Chapter Summaries

Ren and Xuanming spent centuries copying the vast collection of inheritances Old Master Ying Zhan had brought, including difficult Dao Rhyme characters that Ren could not yet comprehend. As Ren set aside the hardest inscriptions and continued with simpler texts, unrest grew outside over the dissipation of Fiendish Qi.

• Ren copied a hide bearing a Primordial Unity expert’s inheritance, which the Merit Gold Paper divided into six books, and explained that its methods centered on dual cultivation.
• Xuanming helped Ren sort the copied inheritances and brought him more tomes, many of which contained complete teachings from Primordial Unity experts.
• After several hundred years, Ren and Xuanming had copied only a portion of the immense collection, and Ren grew exhausted from transcribing its dense Dao Rhyme.
• Ren found single-character inscriptions so profound that the Merit Gold Paper could not preserve one he tried to copy, so he and Xuanming set aside the hardest pieces.
• Ren continued copying simpler inheritances while the outside world grew turbulent over changes in the Primordial World, including the dissipation of Fiendish Qi.

Ren and Xuanming left the Ancestral Witch Hall to see that Ying Zhan had restored Buzhou Land to its ancient grandeur. Ren sensed its powerful Spiritual Qi, Dragon Veins, and the presence of Pangu’s Will.

• Xingtian called Ren and Xuanming out of the Inheritance Hall after Ying Zhan and the others stopped repairing Buzhou Land.
• Ren used the Firmament Ledger’s information to understand what had happened and anticipated the changes outside.
• Ren and Xuanming left the Ancestral Witch Hall and saw Buzhou Land restored to its former scale and magnificence.
• Xingtian explained that Ying Zhan had restored Buzhou Land to how it was in the Chaos Remnants Era.
• Ren sensed the land’s pure Spiritual Qi, Dragon Veins, and the authority of Pangu’s gathered Will.

Ren ordered Old Gu to continue restoring Buzhou Land despite the enormous Fiendish Qi cost, promising to replenish it through his own plans. As the Primordial World panicked over the accelerating loss, Gai Jiuyou arrived at the Demon Empress’s hall on Ren’s orders and requested to see her.

• Old Gu told Ren that less than a third of Buzhou Land had been restored in a thousand years, consuming nearly thirty percent of the Primordial World’s Fiendish Qi, and explained the land’s past devastation.
• Ren instructed Old Gu to continue restoring Buzhou Land and said he would secure more Fiendish Qi, so the Firmament Ledger resumed feeding it into the restoration.
• Ren left Buzhou Land to put his replenishment plan into motion, while people across the Primordial World grew alarmed at the accelerating disappearance of Fiendish Qi.
• The Demon Empress and her allies discussed the missing Fiendish Qi but could find no explanation for it.
• Jin Chanzi reported that Gai Jiuyou had arrived on Ren’s orders and wished to meet the Demon Empress.

Ren sent invitations to the Primordial World's major powers for a meeting in Northern Jambudvipa about the dwindling Fiendish Qi, and the Demon Empress, Taiyi, Dijun, and Kunpeng agreed to attend. Dijun suspected the gathering would lead to a massacre to replenish Fiendish Qi and planned to target powerful loose cultivators, while Kunpeng prepared a painting as a gift for Ren.

• Gai Jiuyou delivered Ren's invitation to the Demon Empress, who agreed to attend the meeting in one year and discussed Ren's plans with her demons.
• The Fighting Saint Ape invited Taiyi, who accepted and praised the ape's strength while directing him to spar with Ni Jun instead.
• Ning Fei delivered Ren's invitation to Dijun, who agreed to attend despite concerns about dignity and warned that refusing could leave him vulnerable to an alliance among the other powers.
• Dijun told his Demon Sages that the meeting could lead to slaughter meant to replenish Fiendish Qi, and ordered them to prepare to attack powerful loose cultivators.
• Kunpeng accepted Ren's invitation through Chuan Ying and began painting a gift for Ren.

Kunpeng accepted Ren’s banquet invitation, suspected several major factions of controlling the disappearance of Fiendish Qi, and prepared for the coming alliance. Ren learned that the powerful leaders had accepted his invitations, then examined Kunpeng’s painting and focused on its inscription, “Creation.”

• Kunpeng accepted Ren’s invitation, explained that the banquet would divide the Primordial World’s interests, and ordered his forces to prepare for war.
• Qiongqi reported that the Four Great Fierce Beasts could find no trace of the vanished Fiendish Qi, and Kunpeng suspected Ren, Taiyi, Dijun, and the Demon Empress.
• Kunpeng instructed the First Demon Venerable to prepare for the alliance and set aside their suspicions until it was formed.
• Ren learned that the Demon Empress, Dijun, Taiyi, and Kunpeng had accepted his invitations, and he ordered his allies to prepare for the banquet and coming conflict.
• Old Lunatic reported that the Lord of Zhuxian Alliance had accepted the invitation and requested a private meeting, which Ren postponed until after the banquet.
• Ren opened Kunpeng’s painting with Xuanming and noticed the characters meaning “Creation” above a depiction of a fish transforming into a dragon.

Ren investigated Jiang Chen’s suspicions that a hidden watcher was observing him in Northern Jambudvipa and learned that the region’s Fiendish Qi was being purified. As Ren and rival factions gathered there for the Slaughter Banquet, the first arrivals began meeting, while Ren prepared to uncover the watcher.

• Ren put away Kunpeng’s Creation Fish Dragon Diagram after puzzling over its connection to Nuwa.
• Jiang Chen told Ren that Northern Jambudvipa felt like a living being watching him, and that it had secretly guided his Death Dao cultivation while purifying its Fiendish Qi.
• Ren warned Jiang Chen to keep their connection to the Fiendish Qi leakage secret and planned to use the Slaughter Banquet to investigate the hidden presence.
• Ren sent Jiang Chen to study ancient inheritances in the Firmament Realm, then issued orders as factions prepared for the banquet.
• Ren traveled to Northern Jambudvipa with Xuanming, the Immortal Heavenly Emperor, Daoist Hongmeng, Emperor Zun, and six members of the Shrouding the Heavens Ranking.
• Ren met Jiang Chen and Taiyi, who arrived with Xihe and the top ten of the Demon Venerable Ranking, as another group’s arrival shattered the air.

Ren hosted Dijun, Taiyi, Kunpeng, the Demon Empress, and other powerful figures in Northern Jambudvipa for a gathering. After the guests took their seats, they asked Ren why he had summoned them, and he began by exchanging praise with Kunpeng.

• Dijun arrived with Bai Ze, the Ten Demon Saints, and one of his Three Corpses, and his aura clashed with Taiyi's and Ren's.
• Kunpeng arrived, followed by the Demon Empress and her companions, and the leaders exchanged greetings.
• Jiang Chen escorted the guests to a specially prepared flower-filled plaza and warned them to respect his territory.
• Ren, Dijun, Taiyi, Kunpeng, the Demon Empress, and the other guests took their assigned seats.
• Taiyi and Kunpeng asked Ren to explain his invitation, and Ren responded to Kunpeng's praise by commending his creation of Demon Script.

Ren gathered powerful factions to address the Primordial World's rapidly leaking Fiendish Qi and proposed replenishing it through mass slaughter. The leaders agreed to target Loose Cultivators and other living beings, and Dijun confirmed they had come to form an alliance before eventually fighting one another.

• Dijun and Taiyi admitted their rivalry over unifying the Demon Race, while Ren defended inviting Lord of Zhuxian Alliance against Taiyi's mockery.
• Jiang Chen forbade fighting during the banquet in Northern Jambudvipa, and the gathering turned to the crisis of Fiendish Qi leaking from the Primordial World.
• Ren argued that the loss of Fiendish Qi threatened their era of freedom and proposed using slaughter to replenish it.
• The Demon Empress, Dijun, Taiyi, and Kunpeng agreed to target Loose Cultivators and expand the slaughter to other factions and living beings.
• Dijun confirmed that the factions would form an alliance to slaughter the Primordial World before eventually fighting each other.

The assembled powers agreed to join forces to purge the Primordial World and investigate the leaking Fiendish Qi, but their discussion turned tense when Kunpeng questioned the concealment of Buzhou Land and hinted at Ren’s connection to Nuwa. Jiang Chen urged them to stop probing one another’s secrets, leaving the alliance intact but filled with suspicion, while Ren resolved to deal with Kunpeng later.

• Kunpeng warned that the Fiendish Qi leakage would make slaughtering the Primordial World an inadequate long-term solution, and the Demon Empress proposed investigating its cause alongside their alliance.
• Kunpeng suggested a hidden force might be responsible for the missing Fiendish Qi, and Jiang Chen argued that consuming or storing such a vast amount seemed nearly impossible.
• Kunpeng pointed to the formation covering Buzhou Land, prompting Ren to threaten him and challenge him over his interest in the Wu Clan’s territory.
• Ren questioned Kunpeng’s connection to Nuwa, and Kunpeng revealed that one of Nuwa’s direct disciples was with Ren, drawing the gathering’s attention to them both.
• Jiang Chen called for restraint, Ren and the Demon Empress warned against prying into others’ secrets, and Kunpeng apologized for speaking recklessly.

Ren suspected Kunpeng was probing Buzhou Land, so he warned Ye Fan and Guiling to guard its formations while he continued the banquet discussion. The leaders rejected a proposal to merge their intelligence networks and turned to planning slaughter to replenish the Primordial World's Fiendish Qi.

• Ren privately warned Ye Fan that Kunpeng might be probing Buzhou Land, and told him to leave seclusion and alert Guiling to monitor the Formation Arrays.
• Ye Fan left the Ancestral Witch Hall and sent a message to Guiling, while Ren returned his attention to the banquet.
• The Lord of Zhuxian Alliance proposed that the major powers combine their intelligence networks to investigate the loss of Fiendish Qi.
• Taiyi, the Demon Empress, Dijun, and Ren rejected merging their intelligence departments, agreeing instead to investigate separately.
• Ren redirected the discussion toward replenishing Fiendish Qi through slaughter, and Taiyi urged the alliance to begin without further planning.

Ren and the other major powers agreed to purge the Primordial World's Loose Cultivators for their resources, but they argued over how to divide the spoils. As the gathering settled on a territorial plan, Ren learned Kunpeng had spied on Buzhou Land and secretly ordered Ye Fan to kill Kunpeng's Roc body.

• Taiyi urged a purge of the Loose Cultivators, and Dijun and the Demon Empress warned that the factions needed rules to prevent disputes over the spoils.
• Ren proposed dividing the Primordial World by faction territories, but Taiyi, Kunpeng, and the Demon Empress opposed the plan as unfair.
• Ren insisted that no faction could harass or spy on another during the purge, and the other powers agreed.
• Jiang Chen proposed assigning a 9.9-billion-kilometer circle around each faction's territory, and the gathering approved the approach.
• Kunpeng challenged the plan over overlapping and unequal territories, while Ren learned Kunpeng had spied on Buzhou Land and messaged Ye Fan to kill Kunpeng's Roc body.

Ren and the other faction leaders confronted Kunpeng after discovering his Roc incarnation had spied on their territories. Kunpeng apologized and offered to give up nearly all the benefits he would gain from the purge, and the leaders agreed to accept his terms rather than attack him.

• Ren ordered Ye Fan to hunt down Kunpeng's other true body and defended Jiang Chen's territory-division proposal.
• Taiyi revealed that Kunpeng had separated his Kun and Peng true bodies, and the leaders realized his Roc incarnation had spied on their territories.
• The Lord of Zhuxian Alliance proposed that the factions unite to destroy Kunpeng, but the leaders feared the cost and the possibility that Kunpeng would rally the loose cultivators.
• Kunpeng apologized for spying, claimed his cultivation had affected his mind, and offered to relinquish all purge benefits beyond those near his territory.
• Taiyi, Dijun, the Demon Empress, and Ren agreed to accept Kunpeng's compensation and not pursue the spying.

Jiang Chen’s plan divided the Primordial World into six regions, and the factions drew lots to claim them. The Lord of Zhuxian Alliance drew the unruly southeast, and Taiyi offered to help clear it in exchange for half its resources.

• Jiang Chen proposed dividing the Primordial World into six sectors around Buzhou Mountain, with each faction responsible for clearing cultivators from its region.
• Ren suggested that the factions draw lots to assign the six regions, and everyone agreed to rely on luck rather than divine abilities or secret arts.
• Kunpeng prepared the miniature map, formation, and sealed lots, and the factions snatched the Spirit Artifacts to claim their regions.
• The Demon Empress drew the resource-rich west, Taiyi the barren northwest, Dijun the fire-filled southwest, and Ren the prosperous east.
• Jiang Chen drew the island-filled northeast, while the Lord of Zhuxian Alliance drew the southeast, crowded with poison cultivators and competing factions.
• Taiyi offered to help the Lord of Zhuxian Alliance clear the southeast in exchange for half its resources.

At the alliance banquet, Jiang Chen proposed rules for requesting help and handling fugitives, while the Lord of Zhuxian Alliance faced pressure from stronger allies eager to claim his share. Later, Ren and Jiang Chen privately discussed an undetected watcher and their advantage in the planned division of the Primordial World's resources.

• Dijun and Taiyi offered to help the Lord of Zhuxian Alliance clear his assigned region in exchange for a share of its resources.
• Jiang Chen proposed that a faction unable to clear its region could trade resources for support, that fugitives belonged to the territory they entered, and that only the Lord of Zhuxian Alliance could request help.
• The Lord of Zhuxian Alliance stayed silent as Dijun, Taiyi, and the Demon Empress eyed his potential resources, and Jiang Chen raised a toast after the alliance's core discussions concluded.
• Ren and Jiang Chen's incarnation met in a concealed palace, where Ren said he had been unable to find the mysterious watcher and Jiang Chen insisted that it existed and was stronger than him.
• Ren and Jiang Chen discussed how Ren had arranged the regional lots in advance and used Jiang Chen to present the plan, securing their advantage in the division of resources.

Ren and Jiang Chen discussed how they had secretly rigged the territory divisions and worried that a hidden observer might expose their relationship. Meanwhile, Dijun questioned a Fiendish Qi phantom about the world’s vanishing Fiendish Qi and learned that one of three ancient races was likely consuming it, leaving him to suspect Ren or a concealed faction.

• Ren explained that Dijun and the others suspected the territory draw was rigged but would accept their assigned lands, while he warned Jiang Chen to conceal that they were the main body and Three Corpses.
• Dijun confronted a Fiendish Qi phantom in Northern Jambudvipa and asked who was behind the Primordial World's diminishing Fiendish Qi.
• Dijun offered the phantom a Solar Celestial Star in exchange for information, but the phantom admitted it could not identify the culprit.
• The Fiendish Qi phantom named the Slaughter Race, Heavenly Wu Clan, and Dragon Vein Race as the only races capable of consuming Fiendish Qi so quickly.
• Dijun concluded that the vanished Fiendish Qi had been consumed and considered whether Ren or a hidden force connected to one of the ancient races was responsible.

Dijun concluded that Ren had engineered the loss of Fiendish Qi and trapped the Primordial World’s leaders in an alliance they could not abandon. He learned that the Northern Darkness Dark Turtle was a Dragon Vein bearing Shen Ni’s lingering aura, then agreed to lend the Demon Emperor Sword in exchange for the Turtle’s memories of Shen Ni.

• Dijun concluded that Ren was behind the loss of Fiendish Qi, while the phantom explained how Ren’s invitations had bound the emperors to their alliance and plans against independent cultivators.
• Dijun gave the Fiendish Qi phantom the Solar Tower containing the Solar Celestial Star, then asked for the Northern Darkness Dark Turtle’s help.
• Dijun revealed that he had deduced the Turtle was formed from a Dragon Vein and had fused with Northern Jambudvipa to absorb Fiendish Qi.
• Dijun recognized Shen Ni’s aura within the Turtle and offered to lend him the Demon Emperor Sword if he shared what he knew about Shen Ni.
• The Northern Darkness Dark Turtle recounted how Shen Ni had ravaged the Primordial World and excavated Dragon Veins, and explained that he had originated as a fragment of an ancient Dragon Vein.

Dijun lent the Demon Emperor Sword to the Dark Turtle’s phantom in exchange for news about Shen Ni, triggering a brief tremor across the North Julu Continent. After the leaders dispersed, Ren and Jiang Chen suspected the mysterious person’s disturbance was connected to Dijun and the others.

• Dijun handed the Demon Emperor Sword to the Dark Turtle’s phantom, which vanished into the hall’s baleful qi.
• The North Julu Continent trembled, and Ren, Jiang Chen, Taiyi, Kunpeng, the Demon Empress, Dijun, and the Lord of Zhuxian Alliance sensed the disturbance.
• Ren and the others searched for its cause, then parted on bad terms and ordered their subordinates to prepare the purging plan and evacuate the continent.
• Ren asked Jiang Chen whether the tremor came from the mysterious person, and Jiang Chen confirmed that it did.
• Ren and Jiang Chen suspected the disturbance was connected to Dijun and the other leaders, especially because the tremor occurred while they were gathered.