Chapter Summaries

Hou Yi shot down the Little Golden Crows as they fled, but Di Jun and Tai Yi arrived in time to save Little Ten and confront him. The Ancestor Wizards blocked Tai Yi’s attack, and the two sides faced off while Xihe gathered her dead sons and Di Jun tried to prevent an all-out war.

• The Little Golden Crows attacked Hou Yi, but he used an Ice Law arrow to bring down Little Eight and pursued the rest with his Law of Archery.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi rushed to rescue the Little Golden Crows, while Xihe and Changxi set out separately after sensing their sons were in danger.
• Hou Yi shot down the last Little Golden Crow, Little Ten, but Tai Yi’s Chaos Bell stopped the arrow and Little Ten fled into Di Jun’s arms.
• Di Jiang and Zhu Jiuyin blocked Tai Yi’s Chaos Bell strike, saving Hou Yi as the Ancestor Wizards gathered to confront the Demon Race.
• Xihe attacked the Ancestor Wizards in grief, but Di Jun urged her to gather their sons’ bodies before the conflict escalated.
• The Ancestor Wizards condemned Di Jun over the destruction caused by the Little Golden Crows, Tai Yi demanded vengeance, and Di Jun ordered him to stop as Xihe comforted Little Ten.

Di Jun and Di Jiang agreed to settle the Wu-Demon conflict in a decisive life-and-death battle after One Yuan Meeting, and the news spread across the Primordial Wilderness. In the Underworld, Pingxin summoned Guichenzi and asked him to invite Bei Ming to meet her privately, leaving the story poised for a secret discussion.

• Di Jun proposed a decisive life-and-death battle between the Wu and Demon Clans after One Yuan Meeting, and Di Jiang accepted the challenge.
• Di Jiang praised Hou Yi for killing the nine Little Golden Crows and granted him permission to stand without bowing before an Ancestor Wizard.
• The Ancestor Wizards returned to Pangu Hall to prepare, while news of the coming battle spread through the Primordial Wilderness.
• Guichenzi began meditating in the Underworld, but Pingxin summoned him into Reincarnation.
• Pingxin asked Guichenzi to invite Bei Ming to the Underworld for a private discussion without informing the Emperor of Fengdu, then sent him back.

Pingxin asked Bei Ming to save at least one Ancestor Wizard during the Wu-Demon War, offering to help him secure a second Earth Path Hongmeng Purple Qi in return. Bei Ming explained that Saint Positions depended on contributions and left Pingxin to consider what price could repay Houtu’s debt.

• Pingxin summoned Bei Ming through Guichenzi and asked to speak with him privately in Reincarnation Hall.
• Pingxin explained that she wanted to protect the Ancestor Wizards from the coming Wu-Demon War and asked Bei Ming to save at least one.
• Pingxin offered to help Bei Ming obtain the remaining Earth Path Hongmeng Purple Qi and decide who received its Saint Position.
• Bei Ming said the Literary Sect did not need another Saint Position to remain foremost and explained how contributions shaped who received Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• Pingxin realized Bei Ming was open to bargaining and reflected that Houtu’s debt of gratitude would be difficult to repay.

Bei Ming and Pingxin agreed that he would help save two Ancestor Wizards in exchange for her neutrality toward him and the Literary Sect. Meanwhile, Xihe and the Queen Mother of the West conspired to lure Hou Yi to the Taiyin Star, and Hou Yi chased Chang'e there after she was drawn away by a pill.

• Bei Ming negotiated with Pingxin and agreed to help save two Ancestor Wizards in return for her promise not to become enemies with him or the Literary Sect.
• Xihe sent Chang'e to the lower realm, where Hou Yi rescued her and the two became husband and wife.
• Xihe visited the Queen Mother of the West and secured her help in luring Hou Yi to the Taiyin Star.
• The Queen Mother of the West gave Hou Yi a pill refined by Xihe, and Chang'e was pulled toward the Taiyin Star after consuming it.
• Hou Yi realized the pill was a trap and pursued Chang'e into the Taiyin Star, while the Ancestor Wizards remained absorbed in studying the Twelve Divine Fiends Great Array.

Xihe avenged her nine dead children by suppressing Hou Yi in Taiyin Star, prompting the Wu Clan to begin an all-out assault on the demon race as Di Jun prepared the Heavenly Court for war. Di Jun obtained the newly forged Tuyu Sword and visited Nüwa with the Tenth Golden Crow to ask for a favor, while Nüwa recognized that a saint had intervened in the conflict.

• Xihe caught Hou Yi's arrow and suppressed him in the Taiyin Star Core, where the laurel tree's extreme Yin power kept him suffering without letting him die.
• The Wu Clan learned of Hou Yi's suppression, and the ancestor wizards ordered an all-out assault on the demon race.
• Di Jun ordered the demon race to counterattack and accepted the completed Tuyu Sword from Cite.
• Nüwa gave Fuxi the Mountains and Rivers State Chart for protection and sent him back to the Heavenly Court before receiving Di Jun and the Tenth Golden Crow.
• Di Jun asked Nüwa for a favor, and Nüwa suggested that he had come to entrust his final affairs before the war.

Di Jun, convinced that a Saint had steered the Wu and Yao clans toward war, entrusted his youngest son and the Demon Race’s future to Nüwa. Nüwa accepted Little Ten as a menial at Mount Qixi, while Di Jun offered her the Summoning Demon Banner so the scattered demons might survive and reunite.

• Di Jun realized the Ancestor Wizards were gathered in Pangu Hall, leaving him no chance to use the Tuyu Sword to kill them one by one, and decided to secure a path of survival before the war.
• Di Jun asked Nüwa to take in Little Ten and offered her the Fusang Divine Tree; Nüwa agreed to let the Golden Crow serve as a menial at Mount Qixi.
• Caique led Little Ten out of the main hall and began explaining Mount Qixi to him.
• Di Jun returned the Summoning Demon Banner to Nüwa and proposed that the Demon Race become a force under her command.
• Di Jun explained that the banner could help the scattered demons unite again, leaving Nüwa to decide whether to preserve them as a future asset.

Nüwa visited Bei Ming to discuss saving her brother Fuxi and securing him the position of Saint of the Human Dao. Bei Ming proposed that Fuxi might gather the Human and Demon races’ Luck by becoming Heavenly Emperor, but the plan depended on how he could claim the position.

• Nüwa accepted Di Jun’s Summoning Demon Banner and considered using it, along with the Literary Sect, to bring the Demon Race under her control and help Fuxi become Saint of the Human Dao.
• Nüwa went to Great Void Palace to consult Bei Ming about her plans for the coming war between the Wu and Yao clans.
• Nüwa told Bei Ming she intended to protect Fuxi and suggested uniting the Demon Race and Human Race under him to gather Luck.
• Bei Ming warned that the races’ blood feud and the spread of the Saints’ doctrines would make unification difficult.
• Bei Ming proposed that Fuxi could gather the Luck of all living beings by becoming Heavenly Emperor, and Nüwa saw an opportunity in his former identity as Emperor Xi.
• Bei Ming asked how Fuxi could become Heavenly Emperor.

Bei Ming explained that Fuxi could not yet become Heavenly Emperor and proposed a deal with Pingxin to save two Ancestor Wizards in exchange for her support. As the Wu-Demon War began, the Zhou Tian Star Array and Twelve Divine Fiends Great Array clashed at Mount Buzhou, leaving Fuxi leading the Demon Race’s first devastating attack.

• Bei Ming told Nüwa that Fuxi’s karmic burden and the Saints’ interests prevented him from becoming Heavenly Emperor for now, though the future might change.
• Bei Ming revealed that he had promised Pingxin to save two Ancestor Wizards if she would not oppose the Literary Sect and would help seek the Earth Path’s Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• Di Jun led the Demon Race army into battle, while Xing Tian and the Eleven Ancestor Wizards gathered with Tai Kun to defend Mount Buzhou.
• Di Jun’s forces formed the Zhou Tian Star Array as Di Jiang and the other Ancestor Wizards raised the Twelve Divine Fiends Great Array and summoned Pangu’s True Body.
• Tiangou broke free and rushed to the Taiyin Star, disrupting the Zhou Tian Star Array, but Di Jun ordered an immediate assault.
• Fuxi guided the Demon Race’s formation and unleashed Tai Chu Starfall, sending countless stars crashing toward Pangu’s True Body.

The Wu and Yao Clans destroyed their great arrays and began a direct battle near Mount Buzhou. As Bei Ming and Nüwa assessed the clashes, Di Jun faced Qiangliang and Xizi, and his Tuyu Sword began to strike.

• Di Jiang used the Pangu True Body to destroy the Zhou Tian Star Array, while Great Wizard Tai Kun perished from the strain of the Twelve Divine Fiends Great Array.
• The collapse of both arrays devastated the region around Mount Buzhou, leaving the Wu and Yao forces to face each other amid the destruction.
• The Wu and Yao leaders engaged in separate battles, with Tai Yi confronting six Ancestor Wizards, Xihe and Changxi each facing one, and Fuxi trapping She Bi Shi in the Hunyuan Heluo Great Array.
• Bei Ming told Nüwa that Di Jun's fight against Qiangliang and Xizi was the battle's key, since the Tuyu Sword could kill an Ancestor Wizard quickly.
• Di Jun parried Qiangliang's thunder whip with the Pure Yang Sword, then swung the Tuyu Sword upward.

Di Jun’s Tuyu Sword wounded Qiangliang, but Qiangliang and Xizi sacrificed themselves to cripple Di Jun and destroy the Corroding Sun Killing Light Flag. Xuanming was about to die in battle when Bei Ming pulled her into the Great Void Palace, then chose to save Ju Mang as well.

• Di Jun severed Qiangliang’s arm with the Tuyu Sword, but Xizi used the Instantaneous Lightning Needle to help Qiangliang retreat.
• Qiangliang and Xizi turned back, and Xizi let Di Jun stab him so the two Ancestor Wizards could self-destruct together.
• Their explosion shattered the Corroding Sun Killing Light Flag, blasted away Di Jun’s swords, and left Di Jun barely alive.
• Changxi pursued the Tuyu Sword instead of saving Di Jun, while Xuanming charged at him to avenge her brothers.
• Di Jun transformed into his Golden Crow form and crashed into Xuanming, but Bei Ming pulled the grievously wounded Xuanming into the Great Void Palace.
• Bei Ming sealed Xuanming and told Nüwa he would save Ju Mang as the second Ancestor Wizard.

Xihe and Tai Yi sacrificed themselves in the battle against the Wu Clan, leaving Gonggong as the last surviving Ancestor Wizard on the battlefield. Grief-stricken, Gonggong bowed to Father God, and Mount Buzhou collapsed, breaking the sky and unleashing the Heavenly River upon the Primordial Wilderness.

• Tian Wu sacrificed himself in a storm that wounded Xihe, and Xihe gave Changxi the Clear Brilliance Konghou before charging into battle and dying in an explosion.
• Changxi withdrew to Taiyin Star while Fuxi continued suppressing She Bi Shi inside the Hunyuan Heluo Great Array.
• Tai Yi used the Chaos Bell to restrain the six Ancestor Wizards, then detonated himself and killed Di Jiang, Zhu Jiuyin, Ru Shou, and Zhurong; Bei Ming pulled Ju Mang away, while Gonggong survived badly injured.
• Gonggong grieved for the fallen Ancestor Wizards, bowed to Father God, and watched Mount Buzhou collapse.
• The collapse of Mount Buzhou broke the sky and sent the Heavenly River pouring into the Primordial Wilderness, prompting the Saints to appear.

After the Primordial Wilderness’s firmament collapsed, the Saints stabilized Heaven and Earth while competing for treasures and opportunities. Nüwa began preparing to mend the heavens, and Bei Ming refined the Mystic Turtle’s four feet and three Ancestor Wizards into pillars to support them.

• Bei Ming and the Three Pure Ones used treasures to stabilize the falling firmament, while Nüwa broke the Hunyuan Heluo Great Array and Jieyin saved living beings.
• Bei Ming defeated Tongtian in their contest for the Chaos Bell, while Laozi took the Tuyu Sword and Pure Yang Sword and Yuanshi claimed part of Mount Buzhou.
• She Bi Shi slapped the devastated Gonggong, and the Saints agreed to protect Heaven and Earth while Nüwa refined Five-Colored Stone to mend the sky.
• Bei Ming retrieved Xuanming and Ju Mang, then brought the Mystic Turtle from the North Sea; the turtle agreed to offer his four feet as supports for the Four Extremes.
• Ju Mang offered Xuanming, She Bi Shi, and Gonggong alongside the Mystic Turtle, and Bei Ming agreed to refine them into Heavenly Pillars.
• The Mystic Turtle severed his four feet, and Xuanming, She Bi Shi, and Gonggong entered the Qiankun Cauldron as Bei Ming began refining them.

Nüwa refined Five-Colored Stones while Bei Ming forged four Heavenly Pillars, and they used them to mend the sky and stabilize the Primordial Wilderness. After the crisis ended, Merit was distributed, and Fuxi thanked Bei Ming for protecting him.

• The Three Pure Ones chose mounts while they and Jieyin repaired the damaged Heaven and Earth as Nüwa and Bei Ming worked for eighty-one days.
• Nüwa refined thirty-six thousand five hundred Five-Colored Stones, while Bei Ming completed four Heavenly Pillars; Nüwa’s earlier gift to Bei Ming would become the vessel of the Lingming Stone Monkey.
• Nüwa filled the hole in the sky with the Five-Colored Stones, and Bei Ming fixed the Heavenly Pillars at the Four Extremes, ending the world-ending crisis.
• The Heavenly Dao awarded Merit to Nüwa, Bei Ming, the Mystic Turtle, the Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and the Rogue Cultivators who helped save the world.
• Fuxi bowed to Bei Ming and thanked him for holding back two Ancestor Wizards and helping him survive uninjured.

After the Calamity of the Witches and Demons, Bei Ming helped Mystic Turtle take human form as Daoist Xuantian. Xuantian returned with Bei Ming to Changbai Mountain to recover, carrying the special status of the Primordial Wilderness’s Foundation of Supporting Heaven.

• Nüwa advised Fuxi to remain secluded at Mount Qixi until the world’s fate or a suitable opportunity changed.
• Fuxi and Nüwa departed for Mount Qixi after inviting Bei Ming to visit and agreeing that Fuxi might guide the Literary Sect’s disciples.
• Bei Ming used the Qiankun Cauldron’s Qiankun Qi and Merit Golden Light to help Mystic Turtle take human form.
• Mystic Turtle became a youthful-looking Innate God, named himself Xuantian, and thanked Bei Ming for his help.
• Bei Ming brought Xuantian to Great Void Palace to recover, explaining that his origin and True Spirit were bound to Heaven and Earth, making him its Foundation of Supporting Heaven.

Bei Ming appointed Xuantian as a Literary Sect guest official and gave him three Spirit Treasures to support his future cultivation and travels. After Hongjun summoned the Mystic Gate disciples to Zixiao Palace, the chapter turned to the Wu and Demon Races’ diminished state after the war.

• Bei Ming welcomed Xuantian to Great Void Palace and explained that he would serve the Literary Sect as a guest official.
• Bei Ming gave Xuantian the Dragon Head Crutch, twenty-four Dinghai Divine Pearls, and Falling Treasure Money, advising him about their powers.
• Bei Ming summoned the Literary Sect disciples and formally announced Xuantian’s appointment, which none of them opposed.
• Hongjun sent word summoning the Five Saints and Wen Zu to Zixiao Palace to discuss matters.
• Ju Mang led the surviving Wu Clan members back to Pangu Hall, while the mixed-blood Human-Wu were abandoned and the remaining Demon Race leaders withdrew.

After the Wu-Demon War, Bei Ming planned to secure influence in the restored Heavenly Court and bring Ling Yan to Zixiao Palace as a potential successor. He arrived at the palace with her, where she met the Three Pure Ones as their junior disciple.

• The surviving Demon Saints led the remnants of the Heavenly Court north, while the dissolution of the Wu and Yao Clans opened the way for the Ten Thousand Clans to recover and compete.
• Bei Ming kept Ling Yan behind after dismissing his other disciples and told her she would accompany him to pay respects to Hongjun at Zixiao Palace.
• Bei Ming and Ling Yan traveled through the Inner Chaos and arrived outside Zixiao Palace, where the Three Pure Ones were waiting.
• Yuanshi criticized Bei Ming for bringing a disciple and insulted Tongtian's Jie Sect disciples, prompting Tongtian to grow angry before Laozi intervened.
• Bei Ming reassured Laozi that Hongjun had no objection, and Ling Yan greeted the Three Pure Ones as her senior uncles.

Nüwa gave Ling Yan the Precious Lotus Lantern as a gift, seeking to build a connection with Bei Ming’s promising successor. When Hongjun’s summons brought the Saints and Wen Zu to Zixiao Palace, Bei Ming led Ling Yan inside and told her to stand behind him.

• Yuanshi praised Ling Yan’s aptitude, and Tongtian argued that she surpassed the Chan Sect’s disciples.
• Nüwa greeted Ling Yan, called her family, and offered her the Precious Lotus Lantern.
• Ling Yan looked to Bei Ming for guidance, then accepted the treasure and thanked Nüwa.
• Jieyin arrived, exchanged greetings with Ling Yan, and entered Zixiao Palace after its gates opened.
• Bei Ming entered beside Nüwa, brought out a prayer mat, and instructed Ling Yan to stand behind him.

Hongjun summoned the Six Disciples of the Mystic Gate's first generation to discuss restoring the Heavenly Court and chose Haotian and Yaochi as its new rulers. The Saints’ proposed candidates were ignored as Hongjun used the Heavenly Dao to transform the two attendants and grant them sovereign status.

• Jieyin recognized Haotian and Yaochi’s strong cultivation, while Bei Ming considered how they could use the Heavenly Court’s renewed order and Luck to advance.
• Hongjun appeared in Zixiao Palace and told the Saints that a new Heavenly Emperor was needed to restore the Heavenly Court after The Calamity of the Witches and Demons.
• Yuanshi proposed Guang Chengzi for the throne, and Tongtian proposed Duobao.
• Hongjun called Haotian and Yaochi forward and used the Heavenly Dao’s power to transform them into the new rulers of the Heavenly Court.
• Yuanshi recognized that Hongjun had bestowed sovereign status on Haotian and Yaochi after the fact and felt uncomfortable with the decision.

Hongjun appointed Haotian as Heavenly Emperor and established four subordinate imperial positions, which the Literary, Chan, and Jie Sects filled with their disciples. He then announced that the Human Race would rise under the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors and revealed the Kongtong Seal to govern their investiture and suppress Human Race fortune.

• Haotian and Yaochi asked the Mystic Gate disciples to support the Heavenly Court, but none promised to do so.
• Hongjun created four imperial posts to assist Haotian and assigned them authority over beings, living souls, stars, and gods.
• Bei Ming appointed Guichenzi as Great Emperor Qinghua and Han Chi as Great Emperor Ziwei, Yuanshi appointed Nanji Xianweng as Great Emperor Changsheng, and Tongtian appointed Jin Ling as Great Emperor Gouchen.
• Hongjun declared that the Human Race would become the Protagonist of Heaven and Earth, with its rise led by the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
• Hongjun revealed the Kongtong Seal, which would suppress Human Race fortune and be used to invest the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.

Hongjun made the Kongtong Seal a shared responsibility among six disciples and bestowed the Plain Cloud Realm Flag on Ling Yan. He also publicly named her the Second-generation First Disciple of the Mystic Gate, granting her access to its Luck.

• Laozi and Nüwa asked Hongjun to let them hold the Kongtong Seal, while Bei Ming signaled Nüwa to make her claim.
• Hongjun declared that the six First Generation disciples had to decide the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors together, then merged the Kongtong Seal into Human Race Luck so they could summon it as a group.
• Hongjun gave Ling Yan the Plain Cloud Realm Flag for protection.
• Hongjun named Ling Yan the Second-generation First Disciple of the Mystic Gate, surprising the Three Pure Ones.