Chapter Summaries

Gou Chen endured Xuanxiao’s punishment for interfering in the Calamity Cycle and learned that the Golden Crow Princes would repay their Karma by serving as suns in worlds. As Xuanxiao explained the Calamity Cycle’s larger purpose, he secretly linked those worlds to the Taichu Realm to benefit from their inhabitants’ fortune.

• Gou Chen asked how long his punishment would last, and Xuanxiao rebuked him for interfering in the Calamity Cycle without permission.
• Gou Chen asked what would happen to Bo Huang and the others, and Xuanxiao said the Golden Crow Princes would serve as suns until they repaid their Karma.
• Xuanxiao told Gou Chen that one of them would likely have to serve as the sun of a Middle Thousand World after the Calamity Cycle.
• Gou Chen asked why the Calamity Cycle had grown so extensive, and Xuanxiao said it would reshape the Primordial Wilderness but posed little threat to it.
• Xuanxiao dismissed Gou Chen’s suspicion that his punishment had been planned, then told him to accept it and get to work.
• Xuanxiao connected the worlds to the Taichu Realm with threads and arranged for their inhabitants to enter only after breaking free from their original worlds.

As the Calamity Cycle devastated humanity, Wu explained that even powerful beings could not interfere without violating the World Rules. He ordered the human tribes to flee the war-torn eastern region for the West Sea, leaving him to wonder what Xuanxiao intended.

• Suirenshi, Youchaoshi, and Ziyishi discussed the human race’s mounting casualties and whether to retreat to the East Sea or seek Nuwa’s help.
• Wu told the Three Ancestors that the Calamity Cycle prevented Nuwa and other powerful beings from intervening freely, citing Gou Chen’s punishment for saving the Golden Crow Princes.
• Wu ordered the human tribes outside the Holy Land to leave the eastern region and migrate to the West Sea, where he expected the Witch Clan to shelter them.
• The Three Ancestors agreed to arrange the migration, sending the elderly and children first.
• Human tribes received Wu’s order and began traveling west, while Wu wondered whether Xuanxiao’s actions and Hong’s disappearance were connected to the expanding Calamity Cycle.

After a Golden Immortal wolf demon devastated the Blazing Flame Tribe, the survivors began a dangerous migration toward the West Sea. A'tu carried his younger sister A'ya away from their ruined homeland, hiding their parents' deaths behind a comforting lie.

• The Blazing Flame Tribe prepared to leave for the West Sea after the wolf demon's attack killed thousands and destroyed many families.
• A'tu reassured A'ya that they were heading to a peaceful place and told her their dead parents had become stars.
• The surviving Tribe Elder announced the departure, and the tribespeople gathered soil and belongings before leaving their homeland.
• A'tu carried A'ya in the migration procession as the wind swept away her headscarf and he shielded her.
• An old man fell during the gale and died before anyone could help him, and the tribespeople buried him and continued onward.
• The procession traveled farther across the wilderness until the Blazing Flame Tribe's survivors vanished over the horizon.

The Blazing Flame Tribe and countless other humans continued their westward migration through the dangers of the Primordial Wilderness, eventually reaching the territory of the Western Religion. As Zhunti considered exploiting the opportunity to spread his religion, Chiyuan secretly began protecting the human procession.

• A'tu carried A'ya as the Blazing Flame Tribe pressed west, and a Jackal Demon killed a mother, a child, and a young human who tried to stop it.
• Humanity's westward migration continued while the eastern Primordial Wilderness and the areas along the East Sea were consumed by battle.
• Nuwa watched the migrating humans in her water mirror but chose not to intervene, fearing she would violate the Will of Heaven and Earth.
• Zhunti considered using the humans who had entered Western Religion territory to spread his religion, but Jieyin warned that acting could provoke Nuwa and the other Sages, so Zhunti held back.
• Chiyuan followed the human procession in secret, deciding to protect them because of the Ancestral Witch Lord's instructions.

A'ya and A'tu led their people through the dangers of the Primordial Wilderness until Blood Fiend attacked, killing many and forcing the survivors to flee. Chiyuan arrived to confront the demon, who tried to escape but found himself trapped before Chiyuan.

• A'ya and A'tu competed to hunt prey, and A'ya won as their group returned to camp.
• Blood Fiend attacked the humans, and A'tu was badly wounded while shielding A'ya.
• A'ya led the survivors toward the West Sea while A'tu and others stayed behind to buy them time.
• Blood Fiend tortured and killed humans as the defenders refused to flee.
• Chiyuan returned and rushed to fight Blood Fiend, who tried to escape but was stopped by Chiyuan's barrier.

Chiyuan killed Blood Fiend and returned the surviving humans to the migration procession. After learning her brother A'tu had died, A'ya took his necklace and renamed herself Demon Slayer, vowing to protect her people.

• Chiyuan defeated and killed Blood Fiend, then reassured the humans that the Witch Clan would not harm them.
• A'tu asked Chiyuan to deliver his wolf-fang necklace to his younger sister A'ya and pass on his message.
• Several thousand humans vanished after sharing their final wishes, and many badly injured survivors chose suicide rather than burden their clansmen.
• Chiyuan carried the remaining thousand-plus humans back to the procession, where A'ya learned her brother had died and received his necklace.
• A'ya vowed to protect everyone, took the name Demon Slayer, and declared her hatred for the Demon Race.

Chiyuan escorted Demon Slayer’s people to a Witch Clan outpost, but she refused to flee west and left to pursue her revenge. After Di Jun confirmed that human bodies could strengthen demons and human souls and Martial Dao Golden Cores could create powerful weapons, he approved Xi He’s plan to target humanity, and the Demon Race began its mass assault.

• Chiyuan brought Demon Slayer’s group to a Witch Clan outpost, where Demon Slayer chose to leave rather than travel to the West Sea.
• Di Jun tested Huo Dou’s claims by having a Black Armored Rhinoceros devour humans, and the demon broke through to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Di Jun forged a spirit sword from human souls and Martial Dao Golden Cores, then told Tai Yi, Bai Ze, and Xi He how humans could aid the Demon Race.
• Xi He took charge of exploiting humanity to forge a weapon against East Prince, and Di Jun agreed while Tai Yi and Bai Ze returned to the battlefield to draw attention.
• The Demon Race launched large-scale attacks, killing and imprisoning countless humans as humanity’s darkest hour began.

Demon Slayer fled a Demon Race pursuit and entered Illusion Dream Canyon to escape, where she discovered her Kunpeng visualization could absorb the deadly mist. After sending a warning about the Demon Race’s plans for the Human Race, she began cultivating by devouring the mist.

• Demon Slayer learned the Demon Race was targeting the Human Race because of a special quality that could help it unify the Primordial Wilderness, then burned her blood essence to escape her pursuers.
• Demon Slayer raced into Illusion Dream Canyon, and the Demon Race members gave up chasing her rather than risk entering the fog.
• Demon Slayer found that her blood energy could temporarily protect her from the mist and sent the Human Race a warning through the Taichu Realm.
• Demon Slayer used her Kunpeng visualization to devour a wisp of mist and discovered it improved her martial dao cultivation and gave her blood energy corrosive power.
• Demon Slayer decided to remain in the canyon and began absorbing the mist to strengthen herself.

Xi He attacked the humans on the coast of the East Sea to gather souls and Martial Dao golden cores, but Wu intervened and led the human race in swearing an eternal blood oath against the Demon Race. The oath shook heaven and earth, and the human race’s River of Destiny surged toward the Demon Race’s River of Destiny.

• East Prince wondered why the Demon Race was targeting the human race, while Xi He decided she needed ten billion more humans to refine a supreme treasure of slaughter.
• Despite Gou Chen’s warning not to provoke the human race’s Holy Land, Xi He went to the coast of the East Sea and seized its people.
• Wu sensed Xi He’s attack, stopped her from striking another human city, and condemned the Demon Race’s slaughter of humans.
• Xi He said humans should be honored to serve as nourishment for the Demon Race’s unification of the Primordial Wilderness, and Wu answered that the human race would one day rise on the Demon Race’s foundation.
• Wu called on the humans to resist and led them in swearing that humans and demons would never coexist.
• Heaven and earth acknowledged the oath as the human race’s River of Destiny turned red and charged toward the Demon Race’s River of Destiny.

The Human Race sacrificed its members to strengthen its River of Destiny and send it crashing toward the Demon Race’s river, while Wu and other allies kept the Demon Race’s leaders from intervening. The Star Lords chose not to interfere, and the two Rivers of Destiny were left on the verge of collision.

• A Human Race member sacrificed himself to the blood-red River of Destiny, prompting countless others to give their blood to strengthen it.
• Xi He tried to stop the Human Race’s sacrifice, but Wu blocked her and fought her with his shield and sword.
• Di Jun was held back by East Prince and Green Boy Lord, while Gonggong, Zhurong, and Shebishi prevented Tai Yi from leaving the battle.
• Star Lord Zi Wei refused to let the Star Lords intervene and warned Chang Xi not to help Xi He.
• The Demon Race watched as the Human Race’s River of Destiny surged toward its own.

The Human and Demon Races’ Rivers of Destiny collided, destroying the Human Race’s future and badly damaging the Demon Race’s destiny. Wu took the Human Race’s backlash upon himself, losing his cultivation path, before the souls of countless humans entered his body.

• The Human Race’s River of Destiny collapsed in the collision, while a huge wound tore through the Demon Race’s River of Destiny and weakened its fortunes.
• Di Jun regretted attacking the Human Race, but ignored East Prince’s warning and intensified his attacks.
• Countless humans died or lost their cultivation paths, yet they continued to cry that the Demon Race must die.
• Wu forced Xi He back, transformed into his Martial Dao True Body, and gathered the Human Race’s destiny backlash into himself.
• Wu’s lifespan and foundation burned away, and his cultivation path was severed as humans hailed him as the Martial Ancestor.
• The souls of countless humans became Spirit Light and entered Wu’s body.

As Wu entered an endless cycle of universal creation and annihilation, he gained a mysterious force and fell into enlightenment. Mo Yuan appeared to stop Xi He from killing him, then guarded Wu as the other factions backed down.

• Wu absorbed the scattered human destiny and backlash as the universe in his Cosmic Visualization Chart repeatedly collapsed into the Taichu singularity and expanded again.
• Xi He attacked Wu, but she blasted the Three Ancestors and the Twelve Zodiac Beasts aside when they tried to stop her.
• Mo Yuan appeared before Wu and warned Xi He to withdraw, revealing that he had not yet attained the Dao.
• Xi He left after Mo Yuan warned her that her karma could lead to her destruction, and Mo Yuan transferred their karmic connection to a paper figurine and burned it.
• Mo Yuan stayed beside Wu to guard his Dao, deterring the Demon Race and the other factions from attacking the human race.

Xi He commissioned Ci Tie to forge a spiritual sword from human souls and Martial Dao golden cores, and after nearly ten thousand years Ci Tie completed it. Ci Tie sacrificed her life to help the sword survive the heavenly tribulation, and Xi He named it the Immortal-Slaying Sword before taking it back to the Demon Race.

• Xi He brought Ci Tie the human souls and Martial Dao golden cores she had collected and ordered her to forge a spiritual treasure.
• Nearly ten thousand years later, Ci Tie completed a sword from nearly a hundred billion human souls and Martial Dao golden cores, provoking a powerful heavenly tribulation.
• Ci Tie battled the tribulation with the sword and, when the thirteenth bolt threatened to destroy it, sacrificed her soul and life to empower the blade.
• The Immortal-Slaying Sword pierced through and absorbed the Annihilation Purple Thunder, while Ci Tie disintegrated and fused into the sword.
• Xi He arrived at Black Wind Mountain, named the sword the Immortal-Slaying Sword, and left with it as other forces approached.

Xi He attacked East Prince with the Immortal-Slaying Sword while Di Jun held him fast, but Green Boy Lord took the fatal blow to save him. East Prince escaped with Green Boy Lord as Di Jun and Xi He pursued them, and Green Boy Lord remained gravely wounded.

• Di Jun bound East Prince with the River Diagram and Luo Script while his Solar True Fire and Sun Essence Wheel kept Green Boy Lord at bay.
• Xi He arrived with the Immortal-Slaying Sword and struck at East Prince, who could not evade the blow.
• Green Boy Lord intercepted the sword, was pierced through the chest, and held it back long enough for East Prince to break free.
• East Prince carried the grievously wounded Green Boy Lord east while Di Jun and Xi He chased after them.
• Green Boy Lord urged East Prince to leave him behind, but East Prince refused to abandon his longtime brother.

Green Boy Lord sacrificed himself in a self-detonation to give East Prince a chance to escape, while Xi He died after the Immortal-Slaying Sword turned against her. The sword then pursued East Prince, destroying his treasures and leaving him seemingly doomed.

• Green Boy Lord burned his lifespan, cultivation, and soul before detonating himself beside Di Jun and Xi He, badly injuring them and sending East Prince flying clear.
• Xi He took most of the blast for Di Jun, but the Immortal-Slaying Sword pierced her and drained her life; she willingly gave the sword all her power before vanishing.
• The empowered Immortal-Slaying Sword flew toward East Prince, who fled while severely wounded.
• East Prince summoned the East Flower Divine Mirror to block the sword, but it shattered; his Dragon Head Cane held it off briefly before the sword snapped it in two.
• The Immortal-Slaying Sword resumed its pursuit, and East Prince despaired as he saw no way to escape.

Kunpeng saved East Prince from the Immortal-Slaying Sword, but Tai Yi seized the weapon before Kunpeng could claim it and handed it to Di Jun. Their clash resumed with Lord Lingshan joining East Prince and Kunpeng, and the battle grew into a sprawling melee involving more factions.

• Kunpeng arrived in time to help East Prince block the Immortal-Slaying Sword, which pierced the Mysterious Origin Water Control Banner before East Prince stopped it with the Pure Yang Sword.
• Kunpeng rushed to take the Immortal-Slaying Sword, but Tai Yi used the Chaos Bell to halt him and claimed the sword for himself.
• Tai Yi gave the Immortal-Slaying Sword to Di Jun and warned him of its corrupting power as East Prince and Kunpeng faced them again.
• Lord Lingshan joined East Prince and Kunpeng, balancing the fight against Di Jun and Tai Yi.
• After thousands of years of stalemate, the Ancestral Witches and the Demon Race's four envoys joined the battle, drawing many factions and races into the chaos.

Di Jun sacrificed the Immortal-Slaying Sword’s power to kill East Prince, the lord of the Immortal Court, while Tai Yi escaped the Ancestral Witches and returned to his side. The Immortal Court’s Golden Immortals turned on the weakened Di Jun, but Tai Yi arrived to protect him.

• Tai Yi redirected Gonggong, Xuanming, and Qiang Liang toward nearby Immortal Court and Demon Race Golden Immortals, then used the opening to break free.
• Di Jun gathered his full strength into the Immortal-Slaying Sword and launched it at East Prince.
• East Prince failed to evade the sword and shattered into motes of light as the Immortal-Slaying Sword devoured his power.
• Kunpeng realized East Prince’s death had put the Immortal Court’s fate, and his own, in danger.
• The Immortal Court’s Golden Immortals attacked the weakened Di Jun, and Tai Yi returned to his side.

Di Jun activated the Primordial River Luo Array, trapping the battlefield’s factions and attacking the Immortal Court’s Primordial Origin Golden Immortals. He revealed that the array had consumed nearly the Demon Race’s entire foundation, then waited as the prisoners launched attacks against its barrier.

• Di Jun ordered Tai Yi and the Demon Race’s Primordial Origin Golden Immortals to deploy the Primordial River Luo Array and destroy the Immortal Court’s experts.
• Di Jun used the River Diagram and Luo Script to form a vast array that trapped the Immortal Court, the Ancestral Witches, and other factions.
• The array condensed a Chaos demon spear and struck at the trapped Immortal Court Primordial Origin Golden Immortals.
• Kunpeng warned the Immortal Court experts to stay on guard, while Zhu Jiuyin recognized the array’s power and Zhurong questioned their chances of survival.
• Di Jun admitted that the array had cost nearly the Demon Race’s entire foundation, but claimed he was sparing the prisoners to avoid destroying the Primordial Wilderness.
• More than ten thousand trapped experts attacked the array’s barrier, and the Demon Race cultivators controlling the Formation Banners eagerly awaited their assault.

The Demon Race used the Primordial River Luo Array to trap the Primordial Origin Golden Immortals, draining their strength whether they resisted its chains or let them bind them. The captives broke through one layer of the formation but found two more barriers ahead as the damage rapidly repaired itself.

• The Primordial River Luo Array divided the Primordial Origin Golden Immortals and attacked them with Chaos Demon Spears and chains that grew stronger by absorbing their attacks.
• Demon Commander Fei Lian explained that the chains would drain the captives if they resisted or bound them, while Cang Li admitted he could not break the formation.
• The Ancestral Witches said they could not summon Father God's phantom because their little sister was absent and the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Array required all twelve of them.
• The trapped Primordial Origin Golden Immortals joined forces and blasted a hole through the formation's first layer.
• The captives rushed toward the opening but discovered another barrier, and the hole repaired itself as the Demon Race revealed that two more layers remained.

The Three Pure Ones argued over their disciples and doctrines until Laozi decided they should separate after the Calamity Cycle, with Tongtian choosing Penglai Island and Yuanshi keeping Kunlun Mountain. As the Primordial River Luo Array held the Ancestral Witches and other powers, Nuwa and Luohu watched with anger, while the Ancestral Dragon, Yuanfeng, and Shi Qilin considered the Dao Venerable’s proposal to restore their tribes.

• Jieyin told Zhunti that Wu could become a variable in the Demon Race’s effort to claim the Primordial Unity Dao Fruit.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian discussed the crisis in the East Sea, but Yuanshi and Tongtian soon fell into their usual dispute over their sects and disciples.
• Laozi announced that after the Calamity Cycle, he would leave Kunlun Mountain with his disciples; Tongtian chose to move to Penglai Island, while Yuanshi kept Kunlun Mountain.
• Nuwa resented the Demon Race’s chance to gain a Primordial Unity expert, while Luohu condemned his Four Great Demon Envoys for being trapped and vowed to try again.
• The Ancestral Dragon, Yuanfeng, and Shi Qilin considered accepting the Dao Venerable’s proposal to restore their tribes’ former glory, while Gui Mi showed no interest.