Chapter Summaries

Taiwei Daoist revealed to Jade Clarity Daoist that Yan Ju was his other self and explained the Self-Transforming Wishful Freedom Scripture, while keeping the deeper nature of their connection secret. After both Taiwei Daoist and Yan Ju had reached the Other Shore, their allies questioned their relationship, and Torch Dragon Palace began asking who Yan Ju really was.

• Taiwei Daoist told Jade Clarity Daoist that Yan Ju was the corpse-body of his Primordial Spirit and presented him with the Self-Transforming Wishful Freedom Scripture.
• Jade Clarity Daoist asked whether Taiwei Daoist had other selves under different masters; Taiwei Daoist denied serving another lineage and confirmed that the one at the Other Shore was also his other self.
• Jade Clarity Daoist entrusted Taiwei Daoist with protecting their junior disciples from those trying to draw them in, and Taiwei Daoist left the palace to congratulations from the Jade Clarity Dao Lineage.
• Lamp-Burning Daoist proposed a celebration for Taiwei Daoist’s ascent, and Taiwei Daoist assigned Xuanfeng to send invitations and Lamp-Burning to receive the guests.
• Ting Yao asked Yan Ju about his relationship with Taiwei Daoist; Yan Ju said he was truly her son but withheld the exact connection, and Shennong warned him about the dangers facing those at the Other Shore.
• Chang Xi left Yan Ju after he declined to explain his secrets, while figures in Torch Dragon Palace asked who he was.

Torch Dragon and the Divine Race Other Shore beings discussed their losses and the unknown Mystic Sect power, while Daoist Jieyin and Zhunti Daoist announced that they were leaving the Divine Race to establish the Buddhist Sect. Yang Huai then returned to the Boundless Black Abyss to refine the suppressed Evil Venerable and prepare to transform the Black Domain.

• Torch Dragon failed to find traces of the unknown Other Shore being in the River of Time and suspected the being might be Jade Clarity Daoist's incarnation.
• Daoist Jieyin and Zhunti Daoist questioned Taiwei Daoist's support for Yan Ju and concluded that acquired living beings' rise was inevitable.
• Daoist Jieyin and Zhunti Daoist declared that they would leave the Divine Race, rename the Western Religion the Buddhist Sect, and withdraw from the Divine Race's major affairs.
• Houtu Earth Sovereign Goddess left the hall, and the green-robed burly man urged Torch Dragon to revive ancient gods and cultivate more juniors.
• Yang Huai reached the Boundless Black Abyss, intending to refine the Evil Venerable he had suppressed before returning to the Purple Palace Celestial Realm.
• Yang Huai observed the fiendish spirits of the Black Lotus Mountains and prepared to use the demonic trend to transform the Boundless Black Domain and set demonic tribulations.

Yang Huai demonized the Boundless Black Abyss and transformed himself as he refined its baleful qi into power, while the Great Sun Sage Emperor attacked the Heavenly Demon Palace. Three thousand years later, True Person Du'e survived an Outer Heavenly Devil’s interference during his Golden Immortal tribulation, and Yang Huai continued expanding the Outer Heavenly Devil Realm.

• Yang Huai used the World-Destroying Black Lotus to demonize the Boundless Black Abyss, causing the demonic path’s destiny to rise and drawing the Primordial Heavenly Devil’s concern.
• Yan Ju descended upon the Heavenly Demon Palace after attaining the other shore, killing demons and pursuing Bai Ze as the Primordial Heavenly Devil ordered his followers to flee.
• Yang Huai merged with the Boundless Black Abyss, absorbed its baleful qi, and refined his Pandevil Dharma Form within his expanding Pangu Demon True Body.
• Three thousand years later, True Person Du'e faced a Four-Nine Lightning Tribulation, where an Arm-Through Demon Ape tried to corrupt him; Du'e resisted the attack and completed his tribulation.
• The Arm-Through Demon Ape returned to the Outer Heavenly Devil Realm and entered another tribulation, while Yang Huai collected much of the origin the devils brought back and planned to make all living beings fear him.

Yang Huai established the Outer Heavenly Devil Calamity, and Taiwei Daoist attacked and sealed the Outer Heavenly Devil Realm while secretly preserving Yang Huai’s plans. A thousand years later, a blood-robed figure appeared in the realm and sensed a supreme treasure within the sealed Black Lotus Mountains.

• Yang Huai developed the Outer Heavenly Devil Realm’s hierarchy and merged with its origin through the World-Destroying Black Lotus.
• Taiwei Daoist struck the Outer Heavenly Devil Realm, killed several fiendish spirits, and sealed its origin and Yang Huai beneath three hundred and sixty-five celestial pillars.
• Yang Huai recognized that Taiwei Daoist’s attack had been staged to let the realm retreat into hiding, while Zhunti Daoist’s attempt to break the seal was blocked by a stellar chart.
• Torch Dragon and a burly green-robed figure discussed the sealed Devil Ancestor but chose not to interfere, while Jade Clarity Daoist suspected he was Taiwei Daoist’s incarnation.
• A thousand years later, a blood-robed figure appeared in the Outer Heavenly Devil Realm and sensed a supreme treasure inside the sealed Black Lotus Mountains.

Yang Huai lured the Nether River Ancestor into the All-Heaven Star Array and captured his incarnation and treasures. The Nether River Ancestor concluded that the master of the Outer Realm Devil World was sealed, but resolved to prepare more secret arts before trying again for the World-Destroying Black Lotus.

• The Nether River Ancestor searched the Black Lotus Mountains, failed to find the treasure, and withdrew after his Blood Sea Divine Banner was swallowed by the silver-white seal.
• Yang Huai watched from within the mountains and cultivated the Primordial Devil Scripture’s path, using his confinement to merge the nine Pangu Dharma Forms into his Pangu Demon True Body.
• Six hundred years later, the Nether River Ancestor sent another incarnation and used the Nine-Rank Karmic Fire Red Lotus to breach the seal.
• The All-Heaven Star Array overwhelmed the Nether River Ancestor’s incarnation and swallowed him along with the Karmic Fire Red Lotus, Blood Sea Divine Banner, and imitation Abi and Yuantu swords.
• Yang Huai kept the captured treasures, while Zhunti withdrew after observing the Outer Heavenly Devil Realm.
• The Nether River Ancestor judged that the realm’s master was completely sealed and decided to cultivate secret arts before returning for the World-Destroying Black Lotus.

After fifteen hundred years of seclusion, Yang Huai returned to the Creation realm and used the All-Heaven Star Array to help Nether River Ancestor escape with the stolen treasures. He planned to draw Nether River Ancestor into his Pangu Demon Dao and eventually unite the Heavenly, Earth, and Human Demon paths under three patriarchs.

• Yang Huai comprehended the Karmic Fire Red Lotus during his seclusion and returned to the Creation realm after fifteen hundred years.
• Yang Huai discovered that his true body had sealed Evil Venerable's remaining imprint inside the World-Destroying Black Lotus, where it could supply power to the Outer Heavenly Devil Realm.
• Nether River Ancestor entered the All-Heaven Star Array with Abi, Yuantu, and a Karmic Fire Red Lotus, but Yang Huai intervened when the array overwhelmed his incarnation.
• Yang Huai summoned the Purple Tenuity Emperor Star, whose power shattered Nether River Ancestor's defenses as a Blood God Spawn seized the stone tablet and the killing swords.
• Nether River Ancestor sacrificed his incarnation's origin to escape into the Blood Sea, and Taiwei Daoist pursued him while Yang Huai concealed his role in the escape.
• Yang Huai planned to make Nether River Ancestor the Earth Demon patriarch and to unite the Heavenly, Earth, and Human Demon paths beneath three demon patriarchs.

Yang Huai left his seal, subdued the Primordial Heavenly Devil, and passed on the Pangu devil path. In the Southern Sea, he considered how to pursue the Dao Fruit of Finality and complete the concepts connected to his Wuliang Dao.

• Yang Huai left an incarnation behind in the Black Lotus Mountains and secretly departed while Devil Master Chiyou expanded his control of the Outer Heavenly Devil Realm.
• Yang Huai reached the human world and recognized the growth of the Blood-Baleful Body-Refining Secret Art and the influence of Human Emperor Shaohao's rule.
• Yang Huai appeared in the Heavenly Demon Palace and effortlessly stopped the Primordial Heavenly Devil from attacking him.
• Yang Huai spared the Primordial Heavenly Devil, accepted his submission, and gave him a Ninth-Rank Black Lotus containing the Pangu Demon Method.
• Yang Huai arrived in the Southern Sea and reflected on pursuing the Dao Fruit of Finality alongside the concepts of Myriad Phenomena, creation, and Taiji.

Yang Huai infiltrated the Southern Sea Dragon Palace to investigate the Southern Sea Eye and found that the ancient Water Mother Empress had apparently returned. After secretly introducing demonic energy into the sea eye, he confronted her, ending the chapter by threatening to draw her into the demonic path.

• Yang Huai possessed a dragon matron to learn the Southern Sea Dragon Palace's layout and locate the Mysterious Womb Hall.
• Yang Huai entered the Mysterious Womb Hall, where eight Daluo Golden Immortal dragons stood guard and the Water Mother's statue showed signs of life.
• A Creation Realm dragon matron opened the way to the Southern Sea Eye and offered Yang Huai the Innate Fire Spirit Pearl in exchange for sparing the Dragon Palace.
• Yang Huai inspected the Myriad Rivers Returning to the Sea Formation and secretly planted a wisp of Pangu demonic energy in the Southern Sea Eye.
• Yang Huai called out to the Water Mother Empress, who emerged from the sea eye and objected to his actions.
• Yang Huai declared that making the Water Mother Empress fall into the demonic path would be interesting.

Yang Huai defeated Water Mother Empress and seized control of her, while Yan Ju planned to pressure the Four Seas Dragon Clan to secure the water-element origin. Yan Ju then sought an audience with Nüwa, claiming he had come regarding Fuxi.

• Water Mother Empress attacked Yang Huai with the Myriad Rivers Returning to the Sea Formation and the Nine Dragons Divine Lock Secret Art, but Yang Huai broke through her defenses.
• Yang Huai overcame Water Mother's counterattack, subdued her with a World-Destroying Black Lotus, and escaped into the Sea Eye as the Dragon Matron failed to stop him.
• Yan Ju learned through the Primordial Treasure Mirror that his true self had suppressed Water Mother and considered how to obtain the Five Elements origins for his dao path.
• Yan Ju decided to pressure the Four Seas Dragon Clan by stirring trouble through Guanghua's Northern Sea connections and Feng Wuxie's Phoenix Clan.
• Yan Ju went to the Splendid Palace to see Nüwa, but when turned away, he asked her attendant to report that he had come regarding Fuxi.

Primordial Zhurong delayed his enlightenment to preserve his disguise, while Yan Ju persuaded Nüwa to join him in finding the North Sea Black Tortoise and rescuing Fuxi Clan. Nüwa confronted the Black Tortoise, and Daoist Taiwei and Yan Ju raised the All-Heaven Star Array to hold off Torch Dragon as the battle began.

• Primordial Zhurong suppressed his plan to attain enlightenment so he could maintain his identity within the Earth Sovereign Palace.
• Yan Ju told Nüwa that Fuxi Clan had been taken by a divine-race being and offered to help find the captor.
• Nüwa used the North Sea Black Tortoise’s essence blood to trace him, then went with Yan Ju to confront him.
• The North Sea Black Tortoise appeared and implied that Fuxi Clan had no chance of surviving in his hands.
• Nüwa trapped the Black Tortoise in a Dao diagram while Daoist Taiwei and Yan Ju formed the All-Heaven Star Array to face Torch Dragon.
• Torch Dragon’s time power rapidly eroded the star array, and Daoist Taiwei and Yan Ju realized it could hold him back for only a few breaths.

Yan Ju and Taiwei Daoist fought Torch Dragon, who trapped them in a vast web of time until Jade Clarity Daoist sent Taiwei the Pangu Banner. Meanwhile, Nüwa defeated the North Sea Black Tortoise and discovered that he had not completely refined her elder brother Fuxi Clan.

• Yan Ju manifested his Boundless Divine-Man True Body, and Taiwei Daoist used his Pangu True Body to resist Torch Dragon’s time power.
• Torch Dragon spread his River of Time across the All-Heaven Star Array and attacked Yan Ju and Taiwei Daoist with silver divine flame.
• Jade Clarity Daoist sent the Pangu Banner to Taiwei Daoist, who used it to shatter Torch Dragon’s Time Labyrinth and strike back.
• Nüwa and the North Sea Black Tortoise fought inside the Map of Mountains, Rivers, and the Earth, and Nüwa subdued him with her giant cauldron.
• The North Sea Black Tortoise claimed Fuxi Clan was beyond revival, but Nüwa realized he had not refined her elder brother completely and reached into his brow.

Nüwa rescued the Fuxi Clan from the North Sea Black Tortoise, who she destroyed after he accused her of causing his descendants’ deaths. Yan Ju and Daoist Taiwei gained influence over the wood-element origin, and five hundred years later Yan Ju prepared to reveal his plans to the Houtu Earth Sovereign Goddess.

• Nüwa opened the North Sea Black Tortoise’s sea of consciousness, freed the Fuxi Clan, and collected his remaining imprint in a Taiji Eight-Trigrams Dao Diagram.
• Nüwa devoured the North Sea Black Tortoise’s body with creation light and sealed his imprint in the Chaos Cauldron.
• Daoist Zhunti and his senior brother chose not to interfere, while Torch Dragon denied responsibility for the Fuxi Clan’s imprisonment and vanished.
• Nüwa thanked Daoist Taiwei and Yan Ju for helping rescue her elder brother, then agreed to discuss cooperation with Daoist Taiwei.
• Daoist Taiwei congratulated Yan Ju on his plan, and Yan Ju considered reclaiming the Chaos Cauldron as an alternate self.
• Five hundred years later, Yan Ju completed the wood-element Dao Palace and decided to lay his cards on the table with the Houtu Earth Sovereign Goddess.

Taiwei Daoist sought Jade Clarity Daoist’s support for bringing Houtu and the Ten-Directional Light Heavenly Venerable into the Mystic Sect, revealing that Zhurong was another of his selves. As Great Heavenly Venerable of Ten Directions Light prepared to place the Taiji Diagram in the reincarnation passage, Taiwei Daoist went to meet Houtu and was met with hostility.

• Yan Ju used the Boundless Reincarnation Diagram to oversee the wood-origin lands, while the Flame Emperor God Clan and Taiwei Daoist’s disciples secured them.
• Taiwei Daoist advised Daoist Taiyi to visit the Great Sun Sage Emperor Palace in pursuit of a chance to advance his Dao.
• Taiwei Daoist asked Jade Clarity Daoist to help persuade Houtu and the Ten-Directional Light Heavenly Venerable to join the Mystic Sect, then revealed Zhurong as another of his selves.
• Jade Clarity Daoist urged Taiwei Daoist to consult Great Clarity Daoist about the Nine Abysses reincarnation before proceeding.
• Great Heavenly Venerable of Ten Directions Light received the Taiji Diagram and went to the Six Paths Reincarnation Hall, where Left Sacred Emperor Lord and Rakshasa Emperor Lord greeted him.
• Taiwei Daoist requested an audience with Houtu, who declared that the Earth Sovereign Palace and the Mystic Sect were enemies and challenged his uninvited arrival.

Taiwei Daoist and Great Clarity Daoist moved against Houtu Earth Sovereign Goddess while Yan Ju used the Boundless Reincarnation Diagram to seize control of the Netherworld Underworld. Torch Dragon investigated the disturbance but was fooled by Yan Ju’s incarnation, and the chapter ended with Taiwei Daoist disguised as Houtu and holding the Life-and-Death Register and Judge’s Brush.

• Taiwei Daoist tried to persuade Houtu Earth Sovereign Goddess to join the Mystic Sect, but she refused and ordered him to leave.
• Yan Ju severed Houtu’s connection to the Life-and-Death Reincarnation Disc and used the Boundless Reincarnation Diagram to envelop the Netherworld Underworld, trapping Left Sacred Emperor Lord and Rakshasa Emperor Lord.
• Great Clarity Daoist arrived and suppressed Houtu Earth Sovereign Goddess with the Taiji Diagram and three incarnations.
• Torch Dragon sensed the disturbance and was blocked by the power of reincarnation, so Yan Ju sent an incarnation disguised as an attendant goddess to mislead him.
• Great Clarity Daoist further restrained Houtu, while Taiwei Daoist transformed into her likeness and took the Life-and-Death Register and Judge’s Brush.

Taiwei Daoist impersonated Houtu Earth Sovereign Goddess to make the Earth Sovereign Palace appear to join the Mystic Sect, while Yan Ju prepared Great Heavenly Venerable of Ten Directions Light to take the fire spirit Dao Path. Great Heavenly Venerable of Ten Directions Light attained the Other Shore by absorbing the ancient earth core, leaving the other fire gods under his dominance.

• Taiwei Daoist refined the Life-and-Death Register and the Judge's Brush, suppressed the Earth Sovereign Palace's gods, and sent the yellow-robed goddess's temporal power into Great Clarity Daoist's Taiji.
• Great Clarity Daoist left Taiwei Daoist to handle the Earth Sovereign Palace, while Taiwei sent the captured young girl into the All-Heaven Star Chart.
• Torch Dragon learned that Houtu Earth Sovereign Goddess had sided with the Mystic Sect and sent a figure from the source of the river of time toward the earth.
• Yan Ju told Second-Generation Zhurong that Great Heavenly Venerable of Ten Directions Light would take the fire spirit Dao Path, and Second-Generation Zhurong questioned whether he was still Zhurong.
• Great Heavenly Venerable of Ten Directions Light fused with the ancient earth core and attained the Other Shore, becoming the source of all fire in the Wilds world.

Yang Huai gained a surge of cultivation after Primordial Zhurong attained the Dao, then traveled with his disciples to witness Limitless Dao Lord open a new heaven and earth. He agreed to meet Central Primordial Ancestor Sage Emperor about the Annihilation Millstone, while Yan Ju took over Taiwei Daoist’s duties in the Netherworld and Taiwei set out to reclaim the Chaos Cauldron.

• Primordial Zhurong attained the Dao, forming a Fire Spirit Dao Fruit that joined the fruits within Yang Huai’s Boundless Treasure Wheel and raised his cultivation close to the equivalent of nine great universes.
• Yang Huai accepted Limitless Dao Lord’s invitation to witness the opening of a new realm and brought his disciples, Wind-Fire Dao Lord, and other companions to the gathering.
• Limitless Dao Lord opened and stabilized a new heaven and earth with the treasure seal, eighteen Chaos Divine Steles, and Daoist Zhihe’s Nine-Dragon Staff.
• Central Primordial Ancestor Sage Emperor invited Yang Huai to visit his Immortal Palace in five thousand years to discuss the Annihilation Millstone, and Yang Huai agreed.
• Yan Ju took the Life-and-Death Register and Judge’s Brush from Taiwei Daoist and assumed responsibility for the Netherworld Halls of the Nine Abysses.
• Taiwei Daoist left the Netherworld for Splendid Heaven to reclaim the Chaos Cauldron.

Fuxi Clan reconsidered his cultivation path after losing the fortune needed to pursue the Nine Palaces, while Daoist Taiwei offered Nüwa and Fuxi Clan a trade that would support Fuxi Clan’s River Map and Luo Writing cultivation. The deal gave Daoist Taiwei the Chaos Cauldron, and Fuxi Clan was left unable to gauge his true strength or motives.

• Fuxi Clan told Nüwa he would abandon the Nine Palaces path and use the River Map and Luo Writing to seek the Other Shore.
• Daoist Taiwei visited Nüwa and Fuxi Clan and proposed giving Fuxi Clan foundations of the celestial warp and weft and the geography of mountains and seas to accelerate his cultivation.
• Daoist Taiwei asked for Nüwa’s Chaos Cauldron in exchange, and Nüwa accepted the trade.
• Nüwa handed over the Chaos Cauldron, and Daoist Taiwei gave her two treasure pearls carrying celestial and earthly foundations before returning to Purple Tenuity Imperial Palace.
• After Daoist Taiwei left, Fuxi Clan told Nüwa he could no longer see through Daoist Taiwei and believed his reason for seeking the cauldron must be crucial.

Yang Huai joined the Central Primordial Ancestor Sage Emperor to retrieve the Annihilation Millstone from the Darkless Abyss, agreeing that the Sage Emperor could take the Primordial Purple Qi attached to it. When Azure Moon, the Dao incarnation in white, and the Five-Element Main God arrived to seize the treasure, Yang Huai challenged them to settle the matter beyond the realm.

• Daoist Taiwei restored the Chaos Cauldron as Yang Huai’s other self, and they discussed the remaining Metal Element Dao Palace and their plans to complete the Wuliang Dao Path.
• Five thousand years later, Yang Huai purified the Purple Palace Celestial Realm and delivered countless lingering souls, prompting the Central Primordial Ancestor Sage Emperor and the Radiant Treasure Heavenly Empress to seek his cooperation.
• The Central Primordial Ancestor Sage Emperor told Yang Huai that the Annihilation Millstone lay in the Darkless Abyss and asked for the Primordial Purple Qi bound to it; Yang Huai agreed.
• Yang Huai and the Central Primordial Ancestor Sage Emperor manifested in the Darkless Abyss, where Yang Huai drew out the Annihilation Millstone and its strand of Primordial Purple Qi.
• Azure Moon attacked Yang Huai for the treasure, but Yang Huai trapped him in a Nine-Colored Taiji Diagram until an incarnation of the Dao in white freed him.
• The Five-Element Main God joined Azure Moon and the Dao incarnation in white, and Yang Huai led them beyond the realm to settle who was superior.

Yang Huai overwhelmed the Sacred Cosmos God Lord, Azure Moon Chief God, and Five-Element Main God while seizing the Annihilation Millstone. After the other God Lords and hostile Saint Venerables fled, he rewarded the Central Primordial Ancestor Sage Emperor and returned to the Primordial Cosmos to refine the treasure.

• Yang Huai wounded the Sacred Cosmos God Lord and drove back the Azure Moon Chief God and Five-Element Main God with his sword and Nine-Colored Taiji Diagram.
• Yang Huai split the Azure Moon Chief God's body, pinned his primordial spirit with four strands of sword qi, and shattered the Sacred Cosmos God Lord's net of fate with Capital-Heaven Divine Thunder.
• Saint Venerable Hanguang and Purple Emperor Saint Venerable moved against Yang Huai, but Perfect Harmony Daoist, Limitless Dao Lord, and Central Primordial Ancestor Sage Emperor intervened against them.
• Yang Huai suppressed the Azure Moon Chief God inside his body after resisting the Sacred Cosmos God Lord's attack on his mind; the Sacred Cosmos God Lord, Five-Element Main God, Saint Venerable Hanguang, and Purple Emperor Saint Venerable fled.
• Yang Huai gave a strand of Primordial Purple Qi to the Central Primordial Ancestor Sage Emperor, and the gathered Saints departed after declining his invitation.
• Yang Huai returned to the Primordial Cosmos to begin refining the Annihilation Millstone.

Yang Huai refined the Annihilation Millstone and, after six thousand years, completely refined the Primordial Treasure Mirror, using it to obtain the Supreme Fire Spirit fate. He condensed the Pangu Wuliang Supreme God fate and advanced to the third realm of Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal, reaching the cultivation of twelve great universes.

• Yang Huai ordered Supreme Teacher Taiyi to take the imprisoned Azure Moon Chief God to Yuan Ji Mountain for eternal suppression.
• Yang Huai refined the Annihilation Millstone and learned it wielded the Great Daos of annihilation, destruction, and obliteration.
• Sacred Cosmos God Lord confronted the Five-Element Main God over the Heavenly Profound Spirit Root, demanding it to help him condense the Primordial Zenith Sacred Heart.
• After six thousand years, Yang Huai completely refined the Primordial Treasure Mirror and discovered its abilities of Self-Transformation, Pierce All Realms, and Steal Fortune.
• Yang Huai persuaded the Primordial Treasure Mirror to provide the Supreme Fire Spirit fate, then absorbed it to transform his fate into the Pangu Wuliang Supreme God fate.
• Two thousand five hundred years later, Yang Huai became a third-realm Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal with the cultivation of twelve great universes.