Chapter Summaries

Luo Qing gathered the Eight Sages at Kunlun Mountain to discuss a threat to the Primordial World. He revealed Chaos God-Demon malice, and the Seven Sages were shaken by their first direct encounter with evidence of the Chaos God-Demons.

• Zhunti told Jieyin that Luo Qing had invited them to a Sage assembly about the safety of the Primordial World, and they agreed to attend.
• Zhunti suggested using the gathering to advance their Witch-Demon Plan while Nuwa was present, and Jieyin agreed it was a rare opportunity.
• A hundred years later, Luo Qing hosted the first assembly of all eight Sages on a temporary Sky Continent above Kunlun Mountain.
• Hongjun, Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti arrived and joined Luo Qing and the Three Pure Ones at the assembly.
• Luo Qing revealed three strands of Chaos God-Demon malice and identified them as a threat coming for the Primordial World.
• The Seven Sages received wisps of the malice and were deeply shaken by their first direct contact with anything related to the Chaos God-Demons.

Luo Qing told the Sages that three Sage-level Chaos God-Demons were approaching the Primordial World, and explained that the world’s third Heaven and Earth Calamity had drawn them there. The Sages recognized the danger and learned that the internal and external calamities would erupt together within tens of thousands of years to two or three Kalpa Cycles.

• Ancestor Hongjun and the other Sages confirmed that the malice came from three Sage-level Chaos God-Demons approaching the Primordial World.
• Zhunti and the other Sages questioned Luo Qing’s report, and Luo Qing explained that the Primordial Era Heavenly Dao had helped him discover and verify the threat.
• Ancestor Hongjun accepted Luo Qing’s account, and Luo Qing revealed that the Primordial World’s third Heaven and Earth Calamity had attracted the Chaos God-Demons as an external calamity.
• Nuwa and Laozi recognized that the internal calamity and the approaching Chaos God-Demons were linked, and Luo Qing estimated that both calamities would erupt within tens of thousands of years to two or three Kalpa Cycles.

Luo Qing and the other seven Sages formed a United Front to oppose the Chaos God-Demons, after Ancestor Hongjun agreed to stand with them. A century later, Demon Clan member Yin Hui provoked the ten Golden Crow Princes with rumors about their mother, and they erupted in anger.

• Luo Qing urged the eight Sages to unite against the Chaos God-Demons and led them in declaring their support for the Primordial World.
• Jieyin, Zhunti, the Three Pure Ones, and Nuwa pledged to resist the Chaos God-Demons, then pressed Ancestor Hongjun to state his position.
• Ancestor Hongjun agreed to join them, and the eight Sages discussed how to face the three Chaos God-Demons and cultivate the Sage Path.
• A hundred years passed as the Sky Continent remained above Kunlun Mountain, while the ten Golden Crow Princes reached the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.
• Yin Hui told the ten Golden Crow Princes that Kua Fu had spread rumors about Chang Xi and Tai Yi, enraging the Princes as Yin Hui prepared to add more.

Yin Hui provoked the Ten Golden Crow Princes into attacking Kua Fu and led them to a Witch Clan tribe, where their Solar True Fire slaughtered hundreds of thousands of its inhabitants. As Kua Fu fought the princes, Yin Hui secretly summoned Hou Yi to turn the battle further against them.

• Yin Hui enraged the Ten Golden Crow Princes with a claim that Kua Fu had called them bastards and offered to lead them to him.
• Yin Hui guided the princes away from the Heavenly Court and concealed their trail with a treasure bestowed by the Sage.
• The Ten Golden Crow Princes attacked Kua Fu’s tribe, burning hundreds of thousands of Witch Clan members to ashes.
• Kua Fu confronted the princes, and both sides charged into battle after he rejected their accusations.
• Yin Hui secretly sent a message to Hou Yi, who set out to join Kua Fu.

Kuafu died fighting the ten Golden Crows, but his corpse pursued them on an undying battle intent until they finally reduced it to ash. Hou Yi arrived and attacked the First Golden Crow Prince, beginning his revenge.

• The ten Golden Crows overwhelmed Kuafu, burned away his blood, and the First Golden Crow Prince destroyed his soul.
• Kuafu’s corpse revived on its battle intent and pursued the departing Golden Crows, while Hou Yi found the ruins of Kuafu’s tribe and followed.
• The ten Golden Crows repeatedly burned Kuafu’s corpse as they crossed the land, destroying Witch Clan tribes along the way.
• Kuafu’s battle intent finally faded, and the First Golden Crow Prince swept his corpse into ash as the ten Golden Crows laughed.
• Hou Yi appeared and sent a dark-red streak of blood-light into the First Golden Crow Prince’s body.

Hou Yi avenged Kua Fu by killing the Golden Crow Princes with his arrows. The last prince was left facing Hou Yi, while Yin Hui was erased after crushing the Sage’s Jade Talisman, and Zhunti declared the plan successful.

• Hou Yi arrived too late to save Kua Fu and killed the First Golden Crow Prince with a Divine Arrow.
• The remaining Golden Crows attacked Hou Yi, but he shot down four more princes as they failed to evade his arrows.
• Five surviving Golden Crows fled, and Hou Yi killed the Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Princes with three arrows.
• The Ninth Golden Crow Prince tried to sacrifice himself to save the Tenth Prince, but Hou Yi killed him before he could detonate.
• Yin Hui crushed the Sage’s Jade Talisman to escape, but its golden light reduced him to ashes and erased him from existence.
• Zhunti watched from above Kunlun Mountain and said that the plan had worked.

After the Nine Golden Crows’ deaths were revealed, Hou Yi shot Lu Zhuang despite his claim to be Nuwa’s disciple. Nuwa arrived too late to save Lu Zhuang’s body, but preserved his remnant soul and gravely injured Hou Yi.

• After Yin Hui died, the Heavenly Secrets covering the Golden Crow Princes lifted, revealing that nine had been killed and throwing the Heavenly Court into chaos.
• Hou Yi aimed at Lu Zhuang and refused to spare him, saying the Golden Crows had to pay for the deaths of his Witch Clan kin, including Kua Fu.
• Nuwa sensed that Lu Zhuang was in mortal danger and rushed from Kunlun Mountain as the other Sages deduced what had happened and projected the scene.
• Nuwa’s protection blocked Hou Yi’s first arrow, but his second arrow struck Lu Zhuang and destroyed his primordial spirit and soul, leaving only a remnant soul.
• Hou Yi drew another arrow to finish Lu Zhuang, so Nuwa struck him with a glance and left his body catastrophically fractured.

Nuwa collected the remains of the Golden Crow Princes and left Hou Yi gravely injured, while the Sages agreed to preserve the Witch-Demon truce for at least one Kalpa Cycle as they prepared for the Chaos God-Demons. At the Heavenly Court, Chang Xi and the Demon Saints learned Hou Yi had killed nine Princes and demanded war against the Witch Clan.

• The Sages debated the Witch-Demon conflict, and Ancestor Hongjun ruled that the truce must last at least one Kalpa Cycle while they prepared for the Chaos God-Demons.
• Nuwa gathered the remains of nine Golden Crow Princes and Lu Zhuang, then left Hou Yi wounded as Witch Clan members rescued him and carried him to Buzhou Mountain.
• Luo Qing and the other Sages agreed that the Witch and Demon Clans could not wage war, though they would tolerate smaller covert clashes.
• Nuwa went to the Demon Clan's Heavenly Court, where Di Jun, Chang Xi, Tai Yi, and Kunpeng saw the dead Princes and the surviving Tenth Prince reduced to a Remnant Soul.
• Chang Xi and the Demon Saints blamed Hou Yi and called on Di Jun to raise an army and destroy the Witch Clan.

After the Sages imposed a one-Kalpa-Cycle ceasefire on the Witch and Demon Clans, both sides prepared for a future war while Chang Xi secretly set a revenge plan in motion. At Kunlun Mountain, Luo Qing learned that the Demon Race was seeking ways to counter the Ancestral Witch Body.

• Nuwa relayed the Sages’ order for the Witch and Demon Clans to maintain a ceasefire for one Kalpa Cycle, and Di Jun asked her to save Lu Zhuang.
• The Twelve Ancestor Witches received Hongjun’s order and reluctantly accepted the ceasefire while Houtu suspected a major event awaited after the deadline.
• Both clans mobilized elites despite the truce, and Chang Xi sent a severed split soul to be reborn among the Witch Clan so it could kill Hou Yi.
• Long Ling told Luo Qing that the Demon Race was investigating ways to restrain the Witch Clan and had questioned Hua Tian Peak disciples.

Luo Qing reforged the Witch-Slaying Sword with blood from the Human Race and sent Huang Ting to lend it to Demon Emperor Di Jun in exchange for Buzhou Mountain. After the deal, Luo Qing considered whether preventing the coming blood calamity would change the Human Race’s future.

• Luo Qing gathered a drop of Quintessential Blood from every human in the Hua Tian Universe and reforged the Witch-Slaying Sword as an innate top-grade Spiritual Treasure.
• A thousand years later, Huang Ting secretly left Kunlun Mountain and entered the demon Heavenly Court in disguise to meet Di Jun.
• Huang Ting revealed himself and offered Di Jun the Witch-Slaying Sword, explaining that it could restrain the Ancestral Witches.
• Di Jun agreed to lend the demon clan Buzhou Mountain in exchange for borrowing the sword until the Witch-Demon War ended.
• Huang Ting arranged to remain concealed in the Heavenly Court, while Di Jun welcomed the sword as a weapon to annihilate the Witch Clan.
• Luo Qing learned that the deal had succeeded and wondered how averting the Human Race’s blood calamity would affect its future.

The Witch and Demon Clans, the Sages, and Ancestor Hongjun made preparations for the coming war against the Chaos God-Demons while weighing how to respond to the Witch-Demon conflict. Luo Qing finished preparing for battle and left his incarnations and disciples responsible for affairs in the Primordial Wilderness once he departed.

• Di Jiang assigned the Great Witch Boyue to replace Houtu in the Twelve Dutian Divine Fiend Great Array, while the Twelve Ancestor Witches secretly prepared a trap for the demon clan and kept Houtu's path to sainthood secret.
• The Two Saints of the West mobilized the Western Teachings to seize territory during the Witch-Demon War, while Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian focused on refining defensive treasures against the Chaos God-Demons.
• Nuwa placed Lu Zhuang's Remnant Soul in a headless Golden Crow True Body, sent it into a Middle Thousand World to recover, and decided not to intervene in the Witch-Demon War.
• Ancestor Hongjun sought to draw on the Primordial Era Heavenly Dao and recovered the God-Slaying Spear for the coming battle.
• Luo Qing completed his preparations and entrusted Long Ling, Huang Ting, Luo Xuan, and his other disciples and incarnations with handling affairs in the Primordial Wilderness while he fought the Chaos God-Demons.

Luo Qing arranged for Fairy Zi Guang and Long Ling to help ensure the Witch and Demon Clans destroyed each other while he pursued control of the Netherworld and Buzhou Mountain. After entrusting Hua Tian Peak to Long Ling, he warned her to kill Zi Guang if she threatened the plan; meanwhile, three Chaos God-Demons approached the Primordial World.

• Luo Qing recruited Fairy Zi Guang to lead the Innate Star Gods in the Hua Tian Universe and shake the Primordial Star Sea's foundation when the Witch and Demon Clans went to war.
• Fairy Zi Guang pledged her Star God Lineage's allegiance to Luo Qing and went to oversee the Hua Tian Star Sea.
• Luo Qing put Long Ling in command of Hua Tian Peak while he left to fight the Chaos God-Demons, and Long Ling promised to keep its affairs in order.
• Long Ling proposed making both clans suffer heavy losses, and Luo Qing explained how her, Luo Xuan, and Huang Ting's tasks would advance that plan.
• Luo Qing authorized Long Ling to kill Fairy Zi Guang with Hua Tian Heavenly Dao's power if Zi Guang disobeyed or disrupted their plans.
• The Nine-Eyed God-Demon, the Void God-Demon, and the Ten Thousand Heart God-Demon traveled through Chaos toward the Primordial World while guarding against one another.

Nine-Eyes, Void, and Myriad Hearts joined forces to invade the Primordial World, and the Heavenly Dao warned its Sages that the threat was approaching. As the Witch-Demon conflict intensified, the Human Race chose neutrality, while Hou Yi’s wedding gave Chang Xi the chance she had been waiting for.

• Nine-Eyes learned of the Primordial World from Ancestor Yangmei and recruited Void and Myriad Hearts to help conquer it.
• The Primordial Era Heavenly Dao warned Ancestor Hongjun and the other Sages that the Chaos God-Demons were coming.
• Yan Tianyu led the Human Race to remain neutral and halt its expansion until the Witch-Demon war ended.
• The Witch Clan celebrated Hou Yi’s wedding on Buzhou Mountain, and Chang Xi saw an opportunity to kill him.

Luo Qing and the other Sages left the Primordial World to intercept three approaching Chaos God-Demons. Chang Xi lured Chang'e to the Lunar Star, where Hou Yi died trying to rescue her, and Di Jiang resolved to help Houtu attain Sainthood while the Sages were away.

• Luo Qing sensed three Chaos God-Demons approaching and left Long Ling and Xihua in charge before joining the other seven Sages outside the Primordial World.
• The eight Sages entered the Chaos Void to intercept the Chaos God-Demons, causing the Witch-Apocalypse Calamity to surge as they departed.
• Chang'e flew to the Lunar Star while Hou Yi was away, and Hou Yi charged there alone to rescue her despite the danger.
• Chang Xi's trap killed Hou Yi on the Lunar Star, enraging the Twelve Ancestor Witches and prompting calls to attack the Demon Clan.
• Di Jiang pointed out that the Sages had left the Primordial World and urged the Witch Clan to support Houtu in attaining Sainthood before pursuing revenge.

The Witch and Demon Clans mobilized for war while the Saints in the Chaos Void suspected Houtu was preparing to attain sainthood. Luo Qing then spotted three Chaos God-Demons, who recognized the Saints as natives of the Primordial World and decided to attack them.

• The Witch Clan gathered its elite forces at Buzhou Mountain to threaten the Heavenly Court and buy Houtu time, while the Demon Clan mobilized after Hou Yi’s death.
• Nuwa suspected the Witch Clan was preparing for Houtu to attain sainthood and sent a message to the Demon Clan.
• Luo Qing spotted three approaching Chaos God-Demons and warned Hongjun and the other Saints to prepare for battle.
• The Nine-Eyed God-Demon recognized Hongjun and the others as native Saints of the Primordial World and inferred that their world held a great secret.
• The Myriad Hearts God-Demon voiced his desire to taste a native Saint, and the three Chaos God-Demons regarded Luo Qing and the others as prey.

Luo Qing and the other Sages confronted three Chaos God-Demons, with Luo Qing and Ancestor Hongjun battling the strongest, the Nine-Eyed God-Demon. The Nine-Eyed God-Demon quickly recovered from Luo Qing’s thunder attack, leaving the Sages facing a difficult fight.

• Luo Qing arranged for Ancestor Hongjun to join him against the Nine-Eyed God-Demon, while the Three Pure Ones faced the Void God-Demon and Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti faced the Myriad Hearts God-Demon.
• The Nine-Eyed God-Demon revealed Ancestor Yangmei, who realized that the Primordial Wilderness had eight Sages and feared what would happen if the Chaos God-Demons lost.
• Luo Qing and Ancestor Hongjun clashed with the Nine-Eyed God-Demon using their Great Dao powers, while the other Sages entangled the remaining two God-Demons without being able to seriously harm them.
• Luo Qing struck the Nine-Eyed God-Demon with the Heaven-Opening Thunder Gourd, injuring his body but failing to inflict lasting damage.
• The Nine-Eyed God-Demon healed his lightning injuries almost instantly, and Luo Qing and Ancestor Hongjun recognized how difficult the battle would be.

Luo Qing and Ancestor Hongjun delayed the Nine-Eyed God-Demon while waiting for the Primordial World to transform, as Di Jun learned the Witch Clan was buying time for Houtu to attain Sainthood and launched an attack. The Witch and Demon armies clashed at Buzhou Mountain, and the Ancestral Witches waited for Houtu as their forces fought to hold the line.

• Luo Qing and Ancestor Hongjun agreed to delay the Nine-Eyed God-Demon rather than try to wound it, hoping the Primordial World would transform and empower them.
• Nuwa's message reached Di Jun, revealing that the Witch Clan had been delaying the war so Houtu could attain Sainthood.
• Di Jun ordered the Heavenly Court's army to attack the Witch Clan at Buzhou Mountain before Houtu could become a Sage.
• The Witch and Demon armies collided, and their formations turned the front lines into a deadly battlefield that killed countless immortals and gods.
• Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Witches sensed the attack, worried over how long their army could hold, and waited for Houtu to emerge from seclusion.

Houtu began attaining the Dao by opening the Netherworld Yin Realm and transforming into the Six Paths of Reincarnation, while the Ancestral Witches prepared to fight without her. Luo Xuan sensed that Houtu’s ascension threatened his Netherworld authority and mobilized his Ghost Deities to oppose her.

• Houtu comprehended that her path to the Dao required her to open the Netherworld Yin Realm and become the Six Paths of Reincarnation, accepting the cost of leaving the Witch Clan’s battle.
• Houtu sent a final message to the surface and chose to proceed despite sensing a variable that threatened her attainment.
• Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Witches received Houtu’s message, mourned her departure, and resolved to fight with Boyue taking her place in the Twelve Dutian Divine Fiend Great Array.
• As Netherworld aura spread from Buzhou Mountain, Luo Xuan realized Houtu’s ascension could take his Netherworld Great Emperor authority and began gathering power to suppress her.
• Luo Xuan commanded the Ten Yama Ghost Kings and countless Ghost Deities to form their prepared array, while Long Ling watched the battle and recognized his struggle for the Netherworld Dao as Hua Tian Peak’s most important plan.

As Houtu began seeking sainthood at Buzhou Mountain, Di Jun ordered the Demon Clan to deploy the Great Formation of the Stars and destroy the Witch Clan before she could succeed. Fuxi disobeyed Nuwa’s instruction and joined the Demon Clan as the formation’s commander, and the Starry Sky blazed as the armies prepared for battle.

• Houtu’s attempt to attain sainthood drew the attention of the Primordial Wilderness, and the Demon Saints feared the consequences if she succeeded.
• Di Jun rallied the wavering Demon Saints and ordered them to activate the Great Formation of the Stars before Houtu could become a Sage.
• Taiyi, Xi He, Kunpeng, Nine Infants, and the Demon Clan’s forces took their positions among the stars, while Di Jun kept the Witch-Slaying Sword ready.
• Fuxi, torn between Nuwa’s instruction and his comrades, disobeyed her and went to the Heavenly Court to help command the formation.
• Di Jun welcomed Fuxi, who took the River Diagram and Luo Script into the Starry Sky to coordinate the formation’s power.
• Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Witches prepared to face the Demon Clan’s formation, and the stars lit up across the Primordial World.

The Demon Clan’s Great Formation of the Stars clashed with the Witch Clan’s Twelve Dutian Divine Fiend Great Array, bringing both armies into a devastating battle. As the arrays remained evenly matched, Houtu continued her attempt to attain the Dao and Luo Xuan’s aura rose in Kunlun Mountain.

• Fuxi activated the Great Formation of the Stars, and the Eastern Emperor Bell devastated the Witch Clan’s army.
• Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Witches deployed the Twelve Dutian Divine Fiend Great Array, with Boyue standing in for Houtu.
• Di Jun held back the Witch-Slaying Sword, waiting for the Witch Clan’s array to weaken.
• The two great arrays exchanged attacks, and the Eastern Emperor Bell collided with Pangu’s illusory Divine Axe as countless Witch and Demon cultivators died in the aftermath.
• Fuxi ordered another attack, but both formations recovered and remained evenly matched while Houtu pursued the Dao and Luo Xuan’s aura continued to rise.