Chapter Summaries

Ye Xuan fused the Grass Character Sword Art with the Immortal-Slaying Sword Intent and created the embryonic Chaos Sword Intent, earning Tongtian Jiaozhu’s praise. After several days in seclusion at the Three Fairies Cave, he grew close to the Three Xiāo Fairies and shared a tender, unspoken moment with Yun Xiāo beneath the moon.

• Ye Xuan fused the Grass Character Sword Art and Immortal-Slaying Sword Intent, forming the embryonic Chaos Sword Intent.
• Tongtian Jiaozhu praised Ye Xuan’s sword talent, then ended the lecture and asked Yun Xiāo, Qiong Xiāo, and Bixiao to host him and Houtu.
• The Three Xiāo Fairies led Ye Xuan and Houtu to the Three Fairies Cave, where Ye Xuan secluded himself for several days to stabilize his new sword intent.
• Bixiao brought Ye Xuan spirit fruits, while Qiong Xiāo sparred and discussed sword Dao and formations with him; Houtu watched over their growing closeness.
• Yun Xiāo played the zither for Ye Xuan on a moonlit cliff, then offered him tea, and their brief touch and quiet companionship revealed their affection.

After mastering Chaos Sword Intent, Ye Xuan left Golden Ao Island with Houtu to journey to the Blood Sea, where Houtu sensed that her destiny lay in creating a place of reincarnation. She resolved to mend what was missing from the Primordial Wilderness.

• Ye Xuan finished stabilizing his Chaos Sword Intent and prepared to travel to the Blood Sea with Houtu.
• Ye Xuan and Houtu said farewell to Tongtian Jiaozhu and the Three Xiāo Fairies, and Ye Xuan promised to return to Golden Ao Island.
• Ye Xuan and Houtu flew north, leaving the fertile lands behind for the desolate, blood-red region around the Blood Sea.
• Houtu saw countless suffering souls with nowhere to go and felt their anguish and a powerful pull toward the Blood Sea.
• Houtu told Ye Xuan that she understood her destiny and that they needed to mend what was missing from the Primordial Wilderness.

Ye Xuan and Houtu arrived at the Boundless Sea of Blood, where Ancestor Minghe confronted them with his Blood God Son army. Ye Xuan used Chaos Sword Intent to erase a Blood God Son completely, leaving Minghe horrified and facing a mortal threat.

• Ye Xuan and Houtu reached the Boundless Sea of Blood, and Ye Xuan’s Chaos Sword Intent destroyed the killing intent that reached him.
• Ancestor Minghe emerged on his Twelve-Grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus, surrounded by four hundred and eighty million Blood God Son clones.
• Ancestor Minghe mocked Ye Xuan and Houtu, boasting that he could never die while the Blood Sea remained.
• Ye Xuan silently slashed a charging Blood God Son with Chaos Sword Intent, erasing the clone and its origin imprint.
• Ancestor Minghe felt his link to the Blood God Son severed and realized Ye Xuan posed a mortal threat.

Ye Xuan and Houtu fought Ancestor Minghe in the Blood Sea after Ye Xuan erased the Blood God Sons and enraged Minghe. Ye Xuan’s Chaos Sword Intent, divine abilities, and Human Emperor Seal let him withstand Minghe’s assault while Houtu guarded him, leaving the battle ongoing.

• Ancestor Minghe unleashed tens of thousands of blood dragons and attacked Ye Xuan and Houtu with Yuantu and Abi.
• Ye Xuan used his Chaos Holy Body and Chaos Sword Intent to destroy the blood dragons and deflect the twin swords.
• Ye Xuan used One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, and his three avatars struck the Blood Sea with their treasure techniques.
• Ye Xuan invoked the Human Emperor Seal, whose human destiny purified the blood and protected him from evil.
• Houtu manifested her Ancestral Witch True Body and smashed Blood God Sons that tried to reach Ye Xuan, as the two fought together against Minghe.

Ye Xuan and Houtu were gradually overwhelmed by Ancestor Minghe’s Blood Sea and his endless Blood God Sons. Houtu shattered the All-Heavens Bloodbane Token, summoning the other eleven Ancestral Wu to the Blood Sea.

• Ancestor Minghe’s Blood God Sons and Blood Sea Formation wore down Ye Xuan and Houtu until they were trapped and falling behind.
• Ancestor Minghe mocked Ye Xuan and Houtu, confident the Blood Sea would drain their strength and kill them.
• Houtu revealed the All-Heavens Bloodbane Token and crushed it, releasing a pillar of killing intent through Ancestor Minghe’s seals.
• A void passage opened above the Blood Sea, and Di Jiang, Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, Ju Mang, Qiang Liang, Zhu Jiuyin, and five other Ancestral Wu arrived to join Houtu.

The Ancestral Wu massacred Ancestor Minghe’s Blood God Sons after Houtu used the Capital Heaven Blood Fiend Token, forcing Minghe to flee and seal himself away. Houtu explained that she had come to the Blood Sea to create reincarnation for the suffering souls, revealing that she intended to sacrifice her body and life to do so.

• Zhu Rong, Di Jiang, Gong Gong, and the other Ancestral Wu attacked the Blood God Sons and slaughtered them across the Blood Sea.
• Ancestor Minghe fled into his seabed sanctuary and sealed it with arrays and restrictions, refusing to face the Ancestral Wu.
• Di Jiang questioned Houtu about using the Capital Heaven Blood Fiend Token and bringing Ye Xuan to the Blood Sea.
• Houtu showed her brothers the suffering souls and said the dead had nowhere to rest in the incomplete Heavenly Dao.
• Houtu declared that she would transform her Ancestral Wu body into the Six Paths of Reincarnation, a sacrifice that would mean her death.

The Ancestral Wu tried to stop Houtu from sacrificing herself to create reincarnation, but Ye Xuan promised she would survive and gain power as the Lord of the Earthly Dao. He urged the Wu Clan to establish reincarnation and the Underworld to awaken a force equal to the Heavenly Dao and protect their future.

• Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, and the other Ancestral Wu blocked Houtu from entering the Blood Sea, refusing to let her sacrifice herself.
• Ye Xuan intervened and promised that Houtu would survive her transformation, develop a primordial spirit, and become the immortal Lord of the Earthly Dao.
• Di Jiang questioned whether Ye Xuan's promise was true, and Ye Xuan confirmed it before explaining his broader plan.
• Ye Xuan warned the Ancestral Wu that the Heavenly Dao favored the demon race and that a direct war could destroy both sides and erase the Wu Clan.
• Ye Xuan proposed establishing the six paths of reincarnation and the Netherworld Underworld so the Earthly Dao could awaken with Houtu as its sovereign.

Ye Xuan persuaded Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Wu that Houtu's transformation would secure the Wu Clan's future, and they agreed to protect her. Houtu established the Six Paths of Reincarnation, but her body began transforming as a new order awakened across the Primordial World.

• Di Jiang trusted Ye Xuan's plan and ordered the other Ancestral Wu to help Houtu and fight anyone who obstructed her.
• The eleven Ancestral Wu surrounded the Blood Sea and formed a barrier to shield Houtu's attainment of the Dao.
• Ye Xuan used the World-Purifying White Lotus to cleanse a vast expanse of the Blood Sea for the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Houtu vowed to transform her Ancestral Witch True Body into the Six Paths and establish the Netherworld Underworld for the dead.
• The Great Dao answered Houtu's oath, and her body began turning into black-and-yellow mother qi and compassionate divine light.
• Six reincarnation vortices formed as the Primordial World shook and a new order awakened.

Ye Xuan used the Chaos Bead to protect Houtu’s fading true spirit and redirect the Great Dao merit toward her. Houtu transformed into a primordial spirit, breaking the rule that the Wu Clan could not possess one.

• The Six Paths of Reincarnation formed, restoring the Primordial Wilderness’s incomplete laws and guiding wandering souls into new lives.
• The six Saints and all living beings praised Houtu, and a vast cloud of Great Dao merit descended over the Blood Sea.
• The Saints watched as Houtu’s body and consciousness seemed to vanish, while Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Witches despaired.
• Ye Xuan secretly used the Chaos Bead to conceal and protect Houtu’s last wisp of true spirit from the Heavenly Dao.
• The Chaos Bead redirected the Great Dao merit into Houtu’s protected true spirit, which grew into a primordial spirit and broke the Wu Clan’s ancient restriction.

Houtu revived the Earthly Dao, rebuilt her body, and became the first Earthly Saint, while Ye Xuan used his merit to transform the Reincarnation Disk into a Postnatal Merit Supreme Treasure. The Ancestral Wu rejoiced that Houtu survived and thanked Ye Xuan for saving her.

• The Earthly Dao awakened, restoring Houtu’s body and raising her to the rank of an Earthly Saint.
• The Great Dao awarded Ye Xuan twenty percent of the remaining merit, which he stored in his inner universe.
• Ye Xuan infused the merit into the Reincarnation Disk, repairing it and transforming it into a Postnatal Merit Supreme Treasure that anchored the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• The eleven Ancestral Wu saw that Houtu had survived and become a Sage, and they celebrated her return.
• Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Wu bowed to Ye Xuan and thanked him for saving Houtu.

Houtu became an Earthly Saint and gained a primordial spirit after Ye Xuan saved her and concealed heaven’s secrets. She bowed to Ye Xuan in gratitude, while the Wu Clan celebrated and the Heavenly Dao Saints realized their plans had been overturned.

• The Heavenly Dao Saints reacted with shock and dismay as they realized Houtu had become an Earthly Saint and the Wu Clan had gained control of the Underworld.
• Tongtian Jiaozhu praised Ye Xuan for arranging Houtu’s survival and called the Interception Sect’s alliance with him a wise decision.
• Houtu sensed her new primordial spirit and Earthly Saint power, then recognized that Ye Xuan had saved her and enabled her attainment of the Dao.
• Houtu bowed to Ye Xuan before the Eleven Ancestral Witches and thanked him for remaking her existence.

Houtu completed the Netherworld Underworld and named Ye Xuan its Great Emperor Fengdu, sharing its authority and providence with him. She then appointed Di Jiang and nine other Ancestral Wu as the Ten Yama Kings, leaving the Wu Clan in positions to govern the newly founded realm.

• Houtu created the Ghost Gate, Yellow Springs Road, River of Forgetfulness, Bridge of No Return, and Senluo Hall to complete the Netherworld Underworld.
• Houtu proclaimed Ye Xuan Great Emperor Fengdu, granting him authority equal to hers and half of the underworld's providence.
• Ye Xuan absorbed the underworld's providence into the Human Emperor Seal, strengthening himself and increasing the human race's providence.
• Houtu appointed Di Jiang and nine other Ancestral Wu as the Ten Yama Kings to oversee Senluo Hall and judge departed souls.
• Di Jiang and the other appointed Ancestral Wu accepted their positions and the merit they would receive from governing the underworld.

Houtu established the Wu Clan’s authority throughout the Netherworld, leaving the Demon Heavenly Court terrified of the new balance of power. Hongjun Daozu then descended and forbade Houtu from leaving the Underworld or intervening in the Wu-Demon conflict until the Immeasurable Tribulation.

• Houtu appointed Chi You, Xing Tian, Kuafu, Hou Yi, and other Great Wu to Underworld offices, and Xuan Ming took the form of Meng Po.
• Di Jun, Tai Yi, Kunpeng, and the demon commanders watched the Wu Clan’s celebrations in the Haotian Mirror and feared the Wu Clan’s growing strength.
• The Wu Clan celebrated as the Ten Yama Kings and Five Ghost Emperors took their posts, while Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Wu looked to Houtu and Ye Xuan with relief.
• The sky over the Underworld changed, and the Eye of the Heavenly Dao appeared with Hongjun Daozu’s projection.
• Hongjun Daozu ordered Houtu to remain in the Netherworld and barred her from using her Sage standing to intervene in the Wu-Demon conflict before the Immeasurable Tribulation.

Jieyin and Zhunti tried to seize authority over the newly established underworld, but Tongtian Jiaozhu arrived just as Zhunti threatened Ye Xuan. The Western Sages faced Tongtian’s challenge, while the wounded Ancestral Witches could no longer use their full array.

• Jieyin and Zhunti demanded control over part of reincarnation, prompting Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Witches to form the Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Array.
• Zhunti shattered the incomplete array with the Seven Treasures Wondrous Tree, gravely wounding the eleven Ancestral Witches.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi watched the clash through the Haotian Mirror and celebrated the Wu Clan’s setback.
• Zhunti demanded that Ye Xuan surrender his underworld authority and raised his treasure to seize him.
• Tongtian Jiaozhu arrived, blocked Zhunti’s attack, and warned Jieyin and Zhunti not to threaten Ye Xuan or the underworld.

Houtu swore never to leave the Netherworld after Hongjun threatened her and those protecting her, and Tongtian drove Jieyin and Zhunti away with the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation. With the crisis over, Ye Xuan recognized how powerless he remained before the Heavenly Dao and resolved to grow strong enough to control his own fate.

• Hongjun pressured Houtu into swearing that she would never again step beyond the Netherworld, then left after warning Ye Xuan with a cold look.
• Zhunti tried to claim a role for the Western Sect in the Underworld, but Tongtian summoned the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation and forced him and Jieyin to flee.
• Ye Xuan and Houtu thanked Tongtian, who warned them to walk their own road before returning to Golden Ao Island.
• Ye Xuan reflected on his helplessness before Hongjun and the Sages, then vowed to gain supreme power and overturn the Heavenly Dao's control.
• Houtu joined Ye Xuan beside the River of Forgetfulness and gently took his hand.

Ye Xuan prepared to leave the Primordial Wilderness for the Perfect World, entrusting Houtu with guarding their domain and equipping himself with the transformed Reincarnation Disk. After strengthening and sealing the human race at Shouyang Mountain, he concealed himself from the Heavenly Dao and located the Perfect World's spacetime coordinates.

• Houtu encouraged Ye Xuan to seek a breakthrough beyond the Primordial Wilderness and promised that the Netherworld Underworld would support him.
• Ye Xuan retrieved the Reincarnation Disk, now a Postnatal Merit Supreme Treasure, and bid farewell to Houtu and the Eleven Ancestral Witches.
• Ye Xuan returned to Shouyang Mountain, where the Three Ancestors of the Human Race welcomed him and he saw humanity's growing strength.
• Ye Xuan gave the human elders treasures from Yingzhou Immortal Island and ordered the human race to seal Shouyang Mountain and avoid the coming war between the Wu Clan and the demon race.
• Ye Xuan activated the Chaos Bead to hide from the Primordial Heavenly Dao and locked onto the spacetime coordinates of the Perfect World.

Ye Xuan entered the Sea of Worlds and discovered that the dark matter corrupting its inhabitants could be refined into energy that nourished his inner universe. When three Dark Immortal Kings attacked him, he shattered one’s weapon and tore the three-headed king apart with his bare hands.

• Ye Xuan emerged into the Sea of Worlds and sensed its broken laws, absent reincarnation, and pervasive dark matter.
• Ye Xuan used the Chaos Bead and his Chaos Holy Body to refine the dark matter into energy for his inner universe.
• Three Dark Immortal Kings detected Ye Xuan’s pure life origin and attacked him, seeking to devour it.
• Ye Xuan punched apart the three-headed Dark Immortal King’s spear and seized the king by his arms.
• Ye Xuan tore the three-headed Dark Immortal King’s body in half.

Ye Xuan used the Reincarnation Disk to erase three Dark Immortal Kings and absorb their purified origins into his inner universe. Its reincarnation laws spread through the Sea of Worlds, awakening ancient giants and dark beings.

• Ye Xuan summoned the Reincarnation Disk and used its complete laws of reincarnation to sever a Dark Immortal King's resurrection and destroy his true spirit and dark origin.
• The Reincarnation Disk purified the Dark Immortal King's remains, and Ye Xuan absorbed the resulting world-origin power into his inner universe.
• The other two Dark Immortal Kings fled, but Ye Xuan's Reincarnation Disk dragged them back and ground them into nourishment as well.
• The Reincarnation Disk's laws spread across the Sea of Worlds, calming its dark waters and briefly clearing the resentment of countless remnant souls.
• The Butcher and the Chicken Keeper sensed the reincarnation aura and reacted with disbelief, while several dark giants awakened in the deepest reaches of the Sea of Worlds.

Cang Di awakened in the Ultimate Ancient Land and attacked Ye Xuan to seize the Reincarnation Disk and uncover the secret of his strength. Ye Xuan unleashed his full power to withstand Cang Di’s strike, surviving the blow with the disk’s protection.

• The Reincarnation Disk’s laws reached the Ultimate Ancient Land and awakened Cang Di, who sensed Ye Xuan’s unusual cultivation and coveted the disk.
• Cang Di sent his enormous, dark imperial hand across the Sea of Worlds, terrifying the Immortal Kings and revealing that an emperor awaited them in darkness.
• Ye Xuan faced the attack, awakened his chaos holy body, and poured the Chaos Bead’s power into the Reincarnation Disk.
• The Reincarnation Disk manifested the six paths of reincarnation and collided with Cang Di’s hand, devastating the surrounding Sea of Worlds.
• The impact hurled Ye Xuan backward, but his chaos holy body endured the strike while the Reincarnation Disk continued to shield him.

Ye Xuan escaped Cang Di by using the Chaos Bead to erase his traces, then entered the Immortal Ancient Small World to temper his primordial spirit. There he discovered Ning Chuan facing Shi Yi, Shi Hao, and Qin Hao.

• Cang Di prepared a full-strength attack, but Ye Xuan used the Chaos Bead to vanish beyond his reach, erasing his aura, karma, and traces through time.
• Cang Di searched the Sea of Worlds and the river of time but found no sign of Ye Xuan or the Reincarnation Disk.
• Ye Xuan decided to avoid the dark Giants and seek a place to cultivate his primordial spirit, choosing the Immortal Ancient Small World for its ancient laws and opportunities.
• Ye Xuan crossed into the Immortal Ancient Small World and scanned the secret realm with his divine sense.
• Ye Xuan found Ning Chuan facing Shi Yi, Shi Hao, and Qin Hao in a gathering of young Supremes.