Chapter Summaries

Kun Peng formally joined the Demon Race without taking an official title and offered to help defeat the Dragon Clan. He summoned the Deep Sea Clan to begin his first campaign, leaving its giant beasts gathering at the surface.

• Kun Peng rejected the offer of a high position until he had earned merit, and Di Jun accepted his decision.
• Di Jun punished Bi Fang by ordering him to guard the Sun Palace gates when they returned to the Heavenly Court.
• Kun Peng formally bowed to Di Jun, and the Demon Race's fortune linked with him, strengthening his cultivation insights.
• Kun Peng offered to help with the Demon Race's stalled war against the Dragon Clan in the East Sea.
• Kun Peng summoned the Deep Sea Clan, and giant beasts and evil flood dragons rose from the Northern Darkness.

Kun Peng joined the Demon Race and brought his deep-sea beasts and Evil Flood Dragons to help attack the Dragon Clan. Taiyi ordered the Demon Race to retreat and regroup, leaving Candle Dragon and Ying Long frustrated by their inability to stop them.

• Kun Peng explained that his deep-sea giant beasts were descendants of ferocious beasts and said he would lead them through the Eastern Sea to attack the Dragon Clan from behind.
• Kun Peng joined the Demon Race, and Taiyi sensed the increase in its fortune and ordered the troops to retreat until reinforcements arrived.
• Bai Ze relayed Taiyi's order, and Ci Tie sounded the war drum as the Demon Race withdrew without pursuit from the Dragon Clan.
• Ying Long wanted to chase the retreating demons, but Candle Dragon called him back and explained that the Dragon Clan had to retreat because it was weaker than its opponent.

Candle Dragon urged Ying Long to preserve the Dragon Clan’s strength and hinted that help might still come, while Ancestral Dragon waited at Fire Cloud Cave for Hong Yun to end his seclusion. As the Dragon Clan’s situation worsened, Ancestral Dragon prepared to risk attacking the Heavenly Court if Hong Yun did not appear soon.

• Candle Dragon comforted Ying Long, told him to gather the fallen Dragon Clan members, and urged him to consider the clan’s future.
• Candle Dragon hinted that there was still a chance to turn things around, referring to Ancestral Dragon’s search for help.
• Ancestral Dragon waited at Fire Cloud Cave while Long Wu and Long Jiu stood guard, and he gave them the Dragon Clan’s body-tempering secret art.
• Ancestral Dragon reflected on Hong Yun’s past kindness and hoped he would agree to shelter the Dragon Clan in exchange for its treasures.
• Ancestral Dragon grew desperate and prepared to use the Primordial Wilderness’s ley lines to attack the Heavenly Court if the Dragon Clan faced destruction.

Hong Yun emerged from seclusion after refining the Demonic World's origin, transforming Fire Cloud Cave into a minor thousand world and deepening his mastery of karma. Ancestral Dragon then pleaded for help against the Demon Clan, leaving Hong Yun surprised that he expected him to stop the war.

• Hong Yun fully absorbed the Demonic World's origin, expanding his inner world into a minor thousand world and fusing its laws into his own Dao.
• Hong Yun found that the Great Dao Karma System had become the ruler of karma in his world, and he severed the karmic threads linking him to Long Wu and Long Jiu.
• Hong Yun sensed Fire Cloud Cave trembling and appeared before Ancestral Dragon, who had been waiting outside.
• Ancestral Dragon explained that the Demon Clan was attacking the Dragon Clan and begged Hong Yun to save them.
• Hong Yun questioned why Ancestral Dragon thought he could persuade the Demon Clan to end the fighting.

Zulong begged Hong Yun to save the Dragon Clan from the Demon Race, but Hong Yun refused, doubtful he could change Di Jun’s decision. Zulong then offered a generous reward and revealed he had given Zhen Yuan Zi the location of Fangzhang Island, hoping to persuade Hong Yun.

• Zulong pleaded with Hong Yun to intervene as the Demon Race attacked the Dragon Clan and threatened its survival.
• Hong Yun said he lacked influence over the Demon Race and suggested Zulong seek help from Hong Jun or other powerful figures.
• Zulong explained that Hong Jun had not responded, despite the Dragon Clan’s duty to guard the Four Seas and suppress the fierce beasts of the deep.
• Hong Yun refused to get involved, but Zulong grabbed his arm and offered him a handsome reward.
• Zulong told Hong Yun he had given Zhen Yuan Zi the location of Fangzhang Island as a small token of the Dragon Clan’s goodwill.

Hong Yun learned that Zhen Yuan Zi had already gone ahead to help Ancestral Dragon and worried that he might approach Nu Wa in Hong Yun’s name. After asking about the Demon Clan’s campaign against the Dragon Clan, Hong Yun realized that Taiyi’s unexplained attacks and limited demands suggested a hidden motive.

• Ancestral Dragon told Hong Yun that Zhen Yuan Zi had already set out to pave the way for him, leaving Hong Yun anxious about whom Zhen Yuan Zi might approach.
• Hong Yun suspected Zhen Yuan Zi might seek help from Nu Wa and worried that Hou Tu would misunderstand their connection.
• Hong Yun invited Ancestral Dragon to sit and asked why Di Jun would attack the Dragon Clan despite its Heavenly Dao Karmic Debt and duties.
• Ancestral Dragon explained that Taiyi led the Demon Clan’s forces, stayed behind the front lines, and repeatedly fought the Dragon Clan without making further demands.
• Hong Yun considered Ancestral Dragon’s account and showed that he had realized the likely reason behind the campaign.

Hong Yun explained that Di Jun planned to use a war against the Dragon Clan to unite the newly formed Demon Clan, strengthen his and Taiyi’s authority, sideline Fuxi and Nu Wa, and test Dao Ancestor Hong Jun’s tolerance. Ancestral Dragon realized his reluctance to risk the Dragon Clan had made Di Jun see him as no threat, and admired Hong Yun for understanding the plan.

• Hong Yun told Ancestral Dragon that Di Jun would unite the divided Demon Clan through a victorious war against an outside enemy.
• Hong Yun explained that Di Jun and Taiyi would lead the campaign themselves, earning the Demon Clan’s loyalty while Fuxi and Nu Wa were pushed aside.
• Hong Yun said the Dragon Clan was the Demon Clan’s most practical target because the Phoenix and Qilin Tribes had scattered and the Witch Clan was too dangerous to attack.
• Ancestral Dragon raged that the Demon Clan had chosen his people, then admitted he could not bring himself to destroy the Primordial Dragon Vein and risk the Dragon Clan’s survival.
• Hong Yun concluded that Di Jun also wanted to test Dao Ancestor Hong Jun’s limits, and Ancestral Dragon looked at Hong Yun with fervent admiration.

Ancestral Dragon urged Hong Yun to protect the Dragon Clan, but Hong Yun refused to take on its karmic burden. Ancestral Dragon then revealed that he might be able to solve that problem by producing a powerful treasure.

• Hong Yun reassured Ancestral Dragon that the demon clan would leave the Dragon Clan alone after achieving its goals.
• Ancestral Dragon grew more determined to entrust the Dragon Clan to Hong Yun and begged him to protect it.
• Hong Yun refused, saying he could speak up for the Dragon Clan but would not shoulder its karmic debt.
• Ancestral Dragon insisted that any agreement could be reached for the right price and claimed he could resolve the Dragon Clan's entangling karma.
• Ancestral Dragon opened a hidden space in his chest and brought out armor radiating a dense aura of the Dragon Clan.

Ancestral Dragon offered Hong Yun the Myriad Dragon Armor to protect him from the Dragon Clan’s karmic debt while asking him to help preserve the clan’s strength. Hong Yun demanded a better reward and asked for fragments of the Jade Disc of Creation, leaving Ancestral Dragon troubled.

• Ancestral Dragon explained that the Myriad Dragon Armor was forged from the inverse scales of countless dragons and could defend Hong Yun while shielding him from the Dragon Clan’s karmic debt.
• Hong Yun examined the armor with his Way of Karma and saw that it could keep the Dragon Clan’s karmic debt from tainting him.
• Ancestral Dragon asked Hong Yun to lend the Dragon Clan his support at a critical moment, promising he would need to make little effort.
• Hong Yun decided the offer needed to be sweeter, and Ancestral Dragon said he had another generous gift for him.
• Hong Yun asked Ancestral Dragon for fragments of the Jade Disc of Creation, making Ancestral Dragon lose his confidence and fall into thought.

Hong Yun negotiated with Ancestral Dragon and learned that the Dragon Clan had three fragments of the Jade Plate of Creation. Ancestral Dragon offered to send Candle Dragon with him to retrieve them from the Myriad Dragon Cave, hoping to hurry Hong Yun into mediating the conflict with the Yao Clan.

• Hong Yun asked whether the Dragon Clan had fragments of the Jade Plate of Creation, and Ancestral Dragon agreed that he had three.
• Ancestral Dragon boasted about the Dragon Clan’s wealth, while Hong Yun mocked him for taking the fragments from under Dao Ancestor Hong Jun’s nose.
• Ancestral Dragon challenged Hong Yun’s willingness to take the fragments, but Hong Yun said he was not afraid of Dao Ancestor Hong Jun.
• Ancestral Dragon explained that the fragments were hidden in the Myriad Dragon Cave and proposed that Candle Dragon take Hong Yun there.
• Hong Yun saw that Ancestral Dragon was using the fragments to push him to mediate the conflict with the Yao Clan.

Hong Yun demanded that Ancestral Dragon obtain the four remaining Innate Five Elements Spirit Pearls, and Ancestral Dragon reluctantly agreed. They prepared to set off, with Ancestral Dragon planning to seek the pearls from the other clans.

• Hong Yun demanded the four Spirit Pearls he lacked, insisting that the Five Elements set had to be complete.
• Ancestral Dragon admitted he did not know where the Metal and Wood Spirit Pearls were and asked Hong Yun to choose another reward.
• Hong Yun refused to change his demand and told Ancestral Dragon he could take time to find the pearls.
• Ancestral Dragon agreed and planned to approach Yuanfeng of the Phoenix Clan after settling the Dragon Clan's affairs.
• Hong Yun accepted Ancestral Dragon's request to leave immediately, expecting him to negotiate with the Phoenix and Qilin Clans for the known Fire and Earth Spirit Pearls.

After his retreat, Hong Yun’s inner world advanced, and he accepted the Myriad Dragon Armor from Ancestral Dragon. Hong Yun and Ancestral Dragon then set out through Fire Cloud Cave World to visit Hou Tu first, leaving for the Houtu Tribe.

• Hong Yun’s inner world advanced to a small thousand world, and he considered sheltering dragons and other beings within it.
• Hong Yun refined the Myriad Dragon Armor, tried it on, and changed its appearance into a gray robe that concealed his aura.
• Hong Yun comforted Ancestral Dragon over the Dragon Clan’s decline and said the conflict with the Demon Clan might help the clan escape the struggle for supremacy.
• When Ancestral Dragon suggested visiting Nu Wa, Hong Yun insisted they see Hou Tu first, mindful of her jealousy.
• Hong Yun brought Ancestral Dragon into Fire Cloud Cave World and used the spatial marker gourd to locate the Houtu Tribe.
• Hong Yun tore open space toward the Houtu Tribe, and the two prepared to leave.

Hong Yun and Ancestral Dragon arrived at the Houtu Tribe, where Hong Yun reunited with Hou Tu and Zhen Yuan Zi. After discussing Ancestral Dragon’s plight and Hong Yun’s plan to seek Nu Wa’s mediation, Hou Tu grew resentful that he intended to visit Nu Wa.

• Hong Yun opened a spatial passage into the Houtu Tribe’s training grounds and entered with Ancestral Dragon.
• Hou Tu and Zhen Yuan Zi welcomed Hong Yun, and Hong Yun introduced Ancestral Dragon to Hou Tu.
• Ancestral Dragon admitted that he depended on Hong Yun’s protection, while Zhen Yuan Zi explained that he had gone ahead to seek help for him.
• Hong Yun said he wanted to discuss Ancestral Dragon’s situation with Hou Tu and planned to ask Nu Wa to mediate.
• Hou Tu complained that Hong Yun had already planned to visit Nu Wa, and Hong Yun stepped toward her.

Hong Yun explained to Hou Tu that his coming opportunity involved Nu Wa, then warned that the Demon Clan’s growing strength and the Witch Clan’s hunting were fueling tensions between the two groups. As Hou Tu described the rising clashes, Hong Yun wondered whether his own actions had accelerated the Witch-Demon Calamity.

• Hong Yun took Hou Tu to her hall to explain the Dragon Clan matter and his possible involvement in Nu Wa Creates Humans.
• Hong Yun told Hou Tu he wanted to prevent misunderstandings and discuss preparations for increasing friction between the Witch Clan and the Demon Clan.
• Hou Tu agreed that small clashes between the two groups had become more frequent as the Witch Clan hunted more demonic beasts.
• Hong Yun realized that the Witch Clan’s expanded hunting and his influence might have added fuel to the Witch-Demon Calamity.

Hong Yun prepared to visit Nuwa with Zhen Yuan Zi to persuade Di Jun and prevent the Witch-Demon conflict from worsening, while Ancestral Dragon set off to search for a requested item. At Nuwa’s Daoist abode, Nuwa and Fuxi discussed their stalled cultivation before noticing Hong Yun’s arrival.

• Hong Yun urged Hou Tu to consult Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin and keep the conflict from escalating.
• Hong Yun told Hou Tu to watch over Wuzhuang Temple and Fire Cloud Cave while he and Zhen Yuan Zi went to speak with Nuwa and persuade Di Jun.
• Ancestral Dragon entrusted the matter to Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi, then departed to search for the requested item.
• Nuwa and Fuxi compared their cultivation progress, with Nuwa having Severed her good and evil corpses and Fuxi having Severed only his good corpse.
• Nuwa noticed Hong Yun had arrived and suggested that Fuxi ask him about his cultivation.

Hong Yun visited Nu Wa and Fuxi to ask them to help avert the Dragon Clan’s destruction by the Demon Clan. Fuxi went to speak with Di Jun while Nu Wa accompanied Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi toward the East Sea, where they would try to persuade Taiyi.

• Hong Yun told Nu Wa and Fuxi that the Dragon Clan faced annihilation and explained why destroying or subjugating it would burden the Demon Clan with karmic debt.
• Fuxi agreed with Hong Yun’s reasoning but said he and Nu Wa lacked power over Di Jun and Taiyi’s decisions.
• Fuxi proposed going to the Heavenly Court to speak with Di Jun while Nu Wa traveled with Hong Yun to explain the situation to Taiyi.
• Fuxi departed for the Heavenly Court, and Nu Wa set out with Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi for the East Sea.
• Nu Wa asked Hong Yun what realm he had reached as they traveled through the Primordial World.

Hong Yun explained that his world-based cultivation made his progress difficult to compare directly with cultivators who severed corpses, while Nu Wa discussed the strength of the Demon Race and the other great powers. Meanwhile, Kun Peng traveled with Di Jun’s forces toward the East Sea, gained rapid cultivation progress from Demon Race fortune, and considered how to secure the title of “Emperor Kun.”

• Hong Yun said he could tentatively be considered to have severed two corpses, and Zhen Yuan Zi confirmed that he had severed one.
• Nu Wa said Di Jun had severed one corpse and was refining the Myriad Stars Great Formation, then wondered about the cultivation of their three senior brothers.
• Fuxi went to the Heavenly Court but found Di Jun absent.
• Di Jun and Kun Peng led an immense host of deep-sea beasts toward the East Sea after recruiting Kun Peng in the Northern Darkness.
• Kun Peng felt Demon Race fortune accelerate his cultivation and realized that his share of it could not fully gather around him without standing within the Demon Race.
• Kun Peng considered fighting for the title of “Emperor Kun” and wondered what Di Jun planned to do with the Dragon Clan.

Kun Peng’s army reached the Eastern Sea, where he asked Di Jun how they should deal with the Dragon Clan. Kun Peng advised subduing them without destroying or absorbing them, and Di Jun asked him to explain further.

• The Flood Dragon Demon King celebrated with his followers and urged them to fight hard against the Dragon Clan, hoping to secure a place in the Heavenly Court under Kun Peng.
• Kun Peng heard the Flood Dragon Demon King’s gathering and resolved to claim the title of Emperor Kun.
• Kun Peng halted his army near the Dragon Clan’s patrol range and told Di Jun the stronghold was close.
• Kun Peng asked whether Di Jun intended to fight or destroy the Dragon Clan.
• Di Jun asked Kun Peng for his opinion, and Kun Peng proposed subduing the Dragon Clan while letting them remain independent under demon-race commands.

Kun Peng persuaded Di Jun to let him force the Dragon Clan into submission without making the Demon Clan responsible for its Karmic Debt, then led the beasts toward the Dragon Clan. At the Dragon Palace, Candle Dragon told his people that Hong Yun was coming to help, giving them hope as the crisis worsened.

• Di Jun praised Kun Peng's plan to control the Dragon Clan while avoiding its Karmic Debt and gave him authority to act.
• Kun Peng ordered the deep-sea ferocious beasts to advance at twice their previous speed toward the Dragon Clan.
• Candle Dragon and Ying Long discussed the Dragon Clan's devastating losses and the danger of retreating farther into the beasts' territory.
• Candle Dragon told the Dragon Clan members that Hong Yun of Fire Cloud Cave was on his way to help them.
• The Dragon Clan members reacted with surprise, and some wondered whether Hong Yun could resolve their crisis.

Candle Dragon told the Dragon Clan that Hong Yun would mediate for them and protect them through Fire Cloud Cave, while Ying Long worried about the trouble Hong Yun might bring. Their relief was interrupted when the wounded Bai Li burst into the Dragon Palace with a warning of an enemy attack.

• The East Sea Dragon King praised Hong Yun’s strength and past victories, stirring hope among the Dragon Clan.
• Candle Dragon announced that Hong Yun had come to mediate and that Fire Cloud Cave would protect the Dragon Clan.
• Ying Long questioned whether Hong Yun’s conflicts with the Heaven-Appointed Sages would endanger the Dragon Clan, and Candle Dragon rebuked his priorities.
• A badly wounded Bai Li stumbled into the Dragon Palace, shouted that the clan was under attack, and collapsed.
• Candle Dragon infused Bai Li with magical power, and she slowly woke up.