Chapter Summaries

Yuanshi attacked Di Jun and Tai Yi on the Sun Star, but a mysterious eye manifested in the sky and revealed itself as the Heavenly Dao. The Heavenly Dao unleashed a destructive tribulation against Yuanshi, Laozi, and Tongtian while Ling Xiao watched through the Eye of Divine Punishment.

• The Ancestral Witches argued over whether to confront the Three Pure Ones, while Dijiang urged them to wait and watch the Sun Star.
• Zhun Ti and Jieyin discussed Yuanshi's attack and warned that Di Jun and Tai Yi were still important to the Tribulation.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi confronted Yuanshi, who tried to teach them a lesson with his Sage power despite Laozi's warning.
• A vast eye appeared in the sky, and Yuanshi bowed to the Heavenly Dao and asked it to punish him for his rashness.
• The eye unleashed a destructive tribulation that battered Yuanshi and struck Laozi and Tongtian, while Ling Xiao watched through the Eye of Divine Punishment.
• Hongjun opened his eyes in Purple Heaven Palace, shock and fury showing in his expression.

Hongjun clashed with the mysterious Eye of Divine Punishment, which had injured the Three Pure Ones, but could not discover who controlled it. Ling Xiao recovered from the backlash in Chaos, while Tai Yi recognized the eye and hinted at its identity to Di Jun.

• Hongjun used the Heavenly Dao to attack the Eye of Divine Punishment, and the clash shook the Primordial World before abruptly ending.
• The Three Pure Ones survived the punishment, though Yuanshi was badly wounded and humiliated after mistaking the eye for the Heavenly Dao and bowing to it.
• Hongjun considered Ling Xiao and Yang Mei as possible sources of the eye, then decided to accelerate the Witch-Demon Catastrophe.
• Ling Xiao appeared in Chaos with an injured eye and recovered his depleted magic power using the Chaos Bead.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi discussed the eye on the Sun Star, and Tai Yi indicated that he knew who it was.

The Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunti opened sanctums in Chaos and preached the Dao, while Yuanshi grew furious over rumors that he was the weakest Sage. As Yuanshi prepared to punish his listeners, Ling Xiao appeared in Yuqing Heaven, leaving the assembled mighty figures wondering whether he had become a Sage too.

• Yuanshi announced that the Three Pure Ones would open heavens and preach the Dao, and powerful beings across the Primordial World rushed to attend the Sages' sermons.
• The Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunti opened separate sanctums in Chaos, and listeners chose which Sage's sermon to attend.
• Yuanshi heard veiled criticism of his preaching and grew angrier as listeners blamed him for their lack of progress.
• Just as Yuanshi prepared to punish several listeners, Ling Xiao appeared in Yuqing Heaven and confronted him.
• Yuanshi welcomed the chance to fight Ling Xiao, while the assembled mighty figures wondered whether Ling Xiao had become a Sage.

Ling Xiao appeared in Yuqing Heaven and killed Yuanshi with a single blow, taking his blood essence and Clouds of the Heavens. Laozi and Tongtian prepared to face him together, while Jieyin and Zhun Ti wondered whether he would come to their dojo next.

• Yuanshi brought out Clouds of the Heavens and the Pangu Banner, then challenged Ling Xiao to fight.
• Ling Xiao shattered Yuqing Heaven’s battlefield and struck Yuanshi with the Law of Strength, blowing his body apart.
• Ling Xiao gathered Yuanshi’s blood essence into the Chaos Bead and took Clouds of the Heavens, while the Pangu Banner disappeared.
• Laozi and Tongtian learned of Yuanshi’s defeat, and Laozi told Tongtian to prepare the Immortal-Slaughtering Formation if Ling Xiao came to their dojo.
• Jieyin and Zhun Ti learned what happened and wondered whether Ling Xiao would come to their dojo next.

Ling Xiao killed Zhunti in Chaos and then nearly destroyed Jieyin before suddenly stopping his assault and leaving. Laozi and Tongtian set out to aid Jieyin, while a giant chaotic hand appeared to pursue Ling Xiao.

• Jieyin and Zhunti confronted Ling Xiao, who attacked them in Chaos.
• Ling Xiao shattered Zhunti’s divine rings and Buddhist kingdoms, then destroyed Zhunti completely.
• Laozi and Tongtian left their heavens to support Jieyin, while Nuwa reflected on Ling Xiao’s advantage in Chaos.
• Ling Xiao gathered Zhunti’s Sage blood into the Chaos Bead and nearly beat Jieyin to death.
• Ling Xiao abruptly turned and left, and a giant chaotic hand descended to kill him as Jieyin cried out, “Teacher!?”

Hongjun returned to the Purple Heaven Palace after battling Ling Xiao, who escaped despite being gravely wounded. He summoned the six Heaven-ordained Sages, rebuked them for losing, and warned them to uphold the Heavenly Dao’s grand destiny while he was absent.

• Laozi, Tongtian, Jieyin, and Nuwa received Hongjun’s summons and went to the Purple Heaven Palace, wondering whether Ling Xiao had survived.
• Hongjun revealed that Ling Xiao had escaped after being gravely wounded, but the battle had cost him dearly.
• Hongjun summoned the revived Yuanshi and Zhun Ti, then asked all six Sages where they had gone wrong against Ling Xiao.
• Hongjun explained that they had fought Ling Xiao in Chaos, where he could isolate and defeat them one by one.
• Hongjun ordered the Sages to cooperate and follow the Heavenly Dao’s grand destiny, including the destruction of the Wu and Demon races.

After Hongjun instructed the Sages to restore the Witch-Demon conflict, Yuanshi proposed using the clans’ destined fall to draw Ling Xiao into the Primordial World and kill him. Ling Xiao remained in Chaos, recovering and studying the spoils of his battle with the Sages.

• Hongjun dismissed the Sages after explaining that the Witch and Demon Clans had to follow their destined path and that Ling Xiao could be dealt with by their combined strength.
• At East Kunlun, Yuanshi announced that he would personally avenge his defeat, then argued that the Sages should wait for the Witch-Demon Tribulation to force Ling Xiao to appear.
• Laozi approved Yuanshi’s plan, while Tongtian warned that the Witch Clan was still much stronger than the Demon Clan and might only grow more powerful in a war.
• Yuanshi began deducing how to break the stalemate between the clans and weaken them, while Laozi considered ways to strengthen the Demon Clan.
• Inside the Chaos Bead, Ling Xiao reflected on the insights he gained from fighting Hongjun and examined two clumps of Sages’ blood essence.

Ling Xiao refined the Sage's blood essence into potent spiritual liquid, nourishing the Chaos Green Lotus and other spiritual roots. Meanwhile, Ziwei rose to become a remarkably powerful cultivator among the Human Race, and Laozi arrived as Ziwei and Xuandu discussed preparing for the end of humanity's protection.

• Ling Xiao fed the Sage's blood essence to the Heaven-Swallowing Gourd, which transformed it into powerful spiritual liquid.
• Ling Xiao poured the liquid over the Chaos Green Lotus, Yellow Plum, Immortal Apricot, and Flat Peach Tree, causing them to flourish and bear fruit.
• Ling Xiao collected Immortal Apricots and reserved the Yellow Plum fruit for Ziwei Attendant, then sampled a Flat Peach.
• Ziwei advanced rapidly through cultivation, surpassed many members of the Innate Human Race, and became close with Xuandu.
• Ziwei warned Xuandu that the Human Race had to grow strong before Nuwa's ten-thousand-year protection ended, and Xuandu agreed to help defend their people.
• An old man riding a Green Ox appeared before Ziwei and Xuandu.

Laozi took Xuandu as his disciple and brought him to Kunlun, while Ziwei chose not to interfere. At Mount Sumeru, Jieyin and Zhun Ti planned to provoke a conflict between the Witch Clan and the Demon Clan, and the chapter ended with news that they were fighting.

• Laozi appeared before Ziwei and Xuandu, offered Xuandu discipleship, and took him to Kunlun after Xuandu accepted.
• Ziwei congratulated Xuandu despite privately disapproving, then reasoned that Xuandu might help the Human Race in the future.
• Zhun Ti persuaded Jieyin that the Western Sages needed to act quickly to repay their debt of Heavenly Dao Merit.
• Jieyin and Zhun Ti agreed to find a way to make the Witch Clan and the Demon Clan fight and set out from Mount Sumeru.
• A Great Witch reported to the Ancestral Witches at Pangu Temple that the Witch Clan and the Demon Clan had started fighting.

The Wu and Demon Clans’ border clash forced both sides to accept that war had begun, after their attempts to deter one another with false claims of Sage protection fell apart. The Ancestral Witches then learned Nuwa had abandoned the Demon Clan, and their anger at being deceived reignited their desire to fight.

• Xingtian reported that Witch and Demon warriors had clashed, and Dijiang struggled to restrain the Ancestral Witches as they prepared for war.
• Zhurong left Pangu Temple to fight, while Dijiang urged the others to preserve the Ancestral Witch bloodline.
• Fuxi and the Demon Clan’s great demons debated the clash, and Baize concluded that they had no choice but to continue fighting.
• The Wu and Demon Clans resumed their conflict, initially holding back as neither side wanted to fight without reservation.
• The Ancestral Witches heard that Nuwa had abandoned the Demon Clan after becoming a Sage, and Qiangliang vowed to kill their enemies for deceiving them.

The Ancestral Witches believed rumors that the Sages would not protect the Demon Clan, so Dijiang led them into a full-scale war. Jieyin and Zhun Ti revealed they had engineered the conflict, and the Three Pure Ones became furious when they heard of it.

• Houtu urged caution, but Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches dismissed her and decided to attack the Demon Clan.
• Tian Wu reported that Ling Xiao had survived an encounter with six Sages and was badly wounded, prompting Dijiang to forbid the clan from approaching the Sun Star.
• Dijiang led the Witch Clan army toward the Demon Clan, and the two armies clashed across the central reaches of the Primordial World.
• Jieyin and Zhun Ti watched the battle, and Zhun Ti explained that they had disguised themselves as clan members and spread rumors to provoke the war.
• The Three Pure Ones learned that Jieyin and Zhun Ti had started the conflict and became furious.

The Three Pure Ones worked to draw allies into the Demon Race’s coming war against the Witch Clan, while Laozi weakened Yuanfeng’s rebirth by taking most of Nanming Volcano’s flames. They then found the surviving Kunpeng in the North Sea Eye, restored his body, and recruited him for the Demon Race.

• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian discussed Jieyin and Zhunti’s schemes and sought Queen Mother of the West’s help against the Witch Clan.
• Laozi discovered Yuanfeng rebirthing inside Nanming Volcano and used a purple Gourd to drain most of its flames, leaving Yuanfeng panicked and near despair.
• The Three Pure Ones reached the North Sea Eye and found Kunpeng surviving as a black feather.
• Laozi explained that the Demon Race needed Kunpeng, and the Three Pure Ones used their blood essence to rebuild his body.
• Kunpeng returned whole and stronger, thanked the Three Pure Ones, and concealed a mysterious glint in his eyes.

Ling Xiao discovered that the Three Pure Ones and the Western Sages were helping the Demon Clan, and decided to disrupt the Heavenly Dao’s plans by bringing another figure into the catastrophe. As the Witch and Demon Clans’ battle turned against the demons, Queen Mother of the West arrived to aid them, followed by a mysterious figure who stunned both sides.

• Ling Xiao used the Eye of Divine Punishment to see that the Three Pure Ones and the Western Sages had given Kunpeng blood essence, and noticed a trace of Fate’s aura around him.
• Ling Xiao concluded that Hongjun was trying to steer the Witch-Demon Catastrophe back toward its destined course, and resolved to weaken the factions and introduce another twist.
• Zhurong, Qiangliang, Gonggong, Dijiang, and the other Ancestral Witches joined the battle, while Fuxi, Baize, Jiuying, Guiche, Jimeng, and other demons fought back.
• The Ancestral Witches overwhelmed the Demon Clan, leaving Fuxi and the other demon powerhouses considering retreat.
• Queen Mother of the West arrived with tens of thousands of female immortals to help Fuxi, and Dijiang challenged her over the Witch Clan’s past seizure of her home.
• An unidentified dark figure appeared and declared that Dijiang should have asked him before attacking the Demon Clan, leaving both sides stunned.

Kunpeng returned to the battlefield far stronger than before and challenged the Ancestral Witches, but their combined assault overwhelmed him. He called on the Demon Clan to join the battle, and the conflict continued with the outcome only beginning to emerge.

• Kunpeng arrived alive and stronger, raising the Demon Clan's hopes and drawing mockery from Dijiang.
• Kunpeng challenged Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches to attack him together, then matched Dijiang's physical strength in their first clash.
• The Ancestral Witches joined forces and battered Kunpeng until he could no longer hold them off.
• Minghe, shocked to see Kunpeng alive and powerful, decided to found a sect in hopes of becoming a Sage.
• Kunpeng called on the Demon Clan's warriors to attack, and the Demon and Wu Clans launched a brutal full-scale battle.

After the demon race lost to the Witch Clan, Laozi arranged for the Five Directions Flags to be gathered so the demons could use the Five Elements Formation. Ling Xiao watched the two sides prepare for another battle and decided to intervene.

• The demon race fled after Kunpeng failed to overcome the Witch Clan's nine Ancestral Witches, angering Yuanshi and disappointing Laozi.
• Laozi proposed that the demon race master the Five Elements Formation and identified where the Five Directions Flags were held.
• Yuanshi borrowed Minghe's Northern Banner, the Two Western Sages lent their flag to Laozi, and the Queen Mother of the West brought the flags to the demon race.
• Fuxi used the Demon Summoning Banner to call demons back to the Hundred Thousand Mountains, prompting the Ancestral Witches to march against them.
• Ling Xiao watched the two forces assemble in Nanming Volcano and decided to act against the Three Pure Ones' plan.

The Demon Clan used the Five Elements Formation to defeat the Witch Clan’s assault on the Hundred Thousand Mountains, killing many Witches and forcing Shebishi to self-destruct so the survivors could escape. The Witch Clan retreated to Mount Buzhou as the Demon Clan prepared another attack, while a phantom secretly slipped into the mountain.

• Kunpeng ordered the Demon Clan to form the Five Elements Formation, trapping the Witch Clan and unleashing its power against them.
• The Ancestral Witches attacked together but failed to break the formation, and the trapped Witch Clan suffered heavy casualties.
• Shebishi self-destructed, tearing open the formation and killing tens of millions of demons as the surviving Witches escaped.
• The Demon Clan celebrated its historic victory and began planning an assault on Mount Buzhou.
• The Witch Clan returned to Mount Buzhou in despair, and a phantom silently entered the mountain.

After the Witch Clan’s defeat, Qiangliang prayed to Pangu at Mount Buzhou and received a jade bottle that could help the Ancestral Witches advance. He returned to Pangu Temple with the gift and news that Pangu wanted them to teach the Three Pure Ones a lesson.

• Qiangliang went alone to Mount Buzhou, mourned the Witch Clan’s defeat, and begged Pangu for help.
• Pangu answered Qiangliang, gave him a jade bottle, and asked him to teach the Three Pure Ones a lesson.
• Qiangliang brought the bottle to Pangu Temple and told the Ancestral Witches that Pangu had answered him.
• Dijiang examined the bottle and found that its powerful blood qi might help the Ancestral Witches become Sages through the body.
• Qiangliang told the Ancestral Witches that Pangu had called the Three Pure Ones unfilial sons, and he offered Dijiang the bottle to use.

Ling Xiao secretly aided the Witch Clan and the Demon Clan by giving each side spirit liquid made from Sage essence blood, then returned to the Sun Star to teach Di Jun and Tai Yi about the laws. As Ling Xiao concealed their study, the Demon Clan launched an attack on the Witch Clan Ancestral Land, and the Three Pure Ones watched with satisfaction.

• Qiangliang urged Dijiang to absorb the essence blood first, and Dijiang promised to save any remainder for him before going into seclusion.
• Ling Xiao left Mount Buzhou and headed for the Sun Star, intending to secretly strengthen the Demon Clan as the Three Pure Ones had aided it.
• Ling Xiao gave Di Jun and Tai Yi jade bottles of spirit liquid made from Sage essence blood and warned them to prioritize understanding the laws over physical cultivation.
• Ling Xiao concealed the secrets of Heaven with the Chaos Bead and began teaching Di Jun and Tai Yi in Ling Xiao Palace.
• After recovering from its previous battle, the Demon Clan marched toward the Witch Clan Ancestral Land, while the Three Pure Ones watched from Mount Kunlun and anticipated the clans' downfall.

As the Demon Clan attacked the Witch Clan at Mount Buzhou, Dijiang remained in seclusion while Kunpeng’s forces gained the upper hand. Just as the Ancestral Witches faced defeat, Dijiang emerged from Pangu Temple with an aura that surpassed the Quasi-Sage realm.

• Yuanshi, Jieyin, Zhun Ti, and Nuwa watched the Witch and Demon Clans’ conflict, while Zhun Ti proposed accusing the Demon Clan of stealing the Green Lotus Treasured Banner.
• Kunpeng led the Demon Clan army to Mount Buzhou and threatened to wipe out the Witch Clan, but Dijiang was absent in seclusion.
• The Demon Clan activated the Five Elements Formation and overwhelmed the Witch Clan, killing many and wounding several Ancestral Witches.
• As Kunpeng ordered the demons to finish off the Ancestral Witches, a Sage-like aura erupted from Pangu Temple and stunned the Primordial World.
• Dijiang emerged from Pangu Temple, leaving Kunpeng and the other demons in disbelief.

Dijiang emerged from seclusion as a physical-body Sage and overwhelmed the demon army and its Five Elements Formation near Mount Buzhou. Jieyin and Zhunti intervened to retrieve the Green Lotus Treasured Banner, and Dijiang ended the chapter facing Zhunti’s challenge.

• Dijiang emerged from Pangu Temple as a physical-body Sage, shocking the Three Pure Ones, the Two Western Sages, Nuwa, and the demon forces.
• Dijiang fought the Five Elements Formation alone, broke through it, killed Jiuying, and slaughtered demons as Kunpeng ordered a retreat.
• Dijiang pursued the fleeing demons and reached for the Five Elements Flags, but Jieyin and Zhunti arrived and Zhunti reclaimed the Green Lotus Treasured Banner.
• Dijiang attacked Zhunti with a punch, but Zhunti stopped it with golden light while Kunpeng and the surviving demon powerhouses escaped.
• Zhunti warned Dijiang that attaining sainthood through his physical body did not make him strong enough to challenge a Sage.