Chapter Summaries

As Qin Mu battled the Heavenly Dao inside the Sacred Spirit Pearl, Saint Tongtian rushed to the Underworld to learn what had happened to his disciple. He reached Qin Mu’s secluded chambers with Empress Pingxin, Xi He, and Chang Xi, but they could not determine Qin Mu’s condition.

• Qin Mu’s sword and axe power collided with the Heavenly Dao’s Pangu manifestation inside the Sacred Spirit Pearl, shattering space in the Chaos World.
• Tongtian left Biyou Palace for the Underworld, while Yuanshi, the Crown Prince, Nuwa, Jie Yin, and Zhun Ti wondered what had provoked the Heavenly Dao’s fury.
• Empress Pingxin told Tongtian that the Heavenly Dao had entered Qin Mu’s place of seclusion and that she could not investigate him because he possessed an Innate Supreme Treasure.
• Pingxin took Tongtian to Qin Mu’s chambers in Fengdu City, where Xi He and Chang Xi were standing guard.
• Tongtian could sense no movement inside the chambers, and he could not reassure Xi He that Qin Mu was safe.

Qin Mu transformed into his true Chaos Green Lotus Sword Leaf form within the Sacred Spirit Pearl and destroyed the Heavenly Dao’s Pangu Avatar and Eye. The Heavenly Dao’s fury spread across the Primordial World, while Yin Tianzi, Tongtian, Pingxin, and Hongjun realized Qin Mu had severed its will in the Underworld.

• Qin Mu drew on the Sacred Spirit Pearl’s Origin Power, revealed his true form, and overwhelmed the Pangu Avatar formed by the Heavenly Dao.
• Qin Mu’s Grass Sword cleaved apart the Pangu Avatar and destroyed the Eye of Heavenly Dao.
• The Heavenly Dao’s intensified fury descended across the Primordial World, alarming countless beings and the Saints.
• Yin Tianzi concluded that Qin Mu had destroyed the Heavenly Dao Power in the Underworld and grew excited about his chances of success.
• Tongtian celebrated Qin Mu’s achievement, while Xi He and Chang Xi realized he was fighting the Heavenly Dao and Pingxin worried about its retaliation.
• Hongjun recognized that Qin Mu had severed the Heavenly Dao Will in the Underworld.

Qin Mu overcame the Heavenly Dao’s attack and attained the third level of the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, while Hongjun prevented the Heavenly Dao from striking again. Qin Mu then used Pangu’s Essence Blood to create Heaven and Earth inside the Sacred Spirit Pearl, leaving the treasure on the verge of becoming a Chaos Spiritual Treasure.

• Hongjun confronted the Heavenly Dao in the Chaotic Void and forced it to withdraw from its attack on Qin Mu.
• Qin Mu used the Sacred Spirit Pearl’s Origin Power to eradicate the Heavenly Dao Will, transform into a Chaos Demon Gods Body, and reach the third level of the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.
• Qin Mu recalled that the Sacred Spirit Pearl had protected him from the Heavenly Dao’s strike and decided to create a world in its Chaotic Void.
• Qin Mu released Pangu’s refined Essence Blood, which became a giant that imitated Pangu and separated Chaos into Heaven and Earth.
• As the world began to evolve, the Sacred Spirit Pearl advanced to the rank of a Half-step Chaos Spiritual Treasure.

Qin Mu emerged from seclusion after breaking through to the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal, overcoming the Heavenly Dao’s attempt to stop him. Tongtian and Pingxin departed, leaving Qin Mu and Xi He together as the story shifted to Demon Emperor Dijun following a mysterious aura in the Heavenly Realm.

• Tongtian, Pingxin, Xi He, and Chang Xi waited outside Qin Mu’s secluded cultivation site after the Heavenly Dao’s disturbance subsided.
• Qin Mu emerged safely, thanked Tongtian and Pingxin for protecting him, and confirmed that he had successfully broken through.
• Tongtian, Xi He, Chang Xi, and Pingxin learned that Qin Mu had attained the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal, becoming the first in the Primordial World to open this path.
• Tongtian anticipated that Jie Teachings would gain more Saints through Qin Mu and Duobao, then left with Pingxin.
• Chang Xi left Qin Mu and Xi He alone, while Demon Emperor Dijun followed a mysterious aura in the Heavenly Realm.

Dijun found a strange passage in the Chaotic Void that promised him the chance to become a Saint, while Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao sensed its aura and investigated. Dijun entered the passage before Hongjun arrived, and Hongjun later met a mysterious Primordial Grand Unity expert who had also followed the vanished aura.

• Dijun traced a strange aura to a passage in the Chaotic Void and hesitated after sensing its ominous presence.
• Hongjun sensed the aura at Zixiao Palace, and the Heavenly Dao appeared; Hongjun agreed to investigate.
• The voice inside the passage tempted Dijun with sainthood, and he entered as the passage closed behind him.
• Hongjun reached the site but found the passage and its aura gone.
• A mysterious Primordial Grand Unity expert appeared, confirmed he had followed the aura, and vanished after finding it gone.

Dijun followed a mysterious passage into an unfamiliar void, where a Mysterious Figure offered to help him become a Saint in exchange for feeding a Blood Bead one Demon Race living being each day. The figure gave him Hongmeng Purple Qi and explained that, unlike Hongjun’s, it was not tied to the Heavenly Dao; Dijun remained in the palace, learning that Heavenly Dao Saints were still constrained by its rules.

• Dijun arrived in a strange void where his laws, Solar True Fire, and connection to the Primordial World had vanished.
• A Heavenly Staircase appeared, and Dijun followed it to a palace where a Mysterious Figure offered to help him become a Saint.
• The Mysterious Figure gave Dijun a Blood Bead and instructed him to place it in the Demon Race Core Land and feed it one Demon Race living being each day.
• Dijun agreed to the bargain, prioritizing becoming a Saint over the cost to the Demon Race.
• The Mysterious Figure gave Dijun Hongmeng Purple Qi and said it was not a product of the Heavenly Dao.
• The Mysterious Figure explained that Hongjun’s Hongmeng Purple Qi contained Heavenly Dao rules, leaving the Saints who used it subject to the Heavenly Dao.

Dijun accepted a strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi from a mysterious man who promised it could let him become a saint free of the Heavenly Dao’s restrictions. Back in the Heavenly Court, he told Eastern Emperor Taiyi about the gift, but Taiyi pointed out that the Demon Race lacked the merit needed for sanctification.

• A mysterious man offered Dijun Hongmeng Purple Qi in exchange for future cooperation after Dijun became a saint, and Dijun agreed.
• Dijun collected the Hongmeng Purple Qi, left through a passageway, and the mysterious man was revealed to resemble him closely.
• Dijun returned to the Heavenly Court and told Eastern Emperor Taiyi that a mysterious existence had given him Hongmeng Purple Qi unrestricted by the Heavenly Dao.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi recognized the purple qi and rejoiced that the Demon Race might dominate the Primordial Wilderness.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi warned that the Demon Race lacked the merit required for Dijun to attain sainthood.

Dijun sought to borrow Saint Nuwa’s Human Creation Merit to help him become a Saint, revealing that he possessed a strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi without the Heavenly Dao’s aura. Nuwa agreed to give him her Merit, leaving Dijun with the power he had come to obtain.

• Dijun told Eastern Emperor Taiyi that he intended to use Merit possessed by someone in the Demon Race to pursue sainthood, and Eastern Emperor Taiyi guessed that person was Saint Nuwa.
• Dijun went to Nuwa Palace and demanded to borrow Nuwa’s Human Creation Merit for the Demon Race.
• Nuwa questioned how Merit could help Dijun become a Saint without Hongmeng Purple Qi, and Dijun revealed a strand that lacked the Heavenly Dao’s aura.
• Dijun warned Nuwa that she was bound to the Demon Race’s Fortune and would benefit from its rise, so Nuwa agreed to give him her Human Creation Merit.
• Nuwa released the Merit she had gained from creating humanity, and Dijun carefully accepted it.

Dijun left Nuwa Palace with the remaining Merit from creating humans, while Nuwa sensed that the heavenly secrets had become unclear. Haotian descended into the Primordial Wilderness and headed for the Underworld, where Qin Mu suspected his arrival was connected to his breakthrough into the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal.

• Nuwa asked whether the Merit from creating humans would be enough for Dijun to attain sainthood, and Dijun said other members of the Demon Race, likely Kunpeng, had Merit to contribute.
• Dijun left Nuwa Palace with the remaining Merit, and Nuwa reflected that the future could no longer be clearly seen.
• Haotian descended from beyond the Nine Empyreans, prompting the Saints and other great powers to wonder why Dao Ancestor Hongjun had sent him.
• Haotian went straight to the Underworld, leading observers to connect his arrival to the earlier upheaval there.
• Old Ancestor Ming He recognized that Qin Mu's breakthrough had drawn the Dao Ancestor's attention, while Qin Mu wondered whether Haotian had come because of his achievement.
• Qin Mu sent a divine thought to arrange a reception for Haotian.

Haotian arrived at the Underworld with a message from Dao Ancestor Hongjun but angered Yunxiao by demanding that Qin Mu come out to meet him. After Qin Mu agreed to receive him, Haotian felt the depth of Qin Mu’s aura and greeted him respectfully.

• A ghost general barred Haotian from entering the Underworld until he identified himself as Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s attendant.
• Yunxiao welcomed Haotian, but he ordered her to summon Qin Mu, prompting her to rebuke him for addressing her senior brother by name.
• Yunxiao began to escort Haotian out, but he apologized and explained that he had come under Hongjun’s Divine Decree to deliver Qin Mu a message.
• Yunxiao reported Haotian’s purpose to Qin Mu, who agreed to meet him.
• Haotian arrived at Qin Mu’s residence, felt his aura overwhelm him, and bowed to greet Senior Brother Qin Mu.

Haotian visited Qin Mu in the Underworld on Hongjun’s orders and invited him to Zixiao Palace, prompting the Primordial Wilderness’s great powers to speculate about the meeting. Qin Mu accepted the invitation despite Yin Tianzi’s concerns, confident that Hongjun could not easily kill him.

• Qin Mu questioned Haotian about Hongjun’s summons, and Haotian invited him to Zixiao Palace to discuss important matters.
• Haotian left the Underworld, while Yuanshi, Tongtian, Jie Yin, Zhun Ti, Nuwa, and others speculated about why he had visited Qin Mu.
• At Human Emperor Hall, Zhen Yuanzi asked Huang Tian what Haotian had sought from his true body, and Huang Tian said he did not know.
• Qin Mu told Yin Tianzi that Hongjun had invited him to Zixiao Palace because he had attained the Dao as a Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal.
• Yin Tianzi urged Qin Mu not to go, but Qin Mu said he would be safe and could be revived if the Heavenly Dao killed him.

Qin Mu told Pingxin and Xi He that he was going to Zixiao Palace, then left the Underworld despite their worries. Meanwhile, Dijun demanded Kunpeng’s Merit for his bid to attain Sainthood, and Kunpeng refused, setting the two up for a fight.

• Qin Mu told Pingxin he would visit Zixiao Palace, and she warned him that Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao might attack him.
• Qin Mu promised Xi He that after returning from Zixiao Palace, he would go to Biyou Palace and have his Master preside over their wedding.
• Dijun considered how the Hongmeng Purple Qi and sufficient Merit could help him attain Sainthood and free him from the Heavenly Dao’s restraints.
• Dijun arrived at the Northern Darkness Palace and told Kunpeng that he wanted to borrow Kunpeng’s Merit.
• Kunpeng refused, warning Dijun that the Merit was the foundation of his cultivation.
• Dijun insisted that Kunpeng would lend the Merit whether he wanted to or not, and Kunpeng challenged him to a fight.

Dijun attacked Kunpeng in the North Sea, demanding that he surrender his Merit, and the two Sub-Saints fought fiercely as powers across the Primordial Wilderness watched in shock. The Demon Gods questioned Eastern Emperor Taiyi about the clash, and he knew Dijun had attacked for Kunpeng’s Merit.

• Dijun manifested his true form and demanded Kunpeng hand over his Merit, then attacked him with a Solar Divine Spear.
• Kunpeng countered with North Sea Devouring Heaven, while Dijun answered with Golden Crow Burning World, and their clash devastated the North Sea.
• Great powers across the Primordial Wilderness sensed the battle and wondered whether the Demon Race was fighting itself.
• Taishang and Yuanshi observed the conflict, while Zhun Ti and Jie Yin considered how the West might exploit it.
• The Ancestral Witches celebrated the apparent Demon Race infighting, and the Demon Gods questioned Eastern Emperor Taiyi about the battle.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi stayed silent, though he knew Dijun had attacked Kunpeng to seize his Merit.

Dijun used the Eastern Emperor Bell to defeat Kunpeng’s attempt to resist and forced him to hand over his Merit. Qin Mu noticed the unexpected battle on his way to Zixiao Palace and suspected that his presence had changed the history of the Primordial World.

• Eastern Emperor Taiyi summoned the Eastern Emperor Bell and told the Demon Race that Dijun acted for their sake, while Nuwa feared the Demon Race faced an unavoidable calamity.
• Qin Mu left the Underworld for Zixiao Palace, learned that Dijun and Kunpeng were fighting, and wondered whether his presence had altered history.
• Dijun summoned the Eastern Emperor Bell to the North Sea battlefield, and Kunpeng realized the treasure gave Dijun the advantage.
• Kunpeng tried to flee, but Dijun used the Eastern Emperor Bell to seal the surrounding time and space.
• Dijun threatened to kill Kunpeng unless he handed over his Merit, and Kunpeng reluctantly gave it to him.
• Dijun departed with the Merit, while Kunpeng vowed to remember what had happened.

After Dijun seized Kunpeng’s Merit and wrecked his palace, Zhun Ti came to the North Abyss and offered him a place in the Western Teachings. Kunpeng, estranged from the Demon Race and wary of Dijun, accepted the offer.

• The great powers realized Dijun had attacked Kunpeng to seize his Merit, while Qin Mu wondered whether Dijun had another reason for doing so.
• Kunpeng watched Dijun leave with the Merit and raged over his ruined North Abyss Palace, but knew he could not defeat him.
• Zhun Ti appeared before Kunpeng and pointed out that Dijun had humiliated him and left him estranged from the Demon Race.
• Zhun Ti offered Kunpeng the position of Western Buddha, along with the West’s Fortune and offerings.
• Kunpeng decided he could no longer return to the Demon Race and agreed to join the Western Teachings.

Kunpeng joined the Western Teachings as the Great Freedom Kunpeng Buddha Ancestor after Dijun seized his Merit. Dijun then revealed to the Demon Race leaders that he possessed Hongmeng Purple Qi and ordered Fuxi to build an altar for his coming attainment of sainthood.

• Zhun Ti brought Kunpeng to the Western Realm and proclaimed him the Great Freedom Kunpeng Buddha Ancestor, shocking the Primordial World and angering the Demon Race.
• Dijun heard that Kunpeng had joined the West, dismissed the loss, and focused on attaining sainthood.
• Qin Mu learned of Kunpeng's conversion, reflected that events were straying from their former course, and headed for Zixiao Palace.
• Dijun returned to the Lingxiao Treasure Hall and told the Demon Race leaders that he would soon attain sainthood.
• Dijun revealed that he had obtained Hongmeng Purple Qi and gave Fuxi instructions for constructing an altar.
• Dijun declared that he would attain sainthood on the day the altar was completed.

Qin Mu collected another Extra Large Red Packet outside Zixiao Palace and met Dao Ancestor Hongjun, who recognized his breakthrough beyond the Heavenly Dao. Hongjun asked whether Qin Mu would stand with the Primordial Wilderness or against it if an unprecedented calamity struck.

• Dijun entered seclusion to refine the Merit he had obtained from Saint Nuwa and Kunpeng, hoping to combine it with the Demon Race's Fortune to attain sainthood.
• Qin Mu arrived at Zixiao Palace and discovered that an Extra Large Red Packet had dropped there again, so he collected it without opening it.
• Haotian and Yaochi welcomed Qin Mu, and he gave each of them a Ginseng Fruit before entering the palace.
• Qin Mu greeted Hongjun and sensed that the Dao Ancestor's cultivation had advanced beyond the Primordial Grand Luo level.
• Hongjun praised Qin Mu for forging his own path beyond the Heavenly Dao, then asked whether he would side with the Primordial Wilderness or oppose it during an unprecedented calamity.

Hongjun asked Qin Mu to stand with the Primordial World against an unprecedented upheaval, then empowered him to reach the sixth level of the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm. After Qin Mu left, Hongjun revealed to Heavenly Dao that he was betting on Qin Mu as a source of hope against the coming calamity.

• Hongjun asked Qin Mu whether he would fight alongside the Primordial World if it faced an unprecedented upheaval, and Qin Mu pledged to stand with it.
• Hongjun gave Qin Mu a strand of Origin Power, raising his cultivation from the third to the sixth level of the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.
• Qin Mu thanked Hongjun, left Zixiao Palace, and resolved to focus on growing stronger despite his confusion.
• The Eye of Heavenly Dao confronted Hongjun about investing in Qin Mu, whom Heavenly Dao had previously tried to stop and destroy.
• Hongjun told Heavenly Dao that a variable had brought a sliver of hope and that their enemies had begun to stir; Heavenly Dao accepted his decision and vanished.
• Hongjun reflected that the fate of Pangu's world depended on that sliver of change.

After returning from Zixiao Palace, Qin Mu told Tongtian about Hongjun’s welcome and discussed his plans to marry Fairy Xi He. Tongtian ordered Duobao to arrange a grand wedding and invite the prominent figures of the Primordial Wilderness.

• Qin Mu returned to Penglai Immortal Island and went to Biyou Palace to meet Tongtian.
• Tongtian worried that Hongjun’s invitation had been dangerous, but Qin Mu explained that he had already visited Zixiao Palace and received a gift of power.
• Qin Mu asked Tongtian to arrange his wedding with Fairy Xi He, and Tongtian agreed to hold a grand celebration.
• Tongtian summoned Duobao and instructed him to prepare the wedding and invite prominent figures across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Duobao congratulated Qin Mu and promised to handle the wedding arrangements.

Qin Mu told Duobao he had become a Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal and promised to help him become a Saint when the time was right. He announced his wedding to Xi He for a thousand years later, while the Demon Race raged over the invitation and Dijun vowed to settle accounts with him after attaining Sagehood.

• Duobao learned that Qin Mu had attained the Dao as a Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal and asked when Qin Mu would help him become a Saint.
• Qin Mu reassured Duobao that he would keep his promise, and Duobao left to arrange Qin Mu and Xi He's wedding.
• Qin Mu returned to the Underworld and told Xi He that they would marry in a thousand years, making her overjoyed.
• Duobao's disciples delivered wedding invitations to many Primordial Great Powers, spreading news of the ceremony across the Primordial World.
• The Demon Race's upper ranks grew furious over Qin Mu's marriage to Xi He and the invitation, while Dijun vowed to settle accounts with Qin Mu after attaining the Dao as a Saint.