Chapter Summaries

Kunpeng rallied the demon race to return to the Primordial World, claiming he had secured the Asura Clan’s aid by promising Minghe the missing half of the Primordial Violet Qi. The demons’ arrival enraged the Witch Clan, bringing the two races to the brink of a decisive battle.

• Kunpeng announced that the demon race would reclaim its place as the Huiyuan approached, and Fuxi challenged whether the weakened demons could fight the Witch and Human Clans.
• Kunpeng claimed Minghe and the Asura Clan would ally with them in exchange for the missing half of the Primordial Violet Qi, though he had invented the offer as part of the Three Pure Ones’ scheme.
• Fuxi followed Kunpeng’s orders, while Baize privately doubted Kunpeng’s claims and motives.
• Kunpeng led billions of demons from the Primordial Stars into the Primordial World, where their return frightened its inhabitants.
• Dijiang, Zhurong, Gonggong, and the other Ancestral Witches reacted furiously and prepared to fight the demon race.

The Demon Clan returned from the Primordial Galaxy and seized the Hundred Thousand Mountains, drawing the Witch Clan into battle. As the great powers watched and speculated about the Demon Clan’s motives, Ling Xiao searched for the hidden scheme while Kunpeng faced Dijiang at the battlefield.

• The Demon Clan seized the Hundred Thousand Mountains and burned the Witch Clan warriors guarding it, prompting the Witch Clan to march north with tens of millions of fighters.
• The Two Western Sages and Yuanshi welcomed the coming battle, believing it would destroy the Witch Clan and Ling Xiao, while Laozi and Tongtian remained silent.
• Ling Xiao suspected that the Demon Clan’s provocation concealed a scheme, examined Kunpeng, and found no visible change in him.
• Ziwei, Zhulong, Ao Zhan, and Manshan Clan watched the gathering armies, and Ziwei assured Zhulong that everything was under control.
• Dijiang challenged Kunpeng at the Hundred Thousand Mountains, and Kunpeng declared that the land belonged to the Demon Clan before the Witch Clan erupted in fury.

Kunpeng used the Innate One-Qi Taiqing Talisman to trap the Witch Clan and protect the demons, but Dijiang’s assaults pushed the Two-Emanations Dust Formation toward collapse. Minghe arrived with his Asura army to aid the demons, gambling that the Three Pure Ones would teach him how to become a Sage, and unleashed his Blood River Formation against both clans.

• Kunpeng activated the Innate One-Qi Taiqing Talisman and formed the Two-Emanations Dust Formation around the demons and tens of thousands of Witches.
• Dijiang and the Ancestral Witches battered the formation, while Kunpeng reassured the frightened Bi Fang that Minghe would arrive soon.
• Minghe arrived on his blood river with tens of millions of Asura and told Dijiang he had come to settle their old score.
• Minghe charged into battle despite fearing the Ancestral Witches, determined to take the chance of becoming a Sage promised by the Three Pure Ones.
• Minghe summoned the Blood River Formation, whose Blood God Children devoured living beings and whose power attacked both the Witches and demons.
• Dijiang punched a hole in the Two-Emanations Dust Formation, leaving it close to collapse.

Minghe fought the Ancestral Witches with the Blood River Formation while Dijiang broke through the demons’ defenses and slaughtered millions. As Kunpeng waited for his plan to unfold, Nuwa left Wa Palace and headed for the Primordial World.

• Minghe used the Blood River Formation to devour Witch Clan members and hold off the Ancestral Witches, while Dijiang’s attacks battered his Blood God Children.
• Ling Xiao suspected that Minghe’s intervention concealed a deeper scheme and examined the clues and causal threads around the battlefield.
• Fuxi and Baize questioned Kunpeng as the Two-Emanations Dust Formation crumbled, but Kunpeng insisted that the demon race would win.
• Dijiang broke through the formation, crushed Bi Fang, and struck the demon army, killing more than ten million demons with one palm.
• Yuanshi and Laozi watched Wahuang Heaven and worried that Nuwa might act unwisely.
• Nuwa left Wa Palace and hurried toward the Primordial World, hoping the demon race could have a good ending.

Nuwa dissolved the Demon Sect and severed her ties with the Demon Race, allowing Kunpeng to establish the sect anew and unexpectedly gain the Heavenly Dao’s support to become a Sage. Yuanshi and Laozi revealed that the plan made Kunpeng a pawn meant to replace Di Jun and Tai Yi as the Tribulation’s main character and draw Ling Xiao out.

• Nuwa renounced her leadership of the Demon Sect and cut ties with the Demon Race, stunning the Primordial World and despairing the Demon Race.
• Kunpeng established the Demon Sect and swore to bear the Demon Race’s fortune and resist the Witch Clan.
• Ling Xiao sensed Di Jun attempting to attain Primordial Origin and strengthened the Sun Star’s concealment with the Chaos Bead.
• Dijiang attacked Kunpeng, but the Heavenly Dao answered Kunpeng’s oath with a River of Merit and forced Dijiang back.
• Yuanshi and Laozi explained that Nuwa’s actions followed Hongjun’s plan, with Kunpeng set up to replace Di Jun and Tai Yi and draw Ling Xiao out.

Kunpeng became a Sage and reveled in his newfound power, while Hongjun and the Sages watched, expecting him to complete the killing tribulation and draw Ling Xiao out. Kunpeng attacked the Witch Clan, and Dijiang was sent flying by his palm.

• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian planned to confront Ling Xiao and agreed they could use Tongtian's Immortal-Slaughtering Formation if needed.
• Zhun Ti and Jieyin welcomed Kunpeng's coming role in killing Di Jun and Tai Yi, while Hongjun watched his ascension and planned to use him to draw out Ling Xiao.
• Kunpeng ascended to Sagehood amid heavenly signs, prompting Minghe to rage that the Heavenly Dao favored Kunpeng over his Asura Sect.
• Kunpeng savored his Sage power and vowed to take revenge on Di Jun and Tai Yi after dealing with the Witch Clan.
• Dijiang attacked Kunpeng, but Kunpeng struck him with one palm and sent him flying, blood staining the sky.

Kunpeng used his new Sage power to devastate the Witch Clan, killing millions and defeating its Ancestral Witches. Houtu escaped with the survivors and sensed she needed to go to the Sea of Blood, while Kunpeng chose not to pursue her.

• At the Dragon Palace, Zhulong sought reassurance from Ziwei that Daoist Ling Xiao still had the situation under control, while Ao Zhan and the Human experts worried about Kunpeng's rise.
• Nuwa entered Chaos after completing her task of transferring the Demon Clan's fortune to Kunpeng in hopes of preserving its last surviving bloodline.
• Kunpeng slaughtered tens of millions of Witches, killed Tian Wu and Xizi, and continued attacking the fleeing survivors as the Demon Clan celebrated.
• Dijiang told Houtu and the other Ancestral Witches to escape, but Kunpeng killed Gonggong and eventually defeated Dijiang in the Primordial Galaxy.
• Houtu fled with Qiangliang, Xuanming, and Zhurong, then ordered Qiangliang to take her to the Sea of Blood after sensing a summons.
• Kunpeng returned from the Primordial Galaxy and lowered his hand instead of attacking Houtu, deciding not to pursue the remaining Ancestral Witches.

After defeating the Witch Clan, Kunpeng turned on the Demon Race and slaughtered nearly all of its survivors to fulfill the killing tribulation. Fuxi condemned the Sages as he began to fade away, while the world was left devastated.

• Kunpeng returned to the Demon Race after driving Houtu and the surviving witches away, and the demons celebrated his victory.
• Kunpeng suddenly attacked his own people, claiming their deaths were needed to complete the killing tribulation.
• Kunpeng killed Baize and Jimeng, spared Fuxi for Nuwa’s sake, and continued slaughtering the demons.
• Laozi and Yuanshi watched from Chaos and discussed Kunpeng’s obedience to the Dao Ancestor.
• Kunpeng’s massacre left only Fuxi, a few lesser demons, and Queen Mother of the West alive.
• Fuxi condemned the Sages and began to fade away as his life force went out.

After Kunpeng destroyed the Demon Race and drove Minghe away, Ling Xiao recognized Hongjun’s scheme and anticipated Kunpeng’s next move. Kunpeng headed for the Sun Star to confront Di Jun and Tai Yi, while Ziwei remained confident and the Two Western Sages prepared to draw Ling Xiao out.

• Kunpeng stopped Minghe from devouring the demons’ blood essence and blasted his Blood River Formation away after Minghe threatened him.
• Ling Xiao concluded that Hongjun had made Kunpeng the Tribulation’s protagonist and considered how Di Jun and Tai Yi could overturn the schemes by attaining Primordial Origin.
• Kunpeng set out for the Sun Star, leading onlookers to fear that he would attack Di Jun and Tai Yi.
• Ao Zhan worried about the danger to the Dragon Clan, while Ziwei assured Zhulong that nothing would go wrong.
• The Two Western Sages prepared to wait for Ling Xiao to appear as Kunpeng approached the Sun Star.

Kunpeng arrived at the Sun Star to kill Di Jun and Tai Yi, but Ling Xiao’s Sage-level restriction blocked his first attack. As Kunpeng and Yuanshi waited for the barrier to break, Ling Xiao stayed hidden until Di Jun could finish his critical breakthrough.

• Ling Xiao chose the system’s first option, earning the Four Primordial Spirits of Chaos as Kunpeng approached the Sun Star.
• Kunpeng threatened Di Jun and Tai Yi, while Xi He and Changxi watched from the Lunar Star and feared the consequences of his attack.
• Kunpeng reached for the Sun Star, but Ling Xiao’s restriction stopped him.
• Kunpeng attacked the restriction with yin and yang energy as Ling Xiao waited for Di Jun to finish his breakthrough before intervening.
• Yuanshi suspected Ling Xiao was nearby, and Laozi estimated that the restriction would fall after three strikes.

As Kunpeng shattered the Sun Star’s wards, Di Jun began proving the Dao and broke through into the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm. The chapter ended with Di Jun emerging onto the Sun Star, his power spreading across the cosmos.

• Nuwa considered Ling Xiao’s impossible choice between abandoning Di Jun and Tai Yi or falling into the Dao Ancestor’s trap.
• Houtu led the remaining Ancestral Witches to the Sea of Blood, hoping to find a way to save the Witch Clan, while Zhurong vowed revenge on Kunpeng.
• Kunpeng shattered the Sun Star’s wards after repeated attacks and prepared to kill Di Jun and Tai Yi.
• A vast aura rose from the Sun Star as Di Jun began proving the Dao, shocking Kunpeng and the watching cultivators.
• Kunpeng attacked Di Jun, but Di Jun blocked the strike with a Great Dao formation and broke through into the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm.

Di Jun attained Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal through the Way of Formations, shocking the sages and changing the balance of power. As the Three Pure Ones and the Two Western Sages set out to attack the Golden Crows, Di Jun confronted Kunpeng and declared that he could defeat him.

• Di Jun emerged from the Sun Star as the Ancestor of Formations, and the mighty figures who had heard the Dao at the Purple Heaven Palace questioned their understanding of cultivation.
• Yuanshi, Laozi, and Tongtian debated Kunpeng’s advantage and set out, while Jieyin and Zhun Ti also left to kill Di Jun and Tai Yi before the Golden Crows grew stronger.
• Di Jun and Kunpeng confronted each other as their auras tore across the sky.
• Kunpeng argued that Di Jun’s recent attainment left him weaker in the Primordial World, but Di Jun insisted he could defeat him.

Kunpeng challenged Di Jun to prove he was superior among the feathered beings, but Di Jun used his mastery of formations to overwhelm him. The chapter ended with Di Jun tearing Kunpeng in half inside a domain that concealed their battle from the world.

• Kunpeng challenged Di Jun to a fight, declaring that the Golden Crows should bow to him as the supreme among feathered beings.
• Di Jun formed flowers of Great Dao laws into powerful formations that battered Kunpeng and forced him to fight through their destructive power.
• Ling Xiao watched from the Sun Star, marveling at Di Jun’s formation mastery and wondering what Dao Tai Yi had proven.
• Kunpeng drew on the Heavenly Dao’s power to recover and attack, but Di Jun trapped him in a domain that cut him off from heaven and earth.
• Di Jun contained their Sage-level battle within the domain, then caught Kunpeng as he tried to flee and ripped him in half.

Di Jun used his formation domain to overpower Kunpeng, while Laozi admitted Di Jun's formation mastery surpassed his own. As Ziwei learned that Minghe had attacked Mount Shouyang, he and the Dragon Clan rushed to aid the Human Race, while Jieyin and Zhunti arrived at the Sun Star.

• Di Jun tore Kunpeng in half, then chased him through a formation domain that repeatedly sent him back to where he started.
• Xi He and Changxi watched Di Jun defeat Kunpeng, and the Three Pure Ones agreed that Di Jun's formation mastery surpassed Laozi's.
• Ao Zhan and Zhulong celebrated Di Jun's rise to Primordial Origin and asked Ziwei to support the Dragon Clan.
• Ziwei sensed danger at Mount Shouyang and learned that Minghe had brought the Blood River Formation there.
• Ziwei, Manshan Clan, and Cangwu hurried to Mount Shouyang, and Zhulong ordered the Dragon Clan to help the Human Race.
• Jieyin and Zhunti descended upon the Sun Star.

Di Jun fought off Kunpeng and then clashed with Jieyin and Zhun Ti, while Ling Xiao waited for Tai Yi to prove the Dao. In Purple Heaven Palace, Hongjun suspected Ling Xiao was behind Di Jun’s ascension and turned his attention to Houtu and the emerging Earthly Dao.

• Di Jun chased Kunpeng through his domain until Jieyin and Zhun Ti arrived and ordered him to stop.
• Zhun Ti demanded the Green Lotus Treasured Banner, but Di Jun denied having it and challenged the Two Western Sages.
• Zhun Ti attacked with the Seven-Treasure Wonderful Tree, and Di Jun countered with the Void Mirror before striking at both Sages.
• Ling Xiao watched Tai Yi cultivate and studied the four elemental spirits, hoping Tai Yi would soon prove the Dao.
• Hongjun suspected Ling Xiao had helped Di Jun prove the Dao and wondered whether Ling Xiao was connected to Pangu.
• Hongjun looked toward the Sea of Blood and considered Houtu’s transformation into the Earthly Dao.

The Three Pure Ones arrived at the Sun Star and joined the Two Western Sages and Kunpeng against Di Jun. As the gathered Sages prepared to end the fight, Kunpeng flew toward the Sun Star to find Tai Yi.

• Di Jun stalled Jieyin, Zhun Ti, and Kunpeng while the Three Pure Ones hurried to the Sun Star.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian appeared, and the gathered Sages stopped fighting to face them.
• Di Jun mocked Yuanshi about their past defeat, and Yuanshi vowed to settle their old Karma.
• Laozi summoned the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, while Yuanshi ordered Kunpeng to bring Tai Yi.
• Kunpeng held back his anger and spread his wings toward the Sun Star.

Ling Xiao revealed that he had been hiding on the Sun Star and had long since attained Primordial Origin, shocking the Primordial World. He confronted the six Sages after the Primordial Cauldron shattered Kunpeng’s attack, leaving the Sages wary and furious.

• Di Jun pretended to warn Kunpeng away, but Kunpeng charged the Sun Star and was smashed apart by the Primordial Cauldron.
• The Three Pure Ones and the Two Western Sages recognized the cauldron and suspected that Ling Xiao had returned.
• Ling Xiao protected Tai Yi’s seclusion, then emerged from the Sun Star as his immense aura shook the Primordial World.
• Ling Xiao’s appearance revealed that he had survived and attained Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal cultivation, while Xi He and Changxi watched from the Lunar Star.
• Yuanshi and Zhun Ti challenged Ling Xiao, and he answered that he had killed the Sages repeatedly and that they survived only because their primordial spirits were entrusted to the Heavenly Dao.

Ling Xiao emerged from the Sun Star and joined Di Jun against the Sages, swiftly killing Zhunti and then Jieyin despite the Three Pure Ones’ attacks. The battle in the Primordial Galaxy continued as the remaining Sages and Di Jun faced Ling Xiao.

• Minghe continued fighting Ziwei and the Human Race, while Ziwei warned that Minghe had been used.
• Hongjun sensed Ling Xiao on the Sun Star, realized Ling Xiao could detect his probing, and wondered how powerful he had become.
• Laozi moved the battlefield to the Primordial Galaxy and used the Taiji Diagram to contain the fight as the Three Pure Ones and Two Western Sages attacked Ling Xiao.
• Ling Xiao used Heaven and Earth Without Dao to destroy Zhunti and send his soul to the Ninth Heaven.
• Jieyin attacked Ling Xiao, prompting Yuanshi, Laozi, and Tongtian to join the fight while Di Jun charged in to help Ling Xiao.
• Ling Xiao summoned the Primordial Cauldron and blasted Jieyin apart, sending him to reunite with Zhunti.

Ling Xiao faced the Three Pure Ones inside Tongtian’s Immortal-Slaughtering Formation while Di Jun fought Kunpeng. Ling Xiao shattered the formation’s four gates with a giant hand, leaving the Three Pure Ones stunned.

• After Ling Xiao killed Jieyin, Di Jun left Kunpeng and prepared to challenge Ling Xiao, while Minghe grew desperate to become a Sage.
• Laozi told Tongtian to deploy the Immortal-Slaughtering Formation, and Tongtian summoned the Four Swords of Immortal Execution across the Primordial Starry Sky.
• The Three Pure Ones reinforced the formation with their full strength and divine treasures as Ling Xiao began to break through it.
• Kunpeng taunted Di Jun that Ling Xiao was about to fall, prompting Di Jun to turn toward the formation and promise to help Tongtian break it.
• A supreme aura erupted from within the formation, and Ling Xiao’s world-destroying giant hand struck down the four sword gates and tore the formation apart.

Ling Xiao broke free of the Immortal-Slaughtering Formation and overwhelmed the Sages’ attacks, leaving Di Jun stunned that he had not needed to intervene. As the battles continued, Kunpeng killed a Daluo Golden Immortal who mocked him, while Xi He and Chang Xi watched Ling Xiao’s unmatched power from the Lunar Star.

• Ling Xiao tore apart the Immortal-Slaughtering Formation, then struck Yuanshi’s Immortal Execution Sword aside with a palm formed from eight hundred laws.
• Yuanshi, Laozi, and Tongtian attacked Ling Xiao together, but he shattered the formation completely with Void of Ten Thousand Daos.
• Di Jun was frustrated that Ling Xiao had already escaped before he could act, so he charged Kunpeng and knocked feathers from his head with a slap.
• A Daluo Golden Immortal questioned Kunpeng’s strength, and Kunpeng appeared in a Sage’s projection and killed him with a glance.
• Changxi excitedly told Xi He that Ling Xiao had broken the formation, while Xi He lamented the vast gap between them and Ling Xiao.