Chapter Summaries

Yuanshi held a ten-thousand-year trial on the jade staircase to select disciples for the Chan Sect, while Laozi and Tongtian watched and discussed the candidates. He admitted Immortal Official of the South Pole as chief disciple and Randeng as Vice Sect Master, then sent the new disciples to choose cultivation grounds on Kunlun Mountain before a Dao lecture in a thousand years.

• A middle-stage Grand Luo Golden Immortal began climbing the jade staircase, and countless others followed as the staircase eliminated candidates over three thousand years.
• Yuanshi and Laozi assessed the candidates, agreeing that Immortal Official of the South Pole was suitable as chief disciple and discussing whether to accept Randeng.
• Tongtian returned with nearly a hundred disciples, including Duobao, and Laozi and Yuanshi welcomed them and gave them treasures.
• After ten thousand years, Yuanshi expelled the remaining candidates and opened Jade Void Palace to those who had passed.
• Yuanshi accepted the successful candidates into the Chan Sect, named Immortal Official of the South Pole chief disciple, and appointed Randeng Vice Sect Master.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian gave the new disciples treasures, and Yuanshi invited them to return for a Dao lecture in a thousand years.

Dijiang discovered that Western Religion had been converting Witch Clan members and gathered the Ancestral Witches to confront Jieyin and Zhunti at Mount Sumeru. Jieyin offered to return the converts and compensate the Witch Clan, leaving Dijiang to decide whether to accept.

• Xing Tian reported that many Witch Clan members had vanished and gone west, and Dijiang suspected Western Religion had targeted them for conversion.
• Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin summoned the phantom of the River of Time, confirmed that Zhunti was converting Witch Clan members, and suffered backlash; Shichen secretly helped them and considered Zhu Jiuyin as a potential disciple.
• Dijiang contacted Houtu, who left the Netherworld Underworld and joined the Ancestral Witches as they marched toward Mount Sumeru.
• Jieyin learned that Zhunti had secretly recruited Witch Clan members and warned him that the scheme could provoke the Ancestral Witches and their allies.
• At Mount Sumeru, Dijiang accused Jieyin and Zhunti of forcing Witch Clan members into Western Religion, and Jieyin offered to return them unharmed and compensate each Ancestral Witch with a Mid Grade Innate Spirit Treasure.
• The Ancestral Witches hesitated over Jieyin's offer and looked to Dijiang for his decision.

After discovering that Zhunti had converted the Witch Clan members, Dijiang and the Ancestral Witches summoned Pangu’s phantom and attacked the Western Religion. Zhunti sealed the phantom’s six senses and weakened it, leaving the Twelve Ancestral Witches injured as he taunted them over their defeat.

• Dijiang agreed to ask Jieyin to return the Witch Clan members, but discovered that Zhunti had converted them to the Western Religion.
• The enraged Ancestral Witches activated the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Array and summoned Pangu’s phantom, which killed a mocking Primordial Origin Golden Immortal with a glance.
• Pangu’s phantom received the Taiji Diagram and Pangu Banner, fused them into the Pangu Axe, and struck Jieyin’s banner hard enough to damage it and make Jieyin bleed.
• Zhunti used the Six Pure Bamboo to seal Pangu’s phantom’s six senses, then trapped it and sent it crashing to the ground.
• The weakened array inflicted backlash on the Twelve Ancestral Witches, while Zhunti recovered the damaged Jieyin Banner and taunted the Witch Clan.

The Ancestral Witches drew on the Earthly Dao to break Zhunti’s seal and strengthen the Pangu phantom, while the Three Pure Ones and Gou Chen prevented Jieyin from joining the fight. The Pangu phantom damaged Zhunti’s Six Pure Bamboo and wounded him, leaving Zhunti furious and pale.

• The Ancestral Witches used the Earthly Dao’s power to break the Six Pure Bamboo’s seal and empower the Pangu phantom and its axe.
• The Three Pure Ones and Gou Chen appeared and blocked Jieyin from helping Zhunti, declaring that they would watch the battle.
• The Ancestral Witches thanked the four allies and joked that they would hold back when drinking together next time.
• The Pangu phantom charged Zhunti and struck the Six Pure Bamboo, opening a huge gap in the spiritual treasure.
• Zhunti was jolted by the impact, spat blood, and roared in fury after being wounded by the Pangu phantom.

Zhurong and Gonggong provoked Zhunti from within the Pangu phantom, but Xuanxiao intervened before Hongjun could punish them. The Pangu phantom then broke Zhunti’s Six Pure Bamboo and struck him with a devastating axe blow.

• Zhurong and Gonggong declared that they wanted to slaughter Zhunti, drawing attention from Hongjun, the Three Pure Ones, Luohu, and Nuwa.
• Hongjun prepared to punish Zhurong and Gonggong, but Xuanxiao stopped the Heavenly Dao and lashed the Pangu phantom, canceling the karma from their words.
• Zhunti sent strands of the Six Pure Bamboo toward the Pangu phantom, but it cut through them with the Pangu Axe and cracked the bamboo.
• Zhunti used the damaged Six Pure Bamboo to bind the Pangu phantom, but it broke free and raised the Pangu Axe against him.
• The Pangu phantom shattered the Six Pure Bamboo and struck Zhunti directly with the axe flash.

The Twelve Ancestral Witches killed Zhunti with the Pangu phantom, but the Heavenly Dao revived him at the cost of more merit. Jieyin agreed to the Witches’ demands, and the battle ended with the Western Religion humiliated and Mount Sumeru closed for ten thousand years.

• The Pangu phantom split Zhunti’s body and destroyed his primordial spirit, triggering the heavens’ mourning as the Twelve Ancestral Witches celebrated.
• The Heavenly Dao revived Zhunti, who cursed the Witches for making him incur more merit debt.
• Jieyin asked the Twelve Ancestral Witches to end the conflict, and Dijiang demanded the Witches’ captives be restored and returned within ten thousand years, an end to future conversions, and a High Grade Innate Spirit Treasure.
• Jieyin agreed to Dijiang’s terms and handed over the Demon Purifying Cudgel as compensation, despite Zhunti’s objections.
• Jieyin closed Mount Sumeru for ten thousand years, and the Three Pure Ones, Gou Chen, the Ancestral Witches, and the Western Religion leaders departed.

After the Ancestral Witches killed Zhunti, Di Jun reconsidered the Demon Race’s chances against the Sages, while the exhausted Witches worried about their strength and searched for ways to improve. Their discussion was interrupted when an unexpected figure appeared in Pangu Hall.

• Di Jun took Zhunti’s death as proof that Sages could be defeated and began planning to strengthen the Demon Race’s Primordial River Luo Array.
• The Ancestral Witches returned to Pangu Hall, spat out essence blood, and admitted their battle against Zhunti had nearly exhausted them.
• Houtu told her siblings that she had made no progress studying the Primordial Violet Qi, and the Witches feared they had fallen far behind the Three Pure Ones and Mo Yuan.
• Xizi vowed to stop talking and cultivate until he reached the late stage of the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm, prompting his siblings to tease him.
• Dijiang urged the Ancestral Witches to find another way to quickly increase their strength, but an unknown figure suddenly appeared in Pangu Hall.

Xuanxiao visited the Ancestral Witches in Pangu Hall and encouraged them to study the Martial Dao in Book Mountain. He then revealed that Pangu had left them another inheritance: the Divine Path, described as “God and Dao as One, Shepherding All Living Beings.”

• Xuanxiao appeared unnoticed in Pangu Hall and found the Ancestral Witches struggling to think of ways to improve their strength.
• The Ancestral Witches welcomed Xuanxiao and admitted they felt inadequate after needing to work together to defeat Sage Zhunti.
• Xuanxiao reassured them that defeating a Sage at the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm was an impressive feat.
• Xuanxiao urged the Ancestral Witches to study the Martial Dao in Book Mountain and use its visualization charts to develop their physical cultivation.
• Xuanxiao revealed that Pangu had left the Ancestral Witches an inheritance called the Divine Path.

Xuanxiao instructed the Ancestral Witches to travel the Primordial Wilderness and seek the Divine Path through their primordial spirits, then sealed Pangu Hall to speak with the sleeping Pangu. The Ancestral Witches set out toward the west, alarming the region’s powers, while Xuanxiao eventually left the Witch Clan deep in thought.

• Xuanxiao explained that the Divine Path relied on the Ancestral Witches’ primordial spirits and ordered them to experience the wonders of the Primordial Wilderness without relying on their bodies.
• The Ancestral Witches left Pangu Hall, but Xuanxiao sealed it and summoned Pangu’s consciousness from the statue.
• The Ancestral Witches departed their territory and traveled west, prompting wary reactions from the forces of the Primordial Wilderness.
• Zhunti worried that the Ancestral Witches had come to attack again, but Jieyin judged their journey unrelated to the Western Religion and advised their disciples to be cautious.
• Laozi sensed that Xuanxiao had visited the Ancestral Witches, then returned his attention to refining the Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Pill.
• After staying in Pangu Hall for several thousand years, Xuanxiao left the Witch Clan with a contemplative expression.

Houtu discovered that the Divine Path was connected to Zhenyuanzi’s Spirit Race, so the Ancestral Witches went to Wuzhuang Temple to discuss it with him. Zhenyuanzi agreed to join the Witch Clan and Spirit Religion in establishing the Divine Path.

• Houtu secretly observed the Spirit Race for over a hundred years and realized its connection to the Divine Path.
• Houtu summoned her brothers, and the Ancestral Witches traveled to Five Manor Temple to meet Zhenyuanzi.
• Qingfeng and Mingyue welcomed the Ancestral Witches, who learned that Zhenyuanzi had been expecting them.
• Dijiang told Zhenyuanzi that the Divine Path planned for the Witch Clan was connected to his Spirit Race.
• Zhenyuanzi recognized the Divine Path’s role in his attainment of Sagehood, and Dijiang proposed that the Witch Clan and Spirit Religion establish it together.
• Zhenyuanzi accepted Dijiang’s proposal and promised to help the Ancestral Witches if they faced difficulties.

The Ancestral Witches and Zhenyuanzi established the Divine Path of the Earth with Pangu and Xuanxiao’s approval. Xuanxiao appointed the earth gods and empowered the new path, leaving Houtu astonished as the Primordial Violet Qi in her Sea of Consciousness stirred.

• The Ancestral Witches and Zhenyuanzi joined forces at the altar, using the Book of Earth and Pangu Hall to reveal a divine talisman and petition Pangu and Xuanxiao to establish the Divine Path of the Earth.
• Pangu and Xuanxiao granted their approval, and Xuanxiao appeared to proclaim supreme Divine Positions for the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
• Xuanxiao pressed the Town Mountain Seal onto the Book of Earth, and both treasures advanced into Innate Supreme Treasures.
• The Ancestral Witches and appointed deities gained power, while Witch Clan and spirit race members broke through cultivation bottlenecks; Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin reached the Half-step Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.
• The Primordial Violet Qi in Houtu’s Sea of Consciousness stirred, and Houtu looked astonished.

Houtu used Primordial Violet Qi to attain Sagehood as an Earthly Dao Sage and establish the Underworld under her rule. After she returned to the altar, Xuanxiao told her that her long-term mission was to succeed Yang Mei as Dao Lord of the Earthly Dao.

• Zhenyuanzi sensed Primordial Violet Qi within Houtu and realized she was approaching Sagehood, while Xuanxiao took charge of guarding her.
• Houtu's Dao manifestation appeared across the Primordial Wilderness, and Jieyin warned Zhunti that Houtu would become an Earthly Dao Sage and urged him not to seek revenge against the Ancestral Witches.
• Houtu declared her purpose, established the Underworld, and used the Samsara Disk, Town Mountain Seal, and Book of Life and Death to anchor its destiny.
• The Netherworld poured merit into Houtu, completing her Earthly Dao Sage fruition, and countless living beings bowed to her as Empress Houtu.
• Houtu returned to the altar and celebrated with Xuanxiao, who reminded her that she must eventually succeed Yang Mei as Dao Lord of the Earthly Dao.

After Houtu became a Sage, Xuanxiao explained that the Divine Path remained incomplete and warned that the Witch Clan could not control it alone. As the Calamity Cycle approached, Di Jun prepared to attack the Immortal Court while powerful factions recalled or restrained their members, and Zhunti departed Mount Sumeru lamenting the difficulty of gaining Heavenly Dao merit.

• Dijiang asked Xuanxiao why the newly established Divine Path felt incomplete, and Xuanxiao explained that its Heavenly Deity system had yet to emerge and that the Witch Clan could not control the entire Divine Path.
• Zhenyuanzi and the Ancestral Witches departed, while news of Houtu's ascension stirred concern across the Primordial Wilderness, especially among the Demon Race.
• Di Jun ordered Tai Yi to prepare to destroy the Immortal Court and seize its fortune to help one of them reach the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.
• Xuanxiao sensed the Calamity Qi churning as the Calamity Cycle neared, and the Ancestral Dragon, Laozi, and the Starry Sky Clan ordered their people to withdraw or stay put.
• Gou Chen refused to warn Xi He about the coming calamity, and Zhunti left Mount Sumeru lamenting that Heavenly Dao merit was difficult to obtain.

Zhunti's scheme removed the South Sea barrier and sent the Golden Crow Princes toward the East Sea, where their Solar True Fire devastated the coast before Wu warned them to stop harming innocents. The princes restrained their auras but continued toward the Immortal Court, unaware that Calamity Qi had entered their bodies.

• The Golden Crow Princes rescued a wounded subordinate of Fei Lian, who told them the Demon Race was at war with the Immortal Court and had been ambushed.
• Jieyin secretly caused the South Sea barrier to disappear, and the subordinate vanished after luring the princes into leaving; Xuanxiao recognized Zhunti's move.
• Di Jun and Xi He sensed unease but believed their sons remained in the South Sea, while the ten princes hurried toward the East Sea.
• The Golden Crows' Solar True Fire scorched the East Sea, killing many Water Clan beings and harming humans along the coast.
• Wu warned the princes to restrain themselves and spare innocents, and Bo Huang led them onward with their auras suppressed.

The ten Golden Crow Princes fought Misty Immortal Lord after he confronted them for ravaging the East Sea, then survived a nearly ten-year pursuit by exhausting him with Solar True Fire. Misty Immortal Lord perished, and the veil concealing the battle lifted, exposing the princes’ killing of an Immortal Court Primordial Origin Golden Immortal and putting war between the Demon Race and Immortal Court in reach.

• Misty Immortal Lord went alone to confront the Golden Crow Princes, confident he could defeat them and present them to the Emperor Lord.
• Bo Huang attacked Misty Immortal Lord, but the princes’ combined spirit treasures shattered his treasured flying wheel and their joined Solar True Fire was contained by his lotus platform.
• Misty Immortal Lord wounded the princes with sword lights, but Bo Huang ordered them to flee, and Lu Jun led them in using the Golden Rainbow Art and Solar True Fire to wear him down.
• For nearly ten years, the Golden Crow Princes escaped Misty Immortal Lord while their flames drained his spiritual qi, and they finally destroyed him with a massive Solar True Fire explosion.
• The Golden Crow Princes celebrated Misty Immortal Lord’s death, unaware that the concealed heavenly secrets had lifted and revealed their actions to powerful figures, giving the Immortal Court grounds to start a war.

East Prince killed the ten Golden Crow Crown Princes in the East Sea, but a hidden treasure preserved their souls. Xi He begged Gou Chen to save them as East Prince prepared to strike again.

• Di Jun and Tai Yi raced toward the East Sea after realizing the Golden Crow Crown Princes had been deceived, while Xi He blamed Di Jun for not bringing them home sooner.
• East Prince launched the Pure Yang Sword at the weakened Golden Crow Crown Princes, and Bo Huang urged his brothers to fight back until their father and uncle arrived.
• The Golden Crow Crown Princes used their spirit treasures and Solar True Fire, but the Pure Yang Sword pierced them and shattered their bodies.
• Xi He, Di Jun, and Tai Yi grieved when they sensed the princes' deaths, but ten streaks of Spirit Light gathered into the princes' surviving souls.
• East Prince discovered that a treasure had protected the princes' souls, and Xi He knelt to beg her big brother for help as Po Jun Star Lord and the others looked to Gou Chen.

Gou Chen rescued the Golden Crow Princes from East Prince by offering compensation, then returned them to Great Luo Heaven. The Primordial Will bound Gou Chen for interfering in the Calamity Cycle, and he withdrew to face the punishment alone.

• Gou Chen decided to save his nephews despite the Karma and consequences his intervention would bring.
• Gou Chen blocked East Prince's Pure Yang Sword and offered him three treasures in exchange for sparing the Golden Crow Princes.
• East Prince accepted Gou Chen's compensation and let him take the Golden Crow Princes away.
• Gou Chen returned the Princes to Zi Wei and the others and warned them not to interfere casually in the Demon Race's affairs.
• Chains of the Primordial Will bound Gou Chen, who left for seclusion to bear the coming punishment.

The Star Lords scolded Xi He and the Golden Crow Crown Princes after Gou Chen was punished for rescuing them, and Di Jun learned that a mysterious Flying Bird had lured them from the South Sea. With the Demon Race and Immortal Court massing in the eastern region, Xi He and Di Jun left the Crown Princes on the Solar Star and headed for the battlefield.

• The Star Lords reprimanded the Golden Crow Crown Princes for unleashing Solar True Fire in the East Sea and revealed that Gou Chen had been sealed as punishment for rescuing them.
• Xi He arrived at Great Luo Heaven, learned Gou Chen had suffered the Primordial Will's backlash, and apologized to the Star Lords.
• Di Jun thanked the Star Lords, who refused to intervene in future Demon Race affairs, then left with Xi He and the Golden Crow Crown Princes.
• Di Jun questioned the Golden Crow Crown Princes, who described how a mysterious Flying Bird had persuaded them to leave the South Sea and attack the Immortal Court.
• Di Jun struck the Golden Crow Crown Princes for falling into the Sage's scheme, while Xi He said they should focus on arranging care for them after their bodies were destroyed.
• Di Jun and Xi He left the Golden Crow Crown Princes on the Solar Star and headed toward the eastern region, where the Demon Race and Immortal Court had gathered.

The Immortal Court and the Demon Race clashed over the East Sea after East Prince accused the demons of allowing the Golden Crow Crown Prince to burn it, while Di Jun sought revenge for his son's destroyed body. The Demon Race's power proved superior as Xi He's full moon overwhelmed Green Boy Lord's defense and killed many Immortal Court beings.

• East Prince and Di Jun faced each other across the East Sea with their armies, and East Prince accused the Demon Race of provoking war after the Golden Crow Crown Prince burned the sea.
• Di Jun demanded that Kunpeng join the Demon Race, but Kunpeng refused because the Demon Race had attacked his North Netherland Palace and it had merged with the Immortal Court.
• Tai Yi struck the Chaos Bell, East Prince blocked its chime, and Di Jun and Kunpeng exchanged attacks using the Primordial River Luo Array and Chaos Xuan energy.
• Xi He summoned a vast full moon and attacked the Immortal Court, while Green Boy Lord tried to protect his forces with vines from his Jade Staff.
• Xi He's lunar yin force dissolved Green Boy Lord's vines and killed countless Immortal Court beings, leaving East Prince to recognize that his side was weaker.

The Demon Race and Immortal Court began an all-out war, while news that the conflict could yield a Primordial Unity Dao Fruit drew other powers into the struggle. The White Tiger Clan, Witch Clan, and Asura Clan moved toward the growing conflict as the Calamity Cycle expanded beyond its expected scale.

• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi attacked East Prince with the Chaos Bell, while Kunpeng struck the bell and Di Jun sent chains after Kunpeng; Xi He fought Green Boy Lord as the Demon Race and Immortal Court clashed across the East Sea border.
• The Primordial Wilderness's living beings learned that gathering its destiny could grant a Primordial Unity Dao Fruit, prompting neutral forces to consider joining the war.
• Lord Lingshan persuaded the White Tiger Clan to wait until both armies were weakened before entering the battle, and Jieyin and Zhunti chose not to stop them.
• Dijiang and the Ancestral Witches agreed to join the war while purifying Savage Qi, after Houtu warned that she could not act as a Sage.
• Minghe led the Asura Clan away from the Sea of Blood as countless Demon Race members entered the Primordial World through teleportation passages, further enlarging the Calamity Cycle.