Chapter Summaries

Houtu established the Six Paths of Reincarnation and became a Great Dao Sage, while Great Immortal Yang Mei sensed her ascension and headed toward the Primordial World. The Netherworld continued expanding, bringing the Primordial World closer to the Earth Dao's awakening.

• Houtu's Sage's Might alarmed Great Immortal Yang Mei, who realized a true Hunyuan Sage had appeared in the Primordial World.
• Great Immortal Yang Mei decided to approach the Primordial World and watch for a conflict between Houtu and Hongjun that might let him seize an opportunity.
• Houtu withdrew her Sage's Might and accepted the Primordial Beings' bow after proving Dao as the Reincarnation Sage through the Great Dao.
• The Six Paths Reincarnation Disc drew in Chaos Energy and transformed it into Primordial Spiritual Energy, expanding the Netherworld beneath the Primordial Wilderness.
• Houtu saw that the expanding Netherworld would eventually awaken the Earth Dao, as all beings gained access to reincarnation and a chance to be reborn.

Houtu established the Netherworld and began organizing the Underworld to govern the Six Paths of Reincarnation. As she offered divine positions to interested Primordial Powerhouses, Taiyi sensed Hongjun approaching from chaos.

• Houtu opened the Netherworld and founded the Underworld, using the Book of Life and Death to suppress its destiny.
• Houtu created Lady Pingxin as an incarnation to oversee reincarnation and appointed yin souls as the Ten Kings of Hell.
• Houtu left the selection of other Underworld officials to the Ten Kings and explained that the Underworld would judge souls before reincarnation.
• Primordial Powerhouses asked to join the Underworld, and Houtu offered positions including the Five Ghost Emperors, the Six Heavens of Luofeng, and Fengdu Emperor to those who passed her assessment.
• Taiyi sensed Hongjun arriving from chaos and warned Houtu.

Hongjun tried to confine Houtu to the Underworld under the Heavenly Dao’s authority, prompting Taiyi to challenge him. Taiyi and Hongjun took their battle into the chaos, where the outcome would decide whether Hongjun could continue to impose his decrees on the Primordial Wilderness.

• Hongjun congratulated Houtu on becoming a Sage, then ordered her to remain in the Netherworld and govern the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Houtu questioned Hongjun’s authority to confine her, and Taiyi accused him of abusing Heavenly Dao power.
• Hongjun declared that Taiyi would be suppressed for ten thousand years and attacked him with the power of the Sage Dao.
• Taiyi countered with his Godslaying Spear and revealed that he had comprehended the Law of Slaughter.
• Hongjun and Taiyi continued fighting in the chaos as onlookers followed, with the battle’s result set to determine Hongjun’s authority over the Primordial Wilderness.
• Taiyi vowed to expose Hongjun’s hypocrisy and prove that the Dao Ancestor was not invincible.

Taiyi fought Hongjun in Chaos while Houtu began reviving the Earth Dao in the Primordial Wilderness. Hongjun broke away to stop her, but Taiyi shielded Houtu as the two clashed again.

• Hongjun invoked the Heavenly Dao’s power to suppress Taiyi, who answered with the Great Sun Law and attacked him.
• Houtu declared that she would use the Six Paths of Reincarnation to awaken the Earth Dao, alarming the Heavenly Dao and threatening Hongjun’s control.
• Hongjun endured Taiyi’s attack and rushed toward Houtu to stop the revival.
• Hongjun smashed aside Houtu’s Six Paths Reincarnation Disc with the Jade Creation Disc, exposing her.
• Taiyi appeared before Houtu and protected them both inside the Chaos Bell as Hongjun struck it with the Three Thousand Laws of the Heavenly Dao.

Taiyi blocked Hongjun from stopping Earth Dao’s Revival and unveiled the Epoch Divine Fist, a power capable of destroying an entire epoch. After Hongjun attacked with his full strength, Taiyi launched his strongest punch, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Taiyi struck Hongjun with the Thirty-Three Heavens Creation Divine Fist, sending the Dao Ancestor flying and shattering his protective light.
• Taiyi revealed the Burial Sky Coffin, the Upgraded Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, and other treasures, while Hongjun questioned his inheritance from beyond their world.
• Hongjun unleashed the Three Thousand Laws of the Heavenly Dao, his Immortal Dao Domain, and the Order Divine Spear against Taiyi and Houtu.
• Taiyi empowered himself with his treasures and the Upgraded Nine Secrets of Daoism, then used the Epoch Divine Fist against Hongjun.
• Taiyi’s punch darkened the primordial world and threatened to make Hongjun’s body and soul decay, but the chapter ended before its impact was shown.

Taiyi’s Epoch Divine Fist shattered Hongjun’s Jade Creation Disc and badly damaged his Sage body, but Hongjun instantly recovered using Heavenly Dao power. Hongjun wanted to kill Taiyi, yet Taiyi’s immense merit made him fear the karmic backlash, leaving both unable to overcome the other.

• Taiyi’s Epoch Divine Fist pierced Hongjun’s Immortal Dao Domain, shattered the Jade Creation Disc, and cracked his Sage body.
• Hongjun restored himself with a flash of light and declared his interest in Taiyi’s Great Dao inheritance from beyond the Outer Chaos Heavens.
• Hongjun resolved to eradicate Taiyi, even if he had to die once, while Taiyi revealed his vast stockpile of Heavenly Dao Merit.
• Hongjun realized killing Taiyi could bring fatal karmic backlash, so he stopped short of attacking.
• Taiyi and Hongjun recognized that neither could kill nor suppress the other, and their battle ended in a stalemate.

Hongjun returned to the Chaotic Purple Cloud Palace after his fight with Taiyi, only to find Rahula waiting as a newly risen Heavenly Devil Sage. Rahula tried to convert Hongjun to the demonic path, and their confrontation ended with demonic qi flooding the palace as Hongjun attacked him.

• Hongjun fled Taiyi and returned to the Chaotic Purple Cloud Palace, where Rahula revealed himself.
• Rahula showed Hongjun that he had become a Hunyuan Demon Sage after receiving the Source of the Devil Dao from Taiyi.
• Rahula mocked Hongjun and offered him the position of Lord of the Demon Realm, while Hongjun questioned Taiyi’s sources of Great Dao Laws.
• Rahula challenged Hongjun over the familiar scent on him, and Hongjun denied doing anything to harm the Primordial Wilderness.
• Rahula exposed Hongjun’s origins and accused him of joining the four who once besieged him, provoking Hongjun to attack with Heavenly Dao power.
• Rahula countered with vast demonic qi, filling the Chaotic Purple Cloud Palace as immortal and demonic forces clashed.

Hongjun drove Rahu from the Purple Cloud Palace with a secretly refined Evil Corpse made from the Source of All Evil, but he remained worried that his position as Dao Ancestor was in danger. Taiyi then offered Zhen Yuanzi a new opportunity to expand the Earth Immortal Lineage into the Netherworld Underworld.

• Hongjun sent his Evil Corpse to ambush Rahu, who recognized it as an incarnation of the Source of All Evil and accused Hongjun of secretly gathering the Source of the Law of Evil.
• Hongjun used the Evil Corpse to drive Rahu back into the Heavenly Devil Realm, sealed the Purple Cloud Palace, and began plotting with the Heavenly Dao to escape his predicament.
• Taiyi visited Zhen Yuanzi at Longevity Mountain Five Villages Temple and suggested establishing a branch of the earth veins in the Netherworld Underworld.
• Zhen Yuanzi welcomed the proposal, anticipating that the Earth Immortal Lineage would gain merit and fortune as the Netherworld expanded, and thanked Taiyi for his guidance.

Taiyi brought Zhen Yuanzi to meet Houtu in the Underworld and arranged for the Earth Immortal Lineage to help build its bureaucracy and fill out the Six Paths of Reincarnation. After Taiyi advised Houtu on assigning her Three Corpses roles in the Underworld, the Nether River Ancestor arrived to claim his promised position as Ruler of the Netherworld.

• Taiyi and Zhen Yuanzi arrived at the Six Paths of Reincarnation and met Houtu, who welcomed the Earth Immortal Lineage's help establishing the Underworld system.
• Houtu explained that the Human, Asura, Deva, and Beast Paths were functioning, while the Hungry Ghost and Hell Paths still lacked sentient beings.
• Taiyi advised Houtu to make her Good Corpse Lady Pingxin, her Obsessive Corpse Meng Po, and her Evil Corpse the Fengdu Emperor, allowing each to earn Earth Dao merit.
• Taiyi explained that the Nether River Ancestor's nominal control of the Netherworld would not interfere with the Underworld bureaucracy's authority over ghosts.
• The Nether River Ancestor requested an audience with Houtu, and Taiyi agreed to meet him and fulfill their promise.

Nether River Ancestor received Houtu’s authority as temporary Lord of the Netherworld and used the Twelfth-Grade Karma Fire Red Lotus to purify the Nether Blood Sea’s departed souls. As their passage into the Netherworld opened, Nether River gained merit and fortune, while Taiyi considered how he had secured the merit that would otherwise have gone to Ksitigarbha.

• Houtu appointed Nether River Ancestor temporary Lord of the Netherworld and gave him the Netherworld Key, with Taiyi’s approval.
• After returning to the Blood Sea, Nether River swore to use the Twelfth-Grade Karma Fire Red Lotus to purify the souls and karmic burdens there.
• The Heavenly Dao granted merit to Nether River and the lotus, which purified the Blood Sea and opened passages for departed souls to enter the Netherworld.
• Nether River sensed his growing merit and fortune and thanked Taiyi and Houtu, while Taiyi recognized that his advice had secured merit intended for Ksitigarbha.

Zhunti and Jieyin sensed that the Western Sect's providence was being stolen, while Taiyi's plan to purify the Blood Sea increased reincarnations through the Six Paths. Returning to the Sun Star, Taiyi found the battered Six-Eared Macaque kneeling outside and reflected on the monkey's misfortunes.

• Zhunti and Jieyin sensed the Western Sect's providence draining but could not discover who was taking it.
• Taiyi learned from Houtu that the Nether River Ancestor's purification of the Blood Sea had increased the number of souls entering reincarnation.
• Zhen Yuanzi praised Taiyi's methods after seeing the Nether River Ancestor work tirelessly for the Underworld.
• Taiyi returned to the Sun Star and found the Six-Eared Macaque kneeling at its gate, seeking an audience.
• Taiyi recognized the Six-Eared Macaque and recalled how Hongjun had crippled his powers after he secretly listened to the Dao Ancestor's sermon.

Six-Eared Macaque sought Taiyi’s help after Hongjun had destroyed his cultivation and left him without a path to the Dao. Taiyi had him brought into the Sun Star and heard his plea, which ended with Six-Eared Macaque offering to reveal a secret about Hongjun.

• The chapter recounted how Sun Wukong killed Six-Eared Macaque after Tathagata captured him, and explained why the Buddhist Sect had wanted him dead.
• Six-Eared Macaque knelt outside the Sun Star for three thousand years, hoping Taiyi would accept him and change his fate.
• Taiyi returned to the Sun Star, where Zhao Gongming and Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao reported that a monkey had come seeking entry into the Heavenly Court.
• Taiyi told his disciples to bring Six-Eared Macaque into the hall and suggested he might accept him as a junior disciple.
• Taiyi questioned Six-Eared Macaque about seeking the Dao despite Hongjun’s prohibition, and Six-Eared Macaque described his origins, his ability to hear all things, and his knowledge of a great secret about Hongjun.

Six-Eared Macaque revealed that Hongjun knew secrets of the previous Chaos Epoch, including the Guixu Divine Sea, survivors, Dao Realm, and the Source of All Evil. Taiyi accepted Six-Eared as a registered disciple and assigned Zhao Gongming to guide his cultivation.

• Six-Eared Macaque told Taiyi what he had overheard Hongjun and Rahu say about the Ninth Chaos Epoch and related secrets.
• Taiyi considered taking Six-Eared as a disciple and imagined using him to guide the other Chaos Monkeys and serve the Witch and Demon Heavenly Court.
• Six-Eared offered to keep monitoring Purple Cloud Palace, while Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters reflected on the secrets they had heard.
• Taiyi accepted Six-Eared as a registered disciple, gave him the Battle Saint Method, and entrusted Zhao Gongming with his cultivation.
• Six-Eared kowtowed gratefully and pledged his loyalty to Taiyi, who dismissed him.

Taiyi visited Rahula in the Extraterrestrial Devil Realm to learn about the Ninth Chaos Epoch and the Dao Realm. Rahula revealed that the current epoch was the final one and that immortality would appear when it ended, then began explaining the limits of the Chaos Sea.

• Hongjun defeated Rahula in the Purple Cloud Palace, and Rahula fled after taunting him.
• Taiyi appeared in Rahula’s dojo and asked what he knew about the Ninth Chaos Epoch and the Dao Realm.
• Taiyi offered to settle his karma with Rahula in exchange for the information.
• Rahula said records in his true spirit described the Ninth Chaos Epoch as the final epoch and foretold that immortality would appear when it ended.
• Rahula explained that the previous eight Chaos Epochs had been destroyed and that no one could leave the Chaos Sea without transcending to the other shore.

Taiyi learned from Demon Ancestor Rahu about the epochs of destruction, the survivors who lived in the Ring-Shaped Universe, and the dangers of Chaos Fiend Beasts. Rahu could not explain the Dao Realm or the Ring-Shaped Universe’s deeper secrets, so Taiyi planned to question Hongjun.

• Taiyi understood that the Chaos Sea had limits and that great cultivation was needed to travel beyond a Chaos World.
• Rahu explained that Pangu had returned with the Heaven Splitting Axe and suspected he knew something about the world-creation feat.
• Rahu described how each epoch ended in destruction, while survivors from eight past epochs lived in the Ring-Shaped Universe beyond this Chaos World.
• Rahu said the ancient gods were likely rejected by the new Chaos World’s laws and admitted he knew nothing about the Dao Realm or the Ring-Shaped Universe’s details.
• Taiyi said he would speak with Hongjun, then asked Rahu about Chaos Fiend Beasts.
• Rahu complained that Chaos Fiend Beasts repeatedly attacked his Heavenly Devil Realm and explained that his forces had worn them down until he became a Sage and secured a foothold in Chaos.

Taiyi learned from Demon Ancestor Rahu that Chaos Beasts could regenerate from a drop of blood and that killing them might earn Great Dao Rewards. After Taiyi returned to the Sun Star, Hongjun sent the Three Pure Ones to the Eastern Sea Coast to seek an opportunity to prove Dao.

• Demon Ancestor Rahu explained that Chaos Beasts were savage, difficult to destroy, and had begun running rampant again after Pangu once purged them from Chaos.
• Demon Ancestor Rahu told Taiyi that killing Chaos Beasts could earn Great Dao Rewards, prompting Taiyi to consider searching for them.
• Taiyi and Demon Ancestor Rahu exchanged information and reached tacit agreements before Taiyi departed through the Chaos Void.
• Taiyi asked the Six-Eared Macaque for news from the Purple Cloud Palace, and the macaque reported that Hongjun had not recently talked to himself.
• Hongjun, alarmed that Nüwa and Houtu had become Sages, ordered Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian to seek an opportunity to prove Dao among the Human Race on the Eastern Sea Coast.
• The Three Pure Ones obeyed Hongjun's decree and set out together for the Eastern Sea Coast.

The Three Pure Ones visited the Great Dao Human Race and realized that their chance to attain Dao lay with its destiny. After Taiyi demanded compensation, Laozi established Daoism and became a Heavenly Dao Sage, but he still could not see through or rival Taiyi.

• Laozi pointed out the Human Race's underground food stores and unity, convincing Tongtian and Yuanshi that their opportunity to attain Dao was tied to the Human Race.
• Taiyi appeared before the Three Pure Ones and offered to fulfill their wish to attain Dao in exchange for compensation to the Great Dao Human Race.
• Laozi vowed to establish Daoism, enlighten sentient beings, pass on the Human Race's Dao lineage, and use the Taiji Diagram to suppress Daoism's destiny.
• Heavenly Dao Merit and Daoism's destiny helped Laozi become the Taiqing Moral Sage, and the Primordial Wilderness celebrated his ascension.
• Laozi tried to perceive Taiyi's true origins but found him shrouded in chaotic mist and sensed overwhelming terror in Taiyi's presence.

Laozi explored his new powers as a Heavenly Dao Sage, then Yuanshi established the Exposition Sect and also proved Dao. The chapter ended with Tongtian standing in the void, apparently poised to become the next Sage.

• Laozi found that his Sage's perception could not penetrate the Heavenly Court or the Underworld, and he restrained his anger when he recalled Taiyi and Goddess Houtu ruled those domains.
• Laozi announced he would build a sanctuary near the Primordial World's membrane and preach the Dao for three thousand years, while living beings hailed him as a Sage.
• Yuanshi established the Exposition Sect, used the Pangu Banner to suppress its fortune, and received Heavenly Dao Merit that made him a Sage.
• Yuanshi announced he would build a sanctuary and preach for three thousand years, while the Primordial World's sentient beings knelt to him.
• The living beings turned their attention to Tongtian, who stood in the void gazing into the chaos.

Tongtian founded the Interception Sect and became a Sage, then severed the Three Pure Ones’ shared destiny after Yuanshi demanded that he disband it. Taiyi exposed Laozi’s secret possession of Yuanshi and Tongtian’s Origin Qi, leaving Laozi unable to explain himself.

• Tongtian swore to establish the Interception Sect, became a Sage, and opened its gates to disciples of all kinds.
• Yuanshi angrily accused Tongtian of opposing the Exposition Sect and demanded that he disband the Interception Sect, but Tongtian refused.
• Laozi tried to calm the brothers while favoring Yuanshi, prompting Tongtian to sever the Three Pure Ones’ shared destiny with the Qingping Sword.
• Taiyi accused Laozi of hiding the Three Purities Source Qi and asked when he would attain the Dao through Three Corpses Severance.
• Taiyi revealed Laozi’s three corpses carrying Yuanshi and Tongtian’s Origin Qi, and Laozi blamed Taiyi when the brothers confronted him.

Tongtian severed his Shangqing title from the Heavenly Dao and rejected the Three Pure Ones’ bond, while Laozi cut his own ties with Tongtian but tried to keep Yuanshi on his side. Yuanshi remained undecided, and Taiyi watched Laozi’s calculated performance with amusement.

• Tongtian used a second sword strike to erase the Shangqing title from the Heavenly Dao, leaving only Tongtian Jiaozhu.
• Yuanshi and Laozi protested Tongtian’s actions, but Tongtian accused Laozi of taking the brothers’ Origin Qi without permission.
• Laozi defended his past actions, declared the Three Pure Ones would sever all ties, and cut his connection with Tongtian while retaining his Taiqing title.
• Laozi asked Yuanshi whether he would also reject him, and Yuanshi said he needed time alone to decide.
• Taiyi was surprised by Laozi’s quick handling of the dispute, then praised his skill at acting.