Chapter Summaries

The Witch Tribe activated the Twelve Capitals Gods and Demons Formation and launched its final battle against the Demon Tribe, while calamity qi clouded both sides’ judgment. As the tribes prepared to fight, Li Yi recognized that the conflict was also a contest with Heavenly Dao Hongjun over the Earth Dao’s authority.

• The Twelve Ancestor Witches raised twelve pillars of fiendish qi around the Demon Tribe’s territory, and the Morning Star Lord warned Guto Xuefeng that the formation left no escape for anyone below Sage level.
• Guto Xuefeng abandoned his plan to flee and followed the Morning Star Lord toward the Demon Tribe’s Zhou Tian Star Formation, while viewers on Blue Star watched the crisis unfold.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun anticipated that the Wu and Yao Tribes would perish and that he could seize the Earth Dao’s authority, while Li Yi prepared to oppose his scheme.
• Di Jun and Taiyi ordered the Ten Demon Sages to rally the Demon Tribe and activate the Zhou Tian Star Formation, as Dijiang led the Twelve Ancestor Witches in declaring war.
• Houtu remained clearheaded as the Witch Tribe’s forces charged into the formation, which gathered fiendish qi from across the Primordial World and formed a colossal Pangu Phantom.

The Demon Tribe’s Zhou Tian Star Formation and the Witch Tribe’s Twelve Capitals Gods and Demons Formation exchanged devastating attacks, causing heavy casualties on both sides. Di Jun and Taiyi began forming the star array again, leaving the battle poised to continue.

• Di Jun and Taiyi led the Demon Tribe in forming the Zhou Tian Star Formation as the Witch Tribe’s Pangu True Body emerged beneath the stars.
• The Pangu True Body swung its stone axe, destroying parts of the star formation and killing many Demon Tribe cultivators while injuring Di Jun and Taiyi.
• The Zhou Tian Star Formation sent hundreds of millions of stars crashing down, nearly wiping out the Witch Tribe’s lower ranks and killing almost ninety percent of its Great Shamans.
• The Twelve Ancestor Witches survived but were badly weakened, and the Pangu True Body faded as the Witch Tribe’s formation collapsed.
• Di Jun and Taiyi returned to their array positions and gathered the surviving Demon Tribe fighters to form the Zhou Tian Star Formation again.

As the Demon Tribe gained the upper hand over the Witch Tribe, Houtu felt compassion for the wandering remnant souls and began to comprehend her path to sanctification. Heavenly Dao Hongjun planned to manipulate her into becoming the Earthly Dao, but just as Houtu began her oath, a mysterious figure appeared and stopped her.

• The Demon Tribe’s Zhou Tian Star Formation overwhelmed the Witch Tribe, leaving fewer than one in a hundred alive as Blue Star viewers watched in amazement.
• Houtu felt compassion for the wandering remnant souls, while Heavenly Dao Hongjun secretly guided her toward becoming the Earthly Dao so he could control and devour it.
• Dijiang and the other Ancestor Witches prepared to sacrifice themselves, and Dijiang urged Houtu to lead the surviving Witch Tribe away.
• Houtu entered a state of selflessness and comprehended her Dao of Sanctification as Di Jun prepared to attack her with the star formation.
• As Houtu began her heavenly dao oath, a figure appeared before her and interrupted her vow.

Li Yi arrived as Houtu was about to swear herself to the Heavenly Dao, dispelled Hongjun’s influence, and erased the Demon Tribe’s descending stars. Guto Xuefeng realized Li Yi might be the Dragon Nation man he had come to capture, while Hongjun watched and waited for a chance to act.

• Li Yi’s presence cleared Houtu’s mind before she could bind the Earthly Dao to the Heavenly Dao, and he dissolved the stars attacking her.
• The Demon Gods recognized Li Yi as the Heaven-Earth Dao Ancestor, while Guto Xuefeng’s blood pearl reacted and revealed a possible link to the Li Yi from the Dragon Nation.
• Guto Xuefeng briefly exposed the blood pearl’s karmic threads toward Li Yi, then cut off its power and hid it, fearing Li Yi would notice him.
• Blue Star viewers watched Li Yi’s arrival through Guto Xuefeng’s perspective and speculated that he had come for Houtu.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun raged at Li Yi for disrupting his plan, then chose to wait for him to commit an offense before intervening.

Houtu decided to become the Earthly Dao to atone for the Witch Tribe’s slaughter, but Li Yi persuaded her to let Human Race cultivators help govern it and gave her treasures to ease the burden. Heavenly Dao Hongjun moved to stop them, declaring Li Yi an enemy of Heaven as tribulation clouds gathered.

• Houtu told Li Yi she would swear an oath to become the Earthly Dao and create a home for the dead souls of Heaven and Earth.
• Li Yi warned Houtu that establishing the Earthly Dao alone would leave her unable to govern it, and proposed that Human Race cultivators establish the Ten Courts of Hell.
• Houtu trusted Li Yi and agreed to let Human Race cultivators share in governing the Earthly Dao, alarming Heavenly Dao Hongjun in Purple Cloud Palace.
• Li Yi gave Houtu the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk, the Netherworld Book of Life and Death, and the Fengdu Seal to help establish the Earthly Dao and lessen its burden.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun summoned tribulation clouds and accused Li Yi of trying to seize the Earthly Dao’s authority, while Di Jun dispersed the Zhou Tian Star Formation and Morning Star Lord ordered a retreat.
• People on Blue Star watched the Heavenly Dao tribulation clouds gather and wondered whether Li Yi or Hongjun was stronger.

As Li Yi confronted Heavenly Dao Hongjun, he urged Houtu to establish the Earthly Dao and told her the Ancestor Witches could help dispel their killing tribulation. Houtu trusted him, rallied her brothers and sisters, and began her great vow to establish the Earthly Dao and reincarnation.

• Heavenly Dao Hongjun gathered the fortune and energy from the Wu and Yao calamity and offered to spare Li Yi if Houtu established the Earthly Dao under his control.
• Li Yi rejected Hongjun's offer, urged Houtu to establish the Earthly Dao, and told her that her clan's remaining killing tribulation could be dispelled through its merit.
• Houtu decided to trust Li Yi and asked the Ancestor Witches to help her establish the Earthly Dao.
• The Ancestor Witches agreed to stand with Houtu as she began her vow to establish the Earthly Dao, reincarnation, the six paths, and the Ten Courts of Hell.
• Houtu's vow echoed throughout the Primordial World, and the Great Dao Will began to awaken beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens.

Houtu received Great Dao Merit and became a Great Dao Sage, then opened the Nine Nether Underworld with help from her treasures and the Twelve Ancestor Witches. As departed souls flowed into the new realm, Guto Xuefeng realized he had witnessed the founding of the Netherworld Underworld that spanned all worlds.

• Houtu's Great Dao Oath resonated across Heaven and Earth and reached Blue Star, where viewers recognized her destiny as Mother of the Earthly Dao and Lord of the Nine Netherworlds.
• The Great Dao Will assessed Houtu's oath and sent down purple merit that elevated her to a Great Dao Sage.
• Houtu used her Earth Law to open the Nine Netherworlds World and cast in three spirit treasures Li Yi had given her to stabilize it.
• Dijiang, Zhurong, and the other Ancestor Witches entered the underworld and used their laws to help build its regions and guide the dead.
• Hundreds of millions of remnant souls flowed into the Nine Nether Underworld, while the Earthly Dao dissolved the calamity qi there.
• Guto Xuefeng watched from the Demon Court and understood that Houtu had founded the Netherworld Underworld known across the myriad heavens and worlds.

Heavenly Dao Hongjun attacked Li Yi with a vast barrage of Dutian Divine Thunder, hoping to assert the Heavenly Dao’s supremacy over the Human and Earthly Daos. Li Yi welcomed the strike as the Chaos Gourd needed Dutian Divine Thunder to advance, and he sent it to devour the lightning.

• Heavenly Dao Hongjun decided Li Yi’s interference in the Earthly Dao gave him a pretext to attack and unleashed thousands of bolts of Dutian Divine Thunder.
• Beings across the Primordial World, the Demon Court, and Blue Star watched the attack and feared Li Yi might fall.
• Guto Xuefeng hoped Li Yi would perish so the danger of their karmic connection would disappear.
• Li Yi recalled that the Chaos Gourd needed a vast quantity of Dutian Divine Thunder to advance beyond its middle-grade Chaos Spirit Treasure form.
• Li Yi summoned the Chaos Gourd, which opened into a chaos universe and surged upward to swallow Hongjun’s Dutian Divine Thunder.

Heavenly Dao Hongjun unleashed even more Dutian Divine Thunder against Li Yi’s Chaos Gourd, while viewers feared the treasure would be destroyed. In the Xuanhuang Realm, the Guto Family realized Li Yi was the Heaven-Earth Dao Ancestor and panicked over their plan to capture him.

• Heavenly Dao Hongjun increased the Dutian Divine Thunder, confident that his strength would overcome the Chaos Gourd.
• Demon Tribe members doubted the Chaos Gourd could withstand the Dutian Divine Thunder, while Guto Xuefeng regretted that it might be shattered.
• A Dao Emperor of the Guto Family recognized the Chaos Gourd and concluded that the Heaven-Earth Dao Ancestor was Li Yi.
• The Guto Dao Emperors told Guto Xuanling that Li Yi’s weapon matched the Chaos Gourd listed on the National Destiny Ranking, and they feared his retaliation.
• Guto Xuanling realized his family had sent Guto Xuefeng to capture a figure they believed was a Sage and the teacher of Sages.
• People across Blue Star watched the Chaos Gourd swallow the heavens and wondered whether it was the same treasure Li Yi possessed.

The people of Blue Star suspected that Li Yi was the Primordial World's Heaven-Earth Dao Ancestor after seeing him wield the Chaos Gourd, while the heads of several great families feared the Sage they had once plotted against. They ended by hoping Hongjun would destroy Li Yi before he could return to Blue Star.

• The Blue Star countries saw the Heaven-Earth Dao Ancestor wield the Chaos Gourd and debated whether Li Yi was the Primordial World's first Sage.
• People of Cherry Blossom Nation rejected the possibility, while people of Dragon Nation argued that the National Destiny Game could not detect a Sage's true cultivation.
• The heads of the Zhao Clan, the Xu Family, and other great families panicked when they realized Li Yi might know of their plans to imprison and interrogate him.
• Zhao Haishen claimed that Dao Ancestor Hongjun could destroy Li Yi, and the gathered family leaders agreed and hoped Li Yi would die in the Primordial World.

Li Yi used the Chaos Gourd to swallow Heavenly Dao Hongjun’s Dutian Divine Thunder, despite its body cracking under the assault. The gourd advanced into an upper-grade Chaos Spirit Treasure, leaving Hongjun realizing he had helped strengthen Li Yi’s weapon.

• As the Chaos Gourd cracked while swallowing the first half of the Dutian Divine Thunder, Demon Gods and people watching the National Destiny Livestream believed Li Yi was losing.
• Guto Xuefeng rejoiced at the prospect that Li Yi might be unable to reform if the Heavenly Dao seized Human Dao Authority.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun hurled the remaining sea of thunder at the Chaos Gourd, which swallowed the entire lightning tribulation and became covered in cracks.
• Li Yi poured his magic power into the gourd, and it absorbed surrounding energy as Hongjun began to suspect it was advancing rather than breaking.
• The Chaos Gourd repaired itself amid Hundun Immortal Light and advanced to an upper-grade Chaos Spirit Treasure; Li Yi grasped it and smiled at Hongjun.

Li Yi’s Chaos Gourd advanced to an Upper-Grade Chaos Spirit Treasure after enduring Hongjun’s Dutian tribulation lightning, while Hongjun began absorbing the Lich Calamity’s tribulation fortune to break through. As Hongjun prepared to gain the advantage, Li Yi contacted Hong Yun to activate a hidden contingency and claim a share of the fortune.

• The Demon Gods and Blue Star viewers saw that the Chaos Gourd had survived the lightning and grown powerful enough to rival a Mid-Stage Heavenly Dao-Level expert.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun realized Li Yi had used the tribulation lightning to refine the gourd and judged that Li Yi’s strength had reached the Mid-Stage Heavenly Dao-Level.
• Hongjun dispersed the tribulation clouds, manifested in the Primordial World, and absorbed the Lich Calamity’s remaining tribulation fortune to approach the late stage of the Heavenly Dao level.
• The Demon Tribe’s surviving cultivators watched Hongjun absorb the fortune and privately resented him for driving the calamity that had killed their loved ones.
• Li Yi smiled as Hongjun absorbed the tribulation fortune, then sent a message to Hong Yun in the West to activate his hidden contingency and claim a share.

Hong Yun established the Witch Teachings to shelter the surviving Witch Tribe under the Human Dao, and the Great Dao recognized the new teaching. Li Yi then began absorbing the Lich Calamity’s Tribulation Fortune alongside Hongjun, who reacted with fury.

• Houtu and the eleven other Ancestor Witches operated the unfinished Netherworld Underworld, where they were trapped until they helped complete it and atone for their slaughter.
• The Ancestor Witches watched Hongjun absorb the Calamity Cycle’s Tribulation Fortune and angrily cursed him from the underworld.
• Hong Yun declared the Witch Teachings, setting vows for the surviving witches and placing them under the protection of the Human Dao and Earthly Dao.
• Houtu approved the Witch Teachings, and the Great Dao recognized them as purple light shone over the Western Land.
• Li Yi flew into the sky and began absorbing the Calamity Cycle’s Tribulation Fortune, prompting Hongjun to lose his composure.

Li Yi established the Witch Teachings and began absorbing tribulation fortune, but Di Jun swore that the Demon Court would submit to the Heavenly Dao, allowing Hongjun to absorb the Demon Tribe’s fortune. As Hongjun’s advantage grew, Houtu watched Li Yi with concern while Tongtian’s voice rang across the Primordial World.

• Li Yi established the Witch Teachings and absorbed tribulation fortune, though Bai Ze and Ji Meng realized he could draw only on the Witch Tribe’s share.
• Di Jun swore that the Demon Court would submit to the Heavenly Dao and atone for its past slaughter.
• Hongjun bestowed Heavenly Dao merit on Di Jun, making him a Heavenly Dao Merit Sage and drawing the Demon Race Fortune into the Heavenly Dao.
• The Ancestor Witches cursed Di Jun, while Houtu recognized that calamity qi had clouded his judgment and worried about Li Yi.
• Sect Master Tongtian’s voice rang out across the Primordial World.

Tongtian established a Human Dao Heavenly Court, drawing the Demon Race Fortune away from the Heavenly Dao and prompting demons to abandon Di Jun. Hongjun sent his Three Corpses to attack Tongtian, while Li Yi’s Human Emperor manifestation appeared above the East Sea to confront them.

• Tongtian declared the establishment of the Human Dao Heavenly Court, offering demons protection and recording their fortune under the Human Dao.
• The Demon Race Fortune turned toward the new Heavenly Court, and Demon Court veterans left Di Jun to join it.
• Li Yi absorbed the surging Tribulation Fortune as Hongjun realized the Heavenly Dao risked losing the Dao Struggle.
• Hongjun summoned his Three Corpses and ordered them to kill Tongtian and challenge the Heavenly Court’s legitimacy.
• Li Yi’s Human Emperor manifestation sensed the Three Corpses approaching the East Sea and appeared there to meet them.

Morning Star Lord and Guto Xuefeng left the Demon Court and headed toward the Heavenly Court, where Hongjun’s Three Corpses were approaching to kill Tongtian. Li Yi’s Human Emperor Dao Body confronted them without Human Dao Fortune and stunned everyone by punching Hongjun’s Kind Corpse flying.

• Morning Star Lord left the weakened Demon Court for the Heavenly Court and brought Guto Xuefeng with him.
• The demons and people watching the light screen learned that Hongjun’s Three Corpses, each with Heavenly Dao-level strength, were heading to kill Tongtian.
• The Human Emperor appeared before the Three Corpses, prompting the demons to fear he would fight them without the Human Dao Fortune empowering him.
• Hongjun’s Kind Corpse offered to spare the Human Emperor if he withdrew, hoping to divide the Human Dao.
• Li Yi’s Human Emperor Dao Body rejected the offer, punched the Kind Corpse, and sent him flying.

Li Yi’s Human Emperor Dao Body revealed genuine Heavenly Dao-level strength and fought Hongjun’s Three Corpses after sealing them in place with the Taiji Diagram. Hongjun’s Kind Corpse recognized Li Yi’s Yin-Yang Law and concluded that the Human Emperor was an incarnation of Heaven-Earth Daoist.

• The Human Emperor knocked Hongjun’s Kind Corpse flying with one punch, shocking the Demon Gods and Blue Star viewers.
• Hongjun’s Three Corpses realized the Human Emperor possessed Heavenly Dao-level strength, and the Kind Corpse and Evil Corpse attacked while the Self Corpse tried to flee.
• Li Yi used the Taiji Diagram to seal the space, then smashed Hongjun’s Evil Corpse apart with another punch.
• Hongjun’s Three Corpses joined forces against Li Yi, but he held his own in the sealed battlefield.
• Hongjun’s Kind Corpse recognized Li Yi’s use of the Yin-Yang Law and identified the Human Emperor as an incarnation of Heaven-Earth Daoist.

Hongjun's Kind Corpse revealed that the Human Emperor was Li Yi's incarnation, stunning Blue Star's nations and the Primordial World's powerful beings. As Li Yi's Human Emperor Dao Body continued to overpower Hongjun's Three Corpses, Nuwa, Tongtian, and Houtu each recognized the revelation and expected Li Yi to win.

• Hongjun's Kind Corpse shouted that the Human Emperor was Li Yi's incarnation, provoking shock and disbelief across the National Destiny Plazas.
• The Primordial World's Demon Gods and Great Supernatural Beings connected the revelation to the Human Emperor's mysterious origins and praised Li Yi's schemes.
• Nuwa felt relieved as Li Yi's Human Emperor Dao Body suppressed Hongjun's Three Corpses, and she recognized the Human Emperor as her Master's incarnation.
• Tongtian heard the revelation at the Heavenly Court and concluded that only his Master could be the Human Emperor.
• The Ancestor Witches learned the Human Emperor's identity, and Houtu rebuked Zhurong for criticizing Li Yi before concluding that his incarnation would win.

Li Yi defeated Hongjun's Three Corpses and absorbed their power into the Human Dao, advancing his cultivation. Hongjun raged over his failure to stop Li Yi, while Li Yi smiled as he broke through to a new realm.

• Li Yi revealed that Yin-Yang Daoist had entrusted him with the remains of a Chaos Demon God and asked him to avenge his death by destroying Hongjun's Three Corpses.
• Li Yi killed Hongjun's Kind Corpse, grinding away its remnants with the Yin-Yang Law and feeding its power into the Human Dao.
• Li Yi told Hongjun's Evil Corpse and Self Corpse that he intended to replace Heavenly Dao Hongjun with Heavenly Dao Qiankun, then killed the Evil Corpse and absorbed its power.
• Hongjun's Self Corpse offered to make Hongjun withdraw from the Primordial World's affairs, but Li Yi killed him after a brief exchange and fed his power to the Human Dao.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun sensed the Three Corpses' deaths and seethed with regret, while Li Yi broke through his cultivation boundary.

After destroying Hongjun’s Three Corpses, Li Yi absorbed the Tribulation Fortune and broke through to late-stage Heavenly Dao level. He seized Hongjun as he tried to flee and revealed his intent to oversee the Heavenly Dao, then began swearing an oath.

• Li Yi’s Human Emperor Incarnation destroyed Hongjun’s Three Corpses, which returned as energy to the Human Dao.
• Li Yi absorbed the region’s Tribulation Fortune and broke through from mid-stage to late-stage Heavenly Dao level, while cultivators across the Primordial World witnessed the breakthrough.
• Hongjun gathered the Tribulation Clouds and tried to leave, but Li Yi grabbed him and pulled him back.
• Hongjun claimed he would return through the Heavenly Dao and eventually defeat Li Yi, but Li Yi said that day would never come.
• Li Yi decided to become the Heavenly Dao’s overseer without merging with it, then began an oath with the Great Dao and chaos as witnesses.