Chapter Summaries

The Demon Race discovered that the Human Race had vanished and, unable to find them, decided to breed humans held in captivity to forge the Witch-Slaying Sword. Nuwa sensed an impending danger tied to her and the Human Race, while Fuxi concluded that the threat likely concerned humanity.

• Bai Ze and the Ten Great Demon Sages searched the former Human ancestral lands, found them deserted, and spent ten thousand years searching without success.
• Xuandu searched for the missing Human Race and worried that his home had disappeared.
• Gui Che proposed using the Witch-Humans, but Bai Ze warned that attacking them could provoke the Witch Race.
• Kunpeng proposed gathering captive humans and breeding them in large numbers, and Dijun ordered Gui Che to oversee the plan.
• Nuwa told Fuxi about her ominous premonition, and Fuxi reasoned that the danger most likely involved the Human Race.

After ten thousand years of cultivation under Tongtian, Cangyuan returned to Three Immortal Island and found the Jie Sect’s female immortals gathered there. Jin Ling challenged him to spar before they discussed the Three Teachings Dao Discussion Conference.

• Nuwa asked Fuxi to investigate what was happening to the Human Race.
• Cangyuan offered Tongtian another thousand Enlightenment Tea Leaves, and Tongtian told him to meet Duobao, Jin Ling, and the others to prepare for the Three Teachings Dao Discussion Conference.
• Cangyuan returned to Three Immortal Island and discovered that the Jie Sect’s female immortals were holding a gathering there.
• Jin Ling noticed Cangyuan hiding nearby, and he emerged to greet the gathered immortals.
• Jin Ling challenged Cangyuan to spar and said they could discuss the conference after he and Cangyuan finished.

Cangyuan accepted Jin Ling’s challenge to exchange pointers and tested his Supreme Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Treasure Dropping Golden Coin, against her. The coin brought down Jin Ling’s Dragon Tiger Ruyi, leaving Duobao stunned by its power.

• Jin Ling summoned Duobao and challenged Cangyuan to fight while suppressing her cultivation to the Early Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm.
• Cangyuan agreed to exchange pointers with Jin Ling, and they moved their battle into the void while Duobao and Wudang watched.
• Jin Ling attacked Cangyuan with the Dragon Tiger Ruyi as her Flying Gold Sword and Four Symbols Pagoda stood ready.
• Cangyuan used the Treasure Dropping Golden Coin to sever his connection to Jin Ling’s Dragon Tiger Ruyi and bring it down.
• Cangyuan seized the fallen Dragon Tiger Ruyi with the Hand of Nothingness, while Duobao marveled that the coin could bring down another Spiritual Treasure.

Cangyuan and Jin Ling fought after he put away the Treasure Dropping Golden Coin, and Cangyuan revealed a series of powerful Spiritual Treasures and a Martial Dao divine ability. His victory over Jin Ling established him as Jie Sect’s strongest combatant.

• Cangyuan returned Jin Ling’s Dragon Tiger Ruyi and put away the Treasure Dropping Golden Coin before they began their true battle.
• Jin Ling attacked with the Flying Gold Sword, but Cangyuan used the Purple Lightning Hammer and Shangqing Divine Thunder to defeat her sword strike.
• Jin Ling summoned the Four Symbols Pagoda to confine Cangyuan, but he revealed the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler and knocked the pagoda away.
• Cangyuan appeared behind Jin Ling and struck with the Martial Dao Suppressing World Heavenly Monument Hand, forcing her to unleash her full mid-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal mana.
• The Heavenly Monument Hand overwhelmed Jin Ling and left her badly weakened, while Cangyuan stood atop the monument and established his reputation as Jie Sect’s number one combatant.

After defeating Jin Ling, Cangyuan gave her the Geng Metal Mother Tree and joined the disciples in arranging the Three Religions Dao Discussion Conference. Ten thousand years later, the gathering ended with Six-Eared Macaque attaining Golden Immortal, and the chapter left Cangyuan on Three Immortal Island with Yunxiao asking what he planned to do next.

• Cangyuan defeated Jin Ling, then gifted her the Geng Metal Mother Tree to help her advance to the Late Stage Great Luo Golden Immortal.
• Duobao left to discuss the Three Religions Dao Discussion Conference with disciples of the other two teachings after the Jie Sect group gave him little input.
• Cangyuan brought Six-Eared Macaque to the Dao discussion and served Enlightenment Tea to the participants.
• After ten thousand years, Six-Eared Macaque advanced from peak Profound Immortal to Golden Immortal, while Jin Ling, Guiling, Han Zhi Xian, Fairy Caiyun, and Shiji departed.
• Six-Eared Macaque learned that Cangyuan had never forbidden him from leaving, then set off to meet fellow Daoists of the Jie Sect.
• Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, Bixiao, Bai Lianxin, and Cangyuan remained on Three Immortal Island, where Yunxiao asked Cangyuan what he planned to do next.

Cangyuan set out to gather the remaining Sea Calming Pearls, briefly shared an affectionate moment with Yunxiao, and collected five more over ten thousand years. His search pointed toward the Witch Race’s territory, where he hoped to find the last five pearls and meet Houtu.

• Cangyuan told Yunxiao he planned to travel the Prehistoric World to find the ten missing Sea Calming Pearls, and he declined her offer to help so she could focus on cultivating.
• Cangyuan accidentally ruffled Yunxiao’s hair before leaving Three Immortal Island, leaving Yunxiao’s younger sisters astonished by her smile.
• Cangyuan traveled the Prehistoric World for ten thousand years and gathered five Sea Calming Pearls, raising his total to thirty-one and opening five more Inner Worlds.
• Cangyuan sensed that the final five Sea Calming Pearls were likely concealed in the Witch Race’s territory, possibly in their treasury, and headed there on the Heart Piercing Lock.
• Cangyuan planned to meet Houtu and hoped to build a connection with her and gain merit from the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Cangyuan killed a demon Great Luo Golden Immortal who tried to use him as a decoy, then befriended Great Witch Xing Tian and asked to meet the twelve Ancestral Witches. Xing Tian agreed to make an inquiry, and Cangyuan offered him wine as they began their introduction.

• A demon Great Luo Golden Immortal fled Witch Race territory while Xing Tian pursued him.
• The demon threw Cangyuan a blank Jade Slip and tried to turn Xing Tian against him, but Cangyuan killed the demon with the Purple Lightning Hammer and erased his versions across time.
• Cangyuan introduced himself to Xing Tian as an Outer Disciple of the Jie Sect and praised him until Xing Tian lowered his weapons.
• Cangyuan asked to meet the twelve Ancestral Witches, and Xing Tian agreed to ask whether they would receive him.
• Cangyuan gave Xing Tian a gourd of his homemade wine, and Xing Tian eagerly began drinking it.

Cangyuan traveled with Xing Tian to the Houtu Tribe to request a Spiritual Treasure and seek guidance from Ancestral Witch Houtu on cultivating laws. Houtu began examining Cangyuan’s extraordinary foundation and explaining his world-creating Law of Creation.

• Xing Tian praised Cangyuan’s wine, and Cangyuan offered to teach him how to brew it before asking the Witch Race for a Spiritual Treasure.
• Xing Tian agreed to take Cangyuan to Ancestral Witch Houtu and brought him through the Void to the Houtu Tribe.
• Cangyuan saw Houtu beating a powerful Fierce Beast that he suspected was Taotie, while Xing Tian said she used it as a punching bag.
• Houtu greeted Cangyuan, heard that he sought guidance on the path of Primordial Origin, and invited him into the Earth God Palace.
• Houtu examined Cangyuan’s origins, marveled at his High-grade Innate Divine Being foundation, and recognized that his Law of Creation combined many laws needed to create a world.

Cangyuan guided Houtu to realize that the Prehistoric World needed reincarnation, and she prepared to transform herself into the cycle of life and death. He chose to lend her one of his worlds to establish the Netherworld, but Xing Tian proposed becoming an Ancestral Witch so Houtu could fulfill her duty without leaving the Witch Race’s formation incomplete.

• Houtu asked Cangyuan who would become the eighth Saint, and he revealed that it would be her in the distant future.
• Cangyuan explained that the Prehistoric World lacked a cycle of life and death, leading Houtu to understand her duty to establish reincarnation.
• Cangyuan chose to lend Houtu one of his worlds to evolve into the Netherworld, with the system promising that the merit would raise his Middle Thousand World enough.
• Houtu thanked Cangyuan and prepared to transform herself into reincarnation, but he warned that her absence would weaken the Witch Race’s formation against the demon race.
• Xing Tian declared that he would become an Ancestral Witch so Houtu could fulfill her duty.

Houtu accepted Cangyuan’s proposal to use one of his worlds for Reincarnation while keeping her Ancestral Witch body, and she invited him to meet the other Ancestral Witches at Pangu Hall. Cangyuan received Tongtian Jianmu and gave Houtu a Middle Thousand World, then arrived with her at the Witch Race’s sacred ground.

• Xing Tian arrived at the Earth God Palace to summon Houtu to Pangu Hall, and Houtu told him to guard the entrance.
• Cangyuan proposed giving Houtu a world to house Reincarnation so she could retain her Ancestral Witch body and support the Witch Race.
• Houtu agreed to ally with Cangyuan, and the system rewarded him with Tongtian Jianmu, which linked his thirty-one Inner Worlds.
• Cangyuan separated a Middle Thousand World from himself and gave it to Houtu as the world for Reincarnation.
• Houtu promised to return Cangyuan’s Sea Calming Pearls and let him choose treasures from the Witch Race Treasury.
• Houtu brought Cangyuan through the shattered void to Pangu Hall, where an Ancestral Witch asked who the daoist was.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.