Chapter Summaries

After nine hundred Eons of labor, the Blood Sea beings restored the Western Continent’s land and Spiritual Veins, though its spiritual energy remained temporarily weaker than that of other continents. Their prayer brought Great Dao Merit and signs of renewed life, while Styx wondered how the restored West would change future events.

• Old Ancestor Styx preserved the Spirit of the Ancestral Vein, and the Blood Sea beings spent countless years and resources restoring the Western Continent’s land and Spiritual Veins.
• Old Ancestor Styx and Ziwei Clone redirected spiritual energy toward the West to help compensate for its weaker Spiritual Veins.
• Mu Ling'er and the Four Maidens Plum Orchid Bamboo Chrysanthemum led the Blood Sea beings in praying to Heaven after the final Spiritual Vein was restored.
• The Great Dao answered with wondrous phenomena, and the Western Continent filled with fresh growth and spiritual springs.
• Great Dao Merit was divided among Mu Ling'er, the Four Maidens, Styx Main Body, and the other Blood Sea beings.
• Styx wondered whether the Western Continent’s recovery would prevent the future powers of the West from soliciting donations and how Hongjun would settle the West’s karma.

Styx completed his Natal Dao Treasure, named it Equality, and began a cultivation breakthrough after it strengthened his Law of Blood. Meanwhile, his incarnation observed how the Heavenly Dao was restricting cultivation across the Great Wilderness and resolved to study a better path for its living beings.

• After another Eon of refinement, Styx used half of his Heavenly Dao Merit Golden Wheel to protect the Twenty-Four Grade Pure World White Lotus and complete his Natal Dao Treasure.
• The new weapon emerged from the Universe Cauldron as a Tang Dao-style blade, and Styx named it Equality.
• Styx learned that Equality could grow with him and that its feedback raised his control over the Law of Blood to thirty-five percent, then began breaking through.
• Styx's incarnation traveled back from the Western Continent with the Blood Sea's Living Beings and observed how the Marketplace and Virtual God Realm helped the Myriad Races recover.
• The incarnation sensed that the Heavenly Dao made it difficult for most cultivators to comprehend the Great Dao Law or advance to the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm, and decided Styx should seek a future cultivation path for the Great Wilderness's Living Beings.

Styx observed the Heavenly Dao take control of the Great Wilderness, then used Heavenly Dao Merit to clear his karma with it. Expecting Nether Mosquito to emerge among the first ten Innate Divine Beings, he forged the Soul Devourer sword for the Incarnation and prepared its origin with a Twelve-grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus.

• Styx stabilized his cultivation and learned that the Great Dao was about to withdraw from the Great Wilderness.
• The Great Dao withdrew, and the Heavenly Dao took control as its Dharma Wheel revealed the Heavenly Dao Laws and formed a Web of Karma.
• Styx connected his Nascent Soul to the Three Thousand Chaos Demon God Avatars in the World Bead so they could comprehend the Heavenly Dao Laws.
• After the Heavenly Dao Dharma Wheel vanished, Styx used Heavenly Dao Merit to erase his karma with the Heavenly Dao.
• Styx forged the innate Spiritual Treasure embryo Soul Devourer from a Taotie corpse and placed it beside Nether Mosquito's origin, beneath a Twelve-grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus.

Hongjun accepted the Heavenly Dao’s offer to become its Saint and recovered as their agreement took effect. Across the Great Wilderness, the first batch of Innate Divine Beings emerged, beginning with Nuwa and Fuxi and followed by many other powerful figures.

• Hongjun used the Jade Disc of Creation to bargain with the Heavenly Dao, agreeing to become a Heavenly Dao Saint in exchange for relief from his karma and injuries.
• Nuwa and Fuxi transformed first at Phoenix Perch Mountain and received Fortune from Heaven and Earth.
• Taiqing Lao Tzu, Jade Purity Yuanshi, and Shangqing Tongtian emerged from Kunlun Mountain, followed by the Twelve Ancestral Witches at Zhou Mountain.
• Two Golden Crows flew from the Sun Star, and two figures emerged from the Moon Star’s phantom Osmanthus Tree.
• A black-robed figure appeared above the Blood Sea, a Kun Fish transformed into a Roc over the North Sea, and Zhenyuanzi emerged from a fruit tree as a fiery red cloud laughed overhead.
• Jieyin and Zhunti emerged in the Western Continent, while figures also appeared on an East Sea island and in mountains west of Kunlun as more Innate Divine Beings entered the world.

Styx developed two methods of attaining Dao that could bypass the Heavenly Dao’s restrictions: advancing a world and forging a Natal Artifact. He concluded that the Heavenly Dao blocked the Law Path to keep control over its laws.

• The newly emerged Innate Divine Beings grew arrogant while surviving powerful figures withdrew into seclusion.
• Styx researched a path to attaining Dao by advancing a world and receiving cultivation in return.
• Styx devised a method of forging Natal Artifacts that absorbed power-boosting resources and fed their strength back to their owners.
• Styx concluded that raising a Natal Artifact to the level of an Innate Supreme Treasure could let its owner attain Dao.
• Styx recognized that the Heavenly Dao promoted Hongjun’s Three Corpses Dao because Law Path cultivators could take control of its laws.

Styx inscribed two Dao Proving Methods and higher cultivation realms on the Dao Preaching Stele, hiding them from all but Da Luo Golden Immortal experts. At Zhou Mountain, Sanqing found the Creation Green Lotus and divided it into three treasures, each suited to one brother.

• Styx carved the Dao Proving Methods into the Blood Scripture and the Dao Preaching Stele, then returned the stele to the Great Wilderness with restrictions.
• The two Golden Crows gained fame by challenging opponents, while Sanqing spread their reputation as they traveled toward Zhou Mountain.
• Sanqing reached Zhou Mountain and followed a pull from Within the Nether to the Creation Green Lotus.
• Sanqing realized the lotus's karmic connection to all three brothers and decided to divide it rather than have one of them refine it.
• Taiqing Lao Tzu, Jade Purity Yuanshi, and Shangqing Tongtian each claimed a part of the Creation Green Lotus, which transformed into the Dragon Coiling Crutch, Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, and Qingping Sword.

Wood Spirit seized the chance to advance after the Creation Green Lotus disintegrated, while Styx prepared a treasure for the Twelve Ancestor Witches. In Pangu Hall, Houtu’s Samsara Purple Lotus and mastery of Reincarnation Law made her the strongest witch, and the others continued cultivating under Styx’s guidance.

• Wood Spirit sensed that the Creation Green Lotus’s disintegration had removed the barrier to her advancement, then entered the Lotus Pond and began absorbing its energy to elevate her rank.
• Styx realized a new era had begun and used the Universe Cauldron to forge a Spiritual Treasure Embryo for the Twelve Ancestor Witches.
• The Twelve Ancestor Witches followed Styx Incarnation’s instructions and returned to Pangu Hall to cultivate and gather their True Spirits.
• Houtu’s sprouted Lotus Seed became the Samsara Purple Lotus, and she refined the Six Paths Samsara Disk as her understanding of Reincarnation Law deepened.
• Houtu’s growing strength made her the strongest of the Twelve Ancestor Witches, convincing the others to keep cultivating rather than venture into the Great Wilderness.

Di Jun and Tai Yi expanded their influence amid the Great Wilderness’s chaos, laying the foundations of the Monster Race, while Kunpeng founded a school in the North Sea by teaching cultivation methods suited to the weakened bloodlines of later generations. The North Nether Lineage began to take shape as grateful Living Beings joined Kunpeng’s school.

• Di Jun and Tai Yi mediated conflicts and attracted followers, strengthening their Emperor’s Way and Imperial Way.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi recruited Shang Yang, Ci Tie, and Jiu Ying, while Bai Ze entered the Marketplace instead of joining them.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi’s followers subdued weaker races, establishing the rudimentary structure of the Monster Race.
• Kunpeng recognized that the Postnatal Dao Script and Styx’s Universal Cultivation Method were difficult for many later-generation Living Beings to understand.
• Kunpeng adapted cultivation teachings for the current Myriad Races and preached the Dao to Living Beings near the North Sea.
• The grateful Living Beings joined Kunpeng’s school, and the North Nether Lineage began to take shape.

After discovering Styx’s hidden Dao Proving Methods in the Dao Preaching Stele, Kunpeng chose the Method of World as the path best suited to his Yin-Yang Origin. Unable to create a world without a treasure to suppress it, he left the North Sea to search for one and investigate other methods.

• Kunpeng studied the Dao Preaching Stele, noticed Styx’s concealed restrictions, and discovered the Dao Proving Methods hidden within it.
• Kunpeng examined the methods and decided the Method of World suited his Yin-Yang Origin, though he had not yet reached the required cultivation realm.
• Kunpeng realized he lacked a Spiritual Treasure to suppress an Inner World and set aside his plans to compile writing.
• Kunpeng appointed capable North Nether Beings to care for the others and answer their questions while he was away.
• Kunpeng left the North Sea to search the Great Wilderness for a world-suppressing Spiritual Treasure and other Dao Proving Methods.

Styx sent the Nether Mosquito into the Great Wilderness, while Sanqing returned to Kunlun Mountain to cultivate after gaining new Spiritual Treasures. East King Duke failed to recruit Queen Mother of the West but established the Immortal Court on Purple Mansion Continent, as Di Jun and Tai Yi expanded the Monster Race.

• Styx sent the Nether Mosquito out of the Blood Sea to temper its Dao path, and Sanqing returned to Kunlun Mountain to enter seclusion.
• East King Duke visited Queen Mother of the West and invited her to join his planned force, but she refused despite his assurances that she would not need to handle its affairs.
• East King Duke returned to Purple Mansion Continent, recruited King Pan, Daoist Ziyang, and other Innate Divine Beings, and began forming the Immortal Court.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi rapidly expanded the Monster Race by accepting newcomers and persuading races to submit.
• The Immortal Court selectively recruited spiritual-energy beings and Innate Beings, while both it and the Monster Race gained Fortune that accelerated their leaders' cultivation.

The Twelve Ancestor Witches developed Nascent Souls, reached the Peak Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm, and received Natal Dao Treasure Embryos from Styx. Styx instructed them on claiming Divine Duties and protecting their souls and bodies, leaving them prepared to emerge into the Primordial Heaven and Earth.

• Nuwa, Sanqing, Di Jun, Tai Yi, East King Duke, and Fuxi broke through to the Peak Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm.
• The Ancestral Witches separated their True Spirit Fragments from their bodies and cultivated Nascent Souls under Houtu's guidance.
• Styx sent an Incarnation to Pangu Hall with twelve Spiritual Treasure Embryos and arrangements for the Ancestral Witches.
• The Ancestral Witches refined the Treasure Embryos into Natal Dao Treasures, which would absorb their Slayer Qi and purify their origins.
• Styx told the Ancestral Witches to claim their Heaven and Earth Fruit Positions, divide their Nascent Souls between their Dharma Forms and bodies, and preserve a drop of lifeblood essence in Pangu Hall.

The Twelve Ancestor Witches swore to guard the Great Wilderness by taking on divine duties tied to its laws and seasons. After receiving merit and merging Three-colored Lotus Seeds with their Divine Path Dharma Forms, they prepared to announce their Law Divine Seats, leaving their Nascent Souls protected but dormant within the laws.

• The Twelve Ancestor Witches worshipped Pangu at Zhou Mountain and swore oaths to become deities governing space, time, the Five Elements, weather, wind, rain, thunder, and lightning.
• Rushou, Goumang, Zhurong, and Gonggong swore a further oath to become the Gods of Four Seasons and maintain the seasonal cycle.
• The Great Dao granted merit to the Twelve Ancestor Witches, who formed Merit Golden Wheels instead of absorbing it.
• An aura from Zhou Mountain purified the witches’ bloodlines and helped create their Divine Path Dharma Forms from their auras and the Heaven and Earth Dao Fruit.
• Following Styx’s arrangements, the Twelve Ancestor Witches merged their Three-colored Lotus Seeds into the Dharma Forms, placing half their Nascent Souls within them as the forms joined the laws.

The Heavenly Dao retreated after the Twelve Ancestor Witches claimed the authority of twelve laws, then accelerated Hongjun’s path to sainthood. As the Tenth Tribulation began, Hongjun became a saint, ushering in a new Great Trend.

• The Heavenly Dao left the Twelve Ancestor Witches Heavenly Dao Merit before departing, and they condensed it into a small Merit Golden Wheel.
• The Heavenly Dao returned to Jade Capital Mountain and increased its support for Hongjun so he could become a saint sooner.
• Styx arranged for Sanqing to discover the path of Law Attainment Dao, while Nuwa, Fuxi, Kunpeng, and others pursued their own paths.
• The Ninth Tribulation ended, and the Tenth Tribulation began amid auspicious signs and overwhelming pressure across the Great Wilderness.
• Styx shielded the Living Beings of the Blood God Realm from the pressure and declared that Hongjun had become a saint.

Hongjun announced that he would preach the Dao at the Chaos Purple Cloud Palace, and Styx’s Incarnation explained to the Twelve Ancestral Witches how the lectures served the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun’s plans. He advised them not to attend, but sent Houtu to learn from the lecture and build connections for the Witch Clan.

• Hongjun proclaimed himself the first Saint of the Great Wilderness and announced that he would begin preaching at the Chaos Purple Cloud Palace in three hundred Yuanhui.
• Styx’s Incarnation explained that Hongjun’s preaching would help the Heavenly Dao control the Great Wilderness, gather Fortune, and shift the Karma he owed for destroying the Western Continent.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches asked Styx’s Incarnation whether they should attend Hongjun’s lecture, and he explained the dangers behind the invitation.
• Styx’s Incarnation advised the Twelve Ancestral Witches to stay away because their bloodlines and Nascent Souls could expose them to Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao.
• Styx’s Incarnation told Houtu to attend so she could study the Laws and make allies for the Witch Clan’s future travels.

The Styx Incarnation guided the Twelve Ancestor Witches as they created Blood Cocoons for their future clansmen and prepared to strengthen the Witch Clan. He instructed Houtu to refine Pangu Hall while the others recovered, and the cocoons continued to grow in the Blood Pool.

• The Styx Incarnation told the Twelve Ancestor Witches to purify their bloodlines and bring forth their clansmen.
• The Twelve Ancestor Witches each added blood to the Blood Pool, creating Blood Cocoons that absorbed its energy.
• The Styx Incarnation gave the Twelve Ancestor Witches Blood Replenishing Pills and asked them to leave heart blood in Pangu Hall after recovering.
• Houtu explained that the Twelve Heavens God and Fiend Great Array could summon Pangu's True Body, and the Styx Incarnation planned to use their essence blood to create another Ancestor Witch.
• The Styx Incarnation told Houtu to refine Pangu Hall to suppress the Witch Clan's fortune before she went to Purple Cloud Palace.
• The Twelve Ancestor Witches meditated to recover while the Styx Incarnation comprehended Pangu's heart and the Blood Cocoons continued to grow.

Styx arranged for Nuwa and Fuxi to attend Hongjun’s preaching, while Sanqing and other Innate Divine Beings set out for the Chaos Purple Cloud Palace seeking guidance beyond the Da Luo Golden Immortal realm. Sanqing remained wary of Hongjun as they headed toward Chaos.

• Styx told Nuwa and Fuxi to attend Hongjun’s preaching and use their lotus platforms to suppress their fortune, while keeping the meditation-cushion mysteries to himself.
• Styx planned to send his Nether Mosquito Avatar to listen to Hongjun’s Dao and study the Severing Three Corpses Method.
• Sanqing, held back from breaking through by the Heavenly Dao’s suppression, decided Hongjun’s preaching might help them reach the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm.
• Sanqing chose to search for the Chaos Purple Cloud Palace themselves and set out early, remaining cautious about Hongjun’s intentions.
• Other Innate Divine Beings brought their Spiritual Treasures and headed toward Chaos to witness the Saint and seek a path beyond the Da Luo Golden Immortal realm.

After becoming a Saint, Hongjun investigated Styx and Karma but found Styx’s cultivation and defenses far beyond what he had expected. Karma remained hidden beneath Mount Meru’s Earth veins, where he continued to avoid Hongjun’s search.

• Hongjun used Heavenly Dao Power to probe Styx in the Blood God Realm, but Styx noticed him and the realm’s boundary blocked his investigation.
• Hongjun inferred that Styx had reached the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm and withdrew rather than risk provoking him.
• Hongjun searched for Karma but could not detect him, unaware that Karma had transformed into an imperceptible Karma Thread beneath Mount Meru.
• During the Dao-Demon Conflict, Karma was nearly killed when Rahu detonated the Western Main Vein, so he merged with the damaged vein and fell into a long recovery.
• After awakening and learning Hongjun had become a Saint and was searching for him, Karma stayed hidden within the Earth veins.

Hongjun discovered Yang Mei’s whereabouts and set out to drive the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal from the Great Wilderness. Yang Mei went into Chaos to avoid damaging the Great Wilderness, where the two met for a confrontation.

• Hongjun failed to locate Karma but discovered Yang Mei cultivating on an island in the South Sea.
• Yang Mei recalled how integrating with the Great Wilderness had helped him advance, and he resolved to remain there.
• Hongjun sensed Yang Mei’s Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal cultivation and headed for his dojo to drive him out.
• Yang Mei sensed Hongjun coming and flew into Chaos, choosing it as their battlefield to protect the Great Wilderness.
• Styx sensed the two approaching conflict and summoned the Four Maidens Plum Orchid Bamboo Chrysanthemum to watch.
• Hongjun followed Yang Mei into Chaos, where they exchanged pointed greetings.

Hongjun tried to drive Yang Mei out of the Great Wilderness, but Yang Mei challenged him and easily defeated him. After settling their Karma, Yang Mei returned to the Great Wilderness, while Hongjun went back to the Purple Cloud Palace to await the three thousand guests.

• Hongjun urged Yang Mei to leave the Great Wilderness for Chaos, but Yang Mei refused, believing that leaving would end his hopes of Attaining Dao.
• Yang Mei challenged Hongjun to settle their Karma, and Hongjun attacked him with Heavenly Dao Power while Yang Mei defended himself with Space Law.
• Hongjun used the Taiji Diagram and Pangu Banner against Yang Mei, but Yang Mei's spatial barrier withstood his attacks.
• Yang Mei drew Hongjun's sacrificed Spiritual Treasures into his inner space, took the Pangu Banner and Taiji Diagram, and asked whether Hongjun still wished to fight.
• Yang Mei returned Hongjun's Spiritual Treasures, declared their Karma settled, and returned to the Great Wilderness.
• Hongjun returned to the Purple Cloud Palace to await the three thousand guests of the mortal world.

Styx checked on the Four Maidens’ duties and urged them to cultivate as the Great Wilderness prepared to travel through Chaos to Purple Cloud Palace. Powerful beings crossed safely with their treasures, formations, or bodies, while many weaker travelers died or turned back.

• Styx asked the Four Maidens about their authority and the Teleportation Arrays, then told them to resume cultivation and prepare for the Great Wilderness’s uncertain future.
• Sanqing, the two Golden Crows, East King Duke’s group, Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun, Nuwa and Fuxi, Kunpeng, and Houtu each used their own means to cross Chaos toward Purple Cloud Palace.
• Many Innate Beings followed the powerful travelers into Chaos, but those with weak Mana had their protection worn away and perished.
• The surviving beings realized that crossing Chaos required at least Da Luo Golden Immortal cultivation or a powerful Spiritual Treasure, and many who lacked either turned back.