Chapter Summaries

Nan Rou revealed that Qin Guan had awakened divine power, giving Canglan and Chiliao peace as their souls faded away. She affirmed her resolve to protect both realms, while Yao Niang learned the truth about Nan Rou’s origins and trusted Qin Guan to save everyone; two days later, Cang Chong and Ghost King headed toward the Primordial Tower.

• Nan Rou told Canglan, Chiliao, and Yao Niang that her husband Qin Guan had awakened his divinity and was on the Southern Pole Continent.
• Canglan and Chiliao realized their sacrifice had preserved hope, and Chiliao asked Nan Rou to pass his Fire Dao inheritance to Qin Guan before his soul dissipated; Canglan then vanished as well.
• Nan Rou confirmed to Yao Niang that she and her companions came from the Chaos Realm and argued that the strong should protect all beings instead of shifting catastrophe onto another realm.
• Nan Rou said she trusted Yao Niang and believed Qin Guan would save both realms, but accepted that the Chaos Realm would bear the calamity if he failed.
• Two days later, Cang Chong and Ghost King went to the Primordial Tower, where Ghost King dismissed Cang Chong’s warnings and Cang Chong privately planned to use him as a shield.

Qin Guan met with Ghost King and Cang Chong to discuss the Qi Yuan Civilization Legacy, offering to develop it together rather than hand it over. He claimed the cultivation secret method was trapped inside the cauldron and could not be retrieved, then summoned Xiao Guo to support his claim.

• Ghost King and Cang Chong entered the Primordial Tower after Qin Guan invited them in, despite Cang Chong's suspicions.
• Qin Guan admitted he wanted to keep the Qi Yuan Civilization Legacy secret but said he sought a deal that benefited them all.
• Ghost King secretly told Qin Guan he had come to protect him on Dao Demon's orders, while publicly pretending to threaten him for Cang Chong's sake.
• Qin Guan offered to share the legacy's development, explaining that its cultivation secret method was inside the cauldron and inaccessible.
• Cang Chong challenged Qin Guan to prove his claim, so Qin Guan summoned Xiao Guo, whose belly rumbled as white vapor escaped its lid.

Xiao Guo beat Qin Guan for failing to supply the resources needed to unlock the Qi Yuan Civilization Secret Method, then offered the inheritance to Cang Chong and Ghost King in exchange for their wealth. After the Primordial Tower Spirit warned them against scheming, Cang Chong left, while Ghost King abruptly bowed to Qin Guan and called himself his subordinate.

• Xiao Guo revealed that it had consumed two hundred million Primordial Soul Stones and beat Qin Guan for not providing more cultivation resources.
• Xiao Guo offered Cang Chong and Ghost King the Qi Yuan Civilization inheritance to whoever helped it break through, and the two promised their factions' resources.
• Qin Guan warned Xiao Guo that Cang Chong's temple had been plundered, while Cang Chong and Ghost King competed to claim they had greater reserves.
• After Xiao Guo left, Qin Guan tried to persuade Cang Chong and Ghost King to keep cooperating, and the Primordial Tower Spirit warned them against plotting to seize the cauldron.
• Ghost King urged Cang Chong to take the cauldron by force, but Cang Chong departed through the Teleportation Gate, and Ghost King bowed to Qin Guan as his subordinate.

Qin Guan learned that the Ghost King had joined his side after Dao Demon humbled him, and sent him to keep watch on Cang Chong while gathering the Nine Nether Hall's forces. The Ghost King also told Qin Guan that Nan Rou and the others were safe at the Demon Moon Divine Palace, while the Primordial Tower Spirit asked how Dao Demon's treatment was progressing.

• The Ghost King pledged loyalty to Qin Guan, and Lin Suisui and the Primordial Tower Spirit questioned his sudden change of allegiance.
• Qin Guan confirmed that the Heritage Secret Method was inside Xiao Guo and told the Ghost King to monitor Cang Chong and bring the Nine Nether Hall's core fighters to the tower.
• Qin Guan promised to let the Ghost King study the Qi Yuan Civilization Legacy's Cultivation Secret Method, and the Ghost King vowed to follow him if it helped him enter sainthood.
• The Ghost King told Qin Guan that Nan Rou, the other women, and Xiao Man were safe at the Demon Moon Divine Palace and described their cultivation levels.
• The Ghost King injured himself before leaving to preserve his cover, and Qin Guan explained that Dao Demon had made him submit; the Primordial Tower Spirit then asked about Dao Demon's treatment.

Lin Suisui and Qin Guan discussed the dangers surrounding Dao Demon's release, including Wusheng Dao Master's involvement, and Lin Suisui urged Qin Guan to strengthen his Divine Power. Qin Guan visited Xiao Guo and discovered that the cauldron knew nothing about the beautiful woman he had seen inside it, then opened its lid and invited him to look for himself.

• Qin Guan told Lin Suisui and the Primordial Tower Spirit that Dao Demon's injury should heal in another month and that Wusheng Dao Master had gone to find his Master.
• Lin Suisui warned that releasing Dao Demon could provoke the Primordial Realm's Heavenly Daos and Masters, and she urged Qin Guan to improve his cultivation and obtain the Qi Yuan Civilization's Secret Method.
• Lin Suisui reasoned that Wusheng Dao Master had not acted because he was occupied or because Qin Guan's Master could threaten him, and she said Qin Guan was gathering powerful allies through his fortune.
• Lin Suisui and the Primordial Tower Spirit went upstairs for tea and crabs while Qin Guan went to Xiao Guo's cultivation Dojo.
• Qin Guan asked Xiao Guo about the beautiful woman he had seen inside its belly, but Xiao Guo denied knowing of any woman and opened its lid for him to check.

Qin Guan entered Xiao Guo’s vast inner world to investigate the half-open door and the woman he had seen before. After finding no trace of her and calling out to the door, he saw a white figure begin to appear behind it.

• Xiao Guo let Qin Guan inspect its belly, then explained that he had to enter its Inner World to see the door and its restriction.
• Qin Guan entered Xiao Guo’s shifting inner domain and followed its directions downward through the darkness.
• Qin Guan found the enormous half-open door and learned from Xiao Guo that its restriction would lift only when it opened completely.
• Qin Guan approached the door, found his Divine Sense blocked, and asked the woman he had seen before to appear.
• A white-robed woman began to emerge behind the door as Qin Guan looked on.

Qin Guan met the invisible-to-others woman behind Xiao Guo’s door and learned she was an unfinished Dao Embryo who could use his power to complete herself and cultivate for him. The chapter ended with Wusheng Dao Master confronting Yang Tianni, who warned that he was suppressing his combat power.

• Qin Guan spoke with the woman in white, who revealed that the Qi Yuan Ancestor had created her as a half-finished Dao Embryo and that Qin Guan’s power could complete her.
• The woman in white said she would help Qin Guan cultivate once Xiao Guo opened the door, while Xiao Guo and the Little Black Tower remained unable to see or hear her.
• Qin Guan left Xiao Guo’s body and told the Little Black Tower about the woman, then traded jokes with it about human forms and Little Nether.
• Wusheng Dao Master swept the blood-colored Dao Rhythm from the Asura Divine Realm and appeared in the sky.
• Yang Tianni faced Wusheng Dao Master and said he lacked confidence only while suppressing his combat power.

Yang Tianni confronted Wusheng Dao Master and fought him head-on despite the Sage’s overwhelming reincarnation power. The chapter ended as Yang Tianni’s radiant fist collided with Wusheng Dao Master’s black vortex, filling the sky with light.

• Yang Tianni dismissed Wusheng Dao Master’s judgment of his potential and challenged him to a fight.
• Wusheng Dao Master attacked Yang Tianni with a palm strike, but Yang Tianni shattered it with a punch.
• Wusheng Dao Master summoned six reincarnation gates and sent six streams of deathly power at Yang Tianni.
• Yang Tianni blocked the streams with his Gang Qi and shattered each one with his fists, astonishing Dao Demon and the watching Shouting and others.
• Wusheng Dao Master formed a black vortex of rebirth power and slammed it toward Yang Tianni, who charged forward and struck it with a brilliant fist.

Yang Tianni explained to Wusheng Dao Master that he cultivated a Dao of his own, one that currently held him back from unleashing his full strength. Wusheng Dao Master ended their battle on respectful terms, then called out someone watching from the Void Deep.

• Yang Tianni shattered Wusheng Dao Master's Black Vortex and wounded him with his Gang Qi, prompting Wusheng Dao Master to ask what Dao he cultivated.
• Yang Tianni declared that he was the Dao itself and explained that, born without a dantian and rejected by Spiritual Qi and the laws, he had to forge his own path.
• Yang Tianni revealed that his Dao could currently accommodate only one person, which was why he suppressed his combat strength; Wusheng Dao Master reconsidered his earlier judgment and withdrew his prediction that Yang Tianni would never reach the Saint Gate.
• Wusheng Dao Master ended the fight and warned Dao Demon that the Underworld would not tolerate another provocation, while promising to battle Yang Tianni again when he could fight without restraint.
• Yang Tianni invited Wusheng Dao Master to visit, but he refused and called out an unseen observer who had been spying from the Void Deep.

After the Wusheng Dao Master and Yang Tianni drove off a hidden Sage, the Wusheng Dao Master warned that Sages might be targeting Yang Tianni’s unique Dao. Yang Tianni insisted that the Asura Divine Realm’s plan to move to the Primordial Realm would continue, though its leaders wondered whether the powerful Dao Lineages would allow it.

• The Wusheng Dao Master attacked a hidden watcher, but the watcher silently neutralized his strike and vanished.
• Yang Tianni told the Wusheng Dao Master that someone had previously tried to seize his Dao, and the Wusheng Dao Master warned that other Sages might be pursuing him for it.
• The Wusheng Dao Master departed after promising that the Underworld Gate could open for Yang Tianni once if disaster befell him.
• Shouting asked whether the Asura Divine Realm would still follow its plan, and Yang Tianni ordered everyone to proceed as planned.
• The Asura Divine Realm’s leaders considered moving to the Primordial Realm and questioned whether the powerful Dao Lineages would permit it.

Yang Tianni named Tie Sheng the next Divine Lord of the Asura, awakened his hidden War Clan bloodline, and gave him the Divine Spark. After the Asura accepted Tie Sheng, Yang Tianni stepped away from leadership and left Shouting to help him.

• Dao Demon told Yang Tianni that the Devil Cultivators were ready to enter the Primordial Realm but were waiting for Qin to break the seal safely.
• Yang Tianni summoned Tie Sheng and announced that he would pass the Divine Lord position to him, prompting Shouting and other Asura to object.
• Yang Tianni revealed Tie Sheng's descent from the Ancient Asura War Clan, gave him the Undying Asura Divine War Art, and awakened his sealed bloodline.
• Tie Sheng's power surged to the Perfected Dao Origin Realm, and Yang Tianni gave him the Divine Spark before declaring him Divine Lord.
• The Asura bowed to Tie Sheng, while Shen Xiu regretted her past treatment of him.
• After the gathering dispersed, Yang Tianni told Shouting to assist Tie Sheng and explained to Dao Demon that Tie Sheng's power would become right in time.

Dao Demon realized Yang Tianni had fabricated Tie Sheng’s Asura bloodline and raised his cultivation, revealing that Yang Tianni stood beyond the rules of the Heavenly Mandate. Meanwhile, Sixth Elder reported to the yellow-robed elders that Yang Tianni had faced Wusheng Dao Master and cultivated a Great Dao that was himself.

• Dao Demon realized Yang Tianni had invented Tie Sheng’s Asura Battle Body bloodline and used his power to raise Tie Sheng to Dao Origin Realm perfection.
• Dao Demon reflected that Yang Tianni and Qin Guan sought to overturn the Heavenly Dao rules and feared the coming Great Annihilation.
• A messenger told the five yellow-robed elders that Wusheng Dao Master had attacked Yang Tianni, but the two had made peace after Yang Tianni held his own.
• Sixth Elder told the elders that Yang Tianni had deliberately restrained his strength because he did not want to challenge the Saint Gate yet, apparently for someone’s sake.
• Sixth Elder revealed that Yang Tianni’s Great Dao was having no Dao and that he might achieve oneness of man and Dao, leaving the elders bewildered.

The seven Dao interceptors decided to wait until Yang Tianni entered the Saint Gate before trying to seize his Dao Fruit, while choosing not to investigate Dao Demon. At the Mandate Temple, Cang Chong and Ghost King pooled resources to pursue the Divine Cauldron’s Secret Method, and Cang Chong prepared safeguards against Qin Guan as he anticipated ascending to Sainthood.

• The yellow-robed elders agreed to wait for Yang Tianni to challenge the Saint Gate before attempting to seize his completed Dao Fruit, and they dismissed concerns about Dao Demon and the Primordial Realm’s affairs.
• Ghost King returned injured from the Nine Nether Hall and asked Cang Chong to help him secure the Qi Yuan Civilization Inheritance after offending Qin Guan.
• Cang Chong agreed to pool resources with Ghost King, who supplied dozens of Space Stones filled with cultivation resources in exchange for a share of the Secret Method.
• Zhi Ming reported that he had borrowed just over a hundred million Primordial Soul Stones and confirmed that Cang Chong’s preparations to expose Qin Guan’s secret were complete.
• Cang Chong revealed that he had alerted the reclusive Seniors who once suppressed Dao Demon and expected investigators from above to arrive and reinforce the seal.
• Cang Chong promised Zhi Ming a share of the Secret Method and declared that obtaining it would be his last, most glorious stroke before leaving the Primordial Realm.

Cang Chong resolved to exploit the Upper Realm’s investigation of Qin Guan and the Primordial Tower to seize the Origin Awakening Secret Method. Meanwhile, Qin Guan learned that his master had reached sainthood and discussed his own cultivation prospects with Dao Demon and the Little Black Tower.

• Cang Chong convinced himself that his setbacks were a Heaven-sent trial and planned to use the Upper Realm’s investigators to pressure Qin Guan and obtain the Origin Awakening Secret Method.
• Zhi Ming praised Cang Chong’s plan and left to prepare for the investigators’ arrival.
• Dao Demon told Qin Guan what had happened in the Asura Divine Realm, including that Yang Shizun had reached the heights of a saint.
• The Little Black Tower explained that a moment of enlightenment could unlock cultivation breakthroughs after years of accumulated effort.
• Qin Guan asked when he might reach the Divine Ruins Realm, and the Little Black Tower and Dao Demon teased him with jokes about women.

Qin Guan learned that powerful sect elders would arrive to inspect Dao Demon’s seals and the demonic beasts, while Cang Chong offered to cover up the truth in exchange for access to the Secret Method. The chapter ended with Ghost King suggesting that Yao Niang and Qin Guan’s wives might come with the inspectors, giving Qin Guan an idea for countering Cang Chong.

• Dao Demon urged Qin Guan to hurry and break the formations sealing him, while Qin Guan said he needed Xiao Guo to finish evolving before he could obtain the Secret Method.
• Dao Demon asked to study the Secret Method, but Qin Guan claimed he could not share it because it was a woman he had to fuse with, and Dao Demon refused to believe him.
• Cang Chong told Qin Guan that elders from the sects that had sealed Dao Demon would arrive the next day to inspect the seals and investigate the demonic beasts.
• Cang Chong offered to mislead the visiting elders if Qin Guan let him witness the cauldron’s breakthrough and share the Secret Method.
• Ghost King told Qin Guan that Yao Niang and perhaps his wives might come with the inspectors, and Qin Guan welcomed the possibility of using their arrival to turn the situation against Cang Chong.

Qin Guan learned which powerful factions would arrive the next day and planned to deal with them before Xiao Guo finished evolving. After Ghost King left, Qin Guan headed to the Dojo in high spirits, where the Little Black Tower mocked his excitement about seeing the people he loved.

• Ghost King told Qin Guan that the Zhengyang Dharma Manor, Great Sovereign Heaven, Northern Dipper Palace, God-Slaying Mountain, and Demon Moon Heavenly Palace had helped seal the Dao Demon, and that the first three would lead the coming investigation.
• Ghost King warned that Cang Chong intended to use the five factions to keep them on the Southern Pole Continent until Lord Cauldron Venerable completed his evolution and obtained the Secret Method inheritance.
• Ghost King revealed that about seventy percent of the resources Cang Chong had prepared belonged to him, and Qin Guan promised he would be rewarded after their undertaking succeeded.
• Ghost King returned to avoid arousing Cang Chong's suspicion, and Qin Guan went to the Dojo on the Second Floor of the Primordial Tower.
• The Little Black Tower teased Qin Guan about looking forward to seeing the people he loved and joked that he should mark a tree as his territory; Qin Guan asked if it could go a day without putting him down.

The five ancient sects arrived at the Mandate Temple to inspect Dao Demon's seal, while Qin Guan and the Primordial Tower Spirit concealed everyone and everything on the Second Floor. The sects reached the Demon Den, where three Great Sovereign Heaven Elders began examining the seal.

• Qin Guan persuaded the Primordial Tower Spirit to hide the Red Crab Demons, Xiao Guo, Bai Fuzi, and the others inside Little Black Tower before the visitors arrived.
• Zhou Xuan led more than twenty representatives from the five sects through a rift in the sky to the Mandate Temple, where Cang Chong welcomed them.
• Cang Chong told the sect leaders that Qin Guan had refined escaped Demonic Qi into two Demonic Beasts, and described Qin Guan as having Half-Step Heaven-Wielding combat strength.
• Zhao Huang said he wanted to exchange pointers with Qin Guan, while Cang Chong explained that the Primordial Tower's protection prevented him from acting against Qin Guan.
• Zhou Xuan and the sect representatives entered the Primordial Tower and reached the Demon Den to inspect Dao Demon's seal.
• The Primordial Tower Spirit allowed the group to inspect the seal, and three Great Sovereign Heaven Elders stepped forward to examine it.

The elders investigated Dao Demon’s seals, found the seventh layer weakened, and reinforced it after his violent reaction. With the danger contained, Zhao Huang asked to challenge Qin Guan, and the Primordial Tower Spirit agreed to take him to the Second Floor.

• The elders inspected the formation and discovered that the seventh seal had loosened while the other layers remained intact.
• Dao Demon sprang awake and unleashed Demonic Qi, forcing the group to withdraw their Divine Sense.
• Zhou Xuan ordered the elders to reinforce the seals until Dao Demon’s cries faded and the formation was secure.
• Zhao Huang asked the Primordial Tower Spirit to let him seek Qin Guan’s instruction, and the Tower Spirit proposed a spar between them.
• The Primordial Tower Spirit said he would take Zhao Huang to Qin Guan on the Second Floor, while Nan Rou, Bai You, Zi Qing, and Xiao Man discussed the challenge and Yao Niang warned them not to expose their identities.

The Primordial Tower Spirit brought the sect members to the Second Floor, where Zhao Huang asked to meet Qin Guan and waited while everyone else cultivated. As the Demon Moon Heavenly Palace women discussed Zhao Huang’s strength, Xiao Man embarrassed Nan Rou, Bai You, and Zi Qing with a suggestive misunderstanding about Qin Guan.

• Yao Niang reminded the four women not to reveal their identities, and the Primordial Tower Spirit led the group through a portal to the Second Floor.
• The visitors admired the Dojo’s hundredfold cultivation boost, and Zhao Huang asked the Primordial Tower Spirit where Qin Guan was.
• After the Primordial Tower Spirit went to find Qin Guan, the others began cultivating while Zhao Huang remained standing, focused on his intended duel.
• Bai You asked Zhi Yue about Zhao Huang, and Zhi Yue said the twenty-eight-year-old was likely the strongest person under a thousand years old in the Primordial Realm.
• Xiao Man confidently said Qin Guan could handle Zhao Huang, then embarrassed Nan Rou, Bai You, and Zi Qing by joking that they had ridden Qin Guan.

Qin Guan arrived among the gathered cultivators and ignored Zhao Huang’s challenge to flirt with the women of the Demon Moon Divine Palace. Zhao Huang and the onlookers mistook Qin Guan’s behavior for cowardice as Qin Guan continued trying to make the women’s acquaintance.

• The women of the Demon Moon Divine Palace panicked when Xiao Man revealed that Qin Guan often rode them, while Zhi Yue and Yao Niang listened.
• The Primordial Tower Spirit brought Qin Guan before the gathered cultivators, and he asked who wanted to spar with him.
• Qin Guan walked toward Nan Rou, Bai You, Zi Qing, and Xiao Man instead of acknowledging Zhao Huang’s challenge.
• Bai You removed the soundproof restriction and accused Qin Guan of being a lecher; Qin Guan joked that he had mistaken Zhao Huang’s voice for a woman’s.
• Zhao Huang angrily challenged Qin Guan, but Qin Guan refused and kept addressing the Demon Moon Divine Palace women.
• A God-Slaying Mountain disciple said Qin Guan was avoiding the fight out of fear, and the onlookers accepted that explanation as Qin Guan continued flirting.