Chapter Summaries

With enemies surrounding Kunlun Mountain, Randeng Daoren rejected the Chan Teachings’ plea for help and revealed his long-held resentment. As the Mountain-Protecting Array began to fail, the Dragon Emperor arrived and offered the disciples survival and a chance to avenge Qin Mu and the Jie Teachings if they submitted to him.

• Guangchengzi discovered tens of thousands of enemies outside Kunlun Mountain, led by the Quasi-Saints Sea-Covering Demon Saint and Ancestor Kurong, and the Chan Teachings disciples feared their Mountain-Protecting Array would not hold.
• Juliusun begged Randeng Daoren and Immortal Official Nanji to save the Chan Teachings, but Randeng refused to fight the overwhelming forces.
• Randeng denounced the Golden Immortals for mistreating him and declared that he had no reason to save them after years of disrespect.
• The Dragon Emperor arrived, and his immense pressure weakened the Mountain-Protecting Array while he mocked the Chan Teachings and Primordial Heavenly Venerate.
• The Dragon Emperor offered to spare the Chan Teachings and grant them power to take revenge on Qin Mu and the Jie Teachings if they submitted to him, leaving Guangchengzi torn between his pride and desire for revenge.

The Dragon Emperor tried to force Guangchengzi and the Clarify Teachings Disciples to submit, but an overwhelming aura erupted from Kunlun Mountain and pinned everyone down. Primordial Heavenly Venerate emerged from the forbidden ground alive, leaving the Three Realms stunned by his return.

• Guangchengzi wavered at the Dragon Emperor's offer, but True Person Yu Ding and True Person Taiyi urged him to uphold the Clarify Teachings' pride and refuse.
• The Dragon Emperor punished True Person Yu Ding and True Person Taiyi with his pressure, and Guangchengzi prepared to plead for mercy.
• A mysterious aura erupted from Kunlun Mountain, suppressed the Dragon Emperor and everyone nearby, and shattered the Mountain-Protecting Array.
• Mighty beings across the Three Realms sensed the aura, while Taishang Laojun, Jie Yin, Zhun Ti, and Empress Pingxin recognized its strange power and wondered at its source.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate walked out of the forbidden ground, and the Clarify Teachings Disciples knelt to greet their revived Master.

Laozi Laojun and Tongtian recognized that the figure claiming to be Primordial Heavenly Venerate was an impostor using Yuanshi’s appearance and aura to rally Clarify Teachings. As the false Yuanshi prepared to act at Kunlun Mountain, Tongtian armed himself and waited to see whether the impostor would threaten Jie Teachings while Qin Mu remained in seclusion.

• Laozi Laojun sensed that the figure at Yuxu Palace lacked Yuanshi’s soul-vein and concluded that it was not Yuanshi.
• Laozi Laojun watched the impostor gather the grieving Clarify Teachings Disciples and suspected that someone intended to use them as a weapon.
• Jie Teachings disciples at Biyou Palace feared that the apparent return of Yuanshi would undo their chance to settle accounts with Clarify Teachings.
• Tongtian declared that the figure was not Yuanshi because he could not sense Yuanshi’s soul and recognized the appearance as a deliberate scheme.
• Tongtian chose not to disturb Qin Mu’s seclusion and summoned the Four Swords of Zhu Xian, warning that he would act if the impostor reached toward Jie Teachings.

Nuwa, Ming He, and Hongjun recognized that the figure who had appeared in Yuxu Palace was not the resurrected Primordial Heavenly Venerate, but an unknown force beyond the Heavenly Dao’s records. After crushing the Dragon Emperor, the figure revealed himself as the Primordial Heavenly Demon and declared that he would replace Primordial Heavenly Venerate in the Primordial World.

• Nuwa concluded that the figure in Yuxu Palace was a loophole rather than Yuanshi returned, while Ming He ordered the Asura Race to withdraw and guard against those seeking to exploit Qin Mu’s seclusion.
• Hongjun found that the Heavenly Dao could not trace or see through the figure and warned that another force outside the game had appeared.
• The false Yuanshi suppressed the Dragon Emperor and the Rogue Cultivators outside Kunlun Mountain, while the Clarify Teachings Disciples accepted him as their returning Master.
• The Dragon Emperor challenged the figure’s identity because the Heavenly Dao had not reacted, but the figure struck him down with the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi.
• The Dragon Emperor recognized the figure as the Primordial Heavenly Demon, who declared that only he would remain in the Primordial World in place of Primordial Heavenly Venerate.
• The Dragon Emperor burned his origin to break free and attempted to flee.

The Dragon Emperor recognized the figure in Yuxu Palace as the Primordial Heavenly Demon and tried to flee, but the demon dragged him back and killed him. After claiming the Dragon Emperor’s Hunyuan Origin, the demon turned his gaze on Guangchengzi and the Clarify Teachings Disciples.

• The Dragon Emperor burned his source and tore open a rift to escape after identifying the Primordial Heavenly Demon.
• The Primordial Heavenly Demon froze the space around the Dragon Emperor, dragged him back to Kunlun Mountain, and crushed him into a pit.
• The Dragon Emperor begged for mercy and offered eternal service, but the Primordial Heavenly Demon killed him with a single strike that erased his body and soul.
• A Hunyuan Origin appeared where the Dragon Emperor had died, and the Primordial Heavenly Demon took it while the watching mighty beings restrained their greed.
• The Primordial Heavenly Demon turned to the terrified Clarify Teachings Disciples and fixed his gaze on Guangchengzi.

After the Clarify Teachings disciples submitted to the Primordial Heavenly Demon, he chose Guangchengzi to receive the Dragon Emperor’s Hunyuan Origin. The violent empowerment began transforming Guangchengzi, while the other factions suspected the demon was forging him into a weapon against Qin Mu.

• Cihang Daoren and Juliusun declared loyalty to the Primordial Heavenly Demon, and most Clarify Teachings disciples followed them.
• Guangchengzi abandoned his resistance and knelt, prompting the remaining disciples, Randeng Daoren, and Immortal Official Nanji to submit as well.
• The Primordial Heavenly Demon called Guangchengzi forward and sent the Dragon Emperor’s Hunyuan Origin into him.
• Jie Yin and Zhun Ti protested the gift, while Sect Master Tongtian said the Primordial Heavenly Demon was forging a blade to deal with Qin Mu.
• Guangchengzi collapsed and screamed as the Hunyuan Origin brutally remade his body and Primordial Spirit.

The Primordial Heavenly Demon forced Hunyuan Origin into Guangchengzi, driving him to the brink of death before his hatred and will let him absorb the power and become a Daluo Golden Immortal of the Origin. As Guangchengzi celebrated his new strength, the Heavenly Dao unleashed a Hunyuan Tribulation upon Kunlun Mountain.

• Guangchengzi suffered as the Primordial Heavenly Demon forced the Dragon Emperor's Hunyuan Origin into his body, while the Clarify Teachings disciples and other mighty beings watched.
• Guangchengzi's desire for revenge against Qin Mu and the Jie Teachings let him stop resisting the energy and absorb it, rapidly advancing through the Quasi-Saint and Sub-Saint realms.
• The Primordial Heavenly Demon commanded Guangchengzi to become a Saint, and the surrounding spiritual energy poured into Yuxu Palace as the Heavenly Dao showed no immediate response.
• Guangchengzi broke through the final barrier and attained the Dao of Hunyuan, causing signs of a new Saint's birth to appear throughout the Primordial World.
• Black Tribulation Clouds gathered over Kunlun Mountain, and Taishang Laojun identified the approaching calamity as the Hunyuan Tribulation.

Guangchengzi’s Hunyuan Tribulation began, and the Primordial Heavenly Demon intervened with the Heaven-Burier Seal. After freezing the Heavenly Dao’s laws, he used the seal to devour the tribulation, leaving the watching Saints terrified of his power.

• Guangchengzi’s Heaven-Turning Seal was destroyed by a strand of annihilating power from the Hunyuan Tribulation, and he begged his master to save him.
• The Primordial Heavenly Demon stepped out of Yuxu Palace and dismissed the Heavenly Dao as insignificant.
• The Primordial Heavenly Demon halted the Tribulation Cloud and severed the Saints’ connection to the Heavenly Dao for an instant.
• The Primordial Heavenly Demon revealed the Heaven-Burier Seal and declared that it could bury the Heavenly Dao.
• The Heaven-Burier Seal devoured the Hunyuan Tribulation, leaving the sky clear and the watching Saints in fear.

The Primordial Heavenly Demon helped Guangchengzi attain Hunyuan and promised Clarify Teachings disciples they could follow, then sent Guangchengzi to summon Ji Fa and the Nine-Tailed Fox. Across the Primordial Wilderness, powerful figures feared the Heaven-Burier Seal, while Hongjun realized Qin Mu might be the only one able to oppose the ancient demon.

• Guangchengzi attained Hunyuan as the Primordial Heavenly Demon swallowed the tribulation with the Heaven-Burier Seal, and Clarify Teachings disciples celebrated their master's return.
• The Primordial Heavenly Demon promised his loyal disciples they could attain Hunyuan, then ordered Guangchengzi to bring Ji Fa and the Nine-Tailed Fox to Kunlun Mountain or face the Dragon Emperor's fate.
• Nuwa, Ming He, and Zhen Yuanzi learned of the Heaven-Burier Seal and feared the Primordial Heavenly Demon's power; Ming He ordered the Blood Sea army to prepare for battle and sent word to the Underworld about Qin Mu.
• Hongjun recognized the Primordial Heavenly Demon as an ancient era-ending being wielding a weapon that countered the Heavenly Dao, and concluded that only Qin Mu might be able to stop him.

Qin Mu emerged from seclusion after reaching the Heavenly Dao Realm, startling the Three Realms with his power. He learned that the Primordial Heavenly Demon had appeared and Hongjun arrived seeking help.

• Qin Mu's breakthrough unleashed an overwhelming aura that shook the Primordial Wilderness and the Underworld, while Hongjun and other powerful beings sensed it.
• Qin Mu emerged from his shattered cultivation chamber and revealed that he had attained the Primordial Grand Limitless Luo Golden Immortal realm, also called the Heavenly Dao Realm.
• Empress Pingxin told Qin Mu that the Primordial Heavenly Demon had killed the Dragon Emperor with one move, raised Guangchengzi to the Origin Daluo Golden Immortal realm, and devoured a heavenly tribulation with the Heaven-Burier Seal.
• Qin Mu recognized the Heaven-Burier Seal as a sign that an ancient monster had emerged in the final era and welcomed the prospect of a worthy opponent.
• Hongjun descended into the Underworld, saw Qin Mu's breakthrough, and revealed his urgent need for help.

Qin Mu learned that the Primordial Heavenly Demon was an ancient epoch survivor and that Hongjun had repeatedly lived through eras while seeking the Immortal Seed. After Hongjun begged for help against the demon, Qin Mu agreed only to consider it if Hongjun showed sufficient sincerity, leaving his condition unstated.

• Hongjun explained that ancient beings survived past eras by possessing bodies in the current one, and identified the Primordial Heavenly Demon as a powerful epoch destroyer.
• Qin Mu asked whether Hongjun was also a revived being, and Hongjun admitted that an Avatar of his had been born anew in every era while he remained Hongjun.
• Hongjun revealed that he repeated eras to seek the Immortal Seed and transcendence, but the Primordial Heavenly Demon and Qin Mu had disrupted his carefully planned epoch.
• Hongjun asked Qin Mu to fight the Primordial Heavenly Demon, warning that the demon would destroy everything Qin Mu cared about if left unchecked.
• Qin Mu said he would help only if Hongjun showed sincerity, and began stating his condition.

Qin Mu bargained with Hongjun for three Saint Positions to help confront the Primordial Heavenly Demon, but accepted two after Hongjun refused to yield more. After Qin Mu returned to Penglai to prepare his allies, Guangchengzi summoned Ji Fa and Daji to Kunlun, provoking Ji Fa’s defiance.

• Qin Mu demanded three Saint Positions from Hongjun, who argued that granting them would damage the Heavenly Dao and destabilize the Primordial World.
• Hongjun negotiated down to two Saint Positions, and Qin Mu accepted them before explaining that he needed time to master his power, assess the Primordial Heavenly Demon, and strengthen his allies.
• Qin Mu told Empress Pingxin to hold the Underworld with Yin Tianzi, then departed to deliver his gift to the Jie Teachings.
• Guangchengzi appeared over the Western Earl’s residence in Xiqi and ordered Ji Fa and the Nine-Tailed Fox, disguised as Daji, to come to Kunlun.
• Ji Fa struck the jade table to pieces and confronted Guangchengzi’s Saintly might with his human sovereign aura.

Ji Fa easily overpowered Guangchengzi after the newly ascended Saint came to Xiqi to take him by force. Guangchengzi invoked the Primordial Heavenly Demon through a demonic seal, leaving Ji Fa and the Nine-Tailed Fox facing a greater threat.

• Ji Fa shattered Guangchengzi’s attack with his fist and rebuked him for relying on power granted by the Primordial Heavenly Demon.
• Guangchengzi formed a Yin Yang millstone, but Ji Fa broke it with a blow empowered by Xiqi’s Human Dao Fortune.
• Ji Fa hurled Guangchengzi into a crater and pinned him beneath his foot while the Nine-Tailed Fox warned that his master was dangerous.
• Guangchengzi used the Primordial Heavenly Demon’s power to force Ji Fa back, then activated the gray demonic seal over his heart.
• The Primordial Heavenly Demon’s will descended, silencing the laws of heaven and earth and making Ji Fa sense danger.

Ji Fa and the Nine-Tailed Fox agreed to follow Guangchengzi to Kunlun after realizing they could not risk provoking the Primordial Heavenly Demon. They arrived at Yuxu Palace, where the Primordial Heavenly Demon ordered them inside.

• Ji Fa stopped fighting Guangchengzi when the Nine-Tailed Fox warned that the Primordial Heavenly Demon could use his mark to kill them.
• Ji Fa agreed to go to Kunlun and ordered Xiqi's ministers to keep the city secure while he was away.
• Guangchengzi opened a spatial passage, and Ji Fa and the Nine-Tailed Fox traveled with him toward Kunlun.
• Ji Fa and the Nine-Tailed Fox discussed why the Primordial Heavenly Demon had summoned them and agreed not to reveal their trump cards.
• The three arrived at Yuxu Palace, where the Primordial Heavenly Demon told them to enter.

Ji Fa and the Nine-Tailed Fox met the Primordial Heavenly Demon, who revealed their past-life identities and offered to help restore their strength if they continued the Campaign Against Shang. The offer left Ji Fa weighing an alliance against Qin Mu, whose breakthrough to the Heavenly Dao Realm threatened their plans.

• Ji Fa and the Nine-Tailed Fox endured the Primordial Heavenly Demon's Demonic Energy and entered Yuxu Palace with Guangchengzi.
• Ji Fa refused to bow to the Primordial Heavenly Demon, who identified him as the Lord of the Human Dao from the 2,741st epoch and the Nine-Tailed Fox as the Nine-Tailed Saint Emperor from the 2,996th epoch.
• The Primordial Heavenly Demon showed them that Di Xin had severed Great Shang's Karma ties to the Investiture Calamity and warned that Human Dao Fortune no longer flowed toward Xiqi.
• The Primordial Heavenly Demon revealed that Qin Mu had reached the Heavenly Dao Realm, shocking the Nine-Tailed Fox and convincing Ji Fa that Qin Mu threatened their chance to claim the Immortal Seed.
• Ji Fa asked how they could work together, and the Primordial Heavenly Demon offered to lift some Heavenly Dao suppression and restore thirty percent of their strength if Xiqi continued the Campaign Against Shang and kept the Human Dao and Interception Sect occupied.

The Primordial Heavenly Demon forced Ji Fa and the Nine-Tailed Fox to swallow demonic seeds that restored their power while giving him control over their lives. He ordered them to raise an army in Xiqi within three days and attack Great Shang, promising to face Qin Mu himself if he intervened.

• The Primordial Heavenly Demon offered to loosen the seals on Ji Fa and the Nine-Tailed Fox in exchange for swallowing demonic seeds, and they discovered the seeds could control them.
• When Ji Fa and the Nine-Tailed Fox resisted, the Primordial Heavenly Demon froze them by changing the rules inside Yuxu Palace and suppressed their era imprints.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox persuaded Ji Fa to stop fighting, and Ji Fa swallowed his seed, regaining power up to the early stage of the Primordial Grand Supreme Luo Golden Immortal while accepting the seed's control over his life.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox swallowed her seed and also recovered to the early stage of the Primordial Grand Supreme Luo Golden Immortal, startling the Clarify Teachings disciples.
• The Primordial Heavenly Demon ordered Ji Fa and the Nine-Tailed Fox to accelerate the Campaign Against Shang with Guangchengzi's assistance and raise Xiqi's army within three days.
• The Primordial Heavenly Demon ordered their first attack to seize Great Shang's border pass and force Di Xin out of Chaoge, and said he would confront Qin Mu himself if necessary.

Qin Mu returned to Biyou Palace after reaching the Primordial Grand Limitless Luo Golden Immortal and brought two Saint Position Origins obtained from Hongjun. He gave the first to Yunxiao so she could become a Heavenly Dao Saint, while the second remained unassigned.

• Qin Mu arrived at Penglai Immortal Island, and Tongtian and the Jie Teachings disciples welcomed him after learning he had broken through.
• Qin Mu sealed Biyou Palace and revealed a complete Saint Position Origin, explaining that Hongjun had given him two after their negotiation in the Underworld.
• Qin Mu chose Yunxiao to receive the first Saint Position, citing her cultivation and the strength she would bring to the San Xiao's formation.
• Yunxiao accepted the Saint Position Origin and began to feel her stagnant realm loosen as Heavenly Dao Laws gathered around her.
• Qin Mu reminded everyone that the first Saint Position was not the only one, and the disciples turned their attention to the remaining one.

Qin Mu awarded the second Saint Position to Xi He, explaining that she was essential to his plan for the Jie Teachings to command the stars alongside Heaven, Earth, and Man. After the Saint Positions were settled, he turned to Daoist Duobao and asked whether he had sensed an obstruction on the Path to Sainthood.

• Qin Mu offered Xi He the second cluster of Heavenly Dao Origin, and the Jie Teachings approved his choice.
• Xi He hesitated to accept the Saint Position, saying that other members of the Jie Teachings were more deserving.
• Qin Mu explained that Xi He was the most suitable candidate to command the Primordial Starry Sky as part of his larger plan.
• Qin Mu pressed the Heavenly Dao Origin into Xi He's hand, and she agreed to accept it and attain the Dao.
• Qin Mu asked Daoist Duobao whether he had sensed an obstruction after possessing the Hongmeng Purple Qi for ages.

Qin Mu told Duobao that the Investiture of the Gods Great Calamity would provide the opportunity he needed to become a Saint. He began preparing Jie Teachings for the coming conflict and resolved to seek Duobao’s opportunity personally.

• Duobao admitted that despite possessing Hongmeng Purple Qi, he remained blocked from the Saint Position because he lacked a decisive opportunity.
• Tongtian asked Qin Mu whether he had a plan to help Duobao, and Qin Mu said the Great Calamity was near and would redistribute Fortune, merit, and authority.
• Qin Mu declared that Jie Teachings would claim what was theirs during the Investiture of the Gods Great Calamity, rather than be used as chess pieces.
• Qin Mu ordered Duobao to reorganize the sect’s formations and disciples, sent Zhao Gongming to patrol the East Sea, and told Yunxiao and Xi He to refine their Saint Position origins in seclusion.
• Qin Mu promised to seek Duobao’s opportunity personally and thought of Lu Ya.

The Primordial Heavenly Demon confronted Lu Ya in Tanggu Valley and demanded the Great Sun Dao Source hidden in the Fusang Divine Tree. He revealed that he planned to sacrifice the Dao Sources of three thousand eras to refine the Primordial Origin and draw out the Immortal Seed, while Qin Mu secretly watched.

• Qin Mu secretly observed the Primordial Heavenly Demon enter Tanggu Valley and confront Lu Ya.
• The Primordial Heavenly Demon exposed Lu Ya as the Lord of the Tenth Era and struck the Fusang Divine Tree, revealing a vision of Lu Ya’s former Great Sun Divine Court.
• The Primordial Heavenly Demon demanded the Great Sun Dao Source and offered to lift one layer of era suppression if Lu Ya handed it over.
• Lu Ya threatened to destroy the Dao Source unless the Primordial Heavenly Demon explained his purpose.
• The Primordial Heavenly Demon declared that he would sacrifice the Dao Sources of three thousand eras to refine the Primordial Origin and draw out the Immortal Seed.
• The Primordial Heavenly Demon pressed the Heaven-Burier Seal toward the Fusang Divine Tree.