Chapter Summaries

Yuan Yan sensed that the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation Diagram was fated to him and secretly prepared to steal it during the Three Pure Ones' confrontation with the Ancestral Witches. He left a time-space reflection in its place and set a hidden trap, ending with a plan to disguise the theft as an attack involving Dongwang Gong's treasures and the Chaos Bell.

• Yuan Yan sensed an invisible connection to the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation Diagram and suspected the Heavenly Dao wanted to keep it from the Earth Court.
• Yuan Yan decided not to openly challenge the Earth Court, but prepared to take the diagram if an opportunity arose.
• When the Three Pure Ones and the Thirteen Ancestral Witches clashed over Dongwang Gong's treasures, Yuan Yan coordinated with Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling to act secretly through Yuan Jie's Evil Corpse Dao Body's Space-Time Dao.
• Yuan Yan and the others concealed the true diagram and created a time-space reflection to disguise its absence.
• Yuan Yan devised a hidden formation that would make Dongwang Gong's treasures attack and scatter through space-time, then added traces of the Primordial River-Luo Grand Formation and a phantom of the Chaos Bell to the scheme.

Yuan Yan and the other three used hidden formations to steal the true Ten Thousand Immortals Formation Diagram while a space-time reflection distracted the Three Pure Ones and the Thirteen Ancestral Witches. The Ancestral Witches intercepted the other treasures but discovered the real diagram had vanished without a trace.

• Yuan Yan and the other three activated hidden Great Dao Array Patterns, creating a Chaos Bell phantom and an illusory Primordial River-Luo Grand Formation.
• The formation attacked the Three Pure Ones and the eleven Ancestral Witches, then swapped the real Ten Thousand Immortals Formation Diagram for a space-time reflection and sent the real one fleeing through space-time.
• Dijiang, Zhu Jiuyin, and Jiufeng broke the Chaos Bell phantom, while the Ancestral Witches and the Three Pure Ones pursued the fleeing treasures.
• The Thirteen Ancestral Witches intercepted every fleeing treasure, but Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin discovered that the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation Diagram they had caught was only a reflection.
• Jiufeng asked where the real Ten Thousand Immortals Formation Diagram was, and Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin revealed that it had already escaped into the depths of space-time.

The Ancestral Witches discovered that the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation Diagram had vanished, and Dijiang suspected Yuan Yan and the Yingzhou Immortal Island Lineage rather than Di Jun and Taiyi. He kept his suspicions to himself because he believed the Earth Court could not challenge Yingzhou, especially if Yuan Yan became a Sage.

• Zhurong cursed the Immortal Court remnants after learning the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation Diagram was missing, while Houtu asked whether the Three Pure Ones were responsible.
• Qiangliang accused the Three Pure Ones of causing the Earth Court's losses, and Dijiang stopped the Ancestral Witches from attacking them.
• Dijiang doubted that Di Jun and Taiyi had the space-time abilities behind the apparent theft and considered Yuan Yan and the other Yingzhou Immortal Island cultivators more likely suspects.
• Dijiang kept his suspicions from the other Ancestral Witches because he believed the Earth Court could not defeat the Yingzhou Immortal Island Lineage.
• Dijiang feared Yuan Yan could attain Sagehood if Yingzhou faced destruction, making any conflict with the lineage disastrous for the Ancestral Witches.

Di Jun and Taiyi rescued nearly half of the besieged Immortal Court experts before the Ancestral Witches and Earth Court forces trapped them. They escaped by sacrificing their Dao Bodies, leaving the Ancestral Witches to fear that the Demon Clan might also possess the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation Diagram.

• Taiyi froze more than thirty Earth Court Primordial Origin Golden Immortals while Di Jun attacked the surrounding forces, letting them draw nearly half the besieged Immortal Court experts to safety.
• The Thirteen Ancestral Witches and Earth Court experts blocked Di Jun and Taiyi’s escape routes after recovering from their attack.
• Di Jun sacrificed his Benevolent Corpse Dao Body and Evil Corpse Dao Body to hold back the Ancestral Witches, while Taiyi sacrificed his two Dao Bodies to empower the Eastern Emperor Bell and break through the blockade.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches formed the Twelve Capitals Heavenly Fiend Formation and stopped the Dao fire, but Di Jun and Taiyi escaped with seven Immortal Court Primordial Origin Golden Immortals, three Quasi-Sages, and more than four hundred Daluo Golden Immortals.
• Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches reconsidered whether Yuan Yan and his companions had taken the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation Diagram, fearing Di Jun and Taiyi might have it instead.

After the Earth Court defeated the Immortal Court, the Thirteen Ancestral Witches honored their deal with the Three Pure Ones and seized the Immortal Court’s treasury. On Yingzhou Immortal Island, Yuan Yan secretly obtained the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation Diagram and discussed the changing situation with his companions.

• The remaining Immortal Court experts either surrendered to the Earth Court or were killed, and Earth Court forces went on to subdue the Immortal Court’s army.
• Dijiang, Zhu Jiuyin, and Jiufeng upheld the deal with the Three Pure Ones, exchanging treasures for the Dragon-Headed Crook, Pure Yang Origin, and Postnatal Ten Thousand Immortals Formation Diagram.
• The Thirteen Ancestral Witches searched Penglai Immortal Island, took the Immortal Court’s treasury, and found the Heaven-Piercing Jianmu among its treasures.
• The Earth Court dispatched forces to the Four Seas and Southern Continent to establish its rule after destroying the Immortal Court.
• Yuan Yan secretly retrieved the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation Diagram and, watching the East Sea battlefield, admired Di Jun and Taiyi’s decisive rescue of Immortal Court experts.
• Fuxi asked Yuan Yan how close he was to becoming a saint, and Yuan Yan said he could do so at any time but would damage his Dao foundation by forcing it before his Primordial Dao Fruit reached fullness.

Yuan Yan rejected Fuxi’s proposal to devote the Yingzhou Immortal Island Lineage’s resources and Fortune to hastening his own attainment of the Dao, preferring to progress alongside his companions. Fuxi proposed strengthening the Heaven-Earth Origin-Returning Formation, but Yuan Jie raised the risks of lifting recruitment restrictions, leaving the proposal under debate.

• Yuan Yan explained that even full support would not let him perfect his Hunyuan Dao Fruit quickly, and he preferred not to delay Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, Yuan Ling, Fuxi, Nuwa, and the others.
• Fuxi urged the brothers to focus on cultivation while he handled other matters, and proposed improving the formation, recruiting hundreds of millions of Taiyi Golden Immortals, and accelerating the Western Continent’s restoration.
• Nuwa agreed with Fuxi’s plan, but Yuan Jie objected to lifting the lineage’s recruitment restrictions.
• Fuxi recalled that Yuan Yan had rejected mass recruitment because it would drain resources, create internal conflict if cultivators’ benefits were reduced, and risk Karma from poorly vetted recruits and their associates.

Yuan Yan reconsidered Fuxi’s proposal to recruit several hundred million Taiyi Golden Immortals into the Yingzhou Immortal Island Lineage, weighing the resource gains against the risks of misconduct and internal conflict. He devised an alternative: build cities across the Western Continent where cultivators could live, contribute to the formation, and follow strict rules.

• Fuxi argued that recruiting several hundred million Taiyi Golden Immortals would bring resources and could be supervised without seriously endangering the lineage’s Fortune.
• Yuan Yan and the others considered regular investigations, punishments, and Karmic Illuminating Mirrors as ways to control slaughter and Karma among new recruits.
• Yuan Yan recognized that recruits’ past misconduct, associates, and rivalries could still cause problems for the Yingzhou Immortal Island Lineage.
• Yuan Yan proposed building cities throughout the Western Continent, with entry, residence, and conduct rules based on cultivation and contribution.
• Yuan Yan’s plan allowed registered residents to earn contribution by activating and operating the Heaven-Earth Origin-Returning Formation for at least ten Epochs.

Yuan Yan proposed establishing cities across the Western Continent, using contributions to attract outside cultivators to operate the Heaven-Earth Origin-Returning Formation and strengthen Yingzhou Immortal Island Lineage’s control and benefits. The group assigned preparations while Yuan Yan and his Dao Bodies began work to perfect the formation.

• Yuan Yan explained how cities and contribution rewards could attract hundreds of millions of Golden Immortals and Taiyi Golden Immortals, boosting the formation and the Western Continent’s recovery.
• Fuxi praised Yuan Yan, while Nuwa showed her approval, and Yuan Yan proposed putting the plan into effect immediately.
• Yuan Yan, Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and the others agreed to study the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation Diagram and improve the Heaven-Earth Origin-Returning Formation.
• Fuxi planned to send Great Firmament Golden Immortal avatars to oversee affairs as Yingzhou Immortal Island Lineage cultivators built cities, established formations, and connected them to the main formation.
• After the formation was perfected, the group would invite outside cultivators to participate and move them between cities and formation nodes as needed.

Yuan Yan and the other five refined the Heaven-Earth Origin-Returning Formation so it could be operated by hundreds of millions of cultivators, while assigning Yingzhou Immortal Island Lineage Taiyi Golden Immortals to guard the cities. Yuan Yan then learned that all preparations were complete and their plan could begin.

• The group decided that Yingzhou Immortal Island Lineage Taiyi Golden Immortals would guard and manage the Western Continent’s cities instead of operating the formation.
• Yuan Yan and the other five contacted their Three Corpse Dao Bodies and studied the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation Diagram.
• After comprehending the formation for ten Epochs, Yuan Yan and the other five deduced and refined the Heaven-Earth Origin-Returning Formation.
• The group improved the formation to accommodate hundreds of millions of cultivators and greatly increase its power and stability.
• Yuan Yan saw through the Heavenly Secrets and learned that all preparations for their plan were complete.

Fuxi and the others improved the Heaven-Earth Origin-Returning Formation and filled it with hundreds of millions of cultivators, accelerating the Western Continent’s recovery. They then focused on cultivation, making rapid progress toward higher realms and strengthening their bodies with Dao-based structures.

• Fuxi agreed to handle more affairs so Yuan Yan, Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, Yuan Ling, and Nuwa could focus on attaining the Dao.
• The six and their Three Corpse Dao Bodies improved the Heaven-Earth Origin-Returning Formation, then had hundreds of millions of Golden Immortals and Taiyi Golden Immortals operate it.
• After confirming the formation was stable at the Fourth-Layer Hunyuan Great Firmament Golden Immortal level, the six withdrew and left one of Fuxi’s Three Corpse Dao Bodies in charge.
• Yuan Yan, Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling’s Three Corpse Dao Bodies reached the Twelfth-Layer Primordial Golden Immortal, while their true bodies reached Primordial Golden Immortal Fullness.
• Nuwa reached the Eleventh-Layer Primordial Golden Immortal, Fuxi reached the Tenth-Layer, and their Three Corpse Dao Bodies continued advancing.
• Yuan Yan, Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling rebuilt their Fleshly Primordial Spirits using their respective Great Daos, greatly increasing their defenses and barehanded combat strength.

Yuan Yan, Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling delayed fusing their Three Corpse Dao Bodies until they could restore the continents and earn more Merit. Meanwhile, the Earth Court expanded its rule, and the Witches prepared formations for the Calamity Cycle’s final battle.

• Yuan Yan, Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling decided to use Origin Dao Pills and a small amount of Merit to advance their Three Corpse Dao Bodies while continuing their restoration work.
• More than a thousand Epochs earlier, the Earth Court conquered the Four Seas and Southern Continent after the Immortal Court fell and the Demon Clan retreated.
• Under Jiufeng's leadership, the Earth Court maintained order, cleared ferocious beasts and damaged battlefields, repaired Earth Veins, and developed trade and communication across the Primordial World.
• The Earth Court gained Merit and Fortune, while the Thirteen Ancestral Witches advanced from the Eighth-Layer to the Ninth-Layer Primordial Golden Immortal realm.
• At Jiufeng's suggestion, the Thirteen Ancestral Witches and the Earth Court prepared for the Calamity Cycle's final battle and created the Twelve Fiendish Gods Annihilation Formation, which could strengthen twelve Great Witches and condense an Ancestral Witch True Body.

The chapter described Jiufeng and the Ancestral Witches’ battle preparations, then explained why the Demon Clan gained the Immortal Court’s surviving experts and how it hoped to resist the Earth Court. The Demon Clan’s plan depended on hiding in the Thirty-Three Heavens and completing formations capable of countering the Pangu True Body.

• The Twelve Ancestral Witches used their Heavenly Fiendish Banners to form the Twelve Heavenly Fiendish Gods Formation, which shared the strain of condensing the Pangu True Body and let it unleash more strikes.
• Jiufeng could form the array and condense the Pangu True Body alone, but doing so before Primordial Golden Immortal Fullness risked destroying her foundation or killing her.
• The Thirteen Ancestral Witches forged Lifebound Blood-Refined Battle Weapons, and Jiufeng prepared hers as a precaution against the Demon Clan’s possible Witch-Slaying Sword.
• Di Jun and Taiyi burned their Benevolent and Evil Corpse Dao Bodies to rescue nearly half of the Immortal Court’s experts, who joined the Demon Clan to use its Fortune to suppress their Murderous Karmic Force.
• Di Jun relied on the Demon Clan’s refuge in the Thirty-Three Heavens and planned to use the Zhou Tian Star Formation to contend with the Pangu True Body, while the Primordial River-Luo Grand Formation offered another means to challenge the Earth Court.

The Demon Clan and Earth Court continued their hidden clashes as Minghe secured his life by merging with the Blood Sea, improved its formation, and earned Merit that helped him reach the Late-Stage Primordial Golden Immortal. His success inspired other great powers to seek Merit, and Xi He, Changxi, Ziwei, and Purple Light gained some by blessing living beings with stellar power.

• Di Jun and Taiyi advanced to the Eighth-Layer Primordial Golden Immortal while the Demon Clan and Earth Court continued to clash through raids and ambushes.
• Minghe fully merged with the Blood Sea Origin, making himself impossible to kill while the Blood Sea remained.
• Minghe improved the Blood Sea Formation and swore to heaven and earth that he would cleanse the Primordial World of baleful blood energy.
• The Heavenly Dao bestowed Merit on Minghe, and he broke through to the Late-Stage Primordial Golden Immortal.
• Xi He, Changxi, Ziwei, and Purple Light used their Stellar Authority to bless living beings and gained Merit and Fortune, while Kunpeng had lost his chance to gain Merit by establishing Demon Script.

Yuan Yan judged that the time had come to finish restoring the Western Continent region covered by the Heaven-Earth Origin-Returning Formation and settle the Western Karma, gaining Merit and Fortune. He left Mount Sumeru to Jieyin and Zhunti and planned to purify and restore the Northern Continent afterward, delaying that work to avoid provoking powerful rivals.

• Yuan Yan awoke on the Twenty-Fourth-Rank Creation Azure Lotus and saw that only a small area within the Western formation remained barren.
• Yuan Yan planned to restore the remaining area and announce the completion to Heaven and Earth, which would settle the transferred Western Karma and earn immense Merit and Fortune.
• Yuan Yan decided not to claim Mount Sumeru or the remaining barren land outside the formation, leaving them as Jieyin's means of attaining sainthood.
• The Yingzhou Immortal Island Lineage prepared to purify the Northern Continent's Innate Earth Veins and establish another Heaven-Earth Origin-Returning Formation after several dozen Epochs.
• Yuan Yan's group delayed the Northern Continent project because its rewards and public actions could attract obstruction from Earth Court, the Demon Clan, and other powerful experts.

Yuan Yan, Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, Yuan Ling, Fuxi, and Nuwa completed the restoration of the Western Continent and declared its division from the Southwestern Continent. The Heavenly Dao recognized the division and gathered a vast sea of merit, which began descending.

• Yuan Yan and the others left the Three Lights Divine Water Pool and gathered at the Heaven-Origin Range.
• Fuxi's Benevolent Corpse Dao Body used the Heaven-Earth Origin-Returning Formation to restore the Western Continent's final barren region.
• The restored territory separated from Mount Sumeru's Ancestral Vein, becoming the New Western Continent while the remaining land became the Southwestern Continent.
• Yuan Yan, Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, Yuan Ling, Fuxi, and Nuwa declared the division before the Heavenly Dao and claimed their lineage had governed and restored the Western Continent.
• The Heavenly Dao confirmed the division, and a Merit Star Sea larger than the previous one gathered above the Nine Heavens before its streams began descending.

Merit from the Western Continent’s restoration empowered its Earth Veins and elevated the Heaven-Earth Origin-Returning Formation’s flags into Acquired Merit Supreme Treasures. Yuan Yan and the others received Merit and Fortune and entered a state of enlightenment, where they began integrating their Three Corpse Dao Bodies’ Great Daos.

• Most of the Merit went to Yuan Yan, Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, Yuan Ling, Fuxi, and Nuwa, while smaller shares went to the Yingzhou Immortal Island Lineage’s cultivators, hired participants, the Earth Vein Network, and the Formation Flags.
• The Merit strengthened the Western Continent’s Earth Veins and transformed the Heaven-Earth Origin-Returning Formation’s flags into Acquired Merit Supreme Treasures, raising the formation’s power and efficiency.
• Yuan Yan planned to convert some Chaos Qi into Innate Spiritual Qi and Dao Rhyme Spiritual Essence for the Western Continent, while using Heaven-Earth Origin Force to develop the lineage and strengthen the continent.
• Yuan Yan, Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, Yuan Ling, Fuxi, Nuwa, and their Three Corpse Dao Bodies entered an ethereal state of enlightenment under the influence of Merit and Fortune.
• Yuan Yan, Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling began merging with their Three Corpse Dao Bodies and integrating their Great Daos.

Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Yuan perfected their Daos and advanced to the Half-Step Hunyuan Great Firmament Golden Immortal after Merit descended, while their integration with their three corpse Dao bodies remained incomplete. Fuxi, Nuwa, and the Yingzhou Immortal Island Lineage also made major cultivation gains, leaving the three leaders poised to progress further when they finish merging their bodies and repay their karmic debts.

• Yuan Yan's Yin-Yang Dao, Yuan Jie's World Dao, Yuan Lun's Reincarnation Dao, and Yuan Yuan's Mind Dao evolved to perfection as Merit descended.
• Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, Yuan Yuan, Fuxi, Nuwa, and the Yingzhou Immortal Island Lineage cultivators awoke from enlightenment after the Merit was fully bestowed.
• Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Yuan discovered that they had reached the Half-Step Hunyuan Great Firmament Golden Immortal realm but had fused only a little over eighty percent of their three corpse Dao bodies.
• Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Yuan realized that completing the fusion and repaying their karmic debts could let them break through directly to the Second-Layer Hunyuan Great Firmament Golden Immortal.
• Nuwa advanced to the Primordial Golden Immortal Peak, while her three corpse Dao bodies reached the Eleventh-Layer Primordial Golden Immortal.
• Fuxi advanced to the Twelfth-Layer Primordial Golden Immortal, and all three of his corpse Dao bodies reached Primordial Golden Immortal Fullness.

The Yingzhou Immortal Island Lineage’s cultivators assessed the major cultivation gains they had made through Merit, treasures, and Yuan Yan’s improved Three Corpses Severing Method. Queen Mother of the West was especially pleased with her choice to join the lineage, while Yuan Yan and his three companions neared Dao-proclamation.

• The chapter detailed the Yingzhou Immortal Island Lineage’s strength, including its Primordial Golden Immortals, Quasi-Sages, Great Firmament Golden Immortals, and Three Corpse Dao Bodies.
• The lineage’s Quasi-Sages and Primordial Golden Immortals used Innate Spiritual Treasures and Yuan Yan’s improved method to sever their Three Corpse Dao Bodies and advance their cultivation.
• The chapter ranked the Top-Tier Innate Divines by cultivation, placing Yuan Yan, Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling at Half-Step Hunyuan Great Firmament Golden Immortal, with Nuwa and Fuxi at Twelfth-Layer Primordial Golden Immortal.
• Queen Mother of the West realized that joining the Yingzhou Immortal Island Lineage had raised her standing to the second echelon and brought her close to Primordial Golden Immortal Fullness.
• Yuan Yan, Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling perfected their Primordial Dao Fruits and approached Dao-proclamation, while the lineage’s other cultivators rejoiced over their gains in cultivation and Merit.

Yuan Yan burned Heavenly Dao Merit to complete the integration of his Three Corpse Dao Bodies and advanced to the Third-Layer Hunyuan Great Firmament Golden Immortal. Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling interrupted his sudden enlightenment before he exhausted all his merit, leaving him worried about having enough to repay karmic debts and prove the Dao.

• Yuan Yan used a large amount of merit to enter sudden enlightenment and accelerate the integration of his Three Corpse Dao Bodies.
• Yuan Yan fully integrated the three corpses, merging their Great Daos, Innate Imperishable True Spirits, and Hunyuan Ancestral Qi with his own.
• Yuan Yan's life origin transformed, and he perfected the Alchemy Dao, Five Elements Dao, and Creation Dao as branches of his Yin-Yang Dao.
• Yuan Yan advanced from the Second-Layer to the Third-Layer Hunyuan Great Firmament Golden Immortal.
• Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling used their connection to interrupt Yuan Yan's enlightenment before he could spend all his merit.
• Yuan Yan stopped burning merit and realized he had lost a third of his reserves, which he still needed to repay karmic debts and prove the Dao.

Yuan Yan stopped burning merit after fusing his Three Corpse Dao Bodies and prepared to repay the world’s karma before attaining the Hunyuan Great Firmament Golden Immortal Dao. He sensed that becoming a sage was also within reach, but proceeded with his chosen path as the Heavenly Dao gathered in response.

• Yuan Yan reflected that he had wasted merit during his rapid cultivation and resolved to have his Three-Selves Dao Bodies interrupt future epiphanies as soon as their goals were achieved.
• The Yingzhou Immortal Island Lineage powerhouses watched Yuan Yan expectantly as he calmed his Great Dao aura.
• Yuan Yan sensed that his remaining merit could not repay his debt to the world and that he needed more merit from Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling.
• Yuan Yan recalled that the Hongmeng Purple Qi had repeatedly signaled his readiness to become a sage, but he had chosen to perfect his Primordial Dao Fruit and attain the Hunyuan Great Firmament Golden Immortal Dao first.
• Yuan Yan extracted one-tenth of the accumulated merit from Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling, manifested his Primordial Dao Fruit and Merit Golden Wheel, and sought to repay the world’s karma.
• The Heavenly Dao Will descended and the Eye of the Heavenly Dao manifested in response to Yuan Yan.