Chapter Summaries

Li Hao returned to the Witch Clan Ancestral Land with Dijiang and learned that Nuwa had visited repeatedly looking for someone who could discuss an unspecified matter with her. He decided to stay at the Ancestral Land and use her arrival to advance his plan to help her create humans.

• Dijiang teased Li Hao about his troubles before returning with him and the other Ancestor Witches to the Ancestral Land.
• Yaochi returned to the Purple Cloud Palace, waited for Hongjun to enter seclusion, and went to find Haotian so she could arrange to monitor the Witch Clan with the Sky-Observing Mirror.
• The Witch Clan welcomed the Ancestor Witches and celebrated the return of the Chaos Bell.
• Chiyou told Li Hao that Nuwa had visited the Ancestral Land about a dozen times while he was away, seeking Li Hao or another decision-maker to discuss an unspecified matter.
• Li Hao realized Nuwa's visits could help him deliver the Gourd Vine and Nine Heavens Breathing Soil to her, and told Dijiang they would stay at the Ancestral Land to advance his plan.

Li Hao brought the Ancestor Witches to the reception hall to meet Nuwa, surprising them with their first-ever guest. After exchanging pleasantries, Nuwa revealed that she had come to borrow two items from the Witch Tribe, leaving Li Hao pleased that she had finally stated her purpose.

• The Ancestor Witches grumbled as Li Hao led them toward the reception hall, each wishing to spend time on other pursuits.
• Zhurong opened the reception hall doors and found Nuwa lounging and eating a giant flat peach.
• Li Hao pushed through the excited Ancestor Witches and seated them, while Dijiang’s aura made them sit upright.
• Li Hao asked Nuwa why she had visited, and Nuwa first offered an explanation about being neighbors at Buzhou Mountain.
• Li Hao urged Nuwa to speak plainly, and Nuwa said she wanted to borrow two items from the Witch Tribe.

Nuwa tried to borrow an Innate Gourd Vine and Nine Heavens Breathing Soil from the Witch Tribe, but Li Hao and the Ancestor Witches played hard to get. The chapter ended with Nuwa caught off guard by their sudden insistence that the plentiful items were precious.

• Zhu Rong told Nuwa that the Witch Tribe feared she would borrow its goods and never return them, while Nuwa appealed to Li Hao for help.
• Li Hao pretended not to notice Nuwa's attempts to charm him and explained that he had considered using the materials to create humans, but had found no witch with the Law of Creation.
• Zhu Rong challenged Nuwa's claim that borrowing the Witch Tribe's belongings would benefit the Primordial Era, and Nuwa responded by feigning tears until Li Hao asked what she wanted.
• Nuwa requested a section of Innate Gourd Vine and a handful of Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, but Li Hao and the Ancestor Witches abruptly acted as if the items were too precious to lend.

Li Hao agreed to return Nuwa’s Gourd Vine and Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, then resumed planning how to strengthen the Ancestor Witches. Meanwhile, Jieyin and Zhunti returned to the Western Lands, where Jia Ye and Medicine Master had tried to blame Dizang for the stolen treasury.

• Li Hao reasoned that building ties with the Human Race would benefit the Witch Tribe and encouraged Nuwa to ask for the Gourd Vine and Nine Heavens Breathing Soil back.
• Nuwa humbly pleaded with Li Hao, who agreed to return the treasures and sent Wu to fetch them.
• After Nuwa left, the Ancestor Witches dispersed, and Li Hao worried over how to help them develop their different laws.
• Jieyin and Zhunti returned to the Western Lands and summoned their disciples after pursuing Dizang.
• Jia Ye and Medicine Master had planned to blame Dizang for the stolen treasury, then stayed nearby in case their teachers returned.

Jieyin and Zhunti told their Western Lands disciples that Dizang had become a Saint and offered them the chance to serve under him. They chose Mahasthamaprashta for one of ten places, while Jia Ye and Medicine Master were left off the remaining list.

• Jieyin and Zhunti gathered their disciples and announced an opportunity that required leaving the Western Lands to serve elsewhere.
• Mahasthamaprashta worried about Dizang, and Jieyin and Zhunti revealed that Dizang was a Saint whose cultivation surpassed theirs.
• Jieyin and Zhunti invited the disciples to volunteer, and Mahasthamaprashta withdrew once he learned Dizang was safe.
• Jieyin gave Mahasthamaprashta a guaranteed place and told the disciples to select nine more candidates.
• The disciples debated and chose the remaining candidates, leaving Jia Ye and Medicine Master off the list.

Li Hao realized the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil could help Houtu attain the Dao and asked whether she was willing to become Primordial Great Luo. Houtu agreed after confirming that she would not have to sever her connection with him, and Li Hao began to explain that the method might be uncomfortable.

• Jieyin and Zhunti chose Jia Ye and Medicine Master for their opportunity, while Mahasthamaprapta and nine other disciples returned with them to the Netherworld.
• After Chiyou reported Nuwa’s departure with the Gourd Vine and Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, Li Hao realized the soil could help strengthen the Ancestor Witches.
• Li Hao asked Houtu whether she would be willing to attain the Dao and become Primordial Great Luo.
• Houtu asked whether attaining the Dao would force her to sever her connection with Li Hao, and he assured her it would not.
• Li Hao joked that Houtu must only pamper him after attaining the Dao, but she responded affectionately and asked how she could attain it.
• Li Hao warned Houtu that the method might be uncomfortable, and she looked at him slyly.

Houtu agreed to prove the Dao by spreading Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, and Li Hao set the Ancestor Witches to prepare. Meanwhile, Jieyin and Zhunti returned to the transformed netherworld with their disciples and were confronted by its gatekeepers when they tried to enter without queuing.

• Li Hao teased Houtu about growing many Eldest Sisters from the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, and she agreed to prove the Dao.
• Li Hao informed Dijiang, who gathered the Ancestor Witches to prepare for Houtu's proof of the Dao.
• Yaochi secured half the time with the Sky-Observing Mirror by persuading Hongjun that she wanted to help monitor the Primordial Era.
• Jieyin and Zhunti led Mahasthamaprapta and nine disciples back to the netherworld and saw how much it had changed.
• An ox-headed and a horse-faced gatekeeper ordered Jieyin and Zhunti's group to queue, and Jieyin and Zhunti summoned their magical power in response.

Jieyin and Zhunti were humiliated by Niu Da and Ma Er, who guarded the Underworld’s entrance with power bestowed by their Saint. After the two teachers returned and joined the queue, they claimed they had avoided fighting out of respect for the Saint, though they quietly remembered the gatekeepers.

• Jieyin and Zhunti’s Quasi-Saint aura vanished when it touched Ox-Head and Horse-Face, who then sent both of them flying with a headbutt and a kick.
• Niu Da and Ma Er revealed that the Saint’s protection had made them powerful, and Ma Er excitedly praised his new strength.
• Jieyin and Zhunti returned, but Niu Da and Ma Er challenged them again, so the two teachers bowed, admitted defeat, and joined the queue.
• A Western disciple asked whether they could still stay in the Underworld, and his blunt questions angered Jieyin and Zhunti.
• Jieyin and Zhunti told their disciples that they had refrained from fighting to show respect for the Saint.

Li Hao told Dijiang he planned to kidnap three people, then explained how they could secretly pose as their rescuers and gain their trust. As Houtu’s Dao-proclamation neared completion, Zhu Rong wagered with Ru Shou that Li Hao’s long, animated conversation meant someone was about to suffer, just as golden light burst from the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil.

• Niu Da and Ma Er refused Jieyin and Zhunti entry, struck them away, and invited Mahasthamaprapta inside to meet their saint.
• Li Hao told Dijiang he intended to kidnap three people, with Nuwa’s actions affecting the timing.
• Dijiang agreed to help and asked whether they would kill the hostages, but Li Hao said they would release them once matters were settled.
• Li Hao explained that they could ambush the targets and pretend to rescue them, then host them at the Ancestral Land to win their friendship.
• Zhu Rong told Ru Shou that Li Hao and Dijiang’s prolonged, animated conversations meant a conspiracy was brewing, and they wagered their harvests on it.
• Golden light burst from the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil as Houtu’s Dao-proclamation neared its end.

Houtu successfully proved the Dao and became a Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal, while Li Hao realized the golden light from the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil came from rare Metal Qi. The chapter ended with Ru Shou sensing the Metal Qi inside the soil as Li Hao and Dijiang watched anxiously.

• Li Hao worried that Houtu's golden light meant she would go bald, but Houtu emerged from the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil with her hair intact.
• Dijiang explained that Houtu's dark clouds marked a lightning tribulation, and Qiang Liang and Xi Zi absorbed its stray bolts to protect the land.
• Houtu survived all eighty-one lightning bolts and proved the Dao, then hugged Li Hao while the Six-Eared Macaque hid behind him.
• Golden light appeared from the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, and Li Hao recognized it as exceptionally high-grade Metal Qi produced by earth giving birth to metal.
• Ru Shou sensed Metal Qi within the soil, and Zhu Rong dismissed him before recognizing the golden light's sharp, metallic aura.

Li Hao and the Ancestor Witches discovered that a vast supply of Metal Qi had formed beneath the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, giving Ru Shou a chance to attain the Dao. After Dijiang sent Ru Shou back to cultivate and urged his brothers to work harder, Li Hao and Houtu encountered Chiyou and Xing Tian roasting a strange bird that Li Hao suspected might be Bi Fang.

• Dijiang slapped Ru Shou and ordered him to investigate the Metal Qi beneath the soil.
• Ru Shou reported that more than two-thirds of the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil had transformed into Metal Qi and might let him attain the Dao.
• Dijiang sent Ru Shou back to cultivate, then berated the other Ancestor Witches for falling behind their younger siblings.
• Li Hao reassured Dijiang that he had found his own path to cultivation, and he left with Houtu.
• Chiyou told Li Hao he had killed a strange bird with a thrown axe, while Xing Tian wondered whether it had only one leg.
• Li Hao suspected the roasted bird might be Bi Fang, but he stopped worrying about it when its aroma made him eager to eat.

After the Witches finished their meal, Li Hao predicted a coming conflict between the Witch Tribe and the Demon Race and urged Chiyou to claim Gun Gun as his mount. Li Hao and Houtu then sensed an intermittent extreme yin aura and headed toward its source.

• Li Hao reassured Chiyou that plenty of meat would be available in the future and anticipated a coming war between the Witch Tribe and the Demon Race.
• Li Hao asked about Chiyou's natal treasure, recognized that Chiyou and Xing Tian meant Gun Gun, and told Chiyou to subdue it as his mount.
• Chiyou set off for the Bitter Bamboo Grove to find Gun Gun, while Xing Tian followed him.
• Houtu teased Li Hao for sending Chiyou after Gun Gun, and Li Hao defended his advice.
• Li Hao sensed an intermittent extreme yin aura, and he and Houtu followed it toward its source.

Li Hao followed the primordial yin energy to the Peach Garden and found Xuanming cultivating with the West King Mother while Zhu Rong guarded them. He regretted not saving the East King Duke as a potential cultivation partner for Zhu Rong, but Zhu Rong objected before Dijiang arrived and silenced him with a slap.

• Li Hao tracked the primordial yin energy to the Peach Garden and entered with Haku’s encouragement.
• Li Hao saw Xuanming and the West King Mother cultivating together and mistakenly assumed they were embracing romantically.
• Zhu Rong arrived and explained that Xuanming’s laws purified the West King Mother’s aura, while her yin energy nourished Xuanming’s laws.
• Li Hao realized the first strand of primordial yin energy could aid cultivation and regretted not rescuing the East King Duke for Zhu Rong.
• Zhu Rong denied that he would ever cultivate with the East King Duke, but Dijiang slapped him and ordered him to keep quiet so he would not disturb the women.

Li Hao proposed using Di Jun’s essential blood as a source of the Fire Ancestral Source so Zhu Rong could attain the Dao. Dijiang agreed to bring Zhu Jiuyin and set out to invite Di Jun as a guest, while Houtu objected to Li Hao leaving her behind.

• Dijiang asked Li Hao to find ways to help the other Ancestor Witches advance, and Houtu scolded Dijiang for leaving the tribe’s plans to Li Hao.
• Li Hao reasoned that the Fire Ancestral Source could help Zhu Rong attain the Dao and said he knew where it could be found.
• Li Hao identified the Great Sun Golden Flame within Di Jun and Tai Yi as the Fire Ancestral Source and proposed taking Di Jun’s essential blood for Zhu Rong to refine.
• Dijiang agreed to bring Zhu Jiuyin and set out with Li Hao to invite Di Jun as a guest.
• Houtu clung to Li Hao and protested that she would not let him leave her behind.

Li Hao, Dijiang, Houtu, and Zhu Jiuyin traveled to the Demon Court in the Ninth Heaven to bring Di Jun away. Outside the court, Li Hao proposed a supposedly subtle plan to knock Di Jun unconscious and treat his silence as agreement, leaving Zhu Jiuyin appalled as he watched Dijiang's reaction.

• Dijiang took Li Hao, Houtu, and Zhu Jiuyin from the Ancestral Land, and Houtu told Zhu Jiuyin they were going to shake someone down.
• Zhu Jiuyin quickly declared that he supported every decision Dijiang made after Dijiang confirmed he had agreed to the plan.
• The group reached the Demon Court in the Ninth Heaven in a little over a year, and Dijiang suggested charging in to abduct Di Jun.
• Li Hao persuaded Dijiang to enter quietly and make Di Jun appear willing to leave with them.
• Li Hao proposed knocking Di Jun unconscious and interpreting his silence as agreement, and Zhu Jiuyin inwardly cursed the plan as he looked to Dijiang.

Dijiang agreed to use Li Hao’s plan to protect the Witch Tribe’s reputation, and the witches infiltrated the Demon Court to abduct Di Jun. As they carried the unconscious Di Jun away, Li Hao asked Zhu Jiuyin how to extract essence blood, prompting Zhu Jiuyin to suspect he meant to give his own to Yaochi.

• Dijiang decided the Witch Tribe should follow Li Hao’s plan so Di Jun’s accusations would not damage their reputation.
• The witches entered the Ninth Heaven through the Primordial River Luo Array without alerting the Demon Court.
• They found Di Jun drinking alone, and Li Hao knocked him unconscious with one punch.
• Dijiang caught Di Jun while Li Hao caught his slipping wine cup, and the witches left with him.
• Li Hao asked Zhu Jiuyin how to extract essence blood, and Zhu Jiuyin refused because he thought Li Hao planned to give his own blood to Yaochi.

Li Hao and Zhu Jiuyin extracted most of Di Jun’s blood essence to help Zhu Rong cultivate, then returned to the Witch Clan Ancestral Land. Zhu Rong began refining the blood while Houtu built a sturdy enclosure for the weakened Di Jun.

• Zhu Jiuyin extracted three drops of blood essence from the unconscious Di Jun, leaving him pale and trembling.
• Li Hao explained that he wanted the blood to help Zhu Rong improve his cultivation, and Zhu Jiuyin proposed using treasures and his laws to restore Di Jun’s blood essence.
• Li Hao knocked Di Jun unconscious again when he seemed close to waking, and the witches returned to the Peach Garden.
• Dijiang urged Zhu Rong to refine the blood, and Zhu Rong began refining it despite his misgivings.
• Li Hao woke Houtu and asked her to build a sturdy enclosure for Di Jun, so she trapped him inside a boxlike structure with one arm left outside.

Li Hao and the Ancestor Witches refined Di Jun’s essential blood to raise their cultivation, while Zhu Jiuyin used spiritual fruit and Time Law to restore Di Jun between extractions. Watching Zhu Jiuyin’s mastery grow as he used his law, Li Hao realized special laws might be easier to cultivate to perfection than ordinary ones.

• Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin devised a way to confine Di Jun so they could extract his essential blood without revealing their identities.
• Zhu Rong refined a drop of essential blood, discovered it strengthened him, and began refining more despite calling the method evil.
• Li Hao asked Dijiang about the origin of wood and powerful Wood Law cultivators, but Dijiang had no useful leads and said only Second Brother might possess Wood Law.
• Di Jun awoke and struggled in confinement, so Zhu Jiuyin fed him spiritual-fruit energy and secretly accelerated time within his body to help him recover.
• Zhu Jiuyin found that using Time Law increased his mastery, and Li Hao concluded that frequent use might let practitioners perfect special laws more easily.

Ru Shou attained the Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm after enduring a heavenly tribulation, while Hongjun learned that the Demon Race had attacked every other race at once. Hongjun realized Di Jun had turned his plan to suppress the Witch Tribe into a reckless war on all fronts.

• Li Hao realized that Zhu Jiuyin's method of attaining the Dao through repeated use of his law might work only for Zhu Jiuyin.
• The Witch Tribe's members cultivated furiously for centuries, and dark clouds gathered above their land as another Ancestor Witch prepared to attain the Dao.
• Qiang Liang and Xi Zi absorbed the tribulation lightning, while Ru Shou emerged from the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil and endured eighty-one strikes to attain the Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm.
• Hongjun sent Haotian to investigate the strange fluctuations, then learned that the Demon Race was attacking all the races of the Primordial Era.
• Hongjun smashed his teacup and cursed Di Jun for launching a war on every front instead of using the Demon Court to suppress the Witch Tribe.

Hongjun learned that Di Jun and Bi Fang had vanished without a trace, but his divination could not locate them. With his sermon approaching, he sent Haotian to search the Primordial Era and bring Di Jun back if possible.

• Hongjun angrily demanded that Haotian summon Di Jun, but Haotian explained that Di Jun had been missing for years and he could not locate him.
• Hongjun divined that Di Jun and Bi Fang had disappeared, while rumors about their fate spread through the Demon Race.
• Hongjun found no trace of Di Jun in the Primordial Era, though Di Jun's karmic ties remained and suggested he was still alive.
• Unable to investigate personally before his sermon, Hongjun ordered Haotian to search for Di Jun and return quickly.
• Hongjun told Haotian to take treasures from the treasury for protection, and Haotian gathered several Magic Treasures before setting out for the Primordial Era.