Chapter Summaries

Bei Ming entered Hundun to condense a Chaos Body, beginning a transformation inside a gray cocoon. His breakthrough drew the attention of Yang Mei and lurking Chaos Creatures, leaving his emergence in a dangerous, watchful expanse.

• Bei Ming passed through the Honghuang Membrane and sensed the boundless Hundun and its Great Dao Laws.
• Bei Ming used the Destruction Scepter to gather Chaos Qi around himself and sealed himself inside a gray cocoon to form a Chaos Body.
• Yang Mei sensed Bei Ming’s destruction aura and wondered whether major changes had occurred in the Primordial Wilderness since his departure.
• Yang Mei reflected that he could no longer traverse Hundun as freely as he once had and relied on a hidden mark to monitor the Primordial Wilderness’s outskirts.
• Bei Ming’s breakthrough stirred Hundun’s turbulence and alerted lurking Chaos Creatures beyond the range of his Spiritual Sense.

Four Chaos Creatures decided to attack Bei Ming while he underwent a breakthrough, hoping the Swallowing Heaven Giant Catfish could devour his origin. As the Soul Demon God began a separate soul-harvesting ritual, Bei Ming sensed the attackers and prepared to fight inside his Chaos Cocoon.

• The Ghostfire Mantis, Nine Aperture Stone Man, Stealing Time Evil Cicada, and Swallowing Heaven Giant Catfish agreed to attack Bei Ming and crept toward his location.
• A concealed soul fluctuation escaped from among the four Chaos Creatures as they advanced.
• The Soul Demon God extracted the souls of tens of thousands of Chaos Creatures and used them to form an eerie Formation in Hundun.
• Bei Ming sensed the four approaching enemies, opened his eyes inside the Chaos Cocoon, and summoned the Destruction Scepter.
• The Swallowing Heaven Giant Catfish lunged at the cocoon while the Nine Aperture Stone Man warned him not to underestimate Bei Ming.

Bei Ming emerged from the Chaos Cocoon as the Destruction Demon God and defeated the four Chaos Creatures who had tried to devour him. The Swallowing Heaven Giant Catfish was the only one left alive, begging to serve Bei Ming, who questioned how readily he had abandoned his fallen companions.

• The Swallowing Heaven Giant Catfish attacked the Chaos Cocoon, and Bei Ming struck him with Destruction Divine Thunder.
• The Stealing Time Evil Cicada urged the other creatures to attack together and have the Swallowing Heaven Giant Catfish swallow Bei Ming.
• Bei Ming used Destruction Divine Thunder to grievously wound the Nine Aperture Stone Man and destroy the Ghostfire Mantis.
• Bei Ming used the Eternal Age Hourglass and Destruction Thunder Prison to kill the Stealing Time Evil Cicada.
• Bei Ming destroyed the Nine Aperture Stone Man before turning to the half-dead Swallowing Heaven Giant Catfish.
• The Swallowing Heaven Giant Catfish begged Bei Ming to spare him and offered to serve, and Bei Ming asked why he had abandoned his three brothers so quickly.

After emerging from the Chaos Cocoon with a newly transformed Chaos Body, Bei Ming killed the Swallowing Heaven Giant Catfish and confronted Soul Demon God Ling Shang, who threatened to claim the Primordial Wilderness. More than ten thousand Chaos Creatures then surrounded Bei Ming, and he calmly assessed the forces arrayed against him.

• Bei Ming warned the Swallowing Heaven Giant Catfish that there were traitors among its ranks, then obliterated it with God-Slaying World-Extinction.
• Bei Ming pulled Ling Shang’s Split Soul from the Chaos Interlayer and learned that it had attached itself to Chaos Creatures to make arrangements against him.
• Ling Shang claimed he would visit the Primordial Wilderness, but Bei Ming sealed and destroyed his Split Soul after declaring the Primordial Wilderness his territory.
• More than ten thousand Chaos Creatures gathered around Bei Ming and demanded the destruction of the Chaos Gods.
• Bei Ming surveyed the attackers, noting their numbers and strength as he prepared to face them.

Bei Ming faced more than ten thousand Chaos Creatures who sought to kill him before he could become a Chaos Great Luo Golden Immortal. He slaughtered many with his Spirit Treasures, forcing the survivors to form formations as the battle continued.

• Bei Ming declared that he would annihilate the Chaos Creatures surrounding him and advance his Dao.
• The Godslaying Demon Tiger rallied over ten thousand Hunyuan Golden Immortals to attack Bei Ming.
• Bei Ming protected himself with multiple Spirit Treasures and used the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler and Zhu Shen Flying Sword to kill large numbers of attackers.
• Fu Ling Mo Zhu and Eternal Myriad Mirage Tower urged the survivors to stop fighting individually and form formations against Bei Ming.
• Chaos Creatures who knew the Formation Dao began coordinating and setting up formations.

Bei Ming unleashed Destruction Divine Thunder against the Chaos Creatures surrounding him, then charged through their ranks to kill their leader, the Godslaying Demon Tiger. The tiger and the assembled Chaos Creatures were destroyed, while the battle left the Zhu Shen Gourd undergoing a subtle change.

• Bei Ming shattered the Chaos Creatures' hastily assembled formation with Destruction Divine Thunder and drove them apart.
• The Godslaying Demon Tiger rallied the Chaos Creatures to protect Fu Ling Mo Zhu and Eternal Myriad Mirage Tower as they set up a formation.
• Bei Ming continued attacking with his scepter, the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler, and the Zhu Shen Flying Sword, while the Zhu Shen Gourd absorbed the resentment of the dead.
• The Godslaying Demon Tiger charged Bei Ming and lamented that the Great Dao was unfair, but Bei Ming struck him down and obliterated his Primordial Spirit and True Spirit.
• The Chaos Creatures near Bei Ming perished under the aura of destruction.

Bei Ming resisted the Chaos Binding Spirit Great Formation and annihilated the attacking Chaos Creatures with his Spirit Treasures and Destruction Scepter. Hongjun reinforced the Primordial Wilderness’s outer barrier and began planning for future threats from chaos.

• Fu Ling Mo Zhu activated the Chaos Binding Spirit Great Formation, but Bei Ming shielded his Primordial Spirit with the Pure World White Lotus while the Eternal Age Hourglass disrupted the formation.
• Bei Ming unleashed a second batch of Top-Grade Innate Spirit Treasures and slew Shi Fa Youying and other Chaos Creatures.
• Bei Ming used the World-destroying Spiral to destroy Fu Ling Mo Zhu and the Eternal Myriad Mirage Tower, collapsing the formation.
• Bei Ming unleashed the Immeasurable World-Destroying Tribulation, annihilating the attacking Chaos Creatures and driving the survivors away.
• Hongjun reinforced the Honghuang Membrane to keep the Laws of Destruction from reaching the Primordial Wilderness and considered future threats from chaos.

Bei Ming comprehended the Laws of Destruction in the Hundun and sought to break through to the Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal realm as the Wu-Demon war intensified. As the Heavenly Court prepared for Di Jun and Xihe’s wedding, invitations drew varied responses from the Primordial Wilderness’s great powers.

• Nüwa left Mount Qixi and entered the Hundun, where she witnessed Bei Ming resonating with the Destruction Great Dao as he pursued a breakthrough.
• The Wu Clan and Demon Race escalated their war, with the Wu Clan using battle to strengthen its forces while Baize directed the Demon Race to avoid costly direct clashes and rely on coordinated guerrilla tactics.
• As the one hundred yuanhui Truce Period neared its end, the Heavenly Court prepared for the wedding and secretly assembled the Zhou Tian Star Array to defend against the Ancestor Wizards and deter Rogue Cultivators.
• Zhen Yuanzi ignored the Heavenly Court’s invitation because his friendship with Hong Yun had made him an enemy of the Demon Race.
• Bei Ming was absent when Shangyang delivered his invitation, so Han Chi received it; Nüwa sent her Good Corpse with the Red Silk Ball to officiate the wedding.
• Jieyin accepted the invitation and planned to attend with Zhunti, hoping to obtain resources and benefits for the West.

The Wu Clan prepared to disrupt Di Jun and Xihe’s Heavenly Wedding as the long truce ended and the Wu-Demon conflict neared another great war. Meanwhile, Bei Ming broke through to Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal in Hundun and proclaimed his return as the Destruction Demon God.

• Yuanshi refused the Heavenly Wedding invitation, while Tongtian left the decision to him and most Rogue Cultivators chose to attend.
• The Twelve Ancestor Wizards agreed to attack the Heavenly Court and bring strings of Demon Race Great Luo Golden Immortal heads as wedding gifts.
• Di Jiang led the Ancestor Wizards in reviewing the Twelve Divine Fiends Great Array as the Wu and Yao Clans remained locked in a prolonged war of attrition.
• Nüwa’s Good Corpse officiated Di Jun and Xihe’s wedding with the Red Silk Ball, then returned to Mount Qixi after sensing the Twelve Ancestor Wizards approaching.
• Bei Ming suppressed the Chaos Turbulence, broke through to Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal, and declared his return to Hundun as the Destruction Demon God.

Yang Mei reflected on Destruction’s plans as Bei Ming attained the Dao and returned with Nüwa to the Primordial Wilderness. There, the Wu and Demon clans began a second battle with their rival formations, while Bei Ming concluded that neither formation could win a direct clash.

• Yang Mei wondered whether Destruction could gain a foothold in the Primordial Wilderness and wished him success.
• Nüwa congratulated Bei Ming on attaining the Dao through laws and brought him back to the Primordial Wilderness to establish his prestige.
• The Twelve Ancestor Wizards stormed Lingxiao Treasure Hall, but Tai Yi used the Chaos Bell to collect the Demon God heads they had thrown.
• Di Jiang activated the Twelve Divine Fiends Great Array while Di Jun and Fuxi assembled the Zhou Tian Star Array, trapping the Pangu True Body in a sea of stars.
• Yuanshi and Tongtian recognized that the rival formations had nearly equalized the clans’ strength, while Zhen Yuanzi, Zhunti, and Jieyin watched the battle and considered its consequences.
• Watching from Inner Chaos, Bei Ming told Nüwa that the formations drew on the Primordial Wilderness’s foundations and that victory would require attacking formation setters or key points.

Bei Ming explained how Heavenly Dao Hongjun used the Human Race to weaken the Wu Clan from within and without, while the Human Race’s eventual rise carried the potential to challenge Heaven’s order. Meanwhile, the Wu and Yao Clans’ great arrays clashed, leaving the Demon Race able to contend with the Wu Clan on more equal terms.

• Bei Ming told Nüwa that the battle would force the Wu and Yao Clans into a long stalemate unless an outside force disrupted the balance.
• Bei Ming explained that Heavenly Dao Hongjun planned to use the Tuyu Sword against the Ancestor Wizards and Human-Wu offspring to drain the Wu Clan’s strength and Luck.
• Bei Ming described the Human Race’s rise as compensation for its sacrifices and said the Human Path might one day unite all beings and oppose Heavenly Dao.
• The Pangu True Body swung its Heaven-Opening Axe phantom at the Zhou Tian Star Array and split the starry sky.
• The Zhou Tian Star Array repaired itself with the Honghuang Starry Sky’s origin and held the Pangu True Body, giving the Demon Race a way to contend with the Wu Clan.

Bei Ming intervened in the battle between the Wu and Yao Clans, destroying both formations and preventing their backlash from causing severe injuries. He revealed overwhelming Hunyuan Great Luo power and prepared to use the Primordial Wilderness's Luck as a foundation for his cultivation.

• Di Jun and Di Jiang led their forces to unleash the Zhou Tian Star Array and Twelve Divine Fiends Great Array against each other.
• The two formations clashed at full strength, exhausting their practitioners as both sides resolved not to let their formation collapse first.
• Bei Ming appeared between the formations and used a flick of his finger to dispel both arrays while neutralizing their backlash.
• Bei Ming immobilized the Wu and Yao Clan experts and released pressure across the Primordial Wilderness, leading its Great Powers to suspect he had advanced through cultivating laws rather than becoming a saint.
• Bei Ming planned to draw on the Primordial Wilderness's Luck to aid his cultivation and establish a foundation for exploring Hundun.

Bei Ming established the Literary Sect to uphold integrity and gained Heavenly Dao merit, then left after halting the Wu-Demon confrontation. Di Jiang withdrew the Twelve Ancestor Wizards, while Di Jun ordered the Demon Race to prepare for a prolonged war.

• Bei Ming declared himself the Ancestor of Honghuang Script, established the Literary Sect, and used the Qiankun Cauldron and Xian Script Holy Book to suppress its Luck.
• Heavenly Dao answered Bei Ming’s declaration with Merit Golden Light, which Bei Ming absorbed.
• Di Jun and Di Jiang judged that continuing the stalemated battle would bring devastating losses to both the Demon Race and the Wu Clan.
• Di Jun thanked Bei Ming for intervening, and Di Jiang also expressed the Twelve Ancestor Wizards’ gratitude despite Qiangliang’s insult toward Di Jun.
• Bei Ming departed, and Di Jiang used spatial power to withdraw the Twelve Ancestor Wizards while Di Jun stopped Tai Yi from pursuing them.
• Di Jun ordered the Demon Race to return to its defenses and prepare for a war of attrition, while Nüwa watched from the Inner Chaos and asked whether Heavenly Dao and Hongjun were reassured.

Bei Ming explained the Wu Clan’s hidden foundation and why Reincarnation might be its escape from extinction, then invited Nüwa to join his struggle for luck. At Changbai Mountain, he revealed that the Five-Needle Pine had developed spiritual intelligence and presented Hongmeng Purple Qi as he described a plan tied to the six saints and his own place in the Primordial Wilderness.

• Bei Ming told Nüwa that the Wu Clan’s possible hidden foundation might offer it a way out, but Reincarnation would cost it Houtu, weaken its great array, and end its bid to become the Protagonist of Heaven and Earth.
• Bei Ming asked Nüwa to join his long-term plans to gather allies, and she agreed to accompany him to Changbai Mountain.
• Bei Ming brought Nüwa into Heavenly Pool Garden, where she noticed that the Top-grade Innate Spiritual Root Five-Needle Pine had developed spiritual intelligence.
• Bei Ming explained that the Five-Needle Pine’s unusual awakening likely carried a mission, as the Bodhi Tree’s had, and showed Nüwa his Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• Bei Ming connected his plan to their teacher’s prediction of six saints, saying that his status as Hunyuan and Wen Zu made him closely tied to the saint excluded from the original plan.

Bei Ming and Nüwa realized that Hongjun had prepared for the possibility that Bei Ming would pursue Hunyuan Dao-proving instead of claiming a Saint Position. They arranged for the Five-Needle Pine to become Bei Ming's disciple and fill the remaining Saint quota, while Bei Ming planned to bring the new disciple before Hongjun.

• Nüwa inferred that the Heavenly Dao had prompted the Five-Needle Pine to gain spiritual intelligence so it could become Bei Ming's disciple and help defend his foundation.
• Bei Ming explained that Hongjun had likely anticipated his path changing and prepared to fill the Saint Position that might otherwise remain vacant.
• Bei Ming reasoned that the Five Directional Flags and the Five-Needle Pine's Five Elements Law made the pine well suited to Cut off the Three Corpses and prove the Dao.
• Nüwa understood Bei Ming's plan and brought out the Creation Spirit Staff.
• Bei Ming said the three flags were initiation gifts for his disciple and planned to take the Five-Needle Pine to pay respects to Hongjun.

Bei Ming secured Nüwa as Vice Sect Master of the Literary Sect and planned a series of preaching sessions across the Primordial Wilderness. As Bei Ming and Nüwa began discussing the Dao, Laozi was guiding Human children in cultivation, still unable to put his realization about teaching and transformation into practice.

• Nüwa lent Five-Needle Pine the Creation Spirit Staff’s power, and Bei Ming infused it with a strand of Yinyun aura to aid its growth.
• Bei Ming invited Nüwa to become Vice Sect Master of the Literary Sect, and she accepted, causing their luck to converge.
• Bei Ming outlined eight preaching sites across the Primordial Wilderness, with each session lasting three thousand years, and Nüwa proposed they discuss the Dao first.
• Bei Ming and Nüwa returned to Great Void Palace and began exchanging insights into destruction and Creation.
• Laozi guided Human children in cultivation in an Eastern Region village, though a special change had prevented him from acting on his realization about teaching and transformation.

Laozi realized he needed to create a Human Race cultivation method that surpassed Bei Ming’s Mysterious Pivot Five Qi Scripture and began developing his Golden Elixir Method. Meanwhile, Yuanshi and Tongtian decided to attain the Dao without waiting for Laozi, fearing that Jieyin would claim the opportunity first.

• Laozi chose the Human Race as the foundation for establishing his religion and recognized that its greatest need was cultivation methods.
• Laozi developed a plan for a Golden Elixir Method that would help practitioners comprehend the Laws of the Pill and learn alchemy.
• Bei Ming publicly raised the matter of Teach and Transform before Laozi had perfected his method, but Laozi chose not to act hastily.
• Tongtian urged Yuanshi to stop waiting for Laozi, and Yuanshi agreed that they should attain the Dao first to prevent Jieyin from gaining the advantage.
• Tongtian welcomed Yuanshi’s decision and looked forward to becoming a Saint and seeing Laozi’s condition.

Yuanshi and Tongtian established the Chan and Jie Sects and achieved sainthood, while Laozi continued preaching among the Human Race. Jieyin and Zhunti then made vows to revive the West, and Jieyin became a Saint as the Primordial Wilderness gained its third Saint in quick succession.

• Yuanshi established the Chan Sect and achieved sainthood through the Merit of establishing a religion.
• Tongtian established the Jie Sect and also achieved sainthood, prompting Yuanshi and Tongtian to observe Laozi preaching among the Human Race.
• Jieyin decided to establish the Western Religion but realized that his path was Western Prosperity rather than simply Teach and Transform.
• Jieyin and Zhunti made the Forty-Eight Great Vows to establish a prosperous Western Pure Land and received a great amount of Merit.
• Most of the Merit entered Jieyin, who answered the Heavenly Dao's summons and achieved sainthood while Zhunti received a smaller share.

Laozi established the Human Religion, became a Saint, and taught the Golden Elixir Method to the Human Race, then chose Xuandu as his disciple. Bei Ming and Nüwa discussed how the new method affected the Human Race’s fortune and Bei Ming’s influence, while Bei Ming remained confident in the reach of Immortal Script and the Mysterious Pivot Five Qi Scripture.

• Old Ancestor Ming He founded the Asura Religion and gained Merit, though he could not use it to attain the Dao.
• Quasi-Saint Great Powers across the Primordial Wilderness founded religions and schools, while the Wu and Yao Clans remained cautious.
• Laozi perfected the Golden Elixir Method, established the Human Religion, and became the Moral Heavenly Venerable.
• Laozi bestowed the Golden Elixir Great Dao upon the Human Race, whose members thanked him and began practicing it.
• Laozi chose an Acquired Human Race child as his Direct Disciple, named him Xuandu, and took him to Kunlun Mountain.
• Bei Ming told Nüwa that the Golden Elixir Method’s use of Immortal Script would strengthen his foundation for Wen Zu and the Literary Sect.

Bei Ming prepared to expand the Literary Sect by announcing a three-thousand-year sermon at Heavenly Lake and accepted Yinglong as his mount. He began the sermon seated on the Twelve Grade Pure World White Lotus, with Han Chi and Yinglong beside the lake.

• Bei Ming told Nüwa that the struggle among Saints was only beginning, and she returned to Mount Qixi after their discussion.
• Bei Ming summoned Han Chi and announced that he would preach at Heavenly Lake for three thousand years, allowing living beings from beyond Changbai Mountain to enter and hear the Dao.
• Han Chi recommended Yinglong as Bei Ming's mount, and Bei Ming agreed after learning about Yinglong's exceptional bloodline and potential.
• Bei Ming welcomed Yinglong into the Literary Sect, bestowed the Black Dragon Sword upon him, and Yinglong felt signs of a breakthrough after receiving a Fortune Boost.
• Bei Ming flew on Yinglong to Heavenly Lake, placed the Twelve Grade Pure World White Lotus upon the water, and began preparing to preach while Han Chi and Yinglong sat nearby.