Arc 22The Heavenly Dao War

Taiwei and Yang Huai reshaped the heavens, built alliances, and prepared the Mystic Sect for war with the Heavenly Emperor. Yang Huai helped destroy the Heaven Emperor’s Primordial Spirit, then merged with the destruction and was reborn as the Devil Ancestor.

  • The Great Clarity Daoist confronted the ancient Heavenly Emperor, while Taiwei Daoist and his allies concluded that Shenyin had been badly wounded and the Divine Race’s hidden strength was largely exposed.
  • Taiwei Daoist and Supreme Clarity Daoist agreed to develop the Guixu, and Taiwei transformed its destruction into vital energy, gaining the Dao Ancestor’s authority.
  • Yang Huai fused with the Dao position of Continuance and used his World Tree to command the Great Daos of the Purple Palace heavens.
  • Taiwei Daoist established the Earth Immortal Way, while Mystic Sect leaders recruited gods and arranged the Five Directional Heavenly Emperors into their plans.
  • The Three Pure Ones confronted the Heavenly Emperor’s spirit and Torch Dragon at the source of the River of Time, and Yang Huai’s World Tree absorbed the river’s fragments.
  • Daoist Taiwei issued a decree for divine lineages to join the immortal lineage or recognize the Celestial Court, while Yang Huai’s Boundless Dao path neared completion.
  • Blood-red Heavenly Dao monsters attacked across the realms as Yang Huai, Yan Ju, and the Mystic Sect leaders fought the Heavenly Emperor’s incarnations and their allies.
  • Yang Huai entered the Heavenly Dao space with the Ganqi Divine Axe, helped the Pangu divine being destroy the Heaven Emperor’s defenses, and became a new Devil Ancestor after the Heaven Emperor’s Primordial Spirit crumbled.
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Ch. 530Taiwei Daoist's True Cultivation

Taiwei Daoist and his allies battled the ancient Heavenly Emperor, who escaped after clashing with the Great Clarity Daoist and the others. With the Divine Race’s hidden strength exposed and Shenyin severely wounded, Taiwei Daoist prepared to pursue his plans against the Divine Race’s fortune.

  • The Great Heavenly Venerable of Ten Directions Light attacked the Heavenly Emperor Mirror, but its golden radiance forced him to retreat until Taiwei Daoist intervened and the Heavenly Emperor Primordial Spirit fled.
  • Taiwei Daoist, the Great Heavenly Venerable of Ten Directions Light, Yang Huai, and the Supreme Clarity Daoist arrived to aid the Great Clarity Daoist, while Torch Dragon, Zhunti Daoist, and Daoist Jieyin escaped their battles.
  • The Great Clarity Daoist broke free of the Nine-Colored Divine Radiance and confronted the ancient Heavenly Emperor, who acknowledged his strength and then vanished.
  • Yang Huai suspected the Heavenly Emperor needed the Divine Race’s fortune to control the Heavenly Dao, and the Great Clarity Daoist recognized him as a Dao enemy.
  • The Jade Clarity Daoist entrusted the next steps to Taiwei Daoist, who arranged to visit Biyou Palace in a thousand years to discuss perfecting the Ruins of Return.
  • Taiwei Daoist gave the Great Heavenly Venerable of Ten Directions Light a Twelve-Petaled White Lotus, while his allies concluded that Shenyin had been severely wounded and the Divine Race’s hidden cards had largely been revealed.

Ch. 531'World' Dao Path

Yang Huai developed the World Tree’s World Dao Path while the tree began influencing the spiritual qi of the thirty-six heavenly realms. The Jade Clarity Daoist supported Taiwei Daoist’s growing power, while the Torch Dragon considered the danger posed by the Mystic Sect and hesitated to approach the Heavenly Emperor Palace.

  • Yang Huai, Taiwei Daoist, and the Great Heavenly Venerable of Ten Directions Light discussed the Dao Paths their allies could pursue and decided to focus on building their strength before the coming war between gods and mystics.
  • The Great Heavenly Venerable of Ten Directions Light remained beneath the World Tree to refine the Purifying World White Lotus as Yang Huai cultivated the World Tree’s World Dao Path.
  • The World Tree matured into a Great Luo Golden Immortal and extended roots into the thirty-six heavenly realms, enriching their spiritual qi and potentially allowing Taiwei Daoist to influence its nature.
  • The Jade Clarity Daoist saw the World Tree’s influence over the heavens and supported Taiwei Daoist, believing the tree could give him control over the source of spiritual qi.
  • The Torch Dragon observed the Mystic Sect’s growing control over heaven-and-earth qi and hesitated to return to the Heavenly Emperor Palace, unsure whether the Heavenly Emperor would favor Shenyin.

Ch. 532Supreme Clarity Daoist: The Devil Ancestor Is You Too?

Taiwei Daoist visited Supreme Clarity Daoist at Biyou Palace to propose developing the Guixu with a Twelvefold Yuan Ji Guixu Dao Diagram. Supreme Clarity Daoist agreed, having realized that Taiwei Daoist was also the Devil Ancestor, and the two prepared to establish the Guixu Realm.

  • Many-Treasure Daoist asked Supreme Clarity Daoist for permission to study the Taiqing and Jade Pure Great Daos, and Supreme Clarity Daoist encouraged his ambition while warning him not to compare himself with Taiwei Daoist.
  • Supreme Clarity Daoist told Many-Treasure Daoist that Taiwei Daoist was close to becoming the source of heaven and earth's vital energy, then said they would meet him when he arrived.
  • Twelve years later, Taiwei Daoist arrived at Biyou Palace and presented Supreme Clarity Daoist with rare gifts, including spiritual fruits, lotus seeds, and innate divine iron.
  • Taiwei Daoist proposed developing the Guixu to perfect the Great Dao of Ending and presented the Twelvefold Yuan Ji Guixu Dao Diagram.
  • Supreme Clarity Daoist inferred that Taiwei Daoist possessed the World-Destroying Black Lotus and was also the Devil Ancestor, then agreed to entrust the Guixu project to him.

Ch. 533The Three Pure Ones' Protection, Taiwei Dao Ancestor

Taiwei Daoist reshaped the North Sea Guixu with support from the Mystic Sect Three Pure Ones, creating the Yuan Ji Guixu Realm and concealing its deeper workings. The realm’s formation strengthened Taiwei Daoist and established his new Dao Ancestor position.

  • Taiwei Daoist and the Supreme Clarity Daoist agreed to keep the World-Destroying Black Lotus’s existence concealed from others.
  • Five hundred years later, North Sea Dragon King Ao Qing learned that the Mystic Sect and Celestial Court planned to reshape the North Sea Guixu, and True Lord Cangmu reassured him that the work would benefit the North Sea Dragon Palace.
  • Taiwei Daoist fixed the North Sea sea eye in place and split open the Guixu, while the Supreme Clarity Daoist, Jade Clarity Daoist, and Great Clarity Daoist used their treasures to suppress the resulting changes to heaven and earth.
  • The shattered Guixu formed the Yuan Ji Guixu Realm, where the Four Swords of Immortal Slaying concealed its deeper changes and gathered destruction, endings, and wandering souls.
  • Taiwei Daoist diverted the powers of destruction and endings into the new realm, where the Creation Azure Lotus transformed them into vital energy that circulated through heaven and earth.
  • Taiwei Daoist condensed a new Other Shore Dao position and gained the karmic authority of Dao Ancestor, while the Supreme Clarity Daoist approved of his restraint.

Ch. 534The Heavenly Emperor Path Divides into Five, the Five Directional Heavenly Emperors

Heavenly Emperor Shaohao considered his limited paths as Taiwei Daoist’s Dao Ancestor authority reshaped the balance between the divine and Mystic forces. A thousand years later, Chaotic Cave Star Sea continued to grow and strengthen its inhabitants, while Emperor Lingji sensed another transformation of the World Tree approaching.

  • Taiwei Daoist’s new Dao Ancestor status gave him control over vast sources of heaven-and-earth qi, and Shaohao recognized that he could not oppose his grandmaster.
  • Shaohao weighed the White Emperor and Metal Virtue paths, then considered Taiwei Daoist’s plan to divide Heavenly Emperor authority among Five Directional Heavenly Emperors.
  • After a thousand years, immortals and gods learned of Yuan Ji Guixu, while the Mystic Sect suppressed rumors that it aimed to control heaven and earth.
  • Nüwa and Fuxi Clan discussed how the Mystic Sect’s influence and the decline of precelestial spiritual qi were weakening the divine race, and Fuxi Clan urged patience.
  • At Taiyi Mountain, Taichu Daoist soothed the embryonic life within the Taiyi Purple Lotus as Chaotic Cave Star Sea naturally expanded and transformed.
  • Ember Emperor, Kong Xuan, Guanghua, Ice Snow'er, Gu Lin, and others cultivated alongside Chaotic Cave Star Sea, while Emperor Lingji sensed that the World Tree was transforming again.

Ch. 535Mature World Tree, World Seeds

The World Tree matured, blossoming and forming its first three World Tree Seeds as its fragrance awakened spirituality across Chaotic Cave Star and brought Emperor Lingji close to the Creation realm. Daoist Taichu brought his newly formed disciple Zijing to meet Patriarch Taiwei, who granted her a valley and a treasured ancient sword, while Yang Huai planned to use the World Tree and the Mystic Sect’s momentum to pressure the divine race.

  • The World Tree bloomed and condensed three golden World Tree Seeds, while its fragrance strengthened living beings across Chaotic Cave Star and helped the innate deity on the Taiyi Purple Lotus take form.
  • The purple-clad girl Zijing survived forty-nine bolts of divine lightning, attained a Golden Immortal Dao Fruit, and greeted Daoist Taichu as her master.
  • Daoist Taichu brought Zijing to Patriarch Taiwei, who granted them the choice of one of twelve valleys for three thousand years and gave Zijing the Purple Sun Ancient Sword.
  • Daoist Taichu explained that the ancient sword was a treasure refined by Patriarch Taiwei, and he and Zijing left All-Heaven Star Palace satisfied.
  • Yang Huai sensed that he had entered maturity, awakened nearly all eighteen innate divine abilities, and formed his first three World Tree Seeds.
  • Yang Huai planned to join the World Dao path with the Mystic Sect’s great momentum to put further pressure on the divine race.

Ch. 536Boundless Heavenly Dao, Incarnation of Continuance

Yang Huai advanced the Earth Immortal cultivation path while preparing to claim the Dao position of Continuance. He began fusing with it despite the Purple Palace Celestial Realm’s backlash, as Vast Firmament Venerable and Sacred Cosmos God Lord watched without intervening.

  • Yang Huai developed a plan for Earth Immortals to cultivate through Inner-Scenery and Outer-Scenery methods, using World Tree seeds and the All-Heaven Star Sea as foundations.
  • Yan Ju studied Yang Huai’s plan, judged it viable, and joined Taiwei Daoist in helping him comprehend the methods.
  • Yang Huai condensed the Boundless Dao Fruit, gaining a powerful Heavenly Dao foundation that surpassed an ordinary fourth-realm Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal.
  • Yang Huai combined the Dao diagrams of the Nine Heavens Celestial Realm, Netherworld Underworld, All-Heaven Starry Sky, and Limitless Guixu Realm to form the Dao position of Continuance, while resisting its pull toward Primordial Purple Qi.
  • Yang Huai began fusing with the Dao position as the Purple Palace Celestial Realm’s Great Daos resisted; Sacred Cosmos God Lord and Vast Firmament Venerable considered stopping him but obeyed the prohibition against acting.
  • Yang Huai’s fusion continued, and boundless divine might spread throughout the Purple Palace Celestial Realm.

Ch. 537The Great Trend of Creation

Yang Huai took control of the Dao Position of Persistence, gaining enough power to suppress changes in the Great Dao and shaking immortals and gods throughout the heavens. He tested his new command over the Purple Palace Celestial Realm with his World Tree Dharma Form, while Purple Cloud Saint Ancestor watched and continued preparing to abandon the Dao Fruit of Creation.

  • Yang Huai's control of Persistence unleashed a sacred pressure that forced High Deities, God Lords, and even Primordial Zenith Heaven Sacred Venerables to bow.
  • The Central Primordial Ancestor Sage Emperor explained that Yang Huai's new power came from controlling Persistence, while Purple Cloud Saint Ancestor still governed the Purple Palace heavens through the great trend of Creation.
  • The Central Primordial Ancestor Sage Emperor suggested Radiant Treasure Heavenly Empress might find a path forward by joining forces with Yang Huai against Myriad Manifestations God Lord.
  • Yang Huai absorbed the power of Persistence into his Dao Fruit, bringing his Daoxing to nearly eighteen great universes before the Primordial Cosmos was counted.
  • Yang Huai manifested his platinum World Tree Dharma Form and used its three thousand branches to gather and command the Great Daos of the Purple Palace heavens.
  • Purple Cloud Saint Ancestor noticed Yang Huai's World Tree and, with his cultivation nearing its final threshold, resolved to hurry toward abandoning the Dao Fruit of Creation.

Ch. 538Earth Immortal Orthodoxy

Xuanyuan Clan learned that Taiwei planned to establish the Earth Immortal Way and recruit fourth-generation disciples to pioneer its cultivation. After Xuanyuan Clan promoted the opportunity, Yang Jiao decided to pursue the new path, convinced it could secure his future.

  • Daoist Xuanfeng told Xuanyuan Clan that Taiwei intended to establish the Earth Immortal Way and gave him the Inner-Scenery and Outer-Scenery methods.
  • Xuanyuan Clan understood that Earth Immortals could help govern the vast All-Heaven Star Sea and publicized a recruitment effort through the Purple Tenuity Dao Palace.
  • Mystic Sect disciples sent their students to the All-Heaven Star Palace to study the Earth Immortal Great Dao.
  • Yang Chan urged Yang Jiao not to abandon his existing cultivation, but Yang Jiao insisted he had chosen the Earth Immortal Way for its opportunity.
  • Yang Jiao reminded Yang Chan and Yang Jian that rare opportunities had to be seized, while Daoist Xuanfeng listened and approved of his judgment.

Ch. 539Heavenly Emperor Saint

The Jade Void Dao Palace’s fourth-generation disciples entered Chaotic Cave Star to begin their trials, while Yan Ju expanded the Netherworld’s earthly network and arranged matters for the Emperor Yan Palace. As conflict grew between the Flame Emperor and Xuanyuan clans, Ting Yao sent Jingwei to the Solar Palace and revealed that the Celestial Court might move against ancient sects and sacred lands.

  • Daoist Taichu led 108 disciples into Chaotic Cave Star’s secret realms, where they would face trials to cultivate Earth Immortal Dao Fruits and compete for rare treasures.
  • Daoist Taiwei prepared to expound the Mixed Origin Zenith Heaven Dao Fruit and promote the Earth Immortal path, while Yan Ju appointed ghost deities as earthly gods and strengthened the Netherworld’s network.
  • Shao Yan, Chi Chengzi, and Jingwei met with Ting Yao as tensions between the Flame Emperor and Xuanyuan clans threatened the Emperor Yan Palace’s interests.
  • Ting Yao ordered Jingwei to serve as Duty Star Lord in the Solar Palace until she reached the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm.
  • Ting Yao warned that the White Emperor might move against the gods, and Zhuanxu considered the Celestial Court’s plans and the proposal for Five Directional Heavenly Emperors.

Ch. 540They Dug Up an Ancient God

Zhuanxu worried that he lacked the merit to claim the Black Emperor’s position, while the Western Venerables considered how to counter Shaohao’s campaign against the gods. As Xingtian weighed Nine Phoenix’s appeal to fight back, Hou Yi chose to leave the village, and Yang Huai’s World Tree uncovered a mysterious crystal platform containing a figure.

  • Zhuanxu resolved to seek his master’s guidance on attaining the Black Emperor’s position.
  • Zhunti Daoist urged Jieyin to blunt Shaohao’s advance, then decided to travel the land in search of worthy talents.
  • Torch Dragon sent divine thoughts into the River of Time to stir the Wild Wasteland’s growing conflict, and Yang Huai sensed his intervention.
  • Nine Phoenix asked Xingtian and Hou Yi to help the gods resist Shaohao’s persecution, but the Left Sacred Emperor Lord delivered Houtu’s talisman edict protecting Xingtian’s village.
  • Xingtian told Hou Yi he would not stop him from leaving, and Hou Yi decided to go see the outside world.
  • The World Tree dug a hexagonal crystal platform from a spacetime storm, and a figure began to manifest inside it.

Ch. 541Ancient Rain Goddess, Time and Space as One

Yang Huai brought a seemingly dead primordial water goddess to the All-Heaven Star Palace, where Daoist Taiwei revived her amid Torch Dragon’s attempt to interfere through the river of time. The goddess identified herself as Li Nü, a Rain Goddess of the ancient Earth Sovereign Palace, and began settling into the All-Heaven Star Sea while seeking answers about the vanished powers of her age.

  • Yang Huai found a primordial goddess sealed in a crystal dais and sent her to the All-Heaven Star Palace for revival.
  • Daoist Taiwei prepared to restore the goddess using the Life-and-Death Reincarnation Disc, but Torch Dragon tried to sever the river of time and stop him.
  • An azure-robed figure struck Torch Dragon with the Wuliang Chongli Sword, forcing him to flee through the river of time and consider his next move.
  • Yang Huai arrived, and he and Daoist Taiwei discussed Torch Dragon, Shenyin, and the choice of Heavenly Emperor Cangli.
  • The goddess revived amid a rainstorm and introduced herself as Li Nü, a Rain Goddess and Mountain-and-Water Envoy of the ancient Earth Sovereign Palace.
  • Daoist Taiwei invited Li Nü to serve as the All-Heaven Star Sea’s Envoy of Cloud and Rain Deployment, and she went to the Purple Tenuity Star to settle in.

Ch. 542The Shock of the Primordial Gods, Shenyin's Fall

Li Nu arrived at Purple Tenuity Star, learned how Daoist Taiwei and the Mystic Sect had risen as the innate gods declined, and discovered the history of the primordial war. A sudden collapse in the spatial Great Dao revealed that its far shore had become vacant, leaving Yang Huai troubled by Heavenly Emperor Cangli’s apparent closeness to the Heavenly Dao.

  • Li Nu met Divine Lord Tianyan near Purple Tenuity Star and learned that Daoist Taiwei was revered as the Dao Ancestor of the Mystic Sect.
  • Li Nu entered the General Knowledge Tower, received permission to study its books, and read an account of the war between the Demon Court and the gods.
  • Li Nu learned that the war had devastated the innate gods, while the Mystic Sect and its immortals rose to prominence afterward.
  • Li Nu found that the God Race’s later generations lacked celebrated figures, and she concluded that their disunity had contributed to their decline.
  • The spatial Great Dao collapsed, and Yang Huai sensed that its far shore had become unoccupied.
  • Yang Huai worried that Heavenly Emperor Cangli had drawn close to the Heavenly Dao by abandoning Shenyin and choosing Torch Dragon.

Ch. 543Heavenly Emperor Merges with the Dao, Three Pure Ones Take Action

The Three Pure Ones judged that the Heavenly Emperor’s spirit threatened the Mystic Sect and resolved to confront it after addressing other beings beyond the shore. Before they departed for a land beyond Heaven, they entrusted the Mystic Sect to Taiwei Zi and assigned him to deal with the Holy Mother of Earth while they went to the Western Religion.

  • Yang Huai worried that the Heavenly Emperor’s spirit might either be losing itself to the Heavenly Dao or secretly nearing mastery of it.
  • Daoist Jieyin concluded that the Heavenly Emperor’s spirit might have stolen vast fortune in the ancient era, then urged Zhunti Daoist to leave Great Mount Sumeru after sensing a change at Kunlun Mountain.
  • Jade Clarity Daoist, Supreme Clarity Daoist, and Great Clarity Daoist agreed to confront the Heavenly Emperor’s spirit and first remove threats among the other beings beyond the shore.
  • Jade Clarity Daoist entrusted the Mystic Sect and its three teachings to Taiwei Zi while the Three Pure Ones prepared to journey beyond Heaven.
  • Jade Clarity Daoist assigned Taiwei Zi, Yan Ju, and the Great Venerable of Light to visit the Holy Mother of Earth, while he and his martial uncles set out for the Western Religion and warned that opposing Torch Dragon would begin the great battle.

Ch. 544Blocking the Gate at Spirit Mountain, the Azure Emperor Takes His Place

Taiwei found that Jieyin and Zhunti had abandoned Mount Sumeru, then let the Three Pure Ones pursue Torch Dragon while he focused on unifying the Wild Wasteland against the spirit of the Heavenly Emperor. At Splendid Heaven, Yan Ju and Yang Huai pressured Nüwa to join the Mystic Sect’s plan, but Taiwei’s arrival with the Fuxi Clan and his offer of authority persuaded her to cooperate.

  • The Jade Clarity Daoist brought Taiwei to Mount Sumeru, where they found that Jieyin and Zhunti had fled with the Pure Land of Bliss, leaving the mountain vacant.
  • The Three Pure Ones pursued Torch Dragon upstream through the River of Time, while Taiwei resolved to quickly unify the Wild Wasteland and help them defeat the spirit of the Heavenly Emperor.
  • Yan Ju visited Nüwa at Queen Wa Palace and urged her to join a gathering at Purple Tenuity Star to discuss the Mystic Sect’s plan to seal demons.
  • Yang Huai arrived with the Annihilation Millstone and joined Yan Ju in pressuring Nüwa, whose power was overwhelmed by their combined presence.
  • Taiwei and the Fuxi Clan arrived, and the Fuxi Clan revealed that he had become the Mystic Sect’s Azure Emperor.
  • Taiwei offered Nüwa authority over Creation matters and a share of the Mystic Sect’s fortune, and Nüwa agreed to cooperate while insisting that her status be respected.

Ch. 545Banishing Zhulong, the Eternal World Tree

The Three Pure Ones fought the Celestial Emperor Spirit, the Limitless Sacred Emperor, and Torch Dragon across the River of Time, while a mysterious Mystic Sect figure attacked the Divine Race. Yang Huai defeated the Limitless Sacred Emperor and drove Torch Dragon to self-destruct, then absorbed the temporal storm and turned toward the source of time to make way for the World Tree.

  • The Three Pure Ones battled the Celestial Emperor Spirit, the Limitless Sacred Emperor, and Torch Dragon at the source of the River of Time, and the Celestial Emperor Spirit was dragged into the Heavenly Dao's origin.
  • A mysterious Mystic Sect Beyond-Shore figure cut through the Limitless Sacred Emperor's azure net and split his body with nine-colored sword light.
  • Yang Huai shattered the Limitless Azure-Heaven Formation and overpowered the Limitless Sacred Emperor and Torch Dragon with his Pangu Emperor form and Wuliang Chongli Sword.
  • Torch Dragon self-destructed his true body to ignite the River of Time, but Yang Huai used the Primordial Dao Disc to swallow the temporal storm and slow the river's collapse.
  • Yang Huai turned toward the vanished source of the River of Time, intending to drive Torch Dragon away and let the World Tree merge with the primordial world.

Ch. 546The Lord of the Three Teachings, Immortals Bowing to the Dao Ancestor

Yang Huai used the World Tree to absorb the River of Time’s shattered origin, while Daoist Taiwei tightened the Mystic Sect’s control over the barbaric wilderness. The Devil Ancestor seized Mount Sumeru, and Jieyin sent Zhunti into seclusion as Taiwei’s campaign against the remaining divine lineages began.

  • Yang Huai’s World Tree absorbed the River of Time’s fragments, replaced it at its source, and grew into a complete World Tree that connected him to the rivers of time.
  • Nüwa and the Fuxi Clan questioned Yan Ju about the tree, while Yang Huai began using its power to gather time and space origins for his World Embryo.
  • The Devil Ancestor occupied Mount Sumeru, corrupted the Western Continent’s sacred sites, and spread the Devil Dao among its religious lineages.
  • Jieyin warned Zhunti not to confront the devils, then used a golden lotus to send him into the empty state of Annihilation and a realm of pure land.
  • Daoist Taiwei issued a three-year decree ordering divine lineages to join the immortal lineage or acknowledge the Celestial Court’s authority, as he advanced the preparations for his Wuliang path.

Ch. 547Taiwei Era

Daoist Taiwei assigned his disciples control of several Innate Origin palaces and arranged the Mystic Sect’s power to dominate the Wild Wasteland. As gods sought protection or service among Mystic Sect lineages, Yang Huai’s boundless Dao path began to reach completion.

  • Daoist Taiwei appointed Kong Xuan to command the Innate Five-Elements Origin Palace, Guanghua to operate the Innate Four Symbols Palace, and Emperor Lingji to control the future Spacetime Palace.
  • Daoist Taiwei arranged the Five-Elements Gods, Five Directional Heavenly Emperors, Celestial Court, Netherworld, and other powers into a cycle of the Boundless Grand Dao.
  • Zhen Yuanzi urged Daoist Hong Yun to enter reincarnation to temper himself and seek a breakthrough, and Hong Yun agreed.
  • Queen Mother of the West ordered Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden to test the goddesses seeking entry to West Kunlun, while Mystic Sect lineages opened their gates to gods seeking protection or office.
  • Emperor Yan Shennong and Ting Yao discussed Daoist Taiwei’s growing dominance as gods gathered to serve at the Emperor Yan Palace.
  • Yang Huai witnessed purple qi spread through heaven and earth and form a treasure wheel behind him as his boundless Dao path began to reach completion.

Ch. 548Five Realms, the Dao Path Perfected

Daoist Taiwei established the Five Directional Heavenly Emperors and gave Shaohao Heavenly Emperor, the Xuanyuan Clan, and the Fuxi Clan imperial edicts. As the Mystic Sect’s influence reached its height, Yang Huai perfected his Primordial Zenith Heaven Dao Fruit and watched the struggle over the Heavenly Dao origin.

  • Daoist Xuanfeng ordered Mystic Sect disciples to serve in the Enforcement Hall and Judicial Hall across the land for five hundred years.
  • Daoist Taiwei created five Heavenly Emperor Edicts and gave the Azure Emperor Edict, Yellow Emperor Edict, and White Emperor Edict to the Fuxi Clan, the Xuanyuan Clan, and Shaohao Heavenly Emperor.
  • Daoist Taiwei appointed deputy lords to establish the Black Emperor Manor and Red Emperor Manor while their Heavenly Emperors remained absent.
  • Yang Huai absorbed the nine-colored Dao diagram and advanced his Primordial Zenith Heaven Dao Fruit toward perfection as the fifth-realm Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal.
  • Yang Huai saw two beings battling over the Heavenly Dao origin and resolved to remain in reality to help Daoist Taiwei guard the Wild Wasteland.

Ch. 549Final Preparations

The Heavenly Emperor Cangli drew more deeply on the Heavenly Dao and unleashed a looming catastrophe as the Mystic Sect prepared to worship the Three Pure Ones across the Three Realms. With the battle approaching, Yan Ju arranged for Houtu’s custody and sought to learn whether Emperor Yan Shennong could attain the Dao in time to prevent disaster.

  • Cangli merged further with the Heavenly Dao, but the Mystic Sect Three Pure Ones struck him with the Pangu Axe, splitting his body before he rapidly recovered.
  • Yang Huai foresaw blood-red slaughter spreading across the future River of Time and warned that hidden powers could exploit the chaos to strike the Mystic Sect’s foundations.
  • The Mystic Sect built altars at the former site of Zhou Mountain, in the Heavenly Realm, and in the Earth Realm to worship the Three Pure Ones and challenge the Heavenly Dao’s will.
  • Yan Ju asked the imprisoned Houtu Earth Sovereign Goddess to join the Mystic Sect, then arranged for Empress Nüwa to suppress her when she refused.
  • Yan Ju visited Emperor Yan Shennong and asked whether he could attain the Dao before the coming tribulation.

Ch. 550Divine Path's Other Shore, Supreme Yang Holy Emperor

Yan Ju gave Emperor Yan Shennong the All-Heaven Star Sea’s solar authorities, helping him become the Supreme Yang Holy Emperor and the first Other Shore being of the divine-immortal path. After borrowing Xingtian’s Ganqi Divine Axe, Yan Ju returned to the Netherworld Halls of the Nine Abysses when a blood-winged beast with Other Shore-level power appeared.

  • Yan Ju transferred tens of thousands of solar authorities to Emperor Yan Shennong, who entered seclusion to complete his Supreme Yang Holy Emperor Divine Form.
  • Thirty years later, Emperor Yan Shennong emerged as the Supreme Yang Holy Emperor, and Daoist Taiwei recognized his ascension as a rise in Mystic Sect fortune before preparing to merge the Boundless Myriad Phenomena Dao Diagram into his Primordial Spirit.
  • Yan Ju, disguised as Houtu Earth Sovereign Goddess, asked Xingtian to lend him the Ganqi Divine Axe, and Xingtian questioned how much Houtu’s nature had changed before handing it over.
  • Blood-colored radiance spread across the Firmament, and Yan Ju rushed back to the Earth Sovereign Palace as a gigantic beast with blood-colored twin wings approached the Netherworld Halls of the Nine Abysses.
  • The beast’s aura matched that of an Other Shore expert, and its presence shook the spirituality of the Netherworld’s yin-baleful forces, resentful spirits, and wronged souls.

Ch. 551Yang Huai's True Cultivation

Yan Ju trapped a blood-red Heavenly Dao monster attacking the Netherworld Halls, while Yang Huai confronted the Heavenly Emperor’s forces across time and space. As monsters spread through the mortal world, the Mystic Sect’s allies fought to contain them and the chapter ended with new clashes beginning at the Thirty-Six Heavens and the Ten Directions Pure Land.

  • Yan Ju used the Boundless Treasure Wheel to form the Pure Origin Myriad Wonders Boundless Immortal Formation and suppress the Heavenly Dao monster as it attacked the Netherworld Halls.
  • The gods of the Earth Sovereign Palace saw Yan Ju’s power, while thousands of blood-red Heavenly Dao monsters appeared across the mortal world.
  • Yang Huai resisted the Limitless Sacred Emperor’s attack, then trapped him, Daoist Jieyin, and the ancient Heavenly Emperor Cangli Clan in the Pure Origin Myriad Mysteries Infinite Array.
  • The ancient Heavenly Emperor Cangli Clan struck Yang Huai’s formation with the Chaos Bell, but Yang Huai revealed the Annihilation Millstone and prepared to counterattack.
  • Daoist Taiwei and the Five Elements gods contained the monsters at the Thirty-Six Heavens, while a white-robed Heavenly Emperor incarnation attacked Daoist Taiwei.
  • The Great Heavenly Venerable of Ten Directions Light faced an azure-clad Daoist before the Ten Directions Pure Land.

Ch. 552Taiwei's One Qi Transforms into Three Clarities

Great Heavenly Venerable of Ten Directions Light battled Zhunti Adept while Taiwei Adept used three Daoists and the All-Heaven Star Array to stop the white-robed Heavenly Emperor from destroying the Thirty-Six Heavens. Meanwhile, Yang Huai tightened his formation against the Heavenly Emperor’s incarnations, and Yan Ju headed toward the Heavenly Dao space with the Ganqi Divine Axe.

  • Great Heavenly Venerable of Ten Directions Light resisted Zhunti Adept’s annihilation Buddhist light and began elevating his fire spirit path toward the path of destruction.
  • Taiwei Adept summoned Purple Tenuity Adept, Four Symbols Adept, and Celestial Market Adept to block the white-robed Heavenly Emperor, then revealed Li Nü through Celestial Market Adept’s mirror and trapped him in the All-Heaven Star Array.
  • Taiwei Adept warned the white-robed Heavenly Emperor that the Heavenly Dao might refine him, while the Fuxi Clan, Xuanyuan Clan, White Emperor Shaohao, and other immortals contained most of the Heavenly Dao monsters.
  • Yang Huai used the Pure Origin Myriad Wonders Boundless Immortal Formation and Annihilation Millstone to suppress the black-and-white-robed Heavenly Emperor incarnation.
  • The Heavenly Emperor incarnation of obsession merged with the Chaos Bell and unleashed a vast surge of power, while Yan Ju headed to the Heavenly Dao space with the Ganqi Divine Axe for the Mystic Sect Three Pure Ones.

Ch. 553Was Taiwei Daoist the True Incarnation?

Zhuanxu and leaders across the Three Realms offered sacrifices to the Mystic Sect Three Pure Ones, sending a vast surge of incense power toward them as they fought the Heavenly Emperor’s confinement. Yang Huai suppressed the Chaos Bell and arrived at the Heavenly Dao space to receive the Ganqi Divine Axe, but a golden-lit figure returned to the source of the River of Time.

  • Zhuanxu performed a grand sacrifice to the Mystic Sect Three Pure Ones at Zhou Mountain while the war raged across the Firmament and the land.
  • The Great Emperor of Fengdu and the Antarctic Emperor of Longevity led sacrifices that sent incense power from across the Three Realms toward the Heavenly Dao Origin.
  • The Pangu Divine Man sensed the incense offerings and attacked the Heavenly Emperor’s Heavenly Dao Confinement, but its axe strikes failed to break through the barrier.
  • Yang Huai used the Annihilation Millstone to suppress the Chaos Bell, while the clash ruptured the River of Time and allowed two streaks of light to escape.
  • Yang Huai arrived at the Heavenly Dao space, and Yan Ju’s incarnation handed him the Ganqi Divine Axe as a golden-lit figure returned to the River of Time’s source.

Ch. 554Heaven Emperor Enters Extinction

Yang Huai entered the Heavenly Dao space and joined the Mystic Sect Three Pure Ones against the Heaven Emperor, whose attempt to dominate the Heavenly Dao ended in a devastating defeat. As the Heaven Emperor’s Primordial Spirit crumbled, Yang Huai was reborn from the destruction as a new Devil Ancestor with an Other Shore Dao body.

  • Daoist Jieyin attacked the World Tree, but three Other Shore incarnations ambushed him and forced him to flee.
  • Yang Huai used the Ganqi Divine Axe to break into the Heavenly Dao space and restored the weakened Pangu divine being with incense and faith energy.
  • Yang Huai confronted the Heaven Emperor and revealed that Daoist Taiwei, Yan Ju, and the Great Heavenly Venerable of Ten Directions Light were all manifestations of himself.
  • Yang Huai suppressed the Heavenly Dao space with the Annihilation Millstone and Primordial Dao Disc while the Pangu divine being destroyed the Heaven Emperor’s defenses with the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe.
  • The Pangu divine being struck the Heaven Emperor again, drawing him into the Heavenly Dao’s great destruction until his Primordial Spirit crumbled.
  • Yang Huai merged with the destruction and was reborn as a new Devil Ancestor, condensing an Other Shore Dao body.
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