Recaps

Li Yi annihilated the angel army and began refining Galen’s worlds to force him to appear. Galen emerged to defend them, and their battle escalated until Li Yi narrowly escaped the Light Gate that had nearly absorbed his River of Destiny.

• Li Yi destroyed the angels with sword qi, then attacked the connected worlds with ice, fire, and lightning, killing countless inhabitants.
• Galen appeared and erased Li Yi’s elemental assault with holy light, revealing himself as the worlds’ protector.
• Li Yi and Galen exchanged attacks, each accusing the other of fighting dishonorably, before Galen summoned the Sword of Holy Light and Sword of Judgment.
• Li Yi used the Green Lotus Ancient Sword to withstand Galen’s Sword of Judgment, then transformed into the River of Destiny and charged at him.
• Galen summoned a Light Gate that began pulling in the River of Destiny, but Li Yi changed back, used his wings to break free, and escaped.

Li Yi and Galen exhausted their strongest attacks in a fierce battle, with neither able to overpower the other through their usual techniques. Li Yi ultimately gained the upper hand with a peak sword strike, but Galen survived by summoning an ancient holy spear.

• Li Yi dodged Galen's Gate of Holy Light, then clashed with him using sword techniques that destroyed hundreds of nearby worlds.
• Li Yi realized his usual attacks would not defeat Galen and summoned the Nine-Colored Pagoda, while Galen invoked Sacred Heaven.
• Galen's Sacred Heaven shattered the Nine-Colored Pagoda and pressed toward Li Yi, who merged his will with his Main Body and used the Annihilation Rule to erase it.
• Li Yi combined his Essence, Qi, Spirit, and his Main Body's will into a peak strike with the Green Lotus Ancient Sword.
• Galen sacrificed his heart to summon an ancient holy spear, and the clash sent Li Yi flying backward, though Galen suffered worse injuries.

After the Main Body failed to kill Galen because Hongjun intervened, Li Yi secretly planted a factor in Galen and let him escape. Back in Blood Prison City, Li Yi analyzed his shortcomings and chose to rebuild his scattered combat techniques around his body, soul, will, and the Path of Illusion and Annihilation.

• The Main Body attacked Galen, but Hongjun appeared and shattered its golden palm, giving Galen a chance to flee.
• A hidden dark-gold shadow from the shattered palm entered Galen’s wound, and Li Yi revealed he had arranged for the factor to take root.
• Hongjun sensed that Li Yi and Galen concealed secrets, then left after failing to trace their origins.
• In Blood Prison City, Li Yi reviewed his battles and concluded that his scattered techniques and lack of a chaotic aspect in his physique held him back.
• Li Yi studied the other Primordial Supremes’ combat styles and decided to discard or merge techniques that did not suit his own nature.
• Li Yi settled on forging attacks based on his physique, will, soul, and the Path of Illusion and Annihilation, treating the sword as an extension of himself.

Li Yi emerged from a 500,000-year retreat after creating twelve spiritual powers and bringing his Path of Illusion and Annihilation close to perfection. He learned that Zhen Yuanzi had proved the Dao of Hunyuan and Haotian had become a Sage, then received River Styx’s Karma Fire Red Lotus.

• Li Yi created six External Manifestation Spiritual Powers and six Great World Spiritual Powers, then tested them across millions of figures in alternate worlds.
• Five hundred thousand years later, lotus leaves covered the Witch God Realm as Li Yi emerged from Blood Prison City, his presence revealing the Dao.
• River Styx, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and the Blood Prison Five Ancestors congratulated Li Yi, who gathered the lotuses into a Lotus World and returned to hear their report.
• River Styx told Li Yi that Zhen Yuanzi had proved the Dao of Hunyuan and Haotian had attained Sagehood and was secretly gathering power for the Heavenly Court.
• Li Yi dismissed Haotian as no threat, then asked River Styx for his Twelve-Petal Karma Fire Red Lotus, which River Styx willingly gave him.

Li Yi returned to the Western Region and forced Jieyin and Zhunti to give him the Twelve-Grade Golden Lotus of Merit, promising to help them through a future calamity. He then headed for Luo Hou’s Demon Domain to seek the Twelve-Grade Black Lotus of Destruction and resolve his constitution problem.

• Li Yi appeared at the Buddhist sect and told Jieyin and Zhunti that he had come for the Twelve-Grade Golden Lotus of Merit.
• Zhunti refused to hand over the lotus, but Li Yi threatened to destroy the Buddhist sect, so Jieyin gave him the treasure.
• Jieyin reminded Li Yi of the help he and Zhunti had given him with the Dao of Karma, and Li Yi promised to aid them if they faced a crisis.
• Jieyin and Zhunti reflected that the strong preyed on the weak and decided that surviving the coming calamity mattered more than keeping the lotus.
• Li Yi flew toward Luo Hou’s Demon Domain, hoping to obtain the Twelve-Grade Black Lotus of Destruction and prepare to face Luo Hou.

Li Yi visited Luo Hou to trade the Jade Butterfly of Creation fragment for the World-Destroying Black Lotus, and fought him to prove his strength. Luo Hou accepted the deal after Li Yi baited him with news that Shen Ni had studied the Jade Butterfly, and Li Yi left for the Witch God Realm with the Twelve-Grade Black Lotus of Destruction.

• Li Yi entered the Demon Domain and was escorted by True Person Kuang Feng to meet Luo Hou.
• Li Yi offered Luo Hou a fragment of the Jade Butterfly of Creation in exchange for the World-Destroying Black Lotus.
• Luo Hou attacked Li Yi to seize the fragment, but Li Yi countered his moves and proved he could stand against him.
• Li Yi told Luo Hou that Shen Ni had studied the Jade Butterfly of Creation, prompting Luo Hou to agree to the trade.
• Li Yi obtained the Twelve-Grade Black Lotus of Destruction and headed for the Witch God Realm, eager for his chance to be reborn.

Li Yi summoned River Styx, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and the Blood Prison Five Ancestors to witness his body’s reshaping and learn from it. His Main Body dismantled four Twelve-Petal Azure Lotuses and used Li Yi’s Will Sarira to reverse time, space, and reincarnation, leaving a colossal Azure Lotus in a vast expanse of chaos.

• Li Yi summoned River Styx, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and the Blood Prison Five Ancestors to protect him as he reshaped his body and to observe the process.
• Li Yi led them to the otherworld where his Main Body was secluded, then brought out the Merit Golden Lotus, the Karma Fire Red Lotus, and the World-Destroying Black Lotus.
• Li Yi released his Will Sarira, and his original form vanished, leaving behind a Twelve-Petal Azure Lotus.
• Li Yi’s Main Body used its power to shatter all four Twelve-Petal Azure Lotuses and bind their fragments together.
• The Main Body formed the 129,600 fragments into a miniature universe centered on the Will Sarira, while Li Yi commanded it to reverse time and space, invert cause and effect, and return through reincarnation.
• The miniature universe collapsed into chaos, leaving only a colossal Azure Lotus woven with countless Dao and principles.

Li Yi reforged his body into a Chaos Demon God with a king's bloodline and a perfect Dao physique, then returned to Blood Prison City and focused on strengthening the Witch Clan. A million years later, Galen prepared to reclaim the Vast King's bones and plotted revenge, unaware that Li Yi's Main Body had watched him.

• The Chaos Green Lotus closed around Li Yi, who gained vast wisdom and then emerged as a Chaos Demon God with a king's bloodline, mastery of the Annihilation Rule, and a divine talent.
• Li Yi tested his new power by tearing apart the miniature Chaos World, then erased it and led River Styx, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and the Blood Prison Five Ancestors back to Blood Prison City.
• Li Yi resolved to pursue the laws, began lecturing on the Dao every fifty thousand years, and helped the Witch Clan grow as people from across the Primordial World joined it.
• After a million years, Galen restored his limbs and prepared to summon the Realm of the Vast King so he could reclaim his body and bones.
• Galen vowed to enslave the Reincarnation Emperor Lord and kill another powerful being, while Li Yi's Main Body briefly watched him with cold golden eyes.

Galen sacrificed the beings, realms, and stars under his rule to activate the Summoning Altar and summon the Realm of the Vast King. The ruined realm entered the Primordial World, shattering much of it as Galen celebrated the chance to claim the Vast King’s remains.

• Galen used his Essence Blood to awaken the Summoning Altar, and its red aura drove the beings in his realms mad.
• Galen sacrificed nearly ten billion beings and then slaughtered the angels and survivors who tried to flee, feeding their souls and energy into the altar.
• Galen burned the realms and nearly ten million stars, then used the faith gathered from Divine Statues to activate the Summoning Altar.
• The altar’s beam struck a ruined realm drifting in the River of Time and drew it into the bubble containing the Primordial World.
• The Primordial World shook and shattered across most of its regions, while Hongjun cried out as the Heavenly Dao weakened.
• Galen sensed the Realm of the Vast King’s arrival and declared that its remains would soon be his.

Galen entered the Vast King's ruined kingdom to claim his former-life remains and the king's treasures, while Li Yi and Main Body followed him through its traps. After Main Body calculated an 80 percent chance of defeating Galen even if he merged with his crystal corpse, Li Yi decided to take the risk.

• The Vast King's kingdom emerged from the cracks in space, transforming the universe and causing countless cultivators to advance.
• Galen rushed into the kingdom, and Li Yi and Main Body followed him by tracking a marker hidden inside him.
• Li Yi tested an ordinary-looking mountain and discovered it was a dangerous trap, then continued following Galen with Main Body.
• Galen reached a plaza with the Vast King's statue and found his former-life remains among the crystal skeletons.
• Main Body calculated an 80 percent chance of defeating Galen after he merged with the crystal corpse, and Li Yi chose to gamble on that outcome.

Galen fused with his former crystal skeleton and reached beyond the Great Perfection Realm of Primordial Unity, while Main Body awakened an extraordinary power during his battle with the Vast King’s imprinted will. The fight left Main Body battered but revealed that he had touched a realm Galen feared, as Galen raced toward the Vast King’s remains to break through himself.

• Galen fused with his former crystal skeleton, raising his strength beyond the Great Perfection Realm of Primordial Unity.
• After Galen left, Li Yi collected the scattered skeletons while Main Body tried to seize the Vast King’s Divine Statue.
• The Vast King’s imprinted will attacked Main Body, who shattered its lightning and fought the cloud giant formed from the kingdom’s dark clouds.
• The cloud giant used the Vast Law to strike Main Body into a deep crater, and Li Yi was flung away when he tried to help.
• Main Body emerged wounded with a hazy nebula behind him, and Galen recognized that he had touched a realm beyond Galen’s former power.
• Galen resolved to reach the Vast King’s remains, break through, and destroy Main Body before he could grow stronger.

Li Yi and Main Body seized a crystal fragment of the Law from the Divine Statue, then caught up with Galen at the Vast King's palace. As the palace's defenses activated and the Vast King's bones sank into a vortex, Main Body tried to retrieve them while Li Yi held back the traps, and Galen fled after alerting the Primordial World.

• Main Body shattered the Divine Statue's pillar of Vast energy and extracted a crystal fragment of the Law, which Li Yi recognized and took as a valuable prize.
• Galen crossed the aurora belt's dangerous bridge, reached the divine palace, and found the Vast King's crystal skeleton on its throne.
• Li Yi and Main Body arrived, revealed that Li Yi had tampered with Galen to lead them there, and attacked him when he tried to claim the bones.
• Galen burned his Divine Bone to match Main Body's strength, and their clash triggered the palace's collapse and the Vast King's defensive traps.
• Li Yi used the Green Lotus Ancient Sword to block the traps while Main Body seized the Vast King's bones and dragged them from the vortex.
• Galen escaped the ruined realm and spread word of the events throughout the Primordial World.

Li Yi and the Main Body escaped the Vast King's deathly energy, which destroyed the surrounding traps, but the skeleton shattered and its bones scattered. As the powerful beings fought over the fragments, Li Yi faced Yang Mei and revealed strength equal to an Ancient Supreme.

• The Main Body pulled the Vast King's skeleton free, then rescued Li Yi as the bones' deathly energy erased the aurora belt and most of the black holes.
• Li Yi and the Main Body approached the remains, but the skeleton exploded and scattered its bones, forcing them to split up and gather fragments.
• Li Yi collected more than twenty bone pieces before Yang Mei stole a rib and threatened to take Li Yi's other fragments.
• Li Yi attacked Yang Mei with Momentary Bloom, and the deathly tide dissolved Yang Mei's Willow Branch.
• Yang Mei summoned an ancient forest, but Li Yi used Return to Void to erase it, leaving Yang Mei stunned by Li Yi's power.

Li Yi refused to hand over his bone fragments when Yang Mei, Luo Hou, and Shen Ni joined forces to demand them. He fought all three Primordial Supremes at once, and the chapter left their battle raging as onlookers watched in disbelief at Li Yi’s strength.

• Luo Hou demanded a quarter of Li Yi’s bone fragments, while Yang Mei and Shen Ni prepared to take them by force.
• Li Yi refused and challenged all three Primordial Supremes, who attacked him with their supreme techniques.
• Li Yi used Eternal Undying to remain unharmed as the lotus images in his Lotus World absorbed the attacks.
• Yang Mei, Luo Hou, and Shen Ni revealed their Divine Demon forms and unleashed their ultimate killing moves.
• Li Yi dispelled Luo Hou’s Sea of Sin, escaped the combined Blood Moon and Golden Vine attack, and wounded Shen Ni with Rise and Fall with the World.
• Experts from the Primordial World watched Li Yi fight the three Supremes and marveled at his strength.

Hongjun slaughtered nearly a hundred billion beings to strengthen himself and seize a complete leg bone, but he and Main Body split the bone in their clash. The contest ended with Main Body and Li Yi taking most of the Vast King's skeleton, while Li Yi planned to expand the Witch Clan's reach and Galen collapsed from the cost of his forbidden technique.

• Hongjun drained the life force of nearly a hundred billion beings across fragments of the Primordial World, using their power to strengthen himself.
• Hongjun and Main Body fought over a complete leg bone, split it between them, and stopped after Main Body revealed a threatening nebula.
• Main Body left with Li Yi, while Yang Mei fled into the depths of chaos and Shen Ni and Luo Hou returned to their domains.
• Li Yi learned that he and Main Body had secured nearly four-fifths of the Vast King's skeleton and planned to move the Witch God Realm and spread the Witch Clan across new planes.
• Galen collapsed on a newly formed plane after invoking a forbidden technique and cried out against the Reincarnation Emperor Lord.

After the Vast Kingdom settled into the universe, Li Yi ordered the Witch Clan to expand and distributed Sage-level remains among his allies. He then used some of the remains to strengthen Stone in Sword and Azure Flood Dragon before departing to study the Vast Law.

• The Witch God Realm and the domains ruled by Hongjun, Luo Hou, and Shen Ni settled around the Vast Kingdom, leaving the central region open to rogue cultivators.
• Li Yi reshaped the land beneath Azure Flood Dragon and had nearly ten million dragons flood it to create a vast ocean.
• Li Yi explained the universe's new structure to his subordinates, ordered Dijiang to expand the Witch Clan, and gave the group Sage-level remains and a devouring divine art.
• Li Yi reunited with Stone in Sword on Penglai Island, praised his peak Quasi-Saint cultivation, and apologized for neglecting him.
• Li Yi infused Stone in Sword and Azure Flood Dragon with essence from more than ten powerful beings, sealed them in jade statues to absorb it, and left to study the Vast Law.

After the Main Body swallowed the Vast King's Divine Bones, it revealed a mysterious Stone Coffin and passed fragments of the Vast King's memories to Li Yi. Li Yi learned about the Eternal World, resolved to kill Galen, and began studying the Vast King's will-formed laws.

• The Main Body fed the Vast King's Divine Bones to the nebula, which revealed an ancient world containing a Stone Coffin and left the Main Body covered in cracks with a weakened aura.
• The Main Body transferred fragments of the Vast King's memories to Li Yi, who learned that the Hong Huang Universe was a short-lived bubble and that the Eternal World was the origin of all universes.
• Li Yi concluded that Galen came from the Eternal World and decided to kill him after leaving seclusion.
• Li Yi used the Chaos Green Lotus's Creation Light to examine the crystalline law fragment and discovered that its runes embodied the Vast King's will and understanding of the Dao.
• Li Yi immersed himself in analyzing and simulating the will-formed runes, forgetting the passage of time.

During Li Yi’s hundred-thousand-year retreat, the Witch Clan and Heaven fought over planes across the Hong Huang Universe. Cold Ice Ancestor lured out Heaven’s hidden Primordial Realm expert, who called himself God, and departed to report the discovery to the Great Venerable.

• Li Yi’s hundred-thousand-year cultivation retreat coincided with wars as the Witch Clan, Galen’s Heaven, and other powers competed to conquer planes.
• Cold Ice Ancestor emerged from a black coffin on a battlefield and defeated Archangel Gabriel, turning the battle in the Witch Clan’s favor.
• Cold Ice Ancestor tried to kill Gabriel as he fled, but a Gate of Holy Light pulled Gabriel inside.
• Cold Ice Ancestor attacked the gate and drew out a majestic old man, who shattered his iceberg strike and identified himself as God.
• God withdrew with Gabriel’s mangled remains, and Cold Ice Ancestor left to inform the Great Venerable that Heaven had gained a Primordial Realm expert.

Li Yi completed his breakthrough as his will became the Dao, manifesting a mysterious Chaos Green Lotus whose soul-cry spread across the Hong Huang Universe and forced most beings to kneel. Galen and God recognized the threat and began planning against him, while Galen set out to contact Hongjun.

• Li Yi's Will Sarira crumbled, and his will formed a mysterious Chaos Green Lotus after he declared, "Will becomes the Dao!"
• Li Yi's cry swept across the Hong Huang Universe, and the Chaos Green Lotus appeared above the Witch God Realm, its pressure making nearly every living being kneel.
• River Styx, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and the Blood Prison Five Ancestors were injured by the lotus's pressure, while Luo Hou, Shen Ni, and Yang Mei each resisted the urge to bow.
• Hongjun witnessed the Chaos Green Lotus from the Heavenly Court and watched with concern.
• In a secret realm in Heaven, God and Galen agreed that Li Yi had to be stopped, and Galen left to contact Hongjun.

After a hundred thousand years of seclusion, Li Yi emerged with his will transformed into the Dao and learned that the Witch Clan had joined the struggle for planes and faith. A sudden longing led him back to Earth, where he found a changed history and almost no cultivators, then set out to visit the place where he grew up.

• Li Yi completed his retreat, formed a Chaos Green Lotus in his sea of consciousness, and returned to Blood Prison City.
• River Styx and the others reported the events of the past hundred thousand years, and Li Yi warned them to continue their plan despite Heaven and Galen's involvement.
• Li Yi took the Azure Flood Dragon from the Witch God Realm and searched across the stars until he found Earth.
• Li Yi traveled through the Milky Way and realized that Earth lay in a desolate region with little cosmic origin energy.
• Li Yi surveyed New China from a Shenzhen skyscraper, found Earth's history had changed and its cultivators were nearly gone, then departed to visit the place where he grew up.

Li Yi revisited the orphanage and the East Sea, then protected Earth and empowered its cultivators before leaving with the Azure Flood Dragon. The chapter ended with Earth concealed and defended as Li Yi rode into the vast sky.

• Li Yi watched the children at the orphanage, then vanished after a golden light transformed everyone inside and blessed them with long lives and good fortune.
• At the East Sea, Li Yi watched Pope Joseph summon a Two-winged Angel to attack Monk Fa Ren, Old Ancestor Dong Xu, and True Person Bu Zhuo.
• Li Yi shattered the angel’s attack, searched its soul, crushed it, and had the Azure Flood Dragon kill Joseph as he fled.
• Li Yi gave Old Ancestor Dong Xu, True Person Bu Zhuo, and Monk Fa Ren spiritual power and cultivation insights that raised them to the peak of the Heavenly Immortal realm.
• True Person Bu Zhuo recognized Li Yi as the Reincarnation Emperor Lord who controlled the Underworld.
• Li Yi restricted cultivation on Earth to Chinese people, sent advanced technology to China, concealed Earth with formations, and departed with the Azure Flood Dragon.

After returning to the Upper Realm, Li Yi visited Zhen Yuanzi’s new Dao Field and reunited with his old friend. He asked Zhen Yuanzi to support him in the coming battle against Hongjun and Galen, and Zhen Yuanzi agreed to join if Li Yi’s side seemed likely to win.

• Li Yi returned to the Upper Realm on Azure Flood Dragon and considered how the universe’s factions had expanded and how the Sages had established Dao Fields beyond the Heavenly Court.
• Li Yi recognized Zhen Yuanzi’s plane and urged Azure Flood Dragon toward it for the Life Fruits.
• Zhen Yuanzi secured the Life Fruits and went to welcome Li Yi with Ming Yue and Qing Feng, while the spirit beasts scattered at Azure Flood Dragon’s return.
• Li Yi and Zhen Yuanzi reunited at Wuzhuang Temple, discussed the Dao, and Li Yi told him about the Eternal World.
• Li Yi asked Zhen Yuanzi to stand with him against Hongjun and Galen, and Zhen Yuanzi agreed to join if Li Yi’s side had a chance of victory.

After returning to the Witch God Realm, Li Yi ordered the Witch Clan to recruit powerful allies as the factions prepared for a final battle. Seventy thousand years after his disappearance, Tongtian returned and defeated Haotian in the Heavenly Court, leaving Haotian broken and fallen into the sea.

• Li Yi returned to the Witch God Realm and ordered the Witch Clan Quasi-Saints to recruit powerful figures across the Hong Huang Universe.
• Over the next fifty thousand years, the factions recruited experts while the universe's planes were divided and a period of peace followed.
• Tongtian returned after seventy thousand years and appeared in the Hall of Ling Xiao with Kong Xuan, confronting Haotian over his attacks on the Interception Sect.
• Tongtian sent Kong Xuan to free the imprisoned disciples and fought Haotian, overpowering his attacks with his sword techniques.
• Li Yi sensed Tongtian's return and watched as Tongtian used the Dao of Intercepting Heaven to defeat Haotian, who fell mangled into the sea.

Tongtian fought Hongjun’s interference after discovering that the black-light figure was his former body, and he wielded the Future Sword and the power of swordsmanship civilization. After Tongtian was wounded, Li Yi confronted Hongjun and drove him away.

• Tongtian extracted the Interception Sect disciples’ soul imprints from the Investiture of the Gods and prepared to kill Haotian, but a black-light figure appeared and blocked his sword.
• Tongtian recognized the figure as his former body and used the Future Sword to evade its Pangu Phantom attack and Hongjun’s black tentacles.
• Tongtian asked Li Yi to protect his disciples, then summoned the wills of sword cultivators from the Heavenly Sword Plane to unleash the power of swordsmanship civilization against Hongjun.
• Hongjun destroyed Tongtian’s civilization scrolls with a huge beast claw, wounding him, and Tongtian withdrew beside Li Yi.
• Li Yi confronted Hongjun, revealed the Chaos Green Lotus and his Main Body’s golden eyes, and made Hongjun leave.

After Li Yi threatened him, Hongjun vented his fury and attacked Galen, who had come to propose an alliance against the Main Body. Galen and God survived by combining their power, then agreed to cooperate with Hongjun while each secretly planned to betray the other.

• Hongjun returned to Purple Cloud Palace and destroyed a vast stretch of the starry sky in anger over Li Yi's threat.
• Galen appeared and proposed that he and Hongjun join forces, but Hongjun attacked him in an attempt to devour him.
• Galen summoned Sacred Heaven, then joined with God to form the Twin Divine Statue and clash with Hongjun's Taiji Diagram.
• Hongjun stopped fighting and returned to Purple Cloud Palace, while Galen and God privately agreed to use him against the Main Body before dealing with him.
• Galen told Hongjun he had a way to defeat the Main Body, and they agreed to cooperate while both secretly plotted to betray the other.