Chapter Summaries

Qiangliang refused to return to the Witch Clan, while Green Lion, Yaochi, and Queen Mother of the West became Sages and Houtu prepared to attack the Human Path. As Yuanshi claimed the Heavenly Dao had answered him, Houtu merged with the Earthly Dao and sent Nether Hell’s armies toward Mount Shouyang.

• Qiangliang rejected Xingtian and Houyi’s pleas to return, insisting he would prove the Primordial Origin through Law.
• Green Lion became a Human Path Sage, shocking the Three Pure Ones and filling the scattered Jie Sect disciples with envy.
• Houtu accepted Yaochi into the underworld and made her an Earthly Dao Sage, then Queen Mother of the West emerged as the fourth Earthly Dao Sage.
• Yuanshi said the Heavenly Dao had responded to him, and Laozi urged him to communicate with it.
• Houtu merged into the Earthly Dao to suppress and devour the Human Path, while the four Earthly Dao Sages led Nether Hell’s forces toward Mount Shouyang.

The Witch Clan arrived at the Human Race’s borders and announced that Earthly Dao Houtu intended to unify the Three Daos by devouring the Heavenly Dao and Human Path. As the Witch Clan attacked Mount Shouyang, Houtu’s power restrained Ziwei, while Di Jun struck back with divine formations.

• The Nether Hell army reached the Human Race’s borders, and Di Jun and the gathered Human Race experts confronted Zhurong, Xuanming, Yaochi, and Queen Mother of the West.
• Zhurong declared the Witch Clan’s return, while Yaochi vowed revenge on Ziwei for her past humiliation.
• Xuanming announced the Witch Clan’s goal of unifying the Three Daos, and Ziwei recognized that Houtu planned to devour the Heavenly Dao and Human Path.
• Di Jun condemned Houtu’s ambition, prompting Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian to consider using the crisis to gain the Heavenly Dao’s recognition and strengthen it.
• Zhurong and the others attacked, but Houtu’s power immobilized Ziwei; Di Jun unleashed tens of millions of divine formations, injuring Xuanming, Zhurong, Yaochi, and Queen Mother of the West.

Ziwei resisted Houtu’s attempt to unify the Three Paths, learning that she sought to revive Pangu through their union. As Houtu unleashed the Earthly Dao, Minghe and the Slaughter Demon God prepared to exploit the coming slaughter, while Yuanshi gained the Heavenly Dao’s favor; the chapter ended with the Human Path being devoured by Houtu.

• Houtu told Ziwei that uniting the Three Paths could revive Pangu, but Ziwei refused to sacrifice his people and challenged her belief in a coming age of peace.
• Houtu unleashed the Earthly Dao’s power, shaking the Primordial Land as the battle between the Netherworld army and the Human Race continued.
• Minghe recognized that the Slaughter Demon God intended to seize his Dao Fruit, but concealed his fear and urged the Demon God to act so he could refine the slaughter aura.
• Yuanshi received a response from the Heavenly Dao, prompting Laozi and Tongtian to admire his fortune and imagine becoming Saints again through his success.
• The Primordial World shook, and powerful beings realized that Houtu of the Earthly Dao had devoured the Human Path.

Houtu devoured the Human Path and rose beyond the realm of Origin Sages, while those empowered by the Human Path lost their strength. With new memories suggesting Pangu Father God's will could return if the three paths were merged, Houtu set out to seize the Heavenly Dao, then captured Minghe and exposed the Slaughter Demon God within him.

• The Earthly Dao devoured the Human Path, and Houtu ascended to the Zenith Heaven Taiji Golden Immortal realm, surpassing Dao Ancestor Hongjun's former power.
• Ziwei and the others who had relied on the Human Path lost their Sagehood, while Zhurong and the other Earthly Dao Sages grew stronger and attacked them.
• Di Jun slapped Yaochi when she taunted Ziwei, and she charged at him in fury.
• Houtu realized that merging the three paths could restore Pangu Father God's will, so she headed to seize the Heavenly Dao.
• Houtu spotted Minghe, pulled him into the air, and saw through his disguise to the Slaughter Demon God within him.

Houtu destroyed the Slaughter Demon God and accepted Minghe as her attendant after his cultivation rose to the sixth level of the Daluo Golden Immortal of the Origin. As she moved to devour the Heavenly Dao, Yuanshi claimed to represent it, but the Heavenly Dao did not answer his call, and Houtu captured the Three Pure Ones.

• Houtu revealed that she had received Minghe's distress signal and destroyed the Slaughter Demon God, returning his essence to Minghe.
• Minghe's cultivation rose to the sixth level of the Daluo Golden Immortal of the Origin, and he pledged to serve Houtu as her attendant.
• Minghe released his aura across the Primordial World, shocking the fallen Sages and other powerful beings.
• Houtu headed into the depths of space to attack the Heavenly Dao, but the Three Pure Ones appeared and Yuanshi claimed he was its spokesperson.
• Houtu reached for the Three Pure Ones, and Yuanshi's attempts to summon the Heavenly Dao's power failed.
• Houtu imprisoned Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian, considering whether they could help revive Father God Pangu.

Houtu subdued the Three Pure Ones and revealed that she intended to use them to resurrect Pangu after uniting the Three Paths. She began devouring the Heavenly Dao, but a mysterious Dao voice ordered her to stop.

• Houtu effortlessly sealed Yuanshi, while Minghe mocked his claim that the Heavenly Dao had chosen him.
• Houtu told the Three Pure Ones that they would contribute to Pangu's resurrection, leaving them terrified of being sacrificed.
• Houtu explained that she would unite the Three Paths of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity and condense the Primordial World's will to make Pangu's resurrection possible.
• Houtu used the Earthly Dao to devour the Heavenly Dao, whose power surprised her with its strength.
• A melodious Dao voice suddenly told Houtu to stop.

Yang Mei confronted Houtu on Ling Xiao’s decree, but Houtu’s overwhelming power nearly killed him before Ling Xiao arrived to save him. Houtu welcomed Ling Xiao’s appearance, setting the stage for their confrontation.

• Yang Mei arrived and mocked Minghe, then used spatial power to nullify Minghe’s attack.
• Yang Mei told Houtu that he had submitted to Ling Xiao and was enforcing the Dao Venerable’s decree against her taking the Heavenly Dao.
• Houtu attacked Yang Mei, sealing space and time and nearly destroying him.
• Ling Xiao appeared and blocked Houtu’s attack, saving Yang Mei.
• Houtu smiled at Ling Xiao and remarked that he had dared to show up despite the circumstances.

Ling Xiao appeared to stop Houtu from devouring the Heavenly Dao, declaring that it belonged to him and warning that its power could not revive Pangu. As Houtu rejected his warning and prepared to attack, Ling Xiao sensed a strange will awakening within her.

• Ling Xiao appeared before Houtu and refused her offer to let him leave the Primordial World in exchange for sparing his past grievances.
• Ling Xiao declared that the Heavenly Dao was his, while the gathered experts and Yuanshi doubted that he could match Houtu.
• Houtu insisted that uniting the Three Paths of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity would revive Pangu, but Ling Xiao argued it would only create a new Primordial World Will.
• Ling Xiao used his Divine Eye and sensed the powers of the Earthly Dao and Human Path merging within Houtu, along with a will that might be Pangu Will.
• Minghe urged Houtu to kill Ling Xiao, accusing him of opposing Pangu's revival out of selfishness.
• Houtu focused on devouring the Heavenly Dao and released an invisible aura toward Ling Xiao.

Houtu attacked Ling Xiao to stop him from interfering with her attempt to devour the Heavenly Dao, but he withstood her inherited Pangu techniques and physical assaults. Ling Xiao then revealed that he had also reached Primordial Origin Taiji, leaving Houtu shocked as he drove her back.

• Houtu attacked Ling Xiao, and their clash sent Minghe and Yang Mei crashing to the ground while the Three Pure Ones remained imprisoned and protected.
• Houtu summoned a giant Pangu finger, but Ling Xiao shattered it with a punch powered by the divine kingdoms within him.
• Houtu followed with a close-range palm strike, and she and Ling Xiao fought fiercely while their sealed battlefield hid the battle from weaker cultivators.
• Ling Xiao released his full strength and the power of the Primordial World, revealing that he had broken through to Primordial Origin Taiji.
• Houtu reacted with shock, and Ling Xiao's power sent her stumbling backward as he dismissed the realm as not difficult to attain.

Ling Xiao revealed that he had broken through to Primordial Origin Taiji, shocking both his allies and enemies. He fought Houtu, whose Earthly Dao and Human Path strengthened her, and ultimately overpowered her in a contest of strength near the Primordial Galaxy.

• Ling Xiao unleashed the aura of Primordial Origin Taiji, leaving Houtu and the assembled factions stunned.
• Zhurong urged the Earthly Dao faction to trust that Houtu's Earthly Dao and Human Path would let her match Ling Xiao, while Qiangliang feared she would lose.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian reeled at Ling Xiao's breakthrough, and Shichen and the Creation Demon God worried that Houtu's plans might revive Pangu or destroy the Primordial World.
• Houtu activated the Earthly Dao and Human Path, while Ling Xiao formed a domain with his five Dao seeds, and the two began a fierce battle.
• After more than a thousand exchanges, Ling Xiao pinned Houtu and forced her toward the Primordial Galaxy, where she could not break free.

Ling Xiao fought Houtu as she wielded the Earthly Dao and Human Path, but she could not overpower him. After the Human Path merged with the Earthly Dao and seemed to awaken Pangu’s will, Houtu pressed on with her plan to unite the Three Daos, and the chapter ended as she and Ling Xiao clashed through their mana and origins.

• Ling Xiao and Houtu exchanged devastating attacks, and he urged her to abandon the Earthly Dao and Human Path and return to Reincarnation.
• Houtu refused, declaring that fusing with the Human Path would strengthen her and help revive Pangu, while Xi He, Changxi, and Nuwa watched with concern.
• The Primordial World shook as the Earthly Dao completely devoured the Human Path, strengthening Houtu and revealing what seemed to be Pangu’s awakening will.
• Houtu’s followers celebrated the change, and she became more convinced that merging the Three Daos would revive Pangu.
• Ling Xiao told Houtu that his Heavenly Dao did not belong to the Primordial World and could not revive Pangu, but she dismissed his claim and attacked.
• Houtu and Ling Xiao met palm to palm and began contending with their mana and origins.

Ling Xiao and Houtu fought a dangerous clash of origins, with Houtu drawing on the Earthly Dao, the Human Path, and the Primordial World's origin to overwhelm him. Ling Xiao invoked the Heavenly Dao to resist, but Houtu continued pouring power into him as Minghe and Yang Mei argued nearby.

• Ling Xiao accepted Houtu's origin-power challenge instead of retreating, and their clash created a sealed domain that shook heaven and earth.
• Houtu urged Ling Xiao to surrender, but he refused and summoned the Heavenly Dao, briefly gaining ground.
• Houtu drew on the Primordial World's origin, strengthening her power and driving it into Ling Xiao to try to burst him apart.
• Minghe mocked Yang Mei and predicted Ling Xiao's defeat, while Yang Mei cursed him and challenged him to fight.
• Minghe declined Yang Mei's challenge and left as Houtu's power continued to surge against Ling Xiao.

Ling Xiao used the Chaos Bead’s power alongside the Heavenly Dao’s power to overwhelm Houtu and her control of the Earthly Dao. Houtu was badly wounded and hurled through the void, leaving her plan to revive Pangu in jeopardy.

• Ling Xiao unleashed the Chaos World’s power from the Chaos Bead, forcing Houtu onto the defensive while concealing the source of his strength.
• Houtu summoned a giant axe of chaotic energy, but Ling Xiao shattered it and brought out the Axe of Nature.
• Houtu called the Pangu Temple to her side, and it clashed with the Axe of Nature as Ling Xiao added the Fate Altar, the Primordial Cauldron, and other treasures to his assault.
• The Primordial World trembled as Ling Xiao suppressed Houtu, stunning the watching factions and halting the battle between the Human Race and hell.
• Ling Xiao’s assault overwhelmed Houtu, who spat blood, suffered damage to her foundation, and was flung through the void as her hope of reviving Pangu faltered.

Ling Xiao defeated Houtu, but when his Destruction beam struck her, a power associated with Pangu shielded her and restored her injuries. After receiving Pangu’s inheritance memories, Houtu called a truce and warned Ling Xiao that the Primordial World was about to end.

• Ling Xiao defeated Houtu, leaving Minghe, the Witch Clan, and the Earthly Dao experts in despair.
• Shichen and the Creation Demon God speculated that Pangu might have revived long ago without their knowledge.
• Ling Xiao sent a Destruction beam toward the gravely wounded Houtu, but a law barrier emerged from within her and stopped it.
• Houtu recovered as Pangu’s inheritance memories appeared in her mind, and she ordered Ling Xiao to call a truce.
• Houtu warned Ling Xiao that the Primordial World was about to end.

Houtu revealed that the Primordial World's emergence of a Primordial Taiji being had attracted the attention of a greater world called the True Realm. She asked Ling Xiao not to stop her from devouring the Heavenly Dao and reviving Pangu to defend against a possible invasion.

• Houtu announced that Pangu's inherited memories linked the Primordial World's birth and a Primordial Taiji being to the True Realm's attention.
• Ling Xiao questioned Houtu about why Pangu and the Heavenly Dao had not drawn that attention before, and she admitted her memories were incomplete.
• Houtu said the True Realm was likely a greater world and suggested that only Ling Xiao might meet the conditions that attracted its attention.
• Ling Xiao used the Heaven's Punishment Divine Eye to inspect Houtu but could not identify the growing power and will within her.
• Houtu asked Ling Xiao to let her devour the Heavenly Dao and revive Pangu so he could protect the Primordial World from the True Realm.
• Living beings across the Primordial World heard Houtu's plea and erupted into alarm, with some calling for Pangu's revival.

Houtu urged Ling Xiao to help resurrect Pangu, claiming the Primordial World faced a threat from a stronger realm, but Ling Xiao refused and chose to stop her. The chapter left Houtu attacking him as the beings of the Primordial World turned against him.

• Houtu's warning about a powerful True Realm intensified the Primordial World's demand for Pangu's resurrection, while many blamed Ling Xiao for obstructing it.
• Ling Xiao told Houtu that devouring the Heavenly Dao would not unite the Three Daos because that Heavenly Dao was not native to the Primordial World.
• The system offered Ling Xiao a choice between helping resurrect Pangu for the Nine-Nine Heaven Art or stopping Houtu for the Nine Heaven-Opening Styles.
• Ling Xiao wondered whether Houtu's target was truly Pangu, and the system declined to answer.
• Ling Xiao chose to refuse Houtu, provoking the beings of the Primordial World and prompting Houtu to attack him.

Houtu attacked Ling Xiao with the power of the Earthly Dao and Human Path, but he countered with the first three forms of Pangu’s Nine Heaven-Opening Styles. As Houtu took the Three Pure Ones into Pangu Temple, Ling Xiao forced his way inside after her.

• Houtu sealed Ling Xiao in a world of her own and summoned an abyssal maw to swallow him.
• Ling Xiao mastered and unleashed the first three Nine Heaven-Opening Styles, breaking Houtu’s defenses and injuring her palm.
• The Witch Clan recognized Pangu’s aura in Ling Xiao’s attack, and Houtu questioned how he knew the ultimate art before accepting his explanation that he possessed the Chaos Green Lotus.
• Houtu sensed a transformation in Pangu Temple and seized Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian.
• Houtu entered Pangu Temple with the Three Pure Ones, and Ling Xiao overcame the temple’s barrier and charged inside.

Houtu used the Three Pure Ones’ Pangu marks and the Earthly Dao and Human Path to awaken Pangu’s Heart in Pangu Temple, shaking the Primordial World with its heartbeat. Ling Xiao reached the Blood Pool as Houtu continued the ritual and confronted him.

• Ling Xiao entered Pangu Temple and followed the growing heartbeat toward its depths.
• Houtu crushed the Three Pure Ones’ bodies and drew out their Pangu marks, then released the wills of the Earthly Dao and Human Path.
• Pangu Temple turned blood-red and began beating like a heart, sending a terrifying disturbance across the Primordial World.
• The powerful experts and Witch Clan reacted to the heartbeat, with many believing Pangu’s revival was near.
• Ling Xiao broke through Houtu’s defenses and arrived at the Blood Pool, where Houtu warned him and made Pangu Temple tremble again.

Houtu summoned Pangu’s immense Dharma Body from Pangu Temple, and its power blasted Ling Xiao across space, gravely damaging his Crystal Divine Kingdom. Pangu’s gaze then found Ling Xiao, leaving him sealed beneath the resurrected god’s attention.

• Ling Xiao tried to persuade Houtu that he would not stop a genuine revival of Pangu, but Houtu rejected his words and continued the ritual.
• Pangu Temple unleashed a devastating force that hurled Ling Xiao away and destroyed half of his Crystal Divine Kingdom.
• A colossal figure of Pangu appeared above the temple, and his divine might shook the Primordial World.
• The Witch Clan celebrated Pangu’s return, while Di Jun and the other Human Race powerhouses feared for Ling Xiao.
• The former Saints recognized that Pangu was a powerful Dharma Body rather than his true body, and Pangu fixed his gaze on Ling Xiao.

Ling Xiao battled the manifested Pangu before Pangu Temple, mastering more of the Nine Heaven-Opening Styles as the fight intensified. Houtu sustained Pangu with her Pangu mark while the Time Demon God and Creation Demon God considered fleeing, and Ling Xiao began to understand Pangu’s Law of Strength.

• Pangu’s great hand overwhelmed Ling Xiao’s first three Heaven-Opening Styles, prompting Ling Xiao to comprehend and unleash the Fourth Style.
• Pangu Temple’s heart supplied Pangu with more power, and Ling Xiao donned the Green Lotus Battle Armor and struck with the Fifth Heaven-Opening Style.
• Pangu answered by manifesting the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe and clashing with Ling Xiao, while the Time Demon God and Creation Demon God watched in fear.
• Houtu used her Pangu mark to support and control the incomplete Pangu as Ling Xiao advanced to the Sixth and began comprehending the Seventh Heaven-Opening Style.
• Ling Xiao’s Great Dao Golden Scripture analyzed Pangu’s techniques, revealing that the Law of Strength fused nearly a hundred different laws.