Chapter Summaries

Dizang could not offer a treasure as collateral for the Witch Tribe’s help, so Zhu Rong began to leave with Li Hao. Tai Yi appeared and offered the Chaos Bell instead, while the Ancestor Witches pretended not to recognize it.

• Zhu Rong challenged Dizang to provide collateral like Minghe had, but Dizang had nothing suitable to pledge.
• Zhu Rong pulled Li Hao away, arguing that friendship alone could not guarantee the Witch Tribe would be repaid.
• Tai Yi appeared with the Chaos Bell and offered it as collateral.
• Xi Zi and the other Ancestor Witches called the Chaos Bell a broken bell, while Li Hao played along.
• Dizang quietly told Li Hao that the bell was Tai Yi’s powerful Companion Treasure, the Chaos Bell.

Tai Yi offered the Chaos Bell as collateral to secure the Witch Tribe’s help developing the netherworld, while Zhu Rong bullied him into handing it over. Dizang then asked Li Hao to recruit people, but Li Hao refused and forced him to reopen negotiations.

• Li Hao and Zhu Rong questioned whether Tai Yi would truly leave the Chaos Bell as collateral, and Zhu Rong challenged Tai Yi’s claim that it was the Chaos Bell.
• Tai Yi erased the bell’s ordinary refinement imprints, kept its Origin Brand, and handed it to Li Hao as collateral.
• Dizang asked Li Hao to find people to help develop the netherworld, but Li Hao returned the bell and prepared to leave.
• Dizang grabbed Li Hao and apologized, admitting that his request had gone too far and asking to discuss the matter properly.

Li Hao and the ancestor witches faced a powerful Purple Cloud Divine Thunder penalty, while Hongjun investigated the events after Di Jun sought his help. Hongjun discovered the ancestor witches were in the netherworld and that Li Hao, whom he had expected to die in an earlier tribulation, was still alive.

• Dark clouds gathered as the ancestor witches recognized the Purple Cloud Divine Thunder, and Tai Yi hoped it would kill them while he protected Li Hao.
• Li Hao and the ancestor witches worried about the thunder’s strength, and Li Hao suspected Hongjun or Heavenly Dao had sent it.
• Di Jun decided he could not rescue Tai Yi himself, so he went to Purple Heaven Palace and asked Hongjun for help.
• Di Jun told Hongjun how the Book of Life and Death had led to a struggle involving Tai Yi, Jieyin, and Zhunti.
• Hongjun divined that the Witch Tribe had found and sent out the Book of Life and Death, then saw that the ancestor witches were in the netherworld and Li Hao was still alive.

Hongjun sent a powerful lightning tribulation against Qiang Liang in the Underworld, but Qiang Liang endured it while making sounds that left the Ancestor Witches unsure whether he was suffering or enjoying himself. The chapter ended when Qiang Liang insisted that his latest cries were genuine, though Xi Zi still doubted him.

• Hongjun heard Di Jun's report, sent down a powerful divine lightning tribulation, and dismissed Di Jun.
• Qiang Liang faced the lightning with his body, and the Ancestor Witches worried when he cried out from the thunderclouds.
• Xi Zi tried to rush in to help, but Qiang Liang repeatedly told him to stay away.
• Qiang Liang's suggestive cries revealed that he seemed to be enjoying the tribulation, leaving Xi Zi and the others embarrassed or exasperated.
• The thunderclouds contracted, and Qiang Liang claimed his latest cries were real, but Xi Zi dismissed his explanation.

Qiang Liang endured the heavenly tribulation and achieved Sagehood through his physical body, then Xi Zi entered the weakened thunder cloud to face the remaining lightning. Li Hao warned Dijiang that the Witches needed at least three more brothers to achieve Sagehood, since their ultimate enemy might be the Heavenly Dao itself rather than Hongjun alone.

• Li Hao noticed a burnt odor, and the Ancestor Witches realized the heavenly tribulation had grown stronger as Qiang Liang remained inside the thunder cloud.
• Qiang Liang survived the storm, emerged from the thunder cloud, and told Xi Zi to enter while its residual power remained.
• Dijiang confirmed privately with Li Hao that Qiang Liang had reached the eighth revolution of the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Origin Technique and achieved the Dao.
• Li Hao warned Dijiang that Xi Zi might not have enough remaining thunder to achieve the Dao and that at least three more brothers needed to attain Sagehood before the Witch Tribe could emerge.
• Li Hao told Dijiang that the Heavenly Dao, not merely Hongjun, might be the power they ultimately had to face.

Dizang mistook Qiang Liang’s breakthrough for an ordinary sainthood and wanted to congratulate him, but Tai Yi warned him that Qiang Liang had proved the Dao at a far higher level. After Xi Zi’s tribulation clouds vanished, Li Hao and Dijiang checked on him and learned he had reached the late stage of the Seventh Revolution, while Hongjun sensed something was wrong and looked down at the Witch Tribe.

• Dizang suggested that he and Tai Yi congratulate Qiang Liang, but Tai Yi explained that Qiang Liang had become a Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal, far above their rank as Merit Saints.
• Qiang Liang boasted to the other Ancestor Witches that he would help them beat anyone who bullied them, and they silently mocked his needless show of bravado.
• Xi Zi’s black tribulation clouds dissipated, and he awkwardly insisted he had not meant to break them.
• Li Hao and Dijiang paused their discussion about the Chaos Bell, which Li Hao said now belonged to the Witch Tribe, and went to check on Xi Zi.
• Xi Zi told Li Hao and Dijiang that he had reached the late stage of the Seventh Revolution, and the two brothers agreed Li Hao’s prediction had been right.
• Hongjun sensed an unexplained discomfort, remembered that he had used excessive force with the Purple Cloud Divine Thunder, and inspected the Witch Tribe to see whether they had survived.

Hongjun was furious that the Witch Tribe had survived the dispersed thunderclouds and decided to send down a stronger Purple Cloud Divine Thunder strike. As new thunderclouds gathered over the netherworld, Xi Zi and Li Hao welcomed the attack as another opportunity.

• Hongjun saw that the Witch Tribe remained unharmed after the thunderclouds dispersed and grew furious.
• Hongjun scolded Haotian, but Yaochi calmed him, and he dismissed them both.
• Hongjun decided to send the Witch Tribe Purple Cloud Divine Thunder at seventy percent of his power.
• The thunderclouds gathered over the netherworld, and Xi Zi and Li Hao were delighted at the new opportunity.

Qiang Liang split the thunder punishment so Xi Zi could absorb part of it and break through, then prepared to face the remaining cloud with his brother. The story left Qiang Liang and Xi Zi confronting the still-gathering thunder punishment together.

• Li Hao worried about the thunder punishment and asked Qiang Liang whether the Ancestor Witches should retreat, but Qiang Liang assured him he could manage it with Xi Zi.
• Qiang Liang divided the black cloud, sending the smaller portion down on Xi Zi while the larger portion continued gathering above himself.
• Xi Zi endured the lightning and broke through, then rushed to Qiang Liang's side after Dijiang urged him to help his sixth brother.
• Qiang Liang scolded Xi Zi for joking about the amount of thunder he had received and told him to prepare for the remaining cloud.

Qiang Liang and Xi Zi used a Jade Slip of Pangu’s All Heavens Divine Thunder to confront the thunderclouds, while Li Hao and Dijiang trusted that the plain-looking technique held great power. The orbs vanished into the clouds, which continued to grow, leaving the Ancestor Witches waiting to see what would happen.

• Xi Zi and Qiang Liang sensed something familiar in the thunderclouds but could not identify it.
• Li Hao realized the brothers might need the thunder arts Jade Slip and told Dijiang to bring it to them.
• Qiang Liang and Xi Zi studied the Jade Slip, then focused on the thunderclouds to comprehend its method.
• Dijiang returned to the Ancestor Witches, where Zhu Rong questioned Li Hao’s prediction that the brothers could solve the danger.
• Qiang Liang and Xi Zi sent blue-white orbs into the thunderclouds, which continued to churn and grew larger.
• Li Hao and Dijiang believed the orbs carried Pangu’s powerful All Heavens Divine Thunder despite their modest appearance.

Qiang Liang and Xi Zi’s All Heavens Divine Thunder shattered the thundercloud and left the gathered Witches amazed by its power. After Li Hao and Dijiang discussed who should be allowed to study the technique, the other Ancestor Witches crowded around Dijiang, eager to learn it.

• The All Heavens Divine Thunder burst the thundercloud apart, and its blast knocked Tai Yi and Dizang to the ground while the Ancestor Witches watched in awe.
• Dijiang asked Li Hao whether they should let their brothers read the Jade Slip, and Li Hao said they could study it if they understood how difficult it was to master.
• The explosion’s halo lingered for more than ten years, leaving the surrounding ground barren and frightening the souls near the Netherworld.
• Tai Yi and Dizang feared the Witch Tribe’s power and hoped the Witches would leave soon and honor their agreement.
• Qiang Liang and Xi Zi sulked after their attack, while the other Ancestor Witches gathered around Dijiang, eager to learn the Divine Power.

Qiang Liang and Xi Zi complained to Li Hao that their thunder techniques had accidentally made the thundercloud explode, then revealed a misunderstanding over how much strength they had agreed to use. They asked Li Hao to decide how to advance their cultivation, and the chapter ended after they teased him for wrongly assuming they planned to become dao companions.

• Qiang Liang and Xi Zi told Li Hao that their attacks had caused the thundercloud to explode despite their attempts to hold back.
• Qiang Liang and Xi Zi showed that they had used twenty and thirty percent of their strength, then argued over Qiang Liang's confusing hand signal.
• Li Hao considered the strength of their cultivation and the possibility of reaching the ninth revolution of the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Origin Technique.
• Qiang Liang asked Li Hao to help decide how he and Xi Zi should strengthen their cultivation, while Li Hao mistakenly thought they were discussing becoming dao companions.
• Qiang Liang and Xi Zi corrected Li Hao's assumption, and Li Hao asked them to explain the decision they wanted him to make.

Li Hao advised Qiang Liang and Xi Zi to strike each other with their different thunder laws instead of trying to strengthen themselves with their own power. Their experiment worked only at higher strength, but the resulting damage to the netherworld left them unable to safely push further.

• Qiang Liang and Xi Zi proposed using their own thunder techniques to strengthen themselves, and Li Hao explained that their power would not work well when absorbed by its original source.
• Li Hao suggested that Qiang Liang and Xi Zi attack each other instead, and he led the other Ancestor Witches far away before they began their experiment.
• Qiang Liang and Xi Zi unleashed thunder and lightning across the netherworld, leaving Dizang and Tai Yi distressed by the destruction of their territory.
• Qiang Liang told Li Hao that their attacks had no effect at thirty percent strength and only a modest effect at fifty percent.
• Xi Zi explained that they could not use greater strength because the resulting thunder would devastate the surrounding environment, and Li Hao encouraged them to keep searching for a solution.

Li Hao led the Ancestor Witches out of the Netherworld, leaving Tai Yi and Dizang to survey the damage. In the Purple Cloud Palace, Hongjun learned the Witch Tribe had survived his thunder tribulation, and Yaochi collapsed in grief over Li Hao and the Witches; after she cried herself to sleep, Hongjun reprimanded Haotian.

• Li Hao said farewell to Tai Yi and Dizang, promised to fulfill their requests, and led the Ancestor Witches away from the Netherworld.
• Tai Yi fainted at the sight of the ruined Netherworld, then told Dizang they should never host outsiders there again.
• Hongjun checked on the Primordial Era and proudly told Yaochi that his thunder tribulation had likely killed most of the Witch Tribe.
• Yaochi fainted and then wept because the Witch Tribe had no Primordial Spirits and Hongjun could not restore those killed by the tribulation.
• Haotian annoyed Hongjun by telling Yaochi to stop crying, so Hongjun ordered him out of the hall.
• Yaochi cried herself to sleep, and Hongjun quietly left the hall and criticized Haotian's posture.

Yaochi asked Hongjun for permission to travel, and he gave her jade that could unleash ten Saint strikes before she had to return. In the Primordial Era, Li Hao sensed that someone might be cursing him, so Dijiang called Shebishi to investigate, and Shebishi’s inspection left him silent.

• Haotian admitted he could not explain Yaochi’s distress, and Hongjun ordered him to think until he understood what had happened to her.
• Yaochi woke and asked Hongjun for time to travel; he agreed and gave her jade charged with ten Saint strikes for protection.
• Yaochi left the Purple Firmament Palace for the Primordial Era while Hongjun and Haotian departed.
• As Li Hao and the Ancestor Witches searched for the Ox-Head and Horse-Face clan, Li Hao said he suddenly felt someone might be cursing him.
• Dijiang summoned Shebishi, who inspected Li Hao with Law Power and then remained silent, prompting Dijiang to ask whether the problem was serious.

After Shebishi confirmed that Li Hao was healthy, Li Hao left Dijiang and encountered Yaochi while searching for the Ox-Head and Horse-Face tribes. Yaochi clung to him, and Houtu joined the embrace, leaving Li Hao trapped between them.

• Shebishi told Li Hao and Dijiang that Li Hao had no health problems, then left the two alone.
• Yaochi stood on a mountain, unsure whether to seek out Li Hao after hearing about the Witch Tribe's losses.
• Li Hao spotted Yaochi while looking for the Ox-Head and Horse-Face tribes and called out to her.
• Yaochi rushed to Li Hao, embraced him, and refused to let go as Liu'er complained about being crushed and getting its fur wet.
• Houtu saw Yaochi holding Li Hao, then hugged him from behind, trapping him between the two women.

Li Hao recruited the Ox-Head and Horse-Face tribes to capture wandering souls, using their supposedly useless Divine Power and strength for the work. He gave the chieftains a Jade Slip with directions and told both tribes to report to the Witch Tribe’s friends.

• Dijiang ended Houtu and Yaochi’s embrace so everyone could return to the important matter.
• Li Hao criticized the Ox-Head and Horse-Face tribes’ construction work, then offered them jobs with meals and lodging provided.
• The Ox-Head and Horse-Face chieftains learned Li Hao was a Witch and became deferential toward him.
• Li Hao explained that he wanted the tribes’ wandering soul Divine Power and recruited them to capture and transport wandering souls.
• Li Hao gave the Ox-Head chieftain a Jade Slip with directions and told both tribes to go together and identify themselves as recruits from the Witch Tribe’s friends.

The Ox-Head and Horse-Face clans learned that the Witch Tribe and the Sages would protect them, then set off for the Netherworld. Elsewhere, Hongjun sensed that a new tribulation was approaching while worrying about Yaochi.

• The Ox-Head and Horse-Face clan chiefs told Niu Da and Ma Er to stop building their residences and prepare to relocate.
• The chiefs revealed that their benefactor was an Ancestor Witch and that the two Sages who established reincarnation would protect the clans.
• Niu Da and Ma Er gathered both clans and led them toward the Netherworld, following Li Hao's map.
• In the Purple Cloud Palace, Hongjun worried about Yaochi and divined that a new tribulation was approaching.

Hongjun bestowed the Ninth Heaven on Di Jun to establish the Demon Court, and Di Jun tried to recruit Tai Yi and prepare to oppose the Witch Tribe. Tai Yi refused to join him, while Li Hao returned to find Yaochi and Houtu suddenly acting like close sisters.

• Hongjun summoned Di Jun to Purple Palace and granted him the Ninth Heaven as the site of the Demon Court.
• Di Jun announced the grant to his demon leaders, sent the Ten Great Demon Marshals to build the court, and went to recruit Tai Yi and other powerful figures.
• Tai Yi refused to return with Di Jun and urged him not to provoke the Witch Tribe, but Di Jun believed Hongjun’s support would ensure success.
• Li Hao returned after persuading the Ox-Head and Horse-Face clans and was stunned to see Yaochi and Houtu behaving like sisters.

Li Hao told Dijiang that he wanted to advance the Primordial Era’s trajectory by arranging for Nuwa to create humans, while avoiding the attention of Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao. He warned that the world itself might one day collapse, leaving Dijiang convinced that the Witch Tribe’s Ancestral Land needed early preparations.

• Li Hao and Dijiang privately discussed the next step after their dealings with the Buddhist and bird clans, and Li Hao considered pushing the era’s events forward.
• Li Hao explained that the Human Race was essential to the future trajectory, then asked Dijiang what the Witch Tribe should do if the Primordial Era itself fell apart.
• Dijiang first assumed Li Hao meant a change in who ruled the world, but Li Hao clarified that he meant the earth and heavens could collapse.
• Dijiang pressed Li Hao for confirmation, and Li Hao said a catastrophe was possible and the Witch Tribe’s Ancestral Land would be affected most.

Li Hao warned Dijiang that the Primordial Era might shatter and worried over how to bring about the Human Race. Meanwhile, Houtu and Yaochi reconciled, and Yaochi left after embracing Li Hao and promising to stay by his side someday.

• Li Hao told Dijiang that the Primordial Era’s destruction was uncertain but likely, and that the Witch Tribe should prepare early.
• Li Hao wondered how to give Nuwa the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil and Gourd Vine and considered how the Human Race might emerge.
• Houtu and Yaochi reconciled and began treating each other like sisters after sharing their feelings about Li Hao.
• Yaochi hugged Li Hao, promised to return and stay with him, then flew away as Houtu saw her off.
• Houtu teased Li Hao about Yaochi, and Li Hao protested that he had never thought of her romantically and had only patted her head when she was a child.
• Dijiang approached Li Hao with a sympathetic expression as Li Hao regretted ever patting Yaochi’s head.