Chapter Summaries

Six-Eared Macaque used Universe in the Sleeve to turn Garuda’s World-Destroying Hurricane against him, then overwhelmed him with his Chaos Demon Ape True Form. The God Kings learned that the Primordial Realm once had nearly three thousand Saints and that Pangu had slain them; Garuda, exhausted but protected by Vishnu’s blessing, prepared to detonate his Godhead.

• Six-Eared Macaque returned Garuda’s World-Destroying Hurricane with Universe in the Sleeve, and their storms collided until both lost most of their force.
• Six-Eared Macaque told Garuda that he ranked below the top thirty in the Primordial Realm and said that it had once held two thousand nine hundred Saints, ninety Dao-Integrating Saints, and ten beings at the Heavenly Dao Realm.
• Styx confirmed the Chaos Divine Demons had been slain by Pangu, prompting Vishnu and the other God Kings to disavow hostility toward the Primordial Divine Realm.
• Styx challenged the God Kings over the Eight Realms Expeditionary Army and told Odin that Thor was imprisoned, while most of the captured Main Gods had died.
• Six-Eared Macaque transformed into his Chaos Demon Ape True Form and crushed Garuda, but Vishnu’s Saint-rule protection kept Garuda from being killed.
• Garuda, his armor shattered and divine power spent, told Vishnu he would detonate his Godhead to try to take Six-Eared Macaque down.

Garuda prepared to sacrifice himself against Six-Eared, but Vishnu stopped him and conceded the God War for the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm. Indra chose to fight Xuanzang in the final bout, and both entered the arena ready to battle.

• Garuda began pouring out his strength to self-detonate, but Vishnu stopped him and told him to admit defeat.
• Vishnu conceded the God War to Styx and suggested that the final bout be canceled, but Styx and Xuanzang left the choice to Indra.
• After questioning Xuanzang about his status and strength, Indra decided to fight the final bout despite the Myriad Phenomena Devas' concerns.
• Xuanzang entered the arena, and Indra followed after the Asura King, Agni, and Varuna urged him on.
• Indra manifested his strongest form, broke through to the peak God King stage, and boasted of his past victories before Xuanzang prepared to face him.

Xuanzang defeated Indra in the final God War, securing Primordial’s victory and its claim over the Human Race of Myriad Phenomena. After the handover, Nezha killed the oppressive high-caste nobles, and a mysterious Buddha began helping the common people.

• Xuanzang used his Six-Winged Golden Cicada dharma image and a sneak attack to swallow Indra, then spat him out after Vishnu conceded.
• The God War ended with Primordial winning five matches and drawing two, and Vishnu agreed to place the Human Race of Myriad Phenomena under Primordial’s jurisdiction.
• Two and a half years later, Primordial completed the handover of the Human Race, and Nezha slaughtered the high-caste nobles who urged resistance.
• A figure calling himself Buddha traveled among the lower classes, relieving suffering and punishing injustice.
• When someone asked whether he was Buddha, the mysterious figure’s identity remained unresolved.

Buddha’s teaching spread among the oppressed Myriad Phenomena Human Race, while Indra and the other devas dismissed it and discussed how to ransom Jayanta. In the Primordial World, Cangyuan broke through to Hunyuan Limitless Great Luo Golden Immortal in Chaos, expecting all his incarnations to advance as well.

• Buddha told the Myriad Phenomena Human Race that they could improve their lives through their own efforts, and his teaching gradually spread.
• Agni warned Indra that the Primordial devas were promoting Buddha, but Varuna and Vayu doubted they could displace the established devas.
• Indra ended the gods’ debate and turned their attention to arranging a ransom for Jayanta, who had been captured during the failed expedition.
• Cangyuan’s World Law comprehension reached eighty percent, and he entered Chaos to pursue a breakthrough.
• Cangyuan attained Hunyuan Limitless Great Luo Golden Immortal and anticipated that his incarnations would rise to the Saint realm or beyond.

After the Great Dao’s baptism elevated Cangyuan to the Second Heaven of the Hunyuan Limitless Great Luo Golden Immortal and a Superior Chaos Divine Demon foundation, he reunited with the other Daoists and returned Rahu’s lost treasures. Yang Mei explained the Hunyuan realm rankings, leaving Cangyuan newly informed about the path ahead.

• The Great Dao’s power raised Cangyuan’s foundation to that of a Superior Chaos Divine Demon and his cultivation to the Second Heaven of the Hunyuan Limitless Great Luo Golden Immortal.
• Cangyuan arrived before the Daoist avatars, where Rahu demanded the return of his God-Slaying Spear.
• Cangyuan produced both Rahu’s God-Slaying Spear and Twelve-Petal World Destroying Black Lotus, and Rahu realized Hongjun had likely stolen them before Cangyuan attained the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm.
• Shichen questioned how Cangyuan had repeatedly raised his foundation, and Cangyuan jokingly blamed the Great Dao’s lightning strike.
• Yang Mei congratulated Cangyuan on reaching the Third Order of Hunyuan and explained how the Hunyuan orders corresponded to his cultivation realm.

Cangyuan and the other Chaos Divine Demons agreed to prepare for the possibility of conflict with the Realm of the Gods, while Cangyuan and Hongjun discussed the Great Dao’s choice and a future enemy. Cangyuan returned to Penglai to cultivate as the Primordial World’s history moved forward, ending with an accusation against Li Zhi.

• Hongjun asked the Chaos Divine Demons how they should respond to other realms, and they agreed not to start a war but to prepare and defend themselves if attacked.
• Cangyuan hinted that Pangu might still be alive, frightening Zhiming into destroying his incarnation and withdrawing.
• Hongjun and Cangyuan discussed the Great Dao’s choice of Cangyuan and a formidable enemy in the future, then returned to the Primordial World.
• Cangyuan concealed his third-stage Primordial Origin breakthrough and stayed on Penglai Immortal Island, where he complained to the system that he had not won its lottery in a hundred years.
• Li Shimin abdicated at age 150, passed the throne to Li Chengqian, and ascended with his family and dependents.
• Two hundred years later, Cangyuan accused Li Zhi of having an affair with his stepmother.

Li Shimin discovered Li Zhi and Wu Zhao together, beat his son, and banished them to the Lower Realm. Meanwhile, Xuanzang’s Buddhist mission transformed the Myriad Phenomena Human Race and drew fortune toward the Primordial World, prompting Brahman to order a massacre and a new war.

• Li Shimin caught Li Zhi and Wu Zhao together, beat Li Zhi, and banished them both to the Lower Realm, where they hid in Jiangnan.
• Over more than eleven hundred years, Xuanzang’s Great Tang Myriad Phenomena Branch converted the Myriad Phenomena Human Race to Buddhism and spread its influence among other weak races.
• Brahman sensed that the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm’s fortune was flowing to the Primordial World and tried to stop it.
• The Three Dao Wills blocked Brahman, allowing fortune and World Origin to continue flowing to the Primordial World.
• Brahman secretly ordered the Three Phase Gods and Shakti to exterminate the Human Race and destroy Buddhism.

Styx sacrificed himself to destroy a quarter of the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm and send its human and Asura inhabitants to the Primordial World. The Great Dao then transferred the Primordial World and surrounding realms to a new location, while Styx revived at full strength.

• Shiva God attacked the Myriad Phenomena human territory with World-Ending Divine Fire, and Styx briefly opposed him with Karma Fire while evacuating the humans and Asura Clan through Yang Jian.
• Styx sent Yang Jian, Xuanzang, and the others through the Time and Space Gate, then self-detonated his Hunyuan body, spirit, and magic power before Brahma, Shiva God, and Vishnu.
• Styx's explosion erased a quarter of the Myriad Phenomena Divine Realm, and the Three Dao Wills of the Primordial World seized fortune and origin amid the destruction.
• As Yuan Feng, Zhunti, and Xuanyuan prepared to cross worlds, the Great Dao transferred the Primordial World, prompting Hongjun to warn the Saints to defend Beyond the Heavens.
• Styx revived at full strength through a Blood God Son avatar, while Luohu discovered that the Chaotic Heavenly Demon Realm and dozens of other worlds had also been transferred.

The Primordial World arrived in the Realm of the Gods, prompting its god kings to debate whether to approach it peacefully or threaten it with the Primal Gods. As both realms prepared for possible conflict, the Great Dao pulled every major figure above the level of Saint into a room.

• The Primordial World appeared among dozens of unfamiliar realms, and Hongjun and the Dao Provers guarded its borders against possible invasions.
• Zeus convened the god kings on Mount Olympus; Michael urged peace, while Indra demanded the return of his realm’s fortune and Amaterasu backed him.
• Odin proposed inviting the Primal Gods to descend on the Primordial World to display the Realm of the Gods’ strength, and the other god kings agreed.
• The chapter described the Primordial World’s structure and the Chaotic Heavenly Demon Realm, where Tongtian had killed Evil Dragon Demon Lord after fighting Luohu’s forces.
• As the Primordial Saints stood on guard and the Realm of the Gods reported to the Primal Gods, the Great Dao opened a room and summoned every major figure above the level of Saint.

The Great Dao transported the Primordial World’s Saints and the Realm of the Gods’ deities into separate mysterious spaces. Ksitigarbha and the Queen Mother of the West were revealed as Saints, while the Will of the Heavenly Dao realized Cangyuan had stolen its Primordial Violet Qi; the chapter then began listing the gods gathered in the other space.

• Zhunti and Jieyin reunited with Ksitigarbha, who revealed that he had refined the Earth Path Primordial Violet Qi and become a Saint.
• Zhunti and Jieyin celebrated their Western Teach’s three Saints, prompting Laozi and the Primordial Lord of Heaven to resolve to spur their disciples on.
• Shennong congratulated the Queen Mother of the West after she revealed that Cangyuan had helped her attain the Dao.
• The Will of the Heavenly Dao recognized the Queen Mother of the West as a Heavenly Dao Saint and realized Cangyuan had stolen its missing Primordial Violet Qi.
• The Great Dao transported the Realm of the Gods’ deities to another mysterious space, where Brahman suspected the Great Dao had intervened and the primal gods were counted.

The Supreme Gods of the Realm of the Gods learned of the Great Dao and speculated about why it had brought them together with the Primordial Divine Realm. Pangu appeared, revealed himself as the Primordial Saints’ creator, and called for the Great Dao to show itself.

• Brahman told the Supreme Gods about the Great Dao, prompting them to wonder why it had gathered them in one place.
• The spaces holding the Realm of the Gods and the Primordial Saints merged, bringing both sides into the same spacetime.
• Pangu manifested and suppressed everyone present, and the Primordial Saints recognized him as the creator of their world and Father God.
• The gods of the Realm of the Gods feared that Pangu would attack them because of his closeness to the Primordial Saints.
• Amenominakanushi asked whether Pangu was the Great Dao, and Pangu called for the Great Dao to appear.

Pangu revealed that the Black Tide that destroyed the Hongmeng Era was returning and warned that it could corrupt all things, including time and destiny. He began outlining three ways to respond, but the chapter ended after he described the first, grim strategy.

• The Eye of the Great Dao brought Shichen, Zhiming, and Daoist Yang Mei to Pangu, who said he had summoned everyone over a matter concerning the survival of all chaos.
• Pangu recounted how the Black Tide had polluted and destroyed the Hongmeng Great World, and confirmed that chaos would face it next.
• Shichen and Zhiming proposed hiding in the rivers of time and destiny, but Pangu warned that the Black Tide could pollute those rivers too.
• Pangu presented three possible methods and began with sending Quasi-Saints and Golden Immortals into a Hongmeng Continent to seize opportunities and increase the number of Saints, though he expected chaos to fall as the Hongmeng Great World had.
• Cangyuan asked Pangu what the second method was.

Pangu described three ways to face the coming Black Tide: strengthen their forces, sacrifice the Prehistoric World to attain the Great Dao Realm, or turn the world into an ark and flee the chaos. The factions agreed to pursue the first and third plans together, while keeping the second as a last resort, and learned that they could seek opportunities on Hongmeng Continent under strict restrictions.

• Pangu outlined the three plans and warned that the Black Tide would eventually threaten their era.
• Zhunti proposed cultivating their strength and building the ark at the same time, with the destruction plan reserved for when all other options failed.
• Hongjun and the other beings pledged not to destroy the Prehistoric World from the outset, and Pangu praised Hongjun's growth since his rebirth.
• Pangu explained that Quasi-Saints and Golden Immortals of the Origin could enter Hongmeng Continent, where dangerous Black Tide monsters remained, but Saints could not.
• Cangyuan joked that the Fallen Saints might be as weak as Zhunti, prompting Zhunti to complain to his senior brother.
• God Yahweh asked whether the gods could enter Hongmeng Continent, and Pangu confirmed they could as long as they did not join the Black Tide.

After the Hongmeng Continent emerged beneath the Realm of the Gods, Cangyuan organized the factions to explore it safely and prepare for the Black Tide. God Yahweh and Hongjun established friendly relations between the Heaven Divine Realm and the Primordial Divine Realm, while Zhiming, Shichen, and Yang Mei wondered where they could go.

• The Hongmeng Continent appeared beneath the Realm of the Gods, revealing opportunities alongside deadly Black Tide creatures and Fallen Saints.
• Cangyuan proposed that each faction unite its Quasi-Saints and Golden Immortals of the Origin to explore the continent, and the Saints agreed.
• The gods of the Realm of the Gods decided to mobilize with safety as their priority, while Surtr and Amun-Ra argued about their flames.
• God Yahweh approached the Primordial Saints, and Hongjun agreed to friendly cooperation and exchanges between their divine realms.
• Hongjun appointed Haotian's Good Corpse, the Jade Emperor, to represent the Primordial Divine Realm in the Council of Gods.
• After the others departed, Zhiming, Shichen, and Yang Mei considered seeking shelter with Pangu to resist the Black Tide.

After learning that the Primordial World had to be strengthened to escape the Black Tide, the Saints returned and mobilized their forces for a journey into Hongmeng Continent. Cangyuan chose his team and warned them to act cautiously, while Tongtian summoned the gathered Jie Sect disciples to Biyou Palace.

• Zhiming, Yang Mei, and Shichen entered the Primordial World, and Pangu let them pass without attacking.
• Cangyuan selected ten disciples for Hongmeng Continent, then agreed to include Sun Wukong after he volunteered to seek a breakthrough in battle.
• Cangyuan forbade Yu Ji and Ying Huanhuan from joining, and instructed Yunxiao and the Martial Hall team to follow their leader and avoid acting rashly.
• The Martial Hall prepared a force of seventy or eighty Quasi-Saints and Golden Immortals of the Origin, while Bailian Cult assembled ten Quasi-Saints for the journey.
• Water Fire Boys rang the Golden Bell at Biyou Palace, and Jie Sect disciples across the world gathered there alongside members of Bailian Cult, Martial Hall, and Buddhism.

Sect Master Tongtian selected Jie Sect disciples for the dangerous Hongmeng Continent trial and entrusted his four great disciples with the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation. At Jade Void Palace, Primordial Lord of Heaven urged Guangchengzi to attain sainthood but told Jiang Ziya to prioritize bringing their fellow disciples back alive.

• Sect Master Tongtian rallied Jie Sect’s disciples and explained that only Quasi-Saints or stronger could enter the Hongmeng Continent trial.
• Holy Mother Jin Ling, Duobao Buddha Ancestor, Holy Mother Guiling, Holy Mother Wudang, Zhao Gongming, and other qualified disciples volunteered, and Tongtian finalized the expedition’s roster.
• Sect Master Tongtian entrusted the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords and the Immortal-Slaying Formation Map to Holy Mother Jin Ling, Holy Mother Guiling, Holy Mother Wudang, and Duobao Buddha Ancestor.
• At Jade Void Palace, Primordial Lord of Heaven pressured Guangchengzi to attain sainthood, and Guangchengzi vowed to succeed or die.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven told Jiang Ziya to guide his senior brothers through the Hongmeng Continent and return alive, and Jiang Ziya accepted.

Primordial Lord of Heaven and Grand Pure One Laozi prepared their disciples to enter the dangerous Hongmeng Continent, while Jade Pool Golden Mother insisted on joining Haotian. The chapter listed the forces assembling for the journey, ending as it began to describe the Demon Race.

• Primordial Lord of Heaven considered freeing Daoist Randeng from imprisonment so the Innate Divine Being would not be wasted in the coming Immeasurable Calamity.
• Grand Pure One Laozi warned Xuandu to be cautious in the Hongmeng Continent and gave him the Heaven and Earth Yellow Exquisite Pagoda for protection.
• Jade Pool Golden Mother persuaded Haotian to accept her decision to seek Achieving Sainthood, and Haotian went to Zixiao Palace Beyond the Heavens to request a supreme treasure for her.
• Styx selected the four Great Devil Kings and other Asura leaders, along with Niaoniao Fengcha and the Myriad Phenomena Asura Quasi-Saints, for the expedition.
• Zhu Rong, Mu Qingluan, and Shi Qilin assembled teams for the Dragon, Phoenix, and Kirin Clans, respectively, before the chapter turned to the Demon Race.

The Demon Race, Witch Race, and Moon Star lineage chose representatives for the Hongmeng trial as their leaders prepared to seek greater power. Houtu planned to enter using her Ancestral Witch body, and Patriarch Bodhi began selecting disciples for the Fangcun Mountain lineage.

• Bai Ze led eight Demon Race Quasi-Saints, including the newly advanced Feiyi, Flying Bear, and Kui Ox, for the Hongmeng training.
• Houtu told Di Jiang, Zhu Jiuyin, Xuanming, Qiangliang, and Zhu Rong that Pangu was still alive, and the Ancestral Witches resolved to pursue opportunities on the Hongmeng Continent.
• Houtu decided to join the trial through her Ancestral Witch body, which remained below Saint despite her Dao Integration Realm cultivation.
• The Witch Race settled on thirteen Quasi-Saints and Golden Immortals of the Origin for the trial, while Chiyou remained with the Human Race.
• Wangshu gave Xuan Yue, the Moon Star lineage's representative, trump cards and told her to seek the Martial Hall lineage if she encountered trouble.
• Patriarch Bodhi sent his eldest and second disciples from the Fangcun Mountain lineage.

Ancient races and major powers prepared for the Hongmeng Trial as the Land of Ultimate Void erupted, releasing countless true spirits. Meanwhile, the Prosperous Tang collapsed, and Zhao Hongyin’s twin sons were born beneath an extraordinary celestial omen.

• Ancient races awakened and rushed toward the chance to Attain the Dao, while Zhunti warned Medicine Master and Maitreya to prioritize survival in Hongmeng Continent and gave them Spiritual Treasures.
• The Land of Ultimate Void beneath the Four Seas Eye erupted with true spirits, and Houtu guided important beings into the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• The Prosperous Tang collapsed, and warlords fought for control of the Nine Provinces as dynasties rose and fell.
• Zhu Wen founded Great Liang after usurping Tang, but his son Zhu Yougui killed him, and Li Cunxu later destroyed Great Liang and founded Great Tang.
• Zhao Hongyin’s wife Lady Du gave birth to twin sons in Luoyang as golden-crow phantoms and Purple Qi appeared; Zhao Hongyin named them Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Kuangyi.

The return of ancient gods and demons brought strange new lives and old grudges back to the world. As Shen Ni began rebuilding his strength among the Fierce Beasts, two brothers appeared in the Human Race's Nine Provinces and stirred up chaos.

• Two Ink Kirin gave birth to a Five Elements Kirin, whom Shi Qilin recognized as the reincarnated Five Elements daoist and welcomed into the clan.
• Yellow Springs Old Ancestor was born when a spark of true spirit merged with the source of the Yellow Springs river.
• Old Ancestor Yin Yang returned, discovered that Grand Pure One Laozi had already merged with the Yin Yang Great Dao, and quickly withdrew his threat.
• Zhuzhao returned at the Sun Star and tried to stop Lu Ya from claiming the Sun God Fruit Position, but Lu Ya called him teacher.
• Beast Emperor Shen Ni returned in a Fierce Beast's body and began slaughtering and devouring other Fierce Beasts to grow stronger.
• Two brothers appeared in the Human Race's Nine Provinces and stirred up great chaos.