Recaps

Shichen offered Wang Lin a chance to become his disciple if Wang Lin followed the future he desired, while the Palm Venerable’s attempt to seize the Dao Venerable Imprint triggered the collapse of the boundary between the Inner and Outer Realms. The chapter ended with Shichen warning Wang Lin that he would be imprisoned in the River of Time if he failed to fulfill that future.

• The Palm Venerable failed to pull Shui Daozi back through Karma, and Shui Daozi disappeared.
• The Palm Venerable demanded the pearl inside Wang Lin, but a Dao Venerable Imprint appeared and powerful cultivators rushed to seize it.
• The Palm Venerable ordered the Outer Realm to break Seal Venerable’s boundary seal, prompting cultivators across the Inner Realm to gather and defend it.
• Shichen approached Wang Lin and offered to accept him as a disciple if he walked the future Shichen desired.
• Shichen told Wang Lin he would suppress him in the River of Time for countless Chaos epochs if he did not follow that future.

Wang Lin and Li Wan'er joined the Inner Realm’s desperate defense after the Boundary Seal shattered, while Shichen watched and pondered the mysteries of his past. As the battle over a Dao Venerable Imprint descended into chaos, Shichen empowered it with Hongmeng Purple Qi and called for the Tribulation to intensify.

• Wang Lin accepted Shichen’s task and received a protective law just as the Boundary Seal shattered and Outer Realm cultivators invaded.
• Wang Lin went to defend the Inner Realm despite Li Wan’er’s warning, and Li Wan’er soon followed him into battle.
• Shichen reflected on his possible Human Race past and questioned the Fate Demon God about whether weaker beings could change a Chaos Demon God’s fate.
• The Dao Venerable Imprint was revealed, and cultivators from both realms fought and killed each other in a frenzy to claim it.
• Shichen cast Hongmeng Purple Qi beside the imprint, lit them with his power, and declared that the Tribulation should come more violently.

Haotian arrived to protect Shichen and the others from Outer Realm cultivators, revealing that Hongjun had sent him to reincarnate with the Jiahao System sealed and more than 120,000 tribulations imposed. The battle was interrupted by Eastern Duke, who arrived with a powerful Immortal Court army and claimed the Hongmeng Purple Qi and Dao Venerable Imprint.

• The Immortal Emperor and Xuanluo Great Celestial Venerable led their factions into battle over the Dao Venerable Imprint, wiping out nearby cultivators in the aftermath.
• Outer Realm cultivators descended on Shichen and the others, threatened to seize Creation and Order, and brushed aside the Heavenly Dao's punishment lightning.
• Haotian rushed in, killed one attacker with two punches, and challenged the remaining Outer Realm cultivators while striking flamboyant poses.
• Shichen explained that Hongjun had imposed more than 120,000 tribulations on Haotian and sealed the Jiahao System inside him; the Order Demon God regretted choosing him as her inheritor.
• The Order Demon God and Shichen condemned the attackers to eternal torment, while the Heavenly Dao watched nervously.
• Eastern Duke arrived with a woman and a vast Immortal Court army, claimed the Hongmeng Purple Qi and Dao Venerable Imprint, and challenged the lower-world Immortal Emperors.

Eastern Duke overpowered the Immortal Emperor and claimed the Hongmeng Purple Qi, then moved to take the Dao Venerable Imprint. Xuanluo fought to protect the imprint and summoned the Ancient Dao Grand Heavenly Venerable, who appeared as the battle continued.

• Eastern Duke suppressed the Immortal Emperor and Xuanluo with the Immortal Court army’s might, then took the Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• The Immortal Emperor challenged Eastern Duke over the Dao Venerable Imprint and led his guards in an attack, but Eastern Duke defeated them with a casual strike.
• Xuanluo asked Eastern Duke to leave the imprint for their universe and revealed his allegiance to it.
• Xuanluo detonated the stars on his brow and attacked Eastern Duke, but Eastern Duke shattered his arm and sent him flying.
• Xuanluo called for the Ancient Dao Grand Heavenly Venerable, who emerged from a vast rift and asked Xuanluo why he had gone so far.

The Ancient Dao Grand Heavenly Venerable sacrificed himself fighting the Eastern Duke, leaving the Dao Ancient Lineage to Xuanluo. Xuanluo and the Immortal Emperor led a counterattack as the Immortal Court descended, and Daoist Jieyin and Elucidation Sect disciples arrived on the battlefield.

• The Ancient Dao Grand Heavenly Venerable unleashed his final strength against the Eastern Duke, who shattered his body with a palm strike.
• The Ancient Dao Grand Heavenly Venerable entrusted the Dao Ancient Lineage to Xuanluo before his True Spirit was drawn into the Void.
• Xuanluo grieved and tried to attack the Eastern Duke, but the Immortal Emperor restrained him and reminded him that lower-realm cultivators could still fight back.
• Xuanluo and the Immortal Emperor charged the Eastern Duke with the golden-armored guards and giants, prompting the Eastern Duke to order the Immortal Court to kill them all.
• The Queen Mother of the West tried to stop the Eastern Duke, while Shichen watched from a distant Cultivation Star and welcomed the Tribulation's escalation.
• Daoist Jieyin arrived with Buddhist light, followed by Guangchengzi, Puxian, and Cihang, and Guangchengzi greeted the Sage and Emperor Donghua.

Jie Yin tried to claim the Hongmeng Purple Qi and convert Guangchengzi, Puxian, and Cihang while Eastern Duke fought the Elucidation Sect disciples. The Queen Mother of the West rescued Guangchengzi, and a mysterious voice interrupted the standoff, urging everyone to keep fighting.

• Jie Yin urged Eastern Duke to hand over the Dao Venerable Imprint, then revealed that Eastern Duke held the Hongmeng Purple Qi, prompting Guangchengzi to demand it for Yuanshi.
• Eastern Duke fought Guangchengzi with the Dragon-Headed Cane and battled the Heaven-Flipping Seal, while Wang Lin resolved to travel to the Primordial World and become a disciple of the Dao Venerable.
• Puxian and Cihang joined Guangchengzi against Eastern Duke, but the three gradually fell behind.
• Jie Yin used Buddhist light to restrain Guangchengzi, Puxian, and Cihang, converting Puxian and Cihang before the Queen Mother of the West freed Guangchengzi.
• As Guangchengzi demanded the return of his fellow disciples, a mysterious voice laughed and urged everyone to keep fighting.

The Demon God of Deception impersonated Star Demon God and lured the cultivators into a deadly Illusion Realm with the promise of rewards. He began casting a spell to erase their memories and make the illusion feel real, leaving everyone inside at his mercy.

• The Demon God of Deception, disguised as Star Demon God, received the cultivators’ reverence while the real Star Demon God watched from hiding and recorded his antics.
• Haotian bragged about himself until Order Demon God used Words Become Law to silence him, then stopped Star Demon God from recruiting him as a playmate.
• The Demon God of Deception created an Illusion Realm and promised rewards to anyone who came out alive.
• Jieyin, Eastern Duke, and countless other cultivators rushed into the Illusion Realm to claim the resources.
• The Demon God of Deception invoked the Dao of Deception and began making those inside forget everything and mistake falsehood for truth.

Wang Lin survived the Demon God of Deception’s Illusion Space by comprehending the Dao of True and False, then emerged and received spiritual fruits as a reward. As a mysterious streak of light flew in from the Hundun Void and entered the Illusion Space, the chapter left its identity and purpose unknown.

• The Demon God of Deception’s Illusion Space made its victims experience fabricated lives so convincingly that some lost their Dao Hearts and died.
• Wang Lin spent decades in an illusion living with his parents and Li Wan'er, until an enemy threatening his family triggered memories of his true life.
• Wang Lin recognized that the illusion was both false and real, comprehended the Dao of True and False, and overcame the Immortal Ascension Tribulation, shattering the Illusion Realm.
• Wang Lin emerged to find Jie Yin, Eastern Duke, and the others already outside, and Li Wan'er checked that he was unharmed.
• The Demon God of Deception praised Wang Lin and rewarded him with spiritual fruits containing Chaos Spiritual Qi.
• A streak of light flew from the Hundun Void into the Illusion Space.

Shichen borrowed the Demon God of Deception’s origin law and enveloped the World Temple in an illusion to test the World Demon God. He left her refining the copy origin while wondering where the God of Systems had hidden a contingency.

• The Demon God of Deception trapped a transported boy in an illusion, where the boy spent hundreds of millions of years slaughtering his way to Primordial Great Golden Immortal before returning to his father on Blue Planet.
• Shichen and the other Demon Gods arrived, and Star accused the Demon God of Deception of using his appearance, but the confrontation ended with Star being beaten by the others.
• Shichen stopped the Demon God of Deception from joining the beating and borrowed a wisp of his deception origin law.
• Shichen told the Demon God of Deception to have the others wait in the universe and to extract the Myriad Realms Group Chat System from the boy when the time came.
• Shichen returned to the Chaos Space outside the World Temple and used the deception origin law to create an Illusory Chaos World that enveloped the temple.
• The World Demon God briefly sensed something strange while refining the copy origin, then resumed her work as Shichen watched and wondered about the God of Systems’ contingency.

The World Demon God advanced to the Chaos Realm, Fourth Heaven in Shichen’s Illusion Realm and called for the Ranking Battle to restart. Shichen revealed that he was using the illusion to make her confront the danger of her ambition, but Yang Mei questioned what would happen if she never woke up.

• After several hundred Chaos Eras of cultivation, the World Demon God refined copied Dao Origins, comprehended hundreds of Dao Laws, and reached the Chaos Realm, Fourth Heaven.
• The World Demon God summoned the World Tree and requested that the Ranking Battle restart, but Shichen had to imitate the Great Dao and answer, “Granted!”
• The World Demon God briefly wondered why the Great Dao sounded different, then dismissed her suspicion and prepared to climb into the top five.
• Yang Mei found Shichen hiding in the Chaos Space and explained that his imprints had restored twenty percent of his Dao Origin, bringing him to the Second Heaven.
• Shichen told Yang Mei that he had created the Illusion Realm to show the World Demon God the dangers of pursuing quick gains and to investigate whether the God of Systems’ contingency was within her.
• Yang Mei asked what would happen if the World Demon God never woke or the Dao Mist clouded her Origin Core, and Shichen silently drained his flask.

The World Demon God launched the Illusion Realm Ranking Battle to improve her rank and gain a greater share of the Chaos World's returning origin energy. After defeating or passing several Chaos Demon Gods, she faced the Fate Demon God, who declared that she would go no farther.

• The World Demon God began the Ranking Battle without warning, then used Words Become Law and Karma Chains to defeat the Chaos Demon Ape.
• The Order Demon God questioned whether rank justified an internal war, but stepped aside after the World Demon God explained that she had to fight for her own Dao path and origin weight.
• The World Demon God passed the Reincarnation Demon God, Yin-Yang Demon God, and Five Elements Demon God, then defeated and whipped the Destruction Demon God.
• The World Demon God defeated the Creation Demon God and Karma Demon God despite tougher battles, advancing until she met the Fate Demon God.
• The Fate Demon God said the World Demon God was unqualified for the top four, but the World Demon God gathered her aura and insisted that she would try.

The Fate Demon God defeated the World Demon God in the Ranking Battle, leaving her World Dao Pearl fixed in fifth place. As she resolved to seize the Dao Marks of Fate and Space, faint Dao Mist began spreading through her World Dao Origin Core, while Shichen and Yang Mei watched from outside the Illusion Realm.

• The Fate Demon God turned the World Demon God's attacks back on her with Fate Deflection, forcing her to use the World Tree as a shield.
• The Fate Demon God used Fate's End to tear at the World Demon God's origin and defeat her, then returned to the Temple of Fate.
• The World Dao Pearl stopped at fifth place, and the wounded World Demon God resolved to obtain the Dao Marks of Fate and Space so she could challenge Pangu.
• Dao Mist quietly spread through the World Demon God's World Dao Origin Core as Shichen watched her and Yang Mei tightened his grip on his wine flask.

Corroded by Dao Mist, the World Demon God massacred her Lower Demon Gods to steal their Origin of the Great Dao, then lured the trusting Star Demon God into a remote corner and struck at him. Outside the Illusion Realm, Shichen began to intervene as Yang Mei urged him to wait, and Shichen unleashed his Myriad Dao Return to the Void.

• After hundreds of Chaos Eras of obsession, the World Demon God trapped the Lower Demon Gods in the World Temple and demanded their Origin of the Great Dao.
• The World Demon God killed the Lower Demon Gods, absorbed their remaining origin power, and gained cultivation.
• Shichen sensed that Dao Mist had corrupted one-third of the World Demon God's Dao Heart and prepared to act, but Yang Mei stopped him and asked him to watch longer.
• The World Demon God visited the Star Demon God, pretended to invite him to play marbles, and led him to a remote part of Chaos.
• The World Demon God gathered the power of Law and struck at the Star Demon God's unguarded back.
• Shichen saw the attack, formed an eleven-colored Law Light Blade, and used Myriad Dao Return to the Void.

Shichen stopped his attack after the World Demon God struck herself and regained clarity, while Pangu arrived furious at the danger to the Star Demon God. The Star Demon God revealed that he had recognized the Dao Mist corrupting the World Demon God, but her obsession overwhelmed her again and she demanded his Origin of the Great Dao and Dao Marks.

• Shichen halted his divine ability, and Yang Mei restrained Pangu after Pangu traced what had happened and raised his axe in anger.
• The World Demon God struck herself instead of the Star Demon God, injuring herself and briefly recovering her clarity.
• The Star Demon God told the World Demon God that Dao Mist had shrouded her and explained that he had come to learn whether she could still be saved.
• The World Demon God discovered that Dao Mist covered a third of her Origin Core and tried to sever her obsession to dispel it.
• The Dao Mist overwhelmed the World Demon God again, and she demanded that the Star Demon God surrender his Origin of the Great Dao and Dao Marks.

The World Demon God awoke from an illusion showing how obsession and Dao Mist could turn her against her companions, and resolved to purge the powers she had copied. The World Fruits then seized control of her, just as Shichen and two others arrived at the breached World Temple.

• In the illusion, the World Demon God attacked the other Demon Gods with Dao Collapse, then stopped the black hole and admitted that her obsession had been exploited.
• The World Demon God tried to sacrifice herself, but the Illusion Realm shattered before her blow landed.
• Back in the World Temple, the World Demon God realized she was still at Chaos Realm, First Heaven and resolved to remove the copied Laws and origins she had absorbed.
• The World Fruits glowed red, and an unseen force took control of the World Demon God, declaring that Shichen and the others were away from the Chaos World.
• Shichen and two others broke through the World Temple's Barrier, and Shichen challenged the possessed World Demon God.

Shichen and the other Dao Venerables cornered the God of Systems, who had taken over the World Demon God, but hesitated to kill him because he had fused with her. Karma proposed suppressing and purging the God of Systems instead, and Pangu stepped forward to fight, promising to let the World Demon God go if his first strike failed to put her down.

• Shichen, Pangu, Yang Mei, the Fate Demon God, and the Karma Demon God surrounded the World Demon God and revealed that the God of Systems had taken over her consciousness.
• The God of Systems warned that killing him would also kill the World Demon God and threatened to devour the other Chaos Demon Gods.
• The Destruction Demon God tried to attack the God of Systems, but Yang Mei restrained him to prevent harming the World Demon God.
• Karma proposed suppressing the God of Systems and washing away his consciousness with the River of Time or the River of Fate.
• Shichen agreed to let Pangu handle the fight, and Pangu advanced on the World Demon God, promising to let her go if one strike failed to defeat her.

Pangu severed more than half of World Demon God's origin, and Shichen prepared to purge her copied laws in the River of Time. Destruction Demon God chose to be suppressed alongside her, while Shichen turned his attention to the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.

• Shichen trapped World Demon God and Pangu in a space-time barrier, allowing Pangu to strike World Demon God with the Pangu Axe and sever more than half of her origin.
• Creation Demon God tended to the unconscious World Demon God, and Shichen said the River of Time would purge the copied Dao Laws and origin from her body.
• Destruction Demon God asked Shichen to suppress him with World Demon God so he could watch over her and repay his debt.
• Shichen sent World Demon God and Destruction Demon God into the River of Time, where Destruction Demon God endured its scouring while healing her.
• Shichen said the Investiture of the Gods Calamity was entering its final stage as the Three Teachings and Western Religion waged war.

Shichen ordered Hongjun to accelerate Haotian’s reincarnation trials and gave him three divine abilities, while Hongjun intensified Haotian’s calamities and stirred up conflicts across the Primordial World. Haotian died repeatedly in miserable lives, and the chapter ended as Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi prepared to attack Mount Sumeru over Puxian and Cihang joining Western Religion.

• Shichen told Hongjun to accelerate Haotian’s calamities and bestowed three divine abilities on him.
• Hongjun sent incarnations into various worlds to inflame conflicts, then caused Haotian’s reincarnated life as a tavern diner to end when an immortal general mistook him for a murderous fiend.
• Haotian suffered a succession of brief, painful reincarnations, while Hongjun watched and urged him to become steadier before his future role as Lord of the Heavenly Court.
• Hongjun manipulated the Primordial World’s factions, helping drive conflicts toward larger wars.
• Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi demanded that Jie Yin return Puxian and Cihang, but Jie Yin refused and Zhun Ti stood with him.
• Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi summoned the Pangu Banner and prepared to attack Mount Sumeru.

The Three Teachings attacked Mount Sumeru, devastating the Western Religion as Jie Yin and Zhun Ti fought back rather than surrender their captives. As the battle neared its climax, Zulong led the Four Seas Dragon Clan toward Mount Sumeru, drawn by the Chaos Origin.

• Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi ordered the Three Teachings to attack, and their assault shattered the Western Religion's barrier before the Yunxiao sisters unleashed the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation, killing many disciples.
• Jie Yin and Zhun Ti fought the Three Pure Ones, but Yuanshi wounded Jie Yin and Tongtian's sword pierced Zhun Ti's shoulder.
• Hongjun's avatar provoked Zulong by warning that the Three Teachings and their hidden Chaos Origin could threaten the Dragon Clan, so Zulong ordered the Four Seas Dragon Clan to march on Mount Sumeru.
• Jie Yin and Zhun Ti, badly wounded, resolved to risk their lives rather than surrender the Western Religion's captives, and Jie Yin prepared to activate his origin.
• Zulong arrived with the Dragon Clan as Jie Yin prepared to fight to the death, declaring that the battle could not leave his clan out.

Zulong’s Dragon Clan attacked the Three Teachings at Mount Sumeru to seize the Chaos Origin, while Jie Yin and Zhun Ti used the resulting battle to escape. In the Heavenly Dao Origin Space, Heavenly Dao Shichen targeted the Human Race, planning to destroy the innate humans and sever their destiny.

• Zulong surrounded Mount Sumeru with the Dragon Clan army and demanded that Shi Hao hand over the Chaos Origin.
• Tongtian attacked Zulong with the Immortal-Execution Sword Array, and Zhulong, Laozi, Yuanshi, and the Three Teachings’ disciples joined the battle against the Dragon Clan.
• Jie Yin and Zhun Ti gathered their surviving disciples and escaped through a spatial rift into a hidden secret realm.
• Heavenly Dao Shichen learned that Di Xin had stopped the Human Race’s sacrifices to heaven and earth and resolved to wipe out the innate humans.
• Heavenly Dao Shichen sent the power of the Heavenly Dao toward the oblivious Human Race, intending to sever its destiny.

Heavenly Dao Shichen turned the myriad worlds against the Human Race, weakening its fortune and pushing Fuxi to take a drastic step to save it. Shichen then confronted Heavenly Dao Shichen, and they revealed that their actions served the Dao Court’s rise and their attempt to deceive the Great Dao.

• Heavenly Dao Shichen spread hostility toward the Human Race across the myriad worlds, causing wars and mass deaths that visibly weakened Human Dao fortune.
• Fuxi suspected the Heavenly Dao had retaliated against his efforts to free the Human Race from its control, while rumors against Di Xin and the battle near Mount Sumeru worsened the crisis.
• Fuxi removed Di Xin’s primordial spirit, sent a transmigrator’s soul into his body, and planned to restore Di Xin once the new occupant had a chance to change events.
• Shichen observed Fuxi’s plan and remarked that the union of the Three Talents was the ultimate destination before entering the Heavenly Dao Origin Space.
• Shichen told Heavenly Dao Shichen that their shared purpose was to elevate the Primordial World and the Chaos World, and Heavenly Dao Shichen warned that Shichen had developed an obsession.
• Shichen declared that everything was for the Dao Court.

Shichen warned Heavenly Dao Shichen about the danger of Dao Mist and ordered him to secretly strengthen the Primordial World’s Laws while Shichen pursued his experiments. As war devastated the Primordial World, Di Jun chose to honor his oath and led the Ancient Heavenly Court’s forces back to protect its living beings.

• Shichen told Heavenly Dao Shichen to remain hidden, comprehend the Primordial World’s Laws, and prepare for a possible confrontation with the Great Dao.
• Hongjun interpreted Shichen’s words, “Time is everywhere,” as proof that Heavenly Dao Shichen was Shichen’s divine Dao incarnation and decided to cooperate while pretending ignorance.
• War among the Dragon Clan, Three Teachings, Phoenix Clan, and Netherworld spread across the Primordial World and the Cosmic Sea, killing countless living beings.
• Hong Yun reminded Di Jun that his oath of sagehood required him to protect suffering living beings, and Kunpeng urged the Heavenly Court to preserve its strength.
• Di Jun ordered the Ancient Heavenly Court’s main forces to return to the Primordial World and stepped into the spatial passage.

Di Jun and Hong Yun led the Ancient Heavenly Court in rescuing people caught in the Primordial World’s Tribulation, while the Immortal Court decided to join them. In Chaoge, Di Xin ordered aid for refugees and protection for the Human Race before a mysterious Daoist appeared before him.

• Di Jun and Hong Yun saw the devastation across the Primordial World and led the Ancient Heavenly Court’s armies to rescue vulnerable living beings.
• The Queen Mother of the West urged the Eastern Duke to follow the Ancient Heavenly Court’s example, and he ordered the Immortal Court to rescue people.
• Di Xin learned about the strange state of the Primordial World and ordered Wen Zhong and Shen Gongbao to aid refugees and protect humans from attacks by other races.
• Di Xin tried in vain to summon his system, then found himself in a vast white space as a Daoist appeared before him.

Hongjun revealed that he knew Di Xin had transmigrated and tasked him with strengthening Human Dao fortune by leading the Human Race onto a new path. Di Xin received a mission-granting treasure and ordered the Shang army to march against the rebellion, while Heavenly Dao Shichen wondered whether Hongjun was cooperating with a larger plan.

• Hongjun exposed Di Xin's transmigration by conjuring his former-life ID number, then reassured him that he had summoned him for a purpose rather than punishment.
• Hongjun asked Di Xin to lead the Human Race in resisting the Heavenly Dao's schemes and strengthening Human Dao fortune, offering him a chance at a proper identity or a return to his former world.
• Hongjun gave Di Xin a treasure that rewarded him for completing objectives, then vanished as Di Xin returned to the hall.
• Di Xin received a mission to uphold the Human Race's dignity, protect it, and increase its fortune, with a reward of cultivation or a new life with purple-grade blessings.
• Di Xin ordered the army to mobilize and declared that he would personally crush the rebellion and defend the Human Race.
• Heavenly Dao Shichen watched from the Heavenly Dao Origin Space and wondered whether Hongjun was cooperating with the Dao Venerable's plan.

Heavenly Dao Shichen forced Fuxi and Nuwa into the Tribulation, where they were attacked by Zulong and Dijiang and the Human Race became a target. As the war fed the Primordial Heavenly Dao and the Chaos World, Shichen neared the Chaos Realm, Seventh Heaven, while a sealed enemy began to awaken.

• Heavenly Dao Shichen branded Fuxi an anomaly and sent the power of Heavenly Dao laws toward him.
• Zulong and Dijiang attacked Fuxi’s cave abode, accusing him and Nuwa of avoiding the Tribulation while benefiting from its fortune.
• Fuxi defended himself with the Innate Bagua Diagram, but Zulong and Dijiang overwhelmed him and Nuwa joined the battle to protect him.
• Zulong and Dijiang’s assault drew Fuxi and Nuwa into the fighting, leaving the Human Race besieged and every Grand Unity Golden Immortal and Sage involved in the Tribulation.
• The deaths across the worlds poured origins into the Primordial Heavenly Dao and the Chaos World, while Shichen’s cultivation advanced and the barrier to Chaos Realm, Seventh Heaven, weakened.
• A red-eyed being in the Chaos void declared that it would soon emerge and devour every universe and world.