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Ch. 141Charging Out Again

Chapter Summary: “Charging Out Again”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • The war between the Human Clan and the Demon Cultivators erupts again along the Human Clan’s crimson borderlands, a battlefield permanently stained by the blood and killing intent of countless past conflicts.
  • The Human Clan’s defensive formation weakens invading Demon Cultivators while strengthening the Human Clan, but the Demon Cultivators’ overwhelming numbers keep the Human Clan at a disadvantage.
  • Several allied clans join the battle. Shadow Rat confronts a Rat Clan expert who condemns him for defecting to the Human Clan, while Kui Ox and other clans fight to defend the Human Clan.
  • Chen Yang faces Yinggou, who has transformed into the terrifying entity known as Annihilation. Yinggou attacks with the Blade of Death and immense death qi.
  • Chen Yang counters with the Formation Dao, the God-Slaying Spear, destructive spear light, and formations created from the stars. Their attacks devastate entire starfields and kill nearby Demon Cultivators and Outworld Demons.
  • The battle spreads across the Great Sun, the Lunar Star, and eventually Chaos itself. Chen Yang is now powerful enough to fight within Chaos without the protection he once needed.
  • Chen Yang determines that Yinggou’s strength comes from a fragment of the Chaos Demon Gods’ origin. Because this power is not truly Yinggou’s own, it contains a weakness. Chen Yang eventually gains the upper hand, but Yinggou’s extraordinarily resilient body prevents him from being killed.
  • The chapter ends with the two continuing their seemingly endless battle within Chaos.

Character Developments

  • Chen Yang demonstrates immense growth. His mastery of the Formation Dao allows him to control stars, create world-like formations, strengthen his body, and produce destructive attacks capable of shaking the starry river and challenging Annihilation.
  • Chen Yang remains calm and analytical despite the scale of the battle. Rather than merely overpowering Yinggou, he studies the source of Yinggou’s strength and identifies its inherent flaw.
  • Yinggou has lost much of his former identity after becoming Annihilation. He behaves like a mindless beast driven by killing and repeatedly attacks despite suffering severe injuries.
  • Although Yinggou is eventually suppressed by Chen Yang, his death-based power and physical resilience make him extremely difficult to destroy.
  • Shadow Rat openly embraces his loyalty to the Human Clan and rejects accusations that he has betrayed his people, asserting that different clans may choose different paths.
  • Kui Ox proudly defends the Human Clan and Chen Yang, showing strong loyalty despite being regarded as a mount.

Significant Themes

  • The endless cycle of war: The crimson battlefield symbolizes the repeated slaughter between the Human Clan and Demon Cultivators, with each conflict built upon the remains of earlier ones.
  • Numbers versus strength: The Human Clan benefits from its defensive formation, but the Demon Cultivators’ vast population keeps the war balanced and prolonged.
  • Loyalty and chosen allegiance: Shadow Rat’s confrontation emphasizes that loyalty is defined by one’s chosen principles rather than inherited clan identity.
  • Borrowed power and inherent weakness: Yinggou’s strength comes from the Chaos Demon Gods’ origin, giving him extraordinary power but preventing him from fully controlling it.
  • Transformation and annihilation: Yinggou’s loss of individuality contrasts with Chen Yang’s disciplined cultivation and continued reliance on reason, technique, and self-mastery.
  • Growth through cultivation: Chen Yang’s ability to fight in Chaos without assistance highlights how far he has progressed.

Character Interactions

  • Shadow Rat and the Rat Clan expert clash over Shadow Rat’s defection, with Shadow Rat defending his independence and status.
  • Kui Ox and the allied clans fight alongside the Human Clan, reinforcing the unity of the various clans against the Demon Cultivators.
  • Chen Yang and Yinggou engage in a prolonged, escalating duel. Yinggou relies on death qi and Annihilation, while Chen Yang combines formations, stars, physical power, and the God-Slaying Spear.
  • Chen Yang’s observation about Yinggou’s borrowed origin reveals his intellectual advantage, even though Yinggou’s endurance allows the confrontation to continue.
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Ch. 142Harming the Primordial World

Chapter Summary: Harming the Primordial World

Key Plot Points and Events

  • The Heavenly Court descends into chaos as Outworld Demons, Demon Cultivators, Heavenly soldiers, and the Human Clan army battle each other.
  • Haotian and Yaochi are trapped inside a powerful seal created by Demon Cultivators. Haotian determines that the seal contains Dao rhymes derived from a Chaos Demon God’s legacy and cannot easily be broken.
  • Star Daoist arrives to rescue them. He is revealed to be one of Chen Yang’s Three Corpses—the Future-Life Incarnation who has mastered the stars and the Astral Formation.
  • Using the stars as arrays and sword radiance, Star Daoist annihilates the Demon Cultivators guarding the seal. Haotian then breaks free with the Haotian Mirror and helps eliminate the remaining attackers.
  • Haotian and Yaochi, empowered by the Heavenly Court’s origin and possessing strength comparable to Half-Step Primordial Unity experts, quickly suppress the internal rebellion.
  • Star Daoist refuses Yaochi’s offer of treasures to aid Chen Yang, explaining that Chen Yang’s battle with Yinggou is also a form of tempering.
  • Meanwhile, the west of the Primordial World falls into renewed turmoil. The black-robed expert and his mysterious ally discuss their broader plan, acknowledging that Chen Yang has grown powerful enough to overpower Yinggou, who was enhanced by the Death Demon God’s origin.
  • Several ancient Daoists attack Mount Sumeru, the Buddhist Sect’s headquarters. Their goal is to break the seal imprisoning the Demon Dragon, one of Luohou’s incarnations.
  • Senior Mo Luo confronts Bodhi and openly declares that he intends to release the Demon Dragon, even if doing so harms the Primordial World. He believes the Demon Sect must rise to challenge the Mystic Sect’s dominance.
  • Mo Luo reveals the cultivation of a Peak Half-Step Primordial Unity expert, shocking the younger generation and revealing that many ancient survivors from Hongjun and Luohou’s era may still be hidden throughout the Primordial World.
  • The chapter ends as Mo Luo attacks Bodhi, beginning a confrontation at Mount Sumeru.

Character Developments

  • Haotian and Yaochi: Both demonstrate their growth into Perfected Quasi-Saints. Their loyalty to the Heavenly Court and determination to restore order are reinforced, while Haotian’s anger toward the Demon Cultivators reveals his continued fierceness.
  • Star Daoist: His identity as Chen Yang’s Three Corpses is exposed. He has become highly proficient in stellar Dao techniques and can use the stars to create devastating formations. He also shows confidence in Chen Yang’s ability to survive without assistance.
  • Chen Yang: Although absent from most of the chapter, his increasing strength is emphasized. Even Yinggou, empowered by the Death Demon God’s origin, cannot defeat him, causing the opposing forces to revise their plans.
  • Senior Mo Luo: Introduced as an ancient survivor from the era of Hongjun and Luohou, Mo Luo is revealed to be a Peak Half-Step Primordial Unity expert. He is ruthless, pragmatic, and willing to sacrifice the Primordial World to restore balance between the Demon Sect and Mystic Sect.
  • Bodhi, Maitreya, and Medicine Master: They represent the Buddhist Sect’s alarm and resistance to Mo Luo’s assault. Bodhi attempts to reason with Mo Luo but is quickly placed in a defensive position.
  • Yinggou: Though not directly shown in combat, he is established as having failed to defeat Chen Yang despite receiving powerful external enhancement.

Significant Themes

  • The cost of power struggles: Mo Luo’s willingness to damage the Primordial World reflects the chapter’s central question of whether cosmic balance justifies catastrophic destruction.
  • Factional balance and resource control: The Mystic Sect’s dominance over the Primordial World’s resources motivates ancient powers to support the Demon Sect, even if they do not truly endorse its methods.
  • Hidden ancient powers: The appearance of Mo Luo highlights how much of the Primordial World’s history and strength remain concealed. Experts from earlier eras may still rival or surpass current powers.
  • Growth and independence: Chen Yang’s advancement allows his incarnations and allies to act independently, while his battle with Yinggou becomes an opportunity for personal refinement rather than a crisis requiring outside help.
  • Order versus chaos: The Heavenly Court’s internal rebellion and the assault on Mount Sumeru show a world where established institutions are under attack from both external invaders and ancient factions seeking to reshape the balance of power.

Character Interactions

  • Haotian and Yaochi discuss the seal, their lack of options, and the possibility of receiving aid from Chen Yang and others.
  • Star Daoist and Haotian cooperate in breaking the seal, with Star Daoist acting on Chen Yang’s orders to stabilize the Heavenly Court.
  • Yaochi and Star Daoist discuss sending aid to Chen Yang, but Star Daoist insists that Chen Yang’s struggle against Yinggou should continue uninterrupted.
  • Mo Luo and Bodhi clash ideologically before fighting. Bodhi warns that releasing the Demon Dragon would harm the Primordial World, while Mo Luo dismisses those concerns in favor of empowering the Demon Sect.
  • Maitreya and Medicine Master react with disbelief and fear as Mount Sumeru comes under attack, underscoring the Buddhist Sect’s vulnerability.
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Ch. 143At the End of the Road

Chapter Summary: “At the End of the Road”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Bodhi Daoist confronts Mo Luo, an ancient Half-Step Primordial Unity expert, and activates the powerful Bodhi Formation to trap him with the support of Mount Sumeru.
  • Despite the formation’s strength, Mo Luo breaks free using a devastating great hand seal, heavily injuring Bodhi and demonstrating the vast gap between them.
  • Hidden black-robed experts reveal that the attack on Mount Sumeru is part of a larger plan: they intend to weaken the seal imprisoning Luohou in Zixiao Palace so that the Demon Dragon can aid him in restraining Hongjun.
  • If Hongjun and the Saints regain their freedom, they could use the Heavenly Dao to destroy the Demon Cultivators and their plans. Therefore, the hidden forces deliberately provoke a massive assault on the Buddhist Sect.
  • Inside Mount Sumeru, Zhunti and Jieyin struggle to maintain the seal while the Demon Dragon taunts them and threatens to destroy the Buddhist Sect’s disciples and foundations.
  • As Mount Sumeru’s seal weakens, Luohou’s Demon Dao aura increases, causing the Outworld Demons to grow stronger throughout the Primordial World.
  • Haotian and Yaochi recognize the connection but cannot send reinforcements. The Heavenly Court is occupied fighting the Outworld Demons, while the Human Clan and other races are battling Demon Cultivators across the mortal realm.
  • The Mystic Sect becomes severely stretched: Zhunti and Jieyin are occupied at Mount Sumeru, the Saints are helping Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao suppress Luohou, and other forces are tied down by widespread warfare.
  • Chen Yang continues fighting Yinggou. Using the God-Slaying Spear, he repeatedly destroys Yinggou’s body, but Yinggou continually regenerates by absorbing death qi.
  • Although Chen Yang possesses a trump card from Tongtian that could potentially break the stalemate, he deliberately refrains from using it. He wants to observe how many hidden ancient experts and forces the Primordial World contains.
  • The chapter ends with the entire Primordial World engulfed in war. Ancient fossils observe the chaos and speculate that the Demon Cultivators are manipulating the conflict to force the Demon Sect and Mystic Sect into direct confrontation.

Character Developments

  • Bodhi Daoist recognizes his inferiority to Mo Luo and veteran Half-Step Primordial Unity experts, showing the limitations of his status as Zhunti’s incarnation.
  • Mo Luo establishes himself as an overwhelmingly powerful ancient expert by effortlessly destroying the Bodhi Formation and injuring Bodhi.
  • Zhunti and Jieyin are placed under immense pressure. They must defend Mount Sumeru and preserve the seal while watching their disciples and followers be slaughtered.
  • Haotian and Yaochi demonstrate strategic awareness by identifying that the strengthening Outworld Demons signal a weakening seal, but they are forced to prioritize the Heavenly Court’s immediate survival.
  • Chen Yang remains calm and calculating amid the chaos. Rather than immediately revealing his decisive trump card, he uses the crisis to investigate the Primordial World’s hidden powers and the Demon Cultivators’ real objective.
  • Yinggou is portrayed as a relentless, death-defying opponent. His lack of fear and ability to regenerate make him extremely difficult for Chen Yang to kill permanently.
  • The hidden ancient fossils become increasingly suspicious and uncertain, realizing that the Demon Cultivators’ actions conceal a deeper strategy.

Significant Themes

  • Strategic sacrifice and restraint: Major forces allow certain territories and followers to suffer because preserving the larger plan is more important than immediate rescue.
  • The limits of power: Even powerful figures such as Bodhi, Zhunti, Haotian, and Yaochi are constrained by stronger enemies, divided responsibilities, or the scale of the crisis.
  • Chaos as a weapon: The Demon Cultivators use widespread slaughter not merely to destroy, but to weaken seals, occupy enemies, and manipulate the balance between the Demon Sect and Mystic Sect.
  • Hidden agendas and uncertainty: No faction fully understands the Demon Cultivators’ ultimate goal, creating an atmosphere of suspicion and strategic ambiguity.
  • The collapse of stability: The Primordial World reaches a point where every major force is engaged elsewhere, leaving no one capable of decisively resolving the crisis.
  • Observation versus intervention: Chen Yang’s decision not to use his trump card emphasizes the value of gathering information and exposing hidden enemies before committing to decisive action.

Important Character Interactions

  • Bodhi Daoist and Mo Luo: Their battle highlights the difference between a capable incarnation and an ancient Half-Step Primordial Unity powerhouse.
  • Zhunti and Jieyin: Jieyin urges Zhunti to remain calm and focus on maintaining the seal, showing their complementary roles under pressure.
  • Zhunti and the Demon Dragon: The Demon Dragon provokes Zhunti by threatening Mount Sumeru and its disciples, while Zhunti vows that it will ultimately be unable to escape.
  • Haotian and Yaochi: They analyze the relationship between Luohou’s seal and the strength of the Outworld Demons, but conclude that they cannot spare troops to intervene.
  • Chen Yang and Yinggou: Chen Yang repeatedly destroys Yinggou’s body with the God-Slaying Spear, while Yinggou responds with mindless, fearless attacks and regenerates through death qi.
  • The hidden ancient fossils: Their discussion reveals growing concern that the Demon Cultivators are deliberately orchestrating the war to entangle the Mystic Sect and enable the Demon Sect’s revival.
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Ch. 144Buddhist Sect Golden Body

Chapter Summary: Buddhist Sect Golden Body

Key Plot Points and Events

  • The chaos spreading through the Primordial World is revealed to be largely driven by the Demon Cultivators, who are supporting or manipulating the Demon Sect into opposing the Mystic Sect.
  • Mo Luo, a Half-Step Primordial Unity expert, attacks the Buddhist Sect’s Spirit Mount Sumeru. He destroys its grand formation and overwhelms the Buddhist disciples and incarnations of Zhunti and Jieyin.
  • The Buddhist Sect’s forces, including Medicine Master and Maitreya, are badly wounded and forced into retreat. Even the sect’s many hidden trump cards cannot stop Mo Luo.
  • Mo Luo declares that he intends to break the seal imprisoning the Demon Dragon within Mount Sumeru. His larger goal is to release the Demon Dragon and rescue Luohou so they can challenge the Mystic Sect’s dominance.
  • Bodhi warns Mo Luo that releasing the Demon Dragon could bring punishment from Dao Ancestor Hongjun, but Mo Luo argues that Hongjun and the Mystic Sect have monopolized the Primordial World’s resources, preventing older cultivators from advancing to Primordial Unity.
  • Mo Luo enters Mount Sumeru and locates the seal. Jieyin and Zhunti are forced to maintain it while simultaneously enduring the Demon Dragon’s overwhelming demonic qi and the assault from outside.
  • The Demon Dragon reveals that he is both Luohou’s incarnation and a fragment of Hongjun’s thoughts, created through a completed form of Three Corpses Severing. He claims to understand Hongjun’s true nature and accuses him of treating Jieyin and Zhunti as disposable tools rather than genuine disciples.
  • Jieyin refuses to abandon the seal or betray Hongjun, insisting that the two Buddhist leaders owe Hongjun a debt for helping them reach Primordial Unity. Zhunti initially shows some emotional hesitation but ultimately supports Jieyin.
  • Mo Luo finds the seal’s vulnerable location and launches an attack against it and the two Buddhist leaders.
  • Jieyin activates the Buddhist Sect Golden Body, transforming into a powerful golden Buddhist dharma form and using his own body to block Mo Luo’s killing attack.
  • Impressed but enraged by Jieyin’s resistance, Mo Luo begins an even more aggressive assault, determined to break through Jieyin’s defense and release the Demon Dragon.

Character Developments

  • Mo Luo is portrayed as a radical opponent of the Mystic Sect and Hongjun’s system. His resentment comes from believing that resources have been monopolized by Hongjun and his followers, preventing countless ancient experts from progressing. He is willing to destroy the Buddhist Sect to achieve a broader political and cultivation-related goal.
  • Jieyin demonstrates unwavering discipline, loyalty, and self-sacrifice. Although the Buddhist Sect he built is being destroyed, he continues protecting the seal and willingly uses his own body to withstand Mo Luo’s attack.
  • Zhunti displays anger and frustration at Mo Luo but suppresses his impulse to fight because doing so could destabilize the seal. The Demon Dragon’s accusations cause him to waver briefly, but Jieyin restores his resolve.
  • The Demon Dragon/Demon Emperor acts as a psychological provocateur as well as a powerful imprisoned entity. He attempts to undermine Jieyin and Zhunti by exposing their subordinate status under Hongjun and questioning whether their loyalty will ever be rewarded.
  • Bodhi is shown to be powerless against Mo Luo and reduced to warning him about the consequences of releasing the Demon Dragon.
  • Hongjun never appears directly, but his influence dominates the chapter. He is presented both as the benefactor who enabled Jieyin and Zhunti’s rise and as a potentially manipulative figure who controls access to cultivation resources.

Significant Themes

  • Resource inequality and monopolized power: The ancient cultivators’ inability to advance is attributed not to a lack of talent but to Hongjun and the Mystic Sect controlling the Primordial World’s resources.
  • Loyalty versus exploitation: The chapter questions whether Jieyin and Zhunti’s loyalty to Hongjun is noble repayment of a debt or blind devotion to someone who merely uses them.
  • Duty and sacrifice: Jieyin’s decision to preserve the seal—even at the cost of his sect and possibly his life—emphasizes responsibility over personal or institutional survival.
  • Ideological conflict: Mo Luo frames the Demon Sect’s rebellion as a necessary struggle against an entrenched order, while Jieyin views protecting the seal and Heavenly Dao’s orthodoxy as a moral obligation.
  • Self-control amid crisis: Zhunti’s desire to abandon the seal and attack Mo Luo contrasts with Jieyin’s calm restraint, reinforcing the Buddhist emphasis on suppressing anger, greed, and delusion.
  • Hidden identities and divided loyalties: The Demon Dragon’s identity as both Luohou’s incarnation and a remnant of Hongjun’s thoughts suggests that the conflict is deeply intertwined with the past relationships and ideologies of the Primordial World’s supreme figures.

Character Interactions

  • Mo Luo and Bodhi: Mo Luo dismisses Bodhi’s warning about Hongjun’s punishment and explains his determination to oppose the Mystic Sect.
  • Jieyin and Zhunti: The brothers struggle over whether to abandon the seal and confront Mo Luo. Jieyin urges calm and steadfastness, while Zhunti wrestles with anger before reaffirming his support.
  • Demon Dragon and Jieyin/Zhunti: The Demon Dragon taunts them for sacrificing the Buddhist Sect to preserve Hongjun’s seal and attempts to convince them that Hongjun regards them merely as tools.
  • Jieyin and the Demon Dragon: Jieyin rejects the Demon Dragon’s criticism, declaring that debts must be repaid and that the seal must be protected regardless of personal cost.
  • Mo Luo and Jieyin: Their confrontation culminates in Mo Luo attacking Jieyin directly, while Jieyin counters with the Buddhist Sect Golden Body and vows to defend the seal.
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Ch. 145Undying Volcano Erupts

Chapter Summary: “Undying Volcano Erupts”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Mo Luo launches a furious assault on the Buddhist seal imprisoning the Demon Emperor. Jieyin and Zhunti maintain the seal rather than retaliate, using their Buddhist golden bodies and scriptures to withstand his attacks.
  • Mo Luo’s powerful killing technique severely injures both Buddhist leaders and causes the seal to weaken. Demonic qi begins leaking through the cracks.
  • The Demon Emperor manifests a demonic claw and unexpectedly kills Mo Luo, despite Mo Luo believing that he had freed him. The Demon Emperor reveals that he and Hongjun had agreed that he would break the seal himself; accepting outside assistance would violate their oath.
  • After destroying Mo Luo, the Demon Emperor massacres the numerous ancient cultivators who had gathered to “rescue” him, including Half-Step Primordial Unity experts.
  • The Demon Emperor then attacks hidden Demon Race factions in the southern region, condemning them for exploiting the Demon Sect. He casts them into the Undying Volcano, causing the volcano and the surrounding southern volcanoes to erupt.
  • The Phoenix Ancestor confronts the Demon Emperor, defending the Phoenix Clan with a fiery Great Thousand World. Their clash shakes the entire Primordial World.
  • The Phoenix Ancestor admits fault and agrees to endure one palm strike, promising to fight the Demon Emperor after he is fully unsealed. The Demon Emperor accepts the apology and withdraws his power.
  • Most astonishingly, the Demon Emperor does not emerge from the seal. After unleashing his power, he allows the demonic qi to recede and apparently merges back into the seal, leaving everyone—including Jieyin and Zhunti—confused.

Character Developments

  • Mo Luo: His arrogance and resentment toward the Mystic Sect drive him to attack the Buddhist leaders. Despite his ancient cultivation and Half-Step Primordial Unity strength, he is instantly killed when the Demon Emperor rejects his supposed aid.
  • Jieyin and Zhunti: They demonstrate discipline and endurance by focusing entirely on preserving the seal. Though injured, they remain united through Buddhist light and scripture, successfully surviving the Demon Emperor’s eruption of power.
  • The Demon Emperor: Revealed as immensely powerful, ruthless, and bound by his own principles. He refuses to owe anyone a debt, kills both would-be rescuers and conspirators, and honors his agreement with Hongjun rather than accepting external help.
  • Phoenix Ancestor: Initially defends the Phoenix Clan against the Demon Emperor but quickly recognizes the danger and accepts responsibility. His willingness to endure punishment prevents further destruction.
  • The ancient cultivators and Demon Race factions: Their attempts to manipulate or exploit the Demon Emperor backfire, leading to their immediate destruction or expulsion.

Significant Themes

  • Power and arrogance: Even ancient Half-Step Primordial Unity experts are insignificant before the Demon Emperor’s overwhelming strength.
  • Oaths, honor, and self-reliance: The Demon Emperor considers outside assistance a violation of his agreement with Hongjun, emphasizing his rigid commitment to his word.
  • Manipulation and misjudgment: Mo Luo and the other cultivators assume the Demon Emperor will be grateful, but they completely misunderstand his motives and character.
  • Unpredictable authority: The Demon Emperor acts according to his own rules, attacking allies, rescuers, and opportunists alike.
  • The consequences of interference: Attempts to control the seal or exploit the Demon Sect trigger widespread destruction, including the eruption of Undying Volcano and upheaval across the Primordial World.

Character Interactions

  • Jieyin and Zhunti vs. Mo Luo: Mo Luo attacks them while they maintain the seal; they refuse to abandon their task, even when badly injured.
  • Mo Luo vs. the Demon Emperor: Mo Luo expects recognition for breaking the seal but is instead condemned and killed for violating the Demon Emperor’s principles.
  • The Demon Emperor vs. the ancient cultivators: The Demon Emperor rejects their claim that they helped him and annihilates them without hesitation.
  • The Demon Emperor vs. the hidden Demon Race factions: He punishes them for misusing the Demon Sect and forcibly casts them into the southern region.
  • The Demon Emperor vs. the Phoenix Ancestor: Their clash erupts across the south, but the Phoenix Ancestor’s apology and pledge of future battle cause the Demon Emperor to withdraw.
  • The wider cultivation world: Observers are left stunned, unable to understand why the Demon Emperor both demonstrated overwhelming power and chose to remain within the seal.
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Ch. 146Slaughtering into the Human Realm

Chapter Summary: “Slaughtering into the Human Realm”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Jieyin and Zhunti discover that the Demon Emperor could have escaped his seal but deliberately refused outside help. He insists on breaking free through his own strength, viewing rescue as beneath his dignity.
  • The Demon Emperor reveals that Hongjun designed the seal not only to restrain him but also to bind Jieyin and Zhunti permanently. By forcing them to maintain it, Hongjun has hindered their cultivation and turned them into tools of the Mystic Sect.
  • The Demon Emperor warns that, without their assistance, the seal will eventually break as he gradually overcomes it. Jieyin and Zhunti may therefore remain trapped and fall behind the Three Pure Ones—or even Chen Yang.
  • Outside the Buddhist Sect, the hidden masterminds behind the Demon Cultivator uprising are exposed: Lu Ya, Dijun’s youngest son; Dijun’s eldest son, who was believed to have died; and forces connected to the Phoenix Clan and the Demon Race.
  • Lu Ya and his elder brother acknowledge that their plan has been exposed but decide to launch their final attack. Using the Demon-Gathering Banner, Lu Ya commands the former Demon Court’s surviving races to invade and massacre the Human Clan.
  • Hidden demon races, including the Fire Ox Clan and Stone Lineage, answer the summons. Zombies and Demon Cultivators pour into the Human Realm under the eldest prince’s command.
  • The eldest prince is revealed to possess Half-Step Primordial Unity cultivation and to be the ancestor and source of the Zombie race. His deathly qi transforms the battlefield into a devastating clash.
  • Duobao confronts him directly. Their Half-Step Primordial Unity powers annihilate countless cultivators on both sides despite defensive formations. Duobao uses powerful treasure-based techniques, including the Great Hand Seal, and engages the eldest prince in close combat, successfully forcing him backward.

Character Developments

  • The Demon Emperor displays extreme pride and independence, refusing to be rescued and trusting entirely in his own strength. He also reveals himself as a perceptive strategist who understands Hongjun’s long-term manipulation.
  • Jieyin and Zhunti realize that their Buddhist Sect may have been deliberately exploited. Their silence suggests uncertainty and discomfort as they reconsider their relationship with Hongjun and the seal.
  • Lu Ya emerges as an active leader of the revived Demon Court rather than merely a hidden conspirator. He openly invokes his identity as Dijun’s son and uses the Demon-Gathering Banner to mobilize the Demon Race.
  • Dijun’s eldest son is revealed to have survived and transformed into the ancestor of the Zombies. His strength has reached Half-Step Primordial Unity, making him one of the most dangerous figures in the conflict.
  • Duobao abandons his usually peaceful demeanor and takes the battlefield himself. His battle intent and willingness to fight show his power and determination to defend the Human Realm.

Significant Themes

  • Pride and self-reliance: The Demon Emperor’s refusal of rescue reflects his belief that true strength requires overcoming hardship personally.
  • Manipulation and hidden control: Hongjun’s seal is revealed to be both a prison for the Demon Emperor and a mechanism for controlling and weakening Jieyin and Zhunti.
  • The return of old powers: The remnants of the Demon Court, ancient races, and the Phoenix Clan reemerge, showing that former forces still influence the Primordial World.
  • War and sacrifice: The invasion turns the Human Realm into a battlefield where even powerful formations cannot protect ordinary cultivators from the destructive clash of Half-Step Primordial Unity experts.
  • Legacy and inheritance: Lu Ya and his brother act in the name of Dijun and the Demon Court, attempting to restore their family’s former authority through violence.

Character Interactions

  • The Demon Emperor taunts and enlightens Jieyin and Zhunti, exposing how Hongjun has used them while challenging their assumptions about their own position.
  • Jieyin responds skeptically to the Demon Emperor’s accusations, while Zhunti reacts with anger and frustration, revealing tension between their trust in Hongjun and the Demon Emperor’s claims.
  • Lu Ya and his elder brother coordinate their final assault after their identities are revealed, with Lu Ya using the Demon-Gathering Banner to rally the Demon Race.
  • Duobao and the eldest prince meet in direct combat. Their exchange escalates from long-range divine arts to physical confrontation, with Duobao’s treasure-enhanced techniques matching and even overpowering the prince’s powerful Zombie body.
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Ch. 147Eradicating the Outworld Demons

Chapter Summary: “Eradicating the Outworld Demons”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Duobao reveals that he has cultivated the Artifact Dao, transforming his body into something resembling a spiritual treasure. By housing and devouring countless treasures, he has strengthened himself and evolved toward a Chaos Spiritual Treasure.
  • He charges the First Prince directly, shocking the Three Teachings’ disciples and even powerful observers such as Chen Yang. His physical body is revealed to be comparable to, or perhaps superior to, other Half-Step Primordial Unity experts.
  • In the starry battlefield, Chen Yang ends his prolonged fight with Yinggou. Rather than kill him, Chen Yang uses the Formation Dao and Reincarnation Dao to create a massive Reincarnation Formation.
  • The Six Paths of Reincarnation and the Eighteen Levels of Hell appear across the stars, trapping and sealing Yinggou. Chen Yang erases Yinggou’s incomplete instinctive intelligence, intending to preserve his body for use as a future guardian of the Human Clan once a human soul is placed inside it.
  • Chen Yang then arrives at the Heavenly Court, where the Haotian Mirror and the origins of the heavenly layers are being used to destroy vast numbers of Outworld Demons.
  • Haotian celebrates Chen Yang’s victory, but Chen Yang warns that the crisis is far from over. He and Yinggou discovered numerous incarnations of the Heavenly Demon Pool in Chaos, allowing Luohou’s forces to produce Heavenly Demons continuously.
  • Chen Yang orders Haotian to strengthen the Heavenly Court’s defenses while he returns to assist the Human Realm.
  • In the Human Realm, the Demon Race and Demon Cultivators are overwhelming the Human Clan through superior numbers and powerful fighters. Chen Yang arrives and unleashes the Slaying Immortals Sword Formation, killing countless demons and transforming the battlefield into a vast sword domain.
  • Although his attack does not immediately decide the entire war, Chen Yang’s return restores the Human Clan’s morale and gives them renewed confidence.

Character Developments

  • Duobao is revealed to possess a unique and highly advanced cultivation path. His Artifact Dao makes his body extraordinarily durable, explaining why he is regarded as one of the strongest disciples of the Three Teachings.
  • Chen Yang demonstrates overwhelming strength, effortlessly suppressing Yinggou and annihilating large numbers of demons. He also shows restraint and long-term planning by choosing to repurpose Yinggou rather than destroy him.
  • Chen Yang’s actions further establish his mastery of multiple powerful disciplines, especially the Formation Dao and Reincarnation Dao.
  • Yinggou, despite his terrifying deathly aura and destructive power, is shown to be largely instinct-driven and lacking complete intelligence. He is ultimately sealed and potentially converted into an ally of the Human Clan.
  • Haotian remains responsible for defending the Heavenly Court and recognizes the seriousness of the escalating demonic threat.

Significant Themes

  • Hidden strength and revelation: Duobao’s concealed Artifact Dao and Chen Yang’s overwhelming abilities show that many powerful figures have kept their true capabilities hidden.
  • Transformation and repurposing: Duobao transforms himself into a spiritual treasure, while Chen Yang plans to transform Yinggou’s body from a weapon of destruction into a guardian of humanity.
  • The scale and persistence of war: Even the effortless defeat of Yinggou and the slaughter of countless demons do not end the conflict. The Heavenly Demon Pools ensure that the enemy can continue producing forces indefinitely.
  • Order versus chaos: Chen Yang’s Formation and Reincarnation Dao impose structure on Yinggou’s deathly power, while the Human Clan relies on formations and defensive terrain to resist the chaotic demon invasion.
  • Hope amid overwhelming odds: Chen Yang’s arrival does not instantly win the war, but his presence restores the Human Clan’s faith and morale.

Character Interactions

  • Duobao and the First Prince: Duobao directly challenges the First Prince, using his treasure-like body to prove his physical superiority and reveal his hidden cultivation path.
  • Chen Yang and Duobao: Chen Yang is surprised by Duobao’s Artifact Dao and recognizes that his master has concealed significant strength.
  • Chen Yang and Yinggou: Chen Yang taunts and then decisively defeats Yinggou, choosing sealing and rehabilitation over killing.
  • Chen Yang and Pingxin: Chen Yang creates the Reincarnation Formation, while Pingxin stabilizes Reincarnation and completes Yinggou’s sealing.
  • Chen Yang and Haotian: Haotian praises Chen Yang’s achievements, while Chen Yang warns him that the Heavenly Court faces an endless demonic assault and instructs him to reinforce its defenses.
  • Chen Yang and the Human Clan: By destroying vast numbers of demons with the Slaying Immortals Sword Formation, Chen Yang becomes a source of renewed confidence for the besieged Human Clan.
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Ch. 148End the War

Chapter Summary: “End the War”

1. Key Plot Points and Events

  • Chen Yang returns to the Human Realm and uses the Formation Spirit Human Dao to channel the Human Clan’s fortune throughout the realm.
  • He issues a command for humanity to settle all old and new grievances by exterminating the Demon Race. His words inspire humans across the battlefield, causing their morale and fighting spirit to surge.
  • Chen Yang enters the central battlefield, where powerful demons are attempting to break into the Human Clan’s interior. He kills several demons but recognizes that the Demon Race’s enormous numbers make the battle difficult to end quickly.
  • Duobao is shown brutally fighting Dijun’s eldest son. His vulgar taunts and savage combat style shock Chen Yang and the disciples of the Three Teachings, who had previously viewed Duobao as kind and amiable.
  • Chen Yang explains that his earlier battle with Yinggou was largely an act designed to make the Demon Cultivators believe he had been delayed. Yinggou had been naturally suppressed by Chen Yang’s Origin People Tribe heritage and was ultimately no longer useful after the enemy’s plot was exposed.
  • Duobao takes over the battle against Dijun’s eldest son so Chen Yang can complete an important project. Chen Yang goes to the Human Clan’s artifact-refinement site, where sages are processing divine materials needed for the final stage of the plan.
  • The refiners estimate that completion will take ten years, but Chen Yang uses the Human Dao’s assistance to accelerate the process, reducing the expected time to roughly one year.
  • Meanwhile, the Demon Cultivators launch a desperate assault on the Human Clan’s interior. Lu Ya commands the Demon Race to destroy the formation protecting the Human Realm.
  • Human warriors resist at the cost of their lives, with many choosing to self-destruct to prevent demons from advancing even a single step.
  • The war becomes a horrific stalemate, with countless casualties on both sides and the border transformed into a landscape of corpses and blood.
  • After the prolonged slaughter, Chen Yang finally emerges again, implying that the decisive phase of his plan is about to begin.

2. Character Developments

  • Chen Yang: Demonstrates his authority as Human Lord by rallying the entire Human Clan. He shifts from direct combat to strategic action, recognizing that the war cannot be won through endurance alone and prioritizing completion of the divine artifact or weapon intended to change the battle’s outcome.
  • Duobao: His hidden, violent personality is revealed. His normally benevolent image contrasts sharply with his brutal fighting style, aggressive insults, and old reputation as the “Zixiao Little Tyrant.” Despite his coarse behavior, he understands Chen Yang’s plan and willingly holds back the enemy to give his disciple time.
  • Lu Ya: Becomes increasingly desperate as the Demon Race’s assault fails to break through the Human Clan’s defenses. He personally urges the demons forward and focuses on destroying the formation from within.
  • Human warriors: Show extraordinary loyalty and determination, choosing self-sacrifice rather than allowing the Demon Race to invade their homeland.
  • Dijun’s eldest son: Is enraged and humiliated by Duobao’s insults and overwhelming attacks, but continues fighting.

3. Significant Themes

  • Unity and collective will: Chen Yang’s command transforms the Human Clan’s anger and historical suffering into a unified force.
  • The cost of survival: The Human Clan’s resistance depends on immense sacrifice, emphasizing that victory may require individuals to give up their lives for the race’s survival.
  • Strategy over brute force: Chen Yang understands that the Demon Race’s superior numbers make a prolonged war dangerous, so he works to complete a decisive weapon or formation rather than simply continuing to fight.
  • Revenge and historical grievance: The conflict is framed as the culmination of generations of oppression, with Chen Yang calling for old and new debts to be settled together.
  • Hidden identities and unexpected sides: Duobao’s violent nature contrasts with his public image, showing that characters may possess qualities hidden beneath familiar personas.
  • The struggle between invasion and defense: The central military objective is control of the Human Clan’s interior and its protective formation. Whoever breaks through this defense may determine the war’s outcome.

4. Character Interactions

  • Chen Yang addresses the entire Human Clan through Fortune and the Human Dao, inspiring ordinary humans to fight with renewed ferocity.
  • He briefly fights alongside the defenders before moving to the central battlefield and later to the artifact-refinement site.
  • Duobao exchanges vicious insults with Dijun’s eldest son while physically overwhelming him. His taunts provoke the prince’s fury and provide comic relief amid the otherwise brutal battle.
  • Duobao and Chen Yang discuss the deception involving Yinggou. Duobao immediately understands Chen Yang’s intentions and agrees to cover for him.
  • Chen Yang asks Duobao to restrain the enemy while he completes the final stage of his plan; Duobao accepts and resumes his fight.
  • Lu Ya commands the Demon Race and Demon Cultivators to attack the Human Realm, while human warriors answer by forming a desperate defensive line and sacrificing themselves to stop the invasion.
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Ch. 149Self-Destruction

Chapter Summary: “Self-Destruction”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Chen Yang arrives at the Human Clan border during the war with the Demon Race and announces his plan to create the Human Clan Great Wall, a vast defensive structure intended to seal the Human Realm against demons.
  • He constructs the Great Wall using:
    • Demon Race bones, flesh, and remnant souls as its foundation and materials.
    • Human Clan corpses, heroic spirits, flesh, and faith as its true supporting structure.
    • The willing sacrifices of countless Human Clan warriors, who merge themselves into the wall to defend their homeland.
  • The Great Wall rapidly expands across the entire Human Clan border, surrounding the Human Realm.
  • Chen Yang then fuses 129,600 Dragon Veins—one complete “hui”—into the structure. This transforms the Great Wall into a massive Ancestral Dragon Vein, providing the Human Clan with an enduring supply of spiritual qi.
  • The wall’s spiritual energy becomes uniquely suited to the Human Clan. Other races cannot effectively absorb it and may even be transformed into Human Clan puppets.
  • Observers recognize the Great Wall’s extraordinary power but also identify a weakness: its combination of demon bones, human flesh and blood, and Dragon Veins makes it appear structurally fragile.
  • Lu Ya orders the demons to destroy the wall at any cost, leading many demons to self-destruct against it.
  • Chen Yang reveals that he anticipated this weakness and reinforces the wall with:
    • Refined Buzhou Mountain fragments and mountain ranges.
    • Innate materials from Zixiao Palace.
    • Numerous originless Innate Spiritual Treasures.
  • These additions give the Great Wall an aura of indestructibility, rendering the demons’ self-destruction useless.
  • Desperate, the Demon Race’s eldest prince orders Lu Ya to use the Great Sun Origin and the Fusang Tree to summon the Great Sun and burn the wall.
  • Chen Yang calmly prepares another reinforcement, calling for the fusion of Black-Yellow Qi, Nine Heavens Divine Soil, Pangu Divine Bone, Heroic Spirit Godheads, and power of faith. The chapter ends as this next enhancement begins.

Character Developments

  • Chen Yang demonstrates extraordinary foresight, strategic planning, and willingness to use immense resources. He turns the sacrifices of both enemies and allies into a supreme defensive weapon for the Human Clan.
  • He also presents himself as a decisive and ruthless protector of humanity, using Demon Race remains as the foundation while honoring Human Clan heroes by making them part of the wall.
  • Lu Ya becomes increasingly alarmed as Chen Yang’s actions threaten the Demon Race’s invasion. His desperation escalates from warning others to ordering mass self-destruction and finally deploying the Great Sun.
  • Duobao remains confident and amused, openly praising Chen Yang and mocking the Demon Race. His support reinforces Chen Yang’s legitimacy and the overwhelming scale of his achievement.
  • The Human Clan warriors display intense loyalty and self-sacrifice, willingly surrendering their bodies and souls to become part of the Great Wall.
  • The Demon Race, initially aggressive, becomes panicked and desperate as every attempt to destroy the wall fails.

Significant Themes

  • Sacrifice for survival: The Great Wall is literally made from the bodies, souls, faith, and deaths of the Human Clan, emphasizing the cost of defending civilization.
  • Unity and collective identity: Individual humans become part of a single immortal structure, symbolizing the Human Clan’s shared destiny.
  • Transformation of death into strength: The dead—both Human and Demon—are repurposed into a weapon that determines the future of the war.
  • Humanity’s defiance and independence: The Great Wall establishes the Human Realm as forbidden territory and represents the Human Clan’s refusal to remain vulnerable to outside powers.
  • Strategic preparation versus desperation: Chen Yang’s careful planning contrasts with the Demon Race’s increasingly desperate reactions.
  • Power built through resources and sacrifice: The wall’s might comes from combining ancient materials, spiritual treasures, Dragon Veins, heroic spirits, and faith into one artifact.

Character Interactions

  • Chen Yang and Lu Ya: Lu Ya recognizes Chen Yang as a major threat and repeatedly attempts to stop him, while Chen Yang dismisses each attack with confidence.
  • Chen Yang and Duobao: Duobao openly supports and praises his disciple, using Chen Yang’s creation to taunt the Demon Race.
  • Chen Yang and the Human Clan: The Human Clan responds to his call with mass voluntary sacrifice, creating a bond between leader and people embodied in the Great Wall.
  • Chen Yang and the Demon Race: Chen Yang turns Demon Race remains into the foundation of their own prison and defensive barrier, humiliating them while making their invasion increasingly impossible.
  • Lu Ya and the Demon leaders: Lu Ya follows increasingly desperate orders from the Demon Race’s eldest prince, escalating the conflict from conventional attacks to mass self-destruction and the summoning of the Great Sun.
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Ch. 150Avenging the Human Clan

Chapter Summary: “Avenging the Human Clan”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Chen Yang completes the Human Clan Great Wall by fusing Tongtian, Black-Yellow Qi, the Nine Heavens Divine Soil, Pangu’s remaining Divine Bone, the Human Clan Heroic Spirits’ godheads, and the Human Clan’s accumulated faith into it.
  • The Great Wall becomes a colossal sacred artifact and Fortune treasure, resembling a Divine Dragon and protecting the entire Human Realm.
  • Its power suppresses all Demon Cultivators within the Human Realm:
    • Daluo-level cultivators fall to the Great Unity Realm.
    • Great Unity cultivators fall to the Immortal Realm.
    • Even Half-Step Primordial Unity experts are weakened to the Perfected Quasi-Saint level.
    • Some weaker demons are crushed or killed outright.
  • Chen Yang orders the Human Clan to counterattack. Human forces led by Chiyou, Hongyun, Xuanyuan, and others begin slaughtering and expelling the weakened Demon Race.
  • Duobao defeats Dijun’s eldest son, the First Prince, whose cultivation is drastically reduced by the Great Wall’s suppression. The First Prince is forced to flee the Human Realm.
  • The Great Wall absorbs the demons’ corpses, souls, essence, and other energies, growing stronger through the battle.
  • More than half of the Demon Race gathered near the Human Realm is destroyed, amounting to over twenty percent of all Demon Cultivators in the Primordial World.
  • Chen Yang refuses to stop at the Human Realm’s borders. He orders the Human Clan army to pursue the fleeing demons and launch an offensive beyond their homeland.
  • Although Suiren Clan warns that fighting outside the Human Realm will cause many human casualties, Chen Yang accepts the risk, believing the Human Clan must recover its courage and avenge years of oppression.

Character Developments

  • Chen Yang fully assumes his role as the Human Sovereign. He demonstrates overwhelming strategic foresight, creates the Human Clan’s greatest defensive weapon, and then transforms defense into total retaliation.
  • Chiyou, Hongyun, and Xuanyuan become powerful commanders of the Human Clan’s counteroffensive. Their speeches and actions reflect renewed confidence, fury, and loyalty to Chen Yang.
  • Duobao benefits from Human Dao Fortune and the Human Clan’s recognition. Unlike the demons, he is not weakened by the Great Wall and even becomes stronger, allowing him to dominate the First Prince.
  • The First Prince experiences humiliation and desperation after discovering that even his Half-Step Primordial Unity cultivation cannot resist the Great Wall. His forced retreat symbolizes the collapse of Demon supremacy within the Human Realm.
  • Suiren Clan acts as the voice of caution, recognizing the danger of abandoning the Human Realm’s protection. However, he ultimately falls silent before Chen Yang’s conviction that the Human Clan needs more than safety—it needs courage and pride.

Significant Themes

  • Vengeance and justice: The Human Clan reverses the suffering inflicted by the Demon Race, turning former victims into pursuers and executioners.
  • Unity and collective faith: The Great Wall is created not only from rare treasures but also from the Human Clan’s faith, heroic spirits, Fortune, and shared convictions. It physically embodies the strength of the entire race.
  • Defense becoming offense: The Human Realm first becomes an impregnable sanctuary, but Chen Yang insists that true recovery requires the Human Clan to carry the fight outward.
  • Restoration of pride: Chen Yang fears that years of passive defense have caused the Human Clan to lose its “proud bones and bloody courage.” The campaign is therefore both military revenge and a spiritual awakening.
  • The Great Wall as a living sacred artifact: By absorbing the dead, faith, and energy of the Human Clan and its enemies, the Great Wall can continue evolving and may become an enduring relic of Human Clan civilization.
  • Power reversal: The Demon Race, once dominant and feared, is suddenly helpless inside the Human Realm, while the Human Clan gains control of its homeland and the confidence to challenge other races.

Character Interactions

  • Chen Yang’s commands rally Chiyou, Hongyun, Xuanyuan, and the wider Human Clan into a united assault.
  • Duobao taunts and defeats the First Prince, emphasizing the dramatic reversal between Human-aligned forces and the Demon Race.
  • The First Prince’s rage toward Duobao contrasts with his inability to resist the Great Wall’s suppression.
  • Suiren Clan questions Chen Yang’s decision to pursue the demons beyond the Human Realm, prompting Chen Yang to explain that the Human Clan must recover its lost courage even at the cost of casualties.
  • The Human Clan’s collective cries of “kill” and vows of revenge show how Chen Yang’s leadership transforms years of fear and resentment into unified action.
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Ch. 151Killing Intent of the World

Chapter Summary: “Killing Intent of the World”

1. Key Plot Points and Events

  • Chen Yang orders the Human Clan army to leave the safety of the Human Realm and attack the Demon Cultivators, fully aware that many of his people will die.
  • He explains that the Human Clan’s long defensive struggle has caused them to lose their courage and fighting spirit. Their sacrifices, he argues, will restore the clan’s pride and ensure that it “may die standing, but must never live kneeling.”
  • Inspired by Chen Yang’s words and strengthened by Fortune, the Human Clan warriors charge fearlessly. Many self-destruct, taking large numbers of Demon Cultivators with them.
  • The already weakened and demoralized Demon Cultivators collapse completely. Despite having superior cultivation, they are overwhelmed by the Human Clan’s momentum and fearlessness.
  • Surviving Demon Race experts condemn the Demon Cultivators for abandoning the pride and willingness to die that characterized the former Demon Court.
  • Duobao mocks the First Prince over the Demon Cultivators’ defeat. Chen Yang then confronts the First Prince and accuses the Demon Race of deliberately creating the Demon Cultivator Upheaval and targeting the Human Clan.
  • The First Prince confirms that the Demon Cultivator Upheaval and his resurrection were part of Dijun’s hidden plans and inherited “trump cards.”
  • Chen Yang attacks the First Prince with “Palm Controls the Slaying Immortals,” combining the Great Dao, Formation Dao, and the Slaying Immortals Sword Formation.
  • The strike annihilates the First Prince, but he revives by reforming his body. Chen Yang realizes that the First Prince is made from nine Golden Crow corpses transformed into Zombies, effectively giving him nine lives.

2. Character Developments

  • Chen Yang is shown as a ruthless but visionary leader. He accepts the deaths of his own people as the price of restoring the Human Clan’s courage and dignity. His strength also proves far greater than many observers expected.
  • The Human Clan warriors regain their pride and willingness to fight. Their self-sacrifice transforms them into symbols of the clan’s “spine” and resistance.
  • The First Prince is exposed as both a survivor of Dijun’s schemes and a powerful, unusual entity rather than a true successor to Dijun. His confidence is shaken by Chen Yang’s overwhelming attack.
  • Dijun becomes more mysterious and threatening through revelations about his long-term plans, hidden resources, and manipulation of the Demon Race.
  • Duobao remains openly amused and mocking toward the Demon Race, while also becoming visibly shocked by the magnitude of Chen Yang’s attack.

3. Significant Themes

  • Pride versus humiliation: The chapter emphasizes that prolonged survival through compromise can weaken a people’s spirit, while heroic resistance can restore its identity.
  • Sacrifice and leadership: Chen Yang knowingly sends warriors to their deaths, raising questions about whether sacrificing individuals for the future of an entire race is justified.
  • Standing rather than kneeling: The Human Clan’s willingness to die becomes a metaphor for maintaining dignity even in defeat.
  • Legacy and hidden schemes: Dijun’s influence continues after his disappearance through secret plans, resurrected forces, and concealed “trump cards.”
  • Fear as a weapon: The Human Clan wins not simply through strength, but by creating such overwhelming killing intent that stronger Demon Cultivators lose the will to resist.
  • Power and mortality: The First Prince’s resurrection reveals that apparent death may not be final, while Chen Yang’s attack demonstrates a level of power capable of affecting the entire Primordial World.

4. Character Interactions

  • Chen Yang’s speech inspires the Human Clan army and turns their despair into determination.
  • The Demon Cultivators’ retreat contrasts with the anger of the older Demon Race experts, who see their cowardice as a disgrace.
  • Duobao taunts the First Prince, while the First Prince warns that Chen Yang’s order will eventually bring regret.
  • Chen Yang challenges the First Prince over the Demon Race’s role in creating the Demon Cultivators and destabilizing the Primordial World.
  • The First Prince praises Chen Yang as a “ruthless hero,” while indirectly revealing Dijun’s involvement in the larger conspiracy.
  • Their verbal confrontation ends in a direct battle, with Chen Yang seemingly killing the First Prince—only for the First Prince’s nine-life nature to be revealed.
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Ch. 152The Terror of Formation Dao

Chapter Summary: The Terror of Formation Dao

Key Plot Points and Events

  • The First Prince realizes that Chen Yang has advanced beyond the Half-Step Primordial Unity Realm and reached the true Primordial Unity Realm.
  • Chen Yang reveals the foundation of his power: he transformed the Human Clan’s twelve territories, its formations, and the Human Clan Great Wall into one unified Human Realm and Grand Artifact. As its master, he receives the blessing of the entire realm.
  • Duobao recognizes the full extent of Chen Yang’s scheme. Chen Yang’s long-term preparations have effectively turned the Human Realm into his cultivation foundation, similar to how the Heavenly Court once empowered Dijun.
  • Cultivators across the Primordial World are shocked. They debate whether Chen Yang’s strength depends on remaining within the Human Realm, but his current power makes both the Human Clan and Jie Sect forces that should not be provoked.
  • With his breakthrough, Chen Yang can freely manifest the Slaying Immortals Sword Formation through his own body, forming techniques such as the Sword Formation Palm and Sword Formation Fist.
  • Chen Yang attacks the First Prince, whose nine Golden Crow origins grant him multiple lives. The First Prince is annihilated, revives, and loses another origin.
  • Lu Ya warns the First Prince to flee, since repeated deaths will destroy the remaining Golden Crow brothers’ chances of revival. The First Prince attempts to escape, but Chen Yang effortlessly attacks him again and kills him once more.
  • Chen Yang explains that at the Primordial Unity level, his Formation Dao creates a vast Formation Dao Domain. Wherever he stands, the formation exists, making escape impossible and allowing him to control the environment and his opponent’s fate.
  • The chapter concludes with cultivators recognizing the terrifying implications of Chen Yang’s power, though it is noted that stronger enemies might still destroy the formation, and the domain’s range depends on Chen Yang’s cultivation.

Character Developments

  • Chen Yang: Undergoes a major power advancement, becoming a Primordial Unity expert through the Human Realm’s blessing. He evolves from merely using formations to embodying them, effectively becoming the formation’s core and controlling the surrounding heaven and earth.
  • The First Prince: His confidence collapses into terror as he realizes he cannot evade or resist Chen Yang. Although his nine Golden Crow origins allow repeated revival, each death permanently reduces his remaining chances and forces him to retreat.
  • Duobao: Moves from surprise to admiration and alarm as he understands Chen Yang’s hidden plan. He realizes that even he had failed to see the full scope of Chen Yang’s preparations.
  • Lu Ya: Shows concern for the First Prince and recognizes the strategic danger of his repeated deaths, warning him to escape before the other Golden Crow origins are lost.
  • The wider cultivation world: Cultivators reassess Chen Yang’s status, now viewing him as an almost invincible force comparable to the greatest realm-supported experts of the past.

Significant Themes

  • Long-term planning and accumulation: Chen Yang’s earlier projects—territorial formations, the Great Wall, and the Human Realm—combine into an overwhelming power structure.
  • Unity of individual and world: Chen Yang’s cultivation is no longer separate from the Human Realm; he, the formations, and the Human Clan’s domain function as one entity.
  • The terror of Formation Dao: At the Primordial Unity level, formation techniques become a controllable domain in which Chen Yang determines what enemies can perceive, touch, and escape.
  • Power tied to foundations: Chen Yang’s strength comes from the Human Realm’s blessing, raising questions about the limits and conditions of realm-based power.
  • Inevitability versus free will: Within Chen Yang’s Formation Dao Domain, opponents may believe they are moving freely, but their actions are already constrained and controlled by the formation.
  • The cost of immortality: The First Prince’s multiple revivals do not make him invincible; each death consumes one of his Golden Crow origins and brings him closer to permanent destruction.

Character Interactions

  • Chen Yang and the First Prince: Their confrontation shifts from a battle to an overwhelming demonstration of control. Chen Yang repeatedly destroys the First Prince, while the latter is reduced to panic and desperate flight.
  • Chen Yang and Duobao: Duobao recognizes Chen Yang’s ingenuity and admits that even as his master, he was deceived by the complexity of the plan.
  • Lu Ya and the First Prince: Lu Ya urgently warns his elder brother to flee, emphasizing that every death damages the Golden Crow lineage’s ability to revive.
  • Chen Yang and the cultivation world: Through his explanation of Formation Dao, Chen Yang indirectly reveals the rules and terrifying scope of his power to countless observers, reshaping their perception of him.
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Ch. 153A Fine Sacrifice

Chapter Summary: “A Fine Sacrifice”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Chen Yang defeats the First Prince within his formation and prepares to kill him. The First Prince reveals that he cannot afford to die because his nine brothers merged into him and depend on him for eventual revival.
  • Before Chen Yang can strike, the First Prince calls for an unseen ally. Both Chen Yang and Duobao sense an ominous disturbance, suggesting that the First Prince’s slaughter of the Human Clan served a larger purpose.
  • The First Prince explains that the Human Clan—especially the Origin Humans created through the fusion of Black-Yellow Qi, Nine Heavens Divine Soil, and Three Lights Divine Water—are exceptionally pure Pangu Descendants.
  • He reveals that the Primordial World was once a prison for Chaos Demon Gods. Many were sealed using Pangu’s power, and the pure Human Clan can be used as sacrifices to weaken or break those seals, awaken Demon Gods, or obtain inheritances from Demon God relics.
  • The First Prince claims that the Demon Court’s ancient massacre of the Human Clan was not merely intended to create the Witch-Slaying Sword; it was also an experiment in using humans as sacrifices.
  • Because Chen Yang caused the Origin People Tribe to merge with and multiply throughout the Human Clan, he unintentionally made nearly every human an especially valuable sacrifice. The First Prince boasts that Chen Yang’s decision has placed the entire Human Clan in danger.
  • His revelation causes countless cultivators to view humans as a resource, leading to widespread greed and covetousness toward the Human Realm.
  • Chen Yang vows to protect the Human Clan and kill anyone who attempts to prey upon them, but the First Prince mocks his confidence and questions whether he can defeat every hidden power in the Primordial World.
  • The First Prince’s summoned ally finally appears: a terrifying fire-born Demon God with a beast’s head, a human body, and red scales. It emerges from the burning southern region, devours flames and volcanic power, then enters the Human Realm.
  • The Demon God attacks the battlefield by igniting the Grand Daos and cultivation methods of the combatants. Demon Cultivators and many humans spontaneously combust, their burning lives being consumed by the Demon God as nourishment.

Character Developments

  • Chen Yang: Remains composed and determined, but his attitude becomes more solemn after learning that his efforts to strengthen and expand the Human Clan have inadvertently made them ideal sacrifices. He accepts responsibility and declares that he alone will defend them.
  • The First Prince: Shifts from desperation to triumph. Although terrified of death because it would endanger his brothers’ revival, he reveals that his apparent defeat was part of a larger plan. He takes pride in turning the Human Clan into a target for the entire Primordial World.
  • Duobao: Demonstrates keen spiritual awareness by sensing the impending danger alongside Chen Yang. His warning confirms that the First Prince’s actions have summoned something far more dangerous than himself.
  • The Human Clan: Their status changes from a growing and powerful race to a coveted supernatural resource. Their ancestry and purity now make them targets for hidden cultivators, Demon Gods, and anyone seeking forbidden inheritances.
  • The Fire Demon God: Is introduced as an overwhelming, destructive entity that feeds on flames, burning Daos, and living beings. Its arrival immediately changes the battle from a conflict with the First Prince into a catastrophe threatening the entire Human Realm.

Significant Themes

  • Unintended consequences: Chen Yang’s attempt to strengthen the Human Clan has also made them more valuable—and more vulnerable—to powerful enemies.
  • Sacrifice and exploitation: Human lives are reduced to tools for breaking seals, awakening ancient powers, or obtaining inheritances.
  • Hidden history: The Primordial World’s origins as a prison for Chaos Demon Gods reveal that its ancient seals and buried powers still influence the present.
  • Hubris and responsibility: The First Prince weaponizes Chen Yang’s confidence against him, while Chen Yang must confront the consequences of his decisions rather than deny them.
  • The danger of knowledge: The First Prince’s revelation does not merely expose a secret; it transforms how the entire Primordial World views the Human Clan.
  • Escalating catastrophe: The conflict moves from personal revenge and formation warfare to a world-threatening disaster involving ancient Demon Gods and the destruction of entire regions.

Character Interactions

  • Chen Yang and the First Prince engage in a tense exchange in which Chen Yang threatens execution while the First Prince attempts to stall him and reveal the larger scheme.
  • Duobao warns Chen Yang that something is wrong, reinforcing Chen Yang’s suspicion that the First Prince’s slaughter had a hidden purpose.
  • The First Prince directly taunts Chen Yang, arguing that Chen Yang’s own actions created the conditions for the Human Clan’s exploitation.
  • Chen Yang responds by rejecting the First Prince’s accusation and pledging to protect humanity through force.
  • The First Prince then summons the Fire Demon God, whose arrival interrupts their confrontation and turns the battlefield into a mass sacrifice.
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Ch. 154Star Deity

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

  • The Burning Demon God’s flames annihilate the Demon Cultivators and many Human Clan members on the battlefield, wiping out nearly forty percent of the Primordial World’s Demon Cultivators in an instant.
  • Chen Yang orders all cultivators below the Daluo Realm to retreat to the Human Realm.
  • The First Prince commands the Burning Demon God to kill Chen Yang as his second requested favor. The Demon God agrees, having previously revived the First Prince.
  • Chen Yang identifies the enemy as a Branch Demon God and, more specifically, an Innate Demon God rather than a Great Path Demon God. This gives him some hope, since Innate Demon Gods are weaker than Chaos Demon Gods.
  • The Burning Demon God reveals his intention to restore the ancient Demon God Era. He wants the Human Clan to multiply, unseal more Demon Gods, and help him rule the Primordial World.
  • The Burning Demon God boasts that Hongjun and Luohou cannot interfere because they are locked in conflict. He offers Chen Yang and Duobao a chance to submit.
  • Duobao urges Chen Yang to flee into Chaos and seek Hongjun’s help, but Chen Yang refuses to retreat and instead sends Duobao back to protect the Human Clan.
  • Although the Burning Demon God’s cultivation and foundations are superior, Chen Yang relies on his mastery of the Formation Dao to challenge him.
  • Chen Yang summons the stars to form a vast Astral Formation. Xingchen and numerous faith-created Star Deities help manipulate the starry sky, causing an Astral Chart to merge with Chen Yang and greatly enhance his power.

Character Developments

  • Chen Yang demonstrates extraordinary composure and confidence despite facing an enemy stronger than himself. He emphasizes that his Formation Dao allows him to defeat stronger opponents through strategy and preparation.
  • Duobao shows deep concern for Chen Yang and the Human Clan, recognizing the Burning Demon God as a threat far beyond their previous enemies. He remains ready to fight but ultimately obeys Chen Yang’s command to return and defend the Human Realm.
  • The Burning Demon God is established as arrogant, ambitious, and nostalgic for the ancient Demon God Era. Although he is powerful, his status as an Innate Branch Demon God places limits on his strength.
  • The First Prince continues to act through manipulation and revenge, using his favors from the Burning Demon God to target Chen Yang.
  • Xingchen has grown significantly after merging with the starry sky. Through faith power and Star Fruits, he has created countless Star Deities and become essential to Chen Yang’s Astral Formation.

Significant Themes

  • Strength versus strategy: Chen Yang cannot match the Burning Demon God directly, but he relies on formations, faith, and the stars to challenge a stronger foe.
  • The danger of ancient powers returning: The Burning Demon God’s plan to revive the Demon God Era threatens the current order of the Primordial World and the survival of the Human Clan.
  • Faith as a source of power: Chen Yang’s Faith System produces Star Deities that can affect reality and contribute to a powerful cosmic formation.
  • Knowledge and historical understanding: Chen Yang’s familiarity with Demon God classifications and the Primordial World’s past gives him a tactical advantage.
  • Sacrifice and responsibility: Chen Yang chooses to face the Burning Demon God alone so Duobao can protect the Human Clan.

Character Interactions

  • The First Prince and Burning Demon God cooperate through the Prince’s second request for Chen Yang’s death, though the Burning Demon God also questions whether the Prince fully understands the danger.
  • Chen Yang and the Burning Demon God exchange ideological and tactical challenges. The Demon God demands submission, while Chen Yang rejects his vision of a restored Demon God Era and accepts the battle.
  • Duobao and Chen Yang have a teacher-disciple exchange marked by concern and trust. Duobao urges retreat, but Chen Yang insists on taking responsibility for the fight.
  • The Burning Demon God and Duobao clash ideologically, with Duobao condemning the Demon God’s plan to enslave the Human Clan and revive the ancient order.
  • Chen Yang and Xingchen work together indirectly through the Astral Formation, with Xingchen coordinating the stars and faith-created Star Deities to empower Chen Yang.
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Ch. 155Shaking the Ages

Chapter Summary: “Shaking the Ages”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Chen Yang reveals that he has independently evolved a new Cosmic Star Formation, explaining its origins in the Phoenix Clan’s formation, the Astral Formation, and Dijun’s later modifications.
  • The Burning Demon God dismisses the Cosmic Star Formation as insufficient to defeat him, confident that his superior cultivation makes him invincible.
  • Chen Yang summons the Formation Spirit of the Primordial World Formation through the Human Realm. The Formation Spirit merges with the Human Realm, transforming it into a vast network of formation veins.
  • Realizing Chen Yang is preparing something far more dangerous, the Burning Demon God attempts to attack. However, Chen Yang completes the fusion first, merging the Formation Spirit into his own body through the technique of “human and formation as one.”
  • Chen Yang combines three immense formations:
    • The stars evolve Pangu’s Primordial Spirit.
    • The All-Heaven Grand Formation forms Pangu’s meridians.
    • The Myriad Immortals Formation creates Pangu’s skeleton.
  • This produces a terrifying Primordial World Formation incarnation, resembling a complete return of Pangu and extending across the entire Primordial World. The Human Realm serves as its core, though Chen Yang appears limited to operating within its boundaries.
  • The Burning Demon God counters by invoking the Great Path of Burning, igniting living beings, blessed lands, formations, and even intangible Dao rhythms across the Primordial Eastern Wilderness.
  • His flames form a massive hand that clashes with Chen Yang’s formation incarnation. Chen Yang’s attack overwhelms the Burning Demon God’s fiery hand, shatters the surrounding land, annihilates countless beings, and sends the Demon God flying across the world.
  • The chapter ends with the Burning Demon God’s physical body collapsing and appearing close to complete destruction.

Character Developments

  • Chen Yang demonstrates that he is far more than a formation user: he has become the central link between the Human Realm and a world-spanning formation. His mastery and ambition elevate him to a level capable of challenging an ancient Demon God.
  • He also displays confidence and strategic patience, allowing the Burning Demon God to underestimate him before unveiling his true trump card.
  • The Burning Demon God shifts from arrogance to alarm once he recognizes the danger of Chen Yang’s evolving formation. His desperation leads him to unleash indiscriminate destruction, burning the Primordial World in an attempt to survive.

Significant Themes

  • Evolution through inheritance and innovation: Chen Yang builds upon ancient formations rather than merely copying them, creating something potentially superior to previous Pangu incarnations.
  • Unity of person, realm, and formation: Chen Yang’s power comes from merging himself with the Human Realm and the Formation Spirit, blurring the boundaries between individual cultivator, Dao, and world.
  • The fall of ancient powers: The Burning Demon God represents remnants of a bygone age, while Chen Yang argues that such beings should remain buried in history rather than return to dominate the present.
  • Creation through destruction: Both sides wield world-altering forces, but the battle causes enormous collateral damage, showing the devastating cost of conflict at this level.
  • Pangu’s legacy: Chen Yang’s formation evokes Pangu’s body and power, suggesting the recreation—or possible surpassing—of one of the Primordial World’s foundational figures.

Character Interactions

  • Chen Yang directly challenges the eldest prince’s belief that the Cosmic Star Formation belongs exclusively to his Imperial Father, asserting his own achievement and independence.
  • The Burning Demon God initially mocks Chen Yang but becomes increasingly fearful as the formation develops.
  • Their confrontation escalates from verbal contempt to a clash between Chen Yang’s Pangu-like Formation Dao incarnation and the Demon God’s burning Great Path, ending with Chen Yang gaining the decisive advantage.
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Ch. 156The Danger of Dao Dissolution

Chapter Summary: The Danger of Dao Dissolution

Key Plot Points and Events

  • The Burning Demon God survives Chen Yang’s initial attack and begins restoring himself by burning Grand Dao and the power of countless cultivators. He transforms the Western Land into a vast desert of flames, intending to grow stronger as the battle continues.
  • Chen Yang realizes he cannot prolong the fight. Maintaining the enormous Primordial World Formation consumes too much of his strength, while the Burning Demon God can continually replenish himself.
  • To finish the battle, Chen Yang combines the Slaying Immortals Sword Formation with his own formation, evolving the four killing swords into the powerful Chaos Killing Sword.
  • Through Pangu’s incarnation, Chen Yang unleashes a devastating sword strike across the Primordial World. The Burning Demon God responds by burning his own Dao and transforming into a colossal Great Sun.
  • The sword and Great Sun collide in a massive contest involving Sword Dao, Killing Dao, Formation Dao, and Burning Dao. The Burning Demon God is ultimately destroyed, while the sword’s remnants scatter throughout the world.
  • The battle drastically reshapes the Primordial World: more than half of the Western Land becomes desert, vast sword scars and abysses appear, the Four Seas become linked, and the Celestial River’s waters descend again. The aftermath is expected to last for thousands of years.
  • Chen Yang’s formation collapses after the battle. His incarnation disperses, though it manages to seize the remaining flames of the Western Land. Chen Yang himself disappears, leaving his fate uncertain.
  • The Burning Demon God’s death effectively ends the Demon Cultivator Upheaval. Most demon cultivators have been killed, and their movement is no longer capable of becoming a major force.
  • In the Human Realm, Chen Yang is found in a severely damaged condition. Formation patterns surround him, but his body appears fragile and unstable.
  • Pingxin arrives and reveals that the backlash from the formation has placed Chen Yang in danger of Dao Dissolution, in which a cultivator loses control of their cultivated Dao and gradually melts into the Primordial World.

Character Developments

  • Chen Yang demonstrates overwhelming power and tactical urgency by creating the Chaos Killing Sword and using the Primordial World Formation to slay an Innate Demon God. However, his victory comes at an enormous personal cost.
  • The Burning Demon God is shown to be exceptionally dangerous because he can consume fire, Dao, and the power of other cultivators to regenerate. Despite this adaptability, he is ultimately overwhelmed by Chen Yang’s final strike.
  • Pingxin reveals deep concern and affection for Chen Yang. She criticizes his decision to risk himself, believing she could have killed the Burning Demon God more safely within the Land of Reincarnation.
  • Duobao and the Human Clan and Jie Sect cultivators display anxiety and helplessness as they watch Chen Yang’s unstable condition. Their concern highlights his importance to them and to the wider struggle.
  • Pangu’s incarnation serves as the vessel for the Chaos Killing Sword and Chen Yang’s final attack before dispersing with the formation.

Significant Themes

  • The cost of power: Chen Yang’s victory proves that supreme strength often demands an equally severe sacrifice.
  • Control over one’s Dao: Dao cultivation is both a source of power and a danger. If a cultivator loses control, the very Dao they rely on can destroy them.
  • Sacrifice versus prudence: Chen Yang chooses a direct and devastating victory instead of using Pingxin’s safer method, raising questions about recklessness, responsibility, and the desire to personally end a threat.
  • The transformation of the world: Great battles do not merely determine winners; they permanently reshape the Primordial World’s geography, natural laws, and future history.
  • The end of an era: The Burning Demon God’s death marks the collapse of the Demon Cultivator Upheaval, but Chen Yang’s uncertain fate introduces a new crisis immediately after the war.

Character Interactions

  • Chen Yang and the Burning Demon God engage in a final clash of opposing Dao principles, with Chen Yang’s Sword and Formation Dao confronting the demon’s Burning Dao.
  • Pingxin confronts Chen Yang’s apparent self-destructive behavior with sorrow and reproach, emphasizing both her emotional attachment and her belief that the battle could have been handled more safely.
  • Duobao seeks information about Chen Yang’s condition from Pingxin, reflecting the collective concern of the Human Clan and Jie Sect.
  • The gathered cultivators witness the aftermath with awe and fear, recognizing both Chen Yang’s triumph and the terrifying consequences of his power.
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Ch. 157A Disciple's Life Was Tough

Chapter Summary: A Disciple’s Life Was Tough

Key Plot Points and Events

  • After Chen Yang’s battle with the Burning Demon God, Pingxin explains that his final formation was overwhelmingly powerful because he fused four legendary formations of the Primordial World:
    • The Dutian Divine Fiends Formation
    • The Heavenly Stellar Array
    • The Unified Myriad Immortals Formation
    • The Slaying Immortals Sword Formation
  • The immense Formation Dao contained in the fusion exceeded Chen Yang’s ability to control, causing him to nearly dissolve into the Dao.
  • Pingxin and Duobao are unable to rescue him and can only wait for him to recover or be reborn through destruction while digesting the Formation Dao.
  • The battle causes widespread devastation throughout the Primordial World. The Mystic Sect, Sumeru Buddhist Sect, Undying Volcano, Phoenix Clan, Burning Demon God, and many other forces are drawn into the conflict.
  • Several thousand years later, Chen Yang awakens. He reveals that the Human Realm Formation Spirit and the Human Clan Great Wall protected him, allowing him to survive and roam through the Formation Dao rather than truly perish.
  • Chen Yang learns that although the major Demon Cultivator forces have been destroyed, demonic cultivation continues to spread. More seriously, powerful hidden cultivators are targeting the Human Clan after discovering its unique connection to Chaos Demon God inheritances.
  • The Human Clan can be sacrificed in blood to obtain Demon God inheritances, recover portions of Demon God origins, or unseal sealed Demon Gods. This makes them a valuable resource and places them in extreme danger.
  • Duobao visits Chen Yang after his recovery. Chen Yang explains how he created the terrifying fused formation by turning the Human Realm into a formation diagram and using the Great Wall, faith, essence blood, stars, and Qilin bones to provide energy and structure.

Character Developments

  • Chen Yang survives his most dangerous undertaking yet, but his recovery takes several thousand years. He gains a deeper understanding of the Formation Dao while acknowledging that his cultivation was not strong enough to safely control the fused formation.
  • His confidence and recklessness remain evident; he proudly claims that his “life is tough” and that he cannot easily be killed. However, Pingxin’s reproach forces him to recognize the consequences of his actions.
  • Pingxin demonstrates deep concern and affection for Chen Yang. Though relieved by his awakening, she firmly criticizes his dangerous behavior and makes him promise not to repeat it.
  • Duobao reveals his emotional attachment to Chen Yang as both master and protector. He admits that he feared losing his disciple and is astonished by Chen Yang’s ability to fuse four supreme formations.
  • Chen Yang becomes more aware of the Human Clan’s precarious position and the wider political dangers left behind by the Demon Cultivator Upheaval.

Significant Themes

  • Recklessness versus responsibility: Chen Yang’s willingness to risk his life produces extraordinary results but also causes immense anxiety among those who care for him.
  • Survival through transformation: Chen Yang does not merely recover physically; he survives by entering the Formation Dao and emerging with greater understanding.
  • The Human Clan as both people and resource: The Human Clan’s special nature turns them into targets for powerful cultivators seeking Demon God inheritances, highlighting the danger of being valuable in a hostile world.
  • Aftermath of war: Destroying the main Demon Cultivator forces does not eliminate the underlying danger. Ideologies, techniques, hidden powers, and old ambitions continue to threaten peace.
  • Faith and collective power: The Human Clan’s faith, the Wu Tribe’s devotion, the Great Wall, and the Human Realm itself become essential components of Chen Yang’s ultimate formation, showing how collective strength can be transformed into immense power.

Important Character Interactions

  • Chen Yang and Pingxin: Their reunion combines relief, affection, and reprimand. Pingxin is grateful he survived but condemns his reckless formation experiment. Chen Yang reassures her that he had prepared a means of survival.
  • Chen Yang and Duobao: Their master-disciple relationship is affectionate and emotionally charged. Duobao scolds Chen Yang for frightening him, while Chen Yang responds playfully and explains the principles behind his formation.
  • Chen Yang and the wider Human Clan: Chen Yang’s concern shifts from personal recovery to protecting the Human Clan from old monsters seeking to sacrifice them for Demon God power.
  • The Human Clan and the hidden cultivators: Their relationship is fundamentally predatory: the old monsters view the Human Clan as a source of inheritances rather than as living beings, creating the next major crisis.
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Ch. 158Xuanyuan's Merit Reached Completion

Chapter Summary: “Xuanyuan’s Merit Reached Completion”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Chen Yang explains to Duobao that the newly evolved formation was created by transforming the Human Realm into an array diagram and using the faith of the Human Clan and Wu Tribe to complete it.
  • Although the formation can evolve further, doing so will take an extremely long time. The faith used in its creation was exhausted, and the Human Realm’s Dragon Veins lost more than thirty percent of their energy.
  • Chen Yang and Duobao reflect on the recent battle, recognizing that it was far more than a conflict between humans and Demon Cultivators. It became a war involving the Mystic Sect, Demon Sect, Demon Court, Primordial World factions, and even the Burning Demon God.
  • The victory came at an enormous cost:
    • More than forty percent of the Human Clan died.
    • Sixty percent of the Jie Sect’s outer disciples were killed.
    • Numerous inner disciples, second-generation disciples, and members of other races also perished.
  • Chen Yang regrets issuing his final order, but Duobao reassures him that the sacrifices were unavoidable and revealed how dangerous and complicated the Primordial World truly was.
  • Several centuries later, Chen Yang recovers and visits the devastated Human Realm. He observes that the dead—both Human Clan members and Demon Cultivators—have merged into the Human Realm Great Wall, strengthening it through their will and faith.
  • At an altar, Human Emperor Xuanyuan formally declares that his ten-thousand-year mission is complete. He recounts his accomplishments, including unifying and developing the Human Clan, training armies, expanding its population, establishing the twelve two-hour periods, and fighting Demon Cultivators.
  • The Human Clan recognizes Xuanyuan’s achievements. Immense Merit and Fortune descend upon him, causing his cultivation to rise to Martial Dao Great Perfection, comparable to Quasi-Saint Great Perfection and just one step below Half-Step Primordial Unity.
  • Xuanyuan leaves for Firecloud Cave after paying respects to Chen Yang and the sages.
  • Seeing Xuanyuan’s success and the completion of all Three Sovereigns of the Human Clan, Chen Yang concludes that his long-standing wish—to make the Human Clan strong and independent—has been fulfilled.
  • He decides that the time has come to sever another corpse, leaving only his present-life incarnation to complete his path.

Character Developments

  • Chen Yang: Moves from guilt and grief over the battle’s casualties toward acceptance and emotional release. Having fulfilled his lifelong goal of protecting and strengthening the Human Clan, he prepares to advance his cultivation by severing another corpse.
  • Duobao: Acts as Chen Yang’s stern but supportive mentor. He emphasizes caution, accepts the necessity of sacrifice, and explains that the Demon Sect will soon be subdued through continued fighting against the Outworld Demons.
  • Xuanyuan: Reaches the culmination of his ten-thousand-year reign and receives recognition as a truly accomplished Human Emperor. His Merit, Fortune, and Martial Dao all achieve completion.
  • Pingxin: Offers emotional support and confirms that Chen Yang’s accomplishments justify his decision to move forward.

Significant Themes

  • The cost of victory: The Human Clan’s triumph is portrayed as a narrow victory purchased through devastating losses.
  • Duty and sacrifice: Chen Yang and Duobao debate whether the casualties were worthwhile, ultimately accepting sacrifice as an unavoidable part of war and survival.
  • Faith and collective recognition: The power of the Human Clan’s faith strengthens both the Great Wall and Xuanyuan’s Merit, showing how collective belief shapes power and destiny.
  • Completion and letting go: Xuanyuan’s fulfilled Merit parallels Chen Yang’s realization that his own mission is complete. Both must move beyond past responsibilities.
  • The hidden dangers of the Primordial World: The battle exposes deeper mysteries involving the Phoenix Clan, Demon-Summoning Banner, Demon Gods, and the rivalry between major sects and ancient powers.

Important Character Interactions

  • Chen Yang and Duobao: Discuss the formation’s limitations, the battle’s consequences, the Demon Sect’s situation, and the mysteries left unresolved. Duobao advises Chen Yang not to act recklessly and reassures him that his decisions were not wrong.
  • Chen Yang and Xuanyuan: Their interaction is indirect but meaningful. Chen Yang watches Xuanyuan complete his Merit from the crowd, recognizing that the Human Clan has finally achieved the strength and stability he long desired.
  • Chen Yang and Pingxin: Chen Yang tells Pingxin that his wish for the Human Clan has been fulfilled and that he intends to sever another corpse. Pingxin agrees that the timing is right, noting that only his present-life incarnation remains.
  • Xuanyuan and the Human Clan: Xuanyuan publicly recounts his accomplishments and asks for recognition. The Human Clan responds with collective approval, granting him the Fortune and Merit needed to complete his cultivation.
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Ch. 159The Great Calamity Was Finally Over

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Chen Yang realizes he can finally sever his Present-Life Incarnation because the two obsessions tying him to the mortal world—the Human Clan and the Jie Sect—have fulfilled their intended goals. The Human Clan has become prosperous and secure within the Human Realm, while the Jie Sect has expanded into a powerful organization honored by countless sects.
  • Under Pingxin’s protection, Chen Yang performs Corpse Severing. A sword formed from his wisdom cuts through the thoughts and attachments accumulated throughout his life, including his anger over the Human Clan’s suffering, his vow to defeat the Demon Race, and his determination to prevent the Investiture of Gods War.
  • The severing brings Chen Yang emotional release. A tear representing his connection to the Human Realm and Jie Sect falls, symbolizing that he has finally acted without regret and let go of his obsessions.
  • The severed thoughts merge into the formation diagram and become a new incarnation dressed in Jie Sect robes. Chen Yang names him Dao Path. Dao Path inherits responsibility for the Human Clan and Jie Sect, including traveling the Primordial World, finding Sword Dao talent, and seeking opportunities for humanity.
  • Chen Yang explains to Pingxin that he has now completed the Three-Corpse Severing process. His past, present, and future incarnations each possess the potential to reach Half-Step Primordial Unity.
  • Several thousand years pass. The Primordial World gradually recovers from the war between the Demon Cultivators and the Human Clan. Chen Yang orders the Human Clan to remain within the Human Realm while he continues cultivating and recuperating.
  • Duobao and the Human Clan army continue assisting the Heavenly Court against the Outworld Demons. Eventually, Duobao returns and announces that Luohou has been suppressed, the Outworld Demons have withdrawn, and the great calamity is effectively over.
  • Chen Yang and Duobao prepare to visit Taiqing Hall and reunite with the Grandmaster. Before they leave, the Heavenly Dao manifests: heavenly flowers, immense lightning, rosy light, and vast Merit fill the world.
  • The Heavenly Dao declares that those who upheld justice during the calamity will receive Merit and approach Primordial Unity, while those who aided evil will be punished by heavenly lightning. Merit begins descending upon the Human Realm, the earth, and righteous individuals across the Primordial World.

Character Developments

  • Chen Yang reaches a major spiritual milestone by severing the emotional attachments connected to the Human Clan and Jie Sect. He moves from personally bearing all their responsibilities to entrusting them to Dao Path.
  • His confidence in reaching the Primordial Unity Realm increases. Because his Three Corpses were created through Extreme Corpse Severing and fused with nearly all his essence, qi, and spirit, he believes they can each reach Half-Step Primordial Unity before being merged for a breakthrough.
  • Dao Path, Chen Yang’s Present-Life Incarnation, is established as an independent bearer of responsibility. He understands that his purpose is to safeguard humanity, support the Jie Sect, and cultivate the Sword Dao.
  • Pingxin continues to act as Chen Yang’s protector and advisor, helping him assess the significance of his breakthrough and encouraging him to strengthen the Three Corpses before merging them.
  • Duobao is portrayed as a veteran of the war, carrying its aura and emotional weight. His return with news of Luohou’s suppression signals the end of the central conflict.

Significant Themes

  • Release from obsession and responsibility: Chen Yang’s severing represents acceptance that he has done everything he could for the Human Clan and Jie Sect.
  • Legacy and delegation: Rather than abandoning his causes, Chen Yang creates Dao Path to carry them forward, showing that a leader’s achievements endure through those who inherit his mission.
  • Peace after catastrophe: The Primordial World slowly heals after the calamity, though lingering threats and ambitious ancient powers mean the peace remains fragile.
  • Justice and cosmic judgment: The Heavenly Dao rewards those who defended righteousness and punishes those who supported evil, reinforcing the chapter’s moral framework.
  • Preparation before transcendence: Chen Yang recognizes that opportunity alone is insufficient for a breakthrough; deep accumulation and a strong foundation are necessary before entering Primordial Unity.

Character Interactions

  • Chen Yang and Pingxin: Pingxin guards Chen Yang during Corpse Severing and later discusses the process and his future breakthrough. Their exchange emphasizes mutual trust and Pingxin’s role as a calm, knowledgeable adviser.
  • Chen Yang and Dao Path: Chen Yang gives Dao Path his name and mission. Their conversation clarifies that Dao Path embodies the responsibilities Chen Yang once carried personally.
  • Chen Yang and Duobao: Duobao brings news that Luohou has been suppressed. Both recognize that the war has ended and look forward to reconnecting with the Grandmaster and restoring order to the Primordial World.
  • Chen Yang and the wider world: Through the Heavenly Dao’s proclamation, the chapter shifts from Chen Yang’s personal release to a universal reckoning, rewarding the Human Clan and other righteous forces while condemning those who supported the Demon Dao.
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Ch. 160Excessive Depletion

Chapter Summary: “Excessive Depletion”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • After Luohou’s defeat and re-sealing, everyone who helped resist the Demon Cultivators, suppress the demonic qi, and protect the Primordial World—including Chen Yang, Duobao, the Jie Sect, the Human Clan, and other races—receives enormous amounts of Heavenly Dao Merit.
  • Chen Yang uses his Merit to upgrade his Four Treasures of Scholarship—brush, ink, paper, and inkstone—and the book of Elementary Learning into Acquired Merit Supreme Treasures. He then pours the remaining Merit into the Great Wall, slightly improving its quality.
  • The Human Clan and the Great Wall also receive Merit for their contributions. The Human Realm is surrounded by auspicious phenomena, including golden lotuses and vast rosy light.
  • The Heavenly Dao unleashes widespread lightning tribulations. Many ancient cultivators resist the punishment, while numerous Demon Cultivators responsible for the calamity are destroyed. Some neutral cultivators are pressured to choose between the Mystic Sect and Demon Sect, but several refuse to submit.
  • Over several hundred years, the Merit and heavenly thunder dissipate, the Primordial Wilderness begins recovering, and the damaged Dragon Veins are restored.
  • An ancient voice—identified by Chen Yang and Duobao as Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s elder self—summons them and others to Zixiao Palace in one thousand years, implying that the great calamity is nearing its conclusion.
  • Chen Yang and Duobao travel to the devastated Heavenly Court, speak with Haotian, and enter the newly unsealed Taiqing Hall, where they reunite with the Three Pure Ones.
  • The Three Pure Ones explain that suppressing Luohou severely depleted them. Luohou had seized part of the Heavenly Dao Origin, and because his Demon Dao was fundamentally connected to the Heavenly Dao, he and Hongjun became mutually entangled. Luohou’s growth weakened the Heavenly Dao, injuring Hongjun and the Saints, and his attempted escape forced them into a prolonged and costly struggle.

Character Developments

  • Chen Yang demonstrates his continued practicality and selflessness by investing nearly all his Merit into his treasures and the Great Wall rather than keeping it for personal advancement. His Four Treasures and educational text become significantly more powerful.
  • Duobao acts as Chen Yang’s knowledgeable guide, explaining the deeper significance of the Heavenly Dao’s vast Merit and helping interpret Hongjun’s summons.
  • Haotian reveals lingering fear and anxiety after the Heavenly Court’s near-destruction, showing how severely the invasion affected him.
  • The Three Pure Ones appear physically and spiritually exhausted after battling Luohou. Their earlier inability to intervene directly is clarified, and their respect for Chen Yang and Duobao’s efforts becomes more explicit.
  • Hongjun remains distant but authoritative, signaling that the calamity has entered its final phase by summoning the major powers to Zixiao Palace.
  • Luohou, though defeated and sealed, is revealed to have continued growing in power by exploiting weaknesses in the Heavenly Dao, making him a far greater threat than previously understood.

Significant Themes

  • Merit and sacrifice: Merit is presented as a reward for protecting the world, but Chen Yang’s decision to redirect it into communal defenses and useful treasures emphasizes responsibility over personal gain.
  • The cost of cosmic conflict: Even victory carries immense consequences. The Heavenly Court is ruined, the wilderness is damaged, and the strongest Saints suffer severe depletion.
  • Order versus chaos: The Heavenly Dao’s punishment of Demon Cultivators reflects its attempt to restore order, while Luohou’s Demon Dao represents a destructive force intertwined with the very system opposing it.
  • Interdependence of opposing forces: Hongjun and Luohou are not simply independent enemies; their connection to the Heavenly Dao means each influences and strengthens the other, making their conflict both mutually sustaining and dangerous.
  • Recovery after calamity: The restoration of the Dragon Veins and the gradual dispersal of the thunder suggest that the Primordial World is beginning to heal, though the upcoming gathering hints that unresolved consequences remain.

Important Character Interactions

  • Chen Yang and Duobao: They discuss the meaning of the Merit and Hongjun’s summons, then travel together to investigate Taiqing Hall.
  • Chen Yang and Haotian: Their brief exchange highlights the Heavenly Court’s devastation and Haotian’s fear over nearly losing it.
  • Chen Yang, Duobao, and the Three Pure Ones: The younger generation pays respects, while Tongtian praises their accomplishments and acknowledges the hardships they endured.
  • Chen Yang and the Three Pure Ones: Chen Yang notices their weakened condition and questions why suppressing Luohou required such a heavy price.
  • Tongtian and Chen Yang: Tongtian explains the complex relationship between Luohou, Hongjun, the Demon Dao, and the Heavenly Dao, revealing the true reason behind the Saints’ exhaustion.
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