Chapter Summaries

The divine realms agreed to merge with the Primordial World and turn it into an Ark ahead of the returning Black Tide. After absorbing twenty-nine smaller realms, the Primordial World remained an Origin World, and God offered the Heaven Divine Realm as the next contribution.

• God proposed gathering the World Origins of the other thirty-six divine realms to elevate one into a supreme world, but the realms hesitated to sacrifice themselves.
• God offered to merge the Heaven Divine Realm with the Primordial World, and Hongjun promised its people new land in the west.
• Zhunti and Jieyin objected to giving up the western lands, while Nuwa protested Jieyin’s suggestion to move the Heaven Divine Realm’s people into the Demon Race’s northern territory.
• Cangyuan proposed opening new land in the west, and Hongjun and God accepted the arrangement.
• Chaos, Brahman, Amun-Ra, Surtr, the Norns, and Nammu agreed to merge their divine realms with the Primordial World, bringing the seven supreme divine realms to a consensus.
• The Primal Gods began relocating their people and feeding their realms’ World Origins to the Primordial World; after it absorbed twenty-nine smaller realms, God offered the Heaven Divine Realm next.

God and Chaos merged their divine realms into the Primordial World and rebuilt them west of the West Sea, greatly strengthening the world. The Asgard Divine Realm then agreed to join and chose the north.

• God sacrificed the Heaven Divine Realm’s World Origin to the Primordial World, then rebuilt the realm west of the West Sea and returned its inhabitants to their new homes.
• Cangyuan noticed that the Heaven Divine Realm’s new location made it a western realm, while the Primordial World lay to the east.
• Chaos sacrificed the Olympus Divine Realm’s World Origin, and Gaia and the other Primal Gods rebuilt Olympus beside the Heaven Divine Realm.
• The Primordial World advanced to the late stage of the Origin World after absorbing both divine realms.
• Surtr declared that the Asgard Divine Realm would join next, and the Norns agreed that merging was necessary to withstand the Black Tide.

Surtr rebuilt Asgard Divine Realm as the Nine Realms Divine Realm and merged it into the Prehistoric World. The remaining divine realms followed, restoring the Primordial World to the rank of a supreme heaven and earth and strengthening its wills for the catastrophe ahead.

• Surtr planted the refined world seed in the far north of the Prehistoric World, where it grew into a World Tree bearing the nine realms, and renamed Asgard Divine Realm the Nine Realms Divine Realm.
• Brahman merged the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm into the Primordial World, raising its World Rank to the perfection of an Origin World.
• Amun-Ra merged the Ennead Divine Realm into the west, and Nammu placed the Sumerian Divine Realm south of the South Sea while its origin was absorbed by the three Daos.
• The Primordial World devoured the Takama-ga-hara Divine Realm, completing the merging of all seven Supreme Divine Realms.
• The Primordial World returned to the rank of a supreme heaven and earth, its laws and barriers strengthened and its Heavenly, Earth Path, and Human Dao wills enhanced.
• Hongjun, God, and Chaos celebrated the restored world, while Zhunti and Jieyin wondered whether the East and West now counted as one.

Cangyuan established the Council of Gods as the Primordial World faced an attack from a Pillar-level Lost Deity. After Cangyuan warned that the enemy might be a Half-Step Great Dao Realm Dao Venerable, Pangu appeared in the Prehistoric World and summoned his axe.

• Cangyuan proposed a Council of Gods to coordinate the integrated Divine Realms, and the gathered gods agreed to make him its chairman.
• Cangyuan set councilor ranks and duties, including guarding the Primordial World and resisting foreign evil gods.
• Zhunti asked when the Primordial World would leave the chaos, but the Great Dao Will revealed that a Pillar-level Lost Deity was attacking the Chaos Barrier.
• Cangyuan warned that the attacker might be a Half-Step Great Dao Realm Dao Venerable and called for Pangu to intervene.
• Pangu appeared as a towering phantom in the Prehistoric World and summoned his axe.

Pangu summoned the Three Treasures of World Creation and used the World Creation Divine Axe to open a rift across space, revealing Zoga outside the Boundless Chaos. Zoga’s monster army was annihilated, and Pangu attacked him directly.

• Pangu summoned the Taiji Diagram, Pangu Banner, and Cangyuan’s transformed Chaos Bell, which joined to form the World Creation Divine Axe.
• Pangu swung the axe through space and revealed Zoga, who had arrived outside the Boundless Chaos to sacrifice the world to Ancestor God Emperor Cang.
• Zoga released an army of three thousand monsters he had secretly grown from devoured offerings, but an axe-light reduced them to ash and split his chest tumor in two.
• Zoga saw Pangu through the spatial rift, mistook him for a Dao Venerable, and demanded to know who he was.
• Pangu identified Zoga as a lost god and swung the World Creation Divine Axe at him across the void.

Pangu killed Zoga with one axe and revealed that he had reached the Twelfth Heaven of Dao Venerable. After discovering that the evil gods came from another timeline, he set out to sever their route through the River of Time.

• Pangu's Great Dao of Strength suppressed Zoga's attempts to heal, revive, or escape through alternate timelines, and Zoga died.
• Pangu explained that Dao Venerables had twelve levels and revealed that he had reached the Twelfth Heaven.
• Cangyuan reflected on the long path from his current cultivation to the Great Dao Realm.
• Pangu searched the land of nothingness and discovered that the evil gods had arrived from another timeline through the River of Time.
• Pangu entered the land of nothingness and declared that he would cleave the eternal river of time to cut off their route downstream.

Pangu severed the ancient River of Time to delay the Lost Divine Court and the Black Tide, then withdrew after the crisis was contained. A thousand years after the Hongmeng Continent opened, Lu Ya became the Sun God, and an opportunity arranged by his father awaited him.

• Pangu summoned the River of Time and cleaved it apart with the World Creation Divine Axe, blocking the route between past and present.
• Shichen despaired at the gulf between his mastery of time and Pangu’s power, while Yangmei reassured him.
• Pangu said the severed river would delay the Lost Divine Court and the Black Tide, then vanished as the axe returned to its three treasures.
• Cangyuan declared the crisis resolved, and the group returned to the chaos.
• A thousand years after the Hongmeng Continent opened, Lu Ya merged with the Sun God Fruit Position and became the Primordial World’s Sun God.
• Someone announced that the time had come for Lu Ya to receive the opportunity his father had found for him.

Lu Ya merged with the Sun God Fruit Position and became the Sun Star God, drawing praise from gods and Saints across the Primordial World. Cangyuan then summoned three powerful incarnations beside the Sun Star and called Lu Ya to accept an opportunity, leaving him stunned by an enormous new sun.

• Lu Ya merged with the Sun God Fruit Position, attained sainthood as the Sun Star God, and gained combat strength comparable to a Saint First Heaven.
• Dijun and Xihe celebrated Lu Ya’s rise, while Tongtian boasted to the other Saints about the Sect of Interception’s disciples.
• Cangyuan appeared beside Lu Ya and told him to accept an opportunity his father had found for him.
• Three of Cangyuan’s incarnations—the Dragon God Realm, Phoenix Ancestor Realm, and Qilin Emperor—appeared, each at the Fourth Heaven of the Dao Integration Realm.
• Hongjun and the other Saints discussed Cangyuan’s unusual path and the threat he might pose to the Lost Divine Court.
• Cangyuan summoned a sun ten thousand times larger than the Sun Star, leaving Lu Ya shocked.

Cangyuan and Lu Ya fused the Hongmeng sun’s origin into the Prehistoric World’s sun, allowing Lu Ya to rise from Saint First Heaven to Dao Integration Realm First Layer. The Hongmeng sun vanished, and Lu Ya became a new Dao Integration Saint.

• Cangyuan told Lu Ya to regulate the Hongmeng sun’s origin as it merged with the Prehistoric World’s sun.
• Cangyuan’s four avatars used six laws and the World Furnace to refine the Hongmeng sun into origin.
• Lu Ya guided the two suns’ origins into harmony, and the Prehistoric World’s sun expanded as it absorbed the Hongmeng origin.
• The stronger sun empowered Lu Ya to advance from Saint First Heaven to Saint Nine Heavens, drawing Zhunti’s envious lament.
• The Hongmeng sun disappeared after its origin was fully absorbed, and Lu Ya broke through to Dao Integration Realm First Layer.

Lu Ya attained the Dao, merged with the Sun God Fruit Position, and reunited with his parents, while Cangyuan continued cultivating ahead of the coming Black Tide. In the Lost Divine Court, Gatanothor discovered Zoga’s statue had crumbled, and someone in Void Land learned that the River of Time had been severed.

• Lu Ya completed his mission, became the Sun Star God, and left to reunite with his parents, bringing Green Phoenix along.
• Cangyuan noted that Changxi had yet to merge with the Moon God Fruit Position, then returned to his cultivation and advanced his World Law to eighty-four percent.
• Zoga’s statue in the Lost Divine Court cracked apart and turned to ash, shocking Gatanothor and leading him to decide to warn Lord Ancestor God.
• Someone in Void Land exclaimed that the River of Time had been severed.

The Homeless Dao Venerables debated whether to warn a newborn Boundless Great World after sensing the River of Time being severed, and Sword Venerable sent it a hidden message. In the Primordial World, explorers discovered the Hongmeng Divine Court and watched a vision of Hongmeng Dao Venerable being struck from behind by a black-qi-wreathed hand.

• The five Homeless Dao Venerables sensed the River of Time being severed and suspected that a newborn Boundless Great World had attracted the Black Tide.
• Sword Venerable decided to warn the newborn world and sent a jade sword carrying information that only a Dao Venerable could access.
• Many years into the search of the Hongmeng Continent, a divine palace rose at its center and drew Quasi-Saints, Golden Immortals of the Origin, and God Kings.
• Great Dao golden script identified the palace as the Hongmeng Divine Court, created by Hongmeng Dao Venerable to rule the Hongmeng Era.
• The Great Dao showed Hongmeng Dao Venerable fighting five terrifying beings before a black-qi-wreathed hand pierced his chest and devoured him.

The divine court’s history revealed how Hongmeng Dao Venerable fell to a mysterious attacker identified as Emperor Cang, and how his Dao Fruit became the Hongmeng Divine Court. With the trial underway, participants entered the court and faced its first test, Godhead Resonance.

• A mysterious figure swallowed Hongmeng Dao Venerable after piercing his defenses, and the Black Tide later consumed the Hongmeng Great World.
• Hongmeng Dao Venerable’s Dao Fruit was captured by the Will of the Great Dao of Chaos, refined into the Hongmeng Continent, and eventually formed the divine court.
• Cangyuan considered Emperor Cang’s strength and wondered whether Pangu could defeat him.
• The divine court announced that its trial would select an inheritor for Hongmeng Dao Venerable’s legacy, while other Godheads would bind their bearers as subordinates of the new divine court.
• Xiao Bai reunited with Little Bi and Little Qiong, then joined Yunxiao and others in preparing to seek the inheritance.
• After the Divine Restriction vanished, cultivators and gods entered the divine hall and learned that the first stage required them to release their Great Dao laws and resonate with Godhead Fragments; Zeus struggled to understand the rules.

The gods from other Divine Realms struggled with the first trial because they did not understand cultivating laws, while the Primordial Faction prepared to resonate with the Godhead Fragments. God King Xiao sought Luo Xuan's guidance on the Fire Dao, and the major Prehistoric teachings immediately tried to recruit him.

• Gods from Olympus, the Northern Europe Divine Realm, and Takama-ga-hara realized their innate powers did not teach them how to comprehend or release Dao laws.
• Freya suggested asking the Primordial Devas for guidance, while Xiao Bai mocked the confused gods until Yunxiao told him to prepare for the trial.
• Holy Mother Jin Ling and Duobao Tathagata warned that the other Divine Realms might interfere, and Jiang Ziya said they would guide those who asked humbly.
• God King Xiao approached Luo Xuan with questions about the Fire Dao, and Luo Xuan welcomed him and introduced him to the Jie Sect.
• The Jie Sect, Western Teach, Chan Sect, and Ren Sect tried to recruit God King Xiao after recognizing his cultivation as comparable to the Late Quasi-Saint realm.

Cangyuan brought intelligence from the Void to the Council of Gods, which voted to seek out surviving forces from the Hongmeng Great World after leaving Chaos. The council was then thrown into disarray when its guards reported that the Hongmeng Dao Fruit was a trap, and Cangyuan rushed to Hongmeng Continent to save those inside.

• Pangu summoned Cangyuan and showed him a Jade Sword carrying intelligence from a Dao Venerable in the Void about the Black Tide and surviving remnants of old worlds.
• Cangyuan brought the intelligence to the Council of Gods, where Hongjun and God supported seeking allies among the surviving Hongmeng forces.
• The council voted to search for the Hongmeng allies after leaving Chaos, with Yang Mei's proposal passing by majority vote.
• Ancestor Dragon, Shiva God, and Nyx reported that the Hongmeng Dao Fruit was a trap and urged the council to rescue those inside Hongmeng Continent.
• Cangyuan charged toward Hongmeng Continent and summoned his seven Dao Integration Saint avatars.

Cangyuan learned that remnants of the Hongmeng Great World survived in the Void and led the Council of Gods to approve searching for them after leaving Chaos. Before the council could act on that plan, Ancestor Dragon, Shiva God, and Nyx reported that the Hongmeng Dao Fruit was a trap, and Cangyuan rushed to save Yunxiao.

• Pangu summoned Cangyuan and showed him a Jade Sword carrying urgent intelligence from the Void.
• Cangyuan read that severing the River of Time would only delay the Black Tide, while the messenger urged them to flee Chaos.
• At the Council of Gods, Hongjun, God, and Yang Mei supported searching for the surviving forces of the Hongmeng Great World, and the proposal passed.
• Ancestor Dragon, Shiva God, and Nyx reported that the Hongmeng Dao Fruit was a trap and called for help.
• Cangyuan rushed toward Hongmeng Continent to save Yunxiao and summoned his seven Dao Integration Saint incarnations.

Cangyuan and his incarnations arrived at Hongmeng Continent to find Pangu already containing the corrupted Dao Fruit of Hongmeng Dao Venerable. Pangu shielded the worlds and confronted the Black Tide creature, ending the chapter by cleaving Hongmeng Continent and the surrounding chaos with the World Creation Divine Axe.

• Cangyuan ended his secluded cultivation and brought his incarnations and treasures to Hongmeng Continent.
• Pangu protected a world from the Black Tide creature and sent it out for Cangyuan and the others to catch.
• Pangu and the Great Dao realized that Hongmeng Dao Venerable's Dao Fruit had been corrupted and hidden among the ruins of the Hongmeng Great World.
• The corrupted Dao Fruit spoke to Pangu and demanded that he summon the Pangu Axe.
• Pangu summoned the Taiji Diagram, the Chaos Bell, and the Pangu Banner, then merged them into the World Creation Divine Axe.
• Pangu struck the corrupted Dao Fruit with World Creation, cleaving Hongmeng Continent and annihilating the surrounding chaos.

After Pangu’s axe fatally wounded the Twisted Sarcoma, it revealed itself as Emperor Cang, also called Lin Cang, and hinted at a connection with Cangyuan. Cangyuan and the others fled the Boundless Chaos, leaving the Will of the Great Dao behind, while Pangu later confronted Cangyuan about his secret.

• Pangu’s Great Dao of Strength prevented the Twisted Sarcoma from healing, and the creature admitted it was Emperor Cang, or Lin Cang.
• Lin Cang invited Cangyuan to the Lost Divine Court and suggested they had a shared past, but Cangyuan refused.
• The Twisted Sarcoma was erased completely, and Pangu’s axe destroyed the Hongmeng Continent.
• Cangyuan proposed that everyone leave the chaos, and Pangu explained that the Will of the Great Dao could not leave with them.
• The Primordial World passed through Pangu’s breach and drifted into the void as Cangyuan said goodbye to the Will of the Great Dao.
• In Heavenly Dao Space, Pangu’s Phantom asked Cangyuan whether he knew Emperor Cang.

Pangu questioned Cangyuan about Emperor Cang and learned that Cangyuan’s previous life was Lin Cang in a distant future. Back in the Primordial World, Cangyuan oversaw preparations for many figures to attain sainthood, while the Lost Divine Court received an order from its Ancestor God.

• Cangyuan told Pangu that his previous life was Lin Cang, whose life lay in a future too distant to see.
• Pangu said he believed Cangyuan was not Emperor Cang’s hidden pawn and urged him to reveal which of his eight Dao Integration Saint bodies was his main body.
• Cangyuan returned to command the Martial Realm as the Primordial World drifted safely through the Void Land, far from the River of Time, the Black Tide, and the Lost Divine Court.
• Yunxiao, Yaochi, Holy Mother Jin Ling, Holy Mother Guiling, and others prepared to attain sainthood using the opportunities they had gained on the Hongmeng Continent.
• Cangyuan bestowed two strands of Primordial Violet Qi on Taixu Sword and Myriad Forms, while figures across the Divine Domains also prepared to advance toward sainthood.
• In the Lost Divine Court, someone announced that the Ancestor God had given an order.

The Gatekeeper relayed the Ancestor God’s order for Gatanothor to lead the eleventh through thirty-sixth Pillar Gods against the newborn Boundless Great World. Gatanothor gathered twenty-five awakened Evil Gods and entered the Portal of Myriad Worlds to cross the severed River of Time.

• The Gatekeeper told Gatanothor that the Ancestor God had ordered the lower-sequence Pillar Gods to attack the newborn Boundless Great World while the first ten remained behind to suppress the Eternal Dao Fruit.
• Gatanothor awakened the sleeping Pillar Gods, and the assembled monsters prepared to march without Zoga, whose idol remained shattered and whose death Gatanothor acknowledged.
• Gatanothor led the twenty-five Evil Gods downstream along the River of Time and explained that Pangu had severed the river ahead.
• Gatanothor brought out the Gatekeeper’s Portal of Myriad Worlds, which could carry them across the absolute void between the broken sections of the river.
• Gatanothor opened the portal and stepped inside first.

Twenty-six Pillar-level Evil Gods invaded the newly born Boundless Chaos, only to find it empty, while the Primordial World continued developing beyond their knowledge. Shennong, Medicine Master, and Lü Yue joined together to establish the Medicine Dao and become its Three Ancestors.

• Gatanothor and the other Pillar-level Evil Gods crossed the River of Time and ravaged the Boundless Chaos, then realized it held no laws or living beings.
• Gatanothor ordered the Evil Gods to spread out and search for the world’s inhabitants, since they could not open a direct path to the Primordial World.
• After one Yuanhui, Grand Pure One Laozi passed leadership of the Ren Sect to Xuandu, who achieved sainthood through its fortune.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven passed leadership of the Chan Sect to Guangchengzi, who used the sect’s fortune to become a Heavenly Dao Saint.
• Shennong, Medicine Master, and Lü Yue swore to establish the Medicine Dao, naming themselves its First, Second, and Three Ancestors.