Chapter Summaries

Heavenly Dao Hongjun discovered that Li Yi had tricked him into absorbing human dao karmic retribution disguised as fortune, costing him thirty percent of his fortune and leaving him enraged. He manifested over the Human Race and attacked Zhunti and Jieyin, who fled toward the Human Emperor for help as Yuanshi and the watching powers realized they were his targets.

• Heavenly Dao Hongjun absorbed the disguised karmic retribution, realized Li Yi had deceived him, and found that his hidden contingency in the human dao fortune had vanished.
• Furious over his losses, Heavenly Dao Hongjun suspected the Human Emperor or Heaven-Earth Daoist and decided to confront Zhunti and Jieyin first.
• Tribulation clouds gathered over the Human Race, alarming the Primordial World's powers and exciting the Demon Court and Yuanshi, who expected the Human Race to be punished.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun appeared beneath the clouds, called Zhunti and Jieyin out, and struck their palace with Purple Cloud Divine Thunder.
• Zhunti and Jieyin fled toward the Human Race's territory, while the watching powers and Yuanshi were shocked to learn that Hongjun was pursuing the two Sages.

Zhunti and Jieyin fled Hongjun’s divine thunder into the Human Race’s heartland, where Li Yi appeared to protect them. Hongjun accused Li Yi of disrupting the Heavenly Dao and declared that he would execute him in Heaven’s name.

• Hongjun pursued Zhunti and Jieyin with controlled bolts of Purple Cloud Divine Thunder, while onlookers speculated that the pair had joined the Human Race.
• Yuanshi questioned Hongjun about punishing his disciples, but Hongjun said they had betrayed him and allied with the Human Dao.
• Yuanshi suspected Li Yi had helped Zhunti and Jieyin and imagined that Hongjun’s punishment might leave Li Yi weakened.
• Zhunti and Jieyin reached the Human Race’s heartland, where Li Yi appeared and casually intercepted two bolts of divine thunder.
• Hongjun announced that Li Yi had joined forces with Zhunti and Jieyin to disrupt the Heavenly Dao, then declared that he would execute Li Yi in Heaven’s name.

Li Yi faced Heavenly Dao Hongjun’s punishment after uniting with the Human Dao, whose power now rivaled the heavenly dao. He left Hongjun and the watching powers stunned when he redirected the tribulation lightning into the Chaos Gourd, which absorbed it.

• Di Jun, Taiyi, and the Ten Demon Sages expected Li Yi to perish under Hongjun’s heavenly punishment.
• Nuwa considered going to aid Li Yi, but he sent her a message saying he could withstand Hongjun alone, and she chose to watch.
• Empowered by the Human Dao, Li Yi raised light screens against the Purple Cloud Divine Thunder, and the bolts vanished without causing any impact.
• The Chaos Gourd appeared and absorbed the redirected lightning, strengthening itself as Li Yi watched.
• Hongjun realized Li Yi had sent the lightning into the Chaos Gourd and wondered how Li Yi had obtained it and whether his strength matched the heavenly dao’s.

Li Yi used the Chaos Gourd and Taiji Diagram to counter Heavenly Dao Hongjun’s attacks, leaving Hongjun to recognize the Human Emperor’s strength was bolstered by Human Dao fortune. The battle continued with Hongjun doubting he could kill Li Yi, while observers wondered whether the Human Dao now rivaled the Heavenly Dao.

• The demons and other onlookers recognized the Chaos Gourd in Li Yi’s hands and speculated about his connection to the Heaven-Earth Dao Ancestor and the Human Dao’s power.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun stopped using lightning attacks and summoned the Pangu Banner to confine Li Yi and unleash shattering immortal light.
• Li Yi brought out the Taiji Diagram, broke the Pangu Banner’s spatial confinement, and absorbed its attacks.
• Hongjun recognized the Taiji Diagram as the treasure he had once owned and concluded the Heaven-Earth Daoist had taken it and later given it to Li Yi.
• Hongjun and the watching cultivators realized Li Yi’s Human Dao fortune made him a formidable match for Hongjun, prompting doubts that the Human Dao could rival the Heavenly Dao.

Heavenly Dao Hongjun failed to defeat Li Yi and retreated, while the Human Race celebrated and cultivators began considering joining the Human Dao. Back in Purple Cloud Palace, Hongjun decided to trigger the Lich Calamity to restore the Heavenly Dao's strength and planned to devour the emerging Earth Dao.

• Heavenly Dao Hongjun left with Yuanshi after failing to harm Li Yi, and the world-destroying tribulation clouds dispersed.
• The Human Race cheered Li Yi's victory, while cultivators across the Primordial World discussed joining the Human Dao.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun returned to Purple Cloud Palace and sensed that doubts about the Heavenly Dao were slowing the growth of its fortune.
• Hongjun resolved to advance the calamity cycle and use the Wu and Yao Tribes' accumulated karmic retribution to strengthen the Heavenly Dao.
• Hongjun anticipated Houtu's emergence as the Earth Dao sovereign and planned to devour the Earth Dao.

Di Jun declared war on the Witch Tribe after Heavenly Dao Hongjun tempted him with the promise of Sagehood, and the Ancestor Witches prepared to fight back. On Penglai Immortal Island, Li Yi considered how to prevent Houtu’s transformation into the Earth Dao from leaving her bound to the Heavenly Dao, and saw Houtu arrive.

• Shangyang told Di Jun that becoming sovereign of Heaven and Earth could let him attain Sagehood, and Taiyi urged him to destroy the Witch Tribe.
• Di Jun formally declared war and ordered the Witch Tribe to withdraw from the lands around Buzhou Mountain or submit to the Demon Court.
• The Twelve Ancestor Witches erupted in anger, and Dijiang ordered the Great Witches to prepare for battle despite Houtu’s unease.
• Li Yi watched the growing calamity and planned to prevent the Heavenly Dao from controlling Houtu after she became the Earth Dao.
• Li Yi saw Houtu arrive outside Penglai Immortal Island and smiled, realizing he would not need to seek her out.

Houtu visited Li Yi to ask about the looming war between the Wu and Yao Tribes, and he urged her to preserve some of the Witch Tribe by sending elites to the Western Land under the Human Dao. Li Yi then planned to redirect the calamity’s fortune through Human Dao-aligned Witch and Demon factions, hoping to break through to the Heavenly Dao level.

• Houtu reached Penglai Immortal Island and followed Yuanling to meet Li Yi.
• Houtu asked Li Yi about the Wu-Yao war, and he indicated that it was part of a calamity cycle he could not openly explain.
• Li Yi advised Houtu to send some Witch Tribe elites to the Western Land and place them under the Human Dao.
• Houtu accepted his advice and left after asking for details about the plan.
• Li Yi planned for Hong Yun to guide the witches and for Tongtian’s Interception Sect to absorb the Demon Court’s role and fortune.
• Li Yi hoped to seize the fortune of the Lich Calamity and use it to reach the Heavenly Dao level.

On the fourth day of the national destiny competition, nations prepared to recall their trial participants and debated how to obtain Li Yi’s secrets and Spirit Treasures from the Primordial World. As the recall began, the Dragon Nation and Eagle Sauce Nation’s leaders remained confident they could pressure him into sharing.

• People across Blue Star discussed the Primordial World and speculated about Li Yi’s strength as the trial participants prepared to return.
• Zhao Haishen and other Dragon Nation powerhouses agreed to demand Li Yi reveal the Primordial World’s secrets and hand over most of his Spirit Treasures in exchange for compensation.
• Robert ordered the Eagle Sauce Nation to rally other nations and threaten a national war if the Dragon Nation refused to share Li Yi’s information.
• Robert and his associates dismissed concerns that Li Yi might already be the strongest person on Blue Star.
• A golden light appeared over Blue Star, world passages opened, and the national destiny game began recalling all trial participants.

Dragon Nation’s participants returned from their training worlds, but Li Yi was not recalled, leaving the family heads and viewers confused. Guto Xuefeng decided to enter the Primordial World himself to capture Li Yi and broadcast the hunt to Blue Star.

• Dragon Nation’s returning participants discovered that Li Yi, not Zhao Xuan, was the cohort’s Super Genius and the reason their nation dominated the rankings.
• Zhao Xuan realized the family heads had not gathered to welcome him, while the heads waited in vain for Li Yi to return.
• The Guto Family’s Dao Emperors found that their hidden summoning contingency had no effect on Li Yi, though they did not know why.
• Guto Xuefeng declared that he would enter the Primordial World and follow the karmic thread to capture Li Yi.
• Guto Xuefeng ordered that footage of his capture of Li Yi be broadcast across Blue Star to intimidate its people.

After the National Destiny Game’s hidden god announced he would capture Li Yi, Guto Xuefeng entered the Primordial World to search for him. He stumbled into a battle between the Wu and Yao Tribes, where a Witch Tribe cultivator mistook him for an enemy and sent him flying.

• The National Destiny Game announced that its god would enter the Primordial World to punish Li Yi for evading the summons.
• Screens above the National Destiny Plazas showed worlds Guto Xuefeng had destroyed, revealing his power to Blue Star’s nations.
• Guto Xuefeng entered the Primordial World and used a Secret Treasure Blood Pearl to search for Li Yi, but could not find their karmic connection.
• Guto Xuefeng flew toward a powerful aura and found millions of Wu and Yao Tribe members locked in battle.
• A Witch Tribe Daluo Golden Immortal mistook Guto Xuefeng for a Demon Tribe member and struck him with a Dao Seal, sending him flying and making him spit blood.

Guto Xuefeng entered the Primordial World and confronted the Great Shaman at the Witch-Demon Battlefield, where the Witch Tribe warrior overwhelmed him despite his divine status and weapon. Guto was sent flying twice, leaving Blue Star’s viewers stunned and his confidence shattered.

• Guto Xuefeng entered the Primordial World, and Blue Star’s viewers watched its vast scenery appear across the sky.
• At the Witch-Demon Battlefield, the Great Shaman spotted Guto and struck him with a punch, sending him flying and drawing gasps from viewers across Blue Star.
• The Great Shaman pursued Guto with more punches while judging the Demon Tribe cultivator weak.
• Guto drew the Divine Moon Halberd and struck the Great Shaman’s shoulder, but the weapon failed to break his skin.
• The Great Shaman punched Guto again, and Guto flew away with the Divine Moon Halberd.