Chapter Summaries

Xuan Qing continued collecting Earth Vein Node Origins while Bai Yu broke through to the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm. Meanwhile, Bai Ze discovered that the Immortal Court’s growth was draining the Heavenly Court’s fortune, prompting Di Jun to threaten East King Duke and leaving the Immortal Court’s members divided over whether to resist.

• Nuwa noticed Xuan Qing using merit as bait to fish for Origin, but he sent her back to cultivate when she asked for some.
• Xuan Qing collected several more Earth Vein Node Origins, then lost his bait when Bai Yu planted the River of Great Dao and broke through to the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm.
• Bai Ze told Di Jun and the others that the Immortal Court’s rising fortune matched the Heavenly Court’s losses, and Tai Yi proposed killing East King Duke.
• Di Jun decided to demand that East King Duke dissolve the Immortal Court within three Kalpas, and the Heavenly Court’s declaration drew support from races oppressed by the Immortal Court.
• East King Duke urged his subordinates to trust the Myriad Immortals Great Formation, but many Immortal Court powers considered abandoning him.

East King Duke uncovered a plot to flee the Immortal Court and crushed it with force, while the Heavenly Court prepared to attack Penglai Island after three Kalpas. The chapter ended with Houtu stopping Xing Tian from proposing that the Witch Clan interfere.

• East King Duke's confidant infiltrated a group of Grand Luo Golden Immortals planning to flee the Immortal Court and reported them to East King Duke.
• East King Duke killed the group’s leader for denouncing the Immortal Court, then threatened the others; several escaped execution by self-destructing, killing the confidant as well.
• East King Duke realized the attempted escape could signal further defections and resolved to remain alert as the Heavenly Court’s deadline arrived.
• Di Jun led Tai Yi, Bai Ze, and the Demon Race Army toward Penglai Island to destroy East King Duke and the Immortal Court.
• Xing Tian suggested the Witch Clan ambush the Demon Race while it fought East King Duke, but Houtu struck him down and ordered him to stay out of the conflict.

The Demon Clan attacked East King Duke’s Immortal Court on Penglai Island, and the two sides clashed in a battle of armies and formations. As Tai Yi pressed East King Duke back onto the island, Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian set out, with Laozi intending to preserve East King Duke’s True Spirit.

• Houtu scolded Xing Tian and Houyi, then left Houyi in charge of the Houtu Tribe.
• Di Jun’s Demon Clan army arrived at Penglai Island, where Xuan Qing and Qing Qiong watched from Azure Nether Island.
• Tai Yi and Bai Ze challenged East King Duke, while Di Jun used the River Diagram and Luo Script to raise the Primordial River Luo Great Formation.
• East King Duke countered with the Myriad Immortals Great Formation, and the Demon Clan and Immortal Court armies began fighting.
• Laozi deduced that East King Duke was fated to him and flew to Penglai Island with Yuanshi and Tongtian to save his True Spirit.
• Tai Yi drove East King Duke back to Penglai Island, and East King Duke withdrew inside with the Immortal Court army.

East King Duke used the Myriad Immortals Great Formation to fight Di Jun, Tai Yi, and the Ten Great Demon Gods while Zhunti and Jieyin infiltrated Penglai Island to steal the Immortal Court’s treasures. Their search led them through a hidden passage into the Heavenly Court, where they overheard Kunpeng cursing Di Jun, Hong Yun, and the Western pair.

• East King Duke empowered himself with the Myriad Immortals Great Formation, drove back Tai Yi, and drew Di Jun and the Ten Great Demon Gods into battle.
• Zhunti and Jieyin slipped through a gap in Penglai Island’s protective Formation while Xuan Qing recorded their theft for possible use in the future.
• Zhunti and Jieyin broke into the treasury inside Jian Mu and took Innate Spiritual Materials, treasures, and spiritual fruit.
• Zhunti and Jieyin found a hidden passage behind Jian Mu, broke through its concealed barrier, and entered the Heavenly Court.
• Kunpeng complained about Di Jun, Hong Yun, Zhunti, and Jieyin, and the two intruders realized they had reached the Heavenly Court.

Xuan Qing and Qing Qiong secretly took the treasures from Penglai Island while East King Duke’s Immortal Court was overwhelmed by Di Jun and Tai Yi. East King Duke died under Tai Yi’s Chaos Bell, and Laozi appeared before Tai Yi could destroy his remaining Origin and True Spirit.

• Xuan Qing and Qing Qiong returned to Penglai Island through the Jian Mu passage and discovered that Zhunti and Jieyin had not noticed their stolen treasures.
• East King Duke’s weakened Myriad Immortals Great Formation failed, and Di Jun and Tai Yi drove him and the Immortal Court forces back onto Penglai Island.
• East King Duke removed Penglai Island’s Formation and offered to die and disband the Immortal Court if Di Jun spared his followers.
• Tai Yi’s Chaos Bell struck Penglai Island, sending a fragment into the East Sea Dragon Palace and causing many Water Clan deaths that added Karmic Sin to the Demon Clan.
• Tai Yi killed East King Duke with the Chaos Bell, leaving only his Origin and damaged True Spirit, but Laozi appeared and stopped Tai Yi’s next attack.

Laozi persuaded Di Jun to spare East King Duke’s True Spirit, while the Heavenly Court recovered some of his treasures and Tongtian acquired his formation diagram. Zhunti and Jieyin were exposed while fleeing with the Immortal Court’s resources, but they escaped through a rift in space.

• Laozi stopped Tai Yi and convinced Di Jun, with Bai Ze’s support, to let East King Duke’s True Spirit be reborn as a new life.
• Tongtian received East King Duke’s Myriad Immortals Great Formation Diagram, while the Dao Ancestor reclaimed the Dragon Head Staff and Di Jun took the Pure Yang Sword and Jingyang Bell.
• Tai Yi’s attack shook Zhunti and Jieyin out of Jianmu, and Tai Yi accused them of stealing the Immortal Court’s treasury.
• Tai Yi struck Zhunti with the Chaos Bell, and Zhunti used the collision to launch himself off Penglai Island while Jieyin retreated.
• Di Jun ordered the Ten Great Demon Gods to surround the pair, and Tai Yi used the Chaos Bell to suppress the surrounding space.
• Jieyin used a long awl to tear open space and escaped with Zhunti, leaving Di Jun and Tai Yi unable to catch them.

Zhunti and Jieyin escaped the Heavenly Court’s pursuit but discovered their stolen resources had vanished, while Xuan Qing and Qing Qiong watched and recorded their misfortune. Di Jun’s forces found the passage linking Ancient Jian Mu to the Heavenly Court and debated what to do with the tree.

• Zhunti and Jieyin emerged from a Space Rift badly wounded and found their bags empty of the resources they had taken.
• Jieyin suspected an expert had stolen their gains, while Zhunti cried over losing them.
• Xuan Qing gave Qing Qiong a Jade Slip recording the pair’s misfortune and told him to keep it until the right time to publicize it.
• Di Jun’s group explored Ancient Jian Mu’s empty treasure vault and discovered a spatial passage leading directly to the Heavenly Court.
• Tai Yi determined that Ancient Jian Mu’s roots were too deeply embedded to move, and Bai Ze suggested cutting it down.

Xuan Qing stopped Di Jun’s forces from cutting down Jianmu, merged Penglai Island into the Primordial World, and established Penglai Divine Continent as a refuge for Wandering Cultivators. The transformed Jianmu became a vast wonder of the world, and Xuan Qing sensed the aura of the World Tree within it.

• Xuan Qing appeared as Tai Yi prepared to strike Jianmu and stopped the Heavenly Court forces from destroying it.
• Xuan Qing ordered Penglai Island to merge into the Primordial World and placed a restriction on Jianmu to prevent anyone from using it to enter the Heavenly Court.
• Jianmu grew into a towering tree as Penglai Island joined the Primordial World, and the Heavenly Dao bestowed merit on both.
• Xuan Qing named the newly formed land Penglai Divine Continent and ordered Di Jun to leave it for the Wandering Cultivators.
• Xuan Qing warned Di Jun against letting the Demon Clan dominate the Primordial World, and Di Jun accepted the rebuke.
• After Penglai Divine Continent stabilized, Xuan Qing arrived beneath Jianmu and sensed the aura of the World Tree.

Xuan Qing transformed Penglai Island into the Penglai Divine Continent and left it to the Wandering Cultivators, while warning Di Jun to avoid needless Karmic Sin. After the Heavenly Court withdrew and spared the defeated Immortal Court survivors, Xuan Qing reassured the gathered cultivators that the continent would be their home.

• Xuan Qing used the Origin of the Penglai Divine Continent and the Heaven and Earth Dao Diagram to create a miniature continent, then warned Di Jun to commit fewer killings.
• Di Jun ordered the Heavenly Court to leave Penglai Divine Continent to the Wandering Cultivators and persuaded Tai Yi to spare the defeated Immortal Court survivors.
• The Heavenly Court departed, and the Demon Clan's Auspicious Qi surged after East King Duke and the Immortal Court fell.
• Qiong Ying told the survivors that Xuan Qing had saved them, and they bowed in gratitude to the Dao Venerable.
• Xuan Qing spoke to the survivors, declared Penglai Divine Continent the birthplace of Wandering Cultivators, and told them to guard it.

After gaining the Origin of Penglai Divine Continent and a Jian Mu sapling, Xuan Qing discovered that the Heaven and Earth Dao Diagram was moving toward becoming a real world. He rebuked Bi An for the Dragon Clan’s refusal to repay its karmic debt, while Bi An remained kneeling and begging for a chance.

• Xuan Qing inspected the Heaven and Earth Dao Diagram and found two new Dao Patterns, Penglai, along with a Jian Mu sapling that could help turn the diagram’s world real.
• Bi An stopped Xuan Qing and begged him to guide the Dragon Clan, explaining that karmic sin had tormented its members through multiple Measure Tribulations.
• Xuan Qing learned that the Dragon Clan had sealed itself away instead of repaying its debt by serving Heaven and Earth, and angrily told Bi An to leave.
• Bi An stayed kneeling and kowtowed toward Azure Nether Island for tens of thousands of years, drawing the attention of Penglai Divine Continent’s residents.
• The Giant Mastiff identified the kneeling figure as Bi An of the Dragon Clan and began telling the residents about the clan’s former power.

Giant Mastiff recounted how the Three Tribes’ pursuit of Auspicious Qi led to a devastating war and explained how the surviving clans bore Karmic Sin. He boasted that Xuan Qing could resolve it and shared gossip about the Demon Lord, only for Xuan Qing to appear and confront him.

• Giant Mastiff told the crowd that the Three Tribes used Auspicious Qi to attain the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm, then fought over it and plunged the Prehistoric Era into war.
• Giant Mastiff said the Three Tribes’ ancestors transformed into heaven and earth out of remorse, while the surviving Qilin repaid their Karmic Sin by traveling as Auspicious Signs and the Phoenix Clan secluded itself in the Immortal Volcano.
• Giant Mastiff explained that Bi An had come to beg the Dao Venerable for help with the Dragon Clan’s unrepaid Karmic Sin.
• Giant Mastiff credited Xuan Qing with helping restore the Western Lands and claimed the Dao Venerable could resolve any Karmic Sin.
• Giant Mastiff whispered that Xuan Qing had beaten the Demon Lord nearly to tears, and Xuan Qing appeared to challenge his claims, making Giant Mastiff tremble and kneel.

Xuan Qing sent Giant Mastiff to tell Bi An that the Dragon Clan could rise again by regulating waterways and bringing clouds and rain. In the Blood Sea, Mosquito Daoist transformed and challenged Ming He, then escaped after Ming He slaughtered his mosquito swarm.

• Xuan Qing teased Giant Mastiff for gossiping about him and ordered him to deliver a message to Bi An concerning the Dragon Clan’s future.
• Giant Mastiff told Bi An to regulate waterways and bring clouds and rain, and Bi An joyfully thanked Xuan Qing before returning to the sea.
• Xuan Qing returned to fishing while a transformation tribulation erupted in the Blood Sea.
• Mosquito Daoist emerged and claimed the title of Lord of the Blood Sea, angering Ming He.
• Ming He recognized Mosquito Daoist as a Blood-Winged Black Mosquito and attacked his swarm, but Mosquito Daoist disappeared after the swarm was killed.

Ming He tried to kill Mosquito Daoist for intruding on the Blood Sea, but Mosquito Daoist escaped and fled to the East Sea. There, Tongtian saved Zhao Gongming and his three sisters from Mosquito Daoist’s attack.

• Ming He chased Mosquito Daoist and offered him a place at the Blood Sea’s outskirts if he survived one sword strike.
• Mosquito Daoist used his black mosquito clones to survive Ming He’s attacks, then fled east to escape him.
• Zhao Gongming endured forty-nine lightning strikes and took form on an island in the East Sea.
• Mosquito Daoist broke through the island’s protective formation and attacked Zhao Gongming and his three sisters.
• Tongtian appeared and slapped Mosquito Daoist away before he could harm them.

Tongtian rescued Zhao Gongming and the three Cloudy Glows from Mosquito Daoist, accepted them as disciples, and left them to cultivate toward Kunlun Mountain. Mosquito Daoist then discovered the Azure Nether Sea Domain and began devouring its inhabitants, until a gigantic Bell struck him down.

• Tongtian stopped Mosquito Daoist from attacking Zhao Gongming and the three Cloudy Glows, then slashed him with the Qingping Sword as he tried to flee.
• Tongtian recognized Zhao Gongming and the three Cloudy Glows as having an affinity with him, accepted them as disciples, and told them to travel to Kunlun Mountain after they took form.
• After Tongtian left, Zhao Gongming, Yunxiao, and Bixiao continued cultivating while Mosquito Daoist wandered the East Sea and grew stronger by devouring living beings.
• Mosquito Daoist entered the Azure Nether Sea Domain, transformed into a gigantic Cyan Heaven mosquito, and began sucking up its ordinary inhabitants.
• A gigantic Bell appeared above Mosquito Daoist and smashed him into the ground, interrupting his attack.

Su Mei stopped Mosquito Daoist from slaughtering creatures in the Azure Nether Sea Domain, and Xuan Qing sentenced him to stay out of the East Sea in exchange for restoring the World-Destroying Black Lotus. The Lotus Thrones stirred island-wide cultivation, while Qing Qiong set off south to explore.

• Su Mei subdued Mosquito Daoist, exposed his clone escape plan, and asked Xuan Qing how he should be punished.
• Qing Qiong delivered Xuan Qing's Imperial Edict, which forbade Mosquito Daoist from entering the East Sea, then kicked him out of the Azure Nether Sea Domain.
• Heavenly Dao restored the World-Destroying Black Lotus to persuade Xuan Qing to spare Mosquito Daoist.
• The three Lotus Thrones resonated, spreading Dao rhythms across Azure Nether Island and prompting its inhabitants to enter seclusion and comprehend laws.
• Su Mei congratulated Qing Qiong on reaching the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm and advised him to avoid the warring Eastern Lands.
• Qing Qiong flew south to explore, while Mosquito Daoist fled south to escape the East Sea.

The Phoenix Clan guarded Kong Xuan and the Golden-Winged Great Peng as they prepared to take form, while Zhunti arrived intending to claim them for the Western Lands. When their shared tribulation overwhelmed them, the Grand Elder intervened with a powerful spiritual treasure, leaving Zhunti eyeing it with greed.

• The Grand Elder told Ancestor Phoenix that Kong Xuan and the Golden-Winged Great Peng were extraordinary descendants of the Phoenix Clan, and Ancestor Phoenix confirmed their origins and immense potential.
• Zhunti arrived at Immortal Volcano and claimed the two juniors were fated with the Western Lands, but the Grand Elder challenged his attempt to take them.
• Qing Qiong secretly observed the standoff as nearly a hundred years passed and Kong Xuan and the Golden-Winged Great Peng's Seven-Nine Heavenly Tribulation gathered.
• Kong Xuan's five-colored divine light swept away the first wave of lightning, but the brothers soon exhausted their strength and feared they would not survive.
• The Grand Elder raised the Southern Earth-Leaving Flame Light Banner to protect the brothers, and Zhunti recognized the treasure and coveted it.

Zhunti stole the Earth-Leaving Flame Light Banner during Kong Xuan and Great Peng’s tribulation, then mocked the Phoenix Clan. Qing Qiong intervened and demanded the treasure from Zhunti, threatening him with Sky Slaughter.

• Kong Xuan told Great Peng they would leave the Phoenix Clan after their tribulation because its karmic burdens threatened their cultivation.
• Zhunti seized the Earth-Leaving Flame Light Banner with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, then used it to dispel the final bolt of lightning threatening Kong Xuan and Great Peng.
• The Phoenix Clan attacked Zhunti, but he shattered their formation and mocked the clan and the beings of the previous era.
• Qing Qiong appeared and struck Zhunti with Sky Slaughter, forcing Zhunti to stumble backward.
• Zhunti apologized, but Qing Qiong demanded the Earth-Leaving Flame Light Banner as compensation and threatened to fight him.

Qing Qiong revealed his Qiongqi form and defeated Zhunti after Zhunti tried to claim the Earth-Leaving Flame Light Banner. Zhunti fled to Mount Sumeru, while the Phoenix Clan offered the banner to Qing Qiong, leaving him with the treasure.

• Zhunti pleaded with Qing Qiong to leave the Phoenix Clan's treasure to the impoverished Western Lands, but Qing Qiong rejected his claim.
• Qing Qiong transformed into his Qiongqi form and struck Zhunti, crushing him beneath his foot and forcing him to reveal that he was a fierce beast.
• Zhunti threatened Qing Qiong with the Dao Ancestor, but Qing Qiong said the Dao Venerable had taken him in and the Primordial Heavenly Dao acknowledged him, then kicked Zhunti again.
• Qing Qiong demanded the Earth-Leaving Flame Light Banner as compensation, seized it from Zhunti, and kicked him far away from Immortal Volcano.
• Zhunti rushed back to Mount Sumeru, and the Phoenix Clan's Grand Elder offered the banner to Qing Qiong as thanks for saving them.

Qing Qiong drove the Golden-Winged Great Peng away after he destroyed his Yin Yang Origin and rejected the Phoenix Clan, then took Kong Xuan with him to the Azure Nether Sea Domain. The Phoenix Clan's First Elder agreed to let Qing Qiong instruct Kong Xuan, who flew him back to the East Sea in his true form.

• The Golden-Winged Great Peng turned his Yin Yang Origin into a Spiritual Treasure, and Qing Qiong slapped him for ruining his foundation.
• The Great Peng rejected the Phoenix Clan, so Qing Qiong sent him flying away while the First Elder thanked him.
• Qing Qiong asked Kong Xuan to return with him, and the First Elder agreed after learning he was a disciple of the Dao Venerable.
• Qing Qiong took Kong Xuan toward the East Sea and forced him to reveal his true form and carry him.

After Qing Qiong defeated Zhunti and took the Earth-Leaving Flame Light Banner, Zhunti sought help from Jieyin, who brought him to the imprisoned Chaos Demon God Karma. Karma offered to guide Zhunti’s cultivation in exchange for a promise to free him, leaving Zhunti convinced by Karma’s teachings on pursuing one extreme of the Karma Dao.

• Kong Xuan grew accustomed to serving as Qing Qiong’s mount as Qing Qiong guided him in cultivation and divine abilities.
• Zhunti returned to Mount Sumeru injured and told Jieyin that Qing Qiong had defeated him and taken the Earth-Leaving Flame Light Banner.
• Jieyin brought Zhunti through a spatial barrier beneath Mount Sumeru to meet the chained Chaos Demon God Karma.
• Karma explained that he sought freedom rather than conflict with the Prehistoric Era and asked Zhunti to free him after attaining sainthood.
• Zhunti and Jieyin promised to consider releasing Karma, and Karma advised Zhunti to pursue one extreme of the Karma Dao.
• Zhunti accepted Karma’s explanation that cause and effect could be reversed, while Jieyin and Zhunti believed Karma’s guidance was genuine.