Recaps

Shichen woke to find the Chaos World reviving and visited the Destruction Demon God and World Demon God, who remained trapped at the end of the River of Time. He secretly weakened the river’s suppression before leaving, easing their suffering as their fate remained unresolved.

• Shichen woke in the Time Temple and saw that the Chaos World was forming a new Chaos Origin while the Demon Gods gathered outside the Dao Court.
• Pangu told Shichen that the Chaos Demon Ape had been sparring with Luo Hou, and Shichen left with Pangu to visit the River of Time.
• At the river’s end, Shichen and Pangu found Destruction enduring the temporal force alongside World, whose cultivation and copied origins had been washed away.
• Destruction used his origin to heal World, while she protested and showed concern for him despite her angry words.
• Shichen explained to Pangu that Destruction had delayed his cultivation to stay with World, then secretly weakened the river’s suppressive force before departing with Pangu.

Shichen and Pangu visited Taotie in the Main God Space, rewarded him for gathering origin power, and learned that the Systems were organizing to rescue their creator. After Di Jun reported the gathering, Shichen resolved to wipe out the Systems and considered taking Di Jun in.

• Shichen and Pangu arrived at the Main God Space, where Taotie and the Ferocious Beast System greeted them.
• Shichen took the origin power Taotie had gathered and appointed him the future Heavenly Court God of Food, promising him a place in the Investiture of the Gods.
• The Ferocious Beast System reported that the first System was gathering Systems to rescue the sealed God of Systems, and Shichen ordered it to discover their meeting place.
• The Ferocious Beast System agreed to betray the other Systems in exchange for an innate physical body and freedom to enter Chaos Academy.
• Di Jun learned that the Systems were gathering and sent the information to Shichen, who considered taking him in.
• Shichen told Pangu that they would wipe out the gathered Systems.

The Investiture of the Gods Calamity devastated the Primordial World and the Cosmic Sea as factions slaughtered one another. Di Xin committed the Human Race to fight rather than submit, while Shichen left with Pangu to visit a universe and thank the World Demon God for inspiring him.

• Pangu persuaded Shichen to stay out of the battle so the other Demon Gods could fight, and Shichen agreed to stand by.
• The Azure Dragon killed an Interception Sect disciple as war spread through the Primordial World, while Di Jun's forces and the Human Race struggled to protect weaker factions.
• Di Xin ordered the Human Race to enlist and vowed to fight alongside his people; Wen Zhong accepted his decree.
• Battles across the Cosmic Sea destroyed worlds and killed countless lives as Shichen watched without emotion.
• Shichen told Pangu they would visit a universe to thank the World Demon God for inspiring him, then opened a gate through space and time.

Shichen and Pangu encountered refugees, freed a young man from the Demon God of Deception’s Illusion Realm, and offered him a choice between returning to his old life or pursuing power. After he chose power, Shichen revealed that the choice had cost him Heavenly Mandate; the chapter ended when Shichen and Pangu spotted a familiar figure begging in a mortal city.

• Shichen and Pangu met an old man and his grandson, Su Yun, who gave Shichen a protective talisman and wished him safety.
• Shichen told Pangu that Su Yun was fated to die within a year, then silently pointed a finger before setting off for the Illusion Realm.
• Shichen pulled a young man from the Illusion Realm, where he had believed he was reunited with his father, and offered him two choices.
• The young man chose to gain an Innate Dao Body and cultivation technique so he could revive and protect his father, and Shichen transformed him.
• Shichen explained that the young man would have retained Heavenly Mandate if he had chosen to return to his original life, and said he hoped Wang Lin would not disappoint him again.
• Shichen and Pangu spotted a familiar figure begging for alms in a mortal city and wondered what he was doing.

Star Demon God tried to teach Haotian to act like a domineering beggar, but his lesson drew the attention of Shichen and Pangu, who stopped him from interfering with Haotian’s reincarnation trials. The prefect then arrived with constables to arrest Star Demon God and Haotian at the young master’s demand.

• Star Demon God demanded money from a wealthy young master, defeated his servants, and returned with a stack of banknotes for Haotian.
• Star Demon God restored some of Haotian’s power and urged him to imitate his aggressive begging.
• Haotian tried to extort Shichen and Pangu, but Pangu lifted him up and Haotian discovered he could not use his power.
• Star Demon God recognized Shichen and Pangu, pretended not to know Haotian, and was lifted up by Shichen.
• Shichen sealed away the power Star Demon God had restored and told him not to interfere with Haotian’s trials.
• The prefect arrived with constables and ordered them to seize Star Demon God and Haotian after his son accused them of theft and assault.

Shichen erased the prefect and his companions from time, then returned to the Chaos World and decided to accelerate the Investiture of the Gods Calamity across all worlds. Di Jun and Hong Yun recognized the acceleration and resolved to act quickly before the Tribulation ended.

• Shichen used Words Become Law to turn the prefect, the young master, and the constables to ash, then rewound time so no one remembered them.
• Shichen and Pangu brought the dejected Star Demon God back to the Chaos World, where Shichen reassured him that he could search for his companion after the Tribulation.
• Shichen summoned Hongjun, ordered him to make final preparations for the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, and appointed Taotie the Heavenly Court's God of Food.
• Shichen invoked the Law of Time and accelerated time throughout the Cosmic Sea, causing the Primordial World and the Tribulation to race forward while its inhabitants felt no change.
• Di Jun and Hong Yun detected the acceleration, realized Shichen intended to hasten the Tribulation, and decided to work faster so they could satisfy him when it ended.

Di Jun and Hong Yun abandoned their rescue efforts and unleashed their forces to accelerate the Tribulation, while Shichen chose Di Jun as the Chaos Academy’s head disciple. After the Human Race suffered catastrophic losses, the Primordial World’s mighty beings gathered for a final confrontation that erupted into an unprecedented battle.

• Di Jun activated the Heavenly Stellar Array to crush living beings, and Hong Yun followed by unleashing his Immortal-Execution Sword Array.
• The Nine Demon Sages and the Ancient Heavenly Court’s forces joined the indiscriminate slaughter, while the Immortal Court’s forces hesitated under the Eastern Duke’s gaze.
• Shichen settled on Di Jun as the Chaos Academy’s head disciple as the war devastated the major factions.
• Di Xin learned from Wen Zhong that nearly all surviving Innate Humans had been killed, and Wen Zhong argued that their sacrifice could preserve the Human Race’s future freedom.
• The Primordial World shook as its mightiest beings gathered, and Lord Tongtian, Zulong, Dijiang, Di Jun, and Hong Yun entered a massive battle.

The factions fought for more than a dozen eras until their final clash shattered the Primordial World into several continents, and Hongjun ended the Investiture of the Gods Calamity. The Human Dao appeared, Eastern Duke became the ninth Sage, and Haotian completed his reincarnation trials and returned to Hongjun.

• Tongtian, Dijiang, Zhulong, Yuanfeng, Shi Qilin, Di Jun, Hong Yun, the Ancestral Witches, Nuwa, Fuxi, and Ancestor Minghe fought across the Primordial World for more than a dozen eras.
• The exhausted combatants unleashed their strongest attacks together, splitting the Primordial World into several enormous continents and sending everyone flying.
• Hongjun appeared above the battlefield and declared the Investiture of the Gods Calamity over, dispelling the tribulation's Qi and ending the killing intent.
• The Human Dao fully appeared and merit descended upon the factions, while Di Xin wept with relief that the Human Race had not submitted.
• Eastern Duke refined the Hongmeng Purple Qi with the merit and became the ninth Sage of the Primordial World.
• Haotian completed his 129,000 reincarnation trials, was brought before Hongjun, and knelt to thank his Master.

Haotian was named the first Jade Emperor and became the Primordial World's tenth Sage as the Heavenly Court was established. After the court’s offices were filled and the worlds advanced, Shichen and Pangu appeared in the Cosmic Sea.

• Hongjun raised Haotian and named him master of the new Heavenly Court, while Heavenly Dao Shichen proclaimed him Jade Emperor and Yaochi Queen Mother.
• Heavenly Dao merit helped Haotian refine his Hongmeng Purple Qi, making him the Primordial World's tenth Sage.
• Eastern Duke merged the Immortal Court into the Heavenly Court and was appointed Emperor Donghua, while Lord Tongtian offered the Three Teachings’ support.
• Haotian appointed the court’s principal gods, including Duobao Daoist, Shi Hao, Wushi, Holy Mother Jinling, Zhao Gongming, and Guangchengzi.
• The Investiture of the Gods was completed, and the Primordial World and Chaos World advanced as spiritual energy and cultivation transformed across the myriad worlds.
• Shichen and Pangu appeared in the Cosmic Sea, their immense forms inspiring reverence throughout the worlds.

Shichen established the Chaos Academy after the Tribulation and named its first group of students, but Di Jun was left off the list. He then revealed that Di Jun would become his first personal disciple, leaving Di Jun overwhelmed with gratitude and hope for the future.

• Shichen used the Dao of Time and Dao of Space to build and protect the Chaos Academy in the Chaos World.
• Shichen announced that cultivators with great merit and sufficient cultivation could study the Demon God Dao at the Academy.
• Shichen named the first group of students, including Haotian, the Three Pure Ones, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, Hong Yun, and Zulong, while Di Jun was omitted.
• Di Jun despaired over being left off the list as Hong Yun, Zhenyuanzi, Kunpeng, and the Nine Demon Sages watched him with concern.
• Shichen praised Di Jun's work during the Tribulation and named him his first personal disciple and the senior disciple of his lineage in the Chaos Academy.
• Di Jun struck his True Spirit to confirm the news was real, then kowtowed to Shichen and vowed to follow him and cultivate the Great Dao.

After the Tribulation ended, Shichen announced the Chaos Academy and gave Di Jun powerful gifts as his first disciple. Haotian revealed his long-suppressed ambition after Hongjun departed, while Shichen and Pangu discussed the danger of Shichen’s growing Divinity and how to nurture a Dao body.

• Shichen gave Di Jun a strand of Chaos Origin and a complete Time Law Crystal, then announced that the Chaos Academy would soon open.
• Heavenly Dao Shichen watched Fuxi before returning to the Heavenly Dao Origin Space, and Hongjun told everyone to avoid war before leaving for the Chaos World.
• After Hongjun vanished, Haotian celebrated his return and proclaimed himself ruler of the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Worlds, shocking Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, and the Eastern Duke.
• Shichen asked Pangu whether the influx of origin power would let him reach the Sixth Heaven, and Pangu admitted he had forgotten to prepare a Dao body to suppress his Divinity.
• Shichen proposed splitting off countless Dao bodies and merging them, but Pangu warned that the plan could damage his Great Dao foundations.
• Yang Mei offered his Space Willow to nurture a powerful Dao body, but Shichen refused to drain Yang Mei’s Origin and said he had another solution.

Shichen reassured Yang Mei and Pangu, released the World Demon God and Destruction Demon God from the River of Time, and struggled to suppress the returned origin power threatening to force his breakthrough. He resolved to settle his unfinished business before resorting to another method and taking a gamble.

• Yang Mei and Pangu promised to help Shichen, then went into seclusion to pursue their cultivation.
• Shichen visited the Star God and Order temples before traveling through the River of Time to the World Demon God and Destruction Demon God.
• The World Demon God admitted she had been wrong, and Shichen released both demon gods after telling them to recover their lost Great Dao origins.
• A torrent of returned origin power nearly forced Shichen into a breakthrough, so he sealed his Eleven-Colored Dao Wheel.
• Shichen decided to finish his remaining business and then use another method, even if it meant taking a gamble.

Shichen traced the River of Time back to the beginning of history and learned that the Great Dao had spared his original consciousness because it had seen his future and the future of Chaos. He then traversed time to its end, where he spread his consciousness into every branch of time before returning to the Chaos Void.

• Shichen traveled to the dawn of Chaos and saw the Great Dao inspect the azure giant egg where his original consciousness had been born.
• The Great Dao told Shichen he was an anomaly from outside spacetime and had been spared because his future was tied to the continuation of Chaos.
• Shichen realized time had formed a closed loop and wondered whether his future self or Pangu had influenced his transmigration.
• Shichen watched his past self at the Chaos Realm, Seventh Heaven, crushed a timeline of failure, and declared that wherever he was became the main timeline.
• At the end of time, Shichen sent countless strands of his consciousness into beings cultivating the Law of Time, including Zhulong and Zhujiuyin, then returned to the Chaos Void.

After countless Chaos Eras, Shichen’s divinity threatened to overwhelm him, and he prepared to enter seclusion to break through to the Eighth Heaven. He opened the Chaos Academy and left the Dao Court under new leadership as a new era began.

• Shichen watched as the Demon Gods, including the Star Demon God, celebrated their breakthroughs, while Yang Mei returned with his Origin of the Great Dao restored and his cultivation raised to the Chaos Realm, Fourth Heaven.
• Shichen summoned all Demon Gods to the Dao Court’s Council Hall and announced that the Chaos Academy would open, assigning them teaching roles and appointing Pangu, Yang Mei, the seven Dao Venerables, and Hongjun to govern during his seclusion.
• Shichen warned the Demon Gods to prepare to kill him if he failed to return from seclusion, alarming Pangu, Order, and Fate before he dismissed the warning as a joke.
• Shichen led the Demon Gods to the Cosmic Void and opened the Chaos Academy, sending beams of light to guide the first students inside as the new era began.

Shichen opened Chaos Academy, appointed Hongjun as its first headmaster, and let the Chaos Demon Gods choose students to teach. As the new students faced their mentors’ brutal training, Shichen quietly departed for the Time Temple.

• Shichen warned the arrivals against fighting, distributed the academy regulations, and appointed Hongjun as headmaster.
• Hongjun welcomed his former acquaintances as students, and Haotian congratulated him while the Three Pure Ones and others kept their distance from Haotian.
• Shichen ordered the Demon Gods to choose students; Pangu greeted the Three Pure Ones and Twelve Ancestral Witches, then promised to teach them through combat.
• The Creation Demon God chose Nuwa, the Karma Demon God chose Jie Yin and Zhun Ti, and other Demon Gods selected their contingencies from the Primordial World.
• The Star Demon God approached Haotian, recognized his Dominance Dao, and promised to find him later.
• The Lower Demon Gods began beating their students as training, while Shichen left alone for the Time Temple.

As Shichen prepared for a dangerous plan, Yang Mei watched over the Time Temple while Shichen sealed himself inside and began refining his myriad Dao bodies. Hongjun guessed the plan and asked Heavenly Dao Shichen to preserve his emotions and most of his Great Dao Origin so he could help revive Shichen if the plan failed.

• Yang Mei folded space and settled beneath the Space Willow to watch the Time Temple as Shichen sealed it with a barrier.
• Shichen placed hundreds of millions of restrictions on his Dao Origin Heart, then began refining his myriad Dao bodies and entered an absolute Dao Pass.
• Shichen's scattered consciousnesses awakened across the worlds, prompting the Demon Gods to return to their temples while Pangu guarded the Time Temple.
• Hongjun went to Heavenly Dao Shichen and asked him to preserve his emotions and ninety percent of his Great Dao Origin in case the Dao Venerable failed.
• Heavenly Dao Shichen agreed, drew out seventy percent of Hongjun's Origin and his emotions, and sealed them away while Hongjun lay nearly lifeless.

As Shichen’s breakthrough threatened to consume his humanity, emotions gathered from cultivators across the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Worlds preserved his remaining self. In a hidden future, he met a mysterious figure who called him an old friend and promised a final battle when Shichen reached the Great Dao Realm.

• Shichen’s Eleven-Colored Dao Wheel erupted with power, and scattered consciousness fragments gathered cultivators’ emotions through Karma Threads to protect his humanity.
• The emotional extraction drove countless cultivators to abandon their former attachments and follow a path of detachment while retaining their humanity.
• Shichen’s consciousness entered the River of Time, found a hidden timeline he could not control, and followed it into a future of a shattered Chaos World and dead Demon Gods.
• Shichen encountered a towering figure who said he had drawn Shichen there to see the future he had forged and recognized him as the Demon God who had once opposed him.
• The figure revealed that he had bargained with the Great Dao of the future and declared that Shichen’s arrival at the Great Dao Realm would begin their final battle.
• The figure sent Shichen back to his sea of consciousness, where the words “old friend” continued to shake him.

Heavenly Dao Shichen told Hongjun that Shichen had secretly planned for countless Chaos Eras to use him as a vessel to counter the Great Dao. They suspected the figure who once blocked everyone from reaching the supreme had briefly drawn Shichen's consciousness away, and Shichen resolved to keep his role concealed until the future Dao Venerable reached the supreme.

• Heavenly Dao Shichen sensed that his connection with Shichen had briefly vanished and that the dormant Dao of Time trembled when it returned.
• Heavenly Dao Shichen demanded an oath of secrecy from Hongjun, who swore before the Great Dao and reaffirmed his loyalty to the Dao Venerable.
• Heavenly Dao Shichen sealed the Heavenly Dao Origin Space and explained that Shichen's plan had begun after the God of Systems revealed a hidden future and the Great Dao awakened.
• Heavenly Dao Shichen revealed that Shichen had sealed the original Heavenly Dao consciousness and made him a hidden vessel through which Shichen could return and fight the Great Dao.
• Hongjun reasoned that the figure who prevented everyone from reaching the supreme had caused Shichen's momentary loss of consciousness and likely knew him well.
• Heavenly Dao Shichen decided to keep his pawn concealed and strike when the future Dao Venerable reached the supreme.

Heavenly Dao Shichen explained to Hongjun that he accepted his role in the plan, while scattered Shichen consciousnesses merged into seven figures embodying different emotions. Tragic Shichen encountered Su Yun in the Reincarnation Universe and followed him and his grandfather toward a Dao Venerable statue after sensing the active blessing of the Dao of the Time Origin on Su Yun.

• Heavenly Dao Shichen told Hongjun that he and the being he would fuse with shared the same origin, and Hongjun resumed recovering.
• Scattered Shichen consciousnesses absorbed the emotions of countless beings and condensed into seven figures representing joy, anger, worry, rumination, sorrow, fear, and fright.
• Tragic Shichen concluded that sorrow was the true essence of life and that a world unable to feel grief should be destroyed.
• Su Yun approached Tragic Shichen and offered help, but Tragic Shichen suddenly appeared before him and placed a palm on his head.
• Tragic Shichen sensed Su Yun's active blessing of the Dao of the Time Origin, then agreed to accompany Su Yun and his grandfather to pay homage to a Dao Venerable statue.

Su Yun brought Tragic Shichen to the cultivation star to pay respects to the Dao Venerable’s statue, but the sight of it stirred Tragic Shichen’s powers and drew the attention of Duobao and the Yang Mei Dao Body. Tragic Shichen unleashed sorrow across the star, and Yang Mei’s phantom appeared to confront him.

• Su Yun and the old man brought Tragic Shichen to the statue, where he sensed a familiar connection and lost control of the Laws of time and order.
• Julingshen summoned Duobao, whose Yang Mei Dao Body sensed that Tragic Shichen wielded the Demon God's Great Dao origin and warned that his realm exceeded the Heavenly Dao Realm.
• Duobao ordered the cultivation star evacuated, but Tragic Shichen said Su Yun and the old man could not leave.
• Tragic Shichen spread eternal sorrow across the star, driving countless fleeing beings toward suicide and nearly overwhelming Duobao.
• Yang Mei’s phantom emerged and asked Tragic Shichen who he was and why he possessed the origin Great Dao of time and order.

Tragic Shichen learned that he was the emotion of sorrow separated from Shichen to protect Shichen’s humanity, and Creation Demon God and Order Demon God arrived to watch over him. A wounded Heavenly General warned that an enemy who had assimilated nearly an entire universe was approaching the Reincarnation Universe, and Creation and Order sensed that the enemy had arrived.

• Tragic Shichen said he knew only his name and that Sorrow was the sole eternal truth, and Yang Mei identified him as Shichen’s emotion of sorrow.
• Tragic Shichen asked who would guard him, while Yang Mei explained that his existence was meant to guard Shichen’s humanity.
• Creation Demon God and Order Demon God arrived, and Yang Mei told them about Shichen’s Seven Emotions Incarnation before departing.
• Order Demon God and Creation Demon God noticed Shichen’s Dao blessing on Su Yun, then tried to reassure Tragic Shichen about following his true heart.
• A wounded Heavenly General reported that an enemy had assimilated nearly the entire Tianyuan Divine World and was marching on the Reincarnation Universe.
• Creation and Order sensed the enemy’s arrival as Duobao prepared to ask for their help.

Joyful Shichen invaded the Reincarnation Universe and clashed with Tragic Shichen, who shared all his techniques. As Joyful Shichen’s army attacked the universe, Creation and Order joined Tragic Shichen’s side, while two hidden figures watched the battle.

• Joyful Shichen arrived with the World Temple and Ancient Heavenly Court forces and spread uncontrollable Delight across the Reincarnation Universe.
• Tragic Shichen confronted Joyful Shichen and fought him with matching time-based techniques, ending their first exchange wounded but evenly matched.
• Joyful Shichen ordered his army to seize the universe and absorb its source, and Duobao led the Heavenly Court forces to resist them.
• Creation and Order decided to help Tragic Shichen, and Order charged into the battle with her Order Long Whip.
• Two illusory figures watched the fight from an unnoticed pocket of the void.

Joyful Shichen unleashed his strongest ability, but Tragic Shichen overcame it with Creation and Order’s support. As Joyful Shichen died, he gave Tragic Shichen his power of Delight, leaving him changed.

• In the void, two hidden figures watched the battle and decided to wait before trying to recruit the newcomers.
• Joyful Shichen struggled against Tragic Shichen, Creation, and Order, then unleashed Myriad Dao Return to the Void.
• Tragic Shichen used the same ability, strengthened by Creation and Order, and crushed Joyful Shichen’s attack.
• Wounded and defeated, Joyful Shichen said that he and Tragic Shichen were individuals who could choose their own destinies.
• Joyful Shichen dissolved into starlight and transferred his power to Tragic Shichen, who felt Delight awaken within him.

After Joyful Shichen's destruction, Duobao organized aid for the Reincarnation Universe while Su Yun mourned his great-grandfather, whose True Spirit had been scattered. Tragic Shichen reflected on his own fate and asked Su Yun to stay with him for a while.

• Duobao ordered the Heavenly Court soldiers to help the survivors and arrange blessings for the dead, while the Ancient Heavenly Court soldiers joined the relief effort.
• The Yang Mei Dao Body struck Duobao for boasting and tasked him with reforming Haotian within a thousand years.
• Su Yun buried his great-grandfather beside the Dao Venerable's statue with the wooden carving, then sang the old man's lullaby.
• Tragic Shichen told Su Yun that his great-grandfather could not be reborn, and Su Yun explained that he did not blame him for the death.
• Creation and Order warned that Tragic Shichen's fate required him to suppress his Divinity, but he asked Su Yun to stay with him because their meeting had been fate.

Tragic Shichen brought Su Yun to the False Primordial World, where they found Longing Shichen lost in memories of an unknown homeland. Longing Shichen recognized Tragic Shichen as sharing his origin and revealed that he yearned to find his home and reunite with his brothers and sisters.

• Tragic Shichen took Su Yun to the False Primordial World, followed by Creation and Order, where they sensed an air of longing throughout the universe.
• Star Demon God and Haotian tried to get the silent young man’s attention, then introduced themselves as the Chaos Twin Stars.
• Creation and Order arrived, and Order punished Haotian for going along with Star Demon God’s antics.
• Tragic Shichen arrived with Su Yun, and the young man recognized a shared origin with Tragic Shichen.
• Tragic Shichen explained that he was the Emotion of Sorrow and the young man was the Emotion of Longing, named Shichen.
• Longing Shichen described a distant homeland with towering palaces and said he wanted to find his brothers and sisters and go home.