Chapter Summaries

Hong Yun and the others battered the Karma Demon God until he self-destructed, shattering the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation. Hong Yun protected Nu Wa, then devoured the demon god’s remains and captured his soul, leaving him to uncover memories about Zhun Ti and absorb the Karma Great Dao Runes.

• Hong Yun struck the Karma Demon God with a torrent of Immortal Extermination Sword Qi, leaving him gravely wounded as he waited in vain for Zhun Ti.
• The Karma Demon God chose to self-destruct, and Nu Wa and Tong Tian failed to stop him.
• Hong Yun shielded Nu Wa as the blast shattered the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and scattered the Karma Demon God’s body and soul.
• Hong Yun drew in the scattered remains, seized the Karma Scissors containing most of the demon god’s soul, and swallowed his consciousness.
• Hong Yun found memories about Zhun Ti, captured and refined the remaining soul fragments, and fused the Karma Great Dao Runes into his own.

Hong Yun and his companions finished dealing with the Karma Demon God, but some soul fragments escaped into the Primordial World. Hong Yun gave Nu Wa the Karma Shears and Tong Tian the captured Great Thousand World, then led them back to pursue the remnant while Jieyin and Zhunti remained unable to help.

• Hong Yun sensed that some of the Karma Demon God's soul fragments had escaped into the Primordial World, but he reassured Nu Wa that the weakened remnant posed little threat.
• Hong Yun gave Nu Wa the Karma Shears, saying they would work well with her Red Embroidered Ball.
• Hong Yun awarded the entire Great Thousand World to Tong Tian to strengthen his Immortal Slaying Sword World, and Tong Tian absorbed it with his array diagram.
• Tong Tian asked whether they should pursue the Karma Demon God's remnant soul, and Hong Yun agreed to return to the Primordial World with Tong Tian, Nu Wa, and Zhen Yuan Zi.
• Jieyin and Zhunti learned that the Karma Demon God's plan had gone wrong, but Jieyin had to guard the Western Boundary and Zhunti was occupied defending against the Ancestral Witches.

A fragment of the Karma Demon God's soul escaped Chaos and merged with the avatar inside Maitreya, leaving Jieyin to suppress it while Zhun Ti remained occupied with the Witch-Demon War. The Ancestral Shamans formed the True Body of Pangu again and shattered the barrier between the Eastern and Western Worlds with a punch aimed at the Western World.

• A fragment of the Karma Demon God's soul reached Mount Sumeru and merged with the avatar inside Maitreya, greatly strengthening it.
• Maitreya resisted the Karma Demon God as Jieyin used the Jieyin Treasure Banner to suppress him and conceal his aura.
• The Karma Demon God accused Jieyin and Zhun Ti of betraying their agreement and blamed them for Hong Yun's ambush.
• Zhun Ti left the battle long enough to reach Mount Sumeru, then argued with the Karma Demon God before returning his attention to the Witch-Demon War.
• With Zhun Ti making little effort to stop them, the Ancestral Shamans formed the True Body of Pangu again.
• The True Body of Pangu shattered the barrier between the Eastern and Western Worlds with a punch, forcing Jieyin to protect Mount Sumeru while he continued shielding Maitreya.

Zhun Ti stopped the True Body of Pangu’s punch with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree and redirected its remaining aura toward Maitreya. Using the opening to sever the Karma Demon God’s bonds to Maitreya, Zhun Ti pulled him from Maitreya’s soul and trapped him in a ball of light.

• Zhun Ti returned to Mount Sumeru and used his Golden Body Dharma Appearance to block the True Body of Pangu’s punch.
• Zhun Ti noticed that Pangu’s aura made the Karma Demon God freeze and told Jieyin he had a way to deal with him.
• The True Body of Pangu shattered Zhun Ti’s golden body, but Zhun Ti used the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree to wear down the punch.
• Zhun Ti redirected the punch’s remaining aura toward Maitreya, where it briefly shook the Karma Demon God.
• Zhun Ti used the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree to sever the Karma Demon God’s karmic ties and pull him out of Maitreya’s soul into a ball of light.

Zhun Ti devoured the Karma Demon God and gained his insights into the Way of Karma, while Hong Yun sensed what happened and concealed his presence. After returning to the Primordial World, the group watched the Ancestral Shamans launch another devastating punch at Mount Sumeru.

• Zhun Ti ignored the Karma Demon God's pleas, devoured his remaining soul, and absorbed his insights into the Way of Karma.
• Hong Yun sensed that Zhun Ti had devoured the Karma Demon God and used the Way of Karma to hide himself from Zhun Ti.
• Hong Yun reassured Nu Wa that Zhun Ti's practice of karma could benefit the Way of Karma, since Hong Yun controlled its Great Dao Runes.
• After entering the Primordial World, Hong Yun and the others turned their attention to the Western World and Mount Sumeru.
• Dijiang ordered another strike, and Hou Yi and Xing Tian strained to sustain the Twelve Capital Celestial Evil Formation as the Ancestral Shamans sent a powerful fist crashing toward Mount Sumeru.

The Ancestral Shamans’ final punch broke through their formation and hurtled toward the Western lands while Empress Pingxin kept Dao Ancestor Hongjun from intervening. Zhun Ti tried to suppress a hidden jade shard containing the Karma Demon God’s last chance to escape, leaving Jieyin to face the punch as it struck Mount Sumeru and shook the Western Sect’s fortune.

• The Twelve Capital Celestial Evil Formation shattered, and the exhausted Ancestral Shamans sent Hou Yi and Xing Tian to the Netherworld to recover.
• Dijiang watched the Ancestral Shamans’ punch race toward the West as Pingxin and Hongjun faced off without attacking.
• Hongjun moved to stop the punch, but Pingxin blocked him and insisted that neither of them interfere in the tribulation.
• Zhun Ti and Jieyin manifested their Golden Body Dharma Appearances to block the punch, but the strike shattered their golden barrier and appearances.
• Zhun Ti discovered a jade shard trying to escape from the Karma Demon God’s soul and focused all his power on suppressing it, leaving Jieyin exposed.
• The punch struck Zhun Ti, damaged Jieyin’s treasures, and hit Mount Sumeru; the Twelve-grade Merit Golden Lotus released its merit-light to shield the Western lands, shaking the Western Sect’s fortune.

Hong Yun seized half of Mount Sumeru and demanded it as compensation from Zhun Ti, who swallowed his anger before heading to confront the Ancestral Shamans. Taiqing stopped Hong Yun from pursuing him, while Nu Wa appeared to avenge Fuxi and attacked Taiqing.

• The Ancestral Shamans shattered Mount Sumeru, and Hong Yun took one half as Jieyin and Zhun Ti rushed to reclaim it.
• Hong Yun declared the half of Mount Sumeru an apology for Zhun Ti's dealings with the Karma Demon God, and Zhun Ti chose not to argue.
• Zhun Ti tore through space to confront the Ancestral Shamans, and Hong Yun pursued him, but Taiqing used the Taiji Diagram to block Hong Yun.
• Nu Wa appeared before Taiqing and demanded that he answer for Fuxi's death, then attacked him despite his claim that Heaven and Earth's great trend had caused it.
• Taiqing endured Nu Wa's attack under the protection of the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda and stopped Hong Yun from leaving to aid the Ancestral Shamans.

Zhun Ti attacked the Ancestral Shamans, and Zhurong sacrificed himself to blast the Saint away. As the law of fire returned to the Primordial Wilderness, Yuan Shi recognized the calamity’s purpose and Qiang Liang also self-destructed, leaving Hong Yun watching the Ancestral Shamans fall.

• Zhun Ti ambushed Dijiang, but Zhurong took the blow and suffered grievous wounds while protecting him.
• Zhurong embraced Zhun Ti and self-destructed, scattering the law of fire throughout heaven and earth and forcing Zhun Ti to retreat.
• Hong Jun appeared before Pingxin, while the Saints noticed that the law of fire had grown more complete and easier to wield.
• Yuan Shi realized the calamity was returning the laws controlled by powerful beings to heaven and earth, then attacked the Ancestral Shamans.
• Qiang Liang self-destructed against Yuan Shi, injuring him as Hong Yun watched helplessly.
• Gong Gong condemned the calamity for threatening the Father God's blood descendants.

Gong Gong refused to accept the Witch Clan’s fate and self-destructed against Kunlun Mountain, while She Bi Shi and Xi Zi attacked Zhun Ti. The Ancestral Shamans’ deaths restored Laws to heaven and earth and began to wear away the Calamity Qi, as Zhun Ti emerged from the explosion.

• Gong Gong charged into Kunlun Mountain instead of Bu Zhou Mountain, broke its protective barrier, and damaged its spiritual veins before self-destructing.
• Tong Tian protected Kunlun Mountain from Gong Gong’s attack, but was left disheveled and with his magical power in turmoil.
• Yuan Shi welcomed Tong Tian’s appearance, then grew displeased with his late arrival and manner.
• She Bi Shi and Xi Zi abandoned Kunlun Mountain and attacked Zhun Ti from both sides as the Ancestral Shamans sought to make the Saints pay.
• Zhun Ti sent out his evil corpse to shield his true body, while Jieyin warned him from the Western Heaven and Earth.
• The Ancestral Shamans’ self-destruction shook heaven and earth; Hong Yun sensed Zhun Ti using the Great Dao of Cause and Effect to distribute the attacks, and Zhun Ti tumbled out of the explosion as two Laws returned and Calamity Qi faded.

After the wicked corpse was destroyed, Zhun Ti fled to the Western Boundary while Hong Yun overwhelmed Taiqing and confronted Yuan Shi. Hong Yun revealed that he was both the Ancestor of the Human Race and the Thirteenth Ancestral Shaman, and Zhu Jiuyin stood beside him as the Ancestral Shamans faced the unfolding calamity.

• The destruction of the wicked corpse crippled Zhun Ti's aura, and he fled toward Western Heaven and Earth while considering cultivating the Great Dao of Karma.
• Hong Yun unleashed the full power of the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler and sent Taiqing flying through space and into chaos.
• Hong Yun appeared between the Ancestral Shamans and Yuan Shi, dismissed Yuan Shi's justification, and revealed his enormous Ancestral Shaman True Body.
• Hong Yun declared himself the Ancestor of the Human Race and the Thirteenth Ancestral Shaman.
• Zhu Jiuyin recognized Hong Yun's role, stood beside him, and told him that bringing him into the Witch Clan had been their best decision.

After the Ancestral Shamans agreed to withdraw the Witch Clan from the Primordial Wilderness into the Netherworld, Hong Yun asked Dao Ancestor Hong Jun whether the Lich Tribulation would continue. The other powers stayed silent, leaving the fate of the surviving Demon Clan and the Heaven Court unresolved.

• Zhu Jiuyin decided that the Witch Clan would leave the Primordial Wilderness and retreat into the Netherworld, and Dijiang and the other Ancestral Shamans accepted his decision.
• Zhu Jiuyin summoned the Pangu Hall, took it into his hand, and the Ancestral Shamans mourned the breaking of their oath to Father God as their ties to Bu Zhou Mountain faded.
• Hong Yun asked Dao Ancestor Hong Jun whether the Lich Tribulation had to continue now that the Witch Clan had withdrawn from the Primordial Wilderness.
• Taiqing returned and grew wary of Hong Yun, while Yuan Shi rebuked Hong Yun for his disrespect toward Dao Ancestor Hong Jun and then fell silent under Hong Yun's glare.
• Yuan Shi considered that the surviving Demon Clan might regain power and keep control of the Heaven Court, but Dao Ancestor Hong Jun and the other Saints offered no response.

Di Jun accepted that his soul was beyond saving and prepared to die to end the Witch-Demon Calamity while securing the demon race’s future. He arranged for the River Diagram and Luo Book to pass to Fuxi, then promised Hong Yun one last great gift.

• Yuan Shi declared that Di Jun’s death would resolve the Witch-Demon Calamity, and Taiyi threatened to stop anyone who tried to kill his brother.
• Di Jun sent Taiyi flying into chaos, telling him to remember the demon race’s future, then offered Kun Peng the River Diagram and Luo Book for Fuxi.
• Di Jun’s request that Kun Peng deliver the treasures to Fuxi disappointed Kun Peng, who nevertheless agreed.
• Hong Yun began to offer Di Jun help, but Di Jun stopped him and revealed through his thoughts that his soul was disintegrating beyond recovery.
• Di Jun confirmed that Hong Yun understood his severing of Fuxi’s karmic ties to the demon race and promised to give Hong Yun one last great gift.

Di Jun resolved to use his death to destabilize heaven and earth and make Dao Ancestor Hong Jun suffer, while Hong Yun fought to keep Taiqing and Yuan Shi at bay. Di Jun then seized Yuan Shi and hurled them both toward Bu Zhou Mountain.

• Di Jun explained that the Heavenly Dao and Dao Ancestor Hong Jun had reasons to oppose the Ancestral Shamans and the demon clans, and decided to make Hong Jun suffer by unsettling heaven and earth.
• Di Jun told Hong Yun to prepare for his gift, then charged Yuan Shi in a blazing starlight form and appeared ready to self-destruct.
• Taiqing and Yuan Shi defended themselves and attacked Di Jun, while Hong Yun seized the Taiji Diagram and struck at them with the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler.
• Hong Yun stopped the Ancestral Shamans from joining the fight, and Di Jun ignored Yuan Shi's chaotic sword auras as he pressed his attack.
• Di Jun's body began to fade, but he caught Yuan Shi, wrapped around him, and drove them both toward Bu Zhou Mountain.

Di Jun dragged Yuan Shi into Bu Zhou Mountain, destroying the mountain and destabilizing the Primordial Wilderness before dying in the collision. Hong Yun saved the mountain’s broken upper half, while Yuan Shi’s fight with him escalated when Nu Wa attacked Yuan Shi.

• Di Jun tricked Yuan Shi into crashing into Bu Zhou Mountain, breaking it and throwing heaven and earth into chaos.
• The Ancestral Shamans grieved for Bu Zhou Mountain and went to rescue their people, while Zhen Yuan Zi used the Earth Book to protect humanity and repair the land.
• Hong Yun struck Taiqing back, took the broken upper half of Bu Zhou Mountain, and stored it in the Fire Cloud Cave World as Yuan Shi emerged from the ruins.
• Yuan Shi attacked Hong Yun with the Pangu Banner, but Hong Yun blocked him and accused him of causing the mountain’s destruction.
• Nu Wa attacked Yuan Shi with the Red Embroidered Ball and the Qiankun Cauldron.

After Buzhou Mountain fell, Hong Yun used the Tong Tian Jianmu Tree and Human Dao to hold up the collapsing heavens and expand Human Dao’s influence. Dao Ancestor Hong Jun ordered the Saints to stabilize Heaven and Earth, while Nu Wa caught a Monster Summoning Banner that appeared at the mountain’s base.

• Nu Wa attacked Yuan Shi over Fuxi’s death, and Hong Yun realized Di Jun’s fall of Buzhou Mountain had thrown the Heavenly Dao into chaos and created an opportunity for Human Dao.
• Hong Yun gathered the spiritual light left by Di Jun, planted the Tong Tian Jianmu Tree atop Buzhou Mountain’s former site, and used Human Dao to help it grow through the layers of the heavens.
• Dao Ancestor Hong Jun stopped Nu Wa and Yuan Shi’s fight and ordered the Heavenly Dao Saints to stabilize Heaven and Earth.
• Taiqing, Yuan Shi, Tong Tian, Jieyin, and Zhun Ti used their powers and treasures to support different regions, while Nu Wa drew endangered living beings into the Qiankun Cauldron and Mountain River Society Map.
• Dao Ancestor Hong Jun focused on calming the Heavenly Dao and resisting Hong Yun’s growing influence as three lights appeared at Buzhou Mountain’s base, with one revealing itself to Nu Wa as the Monster Summoning Banner.

After Di Jun’s death, his soul fragment appeared through the Sun Essence Wheel to comfort Xi He and ask her to protect Little Ten, trusting Hong Yun to keep them safe. Xi He resolved to help Hong Yun stabilize the heavens with Wang Shu, then escape to Fire Cloud Cave World.

• Kun Peng received the River Diagram and Luo Book and fled toward Northern Darkness as the Sun Essence Wheel flew toward Moon Star Palace.
• Xi He grieved as Wang Shu witnessed Di Jun’s final moments and stayed beside her in silence.
• Di Jun’s soul fragment appeared from the Sun Essence Wheel, comforted Xi He, and asked her to live well and take Little Ten with her, trusting Hong Yun to protect them.
• After Di Jun faded away, Xi He accepted the Sun Essence Wheel and resolved to help Hong Yun despite her hatred for Dao Ancestor Hong Jun and others.
• Xi He persuaded a hesitant Wang Shu to join her in using their knowledge of the Myriad Stars Great Formation to help Hong Yun, then flee to Fire Cloud Cave World if danger arose.

Hong Yun struggled against the Heavenly Dao while supporting the collapsing sky and expanding humanity, then tried to protect Xi He and Wang Shu when they appeared before him. Xi He asked about the missing Myriad Stars Great Formation diagram, and both women resisted Hong Yun’s attempt to send them to safety.

• Hong Yun used the Fire Cloud Cave World’s power to strengthen the Tong Tian Jianmu Tree and advance humanity’s expansion against the Heavenly Dao.
• The Ancestral Shamans poured their power into Hong Yun, then returned to the Netherworld to strengthen the Earthly Dao.
• Wang Shu and Xi He appeared before Hong Yun, drawing the attention of the Saints and Dao Ancestor Hong Jun.
• Xi He asked Hong Yun why the Myriad Stars Great Formation diagram had not appeared after Di Jun’s death.
• Hong Yun tried to send Xi He and Wang Shu into the Fire Cloud Cave World, but Xi He and Wang Shu used the Sun Essence Wheel and Moon Essence Wheel to repel his power.

Xi He and Wang Shu used the Myriad Stars Great Formation to strengthen the Human Dao through Hong Yun, shifting the struggle for control of the Heavenly Court against the Heavenly Dao. Hong Jun, Yuan Shi, and Zhun Ti attacked, but stellar power shielded Xi He and Wang Shu as Hong Yun challenged their enemies.

• Xi He revealed that the Myriad Stars Great Formation's diagram lay in the Primordial Starry Sky, then joined Wang Shu to command the stars with the Sun and Moon Essence Wheels.
• Xi He sent a seal into the Human Dao through the Tong Tian Jianmu Tree and called on the Myriad Stars to illuminate it for Hong Yun.
• The stars poured their accumulated truth into the Human Dao, strengthening it and forcing back the Heavenly Dao's laws in the struggle over the Heavenly Court.
• Hong Jun reached for the starlight pillar while Yuan Shi and Zhun Ti attacked Xi He, but Xi He and Wang Shu gathered stellar power to block and wear down their assaults.
• Xi He accused them of targeting her after Di Jun's death, and Hong Yun challenged Yuan Shi and Zhun Ti to face him instead.

Hong Yun linked the Human Dao to the Myriad Stars Great Formation, opening a new path of cultivation for the demon race and strengthening the Human Dao’s claim to the Heavenly Court. Xi He and Wang Shu departed for the Fire Cloud Cave, while Hong Jun was left desperately defending the Ling Xiao Treasure Hall.

• Hong Yun used the Reincarnation Purple Lotus to block Hong Jun’s strike as the Myriad Stars connected with the Human Dao and opened star-reflecting acupoints in living beings across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Hong Yun declared that the Human Dao was the Myriad Spirits Dao and allowed transformed members of the demon race to pass its Heart Tribulation, become human, and cultivate the Human Dao.
• Nu Wa and Xi He thanked Hong Yun for giving the demon race a new path of cultivation.
• Xi He and Wang Shu left for the Fire Cloud Cave as the demon race’s remaining fortune flowed into the Human Dao.
• Hong Jun clung to the Ling Xiao Treasure Hall and resisted the Human Dao’s advance, realizing that Di Jun and Xi He had placed him in a difficult position.

Hong Yun agreed that the Human Dao could not yet replace the Heavenly Dao, while preserving its newly won authority. After Dao Ancestor Hong Jun sent Nu Wa to cut the North Sea Black Tortoise’s legs, Hong Yun secretly warned her to avoid taking on its resentment, and she set off with his advice in mind.

• Dao Ancestor Hong Jun decreed that demons taking human form would endure Heavenly Dao tribulation lightning to cleanse their karmic debt, and Hong Yun agreed.
• Dao Ancestor Hong Jun argued that the Heavenly Dao must retain authority, and Pingxin urged Hong Yun not to push their advantage too far; Hong Yun agreed to proceed gradually.
• Dao Ancestor Hong Jun ordered Nu Wa to cut off the North Sea Black Tortoise’s legs to support the world’s four directions.
• Hong Yun secretly warned Nu Wa that killing the Black Tortoise would saddle her with its resentment, and Nu Wa understood that Dao Ancestor Hong Jun was trying to burden her with the consequences.
• Nu Wa headed north with Hong Yun’s advice in mind, while Hong Yun and Dao Ancestor Hong Jun exchanged faint smiles.