Chapter Summaries

Yuanshi’s anger over Zhao Gongming’s fight with the Expounding Sect disciples drove Tongtian to leave Kunlun Mountain, while Taiqing departed soon after. Tongtian settled the Intercepting Sect on Golden Turtle Island, and Wu Tian decided to visit him after the Primordial Wilderness blamed him for the Three Pure Ones’ separation.

• Taiqing tried to calm Yuanshi and Tongtian, but Yuanshi blamed Tongtian for bringing Zhao Gongming to Kunlun Mountain and insulted his ties to Wu Tian.
• Tongtian argued back, and Yuanshi ordered him to leave; Tongtian led the Intercepting Sect disciples away from Kunlun Mountain in Biyou Palace.
• Taiqing left Kunlun Mountain for Mount Shouyang, while Tongtian established his Daoist sanctuary on Golden Turtle Island and announced that he would teach the Dao there in one thousand years.
• The Primordial Wilderness learned that the Three Pure Ones had split, and Zhunti went to Kunlun Mountain hoping to ally with Yuanshi.
• Wu Tian learned that Tongtian had settled on Golden Turtle Island and decided to visit with Xuan Ming and bring a congratulatory gift.

Wu Tian and Xuan Ming traveled toward the East Sea, where Primordial Dragon approached Wu Tian to ask for help escaping his heavenly confinement and reincarnating into the Human Clan. The chapter ended with Primordial Dragon rushing off to fetch a treasure as payment, leaving Xuan Ming surprised by his thoughtfulness.

• Wu Tian and Xuan Ming traveled toward the East Sea while observing the Human Clan's scattered settlements.
• Primordial Dragon emerged from the Earth Veins, and Wu Tian used the Primordial Measuring Sky Ruler to conceal their meeting.
• Primordial Dragon raised Wu Tian's earlier offer to help him reincarnate into the Human Clan and join the Human Dao.
• Wu Tian welcomed Primordial Dragon but explained that the generous terms of his earlier offer had changed.
• Primordial Dragon asked Wu Tian to free him from heavenly confinement and help him obtain the Human Dao's Fortune, promising a generous repayment.
• Primordial Dragon hurried away to fetch a treasure, and Xuan Ming asked Wu Tian whether he had always been so considerate.

Wu Tian and Xuan Ming met the Primordial Dragon beneath the earth, where he revealed the Primordial Dragon Pearl after admitting the Dragon Clan had hidden it because it embodied his Dao Fruit. Wu Tian accepted the pearl, leaving the Primordial Dragon insisting that the Dragon Clan had no treasures left.

• Wu Tian explained to Xuan Ming that the Primordial Dragon's willingness to yield showed great wisdom, then wondered what treasure he would offer.
• Wu Tian and Xuan Ming waited in a Human Clan tribe until the Primordial Dragon summoned them to a junction of Earth Veins.
• The Primordial Dragon tore open his chest and drew out a Dragon Pearl while Wu Tian used the Primordial Measuring Sky Ruler to suppress the Earth Veins' disturbance and obscure their meeting.
• Wu Tian recognized the pearl and challenged the Primordial Dragon for previously claiming it did not exist.
• The Primordial Dragon said the Dragon Pearl embodied his Dao Fruit and handed it to Wu Tian, then swore that the Dragon Clan had no treasures left.

Wu Tian examined and accepted Primordial Dragon's repaired Dragon Pearl, then promised to help him reincarnate into the Human Clan and escape his restraints. Primordial Dragon's hopes rested on the coming war weakening the Earth Veins' hold on him.

• Primordial Dragon told Wu Tian that the Dragon Pearl had remained with his remnant soul in the Earth Veins, where he had repaired it over the years.
• Primordial Dragon explained that he had abandoned his plan to return as himself and decided to become the Human Dao's Primordial Dragon instead.
• Wu Tian examined the Primordial Dragon Pearl, concealed its aura with a new barrier, and stored it in his Primal World for later study.
• Wu Tian thanked Primordial Dragon for the treasure and promised to arrange his reincarnation into the Human Clan and find a way to resolve his restraints.
• Wu Tian reasoned that the coming war between the Witch-Demon clans and the Saints would shake the Earth Veins and weaken the restraints on Primordial Dragon.

Wu Tian and Xuan Ming visited Tongtian on Golden Ao Island, where the two Sages renewed their friendship and discussed the Human Dao. Tongtian introduced Wu Tian to the Intercepting Sect disciples, then teased Zhao Gongming about greeting his master.

• Primordial Dragon left Wu Tian, who emerged from underground with Xuan Ming before Tongtian arrived to greet them.
• Wu Tian congratulated Tongtian on establishing his dojo on Golden Ao Island and apologized for the trouble Zhao Gongming had caused.
• Tongtian and Wu Tian laughed together, then Tongtian led Wu Tian and Xuan Ming to Biyou Palace.
• Tongtian praised Wu Tian for sharing the Human Dao's Fortune among the living beings of the Primordial Wilderness.
• Daoist Duobao and the other Intercepting Sect disciples entered Biyou Palace and bowed to Wu Tian after Tongtian introduced him.
• Tongtian teased Zhao Gongming for not greeting Wu Tian, and Wu Tian turned his gaze toward his excited disciple.

Wu Tian reunited with Zhao Gongming at Biyou Palace and bestowed treasures on him and the Three Heavens. He then offered to warm up Tongtian’s planned Dao lecture by expounding his Martial Dao to the Intercepting Sect disciples.

• Zhao Gongming greeted Wu Tian as his master, and Wu Tian thanked Tongtian for teaching him.
• Wu Tian gave Zhao Gongming the Innate Metal Gourd, which held cultivation resources and refining materials.
• Zhao Gongming introduced Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao, and Xuan Ming gave them her Primordial Water Gourd through Wu Tian.
• Tongtian accepted the Three Heavens’ thanks to Xuan Ming and Wu Tian for the treasure.
• Wu Tian proposed that he explain his Martial Dao to the Intercepting Sect disciples before Tongtian’s thousand-year deadline.

Wu Tian lectured on the Martial Dao at Golden Ao Island, drawing beings from across the East Sea and angering Yuanshi, who suspected he and Tongtian were allies. As Yuanshi prepared to visit Taiqing, Sage Zhunti arrived at Kunlun Mountain to meet him.

• Tongtian invited the Intercepting Sect disciples to thank Wu Tian and opened Biyou Palace to listeners from across the East Sea.
• Wu Tian began expounding the Martial Dao, filling the East Sea with wondrous phenomena as countless beings listened and gained insights.
• Ao Shun led the East Sea Dragon Clan toward Golden Ao Island and promised to support any clan members who understood the Martial Dao.
• Yuanshi saw Wu Tian lecturing on Golden Ao Island and grew more convinced that Tongtian and Wu Tian were closely allied.
• Yuanshi decided to seek Taiqing's judgment, but Sage Zhunti arrived at Kunlun Mountain, and Yuanshi sent Nánjí to escort him into Jade Void Palace.

Sage Zhunti visited Yuanshi at Kunlun Mountain and tried to recruit him to help bring about the Witch-Demon Tribulation and oppose Wu Tian. Yuanshi refused to commit, leaving Zhunti to depart empty-handed and regret the visit.

• Nánjí ushered Sage Zhunti into the Jade Void Palace, where Yuanshi questioned why he had come to Kunlun Mountain.
• Zhunti brought up Tongtian's departure and Wutian's preaching, then described his grievances against Wu Tian and asked why the Witch-Demon Tribulation had not begun.
• Yuanshi suspected Zhunti wanted an alliance but resisted the temptation and said the Heavenly Dao's greater trend would prevail in time.
• Zhunti urged Yuanshi to act as a Heavenly Dao Saint and hinted that Dao Ancestor Hongjun had been alarmed by the emergence of the Human Dao.
• Yuanshi inferred that Hongjun had assigned Zhunti a task and calmly refused to offer support, saying the Saints would act only if necessary.
• Zhunti left Kunlun Mountain without Yuanshi's help and cursed himself for coming.

Zhunti decided to target the Golden Crow Crown Princes to provoke Di Jun and intensify the conflict between the Demon and Witch Clans, while Hongjun subtly influenced the Heavenly Dao to help Di Jun gain new insights. Di Jun entered seclusion in the Heavenly Court, leaving Changxi to guard the Golden Crows as an unknown presence stirred on the Sun Star.

• Zhunti recalled Di Jun's anger when he had hinted that the Golden Crows were fated with the Western Sect, then set out for the Sun Star intending to use the princes to inflame the clan conflict.
• Hongjun influenced the Heavenly Dao, causing Di Jun to receive new insights through his position as Heavenly Emperor.
• Di Jun informed Taiyi and Fuxi that he would enter seclusion, then visited Changxi and the Golden Crows on the Sun Star.
• Changxi reassured the Golden Crows that they could leave once they grew up and gained enough strength, then checked the Sun Star's restrictions and returned to cultivate.
• Space stirred slightly on the Sun Star.

Sage Zhunti secretly searched for a flaw in the formation protecting the Golden Crows, while Yuanshi told Taiqing that Zhunti planned to trigger the Witch-Demon Tribulation. As the tribulation aura intensified across the Primordial World, Wu Tian sensed Zhunti was about to act and awaited his move.

• Sage Zhunti concealed his aura and searched for weaknesses in Di Jun's formation around the Golden Crows, then withdrew into the void to wait for an opportunity.
• Yuanshi visited Taiqing on Mount Shouyang and told him that Zhunti intended to trigger the Witch-Demon Tribulation and had tried to enlist him.
• Taiqing warned Yuanshi not to underestimate Wu Tian and sensed that the tribulation aura was growing denser; Yuanshi remained resentful about Wu Tian preaching on Tongtian's Golden Turtle Island.
• While Wu Tian preached on Golden Turtle Island, the Twelfth Grade Reincarnation Purple Lotus trembled and revealed the surging tribulation aura to him.
• Wu Tian sensed upheaval spreading across the Primordial World and concluded that Zhunti was about to act, then looked forward to his move.

Wu Tian established a Martial Dao Stele on Golden Ao Island and stayed at Biyou Palace to discuss artifact refinement with Tongtian and Duobao. As Tongtian continued preaching, the tribulation aura intensified, and Sage Zhunti finally made his move.

• Wu Tian gathered the merit and Martial Dao insights from his lecture into a stele, which Tongtian inscribed with the word "Martial" and placed in a public plaza at the center of Golden Ao Island.
• Duobao asked Zhao Gongming to borrow his Primordial Calabash, and Wu Tian offered to discuss artifact refinement with Duobao and Tongtian.
• Wu Tian advised Duobao to unleash many treasures at once or arrange them into an array, since he could not reproduce Wu Tian's extravagant materials.
• Wu Tian remained in Biyou Palace and listened as Tongtian preached the Shangqing Immortal Arts while the tribulation aura grew denser.
• Sage Zhunti waited until Tongtian's lecture was more than halfway through, then made his move.

Sage Zhunti secretly entered the Sun Star’s formation, bewitched the ten Golden Crow princes, and lured them into escaping to the Primordial Wilderness. They began roaming the land, their uncontrolled Solar True Fire scorching countless beings, while Zhunti followed behind them.

• Sage Zhunti slipped through Di Jun’s formation unnoticed and found the sleeping Golden Crows beneath the Fusang Tree.
• Zhunti used his magic and vivid tales of the Primordial Wilderness to stir the princes’ curiosity and persuade them to leave.
• Zhunti opened a passage through the barrier, and the Golden Crows flew out despite Bo Huang’s initial objections.
• The ten princes headed for the Primordial Wilderness, with Zhunti secretly following them.
• The Golden Crows’ Solar True Fire scorched countless living beings as they joyfully explored the land.

The Golden Crows scorched the Primordial Wilderness, and Kua Fu pursued them with his Azure Wood Staff to protect the Human Clan. Sage Zhunti secretly weakened Kua Fu and clouded his mind, while Wu Tian sensed the intervention and began preparing to act.

• The Golden Crows’ rampage burned the land and devastated the Human Clan, so Kua Fu attacked them with his Azure Wood Staff.
• Kua Fu used the staff’s vines to drive the Golden Crows away, then chased them as they scorched him while retreating.
• Kua Fu restored his strength with spring water created by the Azure Wood Staff and resumed the pursuit.
• Sage Zhunti secretly suppressed Kua Fu’s treasure and made him forget how to create spring water, leaving him desperately searching for water.
• The Golden Crows mistook Kua Fu’s weakened state for the effect of their attack and moved to surround him again.
• Wu Tian sensed Sage Zhunti’s intervention and began making preparations.

Kua Fu fell after the Golden Crows burned him, and Zhunti continued guiding events toward a clash between the Witch Clan and Demon Clan. When Hou Yi learned of Kua Fu’s death, he shot down the Golden Crows, leaving only Lu Ya as the last arrow approached.

• Kua Fu collapsed, and his Azure Wood Staff transformed the place where he fell into a peach grove.
• Zhunti examined the grove, then followed the Golden Crows as they returned to boast about killing Kua Fu.
• Hou Yi confronted the Golden Crows and erupted with rage after hearing that they had burned Kua Fu to death.
• Hou Yi used his Sun-Shooting Bow to kill Bo Huang and shot down the Golden Crows one after another.
• Hou Yi fired at the final Golden Crow, Lu Ya, and realized he had caused a catastrophe as Lu Ya pleaded with his mother.

Taiyi saved Lu Ya from Hou Yi’s final arrow, then attacked Hou Yi over the deaths of the Golden Crows. The Ancestral Witches intervened, and the conflict escalated into a great war between the Witch and Demon Clans, with Fuxi joining the battle.

• Taiyi used the Chaos Bell to destroy Hou Yi’s arrow and save Lu Ya, who told him that his brothers had all been killed.
• Taiyi sent Lu Ya to sleep and attacked Hou Yi, who defended his actions by citing the Golden Crows’ destruction and Kua Fu’s death.
• Hou Yi’s counterattack weakened Taiyi’s palm strike, but Dijiang and the Ancestral Witches arrived and shattered it with Pangu Hall.
• Sage Zhunti watched with delight as Taiyi and the Ancestral Witches traded accusations and prepared to fight.
• Taiyi rang the Chaos Bell and attacked Hou Yi, launching the great war; Fuxi then joined the battlefield.

Taiyi and Fuxi fought the Ancestral Witches as the battle shook the Primordial World, while Di Jun learned that the Golden Crows had died and began suspecting Wu Tian. Wu Tian and Xuan Ming left Tongtian’s sermon for the battlefield, but Taiqing intercepted Tongtian as he followed.

• Taiyi and Fuxi joined the fight against the Ancestral Witches, and Zhunti hid nearby while considering whether to collect the Golden Crows’ corpses.
• Di Jun learned what had happened, went to the Sun Star, and stopped Changxi from joining the battle.
• Di Jun suspected Wu Tian had schemed against the Golden Crows, told Changxi to wait on the Sun Star, and checked the barrier at the Fusang Tree.
• Wu Tian and Xuan Ming left Biyou Palace, and Tongtian ended his sermon and went after them.
• Taiqing stopped Tongtian as he headed toward the battlefield.

Taiqing and Yuanshi stopped Tongtian from going to the Witch-Demon battlefield, warning that he might be drawn into the conflict through Wu Tian. They took him to Empress Wa's Heaven to keep Nüwa from intervening, leaving her worried about her brother Fuxi.

• Tongtian prepared to head to the Witch-Demon battlefield, but Taiqing asked whether he could avoid helping Wu Tian if Wu Tian was in danger.
• Taiqing persuaded Tongtian to stay away from the battle and go with him and Yuanshi to Empress Wa's Heaven.
• Nüwa sensed the Three Pure Ones' arrival and accused them of coming to stop her from acting in the tribulation.
• Taiqing warned Nüwa that Heavenly Dao Saints should not intervene, and Nüwa recognized that their presence gave her an excuse to remain neutral.
• Nüwa asked what would happen to her brother Fuxi.

Wu Tian stayed out of the battle between the Ancestral Witches and Taiyi while arranging to trap Zhunti and waiting for Di Jun. Di Jun entered Houtu Shrine and urgently asked where his children were.

• Nüwa followed Taiqing's counsel and did not intervene, while Yuanshi accused Wu Tian of hiding in the Underworld.
• Taiyi fought the Ancestral Witches with the Chaos Bell, and Tongtian wondered why neither Wu Tian nor Xuan Ming had appeared.
• Wu Tian returned to the Houtu Tribe with Xuan Ming and told her to guard the border to prevent Zhunti from escaping west.
• Wu Tian gave Xuan Ming the Pangu Seal and Chaos Calabash, then wondered aloud why Di Jun had not appeared.
• Di Jun entered Houtu Shrine, and Wu Tian praised him for coming while Di Jun demanded to know where his children were.

Wu Tian showed Di Jun that the Golden Crows had survived the tribulation, then revealed Zhunti’s scheme had clouded their souls and helped bring about their downfall. Di Jun learned that the Saints might be acting to force the Witch-Demon war and vowed he would not accept their clans’ destined destruction.

• Wu Tian showed Di Jun the Golden Crows cultivating in the Primal World, where Kua Fu had bound them and was provoking them into another fight.
• Wu Tian promised Kong Xuan would teach the Golden Crows, and Di Jun accepted that they had retained their souls and most of their origin essence.
• Di Jun asked who had plotted against his children, and Wu Tian identified Zhunti and showed him the desire of living beings found in their souls.
• Di Jun recognized the traces as proof of Zhunti’s scheme and condemned him for trying to take the Golden Crows.
• Wu Tian suggested Zhunti might have acted on orders from within the Heavenly Dao to ignite the Witch-Demon war, and Di Jun declared that he refused to accept his clans’ fate.

Wu Tian and Di Jun agreed to unite the Witch and Demon Clans against the Saints to dispel the tribulation aura and avenge Zhunti’s schemes. Wu Tian then offered Di Jun the Primordial Violet Qi without asking for the Chaos Bell, leaving Di Jun astonished.

• Wu Tian proposed that the Witch and Demon Clans fulfill the Heavenly Dao’s need for a great war by joining forces to attack the Saints instead of fighting each other.
• Wu Tian described places where the two clans could settle afterward, including the Underworld, Empress Wa’s Heaven, his Primal World, and a world in the Chaos.
• Di Jun agreed to ally with Wu Tian and make a great battle against the Saints, driven by the desire to avenge the threats to his sons and clansmen.
• Di Jun refused to trade Taiyi’s Chaos Bell for a chance to obtain Primordial Origin cultivation.
• Wu Tian decided to give Di Jun the Primordial Violet Qi freely, and Di Jun stared at it in disbelief.