Chapter Summaries

Zunti returned from death and tried to hide how badly the Phoenix Clan had beaten him, but Yuanfeng exposed him and he was pulled back into the Southern Ming Undying Volcano. After dying and returning again, Zunti joined Laozi, Yuanshi, and Jieyin in attacking the Phoenix Clan Mountain-Protecting Array, while the World Tree Avatar calmly prepared to face them.

• Zunti claimed he had fought the Phoenix Clan heroically, but Yuanfeng mocked him and revealed images of his repeated defeats and suicide.
• Enraged, Zunti charged at Yuanfeng and was sucked into the Southern Ming Undying Volcano again.
• Many years later, Zunti revived once more, was slapped away by Hongjun, and appeared outside the volcano for the third time.
• Yuanfeng mocked Zunti again, but he held back and attacked the Phoenix Clan Mountain-Protecting Array alongside Laozi, Yuanshi, and Jieyin.
• The Four Saints' combined attacks made the array ripple and grow unstable as the World Tree Avatar watched them with fighting spirit.

The World Tree Avatar emerged from the Phoenix Clan’s protective array and faced Laozi, Yuanshi, Zunti, and Jieyin. He repelled their combined attacks and killed Zunti again, while Hongjun recognized the weapon as the God Slaying Spear.

• The World Tree Avatar appeared before the four Saints, and Zunti recognized the aura of the one who had killed him twice before.
• Yuanshi attacked with the Pangu Banner, but the World Tree Avatar’s Chaos World barrier erased the ax-shadow and resisted his follow-up strikes.
• Zunti urged the others to attack together, and Laozi, Yuanshi, Zunti, and Jieyin unleashed their treasures and powers against the World Tree Avatar.
• The World Tree Avatar channeled the Three Ways of Heaven, Earth, and Man into a crimson spear and swept aside the Saints’ attacks.
• The spear pierced Zunti through Jieyin’s defenses and killed him, while Hongjun identified it as the God Slaying Spear.

Hongjun recognized the God Slaying Spear in the World Tree Avatar’s hands and grew determined to break the Phoenix Clan’s defenses himself. As the Four Saints repeatedly fell and Heavenly Dao Origin was drained to resurrect them, Hongjun gave them a scheme to use against the Phoenix Clan, unaware that Ling Tian had already anticipated it.

• Hongjun recognized the God Slaying Spear as Luohu’s former treasure and resolved to destroy the Phoenix Clan if the Four Saints failed.
• Zunti attacked the World Tree Avatar again and again, suffering repeated deaths while the God Slaying Spear pierced him.
• Hongjun realized Zunti’s resurrections were consuming Heavenly Dao Origin and rebuked him for rushing back to battle.
• Hongjun instructed Zunti, Laozi, Yuanshi, and Jieyin to follow a scheme against the Phoenix Clan and put victory above a Saint’s dignity.
• The Four Saints returned to the battlefield, not knowing Ling Tian had anticipated Hongjun’s scheme.

The World Tree Avatar revealed that it had anticipated Hongjun's scheme and used the Heavenly Dao's attack on the Phoenix Clan to launch Ling Tian's third ring: a counterstrike against the Heavenly Dao. Hongjun destroyed the purple lightning, but a faint purple mark appeared on his Daoist robe, leaving the consequences unresolved.

• The World Tree Avatar asked Laozi and the other Saints what Hongjun had told them, but Laozi ordered the Four Saints to attack.
• Hongjun summoned the Eye of Heavenly Dao and sent a gray beam toward the Southern Ming Undying Volcano to break the Phoenix Clan Mountain-Protecting Array.
• The World Tree Avatar's aura vanished, and the [Heavenly Punishment Eye] appeared and transformed into purple lightning that burned away the Eye of Heavenly Dao.
• Laozi realized that the purple lightning was following its connection to strike the Primordial World Heavenly Dao, while Ling Tian's first two schemes had used Zunti and the World Tree Avatar's attacks on Saints.
• Hongjun sensed the lightning and used the Heavenly Dao's power to destroy it, but a faint purple mark appeared on his Daoist robe.

Ling Tian’s World Tree Avatar revealed that it had survived Hongjun’s attack after marking him with a purple lightning trace. The Saints learned that the powerful figure before them was only Ling Tian’s avatar, leaving them stunned as Ling Tian’s plan neared completion.

• Ling Tian used his World Tree Avatar and the [Heavenly Punishment Eye] to mark Hongjun before the avatar was destroyed, then the avatar rose from the Three Ways of Heaven, Earth, and Man and left the Southern Ming Undying Volcano.
• Zunti celebrated Ling Tian’s apparent death and urged Laozi, Yuanshi, and Jieyin to attack the Phoenix Clan, while Laozi recalled Ling Tian’s claim that he was and was not Ling Tian.
• As the Saints prepared to break the Phoenix Clan Mountain-Protecting Array, the World Tree Avatar appeared and announced that it had returned to kill them.
• Laozi deduced that the figure was Ling Tian’s avatar, and the World Tree Avatar confirmed it, shocking the Primordial World Beings and Hongjun.

The World Tree Avatar killed the Four Saints again, leaving Hongjun to weigh the cost of intervening against the damage it would do to his Dao merger. Hongjun chose to negotiate with Ling Tian, who demanded an enormous haul of treasures and Heavenly Dao Origin.

• The World Tree Avatar used the God Slaying Spear to kill Zunti, Jieyin, Yuanshi, and Laozi, and the Four Saints did not immediately return.
• Hongjun hesitated to resurrect the Four Saints or attack the Phoenix Clan because further intervention could weaken or ruin his merger with the Heavenly Dao.
• Ling Tian taunted Hongjun until Hongjun appeared outside the Southern Ming Undying Volcano and proposed settling the conflict.
• The World Tree Avatar rejected Hongjun's attempt to end the matter and threatened to disrupt the Primordial World and sabotage his Dao merger.
• Hongjun asked Ling Tian what it would take to let the conflict go, and the World Tree Avatar demanded treasures, the Treasure Distribution Rock, and eighty or a hundred portions of Heavenly Dao Origin.

After Ling Tian’s avatar forced Hongjun to pay a heavy price and end the Four Saints’ siege, the Phoenix Clan’s prestige rose dramatically. Hongjun planned to hasten the Witch and Demon Tribulation to gain enough power to destroy Ling Tian and the Phoenix Clan, while Yuanfeng lamented that the fight had ended too soon.

• Hongjun paid Ling Tian over a hundred Innate Spiritual Treasures, three Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, and nine strands of Heavenly Dao Origin, then swore to keep the peace for a million years and bar his disciples from the southern continent.
• The Primordial Beings learned how Ling Tian’s avatar had repeatedly defeated the four Saints and blocked Hongjun, and the Phoenix Clan’s standing rose to rival the Purple Cloud Palace Faction.
• Hongjun dismissed Laozi, Yuanshi, Zunti, and Jieyin after acknowledging the failed siege and its heavy losses, including damage to the Purple Cloud Palace Faction’s prestige and his own Heavenly Dao fusion.
• Hongjun decided to accelerate the Witch and Demon Tribulation and balance the two races so he could complete his fusion with the Heavenly Dao and eventually kill Ling Tian and destroy the Phoenix Clan.
• The Phoenix Clan celebrated its victory, while Yuanfeng complained that the battle had ended before he could enjoy it.

After the Four Saints' attack, the Phoenix Clan celebrated major breakthroughs while Ling Tian reviewed his rewards and began strengthening his Yellow Middle Plum Avatar with Saint's Essence Blood. The avatar's cultivation rose as it consumed the first drops, and the refining was still underway.

• Qing Luan broke through to the Perfected Primordial Golden Immortal level, the four Phoenix Kings advanced to the Primordial Golden Immortal level, and Kong Xuan and Great Peng reached the Late Stage Primordial Golden Immortal level.
• Ling Tian gave the Golden Phoenix King spirit treasures for the Phoenix Clan's treasury, then returned to cultivate in seclusion.
• Ling Tian reviewed his gains, including the Five Elements Law Origin, twenty-one drops of Saint's Essence Blood, nine Heavenly Dao Origins, Hongjun's weakened strength, and a mark that could help locate him.
• Ling Tian's Yellow Middle Plum Avatar swallowed a drop of Saint's Essence Blood and fused its energy, raising its Primordial Spirit cultivation to the second level of the Primordial Golden Immortal realm.

Ling Tian's [Yellow Middle Plum] clone consumed the remaining [Saint's Essence Blood] and reached the perfected tenth level of the Primordial Golden Immortal realm, while Ling Tian began refining the [Five Elements Law Origin]. Vast visions appeared over the Southern Ming Undying Volcano, and the Phoenix Clan realized Ling Tian was breaking through to become the Primordial World's first Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

• The [Yellow Middle Plum] clone consumed the [Saint's Essence Blood] and reached the perfected Primordial Golden Immortal realm, catching up with Ling Tian's true self.
• Ling Tian began refining the [Five Elements Law Origin] while seated on the [Chaos Green Lotus].
• Vast Five Elements and Three Thousand Laws visions appeared over the Southern Ming Undying Volcano, drawing the attention of the Four Saints, Hongjun, and beings across the Primordial World.
• The Four Saints feared the Phoenix Clan would become even stronger, while Hongjun dismissed the threat and returned to meditation.
• Yuanfeng and Qing Luan appeared before the Phoenix Clan, confirming that Ling Tian was the one breaking through to the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Phoenix Clan members cheered Ling Tian's impending breakthrough as Nuwa and Tongtian watched in shock and joy.

Ling Tian broke through to the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal level with his Five Elements Law, greatly increasing the strength of his avatars. He entered the Chaos World and declared the Five Elements Dao Domain an Immortal Domain, leaving its inhabitants transformed as the realm ascended.

• Ling Tian raised his Five Elements Law to the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal level, and his [Chaos Bead] and [Yellow Middle Plum] avatars broke through alongside him.
• Ling Tian entered the Chaos World, where his World Tree Avatar appeared before the frightened Chaos Beings as a mysterious powerful figure arrived.
• The figure revealed himself as Ling Tian, Lord of the Chaos World, and declared that the Five Elements Dao Domain would become the Five Elements Immortal Domain.
• The Five Elements Dao Domain ascended into the River of Laws and transformed, while its inhabitants fell asleep as their Foundations and cultivation rose.
• The Five Elements Dao Domain Lord advanced from Grand Unity Golden Immortal to Early Stage Primordial Golden Immortal, and the Chaos Beings recognized Ling Tian’s authority.

Ling Tian strengthened the Chaos World by using Primordial World Heavenly Dao Origin to improve its foundations, then pushed the World Tree Avatar toward a breakthrough. The World Tree Avatar reached Saint Fourth Heaven, and Ling Tian sensed that his mother was about to break through as well.

• Ling Tian sent nine streams of Heavenly Dao Origin into the Chaos World, causing the World Tree to grow and strengthening the world's foundations.
• The Chaos World's living beings fell into a deep sleep as their cultivation and foundations began to improve, while the World Tree Avatar advanced to the peak of Saint Triple Heaven.
• Ling Tian poured Law Power from the River of Laws into the World Tree Avatar, then left the Chaos World as strange phenomena erupted around him.
• After an unknown time, the World Tree Avatar broke through to Saint Fourth Heaven and entered the Saint Middle Stage.
• Ling Tian opened his eyes and sensed that his mother was about to break through too.

Yuanfeng used the opportunity created by Ling Tian’s breakthrough and her battle with Zunti to advance to Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal, sending Hong Huang into an uproar. As the Phoenix Clan celebrated, Tongtian sensed another breakthrough opportunity and released a powerful Sword Intent.

• Yuanfeng drew on Ling Tian’s breakthrough and her battle with Zunti to break through to Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
• Beings across Hong Huang reacted with shock when they learned that Yuanfeng had become the second Phoenix Clan member to reach that realm.
• Zunti concealed the details of his encounters with the Phoenix Clan when Jieyin questioned him, while Hongjun woke, saw Yuanfeng’s breakthrough, and returned to seclusion.
• The Phoenix Clan celebrated Yuanfeng’s breakthrough, and Nuwa and Tongtian gained renewed confidence in proving the Dao through Laws.
• Tongtian sensed an opportunity to break through again, and a powerful Sword Intent erupted from within the Southern Ming Undying Volcano.

Tongtian used up his Heavenly Dao Merit but remained stuck at the peak of the Late Stage Primordial Golden Immortal realm, so he sought guidance from Ling Tian and Nuwa. Ling Tian received a system prompt offering a Chaos Spiritual Treasure if he showed Tongtian the right path, and he eagerly prepared to help.

• Tongtian broke through to the Late Stage Primordial Golden Immortal realm during Ling Tian and Yuanfeng's breakthroughs, then continued his seclusion.
• After exhausting his Heavenly Dao Merit, Tongtian reached the peak of the Late Stage Primordial Golden Immortal realm but could not advance further.
• Tongtian realized he needed a new opportunity and thought of Ling Tian and Nuwa.
• Tongtian met Ling Tian and Nuwa in the pavilion and thanked Ling Tian for protecting him and helping him cultivate freely.
• Tongtian asked Ling Tian and Nuwa to point him toward a way to break through, and Ling Tian's system offered him a Chaos Spiritual Treasure for helping.

Ling Tian won the damaged Yin Yang World Suppressing Cauldron from the system and advised Tongtian to establish the Interception Sect in the East. Tongtian left the Southern Ming Undying Volcano, gave Ling Tian his Sword Intent, and headed east to find a home for his sect.

• Ling Tian chose the system's first option and won the Yin Yang World Suppressing Cauldron, a damaged Chaos Spiritual Treasure.
• Ling Tian reminded Tongtian of his Heavenly Dao Oath and told him to establish the Interception Sect in the East.
• Tongtian thanked Ling Tian, gave him his Sword Intent, and left the Southern Ming Undying Volcano.
• Tongtian's Sword Intent entered the Sword Domain in the Chaos World, causing it to surge and shift forward.
• Tongtian visited Kunlun Mountain from afar, then wandered Hong Huang in search of a headquarters for the Interception Sect.
• Remembering Ling Tian's advice, Tongtian bowed toward the south and set off eastward.

Tongtian discovered the Golden Ao in the East Sea, subdued it, and established the Interception Sect's home on Golden Ao Island. The sect attracted countless beings and flourished, while Yuanshi watched its rise in Kunlun Mountain without smiling.

• Tongtian followed a growl into the East Sea and found a colossal Golden Ao suited to serve as the Interception Sect's home.
• Tongtian planned the island's layout, then defeated the Golden Ao with the Immortal Slaying Sword and forced it to submit.
• Tongtian built the Interception Sect's main structures on Golden Ao Island and invited all who sought the Dao to join.
• Countless Primordial Beings found Golden Ao Island and joined the Interception Sect, rapidly increasing its influence and fortune.
• Ling Tian and Nuwa were pleased to see the sect flourish, while Yuanshi could not bring himself to smile.

Tongtian’s Interception Sect flourished, worsening the fortunes of Yuanshi’s Chan Teachings and Zunti and Jieyin’s Western Teachings. As the Heavenly Dao Oath’s shackle faded, Tongtian’s Sword Dao surged, and he began to break through on Golden Ao Island.

• Yuanshi resented the Interception Sect’s growing numbers but became even stricter about accepting disciples, while Laozi returned to seclusion.
• Zunti threatened to kill Tongtian, but Jieyin warned him that Ling Tian and the Phoenix Clan stood behind Tongtian and persuaded him not to act.
• Tongtian felt the shackle from his Heavenly Dao Oath weakening as he developed the Interception Sect.
• Tongtian’s Sword Dao erupted, and countless sword energies across the void bowed toward Golden Ao Island as his disciples sensed his breakthrough approaching.
• Yuanshi, Zunti, and Jieyin worried about Tongtian’s rise, and Tongtian shouted, “Break through!”

Tongtian broke through to the Perfected Primordial Golden Immortal realm, drawing more potential disciples to the Interception Sect. Ling Tian sent Nuwa to deliver guides for managing and developing the sect, while Nuwa’s growing worry about Fuxi drove her toward Buzhou Mountain, where someone had already arrived.

• Tongtian broke through to the Perfected Primordial Golden Immortal realm, and the Interception Sect disciples congratulated him as more beings turned toward the sect.
• Ling Tian gave Nuwa the Sect Management Guide and Spiritual Civilization Construction Guide to deliver to Tongtian, then falsely claimed the Phoenix Clan had already implemented spiritual civilization construction.
• Nuwa worried that something had happened to Fuxi, and Ling Tian reassured her that Fuxi was a powerful Great Expert.
• Tongtian received the guides from Nuwa and decided to put them into practice despite not understanding spiritual civilization construction.
• Nuwa hurried toward Buzhou Mountain as her ominous feeling grew, unaware that someone had arrived there ahead of her.

Hongjun told Fuxi that his inability to cultivate came from neglecting the Demon Clan, and Fuxi resolved to join the Demon Court in the Ten Thousand Mountains. Nuwa could not change his mind, and Fuxi left Buzhou Mountain promising himself he would return strong enough to protect her.

• Fuxi struggled to cultivate after reaching the Late Quasi-Saint stage and could not divine the cause of his unease.
• Hongjun appeared before Fuxi and said his cultivation had stalled because he felt guilty for doing nothing while the Demon Clan faced destruction.
• Fuxi decided to join the Demon Court and seek a way to save the Demon Clan and advance his cultivation.
• Nuwa arrived at Buzhou Mountain and tried to learn what troubled Fuxi, but he snapped at her and announced his decision to leave.
• Nuwa accepted that Fuxi would not change his mind and reminded him that Buzhou Mountain was his home, while Fuxi left for the Ten Thousand Great Mountains determined to return and protect her.

The Demon Clan’s leaders debated whether to keep hiding from the Witch Clan or risk a final battle, as their losses and despair mounted. Hongjun appeared with Fuxi, whom the Demon Clan pleaded to save them, and Fuxi declared that he had three possible methods.

• Jiu Ying urged Di Jun and Tai Yi to fight the Witch Clan rather than keep hiding, while Bai Ze argued that the Demon Clan must wait for an opportunity.
• Tai Yi challenged Bai Ze to explain what they were waiting for, and Di Jun proposed gathering the Demon Clan’s forces for a final battle.
• Hongjun appeared in the hall, warned that the Demon Clan must not destroy itself, and brought Fuxi through a portal before vanishing.
• Bai Ze, the Demon Clan’s experts, Di Jun, and Tai Yi bowed to Fuxi and begged him to save the Demon Clan.
• Fuxi resolved to help and announced that he had three methods that might save the Demon Clan.

Fuxi presented three strategies to save the Demon Clan: establish the Demon Court with a Heavenly Dao Oath, create a protective formation using the Chaos Bell, and arrange a Heavenly Marriage for Di Jun and Taiyin Star’s deity. He urged Di Jun to complete the other preparations before establishing the Demon Court, and the Demon Clan accepted Fuxi as their ally.

• Fuxi proposed establishing the Demon Court under the Heavenly Dao, deducing a protective formation from the Chaos Bell, and joining Di Jun with the deity of the Taiyin Star in a Heavenly Marriage.
• Bai Ze told Di Jun that Fuxi’s strategies were practical and that their success could let the Demon Clan rise and take revenge on the Witch Clan.
• Fuxi said the Demon Court needed a blessed land as its foundation and revealed that he had found a suitable place in the Thirty-three Heavens with Hongjun’s help.
• Di Jun prepared to summon the Demon Clan and go to the Thirty-three Heavens, but Fuxi warned him that establishing the Demon Court too soon could provoke a costly Witch Clan attack.
• Fuxi advised Di Jun to complete the formation and Heavenly Marriage strategies before making the Heavenly Dao Oath; Di Jun and the other Great Experts bowed and thanked him.