Chapter Summaries

Bei Ming used the Qiankun Cauldron and Hongmeng Measuring Ruler to pressure Laozi while probing the Liangyi Weichen Great Array with the Zhu Shen Flying Sword. As their duel continued, the Wu Clan worked to build a new continent in the East Sea, and Tian Wu and Ju Mang discussed the Mystic Gate cultivators still nearby.

• Bei Ming sent the Zhu Shen Flying Sword, protected by the Xuan Yuan Controlling Water Flag and Leaving Earth Flame Light Flag, through the formation to investigate its structure.
• Laozi considered ending the duel, but Yuanshi messaged him that Yuanshi, Tongtian, and Nüwa would enter the formation to end the battle if neither side won within ten thousand years.
• Laozi continued maintaining the formation, while Bei Ming kept studying it from atop the Pure World White Lotus.
• Houtu and Gonggong used their laws to move East Sea islands toward Purple Mansion Continent, while Tian Wu and Ju Mang supervised the Wu Clan's settlement there.
• Tian Wu and Ju Mang discussed the Mystic Gate's stalemate and speculated that Jieyin and Zhunti had gone off together.

Tian Wu and Ju Mang discussed the growing threat posed by the Three Pure Ones and other cultivators empowered by Hongjun’s treasures, while Bei Ming faced Laozi inside the Liangyi Weichen Great Array. Laozi took a Wuji Pill and strengthened the Taiji Diagram, forcing Bei Ming to answer with the Qiankun Cauldron.

• Tian Wu warned Ju Mang that cultivators who received Spirit Treasures from Hongjun had become more dangerous to the Wu Clan.
• Ju Mang argued that the Ancestor Wizards could still prevail by unifying Honghuang and gathering its Luck, then conquering the Four Seas and Star Sky.
• Bei Ming controlled several Spirit Treasures inside the Liangyi Weichen Great Array while calmly offering Laozi Five-Needle Pine nuts and eating Spirit Fruits.
• Laozi took a Wuji Pill, empowered the Taiji Diagram, and made the formation’s worlds collapse and re-form, disrupting the Zhu Shen Flying Sword.
• Bei Ming drew the Qiankun Cauldron before himself and began to counter Laozi’s strengthened formation.

Bei Ming found the Life Gate and broke through Laozi’s Liangyi Weichen Great Array while Laozi waited in vain for Yuanshi Tianzun, Tongtian, and Nüwa to intervene. The array shattered after Laozi’s Taiji Diagram failed under Bei Ming’s assault.

• Bei Ming used the Zhu Shen Flying Sword to locate the Life Gate and advanced toward it with his treasures.
• Laozi appeared at the Life Gate and used the Taiji Diagram to block Bei Ming, who attacked with several treasures.
• Yuanshi Tianzun urged Tongtian and Nüwa to enter the formation, but Tongtian and Nüwa argued that they should let the duel run its course.
• Yuanshi secretly explained his concern to Tongtian, who hesitated instead of agreeing to enter the formation.
• Bei Ming reached the Life Gate and overwhelmed Laozi’s defense, causing the Taiji Diagram to collapse and the Liangyi Weichen Great Array to shatter.

Bei Ming defeated Laozi and claimed the Dragon Head Crutch, establishing that the Three Pure Ones could no longer make decisions for the Mystic Gate alone. As the brothers returned to the Honghuang Continent, Yuanshi and Tongtian questioned Laozi’s newly revealed One Qi Transforms into Three Purities technique and remained uneasy about his explanation.

• Bei Ming defeated Laozi, who swallowed medicinal pills and acknowledged his loss.
• Bei Ming demanded the Dragon Head Crutch, and Laozi surrendered it rather than risk a fight against Bei Ming and Nüwa.
• Bei Ming declared that he and Nüwa would leave the East Sea, while the Three Pure Ones departed for the Honghuang Continent.
• Yuanshi warned Laozi that the Three Pure Ones could no longer make unilateral decisions within the Mystic Gate, and Laozi proposed discussing important matters together.
• Tongtian noted that Bei Ming might become a saint through Merit, while Yuanshi reassured him that Heaven’s mandate favored the Three Pure Ones.
• Yuanshi questioned Laozi about One Qi Transforms into Three Purities, and Laozi claimed the technique relied on the Taiji Diagram; Yuanshi and Tongtian remained doubtful as they recalled how Taiqing had taken some of their origins.

Laozi concealed that he had refined Yuanshi and Tongtian’s origins to develop One Qi Transforms into Three Purities, leaving suspicion between the Three Pure Ones. Bei Ming invited Nüwa to travel through Honghuang, hoping to build an alliance as he planned for the future of the Three Pure Ones and the Jie Sect.

• Laozi decided to conceal the truth about the Three Pure Ones Origin rather than risk an immediate rupture with Yuanshi and Tongtian.
• Tongtian accepted Laozi’s explanation, while Yuanshi remained troubled after they returned to Kunlun Mountain.
• Bei Ming thanked Nüwa for her help, and Nüwa told him that her Obsession Corpse remained difficult to cut off as she studied the Laws of Creation.
• Bei Ming invited Nüwa to travel through Honghuang, both to ease their cultivation bottlenecks and to strengthen their alliance.
• Nüwa agreed to travel with Bei Ming, and they set out toward the Southern Continent before planning to visit the West and Changbai Mountain.

Bei Ming and Nüwa traveled to the South Sea and reached the Undying Volcano, where the Wu Clan had driven the Phoenix Race close to extinction. As Huang Xi considered the Phoenix Race’s dwindling options, she raised the possibility that the Demon Race had gained the Four Seas Dragon King and the Aquatic Race, and Jin Ning asked whether they should join it.

• Bei Ming and Nüwa crossed the South Sea, observed the Wu Clan’s island Tribes, and entered the Southern Continent.
• The chapter recounted how Zhurong had seized most of the Undying Volcano from the Phoenix Race, while Huang Xi’s formation kept him from its core.
• At Phoenix Palace, Jin Ning warned Huang Xi that Zhurong was growing stronger and would likely attack again.
• Huang Xi reflected on the Phoenix Race’s losses and said its old forces had been routed and its remaining allies had dwindled.
• Huang Xi reported that Zhu Long had reappeared in the East Sea and that the Four Seas Dragon King and many Aquatic Race members had later ascended to the Star Sky, likely submitting to the Demon Race.
• Jin Ning asked whether Huang Xi meant for the Phoenix Race to join the Demon Race, and Huang Xi shook her head.

Huang Xi decided the Phoenix Race should seek refuge with Nüwa at Mount Qixi and passed the clan leadership to Jin Ning while preparing to hold off Zhurong. As the Phoenix Race readied its escape from Undying Volcano, Bei Ming and Nüwa arrived and assessed the clan’s predicament.

• Huang Xi rejected an alliance with the Demon Race and chose to send the Phoenix Race to seek Nüwa’s protection at Mount Qixi.
• Huang Xi named Jin Ning as the new clan leader and ordered the younger members escorted out while nine cultivators stayed behind to activate the Heaven-Returning Fire Phoenix Great Formation.
• Huang Xi vowed to trap Zhurong and his Tribe inside Undying Volcano so the others could escape.
• The Phoenix cultivators accepted the plan, and Huang Xi ordered Feng Xun to challenge Zhurong once the clan was ready.
• Bei Ming and Nüwa arrived outside Undying Volcano and concluded that Zhurong had attacked the Phoenix Race despite Di Jiang’s orders.

Bei Ming and Nüwa settled on a mountain peak to watch the Phoenix Race’s response as its members prepared to flee Undying Volcano. After defeating Huang Xi, Zhurong considered whether their repeated battles had made them valuable sparring partners, but he captured Feng Xun when the Phoenix messenger arrived at the Wu Clan frontline.

• Bei Ming and Nüwa made a courtyard on the mountain peak and stayed there to observe the Phoenix Race.
• Feng Xun left Undying Volcano and reached the Wu Clan frontline, where Zhurong’s soldiers celebrated their victory over Huang Xi.
• Zhuogang urged Zhurong to attack the Phoenix Race’s Core Zone and capture its descendants, but Zhurong ordered him to return to the celebration.
• Zhurong reflected that Huang Xi’s skill had helped him improve and wondered whether killing her would cost him a worthy opponent.
• Zhurong seized Feng Xun with a fiery hand and demanded to know why he had come to the frontline.

Feng Xun delivered Huang Xi’s challenge to Zhurong, who accepted a decisive battle for Undying Volcano and led the Wu Clan army against the Phoenix Race. Huang Xi prepared to hold Zhurong back while Jin Ning and the younger Phoenixes escaped toward Mount Qixi, but Zhurong shattered the Core Zone’s protective Formation with one strike.

• Feng Xun challenged Zhurong to a Life-and-Death Struggle over Undying Volcano, and Zhurong accepted.
• Nüwa and Bei Ming deduced that Huang Xi intended to buy time for the Phoenix Race’s younger members to flee and discussed whether to shelter them at Mount Qixi.
• Zhurong ended the celebration, summoned the Wu Clan forces, and marched on the Phoenix Race’s Core Zone.
• Huang Xi told Jin Ning, Feng Xun, and their companions to escort the Phoenix descendants toward Mount Qixi while she and Feng Ao’s group fought.
• Zhurong struck the Core Zone’s protective Formation with the Eternal Myriad Calamity Fire Blade and shattered it in one blow.

Huang Xi fought Zhurong at Undying Volcano while Phoenix Race clansmen broke through the Wu Clan’s encirclement. Bei Ming and Nüwa prepared to claim Huang Xi’s Wind Trace-less Sword, then intercepted the pursuing Great Wizard Zhuogang when the escapees headed for Mount Qixi.

• Huang Xi arrived with Feng Ao and eight Great Luo Golden Immortals, and challenged Zhurong using the Wind Trace-less Sword.
• Phoenix Race fighters escaped through an empty Core Zone, while Huang Xi’s battle with Zhurong sparked volcanic eruptions and caused casualties among the Wu Clan forces.
• Nüwa and Bei Ming discussed taking the Wind Trace-less Sword after Huang Xi’s defeat, and Nüwa deduced that the escaping Phoenix Race clansmen were headed for Mount Qixi.
• Nüwa struck Great Wizard Zhuogang with the Red Silk Ball, knocking him unconscious without killing him.

Nüwa agreed to shelter the Phoenix Race at Mount Qixi and carried them inside the Mountains and Rivers State Chart. At Undying Volcano, Feng Ao and eight Phoenix Race Great Luo Golden Immortals sacrificed themselves to kill a Great Wizard, enraging Zhurong as he continued to overpower Huang Xi.

• Nüwa defeated Zhuogang, and she and Bei Ming appeared before the Phoenix Race, who thanked them for their help.
• Jin Ning asked Nüwa to let the Phoenix Race settle temporarily near Mount Qixi, and Nüwa agreed to transport them safely in the Mountains and Rivers State Chart.
• Jin Ning accepted Nüwa’s offer, and Nüwa drew the Phoenix Race into the Mountains and Rivers State Chart.
• Bei Ming said the Phoenix Race could help manage refugees near Mount Qixi and noted that the battle at Undying Volcano was nearing its end.
• Feng Ao and eight Phoenix Race Great Luo Golden Immortals used Burning Heaven and self-destructed to kill a Great Wizard, becoming the only Wu Clan Great Wizard to die in the battle.
• Zhurong sensed the Great Wizard’s death, unleashed Burning Universe and Blazing Plains against Huang Xi, and taunted him for lacking the Phoenix Staff.

Huang Xi used the Phoenix Xia Crown to bind Zhurong and wounded him with a desperate sword strike, but Zhurong killed her after she exhausted her strength. Bei Ming then seized Huang Xi’s body and two Spirit Treasures, revealing himself to the wounded Zhurong.

• Zhurong confronted Huang Xi and declared that she would die for the Wu Clan’s fallen Great Wizard.
• Huang Xi challenged the Wu Clan’s claim to be Pangu’s Orthodox Lineage, then used the Phoenix Xia Crown to bind Zhurong and pierce his chest with the Wind Trace-less Sword.
• Zhurong recovered enough to strike Huang Xi down, and she died in her phoenix form as the Wind Trace-less Sword and Phoenix Xia Crown floated above her body.
• Bei Ming swept Huang Xi’s corpse and both Spirit Treasures into the Leaving Earth Flame Light Flag before Zhurong could claim them.
• Zhurong attacked the flag, but Bei Ming’s counterblow sent him crashing down, and he recognized the flag as Bei Ming’s Spirit Treasure.

Bei Ming and Nüwa defeated Zhurong’s forces at Undying Volcano and tried to leave with Huang Xi’s corpse and two Spirit Treasures, but Qiangliang and Xizi arrived to confront them. Zhurong urged the two Ancestor Wizards to stop Bei Ming from escaping and reclaim their spoils.

• Bei Ming struck Zhurong down with the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler, while Nüwa used the Refining Heaven Furnace to pin down the Wu Clan army.
• Bei Ming prepared to depart with Huang Xi’s corpse and the two Spirit Treasures, but Qiangliang attacked him with Dutian Divine Lightning.
• Bei Ming blocked Qiangliang’s lightning with the Leaving Earth Flame Light Flag and mocked the technique as a weakened version.
• Qiangliang and Xizi arrived from the Southern War Zone and challenged Bei Ming and Nüwa for attacking the Wu Clan.
• Zhurong told Qiangliang and Xizi that Bei Ming had stolen his spoils and urged them to prevent his escape.

Bei Ming faced Qiangliang and Xizi over the Phoenix Clan Leader’s remains and two Spirit Treasures, then fought the Ancestor Wizards of Lightning and Electricity. He protected himself from their combined Electric Domain Thunder Pool and drew them into his Returning Ruins World.

• Bei Ming argued that the treasures were ownerless and that he had collected the Phoenix Clan Leader’s remains to give her a proper burial, while Zhurong and Qiangliang demanded he hand them over.
• Qiangliang attacked Bei Ming with the Doutian Thunder Whip, but Bei Ming struck him back with the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler as Xizi’s Instantaneous Lightning Needle was blocked by the Leaving Earth Flame Light Flag.
• Qiangliang and Xizi joined forces against Bei Ming, while Nüwa kept Zhurong occupied at Bei Ming’s request.
• Qiangliang and Xizi unleashed the Electric Domain Thunder Pool, but Bei Ming used the Twelve Grade Pure World White Lotus to withstand its lightning.
• Bei Ming summoned the Xuan Yuan Controlling Water Flag and used Returning Ruins Realm Phase to pull Qiangliang, Xizi, and their thunder pool into the Returning Ruins World.

Zhurong attacked Nüwa while Bei Ming was absent, but her Spirit Treasures blocked his counterattacks and forced him to stop and recover. Meanwhile, Qiangliang and Xizi found themselves inside Bei Ming’s Returning Ruins, where Bei Ming remained hidden.

• As the three top powerhouses vanished, Zhurong recovered enough to attack Nüwa with the Eternal Myriad Calamity Fire Blade.
• Nüwa defended herself with the Refining Heaven Furnace and struck Zhurong with the Red Silk Ball.
• Zhurong repeatedly slashed at Nüwa’s defenses, but she reinforced them with the Mountains and Rivers State Chart.
• Zhurong stopped fighting when he realized he could not break through Nüwa’s defenses, then sat down to recover.
• Inside Returning Ruins, Qiangliang and Xizi realized Bei Ming had dragged them into an independent space, and Qiangliang called for him to come out and fight.

Bei Ming trapped Qiangliang and Xizi within the Returning Ruins and wagered their essence blood against his spoils from Huang Xi's corpse. Qiangliang and Xizi agreed to fight together and unleashed their lightning techniques to break free.

• Bei Ming concealed himself in the Returning Ruins and prepared to study the Ancestor Wizards' lightning abilities to improve his Tai Xu Tribulation Lightning.
• Qiangliang and Xizi challenged Bei Ming, and he proposed that each wager a drop of essence blood in exchange for the spoils of war.
• Qiangliang agreed to the wager and demanded that Bei Ming admit his inferiority before the Twelve Ancestor Wizards if he lost.
• Xizi accepted the fight to support Qiangliang and defend the Wu Clan's honor.
• Qiangliang and Xizi joined their powers and unleashed Dutian Divine Lightning and Taichu Electric Strike against the Returning Ruins.

Bei Ming completed his study of Qiangliang and Xizi’s lightning abilities and confronted them to claim their promised Ancestor Wizard Essence Blood. He attacked them with the Hongmeng Wind-Water Tribulation, forcing the two Ancestor Wizards to join forces.

• Zhurong led the Wu Clan into the Undying Volcano’s Core Zone to establish a new Tribe while Nüwa and Zhurong watched over the Returning Ruins.
• Over a hundred years, Bei Ming used Qiangliang and Xizi’s lightning attacks to refine his Tai Xu Tribulation Lightning.
• Bei Ming unleashed Void-Splitting Vault, Divine Might Heaven’s Punishment and clashed with Qiangliang’s Dutian Divine Lightning.
• Bei Ming blocked Xizi’s Instantaneous Lightning Needle with the Xuan Yuan Controlling Water Flag and reminded the two Ancestor Wizards of their promise.
• Bei Ming summoned the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler and attacked Qiangliang and Xizi with the Hongmeng Wind-Water Tribulation.
• Qiangliang and Xizi combined the Law of Lightning and the Law of Electricity to counter with Dutian Divine Lightning—Taichu Electric Strike.

Bei Ming defeated Qiangliang and Xizi, claiming a drop of essence blood from each as the price of their loss. Zhurong reacted angrily to the loss of his brothers’ bloodline strength, and the chapter ended with Qiangliang and Xizi ordering him not to interfere.

• Bei Ming shattered Qiangliang’s Doutian Thunder Whip and severely injured Qiangliang and Xizi with the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler.
• Qiangliang and Xizi admitted defeat and each gave Bei Ming a drop of Ancestor Wizard Essence Blood as agreed.
• Bei Ming stored the essence blood in the Qiankun Cauldron and ended the Returning Ruins Realm Phase, returning everyone to Undying Volcano.
• Zhurong sensed that Qiangliang and Xizi’s foundations had been weakened and accused Bei Ming of extracting their essence blood.
• Qiangliang and Xizi insisted the wager was their own matter and warned Zhurong not to interfere.

After Bei Ming and Nüwa left Undying Volcano, Zhurong reported the clash and Qiangliang and Xizi’s loss of essence blood to Di Jiang. Di Jiang ordered an Ancestor Wizard Meeting to address the incident and the Demon Race, while warning Zhurong against attacking the Phoenix Race; Bei Ming and Nüwa rested near Wuling Mountain.

• Bei Ming and Nüwa departed Undying Volcano, while Zhurong ordered Qiangliang and Xizi to recover and said their actions would be judged at an Ancestor Wizard Meeting.
• Zhurong sent Di Jiang an account of what happened at Undying Volcano.
• Di Jiang called for an Ancestor Wizard Meeting to discuss Qiangliang and Xizi’s actions and a general attack on the Demon Race.
• Di Jiang reprimanded Zhurong for attacking the Phoenix Race and told him not to keep pressing Qiangliang and Xizi.
• Bei Ming and Nüwa reached the Southwest Region near Wuling Mountain and rested.

Bei Ming and Nüwa settled at Wuling Mountain after their clash with the Wu Clan and reviewed the spoils from the Undying Volcano. They divided the Phoenix treasures and began refining their new Spirit Treasures, while Bei Ming expected further trouble with the Wu Clan.

• Bei Ming used Spiritual Sense and divination to learn about Wuling Mountain and She Bi Shi's repeated visits to its Rogue Cultivators.
• Bei Ming told Nüwa that he had provoked the Ancestor Wizards to obtain their essence blood without forcibly extracting it, and Nüwa warned that his relations with the Wu Clan would worsen.
• Bei Ming set up a Formation and displayed the Wind Trace-less Sword, the Ancestor Wizards' essence blood, the Phoenix Xia Crown, and Huang Xi's corpse.
• Bei Ming gave Nüwa the Phoenix Xia Crown and Huang Xi's corpse, which she stored in the Landscape Map of Mountains and Rivers.
• Bei Ming began refining the Wind Trace-less Sword while Nüwa refined the Phoenix Xia Crown beside him.