Chapter Summaries

Yuan Shi persuaded Taiqing and Tong Tian to accompany him to the East Sea to confront Hong Yun, hoping to avenge his humiliation. Taiqing worried that their combined strength would not be enough against Hong Yun and the Witch Clan, and feared Hong Yun might seize his Southern Blazing Flame Banner.

• Yuan Shi saw the chance created by Dao Ancestor's decree to avenge his defeat by Hong Yun.
• Yuan Shi urged Taiqing Laozi to go to the East Sea and punish Hong Yun for beating East King Duke.
• Tong Tian reluctantly agreed to accompany his elder brothers, despite sympathizing with Hong Yun.
• Taiqing judged that Hong Yun's allies and the Witch Clan made a confrontation dangerous, even if the Three Pure Ones fought together.
• Taiqing worried that Hong Yun had been targeting his Southern Blazing Flame Banner after seeing the Four Symbols Great Array.

Taiqing, Yuan Shi, and Tong Tian traveled to the Eastern Sea to mediate Hong Yun’s conflict with East King Duke. Hong Yun explained East King Duke’s attacks on his apprentices, leaving Taiqing faced with the fact that East King Duke had started the dispute.

• Taiqing warned Yuan Shi and Tong Tian to avoid antagonizing Hong Yun, then led them from Mount Kunlun using the Taiji Golden Bridge.
• The Three Pure Ones arrived above the Eastern Sea and saw East King Duke battered and disheveled after Hong Yun struck him again.
• Taiqing greeted Hong Yun, who returned his salute and exchanged greetings with Tong Tian while Yuan Shi turned away.
• Hong Yun asked whether the Three Pure Ones had come to rescue East King Duke, and Taiqing reluctantly confirmed it.
• Hong Yun recounted that East King Duke had attacked his apprentices and tried to refine his second apprentice into a slaying-corpse spiritual treasure.

Hong Yun demanded East King Duke's Tong Tian Jianmu Tree as compensation for attacking his disciples, while Taiqing tried to mediate on behalf of the Immortal Dao. East King Duke refused, and Hong Yun challenged them to take the dispute before Dao Ancestor Hong Jun.

• Hong Yun claimed Huluwa's injuries had damaged his Dao heart, and Zhen Yuan Zi made Huluwa spit out blood to support the claim.
• Taiqing acknowledged that East King Duke had been in the wrong but asked Hong Yun to consider the Immortal Dao's standing.
• Hong Yun repeated that East King Duke had to surrender the Tong Tian Jianmu Tree to settle the karmic debt.
• East King Duke refused to give up his accompanying spiritual treasure after seeing the Three Pure Ones arrive.
• Yuan Shi accused Hong Yun of being overbearing, but Hong Yun insisted he was in the right and said he would take the case before Dao Ancestor Hong Jun.

Hong Yun fought the Three Pure Ones and East King Duke in the East Sea after Taiqing and Yuan Shi attacked him. Hou Tu, Xuanming, and the other Ancestral Shamans rushed to his aid, while Nu Wa watched from afar, uncertain whether to intervene.

• Taiqing used the Taiji Diagram to form a golden bridge for East King Duke, but Hong Yun shattered it with the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler.
• Yuan Shi attacked Hong Yun with the Pangu Banner, while Tong Tian challenged Zhen Yuan Zi to a friendly contest.
• Hou Tu and Xuanming saw the Three Pure Ones gang up on Hong Yun and tore through space to reach the East Sea.
• Zhu Jiuyin stayed behind to guard Pangu Hall and sent Dijiang and the other Ancestral Shamans to support Hong Yun.
• Fuxi warned Nu Wa that intervening could involve the Demon Race, and Nu Wa watched the East Sea in silence.

Zhen Yuan Zi called out to Hong Yun’s wife for support, startling the Primordial Wilderness and forcing the Three Pure Ones to pause their assault. The fighting resumed when Zhen Yuan Zi challenged Tong Tian, and Yuan Shi sent chaotic sword energy at Hong Yun.

• Zhen Yuan Zi’s shout startled West Queen Mother and silenced the East Sea as the Three Pure Ones halted their attacks.
• Yuan Shi recalled Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi taking his treasures at Bu Zhou Mountain and urged Tong Tian to attack.
• Hong Yun joked that Zhen Yuan Zi was ruining his reputation, while Zhen Yuan Zi said they could call for reinforcements too.
• Zhen Yuan Zi revealed his Quasi-Saint strength and summoned the phantom of the Ginseng Fruit Tree.
• Tong Tian attacked Zhen Yuan Zi with the Qingping Sword but refused to use the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, reminding Yuan Shi that their teacher had warned against using their destructive treasures lightly.
• Yuan Shi ignored Tong Tian’s warning and unleashed chaotic sword energy from the Pangu Banner toward Hong Yun.

Yuan Shi attacked Hong Yun with the Pangu Banner while Taiqing transformed the Taiji Diagram into a towering pillar and struck at the Heavens Celebration Cloud. Hong Yun faced the combined assault as Zhen Yuan Zi tried to break away from Tong Tian and help him.

• Hong Yun blocked Yuan Shi's first wave of chaotic sword qi with the Heavens Celebration Cloud.
• Yuan Shi poured his mana and Power of Law into the Pangu Banner and unleashed a torrent of sword qi at Hong Yun.
• Taiqing transformed the Taiji Diagram into a towering pillar of yin and yang qi, then sent it crashing into the Heavens Celebration Cloud alongside Yuan Shi's attack.
• Zhen Yuan Zi took a Qingping Sword strike from Tong Tian and tried to rush to Hong Yun's aid.

Red Cloud countered Taiqing and Yuan Shi’s attacks with his World Seal and a Primordial Four Symbols Sword Array. Hou Tu then appeared behind Taiqing and struck at him with the Law of Earth, leaving the battle ongoing.

• Red Cloud rejected using the God-Slaying Spear and blocked Taiqing’s Taiji Diagram attack with his World Seal.
• Red Cloud unleashed the Primordial Four Symbols Sword Array against Yuan Shi’s Pangu Banner, and their sword energies met evenly.
• Yuan Shi stepped back as Red Cloud’s array held its ground against the Pangu Banner’s chaotic sword energy.
• Hou Tu appeared behind Taiqing in her Ancestral Shaman form and attacked him with the Law of Earth.

Hou Tu and Xuanming intervened when Taiqing and Yuan Shi attacked Hong Yun, turning the fight against the Three Pure Ones. With Hou Tu’s powerful strike forcing Taiqing back and Hong Yun unharmed, the battle continued as Yuan Shi taunted Hong Yun.

• Hou Tu struck Taiqing from behind with her Ancestral Shaman Dharma Image, making him stagger and nearly spit blood.
• Taiqing grew furious at Hou Tu, while the chapter explained that the Ancestral Witches had become stronger by returning their Divine Office manifestations to the world.
• Xuanming attacked Yuan Shi, forcing him to stop pressing Hong Yun and defend himself.
• Hong Yun welcomed Hou Tu and Xuanming’s arrival, and Hou Tu relaxed after seeing that he was unharmed.
• Yuan Shi shouted at Hong Yun that he could only rely on women.

Hong Yun’s side gained the advantage as Xuanming attacked Yuan Shi and Zhen Yuan Zi released the Huluwa to witness the battle. When Taiqing blocked Hou Tu and struck her flying, Hong Yun abandoned his restraint and attacked Taiqing with the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler, whose blows began breaking through the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda’s defenses.

• Xuanming cut off Yuan Shi and attacked him more viciously while Hong Yun watched, pleased that his side had grown stronger.
• Hong Yun asked Zhen Yuan Zi to release the four Huluwa, and Zhen Yuan Zi let them watch the battle from inside a protective formation.
• The Huluwa greeted Hou Tu and Xuanming as their Martial Mothers, and Hou Tu turned from Taiqing to attack Yuan Shi.
• Taiqing blocked Hou Tu with the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda and struck her, sending her flying toward Fangzhang Island.
• Hong Yun attacked Taiqing with the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler, and his blows rapidly crumbled the pagoda’s mysterious yellow energy.

Hong Yun turned his fury on East King Duke, forcing the Three Pure Ones to intervene as he tried to kill him. Zhen Yuan Zi seized East King Duke’s Tong Tian Jianmu Tree, while Hong Yun’s hidden palm strike bore down on the fleeing East King Duke.

• Hong Yun dispersed the Four Symbols Great Array and sent the banners to protect Xuanming and Hou Tu.
• East King Duke merged with his evil corpse and fled into the void, but Hong Yun shattered space with the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler and knocked him back out.
• Taiqing, Yuan Shi, Tong Tian, and East King Duke’s Tong Tian Jianmu Tree combined their attacks to block Hong Yun’s ruler strike, letting East King Duke escape a short distance.
• Zhen Yuan Zi used Sleeve Universe to take the Tong Tian Jianmu Tree while East King Duke was distracted.
• Hong Yun followed his blocked ruler strike with a concealed palm attack, stirring the Primordial Wilderness’s Heavenly Dao as East King Duke believed he had escaped.

Hong Yun destroyed East King Duke’s Evil Corpse, knocking him out of the Quasi-Saint realm, while Hou Tu sent him flying toward Fangzhang Island. When the Twelve-grade World-Purifying White Lotus tried to flee, Hong Yun pursued it, learning that Huluwa and the others had found it and left it on the island.

• East King Duke sacrificed his Evil Corpse to buy time to escape, but Hong Yun’s Heaven Opening Seal destroyed it and reduced East King Duke’s cultivation.
• Taiqing attacked Hong Yun with the Taiji Diagram and other treasures, and Hong Yun answered that he had acted because the Three Pure Ones attacked Hou Tu.
• Hou Tu returned from Fangzhang Island and struck East King Duke, sending him flying toward the island.
• East King Duke landed on Fangzhang Island, where the Twelve-grade World-Purifying White Lotus emerged and tried to escape.
• Huluwa warned Hong Yun that the lotus was fleeing, and Hong Yun pursued it, realizing Huluwa had called it his junior brother.
• Huluwa recalled that he and the others had found the lotus in a spiritual lake and left it to keep growing after Wu Tian suggested the island could protect it.

East King Duke tried to seize the Twelve-grade World-Purifying White Lotus, but Hong Yun protected it and drove him back. As Taiqing blocked Hong Yun and Yuan Shi pursued the lotus, the battle over the treasure continued.

• East King Duke discovered the Twelve-grade World-Purifying White Lotus and tried to grab it, but it fled from him.
• East King Duke swung the Purple Mansion Pure Yang Sword at the lotus, and Hong Yun struck him and his sword back toward Fangzhang Island.
• Hong Yun let East King Duke go, but Taiqing sent the Taiyi Duster's strands to block Hong Yun, who countered with the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler.
• Yuan Shi sensed a master-disciple bond with the Twelve-grade World-Purifying White Lotus and sent his evil corpse to hold off Xuanming with the Pangu Banner.

Yuan Shi tried to claim the Twelve-grade World-Purifying White Lotus, but it answered Huluwa and flew toward him instead. Yuan Shi attacked the lotus platform, leaving it cracked and its spirit weakened, before Wu Tian and Huluwa rescued it.

• Yuan Shi left his fight with Hong Yun and pursued the Twelve-grade World-Purifying White Lotus, insisting it was destined for him.
• Huluwa and Wu Tian called to the lotus with their source auras, and it turned away from Yuan Shi and flew toward the four Huluwa.
• Yuan Shi accused Hong Yun of interfering and used the Primordial Chaos Treasure Box to halt the lotus, but Hou Tu struck the box with her Earth Law and weakened its suction.
• Yuan Shi hit the lotus platform with the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, cracking it and scattering its spirit as it fled toward Huluwa.
• Wu Tian caught the injured lotus with the Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus, and Huluwa placed it in his treasure gourd to nourish it.

The battle between Red Cloud and the Three Pure Ones was interrupted when East King Duke fled with a Nine-Rank Lotus Platform and the Ancestral Shamans arrived to defend Hou Tu. The Three Pure Ones regrouped as the Ancestral Shamans surrounded them, leaving a larger confrontation poised to begin.

• Hou Tu attacked Yuan Shi while Taiqing kept Red Cloud occupied with his treasures.
• East King Duke took a Nine-Rank Lotus Platform from Fangzhang Island and fled without telling the Three Pure Ones.
• Zhen Yuan Zi spotted East King Duke escaping and alerted Red Cloud, who chose not to pursue him.
• Zhurong attacked Taiqing by surprise, then joined Dijiang and the other Ancestral Shamans as they surrounded the fighters.
• Tong Tian and Yuan Shi regrouped with Taiqing, while Zhen Yuan Zi moved to protect Huluwa and the others.

The Ancestral Shamans surrounded the Three Pure Ones after they attacked Hong Yun, and Hou Tu prepared to demand Taiqing hand over the Southern Blazing Flame Banner. Dao Ancestor Hong Jun intervened before the confrontation could escalate, warning that their battle threatened the Primordial Wilderness.

• Zhurong and the other Ancestral Shamans advanced on the Three Pure Ones while Hou Tu and Xuanming stood beside Hong Yun.
• Hou Tu challenged Taiqing over the Three Pure Ones' attack on Hong Yun, and Taiqing prepared to defend himself with the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda and the Taiji Diagram.
• Taiqing told Yuan Shi and Tong Tian that Hongjun would intervene if the fighting threatened the Primordial Wilderness.
• Hou Tu began demanding that Taiqing hand over the Southern Blazing Flame Banner so Hong Yun could complete his collection of the Innate Five Directions Banners.
• Dao Ancestor Hong Jun descended from the Heavenly Dao and warned the gathered immortals that their battle could shatter the Primordial Wilderness.

Hongjun arrived to stop the Three Pure Ones and the Ancestral Shamans from fighting, and Hong Yun kept Xuanming from provoking him. After Hongjun restored the ruined space and ordered everyone to disperse, Taiqing agreed to return to Kunlun Mountain with his brothers and enter seclusion.

• Hongjun appeared as the Three Pure Ones and the Ancestral Shamans were about to fight, and Taiqing said he would not dare defy his teacher.
• Hong Yun squeezed Xuanming’s hand to calm her before she could speak against Hongjun.
• Hong Yun told Hongjun that the group had no intention of starting a war and implied that everyone knew who was responsible for the conflict.
• Hongjun ignored Hong Yun’s remarks, restored the damaged space over the East Sea with the power of the Heavenly Dao, and ordered everyone to disperse.
• Taiqing accepted Hongjun’s reprimand and said that he and his brothers would return to Kunlun Mountain to enter seclusion.

Hong Yun reassured Hou Tu that he still had plans to obtain Taiqing’s Southern Blazing Flame Banner and learned that East King Duke had stolen one of his Nine-Rank Lotus Platforms. He welcomed the Ancestral Shamans and Candle Dragon to a feast on Fangzhang Island, where he prepared to address the group.

• Hongjun and the Three Pure Ones departed, and Hou Tu lamented that she had failed to obtain the Southern Blazing Flame Banner.
• Hong Yun comforted Hou Tu and said he had other plans to acquire the banner; the Ancestral Shamans laughed at the pair’s affection.
• Hong Yun, Hou Tu, and the Ancestral Shamans descended onto Fangzhang Island, where Zhen Yuan Zi released Candle Dragon and the group socialized.
• Zhen Yuan Zi told Hong Yun that East King Duke had taken one of the Nine-Rank Lotus Platforms, and Hong Yun concluded their karmic entanglement was not over.
• Hong Yun set up palaces beside the lake and hosted a feast with the Ancestral Shamans and Candle Dragon.

After the battle with the Three Pure Ones, Hong Yun thanked his allies and rescued Tong Tian Jianmu, then brought it and the Twelve-grade World-Purifying White Lotus into the Fire Cloud Cave World. He proposed that Zhen Yuan Zi refine Fangzhang Island into his own Earth Immortal Realm.

• Dijiang thanked Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi for helping the Witch Clan, while Xuanming bristled at being teased about her connection to Hong Yun.
• Zhen Yuan Zi handed Hong Yun Tong Tian Jianmu, which he had seized after Hong Yun killed East King Duke's evil corpse and the Three Pure Ones moved to intervene.
• Hong Yun extracted five streams of Innate Jia Wood Qi from Tong Tian Jianmu and gave them to Zhen Yuan Zi, Huluwa, Wu Tian, Bai Li, and Ying Long.
• Hong Yun placed Tong Tian Jianmu in the Fire Cloud Cave World, where the world and the Innate Yin Yang Five Elements Gourd Vine began nurturing it.
• Huluwa offered Hong Yun the Twelve-grade World-Purifying White Lotus, and Hong Yun placed it in the Fire Cloud Cave to be nurtured alongside the Six Roots Pure Bamboo.
• Hong Yun suggested that Zhen Yuan Zi refine Fangzhang Island into his own Earth Immortal Realm.

Hong Yun gave Fangzhang Island to Zhen Yuan Zi and explained why the Ancestral Shamans needed to avoid opposing Hong Jun without just cause. After the feast, East King Duke headed toward Kunlun Mountain but grew suspicious that West Queen Mother had helped Hong Yun trap him.

• Hong Yun gave Fangzhang Island to Zhen Yuan Zi, explaining that it would strengthen his Earth Immortal Realm without compromising Hong Yun's world.
• Zhen Yuan Zi and the Ancestral Shamans celebrated their gains, while Zhurong and Gong Gong lamented that Hong Jun had ended the battle before they could fight.
• Hong Yun told the Ancestral Shamans that they should strike only when they had a clear justification under the Heavenly Dao, and explained that East King Duke's injuries to Huluwa had already been avenged.
• East King Duke avoided returning to Zifu Continent and set off for Kunlun Mountain to thank the Three Pure Ones and lie low.
• East King Duke recalled that West Queen Mother's Plain Colored Cloud Realm Banner had been part of Hong Yun's Four Symbols Great Array and decided to investigate.

East King Duke confronted West Queen Mother over giving Hong Yun the Western Plain Colored Cloud Realm Banner, then attacked her after accusing her of being involved with him. Hong Yun learned of the fight and rushed to punish East King Duke, while West Queen Mother struggled to defend herself without her banner.

• East King Duke changed course and went to West Kunlun to question West Queen Mother about the banner.
• West Queen Mother refused to explain her choice, and East King Duke insulted her by accusing her of sneaking around with Hong Yun.
• West Queen Mother attacked East King Duke with the Six Harmonies Void-Breaking Hairpin.
• Hong Yun and the others sensed the battle, and Hong Yun vowed to kill East King Duke for ruining his reputation.
• East King Duke overwhelmed West Queen Mother with the Purple Mansion Pure Yang Sword as she defended herself with the Kunlun Mirror.