Chapter Summaries

Haotian and Yaochi began the Peach Banquet without Hongjun or Xuanxiao, using the Peaches of Immortality to impress their guests. Tongtian introduced his reincarnated disciple Guiling and refused Yuanshi’s attempt to recruit her, while the banquet left Haotian and Yaochi hopeful of gaining supporters.

• After Hongjun and Xuanxiao failed to appear, Haotian opened the Peach Banquet and Yaochi’s Peaches of Immortality delighted the guests.
• Jieyin and Zhunti saved their peaches, and Zhenyuanzi took his and Nuwa’s, while the other Sages showed little interest.
• Tongtian introduced Guiling as his fourth Direct Disciple, and the Sages discovered that she was a reincarnated Innate Divine Being.
• Yuanshi offered Tongtian three High Grade Innate Spirit Treasures for Guiling and tried to recruit her, but Tongtian refused.
• Tongtian panicked at the thought of Xuanxiao’s disapproval, then accepted congratulations as the guests continued enjoying the banquet.

After the Five Emperors and their Sage patrons undermined Haotian’s efforts to recruit followers, Haotian resolved to endure their alliance rather than seek Hongjun’s intervention. Zidian and Yunting arrived as unexpected visitors, giving Haotian hope that they might explain the Sages’ interest in the Six Imperial Ones.

• After the Peach Banquet, Haotian issued a recruitment decree and attracted many prospective followers to the Immortal Court.
• The Five Emperors launched their own recruitment drives with backing from Sages and Primordial Unity beings, causing Haotian’s recruits to hesitate and some pledged followers to waver.
• Haotian rejected Yaochi’s suggestion to ask Hongjun for help and said he would hold his position until the Five Emperors’ alliance fractured.
• Daoist Chang Geng reported that two Primordial Origin Golden Immortals claiming to be Haotian’s old acquaintances were waiting beyond the South Heaven Gate.
• Haotian and Yaochi recognized the visitors as Zidian and Yunting, welcomed them, and escorted them into Haotian Palace.

Yunting explained that the Five Emperors and their Sage allies opposed Haotian because his claim to rule the Immortal Court brought him close to a Humanity Path Sage position. Haotian, now understanding their motives, asked whether Xuanxiao had revealed how someone could become a Humanity Path Sage.

• Zidian admired Haotian and Yaochi’s positions, while Haotian said he envied the freedom Zidian and Yunting enjoyed.
• Yaochi told Zidian how the Five Emperors and their backers had obstructed Haotian and disrupted the Immortal Court.
• Yunting said he had overheard Xuanxiao discussing the Three Daos and their Sage positions with the Martial Ancestor.
• Yunting revealed that someone already possessed the second strand of Earthly Dao Primordial Violet Qi, which Xuanxiao had personally bestowed.
• Yunting explained that Haotian’s position at the head of the Six Imperial Ones made him a potential ruler of the Immortal Court and a contender for a Humanity Path Sage position.
• Haotian realized the Sages were targeting him for that position and asked Yunting how to become a Humanity Path Sage.

Yunting told Haotian and Yaochi that the Sages of the Humanity Path sought candidates tied to governing, enlightening, and leading the people. After Yunting and Zidian left, Haotian concluded that Hongjun had arranged the warning to help them, renewing their resolve to keep the Immortal Court and pursue a Sage's position.

• Yunting explained that Haotian, the Martial Ancestor, and the Co-Lord of the Human Race could each contend for a Sage of the Humanity Path through governing, enlightening, and commanding the people.
• Zidian eased the tense mood, and she and Yunting shared travel stories with Haotian and Yaochi before departing Lingxiao Hall.
• Haotian reasoned that the Dao Venerable had deliberately let Yunting hear the secret at Hongjun's request, and he believed Hongjun's emotions were returning.
• Haotian vowed to remain ruler of the Immortal Court and claim a Sage's position, while Yaochi rejoiced at the possibility that Hongjun was helping them.
• As they traveled back toward Pingding Mountain, Zidian asked Yunting how she had acted, and he praised her while keeping quiet about Haotian's suspicions.

As human tribes descended into bloody internal conflict, Suirenshi and the other human ancestors sought guidance from the Martial Ancestor. He ordered the Holy Land to withdraw its protectors and let the human race face its own trials, leaving the tribes to spiral into even worse conflict.

• A messenger told Suirenshi that more than three hundred clans had been destroyed and that the Youfeng Clan and Chaotian Clan were preparing for war over a blessed cave-heaven.
• Youchaoshi and Ziyishi explained how growing desires and social distinctions had fueled conflict among humans, and Ziyishi suggested asking the Martial Ancestor for guidance.
• The Martial Ancestor sent a message declaring that conflict was an unavoidable trial and ordering the Holy Land to recall its members from the tribes.
• Suirenshi ordered all Holy Land members to return and forbade the Holy Land from interfering in human disputes unless the race faced imminent destruction.
• After the Holy Land withdrew, powerful tribes expanded unchecked, swallowing and massacring small tribes as the internal strife worsened.

Xuanxiao left the Primordial Wilderness and found Daoist Yin-Yang watching the golden Sapota World in Chaos. After confronting him over hiding his discovery, Xuanxiao examined the world’s unusual laws and learned that its spiritual energy was called karma.

• Xuanxiao left Wu in charge of completing the formation in Thunder Marsh and departed for Chaos.
• Hongjun and Great Immortal Yang Mei sensed Xuanxiao’s departure, and Yang Mei told Houtu he planned to return to Chaos.
• Xuanxiao found Daoist Yin-Yang observing Sapota World and challenged him for concealing his discovery for ten Eons.
• Daoist Yin-Yang explained that Sapota’s order centered on the Trimurti: Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.
• Xuanxiao examined Sapota’s spiritual energy, and Daoist Yin-Yang explained that its inhabitants called the Chaos Spiritual Qi and Karma mixture “karma.”

Xuanxiao entered the Sapota World with the Yin Yang Daoist and uncovered the secret behind its Karma-based cultivation and the Trimurti’s bond with the world consciousness. He learned that Brahma and Vishnu were plotting to restore Shiva to perfection, and the two set off to witness their scheme.

• The Yin Yang Daoist explained that Shiva periodically destroyed the Sapota World to reduce accumulated Karma, and Xuanxiao decided to enter the world.
• The Yin Yang Daoist urged Xuanxiao to disguise themselves, but Xuanxiao crossed the world barrier openly and concealed their auras from the world consciousness.
• Xuanxiao analyzed the world and revealed that Shiva had once been a Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal who damaged his own perfection to fuse with the world consciousness.
• Xuanxiao determined that Brahma and Vishnu had also fused with portions of the world consciousness and were plotting to restore Shiva, potentially allowing all three to reach Primordial Unity.
• Xuanxiao and the Yin Yang Daoist vanished toward the Sapota World’s core to see what Brahma and Vishnu had arranged.

Xuanxiao watched Daksha’s banquet, where Sati’s dormant power as Shakti remained bound by fate, and explained that Brahma and Vishnu’s plan would fail. The banquet’s calm ended when Lidaka demanded that Sati preside over his advancement sacrifice, leaving Daksha pressured by a rule he had established.

• Xuanxiao told Daoist Yin-Yang that Brahma and Vishnu’s plan was destined to fail, though it would prepare for Shakti’s next reincarnation.
• Xuanxiao and Daoist Yin-Yang disguised themselves and joined the banquet at Daksha’s residence, where Xuanxiao watched Sati and sensed Shakti’s dormant power.
• Lidaka arrived at the banquet and asked Daksha to let Sati preside over his advancement sacrifice, claiming her sacred aura would help him break through his bottleneck.
• Daksha refused because Sati was young and he did not want to expose her to risk, but Lidaka invoked Daksha’s rule requiring him to grant reasonable requests.
• Daksha faced the guests’ scrutiny as the banquet fell silent, with his final decision unresolved.

Xuanxiao watched Lidaka maneuver Daksha into sending Sati away, then followed her journey with Daoist Yin-Yang. When Shiva rescued Sati from a staged danger, Xuanxiao incapacitated and abducted him, leaving Brahma and Vishnu to arrive too late.

• Lidaka pressured Daksha into agreeing that Sati would visit his residence, and Daksha reluctantly consented.
• Xuanxiao and Daoist Yin-Yang introduced themselves to Ashoka as Vimalo and Ritasha and spent three days speaking with him.
• Sati departed with Lidaka and Daksha's guards, while Xuanxiao and Daoist Yin-Yang secretly followed them for several months.
• Sati wandered into the forest, fled a White Tiger, and fell toward a cliff before Shiva caught her.
• Xuanxiao appeared before Shiva, knocked him unconscious with a gesture, and stored his body away.
• Brahma and Vishnu arrived after Xuanxiao and Daoist Yin-Yang escaped, finding Sati unconscious and Shiva gone.

Brahma and Vishnu searched for the missing Shiva, while Xuanxiao revealed that the Primordial Wilderness planned to test its younger generation against Sapota in fifty thousand years. Shiva learned that Sapota’s survival depended on withstanding the invasion, and Yin Yang Daoist discovered that the Primordial Wilderness had more than ten Primordial Unity beings.

• Vishnu could not locate Shiva’s aura but confirmed Shiva was still alive somewhere in Sapota, so Brahma and Vishnu returned the unconscious Sati to camp.
• Sati awoke at Immortal Lidaka’s camp with no memory of what had happened near the cliff.
• Shiva woke beside Yin Yang Daoist and met Xuanxiao, then recognized him as the Dao Venerable of the Primordial Wilderness.
• Xuanxiao told Shiva that the Primordial Wilderness would arrive in fifty thousand years and would abandon Sapota if its people could withstand the attack by three Primordial Unity newcomers.
• Xuanxiao refused to tell Shiva how many Primordial Unity beings the Primordial Wilderness had, but privately told Yin Yang Daoist that there were more than ten.

Xuanxiao subdued Shiva and began plundering his Great Dao of Annihilation, while Shiva’s disappearance plunged Sapota World into chaos. In the Primordial Wilderness, Haotian chose to risk sending thousands of incarnations into Derivative Worlds to seek a path to power, leaving Yaochi to manage the Heavenly Court.

• Xuanxiao revealed that he had trapped Shiva with Dao Scripts and forcibly invaded his Sea of Consciousness to take his knowledge and Great Dao of Annihilation.
• Xuanxiao ordered Daoist Yin-Yang to guard him while he digested Shiva’s Great Dao.
• Brahma and Vishnu realized Shiva was gone, and Sapota’s people descended into war as faith collapsed and Karma mounted.
• Brahma and Vishnu allowed the war to continue after discovering that its death and destruction consumed some of Sapota’s Karma.
• Haotian told Yaochi he would send thousands of incarnations into Derivative Worlds to cultivate while the Sages focused on Thunder Marsh.
• Haotian planned to leave an incomplete-origin incarnation in the Heavenly Court, gave Yaochi control of his treasures, and warned her to subdue it if it attacked.

After absorbing Shiva’s power and knowledge, Xuanxiao returned to the Primordial Wilderness with the Yin Yang Daoist. In Sapota, Shiva warned Brahma and Vishnu that the Primordial Wilderness had discovered their world and would soon send an army, leaving them to prepare for the coming attack.

• Xuanxiao drained Shiva’s origin and Dao understanding until Shiva’s body scattered into Chaos.
• Xuanxiao refused the Yin Yang Daoist’s suggestion to eliminate Brahma and Vishnu, then promised to secure the Yin Yang Daoist permission to enter the Primordial Wilderness.
• Xuanxiao opened a passage through Chaos, and he and the Yin Yang Daoist returned to the Primordial Wilderness.
• Shiva reappeared in Sapota’s origin space, warned Brahma and Vishnu that the Primordial Wilderness would soon attack, and fell into a deep slumber.
• Brahma and Vishnu concluded that they should halt Sapota’s war, gather their strength, and prepare for the Primordial Wilderness’s army.

Xuanxiao brought Daoist Yin-Yang back to the Primordial Wilderness, where the Heavenly Dao accepted him and old allies reunited. Wu activated the formation linking the Primordial Wilderness and Sapota World, leaving both realms facing the start of the invasion.

• Xuanxiao arrived outside Thunder Marsh with Daoist Yin-Yang, and the Heavenly Dao Will examined Yin-Yang before accepting him into the Primordial Wilderness.
• The Primordial Wilderness’s Sages and powerful beings welcomed Yin-Yang, who was astonished by the realm’s nineteen Primordial Unity-level existences and reunited with former rivals and friends.
• Xuanxiao ordered Wu to begin, and Wu activated the formation that opened a vast gate between the Primordial Wilderness and Sapota World.
• Brahma and Vishnu recognized the Primordial Wilderness’s aura and summoned Sapota World’s forces to face the coming calamity.
• Indra prepared to test the Primordial Wilderness’s strength, while Varuna considered using the invasion to lead the Asura into the Primordial Wilderness and claim territory.

Luohu entered Sapota World with Tai Yi, Minghe, and other Primordial Wilderness forces, then confronted Brahma and Vishnu at Mount Sumeru. He recognized Brahma as its creator and crushed Brahma with a single strike, leaving the gods terrified.

• Xuanxiao sent Luohu and nearly a hundred Primordial Origin Golden Immortals through the passage to Sapota World while the remaining forces waited to expand it.
• Brahma and Vishnu prepared to defend Mount Sumeru as the Chaos fissure opened and Luohu descended into Sapota.
• Luohu scorned Sapota and confronted Brahma and Vishnu, who feared his arrival and tried to persuade him to leave.
• Luohu learned that Brahma had built Mount Sumeru and summoned the God-Slaying Spear to attack him.
• Brahma's sacred barrier and golden staff shattered under Luohu's strike, and Brahma was hurled into Mount Sumeru, severely wounded.

Luohu defeated Vishnu and killed Brahma before Sapota World's consciousness dragged him into the void. Tai Yi, Minghe, and the other Primordial Origin Golden Immortals then arrived, but Sapota World's will suppressed their cultivation.

• Vishnu attacked Luohu with the Sudarshana Chakra, but Luohu crushed the divine ring and restrained the artifact.
• Luohu killed Brahma with the God-Slaying Spear, then pursued and killed Vishnu despite his three divine artifacts.
• Sapota World's consciousness bound Luohu with golden chains and dragged him into a crack in the void.
• Indra and the gods on Mount Sumeru watched nearly a hundred figures emerge from the Chaos rift, led by Tai Yi and Minghe.
• Sapota World's golden chains suppressed Tai Yi and the other Primordial Origin Golden Immortals, reducing most of them to Grand Luo Golden Immortal strength.

Tai Yi, Minghe, Lord Lingshan, Zhu Jiuyin, and the Joy Demon Envoy attacked the Heavenly God Clan on Mount Sumeru. The Heavenly Gods were nearly wiped out, leaving only Indra and the badly weakened Fire God Agni alive.

• The Joy Demon Envoy claimed Indra as his opponent and attacked him with illusions and Joy Demon Essence, but Indra's Divine Drum restored his clarity and helped him evade a lethal strike.
• Tai Yi used the Chaos Bell to stop the other Heavenly Gods from assisting Indra, while Minghe, Lord Lingshan, and Zhu Jiuyin attacked alongside him.
• The Heavenly Gods were overwhelmed, and several fell as divine blood and bodies covered Mount Sumeru.
• Fire God Agni realized that Brahma and Vishnu had likely tried to preserve both clans against the Primordial Wilderness, but the Heavenly God Clan was already being routed.
• The Heavenly Gods were almost completely wiped out, leaving only Indra and the exhausted, badly injured Fire God Agni in the void.

Tai Yi and the others destroyed Shavasti’s defenders and reached Mount Sumeru’s boundary, where Indra escaped beyond their reach. Varuna and Yama arrived with Asura forces, but Tai Yi warned Joy Demon Envoy that leaving Mount Sumeru would expose them to the world’s full Will of Heaven and Earth.

• Tai Yi killed Fire God Agni with the Chaos Bell after dismissing Agni’s threats and his hopes of Shiva’s rescue.
• Indra fled after sensing the Heavenly God Clan had been wiped out, and an explosion at the Heavenly God palace let him escape Joy Demon Envoy’s illusions.
• Varuna and Yama arrived with Asura elites and confronted Indra, who told them the Primordial Wilderness powerhouses had defeated his forces.
• Joy Demon Envoy caught up with Tai Yi, Minghe, and the others and declared that Agni and the other Heavenly Gods were dead.
• Tai Yi and Minghe stopped Joy Demon Envoy from pursuing Indra beyond Mount Sumeru’s boundary, explaining that the group would be crushed by the world’s Will of Heaven and Earth outside it.
• Indra mocked Joy Demon Envoy from beyond the barrier as Joy Demon Envoy and the others returned into Mount Sumeru without confronting Varuna or Yama.

Indra told Varuna and Yama that the Primordial Wilderness had devastated the Heavenly God Clan and revealed the invaders’ overwhelming strength. As the Primordial Wilderness began assimilating the Sapota World, Haotian severed part of his primordial spirit and entered a Derivative World to escape the Sages’ control.

• Indra reported that Luohu had killed Brahma and Vishnu, while the Primordial Wilderness’s forces had destroyed the Heavenly God Clan’s defenders on Mount Sumeru.
• Yama and Varuna agreed to wait for the Rakshasa Clan and other allies before confronting the Primordial Wilderness.
• Innate Spiritual Qi poured through the gate at Mount Sumeru, dispersing Demonic Qi and Karma as it began assimilating the Sapota World.
• Xuanxiao announced that the Primordial Wilderness had secured a foothold, and billions of its living beings set out through the teleportation array.
• Haotian rejected Yaochi’s warnings, severed part of his primordial spirit, and gave it to her with altered memories before entering a prepared light gate.
• Hongjun and Xuanxiao sensed Haotian’s departure, while Xuanxiao left his fate to Hongjun and returned his attention to the Sapota World.

Xuanxiao judged that the Sapota World's desperate resistance could only delay its eventual conquest, while the Primordial Wilderness's great beings departed. Haotian withdrew from the Immortal Court, leaving Yaochi to reveal his seclusion as rival factions competed for power; she secretly watched over his divided true body and the newly awakened Yaoji.

• Xuanxiao sensed the Sapota World's will forcibly hastening future beings' births and resurrecting fallen heavenly gods, but said its efforts would not prevent its conquest.
• Xuanxiao told the Sages and primordial Daluo golden immortals that conquering Sapota would take several eons, and they departed.
• The Siming Star Lord went to Haotian Palace after Yaochi summoned the other Four Emperors, where Yaochi announced that Haotian had entered secluded cultivation and would leave the Immortal Court's affairs to them.
• Maitreya offered to take charge, but Yaochi dismissed the assembled emperors without choosing a leader.
• Yaochi entered a secret chamber, watched over Haotian's severed primordial spirit and split chaos rough stone, and named the smaller piece Yaoji.
• After Haotian and Yaochi withdrew from power, the Three Sects and Western Religion intensified their struggle, other factions joined the power contest, and Haotian's followers defected to the other Five Emperors.

The Heart-Questioning Tower announced that it would reopen in a thousand years, prompting Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian to prepare their followers for the trials. Yuanshi explained the tower’s rewards and promised treasures to his disciples, while Tongtian urged the Interception Sect to compete with the Chan Sect; preparations began across the Primordial Wilderness.

• A voice announced to all living beings that the Heart-Questioning Tower would open in a thousand years, and Laozi resumed his preparations after recalling his previous failures to conquer it.
• Yuanshi told his Chan Sect disciples that the tower could help deduce a suitable Method of Attaining Dao, and Randeng explained its trials, rankings, rewards, and destiny benefits.
• Qingxu Daode Zhenjun asked who had won the previous trials, and Yuanshi named Mo Yuan, Gou Chen, and Laozi as the three champions while admitting he had never ranked first.
• Yuanshi promised Innate Spirit Treasures to Chan Sect disciples who placed highly, then gave Randeng the Myriad Tribulation Glazed Lamp in recognition of his service.
• Tongtian ordered the Interception Sect to prepare for the tower trials and challenge the Chan Sect, while focusing on his Direct Disciples and Zhao Gongming with the Sanxiao sisters.