Chapter Summaries

The Destruction Demon God explained to Bei Ming how the Chaos Gods understood cultivation and why they joined forces against Pangu. He left Bei Ming with the revelation that Pangu’s plan to open Heaven could have let him seize the other Gods’ Dao Marks and become the Great Dao of a new world.

• The Destruction Demon God described Yang Mei’s strength and explained that Saints were comparable to Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortals, while Yang Mei had defeated Hongjun.
• The Destruction Demon God said the Chaos Gods’ Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal realm was only an early stage, and that Pangu had sought to reach the Great Dao by opening Heaven and creating a New World.
• He explained that Pangu needed to perfect the world’s three thousand laws and absorb the other Chaos Gods’ Dao Marks to become its Great Dao.
• The Destruction Demon God revealed that the Chaos Gods attacked Pangu because he could otherwise hunt them down one by one and take their Dao Marks.
• Bei Ming asked whether the Great Dao reacted to Pangu’s plan, and the Destruction Demon God answered that it was not a living being and would not react.

Bei Ming questioned the Destruction Demon God about Pangu, Great Dao Imprints, and the Primordial Wilderness before learning that defeating him would make Bei Ming the new Destruction Demon God. Their battle erupted in the Sealing Space, where Bei Ming and his allies broke through the Demon God's defenses but faced his counterattack.

• The Destruction Demon God explained that Pangu had not seized the other Chaos Gods' Great Dao Imprints and that the Primordial Wilderness could not retain them without immense power.
• Bei Ming learned that defeating the Destruction Demon God would grant him the Destruction Great Dao Imprint, while reaching the Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal realm would require a journey into Hundun.
• The Destruction Demon God revealed that the imprints of Yin Yang, Qian Kun, Five Elements, and other fallen Chaos Gods had likely not remained in the Primordial Wilderness.
• Bei Ming attacked with the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler as Daoist Xuan Yuan, Daoist Li Yan, and Bei Ming's clone activated a formation to suppress the Destruction Demon God.
• Bei Ming and the Zhu Shen Flying Sword broke through the Demon God's defenses, but the Demon God countered with Myriad Dao Collapses and restrained their weapons.
• Bei Ming unleashed the Pure World White Lotus and Eternal Tribulation Cold Edge as Daoist Xuan Yuan and Daoist Li Yan joined the assault.

Bei Ming and his allies attacked the Destruction Demon God, but his Laws of Destruction overwhelmed their treasures and defenses. As the Destruction Demon God's True Spirit began merging with Bei Ming, Eternal Years Daoist appeared and challenged him.

• Daoist Xuan Yuan and Daoist Li Yan joined Bei Ming's attacks, but the Destruction Demon God unleashed a flood of destruction that annihilated their attacks and ravaged the Three Immortal Islands.
• The Destruction Demon God broke the Five Elements Bracelet and Piercing Heart Lock, then forced Daoist Xuan Yuan and Daoist Li Yan to defend themselves rather than counterattack.
• The Destruction Demon God struck the Three Talents Array's Heavenly position, and Bei Ming's avatar used the Qiankun Cauldron to swallow the thunder before Bei Ming brought out the Creation Spirit Staff.
• The Destruction Demon God dismissed the staff's power and used Final Destruction to shatter Bei Ming's Pure World White Lotus and Wuji Apricot Yellow Flag.
• The Destruction Demon God's True Spirit entered Bei Ming's body and began merging with him, while Bei Ming sat down to resist.
• Eternal Years Daoist appeared and rebuked the Destruction Demon God for trying to seize a junior's body.

Bei Ming reached an impasse while refining the Destruction Demon God's True Spirit, and Eternal Years Daoist sacrificed himself to buy him time. By confronting the source of his obsession, Bei Ming discovered the insight that could break the balance, though the chapter ended before he acted on it.

• Eternal Years Daoist used Eternal Time to freeze the Destruction Demon God's True Spirit, then vanished as his sacrifice took effect.
• Bei Ming drew on Immeasurable Merit to refine the Destruction Demon God, but their struggle stalled in a fragile balance.
• Bei Ming considered slashing out his Obsession Corpse and searched his consciousness for a power that could overcome the impasse.
• Bei Ming's Obsession Corpse appeared and questioned what obsession they shared, prompting Bei Ming to examine his past and his foresight.
• Bei Ming realized that his foresight and partial knowledge had trapped him in his own cocoon, and his Obsession Corpse celebrated as the clouds parted.

Bei Ming clarified his attachment to the Hunyuan path and chose to continue refining the Destruction Demon God rather than retreat. With Daoist Wu Ji strengthening the Three Talents Array, Bei Ming advanced the refinement and finally met the Demon God’s True Spirit, learning that his name was Linyuan.

• Bei Ming recognized that his Obsession stemmed from attachment to the Hunyuan path and that severing it would finally let him choose between refining the Destruction Demon God and becoming a saint.
• Bei Ming summoned Daoist Wu Ji with the Wuji Apricot Yellow Flag and sent him to Penglai to replace his incarnation in the Three Talents Array.
• Daoist Wu Ji took over the Heaven position as Bei Ming’s incarnation dispersed and the Qiankun Cauldron returned to the Sealing Land.
• Bei Ming entered the Qiankun Cauldron, and its power, the Three Talents Array, and Merit Golden Light further refined the Destruction Demon God’s True Spirit.
• Bei Ming and the Destruction Demon God met within Bei Ming’s consciousness, where the Demon God explained the role of the Three Immortal Islands and the return of the Destruction Great Dao Imprint to Hundun.
• The Destruction Demon God told Bei Ming that his name was Linyuan.

Bei Ming completed Linyuan’s Destruction Great Dao inheritance and cultivated for a hundred thousand Yuanhuis inside the Returning Ruins. Meanwhile, Fuxi reported that he had mastered the Zhou Tian Star Array’s structure and outlined what the Demon Race needed to assemble it.

• Bei Ming bid farewell to Linyuan as the Three Immortal Islands collapsed, then watched Xuanyuan, Li Yan, and Wu Ji vanish after their Three Corpses were erased by destruction.
• Eternal Years Daoist used the Eternal Age Hourglass to alter time in the Returning Ruins, where Bei Ming cultivated until his mastery of the Laws of Destruction surpassed his Wind and Water Laws.
• Di Jun mediated a dispute between the Wolf Clan and Sheep Clan chiefs and discussed with Fuxi the Demon Race’s internal divisions and lingering tensions.
• Fuxi told Di Jun that he had mastered the Zhou Tian Star Array’s structure and proposed gathering star origins, refining Starry Sky Banners, and training the Demon Race’s elites.
• Fuxi explained that the array required the Hetu and Luoshu, 365 Great Zhou Tian Star Banners, 14,800 Small Zhou Tian Star Banners, the Sun Star and Taiyin Star as cores, and powerful Demon Gods to oversee key positions.

Di Jun arranged for Fuxi to prepare the Zhou Tian Star Array and set out to win Xihe’s support while Feilian continued watching Hong Yun. At Changbai Mountain, Bei Ming completed the divine power Two Forms Evolve Kun Peng.

• Di Jun agreed to visit Xihe on Taiyin Star, while Fuxi urged him to consider making her the Heavenly Empress.
• Di Jun entrusted Fuxi with full responsibility for preparing the Zhou Tian Star Array and ordered him to use the Demon Race’s resources and manpower.
• Di Jun asked Feilian for news of Hong Yun, and Feilian reported that Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi remained inside Wuzhuang Temple behind the Earth Book Great Array.
• Di Jun ordered Feilian to keep watching Hong Yun and said he would personally lead a campaign against Wuzhuang Temple after returning from Taiyin Star.
• Di Jun prepared lavish gifts and traveled to Guanghan Palace, while Bei Ming completed Two Forms Evolve Kun Peng by comprehending the origins of Kun Peng through the Laws of Destruction, wind, and water.

Bei Ming emerged from seclusion after inheriting the Destruction Demon God’s identity and reaching the peak stage of Hunyuan Golden Immortal, then tested the Heavenly Dao’s response to his new status. He confirmed that the Heavenly Dao would leave him alone so long as he did not threaten the Primordial Wilderness’s foundations or disrupt its order.

• Mingkun and Yunpeng merged back into Bei Ming after he thanked them for their aid.
• Bei Ming gathered the Returning Ruins’ Spirit Treasures, sent the damaged ones to be nurtured, and concluded that Eternal Years Daoist had departed.
• Bei Ming reviewed his gains and losses from seclusion, then left the Returning Ruins carrying the Creation Spirit Staff to return it to its master.
• Bei Ming appeared on Changbai Mountain and released the pressure of his peak-stage Hunyuan Golden Immortal cultivation across the Northern Continent.
• Bei Ming sensed the Heavenly Dao’s gaze and confirmed that it would not punish him unless he threatened the Primordial Wilderness’s foundations or disrupted its operation.

Bei Ming decided to remain in the Primordial Wilderness because his Dao was tied to it, while considering how to explore Hundun safely. He accepted Han Chi as a Nominal Disciple and gave him treasures before sensing an unfriendly visitor and going to meet an old friend.

• Bei Ming considered why Yang Mei had left and concluded that he needed a base in the Primordial Wilderness before exploring Hundun.
• Bei Ming offered Han Chi a reward, and Han Chi asked only to remain by his side, so Bei Ming accepted him as a Nominal Disciple.
• Bei Ming gave Han Chi Ice Soul Cold Marrow, the Ice Soul Cold Needle, and the Cold Marrow Fierce Flame Lamp.
• Bei Ming sensed an unfriendly guest approaching Changbai Mountain and left Han Chi behind to meet an old friend.

Bei Ming’s pressure across the North drew the Wu Clan’s attention, and Di Jiang led six other Ancestor Wizards to confront him at Changbai Mountain. The clash remained unresolved as Xuanming offered a proposal to settle the matter.

• Gonggong and Xuanming investigated the pressure that had suppressed Wu Clan tribes across the North and informed Di Jiang.
• Di Jiang considered Bei Ming a serious potential rival and gathered Zhu Jiuyin, Houtu, Ju Mang, and Tian Wu to join Gonggong and Xuanming at Changbai Mountain.
• Gonggong and Di Jiang demanded to know why Bei Ming had suppressed the Wu Clan, while Bei Ming said he had a special reason but owed them no explanation.
• Houtu urged the Ancestor Wizards to treat the incident as a misunderstanding, but Xuanming objected and offered Bei Ming a proposal.

Bei Ming rejected the Ancestor Wizards’ proposal to lift Changbai Mountain’s formation and defended the coexistence of Wu and Yao clans there. Di Jiang demanded that the demons outside the mountain be taken away, and Gonggong charged Bei Ming to settle the dispute in battle.

• Xuanming proposed that Bei Ming lift Changbai Mountain’s formation while she and Gonggong suppressed its inhabitants for the time it took an incense stick to burn, but Bei Ming refused.
• Zhu Jiuyin urged Bei Ming to consider Xuanming’s offer, while Di Jiang weighed the risks of fighting him and harming the Ancestor Wizards’ reputation.
• Di Jiang acknowledged Changbai Mountain as a pure land but demanded that the Wu Clan take away the demons outside it; Bei Ming defended the local coexistence of Wu and Yao clans.
• Di Jiang explained that the Wu Clan needed living beings’ flesh and blood to cultivate, so hunting would continue unless the tribes near Changbai Mountain hunted demons elsewhere.
• Bei Ming warned that he would oppose any attempt to establish a Forbidden Zone outside Changbai Mountain, and challenged the Ancestor Wizards to fight him together.
• Gonggong summoned the Thousand Tribulations Breaking Waves Spear and charged Bei Ming, while Ju Mang welcomed another battle.

Bei Ming revealed his power over destruction when Xuanming, Gonggong, and Ju Mang attacked him, forcing the Ancestor Wizards to recognize him as a formidable opponent. Di Jiang set aside the conflict between them and accepted a challenge on behalf of all seven Ancestor Wizards, and both sides flew away from Changbai Mountain to fight without endangering its inhabitants.

• Xuanming charged Bei Ming as Ju Mang spread his Wood Realm, while Gonggong joined the attack and Di Jiang held back.
• Bei Ming's destruction aura withered Ju Mang's Wooden Spirit Treasure Tree and corroded Ju Mang, Xuanming, and Gonggong.
• Bei Ming shattered Xuanming and Gonggong's attacks with Destruction Divine Thunder, and Di Jiang, Zhu Jiuyin, and Houtu intervened to protect them.
• Ju Mang healed Xuanming and Gonggong, then identified destruction as Bei Ming's true Main Cultivation law.
• Di Jiang invited Bei Ming to fight all seven Ancestor Wizards, and Bei Ming accepted as a member of the Mystic Gate.
• Bei Ming and the seven Ancestor Wizards flew away from Changbai Mountain to battle, while Ju Mang prepared to support his companions.

Bei Ming overwhelmed the Ancestor Wizards with his Laws of Destruction, defeating Gonggong and then unleashing Final Destruction against the group. Houtu, Zhu Jiuyin, and Xuanming were hurled to the earth, while Di Jiang's attempt to create an opening for Spatial Exile remained unresolved.

• Ju Mang used Wood Spirit Protection to shield the Ancestor Wizards as their attacks struggled against Bei Ming's Doomsday Hurricane.
• Xuanming's Blood Slaughter Bone Spikes dissolved in Bei Ming's Destruction Qi, and Bei Ming shattered Gonggong's spear and gravely wounded him.
• Zhu Jiuyin used Time Regression to partly restore Gonggong, while Ju Mang took him to the rear for protection and care.
• Di Jiang concealed himself in a Spatial Interlayer and planned to exile Bei Ming as the other Ancestor Wizards attacked to create an opening.
• Bei Ming unleashed Final Destruction, which erased Xuanming's, Houtu's, and Zhu Jiuyin's attacks and hurled all three Ancestor Wizards into the ruins.

Bei Ming overwhelmed the Ancestor Wizards with the Destruction Scepter, defeating Di Jiang after nullifying his Spatial Exile. Houtu accepted the defeat and confirmed that the Wu Clan and Changbai Mountain lineage would put aside their past grievances as Bei Ming let them leave.

• Bei Ming's storm severely wounded the Ancestor Wizards, and Di Jiang used Spatial Exile in an attempt to remove him from the battlefield.
• Bei Ming cast World Destruction Elegy, erasing the space around himself and rendering Di Jiang's spatial technique ineffective.
• Bei Ming unleashed Destruction Divine Thunder, and Di Jiang was struck down after desperately dodging through the shattered space.
• Houtu recovered enough to examine her siblings and thanked Bei Ming for sparing their lives.
• Houtu confirmed the Wu Clan would no longer pursue its grievances with the Changbai Mountain lineage, and Bei Ming told the Ancestor Wizards to leave without causing further trouble.

Bei Ming defeated the Seven Great Ancestor Wizards, prompting Houtu to withdraw and order the Wu Clan to enlarge its buffer zone near Changbai Mountain. At the Heavenly Court, Di Jun’s plans to wed Xihe were overshadowed when Bei Ming’s power shattered the Mirror of Heaven Observation, leaving Di Jun, Tai Yi, and Fuxi shaken.

• Houtu led the six Ancestor Wizards into the earth veins and secretly ordered the Northern Continent tribes to double their buffer zone with the Changbai Mountain Range.
• Bei Ming considered the conflict with the Wu Clan temporarily settled, then flew toward Mount Qixi to return the Creation Spirit Staff.
• Di Jun persuaded Xihe to join the Heavenly Court as his Dao Companion, and he instructed Baize to prepare for their Heavenly Wedding.
• Demon Gods reported Bei Ming’s battle with the Seven Great Ancestor Wizards to Di Jun, who watched it with Tai Yi and Fuxi through the Mirror of Heaven Observation.
• Bei Ming’s Final Destruction shattered the mirror’s light and cut off the battle’s image, leaving Di Jun, Tai Yi, and Fuxi in grim silence.

Di Jun, Tai Yi, and Fuxi discussed Bei Ming’s power and the possibility that he had changed his cultivation path after gaining a great opportunity. Di Jun warned that the Demon Race had to unify Honghuang before the Saints emerged, then set out with Tai Yi to hunt Hong Yun and seize his Hongmeng Purple Qi.

• Fuxi told Tai Yi that Bei Ming seemed close to sainthood, and Di Jun speculated that Bei Ming had gained an enormous opportunity to cultivate the Dao of Destruction.
• Di Jun explained that the Dao Ancestor’s truce gave both the Demon Race and the Xuan Sect Disciples time to prepare, and warned that the Demon Race had to unify Honghuang before Saints emerged.
• Fuxi reported that Xihe and Changxi’s arrival meant the Zhou Tian Star Array would be completed within a hundred thousand years.
• Di Jun said he and Tai Yi would take advantage of the injured Ancestor Wizards to hunt Hong Yun and seek his Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• Fuxi worried that Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi could defend Mount Wanshou with the Earth Book Great Array, but Di Jun revealed that Hong Yun had left Wuzhuang Temple alone.
• Tai Yi urged them to depart at once, while Di Jun said he would prefer not to kill Hong Yun and make Zhen Yuanzi their enemy.

Red Cloud left Wuzhuang Temple to roam the Primordial Wilderness, drawing the attention of Di Jun, Tai Yi, Ming He, and other pursuers seeking the Hongmeng Purple Qi. Meanwhile, Bei Ming returned to Mount Qixi and reunited with Nüwa, returning her Spirit Treasure and offering to share his insights into the Laws of Destruction.

• Di Jun warned Tai Yi not to underestimate Red Cloud, then left the Heavenly Court with him to pursue Red Cloud while Fuxi stayed behind.
• Red Cloud left a message for Zhen Yuanzi and departed Wuzhuang Temple for Huoyun Cave, feeling free as he traveled across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Feilian alerted Di Jun to Red Cloud's departure, while Ming He's clone informed his true body, prompting Ming He and other Great Powers to pursue Red Cloud.
• Bei Ming arrived at Mount Qixi, where Nüwa sensed his aura and came out to meet him.
• Bei Ming returned Nüwa's Creation Spirit Staff and offered to share his insights into the Laws of Destruction, and Nüwa invited him into the mountain.

Bei Ming told Nüwa how he acquired the Destruction Demon God's inheritance, and the two discussed the Dao of creation and destruction. Meanwhile, Hong Yun fled through the heavens as powerful pursuers tried to seize his Hongmeng Purple Qi.

• Bei Ming and Nüwa discussed Jin Ning's role and the spiritual treasures and roots of the Primordial Wilderness.
• Bei Ming revealed that he had refined a wisp of the Destruction Demon God's True Spirit, mastered the Laws of Destruction, and obtained the Destruction Scepter.
• Nüwa and Bei Ming exchanged insights on creation and destruction, causing their Dao Rhymes to intertwine.
• Hong Yun fled through the heavens as several formidable pursuers demanded that he surrender the Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• Hong Yun summoned his Crimson Gourd and released endless red sand across the sky.

Hong Yun escaped the pursuing Quasi-Saints with the Nine Nine Scattered Soul Gourd, but Di Jun and Tai Yi trapped him and demanded the Hongmeng Purple Qi. Zhen Yuanzi received Hong Yun’s farewell message and rushed to find him as Tai Yi’s Chaos Bell shattered Hong Yun’s defense.

• Hong Yun used the Nine Nine Scattered Soul Gourd to scatter the pursuing Quasi-Saints and break through their encirclement.
• Tai Yi froze time and space with the Chaos Bell, while Di Jun warned the other pursuers to stay away from Hong Yun.
• Ming He arrived and held back, waiting for a chance to take advantage of the confrontation.
• Zhen Yuanzi received Hong Yun’s farewell message, sensed danger, and hurried out to find him.
• Hong Yun refused to surrender the Hongmeng Purple Qi, and Tai Yi struck him with the Chaos Bell, blasting apart his red-sand defense.

Tai Yi, Di Jun, and Ming He fought over Hong Yun’s Hongmeng Purple Qi, and Hong Yun self-destructed rather than surrender it. Zhen Yuanzi arrived too late to save him, then attacked Tai Yi after the Hongmeng Purple Qi was not found among Hong Yun’s relics.

• Tai Yi grievously wounded Hong Yun with the Chaos Bell, while Ming He intervened and demanded the Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• Hong Yun refused to surrender the treasure and self-destructed, driving back Di Jun and Ming He while Tai Yi survived behind the Chaos Bell.
• Zhen Yuanzi arrived after Hong Yun’s death, and Tai Yi took the shattered Nine Nine Scattered Soul Gourd, finding no Hongmeng Purple Qi inside.
• Ming He fled as Zhen Yuanzi demanded Hong Yun’s relics, and Tai Yi challenged him to take the gourd.
• Zhen Yuanzi attacked Tai Yi with the Handi Poyan Jian, but Tai Yi’s Chaos Bell froze his movement and suppressed him against the Earth Book’s defenses.