Chapter Summaries

Tongtian severed his bond with Dao Ancestor Hongjun and became independent, while Wu Tian and his allies turned their attention to Zhunti. The chapter ended with Zhunti fleeing, Jieyin blocked by Queen Mother of the West, and Taiqing and Yuanshi fearing they would be next.

• Tongtian completed his breakthrough, thanked Wu Tian, and declared that he was severing his master-disciple bond with Dao Ancestor Hongjun and erasing their Karma.
• The Primordial World severed Tongtian's River of Luck from Hongjun's, making Tongtian's luck independent while Hongjun's luck fell.
• Dijiang praised Tongtian's decision and asked Wu Tian who they should take down next, so Wu Tian ordered them to attack Zhunti together.
• Zhunti fled toward the Nine Heavens as Xuan Ming, Taiyi, Dijiang, and Zhu Jiuyin chased after him.
• Queen Mother of the West blocked Jieyin with the Kunlun Mirror, while Taiqing and Yuanshi worried that they would be targeted after Zhunti and Jieyin.

Wu Tian let the Ancestral Witches and Taiyi trap Zhunti while he waited to see whether Dao Ancestor Hongjun would intervene. When Zhunti begged for help, Hongjun struck at the battlefield, and Taiyi raised the Chaos Bell to block him.

• Taiyi used the Chaos Bell to freeze Zhunti, allowing Dijiang, Zhu Jiuyin, and Xuan Ming to surround and batter him.
• Zhunti tried to escape with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, but Taiyi rang the Chaos Bell and exposed him again.
• Wu Tian and Tongtian waited while the other combatants continued fighting, and Hongjun watched as Zhunti’s golden body began to crack.
• Zhunti called on Hongjun to save him and insisted that he and Jieyin had been forced to betray the Mystic Gate.
• Hongjun struck down at the battlefield, and Taiyi summoned the Chaos Bell to shield the area.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun revealed that his Three Corpse incarnations were made from slain ancient gods, shocking the Saints and exposing his schemes against the Three Pure Ones. He sent his Obsession Corpse and Evil Corpse to attack Wu Tian while confronting Empress Pingxin, leaving Wu Tian to face Hongjun’s overwhelming force.

• Hongjun’s Good Corpse tried to seize Taiyi’s Chaos Bell, but Tongtian’s sword strike stopped it long enough for Taiyi to retrieve the bell.
• Tongtian recognized the Good Corpse as Old Ancestor Yin Yang, and Taiqing confirmed that Yin Yang had supposedly died during the Dao-Demon Conflict.
• Wu Tian realized Hongjun had refined Old Ancestor Yin Yang into a Corpse incarnation, while Taiqing and Yuanshi recognized that Hongjun had misled the Three Pure Ones and taken their fate.
• Jieyin resumed attacking Queen Mother of the West, and Hongjun revealed his Obsession Corpse and Evil Corpse, Ancestor Qiankun and Five Elements Ancestor.
• Empress Pingxin tried to stop the two incarnations, but Hongjun blocked her with the Jade Creation Disc as they clashed over the powers of Heaven and Earth.
• Hongjun’s two incarnations advanced on Wu Tian, who recognized them as his opponent’s trump card.

Wu Tian and his allies fought Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s forces across the Primordial Wilderness, with Taiqing revealing his hidden strength and helping turn the battle against Hongjun. The Ancestral Witches gathered with Houtu and formed the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Array, shaking the Primordial World.

• Wu Tian engaged two of Hongjun’s incarnations while Taiqing joined the battle and trapped Hongjun’s Evil Corpse with the Taiji Diagram.
• Nuwa fought Yuanshi and then attacked Sage Jieyin as battles erupted throughout the Primordial Wilderness.
• Hongjun’s three corpse incarnations failed to secure an advantage, while Tongtian and Taiyi held off the Good Corpse and the Ancestral Witches overwhelmed Zhunti.
• Dijiang withdrew from the fight and brought the other Ancestral Witches onto the battlefield, including Houtu, whose appearance shocked Zhunti and Hongjun.
• Dijiang ordered the twelve Ancestral Witches to form the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Array, which absorbed the battlefield’s baleful aura and shook the Primordial World.

The Ancestral Witches returned and used the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Array to summon Pangu True Body, killing Sage Zhunti. Sage Jieyin tried to reach the array, but Nuwa stopped him and continued attacking.

• The Ancestral Witches formed the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Array, drawing in baleful energy as Dao Ancestor Hongjun watched and considered intervening.
• Pangu True Body unleashed an axe strike that shattered Zhunti’s treasures and golden body before destroying his Primal Spirit.
• Zhunti died, and the Primordial World was shaken by the signs of a Saint’s fall.
• Jieyin cried out for Zhunti and rushed toward the array, but Nuwa knocked him back with the Creation Qiankun Cauldron.
• Nuwa resumed attacking Jieyin and said she would send him to reunite with Zhunti.

After Zhunti died in the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Array, Wu Tian saw Hongjun’s power weaken and thought Jieyin’s death would weaken him further. Hongjun’s Purple Heaven Palace then revealed the God-Slaying Spear and launched it at Taiqing, prompting Wu Tian to rush to warn him.

• Nuwa and the Queen Mother of the West attacked Jieyin, who steadied himself with the Twelve-grade Golden Lotus of Merit and kept fighting.
• Dijiang sent the surviving Intercepting Sect disciples and wandering souls out of the formation toward Great Shang and the Investiture of the Gods.
• Zhunti’s death shook the Heavenly Dao, and Wu Tian seized the moment to attack Hongjun’s Obsession Corpse with the Pangu True Body.
• The Purple Heaven Palace struck Taiqing’s Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda, while the Primordial Violet Qi in Taiqing’s Primal Spirit churned and disrupted his mana.
• Hongjun’s Purple Heaven Palace released the God-Slaying Spear toward Taiqing, and Wu Tian rushed to warn him.

Taiqing deliberately let the God-Slaying Spear pierce him so he could sever his Primordial Violet Qi and fall from sainthood, following Tongtian’s path. His severed origin strengthened Dao Ancestor Hongjun, who then sent the spear after Sage Jieyin.

• Yuanshi attacked with the Pangu Banner as the God-Slaying Spear struck Taiqing, and Taiqing deliberately delayed activating the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda.
• Wu Tian attacked Hongjun's Evil Corpse and probed Taiqing, discovering that the spearhead destroyed his Primal Spirit while its shaft devoured his power.
• Taiqing used the Taiji Diagram to split his Primal Spirit, isolating the portion containing the God-Slaying Spear and most of the Primordial Violet Qi.
• Taiqing expelled the spear with the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda, and Wu Tian realized that Taiqing had deliberately used the attack to sever his sainthood.
• Taiqing's fall destabilized the Primordial World, while the devoured portion of his origin entered Dao Ancestor Hongjun and strengthened him.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun turned his attention to Sage Jieyin and sent the God-Slaying Spear after him.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun used the God-Slaying Spear to devour Sage Jieyin’s power and origin, causing Jieyin to fall from the Sage realm and Hongjun’s strength to rise. Wu Tian realized Hongjun might be seeking to devour the Heavenly Dao, then moved to protect the Queen Mother of the West as the spear targeted her.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun attacked Sage Jieyin with the God-Slaying Spear, piercing the Twelve-grade Golden Lotus of Merit despite Nuwa’s attempt to strike the weapon.
• The God-Slaying Spear devoured Jieyin’s power and origin, and Hongjun told him he would lie dormant within the Heavenly Dao until the greater crisis had passed.
• Jieyin fell from the Sage realm, the Heavenly Dao trembled, and Hongjun’s aura and Three Corpses incarnations grew stronger.
• Wu Tian suspected Hongjun intended to devour the Heavenly Dao and refrained from intervening in Jieyin’s defeat.
• Wu Tian charged toward the Queen Mother of the West to protect her, then reached out to seize the God-Slaying Spear as it flew toward her.

Wu Tian struggled to seize the God-Slaying Spear while Dao Ancestor Hongjun's clones attacked him and his allies. With the Human Clan's support, Wu Tian took the spear into the Chaos Pearl, leaving Hongjun unable to sense it.

• Wu Tian fought to restrain the God-Slaying Spear as Dao Ancestor Hongjun's clones attacked him, while the Ancestral Witches, Nuwa, the Queen Mother of the West, and Yuanshi confronted the clones.
• Fuxi and the Human Clan's forebears poured their power into the River of Luck and asked Wu Tian to take control of the Human Dao, strengthening his authority.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun recalled his Three Corpses Clones and used their merged power to make the God-Slaying Spear begin vanishing from Wu Tian's grasp.
• Wu Tian drove the spear toward his chest and sent it into the Origin Realm, then into the Chaos Pearl, cutting Hongjun's connection to it.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun lost track of the spear and demanded to know where Wu Tian had sent it.

Wu Tian confronted Dao Ancestor Hongjun as the Primordial World lay shattered, while Taiqing severed his bond with Hongjun and revealed he had secretly taken portions of Yuanshi and Tongtian’s origins. Taiqing fused those origins back into himself to regain Primordial Origin, leaving the brothers’ grievances unresolved but temporarily forgiven.

• Wu Tian emerged from the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Array and asked Hongjun whether this destruction was the Heavenly Dao’s grand trend.
• Taiqing severed his master-disciple bond with Hongjun, and Heavenly Dao Power cut their karmic connection.
• Wu Tian advised Nuwa not to sever her own bond with Hongjun yet, while he wondered whether Yuanshi might do the same.
• Taiqing used One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones and confessed that he had secretly taken portions of Yuanshi and Tongtian’s origins to cultivate the divine ability.
• Yuanshi and Tongtian forgave Taiqing, who fused the three portions of origin into himself and regained the intent of Primordial Origin.

Wu Tian and the others tried to stop Hongjun from preventing Taiqing’s return to the Primordial Realm, but Hongjun’s strengthened corpse incarnations kept them occupied. Empress Pingxin then warned Wu Tian that Hongjun was using their clashes to devour the Heavenly Dao, leaving their side uncertain how to respond.

• Hongjun attacked Taiqing as he began to regain the Primordial Realm, and Yuanshi was struck while trying to block him.
• Tongtian and Taiyi joined forces, with Taiyi merging into the Chaos Bell as Tongtian charged Hongjun.
• Hongjun sent his strengthened corpse incarnations against Tongtian, Yuanshi, and the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Array while Nuwa and Queen Mother of the West protected Taiqing.
• Empress Pingxin warned Wu Tian that Hongjun was forcibly suppressing and devouring the Heavenly Dao, making their efforts against it help Hongjun instead.
• Wu Tian realized that both fighting Hongjun and holding back could benefit him, and he worried over what they should do.

Wu Tian and the Ancestral Witches fought Hongjun’s Obsession Corpse while Hongjun devoured the Primordial Wilderness’s Heavenly Dao. Seeing that the battle required greater strength, Wu Tian proposed joining forces with the Three Pure Ones to summon a more complete Pangu True Body and promised to support Taiqing as the Supreme Dao Ancestor; Taiqing agreed to protect the Primordial Wilderness.

• Wu Tian urged Empress Pingxin to let Hongjun devour the Heavenly Dao, confident they could defeat him even if he became Heavenly Dao.
• Dijiang summoned the Pangu True Body with the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Array, and Wu Tian entered it to battle Hongjun’s Obsession Corpse.
• Wu Tian overpowered the Obsession Corpse and battered the Purple Heaven Palace, but realized he could not destroy Hongjun with his current strength.
• Wu Tian asked Taiqing to join the array with the Three Pure Ones and proposed combining their power and treasures to summon a stronger Pangu True Body.
• Wu Tian promised that he and Empress Pingxin would support Taiqing as the Supreme Dao Ancestor if they defeated Hongjun, and Taiqing agreed to protect the Primordial Wilderness.

Wu Tian tried to persuade Yuanshi to join the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Array so they could summon the Pangu True Body against Dao Ancestor Hongjun. After resisting out of anger over the destruction of the Chan Sect, Yuanshi finally agreed.

• Wu Tian asked Taiqing to persuade Yuanshi to join the plan, while Tongtian and Taiyi moved to the array's edge during the battle.
• Taiqing told Yuanshi that Wu Tian wanted him to help summon the Pangu True Body, and Yuanshi's distraction let Hongjun's Evil Corpse strike him.
• Yuanshi blamed Wu Tian for the Chan Sect's losses and refused to answer Taiqing's appeal to put the greater good first.
• Wu Tian pressed Yuanshi to decide and promised him a chance to fight one-on-one after Hongjun was defeated.
• Yuanshi finally agreed to join the plan, insisting that he was not afraid of Wu Tian.

Wu Tian drew the Three Pure Ones and their allies into the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Array to combine their power against Dao Ancestor Hongjun. As the others protected the Primordial Wilderness outside, Tongtian merged his true spirit with Wu Tian’s Pangu True Body, and the fusion began.

• Wu Tian and Yuanshi set aside their conflict and moved with Taiqing and the others toward the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Array.
• Wu Tian dispersed his million-zhang true body into black mist, merged with the array, and drew Taiqing, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Taiyi, Nuwa, and Queen Mother of the West inside.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun sent his three corpses and the Purple Sky Palace to suppress the array, while Empress Pingxin attacked to block his interference.
• Wu Tian sent Nuwa and Queen Mother of the West outside the array to help protect heaven and earth; Nuwa restored living beings, Zhen Yuanzi gathered fragments in the Book of Earth, and Queen Mother of the West joined Haotian to stabilize the Heavenly Court.
• Tongtian released his true spirit into the array, and Wu Tian manifested Pangu True Body as Tongtian’s clear light entered its spiritual platform and began to merge with it.

Wu Tian absorbed the Three Pure Ones and the Twelve Ancestral Witches, unleashing a power that battered his body and forced Hongjun's Obsession Corpse to retreat. As Wu Tian struggled to withstand the transformation, he summoned his Di Xin avatar, whose Human Emperor status stirred the Human Dao.

• Tongtian, Taiqing, and Yuanshi opened their true spirits and merged their origins into Wu Tian's Pangu True Body.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches entered Wu Tian, causing the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Array to vanish from the Primordial Wilderness and reappear within his body.
• Wu Tian used the Innate Five Elements Flag to suppress his surging power, then punched Hongjun's Obsession Corpse and cracked its Chaos Seal.
• Hongjun's Obsession Corpse drew on Heavenly Dao Power to counterattack, but the clash disrupted Hongjun's attempt to devour the Heavenly Dao.
• Wu Tian realized his body might not survive a full fusion of the Three Pure Ones and summoned his Di Xin avatar from the Human Clan's Nine Provinces.
• Di Xin's Great Shang destiny and Human Emperor body stirred the Human Dao, whose river surged toward Wu Tian.

Wu Tian merged Di Xin’s incarnation and Human Emperor luck, then began fusing the Three Pure Ones’ power to summon Pangu’s aura. As Hongjun attacked before the transformation could finish, Wu Tian raised his hands as if to swing an axe.

• Wu Tian told Yuanshi that Yun Zhongzi and Jade Cauldron were safe in Chaoge, easing Yuanshi’s resentment as he continued merging with Taiqing and Tongtian.
• Wu Tian absorbed Di Xin’s Human Emperor luck and used the Human Dao’s power to suppress his body, while the Pangu Seal and Twenty-Four-Grade Lotus Platform supported him.
• Empress Pingxin held off Hongjun and urged Wu Tian to hurry as he began merging the Three Pure Ones’ power.
• Wu Tian’s body shrank and transformed as the Three Pure Ones’ primordial spirits joined, strengthening Pangu’s aura and resisting Heavenly Dao’s pressure.
• Hongjun merged his three corpse incarnations, attacked Wu Tian with the Creation Jade Plate, and briefly stalled his growing Pangu aura.
• Wu Tian calmly raised both hands into the posture of swinging an axe.

Wu Tian summoned the Heaven-Opening Axe by fusing the three Heaven-Opening Marks with the Taiji Diagram, Pangu Banner, and Chaos Bell, then struck down Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s Obsession Corpse. Hongjun survived by evading the blow and using the Jade Creation Disc, but the axe mark proved Wu Tian could kill him, leaving Hongjun panicked.

• Wu Tian formed the three Heaven-Opening Marks, which drew the Taiji Diagram, Pangu Banner, and Chaos Bell away from their wielders and fused them into the Heaven-Opening Axe; Taiyi was expelled from the Chaos Bell.
• Pangu’s memories overwhelmed Wu Tian, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and the Three Pure Ones as Wu Tian gripped the restored axe and roared, “Open!”
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun sent his Obsession Corpse forward with the Chaos Seal to test Wu Tian’s strike, and the axe split both the seal and the corpse in two.
• Wu Tian’s axe phantom cleaved through the invading Chaos energy and tore a vast breach through the Chaos Fetal Membrane.
• Hongjun evaded the lingering axe mark and used the Jade Creation Disc to wear it away, damaging the disc further as he realized Wu Tian could kill him.

Wu Tian struck Dao Ancestor Hongjun with the Heaven-Opening Axe, shattering the Jade Creation Disc and throwing the Heavenly Dao into chaos. Though Wu Tian and the axe were nearing their limits, Mount Buzhou emerged from his body and poured its Pangu aura into him.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun warned Wu Tian that attacking him could collapse the Primordial Wilderness, but Wu Tian charged without replying.
• Hongjun summoned the Heavenly Dao’s power and used the Jade Creation Disc to block Wu Tian’s axe, while Empress Pingxin protected Nuwa and Queen Mother of the West and strengthened the Earthly Dao’s defenses.
• Wu Tian’s axe shattered Heavenly Dao rule chains and broke the Jade Creation Disc, severing Hongjun from the Heavenly Dao and scattering the Three Thousand Great Daos.
• Empress Pingxin gathered the Jade Creation Disc’s fragments and used the Six Paths of Reincarnation to stabilize the Primordial World as the Heavenly Dao and its origin fell into chaos.
• Hongjun saw that Wu Tian was badly damaged and doubted he could swing a third axe, but Mount Buzhou flew from Wu Tian’s body and sent its Pangu aura into him, making the Heaven-Opening Axe tremble.

Wu Tian used Mount Buzhou and Pangu’s aura to strengthen the Heaven-Opening Axe for one final strike against Dao Ancestor Hongjun. As Wu Tian’s blow fell, Hongjun revealed his immense power but split into three figures and fled in different directions toward Chaos.

• Mount Buzhou returned to Wu Tian, restoring the Heaven-Opening Axe and healing some of his injuries with Pangu’s aura.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun recalled hiding from Pangu during the slaughter of the Chaos Demon Gods and resolved to face Wu Tian’s next strike.
• Wu Tian raised the Heaven-Opening Axe while Dao Ancestor Hongjun revealed the power he had gained from the Heavenly Dao origin and the Primordial Wilderness.
• Empress Pingxin questioned why Hongjun had merged with the Dao and plotted against the Primordial Wilderness instead of cultivating on his own.
• Wu Tian brought the Heaven-Opening Axe down, and Dao Ancestor Hongjun split into his true body, Good Corpse, and Evil Corpse before fleeing in three directions toward Chaos.
• Empress Pingxin was stunned by Hongjun’s escape and blurted out an exclamation she had learned from Wu Tian.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun tried to escape Wu Tian’s Heaven-Opening Axe, sacrificing his Good Corpse and main body in explosions to weaken the strike and let his Evil Corpse flee. Wu Tian’s form and axe broke apart, while the weakened axe pursued Hongjun’s Evil Corpse into Chaos.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun fled as Empress Pingxin sent the Six Paths Samsara Palace after him and Wu Tian kept the Heaven-Opening Axe locked on his aura.
• Hongjun’s Good Corpse turned back and blew itself up against the Six Paths Samsara Palace, blasting it back toward Empress Pingxin and tearing a vast rift through the Chaos Fetal Membrane.
• Hongjun’s main body collided with the Heaven-Opening Axe’s blade light and blew itself up, annihilating itself and a vast section of the Primordial World.
• Empress Pingxin used the Six Paths Samsara Palace to stabilize the Primordial World as the other cultivators helped suppress the destruction.
• The Heaven-Opening Axe broke into the Taiji Diagram, Pangu Banner, and Chaos Bell, Wu Tian’s Pangu True Body dispersed, and the Three Pure Ones and twelve Ancestral Witches reappeared.
• The weakened phantom of the Heaven-Opening Axe pursued Hongjun’s remaining Evil Corpse into Chaos.