Chapter Summaries

The Frost Demon God fought Di Jun at the Three Immortal Islands while the Chaos Demon Gods’ arrival threw the Primordial World into panic and sparked blame toward Ling Xiao. As Ling Xiao remained absent, factions prepared to flee or exploit the demons’ attack to claim his treasures.

• The Frost Demon God froze the East Sea and attacked Di Jun, but Di Jun’s Light of Great Void pierced the Immortal Ice and forced the demon to unleash greater cold.
• Living beings across the Primordial World feared the seven Chaos Demon Gods, and some blamed Ling Xiao for weakening the Heavenly Dao while others defended him.
• Duke of the East celebrated the possibility of claiming the Human Emperor’s position, while Immortal Lord Mengzhang warned that the demons threatened everyone; Minghe fled to the Nether Sea of Blood.
• Houtu watched from the Six Paths of Reincarnation and suspected Hongjun might have summoned the demons, but chose to wait.
• Haotian hurried to the Purple Heaven Palace for safety as the Three Pure Ones and Two Western Sages left, planning to seize the Chaos Green Lotus and Jade Plate of Creation after Ling Xiao died.

Seven Chaos Demon Gods attacked the Three Immortal Islands, overwhelming their defenders as they searched for Ling Xiao. Ling Xiao chose to emerge and aid them, then vanished from his seclusion as the battle reached its most desperate moment.

• The Chaos Demon God shattered the attack protecting the Three Immortal Islands and sent Ziwei flying, then the Demon Gods moved to destroy the islands and draw Ling Xiao out.
• The Demon God of Time trapped Ziwei in a Torrent of Time while the island’s defenders, including Di Jun, Tai Yi, and the Three Xiao Sisters, faced the Demon Gods’ assault.
• The system offered Ling Xiao a Chaos Exotic Treasure for coming to the islands’ aid or a God-Slaying Spear for remaining in seclusion.
• Ling Xiao chose to emerge for the Chaos Exotic Treasure, surveyed the seven Chaos Demon Gods, and left the Chaos Bead.
• Di Jun, Tai Yi, and Ziwei suffered severe injuries as the Demon Gods prepared to kill them.

Ling Xiao appeared at the Three Immortal Islands and was pulled into the Great Dream Demon God's dream, where he used the Great Dream Heart Sutra to shatter the dream and seal the Demon God. He then emerged through a Void Gate, leaving the other Demon Gods stunned.

• Ling Xiao cut off the Slaughter Demon God's head and appeared before Di Jun, Tai Yi, and the other Demon Gods.
• Yang Mei and the other Demon Gods saw Ling Xiao's worsening Dao wounds and assumed he was too weak to threaten them.
• The Great Dream Demon God entered Ling Xiao's brow and dragged him into a dream, hoping to steal his sealing technique.
• Ling Xiao used the Great Dream Heart Sutra to destroy the dreamscape and sealed the Great Dream Demon God's true body.
• Ling Xiao broke free through a Void Gate, and the Demon Gods' smiles froze when they saw him emerge.

Ling Xiao emerged from the Void Gate after killing the Great Dream Demon God and confronted the Demon Gods sent to seize the Chaos Green Lotus. He killed the Frost Demon God and fought off a group attack, leaving the Time Demon God dead as the remaining battle continued.

• Ling Xiao told the Demon Gods that he had killed the Great Dream Demon God and accused Hongjun of using them as weapons.
• The Frost Demon God attacked Ling Xiao, who killed him with a single strike and erased his remains.
• Di Jun celebrated Ling Xiao’s victory while the Demon Gods questioned whether Ling Xiao’s injuries were genuine.
• The Slaughter Demon God attacked, and Yang Mei urged the others to join forces against Ling Xiao, while the Shadow Demon God stayed back.
• Ling Xiao moved the battlefield away from the Three Immortal Islands and countered the Time Demon God’s Torrent of Time, then smashed the Time Demon God’s true body.

Ling Xiao fought the Time, Slaughter, Chaos, and Space Demon Gods, overwhelming them despite his Dao wounds. The Shadow Demon God revealed himself as the Karma Demon God and bound Ling Xiao with the karma of the Primordial World, leaving him exposed to the other demon gods’ combined attack.

• Ling Xiao annihilated the Time Demon God, then seized the Slaughter Demon God’s spear and used it to grievously wound him.
• Ling Xiao traded millions of blows with the Chaos Demon God as Yang Mei and the Slaughter Demon God joined the battle.
• The Shadow Demon God revealed that he was the Karma Demon God and planned to kill Ling Xiao, take the Chaos Green Lotus, and replace Hongjun.
• Yang Mei began to fear Ling Xiao’s strength, while the Karma Demon God gathered the karma threads of the Primordial World and bound Ling Xiao.
• The Slaughter Demon God, the Chaos Demon God, and Yang Mei attacked the bound Ling Xiao together with a spear, a fist, and a divine chain.

The Karma Demon God stole the Chaos Green Lotus from Ling Xiao, then joined the other Demon Gods in attacking him. Ling Xiao fought without the lotus and killed the Slaughter Demon God and Chaos Demon God, while Yang Mei was left grievously wounded.

• The Chaos Green Lotus dispersed the three Demon Gods’ killing intent, but the Karma Demon God reversed their karmic connection and took the lotus for himself.
• Ling Xiao warned the Karma Demon God that he could not control the lotus, and the Karma Demon God called on the other Demon Gods to hold Ling Xiao back while he refined it.
• Yang Mei and the other Demon Gods attacked Ling Xiao, who formed the Great Dao Law Axe and cut Yang Mei’s willow form in half.
• Ling Xiao transformed the axe into the God-Slaying Spear and pierced the Slaughter Demon God between the brows, then blasted him apart.
• Ling Xiao battered the Chaos Demon God with repeated punches until his body burst into a rain of light rushing toward the Primordial Land.

The Chaos Demon God tried to devour Tai Yi by possessing his body, but Ling Xiao sealed them both before the demon god could take full control. Ling Xiao hinted that the possession had gone too easily for a reason and prepared to finish the Chaos Demon God.

• The Chaos Demon God left Ling Xiao behind and sent countless clones to attack Di Jun and Tai Yi, intending to possess Tai Yi and devour him.
• The Chaos Demon God entered Tai Yi’s body and fought him for control, while Di Jun begged Ling Xiao to save his brother.
• After the Chaos Demon God gained control and tried to flee, Ling Xiao blocked his path and sealed Tai Yi’s body and powers.
• The Chaos Demon God threatened to devour Tai Yi unless Ling Xiao lifted the seal, but Ling Xiao said the ending would disappoint him and prepared to act.

Ling Xiao had sealed the Chaos Demon God while the Karma Demon God finished refining the Chaos Green Lotus. As the Primordial World’s observers feared the newly empowered Demon God, he confronted Ling Xiao, who calmly said he had expected the lotus to be refined so quickly.

• The Chaos Demon God realized Ling Xiao had anticipated his scheme, but Ling Xiao sealed him and told Di Jun that this was Tai Yi’s opportunity.
• The Karma Demon God emerged with the refined Chaos Green Lotus, confident that its power made him unbeatable.
• Yang Mei, reduced to a lone willow branch after Ling Xiao’s attack, cursed Ling Xiao and hoped the Karma Demon God would still reward him with a Fragment of the Jade Plate of Creation.
• At Purple Heaven Palace, Hongjun blamed Ling Xiao for letting the lotus fall into the Karma Demon God’s hands, while the Three Pure Ones and Two Western Sages debated whether to retreat.
• Beings across the Primordial World watched the lotus’s blue radiance and argued over whether Hongjun would intervene.
• The Karma Demon God unleashed the Green Lotus’s power and asked Ling Xiao if he had expected it to be refined so quickly; Ling Xiao said he had.

Ling Xiao confronted the Karma Demon God, who had seized the Chaos Green Lotus and believed he had the advantage. Ling Xiao disrupted the treasure’s control and answered the Karma Demon God’s attack with a strike empowered by the Chaos Heavenly Dao.

• The Karma Demon God demanded that Ling Xiao surrender the Fragment of the Jade Plate of Creation and claimed victory was assured with the Chaos Green Lotus in his possession.
• Ling Xiao revealed that the Chaos Green Lotus had not been completely refined and made it tremble against the Karma Demon God’s control.
• The Karma Demon God suppressed the lotus and attacked Ling Xiao with karma, but Ling Xiao’s counterattacks were dispelled.
• Ling Xiao spread the Chaos Heaven-Sealing Technique, but the Karma Demon God escaped by abandoning what appeared to be an avatar and reappearing from the Chaos Sea.
• The Karma Demon God formed a wheel of karma and hurled it at Ling Xiao, who fused his laws with the Chaos Heavenly Dao’s power and launched the Heaven Origin Strike.

Ling Xiao used the Heaven Origin Strike to blast the Karma Demon God through Chaos, leaving his fate uncertain. As the shocked observers regrouped, Ling Xiao spotted the Three Pure Ones and Two Western Sages trying to slip away and prepared to stop them.

• Ling Xiao’s Heaven Origin Strike pursued the fleeing Karma Demon God across Chaos and struck his back, tearing a vast breach through the Chaos Sea.
• The Primordial World’s powerful beings and the Three Pure Ones and Two Western Sages watched the destruction in shock and struggled to understand Ling Xiao’s technique.
• Zhun Ti feared the Karma Demon God might be dead, while Jieyin wondered whether the Chaos Green Lotus’s loss of control was connected to their treasure hall on Mount Sumeru.
• Jieyin and Zhun Ti decided to return to the Purple Heaven Palace to consult their Teacher.
• Ling Xiao searched for the Karma Demon God’s aura, could not confirm whether he was dead, and then noticed several figures sneaking away toward the Primordial Galaxy.

Ling Xiao returned to the Three Immortal Islands after defeating the Seven Demon Gods and annihilated the Three Pure Ones and Two Western Sages when they tried to flee. The crowd hailed him as Dao Venerable, while the fate of the frozen Zhulong, Zhenyuanzi, and Hong Yun remained to be resolved.

• Ling Xiao seized and annihilated the Three Pure Ones and Two Western Sages, gathering their blood essence.
• Ling Xiao returned to the Three Immortal Islands and told Di Jun that the Karma Demon God could no longer threaten him, whether dead or alive.
• Ling Xiao restored the Three Immortal Islands, and the gathered beings hailed him as Dao Venerable for defeating the Seven Demon Gods.
• Ao Zhan asked Ling Xiao to save Zhulong, while the Three Xiao Sisters reported that Zhenyuanzi and Hong Yun had also been frozen and sunk beneath the sea.
• Xi He and Changxi left without speaking to Ling Xiao, as observers across the Primordial World continued wondering whether he had been injured.

After Ling Xiao slew the Seven Demon Gods and earned the title of Dao Venerable, Minghe despaired over his fate. The surviving Slaughter Demon God secretly entered Minghe and offered to help him attain Primordial Origin in exchange for his obedience.

• Ling Xiao’s victory over the Seven Demon Gods left his opponents, including Duke of the East, devastated, while White Elephant and Green Lion reflected on Tongtian’s defeat.
• Minghe feared that Ling Xiao or Ziwei would punish him for his past schemes against the Human Race and gave up hope of becoming a Sage.
• A strand of blood qi entered Minghe’s ear, and the Slaughter Demon God revealed himself inside Minghe’s mind.
• The Slaughter Demon God promised to help Minghe attain Primordial Origin if Minghe obeyed him, and Minghe eagerly accepted.
• The Slaughter Demon God assured Minghe that no one could detect him as long as he concealed his aura, and said he planned to avenge himself on Ling Xiao.

Hongjun devised a scheme after Ling Xiao earned the title of Dao Venerable, resurrecting the Five Saints and announcing that the number of Heavenly Dao Sages would rise to nine. He promised to restore Laozi's foundation and privately told him how, leaving the other Saints curious about his plan.

• Hongjun brooded over Ling Xiao's new title and resolved to deal with him personally after the Seven Demon Gods failed.
• Hongjun obtained five strands of the Heavenly Dao's origin and used them to resurrect the Three Pure Ones and the Two Western Sages.
• The Five Saints apologized to Hongjun, who announced that the number of Heavenly Dao Sage positions would increase from six to nine.
• Jieyin asked whether Hongjun had chosen the additional Sages, but Hongjun said Heaven determined the appointed number.
• Laozi asked Hongjun to restore his foundation, and Hongjun promised to help him.
• Hongjun privately shared his plan with Laozi, who returned looking newly ambitious while the other Saints wondered what they had discussed.

Hongjun chose Haotian for one of the three new Heavenly Dao Sage positions, linking the appointment to the need for the Heavenly Court to restore order. Newly emboldened by the promise, Haotian asked Hongjun to assign powerful beings to serve in the Heavenly Court.

• Haotian arrived at the Purple Heaven Palace and pleaded that he had been powerless to stop the Seven Demon Gods from causing chaos.
• Hongjun reproached Haotian for neglecting his duty, then accepted that the empty Heavenly Court lacked the strength to intervene.
• Hongjun announced that Haotian would receive one of the new Sage positions so he could better uphold the order of the Primordial World.
• Haotian gratefully accepted the appointment and vowed not to betray Hongjun's trust.
• Haotian asked Hongjun to assign powerful beings to the Heavenly Court, surprising the Sages.

Ling Xiao discovered that Ancestral Dragon had preserved Zhulong’s life and helped reunite the brothers, while Zhenyuanzi and Hong Yun were sent to reincarnate. Back on Penglai Immortal Island, Ling Xiao released a golden feather that transformed into a blazing sun above the Eastern Wasteland.

• Ling Xiao saw that Zhulong still had a faint trace of life, traced the Sea Eye’s secrets, and summoned Ancestral Dragon.
• Ancestral Dragon explained that he had protected Zhulong and asked Ling Xiao to free him from the ice.
• Ling Xiao released Zhulong to Ancestral Dragon, then told Ao Zhan that Zhulong should be safe.
• Ling Xiao decided that Zhenyuanzi and Hong Yun should reincarnate because their bodies and innate origins were destroyed.
• Di Jun asked about Tai Yi, and Ling Xiao reassured him that he would make preparations to deal with the Chaos Demon God.
• Ling Xiao sent out a golden feather, which expanded and condensed into a blazing sun over the Eastern Wasteland.

Ling Xiao returned to the Chaos Bead after fighting the Seven Demon Gods and discovered Ao Qing, the Dragon Clan leader’s daughter, hidden in a storage bag. He let her cultivate in his growing Perfect World, then replenished the Chaos Green Lotus as he recovered and studied the Heavenly Dao.

• Ling Xiao returned to the Chaos Bead and tended to his renewed Dao wounds while preparing to nourish his Chaos World.
• Ling Xiao opened a storage bag from the Dragon Clan and found Ao Qing, who explained that she had come to serve him willingly.
• Ling Xiao showed Ao Qing his world inside the Chaos Bead and named it the Perfect World.
• Ling Xiao told Ao Qing to cultivate in the Perfect World, then sent her into its boundless expanse.
• Ling Xiao fed spiritual treasures and Sage blood essence to the Heaven-Swallowing Gourd and used the resulting spiritual liquid to strengthen the Chaos Green Lotus.
• Ling Xiao merged with the Heavenly Dao to study its workings while recovering.

Hongjun set a slaughter tribulation in motion to fill the Heavenly Court’s ranks and gave the Investiture List to the Sages to decide who would be listed. Haotian hoped to use the tribulation against the Human Race and Ling Xiao, while Hongjun warned that the Heavenly Dao would punish anyone who disrupted the plan.

• Haotian asked Hongjun to provide powerful figures for the understaffed Heavenly Court, and Hongjun agreed that the court needed manpower.
• Hongjun declared a slaughter tribulation that would draw in all beings of the Primordial World and create 365 gods for the Heavenly Court.
• Yuanshi asked whether the Three Teachings’ disciples were included, and Zhun Ti and Jieyin pleaded for the West to be exempted.
• Hongjun handed the Investiture List to the Sages and told them to choose candidates without favoritism, prompting them to infer that they could decide who would be listed.
• Haotian asked what would happen if Ling Xiao tried to disrupt the plan, and Hongjun warned that the Heavenly Dao would punish anyone who interfered once its seal was lifted.

After the sages agreed to Haotian’s role in leading the coming tribulation, Haotian returned to the Heavenly Court with the Investiture List and told Yaochi it would bring the court to greatness by placing powerful figures under its authority. He left to study the list while Yaochi eagerly awaited the plan’s start.

• After leaving Purple Heaven Palace, Haotian thanked the Three Pure Ones and the Two Western Sages for agreeing to assist the Heavenly Court’s grand plan.
• Jieyin told Haotian to prepare and said they would begin the calamity once Haotian became a Saint.
• Haotian returned to the Heavenly Court and explained to Yaochi that the Investiture of the Gods Scroll would bring people under the court’s jurisdiction.
• Haotian said the tribulation would target the Human Race and that the Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunti would help carry out the plan.
• Yaochi asked when the plan would begin, and Haotian gave a hesitant answer before leaving to study the Investiture List.

Laozi preached to beings throughout the Primordial World for a thousand years, then established the All-Spirit Sect and received merit from the Heavenly Dao. His move alarmed the great powers, while Houtu began considering whether she could appoint Sages of the Earthly Dao and Haotian prepared to act next.

• Laozi traveled north on the Green Ox, preaching cultivation methods to beings of every kind as followers gathered behind him.
• Laozi preached to a great tree for a thousand years, drawing countless beings who grew in cultivation and Daoist conviction.
• Laozi declared the establishment of the All-Spirit Sect, and the Heavenly Dao sent down a River of Merit.
• The great powers reacted to Laozi’s new sect, while Nuwa sensed a dangerous change and considered asking the Dao Ancestor about the plans ahead.
• Houtu considered arranging for Sages of the Earthly Dao, and Minghe vowed to kill Laozi after attaining the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm.
• Haotian awoke from meditation and said it was his turn to succeed.

Laozi restored his Sage power after founding the All-Spirit Sect, while Haotian made a vow and became the Seventh Heavenly Dao Sage. The chapter ended with the Two Western Sages envying how easily Haotian had proved the Dao.

• Haotian absorbed Primordial Violet Qi and prepared to prove the Dao as the Seventh Heavenly Dao Sage.
• Di Jun and Ziwei discussed Laozi's plan to support the Ten Thousand Races against the Human Race, and Ziwei said the Human Path might eventually appoint its own Sages.
• Laozi absorbed Heavenly Dao Merit and restored much of his cultivation, resolving to suppress the Human Race and raise the Ten Thousand Races.
• Yuanshi and the Chan Sect disciples celebrated Laozi's return as a tremendous disturbance arose beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens.
• Haotian vowed to sustain the Celestial Sphere, absorbed merit as his Primordial Violet Qi dissolved, and became a Sage.
• Zhun Ti and the other Western Sage watched Haotian's ascension and lamented that they had needed Forty-Eight Great Vows to become Sages.