Chapter Summaries

Lu Yuan killed the three Demon Gods and purged the Yao Race forces that had harmed humans in the Qingxu Dao Field. Tongtian Cult Master shielded him from the Yao Race Heavenly Court, and the Witch Race withdrew from the protected territory as Lu Yuan began rebuilding the human settlements.

• Lu Yuan used the Profound Yellow World-Opening Bead and Yin Yang Wuji Banner to defeat and annihilate Green Lion Demon God, Blood Fiend Demon God, and Soul Devouring Demon God.
• Lu Yuan’s decree destroyed the Yao Mo and demonic beasts tainted by human blood, while the surviving humans revered him.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi prepared to attack Qingxu Mountain, but Tongtian Cult Master’s warning stopped Taiyi and Dijun from acting.
• Tongtian told Lu Yuan to protect the Human Race within his territory, avoid forcing matters beyond its borders, and shelter human Destiny Bearers who entered it.
• Dijiang ordered the Witch Race to stay billions of miles away from the Qingxu Mountain Dao Field.
• Lu Yuan restored the ruined settlements, organized the Qingxu cultivators and human immortal masters, and raised Guardian Spirit Gathering Formations to protect the survivors.

Lu Yuan established the Rune Immortal Dao among the humans sheltered at Qingxu Mountain as the Witch and Demon Clans completed weapons forged from human souls. After witnessing the suffering of the dead and the filth of the Netherworld Sea of Blood, Houtu understood that she must establish reincarnation and resolved to sacrifice herself for the Dao.

• Lu Yuan taught the Rune Immortal Dao at Qingxu Mountain, and a human boy became the first to form a Sun rune.
• The Rune Immortal Dao spread through the Qingxu Dao Field, gathering fortune that began transforming Lu Yuan’s Natal Dao Rune.
• Dijun completed the Witch-Slaying Sword from human blood and souls, while Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches completed the Mysterious Yin Soul Gathering Banner and their formation.
• Houtu saw the slaughtered human souls gathering at the Netherworld Sea of Blood and grieved as they were swallowed into its filth.
• Houtu attained enlightenment about the Six Paths of Reincarnation and resolved to transform herself into the Dao to create a path for all living beings.

Houtu transformed herself to establish the Six Paths of Reincarnation, then was reborn as the Primordial World's second Hunyuan Sage. Dao Ancestor Hongjun confined her to the Netherworld until the Witch-Demon war ended, leaving Houtu with her eleven elder brothers to discuss the Witch Race's future.

• Houtu vowed to open reincarnation, and her transformation drew the Sea of Blood and the souls of the Great Desolation into the newborn Netherworld, devastating Old ancestor Minghe's plans.
• Houtu completed the Six Paths of Reincarnation, earning immense merit and awakening as a Hunyuan Sage with numerous Netherworld treasures acknowledging her as their master.
• The Six Saints and Dao Ancestor Hongjun's projection arrived, and Hongjun declared that Houtu could not leave the Netherworld before the Witch-Demon war was settled.
• Houtu accepted the restriction but said she still had obligations to the Witch Race, then used the Netherworld's power to send the Saints and Hongjun's projection away.
• Houtu remained in the Netherworld with the eleven Ancestral Witches, who were troubled that her absence would prevent the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Fiends Great Formation from being completed.

After Houtu became the Dao of reincarnation and was bound to the Netherworld, Dijiang and Dijun prepared their races for the coming Witch-Yao battle, while Zhunti saw an opportunity for the West. Lu Yuan sensed Houtu’s achievement and began considering how reincarnation could inform his talisman Dao.

• Dijiang accepted Houtu’s departure from the Witch Race, proposed that Chi You replace her in the formation, and received her Dao seed containing her insights into earth and reincarnation.
• Dijiang arranged for Jiu Feng to bring clansmen to the Netherworld, where they could cultivate alongside Houtu and preserve a refuge for the Witch Race.
• Dijun ordered Xihe to take Little Ten to Wa Huang Palace for protection, but she refused to leave the battlefield, so Dijun decided to escort Little Ten himself.
• Zhunti urged Jieyin to seize the chance to bring cultivators into the Western sect amid the coming calamity, and announced that he would travel east.
• Lu Yuan sensed Houtu’s reincarnation Dao, recognized her self-sacrifice, and considered how the Netherworld’s laws might help him understand the talisman Dao.

Lu Yuan sent his Life and Death Daoist incarnation to the newly opened Netherworld to establish the Ghost Immortal Great Dao and claim the Hungry Ghost Path, while he stayed behind to sever his Yin Yang Dao Fruit incarnation. After ten thousand years, he successfully formed the Yin Yang Dao Fruit, and another daoist began to manifest beside it.

• Lu Yuan recognized the newly opened Six Paths of Reincarnation as an opportunity to establish the Ghost Immortal Great Dao and seize the Hungry Ghost Path’s Dao Lord position.
• Lu Yuan sent his Life and Death Daoist incarnation to the Netherworld to spread the Mysterious Scripture of Ghosts and secure the Hungry Ghost Path before rivals could act.
• Lu Yuan entered seclusion and focused on severing his Yin Yang Dao Fruit incarnation, drawing on the Yin Yang Wuji Banner, the Profound Yellow Gate, and accumulated merit and fortune.
• After ten thousand years, Lu Yuan forged a Blade of Heavenly Will and severed the Yin Yang Dao seed, condensing an Innate Yin Yang Dao Fruit.
• A new daoist began to manifest beside Lu Yuan’s newly formed Yin Yang Dao Fruit.

Lu Yuan completed Daoist Yin Yang and advanced to the Late Daluo realm, while Life and Death Daoist entered the newborn Netherworld to establish the Ghost Immortal Great Dao and contest authority over the Hungry Ghost Path. Old ancestor Minghe discovered his efforts and resolved to claim control of the Asura Path.

• Daoist Yin Yang was severed successfully, deepening Lu Yuan’s grasp of Yin Yang and allowing him to reach the Late Daluo Great Luo Dao Lord realm.
• Life and Death Daoist observed the Twelve Ancestral Witches surveying the Netherworld as Old ancestor Minghe mourned the diminished Sea of Blood and had his Blood God Sons devour discarded soul fragments.
• Life and Death Daoist identified the rise of Primal Heavenly Ghosts and secretly planted Ghost Immortal Dao seeds, gradually establishing the cultivation path over ten thousand years.
• Life and Death Daoist found a basin filled with Primal Heavenly Ghosts and began contending for Hungry Ghost Path authority by establishing the Life and Death Cycle Curtain around Yin Mountain.
• Old ancestor Minghe sensed the clash of Great Daos, recognized Life and Death Daoist as an incarnation of Qingxuanzi, and resolved that he alone would rule the Asura Path.

Life and Death Daoist established the Ghost Immortal Dao and seized forty percent of the Hungry Ghost Path’s Reincarnation Authority, but three rival Dao lineages and other powers challenged his position. Lu Yuan chose to focus on comprehending the Reincarnation Great Dao and strengthening his foundations as the struggle for the Six Paths intensified.

• Life and Death Daoist converted Primal Heavenly Ghosts, gained forty percent of the Hungry Ghost Path’s Reincarnation Authority, and founded the Ghost Immortal Dao domain.
• Three mysterious Great Divine Ability Users established the Ghost God, Demonic Ghost, and Ghost Devil lineages, contesting Life and Death Daoist’s authority; Shangqing Tongtian Cult Master reinforced his foundation.
• Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate entered the contest, while Houtu guarded the Hell Path, Kunpeng claimed the Animal Path, Old Ancestor Minghe secured the Asura Path, and Jieyin and Zhunti carved out the Pure Land Hell.
• Lu Yuan received Life and Death Daoist’s reports, ordered Yin-Yang to spread the Rune Immortal Dao among the Human Race, and resolved to comprehend reincarnation to prepare his third Dao Fruit avatar.
• Lu Yuan sent his Divine Sense to Life and Death Daoist, who held his ground as Jieyin and Zhunti struggled to expand the Pure Land Hell.
• Houtu infused the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk with Reincarnation Origin Power, making the Netherworld’s reincarnation laws clearer.

Xihe sent a fragment of her soul into reincarnation to take revenge on Houyi, and it was reborn as Chang'e, who married him before regaining her memories. When Chang'e's pill drew her to the Moon, Houyi fought Xihe to rescue her, but Wangshu intervened and separated them.

• Xihe defied Dijun and severed part of her origin, sending its vengeful soul fragment toward reincarnation; Wangshu purified it, and Houtu allowed it to enter the Human Path.
• The fragment was reborn as Chang'e, who grew up near Peach Mountain and met Houyi beneath an osmanthus tree; they married and lived together in the mountains.
• Afraid of growing old, Chang'e swallowed the Divine Pill bestowed by a lunar goddess, awakening Xihe's memories and triggering the Moon's summons that carried her to the Taiyin Star.
• Houyi pursued Chang'e to the Moon Palace and fought Xihe, who imprisoned Chang'e and attacked him in revenge for her nine sons.
• Wangshu stopped the battle, restrained Xihe, and sealed Houyi's power, sentencing him to chop the cassia tree while he and Chang'e remained apart forever.

After Xihe’s actions brought the Witch and Yao Races to the brink of war outside the Taiyin Star, Sage Taiqing intervened and forced both sides to withdraw. Lu Yuan sensed the brief calm would not last and resolved to reach Daluo Perfected before the calamity ended.

• Empress Houtu recognized Wangshu’s use of Taiyin power to guide Xihe’s divided soul into reincarnation without defying the Heavenly Dao.
• Dijun and Taiyi learned of Xihe’s actions, while Dijiang ordered the Witch Race to prepare for war and rescue Houyi from Guanghan Palace.
• The Witch and Yao Races confronted each other beyond the Taiyin Star, with Dijiang demanding Houyi and Xihe’s divided soul and Dijun refusing.
• Sage Taiqing halted the impending battle, declared that the clans’ final reckoning was not yet due, and ordered both sides to return home.
• Lu Yuan sensed Sage Taiqing’s intervention and judged that the suppressed calamity would intensify, so he resolved to form a third Dao Fruit incarnation and reach Daluo Perfected.

Lu Yuan seized control of the Hungry Ghost Path, became its Dao Master, and used its fortune and origin to forge an Innate Spiritual Treasure suited to reincarnation. He severed his third Dao Fruit incarnation, reached Great Luo Dao Lord Perfected, and turned his attention to the imminent decisive battle between the Witch and Demon Clans.

• Lu Yuan resolved to claim the Hungry Ghost Path Dao Master position so he could obtain the reincarnation treasure and authority needed to sever a third incarnation.
• Life and Death Daoist fought Emperor Shenyou, Demon Lord Yinmo, and Daoist Xuanyin, then drew on Lu Yuan's fortune and merit to suppress them and take the Hungry Ghost Path authority.
• The Netherworld recognized Life and Death Daoist as Hungry Ghost Path Dao Master, and Lu Yuan used the path's origin, fortune, and merit to condense the Reincarnation Talisman Plate.
• Lu Yuan used the Talisman Plate and his perfected reincarnation Dao seed to sever the Reincarnation Daoist from his true spirit.
• Lu Yuan reached Great Luo Dao Lord Perfected after four kalpas of closed-door cultivation, as the decisive battle between the Witch and Demon Clans approached.

As the Witch-Demon war erupted, both clans unleashed formations powerful enough to threaten the Great Desolation, and Lu Yuan feared the Yao Race might prevail. Qiangliang fell to Dijun’s Witch-Slaying Sword, but Xuanming struck down Tengshe—only for the real Tengshe to reveal he had survived through a substitute body hidden with Empress Nuwa’s help.

• Dijun entrusted the Tenth Golden Crow Prince to Empress Nuwa, who accepted him as her Registered Disciple, while Dijiang sent Jiu Feng and other young Witch elites to the Netherworld to preserve their race.
• After Hongjun’s ten-kalpa prohibition expired, the Witch and Yao Clans began their decisive battle, and their formations unleashed Hunyuan-level power that devastated the Great Desolation.
• The formations collapsed, and Dijun’s ambush killed Qiangliang despite Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin’s efforts to protect Chi You.
• Lu Yuan worried that Dijun’s advantage could lead to the Witch Race’s extinction and threaten his Qingxu Dao Field.
• Xuanming pierced Tengshe with Houtu’s God-Shattering Spear and joined the fight against Dijun, while the real Tengshe appeared in Wa Huang Palace and explained that the fallen Tengshe had been a substitute.

Tengshe, Qinyuan, and Fei Lian fell as the battle between the Wu and Yao escalated, while Taiyi suppressed four Ancestral Witches and approached the Half-Saint realm. Ru Shou, Zhurong, and Tian Wu destroyed themselves to break the Chaos Bell’s defenses, and Taiyi’s final counterattack killed Zhu Jiuyin before Taiyi also perished.

• Dijun confirmed Tengshe had died, then fought Xuanming as Dijiang faced Qinyuan and Fei Lian.
• Dijiang killed Qinyuan and Fei Lian, then joined Xuanming in attacking Dijun.
• Taiyi used the Chaos Bell to suppress Zhu Jiuyin, Zhurong, Tian Wu, and Ru Shou, and his cultivation began to approach the Half-Saint realm.
• Ru Shou self-destructed against Taiyi, followed by Zhurong and Tian Wu, breaking through the Chaos Bell’s defenses and severely wounding Taiyi.
• Taiyi detonated his remaining soul and incomplete Half-Saint Dao Fruit, killing Zhu Jiuyin before he too perished; the cracked Chaos Bell remained in the void.

The Yao Race Heavenly Court crumbled as Fuxi and Xihe fell, and the Sages clashed over the Chaos Bell. Kunpeng stole the He Tu Luo Shu and escaped while Dijun stayed behind, cursing Kunpeng and Tengshe with recurring calamities before facing the Witch Race.

• She Bi Shi sacrificed himself to poison Fuxi, whose fading true spirit was rescued by Nuwa, while Gonggong killed Xihe with Weak Water.
• The Sages fought over the fallen Chaos Bell, and Dijun lamented the collapse of the Yao Race Heavenly Court as the Witch Race surrounded him.
• Kunpeng exploited the chaos to steal the He Tu Luo Shu and escape, while Dijun's attempt to destroy him through the Monster Summoning Banner failed.
• Dijun ordered Bai Ze, Ji Meng, and the other surviving Yao Race leaders to flee, then remained behind to hold off the Witch Race.
• Dijun burned his remaining fortune and karmic fate-lines to curse Tengshe and Kunpeng with a tribulation in every epoch.

After Dijun sacrificed himself to kill Dijiang and Ju Mang, grief-stricken Gonggong charged into Buzhou Mountain and broke the Pillar of Heaven, unleashing a world-ending catastrophe. Lu Yuan fortified his Dao Field as the Great Desolation began to collapse, while the Sages’ struggle for the Chaos Bell stalled.

• Dijun compressed his remaining power and self-destructed, killing Dijiang and Ju Mang and grievously wounding Xuanming.
• Gonggong saw that nearly all the Ancestral Witches had perished and that the Sages and other powerful beings were waiting to seize the spoils.
• Gonggong gathered the Witch-Demon Calamity’s baleful aura and charged into Buzhou Mountain, breaking the weakened Pillar of Heaven.
• The shattered heavens opened to chaotic qi and torrents of Weak Water, while falling stars and splitting land devastated the Great Desolation.
• Lu Yuan reinforced the Qingxu Dao Field against the catastrophe and saw that the Sages’ battle for the Chaos Bell had stalled.

After the Chaos Bell vanished into the void, the broken Buzhou Mountain unleashed a world-destroying flood of Chaos Qi, and the Six Saints, Sacred Beasts, and Zhenyuanzi worked together to stabilize the Primordial World. Empress Nuwa completed the repair of the heavens with refined five-colored stones, while new pillars made from the Black Tortoise’s limbs were forged to support the sky.

• Zhunti used Heavenly Dao power to strike the Chaos Bell, sending it into the void, and Taiqing deduced that Heavenly Dao opposed its reunification with the other creation treasures.
• Lu Yuan sensed the destruction caused by Buzhou Mountain’s collapse and reinforced his Qingxu Dao Field with the power of his three Dao Fruit avatars.
• The Six Saints, Four Great Sacred Beasts, and Zhenyuanzi suppressed the collapsing Primordial World and contained the destructive torrents.
• Taiqing assigned Nuwa to mend the heavens, Tongtian Cult Master to sever the Black Tortoise’s limbs, and the other Saints to forge them into pillars.
• Tongtian Cult Master severed the Black Tortoise’s four limbs, and the Saints forged them into pillars while Nuwa refined five-colored stones in the Creation Qiankun Cauldron.
• Nuwa poured the refined stone slurry into the heavenly rift and finished repairing the firmament with Heavenly Dao reinforcement.

The Sages restored the Primordial World after the calamity and received Heavenly Dao Merit, while Lu Yuan discovered that the Black Tortoise's unresolved karmic debt threatened the Interception Sect and might connect to a future Human Race Earthly Emperor. Dao Ancestor Hongjun summoned the Sages to Purple Heaven Palace, leaving Lu Yuan wary of a new upheaval as he returned to stabilize his cultivation.

• The Sages installed the hidden Black Tortoise Giant Pillars, stabilized the shattered world, and decided to leave its damaged Spirit Veins unrepaired.
• The Heavenly Dao awarded merit to Nuwa, Tongtian, the other Sages, the Four Great Sacred Beasts, Zhenyuanzi, the Black Tortoise True Spirit, and Lu Yuan.
• Lu Yuan recognized that the Black Tortoise's severed path to the Dao had created karmic debt tied to Tongtian and the Interception Sect, and he suspected the True Spirit would become the Human Race's Earthly Emperor.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun summoned the Sages to Purple Heaven Palace, and they set out for Chaos while Houtu worried about the Netherworld's stability.
• Lu Yuan sensed Hongjun's true presence, considered the dangers to come, and returned to his Dao Palace to stabilize his cultivation.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun re-established the Heavenly Court by appointing Haotian and Yaochi as its rulers, rejecting the candidates proposed by the six sages. He declared the Human Race the protagonists of the next era and left the sages to acknowledge the new rulers, while Zhunti immediately offered Western Teachings’ support.

• Hongjun summoned the six sages to Purple Firmament Palace and announced that he would choose a new Heavenly Emperor to restore order to Heaven and Earth.
• Nuwa recommended Fuxi, Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate recommended Immortal Elder Nanji, Tongtian Cult Master recommended Qingxuanzi, and Zhunti recommended Maitreya, while the sages argued over who should rule.
• Sage Taiqing proposed that Hongjun decide, and Hongjun appointed Haotian and Yaochi as Heavenly Emperor and Heavenly Empress, bestowing the Haotian Mirror, the Innate Ren Shui Peach Spirit Root, and the Plain Cloud World Flag upon them.
• Hongjun explained that Haotian and Yaochi had no factional ties, declared the Human Race the protagonists of the next era, and allowed the sages to seek merit by helping them.
• After Hongjun departed, Zhunti and Jieyin congratulated Haotian and Yaochi, and Zhunti offered Western Teachings’ assistance to the new Heavenly Court.

Haotian and Yaochi sought the Sages’ support for rebuilding the Heavenly Court, but most refused or warned them to respect their interests. Tongtian offered only to let willing disciples serve, leaving Haotian to face the long and difficult task largely alone.

• Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate, Tongtian, and Sage Taiqing warned Haotian to accommodate their sects and the Human Race’s rise, while Empress Nuwa showed no interest in helping him.
• Haotian asked the Sages to support the newly established Heavenly Court, but Sage Taiqing, Primordial Heavenly Venerate, and Empress Nuwa each declined.
• Daoist Zhunti lamented the West’s poverty and asked Haotian to support it, leaving Haotian uncertain how to answer.
• Tongtian said he would not stop disciples who willingly chose to serve the Heavenly Court, and Haotian gratefully accepted the limited offer.
• The Sages departed the Purple Cloud Palace, and Haotian sighed over the perilous burden of rebuilding the Heavenly Court without their help.

Lu Yuan awakened the White Jade Plate by feeding it precious World Origin, and it revealed that Taiyi’s final explosion had opened a tiny breach between the Great Desolation and the Other Shore Universe. After learning that the Other Shore’s Fate Net might bring an Immeasurable Tribulation—and that Demon Ancestor Luohu had reached that universe—Lu Yuan resolved to prove the Dao of Hunyuan as soon as possible.

• Lu Yuan sensed the White Jade Plate stir and fed it treasured Innate Spiritual Items containing World Origin until its damaged surface began to recover.
• The White Jade Plate showed Lu Yuan how Taiyi’s destruction had briefly torn open the Great Desolation’s boundary and sent a fragment of his True Spirit into the Other Shore Universe.
• Lu Yuan saw the Other Shore’s nine rulers and Fate Net, which enforced predetermined destinies, and realized that the opposing universes’ laws could lead to a devastating Immeasurable Tribulation.
• The White Jade Plate revealed a corrupted figure bearing Primordial Demonic Qi in the Other Shore’s Dark Abyss, and Lu Yuan recognized Demon Ancestor Luohu.
• Lu Yuan concluded that Luohu might guide the Other Shore toward the Great Desolation and vowed to prove the Dao of Hunyuan to survive the coming crisis.

Haotian and Yaochi restored the Heavenly Court and proclaimed their rule, but found few immortals willing to serve and no support from the Saints. As Haotian began recruiting followers, Lu Yuan sought Tongtian Cult Master’s permission to pursue the Heavenly Court’s highest authority through one of his Dao Fruit incarnations.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s golden light rebuilt the Heavenly Court, and Yaochi planted the Innate Ren Shui Peach Tree, which grew into a garden of three thousand six hundred peach trees.
• Haotian proclaimed himself Heavenly Emperor and Yaochi Heavenly Empress, prompting wary reactions from Lu Ya, Kunpeng, Old Ancestor Minghe, Bai Ze, and other powers.
• Few immortals answered Haotian’s recruitment decree, so he appointed Tai Bai Jin Xing and vowed to build his own strength with positions, peaches, palaces, and spiritual treasures.
• The Saints watched Haotian’s efforts without offering support, while the Western Saints considered how to gain from the Heavenly Court.
• Lu Yuan visited Tongtian Cult Master and said he wanted one of his Dao Fruit incarnations to take office in the Heavenly Court and claim its supreme authority.