Chapter Summaries

Great Immortal Yang Mei and Daoist Shichen learned that Taiyi’s cultivation system could produce new Great Dao Realm powerhouses, and Yang Mei resolved to oppose him. As the Chaos tribulation erupted and Taiyi’s allies rose to prominence, Taiyi ended his preaching and shut Chaos City to enter seclusion.

• Great Immortal Yang Mei showed Daoist Shichen how Taiyi’s system grew a World Tree and formed a World Tree Dao Fruit, making cultivators Grand Primordial Luo Golden Immortals.
• Great Immortal Yang Mei declared that he would not allow Taiyi to create a third Great Dao Realm existence in their world.
• Nether River Patriarch, Kunpeng Ancestor, Kong Xuan, Dijun, and other Primordial Powerhouses became powerful Grand Primordial Luo Golden Immortals known as the Arcane Demon Gods.
• The Chaos tribulation erupted unexpectedly while Taiyi continued preaching the Primordial Chaos Dao.
• Taiyi dismissed the Chaos Demon Gods who had come to listen, announced his seclusion, and closed Chaos City’s gates for the first time.

Taiyi surveyed the World Tree, where Chaos Demon Gods’ Dao Fruits and flowers reflected their cultivation and fate, and gathered its three thousand Mixed Yuan Dao Fruits. The Great Dao Gate reached forty-nine Chaos Restrictions, leaving Taiyi one difficult step from the complete Great Dao Realm.

• Taiyi looked over the World Tree and saw the many Dao Fruits cultivated by Chaos Demon Gods.
• Taiyi noted that no rising Slaughter Demon God had emerged who could challenge him.
• Taiyi gathered the three thousand Mixed Yuan Dao Fruits around himself.
• Taiyi released the Great Dao Gate and saw that it had reached forty-nine Chaos Restrictions.
• Taiyi reflected that advancing the Great Dao Gate would bring him closer to the complete Great Dao Realm.

Taiyi rejected the Chaos Great Dao Realm and severed its favor, committing himself to proving the Hongmeng Dao. He realized his path involved a trinity of himself, the Great Dao Gate, and the World Tree, leaving him with a far more powerful but exponentially harder method of proving Dao.

• Taiyi quietly watched the Great Dao’s flowers bloom and wither, refining their ripened fruits into his own Great Dao as the Great Dao Gate advanced toward becoming a Chaos Supreme Treasure.
• Taiyi suppressed a fleeting state of Dao-union and rejected the chance to become the Chaos World’s Great Dao, choosing instead to pursue the Hongmeng Great Dao Realm.
• Taiyi severed the Chaos Great Dao’s lingering favor with his sword, cutting off his retreat and resolving to move forward without regret.
• Taiyi recognized that he, the Great Dao Gate, and the World Tree could transform into one another and prove the Hongmeng Dao as a trinity.
• Taiyi understood that this method could stack the power of three Hongmeng Great Dao Realms, but would make proving Dao exponentially more difficult.

Taiyi considered whether his trinity attainment could help him resist the Hongmeng Master's attempt to intercept his Dao attainment, then ended his secluded cultivation and turned his attention to the war in Chaos. He revealed Chaos City and the Great Dao Tree, whose appearance spread across nearly half the Chaos World without harming its inhabitants.

• Taiyi reassured himself that the Hongmeng Master had limits and could be resisted, though he still feared the coming crisis.
• Taiyi ended his secluded cultivation and observed the fierce battle engulfing the Chaos Void.
• Taiyi used a thought to reveal Chaos City and the World Tree, now called the Great Dao Tree.
• The Great Dao Tree unfurled across nearly half the Chaos World, and the Chaos Demon Gods remained unharmed.

The manifestation of a Great Dao Tree revealed Taiyi’s immense progress, leaving Chaos Demon Gods and even Great Immortal Yang Mei and Shichen in awe. As they prepared to pursue the Dao, Shichen displayed the Crimson Zenith Golden Pagoda and Great Immortal Yang Mei revealed the Taiyu Pictorial, two powerful Vessels of Great Dao.

• Countless Chaos Demon Gods and unknown beings stopped to gaze at the Great Dao Tree, which one Demon Venerable recognized as a manifestation of the Great Dao.
• Great Immortal Yang Mei and Shichen watched the tree extend beside the Time-Space Divine Hall, and Yang Mei acknowledged that Taiyi had reached a stage they could only look up to.
• Shichen took out the completed Crimson Zenith Golden Pagoda, prompting Great Immortal Yang Mei to recall its origins and its role as the source of time and the River of Time.
• When Shichen asked about his Dao-proving vessel, Great Immortal Yang Mei produced the Taiyu Pictorial, which contained countless worlds and could help him achieve the Limitless Great Dao.

Taiyi, Shichen, and Great Immortal Yang Mei prepared to fight over proving the Dao when Pangu tore open the Chaos World and entered. His overwhelming power stunned the Chaos Demon Gods and left Shichen and Great Immortal Yang Mei wondering how to survive.

• Taiyi, Shichen, and Great Immortal Yang Mei faced off as the Great Dao Gate appeared behind Taiyi.
• A huge fissure split Chaos, sweeping nearby Chaos Demon Gods into its currents and grinding them to dust.
• Pangu entered the Chaos World, absorbed Chaos Energy, and casually devoured the lightning attacking him.
• Taiyi recognized Pangu's power, while the Innate Gods and Demons cried out his name.
• Shichen asked what to do, and Great Immortal Yang Mei urged him to hold steady despite his trembling hand.

Pangu appeared before the Chaos Demon Gods, and Taiyi recognized that Pangu had become the Great Dao itself, creating worlds across the Chaos Sea. Taiyi explained Pangu’s path toward mastering three thousand Chaos Worlds and reaching the Hongmeng Dao World.

• Great Immortal Yang Mei argued that the current Pangu lacked the treasures and power of the Pangu of old, while Shichen questioned whether he was still the same Pangu.
• Pangu broke free of the Chaos Great Dao and arrived at the center of the Chaos World, freezing the Chaos Demon Gods with his gaze.
• Pangu recognized Great Immortal Yang Mei and Shichen, then asked Taiyi whether he was the Innate God and Demon born in the Primordial World.
• Taiyi saluted Pangu and thanked him for helping him attain the Dao, then took an equal stance with him.
• Taiyi explained that Pangu had transformed himself into the Great Dao, creating each Chaos World and enduring as long as the Chaos Sea remained.
• Taiyi said Pangu could master the Great Dao of three thousand Chaos Worlds, reach the other shore, and ascend to the Hongmeng Dao World.

Taiyi learned that Pangu was a powerful Hongmeng lifeform whose path of creating Chaos Worlds would conflict with Taiyi’s goal of attaining three proofs in one. Pangu prepared to test Taiyi’s strength, offering his body as spoils if Taiyi won.

• River Crab Daoist told Taiyi that Pangu was a Chaos lifeform containing Hongmeng essence and that even River Crab Daoist’s true body might only match him.
• Taiyi realized his Dao conflicted with Pangu’s and resolved that he had to win their struggle.
• Pangu raised his battle intent and said he would test the strength of the life he had created.
• Pangu offered his body to Taiyi if Taiyi won, while Great Immortal Yang Mei and Shichen accepted that they had been eliminated from the struggle.

Pangu challenged Taiyi to battle and appeared with the Chaos Green Lotus, Heaven Splitting Axe, and Jade Creation Disc. Pangu launched his opening strike, and Taiyi faced an axe radiance that seemed to drive the entire Chaos World away from him.

• Taiyi accepted Pangu’s challenge and met his fighting spirit without backing down.
• Pangu summoned the Chaos Green Lotus, Heaven Splitting Axe, and Jade Creation Disc, stunning Shichen and Great Immortal Yang Mei.
• Pangu swung the Heaven Splitting Axe at Taiyi and unleashed One Axe to Split the Heavens.
• The axe radiance tore through Chaos as Taiyi felt the entire Chaos World recede from him.

Taiyi and Pangu clashed with their Great Daos, destroying the Water-attribute Chaos World they had been fighting over. They stopped before either could claim victory and stood in a newly born Chaos bubble.

• Pangu used his Chaos Great Dao Domain and second axe strike against Taiyi, who countered with the Chaos Clock.
• Taiyi's third Chaos Clock chime unleashed the Three Thousand Chaos Great Daos and wounded Pangu.
• Pangu attacked Taiyi with his third axe, and Taiyi met it with the Chaos Clock, causing a collision that annihilated the world around them.
• Taiyi shifted the battle into a newly born Chaos bubble, and Pangu agreed to stop fighting because their original world had been destroyed.
• Pangu put away his three Heaven Splitting treasures and remarked that Taiyi was uniquely formidable among the worlds he had opened.

Taiyi and Pangu discussed their Great Daos in Chaos while the Primordial Wilderness group listened. Pangu demonstrated his path of creating worlds and revealed that he had successfully attained the Dao through force with 2,999 incarnations, but the final one remained uncertain.

• Taiyi told Pangu that the Hongmeng Master had ambushed him during an earlier attempt to attain the Dao, and Pangu was shocked that Taiyi had survived.
• Pangu asked Taiyi to discuss the Dao, and Taiyi agreed; Taiyi then released Dijun and the others so they could listen.
• Taiyi manifested his Great Dao, cycling through the Great Dao Tree, the Gate of the Dao, and his own body as the group listened across countless epochs.
• Pangu demonstrated his Dao by sending incarnations to create worlds, with many perishing before 2,999 incarnations succeeded and returned to him.
• Taiyi asked whether Pangu needed one more world to gather three thousand Great Daos of Force, but Pangu explained that each successful incarnation made the next harder and the final one might take an unknown amount of time.

Hongjun arrived after leaving the collapsing Primordial World and revealed that he had once been the Hongmeng Heavenly Lord, a powerful being from the Hongmeng Dao World. River Crab Daoist proposed that Hongjun, Taiyi, and Pangu become System Gods and use their Daos together to spread systems and resist the Hongmeng Master.

• Hongjun tore open chaos and greeted Taiyi and Pangu, then explained that he had left the Primordial World as it faced destruction.
• Hongjun revealed that he had once been the Hongmeng Heavenly Lord and had escaped the Hongmeng Master's slaughter by sending his Hongmeng Origin into lower-realm chaos.
• River Crab Daoist explained that Hongjun's Dao was Balance and proposed that he use it to suppress worlds destabilized by systems.
• River Crab Daoist invited Taiyi and Pangu to help spread systems, offering profits based on how much each System God's laws were used.
• River Crab Daoist said Taiyi, Pangu, and Hongjun would become System Gods equal to him, joining the Ten Great Hongmeng Lives in combining their Daos against the Hongmeng Master.

Taiyi, Pangu, and Heavenly Dao Hongjun joined the alliance of Hongmeng lifeforms, whose members revealed that the Chaos World’s Great Dao laws were projections of their true bodies. Taiyi ended by asking whether life repeated in an endless cycle of Chaos Seas and Hongmeng Realms.

• Heavenly Dao Hongjun agreed to merge his Order Dao into the system, provided he retained reservation authority, and River Crab Daoist granted each System God reservation and veto powers.
• Taiyi, Pangu, and Heavenly Dao Hongjun joined the alliance to oppose Primal Chaos Sovereign and had their spiritual wills brought to the system’s hidden headquarters.
• The River Crab Divine Beast introduced the other Hongmeng lifeforms, who greeted the three newcomers and identified themselves by their Dao domains.
• The Hongmeng Time Divine Beast and the others explained that the Chaos World’s Great Dao laws were projections of their true bodies and that Primal Chaos Sovereign could not freely project his consciousness into the lower realm.
• Taiyi asked what the Hongmeng lifeforms and Primal Chaos Sovereign sought, and whether another Chaos Sea and Hongmeng Realm existed beyond their own.

Taiyi, Pangu, and Heavenly Dao Hongjun reviewed the System Space’s rules and authorities, learning more about the System Dao. The River Crab Divine Beast then asked Pangu to contribute Pangu-related items for hosts to exchange, and Pangu objected when he realized what it meant.

• The ten great Hongmeng lifeforms praised Taiyi’s comprehension and his role as their chosen inheritor.
• Taiyi, Pangu, and Heavenly Dao Hongjun reviewed the authority, permissions, and responsibilities of System Gods.
• Pangu and Heavenly Dao Hongjun recognized how the System Dao had helped Taiyi evade the Heavenly Dao’s control.
• The River Crab Divine Beast asked Pangu to provide Pangu-related items for System Space hosts to exchange.
• Pangu interrupted the request, protesting that the River Crab Divine Beast wanted him to supply a Pangu incarnation as an exchange item.

Taiyi learned that the Chaos Sea contained countless versions of the Primordial Wilderness, shaped by their location and reflections from other worlds. He entered one Chaos Bubble World, discovered its history followed a different plot, and decided to create a system before rewriting his fate there.

• Pangu, Taiyi, and Hongjun of the Heavenly Dao allied with the Ten Great Hongmeng Lifeforms, who then departed the System Space.
• Hongjun of the Heavenly Dao and Pangu left to study the system, and Taiyi departed after them.
• Taiyi traveled to a cluster of Chaos Bubbles and reflected on how central and outer Chaos Worlds developed differently through the Chaos Great Dao’s influence.
• Taiyi entered a Chaos Bubble World, infiltrated its Heavenly Dao, and learned that its Primordial Wilderness followed a different plot.
• Taiyi decided to rewrite his fate in this world and went to the System Space to create a system for himself.

After Hongjun withdrew from the world, the Twelve Ancestral Witches established the Primordial Heavenly Court, endured the Heavenly Dao’s trial, and received Great Dao Merit. Dijun challenged them but withdrew, while Taiyi stayed behind and watched.

• Hongjun announced that he would merge with the Dao and sent the Purple Cloud Guests out of the palace.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches established the Primordial Heavenly Court and used Pangu Shrine to suppress the Witch Clan’s fortune.
• The Eye of the Heavenly Dao pressured the Twelve Ancestral Witches, but Great Dao Merit descended and helped them complete the Heavenly Court’s establishment.
• Dijun confronted the Twelve Ancestral Witches over their seizure of the Heavenly Court, then prepared to leave after they provoked him.
• Taiyi stayed behind when Dijun called him, and the Purple Cloud Guests waited for Hongjun Daozu’s instructions.

The Witch Clan established the Primordial Heavenly Court and gained Great Dao Merit, unsettling Hongjun and the Primordial Powers. Hongjun’s ambiguous warning turned them against the Witch Clan, while Taiyi secretly headed toward their Heavenly Court to alter the course of events.

• Hongjun was shocked that the Witch Clan had claimed the Primordial Heavenly Court and received Great Dao Merit, but he could not overturn the Great Dao’s decision.
• The Three Pure Ones denounced the Witch Clan and prepared to attack with their Innate Supreme Treasures, while many Purple Cloud Guests sided with them.
• Hongjun declared that establishing the Heavenly Court was the great trend of the Heavenly Dao, then sent the Purple Cloud Guests back to the Primordial Wilderness.
• The Primordial Powers interpreted Hongjun’s words as a rejection of the Witch Clan’s Heavenly Court and began eyeing it, prompting the Witch Clan to prepare for battle.
• Taiyi judged that the Witch Clan would fall if events remained unchanged, informed Dijun he was leaving, then secretly turned toward the Witch Clan Heavenly Court.

Taiyi infiltrated the Witch Clan Heavenly Court and confronted the Twelve Ancestral Witches at Pangu Shrine. He froze them effortlessly with his control of the Great Dao Laws and asked whether they wished to live or die, leaving them unable to resist as he prepared to explain why he had come.

• Taiyi passed through the Heavenly Court’s defenses unnoticed and arrived at Pangu Shrine.
• Dijiang, Zhurong, Houtu, and the other Ancestral Witches confronted Taiyi, and Houtu and Gonggong urged the others to hear him out.
• Taiyi studied the Twelve Ancestral Witches and declared that he had come to save them from misery.
• Zhurong attacked Taiyi, but Taiyi froze him and then restrained Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches with the Space Great Dao.
• Taiyi asked whether the Twelve Ancestral Witches were willing to listen to him finish speaking.

Taiyi revealed that the Witch and Demon Cataclysm would destroy both clans and pressured the Twelve Ancestral Witches to follow his plan. He ordered the Witch Clan to produce a Grand Luo Golden Immortal Zenith and began by presenting them with a strand of Witch Origin.

• Taiyi entered Pangu Shrine and told the Twelve Ancestral Witches that his strength came from a fortuitous opportunity rather than Hongjun's teachings.
• Taiyi revealed the future destruction of the Witch and Demon Clans and demanded that the Witch Clan cooperate with his plan.
• Houtu asked what Taiyi wanted from the Witch Clan and what they would gain, but Taiyi said they were not qualified to negotiate.
• Taiyi explained that the Witch Clan needed to produce a Grand Luo Golden Immortal Zenith because it had no Saint and was caught in the Heavenly Dao's designs.
• Taiyi explained the difference between Saints and Grand Luo Golden Immortals Zeniths, then took out a strand of Witch Origin.

Taiyi gave the Twelve Ancestral Witches a Witch Origin that could help one of them become a Sage, then urged them to choose Houtu so she could transform into Reincarnation without sacrificing herself. Houtu began fusing with it, disrupting Hongjun’s plans, while Taiyi set off for Buzhou Mountain after receiving a system mission.

• Taiyi explained that the Witch Origin was a Check-in System reward that could help one Ancestral Witch attain Sagehood.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches chose their eldest brother Dijiang to receive the Witch Origin, but Taiyi recommended Houtu instead because she was destined to create the six paths of Reincarnation.
• Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches agreed, and Houtu began fusing with the Witch Origin.
• Hongjun sensed an unforeseen change in the Heavenly Dao’s great course and sent an edict to the Kunlun Three Pure Ones.
• Taiyi left the Thirty-Three Heavens and headed toward Buzhou Mountain after the Check-in System issued him a mission.