Chapter Summaries

Xuanyuan tempered his Nascent Soul with the God-Slaying Spear and broke through to the Mid-stage Primordial Golden Immortal realm as the third sermon approached. At Purple Cloud Palace, Hongjun began teaching the Path of Sainthood, while Xuanyuan prepared to refine the spear and explore the four seas.

• Xuanyuan used the Creation Lotus Seed and Three Treasures Jade Ruyi to temper his Nascent Soul with the God-Slaying Spear’s destructive aura instead of forcibly refining the weapon.
• Xuanyuan cultivated in seclusion for tens of thousands of years while conflicts between the Yao Race Heavenly Court’s subordinate clans and the Witch Ancestor Tribe continued.
• Xuanyuan broke through to the Mid-stage Primordial Golden Immortal realm and resolved to refine the God-Slaying Spear before exploring the four seas after the third sermon.
• Hongjun began the third sermon at Purple Cloud Palace, teaching the Path of Sainthood, cause and effect, Karmic Force, and how All Laws Return to the Origin.

During Hongjun’s final lecture, the guests struggled to understand the Path of Sainthood while alliances and rivalries formed, and Hong Yun refused Zhen Yuanzi’s plan to kill Kunpeng. After refining their treasures in seclusion, Xuanyuan and Tongtian agreed to leave Pangu Hall and travel the four seas.

• Hongjun expounded the Path of Sainthood, and the Six Saints advanced while most guests failed to grasp the Dao resonance.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi quietly sought an alliance with Chang Xi and Xi He, alarming Dong Wang Gong and Ziwei Star Lord.
• Zhen Yuanzi warned Hong Yun that Kunpeng coveted his Hongmeng Purple Qi and proposed secretly killing him with help from Xuanyuan and Tongtian.
• Hong Yun refused to strike Kunpeng first, citing benevolence and the need to spare innocent Yao creatures, and Zhen Yuanzi abandoned the plan.
• Xuanyuan finished refining the God-Slaying Spear as Tongtian emerged from seclusion with the Immortal-Slaying Four Swords, and the two agreed to travel the four seas.

Xuanyuan and Tongtian discovered a hidden passage beneath the South Sea that led to the life-filled Wilderness of Duguang, where Sky-Reaching Jianmu stood. They reached the divine tree after Tongtian slew the fierce beast Yayu, leaving them poised to explore an opportunity for advancing their laws.

• Xuanyuan sensed blazing yang vitality beneath the South Sea and used the Primordial Measure Heaven Ruler to tear open a passage through time and space.
• Xuanyuan and Tongtian entered the Wilderness of Duguang, where Xuanyuan recognized Jianmu and explained its connection to the Return to Ruins and their laws.
• The brothers followed the vitality toward the heart of the wilderness, seeking the opportunity to advance their laws.
• Yayu attacked the brothers in a secluded valley, but Tongtian killed it with a single strike of the Qing Ping Sword.
• Xuanyuan and Tongtian continued onward and saw Sky-Reaching Jianmu towering at the center of Heaven and Earth.

Xuanyuan and Tongtian gained breakthroughs after comprehending Jianmu’s connection to the Great Daos of life, creation, destruction, and yin and yang. They took Jianmu from the Duguang Wilderness and returned to Buzhou Mountain, where they began using their Ancestral Shaman True Forms and magic to reshape spacetime.

• Xuanyuan comprehended the cycle of life, creation, and destruction, strengthening the Chaos World Projection within the Chaos Pearl.
• Tongtian broke through in the Great Dao of Yin Yang, and both he and Xuanyuan reached the Mid-stage Primordial Golden Immortal realm.
• Xuanyuan decided to plant Jianmu in Buzhou Mountain to connect Heaven and Earth, stabilize the mountain, and create a nexus for the Primordial World.
• Xuanyuan and Tongtian uprooted the Duguang Wilderness with Jianmu and carried its spacetime realm into the Chaos World.
• After roaming the four seas for five thousand years, Xuanyuan and Tongtian returned to Buzhou Mountain and manifested their Ancestral Shaman True Forms.
• Xuanyuan raised the Primordial Measure Heaven Ruler and began dividing and marking out spacetime around Buzhou Mountain.

Xuanyuan and Tongtian stabilized Buzhou Mountain and moved Jianmu from Duguang Wilderness into its Earth Veins, awakening a murderous will beneath the mountain. Xuanyuan identified the sealed presence as Taotie and entered its prison with Tongtian to subdue it, where Taotie confronted them.

• Xuanyuan used the Kirin Seal, Four Symbols Banana Fans, and Sea-Calming Pearl to stabilize Buzhou Mountain's space and Earth Veins.
• Xuanyuan and Tongtian linked Jianmu to Buzhou Mountain, hiding Duguang Wilderness within the mountain's deepest reaches.
• The connection awakened a powerful killing will, and Xuanyuan identified it as Taotie, one of the Four Fierce Beasts sealed beneath Buzhou Mountain.
• Xuanyuan told Tongtian he intended to subdue Taotie as a mount, and Tongtian agreed to assist him.
• Xuanyuan opened a passage into the Earth Veins, and he and Tongtian reached Taotie's sealed space-time prison.
• Taotie sensed Xuanyuan and Tongtian, raised its head, and roared at them.

Xuanyuan and Tongtian defeated Taotie by combining Pangu's Residual Might, the Kirin Seal, the God-Slaying Spear, and Yin-Yang chains. Xuanyuan branded Taotie's primordial spirit with Chaos Divine Thunder and made him his mount, then prepared to return to Pangu Hall with Tongtian.

• Xuanyuan drew on Pangu's Residual Might and Chaos Residual Qi to strengthen himself against Taotie.
• Xuanyuan used the Kirin Seal and God-Slaying Spear while Tongtian bound Taotie with Yin-Yang chains and weakened him with lunar cold and True Sun Fire.
• Taotie enlarged himself and resisted, but Xuanyuan and Tongtian restrained him and Xuanyuan branded his primordial spirit with Chaos Divine Thunder.
• Taotie submitted to Xuanyuan, who declared that he would be his mount and let him recover his strength by absorbing killing aura and fiendish energy.
• Tongtian suggested Mount Sumeru or the Sha Po Lang Star Domain as places for Taotie to recuperate, while Xuanyuan chose to return to Pangu Hall first and share the Jianmu Divine Fruits.

Xuanyuan and Tongtian shared Jianmu Divine Fruits with the Twelve Ancestral Witches, helping Zhu Jiuyin stabilize his cultivation and Di Jiang break through to the Primordial Golden Immortal realm. As Xuanyuan prepared to leave with Tongtian and Taotie, he explained that the Ancestral Witches should wait out the current tribulation while he advanced plans for the Human Path and Earth Path.

• Xuanyuan gave each of the Twelve Ancestral Witches a Jianmu Divine Fruit brought back from the South Sea.
• Zhu Jiuyin refined his fruit and stabilized his early-stage Primordial Golden Immortal cultivation.
• Di Jiang absorbed his fruit, broke through to the Primordial Golden Immortal realm, and transformed into his immense Ancestral Shaman True Form.
• Xuanyuan and Tongtian celebrated the fruits’ benefits as the Ancestral Witches’ collective strength grew.
• Nearly a thousand years later, Xuanyuan woke Taotie and prepared to travel with Tongtian as Hongjun’s sermon neared its end.
• Xuanyuan told Tongtian and the Ancestral Witches to wait until the Kalpa Tribulation ended, intending to bring the Human Path and Earth Path plans into the open.

Hongjun completed his third lecture and began merging with the Heavenly Dao, while Xuanyuan and Tongtian explored Jade Capital Mountain. Tongtian uncovered the Taiji Talisman Seal and decided to give it to Jin Zhao before the brothers continued searching the mountain.

• Hongjun warned the Purple Sky Guests to follow the Heavenly Dao, then sent them out of Purple Sky Palace and began his Dao Integration.
• Xuanyuan and Tongtian rode Taotie to Jade Capital Mountain, where Tongtian sensed an Innate Taiji Two Forms Restriction.
• Tongtian used the Yin Yang Banana Fan and Qing Ping Sword to break the restriction and obtain the Taiji Talisman Seal.
• Xuanyuan suggested the seal would suit Jin Zhao, and Tongtian agreed to give it to him.
• Xuanyuan and Tongtian dismounted and headed deeper into Jade Capital Mountain to explore.

Tongtian awakened Xi Yi Life Spring into human form, named its spirit Xi Yi Xian, and accepted him as a disciple. As Xuanyuan and Tongtian prepared to leave, Xi Yi Xian sensed a powerful killing treasure hidden beneath the spring and offered it to them.

• Xuanyuan and Tongtian discovered sword intent and Ancient Dragon Sha Qi hidden within Xi Yi Life Spring.
• Tongtian guided the spring spirit into taking form as a white deer, which became a young man carrying the High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure Xi Yi Sword.
• Xi Yi Xian asked Tongtian to accept him as a disciple, and Tongtian agreed and gave him his name.
• Xuanyuan gifted Xi Yi Xian a bottle of Three Lights Divine Water to nourish his origins and stabilize his Dao foundation.
• Xi Yi Xian sensed an Innate Spiritual Treasure of extreme killing power concealed in a space-time crevice beneath the spring and offered it to Xuanyuan and Tongtian.

Xi Yi Xian led Xuanyuan and Tongtian to a hidden treasure beneath the spiritual spring, where Tongtian claimed the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors. Xuanyuan and Tongtian then headed for the Primordial World Starry Sky while Laozi and Yuanshi arrived too late to find them, leaving the brothers’ whereabouts unknown.

• Xi Yi Xian revealed the hidden slaying treasure beneath the spring and offered it to Tongtian and Xuanyuan, who agreed to retrieve it.
• Xuanyuan suppressed the Killing Aura with the Kirin Seal while Tongtian broke the Innate Restriction and Xuanyuan shattered the Space-time Barrier.
• The Golden Flood Dragon Scissors emerged as two golden flood-dragon phantoms, and Tongtian defeated them with the Qing Ping Sword and claimed the treasure.
• Xuanyuan placed Xi Yi Xian inside the Chaos Gourd, then he and Tongtian rode Taotie toward the Primordial World Starry Sky.
• Laozi and Yuanshi arrived at Jade Capital Mountain, sensed signs of a clash, and failed to locate Xuanyuan and Tongtian after searching through deduction and their powers.
• Laozi and Yuanshi concluded that the others were likely unharmed and returned to Kunlun Mountain.

Xuanyuan and Tongtian crossed the perilous Primordial World Starry Sky and reached the declining Four Remainder Star Domain, where they learned of Ji Meng’s unusual origins. They approached Ji Du Star and Luohu Star to see whether the fierce aura there could help Taotie recover its strength.

• Xuanyuan opened a path through Chaos with Profound Clarity Chaos Divine Thunder, and Tongtian and Taotie followed him into the Primordial World Starry Sky.
• Xuanyuan, Tongtian, and Taotie overcame the starry sky’s deathly qi, spatial blades, Chaos gales, falling stars, law fragments, and other dangers.
• Xuanyuan explained that the Four Remainder Stars—Ji Du, Luohu, Purple Qi, and Yue Bei—were among the Eleven Luminaries and had once ruled the starry sky.
• Xuanyuan and Tongtian divined that Ji Meng had been born from contaminated Chaos Demon Dragon blood mixed with Ji Du Star’s baleful energy and the qi of rain and moisture.
• Xuanyuan and Tongtian rode Taotie toward Ji Du Star and Luohu Star to see whether the stars could help restore its strength.

Xuanyuan and Tongtian traveled to Purple Qi Star after leaving Taotie to devour the fierce energy between Ji Du and Luohu Star. They met Purple Qi Yuan Jun, whose Karma Book and Opportunity Line revealed her extraordinary control over karma and fortune, and sat with her to discuss the Dao.

• Xuanyuan let Taotie remain between Ji Du and Luohu Star to devour the fierce energy while he and Tongtian headed for Purple Qi Star.
• Xuanyuan told Tongtian that Purple Qi Yuan Jun might still be alive, though she was destined to face a deadly calamity.
• Xuanyuan and Tongtian approached Purple Qi Star and announced their visit, prompting Purple Qi Yuan Jun to open its barrier and welcome them.
• Xuanyuan and Tongtian saw the Karma Book and Opportunity Line among the treasures surrounding Purple Qi Yuan Jun.
• Purple Qi Yuan Jun greeted the two visitors and invited them to sit and discuss the Dao.

Xuanyuan and Tongtian helped Purple Qi Yuan Jun understand that her reliance on cause and effect and destiny had trapped her cultivation. She severed her bond with the Heavenly Dao, completed her Way of Auspiciousness, and advanced to the late stage of the Primordial Golden Immortal, gaining protection through her connection to All Stars.

• Purple Qi Yuan Jun explained that her cultivation had stalled because cause and effect and destiny had become shackles, while Tongtian declared that his sword would defy unjust Heavenly Dao and seize a chance for all living beings.
• Xuanyuan realized Purple Qi Yuan Jun’s flaw was placing her reliance in living beings and the Heavenly Dao, and advised her to sever her fixation on controlling cause and effect and following destiny.
• Purple Qi Yuan Jun understood that she should merge the mysteries of cause and effect and destiny into her own Way of Auspiciousness, then severed her forced bond with the Heavenly Dao.
• Purple Qi Yuan Jun’s Karma Book and Opportunity Line merged into her Auspicious Dao as purple qi and celestial wonders spread across the Four Remainder Star Domain and All Stars.
• Purple Qi Yuan Jun broke through to the late stage of the Primordial Golden Immortal, thanked Xuanyuan and Tongtian, and became protected by the fortunes of the stars.

Purple Qi Yuan Jun merged the Dao of Cause and Effect with the Dao of Fate, became the auspicious protector of All Stars, and declared herself neutral. Di Jun and Tai Yi from the Yao Race Heavenly Court and Ziwei Star Lord and Dong Wang Gong from the Donghua Immortal Court raced to seek her alliance, then confronted each other at the edge of the Four Remainder Star Domain.

• Xuanyuan and Tongtian witnessed Purple Qi Yuan Jun establish Purple Qi Star as the Core of Auspiciousness, protecting the starry sky while remaining outside its factional struggles.
• Purple Qi Yuan Jun's breakthrough sent auspicious light across the stars and down to the Primordial World, drawing the attention of Di Jun and Tai Yi on Sun Star.
• Tai Yi urged Di Jun to bring gifts and secure Purple Qi Yuan Jun's support, and the Yao Race Heavenly Court gathered treasures for the journey.
• Ziwei Star Lord and Dong Wang Gong decided to seek Purple Qi Yuan Jun's alliance and departed the Five Immortal Island in the East Sea, with Dong Wang Gong carrying the Jingyang Bell.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi met Ziwei Star Lord and Dong Wang Gong at the edge of the Four Remainder Star Domain, and the two sides prepared to fight over access to Purple Qi Yuan Jun.

Purple Qi Yuan Jun turned away Di Jun, Tai Yi, Dong Wang Gong, and Ziwei Star Lord while she hosted Xuanyuan and Tongtian on Purple Qi Star. During a sword exchange with Tongtian, her defenses helped him grasp the connection between Yin Yang swordsmanship, fate, and causality, advancing his physical body to the thirty-ninth layer of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique.

• Purple Qi Yuan Jun used an Opportunity Line to separate the visiting groups and declared that she would remain neutral and receive no guests.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi withdrew after Tai Yi offered the Yao Race's support, while Dong Wang Gong and Ziwei Star Lord also departed.
• Tongtian asked Purple Qi Yuan Jun to test his Upper Pure Yin Yang Sword Technique, and she raised a barrier woven from causality and opportunity.
• Tongtian's sword strike clashed with Purple Qi Yuan Jun's barrier, giving him insight into how Yin Yang sword intent could reshape fate and causality.
• Tongtian's sword technique advanced, and his Nine Revolutions Profound Technique broke through to its thirty-ninth layer, raising his physical strength to the Mid-stage Primordial Golden Immortal realm.

After ten thousand years of cultivation and a final three thousand years on Purple Qi Star, Tongtian and Xuanyuan departed for the starry skies. Moon Bei Star Lord intercepted them, mistook them for weak newcomers, and attacked with his Yin Demon Skull and Moon-Devouring Hook, leaving them trapped in his baleful domain.

• Tongtian thanked Purple Qi Yuan Jun for their discussion of the Dao, and she praised his swordsmanship and cultivation.
• Tongtian told Purple Qi Yuan Jun that Xuanyuan had reached the Mid-stage Primordial Golden Immortal realm in his body, Primordial Spirit, and laws, astonishing her.
• Xuanyuan and Tongtian took their leave of Purple Qi Yuan Jun and headed into the starry skies.
• Moon Bei Star Lord sent baleful star power from Moon Star to block their path, and Purple Qi Yuan Jun recognized him but chose not to interfere.
• Moon Bei Star Lord appeared with the Yin Demon Skull and Moon-Devouring Hook, demanded their treasures, and unleashed an attack.
• Moon Bei Star Lord formed a vicious domain that reversed Yin and Yang and transformed spiritual energy and starlight into sinister power.

Tongtian and Xuanyuan fought Yuebo Star Lord over her claim to a treasure, overwhelming her with their powerful cultivation and spiritual treasures. Yuebo Star Lord fled toward the Moon Star after Xuanyuan pierced her with the God-Slaying Spear and left her Primordial Spirit badly damaged.

• Tongtian rebuked Yuebo Star Lord, and Xuanyuan dismissed her claim that a treasure was destined for her.
• Yuebo Star Lord attacked Xuanyuan and Tongtian with the Moon-Devouring Hook and Yin Demon Skull, but Tongtian revealed thirteen Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures and drove back her domain.
• Tongtian used the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors to tear off Yuebo Star Lord's arm and shoulder and crush her lower leg, then blasted her through the stars.
• Xuanyuan transformed into the Space-Time Ancestral Witch and sealed the surrounding starry sky with the Primordial Measure Heaven Ruler.
• Xuanyuan struck Yuebo Star Lord with the God-Slaying Spear, suppressed her two treasures, and severely damaged her body and Primordial Spirit.
• Yuebo Star Lord fled toward the Moon Star, hoping to draw on the Source Power of the place where she had been born.

Xuanyuan and Tongtian killed Yuebo Star Lord, then claimed Moon Star for Taotie and settled its sha qi. Their actions drew attention across the starry sky and stirred an aggressive response from Chang Xi at Guanghan Palace.

• Taotie devoured Yuebo Star Lord’s body and primordial spirit, and Xuanyuan used the Qiankun Bow and Zhentian Arrow to destroy her escaping true spirit.
• Xuanyuan and Tongtian made Taotie the lord of Moon Star, then spent forty-nine days setting its sha qi in order and gave Taotie two baleful-star treasures.
• Purple Qi Yuan Jun sensed their work and sent auspicious power to stabilize Moon Star’s core.
• Xuanyuan and Tongtian secluded themselves on Moon Star to cultivate, while news of the battle spread and helped spur an alliance between the Supreme Stars of the Moon and Sun.
• At Guanghan Palace, Chang Xi sensed Moon Star’s Dark Eclipse Sha Qi spreading aggressively as the moonlight rippled and the Osmanthus Tree shook.

Chang Xi and Xi He feared Yuebo Star Lord would seize Moon Star and left to seek the Yao Race Heavenly Court’s protection. An eon later, Tongtian tempered his primordial spirit in Moon Star’s core and broke through to the mid-stage Primordial Golden Immortal realm, while Xuanyuan concluded they should remain on Moon Star a while longer.

• Chang Xi and Xi He sensed restless sha qi and decided Yuebo Star Lord might attack Moon Star, so they hurried to Sun Star to seek help from Di Jun and Tai Yi.
• After an eon of stability on Moon Star, Tongtian told Xuanyuan that his upper pure primordial spirit needed tempering in the Moon Eclipse Star Core.
• Xuanyuan guarded Tongtian’s body while Taotie gathered and refined Moon Star’s dark eclipse sha qi to temper Tongtian’s primordial spirit.
• Tongtian’s primordial spirit completed its metamorphosis and returned to his body, advancing him to the mid-stage Primordial Golden Immortal realm.
• Xuanyuan explained how cultivating the body alongside the primordial spirit or laws could make their path steadier and faster, then decided they should remain on Moon Star longer.

Nuwa arranged Di Jun’s marriage to Xi He and Chang Xi, using the Heavenly Marriage’s merit to sever her Good Corpse and advance to Mid-stage Quasi-Saint. The marriage stabilized the starry sky, while the final scene showed Dong Wang Gong growing furious in the East Sea.

• Di Jun asked Nuwa to propose to Xi He and Chang Xi on his behalf, and Nuwa agreed.
• Nuwa visited Guanghan Palace, where Xi He and Chang Xi accepted Di Jun’s marriage proposal.
• The Red Embroidered Ball joined Di Jun, Xi He, and Chang Xi in a Heavenly Marriage, and merit descended across the Primordial World.
• Nuwa used the marriage merit to sever her Good Corpse, the Old Man Under the Moon, and advanced to Mid-stage Quasi-Saint.
• Yuanshi resented Nuwa’s advancement, while Laozi calmly returned to his cultivation.
• Dong Wang Gong sensed the Heavenly Marriage’s disturbance and stood in the East Sea with Killing Intent rising around him.