Chapter Summaries

Xuanyuan and Tongtian traveled west to settle their score with Zhun Ti and Jie Yin and test the Great Heavenly God-Demon Banners against Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao. At Mount Sumeru, they discovered that another Taotie had been hidden beneath the ruins, and Xuanyuan called on Zhun Ti and Jie Yin to fight.

• Xuanyuan and Tongtian left the Twelve Ancestral Witches to guard Pangu Hall and traveled west on Taotie with the fourteen Great Heavenly God-Demon Banners.
• Taotie sensed another Taotie concealed beneath Mount Sumeru, and Xuanyuan and Tongtian suspected Zhun Ti and Jie Yin had moved and hidden it.
• Xuanyuan planned to reclaim the Immortal-Slaying Formation Diagram and subdue the hidden Taotie for Tongtian.
• Xuanyuan manifested his Space-Time Ancestral Witch True Body, freezing the yellow sand across the Western Land.
• Xuanyuan challenged Zhun Ti and Jie Yin to come out and fight.

Xuanyuan destroyed Mount Sumeru Palace with a Zhentian Arrow, drawing the attention of mighty figures across the Primordial World. Zhun Ti and Jie Yin emerged from the ruins, and Zhun Ti recognized Xuanyuan as the mysterious archer who had wounded him years earlier.

• Xuanyuan poured his power into the Zhentian Arrow and blasted Mount Sumeru Palace apart.
• Laozi, Venerable Yuanshi, Queen Mother of the West, Tai Yi, Di Jun, Zhen Yuanzi, Nuwa, Fuxi, and other mighty figures sensed the attack and headed toward the Western Land.
• Xuanyuan waited above Mount Sumeru with Tongtian as smoke cleared from the ruins.
• Zhun Ti and Jie Yin emerged battered, and Zhun Ti found that the arrow had destroyed his Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree.
• Zhun Ti recognized the arrow's aura and its maker as the mysterious figure who had grievously wounded him years earlier.

Tongtian and Xuanyuan confronted Jie Yin and Zhun Ti over the Immortal-Slaying Formation Diagram, and Tongtian overwhelmed the brothers with the Immortal-Slaying Four Swords. Di Jun, Tai Yi, Laozi, Yuanshi, and the Queen Mother of the West arrived as the battle continued, leaving the gathered powers facing off in the Western Land.

• Jie Yin tried to calm Tongtian and Xuanyuan, while Zhun Ti realized they had stolen the Immortal-Slaying Four Swords and threatened them with the Dao Ancestor's other disciples.
• Tongtian transformed into a colossal Ancestral Witch True Body and unleashed the Immortal-Slaying Four Swords against Jie Yin and Zhun Ti.
• Zhun Ti used his prayer beads to form a Reincarnation Great Array, while Jie Yin used the Five Bright King Diagram and his treasures to defend against Tongtian's attack.
• Tongtian shattered Zhun Ti's array, destroyed three of Jie Yin's Bright King phantoms, and battered both brothers back.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi arrived at the battlefield, followed by Laozi, Yuanshi, and the Queen Mother of the West, who were shocked by Xuanyuan and Tongtian's power.

Tongtian overwhelmed Zhun Ti and Jie Yin, while Xuanyuan used the Treasure-Dropping Coin to seize their treasures and revealed Luohu's God-Slaying Spear. The assembled cultivators watched as Xuanyuan began unleashing the spear's three baleful forces, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Tongtian struck Zhun Ti and Jie Yin with a giant palm, breaking their defenses and sending the Five Bright King Diagram and Jie Yin Treasure Banner flying.
• Xuanyuan summoned the Treasure-Dropping Coin, severed Zhun Ti and Jie Yin's connections to their treasures, and handed the captured treasures to Tongtian.
• Xuanyuan revealed Luohu's God-Slaying Spear, astonishing the gathered cultivators and stirring greed in King Xuanyuan.
• Laozi and Yuanshi recognized the immense fortune of Xuanyuan and Tongtian, and Yuanshi sent Laozi a message praising their younger brother.
• Xuanyuan gripped the God-Slaying Spear and invoked its Three Baleful Forces of Slaughter, Destruction, and Greed.

Xuanyuan and Tongtian destroyed Zhun Ti and Jie Yin’s Evil Corpses, prompting Dao Ancestor Hongjun to appear and order the brothers to surrender their treasures, cripple their cultivation, and submit to confinement. As Hongjun’s apparition confronted them, Zhen Yuanzi offered them refuge behind his Earth Vein Defense Great Formation.

• Xuanyuan’s God-Slaying Spear destroyed Zhun Ti and Jie Yin’s Evil Corpses, reducing their cultivation from Mid-stage to Early Stage Quasi-Saint and severing their path to proving Dao through Three Corpses United.
• Zhun Ti and Jie Yin pleaded with the Dao Ancestor for mercy for the Western Land, and Hongjun’s apparition descended amid signs that renewed the land’s spiritual energy.
• Hongjun ordered Xuanyuan and Tongtian to return their treasures, strip themselves of their Primordial Golden Immortal cultivation, and follow him to Purple Heaven Palace for secluded cultivation.
• Zhen Yuanzi contacted Xuanyuan and Tongtian and offered them sanctuary at Longevity Mountain, trusting his Earth Vein Defense Great Formation to deter even Hongjun.

Yuanshi, Laozi, Queen Mother of the West, and Nuwa pleaded with Hongjun to spare Xuanyuan and Tongtian, while Zhun Ti and Jie Yin demanded justice. Hongjun rejected the appeals and prepared to cripple Xuanyuan and Tongtian himself as purple-black thunderclouds gathered.

• Hongjun's phantom injured Zhen Yuanzi with a cold snort, while Xuanyuan secretly prepared the Great Heavenly God-Demon Array.
• Yuanshi defended Tongtian and Xuanyuan, acknowledged their mistakes, and offered to return Jie Yin's treasures in exchange for mercy.
• Zhun Ti and Jie Yin accused Xuanyuan and Tongtian of attacking them and demanded that they return the treasures and cripple their cultivation.
• Laozi, Queen Mother of the West, and Nuwa joined Yuanshi in pleading for Xuanyuan and Tongtian.
• Hongjun knocked the four petitioners into the sand and declared that he would cripple Xuanyuan and Tongtian himself.
• Purple-black thunderclouds spread across the western horizon as Purple Heaven Divine Thunders gathered.

Hongjun punished Laozi and Yuanshi for shielding Xuanyuan and Tongtian, defeating them and their supreme treasures with a gesture. As Laozi and Yuanshi lay wounded, Zhun Ti and Jie Yin gloated and threatened Xuanyuan and Tongtian, who remained in danger.

• Hongjun summoned Purple Heaven Divine Thunder to destroy Xuanyuan and Tongtian, prompting Laozi to shield them with the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda and Yuanshi to attack with the Pangu Banner.
• Di Jun, Tai Yi, Lei Ze, and the gathered cultivators watched in shock as Laozi and Yuanshi defied the Dao Ancestor to protect their brothers.
• Hongjun raised his sleeve and crushed the two treasures' defenses, grievously wounding Laozi and Yuanshi and hurling them into the mountains and sands.
• Zhun Ti and Jie Yin mocked Xuanyuan and Tongtian, blamed them for Laozi and Yuanshi's defiance, and declared that Heaven had destined them to die.

Xuanyuan and Tongtian faced Hongjun’s death sentence, while the wounded Laozi and Yuanshi and other powers could do nothing to intervene. Xuanyuan summoned the Great Heavenly God-Demon Array, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches answered its call as the formation began to take shape.

• Zhen Yuanzi used the Earth Book and Shrink the Ground to Inch to race toward the Western Land to help Xuanyuan and Tongtian.
• Hongjun decreed that Xuanyuan and Tongtian would die for defying the Heavenly Dao, while Zhun Ti and Jie Yin mocked them.
• Xuanyuan and Tongtian rejected Hongjun’s decree and declared that the Pangu Orthodox Lineage would not bow to Heaven.
• Xuanyuan released the Chaos Pearl and summoned fourteen Great Heavenly God-Demon Banners, alarming Di Jun and Tai Yi with their power.
• Xuanyuan chanted the formation’s invocation, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches answered through their bloodline and laws as he activated the Great Heavenly God-Demon Array.

Xuanyuan and Tongtian summoned Pangu's True Body with the Great Heavenly God-Demon Array, suppressing the Heavenly Dao’s retribution and confronting Hongjun. As the mighty cultivators withdrew, Xuanyuan considered how Laozi and Yuanshi might one day help turn the Heavenly Dao’s power against Hongjun, while the confrontation escalated.

• Xuanyuan and Tongtian activated the Great Heavenly God-Demon Array, combining its powers to form Pangu's True Body and scatter the Heavenly Dao’s thunderclouds.
• Hongjun’s phantom brought the Heavenly Dao’s authority against Pangu's True Body, and their opposing pressures forced the mighty cultivators near the Western Land to retreat.
• Zhun Ti and Jie Yin were terrified by Pangu's True Body, while Zhen Yuanzi welcomed the array’s appearance and stood ready to help.
• Taotie carried the gravely wounded Laozi away with Yuanshi as the other cultivators withdrew, and Xuanyuan considered how the brothers might later help oppose Hongjun.
• Xuanyuan and Tongtian denounced Hongjun as a thief who had stolen Heaven’s Dao, and Hongjun declared that the two had become threats who must be killed.

Xuanyuan and Tongtian used the Great Heavenly Divine Thunder and Pangu's True Body to fight Hongjun's Purple Heaven Divine Thunder, which had been empowered by the Jade Disc of Creation. The battle remained unresolved, and Zhun Ti tried to reassure Jie Yin that Hongjun would prevail.

• Laozi sensed the Pangu Source aura in Pangu's True Body, while Yuanshi recognized the Witch Ancestor Tribe's Pangu heritage and Dong Wang Gong hoped it would help his court defeat the Yao Race.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi feared that Pangu's True Body and Xuanyuan and Tongtian's power could threaten the Yao Race Heavenly Court.
• Hongjun summoned the Jade Disc of Creation and infused the Purple Heaven thunderclouds with Heavenly Dao laws, forming countless divine-beast thunder phantoms.
• Xuanyuan and Tongtian activated the Great Heavenly God-Demon Array and unleashed Great Heavenly Divine Thunder, summoning Three Thousand Great Dao Demon God phantoms to battle the thunder beasts.
• Xuanyuan and Tongtian directed the ongoing clash while Hongjun strengthened the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder; Zhen Yuanzi stood ready to help, and Laozi and Yuanshi watched from a distance.
• Jie Yin panicked at the strength of the thunder phantoms, but Zhun Ti privately urged him to trust that Hongjun could unleash enough Heavenly Dao power to win.

Xuanyuan and Tongtian drew on Pangu’s Source Power through Buzhou Mountain’s Earth Veins to turn the tide against Hongjun’s phantom. They shattered the Jade Disc of Creation and destroyed the phantom, leaving Hongjun’s true body in the Purple Firmament Palace.

• Xuanyuan and Tongtian sustained the Pangu True Body against Hongjun’s phantom, whose limited power could not break the array.
• Xuanyuan sensed Pangu’s Source Power awakening beneath Buzhou Mountain, and he and Tongtian drew Hongjun toward the mountain’s Earth Veins.
• Hongjun’s phantom attacked with a spear of Heavenly Punishment as Zhun Ti, Jie Yin, Di Jun, Tai Yi, Lei Ze, and the other cultivators watched.
• Pangu’s Source Power surged into the Pangu True Body, and Xuanyuan and Tongtian struck the Jade Disc of Creation with a Heaven-Opening Slash, cracking it.
• The Pangu True Body cleaved Hongjun’s phantom apart, scattering it into motes of light.

Xuanyuan and Tongtian survived Hongjun’s final attack and were rescued by Zhen Yuanzi, while their allies blocked Di Jun and Tai Yi from pursuing them. At Zixiao Palace, Jie Yin and Zhun Ti begged Hongjun to repair their damaged Dao foundations, but his attendants told them to find their own opportunities, leaving them in despair.

• Hongjun unleashed a final Heavenly Dao tribulation beam that shattered the Pangu True Body, gravely injuring Xuanyuan and leaving Tongtian unconscious.
• Zhen Yuanzi rescued Xuanyuan and Tongtian and carried them, along with the scattered treasures and injured companions, to Longevity Mountain as Nuwa, the Queen Mother of the West, Lei Ze, and others delayed their pursuers.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi chased Zhen Yuanzi to Longevity Mountain but withdrew when they faced his powerful earth vein array.
• Zhen Yuanzi treated Xuanyuan, Tongtian, Laozi, and Yuanshi beneath the Ginseng Fruit Tree while Tongtian’s bloodline absorbed the Heavenly Dao mysteries.
• Jie Yin and Zhun Ti prostrated themselves before Zixiao Palace and pleaded with Hongjun to restore their damaged Dao foundations.
• Haotian and Yaochi said Hongjun was in seclusion and ordered Jie Yin and Zhun Ti to seek their own opportunities, leaving the two saints despairing outside the palace.

After the battle with Hongjun’s phantom, Xuanyuan and the others recovered at Wuzhuang Temple while Jie Yin and Zhun Ti remained outside Purple Cloud Palace. Once he had healed enough, Xuanyuan began explaining the next steps toward attaining sainthood through the Earth Path to Zhen Yuanzi.

• Haotian told Jie Yin and Zhun Ti that they could seek sainthood through merit if severing three corpses proved impossible, and the brothers stayed outside Purple Cloud Palace to recover.
• At Wuzhuang Temple, Xuanyuan used the Creation Green Lotus Seed alongside Three Lights Divine Water to heal himself, Tongtian, Laozi, and Yuanshi.
• Laozi and Yuanshi reflected on their past distance from Xuanyuan and Tongtian as they accepted Xuanyuan’s help and continued healing.
• After a hundred years, Zhen Yuanzi recovered first, and Xuanyuan regained most of his strength while Tongtian remained unconscious and Laozi and Yuanshi stayed in seclusion.
• Xuanyuan told Zhen Yuanzi that he would explain the next steps toward attaining sainthood through the Earth Path.

Xuanyuan explained how Zhen Yuanzi could use the Earth Book to establish Earth Path order, gather fortune, and pursue sainthood outside Heavenly Dao’s constraints. He revealed that the Earth Path could have at most nine saints, and Zhen Yuanzi asked whether other cultivators could join them.

• Xuanyuan told Zhen Yuanzi to transform the Earth Book into the Classic of Mountains and Seas and appoint earth deities to establish order and gather fortune.
• Zhen Yuanzi understood Xuanyuan’s guidance and declared that he now saw a path toward Earth Path sainthood.
• Xuanyuan explained that Earth Dao Saints did not need Hongmeng Purple Qi but were still subject to a limit of nine.
• Xuanyuan described how he intended to break from established limits by reshaping the Earth and Human Paths.
• Zhen Yuanzi asked Xuanyuan whether other Primordial World cultivators shared an affinity with the Earth Path.

Xuanyuan explained how Ming He could use the Blood Sea and Asura Path to attain Earth Dao sainthood, and Zhen Yuanzi left to put the Earth Path into practice. After Laozi and Yuanshi recovered, Xuanyuan asked whether they knew the hidden dangers of becoming Heavenly Dao Saints by Severing Three Corpses.

• Xuanyuan argued that Ming He could connect the Earth Path and Human Dao Reincarnation by bringing order to the Blood Sea and incorporating the Asura Path.
• Zhen Yuanzi praised Xuanyuan's plan, left the Ginseng Fruit Tree at Wuzhuang Temple, and departed to survey the Primordial World and establish the Earth Path's order.
• Zhen Yuanzi told Xuanyuan that Earth Vein Power concealed Taotie beneath Mount Sumeru and strengthened the seal holding him there.
• Laozi and Yuanshi recovered, and the brothers acknowledged their shared bond and the different principles Yuanshi still held.
• Xuanyuan asked Laozi and Yuanshi about the hidden dangers of attaining sainthood through Severing Three Corpses and becoming Heavenly Dao Saints.

Xuanyuan warned Laozi and Yuanshi that their paths to Heavenly Dao Sainthood had hidden dangers and offered them two choices: abandon their cultivation to pursue Proving Dao by Force, or continue toward becoming Saints. Yuanshi chose the second path, arguing that he would not discard his hard-won cultivation and that becoming a Heavenly Dao Saint was necessary to protect himself from Hongjun.

• Xuanyuan explained that mismatched spiritual treasures made uniting the Three Corpses difficult and that entrusting their Primordial Spirits to the Heavenly Dao tied Laozi and Yuanshi to its will.
• Xuanyuan presented the choice of cutting off their cultivation to rebuild their Dao foundations or continuing toward Heavenly Dao Sainthood, with the possibility of joining forces to seize the Heavenly Dao's authority.
• Laozi and Yuanshi weighed the risks of both paths beneath the Ginseng Fruit Tree.
• Yuanshi chose to continue toward becoming a Heavenly Dao Saint, insisting that he would not throw away countless eons of cultivation.
• Yuanshi argued that Hongjun's power after merging with the Heavenly Dao could threaten them if they were not Saints.

Laozi and Yuanshi chose to pursue sainthood through the Heavenly Dao while Xuanyuan and Tongtian followed the Great Dao, agreeing to coordinate against Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao. After Qiu Niu reported their departure to Dong Wang Gong, Dong Wang Gong set out for Longevity Mountain to recruit Xuanyuan and Tongtian for the Donghua Immortal Court.

• Laozi and Yuanshi committed to the Heavenly Dao path, and Xuanyuan urged them to preserve their Original Hearts while their brothers pursued the Great Dao.
• Xuanyuan proposed that the brothers and Houtu's faction take different paths to evade the Heavenly Dao's constraints and later seize its authority together.
• Laozi and Yuanshi left Wuzhuang Temple for Kunlun, while Qiu Niu watched them depart and hurried to report to Dong Wang Gong.
• Dong Wang Gong decided to recruit Xuanyuan and Tongtian, leaving Ziwei Star Lord to guard Five Immortal Island.
• Dong Wang Gong gathered Kuafu, Da Yi, Xing Tian, and Jiu Feng, prepared rare gifts, and led them toward Longevity Mountain.

At Wuzhuang Temple, Xuanyuan used the Three Lights Divine Water to heal Tongtian, who recovered and strengthened his Yin Yang Law and physique. Xuanyuan and Tongtian set out on Taotie for the ruins of Mount Sumeru, while six figures arrived at Longevity Mountain after they had departed.

• Xuanyuan used the Three Lights Divine Water and Pangu Pure Qi to repair Tongtian’s damaged foundation and primordial spirit.
• Tongtian recovered, refined the last of the Heavenly Dao’s tribulation light, and reached the Late-stage Primordial Golden Immortal realm in physical cultivation.
• Tongtian discovered that Xuanyuan’s primordial spirit, Law, and physical body had all reached the Late-stage Primordial Golden Immortal realm.
• Xuanyuan and Tongtian decided to go to the ruins of Mount Sumeru to subdue Taotie and let it devour the baleful energy there.
• Xuanyuan opened a Chaos Long Bridge, and he and Tongtian rode Taotie toward Mount Sumeru.
• Six figures arrived at the foot of Longevity Mountain after Xuanyuan, Tongtian, and Taotie had left.

Dong Wang Gong arrived at Longevity Mountain hoping to recruit Xuanyuan and Tongtian, but found they had already departed. The brothers reached Mount Sumeru, uncovered Taotie’s hidden seal, and broke it open, leaving the ferocious beast poised to escape.

• Dong Wang Gong found Longevity Mountain empty and, unwilling to risk pursuing Xuanyuan and Tongtian to Mount Sumeru, led his group back toward the East Sea.
• Xuanyuan and Tongtian arrived at the ruined Mount Sumeru on Taowu and detected Taotie’s aura beneath the Buddhist light.
• Xuanyuan and Tongtian tore through the Buddhist barrier and revealed the Abyss of Gluttony, where Taotie was sealed amid demonic soil and resentful spirits.
• Taowu’s shared origins with Taotie stirred the sealing formation, and Tongtian joined Xuanyuan in breaking its weakened runes with his laws, swords, and crutch.
• A mighty roar erupted from the Abyss of Gluttony as the seal broke open.

Tongtian and Xuanyuan subdued Taotie in the Abyss of Gluttony, where Tongtian then cleansed the Immortal-Slaying Formation Diagram of Buddhist influence and restored its original form. After ninety-seven thousand years of study, Tongtian reforged the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation and emerged with greatly increased combat power.

• Taotie attacked Tongtian, and Xuanyuan joined the fight, helping wound the beast with the God-Slaying Spear, Primordial Measure Heaven Ruler, and Chaos Divine Thunder.
• Tongtian used Pangu's pressure to weaken Taotie, then branded its primordial spirit and took it as his mount.
• Xuanyuan identified the Abyss of Gluttony as an ideal place to restore the Immortal-Slaying Formation Diagram, and Tongtian scoured the Five Bright King Diagram with Killing Intent and Luohu's residual power.
• Tongtian studied the restored diagram and four swords while Taowu regained its peak strength and Taotie recovered; Xuanyuan guarded them and tempered his body.
• After ninety-seven thousand years, Tongtian perfected the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation's embryonic form, and he and Xuanyuan celebrated his greatly increased combat power.