Chapter Summaries

Primordial Lord of Heaven blamed Gonggong and Zhujiuyin for stealing Kunlun Mountain’s Spirit Jade, divine stones, and gourd vine, then led Old Ancestor Hongjun to the vanished gourds. Hongjun could not discover who had taken them, while Yuanshi offered to find the supposed thieves and make amends.

• Primordial Lord of Heaven discovered that Kunlun Mountain’s Dao essence and Spirit Jade had diminished, and he concluded that Gonggong and Zhujiuyin were responsible.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven set aside his anger when he sensed Old Ancestor Hongjun approaching to claim the Gourd Dao Fruit.
• Grand Pure Lord of Morality, Nuwa, Lingbao Tianzun, Jieyin, and Zhunti each discussed which gourds they hoped Hongjun would give them.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven welcomed Old Ancestor Hongjun and led him to the crevice, where they found the gourds, vine, and Nine Heavens Resting Soil missing.
• Old Ancestor Hongjun failed to calculate who had taken the treasures, and Primordial Lord of Heaven accused Gonggong and Zhujiuyin based on traces of water-spirit Dao principles.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven offered to find Gonggong and Zhujiuyin and make amends for losing the Gourd Dao Fruit.

Beichen brought Shi Ji to the Three Immortal Islands and sent her to cultivate in the Immortal Island Palace, where Bai Xiaoya mistakenly blocked her entry and grew jealous of Beichen’s attention to her. Shi Ji cultivated outside the palace for thirty years and reached the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

• Hongjun ordered Yuanshi to retrieve the seven Gourd Dao Fruits, the gourd vine, and the Nine Heavens Breath Soil, while wondering who had stolen the fruits.
• Shi Ji admired how the Three Immortal Islands concealed themselves from the Heavenly Dao, and Beichen told her to cultivate in the Immortal Island Palace and catch up with his other disciples.
• Bai Xiaoya stopped Shi Ji at the palace entrance because she did not believe Shi Ji was Beichen’s disciple, and she insisted Shi Ji wait there until Beichen returned.
• Shi Ji showed Bai Xiaoya the resources she had collected on Kunlun Mountain, making Bai Xiaoya jealous and suspicious of Beichen’s care for her.
• Shi Ji cultivated with her Spirit Jade, divine stones, and the islands’ Dao essence, reaching the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm after thirty years.

Shi Ji and Bai Xiaoya discovered they had shared ancient origins and renewed their friendship after Bai Xiaoya advanced to the complete Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm. Meanwhile, Six-Eared Macaque defeated the Long-armed Ape Monkey and secured his agreement to join them.

• Bai Xiaoya advanced to the complete Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, drawing the attention of Ling Cair, Yan Lie, and Mo Yuan.
• Bai Xiaoya recognized Shi Ji as a fellow being born beyond Heaven, Earth, and the Yellow, and told her they had incubated beside each other before awakening.
• Shi Ji confirmed that Dao Ancestor Beichen had accepted her as a disciple, and she and Bai Xiaoya became close again.
• The Long-armed Ape Monkey challenged the Red-buttocked Macaque, beat him on land, and was then beaten by him in the water.
• Six-Eared Macaque struck the Long-armed Ape Monkey with overwhelming force, revealing his complete Grand Unity Golden Immortal cultivation.
• Terrified by Six-Eared Macaque's strength, the Long-armed Ape Monkey agreed to go with him.

The Six-Eared Macaque persuaded the Long-armed Ape Monkey to join the Immortal Island Palace under Dao Ancestor Beichen, arguing that Hongjun’s hostility and the Witch-Demon Great Tribulation made remaining independent dangerous. The Long-armed Ape Monkey agreed to go, then asked whether they should recruit the last of the four divine monkeys as well.

• The Long-armed Ape Monkey accepted his defeat and agreed to hear the Six-Eared Macaque’s offer to join the Immortal Island Palace.
• The Six-Eared Macaque explained that Dao Ancestor Beichen led the palace and had helped him advance after Hongjun barred him from hearing the Dao.
• The Long-armed Ape Monkey feared that joining Beichen would make them enemies of Hongjun, but the Red-buttocked Macaque argued that Hongjun’s faction already despised their kind.
• The Six-Eared Macaque warned that neither submission nor hiding would protect them from persecution or the Witch-Demon Great Tribulation, and promised Beichen’s Dao Field was safe from calamity.
• The Long-armed Ape Monkey agreed to go to the Immortal Island Palace and asked whether they should bring the fourth divine monkey along.

Six-Eared Macaque brought Chiliao and the Long-armed Ape Monkey toward Immortal Island Palace, but the three encountered Qiangliang’s tribe and barely escaped using Chiliao’s Yin-Yang Two Divisions Realm. They emerged in the Northern Sea near Immortal Island Palace, where Gonggong recognized Chiliao and declared that he wanted to challenge him.

• The Long-armed Ape Monkey said he wanted to fight the Spiritual Stone Monkey once it emerged from Flower-Fruit Mountain, and Six-Eared Macaque led him and Chiliao back toward Immortal Island Palace.
• The three monkeys encountered Qiangliang’s tribe, which had slaughtered and devoured countless demons; Qiangliang seized and ate a powerful bull demon.
• A Great Witch spotted the monkeys, and Qiangliang attacked them with lightning, forcing Chiliao to flee with Six-Eared Macaque and the Long-armed Ape Monkey into the Yin-Yang Two Divisions Realm.
• The three monkeys escaped to the Northern Sea, where they saw Gonggong and Zhujiuyin with their tribe.
• Gonggong recognized Chiliao and said he wanted to challenge him.

Beichen secretly protected Six-Eared Macaque and Long-armed Ape Monkey from Gonggong, who challenged Red-buttocked Macaque over their shared mastery of the Water Dao. After they fought to a draw for ten years in the North Sea, the Primordial Lord of Heaven appeared and accused Gonggong and Zhujiuyin of stealing his Spirit Jade and Gourd Dao Fruit.

• Beichen sensed Six-Eared Macaque was in danger and secretly shattered Gonggong's attacks on Six-Eared and Long-armed Ape Monkey.
• Gonggong trapped Red-buttocked Macaque in the Yin-Yang Two Divisions Realm and challenged him to a Water Dao contest while the other two monkeys escaped.
• Red-buttocked Macaque and Gonggong fought across the North Sea for ten years, matching each other's Water Dao techniques without either gaining the upper hand.
• Gonggong refused to spare Red-buttocked Macaque, declaring the Demon Race his sworn enemy.
• The Primordial Lord of Heaven appeared and demanded that Gonggong and Zhujiuyin return his Spirit Jade and Gourd Dao Fruit.

Primordial Lord of Heaven confronted Gonggong and Zhujiuyin over the theft of Kunlun Mountain’s Spirit Jades, divine stones, and Gourd Dao Fruits, but they denied the accusation. Yuanshi attacked the two Ancestral Witches, and Zhujiuyin prepared to unleash his ultimate technique.

• Yuanshi accused Gonggong and Zhujiuyin of stealing treasures from Kunlun Mountain and demanded they return them.
• Gonggong denied the theft and pointed out that the Red-buttocked Macaque had also mastered the Water Dao, but the macaque had already fled.
• Yuanshi claimed Zhujiuyin’s time laws had helped Gonggong steal the treasures, while both Ancestral Witches insisted they were innocent.
• Yuanshi attacked with Yuqing Divine Talismans; Zhujiuyin reversed time to undo one attack, and Gonggong shattered another with a water barrier.
• Yuanshi sent several more talismans at Gonggong, and Zhujiuyin challenged him to face his ultimate technique.

Primordial Lord of Heaven fought Gonggong and Zhujiuyin in the North Sea until Dao Ancestor Hongjun contacted him and ordered him to withdraw. He accepted that the Ancestral Witches had nothing to do with what happened at Kunlun Mountain and left.

• Gonggong attacked Primordial Lord of Heaven with the Water Dao technique All-pervading and pierced his phantom body with droplets of water essence.
• Zhujiuyin used Endless Repetition to make Gonggong's wounds repeat in time, severely damaging Primordial Lord of Heaven.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven unleashed Yuqing Divine Thunder, breaking Zhujiuyin's time technique, driving Gonggong back, and scattering members of the tribe.
• Gonggong and Zhujiuyin joined forces again, flooding the North Sea and making Primordial Lord of Heaven's thunder miss its targets.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun told Primordial Lord of Heaven to retreat, explaining that the two witches had nothing to do with the incident at Kunlun Mountain.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven apologized to Gonggong and Zhujiuyin, then rode away on a cloud.

Beichen impersonated Yuanshi and returned to provoke Gonggong and Zhujiuyin, hoping to draw the Sanqing into the Witch-Demon Tribulation. Meanwhile, Yuanshi learned Hongjun had used him to test the Ancestral Witches, and the chapter ended as Gonggong and Zhujiuyin prepared to fight the returning “Yuanshi.”

• Gonggong and Zhujiuyin celebrated their apparent victory over Yuanshi and vowed to challenge the Sanqing if they insulted the Ancestral Witches again.
• Beichen used the Water Dao to disguise himself as Yuanshi and approached Gonggong and Zhujiuyin with an overwhelming aura.
• Yuanshi asked Hongjun who had stolen the Gourd Dao Fruit, and Hongjun suspected an old survivor of the Dao-Devil War had extended his power into the world.
• Hongjun admitted he had sent Yuanshi to fight the Witches to assess their strength, leaving Yuanshi displeased with his master.
• Beichen, posing as Yuanshi, insulted Gonggong and Zhujiuyin and challenged them to fight.
• Gonggong summoned towering waves and accepted the challenge alongside Zhujiuyin.

Beichen revealed that he had reached the Sage Realm by suppressing Zhujiuyin’s Laws of Time, then challenged Gonggong over the Water Dao. He overpowered Gonggong with the Water Dao’s highest level, No Law, Yet Heaven, and left him flying across the North Sea.

• Beichen declared that Zhujiuyin’s Laws of Time were useless against him, and Zhujiuyin’s time-stop and time-reversal techniques dispersed before reaching Beichen.
• Zhujiuyin questioned whether Beichen had become a Sage, but Beichen dismissed his doubts and resisted several more time techniques.
• Beichen challenged Gonggong’s mastery of the Water Dao, then broke Gonggong’s All-pervading technique and pierced him with water droplets.
• Gonggong unleashed Formless and Unchanging, sending countless water spirits against Beichen while Old Ancestor Kunpeng watched in puzzlement.
• Beichen used No Law, Yet Heaven to erase Gonggong’s Water Dao techniques, explained the principle behind it, and slapped Gonggong a thousand li away.

Beichen defeated Gonggong and Zhujiuyin, then provoked the Twelve Ancestral Witches by claiming Sanqing would fight them. After Gonggong and Zhujiuyin left to rally their kin, Beichen returned to the Three Immortal Islands, where Chiliao and Tongbi asked to join Immortal Island Palace.

• Beichen overwhelmed Gonggong with his mastery of the Water Dao while Zhujiuyin watched in fear.
• Gonggong and Zhujiuyin mistook Beichen for Hongjun in disguise, and Beichen challenged the Twelve Ancestral Witches to face Sanqing at Kunlun Mountain or Buzhou Mountain.
• Beichen repeated insults he attributed to Grand Pure Lord of Morality and Lingbao Tianzun, enraging Gonggong and Zhujiuyin before vanishing.
• Zhujiuyin persuaded Gonggong to return to their headquarters and gather the other Ancestral Witches for revenge on Sanqing, while Kunpeng and the members of the Ancestral Master's Palace rejoiced at their departure.
• Beichen appeared at the boundary of the Three Immortal Islands, where Chiliao and Tongbi greeted him and asked to join Immortal Island Palace.

At the Three Immortal Islands, Beichen welcomed Chiliao and the Long-armed Ape Monkey into Immortal Island Palace, where they met Bai Xiaoya and Shi Ji. Meanwhile, Beichen checked the progress of the Witch-Demon Great Tribulation and learned that Nuwa, Taiyi, and Kunpeng had refused roles in establishing the Demon Court, leaving him to consider whether to intervene.

• Great Immortal Yang Mei told Houtu to follow her heart and promised to support whatever she chose to do after leaving Boundless Divine Mountain.
• Beichen agreed to let Chiliao and the Long-armed Ape Monkey join Immortal Island Palace, and Six-Eared Macaque urged Chiliao to cultivate harder.
• Six-Eared Macaque brought the two monkeys to the palace, where Bai Xiaoya revealed she had reached the consummate Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and introduced Shi Ji as Beichen’s fifth disciple.
• Chiliao and the Long-armed Ape Monkey entered the palace and began cultivating in the essence of the Great Dao.
• Beichen examined the seven Gourd Dao Fruits’ effects on his cultivation and reflected on the potential of the Nine Heavens Soil and the Yellow Middle Plum.
• Beichen used the Universe Great Dao Mystic Turtle Shell to learn that Nuwa, Taiyi, and Kunpeng had refused roles in the Demon Court, and he considered whether to intervene.

Dijun and Taiyi weighed Bai Ze and Ji Meng’s proposal to establish the Demon Court, but feared they could not face the Twelve Ancestral Witches without Nuwa and Kunpeng. Bai Ze and Ji Meng set out to recruit them, while the brothers planned to seek their master’s instructions.

• Dijun warned Taiyi that the Twelve Ancestral Witches were too powerful for them to fight, even with their formations.
• Dijun proposed having Bai Ze and Ji Meng persuade Nuwa to become the Demon Ancestor and Kunpeng to become the Demon Mentor.
• Ji Meng praised the Ten Golden Crows and suggested they could eventually help defeat the Ancestral Witches, but Dijun said they were still too young to fight.
• After leaving the Sun Star, Bai Ze and Ji Meng agreed that Bai Ze would visit Nuwa and Ji Meng would try to persuade Kunpeng.
• Dijun urged Taiyi to focus on cultivation, then said they should ask their master what to do if Nuwa and Kunpeng refused.

Dijun and Taiyi failed to find Beichen’s hidden Three Immortal Islands, but his message and Dao essence helped them prepare to enter the Quasi-Sage Realm. As Beichen pursued a deeper Water Dao that unsettled Hongjun, Bai Ze tried to persuade Nuwa to lead the Demon Race, leaving her swayed by his praise.

• Dijun and Taiyi searched the East Sea and North Sea for the Three Immortal Islands but could not find Beichen’s Dao Field.
• Beichen sent his disciples a message and Dao essence, and Dijun and Taiyi prepared to cultivate in seclusion and break through to the Quasi-Sage Realm.
• Taiyi took True Sun Fire to visit Changxi and his twelve daughters before beginning his seclusion.
• Beichen contemplated the Water Dao, reached beyond the Primordial World to absorb power, and drew Hongjun’s uneasy attention.
• Bai Ze appealed to Fu Xi and Nuwa to help the Demon Race, and his flattery left Nuwa momentarily stunned.

Bai Ze tried to persuade Nuwa to leave Buzhou Mountain and lead the Demon Race, while Kunpeng refused to join the demon tribes. The Twelve Ancestral Witches left Hongmeng Divine Mountain and confronted Sanqing at Buzhou Mountain, leaving Nuwa alarmed by their power.

• Bai Ze urged Nuwa to become the Demon Ancestor, arguing that leading the Demon Race could help her attain Sainthood, but Nuwa said she would consider it while honoring Hongjun's warning.
• Fu Xi cautioned Nuwa about Bai Ze, and Nuwa remembered that Beichen had once claimed to know how she would become a Saint.
• Kunpeng refused Ji Meng's request to unite the myriad tribes, saying he would wait until the time was right.
• Kunpeng and his subordinates saw the Twelve Ancestral Witches leave Hongmeng Divine Mountain and head toward Buzhou Mountain.
• Nuwa sensed the Twelve Ancestral Witches' arrival and feared they might target her, but Dijiang called Sanqing out to settle who the true heirs of Pangu were.

The Twelve Ancestral Witches confronted Sanqing at Buzhou Immortal Mountain over insults attributed to Yuanshi, while Hongjun failed to understand how Yuanshi had appeared in two places. The confrontation left Yuanshi denying the accusations as Xuanming revealed an image of him berating Gonggong.

• Nuwa and Fu Xi watched the Twelve Ancestral Witches approach Sanqing Hall and concluded they likely had no grounds to target Nuwa.
• Hongjun deduced that two identical versions of Yuanshi had appeared with the same fate, but he could not uncover who had altered the secrets of Heaven.
• Dijiang demanded that the Grand Pure Lord of Morality summon Yuanshi and Tongtian to answer for Sanqing's alleged insults against the Ancestral Witches.
• Gonggong and Zhurong accused Sanqing of claiming exclusive descent from Father God's true lineage, while Qiangliang's thunder flattened a mountain peak.
• The Grand Pure Lord of Morality summoned Yuanshi and Tongtian, then questioned Yuanshi about provoking and insulting the Ancestral Witches.
• Yuanshi denied insulting Gonggong and Zhujiuyin, and Xuanming displayed an icy image of Yuanshi berating Gonggong.

Beichen secretly watched the Twelve Ancestral Witches battle the Sanqing, hoping to learn from their combat techniques. Dijiang rescued Qiangliang and struck the Sanqing with a swift maneuver, then led the witches in a coordinated assault that left the Sanqing considering retreat.

• Xuanming froze Buzhou Mountain, but Yuanshi broke her ice with a fire talisman, starting the battle between the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Sanqing.
• Zhurong's flames scorched Buzhou Mountain, while Fu Xi shielded Nuwa's Palace with his Yin-Yang Dao seal and dome.
• Qiangliang struck the Sanqing with thunder, and Zhujiuyin's time law made them suffer repeated lightning blows before their Sanqing Divine Thunder knocked Qiangliang away.
• Dijiang rescued Qiangliang with his space law, then vanished and slapped all three members of the Sanqing before they could react.
• Dijiang called the Twelve Ancestral Witches to counterattack, and they unleashed their powers across Buzhou Immortal Mountain as the Sanqing considered running.

The Twelve Ancestral Witches attacked the Sanqing, who fought to escape their encirclement. Houtu trapped the Sanqing in her True Earth and challenged their claim to be Father God's true lineage.

• Goumang bound the Sanqing with verdant vines while Qiangliang struck them with thunder, and the other Ancestral Witches unleashed their powers.
• Lingbao Tianzun blamed Yuanshi for provoking the Ancestral Witches, while Yuanshi insisted another person had impersonated him.
• The Grand Pure Lord of Morality used the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda to free the Sanqing, and they fled behind a sea of divine talismans.
• The Sanqing reached the edge of their defenses, but Houtu's True Earth spread across the world and trapped them.
• The Grand Pure Lord of Morality appealed to Houtu to spare them, and she asked whether they still dared call themselves Father God's true lineage.

Houtu trapped Sanqing in her True Earth Law and demanded they acknowledge the Twelve Ancestral Witches as Pangu’s true heirs. She released Lingbao Tianzun, Yuanshi, and finally the Grand Pure Lord of Morality after each conceded, leaving Sanqing alive but disgraced.

• Sanqing argued that their share of Pangu’s primordial spirit made them his true heirs, while the Ancestral Witches urged Houtu to kill them.
• Houtu’s True Earth Law restrained Sanqing, and she warned them to admit that the Twelve Ancestral Witches were Pangu’s true heirs.
• Dijiang tried to enter the True Earth Law, but Houtu stopped him and said they should teach Sanqing a lesson without killing them.
• Lingbao Tianzun admitted he was not a true heir of Pangu, so Houtu released him.
• Yuanshi made the same admission and was released, then the Grand Pure Lord of Morality followed suit and fled toward Kunlun Mountain.

After the Sanqing escaped to Kunlun Mountain, Beichen practiced the twelve laws of the Ancestral Witches while the Witches debated their decision to spare the Sanqing. The laws manifested across the land, and Beichen left for the Three Immortal Islands as Hongjun’s second lecture approached.

• On Kunlun Mountain, Lingbao Tianzun defended yielding to the Ancestral Witches, while Grand Pure Lord of Morality and Yuanshi Tianzun argued with him before deciding to heal and report to their Master.
• Beichen overheard the Sanqing’s dispute and used the Water Dao to practice the twelve laws he had learned from observing the Ancestral Witches.
• Houtu explained that Dao Ancestor Hongjun could have saved the Sanqing, so the Witches had wisely spared them and secured their claim as Pangu’s orthodox successors.
• Dijiang ordered the Witches to return and prepare to fight the Demon Race, including Bai Ze, Ji Meng, Ying Zhao, Ghost Chariot, Bi Fang, and Nine Infants.
• The twelve laws unfolded across the land around Buzhou Mountain, and the Witches, Nuwa, and Fu Xi watched their manifestations without discovering Beichen.
• Beichen left for the Three Immortal Islands, anticipating Hongjun’s second lecture as the Sanqing recovered from their ordeal.