Chapter Summaries

Houtu left her brothers in Pangu Hall and went to Shouyang Mountain to seek Chen Sheng’s help for their injured Big Brother. After meeting Chen Sheng at his Cave Abode, she faced his gentle questions as Luohu wondered at his master’s sudden change in manner.

• Houtu told the Ancestor Witches she would go alone to Shouyang Mountain to ask Chen Sheng for help.
• Houtu’s brothers stayed behind in Pangu Hall to care for Big Brother and await her return.
• Black Lotus introduced Houtu to Chen Sheng at his Cave Abode.
• Chen Sheng saw Houtu’s worried expression and gently asked what had happened.
• Luohu noticed Chen Sheng acting unusually gentle toward Houtu.

Houtu broke down while asking Chen Sheng for help with her comatose eldest brother, whose origin had been damaged. Nuwa then arrived, found Chen Sheng comforting Houtu, and joined them for tea despite her discomfort.

• Houtu cried as Chen Sheng comforted her by holding her, then pushed away and apologized when she realized he was embracing her.
• Houtu explained that her eldest brother was seriously injured, comatose, and had suffered damage to his origin, and asked Chen Sheng for help.
• Chen Sheng promised to help Houtu as much as he could.
• Luohu led Nuwa into the cave and announced her arrival, interrupting Chen Sheng as he comforted Houtu.
• Chen Sheng invited Nuwa to sit and have tea, and Houtu politely greeted her as Empress Nuwa.

Nuwa and Houtu reconciled while explaining that they had both come to Chen Sheng for help with Di Jiang’s severe injuries. Chen Sheng listened as Nuwa admitted her clan had caused the harm, leaving the three to discuss how Di Jiang might be saved.

• Nuwa recognized that Chen Sheng had been touching Houtu and learned that Houtu had come because Di Jiang’s origin was damaged.
• Nuwa explained that she had searched ancient texts for a cure and came to ask Chen Sheng for help.
• Houtu apologized for the Witch Clan’s past treatment of Nuwa, and the two restored their friendship.
• Chen Sheng asked why Nuwa had come, and she said she wanted to help heal Houtu’s elder brother because her clan had caused his injuries.

Nuwa and Houtu asked Chen Sheng to help save Di Jiang, and he gave them a branch from his tea tree. The branch revealed itself to them as an Enlightenment Tea Tree branch with the power to restore life, and the two hurried back to the Witch Clan with it.

• Nuwa pleaded with Chen Sheng to save Di Jiang, blaming herself for trusting Di Jun.
• Chen Sheng snapped off a tea tree branch and gave it to Houtu and Nuwa to try.
• The branch radiated Spiritual Power and laws, and Houtu and Nuwa recognized it as an Enlightenment Tea Tree branch capable of bringing the dead back to life.
• Houtu knelt to thank Chen Sheng, and Nuwa also expressed her gratitude.
• Houtu and Nuwa hurried toward the Witch Clan, where Houtu worried about Di Jiang and Nuwa apologized for the Demon Clan's actions.

Houtu brought Nuwa to the Witch Clan, hoping she could help save Di Jiang and make amends for her past. The ancestral witches rejected Nuwa and accused Houtu of being foolish, leaving Houtu to defend her.

• Nuwa told Houtu she would keep trying to earn the Witch Clan’s acceptance and would not do much to stop a war between the Witch Clan and the Demon Clan.
• Houtu and Nuwa arrived at the Witch Clan, where the ancestral witches gathered to welcome Houtu and hoped Di Jiang could be saved.
• The ancestral witches saw Nuwa with Houtu and greeted her with suspicion and hostility.
• Gonggong pulled Houtu away from Nuwa and criticized her for bringing someone associated with the Demon Clan.
• Zhu Rong, Ju Mang, and Zhu Jiuyin also scolded Houtu, who explained that Nuwa had helped the Witch Clan and had gone to seek help for Di Jiang.

Houtu persuaded the Ancestor Witches to let Nuwa help treat Di Jiang, despite their distrust of the Demon Clan. Nuwa and Houtu began channeling their power through the Enlightenment Tea Tree branch to heal him, but the chapter ended before his condition changed.

• The Ancestor Witches angrily accused Nuwa of manipulating Houtu, but Houtu insisted Nuwa sincerely wanted to make amends.
• Houtu revealed that she had found a way to save Di Jiang using the Enlightenment Tea Tree branch and said Nuwa’s power was also necessary.
• The Ancestor Witches resisted letting Nuwa into the Pangu Divine Hall until Nuwa swore to give up her Saint position and submit to their judgment if she failed.
• Houtu and Nuwa entered the Pangu Divine Hall and began infusing the Enlightenment Tea Tree branch with witch power and Demonic Power.
• The branch glowed with healing light as it illuminated the unconscious Di Jiang, and Nuwa commanded it to begin its work.

Di Jiang recovered after Nuwa and Houtu used a branch of the Enlightenment Tea Tree to heal him. He and the Ancestor Witches thanked Nuwa and apologized for their past hostility, leaving the Witch Clan reconciled with her.

• The branch of the Enlightenment Tea Tree restored Di Jiang’s damaged origin, and he woke from his long unconsciousness.
• Houtu embraced Di Jiang and rejoiced as the other Ancestor Witches gathered to welcome his recovery.
• The Ancestor Witches told Di Jiang that Houtu and Nuwa had saved him, and they felt ashamed of how they had treated Nuwa.
• Di Jiang and the Ancestor Witches kowtowed to Nuwa, thanked her for saving him and the Witch Clan, and asked her forgiveness.
• Nuwa helped Di Jiang rise and said she had never taken their past offenses to heart.

After waking from a thirty-thousand-year coma, Di Jiang learned that the Demon Clan had damaged his origin and called for an immediate surprise attack. Nuwa promised not to interfere or reveal their plans, and the Witch Clan set out for the Demon Clan.

• Di Jiang woke after thirty thousand years and asked about the Witch Clan and the Demon Clan.
• The ancestral witches told Di Jiang that the Demon Clan had badly injured him and damaged his origin, reigniting his hatred of Di Jun.
• Di Jiang proposed attacking the Demon Clan while they believed him dead, and Houtu agreed.
• Ju Mang worried that Nuwa might reveal their plans, but Nuwa promised to stay out of the war and keep their plans secret.
• The Witch Clan decided to attack immediately and set out for the Demon Clan.

Di Jiang led the Witch Clan to attack the Heavenly Court, furious at Di Jun for starting the Witch-Demon War. Di Jun ordered Bai Ze to gather the Demon Clan troops, but the Witch Clan knocked down the Heavenly Court’s gate before they could charge out.

• Di Jiang and the Witch Clan arrived at the Heavenly Court and forced their way past its guards.
• Di Jun woke to the commotion and sent Bai Ze to investigate.
• A Demon Soldier reported that the Witch Clan had attacked, and Di Jun laughed before ordering their destruction.
• Bai Ze assembled the Demon Clan troops, but they saw that the Heavenly Court’s gate had already collapsed.

The Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Witch Clan army attacked the Demon Clan, but Di Jun taunted them over Di Jiang’s apparent death and their inability to form the Du Tian Shen Sha Formation. Di Jiang appeared alive and well, shocking Di Jun and leaving the two enemies facing off again.

• The Twelve Ancestral Witches charged the Demon Clan’s gate, and Gonggong sent a water dragon toward Di Jun before Bai Ze blocked it.
• Di Jun taunted the Witch Clan, claiming they could not form the Du Tian Shen Sha Formation without Di Jiang and threatening to kill them all.
• Di Jiang stepped out from the Witch Clan army, revealing that he was alive and uninjured.
• Di Jun reacted in terror, then insisted he could defeat Di Jiang again, while Di Jiang grew angry at his arrogance.

The Witch Clan attacked the Demon Clan in the Heavenly Court, where the Ancestral Witches used their laws to overwhelm their enemies. Nuwa watched from Wa Huang Palace and concluded that the war could no longer be stopped, while Fuxi worried about the fate of the Demon Emperor.

• Di Jiang ordered the Witch Clan to attack, and Di Jun rallied the Demon Clan to fight back.
• Houtu used the Laws of Mountains and Earth to split the ground, block escape routes, and crush Demon Soldiers with falling rocks.
• The other Ancestral Witches unleashed water, fire, wind, and thunder, leaving the Demon Clan unable to fight back.
• Fuxi asked Nuwa why she was watching the battle instead of intervening.
• Nuwa told Fuxi that the Witch and Demon Clans had become mortal enemies and that her intervention could not prevent the war.

The Witch Clan overwhelmed the Demon Clan until Di Jun and Taiyi used their treasures to shield their people from the Ancestor Witches’ attack. The Demon Clan escaped unharmed, but the excess force nearly brought down Heavenly Court.

• Di Jun saw the Demon Clan being beaten and ordered them to stop retreating and charge.
• Di Jiang mocked Di Jun, then used the Space Law to trap and restrain the Demon Clan.
• The Ancestor Witches attacked the trapped demons, and Di Jun used the River Diagram and Luo Script to block part of the assault.
• Taiyi expanded the Chaos Bell and drew the Demon Clan inside, shielding them from the remaining attack.
• The demons escaped unharmed, but the attack’s excess force struck Heavenly Court and nearly brought it down.

Ancestor Hongjun celebrated the start of the Witch-Demon War, but he panicked when he saw the Witches overpowering the demons and rushed to the Heavenly Court. There, Di Jun assembled the Grand Formation of the Stars to strike back at the Witch Clan.

• Ancestor Hongjun praised the outbreak of the Witch-Demon War and blamed Nuwa for delaying it.
• Ancestor Hongjun saw the Witches crushing the demons and feared that destroying the Demon Clan would upset the balance of the Primordial World.
• Ancestor Hongjun grabbed Haotian and hurried to the Heavenly Court.
• The demons survived the Witches' attack with the Chaos Bell's protection and resolved to retaliate.
• Di Jun ordered the demons to form the Grand Formation of the Stars, which drew stellar power down from the heavens.

The Witch Clan’s Du Tian Shen Sha formed a phantom of Pangu that battered Di Jun’s Grand Formation of the Stars despite the witches’ drained strength. With the formation’s shield shattered and one more strike threatening to destroy it, Di Jun pleaded for the demons to hold on.

• Di Jun used the Grand Formation of the Stars to drain the Witch Clan’s Spiritual Power and attack them.
• Di Jiang ordered the Twelve Ancestral Witches to form the Du Tian Shen Sha and summon a phantom of Pangu.
• The Pangu phantom struck the Grand Formation of the Stars three times, cracking it.
• Di Jiang poured baleful energy into the phantom, strengthening it as it shattered the formation’s shield.
• Di Jun screamed for the demons to hold on as the exposed formation faced another attack.

Ancestor Hongjun arrived just as the Witch Clan’s final attack was about to destroy the Demon Clan, then ordered both sides to cease hostilities for ten thousand years. The Demon Clan took the decree as a sign of Hongjun’s support, while the Witch Clan resented his intervention.

• As the Grand Formation of the Stars neared collapse, Di Jun and the Demon Clan feared they were about to perish.
• Ancestor Hongjun and Haotian descended, and Hongjun blocked the phantom of Pangu’s fatal hammer blow.
• Hongjun commanded the Witch and Demon Clans to cease hostilities for ten thousand years.
• Di Jun rejoiced, believing Hongjun was honoring his agreement and supporting the Demon Clan, while the Witch Clan grew furious.

The ancestral witches defied Hongjun’s order to stop fighting the Demon Clan, and he struck them down for questioning his authority. At Shouyang Mountain, Chen Sheng told Luohu that Hongjun intended for both clans to perish together, then dismissed the conflict as having nothing to do with them.

• Di Jiang and Gonggong rejected Hongjun’s order for the Witch and Demon Clans to cease hostilities and insisted the Witch Clan would attack.
• Hongjun blasted the ancestral witches to the ground and demanded to know whether they were questioning his authority.
• Luohu asked Chen Sheng why Hongjun had ordered the two clans to stop fighting.
• Chen Sheng explained that Hongjun wanted to balance their strength so both clans would eventually perish.
• Chen Sheng told Luohu to ignore the turmoil and enjoy their quiet lives.

Ancestor Hongjun forced the Witch and Demon Clans to cease hostilities for ten thousand years, striking down the Witch Clan when they protested. The Witch Clan swallowed its anger while the Demon Clan celebrated its new backing, and Hongjun warned only the Witch Clan to behave.

• Luohu poured Chen Sheng another cup of tea as Chen Sheng chose not to interfere in the dispute.
• The Ancestral Witches complained that Ancestor Hongjun had sided with the Demon Clan and resented losing their chance to destroy it.
• The Demon Clan cheered Hongjun for knocking down the Witch Clan and speculated that he would help them rule the Primordial World.
• Di Jun privately gloated that the Witch Clan could no longer oppose him while the Dao Ancestor backed the Demon Clan.
• Ancestor Hongjun declared the ten-thousand-year ceasefire an order and warned the Witch Clan not to cause trouble, leaving them furious at his apparent bias.

Ancestor Hongjun stopped the Witch and Demon Clans and ordered them to cease hostilities for ten thousand years, forcing Di Jiang to lead the Witch army away. At Wa Huang Palace, Nuwa realized Hongjun had intervened because the Witch Clan was too strong for both clans to suffer the losses required by the Heavenly Dao’s plan.

• Ancestor Hongjun threatened the Witch and Demon Clans with consequences if they disobeyed his ceasefire order, then left with Haotian.
• Di Jun taunted Di Jiang, but Houtu restrained her brother and Di Jiang led the Witch army away from the Heavenly Court.
• Nuwa and Fuxi discussed Hongjun’s order and wondered why he had stopped the fighting after previously encouraging conflict.
• Nuwa explained that Hongjun intended both clans to perish together, as the Heavenly Dao required the Human Race to rise after the Witch-Demon War.
• Nuwa reflected that her efforts to stop the war had instead worsened the conflict while leaving her within Hongjun’s calculations.

Nuwa visited Chen Sheng to ask how the Witch and Demon Clans could escape Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao’s schemes. Chen Sheng explained that the Heavenly Dao ruled over the Primordial World and controlled even Hongjun, leaving Nuwa to consider what that meant for resisting Heaven.

• Nuwa decided to seek Chen Sheng’s help with the Witch and Demon Clans’ predicament.
• Fuxi teased Nuwa about visiting Chen Sheng, and she went to his cave alone.
• Chen Sheng noticed Nuwa’s worry, and she told him Hongjun’s ten-thousand-year truce would let the Demon Clan recover before the war resumed.
• Nuwa said her efforts to stop the Witch-Demon War had failed and wondered whether they were destined to lose to Heaven.
• Chen Sheng called Nuwa foolish for thinking she could defy the Heavenly Dao and explained that it controlled the Three Daos and even Hongjun.

Chen Sheng explained to Nuwa how the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun had schemed to suppress the Human Dao and Earth Dao, and said that defeating the Heavenly Dao required awakening both. Nuwa resolved to thwart their schemes, while Chen Sheng mistook her seriousness for a palace maid imagining she was Nuwa.

• Chen Sheng told Nuwa that the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation had been used to suppress the Human Dao and entangle Nuwa through her connection to Laozi.
• Nuwa grew furious at the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun and vowed to stop their conspiracy.
• Chen Sheng explained that Houtu's transformation into reincarnation had damaged her body, weakened the Witch Clan, and helped suppress the Earth Dao.
• Nuwa asked whether Houtu and she could defeat the Heavenly Dao, and Chen Sheng said they would need to awaken the Human Dao and Earth Dao, an almost impossible task.
• Nuwa pondered awakening the two Daos, while Chen Sheng joked that such concerns belonged to important figures and wondered if the palace maid thought she was Nuwa.