Chapter Summaries

After Li Yun’s breakthrough drew powerful Quasi-Saints, they gathered to witness his twelfth-grade Three Flowers Gathering at the Top Dao Fruit. The visitors departed without harming him, leaving Zhenwu and Kong Xuan shaken by the widening gap between themselves and Li Yun.

• Zhenwu and Kong Xuan sensed powerful cultivators nearby and took positions beside Li Yun, ready to protect him.
• Quasi-Saints appeared and greeted Li Yun respectfully, while Lei Ze congratulated him and asked to see his Dao Fruit.
• Li Yun summoned his three flowers, and the visitors confirmed that they had reached the twelfth grade.
• The Quasi-Saints reacted with anger and regret, but they recognized Li Yun’s backing and did not demand his cultivation method.
• The visitors departed, and Zhenwu and Kong Xuan reflected on how much further Li Yun had advanced beyond them.

Li Yun tested his Chaos Divine Light against Kong Xuan’s Seven-Colored Divine Light and proved it vastly stronger, promising Kong Xuan its origin once his own power reached its limit. After Zhenwu and Kong Xuan departed, Li Yun returned to Xuandu and said he needed to refine a plan before beginning the task his master assigned.

• Zhenwu left after witnessing Li Yun’s Quasi-Saint-level physical combat power, hoping to strengthen himself.
• Li Yun encouraged Kong Xuan by saying his Seven-Colored Divine Light could evolve into Chaos Divine Light.
• Kong Xuan attacked Li Yun with Seven-Colored Divine Light, but Li Yun’s Chaos Divine Light overwhelmed it and briefly trapped him.
• Li Yun promised to give Kong Xuan a strand of Chaos Divine Light’s origin once Kong Xuan perfected his Seven-Colored Divine Light, and Kong Xuan left to develop it further.
• Li Yun returned to Xuandu and explained that he had reached the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm but still needed to refine a plan before carrying out his master’s task.

Li Yun completed the Twenty-Four Heavens by merging the Twenty-Four Sea Calming Pearls with the Universe Ruler, then absorbed their power and greatly strengthened himself. He left the Ancestral Temple prepared to finish his task as the Demon Clan's attack on the Human Race began to loom.

• Xuandu warned Li Yun that large Demon Clan forces had entered the East Sea Coast and attacked Human tribes, so Li Yun urged Xuandu to move the Human Race into Safe Zones.
• Li Yun returned to the Ancestral Temple, repaired the damage he had caused, and refined the Innate Restrictions in the Twenty-Four Sea Calming Pearls and the Universe Ruler.
• Li Yun spent thirty years merging the Universe Ruler with the pearls, creating the Twenty-Four Heavens from their twenty-four Small Thousand Worlds.
• Li Yun merged the Twenty-Four Heavens into his body and gained power comparable to a Quasi-Saint, with physical strength approaching Quasi-Saint Perfection.

After emerging from seclusion, Li Yun learned that the Demon Clan had launched a mass slaughter and sent powerful demonic beasts into the Human Race’s protected regions. He joined Xuandu on the battlefield and began wiping out the invading beasts, leaving the humans cheering.

• Li Yun left seclusion after hearing a commotion and learned from a Clan Elder that the Demon Clan was slaughtering humans and demonic beasts had invaded the region.
• Li Yun sent word for Youchao Shi to meet him in the Ancestral Land, then went to find Xuandu.
• Li Yun reached the battlefield and saw Xuandu holding back three Daluo Golden Immortal-level beasts while human souls were collected and their bodies devoured.
• Li Yun opened his domain and Sword Domain, killing great numbers of demonic beasts across the battlefield.
• The humans recognized Li Yun and cheered as he advanced through the invading beasts.

Li Yun emerged from seclusion and turned the invasion of the Human Race into a massacre of the Demonic Beasts. After learning that a Jade Talisman had let them evade the Taiji Diagram, he wiped out the horde as the survivors fled and called for the Demon Gods.

• Li Yun’s arrival relieved Xuandu and frightened the Demonic Beasts, so two Grand Unity Golden Immortal Demonic Beasts left Xuandu to confront him.
• Li Yun summoned the True Dragon Soul, which killed the leading Demonic Beast and trapped its companion.
• Li Yun questioned the surviving Demonic Beast, who revealed that the Lord Demon Gods had used a special Jade Talisman to let them pass through the Taiji Diagram’s protection.
• Li Yun killed the Demonic Beast and sent the True Dragon Soul into the horde while he slaughtered Demonic Beasts with his domains.
• The surviving Demonic Beasts fled in terror, urging one another to summon the Lord Demon Gods.

Li Yun annihilated most of the Demonic Beasts and told Xuandu that the Demon Clan’s Jade Talismans could bypass even the Taiji Diagram, putting all three Safe Zones at risk. He decided to infiltrate the Demon Clan for information while Xuandu alerted Zhenwu and Kong Xuan, and Li Yun resolved to protect more of the Human Race and prevent the creation of the Witch Slaughtering Sword.

• Li Yun’s Sword Domain, domain, and True Dragon Soul wiped out nearly all the Demonic Beasts, and the Human Race celebrated their victory.
• Xuandu killed the remaining Grand Unity Golden Immortal-level Demonic Beast and congratulated Li Yun on his increased strength.
• Li Yun told Xuandu that the Demon Clan had Jade Talismans that could return Demon Clan cultivators to their original forms and evade the Taiji Diagram.
• Li Yun planned to gather information within the Demon Clan and instructed Xuandu to inform Zhenwu and Kong Xuan about the Demon Gods and their Jade Talismans.
• Xuandu warned Li Yun that the Demon Clan was advancing inward and massacring Human Race clansmen, and Li Yun decided to save as many as possible and stop the Witch Slaughtering Sword from being forged.

Li Yun left the protection of the Taiji Diagram to rescue more humans and tracked the demonic beasts to Great Mountain, where he discovered a Jade Talisman empowered by the Heavenly Dao or Hongjun. He confronted the Demon Clan forces gathered there, determined to stop the slaughter before the Witch Slaughtering Sword was completed.

• Li Yun told Xuandu to have the Old Ancestor gather the people they had prepared, then set out to save more humans beyond the Taiji Diagram’s protection.
• Li Yun pursued fleeing demonic beasts atop the True Dragon Soul, using his power to draw out the Demon Gods hiding nearby.
• Li Yun found a Jade Talisman at Great Mountain and discovered that its power came from the Heavenly Dao or Hongjun, while the Primordial World's heavenly secrets had been obscured.
• Li Yun realized he had to move faster to bring humans into the Twenty-Four Heavens and prevent the Witch Slaughtering Sword from being completed.
• A Quasi-Saint Demon God ordered the forces at Great Mountain to prepare and sent those below Daluo Golden Immortal to flee, but Li Yun’s domain killed many who could not escape.

Li Yun revealed that Nuwa and the Three Pure Ones had agreed to protect areas covered by their supreme treasures, exposing the Demon Clan’s attack on the Human Race as a breach that could implicate Nuwa. A Demon God denied the agreement and tried to kill Li Yun, but Li Yun erased his attack and countered with Chaos Divine Light.

• The Demon God's Quasi-Saint pressure forced the True Dragon Soul to retreat into Li Yun's sea of consciousness.
• Li Yun explained the Safe Zone agreement between Nuwa and the Three Pure Ones, and the Demon Clan members realized their attack had broken it.
• The Demon God denied that any agreement existed and accused Li Yun of slandering Nuwa.
• The Demon God attacked Li Yun to silence him, but Li Yun used Chaos Divine Light to erase the palm strike and threaten him.

Li Yun trapped a Demon God inside the Chaos Divine Light after injuring him and destroying his Postnatal Spiritual Treasure. When the Demon God's Jade Talisman activated and threatened to break the Chaos space, Li Yun summoned the Ultimate Emperor Seal to attack him.

• Li Yun's Chaos Divine Light injured the Demon God and revealed that it could threaten a Quasi-Saint.
• Li Yun struck again, swallowed the Demon God with the Chaos Divine Light, and let the Demon Clan cultivators loyal to Fuxi and Nuwa's faction flee.
• Li Yun sensed the Demon God struggling inside the Chaos space and suspected the Jade Talisman was helping him escape.
• Li Yun entered the Chaos space and found the Demon God badly wounded but protected by the Jade Talisman.
• The Demon God activated the Jade Talisman, which raised a barrier and made the Chaos space tremble, so Li Yun sent the Ultimate Emperor Seal crashing toward him.

Li Yun killed the Demon God with the Ultimate Emperor Seal, discovered it could unleash Human Dao Power, and destroyed the Heavenly Dao Avatar hidden inside the Jade Talisman. After earning a powerful Gold Trait, he sensed danger and withdrew from the Chaos Divine Light space.

• Li Yun watched the Ultimate Emperor Seal break through the Jade Talisman's defense and destroy the Demon God, then wondered how it had drawn out Human Dao Power.
• Li Yun seized the weakened Jade Talisman and saw a Black Worm carrying Heavenly Dao power inside it.
• Li Yun trapped the worm with Chaos Divine Light, then crushed it with the Ultimate Emperor Seal after the light failed to harm it.
• Li Yun received the Gold Trait Blazing Heavenly Might and realized the worm had been a Heavenly Dao Avatar, possibly one of many hidden in Jade Talismans.
• Li Yun considered searching for more Jade Talismans, but sensed danger and withdrew from the Chaos Divine Light space.

Li Yun used the Chaos Divine Light to wipe out the Demon Clan cultivators and Demonic Beasts attacking him, then summoned the Thunder God Dharma Avatar to annihilate another vast horde. After recovering most of his Magical Power, he headed for the Human Ancestral Land.

• Demon Clan cultivators and Demonic Beasts attacked Li Yun, and he absorbed their Sorcery and Divine Abilities with the Chaos Divine Light before destroying everyone caught in its reach.
• Li Yun equipped the Blazing Heavenly Might Trait and traveled to the other side of Great Mountain, where a large horde of Demonic Beasts had gathered.
• Li Yun summoned the Thunder God Dharma Avatar and swept its spear across the horde, unleashing lightning that killed the Demonic Beasts and devastated the region.
• Li Yun dispelled the Dharma Avatar, recovered most of his Magical Power with the Nine Revolutions Profound Origin Technique, and set off for the Human Ancestral Land.

After returning to the Human Ancestral Land, Li Yun warned Xuandu and Youchao Shi that the Demon Clan had gained a way to expose and resist their protections, then prepared to evacuate clansmen into the Twenty-Four Heavens. The chapter ended as he opened the worlds and began transferring a group of young Human Race members.

• Pangolin emerged from underground, saw the destruction Li Yun had wrought, and left to report his actions to the Demon Emperor.
• Li Yun returned to the Human Ancestral Land, where the clansmen welcomed him, and he reunited with Xuandu and Youchao Shi.
• Li Yun explained that he had killed a Quasi-Saint Demon God and that the Demon Clan’s Jade Talisman could reveal their true forms and neutralize the effects of saints’ Lingbao and magical artifacts.
• Youchao Shi and Xuandu blamed Nuwa for aiding the Demon Clan, and Youchao Shi vowed to discuss severing the Human Race’s ties with her.
• Youchao Shi led Li Yun and Xuandu to a valley where young clansmen had gathered, and Li Yun opened the Twenty-Four Heavens to begin transferring them.

Li Yun transferred more than ten million Human Race members into the Twenty-Four Heavens, then left to eliminate the Demon Gods outside Chan and Jie Sects and seize the Jade Talisman. Youchao Shi gathered more clansmen while Xuandu began guiding his Nine Calamities, and the Pangolin Demonic Beast headed to the Thirty-three Heavens to report what had happened.

• Li Yun inspected the Twenty-Four Heavens and confirmed that the Human Race members inside could adapt to their spiritual energy.
• Xuandu learned how Li Yun had created the Twenty-Four Heavens and congratulated him on his power.
• Li Yun departed after asking Youchao Shi to gather more Human Race members for transfer.
• Youchao Shi began gathering clansmen, while Xuandu returned to his residence to guide the descent of the Nine Calamities.
• The Pangolin Demonic Beast reached the edge of Human Race territory and flew toward the Thirty-three Heavens to report to the Demon Emperor and the Eastern Emperor.

Li Yun reached Stone City, where the Chan Teachings were defending against a growing Demon Clan army, and joined the battle by slaughtering Demonic Beasts and demon cultivators with his Sword Domain and True Dragon Soul. The chapter left him facing a late-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal Fire Crow whose True Sun Fire revealed a trace of Golden Crow bloodline.

• Li Yun traveled toward the Chan Teachings and rescued fleeing humans by taking them into his Twenty-Four Heavens.
• Li Yun arrived at Stone City and found Zhenwu, Bai Jie, Huang Long, and Yu Ding defending the walls against the Demon Clan.
• Li Yun activated his domain and Sword Domain, killing Demonic Beasts and demon cultivators as his True Dragon Soul attacked the enemy army.
• The Demon Clan's experts recognized Li Yun but hesitated to attack him because they sensed his strength.
• A late-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal demon cultivator transformed into a Fire Crow and attacked Li Yun with True Sun Fire, prompting Li Yun to notice its Golden Crow bloodline.

Li Yun arrived at Stone City and killed a late-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal Fire Crow with Chaos Divine Light, frightening the Demon Clan forces surrounding the city. He learned that a Jade Talisman let the transformed demons bypass the Pangu Banner’s protection, and waited for the Demon Gods to arrive while Huang Long returned to defend the walls.

• Li Yun destroyed the Fire Crow with Chaos Divine Light and gained the True Sun Fire Trait.
• The Demon Clan cultivators were intimidated by Li Yun, and their leader ordered others to summon the Demon Gods.
• Li Yun arrived outside Stone City, where Huang Long told him the transformed demons could ignore the Pangu Banner’s protection.
• Li Yun explained that the Demon Gods’ Jade Talisman enabled that threat and said taking it could end the crisis.
• Li Yun told Huang Long that the Human Race was cut off from outside contact and ordered him back to the city wall as a powerful aura approached.

Li Yun confronted a Demon God who demanded that he and the Chan Teachings disciples leave Stone City, then overwhelmed him with his Quasi-Saint-level physical strength. The Demon God recovered, summoned reinforcements from the other three gates, and declared that the Demon Clan's plan could not be stopped.

• The Demon God asked Li Yun to leave Stone City with the Chan Teachings disciples, but Li Yun refused and challenged him to fight.
• Li Yun struck the Demon God with his Gan Qi Axe, crushing his arm and sending him crashing through several mountains.
• Huang Long realized Li Yun's flesh had reached the Quasi-Saint level and marveled at his strength.
• The Demon God regenerated his severed arm, acknowledged Li Yun's power, and signaled for help.
• Three more Quasi-Saint-level Demon Gods approached from the hills beyond Stone City's other three gates.

Li Yun used the Chaos Divine Light to trap and kill a Quasi-Saint Late Stage Demon God before the other three Demon Gods arrived. He told them their comrade's body and soul were destroyed, leaving the three wary as their leader summoned a longsword.

• Li Yun decided to kill the Demon God before the other three arrived and charged at him with the Gan Qi Axe.
• The Demon God tried to retreat, but Li Yun formed a net of Chaos Divine Light and lured him into a gap.
• Li Yun sealed the Demon God inside a sphere of Chaos Divine Light, which destroyed his body and soul.
• The Demon Clan cultivators panicked and fled after their Demon God's aura vanished.
• The other three Demon Gods arrived and demanded that Li Yun release their comrade, but he told them the Demon God was already dead.
• The three Demon Gods grew uneasy, and their leader summoned a longsword filled with killing intent and resentment.

Li Yun erupted in fury after seeing the Witch Slaughtering Sword and used three Heaven-Opening axe forms to kill two Demon Gods and slaughter much of the Demon Clan army. He then attacked the sword’s wielder, and their weapons clashed.

• Li Yun sensed the Witch Slaughtering Sword’s threat and turned his killing intent on the Demon God holding it.
• The leading Demon God ordered two others to stop Li Yun, and they charged him from both sides.
• Li Yun unleashed three Heaven-Opening axe forms, destroying the two Demon Gods and more than a hundred thousand Demon Clan cultivators in their path.
• The Human Race in Stone City hailed Li Yun, while the surviving Demon God trembled in fear.
• Li Yun appeared before the leading Demon God and swung the Gan Qi Axe at him, and the Demon God raised the Witch Slaughtering Sword to block it.

Li Yun shattered the Witch Slaughtering Sword, freed the Human Race’s Three Souls and Seven Spirits, and killed the Demon Gods. He discovered that his Human Dao Emperor Eyes could shelter the spirits, while the surviving demons fled.

• Li Yun’s rising power cracked and shattered the Witch Slaughtering Sword, freeing the Three Souls and Seven Spirits trapped inside.
• The freed spirits attacked the Demon Gods, and Li Yun killed them with the Gan Qi Axe before the spirits devoured their fleeing souls.
• Li Yun grieved for the Human Race spirits and discovered that his left Human Dao Emperor Eye had awakened a Divine Soul Space that could receive and nurture them.
• Li Yun asked the spirits to enter his eye and promised to seek a way to revive them, and they agreed.
• Li Yun drew the spirits into the Divine Soul Space as Zhenwu, Bai Jie, Yu Ding, Huang Long, and Stone City’s people watched.
• The surviving demon cultivators and Demonic Beasts fled after learning that the Demon Gods were dead.

Li Yun ordered Zhenwu, Bai Jie, Yu Ding, and Huang Long to hunt down the fleeing Demon Clan forces while he completed the recovery of the Human Race's Three Souls and Seven Spirits. After learning a hidden Demon God might still possess the Jade Talisman that enabled the invasion, Li Yun set out with Zhenwu to find him.

• Li Yun ordered Zhenwu, Bai Jie, Yu Ding, and Huang Long to pursue and kill every fleeing Demon Clan member.
• Zhenwu and the others slaughtered the remaining invaders as Li Yun finished collecting the Human Race's Three Souls and Seven Spirits.
• Li Yun felt the Human Race's Fortune Power enter his left eye and nourish his body, then lamented that he lacked the strength to protect the race fully.
• Zhenwu, Bai Jie, Yu Ding, and Huang Long returned to Li Yun, who asked whether they had found the Jade Talisman.
• Zhenwu reported seeing a peculiar glow from a Jade Talisman in his assigned area, though the Demon God guarding it had not appeared.
• Li Yun explained that the Jade Talisman enabled the invasion, then went with Zhenwu to locate it while Huang Long, Bai Jie, and Yu Ding stayed to help the wounded Human Race.