Chapter Summaries

Ancestor Yang Mei explained that he and Yang Liu were reborn from the divided origin of the Space Divine Demon, and that Yang Liu gained the powers of life, destruction, and space. He recounted how she vanished while saving him from Hongjun, leaving Lu Chen with the truth behind Willow God's strength and disappearance.

• Yang Mei revealed that he and his sister Yang Liu had formed from the two halves of the Space Divine Demon's origin, revived by Pangu's creation merit and Chaos Power.
• Yang Mei explained that Yang Liu fused with fragments of the Life Divine Demon and Destruction Divine Demon, becoming the Tongtian Immortal Willow with powers over life, destruction, and space.
• Yang Mei said Hongjun hunted the siblings, and they were unable to defeat him while their foundations were still unstable.
• Yang Liu detonated half of her unstable life origin to break Hongjun's blockade and save Yang Mei, but was swept into a spatial vortex beyond the Primordial World.
• Yang Mei recalled searching the chaos and countless worlds for Yang Liu without finding her, and Lu Chen said he understood the willow branch's significance.

Lu Chen persuaded Yang Mei to set aside his guilt over Willow God and help him enter the Primordial World. With Yang Mei’s spatial mark in place, Lu Chen and Lu Xiao traveled to Tai Cang Cave, where the great demon Tai Cang joyfully welcomed Lu Chen as his big brother.

• Lu Chen told Yang Mei that Willow God was alive in the Boundless Realm, but Yang Mei admitted he was afraid to face her because he blamed himself for her suffering.
• Lu Chen urged Yang Mei to help him reach the Primordial World, and Yang Mei placed a spatial mark on Lu Chen that let him pass as a native temporarily.
• Lu Chen tucked away his Primordial World pass and told Lu Xiao they were ready to leave.
• Lu Xiao took Lu Chen to the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains in the Southern Continent and led him into Tai Cang Cave.
• Tai Cang sprang from his throne and rushed to greet Lu Chen, delighted to see his big brother again.

Lu Xiao introduced Lu Chen to Tai Cang, then took his big brother through the Primordial Wilderness on their way to seek Zhen Yuanzi’s help and borrow a passage to the Netherworld. Lu Chen reacted guiltily when Lu Xiao named Zhen Yuanzi, hinting that he had some past connection to the famed Ginseng Fruit Orchard.

• Lu Xiao introduced Lu Chen as his big brother, and Tai Cang respectfully accepted him as family.
• Tai Cang suggested gathering their friends, but Lu Xiao warned that reunions could expose them to the Jade Emperor and Buddha Tathagata.
• Lu Xiao told Tai Cang that he and Lu Chen had to visit the Netherworld, then departed with Lu Chen.
• Lu Chen admired the Primordial Wilderness as Lu Xiao explained that they first needed to visit a mighty figure and borrow a passage.
• Lu Xiao named Zhen Yuanzi, and Lu Chen nervously remarked on the fame and taste of the Ginseng Fruit.

Lu Chen traveled with Lu Xiao to Wuzhuang Temple, where Lu Xiao revealed that Zhen Yuanzi was still raging over the stolen Ginseng Fruit Tree. Lu Chen concealed his guilt, and Zhen Yuanzi scrutinized him before questioning why Lu Xiao needed help reaching the Netherworld.

• Lu Xiao told Lu Chen that Zhen Yuanzi had searched the Primordial Wilderness for the stolen Ginseng Fruit Tree and that Lu Xiao had been blamed for the theft.
• Lu Chen privately recognized that the tree was in his possession, while Lu Xiao teased him about the incident.
• Lu Chen and Lu Xiao arrived at Wuzhuang Temple, where Qingfeng and Mingyue warned them that Zhen Yuanzi was in a terrible temper.
• Lu Xiao asked Zhen Yuanzi to send him and Lu Chen to the Netherworld.
• Zhen Yuanzi examined Lu Chen and asked Lu Xiao why he could not travel to the Netherworld on his own.

Zhen Yuanzi sent Lu Chen and Lu Xiao into the Nine Netherworld Underworld while remaining suspicious of their hidden origins. As the brothers traveled through the nether passage, Lu Xiao explained why they needed to conceal themselves while searching for a legendary Chaos Supreme Treasure.

• Lu Xiao persuaded Zhen Yuanzi to send the brothers into the Netherworld, and Zhen Yuanzi placed protective runes on them before opening a spatial vortex.
• After the brothers departed, Zhen Yuanzi sensed a faint Ginseng Fruit Tree Wood Origin aura from Lu Chen and wondered about the brothers' origins.
• Lu Chen and Lu Xiao entered the nether passage, where Lu Xiao warned that the Netherworld's true power lay with the descendants of the fallen Ancestral Witches.
• Lu Xiao explained that the brothers sought a Chaos Supreme Treasure and needed Zhen Yuanzi's concealment to avoid alerting the Heavenly Court, Buddhist forces, and Witch Clan elders.
• The nether power thickened around the brothers, and Lu Chen struggled against the dizziness of their passage.

Lu Chen and Lu Xiao arrived in the bustling Nine Netherworld Underworld to seek the Chaos Supreme Treasure, but Lu Chen did not know where to find it. Red Dust contacted Nether Void, who directed them to Meng Po and revealed a mysterious connection to someone called Old Thirteen.

• Lu Chen was stunned by the lively streets and strange inhabitants of the Underworld, and Lu Xiao explained that it had developed its own civilization.
• Lu Xiao asked where the secret realm containing the Chaos Supreme Treasure was, but Lu Chen realized he did not know its location.
• Red Dust left his cave abode and appeared before the Azure Emperor, who let Nether Void take control of his body.
• Red Dust asked Nether Void for the treasure's location, and Nether Void told him to find Meng Po and say that Old Thirteen had sent him.
• Red Dust noticed Nether Void's reaction to the name Old Thirteen and questioned who it was, but Nether Void offered no explanation.

After receiving a mysterious reference to “Old Thirteen,” Lu Chen wondered whether there had been a thirteenth Ancestral Witch and decided to seek out Meng Po. The chapter ended by introducing Meng Po as she served soup to the dead at the Bridge of Helplessness.

• Lu Chen asked Lu Xiao whether Meng Po could be Houtu Ancestral Witch or her incarnation, and Lu Xiao said the connection was plausible but unconfirmed.
• Lu Chen asked whether a thirteenth Ancestral Witch might have existed, shocking Lu Xiao, who insisted there was no evidence for one.
• Lu Chen told Lu Xiao they would meet Meng Po, despite his younger brother's alarm that approaching her could expose them.
• Lu Chen said seeking Meng Po was their only shortcut and urged Lu Xiao to trust him.
• At the Bridge of Helplessness, Meng Po silently served her soup to the souls waiting for reincarnation.

Meng Po froze the Bridge of Helplessness and confronted Lu Chen and Lu Xiao for sneaking into the Netherworld Underworld. When Lu Chen revealed that Old Thirteen had sent him, Meng Po reacted with alarm and transported the brothers to an ancient palace, where she appeared as a beautiful woman.

• Meng Po sensed Lu Chen and Lu Xiao, then froze the Bridge of Helplessness and everyone there except herself and the brothers.
• Meng Po questioned Lu Chen and Lu Xiao about trespassing in disguise, and Lu Chen said Old Thirteen had sent him.
• Meng Po searched the frozen surroundings for anyone watching, then teleported Lu Chen and Lu Xiao away.
• Lu Chen and Lu Xiao arrived in an ancient palace and saw Meng Po seated across a stone table in her youthful, elegant form.

Meng Po revealed that she was Houtu, who recognized Nether Void as the long-lost Thirteenth Ancestral Witch. She explained that he had foreseen the Witch Clan’s destruction and altered its fate, leaving Lu Chen and Lu Xiao stunned by the secret history.

• Meng Po restored her true appearance and revealed that she was Houtu, astonishing Lu Chen and Lu Xiao.
• Houtu urgently asked Lu Chen where Old Thirteen was, and Lu Chen identified him as Nether Void.
• Houtu confirmed that Nether Void was the Thirteenth Ancestral Witch, prompting Lu Chen to ask whether he truly belonged to the Witch Clan.
• Houtu explained that Nether Void had been born in Pangu Hall’s Ancestral Witch blood pool after the first twelve, and that he understood the laws of Heaven and Earth.
• Houtu said Nether Void had foreseen the Witch Clan’s annihilation, changed its fate, and taught her how to transform herself into reincarnation to preserve some of the clan.

Houtu sent Lu Chen and Lu Xiao into the Eternal Silence Corridor to retrieve what the Thirteenth Ancestral Witch had left behind. They struggled through the annihilating realm and found a World Origin Crystal, but their journey through the collapsing passage continued.

• Lu Xiao asked whether the saints knew of the Thirteenth Ancestral Witch, and Houtu said the mysterious figure was an external incarnation of an existence beyond the heavenly Dao.
• Houtu opened a fissure into the Eternal Silence Corridor and sent Lu Chen and Lu Xiao inside to seek what the Thirteenth Ancestral Witch had left behind.
• Lu Chen and Lu Xiao emerged amid drifting ruins and crossed a crumbling path above the dark current while dodging annihilating meteorites.
• Lu Chen spotted a World Origin Crystal embedded in a rock fragment, split it, and gave half to Lu Xiao to use when they could no longer endure the realm's erosion.

After passing the Path of Remains, Lu Chen and Lu Xiao entered the Echoing Illusion Realm, where echoes of annihilated worlds attacked their minds. Lu Chen rescued Lu Xiao from a murderous illusion, but the brothers remained trapped in a dangerous labyrinth with no clear direction.

• Lu Chen and Lu Xiao crossed the archway just before the Path of Remains collapsed, and a voice announced that they had entered the Echoing Illusion Realm.
• The Reversal System gave Lu Chen a mission to pass the secret realm’s trials and obtain the Gui Xu Eye, with a reward of 600,000 System Points.
• The brothers were assaulted by the desperate imprints left by worlds and beings consumed by the Gui Xu.
• Lu Xiao succumbed to an illusion and attacked Lu Chen, who used the Chaos Green Lotus’s power to restrain and awaken him.
• Lu Chen helped Lu Xiao up, but the echoes grew more turbulent as the brothers faced a maze of ruined temples and bones with suppressed spiritual senses.

Lu Chen and Lu Xiao passed the Echoing Illusion Realm and entered the Abyss of Annihilation, where destructive forces battered them as they descended. A mirror image of Lu Chen formed from the Blood of Annihilation and attacked him.

• Lu Chen sensed faint thoughts in the Echoing Illusion Realm and led Lu Xiao through a passage of giant ribs toward the core.
• The brothers reached the abyss and were told they had passed the second-stage trial and entered the third secret realm.
• Lu Chen and Lu Xiao descended into the Annihilation Gale and endured the destructive wind, cold current, and Blood of Annihilation.
• A humanoid mirror image resembling Lu Chen formed from the abyss wall and attacked him with a blade-shaped arm.
• Lu Chen narrowly dodged the mirror image's slash, but it tore through his shoulder armor and left a deep, withering wound.

Lu Chen defeated his destructive mirror in the abyss and claimed a pure Annihilation Crystal, but the secret realm immediately announced the final trial. Wounded, he and Lu Xiao headed toward the abyss’s bottom, where an indescribable throne hovered in absolute nothingness.

• Lu Chen fought his mirror in a brutal battle while Lu Xiao watched helplessly from below.
• Lu Chen sacrificed his defense to strike the mirror’s head core, destroying it as its blade pierced his shoulder.
• Lu Chen collected the dark-purple Annihilation Crystal in a sealed jade box.
• The secret realm announced that Lu Chen had passed the third trial and would enter the final trial for the Gui Xu Eye.
• Lu Chen pushed past Lu Xiao’s support and led him toward the bottom of the abyss, where a throne hovered in the void.

Lu Chen approached the Void Throne and endured the Gui Xu Eye’s destructive will, seeking to understand how annihilation could give rise to new life. The Gui Xu Eye briefly approved of his resolve, then took all his memories and emotions concerning his mother as its price.

• Lu Chen saw the remains of Trial Takers who had fallen before the Void Throne and stepped toward it despite the pressure.
• The Gui Xu Eye’s will began disintegrating Lu Chen’s body and soul, while Lu Xiao was unable to move or reach him.
• Lu Chen declared that annihilation could harbor rebirth and extended his will toward the Gui Xu Eye.
• The Gui Xu Eye scrutinized Lu Chen’s resolve and briefly paused its rotation in apparent approval.
• The Gui Xu Eye pulled away Lu Chen’s memories and emotions concerning his mother, leaving him with a blank emptiness.

After the Gui Xu Eye entered Lu Chen’s brow, it awakened a trace of insight into reversing death and unleashed annihilating power that erased the space around the Void Throne. Lu Chen emerged with the Gui Xu Eye and the Eternal Gui Xu Seal, while Lu Xiao watched in fear as the destruction continued.

• The Gui Xu Eye entered Lu Chen’s brow as his heart was being gouged out, overwhelming him with information and revealing a faint path from death back to life.
• The Gui Xu Eye awakened on Lu Chen’s forehead, and the remains and ruins in the Eternal Silence Corridor resonated as a pale-golden light flashed from a senior’s remains.
• Lu Xiao struggled to resist the annihilation as the Void Throne, its surrounding space, and nearby remnants crumbled into nothingness.
• Lu Chen opened his eyes and released the Gui Xu Eye’s power, creating a temporary destruction singularity and erasing the surviving secret-realm fragments.
• Lu Chen summoned the Eternal Gui Xu Seal and recognized it alongside the Gui Xu Eye.

Lu Chen mastered the Eternal Gui Xu Seal and Gui Xu Eye, learning that one suppressed and annihilated while the other erased existence outright. He and Lu Xiao returned to Houtu’s palace, where Houtu congratulated them and revealed that three years had passed.

• Lu Chen sensed that Gui Xu’s power held a hidden possibility within its absolute nothingness and distinguished the Seal’s suppression from the Eye’s complete erasure.
• Lu Chen asked Lu Xiao what Carefree Heaven had given him, and Lu Xiao explained that his inheritance was sealed and focused on Dao and laws rather than supreme treasures.
• Lu Chen used the Gui Xu Eye to transport himself and Lu Xiao out of the unstable secret realm and back to Houtu’s palace.
• Houtu congratulated Lu Chen on obtaining the supreme treasure after traversing the Eternal Silence Corridor.
• Lu Xiao reacted in shock when Houtu said that three years had passed.

After learning that three years had passed and the Primordial World was under large-scale invasion, Lu Chen and Lu Xiao left Houtu’s palace to return to the world. Houtu faced pressure from a shadow urging her to act in the coming calamity, while the brothers arrived at Great Immortal Zhenyuan’s Wuzhuang Temple.

• Houtu told Lu Chen and Lu Xiao that three years had passed and the Primordial World was engulfed in calamity and invasions.
• Lu Xiao and Lu Chen hurried to leave, and Houtu asked Lu Chen to tell Old Thirteen that she missed him and wanted to see him.
• Lu Chen tore open the void with Space Law, and the brothers departed Houtu’s palace.
• A shadow resembling Houtu emerged and urged her to stop hesitating, declaring the brothers destined to undergo the great calamity.
• Houtu rebuked the shadow as an unqualified, resentment-born being, and it vanished into the darkness.
• Lu Chen and Lu Xiao returned from the Netherworld Underworld to Great Immortal Zhenyuan’s Wuzhuang Temple.

Lu Chen and Lu Xiao discovered the Primordial World was overwhelmed by Calamity Qi and learned that inner demon Yin bodies were appearing across it. They prepared to enter the Yin Primordial World, where Lu Xiao had never found his own Yin body, and reached a black pool in Tai Cang Cave.

• Lu Chen and Lu Xiao found Wuzhuang Temple empty and traveled to Tai Cang Mountain after sensing the Primordial World’s ominous state.
• Tai Cang reported that Grand Unity Profound Immortal and Golden Immortal Yin bodies were causing destruction, while Daluo and Quasi-Sage Yin bodies had not yet appeared in force.
• Lu Xiao ordered Tai Cang to warn their brothers to kill or suppress their own Yin bodies without hesitation if they were attacked.
• Lu Chen agreed to accompany Lu Xiao into the Yin Primordial World and asked whether Lu Xiao had an inner demon Yin body there.
• Lu Xiao said he had searched the Yin Primordial World but found no sign of his Yin body, then led Lu Chen to a fathomless black pool in Tai Cang Cave.

Lu Chen and Lu Xiao entered the Yin Primordial World, a dark mirror of the Primordial World, and emerged in a corrupted copy of Tai Cang Cave. They wondered whether its Wuzhuang Temple held a Yin Ginseng Fruit Tree, while Lu Xiao suspected Lu Chen had taken the real tree from Great Immortal Zhenyuan.

• Lu Xiao explained that the Yin Primordial World mirrored the Primordial World and contained dark counterparts of its living beings.
• Lu Chen and Lu Xiao entered the vortex and found themselves in a decayed, sinister copy of Tai Cang Cave.
• Lu Chen asked whether the Yin Primordial World had a Wuzhuang Temple and a Yin version of the Ginseng Fruit Tree.
• Lu Xiao realized that Lu Chen might have taken Great Immortal Zhenyuan's missing Ginseng Fruit Tree and asked if it was staying with him.
• Lu Chen blamed the system for making him borrow the tree, and Lu Xiao pretended to understand.

Lu Xiao and Lu Chen confronted Tai Cang’s heart-demon Yin body, and Lu Xiao warned him not to harm his people in the outside world. The brothers then traveled to the Yin Primordial World’s Great Thunderclap Temple, where they arrived before a corrupted, eerie version of the Buddhist holy land.

• Lu Xiao told Lu Chen he wanted to investigate whether Wuzhuang Temple in the Yin Primordial World had a Yin-version Ginseng Fruit Tree.
• Lu Xiao and Lu Chen left Tai Cang Cave and encountered Tai Cang’s sinister heart-demon Yin body.
• Lu Xiao threatened to destroy the Yin body if it harmed any of his people in the outside world.
• As they flew toward the Great Thunderclap Temple, Lu Xiao explained that he provoked powerful figures in the outside world so their Yin bodies could feed on their Negative Emotions in exchange for restraining subordinate Yin bodies.
• Lu Xiao and Lu Chen reached Spirit Mountain and saw that the Yin Primordial World’s Great Thunderclap Temple was dark, bloodied, and filled with eerie Buddhist chants.