Arc 2The Martial Dao Begins

Tai Cang advanced his cultivation, aided the Demon Race and Witch Clan, and developed martial arts after learning that it could strengthen the Great Witches. He arrived at humanity’s ancestral land to teach the Martial Dao and found a gifted young man named Stone.

  • Tai Cang defeated the Beast Realm’s strange beast and won the contest, then learned that Grand Unity Golden Immortals could enter the realm in three thousand years.
  • Tai Cang visited the Twelve Ancestral Witches, refined Bloodline Pills that strengthened Great Witches, and advanced his Pangu bloodline to pure blood.
  • Tai Cang survived the Nine Trials, perfected his Three Flowers, left the Jie Sect, and helped the Demon Race break barriers and conquer a sealed world.
  • Tai Cang gathered Essence of Heaven and formed a twelve-petal Supreme Heavenly Flower, then rescued Chi Yu from a poisonous beast and warned the Ancestral Witches about its hidden master.
  • Tai Cang fought and defeated twenty Great Witches, mastered martial arts, and refined more Bloodline Pills while the Ancestral Witches went to investigate Pan Wang.
  • Tai Cang used Earth Essence to form his twelve-petal Supreme Earth Flower and warned the Ancestral Witches that innate turbid qi strengthened the Gu insects inside Houtu.
  • Tai Cang met Cang Du, gave him a method for spreading the Martial Dao, and followed him to the Three Ancestors of Humanity, who asked Tai Cang to teach their people.
  • Tai Cang agreed to train the tribe’s young members, and Stone returned with a gigantic beast, revealing his Heavenly Supreme Physique and eight-and-a-half-star potential.
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Ch. 26Chapter 26

Tai Cang uncovered Shen Ni’s inscription revealing an inheritance tied to the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal, but could not remove it before a beast tide arrived. He set a lightning trap and harvested the horde’s inner cores, leaving him poised to claim the title of foremost among the Three Sects as Cang Du reappeared unnoticed.

  • Tai Cang defeated San Xiao, completed his mission, and teleported Zhao Gongming out of the secret realm.
  • Tai Cang and the others shattered the black stele and discovered Shen Ni’s message about the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal inheritance.
  • A massive beast tide forced the group to flee; Tai Cang teleported San Xiao away, while Yuding and Cang Du withdrew.
  • Tai Cang tried to collect the blood-red inscription, but its power blasted him back, so he turned to pursuing the title of foremost among the Three Sects.
  • Tai Cang planted Primordial Clarity Divine Thunder across a vast area and detonated it against the beast horde, then harvested its inner cores.
  • Guangchengzi and the others were eliminated from the Beast Realm, while Cang Du reappeared in a bloodied state as the spectators watched Tai Cang.

Ch. 27Chapter 27

Tai Cang survived a strange beast’s attack and gained the young pure-blooded beast as his master-recognized companion. After the Beast Realm Will repelled Laozi’s Taiji Diagram and issued a warning, Laozi invited Grand Unity Golden Immortals to return in three thousand years to investigate the realm.

  • Tai Cang was struck by the strange beast, but his injuries proved minor, and both were teleported out of the Beast Realm.
  • The strange beast shrank to kitten size, fell asleep on Tai Cang’s shoulder, and Laozi explained that it had recognized Tai Cang as its master after he fed it Primordial Clarity Divine Thunder.
  • The Beast Realm Will blocked Laozi’s Taiji Diagram, expelled it, and issued a warning before the mirror shattered.
  • Laozi said the force was a manifestation of the Beast Realm Will, not verified proof of the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, and revealed that Grand Unity Golden Immortals could enter the realm in three thousand years.
  • Di Jun agreed to bring the Demon Race’s Grand Unity Golden Immortals, and Laozi allowed the other factions to send theirs as well.

Ch. 28Chapter 28

The three sects tallied their gains, and Tai Cang won the contest but rejected Tongtian’s offer to make him a Jie Sect direct disciple. After receiving gifts from the Three Pure Ones, he told Di Jun and the Demon Court that the blood-red stele inscriptions were true, leaving them stunned by the existence of higher cultivation realms.

  • Laozi declared Tai Cang the contest champion and awarded him the Thirty-Six Transformations, while Yuan Shi gave him the high-grade innate spiritual treasure Yin Yang.
  • Tongtian offered Tai Cang the position of Jie Sect direct disciple, but Tai Cang declined and left the gathering.
  • Laozi gave Cang Du the Innate Five Elements Robe, Primeval Lord of Heaven gave Guangchengzi the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner, and Tongtian gave Yunxiao the Primordial Golden Dou.
  • Di Yi led Tai Cang to Di Jun, who asked whether the blood-red stele inscriptions were true.
  • Tai Cang confirmed the inscriptions and explained that Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortals existed, prompting Di Jun and the others to surround him and block outside observation with the Chaos Bell.

Ch. 29Chapter 29

Tai Cang learned of Shen Ni's inheritance, accepted the Golden Crow Transformation Rainbow Technique from Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, and watched the Three Pure Ones accept a Witch Clan challenge over Pangu's Destiny. After the gathering ended, Cang Du invited Tai Cang to speak privately, while Laozi explained that the Three Pure Ones would train cultivators to face the Great Witches in ten thousand years.

  • Tai Cang told Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi that the Beast Realm held Shen Ni's inheritance and that the blood-colored stele's records were true; Eastern Emperor Tai Yi gave him the Golden Crow Transformation Rainbow Technique.
  • Sect Master Tongtian bestowed the Cang Yuan Myriad Beasts Diagram on Saint Mother Wudang, but a Jie Sect disciple soon reported that Great Witch Hou Yi had come to Kunlun with a challenge from the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
  • Primeval Lord of Heaven attacked Hou Yi after reading the challenge, but Laozi blocked the strike and agreed that ten cultivators from the Three Pure Ones lineage would duel ten Great Witches in ten thousand years, with Pangu's Destiny at stake.
  • After the guests departed, Cang Du asked Tai Cang to speak privately, and the two rode toward the Grand Clarity Palace.
  • Laozi took Primeval Lord of Heaven and Tongtian to the Primordial Clarity Palace and explained that the Three Pure Ones would work together to train Grand Unity Golden Immortals capable of challenging peak Great Witches with supreme-grade innate spiritual treasures.

Ch. 30Chapter 30

Laozi revealed the Time-Space Roulette as the Three Pure Ones prepared to train disciples for the coming battle with the Witch Clan, while Tai Cang defeated Cang Du and refused to reclaim his Jie Sect position for a place in the treasure. Tai Cang secluded himself in a valley, perfected the Golden Crow Transformation Rainbow Technique, and prepared to study the Thirty-Six Transformations.

  • Laozi showed Yuan Shi and Tongtian the Time-Space Roulette, prompting them to celebrate their advantage in the coming battle.
  • Tai Cang fought Cang Du on Eastern Kunlun Mountain, defeated him, and received a System reward for beating a Human Sect direct disciple.
  • Cang Du told Tai Cang that the Time-Space Roulette could provide ten years of cultivation for each day outside and urged him to reconcile with Tongtian to secure a place.
  • Tai Cang refused to compromise with Tongtian despite the cultivation opportunity, and Golden Horn summoned Cang Du back to the Grand Clarity Palace.
  • Tai Cang chose to cultivate in a valley, mastered and maxed out the Golden Crow Transformation Rainbow Technique, then turned to the Thirty-Six Transformations.

Ch. 31Chapter 31

Tai Cang mastered the Thirty-Six Transformations and all thirty-six of its divine abilities, then spent five hundred years refining the Innate Yin Yang Sword. Laozi sent him to deliver a jade talisman to the Twelve Ancestral Witches and investigate Pangu Hall; joined by Cihang and Wudang, Tai Cang encountered Hou Yi at the Witch Clan’s territory.

  • Tai Cang mastered the Thirty-Six Transformations, used a max-level authorization to learn all thirty-six divine abilities, and refined the Innate Yin Yang Sword during a five-hundred-year seclusion.
  • After naming his strange beast Little Glutton, Tai Cang accepted Gold Horn’s summons to the Grand Clarity Palace.
  • Laozi ordered Tai Cang to deliver a jade talisman to the Twelve Ancestral Witches, investigate whether Pangu’s aura remained in Pangu Hall, and promised to teach him the Supreme Three Flowers Method.
  • Tai Cang agreed to travel with Cihang and Wudang after learning that they, too, had been ordered to deliver messages to the Witch Clan.
  • At the foot of Buzhou Mountain, Hou Yi stopped the three travelers with his bow, then lowered it when he recognized Tai Cang.

Ch. 32Chapter 32

Tai Cang delivered the Three Pure Ones’ message to the Twelve Ancestral Witches, then stayed behind to warn them about the coming calamity and bargain for essence blood. He claimed he could help the Witch Clan strengthen its fighters, leaving the Ancestral Witches demanding to know whether his promise was true.

  • Hou Yi escorted Tai Cang, Cihang, and Wudang to Pangu Hall, where the Twelve Ancestral Witches received them.
  • The Three Pure Ones’ jade talismans joined and delivered a challenge for a contest at Buzhou Mountain in ten thousand years, along with a warning that calamity was approaching.
  • The Twelve Ancestral Witches sealed the stone coffin and ordered Hou Yi to escort Cihang and Wudang away, but Tai Cang asked to speak with them alone.
  • Tai Cang revealed his Pangu bloodline and warned that the Witch Clan would face a devastating conflict with the Demon Race, then requested essence blood from Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin.
  • Tai Cang promised he could help Great Witches advance in cultivation, and the Ancestral Witches pressed him to prove his claim.

Ch. 33Chapter 33

Tai Cang persuaded the Ancestral Witches to provide essence blood and treasures so he could refine Bloodline Pills that might help Great Witches advance. While preparing the pills, he received a mission to obtain Xing Tian’s Heaven-Opening Three Forms, and the Three Pure Ones began discussing how to seize Pangu’s relics from the Witch Clan.

  • Tai Cang explained the Bloodline Pill’s potential, and Zhu Jiuyin agreed to provide essence blood while the Witch Clan supplied the heavenly treasures.
  • Zhu Jiuyin gave Tai Cang a drop of his essence blood, and Houtu led him to a guarded side hall where he used his final max-level privilege to perfect the Grand Clarity Alchemy Technique.
  • Tai Cang searched for missions and received six difficult assignments involving the Witch Clan’s Great Witches and Pangu’s relics.
  • Qiangliang brought the materials and his essence blood for Tai Cang to refine the pill, while Xing Tian’s presence triggered a mission to obtain his inherited Heaven-Opening Three Forms.
  • Tai Cang successfully refined a Six-Revolutions Golden Elixir and began preparing the Bloodline Pill.
  • Wudang and Cihang reported Tai Cang’s situation to the Three Pure Ones, who discussed taking Pangu’s relics from the Witch Clan.

Ch. 34Chapter 34

Tai Cang refined Bloodline Pills and traded the promise of future pills and favors to Xing Tian for access to Gan Qi and its Heaven-Opening Three Forms. After comprehending the axe forms and breaking through to the perfected Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, Tai Cang presented the pills to the Twelve Ancestral Witches, who summoned Hou Hao to test one.

  • Laozi sent Yuanshi and Tongtian to teach Cang Du and the others so they could raise their cultivation before the coming contest with the Ancestral Witches.
  • Tai Cang refined three Bloodline Pills using Qiangliang's Ancestral Witch essence blood, and Xing Tian hurried to inspect them.
  • Tai Cang offered Xing Tian future Bloodline Pills in exchange for three favors and instruction in his axe forms, and Xing Tian agreed to the deal.
  • Tai Cang studied Gan Qi, comprehended the Heaven-Opening Three Forms, advanced his bloodline and cultivation, and completed a System task.
  • The Twelve Ancestral Witches arrived, and Tai Cang gave the pills to Dijiang for testing.
  • Dijiang sent Xing Tian to fetch Hou Hao, who returned to serve as the test subject for a Bloodline Pill.

Ch. 35Chapter 35

Tai Cang proved that Bloodline Pills could raise Great Witches to the top-tier realm, completed a large batch for the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and received the Heaven and Earth Cang Huang Ruler as a gift. After giving Xing Tian twelve pills and leaving the Witch Clan, he returned to Kunlun Mountains, where Golden Horn and Silver Horn told him that Laozi wanted to see him in the Alchemy Room.

  • Hou Hao swallowed a Bloodline Pill and broke through to the early stage of top-tier Great Witch, confirming the pills’ effects for the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
  • Dijiang paid Tai Cang with essence blood, and the Ancestral Witches ordered more pills while Tai Cang refined a batch of twelve.
  • Tai Cang gave Xing Tian twelve Bloodline Pills, and Xing Tian promised to repay him for the help.
  • Tai Cang delivered 102 Bloodline Pills to the Ancestral Witches, who gifted him the Heaven and Earth Cang Huang Ruler before he departed for Kunlun Mountains.
  • Tai Cang found the area around Upper Clarity Palace in chaos, then Golden Horn and Silver Horn told him that Laozi had summoned him to the Alchemy Room.

Ch. 36Chapter 36

Tai Cang accepted Laozi’s protection, transformed his bloodline into Pangu pure blood, and began refining Ancestral Witch essence blood as the Nine Tribulations drew near. Meanwhile, a clash between the Chan Sect and Jie Sect escalated, leaving the Jie Sect’s disciples captured and its leaders divided over whether to ask Tai Cang for help.

  • Laozi gave Tai Cang the Supreme Three Flowers Method and promised to protect him so long as he did not defy the Cang Sect.
  • Tai Cang consumed all his Bloodline Pills, evolved his Pangu bloodline into Pangu pure blood, and reached the great perfection of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm; the Heavenly Dao warned him that the Nine Tribulations would arrive in five hundred years.
  • Tai Cang swallowed the essence blood of space and time, while Laozi gave Gold Horn a Nine Revolutions Golden Pill for him and Yuan Shi learned of his breakthrough.
  • After Chan Sect disciples reported Jie Sect cultivators trespassing and plundering, Yuan Shi ordered Manjushri, Cihang, and Samantabhadra to seize the offenders, escalating the conflict between the sects.
  • Manjushri and the other Chan Sect disciples defeated Zhao Gongming and the Jie Sect’s direct disciples, then captured the Jie Sect cultivators and forced them to kneel before the Primordial Clarity Palace.
  • Wudang suggested asking Tai Cang to intercede, but Zhao Gongming refused, accusing Tai Cang of betrayal and saying he would never seek his help.

Ch. 37Chapter 37

Tai Cang refined the Ancestral Witch essence blood, comprehended the laws of space and time, and left Kunlun for Western Kunlun as the Chan and Jie Sects’ conflict escalated. He settled in Queen Mother of the West’s Purple Orchid Pavilion, where a new mission directed him to defeat Xiao Xi after his tribulation.

  • Tai Cang forced the innate turbid qi from the essence blood, then declined Wudang, Jinling, and Guiling’s request to intervene in the conflict between the Chan and Jie Sects.
  • Tai Cang received eighteen Nine Revolutions Golden Pills from Laozi, while Wudang, Jinling, and Guiling learned why the Jie Sect disciples had been punished and withdrew to cultivate.
  • After a hundred years, Tai Cang finished refining Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin’s essence blood, comprehended the laws of space and time, and gained physical strength comparable to a Great Witch.
  • When Yuan Shi and Tongtian’s battle threatened to draw him into the sect conflict, Tai Cang followed Laozi’s guidance and traveled to Western Kunlun.
  • Queen Mother of the West welcomed Tai Cang and assigned Xiao Xi to escort him to the Purple Orchid Pavilion.
  • Xiao Xi challenged Tai Cang to spar after his tribulation, and a system mission appeared directing him to defeat her.

Ch. 38Chapter 38

Tai Cang overcame the Nine Trials in Western Kunlun, formed three ninth-grade flowers, and discovered that Queen Mother of the West had used a yin-yang harmonization secret art on him. After recovering, he prepared to fight Xiao Xi, while learning that Queen Mother of the West had entered seclusion to sever the Three Corpses.

  • Tai Cang refined seventy-three restrictions on the Heaven and Earth Cang Huang Ruler before the Nine Trials descended on Purple Orchid Pavilion.
  • Cang Du and the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect began their own Nine Trials, while Duobao and several Jie Sect disciples followed Tongtian's instruction to undergo tribulation.
  • Tai Cang overcame the Nine Trials and formed ninth-grade Heavenly, Earthly, and Human Flowers, but suppressed his cultivation breakthrough.
  • Queen Mother of the West restrained Tai Cang and performed a yin-yang harmonization secret art on him, leaving him unconscious and strengthening his body.
  • Xiao Xi explained the secret art to Tai Cang, who recovered his mana over seven days and left Purple Orchid Pavilion.
  • Tai Cang asked to see Queen Mother of the West before fighting Xiao Xi, but Xiao Xi said her master had entered seclusion to comprehend severing the Three Corpses.

Ch. 39Chapter 39

Tai Cang defeated Xiao Xi by using his max-level law of space and earned another One-Click Max Level Privilege. After Jie Sect cultivators arrived, Zhao Gongming asked him to obtain a Moon Laurel Tree branch to save several trapped disciples.

  • Tai Cang and Xiao Xi sparred in Queen Mother of the West’s small world, where Xiao Xi’s Grand Unity sword techniques initially overwhelmed him.
  • Tai Cang used Heaven and Earth Manifestation to withstand Xiao Xi’s attacks, then raised the law of space to max level and imprisoned her.
  • Tai Cang defeated Xiao Xi, completed his task, and obtained another One-Click Max Level Privilege.
  • A maid told Xiao Xi that Jie Sect cultivators had come to see Tai Cang, and Xiao Xi escorted him to the tense gathering outside Western Kunlun.
  • Zhao Gongming told Tai Cang that Duo Bao and several Jie Sect disciples were trapped in tribulation and asked him to obtain a Moon Laurel Tree branch from the Demon Race to save them.

Ch. 40Chapter 40

Tai Cang refused to help the Jie Sect’s direct disciples on Tongtian’s decree, then learned the Supreme Three Flowers Method from Laozi and agreed to retrieve a Moon Laurel Tree branch. Tongtian promised to let him leave the Jie Sect if he succeeded, and Tai Cang arrived at the Sun Star seeking the Golden Crow Prince’s help.

  • Tai Cang rejected Zhao Gongming and the other Jie Sect disciples, then went to the Grand Clarity Palace to ask Laozi about the Queen Mother of the West and the Supreme Three Flowers Method.
  • Laozi explained how Tai Cang could cultivate the Three Flowers and urged him to leave the Jie Sect, suggesting he use the Moon Laurel Tree branch as the price of his departure.
  • At the Upper Clarity Palace, Tai Cang gave Deng Hua and Deng Qiu cultivation advice and the Upper Clarity Tongtian Art before meeting Tongtian.
  • Tongtian agreed to let Tai Cang leave the Jie Sect if he brought back a Moon Laurel Tree branch, and Tai Cang accepted the condition.
  • Tai Cang traveled to the Sun Star, where a quasi-Sage Demon God accused him of returning to provoke the Demon Race; Tai Cang denied coming to cause trouble.

Ch. 41Chapter 41

Tai Cang obtained Moon Laurel Tree branches from the Golden Crow Princes, refused Zhunti’s offer to join the Western Teachings, and returned to Kunlun to help Duobao and the others withstand their tribulations. Tongtian then ended Tai Cang’s inner-disciple status and asked him to resolve a matter that had troubled him.

  • Tai Cang presented Di Jun’s token, met Di Yi and the other Golden Crow Princes, and received more than a dozen Moon Laurel Tree branches after asking for eight.
  • Di Yi invited Tai Cang to visit a Demon Race forbidden region, hoping Tai Cang’s command of spatial law would help them overcome its barriers.
  • Zhunti tried to recruit Tai Cang into the Western Teachings, but Tai Cang refused, and Tongtian wounded Zhunti and drove him away with the Four Swords of Zhu Xian.
  • Tai Cang returned to Kunlun and gave Tongtian the branches, which helped Duobao and the other disciples steady their minds against the Nine Tribulations.
  • Tongtian formally ended Tai Cang’s status as an inner disciple of the Jie Sect, then asked him to resolve a matter that had troubled him.

Ch. 42Chapter 42

Tai Cang explained to the Three Pure Ones that visions of the Jie Sect’s tragic future had made him hesitant to join, but Laozi revealed that countless parallel Primordial Worlds had different histories and that Tai Cang’s foreknowledge was not a reliable guide. After learning the hidden levels of Grand Unity and the fates of ancient powers, Tai Cang left the Upper Clarity Palace resolved to pursue Grand Unity and returned to the Sun Star free of his Jie Sect identity.

  • Tongtian questioned Tai Cang about why he had distrusted the Jie Sect and anticipated its destruction, and Tai Cang claimed he could foresee fragments of the future.
  • Laozi explained that countless parallel Primordial Worlds had different outcomes and described the hidden fates of Shen Ni, the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans, Luohu, and other ancient powers.
  • Tongtian explained the levels of Grand Unity, Pangu’s former realm, and how Hongjun established the Quasi-Saint and Sage paths; the Three Pure Ones warned Tai Cang to keep these secrets.
  • Tai Cang thanked the Three Pure Ones, left the Upper Clarity Palace, and flew to the Sun Star to gather the Essence of Heaven and perfect his Three Flowers.
  • Tai Cang told Di Yi and the Golden Crow Princes that he was no longer an inner disciple of the Jie Sect, and they congratulated him and began celebrating.

Ch. 43Chapter 43

Tai Cang agreed to help the Demon Race gather Essence of Heaven in exchange for their assistance, then accepted Di Yi’s invitation to use his law of space to help conquer a new world. After the Demon Race assembled an army and entered the world, Tai Cang reached the spatial barriers sealing half of it and prepared to remove them.

  • Di Yi promised to gather Essence of Heaven for Tai Cang, while Tai Cang agreed to help the Demon Race open up a new world with his law of space.
  • Di Yi brought Tai Cang to the world’s gate, where Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi learned that Tai Cang had mastered the law of space.
  • Di Jun offered Tai Cang a top-grade innate Lingbao for his help and ordered the Ten Great Demon Marshals to lead a million-strong army into the world.
  • Di Jun ordered the Golden Crow Princes to return to the Sun Palace, while Bai Shang stayed behind to join the expedition.
  • Eastern Emperor Tai Yi escorted Tai Cang into the world and showed him the spatial barriers sealing off half of it.

Ch. 44Chapter 44

Tai Cang helped Eastern Emperor Tai Yi locate and destroy the spatial barriers, allowing the Demon Race to conquer the world. After receiving the promised Nine Heavens Divine Boots, Tai Cang joined Di Jun and the others at a Bronze Divine Temple, where three mysterious treasures were revealed and he was offered first choice.

  • Tai Cang identified the spatial barrier's core, and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi shattered it with the Chaos Bell while Demon Guards killed the native attackers.
  • Over the next thousand years, Tai Cang helped Eastern Emperor Tai Yi break the remaining barriers as the Demon Race subdued the world.
  • Di Jun awarded Tai Cang the Nine Heavens Divine Boots and promised him first choice of the spoils.
  • Bai Shang reported that the remaining enemies were defeated and led Di Jun, Tai Cang, and the others to a Bronze Divine Temple.
  • Di Jun's flames cleared the temple of resentful spirits, and Bai Shang opened three boxes containing an ancient token, a Red-patterned Spirit Fruit, and an Azure-green Seed.

Ch. 45Chapter 45

Tai Cang claimed the World Tree Seed, then used the Essence of Heaven gathered by the Golden Crow Princes to perfect his Supreme Heavenly Flower and max out the Law of Time. As he planned to seek Houtu’s help for the Essence of Earth, he rescued a Great Witch from a poisonous beast and its hidden black-robed master, who vowed revenge.

  • Tai Cang chose the World Tree Seed and completed the system task, while Di Jun ordered the Demon Race to transform the captured world into their demon realm.
  • Di Yi gave Tai Cang the Essence of Heaven gathered by a thousand Grand Unity Golden Immortals, and the Golden Crow Princes hosted a seven-day banquet for him.
  • Tai Cang secluded himself and raised his Supreme Heavenly Flower to twelve petals, whereupon a mysterious Dao Fruit formed inside it.
  • Tai Cang used his max-level privilege to perfect the Law of Time and decided to seek the Ancestral Witches’ help in obtaining the Essence of Earth.
  • A poisonous beast defeated a Great Witch near Tai Cang’s valley, and Tai Cang rescued the dying Witch before escaping the poison tide.
  • A black-robed cultivator revealed himself as the beast’s master, recognized the Golden Crow Transformation Rainbow Technique, and swore revenge on Tai Cang.

Ch. 46Chapter 46

Tai Cang saved the poisoned Great Witch Chi Yu and won the Witch Clan’s help in gathering the essence of earth. As the Ancestral Witches began investigating the beast’s hidden master, Chi You brought Tai Cang to meet the top-tier Great Witches, who questioned his presence among them.

  • Da Yi nearly shot Tai Cang before learning he had brought the poisoned Chi Yu to the Witch Clan, then rushed to summon Ancestral Witch Cangming.
  • Cangming purged the poison from Chi Yu, and Tai Cang told the Twelve Ancestral Witches that a seemingly intelligent beast had attacked him and might be controlled by someone.
  • Chi Yu explained that the beast had attacked several tribes, reached the strength of a top-tier Great Witch, and wielded a potent Law of Poison; Tai Cang reasoned that someone had raised it to prey on the Witch Clan.
  • Zhu Jiuyin agreed to use the Law of Time to search for the mastermind, while Houtu and Dijiang agreed to help Tai Cang collect the essence of earth through Chi You and the top-tier Great Witches.
  • Chi You escorted Tai Cang to the valley where the top-tier Great Witches lived, where several of them questioned why he had brought a cultivator.

Ch. 47Chapter 47

Tai Cang learned that the Ancestral Witches prioritized producing more Bloodline Pills over the lives and advancement of top-tier Great Witches, then tested his strength against the Witch Clan. He fought Gong Xin in their true forms and trapped him with the laws of space and time before landing a powerful blow.

  • Zhou Yi, Rain Master, Wind Master, and Chi You reacted with displeasure when Tai Cang revealed that the Bloodline Pill could strengthen everyone below the Ancestral Witch realm.
  • Da Yi and Hou Yi explained that the Ancestral Witches had started gathering earth essence to persuade Tai Cang to refine more Bloodline Pills, while Tai Cang and Chi You's companions recognized the neglect of top-tier Great Witches.
  • Tai Cang refined vessels for gathering earth essence, then asked Hou Yi to arrange a sparring match with twenty Great Witches.
  • Tai Cang fought Gong Xin in a physical spar and revealed that his body could rival a Great Witch's; when Gong Xin assumed his true form, Tai Cang matched him with Heaven and Earth Manifestation.
  • Tai Cang bound Gong Xin with chains formed from the laws of space and time, then struck his chest with a spatially empowered fist.

Ch. 48Chapter 48

Tai Cang defeated twenty Great Witches in succession and perfected martial arts, then spent eight hundred years mastering its principles and improving Heaven and Earth Manifestation. After Hou Yi brought materials for another batch of Bloodline Pills, he revealed that the Ancestral Witches were pursuing Pan Wang, prompting Tai Cang to warn that their foe was exceptionally dangerous.

  • Tai Cang defeated Gong Xin, then challenged the remaining Great Witches and developed powerful martial arts techniques as he fought them.
  • Tai Cang defeated all twenty Great Witches, realized martial arts could strengthen the Witch Clan and human race, and used his system privilege to master martial arts.
  • Tai Cang spent eight hundred years digesting martial arts principles, then perfected Heaven and Earth Manifestation and greatly reduced its mana cost.
  • Hou Yi delivered earth essence and materials for more Bloodline Pills, then told Tai Cang that the Ancestral Witches had gone to investigate Pan Wang.
  • Tai Cang warned Hou Yi that Pan Wang's poison and gu arts made him extremely difficult to defeat, and Hou Yi left to gather support for the Ancestral Witches.

Ch. 49Chapter 49

Tai Cang condensed the Supreme Earth Flower, then discovered that Pan Wang’s Gu poison had critically wounded Houtu and worsened when exposed to innate turbid qi. He left the Witch Clan for the East Sea to spread martial arts and gather Human Essence, but found the human race already far stronger than he expected.

  • Hou Hao secretly asked Tai Cang for Bloodline Pills, but Tai Cang refused and gave him a jade talisman for a possible future trade.
  • Tai Cang used Earth Essence to form the complete twelve-petal Supreme Earth Flower, then spent several months refining more Bloodline Pills.
  • Chi You brought Tai Cang to Pangu Hall, where Tai Cang found that innate turbid qi strengthened the Gu insects inside Houtu and warned the Ancestral Witches to stop feeding it to her.
  • Dijiang resolved to kill Pan Wang to undo Houtu’s poison, while Tai Cang left the Witch Clan with a bottle of Bloodline Pills and headed for the East Sea.
  • Tai Cang found that East Sea humans could already defeat powerful demon beasts, leaving him unsure how to gather Human Essence; someone then called out to him.

Ch. 50Chapter 50

Tai Cang brought the Martial Dao to the human ancestral land, where the Three Ancestors of Humanity and their people begged him to teach it. He agreed to stay and train them, then discovered that the young hunter Stone had the rare Heavenly Supreme Physique and the potential needed for his system mission.

  • Cang Du told Tai Cang that the conflict between the Chan and Jie Teachings had driven his master to seek a new Daoist site, and Tai Cang asked him to help spread the Martial Dao among humanity.
  • Tai Cang gave Cang Du a jade talisman containing the Martial Dao’s basic method, and Cang Du agreed to take him to the Three Ancestors of Humanity.
  • At the ancestral land, Youchaoshi, Suirenshi, and Ziyishi confirmed the method suited humanity, then they and the tribespeople knelt and begged Tai Cang to teach it.
  • Tai Cang agreed to begin training the tribe’s young members the next day and decided to stay, while his system issued a mission to recruit three people with potential above eight stars.
  • Stone returned carrying a gigantic beast, and Tai Cang discovered the young man had a Heavenly Supreme Physique and eight-and-a-half-star potential.
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