Chapter Summaries

After Pangu's essence blood carried Li Yi's soul back to Chaos, he cultivated until he reached Golden Immortal rank and studied the Dao fragments within the blood. He settled on a path toward an indestructible body and a will embodying the laws, preparing to survive the dangers ahead.

• A drop of Pangu's essence blood entered Li Yi on Earth, and divine thunder sent him and the blood through a Space Rift into Chaos.
• Li Yi learned that the essence blood had fused with his soul and changed into purplish gold after absorbing Space-Time Fragments.
• Li Yi absorbed the Spirit of Chaos and cultivated until his primordial spirit grew to ten thousand zhang and he reached Golden Immortal rank.
• Li Yi resolved to cultivate quickly in Chaos, where karma and the calamities of the Primordial World had not yet arisen.
• Li Yi studied the Dao fragments in Pangu's essence blood and chose to pursue an indestructible body and a will embodying the laws.

Li Yi emerged as one of the Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods and attained the Great Luo Golden Immortal rank, but he sensed a future calamity. After reasoning that the Demon Gods’ overwhelming urge to evolve could drive them to attack Pangu, he resolved to carry out a dangerous plan to weaken that instinct.

• Great Dao Rhythms spread through Chaos, and the Three Thousand Divine Demons were born, including Li Yi.
• Li Yi awoke in a towering, winged Demon Body and realized he had attained the Great Luo Golden Immortal rank and escaped the River of Destiny.
• Li Yi feared the Calamity of World Creation after recalling that almost all the Chaos Demon Gods perished, while Hongjun and Yang Mei survived.
• Li Yi concluded that the Demon Gods’ intense evolutionary instinct, possibly manipulated by the Heavenly Dao, could make them attack Great God Pangu and meet destruction.
• Li Yi decided to pursue a perilous plan to seal or weaken his evolutionary instinct, believing the opportunity could secure his path to immortality.

Li Yi created the Nine-Colored Pagoda to protect his soul and split his primordial spirit, leaving the larger, rational portion in his Demon Body and the smaller portion for his clone. He sealed the multicolored spirit to recover and planned to sleep beneath the Dao Rhythms until the world was created.

• Li Yi decided to split his soul after his instinct to evolve grew beyond the reach of his sealing technique.
• He created the Nine-Colored Pagoda, a nine-level divine ability that could attack and defend while protecting the soul.
• Li Yi used the pagoda to shield his soul as he divided it into a larger silver-white rational portion and a smaller multicolored portion.
• After enduring immense pain, Li Yi completed the split and regained consciousness.
• Li Yi sealed the multicolored primordial spirit to nourish it, left the rational spirit in control of his Demon Body, and went to sleep beneath the Dao Rhythms.

Li Yi waited out the Calamity of World Creation, then hunted wounded Chaos Demon Gods and stole part of Pangu’s body to advance his plan to forge an Immortal Mo Body. After Pangu created the Primordial World and fell, the Heavenly Dao bestowed merit, and the new age began.

• Li Yi assessed his strength and divine abilities, then hid far from Pangu while collecting treasures and materials.
• As the Chaos Demon Gods rushed to devour Pangu, Li Yi secretly consumed slain and wounded Demon Gods during the calamitous battle.
• After Pangu fell and the Primordial World stabilized, Li Yi cut off one of Pangu’s arms and fled.
• Pangu’s body transformed into the world, and the Heavenly Dao bestowed merit that formed the Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Treasure Pagoda and went to the Three Pure Ones and the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
• The Three Pure Ones’ primordial spirits and the Twelve Ancestral Witches departed in different directions as the age of the Primordial World began.

After recovering in seclusion for 1.2 million years, Li Yi devoured the essence blood from Pangu’s severed arm and reforged his Chaos Demon God body. He reached ninety-nine thousand nine hundred zhang before laws restrained his growth, then left before the powerful beings who sensed him could confront him.

• Li Yi chose a northern mountain, raised a Slaughter Demon Stele, and established forbidden formations around his new sanctuary.
• Li Yi secluded himself for 1.2 million years to recover while life, fierce beasts, and powerful factions arose across the Primordial World.
• Li Yi refined Pangu’s severed arm with Chaos Spirit Fire and swallowed the Divine Blood containing its essence.
• The Divine Blood’s energy broke and remade Li Yi’s body, expanding his true form to ninety-nine thousand nine hundred zhang and awakening his immense power.
• Li Yi saw laws binding his body and preventing him from reaching a hundred thousand zhang, then shrank to human size and left after powerful divine senses detected him.

After Li Yi left the mountain, the Primordial World’s powerful figures learned of his strength and made him a taboo figure, while he leisurely traveled east and gathered resources. A thousand years later, Li Yi reached the East Sea and began looking for the Three Immortal Islands to find a vessel for his clone.

• Qiankun Ancestor, Yin-Yang Ancestor, Lu Ya, and Swallowing Heaven examined the place where Li Yi had cultivated, and Swallowing Heaven warned them not to provoke him.
• The powerful figures returned to their territories and ordered their subordinates not to cause trouble or provoke Demon Gods bearing Eight Wings.
• Li Yi traveled toward the East Sea, collecting spiritual materials, roots, and treasures while killing fierce beasts that attacked him.
• After a thousand years, Li Yi reached the East Sea and set out to search for the Three Immortal Islands.

Li Yi searched the East Sea for the hidden Three Immortal Island, then rescued the Azure Flood Dragon from Golden Scale and took him as a mount. The two set off together, with Li Yi’s search still unresolved.

• Li Yi failed to divine the location of the Three Immortal Island and spent five hundred years searching the East Sea without finding it.
• Li Yi watched as the wounded Azure Flood Dragon fled from Golden Scale and several Golden Carp, who demanded he surrender his Houtian Spiritual Treasure.
• Golden Scale overwhelmed the Azure Flood Dragon in battle, and the dragon refused to give up his treasure despite facing death.
• Li Yi froze Golden Scale’s attacks, asked the Azure Flood Dragon to become his mount, and killed Golden Scale and the other Carp Spirits with a hand seal.
• The Azure Flood Dragon accepted Li Yi’s offer and hurried after him when Li Yi called him to go.

After discovering Penglai Immortal Island, Li Yi claimed it as his home and found a Twelve-Petal Azure Lotus to serve as a vessel for his other self. He emerged from seclusion with a plan for their separate paths, then sent the other self’s soul into the lotus and brought it to life.

• Li Yi found Penglai Immortal Island, broke through its formation, and explored its abundant treasures with the Azure Flood Dragon.
• Li Yi discovered a living Twelve-Petal Azure Lotus and decided it was a suitable vessel for his other self.
• Li Yi built a palace complex on the island, then entered seclusion to consider his future path and how to divide responsibilities between his two selves.
• After fifty years, Li Yi decided that the Main Body would strengthen the Demon Body and comprehend laws, while his other self would pursue the way of the sword.
• Li Yi took the Azure Flood Dragon to the lotus pond and sent his other self’s soul into the Azure Lotus, which transformed into a second Li Yi.

Li Yi split off a Green Lotus Clone and chose to spend over a million years acclimating to the Twelve-Petal Azure Lotus before advancing it. While he stayed on Penglai Island with the Azure Flood Dragon, his Main Body continued its cultivation and clarified how the soul, divine sense, will, rules, and laws were connected.

• Li Yi examined the Green Lotus Clone and decided to strengthen its foundations by slowly adapting to the Azure Lotus Body.
• Li Yi told the Main Body to guard Penglai Island until the clone was ready, and the Main Body flew to the summit after handing over the Green Lotus Ancient Sword.
• Li Yi asked the Azure Flood Dragon why he had not transformed, and the dragon chose to remain in his sturdy mount form.
• Li Yi stayed on Penglai Island to acclimate to his body, study the Green Lotus Ancient Sword, and give the Azure Flood Dragon occasional guidance.
• The Main Body deduced that divine sense and will were two expressions of the soul, while rules were specific offshoots of laws.

After the Heavenly Dao appeared, Li Yi continued cultivating while the Primordial World’s experts advanced into the Great Luo era. His Main Body successfully condensed a Will Sarira, and Li Yi decided to leave Penglai Island to temper his swordsmanship.

• The Heavenly Dao revealed itself, prompting many Innate Demon Gods and other experts to retreat and seek breakthroughs.
• Old Ancestor Lu Ya attained the Great Luo Golden Immortal Position, and Qiankun Ancestor, Yin-Yang Ancestor, Old Ancestor Cang Qiong, Ancestor Tun Tian, and Beast Emperor Shen Ni later followed.
• Li Yi finished acclimating to the Azure Lotus Body and reached the half-step Golden Immortal stage, but his sword path stalled.
• Li Yi sensed his Main Body undergoing a perilous transformation as it converted the power of its soul and divine sense into will.
• Li Yi’s Main Body condensed a Will Sarira, easing the pressure over Penglai Island.
• Li Yi decided to leave Penglai Island to temper his swordsmanship.

Li Yi received sword arts and a flying divine ability deduced by his Main Body, then set out to meet the Witch Clan and temper his swordsmanship. The Main Body flew toward the Witch Clan’s territory while Li Yi left Penglai Island for the Primordial World.

• The Main Body sent Li Yi the Green Lotus Sword Art’s three moves and the Sword Light Flying Wings ability, which Li Yi mastered over the next few years.
• Li Yi decided to follow the bloodline connection calling him toward the Witch Clan, and the Main Body flew to their territory.
• Li Yi told the Azure Flood Dragon to stay on Penglai Island and cultivate until he returned.
• After promising not to take another mount, Li Yi closed the formation and flew toward the Primordial World.

Li Yi traveled the Primordial World and honed his swordsmanship amid a thousand years of war, creating three new techniques and mastering the Power of Slaughter. After the eleven powers divided the world and peace returned, he prepared to break through to the Golden Immortal realm while his Main Body continued studying the twelve drops of Essence Blood beneath Buzhou Mountain.

• Li Yi wandered the Primordial World to temper his swordsmanship as the top powers began seizing territory and plunged the world into war.
• The major factions and smaller alliances fought for five hundred years, dividing the Primordial World among eleven powers at the cost of countless lives.
• Li Yi repeatedly entered the battles, risking death to improve his swordsmanship, and created Sword Ruling the World, Ten Directions Annihilation, and Instantaneous Samsara.
• After surviving an ambush formation, Li Yi learned to draw on the corrosive Power of Slaughter, which grew stronger with killing intent.
• Li Yi converted two-thirds of his soul and divine sense into liquid willpower while his Main Body studied the rules of the twelve drops of Essence Blood beneath Buzhou Mountain.
• With the world newly at peace, Li Yi set out again to prepare for his breakthrough to the Golden Immortal realm.

After three hundred years of wandering and refining his swordsmanship, Li Yi stayed near Shouyang Mountain to cultivate the Power of Slaughter. He left after 150 years, while Hua Bao, the timid Leopard Spirit who had tried to rob him, resolved to become stronger.

• Li Yi spent three centuries traveling the Primordial World, merging his six Sword Art forms into Green Lotus One World and transforming his soul and divine consciousness into willpower.
• Near Shouyang Mountain, Hua Bao tried to rob Li Yi and demanded his Green Lotus Ancient Sword.
• Li Yi destroyed a nearby hill with sword qi, frightening Hua Bao into begging for mercy, then ordered him to lead the way to his cave.
• Li Yi cultivated at Hua Bao's cave for 150 years, drawing the Power of Slaughter into his body and raising his Magic Power, though he could not yet fuse it smoothly with Green Lotus One World.
• Li Yi departed, and Hua Bao felt reluctant to see him go and vowed to become a mighty cultivator.

Li Yi sought a defensive treasure when he came upon Golden Immortals fighting over the supreme-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Thunder Cloud Pagoda. After Hong Yunzi escaped with it, Li Yi fled in the opposite direction but slowed to draw Di Jiao into a fight.

• Li Yi watched as the blue-robed youth demanded that Hong Yunzi surrender the Thunder Cloud Pagoda or submit to the Heaven and Earth Sacred Dynasty.
• The blue-robed youth ordered Tian Jiao and Di Jiao to attack Hong Yunzi, then joined the battle with his blue spear.
• Hong Yunzi used his Essence Blood to steady the Thunder Cloud Pagoda and clashed with the youth's vortex in a battle that wounded all four Golden Immortals.
• Hong Yunzi burned his Essence Blood and escaped with the Thunder Cloud Pagoda, while Li Yi flew away in the opposite direction.
• The blue-robed youth sent Di Jiao after Li Yi and pursued Hong Yunzi with Tian Jiao, while Li Yi slowed down to lure Di Jiao into a fight.

Li Yi fought Di Jiao, a late-stage Golden Immortal, to temper his Sword Dao and used his Green Lotus Ancient Sword and careful planning to trap and severely wound him. Di Jiao escaped, and Li Yi left the devastated battlefield before his two helpers could arrive.

• Li Yi revealed the Green Lotus Ancient Sword’s power, and Di Jiao recognized it as a top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure and grew greedy.
• Li Yi struck Di Jiao with Lotus Born Heaven and Earth and Immeasurable Sword Light, but Di Jiao broke free and attacked with Ten Thousand Arrows from the Earth.
• Di Jiao formed a massive yellow mountain and smashed Li Yi into the ground, leaving him injured as he pretended to be dead.
• Di Jiao approached Li Yi to claim the sword, and Li Yi activated Green Lotus One World, trapping Di Jiao in a world of sword-filled lotuses.
• Di Jiao escaped the Green Lotus World badly wounded, and Li Yi left the battlefield before Di Jiao’s two helpers could return.

Li Yi lured Golden Immortals into battle to deepen his understanding of slaughter, earning the name Sword Maniac over twenty years of fighting. After killing Jin Shi, grandson of Golden Unity Immortal Golden Eagle King, Li Yi prepared for the expected revenge and aimed to break through to the Golden Immortal realm.

• Main Body spent nearly a thousand years using Pangu's essence blood to reconstruct Pangu's body, while an Eight-Winged divine demon phantom took shape beside it.
• Li Yi decided to draw Golden Immortals into battle by displaying Green Lotus Ancient Sword while disguising his strength as that of an ordinary Mystic Immortal.
• Great Immortal Green Eyes and numerous other Golden Immortals challenged Li Yi over the next twenty years; Li Yi killed them, though he was often badly injured.
• Li Yi's slaughter comprehension and sword techniques improved, and his reputation spread as Sword Maniac.
• Li Yi killed Jin Shi, an elder of the Eternal Sacred Dynasty and grandson of Golden Eagle King, then quietly recovered and prepared for the Golden Unity Golden Immortal's revenge.

Li Yi faced three peak Golden Immortals sent by Golden Eagle King and barely survived their combined attacks before escaping Golden Eagle King's intervention. Golden Eagle King failed to locate him and abandoned the pursuit after a mysterious pair of Silver Eyes wounded him while he tried to calculate Li Yi's fate.

• Li Yi waited on a cliff as three peak Golden Immortals arrived and launched coordinated killing moves against him.
• Li Yi used Immeasurable Sword Light to withstand their combined attacks, but suffered severe wounds and ran low on his Power of Slaughter.
• Li Yi unleashed Green Lotus One World, transformed his Power of Slaughter, and nearly trapped the three attackers in black lotuses.
• Golden Eagle King intervened, but Li Yi struck back with the Nine-Colored Pagoda and fled after burning his Essence Blood.
• Li Yi hid beneath beast corpses and used the Power of Slaughter to evade Golden Eagle King's Divine Sense search.
• Golden Eagle King tried to calculate Li Yi's fate, was struck by the gaze of mysterious Silver Eyes, and ordered the others to return to the dynasty.

After recovering from his near-fatal battle with Golden Eagle King, Li Yi spent fifteen hundred years healing and comprehending the Way of Slaughter. He finally advanced to the Golden Immortal realm and prepared to make his mark on the Primordial World.

• Li Yi hid in a pit for three months until he was sure Golden Eagle King and the others had left, then escaped.
• Li Yi's battle drew the attention of Grand Unity Golden Immortals, while Golden Eagle King continued watching him to learn about the mysterious being.
• Li Yi spent fifteen hundred years healing his injuries and studying the Way of Slaughter, realizing that Azure Lotus World had fused with the Power of Slaughter.
• Li Yi's insights drew the Power of Slaughter into his body, strengthened him, and formed countless black swords that shaped a vast black lotus.
• Li Yi emerged from the collapsed mountain atop the black lotus, attained the Golden Immortal realm, and declared the Primordial World his stage.

Li Yi left a sword-intent inscription before roaming the Primordial World in search of defensive treasures. At a volcano, he seized a red armor-shaped Innate Spiritual Treasure from three battling Grand Unity Golden Immortals and escaped, while they killed the remaining cultivators in their anger.

• Li Yi carved a stone stele bearing a black lotus and a strand of his sword intent for a worthy successor.
• Li Yi traveled through the Primordial World and hurried to a volcano where an extraordinary spiritual treasure was about to appear.
• Venerable Blazing Fire and two other Grand Unity Golden Immortals tried to claim the treasure, then fought over it for days as the other cultivators watched or fled.
• A red armor-shaped treasure emerged from the volcano, and the three Grand Unity Golden Immortals fought until they were seriously injured and exhausted.
• Li Yi used a strange vine to snatch the treasure and filled the sky with black sword-aura lotuses to hold off the three Grand Unity Golden Immortals.
• Li Yi escaped on his wings, and the three Grand Unity Golden Immortals killed the few cultivators who had remained.

After Li Yi humiliated three Grand Unity Golden Immortals at Flame Mountain, three powerful figures issued kill orders with lavish rewards, turning him into a target across the Primordial World. Unaware of the danger, Li Yi hid away and spent three hundred years refining the Fire Lin Armor before preparing to leave.

• News spread that Li Yi had taken the treasure at Flame Mountain, and Golden Eagle King relished Venerable Blazing Fire’s humiliation.
• Venerable Blazing Fire, Venerable Green Mountain, and Venerable Great Mountain Sword each issued a kill order for Li Yi and promised generous rewards.
• Countless Golden Immortals and some Grand Unity Golden Immortals began searching for Li Yi and forming groups to hunt him.
• Li Yi hid in a secluded cave and began refining the Fire Lin Armor, unaware of the kill orders.
• After three hundred years, Li Yi finished refining the Fire Lin Armor and prepared to leave his cave.