Chapter Summaries

Chen Nan woke in the old man's cottage, accepted his care, and left the mountain forest to seek answers about the ten thousand years that had passed. His departure stirred the Devil Master and a mysterious figure in the Third Realm, who recognized him as his resurrected son and spoke bitterly of the Chen Family.

• An old man scattered Chen Nan's grave mound until it disappeared, leaving white snow maple blossoms on the earth.
• Chen Nan woke, remembered that he was in an unfamiliar world ten thousand years later, and found calm in the mountain scenery.
• The old man brought Chen Nan inside and gave him a bowl of porridge.
• Chen Nan gestured that he wanted to leave, thanked the old man with a deep bow, and set off down the mountain path.
• As Chen Nan left the Gods and Devils Cemetery, the Devil Master sensed his departure and declared that the plan could begin.
• A blurry figure in the Third Realm sensed Chen Nan's resurrection, called him his son, and murmured, "Chen Family..."

Xuanxiao led the Devil Race and Witch Clan through chaos to the Tomb of Gods World, where Dugu Baitian hoped to return home and secure aid against the Evil Heavenly Dao. As the armies arrived, Dugu Baitian sensed that the Heavenly Dao had begun destroying his world again.

• Xuanxiao asked Dugu Baitian how soon they would reach the Tomb of Gods World, and Dugu Baitian sensed that it was close.
• Dugu Baitian explained that the Evil Heavenly Dao had several powerful incarnations called the Heavens, with Taishang serving as its cunning strategist.
• The Ancestral Witches discussed fighting the Heavens and Taishang until Xuanxiao told them to look ahead.
• Xuanxiao and the armies saw the Tomb of Gods World, and Dugu Baitian was overcome with emotion at returning home.
• Xuanxiao warned that the world seemed to be in bad condition, and Dugu Baitian sensed that the Heavenly Dao had begun destroying it again.

The Demon Lord returned to the seventeenth level of hell, defeated the finger bone and refined the soul apparition before joining forces with it on the General's Platform. He told Dugu Xiaoxuan that her father had not endured forever, then announced he would send everyone to the Third Realm ahead of the world-destroying calamity and began confronting the Western Totem.

• The Demon Lord arrived on a bed of gods' bones, and Dugu Xiaoxuan recognized him and asked where her father was.
• The Demon Lord battled the soul apparition while the General's Platform appeared and its remnant soul fused with him.
• The Demon Lord trapped the soul apparitions, crushed the ancient finger bone, and refined its remaining soul with nine drops of crimson blood.
• The Demon Lord joined the soul apparition on the General's Platform and told Dugu Xiaoxuan that nothing endured forever.
• The Demon Lord declared that he would command the Human Realm and Heaven Realm and banish everyone to the Third Realm before the calamity.
• The Western Totem resisted the Demon Lord, who invoked “Reverse—yin—and—yang!”

The Demon Lord swept the Three Realms and exiled countless powerful figures to the Third Realm, while Xuanxiao and Luo Hou confronted the Tomb of Gods World’s Heavenly Dao. After Luo Hou broke its attack with the God-Slaying Spear, Xuanxiao stopped him from killing it because the world’s cultivation system could benefit the Primordial Wilderness.

• The Demon Lord used the Gods and Devils Diagram to suppress powerful figures across the Three Realms and send them to the Third Realm, a sweep later called the “Day Without Heaven.”
• The Demon Lord’s group targeted Chen Nan, Dragon Baby, and the Gravekeeper, then sent the Gravekeeper and the Gods and Devils Diagram into the Third Realm.
• Xuanxiao and Luo Hou judged the Tomb of Gods World too fragile for them to enter, so Xuanxiao prepared to open a passage for the Demon Race and Witch Clan.
• The Tomb of Gods World’s Heavenly Dao appeared and attacked Dugu Baitian and the Demon Lord’s phantom, but Luo Hou destroyed its giant hand with the God-Slaying Spear.
• The Heavenly Dao pleaded for its life, then drew upon the world’s origin to resist; Xuanxiao ordered Luo Hou to stop and explained that the world’s cultivation system could improve the Primordial Wilderness.

Xuanxiao sealed the Tomb of Gods World's Heavenly Dao inside a lotus platform, then opened a passage for the Demon Race and Witch Clan to enter the world. Dugu Baitian and the Demon Lord's phantom led the campaign against Heavenly Dao's remaining forces while Xuanxiao waited in Chaos.

• Xuanxiao used a purple-gold lotus platform and purple lightning to bind Heavenly Dao, cutting him off from the world's source and leaving him unable to escape or revive.
• Luo Hou mocked the trapped Heavenly Dao and privately recognized how far Xuanxiao's strength surpassed his own.
• Xuanxiao told Dugu Baitian and the Demon Lord's phantom to wage war against Heavenly Dao's forces and promised to release him once they controlled the world's source.
• Xuanxiao opened a stable spatial passage from Chaos to the Tomb of Gods World, and Dugu Baitian and the Demon Lord's phantom entered first.
• Zhu Jiuyin, Gonggong, and Zhurong prepared to lead the Witch Clan into the world to study its martial immortal tradition, while Luo Hou ordered the Demon Race to kill those who had submitted to Heavenly Dao.
• The Demon Race and Witch Clan streamed into the Tomb of Gods World as Xuanxiao and Luo Hou watched from Chaos and Heavenly Dao remained trapped.

Several centuries after the Day Without Heaven, signs announced that the Six Paths were collapsing, plunging the realms into panic and violence. As ancient sealed powers broke free and a permanent rift split the sky, the Six Realms faced the approaching Great Destruction.

• Four green leaves appeared above the Tomb of Gods World and revealed the words “Six Paths Collapse Annihilation,” terrifying beings across the Six Realms.
• The leaves exploded, but panic spread and many Heaven-ranked powerhouses went mad; Hei Qi began slaughtering nearby beings to absorb their source essence.
• Fluctuations erupted from the Eighteen Levels of Hell, where the Dark Great Demon God, the Underworld God, and other ancient powers announced their return.
• Sealed forbidden lands and holy grounds across the Six Realms broke open, releasing primordial fiend gods and ancient powerhouses.
• A colossal chaotic rift appeared in the sky and remained open as strange phenomena signaled the Six Realms’ imminent collapse.

Chen Nan survived his battle with Hei Qi, then rushed to the Chen Family residence on the Heavenly Realm’s moon and learned that its ancestors planned to sacrifice him and one of his children to revive their distant ancestor. He renounced the Chen Family as the ancestors prepared to confront him.

• Chen Nan and Hei Qi fought a destructive battle on Mount Fengdu until Chu Xiangyu ordered Hei Qi back to the Fifth Realm, leaving Chen Nan to travel toward the Heavenly Realm.
• Four Ancestors and Fifth Ancestor warned Chen Nan to stay away from the Chen Family residence, but he realized First Ancestor, Second Ancestor, and Three Ancestors had returned with part of the distant ancestor’s remnant soul.
• First Ancestor, Second Ancestor, and Three Ancestors confronted Chen Nan and declared that he must die to revive the distant ancestor.
• Three Ancestors called Chen Nan and his branch sinners, while First Ancestor revealed that they intended to choose one of Chen Nan’s children as another sacrifice.
• Furious that the Chen Family would sacrifice his children, Chen Nan declared that he renounced the Chen Family.

Chen Nan renounced the Chen Family after its ancestors condemned his branch and threatened to sacrifice it, then fought Three Ancestors while consumed by demonic corruption. The battle remained unresolved, and the First Ancestor grew dissatisfied that Three Ancestors had not quickly defeated him.

• Chen Nan publicly renounced the Chen Family and accused its ancestors of exploiting his branch’s sacrifices for the distant ancestor.
• The First Ancestor and Three Ancestors dismissed Chen Nan’s accusations and threatened to sacrifice his entire branch.
• Chen Nan vowed to destroy the Chen Family and attacked the First Ancestor with the Heaven-Painting Halberd, but the First Ancestor’s Netherworld death light knocked it back.
• Three Ancestors charged Chen Nan, and the two fought fiercely in the void without either gaining the upper hand.
• The First Ancestor became dissatisfied that Three Ancestors had failed to swiftly suppress Chen Nan.

Chen Nan sacrificed his Heaven-rank battle soul to recover and kill the Three Ancestors, then burned his soul and charged the distant ancestor's demonic shadow above the moon. His collision with the shadow sent devastating shockwaves across the Heavenly Realm and threatened to pull the Tomb of Gods World into the void.

• The Three Ancestors ambushed Chen Nan, who let himself be stabbed so he could bind the Three Ancestors and attack his soul with the Sky-Piercing Halberd.
• The First Ancestor and Second Ancestor battered Chen Nan and forced the Three Ancestors free, but Chen Nan swallowed his Heaven-rank battle soul to restore his strength.
• Chen Nan killed the Three Ancestors and crushed his remaining soul after realizing the First Ancestor would not bargain for his clansman's life.
• Chen Nan burned away his Chen Family bloodline and soul imprint, shattered the golden bell, and charged toward the distant ancestor's shadow above the moon.
• Chen Nan sacrificed himself in a final charge into the demonic shadow, unleashing shockwaves that expanded the chaos rifts and threatened the Tomb of Gods World.

Chen Nan’s light of life resisted the Chen Family ancestors’ attacks and began devouring the Distant Ancestor’s power. As Chen Nan regenerated and grew stronger, the Distant Ancestor weakened, leaving the watching Chen Family members stunned.

• Chen Nan plunged into the Distant Ancestor’s demonic shadow, and the impact stirred a trace of consciousness in the ancient being.
• First Ancestor Chen rallied the other ancestors to attack Chen Nan and threatened to make his three children take his place as sacrifices.
• The Gods and Devils Diagram blocked First Ancestor Chen’s fatal strike, while the Distant Ancestor’s hand closed around Chen Nan and the diagram.
• Chen Nan’s light of life began absorbing the Distant Ancestor’s soul power instead of being consumed, and a second Chen Nan appeared on vines extending from the diagram.
• Chen Nan’s body and soul regenerated as he devoured the Distant Ancestor, whose demonic aura steadily weakened.

Chen First Ancestor sacrificed Three Ancestors and Four Ancestors to hasten the ancient ancestor’s awakening, while Chen Nan escaped the ancient ancestor’s body and fought Chen First Ancestor and Second Ancestor. As the Six Realms began to collapse, a strange aura appeared that was more terrifying than the ancient ancestor’s demonic might.

• Chen First Ancestor drew in ancient lingering souls and forced Three Ancestors’ soul remnant into the ancient ancestor to revive him.
• Chen First Ancestor sacrificed Four Ancestors as well, causing the ancient ancestor’s power to surge and sending shockwaves across the Six Realms.
• A Spirit Light pierced the ancient ancestor’s chest, allowing Chen Nan to escape before charging at Chen First Ancestor.
• Chen First Ancestor summoned his golden bell, and he and Second Ancestor joined Chen Nan in a battle that worsened the collapse of the Heavenly Realm.
• Fifth Ancestor spotted a strange aura spreading through the distant void, and the fighters stopped to face it.

Several Defying-Heaven rank experts from the Witch Clan and Devil Race emerged from the Chaos passage into the Tomb of Gods World, where they confronted the Chen Family and exposed the truth about Chen First Ancestor. The chapter left Netherworld Heaven revealed as the power controlling him, while Zhu Jiuyin offered the Joy Demon Envoy a High Grade Spirit Treasure in exchange for it.

• The Nine Ancestral Witches and the Seven Emotions Emissaries broke through the Heavenly Dao's barrier and entered the Tomb of Gods World.
• Joy Demon Envoy seized First Ancestor Chen and killed Second Ancestor by making him laugh until his soul shattered.
• Zhu Jiuyin revealed that the Heavenly Dao had created and controlled First Ancestor Chen, whose body Joy Demon Envoy then destroyed.
• The black marks on First Ancestor Chen's remnant soul revealed that Netherworld Heaven had secretly controlled him, prompting the Distant Ancestor to recognize his old enemy.
• Netherworld Heaven emerged from First Ancestor Chen's remnant soul, and Zhu Jiuyin offered Joy Demon Envoy a High Grade Spirit Treasure to hand it over to the Witch Clan.

Xizi subdued Netherworld Heaven and repelled an attack from Azure Heaven, whom Dugu Baitian identified as a powerful incarnation of the Heavenly Dao. Dugu Baitian and a Demon Lord clone emerged from the Chaos rift, while the Demon Lord’s true body rushed toward the Heaven Realm after sensing the clone’s return.

• Joy Demon Envoy agreed to trade Netherworld Heaven to Xizi for a High Grade Spirit Treasure, and Xizi trapped Netherworld Heaven in lightning before Zhu Jiuyin sealed him in a Spirit Pearl.
• Azure Heaven attacked Xizi with purple lightning, but Xizi swallowed it, and the hidden attacker soon vanished.
• Dugu Baitian identified the attacker as Azure Heaven, prompting the Ancestral Witches to plan to capture him and offer him to Second Uncle.
• Demon Lord emerged from the Chaos rift, and Chen Nan and the others recognized him as the Demon Lord from the Third Realm.
• Demon Lord’s true body sensed his returning clone and hurried toward the Heaven Realm, while the clone recognized Chen Nan as the key executor of the Heaven-Slaying Plan.

The Ancestral Witches and Seven Emotions Emissaries tore open the chaos passage, devastating the Heaven Realm as two vast continents emerged. Witch Clan members and the Devil Race descended from them, leaving Chen Nan and the Six Realms facing an overwhelming new threat.

• Zhu Jiuyin told the Ancestral Witches and Seven Emotions Emissaries to bring their clans through, and they struck together to widen the chaos passage.
• Their attack shattered the Heaven Realm's void, alarming Chen Nan and the Fifth Ancestor, while the Devil Master and Dugu Baitian remained calm.
• Two enormous continents appeared above the Heaven Realm, and their pressure immobilized Chen Nan as he prepared to attack.
• Witch Clan members poured down from one continent, while the Devil Race descended from the other and spread across the Heaven Realm.

The Demon Lord merged with his avatar and prepared to wage war against the Heavenly Dao, but the Heavenly Dao began destroying the Six Realms in a catastrophic assault. As the worlds collapsed, Dugu Baitian and the others faced a five-hundred-year wait before the Witch Clan and Demon Race could join the fight.

• The Demon Lord merged with his avatar, learned about the Primordial Wilderness, and declared that the war against Heaven was about to begin.
• The Demon Lord sensed that the Heavenly Dao had gone mad and rushed beyond the heavens as chaotic rifts opened throughout the Six Realms.
• The Heavenly Dao's attack shattered lands and spatial passages across the Six Realms, devastating the world and killing countless beings.
• Chen Nan resolved to fight the Heavenly Dao and left the Heaven Realm, while the Ancestral Witches and their allies worked to stabilize space.
• Zhu Jiuyin told Dugu Baitian that the Witch Clan and Demon Race needed five hundred years before they could act, and Dugu Baitian departed to help the Six Realms endure.

As the Heavenly Dao’s rampage threatened to destroy the Six Realms, Ghost Lord, Demon Lord, Dugu Baitian, and other experts fought the survivors of Chaos and opened the Gate of Reincarnation. The ancient gods returned, then set out on the Path to Heaven to hold back the Heavenly Dao for five hundred years, knowing the journey was likely to be their last.

• Ghost Lord refused Chen Nan’s offer to join him and flew toward the starry reaches beyond the heavens to fight the survivors of Chaos.
• Ghost Lord, Demon Lord, Dugu Baitian, and other experts battled and slew the survivors of Chaos across the collapsing sea of stars.
• Demon Lord’s Gate of Reincarnation blazed open as the Heavenly Dao’s core began to collapse and ancient gods approached from beyond the gate.
• The ancient gods emerged and reunited with Demon Lord, Ghost Lord, Dugu Baitian, and their other long-lost comrades.
• After learning they had to hold back the Heavenly Dao for five hundred years, the gods entered the Path to Heaven, a road of likely death.

Chen Nan awakened in the darkness after the Six Realms were destroyed and searched for survivors. He found Dragon Baby barely alive and used his remaining spiritual energy to begin restoring him.

• Chen Zhan stopped Chen Nan from following the ancient gods onto the path to heaven, leaving Chen Nan to carry out his mission.
• The Six Realms collapsed, and nearly all life perished as Heaven-rank experts fought to survive.
• Chen Nan awoke as a skeleton after being defeated by the Dark Great Demon God, the Underworld God, the Ancient Six Evils, and Hei Qi, then searched the darkness for survivors.
• Chen Nan found Dragon Baby gravely injured among a mountain of bones and heard him weakly ask for food.
• Chen Nan transferred his remaining spiritual energy to Dragon Baby, whose body and dragon features began to regenerate.

After Dragon Baby recovered, Chen Nan traveled toward the ruined Heaven Realm and reunited with the Ancestral Witches, who revealed that the Six Realms could be restored and the dead might be revived. Gonggong discovered a trace of Ancestral Dragon blood in Dragon Baby, suggesting that the little dragon had ties to the Primordial Wilderness.

• Dragon Baby recovered and told Chen Nan that he had gotten drunk in the Sixth Realm before suffering a devastating injury.
• Chen Nan decided to seek the people from another world in the Heaven Realm, following his father’s instructions.
• Chen Nan apologized to the Ancestral Witches, and Zhu Jiuyin explained that the world’s source could return if the Heavenly Dao fell.
• Zhu Jiuyin told Chen Nan that he might revive his fallen friends and family after the Heavenly Dao’s Great Trends ran their course.
• Gonggong examined Dragon Baby and found pure Ancestral Dragon blood in him, prompting the Ancestral Witches to speculate about his origins.

Chen Nan recovered under Jumang’s power and spent two centuries cultivating, searching for friends, and settling old grudges while awaiting the Witch Clan and Devil Race. The two races finally opened passages into the dark heaven and earth, and their clansmen roared as they prepared to descend.

• Jumang restored Chen Nan’s body and strengthened him, after which the Ancestral Witches and Seven Emotions Emissary guided Chen Nan and Dragon Baby in cultivation.
• Chen Nan learned that the Witch Clan and Devil Race would help defeat Heaven before their world merged into the Primordial Wilderness, and he accepted the prospect of a new home.
• Chen Nan searched for missing friends and enemies, killed several Heaven-rank experts who had once besieged him, and brought old friends to the Ancestral Witches’ refuge.
• After two hundred years, a great disturbance shook the dark heaven and earth, and Gonggong announced that the Ancestral Witches had opened passages between the two worlds.
• Enormous passages appeared in the void as the Witch Clan and Devil Race roared from within, ready to descend.

The Ancient Six Desires and other Heaven-rank experts attacked the arriving Witch Ruins and Myriad Malevolent Demon Abyss, but their combined strike did no damage. The Devil Race subdued the attackers while Zhu Jiuyin took Chen Nan and Dragon Baby onward, and a strange ancient zither appeared in the void.

• The Ancient Six Desires led dozens of Heaven-rank experts in an attack on the two descending continents, despite Chen Nan’s concern that they might provoke the Ancestral Witches.
• The experts’ combined strike hit Myriad Malevolent Demon Abyss, but the Devil Race’s Holy Land remained completely unharmed.
• Witch Ruins and Myriad Malevolent Demon Abyss descended into the ruined world, revealing countless Heaven-rank beings and sending the attackers fleeing.
• Wrath Demon Envoy asked Zhu Jiuyin to leave the fleeing experts to the Devil Race, and Zhu Jiuyin agreed before setting out to find this world’s Taishang.
• Zhu Jiuyin took Chen Nan and Dragon Baby with him, while the Devil Race subdued the other attackers and the Seven Emotions Emissary toyed with the Ancient Six Desires.
• An enormous ancient zither with six Heavenly Dragons as strings appeared beyond the void, accompanied by a gaunt figure.