Chapter Summaries

Ao Hai sought East Prince Gong’s permission to return to the East Sea Dragon Palace, and East Prince Gong urged him to abandon his pursuit of proving the Dao through laws and become a Quasi-Saint by Severing the Three Corpses. Ao Hai remained determined to pursue the path of laws and flew to the Dragon Palace to speak with Candle Dragon.

• Ao Hai told East Prince Gong that Candle Dragon had summoned him to the East Sea Dragon Palace, and East Prince Gong approved his leave.
• East Prince Gong reminded Ao Hai of his promise to help him enter the Quasi-Saint realm and advised him to Sever the Three Corpses instead of pursuing the laws.
• East Prince Gong warned Ao Hai that the Dragon Clan’s karma and declining fortune made comprehending the hidden laws especially difficult.
• Ao Hai thanked East Prince Gong but insisted he wanted to keep trying to prove the Dao through laws.
• East Prince Gong told Ao Hai to discuss the matter with Candle Dragon, and Ao Hai flew toward the East Sea Dragon Palace.

Candle Dragon revealed that the Dragon Clan's elders had died preserving time for Ao Hai, forcing him to abandon Prove Dao by Law and pursue the Quasi-Saint realm through Sever Three Corpses. Ao Hai accepted the Ancestor Dragon Pearl and began seclusion in the East Sea, leaving his future in Candle Dragon's hands.

• Ao Hai returned to the East Sea Dragon Palace and told Candle Dragon he still wanted to pursue Prove Dao by Law.
• Candle Dragon revealed that the Dragon Clan's elders had all died after exhausting their Origin in the great battle, and warned that the clan could not wait any longer.
• Ao Hai accepted that Sever Three Corpses was his only timely path to becoming a Quasi-Saint.
• Candle Dragon gave Ao Hai the Ancestor Dragon Pearl so he could use it to Sever Three Corpses.
• Candle Dragon told Ao Hai to remain with the Dragon Clan after his breakthrough, and Ao Hai left for the forbidden seclusion grounds.

Candle Dragon visited East Prince Gong to tell him that his life was nearly over and that Ao Hai was trying to break through to the Quasi-Saint realm. He left reassured by East Prince Gong’s promises to let Ao Hai lead the Dragon Clan and protect it after Candle Dragon’s death.

• East Prince Gong sensed Candle Dragon approaching Penglai Immortal Island and welcomed him into the Immortal Court’s main hall.
• Candle Dragon told East Prince Gong that the Immortal-Monster War had exhausted his Origin and that he had little time left.
• Candle Dragon explained that Ao Hai was attempting to break through to the Quasi-Saint realm and would remain with the Dragon Clan if he succeeded; East Prince Gong agreed to honor their arrangement.
• Candle Dragon asked East Prince Gong to care for the Dragon Clan after his death, and East Prince Gong vowed that the Immortal Court would protect it.
• East Prince Gong asked Candle Dragon to notify him before his final journey and promised to see him off; Candle Dragon then returned to the East Sea.

Taiyi took the Sixth Golden Crow sightseeing, warned him to stay away from Buzhou Mountain and the Witch Clan, and returned to find Di Jun angry over the princes' lack of cultivation. Di Jun decided to send all ten Golden Crows to Tanggu Valley for harsh training, leaving Taiyi unable to change his mind.

• Taiyi took the Sixth Golden Crow to explore the Primordial Wilderness and forbade him from approaching Buzhou Mountain or provoking the Witch Clan.
• Di Jun found the other nine Golden Crows playing instead of cultivating and learned that Taiyi had taken the Sixth Golden Crow out.
• Di Jun waited at the palace entrance for Taiyi and the Sixth Golden Crow to return.
• Di Jun scolded Taiyi for indulging the princes and relieved him of responsibility for their supervision.
• Di Jun announced that all ten Golden Crows would be sent to Tanggu Valley until they could control the Solar True Fire within their bodies.

Di Jun confined the ten Golden Crows in Tanggu Valley to train, but Zhunti exploited the parents’ long absence and tricked the princes into leaving by claiming Di Jun had granted permission. Zhunti followed them toward the Primordial Continent after concealing his intrusion and obscuring the Heavenly Secrets.

• Di Jun sealed Tanggu Valley and ordered the ten Golden Crows to remain there until they could control their Solar True Fire, while Demon Clan guards watched over them.
• After tens of thousands of years observing Di Jun and Taiyi’s visits, Zhunti waited another thousand years before secretly opening the formation around Tanggu Valley.
• Zhunti told the bored Golden Crows that Di Jun had ordered him to let all ten princes leave and play, using his Sage aura to quell their doubts.
• The ten Golden Crows flew out through the opening, and Zhunti restored the formation, erased his traces, obscured the Heavenly Secrets, and followed them.

The ten Golden Crows wreaked havoc across the Primordial Wilderness, and Zhunti secretly redirected them toward the East Sea while keeping them away from Buzhou Mountain. As they devastated the East Sea, East Prince Gong ordered the Immortal Court to escort them away, while Candle Dragon ordered the aquatic clans to retreat into the depths.

• The ten Golden Crows scorched forests, dried rivers, and killed countless beings as Zhunti watched, pleased by the destruction.
• When the Golden Crows decided to visit Buzhou Mountain, Zhunti used his Sage's Magic Power to turn them toward the East Sea instead.
• The Golden Crows boiled the East Sea and passed through Immortal Court islands, killing aquatic creatures and alarming the cultivators there.
• East Prince Gong ordered the Immortal Court to drive the Golden Crows from its territory without harming or provoking them.
• Candle Dragon told the East Sea aquatic clans to retreat into deeper waters and leave the Golden Crows to the Immortal Court.

The ten Golden Crow princes defied the Immortal Court’s officials and wreaked havoc across the East Sea, while Zhunti secretly strengthened their Solar True Fire. East Prince Gong confronted them and prepared to teach them a lesson.

• The ten little Golden Crows ignored the Immortal Court officials’ order to leave the East Sea and attacked them.
• Zhunti secretly added Magic Power to the Golden Crows’ Solar True Fire, helping them overwhelm the officials and burn immortal islands.
• The Immortal Court officials fled to Penglai and reported their defeat to East Prince Gong, who berated them.
• East Prince Gong went to the East Sea and ordered the Golden Crows to leave.
• The Golden Crows insulted East Prince Gong and refused to obey, so he vowed to discipline them in Di Jun’s place.

East Prince Gong sent his Corpse of Evil to escort the injured Golden Crow princes out of the East Sea, but the Corpse of Evil killed First Golden Crow after he attacked. The other nine princes turned back to avenge their eldest brother.

• East Prince Gong's strike wounded Third Golden Crow and knocked all ten Golden Crows into the sea, forcing them to flee toward the Heavenly Court.
• East Prince Gong worried that the princes' deaths could trigger war between the Immortal Court and the Demon Clan, so he sent his Corpse of Evil to escort them out of the East Sea.
• The Corpse of Evil caught up with the fleeing princes and said he was acting on Wood Duke's orders to escort them.
• First Golden Crow stayed behind to hold off the pursuer, but the Corpse of Evil killed him with a palm strike.
• The nine remaining Golden Crows saw First Golden Crow die, then turned back and charged at the Corpse of Evil to avenge him.

Di Jun discovered that nine of his ten Golden Crow sons had been killed, and learned that the Ninth Golden Crow’s fatal wound carried the Dragon Clan’s aura. As Xi He demanded vengeance against East Prince Gong, the Immortal Court, and the Dragon Clan, Di Jun ordered the Demon Clan to prepare for war and took the Tenth Golden Crow somewhere beyond the Thirty-Third Heaven for safety.

• Di Jun rushed to the East Sea, rescued the wounded Tenth Golden Crow, and drove East Prince Gong’s Corpse of Evil away after finding several of his sons dead.
• Di Jun and Taiyi ordered the Demon Clan to search for the missing Ninth Golden Crow before seeking revenge.
• Fuxi returned with the Ninth Golden Crow’s corpse, and Di Jun sensed the Dragon Clan’s aura on its fatal wound.
• Di Jun ordered the Demon Clan to assemble and vowed to destroy the Immortal Court and slaughter the Dragon Clan.
• Xi He returned to Lingxiao Treasure Hall, grieved over her sons, and demanded that their killers be buried with them.
• Di Jun comforted Xi He, then took the surviving Tenth Golden Crow beyond the Thirty-Third Heaven to protect him.

Di Jun entrusted his only surviving son to Nuwa, then persuaded her to help him destroy the Immortal Court and Dragon Clan. As East Prince Gong and Candle Dragon realized they had been framed, they agreed to unite against the Demon Clan’s coming retaliation.

• Di Jun brought his wounded youngest son to Wa Huang Palace, and Nuwa promised to protect him.
• Nuwa warned Di Jun that a Sage had likely manipulated the Demon Clan, Immortal Court, and Dragon Clan, but Di Jun insisted on revenge for his sons and asked for her aid.
• Nuwa agreed to help Di Jun destroy the Immortal Court and Dragon Clan.
• East Prince Gong learned that his Corpse of Evil had killed eight of Di Jun’s sons and that the ninth had died in Dragon Clan territory, and he recognized the plot against them.
• East Prince Gong went to the East Sea Dragon Palace, where Candle Dragon agreed to fight alongside him and risk his life to kill Di Jun or Taiyi.

Candle Dragon agreed to help the Immortal Court fight Di Jun or Taiyi if the Dragon Clan could withdraw to the East Sea, while Di Jun ordered Taiyi to slaughter the Human Race for materials to make weapons against the Immortal Court. Zhou Ming saw the Demon Clan attack and sent Hou Yi to awaken Wu and send him to save the Human Race.

• Candle Dragon demanded that the Dragon Clan leave the Immortal Court and retreat to the sea eye, and East Prince Gong accepted in exchange for Candle Dragon's promise to kill Di Jun or Taiyi.
• Candle Dragon ordered the Dragon Clan to prepare to retreat, while East Prince Gong mobilized the Immortal Court for war.
• Taiyi told Di Jun that Human Race essence blood and souls could make weapons that suppressed the Immortal Light, and Di Jun ordered him to gather them by slaughtering humans without provoking the Witch Clan.
• Zhou Ming watched demons attack Human Race tribes and realized their actions might push Wu and the others toward completing the Martial Dao.
• Zhou Ming sent a message to Hou Yi to awaken Wu and tell him that the Demon Clan was slaughtering the Human Race.

Zhou Ming sent Hong Yun to protect the Human Race and warned Nuwa that the Three Pure Ones would stop her from intervening in the massacre. Nuwa confronted them at Wa Huang Palace and, after divining the Heavenly Secrets, challenged them over their decision to block her.

• Zhou Ming told Hong Yun that the Human Race's tribulation was his opportunity, and Hong Yun hurried to the Primordial Wilderness to protect the Human Race.
• Zhou Ming warned Nuwa that the Three Pure Ones would stop her from saving the Human Race and urged her to fight them publicly.
• Tongtian questioned whether the Three Pure Ones should obstruct Nuwa, but Taiqing and Yuanshi insisted they had to follow Heaven's Will.
• The Three Pure Ones arrived at Wa Huang Palace and blocked Nuwa as she appeared ready to leave.
• Nuwa divined the Heavenly Secrets, saw the Human Race's tribulation as a decree of the Heavenly Dao, and accused the Three Pure Ones of preventing her from going to the Primordial Wilderness.

Nuwa fought the Three Pure Ones after they blocked her from saving the Human Race, while Di Jun ignored her warning and continued the slaughter. Wu and the Human Race leaders prepared to resist the Demon Clan, and Zhou Ming transported the Human Race members above the Golden Immortal realm to the battlefield.

• Nuwa warned Di Jun to stop the Demon Clan’s slaughter, exposed the Three Pure Ones for blocking her, and attacked them with the Creation Cauldron and Map of Mountains and Rivers.
• Nuwa held the advantage against Taiqing, Yuanshi, and Tongtian, but the battle reached a stalemate as Tongtian only pretended to fight.
• Di Jun heard Nuwa’s warning but decided to continue the slaughter and apologize to her afterward.
• After receiving Zhou Ming’s Divine Thought, Hou Yi told Wu that the Demon Clan was slaughtering the Human Race and refining its people into magical treasures.
• Wu sent Sui Ren Shi, You Chao Shi, Zi Yi Shi, and Xuandu to gather Human Race reinforcements, then asked Hou Yi to transport them to the battlefield.
• Zhou Ming transported Wu and all Human Race members in the Witch Clan territory who had reached the Golden Immortal realm or above to the battlefield.

Wu and Sui Ren Shi’s group were transported with the human and Demon Clan forces to a wasteland, where they faced off. Zhou Ming ordered Di Jun to send stronger forces against the humans and promised he could reincarnate Di Jun’s dead sons, leaving Di Jun eager to obey.

• Wu and Sui Ren Shi’s group appeared on a wasteland alongside the human and Demon Clan armies, and both sides regrouped across from each other.
• Wu learned that the humans had sent their less powerful clansmen ahead toward the Witch Clan’s territory, and Zhou Ming assured him that someone would keep them safe.
• Five Demon Gods recognized that a Sage had moved them and decided to ask Di Jun for instructions rather than risk fighting the five Grand Unity Golden Immortals among the humans.
• Zhou Ming ordered Di Jun to send one early-stage Quasi-Saint Demon Saint and five mid-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal Demon Gods to fight the Human Race, promising to reincarnate Di Jun’s deceased sons if the Demon Clan won.
• Di Jun doubted the promise at first, but Zhou Ming convinced him that he could restore his sons, and Di Jun eagerly agreed to carry out the order.

Di Jun assembled Ghost Chariot and five Demon Gods to fight the Human Race after Sage Zhou Ming demanded an honorable battle, promising Di Jun that victory could allow his dead children to enter Reincarnation. At the battlefield, Wu ordered the outmatched Human Race army to retreat, then prepared to hold off the pursuing Demon Clan forces with Sui Ren Shi, You Chao Shi, Zi Yi Shi, and Xuandu.

• Di Jun ordered Taiyi to gather Ghost Chariot and five powerful Demon Gods, then learned the Human Race had five Grand Unity Golden Immortals and told the Demon Clan army not to act rashly.
• Di Jun explained that Sage Zhou Ming required a Quasi-Saint and five Grand Unity Golden Immortals to fight the Human Race, lent Ghost Chariot the River Diagram and Luo Script, and insisted they must win.
• Di Jun told Taiyi that Zhou Ming had promised to let Di Jun's dead children enter Reincarnation if the Demon Clan won, and Taiyi agreed they had to secure victory.
• At the battlefield, Wu judged the Demon Clan too strong to face directly and ordered the Human Race army to retreat while he and the four leaders covered them.
• The Demon Clan pursued the retreating Human Race, and Wu declared that he, Sui Ren Shi, You Chao Shi, Zi Yi Shi, and Xuandu would hold the enemy back.

Wu held off five Demon Gods while Sui Ren Shi, You Chao Shi, Zi Yi Shi, and Xuandu tried to protect the retreating Human Race. When Emperor Di Jun arrived, Wu and the others escaped, and Di Jun ordered his forces to continue the pursuit.

• Wu sent Sui Ren Shi, You Chao Shi, Zi Yi Shi, and Xuandu to hold back the Demon Clan army while he faced five Demon Gods alone.
• Wu revealed his peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal strength and struck the azure-armored Demon God, forcing the five Demon Gods to work together to pin him down.
• Sui Ren Shi and the others blocked the Demon Clan army, but many demon soldiers slipped past and pursued the retreating humans.
• When the Demon Gods announced Emperor Di Jun's arrival, Wu blasted his attackers away and led Sui Ren Shi and the others in retreat.
• Emperor Di Jun caught up with his Demon Gods, learned that the humans had escaped, and ordered the pursuit to continue.

Di Jun’s Demon Clan caught up with the retreating Human Race, and Zhou Ming ordered them to fight as a test for the humans rather than slaughter them outright. The battle left Wu badly wounded, the Human Race leaders overwhelmed, and their army suffering heavy losses as Di Jun waited for the humans to near defeat.

• Di Jun and the Demon Clan caught up with Wu and the retreating Human Race, and Zhou Ming ordered Ghost Chariot to face Wu, ten Demon Gods to attack the four other Human Race Da Luo, and the Demon army to engage the remaining humans.
• Ghost Chariot attacked Wu with the River Diagram and Luo Script, overpowering him with the strength of a Quasi-Saint and a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.
• Sui Ren Shi, You Chao Shi, Zi Yi Shi, and Xuandu were surrounded and suppressed by the ten Demon Gods, while the Demon Clan army overwhelmed the Human Race forces below.
• Wu grew desperate as he watched his clansmen fall, and Ghost Chariot exploited his loss of focus to strike him with the star-formed mountains and rivers.
• Ghost Chariot sent Wu flying and weakened him with a blow, while Di Jun watched and calculated that he would halt the Demon Clan once the Human Race was close to defeat.

Wu advanced to Primordial Golden Immortal during his battle with Ghost Chariot, just as Zhou Ming declared the Human Race's great calamity over and ended the fighting. Di Jun withdrew the Demon Clan and offered compensation, while Zhou Ming allowed the Human Race's dead to return through Reincarnation.

• Wu fused the Law of Strength into his Martial Dao true intent and advanced to Primordial Golden Immortal, forcing Ghost Chariot back.
• An irresistible power halted the battle, and Zhou Ming declared that the Human Race's great calamity had passed and the Human Race and Demon Clan must cease hostilities.
• Di Jun realized the battle had been arranged to temper Wu and believed his dead sons had lost their chance at Reincarnation; Ghost Chariot apologized, and Di Jun assured him he was not to blame.
• Zhou Ming privately told Di Jun that his sons would still have a chance at Reincarnation, and Di Jun thanked him before offering the Human Race compensation and ordering the Demon Clan to withdraw.
• Zhou Ming announced that the Human Race dead could enter Reincarnation and return, and Wu bowed to thank him on behalf of the Human Race.

After the Human Race’s calamity passed, Wu led the survivors back to the Ancestral Land while Zhou Ming suspected the Heavenly Dao was manipulating events and resolved to rely on Father God. In Chaos, Nuwa and the Three Pure Ones ended their battle, but their quarrel over the Human Race and Tongtian’s conduct deepened tensions among the brothers.

• Wu surveyed the battlefield, then led Sui Ren Shi, You Chao Shi, Zi Yi Shi, Xuandu, and the surviving Human Race back toward the Ancestral Land with their fallen kin.
• Zhou Ming considered the Heavenly Dao’s strange actions and decided the Witch Clan needed further preparations, calling on Father God to keep protecting them.
• Tongtian sensed that the Human Race’s calamity had passed and urged Nuwa, Taiqing, and Yuanshi to end their battle.
• Nuwa agreed to a truce but vowed to settle her grievance with the Three Pure Ones, while Yuanshi accused her of damaging their reputations.
• On the way to Kunlun Mountain, Yuanshi confronted Tongtian for holding back, and Taiqing stopped their argument before the brothers fell silent.

Di Jun visited Nuwa to apologize and learned that the Human Race was destined to become the protagonist of Heaven and Earth, while the Demon Clan was caught in the Calamity of Immortals and Demons. He refused to retreat from the conflict with the Immortal Court and left after Nuwa promised to preserve the Demon Clan’s inheritance if it fell.

• Di Jun apologized to Nuwa for defying her orders during the battle between humans and demons.
• Nuwa told Di Jun that the Human Race was destined to rise and become the protagonist of Heaven and Earth, with Zhou Ming supporting its rise.
• Nuwa explained that the Witch Clan had escaped the Tribulation of Witch and Demon, which had evolved into the Calamity of Immortals and Demons, threatening both the Demon Clan and the Immortal Court.
• Nuwa warned Di Jun that the Demon Clan could preserve much of its strength by withdrawing, but Di Jun said his clan had no choice but to fight.
• Di Jun asked Nuwa to preserve a spark of the Demon Clan’s inheritance if it was defeated, and Nuwa agreed before he left Wa Huang Palace.