Chapter Summaries

The Human Race’s surging destiny unsettled Hongjun and shocked Di Jun and Tai Yi, who ordered Bai Ze to lead a limited Demon Clan force against Mount Shouyang. The armies faced each other as the Human Race prepared to fight, while Bai Ze announced that the Demon Clan would battle honorably and spare civilians.

• Hongjun sensed the Human Race’s rising destiny but dismissed its chances and vowed to prevent the Human Dao from recovering.
• Di Jun ordered Bai Ze to march on Mount Shouyang and destroy the Human Race, and Bai Ze set out with Jiu Ying, Ji Meng, and a limited army.
• Observers noticed that Di Jun, Tai Yi, Fuxi, and most of the Ten Great Demon Gods were absent, deepening Hongjun’s unease.
• The Human Race grew furious at the small force sent against them, while the Human Race Three Ancestors suspected Ling Tian had arranged the matchup to temper their people.
• Bai Ze told the Human Race that his army would spare the elderly, women, and children and challenged the Human Race army to fight honorably.

The Human Race and Demon Clan began a brutal war, while their leaders held back under orders from Ling Tian and Di Jun. Over five thousand years, the Human Race warriors rapidly gained combat experience and pushed the Demon Clan back, as Xuan Du advanced amid the fighting.

• Bai Ze called the Demon Clan a righteous army, but the Human Race's battle cries interrupted him as the Human Race Three Ancestors led their warriors from Mount Shouyang.
• Bai Ze ordered the Demon Clan to attack, and the Human Race and Demon Clan armies collided in a bloody battle.
• Bai Ze refused Jiu Ying and Ji Meng's request to fight the Human Race Three Ancestors, explaining that neither side's commanders would act unless the other did.
• The battle continued for five thousand years as the Human Race warriors improved, reducing the Demon Clan's advantage and forcing its army to retreat.
• Xuan Du fought a Great Luo Demon Clan warrior and entered a profound state, rapidly advancing his Dao Heart, Immortal Power, and understanding of the Laws.

As Xuan Du approached a breakthrough to the Primordial Golden Immortal, Bai Ze received permission from Di Jun and Tai Yi to bring the Demon Gods into the battle. The Demon Clan then ambushed Xuan Du with Great Luo warriors, leaving the Human Race unable to reach him as he was swallowed by their attacks.

• Suiren Shi, Youchao Shi, and Ziyi Shi realized Xuan Du was nearing a breakthrough to the Primordial Golden Immortal.
• Bai Ze received a new order from Di Jun and Tai Yi allowing him, Jiu Ying, and Ji Meng to fight.
• Bai Ze, Jiu Ying, and Ji Meng attacked the Human Race Three Ancestors, and the Demon Clan regained ground in the battle.
• Bai Ze's Great Luo Demon Clan warriors surrounded Xuan Du and unleashed more than a dozen attacks on him.
• The Human Race Three Ancestors rushed to help Xuan Du, but the three Demon Gods pinned them down as Xuan Du was swallowed by the attacks.
• The Demon Clan warriors celebrated Xuan Du's apparent death, while the Human Race warriors erupted in fury.

After Xuan Du was killed, the Human Race erupted in fury and overwhelmed the Demon Clan, while the Human Race Three Ancestors drove Bai Ze, Ji Meng, and Jiu Ying onto the defensive. Di Jun and Tai Yi sensed the three Demon Gods were gravely wounded and rushed to intervene.

• The Human Race warriors attacked the Demon Clan with renewed strength after Xuan Du fell.
• The Human Race Three Ancestors unleashed their power and forced Bai Ze, Ji Meng, and Jiu Ying back.
• Watching Primordial Beings were stunned as the Human Race turned the battle and overwhelmed the Demon Clan.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi recognized that the Demon Clan's mission to temper the Human Race was complete, though it had cost many lives.
• Di Jun sensed Bai Ze, Ji Meng, and Jiu Ying had been badly wounded and called Tai Yi to go save them.

Di Jun and Tai Yi arrived as the Demon Clan neared defeat, but Di Jun refused to attack the Human Race and instead proposed ending the battle. After Suiren Shi insisted the Human Race would remember Xuan Du and their fallen people, Tai Yi claimed Xuan Du was not dead as powerful Law Power erupted from the battlefield.

• Di Jun and Tai Yi arrived on the battlefield, prompting the surviving Demon Clan to beg them to intervene against the Human Race.
• Di Jun struck Jiu Ying for urging him to act and proposed that both sides end the battle and withdraw.
• Suiren Shi agreed to let the Demon Clan withdraw but said the Human Race would never forget Xuan Du and its hundreds of millions of dead.
• Tai Yi asked who had said Xuan Du was dead, and powerful Law Power erupted from the battlefield.

Xuan Du returned after surviving the Demon Clan’s attacks and revealed that he had become the Human Race’s first Primordial Golden Immortal through the Dao of Alchemy. As the war ended and the Human Race’s standing rose, a Heroic Spirit Tablet appeared on Mount Shouyang and displayed the name Kong Wu.

• Xuan Du emerged from the Law Power of the Dao of Alchemy alive, and the Human Race celebrated his breakthrough to the Primordial Golden Immortal realm.
• Tai Yi announced that the Demon Clan would leave, and Di Jun and Tai Yi led their surviving forces away as the Human Race army dispersed.
• The Primordial World Beings came to regard the Human Race as a powerful force, while its warriors and Three Ancestors gained strength and resolve from the war.
• Ling Tian sensed the Human Dao beginning to revive and decided to add another spark.
• A giant Heroic Spirit Tablet rose from Mount Shouyang, and a child recognized the name Kong Wu carved on it as their father’s.

The Heroic Spirit Tablet recorded fallen Human Race heroes, strengthening the Human Race’s fortune until its Auspicious Golden Dragon became five-clawed. Ling Tian considered his preparations for the War Between Humans and Demons complete, while Hongjun blamed him for derailing the intended outcome and vowed that the Witch and Demon Tribulation would still doom him.

• The Heroic Spirit Tablet displayed Kong Wu’s life and achievements, then inscribed the names and records of other fallen Human Race heroes, moving their relatives to tears.
• The Human Race’s Auspicious Golden Dragon grew horns and a fifth claw as its territory’s fortune rose and its people entered states of enlightenment.
• Ling Tian explained that he had fashioned the Heroic Spirit Tablet from an imitation of the World-Suppressing Stele and saw it as helping consolidate the Human Race’s fortune and advance his goal of reviving the Human Dao.
• Hongjun found that the War Between Humans and Demons had strengthened the Human Race instead of weakening it, while the Witch-Slaying Sword had gained too few Human Race Remnant Souls to affect the coming war.
• Hongjun failed to divine who had interfered, accused Ling Tian, and vowed that the Witch and Demon Tribulation would still bring about his downfall.

After a million years of peace, Ling Tian's order preventing conflict between the Witch and Demon Races expired, and Hongjun sent Zunti and Jieyin to reignite their feud. Zunti and Jieyin began plotting how to provoke a war, while Ling Tian remained in seclusion and unaware of their mission.

• Ling Tian reasoned that Hongjun would try to accelerate the Witch and Demon Tribulation, then entered seclusion to build his strength before it began.
• A million years passed in peace as the factions of Hong Huang kept a low profile.
• Hongjun ordered Zunti and Jieyin to stir up conflict between the Witch and Demon Races now that the million-year restriction had expired.
• Zunti asked Hongjun to involve Laozi and Yuanshi, but Hongjun pinned the brothers down with the Great Power of Heaven and Earth and threatened them.
• Zunti and Jieyin pleaded for mercy, agreed to carry out Hongjun's command, and began discussing how to provoke the Witch and Demon Races into war.

Zhunti and Jieyin set out to provoke the Witch and Demon Great War on Hongjun’s orders, but Di Jun resisted Zhunti until Ling Tian instructed him to accept after putting on an act. Ling Tian revealed that the Witch Clan was also under his control and ordered Di Jun to stage a grand show rather than let the war destroy either clan.

• Zhunti and Jieyin left Mount Sumeru, with Zhunti heading to the Demon Court and Jieyin going to the Witch Clan.
• Zhunti urged Di Jun and Tai Yi to attack the Witch Clan, promising that victory could bring Di Jun a chance to become a Saint.
• Di Jun began to refuse Zhunti, but Ling Tian warned him that the war would destroy both clans and told him to eventually agree.
• Ling Tian told Di Jun to stage a grand show so the Witch and Demon Clans would fight without battling to the death.
• Ling Tian revealed to Di Jun that he had also gained control of the Witch Clan.

Di Jun rejected Zunti’s attempt to provoke the Demon Clan into fighting the Witch Clan, and Jieyin’s parallel effort at the Witch Clan’s ancestral land also failed. Zunti and Jieyin turned to a second scheme targeting the Ten Golden Crow Crown Princes, who remained unaware of the danger approaching Tang Valley.

• Di Jun refused to attack the Witch Clan and dismissed Zunti, rejecting his claims about Hongjun’s orders and a chance to become a Saint.
• Zunti left the Demon Court and found Jieyin thrown out of the Witch Clan’s ancestral land.
• Zunti and Jieyin realized their attempts to stir conflict between the Witch and Demon Clans had failed.
• Zunti and Jieyin agreed to lure the Ten Golden Crow Crown Princes from Tang Valley and draw out a Great Shaman to spark a fight.
• Zunti and Jieyin headed toward the Taiyang Star while the Ten Golden Crow Crown Princes played in Tang Valley, unaware of the danger.

Zunti and Jieyin infiltrated Taiyang Star to lure the Ten Golden Crows out of Tang Valley and provoke a war between the Witch and Demon Races. The Golden Crows resisted their bewitchment and threatened to self-detonate rather than leave, leaving the two Saints' plan stalled.

• Zunti and Jieyin entered Taiyang Star, froze the Demon Clan guards, and used a spell to confuse the Ten Golden Crows.
• Jieyin claimed that Di Jun had sent him to take the Golden Crows on a tour of Hong Huang.
• Chen Yao and the other Golden Crows rejected Jieyin, saying their father had warned them that the outside world was dangerous.
• Zunti urged Jieyin to use force, but the Golden Crows vowed to die rather than leave Tang Valley.
• Zunti and Jieyin realized that forcing the Golden Crows could make them self-detonate and ruin their plan.

Zunti and Jieyin failed to provoke a war between the Witch and Demon Races, so Hongjun gave them new schemes involving Pangu’s legacy and Hongmeng Purple Qi. They set out to try again, unaware that both races were waiting for them.

• Zunti and Jieyin failed to abduct great witches or provoke a conflict, then returned to Hongjun empty-handed.
• Hongjun berated Zunti and Jieyin before concluding that the Witch and Demon Races needed greater incentives to fight.
• Hongjun told Zunti and Jieyin to tempt the Witch Clan with claims about Pangu’s legacy and offer Di Jun Hongmeng Purple Qi in exchange for following the Heavenly Dao into war.
• Hongjun sent Zunti and Jieyin away and vowed that Ling Tian could not defeat him.
• Zunti and Jieyin split up to approach the Witch and Demon Races, unaware that both races were waiting for them.

Di Jiang followed Ling Tian’s plan as Jieyin persuaded the Witch Clan to expand in exchange for Pangu’s Legacy, while Zunti won Di Jun’s cooperation with Hongmeng Purple Qi. The Witch Clan’s rapid conquests confirmed Jieyin’s claim, then abruptly stopped as Tribulation Qi surged and Hong Huang braced for another war.

• Di Jiang let Jieyin enter the Witch Clan and staged the response Ling Tian had predicted.
• Jieyin told Di Jiang and the Ancestral Witches that expanding their territory would grant them Pangu’s Legacy, and Di Jiang pretended to accept.
• Zunti gave Di Jun a wisp of Hongmeng Purple Qi, and Di Jun agreed to cooperate with Hongjun’s plan.
• The Witch Clan began conquering new territory and discovered that its blood-and-qi power grew with each expansion.
• Rumors spread as Demon Clan Great Experts stayed out of sight, and the million-year ban ended with tensions rising between the two races.
• The Witch Clan suddenly halted its conquests as Tribulation Qi surged across Hong Huang.

The Witch Clan prepared to seize Taiyin Star and Taiyang Star, but the Demon Court emerged from the Thirty-three Heavens and declared war. Di Jiang and Di Jun secretly coordinated before both armies charged into a brutal battle, while the two leaders remained poised to fight.

• Zhu Rong urged Di Jiang to capture Taiyin Star and Taiyang Star so the Witch Clan could strengthen its cultivation, and Di Jiang looked toward the Thirty-three Heavens before answering.
• The Demon Clan army appeared amid the stars, and Di Jun declared that the Demon Court was at war with the Witch Clan.
• Zhu Rong insulted Di Jun, and the Witch and Demon warriors traded insults while Di Jun and Di Jiang secretly signaled to each other.
• Di Jiang ordered the Witch Clan to attack, and the Demon Clan beat its war drums before charging to meet them.
• The Witch and Demon armies collided in a bloody battle as Tribulation Qi intensified their killing intent, and their leaders moved at the same time.

The Demon Clan deployed the strengthened Myriad Stars Great Array, while the Witch Clan used Kuafu to complete the Twelve Du Tian Shen Sha Great Array without Houtu. Their attacks collided and shattered vast stretches of the Primordial World's void, fully unleashing the Witch and Demon Tribulation; Hongjun believed the final war would advance his plans, unaware that Ling Tian had planned for it.

• The Demon Clan linked countless Myriad Stars Banners to the stars and formed the Myriad Stars Great Array, alarming the Saints with its power.
• Di Jiang led the Eleven Ancestral Shamans and Great Witch Kuafu in forming the Twelve Du Tian Shen Sha Great Array, summoning the Pangu Phantom.
• Di Jun sent a concentrated beam of starlight at the Pangu Phantom, which struck back with the Pangu Axe and shattered hundreds of millions of miles of void.
• The Witch and Demon Races exchanged repeated attacks, collapsing more of the battlefield as Tribulation Qi gathered and the Witch and Demon Tribulation broke out in full.
• Hongjun watched the battle, expecting the Witch and Demon Races' final war to fulfill his plans and help him reach the peak of the Heavenly Dao Saint realm, unaware that Ling Tian had planned for it.

After more than ten thousand years of devastating war, Di Jun and Di Jiang abruptly ordered the Witch and Demon Races to stop fighting and proposed peace. Both leaders suppressed objections from their own factions, leaving the Primordial World Beings wondering whether the war had truly ended.

• Ling Tian's secret plan had kept the Witch and Demon Races' core forces nearly untouched despite more than ten thousand years of fierce battle.
• When the Tribulation Qi was nearly exhausted, Di Jun and Di Jiang ordered both armies to stop, abruptly ending the fighting.
• Di Jun proposed peace, and Tai Yi used the bell to silence Bai Ze, Jiu Ying, and the other Demon Gods who protested.
• Di Jiang agreed to end hostilities, then sealed Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, Xuan Ming, and the other Ancestral Witches when they objected.
• The Witch-Demon Battlefield fell silent as both races' leaders held their ground, and the Primordial World Beings wondered if the war was over.

Hongjun appeared through the Eye of Heavenly Dao and tried to force the Witches and Demons to resume their war after they had agreed to stop fighting. He attacked Zhu Rong and ordered Di Jun and Di Jiang to restart the battle, as four powerful figures arrived on the battlefield.

• The Eye of Heavenly Dao appeared over the battlefield, and Di Jun, Tai Yi, and Di Jiang recognized its fury as a sign that Hongjun opposed their peace.
• Hongjun recalled that he had engineered the final battle to complete the Witch and Demon Tribulation and angrily intervened when the two armies stopped fighting.
• Hongjun accused the Witches and Demons of ravaging Hong Huang and ordered them to stay, while Zhu Rong challenged him.
• Hongjun struck Zhu Rong into Buzhou Mountain, and Zhuo Jiuyin failed to restore him with the Law of Time.
• Hongjun dismissed Gong Gong's warning about Pangu and ordered Di Jun and Di Jiang to resume the war as four figures bearing Heavenly Dao might appeared.

Hongjun summoned Laozi, Yuanshi, Zunti, and Jieyin to force the Witch and Demon Races back into war, but Di Jun and Di Jiang united their armies against him. As Yuanshi’s attack descended, the two leaders challenged Hongjun to learn who stood behind them.

• Hongjun summoned Laozi, Yuanshi, Zunti, and Jieyin to suppress the Witch and Demon Races and prevent their truce.
• Di Jun and Di Jiang told their warriors that Hongjun planned to sacrifice their races, and both armies vowed to resist him.
• Hongjun ordered the Four Great Saints to attack, and Yuanshi sent two enormous hands crashing toward the armies.
• Di Jun and Di Jiang led their warriors in a counterattack, but their forces could not stop Yuanshi’s strike before the two leaders called on Hongjun to face the person behind them.

Di Jun and Di Jiang named Daoist Zha Tian as the power behind the Witch and Demon Races, and Ling Tian appeared to confront the Saints. Ling Tian killed Zunti with his yin-yang fish, but Jieyin, Laozi, and Yuanshi launched a joint attack after Hongjun revealed Ling Tian’s location.

• Di Jun and Di Jiang told Hongjun that Daoist Zha Tian stood behind the Witch and Demon Races.
• Zunti threatened to destroy Daoist Zha Tian and the Immortal Court, but Ling Tian appeared and challenged him.
• Ling Tian’s yin-yang fish entered Zunti’s crown and killed him before Jieyin could warn him.
• Jieyin roared for Ling Tian to show himself, and Hongjun revealed Ling Tian’s location through the Eye of Heavenly Dao.
• Jieyin, Laozi, and Yuanshi attacked Ling Tian together with the Blessing Divine Pestle, the Taiji Diagram, and the Pangu Banner.

Ling Tian used the Yin Yang Grinding Disc to defeat Laozi, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zunti, leaving Hongjun unable to stop him without risking a heavy cost. Hongjun declared the Witch and Demon Tribulation over, triggering a sudden change across the Primordial World.

• Ling Tian used the Yin Yang Grinding Disc to break the three Saints’ attacks and shatter the White Jade Golden Bridge.
• Ling Tian killed Zunti again and then destroyed Jieyin, Laozi, and Yuanshi.
• The Primordial World mourned the four Saints’ deaths as its inhabitants turned their attention to the Eye of Heavenly Dao.
• Hongjun decided against confronting Ling Tian directly and declared the Witch and Demon Tribulation over.
• The Primordial World changed as soon as Hongjun’s declaration rang out.