Chapter Summaries

Candle Dragon repeatedly rewound his injuries while Dijiang and Zhou Qing battered him, but each restoration consumed his strength and the candle of time. At the brink of defeat, Candle Dragon entered deep enlightenment and broke through to the Hun Yuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, drawing an unseen observer's attention.

• Dijiang suppressed Candle Dragon with his Space Law while Zhou Qing used the Kongtong Seal and Chaos Bell to injure him.
• Candle Dragon healed his wounds by rewinding time, but Dijiang and Zhou Qing repeatedly battered him and damaged his reverse scales.
• Candle Dragon's repeated recoveries consumed the candle of time and his understanding of time, leaving his aura weakened.
• Candle Dragon questioned the nature of time, and his system triggered a special simulation that led him into deep enlightenment.
• Candle Dragon comprehended the Great Dao of Time and advanced to the Hun Yuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, alarming Dijiang and Zhou Qing.

Candle Dragon prepared to kill Zhou Qing and Dijiang until Jieyin and Zhunti intervened, then found himself facing five Sages inside the Simulator. Believing his strength could force a bargain, he demanded half of the Prehistoric World and left the confrontation poised to turn violent.

• Candle Dragon used the Great Dao of Time to erase Zhou Qing and shattered Dijiang's Ancestral Witch True Body.
• Jieyin and Zhunti rescued Zhou Qing and Dijiang, then urged Candle Dragon to make peace; Candle Dragon mocked their borrowed merit and ordered another simulation.
• The Simulator transported Candle Dragon to Chaos, where Laozi, Yuanshi, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Hongjun awaited him.
• Hongjun and the others questioned Candle Dragon about his plans, and Candle Dragon claimed he would build the Prehistoric World before demanding half of it.
• After Laozi and Yuanshi laughed at his demand, Candle Dragon faced the five Sages and considered fighting his way back to the Prehistoric World.

Candle Dragon attacked Zhunti but was easily struck down, sealed by Hongjun, and beaten by the four Saints. He was sent to the Prehistoric World's barrier to convert Chaos Qi, where he found Yang Mei and several other captives.

• Candle Dragon chose Zhunti as the easiest target and fired an arrow of time at him, but Zhunti shattered the arrow and struck Candle Dragon with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree.
• Hongjun severed Candle Dragon's connection to the Great Dao of Time, and Yuanshi, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Laozi surrounded and beat him.
• Candle Dragon woke at the Prehistoric World's barrier, where Yang Mei explained that they were laborers converting Chaos Qi into Innate Spiritual Qi to replenish the world.
• Yang Mei showed Candle Dragon a television, and Candle Dragon saw East Prince Gong, Hong Yun, and Pan Jin nearby.

After the allied Witch and human forces defeated the Dragon-Human tribe, Zhou Qing asked Dijiang to leave Witch warriors in the East Sea to help protect its people. Meanwhile, Xuan Qing devoured the Dragon Clan’s ancestral remains to gain power as Qing Li worried that the Devouring System was changing him, and the system planned to use him as a puppet and escape.

• Zhou Qing thanked Dijiang for the Witch Clan’s aid and asked him to leave an elite force in the East Sea to help guard a human settlement.
• Dijiang agreed to leave Witch warriors behind, and Zhou Qing turned to rebuilding the East Sea and comforting its survivors.
• Xuan Qing entered the Dragon Clan’s ancient burial ground and used the Great Dao of Devouring to consume the remains, causing his power to rise toward the Primordial Realm.
• Qing Li confronted Xuan Qing and warned that the devoured power felt wrong, but he insisted he needed strength to protect them in the dangerous Prehistoric World.
• Qing Li resolved to pursue the Dao of Creation and seek answers after becoming a sage, while the Devouring System planned to make Xuan Qing its puppet before the Witch-Demon War and escape.

Hu Fangyuan tried to awaken the East Sea humans to resist oppression, and Li Shou appeared and invited him to become the first disciple of the newly founded Heart Sect. Hu Fangyuan was stunned to learn that the inviting Daoist was the Sage Miaoqing.

• Hu Fangyuan reflected on his failed system and gathered the East Sea humans to teach them not to accept a life of submission.
• Hu Fangyuan reminded the crowd that humans had resisted oppression before and urged them not to kneel to future rulers.
• Li Shou appeared, introduced himself as Li Shou, Daoist name Miaoqing, and praised Hu Fangyuan's words.
• Li Shou invited Hu Fangyuan to become the first disciple of his Heart Sect.
• Hu Fangyuan questioned whether Li Shou was truly Sage Miaoqing, and Li Shou affirmed his choice by praising Hu Fangyuan's original heart.

Li Shou accepted Hu Fangyuan as the Heart Sect’s first disciple and brought him to the Heart Teachings Dojo to explain the sect’s path. He revealed that he was also a Transmigrator who had chosen to cultivate his heart rather than pursue power or follow the expected storyline.

• Hu Fangyuan formally joined the Heart Sect, accepted Li Shou as his master, and received the Heart Questioning Scripture.
• Li Shou brought Hu Fangyuan into the Heart Lotus Pure World Diagram and explained how its dojo protected cultivators from calamities and inner demons.
• Li Shou questioned Hu Fangyuan about what powerful beings pursued and how ordinary people could survive the Prehistoric World.
• Li Shou revealed that he was a Transmigrator and said he had chosen to cultivate his heart rather than compete for a Saint’s position or pursue dangerous opportunities.

Li Shou explained the Heart Sect’s origins to Hu Fangyuan, who pledged himself to its Heart Dao and accepted the Heart Questioning Scripture. Meanwhile, Laozi, Primordial Heavenly Venerate, and Tongtian each prepared to visit Li Shou’s Heart Teachings Dojo in the Eastern Sea.

• Li Shou told Hu Fangyuan that he founded the Heart Sect to find peace of mind and accepted him because his heart resonated with the Dao.
• Hu Fangyuan vowed to remain Li Shou’s disciple, received the Heart Questioning Scripture, and agreed to learn about the Prehistoric World before trying to enlighten its people.
• Li Shou told Hu Fangyuan that Pangu had destroyed his system, reassured him about Hongjun, and called Transmigrators Outer-Heaven Immortals.
• Laozi prepared to travel to the Eastern Sea with Lin Yan and Xuan Du to visit Li Shou’s Heart Teachings Dojo.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate set out for the Eastern Sea with Guangchengzi, Chijingzi, Taiyi, and Yuding, leaving Ran Deng to handle Yuxu Palace.
• After Duobao reported that the other two senior brothers were heading east, Tongtian gathered his disciples and decided to visit Li Shou’s dojo as well.

Li Shou welcomed Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, and their disciples into his secluded dojo for a gathering of the four sects. Hu Fangyuan’s reflections on the calamities ahead left the assembled disciples wondering who would survive them with their path to the Dao intact.

• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian arrived at Li Shou’s dojo above the East Sea with their disciples.
• Li Shou opened the Heart Lotus Pure World Diagram and invited the Three Pure Ones and their disciples inside.
• The Three Pure Ones took seats at the main table while the disciples gathered separately and Hu Fangyuan served them tea.
• Zhao Gongming asked Hu Fangyuan why he had sighed, and Hu Fangyuan spoke of the four sects’ fortunes and the calamities to come.
• Hu Fangyuan wondered aloud which disciples would remain carefree and keep their path to the Dao unbroken when calamity arrived.

Hu Fangyuan discovered that Lin Yan was also a transmigrator, and the two secretly compared what they knew about the Prehistoric World and its altered events. Their conversation revealed that Li Shou was a transmigrator too and had told Hu Fangyuan that transmigrators were not the same as Outer-Heaven Demons.

• Hu Fangyuan worried over the grim fates awaiting his fellow disciples, and Lin Yan explained his remark about people being swept along by the Measure Calamity.
• Hu Fangyuan secretly tested Lin Yan with a phrase from their former world, and Lin Yan answered correctly, confirming they were both transmigrators.
• Lin Yan and Hu Fangyuan exchanged what they knew, including that their systems had behaved differently and that Taiqing and Yuanshi seemed aware of transmigrators.
• Hu Fangyuan told Lin Yan that his master, Li Shou, was a transmigrator who said Pangu had split his system apart.
• Hu Fangyuan relayed Li Shou's view that transmigrators and Outer-Heaven Demons were different, leaving Lin Yan somewhat reassured.

Tongtian left the gathering after Yuanshi rebuked him and the system offered him three dangerous choices. On the East Sea coast, he encountered Di Jun and Qin Yuan, whose joke about the Investiture of the Gods made Tongtian sense an impending thunderbolt.

• Tongtian suspected Yuanshi and the others were scheming against the Interception Sect, but he suppressed his anger when the system presented three choices.
• Tongtian declined all three choices and left alone to walk along the East Sea coast.
• Tongtian met Di Jun and Qin Yuan roasting fish on a reef, and Di Jun invited him to join them.
• Qin Yuan theorized that the Investiture of the Gods calamity was a dating game run by Heavenly Dao, and Tongtian felt that Purple Firmament Divine Thunder was about to strike.

Tongtian abandoned his pursuit of Zhenyuanzi after Di Jun urged him to recover and focus on the Interception Sect. Back on Penglai, Tongtian sealed the island and chose the system’s path of keeping his head down until the Investiture of the Gods.

• Di Jun told Tongtian that pursuing Zhenyuanzi would bring little benefit, and Tongtian left without going after him.
• Di Jun told Qin Yuan that war between the Witch Clan and the Demon Clan was inevitable and urged him to know his limits and prioritize survival.
• Tongtian returned to Penglai Immortal Island, ordered it sealed, and tasked Duobao with overseeing the Myriad Immortals Array.
• The system offered Tongtian two paths, and he chose to keep his head down until the Investiture of the Gods in exchange for powerful rewards.

Transmigrated Da Yi used the Sun Shooting System to destroy Tai Yi’s many children and rapidly raise his cultivation, provoking the Heavenly Emperor to seek revenge. As Tai Yi left the Heavenly Court, the Ancestral Witches mistakenly concluded Da Yi was their fourteenth Ancestral Witch, and Chen Tian went to investigate.

• Da Yi activated the Sun Shooting System, entered Demon Clan territory, and began shooting down Tai Yi’s sons to earn cultivation rewards.
• Da Yi destroyed more than a hundred small worlds, reached the late stage of the Hun Yuan Golden Immortal realm, and upgraded his bow to an Innate Supreme Treasure.
• Da Yi killed a Great Luo Demon God sent to investigate, while Bai Ze reported that a Witch Clan member had reached the Hun Yuan Golden Immortal realm.
• Tai Yi learned Da Yi was responsible for his children’s deaths, was urged toward vengeance by the Many Sons, Much Fortune System, and left the Heavenly Court with the Heavenly Emperor Sword.
• The Ancestral Witches speculated that Da Yi was their fourteenth Ancestral Witch, and Chen Tian sensed their perception was being influenced before leaving to investigate.

Chen Tian confronted Da Yi over the slaughter of Demon Clan civilians and suspected he was a Transmigrator controlled by an alien system. When Tai Yi arrived seeking revenge, the system appeared to manipulate both him and the Ancestral Witches, leaving Chen Tian isolated as the clans faced conflict.

• Chen Tian accused Da Yi of killing innocents and exposed signs that his power and Sun Shooting Divine Bow came from beyond the Prehistoric World.
• Chen Tian identified Da Yi as a possible Outer-Heaven Demon and prepared to suppress him and search his soul.
• Tai Yi arrived in a rage, secretly influenced by the Many Sons, Much Fortune System, and attacked Chen Tian before hearing him out.
• Chen Tian pulled Tai Yi into Chaos, fought off his Sword Light, and offered to hand Da Yi over to him.
• The eleven Ancestral Witches arrived and defended Da Yi, while Chen Tian realized their minds had likely been manipulated by Da Yi's system.
• Chen Tian condemned Da Yi and ordered the others to stand down, but the Ancestral Witches turned against him, and Tai Yi mocked his lack of authority.

Chen Tian used the incomplete Twelve Capital Celestial Evil Slaying Formation to fight Tai Yi in Chaos, but Da Yi led the Witch Clan into the Demon Clan’s territory and triggered an all-out war. As the Demon Clan gathered to fight, Chen Tian summoned Kunpeng to Chaos to help break the formation.

• Chen Tian and the eleven Ancestral Witches formed an incomplete Twelve Capital Celestial Evil Slaying Formation, and Pangu's true form struck Tai Yi, who defended himself with the Chaos Bell and the Grand Formation of Stars.
• Da Yi told the Witch Clan warriors that the Ancestral Witches were fighting for their people, then led them into the Demon Clan's territory to attack the Heavenly Court.
• Chen Tian warned Tai Yi that they had both been manipulated and urged him to stop, but Tai Yi refused and renewed his assault.
• The Demon Saints received reports of the Witch Clan invasion, sounded the Demon Gathering Bell, and called the Demon Clan forces to battle.
• Kunpeng tried to flee the Demon Master's Palace, but Chen Tian's mark compelled him to enter Chaos and help break the formation.

As the Witch-Demon War raged, the Devouring System took control of Xuan Qing and began consuming the living, while Randeng refused to carry out the system's assassination mission and Hongjun seized it. Qing Li tried to awaken Xuan Qing, and Jieyin and Zhunti intervened before the three disappeared from the Prehistoric World.

• The Devouring System consumed battlefield casualties through Xuan Qing as Chen Tian and Tai Yi fought in Chaos, while Hao Tian waited for the war to end and claim the Heavenly Emperor position.
• Randeng accepted the mission to kill Chen Tian and received Hun Yuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal cultivation, but refused to attack; Hongjun then stripped the mission system from him.
• The Devouring System expanded its vortex to devour living witches, demons, and humans, and Qing Li tried to reach Xuan Qing and awaken his True Spirit.
• The Devouring System attacked Qing Li, but Jieyin and Zhunti arrived and used their powers to restrain the vortex and challenge the system's hold over Xuan Qing.
• Xuan Qing roared at Jieyin and Zhunti, and the three disappeared from the Prehistoric World.

As the Witch-Demon War raged, Fuxi chose to join the Demon Clan’s fight despite Nuwa’s warning, while Zhou Qing and Di Jun set out for Chaos to intervene in the battle between Tai Yi and Chen Tian. The chapter left their journeys underway and Tai Yi close to defeat.

• Fuxi told Nuwa he would fight for the Demon Clan, and she let him leave without trying to stop him.
• Zhou Qing announced that he would go to Chaos to prevent either Tai Yi or Chen Tian from falling, and he left the Kongtong Seal with the Shouyang Human Clan.
• Di Jun judged that Tai Yi could not hold on much longer and asked Xi He and Chang Xi to look after home.
• Di Jun and Qin Yuan set off for Chaos to help Tai Yi.

Di Jun sent Qin Yuan away before entering Chaos to confront the forces driving the Witch-Demon War. As the battle neared its climax, Di Jun appeared with overwhelming power and tried to stop the fighting, then brought Da Yi into Chaos.

• Di Jun pushed Qin Yuan deep into Chaos to protect him, then asked his Survival System whether he would survive the war.
• Hongjun found Qin Yuan, revealed that Saints could identify Transmigrators, and took him to watch the battle in Chaos.
• Xuan Qing broke through to the seventh level of Hun Yuan, and the Devouring System attacked Jieyin and Zhunti with a devouring canopy.
• Di Jun appeared, burned away the canopy with his Sun Dao, and revealed his thirty-third-level Hun Yuan Grand Unity cultivation.
• Di Jun urged everyone to stop fighting, but Gonggong refused, so Di Jun followed Gonggong's karma and brought Da Yi into Chaos.

Da Yi and the other Transmigrators revealed their systems and gathered in Chaos to negotiate how to divide the Prehistoric World, but Chen Tian turned against them and disrupted their plans. The two factions faced off as Hongjun arrived with Qin Yuan, who had recorded the confrontation.

• Da Yi attacked Di Jun, but Di Jun destroyed his arrow and drew out Da Yi's system, which pushed Da Yi's cultivation to the Ninth Heaven of Hun Yuan.
• The systems helped Tai Yi, Xuan Qing, and Zhou Qing break through, and the Transmigrators revealed themselves before proposing to refine and divide the Prehistoric World.
• Tai Yi suggested attacking Jieyin and Zhunti, but Chen Tian struck Da Yi with Pangu's axe phantom and urged Jieyin and Zhunti to find the Dao Ancestor.
• Chen Tian and Kunpeng collapsed the Grand Formation of Stars by seizing the River Diagram and Luo Book, splitting the Transmigrators into opposing factions.
• Hongjun appeared in Chaos with Qin Yuan, who had been taking notes on the gathering.

Zhang Hao stripped the hostile systems from Tai Yi, Xuan Qing, and Da Yi, then punished Chen Tian and Zhou Qing by assigning them duties in the Netherworld Underworld. Zhou Qing rejected the role of Human Dao Master and entered reincarnation, leaving Chen Tian and Empress Pingxin behind.

• Hongjun transported the transmigrators to Zhang Hao, where the Survival System surrendered and defended Di Jun.
• Zhang Hao tore the Many Sons, Much Fortune System, Devouring System, and Sun Shooting System from their hosts and destroyed them to replenish the Prehistoric World.
• Zhang Hao revoked Chen Tian and Zhou Qing's titles and assigned Chen Tian as Great Emperor Fengdu and Zhou Qing as Human Dao Master in the Netherworld Underworld.
• Empress Pingxin welcomed Chen Tian and Zhou Qing and told them to guard the Netherworld and atone for their past sins.
• Zhou Qing declined the Human Dao Master role, sent his True Spirit into the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and bid Chen Tian farewell.

Zhang Hao dealt with the Human Race Rise System and judged Tai Yi and Xuan Qing for their past actions, assigning them work to repay their debts. He gave Tai Yi a chance to bring back the True Spirits of Lu Song and other Golden Crow Princes by creating a world, while Jieyin and Zhunti agreed to look after Qing Li.

• The Human Race Rise System agreed to serve Zhang Hao and flew to the Underworld to handle matters concerning the Underworld and Humanity Dao.
• Hongjun awakened Tai Yi, Xuan Qing, and Da Yi, and Zhang Hao buried Da Yi after he challenged Hongjun.
• Tai Yi and Xuan Qing agreed to atone for their crimes, and Zhang Hao buried them; Xuan Qing asked Jieyin and Zhunti to protect Qing Li, and they accepted.
• Zhang Hao ordered Tai Yi to create a world of three thousand realms and promised that Lu Song and some other Golden Crow Princes could be reborn there if he succeeded.
• Zhang Hao gave Tai Yi instructions for creating and managing a world and told him to ask East Prince Gong for help.