Arc 14Chapters 326–343

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Ch. 326Taiyi broke through, and the Sages gathered

Taiyi grasped the Dao of “One” and became the Primordial World’s ninth Sage. With the Three Powers complete and nine Sages united, Pan Xuan summoned them to Great Luo Heaven to plan a counteroffensive into Chaos against Hong Jun’s Divine Domain.

  • The Three Pure Ones’ attainment of the Dao inspired Taiyi to understand that his Dao of “One” was the foundation that sustained heaven, earth, and all living beings.
  • Taiyi became a Sage through the Chaos Bell and the Dao of “One,” and Di Jun celebrated his younger brother’s breakthrough.
  • Pan Xuan counted the nine Sages and declared that the Primordial World was now strong enough to fight the Gods of Chaos.
  • Pan Xuan summoned the Sages to Great Luo Heaven to discuss an expedition into Chaos and the destruction of Hong Jun’s Divine Domain.
  • Di Jun and Taiyi supported Pan Xuan’s plan to counterattack the Gods of Chaos.

Ch. 327Those Who Would Stay Behind, the Three Pure Ones Open Heavens, Embodying the Dao

Pan Xuan settled the defense of the Primordial World before the expedition into Chaos, leaving Zhen Yuanzi, Houtu, and Nuwa to guard its domains while the other Sages departed. The Three Pure Ones opened three heavens and established divine origins, laws, and teachings, leaving the Three Realms with a complete governing order.

  • Nuwa and Houtu warned that the Primordial World needed protection during the expedition, and Pan Xuan assigned Zhen Yuanzi, Houtu, and Nuwa to guard its domains.
  • The other Sages agreed to campaign in Chaos while the Three Pure Ones left avatars behind to oversee the world's higher order.
  • The Three Pure Ones opened the Taiqing, Yuqing, and Shangqing realms above the Thirty-Three Heavens and stationed their avatars there.
  • Yuanshi Tianzun's avatar created innate gods and established the origins of the heavens and myriad worlds.
  • Lingbao Tianzun's avatar conferred divine authority, established heavenly laws and institutions, and arranged the stars and calamities.
  • Daode Tianzun's avatar descended into the mortal world to teach and guide living beings, while the gods took up their posts across the Three Realms.

Ch. 328The armies assemble

With the Primordial World’s foundations secured, Pan Xuan launched the campaign into Chaos and summoned the Three Clans to join the expedition. The Dragon, Phoenix, Qilin, Witch, and Demon armies assembled under their leaders, ready to march.

  • Pan Xuan issued an Edict inviting the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans to accompany the expedition into Chaos and earn Merit.
  • Ancestral Dragon, Yuanfeng, and Primordial Qilin rallied their clans and led their armies toward Great Luo Heaven.
  • Pan Xuan gathered the Eleven Ancestral Witches and rallied the Witch Clan’s warriors, with Houtu remaining behind to guard the Primordial World.
  • Di Jun and Taiyi rallied the Demon Clan in the Starry Sky, while Kunpeng offered to clear the way into Chaos.

Ch. 329Marching into Chaos

The armies of the Primordial World assembled outside Great Luo Heaven, and Pan Xuan led their expedition into Chaos with the Three Pure Ones guarding the host. Deep within Chaos, Hong Jun and the Four Sovereigns sensed their approach.

  • Kunpeng rallied the Demon Clan army, while Ancestor Minghe assembled the Asura army and vowed to slay a Chaos god to attain Sagehood.
  • Ancestral Dragon, Yuanfeng, and Primordial Qilin led their armies to Great Luo Heaven and pledged their clans to the expedition.
  • Pan Xuan asked Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian to guard the army, and the Three Pure Ones agreed to protect its flanks.
  • Pan Xuan declared the Primordial World's purpose and ordered the assembled Witch, Demon, Asura, Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin armies to march.
  • Pan Xuan opened a gateway into Chaos and led the host through, with the Eleven Ancestral Witches, clan leaders, and Three Pure Ones following.
  • Hong Jun and the Four Sovereigns sensed the Primordial World's army entering Chaos and watched its approach with grave expressions.

Ch. 330Olympus, the Holy Light Kingdom of God

As the Primordial World's army advanced into Chaos, Hong Jun sent the Four Sovereigns to gather their forces while he stayed behind to prepare defenses. Zeus and God returned to their domains, summoned their armies, and led them to march against the invaders.

  • Hong Jun and the Four Sovereigns sensed the Primordial World's army approaching, and Hong Jun ordered the Four Sovereigns to summon their forces while he defended the Chaos Divine Domain.
  • Zeus returned to Olympus, summoned its gods, and rallied them to fight the Primordial World's army.
  • God returned to the Holy Light Kingdom of God, assembled the angels and saints, and led them to march against the Primordial World's army.

Ch. 331Asgard, the Brahma Realm, and Hong Jun's Trap

Odin and Brahma summoned the gods and armies of their realms to prepare for a fight to the death against the approaching army of the Primordial World. Hong Jun fortified the Chaos Divine Domain with layered arrays and awaited the invasion as the forces of the Gods of Chaos converged.

  • Odin gathered the gods of Asgard and the warriors of the Hall of the Einherjar, then ordered them to march against the army of the Primordial World.
  • Brahma summoned the gods of the Brahma Realm and the Deva Army, then led them to prepare for battle.
  • Hong Jun used the Creation Jade Disc to create the Chaos Maze Array, Baleful Qi Traps, and a Restrictions Net around the Chaos Divine Domain.
  • Hong Jun erected a platform before the Divine Domain and waited for the Primordial World army to arrive.
  • The forces of the Gods of Chaos converged on the Chaos Divine Domain as the approaching army drew near.

Ch. 332Laozi and Pan Xuan Joined Forces Against Hong Jun

Pan Xuan and the Three Pure Ones broke Hong Jun’s defenses around the Chaos Divine Domain, allowing the Primordial World’s army to confront the foreign gods. When the battle began, Pan Xuan and Laozi joined forces against Hong Jun and gradually gained the advantage despite the Creation Jade Disc.

  • Pan Xuan and the Three Pure Ones used refining power, the power of order, and Tongtian’s sword to destroy Hong Jun’s maze, traps, and Restrictions Net.
  • The Primordial World’s army advanced to the Chaos Divine Domain, where it faced the armies of Olympus, the Kingdom of God, Asgard, and the Brahma Realm.
  • Pan Xuan challenged Hong Jun, and the opposing armies began their great battle in Chaos.
  • Pan Xuan and Laozi attacked Hong Jun together; Hong Jun used the Creation Jade Disc to dissolve Pan Xuan’s Divine Dao Chains and block much of Laozi’s Dao power.
  • Laozi’s clear light pierced the disc’s radiance as Pan Xuan pressed his attack, leaving Hong Jun flustered and gradually at a disadvantage.

Ch. 333The sages clash

Yuanshi Tianzun, Sect Master Tongtian, Di Jun, and Taiyi each clashed with a rival god in the chaos, matching their opponents’ powers with their own Dao. Their battles escalated as holy light, lightning, fate, stars, reincarnation, and the Chaos Bell collided.

  • Yuanshi Tianzun blocked God’s holy light and argued that the true body of the Great Dao stood above creation and judgment, before their powers collided again.
  • Sect Master Tongtian split Zeus’s lightning with his sword, drove him back, and met a stronger lightning pillar with another sword strike.
  • Di Jun used the Zhoutian Star Dou Great Array to block Odin’s attack, then sent a torrent of starlight against Odin’s spear-powered torrent.
  • Taiyi countered Brahma’s sacred chant with the Dao of One, and the Chaos Bell shattered the chant.
  • Brahma summoned a Reincarnation Vortex, which Taiyi met with successive tolls of the Chaos Bell.

Ch. 334Clash of Legions

The Primordial World army fought the Gods of Chaos across the battlefield, with the Witch, Dragon, Phoenix, Demon, and Qilin clans pressing their enemies back. The Gods of Chaos were gradually overwhelmed as the melee continued.

  • Di Jiang and the Witch Clan charged Olympus, while the clans' laws and attacks tore into the gods' ranks.
  • Poseidon, Hades, Ares, Apollo, and the other Olympus gods fought back, but Ancestral Dragon and the Dragon Clan broke their formation.
  • Yuanfeng led the Phoenix Clan against the Holy Light Kingdom of God, and their nirvana fire overwhelmed the angels despite Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel's efforts.
  • Zhu Rong and Kunpeng halted Asgard's advance, while the Demon and Qilin armies hemmed in the Brahma Realm's celestial legion.
  • The Primordial World army surged forward through the prolonged slaughter, gradually swallowing the Gods of Chaos' forces.

Ch. 335A Slaughter Sword Nourished with Blood

Ancestor Minghe secretly gathered battlefield blood and killing intent to empower a sword meant to kill Hong Jun and prove his Dao through slaughter. He waited for Pan Xuan and Laozi to force Hong Jun into a fatal opening before striking.

  • Ancestor Minghe watched the battles between Sages and chose Hong Jun, rather than the Four Sovereigns, as his target.
  • Ancestor Minghe held back because Hong Jun’s Creation Jade Disc could neutralize attacks, and he needed a sure chance to kill him.
  • Ancestor Minghe drew blood, resentment, and killing intent from the battlefield into his blood-colored sword, gradually increasing its power.
  • Ancestor Minghe saw Hong Jun tiring under Pan Xuan and Laozi’s combined assault and raised his sword for a concealed strike.
  • Ancestor Minghe waited for Hong Jun’s protective mystic light to falter and the Creation Jade Disc’s radiance to dim.

Ch. 336One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones

Pan Xuan and Laozi battled Hong Jun while Ancestor Minghe prepared a killing strike from the Blood Sea. Laozi revealed One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones and used the combined strength of four Sages to overwhelm Hong Jun’s Creation Jade Disc.

  • Ancestor Minghe gathered power at the Blood Sea and fixed his killing intent on Hong Jun.
  • Pan Xuan and Laozi sensed Minghe’s plan and resolved to pressure Hong Jun to create an opening for his strike.
  • Hong Jun warned Pan Xuan and Laozi that he could still kill them, but they insisted he would fall for his schemes against living beings.
  • Laozi used One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones to manifest three avatars equal to himself.
  • Laozi and his three avatars activated the Taiji Diagram together, crushing Hong Jun’s defenses as Laozi declared that its Yin-Yang Dao could overcome the Creation Jade Disc.

Ch. 337Hong Jun Spilled Blood

Laozi and Pan Xuan wounded Hong Jun by attacking him from both sides with the Taiji Diagram and Divine Dao Star Seal. Ancestor Minghe absorbed Hong Jun’s spilled Sage blood, temporarily reached the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm, and prepared to kill him.

  • Pan Xuan summoned the Divine Dao Star Seal and brought the power of the stars and the Divine Dao to bear on Hong Jun.
  • Laozi and the Four Saints drove the Taiji Diagram’s Yin-Yang vortex as Pan Xuan’s colossal seal trapped Hong Jun between their attacks.
  • Hong Jun’s Creation Jade Disc could not stop the assault, and the combined forces shattered his protections and made him spit blood.
  • Ancestor Minghe summoned and absorbed Hong Jun’s spilled Sage blood, temporarily raising his cultivation to the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm.
  • Ancestor Minghe declared that he would offer Hong Jun’s blood to his Slaughter Dao and cut off his head.

Ch. 338A Clash of Supreme Treasures

Ancestor Minghe joined Pan Xuan and Laozi in their battle against the wounded Hong Jun, while the two Sages sealed the Creation Jade Disc. With Hong Jun deprived of his treasure’s protection, Ancestor Minghe unleashed Yuantu and Abi, sending their sword lights toward him.

  • Ancestor Minghe entered the battle with the Karma Fire Red Lotus protecting him and the Yuantu and Abi Swords in hand.
  • Pan Xuan and Laozi joined forces to restrain the Creation Jade Disc with the Taiji Diagram and the Divine Dao Star Seal.
  • Hong Jun failed to retrieve the sealed Creation Jade Disc, and the protective mystic light around him dimmed.
  • Ancestor Minghe gathered his slaughter Dao power and infused it into Yuantu and Abi.
  • Ancestor Minghe swung both swords, sending intertwined red and black sword lights tearing toward Hong Jun.

Ch. 339The Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, Tongtian's Helping Hand

Ancestor Minghe’s Yuantu and Abi Swords gravely wounded Hong Jun, while Pan Xuan and Laozi prevented him from reclaiming the Creation Jade Disc. Tongtian abandoned his stalemated fight with Zeus to trap Hong Jun in the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, then invited Ancestor Minghe inside.

  • Ancestor Minghe pierced Hong Jun with the Yuantu and Abi Swords, leaving the Heavenly Dao lord gravely wounded.
  • Hong Jun tried to summon the Creation Jade Disc, but Pan Xuan and Laozi kept it restrained with the Divine Dao Star Seal and Taiji Diagram.
  • Tongtian left his battle with Zeus and deployed the Four Swords of Immortal Slaying around Hong Jun.
  • Tongtian raised the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, trapping Hong Jun and cutting him with its sword energy.
  • Tongtian opened a gap in the formation and invited Ancestor Minghe to enter.

Ch. 340The gods retreated in defeat

Ancestor Minghe entered Tongtian’s Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation to finish off the wounded Hong Jun while Pan Xuan and Laozi routed the Gods of Chaos. With their armies collapsing and Hong Jun trapped, Zeus, God, Odin, and Brahma broke free of their battles with the Primordial World Sages and fled toward their forces to save what remained.

  • Ancestor Minghe entered the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation and waited for his power to stabilize before delivering a final strike against the trapped Hong Jun.
  • Tongtian returned to battle Zeus, while Pan Xuan claimed the Creation Jade Disc and Laozi and Pan Xuan attacked the Chaos gods’ armies.
  • The armies of Olympus, the Holy Light Kingdom of God, Asgard, and the Brahma Realm fell into disarray and retreated under the Primordial World army’s assault.
  • Zeus damaged his Thunderclap Spear to break through Tongtian’s sword light and escape toward Olympus’s army.
  • God, Odin, and Brahma each sacrificed part of their power or origin to escape Yuanshi, Di Jun, and Taiyi and rush to their retreating armies.

Ch. 341Hong Jun perished, Minghe attained Sagehood

Ancestor Minghe killed Hong Jun inside the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation and attained Sagehood by proving the Dao through slaughter. The Four Sovereigns absorbed their armies and charged the ten Sages of the Primordial World for a final battle.

  • Ancestor Minghe struck Hong Jun with Yuantu, Abi, and the Four Swords of Immortal Slaying, destroying his Sage body.
  • Ancestor Minghe absorbed Hong Jun’s Sage blood, perfected his Slaughter Dao, and became a Sage.
  • Zeus, God, Odin, and Brahma decided to devour their armies rather than let them be defeated by the Primordial World.
  • The Four Sovereigns absorbed their respective divine forces, then charged the ten Sages of the Primordial World for a final battle.

Ch. 342Uprooting the Weeds, Returning in Triumph

The Sages of the Primordial World trapped the Four Sovereigns in the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation and defeated them, then annihilated the surviving armies and inhabitants of the Gods of Chaos. They claimed the fallen gods’ treasures and began drawing five Divine Domains toward the Primordial World as the victorious army returned laden with spoils.

  • Sect Master Tongtian trapped Zeus, God, Odin, and Brahma in the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, where the Sages of the Primordial World confronted them.
  • Pan Xuan, Laozi, Yuanshi, Di Jun, Taiyi, and Ancestor Minghe fought the Four Sovereigns, with the formation’s sword qi aiding the Sages.
  • Pan Xuan killed God, Laozi and Yuanshi killed Brahma, Di Jun and Taiyi killed Zeus, and Ancestor Minghe killed Odin.
  • The Sages and the Primordial World’s armies exterminated the surviving forces of the Gods of Chaos and slaughtered the remaining inhabitants of their Divine Domains.
  • The Sages seized the fallen gods’ treasures and used their powers to draw Olympus, the Holy Light Kingdom of God, Asgard, the Brahma Realm, and Hong Jun’s Chaos Divine Domain toward the Primordial World.
  • The army of the Primordial World returned in triumph with the spoils of war.

Ch. 343The Mighty Attain Sagehood, the Eternal True Realm (Grand Finale)

The Sages merged the Five Divine Domains into the Primordial World and returned the Creation Jade Disc to its Heavenly Dao, advancing the world into an eternal true realm. As new Sages rose and the Sage Council established joint rule, they transformed the sealed Demon Creature into a Demon Realm, leaving Pan Xuan to look over a balanced, flourishing world that would endure through all ages.

  • Pan Xuan and the Sages merged the Five Divine Domains into the Primordial World, and Pan Xuan returned the Creation Jade Disc to the Heavenly Dao, completing the world’s advance into an eternal true realm.
  • Fuxi, Randeng, Hong Yun, Jieyin, Zhunti, Kunpeng, and the Eleven Ancestral Witches attained Sagehood as they discovered their respective paths.
  • Pan Xuan convened the Sages in the Sage Realm, where they established the Sage Council and agreed to govern the Primordial World together.
  • The Sages broke down the sealed Demon Creature and, guided by Pan Xuan, reforged its negative power into the Demon Realm to balance the world’s light and darkness.
  • After countless epochs, Pan Xuan looked over the flourishing Primordial World and reflected that his work had helped preserve the lights of countless homes.
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