Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yun and Black Tortoise searched the shattered remains of Yuanqiao Immortal Island, uncovering corrupted treasures and the fate of the giant aos that carried it. The island’s control stele revealed that two sections of finger bones had fed on the aos’ remains, while Jiang Yun believed Daiyu Immortal Island might still have been saved.

• Jiang Yun and Black Tortoise explored the nearest island fragment, where Jiang Yun cleansed Demon God aura from an Innate Dragon Halberd and recovered a Spirit Vein and two damaged spiritual roots.
• Black Tortoise recognized a giant ao’s claw embedded in the Spirit Vein, and Jiang Yun preserved the remains and spiritual roots in his Inner World.
• Jiang Yun and Black Tortoise reached the largest fragment and found the intact Yuanqiao Immortal Island Control Stele.
• Jiang Yun refined the stele and shared its historical images with Black Tortoise, revealing that controlled giant aos had carried Yuanqiao into the Nine Netherworld Membrane.
• Black Tortoise realized two sections of finger bones had consumed his clansmen’s life force, and Jiang Yun suggested Daiyu Immortal Island might have been taken away by the Nine Netherworlds World’s consciousness.

Jiang Yun found a central Fragment of the Jade Disk of Creation on Yuanqiao Immortal Island, strengthening the laws and expanding his Inner World before collecting the island’s remaining treasures. He and Ao Li uncovered the Profound Turtle Clan’s remains and a coordinate showing that surviving Giant Turtles were in the Nine Netherworlds World, then set out for Daiyu Immortal Island.

• Jiang Yun retrieved the Fragment of the Jade Disk of Creation from the Immortal Island Control Stele, and it strengthened his Inner World and raised his Heavenly Dao Good Corpse to the peak of the Quasi-Saint Realm.
• Jiang Yun found a Purple Gold Mulberry and its spirit-vein control disk, gave Ao Li three fruits, and absorbed the island’s Spirit Spring, spiritual root, and creatures into his Inner World.
• Jiang Yun and Ao Li discovered a Bone Pit containing seven Giant Turtle skeletons, and Jiang Yun used Golden Merit Liquid to preserve the remnant souls inside two Turtle Pearls.
• Jiang Yun found a jade slip marked Daiyu that revealed at least four Giant Turtles had survived in the Nine Netherworlds World.
• Jiang Yun gathered the Giant Turtle remains and prepared to use the coordinate to join Teacher Jieyin and the others at Daiyu Immortal Island.

Jiang Yun and Black Tortoise searched Daiyu Immortal Island for the missing Giant Turtle Clan, while Jieyin and Zhenyuanzi uncovered treasures hidden in an innate formation. They traced the clan to a secret seabed refuge, where Black Tortoise recognized Ao Wen as the group emerged.

• Black Tortoise used his bloodline to activate the jade slip, teleporting himself and Jiang Yun to Daiyu Immortal Island.
• Jieyin and Zhenyuanzi broke an innate formation, finding the Five-Needle Pine and the Kun Origin Diagram, which Zhenyuanzi claimed for himself.
• Jiang Yun and Black Tortoise met Jieyin and Zhenyuanzi, who used the Kun Origin Diagram to discover that the Giant Turtles had gone beneath the sea.
• Jiang Yun, Black Tortoise, Jieyin, and Zhenyuanzi followed the jade slip's guidance to five rune-covered stone pillars and opened the Giant Turtle Clan's secret grounds.
• Seven Giant Turtles emerged from the passage and threatened the intruders, but Black Tortoise called out to Ao Wen and identified himself as Ao Li.

The Black Tortoise reunited with the surviving members of the Giant Turtle Clan and learned how they had endured their flight through Guixu. The clan joined the Western Teachings, splitting between the Primordial Desolation World and Daiyu Immortal Island as Jiang Yun and Jieyin prepared to meet Zhunti.

• Ao Gan recognized the Black Tortoise as Ao Li and welcomed him into the Giant Turtle Clan’s settlement.
• The Black Tortoise explained how a Chaos Demon God had invaded his body, and Ao Gan recounted the clan’s escape through Guixu and the loss of their clan leader and other members.
• The Black Tortoise urged the clan to join the Western Teachings, and Jieyin decided Daiyu Immortal Island would serve as a branch overseen by his benevolent corpse.
• The Black Tortoise revealed that he had recovered the remains of their clansmen and that the clan leader’s soul and three others had survived.
• The clan divided into two groups, with four adults, three young turtles, and the unhatched eggs traveling to the Primordial Desolation World while the others stayed on Daiyu Immortal Island.
• Ao Gan gave the Black Tortoise a Bone Flute, and Jiang Yun placed the traveling turtles in his Inner World before setting out with Jieyin to meet Zhunti.

Zhunti, Hong Yun, and Ziwei Star Lord searched the recovering Nine Netherworlds and discovered another spirit treasure before answering Jieyin’s summons. Meanwhile, the Three Pure Ones and the Demon clan persuaded the Witch clan to cooperate against Hongjun, agreeing to limit their leaders’ interference during the coming calamity.

• Zhunti, Hong Yun, and Ziwei Star Lord gathered Demon God remnants and claimed the Netherworld Soul-Slaying Sword and Profound Yin Soul Gathering Banner as they traveled through the Nine Netherworlds.
• Ziwei Star Lord found a buried grotto-heaven, where Hong Yun discovered the Illuminating Nether Mirror and offered it to Zhunti.
• Taiyi and Kunpeng met Dijiang, Zhujiuyin, and Houtu at Buzhou Mountain, and the Three Pure Ones arrived to join their discussion in Pangu Hall.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Taiyi, and Kunpeng revealed that Hongjun was a Chaos Demon God seeking to control the Primordial Desolation World, and Zhujiuyin confirmed the danger through the River of Destiny.
• Yuanshi proposed restraining the Witch-Demon conflict, restoring damaged earth veins, and watching for Hongjun’s schemes, while Taiyi proposed a high-level communication system between the clans.
• Dijiang agreed to cooperate but declared that the powerful leaders of both clans must not interfere in their warriors’ battles during the great calamity, and Taiyi accepted.

The Witch and demon clans formed an alliance to resist Hongjun and prevent their conflict from escalating, then exposed an Immortal Court plot to provoke them. Hongjun realized that more variables were disrupting his plans and resolved to use the promise of attaining the Dao to divide the great powers.

• Laozi presented the Hongmen Alliance Covenant, and the Witch and demon clans swore an oath to work together against Hongjun.
• A Witch warrior reported demons gathering near Buzhou Mountain, but Zhujiuyin recognized them as Immortal Court cultivators in disguise.
• Dijiang killed the impostors’ leader, while Taiyi used the Chaos Bell to help the Witch warriors capture the rest.
• Dijiang and Taiyi agreed that the clans would join forces against the Immortal Court if it tried to provoke them again.
• Hongjun sensed that the great powers were forming an alliance and planned to tempt their leaders with a path to attaining the Dao through providence.
• Taiyi and Kunpeng reported to Dijun, the Ancestor Witches informed their allies, and the Three Pure Ones secretly shared the meeting’s details with the other members of Hongmen.

Dijiang explained the Demon-Witch alliance to the Witch Clan and revealed that Hongjun was a Chaos Demon God seeking control of the Heavenly Dao. The Witches planned to strengthen the Primordial Desolation World, restrain conflict with the Demon Clan, and punish the Immortal Court for its provocation.

• Dijiang told the gathered Ancestral Witches and Great Witches that Hongjun was a Chaos Demon God, a claim confirmed by Zhujiuyin and the Three Pure Ones.
• Qiangliang urged the Witches to attack Purple Firmament Palace, but Dijiang rejected the plan and Houtu proposed repairing the world's ley lines to strengthen its origin.
• Dijiang assigned Jumang and Tianwu to assist Houtu with repairs, while ordering the Witches to keep their battles with the Demon Clan limited in scale.
• Dijiang revealed that the Immortal Court had disguised its forces to provoke a war between the Witches and the Demon Clan.
• Dijiang sent Xuanming, Gonggong, and Shebishi to attack Immortal Court strongholds along the Eastern Sea, while Rushou, Qiangliang, and Xizi were tasked with rooting out hidden Immortal Court forces.

Dijun retaliated against the Immortal Court’s attempt to frame the Demon Clan by sending Kunpeng and Taiyi to attack its Eastern Sea territory while the Witch Clan launched its own assault. The Witch Clan also uncovered and began dismantling the Immortal Court’s water-vein network, leaving East King Duke’s forces under attack from all sides.

• Dijun learned that the Immortal Court had impersonated Kunpeng’s subordinates and ordered Kunpeng, Taiyi, and Demon Saints to pressure the Immortal Court and attack its territory.
• Gonggong and Shebishi led Witch Clan forces against the Eastern Sea while Xuanming directed a sweep of the Immortal Court’s coastal strongholds.
• Taiyi and Kunpeng intercepted the Immortal Court’s Great Luo experts as Demon armies attacked, and reports of the assaults flooded the headquarters on Penglai Immortal Island.
• Rushou and Zhujiuyin used a bloodline-based compass to trace the Immortal Court’s hidden routes through the waterways.
• Dijiang ordered inspections of every body of water and had Gonggong’s descendants clear the rivers, destroying the Immortal Court’s underwater transfer stations.

The Witch Clan attacked the Immortal Court and the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace, while Taiyi and Kunpeng confronted Queen Mother of the West over accusations that the Immortal Court had provoked the Witch-Demon conflict. The chapter ended as Queen Mother of the West agreed to fight Taiyi if he insisted.

• Gonggong and Shebishi led three million Witch Clan warriors through the Immortal Court’s defenses, and East King Duke and Chi Songzi prepared to meet them.
• East King Duke and Chi Songzi clashed with Gonggong and Shebishi as the Witch Clan overwhelmed the Immortal Court’s disorganized forces.
• Xuanming led an assault on the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace, froze its defenders, and forced Ao Guang to face her at the gates.
• Taiyi and Kunpeng confronted Queen Mother of the West and accused the Immortal Court of sending disguised agents to provoke the Witch and Demon Clans.
• Queen Mother of the West stopped Black Bird from arguing and told Taiyi she would fight if he wanted a battle.

Taiyi, Kunpeng, and the Witch Clan forces routed the Immortal Court and drove its survivors behind Penglai’s inner defenses. After the defeat, the Queen Mother of the West exposed East King Duke’s secret scheme and left for West Kunlun, while East King Duke set out to salvage the Dragon Palace alliance.

• Taiyi used the Chaos Bell to immobilize the Kunlun Mirror’s light, and he and Kunpeng overwhelmed the Queen Mother of the West’s forces as the Five Great Demon Sages broke the Immortal Court’s formations.
• Xuanming froze the eastern auxiliary islands and routed the Dragon Palace forces, while Gonggong and Shebishi withdrew after the Witch and Demon armies had weakened the Immortal Court.
• Ao Guang condemned East King Duke and resolved to seek another alliance, while East King Duke returned to find his troops defeated and Penglai’s defenses breached.
• The Queen Mother of the West confronted East King Duke with evidence that he had secretly sent Immortal Court cultivators disguised as demons to attack the Witch Clan and had held Dragon Clan descendants hostage.
• The Queen Mother of the West left for West Kunlun with her followers, and East King Duke decided to meet Ao Guang personally to preserve their alliance.

Queen Mother of the West withdrew from the Immortal Court with her West Kunlun followers, while the Witch and Demon Clans continued their siege. With the Dragon Palace also abandoning its alliance with East King Duke, the Immortal Court was left increasingly isolated.

• Queen Mother of the West left Penglai Immortal Island with Black Bird and the West Kunlun cultivators after ordering the formation opened.
• Taiyi let Queen Mother of the West pass and suggested she visit the Dao Fields of the Three Pure Ones before she returned to West Kunlun.
• Gonggong mocked Queen Mother of the West for abandoning the Immortal Court, while Xuanming explained that she had acted to protect herself and her cultivation.
• Ao Guang rejected East King Duke’s gifts and ordered Turtle Prime Minister to contact Ao Shun about seeking ties with the Western Teachings.
• Ao Guang refused East King Duke’s request to renew their alliance, accusing him of provoking the Witch and Demon Clans and infiltrating the Dragon Palace.

After Hongjun joined with the Heavenly Dao, the Immortal Court’s isolation deepened and East King Duke prepared to defend Penglai at any cost. The Queen Mother of the West traveled to Kunlun Mountain at Taiyi’s request, where Laozi welcomed her.

• East King Duke failed to reconcile with Ao Guang after the Queen Mother of the West left the Immortal Court, while the Witch Clan and Demon Clan surrounded Penglai and began withdrawing their forces after weakening it.
• Hongjun joined with the Heavenly Dao and declared that the Great Trend would not change and that Hongjun would not appear.
• Ao Guang decided to travel to the North Sea and make contact with the Western Teachings after learning Hongjun had joined with the Dao.
• East King Duke activated the Shatter Plan to link Penglai’s earth veins to the Myriad Immortals Formation and vowed to make the Witch and Demon Clans pay.
• The Queen Mother of the West traveled to Kunlun Mountain with Black Bird, and Laozi welcomed her after Yuanshi sent White Crane Attendant to receive them.

Queen Mother of the West learned that an alliance had formed against Hongjun, while Jiang Yun and his companions opened the Ruins entrance and began reconnecting the Nine Netherworlds World to the Primordial Desolation World. After witnessing the Reincarnation Law flow through the portal, they left for Northern Sea Dragon Palace.

• Laozi and Yuanshi told Queen Mother of the West that Hongjun was a Chaos Demon God seeking to devour the Heavenly Dao and that his Three Corpses Method concealed a trap.
• Queen Mother of the West returned to West Kunlun with the Mysterious Bird, newly fired up after hearing what had happened.
• Jiang Yun, Jieyin, and their companions studied the Chaos Vortex and decided to replace its restriction with the Reincarnation Purple Lotus seal.
• Jieyin used the Reincarnation Purple Lotus, while Ziwei Star Lord formed the Star Dou Great Formation and Jiang Yun joined the others in breaking the vortex’s restriction.
• The Chaos Vortex collapsed, allowing Heavenly Dao power and reincarnation aura to flow through the Ruins portal as the Nine Netherworlds World began reconnecting with the Primordial Desolation World.
• Jiang Yun and the others celebrated the opening of the Ruins entrance and departed for Northern Sea Dragon Palace.

Jiang Yun and the others returned to the Northern Sea Dragon Palace and told Ao Shun how they defeated the Reincarnation Demon God and helped the Nine Netherworlds World begin merging with the Primordial Desolation. After learning of major changes across the Primordial Desolation, they set out for their next destinations, while Jiang Yun, Jieyin, and Zhunti resolved to prepare for Hongjun’s possible plans.

• Jieyin told Ao Shun that the group had found the Giant Turtle Clan and defeated the Reincarnation Demon God, allowing the Nine Netherworlds World to begin merging with the Primordial Desolation.
• Ao Shun reported that the Witch and Demon Clans had joined forces against the Immortal Court, which had lost the Queen Mother of the West and the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace and was nearing collapse.
• Ao Shun told the group that Hongjun had merged with the Dao and that restoration of the Western Land had advanced, prompting Zhunti to welcome the West’s growing strength.
• Jiang Yun and Jieyin decided to return to Mount Sumeru, while Ancestor Hong Yun and Ziwei Star Lord departed for Wuzhuang Temple and Star Academy, respectively.
• Ao Shun revealed that Ao Guang had contacted the Northern Sea and seemed to be seeking ties between the Western Teachings and the Demon Court.
• Jiang Yun, Jieyin, and Zhunti traveled west and agreed to accelerate their plans while remaining wary of Hongjun.

Jiang Yun and the great powers discussed how opening Guixu would restore the Nine Netherworlds and revive the Way of Earth, with Houtu identified as a possible ruler of reincarnation. After sensing the spreading aura herself, Houtu learned that the Three Pure Ones had invited her to Mount Sumeru to discuss the plan.

• Jieyin reported that the alliance had expelled the Reincarnation Demon God's remnant soul, rescued the Giant Turtle Clan, and opened Guixu's seal so the Nine Netherworlds could return.
• Jiang Yun told the alliance that the Giant Turtle Clan had joined the Western Teachings, while Jieyin said he would establish a stronghold in the cycle of reincarnation but was not destined to rule it.
• Ziwei Star Lord and Zhunti suggested that Houtu oversee reincarnation, and the Three Pure Ones were asked to consult with the Ancestor Witches.
• Houtu sensed a familiar aura of reincarnation from the North Sea and decided to investigate, while Dijiang arranged for Xuanming to accompany her.
• White Crane Attendant arrived from Kunlun and invited Houtu to Mount Sumeru to discuss restoring the Way of Earth after the Western Teachings opened the Land of Reincarnation.

Sister Houtu traveled to Mount Sumeru and discovered her connection to the Land of Reincarnation, then considered embodying reincarnation as its ruler. She agreed to try after consulting her brothers, and Laozi promised that the Three Pure Ones would meet Dijiang at Buzhou Mountain to discuss it.

• White Crane Attendant told the Ancestral Witches that the Western Teachings invited Sister Houtu to discuss reincarnation, and Dijiang agreed to let her go with Xuanming and three thousand witch guards.
• Jieyin, Zhunti, and Jiang Yun welcomed Sister Houtu and Xuanming to Mount Sumeru, where Sister Houtu touched the Nine Netherworlds Boundary Stele and saw visions of reincarnation.
• Sister Houtu realized that she should oversee the Land of Reincarnation, while Xuanming worried about the danger and agreed to return to the tribe to consult Dijiang.
• Laozi told Sister Houtu that embodying reincarnation could make her the Lord of Reincarnation and grant her the Authority of the Way of Earth, while also benefiting the Witch Tribe.
• Sister Houtu agreed to try embodying reincarnation after discussing it with her brothers, and Laozi said the Three Pure Ones would visit Buzhou Mountain to speak with Dijiang.

Houtu decided to embody reincarnation after seeing how it could benefit the Witches and the Primordial Desolation. With the Three Pure Ones and the Western Teachings offering support, she resolved to proceed despite her fear of what she might become.

• Jiang Yun offered Houtu Earth Dao Spiritual Treasures, and Jieyin let her cultivate with the Reincarnation Purple Lotus, raising her strength to the late-stage Quasi-Saint realm.
• Houtu and Xuanming returned to the Witches and described their visit to Mount Sumeru, after which Houtu declared her intention to embody reincarnation.
• Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches agreed to support Houtu, with Dijiang insisting that the Witches control at least half the authority over the Land of Reincarnation.
• The Three Pure Ones offered the Taiji Diagram and Witch clansmen to help establish reincarnation, in exchange for the Land of Reincarnation remaining neutral and treating all races equally.
• Houtu confided her doubts to Xuanming beneath Buzhou Mountain, then reaffirmed her determination to complete the path of reincarnation.

Di Jun, Taiyi, and the Demon Court faced repeated disruptions in the stars caused by excessive extreme Yang Qi. Fuxi and Nuwa identified a heavenly marriage between the Sun Star Lord and Moon Star Lord as a way to restore balance, and Di Jun convened the court to seek a solution.

• Bai Ze warned Di Jun that the Heavenly Dog Star Domain and other star paths had shifted again as the stars trembled.
• Taiyi explained that excessive extreme Yang Qi had repeatedly slowed the Heavenly Cycle Stars Great Formation since Sun Star replaced Ziwei.
• Fuxi told Nuwa that balancing the extreme Yang Qi with extreme Yin Qi could restore the stars, and Nuwa said her Red Embroidered Ball had sensed Moon Star and revealed the prospect of a heavenly marriage.
• Fuxi tested the idea with the Innate Eight Trigrams Formation and confirmed that the union of Sun Star and Moon Star could harmonize the starry sky.
• Nuwa summoned her good corpse, Matchmaker, who explained that the Red Embroidered Ball could forge marriages and destined relationships; Fuxi proposed using it to join Di Jun and the Moon Star Lord.
• Di Jun gathered Kunpeng, the Demon Sages, Nuwa, and Fuxi at the Sun Palace and asked them how to resolve the stars' poor operation.

Nuwa persuaded Di Jun to consider a heavenly marriage between the Sun and Moon Star Lords as a way to balance the Heavenly Cycle Stars, then went to the Moon Star to propose it to Xihe and Changxi. After Nuwa explained the danger to the Moon Star and promised they could leave freely whether or not they agreed, the sisters began to consider her proposal.

• Nuwa and Fuxi proposed that Di Jun marry one of the Moon Star fairies to balance the Sun and Moon Stars, and Taiyi urged him to try the solution.
• Di Jun agreed to let Nuwa approach Changxi and Xihe, promising they could freely leave the Moon Star even if they refused; Nuwa asked to borrow the Eastern Emperor Bell.
• Nuwa struck the Moon Star's restriction with the Chaos Bell, prompting Xihe to challenge her, and Changxi let Nuwa enter the Moon Palace.
• Nuwa explained that the Sun and Moon Stars' imbalance was draining the Moon Star's origin and proposed a heavenly marriage between their masters.
• Xihe accused the demon race of trying to annex the Moon Star, but Nuwa reassured her and Changxi that the proposal was optional and they began considering it.

Nuwa helped Diqun and Xihe and Changxi establish a heavenly marriage to balance the Sun and Moon Stars and stabilize the Primordial Desolation Stars. Houtu reported her discoveries in the Nine Netherworlds World to the Twelve Ancestral Witches, who discussed how the witch clan could take part in reincarnation.

• Diqun offered Xihe and Changxi equal authority over the Heaven Cycle Stars Great Formation and promised the Moon Star would remain independent and peaceful.
• Xihe and Changxi agreed to the heavenly marriage on the condition that the demon clan never force the Moon Star lineage to fight.
• Nuwa used the Red Embroidered Ball to join the fortune of the Sun Star and Moon Star, bringing the stars into order and calming the extreme Yang Qi.
• Houtu described the Nine Netherworlds World and its six portals to the Twelve Ancestral Witches, explaining that she sensed the Way of Earth Will and received information about reincarnation.
• The Ancestral Witches discussed guarding the six paths, and Houtu insisted reincarnation must serve all beings while noting it could give the witch clan battle souls.