Chapter Summaries

The Three Pure Ones arrived at Mount Buzhou to reclaim the Five Directions Flags, but Dijiang claimed they had been expelled from the Pangu Orthodox Lineage and attacked them. After the Three Pure Ones defeated him, they went to Chaos to discuss what Dijiang’s words might mean.

• Yuanshi retrieved the Five Directions Flags after the Three Pure Ones arrived, and Dijiang attacked them but was driven back.
• Qiangliang urged Dijiang to honor Father God, so Dijiang summoned the Pangu Temple and accused the Three Pure Ones of betraying Pangu.
• Laozi questioned whether Pangu’s will had manifested, and Dijiang declared that the Three Pure Ones had been struck from the Pangu Orthodox Lineage.
• Jieyin and Zhun Ti departed, and the Three Pure Ones tried to leave before Dijiang pursued them with the Pangu Temple.
• The Three Pure Ones retaliated and badly injured Dijiang, then traveled to Chaos to consider his claims and their next move.

After Dijiang’s physical-body sainthood crushed the Demon Clan, Ling Xiao taught Di Jun and Tai Yi as Di Jun conceived a plan to merge two powerful formations. Meanwhile, Jieyin divined that the Human Race held an opportunity to strengthen the Demon Clan and set out toward them with Zhunti.

• Laozi and Yuanshi discussed seeking the Dao Ancestor’s guidance after the Demon Clan’s defeat, while Nuwa wondered whether Ling Xiao had secretly changed events.
• Ling Xiao praised the Ancestral Witches’ victory and continued teaching Di Jun and Tai Yi, who recognized that Di Jun’s path lay in formations.
• Di Jun proposed combining the Primordial River-Luo Array and the Grand Stellar Array, and Ling Xiao named the result the Primordial Grand Heluo Stellar Array.
• Jieyin and Zhunti criticized the Three Pure Ones’ failure and decided that strengthening the Demon Clan was more feasible than attacking the Witch Clan.
• Jieyin divined that an opportunity lay with the Human Race, then set off with Zhunti toward their land.

Jieyin and Zhunti planned to use the Human Race to forge a weapon against the Witch Clan, while the defeated Demon Race seized on the same idea. Kunpeng and the other demons decided to wait until Nuwa's ten-thousand-year protection ended, then attack humanity and use its people to refine spiritual treasures.

• Jieyin told Zhunti that the Human Race could be used to forge a weapon capable of helping the Demon Race wound Dijiang, and Zhunti agreed to the plan.
• The defeated demons gathered in the Hundred Thousand Mountains and, after Fuxi dismissed hopes that Nuwa would intervene, a demon general reported that Human essence and souls could be used to pierce the Witch Clan's defenses.
• Kunpeng interpreted the report as a hint from the Three Pure Ones and persuaded the demons that the Human Race could help them defeat the Witch Clan.
• Guiche argued that Nuwa's protection would soon expire, and the demons agreed to slaughter humans once it ended.
• Kunpeng and Guiche surveyed the Human Race from a mountain, and Kunpeng said they would use humans to refine spiritual treasures and replenish the Demon Race's strength.

Kunpeng and Guiche entered human lands and drained blood from several people, but Ziwei intervened and was injured by Kunpeng. The attack awakened Ziwei’s past-life memories and power, and Ling Xiao told him to follow the path of humanity’s karma.

• Guiche speculated that Empress Wa had created humanity to give the demon race a way to survive, and Kunpeng led him into human lands.
• Kunpeng pinned several humans in the air and drained their blood while Guiche questioned whether they should act during the protection period.
• Ziwei flew in to stop Kunpeng, but Kunpeng injured him with his presence and spared him because he did not want to kill during the protection period.
• After Kunpeng and Guiche departed, Ziwei awakened his past-life memories, broke through to Golden Immortal, and revealed the Qilin Seal and the Primordial Measuring Ruler.
• Ling Xiao told Ziwei to gather humanity’s karma and make it his own, and Ziwei resolved to follow that path.

Ziwei learned the Way of Fortune from Ling Xiao and worried that the Human Race would be vulnerable when its protection period ended. Meanwhile, Kunpeng prepared the Demon Clan to prey on the Human Race, while Jieyin and Zhunti plotted to use the coming calamity to gain the Human Race’s fortune for their Western Sect; the protection period was nearly over.

• Ling Xiao taught Ziwei how to follow the Way of Fortune and suggested that he use the Qilin Seal to suppress the Human Race’s fortune.
• Ziwei warned Ling Xiao that fewer than a thousand years remained in the Human Race’s protection period, and Ling Xiao assured him that he had a plan.
• Kunpeng tested Human Race blood essence on a captured Witch and confirmed that it could help the Demon Clan counter the Witch Clan.
• Kunpeng ordered the Demon Clan to avoid provoking the Witch Clan until it refined a supreme treasure, while demons gathered near Human settlements in anticipation of the protection period ending.
• Jieyin and Zhunti discussed how the coming attack on the Human Race could force Nuwa and Laozi into a dilemma and help the Western Sect seize Human Race fortune.
• Several hundred years passed, the Sage’s protection over Mount Shouyang faded, and the Human Race’s protection period drew close to its end.

As Nuwa’s ten-thousand-year protection over the Human Race ended, the Demon Race launched an invasion to harvest human blood and souls for a weapon against the Wu Clan. A golden light erupted from a Human settlement and crushed the leading Demon Race general, interrupting the attack.

• Nuwa watched Mount Shouyang’s protection fade and warned that she would act if the Human Race were slaughtered recklessly.
• Yuanshi and Tongtian urged Laozi to intervene against Jieyin and Zhun Ti’s scheme, but Laozi said he would act only if the Human Race faced extinction.
• Dijiang emerged from seclusion, learned the Demon Race was targeting the Human Race, and ordered the Wu Clan to prepare to destroy the Demon Race when the moment came.
• The holy protection over Mount Shouyang vanished, and demons and monsters surged into Human territory to prey on its people.
• Kunpeng, Guiche, and other Demon Race powerhouses watched as their forces advanced to collect human blood and souls for a weapon against the Wu Clan.
• A golden light shot from a Human settlement and crushed the attacking Demon Race general into blood mist.

Ziwei used the Qilin Seal to repel the Demon Race’s first invasion, then faced seven Daluo Golden Immortal demons sent to capture him. He revealed nine Daluo Golden Immortals among the Human Race and ordered them to kill the invaders.

• Ziwei appeared with the Qilin Seal and crushed the demons attacking Human Race territory.
• Kunpeng recognized the seal and ordered Guiche to send Daluo Golden Immortals to capture Ziwei and seize it.
• Ziwei defeated the first wave of demons alone, drawing cheers from the Human Race and surprise from distant onlookers.
• Seven Daluo Golden Immortal demons arrived and demanded that Ziwei come out.
• Ziwei summoned nine Daluo Golden Immortals from the Ziwei Tribe and ordered them to leave none of the demons alive.

The Human Race’s nine Daluo Golden Immortals, led by Ziwei, defeated the Demon Race’s seven advance fighters with help from the Qilin Seal. As the Demon Race’s full army arrived over Mount Shouyang, it vowed to annihilate the Human Race.

• Ziwei ordered the Human Race’s nine Daluo Golden Immortals to attack the seven Demon Race fighters, shocking powerful onlookers across the Primordial World.
• Kunpeng prepared to send reinforcements, while Jieyin and Zhun Ti recognized Ziwei and suspected that Ling Xiao was interfering with the Human Race’s fate.
• Laozi and Yuanshi suspected Ling Xiao or Nuwa was scheming behind the scenes and agreed that the Demon Race would likely kill Ziwei.
• With Ziwei’s aid and the Qilin Seal, the Human Race gained the upper hand, destroyed four demons, and drove the remaining three to flee.
• The Demon Race’s full army arrived over Mount Shouyang and declared that it would annihilate the Human Race.

At Mount Shouyang, Ziwei revealed that Human Race had eighty-one Daluo Golden Immortals, stunning Bi Fang and powerful beings across the Primordial World. With Ling Xiao’s help and Human Race’s gathered strength, the humans struck back at the demon army, leaving Bi Fang’s body destroyed and his soul howling.

• Bi Fang led a demon army against Human Race, while Ziwei vowed that the demons would not leave alive.
• Seventy-two Daluo Golden Immortals emerged from human tribes and joined Ziwei’s nine, revealing that Human Race had eighty-one in total.
• Nuwa recognized Ziwei as the lad from the Sun Star and realized Ling Xiao was helping Human Race.
• Ling Xiao told Di Jun and Tai Yi that the eighty-one Daluo Golden Immortals had grown through Yellow Plums, while the brothers discussed using their formations against the demons.
• At Mount Shouyang, Ziwei used the Qilin Seal and Human Race’s destiny as the eighty-one Daluo Golden Immortals attacked Bi Fang and the demon army.
• The combined attack destroyed Bi Fang’s physical body and killed great swathes of demons.

The Human Race devastated the demon army at Mount Shouyang, with its Daluo Golden Immortals recovering through spirit liquid and pursuing the survivors. When Kunpeng, Guiche, and other demon leaders arrived, Ziwei and Manshan Clan confronted them as the demons prepared to attack.

• The Qilin Seal suppressed the battlefield while the Human Race's wounded Daluo Golden Immortals drank spirit liquid and returned to the fight.
• Manshan Clan and Cangwu rallied the humans, who overpowered the demons and chased down those trying to flee.
• Kunpeng, Guiche, and the other demon leaders descended with the Five Elements Flags, forcing the humans to gather around Ziwei.
• Ziwei raised the Qilin Seal to resist the demons' pressure, while he and Manshan Clan defied Kunpeng and accused the demons of invading their homeland.
• Kunpeng ordered the great demons to attack, and Guiche volunteered to lead the assault.

The Ancestral Witches intervened just as Guiche’s Demon Clan was about to attack the Human Race, forcing Kunpeng to lead the demons into a fierce clash with Qiangliang. With the Demon Clan unable to defeat either the Human Race or the Witch Clan, Jieyin, Zhun Ti, Laozi, and Yuanshi considered their next move and decided to seek the Dao Ancestor’s guidance.

• Guiche unleashed his Nine-Headed Bird Manifestation against the Human Race, but froze when the Ancestral Witches arrived.
• Qiangliang attacked the Demon Clan with a vast thunderous hand, and Kunpeng formed a Taiji Diagram to resist and cover the retreat.
• The Five Elements Formation joined the battle as Ziwei and the Human Race’s mighty figures withdrew under the protection of the Qilin Seal.
• Jieyin and Zhun Ti left the battlefield and headed to the Purple Heaven Palace to ask their teacher for guidance.
• Laozi and Yuanshi discussed how the Witch-Demon conflict had disrupted the Heavenly Dao’s course, and Laozi proposed seeing what the Dao Ancestor would say.

The Demon Clan’s attack on the Human Race ended in disaster when the Witch Clan intervened and routed them, while the Human Race celebrated its first victory and gained fortune. In Purple Heaven Palace, Hongjun considered how Ling Xiao’s influence had disrupted the world’s course and tasked Jieyin and Zhun Ti with helping restore it.

• Nuwa considered how the Human Race and Witch Clan might eventually clash and left the future to Hongjun.
• The Demon Clan retreated from the Witch Clan, and Dijiang pursued Kunpeng while the Witch Clan slaughtered the fleeing demons.
• Manshan Clan celebrated the Human Race’s victory, while another Human Race powerhouse cautioned against becoming arrogant and Ziwei saw their fortune rise.
• Jieyin and Zhun Ti complained to Hongjun, who suspected Ling Xiao’s involvement in Dijiang’s sagehood and the Human Race’s eighty-one Daluo Golden Immortals.
• Hongjun told Jieyin and Zhun Ti that the Heavenly Dao’s grand trend had strayed and asked them to help correct it, promising great merit.

Hongjun sent Jieyin and Zhun Ti to deal with the Witch Clan and gave the Kongtong Seal to a promising Human Race cultivator to counter Ling Xiao’s plans for Human Race fortune. Meanwhile, Kunpeng fled into the Eye of the North Sea, and Old Dragon wondered whether Ling Xiao’s prophecy about dragon descendants referred to the Human Race.

• Hongjun tasked Jieyin and Zhun Ti with handling the Witch Clan as a trial for them.
• Hongjun judged that the Kongtong Seal, not the Qilin Seal, could control Human Race fortune and sent it to a young Human Race cultivator.
• Kunpeng escaped Dijiang by fleeing into the Eye of the North Sea, and Dijiang returned to the Witch Clan with one of his wings.
• Ao Zhan and Old Dragon discussed the Human Race’s rapid rise and the Dragon Clan’s decline.
• Old Dragon recalled Ling Xiao’s words that the future belonged to dragon descendants and wondered whether he meant the Human Race.

Old Dragon and Ao Zhan interpreted Ling Xiao’s words about the descendants of the dragon as a hint that the Dragon Clan should join forces with the Human Race to revive. Meanwhile, Ling Xiao detected Hongjun’s intervention and turned his attention to a figure among the Human Race.

• Old Dragon urged Ao Zhan to consider what Ling Xiao had meant by calling the future protagonists of Heaven's Mandate the descendants of the dragon.
• Ao Zhan proposed that the Dragon Clan and Human Race shared a fate and that cooperation with the Human Race could restore the Dragon Clan.
• Old Dragon approved Ao Zhan’s theory and entrusted him with deciding the Dragon Clan’s next steps.
• Ao Zhan resolved that the Dragon Clan would believe in the descendants of the dragon.
• Ling Xiao sensed Hongjun’s subtle intervention near Mount Shouyang, then searched the Human Race’s lands and recognized someone.

Ling Xiao watched Di Jun approach a breakthrough after developing a formation that could combine heaven and earth, and urged him to test it against Hongjun. Meanwhile, Jieyin and Zhun Ti began plotting how to destroy Mount Buzhou in secret, as the Dao Ancestor had instructed them.

• Ling Xiao recognized Haotian beside Hongjun and understood Hongjun's intentions, but decided it was too late to change the advantage he held.
• Di Jun deduced a way to fuse the Primordial River-Luo Array with the Celestial Sphere Array and announced that he was close to breaking through to the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm.
• Tai Yi and Ling Xiao urged Di Jun to test his completed formation at Purple Heaven Palace, and Di Jun cautioned them against provoking its resident.
• Jieyin and Zhun Ti returned to Mount Sumeru and discussed the Dao Ancestor's implied order to destroy Mount Buzhou, despite its ties to Pangu and the Witch Clan.
• Jieyin said they should act without anyone knowing, then told Zhun Ti that he had come up with a plan.

Jieyin revealed his plan to use his Dream Enlightenment Technique to trick the Ancestral Witches into destroying Mount Buzhou and hasten the Witch-Demon Catastrophe. He said he would first simulate the plan, while the Three Pure Ones returned to Mount Kunlun and watched the Two Western Sages’ movements.

• Jieyin told Zhunti that the Witch Clan should be made to destroy Mount Buzhou themselves so they would suffer the consequences.
• Jieyin explained that his Dream Enlightenment Technique could delude the Ancestral Witches, and Zhunti agreed that destroying Mount Buzhou would weaken the Witch Clan and speed the catastrophe.
• Jieyin said he would simulate his dream scheme before acting because the Ancestral Witches were powerful.
• At Mount Kunlun, Yuanshi questioned why their teacher had summoned Jieyin and Zhunti but ignored the Three Pure Ones.
• Tongtian and Laozi speculated about the Two Western Sages’ plans, while Yuanshi blamed Ling Xiao for the Demon Clan’s troubles and Laozi predicted Ling Xiao would eventually face consequences.

Laozi and Yuanshi abandoned efforts to recruit Di Jun and Tai Yi and focused on strengthening the Demon Race. After choosing to disrupt Jieyin and Zhun Ti’s plan against Mount Buzhou, Ling Xiao learned the Great Dream Heart Sutra and mastered the Law of Dreams; the chapter ended as Jieyin prepared to act.

• Laozi dismissed the chance of recruiting Di Jun and Tai Yi, and he and Yuanshi resolved to strengthen the Demon Race and end the Witch-Demon Catastrophe.
• Ling Xiao received a system warning that Jieyin and Zhun Ti planned to scheme against Mount Buzhou and chose to intervene.
• Ling Xiao acquired the Great Dream Heart Sutra, comprehended the Law of Dreams, and created countless incarnations across times and spaces to cultivate.
• At Mount Sumeru, Jieyin told Zhun Ti that his Dream Enlightenment Technique was complete and that their plan against Mount Buzhou would not fail.

Jieyin used the Dream Enlightenment Technique to make Zhurong and Gonggong fight and steer them toward destroying Mount Buzhou, while Ling Xiao detected the dream and intervened. As the battle reached Mount Buzhou, Jieyin prepared to finish his plan.

• Jieyin chose Zhurong and Gonggong as his targets and cast a dream over the region around Mount Buzhou.
• Ling Xiao sensed Jieyin's dream and used the Great Dream Heart Sutra to reach the region, but the Ancestral Witches were still caught in the illusion.
• Jieyin's dream made Zhurong and Gonggong provoke each other until they fought, while the other Ancestral Witches remained unaware.
• The battle drew the attention of mighty beings, and Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian questioned why the Ancestral Witches were fighting.
• Jieyin and Zhun Ti watched as Zhurong and Gonggong's battle moved toward Mount Buzhou, and Jieyin began hastening the dream.

Jieyin tried to make Gonggong destroy Mount Buzhou, but Gonggong stopped short when an unknown Dream Dao expert interfered. Ling Xiao battled Jieyin inside Zhun Ti’s mind, and after Zhun Ti’s head exploded, Jieyin tried again to manipulate Gonggong.

• Zhurong and Gonggong fought near Mount Buzhou, alarming the Three Pure Ones and the other onlookers.
• Jieyin declared his mission accomplished when Gonggong seemed about to crash into Mount Buzhou, but Gonggong stopped and ran away.
• Jieyin failed to control Gonggong and realized an intruder had entered his dream on Mount Sumeru.
• Ling Xiao used the Great Dream Heart Sutra to fight Jieyin inside Zhun Ti’s mind, where Zhun Ti attacked Jieyin under the dream’s influence.
• The dream battle ended when Zhun Ti’s head exploded, and Jieyin tried to manipulate Gonggong into striking Mount Buzhou again.

Jieyin tried to use a dream to make Gonggong destroy Mount Buzhou, but the Pangu Will deceived him and Gonggong smashed Mount Sumeru instead. The Three Pure Ones suspected the Pangu Will had acted against Hongjun’s plan, while Hongjun recognized its likely involvement.

• Jieyin bewitched Gonggong with a dream and drove him toward what he believed was Mount Buzhou.
• Gonggong struck Mount Sumeru, collapsing it and killing many of Jieyin and Zhunti’s disciples, while Jieyin initially celebrated.
• Jieyin realized he had been deceived and raged over Mount Sumeru’s destruction.
• The Three Pure Ones deduced that Jieyin’s plan had backfired and considered whether the Pangu Will had intervened.
• Hongjun condemned Jieyin and Zhunti’s failure and concluded that the Pangu Will was likely responsible for making Jieyin lose his senses.