Chapter Summaries

Nuwa warned Fuxi that the Demon Race was likely to lose its coming war with the Wu Clan, but he refused to believe her. She revealed that Wu Ming had told the future Sages their time to comprehend the Hongmeng Purple Qi had not yet arrived, and began explaining how he learned the Demon Race was deriving the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Array.

• Nuwa urged Fuxi not to join the Demon Race's final battle against the Wu Clan, warning that the Demon Race faced defeat.
• Fuxi insisted the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Array would ensure victory and allow Di Jun and Taiyi to pursue Sainthood.
• Nuwa told Fuxi that she and the Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunti had visited Wu Ming after failing to comprehend the Hongmeng Purple Qi together.
• Nuwa explained that Wu Ming said the six were destined to become Sages, but their opportunity had not yet arrived.
• Nuwa confessed she had revealed the Demon Race's array plans to the Three Pure Ones, and said Wu Ming had learned of them too.

Nuwa warned Fuxi that the Wu Clan likely had a countermeasure against the Demon Race's Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Array, but Fuxi insisted on returning to the Heavenly Court to protect her from Di Jun and Taiyi if the Demon Race lost. After he left, Nuwa resolved to visit Buzhou Mountain and ask Wu Ming to spare Fuxi in the Witch-Demon Great War.

• Nuwa told Fuxi that Wu Ming and the Wu Clan seemed unafraid of the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Array and might be able to defeat the Demon Race.
• Nuwa urged Fuxi to avoid the Witch-Demon Great War, but Fuxi explained that serving the Demon Race could shield her from Di Jun and Taiyi if they lost.
• Fuxi warned that alliances with the Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunti might fail if Di Jun and Taiyi used their great array to coerce them.
• Nuwa told Fuxi she had allied with the Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunti, but accepted that the alliance might not protect her.
• Fuxi promised to act carefully and withdraw if the battle turned against him, then left for the Heavenly Court.
• Nuwa decided to visit Buzhou Mountain and seek Wu Ming's promise to spare Fuxi's life.

Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi discussed the Demon Race’s preparations to attack the Wu Clan and decided to help Wu Ming despite the danger. They reached Buzhou Mountain and offered to stand with the Wu Clan against the Demon Army.

• Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi worried that Di Jun and Taiyi had spent ten thousand years preparing for war and might have hidden advantages.
• Hong Yun resolved to repay Wu Ming’s past kindness by aiding the Wu Clan, and Zhen Yuanzi insisted on joining him.
• Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi left Wuzhuang Temple and hurried to Buzhou Mountain to meet Wu Ming.
• Wu Ming welcomed them into Pangu Hall, where Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi offered their strength against the Demon Army.

Nuwa visited Wu Ming at Pangu Hall while the Witch-Demon Great War loomed and asked him to spare her elder brother Fuxi. Wu Ming had not yet answered her plea when the chapter ended.

• Wu Ming reassured Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi that the Wu Clan had prepared for the Demon Race, easing their concerns.
• Nuwa arrived at Pangu Hall, surprising Wu Ming, Hong Yun, and Zhen Yuanzi, who then invited her inside.
• Wu Ming insisted that Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi stay for Nuwa's discussion, saying he trusted them as friends.
• Nuwa asked Wu Ming to show mercy to Fuxi and not take his life in the coming war.

Nuwa asked Wu Ming to spare her brother Fuxi during the decisive battle between the Wu Clan and the Demon Race, and promised to fulfill any condition. Wu Ming secured three favors from Nuwa after she became a Sage and promised to spare Fuxi, then explained that the future favors were more valuable than Nuwa realized.

• Nuwa asked Wu Ming to preserve Fuxi’s life in the coming battle and offered to meet any condition in return.
• Wu Ming agreed to spare Fuxi if Nuwa promised to perform three tasks for the Wu Clan after becoming a Sage.
• Nuwa accepted the condition and left Pangu Hall relieved that Fuxi would be spared.
• Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi questioned whether Wu Ming had made a poor bargain, and he explained that three favors from a future Sage could wield great power.
• Wu Ming invited Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi to resume drinking tea.

Di Jun led the Demon Clan army to Buzhou Mountain to destroy the Wu Clan, where Wu Ming proposed settling the war through an array battle. The Demon Clan formed the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Array, but Wu Ming and the Twelve Ancestral Witches summoned Pangu's True Body, leaving the assembled powers stunned and Hongjun rushing from Purple Cloud Palace.

• Di Jun ordered the Demon Clan army to march on Buzhou Mountain, and the Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, Zhunti, Minghe, Nuwa, and other powers headed there to witness the clash.
• Wu Ming proposed that the Wu and Demon Clans decide the battle through their great arrays, and Di Jun accepted.
• Taiyi commanded the Demon Clan to form the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Array, drawing power from the stars across the heavens.
• Wu Ming and the Twelve Ancestral Witches formed the Thirteen Capital Heavenly God Evil Array and summoned Pangu's True Body, with Pangu Hall appearing as its heart.
• The Three Pure Ones and the other watching powers reacted in shock, while Di Jun and Taiyi faced the Wu Clan's revealed trump card.
• Hongjun saw Pangu's True Body and Pangu Hall appear, cried out in disbelief, and rushed from Purple Cloud Palace toward the battlefield.

Wu Ming and the Twelve Ancestral Witches nearly shattered the Demon Race’s Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Array with one strike from the Pangu True Body. The Heavenly Dao suddenly strengthened the array, but Wu Ming still declared the Demon Race doomed and called for the axe.

• Wu Ming and the Twelve Ancestral Witches struck the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Array, leaving it close to collapse and its Demon Race commanders injured.
• Di Jun and Taiyi despaired as Wu Ming raised the Pangu Axe Phantom for a second strike.
• The stars poured renewed power into the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Array, restoring and strengthening it.
• Di Jun claimed heaven favored the Demon Race and urged the Wu Clan to surrender, while Wu Ming dismissed his boast and promised the Demon Race would lose.
• Wu Ming shouted, “Axe, come!”

Wu Ming used the Taiji Diagram and Pangu Banner to empower the Pangu Axe, breaking the Demon Race’s Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Array and seizing Taiyi’s Chaos Bell. As he moved to kill Di Jun and Taiyi, Hongjun appeared and offered to spare the Wu Clan if Wu Ming withdrew to Purple Firmament Palace until the tribulation ended.

• Wu Ming summoned the Taiji Diagram and Pangu Banner, merging them with the Pangu Axe Phantom and shocking the watching Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti.
• Wu Ming cleaved apart the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Array, badly wounding Di Jun and Taiyi and killing many Demon Race members.
• Wu Ming seized Taiyi’s Chaos Bell and suppressed it in Pangu Hall, prompting Yuanshi Tianzun to realize Wu Ming intended to restore the Sky-Opening Axe.
• Wu Ming raised the axe to kill Di Jun and Taiyi, but Hongjun appeared and extinguished the axe light with a flick of his sleeve.
• Hongjun told Wu Ming to return with him to Purple Firmament Palace and avoid the Primordial Wilderness until the tribulation ended, in exchange for leaving the Wu Clan a chance to survive.

Wu Ming refused Hongjun’s demand to return to Purple Cloud Palace and fought him with the Pangu True Body, but the array was defeated. As Hongjun pressed him to surrender, Wu Ming called for help from Pangu Hall.

• Hongjun demanded that Wu Ming go to Purple Cloud Palace and offered to preserve a sliver of life for the Wu Clan, but Wu Ming refused and challenged him to battle.
• Wu Ming and the Twelve Ancestral Witches attacked Hongjun with the Pangu True Body, while Hongjun used the Jade Plate of Creation and Dao laws to withstand their blows.
• Hongjun defeated the array and revealed that Wu Ming had inherited Pangu’s Law of Strength and was only at the mid-stage Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm.
• Hongjun gave Wu Ming one last chance to surrender and suggested fusing Taiyi’s Chaos Bell into the Sky-Opening Axe, but Wu Ming declared that the Wu Clan would never compromise.
• Wu Ming looked toward Pangu Hall and shouted, “Daoist Friend, help me!”

Zhou Ming emerged from Pangu Hall, revealing that Wu Ming was his avatar, and merged with him to reach the peak of the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm. After joining the Pangu True Body and merging the Chaos Bell into its Pangu Axe, Zhou Ming rejected Hongjun’s claim that the Witch-Demon Tribulation was unchangeable and challenged him to fight.

• Zhou Ming emerged from Pangu Hall with the Chaos Bell, and the onlookers realized Wu Ming was his avatar.
• Zhou Ming greeted Hongjun and asked whether he would accept the Wu Clan’s conditions, but Hongjun said Zhou Ming was still too weak to contend with him.
• Zhou Ming told Wu Ming to return to his place, and Wu Ming merged into Zhou Ming, raising him to the peak of the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm.
• Zhou Ming entered the Pangu True Body and fused the Chaos Bell into its Pangu Axe, greatly increasing its power.
• Hongjun said the Witch-Demon Tribulation was fixed by the Heavenly Dao and could not be changed, but Zhou Ming rejected fate and challenged him to fight.

Zhou Ming defeated Hongjun, but the Heavenly Dao possessed Hongjun and insisted the Wu Clan must join the Witch-Demon Tribulation. Zhou Ming summoned Pangu’s Will from Buzhou Mountain, leaving the Heavenly Dao frightened and begging him to talk things out.

• Zhou Ming’s Pangu True Body defeated Hongjun in battle, and Zhou Ming repeated that the Wu Clan wanted to avoid the tribulation and secure a foothold in the Primordial Land.
• Hongjun insisted the Heavenly Dao Trend could not be changed, then the Heavenly Dao descended into him and offered to spare the Wu Clan if Zhou Ming imprisoned himself in Purple Cloud Palace.
• The Heavenly Dao possessed Hongjun and tried to capture Zhou Ming, but Zhou Ming bowed toward Buzhou Mountain and invited Pangu’s Will to descend.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches joined Zhou Ming in summoning Pangu’s Will, which awakened within Buzhou Mountain and merged with the Pangu True Body.
• The Heavenly Dao Hongjun recognized Pangu’s Will, panicked, and begged Zhou Ming to send it back so they could negotiate.

Pangu Will drove the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun from the battlefield, leaving both gravely wounded, then entrusted Zhou Ming with protecting the Wu Clan before fading from the Pangu True Body. The Three Pure Ones were left pondering Pangu's cryptic instruction to take care of themselves.

• Pangu Will struck the fleeing Heavenly Dao Hongjun with the Sky-Opening Axe, severely wounding both Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao and forcing them to flee into the Depths of Chaos.
• The watching Great Powers bowed to Great God Pangu, and the Three Pure Ones paid their respects to Father God.
• Pangu Will told the assembled powers that the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun would need one Yuanhui to recover and urged Zhou Ming and the Twelve Ancestral Witches to cultivate and comprehend Law.
• Pangu Will praised Zhou Ming and entrusted him with protecting the Wu Clan after declaring that its future would depend on him.
• Pangu Will told the Three Pure Ones to take care of themselves, then faded from the Pangu True Body and returned to the depths of Buzhou Mountain.

After defeating Hongjun and driving back the Heavenly Dao, Zhou Ming declared that the Wu Clan would not seek to rule the Primordial Wilderness, but warned against plotting against them. He spared Di Jun and Taiyi while confiscating the Chaos Bell, then returned to Pangu Hall with the Ancestral Witches to discuss what came next.

• Zhou Ming ended the Thirteen Capital Heavenly God Evil Array and told the gathered Great Powers that the Wu Clan sought peace but would retaliate against anyone who schemed against them.
• Zhou Ming returned the Taiji Diagram to Laozi and thanked Laozi and Primordial Lord Tianzun for lending their treasures.
• Zhou Ming spared Di Jun and Taiyi but ordered the Wu Clan to take custody of the Chaos Bell and suppress it within Pangu Hall.
• The Great Powers departed, and Di Jun and Taiyi fled Buzhou Mountain with the remnants of the Demon Army.
• Zhou Ming rejected Zhu Rong and Gong Gong's suggestion to kill the Demon leaders, saying that keeping them alive would be more useful, and led the Ancestral Witches back to Pangu Hall.

In Pangu Hall, Zhou Ming explained why the Wu Clan should avoid the Witch-Demon Tribulation and not wipe out the Demon Race. He began to explain why Hongjun had to personally promise the Wu Clan would stay out of the tribulation.

• Di Jiang asked why Zhou Ming had insisted that Hongjun promise the Wu Clan would not enter the tribulation, while Zhu Rong and Gonggong urged him to kill Di Jun and Taiyi.
• Zhou Ming asked the Ancestral Witches what made a tribulation most terrifying, then explained that it could ensnare participants in slaughter and Karma until they lost their Fortune and power.
• Zhou Ming cited the Dragon, Phoenix, and Kirin Clans as examples of tribes ruined by tribulation Karma and warned that destroying the Demon Race would burden the Wu Clan with immense Karma.
• Zhou Ming said killing Di Jun and Taiyi would not prevent the Heavenly Dao from creating a new Demon Race, and that keeping them alive could serve a future purpose.
• Zhou Ming began explaining that Hongjun had to promise the Wu Clan would stay out of the tribulation because Hongjun was the Heavenly Dao's spokesperson in the Primordial Wilderness.

Zhou Ming explained why the Wu Clan needed the Heavenly Dao’s promise to escape the Witch-Demon Tribulation and warned that its strength had vulnerabilities. He urged the Ancestral Witches to cultivate before the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun recovered, but Zhu Rong proposed killing the six future Sages, prompting Zhou Ming to mock his supposed genius.

• Zhou Ming explained that the Wu Clan was already entangled in the tribulation and needed the Heavenly Dao to stop manipulating events against them.
• Zhou Ming warned that the Thirteen Capital Heavenly God Evil Array could be disrupted by separating the thirteen Ancestral Witches, and that Father God's Will required the Pangu True Body to descend.
• Houtu asked how Zhou Ming had summoned Father God's Will, and he claimed his years of communicating with Father God had earned permission to call upon Him.
• Zhou Ming urged the Ancestral Witches to cultivate while the injured Heavenly Dao and Hongjun recovered, before the six future Sages took their places.
• Zhu Rong proposed killing the six future Sages before they became powerful, and Zhou Ming sarcastically called him a genius.

Zhou Ming urged the Ancestral Wu to cultivate during the one Yuanhui granted by Pangu's Will and revealed that Pangu's final inheritance could help him attain the Primordial Chaos. He left them preparing for seclusion and instructed them to maintain contact with Pangu's Will at Buzhou Mountain.

• Zhou Ming explained that killing the Three Pure Ones or Nuwa would burden the Wu Clan with severe Karma, while attacking Jieyin and Zhunti could provoke Heavenly Dao and Hongjun.
• Zhou Ming told the Ancestral Wu to use their one Yuanhui to cultivate and said he had absolute confidence in attaining the Primordial Chaos after merging with Daoist Friend Wu Ming.
• Zhou Ming revealed that his bloodline held Pangu's final inheritance, containing the crucial Law comprehension needed to attain the Primordial Chaos, and said the others could awaken their own inheritances at the peak of the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm.
• Zhou Ming ordered the Ancestral Wu to visit Buzhou Mountain and communicate with Pangu's Will, assigning Xuan Ming and Houtu to give the task special attention.
• Zhou Ming forbade Zhu Rong and Gong Gong from visiting Buzhou Mountain together and appointed Di Jiang and Zhu Jiuyin to supervise them.
• Zhou Ming dismissed the Ancestral Wu to prepare for seclusion.

Heavenly Dao and Hongjun argued over their defeat at Buzhou Mountain and discovered that the Ancestral Wu possessed the crucial Law insight needed to attain the Primordial Chaos. They decided to recover, delay Zhou Ming, and prepare the Six Saints while seeking to prevent the Thirteen Ancestral Wu from forming their array.

• Heavenly Dao blamed Hongjun for letting Zhou Ming and the others fuse the Chaos Bell and recreate the Sky-Opening Axe, while Hongjun defended his choices and blamed Heavenly Dao’s plans for the confrontation.
• Hongjun proposed letting the Six Saints emerge early, but Heavenly Dao refused because it would weaken its ability to suppress Zhou Ming.
• Heavenly Dao revealed that Pangu’s Law insights had left the Ancestral Wu with the final insight needed to attain the Primordial Chaos, explaining why it sought to annihilate the Wu Clan.
• Hongjun realized Heavenly Dao had driven the Witch-Demon Tribulation to eliminate the Wu Clan and raged that the Great Dao favored Pangu and his descendants.
• Heavenly Dao proposed delaying Zhou Ming, recovering their injuries, and arranging for the Six Saints to take their places so the Thirteen Ancestral Wu could not complete their array.
• Hongjun accepted the plan and began healing alongside Heavenly Dao.

After the demon race’s crushing defeat, Di Jun and Taiyi planned to stabilize their followers and recover their strength. Di Jun then resolved to seize Kunpeng’s Hongmeng Purple Qi, and Taiyi agreed, leaving the brothers to prepare for a dangerous path toward Sagehood.

• Taiyi told Di Jun that the demon race’s heavy casualties had left its warriors fearful of the Wu Clan.
• Di Jun said the Wu Clan had let the demon army retreat because its true opponent was the Dao Ancestor, then ordered Bai Ze to pacify the demon race and distribute rewards.
• Di Jun insisted that he and Taiyi could maintain control as long as they held the Monster Summoning Banner, and proposed taking Kunpeng’s Hongmeng Purple Qi after they recovered.
• Di Jun said they might also seize Hongmeng Purple Qi from Nuwa or the western pair, arguing that the Dao Ancestor was wounded and their chance to become Sages was limited.
• Taiyi agreed to Di Jun’s plan, and Di Jun ordered him to handle internal affairs with Bai Ze before the brothers returned to the Sun Star to heal in seclusion.

After the Wu Clan’s victory on Buzhou Mountain, the Primordial Wilderness fell quiet as the other factions regrouped and entered seclusion. On Kunlun Mountain, Laozi, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Tongtian began jointly studying Pangu’s Sky-Opening Imprint.

• Zhou Ming visited Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun, then returned to Pangu Hall and entered seclusion to pursue a breakthrough.
• Di Jiang, Zhu Jiuyin, and the other Ancestral Wu secluded themselves, while Zhu Rong and Gong Gong traveled the Primordial Wilderness and Houtu took Xuan Ming to Buzhou Mountain.
• The Primordial Wilderness’s inhabitants lay low after witnessing the Wu Clan defeat the Dao Ancestor and grievously wound the Heavenly Dao.
• At Phoenix Nest Mountain, Fuxi grieved over the failure of the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Array, and Nuwa urged him to heal before entering seclusion herself.
• At Mount Sumeru, Zhunti feared the Wu Clan would collect its debt, while Jieyin advised him to wait and watch for changes.
• On Kunlun Mountain, Laozi, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Tongtian resolved to study Pangu’s Sky-Opening Imprint together.

After thirty thousand years studying Pangu’s Sky-Opening Imprint, Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun urged the Three Pure Ones to prioritize the Dao Ancestor’s path of Slaying Three Corpses, while Tongtian argued they should pursue Pangu’s inheritance through Law. They agreed to postpone studying the imprint until after becoming Saints, leaving Tongtian uneasy as the brothers parted.

• After thirty thousand years of studying the Sky-Opening Imprint, Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun said it revealed profound Laws but no inheritance comparable to the Wu Clan’s grand array.
• Tongtian argued that the imprint must contain a powerful inheritance and that the Three Pure Ones might need to cultivate Law to uncover it.
• Yuanshi Tianzun rejected Tongtian’s proposal, insisting that their best course was to follow the Dao Ancestor’s path of Slaying Three Corpses and use their Hongmeng Purple Qi to become Saints.
• Laozi proposed that they first strengthen their cultivation and become Saints, then return to studying the imprint together.
• Yuanshi Tianzun and Laozi left to cultivate, and Tongtian departed alone, troubled by the thought that they might not reunite to study Pangu’s inheritance.