Chapter Summaries

A mysterious man revived Dijun with a strand of his essence, and the Yao Emperor returned to the battle at the South Heaven Gate. Dijun’s Solar True Fire devastated the Witch Clan as Zhurong and Chi You tried to stop him, leaving the Witch Clan in grave danger.

• A mysterious man revived Dijun and warned him not to disappoint him again.
• The Witch Clan and Demon Race saw Dijun return, and Dijiang ordered the Witch Clan warriors to retreat.
• Dijun attacked the retreating Witch Clan army with Solar True Fire, burning countless warriors to ashes.
• Zhurong and Chi You transformed into their Ancestral Witch True Bodies and charged at Dijun.
• Dijun beat his wings and sent Zhurong and Chi You flying, scorching them and weakening their auras.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun rescued Zhurong and Chi You from Dijun’s killing blow, allowing the Witch Clan army to retreat. Qin Mu realized Hongjun had intervened to restore the balance upset by Dijun’s unexpected Sagehood, while Dijun withdrew to recover his unstable Saintly body.

• Dijun wounded Zhurong and Chi You and formed two Solar True Fire spears to kill them.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun teleported Zhurong and Chi You to Dijiang and ordered the Witch Clan to return to the lower realm.
• Qin Mu reasoned that Hongjun had saved the Ancestral Witches because Dijun’s unexpected Sagehood had upset the balance between the Witch Clan and the Demon Race.
• Dijun looked toward Zixiao Palace with hatred but stopped the Demon Gods from pursuing the retreating Witch Clan.
• Dijun withdrew to recover his unstable Saintly body and avoid provoking Hongjun or Qin Mu.

After years of uneasy peace, the Ten Princes of the Demon Race grew restless on the Sun Star. A mysterious figure removed the seal keeping them there, and they flew down to the Primordial Land, where the figure appeared again.

• The great powers discussed Qin Mu's strength, Dijun's return, and whether Saints could truly be killed.
• The ten little Golden Crows complained that Dijun had kept them confined to the Fusang Divine Tree since they gained sentience.
• A hazy figure appeared outside the Sun Star and secretly removed the seal around the Fusang Divine Tree.
• The youngest Golden Crow noticed the seal was gone, and the brothers persuaded their eldest to let them explore below.
• The ten Golden Crows flew away from the Fusang Divine Tree, and the hazy figure appeared outside the Sun Star again.

The ten Golden Crows descended to the Primordial Land, scorching it as they flew, while the Witch Clan and Human Race recognized that their arrival could spark a war. After the Golden Crows burned a Witch Clan tribe, Kuafu attacked them and pursued them as they scattered.

• An indistinct figure veiled the celestial secrets around the Sun Star after the ten Golden Crows flew toward the lower realm.
• The ten Golden Crows appeared over the Primordial Land, and their heat evaporated waters, ignited forests, and killed weaker beings.
• Dijiang stopped Zhurong from attacking the Golden Crows, fearing they were bait, while Huang Tian told the Human Race that a great upheaval was coming.
• The ten Golden Crows saw a Witch Clan tribe, unleashed Solar True Fire, and burned many of its members to death.
• Kuafu arrived in fury, swung his peachwood staff at the Golden Crows, and chased them after they scattered.

Kuafu chased the ten Golden Crows across the Primordial Land as they taunted him and tried to roast him with Solar True Fire. Powerful beings across the realms investigated the incident, only to discover that the qi between the Heavenly Realm and the lower realm had been forcibly cut off, leaving the cause uncertain.

• Kuafu pursued the ten Golden Crows, swinging his peachwood staff while they dodged and mocked him.
• The Golden Crows poured Solar True Fire over Kuafu, but the Great Witch continued his chase.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches discussed whether Kuafu’s pursuit was a trap by Dijun and chose not to intervene.
• Taishang Saint, Venerable Yuanshi, and Saint Tongtian each tried to divine the cause and found the heavenly secrets obscured and the realms’ connection severed.
• At Kongtong Mountain, Zhenyuanzi discovered the same severed qi, while Huang Tian watched silently and the Three Ancestors of the Human Race questioned why anyone would cut it off.

Zhunti’s release of the Demon Race’s ten Golden Crows helped set the Witch and Demon Races on a path toward war, while an unseen force concealed the Primordial World’s energy. Dao Ancestor Hongjun told Qin Mu that the Heavenly Dao had done it because Qin Mu’s earlier killings had prevented a necessary Tribulation of Calamity, then presented him with an ancient bow and ten arrows.

• Jieyin praised Zhunti for releasing the ten Golden Crows, then discovered that the flow of energy between Heaven and Earth had been severed; Zhunti denied causing it.
• Ancestor Minghe dismissed the Golden Crows’ descent and Kuafu’s pursuit as a Demon Race scheme, while Qin Mu recognized the familiar sequence of events and noticed that Heaven’s secrets had been veiled.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun appeared before Qin Mu in Fengdu City, and Empress Pingxin sensed his arrival in Pingxin Hall.
• Hongjun told Qin Mu that the Heavenly Dao had concealed the Primordial World’s energy because Qin Mu’s killing of Donghuang Taiyi and Dijun had prevented the Tribulation of Calamity.
• Hongjun explained that calamities cleared karmic burden and maintained the world’s balance, withheld details about the current epoch, and gave Qin Mu an ancient bow and ten arrows.

Qin Mu received the Sunset Divine Bow and Sun-Shooting Divine Arrows from Hongjun and was ordered to deliver them to Da Yi without joining the Witch-Demon War. Meanwhile, the ten Golden Crows trapped Kuafu in a deadly formation, and the Ancestral Witches lost their ability to sense what was happening to him.

• Hongjun gave Qin Mu the divine bow and arrows to deliver to Da Yi and warned him not to participate in the Witch-Demon War.
• Qin Mu questioned whether the Twelve Ancestral Witches could defeat Dijun, but Hongjun said both the Witch Clan and Demon Race had to perish according to fate.
• The ten Golden Crows lured the exhausted Kuafu to Tanggu Valley and trapped him in the Golden Crow Sky-Burning Great Formation.
• Dijun felt a sudden unease while meditating, but his divination revealed nothing unusual, so he resumed cultivation.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches could no longer sense Kuafu or the ten suns, and Dijiang realized an unseen force had blocked their perception.

Da Yi arrived at Tanggu Valley and watched Kuafu die in the Ten Suns' formation, but his arrows could not reach them. As the Saints wondered why the Ancestral Witches had not intervened, Qin Mu appeared beside Da Yi.

• Da Yi rushed to Tanggu Valley to save Kuafu, but his arrows were vaporized by the Ten Suns' formation.
• The Ten Suns burned Kuafu to death, and his body transformed into an endless stretch of peach trees.
• Da Yi swore revenge and shot repeatedly at the Ten Suns, but his arrows were incinerated before reaching them.
• Taishang, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Jieyin, Zhunti, and the other Saints questioned why the Ancestral Witches had not intervened and wondered what was concealing the heavenly secrets.
• Qin Mu appeared beside Da Yi as the Ten Suns continued to taunt him.

Qin Mu appeared at Tanggu Valley after the ten Golden Crows killed Kuafu and gave Da Yi a divine bow and ten arrows. Da Yi fired at the suns, and his arrow pierced their Solar True Fire and reached one of them.

• The Saints were astonished when Qin Mu appeared in Tanggu Valley, while Zhunti hoped he would kill the ten Golden Crows and provoke the Demon Race.
• Da Yi greeted Qin Mu and asked him to intervene against the suns that had killed Kuafu.
• Qin Mu gave Da Yi an ancient divine bow and ten arrows, then disappeared.
• Da Yi drew the bow and fired at the Golden Crows, and the arrow passed through their Solar True Fire toward one of them.

Da Yi used the bow and Sun Slaying Divine Arrows Qin Mu had given him to shoot down the Golden Crows, while the remaining brothers tried to flee. An invisible barrier trapped them above Tanggu Valley, and Da Yi continued firing until only one Golden Crow remained.

• Da Yi pierced the Solar True Fire and killed the Golden Crow ranked third among the Ten Suns with one arrow.
• The nine surviving Golden Crows attacked Da Yi together with Solar True Fire, but his arrows broke through and killed several more.
• The surviving Golden Crows tried to flee toward the Sun Star, but an invisible force sealed the sky above Tanggu Valley.
• Da Yi kept shooting, leaving only one Golden Crow alive in midair.

Da Yi shot down nine of the ten Golden Crow princes, but a mysterious figure stopped his arrow and rescued the last little Golden Crow. The figure and the prince vanished beneath Tanggu Valley, leaving Da Yi and the watching Saints unable to identify the rescuer.

• The last little Golden Crow despaired as Da Yi’s arrows killed his nine brothers and left him trapped in Tanggu Valley.
• Qin Mu reflected that the final prince might survive to become Daoist Lu Ya, though he did not know how that would happen.
• Da Yi fired the Sun Slaying Divine Arrow at the last little Golden Crow.
• A blurry, powerful figure appeared, halted the arrow, and pulled the little Golden Crow into the sea of flames below Tanggu Valley.
• The mysterious figure and the little Golden Crow vanished without a trace, baffling Da Yi and the Saints watching from afar.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun let the isolation around the Primordial World fade after Da Yi shot down nine of the ten suns and an unknown figure rescued the last Golden Crow. The Witch Clan prepared for war as Dijun learned that all ten of his sons had fallen, and Nuwa arrived at Lingxiao Treasure Hall.

• Hongjun reflected that the suns’ deaths served his and the Heavenly Dao’s plan to drive the Witch Clan and Demon Race into a decisive battle, then withdrew the barrier isolating the Primordial World.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches sensed the devastation at Tanggu Valley, concluded that Da Yi had shot down the suns, and mourned Kuafu’s death.
• Xuanming warned Dijiang that the Demon Race would retaliate, so Dijiang ordered the Witch Clan to assemble its warriors for the coming battle.
• Dijun sensed that the bloodline bond with his ten sons had been severed and erupted in grief and rage at Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
• Demon Race officials condemned the Witch Clan for the princes’ deaths, and Nuwa arrived at the hall and fixed her gaze on Dijun.

After Da Yi killed Dijun’s ten sons, Dijun led the Demon Race to Buzhou Mountain, where the Witch Clan assembled to meet them. Qin Mu recognized that Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao had engineered the conflict, and the two armies began their battle.

• Dijun ignored Nuwa Saint’s warning, declared that he would avenge his sons, and ordered the Demon Race to gather for war against the Witch Clan.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches assembled the Witch Clan’s forces at Buzhou Mountain as Dijun led the Demon Race army down from the celestial realm.
• The Witch and Demon armies faced off, while Qin Mu concluded that Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao had orchestrated the conflict and wondered how the forces could be balanced.
• Dijun ordered the Demon Race to attack, and Dijiang led the Witch Clan warriors into battle.

The Witch Clan and the Demon Race began their final battle around Buzhou Mountain, unleashing a devastating clash that drew the attention of the Primordial Wilderness’s powerful figures. As the Saints assessed the war and its dangers, Nuwa lamented that Dijun had ignored her warnings and that the conflict seemed to follow the Heavenly Dao’s will.

• The Witch Clan and the Demon Race fought around Buzhou Mountain as the Demon Race deployed the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation and both sides suffered massive casualties.
• Powerful figures across the Primordial Wilderness watched the battle, while nearby races fled to escape the fighting.
• Taishang Saint warned Xuandu that the Tribulation of Calamity could ensnare even Saints and questioned whether the Witch Clan could stand against Dijun.
• Yuanshi wondered whether Qin Mu would join the war, while Tongtian resolved to support his disciple if he intervened.
• Jieyin and Zhunti welcomed the bloodshed as a chance for Western Teachings to rise.
• Nuwa recalled urging Dijun to remain calm because the events surrounding the ten suns seemed suspicious, but he had ignored her and launched the war; she concluded the conflict was the will of the Heavenly Dao.

At Buzhou Mountain, the Twelve Ancestral Witches summoned a Primordial Chaos-level Pangu True Body with the Twelve Heavens Divine Fiend Formation to confront Saint Dijun. The observers, including Qin Mu and Yin Tianzi, watched as the Witch Clan revealed its power.

• Huang Tian recognized the Witch-Demon War as a Tribulation of Calamity and worried that the Witch Clan lacked a Saint to match Dijun.
• Ancestor Minghe watched the battle and wondered whether Qin Mu would intervene on the Witch Clan's behalf.
• Dijun used the Witch Slaying Sword to annihilate ranks of Witch Clan warriors, prompting Dijiang to order the Twelve Ancestral Witches to form their array.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches unleashed the Twelve Heavens Divine Fiend Formation and summoned a hundred-thousand-zhang Primordial Chaos True Body resembling Pangu.
• The Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, Zhunti, and other observers were astonished, while Yin Tianzi marveled at the formation beside Qin Mu.

At Buzhou Mountain, the Twelve Ancestral Witches summoned a Primordial Chaos-rank Pangu True Body that fought Dijun to a standstill. As the battle dragged on without the formation weakening, Dijun called on Nuwa, who chose to intervene to protect the Demon Race’s fate.

• Qin Mu wondered whether Empress Pingxin would intervene, while Pingxin watched the slaughter and looked upon the twelve banners she had forged with the Twelve Ancestral Witches’ Quintessential Blood.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches summoned a Primordial Chaos-rank Pangu True Body, and Dijun charged it with the Witch Slaying Sword.
• Dijun and the Pangu True Body traded devastating blows at Buzhou Mountain, but neither could overcome the other.
• Dijun realized the Pangu True Body showed no sign of weakening and shouted for Nuwa to help save the Demon Race.
• Nuwa chose to intervene because her Fortune was bound to the Demon Race, and a dazzling Divine Light of Creation descended onto the battlefield.

Nuwa joined Dijun in attacking the Twelve Heavens Divine Fiend Formation, overwhelming the Twelve Ancestral Witches. Their clash shattered Buzhou Mountain and released the Heavenly River’s Weak Water, while Huang Tian and Zhenyuanzi moved to protect the Human Race.

• Nuwa arrived at Buzhou Mountain and attacked Pangu’s Dharma body with the Red Embroidered Ball and River-Mountain Sheji Map.
• Dijun joined Nuwa, and their combined attacks weakened Pangu’s Dharma body and injured the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
• Dijun and Nuwa struck Pangu’s Dharma body with their full power, and the resulting clash shattered Buzhou Mountain.
• The collapse of Buzhou Mountain tore open the Heavenly River’s barrier, sending Weak Water flooding into the Primordial Land and destroying clans in its path.
• Huang Tian used the Human Race’s Fortune to raise a golden barrier, while Zhenyuanzi summoned the Primordial Land’s dragon veins to protect the Human Race.

The Pangu Avatar suddenly regained its strength and killed Nuwa with one axe strike, sending the Primordial World into mourning. As the Witch Clan surged forward and the Demon Race faltered, Dijun saw the Avatar’s radiance fade and its cracks return.

• A mysterious force restored the Pangu Avatar while the Twelve Ancestral Witches were bewildered, and Qin Mu suspected Hongjun had intervened.
• The Pangu Avatar struck Nuwa with its axe, overcoming the Red Embroidered Ball and River-Mountain Sheji Map and destroying her body and soul.
• The Primordial World shook as blood rain fell, and beings across the battlefield and the other Saints reacted in disbelief to Nuwa’s death.
• The Demon Race’s morale sank while the Witch Clan’s rose, and a Great Witch led the troops in a renewed charge.
• Dijun clenched his teeth and glared at the Pangu Avatar as its radiance faded and cracks spread across its body.

Dijun and the Twelve Ancestral Witches unleashed their final attacks and perished together, ending the Witch-Demon War. Empress Pingxin retrieved the Ancestral Witches’ bodies, while a mysterious man moved to recover Dijun’s corpse and drew the attention of Dao Ancestor Hongjun and an old man in the Chaos.

• Dijun poured his remaining power into the Witch Slaying Sword as the Twelve Ancestral Witches burned their Ancestral Witch Quintessential Blood to empower Pangu's True Body.
• Dijun and Pangu's True Body collided above Buzhou Mountain, and the blast killed Dijun and all Twelve Ancestral Witches while devastating both armies.
• Qin Mu and Yin Tianzi recognized that both the Witch Clan and the Demon Race had fallen from power after the battle.
• Empress Pingxin sent twelve banners to Buzhou Mountain, drew the Twelve Ancestral Witches’ bodies inside, and returned the banners to the Six Paths Reincarnation.
• A mysterious man who had resurrected Dijun opened a rift into the Chaos Void to retrieve his corpse, prompting Dao Ancestor Hongjun and an old man in the Chaos to notice his appearance.

After the Twelve Ancestral Witches’ bodies were taken to the Underworld, a mysterious hand seized Dijun’s corpse, strengthening Qin Mu’s suspicion that someone was manipulating events. Dao Ancestor Hongjun and Ancestor Yang Mei tracked the hand to Di Yi’s secret realm and confronted him, intending to kill him.

• The Twelve Ancestral Witches’ bodies were taken to the Underworld, leaving the powerful figures wondering whether they could be revived.
• A huge hand seized Dijun’s corpse from Buzhou Mountain and vanished before the powerful figures could react.
• Qin Mu sensed the hand from the Underworld and suspected that its owner was the hidden force behind Dijun’s return to life.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun and Ancestor Yang Mei followed the fissure opened by the hand into Di Yi’s Secret Realm Small World.
• Hongjun and Yang Mei accused Di Yi of plotting to devour the origin of the Primordial Era and declared that they would finish him off.