Arc 3The Witch-Demon War

Cangyuan helped Houtu establish the Netherworld, rescued the captive Human Race, and prepared for the conflict between the Witch and Demon Races. As the final war began, he planned to take Hetu Luoshu from Kunpeng with Yunxiao and Zhao Gongming’s help.

  • Cangyuan studied the Ancestral Witches’ Laws, sparred with Kuafu, and developed his Martial Dao before agreeing to accompany Houtu to open reincarnation.
  • Houtu attained the Dao and established the Netherworld, while Cangyuan became Nether Lord, created Fengdu, and built the Underworld with help from the Witch Race.
  • Cangyuan returned to Three Immortal Island, completed the Five Innate Spirit Pearls, and later gave them to Zhao Gongming in exchange for the Dragon Binding Lock.
  • When the Heavenly Court imprisoned the Human Race to forge the Witch-Slaying Sword, Cangyuan joined Xuandu’s effort and secretly moved the captives into his Human World.
  • Cangyuan built the Martial God Realm for humanity, received the Kongtong Seal, and placed the Witch-Slaying Sword in the Human World so the trapped souls could be purified.
  • During the Ten Suns disaster, Cangyuan took all ten Golden Crows, made the surviving prince his disciple, and used the nine fallen princes to create a Golden Crow incarnation.
  • Cangyuan transformed the Witch-Slaying Sword into a Demon-Slaying Sword, sent its human souls to reincarnation, and renamed the surviving Golden Crow Lu Ya.
  • After Da Yi’s death triggered the Witch-Demon war, the Twelve Ancestral Witches attacked the Heavenly Court, and Cangyuan planned to seize Hetu Luoshu from Kunpeng with Yunxiao and Zhao Gongming.
Chapters 51–75 Vol. 1 Read

Ch. 51Obtaining the Sky Fetal Membrane—Tai Xu Divine Armor!

Cangyuan helped Houtu avoid transforming into the Reincarnation Netherworld, earning the Witch Race’s gratitude and a trove of treasures. After gathering the Sea Calming Pearls and acquiring the Tai Xu Divine Armor, he studied the Ancestral Witches’ Laws for ten thousand years, then Zhu Rong invited him to spar with the Great Witches.

  • Cangyuan introduced himself to the Ancestral Witches, and Houtu defended him when Zhu Rong and Gonggong questioned his ability to guide her Dao.
  • Houtu explained her opportunity to attain the Dao, and Di Jiang declared Cangyuan an eternal friend of the Witch Race.
  • Houtu and Di Jiang let Cangyuan choose treasures from the Witch Race’s treasury, where he collected the five remaining Sea Calming Pearls and took the Tai Xu Divine Armor.
  • The Twelve Ancestral Witches took turns teaching Cangyuan their Laws, and he cultivated for ten thousand years.
  • Zhu Rong asked Cangyuan whether he would spar with the Witch Race’s Great Witches.

Ch. 52Flesh Collides with Great Witch, Shocks the Twelve Ancestral Witches!

Cangyuan agreed to test his physical strength against the Witch Race and chose Kuafu for a direct clash. Cangyuan’s thunder-infused punch sent Kuafu flying, shocking the gathered witches and leaving them to reckon with his strength.

  • Zhu Rong proposed a bare-knuckle contest, and Cangyuan accepted despite the Ancestral Witches’ objections.
  • Houtu stopped Zhu Rong and Gonggong from objecting further, and Zhu Rong, Zhu Jiuyin, and Gonggong broke into a brawl.
  • Di Jiang summoned the Great Witches guarding Pangu Hall, and Cangyuan chose Kuafu as his opponent.
  • Kuafu attacked Cangyuan with a powerful punch, and Cangyuan met it with a fist infused with Shangqing Divine Thunder.
  • The collision sent Kuafu flying into a divine mountain while Cangyuan retreated only several thousand meters, stunning the witches who watched.

Ch. 53The Heavenly Monument Hand Defeated Kuafu, Winning the Ancestral Witches' Recognition

Cangyuan defeated Kuafu with his Martial Dao and earned the Twelve Ancestral Witches’ respect. He then spent ten thousand years studying with them and refined Martial Dao to the Great Luo Golden Immortal level.

  • Cangyuan’s victory in their first contest shocked the Ancestral Witches, and Kuafu challenged him to fight again.
  • Kuafu transformed into a giant and unleashed the Law of Wood through his Peach Wood Staff, but Cangyuan crushed the attack with his Martial Dao Suppressing World Heavenly Monument Hand and defeated him.
  • Ju Mang healed Kuafu, while Cangyuan explained Martial Dao to the Ancestral Witches and agreed with Di Jiang to study their paths together.
  • Cangyuan returned to Pangu Hall with the Ancestral Witches, who treated him more warmly after the fight.
  • Over ten thousand years, Cangyuan studied laws and fleshly cultivation with the Twelve Ancestral Witches and refined Martial Dao to the Great Luo Golden Immortal level.

Ch. 54Houtu Transforms into Reincarnation, Will of the Great Dao Descends!

Houtu went to the Nether Sea of Blood with Cangyuan and the Twelve Ancestral Witches to open reincarnation and preserve a future for the Witch Race. The Great Dao answered her vow, granting her merit and a new Dao Body as she attained the Dao.

  • Houtu explained to Cangyuan that the Witch and Demon Races risked suffering the same ruin as the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin races, then asked him to accompany her to open reincarnation.
  • Cangyuan agreed, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches traveled with Houtu to the Nether Sea of Blood.
  • Old Ancestor Styx confronted the group, and Gonggong and Zhu Rong prepared to fight him while Houtu chose the sea of blood as the site for her undertaking.
  • Houtu vowed to transform the realm into a cycle of reincarnation so the dead could find a place to belong, drawing the Great Dao’s attention.
  • The Great Dao sent merit that formed a Dao Body for Houtu and gave her a Primordial Spirit, allowing her to attain the Dao and approach a realm beyond Sainthood.

Ch. 55Opening the Netherworld, the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk!

Houtu used Cangyuan’s Inner World to create the Netherworld and establish reincarnation, becoming Netherworld Pingxin while retaining her Ancestral Witch body. Cangyuan claimed the remaining Great Dao Merit, and the chapter ended with Dijun asking the Heavenly Court’s officials how to respond to the Witch Race gaining a Saint.

  • The Six Paths Reincarnation Disk emerged from the Sea of Blood and flew to Houtu as the Sea Calming Pearl expanded into a Myriad Heavens World.
  • Houtu commanded the Netherworld and Six Paths Reincarnation to arise, creating the Netherworld within Cangyuan’s Inner World and becoming Netherworld Pingxin.
  • Cangyuan gathered the final portion of Great Dao Merit into a Merit Golden Wheel, gaining the Great Dao’s protection.
  • Great Supernatural Beings across the Prehistoric World witnessed Houtu’s attainment of the Dao, while Old Ancestor Styx lamented that he could not imitate her.
  • Dijun addressed the Heavenly Court’s officials and asked how they should respond to Houtu becoming a Saint.

Ch. 56Houtu: Others Out, Cangyuan Stays

Houtu attained the Dao as Pingxin, opened the Netherworld, and established the cycle of reincarnation, while the Saints and the Witch Race reacted to her new position. She explained that she could not fight outside the Netherworld, granted Styx authority over the Asura Path, and asked Cangyuan to stay behind.

  • Dijun ordered Gui Che to keep increasing the Human Race's numbers so he could forge the strongest Witch-Slaying Sword, while Bai Ze and Kunpeng reassured him about Houtu and the Dao Ancestor.
  • Laozi, Primordial Lord of Heaven, Tongtian, and Nuwa congratulated Houtu, while Zhunti and Jieyin mourned the merit she would gain from reincarnation and considered how the West might intervene.
  • Houtu told the Ancestral Witches that she could not maintain Saint-level combat strength outside the Netherworld, but promised to lend her consciousness to her Ancestral Witch Body and join the Shen Sha Array.
  • Houtu repaid Old Ancestor Styx for the karma of using his Sea of Blood by appointing him Lord of Asura Path, granting him power that raised his combat strength to Quasi-Saint perfection.
  • Houtu told her elder brothers and sisters to return and guard against the Heavenly Court, then told Cangyuan to stay behind.

Ch. 57The Netherworld's Sub-Saint Incarnation: Great Emperor Fengdu!

After Houtu appointed Cangyuan Nether Lord and left him to manage the newly formed Netherworld, he created a powerful World Incarnation named Fengdu. Cangyuan began using his authority to establish landmarks in the Underworld, including Luofeng Mountain and Fengdu City.

  • Houtu offered Cangyuan the position of Nether Lord and asked him to help perfect the Underworld's reincarnation system, and Cangyuan accepted.
  • Houtu entrusted the Netherworld's affairs to Cangyuan, promised him Taotie as a mount, and departed to study Reincarnation and the Earth Path.
  • Cangyuan gathered the Netherworld's Samsara Ghost Qi and laws to create a World Incarnation, then named it Fengdu and entrusted its Dao Fruit to the Netherworld.
  • Fengdu manifested overwhelming Sub-Saint pressure, while Cangyuan noted that the incarnation could only wield that strength within the Netherworld.
  • Cangyuan used his Nether Lord authority to raise Luofeng Mountain and build Fengdu City, then began creating other Underworld landmarks, including Ghost Gate Pass and Yellow Springs Road.

Ch. 58Perfecting the Underworld Reincarnation System, Gaining a Late-Stage Hunyuan Golden Immortal Mount!

Cangyuan completed the Underworld’s Reincarnation system, advanced his cultivation, and arranged for people and officials to staff it. After Houtu restored his Taotie mount and assigned it to him, Cangyuan returned to Jin'ao Island and received Tongtian’s praise before heading back to Three Immortal Island.

  • Cangyuan finished building the Underworld’s landmarks and offices, then advanced to the middle stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm and strengthened several laws.
  • The Book of Life and Death and Judgement Brush appeared, and Cangyuan placed them with Great Emperor Fengdu as the Nether Lord’s treasures.
  • Cangyuan told the Eleven Ancestral Witches that the Underworld needed people, and they sent a trillion members of the Witch Race to help staff it.
  • Houtu cleared the Taotie’s ferocity and killing karma, restored its mind, and assigned it to follow Cangyuan.
  • Cangyuan returned to Jin'ao Island with the Taotie, and Tongtian praised his work helping Houtu and improving the Jie Sect’s Destiny.
  • Cangyuan rode back to Three Immortal Island, where two Great Luo Golden Immortal-level auras were present.

Ch. 59Returning to the Jie Sect, the Five Innate Spirit Pearls Gather!

Cangyuan returned to Three Immortal Island and reunited with the Jie Sect members, including newly Great Luo Golden Immortal Yunxiao and her mount, Green Phoenix. Zhao Gongming gave Cangyuan two Innate Spirit Pearls, completing the set of five, which began to resonate.

  • Cangyuan sensed Yunxiao's Great Luo aura and arrived at Three Immortal Island riding Taotie.
  • Cangyuan reunited with Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, Bixiao, Bai Lianxin, and Zhao Gongming, and the sisters took turns riding Taotie.
  • Yunxiao recognized Taotie as one of the Four Fierce Beasts, and Cangyuan explained that Saint Houtu had given him the mount.
  • Zhao Gongming gifted Cangyuan the Gold Spirit Pearl and Wood Spirit Pearl, which he had found while traveling.
  • Cangyuan brought out the Water Spirit Pearl, Fire Spirit Pearl, and Earth Spirit Pearl, completing the five-pearl set, and the pearls resonated together.

Ch. 60Guiding Zhao Gongming to Rob Daoist Randeng; Top-tier Innate Divine Being Foundations!

Cangyuan gave Zhao Gongming the Five Innate Spirit Pearls and urged him to seek Daoist Randeng’s Qiankun Ruler, then completed his cultivation and raised his foundations to the level of a Top-tier Innate Divine Being. The chapter ended with Sect Master Tongtian celebrating Cangyuan’s achievement and wondering whether he could attain Hunyuan Great Luo.

  • Cangyuan gave Zhao Gongming the Five Innate Spirit Pearls in exchange for the Dragon Binding Lock.
  • Cangyuan advised Zhao Gongming to use the pearls to open worlds and suggested that he borrow Daoist Randeng’s Qiankun Ruler.
  • Zhao Gongming set off to speak with senior brother Duobao about approaching Daoist Randeng.
  • Cangyuan returned to Canglan Palace, instructed Taotie to stay on Three Immortal Island, and entered secluded cultivation to refine the remaining Sea Calming Pearls.
  • After ten thousand years, Cangyuan completed his cultivation and raised his foundations to the level of a Top-tier Innate Divine Being.
  • Sect Master Tongtian sensed Cangyuan’s breakthrough, praised him, and wondered whether he could achieve Hunyuan Great Luo through the Law Path to Enlightenment.

Ch. 61Xuandu's Plea for Aid, The Human Race's Calamity!

After stabilizing his cultivation, Cangyuan learned that Xuandu had come to Jie Sect seeking help rescuing the Human Race from the Heavenly Court. Though Cangyuan declined to join the mission, he offered to call upon a powerful senior, leaving the Jie Sect immortals astonished.

  • Cangyuan reached the peak of the Middle Stage Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, stabilized his cultivation, and learned that Zhao Gongming had attained Great Luo and Holy Mother Guiling had returned as a Grand Unity Immortal.
  • Tongtian rang the Golden Bell and gathered the Jie Sect immortals after Xuandu reported that the Heavenly Court was imprisoning the Human Race to forge a weapon against the Witch Race.
  • Xuandu asked the Jie Sect to help rescue the Human Race, and nearly all the gathered immortals volunteered to go with him.
  • Cangyuan said he could not join because his cultivation had not stabilized, disappointing Xuandu and drawing disapproving looks from the Jie Sect disciples.
  • Cangyuan offered instead to call upon a senior in the late stage of the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm, stunning the gathered immortals.

Ch. 62Cangyuan's Connections, the Human Race's Ultimate Treasure, the Kongtong Seal!

Cangyuan agreed to help Xuandu rescue the Human Race from the Heavenly Court, while secretly planning to infiltrate it and move the captives into his Human World. He recruited the Twelve Ancestral Witches to pressure the Demon Race and argued that Pangu's Heaven-opening merit would protect them from the Dao Ancestor.

  • Xuandu explained that Queen Mother of the West, East Prince Gong, and other allies would help rescue the Human Race, and Cangyuan offered to enlist Zhenyuanzi and the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
  • Cangyuan left for Three Immortal Island, deciding that a direct assault would likely end in a stalemate and that he would instead infiltrate the Heavenly Court and relocate the captives into his Human World.
  • The Choice of Destiny offered Cangyuan the Kongtong Seal for rescuing the Human Race or a custom Innate Supreme Treasure Embryo for refusing, and he chose to help Xuandu.
  • Cangyuan rode Taotie to the Witch Race and asked the Eleven Ancestral Witches there to lend their presence and hold back the Heavenly Court's forces.
  • Di Jiang worried that intervening could provoke Hongjun, but Cangyuan said the Witches could apply pressure without starting a war and explained that Pangu's Heaven-opening merit protected them.

Ch. 63Infiltrate the Heavenly Court, Find the Human Race (Extra Chapter)

Cangyuan gathered support for his plan against the Heavenly Court from the Ancestral Witches and Zhenyuanzi, then infiltrated the court. He found the captive Human Race in the southwestern corner of the Fifteenth Heaven.

  • Cangyuan persuaded the Ancestral Witches to join Xuandu’s expedition against the Heavenly Court after attributing their heaven-opening merit to Tongtian.
  • Zhenyuanzi agreed to support anyone who challenged the Heavenly Court, and Cangyuan left Old Ancestor Hongyun with him for protection.
  • Cangyuan concealed himself and entered the Heavenly Court, then secretly slapped two divine generals until they fought each other.
  • Cangyuan followed the system’s map to the captive Human Race in the Fifteenth Heaven and condemned the Demon Race.

Ch. 64Blocking the Heavenly Court's Gate, Di Jiang Threatens Dijun

Cangyuan witnessed the Demon Race's brutal imprisonment and exploitation of the Human Race, then waited as a powerful alliance gathered to demand their release from the Heavenly Court. At the Heavenly Gate, Di Jiang threatened to slaughter Demon Race tribes throughout the Primordial Land if Dijun refused to hand over the humans.

  • Cangyuan saw the suffering of the captive humans and held back from attacking because Quasi-Saints guarded them.
  • Xuandu led the Three Teachings, Zhenyuanzi, Queen Mother of the West, Taotie, and East Prince Gong's remnant soul toward the Heavenly Court.
  • The Eleven Ancestral Witches and many Great Witches joined the force at Mount Buzhou, and Styx arrived under Houtu's command.
  • Xuandu struck the Heavenly Gate with the Taiji Diagram and demanded that the Heavenly Court return the Human Race.
  • Dijun accused Xuandu and his allies of challenging the Heavenly Dao, while Di Jiang demanded the humans' release and threatened to wipe out Demon Race tribes if Dijun refused.

Ch. 65Dijun: Where Did All Those Humans Go?!

The Witch Race, Xuandu, and several powerful allies confronted Dijun over the Heavenly Court’s captivity and slaughter of humans. Before they could force their way inside, someone secretly emptied the Fifteenth Heaven, leaving Dijun without the humans or the Witch-Slaying Sword and the intruder unidentified.

  • Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Witches condemned Dijun and threatened the Heavenly Court unless it released the Human Race.
  • Taotie, Queen Mother of the West, Styx, and Zhenyuanzi declared that they had come under Saints’ orders, and Zhenyuanzi raised the Earth Vein Great Array.
  • Xuandu demanded the Human Race’s release, while Eastern Emperor Tai Yi prepared to fight; then a violent upheaval erupted inside the Heavenly Court.
  • Dijun and the others rushed to the Fifteenth Heaven and found the humans and the Witch-Slaying Sword gone, with no trace of the intruder.
  • Fuxi failed to identify the culprit, Dijun ordered the Heavenly Gate closed, and Xuandu thanked the unknown person who had rescued the humans.

Ch. 66The Human Race's Current State, Four Newly Advanced Great Luo Golden Immortals!

After rescuing the Human Race from the Heavenly Court, Cangyuan brought the captives to the Human World, where the Three Ancestors of Humanity helped settle them. The Human Race revealed its growing strength, but Cangyuan rejected the proposal to ally with the Witch Race against the Demon Race.

  • Xuandu told his allies that a mysterious being had taken the Human Race from the Heavenly Court, marking the second disappearance of Human Race captives.
  • Queen Mother of the West, Old Ancestor Styx, Zhenyuanzi, the Ancestral Witches, and the Three Teachings members departed, leaving Xuandu to seek his teacher's help.
  • Cangyuan brought the several trillion rescued Human Race members into the Human World, where the Three Ancestors of Humanity and Human Race experts took charge of them.
  • Suiren Shi, Youchao Shi, and Ziyi Shi condemned the Demon Race's exploitation of the Human Race, and Youchao Shi proposed allying with the Witch Race.
  • Cangyuan discovered that the Human Race had four newly advanced Great Luo Golden Immortals, seven Great Luo Golden Immortals in total, 123 Grand Unity Golden Immortals, and 2,500 Golden Immortals.
  • Cangyuan rejected the Three Ancestors' proposal to join the fight against the Demon Race.

Ch. 67Martial God Realm, Kongtong Appears and Shocks All Saints!

Cangyuan established the hidden Martial God Realm and Martial God Hall to strengthen the Human Race while keeping it out of the Witches and Demons’ decisive battle. The Kongtong Seal appeared and vanished as Nuwa, Taiqing Laozi, Zhunti, and Jieyin reached for it, leaving the Saints unsure who had taken it.

  • Cangyuan persuaded the Three Ancestors of Humanity to delay revenge and focus on building the Human Race’s strength.
  • Cangyuan opened the Martial God Realm, linked it to the Human World, and established the Martial God Hall for Golden Immortals.
  • Cangyuan received the system’s reward of the Kongtong Seal, which then appeared at Kongtong Mountain amid surging Humanity’s Destiny.
  • Nuwa and Taiqing Laozi each claimed the Kongtong Seal, while Zhunti and Jieyin joined the contest and Primordial Lord of Heaven and Tongtian did not act.
  • The Kongtong Seal vanished before the four Saints could seize it, and Zhunti awkwardly denied intending to compete for it.

Ch. 68Dijun: Even Without That Sword, I Can Still Wipe Out the Witch Race!

Cangyuan took the Kongtong Seal and Witch-Slaying Sword into his possession, then arranged for the Human Race to purify the souls trapped in the sword. While Dijun prepared the Heavenly Court for war against the Witch Race, Cangyuan advanced his cultivation; the Ten Suns Crossing the Sky then began, heralding the decisive battle.

  • The Kongtong Seal vanished from Kongtong Mountain and appeared in Cangyuan's hand in the Martial God Realm, where he placed it in the Martial God Hall to be nourished by Humanity's Destiny.
  • Cangyuan put the Witch-Slaying Sword in the Human World and asked the Three Ancestors of Humanity to use Humanity's Destiny to cleanse the trapped souls, then brought Bai Lianxin there to help purify them.
  • Dijun declared that the Heavenly Court would destroy the Witch Race after the hundred-Yuanhui ceasefire, even without the Witch-Slaying Sword.
  • After one Kun Yuanhui, Cangyuan reached the Late Stage Great Luo Golden Immortal realm and had comprehended fifty-seven percent of the Law of Creation.
  • Ten Golden Crows descended from the Sun Star in a formation that drew on its power, and Cangyuan recognized the onset of Ten Suns Crossing the Sky as the beginning of the decisive battle.

Ch. 69Ten Suns Crossing the Sky! Intercepting the Golden Crow Corpses!

Cangyuan chose to collect the fallen Golden Crows and abduct the surviving prince, then secretly took all ten while the Witch and Demon races fought. He returned to Three Immortal Island as Zhunti and Tongtian blamed each other for the missing corpses.

  • Cangyuan chose the mission to collect the nine fallen Golden Crow corpses and abduct the remaining prince in exchange for the Great Array of Zhou Tian Stars deployment method and Star Banner refinement method.
  • Da Yi shot down nine suns, but Dijun stopped him from killing the last Golden Crow and attacked him, prompting Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Witches to intervene.
  • The Witch and Demon races clashed, while Zhunti and Jieyin planned to retrieve the Golden Crow corpses from the East Sea.
  • Cangyuan caught the nine fallen Golden Crows, knocked out the remaining prince with the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler, and fled with all ten.
  • Zhunti found the East Sea empty and suspected Tongtian had taken the corpses, while Tongtian suspected Zhunti had come to abduct Jie Sect disciples.
  • Cangyuan returned to Three Immortal Island, and the system prompt sounded.

Ch. 70Great Array of Zhou Tian Stars, Sixth Prince of the Golden Crows

Cangyuan received a complete explanation of the Great Array of Zhou Tian Stars and realized that obtaining its celestial stars would be difficult. He made the Sixth Prince of the Golden Crows his disciple and refined a powerful Golden Crow Incarnation from the other nine princes’ corpses.

  • Cangyuan learned that the Great Array of Zhou Tian Stars required Hetu Luoshu, celestial stars, Star Banners, and Daluo and Taiyi experts, but his Inner Space contained no stars.
  • After the Ten Suns’ rampage and the battle between Dijun and the Twelve Ancestral Witches, Dijun discovered that his sons’ bodies and surviving son were missing, while the Heavenly Court lost thirty percent of its Fortune to karmic sin.
  • Cangyuan told the Sixth Prince of the Golden Crows about the demon race’s crimes against the Human Race, and Old Six agreed to atone by becoming Cangyuan’s disciple and a future guardian of humanity.
  • Cangyuan used the nine Golden Crow corpses to refine a Perfected Great Luo Golden Immortal Golden Crow Incarnation, which he bound to one of his worlds.

Ch. 71Plans for Refining Incarnations—Is It Possible to Artificially Create an Innate Supreme Treasure?!

Cangyuan refined three more World Incarnations and began transforming the Witch-Slaying Sword into a Demon-Slaying Sword, hoping to create an Innate Supreme Treasure. After ten Yuanhuis, he completed the transformation and prepared to send the human souls trapped inside into Reincarnation.

  • Cangyuan named the world linked to his Golden Crow Incarnation the Great Sun Golden Crow Realm and planned to refine incarnations for three other worlds.
  • Cangyuan completed a Human Race Incarnation, a Martial Dao Incarnation, and a World Tree Incarnation, bringing his total to five World Incarnations.
  • Cangyuan considered turning the Witch-Slaying Sword into an Innate Supreme Treasure by changing its Witch-Slaying Restrictions and adding Innate Undying Spiritual Light.
  • Cangyuan spent ten Yuanhuis changing all the sword's Witch-Slaying Restrictions into Demon-Slaying Restrictions and advanced to Perfected Great Luo Golden Immortal.
  • Cangyuan finished the Demon-Slaying Sword and prepared to send the human resentful souls trapped within it into Reincarnation.

Ch. 72State of the Jie Sect, Cangyuan's Journey to the Netherworld

Cangyuan checked on his disciples and learned how the Jie Sect had grown while he cultivated. After teasing Qiongxiao and Bixiao, he left for the Netherworld with Taotie, leaving Yunxiao to send her sisters back to cultivation.

  • Cangyuan left his Inner World, saw Six-Eared Macaque cultivating at the early Grand Unity stage, and left him Enlightenment Tea Leaves before departing Canglan Palace.
  • On Three Immortal Island, Cangyuan teased Qiongxiao and Bixiao about their cultivation, revealed that he had reached Perfected Great Luo Golden Immortal, and said he would attain Primordial Origin after comprehending sixty percent of the laws.
  • Yunxiao and Bai Lianxin told Cangyuan that Jin Ling, Duobao, Wudang, Guiling, Zhao Gongming, and several younger Jie Sect disciples had advanced in cultivation.
  • Cangyuan prepared to ride Taotie to the Netherworld, but Bixiao tried to join him, so he and Taotie vanished before she could follow.
  • Yunxiao dragged Bixiao away and ordered her and Qiongxiao to cultivate in seclusion until they attained the Dao.

Ch. 73Sun-Moon Essence Wheel, Immortal-Slaying Gourd!

Cangyuan arranged for the remaining Human Race souls to enter reincarnation, then let Little Six of the Golden Crows return to the Heavenly Court before ordering him back to the Jie Sect. Little Six left bearing three Supreme Innate Spiritual Treasures, while Dijun prepared to explain why he had sent his only surviving son away.

  • Houtu sent the remaining Human Race souls and true spirits from the Demon-Slaying Sword into the Humanity Path for reincarnation, easing Cangyuan's worries.
  • Cangyuan allowed Little Six of the Golden Crows to visit the Heavenly Court, warning Houtu that he would kill the prince if he betrayed him and failed to return.
  • Little Six reunited with Dijun, Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, and Xihe, then told them that Cangyuan expected him to return to the Jie Sect.
  • Dijun insisted that Little Six go back to Cangyuan and gave him the Sun-Moon Essence Wheel; Eastern Emperor Tai Yi and Xihe also gave him Supreme Innate Spiritual Treasures.
  • After staying in the Heavenly Court for over a Yuanhui, Little Six departed for the Jie Sect, and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi asked Dijun why he had let him go.

Ch. 74Innate Supreme Treasure—Demon-Slaying Sword!

Cangyuan gave Lu Ya the Golden Crow Origin of his nine brothers, then transformed the Demon-Slaying Sword into an Innate Supreme Treasure. After Da Yi died at Xihe's hands and the Witch and Demon Races clashed again, the Witch Race launched an assault on the Heavenly Court.

  • Dijun explained that the Heavenly Court faced poor odds against the Witch Race, while Xihe grieved over losing Little Six.
  • Cangyuan gave Little Six the Golden Crow Origin of his nine brothers and renamed him Lu Ya, then sent him to cultivate in the Great Sun Golden Crow Realm.
  • Cangyuan used forty-nine strands of Innate Undying Spiritual Light to turn the Demon-Slaying Sword into an Innate Supreme Treasure and refined twenty of its restrictions.
  • Da Yi pursued Chang'e to the Moon Star, where Xihe killed him, prompting Di Jiang to lead the Ancestral Witches against the Heavenly Court.
  • Dijun and the Heavenly Court's Quasi-Saints intercepted Di Jiang's forces, and the ensuing battle lasted ten thousand years.
  • The Witch Race defied the Dao Ancestor's decree and attacked the Heavenly Court with countless warriors.

Ch. 75Decisive Battle of Witches and Demons, Robbing Kunpeng!

The Witch Race attacked the Heavenly Court, and the two sides fought a devastating battle while the Saints watched. As the fighting continued, Cangyuan planned to use the chaos to take Hetu Luoshu from Kunpeng and asked Yunxiao and Zhao Gongming for help.

  • The Twelve Ancestral Witches led the Witch Race in destroying the Heavenly Gate and launching an assault on the Heavenly Court.
  • Eastern Emperor Tai Yi used the Chaos Bell to slaughter Witch Race warriors, then fought five Ancestral Witches at once while the other major fighters engaged across the battlefield.
  • Houtu fought using her Ancestral Witch body, surprising Dijun and the Heavenly Court’s forces, while the battle’s devastation drew the attention of Saints throughout the Prehistoric World.
  • At Three Immortal Island, Cangyuan and the others watched the battle, and Cangyuan decided to take Hetu Luoshu from Kunpeng during the fighting.
  • Cangyuan asked Yunxiao and Zhao Gongming to help with his plan.
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