Chapter Summaries

Ren welcomed Creation Immortal King, Daoist Hongmeng, Mythical Elder, and the other experts from the Eternal Life World into the Primordial World. They found that the complete Great Dao offered no immediate breakthroughs, but their diverse, fused Great Daos could grow into a formidable source of strength.

• Ren pointed into the void, and black-hole-like tunnels appeared as powerful experts began arriving.
• Creation Immortal King emerged first, and his Dao Rhyme formed the Thirty-Three Heavens Supreme Treasures from his reforged Creation Divine Artifacts.
• Creation Immortal King, Daoist Hongmeng, and Mythical Elder marveled at the Primordial World's complete Great Dao and recognized how incomplete their former cultivation had been.
• Ren asked whether the newcomers felt ready to break through, and Creation Immortal King and Daoist Hongmeng said they instead needed to study the Great Dao and rebuild their Supreme Divine Abilities.
• Mythical Elder explained that their many fused Great Daos still made them powerful, and Creation Immortal King estimated that raising all three thousand to the Daluo Realm could let them contend with Half-Step Primordial Unity experts.

Ren asked the Lord of Vast Righteousness to spread the Literary Path among the Human Race, but required him to choose between becoming human and cultivating only that path or teaching as an outsider. The Lord of Vast Righteousness weighed the costs and asked whether Ren would force him; Ren assured him the choice was his.

• Ren sent Daoist Hongmeng and the others into the Scripture Pavilion to study the Primordial World's Dao Scriptures and improve their cultivation.
• Ren stopped the Lord of Vast Righteousness and asked him to spread the Literary Path among the Human Race.
• Ren told him to choose between being reborn as a human and cultivating only the Literary Path, or teaching as an outsider with a weaker share of Human Race Destiny.
• The Lord of Vast Righteousness considered the loss of his body, cultivation, and access to other Great Daos against the rewards of becoming the Literary Path's founding ancestor.
• The Lord of Vast Righteousness asked Ren if he would force him to accept, and Ren said he would respect either choice.

Ren advised the Lord of Vast Righteousness to consider abandoning his cultivation and being reborn to spread the Literary Path among the Human Race, then met the Immortal Heavenly Emperor, who had started cultivating anew and recovered rapidly. The Immortal Heavenly Emperor revealed that Ye Fan, Duan De, and Emperor Zun had also started over, and that Taiyi's legacy had aided his recovery.

• Ren told the Lord of Vast Righteousness to take his time deciding whether to give up his cultivation and begin again.
• Ren instructed Jiang Shang to provide resources and secluded cultivation sites for Daoist Hongmeng and the others, and to keep training the Ziwei Legion.
• Ren hurried to the Heavenly Court after the Immortal Heavenly Emperor summoned him through the Firmament Ledger.
• Ren noticed the Immortal Heavenly Emperor's weakened cultivation and learned that he, Duan De, Ye Fan, and Emperor Zun had started over.
• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor explained that his Nirvana Divine Ability and opportunities left by Taiyi had helped him recover to the Quasi-Saint realm.

Ren learned that the Immortal Heavenly Emperor had found Taiyi’s hidden treasure in the Heavenly Court and used its Fire Spirit Roots and Divine Beast Egg for a perfect Nirvana. The egg contained the offspring of the Fire Demon God, which had become fuel for the Immortal Heavenly Emperor’s recovery, while Ren and the Immortal Heavenly Emperor considered the possibility that other Demon God Offspring remained hidden.

• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor explained how his Phoenix Clan treasure sense led him to Taiyi’s concealed chamber in the Heavenly Emperor Hall.
• Ren examined the murals and learned that ninety-nine Fire Spirit Roots had formed an array to nourish a Divine Beast Egg.
• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor said he sacrificed the roots and egg during Nirvana, enabling his exceptionally rapid recovery.
• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor revealed that the egg had contained the offspring of the Fire Demon God, and Ren wondered what Taiyi had intended to do with it.
• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor described how Demon God Offspring had given rise to powerful races during the Myriad Races Era.
• Ren and the Immortal Heavenly Emperor concluded that other Demon God Offspring might still be sealed away or survive as lifeless eggs.

Ren learned that Immortal Heavenly Emperor had gained a Chaos-characteristic Nirvana Flame from Taiyi’s hidden opportunity, giving him a path toward Life Level evolution if he could reach Chaos. They discussed searching for more Demon Court treasures, then Ren asked what had changed in the Primordial World during his seclusion.

• Ren recognized that Immortal Heavenly Emperor’s Nirvana Flame carried Chaos characteristics and could absorb Chaos Qi to strengthen his flame and body.
• Immortal Heavenly Emperor said the new opportunity suited his Phoenix Clan heritage, and Ren encouraged him to seek the Phoenix Clan’s inheritance while they continued exploring Taiyi’s hidden treasures.
• Ren reasoned that Dijun, Taiyi, and other Demon Emperors had hidden treasures in multiple places, and Immortal Heavenly Emperor confirmed that their remaining caches were difficult to reach.
• Immortal Heavenly Emperor explained that Dijun’s and Taiyi’s treasures were hidden in the Solar Core and Lunar Yin Core, but he had been forced to retreat from both Forbidden Zones.
• Ren and Immortal Heavenly Emperor set the search aside until they were strong enough to enter the cores, then drank together in the Heavenly Emperor Hall.
• Ren asked Immortal Heavenly Emperor what changes had occurred in the Primordial World while Ren was in seclusion.

Ren learned that Luo Hou’s Demon Scripture let cultivators reshape their bodies, spirits, and even races, but its deadly cultivation and resource battles had devastated the Demon Land. The chapter ended with the Immortal Heavenly Emperor estimating that Loose Cultivators across the Primordial World had fallen by at least twenty percent, mostly because of the Demon Land.

• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor told Ren that the Demon Court factions had created competing rankings, while the Demon Cult spread Luo Hou’s dangerous Demon Scripture.
• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor explained that the scripture used a Demon Heart to transform a cultivator’s body, Primordial Spirit, aptitude, and race, though failures often killed or distorted them.
• Ren learned that forming a Demon Heart and completing a transformation required immense resources, driving cultivators to fight over the Demon Empress’s annual allotments.
• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor said the Demon Land had lost eighty percent of its cultivators and that Loose Cultivators across the Primordial World had declined by at least twenty percent.

The Immortal Heavenly Emperor told Ren how Hou Qing and Ying Gou became Zombies through the Demon Scripture and Shebi Shi’s bloodline, and how Hanba later transformed as well. He explained the Four Great Zombies’ different powers and left Ren asking about their current circumstances, learning that Hou Qing and Ying Gou had become Quasi-Saints and leaders of the Demon Cult.

• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor explained that two human cultivators who practiced the Demon Scripture transformed into Zombies and named themselves Ying Gou and Hou Qing.
• Ying Gou and Hou Qing transformed much of the Demon Land’s human faction into Zombies, and the Demon Empress recruited them into the Demon Cult as its Zombie Demon Clan.
• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor revealed that Ying Gou and Hou Qing carried traces of Shebi Shi’s bloodline, which enabled their transformation through the Demon Scripture.
• Hanba practiced the Demon Scripture and became a Zombie after learning she could regain her human appearance.
• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor described Hanba’s Weather Dao, Ying Gou’s Blood Dao, and Hou Qing’s Curse Dao, and said Hou Qing and Ying Gou had reached the Quasi-Saint realm and become Demon Cult leaders.

Ren learned about the Four Great Zombies and the concealed top fighters among the Demon Sages, Demon Gods, and Demon Venerables. The Immortal Heavenly Emperor then explained the origins and abilities of the Ten Great Magical Beasts, including the War Demon Beast.

• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor described how Hanba, Hou Qing, and Ying Gou became zombies and why the Four Great Zombies were difficult to surpass.
• Ren asked about the Primordial World's ranked fighters, and the Immortal Heavenly Emperor explained that the top Demon Sages, Demon Venerables, and Demon Gods concealed their identities.
• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor recounted the origins and powers of the first seven Ten Great Magical Beasts, from the Heavenly Demon Beast to the Wind Demon Beast.
• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor described the Ice Demon Beast and revealed that the War Demon Beast carried fused bloodlines from a battle ape and a Little Wu of Metal.
• The War Demon Beast cultivated Luo Hou's Demon Scripture, inherited the War Demon's legacy, and became known for constantly seeking battles.

Ren learned how Bright Beast, the tenth-ranked Ten Great Demonic Beasts, rose from a half-human, half-demon musician of Demon Province to a Heavenly Horse demon. The chapter ended with Ren realizing Bright Beast carried the bloodline of the extinct Heavenly Horse Race.

• Ren and the Immortal Heavenly Emperor discussed how the obscured Heavenly Dao allowed unusual creatures to appear in the Primordial World.
• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor explained that Interception Sect disciples entered sealed Demon Province, taught its residents, and took Bright Beast as an apprentice.
• Bright Beast studied music with Gai Jiuyou, created the Sword Dao Immortal Melody, and won a Holy Land Grand Tournament before his master revealed his mixed heritage.
• Human disciples shunned Bright Beast, and an Obsessive Thought ruined his cultivation; after he refused reincarnation, his master gave him Luo Hou's Demon Scripture and sent him to Demon Land.
• Bright Beast's desire to become fully human turned him into a true demon, and his Heavenly Horse bloodline eventually helped him become one of the Ten Great Demonic Beasts.

Ren learned how Luo Hou's Demon Scripture had triggered betrayals across his sprawling forces, especially the Shura Sect, where Demon Madara engineered a revolt that shifted most of the Asura to the Demon Cult. The chapter ended with Ren understanding that Demon Madara had orchestrated the uprising to build his own power within the Demon Cult.

• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor recounted how the Bright Beast gained fame after using the Misty Ancient Qin to slaughter demons, and Ren reflected on the Demon Scripture's appeal to cultivators seeking power.
• Ren discussed the difficulty of unifying his many factions and asked the Immortal Heavenly Emperor to explain the betrayals among his forces.
• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor reported that the Wu Clan and Underworld had no betrayals, described purges among the Three Sects and Heavenly Court, and explained why Human Race cultivators who joined Demon Land had been spared.
• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor said that unfair bloodline-based treatment and brutal suppression had fueled a Shura Sect revolt, leaving eighty percent of its members pledged to Canaan and Demon Madara.
• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor revealed that Demon Madara, not Canaan, had planned the revolt to gather Asura followers and strengthen his position in the expanding Demon Cult.

Ren and the Immortal Heavenly Emperor discussed integrating the weakened Shura Sect and chose the Azure Emperor to lead the effort. Ren then revealed his plan to field more powerful allies and use the Reincarnation Treasure Realm to recruit forces from other worlds, believing the Primordial Heavenly Dao no longer posed a barrier.

• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor explained that Demon Madara and their allies had engineered the Shura Sect's collapse so Ren could reform it.
• Ren and the Immortal Heavenly Emperor considered who could integrate the Shura Sect and settled on the Azure Emperor, whose cultivation had advanced beyond most former Forbidden Zone Supremes.
• Ren announced that he would reveal the Azure Emperor, the Old Lunatic, Gai Jiuyou, and other talents from Shrouding the Heavens to compete and test themselves in the Primordial World.
• Ren explained that the Reincarnation Treasure Realm could erase travelers' memories, protecting the secret of his journeys between worlds.
• Ren said that the Primordial Heavenly Dao seemed obscured, allowing him to send people across worlds and expand his forces without the former restrictions.

Ren persuaded the Immortal Heavenly Emperor to send the Ziwei Legion into weaker worlds to gather people and resources, while keeping Traversing the Heavens secret. As All-Heavens City neared completion, Jiang Shang prepared the soldiers for their mission.

• Ren assured the Immortal Heavenly Emperor that only a few trusted figures knew about Traversing the Heavens and proposed harvesting talent and resources from weaker worlds.
• Ren planned to send the 360 billion-strong Ziwei Legion through the Reincarnation Treasure Realm, with disobedient soldiers subject to instant death, and the Immortal Heavenly Emperor approved.
• The Immortal Heavenly Emperor ordered soldiers to build star-linked formations and military-style cities across the stars, drawing speculation from the Supreme Clear Heaven.
• Ren summoned the Azure Emperor and sent him with the Immortal Heavenly Emperor to unite the Shura Sect; Ancestor Minghe accepted the plan after meeting him.
• Jiang Shang gathered soldiers in All-Heavens City, where gate-shaped Spirit Treasures held vortices, and asked them whether they knew their mission orders.

Ren sent the hundred-billion-strong Ziwei Army through Bao'er's Spacetime Gates to conquer weak worlds and seize anything valuable. After fighting in worlds with different time flows, the returning soldiers were made to believe they had trained in a secret realm, keeping the truth of Traversing the Heavens concealed.

• Ren ordered the Ziwei Army to enter the Spacetime Tunnels and conquer the worlds beyond them.
• Bao'er controlled the gates and their destinations, while Mystic Light Mirrors showed the armies arriving in various weak worlds.
• A Ziwei unit used the Greedy Wolf Formation to crush armies in a Martial Path world.
• Ziwei soldiers destroyed warships in a technological world and slaughtered zombies and inhabitants in an apocalyptic world, following Ren's orders to eliminate populations without conversion value and take valuable resources.
• Different time flows allowed years of campaigning to pass before soldiers began returning; their memories of traveling between worlds were erased, and they were told they had entered a secret realm for training.

Ren sent elite Ziwei generals into special worlds to retrieve resources and talents, especially sword prodigies, for the Primordial World. The generals quickly conquered the Wind and Cloud World, while Ren and the Immortal Heavenly Emperor realized that powerful worlds' wills could resist future invasions.

• Jiang Shang sent Grand Unity Realm generals through the Spacetime Gates to the special worlds Ren had selected.
• Ren identified one gate's destination as the Wind and Cloud World and ordered the generals to preserve valued people while gathering its talents and resources.
• The generals captured Martial Path cultivators and Dugu Jian, whose Six Annihilations Selfless Sword Twenty-Three could not overcome their leader.
• The generals continued collecting sword prodigies, including Wuming, and slaughtering Divine Beasts across the Wind and Cloud World.
• Ren and the Immortal Heavenly Emperor observed the invasion and concluded that powerful World Wills could become dangerous opponents.
• The generals returned from the Wind and Cloud World after completing their mission.

Ren’s forces processed the people and resources brought back by the Ziwei Army, while the Primordial World grew more active as powerful cultivators emerged to compete. The Old Lunatic challenged the Sixth Demon Sage at the East Sea Shore, and the two began to fight.

• Ziwei Army generals delivered Heavenly Soldier, Resource, Talent, and Manual Towers to All-Heavens City, where staff sorted their contents and sent their people through the Trial Tower or to specialized cities.
• The Old Lunatic and other powerful figures emerged from the Mortal World after Ren ordered a ranking, bringing new challengers into the Primordial World.
• The Saint Prince and the Heavenly Emperor’s Son discussed finding opponents after leaving the Mortal World, and Ji Haoyue invited them to watch the Old Lunatic fight the Sixth Demon Sage.
• The Old Lunatic introduced himself as a challenger and taunted the Sixth Demon Sage about what lay beneath his black robe.
• The Sixth Demon Sage threatened the Old Lunatic, who charged forward to begin their battle.

Old Lunatic and the Sixth Demon Sage fought a fierce battle along the East Sea Shore, drawing the attention of powerful observers. After they exchanged many blows and both retreated, the Sixth Demon Sage demanded to know who Old Lunatic was, but his identity remained unknown.

• Old Lunatic unleashed his Tianxuan Divine Fist against the Sixth Demon Sage’s Dao-Rhyme claw, and their first collision shook the East Sea Shore.
• Old Lunatic and the Sixth Demon Sage continued trading fists and claws, sending shockwaves through the sky and raising tsunamis.
• Several Great Powers watched and wondered where the unfamiliar, tyrannical Old Lunatic had come from.
• The Sixth Demon Sage’s claw crashed down with enough force to tear through the Sky Ranking, and the two fighters were driven back by the impact.
• The exhausted Sixth Demon Sage asked Old Lunatic who he was, but the Primordial Heavenly Dao’s concealment and widespread Transformation made his identity impossible to determine.

Old Lunatic revealed that he was a Human Race expert sent out of the Mortal World by Ren, then challenged the Sixth Demon Sage. He unleashed his Six Paths Reincarnation Fist against the Sage’s Sun-Devouring Claw, and both fighters emerged from their devastating clash.

• Old Lunatic identified himself as a Human Race fighter and chose the Sixth Demon Sage as his opponent.
• Great Powers speculated that Old Lunatic was one of Ren’s hidden trump cards.
• Old Lunatic revealed his Shrouding cultivation realms and attacked with the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist.
• The Sixth Demon Sage countered with Demonic Qi Shrouds the Heavens, Sun-Devouring Claw.
• Their attacks collided, collapsing the surrounding void and sending both fighters flying from the explosions.

Old Lunatic exposed the Sixth Demon Sage as the purebred chief of the Tengu Race and questioned why he served Dijun, who had destroyed his people. The Sixth Demon Sage rejected the accusation and resumed fighting Old Lunatic, leaving their battle raging along the East Blue.

• Old Lunatic's attack tore away the Sixth Demon Sage's black robe, and onlookers identified him as a purebred Tengu.
• The Sixth Demon Sage declared that he was the Tengu Race's chief and boasted that his bloodline surpassed the first Tengu's.
• Old Lunatic asked how the Tengu chief could serve Dijun after Dijun and Taiyi had exterminated the Tengu Race.
• The Sixth Demon Sage accused Old Lunatic of trying to sow discord, and Old Lunatic answered by launching another Six Paths Reincarnation Fist.
• The Sixth Demon Sage countered with Tengu Devours Sun, Sunflare Devourer, and their clash devastated the East Blue shore as the battle continued without a clear victor.

Old Lunatic fought the Sixth Demon Sage on the East Blue shore as Shrouding the Heavens’ battle-hungry experts gathered to face the Primordial World’s Demon powers. Fighting Saint King recognized the Fifth Demon Venerable as one of his kind and challenged him to reveal his true form.

• Heavenly Emperor's Son, Battle Victorious Buddha, and other newcomers arrived to watch Old Lunatic battle the Sixth Demon Sage.
• Ji Haoyue and Jiang Huairen discussed letting the older generation handle the highest-ranked Demon powers while the younger Heaven's Pride fought lower-ranked ones.
• Demon Sages, Demon Gods, and Demon Venerables gathered to observe Old Lunatic and investigate Ren's strength and forces.
• Fighting Saint King grew eager to fight after years of restrained cultivation in the Mortal World.
• Fighting Saint King attacked the newly arrived Fifth Demon Venerable, shattered his counterattack, and identified him as a fellow member of his kind.
• The Fifth Demon Venerable removed his Black Feather Race robe after Fighting Saint King saw through its concealment.

The Fighting Saint King faced the Fifth Demon Venerable, who revealed himself as the Six-Eared Macaque, the first of his kind. The two monkey warriors recognized each other’s battle spirit and began a fierce staff duel that left the heavens shaking.

• The Fifth Demon Venerable removed his black robe and revealed that he was the Six-Eared Macaque, prompting the Great Powers to discuss his legendary survival and past deaths.
• The Fighting Saint King welcomed the Six-Eared Macaque as a fellow monkey and challenged his claim to be the Monkey Tribe’s supreme figure.
• The Fighting Saint King transformed into an ape and introduced his Fighting Saint Ape Tribe before charging at the Six-Eared Macaque.
• The Six-Eared Macaque drew an iron staff from his ear and accepted the challenge.
• The two monkeys traded repeated, overwhelming staff strikes, fighting with pure strength and Battle Intent as the heavens trembled.