Chapter Summaries

Ji Shu left the Witch Clan at Zhu Jiuyin’s insistence and explored the dangerous arrays of Buzhou Mountain, where he discovered a decaying Zhetian world. He entered the Primordial Forbidden Land and learned that its Nine Marvels Undying Divine Medicines had once been powerful Demon Immortals, while he awaited the coming Witch-Demon decisive battle to strengthen himself.

• Zhu Jiuyin told Ji Shu to leave, and Ji Shu escaped the Divine Temple unseen; the Ancestral Witches later confronted Zhu Jiuyin, but could not find Ji Shu.
• Ji Shu traveled through Buzhou Mountain, studied its natural divine arrays, and greatly advanced his array skills.
• Ji Shu found a decaying Zhetian world sealed beneath a divine array that devoured life and immortal substance, and considered whether opening the array might offer its inhabitants a path to survive Buzhou Mountain’s destruction.
• Ji Shu entered the world on the Big Dipper Star and observed people risking their lives to reach the Nine Marvels Undying Divine Medicine in the Primordial Forbidden Land.
• Ji Shu determined that the divine medicines had once been Demon Immortals from the Primordial Great World, and that only those at the Grand Unity Immortal level or above could fall into the world through the array.

Ji Shu encountered Ye Fan and Xiao Nannan in the Covering the Heavens World, saved Ye Fan from an assassin, and took him on as a student to study the powerful arts within his bloodline. Under Ji Shu’s instruction, Ye Fan rapidly grew strong enough to kill a Great Accomplishment King, while Ji Shu continued investigating the universe’s secrets and the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars.

• Ji Shu explored the Covering the Heavens World’s River of Time but found it severed by a mysterious blade whose owner filled him with dread.
• Ji Shu met Xiao Nannan and Ye Fan, then destroyed a Human World assassin with a breath after the assassin wounded Ye Fan.
• Ji Shu recognized Ye Fan’s mixed, awakening bloodlines and agreed to teach him true Daoist arts; Ye Fan became his student and Xiao Nannan joined them at a cottage beside the Primordial Forbidden Land.
• Ji Shu taught Ye Fan the Great Origin Art while his clones explored Buzhou Mountain and observed the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars.
• Ye Fan reached the perfected Heavenly Immortal stage within months, then killed a Great Accomplishment King sent by Human World with a single slap.
• Ye Fan marveled that the Great Origin Art had formed a world in his dantian and begun opening embryonic worlds throughout his body.

Ji Shu’s disciples grew powerful enough to repel Alien Race attacks, and Ye Fan seized an Emperor Artifact after defeating a Great Saint. The Alien Races planned to seek help from Forbidden Zone Supremes, while human families worried about a possible Dark Turmoil and tried to gain Ji Shu’s favor.

• Ji Shu taught Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Ji Ziyue, and the others the Great Origin Art, and they advanced rapidly with his guidance and resources.
• Pang Bo tore apart Alien Race experts in battle, astonishing the Holy Land leaders who had watched his swift rise.
• Ye Fan shattered an Alien Race Great Saint and seized his Emperor Artifact, prompting the Alien Race Great Saints to plan to enlist Forbidden Zone Supremes against Ji Shu.
• Human Holy Lands and Primordial Aristocratic Families feared a Dark Turmoil if the Forbidden Zone Supremes attacked Ji Shu, and the Ji Family and Jiang Family asked Ji Ziyue and Jiang Tingting to approach him.
• Jiang Tingting said she would inform Ji Shu of the situation but warned the families that their request to send him more disciples would not matter unless they caught his eye.

Ye Fan and his companions endured ages of instruction in Ji Shu’s Dark Space, emerging stronger and convinced their master was an immortal. When the Golden Ancient Emperor attacked Ji Shu, Ye Fan intercepted him and proved overwhelmingly stronger.

• Jiang Fei protested that Ji Shu had accepted Pang Bo but not him, so Ye Fan flung him away and immobilized him.
• Ji Shu sent Ye Fan, Jiang Tingting, Pang Bo, and the others into a Dark Space where they studied arts and divine abilities for millions of years while only an instant passed outside.
• Ye Fan and his companions emerged with greatly increased power, and Ye Fan reached the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• The Golden Ancient Emperor arrived from the Primordial Ancient Mine and attacked Ji Shu with the Golden Mace.
• Ye Fan caught the Golden Mace’s strike, slapped the Golden Ancient Emperor away, and began beating him with his clones and divine abilities.

Ye Fan crushed the Golden Ancient Emperor, prompting the forbidden-zone Supremes to believe Ji Shu was an immortal and gather at the Primordial Forbidden Land. Ji Shu ignored their request for an audience, and the Supremes withdrew before Carefree Heavenly Venerate also failed to approach him.

• Ye Fan stomped the Golden Ancient Emperor into the earth and defeated him, stunning the Alien Race and the assembled Supremes.
• The Stone Emperor, Lord of Reincarnation, Carefree Heavenly Venerate, and other Supremes concluded that Ji Shu was likely an immortal and awakened from their forbidden zones.
• Seventeen or eighteen Supremes gathered near the Primordial Forbidden Land, while Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Ji Ziyue, Jiang Tingting, and the others stood together and overwhelmed them with their auras.
• Lord of Reincarnation and Lord of Divine Ruins asked to meet Ji Shu, but Ye Fan and Pang Bo refused, and Ji Shu remained silent inside his wooden hut.
• The Supremes left after Ji Shu ignored their entreaties, and the next day Ye Fan sent Carefree Heavenly Venerate away when he tried to approach Ji Shu.

Ye Fan defended Ji Shu’s decision to refuse the Supremes and protected Gai Jiuyou when they attacked him. Ji Shu healed Gai Jiuyou’s Dao wounds and transformed him into a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, prompting the Supremes to kneel and beg to become his disciples.

• Ye Fan told the Supremes he would stop them from launching a Dark Turmoil, while Longevity Heavenly Venerate recognized that Ye Fan had obtained a Long-Life Immortal Body.
• Gai Jiuyou rebuked the Supremes for their complaints about unfairness, and one Supreme attacked him with a palm strike.
• Gai Jiuyou countered with the Tribulation Crossing Immortal Melody, but several Supremes attacked him together until Ye Fan intervened and warned them not to disturb Ji Shu.
• Ye Fan brought Gai Jiuyou and Xia Jiuyou to Ji Shu, where Xia Jiuyou and Gai Jiuyou knelt and begged for help.
• Ji Shu healed Gai Jiuyou and taught him divine arts in a Dark Space, where Gai Jiuyou reached the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm and regained his youth.
• Carefree Heavenly Venerate, Longevity Heavenly Venerate, Stone Emperor, and the other Supremes knelt before Ji Shu and begged him to take them in.

Ji Shu offered immortality to the Supremes and chosen geniuses who agreed to serve him, then gathered them into his Painted World before leaving the universe. At the chapter’s end, he met the Ruthless Great Emperor after Xiao Nannan asked him to come, and she made a request.

• Ji Shu accepted decisive Supremes such as Longevity Heavenly Venerate and Spirit Emperor as servants, taught them the Great Star Art, and gave them immortal bodies, while hesitant Supremes were turned away.
• After seeing others gain immortality, rejected Supremes and more Supremes from across the universe begged Ji Shu; he accepted those who offered their true spirits and brought them into the Painted World as heavenly soldiers.
• Yao Xi, Yan Ruyu, Hua Yunfei, the Jade Pool Saintess, and other chosen geniuses gained immortal bodies, while Northern Emperor Wang Teng and the Yao Guang Holy Son were rejected.
• Ji Shu invited his chosen followers into the Painted World and left the universe with Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Xiao Nannan, and the others, leaving the rejected people grieving at the Primordial Forbidden Land.
• At Xiao Nannan’s request, Ji Shu went to the depths of the Primordial Forbidden Land, where the Ruthless Great Emperor asked him for something.

Ji Shu revived the Ruthless Great Emperor’s brother, helped Ye Fan bring Earth and other planets into the Painted World, and led the group into the Primordial Great World. After Ji Meng reported the mysterious newcomer to the Heavenly Court, Ji Shu studied Hou Yi and Ying Zhao’s battle and mastered more great arts.

• Ji Shu pulled the Ruthless Great Emperor’s murdered brother from the River of Time and revived him, and she brought him into the Painted World.
• Ye Fan used Ji Shu’s painting to take Earth, the Big Dipper Star, Purple Star, and other planets with him as he left the universe.
• Ji Shu led Ye Fan and the others through the divine formation into Buzhou Mountain, where a Demon God discovered traces of their arrival and reported them to Ji Meng.
• Ji Shu concealed himself near Hou Yi and Ying Zhao as they fought over Hou Yi’s search for medicine for his mortal wife, Chang'e.
• Ji Shu comprehended their Dao rhythms and mastered several great arts, bringing his Great Celestial Sound Technique close to the Quasi-Saint stage.

Ji Shu refused Jiu Feng’s pleas to return to the Witch Clan, while Jiu Feng warned Hou Yi about Chang’e and the imminent Witch-Demon War. Overwhelmed by the plight of the wandering dead, Houtu sacrificed herself to create reincarnation, transforming into the Underworld and drawing the furious Nether River Ancestor to the Blood Sea’s surface.

• Ji Shu secretly watched the battles, rescued Jiu Feng from Bi Fang, and refused her repeated requests to rejoin the Witch Clan.
• Jiu Feng joined Hou Yi against Ying Zhao, then warned Hou Yi that Chang’e might be using him and urged him to avoid fighting alone.
• Jiu Feng told Houtu and Xuanming that Ji Shu would not return, while Houtu continued searching for a way to help the countless souls unable to reincarnate.
• After witnessing the dead and the Blood Sea, Houtu resolved to become reincarnation and used the Great Reincarnation Art to transform into the Underworld, establishing six reincarnation tunnels.
• The Nether River Ancestor sensed that much of the Blood Sea and its Blood Race had vanished, rushed to the surface, and saw golden light pouring down from the heavens.

Houtu became the saint of the Underworld after creating reincarnation, and she helped Ji Shu cultivate by letting him observe the Nether River Ancestor and his Four Great Demon Kings. She warned Ji Shu about Daoist Hongjun and asked the Nether River Ancestor about his cultivation of the Method of Slaying Three Corpses.

• The Nether River Ancestor discovered Houtu in the new place of reincarnation and congratulated her on becoming a saint.
• Ji Shu observed Houtu’s Dao rhythms, advanced his Great Reincarnation Art, and promised to protect the Witch Clan if he could.
• Houtu told Ji Shu that Hongjun’s Method of Slaying Three Corpses harmed cultivators and that she suspected Hongjun sought control of the Primordial Great World.
• At Ji Shu’s request, Houtu brought the Nether River Ancestor and his Four Great Demon Kings to the Underworld to demonstrate their great arts.
• Ji Shu watched the group cultivate and advanced eight great arts to the Quasi-Saint level in less than half a day.
• Houtu asked the Nether River Ancestor whether he cultivated the Method of Slaying Three Corpses.

Ji Shu observed Nether River Ancestor and the Ancestral Witches demonstrating their arts, rapidly improving his cultivation while Houtu Ancestral Witch explained that he was the only hope of changing the future. Xuanming Ancestral Witch discovered Ji Shu hidden beside Houtu and, though he refused to return with her, promised to help him obtain more cultivation methods.

• Nether River Ancestor demonstrated the Method of Slaying Three Corpses, and Ji Shu comprehended it without severing a corpse before Houtu Ancestral Witch dismissed Nether River and the Four Great Demon Kings.
• Houtu Ancestral Witch told Ji Shu that the Witch Clan's hopes rested on him, and Ji Shu asked to observe Di Jiang Ancestral Witch and Zhu Jiuyin Ancestral Witch's arts.
• Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Witches arrived, grieved over Houtu's transformation, and agreed to spar with her while Ji Shu studied their Dao rhythms.
• Ji Shu cultivated the Great Thunder Art, Great Space Art, and Great Time Art by observing the Ancestral Witches fight, and Houtu ended the sparring after he had mastered the arts.
• Houtu told Xuanming Ancestral Witch that Ji Shu was the only variable who could alter the future, then revealed that he was hidden beside them.
• Xuanming Ancestral Witch recognized Ji Shu's newly cultivated arts, invited him to return with her, and promised to help him obtain more cultivation methods after he declined.

Ji Shu helped Houtu rebuild the Underworld and used the merit generated by its completion to comprehend the Great Merit Art, bringing him closer to becoming a Sub-Saint. Houtu appointed Ji Shu’s followers to Underworld roles, including Ye Fan and Pang Bo as Kings of Yama.

• Houtu told Xuanming Ancestral Witch to protect Ji Shu’s existence and keep him out of the Witch-Demon War until he was strong enough.
• Ji Shu and Houtu discussed how he might use the Great Merit Art to attain the Dao, while Houtu explained Daoist Hongjun’s suppression of the Earthly Dao.
• After Daoist Hongjun’s probing gaze disappeared, Ji Shu guided Houtu in rebuilding the Underworld and refined its major halls, towers, and other treasures.
• Heavenly merit descended for Ji Shu and Houtu, but Ji Shu gave his share to Houtu so he could observe the Great Merit Art’s Dao rhyme as her cultivation advanced.
• Ji Shu released his followers from the Painted World, and Houtu appointed them to Underworld posts, making Ye Fan and Pang Bo Kings of Yama.
• Ye Fan and Pang Bo marveled at becoming Kings of Yama and reflected on how powerful their master Ji Shu was.

Ye Fan and Pang Bo learned more about Ji Shu’s standing and began preparing for their Underworld duties, while the Supremes and other residents of the Painted World grew more devoted to him. Ji Shu rescued Arrietty, learned that her world had been destroyed, and then intervened in the Naruto World, where he killed Demon God Kaiming and claimed the perfected Witch-Slaying Sword.

• Ye Fan and Pang Bo toured the Painted World, learned that Houtu had made them Kings of Hell, and prepared to carry out their new duties.
• Longevity Heavenly Venerate, Carefree Heavenly Venerate, and the other Supremes learned how Ji Shu had risen from mortal beginnings and resolved to cultivate within the Painted World.
• Ji Shu traveled through the war-torn Myriad Worlds and rescued Arrietty from a monster, bringing her into the Painted World.
• Zhao Ling'er told Arrietty that the Giant Wood Myriad Worlds had been destroyed, and Arrietty grieved before resolving to cultivate diligently.
• Ji Shu arrived in the Naruto World and saw Demon God Kaiming overwhelm Uzumaki Naruto, Kakashi, Uchuubo Sasuke, and the other ninjas.
• Ji Shu killed Demon God Kaiming with a flick of his finger and took the perfected Witch-Slaying Sword.

Ji Shu killed Kaiming, took the perfected Witch-Slaying Sword, and met Nuwa to guide her toward becoming a Saint by creating the Xiantian human race. Nuwa and Fuxi followed him to a hidden array, where Ji Shu explained the plan and Nuwa prepared to try it.

• Ji Shu killed Kaiming with a flick, then vanished after Tsunade asked his name, leaving the rescued ninjas convinced he was a Heavenly God.
• Tsunade ordered the survivors to count the dead and rescue the wounded, while she and other female ninjas resolved to worship Ji Shu.
• Ji Shu made the perfected Witch-Slaying Sword support the eastern extremity of the Painted World and bound Kaiming's Primordial Spirit in the Mystic Fire Mirror.
• Ji Shu found Nuwa on Buzhou Mountain and told her he could guide her toward becoming a Saint; she returned with Fuxi, and the siblings traveled with him to a hidden array.
• Inside the array, Ji Shu told Nuwa to use the Self-Growing Soil and other treasures to create a Xiantian human race, explaining that this could allow her to become a Saint.

Nuwa created the human race and became a Heavenly Dao Saint while Ji Shu used the process to advance his arts and gain merit. After empowering the new humans with knowledge, Ji Shu earned more merit for Nuwa, who then discovered she could not see through him and could find no trace of him in the past or future.

• Nuwa shaped the first humans from Self-Growing Soil, and Ji Shu watched her Dao rhythms to rapidly master several great arts.
• Nuwa used her vine whip to create more than a billion humans, and the Heavenly Dao bestowed most of the resulting merit on her and a small share on Ji Shu.
• Nuwa absorbed the merit and became a Heavenly Dao Saint, while Ji Shu used his share to advance his Great Merit Art to the Sub-Saint stage.
• Ji Shu used Dark Space to fill the humans’ Seas of Consciousness with practical knowledge, making them all-round masters and earning more merit.
• Ji Shu gave the new merit to Nuwa, strengthening her further, but she found she could not see through him and could not find him in past or future spacetime.

Nuwa became a Saint after Ji Shu guided her to create the Human Race, but she kept his identity secret as he requested. As the Human Race flourished and other Saints searched for their own paths to Sainthood, Tongtian Sect Master discovered that the mysterious guide was called Ji Shu.

• Nuwa and Fuxi promised not to reveal Ji Shu to the Heavenly Dao, Daoist Hongjun, or anyone else, and Ji Shu departed after entrusting them with teaching the Human Race.
• Fuxi taught the Human Race the Great Deduction Art while Ji Shu secretly observed and recorded its Dao rhythms.
• Tongtian Sect Master and Zhunti visited Nuwa to ask how she became a Saint; Nuwa explained the role of creating the Human Race but withheld Ji Shu's identity.
• Nuwa and Fuxi guided the Human Race as its gifted members advanced rapidly, while Taishang Laojun grew distraught that slaying all three corpses had not made him a Saint.
• Tongtian Sect Master told Primordial Heavenly Lord that Nuwa's Sainthood was connected to the Human Race's Father God, whom he had identified as Ji Shu.

Tongtian, Primordial Heavenly Lord, Taishang Laojun, Daoist Zhunti, and Daoist Jieyin searched for Ji Shu, hoping he could guide them toward sainthood. Meanwhile, Ji Shu secretly cultivated as a Saint by collecting and perfecting great arts from the Witch-Demon battlefield, and continued toward another battle to learn more.

• Tongtian, Primordial Heavenly Lord, and Taishang Laojun set out for Buzhou Mountain to seek Ji Shu, then encountered Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin, who were searching for him as well.
• Daoist Zhunti persuaded Daoist Jieyin to keep looking, using the Great Heart Demon Technique to question locals, but they found no one who knew Ji Shu.
• Ji Shu secretly remained in the Primordial World after becoming a Saint through the Great Merit Art, and he perfected the Great Deduction Art and the Great Yin Yang Art.
• Ji Shu watched Xing Tian fight Ji Meng and swiftly mastered their Great Combat Technique, Great Pangu Art, Great Cloud Mist Art, and Great Suspended Rain Art.
• Xing Tian and Ji Meng's battle devastated worlds, while Ji Shu moved on to observe Xiang Liu fighting Qiongqi and mastered their great arts as well.

Ji Shu watched Chi You and Taotie battle, comprehended six Great Arts, and left to seek further mysteries of the Great Corrosion Technique. In the Underworld, Ye Fan appointed Lü Dongbin as a Judge, while the influx of dead souls and capable recruits eased the strain on its staff.

• Ji Shu observed Chi You and Taotie fight across countless worlds and grasped the essential mysteries of six Great Arts, including the Great Corrosion Technique.
• Ji Shu divined that demons such as Corpse-Eating Birds, Ghost-Head Birds, and Zhu Yan possessed further mysteries of the Great Corrosion Technique, then vanished from the battlefield.
• Lü Dongbin pleaded with Ye Fan for justice after a Great Witch and Demon God destroyed his Three Realms, and refused to reincarnate before the culprits faced retribution.
• Lü Dongbin offered to serve the Underworld, and Ye Fan agreed to appoint him as a Judge after consulting the Judges and envoys.
• Pang Bo and Ye Fan received legendary and historical figures, including Li Shimin and other emperors, as recruits, easing the Underworld's workload and encouraging them to cultivate.

Nether River Ancestor failed to find the hidden Myriad Sands Sea Worlds, while Eren’s group and Duan Yu fled the Witch-Demon War’s devastation and joined forces. Eren brought Duan Yu to Qiao Feng, reuniting the sworn brothers as they faced the fate of their shattered worlds.

• Nether River Ancestor sent an incarnation to search for the Myriad Sands Sea Worlds but failed because Ji Shu’s arrays concealed them.
• Eren fled the Witch-Demon War’s aftershocks with Mikasa, Armin, and the others, who decided to keep traveling south in search of safety.
• Eren’s group met Duan Yu, who explained that the war had shattered his world and killed several members of his party as he searched for Treasure Medicine to save his injured parents.
• Mikasa invited Duan Yu to join their group, and he agreed to travel with them as they sought a safe place to settle.
• Eren carried Duan Yu to Qiao Feng, and the sworn brothers joyfully reunited and discussed how the war had devastated countless worlds.

Qiao Feng reunited with Duan Yu and led Eren’s group to rescue Duan Yu’s injured relatives, while Murong Fu grew eager to learn from Eren. When a Witch and Demon God’s attack threatened to wipe everyone out, a mysterious human-like expert saved them and vanished, leaving the survivors wondering who he was.

• Qiao Feng introduced Duan Yu and Eren’s companions to Murong Fu’s party, and Duan Yu fell for Wang Yuyan before learning she was Murong Fu’s wife.
• Duan Yu, Qiao Feng, and Eren’s group traveled to bring Treasure Medicine to Duan Zhengchun and the others, while Murong Fu questioned Eren about his powers.
• Duan Zhengchun and the others recovered after taking the medicine, but a Witch and Demon God unleashed shockwaves that threatened to destroy everyone.
• A mysterious expert dispersed the shockwaves and sent the Witch and Demon God flying before disappearing, prompting Murong Fu and the others to hope he would accept them as disciples.
• The Nether River Ancestor appeared at the battlefield and wondered who the unfamiliar, immensely powerful expert had been.