Chapter Summaries

After the Investiture of the Gods ended, Haotian took control of the Investiture and returned to the Heavenly Court. Wu Tian revealed that Di Jun’s reincarnated body was Ji Dan, who stepped in to assist the young King Cheng after Ji Fa died.

• The Investiture of the Gods and the God-Slaying Whip flew into Haotian’s hands, and the completed Heavenly Court strengthened his position as Great Heavenly Lord.
• Wu Tian urged Haotian to return to the Heavenly Court and meet the newly appointed Righteous Gods.
• Taiqing asked Wu Tian whether Di Jun had reincarnated as Ji Fa, and Wu Tian invited the others to watch events unfold.
• Ji Fa established the Zhou Dynasty, restored rites suppressed by Di Xin, and enfeoffed Shang royals and feudal lords; Jiang Ziya received Qi State.
• Three years after Zhou conquered Shang, Ji Fa died, and his younger brother Ji Dan began assisting the young King Cheng.
• Taiqing realized that Di Jun’s reincarnated body was Ji Dan.

Duke of Zhou Dan, the reincarnation of Di Jun, governed as regent, subdued Zhou’s enemies, and established the Rites and Music, replacing Shang human sacrifice and reshaping the Human Dao. After returning power to King Cheng and dying, he reappeared amid a surge of Human Dao Fortune, and Wu Tian greeted him as Di Jun.

• Ji Fa fell gravely ill and died, but Duke of Zhou Dan refused the throne and governed as regent for the young King Cheng.
• Duke of Zhou Dan pacified the realm, destroyed the Yin Capital, subdued the Eastern Yi, redistributed fiefs, established Chengzhou, and created the Rites and Music.
• The Rites of Zhou displaced the Chan Sect’s influence and ended the system of Human Sacrifice, while shaping the Human Clan’s understanding of Heaven and the people’s authority.
• Taiqing acknowledged that his second brother had lost to Wu Tian, while Wu Tian insisted that Di Jun had acted on his own.
• After returning power to King Cheng, Duke of Zhou Dan died, and the Human Dao Fortune surged as his figure reappeared.
• Wu Tian and the others approached the newly manifested Duke of Zhou, and Wu Tian greeted him as Fellow Daoist Di Jun.

Di Jun returned as an independent being after Duke of Zhou Dan became a Human Dao sage, and he learned that Lu Ya and Taiyi were well. He declined to reunite with Changxi for now and asked Wu Tian to lend him the Chaos Gourd so he could refine Chaos qi.

• Duke of Zhou Dan emerged as a Human Dao sage, while Di Jun separated from him and restored his own body as an independent being.
• Duke of Zhou Dan returned to Huoyun Cave with Fuxi and the Human Clan sages to suppress Human Dao fortune and assimilate his gains.
• Di Jun asked about the Primordial Wilderness, and Nuwa told him that Lu Ya ruled Western Spirit Mountain as Gouchen Emperor and Taiyi had become a Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
• Di Jun thanked Wu Tian for looking after Lu Ya and Taiyi, then declined Wu Tian's offer to reunite with Changxi and the others in the Origin Realm.
• Di Jun asked Wu Tian to lend him the Chaos Gourd so he could refine Chaos qi at the edge of the Primordial World and increase his cultivation.

After the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation ended, Wu Tian and the other immortals went their separate ways, while Taiqing proposed sending Duobao to the Western Sect to compete for the fortune of the coming tribulation. Tongtian accepted the plan but sent a talisman edict to Wu Tian to ask what he thought.

• Di Jun accepted Wu Tian's Chaos Gourd and departed beyond the Primordial World to stabilize himself.
• Wu Tian declined Tongtian's invitation to Golden Ao Island, shared the Origin Realm's coordinates with him, and left for the Underworld as Queen Mother of the West and Nuwa returned to their domains.
• Taiqing stopped Tongtian and revealed that Duobao remained in his custody after the battle.
• Taiqing proposed sending Duobao to Western Spirit Mountain to become Duobao Tathagata and compete with Lu Ya for the Western Sect's fortune and a vacant Heavenly Dao Saint position.
• Tongtian agreed to let Taiqing proceed, then returned to Golden Ao Island and sent a Saint's talisman edict to Wu Tian to ask his opinion.

Wu Tian returned to the Underworld, declined to interfere in the disciples’ contest, and considered expanding the group’s expeditions into Chaos. The chapter left him planning how to protect the Primordial Wilderness and communicate before anyone ventured out.

• Wu Tian received Tongtian’s message and replied that he would not interfere in the dispute over Duobao or the coming contention of the hundred schools.
• Wu Tian entered the Six Paths Samsara Palace and reunited with the Ancestral Witches, Zhen Yuanzi, and Empress Pingxin.
• Empress Pingxin proposed that Zhen Yuanzi relinquish the Fengdu Emperor position to Yang Jiao, and the gathering approved.
• Zhu Rong invited Zhen Yuanzi to join the Ancestral Witches in Chaos, and Wu Tian suggested taking the Ginseng Fruit Tree there to help it advance.
• Wu Tian cautioned that they needed to plan for guarding the Primordial Wilderness and sending messages before launching an expedition into Chaos.

Wu Tian agreed to refine Pangu Hall so its Pangu origins could maintain a connection through Chaos, while Empress Pingxin created a new hall from the power of the Earthly Dao. Just as the Ancestral Witches urged Wu Tian to join their journey into Chaos, Empress Pingxin said he still could not go with them.

• Wu Tian asked Empress Pingxin whether the Dao of Reincarnation could connect them across Chaos, and she explained that he could do so by refining Pangu Hall.
• Empress Pingxin transformed the Six Paths Samsara Palace with purple Earthly Dao light and handed Pangu Hall to Wu Tian.
• Dijiang insisted Wu Tian accept Pangu Hall as Pangu's true successor, and Wu Tian agreed to refine it.
• Wu Tian stored Pangu Hall within his body, and Dijiang asked when he could refine it so they could leave for Chaos.
• Empress Pingxin said Wu Tian still could not go with the Ancestral Witches, leaving Dijiang to ask why.

Empress Pingxin arranged for Wu Tian to stay near Pangu Hall while the Ancestral Witches prepared to enter Chaos, and Wu Tian expanded the gathering to include Tongtian and his family and disciples. Tongtian received the invitation to fight Chaos Demon Gods and, impressed by Wu Tian’s ambition, prepared to join him.

• Empress Pingxin explained that Wu Tian should remain in the Primordial Wilderness near Pangu Hall, so he could come to the Ancestral Witches’ aid if danger arose.
• Dijiang invited Zhen Yuanzi to join the expedition, and Zhen Yuanzi agreed to return to Fengdu City to prepare for Yang Jiao’s appointment as Fengdu Emperor.
• Wu Tian sent talismanic decrees to Tongtian, Fairy Yun Hua, Yang Jian, Yang Chan, and his other Dao companions and disciples, while asking Empress Pingxin to grant Taiyi a position within the Earthly Dao.
• After everyone else departed, Wu Tian jokingly protested to Houtu and Xuan Ming that he had been forced into gathering his Dao companions.
• Tongtian received Wu Tian’s invitation to march into Chaos and slay Chaos Demon Gods, then praised Wu Tian’s vision compared with Taiqing’s schemes within the Primordial World.

Yang Jian and many members of Wu Tian’s extended family traveled to the Underworld after learning that Yang Jiao would become the Fengdu Emperor. They gathered at the Six Paths Samsara Palace, where Tongtian arrived as the family reunion continued.

• Yang Jian learned that Yang Jiao would become the Fengdu Emperor and prepared to travel with his family.
• Nezha, Yin Jiao, and Yin Hong joined Yang Jian, while Zhao Gongming, the Three Heavens, Xuan Wu, Lu Ya, Kong Xuan, and Bo Huang also headed to the Underworld.
• The visitors gathered at the Six Paths Samsara Palace and greeted Empress Pingxin, Wu Tian, and the others.
• Xuan Wu cheerfully called Houtu and Xuan Ming his honored mistresses, delighting them and surprising Yang Jian and the younger guests.
• Tongtian entered the crowded palace, admired Wu Tian’s harmonious gathering, and greeted Empress Pingxin.

Wu Tian arranged who would travel into Chaos and who would remain in the Primordial Wilderness, then attended Zhen Yuanzi’s resignation as Great Emperor Fengdu. Yang Jiao succeeded him, received the Earthly Dao’s power, and broke through to Quasi-Saint.

• Wu Tian sent Xuan Wu, Kong Xuan, and the younger generation to Fengdu City to meet Yang Jiao.
• Wu Tian explained that he and Empress Pingxin would stay in the Primordial Wilderness while Tongtian, Nuwa, and others went to Chaos; the Queen Mother of the West and Yun Hua would remain behind.
• Zhen Yuanzi asked Empress Pingxin to let him step down as Great Emperor Fengdu and nominate his disciple Yang Jiao as his successor.
• Empress Pingxin approved the succession, and the Ten Yama Kings joined the Book of Life and Death with the Great Emperor Fengdu divine writ.
• Yang Jiao received the divine writ, the Book of Life and Death, and the Earthly Dao’s power, which raised him from the Grand Dao realm to Quasi-Saint.

Yang Jiao completed his investiture as Fengdu Emperor and reunited with his family before the gathered immortals. After the ceremony, Wu Tian began refining Pangu Hall in the Six Paths Samsara Palace, with Empress Pingxin present in case anything went wrong.

• Yang Jiao took on the form of the Fengdu Emperor, received the Underworld’s recognition, and thanked those who attended his ceremony.
• Yang Jiao reunited with Wu Tian and Fairy Yun Hua, while Nezha teased Yang Jian about their powerful senior brothers and Yang Jian warned him they could discipline him.
• Wu Tian asked Tongtian whether he would return to Golden Ao Island or stay; Tongtian stayed to question the Ancestral Witches about their experiences in Chaos.
• Wu Tian instructed Xuan Wu and Kong Xuan to watch over the younger disciples, then went with Empress Pingxin to the Six Paths Samsara Palace.
• Wu Tian began pouring his mana and divine sense into Pangu Hall, which shook and released a dense blood-red radiance.

Wu Tian refined Pangu Hall while suppressing and absorbing the God-Slaying Spear, causing the Origin Realm to expand and strengthen. Meanwhile, Tongtian and the Ancestral Witches set out to test whether he could join their Pangu True Body, and Laozi became renowned as the Historian of the Archive of Eastern Zhou.

• The God-Slaying Spear pierced Wu Tian, but Pangu Hall blocked it and helped his body adapt as he continued refining the treasure.
• Wu Tian's power washed away Hongjun's remaining mark and fully refined the God-Slaying Spear, which he used to channel excess power into the Origin Realm.
• Wangshu and the Phantom of the Six Paths of Reincarnation helped stabilize the expanding Origin Realm as its spiritual Qi and living beings grew stronger.
• Zhen Yuanzi returned and found Tongtian and the Ancestral Witches discussing their cooperation and whether Tongtian could merge into the Pangu True Body.
• Tongtian and the Ancestral Witches went to the edge of the Primordial World to test their fusion and seek out Di Jun and Taiyi.
• During the Eastern Zhou period, Taiqing became Li Er, served as the Historian of the Archive of Eastern Zhou, and attracted scholars with his renown for erudition.

Confucius visited Laozi to ask about rites, and Laozi later established the Dao Sect by passing down the Dao De Jing. Wu Tian and other powers recognized Taiqing as Dao Ancestor, while Tongtian and the Ancestral Witches were away in Chaos with Pangu Hall; the chapter ended with Taiqing asking about sending Duobao to the Western Sect, only to learn Tongtian had already told Wu Tian.

• Confucius met Laozi and asked him about rites, while Laozi recognized the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Cloud but could not discern Confucius's origins.
• Laozi left office, rode west on his Green Ox, and passed down the Dao De Jing to Yin Xi at Hangu Pass.
• Taiqing announced the Dao Sect's establishment, and Wu Tian, Nuwa, Queen Mother of the West, and Haotian recognized Taiqing as Dao Ancestor.
• Wu Tian explained that Tongtian and the Ancestral Witches had taken Pangu Hall into Chaos after Wu Tian fused it into his heart.
• Taiqing asked Wu Tian about sending Duobao to the Western Sect to become Duobao Tathagata, and Wu Tian replied that Tongtian had already told him.

Wu Tian allowed Taiqing to make plans for bringing Western Sect fortune under the Dao Sect, then prepared to cultivate in seclusion while awaiting the Ancestral Dragon’s return. Nuwa and Queen Mother of the West joined him in a hidden palace, but Wu Tian focused on cultivation rather than spending time with them.

• Wu Tian told Taiqing he could pursue his plans for the Dao Sect and Western Sect, while cautioning against making the Primordial Wilderness stagnant with overly harmonious disciples.
• Taiqing thanked Wu Tian and the others, then departed as Laozi continued westward on his Green Ox; Haotian invited Wu Tian to visit the Heavenly Court before leaving too.
• Wu Tian told Nuwa and Queen Mother of the West that he had only initially refined Pangu Hall and had gained insights he still needed to digest.
• Wu Tian said he would cultivate in the Primordial Wilderness while awaiting the Ancestral Dragon’s return, and Nuwa created a hidden palace where they could stay.
• Nuwa and Queen Mother of the West followed Wu Tian into the palace, then complained when they found him concentrating on cultivation.

Wu Tian learned that his brothers had found a Chaos Demon God world and set out for the Underworld before heading into Chaos, leaving a copy behind. At Pangu Hall, Tongtian warned that the world might be observing the Primordial Wilderness on Hongjun’s orders and suggested notifying Wu Tian before anyone attacked.

• Wu Tian reflected on Ying Zheng’s future unification of the Human Clan, then continued cultivating with Nuwa and Queen Mother of the West beside him.
• Wu Tian sensed that his brothers had found the Chaos Demon Gods, created a figure to remain behind, and left to inform Empress Pingxin before traveling onward.
• The Ancestral Witches and their companions discovered a world hidden in Chaos near the Primordial Wilderness.
• Tongtian suspected that the world had come to observe the Primordial Wilderness, perhaps after Hongjun summoned it, and cautioned against charging in recklessly.
• Houtu reminded the Ancestral Witches to heed Wu Tian’s warning and consult Tongtian and Zhen Yuanzi, prompting Tongtian to suggest notifying Wu Tian.

The Ancestral Witches discovered that Hongjun had led the Faith Demon God and his allies toward the Primordial Wilderness. After Houtu warned Wu Tian, he and Empress Pingxin prepared for the threat, though Wu Tian worried the Faith Demon God would escape before they could defeat him.

• A powerful divine sense swept through Chaos, so Houtu concealed Pangu Hall and waited before sending six winged figures toward the Primordial World.
• Houtu used Pangu Hall’s connection to inform Wu Tian that the nearby world was the Faith True Realm, where Hongjun had found the Faith Demon God and other surviving Chaos Demon Gods.
• Hongjun lured the Faith Demon God into pursuing him, then fled; the Faith Demon God guessed that the Primordial Wilderness had weakened and sent scouts to investigate it.
• Wu Tian and Empress Pingxin discussed the Faith Demon God’s possible attack, and Wu Tian said he feared the demon would flee if the battle turned against him.

Wu Tian and Empress Pingxin prepared to confront the Faith Demon God, discussing the dangers of his Dao of Faith and how to contain his world. As six of his twelve-winged followers approached the Primordial World to scout it, the Innate Gourd Vine and the Innate Five Elements Grand Formation detected them and attacked.

• Empress Pingxin warned Wu Tian that the Faith Demon God's world and Dao of Faith could threaten the Primordial World, but said its inhabitants could resist corruption by holding fast to their hearts.
• Empress Pingxin gave Wu Tian the Twenty-Four-Petaled Samsara Lotus so he could plant it in the Faith Demon God's world and let the Six Paths of Reincarnation bar his escape.
• Wu Tian sensed six intruders outside the Primordial World and criticized their attempt to scout its defenses.
• The Faith Demon God saw through the six followers that the Primordial World had been damaged and ordered them to enter and gather information.
• The six followers concealed their auras and touched the Chaos Fetal Membrane, triggering the Innate Gourd Vine and the Innate Five Elements Grand Formation to attack.

Wu Tian used the Innate Gourd Vine and the Innate Five Elements Flag to capture six envoys sent by the Faith Demon God, while Di Jun stopped the last two from escaping. In the Faith True Realm, the Faith Demon God reacted to the loss and met with the Fear Demon God, telling him that news had arrived from the Primordial Wilderness.

• The Innate Gourd Vine pierced four figures and began devouring their power as the Innate Five Elements Flag bound them and cut off their connection to the Chaos Demon Gods.
• Wu Tian let two surviving figures gather information about the Primordial Wilderness before they tried to flee into Chaos.
• Di Jun appeared with the Chaos Bell and froze the two figures, allowing the Innate Gourd Vine to capture them.
• The Faith Demon God saw that all six envoys had been annihilated and wondered about the Innate Gourd Vine's origins.
• The Fear Demon God arrived in the Faith True Realm, and the Faith Demon God told him that news had come from the Primordial Wilderness.

The Faith Demon God and Fear Demon God planned to invade the weakened Primordial Wilderness, though the Faith Demon God remained wary of how easily he had obtained information. Wu Tian brought Di Jun and Taiyi to the Underworld, explained the threat, and asked Di Jun for his thoughts on devouring the Faith Demon God's World Origin.

• The Faith Demon God told the Fear Demon God that the Primordial Wilderness's Heavenly Dao was incomplete and that few Saints remained, but warned him not to lower his guard.
• The Fear Demon God dismissed the Faith Demon God's concerns and contacted two other Demon Gods about invading the Primordial Wilderness.
• The Innate Gourd Vine devoured the six Faith Demon God subordinates and swept Di Jun and Taiyi through Wu Tian's Origin Realm into the Six Paths Samsara Palace.
• Di Jun and Taiyi greeted Empress Pingxin and Wu Tian, and Wu Tian congratulated Di Jun on attaining the Primordial Origin.
• Wu Tian explained the Chaos Demon Gods' threat and invited Di Jun and Taiyi to support the others in Chaos.
• Wu Tian asked Di Jun what he thought about the Faith Demon God and the plan to devour his World Origin.

Di Jun proposed using the Faith Demon God's world as a trial ground to strengthen the Primordial World's inhabitants rather than merging the worlds. Wu Tian gathered his allies and prepared to infiltrate the enemy world so they could trap and attack the Faith Demon God.

• Di Jun argued that merging the Faith Demon God's world into the Primordial World risked disrupting its Heavenly Dao, and suggested using the world's power to strengthen their own cultivators instead.
• Wu Tian agreed with Di Jun's plan and decided to slay the Faith Demon God, then turn its world into a trial ground for the Primordial World's living beings.
• Wu Tian brought Di Jun and Taiyi to Pangu Hall, where the Ancestral Witches, Tongtian, and Zhen Yuanzi were assembled.
• Wu Tian explained that Empress Pingxin's twenty-fourth-grade Purple Samsara Lotus would bring the Six Paths of Reincarnation into the enemy world and prevent its inhabitants from escaping.
• Wu Tian placed Di Jun in command, then left Pangu Hall and flew toward a weak point in the enemy world's defenses to infiltrate it.

Wu Tian infiltrated the Faith True Realm by disguising his aura with belief power, but the Faith Demon God discovered him. Wu Tian attacked the four Chaos Demon Gods and struck several of them with powerful treasures, leaving the battle underway.

• Wu Tian hid his outsider aura with belief power and entered the Faith True Realm, where he saw its belief-bound inhabitants and learned how different they were from the people of the Primordial Wilderness.
• The Faith Demon God detected Wu Tian and summoned three other Chaos Demon Gods, surrounding him as the world’s power turned against him.
• Wu Tian broke free of the world’s restraints and attacked the Faith Demon God and the three demons with a punch, the Pangu Seal, the God-Slaying Spear, and a violet lotus platform.
• The God-Slaying Spear pierced the Light Demon God and drained his power before he blasted it away, while the violet lotus platform slammed the Darkness Demon God aside.