Chapter Summaries

Hong Yun rejected Nu Wa’s invitation to join the Demon Race, explaining that its concentrated power would make his loyalty to the Witch Clan untenable. He advised Nu Wa to discuss with Fuxi how they should avoid competing with Di Jun for authority, leaving her troubled by the political risks she had overlooked.

• Hong Yun weighed Nu Wa’s offer but decided that joining the Demon Race while remaining a Thirteenth Ancestral Witch would force him between rival factions.
• Hong Yun thanked Nu Wa and refused her invitation, saying that bringing other matters into their friendship could damage their relationship.
• Nu Wa asked why the six leaders could not share the Demon Race’s fortune as equals, and Hong Yun sealed the space around them before answering.
• Hong Yun told Nu Wa to ask Fuxi who the Demon Race would obey if the two siblings disagreed.
• Hong Yun advised Nu Wa and Fuxi to take honorary positions and avoid involvement in the Demon Race’s affairs, and Nu Wa admitted she had never considered the issue.

Hong Yun refused Nu Wa’s invitation to join the Yao Clan, saying he preferred to stay out of worldly affairs while remaining friends with its leaders. Nu Wa returned to Di Jun and Fuxi with his answer, and they continued their preparations to found the clan.

• Hong Yun told Nu Wa he would not join the Yao Clan but would always regard its leaders as friends.
• Xuanming emerged from hiding after Hong Yun called her out, and she claimed she had only been passing by to ask about martial arts.
• Xuanming realized she had no question about the martial arts seals and fled, while Hong Yun resumed sensing the Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus.
• Nu Wa reported Hong Yun’s refusal to Di Jun and Fuxi, explaining that he preferred to avoid worldly affairs.
• Di Jun accepted that Hong Yun would not join the Yao Clan and said maintaining a close relationship with him was enough.

Nu Wa told Fuxi that Hong Yun had warned her to consider who would lead the demon race if she and Di Jun disagreed. Fuxi realized that their involvement could split the race, so he agreed to let Di Jun take control while he and Nu Wa focused on their original goals.

• After Di Jun left to meet Taiyi, Nu Wa told Fuxi that Hong Yun had asked who the demon race would follow if she and Di Jun disagreed.
• Fuxi recognized that disagreements between powerful leaders could divide the demon race and praised Hong Yun for seeing the danger.
• Nu Wa said Hong Yun had suggested that she and Fuxi hold honorary titles and avoid interfering too much in the race’s affairs.
• Fuxi agreed to gradually hand the demon race’s power to Di Jun and told Nu Wa to focus on comprehending the Primordial Violet Qi.
• Fuxi and Nu Wa began working with Di Jun and Taiyi to establish the demon race.

Di Jun, Taiyi, Fuxi, and Nu Wa climbed Bu Zhou Mountain with the gathered clans and formally established the Demon Race, uniting its fortune and receiving Heavenly Dao merit. Di Jun invoked Hongjun as witness to protect himself from his displeasure, and Hongjun turned his gaze toward him, noticing the Demon Race’s unusual declaration.

• Di Jun, Taiyi, Fuxi, and Nu Wa led the gathered elite members of hundreds of major clans and thousands of minor clans to the summit of Bu Zhou Mountain.
• Di Jun declared that the four would establish the Demon Race, open the Demon Dao, and take the titles of Demon Emperor, Eastern Emperor, Xi Huang, and Empress Wa.
• The Heavenly Dao recognized the Demon Race, branded its members’ True Spirits, and gathered their fortune under the River Diagram and Luo Book and the Chaos Bell.
• The Heavenly Dao bestowed merit on the four leaders and scattered portions among Demon Race members throughout the Primordial Wilderness.
• Di Jun watched the Heavenly Dao warily after invoking Hongjun as witness, while Hongjun noticed that the Demon Race’s declaration differed from the Witch Clan’s.

Di Jun founded the Demon Race and gained Hongjun’s endorsement by pledging some of its fortune, then summoned the Heavenly Court from the void. Red Cloud watched, reflected on the powers’ political maneuvering, and learned that Di Jun’s vow to govern the Primordial Wilderness had drawn forth the Heavenly Court.

• Hongjun endorsed the Demon Race, and part of its fortune connected to him as Di Jun thanked him.
• Red Cloud watched the founding ceremony and resolved to keep a lower profile after considering how the great powers avoided danger.
• After the Heavenly Dao faded, Di Jun gathered its merit and sensed a summons from the void above Bu Zhou Mountain.
• The Heavenly Court emerged with twenty-nine layers, and Red Cloud realized four more could later be added by saints.
• An imprint entered Di Jun, who learned that his vow to rule the myriad races and establish laws had summoned the Heavenly Court.

Di Jun established the demon race and became its Heavenly Emperor after the Heavenly Court manifested above Bu Zhou Mountain. Kun Peng reconsidered his earlier refusal to join, while Yuan Shi and Dijiang reacted with hostility, though Zhu Jiuyin urged patience on Hong Yun’s advice.

• The Heavenly Court appeared in twenty-nine layers, and Di Jun declared himself Heavenly Emperor and announced the demon race’s establishment.
• Taiyi, Fuxi, Nu Wa, and the demon race celebrated Di Jun’s rise as the Primordial Wilderness reacted to the new Heavenly Court.
• Kun Peng recalled rejecting Di Jun’s invitation and began considering joining the demon race.
• Yuan Shi disparaged the demon race, while Tong Tian disagreed and Taiqing returned to contemplating the Great Dao.
• Dijiang bristled at Di Jun’s claim to rule the Primordial Wilderness, but Zhu Jiuyin reminded him that Hong Yun had advised them not to interfere.

Hong Yun sensed the Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus in the West and decided to seek it despite the risk of another confrontation with Zhun Ti. Zhen Yuan Zi arrived at Fire Cloud Cave, and the two discussed Di Jun’s ambitions as the demon race changed the balance of power.

• The Heavenly Court appeared, and the Great Dao Karma System let Hong Yun sense the Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus in the West.
• Hong Yun considered the risks of searching for the black lotus and decided to bring Zhen Yuan Zi with him.
• Zhen Yuan Zi arrived outside Fire Cloud Cave through a formation and complained that he could not set its destination inside the cave.
• Hong Yun explained the cave’s connection to his inner world, then walked with Zhen Yuan Zi and exchanged news about the demon race.
• Zhen Yuan Zi warned that Di Jun might be unable to avoid competing for supremacy, while Hong Yun hoped Di Jun would act wisely.

Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi discussed why the Witch and Demon Races could not remain the protagonists of Heaven and Earth, then Zhen Yuan Zi revealed that he had created the Earth Immortal Realm within the Earth Book. Hong Yun warned that the realm’s Earth Immortals might drain its resources, leaving Zhen Yuan Zi to consider how to make his cultivation path sustainable.

• Hong Yun told Zhen Yuan Zi that Nuwa had invited him to join the Demon Race as an equal Demon Emperor, but he had refused.
• Hong Yun explained his concerns about taking sides with Di Jun and alienating the Ancestral Witches.
• Zhen Yuan Zi announced that he had comprehended the Way of the Earth Immortal and showed Hong Yun the embryonic realm he had opened within the Earth Book.
• Zhen Yuan Zi described using the Ginseng Fruit Tree to support the realm and entrusting his True Spirit to the Earth Book.
• Hong Yun cautioned that Earth Immortals would consume the realm’s spiritual energy and origin, and urged Zhen Yuan Zi to consider how to sustain them.

Hong Yun advised Zhen Yuan Zi to make the Earth Immortal Realm grow by requiring its cultivators to contribute and using tribulations to remove parasites. After Zhen Yuan Zi left to develop the idea, Hong Yun looked for a companion to help him find the Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus and chose Xuanming.

• Hong Yun told Zhen Yuan Zi that spreading the Way of the Earth Immortal would help strengthen its realm, while tribulations could remove those who only took from it.
• Hong Yun proposed that the Ginseng Fruit Tree absorb the cultivation of deceased Earth Immortals and turn it into Earth Immortal Dao Fruits.
• Zhen Yuan Zi praised Hong Yun's insight, then hurried away to continue cultivating and consider how to develop the Earth Immortal Realm.
• Hong Yun realized he had not asked Zhen Yuan Zi to accompany him to find the Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus and decided to seek another companion.
• Hong Yun remembered that Xuanming was in Fire Cloud Cave and went to find her while she practiced incorporating martial arts seals into external refinement.

Hong Yun invited Xuanming to join him on a trip to claim a fortuitous opportunity, and she agreed despite feeling awkward about traveling alone with him. They left Fire Cloud Cave together, where Long Wu and Long Jiu volunteered to guard the mountain gate.

• Xuanming practiced martial arts with her strength suppressed until Hong Yun arrived and startled her into releasing her full power.
• Hong Yun asked Xuanming to accompany him to claim a fortuitous opportunity, and she questioned whether anyone else would go.
• Hong Yun said they would travel alone, and Xuanming blushed and hesitated before following him down the mountain.
• At the mountain gate, Long Wu and Long Jiu greeted Hong Yun and Xuanming and offered to guard the entrance.
• Hong Yun praised the two golden dragons for their loyalty and began to address them.

Hong Yun obtained true-dragon blood essence from Long Wu and Long Jiu, rewarding them with Ginseng Fruits. He planned to use the blood essence to disguise himself and Xuanming as they traveled west to seek the Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus.

• Hong Yun asked Long Wu and Long Jiu how they would have defended Fire Cloud Cave against Zhun Ti, and they vowed to protect it to the death.
• Hong Yun requested a drop of true-dragon blood essence from each dragon and gave them a Ginseng Fruit in return.
• Hong Yun explained to Xuanming that they needed disguises to travel west without alerting Jieyin and Zhun Ti.
• Hong Yun planned to use martial arts techniques and the blood essence to alter their forms and soul auras, while Xuanming could condense a Winter God Dharma Image.

Hong Yun and Xuanming disguised themselves as Dragon Clan members and entered the Western Boundary to search for the twelve-petal World-Destroying Black Lotus. Meanwhile, Di Jun took control of the Heavenly Court and ordered the Yao Clan to select elite guards.

• Hong Yun absorbed the blood essence to disguise himself as a Dragon Clan member, and Xuanming transformed herself as well.
• Hong Yun used the Great Dao Karma System to scramble their karma lines before he and Xuanming left Fire Cloud Cave for the West.
• Hong Yun and Xuanming wandered through the barren Western Boundary while searching for the twelve-petal World-Destroying Black Lotus, and Hong Yun refused to return the Six Roots Pure Bamboo to Zhun Ti.
• Di Jun took control of the Heavenly Court after Fuxi and Nu Wa secluded themselves to study the Primordial Violet Qi.
• Di Jun told the Yao Clan that the Heavenly Realm needed guards and ordered them to choose elite members to defend the Heavenly Court.

Di Jun prepared to make the Demon Race’s growing fortune and the Heavenly Realm’s power serve his people, then severed his benevolent corpse using the Myriad Stars Great Formation. He reached the Quasi-Saint realm with the stars as his protection, and the Demon Race’s fortune surged as a result.

• Di Jun ordered Taiyi and the Demon Marshals to plan the Demon Race’s affairs and let those who contributed move their clans to the Heavenly Realm.
• Di Jun considered how to gain a safeguard against the Saints and decided to use the Myriad Stars Great Formation to draw power from the stars.
• Di Jun severed his benevolent thoughts and entrusted them to the formation diagram, creating a star-clad benevolent corpse.
• Di Jun merged with his benevolent corpse and attained the Quasi-Saint realm.
• The Demon Race’s fortune surged, and Fuxi and Nu Wa sensed the change.

Fuxi and Nu Wa discussed whether she should continue suppressing her cultivation after Di Jun achieved the Quasi-Saint realm. Di Jun expanded the Demon Race and prepared the stars for the Myriad Stars Great Formation while keeping a fragile peace with the Witch Race.

• Fuxi and Nu Wa sensed Di Jun's breakthrough, and Nu Wa worried that he had advanced before her by severing his corpse with an Innate Spiritual Treasure.
• Fuxi advised Nu Wa that the Primordial Violet Qi might help overcome the drawbacks of the Method of Severing the Three Corpses, and she decided to break through to the Quasi-Saint realm.
• Di Jun's benevolent corpse refined the Myriad Stars in preparation for the Myriad Stars Great Formation and the Demon Gods' future connection to the stars.
• Di Jun and the Demon Race's upper echelon expanded their influence across the Primordial World, using conquest to strengthen the race and unite it under his authority.
• The Demon Race made the Heavenly Court its base, while the Witch and Demon Races avoided conflict and other races either joined the Demon Race or sought protection from powerful beings.

Di Jun ordered Taiyi to make another attempt to bring the Dragon Clan into the demon clan, with force to follow if they refused. Meanwhile, Hong Yun finally located the abyss where the Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus had led him, leaving him and Xuanming at the edge of a vast, pitch-black hole.

• Bai Ze reported that the Dragon Clan had refused to join the demon clan and offered to accept punishment.
• Di Jun excused Bai Ze, then sent Taiyi to approach the Dragon Clan again and use force if necessary.
• Hong Yun and Xuanming continued wandering through the West while Hong Yun followed the elusive Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus.
• Hong Yun spotted the place he had been searching for in a desolate mountain range, where a deep abyss had replaced the tallest peak.
• Hong Yun rose into the air and looked down at the pitch-black hole that seemed to pierce the land of the West.

Hong Yun and Xuanming investigated a deep abyss in the Western Boundary, where they found demonic energy and a pool of baleful energy. Hong Yun suspected it was where Luohu had perished, but he still wondered why Dao Ancestor Hong Jun had left the place untouched.

• Hong Yun and Xuanming descended into the abyss after the Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus’s aura vanished there.
• Hong Yun recognized the hostile, resentful currents as demonic energy and wondered whether the abyss was where Luohu had perished.
• Hong Yun questioned whether Dao Ancestor Hong Jun had deliberately left the threat behind, and Xuanming teased him for thinking like Hong Jun.
• Hong Yun and Xuanming transformed into golden dragons and flew deeper through the narrowing abyss.
• Hong Yun and Xuanming reached a pool of baleful energy, where Xuanming found its resentment and killing intent too intense for the Witch Clan to safely absorb.
• Hong Yun concluded that the pool was likely where Luohu had perished.

Hong Yun sensed a hidden world beneath the abyss and hesitated over whether to investigate it before someone began watching him and Xuanming. After they attacked the watcher and uncovered a formation, they pursued its fleeing shadow through the leylines, while Jieyin and Zhun Ti continued cultivating on Mount Sumeru.

• Hong Yun sensed that Luohu’s lingering resentment came from an overlapping world beneath the water and considered summoning the Twelve Ancestral Witches before deciding against a reckless investigation.
• Hong Yun felt someone watching him, and he and Xuanming struck the spot with their full physical strength.
• Mysterious runes in the abyss formed a barrier that dispersed their attack, and Hong Yun pursued the disturbance to a shadowy figure with a dim True Spirit.
• The shadow fled into the leylines, and Hong Yun and Xuanming followed it while concealing their auras to avoid Jieyin and Zhun Ti.
• On Mount Sumeru, Zhun Ti cultivated the Primordial Violet Qi to pursue a breakthrough, while Jieyin preached the Dao to the disciples.

Jieyin and Zhun Ti discovered that someone had disturbed the Western leyline and traced the exposed aura to two Dragon Clan members. Zhun Ti pursued them into the leyline, while Hong Yun and Xuanming followed a mysterious shadow and then stopped when Hong Yun sensed something amiss.

• Jieyin abruptly ended his lecture after sensing someone shaking the Western leyline, and Maitreya calmed the disciples left behind.
• Jieyin and Zhun Ti arrived at the abyss and identified traces of Dragon Clan bodies and blood-and-qi power.
• Jieyin speculated that the Dragon Clan members had come to investigate a secret connected to Luohu, but he said they need not pursue it.
• Zhun Ti decided to capture the intruders for the Heavenly Dragon Division and entered the leyline, followed by Jieyin.
• A black shadow slipped through the barrier and sped along the leyline, while Hong Yun followed it with Xuanming.
• Hong Yun stopped to examine the area, and Xuanming asked whether they had lost the shadow.

Hong Yun and Xuanming pursued the shadowy figure through the earth veins after the Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus vanished. Hong Yun revealed he had marked their route with runes to form a trap, while Jieyin and Zhun Ti returned to Mount Sumeru to try to suppress the abyss.

• Hong Yun sensed a karmic link to the shadowy figure and decided to chase him, hoping to learn what happened to the missing Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus.
• Jieyin and Zhun Ti lost their quarry in the earth veins and headed back to Mount Sumeru, where Zhun Ti proposed moving it above the abyss to guard and suppress the place.
• Hong Yun and Xuanming continued following the shadowy figure as he led them in circles through the earth veins.
• Hong Yun showed Xuanming his map of the earth veins and explained that he had left rune marks along their route to form a great formation and trap the figure.

Hong Yun and Xuanming cornered the shadow by using barriers that reacted to its Dragon Clan aura. Trapped in an earth-vein passage, the shadow accused Hong Yun of impersonating a member of the Dragon Clan, and Hong Yun asked how it had seen through him.

• The shadow, who identified himself as the Spirit of the Primordial Earth Vein, led Hong Yun and Xuanming in circles through the Western Boundary.
• The shadow ran into barriers that selectively blocked it, while Hong Yun realized its aura belonged to the Dragon Clan and headed toward the triggered barriers with Xuanming.
• The barriers narrowed the shadow’s routes until it smashed through one, only to find Hong Yun and Xuanming waiting ahead.
• With barriers blocking its way back, the shadow asked why Hong Yun was pretending to be a Dragon Clan member.
• Hong Yun asked the shadow how it had discovered his disguise.