Chapter Summaries

Cangyuan visited the Phoenix Clan to seek clues about Chaos Divine Demons, but Kong Xuan asked him for a way to save the clan from karmic retribution. The system offered Cangyuan two choices and revealed that the Chaos Phoenix Ancestor possessed powerful lifebound abilities.

• Cangyuan traveled to Immortal Volcano and was welcomed by Kong Xuan, who introduced him to the Azure Luan Ancestor, Mu Qingluan.
• Cangyuan told Kong Xuan that Golden Peng had joined the Jie Sect as a Registered Disciple and was now called Feathered Wing Immortal.
• Kong Xuan explained that karmic retribution was weakening the Phoenix Clan and offered to make it a vassal of the Human Race if Cangyuan devised a plan to help it survive.
• The system presented Cangyuan with the choice of subduing the Phoenix Clan for the Chaos Phoenix Ancestor's Nirvana ability or refusing Kong Xuan for Phoenix Nine Strikes.

Cangyuan guided Kong Xuan toward ways the Phoenix Clan could escape its karmic burden and earned the chance to meet Yuan Feng. He gained the Nirvana ability and arrived before Yuan Feng, who said she knew why he had come and also needed his help.

• Cangyuan chose the Chaos Phoenix Ancestor’s Nirvana ability as his reward, preferring its guaranteed rebirth over an offensive skill.
• Cangyuan asked Kong Xuan to introduce him to Yuan Feng, then offered three plans for the Phoenix Clan: suppress volcanoes, ally with the Human Race, or have Kong Xuan help establish a new dynasty.
• Cangyuan’s guidance awakened Kong Xuan to his destined role in establishing a dynasty, completing the system’s choice mission and granting Cangyuan Nirvana.
• Kong Xuan led Cangyuan through Immortal Volcano to meet Yuan Feng, who was enduring the volcano’s pressure as its suppressing force.
• Yuan Feng told Cangyuan she knew why he had come and that she needed his help with something.

Cangyuan met Yuan Feng, who revealed her plan to absorb Immortal Volcano’s accumulated Chaotic Force and asked to trade information about the Chaos Phoenix Ancestor Remnant. The chapter ended before she explained what she wanted from him.

• Yuan Feng appeared before Cangyuan, recognized his interest in the Chaos Phoenix Ancestor, and sent Kong Xuan away.
• Yuan Feng explained that she had suppressed Immortal Volcano for ages and intended to carry its Chaotic Force out of the Prehistoric World to end its threat and clear her clan’s karma.
• Cangyuan warned that bearing the force could destroy Yuan Feng’s Dao Body and Primordial Spirit, but she said she could abandon her current Dao Body.
• Yuan Feng offered to reveal the Chaos Phoenix Ancestor Remnant’s location if Cangyuan agreed to her proposed trade.

Cangyuan agreed to help Yuan Feng hatch a new Dao Body using the Chaos Phoenix Ancestor’s essence blood and origin, which she revealed were hidden in the Immortal Volcano. Yuan Feng then took the Immortal Volcano’s Chaotic Force into her old body and set out to carry it beyond the Prehistoric World, while Cangyuan’s allies anticipated the consequences.

• Yuan Feng proposed abandoning her old Dao Body and asked Cangyuan to use a refined Chaos Phoenix Ancestor incarnation to help her new Phoenix Egg hatch early, and Cangyuan agreed.
• Yuan Feng revealed that a remnant of the Chaos Phoenix Ancestor had fused with the Fire Demon God’s remnant inside the Immortal Volcano, then produced her Phoenix Egg, a drop of essence blood, and a portion of origin.
• Cangyuan left the Immortal Volcano after promising to protect the egg, and Yuan Feng gave instructions to Kong Xuan and Mu Qingluan.
• Yuan Feng absorbed the Immortal Volcano’s accumulated Chaotic Force, declared that she would take it beyond the Prehistoric World to repay her clan’s Karma, and drew attention from Primordial Lord of Heaven, Ancestor Dragon, Zhunti, and Jieyin.
• Yuan Feng emerged from the volcano suppressing the Chaotic Force with her divine powers, but space shifted around her as she tried to leave the Prehistoric World.

Yuan Feng self-destructed among Luohu’s Heavenly Demon Army, wiping out most of it and freeing the Phoenix Clan from Heavenly Dao Karma. Cangyuan then visited the Kirin Clan to seek clues about the Chaos Kirin Emperor Remnant.

• Yuan Feng charged into Luohu’s army, and the Heavenly Dao protected her from Luohu’s attack as she detonated the Chaotic Force within her body.
• Luohu lost ninety-eight percent of his Heavenly Demon Army, then confronted Hongjun and returned to the Heavenly Demon Realm injured and defeated.
• The Heavenly Dao erased the Phoenix Clan’s Karma, restoring Mu Qingluan’s youth and clearing the clan’s path to the Dao.
• Cangyuan went to the Kirin Clan’s ancestral land in the Land of Wutu to investigate the Chaos Kirin Emperor Remnant.
• The Kirin Clan welcomed Cangyuan and introduced its Great Elder, the Thunder Kirin Lei Jietuo, who offered to show him the clan’s foundations.

Cangyuan visited the Kirin Ancestral Land seeking the Chaos Kirin Emperor’s remains, but Lei Jietuo did not know where they were. Lei Jietuo asked Cangyuan to take Shi Qilin’s sealed eldest child as a disciple, and Cangyuan discovered she was a Jade Kirin with complete Five Elements Laws.

• Lei Jietuo guided Cangyuan through the Kirin Ancestral Land and brought him to the Wutu Divine Palace.
• Cangyuan asked about the Chaos Kirin Emperor’s remains, but Lei Jietuo said the Kirin Clan did not know their location.
• Lei Jietuo told Cangyuan that Shi Qilin had a sealed eldest child and asked him to accept her as a disciple.
• Cangyuan chose to accept the mission, prompted by the System’s reward of the Chaos Kirin Emperor Origin and Vital Blood.
• Lei Jietuo led Cangyuan to the Wutu Divine Crystal, where Cangyuan found Shi Qilin’s daughter was a Jade Kirin born with all Five Elements Laws.

Cangyuan accepted the Five Elements Kirin as his thirteenth disciple, advised Lei Wujie on an alliance between the Kirin Clan and the Human Race, and returned to prepare two new World Incarnations. Meanwhile, the Xia Dynasty declined under Lü Gui, and Jian Di of Shang became pregnant after a divine bird appeared in Five-Colored Radiance, prompting her father to believe a Great Sage would be born.

• Cangyuan accepted the Five Elements Kirin as his thirteenth disciple and stored her Wutu Divine Crystal in a Great Thousand Universe to nurture her.
• Cangyuan advised Lei Wujie to form an alliance between the Kirin Clan and the Human Race through alliance totems, then left the Kirin Ancestral Land.
• Cangyuan returned toward Chaos Three Immortal Island to refine World Incarnations from the Chaos Phoenix Ancestor and Chaos Kirin Emperor origins and Vital Blood.
• The Xia Dynasty passed through successive rulers and declined under Lü Gui, whose cruel and extravagant rule turned the people and Feudal States against him.
• Jian Di saw a divine bird in Five-Colored Radiance while bathing, and the Radiance entered her abdomen before she became pregnant.
• The Marquis King of Shang rejoiced at Jian Di's pregnancy and declared that Shang would produce a Great Sage who would overthrow Lü Gui.

Nuwa joined the Humanity Path and became its Dao Ancestor, while Cangyuan visited her to receive the remaining Humanity Path Primordial Violet Qi. He chose Human Sovereign Xuanyuan as its recipient and refused Nuwa’s offer to become her disciple, affirming his loyalty to Tongtian.

• Nuwa joined the Humanity Path, rose to the Ninth Heaven of Humanity Path Saint, and declared herself its Dao Ancestor.
• Styx, Primordial Lord of Heaven, Taiqing Laozi, Tongtian, and Hongjun reacted to Nuwa’s advancement and considered their own plans, while Heavenly Dao blamed Cangyuan as a disruptive Variable.
• Cangyuan emerged from seclusion and went to Nuwa Palace, where Nuwa gave him the remaining Humanity Path Primordial Violet Qi.
• Nuwa offered Cangyuan the chance to become her disciple and the Humanity Path’s second Saint, but he refused and said he would not abandon Tongtian.
• Cangyuan decided that Xuanyuan was the most suitable recipient of the Primordial Violet Qi.

Cangyuan gave Xuanyuan the second Primordial Violet Qi, setting him on the path to become the Human Race’s first Saint. He then traveled west with Styx to negotiate with the Western Saints, while Tongtian decided to follow and watch over Cangyuan.

• Cangyuan gave Xuanyuan the Primordial Violet Qi, and Xuanyuan accepted the responsibility of becoming the Human Race’s first Saint.
• Cangyuan summoned Styx to the East Sea and heard his plan to ambush Zhunti, but warned that it would likely end in Styx’s death.
• Cangyuan proposed that Styx offer the Northern Xuanyuan Water Control Banner to negotiate with the Western Saints, and Styx agreed.
• Cangyuan and Styx headed for Sumeru in The West, and Yunxiao reported their plan to Tongtian.
• Tongtian prepared to retrieve Cangyuan, but Yunxiao persuaded him that he could intervene if the plan failed, so he went west to observe instead.

Cangyuan and Styx asked Zhunti to let Styx attempt to slay him and attain the Dao, offering Innate Spiritual Treasures as payment. Zhunti agreed in exchange for Styx owing the Western Teach a Karma and Cangyuan helping Ksitigarbha enter the Underworld; Cangyuan accepted, leaving the outcome of his mediation with Houtu uncertain.

• Cangyuan told Zhunti that he and Styx had come to ask him to let Styx try to slay a Saint and attain the Dao.
• Zhunti initially erupted in anger, but the Northern Xuanyuan Water Control Banner and Cangyuan's other Innate Spiritual Treasures made him reconsider.
• Zhunti agreed to let Styx attack him and asked Styx to owe the Western Teach a Karma after attaining Hunyuan Great Luo.
• Zhunti asked Cangyuan to help Ksitigarbha pursue his Dao in the Underworld by mediating with Houtu.
• Cangyuan chose to help Ksitigarbha and told Zhunti he would persuade Houtu, though he could not guarantee success.

Cangyuan faced Zhunti and Jieyin in Chaos and revealed three powerful World Incarnations, each wielding a supreme treasure. Zhunti fortified himself with his strongest defenses and challenged Cangyuan to break through them.

• Zhunti chose Chaos as the battlefield to prevent others from witnessing the fight and summoned his Saintly Might against Cangyuan and Styx.
• Cangyuan summoned the Dragon God Realm, Phoenix Ancestor Realm, and Kirin Emperor Realm Incarnations, all at Great Perfection of the Quasi-Saint realm.
• The three incarnations surrounded Zhunti, wielding the Sky-Flipping Seal, Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler, and Demon-Slaying Sword.
• Zhunti and Jieyin were stunned and envious at the incarnations’ supreme treasures, while Tongtian realized Cangyuan possessed four supreme treasures including the Kongtong Seal.
• After Cangyuan refused Zhunti’s attempt to get close to his treasures, Zhunti hid within his Six-Zhang Golden Body and deployed the Twelve-Petal Golden Lotus of Merit and Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree for defense.
• Zhunti challenged Cangyuan to break through his defenses.

Cangyuan’s three World Incarnations attacked Saint Zhunti in Chaos, and their powerful strikes damaged his Six-Zhang Golden Body. As the battle continued, observers across the Prehistoric World watched, while the Dragon God Realm Incarnation and Phoenix Ancestor Realm Incarnation joined the assault.

• Cangyuan ordered his three World Incarnations to attack Zhunti, and the Qilin Emperor Incarnation struck him with the Demon-Slaying Sword’s Sword Dao killing move.
• The Qilin Emperor Incarnation’s blow carved a gash and spread cracks across Zhunti’s Six-Zhang Golden Body, forcing Zhunti to take the attack seriously.
• Sect Master Tongtian, Hongjun, an Old Daoist, Demon Ancestor Luohu, and the Saints’ Primordial Spirits observed the battle and discussed Cangyuan and his incarnations.
• Zhunti kept to their agreement and defended without counterattacking as the Dragon God Realm Incarnation and Phoenix Ancestor Realm Incarnation unleashed their own killing moves.
• The Dragon God Realm Incarnation used the Sky-Flipping Seal to summon a divine mountain representing half of Mount Buzhou, which pressed down on Zhunti and his Merit Golden Lotus.

Cangyuan’s seven incarnations overwhelmed Zhunti’s defenses while Styx prepared to strike, but Zhunti initially resisted Styx’s killing swords. Cangyuan’s incarnations then restrained Zhunti, allowing a hidden spear to pierce his head.

• Cangyuan’s three incarnations restrained Zhunti, but Cangyuan summoned four more, each wielding a Supreme Innate Spiritual Treasure.
• Cangyuan’s seven incarnations attacked in concert, breaking Zhunti’s Six-Zhang Golden Body and restricting his other defenses.
• Jieyin tried to intervene, but Tongtian threatened him with four killing swords and reminded him to honor the agreement.
• Styx drew baleful energy from the Sea of Blood and thrust the joined Yuantu and Abi at Zhunti, but the swords could not penetrate his defenses.
• Zhunti mocked Styx until Cangyuan’s seven incarnations restrained him, and a hidden pitch-black spear emerged from behind Yuantu and Abi and pierced Zhunti’s head.

Styx killed Zhunti with Rahu’s God-Slaying Spear, breaking through the barrier to completing the Law of Slaughter and making the Dao of Hunyuan Great Luo attainable. Rahu tried to reclaim his spear but was stopped by Hongjun, while Styx thanked Cangyuan for his help.

• Styx used the God-Slaying Spear to annihilate Zhunti, and a blood rain across the Prehistoric World marked the fall of a Saint.
• Zhu Rong recognized Styx’s breakthrough as a step toward attaining the Dao, then welcomed Little Yinglong in the Dragon Tomb.
• Styx realized his Law of Slaughter had reached seventy percent and that he could attain the Dao as a Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal whenever he wished.
• Rahu rushed to reclaim the God-Slaying Spear, but Hongjun blocked him from approaching the Prehistoric World and defeated him in battle.
• The Saints suspected Hongjun had given the God-Slaying Spear to Cangyuan, while Zhunti returned to Mount Sumeru and took comfort in the rewards he had gained.
• Jieyin reminded Styx of his debt to The West, and Styx thanked Cangyuan and promised to support him in future conflicts.

Cangyuan returned to the Jie Sect after helping Styx prepare to attain the Dao, then told Tongtian he would reach the Hunyuan Great Luo during this Calamity. Meanwhile, Tang and Xuan led the State of Shang to conquer the Xia Dynasty and establish Great Shang.

• Cangyuan congratulated Styx, who left Chaos to pursue the Dao, and then returned to the Jie Sect with Tongtian.
• The One-Third Creation Jade Tablet appeared in the Cangyuan Realm, astonishing the treasures gathered there.
• Cangyuan told Tongtian he expected to attain the Hunyuan Great Luo during this Calamity, and Tongtian began cultivating toward his own advancement.
• Cangyuan returned to Chaos Three Immortal Island, where Queen Mother of the West, Yunxiao, and Houtu discussed his strength before joining him in discussing the Dao.
• Tang and Xuan led the State of Shang to defeat Xia, conquer its capital, and subdue the feudal lords.
• The State of Shang founded Great Shang in Bozhou, while Xia's last ruler Lü Gui became known as Xia Jie.

Kong Xuan remained in hiding to protect the Great Shang, while the dynasty’s founding marked the start of a rising calamity. Later, Haotian and Xuanyuan attained sainthood and Styx became a Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal, as a mysterious young man on Chaos Three Immortal Island remained unnoticed.

• Kong Xuan hid within the Great Shang after helping Shang Tang defeat Xia Jie, intending to protect the dynasty until its end.
• Shang Tang founded the Great Shang in Bo Land, and the Human Race’s Destiny surged as signs of the Calamity’s rise appeared.
• When Wu Ding ruled the Shang Dynasty, Haotian attained sainthood in the Heavenly Court, followed by Xuanyuan at the Martial Dao Sacred Hall.
• Styx attained the Dao as a Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal, and the Earth Path and Humanity Path protected him from the Heavenly Dao’s destruction.
• Haotian, Xuanyuan, Styx, and the other Saints exchanged congratulations, ushering in an era of ten Saints and one Hunyuan.
• On Chaos Three Immortal Island, a fiery-red woman told a young man in an Azure Dao Robe that everyone had overlooked his hidden attainment.

Cangyuan attained 70% mastery of the Law of Creation in Chaos and transformed the Cangyuan Realm while forming powerful world incarnations. His two strongest incarnations reached Saint First Heaven before he completed his own breakthrough, leaving the remaining worlds strengthened but still awaiting further advancement.

• Cangyuan reached 70% mastery of the Law of Creation and traveled into Chaos to attain the Hunyuan Great Luo away from the Prehistoric World.
• Cangyuan unleashed his Law of Creation, raised the ranks of his thirty-five Great Thousand Universes, and transformed the Cangyuan Realm into a Myriad Heavens and Worlds realm nearing an Origin World.
• Cangyuan merged the Laws of Heaven, Earth, and Human to create the Cangyuan Realm Incarnation, which was born with Saint First Heaven cultivation.
• Shichen sensed Cangyuan attaining the Hunyuan Great Luo and recognized that he had fused numerous Laws, while Rahu also noticed the aura but dismissed it.
• Cangyuan advanced the Dragon God Realm Incarnation into an Origin World and raised it to Saint First Heaven, then elevated nine other world incarnations to the Sub-Saint realm.
• Cangyuan finished distributing the available origin power among his worlds and turned to his own breakthrough.

Cangyuan attained the Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, only to face a Great Dao lightning tribulation that confiscated his treasures and restrained his incarnations. After he endured forty-nine bolts, the Eye of the Great Dao took him in and began strengthening his origin and cultivation.

• Cangyuan reached the Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal First Heaven and drew the Great Dao's attention, which summoned a Chaos Divine Thunder tribulation.
• Cangyuan summoned his Dragon God Realm Incarnation and Cangyuan Realm Incarnation, then deployed his supreme treasures to prepare for the lightning strikes.
• The Dragon God Realm Incarnation blocked the first two bolts before the Great Dao confiscated the Sky-Flipping Seal and detained him.
• Cangyuan used his remaining treasures and tough Dao Body to withstand the rest of the strikes as the Great Dao confiscated his treasures and detained his Cangyuan Realm Incarnation.
• Cangyuan endured forty-nine bolts of Chaos Divine Thunder, after which the Eye of the Great Dao swallowed him.
• Inside the Eye of the Great Dao, Cangyuan's injuries healed, his origin and foundation strengthened, and his cultivation advanced toward the Second Heaven.

Cangyuan returned to Chaos as a Second Heaven Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal with a Chaos Divine Demon origin and resolved to control the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation by personally taking part in it. After Haotian, Xuanyuan, and Styx attained the Dao, Cangyuan prepared to enter the Calamity with his true body, leaving his incarnation to guard Chaos Three Immortal Island.

• Cangyuan gained a mid-grade Chaos Divine Demon origin and Second Heaven cultivation, then decided to recruit Di Xin to lead the Jie Sect and Human Race against the Heavenly Dao.
• Haotian, Xuanyuan, and Styx attained the Dao in one day, while Cangyuan's earlier breakthrough remained hidden from most beings.
• Yuan Feng recognized that Cangyuan had attained the Dao before the other three and asked why he carried the auras of the Heaven, Earth, and Human Three Paths.
• Cangyuan told Houtu that he would enter the Calamity with his true body to protect the Jie Sect and Human Race, leaving his Cangyuan Realm Incarnation behind as his stand-in.
• Cangyuan and Houtu went to the land of Reincarnation and looked upon the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk as Cangyuan prepared to depart.

Cangyuan entered Reincarnation to be reborn as Di Xin, while Houtu secretly sent part of her Primordial Spirit after him. Meanwhile, Zhunti and Jieyin asked Cangyuan to help Ksitigarbha enter the Underworld, and Cangyuan agreed to take them there immediately.

• Houtu directed Cangyuan into the Humanity Path Reincarnation Gate, where his Dao Body dissolved as he awaited rebirth.
• Di Jiang and Xuanming asked Houtu about Cangyuan’s plans and the True Spirit Gathering Bottle, but Houtu said she knew little and would not demand the treasure.
• Houtu cast one-tenth of her Primordial Spirit into Reincarnation and attached it to Cangyuan, while Cangyuan prepared to be born as Yin Shou, the future Di Xin.
• Zhunti and Jieyin brought Ksitigarbha to Cangyuan and reminded him of his promise to help their disciple enter the Underworld.
• Cangyuan agreed to take Ksitigarbha to the Underworld, and Zhunti and Jieyin urged him to leave at once.