Chapter Summaries

The Twelve Ancestor Witches summoned the Pangu Phantom, which drew power from the Taiji Diagram, Pangu Banner, and Chaos Bell to form a Pangu Axe and strike the Myriad Stars Great Array. The array survived the first blow but shattered under the second, leaving the Demon Clan badly injured.

• The Taiji Diagram, Pangu Banner, and Chaos Bell sent their essence into the Pangu Phantom, solidifying its phantom axe.
• The Pangu Phantom struck the Myriad Stars Great Array, and the Demon Clan poured its power into the array to withstand the blow.
• The first axe strike weakened the array and cracked its banners, but the Demon Clan celebrated when the array held.
• Di Jiang urged the exhausted Twelve Ancestor Witches to strike again, and they spent their remaining blood and qi to swing the Pangu Axe a second time.
• The weakened Myriad Stars Great Array shattered under the second strike, and the Demon Clan members inside it spat blood.

Ling Tian intervened in the devastating Witch and Demon Great War before Hongjun could mediate and advance his fusion with the Heavenly Dao. He stopped the fighting and declared that the witches would rule the earth and the demons the heavens, but Hongjun confronted him in fury.

• The Twelve Ancestor Witches shattered the Myriad Stars Great Array, badly injuring Di Jun, Tai Yi, Fuxi, and the demon forces, and the battle resumed with heavy losses.
• Hongjun prepared to mediate the war and establish demons ruling the heavens and witches ruling the earth, expecting the plan to advance his fusion with the Heavenly Dao.
• Ling Tian manifested the Heavenly Punishment Eye before Hongjun could act and ordered the Witch Clan and Demon Clan to stop fighting.
• Ling Tian declared that the witches would rule the earth and the demons the skies for a million years, threatening to destroy anyone who disobeyed.
• The Witch and Demon Races prepared to accept Ling Tian’s decree, but Hongjun manifested the Eye of Heavenly Dao and demanded to know what gave Ling Tian the right to command Hong Huang.

Hongjun challenged Ling Tian through the Eye of Heavenly Dao, but Ling Tian shattered it with the Heavenly Punishment Eye and Hongjun chose not to appear. The Witch and Demon Races accepted Ling Tian’s terms and ended their fighting for a million years, while Houtu wondered why Ling Tian’s voice sounded familiar.

• Hongjun manifested the Eye of Heavenly Dao and demanded to know why Ling Tian presumed to command the Primordial World.
• Ling Tian taunted Hongjun, then struck the Eye of Heavenly Dao with purple lightning and blasted it apart.
• Hongjun suppressed his rage and stayed hidden to protect his path to union with the Dao.
• Ling Tian told the Primordial World Beings that Hongjun would not dare strike again, further diminishing Hongjun’s standing.
• The Witch and Demon Races agreed to stop fighting for a million years, and the surviving Witch Clan withdrew from the Thirty-three Heavens.
• Houtu left with the Witch Clan and found Ling Tian’s voice strangely familiar.

After ending the Witch and Demon Great War and outmaneuvering Hongjun, Ling Tian gained a cultivation boost, denied Hongjun a chance to grow stronger, and earned the title Dao Venerable. During the ensuing peaceful years, Ling Tian worked to refine the Yin Yang World Suppressing Cauldron, and his refinement reached its final stage.

• The Witch Clan withdrew from the Thirty-three Heavens, ending the Witch and Demon Great War, while Ling Tian emerged as its ultimate victor after defeating Hongjun in their contest of wits.
• The Primordial World Beings began calling Ling Tian the Dao Venerable and regarded him as Hongjun’s equal.
• Ling Tian gained a Ten Thousand Year Hundredfold Cultivation Boost Card and prevented Hongjun from using the war’s outcome to increase his fusion with the Heavenly Dao.
• The Witch Clan and Demon Clan recuperated during a long period of peace, and Ling Tian patiently refined the Yin Yang World Suppressing Cauldron.
• Ling Tian poured his Primordial Golden Immortal-level Yin-Yang Law power into the cauldron as the ancient runes on its surface began lighting up.

Ling Tian discovered forty-nine strands of Yin-Yang Law Origin inside the Yin Yang World Suppressing Cauldron and began refining them to accelerate his cultivation. The cauldron’s aura drew Yang Tianzi and Yin Empress toward the Primordial World, where the rival leaders met on an abandoned star.

• Ling Tian refined the Yin Yang World Suppressing Cauldron and discovered its forty-nine strands of Yin-Yang Law Origin.
• Ling Tian used a Ten Thousand Year Hundredfold Cultivation Boost Card and began comprehending the Yin-Yang Law.
• The cauldron’s aura stirred the Yin Yang Great World, where Yang Tianzi and Yin Empress sensed its presence.
• Yang Tianzi and Yin Empress secretly left the Yin Yang Great World and headed toward the region of the Primordial World.
• Yang Tianzi and Yin Empress encountered each other on an abandoned star, and Yin Empress asked whether he thought she was beautiful.

Yin Empress struck Yang Tianzi after he threatened to make her serve him, while Ling Tian used his breakthrough in the Yin-Yang Law to promote the Yin Yang Dao Domain into an Immortal Domain. The chapter ended with Ling Tian dragging Kong Xuan and Great Peng into the Law Pool to be tempered.

• Yin Empress's allure briefly distracted Yang Tianzi and his followers, but Yang Tianzi broke the spell with his solar power.
• Yang Tianzi threatened Yin Empress after claiming he would obtain the Yin Yang World Suppressing Cauldron, and Yin Empress blasted him and his followers away with a lunar-powered slap.
• Ling Tian absorbed three Yin-Yang Law Origins, reached Primordial Golden Immortal-level comprehension of the Yin-Yang Law, and promoted the Yin Yang Dao Domain into the Yin Yang Immortal Domain.
• The Yin Yang Immortal Domain's inhabitants entered enlightenment, its Lord advanced to the early stage of the Primordial Golden Immortal realm, and the World Tree Avatar rose to the fifth level of the Heavenly Dao Saint realm.
• Ling Tian sent the World Tree Avatar into the Law Pool for tempering, then summoned Kong Xuan and Great Peng and dragged them into it as well.

While Ling Tian continued refining Yin-Yang Law Origins, a rumor that Hong Yun possessed a seventh Hongmeng Purple Qi spread through Hong Huang. The Demon Court devised a scheme to lure Hong Yun out of Wuzhuang Temple and seize it.

• Ling Tian returned to the Placenta World and began refining another Yin-Yang Law Origin.
• A rumor spread that Hongjun had bestowed a seventh Hongmeng Purple Qi on Hong Yun, whose refusal to leave Wuzhuang Temple made cultivators suspect it was true.
• Di Jun, Tai Yi, Fuxi, Bai Ze, and other Demon Clan Great Experts gathered to discuss obtaining the rumored treasure so Di Jun could become a Saint.
• Bai Ze argued that attacking Wuzhuang Temple directly would fail, but traps tailored to Hong Yun could draw him out.
• Di Jun put Bai Ze in charge, and Bai Ze soon spread another rumor about the Hongmeng Purple Qi.

Hong Yun left Wuzhuang Temple for a mysterious purple island in the North Sea after his Hongmeng Purple Qi stirred, believing the island might lead him toward sainthood. Zhenyuanzi drew the watchers away by impersonating Hong Yun, while the real Hong Yun headed north, unaware that Hongjun had secretly set the scheme in motion.

• A rumor spread that a purple immortal island in the North Sea held an opportunity to become a Saint and could be entered by someone with Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• Hong Yun decided to investigate after his Hongmeng Purple Qi stirred, despite Zhenyuanzi warning him that the rumor was a trap.
• Zhenyuanzi and Hong Yun planned to use a piece of Hong Yun's true body to let Zhenyuanzi impersonate him and distract the watchers.
• Zhenyuanzi left Wuzhuang Temple in Hong Yun's guise, drawing more than ten pursuers after him.
• The real Hong Yun slipped out disguised as a cloud, traveled hundreds of millions of miles, and then sped toward the North Sea.

Hong Yun followed the increasingly restless Hongmeng Purple Qi to the North Sea, where he discovered that the purple immortal island’s formation admitted him. The Demon Clan’s pursuers arrived too late and learned that Hong Yun had already entered the island.

• Hong Yun traveled toward the North Sea, convinced that the immortal island held the chance to become a Saint, while Tribulation Qi began to affect him.
• Hong Yun disguised himself as an ordinary Grand Unity Golden Immortal and watched the island’s protective formation for several days.
• Hong Yun used the Hongmeng Purple Qi to trigger the formation, which pulled him inside the immortal island.
• The cultivators realized the disguised Grand Unity Golden Immortal was Hong Yun and watched in shock as he disappeared into the island.
• Several Quasi-Saint Great Experts arrived, learned that Zhenyuanzi had been impersonating Hong Yun, and discovered that Hong Yun had already entered the island.

Hong Yun entered the purple immortal island and discovered that the Demon Clan had lured him into a trap, then self-destructed rather than be captured. His death triggered a Quasi-Saint’s fall across the Primordial World, leaving Zhenyuanzi and countless others in shock.

• The Quasi-Saints outside Wuzhuang Temple learned Hong Yun had entered the island, while Ji Meng concealed his amusement at the Demon Clan’s trap.
• Hong Yun found Dijun, Tai Yi, Fuxi, Baize, and other Demon Clan experts waiting for him and realized the promised Sainthood opportunity was a deception.
• Dijun celebrated how easily the Demon Clan had lured Hong Yun into its array, while Hong Yun concluded he could not escape.
• Hong Yun began to self-destruct, and Tai Yi’s Chaos Bell phantom failed to suppress him in time.
• Hong Yun’s self-destruction shattered the array, blasted the gathered experts, and sent a shockwave across the North Sea.
• Zhenyuanzi sensed an ominous premonition, and red rain signaled that a Quasi-Saint Great Expert had fallen.

After learning that Hong Yun had fallen, Zhenyuanzi blamed the Demon Court and pursued Di Jun, Tai Yi, and Fuxi. He followed them to the Thirty-three Heavens and blocked the Demon Court's gates with the Earth Realm.

• Zhenyuanzi sensed Hong Yun's death, regretted not stopping him from going to the North Sea, and rushed there to seek revenge.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi realized Hongmeng Purple Qi was missing, and Fuxi deduced that Hong Yun might have escaped with it as a Remnant Soul.
• Fuxi warned Di Jun and Tai Yi that Zhenyuanzi was approaching, and Zhenyuanzi arrived and attacked them with the Earth Book.
• Di Jun, Tai Yi, and Fuxi escaped the forming Earth Realm under the Chaos Bell and fled toward the Thirty-three Heavens.
• Zhenyuanzi chased the Demon Court's Great Experts to the Thirty-three Heavens and formed the Earth Realm outside the Demon Court's gates.

While Ling Tian advanced his Yin-Yang Law during seclusion, Hong Yun’s self-detonation left Zhenyuanzi besieging the Demon Court. After awakening, Ling Tian chose the system’s mission to save Hong Yun, gaining a Reincarnation Law Origin and the method for opening the Nine Netherworld as Hong Yun’s remnant soul entered the Immortal Court.

• Zhenyuanzi blocked the Demon Court’s gates for years, while Di Jun ordered the Demon Clan to remain inside.
• Ling Tian awoke after advancing his Yin-Yang Law, and the Yin Yang Immortal Domain surpassed the Five Elements Immortal Domain.
• The system offered Ling Tian a choice between saving Hong Yun and claiming the Hongmeng Purple Qi; Ling Tian chose to save Hong Yun.
• Ling Tian received a Reincarnation Law Origin and the method for opening the Nine Netherworld, then began studying the secret art.
• Hong Yun’s remnant soul drifted into the Immortal Court’s protective formation.

Ling Tian restored Hong Yun, whose remnant soul had survived his self-destruction, using Three Lights Divine Water and Law Power. Hong Yun awakened in an Innate Dao Body and thanked Daoist Zha Tian, leaving Kun Peng, Xi He, and Chang Xi astonished.

• Kun Peng sensed a Quasi-Saint entering the Immortal Court, but found Ling Tian holding a tiny red cloud instead.
• Kun Peng recognized the cloud as Hong Yun, and Ling Tian brought him and Kun Peng to Zha Tian Hall, where Xi He and Chang Xi joined them.
• Ling Tian explained that the Hongmeng Purple Qi had preserved a wisp of Hong Yun's remnant soul and said he could heal him in two ways.
• Ling Tian poured tens of thousands of drops of Three Lights Divine Water over Hong Yun, then used Law Power to restore him to an Innate Dao Body.
• Hong Yun regained awareness, thanked Daoist Zha Tian, and left Kun Peng, Xi He, and Chang Xi dumbfounded.

Ling Tian temporarily restored Hong Yun’s mind and offered him two ways to recover, including a dangerous path with better odds of attaining the Dao. Hong Yun chose the second method, and Ling Tian began passing mysterious runes into his brow.

• Ling Tian used the Law of Creation to temporarily restore Hong Yun’s awareness, and Hong Yun remembered the Demon Clan’s destruction of his path to the Dao.
• Hong Yun offered Ling Tian the Hongmeng Purple Qi and pleaded with him to stop Zhenyuanzi from seeking revenge against the Demon Court.
• Ling Tian told Hong Yun he could fully restore him and offered reincarnation or a dangerous new path that cultivated neither the Primordial Spirit nor the physical body.
• Hong Yun considered the choices and firmly chose the dangerous second method.
• Ling Tian touched Hong Yun’s brow and sent mysterious runes into it.

Ling Tian taught Hong Yun the Way of Incense and Fire, a cultivation method that gained power by guiding wandering souls to reincarnation. Its revelation earned the Immortal Court a vast reward of Great Dao Merit, drawing the attention of Hongjun, Di Jun, Zunti, and Jieyin.

• Hong Yun praised Ling Tian's unprecedented teaching and explained that the Way of Incense and Fire drew power from wandering souls guided to reincarnation.
• Thunder alerted Hongjun to a new variable, but he failed to divine its cause and returned to merging with the Heavenly Dao.
• Kun Peng, Xi He, and Changxi learned how Ling Tian's method worked, though Hong Yun could not use it until the Six Paths of Reincarnation were established.
• The Great Dao bestowed ten million mu of merit above the Immortal Court, prompting countless beings across the Primordial World to look toward it.
• Di Jun grew angry at the Immortal Court's apparent rise in power, while Zunti and Jieyin discussed settling their old grievance with Ling Tian and Kun Peng without displeasing their master.

Ling Tian absorbed the Immortal Court’s Great Dao Merit and sent Kun Peng to bring Zhenyuanzi back so he could help establish the Six Paths of Reincarnation. Kun Peng delivered Hong Yun’s aura to Zhenyuanzi, who heard Hong Yun call him “Old Yuan.”

• Ling Tian swallowed the Great Dao Merit, accelerating his cultivation of the Yin-Yang Law Origin, and teased Kun Peng about sending him into the Law Pool instead of giving him merit.
• Ling Tian said Zhenyuanzi’s help was needed to establish the Six Paths of Reincarnation and ordered Kun Peng to bring him to the Immortal Court.
• Kun Peng set off for the Demon Court, where Zhenyuanzi had been guarding its gates and killing Demon Clan members who tried to leave.
• Kun Peng sent a beam of light carrying Hong Yun’s aura into the Earth Realm, then departed without explanation.
• Zhenyuanzi recognized Hong Yun’s aura and heard Hong Yun call him “Old Yuan.”

After hearing that Hong Yun was alive at the Immortal Court, Zhenyuanzi abandoned his long siege of the Demon Court and hurried to reunite with him. At Zha Tian Manor, Ling Tian asked Zhenyuanzi to use the Earth Book to create the foundation for reincarnation, offering him a chance to become a Sage.

• Hong Yun sent Zhenyuanzi a message saying that Daoist Zha Tian had saved him and that he was waiting at the Immortal Court.
• Despite suspecting a trap, Zhenyuanzi transformed the Earth Realm into the Earth Book and left the Demon Court, confusing onlookers and alarming Dijun when he learned Zhenyuanzi was heading to the Immortal Court.
• Zhenyuanzi accepted the welcoming immortal light at Purple Mansion Continent and arrived at Zha Tian Manor, where he found Hong Yun alive but comically small.
• After learning about Hong Yun's situation, Zhenyuanzi thanked Ling Tian for saving him and promised to serve as his benefactor.
• Ling Tian asked Zhenyuanzi to use the Earth Book to open a place for the cycle of reincarnation, saying it would lay its foundation and give Zhenyuanzi a chance to become a Sage.

Ling Tian revealed that he planned to revive the Earthly Dao and invited Zhenyuanzi, Hong Yun, Kun Peng, Xi He, and Chang Xi to join him against the Heavenly Dao. They agreed and began studying how to create the Nine Netherworld, but its creation still required a World Origin, while Houtu felt a powerful tremor in the Witch Clan Ancestral Land.

• Zhenyuanzi asked Ling Tian why he was helping them, and Ling Tian explained that the Primordial World had an Earthly Dao and a Human Dao suppressed by the Heavenly Dao.
• Zhenyuanzi realized Ling Tian intended for him to revive the Earthly Dao, and Ling Tian confirmed that reviving it was their first step toward contending with the Heavenly Dao.
• Zhenyuanzi, Hong Yun, Kun Peng, Xi He, and Chang Xi each agreed to join Ling Tian.
• Ling Tian gave them jade slips containing methods for creating a world and told them to study the creation of the Nine Netherworld.
• Zhenyuanzi and the others discovered that the Nine Netherworld could grow without limit but lacked the required World Origin, as Houtu felt a powerful tremor in the Witch Clan Ancestral Land.

Houtu wandered through Hong Huang and witnessed the suffering of Remnant Souls, including those of her Witch Clan. Her compassion awakened the Reincarnation Law within her, and she came to on the Purple Mansion Continent, where Daoist Zha Tian was waiting for her.

• Houtu left seclusion after a stirring in her heart brought visions of suffering from the Witch and Demon Great War.
• Houtu wandered through Hong Huang and saw Remnant Souls enduring pain with nowhere to go.
• Houtu comforted a little girl from the Witch Clan, staying with her for three thousand years until her Remnant Soul vanished.
• Houtu's compassion awakened the Reincarnation Law, giving her a second innate law alongside the Earth Law.
• Houtu came to her senses on the Purple Mansion Continent and asked Daoist Zha Tian why he had been waiting for her.

Ling Tian revealed that Houtu was the Earthly Dao’s chosen spokesperson and the key to its revival. After awakening her dormant Reincarnation Law, he gave her jade slips on creating the Nine Netherworld and the Six Paths Reincarnation Art, then led the group to the Netherworld Blood Sea years later.

• Ling Tian brought Houtu to Sky-Splitting Manor and explained his plans for reviving the Earthly Dao.
• Ling Tian awakened Houtu’s dormant Reincarnation Law, astonishing Zhenyuanzi, Hong Yun, Kun Peng, Xi He, and Chang Xi.
• Houtu received the Eye of the Earthly Dao’s power and realized she had been chosen as its spokesperson.
• Ling Tian gave Houtu jade slips containing the Nine Netherworld’s creation method and the Six Paths Reincarnation Art.
• Houtu began studying the jade slips while Ling Tian told Zhenyuanzi, Hong Yun, Kun Peng, and the others to keep preparing.
• Many years later, Kun Peng asked Ling Tian why he had brought seven figures to a secluded place by the Netherworld Blood Sea.