Chapter Summaries

The Primordial Great Powers reacted to Huang Tian's confrontation with Fei Lian, while several Saints weighed how the Human Race's calamity might serve their interests. Fei Lian launched a devastating wind attack at Huang Tian, and Suiren Shi warned the Human Emperor to be careful.

• The Primordial Great Powers doubted that Huang Tian could defeat Fei Lian, a Quasi-Saint Demon God who had Cut Two Corpses.
• Yuanshi decided to wait for an opportunity to aid the Human Race and strengthen the fortune of the Clarify Teachings.
• Laozi planned to let the Human Race suffer before intervening, hoping to win its loyalty and consolidate the Ren Teachings.
• Nuwa felt torn between the Human Race she had created and the Demon Race she belonged to, while Tongtian prepared to send Jie Teachings disciples to help because Huang Tian was Qin Mu's avatar.
• Jie Yin and Saint Zhun Ti welcomed the eastern calamity as a chance for the Western Teachings to profit from the Mystic Gate's involvement.
• Fei Lian transformed into a cyan hurricane and charged at Huang Tian, prompting Suiren Shi to warn the Human Emperor.

Huang Tian severely wounded Demon God Fei Lian with the Human Emperor's Spear, but Eastern Emperor Taiyi rescued Fei Lian and withdrew. Grieving the Human Race dead, Huang Tian vowed war against the Demon Race and announced an attack on Lingxiao Palace in three days.

• Huang Tian formed the Human Emperor's Spear from his Human Emperor Dao Fruit and the Human Race's faith and Fortune, then pierced Fei Lian and shattered his defenses with one strike.
• Huang Tian launched a second attack and declared that anyone who invaded the Human Race would be slain, while the wounded Fei Lian cried out to the Demon Sovereign for help.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi arrived with the Eastern Emperor Bell, blocked Huang Tian's spear, rescued Fei Lian, and departed without fighting Huang Tian.
• Huang Tian surveyed the slaughtered Human Race tribe and vowed revenge against the Demon Race.
• Huang Tian announced that he would lead Human Race warriors to the Heavenly Realm in three days and crush Lingxiao Palace.

After Huang Tian declared war on the Demon Race, Dijun weighed the threat against the value of the Witch-Slaying Sword, which was being forged from Human Race blood. He sought Nuwa’s consent to continue the slaughter, and she allowed it only so long as the Human Race was not exterminated or its foundations shaken.

• Eastern Emperor Taiyi returned to the Heavenly Court with the wounded Fei Lian after Huang Tian declared war on the Demon Race.
• Dijun asked the Demon Race leaders for their opinions, and they dismissed the Human Race as a threat.
• Jiu Ying reported that the Demon Race had gathered the blood of ten million humans and forged a Witch-Slaying Sword capable of harming Great Witches.
• Dijun decided to visit Nuwa and seek her approval for continuing the Human Race slaughter.
• Nuwa told Dijun that the Human Race had Heavenly Dao destiny and that the Demon Race must not go too far.

Dijun left Nuwa Palace convinced the Saints would not stop the Demon Race from forging the Witch-Slaying Sword. At Kongtong Mountain, Laozi sent Xuan Du and other Human Race elites to aid the gathered army, where Huang Tian prepared to lead the Human Race against the Demon Race.

• Nuwa told Dijun that Saints could not personally interfere in major affairs except during a Great Calamity, and Dijun decided to proceed with forging the Witch-Slaying Sword.
• Laozi ordered Xuan Du and the Human Race elites in Eight Sceneries Palace to go to Kongtong Mountain and reinforce the Human Race.
• After Huang Tian's declaration of war and Human Emperor's Decree, more than ten million Human Race cultivators gathered at Kongtong Mountain, united against the Demon Race.
• Suiren Shi, Youchao Shi, and Ziyi Shi appeared before the assembled army, and the cultivators greeted the Three Human Ancestors.
• Huang Tian appeared before the army, received the gathered cultivators' greetings, and raised his hand as the crowd fell silent.

At Kongtong Mountain, Human Emperor Huang Tian rallied more than ten million Human Race cultivators to attack the Demon Race's Heavenly Realm. Just as he was about to lead them out, Xuan Du arrived with the Taiji Diagram and Grand Luo Golden Immortals to aid the Human Race.

• Primordial Great Powers watched the Human Race army gather at Kongtong Mountain and marveled at its size, unity, and battle intent.
• Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Witches debated whether the Wu Clan should join the Human Race against the Demon Race, with no decision stated.
• Huang Tian reminded the Human Race of the Demon Race's massacres and declared that they would attack the Heavenly Realm, prompting the cultivators to roar that the Human Race could not be bullied.
• Xuan Du emerged from a Void Rift with the Taiji Diagram and more than a dozen Grand Luo Golden Immortals, declaring that he had come to help Huang Tian.

As the Human Race prepared to attack the Demon Race, Xuan Du and other allies arrived at Kongtong Mountain, including Xing Tian’s Human-Witch hybrids and Zhao Gongming’s Jie Teachings disciples. Zhen Yuanzi then appeared and pledged to join the fight against the Demon Race.

• Xuan Du and more than a dozen Human Race Grand Luo Golden Immortals arrived to aid Huang Tian, while observers speculated about Saint Nuwa’s absence.
• Xing Tian brought an army of Human-Witch hybrids to support the Human Race, though no Ancestral Wu appeared.
• Zhao Gongming arrived with the Immortal Slaying Sword and Jie Teachings disciples under Saint Tongtian’s orders.
• Zhen Yuanzi appeared at Kongtong Mountain and declared that he would do his part in the fight against the Demon Race.

Zhen Yuanzi joined Huang Tian and the Human Race alliance to fight the Demon Race, while Nuwa remained silent despite the slaughter of her worshippers. Huang Tian led the allied forces to the South Heaven Gate, where the Human and Demon armies began their war.

• Zhen Yuanzi arrived at Kongtong Mountain to aid the Human Race, and the assembled allies welcomed his support.
• Huang Tian reflected that Nuwa had chosen to stand by while the Demon Race slaughtered the Human Race, then raised the Human Emperor's Spear and ordered the army to attack.
• Huang Tian led the Human Race, Wu Clan Warriors, Xuan Du, Zhao Gongming, Zhen Yuanzi, and their allies toward the South Heaven Gate.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi ordered the waiting Demon Race army to charge, and Huang Tian commanded the Human Race to meet them.
• The Human and Demon armies collided outside the South Heaven Gate.

The Human Race coalition battled the Demon Race beyond the South Heaven Gate as its champions inflicted heavy losses on the demons. The chapter ended with Eastern Emperor Taiyi attacking Youchao Shi and Ziyi Shi after Suiren Shi sacrificed himself to help them kill a Demon God.

• Zhen Yuanzi fought the Five Demon Gods alone and held them at bay.
• Human Emperor Huang Tian killed a Demon God with a single throw of his spear.
• Suiren Shi burned his life and soul in a self-destructive attack, crippling a Demon God and dropping his cultivation from Quasi-Saint to Grand Luo Golden Immortal.
• Youchao Shi and Ziyi Shi joined forces to suppress and kill the crippled Demon God.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi rang the Chaos Bell and sent it crashing toward Youchao Shi and Ziyi Shi.

Zhen Yuanzi rescued Youchao Shi and Ziyi Shi from Eastern Emperor Taiyi and fought him to a stalemate. Demon Emperor Dijun then appeared, and Huang Tian challenged him with a spear empowered by the Human Race’s will, but Dijun destroyed the attack with a stellar hand.

• Zhen Yuanzi repelled the Five Demon Gods and saved Youchao Shi and Ziyi Shi from Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s descending Eastern Emperor Bell.
• Zhen Yuanzi attacked Eastern Emperor Taiyi, and their clash became a stalemate between the Bell’s offense and the Earth Book’s defense.
• Demon Emperor Dijun appeared on the battlefield, prompting Huang Tian to turn and face him.
• Huang Tian gathered the Human Race’s strength and will into a spear thrust at Dijun.
• Dijun summoned a gigantic hand of starlight and annihilated Huang Tian’s empowered spear strike.

Dijun shattered Huang Tian’s strongest attack and revealed strength at the Sub-Saint level, leaving the Human Race army in despair. When Huang Tian called on an unseen ally, Saint Taishang emerged from a shattered opening in the void, leaving the battle poised for his intervention.

• Dijun effortlessly broke Huang Tian’s full-strength spear strike, and the watching armies and great powers reacted with shock.
• Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Wu discussed Dijun’s strength and were relieved they had not committed the whole Wu Clan; they looked toward Chi You, who was refining Houtu’s essence blood inside a blood cocoon.
• Huang Tian judged that only Qin Mu’s true body could defeat Dijun, but Qin Mu was occupied in the Underworld refining an Innate Supreme Treasure.
• Huang Tian addressed an unseen ally, and the void opened to reveal Saint Taishang riding a Horned Green Ox.

Saint Taishang sent an incarnation to protect the Human Race, leaving both armies and the watching Saints to wonder whether Nuwa would intervene. Torn between the Human Race she created and the Demon Race of her birth, Nuwa withdrew from the conflict and remained silent.

• Saint Taishang's incarnation arrived on an Azure Ox outside the South Heaven Gate, startling both armies and lifting the Human Race's morale.
• Dijun recognized that the newcomer was one of Saint Taishang's Three Corpses rather than the Saint himself, though the incarnation still carried fearsome power.
• The watching Saints turned their attention to Nuwa Palace, wondering whether Nuwa would aid the Human Race as Saint Taishang had.
• Saint Taishang explained that he intervened to protect the Ren Teachings' Fortune and preserve the Human Race, while Primordial Heavenly Venerate, Jie Yin, and Zhun Ti watched and considered Nuwa's dilemma.
• Nuwa felt torn by her ties to both races, then closed her eyes and severed her connection to the outside world, choosing to help neither side.

As the Demon Race slaughtered the Human Race, Saint Nuwa remained silent, and Huang Tian gave up hope of her intervention. He ordered Saint Taishang’s Avatar to strike down Dijun, setting off a clash between the Avatar and the Demon Emperor that left the Thirty-Three Heavens shaking.

• Human Race cultivators waited for Saint Nuwa to protect them, but she gave no response, leaving them furious and heartbroken.
• Huang Tian concluded that Nuwa had abandoned the Human Race and went to Saint Taishang’s Avatar, ordering him to strike down Dijun.
• Saint Taishang’s Avatar agreed, and Dijun challenged him, confident that his Sub-Saint strength could overcome a mere incarnation.
• Huang Tian and Eastern Emperor Taiyi ordered their armies to retreat before the two powerful fighters clashed.
• Saint Taishang’s Avatar summoned the Taiji Diagram, and Eastern Emperor Taiyi sent the Eastern Emperor Bell to Dijun.
• The Taiji Diagram and Eastern Emperor Bell collided, unleashing a shockwave that shattered space and shook the Thirty-Three Heavens.

Haotian arrived on the battlefield with Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s decree and ordered the Human-Demon War to end. Both armies accepted the command, and Huang Tian led the Human Race forces out of the Heavenly Realm while the Demon Race retreated there.

• Laozi’s incarnation and Dijun continued their fierce battle until a commanding voice stopped them.
• Haotian appeared before the gathered powers, revealing that Hongjun had sent him to intervene.
• Haotian issued Hongjun’s decree that the Heavenly Court and Demon Race must remain intact, ordering the Demon Race to retreat to the Heavenly Realm and the Human Race to return to the earth.
• The Human and Demon armies accepted the decree, while Huang Tian reluctantly abandoned his plan to attack Lingxiao Palace.
• Huang Tian led the Human Race army out of the Heavenly Realm, and the Human-Demon War temporarily ended.

After the Human-Demon War ended under Hongjun's decree, Huang Tian told the grieving Human Race that he could revive their dead and went to the Underworld. There, Yin Tianzi gathered scattered Remnant Soul fragments, restoring Suiren Shi's soul.

• Dijun ordered the Demon Race to clear the battlefield and repair the South Heaven Gate after the Human-Demon War ended.
• Huang Tian led the battered Human Race back to Kongtong Mountain, where the survivors mourned Suiren Shi and their fallen kin.
• Huang Tian told Youchao Shi and Ziyi Shi that he would revive the dead Human Race beings, then left for the Underworld.
• Huang Tian entered Fengdu City, where Yin Tianzi welcomed him and drew together scattered Remnant Soul fragments.
• Yin Tianzi condensed the fragments into Suiren Shi's soul.

In the Underworld, Huang Tian asked Yin Tianzi to revive Suiren Shi and some of the Human Race elites killed in the war against the Demon Race. With Empress Pingxin’s approval, Yin Tianzi used the Revolving Book of Life and Death and the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk to bring them back to life.

• Suiren Shi’s soul re-formed in the Underworld, where Huang Tian told him he would be revived.
• Yin Tianzi explained that reviving Suiren Shi was straightforward, but restoring all the fallen Human Race warriors would violate the Underworld’s cycle.
• Huang Tian chose to revive Suiren Shi and selected Human Race elites while allowing the remaining warriors to enter Reincarnation.
• Yin Tianzi erased the selected names’ deceased status from the Revolving Book of Life and Death and asked Empress Pingxin for approval.
• Empress Pingxin granted permission, and power from the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk revived Suiren Shi and the chosen elites.
• Suiren Shi realized he was alive again and thanked Huang Tian and Yin Tianzi.

Huang Tian thanked Yin Tianzi for reviving Suiren Shi and the other Human Race elites, then led them out of the Underworld and back toward the Human Race. Their return stunned the Primordial Great Powers and enraged the Demon Race, who feared the Human Race could now revive its fallen warriors.

• Huang Tian asked Yin Tianzi about Qin Mu, and Yin Tianzi said Qin Mu remained in seclusion while fusing the Five Elements Spirit Pearls into an Innate Supreme Treasure.
• Huang Tian left Fengdu City and joined Suiren Shi and the revived Human Race elites, then led them out of the Underworld.
• Primordial Great Powers saw Suiren Shi and the others alive and speculated about Huang Tian's connection to the Underworld and Qin Mu.
• Dijun, Eastern Emperor Taiyi, and the Demon Race's leaders reacted with fury and feared they could not win against a Human Race whose fallen members could return from death.

Huang Tian returned to Kongtong Mountain with Suiren Shi and other revived Human Race elites, then warned the people that resurrection could not be relied upon. He summoned the Human Ancestors and tribal leaders and announced that he intended to abolish Nuwa’s position as Holy Mother and reclaim the Human Race Fortune she enjoyed.

• Dijun suspected that Qin Mu had helped Huang Tian revive the Human Race and vowed to destroy him.
• Huang Tian brought Suiren Shi and the other revived Human Race elites back to Kongtong Mountain, where Youchao Shi and Ziyi Shi welcomed them in astonishment.
• Huang Tian warned the Human Race that revival required a great price and could not be repeated without limit, then ordered the people to withdraw and recuperate.
• Huang Tian summoned the three Human Ancestors and the tribal leaders to the Human Emperor Hall to discuss an important matter.
• Huang Tian announced that he wanted to abolish Nuwa’s position as Holy Mother and reclaim the Human Race Fortune she enjoyed, shocking those present.

Huang Tian persuaded the Human Race to strip Nuwa of her position as Holy Mother, arguing that she had failed to protect them. Meanwhile, Qin Mu’s fusion of an Innate Supreme Treasure shook the Underworld, leaving its inhabitants to suspect he was about to attain sainthood.

• Huang Tian condemned Nuwa’s indifference to the Human Race’s suffering and recalled her support for Yuanshi during the struggle for Underworld Authority.
• Suiren Shi, Ziyi Shi, the other Human Ancestors, and the tribal leaders supported Huang Tian’s decision to strip Nuwa of her position and honor only the Human Emperor.
• Huang Tian left the Human Emperor Hall to seek Saint Taishang’s help, while the Three Ancestors took charge of Human Race affairs.
• A terrifying aura erupted from Qin Mu’s secluded location in the Underworld, alarming the Ten Yama Kings, Five Ghost Emperors, and Jie Teachings disciples.
• Yin Tianzi recognized that Qin Mu was fusing an Innate Supreme Treasure, rather than attaining sainthood.

Qin Mu fused the five Origin Spirit Pearls into the Innate Supreme Treasure Sacred Spirit Pearl, and its released power shook the Underworld. The fusion raised his cultivation to Half-Step Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal before he vanished with the pearl, prompting Empress Pingxin and Yin Tianzi to appear in his chamber.

• Qin Mu fused the five Origin Spirit Pearls, releasing an immense aura that Empress Pingxin suppressed with the power of Underworld Reincarnation.
• The Underworld’s inhabitants, including the Jie Teachings Disciples and Old Ancestor Ming He, mistook the aura for Qin Mu breaking through to Hunyuan.
• The five pearls merged into the Sacred Spirit Pearl, and their Origin Power raised Qin Mu to the Half-Step Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal level.
• The system identified the Sacred Spirit Pearl as an Innate Supreme Treasure containing a complete Great Thousand World.
• Qin Mu vanished with the Sacred Spirit Pearl, and Empress Pingxin and Yin Tianzi appeared in his secluded chamber.

Qin Mu entered the Sacred Spirit Pearl’s uncreated Chaos World and realized he could use it to pursue Prove Dao with Strength and attain Hunyuan. He returned to the Underworld, reassured Empress Pingxin, and left Yin Tianzi in charge as he departed on urgent business.

• Yin Tianzi and Empress Pingxin searched the Underworld after Qin Mu vanished without leaving a trace, but neither could locate him.
• Qin Mu appeared inside the Sacred Spirit Pearl and discovered its Great Thousand World remained in primordial Chaos, containing the complete Three Thousand Laws.
• Qin Mu realized the uncreated world could let him pursue Prove Dao with Strength, though he decided he needed more preparation before attempting Creation of Heaven and Earth.
• Qin Mu returned to the secret chamber and told Empress Pingxin he had been testing a divine ability; she accepted his explanation without pressing him.
• Qin Mu assigned the Underworld’s affairs to Yin Tianzi and left on urgent business.