Chapter Summaries

Cangjie created the Three Thousand Divine Script and established the Literary Dao, rising to Quasi-Saint Peak and becoming the Human Race’s Literary Ancestor. Nuwa claimed the Kongtong Seal, advanced to Mid Heavenly Dao Saint, and freed the Dragon Clan and Phoenix Race from their burdens before Dong Wanggong challenged Old Ancestor Yangmei and the Chaos Demon Ape to battle outside the Chaos.

• Cangjie completed the Three Thousand Divine Script and established the Literary Dao, earning Heavenly Dao Merit that raised his cultivation to Quasi-Saint Peak.
• Nuwa bestowed the Primordial Chaos Sacred Sword on Cangjie and named him the Literary Ancestor alongside Suiren Shi, Youchao Shi, and Ziyi Shi.
• The Kongtong Seal appeared, but Old Master Taiqing and Nuwa disputed who should wield it; Nuwa claimed it as leader of the Human Race and advanced to Mid Heavenly Dao Saint.
• Nuwa used the Kongtong Seal to release the Dragon Clan and the Phoenix Race from Heavenly Dao Shackles and their karmic burdens, allowing their cultivation to rise.
• Dong Wanggong challenged Old Ancestor Yangmei and the Chaos Demon Ape to fight outside the Chaos.

Dong Wanggong trapped Old Ancestor Yangmei and the Chaos Demon Ape beyond the Chaos with the Jade Disk of Creation, then revealed a Chaos Demon God Body that Yangmei could not harm. The two sides prepared to fight, but Yangmei was left despairing at his inability to defeat Dong Wanggong.

• Dong Wanggong used the Jade Disk of Creation to seal space and time beyond the Chaos, trapping Old Ancestor Yangmei and the Chaos Demon Ape.
• Old Ancestor Yangmei realized the trap and urged the Chaos Demon Ape to help kill Dong Wanggong and destroy the Jade Disk of Creation.
• Dong Wanggong summoned the Heavenly Burial Demon Emperor, who challenged the Chaos Demon Ape while Dong Wanggong confronted Old Ancestor Yangmei.
• Old Ancestor Yangmei opened a Space Gate and attacked Dong Wanggong with spatial techniques, but Dong Wanggong's Chaos Demon God Body remained unharmed.
• Dong Wanggong revealed that he had refined the Yin-Yang Demon God's origin, and Old Ancestor Yangmei despaired because he could not hurt him.

Dong Wanggong broke Old Ancestor Yangmei’s Space Domain by advancing his Space-Time Dao Principles to minor mastery, then trapped Yangmei in the Heavenly Burial Demonic Domain. There, Yangmei found the Space Willow Tree, but Willow God attacked him at Dong Wanggong’s command.

• Old Ancestor Yangmei trapped Dong Wanggong in his Space Domain while Dong Wanggong used the chance to comprehend space and time with the Space Divine Staff and Chaos Bell.
• Dong Wanggong advanced his Space-Time Dao Principles to minor mastery and broke the Space Domain with the Chaos Bell and Space Divine Staff.
• Old Ancestor Yangmei attacked Dong Wanggong with Ten Directions Annihilation, but Dong Wanggong used the Space-Time Bridge and Forbidden Abyss to send him into the Heavenly Burial Demonic Domain.
• Old Ancestor Yangmei found the Space Willow Tree and tried to fuse with it, hoping to escape the domain and restore his power.
• Willow God whipped Old Ancestor Yangmei until his soul scattered and his True Spirit fell into disarray, while Dong Wanggong revealed that the tree had developed its own will.

Dong Wanggong oversaw Fuxi, Yaochi, Xihe, and Changxi becoming Saints, then witnessed Space Willow Tree take form as Willow God, wielder of the Emperor Fall Great Dao. Willow God revealed that her era’s Dao Artifact, the Emperor Fall Divine Pagoda, would appear after the Witch-Demon Tribulation ended.

• Heavenly Burial Demon Emperor reported that the Chaos Demon Ape’s consciousness had dissipated, and the demon’s corpse raised Heavenly Burial Demonic Domain’s Growth Value to 60%.
• Dong Wanggong returned to the East Sea Coast, where Nuwa used the Kongtong Seal to establish Fuxi as the Human Race’s first Saint.
• Yaochi became a Heavenly Dao Saint, while Xihe and Changxi became Human Path Saints through their Taiyin Dao Principles.
• Dong Wanggong said the remaining six Human Path Saint positions would go to exceptional members of the Human Race after the Witch-Demon Tribulation.
• Space Willow Tree took form as Willow God, an Early-stage Great Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin who wielded the Emperor Fall Great Dao.
• Willow God told Dong Wanggong that the Emperor Fall Divine Pagoda would appear after the Witch-Demon Tribulation and that other Reincarnators might covet it.

Ancestor Minghe fought the Twelve Ancestral Witches after they demanded the Netherworld Sea of Blood for Houtu’s Six Paths of Reincarnation. Dong Wanggong chose to intervene and arrived just as Minghe was losing ground, leaving the battle poised for his rescue.

• Houtu asked Minghe to let the Wu Race establish the Six Paths of Reincarnation in the Netherworld Sea of Blood, but Minghe refused.
• Zhu Rong and Gong Gong attacked Minghe, whose Karmic Fire Red Lotus overwhelmed their powers.
• Dijiang ordered the Ancestral Witches to attack together, and Minghe fought back with the Blood Sea Grand Formation as his Blood God Sons suffered heavy casualties.
• Dong Wanggong chose the mission to stop the battle and take Minghe into Hongmeng Immortal Palace, earning the Chaos Blood Fiend Scripture.
• Zhu Jiuyin summoned the River of Time to strike Minghe, but Dong Wanggong arrived and dispelled the attack with a wave of his sleeve.

Dong Wanggong recruited Ancestor Minghe and helped Houtu establish the Six Paths of Reincarnation, awakening the Earth Dao. Houtu became Pingxin, master of the Netherworld Realm, while Minghe advanced to the Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage and prepared to create the Asura Race.

• Dong Wanggong offered Ancestor Minghe Pangu Blood and the Chaos Blood Fiend Scripture in exchange for joining the Hongmeng Immortal Palace, and Minghe accepted.
• Dong Wanggong approved Houtu's plan to establish the Six Paths of Reincarnation in the Netherworld Sea of Blood.
• Houtu awakened the Earth Dao, formed the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and merged with the Earth Dao as Pingxin.
• Pingxin told the Ancestral Witches that the Wu Race could settle in the Netherworld Realm, which she could protect from all but the mightiest figures.
• Ancestor Minghe absorbed most of the Pangu Blood, reached the early Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage, and pledged his loyalty to Dong Wanggong.
• Dong Wanggong told Minghe to use the remaining Pangu Blood to create the Asura Race before they explored the Netherworld Realm.

Ancestor Minghe created the Asura Race and pledged it to serve Dong Wanggong and Hongmeng Immortal Palace. In the Netherworld Realm, Empress Pingxin received the Book of Life and Death and the Judge’s Brush, then proposed that Minghe become Emperor Fengdu to govern the Underworld.

• Ancestor Minghe used Pangu Blood to create the Asura Race, whose leaders included Zizaitian Boxun and the other Four Great Demon Kings, Four Great Demon Generals, Heavenly Consort Uma, and Seventy-two Asura Princesses.
• Minghe led the Asura Race in swearing service to Dong Wanggong, while Dijiang, Zhu Jiuyin, and the other Ancestral Witches viewed Hongmeng Immortal Palace as a major obstacle to the Wu Race.
• Empress Pingxin invited Dong Wanggong and Minghe to the Netherworld Realm, where she received the Book of Life and Death and the Judge’s Brush from the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Pingxin explained that the Underworld needed an Emperor Fengdu, Five Directional Ghost Emperors, and Ten Palace Yama Kings, then offered Minghe the Earth Dao Throne of Emperor Fengdu.

Empress Pingxin established the Underworld’s authority by appointing Ancestor Minghe and the Wu Race as Earth Dao officials, then rejected the Western Sages’ bid for a throne for Ksitigarbha. East King Duke then began reforging the Chaos Green Lotus from the five lotus platforms, leaving its success uncertain.

• Empress Pingxin empowered Ancestor Minghe as Emperor Fengdu and appointed Dijiang, Zhu Jiuyin, Qiangliang, Gou Mang, and Xuan Ming as the Five Directional Ghost Emperors, while preserving fragments of other Wu Race members’ True Spirits.
• Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin asked Empress Pingxin to give Ksitigarbha an Earth Dao Throne and authority over the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Empress Pingxin refused the request, and Dijiang banished Saint Zhunti and Ksitigarbha Outside the Chaos after Saint Jieyin threatened force.
• East King Duke asked Ancestor Minghe for the Twelve-Petal Karmic Fire Red Lotus and gathered it with the other four lotus platforms to recreate the Chaos Green Lotus.
• East King Duke and the others returned to the Netherworld Sea of Blood to begin the reforging using the Rules of the Three Dao of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity.

Dong Wanggong restored the Chaos Green Lotus with the five Lotus Platforms and the Heavenly, Earth, and Human Dao Rules, then warned the Ancestral Witches about the Demon Race’s Witch-Slaying Sword. Three thousand years later, conflicts between the Chan and Interception Sect disciples escalated as the Three Pure Ones gathered at Kunlun Mountain.

• Dijun learned that the Witch-Slaying Sword had been completed and worried that Dong Wanggong’s effort to restore the Chaos Green Lotus would block the Demon Race’s ambitions.
• Dong Wanggong, Ancestor Minghe, and Empress Pingxin combined the five Lotus Platforms with the Three Dao Rules and Chaos Qi to restore the Chaos Green Lotus.
• Dong Wanggong thanked Empress Pingxin, cautioned the Ancestral Witches about the Witch-Slaying Sword, and brought Ancestor Minghe to Penglai Immortal Island.
• Three thousand years passed as the Witch-Demon Tribulation intensified and Chan Sect and Interception Sect disciples grew increasingly hostile toward each other.
• The Three Pure Ones discussed the Great Dao in Taiqing Palace when an undercurrent of hostility appeared.

Old Master Taiqing revealed that the Heavenly Dao required the Three Pure Ones to separate, or their disciples would suffer endless karma and stalled cultivation. He left Kunlun Mountain for Shouyang Mountain, leaving Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Sect Master Tongtian to face their forced parting.

• Old Master Taiqing urged Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Sect Master Tongtian to keep their disciples out of the Witch and Demon Clans’ conflict, and Primordial Heavenly Venerate criticized Tongtian for letting the Interception Sect disciples run wild.
• Sect Master Tongtian and Primordial Heavenly Venerate argued over the Interception Sect, then summoned the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and Pangu Banner to fight.
• Old Master Taiqing stopped them and announced that he would move his Dojo from Kunlun Mountain to Taiqing Palace on Shouyang Mountain.
• Old Master Taiqing revealed that the Heavenly Dao’s design required the Three Pure Ones to part ways, or their disciples would bear endless karma and stagnate in cultivation.
• Old Master Taiqing recalled that the Three Pure Ones had once been destined to receive the Creation Green Lotus, then called himself their Senior Brother and departed with Taiqing Palace.

After the Three Pure Ones separated, Tongtian moved the Interception Sect to Golden Ao Island and sought East King Duke’s help suppressing its fortune. East King Duke chose to trade a Supreme Treasure for Tongtian’s Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, and offered him the Primordial Measure Ruler.

• Tongtian left Kunlun Mountain with the Interception Sect disciples after declaring that he and Primordial Heavenly Venerate would share only the bond of fellow disciples.
• Tongtian established Biyou Palace on Golden Ao Island and then traveled to Penglai Immortal Island to ask East King Duke for a treasure to suppress his sect’s fortune.
• Zhen Yuanzi met Tongtian and escorted him to Hongmeng Immortal Palace, where East King Duke and his companions welcomed him.
• Tongtian explained that the Three Pure Ones had split and asked East King Duke to lend him a Supreme Treasure.
• East King Duke chose the system’s trade option and offered Tongtian the Primordial Measure Ruler in exchange for the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.

Sect Master Tongtian traded the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation for the Primordial Measure Ruler and agreed to join Hongmeng Immortal Palace if the Interception Sect fell. Dong Wanggong then assigned Zhen Yuanzi, Demon Lord Hong Yun, and Fuxi missions to strengthen the palace and prepare for the aftermath of the Witch-Demon Tribulation.

• Dong Wanggong offered Tongtian the Primordial Measure Ruler in exchange for the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and invited him to join Hongmeng Immortal Palace if the Interception Sect declined.
• Tongtian accepted the offer, handed over the formation, and began refining the ruler; Dong Wanggong let Demon Lord Hong Yun use the formation and welcomed Tongtian to visit Penglai Immortal Island.
• Dong Wanggong gave Zhen Yuanzi the Qilin Seal and sent him and Hong Yun to search for the missing Qilin Clan.
• Dong Wanggong told Fuxi to coordinate with Houtu so some Wu Race True Spirits could be reborn among the Human Race and prepare to earn merit as future rulers.

The Wu and Demon Races prepared for their final battle after the ten-thousand-year deadline, with both sides gathering their armies at Buzhou Mountain. As the Twelve Heavens Gods and Demons Great Array and the Myriad Stars Great Array began to form, the chapter left the armies poised to clash.

• Dijiang rallied the Wu Race at Buzhou Mountain and led its forces toward the final battle.
• Dijun rallied the Demon Race on the Ziwei Emperor Star and ordered Eastern Emperor Taiyi to lead the fight against Dijiang with the Witch-Slaying Sword.
• Dong Wanggong and the others watched from the Nine Heavens, while Dong Wanggong planned to make the Wu Race submit and join Hongmeng Immortal Palace.
• The Wu and Demon armies faced each other at Buzhou Mountain as Dijiang formed the Twelve Heavens Gods and Demons Great Array and summoned a Pangu phantom and giant axe.
• Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi prepared the Myriad Stars Great Array as the battle began.

The Demon Race and Wu Race began a devastating war as their great arrays clashed, while Saint Jieyin and Saint Zhunti discussed Wutian and the Western Teachings’ future plans. Eastern Emperor Taiyi killed Qiangliang and then fought Dijiang, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Old Ancestor Kunpeng, the Demon Saints, and the Demon Race’s army formed the Myriad Stars Great Array against the Wu Race’s Twelve Heavens Gods and Demons Great Array.
• Saint Jieyin told Saint Zhunti that Wutian might benefit the Western Teachings and predicted the next Kalpa Tribulation would involve the Heavenly Dao Saints and a divided Human Race.
• Dijun’s Sun Essence Wheel shattered when his starlight attack collided with Great God Pangu’s Pangu Axe, leaving Dijun badly wounded.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi stabbed Great God Pangu with the Witch-Slaying Sword, breaking the Wu Race’s array and killing Qiangliang.
• Qiangliang’s blood merged into Zhu Jiuyin, strengthening the Time Ancestor Witch’s aura, while Dijiang entered the void to fight Eastern Emperor Taiyi.

After the Twelve Heavens Gods and Demons Great Array collapsed, Gong Gong and Zhu Rong destroyed Buzhou Mountain to break the Myriad Stars Great Array, unleashing a world-drowning flood. Zhu Jiuyin led the surviving Wu army against the Demon Race, and the battle ended with both races nearly annihilated.

• Gong Gong and Zhu Rong sent Zhu Jiuyin and the Wu army away, then charged into Buzhou Mountain and broke it, dying as its Pillar of Heaven collapsed.
• The Myriad Stars Great Array collapsed, the sky split open, and the Heavenly River flooded the Primordial World; Dijun suffered the array's backlash and ordered the Demon army to retreat.
• Zhu Jiuyin led the Wu army in a counterattack, while Old Ancestor Kunpeng killed She Bishi and Tian Wu before Jumang's self-destruction badly wounded him.
• The origins of Gong Gong, Zhu Rong, and other Ancestral Witches merged into Zhu Jiuyin, strengthening his Time Law as Chi You and the remaining Ancestral Witches sacrificed themselves against the Demon forces.
• Zhu Jiuyin and Dijun ordered their surviving armies to withdraw, with less than one percent of the Wu and Demon races left alive.

Zhu Jiuyin and Dijun killed each other in a final battle, ending the Witch-Demon Tribulation. Eastern Emperor Taiyi withdrew the Yao Race to the Other Shore Starry Sky with Dijun’s surviving child, while Bai Ze joined the Western Teachings as the Future Buddha.

• Zhu Jiuyin used the River of Time against Dijun, who burned the Yao Race’s fortune and the Star Dao to strengthen himself before they vanished together in a blast of white light.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi found Dijun’s origin forming into a Crimson Gold Giant Egg and swore that the Yao Race would withdraw from the struggle for supremacy for the next two Kalpa Tribulations.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi confronted the Two Sages of the West over Bai Ze, but Bai Ze erased his memories and Demon Race Fortune and accepted the Future Buddha position.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi carried the Crimson Gold Giant Egg toward the Sun Star as the Witch-Demon Tribulation ended under his Heavenly Dao Oath.
• Dong Wanggong sealed the hole in the Sky Curtain with the Chaos Green Lotus while Nuwa, Demon Lord Hong Yun, and the others began repairing the damage.

After the Witch-Demon Tribulation devastated the Primordial World, Dong Wanggong chose to subdue the North Sea Black Tortoise rather than let it be sacrificed to make a Pillar of Heaven. He offered it a Shaping Golden Elixir and a place in Hongmeng Immortal Palace, while Nuwa and the sages began repairing the heavens.

• The Chaos Green Lotus sealed the hole in the Sky Curtain, and the sages and Zhen Yuanzi suppressed the calamity and repaired the Central Earth Veins.
• Demon Lord Hong Yun proposed cutting off the North Sea Black Tortoise's limbs to make a Pillar of Heaven, but Dong Wanggong chose the system's option to subdue it.
• Dong Wanggong gave Nuwa the Five-Colored Stone to mend the heavens and said he would use Tongtian Jianmu as the Pillar of Heaven.
• Old Master Taiqing and Primordial Heavenly Venerate began refining the Five-Colored Stone with their spiritual flames.
• Dong Wanggong awakened the North Sea Black Tortoise and offered it a Shaping Golden Elixir and a place in Hongmeng Immortal Palace in exchange for joining him.
• The North Sea Black Tortoise began divining the Heavenly Dao as it considered Dong Wanggong's offer and its fate as the destined Pillar of Heaven.

Dong Wanggong helped Taixuan transform, break through, and obtain the Black Tortoise Divine Armor, then assisted in restoring the Primordial World after Nuwa mended the heavens. The chapter ended with Dong Wanggong establishing Tongtian Jianmu to support the falling Sky Curtain and asking why Lingxiao Treasure Hall had not returned to its place.

• Taixuan swore loyalty to Dong Wanggong, took human form, and offered to move the beings living on his shell so he could refine it.
• Dong Wanggong moved the shell's inhabitants to Fangzhang Island and refined Taixuan's shell and merit into the Black Tortoise Divine Armor.
• After a thousand years, Taixuan broke through to the early stage of a Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal and claimed the armor as his life-bound treasure.
• Nuwa used the Five-Colored Divine Liquid and the Law of Creation to mend the hole in the sky.
• Dong Wanggong brought Tongtian Jianmu from Fangzhang Island to the Central Land, where it propped up the Sky Curtain and connected regions of the Primordial World.
• Dong Wanggong looked toward the Ziwei Emperor Star and asked why Lingxiao Treasure Hall had not returned to its place.

After Mending the Heavens, Dong Wanggong distributed Heavenly Dao Merit, helping Nuwa advance to the late stage of Heavenly Dao Sainthood, and hid the Five-Colored Stone destined to become Sun Wukong. Dao Ancestor Hongjun summoned the Saints to choose a ruler for the rebuilt Heavenly Court, but the meeting ended with rival candidates proposed and no decision.

• The Lingxiao Treasure Hall settled atop Tongtian Jianmu as the Heavenly Court began to take shape, and Heavenly Dao Merit was awarded to those who had helped mend the heavens.
• Dong Wanggong gave Nuwa half of his share of the merit, and Nuwa broke through to the late stage of Heavenly Dao Sainthood.
• Nuwa gave Dong Wanggong the last Five-Colored Stone, and he placed it on an island in the East Sea and concealed its location until the Journey to the West Tribulation.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun summoned the Saints to the Zixiao Palace to discuss who would rule the Primordial World and the Heavenly Court.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate recommended Immortal Weng of the South Pole, while Sect Master Tongtian recommended Duobao; Nuwa and Taiqing declined to nominate anyone.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun appointed Haotian as Jade Emperor and assigned the other offices of the Five Emperors, leaving Haotian to rule the Heavenly Court. After the Saints departed without offering him staff, Haotian was left unsure whether he could manage the task.

• Saint Jieyin and Saint Zhunti argued that the Heavenly Emperor should come from the Western Teachings, but Primordial Heavenly Venerate rebuked them.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun established the Five Emperors, named Minghe as Emperor Fengdu, and waited for the others to choose candidates.
• Dong Wanggong nominated Taixuan as Great Emperor Qinghua, and Dao Ancestor Hongjun assigned the other imperial positions to Immortal Weng of the South Pole, Medicine Master Buddha, and Duobao.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun appointed Haotian as Jade Emperor and bestowed the Haotian Mirror upon him.
• Haotian asked who would oversee the Heavenly Court's offices, but Dao Ancestor Hongjun told them to discuss it themselves and vanished.
• The Saints left Zixiao Palace without giving Haotian anyone to command, leaving him dumbfounded with only Dong Wanggong and Nuwa still present.