Chapter Summaries

Tongtian drove Yuanshi and Zhunti away with the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, then promised Li Yi his support. As Li Yi headed north, he discovered signs that Luo Hou and the fallen Beast Emperor Shen Ni might be returning, and considered how to exploit their enmity with Hongjun and Yang Mei.

• Yuanshi and Zhunti fled after Tongtian used the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation to defeat them.
• Tongtian thanked Li Yi, promised to stand on his side, and left to handle urgent matters.
• Li Yi reflected that the coming calamity might engulf the Primordial World and wondered whether Dijiang and the others were ready.
• A blood-red figure killed a Golden Immortal, collected his blood with a beast's head, and set off after reaching a hundred thousand victims.
• A mysterious figure at the Eastern Extreme Land unleashed killing intent that drove its living creatures into a frenzy and widespread slaughter.
• Li Yi sensed Luo Hou's demonic aura near Buzhou Mountain and killing intent linked to Shen Ni in the Eastern Extreme Land, then considered using their return against Hongjun and Yang Mei.

As the Primordial World crumbled amid slaughter, Luo Hou was reborn at Buzhou Mountain and attacked Yang Mei at Purple Firmament Palace. Shen Ni emerged from the blood-red vortex, joining the confrontation as Luo Hou challenged Yang Mei to face them both.

• The Main Body watched the Primordial World's slaughter through a golden mirror from the Witch God Plane.
• Luo Hou emerged from a rift above Buzhou Mountain, absorbed the demonic shadows and energy, and announced his rebirth.
• Luo Hou attacked Purple Firmament Palace to test Hongjun, but Yang Mei blocked his strike and revealed that Hongjun was absent.
• Luo Hou urged Yang Mei to stand aside, but Yang Mei refused and repelled Luo Hou's demonic palm despite his grave wounds.
• As Luo Hou challenged Yang Mei to face him too, the blood-red vortex burst open and a figure surrounded by a tide of slaughter appeared.

Shen Ni and Luo Hou joined forces to attack Yang Mei over their old grievances, overcoming his defenses and wounding him. Yang Mei warned that Hongjun was close to completing a major undertaking, leaving Shen Ni and Luo Hou to decide whether to act against him.

• Shen Ni emerged from a Blood Sea and attacked Yang Mei, then declared he had returned to settle their old score.
• Luo Hou joined Shen Ni in attacking Yang Mei, whose Ancient Wood World briefly checked their weapons before he dodged them.
• Yang Mei urged Shen Ni and Luo Hou to help oppose a powerful being, but Luo Hou mocked him and Shen Ni unleashed a River of Blood spear formation.
• Shen Ni and Luo Hou’s attacks blasted Yang Mei through the void and left him bleeding.
• Yang Mei warned that Hongjun was close to succeeding at a major undertaking, and Shen Ni asked Luo Hou whether they would move against him.

Li Yi’s Main Body intervened as Hongjun tried to devour the Heavenly Dao, destroying Purplecloud Palace and stopping his attempt. The Main Body then replaced the shattered Azure Heaven over the northern region and confronted the awakened Heavenly Dao, while Shen Ni and Luo Hou watched.

• Yang Mei revealed his true form, and Shen Ni and Luo Hou attacked alongside him as Li Yi prepared his twelve followers to act.
• Hongjun passed through the barrier into the Heavenly Dao’s core and lunged to devour its light.
• Li Yi’s Main Body reached through space and time, crushed Purplecloud Palace, and forced the badly wounded Hongjun to flee.
• The Main Body shattered Azure Heaven in the north, and twelve pillars of light rose as Li Yi’s followers activated their formation.
• The Heavenly Dao awakened and gathered most of its scattered fragments, while the Main Body emerged from a golden passage to confront it.
• Luo Hou feared the Main Body’s power, while Shen Ni felt his fighting spirit rise.

Main Body fought the Heavenly Dao in a devastating battle, wounding it before the two unleashed attacks that ravaged the Primordial World. The Heavenly Dao disappeared behind a barrier, while Main Body emerged bloodied and vanished, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• The Heavenly Dao formed a vast blue arm from swallowed Spiritual Qi and the energy of slain creatures as Main Body revealed a nascent Heavenly Dao within his wings.
• Main Body struck the Heavenly Dao’s giant fist and attacked with three thousand dark-gold chains, piercing its hand and drawing Heavenly Dao blood.
• The Heavenly Dao unleashed visions of natural calamities, while Main Body manifested his Divine Demon True Body and blasted hundreds of its eyes.
• The Heavenly Dao completed its beast face, and it collided with Main Body in a cataclysmic clash that killed at least half the Primordial World’s living beings.
• Main Body stumbled out bloodied and vanished, while the Heavenly Dao’s points of light formed a barrier over most of the Primordial World; Shen Ni and the others could not tell who had won.

Li Yi learned that the Heavenly Dao had wounded his Main Body with a trace of true law, while Tongtian sealed Golden Ao Island, severed his own soul to escape Hongjun’s control, and died. Hongjun then reassembled Tongtian’s remains into a soulless corpse and summoned it to him.

• Li Yi received his Main Body’s memories of the battle with the Heavenly Dao, recognized its dark-gold attack as the power of laws, and concluded that the Heavenly Dao had paid a heavy price to use it.
• Tongtian dismissed the Interception Sect’s disciples, used Qingping Sword to seal Golden Ao Island beneath the sea, and let Kong Xuan leave without meeting him.
• Tongtian discovered Hongjun had tampered with their souls, severed his own soul, and sent it with his essence into Qingping Sword, which vanished into dimensional space as his body exploded.
• Lao Zi and Yuanshi mourned Tongtian, Luo Hou considered him a potential ally, and the Heavenly Emperor celebrated his death and plotted to destroy the Interception Sect.
• Hongjun reassembled Tongtian’s scattered flesh and blood into a dried, emotionless corpse, which flew toward him.

Hongjun merged with a portion of the Heavenly Dao to gain power, triggering strange phenomena and the appearance of the Web of Rules across the Primordial World. As he pushed the fusion further and became more monstrous, Li Yi and Yang Mei feared what the change might bring.

• Hongjun decided to merge with the Heavenly Dao using the Jade Butterfly of Creation and endured as cyan tentacles spread through his body.
• The Primordial World’s Spiritual Qi ran wild, and golden Rule Lines formed the Web of Rules above its eastern region, drawing cultivators to study it.
• Li Yi contacted Main Body and tried to investigate the disturbance, but a mysterious force in the starry sky blocked his sight.
• Hongjun gained immense strength from merging with less than a tenth of the Heavenly Dao and urged the fusion to accelerate despite the worsening pain.
• Li Yi decided he might have to move the Underworld, while Yang Mei worried that Hongjun would lose himself and end their cooperation.

After centuries of upheaval, Li Yi decided it was time for the Witch Clan to return to the Primordial World. His Main Body pulled the Witch God Plane toward the world’s northern region, announcing the Witch Clan’s resurgence as Hongjun watched with hatred and apprehension.

• Li Yi sensed Hongjun’s growing aura, suspected the Heavenly Dao was involved, and decided to bring the Witch Clan back to the Primordial World.
• Li Yi met his Main Body on the Witch God Plane, agreed on the return, then left to prepare defenses in the north.
• Li Yi’s Main Body used golden chains empowered by the Witch People’s prayers to drag the Witch God Plane toward the Primordial World.
• The arriving plane cast half the Primordial World into darkness, and powerful beings watched in alarm as the Main Body brought it north.
• Hongjun roared at the Main Body while Witch Clan members in the Primordial World hailed the Great Venerable and celebrated their return.

Li Yi and the Main Body helped the Witch God Plane join with the northern region, while the Witch Clan returned in overwhelming numbers. The Main Body created a new heaven above the joined land and it defeated the Primordial World’s Heavenly Dao’s attack; Witch Clan priests then began a solemn procession honoring him and other figures.

• Li Yi activated the grand formation to shield the northern region as the Witch God Plane descended.
• The Main Body held the colliding lands in place while countless members of the Witch Clan emerged into the Primordial World.
• The Main Body spread his wings and formed a new heaven above the joined continent.
• The Primordial World’s Eye of the Heavenly Dao attacked the new heaven, but a five-colored eye within it scattered the thunder and drove the other eye away.
• Witch Clan priests and Blood Prison City warriors carried Divine Statues in a procession while chanting praise for the Main Body.

Burning Lamp, Jin Xian, and Juliu Sun intervened in the war between the Peacock Kingdom and Buddhist-backed states, seeking to subdue the kingdom and earn merit. After Jin Xian wounded Qiu Shou Xian, the Peacock Kingdom’s ruler Kong Xuan appeared and confronted them.

• Burning Lamp, Juliu Sun, and Jin Xian discussed why the two Sages had sent them to deal with the Peacock Kingdom and agreed to bring it under Buddhist control.
• The three Buddhists used their teachings to halt the armies’ fighting, but Qiu Shou Xian attacked them to defend the Peacock Kingdom.
• Burning Lamp caught Qiu Shou Xian’s claw and urged him to join Buddhism, but Qiu Shou Xian rejected the offer and defended the Interception Sect.
• Jin Xian provoked Qiu Shou Xian, then struck him down with his Grand Unity Golden Immortal power.
• Burning Lamp ordered Qiu Shou Xian bound and set out to subdue the Peacock Kingdom’s ruler, but Kong Xuan appeared and challenged them.

Kong Xuan fought Ran Deng, Jin Xian, and Ju Liusun after they injured Qiu Shou Xian, then used the Peacock Kingdom’s power to trap Zhunti in his five-colored world. Three days later, both Kong Xuan and Zhunti emerged battered, and Zhunti withdrew to the Western Region.

• Kong Xuan rescued the Peacock Kingdom’s army and attacked Ran Deng, Jin Xian, and Ju Liusun after they injured Qiu Shou Xian.
• Kong Xuan overwhelmed Ran Deng and the others with a massive five-colored mountain, but Zhunti intervened and drove him back toward the Peacock Kingdom.
• Kong Xuan rallied the people of the Peacock Kingdom, drawing on their prayers and the land’s spiritual energy to strengthen himself.
• Kong Xuan merged his five worlds and swept Zhunti inside, astonishing cultivators across the Primordial World.
• Li Yi told Stone in Sword that Kong Xuan had exploited a Heavenly Dao loophole but would likely only escape with his life.
• Three days later, Kong Xuan and Zhunti emerged battered from the five-colored light, and Zhunti flew back to the Western Region.

After Kong Xuan’s feat inspired a bloody scramble to control regions with loopholes in Heavenly Dao rules, the Primordial World entered a hundred-thousand-year golden age dominated by powerful divine dynasties and sects. Li Yi learned that Luo Hou and Shen Ni might soon act and that Demon Master Kunpeng had appeared near the Blazing Sun Divine Dynasty, leaving him wary of a possible Monster Clan resurgence.

• News of Kong Xuan fighting a Sage with Quasi-Saint strength drove countless cultivators to seek rule loopholes, and their bloody struggle lasted five thousand years.
• A hundred thousand years later, the Twelve Divine Dynasties and Eight Great Sects had risen as leading forces in the Primordial World.
• Li Yi played chess with Ancestor Minghe, who said he expected to prove the Dao of Hunyuan within ten thousand years.
• Li Yi grew concerned that Hongjun’s aura had nearly matched his Main Body’s and summoned Candle Dragon for an update.
• Candle Dragon reported that western and Eastern Extreme Land forces were joining together, that Luo Hou and Shen Ni might soon act, and that Demon Master Kunpeng had appeared near the Blazing Sun Divine Dynasty.
• Li Yi suspected the Monster Clan was returning but postponed dealing with the Blazing Sun Divine Dynasty.

Eastern Emperor Tai Yi Proved the Dao of Hunyuan, celebrating his return as the Demon Race’s new powerhouse. Li Yi attacked him with the Green Lotus Ancient Sword, badly wounding him before Tai Yi escaped through a Space Rift.

• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi emerged above the Blazing Sun Divine Dynasty after Proving the Dao, and Demon Race cultivators celebrated his return.
• Li Yi watched Tai Yi through the Mystic Light Mirror and decided to kill him when the Heavenly Dao brought no tribulation.
• Li Yi sent a river of sword qi through a rift to attack Tai Yi, killing many Demon Race cultivators and forcing Tai Yi to defend himself with the Chaos Bell.
• The sword qi formed a dragon, and Li Yi sent the Green Lotus Ancient Sword into the battle to unleash a storm of lotus blossoms and sword qi.
• Tai Yi burst from the storm covered in wounds, shouted Li Yi’s name, and fled through a Space Rift; Li Yi recalled his sword.

Li Yi learned that Shen Ni's Slaughter Rule had taken control of the Eastern Extreme Land and traveled there to meet him. The chapter left Li Yi standing before Shen Ni's sword-shaped blood mountain, ready to ascend its steps.

• Candle Dragon told Li Yi that nearly all the Dragon Clan's forces had been relocated to the North Sea, and Li Yi urged him to finish the move soon.
• Li Yi saw Luo Hou's demonic qi spreading across the west and Shen Ni's slaughter power covering the Eastern Extreme Land, then sent Candle Dragon to offer Shen Ni top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.
• Li Yi traveled east in his Black Palace, drawn by nine black dragons and nine divine phoenixes, while considering whether Luo Hou or Shen Ni could be trusted.
• Li Yi sensed that Shen Ni had suppressed the Heavenly Dao's rules throughout the Eastern Extreme Land and become its sole Sovereign.
• Li Yi arrived at Shen Ni's sword-shaped blood mountain and stepped out before its staircase of ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine steps.

Shen Ni summoned the scattered fragments of the God Slaying Spear and refined them into a powerful Ultimate Dao Treasure. After demonstrating its devastating power, he met Li Yi and acknowledged his potential while making clear that strength mattered most.

• Shen Ni summoned every scattered fragment of the God Slaying Spear into a blood-red vortex.
• Shen Ni used the Flames of Slaughter to refine the fragments inside a gigantic cauldron for forty-nine days.
• Shen Ni completed the treasure, which took the form of a Blood Dragon before becoming an eight-chi-long dragon spear in his hand.
• Shen Ni tested the dragon spear with a thrust that shattered vast stretches of void and destroyed hundreds of thousands of stars.
• Li Yi congratulated Shen Ni, and Shen Ni praised Li Yi's difficult path while noting that potential mattered less than strength.

Li Yi challenged Shen Ni in the Chaos World to prove he was worthy of cooperating with him. Shen Ni won after countering Li Yi’s strongest techniques, but acknowledged his strength and agreed that he was qualified to work with him.

• Li Yi asked Shen Ni to cooperate, and Shen Ni said Li Yi first had to prove himself in a fight.
• Li Yi and Shen Ni battled in the Chaos World as watching cultivators gathered to witness them.
• Li Yi used his Lotus World and Reincarnation Gear, but Shen Ni’s slaughter techniques destroyed them and forced Li Yi to evade.
• Li Yi unleashed Ten Thousand Stars, Big Bang and transformed into the River of Destiny, but Shen Ni’s Blood Dragon struck him back.
• Li Yi admitted defeat, and Shen Ni praised him and declared him qualified to cooperate.

Li Yi secured Shenni’s cooperation for transferring reincarnation by promising protection and access to the Jade Butterfly of Creation. Back in the Netherworld, he mobilized its forces, leaving the powerful factions of the Primordial World wondering what he planned.

• Li Yi persuaded Shenni to help keep Yang Mei occupied, promising that his Main Body would protect Shenni and let him study the Jade Butterfly of Creation for three hundred years.
• Li Yi returned to the Netherworld and ordered the Ten Palace Yama Kings, Candle Dragon, and Feng Xian to muster the troops.
• The Black Dragon Tribe, Phoenix Clan, ten million Ghost Soldiers, and Asura Tribe gathered above the Blood Sea under Li Yi’s command.
• Cultivators and rulers across the Primordial World were astonished by the Netherworld army, while Lao Zi and others tried to discern Li Yi’s intentions.
• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi and Haotian watched the mobilization with resentment and envy over the scale of Li Yi’s forces.

Li Yi used a vast formation to lift the entire Reincarnation and Blood Sea and move them toward the Witch God Realm, drawing opposition from Hongjun’s forces. The chapter ended with Li Yi facing Zhunti, Yuanshi, Nuwa, and a mysterious black-shrouded figure while Minghe and the Ten Yama Kings continued guiding the formation.

• Li Yi summoned the Cosmic Reincarnation and formed a massive array with nearly ten million Ghost Soldiers and the Black Dragon Tribe, Phoenix Clan, and Asura Tribe.
• Li Yi sealed the Blood Sea and lifted it with the Reincarnation, then began moving it toward the Witch God Realm.
• A green tentacle attacked the formation, but a fair hand struck it back as two immense presences faced off; Yang Mei then tried to stop Li Yi, and Shen Ni blocked him.
• Li Yi ordered the formation onward while Shen Ni held Yang Mei at bay.
• Li Yi encountered Zhunti, Yuanshi, Nuwa, and a silent figure shrouded in black light, whom Hongjun had sent.
• Li Yi handed control of the formation to Minghe and the Ten Yama Kings, then drew his sword to fight Zhunti, Yuanshi, and Nuwa rather than abandon the Reincarnation.

Li Yi fought a black-lit figure whose corpse aura was corrosive and whose body revived after every attack. The Primordial One and the others escaped while Li Yi faced the figure’s seemingly endless resurrection.

• Li Yi told Ancestor Minghe and the others to keep the formation moving toward the Witch God Realm, then trapped the Primordial One, Nuwa, and Zhunti in a sea of sword lotuses.
• Li Yi struck the black-lit figure with his sword, destroyed its body, and watched an unseen force reassemble it.
• Li Yi repeatedly killed the figure with Reincarnation Sword Dao and other attacks, but it revived each time.
• Li Yi unleashed Star Big Bang, shattering the lotus sea and allowing the Primordial One and the others to escape.
• The black-lit figure revived again after Star Big Bang, leaving Li Yi helpless and the Primordial One and the others shocked.

Li Yi’s attacks failed to destroy the black-lit figure, so he summoned the Nine-Colored Pagoda to suppress it. A golden light empowered the figure and revealed a fearsome Pangu Phantom, which shattered the pagoda and left Li Yi stunned.

• The black-lit figure survived Li Yi’s attacks by merging with heaven and earth, then reassembled despite the Power of Samsara.
• Li Yi summoned the Nine-Colored Pagoda and sent it crashing down on the black-lit figure, devastating the surrounding land and killing countless living beings.
• A golden pillar enveloped the black-lit figure, and its corpse-fiend aura formed a giant Pangu Phantom wielding an axe.
• The Pangu Phantom cleaved apart the Nine-Colored Pagoda, and Li Yi escaped the remaining force by merging with the void.
• Primordial and Lao Zi struggled to stabilize their souls, while Luo Hou and Shen Ni reacted to Pangu’s appearance with hatred.