Chapter Summaries

The Main Body fought the Heavenly Dao and forcibly took a quarter of the Jade Butterfly of Creation, shattering the treasure in the process. The Heavenly Dao gathered its eyes into a vast expanse of sky and began forming a terrifying being as the Main Body watched.

• The Main Body broke out of the Sealed Space, entered the Primordial World, and struck Hongjun and Yang Mei with his Golden Palm.
• The Main Body tried to seize the Jade Butterfly of Creation, ignoring the Eye of the Heavenly Dao as it attacked him with thunder and elemental powers.
• The Main Body fought off the Heavenly Dao’s attacks and severed the Jade Butterfly’s Rule Chains.
• The Main Body shattered the Jade Butterfly of Creation and took a quarter of it, leaving Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao stunned.
• The Heavenly Dao’s eyes merged into a collapsing expanse of sky, drawing in the Primordial World’s energy as a terrifying being began to form.

The Main Body fought the Heavenly Dao as its monstrous half-beast face emerged, and their battle shattered the Primordial World. After the Main Body swallowed part of the Heavenly Dao, the River of Destiny changed, and he escaped through a rift.

• The Heavenly Dao manifested as a savage half-beast face, terrifying Yang Mei, Hongjun, and the Sages.
• The Main Body clashed with the Heavenly Dao, and their attacks collapsed the Primordial World before the Heavenly Dao pulled most of its fragments back together.
• The Main Body turned on Hongjun and Yang Mei, who burned their remaining Essence Blood to withstand his attack.
• The Heavenly Dao restrained the Main Body with a tentacle and sealing chains, but the Main Body bit off and swallowed part of the tentacle.
• The River of Destiny changed its visions, and Yang Mei realized the grand trend of the Heavenly Dao had changed.
• The Main Body tore open a rift and escaped before the Heavenly Dao could attack again.

Five hundred years after the battle, the Main Body’s struggle against Hongjun and Yang Mei had become legend, while the Human Race rose and the Heavenly Court sought to recruit its powerful figures. Haotian failed to secure Human leaders, and Li Yi prepared to enter seclusion to recover and refine the Jade Butterfly fragment.

• A pupil-less beast on broken Buzhou Mountain gloated over Hongjun and Yang Mei before exploding into black mist, while bloody eyes and the sleeping Ten Ferocious Beasts stirred beneath Thunder Marsh.
• Five hundred years after the battle, Hongjun remained gravely injured in seclusion, and the Human Race grew into the Primordial World’s leading tribe.
• Haotian recruited cultivators for the Thirty-three Heavens, but the Human Race’s powerful figures refused the high positions he offered.
• Li Yi decided to return to the Reincarnation Emperor Palace and enter prolonged seclusion to recover, study the Heavenly Dao, and refine the Jade Butterfly fragment.

Li Yi arranged for the Underworld to search for plant- and tree-type Grand Unity Golden Immortals while he prepared for a long seclusion. Minghe visited him seeking insight into severing his third corpse, and the two talked beside the lotus pond as nearby spirits benefited from their discussion of the Dao.

• Li Yi summoned the Ten Yama Kings, Candle Dragon, and Feng Xian, praised their progress, and ordered them to search the Primordial World for plant- and tree-type Grand Unity Golden Immortals.
• Minghe, unable to find a way to sever his third corpse, decided to seek advice from Li Yi and flew to the Reincarnation Emperor Palace.
• Li Yi welcomed Minghe and led him to Green Lotus Garden beside the lotus pond.
• Li Yi and Minghe chatted about events in the Primordial World and the Dao while the Lotus Root Saplings and palace maids listened.
• The Lotus Root Saplings grew more spiritual and increased their cultivation as they listened to Li Yi and Minghe's conversation.

The River Styx asked Li Yi for guidance on breaking through his cultivation bottleneck, and Li Yi pointed him toward the Asura Path and the resentful spirits. The River Styx created the Asura Clan, attained a breakthrough, and returned to thank Li Yi, who had opened a Small World for the clan.

• The River Styx asked Li Yi for guidance because his cultivation had stalled at the mid-stage Quasi-Saint level.
• Li Yi showed the River Styx resentful spirits in a Mystic Light Mirror and suggested he consider Nuwa’s creation of humanity and the Asura Path.
• After a month of contemplation, the River Styx declared that he would create the Asura Clan from resentful spirits and gathered them from the Blood Sea.
• The River Styx transformed the resentful spirits into Asuras and appointed Heavenly Demon Pāpīyas, Great Brahma, Lust Heaven, and Shiva to lead them.
• Golden Light of Merit descended upon the River Styx, breaking his bottleneck and allowing him to sever his self-corpse.
• The River Styx returned to Li Yi to thank him, grateful that Li Yi had opened a Small World in the Asura Path as a home for the Asura Clan.

Li Yi captured a dozen Wood Spirit cultivators to obtain their Essence Souls and offered them reincarnation or service in the Underworld in exchange for Rule Fragments. After they pledged themselves to him, he used their bodies and souls to create a Wood Spirit Clone, which awakened as a puppet guided by his will.

• Li Yi freed the captured Grand Unity Golden Immortals and told them he needed their pure Wood Spirit Essence Souls to refine a clone.
• Li Yi offered the cultivators peaceful reincarnation with a divine ability or service as Underworld Ghost Cultivators with Rule Fragments and a Soul Restriction.
• The cultivators chose to join the Underworld, and Li Yi extracted their Destiny True Spirits, sent them with the Ten Yama Kings, and gave them Rule Fragments.
• Li Yi gathered the cultivators' bodies in his seclusion and refined them into a Wood Spirit Clone, which opened its eyes and shared his perception.

After more than a thousand years of Li Yi’s secluded cultivation, Nuwa came to the Underworld to ask him to arrange Fuxi’s reincarnation. Li Yi agreed on the condition that Fuxi become exclusively a member of the Human Race, then sent Fuxi’s remnant soul into the Human Dao passage.

• Li Yi’s Wood Spirit Clone left the Reincarnation Emperor Palace while his Reincarnation Clone entered deep seclusion.
• Over a thousand years passed as the Sages opened their sects and the Heavenly Court recruited cultivators across the Primordial World.
• Nuwa divined that Fuxi’s reincarnation would bring him a great opportunity connected to the Human Race, then traveled to the Underworld.
• Nuwa asked Li Yi to help Fuxi reincarnate, and Li Yi agreed only if Fuxi would belong to the Human Race and no longer to the Demon Race.
• Li Yi opened the Human Dao passage and sent Fuxi’s remnant soul into it.

The Witch God Plane flourished under the Main Body’s faith, with cities, Witch Towers, and a priesthood devoted to him. As the Main Body absorbed a mysterious mass of light, the plane transformed, and he empowered the Witch People with faith energy.

• The Witch God Plane filled with cities and Witch Towers, where Witch God Priests cultivated the Witch God Codex and summoned divine power.
• The Main Body’s golden blood refined the Twelve Ancestral Witches’ Essence Blood, driving out innate baleful energy and increasing their potential.
• The Main Body absorbed fragments of a mysterious mass of light while four pairs of Holy Light Wings gradually formed behind his phantom.
• The Main Body’s absorption triggered changes across the plane, strengthening its Rule Lines and barrier as Witch People sang hymns and gathered faith energy.
• The Main Body sent faith-light into the Witch People, helping countless cultivators break through their bottlenecks as they thanked him.

Fu Xi was born to Huaxu in the Huaxu Tribe, rose swiftly in cultivation and leadership, and became the Human Race’s first Co-Lord. Meanwhile, conflict over disciples and Kunlun Mountain’s fortune led the Three Pure Ones to part ways, leaving Yuanshi alone at their former Dao Field.

• Nuwa placed a talisman in newborn Fu Xi’s body after his birth in the Huaxu Tribe.
• Fu Xi grew rapidly, became the Huaxu Tribe’s leader, and reached the Mystic Immortal realm as his past-life memories awakened.
• Fu Xi attained the Golden Immortal realm and was chosen as the Human Race’s first Co-Lord.
• Yuanshi criticized Tongtian’s disciples, and the brothers argued over their differing approaches to accepting students.
• Lao Zi urged the Three Pure Ones to separate, and Tongtian led the Interception Sect disciples away from Kunlun Mountain.
• Lao Zi departed after telling Yuanshi he was leaving too, leaving Yuanshi alone in the great hall.

Fu Xi received the River Diagram, Luo Book, and Li Yi’s Destiny Divine Path secret scroll, then began preparing to spread the new cultivation method among the Human Race. After witnessing the devastation of a flood, Fu Xi secluded himself to devise a way to predict disasters, while Haotian ordered Taibai Jinxing to summon him to the Heavenly Court.

• Fu Xi received the River Diagram and Luo Book and regained insights into formations and his past-life Dao.
• A golden secret scroll called the Bloodline Seal Art and Divine Path Secret Scroll arrived, revealing the Destiny Divine Path that Li Yi had created for the Human Race.
• Fu Xi summoned the Human Race’s tribal elders and made the Destiny Divine Path a supreme secret canon, then began studying the River Diagram and Luo Book.
• After seeing the casualties caused by a flood, Fu Xi resolved to develop a method ordinary people could use to predict disasters and weather, and entered seclusion.
• Haotian ordered Taibai Jinxing to lead envoys to the Human Race and summon Fu Xi to the Heavenly Court to receive a title.

Fu Xi rejected Haotian’s attempt to summon him, created the Innate Eight Trigrams, and accepted the Human Race elders’ proposal to become Emperor. His enthronement restored his past-life memories and raised him to the peak of the Quasi-Saint realm, leaving the Primordial World and the Sages reacting to the Human Race’s rise.

• Fu Xi rejected Taibai Jinxing’s summons on Haotian’s behalf and sent the envoy away.
• Ten years later, Fu Xi created the Innate Eight Trigrams, earning greater prestige among the Human Race.
• The elders proposed establishing an honorific title for Fu Xi, and he agreed to be called Emperor.
• At the Fengshan Altar, Fu Xi declared himself Heavenly Emperor and received a great mass of merit from Heaven.
• The merit restored Fu Xi’s memories and powers, helping him rise to the peak of the Quasi-Saint realm and develop the Destiny Divine Path.
• The Primordial World was shaken by Fu Xi’s ascension; Lao Zi resented the declaration, while Nuwa was pleased.

Haotian plotted to seize the Human Race’s destiny, while Fu Xi, Shennong Shi, and Xuanyuan Shi led the Human Race to unprecedented power. Li Yi gained Fu Xi’s permission to spread his faith among them, prompting Lao Zi to discover that the destiny supporting him was draining away and vow to put the Human Race in order.

• Haotian concealed his strength and schemed to control the Human Race, believing its destiny could help him attain Sagehood and make Fu Xi a rival.
• Shennong Shi and Xuanyuan Shi proclaimed themselves the Earthly Emperor and Human Emperor, and the Human Race grew to more than seventy billion people over ten thousand years.
• Li Yi left the Reincarnation Emperor Palace and asked Fu Xi for permission to spread his faith among the Human Race; Fu Xi agreed.
• Temples dedicated to Li Yi spread across the Human Race’s lands, drawing more incense than the offerings to the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, and the others.
• Lao Zi used Manifest Destiny to discover that the Human Race’s destiny had diminished, then declared that the Human Race needed to be put in order.

Li Yi refined the Jade Butterfly of Creation fragment after overcoming its defenses, then merged his Will Sarira with it to experience merging with the Heavenly Dao. He withdrew when he sensed his will and soul beginning to merge with the Dao, leaving the fragment’s power intact.

• Li Yi used his golden dragon and rune chains to break through the Jade Butterfly fragment’s defenses and refine it over ten years.
• Li Yi discovered that the fragment contained countless divine arts, great powers of deduction, and a trace of the chaos void’s origin.
• Hongjun raged after the fragment was refined and vowed to make Li Yi pay.
• Li Yi merged his Will Sarira with the fragment and saw the Primordial World’s web of Rule Lines.
• Li Yi realized that his will and soul were merging with the Heavenly Dao, so he withdrew from the merger.

Li Yi used the refined Jade Butterfly fragment to separate the Netherworld Underworld from the cycle of reincarnation, cutting it off from outside detection and interference. After the Sages witnessed his power, Lao Zi began to doubt Hongjun and made a sudden decision.

• Li Yi poured his Magic Power into the Jade Butterfly fragment and began separating the Netherworld Underworld from reincarnation.
• Golden Rule Lines enveloped the Underworld as strange phenomena spread across the sky, drawing cultivators and the Sages to the Blood Sea.
• Li Yi lifted the Underworld into place, making its aura vanish from the Sages’ senses and cutting it off from the Heavenly Dao.
• Li Yi used a giant hand to extinguish the phenomena, then told the gathered cultivators and Sages that he had only been cultivating a divine ability.
• Lao Zi wondered what Hongjun was hiding and concluded that the Sages might be pieces in Hongjun’s plan, then made a sudden decision.

Haotian visited the Tenth Prince in Tang Valley and tried to incite him against the Human Race, hoping to draw the Yao into conflict. The Tenth Prince saw through Haotian’s scheme but planned to use the conflict to weaken the Heavenly Court, while resisting a mysterious presence inside his body.

• Haotian decided to avoid acting against the Human Race himself and went to seek the Tenth Prince’s help in stirring up trouble.
• The Tenth Prince attacked Haotian when he arrived in Tang Valley, then stopped after Haotian identified himself as the Heavenly Court’s ruler.
• Haotian claimed the Human Race was killing the Yao and urged the Tenth Prince to respond, but the Tenth Prince dismissed him after hearing him out.
• After Haotian left, the Tenth Prince admitted to a mysterious voice that he intended to exploit the conflict to weaken the Heavenly Court and protect his followers.
• The mysterious voice urged the Tenth Prince to surrender control of his body, and the Tenth Prince threatened to refine it as their consciousnesses struggled for control.

After Haotian sent a messenger to summon the Witch Clan, Xingtian attacked the Heavenly Court and condemned Haotian for scheming against his people. Haotian and Xingtian exchanged devastating blows, and their clash remained obscured by dust.

• Haotian waited for the messenger while plotting to use the Witch Clan as cannon fodder.
• Xingtian broke into the Heavenly Court, killed its cultivators, and mocked Haotian as Hongjun's gatekeeping boy.
• Enraged, Haotian unleashed his golden dragons and attacked Xingtian outside the Heavenly Court.
• Xingtian countered with his battle axe, then Haotian summoned the Son of Heaven Dragon Sword.
• Xingtian transformed into his giant Witch Clan form and brought his axe down on the sword, creating a shock wave that hid the outcome from view.

Xingtian fought Haotian and was overwhelmed by Haotian’s giant jade seal, but Houyi struck Haotian with a distant arrow. Haotian was blasted away and vowed revenge on Houyi.

• Heavenly Court cultivators cursed Xingtian as Haotian expected him to survive the first attack.
• Xingtian emerged from the dust and wounded Heavenly Court cultivators with a savage axe strike before clashing with Haotian’s dragon-patterned shield.
• Xingtian unleashed hundreds of axe strikes, and Haotian decided to use greater power to crush him and the Witch Clan.
• Haotian summoned a colossal jade seal that shattered Xingtian’s attacks and smashed him into a chasm.
• Houyi shot Haotian with an arrow from afar, blasting him away and drawing his furious vow to kill Houyi.

Haotian battled Hou Yi and Xing Tian while ordering more than seventy billion Heavenly Court cultivators to attack the Witch Clan. Li Yi joined the outnumbered Witch Clan with his weak clone and reached out to his Main Body for help.

• Hou Yi fired a powerful golden arrow at Haotian as Xing Tian joined the fight, but the three fought to a stalemate.
• Haotian ordered the Heavenly Court army to wipe out the Witch Clan while he held Hou Yi and Xing Tian back.
• Li Yi and the Sages watched the battle through the Mystic Light Mirror, and Li Yi rushed toward the Witch Clan's territory.
• The Heavenly Court army surrounded the Witch Clan, and its numbers and formations pushed the Witch warriors into a disadvantage as Jiu Feng was occupied by Yaochi and other experts.
• Li Yi attacked the Heavenly Court forces with wood-element abilities, realized his clone was too weak to turn the battle, and connected with his Main Body in the Witch God Plane.

Main Body summoned the Blood Prison Five Ancestors and their forces from Blood Prison City to the Primordial World battlefield. They routed the Heavenly Court army, while Haotian and the watching Sages realized the Witch Clan had far greater backing than they had expected.

• Main Body commanded the Blood Prison Five Ancestors to mobilize, and more than a hundred thousand Blood Prison City cultivators entered a passage to the Primordial World.
• A golden vortex appeared above the battlefield, and the Witch Clan celebrated as the Five Ancestors and their forces descended.
• The Three Pure Ones and other Sages watched through the Mystic Light Mirror, while Haotian sensed danger and Hou Yi and Xing Tian mocked him.
• Golden Armor Ancestor led the Blood Prison City cultivators in an attack, and their blood-path abilities devastated the Heavenly Court forces.
• The Heavenly Court army broke and fled, and the Blood Prison Five Ancestors urged their followers to pursue and promised the top three a chance to study the Sacred Sacrifice art.

The Blood Prison Five Ancestors and Witch Clan routed the Heavenly Court army until Haotian revealed his full power and struck back. As Haotian wounded the Five Ancestors, the Blood Prison City forces summoned the Blood Fiend Array, and its demonic blade struck him before he could respond.

• The Blood Prison Five Ancestors and Witch Clan warriors slaughtered the fleeing Heavenly Court cultivators, reducing their army to ten billion survivors.
• Haotian unleashed his peak Quasi-Saint cultivation and summoned ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine golden dragons to attack the Blood Prison City forces.
• The Blood Prison Five Ancestors formed a blood wall, but Haotian's dragon domain shattered it and left them badly wounded.
• Golden Armor Ancestor ordered the Blood Prison City forces to form the Blood Fiend Array, which created a colossal demonic blade.
• The blade's strike reached Haotian before he could counterattack, and he lost all sensation.