Chapter Summaries

Xi He returned to the Heavenly Court and found that Di Jun’s slaughter of the Human Race had transformed the Demon Clan’s pillar of Auspicious Qi into a pillar of Karmic Sin. As Di Jun neared the collapse of his Dao Heart, Xi He recalled Wang Shu’s advice and resolved to seek help from Xuan Qing.

• Xi He returned to the Heavenly Court and found it steeped in bloodlust and the pillar of Auspicious Qi consumed by Karmic Sin.
• Di Jun blamed Fuxi for the pillar’s corruption, but Fuxi said Di Jun had brought it on himself by attacking the Human Race, the future protagonist of heaven and earth.
• Fuxi gave up on the Heavenly Court, while Kunpeng secretly celebrated Di Jun’s downfall and revealed his scheme involving the Witch-Slaying Sword.
• Xi He tried to steady Di Jun as his Dao Heart nearly shattered, then received Wang Shu’s advice to seek Xuan Qing on Azure Nether Island.
• Xi He told Di Jun that they could seek the Dao Venerable and departed for the East Sea to find Xuan Qing.

Xi He begged Xuan Qing to save the Heavenly Court, and he suggested that Di Jun offer Mount Fangzhang to the Primordial Heaven and Earth for a chance to gain merit. After the Demon Clan set out to follow his advice, Xuan Qing appeared before the Witch Clan and began questioning the Ancestral Witches about their divine duty.

• Xi He visited Xuan Qing's Dao Field and endured painful kowtows until he agreed to give the Heavenly Court a sliver of hope.
• Xuan Qing went with Xi He to the Heavenly Court and told Di Jun that offering Mount Fangzhang might help cleanse the Demon Clan's Karmic Sin.
• Di Jun agreed to offer Mount Fangzhang and led the Demon Clan toward it, drawing attention from the powers of the Prehistoric Era.
• As the Witch Clan prepared to move against the Demon Clan, Xuan Qing appeared in Pangu Hall and promised the Witch Clan would also gain something.
• Xuan Qing asked the Ancestral Witches to consider their divine duty, leaving them pondering why they had been born.

Xuan Qing urged the Ancestral Witches to use their Laws to help complete the Prehistoric Era's four seasons and Natural Authority, then obtained the Primordial Heaven-Measuring Ruler in Pangu Hall. He realized the ruler was meant for Houtu and decided to study it before returning it, while the Ancestral Witches began discussing their roles.

• Zhu Jiuyin realized the Ancestral Witches should contribute to the Prehistoric Era, and Xuan Qing suggested they use their Laws to complete its four seasons and Natural Authority.
• Xuan Qing saw Pangu's statue smile, then received the Primordial Heaven-Measuring Ruler when it struck his leg.
• The ruler resisted Xuan Qing and tried to fly toward the Blood Sea, but the Green Lotus of Creation suppressed it.
• Xuan Qing guessed the ruler was intended for Houtu and agreed to study it before giving it to her.
• The Eleven Ancestral Witches discussed their duties, and Zhu Rong and Gonggong proposed becoming the God of Fire Virtue and Water Virtue God.

The Wu Clan assigned authorities and seasonal roles to its members before setting out to seek Houtu's guidance. In the East Sea, Di Jun revealed Mount Fangzhang and asked the Heavenly Dao to merge it into the Primordial Land, while Zhunti began plotting against Fuxi.

• Zhu Rong's casual remark gave the Ancestral Witches a direction for establishing Gods of Authority, and Ju Mang, Qiang Liang, Ru Shou, and Xuan Ming claimed their respective roles.
• Zhu Jiuyin connected their authorities to the four seasons, making Ju Mang, Qiang Liang, Ru Shou, and Xuan Ming rulers of spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
• The eleven Ancestral Witches set out for the Blood Sea to ask Houtu for guidance on the remaining authorities.
• Di Jun withdrew Mount Fangzhang's protective formation, revealing the island and drawing crowds from across the East Sea.
• Di Jun asked the Heavenly Dao to merge Mount Fangzhang into the Primordial Land, prompting Zhunti to curse him and plan to make Fuxi suffer.

Di Jun secured Heavenly Dao’s permission to transform Mount Fangzhang into the Heluo Divine Continent, but the Demon Clan was barred from occupying it. The three divine continents linked together, and the Ancestral Witches arrived at the Blood Sea to see Houtu.

• Xuan Qing persuaded Heavenly Dao to grant the Demon Clan a sliver of hope in exchange for Mount Fangzhang, which transformed into the Heluo Divine Continent.
• Heavenly Dao sent Merit to the new land and the Heavenly Court, clearing some of the black qi from its Auspicious Qi Golden Pillar.
• Di Jun and the Demon Clan were barred from entering the Heluo Divine Continent, and Xuan Qing ordered them to leave.
• The three divine continents linked together, revealing shoals and waterways, while a coordinate mark led Xuan Qing’s Divine Sense toward the Sea Eye before Return to Void power stopped him.
• Zhu Jiuyin and the Ancestral Witches reached the Blood Sea and requested passage to meet Houtu; Houtu told Great Brahma to let them in.

The Twelve Ancestral Witches followed Houtu’s guidance and vowed to fulfill Natural Authority by governing the Primordial Era’s space, seasons, weather, fire, and earth. Their vows restored the Twelve Gods of Nature to their thrones, completed Heaven and Earth, and brought Imperial Flowing Paste back to the sky.

• Great Brahma led the Ancestral Witches into the Underworld, where Houtu explained that Di Jiang could govern space and Zhu Jiuyin could govern the cycle of day and night.
• Houtu led her brothers and sisters from the Underworld to the Blood Sea to make their vows of Natural Authority.
• Di Jiang, Ju Mang, Qiang Liang, Ru Shou, Xuan Ming, and Zhu Jiuyin vowed to guard space, foster life, establish the four seasons, and preserve time’s order, changing the Primordial Era’s environments.
• Zhu Rong, Gonggong, and the other Ancestral Witches vowed to govern fire, water, and natural weather, while Houtu vowed to bear and nurture the earth.
• The twelve phantom thrones drew the Ancestral Witches into place as the Twelve Gods of Nature, and Imperial Flowing Paste gathered into a Heavenly River.

After the Imperial Flowing Paste fell and the Twelve Ancestral Witches gained new authority, the Witch and Demon Clans prepared for the approaching decisive battle. Luohu secretly sent demonic qi into Di Jun, and the chapter ended with Xi He raging over her sons while Tai Yi watched from a distance.

• Imperial Flowing Paste rained over the Primordial Land for a hundred years before the twelve thrones vanished and the Twelve Ancestral Witches were cast down.
• Houtu returned to comprehend her authority, while Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Witches discovered their control over their Laws had strengthened.
• Di Jun took comfort in Bai Ze's claim that Houtu's absence meant the Witch Clan could not form the Capital Heavenly Fiend Formation, while Karma worried about the strengthened Prehistoric Era.
• Luohu found Zhou Mountain blocked his Divine Sense, then sent demonic qi through a gap in the Karmic Sin covering the Heavenly Court's Auspicious Qi Golden Pillar and into Di Jun's sea of consciousness.
• Di Jun noticed Xi He's growing anger and, unable to reach Chang Xi on the sealed Lunar Star, asked Tai Yi to investigate Xi He's change.
• Xi He smashed the palace and shouted that the Witch Clan would pay for her sons as Tai Yi watched from afar.

Xi He’s vengeance finally drove her to attack the Witch Clan, beginning the decisive battle between the Witch and Demon Clans. As their armies gathered at Zhou Mountain, the Prehistoric Era’s inhabitants braced for the devastation.

• Tai Yi used the Chaos Bell to calm Xi He and keep her from charging into the Witch Clan, frustrating Luohu’s plans to spur the Measure Tribulation.
• The Heavenly Dao withdrew its scrutiny from the Western Lands, allowing Karma and the Chaos Demon Gods to begin their operation.
• The Spirit of the Ancestral Vein informed Xuan Qing that the Chaos Demon Gods had moved, and he met Han Xi and Wang Shu atop Zhou Mountain.
• Baleful qi filled the sky, and Xi He attacked the Witch Clan with the Sun-Moon Essence Wheels.
• Zhu Rong destroyed Xi He’s attack with divine fire, and their clash killed countless beings caught in its aftermath.
• The Ten Great Demon Gods led the Demon Race Army toward Zhou Mountain as the Witch Clan’s army prepared to meet them.

Yuanshi sealed Kunlun Mountain during the Witch-Demon War while Tongtian watched from Golden Ao Island. On the battlefield, Xi He and Zhu Rong grievously wounded each other, and Tai Yi trapped Zhu Rong, Ju Mang, and Ru Shou beneath the Chaos Bell as Zhu Rong prepared to sacrifice himself.

• Yuanshi explained the Measure Tribulation to his disciples, sealed Kunlun Mountain, and barred them from descending until it ended.
• Tongtian watched the Demon Race Army from Golden Ao Island as Di Jun ordered his forces to attack the Witch Clan and battled Di Jiang.
• The Ancestral Witches and Demon leaders fought across the battlefield, while Tai Yi drove Ju Mang and Ru Shou back with the Chaos Bell.
• Xi He charged Zhu Rong in a rage over her sons, and their head-on clash left her unconscious and Zhu Rong badly wounded.
• Tai Yi suppressed Xi He's wounds, transformed into his true form, and used the Chaos Bell to freeze Zhu Rong, Ju Mang, and Ru Shou.
• As the Chaos Bell descended toward them, Zhu Rong apologized to his brothers, leaving Ju Mang and Ru Shou wondering what he planned to do.

Zhu Rong burned his Origin to save Ju Mang and Ru Shou, then the Ancestral Witches and Chi You summoned Pangu to fight the Demon Clan’s star formation. Both formations collapsed, Zhu Rong died, and Tai Yi critically wounded Ju Mang as the battle continued.

• Zhu Rong burned his Origin to break free of the Chaos Bell’s suppression, allowing Ju Mang and Ru Shou to escape.
• The Ancestral Witches gathered with Chi You and formed the Twelve Capital Gods and Fiends Great Formation, summoning Pangu, while Di Jun raised the Zhou Tian Stars Great Formation.
• Pangu’s axe strikes shattered the Demon Clan’s starry formation, but Chi You and the Ancestral Witches could not sustain their formation, which collapsed before they could kill Di Jun.
• Zhu Rong faded away and died, prompting the Ancestral Witches to charge Di Jun and Tai Yi.
• Tai Yi used the Chaos Bell to devastate Ju Mang, while Ru Shou began swelling as Fei Lian and Fei Dan blocked his path.

The Wu and Demon clans suffered catastrophic losses as their leaders destroyed themselves, while the Saints fought over the Chaos Bell. Gonggong then struck Zhou Mountain, opening a hole in the Sky Dome, and Xuan Qing moved to stop the disaster as Heavenly Dao’s Saints arrived to oppose him.

• Ru Shou and the other Ancestral Witches detonated their Origins, wiping out most of the Demon Clan’s upper ranks; Di Jiang, Di Jun, Zhu Jiuyin, and Tai Yi died in the ensuing clashes.
• The Saints fought over the Chaos Bell, but Jieyin sent it beyond the Prehistoric Era, and Laozi stopped Tongtian from pursuing the Western Saints.
• Gonggong rammed Zhou Mountain, broke through its barrier, and caused a hole in the Sky Dome that released Weak Water onto the Primordial Land.
• Xuan Qing struck Gonggong away and confronted Luohu after resentment and Black Qi began invading Zhou Mountain.
• Heavenly Dao ordered the Saints to stop Xuan Qing, and they gathered at Zhou Mountain; Nuwa intervened and challenged Laozi with the Human-Creating Whip.

Mystic Turtle and Wang Shu intervened in the battle at Zhou Mountain, while the Saints moved their fight against Nuwa to the Outer Heavens. A Chaos Remnant attacked Han Xi to destroy the Prehistoric Era, and Xuan Qing exposed Karma and several Chaos Demon Gods lurking nearby.

• Mystic Turtle arrived to protect Nuwa and drew Laozi into a fight.
• Wang Shu appeared, healed Xi He, and sent the Demon Clan and Witch Clan away from Zhou Mountain.
• Wang Shu held Tongtian back while Nuwa fought Yuanshi, Zhunti, and Jieyin with the Qiankun Cauldron.
• The Saints moved their battle to the Outer Heavens after their fighting damaged the Sky Dome and endangered living beings.
• A Chaos Remnant attacked Han Xi and deliberately shattered the Sky Dome to flood the Prehistoric Era with Weak Water.
• Xuan Qing called out the hidden intruders, and Karma appeared with several Chaos Demon Gods.

Xuan Qing and his allies stopped the Chaos Demon Gods and Hongjun from bringing down Zhou Mountain, but Karma triggered a crisis in the Sky Dome that left Xuan Qing and Hongjun alarmed.

• Karma and the Chaos Demon Gods attacked Xuan Qing while Tongtian blocked Wang Shu, and Hongjun joined the battle to deflect Xuan Qing's God-Slaying Spear.
• Han Li, the Qing Ya Sisters, and Zhuo Guang appeared to hold off the Demon Gods, then Qing Yue and Houtu emerged from the Blood Sea to help defend Zhou Mountain.
• Luohu arrived and attacked Zhou Mountain, but his strike failed, and Xuan Qing revealed that the mountain had been strengthened by the restored Earth Veins.
• Karma's attempt to unleash resentment in the Western Lands also failed, so he threw a fragment into a hole in the Sky Dome and caused it to crack.
• Xuan Qing and Hongjun reacted gravely as the sound of the Sky Dome shattering spread across the Prehistoric Era.

Karma shattered the Membrane of the Earth, letting Chaos Qi pour into the Prehistoric Era as Shenni led a continent of Fierce Beasts through the breach. The Membrane was restored and Houtu sealed the Sky Dome, while Xuan Qing rallied the living beings of the Prehistoric Era to fight the invading beasts.

• Karma broke the Membrane of the Earth, and Shenni arrived from beyond Chaos with a horde of Fierce Beasts to challenge Hongjun.
• Shenni struck Hongjun with overwhelming power, while the Heavenly Dao and Earth Dao restored the Membrane of the Earth.
• Xuan Qing gave the Primordial Heaven-Measuring Ruler to Houtu, who used the Earth Yellow Lotus to plug the hole in the Sky Dome.
• Xuan Qing promised resurrection, merit, and a chance to cultivate in the Azure Nether Sea Domain to those who fought the Fierce Beasts, prompting the races of the Prehistoric Era to charge into battle.
• Xuan Ming led the Witch Clan into battle, Bai Ze and Ying Zhao rallied the Demon Clan, and Little Fox led the Fox Clan, which drew a dangerous surge of Fierce Beasts.
• Xuan Qing summoned the living beings of the Azure Nether Sea Domain to fight, while excluding those below the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

The Azure Nether Sea Domain’s forces helped the Prehistoric Era overwhelm Shenni and Karma’s invading army, but the attackers tried to escape. Xuan Qing stopped them and revealed a Supreme Law unlike the Three Daos, which Hongjun identified as Supreme Immeasurable.

• Mystic Turtle explained that the Azure Nether Sea Domain’s formidable fighters were Wandering Cultivators who had received the Dao Venerable’s favor.
• Zhen Yuanzi, Fuxi, Xuan Ming, Queen Mother of the West, and other experts overwhelmed the fierce beast army, prompting Shenni and Karma to retreat.
• Han Xi and the others blocked the attackers’ escape, while the Heavenly Dao stated it had no authority over the Primordial Chaos Great Luo.
• Xuan Qing clashed with Shenni using the God-Slaying Spear and a supreme power that made their attacks vanish without a shockwave.
• Hongjun explained that Pangu’s Law was the Supreme Law of Creation and concluded that Xuan Qing had comprehended Supreme Immeasurable.

Xuan Qing defeated Shenni by suppressing the power of Return to Void and shattering Shenni’s True Spirit, then reclaimed the remaining God-Slaying Spear shaft. When Karma tried to escape with Shichen and Destiny’s help, Yang Mei appeared and blocked the way, confronting Shichen.

• Hongjun explained that the remaining Supreme Laws were Annihilation and Chaos, while Nuwa connected Reincarnation and Creation to the Earth Dao and Human Dao.
• Qing Ling compared Xuan Qing’s Supreme Law to Pangu’s power, and Xuan Qing dismissed the comparison as beyond his current realm.
• Shenni unleashed the power of Return to Void and attacked Xuan Qing, but Xuan Qing used the Green Lotus of Creation and Immeasurable Law to suppress him and destroy his True Spirit.
• Xuan Qing cleansed Shenni’s God-Slaying Spear shaft and fused it with his own spear, beginning its transformation into a Chaos-grade Spiritual Treasure.
• Karma called on Shichen and Destiny to help him escape, but the passage they opened collapsed before he could enter.
• Yang Mei appeared in the Chaos, knocked away Shichen’s Time Compass, and challenged Shichen over his attempt to help Karma.

Yang Mei and the Primordial Chaos Great Luo cultivators fought the Chaos Demon Gods while Xuan Qing’s plans unfolded. Fuxi was struck down, but an Azure Lotus preserved his True Spirit for reincarnation, and Houtu learned that the Ancestral Witches might also have a chance to survive.

• Shichen attacked Yang Mei and refused to abandon his hatred of Pangu, while Yang Mei argued that the Chaos Demon Gods had misunderstood the Heaven-Opening Tribulation.
• Destiny and Beng Tian joined Shichen against Yang Mei, as Hongjun realized Xuan Qing had anticipated the conflict and Xuan Qing sent Han Xi and the others to fight Karma and the other Chaos Demon Gods.
• Karma’s stray attack struck Fuxi and killed many beings on Fierce Beast Continent, prompting Nuwa to retaliate with the Qiankun Cauldron.
• An Azure Lotus preserved Fuxi’s shattered True Spirit, and Nuwa entrusted it to Houtu for reincarnation.
• Xuan Qing reassured Houtu that the Ancestral Witches might not be completely dead, then urged her to help defeat the Chaos Demon Gods and told Hongjun to consult Nuwa and Houtu or seek his help in future crises.

Karma was rescued from Nuwa’s attack by an unknown force, while Xuan Qing and Yang Mei dealt with the remaining Chaos Demon Gods. Xuan Qing then confronted the Heavenly Dao and Earthly Dao over whether Zhou Mountain should fall, leaving the two arguing as he insisted it must remain standing.

• An unknown giant hand dragged Karma out of the Prehistoric Era, and Xuan Qing destroyed attacks sent through the passage before pursuing the rescuers into Chaos.
• Yang Mei told Xuan Qing that a second group of Chaos Demon Gods had appeared and that the mysterious newcomer was not one he recognized.
• Xuan Qing stopped the attacks on Star and questioned him, but Star refused to reveal who had rescued Karma and accused Yang Mei of betraying the Chaos Demon Gods.
• Xuan Qing killed Star, gathered the five remaining Origins, and entered the Immeasurable Dao Palace with the Heavenly Dao and Earthly Dao.
• The Heavenly Dao argued that Zhou Mountain had to fall, while the Earthly Dao warned that this would destabilize the Netherworld and Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Xuan Qing insisted Zhou Mountain could not fall because Han Xi, appointed its Mountain God by Great God Pangu, would return to the Dao if it collapsed.

Xuan Qing persuaded the Heavenly Dao and Earth Dao to spare the Witch Clan and Demon Clan and to strengthen the Prehistoric Era by creating more Saint's Fruit Positions. The chapter ended with Xuan Qing handing them the Origin of Shenni's continent to merge after the Fierce Beasts were exterminated.

• Xuan Qing threatened the Heavenly Dao with Pangu's power, causing it to abandon its plan to bring down Zhou Mountain.
• Xuan Qing proposed that the Witch Clan return to the Underworld as guardians and that the Demon Clan settle on a continent cast into the West Sea.
• The Heavenly Dao said it could condense three Saint's Fruit Positions from the continent and Xuan Qing's Origin, while the Earth Dao could condense two.
• Xuan Qing urged the Heavenly Dao and Earth Dao to support the Three Tribes and proposed Saint's Fruit Positions for Zhen Yuanzi and Reincarnation.
• Xuan Qing gave the Heavenly Dao and Earth Dao Shenni's continent Origin to merge into the Prehistoric Era after the Fierce Beasts were exterminated.

After the battle against the Fierce Beasts, Xuan Qing helped the Prehistoric Era recover while Nuwa repaired the Sky Dome with aid from the Saints and Houtu. Houtu received Heavenly Dao Merit and a Green Lotus Throne from Xuan Qing, while Xuan Qing secretly prepared the Sky-Mending Stone that would nurture the future Spiritual Stone Monkey.

• Xuan Qing instructed Houtu to have Fengdu record the names of those killed in the war so he could retrieve them later.
• Kunpeng snatched the River Diagram and Luo Script after Di Jun’s death and escaped to the North Sea, leaving Bai Ze to retreat with the defeated troops.
• Houtu led Xuan Ming and the surviving Witch Clan to the Netherworld because they had no home left on the Prehistoric Land.
• Nuwa gathered materials, refined Sky-Mending Stones, and repaired the Sky Dome while Houtu withdrew the Earth Yellow Lotus and the Saints contained the Weak Water.
• Xuan Qing used the remaining Sky-Mending Stone to prepare a mountain range as the cradle of the future Spiritual Stone Monkey, then helped restore the damaged Earth Veins.
• Nuwa tossed her surplus Merit into the Qiankun Cauldron, and Xuan Qing gave Houtu a Green Lotus Throne so she could store the Merit bestowed upon her.