Chapter Summaries

Taiyi told the Twelve Ancestral Witches that Pangu had once entered the Chaos Sea and that the Four Great Saint Sects hunted his descendants. He used the Chaos Pearl to conceal them, but its warning revealed they had been discovered, so he took them inside moments before a giant hand destroyed their location.

• Taiyi explained that Pangu had come to the Chaos Sea and that its major forces still hated his descendants.
• Houtu reasoned that the Four Great Saint Sects posed too great a threat to confront directly and asked Taiyi for a plan.
• Taiyi revealed the Chaos Pearl and promised it could protect the Ancestral Witches as they traveled through the Chaos Sea.
• The Chaos Pearl flashed crimson, and Taiyi led the Twelve Ancestral Witches into its inner space after sensing they had been discovered.
• A pitch-black giant hand swept through the empty location and annihilated that Chaos spacetime.

A Bloodline Divine Seat expert tracked Pangu’s bloodline to the Jiumo God Race’s territory, alarming the local elders and revealing that the Chaos Sea’s Four Great Saint Sects were preparing for the Descendants of Pangu. Hidden in the Chaos Pearl, Taiyi learned that their presence had been detected and considered using the communication device the expert left behind.

• The Bloodline Divine Seat expert’s strike shook the Jiumo God Race’s territory, drawing out its elders and attracting nearby observers.
• The elders recognized the blood-red-eyed intruder as a Bloodline Divine Seat disciple and submitted to him.
• Observers revealed that the Four Great Saint Sects had convened a conference over the appearance of the Descendants of Pangu, prompting the Twelve Ancestral Witches to angrily defend Pangu.
• Taiyi calmed the Twelve Ancestral Witches and decided to find out how the Chaos Sea had discovered them.
• The Bloodline Divine Seat expert said he had followed Pangu’s bloodline to the territory, left the Jiumo elders a communication device, and disappeared.
• Taiyi noticed the communication device and considered using it for his own purposes.

After Taiyi and the Twelve Ancestral Witches struck the Bloodline Divine Seat and escaped back to the Primordial World, the Chaos Sea’s four great sects began preparing to hunt them. Taiyi sent the Witches into seclusion and turned his attention to events unfolding within the Primordial Wilderness.

• The Bloodline Divine Seat learned that Pangu’s descendants had entered the Chaos Sea, and its leaders urged the Thunder God Sect, the Holy See of Light, and the Darkness Church to join the hunt.
• The Golden Lightning Envoy recognized Taiyi’s growing strength and worried that the sects needed to eliminate Pangu’s descendants before they could grow more powerful.
• Taiyi and the Twelve Ancestral Witches returned to the Primordial World through the Gate of Chaos, escaping the four sects’ pursuit.
• Houtu told Taiyi that the Witches could still faintly sense a call in their bloodline, and Taiyi concluded that Pangu was somewhere in or beyond the Chaos Sea.
• Taiyi ordered the Twelve Ancestral Witches to consolidate their cultivation and refine their bloodline in seclusion before he took them back to the Chaos Sea.
• Taiyi decided not to return to the Chaos Sea while the sects waited for him and instead turned to the rising Investiture of the Gods Calamity in the Primordial Wilderness.

After Emperor Xin wrote a sensual poem at Nüwa Palace, Zhunti and Jieyin recognized that their scheme had set the Investiture of the Gods Calamity in motion. They left to consult the Three Pure Ones as the calamity officially began.

• The Xia Dynasty replaced tribal rule, and Da Yu used its fortune to attain the Hunyuan Realm and ascend to the Heavenly Realm.
• After Xia collapsed, Cheng Tang founded the Shang Dynasty, which passed through thirty emperors before Emperor Xin ruled as Zi Shou.
• At Nüwa Palace, Emperor Xin became dazed and wrote a sensual poem on the wall despite his ministers’ protests.
• Zhunti and Jieyin revealed that they had secretly influenced events to start the Investiture of the Gods Calamity and advance Buddhism.
• Jieyin warned Zhunti against speaking carelessly about Taiyi, then pulled him away to discuss the calamity with the Three Pure Ones.

Yuanshi Tianzun sent Jiang Ziya down the mountain to assist Zhou against Shang and oversee the Investiture of the Gods, giving him several powerful treasures. Shen Gongbao grew jealous and secretly followed Jiang Ziya, determined to claim the heavenly mandate for himself.

• Yuanshi Tianzun told Jiang Ziya that he could not attain immortality and ordered him to descend the mountain to assist a worthy ruler in the Investiture of the Gods.
• The Elucidation Sect disciples gave Jiang Ziya the God Beating Whip, the Investiture of the Gods List, the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner, and the Three-Ring Sword.
• Randeng Daoren and Yun Zhongzi explained that Jiang Ziya might earn the chance to shed his mortal form by completing the great undertaking.
• Shen Gongbao watched Jiang Ziya leave, resented his good fortune, and secretly pursued him to seize the heavenly mandate.
• Yuanshi Tianzun opened his eyes and watched Shen Gongbao without expression.

Taiyi wandered unseen through the Primordial Wilderness after gaining authority over the entire world, observing the Three Sects and the Western Two Sages as the Investiture of the Gods Calamity took shape. At Yuanshi Tianzun’s sacred ground, he followed Jiang Ziya’s departure and appeared behind the secretly trailing Shen Gongbao.

• Taiyi watched the Three Pure Ones argue over the Investiture of the Gods without any of them noticing him.
• He walked unseen among human battlefields and learned how completely his world-spanning authority concealed him from all sentient beings.
• Taiyi observed Zhunti and Jieyin revive Western Buddhism and divert the Three Sects’ strength toward its eastern expansion, finding their schemes amusing.
• Taiyi arrived at Yuanshi Tianzun’s sacred ground and watched the Twelve Golden Immortals discuss Jiang Ziya’s descent from the mountain.
• Taiyi noticed Shen Gongbao secretly following Jiang Ziya and appeared behind him with a single thought.

Taiyi empowered Shen Gongbao with the Misfortune Great Dao Source, sending him into seclusion and disrupting Yuanshi Tianzun’s plan. At Kunlun, Yuanshi confronted Qingguang the Saint, who invited him to join the Holy See of Light and offered to remove his Heavenly Dao restrictions in exchange for opening a passage during the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.

• Taiyi gave Shen Gongbao a Mixed Yuan Dao Fruit and the Misfortune Great Dao Source, then left him as a future God of Misfortune.
• Shen Gongbao entered a state of enlightenment, hurried back to his cave abode, and announced that he was going into seclusion.
• Yuanshi Tianzun saw Shen Gongbao turn back and was interrupted when Qingguang the Saint emerged from the void at Kunlun.
• Qingguang introduced himself as a disciple of the Holy See of Light and said his sect could break the Heavenly Dao restrictions on Yuanshi.
• Qingguang formally invited Yuanshi to join the Holy See of Light and asked him to open a spacetime passage during the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.

Taiyi the Supreme appeared in Jade Void Palace as Qingguang the Saint tried to recruit Yuanshi Tianzun for the Holy See of Light. Taiyi subdued Qingguang, but a Limitless Sage’s divine sense rescued him, leaving Taiyi unable to pursue them.

• Qingguang the Saint offered to lift the Heavenly Dao’s restrictions to tempt Yuanshi Tianzun, who rejected the offer and attacked him with the Pangu Banner.
• Taiyi the Supreme appeared in Jade Void Palace and revealed that he recognized Qingguang as a member of the Holy See of Light seeking to poach people.
• Qingguang claimed the Holy See of Light wanted cooperation with the Primordial World, but Taiyi accused him of lying and used the Chaos Pearl to subdue him.
• Taiyi froze Qingguang’s powers and threatened to seize his Great Dao Source, while Qingguang warned him against making enemies of the Chaos Sea.
• A Limitless Sage’s divine sense broke Taiyi’s restraint and carried Qingguang away before Taiyi could capture them.
• Taiyi told Yuanshi Tianzun that the escaping presence belonged to a Limitless Sage who had attained the Hunyuan Limitless Dao Fruit.

Taiyi explained the Chaos Sea’s powers to Yuanshi Tianzun, then revealed that its factions were infiltrating the Primordial Wilderness. He left Yuanshi to handle the intruders and returned through the Gate of Chaos to investigate the Chaos Sea.

• Taiyi told Yuanshi Tianzun that the Chaos Sea contained four powers stronger than the Primordial Wilderness: the Thunder God Sect, the Holy See of Light, the Bloodline Divine Seat, and the Darkness Church.
• A Darkness Church elder used the Chaos Yin Yang Mirror to spy on Yuanshi Tianzun and the Elucidation Sect, then went to Shen Gongbao’s cave and infused him with chaos mist after sensing his connection to the Misfortune Law Great Dao Source.
• The other Chaos Sea powers also began sending Saint Realm elders into the Primordial Wilderness, while Taiyi watched their arrival and told Yuanshi to entertain the intruders properly.
• Yuanshi Tianzun promised to deal with the visitors and summoned White Crane Child to gather Randeng, Yun Zhongzi, and the others.
• Taiyi opened the Gate of Chaos and entered the Chaos Sea to investigate recent changes.

Taiyi entered the Chaos Sea just as a rare Chaos Sea Source Eruption began, scattering valuable Chaos Source Star Fragments. He used the Great Star Technique to collect them far faster than the other Saints, drawing their envy and leaving several to surround him.

• Taiyi entered the Chaos Sea and was nearly struck by a falling Star Fragment before countless fragments began raining down.
• Jie Tianzun, Canglang Venerable, and other Saints claimed regions of the Chaos Sea and their falling fragments.
• Taiyi recognized the star fragments as pieces of Chaos Source Great Dao Laws and understood how the eruption had formed.
• Taiyi activated the Great Star Technique, rapidly drawing the falling fragments to himself and storing them.
• Several envious Hunyuan Saints gathered, surrounded Taiyi, and challenged his share of the fragments.

Taiyi confronted the Hunyuan Three Lords after they challenged him over the Star Sea Source, then defeated all three in a single exchange with the Godslaying Spear. The watching Hunyuan Saints were left stunned by his strength as the Star Stone fragments continued to fall.

• The Hunyuan Three Lords confronted Taiyi and demanded his name, accusing him of taking their Star Sea Source opportunity.
• Taiyi refused to back down and attacked with the Godslaying Spear as Heavenly Fiend Saint Lord, Mysterious Nether Saint Lord, and Zen Heart Saint Lord launched their signature techniques.
• Taiyi’s spear shattered Heavenly Fiend Saint Lord’s attack and sent him flying while he coughed up golden divine blood.
• The Godslaying Spear struck Mysterious Nether Saint Lord’s sword, forcing him to stagger backward and vomit blood.
• Taiyi smashed Zen Heart Saint Lord’s Hunyuan Zen Staff, leaving him bleeding and his aura withered.
• The observing Hunyuan Saints watched in shock as Taiyi effortlessly defeated all three Saint Monarchs while the Star Stones kept falling.

Taiyi concealed himself from a probing force he suspected was the Four Great Saint Sects’ Sea-Wide Capture-and-Kill Order, then agreed to handle the Hunyuan Three Lords without revealing the Primordial Wilderness’s origin power. He introduced himself as the Great Sun Saint Monarch of the Great Tang of the East.

• The surrounding Sages assessed Taiyi’s strength after he defeated the Hunyuan Three Lords, speculating that he could rival a Sage Emperor.
• The Hunyuan Three Lords hesitated to retreat because doing so would damage their reputation, so Zen Heart Saint Lord proposed that Taiyi withstand three moves.
• An obscure ripple swept through the area, and Taiyi hid his true body inside the Chaos Pearl while leaving a phantom outside.
• After the probing force withdrew, Taiyi concluded it was likely the Four Great Saint Sects’ Sea-Wide Capture-and-Kill Order and decided not to reveal the Primordial Wilderness’s origin power.
• Taiyi accepted the arrangement and told the Hunyuan Three Lords that he was the Great Sun Saint Monarch of the Great Tang of the East.

Taiyi defeated the Hunyuan Three Lords with one move, leaving the Chaos Sea Sages convinced he was a hidden disciple of one of the Four Great Saint Sects. A new system check-in mission activated in the Chaos Star Sea, and Taiyi stayed near the great eruption site to fulfill it as an ancient Star Pavilion stirred in the Star Sea’s depths.

• Heavenly Fiend Saint Lord, Mysterious Nether Saint Lord, and Zen Heart Saint Lord unleashed their signature domains against Taiyi.
• Taiyi used the Godslaying Spear to pierce all three domains with one move, shocking the watching Sages.
• The Hunyuan Three Lords admitted defeat and apologized, while the Sages speculated that Taiyi was a secret Saint Sect disciple.
• The system activated a check-in mission at the Chaos Source eruption and warned Taiyi not to leave the location.
• Taiyi dismissed the Hunyuan Three Lords and remained in the Star Sea to collect Star Stone Source Fragments.
• An ancient Star Pavilion stirred in the deepest reaches of the distant Star Sea.

Great Saint Beichen discovered that Taiyi had disrupted his plan to use the Star Stone Source Fragments to advance to the Limitless Truth, but his attempt to investigate Taiyi backfired. Taiyi completed his Star Sea sign-in, claimed a powerful treasure, and heard the Star Sea Source calling to him.

• Great Saint Beichen realized someone had erased his marks from the Star Stone Source Fragments and used his Tai Star Profound Mirror to identify Taiyi.
• Great Saint Beichen tried to view Taiyi's past, but the image shattered, and Taiyi's rebuke caused the mirror to fall and become useless.
• Taiyi sensed the spying and struck back, then concealed himself while collecting more Star Stone Source Fragments.
• Taiyi completed the Star Sea sign-in and claimed the Starry Supreme Sun Diagram, a top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure capable of helping form the Star God Body of the Heavens.
• Taiyi refined the Starry Supreme Sun Diagram and sensed the Star Sea Source calling to him.

Taiyi met the Purple Dou Saint Emperor, who invited him to explore the Star God Tomb and revealed that a legendary Star Source Dao Fruit might appear there. Taiyi agreed to join the journey, and the two traveled together after exchanging names and backgrounds.

• Taiyi discovered that the Starry Supreme Sun Diagram could connect with the Star Sea Source and considered devouring it to advance his cultivation.
• The Purple Dou Saint Emperor approached Taiyi and invited him to seek treasures in the Star God Tomb.
• The Purple Dou Saint Emperor explained that the tomb held ancient star remains, inheritances, treasures, and possibly a Star Source Dao Fruit capable of advancing a Hunyuan Saint.
• Taiyi agreed to accompany the Purple Dou Saint Emperor, warning that he would not tolerate an unfair division of the spoils.
• Taiyi introduced himself as the Great Sun Saint Monarch from the Great Tang of the East and learned that the Purple Dou Saint Emperor belonged to the Purple Chen Royal Family of the Star Ancient Race.
• Taiyi followed the Purple Dou Saint Emperor toward the Star God Tomb after learning that he had spent several hundred Chaos Epochs searching for its secrets.

The Four Great Saint Sects detected Taiyi entering the Chaos Sea and spread word that he was in the Star Sea. Unaware that he had been exposed, Taiyi traveled with the Purple Dou Saint Emperor to the Star God Tomb and entered the surrounding star city to wait for it to open.

• Daoist Tianlei saw Taiyi appear on the Thunder Emperor Hub Diagram and ordered his agent to spread news of Taiyi’s location.
• The sect-protecting treasures of the other three Saint Sects also detected Taiyi in the Chaos Sea.
• Taiyi questioned the Purple Dou Saint Emperor about the many Saints racing toward the Star God Tomb, and the Purple Dou Saint Emperor said he did not know why they were coming.
• Taiyi and the Purple Dou Saint Emperor reached the Star God Tomb and entered the nearby star city to wait for the tomb space to open.

Taiyi toured Chaos Star City with Purple Dou Saint Emperor and was drawn into a vision of the stars while examining the Source Dao Stele. He began absorbing the Source of the Law of stars as Purple Dou Saint Emperor stared at him in shock.

• Taiyi entered Chaos Star City with Purple Dou Saint Emperor, who explained his clan's ancestral role in building the city.
• Purple Dou Saint Emperor visited Taiyi and took him on a tour of Chaos Star City in the Eight Dragon Imperial Carriage.
• Purple Dou Saint Emperor brought Taiyi to the Ancient Star Monument and described the Source Dao Stele and its link to a legendary Limitless Sage.
• Taiyi sensed the stele resonating with the Star Dao in his body and the Great Star Technique, then entered a vision of a starry sky.
• Taiyi absorbed the Source of the Law of stars while Purple Dou Saint Emperor turned to him in astonishment.

Taiyi comprehended the Limitless Dao Rhyme from the Ancient Star Monument, drawing the attention of powerful Sages. Purple Dou Saint Emperor defended him as Mist Daoist arrived and attacked, leaving them on the brink of battle.

• Taiyi entered Dao comprehension at the Ancient Star Monument, and Purple Dou Saint Emperor shielded him with the Hunyuan Star Dou.
• Taiyi released a beam of Nine Heavens starlight that alerted powerful Sages throughout the area.
• Purple Dou Saint Emperor hesitated as Sages converged, then challenged a charging eighth-heaven Tyrant Sage to protect Taiyi.
• The attacker threatened Purple Dou Saint Emperor, who summoned a falling star and learned that his opponent was Mist Daoist.
• Mist Daoist unleashed a vast surge of chaotic mist as the two prepared to fight.

Taiyi defeated Mist Daoist with the Star Sky Fire technique and let the Purple Dou Saint Emperor claim him as a mount. As Taiyi prepared to leave Chaos Star City, the Myriad Stars Great Saint appeared to confront him, and Taiyi challenged him.

• Taiyi unleashed a rain of stars that battered Mist Daoist and revealed he had comprehended the Limitless Dao Rhyme from the Ancient Star Monument.
• Taiyi left Mist Daoist to the Purple Dou Saint Emperor, who branded him and turned him into an elk-like mount.
• Taiyi challenged the hidden Saints in Chaos Star City, then prepared to depart with the Purple Dou Saint Emperor.
• The Myriad Stars Great Saint appeared and accused Taiyi of stealing Chaos Star City’s treasure.
• Taiyi turned to the Myriad Stars Great Saint and taunted him for hiding, saying he had never claimed he was leaving.

Taiyi rejected the Myriad Stars Great Saint’s offer to join Chaos Star City, and the Great Saint attacked him with his Starry Saint Domain. Taiyi answered by summoning the Primordial World’s Starry Sky Great Formation, stunning the onlookers.

• The Myriad Stars Great Saint broke his star manifestation, praised Taiyi’s talent, and offered him a deputy city lord position and access to the Ancient Star Monument’s Limitless Dao Rhyme if he joined Chaos Star City.
• Taiyi refused the offer, despite the Purple Dou Saint Emperor urging him to accept and seek a chance to escape.
• Taiyi told the Purple Dou Saint Emperor that the Myriad Stars Great Saint never intended to let them leave, and said he was confident enough to fight.
• The Myriad Stars Great Saint attacked Taiyi with falling Ancient Stars and a Starry Saint Domain filled with powerful star laws.
• Taiyi summoned the Primordial World’s Starry Sky Great Formation, revealing its many constellations and shocking the Saints watching.