Chapter Summaries

Xuan Yin gained insight into Lotus Manifestation and suspected that Maitreya was secretly connected to Taishang Laojun. He asked Luohu to send Heavenly Demon Kings to test Maitreya, leaving him wondering whether Xuandu knew the truth.

• With the Bodhi Tree and the Merit Golden Lotus seed before him, Xuan Yin understood how the lotus’s thirty-two petals corresponded to Rulai’s Thirty-two Aspects.
• Xuan Yin connected the Buddhist Sect’s teachings to True Man Nanhua and considered whether Taishang Laojun and the Two Sages of the West had made an agreement.
• Xuan Yin left the Garden of Solitude and asked Luohu to send Heavenly Demon Kings to probe Maitreya.
• Luohu speculated that Maitreya might be the Second Generation Taishang chosen by Taishang Laojun, rather than Xuandu.
• Luohu agreed to test Maitreya, and Xuan Yin wondered whether Xuandu knew about the possibility.

Xuan Yin learned more about Hongjun and the Demon Realm from Luohu, then secured Empress Nuwa’s decree restoring the Human Sect. Meanwhile, Luohu’s forces launched their plan to assassinate Maitreya, who was trapped by twelve Great Freely Manifesting Heavenly Demons.

• Luohu explained the Demon Realm’s spatial nodes and agreed to send twelve Great Freely Manifesting Heavenly Demons to kill Maitreya while the Wrath Heavenly Demon King attacked the Abyss of Darkness.
• Luohu told Xuan Yin that Hongjun had been the Creation Demon God and advised him to ask Zhu Rong about Hongjun’s past; Xuan Yin then went to Empress Nuwa with what he had learned.
• Empress Nuwa issued a decree restoring the Human Sect, and the Three Ancestors of the Human Race reinstated its lineage.
• Xuandu broke through to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm but failed to inherit the Second Generation Taishang imprint, and Taishang Laojun reassured him that this was no loss.
• Maitreya subdued a weasel and named it Yellow Brow, but twelve Great Freely Manifesting Heavenly Demons sealed the area and attacked him.

Luohu attacked Maitreya and exposed the possibility that the Buddhist Sect’s Future Buddha was Taiqing’s Second Generation Taishang, while also implicating the Western Sages in the theft of the Heavenly Court’s Primordial Peach Root. Taishang Laojun rescued Maitreya, but the revelation set the Mystic Gate and Buddhist Sect against each other as Luohu’s larger scheme remained underway.

• Maitreya used the Golden Cymbal to withstand twelve Great Freely Manifesting Heavenly Demons, while Jieyin sent Amitabha to rescue him amid attacks on the Abyss of Darkness and the Garden of Solitude.
• The leading demon accused Maitreya of possessing Innate Ren Water Origin stolen from the Primordial Peach Root, and Luohu possessed the demon to confront Amitabha.
• A phantom Taiji Diagram protected Maitreya, prompting Luohu to reveal that Maitreya might be Taiqing’s Second Generation Taishang and to accuse the Western Sages of taking the Peach Root’s origin.
• Haotian suspected the Buddhist Sect had caused the Peach Root’s loss and secretly recorded the debt, while Tongtian and Nuwa considered the consequences of Maitreya’s possible identity.
• Amitabha denied Luohu’s claims, but Luohu withdrew after taunting the Sages, and Taishang Laojun refined the twelve demons as Luohu declared his greater storm had only begun.

Taishang Laojun admitted that Maitreya had inherited part of his Dao Fruit and explained his plan to transfer the Human Sect to Nuwa, but Primordial Heavenly Venerate rejected it. Luohu planted a Demonic Dao imprint in Xuandu, while the West faced growing opposition over Maitreya’s potential succession; Primordial Heavenly Venerate returned to Jade Void Palace searching for another solution.

• Taishang Laojun told Primordial Heavenly Venerate that Maitreya had inherited part of his Dao Fruit and described his plan for Nuwa to take over the Human Sect, but Primordial Heavenly Venerate refused to accept it.
• Luohu sent an Inner Demon to Shouyang Mountain, where it convinced Xuandu that Taishang Laojun had never intended him to become the Second Generation Taishang and planted a Demonic Dao imprint in him.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate left Shouyang Mountain without reaching an agreement, and Sect Master Tongtian and Nuwa saw his gloomy expression.
• Daoist Zhunti realized that Luohu had exposed Maitreya’s inheritance to turn the Sages against the West, whose child of fortune would take several Epochs to be born.
• At Jade Void Palace, Primordial Heavenly Venerate considered cooperating with Sect Master Tongtian, ruled it out, and recalled Fu Xi’s mention of the Primordial Heavenly Emperor.

Primordial Heavenly Venerate considered recruiting Luohu or using Great Immortal Yang Mei’s imprint to advance his plans, while Xuan Yin visited Zhu Rong to learn about Di Hong and the buried Divine Path era. Xuan Yin learned that erasing Di Hong’s imprint required resolving his inner regret or overwhelming it with power, and realized the task Taishang Laojun had given him was far more dangerous than it sounded.

• Primordial Heavenly Venerate concluded that becoming the Heavenly Emperor would invite opposition, considered working with Luohu, and contemplated tracing Great Immortal Yang Mei’s true body through his intercepted imprint.
• Xuan Yin searched for Zhu Rong at Zhangwei Mountain and discovered Zhu Rong’s true body was hidden in the River of Time and Space.
• Xuan Yin explained that he had agreed to erase Di Hong’s Divine Path Imprint, and Zhu Rong recounted how the Immortal Dao rose, how Di Hong created Three Corpses Unification, and how regret severed him from his former self.
• Zhu Rong warned Xuan Yin that he would need to resolve Di Hong’s inner knot or erase the imprint with overwhelming power, and Xuan Yin realized the mission was perilous.

Xuan Yin went to Cinnabar Cave Mountain to refine the Wisdom Demon God's remaining origin and discovered a memory of Pangu's repeated hunts across reincarnations, along with the Dao Interpretation divine ability Pangu had left behind. He resumed refining the origin, hoping to transform his Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart and strengthen his Law Dao.

• Xuan Yin traveled to Cinnabar Cave Mountain and deduced that it had formed from the Wisdom Demon God's heart, whose Great Dao corresponded to him.
• Xuan Yin tried to refine the remaining origin, but a remnant of the Wisdom Demon God's resentment revealed memories of Pangu killing the Chaos Demon Gods across many reincarnations.
• The Wisdom Demon God recalled discovering that Pangu had left the Dao Interpretation divine ability in his heart for whoever refined it.
• Xuan Yin wondered whether Luohu had known of Pangu's connection to the mountain and considered the mysterious forces behind the reincarnations.
• Xuan Yin set aside those questions and continued refining the Wisdom Demon God's origin to advance his Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart and Law Dao.

Xuan Yin refined the Wisdom Demon God's origin, advanced to Great Freely Manifesting Heavenly Demon, and made Dora B Meng his Manifestation Body. Dora's work saving beings across the realms disrupted Taiyi and Cihang's efforts to gather destiny, and Primordial Heavenly Venerate sent them back to cultivate.

• Xuan Yin absorbed the Wisdom Demon God's remaining origin, reached Great Freely Manifesting Heavenly Demon, and greatly improved his wisdom and law-based creations.
• Dora B Meng revealed that he had been saving beings from disasters across the realms, earning immense vow power and the title Dora the Dream-Fulfilling Heavenly Venerate.
• Xuan Yin invited Dora B Meng to become his Manifestation Body, and Dora agreed on the condition that Xuan Yin use the Heaven and Earth Gourd to enhance his Great Dao.
• Xuan Yin severed Dora B Meng from his Buddhist Dao Fruit, making him a sacred Manifestation Body and strengthening Xuan Yin's Buddhist cultivation.
• Taiyi and Cihang complained to Primordial Heavenly Venerate that Dora B Meng had taken the destiny from their efforts to save beings.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate told Taiyi and Cihang to return to seclusion and come back only after attaining Grand Unity Dao Fruits through two paths.

After reaching the Great Freely Manifesting Heavenly Demon realm, Xuan Yin sought a way to break the Heavenly Dao’s nine-petal limit on Grand Unity flowers. Luohu taught him that sacrifice was the Demonic Dao’s core, and Xuan Yin devised a Dream Dao method of sacrificing alternate selves and dream creations before restoring them.

• Xuan Yin remained at Cinnabar Cave Mountain to temper his state of mind and repeatedly attempted to attain Grand Unity in dreams, but produced only a nine-petaled Dao flower.
• Xuan Yin asked Sect Master Tongtian how the Three Pure Ones had surpassed the nine-petal limit, and learned that they had briefly entered Pangu’s consciousness.
• Xuan Yin consulted Luohu, who explained that sincerity, severance, enlightenment, and sacrifice lay at the cores of the Divine, Immortal, Buddhist, and Demonic Daos.
• Luohu advised Xuan Yin to sacrifice his other Dao fruits and even his Grand Unity Dao Fruit to break past the Heavenly Dao’s limit, describing how he had sacrificed his Chaos Demon God origin to form an eleven-petaled flower.
• Xuan Yin devised Sacrificing Dao in a Dream, sacrificing his other timelines, Spirit Realm, and dream creations as nourishment for his True Self.
• Xuan Yin used the Dream Dao to recreate everything he had sacrificed.

Xuan Yin sacrificed his dreams, alternate selves, and four cultivation Dao Fruits to break through to an eleven-grade Grand Unity Dao Fruit of Law. He returned from quiescence as a Law Dao Grand Unity, only to discover that Taishang Laojun's imprint had sent him to the ancient, buried time and space where the Divine Dao had declined.

• Xuan Yin sacrificed his dreams and every possibility of himself, then sacrificed the Divine, Buddhist, Demonic, and Immortal Dao Fruits to advance beyond the limits of Heaven and Earth.
• Xuan Yin awakened from the River of Time and Space with an eleven-grade Law Dao Fruit that encompassed the traits of the immortal, Buddhist, divine, and demonic paths.
• Xuan Yin concluded that he could cultivate the four paths' Dao Fruits again, but his foundation was not yet strong enough to sacrifice the Law Dao Fruit or Pangu's imprint.
• Xuan Yin's severed karma and authorities returned, and Bodhisattva King Xuan Zang manifested again as Dora the Dream-Fulfilling Heavenly Venerate continued traveling through the realms.
• Xuan Yin realized that Taishang Laojun's imprint had transported him to the buried time and space, where the Divine Dao had declined and the Heavenly Dao was not yet complete.

Xuan Yin traveled to the ancient past, established karma with Hong Yun’s Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd, and investigated the era of Di Hong’s fall. He encountered Eastern Emperor Taiyi, who revealed his plan to claim the Divine Path Origin and asked Xuan Yin to take the blame for stealing Di Hong’s imprint.

• Xuan Yin reached the era before the Twelve Ancestral Witches were born and secretly nourished the Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd to establish karma with it.
• Xuan Yin learned that the battle traces he had seen came from Zhuzhao and Youying fighting Di Hong, and he considered how to resolve Di Hong’s regrets without altering the past.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi appeared through the Chaos Bell, and Xuan Yin realized Taiyi had returned after Dao Integration with a Divine Unity Dao Fruit.
• Taiyi explained that Xuan Yin’s success in changing Buzhou Mountain’s fate had inspired him and Dijun to seek the Demon Clan’s survival in the past.
• Taiyi revealed his plan to become the Divine Path Origin, using the Twelve-Grade White Lotus of Purity to address the flaws of the Acquired Divine Path.
• Taiyi asked Xuan Yin to take the blame for erasing the time-space imprint left by Di Hong, and Xuan Yin warned that the burden involved a Saint.

Xuan Yin learned that Taishang Laojun had trapped him in an ancient timeline and discussed with Eastern Emperor Taiyi how they could escape and seize the Divine Path Origin. Taiyi revealed his plan to claim Zhuzhao’s solar authority and enter Pangu, and Xuan Yin agreed to help.

• Eastern Emperor Taiyi told Xuan Yin that he could leave the buried timeline only by erasing its space-time and seizing Di Hong’s imprint, while Xuan Yin realized Taishang Laojun had arranged to trap him there.
• Xuan Yin explained that his Buddhist cultivation might let him break free, but Taiyi pointed out that he lacked the understanding to wield that power.
• Taiyi said Zhuzhao’s control of the sun prevented him from advancing beyond Divine Unity, and he revealed that the Monster Summoning Banner, Immortal Gathering Banner, and Xuan Yin’s Bright Divine Banner gathered many Divine Dao authorities.
• Xuan Yin deduced that Zhu Rong had shared secrets with Taiyi, and Taiyi confirmed they were in contact before offering Xuan Yin a lotus seed from the Twelve-Grade White Lotus of Purity.
• Taiyi said he was seventy to eighty percent certain he could enter Pangu, and would be ninety percent certain if he gained Zhuzhao’s authority and became the sole Sun God through all ages.
• Xuan Yin accepted Taiyi’s plan to obtain Zhuzhao’s authority and pursue the Divine Path Origin.

Xuan Yin and Eastern Emperor Taiyi watched Di Hong’s victory establish the Immortal Dao’s dominance, until Zhuzhao chose Dao Integration to give Eastern Emperor Taiyi the Sun Great Dao and preserve a chance for the Divine Dao. Xuan Yin took the blame for the resulting change, publicly invoking Lord Shenbao’s authority and preparing to borrow Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s Sage Unity Dao Fruit.

• Xuan Yin and Eastern Emperor Taiyi observed Di Hong defeat the Divine Dao forces, while First Kirin and other Great Powers developed the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal path.
• Di Hong suppressed Zhu Rong, and Zhuzhao and Youying led a later battle against him; Youying lost her Dao, Zhuzhao survived in doubt, and the Immortal Dao secured its dominance.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi offered Zhuzhao a chance to preserve the Divine Dao, and Zhuzhao underwent Dao Integration to transfer all Sun Great Dao authority to him.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi redirected the resulting karma onto Xuan Yin, who concealed it with the Luotian Auspicious Clouds and staged an apparent inheritance of the Sun God’s authority.
• Xuan Yin publicly declared that Lord Shenbao had ordered him to kill Di Hong, making Taishang Laojun appear to challenge the Dao Ancestor while Xuan Yin planned to borrow Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s Dao Fruit.

The Three Pure Ones and other powers reacted to Xuan Yin’s actions, which prompted Haotian to prepare an attack on the Human Dao Divine Dynasty. In the buried spacetime, Xuan Yin confronted Di Hong, then called on Dora the Dream-Fulfilling Heavenly Venerate to turn Di Hong’s attack back on him.

• Lord Shenbao and Lord Tianbao questioned Lord Lingbao about Xuan Yin’s sudden rise to Sage Grand Unity, while Lord Lingbao admitted he did not know how Xuan Yin had achieved it.
• Sect Master Tongtian had Zhao Gongming spread word that Taishang Laojun had ordered Xuan Yin to seek Di Hong’s imprint, drawing suspicion from Haotian and other powers.
• Haotian ordered the Heavenly Court’s army to prepare to destroy the Human Dao Divine Dynasty before Primordial Heavenly Venerate could move against him.
• Fu Xi prepared for the coming battle, having helped Yeming and other beings break free of the Investiture of the Gods List so they could turn against Haotian at a crucial moment.
• Di Hong confronted Xuan Yin, who claimed to act under Lord Shenbao’s decree, and their spiritual treasures clashed across the buried spacetime.
• Xuan Yin summoned Dora the Dream-Fulfilling Heavenly Venerate, who took over his body and imposed a rule that tripled damage from anyone attacking him, sending Di Hong’s Heaven-Opening Blades back at him.

Xuan Yin used Law Dao, the Hongmeng Measuring Heaven Ruler, and Taiyi’s solar authority to devastate Di Hong, but Di Hong began fusing his Three Corpses as the Heavenly Dao intervened. Hongjun turned Di Hong into a golden imprint, and Xuan Yin seized it before traveling with Taiyi toward the time before the heavens were opened.

• Dora the Dream-Fulfilling Heavenly Venerate used the Chaos Bell’s mysteries to reflect the Heaven-Opening Blade and imposed laws that restricted Di Hong’s treasures.
• Xuan Yin found that his attacks could not penetrate the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Clouds, while Taiyi admitted the Chaos Bell could not reflect the Pangu Banner’s ultimate mystery.
• Xuan Yin remembered Houtu’s promise and received the Hongmeng Measuring Heaven Ruler, then used it alongside Taiyi’s solar authority to strike Di Hong with the falling Solar Star.
• Di Hong survived the attack and began fusing his Three Corpses as the Heavenly Dao descended and the buried time-space disintegrated.
• Hongjun transformed Di Hong into a golden imprint, which Xuan Yin seized before Zhu Rong urged Taiyi to seek the Divine Path Origin in the time before the heavens were opened.
• Xuan Yin used the Pangu Imprint to travel with Taiyi toward the moment Pangu opened the heavens.

Xuan Yin and the Divine Path Imprint vanished after a mysterious sword strike, and Xuan Yin traveled back to creation’s beginning, where Taiyi helped him enter Pangu’s True Body. The Sages and Ancestral Witches contested control of Pangu as Taiyi tried to establish the Divine Path Origin, while Primordial Heavenly Venerate moved to stop them.

• A causeless sword strike blocked Primordial Heavenly Venerate and made Xuan Yin and the Divine Path Imprint disappear; the Sages could not identify who had struck.
• Zhu Rong relayed Xuan Yin’s future self’s advice about approaching oneness and warned Taiyi that establishing the Divine Path Origin without preparation could cost him his true heart and True Spirit Imprint.
• Taiyi used the Taiyi Seal to help Xuan Yin resonate with Pangu, drawing on the Pangu Imprints gathered through the Demon Sages’ Dao Integration.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate recognized Taiyi and Xuan Yin entering Pangu and tried to stop them, while Sect Master Tongtian restrained him and Houtu and the Ancestral Witches stirred Pangu’s Imprint.
• Pangu split into three forms controlled by the Three Pure Ones, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and Xuan Yin with Taiyi, who attempted to establish the Divine Path Origin.

Eastern Emperor Taiyi attained the Divine Path Origin after Xuan Yin sacrificed himself and Pangu’s True Body, establishing the Divine Dao system. Taiyi became its founder, while Primordial Heavenly Venerate began considering how to take that position from him and Sect Master Tongtian searched for Xuan Yin.

• The Primordial Heavenly King attacked Pangu’s True Body with the Fuli Primordial Treasure Pearl, and Eastern Emperor Taiyi and Xuan Yin fought back with the Chaos Bell and Heaven-Opening Seal.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi merged his body, primordial spirit, Dao, and authorities into Pangu’s True Body, leaving Xuan Yin to withstand the Primordial Heavenly King.
• Xuan Yin drew on the united wills of Divine Dao beings to resist the Dao Yi Seal, then used Dao Interpretation and the Method of Sacrificing Dao to return himself, Taiyi, and Pangu’s True Body to One.
• The Gate of Myriad Wonders appeared at the source of time and space, revealing that Taiyi had attained the Divine Path Origin and merged with the Chaos Bell and Twelve-Grade White Lotus of Purity.
• The Eastern Emperor Purple Register established Taiyi as the Divine Dao’s founder and gave Divine Path Cultivators a way to purify their desires and draw on the Gate of Myriad Wonders.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate realized Taiyi’s attainment blocked his own path, while Sect Master Tongtian looked for the missing Xuan Yin.

Xuan Yin used the Twelve-Grade Black Lotus of Destruction to absorb the Desires of All Beings and established himself as the dark side of the Divine Dao. He stayed inside the Gate of Myriad Wonders to cultivate while Sect Master Tongtian learned he was safe.

• Xuan Yin drew on the Twelve-Grade Black Lotus of Destruction to cultivate the Demonic Dao from the negative energies the Twelve-Grade White Lotus of Purity could not purify.
• Dong Jun explained that Xuan Yin’s cultivation would ease the burden on Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s Dao Fruit, and Xuan Yin declared himself the dark side of the Divine Dao.
• Xuan Yin and Dong Jun discussed how True Person Taiyi might steal Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s name and how Dijun had concealed a contingency for Taiyi’s True Spirit.
• Xuan Yin chose to remain hidden in the Gate of Myriad Wonders, where he cultivated with the Desires of All Beings and reflected on his gains from possessing Pangu.
• Sect Master Tongtian learned through Xuan Zang that Xuan Yin was safe and stopped worrying about him.

Xuan Yin completed his Demonic Dao cultivation and became a Great Freely Manifesting Heavenly Demon, gaining the He Transforms Freely technique. He decided to return to the Primordial World by entering Purple Cloud Palace and complain to the Dao Ancestor about Taishang Laojun, Primordial Heavenly Venerate, and Luohu.

• Xuan Yin studied the Demonic Dao and compared its cultivation systems with the Buddhist, Divine, and Immortal Daos.
• Xuan Yin refined the Desires of All Beings, perfected his Six Desires Heavenly Demon Dao Fruit, and broke through to become a Great Freely Manifesting Heavenly Demon.
• Xuan Yin gained He Transforms Freely and used it to transform into the Black Tortoise Dao Body and Fu Xi Dao Body, matching their auras and bloodlines.
• Xuan Yin decided to return to the Primordial World because the Immortal, Buddhist, and Divine Daos required experience and support from its beings.
• Xuan Yin chose to go to Purple Cloud Palace to complain to the Dao Ancestor about Taishang Laojun and Primordial Heavenly Venerate, while also exposing Luohu.

Xuan Yin visited Dong Jun to obtain Taiyi Imperial Edicts, then went to Purple Cloud Palace to warn Dao Ancestor Hongjun about Luohu and the Mystic Gate’s schemes. Hongjun saw a chance to use Xuan Yin’s ties to the Demonic, Divine, and Buddhist paths and asked what he wanted.

• Xuan Yin asked Dong Jun for a hundred Taiyi Imperial Edicts, and Dong Jun gave him nine while warning him not to undermine the Divine Dao.
• Xuan Yin left an incarnation to oversee the Twelve-Grade Black Lotus of Destruction and traveled to the time of Hongjun’s third lecture at Purple Cloud Palace.
• Xuan Yin accused Luohu, Taiqing, and Yuanshi of plotting against Hongjun and revealed his Demonic Dao cultivation and his connection to Luohu.
• Xuan Yin claimed he had only been stringing Luohu along and professed loyalty to the Immortal Dao, hoping to gain Hongjun’s protection.
• Hongjun considered how Xuan Yin’s connections could help him control the Demonic, Divine, and Buddhist paths, then asked Xuan Yin what he wanted.

Xuan Yin gained Hongjun’s support and an upgraded treasure, then learned that a Corrective Force enforced a prewritten cosmic script and erased memories of past epochs from slain Chaos Demon Gods. The chapter left Xuan Yin confronting the hidden force behind the cycle of reincarnation.

• Xuan Yin pledged loyalty to Hongjun, who used the Qiankun Cauldron and a strand of Primordial Violet Qi to transform the Hongmeng Measuring Heaven Ruler into an Innate Supreme Treasure imbued with the Balanced Great Dao.
• Hongjun told Xuan Yin that the ruler could let him borrow Hongjun’s power and remain undefeated against a sage, then advised him to inherit Luohu’s Dao fruit while warning him about the Buddha-Demon Great Tribulation and his role as a variable.
• Xuan Yin warned Hongjun about Taishang Laojun’s analysis of karma and explained that he owed Laojun three favors; Hongjun said Laojun’s attempts to avoid karma would draw more of it to him.
• Xuan Yin asked why Hongjun and other Chaos Demon Gods had kept reincarnating instead of escaping the cycle, and Hongjun revealed that a Corrective Force enforced a script written by a supreme existence.
• Hongjun explained that slain Chaos Demon Gods forgot the truth of epoch reincarnation and could recover those memories only after attaining the Dao again.