Chapter Summaries

After Primordial Heavenly Venerate resurrected through the Heavenly Dao, Qin Mu appeared on Kunlun Mountain and killed him again, gaining another surge of cultivation feedback. Primordial Heavenly Venerate resurrected once more, leaving Qin Mu facing him yet again.

• Primordial Heavenly Venerate resurrected through the Heavenly Dao, and the Clarify Teachings Disciples rejoiced.
• Qin Mu appeared before Primordial Heavenly Venerate and declared that he would kill him again.
• Qin Mu used the Sacred Spirit Pearl and Eastern Emperor Bell to restrain Primordial Heavenly Venerate, then pierced him with the Spear of Destruction.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s body and Saint Dao Fruit shattered, and Qin Mu gained another surge of cultivation feedback.
• Heavenly Dao Power restored Primordial Heavenly Venerate once more above Kunlun Mountain.

Qin Mu repeatedly killed Primordial Heavenly Venerate at Kunlun Mountain, growing stronger as the Saint’s cultivation declined with each resurrection. After the fifth killing, Primordial Heavenly Venerate had fallen from the Hunyuan Supreme Great Luo level to the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal level.

• Qin Mu activated the three Innate Supreme Treasures and killed Primordial Heavenly Venerate again before he could react.
• Saint Taishang, Saint Tongtian, Saint Nuwa, Jie Yin, Zhun Ti, Zhen Yuanzi, Huang Tian, and Old Ancestor Ming He observed Qin Mu’s rising cultivation and reacted to his repeated attacks.
• Jie Yin warned Zhun Ti not to interfere, explaining that Qin Mu was strengthening himself while weakening Primordial Heavenly Venerate with each death.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate revived at Kunlun Mountain, but Qin Mu struck him down again before he could finish speaking.
• Qin Mu killed Primordial Heavenly Venerate a fifth time, leaving his cultivation reduced to the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal level.

Qin Mu killed Primordial Heavenly Venerate nine times in succession, reducing his cultivation to the Sub-Saint Realm and cracking his Saint Dao Fruit. As Qin Mu’s strength and reputation grew, the Dragon Emperor fled to avoid becoming his next target.

• Qin Mu repeatedly suppressed and killed Primordial Heavenly Venerate whenever he revived, slaying him nine times and reducing his cultivation from Primordial Grand Supreme Luo to the Sub-Saint Realm.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate became terrified that further deaths would cost him his Saint status, while the watching great powers and All Saints grew wary of Qin Mu.
• Di Zun, the Heavenly Court powerhouses, and the Four Seas Dragon Race marveled at Qin Mu’s strength; Ao Guang reassured Ao Run, and Candle Dragon warned her not to overestimate her importance to Qin Mu.
• The Dragon Emperor feared Qin Mu after seeing Primordial Heavenly Venerate defeated and decided not to provoke him until he recovered his strength.
• The Dragon Emperor used the crowd’s focus on Kunlun Mountain to vanish and escape before Qin Mu could turn his attention to him.

After Qin Mu killed the Primordial Heavenly Venerate nine times, he prepared to strike again, but Dao Ancestor Hongjun appeared in response to Yuanshi’s desperate plea and asked Qin Mu to spare his disciple.

• The Primordial Heavenly Demon sensed the battle and hoped the Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s hatred and humiliation would make him easier to possess.
• Qin Mu mocked the Primordial Heavenly Venerate for invoking their relationship as martial uncle after threatening him at the West Sea, then readied the Spear of Destruction.
• A system notification awarded Qin Mu a Special Red Packet for the hidden achievement of killing the same Saint nine times, and he collected it.
• As Qin Mu prepared to kill him again, the terrified Primordial Heavenly Venerate called for his teacher, Dao Ancestor Hongjun, to save him.
• Hongjun descended above Kunlun Mountain and asked Qin Mu to spare Yuanshi for his sake.

Qin Mu ended his battle with Primordial Heavenly Venerate after Dao Ancestor Hongjun intervened, leaving Primordial Heavenly Venerate humiliated and nursing a grudge. As the great powers recognized Qin Mu’s overwhelming strength, Primordial Heavenly Venerate returned to a hidden place beneath Yuxu Palace and continued absorbing the strange aura that Primordial Heavenly Demon supplied.

• Qin Mu accepted Hongjun’s plea, warned Primordial Heavenly Venerate, and ended the battle before leaving Kunlun Mountain.
• Hongjun told Primordial Heavenly Venerate to take care of himself and then departed, leaving Primordial Heavenly Venerate shaken.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate swore revenge, returned to Yuxu Palace, and secretly resumed refining the strange aura.
• Primordial Heavenly Demon sensed Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s growing inner demons and sent more strange aura into the secret place.
• Saint Taishang called Qin Mu the strongest beneath the Heavenly Dao, while Saint Tongtian celebrated his defeat of Primordial Heavenly Venerate.

After Qin Mu defeated Primordial Heavenly Venerate, saints and allies across the Primordial World assessed his growing power and resolved not to provoke him. Qin Mu returned to the West Sea, discovered the Dragon Emperor had disappeared, and turned his attention to the Four Seas Dragon Race.

• Tongtian reflected on Qin Mu’s extraordinary power and fortune, then decided he would enjoy an easy life with such a disciple.
• Nuwa regretted that her relationship with Qin Mu had grown distant and wished she had followed his earlier advice.
• Zhun Ti called Qin Mu a threat to Western Teachings, but Jie Yin urged him not to confront Qin Mu yet.
• Huang Tian told Zhen Yuanzi that Qin Mu’s strength still fell short of his goal of transcending the Great Dao through the Immortal Seed.
• Ming He concluded that Qin Mu’s defeat would keep Primordial Heavenly Venerate from provoking him again and returned to the Blood Sea.
• Qin Mu returned to the West Sea, found that the Dragon Emperor had vanished, and turned his gaze toward the Four Seas Dragon Race.

Qin Mu spared the West Sea Dragon Race by erasing the Dragon Emperor’s control mark from Ao Run, and the Four Seas Dragon Race formally submitted to Di Zun’s Heavenly Court. The Dragon Emperor escaped and hid near Kunlun Mountain to investigate Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s secrets, while Qin Mu obtained another strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi in seclusion.

• Candle Dragon pleaded for the West Sea Dragon Race, and Qin Mu erased the mark the Dragon Emperor had planted in Ao Run’s sea of consciousness.
• Qin Mu left the Four Seas Dragon Race to Di Zun, and Ao Guang and the other Dragon Kings agreed to submit to the Heavenly Court.
• Di Zun accepted the Four Seas Dragon Race’s formal submission and appointed the Four Sea Dragon Kings, linking the Dragon Race’s Fortune with the Heavenly Court’s.
• The Dragon Emperor escaped the West Sea, hid near Kunlun Mountain, and planned to investigate the secret behind Primordial Heavenly Venerate.
• Qin Mu opened a Great Red Packet in the Netherworld Underworld and obtained another strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi.

Qin Mu gave his fourth strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi to Di Zun, the lord of the Heavenly Court, to help him attain sainthood. Di Zun succeeded as a Primordial Saint without relying on the Heavenly Dao, astonishing the great powers and Saints of the Primordial Wilderness.

• Qin Mu reflected on the ten Extra Large Red Packets that were fusing and decided his Hongmeng Purple Qi would best serve Di Zun, the lord of the Heavenly Court.
• Qin Mu visited Di Zun and gave him the Hongmeng Purple Qi, urging him to focus and break through.
• Di Zun refined the Hongmeng Purple Qi, and a purplish-gold pillar of light rose from the Heavenly Court as he prepared to attain sainthood.
• Di Zun proclaimed that he attained the Dao as a Primordial Saint, drawing on the fortune of the Heavenly Court and the Dragon Race rather than the Heavenly Dao.
• Laozi wondered whether Qin Mu had enabled Di Zun's sainthood, while Tongtian recognized that his disciple's help had played a major role.

After Qin Mu gave Di Zun Hongmeng Purple Qi, Di Zun attained sainthood and astonished the sages. Qin Mu learned that he needed three Special Red Packets to open one, and just as the Primordial Wilderness entered a brief calm, a disastrous flood struck the Human Race.

• Di Zun attained sainthood without relying on the Heavenly Dao, shocking Jie Yin, Zhun Ti, Nuwa, Zhen Yuanzi, Huang Tian, Ming He, and Duobao.
• Duobao lamented that Qin Mu had repeatedly denied him chances to earn merit and told his senior brother that his future as a Saint depended on him.
• Qin Mu recalled giving Di Zun the Hongmeng Purple Qi from a Great Red Packet and concluded that Di Zun could guard the Heavenly Court.
• Qin Mu asked the system to open his Special Red Packet and learned that he needed to collect three Special Red Packets to open one.
• The Primordial Wilderness briefly became calm, then a monstrous flood devastated Human Race lands, destroyed homes and farmland, and displaced countless people.

Da Yu sought the source of the floods devastating Human territory and discovered that the East Sea Sea Eye had been disturbed by the earlier West Sea War. He asked Zhao Gongming to suppress it, but Zhao Gongming warned that the task was dangerous and he was not certain he could succeed.

• Huang Tian refused to intervene in the floods, saying Da Yu had to resolve them as Humanity’s Co-Lord.
• Da Yu led the people in flood-control efforts, but the waters kept rising, so Zhao Gongming told him to find their source.
• Da Yu traced the floodwaters to the East Sea and asked Ao Guang why they were flowing into Human territory.
• Ao Guang showed Da Yu the Sea Eye and explained that aftershocks from the West Sea War had loosened its ancient prohibition.
• Da Yu returned to Zhao Gongming and begged him to suppress the Sea Eye, and Zhao Gongming said he could try but lacked certainty.

Zhao Gongming failed to suppress the rampaging Sea Eye and sought advice from Qin Mu, who said a Heaven-ordained treasure made from Divine Iron was needed. Zhao Gongming and Da Yu left the Dragon Palace to search for the iron.

• Zhao Gongming tried and failed to stop the Sea Eye, then left for the Underworld while Da Yu and Ao Guang waited at the Dragon Palace.
• Zhao Gongming told Qin Mu about the flood and asked him to suppress the Sea Eye, but Qin Mu said he could not act because the matter was fated by Heaven.
• Qin Mu advised Zhao Gongming to find Divine Iron among the Three Mountains and Five Sacred Peaks and have it refined at Penglai.
• Zhao Gongming returned and told Da Yu and Ao Guang about Qin Mu's guidance, then urged Da Yu to search for the Divine Iron.
• Zhao Gongming and Da Yu left the Dragon Palace to begin their search.

Da Yu found the Divine Iron, and Zhao Gongming brought it to Saint Tongtian, who forged it into the Ruyi Golden Cudgel. Da Yu received the staff and hurried to the East Sea to suppress the Sea Eye.

• Da Yu found the black Divine Iron in a hidden valley, and Zhao Gongming collected it.
• Zhao Gongming traveled to Penglai and showed the Divine Iron to Saint Tongtian, who recognized its Primordial Chaos Essence and began forging it.
• Saint Tongtian refined the Divine Iron into the Ruyi Golden Cudgel and gave it to Zhao Gongming to suppress the Sea Eye.
• Zhao Gongming returned to Yang City and gave Da Yu the tiny staff, explaining that it could change size and weight.
• Da Yu tested the Ruyi Golden Cudgel, then hurried toward the East Sea to suppress the Sea Eye.

Da Yu suppressed the East Sea Sea Eye, attained the Dao as the final Five Emperor, and forged the Nine Tripods before passing the throne to Qi. As the Human Race entered its hereditary era, a destructive demonic aura erupted beneath Yuxu Palace.

• Da Yu used the Ruyi Golden Cudgel to suppress the East Sea Sea Eye, calming the floods and restoring peace.
• Heavenly Merit descended: Da Yu reached the peak of the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm and recovered memories of his past life as a Jie Teachings disciple, while Zhao Gongming, Tongtian, and the Ruyi Golden Cudgel also received Merit.
• Da Yu and the other Human Emperors forged nine treasure tripods to gather and protect the Human Race's Fortune, then Da Yu passed the throne to his son Qi and entered the Human Emperor Realm.
• Qi succeeded Da Yu, beginning the hereditary dynastic era of the Human Race, whose Fortune remained stable under the Nine Tripods.
• A gray-black aura of destruction erupted beneath Yuxu Palace, terrifying the Clarify Teachings Disciples and withering the life and stone around Kunlun Mountain.

Clarify Teachings Disciples fled Kunlun Mountain as a terrifying aura erupted, while Primordial Heavenly Venerate recovered his Hunyuan Supreme Great Luo cultivation by absorbing ancient Demonic Energy. A mysterious gateway appeared in the hidden place, and Primordial Heavenly Venerate went to investigate the voice calling from within.

• Guangchengzi led the Clarify Teachings Disciples in retreat from Kunlun Mountain as Demonic Energy and a terrifying aura overwhelmed them.
• Guangchengzi worried that something had gone wrong with Primordial Heavenly Venerate's recovery, and Randeng Daoren emerged from the mountain, suspecting Yuanshi had fallen into demonic corruption.
• Deep underground, Primordial Heavenly Venerate absorbed the strange aura until his cultivation recovered to the Hunyuan Supreme Great Luo realm.
• A voice announced success from a mysterious gateway in the hidden place, and Primordial Heavenly Venerate stepped toward it to investigate.

Primordial Heavenly Venerate entered a mysterious gateway beneath Kunlun Mountain and found an endless void containing a being of unimaginable size and power. The being identified itself as the Primordial Heavenly Demon, the first demon in the world.

• Primordial Heavenly Venerate sensed that the gateway was drawing him in and entered it, causing the terrifying aura over Kunlun Mountain to vanish.
• Randeng, Nanji, Guangchengzi, and the other Clarify Teachings Disciples noticed the aura disappear, and Randeng told them to remain where they were.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate ventured through the empty void and manifested a Pangu Avatar as the oppressive aura grew stronger.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate saw a colossal figure seated in the void and trembled under its aura.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate bowed and asked the figure who it was, and the figure declared itself the Primordial Heavenly Demon.

Primordial Heavenly Demon revealed that he had secretly guided Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s cultivation and planned to devour his Dao Fruit once his strength recovered. After learning that Primordial Heavenly Venerate wanted revenge on Qin Mu, he gave him a mysterious black token.

• Primordial Heavenly Venerate asked whether Primordial Heavenly Demon had supplied the strange aura that helped him break through, and Primordial Heavenly Demon confirmed it.
• Primordial Heavenly Demon privately revealed that he intended to refine Primordial Heavenly Venerate and seize his body, but feared the Pangu’s Primordial Spirit Imprint within him.
• Primordial Heavenly Demon asked Primordial Heavenly Venerate whether he wanted revenge, and Primordial Heavenly Venerate affirmed his hatred of Qin Mu.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate recalled how Qin Mu had killed him nine times, ruined his plans for the Underworld, and been chosen as Heavenly Emperor over his disciple.
• Primordial Heavenly Demon handed Primordial Heavenly Venerate a pitch-black token engraved with an ancient rune.

Primordial Heavenly Demon gave Primordial Heavenly Venerate a token and directed him to seek out Luohu for help against Qin Mu. Primordial Heavenly Venerate left for the Nine Empyreans, while his disciples and the great powers wondered what he intended to do.

• Primordial Heavenly Demon gave Primordial Heavenly Venerate a pitch-black token and told him to find Luohu in the Outer Heavens for help against Qin Mu.
• Primordial Heavenly Demon regretted that Pangu's Primordial Spirit was too difficult to refine without risking backlash.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate suspected Primordial Heavenly Demon had an ulterior motive but decided to prioritize gaining strength and killing Qin Mu.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate emerged outside Kunlun Mountain and told Randeng, Nanji, Guangchengzi, and the other disciples to cultivate nearby while he left.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate flew toward the Nine Empyreans, puzzling his disciples and the great powers who sensed his recovered aura.

Primordial Heavenly Venerate reappeared with his cultivation restored and headed beyond the Nine Empyreans, leaving the Saints and other powerful figures to suspect his motives. Qin Mu recognized that something unusual was behind Yuanshi’s recovery and wondered whether beings from other Primordial Eras were involved.

• Saint Taishang, Saint Tongtian, Saint Nuwa, Jie Yin, and Zhun Ti noticed Primordial Heavenly Venerate heading beyond the Nine Empyreans with his cultivation restored and questioned how he had recovered so quickly.
• Saint Tongtian recalled Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s strange aura during the West Sea battle and suspected he might be going to find Teacher.
• Zhen Yuanzi and Huang Tian discussed Yuanshi’s recovered cultivation and wondered whether he intended to target Qin Mu’s true body.
• Di Zun noticed Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s return and speculated that he might be seeking Dao Ancestor Hongjun.
• Qin Mu considered that beings from other Primordial Eras could be behind Primordial Heavenly Venerate and recalled that an Immortal Seed would appear in the current era, allowing its possessor to transcend.

Primordial Heavenly Venerate followed the Primordial Heavenly Demon’s token into the Beyond Chaos Outer Heavens, where he encountered Chonglou, one of Demon Ancestor Luohu’s four great Demon Kings. Chonglou told him that Luohu had summoned him and led him deeper into the Outer Heavens.

• Qin Mu suspected that someone had helped Primordial Heavenly Venerate restore his cultivation as Primordial Heavenly Venerate entered Chaos and vanished from the Saints’ senses.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun realized Primordial Heavenly Venerate had gone to the Beyond Chaos Outer Heavens and worried that he might take a wrong path.
• Guided by the black token, Primordial Heavenly Venerate entered the Outer Heavens without triggering its prohibitions.
• A Peak Quasi-Saint guard challenged Primordial Heavenly Venerate, who drove it back by releasing his Saintly aura.
• Chonglou appeared, and Primordial Heavenly Venerate sensed that Chonglou was a Primordial Grand Unity existence.
• Chonglou told Primordial Heavenly Venerate that the Ancestor had invited him, then led him toward the depths of the Outer Heavens.

The Primordial Heavenly Venerate entered the Heavenly Devil Hall to seek a partnership with Demon Ancestor Luohu, who mocked him for his defeats against Qin Mu. The Primordial Heavenly Venerate revealed a Heavenly Devil Order, and Luohu reacted with shock.

• Chonglou led the Primordial Heavenly Venerate to the Heavenly Devil Hall and left him to enter alone.
• The Primordial Heavenly Venerate entered the hall, felt Luohu's overwhelming presence, and bowed to him.
• The Primordial Heavenly Venerate proposed a partnership, but Luohu laughed at him and questioned his worth.
• Luohu reminded the Primordial Heavenly Venerate that Qin Mu had killed him nine times and reduced his cultivation to Sub-Saint.
• The Primordial Heavenly Venerate restrained his anger and produced the Heavenly Devil Order, causing Luohu to react in astonishment.