Chapter Summaries

After being forced to surrender his White Jade Cushion to Zhunti, Old Ancestor Kunpeng took his anger out on Bi Fang and seized his Straw Cushion. The incident deepened Di Jun, Tai Yi, and other Innate Beast Gods’ fear of being rejected, while Ancestor Hongjun remained silent in the Rear Hall.

• Yuanshi and the gods pressured Old Ancestor Kunpeng to yield his White Jade Cushion, and he gave it to Zhunti as Jieyin and Zhunti took their seats.
• Di Jun, Tai Yi, and other Innate Beast Gods felt threatened by the gods’ rejection of their kind and resolved not to accept being suppressed.
• Luo Qing observed the growing solidarity among the Innate Beast Gods, while Ancestor Hongjun recited, “Innate Divine Beings, Acquired Beings, and Innate Beast Gods!”
• After another Innate Sacred Being gave Red Cloud Daoist a Straw Cushion, Old Ancestor Kunpeng chose Bi Fang as a target to reclaim his authority.
• Old Ancestor Kunpeng struck Bi Fang, knocked him away in a clash of physical strength, and seized his Straw Cushion.

Bi Fang tried to seize Yan Sheng and Long Ling’s seats in Purple Cloud Palace, unaware that their teacher Luo Qing had arrived. As Bi Fang threatened the two juniors, a sudden sword sound interrupted him.

• Kunpeng took Bi Fang’s cushion, forcing Bi Fang to look for another seat.
• Bi Fang chose Yan Sheng and Long Ling as targets and headed toward their seats while Xuan Nü watched.
• Bai Hua prepared to intervene, but Luo Xuan stopped her after pointing out that Luo Qing had arrived.
• Luo Qing grew angry when he saw Bi Fang threatening his disciples, while Xuan Nü let Bi Fang proceed.
• Bi Fang released his Grand Unity pressure over Yan Sheng and Long Ling and began ordering them away, but a Dragon Roar Sword Sound rang out from the palace entrance.

Luo Qing beheaded Bi Fang after Bi Fang humiliated his disciple, then sealed the Beast God’s intelligence and made him Long Ling’s Spirit Beast. The gods in Purple Heaven Palace grew wary of being turned into mounts, and Old Ancestor Kunpeng feared he might be targeted next.

• Luo Qing cut off Bi Fang’s head with the Profound Dragon Demon-Slaying Sword and subdued his primordial spirit.
• Luo Qing spared Bi Fang’s life but declared that he would serve as a guardian beast at Luo Qing’s Dao Field.
• Luo Qing placed a restriction on Bi Fang, transformed him into a small bird, and gave him to Long Ling to look after.
• Long Ling happily accepted Bi Fang, while Yan Sheng envied her new Spirit Beast.
• The Innate Sacred Beings began eyeing the Beast Gods as potential mounts, leaving Old Ancestor Kunpeng worried that someone might target him.

Luo Qing watched the Twelve Ancestor Witches arrive at Purple Firmament Palace and clash in a contest of auras with the Three Pure Ones and the Four Star Gods. As the three-thousand-year deadline approached, Ancestor Hongjun prepared to begin preaching.

• Luo Qing took his reserved seat and observed the assembled gods as more divine beings arrived at Purple Firmament Palace.
• The Twelve Ancestor Witches entered, and their Pangu lineage was recognized by the Three Pure Ones and the Four Star Gods.
• The Twelve Ancestor Witches unleashed a blood-and-baleful-energy axe that scattered the gathered divine pressure, then sat down at the back of the palace.
• Luo Qing warned Fairy Xihua and her allies that he had a grudge with the Twelve Ancestor Witches and told them to be wary.
• As the three-thousand-year deadline neared, Ancestor Hongjun rose and pointed toward the Star Sea outside Purple Firmament Palace.

Ancestor Hongjun began his first sermon in Purple Firmament Palace, teaching the Immortal Dao and drawing the three thousand listeners into the resonance of the Great Dao. As Yan Sheng and many Grand Unity cultivators broke through, Huang Ting suddenly awakened in Kunlun Mountain.

• Ancestor Hongjun collapsed the Inch-Long Star Sea, brought the gathering inside Purple Firmament Palace to three thousand, and began preaching after the gods bowed to him.
• Ancestor Hongjun explained that he preached to repay his karma with Heaven and Earth, then began a three-thousand-year sermon on the Immortal Dao.
• The Twelve Ancestor Witches struggled to listen because the Immortal Dao offered them little benefit, but Di Jiang insisted they stay and show respect to the Sage.
• Luo Qing listened while his Warm Jade and Fire Spirit Pearl resonated with Hongjun's preaching.
• Yan Sheng broke through into the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, and many other Grand Unity cultivators also advanced.
• Huang Ting awakened in the Five-Colored Divine Mountain within Hua Tian World and looked toward Hua Tian Peak.

While Luo Qing attended Hongjun’s sermon at Purple Heaven Palace, Huang Ting caught Shu Dao Ren and his young disciple trying to rob Hua Tian Peak. Hongjun then began teaching the gods the Method of Slaying Three Corpses.

• Shu Dao Ren and his disciple slipped through Hua Tian Peak’s protective array, planning to steal its treasures while its master was away.
• Huang Ting sensed the intruders and attacked them with a massive Xuanhuang palm.
• Shu Dao Ren blocked the attack with a Treasure Banner and tried to escape underground, but Huang Ting’s Earth Dao power forced him back to the surface.
• Huang Ting subdued Shu Dao Ren with a phantom Earth Qilin, capturing him and his disciple.
• At Purple Heaven Palace, Hongjun finished teaching the Great Luo Golden Immortal chapter and began explaining the Method of Slaying Three Corpses.

Luo Qing comprehended Ancestor Hongjun’s Method of Severing Three Corpses and compared it with his own Method of Proving the Dao, identifying the need for powerful Innate Spiritual Treasures and the danger of the final breakthrough. As the Purple Firmament Palace sermon ended, the gathered Gods awakened with the method in hand, and Luo Qing pondered Primordial Violet Qi and the coming scramble for treasures.

• Ancestor Hongjun explained the Method of Severing Three Corpses, and Luo Qing compared its principles with his own cultivation method.
• Luo Qing concluded that success required compatible, high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures and that failure at the final step would destroy both the inner and outer selves.
• Luo Qing considered Primordial Violet Qi essential to securing the final leap, but believed the known streams were beyond his reach except perhaps the one held by Hong Yun.
• Luo Qing anticipated that the method would make Innate Spiritual Treasures increasingly scarce and valuable as cultivators sought treasures to sever their Corpses.
• After three thousand years, Ancestor Hongjun finished the sermon, and the awakened Gods lamented that their time in Purple Firmament Palace had passed too quickly.

Ancestor Hongjun accepted the Three Pure Ones as Direct Disciples and Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti as Nominal Disciples, then appointed East King Duke and Fairy Xihua to lead the male and female immortals. The gods regretted missing the six White Jade Cushion seats as Hongjun's appointments left the leadership of all immortals with East King Duke and Fairy Xihua.

• Ancestor Hongjun named Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian his first three Direct Disciples, in that order.
• Ancestor Hongjun accepted Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti as his Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Nominal Disciples.
• The gods realized the White Jade Cushions had represented six destined discipleship places, and Red Cloud, Kunpeng, and others regretted giving up their seats.
• Ancestor Hongjun considered East King Duke's temperament and glanced at Luo Qing and Fairy Xihua, who exchanged a knowing look as Luo Qing held her hand.
• Ancestor Hongjun appointed True Lord Donghua Chief of All Male Immortals and Fairy Xihua Chief of All Female Immortals, charging them with governing the immortals.

After Sage Hongjun ended his sermon, Luo Qing returned toward Kunlun Mountain to prepare for seclusion and a Quasi-Sage breakthrough. Meanwhile, Di Jun gathered the innate Beast Gods outside the Purple Cloud Palace, and Luo Qing discovered unexpected visitors beneath Hua Tian Peak before entering a protected chamber with Fairy Xihua.

• Sage Hongjun named East King Duke and Fairy Xihua the Chiefs of All Male and Female Immortals, then ended the sermon and sent most of the guests out of the Purple Cloud Palace.
• Luo Qing departed for Kunlun Mountain with Fairy Xihua and his companions while Di Jiang led the Ancestral Witches back to Buzhou Mountain.
• Di Jun addressed the innate Beast Gods gathered outside the palace, beginning an effort to unite them that Fuxi also joined.
• Luo Qing brought his companions to Kunlun Mountain and sent them into seclusion to reflect on the sermon.
• Luo Qing and Fairy Xihua entered the Hua Tian Immortal Realm, where he noticed Huang Ting and two figures beneath Hua Tian Peak, then took Fairy Xihua into a protected Cultivation Chamber.

Luo Qing taught Fairy Xihua his Method of One Yuan Perfection, and she chose to test her potential with it rather than rely on Severing Three Corpses. He then dealt with Shu Dao Ren and his disciple, Kong Xuan, before preparing to cultivate and break through to the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm.

• Luo Qing explained his Method of Proving the Dao to Fairy Xihua, who left to pursue the method that did not rely on Divine Treasures.
• Luo Qing recognized Shu Dao Ren's disciple as Kong Xuan and ordered Huang Ting to keep Shu Dao Ren imprisoned while releasing Kong Xuan to cultivate at Hua Tian Peak as punishment.
• Luo Qing sent his companions into closed-door cultivation and prepared to overcome the bottleneck of the peak Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.
• Luo Qing reviewed the Method of One Yuan Perfection, which required evolving and fusing Inner Selves across as many as 129,600 Inner Self Worlds.
• Luo Qing's deductions set three Kalpas of Inner Self Worlds as the minimum for reaching the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm and nine Kalpas as the minimum for retaining the chance to prove the Dao.

Luo Qing chose the Method of One Yuan Perfection and began transforming countless lifetimes into Inner Self Worlds, while Fairy Xihua later chose the same cultivation method. Meanwhile, Di Jun and Tai Yi united the Beast Gods and founded the Demon Clan in the Thirty-Six Heavens.

• Luo Qing compared the Method of One Yuan Perfection with the Method of Slaying Three Corpses and decided to cultivate his own method.
• Luo Qing transformed his essence, qi, and spirit, causing countless Inner Self Worlds to evolve from a single thought.
• After studying Luo Qing's method for several hundred years, Fairy Xihua decided to cultivate the Method of One Yuan Perfection.
• Di Jun, Tai Yi, and other Beast Gods gathered more than ten thousand beast cultivators in the Thirty-Six Heavens to unite against oppression.
• Di Jun raised the Demon Banner, declared the Demon Clan's founding, and proclaimed that all intelligent beings could join.

As the Demon Clan expanded across the Primordial Wilderness, the Twelve Ancestral Witches created the Witch Clan from the Pangu Blood Pool. The Demon Clan’s leaders entered seclusion, while the Witch Clan began spreading beyond Witch God Mountain.

• The Demon Clan formed in the Heavenly Realm and rapidly attracted Beast Gods and other spirits from across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Witches decided to expand Pangu’s bloodline and used their Origin Blood to create 129,600 cocoons in the Pangu Blood Pool.
• Boyue emerged as the first Witch Clan descendant, and the Ancestral Witches named their clan the orthodox heirs of Pangu’s bloodline.
• The remaining cocoons opened, and the newborn Witch Clan members formed settlements and hunted demonic beasts to fuel their physical cultivation.
• After the Demon Clan grew to more than one hundred thousand members, Tai Yi warned Di Jun that orthodox sacred beings might threaten them, and they entered seclusion.
• The Witch Clan continued multiplying and spread from Witch God Mountain throughout the outer regions of Buzhou Mountain.

Luo Qing broke through to the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm, then entered his Inner Self Worlds to slay and merge with the selves within them. After conquering the first world and discovering it remained in his consciousness, he turned to the second, while five millennia passed in the Primordial World and many powerful immortals attained the Quasi-Sage realm.

• Luo Qing completed 129,600 Inner Self Worlds and broke through the peak Grand Luo Golden Immortal bottleneck into the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal ranks.
• Luo Qing entered his first Inner Self World with only shallow cultivation and resolved to build strength before confronting the Inner Self Shadow.
• Luo Qing spent twenty years cultivating, rose to the Half-Step Immortal Realm, and defeated the world's strongest cultivators before slaying and merging with the first Inner Self.
• Luo Qing returned to his body, found the first Inner Self World still present in his consciousness, and turned his attention to the second world.
• Five millennia passed as the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Jieyin, Zhunti, Fuxi, Hong Yun, Zhenyuanzi, Ancestor Minghe, and other top immortals successfully Severed Three Corpses.
• Huang Ting, Long Ling, Yan Sheng, and the young Kong Xuan gathered by the Three Lights Divine Lake outside the Five-Colored Divine Mountain.

Long Ling asked Yan Sheng and Huang Ting to help drive the demon race out of Kunlun Mountain, where two Great Luo Demon Gods led a powerful faction that bullied other immortals. Luo Qing emerged from seclusion before Huang Ting could answer, and Long Ling greeted him as he revealed his breakthrough and teased her for not bringing a congratulatory gift.

• Long Ling complained that the demon race was recruiting her and Kong Xuan and asked Yan Sheng and Huang Ting to help expel the demons from Kunlun Mountain.
• Kong Xuan agreed with Long Ling, while Yan Sheng supported her and looked to Huang Ting to take action against the demon race’s two Great Luo leaders.
• Huang Ting hesitated because Luo Qing had instructed him to stay near Hua Tian Peak, though he wanted to help Long Ling.
• Luo Qing, who had already emerged from seclusion, heard their discussion and scolded Long Ling for trying to involve Huang Ting in trouble.
• Long Ling hurried to Five-Colored Divine Mountain, greeted Luo Qing, and congratulated him on his cultivation advancement.
• Luo Qing told Long Ling to rise and teased her for failing to prepare him a congratulatory gift.

Luo Qing ended his seclusion and approved his disciples’ plan to drive the demon race out of Kunlun Mountain while protecting uninvolved demon beasts. He let Kong Xuan help in exchange for a chance to secure Shu Dao Ren’s release, and Huang Ting asked permission to leave Hua Tian Peak.

• Long Ling promised to prepare Luo Qing a congratulatory gift after he threatened to send her into thirty thousand years of closed-door cultivation if it disappointed him.
• Kong Xuan bowed to Luo Qing on Shu Dao Ren’s behalf, and Luo Qing said Shu Dao Ren’s fifty thousand years beneath Hua Tian Peak had atoned for attempting to steal it.
• Long Ling, Yan Sheng, and Huang Ting explained their plan to remove the demon race, and Luo Qing authorized them to expel those who had joined it while sparing uninvolved demon beasts.
• Luo Qing allowed Kong Xuan to help drive out the demon race and promised to release Shu Dao Ren if Kong Xuan performed well.
• Huang Ting asked to leave Hua Tian Peak, and Luo Qing permitted him to travel within Kunlun Mountain.

Luo Qing let Huang Ting travel around Kunlun Mountain while reflecting on the limits and risks of advancing the Divine Dao. At Buzhou Mountain, Houtu began breaking through to the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm through the Ancestor Witches’ bloodline method.

• Luo Qing granted Huang Ting permission to travel within Kunlun Mountain, concealed his true Foundation, and warned him not to leave the region.
• Luo Qing told his three disciples to seek Xuan Nü’s help in driving out Kunlun Mountain’s demons, and they left with Little Kong Xuan.
• Luo Qing observed that his Inner Self cultivation was becoming harder and reasoned that a Divine Dao practitioner would need to transform their Great Dao to attain Sainthood.
• Luo Qing decided not to risk controlling a Great Dao of the Primordial World until he had enough power to protect himself.
• Zhurong, Gonggong, and the other Ancestor Witches watched as Houtu attempted a breakthrough inside the Witch God Palace.
• Houtu’s bloodline power poured into the Mysterious Yellow Sun behind her, where a Sky-Supporting Thick Earth Divine Body Dharma Form began to condense.

Houtu and Di Jiang broke through to the Quasi-Sage realm, prompting Hongjun to worry that the Witch Clan’s path could threaten the Primordial World. Meanwhile, Luo Qing’s allies prepared to expel the Demon Clan from Kunlun Mountain, and the Three Pure Ones decided to join them.

• Houtu condensed the Earth Element Emperor Dharma Form, advanced her connection to the Primordial Earth Dao, and became a Quasi-Sage; Di Jiang soon followed by condensing the Void Element Emperor Dharma Form.
• Hongjun reflected that he had offered the Twelve Ancestor Witches the Method of Slaying Three Corpses, but feared their Divine Dao path might resurrect Pangu and destroy the Primordial World.
• Huang Ting, Xuan Nü, and their companions advanced toward the Kunlun Demon Domain while Luo Qing used his Dao Eye to watch; he sensed that Fairy Xihua and the Three Pure Ones had also reached the Quasi-Sage realm.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian discussed the Demon Clan’s presence on Kunlun Mountain and agreed that Jade Void Mountain should help Hua Tian Peak and the Jade Pool drive them out.
• Tongtian summoned the Three Pure Ones’ mounts—Green Ox, Four Unlike, and Kui Ox—to assist in the expulsion.

Xuan Nü and Huang Ting led a group to expel the Kunlun Demon Race, joined on the way by Green Ox, Four Unlike, and Kui Ox from Jade Void Mountain. Huang Ting summoned a giant Kirin Avatar and struck at the Demon Domain, where Lu Yue and Jin He rallied the Demon Race to fight him.

• Green Ox, Four Unlike, and Kui Ox met Xuan Nü and Huang Ting and explained that the Three Pure Ones had sent them to aid in crushing the Kunlun Demon Domain.
• Xuan Nü accepted the three mounts, and the group arrived above the Demon Domain, where Huang Ting volunteered to demonstrate his strength.
• With Xuan Nü's permission, Huang Ting summoned a ten-thousand-zhang Kirin Avatar that drew spiritual energy from the surrounding mountains.
• Lu Yue and Jin He sensed the disturbance and led the Demon Race warriors out to confront Huang Ting.
• Huang Ting's Kirin Avatar roared and stomped toward the Demon Domain, frightening its inhabitants, but Lu Yue and Jin He urged them to fight back.

Huang Ting flattened the Kunlun Demon Domain with one controlled stomp, leaving its demons unconscious rather than dead. Xuan Nü then declared that the Three Sacred Lands of Kunlun would drive the demon race off Kunlun Mountain, and Jin He challenged their right to do so.

• Huang Ting stomped the Kunlun Demon Domain flat, sparing the demons beneath the protected core peaks and leaving more than ten thousand demons unconscious.
• Long Ling praised Huang Ting's power, while Green Ox, Four Unlike, and Kui Ox wondered how he could possess a Kirin Foundation despite the Kirin Clan's oath.
• Lu Yue and Jin He led surviving demons to confront Huang Ting, but Xuan Nü revealed herself and identified him as her junior nephew from Hua Tian Peak.
• Xuan Nü announced that the Three Sacred Lands of Kunlun would expel the demon race from Kunlun Mountain because it had offended Kunlun's cultivation world.
• Jin He refused to accept the order and warned that the powerful demon race would not be intimidated.

Xuan Nü ordered the Demon Race members occupying Kunlun Mountain to be slaughtered, while Huang Ting defeated Lu Yue and Jin He in the void. Luo Qing watched the Demon Race expelled from Kunlun and concluded that it still lacked elite fighters.

• Xuan Nü ordered Yan Sheng, Long Ling, and the others to kill the Demon Race members who refused to leave Kunlun Mountain, then vanished with Huang Ting, Lu Yue, and Jin He.
• Kong Xuan and Long Ling quickly killed several Primordial Unity Demon Immortals, and Yan Sheng’s forces joined the attack, wiping out the remaining demons.
• Xuan Nü restricted Lu Yue and Jin He’s escape and left Huang Ting to fight them; Huang Ting destroyed both demons after a few dozen exchanges.
• Luo Qing watched the Demon Race’s core members die and more than ten thousand unconscious demons get expelled from Kunlun Mountain, judging the Demon Race short on elite forces.