Chapter Summaries

The Witch Race confronted Saint Zhunti with the Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Array, despite most of the Twelve Ancestral Witches being absent. Di Jiang denounced Zhunti, and the array’s immense power descended on him as the confrontation escalated.

• The Witch Race brought out the Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Array as Saint Zhunti prepared to leave, puzzling observers who knew most of the Ancestral Witches were unavailable.
• Saint Zhunti accused the Witch Race of ambushing him and threatened them, declaring that all beings below Sage were ants.
• Di Jiang spoke for the Witch Race, condemning Zhunti for causing trouble and insisting the Witch Race would not let him come and go as he pleased.
• Saint Zhunti defended his authority as a Sage and accused the Witch Race of defying the world by attacking him.
• Di Jiang called Zhunti a scheming scoundrel and said he was unworthy of being a Sage.
• An immense force descended on Saint Zhunti, and he realized the Witch Race was ready to fight and cursed Demon Emperor Di Jun for luring him there.

Saint Zhunti repelled the Pangu Phantom’s attacks with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree and warned the Witch Race that their array could not threaten an immortal Sage. Di Jiang recognized that the incomplete array might collapse before they could harm him, and the confrontation paused.

• The Pangu Phantom attacked Saint Zhunti with the Sky-Opening Axe, and Zhunti dissolved its Law of Strength with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree.
• The Witch Race activated the array again, launching a stronger attack that Zhunti also brushed aside as he retreated.
• Saint Zhunti challenged the Witch Race to stop fighting, claiming his Sage immortality made their attacks futile.
• Di Jiang realized the incomplete Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Array could collapse and that the Witch Race might fall first.
• The Witch Race fell silent, while Saint Zhunti secretly acknowledged that the attacks had left him not entirely unscathed.

Saint Zhunti and the Ancestral Witches reached a tense truce after their confrontation, with Di Jiang warning Zhunti that the Witch Race would seek an explanation from the Western Land when Houtu returned. Zhunti left, intent on abducting the Human Race leaders, while the Witch Race withdrew its array and the Great Witches struggled from exhaustion.

• Saint Zhunti urged the Ancestral Witches to end the conflict, admitting he had wronged the Witch Race while accusing them of attacking a Sage.
• Di Jiang agreed to let Zhunti leave but warned that the Witch Race would demand an explanation from the Western Land when Houtu returned.
• Saint Zhunti suppressed his killing intent, glared at the Pangu Phantom, and departed while planning to abduct the Human Race leaders for the Western Teachings.
• The Ancestral Witches withdrew the array after Zhunti left, and Chi You, Nine Phoenix, Xing Tian, and the other Great Witches were left pale and nearly exhausted.
• The beings of the Primordial World sighed as the first clash between the Witch Race and Saint Zhunti ended abruptly.

After the Witch Race conflict ended, Ye Heavenly Emperor and Huang Heavenly Emperor attacked the Demon Race, but Saint Zhunti arrived and stopped them. The Demon Emperors suspected Zhunti had come to help them, while Zhunti’s cold reaction to Di Jun revealed their relationship was strained.

• Ye Heavenly Emperor and Huang Heavenly Emperor decided to kill their Demon Race opponents and charged at Eastern Emperor Taiyi and Demon Emperor Di Jun.
• Saint Zhunti appeared on the battlefield, prompting the Human and Demon Races to wonder which side he would support.
• Saint Zhunti swept the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree and dissolved the Heavenly Emperors’ attacks.
• Di Jun thanked Saint Zhunti without genuine gratitude, and Zhunti responded with an openly displeased glance.

Saint Zhunti intervened in the Human-Demon war, claiming he had come to stop the fighting while secretly coveting the Human Race Leaders and the Great Dao Treasure Codex. The Three Pure Ones watched from hiding, aware of his intentions and ready to see what he would do.

• Saint Zhunti claimed the Western Teachings had ties to the Demon Race and said he had come to resolve the conflict.
• Demon Emperor Di Jun yielded control of the situation to Saint Zhunti and moved aside with Eastern Emperor Taiyi and Demon Emperor Fuxi.
• Saint Zhunti focused on Ye Heavenly Emperor and Huang Heavenly Emperor, hoping to seize their Great Dao Treasure Codex forms and the Human Race Leaders.
• Saint Zhunti ordered the Human and Demon Races to stop fighting, angering the Human Race, who resented his failure to intervene during earlier Demon Race attacks.
• The Three Pure Ones recognized that Saint Zhunti was after the Human Race Leaders and concealed themselves among the crowd to watch him.

Saint Zhunti tried to persuade Ye Heavenly Emperor and Huang Heavenly Emperor to join the Western Pure Land, but they refused to take him seriously. He decided to suppress them, and his Sage-level pressure began to spread as they prepared to face him.

• Ye Heavenly Emperor and Huang Heavenly Emperor stood together and challenged Saint Zhunti after witnessing his power.
• Saint Zhunti claimed the two Heavenly Emperors were connected by fate to the Western Land and urged them to join him.
• The watching Primordial Great Powers privately mocked Saint Zhunti’s familiar attempts to recruit powerful beings.
• After the two Heavenly Emperors ignored his persuasion, Saint Zhunti decided to suppress them and return them to the form of the Great Dao Treasure Codex.
• Huang Heavenly Emperor challenged Saint Zhunti to act, and Saint Zhunti released the pressure of a Sage.

Saint Zhunti confronted Huang Heavenly Emperor and Ye Heavenly Emperor, claiming the Human Race had offended a Sage and should be punished. When Ye Heavenly Emperor tried to attack with the Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin, Zhunti shattered his starry domain with overwhelming power and wounded him.

• Saint Zhunti declared that the Human Race had committed a capital crime and said he would grant Huang Heavenly Emperor and Ye Heavenly Emperor their wish to fight.
• Huang Heavenly Emperor and Ye Heavenly Emperor challenged Zhunti, while Demon Emperor Di Jun watched with mockery as the conflict shifted away from the Demon Race.
• Zhunti invited the two Heavenly Emperors to attack him together, confident that they were no more than ants to him.
• Ye Heavenly Emperor used the Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin to create a starry domain and prepare his attack.
• Saint Zhunti unleashed his Sage power, shattered the domain, and slightly injured Ye Heavenly Emperor.

Ye Heavenly Emperor and Huang Heavenly Emperor tested Saint Zhunti with their weapons, but he blocked both attacks using only his physical strength. The Human Race despaired at the strength of the Sage who had joined the battle.

• Ye Heavenly Emperor unleashed the Nine Secrets and sent the Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin at Saint Zhunti.
• Saint Zhunti caught the bronze coffin with one hand and mocked Ye Heavenly Emperor's strength.
• Huang Heavenly Emperor attacked Saint Zhunti with an enormous millstone.
• Saint Zhunti stopped the millstone with his other hand, leaving both Heavenly Emperors' attacks blocked.
• The Human Race's people despaired as they saw Saint Zhunti overpower the two Heavenly Emperors.

Saint Zhunti overpowered Ye Heavenly Emperor and Huang Heavenly Emperor despite their combined attacks, leaving the Human Race despairing as he prepared to defeat them and take them to the Western Land.

• The Human Race grew furious at Saint Zhunti’s latest attack and prepared to fight, while the Three Pure Ones criticized him for showing off.
• Saint Zhunti sent Ye Heavenly Emperor’s bronze coffin and Huang Heavenly Emperor’s millstone flying.
• The bronze coffin released a trace of the aura within it and pinned Saint Zhunti down, allowing Huang Heavenly Emperor to strike him with the Great Luo Sword Embryo.
• Saint Zhunti unleashed his Sage power, sent Ye Heavenly Emperor, Huang Heavenly Emperor, and the bronze coffin flying, and left the Human Race believing the two Heavenly Emperors could not win.
• Saint Zhunti threatened to beat the two Heavenly Emperors back to their original forms and take them to the Western Land.

Saint Zhunti prepared to use the Six Roots Pure Bamboo on the two Heavenly Emperors, but stopped when Saint Sanqi appeared above the Human Race. The Human Sage Mother’s return reassured the Human Race and alarmed Zhunti and the Three Pure Ones.

• Saint Zhunti brought out the Six Roots Pure Bamboo to restore the two Heavenly Emperors to their original forms.
• Saint Sanqi appeared above the Human Race, revealing that she had remained in the Human Sacred Land all along.
• Saint Zhunti froze in fear when he recognized Saint Sanqi and realized he had come without knowing she was there.
• The Human Race recognized Saint Sanqi as their Sage Mother, knelt to honor her, and rose when she told them to.
• The Three Pure Ones realized Saint Sanqi had been present while they acted among the Human Race, and their faces turned ashen.

Saint Sanqi appeared before Saint Zhunti as he confronted the Human Race, drawing the attention of Nuwa and powerful figures throughout the Primordial World. She agreed that the Human Race leaders should accompany Zhunti to the Western Teachings, leaving her true intentions unclear.

• Nuwa saw Saint Sanqi appear and resolved to kill her and the other women near that man.
• Powerful figures across the Primordial World watched as Saint Zhunti awkwardly addressed Saint Sanqi and demanded an explanation for the Human Race's defiance.
• Saint Zhunti demanded that the Human Race leaders and two mighty figures go to the Western Teachings to cultivate and learn respect.
• Saint Sanqi agreed with Zhunti and said she would arrange for them to accompany him to the Western Teachings at once.

Saint Sanqi mocked Saint Zhunti for trying to interfere with the Human Race, then confronted him for violating her promise to protect them. Zhunti realized the conflict could not be settled peacefully and prepared to stand his ground.

• Saint Sanqi said she wanted to visit the Western Pure Land and teased Zhunti by suggesting she invite Little White, Rahu, and Beast God.
• The onlookers realized Sanqi was mocking Zhunti, who became furious when she named Demon Ancestor Luohu and Beast Emperor Shenni.
• Sanqi stopped joking and rebuked Zhunti for meddling in Human Race affairs despite her promise to protect them.
• Sanqi challenged Zhunti to use his full strength and warned him not to expect to leave.
• Zhunti regretted being drawn into conflict with both the Witch Race and Sanqi, but decided he had to defend his dignity.

Saint Zhunti abandoned his attempt to retreat and unleashed his golden body against Saint Sanqi after she refused to let him leave. The Primordial World’s onlookers wondered whether Sanqi could suppress him as Empress Nuwa had.

• Saint Sanqi warned Zhunti that attacking the Human Race made him her enemy and told him he would not be allowed to leave.
• Saint Zhunti grew angry when Sanqi refused to let the matter drop and summoned his golden body.
• Saint Zhunti’s colossal golden body appeared with twenty-four heads and eighteen arms, each holding a magical treasure.
• The onlookers watched as Zhunti challenged Sanqi to use her skills, and Sanqi paused in surprise.

Saint Sanqi used the Soul Scattering Red Gourd to keep Saint Zhunti at bay with endless red sand and soul-threatening mist. Unable to reach her, Saint Zhunti summoned Great Sumeru Mountain and hurled it at her.

• Sanqi revealed the Soul Scattering Red Gourd, and Saint Zhunti attacked her with his enormous Sage Golden Body.
• Sanqi unleashed a vast sea of red quicksand and soul-targeting mist that blocked Saint Zhunti’s advance.
• Saint Zhunti fought through the sand with Buddhist light and the Blessing Divine Pestle, but the gourd kept pushing him back.
• Growing furious at his inability to approach Sanqi, Saint Zhunti summoned Great Sumeru Mountain and hurled it at her.

Saint Sanqi blocked Saint Zhunti’s Great Sumeru Mountain and kept him at bay with the Soul Scattering Red Gourd. Unable to approach her, Saint Zhunti brought out the Six Roots Pure Bamboo and aimed it at her.

• Saint Sanqi formed a vast hand from the Red Quicksand and stopped Saint Zhunti’s Great Sumeru Mountain from advancing.
• The Great Sumeru Mountain ran out of power and vanished, leaving Saint Zhunti’s attack broken.
• The Primordial World’s inhabitants and the Demon Emperor Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi watched Saint Sanqi overpower Saint Zhunti.
• Saint Zhunti tried to charge Sanqi, but the endless sand from her Soul Scattering Red Gourd pushed him back.
• Frustrated, Saint Zhunti took out the Six Roots Pure Bamboo and pointed it at Saint Sanqi from a distance.

Saint Zhunti failed to harm Saint Sanqi with the Six Roots Pure Bamboo and the Blessing Divine Pestle, while her treasures protected her from his attacks. Frustrated, he began chanting and gathered Buddhist power for his ultimate move.

• Saint Zhunti sent a murky force at Saint Sanqi, but mysterious black qi from her swallowed it; observers speculated it came from the Book of Life and Death.
• Saint Zhunti attacked Saint Sanqi with the Blessing Divine Pestle, but the Soul Scattering Red Gourd formed a sand shield that stopped it.
• Saint Zhunti grew resentful of Saint Sanqi's defenses and decided to unleash his ultimate move.
• Saint Zhunti chanted as Buddhist light and power surged around him, making his golden form appear like a solemn Buddha.

Saint Zhunti unleashed his Three Thousand Great Worlds technique against Saint Sanqi, drawing the attention of the powerful spectators. Saint Sanqi admired the technique but prepared another magic treasure to break it.

• Saint Zhunti summoned the Three Thousand Great Worlds, a layered vision of realms that pressed down on Saint Sanqi.
• Taishang Laozi, Primeval Lord of Heaven, and Sect Master Tongtian commented on the technique's power and its shortcomings.
• Empress Nuwa watched from the Wa Imperial Palace and wondered how Saint Sanqi would counter the move she had once broken herself.
• Saint Sanqi studied the worlds with interest, then decided to use another magic treasure.

Saint Sanqi used the Primordial Measure Heaven Ruler to effortlessly shatter Saint Zhunti’s Three Thousand Great Worlds, revealing a vast difference in their strength. Enraged and humiliated, Saint Zhunti unleashed a fierce attack but remained trapped in the endless Sand Sea.

• Saint Sanqi pulled the Primordial Measure Heaven Ruler from her hair and summoned its immense Power of Merit.
• The Primordial Measure Heaven Ruler shattered Saint Zhunti’s Three Thousand Great Worlds with a single tap.
• The watching beings were stunned by Saint Sanqi’s strength, which far surpassed Saint Zhunti’s.
• Saint Zhunti’s baleful aura intensified, and he resolved to fight with everything he had.
• Saint Zhunti attacked fiercely but remained trapped in the endless Sand Sea.

Saint Zhunti used the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree to clear the Soul Scattering Red Sand, but Saint Sanqi kept him trapped and unable to approach her. The Three Pure Ones recognized Sanqi’s strength and considered how difficult her Soul Scattering Red Gourd would be to counter.

• Saint Zhunti brought out the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree and swept away a vast area of Soul Scattering Red Sand.
• Saint Zhunti repeatedly used the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree to keep the Red Sand at bay, but the Soul Scattering Red Gourd continued to seal him in.
• Saint Zhunti remained unable to approach Saint Sanqi and grew furious at being so thoroughly suppressed.
• Taishang Laozi and Primeval Lord of Heaven marveled at Sanqi’s power and admitted they had no clear way to counter the Soul Scattering Red Gourd.
• Sect Master Tongtian became serious and stopped looking down on Saint Sanqi.

Sanqi overwhelmed Zhunti with the Soul Scattering Red Gourd, while Nuwa considered revealing her increased strength and the Witch Race realized how narrowly it had avoided attacking the Human Race. Zhunti admitted defeat and tried to withdraw, but Sanqi challenged his attempt to leave.

• Nuwa watched Sanqi suppress Zhunti and considered using her newfound strength to astonish everyone.
• Zhunti’s relentless attacks failed to threaten Sanqi, while the Demon Race leaders and Ancestral Witches feared the consequences of the conflict.
• Zhunti stopped attacking and admitted defeat, promising to return to the Western Land and leave the war between the Human Race and Demon Race alone.
• Sanqi questioned Zhunti as he turned to leave, asking whether he was leaving because he saw no opening.