Chapter Summaries

Xuan Qing and the True Lord of Supreme Destiny began a battle that threatened to destroy the worlds of the heavens, so Xuan Qing forced the fight into the primordial Chaos. As the battle continued out of sight, Qing Xu protected Ye Hei and rebuked the cultivators of Heavenly Prison City.

• The True Lord of Supreme Destiny attacked Xuan Qing with the Destiny Sky Disc, while Xuan Qing answered with the Dao Coffin of Time and Space.
• Their opposing powers and Chaos Exotic Treasures shattered the Outer Heavens and sent destruction spreading through the worlds of the heavens.
• The Old Man pleaded with Xuan Qing to move the battlefield, and Xuan Qing blasted open the Chaos barrier and pursued the True Lord of Supreme Destiny into the Chaos Depths.
• Ye Hei and Huang questioned Qing Xu about Xuan Qing and Supreme Laws as the Old Man voiced relief that the worlds might survive.
• The cultivators of Heavenly Prison City mocked Huang, but Ye Hei challenged them and Qing Xu's aura stopped them from attacking.

Xuan Qing fought the True Lord of Destiny in Chaos, gaining the upper hand with the complete law housed in the Dao Coffin of Time and Space but finding his immortal opponent difficult to kill. Their battle paused when Yu Cangxuan, Jin Shui, and others arrived, and Yu Cangxuan mocked Xuan Qing’s cultivation progress.

• The old man explained the origins of supreme beings, and Qing Xu insisted that Xuan Qing had nothing to fear from the True Lord of Destiny.
• Xuan Qing and the True Lord of Destiny clashed in Chaos, and their attacks shattered the Great Dao and hurled both fighters back without deciding the fight.
• The True Lord of Destiny blamed his incomplete supreme destiny law for his inability to match Xuan Qing, who pressed his advantage with the Dao Coffin of Time and Space.
• Xuan Qing realized that the True Lord of Destiny could not be killed while the law of destiny endured, even though Xuan Qing held the upper hand.
• Yu Cangxuan and several others reached the battlefield, prompting the two combatants to pause; Jin Shui greeted Xuan Qing, and Yu Cangxuan mocked his limited advancement.

Xuan Qing faced Yu Cangxuan and the others as they gathered to attack him, while the True Lord of Destiny revealed that Xuan Qing had traveled back through time. When Xuan Qing unleashed the power of Creation, the True Lord of Destiny recognized his second supreme power and launched a desperate attack.

• Jin Shui joined Xuan Qing against Yu Cangxuan, but Mo Ya and two perfected Taiji elders sided with their opponents while Dao Lord Shou Gu refused to join the fight.
• The True Lord of Destiny explained that Xuan Qing had traveled upstream through time and space, shocking the assembled fighters and prompting Yu Cangxuan to call for a united attack.
• Dao Lord Shou Gu left the battlefield, and Xuan Qing told Jin Shui to protect Qing Xu before facing the gathered enemies alone.
• Xuan Qing linked the Infinite Dao Flower with the Creation Dao Lotus and released the aura of Creation, revealing a second supreme power.
• The True Lord of Destiny feared Xuan Qing could claim Supreme Destiny, so he unleashed his accumulated Destiny origin and drove the Destiny Compass to its limit.

Xuan Qing fought the True Lord of Destiny, Yu Cangxuan, and the other powerhouses while Jin Shui protected the Outer Heavens from the battle’s aftermath. Xuan Qing emerged wounded but alive, taunting his opponents as the others learned Jin Shui had come to help at Xuan Qing’s request.

• Xuan Qing sent Jin Shui into the Outer Heavens, then faced the combined attack of the True Lord of Destiny, Yu Cangxuan, and the other powerhouses.
• Xuan Qing used the Green Lotus of Creation, the God-Slaying Spear, and the Dao Coffin of Time and Space to defend himself and break through the assault.
• The battle’s shock wave threatened the Outer Heavens, and the old man, the ten Weird Ancestors, and Qing Xu failed to stop it.
• Jin Shui arrived and used a river of golden water to divert the wave, saving the world.
• Jin Shui recognized Qing Xu’s connection to Return to Void and revealed that Xuan Qing had sent him to protect the world.
• Xuan Qing appeared above a Chaos Storm with torn robes and minor wounds, then taunted his opponents.

The True Lord of Destiny used a fragment of Supreme Destiny to twist the Laws and help himself and his allies escape Xuan Qing. The fragment polluted Ye Hei’s world, but Xuan Qing sealed it and purged the survivors’ Origins, leaving the fleeing enemies beyond his reach for now.

• Yu Cangxuan revealed that he had kept a fragment of Supreme Destiny, and the True Lord of Destiny rebuked him for withholding it.
• The True Lord of Destiny infused the fragment with Supreme Destiny Law and hurled it toward Ye Hei’s world, twisting the Laws as it passed.
• The True Lord of Destiny and his allies used the distraction to flee in different directions while Xuan Qing pursued the fragment.
• The fragment polluted the Outer Heavens, causing Jin Shui, the Old Man, Ye Hei, and others to lose control as the ten Weird Ancestors absorbed the pollution.
• Xuan Qing spread the Immeasurable Law through Chaos, seized and sealed the fragment, then used Creation divine light to remove the pollution from the survivors’ Origins.

After driving off Heavenly Prison City, Xuan Qing prepared to leave Ye Hei’s world, but the Supreme Destiny Fragment merged with his Origin and began transforming his Destiny Dao. The chapter ended with Supreme Destiny condensing into its embryonic form as Xuan Qing’s fourth Supreme Law.

• Xuan Qing reassured Ye Hei and the others that Heavenly Prison City would not attack again soon and said he would eventually destroy it.
• Jin Shui departed for Sin Domain City, while Xuan Qing declined to go because his avatar was already there.
• Qing Xu urged Xuan Qing to leave, and Xuan Qing said he wanted to return to the Prehistoric Era and search for his younger sister.
• The sealed Supreme Destiny Fragment transformed into a golden beam and merged with Xuan Qing’s Dao body, primordial spirit, and Origin.
• Xuan Qing’s evolving aura forced Qing Xu, Old Man Bai, Ye Hei, and the others to prostrate themselves.
• A golden river formed beneath the Infinite Dao Flower, and Supreme Destiny officially condensed into its embryonic form as Xuan Qing’s fourth Supreme Law.

Xuan Qing returned to Return to Void with his parents and discovered the fully manifested Guixu Divine Palace. After opening its gates, he watched Qing Xu absorb the palace’s Origin power and begin a transformation that could lead to the Primordial Taiji realm.

• Xuan Qing refused Ye Hei’s request to accompany him to the Prehistoric Era and returned to Earth Star with Qing Xu.
• Xuan Qing collected his parents and brought them through a passage back to the core of Return to Void.
• Xuan Qing and Qing Xu discovered the Guixu Divine Palace, which had now fully manifested.
• Xuan Qing used the Immeasurable Law to open the palace gates and revealed its empty Great Hall, scarlet throne, and Blood Colored Divine Pool.
• Qing Xu absorbed the Origin power beside the pool, causing its cultivation to surge toward a breakthrough into the Primordial Taiji realm.

Xuan Qing absorbed the Guixu Divine Palace’s Return to Void Origin and broke through to the late stage of Primordial Taiji Golden Immortal, while the same Dao Resonance transformed Xiao and awakened Qin’s World-Destruction Law. Qin entered the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, drawing the attention of the hidden Primordial Taiji Golden Immortals in Sin Domain City.

• Xuan Qing sat on the scarlet throne and absorbed its Return to Void Origin, merging its Dao Resonance with his insights and Supreme Laws.
• Xuan Qing broke through to the late stage of Primordial Taiji Golden Immortal as the throne and divine pool resonated with his cultivation.
• Xuan Qing’s River of Destiny filled out, and his Creation Dao Lotus grew stronger under the Return to Void Dao Resonance.
• Xiao’s cultivation on Azure Nether Island rose from the early stage of Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal to its sixth heaven as his World-Destroying Millstone grew more solid.
• Qin’s World-Destruction Dao Seed absorbed the surging Dao power, swallowed the World-Destroying Millstone, and bloomed into a World-Destroying Dao Flower.
• Qin broke through to the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, and his World-Destruction aura startled the hidden Primordial Taiji Golden Immortals in Sin Domain City.

After Qin broke through in Sin Domain City, Xuan Qing sent him the God-Slaying Spear and considered how to nurture future Chaos Supreme Treasures. Guixu Divine Palace recognized Xuan Qing as its master, transformed the land around it, and opened its three gates to the Myriad Worlds, leaving Qing Xu alarmed about the danger this could bring.

• Qin concealed his aura after breaking through, then received the God-Slaying Spear from Xuan Qing and found it suited his Law of World Destruction.
• Qin told Xuan Qing that the World-Destroying Black Lotus and God-Slaying Spear might evolve into Chaos Supreme Treasures, prompting Xuan Qing to consider treasures for his other Supreme Laws.
• Xuan Qing reassured Qing Xu about his rapid cultivation, and Qing Xu ran out of Guixu Divine Palace before discovering the surrounding wasteland had become the Return-to-Void Blood Domain.
• Xuan Qing called Qing Xu back as the divine pool revealed that Guixu Divine Palace’s three entrances had opened and their restrictions had vanished.
• Qing Xu warned that outsiders changing the fate of worlds in Return to Void could trigger the Infinite Measure Tribulation ahead of time.

Xuan Qing recruited Hongjun, Zhuo Guang, and the others to guard Return to Void’s entrances in exchange for saving them from the doomed Prehistoric Era. After severing their True Spirits from the Heavenly Dao, he brought them to Guixu Divine Palace, where most collapsed under the pressure.

• Qing Xu suggested that Xuan Qing recruit powerful beings from worlds doomed to perish in Return to Void to guard its entrances.
• Xuan Qing appeared before Hongjun, Zhuo Guang, and the others as the Prehistoric Era’s barrier began to fail, and offered them a chance to leave and help guard Return to Void.
• Xuan Qing promised to move the Prehistoric Era into the true Prehistoric Era, and Hongjun, Houtu, and the others agreed to remain in Return to Void.
• Xuan Qing pulled their True Spirits from the Heavenly Dao, causing Nuwa and the others to lose their sainthood-level strength and Luohu’s demonic Dao to begin fading.
• Xuan Qing led them through a passage to Guixu Divine Palace, where everyone except Hongjun collapsed beneath the pressure of Return to Void’s Dao intent.

Xuan Qing empowered nine beings from the previous age in Guixu Divine Palace, raising them to Saint Venerable realms and assigning them to guard Return to Void. After he gave them new names that severed their old ties, he left them responsible for protecting the realm and promised to answer their calls.

• Xuan Qing placed the nine beings’ True Spirits in Guixu Divine Palace’s divine pool, where the Origin of Return to Void restored and greatly increased their cultivation.
• Nuwa, the Three Pure Ones, and the others broke through to the Saint Venerable realm, while Hongjun transformed into a crimson earthworm and reached late-stage Saint Venerable.
• Luohu entrusted his demonic Dao to the Origin of Return to Void and advanced to mid-stage Saint Venerable.
• The nine thanked Xuan Qing and agreed to guard Return to Void after learning that its power came with that responsibility.
• Xuan Qing renamed Hongjun Dao Xuan, Luohu Fen Xu, the Three Pure Ones Wu Wei, Chen Qing, and Ling Xuan, Nuwa and Houtu Ling Xi and You Li, and Zhunti and Jieyin Kong Ji and Du Mie.
• The Great Dao marks severed the nine from the karma of their old names, and Xuan Qing left them to guard Return to Void, promising to respond if they faced an enemy they could not resist.

Xuan Qing tried to bring the old Prehistoric Era out of Return to Void, triggering a dangerous eruption at the East Sea gate. He left the old world in the care of Ling Xi, You Li, and Dao Xuan, then returned to the current Prehistoric Era as its transformation approached.

• The saints gathered at the Return to Void gate, but Zu Long and the others had no way to resolve its growing instability.
• The gate erupted, sending Zu Long and the other saints flying until the Three Daos formed a barrier to stop the upheaval.
• The Heavenly Dao warned Xuan Qing that bringing the old Prehistoric Era closer would endanger the current world, so Xuan Qing set it down inside Return to Void.
• Xuan Qing summoned Ling Xi, You Li, and Dao Xuan, used the Laws of Creation and Immeasurable to protect and repair the old world, and assigned them to guard it.
• Xuan Qing and Qing Xu emerged into the current Prehistoric Era, where Nuwa and Houtu welcomed him and he praised the gathered cultivators’ progress.

Xuan Qing returned to the Prehistoric Era with Qing Xu as the world underwent a transformation that divided the Immortal Domain from the Mortal Realm. He returned to Azure Nether Island, where Qing Xu was awed by his Dao Field and its spiritual roots.

• Hongjun welcomed Xuan Qing back and asked who Qing Xu was, and the gathered powerhouses greeted Qing Xu with respect.
• Xuan Qing directed the reshaping of heaven and earth, raising blessed lands into the Immortal Domain and sinking barren lands into the Mortal Realm, with the Yellow River Basin linking them.
• Xuan Qing told Nuwa and Houtu that he had found their enemies but warned that their opponents included many powerful experts and Hunyuan Wuji beings.
• Xuan Qing returned with Qing Xu and the others to Azure Nether Island, where Qing Xu mistook the peaceful domain for Xuan Qing's Dao Field.
• Xuan Qing saw that the Ginseng Fruit Tree had borne fruit for the first time and planned a feast after the transformation of heaven and earth.

Xuan Qing brought his parents and relatives to Azure Nether Island, where they met the powerful cultivators around him and learned how much his life had changed. Han Xi reunited with her family and revealed that she was Xuan Qing’s younger sister, while her teasing about Han Li and Wang Shu’s feelings left everyone stunned.

• Xuan Qing brought Zhou Hai, Qin Yun, Zhou Mei, and Qing Xu to Azure Nether Island and introduced them to Qing Ya, Qing Ling, Nuwa, and Houtu.
• Qin Yun struggled to accept that Nuwa and Houtu were real figures from legend, while Qing Ya and Houtu reassured her about Xuan Qing’s power.
• Han Xi returned with Han Li and Wang Shu, recognized Qin Yun and Zhou Mei, and revealed that she was Xuan Qing’s younger sister.
• The Heavenly Dao shattered the family’s destiny tracks so that only supreme beings could investigate their origins, then disappeared.
• Han Xi teased Han Li and Wang Shu about their crushes on Xuan Qing, and Qing Ling dismissed Qin Yun’s worries that the Heavenly Rules forbade their relationships.

Xuan Qing brought his parents and uncle and aunt to the Hall of Nurturing Life and started them on cultivation, then dealt with his sister Han Xi’s teasing about his romantic prospects. He was left wondering whether bringing his family back had been the right choice after even his clone Xiao joined in.

• Xuan Qing stopped Nuwa and Houtu from teasing him and took Qin Yun and the others to the Hall of Nurturing Life, where he urged them to cultivate so they could live longer.
• Xuan Qing confronted Han Xi for hiding that she was his sister, and Han Xi explained that she recovered her past-life memories only after reaching Taiji.
• Han Xi teased Xuan Qing about Wang Shu and warned that she would tell their mother, so Xuan Qing ordered her to stabilize her cultivation before Zhou Mountain’s gift arrived.
• Xuan Qing sent Nuwa and Houtu to cultivate and silenced Qing Xu when it began to repeat the family’s gossip.
• Xuan Qing worried to Xiao that bringing his parents back might burden them with cultivation and Karma, but Xiao argued that their hopes for him would give them an Obsession to pursue.
• Xiao teased Xuan Qing about finding a Dao Companion and having children, drank his Enlightenment Tea, and left Azure Nether Island.

Xuan Qing explained to Yang Mei, Hongjun, Kunwu, and Mystic Turtle that Heavenly Prison City lay beyond the Primordial World Dao Domain, and urged them to wait until the Prehistoric Era transformed before confronting Sin Domain City. Meanwhile, Da Yu sought help establishing Human Race territory, leading Tongtian and Yunxiao to Azure Nether Island, where they met the resurrected Tai Yi.

• Xuan Qing told Yang Mei and the others about Heavenly Prison City, Sin Domain City, and Gui Ying, then advised them to strengthen themselves before attacking.
• Da Yu asked Yunxiao how to divide the Human Race's territory, and she went to Golden Ao Island to seek Tongtian's help.
• Tongtian decided that Xuan Qing could provide the treasures needed to establish and protect the Human Race's territory, so he brought Yunxiao to Azure Nether Island.
• Tongtian recognized Chong Shan and discovered that Tai Yi had survived the Witch-Demon War through Xuan Qing's intervention.
• Tai Yi welcomed Tongtian and Yunxiao, gave Yunxiao a High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, and explained that his nephews remained Grand Unity Golden Immortals because of their Karmic Sin.

Tongtian brought Yunxiao to Lakeheart Island to ask Xuan Qing to forge Innate Spiritual Treasures for Da Yu, whose cultivation was hindered by the Human Race's disordered Auspicious Qi. Xuan Qing agreed to forge nine treasure tripods, gifted Yunxiao a powerful sword, and summoned Qing Ya to bring the materials.

• Tongtian and Yunxiao entered Lakeheart Island, where the Chaos Qi and ancient spiritual trees overwhelmed Yunxiao.
• Tongtian asked Xuan Qing to forge special treasures so Da Yu could divide the territory and suppress the Human Race's Auspicious Qi, and Xuan Qing agreed to make nine treasure tripods.
• Xuan Qing praised Yunxiao for managing the Jie Sect and bestowed a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure sword that stabilized her Quasi-Saint cultivation.
• Xuan Qing summoned the Cauldron of Creation and asked Qing Ya to bring Spiritual Materials for forging the tripods.
• Qing Ya arrived with the materials, and Tongtian and Yunxiao greeted her respectfully.

Xuan Qing forged nine Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, the Nine Tripods, and ordered Tongtian and Yunxiao to deliver one treasure to Da Yu and replace the Sea-Calming Divine Needle. At the Return to Void, they found Zu Long speaking with its guardian, while its gateway suppressed the Sea Eye; Dao Xuan watched Tongtian leave and reflected on his past.

• Qing Ya gave Yunxiao a special Innate Spiritual Root that could produce a Wood Spirit.
• Xuan Qing used the Cauldron of Creation to forge nine Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, the Nine Tripods, in a few decades.
• Xuan Qing ordered Yunxiao to take the Nine Tripods to Da Yu and replace the Mortal Realm's Sea-Calming Divine Needle with the Primordial Ruyi Cudgel.
• Tongtian and Yunxiao found Candle Dragon at the Return to Void entrance, where he explained that Zu Long had entered the Return to Void to meet its guardian.
• Candle Dragon gave Tongtian the Primordial Ruyi Cudgel, and the Return to Void gateway immediately suppressed the Sea Eye and calmed the East Sea.
• Dao Xuan watched Tongtian depart and regretted his past choices as Zu Long addressed him.

Dao Xuan sent Zu Long and Zhuo Guang back to the Prehistoric Era after explaining the truth about the Return to Void. Yunxiao gave Da Yu nine treasure tripods and placed the Primordial Ruyi Cudgel in the Huai River, as Da Yu prepared to establish the Human Race’s Nine Provinces and ascend the Nine-Layer Altar.

• Dao Xuan told Zu Long and Zhuo Guang that their meeting had been fate, then sent them back to the Prehistoric Era.
• Zu Long questioned Zhuo Guang about being a Golden Crow, and Zhuo Guang fled after bidding him farewell.
• Yunxiao gave Da Yu nine Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures from Xuan Qing and replaced the Huai River’s Sea-Calming Divine Needle with the Primordial Ruyi Cudgel.
• Da Yu gathered the Human Race leaders and announced that they would claim more land with the nine tripods.
• Da Yu redrew the Nine Provinces and placed a tripod at each province’s Spiritual Vein node.
• Da Yu ascended the Nine-Layer Altar before the assembled Saints, while Xuanyuan warned Zhunti not to repeat his previous offense.

Da Yu completed his oath as Human Emperor, forged the Nine Tripods, and established the Human Race’s Nine Provinces and protective formation. Blessed by the Three Daos, he endured a painful transformation and used Nuwa’s gift to reach the late Quasi-Saint stage.

• Da Yu vowed before the Three Daos to tame the floods, forge the Nine Tripods, and establish the Human Race’s eternal legacy.
• The Three Daos answered his oath, and the Nine Tripods formed a boundary-guarding formation that stabilized the Human Race’s Auspicious Qi across the Nine Provinces.
• The Human Dao bestowed its Origin on Da Yu, raising him to Peak Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal and recognizing him as Co-Lord of the Human Race.
• The Dao of Heaven and the Dao of Earth also gave Da Yu their Origins, causing his body to swell and tear under the overwhelming power.
• Nuwa sent a Golden Elixir and the Method of Severing Three Bodies into Da Yu’s sea of consciousness, and he followed the method to break through into the late Quasi-Saint stage.