Shouyang Mountain.
• Taiqing explained to Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Lingbao that the Kongtong Seal’s power would grow with the Human Race and urged them to comprehend the mortal world and the seven emotions and six desires.
• Mituo and Bodhi returned from Purple Cloud Palace to find demonic qi surrounding Mount Sumeru and attacked the Heaven Demon’s formation without breaking it.
• After Medicine Master warned them that the Heaven Demon occupied Mount Sumeru, Bodhi pulled Mituo away, and the brothers escaped before the Heaven Demon emerged from seclusion.

After Heaven Demon occupied Mount Sumeru, Mituo and Bodhi established Little Western Heaven as their new base, while Dijiang worried that the awakening Heavenly Dao would threaten Pangu’s descendants. The Ancestral Witches remained confident that Taiqing’s plans would give them a chance to resist.

• Medicine Master reunited with Mituo and Bodhi and explained that he had revealed their possible claim to Hongmeng Purple Qi to Heaven Demon, who then spared him.
• Mituo and Bodhi chose an immortal mountain near Mount Sumeru as their temporary Daoist Arena and named it Little Western Heaven.
• Heavenly Dao lightning validated the name, created a boundary stele, and enriched the mountain’s spiritual energy and growth.
• Heaven Demon reported Little Western Heaven’s transformation to Dijiang, who concluded that the Heavenly Dao was close to awakening.
• Houtu and the other Ancestral Witches reassured Dijiang that the Underworld would be completed in time, but he said he feared the Heavenly Dao would target Pangu’s descendants.
• The Ancestral Witches argued that Taiqing’s method for invoking Merit of World Creation and his preparations could help them withstand the Heavenly Dao.

Dijiang arranged for the Heaven Demon to draw Mituo and Bodhi into the second Immortal-Demon War, while Di Jun and Tai Yi grew increasingly suspicious of the Hongmeng Purple Qi and their teacher’s control. They abandoned attempts to cultivate the Law Path and began considering how Nuwa had avoided having her Hongmeng Purple Qi fused into her Primordial Spirit.

• Zhu Jiuyin reassured the Ancestral Witches that the Heavenly Dao would have to contend with seventeen Hunyuan Celestial Venerables as well as them.
• Dijiang instructed the Heaven Demon to influence Mituo and Bodhi, and told Taiqing that they would be drawn into the second Immortal-Demon War to weaken the Demon Race’s Heavenly Court.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi discussed how the unresponsive Hongmeng Purple Qi might control them, but Tai Yi warned that removing it could cost them their Saint Positions or provoke their teacher.
• Di Jun regretted going to Purple Heaven Palace and said that he and Tai Yi had failed to switch to the Law Path because their Three Corpses disrupted their attempts.
• Tai Yi recalled that Nuwa had given her Hongmeng Purple Qi to Dong Wang Gong after the Celestial Venerable of Creation prevented it from fusing with her Primordial Spirit.

Di Jun and Tai Yi decided to have Tai Yi remove the Hongmeng Purple Qi from his Primordial Spirit to test whether the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun would punish them. Xuanqing agreed to do it, secretly welcoming the chance to weaken Tai Yi for his future plans.

• Tai Yi proposed asking Xuanqing to seek help from the Reincarnation Celestial Venerable and suggested that one brother test the consequences of removing the Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• Tai Yi volunteered to take the risk, and Di Jun eventually agreed to the plan.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi interrupted Xuanqing's formation study and asked him to speak to his master on their behalf.
• Di Jun explained that Tai Yi would be the one to have his Hongmeng Purple Qi removed, and Xuanqing agreed to strip it away himself.
• Xuanqing concealed that he would rely on the Reincarnation Celestial Venerable's methods and let the brothers believe he could remove the Hongmeng Purple Qi on his own.

Xuanqing removed Tai Yi’s Hongmeng Purple Qi using the power of his master, the Reincarnation Celestial Venerable, and returned it to him in a state that prevented it from merging with his Primordial Spirit. He then diverted Di Jun and Tai Yi from the Lingxiao Treasure Hall by proposing that they study the Myriad Demons Great Formation.

• Xuanqing used a strand of hair infused with the Reincarnation Celestial Venerable’s power to remove the Hongmeng Purple Qi from Tai Yi.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi were stunned by how easily Xuanqing extracted the Hongmeng Purple Qi, and Tai Yi accepted it back.
• Xuanqing warned the brothers that removing Di Jun’s Hongmeng Purple Qi could invite Saint Hongjun’s punishment, so Di Jun abandoned the idea.
• Xuanqing urged Di Jun and Tai Yi to study a battle formation instead of going to the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
• Xuanqing explained that Shangqing Lingbao had comprehended the Myriad Demons Great Formation and given it to him.

Xuanqing used his partial understanding of the Myriad Demons Great Formation to keep Di Jun and Tai Yi engaged while he worked on the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Formation. Meanwhile, Taiqing’s allies prepared for the Heavenly Dao’s awakening, which Taiqing expected within ten thousand years, and resolved to begin building the Underworld.

• Xuanqing showed Di Jun and Tai Yi a portion of the Myriad Demons Great Formation and claimed that working together could complete it, leaving both brothers frustrated by his progress.
• Xuanqing continued revealing pieces of the formation to keep Di Jun and Tai Yi involved while he privately studied the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Formation.
• Taiqing learned that Xuanqing had helped Tai Yi strip away his Hongmeng Purple Qi, then informed Dijiang and the others that the remaining step was the second Immortal-Demon War.
• Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Lingbao reacted with surprise to Tai Yi’s decision, while Taiqing said it could benefit their plans against the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun.
• A fluctuation from the Heavenly Dao Origin Space spread through the Primordial Wilderness as the Heavenly Dao Will entered the Jade of Creation, and Taiqing warned that the Heavenly Dao might awaken within ten thousand years.
• The Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches discussed how their seventeen Hunyuan Celestial Venerables could face the awakened Heavenly Dao, then decided to help build the Underworld.

Taiqing and the Sanqing and Twelve Ancestral Witches accelerated construction of the Underworld while Hunyuan Celestial Venerables sent disciples to strengthen the Immortal Court. In the Heavenly Court, Xuanqing completed his comprehension of the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Formation, leaving Di Jun and Tai Yi to mistake it for the Myriad Demons Great Formation.

• The Sanqing and Twelve Ancestral Witches joined forces to build the Underworld, while Hunyuan Celestial Venerables dispatched seventeen Hunyuan Golden Immortal disciples to the Immortal Court.
• Houtu found that the Underworld accelerated her comprehension of the Law of Reincarnation, so Taiqing and the others persuaded her to stay at its center and focus on cultivation.
• Xuanqing reached a breakthrough in comprehending the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Formation, intending to combine it with his authority as Great Emperor Ziwei of the Central Pole.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi woke at Xuanqing's excited laughter and guessed that he had comprehended the complete Myriad Demons Great Formation.

Xuanqing completed the Myriad Demons Great Formation and returned to Ziwei Star to refine pills while preparing to study the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Formation. Ziwei asked him to accept the newly born Star Gods as disciples, but Xuanqing told her to lead the Star God Lineage herself.

• Hongjun sensed that someone had comprehended the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Formation and hoped the Immortal Court would soon fall, but the Heavenly Dao suppressed his thoughts again.
• Xuanqing gave Di Jun and Tai Yi the completed Myriad Demons Great Formation, then accepted the Evasion Shuttle and left to refine war-preparation pills.
• Xuanqing returned to the Ziwei Imperial Palace on Ziwei Star and praised Ziwei for reaching the late Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Ziwei told Xuanqing that the Star Gods of Taiwei Yuan and Tianshi Yuan and several primary stars had been born, then asked him to accept them as disciples and defend the Star God Lineage.
• Xuanqing refused to take the new Star Gods as disciples and told Ziwei to lead them, grow stronger, and eventually inherit his authority as the Great Emperor Ziwei of the Central Pole.

Xuanqing strengthened Ziwei and her followers with spiritual treasures and a formation core while preparing pills in the Ziwei Imperial Palace. As the Heavenly Court and Immortal Court armed for conflict, Houtu broke through to the Late-stage Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm and completed the Underworld, whose true significance the Sanqing and Twelve Ancestral Witches concealed.

• Xuanqing approved Ziwei's discipleship plans, and she brought the Five Emperors Seat Star Gods and the Star God of Shilou Star to the Ziwei Imperial Star, where they became her disciples.
• Xuanqing bestowed Star God treasures on Ziwei and her new disciples, then taught them the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Formation Core.
• Xuanqing began refining cultivation pills for the Witch Race and war-preparation pills for the Demon Race as the Heavenly Court and Immortal Court trained their respective formations and recruited experts.
• The Witch Race completed most of the Underworld's construction, and Houtu broke through to the Late-stage Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm as her Law of Reincarnation merged with it.
• The completed Underworld made the Primordial Wilderness feel more complete, but the Sanqing and Twelve Ancestral Witches summoned the Pangu Father God True Body and used the Twenty-Four Petal Creation Green Lotus to conceal what had happened.

The Heavenly Dao awakened and surveyed the Primordial Wilderness, discovering how much had changed during its slumber. Enraged by Hongjun’s failures and the completed Underworld, it seized him as he regained consciousness.

• Ancestor Reincarnation, Yang Mei, and Ancestor Slaughter chose not to interfere after the Pangu True Body appeared in the Blood Sea and vanished.
• Houtu celebrated her breakthrough to Late-stage Hunyuan Golden Immortal and the completion of the Underworld with the Sanqing, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and Styx.
• A powerful ripple from the Heavenly Dao Origin Space sent the Sanqing, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and Styx back to their respective domains, while their avatars took up positions in the Underworld.
• The Heavenly Dao awakened, spread its awareness across the Primordial Wilderness, and caused all living beings and the seventeen Hunyuan Celestial Venerables to sense a crisis.
• The Heavenly Dao learned of the changes made during its slumber, including the completed Underworld, and angrily seized Hongjun, freeing him from his restrictions.

Heavenly Dao's fury caused disasters across the Primordial Wilderness, but the resulting karmic flames forced it to suppress its emotions. It punished Hongjun for failing its plans, then learned Sanqing had appeared on Kunlun Mountain and followed the Law Path to Sainthood.

• Heavenly Dao's rage unleashed storms and shifting seasons across the Primordial Wilderness, killing countless low-level beings until Sanqing, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and the Hunyuan Celestial Venerables protected them.
• Heavenly Dao noticed karmic flames burning on its Dao Body and suppressed its fury to prevent further deaths, loss of authority, and rejection by the Great Desolation World.
• Heavenly Dao accused Hongjun of failing its plans, including failing to recruit Sanqing and allowing the reincarnated Chaos Demon God beings to reach the Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Hongjun was stunned to learn the Underworld had appeared beside the Blood Sea, and Heavenly Dao accepted that he had not known about it before punishing him with tribulations.
• Heavenly Dao asked Hongjun why he had not taken Sanqing as disciples, and Hongjun said they had vanished after birth, possibly into an unknown Mysterious Demon Realm.
• Hongjun told Heavenly Dao that Sanqing had appeared on Kunlun Mountain and had already embarked upon the Law Path to Sainthood.

The Heavenly Dao confronted Hongjun over the Sanqing, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and the reincarnated Chaos Demon Gods, and Hongjun proposed schemes to eliminate or expel them. Meanwhile, Ancestor Reincarnation urged seventeen Hunyuan Celestial Venerables to renew their alliance against the awakened Heavenly Dao.

• The Heavenly Dao discovered that the Sanqing had become Hunyuan Golden Immortals and could wield Merit of World Creation, but found no trace of them in the Mysterious Demon Realms it could investigate.
• The Heavenly Dao demanded that Hongjun explain why the reincarnated Chaos Demon Gods had survived, founded sects, and become deeply bound to the Primordial Wilderness.
• Hongjun proposed turning the Sanqing against the Twelve Ancestral Witches, using the Demon Race to destroy the Witch Race, and dividing or driving out the other Hunyuan Celestial Venerables.
• The Heavenly Dao grew wary that Hongjun might be plotting against it, while Hongjun wondered why it looked at him suspiciously after hearing his plans.
• At Ancestor Reincarnation's Daoist Arena, Ancestor Reincarnation proposed that the seventeen Hunyuan Celestial Venerables renew their alliance to resist the awakened Heavenly Dao.