Chapter Summaries

Chu Xuan watched Jieyin evade the Heavenly Demon tribulation and secretly set a trap for him. Jieyin became a Quasi-Saint and believed he had become a Saint and taken Hongjun’s place, but he could not speak about the Dao of Sainthood.

• Chu Xuan saw Jieyin concealing his breakthrough from the Heavenly Demon tribulation and decided not to let him escape the consequences.
• Jieyin used the twelve-grade Merit Golden Lotus to sever his Three Corpses and successfully became a Quasi-Saint.
• Jieyin ignored Kunpeng attacking Hong Yun, then traveled to Zixiao Palace to ask Hongjun to resurrect his Junior Brother.
• Haotian and Jade Pool congratulated Jieyin, and Hongjun invited him to take the seat above as his personal disciple.
• Jieyin imagined Hongjun yielding his place and began preaching to three thousand Innate Godly Beings, but he could not utter anything about the Dao of Sainthood.

Jieyin was ensnared by a Heavenly Demon’s illusion in which Hongjun stripped away his Saint Position and powers, then condemned him over his past karmic debts. Jieyin broke through the illusion and recognized the demon as someone who looked like Jidu, but not Jidu himself.

• Jieyin asked Hongjun to resurrect his junior brother and invoked the West’s karmic debt, prompting Hongjun to accuse him of threatening the Dao Ancestor.
• Illusory Hongjun took away Jieyin’s Saint Position, Quasi-Saint cultivation, Good Corpse, and Twelve-grade Merit Golden Lotus, then condemned him for abandoning East Prince Gong and Hong Yun.
• Jieyin saw an image of Kunpeng having slain Hong Yun and began to realize that the events before him did not make sense.
• Jieyin remembered that he had not yet survived the Inner Demon tribulation and recognized that the apparent Hongjun was a Heavenly Demon deceiving him.
• Jieyin suppressed the demonic corruption in his primordial spirit, and the false Hongjun transformed into a figure resembling Jidu, whom Jieyin realized was not the real Jidu.

Luohu revealed himself to Jieyin and recruited him to establish a Karma System that would make karma and Tribulation Qi measurable. Jieyin realized the system would expose the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun’s unpaid debts to the West, leaving him aware that Luohu’s resurrection could force a reckoning.

• Jieyin mistook Luohu for Jidu until Luohu threatened him with the God-Slaying Spear, and Jieyin bowed and recognized the Demon Ancestor.
• Luohu told Jieyin that he intended to establish a Karma System to record karma and Tribulation Qi and make the Heavenly Dao follow clear rules.
• Jieyin realized the system could expose unresolved debts from Hongjun’s victory over Luohu, including the karma owed to the West.
• Jieyin understood that Luohu had chosen him both for his knowledge of karma and because the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun owed him a great debt.

Luohu forced Jieyin to develop the Karma Law and made him bear the karmic ties needed to establish the Karma Path. Jieyin established the Path, and karma fire spread across the Primordial Wilderness, revealing the Gods’ varying burdens of karma.

• Jieyin agreed to Luohu’s plan after Luohu threatened to transform him into a Heavenly Demon Saint.
• Luohu ordered Jieyin to develop the Karma Law, and Jieyin used the principles Luohu had devised to build the system.
• The Heavenly Dao poured its laws into Jieyin, forming Karma Fire Red Lotuses; Luohu took the largest lotus and transferred the karmic ties to Jieyin.
• Jieyin accepted the West’s karmic burden and declared that he would establish the Karma Path as a ledger for karma, tribulations, and karmic ties.
• The Karma Path was established, and karma fire spread throughout the Primordial Wilderness, surrounding the Gods according to their differing karmic burdens.

As Jieyin established the Karma Path under Luohu’s coercion, karma across the Primordial Wilderness surged toward the Heavenly Dao and exposed an audit of Hongjun. The Karma Fire reached Zixiao Palace and struck Hongjun, leaving the Gods horrified by the revelation that it could threaten even him.

• The Wu Clan’s accumulated karma burned away as the Karma Path took shape, while Karma Fire also drew karma from the Three Races and other beings.
• A flame-shrouded figure told Nuwa that she owed a karmic debt and demanded to borrow her karma; Nuwa agreed, and her Karma Fire rose toward the heavens.
• The Gods realized that someone was auditing Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao, while Jieyin received little of the Merit from establishing the Karma Path and watched Luohu gather authority over karma.
• Karma Fire passed through Chaos and revealed Zixiao Palace, then fell upon Hongjun and made him tremble as the Gods watched.

Hongjun emerged from his struggle with the Heavenly Dao and bestowed Hongmeng Purple Qi on Nuwa and the Western pair, while Zhunti’s True Body began to rebuild. A mysterious figure seized and then released Zhunti’s Purple Qi, and Hongjun promised the Three Pure Ones their Purple Qi at the Third Sermon.

• Nuwa and Fuxi argued over her involvement in the plot against Hongjun, and Fuxi worried about the Karma connecting her to Dao Ancestor.
• Hongjun forced back the terrifying gaze within the Heavenly Dao, then bestowed Hongmeng Purple Qi on Nuwa and Jieyin and promised to rebuild Zhunti’s foundation.
• A demonic hand seized Zhunti’s Purple Qi, but its owner released it into the Innate Bodhi Tree, where Zhunti’s True Body began to reform.
• Jieyin wondered whether the Purple Qi had a hidden problem after the mysterious figure laughed disdainfully at it.
• Hongjun declared that the Three Pure Ones would receive their Hongmeng Purple Qi during the Third Sermon.

Chu Xuan uncovered how Hongjun planned to use the Hongmeng Purple Qi and Nuwa to advance his Integration with Dao, then used his authority as the Dao Ancestor of the Karma Path to turn the Primordial Wilderness’s Karma against the Heavenly Dao. The chapter ended with Karma Fire burning the Heavenly Dao as the Primordial Wilderness shook.

• Hongjun demanded that more than ten Quasi-Saints cultivate the Immortal Dao through their primordial spirits before the Third Sermon and promised extra Purple Qi.
• Chu Xuan realized Hongmeng Purple Qi came from the Heavenly Dao’s origin and bound its bearers to the Heavenly Dao, while Hongjun had not yet completed his Integration with Dao.
• Chu Xuan deduced that Hongjun might rush Nuwa into sainthood to strengthen his own position, and decided to disrupt the plan.
• Chu Xuan used his Karma Path authority to bring all the Primordial Wilderness’s Karma due at once, stirring the Karma Fire in Zixiao Palace.
• Chu Xuan directed the gathered Karma toward the Heavenly Dao, causing it to boil and tremble as Karma Fire burned it.

Chu Xuan used Jieyin’s Dao-establishment as a cover to extort the Heavenly Dao, trading the Primordial Wilderness’s karma for a portion of its authority. His move began his struggle against Hongjun and promised to loosen the shackles on the Wu Clan.

• The Gods realized Jieyin lacked the cultivation to turn Karma Fire against the Heavenly Dao and suspected a hidden mastermind was behind it.
• Hongjun recognized that Jieyin’s actions had been a smokescreen, but his weakened state and suppression by the Heavenly Dao kept him from stopping Chu Xuan in time.
• Chu Xuan appeared before the Primordial Wilderness and offered the Heavenly Dao a binding deal, using the karma of the entire realm as leverage.
• The Heavenly Dao accepted the exchange, and Chu Xuan entered it with the karma and Karma Fire, securing practical authority over its workings, titles and ranks, and power of fortune.
• Hongjun tried to intervene with the Creation Jade Plate but arrived too late, as Chu Xuan’s interference constrained Hongjun’s Integration with Dao and removed a major shackle on the Wu Clan.

Chu Xuan seized the Heavenly Dao’s Qi Luck Authority and tested his power against the Demon Race, drawing Hongjun’s attention. After Chu Xuan withdrew, Hongjun descended into the Primordial Wilderness and launched a devastating strike at him.

• Chu Xuan claimed the Qi Luck Authority, gaining the ability to influence titles and Qi Luck within the Heavenly Dao.
• Chu Xuan tried to manipulate the Demon Race’s Qi Luck, alerting Hongjun and leading him to suspect Chu Xuan might be Luohu.
• Chu Xuan withdrew from the Heavenly Dao and taunted Hongjun by saying they had switched places, with Hongjun exposed and himself hidden.
• Hongjun emerged from the Heavenly Dao with the Creation Jade Plate and unleashed his Saintly might across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Hongjun struck at Chu Xuan as Chu Xuan fled through Karma and cause and effect.

Hongjun was forced to retreat after his old adversary used the God-Slaying Spear to escape into Chaos, leaving Hongjun convinced that Luohu had returned. Unable to resist the Heavenly Dao’s pressure and fearing Luohu would disrupt his plans, Hongjun sent Haotian and Jade Pool to aid the Demon Heavenly Court and govern the stars.

• Hongjun attacked the Karma Fire, but its wielder struck the Creation Jade Plate with the God-Slaying Spear and escaped into Chaos.
• Hongjun recognized that Luohu had likely returned through the Heavenly Demon Great Dao, with Jidu serving as a puppet, but he was too weak to act against it.
• Hongjun decided to bring his schemes forward and use the Demon race to shape the future before falling into slumber.
• Hongjun summoned Haotian and Jade Pool and ordered them to assist Di Jun and the Demon Heavenly Court in uniting Heaven and Earth.
• Hongjun had the Heavenly Dao confer the titles of Ziwei Imperial Sovereign and Doumu Yuanjun on Haotian and Jade Pool, tasking them with governing the stars.

Hongjun sent Haotian and Jade Pool to intervene in the Demon Race’s affairs and made further plans to protect the Human Race’s destiny before sinking deeper into the Heavenly Dao. Meanwhile, the Primordial Wilderness’s Gods feared Luohu’s return and hesitated to pursue Quasi-Saint breakthroughs without Hongjun’s guidance.

• Hongjun assigned Haotian and Jade Pool the divine positions of Ziwei Imperial Sovereign and Doumu Yuanjun, then gave Jade Pool the Innate Peach Tree and Haotian the Haotian Mirror before sending them down to the lower realm.
• Hongjun sent his remaining Heavenly Dao Power toward Kunlun and Buzhou Mountain to use the Three Pure Ones and influence Nuwa, then submerged himself deeper into the Heavenly Dao.
• After Chu Xuan’s display of the God-Slaying Spear and his exchange with Hongjun, the Primordial Wilderness’s Gods concluded that Demon Ancestor Luohu had returned and feared his influence over their breakthroughs.
• The Gods, including the Three Pure Ones, stopped short of advancing to Quasi-Saint and waited for Hongjun’s instructions, while Hongjun remained asleep and hoped to gather ten Quasi-Saints and delay Nuwa’s breakthrough.
• Some Gods considered breaking through while Luohu might be wounded, but none dared act first.

Chu Xuan reassured the battered Ancestral Shamans after their fight with Hongjun and revealed that he had gained a way to gather the Wu Clan’s fortune by interfering with the Heavenly Dao. The chapter ended when Jieyin began breaking through to Quasi-Saint, drawing the attention of Chu Xuan and the others.

• The Twelve Ancestral Shamans staggered back, badly weakened after their formation failed to overcome Hongjun.
• Chu Xuan urged the Ancestral Shamans not to fear Hongjun and argued that their power could grow enough to reach Saint level.
• Chu Xuan revealed a strand of Purple Qi and explained that he would use the Qi Luck Dao to gather the Wu Clan’s fortune and improve their cultivation without formally establishing the clan before the Heavenly Dao.
• The Primordial Wilderness trembled as someone began breaking through to Quasi-Saint, and the Ancestral Shamans wondered whether Chu Xuan would intervene.
• The Ancestral Shamans realized that Jieyin of the West was the one breaking through.

Chu Xuan revealed that he had ordered Jieyin to attempt a breakthrough so he could use the event to lure other Great Divine Ability Users into danger and bring some under his control. As Jieyin severed his corpse, he overcame an Inner Demon disguised as Luohu and continued his breakthrough.

• Chu Xuan told the Ancestral Shamans he planned to use Jieyin’s breakthrough to draw out Great Divine Ability Users while Hongjun was weakened.
• The Gods saw Jieyin attempting to become a Quasi-Saint, and some suspected a trap while others believed he was trying to escape Luohu’s control.
• Jieyin began severing his corpse with the Twelve-grade Merit Golden Lotus, intent on gaining strength and reducing his risk of encountering a Heavenly Demon.
• As Jieyin neared success, the Heavenly Demon Great Dao descended and an Inner Demon took Luohu’s form to frighten him.
• Jieyin recognized the illusion, steadied his Dao Heart, and dispelled the Inner Demon.

Chu Xuan, disguised as Great Freedom Heavenly Demon King Bo Xun, confronted Jieyin with the God-Slaying Spear and demanded that he contribute to the Heavenly Demon Great Dao. Jieyin agreed to split off Ananda after Chu Xuan promised the incarnation could free itself after fifteen hundred epochs without blocking Jieyin’s path to Sainthood.

• Chu Xuan appeared before Jieyin in disguise, and Jieyin was relieved that he was not facing Luohu.
• Chu Xuan summoned the God-Slaying Spear and explained that the Demon Ancestor wanted Jieyin to help strengthen the Heavenly Demon Great Dao.
• Jieyin angrily challenged Chu Xuan but agreed to hear what the Demon Ancestor required once he was assured he could still attain the Dao.
• Chu Xuan proposed that Jieyin split off Ananda as a Heavenly Demon incarnation, declaring that Buddha and Demon would become one as Tathagata.
• Jieyin worried that dividing his primordial spirit would harm his future Sainthood, and Chu Xuan promised Ananda could cleanse himself of the Heavenly Demon after fifteen hundred epochs.

Jieyin accepted Chu Xuan’s demand to create the Heavenly Demon Ananda and successfully severed a Good Corpse, breaking through to Quasi-Saint. Chu Xuan detected simultaneous breakthroughs at the Demon Heavenly Court and the Sea of Blood, chose to prioritize the Demon race, and summoned Jieyin to help bring down a tribulation.

• Jieyin vowed to create Ananda, a Heavenly Demon incarnation who would return after fifteen hundred eras, and transformed half his soul.
• Jieyin swallowed the Heavenly Demon and successfully severed a Good Corpse, shaking the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths with his Quasi-Saint aura.
• Chu Xuan reflected that Jieyin’s breakthrough had diverted support from Hongjun through the Heavenly Demon Great Dao and began monitoring for more breakthroughs.
• Chu Xuan sensed two concealed breakthroughs, one at the Demon Heavenly Court and one from Minghe in the Sea of Blood.
• Chu Xuan decided to spare Minghe for now and focus on the Demon race, while keeping the Sea of Blood in mind for his plans concerning reincarnation.
• Chu Xuan summoned Jieyin to help deal with the breakthrough at the Demon Heavenly Court.

After joining the Heavenly Demon Dao, Jieyin answered Chu Xuan’s summons and accepted a mission to obstruct Ancestor Minghe’s breakthrough. Chu Xuan rejected Jieyin’s plan to recruit other cultivators through demon-splitting, then turned his attention to the Demon Heavenly Court.

• Jieyin’s demonized spirit answered Chu Xuan’s summons, and he discovered that entering the Heavenly Demon Great Dao had deepened his understanding of the Heavenly Demon Law.
• Chu Xuan told Jieyin that he would obstruct Ancestor Minghe while Chu Xuan investigated a separate demonic breakthrough tied to Hongjun’s schemes.
• Jieyin vowed to stop Ancestor Minghe and proposed using demon-splitting to recruit more cultivators, but Chu Xuan refused because it could expose Jieyin’s transformation.
• Jieyin descended toward the Sea of Blood to carry out his mission, while Chu Xuan turned his attention to the Demon Heavenly Court.

Chu Xuan traced the Demon Race’s concealed breakthrough to Kunpeng and found that the Great Formation of the Heavens Stars could not fully hide it from him. As Kunpeng approached Quasi-Saint, Di Jun favored newly arrived Haotian and Jade Pool instead, leaving Kunpeng furious and his breakthrough precarious.

• Chu Xuan followed the Heavenly Demon Great Dao through the Great Formation of the Heavens Stars and discovered that a Demon Race member was breaking through.
• Di Jun ordered the stars’ formation withdrawn after it failed to block Chu Xuan’s awareness of the breakthrough.
• Haotian and Jade Pool arrived as the Dao Ancestor’s attendants, and Di Jun welcomed them and focused on cultivating their support.
• Kunpeng realized Di Jun had shifted his attention from him to Haotian and Jade Pool, despite having promised Kunpeng Fortune and future authority.
• Kunpeng struggled to steady his cultivation as he neared Quasi-Saint, relying on Fortune because he lacked a suitable spiritual treasure.

Kunpeng’s resentment left him vulnerable to Chu Xuan’s demonic influence as he attempted to become a Quasi-Saint. After Kunpeng fled the Demon Heavenly Court, Di Jun activated the Great Formation of the Heavens Stars across the Primordial Wilderness to pursue and save him, alarming the whole world.

• Kunpeng’s anger over losing the Saint Position and being slighted by Di Jun weakened his primordial spirit as his breakthrough advanced.
• Chu Xuan detonated Kunpeng’s last Demon Thought and used the Heavenly Demon Great Dao to turn the Inner Demons within him into Heavenly Demons.
• Chang Xi recognized that Kunpeng’s abnormal aura indicated he had fallen to demonic influence, and the Yao Gods and Di Jun realized something was wrong.
• Di Jun ordered the Great Formation of the Heavens Stars activated to suppress Kunpeng’s breakthrough, but Kunpeng tore through the void and escaped the Demon Heavenly Court.
• Di Jun ordered the formation to cover the Primordial Wilderness and save Kunpeng, causing the Nine Heavens’ stars to shake and drawing the attention of the Gods.

Kunpeng fell to the demonic path and attacked Hong Yun with power close to a Quasi-Saint’s, leaving Hong Yun near death. The Gods recognized that Kunpeng’s transformation was incomplete and activated the Great Formation of the Heavens Stars.

• Kunpeng erupted with demonic qi, tore off Hong Yun’s arm, and pursued him across the Primordial Wilderness.
• The Gods realized that Kunpeng had fallen to the demonic path and were shocked by his condition.
• The Gods determined that Kunpeng’s soul was infested with Heavenly Demons, but his cultivation let him resist their transformation and begin suppressing the Heavenly Demon Law.
• The Gods recalled Kunpeng’s repeated failures to obtain the Saint Position and understood how his unstable Dao heart had made him vulnerable.
• The Great Formation of the Heavens Stars above the Nine Heavens fully activated as Kunpeng blasted Hong Yun apart several times.

Di Jun’s star formation failed to stop Kunpeng from killing Hong Yun, and Zhen Yuanzi arrived too late to save his friend. As Kunpeng began to turn to ash inside the formation, the Gods stared in horror.

• Di Jun used the Great Formation of the Heavens Stars to freeze Kunpeng and Hong Yun before Zhen Yuanzi could reach them.
• A voice urged Hong Yun to enter its Great Dao and turn his accumulated Karma against the Gods, and Hong Yun began to transform.
• Kunpeng tore through Hong Yun’s soul and True Body, killing him and causing heaven and earth to mourn.
• Zhen Yuanzi attacked the formation with the Earth Book, but Di Jun pressured him to withdraw and warned him not to interfere.
• The formation’s power suddenly felt empty to Di Jun, and Kunpeng began crumbling into ash before the horrified Gods.