Chapter Summaries

The Wu Clan summoned the Pangu True Body, which gravely wounded Di Jun, Tai Yi, and Fuxi and threatened to destroy the Demon Race. Hongjun appeared above the East Sea and stopped the axe strike, bringing the fighting across the Primordial Wilderness to a halt.

• The Twelve Ancestor Wizards merged into the Pangu True Body, forcing Fuxi to withdraw the Hunyuan Heluo Great Array and leaving Di Jun, Tai Yi, and Fuxi exposed.
• Nüwa rushed to help Fuxi, and Bei Ming accompanied her toward the East Sea.
• The Three Pure Ones discussed the Pangu True Body and watched as it formed a phantom Heaven-Opening Axe.
• The Pangu True Body shattered Tai Yi's Chaos Bell defense with its first strike and severely injured Di Jun, Tai Yi, and Fuxi.
• As the Pangu True Body brought down a second strike, Hongjun appeared, dispelled the axe light, and suppressed the Wu and demon forces across the Primordial Wilderness.

Hongjun ended the battle between the Wu and Demon Clans, ordering a truce for one hundred yuanhui and assigning the Heavens to the demons and the Earth to the wizards. After Hongjun departed, the Ancestor Wizards confronted the Mystic Gate disciples over their right to remain on the Primordial Wilderness.

• Hongjun shattered the Twelve Divine Fiends Great Array and ordered the Wu and Demon Clans to keep peace for one hundred yuanhui.
• Di Jiang accepted the truce after Hongjun promised not to intervene in the war after the truce period, and Di Jun, Tai Yi, and Fuxi withdrew with the Demon Race armies.
• Bei Ming and Nüwa arrived and paid respects to Hongjun, while Nüwa checked that Fuxi had survived his injuries.
• Bei Ming returned the Dragon Head Crutch and Pure Water Bowl to Hongjun, who told him to keep the Spirit Treasures.
• Hongjun instructed the Three Pure Ones to protect peace, then vanished before Jieyin arrived.
• Xuanming told the Mystic Gate disciples that the Wu Clan claimed the Primordial Wilderness and Four Seas, warning them not to wander beyond their Daoist arenas.

The Twelve Ancestor Wizards and the Three Pure Ones challenged each other over who was Pangu’s Orthodox Lineage, with Bei Ming encouraging the confrontation. Laozi and Di Jiang agreed to a battle and set conditions for victory, leaving the two sides on the verge of fighting.

• Ru Shou threatened Jieyin over Mount Sumeru’s followers plundering resources in Wu Clan territory, and Jieyin stayed silent.
• Tongtian and Yuanshi answered the Ancestor Wizards’ taunts by challenging them to settle who was Pangu’s Orthodox Lineage.
• Bei Ming warned Zhurong that the Three Pure Ones had grown stronger, prompting Gonggong to challenge him over their past defeat.
• Laozi declared that the Mystic Gate could defeat the Ancestor Wizards, and Di Jiang challenged the Three Pure Ones on behalf of the Wu Clan.
• Laozi demanded that the Wu Clan take a detour whenever they saw a Xuan Sect Disciple if they lost, while Di Jiang demanded that the Mystic Gate remain in its Daoist arenas until the Wu Clan destroyed the Demon Race if it lost.

The Mystic Gate disciples united under Laozi to challenge the Twelve Ancestor Wizards, who answered by forming the Twelve Divine Fiends Great Array. The Three Pure Ones countered with Three Pure Ones Transform Sha, suppressing the Pangu True Body and leaving Bei Ming wary of their strength.

• Laozi called on the Mystic Gate disciples to fight the Ancestor Wizards, and Yuanshi, Tongtian, Nüwa, Bei Ming, and Jieyin agreed to defend the sect's standing.
• Di Jiang ordered the Twelve Ancestor Wizards to form the Twelve Divine Fiends Great Array, summoning the Pangu True Body.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian used Three Pure Ones Transform Sha with their treasures to suppress the Pangu True Body and prevent it from summoning the Heaven-Opening Axe.
• Bei Ming judged that the Three Pure Ones' technique countered the great array and resolved to strengthen himself and refine the Destruction Demon God's True Spirit.
• Jieyin praised the Three Pure Ones but privately considered how to drive a wedge between them.

The Three Pure Ones, Nüwa, Jieyin, and Bei Ming combined their powers to suppress the Twelve Ancestor Wizards’ Pangu True Body and expose its formation eye. Bei Ming’s Zhu Shen Flying Sword struck its heart, leaving the Ancestor Wizards under attack from within and without as the battle continued.

• Laozi urged Nüwa, Bei Ming, and Jieyin to help end the battle, and Nüwa and Jieyin used the Mountains and Rivers State Chart and Twelve Grade Merit Golden Lotus to strengthen the suppression of the Pangu True Body.
• Yuanshi and Tongtian struck the weakened Pangu True Body with the Pangu Banner, Qingping Sword, and Four Swords of Zhuxian, while Laozi maintained the suppression.
• Bei Ming asked Yuanshi to create an opening, and Yuanshi’s Hongmeng Crack cut a fissure into the Pangu True Body’s chest.
• Bei Ming sent the Zhu Shen Flying Sword through the fissure and into the Pangu True Body’s heart, causing all Twelve Ancestor Wizards to feel pain and counterattack fiercely.
• Nüwa replaced the Mountains and Rivers State Chart with the Creation Spirit Staff and used its Power of Creation to reinforce the Three Pure Ones and Bei Ming.
• Bei Ming warned the Ancestor Wizards that continuing the fight would bring backlash, as the group remained trapped between the Three Pure Ones’ suppression and the Zhu Shen Flying Sword’s assault.

Bei Ming helped the Three Pure Ones defeat the Twelve Ancestor Wizards, who agreed to keep their distance from Xuan Sect Disciples. After the factions went their separate ways, Nüwa said she would visit the injured Older brother on the Sun Star.

• Di Jiang declared that the Ancestor Wizards would never bow, so Bei Ming used the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler and Zhu Shen Flying Sword to force the Twelve Ancestor Wizards to dispel the Twelve Divine Fiends Great Array.
• Bei Ming told the Twelve Ancestor Wizards that they had lost, and Di Jiang accepted the defeat while promising the Wu Clan would not provoke Xuan Sect Disciples unless they attacked first.
• Tongtian claimed the Three Pure Ones were the Orthodox Lineage of Pangu, but Zhu Jiuyin argued that the Mystic Gate had won with help from Bei Ming and Nüwa; Yuanshi urged Tongtian not to press the dispute.
• Di Jiang led the exhausted Ancestor Wizards back to Pangu Hall, while the Three Pure Ones and Jieyin departed to recover and pursue their own paths to becoming saints.
• Nüwa told Bei Ming she would go to the Sun Star to check on her injured Older brother.

After the Mystic Gate defeated the Wu Clan, Zhunti seized the wagers from a gathering of Quasi-Saints and escaped their retaliation. Bodhi Daoist remained undercover among the Rogue Cultivators, preserving his connections for the West’s future.

• Nüwa departed for the Sun Star after Bei Ming asked her to convey his regards to Fuxi, and Bei Ming returned to Changbai Mountain.
• A gathering of Quasi-Saints celebrated the Wu Clan’s defeat and prepared to divide the Spirit Treasures and Spirit Roots they had wagered.
• Zhunti swept the wagers off the Gambling Plate and claimed he was redeeming them to discourage gambling.
• Chiming Daojun attacked Zhunti with the Chiyan Sword, but Zhunti shattered the sword beams with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree.
• Bodhi Daoist quietly shielded the Quasi-Saints while maintaining his secret role as Zhunti’s Good Corpse and agent among Rogue Cultivators.
• Zhunti blocked the Quasi-Saints’ combined attacks with the Azure Lotus Treasure Color Flag, then fled with the spoils.

Zhunti and Jieyin faced down the Quasi-Saints pursuing Zhunti, then captured and killed Chiming Daojun. Jieyin returned to the West to comprehend the Hongmeng Purple Qi, while Zhunti stayed in the Eastern Continent and received the Six Roots of Purity Bamboo for protection.

• Chiming Daojun and Daoist Qingfeng led four other Quasi-Saints in pursuit of Zhunti, while the remaining Cultivators dispersed.
• Zhunti met Jieyin, whose Merit Golden Lotus and Dharma Idol helped drive four pursuers to flee.
• Daoist Qingfeng escaped, but Chiming Daojun stayed behind and tried to withdraw after Jieyin and Zhunti challenged him.
• Zhunti struck Chiming's sword with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, and Jieyin used the Six Roots of Purity Bamboo to seal Chiming's six senses.
• Zhunti destroyed Chiming's physical body and collected his Primordial Spirit, while Jieyin cautioned Zhunti not to risk Bodhi Daoist's role for minor gains.
• Jieyin returned to the West, giving Zhunti the Six Roots of Purity Bamboo as Zhunti stayed in the Eastern Continent.

Bei Ming cultivated the laws of wind and water for nine Yuanhui and broke through to Quasi-Saint Peak, though he still could not discern how to cut off his Obsession Corpse. The chapter also showed Fuxi seeking a way for the Demon Race to counter the Wu Clan’s great array and examined why cultivators followed the Three Corpses path.

• Zhunti accepted the Six Roots of Purity Bamboo, while Jieyin returned to Mount Sumeru to comprehend the Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• Nüwa healed Fuxi and relayed Bei Ming’s concern about the Demon Race’s future.
• Fuxi told Nüwa he hoped to use the Hetu and Luoshu to create a star-based formation capable of contending with the Wu Clan’s Twelve Divine Fiends Great Array.
• Bei Ming used his wind- and water-law treasures to pursue the balance of movement and stillness, then broke through to Quasi-Saint Peak after nine Yuanhui.
• Bei Ming remained unable to understand the Obsession Corpse, while the chapter explained how Cutting off the Three Corpses offered cultivators a path to borrow the Heavenly Dao’s power.

Bei Ming reached a crossroads in his pursuit of the Dao, weighing Merit Sainthood against refining the Destruction Demon God’s True Spirit and seeking Nüwa’s Creation Spirit Staff. Baize arrived at Changbai Mountain with an invitation to the Heavenly Court’s founding ceremony, while Di Jun prepared to establish the Heavenly Court after discovering the Thirty-Three Heavens.

• Bei Ming realized he could not cut off his Third Corpse without discovering his obsession and considered pursuing the Laws of Destruction with Nüwa’s Creation Spirit Staff.
• Bei Ming set out to visit Mount Qixi and borrow Nüwa’s Spirit Treasure.
• Baize reached Changbai Mountain and asked Han Chi to deliver an invitation for Bei Ming to attend the Heavenly Court’s founding ceremony and Di Jun’s ascension.
• After the Demon Race’s defeat, Di Jun discovered the Thirty-Three Heavens and resolved to establish the Heavenly Court there.
• Di Jun summoned Tai Yi, Fuxi, and the Ten Great Demon Saints, who agreed to establish the Heavenly Court and invite guests to witness its founding.

After exiting seclusion, Bei Ming received an invitation to the Demon Race’s Heavenly Court ceremony and considered how writing could bring him merit among both Demons and the future Human Race. He planned his preparations for the ceremony and gave Han Chi a lightning divine ability, then asked about the inhabitants of Changbai Mountain.

• Baize delivered the Demon Race’s invitation to Han Chi, who presented it to Bei Ming after his master exited seclusion.
• Bei Ming examined the invitation and reflected on creating Immortal Script for both the Demon Race and the future Human Race.
• Bei Ming considered Nüwa’s future creation of humanity, his plans to borrow her Creation Spirit Staff, and his study of the Ancestor Wizards’ essence blood.
• Bei Ming calculated that 78,321 years remained until the ceremony and planned his preparations, including refining Tai Xu Tribulation Lightning.
• Bei Ming imparted the Tai Xu Tribulation Lightning divine ability to Han Chi and asked how Changbai Mountain’s inhabitants had fared.

Bei Ming perfected his Tai Xu Tribulation Lightning by comprehending the blood essences of Qiangliang and Xizi, then set out for the Heavenly Court’s founding ceremony. Near the Heavenly Gate, he encountered Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi, and Hong Yun called for him to stop.

• Han Chi reported that Changbai Mountain’s Demon Race and Wu Clan had kept their agreement, and Bei Ming ordered him to maintain the current situation.
• Bei Ming used Qiangliang and Xizi’s blood essences to deepen his understanding of lightning and perfect Tai Xu Tribulation Lightning.
• Bei Ming gave Han Chi the latest version of the technique and left Changbai Mountain to attend the Heavenly Court’s founding ceremony.
• Bei Ming approached the Heavenly Gate, where the Demon Race welcomed guests as the Wu Clan remained restrained by Hongjun’s truce.
• Bei Ming sensed Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi behind him, and Hong Yun called out, asking him to stop.

Bei Ming met Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi on their way to the Demon Race’s Heavenly Court founding ceremony, then raced Hong Yun toward the Heavenly Realm gates. Bei Ming arrived first and was welcomed by the Demon Race’s Qinyuan.

• Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi caught up with Bei Ming, greeted him, and proposed traveling together to the ceremony.
• Hong Yun asked to visit the North with Bei Ming after the ceremony, while Zhen Yuanzi hoped their company would help protect Hong Yun.
• Bei Ming challenged Hong Yun to a dodge-technique race, and Hong Yun accepted with his Myriad Transformations Cloud Dodge.
• Bei Ming used the Free and Unfettered Journey and left Hong Yun behind, reaching the Heavenly Realm gates first.
• The Demon Race welcomed Bei Ming with a grand guard of honor, and Qinyuan came forward to receive him.

Qinyuan welcomed Bei Ming, Hong Yun, and Zhen Yuanzi to the Heavenly Court’s founding ceremony, while the Demon Race continued preparing its plans for the Taiyin Star and Hong Yun. Bei Ming toured the Thirty-Three Heavens with Qinyuan and arrived at Lingxiao Treasure Hall as Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi began a separate tour.

• Bei Ming gave Qinyuan a Superior-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure as a congratulatory gift and waited for Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi to arrive.
• Qinyuan considered the Demon Race’s plans to recruit Xihe and Changxi, perfect the Zhou Tian Star Array, and scheme for Hong Yun’s Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• Zhen Yuanzi presented Qinyuan with a mid-grade Innate Spirit Treasure and ten Ginseng Fruits on behalf of himself and Hong Yun.
• Hong Yun asked to tour the Heavenly Realm, so Qinyuan assigned Lingxian to guide him and Zhen Yuanzi while she escorted Bei Ming onward.
• Qinyuan and Bei Ming crossed the Thirty-Three Heavens and reached Lingxiao Treasure Hall.

Qinyuan escorted Bei Ming to the Demon Race Heavenly Court’s Grand Ceremony, where he spoke with Jieyin, Zhunti, and Nüwa. Bei Ming guessed that Nüwa’s gift was a Spirit Treasure for controlling the Demon Race, then asked for her help, and she proposed they talk before the ceremony.

• Qinyuan led Bei Ming to the first row of guest seats, where Jieyin and Zhunti greeted him and Zhunti asked for another serving of Spirit Fruit.
• Jieyin asked what gifts they had brought for the ceremony, and Bei Ming said he had given a Superior-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure.
• Jieyin asked Nüwa about her gift, and she said it would solve a practical difficulty facing the Demon Race.
• Bei Ming recalled the Demon Race’s poor coordination and guessed that Nüwa had given them a Spirit Treasure to make the clans obey orders.
• Nüwa confirmed Bei Ming’s guess, then asked whether he needed her help; Bei Ming said he did, and she suggested they talk before the ceremony.

Bei Ming borrowed Nüwa’s Creation Spirit Staff to pursue an ambitious cultivation insight, then returned to the Lingxiao Treasure Hall as the Three Pure Ones arrived for the Heavenly Court ceremony. The chapter ended with Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian presenting gifts to Yingzhao after taking the first-row seats.

• Bei Ming refused Jieyin’s offer of help and left the Lingxiao Treasure Hall with Nüwa to speak privately at the Emperor Xi Palace.
• Bei Ming asked to borrow Nüwa’s Creation Spirit Staff, explaining that his insight was related to attaining the Dao and could bring earth-shaking changes.
• Nüwa lent Bei Ming the staff, and he promised to repay the karmic debt and share his insights if he succeeded.
• Bei Ming and Nüwa returned to the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, where he accepted Jieyin’s offer of a future favor.
• The Three Pure Ones arrived ahead of Yingzhao and seated themselves in the first row of guest seats.
• Laozi gave Yingzhao forty-nine Nine Revolutions Golden Pills, while Yuanshi and Tongtian each presented him with a Superior-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure.

Di Jun and his allies prepared to establish the Heavenly Court despite the Three Pure Ones’ open disdain and Tai Yi’s anger. Di Jun ascended the throne and began proclaiming the court’s founding, declaring that its Heavenly Rules would follow.

• The Three Pure Ones entered Lingxiao Treasure Hall without observing the Demon Race’s reception etiquette, darkening the mood among the Demon Saints.
• Tai Yi wanted to confront the Three Pure Ones, but Fuxi and Di Jun urged restraint until the Demon Race had revealed its strength.
• Di Jun, Tai Yi, and Fuxi arrived at Lingxiao Treasure Hall as the guests and ministers bowed to them.
• Di Jun presented the founding ritual with Tai Yi’s Chaos Bell and Fuxi’s Hetu and Luoshu, then recited his proclamation to the Heavenly Dao.
• Di Jun declared that he was establishing the Heavenly Court to rule Honghuang and began setting out its calendar, Zhou Tian Gods, and Heavenly Rules.

Di Jun founded the Heavenly Court and received the Heavenly Dao’s recognition, while guests departed after the celebration with differing schemes and grievances. Bei Ming prepared to leave Nüwa, but an approaching Escape Light interrupted him.

• Di Jun proclaimed the founding of the Heavenly Court, and the Heavenly Dao acknowledged him with a flood of Merit.
• Jieyin and Zhunti coveted the Summoning Demon Banner, then attended the banquet and later gathered up the remaining Spirit Fruits and spirit wine before returning west.
• After the feast, Zhen Yuanzi hurried Hong Yun away, while the Three Pure Ones departed without lingering.
• Di Jun noticed the attendants’ resentment over the cleared banquet leftovers and ordered the Golden Eagle Demon God to give them an extra allowance.
• Bei Ming and Nüwa said farewell beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens, but Escape Light approached just as Bei Ming was about to leave.

Bei Ming returned to Changbai Mountain and transplanted the Spirit Roots of the Three Immortal Islands beside the Heavenly Lake before preparing to refine the Destruction Demon God's True Spirit. He named the new garden Heavenly Pool Garden, entrusted it to Han Chi, and began explaining his plan to his Good and Evil Corpses.

• Fuxi apologized for being unable to host Bei Ming, and Bei Ming took his leave of Fuxi and Nüwa.
• Bei Ming returned to Changbai Mountain and opened a spiritual garden beside the Heavenly Lake.
• He moved nearly a hundred Spirit Roots, including the Five-Needle Pine, from the Three Immortal Islands into the garden and nourished them with Nine Heavens' Soil and Three Lights Divine Water.
• Bei Ming assigned Han Chi to care for the Spirit Roots and named the garden Heavenly Pool Garden before entering the Great Void Palace.
• Bei Ming met with Daoist Li Yan and Daoist Xuan Yuan and explained that they would use the Three Talents Array to refine the Destruction Demon God's True Spirit.

Bei Ming prepared to refine the Destruction Demon God by activating the Three Talents Array with his Three Corpses and an avatar, avoiding help from outsiders. Fully armed with spirit treasures, he entered the Sealing Space and confronted the Demon God, who hinted at a connection to Pangu’s plans before declaring his intent to take Bei Ming’s body.

• Bei Ming rejected asking outside cultivators for help and decided to create an avatar wielding the Qiankun Cauldron to fill the array’s missing position.
• Bei Ming distributed spirit treasures among Daoist Xuan Yuan and Daoist Li Yan, then sent them and his avatar to Yingzhou, Fangzhang, and Penglai to activate the Three Talents Array.
• After sensing the array activate, Bei Ming equipped himself with spirit treasures and entered the Sealing Space to face the Destruction Demon God.
• The Destruction Demon God mocked Bei Ming’s ambition to explore Hundun, suggested his actions might fulfill Pangu’s hopes, and announced he would take over Bei Ming’s body.