Chapter Summaries

Chi You was trapped in Absolute Soul Valley and subjected to Li Ju’s weapons and demon array, which tore at his body and soul. As death closed in, Chi You’s Martial Path broke through to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Primordial Unity Stage, giving him a chance to resist the demons.

• Chi You charged Li Ju but was bound by prepared chains and struck by Lingxiao Divine Thunder, which purified some of the Witch Clan bloodline in him.
• Chi You recovered, broke the chains, and advanced through Absolute Soul Valley as Li Ju’s forces prepared a second trap.
• Li Ju’s cultivators activated the Yin-Yang Nine Baleful Soul-Summoning Demon-Transformation Array and used the Soul Falling Bell, a mirror, and God-Slaying Saint-Breaking Crossbows against Chi You.
• The array drew Demon Realm Origin into Chi You, turning the lingering Witch Clan wills he had consumed into demons that devoured his body and soul.
• As Chi You neared death, his Martial Path cultivation broke through, and his Martial Dao Primordial Unity Will began fighting the demons as the black mist faded.

Chi You survived Li Ju’s ambush, broke through to the late stage of Martial Dao Primordial Golden Immortal, and defeated him and his supporters. He claimed leadership of the Witch Clan and, after Dihong offered help, replied that everything had gone smoothly.

• Chi You absorbed the demonic qi and thoughts in Absolute Soul Valley, broke the formation, and revealed that he had advanced to the late stage of Martial Dao Primordial Golden Immortal.
• Chi You destroyed Li Ju’s weapons and formations, then defeated Li Ju in battle and killed him.
• Chi You declared himself the Witch Clan’s new lord, and Xing Tian and the others pledged their loyalty.
• Chi You spared the rebels who submitted, ordered the battlefield cleaned, and questioned Xing Tian and the other chiefs about the Witch Clan’s situation.
• Dihong messaged Chi You to ask whether he had settled the score with Li Ju, and Chi You replied that everything had gone smoothly.

Chi You unified the Witch-Human tribes and laid out policies to develop them before seeking to unify the Human Race. Meanwhile, Xuanyuan’s northern Ji Family prospered, and an attack by Qi Bo and Kong gave him a reason to expand.

• Chi You rejected Li Ju’s plan to make the Human Race submit to Heaven and declared that the Witch Clan should integrate with humanity and pursue the Human Emperor’s Dao.
• Ten years later, Chi You gathered the Witch-Human leaders and introduced policies for settlement, trade, production, education, and Martial Path training.
• Chi You urged the tribes to build their strength while rival powers fought, and he credited Dihong with helping him devise the plan.
• Xuanyuan gained the allegiance of many powerful beasts and expanded the Ji Family through practical inventions, talent recruitment, and growing prosperity.
• A subordinate reported that Qi Bo and Kong had allied to seize Ji Family territory, and Xuanyuan welcomed the attack as an excuse to expand.

Xuanyuan defeated Kong and Qi Bo after luring their armies into devastating ambushes, destroyed both their realms, and expanded his territory across the north. He brought the captured overlords to Xuanyuan City, where he released Kong and invited him to fight again.

• Xuanyuan learned that Qi Bo and Kong had allied against the Ji Family and ordered a plan to feign defeat and trap their forces at Tiger's Maw.
• Qi Bo and Kong invaded with a million elite soldiers each, took territory over several years, and grew careless as their armies advanced toward Xuanyuan City.
• The Ji Family ambushed both invading armies, routed them, and swept into their lands with Xuanyuan's warriors, weapons, and divine beasts.
• Within a year, Xuanyuan destroyed the Qi Kingdom and Kong Tribe, captured their leaders, and became one of the Northern Lands' foremost overlords.
• Xuanyuan visited the imprisoned Kong and Qi Bo, then opened Kong's cell and told him he could leave and fight him again.

Xuanyuan freed Kong and persuaded Qi Bo to serve him, then expanded his realm into a prosperous kingdom while Jiang He united rival states into Yan Country. Two hundred years after Yan Country declared war, Xuanyuan’s forces destroyed it and captured Jiang He.

• Xuanyuan released Kong to challenge him again, while Qi Bo revealed that he served Jiang He, then pledged himself to Xuanyuan after hearing his promise to spare Jiang He and protect the imperial family.
• Xuanyuan sent Qi Bo to travel the lands, treat the sick, and compile a medical canon, then persuaded the captives’ followers and more than a million soldiers to surrender.
• Xuanyuan conquered the Kong Tribe and Qi Kingdom’s territories, governed them through local officials, and expanded his support until his prosperous realm became known as the Xuanyuan Kingdom.
• Kong continued fighting Xuanyuan until he surrendered, and Xuanyuan made him commander of the vanguard, where he won victories over dozens of small states.
• Jiang He united Shenhuang Zhi, Taishan Ji, and several small states into Yan Country, declared war on Xuanyuan, and was captured two hundred years later when Yan Country was destroyed.

Xuanyuan united most of the East Sea Coast under his rule and prepared to attack Chi You’s Chiyou Tribe after its people mistreated his envoys. As war preparations began, Xuanyuan messaged his senior brother, promising to visit and protect him.

• Xuanyuan spared Jiang He, persuaded him to submit, and gained the allegiance of Taishan Ji, Shenhuang Zhi, and the other captives.
• Over centuries, Xuanyuan defeated Qing Yang’s Huaxu Kingdom and Yu Wang’s Jiang Kingdom, while Jiang He died defending Xuanyuan City.
• Chi You developed the Chiyou Tribe in the south, building its strength while avoiding war with Xuanyuan.
• After Xuanyuan’s envoys were beaten and driven out, his ministers called for war, and Xuanyuan agreed to mobilize the nation against the Chiyou Tribe.
• Alone in the palace, Xuanyuan messaged his senior brother that he would visit soon and help keep him safe.

Chi You raised an army against Xuanyuan Kingdom and conquered the Central Region in a year, leaving Xuanyuan scrambling for a way to respond. Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden arrived at Xuanyuan’s court, claiming the Heavenly Emperor had sent her to help.

• Chi You rallied the Witch-Human chieftains, prepared for war, and reassured Dihong by message that he was safe and would visit him after settling matters.
• Chi You assembled a million soldiers, defeated Kong’s two-million-strong vanguard, captured Kong, and took the Central Region within a year.
• Xuanyuan and his ministers discussed their devastating losses and struggled to find a way to counter Chi You’s powerful army.
• An attendant told Xuanyuan that a female immortal had come under the Heavenly Emperor’s orders, and Xuanyuan invited her into the palace.
• Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden entered the court and declared that she had come to assist Xuanyuan Kingdom.

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden offered Xuanyuan strategies and secret arts to defeat Chi You’s Witch-Human forces, including a scheme that would exploit the Witch-Humans’ weak souls. Xuanyuan rejected the scheme as an atrocity and left, determined to fight Chi You openly.

• The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden insulted Xuanyuan’s ministers, but Tian Yuan challenged her arrogance and made her explain her plan.
• The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden taught Xuanyuan’s ministers several secret arts and explained that powerful cultivators avoided slaughtering armies because of Human Dao Karma.
• The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden proposed using the dead to curse the Witch-Humans, claiming the method could destroy them without sacrificing the living.
• Cang Jie objected that the plan was cruel, while the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden argued that victory would protect more people.
• Xuanyuan refused to use the scheme, declared that Witch-Humans were also his people, and left the hall in anger.

Xing Tian pursued the wounded Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden into the Heavenly Court after learning that her Curse-Killing Technique had caused the deaths of many Witch-Human warriors. He stormed through the realm and confronted Haotian at Lingxiao Divine Palace, declaring that he had come to kill him.

• The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden's Curse-Killing Technique spread through the Xuanyuan Kingdom's army, causing Witch-Humans to die or lose control as the war intensified.
• Xuanyuan's forces and their allies lured Chi You's army into traps, killing more than a hundred thousand Witch-Humans, many members of the Witch Clan, and several Great Witches.
• Xing Tian ambushed the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden near Banshan and wounded her as she fled toward a sea of clouds.
• Xing Tian followed her into the Heavenly Realm, split open the Heavenly Gate, and killed heavenly soldiers and immortals as he fought his way upward.
• Xing Tian reached Lingxiao Divine Palace, where Haotian demanded an explanation, and Xing Tian charged up the steps, saying he had come to kill him.

Xing Tian stormed the Lingxiao Divine Palace and attacked Haotian, blaming him for the Witch Clan’s losses. Haotian’s combined arrays failed to stop Xing Tian’s strike, but he retaliated with the Heavenly Court’s Fortune Aura and killed Xing Tian; the chapter ended with Xing Tian’s head falling from his body.

• Haotian questioned why Xing Tian had come to the Heavenly Court and urged him to learn the truth before attacking.
• Xing Tian accused Haotian of causing the Witch Clan’s ruin and charged at him with Gan Qi.
• Haotian activated the Zhou Tian Star Dou Array and Hunyuan River Luo Array to defend the Lingxiao Divine Palace.
• Xing Tian shattered the arrays with a single axe strike and grievously wounded Haotian.
• Haotian drew on the Heavenly Court’s Fortune Aura and struck Xing Tian with the Celestial Emperor Sword, splitting his shield and severing his head.

Xing Tian learned that the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden had deceived him about acting under Haotian’s orders, but he still went to attack Yaochi and the Jade Pool Fairyland. Haotian waited in vain for Hongjun to answer his plea for help, and finally realized that his master had abandoned him.

• Haotian told Xing Tian that the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden had never served him and suggested she meant Yaochi Heavenly Emperor instead.
• Xing Tian realized he had been misled, surrendered, and begged Haotian to spare the Witch Clan.
• Haotian sent Xing Tian’s head to the Primordial Wilderness and let his body leave to seek revenge on Yaochi and the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden.
• Xing Tian attacked the Jade Pool Fairyland, where he slaughtered female immortals and battled for ten days and nights.
• Haotian knelt toward Zixiao Palace and pleaded with Hongjun to save him, but received no response as his wounds worsened.
• After waiting until his flesh rotted and black blood filled the heavenly steps, Haotian accepted that Hongjun had abandoned him.

After Xing Tian left him gravely injured, Haotian believed the Dao Ancestor had set him up to die and lamented his fate. Yaochi capitalized on his impending death to prepare for the Heavenly Court’s succession, while rumors of her schemes spread across the Primordial Wilderness.

• Haotian lamented in Lingxiao Divine Palace that the Dao Ancestor had schemed against him and that his Dao Injuries would kill him without a Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal’s help.
• Yaochi surveyed the wreckage Xing Tian had caused in Jade Pool Fairyland and rejoiced when she heard Haotian’s anguished roar, expecting to replace him as Heavenly Emperor.
• Yaochi prompted news of Haotian’s injuries and impending death to spread, causing his allies to reconsider their ties and seek favor with her.
• Bribed female immortals revealed Yaochi’s meetings with the Dao Ancestor and her secret discussions with Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, fueling rumors that she was preparing to take over.
• Yaochi killed the loose-tongued immortals and banned talk of succession, but the concealment strengthened suspicions and drove more forces to court her.
• Haotian stopped his officials from confronting Yaochi and told them to manage affairs peacefully, though an upcoming event would soon reignite his resentment.

Xing Tian returned to Chi You without his head and revealed that the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden had manipulated both the Witch-Humans and the Human Race, then lured him into attacking the Heavenly Court. Chi You suspected that Saints were behind the scheme but chose to focus on defeating Xuanyuan first.

• Xing Tian returned to Chi You with his head severed, using his breasts as eyes and his navel as a mouth.
• Xing Tian explained that the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden had incited the Human Race to use Blood Curses against the Witch-Humans and had lured him into the Heavenly Court.
• Xing Tian recounted that he wounded Haotian with his axe before Haotian cut off his head, and said the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden served Yaochi Golden Mother rather than Haotian.
• The Witch Clan and Witch-Humans grew furious and called for an attack on Yaochi, while Chi You considered how the scheme had entangled several sides.
• Chi You ordered his forces to set aside the matter for now, send a declaration of war, and prepare for a decisive battle with Xuanyuan.

Xuanyuan Kingdom and the Chiyou Tribe prepared to settle their long war at Zhuolu, while Chi You grew concerned about his missing junior brother and summoned Xuanyuan to meet him. Xuanyuan’s officials warned him not to go, and Xiang Liu called him out before the armies.

• After nine defeats, Xuanyuan agreed with Chi You to decide the war at Zhuolu, where both sides assembled their armies and allies.
• Chi You and the Great Witches discussed Xuanyuan’s powerful supporters and the sacrifices the battle would demand.
• Chi You wondered whether Xuanyuan had taken his junior brother from the Ji Water into his service and worried about what had become of him.
• Wanting to ask Xuanyuan about his junior brother before the decisive battle, Chi You sent Xiang Liu to call him out.
• Xuanyuan’s officials warned that Chi You might be trying to curse him, but Xiang Liu appeared before the armies and shouted for Xuanyuan to meet him.

Xuanyuan and Chi You met on the battlefield at Zhuolu, where they discovered they were the long-separated senior brother and junior brother who had spent years fighting each other. They embraced and began explaining how the misunderstanding had happened, leaving both armies stunned.

• Chi You challenged Xuanyuan to meet him before the armies, while Xuanyuan’s ministers warned him not to go.
• Xuanyuan met Chi You and initially lost interest because Chi You did not look like the senior brother he was searching for.
• Chi You called Xuanyuan “Little Brother” and offered to teach him the Martial Path, prompting Xuanyuan to approach despite his ministers’ protests.
• As the two leaders came face to face, they recognized each other and embraced, shocking both armies.
• Xuanyuan demanded to know why Chi You had ignored his messages and why neither had recognized the other, and Chi You explained that he rarely carried his phone and had changed his appearance.

Xuanyuan and Chi You discovered they were fellow disciples and ended their armies’ battle, then agreed to unite humans and Witch-Humans under two Co-Lords. After ten thousand years of peace and prosperity, Xuanyuan fulfilled his merits and attained the Dao as the Human Dao Consciousness descended.

• Xuanyuan and Chi You recognized each other as junior and senior brothers, ordered their forces to lay down arms, and shared a meal and drinks on the battlefield.
• Chi You realized Great Sage Dao Venerate had prepared Xuanyuan to become the next Human Race Co-Lord and offered to disband his army and submit the Witch-Human Tribe.
• Xuanyuan insisted that humans and Witch-Humans were one people and declared that he and Chi You would lead them together.
• Chi You endorsed Xuanyuan, and over the next ten thousand years Xuanyuan united the peoples, quelled unrest, and made the Human Race more prosperous and peaceful.
• Several thousand years later, Xuanyuan proclaimed on Mount Tai that he had fulfilled his merits and attained the Dao, and the Human Dao Consciousness descended in the form of a Golden Dragon.

Supreme Emperor Xuanyuan completed his reign, and the Human Dao recognized his achievements and appointed him the new Human Emperor. Haotian returned to the Heavenly Realm with a fatal Dao Injury as the Saints gathered at Zixiao Palace to pay respects to the Dao Ancestor.

• Great powers and Saints gathered at the East Sea Coast to witness Xuanyuan’s succession, while Haotian arrived gravely ill from Xing Tian’s axe wound.
• Fuxi proclaimed Xuanyuan’s many achievements, including advances in production, governance, law, cultivation, and the integration of the Witch-Humans with the Human Race.
• Fuxi used the Human Dao Seal to appoint Xuanyuan as the new Human Emperor and distributed Human Dao Merit among Xuanyuan’s contributors, including Chi You.
• The Saints departed or stayed to build ties with the Human Race, while Haotian returned to the Heavenly Realm with a worsening Dao Injury.
• Yaochi Golden Mother rang the Dao bell, and the Heavenly Dao Saints gathered at Zixiao Palace to pay respects to the Dao Ancestor.

Hongjun summoned the Heavenly Dao Saints to set out plans for the Primordial Wilderness, including establishing Immortal Regulations, redistributing Human Race Destiny, and forcing Haotian from the throne. He also revealed that he and Yang Mei were ready to move against the Great Love Heavenly Venerate, leaving the saints uneasy about the coming confrontation.

• Yaochi welcomed the Heavenly Dao Saints to Zixiao Palace, where Hongjun gathered them and explained that the Human Dao's flourishing had benefited them all.
• Hongjun proposed that the Heavenly Court establish Immortal Regulations to restrain immortals and protect mortals.
• Hongjun ordered Tongtian to have his first disciple relinquish his position as lord of the Human Race so the saints could redistribute its destiny.
• Hongjun declared that Haotian must be broken in spirit, and Yaochi agreed that Yaoji should be executed if she fell in love with a mortal and caused disaster.
• Hongjun showed the saints a vision of the Primordial Wilderness's future prosperity and urged them to seize the opportunities it would bring.
• Hongjun revealed that he and Yang Mei were ready to move against the Great Love Heavenly Venerate, leaving the saints grave and uneasy.

Hongjun gathered the Heavenly Dao Saints and Great Immortal Yang Mei to plan an ambush against a powerful Chaos Visitor, while arranging a separate scheme to make Haotian suffer through his family. The chapter ended with Yaochi preparing to carry out Hongjun’s plan to break Haotian’s heart.

• Hongjun persuaded the Heavenly Dao Saints to unite against the Chaos Visitors and revealed a Fragment of the Earth-Splitting Chisel as a weapon for their planned attack.
• Great Immortal Yang Mei joined Hongjun’s scheme, handed him a red crystal containing the details of his ambush, and agreed to help capture their target.
• Hongjun told the Saints to wait until the Heavenly Edicts were established and the Heavenly Emperor replaced before they attacked.
• Yaochi asked why Hongjun had not used Xing Tian to kill Haotian, and Hongjun explained that doing so would violate the Heavenly Dao’s rules.
• Hongjun gave Yaochi an imitation Creation Axe and instructed her to arrange Yaoji’s family tragedy, turn her second son against Haotian, and guide the scheme from behind the scenes.

Haotian received Hongjun’s decree to establish Heavenly Edicts in the Primordial Wilderness, despite White Crane Boy’s arrogance and insults. After delivering the decree and an empty fruit box, White Crane Boy left with a Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir, while Yaochi hoped Haotian would understand the box’s hidden meaning.

• Haotian’s ministers worried over his worsening injuries, but he ordered the court session to continue.
• White Crane Boy arrived with a Saint’s decree, insulted Haotian, and was beaten by the furious immortals before Taibai Golden Star slapped him.
• White Crane Boy read Hongjun’s decree directing Haotian to establish Heavenly Edicts, and Haotian accepted it and vowed to fulfill the task.
• White Crane Boy gave Haotian an empty fruit box from the Dao Ancestor and left Lingxiao Divine Palace.
• At Jade Pool Fairyland, Yaochi gave White Crane Boy a Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir, and he asked what the empty fruit box meant.
• Yaochi hoped Haotian would understand the fruit box’s purpose and waited for him to act.