Chapter Summaries

White Lotus Wu Sheng asked Hong Yun to destroy her true form so she could pursue the Path of World Purification, and he agreed despite lacking a suitable protective treasure. After the Karmic Fire Red Lotus began changing in the Six Paths of Reincarnation Hall, Pingxin drew on reincarnation force, hinting at an idea.

• White Lotus Wu Sheng told Hong Yun she wanted her true form shattered so she could absorb its Pure World Origin and follow the Path of World Purification.
• Hong Yun agreed to help Wu Sheng and promised to find a fitting set of Spiritual Treasures for her.
• Hong Yun shattered Wu Sheng's true form, leaving her weak and pale, and wondered how he could obtain Tong Tian's Twenty-Four Sea-Calming Pearls for her.
• Hong Yun watched the Karmic Fire Red Lotus change after receiving origins from the World-Purifying White Lotus and the World-Destroying Black Lotus, and explained that its nascent sentience had been erased long ago.
• Pingxin said the lotus platform's changes had given her an idea, then closed her eyes and drew forth reincarnation force in the Six Paths of Reincarnation Hall.

Pingxin used the power of reincarnation and Great Dao merit to raise Hong Yun’s Twelve-Grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus to a Twenty-Four-Grade Reincarnation Purple Lotus. When the lotus appeared in the Primordial Wilderness, it drew the Heavenly Dao’s attention, which would not tolerate a Twenty-Four-Grade lotus platform there.

• Pingxin nourished the Twelve-Grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus with the power of reincarnation, while Hong Yun and the others watched it grow.
• Pingxin urged everyone, especially Wu Tian and Wu Sheng, to comprehend the lotus’s transformation.
• The lotus unfolded into twenty-four purple petals, and Pingxin named it the Twenty-Four-Grade Reincarnation Purple Lotus after adding Great Dao merit.
• Pingxin transported the group and the lotus from the Six Paths of Reincarnation Hall to the Primordial Wilderness.
• The Heavenly Dao noticed the lotus, and the chapter recalled how it had once divided the Twenty-Four-Grade Creation Green Lotus among the Three Pure Ones.

Pingxin’s Twenty-four-grade Reincarnation Purple Lotus withstood the Heavenly Dao’s tribulation and entered Hong Yun’s Fire Cloud Cave World, where it formed a miniature Six Paths of Reincarnation. Hong Yun sensed that he was close to breaking through and prepared to enter seclusion, while Zhen Yuan Zi took Hong Yun’s disciples to Fengdu City.

• The Heavenly Dao’s tribulation lightning struck the Twenty-four-grade Reincarnation Purple Lotus, but the Earthly Dao protected it and the lightning dispersed.
• Pingxin told Hong Yun to refine the lotus and incorporate it into his Fire Cloud Cave World, explaining that they could both be its masters.
• Hong Yun incorporated the lotus into his world, which expanded and stabilized as the lotus formed a miniature Six Paths of Reincarnation connected to the Primordial Wilderness.
• Hong Yun sensed that he was close to breaking through to the Primordial Unity realm and said he would reach it soon.
• Zhen Yuan Zi took Huluwa and Hong Yun’s other disciples to visit Fengdu City while Hong Yun prepared to go into seclusion.

Zhen Yuan Zi visited Fengdu City with Huluwa and the others while Hong Yun focused on refining the Reincarnation Purple Lotus. Tong Tian went to the Western Boundary seeking an opportunity, where Zhun Ti confronted him about his purpose.

• Zhen Yuan Zi transformed into Great Emperor Fengdu, greeted the Witch Clan guards, and led his disciples into Fengdu City.
• Hong Yun focused his mind on the Fire Cloud Cave World and devoted himself to refining the Twenty-four-grade Reincarnation Purple Lotus as Xuanming and Pingxin talked nearby.
• Tong Tian wandered through the Primordial Wilderness without finding an opportunity to attain the Dao, then headed west.
• Zhun Ti noticed Tong Tian entering the Western Boundary and followed him, while Jieyin watched through his divine sense.
• Tong Tian saw the West’s devastated land and reflected on its poverty before Zhun Ti approached and questioned why he had come.

Tong Tian left Zhun Ti after provoking his resentment and wondered whether to seek Hong Yun for guidance about becoming a Saint. In the Six Paths of Reincarnation Hall, Hong Yun finished refining the Twenty-four-grade Reincarnation Purple Lotus and reached the threshold of the Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.

• Tong Tian left Zhun Ti behind on the Immortal Slaying Sword, and Zhun Ti returned to Mount Sumeru furious at the deliberate insult.
• Zhun Ti told Jieyin that they had to become Saints as soon as possible, no matter what it took.
• Tong Tian considered visiting Hong Yun but worried that doing so would deepen the discord between himself and Yuan Shi.
• Tong Tian wandered toward the Eastern Sea while Hong Yun remained in seclusion with Pingxin and Xuanming in the Six Paths of Reincarnation Hall.
• Hong Yun finished refining the Twenty-four-grade Reincarnation Purple Lotus and sensed that he was about to break through to the Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.

Hong Yun halted his breakthrough to Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal so he could wait for the Human Dao and suppress it with his own power, protecting the human race and the Witch Clan’s bloodline. He brought Pingxin and Xuanming to explore his remade Fire Cloud Cave World, which he planned as a future home and hub for the human race.

• Hong Yun deliberately suppressed his cultivation just before reaching Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal, alarming Pingxin and Xuanming.
• Hong Yun explained that he would wait for the Human Dao to emerge and make it the Heavenly Dao of his world so the human race’s fortune would endure.
• Pingxin agreed that she would oversee the Earthly Dao while Hong Yun oversaw the Human Dao, and said they need not fear Hongjun.
• Hong Yun took Pingxin and Xuanming to the remade Fire Cloud Cave World and showed them its projected stars, spiritual roots, and miniature Primordial Continent.
• Hong Yun described his plan to make the Human Ancestral Land the origin and hub of all worlds, then considered seeking origins or branches from the Sun Star and Moon Star.
• Di Jun stirred in the Heavenly Court, sensing something strange.

Di Jun completed the Myriad Stars Great Formation and went to Wa Huang Heaven to ask Nu Wa whether promoting marriage among the Demon Race could earn merit. In the Underworld, Hong Yun and Pingxin discussed how the Witch Clan could survive the coming war, then Hong Yun and Xuanming returned to the human race to wait for Tong Tian.

• Di Jun finished the Myriad Stars Great Formation, linking the stars to the Primordial Wilderness and gaining protection for himself and the Demon Race.
• Di Jun considered marrying Xi He and Wang Shu and promoting marriage among the Demon Race, then followed Taiyi's advice and went to ask Nu Wa about merit.
• Pingxin, Xuanming, and Hong Yun discussed hiding the Witch Clan's living forces in the Underworld during the Witch-Demon War, though Hong Yun worried his elder brothers would refuse to hide.
• Hong Yun invited Pingxin to join him in seeking Tong Tian's treasure for Wusheng, but Pingxin stayed behind to adjust to her new body and primordial spirit.
• Pingxin asked Xuanming to care for the tribe more gently, and Hong Yun and Xuanming left the Underworld to return to the human race and await Tong Tian.

Hong Yun welcomed Tong Tian to the human settlement and argued that Saints should not exploit humanity for fortune, explaining that his conflict with Tong Tian’s brothers was meant to protect living beings. Hong Yun’s words stirred Tong Tian’s Dao, and Primordial Violet Qi surged within his soul as he neared a breakthrough.

• Xuanming worried that Tong Tian would not come, but Hong Yun sensed his arrival as Tong Tian walked into the human settlement.
• Hong Yun and Xuanming greeted Tong Tian, then watched the humans with him and asked what he thought of their race.
• Tong Tian praised humanity as wise and favored by Heaven, while worrying that the Witch and Demon Clans would have to leave the stage.
• Hong Yun warned Tong Tian that Saints might exploit humanity for fortune and explained that he had fought Tong Tian’s brothers to protect countless living beings.
• Hong Yun said that free competition among all beings would let the Primordial Wilderness prosper, and Tong Tian’s insight deepened as Primordial Violet Qi surged within his soul.

Hong Yun and Tong Tian became closer as they left human territory for the Eastern Sea, where Hong Yun traded for the Twenty-Four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls for his disciple. Hong Yun then asked Tong Tian to let Wu Tian study the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and agreed to demonstrate his Dao of the World in exchange.

• Hong Yun and Tong Tian reconciled over their past distance, while Xuanming teased them as the three traveled to the Eastern Sea.
• Hong Yun asked Tong Tian for the Twenty-Four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls for his disciple, and Tong Tian gave him the incomplete set while explaining its potential.
• Hong Yun asked Tong Tian to let Wu Tian study the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, and Tong Tian said Hong Yun or his disciple could study it but sought greater reciprocity.
• Hong Yun offered Tong Tian the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler, but Tong Tian asked to witness Hong Yun's strongest Dao instead.
• Hong Yun agreed to demonstrate his Dao of the World, surprising Tong Tian, who admitted he had only asked in jest.

Hong Yun demonstrated his World Dao to Tong Tian, who realized it did not suit his path and explained why he had hoped to learn from it. Hong Yun warned him against using the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation to suppress his future teachings’ fortune and suggested safer treasures, including Taiqing’s Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda or Taiyi’s Chaos Bell.

• Hong Yun brought Tong Tian and the others to his Fire Cloud Cave World and demonstrated how his world evolved from the Four Symbols into chaos and back into a world.
• Tong Tian thanked Hong Yun for his guidance but said opening a world did not suit his Dao, then explained he had hoped to learn how to break through to Primordial Unity.
• Tong Tian said he could not yet lend Wu Tian the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation because he needed it to suppress the fortune of his future Great Teachings.
• Hong Yun warned Tong Tian that the formation’s killing aura and karmic ties to the West could corrupt his disciples and entangle his teachings in karma.
• Hong Yun proposed that Tong Tian borrow Taiqing’s Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda or trade the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation to Taiyi for the Chaos Bell.

Hong Yun urged Tong Tian to trade the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation for his Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler, arguing that it suited Tong Tian and warning him against future conflict with the West. Tong Tian wanted the treasure but refused, fearing the trade would destroy his bond with the Three Pure Ones.

• Hong Yun offered Tong Tian the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler after Tong Tian showed interest in it.
• Hong Yun explained why the ruler suited Tong Tian and argued that trading the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation for Taiyi’s Chaos Bell would better serve the Witch Clan.
• Hong Yun warned Tong Tian that keeping the formation could bring him into conflict with the West and urged him to accept the ruler instead.
• Tong Tian considered the trade and acknowledged his desire for the ruler, but worried that Yuan Shi and Taiqing would resent him for trading with Hong Yun.
• Tong Tian declined Hong Yun’s offer, fearing the trade would end the brotherly bond among the Three Pure Ones.

Tong Tian refused to trade the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation for Hong Yun’s Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler and prepared to return to Kunlun Mountain to establish his sect. Hong Yun helped him combine Sword Dao and Formation Dao, leading Tong Tian to sever his three corpses and discover a new way to merge them.

• Tong Tian apologized to Hong Yun and refused to trade the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, deciding to seek another way to suppress his sect’s fortune.
• Tong Tian said he would return to Kunlun Mountain to establish his sect and would send Hong Yun the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation after becoming a Saint.
• Hong Yun stopped Tong Tian from giving up on proving Primordial Unity and suggested that he merge Sword Dao and Formation Dao into Sword Formation Dao.
• Tong Tian used the Immortal Slaying Four Swords and Immortal Slaying Array Diagram to form a divine sword and sever his three corpses.
• Tong Tian realized he could create a world prototype to help merge his three corpses, then said goodbye to Hong Yun and Xuanming and flew into the chaos beyond the heavens.

Tong Tian opened a world with the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and merged his Three Corpses with his true body, attaining Primordial Unity before becoming a Saint. Hong Yun congratulated him, while the Heavenly Dao accepted Tong Tian but left Hong Yun wondering how it would respond when he attained Primordial Unity.

• Tong Tian set up the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation in Chaos and used it to create a new world.
• Tong Tian and his Three Corpses entered the newborn world, where the force of creation merged them into one.
• Hong Yun recognized that Tong Tian had attained Primordial Unity and congratulated him.
• Tong Tian stored the newly created world in the Immortal Slaying Array Diagram and put away the formation.
• The Heavenly Dao's pressure swept toward Tong Tian, then receded after recognizing him as Shangqing Tong Tian, who carried Primordial Violet Qi.
• Hong Yun wondered what trouble the Heavenly Dao and Dao Ancestor Hong Jun might cause when he attained Primordial Unity.

Tong Tian attained Primordial Unity above the East Sea with Hong Yun’s help and prepared to pursue sainthood, but Taiqing could not lend him the treasure he needed to stabilize his fortune. Hong Yun renewed his offer to trade the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler for Tong Tian’s Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, leaving Tong Tian poised to respond.

• Tong Tian reached Primordial Unity above the East Sea, prompting Taiqing and Yuan Shi to hurry over.
• Tong Tian told his brothers that Hong Yun had helped him attain Primordial Unity, and Taiqing thanked Hong Yun for the favor.
• Tong Tian said he wanted to become a saint but asked to borrow Taiqing’s Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda to suppress his fortune.
• Taiqing explained that the pagoda was needed to maintain the connection between the Daoist sect’s and Chan Sect’s fortunes, so Tong Tian gave up asking for it.
• Hong Yun offered again to trade the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler for Tong Tian’s Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, and Tong Tian was about to refuse.

Tong Tian rejected trading away the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation after Yuan Shi objected, then established the Interception Sect and became a Heavenly Dao Saint. Hong Yun pledged human disciples to Tong Tian, while cultivators began traveling to Kunlun Mountain to seek the Three Pure Ones’ instruction.

• Yuan Shi objected to Tong Tian trading the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, and Taiqing accused Hong Yun of driving a wedge between the brothers.
• Tong Tian concealed his anger at his brothers, then established the Interception Sect and used the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, Green Duckweed Sword, and Heavenly Flower Wonderful Falling Banner to suppress its fortune.
• Tong Tian entrusted his Primordial Unity soul to the Heavenly Dao and became a Heavenly Dao Saint.
• Hong Yun congratulated Tong Tian and sent a wisp of human fortune to the Interception Sect, promising that humans suited to the Shangqing Immortal Method could study under him.
• The Three Pure Ones announced that they would accept disciples at Kunlun Mountain, and cultivators set out while Suiren Shi urged departing humans to return and help their people.
• Taiqing and Yuan Shi left after Tong Tian’s ascension, while Tong Tian remained with Hong Yun.

Hong Yun invited Tong Tian to stay and discuss the Dao after Tong Tian became a Saint, then arranged for Tong Tian to teach his disciples about the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation. The lecture ended with Tong Tian discovering that Wu Tian carried the God-Slaying Spear, and Hong Yun asked him to keep the secret.

• Hong Yun asked Tong Tian whether he resented his earlier actions, and Tong Tian said he did not and offered to discuss the Dao to repay Hong Yun.
• Hong Yun summoned Zhen Yuan Zi, who brought Hong Yun's four disciples from the Underworld to the Eastern Sea.
• Hong Yun gave Wu Sheng the Twenty-Four Sea-Calming Pearls and asked Tong Tian to teach Wu Tian the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.
• Tong Tian drew Wu Tian into the formation and lectured on the Dao, giving Wu Tian and Zhen Yuan Zi valuable insights.
• Wu Tian's study of the God-Slaying Spear caused its murderous aura to spill into the formation, and Tong Tian recognized it.
• Hong Yun asked Tong Tian to keep Wu Tian's possession of the God-Slaying Spear secret, and Tong Tian agreed.

After Tong Tian finished his lecture, Hong Yun and Xuanming demonstrated the Martial Dao above the East Sea. On Mount Sumeru, Jieyin and Zhun Ti discussed their blocked path to sainthood and disagreed over whether Jieyin should become a Saint first.

• Tong Tian finished his lecture, and Zhen Yuan Zi suggested that Hong Yun and Xuanming teach the human cultivators gathered outside.
• Hong Yun and Xuanming jointly demonstrated the Martial Dao, inspiring new insights among themselves and the watching crowd.
• On Mount Sumeru, Zhun Ti lamented that Hong Yun and the three senior brothers on Kunlun Mountain had blocked their chance to establish a sect in the East.
• Zhun Ti urged Jieyin to use the West's fortune to become a Saint first, but Jieyin refused to leave him behind.
• Jieyin explained that cultivating longer could reduce the merit they needed, while Zhun Ti said they could no longer make progress on their own.

Zhun Ti proposed borrowing merit from Taiqing and the others to help Jieyin and himself achieve sainthood, though Jieyin doubted the Heavenly Dao would allow it. Meanwhile, Hong Yun's aura awakened three clouds, which he helped become Yun Xiao, Qiong Xiao, and Bi Xiao; they called him their father, and he accepted them as his daughters.

• Zhun Ti suggested that he and Jieyin borrow some of Taiqing and the others' merit, but Jieyin questioned whether the Heavenly Dao would permit it.
• Hong Yun and Xuanming continued their martial arts discourse above the Eastern Sea, and Hong Yun's aura touched three sentient clouds.
• Hong Yun helped the three clouds take human form, drawing vital energy from the Fire Cloud Cave World to complete their transformation.
• The three girls called Hong Yun their father, and Tong Tian joked that he would take them as disciples if Hong Yun did not want them.
• Hong Yun accepted the girls as his daughters and named them Yun Xiao, Qiong Xiao, and Bi Xiao.

Hong Yun named the Three Xiao Sisters, gave them spirit treasures, and introduced them to his disciples. After seeing their talent for formations, Tong Tian asked to take them as direct disciples, but Hong Yun refused.

• Hong Yun named the Three Xiao Sisters Yun Xiao, Qiong Xiao, and Bi Xiao, then gave them spirit treasures and three Innate Five Directions Banners for protection.
• Hong Yun introduced the sisters to his four disciples, who welcomed them and shared food and wine with them.
• Tong Tian praised Hong Yun’s disciples after seeing their cultivation and hearing that Wu Tian was nearing a breakthrough.
• The Three Xiao Sisters refined the banners and formed a Three Talents Formation, revealing their talent for formations.
• Tong Tian asked to take the Three Xiao Sisters as direct disciples in his Interception Sect, but Hong Yun refused and insisted he could teach them the Formation Dao.

Hong Yun agreed to let San Xiao become Tong Tian’s personal disciples, provided they would not be mistreated. Xuan Lang then asked to join the Interception Sect, and Tong Tian accepted him after recognizing their destined master-disciple bond.

• Tong Tian pressed Hong Yun to let San Xiao study Formation Dao as his personal disciples, and Zhen Yuan Zi reassured Hong Yun that they would be protected from calamity.
• Hong Yun agreed to San Xiao joining Tong Tian’s sect and told them they could return to him whenever they wished.
• San Xiao bowed to Tong Tian, who welcomed them as personal disciples and bestowed magic treasures on them.
• Xuan Lang asked Hong Yun and Tong Tian to let him join the Interception Sect while continuing to practice martial arts.
• Tong Tian accepted Xuan Lang after confirming that they were fated to become master and disciple.