Chapter Summaries

Taiyi explained to the first-generation Great Dao Human Race why they should embrace the Mystic Sect Immortal Dao and continue innovating in martial arts. After the Human Race pledged to spread his teachings, Taiyi followed a disturbance in fate to Mount Sumeru, where he found Jieyin opening a world but could not locate Zhunti.

• Tianyi, Nüwa, and the other first-generation Great Dao Human Race members asked Taiyi why he had allowed the Mystic Sect Immortal Dao to spread among the Human Race.
• Taiyi told them that the Human Dao had to embrace all things and that martial arts required renewal, innovation, and learning from other paths.
• Tianyi and the forty-nine elders pledged to honor Taiyi's instructions and spread his teachings throughout the Human Race.
• Taiyi sensed a disturbance in fate and traced it to Mount Sumeru, wondering whether Zhen Yuanzi or a member of the Western Sect was involved.
• Taiyi found Jieyin opening a world in the chaos but discovered that Zhunti was absent from Mount Sumeru.

As the Human Race expanded its Martial Dao and established Small Thousand Worlds, Taiyi found Zhunti’s trail in the River of Fate and chose not to pursue him. Taiyi returned to the Sun Star to cultivate toward the Grand Primordial Luo Golden Immortal realm, while the chapter ended with Zhu Long facing an extraordinary crisis at the Eastern Sea Eye.

• The Human Race entered a golden age of Martial Dao and began establishing Small Thousand Worlds to embody the Three Thousand Great Daos.
• Taiyi used the Grand Destiny Art to enter the River of Fate, where he saw that Zhunti had entered a ruin from a past Chaos Epoch.
• Taiyi decided not to follow Zhunti, reasoning that the inheritance could make Zhunti a Grand Primordial Luo Golden Immortal beyond Hongjun’s authority.
• Taiyi returned to the Sun Star and began secluded cultivation, evolving his magical power, body, and primordial spirit toward the Primordial Great Dao.
• The Three Pure Ones, Four Sages, Nüwa, Houtu, and others sent incarnations to establish worlds in Chaos, while Hongjun collected merit through their work.
• Zhu Long encountered an extraordinary crisis at the distant Eastern Sea Eye.

The Dragon Lord of the Seventh Chaos Epoch confronted Zhu Long and demanded his help opening a passage for the past-era survivors to invade the Primordial World. Zhu Long agreed after receiving a strand of Hunyuan Dragon origin, then wondered whether the Dragon Lord had foreseen events and arranged for a Hunyuan Dragon Shadow to infiltrate.

• At the Eastern Sea Eye entrance, Zhu Long tried to flee when the Dragon Lord of the Seventh Chaos Epoch emerged from the shattered void, but the Dragon Lord froze him in place.
• The Dragon Lord revealed his identity and offered to let the Primordial Dragon Race return to the Chaos Dragon Clan if Zhu Long opened the Primordial Defense Array and activated the Dragon Realm Passage.
• Zhu Long questioned why the past-era survivors intended to attack the Primordial World, and the Dragon Lord argued that only one side could survive.
• Zhu Long agreed to cooperate but demanded proof of the Dragon Lord's promise, so the Dragon Lord gave him a strand of Hunyuan Dragon origin to help him become a Hunyuan Dragon.
• After the Dragon Lord vanished, Zhu Long wondered whether he had anticipated everything and arranged for a Hunyuan Dragon Shadow to infiltrate.

The Dragon Lord summoned the Three Giants of the Eighth Chaos Epoch to prepare an invasion of the Primordial World, warning them that the Martial Lord might intervene. As they weighed the Primordial Heavenly Dao and the defenders’ strength, the Lord of Slaughter proposed adding the Devouring Demon Sage, prompting an emphatic rejection.

• The Dragon Lord learned that Zhu Long had taken the bait and summoned the Lord of Death, Lord of Destruction, and Lord of Slaughter to the Dragon Realm.
• The Dragon Lord told the Three Giants that the invasion plan was ready and warned them that the Martial Lord might come for the Martial Dao Source.
• The Dragon Lord explained that the Martial Lord would likely stay out of their way unless they tried to seize the Martial Dao Source imprint.
• The four Sovereigns discussed how to overcome the Primordial Heavenly Dao and weighed their forces against Hongjun and Taiyi.
• The Lord of Slaughter suggested recruiting the Devouring Demon Sage, and the Dragon Lord and the other two Sovereigns immediately rejected the idea.

Lord of Slaughter secured Dragon Lord’s agreement to invade the Primordial World if he could control Devouring Demon Sage, while Zhunti returned with a method to prove the Dao. Zhu Long then became the Dragon of Chaos, challenged Hongjun, and was punished with Purple Firmament Divine Lightning.

• Lord of Death, Lord of Destruction, and Dragon Lord rejected Lord of Slaughter’s proposal to release Devouring Demon Sage until Lord of Slaughter claimed he could control him.
• Dragon Lord agreed to partner with the Three Giants of the Eighth Chaos Epoch on the condition that Lord of Slaughter first released and controlled Devouring Demon Sage.
• Zhunti returned to Mount Sumeru after obtaining an inheritance and told Jieyin he had found a way to prove the Dao as a Grand Luo Golden Immortal Zenith.
• Zhu Long used the Dragon Clan’s origin to prove Dao Primordial Chaos and became the Dragon of Chaos, causing the Primordial World’s day and night to fall into chaos.
• Zhu Long challenged Hongjun, who voided the old suppression rules but punished Zhu Long’s provocation with a bolt of Purple Firmament Divine Lightning.

Zhu Long became a Sage through the Grand Luo Golden Immortal Zenith and openly challenged Hongjun, unsettling the Primordial World’s Sages. Jieyin Buddha attacked him in the East Sea to seize the Sage position for Zhunti, but their clash stopped short of destroying the world, and Jieyin demanded Zhu Long surrender and atone for the Dragon Clan’s karmic debt.

• Taiyi and the other Sages reacted with shock as Zhu Long became a Sage and challenged Hongjun, while Hongjun realized Zhu Long bore the aura of a past Chaos Epoch.
• Jieyin Buddha descended upon the East Sea, where his Sage might crushed Dragon Clan members inside the Eastern Sea Crystal Palace.
• Zhu Long rose from the East Sea Eye and attacked Jieyin, who answered with the Nirvana Buddha Palm.
• Zhu Long’s dragon breath collided with Jieyin’s palm, collapsing the void and opening cracks in the sky before the two Sages regained control.
• Jieyin accused Zhu Long and the Dragon Clan of deserving death for their karmic crimes and demanded that Zhu Long return the Sage position and atone.

Zhu Long and Jieyin Buddha fought in the chaos after Zhu Long challenged him, while Taiyi watched and judged their battle. When Taiyi taunted them for holding back, Zhu Long challenged him to fight, and Taiyi accepted.

• Zhu Long challenged Jieyin Buddha to battle in the chaos, and Jieyin Buddha agreed to uphold the Heavenly Dao and eradicate him.
• Zhu Long and Jieyin Buddha fought beyond the Heaven and Earth Membrane as Primordial Powerhouses watched.
• Hongjun recognized that Zhu Long was using the Bloodline Dao-Proving Technique, while Taiyi dismissed the battle as uninteresting.
• Taiyi called out to Zhu Long and Jieyin Buddha, telling them their cautious fighting would kill no one.
• Zhu Long challenged Taiyi, and Taiyi accepted.

Taiyi defeated Zhu Long and Jieyin Buddha with one punch, then Zhu Long and the Dragon Clan kept their distance from the Great Dao Human Race. Several hundred thousand years later, the Three Thousand Greater Worlds formed the Primordial World's first defensive ring, and the Sages completed the second ring of 129,600 Middle Thousand Worlds as Taiyi prepared to continue the work.

• Taiyi struck Zhu Long with the Thirty-Three Heavens Creation Divine Fist, breaking the Hunyuan Dragon Pearl and defeating him while the shockwave sent Jieyin Buddha tumbling.
• Taiyi spared Zhu Long, who returned to the Primordial World and entered seclusion, while the Dragon Clan began keeping its distance from the Great Dao Human Race.
• After several hundred thousand years, Heavenly Dao Hongjun and Taiyi completed the Three Thousand Greater Worlds, forming the Primordial World's first defensive ring and replenishing its source.
• Taiyi proposed continuing with the second and third defensive rings, and Hongjun agreed as Nüwa, Goddess Houtu, the Three Pure Ones, the Four Sages, and Zhu Long began opening worlds.
• The Sages completed the second defensive ring of 129,600 Middle Thousand Worlds.

The Three Thousand Greater Worlds system was completed, and Taiyi left the Sun Star to inspect it with Nüwa and Houtu. As they visited the Langhuan Small World, Nüwa asked why the newly created worlds were shaped like celestial bodies.

• The Primordial powerhouses marveled at the completed Three Thousand Greater Worlds system and felt pride in what they had created.
• Taiyi descended from the Sun Star and appeared before Houtu, Nüwa, the Three Pure Ones, the Four Saints, and the others.
• Taiyi greeted the assembled Saints, then went with Nüwa and Houtu toward the Langhuan Small World.
• Nüwa asked Taiyi why the worlds in the system took the form of celestial bodies.
• Taiyi's world system followed a cosmic model, with three thousand Great Thousand Worlds surrounded by 129,600 Middle Thousand Worlds and countless Small Thousand Worlds within them.

Zhunti established the Demon Buddha Lineage as a path between Buddhism and the demonic sect, drawing countless cultivators and gaining their providence. He became a Sage and reunited with Jieyin in celebration of their shared success.

• Zhunti vowed to establish the Demon Buddha Lineage for those who could enter neither the Buddhist nor the demonic path.
• Countless cultivators across the Primordial Continent and the Three Thousand Greater Worlds joined the Demon Buddha Lineage.
• The growing providence transformed Zhunti's appearance and aura into those of a Demon Buddha Sage.
• Zhunti declared that he had become a Sage, and countless beings knelt to worship him.
• Jieyin congratulated Zhunti, and Zhunti thanked his senior brother for supporting him.

Jieyin Buddha transformed the Western Sect into Buddhism and established a Buddhist pure land, prompting the Eastern Saints to confront him over dividing the Mystic Sect’s fortune. Yuanshi Tianzun attacked Jieyin Buddha, bringing a clash between East and West to the brink.

• Zhunti Demon Buddha urged Jieyin Buddha to establish a sect belonging exclusively to the West.
• Jieyin Buddha declared the Western Sect transformed into a branch of the Buddhist Sect, and a Buddhist pure land took shape beyond the Thirty-Third Heaven.
• The Western Sect’s fortune became Buddhist fortune, while Medicine Buddha, Maitreya Buddha, Great Illumination King Buddha, and others became Awakened Ones.
• Taiqing Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun arrived at Mount Sumeru to challenge Jieyin Buddha, while Master Tongtian watched from behind them.
• Jieyin Buddha defended Buddhism’s establishment as an extension of the Mystic Sect’s fortune, and Yuanshi Tianzun berated him for betraying their teacher.
• Yuanshi Tianzun swung the Pangu Banner and unleashed a World-Splitting Blade at Jieyin Buddha.

Jieyin Buddha and Zhunti Demon Buddha confronted Yuanshi Tianzun and Taishang Laozi over the newly established Buddhist Sect, but the Eastern Saints refused to back down. The four Saints moved their battle into the chaos, where experts watched but could not follow their movements.

• Jieyin Buddha used the Eight Treasures Merit Pool to block Yuanshi Tianzun's Pangu Banner, but the attack shattered the pool's Buddhist world and forced Jieyin to dodge.
• Jieyin Buddha warned Yuanshi Tianzun to leave, and Yuanshi refused to yield the Buddhist Sect's claim to the Heavenly Mandate.
• Zhunti Demon Buddha completed his breakthrough to the Saint Realm and joined Jieyin Buddha in confronting Yuanshi Tianzun and Taishang Laozi.
• Taishang Laozi activated the Taiji Diagram and proposed that the Saints settle their dispute in the chaos, and the others agreed.
• The four Saints battled far from the Primordial Wilderness and the Three Thousand Greater Worlds, while observers struggled to see their attacks.

Taiyi observed Zhunti’s transformation into a Buddha-Devil Sage, while Zhu Long considered how to use the Primordial Immortal Court to hinder Taiyi’s Heavenly Court and aid the Dragon Clan’s rise. After ordering the Dragon Race Twelve Elders to act, Zhu Long contacted the Lord of the Dragon Realm through a Dragon Scale.

• Taiyi watched Zhunti become a Buddha-Devil Sage and decided not to interfere with the change.
• Zhu Long considered winning over the Western Two Sages and using the Primordial Immortal Court to slow the Witch and Demon Clans.
• Zhu Long summoned the Dragon Race Twelve Elders and issued them an order to support his plans.
• Zhu Long returned to his guarded Dragon Palace and activated a Dragon Scale containing the Lord of the Dragon Realm’s aura.
• The Lord of the Dragon Realm appeared through the Dragon Scale and asked Zhu Long whether he had found a way to break the Primordial Defense Array or had good news.

Zhu Long learned that the Three Thousand Greater Worlds system had opened, but the Dragon Lord delayed his return to the Primordial Wilderness. After Taiyi’s forces hunted dragons for a Heavenly Court banquet, Houtu confronted Zhu Long, and he prepared to face her with the Heavenly Court watching.

• Zhu Long warned the Dragon Lord that the Three Thousand Greater Worlds system had opened and urged him to descend, but the Dragon Lord told Zhu Long to open the Dragon Realm passage and said he would come when ready.
• Zhu Long returned to his dragon form and fell asleep in the Dragon Palace.
• Taiyi ordered the Witch and Demon Clans to gather food for the Peach Banquet, and they hunted true dragons in the East Sea and Phoenixes for the feast.
• Zhu Long awoke to the dying cries of true dragons and roared at Taiyi, who sent Houtu to deal with him.
• Houtu demanded ten true dragons as banquet ingredients and threatened to flatten the Dragon Clan if Zhu Long refused.
• Zhu Long revealed his enormous Chaos Dragon form and faced Houtu warily, sensing Taiyi and other Heavenly Court powers watching from above.

Goddess Houtu trapped Zhu Long with the Six Paths of Reincarnation and forced him to accept a new tribute for the Heavenly Court. In Lingxiao Palace, Taiyi prepared to serve dragon meat at the Peach Banquet and assigned Kunpeng Ancestor to cook it.

• Goddess Houtu bound Zhu Long in the Six Paths of Reincarnation net, and Zhu Long failed to escape despite trying several methods.
• Zhu Long begged for mercy, and Goddess Houtu ordered the Dragon Clan to offer the Heavenly Court a True Dragon or higher-ranking dragon every hundred years.
• Zhu Long accepted the punishment while secretly vowing revenge, and Goddess Houtu warned him not to delay the Heavenly Court's Peach Banquet.
• Taiyi watched Houtu settle the matter and said he wanted to taste dragon meat at the Peach Banquet.
• Kunpeng Ancestor boasted that he knew dragon meat best, so Taiyi ordered him to cook it, and Kunpeng reluctantly agreed.

After the Heavenly Court subdued Zhu Long and turned the Dragon Clan into its transportation service, Eastern King Duke worried that his Immortal Court could not rival its growing power. Zhunti Demon Buddha and Jieyin Sage Buddha arrived at the Purple Palace Immortal Court, and Eastern King Duke realized they had come to seek his help.

• Zhu Long yielded to the Heavenly Court and provided true dragon ingredients, after which the Dragon Clan supplied dragons as mounts and charioteers.
• The Heavenly Court’s grand Peach Banquet and displays of dragon and divine-beast attendants impressed visiting Primordial Powerhouses.
• Eastern King Duke watched Goddess Houtu defeat Zhu Long and urged his Chaos Dao Fruit to hatch so he could become a Saint.
• Zhunti Demon Buddha and Jieyin Sage Buddha appeared in the Golden Chime Hall, startling Eastern King Duke.
• Jieyin Sage Buddha recalled the Immortal Court’s past kindness to the Western Sages, and Eastern King Duke offered to help them.

Duke of the East agreed to let the Buddhist Sect spread east under the Purple Palace Immortal Court’s name in exchange for a seventy-thirty share of merit and destiny. Meanwhile, Taiyi explained why the Witch and Demon Heavenly Court would keep the Immortal Court alive, leaving Houtu and Nüwa pleased with his plan.

• Jieyin Sage Buddha offered Duke of the East a seventy-thirty split of merit and destiny if the Purple Palace Immortal Court allied with the Buddhist Sect.
• Duke of the East accepted the deal, while Jieyin Sage Buddha and Zhunti Demon Buddha privately mocked him and discussed using the Immortal Court’s Daoist connections.
• Goddess Houtu asked Taiyi why the Witch and Demon Heavenly Court tolerated the Purple Palace Immortal Court, and Nüwa listened.
• Taiyi explained that destroying the Immortal Court would end the Witch and Demon era, costing the clans their status as the world’s protagonists and their share of destiny.
• Houtu and Nüwa praised Taiyi’s plan to preserve the Immortal Court and delay the end of the current era.

Houtu connected the coming Investiture of the Gods Calamity and the Human Race’s rise to the pattern of Dao giving birth to One, Two, and Three, while Taiyi reassured her and Nüwa that the Three Thousand Greater Worlds system would leave room for humanity. Taiyi revealed that he would attain the One Proof, Three Proofs Hongmeng Dao within days, and invited them to watch.

• Houtu realized that the Dragon-Han, Witch and Demon, and Investiture of the Gods calamities followed the sequence of three, two, and one protagonists of heaven and earth.
• Houtu worried that a prolonged Witch and Demon Cataclysm could undermine the Human Race, but Taiyi said the Witch and Demon Clans could migrate into the Three Thousand Greater Worlds system.
• Taiyi’s Hunyuan aura appeared, and he told Houtu and Nüwa that he would attain Dao in the chaos within a few days.
• Taiyi explained that his coming attainment was the second proof of his One Proof, Three Proofs Hongmeng Dao, while the third proof would require uniting the first two Dao Fruits.

Goddess Houtu and Goddess Nüwa worried that enemies would disrupt Taiyi’s upcoming attainment of the Dao, but Taiyi told them to proceed calmly and agreed to let them make preparations. Houtu visited the eleven Ancestral Witches and told them Taiyi would attain the Dao in a few days, leaving them puzzled by her concern.

• Goddess Houtu and Goddess Nüwa offered to accelerate the Six Paths of Reincarnation and the Human Race’s transformation of the Three Thousand Greater Worlds, but Taiyi told them to follow the established process.
• Houtu and Nüwa warned that Hongjun, other Sages, and extraterritorial forces might attack when Taiyi attained the Dao, and Taiyi agreed they could make arrangements.
• Houtu returned to the Pangu Shrine, where the eleven Ancestral Witches greeted her, and she reminded them she was still their youngest sister.
• Dijiang gave Zhurong a bottle of Myriad Immortal Brew after losing a bet, and Houtu warmly caught up with her siblings.
• Houtu told the Ancestral Witches that Taiyi would attain the Dao in a few days, and they asked why she was sighing about what they considered good news.

The Ancestral Witches worried that Hongjun and the other Heavenly Dao Sages would obstruct Taiyi the Supreme’s attempt to attain the Dao. After Houtu warned that Hongjun was beyond their strength, she began assigning the Witches tasks to help protect Taiyi.

• Xuanming reminded the Ancestral Witches that the Sages and Hongjun had intervened when Nüwa and Houtu attained the Dao.
• Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches feared that Taiyi’s failure would let Hongjun and the Sages destroy the Witch and Demon Heavenly Court and suppress the Great Dao Human Race.
• Zhu Jiuyin proposed that the Ancestral Witches form Pangu’s True Body and attack Hongjun before Taiyi tried to attain the Dao.
• Houtu rejected the plan, explaining that even twelve Ancestral Witches who became Sages might not defeat Hongjun.
• Houtu told the Ancestral Witches what to do next, and they accepted her assignments without objection.