Chapter Summaries

Ye Fan, Jiang Taixu, the Immortal Heavenly Emperor, and Wang Bo battled Taiyi and his allies in the Far North while Duan De hurried back with the stolen Water Demon God's body. Ren ordered preparations to use the body to resurrect Gonggong and promised Duan De Yellow Plum fruits to restore his foundation.

• Ye Fan, Jiang Taixu, the Immortal Heavenly Emperor, and Wang Bo fought Taiyi, his incarnation, Kunpeng, and Xihe, drawing attention across the Primordial World.
• Ren urged Duan De to hurry back, and Duan De raced across the Primordial World while complaining that Sky Ranking had failed to summon him and demanding compensation.
• Duan De told Ren that Taiyi might use corpse refinement and the Water Demon God's Chaos characteristics to cultivate a Chaos Body.
• Ren told Xuanming to prepare to resurrect Gonggong using the Water Demon God's body and sent Xingtian and the others to escort Duan De.
• Duan De learned that Yellow Plum fruits containing the Death Dao could restore his foundation, then accelerated toward Ren as the battle in the Far North continued.

Ye Fan unleashed the Eternal Life Fist against Taiyi’s Sun-Moon Firmament, and their collision devastated the Far North. Their battle left onlookers wondering about their realms, while the Demon Empress judged that Ye Fan had touched immortality and could eventually reach Half-Step Primordial Unity.

• Ye Fan taunted Taiyi before combining his True Self Fist, Original Self Fist, and Divine Self Fist into the Eternal Life Fist.
• Taiyi answered with Sun-Moon Firmament, forming a firmament containing the sun and moon and hinting at his ambition to devour them.
• Ye Fan’s and Taiyi’s fists collided, sending destructive shockwaves through the Far North and cracking a nearby world.
• Minghe praised both fighters, while Obsessive Thought Laozi reflected that Ren had raised an Emperor rather than a proper Daoist.
• Haotian lamented that fighters like Ye Fan were loyal to Ren, while Yao Chi could only sigh as their prisoners’ plight continued.
• The Demon Empress and Kong Xuan recognized that Ye Fan had touched immortality, which Kong Xuan needed to comprehend to advance beyond Quasi-Saint Peak.

Kong Xuan and the Demon Empress recognized Ye Fan’s emerging path toward Immortality and discussed Taiyi’s plan to unite the sun and moon. Ye Fan revealed himself as Human Race and turned the Human Race’s hatred of the Demon Race into a renewed assault on Taiyi.

• Kong Xuan sensed immortal aura in Ye Fan and praised his path of finding Immortality in ordinary life.
• The Demon Empress explained that Taiyi had suppressed his realm while preparing to unite his Lunar Yin and Solar avatars and absorb the sun and moon.
• Ye Fan and Taiyi emerged wounded from their clash, and Taiyi questioned how such a powerful Human Race expert had remained unknown.
• Ye Fan declared that he would carry the Human Race’s old hatred and attacked Taiyi with the Demon-Hating Fist.
• Taiyi called the Human Race food made for the Demon Race, intensifying Ye Fan’s hatred as he struck with the Demon-Slaying Fist.

Ye Fan and Jiang Taixu fought Taiyi’s avatar, channeling the Human Race’s hatred and Battle Intent into their attacks. As Jiang Taixu awakened the Battle Intent of humans across the Primordial World, people everywhere roared for the Human Race to fight.

• Ye Fan unleashed the Slaughter-Heaven Fist against Taiyi’s Demon Palm Controls Heaven and Earth, and their clash shattered the glacier and sent them into the Starry Sky.
• Jiang Taixu struck Taiyi’s avatar with his War God Whip, and Taiyi praised his Battle Intent before realizing he was human.
• Jiang Taixu declared that he would inherit the Human Race’s will to survive and refuse to submit to any enemy.
• The scattered Battle Intent of countless ancient humans gathered across the Primordial World in response to Jiang Taixu’s shout.
• Humans in the Mortal World wept and roared, “Fight,” as their collective Battle Intent surged toward Jiang Taixu.

Jiang Taixu drew on the Human Race’s Battle Intent to grasp Immortality and fought the Taiyi Avatar across the Starry Sky, while Ye Fan and Taiyi hurled stars at each other. As the Primordial World’s powers marveled at the battle, Xihe gathered the Far North’s cold around her divine sword.

• Jiang Taixu gathered the Human Race’s Battle Intent, awakened an immortal Battle Soul, and charged the Taiyi Avatar with the War God Whip.
• The Taiyi Avatar formed a lunar celestial body and fought Jiang Taixu, who pressed on even as his whip began to break apart.
• Jiang Taixu and the Taiyi Avatar hurled stars at each other, shattering them across the Starry Sky.
• The Demon Empress and Kong Xuan recognized the strength of Ren’s forces, including Jiang Taixu, Ye Fan, and other powerful allies.
• Ye Fan and Taiyi continued their battle by smashing, slicing, and hurling stars at one another.
• In the Far North, Xihe invoked the Lunar Heavenshroud and drew the region’s cold around her divine sword.

Wang Bo struggled against Xihe’s Lunar Divine Sword until Xuanming identified the flaw in his attempt to recreate the Primordial World. He reshaped his fist into the Mortal World Eighteen Provinces, turned the battle in his favor, and revealed that he was human.

• Xihe’s Lunar Divine Sword froze and shattered Wang Bo’s Immortal Domain Fist, leaving him on the defensive.
• Xuanming explained that Wang Bo’s imitation of the Primordial World spread his strength too thin and advised him to recreate a region he understood.
• Ren sent Xuanming’s advice to Wang Bo through the Firmament Ledger, and Wang Bo realized his approach had been flawed.
• Wang Bo transformed his miniature Primordial World into the Mortal World Eighteen Provinces and struck Xihe with the Mortal World Divine Fist.
• Wang Bo explained that his punch carried the Human Race’s convictions, which Xihe’s cold could not freeze, and declared that he was human.

Wang Bo fought Xihe in the Starry Sky, channeling the Human Race’s will against her Lunar Yin swordsmanship. Kunpeng and the Immortal Heavenly Emperor clashed above the Mortal World, then paused to discuss the Heavenly Emperor’s Phoenix Clan origins and loyalty to Ren.

• Wang Bo struck Xihe with the Mortal World Divine Fist, carrying the faith and will of the Human Race as the sages of humanity wept with pride.
• Xihe drew on the Lunar Star to freeze the Starry Sky, but Wang Bo’s punch shattered stars and sent them into a close battle.
• Kunpeng and the Immortal Heavenly Emperor exchanged blows at tremendous speed above the Mortal World, then stopped without fighting in earnest.
• Kunpeng asked whether the Immortal Heavenly Emperor belonged to the Human Race, and the Heavenly Emperor revealed that he was a Five-Colored Immortal Phoenix of the Phoenix Clan.
• Kunpeng wondered why the Heavenly Emperor had not returned to the Phoenix Clan, and the Heavenly Emperor declared that he had chosen to serve Ren of his own conviction.

The Immortal Heavenly Emperor and Kunpeng agreed to leave their conflict aside and test their similar combat arts in a battle of Dao discussion. As Kunpeng unleashed a Water Dao technique that evoked the Witch-Demon War, Zhenyuan the Great was stunned by the Immortal Heavenly Emperor’s response.

• The Phoenix Ancestor recognized the Immortal Heavenly Emperor as a powerful Phoenix Clan member and angrily questioned how the clan had failed to find him.
• The Phoenix Clan’s clansmen suspected their power-hungry chief had hidden the Immortal Heavenly Emperor’s existence, but the chief denied knowing about him.
• Kunpeng agreed that defeating the Immortal Heavenly Emperor would be costly and proposed fighting him to learn from their similar methods.
• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor revealed that he possessed an incomplete fragment of the Kunpeng Method, and the two flew into the Starry Sky to battle.
• Kunpeng used his Water Dao to conjure a current filled with scenes of the Witch-Demon War, prompting Zhenyuan the Great to praise him and then react with shock to the Immortal Heavenly Emperor’s technique.

The Immortal Heavenly Emperor and Kunpeng clashed using the Kunpeng Method and Water Dao, while battles between the Human Race and the Demon Race unfolded around them. The fighting continued as Wang Bo and Xihe exchanged powerful attacks.

• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor used the Kunpeng Method—Yin-Yang Fist-Palm, and Kunpeng attacked him with the Water Dao.
• Ye Fan unleashed the Slaughter-Heaven Fist against Taiyi, who countered with Sun-Moon Convergence.
• Wang Bo summoned the Mortal World Eighteen Provinces and struck with the Mortal World Saint Fist.
• Xihe attacked Wang Bo with Lunar Yin Divine Light, cutting through stars and freezing everything in its path.

Jiang Taixu and the Taiyi Avatar clashed with fierce Human Race Battle Intent while the Immortal Heavenly Emperor and Kunpeng traded powerful techniques. After Kunpeng used the Way of Space to break the Immortal Heavenly Emperor’s attack, the Immortal Heavenly Emperor began deploying a completed Kunpeng Method.

• Jiang Taixu charged the Taiyi Avatar with the War God Whip and declared, “War Against the Demon Court!”
• The Taiyi Avatar answered with contempt for the Human Race, and the three combatants continued their brutal clash.
• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor used Ten Thousand Divine Feathers Forming a Sword Furnace, and Kunpeng countered with the Water Dao technique Boundless Sea.
• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor’s Sole True Feather Sword split the ocean, but Kunpeng crushed the Sword Aura with Space Distortion.
• Zhenyuan the Great compared his own spatial mastery with Kunpeng’s and lamented the gap between them.
• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor praised Kunpeng’s Way of Space and began using a completed version of the Kunpeng Method.

The Immortal Heavenly Emperor demonstrated the Kunpeng Method, inspiring Kunpeng to master it and repay his debt to Xihe before leaving the Demon Court. Ren then ordered the Immortal Heavenly Emperor to rescue Duan De, who was being besieged by treasure hunters.

• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor used the Kunpeng Method to create star-born Kunpengs, and Kunpeng praised the technique and called him a friend.
• Kunpeng learned the method, fought the Immortal Heavenly Emperor with his own Kunpeng incarnations, and shattered stars that rained down on the Primordial World.
• Kunpeng told Xihe he had repaid his favor, declared that his Demon Race would leave the Demon Court, and departed.
• Xihe resumed fighting Wang Bo while the Immortal Heavenly Emperor stayed out of the battle, respecting Ye Fan and the others' pride.
• Ren contacted the Immortal Heavenly Emperor through the Sky Ranking and ordered him to retrieve Duan De and kill the attackers surrounding him.
• Duan De used a Death Extremity Seal and a Life-and-Death Escape to send several treasure hunters into the Underworld.

Duan De struggled to conceal the stolen Water Demon God body until the Immortal Heavenly Emperor rescued him and brought him to the Wu Clan. At the Demon Cult, the Demon Empress explained how her disciples had deduced the treasure’s identity and sent Yuhua Xian into seclusion, while revealing the Cult’s vast hidden foundations.

• Duan De used Death Qi to hide the Chaos-tainted Water Demon God body, limiting his strength as greedy cultivators attacked him.
• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor killed the attackers around Duan De, seized him, and rushed toward the Wu Clan; Chi You and Xingtian then led an army against the remaining cultivators.
• Yuhua Xian asked the Demon Empress what Duan De had stolen, and she ordered him to enter ten years of seclusion because the Primordial World was becoming dangerous.
• Kong Xuan deduced that Duan De was concealing the Water Demon God’s body, while Canaan and Jin Chanzi agreed that it was a Chaos-attributed Demon God corpse.
• Yuhua Xian proposed taking the body for Kong Xuan, but the Demon Empress said Duan De had already reached the Ancestral Witch Hall and revealed that the Demon Cult kept powerful reserves, including Demon God bodies.
• The Demon Empress sent Yuhua Xian into the Demon God Hall and ordered him to study the Cult’s ancient texts before leaving.

Ren recovered the Water Demon God's body and prepared to revive Gonggong while recognizing the gains made by Ye Fan and the others. He ordered them to end the battle, but Ye Fan and Taiyi exchanged powerful final fists as the chapter ended.

• The Demon Empress told Kong Xuan, Jin Chanzi, and Canaan that Duan De's arrival at the Ancestral Witch Hall should bring the war to an end.
• Duan De delivered the Water Demon God's body to Ren and received permission to take treasures from the Wu Clan vault and restore his foundation with Yellow Plums.
• Xuanming explained that reviving Gonggong required transforming the body, absorbing Gonggong's blood essence, and gathering his consciousness to condense his True Spirit.
• Ren and the Immortal Heavenly Emperor noted the gains made by Ye Fan, Jiang Taixu, and Wang Bo, and Ren sent word through the Sky Ranking to withdraw.
• Ye Fan fused his three hatred-based fists into the Ultimate Hatred Fist and clashed with Taiyi's fist combining Lunar and Solar Origins, shattering stars across the Starry Sky.

Jiang Taixu, Wang Bo, and Xihe unleashed powerful attacks against Taiyi’s incarnation, and their battle devastated the Starry Sky and shook the Primordial World. When the explosions finally faded, Ye Fan and the others were nowhere to be seen, leaving observers wondering what had happened to them.

• Jiang Taixu struck at Taiyi’s incarnation with the War God Whip, channeling the Human Race’s Battle Intent.
• Taiyi’s incarnation drew on the Lunar Origin and charged as a star linked to the Lunar Celestial Star.
• Wang Bo evolved the Mortal World Eighteen Provinces into the Nine Provinces and attacked with his Nine Provinces Divine Fist.
• Xihe drew on the Lunar Star’s power and met Wang Bo’s punch with her Lunar Yin Torrent, as the attacks formed a devastating clash.
• The shockwaves shattered countless stars, severed star rivers, and shook the Primordial World and the Heavenly Court.
• After the battle’s explosions subsided, observers found no trace of Ye Fan and the others.

Taiyi withdrew after his battle with Ye Fan, Jiang Taixu, and Wang Bo, recognizing that continuing would benefit Dijun. The three returned to Ren at the Ancestral Witch Hall, injured but satisfied with what they had gained.

• Taiyi and Xihe emerged from the ruined starfield, furious that Ye Fan and the others had attacked and then vanished.
• Taiyi restored himself and left with Xihe and Taiyi Avatar, choosing not to continue fighting while his plans were unfinished and Dijun could profit.
• The Primordial World's Great Powers discussed the battle's abrupt end and learned that Duan De's grave-robbing had helped trigger the conflict.
• Ye Fan, Jiang Taixu, and Wang Bo returned to the Ancestral Witch Hall in poor condition and coughed up blood.
• Ren offered the three Spirit Fruits and resources, and Ye Fan said he had suffered only a minor Dao Injury and valued the battle's gains.

Ren and the others assessed Taiyi’s concealed strength and his exposed plan to attain Primordial Unity, then discussed Xihe’s prospects and prepared for the turmoil ahead. After sending the injured experts to recover within the Wu Clan, Ren remained with Xuanming, and the atmosphere grew ominous.

• Jiang Taixu and Wang Bo described their injuries, while Ye Fan judged Taiyi to be powerful, composed, and still holding back hidden trump cards.
• Ye Fan said he remained weaker than Taiyi for now but believed neither could easily defeat the other unless Taiyi reached Primordial Unity.
• Ren explained that Taiyi planned to merge Lunar Yin and Solar through his incarnation to create a Chaos Body and Primordial Spirit, but Duan De’s exposure had ruined the scheme.
• Wang Bo and Jiang Taixu discussed Xihe’s power and the possibility that Taiyi had prepared another route to Primordial Unity.
• Ren ordered Ye Fan, Jiang Taixu, Wang Bo, and Immortal Heavenly Emperor to recover and cultivate within the Wu Clan, especially by studying the Pangu Murals.
• Ye Fan and the others withdrew to heal, leaving Ren and Xuanming together in an increasingly oppressive atmosphere.

Ren learned from Xuanming that the Ancestral Witch Hall concealed a power left by Pangu, which even Shen Ni had failed to seize. He set aside his investigation for now and asked about Shen Ni, whose disappearance alongside the Desolate Tribe remained unexplained.

• Ren admitted to Xuanming that he feared the coming conflict with Dijun, Taiyi, and Kunpeng, and she reassured him that the Wu Clan had hidden strength.
• Xuanming revealed that Hongjun, Luo Hou, and Shen Ni had each tried and failed to enter the Ancestral Witch Hall, which had once been called the Great Dao Palace.
• Xuanming said the hall’s secret might require a cultivated Primordial Spirit to uncover, and Ren considered seeking clues from the Demon Empress, Luo Hou’s incarnation.
• Ren decided to wait until he was stronger before investigating the hall and felt less troubled about the Demon Court’s return.
• Ren asked Xuanming about Shen Ni, and she explained that he had ruled the Primordial World before vanishing with the entire Desolate Tribe.

Ren and Xuanming prepared for the inevitable war with the revived Demon Court as tension spread across the Primordial World. Minghe and Obsessive Thought Laozi revealed that the Three Sects were readying hidden reserves, while the Demon Empress appointed Kong Xuan vice leader and let him commit the Demon Cult to the coming conflict.

• Ren ordered experts to watch Dijun, Taiyi, and Kunpeng and urged preparations for war; Xuanming agreed.
• The Wu Clan, the Human Sect, the Expounding Sect, and the Interception Sect gathered resources and trained as signs of war spread through the Primordial World.
• Minghe and Obsessive Thought Laozi discussed the Heavenly Court as a likely prize and revealed that the Three Sects had powerful reserves and hidden auras.
• Canaan reported that races, Loose Cultivator members, and alliances were choosing sides, then asked whether the Demon Cult should join the conflict.
• Kong Xuan declared that he wanted to enter the war to pursue Primordial Unity, and the Demon Empress made him vice leader and authorized him to use the Demon Cult's resources.

The Demon Empress and the Three Demons discussed the grand tide and the Three Demons’ intention to help Ren, revealing their origins as the demonic halves of the Three Pure Ones. Supreme Heavenly Demon explained that the Three Demons considered Ren one of their own, despite his ties to their ancient enemies.

• The Demon Empress and a weathered voice declared that the grand tide had moved beyond its warm-up, with Dijun and others leading its opening act.
• The Demon Empress warned the Three Demons not to intervene recklessly or reveal themselves, but the three emerged and challenged her authority.
• The Demon Empress explained that the Three Demons and the Three Pure Ones had split from the same origins after encountering the Good-Evil Demon God’s ruins.
• The Demon Empress questioned why the Three Demons cared about Ren, a grand-disciple of the Three Pure Ones, as he prepared to contend with Dijun.
• Supreme Heavenly Demon said the Three Demons considered Ren part of their own family and admired him because his actions aligned with their ideals.

The Three Demons explained their Uniqueness Theory and why they wanted Ren to take control of the Three Sects, allowing them to replace the Three Pure Ones and potentially attain Primordial Unity. The Demon Empress agreed to help guide Ren into the Devil Dao, while the Three Demons vowed to protect him and remembered Luo Hou’s plans.

• The Heaven-Piercing Sword Demon described the Three Demons’ creed: cultivators should use any path or means that makes them stronger.
• The Demon Empress compared the Three Demons’ ideals with those of the Three Pure Ones and questioned Ren’s motives.
• The Supreme Heavenly Demon explained that Ren’s challenge to Hongjun and spread of the Shrouding cultivation system could weaken the Immortal Dao’s hold on the Three Sects and let the Three Demons claim them.
• The Heaven-Piercing Sword Demon said the Three Demons would support Ren even if he tried to take over the Demon Cult, and the Demon Empress welcomed the possibility of him joining.
• The Yuanshi True Demon insisted that the Three Demons would guide and protect Ren without forcing him, and the Demon Empress offered her cooperation while warning them not to forget Luo Hou’s plans.