Chapter Summaries

Wu Tian broke through the barrier to attain the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm through his own strength, causing the Origin Realm and its inhabitants to flourish. After returning to the Houtu Tribe, he sensed the Primordial World and Heavenly Dao rejecting him.

• Wu Tian shattered the invisible shackle in Chaos, completed the ninth revolution of the Nine Revolutions Mystical Skill, and attained the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.
• Wu Tian’s embryonic world merged into the Origin Realm, while its spiritual roots transformed and Wangshu recovered her true spirit and late Primordial Golden Immortal strength.
• Wu Tian stabilized his cultivation, thanked Empress Pingxin, and decided to return to check on the Human Clan, the Houtu Tribe, and Fellow Daoist Golden Mother.
• Empress Pingxin sent Wu Tian through the Underworld and back to the Houtu Tribe.
• Wu Tian felt the Primordial World’s oppressive force and Heavenly Dao Power reject him despite his being a member of the Witch Clan.

Wu Tian returned to the Primordial World after attaining Primordial Origin, reunited with the Ancestral Witches, and agreed to Xuan Ming merging her tribe with Houtu’s. He then contacted the Queen Mother of the West, who decided to bring Kong Xuan to the Witch Clan to take a master.

• Wu Tian suppressed the Heavenly Dao’s response with his Pangu True Form and the fortunes of the Human and Witch Clans, then reunited with the Ancestral Witches at Houtu Shrine.
• Wu Tian explained that Empress Pingxin’s merit had helped him attain Primordial Origin, and the Ancestral Witches celebrated his achievement.
• Xuan Ming proposed merging the Xuan Ming Tribe with the Houtu Tribe, and Wu Tian enthusiastically agreed.
• Dijiang and Xuan Ming blasted Zhurong out of Houtu Shrine when he began to tease them, after which the Ancestral Witches departed.
• Wu Tian used the mature Chaos Calabash to send a message to the Queen Mother of the West, who summoned Kong Xuan and said she would take him to the Witch Clan to take a master.

Queen Mother of the West brought Kong Xuan to the Houtu Tribe to become Wu Tian’s disciple, but Wu Tian first soothed her resentment about being excluded from the Underworld’s opening. After she demonstrated her Dao of Immortal Martial Arts, Queen Mother of the West urged Kong Xuan to present his spirit pearls.

• Kong Xuan left his quiet chamber and flew with Queen Mother of the West to the Houtu Tribe.
• Wu Tian welcomed Queen Mother of the West, who introduced Kong Xuan as an excellent potential disciple.
• Wu Tian recognized Kong Xuan’s Innate Five-Colored Divine Light and noticed the young man’s doubts about his strength.
• Wu Tian explained that the Underworld had opened too urgently for him to invite Queen Mother of the West, and her resentment quickly faded.
• Queen Mother of the West demonstrated her Dao of Immortal Martial Arts, and Wu Tian praised her progress.
• Queen Mother of the West told Kong Xuan to take out the Innate Five Elements Spirit Pearls.

Kong Xuan offered Wu Tian three Innate Five Elements Spirit Pearls, but Wu Tian tested him by suppressing his Innate Five-Colored Divine Light with the Five Elements Seal. After conceding that he was inferior, Kong Xuan was left shaken, while Queen Mother of the West presented the pearls to Wu Tian as a gift for accepting him as a disciple.

• Kong Xuan presented three Innate Five Elements Spirit Pearls to Wu Tian and paid his respects as the Martial Ancestor.
• Wu Tian said he would test Kong Xuan before accepting him as a disciple and used the Five Elements Seal to challenge his Innate Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Kong Xuan revealed his Peacock True Form and struggled against the seal as Wu Tian suppressed him with the power of the Five Elements.
• Queen Mother of the West urged Wu Tian to go easier, and Wu Tian withdrew the seal once he judged the test was sufficient.
• Kong Xuan admitted that he was inferior to Wu Tian and stared at him in shock and defiance.
• Queen Mother of the West consoled Kong Xuan and offered Wu Tian the three spirit pearls from Primordial Phoenix as a gift for taking a master.

Wu Tian revealed that he had attained the Primordial Origin and gave Queen Mother of the West his Martial Dao insights. He accepted Kong Xuan as his disciple and bestowed all five Innate Five Elements Spirit Pearls on him, leaving Kong Xuan bowing to his new master.

• Queen Mother of the West sensed Wu Tian's unified Martial Dao Essence, and Wu Tian confirmed he had attained the Primordial Origin.
• Wu Tian gave Queen Mother of the West a Martial Dao imprint containing insights from the Primordial Origin realm.
• Queen Mother of the West urged Kong Xuan to become Wu Tian's disciple after learning Wu Tian had reached the Primordial Origin.
• Wu Tian returned the three Spirit Pearls Kong Xuan had offered, then added his own Innate Water Spirit Pearl and Innate Wood Spirit Pearl to complete the set of five.
• Wu Tian bestowed the Innate Five Elements Spirit Pearls on Kong Xuan and advised him to deepen his understanding of the Five Elements.
• Kong Xuan of the Phoenix Clan bowed respectfully to Wu Tian and paid respects to his master.

Wu Tian accepted Kong Xuan as his personal disciple, and the new bond greatly increased Kong Xuan’s Fortune. When the Queen Mother of the West argued that Kong Xuan should be Wu Tian’s eldest disciple, Wu Tian proposed that he compete with the North Sea Black Tortoise for the position after the Black Tortoise took human form.

• Kong Xuan formally became Wu Tian’s disciple, and his Fortune surged as karmic restraint on him eased.
• The Queen Mother of the West learned that Wu Tian had already formed a master-disciple affinity with the North Sea Black Tortoise and argued that Kong Xuan should be eldest disciple.
• Wu Tian assigned Kong Xuan to enter the Black Tortoise’s dreams and practice Martial Dao, with the two to compete for the eldest-disciple position after the Black Tortoise took human form.
• Wu Tian taught Kong Xuan several Martial Dao seals, including the Twelve Divine Heavens Seal, the Yin-Yang Seal, and the Reincarnation Seal.
• The Queen Mother of the West praised the protection Kong Xuan would receive as Wu Tian’s disciple, and Wu Tian reflected on Primordial Phoenix’s threat and the dangers of killing Kong Xuan.

Wu Tian accepted Kong Xuan as his disciple, then welcomed Xuan Ming and announced that the Xuan Ming and Houtu tribes would merge under their joint leadership. After Kong Xuan joined the Witch Clan and agreed to spar with Kua Fu, Queen Mother of the West asked to cultivate beneath the Enlightenment Tea Tree again.

• Wu Tian told Kong Xuan to stay with the Witch Clan before traveling to the North Sea, then sensed Xuan Ming’s return.
• Xuan Ming arrived at Houtu Shrine, learned Kong Xuan was Wu Tian’s new disciple, and promised the Witch Clan would protect him.
• Xuan Ming announced the merger of the Xuan Ming and Houtu tribes, and Wu Tian sent Kong Xuan to help the Great Witches handle tribal affairs.
• Kua Fu challenged Kong Xuan to a spar, and Kong Xuan accepted as the other Great Witches eagerly lined up to test him.
• Wu Tian promised to refine Hou Yi’s magic treasure, while Queen Mother of the West asked to cultivate beneath the Enlightenment Tea Tree again.

Wu Tian welcomed the Queen Mother of the West into the Primal World to cultivate beneath the Enlightenment Tea Tree, where she began comprehending his Martial Dao imprint. He then refined a bow and ten arrows from a Moon Laurel Tree branch for Hou Yi and sent the finished treasure to him, leaving Wangshu and Xuan Ming suspicious that something was unusual about it.

• Wu Tian brought the Queen Mother of the West and Xuan Ming into the Primal World, where they met the awakened Wangshu.
• Wu Tian offered the Queen Mother of the West a place beneath the Enlightenment Tea Tree and invited her to ask him about Martial Dao.
• The Queen Mother of the West began cultivating beneath the tree, while Xuan Ming teased her for hurrying off to cultivate.
• Wu Tian asked Wangshu for a spiritual branch from the Moon Laurel Tree and began refining a bow and ten arrows for Hou Yi.
• Wu Tian infused the treasure with Taiyin Power and mysterious runes, then sent it out of the Origin Realm to Hou Yi.
• Wangshu and Xuan Ming exchanged glances, sensing something strange about the treasure and Wu Tian.

Wu Tian left the Origin Realm after arranging for Wangshu and Xuan Ming to spend time together, while Kong Xuan sparred with the Great Witches and learned that Wu Tian had always been an Ancestral Witch. Kong Xuan began to suspect that his teacher had deliberately deceived most of the Primordial Wilderness.

• Wu Tian reflected on the Sun-Shooting Bow’s hidden restriction, then left the Origin Realm to check on his tribe after Wangshu asked to speak with Xuan Ming.
• Wangshu invited Xuan Ming to her palace beneath the Moon Laurel Tree to discuss cultivation.
• Kua Fu challenged Kong Xuan to spar, and the Great Witches took turns fighting him until they acknowledged his strength.
• Kong Xuan asked whether Wu Tian was an Ancestral Witch, and Kua Fu and the others told him Wu Tian had always been one.
• Kong Xuan realized the Great Witches’ account contradicted what he had believed and wondered whether Wu Tian was an old schemer.

Wu Tian watched Kong Xuan settle in among the Great Witches and considered how his influence had changed the Human Clan. When a remnant soul of Primordial Dragon appeared and mentioned the Twelfth Grade Black Lotus of Destruction, Wu Tian reached out to meet him.

• Kong Xuan asked what kind of Ancestral Witch Wu Tian was, and Kua Fu answered that he was Ancestral Witch Wu Tian.
• Kong Xuan helped the Great Witches manage their tribe and patrol the Human Clan, earning their trust, while Wu Tian told him to go to the North Sea afterward.
• Wu Tian surveyed the flourishing Human Clan and worried that his changes might affect the emergence of the Three Ancestors of the Human Race.
• Wu Tian detected a strange aura near a Human Clan tribe, and a remnant soul of Primordial Dragon asked to meet him.
• Primordial Dragon said the meeting concerned the Twelfth Grade Black Lotus of Destruction, and Wu Tian reached toward the remnant soul.

Wu Tian forcibly seized a fragment of the Primordial Dragon’s divine sense and demanded the Twelfth Grade Black Lotus of Destruction, which Zhu Long had promised him. The Primordial Dragon explained that retrieving it from the Western World was difficult because Jieyin and Zhunti had become Saints, but Wu Tian refused to help and insisted that the Dragon Clan handle the problem.

• Wu Tian attacked the Primordial Dragon with Primal Chaos Power and tore a fragment of his divine sense away from the Earth Veins.
• Wu Tian brought the fragment into the Houtu Shrine, where the Primordial Dragon realized he could not escape.
• Wu Tian accused the Primordial Dragon of coveting the Human Clan’s Fortune and demanded the promised Twelfth Grade Black Lotus of Destruction.
• The Primordial Dragon explained that the lotus was in the Western World, guarded by the Saints Jieyin and Zhunti.
• The Primordial Dragon suggested that Wu Tian lure Jieyin and Zhunti away, but Wu Tian refused and declared that retrieving the lotus was the Dragon Clan’s problem.

Primordial Dragon admitted that the Dragon Clan had delayed delivering the Twelfth Grade Black Lotus of Destruction and promised to retrieve it himself. He then sought Wu Tian’s approval for the Dragon Clan to cooperate with the Human Clan, but Wu Tian demanded an immediate treasure as proof of sincerity.

• Primordial Dragon acknowledged that the Dragon Clan had failed to deliver the Twelfth Grade Black Lotus of Destruction and said he would personally resolve the matter.
• Primordial Dragon decided to act quickly, wary that the delay could obstruct cooperation with Wu Tian and the Human Clan.
• Wu Tian reflected on his plan to use the Golden Crows and the conflict between the Witch and Demon Clans to draw the Heavenly Dao Saints into the coming tribulation.
• Primordial Dragon asked Wu Tian to let the Dragon Clan cooperate with the Human Clan and promised a great gift.
• Wu Tian refused to agree until Primordial Dragon brought out a treasure to prove the Dragon Clan’s sincerity.

Primordial Dragon negotiated for the Dragon Clan to become a totem of the Human Clan, and Wu Tian agreed while allowing the Dragon Clan’s younger members to pursue future opportunities. Primordial Dragon then gifted Wu Tian three secret methods, including one that caught his interest: a dual cultivation method.

• Primordial Dragon asked Wu Tian to lift the restriction so he could send a message to his true body and retrieve treasures; Wu Tian released him.
• Primordial Dragon proposed that the Dragon Clan become a Human Clan totem, and Wu Tian accepted the arrangement.
• Wu Tian promised that the Dragon Clan’s younger members could participate in future Human Clan opportunities, with their gains depending on their abilities.
• Primordial Dragon gave Wu Tian three cultivation methods: one for using Fortune, one for tempering the body, and one for dual cultivation.
• Wu Tian praised the methods and noted that they could be useful for his younger disciples.

The Primordial Dragon presented Wu Tian with the Chaos Pearl after reconnecting with his main body and deciding that Wu Tian’s status as a Grand Luo Golden Immortal made him a worthy ally. Wu Tian accepted the treasure and began examining the Chaos within it.

• Wu Tian praised his connection to the Primordial Dragon by mentioning that he had refined the dragon’s Essence Blood, making the Primordial Dragon uneasy.
• A gray ray entered the Primordial Dragon’s body, strengthening his illusory form and reconnecting him with his main body.
• The Primordial Dragon reunited with Zhu Long near the East Sea and revealed that Wu Tian had attained Primordial Origin, convincing Zhu Long to hand over the Chaos Pearl.
• The Primordial Dragon and Zhu Long traveled toward the Witch Clan’s settlement while discussing how to deal with the Twelfth Grade Black Lotus of Destruction.
• The Primordial Dragon gave Wu Tian the Chaos Pearl, and Wu Tian took it and probed inside with his divine sense.

Wu Tian accepted the Chaos Pearl from Primordial Dragon and agreed to let the Dragon Clan serve as the Human Clan’s totem, while offering to handle luring Jieyin and Zhunti out to retrieve the Twelfth Grade Black Lotus of Destruction. After praising Primordial Dragon’s straightforwardness, Wu Tian invited him to join forces.

• Primordial Dragon explained that the damaged Chaos Pearl contained a separate Chaos and might help create a new world, while Wu Tian suspected it would aid his cultivation and planned to ask Empress Pingxin about it.
• Wu Tian accepted the Chaos Pearl and agreed that the Dragon Clan could become the Human Clan’s totem, warning Primordial Dragon not to cheat or harbor ulterior motives.
• Wu Tian offered to handle luring Jieyin and Zhunti out so Primordial Dragon could retrieve the Twelfth Grade Black Lotus of Destruction.
• Wu Tian invited Primordial Dragon to join him.

Wu Tian tried to persuade Primordial Dragon to reincarnate into the Human Clan, but Primordial Dragon refused and chose to keep trying to cultivate anew as himself. Before leaving, Primordial Dragon warned Wu Tian that the Saints’ consumption of the Primordial World’s origin could hasten the next great tribulation, and Wu Tian opened a passage to the Underworld.

• Primordial Dragon considered joining the Witch Clan but refused, saying he would cooperate with the Human Clan and did not want to risk worsening his karmic burden.
• Wu Tian offered to ask Empress Pingxin to free Primordial Dragon from his shackles and help him reincarnate into the Human Clan, but Primordial Dragon declined.
• Primordial Dragon explained that the Dragon-Han Three Tribes’ prosperity depleted the Primordial World’s resources, prompting killing intent and a great tribulation.
• Primordial Dragon warned Wu Tian that the four Saints’ recent appearance had consumed the Primordial World’s origin and could hasten the arrival of tribulation aura.
• Primordial Dragon left, and Wu Tian opened a reincarnation passage and headed toward the Underworld.

Wu Tian consulted Empress Pingxin about Primordial Dragon’s plan to make the Dragon Clan a Human Clan totem and the wider danger of tribulation aura. She urged him to hasten the Human Dao’s emergence, revealing that the Witch Clan could also belong to it.

• Wu Tian told Empress Pingxin that Primordial Dragon wanted the Dragon Clan to become the Human Clan’s totem and had given him the Chaos Pearl.
• Empress Pingxin examined the Chaos Pearl, told Wu Tian to nurture it with the Origin Realm, and explained that beings needed the Primordial World’s Pangu aura to pursue the Great Dao.
• Empress Pingxin confirmed that Heavenly Dao Saints would accelerate the gathering of tribulation aura and warned Wu Tian to make plans for the Witch Clan.
• Empress Pingxin urged Wu Tian to help the Human Dao emerge sooner, since the Human Clan’s and Witch Clan’s fortunes had merged and the Witch Clan could belong to the Human Dao.

Wu Tian understood Empress Pingxin’s teaching that the Human Dao could encompass all beings, and he began considering how it might unite the Witch, Demon, and Human Clans. After asking about Houtu and discussing his other plans with Empress Pingxin, he returned to Houtu Shrine and sent the Pangu Seal into the void.

• Empress Pingxin explained that the Human Dao was the Dao of all beings and warned Wu Tian not to let his knowledge of the future constrain him.
• Wu Tian realized that he could try to bring the Witch and Demon Clans into the Human Dao, potentially transforming the Witch-Demon conflict into an internal struggle among its people.
• Empress Pingxin cautioned Wu Tian that the Heavenly Dao Saints would intervene to advance the greater trend, and Wu Tian acknowledged the danger.
• Wu Tian asked about Houtu, and Empress Pingxin teased him before explaining that Houtu was still cultivating in the Twenty-Four Grade Reincarnation Purple Lotus.
• Wu Tian told Empress Pingxin about taking Kong Xuan as his disciple and Queen Mother of the West’s Martial Immortal Path, then returned to Houtu Shrine and sent the Pangu Seal into the void.

Wu Tian prepared to bring forth the Human Dao by strengthening the Human Clan and protecting its ancestral land, then turned to Wangshu with a mysterious cultivation art for her to study. Kong Xuan began carrying out Wu Tian’s orders while the Human Dao’s emergence still awaited Suirenshi.

• Wu Tian placed a restriction in the Pangu Seal so it would reach him when Suirenshi began to awaken, and sent it to Kong Xuan with instructions to select Human Clan cultivators and move their Ancestral Land into the Primal World.
• Kong Xuan reassured the Great Witches that he would become Eldest Senior Brother, then received Wu Tian’s instructions through the Pangu Seal and enlisted the Great Witches to help.
• Wu Tian planned to use innate spirit fruits to raise selected Human Clan cultivators to Great Luo Golden Immortal so they could guard the Ancestral Land.
• Wu Tian went to the Primal World and asked Wangshu about her conversation with Xuan Ming; Wangshu said they had exchanged insights about Taiyin Power.
• Wu Tian produced a mysterious cultivation art and asked Wangshu to help him study it.

Wu Tian used a secret dual cultivation art with Wangshu in the Origin Realm while the Three Pure Ones discussed his attainment of Primordial Origin. Tongtian decided to seek Wu Tian’s guidance on breaking free from the Three Corpses Severing Method.

• Wu Tian gave Wangshu the secret art, and she accepted it before the Moon Star’s light obscured their presence.
• Taiqing and Yuanshi told Tongtian that Wu Tian had attained Primordial Origin, shocking him.
• Taiqing suggested Wu Tian might have attained the Dao through Martial Dao, while Yuanshi suspected Pingxin had helped him.
• Tongtian defended Wu Tian’s strength and the depth of Martial Dao, prompting Yuanshi to accuse him of favoring Wu Tian.
• Yuanshi suggested Tongtian ask Wu Tian for guidance, and Tongtian angrily decided to go seek him out.