Chapter Summaries

Bei Ming killed the Soul Demon God Ling Shang by combining the Six Souls Banner’s Heavenly Dao curse with his Laws of Destruction, then took the body for reshaping the Western Spiritual Veins. As Bei Ming sensed a breakthrough approaching, he surveyed the Five Saints, who remained locked in difficult fights against the Emotion and Sin Demon Gods.

• Bei Ming used the Six Souls Banner to bind Ling Shang and sealed his True Spirit against self-destruction with chains of order.
• Bei Ming annihilated Ling Shang with the Destruction Scepter and a Zhu Shen Flying Sword, then stored the Soul Demon God's body in the Qiankun Cauldron.
• The Six Souls Banner shattered from the cost of cursing a Chaos God, and the Zhu Shen Gourd absorbed its fragments as Bei Ming gained insight into reaching the late stage of the Daluo Golden Immortal of the Origin.
• Laozi and Yuanshi fought the Emotion Demon God but could not gain an advantage against his seven-emotion powers.
• Nüwa, Tongtian, and Jieyin were suppressed by the Sin Demon God, but Heavenly Dao blessings repeatedly restored them as they continued to hold him in place.

Wen Zu Bei Ming protected his breakthrough while the Five Saints held off the Emotion Demon God and the Sin Demon God. His decree rallied the ten thousand clans and other forces to join the western war, as Ju Mang prepared to leave Pangu Hall.

• The Emotion Demon God and the Sin Demon God chose to remain in the Primordial Wilderness and stall for the Sword Demon God, while Bei Ming asked the Five Saints to buy him time to break through.
• The Five Saints fought harder, and Bei Ming watched the allied army battle fierce Chaos creatures in the west as Wutian slew Quasi-Saints with the Godslaying Spear.
• Bei Ming summoned the Chaos Bell to guard his breakthrough, then issued a decree in Wen Zu's name calling all living beings to set aside old grudges and defend the Primordial Wilderness.
• The ten thousand clans mobilized their hidden forces and sent cultivators west, while Suirenshi led Human Race cultivators from Huoyun Cave to the battlefield.
• After hearing Bei Ming's call, Ju Mang bowed to Pangu and the fallen Ancestor Wizards in Pangu Hall, then walked out with a firm gaze.

Ju Mang rallied the Wu Clan to join the defense against the Outer Chaos invaders and sent them toward the Western Land. Meanwhile, Baize weighed whether the Demon Calamity could give the surviving Demon Race a chance to endure the Human Race’s eventual expansion.

• Ju Mang rallied the assembled Wu Clan, and its warriors vowed to march against the invaders threatening Pangu’s world.
• Ju Mang used the Wooden Spirit Treasure Tree to send the Wu Clan soldiers into the Wood Realm, then headed for Mount Sumeru.
• Baize, Shangyang, Jimeng, and Qinyuan met in the northwest, where the Demon Court’s remnants had settled in seclusion.
• Baize considered the Human Race’s growing influence and realized that its restraint toward the Demon Race might not last.
• Baize saw gaining merit during the Demon Calamity as a possible way for the Demon Race’s remnants to survive.

As the Demon Calamity spread, the Demon Race and other ancient forces mobilized for the battle at Mount Sumeru, while Wukong and Ling Yan completed their breakthroughs. Ling Yan reached the Quasi-Saint peak stage and set out for Mount Sumeru.

• Baize, Jimeng, Shangyang, and Qinyuan agreed to lead twelve million Demon Race soldiers west to Mount Sumeru.
• The Dragon Clan, Phoenix Race, Qilin Race, Changxi, and the Queen Mother of the West mobilized to join the western battlefield.
• Wukong refined the Six Eared Macaque origin, broke through to the Golden Immortal of the Origin realm, and rode toward Mount Sumeru.
• Pingxin linked the Six Paths of Reincarnation to the battlefield to receive the souls and True Spirits of fallen cultivators.
• Yaochi and the Four Emperors counterattacked the Heavenly Court, while Reincarnation Old Ancestor headed west to fight the Chaos creatures.
• Ling Yan broke through to the Quasi-Saint peak stage and decided to go to Mount Sumeru.

The Primordial Wilderness forces struggled against Wutian, the Demon Sect, and the Chaos creatures as their Quasi-Saints suffered mounting casualties. Changxi, the Queen Mother of the West, and Ju Mang arrived with reinforcements, shifting the battle as the Wu Clan army charged and its Great Wizards attacked the Dao Lords.

• Wutian killed two Rogue Cultivator Quasi-Saints and drove Zhunti back with the Godslaying Spear.
• Kong Xuan fought Haotian, while Moyuan, Ming He, and other allies engaged the Venerables and Mosquito Daoist.
• The Primordial Wilderness forces suffered further casualties as their weaker spirit treasures left them at a disadvantage.
• Changxi arrived, forced back Venerable Sloth, and dispersed much of Venerable Lust's heart-bewitching ability.
• The Queen Mother of the West emerged through a spatial passage and used the Kunlun Mirror and Kunwu Sword against Dao Lord Joy.
• Ju Mang opened the Wood Realm and led a million Wu Clan soldiers into battle, while Xing Tian, Jiu Feng, Xiang Liu, Feng Bo, and Yu Shi attacked Dao Lord Worry.

The allied forces fought the Demon Sect across the battlefield as the Demon Court army joined the defense of the Primordial Wilderness. Wutian overwhelmed Zhunti, who fled, and Wutian pursued him.

• Xuanyuan allowed the Demon Court army through the Mysterious Yellow Infinite Formation, and Baize led the Demon Saints into battle.
• Lei Lin attacked Dao Lord Sorrow, but Reincarnation Old Ancestor restrained the Dao Lords and sent Lei Lin to help elsewhere.
• Wukong joined Suyao, Guang Chengzi, and Pajun in a combined assault that drove Mosquito Daoist toward defeat.
• Wutian shattered Zhunti's Buddhist Sect golden body and knocked away his Blessing Divine Pestle.
• Zhunti feigned a desperate last stand, then fled; Wutian chased him on the World-Destroying Black Lotus.

Ling Yan intercepted Wutian while Zhunti redirected himself to Ming He’s fight against three Chaos Venerables. Elsewhere, Jin Ning joined Kong Xuan and struck Haotian from behind, leaving Kong Xuan poised to press his advantage.

• Zhunti led Wutian toward Ming He, who angrily told Zhunti to take the Demon Sect Master elsewhere while battling Venerable Envy, Venerable Wrath, and Venerable Gluttony.
• Ling Yan used the Innate Five Directions Flags to trap Wutian in a sealing Formation and told Zhunti to help the other fighters.
• Zhunti left Ling Yan but went to Ming He, where he agreed to fight Venerable Envy while Ming He attacked Venerable Wrath and Venerable Gluttony.
• Kong Xuan gained the upper hand against Haotian after sweeping away the Haotian Mirror, Haotian Sword, and Heavenly Emperor Tower.
• Jin Ning struck Haotian from behind with the Phoenix Staff, and Kong Xuan sent the Five Elements Pearl’s five divine lights down at him.

Kong Xuan and Jin Ning defeated Haotian, whose remnant soul was drawn into reincarnation, shifting the battle in their allies’ favor. They joined Moyuan and Lei Lin against Venerable Pride, who was wounded but continued fighting while surrounded.

• Haotian destroyed his body and tried to self-destruct, but Kong Xuan restrained his Primordial Spirit while Jin Ning burned it away, leaving a remnant soul.
• Pingxin sent reincarnation to draw in Haotian’s remnant soul, and Kong Xuan and Jin Ning rushed to reinforce the other battlefields.
• Lei Lin joined Moyuan against Venerable Pride, but Venerable Pride endured Lei Lin’s lightning strike and mocked him.
• Kong Xuan and Jin Ning joined the fight, allowing Moyuan to stab Venerable Pride with the Zhan Kong Sword after their attacks created an opening.
• Venerable Pride unleashed the Seven Calamities of Pride to drive his attackers back briefly, then kept fighting as Moyuan, Lei Lin, Kong Xuan, and Jin Ning surrounded him.

Moyuan drew on the power of the Primordial Wilderness’s mountains to destroy Venerable Pride, then joined Kong Xuan, Jin Ning, and Lei Lin in heading to reinforce the Six Harmonies Formation. There, Duo Bao, Xue Ling, Lu Ya, Yun Biao, Wudang, and Yao Shi were fighting Venerable Greed.

• Kong Xuan, Jin Ning, and Lei Lin pinned down Venerable Pride while Moyuan gathered the mountains’ power through the Law of Force.
• Moyuan trapped Venerable Pride in bone spikes and killed him with the Opening Heaven and Earth strike.
• Moyuan recovered briefly, and he, Kong Xuan, Jin Ning, and Lei Lin agreed to travel together and reinforce the other battles.
• The four set off for the Six Harmonies Formation as reinforcements began shifting the overall battlefield in the Primordial Wilderness’s favor.
• Duo Bao, Xue Ling, Lu Ya, Yun Biao, Wudang, and Yao Shi combined their powers and treasures to defend themselves and bombard Venerable Greed.

Moyuan and three allies joined Duobao’s Six Harmonies Formation to help defeat Venerable Greed, who destroyed the formation by self-detonating. The battered cultivators withdrew to recover inside a Four Symbols Formation, which Moyuan opened to other wounded allies.

• Moyuan, Kong Xuan, Jin Ning, and Lei Lin entered Duobao’s Six Harmonies Formation and joined the assault on Venerable Greed.
• As the ten cultivators wounded him, Venerable Greed prepared to self-detonate, and Lei Lin warned everyone to reinforce the Formation’s defenses.
• Venerable Greed’s explosion destroyed the Six Harmonies Formation, leaving the cultivators battered but alive.
• Jin Ning and Lei Lin proposed withdrawing to recover, and Moyuan agreed they should establish a formation on the spot.
• Duobao set up a Four Symbols Formation, handed its authority to Moyuan, and went inside to recuperate.
• Moyuan, Kong Xuan, Jin Ning, and Lei Lin guarded the four directions as Moyuan invited wounded cultivators to recover there.

Ling Yan fought Wutian inside the Innate Five Elements Great Formation, using the Five Directional Flags and other treasures to withstand the Godslaying Spear while seeking to merge their powers. As Wutian pressed her defenses and she neared defeat, Xuantian arrived to aid her.

• Ling Yan and Wutian began their decisive battle inside the sealed Innate Five Elements Great Formation.
• Ling Yan used her Spirit Treasures and Five Elements Formation to counter Wutian’s Godslaying Spear and World-Destroying Black Lotus.
• Ling Yan tried to combine the Five Directional Flags’ powers with the Precious Lotus Lantern to form the Twenty-Four Petal Five Elements Saint Lotus.
• Wutian relentlessly struck the Formation’s weak points, preventing Ling Yan from completing the fusion and straining her defenses.
• Xuantian contacted Ling Yan and announced that he had come to help.

Daoist Xuantian and Ling Yan joined forces to trap Wutian in the Five Elements Saint Lotus, and Xuantian used the Falling Treasure Money to knock away Wutian’s World-Destroying Black Lotus. Wutian continued to resist, and Xuantian warned that Ling Yan could not destroy him while his body carried Luo Hou’s will.

• Daoist Xuantian entered the Innate Five Elements Formation and used the Twenty-Four Heavens Dinghai Formation to suppress Wutian, drawing on the Primordial Wilderness’s power to strengthen it.
• Wutian gathered power for the Godslaying Tribulation and began breaking through the Twenty-Four Heavens while Xuantian held him off for Ling Yan.
• Ling Yan poured the Five Directional Flags’ origins into the Precious Lotus Lantern and summoned the Twenty-Four Petal Five Elements Saint Lotus to bind and burn Wutian.
• A golden copper coin appeared and struck Wutian’s World-Destroying Black Lotus, knocking it away; Xuantian took possession of it with the Falling Treasure Money.
• Wutian kept struggling against the Saint Lotus, and Xuantian told Ling Yan that destroying him was beyond her current strength because his body carried Luo Hou’s will.
• Ling Yan asked whether Ming He and the others could help once they finished dealing with their opponents.

Ling Yan considered how to cut out her Obsession Corpse while Wutian summoned Demon Sect disciples to sacrifice themselves. Bei Ming broke through to the late stage of the Origin Daluo Golden Immortal, then confronted the Sword Demon God as he attacked the Primordial Wilderness.

• Xuantian told Ling Yan that cutting out her Obsession Corpse could be the key to proving her Dao, and she quietly contemplated her obsession.
• Wutian summoned Demon Sect disciples to sacrifice themselves and send their devil qi to the Devil Realm.
• Suyao, Guang Chengzi, Pajun, and Wukong exploited Mosquito Daoist's opening, destroyed his body, and erased his Primordial Spirit.
• Bei Ming broke through to the late stage of the Origin Daluo Golden Immortal and gravely wounded the Emotion Demon God and the Sin Demon God with Destruction Divine Thunder.
• The Sword Demon God attacked the Primordial Wilderness, and Bei Ming blocked his sword qi with the Chaos Bell as the shockwaves shattered the barrier between the Inner and Outer Chaos.
• Bei Ming unleashed a Destruction Thunder Prison toward the Sword Demon God, who declared that all arts were empty before his sword.

Bei Ming and the Sword Demon God fought fiercely while the Five Saints battled the wounded Sin Demon God. The Emotion Demon God abandoned the fight and fled, leaving the Sin Demon God under mounting pressure as Bei Ming injured the Sword Demon God.

• Bei Ming met the Sword Demon God head-on as their laws and weapons tore through the chaos.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Nüwa, and Jieyin joined forces against the wounded Emotion Demon God and Sin Demon God.
• The Sin Demon God urged the Emotion Demon God to help him target one of the Five Saints, but the Emotion Demon God silently fled into the depths of chaos.
• The Five Saints continued attacking the Sin Demon God, whose power began to collapse without the Emotion Demon God's support.
• Bei Ming used the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler to strike the Sword Demon God's chest and send him flying, but the Sword Demon God charged back in and challenged him to continue fighting.

Bei Ming defeated and killed the Sword Demon God, then joined the Five Saints in containing the Devil Realm before entering it to destroy its foundation. Wutian sensed the invasion had failed and, driven by Luo Hou's fear of annihilation, intensified his assault.

• Bei Ming and the Sword Demon God unleashed their strongest powers, and their clash tore through chaos and sent destructive aftershocks toward Hong Huang.
• The Sin Demon God used the disordered chaos to escape the Five Saints, who refused to pursue him into the unknown.
• When the battle ended, Bei Ming stood alone and declared victory for Hong Huang, and the Five Saints saluted him.
• The Five Saints restrained the Devil Realm while Bei Ming entered it to destroy its foundation.
• Wutian sensed Bei Ming's arrival in the Devil Realm, and Luo Hou feared the Laws of Destruction could erase him, so Wutian's attack grew more frenzied.

Ling Yan unified her Three Corpses and proved the Dao, becoming a Saint who erased Wutian and cleansed the Primordial Wilderness of demons. In the Devil Realm, Bei Ming confronted Luo Hou, who accepted that his plans had failed and prepared for his end.

• Ling Yan summoned her Three Corpses and used the Hongmeng Purple Qi to unite them, while Wutian sacrificed his source essence to attack her.
• Ling Yan became a Saint, and her Saintly Might destroyed Wutian, hidden demonic cultivators, Chaos creatures, and the passages connecting the Devil Realm to the Primordial Wilderness.
• Ling Yan healed the Primordial Wilderness, purified its demonic qi, and received the prostrations of its living beings; she also took the Godslaying Spear.
• Bei Ming entered the Devil Realm and met Luo Hou, who admitted that Bei Ming had upset his plans and that he had been defeated once more.

Bei Ming destroyed the Devil Realm and erased Luo Hou, then began refining the Soul Demon God to reshape the Western Spiritual Veins. With the Six Saints stabilizing Heaven and Earth, the restoration of the West was underway, while Ming He and Reincarnation Old Ancestor considered what it might mean for their own prospects and debts.

• Bei Ming unleashed Final Destruction, erasing the Devil Realm and causing Luo Hou to disappear with it.
• Bei Ming returned to the Five Saints and Wen Zu, announced the Devil Realm's destruction, and called for them to witness the West's rebirth.
• The Five Saints and Wen Zu descended to Mount Sumeru, where Bei Ming praised Ling Yan for becoming a Saint and prepared the Qiankun Cauldron.
• Bei Ming refined the Soul Demon God's body and origin while the Six Saints used their power to stabilize Heaven and Earth's spiritual veins.
• Ming He wondered whether the West's revival could bring him an opportunity to prove the Dao, while Reincarnation Old Ancestor focused on repaying his karma to Heaven and Earth.

Bei Ming used the Soul Demon God's refined origin and the Earth Book to restore the Western Spiritual Veins, then purified the Blood Sea and joined the western veins to the rest of the Primordial Wilderness. As the west revived, the Heavenly Dao began distributing merit and revealed two strands of Hongmeng Purple Qi.

• Bei Ming reshaped the Western Spiritual Veins with the Soul Demon God's refined origin, guided by the Earth Book.
• Bei Ming borrowed Ming He's Blood Sea and purified its waters with the Twelve Grade Pure World White Lotus and the Qiankun Cauldron.
• The purified waters connected the western spiritual veins to the Primordial Wilderness's five Ancestral Veins, draining the Blood Sea but leaving its foundation intact.
• Jieyin celebrated the west's revival, while Ming He wondered whether his sacrifice would help him attain enlightenment.
• The Heavenly Dao gathered vast Merit and revealed two strands of Hongmeng Purple Qi as cultivators awaited their rewards.
• The largest share of Merit went to Bei Ming, with further shares falling to the Three Pure Ones, Nüwa, Jieyin, and Ling Yan.

After the great war ended, Pingxin regained her freedom as an Earth Path Saint and Ming He received the final Earth Path Hongmeng Purple Qi, proving his Dao. As the Saints withdrew and the West began to recover, Bei Ming considered how the Wu Clan’s return could complicate the future struggle for the Human Path Saint Position.

• Merit descended on the forces that fought in the Devil Realm, and the Heavenly Dao erased some of their past karma and karmic ties.
• The Earth Path Hongmeng Purple Qi entered Pingxin, lifting her restraints and allowing her Saintly Might to sweep across the Primordial Wilderness.
• The final Earth Path Hongmeng Purple Qi entered Ming He, and he received merit before breaking through his bottleneck and becoming a saint.
• Bei Ming considered how Pingxin’s freedom and the Wu Clan’s return, under Ju Mang’s leadership, could complicate Fuxi’s future bid for the Human Path Saint Position.
• Jieyin bowed to Bei Ming in gratitude for the West’s revival, and the Saints agreed to return to their mountains and plan for the Westward Journey later.
• The forces withdrew, while races settled clansmen in the Western Continent to share in its recovery; Jieyin welcomed them.

Beiming prepared to leave the Primordial Wilderness and entrusted the Literary Sect and its treasures to Ling Yan. He departed for Hundun, ending at the North Sea with Mystic Turtle beside him.

• Beiming discussed the Primordial Wilderness’s political balance with Nüwa, Ling Yan, and Ming He, and Ming He pledged the Asura Race’s alliance with the Literary Sect.
• Beiming gave Nüwa a bead of destruction Dao Rhyme to aid her cultivation before she and Ming He departed.
• Beiming appointed Ling Yan as the Literary Sect’s sect master and entrusted her with its Luck-suppressing treasures and other Spirit Treasures.
• Beiming dispersed from Great Void Palace, leaving most of his treasures to Ling Yan so she could contend with the other Saints.
• Beiming stood on the North Sea shore with Mystic Turtle, who received Beiming’s Profound Feather, before Beiming set out for Hundun.