Chapter Summaries

The Heavenly Emperor Haotian confronted Jiu Feng over her new Physical Body Sainthood and demanded that she undergo a Heavenly Calamity. When Haotian hinted that Empress Pingxin might bear the karma for her, Jiu Feng refused her intervention and accepted the challenge.

• The Heavenly Emperor recognized Jiu Feng's breakthrough and declared that the Witch Clan could not have a Saint under the prevailing course of the Primordial Wilderness.
• Haotian demanded that Jiu Feng face a Heavenly Calamity, warning that failure would leave her Body Dead and Dao Vanished.
• Empress Pingxin considered defending Jiu Feng, but Haotian challenged her to bear the karma and she sensed a dangerous Trump Card behind his confidence.
• Jiu Feng confronted Haotian for threatening Pingxin and demanded to know why Queen Mother of the West had not faced a Heavenly Calamity.
• Haotian explained that Queen Mother of the West had already passed one, and Jiu Feng boldly agreed to face her own calamity.

The Heavenly Emperor Haotian struck Jiu Feng with heavenly punishment, but she recovered from the blast and demanded a suitable weapon. Haotian offered her three weapons once owned by the Ancestral Witch Zhurong, promising them if she survived the punishment.

• Haotian used the Thunder Seal to send a thunderbolt at Jiu Feng, knocking her down and charring her body.
• Cultivators questioned whether Jiu Feng was truly strong, while powerful figures grew wary of Haotian’s command of heavenly thunder.
• Jiu Feng shed her charred skin and recovered completely through her Witch Clan powers.
• Jiu Feng taunted Haotian and said a suitable weapon would let her punch through his heavenly punishment.
• Haotian sent Jiu Feng the Fire God Spear, the Divine Fire Shield, and the Fire Element Banner, offering them to her if she survived.

Jiu Feng received three of Zhurong’s fierce weapons from Haotian and survived Heavenly Punishment after he eased its force. Empress Pingxin summoned her to the palace and asked what had given her the opportunity to become a Witch Saint.

• Jiu Feng recognized the three weapons as Zhurong’s lost treasures, bound them with her Blood Essence, and thanked Haotian for bestowing them.
• Haotian declared that he would not interfere with Jiu Feng after Heavenly Punishment unless she threatened the Primordial Wilderness.
• Jiu Feng faced the Heavenly Punishment with her Witch Saint True Body and the three weapons, but Haotian used only a small amount of the Thunder Seal’s power.
• After Heavenly Punishment ended, Empress Pingxin invited Jiu Feng to her palace, where she asked what opportunity had led to her transformation.

Jiu Feng told Empress Pingxin how a mysterious cultivator had made her a Saint without demanding an oath, service, or other price, leaving Pingxin stunned. Pingxin then questioned Jiu Feng’s transformed bloodline and learned that the cultivator had tempered her with a furnace and Nirvana True Fire, though the cultivator’s identity remained unknown.

• Jiu Feng told Empress Pingxin that a mysterious cultivator had accepted her as a disciple and helped her become a Saint.
• Empress Pingxin asked what the cultivator had demanded, and Jiu Feng said she had imposed no conditions, oaths, marks, or restrictions.
• Empress Pingxin asked why Jiu Feng carried an unusually dense Pangu bloodline aura and another powerful Saint bloodline aura.
• Jiu Feng recounted being tempered in a furnace, struck repeatedly, and refined with Nirvana True Fire, leaving Pingxin puzzled about the cultivator’s identity.

Empress Pingxin confirmed that Jiu Feng had no hidden restrictions, then warned her about provoking the Human Race, disrupting the Primordial Wilderness, and challenging Heavenly Dao Saints. Jiu Feng insisted she would fight back if anyone targeted the Witch Clan, and Pingxin ended by proposing a spar.

• Empress Pingxin examined Jiu Feng and found no restrictions or hidden traps, concluding that the mysterious cultivator behind her Sainthood likely surpassed her in Daoxing.
• Empress Pingxin warned the mysterious cultivator not to cause trouble in the Netherworld, then told Jiu Feng to avoid provoking the Human Race and to maintain peace with the Primordial Wilderness's factions.
• Jiu Feng said she would not attack others without cause but would retaliate if the Human Race or other powers provoked the Witch Clan.
• Empress Pingxin urged Jiu Feng not to challenge Heavenly Dao Saints and promised to seek the Pangu Blood Pool or a way for the Witch Clan to reproduce.
• Jiu Feng declared that the Witch Clan was no weaker than Heavenly Dao Saints and would not tolerate being bullied, so Empress Pingxin proposed a spar.

Jiu Feng challenged Empress Pingxin to a fight to prove she could lead the Netherworld’s Witch Clan back into the Primordial Wilderness, but Pingxin easily subdued her. The chapter left Jiu Feng beaten beneath Pingxin’s foot as Pingxin mocked her strength and rejected her ambitions.

• Jiu Feng declared that her strength and the Witch Clan’s spirit could let them rise again in the Primordial Wilderness, but Pingxin warned that she would only bring ruin upon herself and the clan.
• Jiu Feng demanded that Pingxin let Netherworld witches leave with her if she won their fight, then launched a full-force attack.
• Pingxin caught Jiu Feng’s punch and used Netherworld laws to protect Pingxin Hall from her increasingly desperate attacks.
• Pingxin struck Jiu Feng down and repeatedly battered her, while Jiu Feng failed to harm her.
• Pingxin pinned Jiu Feng beneath her foot and mocked her for claiming she could face the Heavenly Dao Saints.

Empress Pingxin defeated Jiu Feng in Pingxin Hall, criticizing her weak grasp of the power behind her Physical Body Sainthood and forbidding her from leaving the Netherworld. In the Southern Primordial Wilderness, Chi You remained stunned after the Heavenly Punishment dissipated.

• Jiu Feng transformed into her Witch Saint True Body and attacked Pingxin, but Pingxin blocked her strike and crushed the flesh of her leg.
• Pingxin mocked Jiu Feng's shallow understanding and overturned her, breaking her bones as she demonstrated the gap between them.
• Jiu Feng unleashed Witchfire and three vicious weapons, but Pingxin used Earthly Dao laws and the origins of ten Chaos Demon Gods to compress her into a ball.
• Pingxin ordered Jiu Feng to stay beside her in the Netherworld, and Jiu Feng returned to human form and knelt respectfully.
• In the Southern Primordial Wilderness, Chi You stood motionless in a daze after the Heavenly Punishment dissipated.

Fiend God Chi You was stunned to find his long-missing teacher, Great Sage Dao Venerate, alive and sitting in a tree. After an emotional reunion and a familiar beating, the two sat together to talk.

• Great Sage Dao Venerate mocked Fiend God Chi You for failing to attain Physical Body Sainthood, and Chi You turned toward the voice in anger.
• Chi You recognized the old Daoist as his teacher and rushed over, asking if he was truly alive and whether anyone had harmed him.
• Chi You embraced Great Sage Dao Venerate, wept, and anxiously urged him to hide in case his captors came after him.
• Great Sage Dao Venerate scolded Chi You until he stopped crying, then kicked him down and beat him while Chi You grinned.
• After the uproar ended, Great Sage Dao Venerate and Chi You sat on a boulder and talked.

Chi You told Great Sage Dao Venerate how the Heavenly Dao Saints had dominated the Primordial Wilderness and complained that Queen Mother of the West and Jiu Feng had become Saints before him. Great Sage Dao Venerate revealed that he had come to help Chi You become a Saint and asked if he was ready.

• Chi You described the Primordial Wilderness's decline under the Heavenly Dao Saints and the Human Race's weakening influence.
• Chi You criticized Queen Mother of the West for becoming a Saint only to be used against Haotian.
• Chi You complained that Jiu Feng had become a Saint through Physical Body Sainthood while he remained unable to break through.
• Chi You questioned Great Sage Dao Venerate's unusual patience, and his master resumed acting familiar by kicking him.
• Great Sage Dao Venerate told Chi You he had come to help him become a Saint and asked whether he was ready.

Great Sage Dao Venerate offered Chi You the chance to become a Saint, and Chi You accepted without hesitation. As Chi You refined the vast source power and Pangu Blood Essence his teacher gave him, his Hunyuan foundation formed and his Killing Aura shook the Primordial Wilderness.

• Great Sage Dao Venerate asked whether Chi You wanted to become a Saint, and Chi You declared that he did.
• Great Sage Dao Venerate told Chi You to focus and refine the source power rather than expect his teacher to teach him how to become a Saint.
• Chi You sensed immense source power, Primordial Unity True Intent, Great Dao Laws, and Pangu Blood Essence rebuilding his body.
• Chi You resisted his questions about where the power came from and concentrated on refining it.
• Chi You formed his Hunyuan foundation, and his Killing Aura shook the Primordial Wilderness.

Chi You broke through to become a Hunyuan Saint, sending a fierce baleful aura across the Primordial Wilderness and leaving Haotian and countless cultivators stunned. Chi You celebrated his breakthrough and began addressing his Teacher.

• A powerful baleful aura rose from Chi You as he broke through to become a Hunyuan Saint, shocking cultivators across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Queen Mother of the West and Jiu Feng considered the mysterious power that had helped them and wondered whether Chi You had met that person too.
• Minghe suppressed his anger and continued refining his gains, while Zhenyuan resumed meditating.
• Haotian was stunned that Chi You had become a Saint just after challenging him and prepared to use the Thunder Seal against him.
• Chi You exulted in his new status, called out to his Teacher, and began to speak.

Great Sage Dao Venerate revealed that Hongjun had trapped and refined him, then passed his Dao Origin and teachings to Chi You before vanishing. Grieving in silence, Chi You challenged Haotian, who unleashed his full thunderous power as the Primordial Wilderness watched.

• Great Sage Dao Venerate told Chi You that Hongjun had been refining him in Zixiao Palace and that he had escaped only to pass on his Dao Origin, the Way of Slaughter, and Pangu Blood Essence.
• Great Sage Dao Venerate vanished after promising to wait for Chi You beyond the River of Time, and Chi You silently mourned him before roaring a challenge to Haotian.
• Haotian summoned the Thunder Seal and combined it with his authority over Heavenly Punishment and the Thunder Dao Origin, unleashing a vast storm across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Jiu Feng watched Haotian's display from the Netherworld and realized he had been far stronger than when he faced her, while Empress Pingxin remarked on the vast differences between Saints.
• Haotian told Chi You he had chosen the wrong opponent, then summoned the colossal Thunder Venerate Dharma Aspect.

Haotian used the Primordial Wilderness's Heavenly Punishment to overwhelm Chi You, who had just become a Saint, and tested his resolve with relentless lightning. After Chi You endured the punishment without yielding, Haotian recognized him as a lawful Hunyuan Saint and warned him not to threaten the Primordial Wilderness.

• Haotian manifested immense Thunder Dao power, leaving Queen Mother of the West, Jiu Feng, and other Primordial Great Powers apprehensive.
• Chi You challenged Haotian's strength and insisted that a non-Saint relying on external power was still an Ant.
• Haotian formed a Thunder Mountain Seal and crushed Chi You's arms when Chi You resisted it with his giant body.
• Haotian summoned the Eye of Heavenly Punishment and struck Chi You with lightning, but Chi You endured without making a sound.
• Haotian weakened and withdrew the punishment after half an hour, declared Chi You a lawful Hunyuan Saint, and warned him not to ravage the Primordial Wilderness.

After Haotian defeated Chi You, he left him alive while hoping Chi You would grow strong enough to challenge the Heavenly Dao Saints. As Chi You began recovering, he told the Witch Clan that he had learned where their Supreme Treasure was and promised to lead them to the summit of the Primordial Wilderness.

• Haotian mocked Chi You, then spared him rather than risk angering the Witch Clan, Jiu Feng, and Empress Pingxin.
• Haotian returned to the Lingxiao Treasure Hall to pursue secluded cultivation, unaware that the Primordial Wilderness would soon grow chaotic.
• The Witch Clan gathered anxiously around the badly wounded Chi You, who reassured them that he would recover.
• Chi You’s body began healing as its fierce energy drove the Witch Clan back millions of miles.
• Chi You announced that he had learned where the Witch Clan Supreme Treasure lay and vowed to lead the Witch Clan to the summit of the Primordial Wilderness.
• The Witch Clan members celebrated the prospect of recovering their treasure and rebuilding their people.

Chi You mourned his teacher’s death, then resolved to grow stronger and avenge him as his body recovered and revealed a dense Pangu aura. After the Heavenly Dao Saints discussed schemes involving Chi You and the Human Dao, Chi You vanished into a mysterious spacetime and appeared holding the Pangu Blood Pool, shocking the Primordial Great Powers.

• Chi You grieved that his sainthood had cost his teacher’s life, then vowed to become stronger and avenge him.
• Chi You’s Blood Qi surged as he recovered, releasing a powerful Pangu aura that alarmed the Primordial Great Powers.
• The Heavenly Dao Saints discussed scheming against Chi You and prioritizing control of the Human Dao.
• Chi You fully recovered, tore open the void, and vanished into a mysterious spacetime.
• Chi You reappeared with the Pangu Blood Pool in his palm, stunning the Primordial Great Powers.

Chi You returned to the Primordial Wilderness as a Witch Saint with the Pangu Blood Pool and called the witches to rebuild their clan at the Buzhou Mountain Ruins. Empress Pingxin released the Netherworld’s witches to join him, leaving them to depart for the clan’s resurgence.

• The great powers and Heavenly Dao Saints saw Chi You’s Pangu Blood Pool and decided not to interfere with his plans for the Witch Clan.
• Chi You entered the Primordial Wilderness, announced that he would rebuild the Witch Tribe, and promised to strengthen witches through the Blood Pool and Great Dao Laws.
• Witches across the Primordial Wilderness and the East Sea Coast set out for the Buzhou Mountain Ruins, while witches in the Netherworld considered joining them.
• Empress Pingxin told Jiu Feng that Chi You’s newfound empathy would make him a more caring leader and decided to let the Netherworld witches go.
• Empress Pingxin told the gathered witches they could leave or stay freely, and the departing witches knelt toward Pingxin Hall before leaving.

Xing Tian learned that Chi You’s sainthood and the Pangu Blood Pool could restore the Witch Clan, then encountered a black-robed figure who offered to make him a Saint. After Xing Tian accepted, the figure brought him into a created spacetime world and went to confront Baize, who had been waiting for him; Baize faced a warning that sainthood would bind him to the coming turmoil.

• Xing Tian hurried toward Central Primordial Wilderness after learning Chi You had become a Saint and obtained the Pangu Blood Pool, hoping the Witch Clan could rise again.
• A black-robed figure overpowered Xing Tian and offered him a choice between death and Physical Body Sainthood.
• Xing Tian accepted the offer, explaining that he wanted to become a chess player rather than remain someone else’s pawn, and chose battle as his law.
• The black-robed figure said Xing Tian’s bloodline was holding him back, then drew him into a spacetime world and altered the area’s information.
• The black-robed figure appeared on Baize’s boat, where Baize knelt and admitted he had been waiting for him.
• The black-robed figure warned Baize that becoming a Saint would leave him unable to turn back from the coming turmoil, and asked whether he was certain.

Baize and Lu Wu accepted the mysterious black-robed person's offer to become Saints, with Baize also pledging to serve him as a master. Their sudden advancement, alongside two other Demon Saints, left the Primordial Wilderness and its Heavenly Dao Saints stunned as the Demon Race gained four Hunyuan Saints in one day.

• Baize proposed using the Demon Race's Fortune Aura and Nuwa's influence to divide the Heavenly Dao Saints, but the black-robed person rejected his scheme and offered to teach him how to become a Saint.
• Baize accepted the black-robed person as his master.
• Lu Wu attacked the approaching black-robed person, but his weapons broke and his arm was injured, so he agreed to become a Saint in exchange for his life.
• The black-robed person seized Lu Wu and disappeared with him.
• Saintly might erupted across the Primordial Wilderness as five Hunyuan Saints attained sainthood in one day, including four Demon Race Demon Saints.
• The Heavenly Emperor and the Heavenly Dao Saints were bewildered by the Demon Race's sudden rise in power.

Baize, Lu Wu, Shang Yang, and Ying Zhao became Demon Race Saints and pledged allegiance to Saint Nuwa, who accepted them and gained the Demon Race’s Fortune Aura. After persuading the other Heavenly Dao Saints not to attack the new Saints, Nuwa welcomed the four into Wa Huang Heaven and began discussing the Dao with them.

• Baize, Lu Wu, Shang Yang, and Ying Zhao each announced their ascension as a Saint of the Demon Race.
• Baize and the other three Demon Race Saints pledged to follow Saint Nuwa and support Lu Ya in rebuilding the Demon Race, while demons across the Primordial Wilderness called on Nuwa to accept them.
• Nuwa accepted the four Saints, and the Demon Race’s scattered Fortune Aura gathered into a powerful pillar.
• Zhunti and Jieyin challenged Nuwa for taking the Demon Race Saints under her command after supporting their destruction, but Nuwa argued that they should be studied for the method behind their ascension.
• The Heavenly Dao Saints agreed to spare the new Saints and withdrew, while Nuwa received Baize, Lu Wu, Shang Yang, and Ying Zhao in Wa Huang Heaven.
• Nuwa granted the four Demon Race Saints seats and equal standing in Wa Huang Heaven, then began explaining the Dao of Hunyuan to them.

After ending his sermon, Qingyuan privately promised his disciples a path to Sainthood and began helping Candle Dragon ascend. Meanwhile, Haotian confronted Saint Nuwa at Wa Huang Heaven over the Demon Race Saints, who insisted on facing his Heavenly Punishment themselves.

• Qingyuan ended his sermon at Tianlang Cliff, received the cultivators’ gratitude, and summoned his Personal Disciples to his villa.
• Qingyuan asked whether his disciples wanted to become Saints, gave them pills and Great Dao Laws, and promised to help them ascend once they reached the Primordial Golden Immortal Perfect Stage.
• Qingyuan summoned Candle Dragon and, after warning him about the risks of Sainthood, took him into the Mysterious Yellow Mother Qi Tower to help him ascend.
• Haotian arrived outside Wa Huang Heaven and accused Baize, Lu Wu, Shang Yang, and Ying Zhao of defying the heavens, declaring that he had come to punish them.
• Saint Nuwa challenged Haotian’s authority, while the four Demon Race Saints volunteered to face the Heavenly Punishment themselves.