Chapter Summaries

Pan Xuan recognized the black stele in the abyss as Shen Ni’s Destruction Stele and warned the Ancestral Witches to handle it carefully. After Di Jiang took the treasure, the group fled the collapsing abyss, and Pan Xuan told Houtu that the stele might be connected to the ancient Ferocious Beast Calamity.

• The Eleven Ancestral Witches discovered a black stele whose destructive aura shook the abyss.
• Pan Xuan recognized the stele as Shen Ni’s Destruction Stele and stopped Zhu Rong from approaching it.
• Pan Xuan used Righteous Vitality to inspect and purify the stele, finding no hidden measures on it.
• Pan Xuan warned the group that breaking the restriction might alert the powerful being who had placed it, and Di Jiang took the stele.
• The thirteen Witches fled as the abyss collapsed behind them.
• Houtu asked Pan Xuan about the stele, and he said he suspected it was connected to the ancient Ferocious Beast Calamity.

Pan Xuan and the Ancestral Witches returned to Pangu Hall with the Destruction Stele after breaking the seal in the western lands. They resolved to stay cautious, while Ancestral Dragon sensed that the seal had been broken and recalled why it had been made.

• Pan Xuan urged the Ancestral Witches to hurry back to Pangu Hall, fearing the one who sealed the Destruction Stele might sense its discovery.
• Di Jiang brought the Destruction Stele into Pangu Hall, where its aura clashed with the hall’s ancient power.
• Pan Xuan told the Ancestral Witches that the restriction had combined powers from several clans and might have been arranged by ancient experts after the Ferocious Beast Calamity.
• Di Jiang ordered the Ancestral Witches to cultivate inside Pangu Hall and investigate the stele while avoiding unnecessary trips outside.
• Ancestral Dragon sensed that the western seal had broken and remembered that it had been created to contain the Killing Intent left by the defeated Ferocious Beast Clan.

Ancestral Dragon, Primordial Phoenix, and Primordial Qilin accepted the seal’s destruction because its dangerous Killing Intent had been purified. Luo Hou discovered that someone had taken the resource he had planned to use, but he could not identify them and resolved to pursue his plans through the ongoing clan war.

• Ancestral Dragon sensed the seal break and dismissed it after realizing the Killing Intent had been purified.
• Primordial Phoenix and Primordial Qilin likewise welcomed the seal’s destruction as the removal of a lingering danger.
• Luo Hou learned the seal had broken and raged because he had planned to use its Killing Intent to temper the Four Swords of Immortal Slaying and intensify the clans’ war.
• Luo Hou failed to deduce who broke the seal and sensed Pangu’s aura obscuring the culprit’s identity.
• Luo Hou vowed to settle the matter with the unknown person and decided to rely on the continuing Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin conflict for more Killing Intent.

The great powers of the Primordial World reacted to the broken seal and purified Killing Intent, while Luo Hou began plotting anew. In Pangu Hall, Pan Xuan and the ancestral witches studied the Destruction Stele and learned that their breakthrough realm was the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal.

• Ancestor Yin-Yang, Yang Mei, the Heaven-Earth Ancestor, and Hong Jun sensed the seal break but did not pursue the identity of the person responsible.
• The Ancestral Dragon, Primordial Phoenix, and Primordial Qilin felt relieved or settled, while Luo Hou burned with resentment over losing his plan and began plotting again.
• Pan Xuan returned to Pangu Hall with the others, unaware that his actions had drawn the attention of the Primordial World's great powers.
• The ancestral witches decided that Houtu should wait until her Primordial Spirit stabilized before attempting to refine the Destruction Stele.
• Di Jiang consulted his inherited memories and explained that the eleven ancestral witches had reached the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm, where they fused their laws with themselves and achieved the union of body and Dao.

After the Ancestral Witches reached the Mixed Origin Golden Immortal realm, Pan Xuan proposed climbing Mount Buzhou to pass the time and honor Pangu. As the thirteen ascended, Pangu’s pressure revealed new insights into their powers and strengthened Pan Xuan’s Righteous Vitality Formula.

• The Ancestral Witches discussed their breakthrough and decided to stop collecting corpses to avoid attracting attention.
• Pan Xuan proposed that the thirteen climb Mount Buzhou, and the Ancestral Witches agreed.
• The thirteen reached the mountain’s foot and began ascending through Pangu’s increasingly heavy pressure.
• Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, Xuan Ming, and Houtu sensed creative aspects of Pangu’s fire, water, ice, and earth.
• Di Jiang and Zhu Jiuyin sensed Pangu’s space and time, while Pan Xuan’s Righteous Vitality Formula grew purer and stronger.

The thirteen reached the summit of Mount Buzhou, where a beam from a bluestone slab separated Pan Xuan from the Twelve Ancestral Witches. Pangu’s lingering consciousness appeared before the Twelve Ancestral Witches and began imparting the Great Dao of Strength to them.

• The thirteen climbed to the summit of Mount Buzhou and looked out over the Primordial World.
• A chaos-colored beam burst from the bluestone slab and swept the thirteen into separate spaces, dividing Pan Xuan from the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches found themselves in primordial chaos before Pangu’s lingering consciousness.
• Pangu addressed the Twelve Ancestral Witches as his children and said he would teach them the Great Dao of Strength.
• Pangu poured the Great Dao of Strength into the Twelve Ancestral Witches’ minds.

After Pangu’s consciousness stabilized Houtu’s Primordial Spirit and departed from the Twelve Ancestral Witches, he brought Pan Xuan to a separate void and revealed that he knew Pan Xuan came from another world. Pangu showed him the creation of heaven and earth until Pan Xuan felt the Great Dao of Strength merge into his soul, and the experience ended with something inside him seemingly erased.

• Pangu’s consciousness told the Twelve Ancestral Witches he had imparted the Great Dao of Strength and the Dutian Divine Fiends Grand Formation, then vanished into Chaos.
• Pangu appeared to Pan Xuan, called him an anomaly, and calmly confirmed that his soul came from another world.
• Pangu led Pan Xuan deeper into the void and showed him an image of Pangu cleaving Chaos to create heaven and earth.
• Pan Xuan watched Pangu’s creation repeatedly and felt the power and understanding of the stroke merge into his soul.
• Pan Xuan experienced Pangu’s loneliness, hardship, resolve, and compassion, and after the final viewing felt that something within his soul had been erased.

Pangu erased Pan Xuan’s status as an anomaly and entrusted him with protecting the Witch Clan before his consciousness faded away. Back at Pangu Hall, the Ancestral Witches celebrated their new inheritance and Houtu’s stabilized primordial spirit, while Di Jiang ordered the teachings kept secret.

• Pangu fused Pan Xuan’s soul with the Primordial World and asked him to protect the Witch Clan; Pan Xuan solemnly accepted the charge.
• Pangu’s consciousness vanished, and Pan Xuan and the Twelve Ancestral Witches returned to Mount Buzhou.
• Di Jiang, Zhu Rong, and Gong Gong said Pangu had taught them the Great Dao of Strength and the Dutian Divine Fiends Grand Formation, while Houtu revealed that her primordial spirit was stable.
• Pan Xuan affirmed his bond with Houtu and the other Ancestral Witches, and they flew together to Pangu Hall to celebrate.
• Di Jiang told the Ancestral Witches to keep Pangu’s teachings secret, even from the clan’s Great Witches.

After receiving Pangu’s legacy, the Ancestral Witches began contemplating the Great Dao of Strength while Houtu worked to refine the Destruction Stele. After many years, Houtu subdued the treasure and stored it beside her primordial spirit.

• Di Jiang urged the Ancestral Witches to contemplate Pangu’s Great Dao of Strength and told Houtu to refine the Destruction Stele.
• Houtu used her mature primordial spirit and the power of earth to contain the stele’s savage power of destruction.
• The Ancestral Witches contemplated the Great Dao of Strength, each finding insights connected to their innate laws.
• Pan Xuan reflected on how witnessing Pangu split heaven and earth had strengthened his cultivation insights and abilities.
• After many years, Houtu completed the refinement and placed the Destruction Stele in her Niwan Palace beside her primordial spirit.

The Twelve Ancestral Witches tested the Dutian Divine Fiends Formation and summoned a powerful Pangu Phantom, which grew stronger when Houtu used her primordial spirit to preside over it. The formation’s power stirred the Taiji Diagram, though the Yin-Yang Ancestor calmed it, while the battle among the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans continued beyond Pangu Hall.

• Di Jiang proposed that the Twelve Ancestral Witches practice the Dutian Divine Fiends Formation, and they gathered outside Pangu Hall as Pan Xuan watched.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches took their positions and combined their laws to summon a towering Pangu Phantom wielding a phantom Pangu Axe.
• Houtu connected her primordial spirit to the phantom, making it more solid and greatly increasing the formation’s power.
• Pangu Hall contained the formation’s aura while Pan Xuan watched and the war among the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans continued outside.
• The Taiji Diagram trembled in the chaos space, and the Yin-Yang Ancestor soothed it until its yin-yang circulation returned to normal.

The Twelve Ancestral Witches and Pan Xuan continued drilling the Dutian Divine Fiends Grand Formation, with Houtu’s primordial spirit greatly strengthening the Pangu Phantom. Their practice stirred the Taiji Diagram, Pangu Banner, and Chaos Bell, though the Yin-Yang Ancestor, Hong Jun, and Taiyi could not divine the cause; the Witches planned to keep improving the formation.

• The Yin-Yang Ancestor sensed the Taiji Diagram stir, failed to divine the cause, and returned to contemplating the Dao of Yin and Yang.
• Hong Jun suppressed the Pangu Banner’s disturbance and could not divine its source.
• Taiyi suppressed the Chaos Bell after it resonated with Pangu’s Power, but he could not discover who had caused it.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches repeatedly practiced the formation, and Houtu’s primordial spirit made the Pangu Phantom more solid and powerful.
• Di Jiang praised Houtu and told the Ancestral Witches to treat the formation as a trump card and continue practicing it.

Pan Xuan used his transformed Heavenly Enlightenment Wisdom Light to deepen the Twelve Ancestral Witches’ comprehension, then showed them the scene of Pangu creating heaven and earth. The chapter left them immersed in the creation vision and sensing the origin of the Great Dao of Strength.

• Pan Xuan felt Heavenly Enlightenment Wisdom Light had recovered and grown more powerful after his experience atop Mount Buzhou.
• Pan Xuan told the Twelve Ancestral Witches about the transformation, and Di Jiang asked him to use the wisdom light on them.
• Pan Xuan illuminated each Ancestral Witch, and they felt their comprehension sharpen as the light carried a trace of creation’s power.
• Pan Xuan revealed the imprint of Pangu creating heaven and earth, showing the Twelve Ancestral Witches the chaos, Pangu’s axe stroke, and the birth of the world.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches sensed the origin of the Great Dao of Strength within Pangu’s creation of heaven and earth.

After showing the Twelve Ancestral Witches Pangu’s creation of heaven and earth through the World-Creation Diagram, Pan Xuan proposed the Martial Dao as a way for the Witch Clan to cultivate without primordial spirits. The Ancestral Witches agreed to develop the new path together, and Pan Xuan began outlining its levels.

• Pan Xuan showed the Twelve Ancestral Witches the World-Creation Diagram, deepening their understanding of their innate laws and the Great Dao of Strength.
• The Ancestral Witches discussed their inability to develop primordial spirits, which baleful qi suppressed in all but Houtu.
• Pan Xuan proposed the Martial Dao, a path based on the body, will, and vital blood that could let the Witch Clan commune with heaven and earth without primordial spirits.
• The Ancestral Witches embraced the proposal and agreed to pool their wisdom to create and refine the Martial Dao.
• At Houtu and Di Jiang’s urging, Pan Xuan began explaining the Martial Dao’s framework and levels.

Pan Xuan explained the four levels of the Martial Dao and began outlining methods for Body Refining and Qi Refining. The Ancestral Witches agreed to develop the path together, and Pan Xuan prepared to examine their bodies so he could guide their cultivation.

• Pan Xuan described the Martial Dao's four levels: Body Refining, Qi Refining, Will Refining, and Dao Refining, followed by a distant realm of bearing the Great Dao with the flesh.
• Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, Xuan Ming, Di Jiang, Zhu Jiuyin, and Houtu praised the framework and agreed that the Ancestral Witches should deduce cultivation methods together.
• Di Jiang asked Pan Xuan to guide their first effort, and the Ancestral Witches gathered in Pangu Hall while their insights from Heavenly Enlightenment Wisdom Light and the World-Creation Diagram remained fresh.
• Pan Xuan explained that Body Refining opened the Innate Dao Body's 365 major acupoints with blood and qi, while Qi Refining absorbed and harmonized different kinds of qi to form a Qi Sea.
• Pan Xuan said Will Refining and Dao Refining had no fixed methods and asked to examine the Ancestral Witches' acupoints and the circulation of qi in their bodies.

Pan Xuan discovered that the Twelve Ancestral Witches had perfected body refining and qi refining from birth, then guided each of them toward a personal path of Will Refining. The thirteen began developing their Martial Daos in Pangu Hall as the balance among the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans began to shift.

• Pan Xuan examined the Twelve Ancestral Witches and found that their acupoints and seas of qi were naturally complete, allowing them to begin the Martial Dao with Will Refining.
• Pan Xuan explained each Ancestral Witch's distinct will and how it could shape their Dao.
• Di Jiang led the Ancestral Witches into seclusion in Pangu Hall to work out their respective Martial Daos.
• The thirteen settled into focused cultivation in Pangu Hall over the long years that followed.
• The Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans continued their ancient war in a precarious balance, but someone began to disrupt it.

Luo Hou provoked the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans into a devastating war, then trapped them in the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation to harvest their slaughtering energy. After Yin-Yang Ancestor, Yang Mei, Qiankun Ancestor, and Hong Jun intervened, the clan leaders swore to abandon their struggle for supremacy and withdrew to their respective domains, while Luo Hou fought the four mighty figures.

• Luo Hou’s incarnations inflamed border tensions among the three clans, and he personally slaughtered three patrols to ignite an all-out war.
• Ancestral Dragon, Yuanfeng, and Primordial Qilin led their clans into battle, until Luo Hou trapped their armies in the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation and slaughtered them in vast numbers.
• Yin-Yang Ancestor, Yang Mei, Qiankun Ancestor, and Hong Jun attacked the formation, forcing Luo Hou to release the three clan leaders before trapping the four newcomers instead.
• Ancestral Dragon, Yuanfeng, and Primordial Qilin recognized the karmic consequences of their clans’ wars and swore to withdraw from the struggle for supremacy and protect their domains.
• The three leaders led their surviving clans back to the Eastern Sea, the Undying Volcano, and Mount Buzhou, while Luo Hou’s battle with the four mighty figures continued.

The Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans withdrew from the struggle for supremacy as Hong Jun and three allies fought Luo Hou. Hong Jun broke the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, but Luo Hou brought out two more treasures and the battle left both sides badly wounded.

• Ancestral Dragon, Yuanfeng, and Primordial Qilin led their surviving clans away to the East Sea, the Undying Volcano, and Mount Buzhou after vowing to withdraw from the struggle for supremacy.
• Yin-Yang Ancestor, Yang Mei, Qiankun Ancestor, and Hong Jun struggled to withstand Luo Hou's Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation.
• Hong Jun summoned his Three Corpses and used the Creation Jade Disc to shatter the formation.
• Luo Hou wielded the God-Slaying Spear and Twelfth-Grade Destruction Black Lotus against the four opponents, severely wounding Yin-Yang Ancestor and Qiankun Ancestor.
• Hong Jun, Yang Mei, Yin-Yang Ancestor, and Qiankun Ancestor struck back and severely injured Luo Hou, who stood bloodied and unafraid.

Luo Hou established the Devil Dao with his Dao fruit before detonating himself and the western earth veins, killing Yin-Yang Ancestor and Qiankun Ancestor while Yang Mei escaped and Hong Jun survived. Sensing the calamity's end and a new power gathering, Pan Xuan led the Twelve Ancestral Witches out of Pangu Hall to see how the Primordial World had changed.

• Luo Hou sacrificed his Dao fruit to establish the Devil Dao, making the Heavenly Demon Tribulation a hurdle for cultivators.
• Luo Hou detonated himself and the western earth veins, destroying the western lands; Yin-Yang Ancestor and Qiankun Ancestor died, Yang Mei escaped into Chaos, and Hong Jun survived behind the Creation Jade Disc.
• Luo Hou's primordial spirit joined the God-Slaying Spear and Twelfth-Grade Destruction Black Lotus and vanished into Chaos, while Hong Jun collected the Taiji Diagram and Qiankun Cauldron.
• In Pangu Hall, Zhu Jiuyin sensed the destruction of the western earth veins, and Pan Xuan realized the Dragon-Han Calamity and Dao-Devil War had ended as the Devil Dao took root.
• Pan Xuan told the Twelve Ancestral Witches that the Heavenly Dao was about to emerge and led them out of Pangu Hall to inspect the changed Primordial World.

Pan Xuan and the Twelve Ancestral Witches saw the devastation of the western lands and agreed to restore its shattered earth veins. Houtu led the effort, with the others offering their powers to help heal the land and earn merit.

• Pan Xuan and the Twelve Ancestral Witches traveled into the western lands and found them scorched and lifeless after Luo Hou's self-detonation.
• Houtu sensed that nearly all the western earth veins had been blasted apart, and Di Jiang and Zhu Jiuyin warned that the land would remain dead without restoration.
• Pan Xuan proposed repairing the earth veins to restore the Primordial World and honor Pangu, whose body had formed it.
• Di Jiang, Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, and Houtu agreed that restoring the land would repay Pangu and provide merit and cultivation benefits.
• Houtu accepted responsibility for directing the work, while the other Ancestral Witches offered their powers to assist.
• Pan Xuan and the Twelve Ancestral Witches began restoring the western earth veins.

Houtu and twelve allies spent years repairing the western lands’ shattered earth veins, restoring their stability and slowly bringing back spiritual energy and life. As their work continued, Jieyin and Zhunti arrived from Mount Sumeru to see the effort to heal their ruined homeland.

• Houtu sensed the scattered earth vein fragments while Di Jiang and the other Wu used their powers to move, fuse, reinforce, and cleanse them.
• Pan Xuan measured the earth veins with the Primordial Heaven-Measuring Ruler and helped Houtu reconnect them as the thirteen worked together over many years.
• The repairs strengthened the earth veins, cleared underground channels for spiritual energy, removed corruption, and brought new growth to the scorched western lands.
• Jieyin and Zhunti approached from Mount Sumeru after years of helplessly guarding their home and trying unsuccessfully to repair the western earth veins themselves.