Recaps

Houtu sensed that Pingxin had been gravely injured, so Zhou Ming led the Ancestral Witches away from the Primordial Wilderness to find her. They rescued Wu’s fleeing Primordial Spirit and learned that the Earth Dao and Human Dao had turned against them.

• Houtu sensed that her connection with Pingxin had weakened almost to the point of disappearing, suggesting Pingxin was near death.
• Zhou Ming abandoned the group’s return to the Primordial Wilderness and followed Houtu’s faint sense of Pingxin’s location.
• Zhou Ming detected Wu fleeing through Chaos from a Chaos Demon of the Devil Race and killed the pursuer with one punch.
• Zhou Ming protected Wu’s Primordial Spirit, and Wu revealed that the Human Dao had destroyed his body while the Earth Dao had heavily injured Pingxin.

After learning that Hongjun and Luohu had orchestrated the Human Dao and Earth Dao’s betrayal, Zhou Ming’s group found Pingxin’s remnant soul and discovered that the Earth Dao had gained a spirit. He led the wounded survivors deeper into Chaos to recover rather than return to a Primordial Wilderness that had become a trap.

• Zhen Yuanzi told Zhou Ming that Hongyun, Minghe, Taiyi, Candle Dragon, and Pingxin had sacrificed themselves so the survivors could escape after the Human Dao and Earth Dao backlashed.
• The Ancestral Witches swore revenge and wanted to return to the Primordial Wilderness, but Zhou Ming stopped them and insisted they find Pingxin first.
• Houtu found Pingxin’s faint remnant soul in a Chaos vortex and took it into her Primordial Spirit to nurture it.
• Houtu told Zhou Ming that Pingxin had sensed the Earth Dao had gained a spirit when it turned against her.
• Zhou Ming concluded that the Human Dao had likely gained a spirit too and led the survivors deeper into Chaos to heal before confronting Hongjun and Luohu.

In Pangu Hall, Wu urged Zhou Ming to absorb his origin and use it to break through, arguing that the Human Race needed him to return with overwhelming strength. Zhou Ming finally accepted Wu’s self-sacrifice, leaving the Human Race’s fate in his hands.

• Zhou Ming led the survivors to a safe region of Chaos and brought Pangu Hall out to shelter them while they recovered.
• Wu’s Primordial Spirit approached Zhou Ming and offered to sacrifice its origin to hasten his breakthrough to Hunyuan Grand Ultimate Golden Immortal.
• Zhou Ming refused, insisting Wu was an independent person and should focus on healing.
• Wu argued that the Human Race was in imminent danger and began dispersing his spiritual intelligence to leave his origin to Zhou Ming.
• Zhou Ming restrained Wu, but after hearing his plea to protect the Human Race, he released him and accepted the sacrifice.
• Wu transformed into a golden torrent of origin that entered Zhou Ming, entrusting the Human Race to him.

Zhou Ming absorbed Wu’s source power and entered seclusion to pursue the Hunyuan Grand Ultimate Golden Immortal realm. In another chamber, Pingxin persuaded Houtu to merge their souls, leaving Houtu with greater power as she prepared for the coming battle.

• Zhou Ming absorbed Wu’s memories, Dao, and source power, then vowed to retrieve Wu from the River of Time.
• Zhou Ming entered a quiet chamber, confident he could reach the Hunyuan Grand Ultimate Golden Immortal realm.
• Pingxin urged Houtu to stop nourishing her remnant soul and let it return to Houtu so she could grow stronger for the fight against Hongjun and Luohu.
• Houtu resisted, but Pingxin reminded her that Hongyun, Minghe, Taiyi, and Candle Dragon had sacrificed themselves to save Zhen Yuanzi and the others.
• Houtu withdrew her nurturing power, and Pingxin willingly merged into her, triggering a vast surge of Houtu’s aura.
• Houtu closed her eyes and began cultivating with Pingxin’s power and memories within her.

After Wu's origin fused with him, Zhou Ming broke through to Hunyuan Grand Ultimate Golden Immortal. He led his companions out of Pangu Hall and toward the Primordial Wilderness to avenge their fallen allies.

• Zhou Ming used Wu's origin and Pangu's inheritance to break through the barrier to Hunyuan Grand Ultimate Golden Immortal.
• Dijiang, the Ancestral Witches, Zhen Yuanzi, Tongtian, and the others felt Zhou Ming's breakthrough aura and realized Wu's sacrifice had helped make it possible.
• Zhou Ming emerged from seclusion and confirmed that he had broken through.
• Zhou Ming agreed that they could return to the Primordial Wilderness and seek revenge on Luohu and Hongjun.
• Zhou Ming absorbed Pangu Hall and led the group through Chaos toward the Primordial Wilderness.

Hongjun, Yang Mei, Luohu, Karma, and Destiny waited a thousand years in Chaos for Zhou Ming and his group to return. Just as they prepared to leave, Yang Mei revealed that he had reached Hunyuan Grand Ultimate Golden Immortal and confirmed that Zhou Ming had also broken through.

• Luohu questioned why Zhou Ming and his group had not returned, and Destiny suggested they might have learned about the trap and stayed away.
• Karma warned that Zhou Ming could hide in Chaos until he broke through, so Hongjun proposed waiting a thousand years before returning to the Primordial Wilderness to pursue their own breakthroughs.
• The five agreed to wait, but Zhou Ming and his group did not appear during the thousand years.
• As the five prepared to leave, Yang Mei announced that Zhou Ming had returned and broken through to Hunyuan Grand Ultimate Golden Immortal.
• Yang Mei erased the five figures and their array from Chaos with his power, revealing that he himself had already reached Hunyuan Grand Ultimate Golden Immortal.

Yang Mei revealed that he had reached Hunyuan Grand Ultimate, forcing Hongjun and the others to accept his leadership as they prepared to face Zhou Ming. Hongjun disclosed a final trump card that could raise him to half-step Hunyuan Wuji, and the group returned to the Primordial Wilderness to prepare their array.

• Yang Mei's revelation that he was a Hunyuan Grand Ultimate made Luohu, Hongjun, Destiny, and Karma realize he had treated their alliance as a tool.
• Hongjun admitted that Zhou Ming's breakthrough made the Five Elements Sealing Heaven Array's chances uncertain, even with Yang Mei presiding over it.
• Yang Mei demanded that Hongjun reveal any remaining methods, and Hongjun said he could gather the Heavenly Dao's scattered authority to reach half-step Hunyuan Wuji.
• Yang Mei judged that Hongjun's trump card and the Five Elements Sealing Heaven Array gave them a chance against Zhou Ming's Thirteen Heavenly Gods and Fiends Array.
• Yang Mei opened a rift to the Primordial Wilderness, and Hongjun, Luohu, Destiny, and Karma followed him back.

Zhou Ming sensed an unknown Hunyuan Grand Ultimate Golden Immortal and suspected the Space Demon God Yang Mei had joined Hongjun’s side. He sent his allies into Pangu Hall and headed alone toward the Primordial Wilderness to scout their plans.

• Zhou Ming stopped his group after sensing an unfamiliar aura at the Hunyuan Grand Ultimate Golden Immortal realm, along with four peak Hunyuan Grand Unity auras.
• Zhou Ming identified two of the latter auras as Hongjun and Luohu and sensed Earth Dao and Human Dao qualities in the other two.
• Zhou Ming suspected the unknown powerhouse was Yang Mei and warned that Hongjun and Yang Mei might be waiting in the Primordial Wilderness.
• Zhou Ming ordered Dijiang, Houtu, Zhurong, and the others into Pangu Hall while he went ahead alone to investigate.
• Zhou Ming recalled Pangu Hall into his body, spread his Divine Thought through Chaos, and flew toward the Primordial Wilderness.

Hongjun gathered the Heavenly Dao’s scattered authority at Buzhou Mountain and reached half-step Hunyuan Wuji just as Zhou Ming returned to the Primordial Wilderness with Pangu’s True Body. The two sides prepared to clash while Zhen Yuanzi and the others went to rescue the imprisoned survivors.

• Hongjun went to Buzhou Mountain and drew the scattered authority of the Heavenly Dao into himself.
• Zhou Ming found Di Jun and the others imprisoned beneath Spirit Mountain, then summoned the Twelve Ancestor Witches and formed Pangu’s True Body.
• Zhou Ming sent Zhen Yuanzi, Tongtian, West Queen Mother, and Wang Shu to rescue the prisoners and move survivors to safety.
• Hongjun absorbed the final chain of Heavenly Dao authority and reached half-step Hunyuan Wuji.
• Yang Mei, Hongjun, Luohu, Karma, and Destiny prepared to form their battle formation as Pangu’s True Body approached.

Hongjun and Yang Mei used the Five Elements Sealing Heaven Array to pull Xuanming out of Pangu's True Body, expecting it to collapse. Zhou Ming rescued her, and Pangu's True Body remained standing, leaving Hongjun and the others shocked.

• Hongjun gave Yang Mei thirteen drops of Ancestral Witch essence blood, and Yang Mei used Xuanming's blood to prepare the array.
• Pangu's True Body entered the Primordial Wilderness, and Zhou Ming warned the Twelve Ancestor Witches that the five figures at Buzhou Mountain had set an array.
• Hongjun introduced Karma, Destiny, and Yang Mei to Zhou Ming as Zhou Ming stalled for time while Zhen Yuanzi and the others entered the Primordial Wilderness.
• Yang Mei activated the array, which used Xuanming's essence blood to pull her out of Pangu's True Body.
• Luohu and the others attacked Xuanming, but Zhou Ming struck back with the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe and pulled her to safety.
• Pangu's True Body weakened but did not collapse, leaving Hongjun, Yang Mei, Karma, and Destiny stunned.

Zhou Ming used Pangu's True Body to shatter the Five Elements Seal Heaven Great Array and battle Yang Mei, Hongjun, Luohu, Destiny, and Karma as the Primordial World began to collapse. As the clash threatened to destroy the world, Zhen Yuanzi and the others evacuated surviving beings into Chaos.

• Zhou Ming pulled Xuanming back into Pangu's True Body and cleaved at the Five Elements Seal Heaven Great Array, but Yang Mei and Hongjun joined forces to block the axe.
• Pangu's True Body stamped down on the array, scattering the five opponents and crushing part of Buzhou Mountain.
• Zhou Ming targeted Luohu, while Yang Mei and Hongjun rushed to protect him and Yang Mei opened a spatial rift to stop Pangu's True Body.
• Pangu's True Body split Yang Mei's spatial rift, and the clash caused the Primordial World’s sky and land to break apart.
• At Spirit Mountain's ruins, Zhen Yuanzi rescued Di Jun and the others, then used the Earth Book to evacuate humans as Tongtian, West Queen Mother, and Wang Shu carried other survivors into Chaos.

As Pangu's True Body overwhelmed the group, Karma and Destiny offered Hongjun the Human Dao and Earth Dao authorities so he could gain power to fight back. Yang Mei charged Pangu's True Body while Luohu began to self-destruct, leaving Hongjun to receive the authorities and seize their chance.

• Pangu's True Body struck again, and Yang Mei moved Hongjun, Luohu, Karma, and Destiny out of the axe's path before saying he and Hongjun could no longer protect them.
• Karma and Destiny offered Hongjun all of their Human Dao and Earth Dao authority, hoping he could gain Hunyuan Grand Ultimate power and fight alongside Yang Mei.
• Destiny reminded Yang Mei and Hongjun of their agreement to help the others Attain Hunyuan in the next epoch.
• Luohu chose to self-destruct to buy Hongjun time, and Yang Mei agreed to hold Pangu's True Body back.
• Yang Mei charged Pangu's True Body as Karma and Destiny transformed into streams of primordial rule-light and entered Hongjun, while Luohu's body began to radiate destructive light.

Luohu sacrificed himself to delay Pangu's True Body while Yang Mei fought to keep Zhou Ming from reaching Hongjun as Hongjun fused the Three Realms' authorities. Hongjun joined Yang Mei in battle, and the two prepared to face Zhou Ming together.

• Luohu self-detonated to stall Pangu's True Body, but Zhou Ming cleaved through the destruction and pressed toward Hongjun.
• Yang Mei blocked Pangu's True Body and repeatedly used the Dao of Space to delay Zhou Ming, taking increasingly severe wounds.
• Hongjun fused the Heavenly, Earth, and Human Dao authorities into a fragile balance that gave him power near the Hunyuan Wuji threshold.
• Hongjun appeared beside Yang Mei and joined him in using their combined powers to block Pangu's True Body's axe.
• Hongjun proposed that he and Yang Mei join hands to defeat Zhou Ming.

Hongjun and Yang Mei briefly held off Zhou Ming’s Pangu’s True Body, but Hongjun’s fused Three Realms Authority collapsed under pressure. Zhou Ming killed Hongjun and struck Yang Mei as he fled through a spatial rift, leaving Yang Mei’s fate uncertain.

• Hongjun and Yang Mei coordinated their powers to withstand Pangu’s True Body while Hongjun concealed that his strength was unstable.
• Zhou Ming intensified Pangu’s axe strike, forcing Hongjun to push the Three Realms Authority beyond its limit.
• Hongjun’s three fused authorities backlashed, severely wounding him and causing his power to collapse.
• Yang Mei chose to flee through a spatial rift instead of rescuing Hongjun, and Zhou Ming’s axe erased Hongjun from existence.
• Zhou Ming struck at Yang Mei through the closing rift; Yang Mei sacrificed the Hollow Willow as a shield but was hit by the remaining force.

Zhou Ming and the Twelve Ancestor Witches defeated Hongjun, Luohu, Karma, and Destiny, while Yang Mei escaped badly wounded. After confirming Hongjun was dead and claiming the three Authorities, Zhou Ming reunited with Zhen Yuanzi and the others and reported the outcome.

• Zhou Ming told the Twelve Ancestor Witches that Yang Mei could not be caught and would need several Kalpas to recover from the Sky-Opening Axe intent.
• Zhou Ming searched the battlefield, confirmed Hongjun had been completely erased, and collected the damaged Authorities of Heaven, Earth, and humanity.
• Zhou Ming led the Twelve Ancestor Witches through Chaos to find Zhen Yuanzi and the others.
• Zhou Ming told Zhen Yuanzi, Tongtian, West Queen Mother, Wang Shu, and the others that Hongjun, Luohu, Karma, and Destiny had died, while Yang Mei had fled badly wounded.

After the Primordial Wilderness shattered, Zhou Ming used the Pangu Realm and the surviving fragments to create a new, portable world for the rescued beings. The survivors entered their new home, while Zhou Ming gained a way to protect them if Yang Mei returned.

• Zhen Yuanzi told Zhou Ming that the group had saved less than one-third of the primordial beings before the world shattered.
• Zhen Yuanzi presented the gathered fragments and asked whether they could be used with his Earth Book to rebuild a world.
• Zhou Ming proposed merging the fragments into the Pangu Realm and making the new Primordial Wilderness portable.
• Zhou Ming, Zhen Yuanzi, Tongtian, and the others combined the fragments with the Pangu Realm, while the Twelve Ancestor Witches guarded them.
• Zhou Ming placed the Three Authorities of Heaven, Earth, and Man into the stabilized new world, and the Authorities began to recover.
• Zhen Yuanzi, Tongtian, West Queen Mother, and the others sent the surviving beings into the new Primordial Wilderness.

Zhou Ming found a hidden, stable region of Chaos and settled the Pangu Realm there, reuniting with the others after tens of thousands of years. They revealed that the Heavenly Dao, Earth Dao, and Human Dao authorities were weakening and rejecting the new world, and Zhou Ming sensed their power slowly draining away.

• Zhou Ming sent Dijiang, Houtu, and the others into the Pangu Realm while he searched Chaos alone for a safe place to settle it.
• After traveling for thirty thousand years, Zhou Ming found a stable region of Chaos, expanded the Pangu Realm there, and concealed it with restrictions.
• Zhou Ming returned to Pangu Hall, where Houtu, Dijiang, Zhen Yuanzi, Tongtian, and the others had waited for him.
• Houtu and Zhen Yuanzi reported that the three Dao authorities were no longer repairing themselves and were increasingly disconnected from the Pangu Realm.
• Zhou Ming examined the Pangu Realm's core and sensed that power was slowly seeping from the edges of the three Dao authorities.

Zhou Ming decided to refine the three Daos’ authority to resolve its conflict with the Pangu Realm, despite the risk of becoming bound to the world. He entered seclusion and began absorbing the Heavenly Dao Authority.

• Zhou Ming explained that the three Daos’ authority would eventually dissipate because it could not integrate with the Pangu Realm on its own.
• Zhou Ming proposed using his connection to the Pangu Realm to refine the three Daos, and reassured the others that his Hunyuan Wuji cultivation would protect him from the backlash that had destroyed Hongjun.
• Houtu warned that refining the three Daos would bind Zhou Ming to the Pangu Realm and could hinder his pursuit of the Great Dao.
• Zhou Ming argued that merging the three Daos’ source rules into himself would strengthen his cultivation and help him reach the Great Dao sooner.
• Zhou Ming entered seclusion in Pangu Hall, where the three clusters of authority descended and the first strand of Heavenly Dao Authority entered his Primordial Spirit.

Zhou Ming refined the Heavenly, Earth, and Human Dao Authorities, advanced to the middle stage of Hunyuan Grand Ultimate Golden Immortal, and became one with the Pangu Realm. He rebuilt Reincarnation and opened the Underworld, leaving Houtu under everyone’s gaze as its likely manager.

• Zhou Ming refined the Heavenly, Earth, and Human Dao Authorities and broke through to the middle stage of Hunyuan Grand Ultimate Golden Immortal.
• Zhou Ming emerged from seclusion and told Houtu, Dijiang, Zhen Yuanzi, and the others that he had completely refined the Authorities.
• Zhou Ming announced that he would establish Reincarnation anew and led the group to the western edge of the Pangu Realm.
• Zhou Ming formed the Nine Hells and the Six Paths of Reincarnation, then connected them to the laws of the Pangu Realm.
• Zhen Yuanzi released the wandering souls from the Earth Book, and Zhou Ming declared that Reincarnation was established and the Underworld open.
• Zhurong remarked that the Underworld needed a manager, and everyone turned to look at Houtu.

Zhou Ming had Houtu and Zhen Yuanzi stabilize the newly established Underworld, then gathered the depleted former rulers and sages at Pangu Hall. He offered to seal them until he could create a perfect world to restore their origins, and promised Yaochi that he would rescue Haotian’s True Spirit if he proved the Dao; after they agreed, he sealed them away.

• Zhou Ming asked Houtu and Zhen Yuanzi to oversee the Underworld, and each sent an Avatar to establish order there.
• Houtu explained that Di Jun, East Prince Gong, Taiqing, and the others had lost most of their origins to Hongjun, leaving their Dao paths cut off.
• Zhou Ming summoned the depleted great powers to Pangu Hall and offered to seal them until his future world could nurture their origins anew.
• Yaochi agreed to be sealed after Zhou Ming promised to reverse time and rescue Haotian’s True Spirit if he proved the Dao.
• Zhou Ming enveloped the gathered figures in light, turning them into points containing their True Spirits and remaining origins.

Zhou Ming promised to restore Hongyun, Minghe, Taiyi, and Candle Dragon when he attained the supreme Great Dao, then explained that the powerful survivors should leave the newborn Pangu Realm so it could develop freely. The group agreed to move their Dao fields into Chaos and followed Zhou Ming out of the realm.

• Zhou Ming promised Zhen Yuanzi and the others that he would bring Hongyun, Minghe, Taiyi, and Candle Dragon back when he attained the supreme Great Dao.
• Zhou Ming explained that the gathered Daluo Golden Immortals of the Origin were burdening the Pangu Realm and that its laws could hinder their cultivation.
• Zhen Yuanzi, Tongtian, and the West Queen Mother agreed that they should leave the Pangu Realm and establish their Dao fields in Chaos.
• Zhou Ming shrank Pangu Hall and stored it inside himself before leading the group toward the realm's sky-curtain.
• Zhou Ming, the Twelve Ancestor Witches, Zhen Yuanzi, Tongtian, the West Queen Mother, and Wang Shu passed through the realm's restrictions and entered Chaos.

Zhou Ming and the others settled Pangu Hall near the Pangu Realm, and the Twelve Ancestor Witches entered seclusion. Houtu chose to remain behind so she would not become Zhou Ming’s opponent during his Dao tribulation, while Zhou Ming entered seclusion to prepare to prove his Dao.

• Zhen Yuanzi, Tongtian, West Queen Mother, and Wang Shu left to establish their own sanctuaries in Chaos.
• Zhou Ming placed Pangu Hall in a concealed region above the Pangu Realm and warned the Twelve Ancestor Witches not to stray too far because Yang Mei remained alive.
• The Twelve Ancestor Witches entered seclusion to absorb the insights they had gained from controlling Pangu's True Body.
• Houtu refused to cultivate further because she did not want to become part of Zhou Ming’s Dao tribulation, and she said she would aim to prove her Dao in the next epoch.
• Zhou Ming promised Houtu the next epoch’s chance to prove her Dao, then entered the innermost meditation chamber to prepare for his own breakthrough.

After emerging from seclusion at the peak of Hunyuan Grand Ultimate Golden Immortal, Zhou Ming announced that he was preparing to attain the Dao and summoned his allies for one final Dao sermon. The chapter ends as his first syllable of the Great Dao stills the surrounding Chaos and begins his teaching.

• Houtu sensed Zhou Ming’s breakthrough and learned that he had reached the peak of Hunyuan Grand Ultimate Golden Immortal and felt the pull of the Great Dao.
• Zhou Ming asked Houtu to wake the Ancestral Witches and invited Zhen Yuanzi, Tongtian, West Queen Mother, and Wang Shu to Pangu Hall for a final Dao sermon.
• Zhen Yuanzi and the others arrived, feared that Yang Mei had returned, and then congratulated Zhou Ming when he revealed he was about to attain the Dao.
• Wang Shu worried that Zhou Ming’s attempt to attain the Dao would provoke a perilous challenge against the existing order of Chaos.
• Zhou Ming began expounding the Dao, and his single syllable stilled the Chaos surrounding Pangu Hall.

Zhou Ming finished preaching the Dao, then told everyone he would seal them inside Pangu Hall while he faced the Hunyuan tribulation to protect them and the Pangu Realm. After the others left to enter seclusion, Houtu worried that Zhou Ming might fail as Pangu had, and Zhou Ming hinted that Pangu may have succeeded after all.

• Zhou Ming's Dao preaching drew everyone into deep cultivation, and after tens of thousands of years they awakened with stronger cultivation and deeper understanding.
• Zhou Ming explained that his Hunyuan tribulation would endanger all of Chaos and said he would take the Pangu Realm into his body and seal everyone inside Pangu Hall.
• Zhen Yuanzi, Tongtian, West Queen Mother, Wang Shu, and the Ancestral Witches agreed to Zhou Ming's plan and left to digest their gains in seclusion.
• Houtu remained behind and asked Zhou Ming whether he was confident in attaining Hunyuan, since Pangu had failed.
• Zhou Ming reassured Houtu that he was confident and asked who said Pangu had not succeeded in attaining Hunyuan.

Zhou Ming told Houtu that Pangu had succeeded in attaining the Dao, then gathered his companions after their long seclusions and prepared to protect them before facing the Chaos alone. He sealed the Twelve Ancestor Witches and his other allies in Pangu Hall, preserved the Pangu Realm within himself, and set out toward the Dao tribulation.

• Zhou Ming told Houtu that Pangu had succeeded in attaining the Dao, though he did not explain how he knew.
• After tens of thousands of years, Dijiang and the other Ancestor Witches emerged from seclusion, followed by Zhen Yuanzi, Tongtian, the West Queen Mother, and Wang Shu.
• Zhou Ming asked everyone to withdraw their Magic Power and not resist, then transformed them into Dao lights and sent them into still space-time within Pangu Hall.
• Zhou Ming shrank Pangu Hall and preserved it within himself, then compressed the Pangu Realm into a glazed pearl and absorbed it into his body.
• Zhou Ming said it was time to walk into the Chaos and took his first step toward its deepest darkness.