Chapter Summaries

Nuwa watched Ling Xiao overpower the Sages and realized that fate could be changed through strength. Ling Xiao killed Kunpeng and the Three Pure Ones, while suspecting Hongjun had a hidden plan for Kunpeng’s death.

• Nuwa decided she would refuse to help the Three Pure Ones if the Dao Ancestor called on her, while recognizing that Di Jun and Tai Yi had escaped their destined calamity.
• Ling Xiao used his karma barrier to reflect the Three Pure Ones’ attacks and overwhelmed their combined power.
• Ling Xiao killed Yuanshi and Laozi, claimed the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, and reversed time to stop Tongtian’s self-destruction before defeating him.
• Kunpeng fled toward Chaos, but Ling Xiao reversed time and space to drag him back and trap him in his palm.
• Ling Xiao killed Kunpeng and suspected Hongjun intended to seal him within the Heavenly Dao rather than resurrect him.

Hongjun considered the consequences of Ling Xiao killing the six Sages and resolved to settle their score after Houtu completed the Earthly Dao. As the Primordial World reeled from Ling Xiao’s victory, Minghe faced a colossal hand descending from the darkened sky.

• Hongjun acknowledged Ling Xiao’s overwhelming strength, planned to revive the surviving Sages, and decided to wait until the Earthly Dao was complete before confronting the Golden Crows.
• Countless beings hailed Ling Xiao’s victory, while others feared that his defiance had drawn Hongjun’s wrath.
• At the Three Immortal Islands, Bi Xiao celebrated Ling Xiao’s win, while Hong Yun and Zhenyuanzi worried about his conflict with Hongjun.
• Minghe lamented that the six Sages had failed to defeat Ling Xiao and resented being denied Sagehood.
• A colossal hand descended from the darkened sky toward Minghe.

Ling Xiao destroyed Minghe’s Blood River Formation and planned to develop the Chaos World inside the Chaos Bead as a safeguard against Hongjun. At the Sea of Blood, Houtu realized she could end the suffering of wandering souls by creating reincarnation, and she began her vow to transform into the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

• Ling Xiao wiped out the Blood River Formation and its Asuras, leaving Minghe terrified in the Sea of Blood.
• Di Jun asked Ling Xiao what they should do next, and Ling Xiao decided to develop the Chaos World inside the Chaos Bead using the Four Primordial Spirits of Chaos.
• Houtu witnessed the countless vengeful spirits suffering in the Sea of Blood and realized the Primordial World needed a place where souls could be reborn.
• Houtu gave drops of her essence blood to Xuanming, Qiangliang, and Zhurong, telling them to refine it and strengthen themselves.
• Houtu rose above the Sea of Blood and vowed to the Great Dao to transform into Reincarnation and give the souls of the Primordial World a place of return.

Houtu established the Six Paths of Reincarnation by swearing an oath to the Great Dao, earning immense merit and becoming a Sage. Her deed placed the Earthly Dao on equal footing with the Heavenly Dao, leaving Hongjun furious that his plan had failed.

• Houtu swore to the Great Dao and declared that she would create the Six Paths of Reincarnation, though Minghe and Hongjun initially dismissed her oath.
• When Houtu repeated her oath, the Great Dao answered and boundless merit gathered as she vowed to govern the rebirth of souls through six paths.
• Minghe attacked Houtu to seize the opportunity for himself, but Qiangliang, Xuanming, and Zhurong intercepted and defeated him.
• Houtu transformed into the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and the Great Dao's immense merit empowered her to become a Sage.
• Hongjun realized Houtu's oath had made the Earthly Dao equal to the Heavenly Dao, ruining his plan to keep it subordinate.

Hongjun learned that Houtu had sworn her Reincarnation oath to the Great Dao and decided to personally subdue Ling Xiao. Meanwhile, Tai Yi attained Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal on the Sun Star, and his emergence left Ling Xiao and Di Jun sensing the strength of his new Dao.

• Hongjun suspected Ling Xiao had influenced Houtu’s oath and waited for the Three Pure Ones and the Two Western Sages to revive, while Kunpeng remained sealed away.
• Hongjun forgave Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Jieyin, and Zhun Ti but told them Houtu had established Reincarnation and sworn her oath to the Great Dao.
• Yuanshi urged Hongjun to punish Ling Xiao, and Hongjun agreed to act personally and subdue him.
• The Sun Star erupted with signs of Tai Yi’s breakthrough, and living beings across the Primordial World realized he had attained Primordial Origin.
• Ling Xiao warned Di Jun that Tai Yi’s Dao was formidable, and Tai Yi emerged from seclusion announcing his attainment of Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal.

Tai Yi proved the Primordial Origin Dao and became a Sage, then learned how Ling Xiao had defeated Kunpeng and the other Sages threatening the Golden Crow Clan. The brothers discussed Ling Xiao’s overwhelming strength and their paths of cultivation, leaving Di Jun to contend with the revelation that Tai Yi had proved the Dao of Chaos.

• Tai Yi emerged from seclusion as a Sage and asked whether enemies had attacked the Sun Star.
• Di Jun claimed he had driven back Kunpeng and fought the Western Sages, then told Tai Yi that he and Ling Xiao had defeated six Sages.
• Tai Yi used a divine ability to witness the battle and discovered that Ling Xiao had broken the Immortal-Slaughtering Formation and defeated the Sages while Di Jun had contributed little.
• Tai Yi asked Ling Xiao about his cultivation, and Ling Xiao said he had reached the fifth heaven of the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm.
• Ling Xiao urged Di Jun and Tai Yi to keep pursuing higher realms, and Tai Yi declared that he had proved the Dao of Chaos.
• Di Jun reacted with surprise at Tai Yi’s powerful Dao, and Ling Xiao reassured him that a law’s strength depended on how its wielder developed it.

Randeng joined Yuanshi's Chan Sect while Di Jun and Tai Yi celebrated their new Primordial Origin realms with Ling Xiao. Their celebration ended when Ling Xiao sensed Hongjun's arrival on the Sun Star.

• Yuanshi accepted Randeng, a Daoist from Yuanjue Cave on Mount Lingjiu, into the Chan Sect.
• Tongtian left Mount Kunlun after Randeng's arrival reminded him that he had disciples waiting to be accepted.
• Di Jun, Tai Yi, and Ling Xiao drank together beneath the Fusang Wood and discussed their cultivation and Hongjun.
• Ling Xiao sensed someone approaching and called for the visitor to reveal himself.
• Hongjun appeared, and Di Jun and Tai Yi immediately went on guard.

Ling Xiao chose to confront Hongjun rather than surrender, then protected Di Jun and Tai Yi as Hongjun demanded to know whether Ling Xiao had influenced Houtu's oath. Hongjun backed down from their escalating standoff, but then suddenly touched Ling Xiao between the brows.

• Ling Xiao chose the system's second option and accepted the reward of the Chaos Spirit Root, World Tree.
• Hongjun arrived on the Sun Star and confronted Di Jun and Tai Yi after overhearing them call him Old Earthworm.
• Ling Xiao blocked Hongjun's attack with the Karmic Barrier, and Hongjun asked whether Ling Xiao had arranged for Houtu to swear her oath.
• Ling Xiao threatened to reopen heaven and earth if Hongjun attacked, and Hongjun warned that they would all die before dropping his murderous aura.
• Hongjun said Ling Xiao had misunderstood the world's great momentum, then suddenly touched Ling Xiao between the brows.

Hongjun tried to kill Ling Xiao, but Ling Xiao revealed that the slain body was a clone and unleashed a desperate attack that plunged the Primordial World into chaos. The battle left the Golden Crow’s fate uncertain to outside observers, while Ling Xiao and Di Jun and Tai Yi appeared before Hongjun protected by the Chaos Green Lotus.

• Hongjun struck Ling Xiao’s brow and believed he had killed him, but Ling Xiao reappeared and revealed that the dead figure had been a clone concealed by the Chaos Bead.
• Ling Xiao unleashed a world-shattering aura and threatened to reopen Heaven and Earth, causing the Primordial World to darken as a terrifying battle erupted around the Sun Star.
• The Three Pure Ones, the Two Western Sages, Nuwa, and Houtu sensed the devastation; Jieyin and Zhun Ti, Laozi and Yuanshi, and Nuwa each headed for Purple Heaven Palace to learn what had happened.
• Hongjun confronted Ling Xiao, Di Jun, and Tai Yi inside the Chaos Green Lotus and expressed shock that Ling Xiao possessed the supreme treasure.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi tested the lotus petals in disbelief, while the arriving Sages of Heaven and Earth stared at the scene in astonishment.

Ling Xiao faced Hongjun in the Chaos while the other Sages watched in shock at his Chaos Green Lotus. When Ling Xiao revealed that two Daoists in the Chaos possessed other large fragments of the Jade Plate of Creation, Hongjun eagerly demanded to know where they were.

• Laozi, Yuanshi, Jieyin, Zhun Ti, and Nuwa saw Ling Xiao alive inside a nearly mature Chaos Green Lotus as he faced Hongjun.
• The Sages reacted with shock and envy at Ling Xiao’s treasure, while Nuwa realized it was his means of resisting Fate.
• Hongjun summoned his large Fragment of the Jade Plate of Creation and confronted Ling Xiao in the Chaos.
• Ling Xiao questioned the fragment’s size and taunted Hongjun that the Chaos Green Lotus could overcome it.
• Hongjun asked whether Ling Xiao had seen other fragments, and Ling Xiao said two Daoists in the Chaos possessed fragments about the same size as his.
• Hongjun eagerly asked Ling Xiao where the two Daoists were.

Ling Xiao, Di Jun, and Tai Yi fought Hongjun in Chaos, relying on the Chaos Green Lotus and their combined attacks to challenge his overwhelming power. Their battle destroyed Purple Heaven Palace, and Laozi recognized his stolen magic treasure among the weapons unleashed.

• Ling Xiao taunted Hongjun about the Jade Plate of Creation fragments, provoking Hongjun to attack.
• The Chaos Green Lotus blocked Hongjun's strike, allowing Ling Xiao to counter with Heavens Without Dao.
• Di Jun attacked Hongjun, was knocked back, then combined the Primordial River-Luo Array and Grand Stellar Array into the Primordial Celestial Star-River-Luo Array.
• Tai Yi trapped the surrounding Chaos and struck Hongjun with a giant hand while Ling Xiao attacked with the Karmic Barrier.
• The three brothers launched a combined assault that destroyed Purple Heaven Palace and sent the watching Sages into fear.
• Laozi saw a pagoda among the magic treasures and realized it was his.

Master Tongtian recruited the Black Tortoise into the Interception Sect after arranging its reincarnation and turned its body into Golden Turtle Island. In the Chaos, Ling Xiao and his allies escaped Hongjun’s attack with the Chaos Green Lotus, while Ling Xiao planted a false lead about seeking the Jade Plate of Creation fragments.

• Master Tongtian found the Black Tortoise and persuaded it to reincarnate and join the Interception Sect.
• Master Tongtian transformed the Black Tortoise’s body into Golden Turtle Island as a reserve sanctuary for the Interception Sect.
• Ling Xiao tried to seize Hongjun’s Jade Plate of Creation with Five-Colored Divine Light, but Hongjun’s counterattack shattered the Chaos Green Lotus’s protective barrier.
• Ling Xiao fled with Di Jun and Tai Yi aboard the damaged Chaos Green Lotus and threatened to return for Hongjun’s head after finding two more Jade Plate of Creation fragments.
• Hongjun pretended to pursue Ling Xiao but could not catch him after a mysterious force erased his mark.
• Jieyin and Zhun Ti recognized Ling Xiao’s parting threat as their own line and watched helplessly as he escaped.

Hongjun reassured the Sages that the Golden Crows’ escape was part of his plans and ordered them to restore Heaven’s Dao’s intended course. Meanwhile, Ling Xiao and the Golden Crows fled into Chaos, where Ling Xiao created a new world and began planning their next move.

• Hongjun restored Purple Heaven Palace, brought the Sages inside, and claimed the Golden Crows’ escape was part of his plan.
• Hongjun ordered the Sages to maintain order, advance Heaven’s Dao, and erase anything that defied Heaven.
• Ling Xiao, Di Jun, and Tai Yi confirmed Hongjun had not followed them and realized they might not be able to return to the Primordial World.
• Ling Xiao released black-and-white lightning into Chaos and transformed its turbulent qi into a new world of land, mountains, rivers, and sky.
• Ling Xiao surveyed the new world and felt that something was still missing.

Ling Xiao created Sun Heaven for himself, Di Jun, and Tai Yi, then began developing the Chaos Bead with the World Tree. Back in the Primordial World, Jieyin and Zhun Ti tried to enter the Sun Star to claim its treasures, but they encountered Di Jun’s protective formation and broke it.

• Ling Xiao created Sun Heaven and agreed with Tai Yi that they could eventually take the Sun Star from the Primordial World, while Di Jun warned about the consequences.
• Ling Xiao told Tai Yi and Di Jun to prepare before returning to the Primordial World, then the three established cultivation retreats in Sun Heaven.
• Ling Xiao summoned the World Tree from the Chaos Bead and refined some of its laws to strengthen his understanding of the Laws of the World.
• Jieyin and Zhun Ti returned to the Primordial World and decided to seize Ling Xiao Palace and the Green Lotus Treasured Banner from the Sun Star.
• Di Jun’s Sun and Moon Guardian Array activated as Jieyin and Zhun Ti approached the Sun Star, and Zhun Ti broke the formation.

Jieyin and Zhun Ti stole Ling Xiao Palace from the Sun Star, unaware that Ling Xiao had a plan for them. Tongtian searched Penglai for new disciples, while Minghe left the Nether Sea of Blood to demand that Laozi and Yuanshi honor their promise to help him become a Sage.

• Yuanshi and Laozi discussed following the Dao Ancestor’s orders and preparing to purge the Human Race for the next tribulation.
• Jieyin and Zhun Ti failed to lift or refine Ling Xiao Palace, then uprooted it and carried it away from the Sun Star.
• Ling Xiao sensed that the palace had been taken and mocked the two Sages, warning that they would pay a price.
• Tongtian found Jin Ling, a Five Elements Metal Spirit root forming in a Penglai mine, and left her undisturbed while he sought other disciples.
• Minghe regretted failing to attain Sagehood and resolved to confront Laozi and Yuanshi over their promise to help him.

Qiangliang and Xuanming abused their authority over reincarnation to punish Demon Clan souls, while the Three Pure Ones agreed to separate after Tongtian returned from recruiting disciples. Laozi and Yuanshi then turned to the Human Race matter entrusted to them by the Dao Ancestor.

• Qiangliang began throwing Demon Clan souls into lower reincarnation paths, and Xuanming joined him, sending Fuxi into the Human Path.
• Tongtian returned to Mount Kunlun, entrusted his new disciples to Duobao, and reported that his recruitment had gone well.
• Laozi proposed that the Three Pure Ones separate their teachings, and Tongtian agreed before leaving the dojo.
• Yuanshi asked Laozi how they should handle the Human Race matter assigned by the Dao Ancestor.

Laozi and Yuanshi planned to subdue the Human Race by removing Ziwei Attendant, then encouraged Minghe to pursue its Human Emperor position as a path to sainthood. Minghe considered the scheme after Laozi claimed Ling Xiao would not return, and Laozi revealed he remembered Minghe still possessed half a strand of Primordial Violet Qi.

• Yuanshi and Laozi agreed that removing Ziwei Attendant would let them control the Human Race and install their own Human Emperor.
• Minghe visited the Two Sages to demand that they honor their promise, but Yuanshi claimed Houtu had taken his chance to become a Sage through the Sea of Blood.
• Laozi advised Minghe to reincarnate into the Human Race and seek sainthood by becoming its Human Emperor.
• Minghe objected that Ziwei and the Human Race's Daluo Golden Immortals would prevent him from taking control.
• Laozi offered to remove Ziwei and reassured Minghe that the Dao Ancestor had ensured Golden Crow Ling Xiao would not return to the Primordial World.
• Laozi asked Minghe whether he still had half a strand of Primordial Violet Qi.

Laozi told Minghe that the other half of his Primordial Violet Qi belonged to Duke of the East, who had been reincarnated as a human, and urged Minghe to reincarnate and compete for the Human Emperor position. After discovering Duke of the East had become a beast, Laozi and the other Sages discussed their plans to control the Human Race and claim its fortune.

• Laozi told Minghe that Duke of the East had reincarnated as a human with the other half of the Primordial Violet Qi, and said Minghe could become a Sage by reincarnating and competing for the Human Emperor position.
• Laozi discovered Duke of the East had been reincarnated as a beast, grew suspicious that Houtu had interfered, and reiterated his advice to Minghe.
• Minghe asked for time to consider reincarnation and left, while Laozi told Yuanshi he had planted the idea in Minghe's mind and they needed a contingency to break the Human Race's current order.
• Nuwa worried that the Three Pure Ones would scheme against her brother Fuxi and that the Human Race would be left vulnerable without Ling Xiao's protection.
• Zhun Ti and Jieyin decided to take advantage of the Sages' struggle over the Human Emperor position by preaching to the Human Race and claiming its fortune.

Jieyin and Zhun Ti tried to refine Ling Xiao’s hall while Ling Xiao developed his Seven-Colored Divine Light and observed reincarnated mighty figures gathering among the Human Race. Yang Mei, the Space God and Devil, appeared in Sun Heaven, and Ling Xiao asked why he had come.

• Jieyin and Zhun Ti sent disciples east and began refining Ling Xiao’s great hall, though they could not remove his name from its gate.
• Ling Xiao explained that he had evolved the Five-Colored Divine Light into Seven-Colored Divine Light using the Primordial Spirits of Chaos and hoped to seize Hongjun’s Jade Plate of Creation with it.
• Ling Xiao used his Eye of Divine Punishment to see Fuxi, Haotian, Yaochi, and many other reincarnated mighty figures living among the Human Race.
• Ling Xiao reflected that the Human Race had become prey to greedy beings and vowed to end the final Tribulation himself.
• Ling Xiao sensed someone at the edge of Sun Heaven, where Yang Mei emerged and revealed that he had sensed Ling Xiao’s battle with Hongjun.
• Ling Xiao recognized Yang Mei as the Space God and Devil, then asked why he had appeared.

Ling Xiao questioned Yang Mei about the Jade Plate of Creation and learned it was a map containing secrets about the Primordial World’s tribulations. Yang Mei suggested the world might face nine or ten great tribulations, and Ling Xiao began counting the ones that had already occurred and might still come.

• Ling Xiao realized Yang Mei had reached the sixth heaven of the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm and suspected he had gained a secret opportunity.
• Yang Mei admitted he possessed a fragment of the Jade Plate of Creation and explained that he wanted to find the others.
• Yang Mei revealed that the Jade Plate of Creation was also a map, and that he and Hongjun knew of its hidden secrets.
• Yang Mei explained his conjecture that the Primordial World would undergo nine or ten great tribulations, and Ling Xiao asked how many had already passed.
• Ling Xiao counted past and possible future calamities, while Yang Mei suggested Ling Xiao himself might count as one of the tribulations.