Chapter Summaries

East King Duke challenged Primordial after Primordial attacked him with the Pangu Banner, and the two Saints fought before the watching powers of the Primordial World. East King Duke overwhelmed Primordial and severed his right little finger, shocking everyone.

• Primordial denounced East King Duke for defying the Saints and attacked him with the Pangu Banner’s Chaos Sword Qi.
• East King Duke dispelled Primordial’s sword net with the Yin-Yang Law and struck him with three Chaos Yin-Yang Divine Fist punches.
• Laozi and Tongtian warned Primordial as he struggled to withstand the punches, while Nuwa shielded the Heavenly Court with the Mountain and River Map.
• Primordial drew on Heavenly Dao Power to stop the third punch, but East King Duke followed with a swift sword strike.
• East King Duke severed Primordial’s right little finger, which fell from the Heavenly Court and transformed into a gigantic divine mountain.

East King Duke wounded Primordial in battle, prompting the Three Pure Ones and Queen Mother of the West to prepare for a clash that could damage the Primordial World. Hongjun stopped them, but East King Duke rejected the Heavenly Dao’s claim that the human race’s slaughter was fated and openly rebuked it.

• Primordial lost a finger to East King Duke, shocking the onlookers and confirming East King Duke’s overwhelming strength.
• Laozi and Tongtian moved to help Primordial, and the Three Pure Ones joined their power against East King Duke.
• Queen Mother of the West arrived to support East King Duke, bringing the five Saints’ combined might to the brink of battle.
• Hongjun intervened and ordered both sides to stand down, then told East King Duke that the human race’s calamity was Heaven’s will.
• East King Duke condemned the Heavenly Dao for allowing the human race to be slaughtered, and Hongjun’s aura surged with fury.

East King Duke defied the Heavenly Dao over the Human-Demon conflict and forced it to restrict participation by powerful beings. Afterward, Nuwa regretted her estrangement from the Human Race and learned that Fuxi feared an approaching calamity.

• East King Duke drew on his treasures, the Yin-Yang Realm's power, and the Human Race's Will to withstand the Heavenly Dao Incarnation.
• Nuwa regretted severing herself from the Human Race, while Fuxi sensed that East King Duke's oath to sever his bond with the race had brought calamity close.
• East King Duke demanded an explanation for the Human-Demon conflict, and the Heavenly Dao barred beings at or above the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm from participating in the fighting.
• East King Duke left the Heavenly Court with Saint Mother Tai Zhen, and Nuwa told Di Jun to obey the Heavenly Dao before departing with Fuxi.
• At Empress Wa Palace, Fuxi described his weakened soul and foreboding, and Nuwa failed to divine his fate but promised to protect him.

East King Duke secured the human race’s defense and Zhunti shifted his schemes toward the demon race, recruiting Kunpeng with a promise to protect his True Spirit. At the Sea of Blood, Houtu met East King Duke and asked him to explain the Heaven-ordained opportunity she sensed there.

• East King Duke praised the human race, ordered Kong Xuan to keep guarding them without joining the war, and promised to send Xuan Yang and Qing Ling to help.
• Jieyin and Zhunti decided to set aside schemes against the human race and pursue their plan involving the demon race instead.
• Zhunti summoned Kunpeng, showed him a way to preserve his True Spirit, and won his agreement to carry out the saint’s scheme.
• After wandering for ten thousand years, Houtu followed a growing sensation to the Sea of Blood and waited there for several hundred years without understanding her mission.
• East King Duke appeared before Houtu, who asked him to guide her toward the opportunity to become a saint.

Houtu realized her mission was to create reincarnation and surrendered her Witch Body to establish the Six Paths of Reincarnation. After stabilizing the new realm, her True Spirit began to dissipate while the merit above her showed no response, and East King Duke became furious.

• East King Duke guided Houtu to study life, death, departed souls, and reincarnation at the Sea of Blood, where she spent a hundred years understanding her mission.
• Houtu gave East King Duke her Ancestral Witch Essence Blood and asked him to deliver it to Dijiang so the Witch Clan could appoint a new Ancestral Witch.
• Houtu summoned Ancestor Minghe and offered him the position of Asura Dao Lord, which he accepted.
• Houtu invoked the Six Paths of Reincarnation, creating a vast new realm and appointing Minghe to govern the Asura Dao; the merit raised his cultivation to Quasi-Saint Peak.
• Houtu transformed her Witch Body into the Six Paths of Reincarnation to stabilize the realm, but her True Spirit began to dissipate as East King Duke watched the merit fail to respond.

Houtu merged with reincarnation, was reborn as Saint Pingxin, and became the Lord of the Earthly Dao. East King Duke then appointed his clone Fengdu to establish the Netherworld, drawing the attention of the other Saints.

• East King Duke rebuked the Heavenly Dao as Houtu's True Spirit began to dissipate, and the Eye of Great Dao descended to stabilize her and give her a new Dao Body.
• Houtu became Saint Pingxin, Lord of Reincarnation, and the Heavenly Dao established the Earthly Dao under her command.
• Pingxin created Meng Po to guard reincarnation, then let East King Duke choose a Great Emperor to administer the Earthly Dao.
• East King Duke created a clone who named himself Great Emperor Fengdu and established the Netherworld beneath Pingxin.
• The Heavenly Dao bestowed the Netherworld Judge Brush and Book of Life and Death on Fengdu, prompting the Saints to rush over.

Pingxin reunited with the Ancestral Witches after becoming the Lord of the Earthly Dao, while East King Duke and Fengdu faced the arriving Saints over control of reincarnation. East King Duke agreed to let the Saints’ disciples hold some Earthly Dao Venerable Titles, but his next words darkened their expressions.

• Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches arrived, and Pingxin told them that Houtu had passed away and entrusted the Witch Clan to them.
• East King Duke gave Dijiang the Ancestral Witch Essence Blood, and Pingxin defended him from Zhu Rong’s accusations.
• Pingxin left with the Ancestral Witches to discuss the Witch Clan’s affairs, entrusting East King Duke and Fengdu with reincarnation’s business.
• The Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Queen Mother of the West arrived, and Zhunti challenged Fengdu’s authority over the underworld.
• East King Duke refused to yield Fengdu’s position but agreed that the Saints’ disciples could hold some Earthly Dao Venerable Titles, then said something that angered the Saints.

East King Duke established the Underworld’s first ghost-official ranks and reported the Saints’ dispute over Earthly Dao positions to Pingxin. The Heavenly Dao then ordered Pingxin to remain in Reincarnation for one Yuan Hui to guard it.

• East King Duke’s requirement that Earthly Dao Venerable Titles go to Great Luo Golden Immortals or above left the Saints unable to claim the positions, so they departed to recruit and train disciples.
• East King Duke summoned the Ox-Head and Horse-Face tribes, and Great Emperor Fengdu appointed them as soul-hooking envoys of Reincarnation.
• East King Duke created Black and White Impermanence as ghost officials to guide souls and summon spirits, then sent Great Emperor Fengdu into the Underworld to oversee its operation.
• Reincarnation stabilized, and East King Duke gained Earthly Dao fortune and a steady flow of merit; ten years later, Pingxin sent Dijiang and the other Eleven Ancestral Witches away.
• East King Duke told Pingxin about the Saints’ discussion of Earthly Dao Venerable Titles, and she entrusted him and Fengdu with managing the Underworld.
• The Heavenly Dao Incarnation ordered Pingxin to remain in Reincarnation for one Yuan Hui unless a major matter arose, and Pingxin accepted the edict.

After Houtu became Saint Pingxin and established reincarnation, East King Duke promised to help the Witch Clan if he could. As the Witch-Demon War approached, the Yao Race prepared its Witch-Slaying Sword, Kunpeng secretly plotted against the Heavenly Court, and Hou Yi became the new Earth Ancestral Witch.

• Pingxin asked East King Duke and Queen Mother of the West to help the Witch Clan if it faced danger, and East King Duke agreed to do what he could.
• Di Jun and the Yao Race discussed Houtu’s departure from the Twelve Ancestral Witches, worried about the Yin-Yang Lineage, and ordered Bai Ze to gather human flesh and blood for the Witch-Slaying Sword.
• Kunpeng listened silently as the Yao Race planned its campaign and secretly began plotting against the Heavenly Court.
• Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches chose Hou Yi to replace Houtu and gave him her Ancestral Witch Essence Blood to refine.
• Hou Yi emerged from the Blood Pool less than a hundred years later with the Ancestral Witch Body, and Dijiang welcomed him as their brother.

After Hou Yi restored the Twelve Ancestral Witches, the Yao Race ended its war against Humanity and began forging the Witch-Slaying Sword. Meanwhile, the Three Pure Ones opened separate sanctuaries on Kunlun Mountain and recruited disciples, leaving the Interception Sect with the largest following.

• Dijiang taught Hou Yi the Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Formation, and after several thousand years Hou Yi mastered it and restored the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
• The Heavenly Court ended its war against Humanity after collecting enough human flesh and blood, then Di Jun oversaw the final forging of the Witch-Slaying Sword.
• Laozi, Primordial, and Tongtian agreed to open their sects to recruit talented disciples for future Earthly Dao positions.
• The Three Pure Ones built the Eight Sceneries Palace, Jade Void Palace, and Biyou Palace on Kunlun Mountain and announced their different standards for accepting disciples.
• Laozi accepted Grand Master Xuandu as his sole Direct Disciple, while Primordial selected twelve Direct Disciples for the Chan Sect.
• Tongtian accepted eight Direct Disciples and nearly ten thousand outer disciples, making the area around Biyou Palace bustling with followers.

Primordial accepted Randeng Daoist into the Chan Sect as its Vice Sect Master and appointed disciples, while Hong Yun decided to leave Wuzhuang Temple to seek a way to prove the Dao. Hong Yun planned to seek guidance from Yin-Yang Fellow Daoist if his travels failed.

• Jieyin and Zhunti decided to seek talented disciples in the eastern lands for the Western Sect, and Zhunti began traveling there to recruit them.
• Primordial admitted Randeng Daoist to the Chan Sect as Vice Sect Master after Randeng broke through the Jade Purity formation and asked to join.
• Primordial appointed Guangchengzi as the Chan Sect's first Direct Disciple and passed the Yuqing Dao Method to the twelve disciples.
• Primordial appointed Antarctic Immortal the foremost outer disciple and accepted Yun Zhongzi among the Chan Sect's outer disciples.
• Hong Yun told Zhenyuanzi he would leave Wuzhuang Temple to seek a breakthrough and would ask Yin-Yang Fellow Daoist for guidance if he failed.

Ancestor Hong Yun left Wuzhuang Temple to seek his own path to the Dao, drawing the Heavenly Court’s attention and prompting Great Emperor Fengdu to go to his aid. Fengdu’s rescue journey ended in a standoff with Bodhi, who had been sent to stop him.

• Hong Yun told Zhenyuanzi he would leave Wuzhuang Temple and travel the Primordial World for ten thousand years before meeting him at the Three Immortal Islands of the East Sea.
• East King Duke sensed Hong Yun’s coming tribulation and resolved to help him, while Saint Pingxin noticed Fengdu’s departure and let him go.
• Bai Ze reported Hong Yun’s departure to Di Jun, who planned to have Tai Yi and Xi Huang watch for an opportunity to capture him.
• At East King Duke’s request, Great Emperor Fengdu set out from the Place of Reincarnation to rescue Hong Yun.
• Old Ancestor Bodhi blocked Fengdu and urged him to return to the underworld, and the two prepared to fight.

The Great Emperor Fengdu confronted Patriarch Bodhi, Zhunti’s Good Corpse, who had moved against Hong Yun. Fengdu destroyed Bodhi’s Dao Body, revealing the formidable strength of the Netherworld’s new Great Emperor.

• East King Duke told Queen Mother of the West that Fengdu could defeat Bodhi and that Zhunti’s Good Corpse would make a suitable example.
• Patriarch Bodhi challenged Fengdu and blocked his Netherworld Qi with the Nine-grade Merit Golden Lotus.
• Bodhi attacked Fengdu with his Thousand Silk Duster, but the Book of Life and Death absorbed the blows.
• Fengdu used the Netherworld Judge Brush to bind Bodhi with a giant Dao Script.
• Fengdu struck Bodhi with a magical sword that pierced the Merit Golden Lotus and split Bodhi’s Dao Body in two.

Great Emperor Fengdu killed Patriarch Bodhi with one strike, shocking the Primordial World and wounding Zhunti through the loss of his Good Corpse. Meanwhile, Hong Yun left Wuzhuang Temple to seek his chance at sainthood, only to be surrounded by powerful cultivators demanding his Primordial Violet Qi.

• Great Emperor Fengdu killed Patriarch Bodhi, and the Three Pure Ones debated whether Fengdu's power came from the Earthly Dao or rivaled a Saint's might.
• Zhunti suffered a grievous blow from the death of his Good Corpse, and Jieyin urged him to recover in secluded cultivation.
• Hong Yun traveled through the Primordial World seeking insight into sainthood, aware that the Heavenly Dao was driving him toward tribulations.
• Hong Yun stopped to meditate, then found himself surrounded by dozens of Quasi-Saints who demanded his Primordial Violet Qi.
• Hong Yun challenged the attackers, asking whether they feared punishment from the Dao Ancestor for stealing what he had bestowed.

Hong Yun staged his death by sacrificing his Good Corpse to escape the Quasi-Saints who sought the Primordial Violet Qi, while Zhenyuanzi set out for revenge believing his friend had died. Hong Yun secretly survived, but another figure stopped him as he tried to slip away.

• Venerable Kummu and dozens of Quasi-Saints trapped Hong Yun in a formation and attacked him for the Primordial Violet Qi.
• Hong Yun detonated his Good Corpse and several Innate Spiritual Treasures, killing dozens of attackers and leaving Venerable Kummu, True Person Huanyue, True Lord Wuyang, and Old Ancestor Wantta gravely wounded.
• Zhenyuanzi learned through divination that Hong Yun had fallen, summoned the Earth Book, and vowed revenge on the four surviving Quasi-Saints.
• Great Emperor Fengdu told Zhenyuanzi that East King Duke knew Hong Yun was still alive and had sent him to rescue him, so they hurried toward Hong Yun.
• Hong Yun reappeared far from the explosion and revealed that his true self had hidden while his Good Corpse impersonated him and self-detonated.
• Someone stopped Hong Yun as he tried to leave, and he recognized the figure with sudden fear.

The Yao Race Heavenly Court trapped Hong Yun with the Star Dou Great Formation to seize his Primordial Violet Qi, while Jieyin blocked Fengdu and Zhenyuanzi from reaching him. East King Duke arrived to free them and challenged Jieyin to battle in the chaos, leaving Hong Yun’s fate unresolved.

• Di Jun, Tai Yi, Fuxi, Kunpeng, and other Heavenly Court forces surrounded Hong Yun and sealed the area with the Star Dou Great Formation.
• Fengdu and Zhenyuanzi raced to rescue Hong Yun, but Jieyin appeared and used Saintly pressure to hold them back.
• Fengdu and Zhenyuanzi resisted Jieyin with their treasures, while Jieyin acknowledged Fengdu’s strength.
• East King Duke attacked Jieyin with Yin-Yang Sword Light and ordered Fengdu to take Zhenyuanzi to protect Hong Yun.
• East King Duke confronted Jieyin over the Western Sect’s debt to Hong Yun and challenged him to battle in the chaos.

East King Duke defeated Jieyin in a battle in Chaos, while Hong Yun was trapped by Heavenly Court and destroyed himself. The Primordial Violet Qi vanished into a Spatial Rift just as Di Jun reached for it, leaving him furious and without the Saint Position he had sought.

• East King Duke challenged Jieyin to fight in Chaos, and Jieyin accepted while Saints watched.
• East King Duke used the Yin-Yang Sword Array and God Slaying Spear to overwhelm Jieyin, who conceded and withdrew.
• Hong Yun, trapped in the Star Dou Great Formation and gravely injured by Tai Yi, exploded his true Dao Body after declaring that he would take Heavenly Court enemies with him.
• The Primordial Violet Qi and Hong Yun's red Spirit Treasure Gourd remained after his death, and Di Jun reached for the Qi.
• A Spatial Rift carried the Primordial Violet Qi away before anyone could react, and Di Jun roared in fury as Tai Yi used the Chaos Bell to steady him.

After Hong Yun died without passing on the Primordial Violet Qi, Di Jun led Heavenly Court away with Hong Yun’s relic. Zhenyuanzi confronted the demons, but Great Emperor Fengdu intervened and forced them to surrender the relic and retreat.

• Di Jun abandoned hope of obtaining the Primordial Violet Qi and prepared to return to Heavenly Court with Hong Yun’s Soul Scattering Gourd.
• Zhenyuanzi arrived and accused Di Jun and the demon race of killing Hong Yun, prompting Tai Yi to attack him with the Chaos Bell.
• Great Emperor Fengdu appeared beside Zhenyuanzi and knocked the Chaos Bell away with a casual strike.
• Fengdu used a giant palm to suppress the demon race, injuring several Heavenly Generals and warning Di Jun to surrender Hong Yun’s relic.
• Di Jun and the demons left the Soul Scattering Gourd behind and withdrew to Heavenly Court in disgrace.

After Hong Yun’s death, Fengdu revealed that his True Spirit had survived and East King Duke recovered the Primordial Violet Qi. Kunpeng later slipped away from the Heavenly Court and headed for the Sun Star.

• Fengdu told Zhenyuanzi that Hong Yun’s remnant soul remained in the Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd and could be nurtured in the Ginseng Fruit Tree’s Yimu Origin.
• East King Duke revealed that the Chaos Bead had captured the Primordial Violet Qi and decided to keep it for the Yin-Yang Lineage.
• Fengdu returned to the underworld after agreeing to help Hong Yun when his True Spirit had recovered.
• Di Jun and the others returned to the Heavenly Court empty-handed, while Kunpeng felt satisfied that Hong Yun was dead.
• Kunpeng left the Heavenly Court in secret and flew toward the Sun Star.

Kunpeng secretly opened the array containing Di Jun and Xi He's ten Golden Crow Princes, and they flew into the Primordial World, where their uncontrolled Solar True Fire caused destruction. As Kuafu rushed to confront them, Jieyin and Zhunti concealed the Heavenly Secrets, revealing that Kunpeng’s actions were part of the Saints’ scheme.

• Kunpeng visited Bi Fang on the Sun Star, discussed the Dao with him, and left after secretly tampering with the array around the Fusang Tree.
• The ten Golden Crow Princes discovered the opening in the array and escaped while Bi Fang remained in Secluded Cultivation.
• The Golden Crows flew through the Primordial World, scorching land and harming living beings with their uncontrolled Solar True Fire.
• After the Golden Crows injured and killed members of a Witch Tribe settlement, Kuafu rushed to confront them.
• Jieyin and Zhunti concealed the Heavenly Secrets from Western Spirit Mountain, and Kunpeng’s actions were revealed as part of their scheme.