Chapter Summaries

Gonggong’s desperate charge shattered Mount Buzhou, unleashing a catastrophe across the Primordial World. Dao Xuan claimed the Chaos Bell amid the disaster, then confronted the saints who had been fighting over it.

• Minghe withdrew the Yuantu Sword and Abi Sword after the saints drove them away from the Chaos Bell.
• Gonggong, grieving the deaths of the Ancestral Witches, rammed Mount Buzhou and broke the Heavenly Pillar, causing the heavens to tilt and a hole to open in the sky.
• Dao Xuan returned from Zixiao Palace, took the Chaos Bell, and explained that Taiyi had given it to him before the Calamity Cycle.
• Laozi challenged Dao Xuan’s claim to the Chaos Bell, but Dao Xuan said it was already his and that he had refined it.
• Minghe mocked the saints, and Tongtian attacked him with the Green Duckweed Sword; Minghe used the Yuantu Sword and Abi Sword to suppress it.

Hongjun stopped the Saints’ conflict and organized the effort to repair the damage to heaven and earth. Nuwa mended the heavens with refined Five-Colored Stones, the black tortoise’s limbs became pillars, and Dao Xuan restored order to the stars.

• Hongjun appeared, greeted Dao Xuan as a fellow Daoist, and rebuked the Saints for neglecting the calamity.
• Hongjun temporarily sealed the hole in the Heaven and Earth Fetal Membrane and gave Nuwa the Qiankun Cauldron to refine Five-Colored Stones.
• Dao Xuan sent Minghe to retrieve the black tortoise’s four limbs and took the fallen half of Mount Buzhou with his divine light.
• Nuwa refined thirty-six thousand five hundred Five-Colored Stones, used all but one to mend the heavens, and tossed the remaining stone into the Primordial World; Zhunti memorized where it fell.
• When heaven and earth began to close together, Hongjun sent the four tortoise limbs to the Four Extremes, where they became pillars and stabilized the world.
• Dao Xuan sent the Chaos Bell into the Primordial Starry Sky to restore the disordered stars, then recalled it.

Hongjun challenged Dao Xuan to a fight at their shared cultivation realm to determine whether Dao Xuan could claim the Chaos Bell. Their battle in Chaos reached a stalemate before Hongjun summoned the Order Dharma Wheel, revealing a powerful new divine ability.

• Hongjun used the Creation Jade Disc to restore the Primordial World's earth veins, and the gathered merit was divided among him, Dao Xuan, Nuwa, Minghe, and the other Saints.
• Hongjun told Dao Xuan he would have to defeat him to take the Chaos Bell, then clarified that they would fight at the same cultivation realm.
• Dao Xuan and Hongjun entered Chaos to fight, followed by the Saints and Minghe, while both set aside their more powerful treasures.
• Dao Xuan and Hongjun clashed their staffs, and Dao Xuan's laws slightly surpassed Hongjun's, but Hongjun's connection to the Great Desolate Heavenly Dao sustained his magical power.
• Hongjun declared that he could not defeat Dao Xuan through laws and summoned the Order Dharma Wheel, which made Dao Xuan sense a powerful threat.

Dao Xuan defeated Hongjun’s Order Dharma Wheel by revealing a body cultivated to nearly match that of a Chaos Demon God. Hongjun admitted defeat, leaving Dao Xuan victorious in their battle.

• Hongjun unleashed the Order Dharma Wheel, drawing on the Heavenly Dao to overwhelm Dao Xuan’s Five-Colored Divine Light.
• The Order Dharma Wheel absorbed the power of Dao Xuan’s divine ability and charged toward him, while Hongjun expected him to rely on the Chaos Bell or reveal his Inner World.
• Dao Xuan put away the Myriad Evolution Staff and hurled his body into the Order Dharma Wheel, knocking it away without being injured.
• Dao Xuan transformed into a towering, muscular form with an aura like that of a Chaos Demon God, revealing the body he had tempered with earth, water, fire, and wind.
• Dao Xuan pursued the Order Dharma Wheel and smashed it apart with several punches.
• Hongjun acknowledged Dao Xuan’s victory and praised his achievement.

After the great tribulation, Hongjun summoned the experts to Zixiao Palace and appointed Dao Xuan Deputy Sect Master of the Mysterious Sect. Dao Xuan accepted the position and received a surge of the sect’s fortune.

• Hongjun declared that the Chaos Bell belonged to Dao Xuan and invited him and the others to Zixiao Palace.
• Jieyin and Zhunti addressed Dao Xuan as Martial Uncle to curry favor with him.
• Hongjun arranged the meditation cushions, reserving the fourth seat for Houtu, who arrived later and took it.
• Hongjun invited Dao Xuan to become Deputy Sect Master of the Mysterious Sect, and Dao Xuan agreed.
• The Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti paid obeisance to Dao Xuan, formally establishing his position.
• Dao Xuan received an immense surge of fortune from the Mysterious Sect.

Dao Xuan accepted Houtu, Minghe, and Hong Yun as disciples and gave each a treasure, while Hongjun also made Jieyin and Zhunti his direct disciples. As the Saints debated who should rule the reestablished Heavenly Court, Dao Xuan proposed Zhen Yuanzi, leaving everyone stunned.

• Hong Yun, Minghe, and Houtu bowed to Dao Xuan and joined the Mysterious Sect as his disciples.
• Dao Xuan gave Hong Yun the Four Symbols Qiankun Fan, Houtu a twelfth-rank Pure World White Lotus, and Minghe the God-Slaying Spear, then named their places in his disciple lineage.
• Hongjun made Jieyin and Zhunti his direct disciples before raising the need to appoint a new Heavenly Emperor.
• Zhunti, Yuanshi, and Tongtian each promoted a disciple for the position, but Hongjun stopped the Saints from arguing over their own interests.
• Dao Xuan rejected candidates from the major teachings and proposed Zhen Yuanzi as Heavenly Emperor, surprising Hongjun and the others.

After the Witch-Beast Calamity, Hongjun and Dao Xuan summoned Zhen Yuanzi and persuaded him to become Heavenly Court Lord. Zhen Yuanzi accepted the role and received several powerful treasures, including Dao Xuan’s Earth Trident, which contained the Earth Law he cultivated.

• Hongjun agreed with Dao Xuan’s proposal to appoint Zhen Yuanzi as Heavenly Court Lord and sent Haotian and Yaochi to summon him.
• Haotian and Yaochi invited Zhen Yuanzi to Zixiao Palace without revealing the reason, and he followed them there.
• Hongjun told Zhen Yuanzi that he and Dao Xuan intended to appoint him to govern the Primordial World's Heaven, Earth, and Human Three Realms.
• Dao Xuan persuaded Zhen Yuanzi that the role’s fortune would aid his cultivation of the Earth Dao, and Zhen Yuanzi agreed to become Heavenly Court Lord.
• Hongjun bestowed the Zhenyuan Sword and Zhenyuan Mirror on Zhen Yuanzi to suppress the Heavenly Court’s fortune.
• Dao Xuan gave Zhen Yuanzi the Earth Trident, an Innate Supreme Treasure containing the Earth Law, and Zhen Yuanzi accepted it.

Hongjun and Dao Xuan set the arrangements for the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, while Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun received guidance about their religious paths. Dao Xuan returned to the Mysterious Origin Realm with the Heavenly Mandate Gourd and Mount Buzhou’s severed section, leaving the relic’s use undecided.

• Hongjun ordered Zhen Yuanzi to dissolve the Earth Immortal Church when he became Heavenly Emperor, and Dao Xuan guided Hong Yun toward founding a church of his own.
• Hongjun declared that the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors would guide the Human Tribe, and Dao Xuan said their candidates and imperial tutors would bring great merit and fortune.
• Dao Xuan proposed Fuxi as the First Sovereign and the Black Tortoise as the Second Sovereign, while leaving the remaining candidates and tutors open for others to contest.
• Dao Xuan retrieved the Heavenly Mandate Gourd, containing the True Spirits of Dijun, Taiyi, and many fallen Demon Tribe powerholders, and sent it to Great Emperor Fengdu for reincarnation in the Mysterious Origin Realm.
• Dao Xuan took out the severed section of Mount Buzhou but chose not to refine it into the Heaven-Shaking Seal.

Dao Xuan began refining half of Mount Buzhou in his Creation Cauldron so its Great Dao laws could strengthen his inner world’s World Tree. While the process continued, he arranged the Heavenly Stars Formation, completing the heaven realm of his inner world.

• Dao Xuan manifested the Creation Cauldron from his inner world’s origin power, designed around the Four Symbols and Five Elements Dao.
• Dao Xuan summoned Heaven, Earth, and Man’s Three Divine Lamps and combined their flames into the Chaos Divine Flame.
• Dao Xuan placed half of Mount Buzhou in the Creation Cauldron and used the Five Elements formations and Chaos Divine Flame to begin refining it.
• Dao Xuan shifted the stars in his inner world according to the Heavenly Stars Formation, while the new Starfruit Tree resonated with them.
• The Heavenly Stars Formation took shape, and Dao Xuan sensed that his inner world’s heaven realm was complete.

Dao Xuan’s Inner World completed its Heaven-Earth-Human Three Realms, strengthening its laws and its inhabitants, though he remained at the late stage of the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm. After patiently refining half of Mount Buzhou, he discovered countless profound Great Dao laws within it and moved to the World Tree’s crown with the Creation Cauldron.

• Dao Xuan’s Inner World resonated as the Three Talents Law advanced and the Heaven-Earth-Human Three Realms expanded several times over.
• The Heavenly Stars Formation grew stronger and began assisting the Heaven and Earth Fetal Membrane in refining Chaos Qi, while the Roc, Heaven, Earth, and Man’s Three Divine Lamps, and Starfruit Tree gained power.
• Dao Xuan’s aura surged, but he remained at the late stage of the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm because the Three Talents Law was still incomplete.
• Dao Xuan waited while Mount Buzhou was refined in the Creation Cauldron and used the nine thousand years to comprehend the Spacetime Law in the Chaos Bell.
• The half of Mount Buzhou became liquid filled with complex Great Dao laws, and Dao Xuan took the Creation Cauldron to the crown of the World Tree.

Dao Xuan used the World Tree to absorb the Great Dao liquid and broke through to the complete Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm, though he could not yet advance further. While he remained in seclusion, Zhen Yuanzi established a new Heavenly Court and Hong Yun founded Confucianism, provoking the other Saints.

• Dao Xuan poured Great Dao liquid over the World Tree, which circulated it through the inner world and gathered its Dao insights for him.
• Dao Xuan broke through to the complete Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm but could not master the Four Symbols Laws needed for his next advancement.
• Zhen Yuanzi dissolved the Earth Immortal Church, re-established the Heavenly Court, and became its Heavenly Emperor with strong support from the Primordial World.
• Hong Yun founded Confucianism around benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and courage, earning immense merit and strengthening his Saint cultivation.
• Hong Yun's new sect drew Qi luck from the other Saints' teachings, prompting Tongtian to challenge him with the Four Swords of Immortal Slaying.

The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors were assigned, and Nuwa learned that Fuxi’s opportunity to become a Human Emperor had arrived. Fuxi prepared to reincarnate, trusting that he would attain the Dao and return to Nuwa.

• Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi used Confucian teachings to train Heavenly Court officials, making the court increasingly difficult for the Saints to influence.
• Dao Xuan’s decree settled Fuxi and Black Tortoise as two of the Three Sovereigns, with Hong Yun assigned to guide Fuxi and Minghe claiming Black Tortoise for the Asura Sect.
• Hong Yun established Jingren Heaven above the Thirty-Three Heavens, and the heavenly realms were ranked as thirty-six heavens.
• Nuwa divined that Fuxi’s opportunity to attain the Dao had arrived and summoned him to Taisu Heaven.
• Fuxi accepted that he would reincarnate and revealed his innate divine form as his Primordial Spirit emerged.

Nuwa sent Fuxi’s Primordial Spirit into the Human Path Reincarnation, where he would be reborn among the Human Tribe until destiny made him a Human Emperor. She then sent the Golden Feather Immortal Maiden to summon Kunpeng, whose bitter past and escape from the Demon Tribe’s downfall were recounted.

• Nuwa preserved Fuxi’s body and, with Houtu’s help, sent his sealed Primordial Spirit into Human Path Reincarnation.
• The Saints and Hunyuan Heavenly Venerables sensed Fuxi’s reincarnation, though no one could know which lifetime would make him a Human Emperor.
• Nuwa ordered the Golden Feather Immortal Maiden to travel to the Northern Darkness Sea and summon Kunpeng.
• The Golden Feather Immortal Maiden flew from Taisu Heaven through Chaos into the Primordial World, where she felt freer despite the diminished spiritual Qi.
• Kunpeng’s resentment over losing his chance at Sainthood led him to target Hong Yun, but Hong Yun became a Sage and Kunpeng’s plans failed.
• Kunpeng foresaw the Demon Tribe’s decline and fled the final great battle, taking Dijun’s River Diagram and Luo Writing with him.

After fleeing the Witch-Demon Battlefield with Dijun’s River Diagram and Luo Writing, Kunpeng hid in the Northern Darkness Sea and refined the River Diagram to advance his cultivation. His progress ended when Fairy Golden Phoenix arrived with Empress Nuwa’s Edict, and Kunpeng suspected Nuwa had summoned him over the treasures.

• Kunpeng returned to the Northern Darkness Sea, accepting his ruined reputation because he had survived the Witch-Demon Calamity.
• Kunpeng pursued Three-Corpse-Slaying Dao-Proving, hoping to sever his Obsession Corpse with a suitable Innate Spiritual Treasure.
• Kunpeng realized the River Diagram suited his innate nature and could help him advance, so he spent years refining it in seclusion.
• Kunpeng refined more than half of the River Diagram’s Forty-Eight Innate Restrictions and felt his stagnant Dao attainment begin to rise.
• Fairy Golden Phoenix delivered Empress Nuwa’s Edict, and Kunpeng emerged from seclusion, fearing Nuwa wanted him to return the River Diagram and Luo Writing.