Recaps

Hongjun concluded his third lecture on the Sage's Path and the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal, then distributed seven strands of Primordial Purple Qi and assigned the Sage Seats. Dijiang collected the promised Pangu Banner and Creation Pearl, invited others to pursue the Primordial Origin path at Mount Buzhou, and Hongjun dismissed the guests to seek treasures at Treasure-Dividing Rock.

• Hongjun lectured for three thousand years on the Sage's Path while the Twelve Ancestral Witches slept through the teachings at the back of Violet Firmament Palace.
• Hongjun announced that he would soon merge with Heaven's Way and granted Sage Seats and Primordial Purple Qi to Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Nuwa, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Red Cloud.
• Red Cloud received the final strand of Primordial Purple Qi as the other great powers, especially Kunpeng, watched with greed and resentment.
• Dijiang rejected the Sage's Path for the Twelve Ancestral Witches and reminded Hongjun of their agreement, so Hongjun handed over the Pangu Banner and Creation Pearl.
• Dijiang invited those unwilling to follow the Sage's Path to Mount Buzhou to cultivate laws, and Hongjun directed the remaining guests to Treasure-Dividing Rock.

Dijiang and the Twelve Ancestral Witches broke Hongjun’s restriction and hauled away the Treasure-Dividing Rock and its thousands of Innate Spirit Treasures. Hongjun distributed his remaining treasures to his six disciples, while the witches brought their haul to Mount Buzhou.

• Dijiang led the Twelve Ancestral Witches in forming the Twelve Capitals Divine Baleful Formation, and the Pangu Phantom smashed Hongjun’s restriction around the Treasure-Dividing Rock.
• The Pangu Phantom seized the rock and its treasures and fled to the Primordial Wilderness Continent before the other guests could react.
• Hongjun shut the palace gates on the empty-handed great powers and refused Yuanshi Tianzun’s demand to punish the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
• Hongjun bestowed his remaining Spirit Treasures on Laozi, Yuanshi Tianzun, Tongtian, Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti, then disappeared.
• The Treasure-Dividing Rock crashed onto the plaza before Pangu Hall at Mount Buzhou, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches celebrated their haul.

After seizing the Innate Spirit Treasures from Treasure-Dividing Rock, Dijiang assigned the Ancestral Witches to study different side paths while he developed Talisman Dao. Di Jun and Taiyi abandoned plans to subdue them and began gathering beings to build their own power, as a hundred thousand years passed and the Primordial World changed.

• The Twelve Ancestral Witches divided the Spirit Treasures among themselves and Mount Buzhou’s treasury, and Dijiang gave Treasure-Dividing Rock to Zhu Rong to refine.
• Dijiang assigned Zhu Rong to artifact refinement, Jumang to alchemy, Jiu Yin to formations, and himself to developing Talisman Dao before the brothers entered seclusion.
• Di Jun and Taiyi acknowledged the Twelve Ancestral Witches’ overwhelming power and decided to gather living beings and establish a race to build their fortune.
• Over the next hundred thousand years, Violet Firmament Palace cultivators entered the Quasi-Saint Realm, Di Jun and Taiyi gathered more than half the Primordial World’s beings, and some Mount Buzhou cultivators joined them.

Dijiang made a breakthrough in the Talisman Dao, creating a powerful Space Severing Talisman and preparing to arm Mount Buzhou’s loyal forces. As the Ancestral Witches celebrated, Hongjun announced that he would merge with the Dao and become Heaven’s Way.

• Dijiang struggled to make talisman paper withstand Primordial Origin-level Space Law, while Zhu Rong’s failed artifact-refining attempts produced exceptionally tough metal.
• Dijiang used Zhu Rong’s refined materials to create a Primordial Origin-tier Space Severing Talisman, then demonstrated its power by splitting a million-zhang barren mountain in two.
• Dijiang gave Zhu Jiuyin tens of thousands of Daluo Golden Immortal-level talismans to distribute among the Dao Protector Army commanders and Mount Buzhou’s loyal followers.
• Hongjun announced that he was merging with the Dao to complete Heaven’s Way and would not emerge again so long as the great tide remained unchanged.

After Hongjun joined with the Way, Dijiang opened new opportunities for Mount Buzhou’s cultivators and prepared to compete for Fortune. Di Jun established the Demon Clan, and Dijiang answered by proclaiming the Witch Cult at Mount Buzhou.

• Hongjun joined with the Way, and Dijiang concluded that Heaven’s rules would limit Hongjun’s ability to act against them.
• Dijiang increased Mount Buzhou’s sermons and opened the Law Stele Grove to Taiyi Golden Immortals.
• Di Jun and Taiyi summoned powerful cultivators to the Sun Star, where Di Jun established the Demon Clan and both brothers advanced to the late Quasi-Saint realm.
• The Three Pure Ones discussed the Demon Clan’s rise, while the Ancestral Witches saw it as a rival for the Primordial World’s Fortune and living beings.
• Dijiang proclaimed the Witch Cult at Mount Buzhou for those who entered and cultivated the Law Grand Dao.

Dijiang established the Witch Cult on Mount Buzhou, drawing immense fortune and setting it against the expanding Demon Clan. After a hundred thousand years of growth, Dijiang decided the Demon Clan needed a lesson for encroaching on Witch Cult territory.

• Dijiang declared the establishment of the Witch Cult, and fortune empowered the Twelve Ancestral Witches as hundreds of billions of beings joined.
• Di Jun and Taiyi reacted to the Witch Cult as a rival and ordered the Demon Clan to monitor Mount Buzhou and recruit more forces.
• The Demon Clan and Witch Cult expanded across the Primordial World, attracting followers with different aims while avoiding a major conflict.
• Over a hundred thousand years, Six-Eared Macaque reached the Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage, and the other Ancestral Witches advanced to the Late-Primordial Golden Immortal stage.
• Zhu Rong and Gonggong urged Dijiang to confront the Demon Clan for bullying their disciples and approaching Mount Buzhou, and Dijiang agreed to teach them a lesson.

Dijiang sent Witch Cult disciples across the Primordial World to defend those oppressed by the Demon Race, while warning them not to kill wantonly. Their intervention halted the Demon Race’s expansion, and the story left Di Jun learning of their actions.

• Dijiang ordered Witch Cult disciples to travel freely, protect those bullied by the Demon Race, carry talismans and communication jade tokens, and avoid wanton slaughter.
• Three Witch Cult disciples—Chen Xiao, Yun Lin, and Kong Chen—rescued the Qingqiu Fox Clan by killing its Demon Race commander and defeating his army, then offered the clan Witch Cult protection.
• Witch Cult disciples intervened against Demon Race forces across the Primordial World, causing the Demon Race’s expansion to stall over the next several hundred years.
• Dijiang’s restraint kept the fighting from becoming widespread slaughter, and news of the halted campaigns reached Di Jun.

Di Jun restrained Taiyi from attacking the Witch Cult and ordered the Demon Race to pull back while he sought a way to overcome the threat of the Pangu Phantom. After learning Di Jun was searching for the Heavenly Court, Dijiang explained its significance, and Zhu Rong urged him to find it first and become Heavenly Emperor.

• Taiyi demanded to confront Dijiang, but Di Jun warned him that the Ancestral Witches had the Pangu Phantom, the Pangu Banner, and other possible treasures.
• Di Jun ordered the Demon Race to contract its defenses, halt expansion, and avoid provoking Witch Cult disciples while it gathered strength.
• Zhu Jiuyin told Dijiang that Di Jun had ordered the Demon Race to withdraw and avoid clashes with the Witch Cult.
• Dijiang told the Ancestral Witches to keep traveling and expanding their influence, but to avoid provoking others or slaughtering innocents.
• Dijiang realized Di Jun was searching for the Heavenly Court and explained that claiming it could bring Heaven's Way's merit and strengthen the Demon Race.
• Zhu Rong proposed that Dijiang find the Heavenly Court first and become the Heavenly Emperor.

Dijiang reconsidered his caution about Hongjun after Zhu Jiuyin argued that the Pangu Orthodox Lineage could claim the Heavenly Court with legitimate authority. He agreed to lead the ancestral witches to seize it, leaving the group ready to depart for the Nine Heavens.

• Zhu Rong urged the ancestral witches to seize the Heavenly Court and rule the Primordial World, and Gonggong and Jumang supported him.
• Dijiang asked his siblings to decide for themselves and said he would support their choice, while Zhu Jiuyin questioned whether he feared Hongjun's interference.
• Dijiang admitted that Hongjun might favor the Demon Race and scheme against the witches to preserve the balance of power.
• Zhu Jiuyin argued that the Pangu Orthodox Lineage could claim the Heavenly Court with righteous legitimacy and defend itself with the Twelve Capitals Divine Baleful Formation and Pangu Hall.
• Dijiang cast off his hesitation, declared that the ancestral witches would seize the Heavenly Court, and ordered his siblings to follow him to the Nine Heavens.

The Twelve Ancestral Witches reached the Thirty-Three Heavens and claimed the Heavenly Court before Di Jun could arrive. When Di Jun brought the Demon Race army to seize it, Dijiang threatened them with the Pangu True Body, forcing them to withdraw.

• Dijiang used the Space Law to uncover a passage to the Thirty-Three Heavens and led the other Ancestral Witches through it.
• Di Jun completed his deduction of the Heavenly Court's location, then ordered Taiyi to summon the Demon Race army.
• Di Jun and his army arrived at the Southern Heavenly Gate, where the Twelve Ancestral Witches were already waiting.
• Taiyi challenged the Witches' claim, but Dijiang declared the Heavenly Court theirs and warned that the Pangu True Body would answer any attack.
• Di Jun stopped Taiyi from fighting and led the Demon Race army away, while the Twelve Ancestral Witches laughed at their retreat.

After the Twelve Ancestral Witches seized the Heavenly Court, Dijiang took the throne, broke through to Peak Primordial Origin Golden Immortal, and proclaimed their rule over the Primordial World. Hongjun and the Three Pure Ones considered how to counter the change, while Nuwa and Fuxi questioned what it meant for the future.

• Dijiang led the Eleven Ancestral Witches into the Thirty-Three Heavens and took his place on the Nine Dragons Throne in Cloud-Spanning Palace.
• The Heavenly Court's Fortune pushed Dijiang through his bottleneck to Peak Primordial Origin Golden Immortal.
• Dijiang proclaimed that the Twelve Ancestral Witches would govern the Primordial World, and Heaven's Way accepted their rule and sent down merit.
• Hongjun reacted angrily to the Witches' seizure of the Heavenly Court and resolved to support the Demon Race and his six disciples.
• At Kunlun Mountain, Laozi urged Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian to focus on becoming Saints before confronting the Witches.
• At Phoenix Perch Mountain, Nuwa and Fuxi discussed the unexpected outcome, while Red Cloud remarked on the Witches' dominance at Wuzhuang Temple.

Dijiang enfeoffed the Ancestral Witches as Heavenly Court rulers, then began creating Great Witches to fill the court’s shortage of capable officers. The first batch emerged from the Pangu Blood Pool, giving Dijiang confidence that the Witch Clan could build its strength over time.

• Dijiang enfeoffed the eleven Ancestral Witches with Heavenly Court titles, and the Witch Cult disciples celebrated their new authority.
• Dijiang decided the Heavenly Court needed more capable followers and returned with the Ancestral Witches to Pangu Hall.
• Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches placed drops of their origin blood into the Pangu Blood Pool, where twelve blood cocoons began to form.
• Kong Jue emerged first as an early Daluo Golden Immortal, and Dijiang named him the first Great Witch and gave him a Rift-Splitting Blade and command of one hundred thousand Heavenly soldiers.
• Zhu Yan, Gong Tao, Kuafu, Xingtian, Dayi, and other Great Witches emerged from the remaining cocoons, each bearing powerful bodies and law abilities.
• Dijiang said the Ancestral Witches would nurture up to one hundred and twenty Great Witches, one batch every hundred thousand years, to strengthen the Heavenly Court against the Demon Race.

Kong Jue and the first Great Witches reached the peak of the Great Firmament Realm as the Heavenly Court flourished, while Dijiang struggled to find a path to the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm. At Fallen Phoenix Ridge, Kong Xuan was born and headed to Undying Volcano to meet his mother, Origin Phoenix.

• Dijiang ordered Kong Jue and the Great Witches to cultivate in Pangu Hall until they reached the peak of the Great Firmament Realm.
• Kong Jue and the first batch of Great Witches reached the Peak Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm, while the Twelve Ancestral Witches advanced to Peak Primordial Origin Golden Immortal.
• Dijiang pondered how to break through to the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm and wondered how his disciple Six Ears was progressing.
• Bai Ze worried that the Demon Race was losing its Fortune while Di Jun and Taiyi remained in seclusion on the Sun Star.
• Kong Xuan hatched at Fallen Phoenix Ridge, declared his intent to restore the Phoenix Clan, and flew to Undying Volcano.
• Kong Xuan introduced himself as Origin Phoenix's son to the guards, who hurried to inform the Phoenix Clan's Great Elder.

Kong Xuan visited his mother, Origin Phoenix, in the Undying Volcano and agreed to seek the Witch Cult’s guidance at Mount Buzhou. Still determined not to submit without a test, he challenged Witch Cult disciples and defeated several before an unknown voice mocked him.

• Origin Phoenix urged Kong Xuan to join the Witch Cult and seek guidance from its Law Dao and Law Stele Grove.
• Kong Xuan set out for Mount Buzhou, privately deciding to test the Witch Cult’s strength before considering joining.
• At the Spirit-Gathering Formation, Kong Xuan challenged the Witch Cult disciples and defeated Xiong Shan with his Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Kong Xuan defeated several more disciples in a single move and declared the Witch Cult unworthy of his respect.
• A teasing voice from behind the crowd called Kong Xuan a peacock showing off his tail feathers.

The Six-Eared Macaque defeated Kong Xuan in a fight at Mount Buzhou, overcoming the Five-Colored Divine Light with his physical strength. Kong Xuan accepted his defeat, agreed to join the Witch Cult, and followed Six Ears to meet the Heavenly Emperor.

• Six Ears arrived as Kong Xuan challenged him over the mocking name Flower Peacock.
• Kong Xuan attacked with the Five-Colored Divine Light, which swept away Six Ears's Black Iron Staff.
• Six Ears used the Ninefold Mysterious Technique to break Kong Xuan's divine light with a punch and withstand another blast without injury.
• Six Ears struck Kong Xuan down and pinned him until Kong Xuan admitted defeat.
• Kong Xuan returned the Black Iron Staff, thanked Six Ears for showing mercy, and asked to join the Witch Cult.
• Six Ears welcomed Kong Xuan as a fellow disciple and led him toward Pangu Hall to meet Master.

Dijiang accepted Kong Xuan into the Witch Cult and ordered him to train on Mount Buzhou. He then brought the Great Witches to the Heavenly Court, where they received key divine posts, completing its governing structure and greatly increasing its strength.

• Dijiang welcomed Kong Xuan into the Witch Cult and assigned him to study the Five Elements Law and temper his body on Mount Buzhou.
• Dijiang summoned 120 Great Witches who had reached the Peak Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Realm and led them to the Heavenly Court.
• At a grand assembly, Dijiang announced that candidates for true god positions would have to prove their strength, and introduced the Great Witches to the assembled officials.
• Dijiang appointed the Great Witches to important Heavenly Court posts, including Kong Jue as Grand Marshal of Demon Suppression, Xingtian as War God, and Dayi as Divine Archer.
• The Great Witches filled the Heavenly Court's vacant positions, completing its structure and dramatically boosting its power.

Di Jun deduced the Heavenly Cycle Star-Fighting Formation as a counter to the Witch Cult, while Fuxi followed his heavenly revelation and joined the Demon Clan to help perfect it. The Three Pure Ones continued waiting for their chance to become Sages.

• Di Jun learned that the Witch Cult had raised 120 Peak Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Great Witches and entered seclusion to seek a way to counter the Twelve Capitals Divine Baleful Formation.
• Using the River Map and Luo Writing, Di Jun deduced the Heavenly Cycle Star-Fighting Formation, which he believed could match the Witch Cult's formation.
• Fuxi decided to join the Demon Clan after his deductions pointed to the Sun Star, despite Nuwa warning him that the Demon Clan was in danger.
• Di Jun welcomed Fuxi and revealed his new formation, and Fuxi offered to help perfect it.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian discussed the Primordial Purple Qi and continued waiting for their opportunity to become Sages.

Hongjun manipulated Heaven's Way to guide Nuwa toward creating life as her path to Sagehood. After her clay figures failed, Nuwa set out to obtain Nine Heavens Resting Soil and Three Lights Divine Water from Dijiang and arrived at Mount Buzhou to request an audience.

• Hongjun saw the Witch Cult and Heavenly Court's Fortune growing under Dijiang's Great Witches and secretly used Heaven's Way to point Nuwa toward creating living beings.
• Nuwa followed the revelation, shaped clay figures, and discovered they could not withstand her Creation Law.
• Nuwa realized she needed Nine Heavens Resting Soil and Three Lights Divine Water, which Dijiang had taken, and decided to ask him for them.
• Nuwa visited the Heavenly Court, learned Dijiang and the Ancestor Witches were cultivating in Pangu Hall, and left to find him.
• Nuwa arrived at Mount Buzhou, saw the Witch Cult's vast foundation, and called out to request an audience with Dijiang.

Nuwa visited Dijiang to request the Nine Heavens Resting Soil and Three Lights Divine Water so she could create humans and attain the Dao. Dijiang gave her the treasures and a Gourd Vine, and after she left for Phoenix Perch Mountain, he resolved to hurry his own plans as the era of Sages approached.

• Nuwa came to Mount Buzhou and asked Dijiang for the Nine Heavens Resting Soil and Three Lights Divine Water to help her create a new form of life.
• Dijiang gave Nuwa the requested treasures and a Gourd Vine without demanding payment.
• Nuwa offered Dijiang several Innate Spirit Treasures and Innate Spiritual Roots, which he accepted.
• Nuwa asked whether helping her could benefit the Demon Clan, and Dijiang said he would not obstruct Heaven's greater trend or fear future enemies.
• Nuwa thanked Dijiang and returned to Phoenix Perch Mountain with the treasures, while Dijiang grew urgent about advancing his own plans.

Dijiang gave Nuwa the materials she needed to create humans, expecting the resulting karmic debt to restrain her after she became a Sage. He then entered seclusion to pursue the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm as Nuwa created the Human Clan and drew down immense merit.

• Nuwa left, and the Ancestor Witches confronted Dijiang about giving her the Nine Heavens Resting Soil and Three Lights Divine Water.
• Dijiang explained that Nuwa's rise as a Sage was inevitable and that her karmic debt to the Witch Cult could keep her from aiding the Demon Clan.
• Dijiang ordered the Ancestor Witches to watch the Demon Clan and cultivate while he returned to Pangu Hall to break through.
• Dijiang began merging Space Law with his body and primordial spirit, enduring the destructive process as Pangu's Heart poured Pangu Origin into him.
• Nuwa used the Gourd Vine and the divine materials to create humans and declared the Human Clan's birth.
• Heaven's Way answered Nuwa's oath, and a vast Yellow Merit Golden Cloud gathered above the Eastern Sea.

Nuwa attained Sainthood after creating humanity, while Dijiang completed his breakthrough to Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal. He returned to Cloud-Spanning Palace, where the Ancestor Witches realized he had advanced beyond their understanding.

• Nuwa received Heaven's Way merit, became a Sage, and announced that she would establish Wa Emperor Palace and preach the Dao in three thousand years.
• Di Jun and Taiyi discussed Nuwa's Sainthood and decided to bring her a generous gift, hoping her ties to Fuxi would benefit the Demon Clan.
• Laozi urged Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian to remain patient, while the Ancestor Witches worried about Nuwa's new power and Dijiang's prolonged seclusion.
• Dijiang shattered his Space Dao Fruit and absorbed its Space Origin, attaining the realm of Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal.
• Dijiang appeared before the Ancestor Witches at Cloud-Spanning Palace, and Zhu Jiuyin and Zhu Rong realized that he had broken through.

Dijiang broke through to the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm and sent Kong Jue to congratulate Nuwa at Wa Emperor Palace. Nuwa welcomed the Witch Cult warmly and revealed that Dijiang had helped her become a Sage, leaving Di Jun and Taiyi’s plan to recruit her in trouble.

• Dijiang warned the Ancestral Witches that they needed to advance and promised to teach them about his breakthrough in a thousand years.
• Zhu Jiuyin sent Kong Jue with gifts to represent the Witch Cult at Nuwa’s Dao lecture, and the Ancestral Witches returned to Pangu Hall to cultivate.
• Three thousand years later, Di Jun, Taiyi, the Three Pure Ones, and other great powers arrived at Wa Emperor Palace to congratulate Nuwa and listen to her lecture.
• Kong Jue presented three High-Grade Innate Spirit Treasures on behalf of the Witch Cult, prompting onlookers to criticize the Ancestral Witches for not attending themselves.
• Nuwa welcomed Kong Jue and said Dijiang’s past help had allowed her to become a Sage, unsettling Di Jun and Taiyi’s plans to win her support against the Witch Cult.

During Nuwa’s sermon at Wa Emperor Palace, Kong Jue broke through to the Quasi-Saint Realm, while Daoist Dipamkara considered abandoning the Three-Corpse path for the Witch Cult’s Law-Proving path. After the sermon, Nuwa sent a message to Dijiang and refused Di Jun’s request to protect the Demon Clan, leaving Di Jun and Taiyi to depart in defeat.

• As Nuwa expounded on the Creation Great Dao, Kong Jue grasped an insight into Space Law and broke through to the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal Realm.
• Daoist Dipamkara envied Kong Jue’s breakthrough and considered going to Mount Buzhou to pursue the Witch Cult’s Law-Proving path.
• After the sermon ended, Nuwa asked Kong Jue to tell Dijiang that she would visit Mount Buzhou to repay his gift of the treasures that had helped her attain Sainthood.
• Di Jun asked Nuwa to protect the Demon Clan and offered to honor her as its Holy Mother, but she refused because she owed Dijiang a great karmic debt and would not interfere in the conflict.
• Di Jun and Taiyi left Wa Emperor Palace in defeat, and Fuxi followed them after Nuwa ended his attempt to persuade her.

Dijiang ordered Dipamkara to prove his resolve by sweeping the outskirts of the Law Stele Grove for a hundred thousand years, and Dipamkara accepted the humiliation to pursue the Great Dao. Later, Dijiang visited Six Ears and began guiding his cultivation, leaving the macaque with advice to focus on comprehending Space Law until he reached the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm.

• Kong Jue reported to Dijiang that Dipamkara wanted to join the Witch Cult, and Dijiang agreed to let him try after a hundred thousand years of sweeping.
• Several years later, Dipamkara arrived at Mount Buzhou and accepted the Witch Cult commander's order to sweep without using mana.
• Dijiang observed Six Ears and Kong Xuan sparring and was pleased that the two had become friends through fighting.
• Dijiang arrived at the training ground, praised Six Ears's progress, and asked about his cultivation difficulties.
• Six Ears explained that he could not merge Space Law into his body, and Dijiang advised him to study the laws until he reached the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm.

Dijiang advised Six Ears on overcoming a cultivation barrier, while Kong Xuan struggled with his pride and decided he should seek guidance. Dijiang told the Ancestor Witches to leave the Human Clan to its own path, and the chapter ended with a Blackflame Tiger attacking a human tribe.

• Dijiang explained that Six Ears could use his origin to assimilate Baleful Energy, and Six Ears eagerly prepared to cultivate in seclusion.
• Kong Xuan regretted not asking Dijiang for advice and resolved to set aside his pride.
• Dijiang told Zhu Rong, Gonggong, Houtu, and the other Ancestor Witches not to deliberately support or suppress the Human Clan, but to accept those who reached Mount Buzhou.
• After Nuwa left the three thousand Primordial Humans, they struggled to survive in the wilderness without cultivation or survival skills.
• A Celestial Immortal Blackflame Tiger charged into a human tribe and killed dozens as the remaining humans cried for help.