Chapter Summaries

Luohu attempted to corrupt the Daoist and seize control of the Heavenly Dao, but the Heavenly Dao bound him and swept him and his demon army away. In the outer Demon Realm, Yuandu and Luohu planned to exploit the unstable balance between the Heavenly Dao and Demon Dao to take over the prehistoric world.

• Luohu sent the Heart Demon Ancestor into the Daoist’s mind and tried to lure him into the Demon Realm, weakening his fit with the Heavenly Dao.
• The Heavenly Dao bound Luohu with its laws and warned Pangu’s true form and Yuanshi before dragging Luohu away and dispersing the demon army.
• In the outer Demon Realm, Yuandu and Luohu discussed how the Heavenly Dao’s compromised authority could let the Heavenly Demon replace it.
• Yuandu declared that Xuanyuan and another promising descendant of Pangu would make the prehistoric world more turbulent and strengthen the Demon Dao.
• Yuandu vowed that the Heart Demon would reign supreme and that his Demon Dao would eventually replace the Heavenly Dao, as the demons roared in agreement.

After Hongjun vanished and the battle ended, Tongtian and Xuanyuan gained deep insight into Pangu’s power, bringing Tongtian close to a breakthrough. Zhen Yuanzi invited them and the Twelve Ancestral Witches to Wuzhuang Temple to discuss a major matter concerning the Earth Path’s Saint Positions.

• Xuanyuan and Tongtian dismissed the Pangu True Body, and the Taiji Diagram and Pangu Banner returned to Laozi and Yuanshi as they pursued Jie Yin and Zhun Ti through Chaos.
• Tongtian realized he had grasped the source of Pangu’s power and expected to reach the third level of the primordial grand unity golden immortal realm after seclusion.
• Xuanyuan praised Tongtian’s foundations and told Zhen Yuanzi that he and Tongtian planned to return to their cultivation grounds.
• Zhen Yuanzi thanked Xuanyuan, Tongtian, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches for helping him establish the Earth Path and invited them to Wuzhuang Temple to discuss an important matter.
• Zhen Yuanzi put away the Earth Book and Heaven-Earth Treasure Mirror, then ordered the mountain, river, and earth immortal gods to return to their domains and stabilize the Earth Path.

Yuanshi gathered the Daoists and Ancestral Witches at Mount Oxhead to celebrate the Earthly Dao’s establishment and discuss its future. He announced that the Earthly Dao could support nine sage positions, leaving the gathering eager to learn who would receive them.

• Earthly immortals and divine beings returned to the lands they guarded as the Earthly Dao’s establishment transformed mountains, rivers, and their spiritual energy.
• Yuanshi led the group to Five Lotus View at Mount Oxhead, where he welcomed them and shared the ginseng fruits from his tree.
• After the guests finished eating, Yuanshi thanked them for helping establish the Earthly Dao and offered them half his Dao’s merits if needed.
• Yuanshi discussed Zhenyuanzi’s rebirth and the plan to overthrow Haotian’s control of the Heavenly Court.
• Yuanshi announced that the Earthly Dao would select sages and explained that the principle of Nine as the Limit could support nine positions.

Xuanyuan selected the first eight candidates for the Earth Path Saint Positions, including Lei Ze and seven Ancestral Witches. He left Gonggong’s opportunity for later and planned to redirect the Wutu Tribulation toward Mount Sumeru.

• Zhen Yuanzi nominated Lei Ze for an Earth Path Saint Position and entrusted Xuanyuan and Tongtian with choosing the remaining candidates.
• Tongtian declined to decide the appointments and left the matter to Xuanyuan, while the Twelve Ancestral Witches waited expectantly.
• Xuanyuan considered the Earth and Human Path candidates, reserving Houtu for Human Dao Reincarnation and planning a later opportunity for Gonggong.
• Xuanyuan named Lei Ze, Rushou, Gou Mang, Zhurong, Xuan Ming, Tianwu, Qiang Liang, and Xi Zi as the first eight Earth Path Saint candidates.
• Di Jiang, Zhurong, and the other Ancestral Witches welcomed Lei Ze’s appointment and voiced no objections.

After the earthly Dao was established, Yuanshi pledged to guard it and the great wilderness against the Heavenly Dao. The others accepted his protection, and the chapter left Xuanyuan and Tongtian returning to Mount Buzhou while the Heavenly Dao continued to churn.

• Xuanyuan congratulated the gathered Daoists and said he would help them complete their Dao when the time was right.
• Yuanshi warned that the newly established earthly Dao needed protection and vowed to watch over it from the Five Elements Mountain Range.
• Yuanshi declared that the earthly Dao would resist the Heavenly Dao and destroy the foundation of its union if it attacked the Daoists or Primordial Sect disciples.
• Tongtian and the twelve ancestral witches thanked Yuanshi and pledged their support.
• Yuanshi linked the Five Elements Mountain Range and the great wilderness to the earthly Dao, raising a barrier that shielded the land for thirty-three days.
• The ancestors returned to their lands, while Xuanyuan and Tongtian went back to the palace atop Mount Buzhou.

Jie Yin and Zhun Ti escaped into Purple Heaven Palace, where Haotian and Yaochi barred the gates against Laozi and Yuanshi. After Laozi led Yuanshi away, Yang Mei and Yin-Yang Ancestor remained hidden in Chaos, their plans for an ambush unresolved.

• Jie Yin and Zhun Ti reached Purple Heaven Palace and slipped inside before its gates shut under Heavenly Dao restrictions.
• Yuanshi demanded that Haotian and Yaochi hand over Jie Yin and Zhun Ti, then attacked the palace gates with the Pangu Banner.
• Laozi stopped Yuanshi from attacking again and took him back toward the Primordial World on the Taiji Diagram.
• Yang Mei and Yin-Yang Ancestor watched the Two Pure Ones depart from their concealed position in Chaos.
• Yin-Yang Ancestor reconsidered his planned ambush to avenge Xuanyuan and Tongtian and reclaim the Yin Yang Mirror and Taiji Diagram.

The Netherworld ancestor failed to persuade Old Ancestor Hongjun to attack Xuanyuan and decided to seek allies among the survivors of the Primordial Ancient Heaven. In the Netherworld, Jieyin and Zhunti thanked their senior brother’s rescuer, then realized the benefactor was the Ancestor of Purple Thunder, deepening their old debt to him.

• The Netherworld ancestor tried to provoke Old Ancestor Hongjun into attacking Xuanyuan over the Chaos Origin Seal, but Hongjun refused and explained that the Great Dao's Seal sought transcendence beyond the Great Dao.
• Old Ancestor Hongjun warned the Netherworld ancestor that his resentment over the Primordial Ancient Heaven would hinder his cultivation.
• The Netherworld ancestor left to seek the Daoist of Time and other survivors so they could join forces against Xuanyuan.
• In the Netherworld, Jieyin and Zhunti thanked their senior brother’s rescuers and vowed to repay their kindness.
• Zhunti recognized that the benefactor who had saved them was the Ancestor of Purple Thunder, to whom they already owed a great debt.

Haotian and Yaochi failed to persuade Jieyin and Zhunti to leave Zixiao Palace, while the coming calamity gathered across the Primordial World. At the sea of thunder, Leize prepared to share its lightning source with Gonggong and Zhu Rong, then sensed an innate thunder treasure about to emerge.

• Haotian and Yaochi regretted that the two sages had saved them, but Jieyin thanked them and invited them to join the coming conflict in the Primordial World.
• Jieyin and Zhunti refused the invitation, explaining that Dao Ancestor Hongjun had ordered them to remain in Zixiao Palace.
• The Earthly Dao's nine positions were settled as a vast calamity began to gather, and mighty figures across the Primordial World prepared for it.
• Leize told his disciples that the source of thunder had gathered and ordered the Heavenly Thunder General and Earthly Thunder General to invite Gonggong and Zhu Rong to share its opportunity.
• The sea of thunder erupted, and Leize identified an innate thunder treasure emerging from the northern land; he said he would wait to see whether it resonated with the great Dao of thunder.

Forbidden attacked Lightning Tribulation to seize its innate Thunder Dao treasure and source, but Yuanshi, the Thunder God who ruled the domain, prepared to confront him. Yuanshi ordered his Thunder Generals to guard the ancestral thunder pool and faced Forbidden with the advantage of drawing power from Lightning Tribulation.

• Forbidden arrived outside Lightning Tribulation and coveted the innate Thunder Dao restriction and its source.
• Forbidden struck Lightning Tribulation’s protective barrier with his black-ice serpent staff, unleashing water and thunder magic.
• Yuanshi sensed the attack and roused Lightning Tribulation’s thunder, shattering the ripples caused by Forbidden’s blow.
• The Thunder General asked to lead the seven Thunder Generals against Forbidden, but Yuanshi ordered them to guard the ancestral thunder pool and not disturb the ancestral Thunder God’s slumber.
• Yuanshi prepared to meet Forbidden, confident that his late-stage Primordial Golden Immortal cultivation and bond with Lightning Tribulation would sustain his power.

Lei Ze confronted Yu Qiang after he attacked Yunmeng Marsh, and the two Late-stage Primordial Golden Immortals began a battle over the thunder domain and its emerging treasure. Yu Qiang unleashed his ultimate spear technique, and the chapter ended as his attack bore down on Lei Ze.

• Lei Ze decided to defeat Yu Qiang and claim the Profound Ice Wind Fiend Spear for Xuan Ming.
• Yu Qiang challenged Lei Ze from above Yunmeng Marsh and demanded the marsh and its emerging Spiritual Treasure.
• Lei Ze emerged with the Five Thunder Drum and confronted Yu Qiang, matching his Late-stage Primordial Golden Immortal aura.
• Yu Qiang revealed his ambition to seize Yunmeng Marsh and perfect his Thunder Dao Side Branch.
• Yu Qiang launched Profound Ice Wind Blade Thunder at Lei Ze, combining the powers of water, wind, and thunder.

Feng Qun used the Five Thunder Drums to counter Forbidden’s water-based attacks and overpower him with the orthodox Thunder Dao. As Forbidden was sent flying, a lightning seed emerged from the depths of the lightning tribulation.

• Feng Qun’s Five Thunder Drum Formation shattered Forbidden’s water tribulation and forced him to reveal the Northern Sea Suppression Seal.
• Forbidden used the seal to trap Feng Qun in the Water Dragon Thunder Prison, but Feng Qun broke the formation with Primal Chaos Divine Lightning.
• Forbidden summoned the Northern Sea and flooded it with water-thunder to attack Feng Qun, who absorbed and took control of the lightning.
• Feng Qun struck Forbidden with the Five Thunder Drums, sending him flying and making him vomit blood.
• A lightning seed emerged from the source of the lightning tribulation, bathing the sky and earth in purple-gold light.

Lei Long, Yinlei Mojun, and Youdian Xiexian watched Lei Ze and Yu Qiang battle near Yunmeng Marsh, each hoping to profit from the fight and the coming Ancestral Thunder Tribulation. The chapter left all three hidden and waiting for the combatants to weaken before making their move.

• Lei Long watched Lei Ze and Yu Qiang fight from a concealed spatial rift and considered seizing the treasures and opportunities in Yunmeng Marsh.
• Lei Long recalled that he had once saved Lei Ze from Youdian Xiexian and Yinlei Mojun, repaying his debt of cause and effect to Yunmeng Marsh.
• Lei Long concealed his presence and decided to wait until the two fighters were badly wounded before acting.
• Yinlei Mojun and Youdian Xiexian watched the battle from an Unnamed Valley, holding their sinister thunder treasures and weighing the chance to profit.
• Yinlei Mojun and Youdian Xiexian were revealed as notorious unorthodox fiends with a long-standing feud against Lei Long and other orthodox Thunder Dao powerhouses.

Forbidden battled the Lightning Tribulation at the Innate Lightning Pond and was driven to the brink of defeat. The pond’s seal then broke, revealing a supreme-grade innate spirit treasure as Nether Lightning Demon Lord and his companion waited to seize the prize.

• Nether Lightning Demon Lord and his companion planned to exploit the battle and claim the Innate Lightning Pond’s source and the Primal Chaos Divine Lightning.
• Forbidden used his treasures and abilities to fight the Lightning Tribulation, but its Five Thunder Drums and endless power overwhelmed his attacks.
• The Lightning Tribulation repeatedly struck Forbidden, shattering his armor and leaving him near defeat.
• The Innate Lightning Pond erupted with ancient power, and its innate lightning seal finally broke.
• A purple-gold light revealed the Innate Lightning Pond as a supreme-grade innate spirit treasure.

Lei Ze discovered that the Nine Heavens Thunder Pool had recognized him, but Yu Qiang, Yinlei Mojun, and Youdian Xiexian joined forces to stop him and seize Yunmeng Marsh’s treasures. The three surrounded Lei Ze and launched a combined attack, leaving him facing overwhelming odds.

• The Nine Heavens Thunder Pool sensed Lei Ze’s Chaos Divine Thunder and flew to him, seeking to recognize him as its master.
• Yinlei Mojun and Youdian Xiexian ambushed Lei Ze, forcing him to block their attacks with the Five Thunder Drum.
• Yinlei Mojun and Youdian Xiexian proposed an alliance to Yu Qiang, offering him the Nine Heavens Thunder Pool in exchange for help killing Lei Ze.
• Yu Qiang accepted the alliance, and the three Late-stage Primordial Golden Immortals surrounded Lei Ze.
• Yu Qiang, Yinlei Mojun, and Youdian Xiexian attacked Lei Ze together with their treasures and thunder techniques.

Lei Zhenzi was nearly defeated by Forbidden, the Nether Lightning Demon Lord, and Nether Lightning Immortal, while the Thunder Dragon chose to wait for a chance to intervene. The Thunder Ancestral Witch and Xuan Wu arrived to protect Lei Zhenzi, and the battle turned toward a clash between the two pairs of ancient powers.

• Forbidden, the Nether Lightning Demon Lord, and Nether Lightning Immortal attacked Lei Zhenzi from three sides, worsening his injuries as his defenses weakened.
• The Thunder Dragon considered rescuing Lei Zhenzi and avenging his clan, but hid in the void to wait until the fighters were exhausted.
• As the attackers were about to strike, the Heaven and Earth Ancestors arrived with the Thunder Ancestral Witch and Xuan Wu.
• The Thunder Ancestral Witch displayed his mastery of lightning and his innate drum, while Xuan Wu revealed his Nether Lightning and Purple Gold Gourd.
• The Thunder Ancestral Witch and Xuan Wu stood together, prepared to contend with the attackers.

Forbidden and Xuan Wu arrived at the Lightning Tribulation Clan’s ancestral temple and defeated the Nether Lightning Demon Lord and Nether Lightning Patriarch with their powerful lightning techniques. With the two enemies subdued, Nether Lightning prepared to settle his grievances with the wounded Forbidden.

• The Lightning Tribulation Patriarch fought the Nether Lightning Demon Lord and two others in the ancestral temple and suffered severe injuries.
• Forbidden arrived with Xuan Wu and used a thunderous strike to dispel the Nether Lightning around the Demon Lord and expose the hidden Nether Lightning Patriarch.
• Forbidden and Xuan Wu struck again, breaking the Netherworld souls’ defenses and badly injuring the Nether Lightning Demon Lord and Nether Lightning Patriarch.
• Xuan Wu used the Thunder of Annihilation to pierce the Netherworld Heavenly Net and shatter the Nether Lightning Patriarch’s protective barrier.
• Forbidden and Xuan Wu combined their lightning powers to trap and torment the two enemies, leaving them unable to fight back.
• Nether Lightning regained his resolve and prepared to attack the injured Forbidden while the two ancestors restrained the other enemies.

Yu Qiang unleashed his ultimate three-Dao attack against Lei Ze, who answered with his Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Slash. Lei Ze’s phantom Earth Saint Dao Fruit appeared above him as the two attacks approached their decisive clash.

• Qiang Liang and Xi Zi overpowered Yinlei Mojun and Youdian Xiexian, leaving Yu Qiang isolated against Lei Ze.
• Yu Qiang fused wind, water, and thunder with his three spirit treasures and Source Thunder Core to unleash the Annihilation Thunder Wind Cannon.
• Lei Ze drew on Yunmeng Marsh’s thunder domain and invoked the Lei Yuan Dao Song while preparing his Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Slash.
• Lei Ze declared himself the Earthly Deity bearing Heaven’s Mandate and assumed the authority of the Earthly Immortal God.
• A dark-yellow phantom Dao Fruit entwined with thunder patterns appeared above Lei Ze, revealing the form of an Earth Dao Saint’s Hunyuan Dao Fruit.

Lei Ze drew upon the Earth Path Source Power, broke through to the Perfection Primordial Golden Immortal realm, and defeated Yu Qiang, who fled toward the North Sea. With Qiang Liang and Xi Zi handling the remaining enemies, Lei Ze turned to refine the newly emerged Nine Heavens Thunder Pool.

• Lei Ze summoned the Earth Dao Saint Dao Fruit and borrowed the Earth Path's Source Power, breaking through to the Perfection Primordial Golden Immortal realm.
• Lei Long witnessed the Earth Dao Saint Dao Fruit and abandoned his plan to ambush Lei Ze.
• Lei Ze's Nine-Colored Thunder Blade pierced Yu Qiang's attack, shattered his spear's defenses, and gravely wounded him.
• Lei Ze took Yu Qiang's Profound Ice Wind Fiend Spear, and Yu Qiang fled toward the North Sea.
• Qiang Liang and Xi Zi offered to deal with Yinlei Mojun and Youdian Xiexian while Lei Ze refined the Nine Heavens Thunder Pool.

Lei Ze refined the Nine Heavens Thunder Pool while Candle Dragon’s arrival forced Lei Long to abandon his ambush. Above Yunmeng Marsh, Qiang Liang and Xi Zi drove Yinlei Mojun and Youdian Xiexian to the brink of defeat.

• Lei Ze thanked the two Ancestral Witches and began refining the Nine Heavens Thunder Pool, drawing its thunder energy to heal his injuries and strengthen his Dao foundation.
• Lei Long prepared to ambush Lei Ze, but Candle Dragon’s aura spread from the East Sea and warned him away.
• Lei Long concealed his aura and fled, while Lei Ze continued refining the thunder pool.
• Qiang Liang and Xi Zi overwhelmed Yinlei Mojun and Youdian Xiexian with the Fishing Drum and Purple Lightning Hammer, leaving both demons badly injured and near exhaustion.
• Yinlei Mojun demanded to know why Qiang Liang and Xi Zi pursued them and threatened to fight to the death.

Qiang Liang and Xi Zi combined their Yin and Yang thunder to unleash Pangu’s All Heavens Divine Thunder against Yinlei Mojun and Youdian Xiexian. The two enemies sacrificed their souls and Thunder Core in a desperate counterattack, but the Heaven Opening Thunder Axe shattered their techniques and left them gravely weakened as Qiang Liang advanced.

• Qiang Liang declared that he and Yinlei Mojun had no personal grudge but were enemies because the demon had violated Heaven and Earth’s laws, then struck the Fishing Drum with Yang Thunder.
• Xi Zi joined Qiang Liang, and their Fishing Drum and Purple Lightning Hammer awakened the Yin-Yang All-Heavens Divine Thunder, forming a devastating Thunder Wheel.
• Yinlei Mojun burned most of his soul to summon Ten Thousand Demons Soul Devouring Thunder, while Youdian Xiexian destroyed her Thunder Core to unleash Ghost Lightning against Qiang Liang and Xi Zi.
• Qiang Liang and Xi Zi drew on their Pangu Essence Blood and transformed their divine thunder into a Heaven Opening Thunder Axe.
• The Thunder Axe destroyed both forbidden techniques, shattered the enemies’ souls and Dao foundations, and reduced their cultivation; Qiang Liang advanced with his Thunder Giant Staff.