Chapter Summaries

Demon General Qi Feng came to the Three Lives Post Station to return the Azurewing, Inkfeather, and Redtail Clans to Demon Court territory, but the three chiefs refused to leave the Northern Sea. Qi Feng agreed not to take them by force while awaiting new orders, and the chiefs went to the Bureau of Cause and Effect to apply for long-term residence in the Abyss.

• Qi Feng waited outside the Boundary Stele and asked the station steward to summon the three clan chiefs.
• Qi Feng urged the chiefs to return with him, promising a demon army escort and new settlements, but the chiefs described their losses and fears about the ten suns.
• The Azurewing, Inkfeather, and Redtail chiefs refused to leave the Northern Sea and said they wanted to remain in the Abyss.
• Qi Feng warned that changing allegiance was not his decision, then agreed to report their wishes and not take anyone by force until the Demon Court issued new orders.
• After Qi Feng departed, the three chiefs returned inside the Boundary Stele and went to the Bureau of Cause and Effect to ask whether the Abyss would accept them.

Lan Shuang brought Mysterious Abyss the three Demon Court-subordinate clans’ request to settle in the Abyss, and he approved it under the existing cause-and-effect rules. The clans passed the Abyss Audit and moved to their new homes, while Di Jun received Qi Feng’s report that they would not return.

• Lan Shuang asked Ao Lie and Han Jue for their views on accepting the Azurewing, Inkfeather Clan, and Redtail Clan, whose homelands had been destroyed by the Ten Suns Across the Sky.
• Mysterious Abyss told Lan Shuang to verify the clans’ backgrounds through Causality Illumination and accept them if they followed Abyss rules, while leaving their obligations to the Demon Court for them to resolve.
• A Bureau of Cause and Effect cultivator told the three chiefs they could apply, provided they passed the audit, handled their Demon Court ties, and did not use the Abyss’s name to oppress others.
• The Azurewing Chief, the Inkfeather Clan chief, and the Redtail Clan chief passed the Cause and Effect Grand Formation’s inspections and entered the Register of Ten Thousand Tribes.
• The Bureau of Cause and Effect assigned the three clans new residential areas, and the clans traveled there through the waterways.
• Qi Feng’s report reached Di Jun, who learned that the three clans were unwilling to return.

Di Jun allowed affiliated clans displaced by the ten suns to seek refuge in the Northern Sea and ordered the Demon Court to stop provoking the Abyss. As he and Taiyi discussed the Abyss’s growing infrastructure, they learned that Kuafu was chasing the Ten Golden Crow princes.

• Di Jun and Taiyi read Qi Feng’s report that three clans had joined the Abyss after the ten suns destroyed their homes, and agreed not to forcibly bring them back.
• Di Jun ordered the Demon Court to excuse ordinary clans who fled to Three Lives Post Stations during the devastation and to review the obligations of clans seeking to leave permanently.
• Di Jun told the northern divisions to avoid the Three Lives Post Stations and warned young demon generals to behave around the Boundary Stele.
• Taiyi and Di Jun discussed the Abyss’s connected waterways, built under Ao Lie’s oversight, and its ability to operate independently of Mysterious Abyss.
• A weather-observing Demon God reported that the Great Shaman Kuafu was chasing the Ten Golden Crow princes.

As the Ten Suns Across the Sky drove more refugees into the Northern Sea, the Three Lives Post Stations registered and sheltered them through a growing network of waterways. In the central Primordial World, Kuafu confronted the ten Golden Crows and leapt toward them with his peachwood staff.

• Small tribes and unaffiliated cultivators arrived at the Fifth Three Lives Post Station, where the Cause and Effect Mirror screened them and staff directed refugees to shelter, clinics, and transport.
• Refugees inside the station heard that Mysterious Abyss had forced the Seventh Prince into the Northern Sea and that Di Jun had ordered the Golden Crows to show him respect.
• Lan Shuang reported that 120,000 creatures had entered the Northern Sea in one day, while Han Jue read of worsening drought and fires across the north.
• Lu Chen sensed a powerful Witch Clan life force moving after the ten suns and identified the Great Witch Kuafu.
• Kuafu saw Witch Clan children suffering from the heat, called the ten Golden Crows down, and launched himself into the sky with his peachwood staff.

Great Shaman Kuafu fought the Ten Golden Crows, striking several of them and pursuing them across the Primordial World. The Ten Golden Crows finally fled, but Kuafu set off after them again.

• Kuafu leapt into the sky and struck the Ninth Crown Prince with his Peachwood Staff, then broke through the Golden Crows' Solar True Fire.
• Kuafu hit the Sixth Crown Prince and hurled a sacred mountain into the flock, while the Witch Clan cheered him on.
• Kuafu chased the Ten Golden Crows across the Primordial World as they attacked him with Solar True Fire.
• Kuafu drank Spirit Water to replenish his blood and vitality, then nearly seized a Golden Crow before the Fourth Crown Prince ordered the others to flee.
• The Ten Golden Crows escaped at full speed, and Kuafu followed them with his Peachwood Staff over his shoulder.

Kuafu pursued the Ten Golden Crows toward the Northern Sea, where they hoped to escape into a Three Lives Post Station. The Ninth Crown Prince underwent Causality Illumination at the Sixth Post Station, and the Cause and Effect Mirror revealed that his karma kept growing as his sun continued to scorch the world.

• The Ten Golden Crows tried to wear Kuafu down with their flight and Solar True Fire, but he continued chasing them despite his growing thirst and wounds.
• The Seventh Prince warned his brothers that the Three Lives Post Stations might reject them because their ongoing calamity was generating immense karma.
• The Ninth Crown Prince led the Golden Crows to the Sixth Three Lives Post Station as Kuafu closed in, and he demanded entry.
• The Post Station Keeper required the Ninth Crown Prince to undergo Causality Illumination, and the Cause and Effect Mirror filled with thousands of crimson karma lines.
• The Three Lives Boundary Stele revealed the words, “While the cause of calamity persists, its consequences cannot be evaded.”

The Ninth Crown Prince and the other Golden Crows were denied refuge at the Three Lives Post Station because their Great Sun Dharma Forms were still causing widespread damage. With Kuafu closing in, the princes fled again, leaving the Post Station’s boundary untouched.

• The Post Station Keeper told the Ninth Crown Prince that the Cause and Effect Mirror still recorded ongoing damage from his Solar True Fire, so he had to withdraw his Great Sun Dharma Form before he could enter.
• The Cause and Effect Mirror showed rivers drying, forests burning, and tribes suffering under the Golden Crow sun, while the Boundary Stele declared that consequences could not be evaded while the disaster cause persisted.
• The Fourth Crown Prince, Seventh Prince, Sixth Crown Prince, and other Golden Crows arrived and learned they also had to stop their own Great Sun Dharma Forms before entering.
• Kuafu reached the post station, saw that the Golden Crows remained outside, and waited beyond the Boundary Stele rather than risking an attack across its boundary.
• The Ninth Crown Prince decided to flee, and all ten Golden Crows took flight as Kuafu pursued them while carefully avoiding the station’s boundary.

The Boundary Stele barred the Golden Crow Prince from entering the Three Lives Post Station while his ongoing Solar True Fire continued to cause disaster, and cultivators across the post stations learned that refuge did not erase active debts. As the Ten Suns continued fleeing with Kuafu close behind, Lu Chen returned to cultivating his Life Law, sensing that he was nearing his second Inner Loop of life and death.

• The Boundary Stele's new rule led cultivators to conclude that the post stations could shelter people from calamity but would not protect those still causing it.
• News spread through the Three Lives Post Stations, where cultivators praised the rule and coined the saying, "You can escape calamity, but you can't escape debts."
• Lan Shuang, Han Jue, and Ao Lie discussed the saying, while Lu Chen approved of the rule and resumed cultivating his Life Law.
• The Ninth Crown Prince complained about being barred from the post station as the Ten Suns flew on, and the Fourth Crown Prince warned that Kuafu was close and weakening.

Di Jun and Taiyi discussed the Three Lives Post Station’s refusal to shelter the Ninth Crown Prince while the ten suns’ disaster cause continued, and Di Jun clarified that Demon Court members could enter only by following its rules. He warned the Ten Golden Crows not to provoke Kuafu and to return to Tang Valley, while Kuafu continued pursuing them despite his exhaustion.

• Di Jun and Taiyi concluded that the Boundary Stele had applied the Three Lives Post Station’s rules fairly, leaving the Demon Court no grounds to object.
• After northern divisions asked whether Demon Court cultivators could seek refuge there, Di Jun said they could if they met the karma requirements and stopped causing trouble.
• Di Jun sent word to the Ten Golden Crows that they could enter the station by following its rules, but could not use it to escape ongoing disaster cause.
• The Ten Golden Crows agreed to widen the distance from Kuafu and return to Tang Valley, while the Ninth Crown Prince and Seventh Prince briefly bickered about their past attempts to enter the station.
• Kuafu, parched and visibly slowing, continued after the Ten Golden Crows and spotted a great river that had not yet dried up.

Kuafu continued pursuing the Ten Golden Crows, drinking rivers to briefly restore his strength as the suns’ heat steadily depleted him. As Kuafu headed toward a vast lake near his limit, Lu Chen sensed his life energy rapidly fading.

• Kuafu drank more than half of a great river, briefly restoring his vitality and increasing his speed as he chased the Ten Golden Crows.
• The Ten Golden Crows realized Kuafu had drunk the river, but continued fleeing because the water could not undo the damage caused by the suns.
• After decades of pursuit, Kuafu drank from another river, though it restored him less than before, and he continued after the Golden Crows.
• The Sixth Crown Prince suggested Kuafu was too exhausted to fight, and the Ten Golden Crows slowed to watch him despite the Seventh Prince’s warning to obey their father.
• Kuafu saw a vast lake and headed toward it for another drink as the Golden Crows followed from above.
• Lu Chen sensed Kuafu’s life energy fading and watched the Black-and-White Life-and-Death Wheel tremble.

Kuafu exhausted his life fighting the Ten Golden Crows, died before reaching the Great Marsh, and transformed his Peachwood Staff into a thriving grove. His death stirred Lu Chen’s Abyss Life and Death Wheel, and Kuafu’s immense True Spirit approached the Three Lives Gate.

• Kuafu unleashed his remaining blood vitality and struck the Sixth Crown Prince’s right wing with his Peachwood Staff before collapsing.
• As Kuafu died, he threw the Peachwood Staff to the earth, where it became a vast peach grove and new life spread across the scorched land.
• The Ten Golden Crows confirmed Kuafu’s death, while news of his fall enraged the Witch Tribe.
• Lu Chen felt the Abyss Life and Death Wheel stir as Kuafu’s life nourished new growth, and he realized death could become a source of vitality.
• A powerful Witch Clan True Spirit approached the Three Lives Gate, startling the Abyss cultivators guarding it.

Kuafu’s True Spirit reached the Three Lives Gate and entered Reincarnation, while his passage gave Lu Chen a new insight that strengthened the Life-and-Death Wheel. News of Kuafu’s death reached Hou Yi, who learned that Kuafu had died pursuing the Ten Golden Crows and gripped his divine bow.

• Han Jue and the Abyss disciples recognized Kuafu’s True Spirit at the Three Lives Gate, where Kuafu discussed his pursuit of the Ten Golden Crows and Mysterious Abyss’s rules.
• Mysterious Abyss spoke to Kuafu through the Abyss Great Dao and told him to follow the road to Reincarnation.
• Kuafu thanked Mysterious Abyss and entered the Netherworld passage, where Houtu’s Great Dao enveloped his True Spirit.
• Lu Chen watched Kuafu’s passage and gained insight that formed a new life Dao pattern, causing dead spiritual grass in the Abyss to sprout again.
• A Witch Clan warrior told Hou Yi that Kuafu had fallen from exhaustion while pursuing the Ten Golden Crows, and Hou Yi tightened his grip on his divine bow.

After Kuafu died pursuing the Ten Golden Crows, Hou Yi set out with his Divine Bow to stop them despite the danger of provoking the Demon Court. Di Jun ordered his sons back to Tang Valley, but Hou Yi found them and took aim at the rearmost Golden Crow.

• Hou Yi took the Divine Bow and nine arrows, rejected the elders’ warnings, and left to pursue the Ten Golden Crows.
• A young Witch Clan warrior told Hou Yi that the Golden Crows had fled from the Three Lives Post Station, whose rules had prevented them from entering.
• Hou Yi reasoned that the Golden Crows would be easier to shoot if they withdrew their Great Sun Dharma Forms, then hurried after them through the scorched land.
• Cultivators recognized Hou Yi and spread word that he might shoot down the suns, while Di Jun learned of his pursuit and ordered his sons to return to Tang Valley.
• The Ten Golden Crows accelerated toward Tang Valley, but Hou Yi reached a high mountain, drew an arrow, and aimed at the one flying at the rear.

Hou Yi shot down the Ninth Crown Prince with a Divine Arrow, and the fall of the Golden Crow spread through the Primordial World. After Di Jun warned his remaining sons to scatter, Hou Yi released a second arrow at them.

• Hou Yi waited for his shot and pierced the Ninth Crown Prince's chest with a Divine Arrow, killing him as he fell from the sky.
• Living beings across the Primordial World saw the Sun fall, and the news spread that Hou Yi had avenged Kuafu and shot down a Golden Crow Prince.
• Hou Yi drew another arrow while Di Jun discovered his ninth son's life lamp had gone out and Taiyi summoned the Chaos Bell.
• Di Jun used his divine sense to warn his nine remaining sons to scatter because Hou Yi could shoot again.
• The Golden Crows split in different directions as Hou Yi released his second arrow.

Hou Yi killed three Golden Crow Princes with successive divine arrows, sending the remaining seven into a panicked flight. As Lu Chen sensed the fallen Golden Crows’ Solar Origin merging into the world and drawing his second Inner Loop closer, one fleeing Golden Crow headed toward the Northern Sea with another arrow closing in.

• Hou Yi destroyed the Eighth Prince’s treasure, wounded him, and then killed him with a third arrow as the Fourth Crown Prince called out to him.
• Di Jun ordered the surviving Golden Crows to scatter and flee to Tang Valley while Taiyi watched Hou Yi prepare another arrow.
• Hou Yi pierced a Golden Crow through a wall of Solar True Fire, then struck the same wound with a fifth arrow and killed him.
• Three Golden Crow deaths dimmed the sky and eased the heat, while people across the Primordial World and in the Northern Sea celebrated Hou Yi’s success.
• Lu Chen sensed the fallen Golden Crows’ Solar Origin returning to heaven and earth, and felt his second Inner Loop drawing closer.
• The seven surviving Golden Crows scattered; when one headed north, the Seventh Prince warned him away from the Northern Sea, but he kept flying toward it as an arrow pursued him.

A wounded Golden Crow avoided the Twelfth Three Lives Post Station rather than risk violating its rules, but Hou Yi’s second arrow killed him. His death cooled the Northern Sea and strengthened Lu Chen’s second Great Dao Inner Loop as the remaining Golden Crows scattered.

• A Golden Crow fleeing Hou Yi’s arrow veered around the Twelfth Three Lives Post Station because his active Solar True Fire would have prevented him from entering safely.
• Hou Yi’s first arrow grazed the Golden Crow’s wing, and his second arrow pierced the fleeing bird and killed him.
• The post station’s residents counted only six Golden Crow Suns remaining and noticed the Northern Sea growing cooler.
• Lu Chen felt the Black-and-White Life-and-Death Wheel shake as Solar Origin returned, and his second Great Dao Inner Loop began operating on its own.
• The six remaining Golden Crows scattered, while Hou Yi prepared to fire another arrow.

Hou Yi shot down the fifth and sixth Golden Crow Suns, easing the scorching heat and bringing rain to the Northern Sea. In the Abyss, Lu Chen completed the second revolution of his Life and Death Great Dao and advanced to the mid-stage Primordial Origin Golden Immortal, just as Taiyi's presence surged from the Demon Court.

• Hou Yi shot down the fifth Golden Crow as it neared Tang Valley, then killed the sixth despite its brother's plea for help.
• Rain returned across the Three Lives Post Stations, and Han Jue and Ao Lie saw the Northern Sea's waterways begin to recover.
• Lu Chen completed the second Inner Loop of the Life and Death Abyss Great Dao, linking his flesh, Primordial Spirit, Dao fruit, and Inner Realm of the Abyss.
• Lu Chen tested the loop's rapid recovery and learned that the Death Wheel could weaken opponents while feeding decay into the Abyss.
• Lu Chen reached the mid-stage Primordial Origin Golden Immortal and sensed Taiyi's familiar presence rising from the Demon Court as the Chaos Bell rang.

Hou Yi continued shooting down the Golden Crows despite Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s approaching Chaos Bell, killing the Sixth and Fourth Crown Princes. As the Tenth Crown Prince fled toward Tang Valley, the Seventh Prince rushed to save him from Hou Yi’s next arrow.

• Hou Yi shot the Sixth Crown Prince through the chest, and the injured Golden Crow fell from the sky.
• The Fourth Crown Prince shielded the Tenth Crown Prince from Hou Yi’s arrow, then fell after pushing his younger brother toward Tang Valley.
• Onlookers across the Primordial World realized that eight Golden Crows had fallen as Taiyi approached the battlefield.
• Hou Yi aimed his next arrow at the Tenth Crown Prince, and the Seventh Prince burned his essence blood to rush to his aid.

The Seventh Prince sacrificed himself to shield the Tenth Crown Prince from Hou Yi’s arrow, becoming the ninth Golden Crow to fall. The Tenth Crown Prince fled toward Tang Valley as Hou Yi raised his final arrow and Eastern Emperor Taiyi approached.

• The Seventh Prince ordered the Tenth Crown Prince to return to Tang Valley and shoved him away as Hou Yi’s arrow approached.
• The Seventh Prince burned his solar origin and flew into the arrow’s path to protect his younger brother.
• Hou Yi’s arrow shattered the Seventh Prince’s right wing and pierced his chest, mortally wounding him.
• The Seventh Prince used his remaining strength to send the Tenth Crown Prince flying toward Tang Valley before he fell.
• Witnesses saw that nine Golden Crow Princes had fallen as Hou Yi nocked his final arrow and the Tenth Crown Prince fled with Hou Yi’s deadly pursuit behind him.

Hou Yi’s tenth arrow was destroyed by Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s Chaos Bell, which saved the Tenth Crown Prince. Taiyi confronted Hou Yi over the nine slain nephews and attacked him, but a mysterious hand emerged from a spatial rift as Hou Yi faced the bell’s force.

• Hou Yi shot his final Divine Arrow at the fleeing Tenth Crown Prince, but Taiyi’s Chaos Bell intercepted and destroyed it.
• Taiyi emerged from the void, rescued the unconscious Tenth Crown Prince, and confirmed that his Golden Crow origin remained intact.
• Hou Yi and Taiyi argued over the deaths of the Golden Crows and Kuafu before Taiyi raised the Chaos Bell against Hou Yi.
• Hou Yi activated his Great Shaman True Form and struggled under the bell’s attack as the Divine Mountain collapsed around him.
• An enormous hand wreathed in space dao patterns reached through a rift behind Hou Yi.