Chapter Summaries

Eastern Emperor Taiyi used the Grand Heavenly Star Formation and the Four Symbols Formation to seal Sage Zhun Ti, then dragged him into a pocket space. Emperor Jun’s reassurance ended Taiyi’s hesitation, while Sage Jie Yin realized his junior brother had lost and waited anxiously for Emperor Jun’s terms.

• Eastern Emperor Taiyi combined the East Emperor Bell, the Grand Heavenly Star Formation, and the Four Symbols Formation to bind Sage Zhun Ti.
• Taiyi began dragging Zhun Ti toward a spatial rift, but hesitated over the cost of using the formation to suppress a Sage.
• Emperor Jun told Taiyi that Zhun Ti did not get to decide his own compensation, and Taiyi resumed dragging him into the rift.
• As he was sealed away, Zhun Ti realized Karmic Tribulation Qi had influenced his decision to scheme against the Demon Clan’s Crown Princes.
• Sage Jie Yin asked Emperor Jun what had happened inside the formation, and Emperor Jun replied that it was over.
• The spatial rift closed after Zhun Ti entered the space.

Eastern Emperor Taiyi defeated and sealed Sage Zhun Ti in the Grand Heavenly Star Formation, prompting beings across the Primordial World to reconsider whether Sages could be challenged. After the formation resumed its duties, Sage Jie Yin asked Emperor Jun to release his junior brother, and Emperor Jun demanded to know what price Jie Yin would pay.

• Eastern Emperor Taiyi ended the formation’s combat mode and restored the stars, while Sage Jie Yin and other observers found that Sage Zhun Ti had vanished.
• Quasi-Sages including Eastern Lord Duke considered how formations might let them contend against Sages, while the other factions reacted to the Demon Clan’s strength.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi restored the Grand Heavenly Star Formation’s duties, though it devoted power to suppressing Sage Zhun Ti and supplied less energy to other tasks.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun chose not to interfere, and the battle’s observers questioned why Sage Jie Yin had not appeared to help his junior brother.
• Sage Jie Yin asked Emperor Jun to release Sage Zhun Ti and offered to pay a price; Emperor Jun asked what he was willing to give, and Jie Yin requested to see his junior brother first.

Emperor Jun brought Sage Jie Yin to see the imprisoned Sage Zhun Ti and demanded payment for his release. Sage Jie Yin offered Buddhism’s entire treasury, but Emperor Jun dismissed the offer and pressed him for something more valuable.

• Emperor Jun led Sage Jie Yin through the Grand Heavenly Star Formation to the Sun Star, where Eastern Emperor Taiyi joined them.
• Emperor Jun opened a hidden space and showed Sage Jie Yin the sealed Sage Zhun Ti, who urged his senior brother not to intervene on his behalf.
• Emperor Jun demanded that Sage Jie Yin name the price Buddhism would pay to bring Sage Zhun Ti back to Mount Sumeru.
• Sage Jie Yin offered all Natural Treasures and Primordial Spiritual Treasures in Buddhism's treasury, and Sage Zhun Ti protested.
• Emperor Jun said Buddhism’s treasury was not valuable enough and asked what else Sage Jie Yin would offer.

Emperor Jun forced Sage Jie Yin to agree that Buddhism would bear the Heavenly Dao Merit he owed and surrender its Buddhist Treasury, then released Sage Zhun Ti from the Starlight Chains. The chapter left Emperor Jun, Jie Yin, and Zhun Ti invoking the Heavenly Dao to witness their agreement.

• Emperor Jun dismissed the prospect of Demon Clan beings entering Buddhism or jointly governing the west and demanded that Buddhism bear his Heavenly Dao Merit debt.
• Sage Jie Yin agreed to the debt and, at Emperor Jun's demand, the Buddhist Treasury, while Sage Zhun Ti did not object.
• Emperor Jun withdrew the Starlight Chains, restoring Sage Zhun Ti's connection to the Heavenly Dao and freeing power within the Grand Heavenly Star Formation.
• The formation's increased power strengthened the star gods and Four Symbols, restored its conversion of Chaotic Energy, and drew Dao Ancestor Hongjun's attention.
• Emperor Jun called on the Heavenly Dao to witness the agreement, and Sage Jie Yin and Sage Zhun Ti joined him in summoning it.

Emperor Jun cleared his merit debt by having Jie Yin and Zhun Ti take it on, then demanded Buddhism’s treasure vault. As war resumed between the Wu Tribe and the Celestial Court, Dijiang prepared for a decisive battle, believing it would lead to the Twelve Ancestral Witches’ fall and the Wu Tribe’s decline.

• Jie Yin and Zhun Ti asked Dao Ancestor Hongjun to transfer Emperor Jun’s merit debt to them, and Hongjun granted their request.
• Emperor Jun warned the Western Sages to deliver Buddhism’s treasure vault within ten days, then sent them away; Zhun Ti delivered it three days later, and Emperor Jun placed it in the Demon Clan’s vault under Bai Ze’s care.
• Zhu Jiuyin told Dijiang that Wu Humans could cultivate both the Wu Tribe’s Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique and the Immortal Dao, giving the Wu Tribe a way to preserve its bloodline.
• Dijiang told Zhu Jiuyin to ask Houtu to shelter some Wu Tribe children and ordered preparations for a decisive battle with the Celestial Court.
• Dijiang resolved to meet the Wu Tribe’s Twelfth Ancestral Witch at Mount Buzhou, while foreseeing that the battle would bring the Twelve Ancestral Witches’ fall and the Wu Tribe’s decline.

Wu Xian secured Lady Pingxin’s agreement to shelter Wu Tribe members in the Netherworld, while Dijiang Ancestral Witch visited Mount Buzhou and confronted Incarnation of Emperor Jun over his use of Pangu aura. Dijiang realized that the Wu Tribe’s own use of Pangu aura had also harmed Mount Buzhou.

• Wu Xian proposed that the Wu Tribe withdraw into the Netherworld, but Zhu Jiuyin Ancestral Witch rejected the idea because the Ancestral Witches would not abandon the Primordial Continent.
• Wu Xian asked Lady Pingxin to protect the Wu Tribe, and she agreed to receive its members in batches before the decisive battle.
• Dijiang Ancestral Witch arrived at Mount Buzhou and sensed that the mountain had weakened and that its familiar connection to him was gone.
• Dijiang accused Incarnation of Emperor Jun of desecrating Pangu by absorbing Pangu aura, and Incarnation of Emperor Jun challenged him over the Wu Tribe’s own consumption of that aura.
• Incarnation of Emperor Jun said he had strengthened Mount Buzhou and established the Four Symbols Heavenly Pillars, leading Dijiang to recognize the harm the Wu Tribe had caused.

Dijiang Ancestral Witch and the Incarnation of Emperor Jun planned a decisive battle against the Celestial Court at Mount Buzhou, aiming ultimately to confront Sage Taiqing. Emperor Jun proposed Lady Pingxin as their envoy, but Dijiang objected because she was Houtu, whom he did not want to involve in the Wu Tribe's war.

• Dijiang apologized to the Incarnation of Emperor Jun and confirmed that the Wu Tribe was ready for a final gamble.
• Emperor Jun advised that only the twelve Ancestral Witches should fight, and that the decisive battle should be held at Mount Buzhou while his identity remained concealed.
• Emperor Jun and Dijiang agreed that a trusted envoy must challenge the Celestial Court without exposing an Ancestral Witch to an ambush.
• Dijiang hinted that the Demon Clan should provide the envoy, but Emperor Jun refused to entangle his forces in the conflict.
• Emperor Jun named Lady Pingxin as the ideal envoy, and Dijiang firmly objected, saying he would not drag Sister Houtu into the Wu Tribe's battle.

The Incarnation of Emperor Jun persuaded Dijiang Ancestral Witch to let Houtu deliver the Wu Tribe’s challenge to the Celestial Court, warning that refusing could burden her Dao. Houtu revealed herself before Penglai Immortal Island and announced that the decisive battle would take place at Mount Buzhou in three thousand years, while stating that she would not take part.

• The Incarnation of Emperor Jun urged Dijiang Ancestral Witch to ask Houtu whether she would deliver the challenge, warning that regret could harm her Dao.
• Dijiang Ancestral Witch sent Wu Xian to the Underworld, and Houtu agreed to help convey the message.
• Houtu left the Netherworld, traveled to Penglai Immortal Island, and suppressed her hostility toward Eastern Lord Duke.
• Houtu revealed her Sage pressure before Penglai Immortal Island, drawing the attention of Sages and Quasi-Sages across the Primordial World.
• Eastern Lord Duke came out with four Primordial Origin Golden Immortals and asked whether Houtu would join the battle.
• Houtu announced that the Wu Tribe and Celestial Court would fight at Mount Buzhou in three thousand years and said she would not participate.

Eastern Lord Duke accepted the Wu Tribe’s challenge to a decisive battle at Mount Buzhou in three thousand years, with Sage Taiqing backing the Celestial Court. As the Wu Tribe moved most of its people into the Netherworld and the appointed day arrived, Eastern Lord Duke set out for Mount Buzhou with four Primordial Origin Golden Immortals.

• Sage Taiqing urged Eastern Lord Duke to accept, and he agreed to fight the Wu Tribe at Mount Buzhou in three thousand years.
• Eastern Lord Duke opened the Celestial Court’s remaining treasure vaults to strengthen its forces, while the Primordial World fell into an uneasy calm.
• Lady Pingxin allowed Wu Tribe living beings to enter the Netherworld, and Sage Taiqing warned her not to let them interfere in the Primordial Continent’s affairs.
• The eleven Ancestral Witches ordered the Wu Tribe’s living beings to evacuate to the Netherworld; despite resistance from the Great Witches and Wu Xian, the migration proceeded in batches.
• After three thousand years passed, Eastern Lord Duke placed the Celestial Court’s other living beings in the Hidden Immortal Diagram and flew toward Mount Buzhou with four Primordial Origin Golden Immortals.

The Wu Tribe's eleven Ancestral Witches confronted Eastern Lord Duke at Mount Buzhou with a damaged Twelve Heavens Godly Devil Annihilation Formation, until Emperor Jun's incarnation revealed himself as their Twelfth Ancestral Witch. Eastern Lord Duke attacked him with the full force of the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation before he could join the formation.

• The Celestial Court arrived first, and Eastern Lord Duke activated the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation with its gathered forces.
• Dijiang and the other ten Ancestral Witches arrived with a damaged Twelve Heavens Godly Devil Annihilation Formation and no other Wu Tribe members.
• Eastern Lord Duke challenged Dijiang, who insisted that the eleven Ancestral Witches were enough.
• Emperor Jun's incarnation descended from Mount Buzhou and identified himself as the Wu Tribe's Twelfth Ancestral Witch.
• Eastern Lord Duke struck the incarnation with the Dragon Head Staff, channeling the power of the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation to stop him joining the formation.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun examined the incarnation's origins and considered whether Great God Pangu had left him as a trump card.

Emperor Jun's incarnation blocked Eastern Lord Duke's attack with a single punch, revealing strength that shocked the Sages and unsettled the Celestial Court. As Eastern Lord Duke faltered and considered retreating, the incarnation prepared to stop him.

• Dijiang tried to rush to Emperor Jun's incarnation but knew he could not arrive before Eastern Lord Duke's strike landed.
• Emperor Jun's incarnation identified the chaotic Laws in the Dragon Head Staff and struck its most unstable point with a fist empowered by the Law of the Earth.
• Emperor Jun's incarnation completely withstood Eastern Lord Duke's attack, leaving Eastern Lord Duke terrified and the watching Sages surprised.
• The Sages and Lady Pingxin considered how the Wu Tribe had produced such a powerful Ancestral Witch, while Taiqing left Shouyang Mountain for Mount Buzhou.
• Emperor Jun's incarnation sensed Eastern Lord Duke's fear and intention to withdraw, and resolved not to let him escape the battle.

Emperor Jun’s incarnation overwhelmed Eastern Lord Duke and the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, then withdrew and joined the Twelve Heavens Godly Devil Annihilation Formation after sensing Grand Pure Laozi’s presence. The eleven Ancestral Witches were baffled by how effortlessly he entered their formation, whose power now threatened Eastern Lord Duke even more.

• Emperor Jun’s incarnation battered Eastern Lord Duke, disrupting the Dragon Head Staff’s laws and causing casualties as the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation gradually weakened.
• The eleven Ancestral Witches arrived and watched in astonishment as Emperor Jun’s incarnation continued suppressing the formation without being injured.
• Grand Pure Laozi appeared secretly on the battlefield, and Emperor Jun’s incarnation stopped attacking and retreated to join the other Ancestral Witches.
• Eastern Lord Duke feared the combined Twelve Heavens Godly Devil Annihilation Formation and hoped Sage Taiqing would intervene, while sages and other observers inferred Taiqing’s scheme.
• The eleven Ancestral Witches were confused when Emperor Jun’s incarnation merged into their formation without any adjustment, unaware that he understood it better than they did.

Emperor Jun’s Incarnation took control of the Twelve Heavens Godly Devil Annihilation Formation and summoned a powerful Pangu phantom wielding the Heaven Splitting Axe. As the Celestial Court and the Sages prepared to oppose it, the Incarnation studied the phantom’s extraordinary level of life, while Emperor Jun remained on the Throne of Law.

• Emperor Jun’s Incarnation seized command of the Twelve Heavens Godly Devil Annihilation Formation and summoned the Pangu phantom.
• Eastern Lord Duke drew on Sage Taiqing’s power to strengthen the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, while Taiqing and Jade Pure Yuanshi suppressed the reactions of their Primordial Treasures.
• The Pangu phantom formed a Heaven Splitting Axe, prompting Taiqing, Yuanshi, and Eastern Emperor Taiyi to suppress their treasures’ urge to join it.
• The eleven Ancestral Witches felt the phantom’s increased power and reduced strain, which they attributed to Emperor Jun’s command of the formation.
• Emperor Jun’s Incarnation sensed that Pangu’s level of life surpassed that of a Sage and studied the phantom’s essence.
• Emperor Jun used the Hetu Luoshu Diagram to suppress the surging Heavenly Dao Laws as he sat on the Throne of Law.

Emperor Jun gained a faint hope of evolving his level of life before returning to his work on the Heavenly Dao Laws. At Mount Buzhou, Sage Taiqing empowered Eastern Lord Duke, but the Pangu phantom struck back and shattered the Dragon Head Staff as its axe fell toward the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation.

• Emperor Jun repeatedly tested the trace of higher life essence in his Mind Realm, failed countless times, and glimpsed a faint hope before ending his deductions.
• Emperor Jun returned the Hetu Luoshu Diagram to his body and resumed sorting the Heavenly Dao Laws into the Heavenly Realm.
• Sage Taiqing supported Eastern Lord Duke through the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, and Eastern Lord Duke gathered its power into the Dragon Head Staff for a decisive strike.
• Lady Pingxin left the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk to occupy Sage Taiqing and aid the Wu Tribe.
• The Incarnation of Emperor Jun connected with the other eleven Ancestral Witches, who gave their laws and power to the Pangu phantom.
• The Pangu phantom swung the Heaven Splitting Axe, shattered the Dragon Head Staff, and brought its strike down toward the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation.

The Wu Tribe’s Twelve Heavens Godly Devil Annihilation Formation destroyed the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation with a single strike, wiping out the Celestial Court and leaving Eastern Lord Duke’s Primordial Spirit barely intact. As sages and other powerful beings reacted to the Wu Tribe’s victory, Lady Pingxin decided to go to Mount Buzhou and consider joining forces with the formation.

• The Pangu phantom wielded the Heaven Splitting Axe to shatter the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, killing its occupants and leaving Sage Taiqing able to save only a wisp of Eastern Lord Duke’s Primordial Spirit.
• The Incarnation of Emperor Jun and the eleven Ancestral Witches saw the Celestial Court fall, though the eleven Ancestral Witches were left pale and exhausted after the strike.
• Queen Mother of the West sensed Eastern Lord Duke’s death and reflected that the title of Head of the Female Immortals might now be forgotten.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the Sages recognized that Sage Taiqing had intervened, while various powerful beings reacted with shock to the Wu Tribe’s victory.
• Lady Pingxin witnessed the formation’s power and decided to head to Mount Buzhou, hoping that she and the Ancestral Witches could resist the Three Purities Sages.

The Incarnation of Emperor Jun confronted Sage Taiqing after he revealed himself to destroy the Twelve Ancestral Witches and prevent the Wu Tribe from becoming a rival to the Sages. As Sage Taiqing and the Ancestral Witches prepared for battle, he sensed a familiar aura nearby.

• The Incarnation of Emperor Jun used the Grand Heavenly Star Formation to shield Mount Buzhou from the lingering turbulence of the Heaven Splitting Axe.
• The Incarnation of Emperor Jun challenged Grand Pure Laozi, and Sage Taiqing revealed himself before the Twelve Heavens Godly Devil Annihilation Formation.
• Sage Taiqing decided to suppress the Pangu phantom, grievously injure the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and leave their deaths to others so he could limit the backlash from the Wu Tribe's Karmic Luck.
• Dijiang Ancestral Witch asked Sage Taiqing why he repeatedly opposed the Wu Tribe despite claiming Pangu's lineage, and Sage Taiqing justified his actions as a defense of the Primordial World.
• Dijiang Ancestral Witch accused Sage Taiqing of hypocrisy, and Sage Taiqing sensed a familiar aura in one direction.

Lady Pingxin arrived at Mount Buzhou but honored the Twelve Ancestral Witches’ wish that she stay out of their final battle with Sage Taiqing. As Taiqing and the Pangu phantom clashed, Emperor Jun intervened with the Hetu Luoshu Diagram to suppress both attacks, leaving Taiqing to ask why he had joined the fight.

• Lady Pingxin arrived at Mount Buzhou and challenged Sage Taiqing for questioning her involvement in the battle.
• The Incarnation of Emperor Jun told Lady Pingxin that the other eleven Ancestral Witches wanted her to protect the Wu Tribe in the Netherworld and not join their final fight.
• Lady Pingxin reluctantly agreed to stay out of the battle and watched from nearby as Sage Taiqing and the Pangu phantom prepared to clash.
• Sage Taiqing sent Yin Yang Fish toward the Pangu phantom, while Emperor Jun used the Hetu Luoshu Diagram and starlight to suppress the attack and halt the Heaven Splitting Axe.
• Emperor Jun erased Taiqing’s Yin Yang Fish and dissipated the phantom’s attack, prompting Sage Taiqing to ask what the Demon Emperor intended.

Demon Emperor Jun stopped Sage Taiqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches from fighting on Mount Buzhou and sent them to Chaos to battle instead. The other Sages and Devil Ancestor Luo Hou followed to watch, while Dao Ancestor Hongjun observed from Zixiao Palace.

• Emperor Jun used the Hetu Luoshu Diagram and the Grand Heavenly Star Formation to suppress Sage Taiqing’s attack and the Pangu phantom’s axe strike, repairing the damage to the Primordial World.
• Emperor Jun urged Sage Taiqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches to fight in Chaos rather than risk damaging Mount Buzhou.
• Sage Taiqing agreed and challenged the Twelve Ancestral Witches, who maintained their formation and took the Pangu phantom into Chaos.
• Sage Taiqing, Emperor Jun, Lady Pingxin, the other Sages, and Devil Ancestor Luo Hou left to watch the battle, while Dao Ancestor Hongjun watched from Zixiao Palace.
• The Quasi-Sages in the Primordial World were left disappointed because Chaos was too vast for them to find the battle.

The Incarnation of Emperor Jun secretly restored the Ancestral Witches’ strength before empowering the Pangu phantom with Pangu aura. The phantom’s axe shattered Sage Taiqing’s Yin Yang Laws and struck his Heaven and Earth Exquisite Pagoda, leaving the watching Sages stunned by the battle’s unexpected turn.

• The Incarnation of Emperor Jun had the Ancestral Witches absorb Chaotic Energy while concealing their recovery from Sage Taiqing.
• After Sage Taiqing noticed their recovery and attacked with Yin Yang Laws, the Incarnation of Emperor Jun released Pangu aura into the Pangu phantom.
• Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches burned their Essence Blood to empower the phantom, which swung the Heaven Splitting Axe and annihilated Sage Taiqing’s Yin Yang Fish Laws.
• Sage Taiqing retreated through space as the axe pursued him, then used the Heaven and Earth Exquisite Pagoda to shield himself.
• The Heaven Splitting Axe struck the pagoda, unleashing a powerful shockwave and astonishing the Sages watching the battle.

The Incarnation of Emperor Jun led the Twelve Ancestral Witches in repeated Heaven Splitting Axe strikes that forced Sage Taiqing to defend inside the Heaven and Earth Exquisite Pagoda. After the witches exhausted their remaining strength and Emperor Jun burned all his blood essence, their third strike hit with even greater force, leaving the battle’s outcome unknown.

• Sage Taiqing retreated into the Heaven and Earth Exquisite Pagoda after the Heaven Splitting Axe phantom shattered his attack.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Incarnation of Emperor Jun burned their blood essence to strike the pagoda again, forcing Sage Taiqing to pour Magical Power into its defense.
• As the Pangu phantom staggered and Lady Pingxin feared her brothers were reaching their limits, the Incarnation of Emperor Jun used his remaining blood essence to fuel another strike.
• The Pangu phantom brought down the Heaven Splitting Axe against the glowing pagoda, and the collision erupted in a shockwave that drove back the Chaotic Energy.