Chapter Summaries

The Witch and Demon Heavenly Court overwhelmed the Purple Palace Immortal Court as tribulation and merit tilted the battle in their favor. Duke of the East rallied his forces with the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, but the Twelve Ancestral Witches summoned Pangu’s True Body, which crushed their attack and left the Immortal Court facing certain defeat.

• The Witch and Demon Heavenly Court rejected Duke of the East’s attempt to stop fighting and drove the Purple Palace Immortal Court’s forces into disarray.
• Duke of the East urged his troops to fight for a chance to negotiate, then formed the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation with the four divine beasts guarding its gates.
• Dijiang and the Twelve Ancestral Witches formed the Twelve Divine Demon Array and summoned Pangu’s True Body.
• Pangu’s True Body crushed the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation’s five-element attack in his palm, terrifying the Immortal Court’s forces.

The Twelve Ancestral Witches’ Pangu True Body destroyed the Purple Palace Immortal Court’s Ten Thousand Immortals Formation with one axe strike, leaving the court’s forces badly wounded and its stronghold submerged. As the Three Purities reacted to Pangu’s power, Laozi feared that Taiyi had discovered his secret theft of Yuanshi and Tongtian’s source qi.

• Eastern King Duke and the Purple Palace Immortal Court’s immortals launched a desperate Limitless Immortal Light attack at the Pangu True Body.
• The Pangu True Body summoned the Pangu Divine Axe and shattered the attack, crushed the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, sank the Purple Mansion Continent, and scattered the court’s immortals into the sea.
• Taishang Laozi, Yuqing Yuanshi, and Taiyi felt their treasures react to the axe light, while Laozi’s Three Purities Source Qi trembled in response to the Pangu True Body.
• Taiyi looked across space at Laozi with a knowing smile, making Laozi fear that his secret had been exposed.
• Laozi recalled that he had secretly taken strands of Yuanshi’s and Tongtian’s source qi before their consciousnesses awakened and fused them with his own to create the Three Purities Source Qi.

The Twelve Ancestral Witches nearly destroyed the Purple Palace Immortal Court, but Heavenly Dao Hongjun intervened and effortlessly stopped their attack. The witches accused Hongjun of breaking his agreement with Taiyi as the battle’s outcome turned against them.

• Taiyi watched the Purple Palace Immortal Court fall and revealed that he had secretly given the Twelve Ancestral Witches a stronger version of the Twelve Divine Heavens Great Array.
• The Pangu True Body condemned the Duke of the East and swung the Heaven Splitting Axe at him.
• Hongjun froze space and time, used Taiqing Laozi’s Taiji Diagram to block the axe, and ground away one of Pangu True Body’s arms.
• Taiqing Laozi and the other Primordial Powerhouses were shocked by Hongjun’s strength and by the Taiji Diagram’s power.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches realized Hongjun had broken his agreement with Taiyi and angrily accused him of intervening on the Purple Palace Immortal Court’s behalf.

Hongjun confronted the Twelve Ancestral Witches and used the Heavenly Dao Eye, the Jade Creation Disc, and his other powers to shatter their Pangu True Body. He sentenced the injured witches to one hundred thousand years of confinement.

• Duke of the East defended Hongjun and mocked the Twelve Ancestral Witches, but Zhurong insulted him in return.
• Hongjun accused the Twelve Ancestral Witches of defying Heavenly Mandate and attacked their Pangu True Body with the Taiji Diagram.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches summoned the Godslaying Spear, and Hongjun brought forth the Heavenly Dao Eye and Jade Creation Disc to counter it.
• The Heavenly Dao Eye struck the Pangu True Body and broke it apart, leaving the Twelve Ancestral Witches injured.
• Hongjun declared that the Twelve Ancestral Witches would be confined for one hundred thousand years.

Taiyi confronted Hongjun for breaking their agreement and challenged him to wage war against the Witch and Demon Heavenly Court. Hongjun avoided a fight by forbidding the Witch and Demon Heavenly Court and the Purple Palace Immortal Court from going to war for one hundred thousand years, while the Primordial Powerhouses turned against him.

• Taiyi appeared before Hongjun, accused him of breaking their agreement, and demanded to know whether he intended to wage war against the Witch and Demon Heavenly Court.
• Taiyi summoned the Godslaying Spear and pressed Hongjun for an answer, making Hongjun hesitate rather than attack.
• Hongjun dispersed the Eye of the Heavenly Dao and declared that the Witch and Demon Heavenly Court and the Purple Palace Immortal Court could not go to war for one hundred thousand years.
• The Primordial Powerhouses condemned Hongjun after recognizing how he had manipulated them, and many grieved over their fate as pieces in his schemes.
• Youhai Supreme severed his ties with Hongjun by offering up the essence blood containing his gains from the three lectures at Purple Cloud Palace.

More than half of the Purple Cloud Guests severed their karmic ties with Hongjun, whose unstable Heavenly Dao foundation spawned Malevolent Fiendish Energy. After the Witch and Demon Heavenly Court withdrew from the battered Purple Palace Immortal Court, the Three Pure Ones secretly proposed that the Duke of the East join forces with their enemies against Hongjun.

• More than half of the Purple Cloud Guests repaid their karmic debts to Hongjun, while the Three Pure Ones and other peak powerhouses stayed silent.
• Hongjun suppressed the Malevolent Fiendish Energy rising from his unstable Heavenly Dao foundation and returned to the Heavenly Dao, insisting he could not be wrong.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches and Dijun withdrew their forces after defeating the Purple Palace Immortal Court, while the Duke of the East stubbornly challenged them to return.
• Taishang Laozi proposed that the Duke of the East make peace with the Witch and Demon Heavenly Court to thwart Hongjun, and Yuanshi and Tongtian pressured him to agree.

The Twelve Ancestral Witches discussed Hongjun’s failed attempt to suppress them and Houtu explained how his ambition to control the Heavenly Dao threatened the Primordial Wilderness. The chapter left them determined to disrupt Hongjun’s plans by defying the Heavenly Dao’s grand trend.

• Taishang Laozi invoked Hongjun’s decree to order Eastern King Duke to rebuild the Purple Palace Immortal Court, and Eastern King Duke reluctantly accepted.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches returned to Pangu Shrine and criticized Hongjun for favoring the Immortal Court and trying to suppress them.
• Dijiang and Xuanming said the Heavenly Dao’s Merit Golden List protected their Heavenly Court, while Houtu warned that Hongjun could secretly strengthen the Immortal Court.
• The Ancestral Witches reflected on how Hongjun’s Dao-merging ambitions had turned former allies against him.
• Houtu explained that Hongjun sought to control and weaken the Heavenly Dao, and that defying its grand trend could derail his plans.

Heavenly Emperor Houtu proposed seeking cooperation with the Three Pure Ones, and Taiyi praised her insight before revealing that she could become a Saint by establishing the Dao of Earth through the Netherworld Underworld and Six Paths of Reincarnation. The chapter ended with Houtu glimpsing a vision of her future role judging the dead and guiding souls to rebirth.

• Heavenly Emperor Houtu explained that Hongjun's control of the Heavenly Dao threatened the Primordial World and suggested contacting the Three Pure Ones and Eastern King Duke for cooperation.
• Zhurong questioned whether the Three Pure Ones would work with the Witch Clan, but Houtu argued that they would pursue their own interests now that Taiyi could oppose Hongjun.
• Dijiang agreed to arrange a visit to sound out the Three Pure Ones, and Taiyi appeared in Pangu Shrine as the Twelve Ancestral Witches bowed to him.
• Taiyi praised Houtu and the other Ancestral Witches for their growth and said Houtu's Dao attainment should come through the Dao Fruit of the Great Dao of Earth.
• Taiyi explained that Houtu would transform the Netherworld Underworld and the Six Paths of Reincarnation, reviving the Dao of Earth and helping establish the Three Powers of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity.
• Houtu trembled as she glimpsed a future in which she presided over the Six Paths of Reincarnation, judged souls, and sent them to rebirth or into the eighteen hells.

Taiyi planned for Houtu to revive the Earth Dao and considered who might represent the Human Dao, then urged the Twelve Ancestral Witches to master his formation. Hongjun summoned Taiyi to the Purple Cloud Palace, where Taiyi found the future Six Sages waiting, and prepared to negotiate with the anxious Heavenly Dao representative.

• Taiyi concluded that Houtu would become the Earth Dao’s spokesperson and decided to consider a Human Dao spokesperson later.
• Taiyi told the Twelve Ancestral Witches to master the Heavenly Gods and Fiends Formation by turning it into part of their bodies, and they said they could not yet do so.
• Hongjun summoned Taiyi to the Purple Cloud Palace, and Taiyi reassured the worried Twelve Ancestral Witches before leaving the Pangu Shrine.
• Taiyi arrived at the Purple Cloud Palace and found the Three Pure Ones, Zhunti, Jieyin, and Nüwa waiting outside.
• Taiyi inferred that Hongjun was anxious to negotiate because the Heavenly Dao’s general trend had gone astray, while Hongjun himself could not change that trend at will.

Taiyi attended Hongjun’s gathering at Purple Cloud Palace, where Hongjun declared that the Witch and Demon Cataclysm could not be changed and threatened to suppress Taiyi if he aided the Witch and Demon Heavenly Court. The Six Sages watched anxiously as Taiyi remained unruffled, leaving his response unresolved.

• Taiyi entered Purple Cloud Palace despite Haotian’s hostile glare, and the Six Sages followed him inside.
• Nüwa warned Taiyi to be careful, but he assured her Hongjun could not harm him.
• Hongjun declared that the Witch and Demon Clans had to be destroyed because their cataclysm was ordained by the Heavenly Dao.
• Hongjun threatened to suppress Taiyi in Purple Cloud Palace if he helped the Witch and Demon Heavenly Court again.
• Nüwa and the other Saint disciples reacted with alarm, while Taiyi closed his eyes as if half-asleep.

In Purple Cloud Palace, Taiyi rejected Hongjun’s demand that he let the Witch and Demon clans perish according to the Heavenly Dao’s plan. Hongjun threatened him with Purple Firmament Divine Lightning and Heavenly Dao power, but Taiyi’s immense Great Dao Merit shielded him, leaving Hongjun unable to act.

• Taiyi woke during Hongjun’s lecture and said he would not interfere in the Witch and Demon Cataclysm if Hongjun did not favor the Purple Palace Immortal Court.
• Hongjun insisted that the Witch and Demon clans had to perish gradually in accordance with the Heavenly Dao, and Taiyi challenged his demand.
• Hongjun asked whether Taiyi refused to follow the Heavenly Dao’s great trend, and Taiyi mocked him and openly refused.
• Hongjun summoned Purple Firmament Divine Lightning and the Heavenly Dao Eye to intimidate Taiyi.
• Taiyi challenged Hongjun to kill him, and his Merit Golden Wheel formed a protective golden robe that forced back the lightning and Heavenly Dao power.
• Hongjun fell silent as he realized Taiyi’s immense Great Dao Merit made him difficult to attack.

Taiyi left Purple Cloud Palace after standing up to Hongjun, then visited Nüwa at Phoenix Perch Mountain. He proposed a way to draw Primordial Powerhouses toward the Demon Clan, dilute the Purple Palace Immortal Court’s fate, and unite their strength.

• Hongjun withdrew the Purple Firmament Divine Lightning and sent Taiyi and the Six Sages out of Purple Cloud Palace.
• Taishang Laozi, Zhunti, and Jieyin greeted Taiyi in the chaos before departing, and Nüwa asked him about confronting Hongjun.
• Taiyi invited Nüwa to Phoenix Perch Mountain, where Fuxi welcomed him and learned what had happened at Purple Cloud Palace.
• Taiyi explained that the Demon Court’s demand for all formed beings to submit had driven many Primordial Powerhouses to join the Purple Palace Immortal Court.
• Taiyi proposed a compromise to draw Primordial Powerhouses closer to the Demon Clan, dilute the Immortal Court’s fate, and unite their strength.

Taiyi urged Fuxi and Nüwa to establish the Innate God Race and its court, positioning Nüwa as its empress. After the siblings founded the race at Phoenix Perch Mountain, they received immense Heavenly Dao merit, drawing attention from across the Primordial World and prompting the Three Pure Ones, Zhunti, and Jieyin to suspect Taiyi’s involvement.

• Taiyi proposed that Fuxi and Nüwa establish the Innate God Race, with Nüwa as its empress, to unite powerful beings unwilling to join the Demon Clan or submit to the Purple Palace Immortal Court.
• Fuxi and Nüwa accepted Taiyi’s plan, called him Brother Taiyi, and agreed to establish the Innate God Court with the Primordial Powerhouses who joined their race.
• Fuxi and Nüwa erected an altar at Phoenix Perch Mountain and proclaimed the establishment of the Innate God Race, using the Mountains and Rivers State Altar Diagram to suppress its fortune.
• Heavenly Dao merit descended upon Fuxi and Nüwa in an enormous golden cloud, and the announcement spread throughout the Primordial World.
• Countless Primordial Powerhouses hurried toward Phoenix Perch Mountain, while the Three Pure Ones, Zhunti, and Jieyin suspected that Taiyi had devised the plan.

Fuxi and Nüwa established the Innate God Race under the Heavenly Rules and Earthly Laws, drawing members away from the Purple Palace Immortal Court. After they severed their third corpses and reached the late stage of the quasi-Saint realm, Duke of the East arrived with his forces and demanded their treasures.

• Fuxi and Nüwa accepted the Heavenly Dao Merit Golden List Sub-List and made the Innate God Race follow the Heavenly Rules and Earthly Laws of the Witch and Demon Heavenly Court.
• The Innate God Race drew Primordial Powerhouses away from the Purple Palace Immortal Court, cutting its destiny in half.
• Fuxi and Nüwa received Heavenly Dao Merit, severed their Obsession Corpses, and advanced to the late stage of the quasi-Saint realm.
• Duke of the East led the Immortal Court's forces to Phoenix Perch Mountain and accused Fuxi and Nüwa of taking his court's destiny and merit.
• Nüwa and Fuxi refused Duke of the East's demand to join his court, and he demanded they hand over the Red Embroidered Ball and the Rivers and Mountains Map.

Nüwa and Eastern King Duke clashed over the Innate God Race, and Taiqing Laozi then angered her by siding with Eastern King Duke. Fuxi shielded Nüwa from Laozi’s attack, leaving the Three Pure Ones and the siblings at a tense standoff.

• Nüwa hurled the Red Embroidered Ball at Eastern King Duke, and their weapons shattered the space above Phoenix Perch Mountain before both withdrew.
• Taiqing Laozi criticized Nüwa for establishing the Innate God Race without warning, and Nüwa struck him in the forehead with the Red Embroidered Ball.
• Laozi retaliated with the Taiji Diagram, so Fuxi used the Rivers and Mountains Map to draw everyone into its inner world and block the attack.
• The Taiji Diagram’s golden light destroyed the inner world’s plants, creatures, and treasures, enraging Nüwa as she charged the Red Embroidered Ball with mana.
• Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Tongtian tried to mediate, while the gathered Primordial Powerhouses wondered why the Three Pure Ones were confronting Nüwa and Fuxi.

Nüwa and Fuxi’s Innate God Race went to war with the Purple Palace Immortal Court while Taiyi refused to intervene directly. The Twelve Ancestral Witches joined the battle, and Taiyi blasted Duke of the East away before confronting Laozi.

• Laozi put away the Taiji Diagram but kept the Heaven and Earth Exquisite Pagoda raised as Nüwa denounced him and challenged the Immortal Court.
• Duke of the East declared war on the Innate God Race and asked Taiyi not to interfere; Taiyi agreed, while reassuring Nüwa and Fuxi.
• Duke of the East’s army attacked Phoenix Perch Mountain, and Nüwa and Fuxi fought back as their allies joined to protect its living beings.
• The Three Pure Ones entered the battle, but the Twelve Ancestral Witches arrived and challenged them.
• Duke of the East accused Taiyi of summoning the Witches, and Taiyi blasted him beyond the ninth heaven with a beam from his eyes.
• Laozi accused Taiyi of breaking the agreement and creating the Innate God Race, and Taiyi turned his question back on him.

Hongjun realized that Taiyi’s actions and the founding of the Innate God Race had derailed his plans, so he resolved to compete with Taiyi for the Heavenly Dao’s favor. At Phoenix Perch Mountain, the Purple Palace Immortal Court abandoned its planned attack, and Taiyi sent Duke of the East flying again.

• Hongjun recognized that Fuxi and Nüwa had founded the Innate God Race, disrupting the expected Witch and Demon Cataclysm and his plan to control the Heavenly Dao.
• Hongjun concluded that the Heavenly Dao favored anything that benefited the Primordial World, then vowed to fight Taiyi openly for its favor.
• At Phoenix Perch Mountain, the Purple Palace Immortal Court’s forces withdrew, and Taiqing Laozi returned home rather than challenge Taiyi’s side.
• Duke of the East arrived intending to confront Taiyi but found Fuxi, Nüwa, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, Taiyi, and Dijun waiting.
• Taiyi pointed at Duke of the East and blasted him beyond the Ninth Heaven, while Duke of the East shouted that he would return.

After the Innate God Race was established, Nüwa organized its members and restored Phoenix Perch Mountain while Taiyi remained to keep order. Once the new Divine Court had settled, Nüwa asked Taiyi about the path to sainthood, and he warned her that Hongjun’s method would bind her to the Heavenly Dao.

• The Innate God Race declared its establishment, chose Phoenix Perch Mountain as its ancestral land, and began attracting Primordial Powerhouses.
• Taiyi suggested that Nüwa consider the Suguang Plains of Taisu Heaven for the Divine Court’s base, and she agreed to inspect it later.
• Nüwa registered and assigned the new Innate Gods, who helped repair Phoenix Perch Mountain and organized the Divine Court under her direction.
• Fuxi and Nüwa suppressed their desire to advance through destiny, wary of the hidden dangers, while Taiyi’s presence kept the divine humans in line.
• Nüwa visited Taiyi and asked why establishing the Innate God Race and receiving Heavenly Dao Merit had not revealed the path to sainthood.
• Taiyi explained that Hongjun’s method could make Nüwa a Saint but would require her to obey the Heavenly Dao, and Nüwa recoiled from surrendering her freedom.

Taiyi explained to Nüwa the flaws in Hongjun’s Three Corpses Severance method and revealed how Hongjun had become a Sage. He urged Nüwa to pursue Law Proving Dao and asked her to represent humanity after becoming a Sage, then she sought his advice on which law to choose.

• Taiyi told Nüwa that Three Corpses Severance required three Innate Spiritual Treasures of the same origin and bound successful practitioners to Hongjun.
• Taiyi explained that Hongjun had bestowed Primordial Violet Qi because the Heavenly Dao had destined the six recipients to become Sages.
• Taiyi revealed that Hongjun’s corpses had been damaged during the Dao-Demon War and that he later restored their fusion with merit before entrusting his Primordial Spirit Imprint to the Heavenly Dao.
• Taiyi advised Nüwa to abandon Three Corpses Severance and pursue Law Proving Dao by fusing with one Great Dao law.
• Taiyi disclosed his plans concerning the Heavenly Dao, Earth Dao, humanity, and the Witch and Demon forces, and asked Nüwa to represent humanity after becoming a Sage.
• Nüwa praised Taiyi’s vision and asked which law she should choose.

Taiyi guided Nüwa toward creating the Human Race through the Great Dao of Creation and urged her to prepare carefully for becoming a Sage. After warning that Hongjun’s influence over the Heavenly Dao was growing, Taiyi returned to the Sun Star and examined an Innate Spiritual Treasure Upgrade Card.

• Taiyi told Nüwa that the new race should be called the Human Race and that creating it would fulfill her destiny through the Great Dao of Creation.
• After several days of contemplation, Nüwa agreed to pursue humanity’s creation, and Taiyi offered to help if she needed more time.
• Taiyi advised Nüwa to cultivate the Three Corpses without fully fusing them and to prioritize the Great Dao of Creation so she could become a powerful Sage.
• Taiyi reflected that Nüwa and Houtu might one day establish the Paths of Humanity and Earth, balancing the Heavenly Dao and thwarting Hongjun’s plans.
• Taiyi sensed that Hongjun’s authority within the Heavenly Dao was increasing as the Witch and Demon Cataclysm progressed, then returned to the Sun Star.
• Taiyi took out an Innate Spiritual Treasure Upgrade Card, which could raise a treasure by one grade up to the level of an Innate Supreme Treasure.