Chapter Summaries

Ling Xiao’s attempt to use the Great Dream Heart Sutra against Jieyin and Zhun Ti ended with Gonggong crashing into Mount Sumeru. When the Ancestral Witches arrived, the Two Western Sages denied responsibility, but Dijiang accused them of bewitching the Witches and attacked.

• Ling Xiao revealed that he had bewitched Jieyin and Zhun Ti in an attempt to send them after Hongjun, then made Gonggong ram Mount Sumeru instead.
• Jieyin and Zhun Ti found Mount Sumeru ruined and wondered who had attacked them, with Zhun Ti suspecting Ling Xiao and Jieyin suspecting Mount Buzhou.
• Dijiang arrived with the Ancestral Witches, found Gonggong buried in the rubble, and accused Jieyin and Zhun Ti of harming his brother.
• Gonggong awoke, denied knocking down Mount Sumeru, and claimed the Two Western Sages had bewitched him and were framing the Witch Clan.
• Jieyin and Zhun Ti denied Gonggong’s accusation, but Dijiang said the Witches had also been bewitched and charged at the Two Western Sages.

Dijiang fought Jieyin and Zhun Ti in the western heavens, while Minghe founded the Asura Sect and waited for the Heavenly Dao to recognize him. When the Heavenly Dao remained silent, Minghe began making a vow, and it finally responded with a thunderous sound.

• Dijiang charged Jieyin and Zhun Ti, and they hesitated because they feared Pangu's Will was protecting the Ancestral Witches.
• Dijiang broke through their defenses and slapped Zhun Ti, provoking Zhun Ti and drawing Jieyin into the fight.
• Minghe founded the Asura Sect, hoping to become a Sage by helping restore order to the Primordial World.
• Hongjun grew angry at Minghe's attempt and resolved to deal with him.
• When the Heavenly Dao did not answer Minghe's oath, Minghe began making a great vow, and a thunderous response finally came.

After Minghe’s attempt to establish a sect ended in Heavenly Dao thunder, Laozi proposed drawing him into the war and revealed the powerful Two-Emanations Dust Formation. Kunpeng returned to the demon stronghold with a formation he claimed matched the Five Elements Formation and rallied the demons to attack the Witch Clan and target the Human Race.

• Minghe was struck by Heavenly Dao thunder after trying to establish a sect, while the mighty beings laughed at his failure.
• Laozi suggested using Minghe’s disappointment to bring him into the Tribulation and told Yuanshi and Tongtian about the Two-Emanations Dust Formation.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian left Mount Kunlun, intending to end the Tribulation with the formation.
• Kunpeng returned to the Hundred Thousand Mountains and summoned the demons with the Demon Summoning Banner.
• Kunpeng told the assembled demons that he had found a formation at least as powerful as the Five Elements Formation and urged them to reclaim what they had lost.
• Kunpeng declared that the demons would make the Human Race pay and proposed using its blood essence and souls to forge a weapon against the Ancestral Witches.

Kunpeng prepared the Demon Race to attack the Human Race, while Laozi and Yuanshi persuaded Minghe to help the Demon Race fight the Witch Clan. At Mount Shouyang, Ziwei sensed that the Human Race's fortune was being contested and went to investigate.

• Kunpeng ordered the Demon Race to prepare for an attack on the Human Race.
• Laozi and Yuanshi visited Minghe and argued that he needed to fulfill a task for Heaven and Earth to have a chance at becoming a Sage.
• Minghe agreed to help the Demon Race fight the Witch Clan, believing the Three Pure Ones were using him to pursue their private grudge against the Ancestral Witches.
• Ziwei meditated at Mount Shouyang as the Human Race's rising fortune advanced his cultivation to the middle stage of the Daluo Golden Immortal realm.
• The Qilin Seal alerted Ziwei that someone was contesting the Human Race's fortune, and he went outside to survey the lands.

Haotian emerged from seclusion with the Kongtong Seal and claimed the Human Race’s throne, backed by the Dao Ancestor. Just as his aura compelled the Human Race to bow, Ziwei’s cold snort broke the pressure, and Haotian challenged him directly.

• Haotian revealed his Daluo Golden Immortal cultivation and resolved to claim the Human Race’s fortune with the Kongtong Seal.
• Ziwei and the Human Race’s powerful figures investigated Haotian’s emergence, while Nuwa recognized him as the Dao Ancestor’s attendant boy.
• Laozi and Yuanshi welcomed the Dao Ancestor’s apparent move against Ling Xiao, but Tongtian doubted Haotian could overcome Ziwei and his eighty-one Daluo Golden Immortals.
• Ling Xiao observed Haotian’s actions and anticipated that the Dao Ancestor would fail to seize control of the Human Race.
• Haotian emerged with the Kongtong Seal and ordered the Human Race to bow, but Ziwei’s cold snort dispersed his pressure.
• Haotian turned toward Ziwei and demanded that he bow to the newly arrived Human Emperor.

Haotian arrived among the Human Race with the Kongtong Seal and demanded that Ziwei’s followers pay him respects as their Human Emperor. When they rejected his claim and discussed taking the seal, Haotian confronted Ziwei, and the two prepared to fight.

• Haotian ordered Ziwei and the Human Race experts to pay him respects, but Manshan Clan and the others rebuked him, and Ziwei declared him unfit to be Human Emperor.
• Haotian claimed that the Kongtong Seal could suppress the Human Race’s fortune and that its master should rule them; Ziwei confirmed the seal’s identity.
• Ligan proposed seizing the Kongtong Seal for the Human Race, and Manshan Clan agreed, angering Haotian.
• Haotian unleashed the seal’s pressure, and Ziwei stepped forward with the Qilin Seal to face him.
• Haotian demanded a one-on-one battle and boasted of his superior cultivation, while Ziwei accepted and their auras surged against each other.

Hongjun watched Haotian and Ziwei’s battle, hoping it would draw out Ling Xiao, while Haotian tried to defeat Ziwei with his Dao techniques and the Kongtong Seal. Ziwei turned the fight in his favor with the Primordial Measuring Ruler, and the Three Pure Ones realized they could no longer delay their plans.

• Hongjun planned to use Haotian’s clash with Ziwei to draw out Ling Xiao and eliminate both him and Ziwei.
• Haotian unleashed powerful techniques that manipulated time and space, but Ziwei met him head-on and proved stronger than expected.
• Haotian borrowed the Human Race’s fortune through the Kongtong Seal, and Ziwei answered by revealing the Primordial Measuring Ruler.
• Ziwei struck Haotian and the Kongtong Seal with the Primordial Measuring Ruler, sending them flying and leaving Haotian badly injured.
• Manshan Clan and Cangwu praised Ziwei’s strength, while the Three Pure Ones decided they could not delay any longer.

The Three Pure Ones agreed to intervene in the Human Race conflict by using a Demon Clan attack to help Haotian defeat Ziwei. Though Baize warned the demons that Ziwei might be protected by Ling Xiao, Kunpeng ordered the invasion anyway, and the Demon Clan marched toward Mount Shouyang.

• Yuanshi urged action, and Laozi proposed that the Demon Clan attack the Human Race so they could help Haotian defeat Ziwei.
• Kunpeng announced that the Demon Clan would seize the Human Race’s infighting as an opportunity to attack.
• Baize warned the demons that Ziwei wielded Ling Xiao’s Primordial Measuring Ruler and might be under his protection.
• The demons feared Ling Xiao might be a Sage, but Kunpeng insisted that he would take responsibility and ordered them to proceed.
• The Demon Clan mobilized and advanced toward Mount Shouyang in the Eastern Wasteland.

Ziwei overwhelmed Haotian and killed Yaochi when she intervened, while Hongjun watched his plan falter. As Haotian fled, the demon army arrived to threaten the Human Race, and Ling Xiao recognized it as Hongjun’s next scheme.

• Ziwei battered Haotian despite the Kongtong Seal, leaving Haotian convinced that Ziwei’s treasures were the reason for his defeat.
• Yaochi rushed from a Human Race settlement to help Haotian, but Ziwei struck her down in an instant.
• Hongjun realized Haotian had failed and took comfort in the demon race’s advance toward Human territory.
• Ling Xiao sensed the demon army approaching and understood that it was meant to help Haotian seize power.
• Ziwei prepared to pursue Haotian, but the demon army arrived as Haotian fled and the Human Race gathered to face it.

The demon army returned to destroy the Human Race, while Haotian secretly welcomed the attack as a chance to seize control. Ziwei challenged Kunpeng to a contest of formations, and the demons agreed to use the Five Elements Formation.

• Bi Fang and the demon army advanced on the Human Race, and Kunpeng declared that they had come to avenge their dead warriors.
• Manshan Clan accused the demons of attacking the Human Race for food, but Kunpeng defended the slaughter as the law of the strong.
• Haotian returned to Mount Shouyang, believing the demon attack would eliminate Ziwei and help him take control of the Human Race.
• Ziwei challenged Kunpeng to fight through a contest of formations, promising that the Human Race would not resist if it lost.
• The enraged demons accepted the challenge and called on the Peng Emperor to deploy the Five Elements Formation.

Ziwei accepted Kunpeng’s challenge and began arranging the Human Race’s formation while the Demon Clan and observers underestimated it. The chapter ended with Baize sensing that the formation was extraordinary as Kunpeng impatiently demanded that Ziwei finish.

• Kunpeng accepted Ziwei’s challenge to compete in formations, confident the Demon Clan could rely on its Five Elements Formation and an unknown stronger formation.
• Jieyin and Zhun Ti agreed to keep the Ancestral Witches occupied, while Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian discussed whether Ling Xiao had given Ziwei a formation.
• Ziwei summoned 365 Great Zhou Tian Star Banners and 14,800 Lesser Stellar Banners, which he had secretly made from the Stellar Tree, and distributed them among the Human Race’s mighty figures.
• The Demon Clan mocked the Human Race’s many banners, but Baize grew serious as he sensed the formation was no mere imitation.
• Kunpeng demanded that Ziwei hurry, and Ziwei replied that the formation would be ready in a moment.

Ziwei revealed the Human Race’s Grand Stellar Array and clashed with the Demon Race’s Five Elements Formation. The array trapped Haotian and battered the demons, leaving their formation close to collapse.

• Ziwei completed the Grand Stellar Array with three hundred and sixty-five Great Zhou Tian Star Banners and fourteen thousand eight hundred Lesser Stellar Banners, stunning the onlookers.
• Kunpeng realized the Human Race truly knew formations and ordered the Demon Race to raise the Five Elements Formation.
• Ziwei attacked with a projection of the Sun Star, which the Five Elements Formation withstood, though the blast badly harmed weaker demons.
• Haotian was caught inside the Grand Stellar Array and feared its power could thwart his plan to control the Human Race.
• Ziwei summoned projections of the Primordial Stars, and the constellation attacks nearly tore apart the Five Elements Formation.

The Grand Stellar Array overwhelmed the demons’ Five Elements Formation, drawing awe across the Primordial World and prompting Xi He and Changxi to reinforce it with Taiyin power. As the Human Race gained the advantage, Laozi remained confident that his Two-Emanations Dust Formation would still turn the battle around.

• The Grand Stellar Array battered the demons’ Five Elements Formation, and observers across the Primordial World praised the Human Race’s power.
• Zhulong told Ao Zhan that Ling Xiao’s support explained the Human Race’s swift rise, while Ao Zhan envied their formation.
• Xi He and Changxi recognized the Grand Stellar Array’s use of Sun Star and Lunar Star, then sent Taiyin power to strengthen it.
• On Sun Star, Ling Xiao, Di Jun, and Tai Yi discussed the formations while Ling Xiao anticipated the Sages’ reaction to their schemes failing.
• At Mount Kunlun, Yuanshi blamed the demons for competing in formations, while Tongtian reminded Laozi that he had dismissed the possibility of the Human Race having a powerful array.
• Laozi insisted the balance of power would not change and declared that his Two-Emanations Dust Formation would turn the tide.

Xuandu watched the Human Race’s battle against the demon race and regretted leaving his people to cultivate under Laozi. As Ziwei’s forces overwhelmed the demons, Kunpeng unleashed the concealed Two-Emanations Dust Formation, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Xuandu compared his Golden Immortal cultivation with Ziwei’s achievements and regretted not staying with the Human Race.
• Ziwei drew on the Sun Star’s power through the Golden Crow Stellar Banner, unleashing the Fusang Tree and a sea of chaotic fire against the demon race’s Five Elements Formation.
• The flames burned through the formation and killed many demons, prompting Guiche to demand that Kunpeng deploy another formation.
• Kunpeng activated the Innate One-Qi Taiqing Talisman and ordered the demons to form the Two-Emanations Dust Formation.
• The Two-Emanations Dust Formation appeared as a vast Taiji Diagram, astonishing observers as Kunpeng taunted the Human Race.

Nuwa and Hongjun reacted to the Demon Race revealing the Two-Emanations Dust Formation, which threatened to overwhelm the Human Race. Ziwei countered by forming the Primordial River-Luo Array with the River Map and Luo Scroll, exposing Di Jun’s support for the Human Race and prompting Yuanshi to confront Laozi.

• Nuwa recognized the Two-Emanations Dust Formation as another arrangement by the Three Pure Ones and the Two Western Sages and worried it would help destroy the Human Race.
• Hongjun approved of the Three Pure Ones’ intervention, while Kunpeng and the demons gained the upper hand with their new formation.
• Haotian celebrated the Human Race’s apparent predicament, but Ziwei revealed the River Map and Luo Scroll and called the Human Race to form an array.
• Kunpeng recognized the River Map and Luo Scroll as Di Jun’s treasures and ordered the Demon Race to attack before the Human Race could complete its formation.
• Ziwei unleashed the Primordial River-Luo Array, revealing the Human Race’s backing by Di Jun to the mighty figures of the Primordial World.
• Yuanshi pointed to the array and demanded an explanation from Laozi.

Yuanshi and Laozi reacted to the Human Race’s Primordial River-Luo Array, then Yuanshi searched the Sun Star for Ling Xiao before deciding to confront Di Jun and Tai Yi. Laozi stopped him and the brothers began considering how to use Jieyin and Zhun Ti’s Dream Dao against Ling Xiao.

• Laozi and Yuanshi realized that the Primordial River-Luo Array had countered their Two-Emanations Dust Formation and blamed Di Jun for disrupting their plans.
• Yuanshi prepared to visit the Sun Star, but Tongtian’s remark made him wonder whether Ling Xiao was hiding there.
• Ling Xiao sensed Yuanshi searching the Sun Star and remained concealed, suspecting Yuanshi intended to attack Di Jun and Tai Yi.
• Yuanshi found no trace of Ling Xiao and announced that he would visit Di Jun and Tai Yi, but Laozi persuaded him to spare them for now.
• Yuanshi suggested using Jieyin and Zhun Ti’s Dream Dao against Ling Xiao, and Laozi approved the idea.
• On Mount Sumeru, Zhun Ti cursed Di Jun and Tai Yi’s forces while he and Jieyin watched the battle in the Eastern Wasteland.

The Human Race held off the Demon Race with the Primordial River-Luo Array, while Haotian devised a surprise attack on Ziwei using the Universe-Breaking Bell. Haotian emerged inside the Grand Stellar Array and struck at Ziwei, leaving the outcome of the assassination attempt unknown.

• Jieyin and Zhun Ti watched the two formations clash and discussed how Di Jun’s intervention had disrupted the Three Pure Ones’ plans.
• The Human Race replenished its strength with spirit liquid and battered the Demon Race’s Five Elements Formation, while Haotian grew frustrated at the stalemate.
• Haotian realized he could bypass the formations by killing Ziwei and summoned the Universe-Breaking Bell to reach him by crossing space and boundaries.
• Ziwei taunted Kunpeng as the Demon Race’s formation faltered, then Haotian burst out from a shattered Primordial Star and slammed his enormous hand toward Ziwei’s forehead.

Haotian tried to assassinate Ziwei and take control of the Human Race, but Ziwei survived and defeated him. Ziwei killed Haotian despite his status as the Dao Ancestor’s attendant, leaving Kunpeng stunned.

• Haotian struck Ziwei by surprise, and Kunpeng and the Human Race experts believed Ziwei had been killed.
• Haotian declared himself the Human Race’s leader, but Ziwei reappeared and explained that he had survived by spreading his incarnations among the stars.
• Haotian attacked Ziwei with the Kongtong Seal, but Ziwei and the constellations overwhelmed him, severed both his arms, and took the seal.
• Haotian tried to escape with the Universe-Breaking Bell, but Ziwei pierced him with the Primordial Measuring Ruler and killed him.
• Ziwei claimed the Universe-Breaking Bell, while Kunpeng wondered how Ziwei dared kill the Dao Ancestor’s attendant.

Ziwei killed Haotian, enraging Hongjun and prompting him to search for Ling Xiao on the Sun Star. Ling Xiao hid from Hongjun, while Hongjun turned his attention to stopping the Witch Clan from joining the battle against the Demon Clan.

• Ziwei killed Haotian, and the great powers and Three Pure Ones reacted with shock while Hongjun grew furious in Purple Heaven Palace.
• Hongjun suspected Ling Xiao was behind the provocations and searched the Sun Star for him.
• Ling Xiao chose to conceal himself with the Chaos Bead rather than let Hongjun inspect the Sun Star, earning the Bodhi Tree.
• Hongjun failed to find Ling Xiao and judged him a greater threat than Yang Mei because he seemed to know and oppose the Heavenly Dao's plans.
• Hongjun saw the Witch Clan charging toward the Eastern Wasteland and left Purple Heaven Palace to prevent them from joining the fight against the Demon Clan.

The Witch Clan arrived at the Human Race battlefield and Dijiang shattered the Demon Clan’s weakened Five Elements Formation with one blow. As the Witches prepared to slaughter the demons, an immense force immobilized all three races, and an old Daoist appeared above them.

• Dijiang, Xuanming, Qiangliang, and the other Ancestral Witches hurried toward the Human Race lands, while Yuanshi, Laozi, and Tongtian discussed how to preserve the Witch-Demon Catastrophe.
• Kunpeng sensed the Witch Clan approaching and ordered the Demon Clan to retreat from its stalemated battle with the Human Race.
• Dijiang emerged with the Witch Clan, rejected Kunpeng’s demand to withdraw, and destroyed the Demon Clan’s Five Elements Formation with a single palm.
• Dijiang ordered the Witches to kill the demons, but an overwhelming pressure forced the Human Race, Demon Clan, and Witch Clan to stop moving.
• The three races looked up and saw an expressionless old man in an ancient Daoist robe seated above them.