Chapter Summaries

Haotian denied the Heavenly Court's Great Dao wager, but Ziwei and Di Jun challenged him to face the oath's consequences. Haotian tried to have the oath abolished and was struck by a bolt of lightning from the Great Dao.

• Haotian arrived at Mount Shouyang and declared the wager invalid without his consent.
• A Human Race elder mocked Haotian about his childhood, and Haotian attacked him before Ziwei arrived to defend the Human Race.
• Haotian refused to honor the wager, while Yuanshi, Laozi, and Zhun Ti also argued that it did not count.
• Di Jun challenged the Sages to test whether the Great Dao would accept breaking its oath, and Laozi urged Haotian to try.
• Haotian invoked the Great Dao to abolish the oath, but a tremendous bolt of lightning struck him before he could finish.

Haotian was struck by the Great Dao for trying to break the wager, while Yuanshi urged the defeated sects and Heavenly Court to submit to the Human Race and secretly undermine it. The confrontation escalated until a vast aura began spreading from the Three Immortal Islands.

• The Great Dao’s lightning struck Haotian, leaving him badly burned but alive and forcing the wager to remain in effect.
• Yuanshi accepted that the Chan Sect, Jie Sect, and Heavenly Court must submit to the Human Race, then hinted that their followers should kill one another from within.
• The Sages understood Yuanshi’s plan to use the submission to infiltrate and seize control of the Human Race, angering Di Jun and his allies.
• Haotian mocked Di Jun’s brothers, prompting Di Jun to attack before Laozi and Yuanshi intervened.
• Yuanshi said the Heavenly Dao’s returning power would eventually defeat Di Jun’s side, and a vast aura began spreading from the Three Immortal Islands.

Tai Yi emerged from the Three Immortal Islands vastly stronger after devouring a Chaos Demon God and confronted the Sages at Mount Shouyang. He overwhelmed them in battle, and the chapter ended with Sage-fall omens appearing across the Primordial World.

• Tai Yi arrived above Mount Shouyang and wounded Yuanshi with a glance.
• Tai Yi struck Yuanshi with the Chaos Heaven-Opening Divine Fist, shattering his body.
• Laozi, Tongtian, Haotian, and the Two Western Sages joined forces against Tai Yi, but he blasted Haotian apart.
• Tai Yi revealed that he had reached the fifth heaven of the Daluo Golden Immortal of the Origin, while more of the Chaos Demon God's power remained unabsorbed.
• Duke of the East and Ancestral Dragon joined the battle, followed by Di Jun, Ziwei, Yuan Feng, and Ao Zhan.
• Tai Yi and his allies turned the battle against the Heavenly Dao Sages, and omens of Sages falling appeared across the Primordial World.

Hongjun revived the fallen Heavenly Dao Sages and gave them a formation to fight Tai Yi, while Tai Yi’s power continued to grow on the battlefield. Ling Xiao advanced toward the eighth heaven of the Daluo Golden Immortal of the Origin and kept aiming for Primordial Taiji.

• Hongjun revived Haotian, Duke of the East, Ancestral Dragon, and Zhun Ti, then explained that Tai Yi had gained power by devouring a Chaos Demon God.
• Hongjun taught the four Sages a formation and sent them back to battle, insisting that the Dao Ancestor could not intervene himself.
• Yuanshi died on the Chaos battlefield, and the revived Sages arrived as Di Jun and Ziwei overwhelmed their opponents.
• Zhun Ti led the Sages in forming a domain that multiplied their strength, and they met Tai Yi’s Chaos Heaven-Opening Divine Fist head-on.
• Tai Yi continued refining the Chaos Demon God’s residual power as his cultivation advanced toward the sixth heaven of the Daluo Golden Immortal of the Origin.
• Ling Xiao used the Chaos Bead world to comprehend laws, bringing his cultivation close to the eighth heaven while pursuing Primordial Taiji.

Ling Xiao suspected Hongjun was plotting to break free of the Heavenly Dao and take control of the Primordial World, while preparing to mature and refine the Chaos Green Lotus. As the Sages’ battle continued, the Chan Sect, Jie Sect, Heavenly Court, All-Spirit Sect, and Western Sect united to attack the Human Race at Mount Shouyang, where Cangwu called for a formation.

• Ling Xiao studied the incomplete Jade Plate of Creation, guessed at Hongjun’s ambitions, and entered the Chaos Bead to work with the Chaos Green Lotus.
• The battle between the Dao Ancestor and the Dao Venerable raged, with Heavenly Dao Sages repeatedly falling and reviving as the factions watched.
• Taiyi Zhenren recovered and urged Randeng to attack the Human Race; Randeng agreed, and five factions gathered at Mount Shouyang to besiege them.
• The Human Race’s experts denounced the attackers, and Cangwu raised a battle flag and ordered them to form a formation.

The Heavenly Court faction and its allies trapped the Human Race’s Grand Stellar Array with the Two-Emanations Dust Formation and prepared to attack Mount Shouyang. Yun Xiao then unveiled the Nine-Curves Yellow River Formation, and Juliusun and Daoist Cihang stepped forward to challenge it.

• Cangwu and Manshan Clan raised the Human Race’s battle banners and began forming the Grand Stellar Array.
• Nine-Headed Bird led the All-Spirit Sect in deploying the Two-Emanations Dust Formation, which trapped the Grand Stellar Array.
• Randeng secured the Western Sect’s and Yaochi’s agreement to attack, and the allied factions advanced on Mount Shouyang.
• Holy Mother Jin Ling challenged the attackers, but Randeng ordered the immortals to attack together.
• Yun Xiao cast the Nine-Curves Yellow River Formation and warned that intruders would lose their powers or perish.
• Juliusun and Daoist Cihang strode forward to break Yun Xiao’s formation.

Juliusun, Daoist Cihang, Puxian True Person, and Manjushri Guangfa Tianzun entered Yun Xiao’s Nine-Curves Yellow River Formation to break it, but she trapped them in its devouring waters. Taiyi Zhenren, Yellow Dragon True Person, and Jade Cauldron True Person then entered to help, and Yun Xiao sent a towering torrent toward them.

• Juliusun and three fellow disciples entered the formation, and Juliusun plunged into the Yellow River to investigate it with his escape arts.
• Juliusun disappeared beneath the churning water, and Yun Xiao swept Daoist Cihang and the others into the river, where their immortal power began to drain away.
• Yun Xiao announced that the group had been trapped, but Randeng dismissed her claim and called for more disciples to assist.
• Taiyi Zhenren, Yellow Dragon True Person, and Jade Cauldron True Person entered the formation and realized the others were trapped rather than swimming.
• Yun Xiao raised her hand and sent a towering torrent rushing toward Taiyi Zhenren and the others.

Yun Xiao trapped the Chan Sect disciples in the Nine-Curves Yellow River Formation, and two Jie Sect immortals who entered to break it were swept into the river as well. With the formation holding everyone inside, Yaochi called on the immortals outside to charge together and break it.

• Taiyi Zhenren, Jade Cauldron True Person, Yellow Dragon True Person, and the other Chan Sect disciples were swept into the Yellow River and lost their cultivation powers.
• Yun Xiao confirmed that she had trapped the Chan Sect disciples, while Yaochi dismissed the formation as an illusion and urged the immortals to break it.
• Zhao Gongming volunteered to enter the formation, but Duobao sent Immortal Pilu and Golden Light Immortal in his place.
• Immortal Pilu and Golden Light Immortal entered the formation, encountered the Chan Sect disciples, and were dragged into the Yellow River when Yun Xiao stirred the formation.
• Yellow Dragon True Person mocked the two Jie Sect immortals, and he and Immortal Pilu began fighting in the river.
• Yaochi ordered the immortals outside to charge together and break the formation.

Yaochi and Randeng pressured the immortals into entering Yun Xiao's Nine-Curves Yellow River Formation, while the Western Sect tried to avoid taking part. Inside, the newly arrived immortals found Chan Sect and Jie Sect disciples trapped in the Yellow River, and the formation began to unleash its killing intent.

• Yaochi urged the immortals to join forces and break the formation, and Randeng backed her by calling for everyone to share the effort.
• Duobao sent his junior brothers into the formation, and powerful experts from the All-Spirit Sect followed.
• Medicine Master led Sunlight, Moonlight, Mahasthamaprapta, and others into the formation after Randeng pressed the Western Sect to contribute, while Maitreya stayed behind.
• Yun Xiao dismissed the newcomers' efforts as futile and cast a spell as they entered the formation.
• The immortals discovered Taiyi Zhenren and other Chan Sect and Jie Sect disciples trapped in the Yellow River, but Medicine Master refused to rescue them before breaking the formation.
• The Nine-Curves Yellow River Formation erupted into turmoil as a terrifying killing intent descended.

Yun Xiao’s Nine-Curves Yellow River Formation trapped the invading immortals and erased the Three Flowers and Five Qi of several Daluo Golden Immortals, causing their cultivation to regress. As Qiong Xiao and Bi Xiao joined the battle and the formation swept up tens of thousands of invaders, the saints in the Chaos battlefield sensed the upheaval and flew into a rage.

• Medicine Master led the immortals in attacking the Nine-Curves Yellow River Formation, but Yun Xiao turned their attacks aside and swept them into the river.
• Taiyi Zhenren rebuked the trapped immortals for failing to recognize the formation’s danger, while the river drained their magical power and caused their cultivation to regress.
• One mighty expert’s Three Flowers exploded and his Five Qi leaked away, making him fall from the Daluo Golden Immortal realm and terrifying the other captives.
• Yun Xiao revealed the formation’s interior to the watchers, and Duobao demanded that she release his junior brothers while Randeng accused her of using despicable means.
• Yun Xiao said the outcome had been decided when they tore up the wager, and Qiong Xiao and Bi Xiao joined her as Yaochi ordered the others to kill Yun Xiao.
• The two sides clashed as the formation swept tens of thousands of invaders inside, and the saints in the Chaos battlefield sensed the upheaval and raged.

As the great war devastated the Primordial World, Minghe advanced along the Slaughter Demon God's path while growing suspicious of his benefactor's intentions. Houtu awakened Pangu's inherited memory about uniting the Three Paths and began considering how to accomplish it.

• Yuanshi raged as Yun Xiao's Nine-Curves Yellow River Formation stripped Three Flowers from disciples of the Sages, while he was repeatedly blasted apart by Di Jun and the others.
• Minghe watched the slaughter across the Primordial World and neared great completion in the Law of Slaughter as blood and killing intent flooded the Nether Sea of Blood.
• The Slaughter Demon God promised Minghe a future as his flute-blowing attendant, and Minghe obediently accepted while suspecting that the Demon God intended to possess his body.
• Houtu broke through while comprehending the Earthly Dao and awakened Pangu's memory that the Three Paths of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity must unite to restore the Primordial World's complete will.
• Houtu wondered whether the Earthly Dao would have to devour the other two paths, then began silently planning how to unite them.

Yuanshi visited Hongjun, then went to Mount Shouyang to rescue his disciples and seize the Nine-Curves Yellow River Formation. Yun Xiao blocked his attack with a golden sword feather that summoned the Dao Venerable’s phantom, and a mysterious hand reached for Yuanshi as he tried to flee.

• Yuanshi asked Hongjun to intervene against the Golden Crows, but Hongjun said the time was not ripe and promised to leave them no chance to escape.
• Yuanshi left Purple Cloud Palace and went to Mount Shouyang, where he confronted Yun Xiao and demanded the Nine-Curves Yellow River Formation.
• Yuanshi attacked the formation with his great hand, and Yun Xiao raised a golden sword feather to stop him.
• The sword feather formed the Dao Venerable’s phantom, which effortlessly erased Yuanshi’s attack and stunned the gathered immortals.
• As Yuanshi prepared to flee, a great hand reached from the horizon and a voice teased him for showing off.

Tai Yi seized Yuanshi and attacked the Heavenly Dao Sages, whose formation failed to withstand his power. As the Sages were slaughtered, the Heavenly Dao’s seal was lifted, but its suppression of the Primordial World continued to weaken.

• Tai Yi caught Yuanshi with a giant golden hand, ignored his threats about the Dao Ancestor, and crushed him.
• Tai Yi struck the Dao Ancestor’s protective formation and broke through it with his Chaos Heaven-Opening Divine Fist.
• Tai Yi split Jieyin in two and killed him, then pierced Zhun Ti while Di Jun and the others attacked the remaining Sages.
• The Heavenly Dao Sages struggled without their formation as Di Jun taunted them for waiting in vain for the Dao Ancestor to appear.
• Nuwa sensed that the Heavenly Dao’s seal had been completely lifted, but all beings found that its suppression of the Primordial World was still diminishing.

As the Heavenly Dao’s power rapidly weakened, the Primordial World’s factions feared that Hongjun’s plan had failed or that he was consuming the Heavenly Dao. Hongjun then emerged from Purple Cloud Palace transformed, and Houtu realized he had succeeded.

• Ling Xiao sensed the Heavenly Dao weakening and suspected Hongjun was suffering its backlash, while he wondered why the system had not activated.
• Across the Primordial World, the lifted seals did not bring greater suppression, leaving the Four Teachings, Heavenly Court forces, and other powers confused and alarmed.
• On the Chaos battlefield, Di Jun suggested Hongjun had failed to merge with the Heavenly Dao, and the Heavenly Dao Sages grew fearful as its power continued to fade.
• The Heavenly Dao shook around Purple Cloud Palace as its aura nearly vanished, prompting Houtu to suspect Hongjun was devouring it and worry that the Earthly Dao could be next.
• Hongjun emerged into the Primordial World with the Three Thousand Great Daos gathered around him, and his transformed aura made Houtu tremble as she wondered if he had succeeded.

Hongjun revealed that he had devoured much of the Heavenly Dao and claimed victory over Ling Xiao’s schemes before sentencing Di Jun, Tai Yi, and their allies to death. As the powerful figures watched, a green lotus bloomed in the distant East Sea.

• Hongjun arrived on the chaotic battlefield with an overwhelming aura, and his presence weakened the Heavenly Dao Sages and injured Ao Zhan and Yuan Feng.
• Hongjun asked where Ling Xiao was and declared that his schemes could no longer threaten him.
• Di Jun questioned Hongjun about his new realm, while Tai Yi suggested that Hongjun feared Ling Xiao.
• Hongjun explained that he had plotted to devour the Heavenly Dao and intended to consume the Human Path and Earthly Dao as well.
• Hongjun condemned Di Jun, Tai Yi, and their allies to become calamity ash, while Yaochi and the other watchers reacted to his judgment.
• A powerful figure spotted a green lotus blooming in the distant East Sea and illuminating heaven and earth.

Ling Xiao emerged in the Chaos Green Lotus and confronted Hongjun after revealing that Hongjun had swallowed the Heavenly Dao. As the world’s powerful figures feared the consequences, Hongjun asked what Ling Xiao had prepared, and Ling Xiao replied that he had nothing.

• Ling Xiao arrived in the Chaos Green Lotus and brought Di Jun, Tai Yi, and the others inside to protect them.
• Ling Xiao told Hongjun that he had swallowed the Heavenly Dao, shocking the Saints and revealing why their mana was weakening.
• Houtu, the Slaughter Demon God within Minghe, and Nuwa each realized how dire Hongjun’s transformation made their situation.
• Hongjun asked Ling Xiao what means he had to oppose him, and Ling Xiao asked whether Hongjun would believe him if he said he had none.

Hongjun attacked Ling Xiao, but the Chaos Green Lotus shielded him from Hongjun’s overwhelming power. Ling Xiao explained Dao Mastery and warned Hongjun that swallowing the Heavenly Dao was a forbidden path that would backfire, while Hongjun continued trying to break the lotus.

• Hongjun dismissed Ling Xiao’s warning and attacked him with overwhelming power.
• Ling Xiao used the Chaos Green Lotus to withstand Hongjun’s strike, and the lotus domain quickly restored itself.
• Ling Xiao explained that Dao Mastery, also called Dao Hosting or Dao Sacrifice, meant swallowing the Heavenly Dao to advance beyond Sagehood.
• The Sages realized the method required an untainted Heavenly Dao and despaired over their impending loss of power and immortality.
• Ling Xiao told Hongjun that he had taken the wrong path, but refused to explain further unless Hongjun gave him the Jade Plate of Creation fragment.
• Hongjun unleashed the power of three thousand laws against the Chaos Green Lotus, but failed to break through as Ling Xiao challenged him to fully devour the Heavenly Dao.

Hongjun accelerated his devouring of the Heavenly Dao, restored Haotian and Zhun Ti, and attacked Ling Xiao, whose Chaos Green Lotus armor raised his strength to the Ninth Heaven. As their battle shook the Primordial World, many powers fled Mount Shouyang while others stayed to watch whether Ling Xiao could withstand Hongjun.

• Zhun Ti and Haotian knelt and begged Hongjun to spare them, and Hongjun restored their Sage-level cultivation with a gesture.
• Hongjun attacked Ling Xiao, who manifested azure Green Lotus Battle Armor and wielded a halberd formed from the Chaos Green Lotus's roots.
• Ling Xiao cleaved Hongjun's Primordial palm, but Hongjun pierced the Chaos Green Lotus and cracked Ling Xiao's armor before it repaired itself.
• Zhurong urged the Ancestral Witches to flee to Nether Hell, but Qiangliang, Xingtian, and Houyi refused to leave Mount Shouyang.
• Zhurong left alone, and many great powers followed, abandoning the Human Race as Fuxi, Jimeng, and others worried that Hongjun's growing strength would overwhelm Ling Xiao.
• The Four Teachings' cultivators inside the Nine-Curves Yellow River Formation celebrated Hongjun's rise and anticipated a new order under his rule.

As Hongjun devoured more of the Heavenly Dao, Xihe and Changxi feared Ling Xiao would lose and leave the Primordial World vulnerable. Ling Xiao challenged Hongjun’s claim to the hearts of all beings by exposing the Three-Corpse Severing method as a concealed dead end, leaving the Dao’s followers shaken and Hongjun silent.

• Xihe told Changxi that Ling Xiao had little chance against Hongjun, while Changxi feared Hongjun might threaten the entire Primordial World if he won.
• Hongjun devoured eighty percent of the Heavenly Dao as Zhun Ti, Haotian, Laozi, and countless Dao cultivators praised and worshipped him.
• Hongjun claimed that all under heaven had returned their hearts to him and mocked Ling Xiao as the Celestial Sphere’s defenses continued to weaken.
• Ling Xiao said Hongjun had concealed that the spiritual treasures used to sever the Three Corpses needed to share the same root for the corpses to merge.
• Ling Xiao challenged Hongjun to swear that his method was sound, and Hongjun’s silence convinced many Sages and cultivators that he had deceived them.

The Primordial World learned that Hongjun’s Three Corpses cultivation method could not lead to merging the corpses, and Hongjun slaughtered those who cursed him. Ling Xiao fought Hongjun as he neared mastery over the Dao, but Hongjun suddenly sensed an unseen presence.

• The Mystic Gate disciples and other living beings reacted with despair and outrage after learning that Hongjun’s method had blocked their cultivation path.
• Hongjun killed those who cursed him, silencing the Primordial World.
• Ling Xiao attacked Hongjun, who stopped his halberd and declared that Ling Xiao was destined to die.
• Ling Xiao sliced away half of Hongjun’s palm and questioned how he had devoured the Heavenly Dao.
• Hongjun explained that the Heavenly Dao lacked the selfish desires that allowed him to outmaneuver it, then prepared to finish Ling Xiao.
• When Hongjun was close to completing his transformation, he suddenly sensed someone and demanded that they reveal themselves.