Chapter Summaries

As Hongjun tried to devour the Heavenly Dao, the Fate Demon God revealed himself from within it and fought for control of Hongjun’s body. Ling Xiao rejected the demon’s bargain and attacked both of them, while Hongjun took control again and faced the Axe of Nature.

• A hidden force inside the Heavenly Dao seized Hongjun as he attempted to devour it, and the Fate Demon God revealed himself.
• Ling Xiao attacked Hongjun with the Axe of Nature, but Hongjun blocked the blow with the Cosmic Cauldron.
• The Fate Demon God offered Ling Xiao a reward to help devour Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao, and the system presented Ling Xiao with a choice.
• Ling Xiao rejected the offer, received an Innate Supreme Treasure, and declared that he would kill both Hongjun and the Fate Demon God.
• The Fate Demon God threatened Ling Xiao before Hongjun regained control and raised his hands to catch the Axe of Nature.

The Fate Demon God fought Ling Xiao and Hongjun for control of Hongjun’s Dao Fruit, while Minghe began a concealed breakthrough to sainthood. Ling Xiao rejected offers from both opponents and received a system choice to refuse Hongjun’s alliance.

• Powerful beings across the Primordial World watched the Fate Demon God parasitize the Heavenly Dao and challenge Hongjun, while the Slaughter Demon God realized other Demon Gods might still be lurking nearby.
• The Slaughter Demon God concealed his aura as Minghe began breaking through, and Minghe pushed ahead despite fearing the Slaughter Demon God might seize his body.
• Ling Xiao fought Hongjun and the Fate Demon God, who offered to help him devour the Earthly Dao and Human Path origins; Ling Xiao refused and attacked with the Axe of Nature.
• Hongjun regained the upper hand and asked Ling Xiao to join forces against the Fate Demon God, offering to govern the Primordial World together afterward.
• Ling Xiao chose to refuse Hongjun’s cooperation request, earning the system’s reward for his selection.

Ling Xiao rejected Hongjun’s offer of peace, grew stronger, and fought him with the Axe of Nature. After Ling Xiao split Hongjun in two, Hongjun’s divided body transformed into two complete individuals.

• Ling Xiao refused to reconcile with Hongjun and challenged him to perish alongside the Fate Demon God.
• Ling Xiao advanced to the ninth heaven and attacked Hongjun with the Axe of Nature, gaining the upper hand while Hongjun struggled against the Fate Demon God.
• Haotian and Zhun Ti reassured the other Heavenly Dao Sages that Hongjun would defeat Ling Xiao.
• Ling Xiao’s Axe of Nature cleaved Hongjun in two, shocking powerful beings throughout the Primordial World.
• As Ling Xiao prepared to attack again, Hongjun’s two halves swelled and became two complete individuals.

Ling Xiao’s axe split Hongjun from the Fate Demon God, leaving each with half of the Heavenly Dao’s origin and ruining Hongjun’s plan. After fighting without a victor, Hongjun persuaded the Fate Demon God to ally with him against Ling Xiao by suggesting Ling Xiao might be connected to Pangu, and the Fate Demon God agreed.

• Ling Xiao’s Axe of Nature separated Hongjun and the Fate Demon God, dividing the Heavenly Dao’s origin between them.
• Hongjun and the Fate Demon God fought across time while Ling Xiao watched for a chance to stop either from devouring the other.
• Hongjun proposed that he and the Fate Demon God join forces to kill Ling Xiao and later devour the Earthly Dao and the Human Path.
• Hongjun claimed Ling Xiao was likely connected to Pangu and pointed to the Chaos Green Lotus as evidence.
• The Fate Demon God, disturbed by the possibility of Pangu’s involvement, agreed to Hongjun’s alliance.

Hongjun and the Fate Demon God joined forces to kill Ling Xiao, but his powerful treasures and techniques let him withstand their attacks and suppress Hongjun. The Fate Demon God grew covetous of Ling Xiao’s Fate Altar as the battle continued.

• Hongjun and the Fate Demon God returned to the Primordial World together and announced their intent to kill Ling Xiao and seize the Earthly Dao and Human Path.
• The Fate Demon God trapped Ling Xiao in a Fate Kingdom while Hongjun attacked him with a Great Dao gourd.
• Ling Xiao split the Fate River with the Axe of Nature, then used the Heaven-Swallowing Gourd and Great Karma Technique to counter their attacks and destroy Hongjun’s gourd.
• Ling Xiao unleashed tribulation fire from the Heaven-Swallowing Gourd and summoned the Fate Altar to crush Hongjun beneath its immense power.
• Hongjun and the Fate Demon God recognized Ling Xiao’s Chaos-level treasures, and the Fate Demon God began coveting the Fate Altar.

Ling Xiao fought Hongjun and the Fate Demon God, shattered the Fate Demon God’s weapon with his Heaven Origin Strike, and used clones to hold Hongjun off while trying to suppress his foe. As the battle turned against the two opponents, two figures arrived and offered their help.

• Ling Xiao countered the Fate Demon God’s attack and absorbed Hongjun’s Dao Rhyme Torrent before the Fate Demon God struck at his fate with a divine weapon.
• Ling Xiao’s Heaven Origin Strike destroyed the fate divine weapon and blasted the Fate Demon God into the chaos, where he used the Grand Fate Art to reverse the damage.
• Ling Xiao sent the Fate Altar against the Fate Demon God, but Hongjun broke free and attacked him, so Ling Xiao formed three powerful figures from his essence blood to fight Hongjun.
• The onlookers watched Hongjun struggle against Ling Xiao’s three figures as Ling Xiao gained the advantage over both enemies.
• Two figures arrived at the battlefield and announced that they had come to help.

Zhenyuanzi and Red Cloud arrived to help Ling Xiao, but their strange behavior and overwhelming power revealed that they were not the people Di Jun and Tai Yi remembered. Red Cloud began refining the Chaos Green Lotus while Zhenyuanzi fought Tai Yi, leaving their true identities unclear.

• Zhenyuanzi and Red Cloud joined Di Jun, Tai Yi, and the others inside the Chaos Green Lotus after Di Jun warned them not to approach Ling Xiao's battle.
• Red Cloud recalled Pangu's use of the lotus, prompting Di Jun and the others to realize that the pair were impostors or otherwise changed.
• Zhenyuanzi and Red Cloud dismissed the group's warnings, and Red Cloud began trying to refine the Chaos Green Lotus.
• Di Jun attacked with Great Dao formations, while Zhenyuanzi formed a net of law chains and Tai Yi challenged him with the Chaos Heaven-Opening Divine Fist.
• Zhenyuanzi repelled Tai Yi's punch and claimed the fight was already decided as Red Cloud made progress refining the lotus.

Red Cloud and Zhenyuanzi seized control of the Chaos Green Lotus while Ling Xiao fought Hongjun and the Fate Demon God. Red Cloud invoked his past connection to Ling Xiao, and Ling Xiao recognized Zhenyuanzi as the Karma Demon God, leaving Red Cloud’s identity unresolved.

• Red Cloud began refining the Chaos Green Lotus as Zhenyuanzi trapped Tai Yi, Di Jun, and the others in a cage of laws.
• Red Cloud shrank the Chaos Green Lotus and took it into his hand, startling Ling Xiao, Hongjun, and the Fate Demon God.
• Hongjun urged Zhenyuanzi and Red Cloud to join him against Ling Xiao, but they said they sought more than the lotus and approached the battlefield.
• Red Cloud reminded Ling Xiao that he had once expounded the Dao to Ling Xiao and his brothers on the Sun Star.
• Ling Xiao recalled that encounter and asked whether Zhenyuanzi was the Karma Demon God.

Ling Xiao faced the revealed Karma Demon God and learned that Red Cloud was the Reincarnation Demon God, who had used reincarnation-marked karma to threaten Di Jun and Tai Yi. With several powerful Demon Gods and Hongjun converging, the conflict grew more dangerous as hidden observers chose to wait.

• Ling Xiao recognized Zhenyuanzi as the surviving Karma Demon God, who revealed his true form and claimed that karma made him immortal.
• The Fate Demon God invited Karma to join him, but Karma mocked Fate before Red Cloud urged them to set aside their dispute and deal with Ling Xiao.
• Red Cloud revealed that he had planted reincarnation-marked karma in Di Jun and Tai Yi, threatening their lives unless Ling Xiao severed it.
• Ling Xiao asked whether Red Cloud was the Reincarnation Demon God or Creation, and Red Cloud transformed into the Reincarnation Daoist.
• Yang Mei watched from hiding and decided not to intervene, while the Slaughter Demon God resolved to wait for the others to weaken each other.

The Chaos Demon Gods revealed their long-running plan to devour the Primordial World and threatened Ling Xiao and his brothers with karmic marks. Ling Xiao faced their ultimatum as Hongjun chose to side with the demons, leaving the Primordial World’s fate hanging in the balance.

• The Primordial World’s powerhouses feared the newly revealed Demon Gods and called in vain for Pangu to return and save them.
• The Reincarnation Demon God said he, Creation, and Time had planned to devour the Primordial World and had seen Ling Xiao’s role in their scheme.
• The Reincarnation Daoist threatened that Di Jun and Tai Yi would suffer eternal reincarnation and Ling Xiao would face karmic backlash unless they broke the planted marks.
• The Karma Demon God revealed that the Chaos Demon Nest was reviving Demon Gods slain by Pangu.
• Hongjun decided to work with the Fate Demon God and prioritize killing Ling Xiao.
• The Reincarnation Daoist offered to remove the marks if Ling Xiao left the Primordial World with Di Jun and Tai Yi, and threatened to kill them if he refused.

Ling Xiao rejected the Demon Gods’ demands and used his powers to isolate Di Jun and Tai Yi before recreating Pangu’s Heaven-Opening Divine Axe. He killed the Reincarnation, Karma, and Fate Demon Gods, while Hongjun fled into the chaos.

• Ling Xiao freed Di Jun, Tai Yi, and the others from the cage and drew them into the world within the Chaos Bead, severing the Reincarnation Demon God’s connection to them.
• As the Demon Gods and Hongjun attacked, Ling Xiao summoned the Taiji Diagram, Pangu Banner, and Chaos Bell and merged them into the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe.
• Ling Xiao pulled the Chaos Green Lotus away from the Reincarnation Daoist and killed him with the axe, sealing his body in the Primordial Cauldron.
• Ling Xiao killed the Karma Demon God and sealed his body in the Primordial Cauldron.
• Hongjun burned his origin and fled into the chaos as Ling Xiao struck down the Fate Demon God.

Ling Xiao defeated the Chaos Demon Gods, while a newly born Heavenly Dao emerged and Houtu resolved to use the Earthly Dao to restore Pangu. Ling Xiao pursued Hongjun into chaos and trapped him, refusing his offer to reveal secrets and declaring that he would kill him.

• Shichen and Creation Elder abandoned their plans after Ling Xiao killed the Demon Gods and fled when the newly born Heavenly Dao appeared.
• Houtu concluded that merging the Three Paths could restore Pangu Will and decided to use the Earthly Dao to devour the Human Path and Heavenly Dao.
• Ling Xiao revealed that the newborn Heavenly Dao was the Chaos Heavenly Dao from the Chaos Bead, then released Di Jun and Tai Yi before pursuing Hongjun.
• The Heavenly Dao sages lost their Sainthood and cultivation after the new Heavenly Dao appeared, while Hongjun fled into chaos.
• Ling Xiao tracked Hongjun with the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe and trapped him within the Chaos Green Lotus Domain.
• Hongjun offered to share what he knew, but Ling Xiao rejected the bargain and said he wanted Hongjun dead.

Ling Xiao killed Hongjun with the Axe of Nature, triggering the Primordial World's Heavenly Dao to perish and the Great Dao to erupt in fury. In Nether Hell, Houtu sensed the Earthly Dao growing stronger and saw a chance to revive Pangu.

• Hongjun offered Ling Xiao the Fragment of the Jade Plate of Creation in exchange for his life, but Ling Xiao chose the system's reward for killing him.
• After the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe shattered, Ling Xiao used the Axe of Nature to defeat Hongjun's defenses and sever his arm.
• Ling Xiao ignored Hongjun's threats and secret, beheaded him, and erased his body, collecting the Jade Plate fragments, the Cosmic Cauldron, and other treasures.
• Hongjun's death caused the Primordial World's Heavenly Dao to perish, while Great Dao Purple Firmament Divine Lightning and strange phenomena appeared across Chaos and the Primordial World.
• Houtu sensed the Earthly Dao break through its limits and realized she had a greater chance of devouring the Earthly Dao, Human Path, and newborn Heavenly Dao to revive Pangu.

After killing Hongjun, Ling Xiao received the Great Dao Golden Scripture and chose to return to the Primordial World despite the Great Dao’s unseen intervention. He caught Yang Mei in Chaos and ordered him to take him home.

• The Primordial World’s Earthly Dao surged in strength, and survivors flocked toward Nether Hell as the Heavenly Court disbanded.
• Ling Xiao received the Great Dao Golden Scripture after killing Hongjun and began comprehending the cultivation method.
• The system warned Ling Xiao that the Great Dao had begun intervening and offered him a choice between staying in Chaos or returning to the Primordial World.
• Ling Xiao chose to return to the Primordial World and discovered Yang Mei hiding nearby in Chaos.
• Yang Mei pleaded that he had only been passing by, and Ling Xiao ordered him to take him home.

Ling Xiao forced Yang Mei to guide him to the Chaos Demon Nest, where he discovered Great Dao runes and began absorbing them. When a Demon God attacked him for entering as an outsider, Ling Xiao crippled its arm, provoking the Demon Nest’s inhabitants.

• Ling Xiao threatened Yang Mei into choosing to lead him to the Chaos Demon Nest and promised to spare him only if he performed well.
• After traveling through deadly formations, Yang Mei brought Ling Xiao to the hidden Chaos Demon Nest, a vast abyss surrounded by black mist and Great Dao runes.
• Ling Xiao absorbed the runes to deepen his understanding of the three thousand laws, rapidly diminishing the supply and waking the Demon Gods.
• Yang Mei called Ling Xiao a distinguished guest from the Primordial World, but an enraged Demon God attacked him for being an outsider.
• Ling Xiao crippled the attacking Demon God with one finger, stirring more than a thousand Chaos Demon Gods into action.

Ling Xiao attacked the Chaos Demon Gods in their nest, shrugging off their combined assaults and revealing that he had killed Hongjun, Fate, Karma, and Reincarnation. He broke the nest’s protective formation with the Axe of Nature and charged inside to slaughter them.

• Yang Mei retreated while dozens of Chaos Demon Gods attacked Ling Xiao, whose Law of Karma turned their assaults back and killed the weaker demons.
• Ling Xiao seized the Devouring Demon God, crushed him, and refined him into laws, strengthening his own Law of Devouring.
• The Demon Gods activated the Chaos Demon Nest’s grand formation and struck Ling Xiao with a blade formed from Great Dao laws, but he withstood their combined attack.
• When the Demon Gods asked who he was, Ling Xiao said he had killed Hongjun, Fate, Karma, and Reincarnation, while Yang Mei avoided answering their questions.
• Ling Xiao summoned the Axe of Nature, cracked the nest’s protective formation, and charged inside, swinging his axe as he began slaughtering the Demon Gods.

Ling Xiao slaughtered the Chaos Demon Gods, absorbed their laws, and broke through to the Primordial Origin Taiji realm by condensing five Dao Seeds. The system then revealed that Houtu was preparing to devour the Heavenly Dao and Human Dao, and offered Ling Xiao a choice.

• Ling Xiao killed the Chaos Demon Gods and absorbed their laws while Yang Mei watched in fear.
• Ling Xiao condensed the Law of World Dao Seed and entered the Zenith Heaven Taiji Golden Immortal realm.
• Ling Xiao formed Dao Seeds of the Laws of Fire and Yang, then refined the bodies of the Karma Demon God and the Fate Demon God to condense their Dao Seeds.
• Ling Xiao gained five Dao Seeds, while Yang Mei realized that bringing him to the Chaos Demon Nest had helped him break through.
• The system told Ling Xiao that Houtu was preparing to devour the Heavenly Dao and Human Dao, and offered rewards for helping or stopping her.

Ling Xiao chose to stop Houtu from devouring the Heavenly Dao, mastered the Truth Divine Dynasty Immortal Heavenly Art, and took the Chaos Demon Nest for himself. He returned to the Primordial World with Yang Mei as his attendant, while the Creation Demon God and Shichen arrived to find the nest destroyed.

• Ling Xiao chose the second system reward and cultivated the Truth Divine Dynasty Immortal Heavenly Art until his body became a divine kingdom of crystal-like cells.
• Ling Xiao uprooted the Chaos Demon Nest, and Yang Mei begged him for his life and offered to serve as his attendant.
• Ling Xiao accepted Yang Mei as his attendant and ordered him to return with him to the Primordial World.
• The Creation Demon God and Shichen arrived at the ruined site, realized the Demon Gods had likely been killed, and sensed a willow branch in the distance.

Houtu emerged from seclusion and revealed her plan to devour the Heavenly and Human Paths, hoping to unite the Three Paths and revive Pangu. As the Human Race held its second Sage Conferment Ceremony, a disturbance erupted in Nether Hell.

• The Creation Demon God learned from Yang Mei's willow branch that Ling Xiao had slaughtered the Demon Gods and followed Shichen toward the Primordial World.
• Houtu awakened in Nether Hell, where she told the Witch Clan she would devour the Heavenly and Human Paths to restore Pangu's will and revive him.
• Zhurong and Xuanming agreed to Houtu's plan, and she gave them mysterious yellow aura to help them attain Primordial Origin Sagehood.
• At Mount Shouyang, Ziwei began the second Sage Conferment Ceremony, and Fuxi, Immortal Lord Mengzhang, Baize, Shennong, and Xuanyuan became Sages of the Human Path.
• A disturbance from Nether Hell shook the heaven and earth during the ceremony.

Xuanming and Zhurong became Earthly Dao Sages while the Three Pure Ones planned to seize control of the newly born Heavenly Dao. At Mount Shouyang, Ziwei resumed conferring Human Path Sagehoods, and Houyi urged Qiangliang to return to the Earthly Dao.

• Xuanming and Zhurong's ascension shocked the Primordial World, while the disgraced Three Pure Ones feared their enemies would pursue them.
• Yuanshi proposed that the Three Pure Ones imitate Hongjun and merge with the weak new Heavenly Dao, and Laozi agreed to the plan.
• Nuwa envied Fuxi's new status as a Human Path Sage as she watched the Human Race's ceremony from afar.
• At Mount Shouyang, Di Jun told Ziwei to continue the Sage conferral, and Ziwei prepared to confer Sagehood on Green Lion.
• Houyi told Qiangliang that he could become an Earthly Dao Sage if he returned.