Chapter Summaries

Zhou Ming awakened as the first Ancestral Wu in Pangu Hall and learned how a failed System delivery led Pangu to grant him an extraordinary origin. Facing the Heaven-Opening Fiend Qi eroding his Primordial Spirit, he began using the System Core and the Law of Strength to refine it.

• Zhou Ming recovered his memories and realized he had transmigrated into the Primordial Wilderness as the first Ancestral Wu.
• Zhou Ming recalled that Pangu had refined the System, placed its Core and a comprehension of the Law of Strength within him, and sent his soul to gestate in Pangu Hall.
• Zhou Ming resolved to change the Wu Clan's fate but discovered the Heaven-Opening Fiend Qi was attacking and threatening to overwhelm his Primordial Spirit.
• Zhou Ming used the System Core as a shield and the Law of Strength as a spear to begin refining the fiend qi.

Zhou Ming refined the Heaven-Opening Fiend Qi attacking his Primordial Spirit and discovered that the Dragon-Phoenix-Kirin Tribulation was raging outside Pangu Hall. He resolved to strengthen himself, find a way to help the other twelve Ancestral Wu form Primordial Spirits, and remain hidden until he was strong enough.

• Zhou Ming used the System Core and his insight into the Law of Strength to refine the fiend qi and keep his Primordial Spirit from collapsing.
• Zhou Ming absorbed the remaining fiend qi, strengthening his Primordial Spirit and sensing the slaughter and chaos of the Dragon-Phoenix-Kirin Tribulation beyond Pangu Hall.
• Zhou Ming assessed his strengths and weaknesses and worried that the other twelve Ancestral Wu might succumb to fiend qi without forming Primordial Spirits.
• Zhou Ming decided to develop a method to help the other Ancestral Wu refine fiend qi while prioritizing his own transformation and staying inside Pangu Hall.
• Zhou Ming sensed twelve life sources in the blood cocoons and silently vowed to fight for a different future for the Wu Clan.

Zhou Ming refined Heaven-Opening Fiend Qi and strengthened his primordial spirit in Pangu Hall while the Dragon-Phoenix-Kirin Tribulation escalated into a war across the Primordial World. He resolved to keep cultivating and prepare for the Wu Clan’s arrival before the tribulation ended and Dao Ancestor Hongjun emerged.

• Zhou Ming used the Dao Origin Divine Pearl and the Law of Strength to refine fiend qi and consolidate his primordial spirit.
• Ancestral Dragon, Primordial Phoenix, and Shi Qilin led their clans to conquer territory, gather Fortune, and break through to the Quasi-Saint realm.
• The three clans’ conflicts became an all-out war, spreading slaughter and Tribulation Fiend Qi throughout the Primordial World.
• Zhou Ming sensed the intensifying battle from Pangu Hall and considered using the denser fiend qi to temper his primordial spirit.
• Zhou Ming recommitted to secluded cultivation so he could grow stronger and seek a different future for the Wu Clan.

After countless years of cultivation, Zhou Ming broke free of his blood cocoon and underwent Form Transformation as an early Grand Unity Golden Immortal. He found that the Dao Origin Divine Pearl could purify Baleful Intent too slowly to help his twelve younger siblings, and began considering a cultivation technique they could use themselves.

• Zhou Ming broke through his blood cocoon and emerged with an Ancestral Wu Body and early Grand Unity Golden Immortal cultivation.
• Zhou Ming resolved to help the twelve Ancestral Wu siblings avoid their future fate of fighting recklessly.
• Zhou Ming refined eighteen of the Dao Origin Divine Pearl's forty-nine Innate Restrictions before reaching the limit of his current strength.
• Zhou Ming tested the pearl on an Ancestral Wu blood cocoon and confirmed that it could purify Baleful Intent.
• Zhou Ming realized the pearl worked too slowly to keep up with the Baleful Intent in the twelve cocoons and considered creating a cultivation technique.

Zhou Ming created and imprinted the Nine Revolutions Fiend Quenching Art into the Twelve Ancestral Witches to help them refine fiend qi. When Di Jiang's consciousness awakened, Zhou Ming protected him and guided him through the art, successfully stabilizing his newborn consciousness.

• Zhou Ming spent ten thousand years combining the Pangu Bloodline, the Law of Strength, and the Dao Origin Divine Pearl to create the Nine Revolutions Fiend Quenching Art.
• Zhou Ming used the Dao Origin Divine Pearl to imprint the cultivation method and a guiding mark of the Law of Strength into the Origin Essence of all twelve blood cocoons.
• Zhou Ming observed the method slowly tempering fiend qi within the cocoons, improving the Ancestral Witches' conditions over another ten thousand years.
• Di Jiang became the first of the Ancestral Witches to awaken a consciousness, but the accelerating fiend qi threatened to overwhelm it.
• Zhou Ming shielded Di Jiang with the Dao Origin Divine Pearl and guided him to circulate the Nine Revolutions Fiend Quenching Art, which refined the fiend qi and nurtured his consciousness.

Zhou Ming reached the mid-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm while guiding the future Ancestral Wu. Outside Pangu Hall, the Dragon-Phoenix-Kirin Tribulation ended with the three clan leaders sacrificing themselves to guard the Primordial Wilderness, and Zhou Ming resumed cultivation to prepare the Wu Clan for what came next.

• Zhou Ming repeatedly guided the awakening future Ancestral Wu to stabilize their consciousness and cultivate, deepening his understanding of the Law of Strength until he broke through to the mid-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• The Dragon Clan, Phoenix Clan, and Qilin Clan launched their final battles across the Primordial Wilderness, while Ancestral Dragon, Primordial Phoenix, and Shi Qilin reached the late stage of the Quasi-Saint realm.
• The three clans suffered catastrophic losses, and the Primordial Wilderness was devastated as Karma and the Great Dao's punishment fell upon them.
• Ancestral Dragon vowed to guard the Four Seas and became a sea-stabilizing divine needle; Primordial Phoenix vowed to guard Undying Volcano and became an eternal flame mark; Shi Qilin vowed to guard the Central Land and merged with the earth.
• The Dragon-Phoenix-Kirin Tribulation ended, and Zhou Ming recognized that the Dao-Demon Conflict and the rise of the Wu Clan and demon tribe were approaching, so he returned to cultivation.

Zhou Ming gathered and refined fiendish aura near Buzhou Mountain to nourish the Twelve Ancestral Witches, earning a little Merit as their transformation drew closer. After Luohu destroyed the Western Spiritual Veins in his defeat by Hongjun, a brief peace settled over the Primordial World, and Zhou Ming realized the next age was approaching.

• Zhou Ming left Pangu Hall to gather fiendish aura and used the Dao Origin Divine Pearl to refine it for the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
• Zhou Ming repeatedly supplied the refined energy to the twelve blood cocoons, accelerating their cultivation and earning small amounts of Merit.
• Zhou Ming sensed the Dao-Demon Conflict begin and stayed in Pangu Hall rather than risk approaching the battle.
• Luohu self-destructed after losing to Hongjun, destroying most of the Western Spiritual Veins and devastating the Western Lands.
• Hongjun took the Four Swords of Zhu Xian and the formation diagram, suppressed the Demonic Qi, and withdrew to Jade Capital Mountain to cultivate.
• Zhou Ming sensed the Primordial World settling into a brief peace and warned himself that time was running out as he watched the twelve blood cocoons.

After reaching the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, Zhou Ming decided the Wu Clan must leave Pangu Hall and gather strength. He divided the Twelve Ancestral Witches into three groups and planned to take four of them to Buzhou Mountain to appeal to Father God's Will for help.

• Zhou Ming reflected on the Twelve Ancestral Witches gaining primordial spirits and on his own cultivation reaching the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Zhou Ming assigned Di Jiang and three Ancestral Witches to gather treasures and resources across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Zhou Ming gave the Dao Origin Divine Pearl to Zhu Jiuyin and sent him and three others west to restore the earth veins and refine fiendish aura for Merit.
• Zhou Ming chose Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, Xuan Ming, and Houtu to accompany him to Buzhou Mountain and pay homage to Father God's legacy.
• Zhou Ming told Xuan Ming and Houtu to cry before Father God's Will in hopes of receiving treasures or a cultivation method, and the group agreed to follow his plan.

Zhou Ming led four Ancestral Wu up Buzhou Mountain and staged a tearful appeal to Pangu’s lingering will for treasures to protect the Wu Clan. Pangu refused the Creation Green Lotus but revealed the locations of a Jade of Creation fragment and the Purifying White Lotus, then directed them to open the Depths of Bloodline; Zhou Ming set off to retrieve the fragment.

• Zhou Ming led Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, Xuan Ming, and Houtu up Buzhou Mountain and urged them to plead with Pangu’s will for help.
• Zhou Ming and the others lamented the Wu Clan’s future and asked Pangu to bestow treasures on them.
• Pangu’s will refused the Twelve-Grade Creation Green Lotus, saying it belonged to the Three Pure Ones.
• Zhou Ming asked for several other treasures, and Pangu revealed that a Jade of Creation fragment lay above them and that the Purifying White Lotus was on Fangzhang or Mount Yingzhou, but required the Earth Book to find.
• Pangu told the Ancestral Wu to open the Depths of Bloodline to access his inheritance marks.
• Zhou Ming stopped the crying and led the four Ancestral Wu toward the Jade of Creation fragment.

Zhou Ming led four Ancestral Witches up Buzhou Mountain, where they found a Fragment of the Jade of Creation and secured it in Pangu Hall. Ten thousand years later, the Twelve Ancestral Witches reunited, and Zhou Ming set the Wu Clan to cultivating and preparing for the coming era.

• Zhou Ming guided Zhu Rong, Gonggong, Xuan Ming, and Houtu through Pangu's oppressive Will as they climbed Buzhou Mountain in search of a treasure.
• Zhou Ming sensed the Fragment of the Jade of Creation beneath a bluish-green stone, and the Ancestral Witches uncovered it and thanked Father God.
• Zhou Ming sealed the fragment's aura, carried it back to Pangu Hall, and stored it where Pangu's aura was strongest before the four Ancestral Witches entered cultivation.
• Ten thousand years later, Di Jiang and Zhu Jiuyin returned to Pangu Hall with the other Ancestral Witches, bringing spirit treasures and merit gathered while repairing the Western Lands' earth veins.
• Zhou Ming told the reunited Ancestral Witches to focus on opening Father God's inheritance imprint, raising their cultivation, and distributing their newly acquired treasures according to their needs.

As the Era of Great Contention began, the Ancestral Witches cautiously explored the Primordial Land while Zhou Ming cultivated in Pangu Hall. Zhou Ming broke through to the early Quasi-Saint realm by proving Dao with Laws, just as Ancestor Hongjun neared proving his Dao.

• The Three Pure Ones, Di Jun and Taiyi, Nuwa and Fuxi, Jieyin and Zhunti, Zhen Yuanzi, and Ancestor Minghe emerged as Innate Great Gods across the Primordial Land.
• The Ancestral Witches explored in small groups, following Zhou Ming's advice to gather resources, avoid conflict, and retreat when outmatched.
• Xuan Ming and Houtu agreed that the Ancestral Witches should avoid clashing with powerful Great Gods and focus on strengthening themselves and unlocking Pangu's inheritance.
• Zhou Ming used the Dao Origin Divine Pearl and a Creation Jade Tablet fragment to comprehend laws and break through the Grand Unity realm.
• Zhou Ming reached the early Quasi-Saint realm by proving Dao with Laws, and sensed that Ancestor Hongjun was close to proving his Dao.

After emerging from seclusion, Zhou Ming agreed to help the Twelve Ancestral Witches create more Wu Clan members, then led them into seclusion to study Pangu’s inheritance while his avatar managed clan affairs. Years later, Hongjun attained the Dao and announced that he would teach at the Palace of Purple Heavens.

• The Twelve Ancestral Witches asked Zhou Ming to help them use the blood pool to create Wu Clan members, and he agreed on the condition that they enter seclusion before Hongjun attained Dao.
• Zhou Ming used the Dao Origin Divine Pearl to nurture the blood cocoons, but the newborn Wu Clan members emerged without primordial spirits.
• Zhou Ming split portions of his primordial spirit to create an avatar, Wu Ming, and sent him out to manage the Wu Clan and build ties, especially with Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun.
• Zhou Ming and the Twelve Ancestral Witches sealed themselves inside Pangu Hall to comprehend Great God Pangu’s inheritance.
• Hongjun proclaimed that he had attained the Dao and become a Saint, and announced he would expound the Dao at the Palace of Purple Heavens in three thousand years.

After Hongjun became a Sage and announced Dao lectures at Purple Cloud Palace, Wu Ming persuaded Zhen Yuanzi, Hong Yun, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches to attend. Wu Ming and the Twelve Ancestral Witches reached Purple Cloud Palace in Chaos, where they prepared to enter.

• Wu Ming told Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun they should attend Hongjun’s Dao lectures, and they agreed to meet at Purple Cloud Palace in three thousand years.
• Wu Ming informed Zhou Ming and the Twelve Ancestral Witches that Hongjun had become a Sage and would expound the Dao.
• Zhou Ming sent Wu Ming to lead the Twelve Ancestral Witches to Purple Cloud Palace, and Wu Ming accepted the Dao Origin Divine Pearl to conceal their Heavenly Secrets.
• Wu Ming and the Twelve Ancestral Witches traveled through dangerous Chaos and spotted other powerful figures heading toward the palace.
• Wu Ming and the Twelve Ancestral Witches arrived at Purple Cloud Palace and prepared to approach it.

Wu Ming and the Twelve Ancestral Witches arrived at the Purple Firmament Palace and waited among the Primordial Wilderness’s greatest powers. When Hongjun opened the gates, the gathered gods competed for six extraordinary Cushions, while Wu Ming chose not to pursue one and settled with the Wu Clan to await the sermon.

• Wu Ming led the Twelve Ancestral Witches to the Purple Firmament Palace, where they found Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Di Jun, and Taiyi already waiting.
• Nuwa and Fuxi, East King Duke and West Queen Mother, Ancestor Minghe, Zhen Yuanzi, and Daoist Hongyun arrived, and Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun greeted Wu Ming before sitting beside the Wu Clan.
• Hongjun noticed that Wu Ming and all twelve Ancestral Witches possessed Primordial Spirits, but his attempts to understand the anomaly failed.
• Haotian and Yaochi opened the palace gates, and the gathered Great Powers rushed inside to claim the six Cushions.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Nuwa, Kunpeng, and Daoist Hongyun took the six Cushions, with Zhen Yuanzi helping Hongyun block Di Jun and Taiyi.
• Wu Ming led the Twelve Ancestral Witches to seats behind Zhen Yuanzi and Daoist Hongyun, and they waited quietly for Hongjun’s sermon.

Wu Ming warned Hong Yun not to give up the sixth Cushion, but Jieyin and Zhunti arrived and manipulated the assembly with a feigned display of grief. Hong Yun yielded his seat to them, leaving him with a bitter sense that he had lost something important.

• Wu Ming warned Hong Yun that the Cushion was his fated opportunity and that he should not yield it.
• Jieyin and Zhunti arrived at Purple Firmament Palace, saw all six Cushions occupied, and pretended to weep over having nowhere to sit.
• Zhu Rong prepared to confront the pair, but Wu Ming told him to stay calm and watched Hong Yun.
• Hong Yun struggled against his impulse to help Jieyin and Zhunti, then rose and gave them his seat.
• Zhunti immediately sat on the Cushion, and Jieyin took the empty place beside him while Hong Yun silently regretted the loss.

Zhunti and Jieyin seized Kunpeng’s Cushion after Primordial Lord Tianzun insulted him and Kunpeng was forced to retreat. Hongjun arrived to begin his lecture and declared that future lectures would follow the seats occupied that day, leaving Kunpeng furious and Hong Yun regretful.

• Zhunti tried to persuade Kunpeng to give his Cushion to Jieyin, but Kunpeng refused and accused them of trying to take it.
• Primordial Lord Tianzun insulted Kunpeng and other beings, while Jieyin and Zhunti pressured Kunpeng with their auras.
• Kunpeng yielded the Cushion and moved to an inconspicuous corner; Jieyin took the seat, and Wu Ming warned the Ancestral Witches to remember Kunpeng’s fate.
• After three thousand years, Haotian and Yaochi closed the palace gates, and Hongjun appeared on the high platform.
• Hongjun declared that future lectures would follow the seating order, leaving Kunpeng angry, Hong Yun regretful, and Zhunti and Jieyin delighted.

Hongjun delivered the first ten-thousand-year sermon in Purple Firmament Palace, explaining the cultivation realms and the Immortal Dao. Afterward, Wu Ming invited Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun to visit Pangu Hall, while Hong Yun remained troubled by losing his Cushion opportunity.

• Hongjun outlined the realms of cultivation, declared that all beneath Saints were ants, and began teaching the Heavenly Immortal realm.
• Wu Ming and the Twelve Ancestral Witches compared Hongjun's Immortal Dao teachings with their own understanding of the laws and gained new insights.
• After ten thousand years, Hongjun ended the sermon and announced that he would teach the Dao of the Quasi-Saint in thirty thousand years.
• Wu Ming invited Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun to visit Pangu Hall after they had digested the sermon, and both agreed.
• Wu Ming and the Twelve Ancestral Witches departed for Buzhou Mountain, while Zhen Yuanzi took the distressed Hong Yun back to Wuzhuang Temple.

After ten thousand years of cultivation and a thousand-year discussion of the Dao, Wu Ming asked Hong Yun why he had yielded his seat in Purple Cloud Palace. Hong Yun explained that compassion for Jieyin and Zhunti—and a terrifying intuition that keeping the seat would bring disaster—had driven his choice.

• Wu Ming recounted the Purple Cloud Palace teachings, then entered seclusion with the Twelve Ancestral Witches to compare Hongjun's immortal Dao with their Law Great Dao.
• Ten thousand years later, Wu Ming and the Twelve Ancestral Witches emerged with improved cultivation, while other powers across the Primordial Land also awakened.
• Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun visited Buzhou Mountain, where they and Wu Ming and the Twelve Ancestral Witches discussed the Dao for a thousand years.
• Wu Ming asked Hong Yun why he had yielded his Cushion to Zhunti despite being warned not to give it up.
• Hong Yun said he had softened at Jieyin and Zhunti's pleas and feared that keeping the seat would mean taking an opportunity not meant for him and bring a monstrous calamity.

Wu Ming explained that Hong Yun’s surrendered cushion had been destined for Jieyin and Zhunti, while warning that Kunpeng would blame Hong Yun for losing his own chance at a Saint Position. Hong Yun left after promising to accept any price Wu Ming later proposed to settle the grudge.

• Hong Yun recounted how a sense of danger and pity had led him to yield his seat in Purple Cloud Palace.
• Wu Ming told Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi that the six cushions had been prepared for future disciples who would become Saints, and that Hong Yun had been destined to lose his position.
• Wu Ming warned that Kunpeng would hold Hong Yun responsible for losing the fifth cushion and would not believe that the position had never truly been his.
• Wu Ming said he could offer a way to resolve the grudge after the Third Sermon, and Hong Yun vowed to pay any price.
• Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun thanked Wu Ming, took their leave, and departed from Buzhou Mountain.

Wu Ming allowed the Twelve Ancestral Witches to travel and deepen their understanding of the Laws before Hongjun’s Second Sermon. The Three Pure Ones claimed treasures from the Twelve-Grade Creation Green Lotus, and Wu Ming and the Ancestral Witches set out for Purple Cloud Palace as the sermon drew near.

• The Twelve Ancestral Witches inspected the organized Wu Clan settlements, then traveled through the Primordial Wilderness to study the Laws.
• Wu Ming traveled separately, sensing changes in the Primordial World’s Laws after ten thousand years of sermons.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian found the Twelve-Grade Creation Green Lotus at Buzhou Mountain and received the Coiled Dragon Staff, Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, and Qingping Sword from its flower, root, and leaf.
• As Hongjun’s Second Sermon approached, Di Jun, Taiyi, Nuwa, Fuxi, Zhen Yuanzi, Hong Yun, and Kunpeng headed toward Purple Cloud Palace.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches returned to Pangu Hall, where Wu Ming welcomed them and led them toward Purple Cloud Palace.