Chapter Summaries

Nuwa warned the Sages that Dao Master Changkong was a threat and likely had secretly protected the Primordial World, while Hongjun had focused on control and profit. The Sages concluded that conflict with Changkong might be inevitable, and Hongjun began to speak.

• Nuwa told the Sages that Changkong's disciple had been terrifying figures such as Shenni and Luohu, and warned that Changkong could bring chaos to the Primordial World.
• Hongjun asked whether the Primordial Violet Gold List's claim that Changkong had secretly protected the Primordial World was true.
• Nuwa said the claim was probably true and suggested that powerful enemies had kept Changkong from causing destruction so far.
• Nuwa implied that Changkong had protected the Primordial World while its people revered Hongjun, who had manipulated events for his own benefit.
• The Sages realized that they might eventually clash with Changkong and decided they would need to prepare; Hongjun then spoke.

Hongjun dismissed the Sages after learning that Penglai Immortal Island had appeared and attracted the Demon Race and Witch Race. After more than a year of exploration, King Father of the East broke through the final restriction in his way and ventured into the island’s mist-shrouded depths, where he encountered a shocking sight.

• Hongjun told the Sages to prepare for future threats and said he would personally keep watch on Dao Master Changkong.
• Haotian Boy reported that Penglai Immortal Island had appeared and that the Demon Race and Witch Race were searching it for opportunities.
• Hongjun dismissed the Sages, who returned to their Dao Fields while keeping watch on the island.
• After more than a year, King Father of the East broke through the innermost restriction and began exploring the depths of Penglai Immortal Island.
• King Father of the East traveled through the island’s misty, beautiful scenery and saw something that shocked him.

King Father of the East discovered a hidden, colossal palace on Penglai Immortal Island and realized its writing might have created the island’s powerful restrictions. Meanwhile, Demon Emperor Di Jun and Di Jiang secretly met, and Di Jiang demanded to know why Di Jun had summoned him.

• King Father of the East found a palace concealed by space laws and marveled at its immense size.
• King Father of the East read the palace’s scrawled lines and sensed their immense Dao resonance and sword aura spreading across Penglai Immortal Island.
• King Father of the East wondered whether the writing had produced the island’s restrictions and whether the palace had belonged to Dao Master Changkong or another mysterious expert.
• While experts outside worked to refine the restrictions, Demon Emperor Di Jun and Di Jiang quietly slipped away to meet.
• Di Jiang addressed Di Jun with contempt and demanded to know why he had called him there.

Demon Emperor Di Jun met Di Jiang in secret and suggested that the Witch-Monster conflict had been manipulated to keep both races evenly matched. Di Jiang recognized the possibility of a larger conspiracy but was left without answers about Houtu’s unexpected rise to Sainthood.

• Di Jun secretly summoned Di Jiang east of Penglai and warned that the Sages were watching Penglai.
• Di Jun asked whether Di Jiang had noticed how strangely the Witch-Monster war had unfolded and how the Dao Ancestor repeatedly stopped either side from gaining lasting supremacy.
• Di Jiang recalled that the Witch and Monster Races had remained evenly matched despite shifting fortunes and that the conflict seemed to intensify as if someone were fanning the flames.
• Di Jiang suspected that the Sages were deliberately maintaining the balance so the two races would destroy each other.
• Di Jiang questioned whether Houtu’s unexpected Sainthood had also been arranged to preserve that balance.

Di Jun and Di Jiang agreed to a temporary truce so the Witch and Monster Races could preserve their fortunes and pursue the opportunity offered by the Primordial Violet Gold List. Di Jun then proposed secretly competing over the Human Race and warned that they might have to stop its rise, even by wiping it out.

• Empress Nuwa sent Di Jun a telepathic message, and he privately invited Di Jiang to negotiate while the others were occupied.
• Di Jun and Di Jiang agreed to suspend hostilities, fearing their races would be destroyed if their fortunes continued to decline.
• Di Jun proposed staging occasional clashes to mislead the other great powers, and Di Jiang accepted the plan.
• Di Jun suggested they avoid a destructive contest of strength and instead compete over the Human Race.
• Di Jun told Di Jiang that Nuwa had revealed humans would rule the Primordial World and argued that the Witch and Monster Races might need to curb or destroy them.

Di Jiang learned that the Dao Ancestor had been manipulating the Witch and Monster Races toward their extinction, while Di Jun secretly used the revelation to pursue his own plans for the Monster Race. On Penglai Immortal Island, cultivators discovered a way to study the spiritual energy’s flow to break its restrictions, and King Father of the East entered a vast palace in search of a chance to survive.

• Di Jiang realized the Dao Ancestor had been keeping the Witch and Monster Races in balance to bring about their extinction, and he considered the danger of attacking the Human Race and Saint Sanqi.
• Di Jiang saw through Di Jun’s proposed cooperation as a scheme that would bind the Witch and Monster Races together, then left; Di Jun privately admitted he had fooled Di Jiang and planned to protect the Monster Race’s future.
• A powerful cultivator noticed that Penglai’s restrictions resonated with the island’s spiritual energy, prompting the cultivators to study its flow and refine the restrictions.
• King Father of the East recovered from his shock, entered the enormous palace, and hoped to find an opportunity that could save his life.

King Father of the East searched the palace for a way to escape his predicament and found a silk scroll showing strange, powerful martial moves. As he studied it, a small black pill fell from the scroll.

• King Father of the East explored a vast palace filled with powerful Spiritual Roots and Spiritual Beasts but found no other treasures.
• King Father of the East searched the empty rooms for several days and, despairing, collapsed to the ground.
• King Father of the East spotted a dust-covered silk scroll and rejoiced when he found drawings of mysterious martial moves.
• King Father of the East wondered whether the figures showed Kung Fu Panda and whether the palace belonged to Dao Master Changkong.
• King Father of the East sensed a profound Great Dao in the drawings, then picked up and cleaned the black pill that fell from the scroll.

King Father of the East swallowed the pill and cultivated its immense spiritual energy and sword qi for decades, hoping to gain the strength to escape his predicament. When he awoke, the powerful figures outside had grown weary from refining the palace’s restrictions.

• King Father of the East discovered that the pill contained a supreme strand of Great Dao Sword Intent and believed the treasures could help him survive.
• He placed the silk scroll on his knees, swallowed the pill, and entered a state of cultivation as sword qi filled the space.
• King Father of the East cultivated for several decades while the gathered figures refined the palace’s restrictions, with Di Jun refining the most.
• Di Jun, Tai Yi, and Di Jiang let their tired subordinates take a brief break from refining the restrictions.
• King Father of the East awoke inside the palace and exhaled a long breath.

King Father of the East swallowed the pill left by Dao Master Changkong and advanced beyond the peak of the Quasi-Saint Realm, though he did not know what realm he had reached. Grateful and newly confident in his strength, he left the palace to confront Di Jun and Tai Yi.

• King Father of the East awoke with sharp swordlight in his eyes after absorbing the pill’s power.
• He realized his cultivation had surpassed the peak of the Quasi-Saint Realm but remained below the Sage Realm.
• King Father of the East credited the pill and his survival to Dao Master Changkong, bowed toward the palace, and vowed to repay him.
• He declared that he would settle his scores with Di Jun and Tai Yi and strode out with sword intent that shattered the auspicious clouds.

King Father of the East emerged from Penglai Immortal Island as the Witch-Demon powerhouses tried to break through its restrictions, openly challenging those who sought to kill him. Ghost Chariot and another powerful figure moved to attack him together.

• The Witch-Demon powerhouses continued breaking Penglai Immortal Island’s restrictions when a powerful sword aura burst from inside.
• King Father of the East walked out and asked who had wanted to kill him.
• The onlookers recalled how King Father of the East had lost the Heavenly Palace to the Demon Race and fled to Kunlun Mountain, and realized his history had led them to Penglai.
• The Demon Race powerhouses grew enraged at his appearance, and Ghost Chariot summoned the Ghost Chariot Sky Breaking Saber.
• Ghost Chariot and another powerful figure rose to attack King Father of the East together.

King Father of the East unleashed a devastating sword strike that gravely wounded Ghost Chariot and another demon general, shocking the watching Great Powers. Di Jun retrieved his injured generals, while King Father of the East’s sudden power left him feeling threatened.

• King Father of the East drew his sword and released a vast sword aura at Ghost Chariot and the other demon general.
• The sword strike gravely wounded both generals and shattered Ghost Chariot’s Ghost Chariot Sky Breaking Saber.
• Ghost Chariot transformed into his Nine-headed Ghost Bird form, revealing that nearly half his body had been severed.
• The Great Powers wondered how King Father of the East had grown so powerful in a hundred years and suspected he had gained an opportunity on Penglai Immortal Island.
• Di Jun pulled the wounded generals back to him and felt threatened by King Father of the East’s strength.

King Father of the East emerged from Penglai Immortal Island with a dramatically changed aura, leading Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi to suspect he had gained an opportunity connected to Changkong Daoist. Nuwa recognized the connection and ordered the Demon Race to withdraw, leaving Di Jun stunned by her intervention.

• Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi sensed King Father of the East's new aura and suspected he had obtained Kung Fu Panda's treasure or cultivation technique, linking him to Changkong Daoist.
• Nuwa watched King Father of the East from Wa Imperial Palace and realized he had obtained an opportunity from Heaven's Secrets Tower.
• Nuwa's anger intensified, and she destroyed objects in the palace as black traces appeared in her eyes.
• Nuwa decided to avoid provoking Changkong Daoist and sent Di Jun an edict to avoid clashing with King Father of the East and withdraw with the Demon Race.
• Di Jun reeled at Nuwa's edict, recalling that her previous one had led to the secret alliance between the Witch and Demon Races.

King Father of the East drove the Demon Race into retreat, stunning the onlookers and revealing strength that threatened even Di Jiang. Di Jiang realized King Father of the East seemed to have entered a realm beyond Quasi-Saint peak but short of Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal.

• Di Jun ordered the Demon Race to withdraw after receiving Nuwa’s decree to spare King Father of the East.
• King Father of the East laughed and wept after forcing the Demon Race to retreat alone, while the gathered figures marveled at his strength.
• The Witch Race and Di Jiang questioned why the Demon Race had retreated, and Di Jiang suspected Nuwa had given them a hint.
• Di Jiang sensed that King Father of the East’s aura surpassed Quasi-Saint peak without reaching the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal realm.

After the spiritual energy on Penglai Immortal Island surged, the island transformed into a vast continent crowned by a magnificent palace. The powerful beings wondered who owned the palace and hesitated to approach, while the Sages took notice.

• Di Jiang questioned how King Father of the East had become stronger than a Quasi-Saint, as the Witch Race debated whether to retreat or keep trying to break through the restrictions.
• A muffled boom erupted from Penglai Immortal Island, and a dense spiritual mist spread across the island, prompting the powerful beings to flee into the air.
• The mist released Mysterious Glow that eased cultivation bottlenecks, and many powerful beings plunged into it in pursuit of an opportunity.
• After the spiritual energy tide faded, the onlookers discovered Penglai Immortal Island had grown into a vast continent with a towering palace at its center.
• The powerful beings speculated about the palace’s owner and hesitated to approach, while the Sages began discussing the transformation.

The Sages and countless cultivators rushed to explore Penglai Immortal Island after its restrictions vanished, discovering an enormous palace filled with treasures. King Father of the East quietly reached a secluded part of the palace after finding his fortune elsewhere.

• Primeval Lord of Heaven and the other Sages realized the palace was only a side hall and discussed the island's ancient inheritance.
• Sect Master Tongtian raced from Golden Ao Island toward Penglai Immortal Island, and the other Sages followed, eager not to fall behind.
• Cultivators on the island overcame their hesitation and surged into the palace after one person led the way.
• The cultivators discovered that the palace contained an immense plain, wondrous Spiritual Roots, and powerful Spiritual Beasts, then scrambled for treasures as others headed deeper inside.
• King Father of the East left the area where he had found his fortune and reached a secluded part of the palace.

King Father of the East discovered that the Penglai Immortal Island he had visited before was only a satellite island beside a much larger one. Meanwhile, Di Jiang entered sudden enlightenment in the main hall, and the Six Sages gathered to study mysterious symbols carved along a corridor.

• King Father of the East spotted a vast island and realized the Penglai Immortal Island where he had once founded the Purple Mansion was merely its satellite island.
• Witch Race members entered the main hall and scattered to search for opportunities.
• Di Jiang resonated with the hall’s powerful space energy and entered sudden enlightenment.
• The Six Sages of the Primordial Era arrived and flew to the depths of the main hall.
• The Two Sages of the West joined the other Sages as they examined mysterious carvings on the corridor walls.

The Six Sages explored a palace and found walls covered in carvings that Saint Zhunti believed were made by someone nearly as powerful as himself. They passed through a stone door into a vast miniature world within the palace, leaving them astonished by its scale and the scorching energy that resembled a sun.

• The Sages examined the profound symbols on the walls, and Saint Zhunti guessed that their unknown carver had reached a level close to his own.
• The Sages continued down the corridor, searched its rooms, and found nothing before reaching a massive stone door.
• The Sages opened the door and saw mountains, rivers, trees, and a bright light that made the space seem like the outside world.
• Sect Master Tongtian explained that a mighty being had created the space with the laws of space and that it was the real palace.
• The Sages realized the apparent sun was scorching energy beneath a domed ceiling and marveled at the miniature world's vastness.

The six Sages discovered a divine scroll in an abandoned Dao Field and fought over it. Saint Jieyin helped Saint Zhunti seize the scroll and escape, prompting Nuwa to attack.

• Primeval Lord of Heaven found a scroll radiating divine light in the abandoned Dao Field, and the six Sages rushed to claim it.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven seized the scroll, but Saint Zhunti brought out the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree and demanded that the treasure be given to the West.
• Sect Master Tongtian attacked Saint Zhunti with the Green Ping Sword, shattering the Seven-Colored Radiance.
• Saint Jieyin invoked the West's karmic debt, took control of the scroll, and sent it to Saint Zhunti, who fled with it.
• Nuwa flew into a rage as Saint Zhunti escaped, and a faint black aura seeped from her Crimson Embroidered Ball.

The Six Sages fought over a mysterious scroll, which appeared to show a pair of shoes and might be a portrait of Dao Master Changkong. Saint Jieyin escaped with the scroll, but a mysterious radiance enveloped him and froze the elements of earth, fire, wind, and water.

• The watching beings observed the Six Sages battle over the scroll and judged Saint Zhunti to be at the greatest disadvantage while Taishang Laozi seemed the most composed.
• The Sages saw a pair of shoes on the partly unfurled scroll and speculated that it might be a portrait of Dao Master Changkong.
• Empress Nuwa seized the scroll and tried to escape, using the Crimson Embroidered Ball and then the Mountains Rivers Society Diagram to block her pursuers.
• Taishang Laozi struck the Mountains Rivers Society Diagram with his Coiled Dragon Crutch, but Nuwa continued fleeing until Saint Jieyin used golden light to make her hesitate and take the scroll.
• Saint Jieyin fled with the scroll, but a mysterious radiance appeared behind him and enveloped him, bringing earth, fire, wind, and water to a standstill.

Taishang Laozi, Saint Zhunti, and Saint Jieyin repeatedly fought over the scroll, while Sect Master Tongtian grew angry at the Western Sages’ interference. The chapter ended with Tongtian unleashing the Immortal Slaying Four Swords against Saint Jieyin.

• Saint Taishang trapped Saint Jieyin with the Taiji Diagram and seized the scroll, but Saint Zhunti snatched it away.
• Saint Zhunti fled with the scroll, was struck by the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, and dropped it; Taishang Laozi recovered it before Saint Jieyin took it from him.
• Saint Jieyin protected himself with the Twelve-Grade Merit Golden Lotus as the onlookers wondered whether it could withstand the other Sages.
• Sect Master Tongtian rebuked Saint Jieyin and Saint Zhunti for interfering in the East Sea and summoned the Immortal Slaying Four Swords.
• Sect Master Tongtian sent the four swords toward Saint Jieyin.