Chapter Summaries

After centuries outside and ten thousand years inside the Primordial River Luo Array, Kunpeng negotiated the Immortal Court's release by surrendering half its destiny and swearing a Heavenly Dao oath. The Immortal Court's River of Destiny stabilized, and Kunpeng led his weakened people away to retreat to Yingzhou Island.

• The Primordial River Luo Array drained the imprisoned Primordial Origin Golden Immortals, and several dozen Immortal Court members fell while Kunpeng struggled to resist the demon spears.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi appeared before the prisoners and renewed Di Jun's offer to release factions that surrendered one-tenth of their destiny.
• Kunpeng offered one-tenth of the Immortal Court's destiny, but Di Jun refused and insisted he would destroy the Immortal Court.
• Kunpeng threatened that the Immortal Court's Primordial Origin Golden Immortals would self-detonate and devastate the East Sea, so Di Jun agreed to accept half the Immortal Court's destiny in exchange for a ten-Eon nonaggression promise.
• Kunpeng and Di Jun swore their agreement before the Heavenly Dao, and Di Jun released the Immortal Court members from the array as half their River of Destiny passed to him.
• Kunpeng watched the River of Destiny stabilize, then led the wounded Immortal Court away toward Yingzhou Island to recuperate.

Wu restrained his rising power before reaching the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm and left to confront Di Jun, who was gathering destiny to form the Primordial Unity Dao Fruit. As Di Jun attacked the remaining factions in the Primordial River Luo Array, Wu arrived at the array.

• Di Jun persuaded several factions trapped in the Primordial River Luo Array to surrender a tenth of their destiny and leave.
• Xuanxiao told Gou Chen that Xi He remained trapped in the Immortal-Slaying Sword, though she would likely face endless suppression if she returned.
• Wu awakened to a surge of power, thanked Mo Yuan for protecting him, and declared that Di Jun must answer to him before pursuing the Great Dao through destiny.
• Di Jun offered to protect the White Tiger Clan from the Western Religion in exchange for a tenth of its destiny, and Lord Lingshan accepted.
• Di Jun attacked the Witch Clan and the Demon Race after they refused to surrender, and Wu arrived before the Primordial River Luo Array.

Wu reclaimed the Immortal-Slaying Sword and used the power of Humanity Path to free the human souls trapped inside it. He destroyed the Demon Race’s Primordial River Luo Array and warned the Demon Race not to attack humanity again.

• Wu summoned the Immortal-Slaying Sword from Di Jun and declared that he had come to take it home.
• Wu channeled the power of Humanity Path through the sword, gathering the imprisoned human souls into a torrent of crimson light.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi tried to strengthen the Primordial River Luo Array, but Wu’s sword strike shattered it and sent them flying.
• The freed human souls returned to reincarnation, and Wu warned the Demon Race that he would trample the Demon Court if it attacked humanity again.

Wu defeated Di Jun’s forces, took destiny from the Demon Race and other clans, and fused the races’ destinies with the Human Race’s. The restored River of Destiny of the Human Race gave rise to a Primordial Unity Dao Fruit.

• Wu shattered the Primordial River Luo Array and extracted the Demon Race’s destiny after Di Jun’s forces were left badly injured.
• Wu demanded thirty percent of the Demon Race’s destiny and struck Tai Yi when he objected.
• The Ancestral Witches recognized Wu as their Second Uncle, revealing that he was Xuanxiao’s incarnation; Di Jun handed over the requested destiny and pleaded for his clansmen to be spared.
• Luohu offered ten percent of the Demon Race’s destiny, and the Ancestral Witches also gave Wu ten percent of the Witch Clan’s destiny.
• Wu merged the destiny of all races with the Human Race’s scattered destiny, restoring and greatly strengthening the Human Race’s River of Destiny.
• A violet-gold glow condensed above the river into a Primordial Unity Dao Fruit.

Wu absorbed the primordial unity Dao fruit and broke through to the primordial Daluo golden immortal realm, becoming Sage and Dao Lord of the Humanity Path. His breakthrough ended the calamity cycle, leaving the Demon Race and other factions burdened with karma as the Witch Clan drew astonished attention.

• Wu suppressed the gathering tribulation clouds and began breaking through as a Chaos Demon God manifestation formed above him.
• Hong appeared and added primordial violet qi to the primordial unity Dao fruit before Wu summoned and absorbed it.
• Wu shattered the barrier to the primordial Daluo golden immortal realm, rose to the third heaven, and became master of human race destiny.
• The calamity cycle ended, the fighting stopped, and the beings of the Primordial Wilderness saw their accumulated karma.
• Di Jun and the Demon Race leaders were struck by karma and lost cultivation, while other factions also incurred karma or gained merit.
• Beings looked at the Witch Clan in disbelief.

After the Calamity Cycle ended, Hongjun summoned the Primordial Wilderness’s powerful factions to Zixiao Palace and declared that the Demon Race and Immortal Court could no longer govern. Kunpeng agreed to dissolve the Immortal Court, while Di Jun faced the Sages’ demands over the Demon Race’s territory and wealth.

• The Witch Clan’s dazzling merit drew astonished attention, and Wu learned from Hong that the Heavenly Dao and Earthly Dao had helped him grow during the Calamity Cycle.
• Hongjun and Xuanxiao presided over a gathering in Zixiao Palace, where Hongjun declared that the Demon Race and Immortal Court could no longer govern the Primordial Wilderness.
• Kunpeng agreed to dissolve the Immortal Court, return to North Netherland, and leave its remaining territories for the others to divide.
• Hongjun left the Demon Race’s specific fate to the Sages, and Zhunti demanded that it surrender all its territory, eighty percent of its treasures, and the Demon Court.
• Di Jun restrained Tai Yi and asked whether all the Sages supported Zhunti’s demands.

Di Jun negotiated the Demon Race’s survival with the Sages, who agreed to let its members choose whether to join their teachings. Xuanxiao then offered to help reduce the Demon Race’s Karma if Di Jun or Tai Yi completed a task, and revealed an image to the assembly.

• Di Jun agreed to cede most Demon Race territory, surrender eighty percent of its treasures, and withdraw from the Demon Court, while asking to keep the northern region.
• Zhunti demanded that the Demon Race move west and submit to Western Religion, but Laozi, Tongtian, Yuanshi, and the other Sages opposed him.
• Di Jun refused to let the Sages force the Demon Race into their lineages, offering instead to let its members join willingly; the Sages accepted.
• The Sages reported the settlement to Hongjun, who asked Xuanxiao for his view.
• Xuanxiao said the Demon Race’s actions had gone too far, then offered to help ease its Karma if Di Jun or Tai Yi handled a task.
• Xuanxiao conjured an image in the void, surprising many of those present.

Di Jun agreed to become the sun with the Golden Crow Princes, while Hongjun and Xuanxiao arranged a new Immortal Court after the Demon Race and Immortal Court lost their right to govern. The factions disputed who should rule until Xuanxiao proposed that six rulers jointly manage the court, and Hongjun asked him to name candidates.

• Di Jun agreed to take the Golden Crow Princes to illuminate the Derivative Worlds, and Tai Yi reluctantly accepted his decision.
• Hongjun announced that a new Lord of Heaven and Earth would establish an Immortal Court and asked who should lead it.
• Laozi, Jieyin, Zhenyuanzi, Nuwa, Gou Chen, Houtu, and Luohu each argued that their faction should control the Immortal Court, but Hongjun rejected Luohu's proposal for the Demon Race.
• Hongjun silenced the arguing factions with his pressure and said he and Xuanxiao would decide the matter.
• Xuanxiao proposed that six Imperial Ones jointly govern the new Immortal Court, and Hongjun asked him to suggest suitable candidates.

Xuanxiao and Hongjun appointed Haotian, Xuandu, Xiangliu, Maitreya, Qinghua, and Siming Star Lord as the Six Imperial Ones to establish the new Immortal Court. Haotian and Yaochi received exceptional treasures and support, and Hongjun ordered the six appointees to build the court quickly.

• Xuanxiao proposed Haotian and five other candidates as the Six Imperial Ones, surprising the gathered beings.
• Hongjun asked Haotian to accept a position, and Haotian agreed despite the resentment of those present.
• Hongjun gave Haotian and Yaochi several Supreme Grade Innate Spirit Treasures, while Xuanxiao bestowed Nine Revolutions Primordial Pills on Haotian and a spirit root on Yaochi.
• Hongjun and Xuanxiao bestowed treasures on the other five Imperial Ones, though Haotian and Yaochi received more valuable support.
• Xuanxiao gave the six appointees the Nine Heavens Responding Yuan World Suppressing Thunder Array, and Hongjun ordered them to establish the Immortal Court promptly.

Xuanxiao revealed a separate world created by three Innate Divine Beings who had fled into Chaos and proposed integrating it into the Primordial Wilderness. He asked the gathered factions to help, and as Tai Yi and Lord Lingshan sought details, Xuanxiao revealed three figures from that world.

• Xuanxiao showed the gathered beings an image of a world with no connection to the Primordial Wilderness and explained that its three creators could wield Quasi-Saint power, or briefly combine to reach Sage-level strength.
• Xuanxiao proposed integrating the world into the Primordial Wilderness and asked the gathered beings to assist.
• Tai Yi eagerly asked how they could travel there, hoping the Demon Race could find a new purpose and ease its precarious situation.
• Lord Lingshan asked for information about the world's three Quasi-Saints and its forces, as the White Tiger Clan considered going there.
• Xuanxiao said he had obtained the world's coordinates and would establish a teleportation array, then revealed three figures from that world.

Xuanxiao introduced the world of Sabhati and assigned Primordial Wilderness forces to confront its major powers. After the forces made their preparations, he set the invasion for one hundred thousand years later, when he would establish a teleportation array at Thunder Marsh.

• Xuanxiao identified Yuansheng, Junheng, and Xuansha as Sabhati’s Three Main Gods, known there as Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.
• Xuanxiao assigned Tai Yi and Lord Lingshan to deal with the Three Main Gods’ forces, while Gou Chen, Gui Mi, and Mo Yuan would face the gods themselves.
• Xuanxiao described the Deva Divine Race, led by Indra, and permitted Luohu to target the Heaven Realm and its Mount Sumeru.
• Xuanxiao revealed Sabhati’s Netherworld, ruled by Yama, and its independent Asura Clan, led by Ravana; Minghe asked to deal with the Asuras, while the Ancestral Witches claimed the Netherworld.
• Xuanxiao announced that he would establish a teleportation array at Thunder Marsh in one hundred thousand years, and the gathered forces departed to prepare.

Hongjun declared humanity the master of destiny, and Xuanxiao confirmed that this status would last for three thousand Eons. The Sages left Zixiao Palace to consider how to spread their teachings among humanity, while Xuanxiao kept humanity’s future internal conflicts to himself.

• Zhunti questioned humanity’s qualifications to become the master of destiny, angering Nuwa and drawing hostility from the other Sages.
• Jieyin apologized on Zhunti’s behalf, and Nuwa stopped pressing the matter.
• Xuanxiao declared that the Primordial Will had decreed humanity’s position for three thousand Eons, and Hongjun affirmed that humanity would prosper.
• The Sages reacted to humanity’s guaranteed status, with Zhunti and Jieyin dismayed and Nuwa and Laozi pleased.
• The Sages began considering how to spread their teachings among humanity, then Hongjun dismissed them and vanished with Xuanxiao.

Haotian and Yaochi left Zixiao Palace after deciding to recruit Kunpeng’s former Immortal Court officials to strengthen their position among the Six Imperial Ones. Hongjun told Xuanxiao that his emotions were returning as the Three Daos approached balance, and that he might eventually transcend after the Primordial Wilderness became an eternal true realm.

• Haotian and Yaochi waited for the Sages to leave Zixiao Palace, but the Three Pure Ones and the other Sages brushed them off and offered no support.
• Yaochi encouraged Haotian, who decided to recruit Kunpeng’s former Immortal Court officials at Yingzhou Island before issuing a Summoning Order for Immortals.
• Taichu warned that the Sages would oppose Haotian and Yaochi, while Hongjun said they would have to rely on themselves.
• Xuanxiao noticed Hongjun’s returning emotions, and Hongjun explained that the Heaven, Earthly, and Human Daos were nearing equilibrium.
• Hongjun told Xuanxiao that he might transcend and return to his original self when the Primordial Wilderness became an eternal true realm.

Xuanxiao discussed the Primordial Wilderness’s revival and his cultivation with Hongjun, then revealed an experiment involving systems. He sent countless systems to Children of Destiny in the Derivative Worlds.

• Hongjun said the revival of the Three Ways of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity was a minor fulfillment, and Xuanxiao congratulated him.
• Hongjun praised Xuanxiao’s perfected Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal cultivation, and they discussed their prospects for surpassing each other.
• Xuanxiao showed Hongjun scenes of Children of Destiny and revealed a system he had created through long research.
• Xuanxiao scattered countless systems among Children of Destiny across the Derivative Worlds, and the systems began announcing themselves.

Haotian and Yaochi recruited the remnants of the old Immortal Court on Yingzhou Island, including the loyal Chang Geng, and began building their new court in the Six Heavens of Desire Realm. Chang Geng proposed a Peach Banquet to attract powerful allies, and Haotian planned to host it in ten thousand years.

• Haotian and Yaochi arrived at Yingzhou Island and offered its remaining residents a place in the new Immortal Court.
• Chang Geng revealed that he was Golden Star Lord Taibai, who had severed his Star Lord Dao Fruit out of loyalty to East Prince, and initially refused to join Haotian.
• Haotian offered Chang Geng a Nine Revolutions Dao Rhyme Pill, and Yaochi promised he would be free to leave; Chang Geng then joined them as Haotian named himself the Jade Emperor and Yaochi the Queen Mother.
• Haotian and Yaochi brought their new followers to Tai Huang Huang Zeng Tian and asked how to recruit more powerful figures.
• Chang Geng advised holding a Peach Banquet using Yaochi's Ren Water Peach to draw attention and suggested recruiting attendants from the East Sea.
• Haotian set the Peach Banquet for ten thousand years later and told Chang Geng to invoke the backing of Sage Hongjun and Dao Venerable when inviting guests.

Tai Yi visited Di Jun, who was imprisoned for illuminating the Derivative World, and learned that Di Jun had accepted the Demon Race’s defeat and hoped to help Xi He awaken. Di Jun sent Tai Yi to attend Haotian’s Peach Banquet and build ties, while Xuanxiao considered Di Jun for the Earthly Dao’s Beast Path and discussed Minghe’s future with Hongjun.

• Tai Yi complained that Haotian’s invitation to the Peach Banquet humiliated the Demon Race, but Di Jun urged him to accept their defeat and focus on the expedition a hundred thousand years later.
• Tai Yi offered to take Di Jun’s place in suppressing the Derivative World, but Di Jun refused and said his confinement had helped him let go of his old ambition to dominate the Primordial Wilderness.
• Tai Yi asked whether Xi He could awaken, and Di Jun explained that her true spirit was being nourished by merit in the Derivative World after Gou Chen left it with him.
• Di Jun ordered Tai Yi to attend the Peach Banquet in person to win over Haotian and advised him to consult Bai Ze on Demon Race affairs.
• Xuanxiao told Hongjun that Di Jun was a possible candidate for the Earthly Dao’s Beast Path, then said the Saha Realm could give Minghe a chance to attain Sagehood.

Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian agreed to separate their Daoist arenas while meeting every Eon, and they departed Kunlun Mountain for Shouyang Mountain and the East Sea. Tongtian accepted the giant tortoise Guiling as a Direct Disciple and then headed for Penglai Island.

• Laozi persuaded Yuanshi and Tongtian to leave Kunlun Mountain, establish separate Daoist arenas, and gather every Eon to exchange insights with their disciples.
• The three agreed to attend the Peach Banquet hosted by Haotian and Yaochi out of respect for Second Uncle and Sage Hongjun, then Laozi and Tongtian departed Kunlun Mountain.
• Laozi arrived at Shouyang Mountain, established Doulu Palace as his Daoist arena, and began studying the Nine Revolutions Primordial Pill refined by Xuanxiao.
• While traveling through the East Sea with his disciples, Tongtian discovered and enlightened an ancient giant tortoise whose chaotic cultivation had trapped it on an erroneous path.
• Tongtian helped the tortoise shed its body, accepted it as his Direct Disciple Holy Mother Guiling, and headed for Penglai Island.

As Haotian’s Peach Banquet drew near, Daoist Chang Geng recruited guests and welcomed powerful figures to the Immortal Court. Haotian used the gathering to build ties with the Human Race and encourage others to join his ranks, then continued waiting at the South Heaven Gate as major factions arrived.

• Daoist Chang Geng recruited people for the Immortal Court, though most who joined were weak and few Grand Unity Golden Immortals appeared.
• Daoist Chang Geng welcomed Fu Lu Shou, three Grand Luo Golden Immortals, and led them into the Immortal Court.
• The Three Ancestors of the Human Race arrived with three Primordial Origin Golden Immortals and dozens of Grand Luo Golden Immortals, and Haotian and Yaochi received them warmly.
• Tai Yi, Bai Ze, Minghe, Kunpeng, and other powerful figures arrived, while guests discussed Haotian’s position and his ties to Sage Hongjun.
• Haotian let the rumors circulate to attract followers, but he kept waiting at the South Heaven Gate even after most renowned factions had arrived.

At the Peach Banquet, Haotian challenged Jieyin and Zhunti by emphasizing Maitreya’s status as his nephew, but the Western Religion sages turned the dispute against him and asserted Maitreya’s authority as Southern Imperial One. Jieyin invited guests to join Maitreya or the Western Religion, leaving Haotian publicly outmaneuvered as the gathering began.

• Jieyin and Zhunti arrived at Haotian’s Peach Banquet with Maitreya and Yaoshi, then ignored Haotian’s welcome and entered the hall.
• Haotian called Maitreya his nephew, prompting Zhunti to unleash pressure before Jieyin calmed him and argued that Maitreya’s imperial office placed him on equal footing with Haotian.
• Maitreya addressed Haotian as Martial Uncle in matters of sect seniority but asserted that they were equals in the Immortal Court.
• Jieyin invoked Maitreya’s appointment by the Dao Venerable and Hongjun, turning the guests against Haotian and accusing him of confusing seniority with official rank.
• Jieyin invited the guests to serve under Maitreya or join the Western Religion, while Zhunti ended the dispute and took the seats of honor.
• Haotian realized he had lost the first clash, regained his composure, and told himself that he still had time to turn things around.

At the Flat Peach Banquet, Haotian calmly accepted Maitreya’s appointment and reaffirmed the banquet’s purpose, defusing his dispute with Jieyin and Zhunti. A succession of Sages and other powerful figures arrived, strengthening the guests’ view of Haotian, while Haotian and Yaochi still awaited someone important.

• Haotian welcomed Maitreya as Southern Imperial One and said the banquet would celebrate the Immortal Court and discuss peace in the Primordial Wilderness.
• Tai Yi praised Haotian’s composure to Bai Ze, while Jieyin and Zhunti concealed their displeasure after Haotian’s response.
• Nuwa and Zhenyuanzi arrived with Donghua Celestial Venerable, and Nuwa mocked Jieyin and Zhunti for looking grim.
• Taiqing, Yuqing, Supreme, Houtu, and Gou Chen arrived with their attendants, and Haotian and Yaochi welcomed them into the hall.
• The Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans, Gui Mi, and Luohu sent congratulatory gifts, leading more guests to consider serving Haotian.
• Haotian and Yaochi continued watching the entrance as if they were waiting for another important arrival.