Chapter Summaries

After Jieyin and Zhunti attained sainthood, they established Western Teachings and declared their intention to strengthen the West. Zhunti confronted the Witch Clan over their work restoring the western earth veins, but the warriors laughed at her demand that they leave.

• Jieyin and Zhunti’s disciples congratulated them on attaining sainthood.
• Jieyin announced that Western Teachings would break away from the Mystic Gate, with himself as Sect Master and Zhunti as Vice Sect Master.
• Maitreya and Yao Shi told Zhunti that the Witch Clan was restoring western earth veins and taking merit they believed should belong to Western Teachings.
• Zhunti decided to drive the Witch Clan from the West despite Jieyin’s warning about Dao Venerable Lin Tian.
• Zhunti ordered the Witch Clan warriors to stop sorting the earth veins and leave for the East.
• The Witch Clan warriors laughed at Zhunti’s demand and asserted that Pangu’s descendants could go wherever they pleased.

Zhunti attacked the Witch Clan after they refused to withdraw from the west, overwhelming them with his newfound Saintly power. As the ancestral witches gathered and Jieyin demanded that they leave, Lin Tian appeared and challenged the two Saints.

• Yu Xun and Jiu Feng defied Zhunti, who struck down the Witch Clan warriors and shattered their Twelve Heavenly God-Demon Array.
• Di Jiang arrived and attacked Zhunti, but Zhunti’s Saintly Light repelled him and left him injured.
• The other ancestral witches arrived, prepared to fight Zhunti, while Houtu warned Zhu Rong that they could not defeat a Saint.
• Jieyin arrived and demanded that the Witch Clan withdraw from the west, backing his words with Saintly pressure.
• Lin Tian appeared in the void and asked what Jieyin would do if he disagreed.

Lin Tian intervened after Jieyin and Zhunti attacked the Witch Clan, then seriously wounded Zhunti and forced the Western Saints to back down. Hongjun arrived to settle the dispute with an Earth Covering Seal, and Lin Tian left with the Witch Clan while Zhunti vowed revenge.

• Di Jiang told Lin Tian that Zhunti had driven away Jiu Feng and the other Witches, then attacked him.
• Zhunti and Jieyin accused the Witch Clan of entering the West without permission, but Lin Tian defended their efforts to repair the damaged earth veins.
• Lin Tian struck Zhunti with a primordial spirit attack, seriously injuring him and warning him not to speak disrespectfully again.
• Hongjun arrived and offered Lin Tian the Earth Covering Seal as an apology, and Lin Tian accepted it before departing with the Witch Clan.
• Hongjun warned Jieyin and Zhunti not to provoke Lin Tian, and the two Saints returned to Mount Spirit in disgrace as Zhunti vowed revenge.

Ancestor Minghe created the Asura Race from Blood Sea water and fragments of true spirits, earning Heavenly Dao Merit and breaking through to the late-stage Quasi-Sage realm. His success left the Primordial Wilderness’s powerful figures wondering whether they could gain merit by creating something of their own.

• Minghe, stuck at the mid-stage Quasi-Sage realm, realized he could imitate Nuwa and the Three Pure Ones by creating a race in the Blood Sea.
• Minghe repeatedly failed to fuse source bloodwater with true-spirit fragments before finally forming a male and female creature.
• Minghe created millions of creatures, named them the Asura Race, and was revered as their Progenitor.
• The Heavenly Dao sent Merit, and the Asura Race’s fortune helped Minghe break through to the late-stage Quasi-Sage realm.
• Powerful figures across the Primordial Wilderness sensed Minghe’s breakthrough and began considering whether they could create something to gain merit.

Ancestor Minghe created the Asura Race and established the Asura Sect, but gained little merit and was punished by the Heavenly Dao when he complained. He reached Quasi-Saint Peak and retreated to his palace, while Lin Tian told Di Jiang that a future opportunity awaited him.

• Ancestor Minghe established the Asura Sect, but received only a small amount of merit, which raised his cultivation to Quasi-Saint Peak.
• Ancestor Minghe complained about the meager merit, and the Heavenly Dao struck him with Purple Cloud Divine Thunder and warned him to stop disrespecting it.
• Ancestor Minghe begged for mercy, then gathered the frightened Asura Race and fled to his palace.
• Lin Tian recounted Minghe's ordeal to Di Jiang and explained that the Blood Sea's unique conditions had let Minghe exploit a loophole in the Heavenly Dao.
• Di Jiang lamented that the Witch Clan lacked primordial spirits, and Lin Tian told him that his own opportunity would come one day.

Zhen Yuanzi completed his recovery and cultivation under Yang Mei, though he still lacked the opportunity to reach the Primordial realm and avenge Hong Yun. He returned to Wuzhuang Temple, reunited with Qingfeng and Mingyue, and vowed to settle accounts with the Demon Race.

• Zhen Yuanzi reached the peak of the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm and thanked Yang Mei for restoring and teaching him.
• Yang Mei warned Zhen Yuanzi not to force the final step toward the Primordial realm, and Zhen Yuanzi chose to return to Wuzhuang Temple.
• Qingfeng and Mingyue worried that Zhen Yuanzi might never return, but he suddenly appeared in the temple courtyard.
• Zhen Yuanzi reunited with Qingfeng and Mingyue and recounted what had happened to him and Hong Yun.
• Qingfeng and Mingyue condemned the Demon Race, and Zhen Yuanzi vowed to personally avenge Hong Yun.

Zhen Yuanzi struggled to reach the Hunyuan Realm while mourning Hong Yun, until the Ginseng Fruit tree awakened and helped him comprehend the Law of Wood. He declared that his Great Dao had been achieved as a terrifying vortex formed above Wuzhuang Temple.

• Zhen Yuanzi lamented that he had failed to advance or avenge Hong Yun, then received the stored Ginseng Fruits from Qingfeng and Mingyue and rewarded each of them with three.
• Zhen Yuanzi went to the rear courtyard and spoke to the Ginseng Fruit tree about Hong Yun and his inability to reach the Hunyuan Realm.
• The Ginseng Fruit tree awakened, glowed brightly, and poured its radiance into Zhen Yuanzi while Qingfeng and Mingyue watched from a distance.
• Zhen Yuanzi witnessed the tree's memories and comprehended the Law of Wood, while the tree's leaves and flower buds withered from the cost.
• Zhen Yuanzi thanked the tree, told Qingfeng and Mingyue it had helped him, and declared his Great Dao achieved as lightning and thunder gathered above Wuzhuang Temple.

Zhen Yuanzi faced a deadly Primordial Unity Tribulation, with Yang Mei confronting Hongjun after he secretly turned it into Heavenly Punishment. Zhen Yuanzi survived the lightning and an Inner Demon Tribulation to attain Primordial Grand Unity, then set out to settle his karmic debt with the Demon Race.

• Zhen Yuanzi began his Primordial Unity Tribulation, but destructive Heavenly Punishment broke through his defenses and gravely wounded him.
• Yang Mei appeared, accused Hongjun of tampering with the tribulation, and refused his demand that Zhen Yuanzi leave the Primordial Wilderness.
• Hongjun revealed his early Heavenly Dao Realm cultivation but withdrew after Lin Tian intervened, and Yang Mei told Zhen Yuanzi to face the restored tribulation alone.
• Zhen Yuanzi endured all one hundred and eight lightning bolts and overcame an unexpected Inner Demon Tribulation in which Rahula tried to lure him into the demon realm.
• Zhen Yuanzi attained Primordial Grand Unity and told Yang Mei he would make the Demon Race pay for its siege against Hong Yun.

Zhen Yuanzi attacked the Demon Realm to avenge Hong Yun, revealing that he had reached the Hunyuan Realm and overwhelming Di Jun and Taiyi. As he prepared to kill the fallen Demon Race, a golden light appeared to stop him.

• Di Jun and Taiyi sensed an unfamiliar Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal aura before Zhen Yuanzi arrived at the Demon Realm demanding to settle the debt for Hong Yun.
• Di Jun and Taiyi attacked Zhen Yuanzi, but he brushed aside their weapons and killed Fei Lian with a single palm strike.
• Zhen Yuanzi revealed his Hunyuan strength, killed Fei Lian, and severely wounded Bai Ze, prompting Di Jun to deploy the Great Zhou Heaven Star Formation.
• Zhen Yuanzi shattered the formation in three breaths, leaving the Demon Race soldiers and generals unable to fight.
• Qinyuan charged Zhen Yuanzi to defend Di Jun, but he struck her down; Taiyi's attempt to retaliate failed, and the Chaos Bell knocked him unconscious.
• As Zhen Yuanzi raised his hand to wipe out the defeated Demon Race, a golden light intervened and told him to stop.

Taishang intervened to save the Demon Race and challenged Zhen Yuanzi after he refused to leave. As they fought in Chaos, Taishang asked who Zhen Yuanzi’s master was, and an unknown old Daoist answered that it was him.

• Taishang gave Di Jun a Nine-Revolutions Soul-Returning Pill, and Qin Yuan recovered.
• Zhen Yuanzi refused Taishang’s demand to leave because he wanted to avenge Hong Yun, so the two went to Chaos to fight.
• Di Jun carried Qin Yuan back to the Thirty-three Heavens while Bai Ze ordered the Demon Gods to prepare for the threat.
• Kunpeng learned that Zhen Yuanzi had reached the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and was stunned.
• Taishang and Zhen Yuanzi exchanged attacks in Chaos until an old Daoist declared himself Zhen Yuanzi’s master.

Zhen Yuanzi abandoned his attempt to avenge Hong Yun after Taishang stopped him, then went with Yang Mei to Wuzhuang Temple. Hongjun began arranging his next move against the Demon Race, while Nuwa worried about Fuxi’s safety and decided to seek out Dao Venerable Lin Tian.

• Yang Mei arrived too late to help Zhen Yuanzi confront Taishang, and Zhen Yuanzi accepted that he could not win and called off his pursuit of revenge.
• Yang Mei praised Zhen Yuanzi’s rapid advancement and agreed to visit Wuzhuang Temple after hearing how the Ginseng Fruit tree helped him break through.
• Taishang reported to Hongjun, who revealed that he held the final missing strand of Primordial Chaos Purple Qi and ordered Taishang to summon Di Jun.
• Mo Ling stopped Ling Zhuzi from taking another spirit root and made him begin cultivating.
• Nuwa sensed Taishang and Zhen Yuanzi’s auras, worried that Fuxi could not protect himself as a quasi-saint, and resolved to seek out Dao Venerable Lin Tian.

Xi He forced Chang Xi to continue cultivating after telling her about Zhen Yuanzi’s rise to the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm. At Purple Firmament Palace, Hongjun offered Di Jun Primordial Chaos Purple Qi and promised to help him become a Heavenly Dao Saint, leaving Di Jun determined to take revenge on Zhen Yuanzi.

• Xi He scolded Chang Xi for daydreaming and forbade her from leaving seclusion until she reached the middle stage of the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm.
• Xi He told Chang Xi that Zhen Yuanzi had become a Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal, likely with help from Dao Venerable Lin Tian.
• Hongjun summoned Di Jun into Purple Firmament Palace and showed him the Primordial Chaos Purple Qi he had recovered.
• Hongjun offered Di Jun the purple qi and said he would help him become a Heavenly Dao Saint, but clarified that he would not accept him as a disciple.
• Di Jun agreed to stay in Purple Firmament Palace for Hongjun to preach the Dao, while Taishang and the others would watch over the Demon Race.
• Di Jun vowed that he would kill Zhen Yuanzi once he became a Saint.

Zhunti schemed to provoke a war between the Witch Clan and Demon Race by freeing the Golden Crow princes from the Sun Star. The ten princes flew toward the Primordial Wilderness to seek revenge on Zhen Yuanzi, while Di Shi remained suspicious of Zhunti’s deception.

• Jieyin and Zhunti finished preaching to their disciples, then discussed Zhen Yuanzi’s victory over the Demon Race and the Golden Crows’ confinement.
• Zhunti proposed releasing the ten princes to distract the Witch Clan and help Buddhism reclaim western lands, and Jieyin approved her plan.
• Zhunti disguised herself as a Demon Race cultivator and told the Golden Crows that Zhen Yuanzi had injured their family and the Witch Clan was invading their borders.
• Di Shi sensed that Zhunti’s aura was suspicious, but the other princes followed her through a gap she opened in the formation.
• The ten Golden Crows set off to confront Zhen Yuanzi, and Zhunti revealed her true form and declared that their actions would bring about a conflict that could benefit Buddhism.

The ten Golden Crows left the Sun Star to search for Zhen Yuanzi but lost their way and encountered the Witch Clan, where Di Qi and Di Ba were injured before the brothers fled. Drawn by the scent of roasted meat, they reached Lin Tian’s valley as he cooked beside Six-Eared.

• Di Yi led the Golden Crows through the Primordial Wilderness, and the brothers argued over whether to continue exploring or return to the demon realm.
• The Golden Crows flew over a Witch Clan worksite, where Yu Xun challenged them after their heat disturbed the warriors.
• Di Yi attacked Yu Xun with True Sun Fire, but the Witch Clan warriors dispersed the flames and Yu Xun injured Di Qi and Di Ba with a punch.
• Di Yi ordered the brothers to flee, and Di Shi identified their attackers as the Witch Clan while Di Wu vowed to grow stronger.
• The exhausted Golden Crows followed a tempting fragrance to Lin Tian, who was roasting meat while Six-Eared waited hungrily beside him.

Lin Tian and Six-eared Macaque caught and subdued Di Jun’s ten Golden Crow sons after they secretly watched the pair and tried to flee. Di Shi revealed that they had been tricked into leaving the Sun Star, and Lin Tian identified Zhunti as the one behind the deception.

• Lin Tian spotted Di Yi and the other Golden Crows hiding nearby and mocked them for being unable to conceal the smell of their True Sun Fire.
• Six-eared Macaque revealed his Primordial Origin Golden Immortal aura, and Lin Tian bound the ten Golden Crows when they tried to escape.
• Lin Tian offered the Golden Crows roasted meat, and they eagerly fought over it while Di Shi held back and pleaded for their lives.
• Six-eared Macaque pressured Di Shi to explain why the Golden Crows had come to the Primordial Wilderness, and Di Shi recounted their release from the Sun Star and their flight from the Witch Clan.
• Lin Tian told Di Shi that they had been deceived and that Zhunti, not a member of the Demon Race, had arranged their release.

Lin Tian sealed the Ten Golden Crows’ cultivation, shrank them into tiny birds, and kept them as pets before returning to the human race. The chapter ended when Di Xuan arrived to tell Lin Tian that Mother God had come to see him.

• Six-eared Macaque pointed out that the Ten Golden Crows had been tricked into leaving their prison, and they realized someone had schemed against them.
• Lin Tian sealed the Ten Golden Crows’ powers, shrank them into small birds, and carried them back to the human race.
• Lin Tian and Six-eared Macaque returned to the human ancestral land, where the people greeted them and Qi Yuan was scolded by his father for daydreaming.
• Lin Tian brought the Ten Golden Crows into his courtyard and trapped them behind a barrier, telling Six-eared Macaque that he kept them because they were fun.
• Di Xuan arrived at Lin Tian’s courtyard and reported that Mother God had come and wished to see him.

Fuxi sought Lin Tian’s advice after reaching a bottleneck in his zither-based cultivation, and Lin Tian told him to leave that path behind and experience life among the human race. Fuxi disguised himself as an ordinary human and departed to begin his new path.

• Nuwa and Fuxi visited Lin Tian, while Six-Eared congratulated Di Xuan on reaching the Martial Domain Realm and asked about his domain.
• Fuxi told Lin Tian that he had mastered eighty percent of the zither laws but could not advance, and worried that he could no longer protect Nuwa.
• Lin Tian explained that Fuxi was trapped by his attachment to the zither and instructed him to blend into the human race without using mana.
• Nuwa urged Fuxi to follow Lin Tian’s guidance, and she told Di Xuan to treat Fuxi as an ordinary human.
• After Nuwa departed, Fuxi transformed into a middle-aged man and quietly joined the human race; Six-Eared then dragged Di Xuan away after questioning Lin Tian’s advice.

Taiyi discovered that his ten nephews had vanished from the Sun Star and searched for them, but the trail led only to Witch Clan territory before disappearing. He returned to the Demon Realm without finding them and promised Qin Yuan he would keep searching.

• Bai Ze told Taiyi that the ten princes had disappeared from the formation on the Sun Star, and Taiyi ordered him to keep the news from Qin Yuan.
• Taiyi searched the Sun Star and tried divination, then went to the Purple Cloud Palace, where Haotian told him his elder brother could not leave.
• Taiyi used his elder brother's bloodline-tracking secret technique and followed the princes' aura to Witch Clan territory, where Zhu Rong denied knowing where they were.
• Yu Xun told Taiyi that the princes had left the Witch Clan territory long ago, and Taiyi departed after warning the Witches not to be involved.
• Qin Yuan confronted Taiyi about her missing children, and he stopped her from searching while promising to find them.

Lin Tian treated Yu Tong’s hidden illness and gave her a cultivation technique and gifts before leaving her with her grandmother. After Yu Tong discovered the technique and her grandmother regained her youth, the old woman suspected Lin Tian was Father God.

• Yu Tong asked Lin Tian why the little Golden Crows had not grown, and he explained their growth took hundreds or thousands of years.
• Lin Tian gave Yu Tong a pill that cured the toxins in her body, allowing her to practice martial arts.
• Lin Tian brought Yu Tong home to her grandmother, gave her a bundle of gifts, and promised to visit again.
• Yu Tong and her grandmother opened the bundle, and a fruit transformed the grandmother into a middle-aged woman.
• Yu Tong activated a Jade Token and learned it contained the Moonlight Refinement technique, while her grandmother wondered whether Lin Tian was Father God.

Di Jun learned that the Heavenly Dao had granted him a Saintly throne so he could suppress Lin Tian and provoke a decisive war between the Witch Clan and the Demon Race. After Haotian confronted Hongjun over the purple qi, he left resentful but determined to build a legacy of his own.

• Hongjun told Di Jun that he must act for the Heavenly Dao by restraining Lin Tian and restoring its control over the Primordial Wilderness.
• When Di Jun hesitated, Hongjun used overwhelming pressure to force him to accept the decree and incite a decisive Witch-Demon battle after becoming a Saint.
• Haotian demanded to know why Hongjun had given Di Jun the final strand of Primordial Chaos Purple Qi instead of him, and Hongjun promised him an opportunity in the future.
• Hongjun questioned the Heavenly Dao's plan, but the Heavenly Dao rebuked him, leaving Hongjun to reflect on his own subordination.
• Yaochi urged Haotian to accept his place as an attendant, but Haotian insisted he would build a great legacy of his own.