Chapter Summaries

Hong Yun devoured the Karma Rune and sensed the Karma Demon God approaching through the chaos. Pingxin urged him to let the Lich War proceed, trusting his plans to protect the Witch Clan and bring the Ancestral Shamans into the human race if they perished.

• Hong Yun absorbed the Karma Rune, gained a clear view of karmic threads, and learned that the Karma Demon God was heading toward the Primordial World.
• The Karma Demon God sensed Hong Yun, abandoned the idea of attacking him remotely, and accelerated his journey toward the Primordial World.
• Pingxin proposed that the Witch Clan withdraw from the Primordial World during the coming Lich War, but Hong Yun worried about the losses they might suffer.
• Pingxin said Hong Yun could use the Ancestral Shamans’ blood essence to reincarnate them into the human race, a plan he had already made to unite the Witch and human clans.

Hong Yun reassured Pingxin that he would protect the Witch Clan, then returned to Fire Cloud Cave World to prepare his disciples for the coming conflict with the Karma Demon God. After checking San Xiao’s progress, he told them to return to Biyou Palace once the lectures were over.

• Hong Yun promised Pingxin that he would not let the Witch Clan suffer and agreed to gather allies before confronting the Karma Demon God.
• Hong Yun returned to Fire Cloud Cave World after devouring the Way of Karma, and Zhen Yuan Zi remarked on his rapid breakthrough.
• Hong Yun healed the battered disciples, while Xuanming urged them to develop genuine battle instincts.
• Hong Yun warned Huluwa and the others that they might soon face deadly battles and ordered them to cultivate seriously.
• Hong Yun assessed San Xiao’s cultivation and Formation Dao progress, then told them to return to Biyou Palace after the lectures.

Hong Yun sent San Xiao back to Kunlun Mountain and asked them to summon Tong Tian for an important discussion. Tong Tian, curious about Hong Yun’s message, went to see him while Hong Yun prepared to explain the matter to Zhen Yuan Zi, Xuanming, and Wang Shu.

• Hong Yun told San Xiao not to wander the Primordial Wilderness and asked them to invite Tong Tian to visit him.
• San Xiao returned to Biyou Palace, where Bi Xiao recounted their visit and relayed Hong Yun’s request to Tong Tian.
• Tong Tian wondered what Hong Yun wanted to discuss, then decided to go see him himself.
• The chapter described how Tong Tian focused on teaching freely and cultivating his Immortal Slaying Sword Realm, unlike Yuan Shi, who carefully selected and guided his disciples.
• Tong Tian sent San Xiao to cultivate and set out to meet Hong Yun.

Hong Yun invited Tong Tian to join an expedition against a surviving Chaos Demon God who was returning to the Primordial World to claim it. Tong Tian was tempted by the chance to help defeat the enemy and seize his world’s source, and the chapter left him poised to accept.

• Tong Tian entered the Fire Cloud Cave World and found Hong Yun waiting with Zhen Yuan Zi, Xuanming, and Wang Shu.
• Hong Yun asked Tong Tian what he thought of the coming Lich Calamity and proposed that they leave the Primordial World for a while.
• Tong Tian hesitated because he would lose the Heavenly Dao’s support outside the Primordial World, but Hong Yun assured him they would stay nearby and that Empress Pingxin might join them.
• Hong Yun revealed that a wounded Chaos Demon God was returning to the Primordial World to seize it, and said the enemy might be stronger than him.
• Tong Tian agreed that defeating the Demon God would continue Pangu’s legacy, while Hong Yun hinted that they could devour the source of the Demon God’s world.

Hong Yun persuaded Tong Tian that strengthening the Immortal Slaying Sword World would benefit both their worlds, while Xi He tried to defy the Witch-Demon War’s fate by bringing her children to term early. Her actions triggered a worldwide cold calamity, and the chapter ended with Di Jun arriving too late to stop the Golden Crows’ imminent birth.

• Hong Yun told Tong Tian that devouring the origin of Chaos Demon Gods’ worlds could strengthen the Immortal Slaying Sword World and increase Tong Tian’s authority over the Heavenly Dao.
• Xi He worried that Hong Yun’s refusal to accept her unborn children as disciples meant they faced a grave fate, and Di Jun could not ease her fears.
• Xi He damaged her own origin and drew on the Sun Star through the Fusang Tree to bring the little Golden Crows to term early.
• The Sun Star’s weakening light, combined with Xuanming’s unchecked Winter God Dharma Image, plunged the Primordial World into an ice age.
• Suiren Shi watched humans suffer, while Zi Yi Shi and You Chao Shi became mortals and went among the tribes to seek ways to help.
• Di Jun rushed to stop Xi He but found the little Golden Crows already on the verge of being born.

Hong Yun discovered that the Primordial World had frozen after the Sun Star’s power weakened, and learned that the crisis had advanced human civilization but harmed countless beings. After returning to the Fire Cloud Cave World, he learned Xi He had given birth to ten Golden Crows and that Di Jun was seeking the Three Pure Ones’ protection for them.

• Hong Yun and the others found the Primordial World covered in ice and snow, then joined forces with the Saints to gather the scattered lunar qi and stabilize the world.
• Pingxin explained that the human race’s hardship had helped Zi Yi Shi and You Chao Shi develop clothing and houses, and urged Hong Yun to focus on improving his strength rather than interfere in the tribulation.
• Hong Yun returned to the Fire Cloud Cave World with Tong Tian, Zhen Yuan Zi, and Wang Shu to await the Karma Demon God.
• Xi He gave birth to ten Golden Crows and urged Di Jun to ask the Three Pure Ones to take them as disciples, so Di Jun set out for Kunlun Mountain to test whether the demon race still had a way forward.
• Hong Yun learned that Xi He’s early delivery and the Golden Crows’ extraction of the Sun’s vital essence had harmed the Primordial World, while Xuanming and Zhen Yuan Zi blamed Di Jun’s greed.

Di Jun visited Kunlun Mountain to thank Taiqing and Yuan Shi for helping Xi He and ask them to take his newborn child as a disciple, offering Primordial Violet Qi in return. Yuan Shi recognized the child’s connection to the coming tribulation and was set against accepting him.

• Di Jun quietly traveled alone to Kunlun Mountain, where Taiqing and Yuan Shi learned of his arrival and waited for him.
• Immortal Official Nan Ji escorted Di Jun to Xuan Du Palace, where he found only Taiqing Laozi and Yuqing Yuan Shi.
• Yuan Shi rebuked Di Jun for allowing the balance of heaven and earth to be disrupted by the Demon Race’s private concerns.
• Di Jun explained that Xi He’s pregnancy had distracted her from her duties and asked the Saints to accept their newborn child as a disciple, offering Primordial Violet Qi.
• Yuan Shi suspected Di Jun was seeking protection for the child and leverage in the coming tribulation, and privately rejected the idea of taking him as a disciple.

Di Jun sought a teacher for his son and offered the Primordial Violet Qi, but Yuan Shi rejected the Golden Crow Prince and warned that the qi was a death warrant. Di Jun then traveled west to seek help from the Western Sages, only to learn that Zhun Ti was in seclusion and might be avoiding him.

• Di Jun offered the Primordial Violet Qi to Yuan Shi in hopes that the Golden Crow Prince would join the Three Pure Ones' lineage, but Yuan Shi refused.
• Yuan Shi told his disciples that the Primordial Violet Qi was a death warrant and hinted that it would not remain with outsiders.
• Taiqing questioned Yuan Shi about provoking Di Jun, and Yuan Shi said Di Jun had no way back after accepting the qi.
• Di Jun left for the Western Boundary, where Maitreya told him that Jieyin was at Mount Sumeru and Zhun Ti was recovering in seclusion.
• Di Jun suspected Zhun Ti was avoiding him and lost heart at the prospect of meeting Jieyin alone.

Di Jun abandoned his attempt to seek help from Zhunti and resolved to use the Primordial Violet Qi to fight for the Demon Tribe’s survival. As Di Jun refined the Qi, Xi He secretly took their ten little Golden Crows toward Hong Yun’s domain on the Eastern Sea to keep them safe.

• Di Jun left Mount Sumeru after telling Maitreya he would not disturb the recovering Zhunti, and Zhunti decided to visit the Eastern Boundary despite Jieyin’s warning about karma.
• Di Jun accepted that he and the Demon Tribe faced a fight to the death and returned to the Sun Star with his resolve strengthened.
• Di Jun comforted Xi He, promised to protect her and their children, then entered the Primordial Starry Sky to refine the Primordial Violet Qi.
• Xi He decided the Sun Star was too dangerous for the ten little Golden Crows and took a branch from the Fusang Tree.
• Xi He concealed herself and the little Golden Crows and set off for the Eastern Sea, hoping Hong Yun’s presence and promise would protect them.

Xi He hid the ten little Golden Crows on Tang Gu and set up a concealment formation, while Taiyi added another formation to protect them. Meanwhile, Hong Yun planned with Zhen Yuan Zi, Tong Tian, and the others to kill the Karma Demon God.

• Xi He planted the Fusang branch on a hidden East Sea island and used it as the core of a formation to conceal Tang Gu and the little Golden Crows.
• Xi He released the ten little Golden Crows on Tang Gu, told them to stay and cultivate, then returned to the Sun Star.
• Xi He told Taiyi where the little Golden Crows were after he learned they were neither with her nor on the Sun Star.
• Taiyi visited Tang Gu, played with his nephews, warned them not to leave, and strengthened the island's concealment with a formation bearing the Chaos Bell's aura.
• Hong Yun discussed plans to kill the Karma Demon God with Zhen Yuan Zi, Tong Tian, and the others in the world inside Fire Cloud Cave.

Hong Yun and his allies prepared to ambush the approaching Karma Demon God in the Chaos while keeping the battle away from the Primordial World. After Xuanming and Wang Shu returned to their respective homes, Yuan Shi sent Immortal Official Nan Ji to the Moon Star to request a sprig of the Moon Laurel Tree.

• Hong Yun assigned himself to face the Karma Demon God and told Tong Tian to trap the vast world with the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.
• Hong Yun asked Xuanming to return to the Witch Clan and warn the Ancestral Shamans not to fight until he came back.
• Wang Shu chose to return to the Moon Star Palace, and Hong Yun warned her not to get involved if a battle broke out.
• Hong Yun, Zhen Yuan Zi, and Tong Tian set out for the Chaos, with Zhen Yuan Zi and Tong Tian hiding in the Fire Cloud Cave World.
• Yuan Shi ordered Immortal Official Nan Ji to request a sprig of the Moon Laurel Tree from Wang Shu, and Nan Ji arrived at the Moon Star Palace to pay his respects.

Nan Ji obtained a Moon Laurel branch for Yuan Shi, who joined forces with Zhun Ti to forge a bow and ten arrows infused with lunar power and karmic debt. Yuan Shi sent the disguised weapons down to the Primordial Wilderness, and Nan Ji realized they were meant to target the ten little Golden Crows.

• Wang Shu agreed to let Nan Ji collect a branch from the Moon Laurel Tree.
• Nan Ji brought the branch to Yuan Shi, who revealed lunar power he had gathered from the aftermath of the demon race’s catastrophe.
• Zhun Ti contributed his own lunar power, and the two Saints combined it with karmic debt tied to the ten little Golden Crows.
• Yuan Shi forged a longbow and ten arrows, then disguised them as ordinary objects and tossed them down to the Primordial Wilderness.
• Nan Ji recognized the weapons’ intended target, and Zhun Ti turned to him with a half-smile.

Zhun Ti left Kunlun Mountain after reassuring himself that Yuan Shi would act against the demon race, while Nan Ji suspected they had arranged for the Chan Sect to gain the Primordial Violet Qi. Later, Ran Deng visited Yuan Shi and asked to join the Chan Sect, leaving Yuan Shi to consider the practical advantages of accepting him.

• Zhun Ti praised Yuan Shi’s disciple and hinted that the Chan Sect might gain another Saint after the great tribulation, then departed Kunlun Mountain.
• Nan Ji suspected Yuan Shi and Zhun Ti had agreed that the Chan Sect would claim the Primordial Violet Qi after the demon race fell.
• Ran Deng arrived at Kunlun Mountain and asked Nan Ji to inform Yuan Shi of his visit.
• Yuan Shi welcomed Ran Deng, who pleaded to become his disciple despite both having listened to the Dao at the Zixiao Palace.
• Nan Ji suspected Ran Deng wanted the Primordial Violet Qi, while Yuan Shi considered accepting him as a Grand Unity Golden Immortal who could handle sect affairs and spare his younger disciples from accumulating karma.

Daoist Ran Deng joined the Chan Sect as its deputy leader, while Hong Yun traveled through Chaos and discussed the Great Thousand World tied to the Karma Demon God with Zhen Yuan Zi. The chapter left Hong Yun continuing his solitary journey, though he no longer looked forward to wandering the myriad worlds alone.

• Yuan Shi appointed Daoist Ran Deng deputy leader of the Chan Sect, and the sect's fortune helped loosen Ran Deng's cultivation bottleneck.
• Yuan Shi told Nan Ji to show Ran Deng around Kunlun Mountain and let him handle the Chan Sect's affairs, leaving Nan Ji resentful.
• Hong Yun traveled through Chaos and devoured Chaos Qi to expand Fire Cloud Cave World, while Tong Tian studied the world's boundary.
• Hong Yun's soul appeared before Zhen Yuan Zi, and they discussed the Great Thousand World that the Karma Demon God had used as a refuge.
• Zhen Yuan Zi wished to settle the Primordial World's affairs and explore the myriad heavens, but Hong Yun reflected that wandering Chaos alone would be boring.

Hong Yun explained to Zhen Yuan Zi why he had left the Witch Clan to face the coming tribulation: the Ancestral Shamans were unwilling to surrender their chance to rule without a fight, and his presence could give the Saints an opening. He revealed that he had secretly instructed Xuanming to have the Witch Clan target the Saints, setting up a plan to disrupt their schemes.

• Zhen Yuan Zi questioned why Hong Yun had gone into Chaos as the great tribulation approached, and Hong Yun explained that the Ancestral Shamans had agreed to a staged retreat but might still choose to fight for their race's future.
• Hong Yun said the Ancestral Shamans could not easily accept yielding the position of protagonist of Heaven and Earth, even with the human race and reincarnation as possible paths forward.
• Zhen Yuan Zi observed that Hong Yun was caught in the same bind as with the Demon Race because he had received too many benefits from the Witch Clan, and the two joked about it.
• Hong Yun revealed that he had secretly sent Xuanming an additional instruction when she left, which he had kept hidden while Tong Tian was present.
• Hong Yun confirmed that he had told the Witch Clan to turn their attacks on the Saints, intending to disrupt their plan to kill the leaders of the Witch and Demon Races and seize their fortune.

Hong Yun planned to help Zhen Yuan Zi expand the Earth Immortal Realm during the coming great battle, then went to Chaos to confront the Karma Demon God. Seeking to learn more about Hong Yun, the Karma Demon God activated an avatar that entered Maitreya, leaving him unaware of the voice now speaking in his mind.

• Hong Yun considered how Zhen Yuan Zi could expand the Earth Immortal Realm by taking a share of the spoils from the coming great battle, and promised him a gift.
• Hong Yun went to Chaos to strike the Karma Demon God, who suspected Hong Yun had hidden support and decided to activate another avatar.
• The Karma Demon God sent a streak of dark light through Chaos toward Hong Yun’s strongest karmic connection outside the Saints, Maitreya.
• The dark light entered Maitreya’s mind while he was recruiting disciples for the Western Sect, and he searched himself without finding anything wrong.
• A voice suddenly began speaking inside Maitreya’s mind.

The Karma Demon God tried to bind Maitreya with the Great Dao Karma System, hoping to manipulate him through tempting rewards. Maitreya resisted the invasion but could not stop the system from binding, and he cautiously asked what choices it could offer him.

• The Karma Demon God disguised himself as the Great Dao Karma System and targeted Maitreya because of his karmic ties to Hong Yun and the Western Sect.
• Maitreya recognized the binding attempt as a possible Outer Realm Heavenly Demon and guarded his soul against it.
• The Karma Demon God’s tendrils met golden protection inside Maitreya’s soul, and Maitreya ignored the system’s prompts to stop resisting.
• The Karma Demon God switched the system to simplified mode and forcibly completed the binding.
• Maitreya grew wary of being manipulated and pretended to be interested as he asked what choices were available.

Maitreya accepted the system’s Mountain Driving Bell but remained convinced it was trying to possess him as he hurried back to Mount Sumeru. He called to his master for help, accusing an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon of targeting him.

• The Karma Demon God offered Maitreya a choice between an Innate Spiritual Treasure and a Houtian Spiritual Treasure, and Maitreya chose the Mountain Driving Bell while still doubting the system.
• After receiving the Mountain Driving Bell, Maitreya decided to return to Mount Sumeru and complete his task so he could trigger another choice.
• The Karma Demon God tried to extend the system’s tendrils deeper into Maitreya’s soul, but golden light and Maitreya’s resistance stopped them.
• Maitreya traveled to Mount Sumeru while hiding his suspicions and believing the system meant to possess him.
• Maitreya reached the Great Hero Hall, saw his master, and cried out for help against an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon.

Zhun Ti returned to Mount Sumeru after learning that Maitreya had been possessed by a Chaos Demon God calling itself a system. He and Jieyin found the demon bound to part of Maitreya’s soul, and the chapter ended with Zhun Ti asking whether it would harm him.

• Jieyin received Maitreya’s warning and used his Treasure Banner to suppress the demon possessing him.
• Zhun Ti watched You Chao Shi and Zi Yi Shi teach humans to build houses and sew clothes, while privately planning to interfere in human affairs and the conflict between the Witch and Demon Races.
• Jieyin’s message informed Zhun Ti that Maitreya had been possessed by an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon, possibly a Chaos Demon God, so Zhun Ti hurried back to Mount Sumeru.
• Zhun Ti saw people gathered around Yuan Shi’s abandoned bow and arrows, which no one could lift, and heard them propose seeking Hou Yi and Kua Fu.
• Jieyin explained that the Karma Demon God had seized part of Maitreya’s soul and that removing it might injure him.
• Zhun Ti examined Maitreya’s soul and asked Jieyin whether the demon would harm it; Jieyin nodded.

The Karma Demon God revealed himself inside Maitreya and tried to persuade Jieyin and Zhun Ti to join forces against Hong Yun. Zhun Ti learned that Hong Yun had entered Chaos and asked what he would gain from cooperating.

• The Karma Demon God threatened that Zhun Ti would have to damage Maitreya’s soul to remove him, then revealed himself in the hall.
• The Karma Demon God claimed he and the Western Sect shared an enemy and proposed joining forces against Hong Yun.
• Zhun Ti questioned the Karma Demon God about his grudge, and he recounted their conflict while concealing key details.
• Zhun Ti warned that Hong Yun’s strength and allies made him difficult to kill, but the Karma Demon God revealed that his true body was heading toward the Primordial Wilderness.
• Zhun Ti realized Hong Yun had gone deep into Chaos and asked the Karma Demon God what he would gain from an alliance.