Chapter Summaries

The gray-robed High Priest shattered Houtu’s barrier, took the Tree of Life, and left after Houtu recognized him as the Heavenly Dao. Houtu suspected he was the Heavenly Dao’s heart demon, while Ye Wudao wondered whether the Heavenly Dao had staged its own entrapment to create him.

• The gray-robed figure broke Houtu’s Breathing Soil barrier, subdued the Tree of Life, and stored it in his sleeve.
• Houtu asked whether the gray-robed figure was the Heavenly Dao, and he told her to take Ye Wudao and leave before disappearing with Hu Lianfeng.
• Houtu told Ye Wudao that the figure sought to escape the world’s restraints and might have taken the Tree of Life to enter the Reincarnation Realm and transform his soul.
• Houtu questioned whether the figure was the original Heavenly Dao, then explained that the Primordial World’s rules prevented the Heavenly Dao from creating an incarnation.
• Ye Wudao realized the High Priest might be the Heavenly Dao’s heart demon and suspected the Heavenly Dao had staged its entrapment to split one off.

Houtu explained that the Heavenly Dao’s inner demon had seized the Tree of Life and might seek to escape the Primordial World, so she urged Ye Wudao to flee with her to the Land of Mountains and Seas. She asked Taotie and the other Primordial Gods and Devils to cooperate against it, and Taotie questioned whether Houtu was waiting for her true body to arrive.

• Houtu told Ye Wudao that the Heavenly Dao may have allowed its inner demon to grow, and that the inner demon might want to become an independent being rather than destroy the world.
• Houtu warned Ye Wudao that the inner demon would come after him because the Tree of Life had acknowledged him as its master, and proposed hiding in the Land of Mountains and Seas.
• Houtu explained that the Land of Mountains and Seas was protected by inner seals made from the world’s ancient rules, which the Primordial Gods and Devils could activate together.
• Houtu called Taotie down and proposed that he and the others protect Ye Wudao and cooperate against the Heavenly Dao’s inner demon.
• Taotie argued that the Land of Mountains and Seas would only delay the world’s destruction, then asked whether Houtu was waiting for her true body to arrive.

Houtu persuaded Taotie and the other Primordial Gods and Devils to cooperate against the Heavenly Dao, claiming Pangu was returning. Ye Wudao brought his close companions to the Land of Mountains and Seas, where Taotie agreed to help activate its ancient world rules in exchange for a chance to negotiate with Pangu.

• Houtu told Taotie that Pangu was on his way and offered to help the Primordial Gods and Devils survive if they cooperated against the Heavenly Dao.
• Taotie agreed to cooperate and led the Primordial Gods and Devils through a Rift back to the Land of Mountains and Seas.
• Ye Wudao objected to leaving Blue Star and his loved ones behind, so Houtu gave him ten minutes to gather those closest to him.
• Ye Wudao brought his close companions from the Heaven Gate Sect, the Azure Sect, Azure Dragon Mountain, and the Four Great Families into the Myriad Worlds Academy.
• Houtu took Ye Wudao through the Rift, and he saw the ancient ruins and desolate landscape of the Land of Mountains and Seas.
• Taotie agreed to activate the Primordial-era world rules if Pangu spared the Primordial Gods and Devils and let them negotiate their departure.

Taotie and the Primordial World Gods and Devils activated the ancient rules around the Land of Mountains and Seas, shielding Ye Wudao from the Heavenly Dao. Unable to break through, the Heavenly Dao followed Hu Lianfeng’s suggestion and threatened to destroy Blue Star to force Ye Wudao to emerge.

• Taotie and the twelve other Primordial World Gods and Devils poured their power into the earth, raising a grayish-yellow curtain of Primordial World rules around the Land of Mountains and Seas.
• The Heavenly Dao discovered that the Tree of Life would not respond without its owner’s authorization, then searched the Mortal Realm and found Ye Wudao was hidden inside the Land of Mountains and Seas.
• The Heavenly Dao attacked the curtain repeatedly, but Taotie and the others reinforced it and healed its cracks.
• Hu Lianfeng suggested using Ye Wudao’s family and friends on Blue Star as hostages to make him come out.
• The Heavenly Dao threatened Ye Wudao with a dark energy sphere, saying he would destroy Blue Star unless Ye Wudao emerged to talk.

Ye Wudao resisted Heavenly Dao’s threat against Blue Star and remained inside the Land of Mountains and Seas, where Houtu held him back. Heavenly Dao then ordered the Heavenly Demon army to attack the barrier, which Taotie, Nine Phoenix, and twelve super Primordial World Gods and Devils struggled to defend.

• Houtu stopped Ye Wudao from leaving the Land of Mountains and Seas, warning that Heavenly Dao wanted him to activate the Tree of Life and that his survival mattered to the Primordial World.
• Ye Wudao recognized Hu Lianfeng, his former second master, as an enemy using his loved ones as leverage, but he did not emerge when Heavenly Dao’s countdown ended.
• Hu Lianfeng offered to capture Ye Wudao’s mother, but Heavenly Dao refused and said their target was the world, not Blue Star or Ye Wudao.
• Heavenly Dao ordered the Heavenly Demon army to attack the Land of Mountains and Seas’ barrier, explaining that they could not safely flee to Dark Chaos and abandon the Heavenly Demon Nation.
• Taotie, Nine Phoenix, and twelve super Primordial World Gods and Devils reinforced the barrier as repeated strikes cracked it faster than they could repair it.

Ancestor Dragon reinforced the Land of Mountains and Seas’ barrier, forcing the Heavenly Dao to retreat as Pangu approached. Pangu blocked the Heavenly Dao’s escape and told him he could not leave.

• Ancestor Dragon awakened in the ancient mountain range and strengthened the barrier with its aura.
• Taotie and the other twelve Primordial World Gods and Devils joined Ancestor Dragon to hold off the Heavenly Dao’s attacks.
• As the Heavenly Demon army dwindled and Pangu drew near, the Heavenly Dao opened a Rift and ordered his forces to flee.
• Pangu appeared between the Heavenly Dao and the Rift, freezing the demons in place and confronting him.
• The Heavenly Dao said he wanted to escape Pangu’s control, but Pangu told him he could not leave.

Heavenly Dao drained the Heavenly Demons to gain the power needed to enter Dark Chaos, and Hu Lianfeng was devoured as Ye Wudao watched. Pangu tried to stop Heavenly Dao from escaping through the Rift, but a Dark Supreme appeared and overpowered him.

• Heavenly Dao extracted the Heavenly Demon Qi from the Heavenly Demon army, revealing to Hu Lianfeng that the nation had only been a vessel for gathering energy.
• Hu Lianfeng tried to flee and call for Ye Wudao, but Heavenly Dao drained and destroyed him as Ye Wudao watched from behind the light barrier.
• Houtu told Ye Wudao that Hu Lianfeng had chosen a dead end, while Pangu confronted Heavenly Dao at the Rift.
• Pangu slowed the Rift from closing, but a colossal featureless black head emerged and pressed him down with Supreme Sovereign power.
• The Dark Supreme declared that Heavenly Dao was useful and that it would take him away, while Pangu invoked the Supreme Sovereign Treaty and struggled to close the Rift.

A mysterious girl in green sealed the Rift and disappeared into Chaos, and Pangu identified her as a possible Unregistered One. Zhang Hankuang rushed after the girl, whom Pangu suspected was his missing daughter, while Ye Wudao learned that Unregistered Ones were chosen beings with unknown origins and purposes.

• An emerald-green beam forced the Rift shut, and a young girl vanished into Chaos after displaying power beyond the Supreme Sovereign Realm.
• Zhang Hankuang arrived, said he sensed his daughter's aura, and disappeared into Chaos in pursuit of the girl.
• Pangu explained that Zhang Hankuang was in a state of demon obsession, which made him impossible to lock onto but did not increase his strength.
• Pangu revealed that the girl in green was an Unregistered One, a chosen being whose origin and mission in Chaos were unknown.
• Ye Wudao learned that the girl might be Zhang Hankuang's missing daughter and that other Unregistered Ones had also vanished before reappearing with extraordinary power.

Pangu purified the Heavenly Dao’s Heart Demon and restored the Heavenly Dao as a consciousness-free force of world rules, allowing the Primordial World to begin healing. As the Spirit Realm’s fragments started to reunite, Ghost Fearer prepared to return to claim an uninhabited territory for the All-Encompassing Sect.

• Ye Wudao asked Pangu what would happen to the Primordial World, and Pangu said he could restore the world he had created.
• Pangu explained that purifying the heart demon from his Primordial Spirit would restore the Heavenly Dao as a force that maintained the world’s operation.
• The Heavenly Dao’s Heart Demon accepted Pangu’s judgment, and Pangu purified its dark-red energy before sending the restored Heavenly Dao into the Reincarnation Realm.
• The Heavenly Dao’s rules stabilized reincarnation, halted spatial Rifts, cleansed Heavenly Demon Qi, and began healing the Mortal Realm.
• The Spirit Realm’s separated fragments began moving together, restoring spiritual energy and spirit veins as the world started to heal.
• Ghost Fearer saw the fragments converging and began setting up a Super Teleportation Array so he could claim his uninhabited territory for the All-Encompassing Sect.

As the Primordial World’s realms healed, territorial wars broke out across the Spirit Realm and Immortal Realm. Pangu asked Ye Wudao to quell the conflicts, and Ye Wudao agreed to handle the Spirit Realm before facing the Immortal Realm with help from the primordial Gods and Devils.

• The Immortal Realm’s fragments reunited, restoring its lands, spirit veins, and the world’s cycles of energy and reincarnation.
• Factions in the newly restored Spirit Realm and Immortal Realm fought over territories and resources.
• Pangu showed Ye Wudao the conflicts and asked him to settle the wars because Pangu could not remain in the Primordial World.
• Ye Wudao noted that he was due to ascend, but Pangu offered to remove the power guiding him to the Immortal Realm.
• Pangu said Ye Wudao could use the primordial Gods and Devils from the Land of Mountains and Seas to confront ancient powers, adding that those who would not listen could die.

Pangu offered the ancient Gods and Devils of the Land of Mountains and Seas a way to survive by serving Ye Wudao, but demanded they bind their lives to his. Ancestor Dragon agreed in principle and began negotiating protections, including a guarantee against revenge from old enemies.

• Houtu returned to the Reincarnation Realm, leaving Ye Wudao and Pangu to handle the Land of Mountains and Seas.
• Pangu led Ye Wudao to Ancestor Dragon, Taotie, and the other ancient Gods and Devils, then offered them submission to Ye Wudao or death.
• Pangu promised to erase their Heaven-Forsaken One marks and let them ascend with Ye Wudao, but required a Great Dao contract binding their lives to his.
• Ancestor Dragon agreed to consider the bond if the contract guaranteed restored freedom, ended when Ye Wudao ascended, and protected them from old enemies.
• Ancestor Dragon warned that a powerful figure from the Human Emperor Hall might seek revenge against them.

Pangu secured Ye Wudao’s allegiance over the primordial gods and devils through a Great Dao contract, then destroyed the Land of Mountains and Seas. Before leaving for chaos, he warned Ye Wudao that the Dark God might be an Origin Supreme Sovereign and left him in charge of the Primordial World.

• Pangu agreed to remove the primordial gods and devils’ Heaven-Forsaken marks, protect them from old enemies, and end the contract when Ye Wudao left the Primordial World.
• Ancestor Dragon and the other thirteen leaders signed Pangu’s Great Dao contract after Ye Wudao agreed that only he could command them.
• Ye Wudao and hundreds of lesser primordial gods and devils signed the contract, and Pangu transported them all to Blue Star.
• Pangu destroyed the Land of Mountains and Seas, killing the primordial gods and devils who had remained hidden inside it.
• Pangu told Ye Wudao that the Dark God might be an old acquaintance from origin chaos and urged him to reach the Origin Realm before seeking him in the Supreme Realm.
• Pangu warned Ye Wudao about powerful figures in the Immortal Realm, then departed through the heavens into chaos.

Ye Wudao returned to the Spirit Realm with the Primordial Gods and Devils and discovered the Heaven Gate Sect under siege. He arrived with his companions and halted the attackers.

• Little Golden Dragon emerged from Ye Wudao's arm, received a drop of Ancestor Dragon's blood, and returned to his arm to sleep.
• Ye Wudao opened a rift to the Spirit Realm and led the Primordial Gods and Devils through it.
• Ye Wudao sensed that the Heaven Gate Sect was under siege and traveled there with fourteen Primordial Gods and Devils.
• A deep-blue-robed force led by a peak Great Vehicle Realm expert attacked the sect's mountain-protecting array while Zhao Yiyuan and the disciples held the line.
• Ye Wudao appeared above the array, and his companions surrounded the attackers, who stopped in fear.

Ye Wudao confronted Zhao Wuji, who demanded the Gate of All Living Beings and threatened the Heaven Gate Sect. After Zhao Wuji’s Crimson Sky Sect attacked the sect’s protective array, Ye Wudao ordered the Primordial Gods and Devils to destroy them, leaving Wang Jian stunned by their power.

• Ye Wudao identified himself to Zhao Wuji, who claimed the Gate of All Living Beings belonged to the Crimson Sky Sect and demanded to search the Heaven Gate Sect.
• Wang Jian arrived with Azure Sect reinforcements, and Ye Wudao told Zhao Wuji they would settle the attack on the sect’s protective array first.
• Zhao Wuji decided not to attack, but Ye Wudao ordered Taotie to destroy the Crimson Sky Sect group.
• Taotie selected a grayish-white Primordial God and Devil, which crushed Zhao Wuji and his followers into dust with an invisible force.
• Wang Jian asked Ye Wudao what the Primordial Gods and Devils were, and Ye Wudao told him they were on their side for now.

Ye Wudao learned from Wang Jian that the reunited Spirit Realm was in turmoil, with the powerful Spirit Domain Alliance rapidly conquering other regions and threatening the Heavenly Domain. After rejecting the Sword Sect and All-Encompassing Sect’s terms for leading a defense alliance, he ordered Wang Jian to publicly deliver a warning and his refusal.

• Ye Wudao spoke with Zhao Yiyuan after the Crimson Sky Sect remnants were destroyed, then took Wang Jian to the back mountain to discuss the Spirit Realm.
• Wang Jian told Ye Wudao that the Spirit Domain Alliance was conquering sects, the other domains were engulfed in fighting, and the Spirit Domain’s vanguard could reach the Heavenly Domain within ten days.
• Wang Jian explained that the Sword Sect and All-Encompassing Sect wanted Ye Wudao to lead a Heavenly Domain alliance but demanded half the resources and territory if they won.
• Ye Wudao rejected the terms, saying he could fight the Spirit Domain without them and warning that the Primordial Gods and Devils were at least Immortal Emperor level.
• Ye Wudao instructed Wang Jian to deliver his refusal and warning publicly throughout the Heavenly Domain.

Ye Wudao rejected Sword Sect and All-Encompassing Sect’s demand for half the Heavenly Domain’s resources and forced them to accept his authority. After their sects were damaged by Primordial Gods and Devils, both sect masters came to Heaven Gate Sect and agreed to obey his orders for now.

• Ye Wudao refused to meet an All-Encompassing Sect elder and rejected the two sects’ joint statement insisting on a fifty-percent share.
• Ye Wudao sent two Primordial Gods and Devils to tear down Sword Sect and All-Encompassing Sect’s protection arrays, gates, and hall roofs without harming their disciples.
• Before dawn, the Sword Sect Master and All-Encompassing Sect Master waited outside Heaven Gate Sect until Ye Wudao let them in.
• Ye Wudao told the two sect masters that Azure Sect would lead the unified Heavenly Domain and that he would decide how territory was divided after the war against the Spirit Domain.
• The two sect masters accepted that they had no choice for now and left to reorganize their sects and await Ye Wudao’s orders.

Ye Wudao ordered the Four Great Domains to join the Heavenly Domain Alliance within three days, and sent Primordial Gods and Devils to enforce his command. Their overwhelming power quickly crushed resistance, leaving the domains nearly united under the Alliance.

• Ye Wudao ordered Taotie to arrange for all Four Great Domains to join the Alliance within three days.
• Taotie sent fifty Primordial Gods and Devils in four groups to the other domains and holdout factions.
• A Primordial God and Devil killed the attacking leader besieging the Iron Bone Sect, then continued on without seeking thanks.
• Primordial Gods and Devils ended battles across the Desolate Domain and Earth Domain, destroying resistance from even groups of Great Vehicle Realm cultivators.
• A giant ape-like Primordial God and Devil destroyed a takeover ceremony in the Mystic Domain and killed the invading sect's master.
• The Mystic Domain's factions and the Heavenly Domain holdouts submitted to the Alliance, bringing the Four Great Domains nearly under its control in less than half a day.

Ye Wudao gathered the Spirit Realm’s sects and primordial gods and devils to advance toward the Spirit Domain, ordering his forces to negotiate before fighting. The army reached a rift at the border, where the Xuan Yuan Sect had assembled an elite force to face them.

• Ye Wudao ordered the willing sects to assemble at the Heaven Gate Sect and prepare to march toward the Spirit Domain.
• Sects from the Heavenly Domain and the other domains gathered in a vast host, and Ye Wudao led them out with the primordial gods and devils.
• As the army advanced, Ye Wudao said they would negotiate at the Spirit Domain’s border and fight only if negotiations failed.
• Ye Wudao’s army halted at a gray mountain range beside a rift, where the Xuan Yuan Sect controlled a resource-rich fragment of the Spirit Realm.
• The Xuan Yuan Sect’s leader formed roughly three thousand cultivators across the rift and watched Ye Wudao’s approaching force.

Ye Wudao sent the Sword Sect and All-Encompassing Sect to test the allied army against the Xuan Yuan Sect while keeping the Primordial Gods and Devils out of the fight. After the allied forces overwhelmed Xuan Kongzi’s sect, the Xuan Yuan Sect submitted to the Alliance.

• Ye Wudao ordered the Sword Sect and All-Encompassing Sect to attack while the Azure Sect supported them and the Primordial Gods and Devils remained behind.
• The Sword Sect’s sect master offered Xuan Kongzi the chance to submit, but Xuan Kongzi rejected the demand and challenged the Alliance to prove its strength.
• The Sword Sect and All-Encompassing Sect broke up the Xuan Yuan Sect’s formation, while Azure Sect elders advanced through the gaps.
• The Sword Sect’s sect master forced Xuan Kongzi back, and Xuan Kongzi saw his disciples surrounded and realized his sect could not match the allied forces.
• Xuan Kongzi withdrew his fly whisk and submitted the Xuan Yuan Sect to the Alliance.

Ye Wudao led the allied army across the rift and toward the Spirit Domain, while Wang Jian explained the land’s Immortal Realm origins and the powers behind its sects. The army reached the Spirit Domain’s ancient defensive barrier, where five divisions waited to face them.

• After Xuan Kongzi bowed to Ye Wudao, Ye Wudao ordered the army onward across the rift into the Spirit Domain.
• Wang Jian told Ye Wudao that most Spirit Domain sects had ties to Immortal Emperors and explained why the Spirit Domain had not previously annexed the rest of the Spirit Realm.
• Ye Wudao suspected that someone had told the Spirit Domain’s powers that the Heavenly Dao no longer had self-awareness.
• Ye Wudao led the army on a long march, choosing not to transport them directly so the journey would test the Four Great Domains’ forces.
• Ye Wudao and Wang Jian saw the Spirit Domain’s ancient barrier, its Immortal Realm-like landscape, and the Spirit Domain forces gathered outside.
• The Four Great Domains’ millions of cultivators halted before five bannered formations of Spirit Domain cultivators, whose powerful presence unsettled the front ranks.