Chapter Summaries

Yuan Yan and his allies accelerated the cultivation of their Three Corpse Dao Bodies while Yuan Yan studied and improved his fleshly primordial spirit. Meanwhile, with the Twelve Ancestral Witches recovering, Jiufeng led the Witch Clan into a careful campaign to contend for supremacy in the Primordial World.

• Yuan Yan agreed to Yuan Ling's proposal, and nine Peak Late-Stage Primordial Golden Immortals joined their minds to perfect the Dao Fruits of their Obsession Corpse Dao Bodies.
• Yuan Yan's and then Yuan Jie's Obsession Corpse Dao Bodies broke through to Primordial Golden Immortal Fullness in less than five yuanhui each.
• Yuan Yan studied his fleshly primordial spirit, recognized its strength and hidden mysteries, and began improving its structure using his Great Dao.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches retreated to the Pangu Blood Pool to heal their injuries and pursue breakthroughs, while Jiufeng led the One Hundred and Seven Innate Great Witches out from Mount Buzhou.
• Jiufeng made non-aggression agreements with reclusive powers and assessed ambitious factions such as Ji Meng and Bai Ze for recruitment or attack.

Jiufeng recruited powerful beings for the Witch Clan by offering protection, treasures, and access to Yuan Yan's improved Three Corpses Severing Method, while preparing to eliminate those who refused to submit. After the Twelve Ancestral Witches emerged to guard against outside interference, Jiufeng launched simultaneous attacks with her forces.

• Jiufeng selected Bai Ze, Yingzhao, Shang Yang, Ji Meng, Qin Yuan, Fei Lian, and others for recruitment, while marking Gui Che, Jiu Ying, Fei Dan, and Ci Tie for death.
• Most of the powerful beings Jiufeng visited pledged themselves to the Witch Clan, while some disbanded their forces and surrendered their territories in exchange for keeping their freedom.
• Some powerful beings refused both allegiance and disbandment, hoping to exploit the Witch Clan's struggle for supremacy or demand valuable spiritual treasures for their territories.
• Jiufeng continued visiting those she intended to subdue before confronting the holdouts and targets she planned to kill.
• Jiufeng brought the Twelve Ancestral Witches out of the Pangu Blood Pool to guard against Di Jun, Taiyi, or Dongwang Gong intervening.
• Jiufeng divided the One Hundred and Seven Innate Great Witches and her newly recruited forces into groups and launched simultaneous attacks.

Jiufeng consolidated Witch Clan rule over nearly all of the Central Continent and Eastern Continent, then moved to weaken the Demon Clan by forcing its subjects to renounce it. The Demon Clan’s Fortune continued to drain, bringing it closer to collapse.

• After a battle lasting tens of thousands of years, Jiufeng’s forces defeated the opposing army, killing or capturing nearly all its experts while suffering few major losses.
• Many Central Continent and Eastern Continent forces surrendered to the Witch Clan, and Jiufeng made agreements with powerful cultivators to preserve their Dao grounds.
• Jiufeng ordered demons closely tied to Di Jun and Taiyi to choose new rulers, renounce the Demon Clan, and prepare to fight it, using selected Great Firmament Golden Immortals to carry out executions.
• Jiufeng required less closely connected demons to swear that they did not belong to the Demon Clan, weakening their Karma ties without subjecting them to a large-scale purge.
• As Jiufeng’s measures took effect, the Demon Clan’s Fortune steadily declined despite Taiyi using the Chaos Bell to suppress it.

As the Witch Clan’s rise drove Calamity Qi across the Primordial World, Di Jun and Taiyi returned from the depths of space-time to find the Demon Clan defeated, scattered, and running out of resources. Di Jun proposed that Taiyi create a Middle Great Thousand World where the Demon Clan could recover and cultivate in seclusion.

• The Witch Clan expanded its power while Dongwang Gong recruited allies and conquered the Four Seas, and faint Calamity Qi appeared across the Primordial World.
• Many powerful cultivators abandoned plans to join the Witch Clan and instead prepared for seclusion or fled into the Inner Chaos.
• Di Jun and Taiyi emerged from the depths of space-time after nearly one yuanhui and learned that the Witch Clan had gained territory and was suppressing the Demon Clan.
• Taiyi asked Di Jun how they could preserve their followers and their Dao paths, as their injuries, dwindling resources, and loss of territory threatened the Demon Clan’s Fortune.
• Di Jun proposed that Taiyi open a Middle Great Thousand World, then use the River Chart and Luo Book to conceal it and power the Primordial River-Luo Grand Formation, converting Chaos Qi into spiritual resources for the Demon Clan.

Di Jun explained why Taiyi could only create a Middle Great Thousand World to shelter the Demon Clan for now, with the possibility of improving it over time. Taiyi began opening a world in the Inner Chaos, and its unstable beginnings took shape under the Eastern Emperor Bell.

• Di Jun explained that cultivating in a Middle Great Thousand World would slow the Demon Clan’s progress, but Taiyi could not create a higher-tier world quickly or safely.
• Di Jun argued that their resources and the Demon Clan’s strength could eventually advance the world, and Taiyi agreed to proceed.
• Di Jun summoned the River Chart and Luo Book to conceal the region of Chaos and nourish the Demon Clan within them.
• Taiyi activated the Eastern Emperor Bell, shattered Chaos, and separated clear and turbid energies to form the newborn world.
• Taiyi repeatedly used the Bell’s Dao Waves to stabilize the world as earth, fire, wind, and water raged and then transformed into Innate Essence.

Taiyi and Di Jun worked together to create and stabilize a Middle Great Thousand World while protecting Taiyi’s injuries and the Demon Clan. After five Epochs, the world became self-sustaining, and Taiyi named it the Demon Realm.

• Taiyi expanded the newborn world to the limit of a Middle Great Thousand World and planted the Seven-Colored Profound Origin Tree to support its heavens.
• Di Jun overlapped the Primordial River-Luo Grand Formation with the newborn world and had the Demon Clan operate it to stabilize and nourish the world.
• Di Jun arranged for the Demon Clan to take turns operating the formation and recovering, while he and Taiyi entered seclusion to heal and develop the world.
• Five Epochs later, Taiyi’s laws had formed the World Origin and World Membrane, allowing the world to operate without the formation.
• Taiyi sensed the completed world’s significance and named it the Demon Realm.

Di Jun and Taiyi received Heavenly Dao Merit after the Demon Realm was recognized as an affiliated world, but they judged that opening worlds in the Inner Chaos was not worth the cost at their current cultivation levels. They concealed the Demon Realm and resumed cultivating while continuing to nourish and advance it.

• The Heavenly Dao recognized the Demon Realm and distributed Merit to Taiyi, Di Jun, the Seven-Colored Profound Origin Tree, and the Demon Clan, with Taiyi receiving the largest share.
• Di Jun and Taiyi considered the costs and benefits of opening worlds, concluding that repeated efforts in the Inner Chaos would bring too little Merit and progress for the time and resources required.
• After collecting the Merit, Di Jun and Taiyi asked the Heavenly Dao to conceal the Demon Realm.
• Di Jun and Taiyi cultivated to heal their injuries and restore their origins while imprinting their Great Dao on the Demon Realm to promote its growth.
• Di Jun separated out a Perfected Great Firmament Golden Immortal Dao Body, while the Demon Clan split into two groups to operate the Primordial River-Luo Grand Formation and draw Chaos Qi for the Demon Realm.

After several Epochs in hiding, Di Jun and Taiyi sensed Dongwang Gong’s invitation and considered whether an alliance could help them resist the Witch Clan. Di Jun weighed joining forces against continuing to lie low, hoping the Witch Clan’s conflict with Dongwang Gong or intervention by the Yingzhou Immortal Island Lineage would eventually give the Demon Clan a chance to rise again.

• Di Jun and Taiyi awoke from cultivation when Dongwang Gong deliberately opened the Heavenly Secrets and invited them to meet.
• Taiyi suspected Dongwang Gong might be plotting an ambush, but Di Jun judged that he was more likely seeking allies against the Witch Clan.
• Di Jun reasoned that the Witch Clan’s Pangu True Body could overwhelm both the Demon Clan’s Primordial River-Luo Grand Formation and Dongwang Gong’s Ten Thousand Immortals Formation.
• Di Jun considered joining Dongwang Gong to secure a foothold for the Demon Clan, while also contemplating a future betrayal if their combined strength could challenge the Witch Clan.
• Di Jun considered remaining hidden if an alliance could not prevail, expecting the Witch Clan’s defeat of Dongwang Gong or the Yingzhou Immortal Island Lineage’s intervention to create an opening for the Demon Clan.

Di Jun and Taiyi considered how an alliance with Dongwang Gong could let them challenge the Witch Clan before the Ancestral Witches fully recovered. They agreed to seek Dongwang Gong, each secretly resolved to sacrifice himself to preserve his brother, and left their next move set in motion.

• Di Jun reasoned that the Witch Clan might eventually seek to unify the Primordial World, threatening Yingzhou Immortal Island and the other great powers.
• Di Jun argued that their Primordial River-Luo Grand Formation and Dongwang Gong’s Ten Thousand Immortals Formation could jointly counter the weakened Twelve Ancestral Witches and their Pangu True Body.
• Taiyi praised Di Jun’s plan and vowed to make the Witch Clan pay, while recognizing that their advantage might not last as the Ancestral Witches recovered and grew stronger.
• Taiyi resolved to protect Di Jun and send him away with the Chaos Bell, River Chart, and Luo Book if their forces were defeated; Di Jun privately held the same intention toward Taiyi.
• Taiyi asked whether they should go meet Dongwang Gong and form an alliance, and Di Jun agreed.

Di Jun and Taiyi prepared to leave the Demon Realm to recover and confront the Witch Clan, but Di Jun paused to create a starry sky there. Watching the stars form a natural array gave him an idea for a formation that could reach Hunyuan Great Firmament Golden Immortal power, potentially letting him face the Witch Clan without Dongwang Gong.

• Di Jun ordered the severely injured Demon Clan members to stay in the Demon Realm and drive the Primordial River-Luo Grand Formation while the rest entered the River Chart and Luo Book.
• Di Jun and Taiyi decided to travel to Yingzhou Immortal Island for Creation Dao Pills and Three Lights Divine Water, then prepared their forces and left a contingency for their resurrection in the Demon Realm.
• Di Jun realized the Demon Realm needed a Sun Star and starry sky, so he and Taiyi refined the Sun Star, Moon Star, Ziwei Star, and 129,600 other stars.
• Di Jun sent the stars into the Demon Realm’s sky, where their movement formed an array that transformed Chaos Qi into stellar power.
• Di Jun realized that the Primordial Stars could form a grand array capable of Hunyuan Great Firmament Golden Immortal power and considered facing the Witch Clan without an alliance with Dongwang Gong.

Di Jun realized that his envisioned star formation could challenge the Witch Clan’s Pangu True Body, but building it would require immense time, powerful experts, and control over the Primordial Stars. He concluded that the Star Lords would have to join the Demon Clan or die, yet either choice risked weakening the Demon Clan or alerting the entire Primordial World.

• Di Jun calmed down and recognized that deriving the grand formation from the stars would take many Epochs.
• He calculated that the formation needed three Primordial Golden Immortals, hundreds of Perfected Great Firmament Golden Immortals, and vast numbers of other experts, whom the Demon Clan could not readily gather.
• Di Jun considered lowering the formation’s requirements but knew that doing so might leave it unable to defeat the Witch Clan.
• He determined that the Primordial Star Lords would need to join the Demon Clan or be eliminated because their Stellar Authority could disrupt the formation.
• Di Jun weighed the dangers of killing Star Lords, especially Purple Light, Xi He, and Changxi, whose deaths could trigger backlash and expose the Demon Clan’s plans.

Di Jun decided to ally with Dongwang Gong, build up the Demon Clan, and develop a formation to oppose the Witch Clan. On the way to meet Dongwang Gong, he sensed a crucial opportunity at Mount Buzhou’s summit and went there with Taiyi, leaving them flying above the peak.

• Di Jun concluded that the Demon Clan needed territory, resources, and allies, so he planned to join forces with Dongwang Gong and occupy the Southern Continent.
• Di Jun resolved to create a semi-finished formation that could work alongside the Primordial River-Luo Grand Formation and Dongwang Gong’s Ten Thousand Immortals Formation.
• Di Jun and Taiyi left the Demon Realm and traveled to Yingzhou Immortal Island to trade for cultivation and healing treasures.
• After leaving Yingzhou Immortal Island, Di Jun sensed a great opportunity and deduced that it lay at Mount Buzhou’s summit.
• Di Jun and Taiyi concealed their tracks and the Heavenly Secrets as they climbed Mount Buzhou, then continued flying above its summit.

Di Jun and Taiyi discovered the hidden Thirty-Three Heavens, a vast realm rich in resources and treasures that could greatly strengthen the Demon Clan. Di Jun claimed the Heavenly Emperor Seal and learned how it could conceal and govern the heavens, leaving him determined to establish the Heavenly Court.

• Di Jun used the River Chart and Luo Book to locate a hidden Primordial Formation, then entered it with Taiyi.
• Di Jun and Taiyi explored the Thirty-Three Heavens and found abundant resources, along with many Innate Spiritual Treasures and Innate Spiritual Roots.
• Di Jun obtained the Heavenly Emperor Seal and learned that it granted control over the Thirty-Three Heavens and information about establishing the Heavenly Court.
• Di Jun celebrated the Demon Clan's prospects with Taiyi, then released hundreds of millions of Demon Clan members from the River Chart and Luo Book.
• The Demon Clan members bowed to Di Jun and Taiyi, and Di Jun told them to rise.

Di Jun rallied the Demon Clan in the Thirty-Three Heavens by promising that the Heavenly Dao, their new territory, and his grand formation would help them defeat the Witch Clan. He then divided tasks with Taiyi, sending them to gather Demon Clan survivors, strengthen the Heavenly Court, and prepare for war.

• Di Jun told the Demon Clan that the Thirty-Three Heavens were their sanctuary and claimed his grand formation could contend with the Witch Clan’s Pangu True Body.
• The Demon Clan members regained their fighting spirit and cheered for Di Jun after he promised to bring their scattered clansmen to safety.
• Di Jun assigned nearly four hundred Great Firmament Golden Immortals to lead the Demon Clan members away and settle them in the Thirty-Three Heavens.
• Taiyi stayed in the Thirty-Three Heavens and sent concealed avatars across the Primordial World to gather surviving Demon Clan members and other potential recruits.
• Di Jun returned to the Sun Star to heal and devise his grand formation, while assigning one avatar to the Thirty-Three Heavens and another to contact Dongwang Gong at Penglai Immortal Island.

Di Jun met Dongwang Gong to discuss an alliance, but rejected his offer to join the Immortal Court and exposed the danger Dongwang Gong faced from the Witch Clan. Di Jun revealed that the Demon Clan had secured a future in the Inner Chaos, while making clear he still intended to oppose the Witch Clan’s rise.

• Di Jun sent a clone to Penglai Immortal Island, and Dongwang Gong arrived after sensing his presence.
• Dongwang Gong complained that Di Jun had made him wait and urged him to join the Immortal Court, citing his rank and the aid he had given the Demon Clan.
• Di Jun rejected Dongwang Gong’s proposal and warned that the Witch Clan would likely attack him once the Twelve Ancestral Witches recovered.
• Dongwang Gong argued that the Demon Clan had lost its territory and might lose its Fortune, but Di Jun said he and Taiyi had established a Middle Great Thousand World in the Inner Chaos to sustain it.
• Di Jun admitted he still wanted to contest the Primordial World and warned that the Witch Clan could grow powerful enough to rival the Yingzhou Immortal Island Lineage.

Di Jun and Dongwang Gong formed an equal alliance against the Witch Clan, then Dongwang Gong established the Immortal Court on Penglai Immortal Island. The Heavenly Dao granted vast Merit, which propelled Dongwang Gong to the Seventh-Layer Primordial Golden Immortal realm and greatly strengthened his Three Corpse Dao Bodies.

• Di Jun and Dongwang Gong agreed to lead separate campaigns while pledging mutual aid against the Witch Clan and leaving future spoils to their own methods.
• Di Jun departed, and Dongwang Gong summoned his followers to establish the Immortal Court.
• Dongwang Gong declared himself Immortal Emperor and received the Heavenly Dao's response and a vast grant of Merit.
• The Merit was divided among Dongwang Gong, the Immortal Court's powerful experts, its immortals, and its Fortune.
• Dongwang Gong advanced to the Seventh-Layer Primordial Golden Immortal realm, while his Three Corpse Dao Bodies rose to the Fifth Layer.

Dongwang Gong established the Immortal Court and used the resulting Merit and Fortune to greatly strengthen his forces, provoking dissatisfaction among the Primordial World's great powers. Meanwhile, Di Jun and Taiyi gathered the scattered Demon Clan in the Thirty-Three Heavens, and Jiufeng set a trap to trace them to their hiding place.

• Dongwang Gong and his subordinates made major cultivation breakthroughs after the Immortal Court received Merit and Fortune.
• The Three Pure Ones, other great powers, and the Witch Clan resented Dongwang Gong's claim to govern the immortals, but held back from attacking him.
• Some tempted great powers traveled to Mount Buzhou or Yingzhou Immortal Island to seek Merit and Fortune by joining a major force.
• Di Jun and Taiyi suppressed their dissatisfaction with Dongwang Gong and continued gathering the Demon Clan across the Primordial World in the Thirty-Three Heavens.
• Jiufeng summoned the Twelve Ancestral Witches and arranged for methods to be planted on Demon Clan members so they could follow Di Jun and Taiyi's avatars to their hiding place.

Jiufeng destroyed Di Jun and Taiyi's avatars but could not find their hiding place, while the Demon Clan members they had rescued became a burden after the Witch Clan forced many tribes to turn against them. After purging their ranks, Di Jun and Taiyi allied with Dongwang Gong and openly mobilized the Demon Clan at the Southern Continent's border, drawing the attention of powerful cultivators across the Primordial World.

• Jiufeng ambushed and destroyed Di Jun and Taiyi's dispatched avatars, but their true location remained hidden and she captured none.
• The Witch Clan forced many tribes whose members Di Jun and Taiyi had taken away to swear loyalty to the Witch Clan, surrender resources, and kill the Demon Clan members' relatives and friends.
• Di Jun and Taiyi spent tens of thousands of years purging their rescued forces, then decided to conquer the Southern Continent and subjugate new races instead of retrieving more former subjects.
• Di Jun contacted Dongwang Gong and asked him to ready the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation against the Witch Clan.
• Di Jun and Taiyi brought most of their elite forces to the border between the Eastern Continent and the Southern Continent and released hundreds of millions of Demon Clan members, whose combined aura shook the Primordial World.
• Powerful cultivators sensed the display and wondered how Di Jun and Taiyi dared to reveal themselves before the Twelve Ancestral Witches.

The Ancestral Witches debated why Di Jun and Taiyi had revealed themselves and whether to confront them despite their lingering injuries. Dongwang Gong joined forces with the Demon Clan, leaving the Witch Clan to weigh the danger of facing both armies.

• Dijiang asked Jiufeng whether Di Jun and Taiyi had developed the Zhou Tian Star Formation, and Jiufeng judged they had not had enough time to create it.
• Xuanming urged the Ancestral Witches to attack, and Dijiang agreed to confront Di Jun and Taiyi to discover their trump card.
• Houtu warned that the injured Ancestral Witches could only summon the Pangu True Body for two attacks and might be unable to resist Dongwang Gong afterward.
• Dongwang Gong gathered the Immortal Court on Penglai Immortal Island, and their Great Dao aura echoed the Demon Clan's aura, revealing their alliance.
• Houtu argued that the strengthened Ten Thousand Immortals Formation could withstand a Pangu True Body strike without crippling Dongwang Gong or his forces.

Jiufeng proposed that the Witch Clan delay founding the Earth Court so they could use its Merit to advance their cultivation rather than merely heal. She urged the Ancestral Witches to gain greater strength first, then establish the Witch Clan and Earth Court, create the Four-Season Cycle, and crush the Demon Clan and Immortal Court with overwhelming power.

• The Ancestral Witches worried that their injuries and the limits of the Pangu True Body would leave them vulnerable to Di Jun, Taiyi, and Dongwang Gong.
• Jiufeng reminded Dijiang and the others that Di Jun and Taiyi had used Merit to recover from severe injuries.
• Jiufeng proposed announcing the Witch Clan and establishing the Earth Court to gain Merit and Fortune.
• Jiufeng explained that using the Merit to heal would not guarantee victory and could let their enemies escape or force the Witches to suffer heavy losses.
• Jiufeng recommended waiting until the Ancestral Witches reached the Late-Stage Primordial Golden Immortal realm, then establishing the Witch Clan and Earth Court and creating the Four-Season Cycle to gain further Merit and break through to the Ninth-Layer Primordial Golden Immortal.