Chapter Summaries

Nuwa and Taiqing fought in Chaos over the Kongtong Seal after Zhou Ming proposed a safe battleground and took custody of the treasure. As the battle drew a crowd of powerful figures, Zhou Ming explained the dispute while the newcomers began facing off against one another.

• Zhou Ming urged Nuwa and Taiqing to fight in Chaos rather than destroy Taiqing's Dao Field, and offered to hold the Kongtong Seal until the victor was decided.
• Nuwa and Taiqing agreed, flew into Chaos, and began fighting while Zhou Ming took the seal and watched.
• Yuanshi and Tongtian left Kunlun Mountain to see the battle, while Fuxi, Di Jun, and Taiyi departed the Heavenly Court after sensing Nuwa's aura.
• Zhou Ming heckled both Sages as they exchanged blows, then resumed his composed demeanor when the gathered Great Powers arrived and greeted him.
• Zhu Rong asked Zhou Ming why Nuwa and Taiqing were fighting, and Zhou Ming told the crowd that they disputed ownership of a treasure.
• Yuanshi and Tongtian faced Fuxi, Di Jun, and Taiyi across the battlefield, creating a tense standoff as Nuwa and Taiqing continued fighting.

Nuwa defeated Taiqing in their battle over the Kongtong Seal, then gave the treasure to Zhou Ming, who had arranged the conflict. Taiqing returned to Kunlun Mountain with Primordial Lord Tianzun and Tongtian, vowing to settle the score while urging them to seek their own paths to Sainthood.

• Nuwa overcame Taiqing, and Zhou Ming offered her the Kongtong Seal as agreed.
• Nuwa refused the seal and handed it to Zhou Ming, prompting Taiqing and his brothers to leave for Kunlun Mountain.
• Zhou Ming told the Twelve Ancestral Witches that Taiqing's grudge against him was the outcome he wanted.
• Nuwa explained to Fuxi that she had fought Taiqing to fulfill her promise to Zhou Ming, and Di Jun offered the Demon Race's help.
• At Kunlun Mountain, Taiqing blamed Zhou Ming for engineering the conflict and urged Primordial Lord Tianzun and Tongtian to find their own opportunities to become Sages.

Primordial Lord Tianzun and Tongtian followed Taiqing’s guidance, established their sects, and attained sainthood. As the Three Pure Ones delayed confronting the Wu Clan, Zhou Ming left Pangu Hall to collect a debt.

• Primordial Lord Tianzun and Tongtian realized that establishing sects could complete their Dao, then entered deep meditation.
• Primordial Lord Tianzun established the Clarify Sect with the Pangu Banner and attained sainthood through merit.
• Tongtian established the Jie Sect with the Four Swords of Zhu Xian and became a Saint, completing the Three Pure Ones’ rise to sainthood.
• Primordial Lord Tianzun and Tongtian wanted to avenge Taiqing’s grievance against Zhou Ming and Nuwa, but Taiqing warned that the Wu Clan’s Pangu True Body could defeat even Saints.
• Zhou Ming announced that he was going to collect a debt and vanished from Pangu Hall, leaving the Twelve Ancestral Witches wondering who owed him.

Jieyin and Zhunti established the Western Teachings and made forty-eight Great Vows to borrow enough merit from the Heavenly Dao to become Sages. Just as the merit was about to descend, Zhou Ming froze it and claimed one-third belonged to him.

• Zhunti persuaded Jieyin to establish a sect and risk borrowing merit through Great Vows.
• Jieyin and Zhunti declared the establishment of the Western Teachings and made forty-eight Great Vows.
• A vast pillar of merit gathered above Mount Sumeru, giving Jieyin and Zhunti enough power to attain Sagehood.
• Zhou Ming appeared and froze the descending merit before it could reach them.
• Zhunti and Jieyin challenged Zhou Ming, who claimed that one-third of the merit belonged to him.

Zhou Ming demanded the one-third of the Western Teachings’ merit that Jieyin and Zhunti had promised him, leaving them with too little merit to become Saints together. Jieyin and Zhunti argued over which of them should use the remainder, while Zhou Ming dismissed their show of brotherly devotion.

• Zhou Ming reminded Jieyin and Zhunti of their oath to give him one-third of their lineage’s merit and prepared to claim it.
• Jieyin and Zhunti asked Zhou Ming to wait until they had become Saints and earned more merit, but he insisted on taking his share immediately.
• Zhou Ming pointed out that the remaining merit would let only one of them become a Saint and asked which brother would take it.
• Jieyin offered the remaining merit to Zhunti, and Zhunti insisted that Jieyin should take it instead.
• Zhou Ming called out Jieyin and Zhunti for pretending to yield out of brotherly devotion.

Zhou Ming advised Jieyin and Zhunti to borrow more merit from the Heavenly Dao so both could become Sages, and they succeeded. As Zhou Ming prepared to leave, Zhunti asked him to demonstrate a Sage’s power, prompting Jieyin to hurriedly smooth things over.

• Zhou Ming exposed Jieyin and Zhunti’s staged brotherly display and told them to keep making vows to borrow enough merit for both to become Sages.
• Zhou Ming collected one-third of the merit, and Jieyin and Zhunti made thirty-three more Great Vows, bringing their total to eighty-one.
• The Heavenly Dao lent them more merit, and Jieyin and Zhunti used it to prove the Dao and become Sages together.
• Zhou Ming congratulated them and prepared to leave, saying their karma with him was settled.
• Zhunti asked Zhou Ming to guide them by showing them the power of Sages, and Jieyin quickly claimed his junior brother was only joking.

Zhunti persuaded Jieyin to join him in challenging Zhou Ming so they could test his strength and reclaim some face. The three left Mount Sumeru for Chaos, drawing the attention of the Primordial Wilderness’s Great Powers, the Three Pure Ones, and Nuwa.

• Zhunti convinced Jieyin that the two of them could challenge Zhou Ming together and learn how strong he was.
• Jieyin and Zhunti agreed to fight Zhou Ming, who accepted and proposed they battle in the Depths of Chaos.
• The three departed Mount Sumeru, and their Sage auras clashed in Chaos as the Primordial Wilderness’s Great Powers hurried to watch.
• Taiqing led Primordial Lord and Tongtian toward Chaos to witness the fight, and Nuwa also set out from Empress Wa Heaven.

Zhou Ming overwhelmingly beat Jieyin and Zhunti in the chaos, humiliating them despite their Sage powers and treasures. As the Twelve Ancestral Witches rushed to join the fight, Jieyin and Zhunti begged Zhou Ming to spare them.

• The Twelve Ancestral Witches assumed Jieyin and Zhunti had refused to repay a debt to the Wu Clan and hurried into the chaos to help their Elder Brother.
• Zhou Ming repeatedly punched and kicked Zhunti, while Jieyin's Golden Lotus defenses failed to protect him from Zhou Ming's attacks.
• Jieyin and Zhunti found that their treasures and divine abilities could not reach Zhou Ming, who targeted their faces and let them recover from each blow.
• Zhunti and Jieyin admitted defeat and pleaded for mercy, but Zhou Ming pretended their spar had only begun and struck them again.
• Jieyin and Zhunti continued begging Zhou Ming to spare them after he swelled their faces once more.

Zhou Ming staged a spar with Jieyin and Zhunti to mislead the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa about his strength, while the Twelve Ancestral Wu rushed in believing he was being bullied. The chapter ended with Zhou Ming trying to keep them away as they charged to help him.

• Zhou Ming secretly asked Jieyin and Zhunti to cooperate in a show, and they agreed when they realized he wanted to set up the Three Pure Ones.
• Jieyin and Zhunti staged a fierce battle against Zhou Ming, carefully blocking his attacks while appearing to be on the verge of defeat.
• The Three Pure Ones and Nuwa arrived and debated Zhou Ming's strength as he fought the two Sages.
• The Great Powers of the Primordial Wilderness gathered to watch, then the Twelve Ancestral Wu charged toward the battlefield after hearing the fight.
• Jieyin and Zhunti tried to retreat when the Twelve Ancestral Wu arrived, but Zhou Ming kept attacking and told the Ancestral Wu not to interfere.
• Di Jiang accused Jieyin and Zhunti of ganging up on Zhou Ming, while Zhu Rong vowed to help him.

Zhou Ming staged a battle with Jieyin and Zhunti, defeating them while the Twelve Ancestral Witches watched and the other powers concluded he was the foremost Sage. Hongjun recognized Zhou Ming’s extraordinary strength and resolved to strengthen his disciples and hasten Houtu’s transformation into Samsara.

• The Twelve Ancestral Witches mocked Jieyin and Zhunti for losing despite fighting two against one, but Zhou Ming stopped them from interfering so his sparring match could continue.
• Zhou Ming sent Jieyin and Zhunti flying with a powerful punch, and the three exchanged polite praise while concealing their shared understanding that the fight had been staged.
• Zhou Ming led the Wu Clan away, and the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, and the other powers departed convinced that Zhou Ming could defeat Jieyin and Zhunti together.
• Hongjun watched from Purple Sky Palace and realized Zhou Ming’s strength far exceeded that of a newly ascended Chaotic Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
• Hongjun decided to hasten Houtu’s Samsara Transformation and grant his disciples more Heavenly Dao authority, confident that their ties to the Heavenly Dao would keep them obedient.

After their defeat by Zhou Ming, Jieyin questioned whether the Western Sages had chosen the wrong path to sainthood and resolved to cultivate Laws. Zhunti declined to follow him, choosing instead to strengthen their existing position and protect the Western Teachings while Jieyin pursued the new path.

• Jieyin told Zhunti that attaining the Dao through Merit and Slaying Three Corpses were dead ends compared with Zhou Ming's path of attaining the Dao through Law.
• Jieyin worried that Zhou Ming and the Ancestral Wu who cultivated Laws would leave Heavenly Dao Sages powerless, and decided to cultivate Laws himself.
• Zhunti agreed that Jieyin should pursue Law cultivation but refused to switch paths, citing the Western Teachings' need for stability and protection.
• Jieyin thanked Zhunti, who reassured him that he would take care of the Western Teachings while Jieyin cultivated Laws.

Taiqing preached the Golden Core Great Dao to the human race at Shouyang Mountain, then offered Xuandu a place as his sole disciple. Xuandu refused to leave the human race, and he and Wu reaffirmed their faith in the human race’s Martial Dao.

• Taiqing preached the Golden Core Great Dao at Shouyang Mountain for a thousand years, repaying his Karma to the human race.
• After the preaching, Taiqing sensed a master-disciple bond and went to the Human Clan Ancestral Land to offer Xuandu the chance to become his sole disciple and a future quasi-Sage.
• Xuandu refused, saying he would not leave the human race, and Taiqing accepted his decision and departed.
• Wu asked whether Xuandu regretted refusing, and Xuandu said he would not risk abandoning the human race even if that outcome was only a possibility.
• Suiren, Youchao, Ziyi, and Wu praised Xuandu, who said he trusted Wu and believed the Martial Dao could bring him achievements equal to becoming Taiqing’s disciple.

Houtu Sister left to travel the Primordial Land, and Zhou Ming revealed that Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao intended to guide her into becoming Reincarnation. He explained that the transformation could let her claim the Earth Dao, then reassured the Ancestral Wu that he had a plan to preserve her Wu identity.

• Houtu Sister told Zhou Ming she wanted to travel the Primordial Land, and he warned her to return if she faced a major decision.
• Zhou Ming summoned the eleven other Ancestral Wu and told them that Houtu Sister’s journey was part of a scheme by Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao.
• Zhou Ming explained that Houtu Sister was expected to become Reincarnation, losing her Wu body and preventing the thirteen-member formation, while the Ancestral Wu believed their twelve-member formation would still work.
• Zhou Ming revealed that Houtu Sister’s transformation could allow her to control the Earth Dao and help the Wu Clan claim the Underworld, but Di Jiang and the others rejected any benefit that required her to lose her Wu identity.
• Zhou Ming said he had already prepared for the problem and asked the Ancestral Wu whether they had forgotten Pingxin Sister.

Zhou Ming explained how Pingxin could take Houtu’s place in creating Reincarnation and revealed his plan to lure Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao into the Primordial Wilderness. The Ancestral Wu worried that he would be overwhelmed by six Sages, but Zhou Ming insisted they underestimated his strength.

• Zhou Ming told the Ancestral Wu that Pingxin could transform into Reincarnation in Houtu’s place and preserve Houtu’s Ancestral Wu body.
• Zhou Ming said he wanted to let the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun believe their scheme was succeeding so he could lure them into the Primordial Wilderness.
• Zhou Ming explained that he could supply the power needed to create Reincarnation, but the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun would send the Six Saints to restrain him.
• Zhou Ming planned for Pingxin to take Houtu’s place at the crucial moment, forcing Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao to intervene personally and expose themselves to Father God’s Will.
• Qiang Liang and Zhu Rong objected that Zhou Ming could not withstand six Sages after facing only Jieyin and Zhunti before, but Zhou Ming said they underestimated him.

Zhou Ming explained how concealing and revealing his strength would lure Hongjun into the Primordial Wilderness while keeping the Ancestral Wu safe. He prepared a backup plan to summon the Thirteen Capital Heavenly God Evil Array if the Six Sages tried to restrain him, then ordered his siblings to wait in Pangu Hall for Houtu.

• Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, and the other Ancestral Wu worried that Zhou Ming could not face six Sages alone, so Zhou Ming revealed that he had been pretending during his earlier fight with Jieyin and Zhunti.
• Zhou Ming explained that Hongjun knew his true strength and would prepare the Six Sages to restrain him, making Hongjun more likely to enter the Primordial Wilderness.
• Zhou Ming told the Ancestral Wu that he would bring the Dao Origin Divine Pearl and have Hou Yi, Kuafu, and the others emerge to help form the Thirteen Capital Heavenly God Evil Array.
• Zhou Ming instructed the Ancestral Wu to bring Xing Tian and use the thirteen-person array, while keeping the twelve-person array as their final trump card.
• Zhou Ming ordered the Ancestral Wu to stay in Pangu Hall, cultivate, and wait for Houtu to return from her journey through the Primordial Wilderness.

Hongjun summoned the six Heavenly Dao Saints to the Purple Heaven Palace and ordered them to stop Zhou Ming while Houtu transformed herself into Reincarnation. The Saints agreed to study the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and remain in the palace until the time came, while Jieyin and Zhunti concealed their fear of Zhou Ming’s true strength.

• Hongjun summoned the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti to the Purple Heaven Palace and said Houtu’s transformation into Reincarnation was ordained by the Heavenly Dao.
• Hongjun ordered the six Saints to join forces against Zhou Ming, and the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa privately weighed their interests and loyalties.
• Hongjun warned Jieyin and Zhunti not to reveal Zhou Ming’s true strength, forcing them to hide their objections and obey.
• Hongjun assigned the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa to lead the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation while Jieyin and Zhunti supported them.
• Hongjun said the Heavenly Dao would empower the Saints and ordered them to remain in the Purple Heaven Palace to study the formation and await the right moment.

Houtu traveled across the Primordial Wilderness and saw that countless dead souls had nowhere to go, suffering as resentful ghosts. At the Sea of Blood, she realized she should establish reincarnation, but remembered Zhou Ming’s instruction to discuss major decisions with him and returned to Buzhou Mountain.

• Houtu saw battles and wandering souls across the Primordial World and grieved that death had no place in the world’s cycle.
• A force led Houtu to the Sea of Blood, where countless resentful souls suffered without release.
• Houtu realized that heaven and earth needed reincarnation, and resolved to establish the Six Paths of Reincarnation above the Sea of Blood.
• Houtu remembered Zhou Ming’s instruction to consult him before making major decisions and stopped herself from acting.
• Houtu promised the souls she would return to give them a resting place, then flew toward Buzhou Mountain.

Houtu learned that her impulse to become Reincarnation had been a scheme by Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao, and Zhou Ming revealed that Pingxin would take her place. As Zhou Ming's group headed to the Sea of Blood to establish Reincarnation, Hongjun sent the Six Saints to stop them, while Jieyin and Zhunti planned to hang back and flee if the Saints' formation failed.

• Houtu returned to Pangu Hall and learned from the Ancestral Witches that Zhou Ming had uncovered Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao's scheme to make her sacrifice herself as Reincarnation.
• Zhou Ming reassured Houtu that becoming master of the Earthly Dao was an opportunity for the Wu Clan, and Pingxin agreed to become Reincarnation in her place.
• Zhou Ming sent Pingxin into the Dao Origin Divine Pearl and led Houtu and the Ancestral Witches toward the Sea of Blood, then summoned Zhen Yuanzi to join them.
• Hongjun ordered the Six Saints to go to the Sea of Blood and stop Zhou Ming.
• Jieyin and Zhunti agreed to assist from the sidelines and flee if the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa could not trap Zhou Ming with the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.

Zhou Ming brought Zhen Yuanzi and Ancestor Minghe to the Sea of Blood to help Houtu establish Reincarnation, promising them great Merit and a chance to become Sages. As Houtu prepared to begin, the Six Sages ambushed Zhou Ming with the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, leaving the Wu Clan to proceed with the plan while he was trapped.

• Ancestor Minghe emerged from the Sea of Blood and greeted Zhou Ming and the Twelve Ancestral Wu, then waited for Zhen Yuanzi to arrive.
• Zhou Ming told Zhen Yuanzi and Ancestor Minghe that Houtu would transform into Reincarnation and open the Underworld within the Sea of Blood, earning them great Merit and possibly a chance to become Sages.
• Zhou Ming instructed Zhen Yuanzi and Ancestor Minghe to wait while Houtu prepared to proceed and the other Ancestral Wu spread out.
• The Six Sages appeared and trapped Zhou Ming inside the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, while he moved Pingxin and Xing Tian beside Houtu.
• The Wu Clan roared in anger, and Di Jiang urged Houtu to establish Reincarnation before they tried to save Zhou Ming.

Hongjun appeared at the Sea of Blood and tried to force Houtu to establish Reincarnation with her true body, hoping to permanently weaken the Wu Clan. Houtu and the Ancestral Wu rejected his demand, while Di Jiang revealed that Zhou Ming had let the Six Saints trap him to lure Hongjun out of the Purple Firmament Palace.

• Hongjun watched from hiding as Houtu prepared to transform Calm Heart, an avatar of the Purifying World White Lotus, into Reincarnation.
• Hongjun realized the Wu Clan had anticipated his schemes and emerged to demand that Houtu use her true body instead.
• Houtu accused Hongjun of trying to leave the thirteen siblings unable to form the Thirteen Capital Heavenly God Evil Array, and the Ancestral Wu gathered to face him.
• Hongjun threatened to let the Six Saints suppress Zhou Ming unless Houtu agreed to use her true body.
• Di Jiang dismissed Hongjun's threat and revealed that Zhou Ming had deliberately let the Six Saints trap him to lure Hongjun out of the Purple Firmament Palace.