Chapter Summaries

Cangyuan broke through to Hunyuan Fourth Order and was struck by a Chaos Divine Thunder tribulation despite the Great Dao’s apparent disappearance. He endured forty-eight bolts and prepared to face the forty-ninth.

• Cangyuan advanced to Hunyuan Fourth Order, startling Shichen, Zhiming, Yang Mei, Hongjun, and Rahu.
• Cangyuan expected no tribulation because Chaos and the Will of the Great Dao were gone, but violent Chaos Divine Thunder appeared above Penglai Immortal Island.
• Cangyuan fled to an uninhabited void beyond the Primordial World so the lightning would not damage Penglai.
• Cangyuan endured the thunderbolts and refined their power to temper his Dao Body and Primordial Spirit.
• Cangyuan wondered who had summoned the Chaos Divine Thunder, and Pangu denied being responsible.
• After forty-eight bolts, Cangyuan braced himself as the forty-ninth Chaos Divine Thunder descended.

Cangyuan survived the Chaos Divine Thunder tribulation, revealed the Flawless Dao Heart, and attained Hunyuan Fourth Order, while Pangu stopped Origin Emperor from trying to seize the heart. Just as Cangyuan wondered about Emperor Cang, a black hole swallowed him and sealed his senses, making him suspect the Will of the Great Dao had returned.

• Cangyuan endured the final Chaos Divine Thunder strike, and his Dao Body exploded to reveal the Flawless Primordial Dao Heart.
• The five Dao Venerables recognized the heart as a path to the Great Dao Realm, but Origin Emperor proposed taking it from Cangyuan and giving it to a Dao Venerable.
• Pangu warned Origin Emperor that he would hold him responsible if anyone took Cangyuan's heart, and the other Dao Venerables agreed that Cangyuan should decide what to do with it.
• Cangyuan's Dao Body reformed, and he passed the tribulation to attain Hunyuan Taichu Great Luo Golden Immortal, or Hunyuan Fourth Order.
• A black hole appeared beneath Cangyuan and swallowed him, sealing his Primordial Spirit and senses as he suspected the Will of the Great Dao had returned.

After attaining the Dao, Cangyuan’s foundation rose to Top-tier Chaos Demon God and his cultivation advanced to the Second Heaven of the Hunyuan Fourth Order. He planned to raise all thirty-six World Incarnations to the Hunyuan Fourth Order before challenging the Dao Venerable realm, so he could give them Dao Venerable battle power against the Lost Divine Court.

• Cangyuan was immobilized as surging origin power transformed his foundation from High-grade to Top-tier Chaos Demon God.
• Cangyuan’s cultivation broke through to the Second Heaven of the Hunyuan Taichu Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.
• Cangyuan emerged from the strange space and resolved to nurture all his World Incarnations before attempting to become a Dao Venerable.
• Cangyuan inspected his thirty-six worlds and found that twenty-nine had become top-tier Origin Worlds while seven had reached supreme heaven and earth rank.
• Cangyuan recognized that raising the remaining worlds to supreme heaven and earth rank would be difficult, but he remained determined to pursue his plan.

Cangyuan learned that fragments of the six Boundless Great Worlds could supply World Origin for advancing his thirty-six Inner Worlds, but Pangu warned that Dao Venerables had been tempted by his Flawless Dao Heart. Cangyuan kept his true body hidden beside Pangu and sent an incarnation out to gather world fragments.

• Cangyuan left the Void Land and asked Pangu about the Great Dao's intervention in his advancement, but Pangu said he did not know.
• Cangyuan told Pangu that he wanted all thirty-six World Incarnations to attain the Dao Venerable realm.
• Pangu explained that drifting fragments of the six Boundless Great Worlds contained remnants of their original World Origins that Cangyuan could gather for his Inner Worlds.
• Pangu warned that Dao Venerables might target Cangyuan because the Flawless Dao Heart increased the chance of reaching the Great Dao Realm.
• Cangyuan left his true body in the Heavenly Dao Space beside Pangu and awakened his Cangyuan Realm Incarnation in the Martial Realm to go collect fragments.

Cangyuan left the Homeless Domain with thirty-six powerful World Incarnations to search the Void for fragments of the Boundless Great World, while the Origin Emperor, newly advanced to the Eleventh Heaven of Dao Venerable, plotted to seize Cangyuan’s Flawless Dao Heart. The chapter ended with a Dao Venerable Primordial Spirit secretly following Cangyuan.

• Cangyuan assembled thirty-six World Incarnations and led them out of the Primordial World, astonishing the Saints who witnessed their strength.
• Cangyuan told Sword Venerable that he had to leave the Homeless Domain to pursue his opportunity, and Sword Venerable opened the gates for him.
• Sword Venerable recognized that Cangyuan possessed a Flawless Dao Heart but abandoned any attempt to take it because Pangu protected him.
• Origin Emperor advanced to the Eleventh Heaven of Dao Venerable and decided to wait until he reached the Twelfth Heaven before pursuing Cangyuan’s Flawless Dao Heart.
• Origin Emperor sent a Dao Venerable Primordial Spirit into the Void to follow Cangyuan’s trail.

Cangyuan’s thirty-six World Incarnations found a large fragment of the Boundless Great World infested with Black Tide Creatures, including three Heavenly Dao Realm monsters. As the creatures attacked, Cangyuan prepared to use them to open shop.

• Cangyuan sensed a vast world fragment carrying both polluted auras and traces of pure origin law.
• Cangyuan discovered a Flesh Banyan Tree, a purple-blue jellyfish, and a One-Eyed Tyrant, each with Heavenly Dao Realm strength.
• The three Black Tide Creatures noticed Cangyuan’s World Incarnations and launched a combined assault.
• Cangyuan faced the attack and said the creatures had come at the right time because he would use them to open shop.

Cangyuan led the World Incarnations in wiping out the Black Tide Creatures across a fragment world and battling its three Heavenly Dao Realm threats. The Flesh Banyan Tree was trapped in the Martial Dao Furnace, while the Phoenix Ancestor and Netherworld Incarnations continued fighting the Purple-Blue Jellyfish, whose Primordial Spirit attacks failed against them.

• Cangyuan ordered the World Incarnations to attack and clear the fragment world of its Black Tide Creatures.
• The Kirin Emperor, Dragon God, and Phoenix Ancestor Incarnations engaged the Flesh Banyan Tree, Purple-Blue Jellyfish, and One-Eyed Tyrant while the other Incarnations helped eliminate the lesser creatures.
• The Martial God and Kirin Emperor Incarnations sealed the Flesh Banyan Tree inside the Martial Dao Furnace and began refining it.
• The Phoenix Ancestor and Netherworld Incarnations drove the Purple-Blue Jellyfish into the black sea and resisted its song, which could not affect their Primordial Spirits because they had none.

Cangyuan's incarnations defeated the Black Tide creatures occupying a fragment world and refined it into a sphere containing Boundless Origin. After finding five more fragments over the next hundred thousand years, they discovered a strange fragment where normal living beings still existed.

• The Phoenix Ancestor Realm Incarnation and Netherworld Incarnation overwhelmed the Purple-Blue Jellyfish while the Cangyuan Realm Incarnation trapped the fleeing One-Eyed Tyrant.
• The Martial God Realm Incarnation and the other incarnations joined forces to kill the One-Eyed Tyrant, wiping out every Black Tide Creature on the fragment world.
• The seven Heavenly Dao Realm Incarnations refined the fragment world into a sphere containing residual Boundless Origin, which the Cangyuan Realm Incarnation stored in his Inner World.
• Over the next hundred thousand years, Cangyuan's incarnations found five more fragment worlds and gathered enough Boundless Origin to make their sphere visibly denser.
• Cangyuan discovered a fragment world unlike the others, where normal living beings still existed.

Cangyuan discovered a fragmented world where Great Emperors fought the Dark Beings to stop the Dark Turmoil, then sent his Golden Crow Realm Incarnation inside to claim its World Origin and end the conflict. After he entered, the world's Heavenly Dao addressed him as a possible key to breaking the deadlock.

• Cangyuan analyzed the world and learned that its Great Emperors united with the Heavenly Heart to fight the Dark Beings, who had shattered reincarnation and repeatedly launched Dark Turmoil.
• Cangyuan wondered whether the world's familiar pattern meant that a figure like Ye Hei existed, but set aside his suspicions to deal with the world.
• Cangyuan decided one incarnation could handle the world and chose the Golden Crow Realm Incarnation to avoid crushing it with his full power.
• Cangyuan's remaining World Incarnations stayed outside while the Golden Crow Realm Incarnation crossed the world's barrier and saw its many races and civilizations.
• The world's Heavenly Dao spoke to Cangyuan and asked whether he was the key to breaking the deadlock.

Cangyuan met the weakened Heavenly Dao and agreed to destroy the dark race and move the living beings in exchange for the world's World Origin. He also promised to give the Heavenly Dao a chance to become a living being, then set out to confront the forbidden zones as the Golden Crow Great Emperor.

• The Heavenly Dao revealed that the dark race had taken half its authority and warned that a Dark Emperor would soon lead another invasion.
• Cangyuan declared that he had come for the World Origin, then burned away the Heavenly Dao's attacking chains with his Sun Divine Fire.
• Cangyuan promised to defeat the Black Tide Creatures and relocate the world's living beings, while the Heavenly Dao asked him to save it from perishing with the world.
• Cangyuan agreed to strip away the Heavenly Dao's consciousness and cast it into the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and the Heavenly Dao accepted the deal.
• Cangyuan returned to the starry sky, sensed more than a dozen forbidden zones, and declared himself the Golden Crow Great Emperor.

Cangyuan revealed his Golden Crow form and triggered signs of a Great Emperor’s emergence, drawing the attention of the living world and forbidden zones. Dark Supremes and Holy Clan experts moved to hunt him, while Jin Haoyang rushed to his aid.

• Cangyuan released his cultivation, and a Golden Crow phantom spread across the heavens as all realms sensed a Great Emperor’s emergence.
• The Golden Crow Clan mistook Cangyuan for a hidden ancestor, while the Jiang and Ye families questioned his origins and the forbidden zones prepared to attack.
• More than twenty Dark Supremes and Holy Clan experts surrounded Cangyuan, seeking to consume his Emperor blood and bones.
• Cangyuan welcomed the attackers and declared that he would sweep through the forbidden zones’ Supremes.
• Jin Haoyang took the Golden Crow Clan’s Supreme Imperial Weapon and charged toward Cangyuan to aid him.

Jin Haoyang and the Yang Realm’s other forces tried to reinforce Cangyuan, but he sent them all back to their homes. Cangyuan then effortlessly burned away the Dark Supremes’ combined attack, leaving both sides stunned by his power.

• Jin Haoyang and the Sword Immortal Tomb, Jiang Xuanchen, the Immortal Ye Family, and the Primordial Divine Mountain sent reinforcements and Supreme Imperial Weapons toward Cangyuan.
• Cangyuan teleported the reinforcements back to their respective Daoist Traditions and said the Dark Supremes were no threat to him.
• Jin Haoyang, the blind Sword Immortal, Jiang Xuanchen, and others warned Cangyuan that the Dark Supremes could regain their former strength through ultimate sublimation.
• The master of Fallen Immortal Valley, the City Lord of Delusion City, the master of Heaven-Burial Mountain, and the other Dark Supremes attacked Cangyuan together.
• Cangyuan unleashed Sun Divine Fire that destroyed their attacks and annihilated several Dark Supremes, leaving the survivors and the Yang Realm’s observers fearful and bewildered.

After the battle, the worlds realized Cangyuan might be a nine-life mortal-world immortal, and the Dark Supremes fled in terror. Cangyuan unleashed Golden Crow—Sunflare and annihilated them all, leaving the living realm in stunned silence.

• Jiang Xuanchen and other powerful figures concluded that Cangyuan might have completed nine lives and become a mortal-world immortal.
• The Golden Crow Clan celebrated as Jin Haoyang and the clan elders learned what their Old Ancestor might be.
• The Dark Supremes panicked and fled toward the netherworld, abandoning any thought of fighting Cangyuan.
• Cangyuan summoned Golden Crow—Sunflare, sending a Three-Legged Golden Crow after the fleeing Dark Supremes.
• The Three-Legged Golden Crow incinerated the Dark Supremes, including the Lord of Fallen Immortal Valley, the City Lord of Delusion City, and the Lord of Heaven-Burial Mountain.
• Cangyuan dismissed the Great Sun and declared that the Dark Supremes had been nothing but chickens and dogs as the living realm fell silent.

Cangyuan entered the underworld and slaughtered the dark race’s defenders, including the Dark Imperial Son, before confronting Wuxiangzi, a third-level Primordial Origin existence. After Wuxiangzi agreed to fight him in the Void, Cangyuan revealed thirty-five other incarnations surrounding him, leaving Wuxiangzi facing thirty-six opponents.

• Cangyuan shattered Fallen Immortal Valley’s defenses and entered the underworld, alarming the observers among the immortal Daoist Traditions.
• Cangyuan burned through the dark race’s forces and killed the Dark Imperial Son with a single elbow strike.
• Wuxiangzi awakened and challenged Cangyuan to leave the realm, so Cangyuan proposed a duel in the Void with the realm itself at stake.
• Cangyuan and Wuxiangzi crossed into the Void, where thirty-five of Cangyuan’s incarnations appeared and surrounded Wuxiangzi.
• Cangyuan called the confrontation a one-on-one fight, with Wuxiangzi alone against all thirty-six incarnations.

Cangyuan and his incarnations killed Wuxiangzi, then purified the underworld and wiped out the dark race. After the living world celebrated the end of the dark calamity, Cangyuan returned to the Heavenly Dao Space and prepared to sever the Heavenly Dao’s consciousness from the world.

• Wuxiangzi realized that Cangyuan had surrounded him with thirty-six powerful incarnations and tried to escape by compressing himself into a point of light.
• The Martial God Realm Incarnation and Netherworld Incarnation blocked Wuxiangzi’s escape, and the Dragon God Realm Incarnation destroyed his Primordial Spirit and everything he had discarded.
• The Golden Crow Realm Incarnation returned to the underworld and spread Sun Divine Fire across it, purifying the land and burning away the dark creatures.
• Jin Haoyang, the Golden Crow Clan elders, Jiang Xuanchen, the Blind Sword Immortal, and others witnessed the underworld’s purification and celebrated the end of the dark calamity.
• Cangyuan returned to the Heavenly Dao Space, where the Heavenly Dao confirmed that the dark race had been eradicated, and Cangyuan said he would sever its consciousness from the world.

Cangyuan extracted the Heavenly Dao incarnation’s consciousness and stripped the World Origin from the Myriad Heavens and Worlds, allowing the dying world to collapse. He used its Origin to raise the Human World into a Supreme Heaven and Earth, leaving twenty-eight more worlds to transform.

• Cangyuan separated the Heavenly Dao incarnation’s consciousness from the Myriad Heavens and Worlds and stored it in a jade pearl, promising it a chance at reincarnation or Form Transformation.
• Cangyuan transferred every living being in the Myriad Heavens and Worlds into a Blank World within his Inner World.
• Cangyuan extracted the world’s laws and World Origin, causing the Myriad Heavens and Worlds to collapse into the Void.
• Cangyuan sent the recovered world crystal core into the Human World within his Inner World.
• The Human World absorbed the World Origin and rose from a Peak Origin World to a Supreme Heaven and Earth, and Cangyuan said twenty-eight more worlds remained.

After Cangyuan’s thirty-six World Incarnations were destroyed by a mysterious Dao Venerable, Pangu retaliated by striking Origin Emperor, who denied the attack. Pangu then confronted Daoist Prime Source, identifying him as the assailant.

• Cangyuan halted his search after elevating all thirty-six Inner Worlds into supreme heavens and earth, then prepared to return to the Homeless Domain and break through to the Dao Venerable Realm.
• A mysterious Dao Venerable trapped Cangyuan’s World Incarnations in a gray Dao Domain and destroyed all thirty-six with one finger while searching for Cangyuan’s Flawless Dao Heart.
• Cangyuan’s true body learned of the attack, and Pangu traced the scene before appearing above the Primordial World with the World Creation Divine Axe.
• Pangu struck Origin Emperor, damaging the Taishi Cauldron, and dismissed Origin Emperor’s denial by saying he would blame him regardless.
• Pangu confronted Daoist Prime Source and accused him of using the finger strike that had destroyed Cangyuan’s incarnations.

Pangu exposed Daoist Prime Source as the one who had attacked Cangyuan using a corpse puppet made from White Emperor. Daoist Prime Source admitted he had sought the Flawless Dao Heart and faced Pangu’s challenge to fight.

• Origin Emperor accused Daoist Prime Source of secretly attacking Cangyuan and making him take the blame for Pangu’s axe.
• Zangdixing, Emperor Phoenix, and Green Emperor questioned Pangu’s accusation, unwilling to believe Daoist Prime Source had betrayed them.
• Pangu revealed that Daoist Prime Source had concealed White Emperor’s corpse and refined it into a corpse puppet, shocking Sword Venerable.
• Daoist Prime Source asked how Pangu knew and learned that Pangu had witnessed his attempt to kill Cangyuan and seize the Flawless Dao Heart.
• Daoist Prime Source defended taking the Flawless Dao Heart for the greater picture, and Pangu raised the World Creation Divine Axe and struck at him.

Pangu defeated Daoist Prime Source after tracing him through his corpse-puppet substitution and every layer of concealment. He declared the Primordial World and Cangyuan under his protection, leaving the Homeless Domain silent and the Primordial World celebrating.

• Pangu's first axe strike destroyed Daoist Prime Source's black-robed corpse puppet, but Prime Source escaped by switching places with it.
• Pangu used the laws of Destiny and Karma to locate Prime Source, then pierced his defenses with an axe-light and killed him with a punch that erased him from the Great Dao.
• Sword Venerable, Emperor Phoenix, Green Emperor, Zangdixing, and Origin Emperor reacted with shock and fear at Prime Source's death.
• Pangu warned the Homeless Domain that the Primordial World and Cangyuan were under his protection and threatened anyone who targeted them again.
• Pangu's phantom dissipated, and cultivators across the Primordial World cheered their Creator God.

Cangyuan learned that Pangu had defeated Daoist Prime Source with overwhelming ease and returned to cultivation, while Emperor Cang sealed the Eternal Dao Fruit and launched an invasion toward the Chaos Era to capture Cangyuan. Pangu concealed the Homeless Domain from the approaching Black Tide and waited for Cangyuan to break through, but Emperor Cang began using a sensing technique to search for it.

• Cangyuan asked Pangu to capture Emperor Cang and learn the truth about their connection, but Pangu refused and told him to confront Emperor Cang after reaching the Great Dao Realm.
• Emperor Cang and the top ten Evil Gods failed to corrupt the Eternal Dao Fruit, so the Gate of Myriad Worlds urged him to seize Cangyuan and absorb him.
• Emperor Cang ordered the remaining Pillar-level Evil Gods to invade the Chaos Era, and the Black Tide set out toward Pangu and Cangyuan.
• Pangu sensed the approaching Black Tide and erased the Homeless Domain’s traces from the Void while Cangyuan cultivated toward the ninth heaven of the Hunyuan Taichu Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.
• Emperor Cang’s forces reached the search for the Homeless Domain, and he prepared to use his Same-Root, Same-Source Sensing Art to find it.