Chapter Summaries

The Witch-Demon Tribulation ended, freeing the Primordial World from its Tribulation Qi and granting Hongjun a surge in cultivation, though he blamed Ling Tian and Daoist Zha Tian for keeping him from reaching the consummate Heavenly Dao Saint realm. As Hongjun appeared to kill them, Ling Tian chose to face him head-on, and Daoist Zha Tian’s aura began to rise.

• Hongjun declared the Witch-Demon Tribulation over, and Tribulation Qi dissipated as the Witch and Demon Races felt freed from the tribulation.
• Heavenly phenomena and golden streams of merit celebrated the tribulation’s end, and Hongjun absorbed its rewards, advancing to the ninth heaven of the Heavenly Dao Saint realm.
• Hongjun blamed Ling Tian and Daoist Zha Tian for preventing his breakthrough, then appeared in the Primordial World with murderous intent and demanded to know Daoist Zha Tian’s crime.
• Zunti nearly appealed to Hongjun for help but fell silent when he sensed Hongjun’s killing intent.
• Ling Tian finished absorbing the Great Dao Merit and Yin-Yang Law Origin, reached the seventh level of the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, and chose to confront Hongjun with the Phoenix Clan.
• Daoist Zha Tian’s aura surged to the seventh heaven of the Primordial Golden Immortal realm, startling Hongjun.

Ling Tian revealed that he had broken through to the seventh tier of the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal level, matching Hongjun's stage and shocking Hong Huang. After Hongjun's probing attack failed and the Yin Yang Grinding Disc nullified his Jade Plate of Creation strike, Ling Tian prepared to counterattack.

• Hongjun and the Primordial World Beings were stunned when Ling Tian's cultivation rose to the seventh tier of the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal level.
• Di Jun, Tai Yi, and Di Jiang rejoiced at Ling Tian's breakthrough because the Witch and Demon Races were allied with him.
• Ling Tian taunted Hongjun, who attacked him with Heaven and Earth Great Power, but Ling Tian dispelled it with a glance.
• Hongjun summoned the Fragment of the Jade Plate of Creation and launched a gray beam at Ling Tian.
• The Yin Yang Grinding Disc absorbed and nullified Hongjun's attack, and Ling Tian announced that it was his turn to strike.

Ling Tian countered Hongjun’s attack with a trap, first drawing him into an enormous Yin Yang Grinding Disc and then sealing him inside the Chaos Seven Stars Array with the seven Gourd Babies. Hongjun was left isolated within the reinforced array as the Primordial World Beings wondered whether he could escape.

• Ling Tian’s yin-yang dragons burst against Hongjun’s protective barrier, but their scattered power formed a much larger Yin Yang Grinding Disc that trapped him.
• Ling Tian summoned the seven Gourd Babies, whose cultivation ranged from the middle stage of the Primordial Golden Immortal realm to the Perfected Primordial Golden Immortal realm.
• The seven Gourd Babies formed the Chaos Seven Stars Array around Hongjun, then compressed and reinforced it until observers could no longer sense what was happening inside.
• Ling Tian entered the array carrying a deep-purple vine while the Primordial World Beings speculated that Hongjun might fall and Laozi, Yuanshi, Zunti, and Jieyin worried about their fate and their great disparity with Ling Tian.

Hongjun struggled out of Ling Tian’s Yin Yang Grinding Disc only to find himself trapped in a world that suppressed his cultivation. After Hongjun pleaded for his life and threatened that the Heavenly Dao would protect him, Ling Tian revealed that he was Daoist Zha Tian, leaving Hongjun stunned.

• Hongjun relied on a fragment of the Jade Plate of Creation to withstand the Yin Yang Grinding Disc and slowly escape it.
• Hongjun emerged into a seven-colored world that suppressed his cultivation and weakened his control over Heaven and Earth Great Power.
• Hongjun abandoned his plans to kill Daoist Zha Tian, apologized, offered treasures and his disciple, and invoked the Heavenly Dao’s protection.
• Ling Tian mocked Hongjun’s sudden submission, and Hongjun’s attempt to divine the truth produced a blank result.
• Ling Tian dispelled the Hun Tian Secret Method and revealed himself as Ling Tian, shocking Hongjun, who realized Daoist Zha Tian had been his enemy all along.

Ling Tian killed Hongjun inside the Chaos Seven Stars Array, where the Heavenly Dao could not resurrect him. As the Primordial World mourned Hongjun’s fall, Laozi, Yuanshi, Zunti, and Jieyin waited in vain for their master to return.

• Hongjun threatened to return through the Heavenly Dao, but Ling Tian revealed that the Chaos Seven Stars Array would prevent his resurrection.
• Ling Tian’s Yin Yang Grinding Disc overwhelmed Hongjun’s defenses and erased his body and Primordial Spirit; the Fragment of the Jade Plate of Creation remained.
• Ling Tian confirmed Hongjun had truly fallen and turned his attention to the Heavenly Dao’s impending response.
• The Primordial World filled with thunder, blood rain, and sorrow as its beings realized Hongjun might have been killed.
• Zunti, Yuanshi, and Jieyin panicked at Hongjun’s apparent death, while Laozi urged them to wait for his resurrection.
• Hongjun did not return, leaving his disciples staring at the sky in disappointment.

Ling Tian's Chaos Seven Stars Array trapped Hongjun's True Spirit and prevented the Heavenly Dao from resurrecting him. When the true Eye of Heavenly Dao attacked the array, Ling Tian began his next move and summoned Houtu to awaken the Earthly Dao.

• The Primordial Beings waited for Hongjun to return, but the Chaos Seven Stars Array kept his True Spirit from reaching the Heavenly Dao, preventing his resurrection.
• Laozi realized Hongjun could not return, while the Witch and Demon Races celebrated his defeat.
• The true Eye of Heavenly Dao appeared and struck the Chaos Seven Stars Array, making it shudder.
• Ling Tian revealed that Hongjun had been a pawn to draw out the Heavenly Dao and started the second step of his plan.
• Houtu answered Ling Tian's summons and ordered the beings of the Nine Netherworld to help awaken the Earthly Dao.

Houtu broke the restraints on the Earthly Dao imprint within her, revived the Earthly Dao, and reached the consummate level of an Earthly Dao Saint. She joined Ling Tian in challenging the Heavenly Dao, and the Heavenly Dao answered with its full power.

• After billions of acres' worth of Great Dao Merit entered Houtu, the Earthly Dao imprint within her broke free, raising her strength to the consummate level of an Earthly Dao Saint.
• Houtu told Ling Tian that the Six Paths of Reincarnation had been established and the Earthly Dao revived, and Ling Tian explained to the Primordial World Beings that Houtu was the Earthly Dao's spokesperson.
• Ling Tian asked Houtu to join him in challenging the Heavenly Dao, and Houtu agreed.
• Houtu manifested the Six Paths of Reincarnation and fused them with the [Chaos Seven Stars Array], repairing it and giving it the aura of the Earthly Dao.
• The [Chaos Seven Stars Array] struck at the Eye of Heavenly Dao, whose gray light was divided and weakened by the Six Paths of Reincarnation before it could damage the array.
• The Eye of Heavenly Dao summoned boundless Heaven and Earth Great Power in anger.

Houtu established the Six Paths of Reincarnation in the Nine Netherworld and sent billions of Remnant Souls into the cycle, fulfilling her Great Dao oath. The Great Dao approved her vow and bestowed immense merit, breaking a shackle within her as the Six Paths neared completion.

• Hong Yun raised the Reincarnation Hall into the embryonic Six Paths of Reincarnation, and the Remnant Souls of the Nine Netherworld rushed into it.
• Houtu vowed to use the Nine Netherworld to create the Six Paths and give every soul a place to go, and the Great Dao approved her oath.
• The Eye of the Great Dao appeared and acknowledged Houtu's vow, while the Eye of Heavenly Dao halted its attack on Daoist Zha Tian.
• As the Remnant Souls passed through the cycle, the Six Paths became nearly complete and Houtu's aura grew stronger.
• Houtu declared that she had sent billions of Remnant Souls into reincarnation, prompting the Great Dao to send a vast cloud of merit into her and shatter a shackle within her body.

The Heavenly Dao and the Earthly Dao fused with the [Chaos Seven Stars Array] fought to a standstill, while the Primordial World Beings began to believe the Earthly Dao might prevail. Just as Ling Tian thought his plan was nearly complete, the Heavenly Dao summoned a hint of the Power of Great Dao for a strike he knew he could not withstand.

• The Primordial World trembled as Mysterious Yellow Power joined the [Chaos Seven Stars Array], and its eight-colored glaze clashed with the Heavenly Dao’s gray beam.
• The Witch and Demon Races fled the battlefield while Laozi, Yuanshi, Zunti, and Jieyin watched from its edge.
• The Earthly Dao and the [Chaos Seven Stars Array] matched the Heavenly Dao, and the Primordial World Beings began praising Houtu and Ling Tian as the balance of power shifted.
• Ling Tian reflected on his plan to keep Hongjun trapped, strengthen the Earthly Dao and Human Dao, and eventually bring the Heavenly Dao under his control.
• The Heavenly Dao abruptly stopped fighting and summoned an aura resembling the Power of Great Dao, forming a gray beam with that power at its tip.
• Ling Tian sensed that he could not withstand the Heavenly Dao’s new strike.

The Heavenly Dao used the power of the gods and demons to overwhelm Ling Tian and Houtu, but they survived its attack. After Hongjun revealed the source of the power, Ling Tian learned that it could trigger the opening of the dangerous Land of God-Demons and prepared to fight back.

• The Heavenly Dao struck with a force mistaken for the Power of Great Dao, badly damaging the combined Earthly Dao and Chaos Seven Stars Array.
• Ling Tian recognized that the force was not the Power of Great Dao, but the Heavenly Dao shattered the Chaos Seven Stars Array and Hongjun reappeared.
• Ling Tian and Houtu emerged alive, having used the Six Paths of Reincarnation to lessen the attack's impact.
• Hongjun revealed that the Heavenly Dao had used the power of the gods and demons, and Ling Tian realized it came from the Land of God-Demons.
• Ling Tian's system offered him a choice after warning that the power could open the Land of God-Demons, and he resolved to defy the Heavenly Dao.

Ling Tian chose his next move, mocked Hongjun, and prepared to face the Heavenly Dao while Houtu withdrew to the Witch Clan. Hongjun accidentally revealed that Daoist Zha Tian was Ling Tian's alternate identity, leaving the Primordial World in shock as its factions reconsidered their ties to him.

• Ling Tian taunted Hongjun and told Houtu to leave what came next to him, so she reluctantly returned to the Witch Clan.
• Hongjun threatened Ling Tian, but before Ling Tian could respond, Hongjun's words made the Primordial World realize that Daoist Zha Tian and Ling Tian were the same person.
• The Witch and Demon leaders, including Di Jun, Tai Yi, and Di Jiang, rejoiced at the revelation, while Fuxi felt awkward about his past choices concerning Nuwa.
• Laozi and Yuanshi felt relieved that Daoist Zha Tian was Ling Tian, while Zunti and Jieyin feared the consequences of having offended him.
• Xi He and Chang Xi were shocked and pleased, Houtu's worry eased, and Zhenyuanzi, Hong Yun, Ming River, and others recognized Ling Tian's identity as the source of his great achievements.

Ling Tian confronted the Heavenly Dao after it vowed to destroy him and the forces behind him. He summoned the Heavenly Punishment Eye and brought his two avatars to his side, where all three merged as the battle began.

• Kun Peng declared that the Witch and Demon Races had become subordinate forces of the Immortal Court, drawing resentful looks from Xi He and Chang Xi.
• Hongjun spread his Saintly pressure and threatened Ling Tian, the Earthly Dao, the Immortal Court, and the Phoenix Clan with destruction.
• Ling Tian warned the Heavenly Dao that invoking the power of gods and demons could open the Land of God-Demons, then resolved to fight it.
• Ling Tian summoned the Heavenly Punishment Eye and called for his two fellow Daoists from the Southern Ming Undying Volcano.
• The Chaos Bead avatar and World Tree avatar arrived, and the three of Ling Tian merged into one before the stunned Primordial World Beings.

Ling Tian merged his three avatars and drew on the full power of Heavenly Punishment to destroy the Heavenly Dao’s arrow. He then transformed into a lightning-formed character for “punishment” and sent it toward the Eye of Heavenly Dao, leaving the Primordial World Beings stunned as he truly challenged the Heavenly Dao.

• Ling Tian merged his three avatars, gained the Earthly Dao’s power, and entered the Heavenly Punishment Eye to draw on its lightning.
• The Eye of Heavenly Dao formed an arrow from the power of the Heavenly Dao and the gods and demons, while the Primordial World Beings expected Ling Tian to die.
• Ling Tian declared that the Heavenly Dao must be slain and broke free of the arrow’s binding force.
• Ling Tian used the power of Heavenly Punishment to dissolve the arrow, and the lightning around him intensified instead of fading.
• Ling Tian transformed into the character for “punishment” and sent it toward the Eye of Heavenly Dao.

Ling Tian’s ultimate strike clashed with the Heavenly Dao’s arrow, and the Heavenly Dao fled rather than risk destruction. The arrow then lost its support and began to fall into defeat.

• Ling Tian’s karmic character “Punishment” descended toward the Eye of Heavenly Dao, prompting Hongjun to recognize the Dao of Karma.
• The Eye of Heavenly Dao summoned demonic power and deathly energy from the Land of God-Demons to form a gray arrow against Ling Tian’s strike.
• The arrow and “Punishment” clashed evenly at first, leaving the Primordial World Beings momentarily blank and Hongjun horrified.
• As the Heavenly Dao’s demonic power and deathly energy dwindled, Hongjun attacked Ling Tian but was repelled by the shockwaves and gravely injured.
• Ling Tian staked his awakened Earthly Dao power and burned his three avatars to sustain his strike, while the Heavenly Dao’s advantage steadily diminished.
• The Heavenly Dao abandoned most of its manifested consciousness and fled, leaving the unsupported arrow to fall into defeat.

Ling Tian defeated the Heavenly Dao, causing the Heavenly Dao Saints to lose power and the Primordial Beings to celebrate his victory. But Ling Tian sensed a deadly presence from the Land of God-Demons, and a mysterious creature emerged, claiming Pangu had imprisoned its kind and thanking Ling Tian for helping them escape.

• The Heavenly Dao vanished after Ling Tian defeated it, and Hongjun and the other Heavenly Dao Saints saw their cultivation fall.
• The Phoenix Clan celebrated Ling Tian’s victory, while Yuanfeng rejoiced and Qing Luan sensed the battle might not be over.
• Houtu and the other Great Experts in the Nine Netherworld celebrated, and Houtu hoped the victory would prevent future calamities.
• Ling Tian appeared with a grave expression and called out to a being from the Land of God-Demons hiding in the void.
• A hazy figure emerged, thanked Ling Tian for forcing the Heavenly Dao to use the power of gods and demons, and claimed its kind would take over the world Pangu had protected.

Ling Tian confronted the Evil Demon God, a remnant soul from the Land of God-Demons, but pretended to yield to protect Hong Huang while the Primordial Beings mistook his move for betrayal. The chapter ended with the Evil Demon God demanding a wisp of Ling Tian’s True Spirit or permission to mark him.

• Ling Tian learned the Evil Demon God was a mid-rank demon god remnant soul and rejected his offer to become a subordinate.
• The Evil Demon God escaped Ling Tian’s Heavenly Punishment Power by briefly holding it back with his Law Power.
• The Evil Demon God revealed that Ling Tian had burned his Origin to defeat the Heavenly Dao, alarming the Primordial Beings.
• Ling Tian feigned hesitation and told the Evil Demon God he could pass as long as he stayed out of the southern continent.
• The Primordial Beings cursed Ling Tian for supposedly selling out Hong Huang, while Yuanfeng and the Phoenix Clan continued to trust him.
• The Evil Demon God accepted Ling Tian’s apparent surrender but demanded a wisp of his True Spirit or permission to place a mark on him.

Ling Tian tricked Evil Demon God into marking him, used the karmic link to strike the invader with Heavenly Punishment Power, and killed him, winning Hong Huang’s gratitude. With less than half his origin remaining, Ling Tian sensed stronger Demon Gods gathering and saw a portal open for a more powerful being to descend.

• Ling Tian pretended to accept Evil Demon God's mark, then shattered the talisman and used its karmic connection to target him with Heavenly Punishment Power.
• Yuanfeng celebrated Ling Tian's loyalty, while Qing Luan, the Phoenix Clan, and the Primordial World Beings realized he had never intended to betray Hong Huang.
• Evil Demon God tried to resist the Heavenly Punishment Power, but it broke through his defenses and destroyed him, turning his remains into spiritual energy for the Primordial World.
• The Primordial World Beings praised Ling Tian for saving Hong Huang, while Hongjun and the other Heavenly Dao Saints watched with complicated expressions.
• Ling Tian sensed that his origin had fallen below half and that stronger Demon God Remnant Souls were gathering throughout Hong Huang.
• A shadowy portal appeared in the void, carrying an aura far stronger than Evil Demon God's as a powerful being from the Land of God-Demons prepared to descend.

As the Land of God-Demons began descending, Ling Tian sought a way to seal it without endangering the Primordial World. The Phoenix Clan and countless Primordial Beings offered him their power, giving him a plan to recreate Pangu’s seal.

• Ling Tian realized the Land of God-Demons was descending and resolved to find the method Pangu had used to seal it.
• Yuanfeng, Qing Luan, Golden Phoenix King, and the Phoenix Clan vowed to protect Ling Tian, even at the cost of their lives.
• The Phoenix Clan’s united show of support gave Ling Tian the idea to use the Primordial Beings’ power, which shared its origin with Pangu’s, to seal the Land of God-Demons.
• Ling Tian asked the Primordial Beings to lend him their strength, and countless beings agreed.
• The Human Race Three Ancestors, Di Jun and Tai Yi, the Ancestral Witches, Houtu, and Tongtian each pledged their factions’ power to Ling Tian.

Ling Tian fused the strength of nearly all Hong Huang’s beings and wounded the Slaughter Demon God’s remnant soul, saving Hong Huang from an immediate attack. When powerful High-ranking Demon Gods gathered in the passage to answer the Slaughter Demon God’s call, Ling Tian used his Primordial Limitless Golden Immortal Experience Card.

• Laozi set aside his grudge and offered Ling Tian his strength, followed by Yuanshi, Zunti, Jieyin, and nearly every other Primordial Being; Hongjun refused.
• As Ling Tian fused their power, the Slaughter Demon God’s phantom took shape at the passage and spread black mist that stirred killing intent among Hong Huang’s beings.
• Ling Tian identified the Slaughter Demon God and struck him with a streak of clear light formed from the fused power, making the phantom grow insubstantial.
• The Slaughter Demon God called for help, and Ling Tian sensed High-ranking Demon Gods gathering in the passage.
• Ling Tian used the Primordial Limitless Golden Immortal Experience Card to prepare for the arriving Demon Gods.

Ling Tian used the Primordial Limitless Golden Immortal Experience Card to destroy the Demon God apparitions and break the passage to the Land of God-Demons. He sealed the Land of God-Demons with the power of all living beings, then vanished after exhausting his strength.

• Ling Tian reached the Primordial Limitless Golden Immortal realm and destroyed the Slaughter Demon God's apparition with a punch.
• Ling Tian shattered the other Demon God apparitions and used the Yin Yang Grinding Disc to crack the passage to the Land of God-Demons.
• A higher-level Demon God restored the passage, but Ling Tian burned through his Immortal Power and shattered it.
• Ling Tian drained the Primordial World Beings' power and used the force of all living beings to seal the barrier to the Land of God-Demons.
• The Primordial World Beings rejoiced as the barrier faded from view, while Ling Tian turned illusory and vanished after collapsing.