Chapter Summaries

Emperor Jun’s incarnation seized control of the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation and severely injured the Celestial Court’s forces without killing anyone. He took the Lich Slaying Sword, freed the Human Race souls trapped within it, and left Eastern Lord Duke to retreat behind Penglai Immortal Island’s defenses.

• Emperor Jun’s incarnation filled the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation with starlight modeled on the Grand Heavenly Star Formation and took control from Eastern Lord Duke.
• Emperor Jun used the formation to gravely injure everyone inside, but ensured no one died, then warned Eastern Lord Duke not to repeat his actions against the Human Race.
• Eastern Lord Duke handed over the Lich Slaying Sword, and Emperor Jun freed the Human Race souls and sent them to safe places throughout the Primordial World.
• Emperor Jun sent the cleansed sword to Suirenshi, Youchaoshi, and Ziyishi, telling them to enshrine it and wash away its resentment.
• Emperor Jun’s incarnation departed, and Eastern Lord Duke returned to Penglai Immortal Island, activated its defenses, and sealed the mountain to recover.

Houtu left her tribe to investigate a growing summons and discovered how souls wandered, weakened, and vanished in the Primordial World. As she grew compassionate toward them, the summons became clear, and she followed the souls toward its source.

• Houtu felt restless while cultivating and left the Houtu Tribe to follow a faint summons through the Primordial World.
• Seeing wandering souls calmed Houtu, but her instinctive attempt to protect one group caused them to dissolve under her Law of Earth.
• Houtu traveled among many souls, learning that most gradually lost their awareness and dissipated in the Primordial World's spiritual energy.
• Houtu discovered that only a few special places nurtured souls, and she began to feel compassion for their plight.
• Houtu sensed the summons growing stronger and followed the wandering souls toward the direction from which it called.

Houtu Ancestral Witch followed a mysterious call to the Blood Sea, where the Netherworld emerged from the spatial layers into the Primordial World. As the Five Sages converged on the gateway, Emperor Jun recognized Houtu as the Netherworld’s destined master.

• Houtu Ancestral Witch arrived at the Blood Sea after sensing a call, and Nether River Daoist asked why she had come.
• Houtu Ancestral Witch sensed that the call came from another space within the Blood Sea, which began churning as the Primordial World trembled.
• Emperor Jun saw the Netherworld entering the Primordial World and understood that its gateway was opening within the Blood Sea.
• The Six Sages noticed the change, and Sage Taiqing, Jade Pure Yuanshi, and Tongtian Sect Leader headed toward the Blood Sea while Sage Nüwa stayed behind.
• Emperor Jun recognized Houtu Ancestral Witch as the Netherworld’s destined master as its gateway appeared and its phantom revealed eighteen Small Worlds beneath it.

Houtu Ancestral Witch received Father God Pangu’s guidance to sacrifice her body and establish the Six Paths of Reincarnation, completing the Primordial World. As the Netherworld sank into the Blood Sea, she prepared to leave the Wu Tribe and gave Dijiang her essence blood to help preserve their formation.

• The Netherworld appeared, and the great powers headed for the Blood Sea as its phantom began to sink into it.
• Houtu Ancestral Witch received a message from her bloodline instructing her to use her body to establish the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Houtu summoned the other eleven Ancestral Witches and told them she would complete the Primordial World with her body; they accepted her decision despite their grief.
• Houtu worried that her sacrifice would weaken the Twelve Heavens Godly Devil Annihilation Formation and gave Dijiang a drop of her Ancestral Witch Essence Blood for the Wu Tribe.
• Dijiang arrived at the Blood Sea as the Netherworld phantom was about to sink completely, and Houtu handed him the essence blood.

Houtu Ancestral Witch sacrificed herself to create reincarnation, and the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk appeared above the Blood Sea. Emperor Jun discovered that Houtu’s soul still existed but had fallen asleep, while Dao Ancestor Hongjun bowed to honor her sacrifice.

• Houtu Ancestral Witch told Dijiang Ancestral Witch she was leaving, then declared she would transform herself into reincarnation and plunged into the vortex above the Blood Sea.
• The vortex vanished and became the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk, drawing souls from the Blood Sea as auspicious signs and a Merit Cloud gathered.
• Emperor Jun used the Law of Fate and the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique to find Houtu’s weakened soul in the Netherworld, where Baleful Aura afflicted her and she lay asleep.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun appeared, bowed to the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk in honor of Houtu’s great virtue, and then vanished.

After the Primordial World’s beings honored Houtu Ancestral Witch, Merit revived her soul and raised her to Sagehood. Houtu then began completing the Six Paths of Reincarnation, granting the Asura Race a proper path and establishing the Hell Path.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun, Devil Ancestor Luo Hou, Emperor Jun, and the other Sages bowed to Houtu Ancestral Witch, prompting the Primordial World’s beings to honor her as well.
• The awakened Houtu Ancestral Witch emerged above the Blood Sea, where Merit extinguished the Baleful Aura in her soul and restored her body and Primordial Spirit.
• Houtu’s cultivation rose to Quasi-Sage Peak and then broke through to make her a Merit Sage, while the Wu Tribe celebrated and Dijiang Ancestral Witch and Zhu Jiuyin Ancestral Witch noticed she no longer bore the Wu Tribe’s aura.
• Houtu declared the Asura Path, linking the Asura Race to reincarnation so its newborns would have souls and Nether River Daoist’s Karmic Luck would increase.
• Houtu declared the Hell Path, sending souls into the eighteen Small Worlds, where they endured repeated torment without dissipating.

Houtu completed the Six Paths of Reincarnation, but the Heavenly Path could not manifest until Demon Emperor Jun consented. Jun negotiated authority to review souls entering the Heavenly Realm, then agreed, completing the Six Paths.

• Houtu manifested the Hungry Ghost Path, Animal Path, and Human Path, with Emperor Jun, Nüwa, and Taiqing consenting to connect the Human Path to Human Race providence.
• Houtu called for the Heavenly Path, but it remained blank because the Netherworld’s aura could not locate the Heavenly Realm’s providence.
• Emperor Jun entered the Mind Realm with Houtu and asked that only souls blessed with providence, merit, fortune, or blessings enter the Heavenly Realm.
• Jun requested authority to review and approve those reincarnating into the Heavenly Realm, and Houtu agreed after he argued that this would deter the other Sages from interfering.
• Emperor Jun announced his consent, the Heavenly Path appeared on the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk, and the Six Paths were completed.

Houtu Ancestral Witch completed the Netherworld’s formation, established the Underworld, and became a Merit Sage without Primordial Violet Qi. As the Netherworld’s laws and treasures took shape, Emperor Jun observed them, while Nether River Daoist was left envious of Houtu’s achievement.

• Houtu Ancestral Witch received merit as the Netherworld formed around the Gate of the Ghost, Yellow Springs Road, Senluo Hall, Wangsi City, Fengdu City, the River of Forgetfulness, and the Bridge of Helplessness.
• Emperor Jun and Houtu Ancestral Witch comprehended the Netherworld’s laws, and the Netherworld produced the Book of Life and Death and the Judge's Pen for Houtu.
• Houtu Ancestral Witch refined the two treasures and declared, “Netherworld Underworld, arise!”
• Heavenly Dao announced the Underworld’s establishment, and merit settled into Houtu’s Merit Golden Wheel and across the Netherworld.
• Houtu became a Merit Sage through the Immortal Dao without Primordial Violet Qi, while the gathered Sages recognized the scale of her opportunity.
• Nether River Daoist envied Houtu after his own attempts to become a Sage, including nurturing a Primordial Treasure, creating living beings, and establishing the Asura Sect.

Houtu Ancestral Witch became a Sage and was congratulated by the other powers, but Grand Pure Laozi questioned whether she still belonged to the Wu Tribe after losing her bloodline and changing her cultivation. The chapter ended with five Sages pressuring Houtu to separate herself from the Wu Tribe while the eleven Ancestral Witches considered how to support her without fighting.

• Houtu Ancestral Witch's Sage phenomenon faded, and she received congratulations from the Sages, Demon Emperor Jun, and the beings gathered at the Blood Sea.
• Grand Pure Laozi pointed out that Houtu had lost Pangu's bloodline and no longer practiced the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, then asked whether she was still an Ancestral Witch and part of the Wu Tribe.
• Houtu considered the futures she had seen and resolved to protect the Wu Tribe and the other eleven Ancestral Witches rather than pursue its unlikely victory.
• Grand Pure Laozi warned that the Wu Tribe's slaughter and wars could bring Houtu to ruin, prompting Houtu to summon the Book of Life and Death as the Five Sages prepared for a confrontation.
• Demon Emperor Jun realized the Sages wanted Houtu detached from the Wu Tribe, while Dijiang Ancestral Witch told Zhurong that the Ancestral Witches would help Houtu without battling five Sages.

After the Five Sages pressured Houtu, Dijiang severed her ties to the Wu Tribe, and she declared herself Pingxin, ruler of the Underworld. As Pingxin began establishing the Netherworld, Di Zang asked Jie Yin for permission to pursue his opportunity there.

• Dijiang told Houtu that she no longer belonged to the Wu Tribe and left the Blood Sea with the other Ancestral Witches.
• Houtu declared herself Pingxin of the Underworld, and the gathered beings paid their respects to her.
• Pingxin withdrew to the Netherworld, established Meng Po on the Bridge of Helplessness, and shut the Gate of the Ghost; Zhun Ti and Jie Yin returned to Mount Sumeru.
• Eastern Lord Duke laughed at the Wu Tribe's loss of Houtu but acknowledged that the Celestial Court was still recovering from its injuries.
• Di Zang told Jie Yin that he had discovered an opportunity in the Underworld and asked permission to go there.

Di Zang traveled to the Underworld to seek an audience with Lady Pingxin, while Wu Xian came to ask about the Wu Tribe’s future. The chapter left Lady Pingxin asking what help Wu Xian wanted from her.

• Di Zang rejected Sage Jie Yin’s offer to arrange his meeting and set out for the Underworld on his own.
• After waiting a hundred years outside the Blood Sea, Di Zang followed Wu Xian through the Gate of the Ghost and began reciting Buddhist Sutras among the evil ghosts in the lowest level of Hell.
• Wu Xian told Lady Pingxin that the Wu Tribe faced a dire future and would not willingly retreat into the Netherworld for protection.
• Wu Xian explained that Lady Pingxin could not defend the Wu Tribe against the Five Sages and said he had come to ask her for help with two matters.

Di Zang’s vow to empty hell drew him into a binding connection with the Eighteen Levels of Hell, and Lady Pingxin made him remain there to fulfill it. Wu Xian then asked Lady Pingxin to protect the Wu Tribe from extinction and raised the possibility of seeking help from powerful figures who could oppose the Five Sages.

• Di Zang vowed that he would not become a Buddha until hell was empty, and Lady Pingxin used the Netherworld’s Laws to bind his Primordial Spirit to the Eighteen Levels of Hell.
• Sage Jie Yin awakened Di Zang during his breakthrough to Grand Luo Golden Immortal, and Di Zang realized he could no longer leave the Underworld freely.
• Di Zang returned to the lowest level of hell to save evil ghosts, while Sage Jie Yin named him King Di Zang Bodhisattva and Lady Pingxin dismissed the Buddhist title.
• Wu Xian asked Lady Pingxin to protect the Wu Tribe if it declined, and she promised that she would never allow it to be exterminated.
• Wu Xian said the Wu Tribe needed to seize a thread of survival and suggested that only the Dao Ancestor, Devil Ancestor Luo Hou, or the Demon Emperor might contend with the Five Sages.

Wu Xian asked Lady Pingxin to seek Demon Emperor Jun’s help in saving the other Ancestral Witches. Jun offered to gather their remnant souls in exchange for Fengdu City, and Pingxin agreed.

• Wu Xian urged Lady Pingxin to approach Emperor Jun, arguing that the Wu Tribe had little else to offer him in return for help.
• Lady Pingxin summoned Emperor Jun from the Moon Star to the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk.
• Emperor Jun explained that Pingxin had escaped the great tribulation by transforming into reincarnation, but the other eleven Ancestral Witches remained doomed to face it.
• After surveying the Netherworld, Jun said he could gather the Ancestral Witches’ remnant souls, though their return would depend on Pingxin.
• Jun asked for authority over Fengdu City in exchange, and Pingxin agreed to grant it if he delivered her siblings’ souls.

Emperor Jun secured Lady Pingxin and Wu Xian’s trust by promising to deliver the Ancestral Witches’ residual souls, then visited the eleven Ancestral Witches to discuss the Wu Tribe’s future and seek Pangu Hall. He revealed that the Wu Tribe would decline but survive, and that sheltering the Human Race had earned it an opportunity.

• Emperor Jun promised Lady Pingxin that he would provide the residual souls of the Ancestral Witches, and she and Wu Xian agreed to trust him in exchange for Fengdu City.
• On the Moon Star, Emperor Jun decided to personally cultivate the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique in hopes of discovering its Ninth Revolution.
• Emperor Jun secretly traveled to the Wu Tribe and was escorted by the eleven Ancestral Witches into Pangu Hall.
• Emperor Jun offered to lead the Demon Clan in aiding the Wu Tribe if the Ancestral Witches gave him Pangu Hall, but they refused because it was their foundation.
• Emperor Jun described the future war between the Wu Tribe and Celestial Court, in which the Ancestral Witches would perish and the Wu Tribe would decline.
• Emperor Jun told the Ancestral Witches that the Wu Tribe would survive and that sheltering the Human Race had secured it an opportunity.

Emperor Jun persuaded the eleven Ancestral Witches to let him use Houtu Ancestral Witch’s Essence Blood to create an incarnation as their Twelfth Ancestral Witch, promising it would help them challenge the Sages. After Dijiang agreed, Emperor Jun began refining the blood in Pangu Hall.

• Emperor Jun asked whether the Ancestral Witches would accept the Sages’ manipulation of the calamity, and their anger returned.
• Emperor Jun offered to create an Ancestral Witch incarnation from Houtu Ancestral Witch’s Essence Blood and use it to join the Twelve Heavens Godly Devil Annihilation Formation.
• Emperor Jun explained that he sought to study the formation and the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, and that his incarnation would die fighting for the Wu Tribe.
• Dijiang Ancestral Witch gave Emperor Jun Houtu Ancestral Witch’s Essence Blood and allowed him to use Pangu Hall.
• Emperor Jun examined the blood, then used Solar Trueflame to burn away its traces of the Law of Earth and Baleful Aura.

Emperor Jun created a separate Soul Incarnation from Houtu Ancestral Witch’s essence blood, severing its ties of fate and causality to his main body. He began cultivating the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique through the incarnation and discovered a fleeting energy unique to the Wu Tribe bloodline.

• Emperor Jun used Mind Power to turn an illusory soul formed from his soul aura into a real soul without splitting his own.
• Emperor Jun severed the ties of fate and causality between his main body and Soul Incarnation, then sent the incarnation into Houtu Ancestral Witch’s essence blood.
• Emperor Jun supplied spirit ores and Natural Treasures, and the essence blood absorbed Primordial Spiritual Energy until it formed an ordinary-looking incarnation.
• Emperor Jun controlled the incarnation as it cultivated the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, while the eleven Ancestral Witches watched its slow progress.
• When the incarnation broke through to the second revolution, Emperor Jun sensed a brief, mysterious energy emerge from its Wu Tribe bloodline.

Emperor Jun cultivated his incarnation from the Profound Skill Second Revolution through the Seventh, using Primordial Spiritual Energy and studying the mysterious power carried by the Wu Tribe bloodline. After merging a newly formed soul into the incarnation’s body, he reached the Seventh Revolution as the eleven Ancestral Witches watched.

• Emperor Jun condensed a Primordial Spirit in his incarnation and broke through to the Profound Skill Third Revolution, where he sensed mysterious bloodline energy again.
• Emperor Jun advanced through the Fourth and Fifth Revolutions, testing the mysterious energy but learning little about its effects.
• At the Sixth Revolution, Emperor Jun sensed the energy for longer and concluded that its level rivaled or exceeded a Sage’s Magical Power and Chaotic Energy.
• Emperor Jun extracted the incarnation’s Primordial Spirit, created a compatible soul from a trace of its spirituality, and absorbed the Primordial Spirit as spiritual liquid.
• Emperor Jun fused the new soul with the incarnation’s fleshly body, completed the Sixth Revolution, and gained greater control over the Laws in his bloodline.
• Emperor Jun’s incarnation broke through to the Seventh Revolution as the mysterious energy merged into its body and the eleven Ancestral Witches observed.

Emperor Jun’s incarnation advanced to the Profound Skill Eighth Revolution limit after mysterious energy transformed his body and removed its resistance to the technique. He withdrew to seek a way to strengthen his foundation, accepted the Ancestral Witches’ formation tablet, and began explaining that the Wu Tribe would have only one chance to challenge a Sage.

• Emperor Jun discovered that mysterious energy in his body enabled safe cultivation of the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique and suspected it came from the Wu Tribe bloodline.
• Emperor Jun’s incarnation advanced from the Profound Skill Seventh Revolution through the Eighth Revolution, while the Ancestral Witches watched in astonishment.
• Emperor Jun’s incarnation reached the Eighth Revolution limit but sensed his foundation was too weak to break through further, so he entered the Hetu Luoshu Diagram to seek other ways to grow stronger.
• Dijiang Ancestral Witch gave Emperor Jun a Gray-White Stone Tablet bearing the Twelve Heavens Godly Devil Annihilation Formation, which Emperor Jun accepted without revealing that his inheritance already included the formation.
• Emperor Jun told the Ancestral Witches that the Wu Tribe would have only one chance to contend against a Sage.

Emperor Jun arranged to hide his incarnation as the Wu Tribe’s Twelfth Ancestral Witch and left it on Mount Buzhou to study Pangu aura. He then visited Nüwa to propose creating another object to support the sky and ease Mount Buzhou’s burden.

• Emperor Jun told Dijiang Ancestral Witch to keep his Twelfth Ancestral Witch incarnation secret from everyone and use it when the Wu Tribe faced its decisive battle or a crisis.
• Emperor Jun created his incarnation atop Mount Buzhou and left it there to comprehend Pangu aura while his true body continued on.
• Emperor Jun arrived at Phoenix Perch Mountain and met with Sage Nüwa and Fuxi.
• Emperor Jun explained that Mount Buzhou was weakening under the expanding heaven and earth despite the Grand Heavenly Star Formation’s support.
• Emperor Jun proposed creating another Sky-Supporting Object to help Mount Buzhou bear its burden.

Emperor Jun enlisted Nüwa to create sky-supporting objects before Mount Buzhou could fail, then traveled with her to Zixiao Palace to seek Hongjun’s aid. Hongjun approved the plan and lent them the Qiankun Cauldron, which could transform acquired objects into innate ones.

• Emperor Jun explained that Mount Buzhou could not support the expanding Primordial World forever, and Nüwa agreed to help create additional sky-supporting objects.
• Emperor Jun and Nüwa entered Chaos and asked the Dao Ancestor to guide them to Zixiao Palace.
• Haotian and Yaochi welcomed Emperor Jun and Nüwa and led them to Hongjun, who was already waiting.
• Emperor Jun told Hongjun that the sky-supporting objects should be innate and asked about the Qiankun Cauldron.
• Hongjun revealed that he had collected the Qiankun Cauldron after Ancestor Qiankun perished and lent it to Emperor Jun and Nüwa.