Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Fuxi worries that Nüwa may not protect the Demon Race if it faces disaster. He is also frustrated that Daochen seems to control the opportunity for Nüwa’s path to Sagehood while casually calling her “heaven-ordained.”
• At Mount Buzhou, the Witch Clan has spent a century recovering and rebuilding its damaged tribes. With their injuries healed, the Twelve Ancestral Witches prepare to confront the Three Pure Ones over their dispute concerning Pangu’s orthodox succession.
• Xuanming mocks the weaker Ancestral Witches, prompting bickering between Goumang and Zhurong. Dijiang ends the squabble and orders the group to move out.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches set off openly for Mount Kunlun, radiating killing intent.
• Daochen senses their departure while drinking with Fuxi, announces that “it’s begun,” and heads to Mount Kunlun. Fuxi follows, hoping the coming confrontation may somehow improve the Demon Race’s prospects.
• Nüwa also leaves Mount Buzhou and joins Daochen and Fuxi as observers gather for the impending clash.

Character developments and interactions

• Fuxi remains anxious about the Demon Race and deeply resentful of Daochen’s influence over Nüwa’s destiny. Despite his caution about the Witches, curiosity and hope draw him after Daochen.
• Daochen stays amused and enigmatic, avoiding Fuxi’s demand for a direct answer and instead inviting him to witness events firsthand.
• Goumang and Zhurong trade insults, with Goumang quickly backing down from Xuanming but challenging Zhurong.
• Xuanming is shown as fierce, blunt, and combative; her contempt for the weaker Witches nearly sparks a group quarrel.
• Dijiang asserts authority, restoring order and directing the Witches toward their long-awaited confrontation.
• Nüwa’s appearance alongside Daochen and Fuxi positions her among the witnesses, though her motives are not explained.

Significant themes

• Factional conflict and power: The Witch Clan’s challenge to the Three Pure Ones marks a major struggle over legitimacy and inheritance.
• Strength and hierarchy: The Witches’ banter reflects their status-conscious culture and the divide between those at different levels of power.
• Uncertainty and political hope: Fuxi looks for a possible turning point for the Demon Race, while Daochen hints at events without revealing what they mean.

Chapter Summary

Plot points and events

• Nüwa sees Fuxi accompanying Daochen and assumes Fuxi has secured the three treasures she needs to attain the Dao: the Xiantian Gourd Vine, Nine Heavens Breath Soil, and Heaven-Earth Cauldron.
• Fuxi has not obtained them—he betrayed Nüwa’s plan, leaving the treasures with Daochen—but lies that they are in his personal storage and promises to hand them over after the battle.
• Reassured, Nüwa believes her path to sainthood is clear and smugly rejects the idea of becoming Daochen’s Dao companion. Daochen misreads her expression as a show of triumph and privately resolves to stop her from attaining the Dao.
• As spectators gather at Mount Kunlun, the Three Pure Ones prepare to face the Twelve Ancestral Witches. Yuanshi boasts that their improved strength will ensure victory, while Laozi and Tongtian urge caution, mindful of the Witches’ Pangu True Form and the stakes of the Pangu Orthodox Lineage.
• Dijiang delays the Witches’ attack until the Demon Race’s Greater Demons arrive. Bai Ze and others soon appear, though they approach the mountain reluctantly.

Character developments and interactions

• Fuxi continues to avoid confronting Nüwa, choosing an elaborate lie over admitting he failed her. He fears both her anger and public humiliation.
• Nüwa shifts from anxiety to confidence after believing Fuxi’s story; she also grows more openly dismissive of Daochen.
• Daochen remains unaware of the siblings’ private exchange and interprets Nüwa’s smugness as deliberate provocation.
• Yuanshi is increasingly arrogant after advancing to the mid Quasi-Saint stage and improving his mastery of the Pangu Banner.
• Laozi acts as the cautious leader, while Tongtian supports him and tempers Yuanshi’s pride. The brothers’ disagreement reflects different attitudes toward the coming battle.
• Dijiang prioritizes the broader strategic purpose of the fight—using the Three Pure Ones’ defeat as a warning to the Demon Race—over Goumang’s eagerness for immediate revenge.

Significant themes

• Deception and misunderstanding: Fuxi’s lie comforts Nüwa, while Daochen misreads her behavior, setting up future conflict.
• Pride versus caution: Yuanshi’s confidence clashes with Laozi and Tongtian’s recognition that the Witches remain formidable.
• Power and political legitimacy: The battle is not only a contest of strength but also a struggle over the Pangu Orthodox Lineage and the balance between the Witches and Demon Race.

Key plot points and events

• Bai Ze and other Greater Demons, along with Jieyin and Zhunti, gather near Mount Kunlun but keep their distance from the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
• Jieyin and Zhunti appear with shaved heads and Buddhist robes. Other powerful cultivators gossip about their appearance and speculate that it reflects injury rather than spiritual insight.
• Zhunti and Jieyin defend their baldness as a sign of having grasped the Great Dao, using impressive Buddhist displays that briefly persuade the onlookers.
• Zhurong abruptly calls them “baldies” and says their heads are hurting his eyes, cutting off their performance and enraging them.
• Daochen treats the brewing confrontation as entertainment, producing spiritual fruit to snack on. Fuxi joins him, while Nüwa is embarrassed by their lack of seriousness.
• When Jieyin and Zhunti look ready to confront Zhurong, Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches threaten them with their killing intent. The brothers back down, realizing they have antagonized the wrong group.

Character developments and interactions

• Jieyin and Zhunti try to disguise their embarrassment and attract attention with claims of spiritual realization. Their rivalry also surfaces as Jieyin quickly matches Zhunti’s showy display. Their real aim is to exploit the coming conflict to recruit talented cultivators for the Western Land.
• Zhurong remains blunt and confrontational, openly insulting the brothers without regard for their spiritual status.
• Dijiang and the Ancestral Witches close ranks to defend Zhurong, making clear they will fight anyone who challenges them.
• Daochen and Fuxi bond over watching the spectacle and snacking, while Nüwa disapproves of their unserious behavior.

Significant themes

• Appearance and credibility: Jieyin and Zhunti use lofty rhetoric and spectacle to turn a source of embarrassment into an apparent sign of enlightenment.
• Pride and face-saving: The brothers’ efforts to look profound quickly collapse when Zhurong mocks them and the Ancestral Witches threaten them.
• Comedic contrast: Grand claims about the Dao and an imminent clash are undercut by crude insults and the spectators’ casual snacking.
• Opportunism and miscalculation: Jieyin and Zhunti arrive hoping to benefit from the conflict, but their showboating nearly draws them into one themselves.

Key events

• Jieyin and Zhunti face the Twelve Ancestral Witches but flee rather than risk a fight, despite the crowd watching.
• Fuxi is surprised they would choose retreat over taking injuries and preserving their reputation. Daochen explains that Jieyin and Zhunti have always valued gain over face.
• With the brothers gone, Dijiang turns to the real purpose of the gathering: settling the dispute over Pangu’s orthodox succession between the Three Pure Ones and the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
• Laozi would prefer to avoid battle, but Yuanshi’s cutting remarks provoke the Witches. Dijiang accepts the challenge rather than let his side appear afraid.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches assume their true forms and unleash a vast killing aura on Mount Kunlun, determined to fight there instead of risking interference from Great Immortal Yangmei.
• Laozi shields the mountain with the Heaven and Earth Yellow Exquisite Pagoda and prepares the Taiji Diagram. Yuanshi readies the Pangu Banner, while Tongtian summons the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords. The spectators retreat as the battle is about to begin.

Character developments and interactions

• Jieyin and Zhunti reveal their familiar self-serving pragmatism: they abandon their lofty posturing when confronted by overwhelming force.
• Fuxi and Daochen contrast two views of reputation. Fuxi sees enduring a beating as preferable to losing face; Daochen sees Jieyin and Zhunti as shamelessly pursuing advantage.
• Laozi remains reluctant to fight and acts to protect Mount Kunlun.
• Yuanshi is openly contemptuous of the Witches, and his provocation helps turn a tense dispute into an immediate confrontation.
• Dijiang clarifies that the Witches seek a decisive resolution, though his casual remark about the delay is misread as an accusation.
• Tongtian joins his brothers’ defense without speaking, bringing formidable weapons to the impending fight.

Significant themes

• Face versus self-interest: Different characters weigh reputation and personal safety differently.
• Pride and misinterpretation: Yuanshi reads an unintended slight into Dijiang’s words, escalating tensions.
• Power and public perception: The Witches cannot back down without seeming weak before the gathered figures.
• Conflict and collateral damage: The fight threatens Mount Kunlun itself, prompting Laozi to protect it before the battle begins.

Key plot points and events

• Goumang launches the Twelve Ancestral Witches’ attack on the Three Pure Ones. The other Witches divide their forces, with Dijiang, Xuanming, and Rushou targeting Laozi; four attack Tongtian; and the rest converge on Yuanshi.
• Yuanshi counters with the Pangu Banner. Its chaos qi cuts through the Witches’ famously durable Ancestral Witch True Forms, leaving deep wounds and forcing several of them back.
• The spectators are stunned by the Three Pure Ones’ strength. Yuanshi’s breakthrough to the mid Quasi-Saint stage and his mastery of the Pangu Banner have made him far stronger than before.
• Daochen explains that the Three Pure Ones have not yet revealed their full power: Yuanshi has only begun to draw on the banner’s might, Tongtian has the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords and their formation, and Laozi has so far used the Taiji Diagram mainly for defense.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches have not yet formed the Dutian Divine Fiend Formation. As the fight continues, Dijiang strikes Laozi’s Taiji Diagram with the power of the Space Law.

Character developments and interactions

• Yuanshi displays newfound confidence and formidable power, answering Goumang’s challenge with an attack capable of breaching the Witches’ defenses.
• Goumang and the other Ancestral Witches are shocked to find their True Forms vulnerable, though they remain committed to the fight.
• Daochen watches calmly and hints that the greatest displays of power are still ahead, prompting surprise from Fuxi, the Queen Mother of the West, Nüwa, and the other onlookers.
• Nüwa envies Yuanshi’s Pangu Banner when she compares it with her own Red Embroidered Ball.
• The spectators, including the Demon Race survivors, revise their understanding of the Three Pure Ones after witnessing the opening exchange.

Significant themes

• Power and hidden reserves: Initial displays can conceal a combatant’s full strength; the Three Pure Ones are still holding back.
• Treasure and mastery: A supreme treasure’s power depends not only on its rank but also on its wielder’s cultivation and command of it.
• Shifting expectations: The Witches’ reputed invulnerability and the Three Pure Ones’ limits are both reassessed as the battle begins.

Key plot points and events

• Dijiang’s punch against Laozi’s Taiji Diagram is nullified, then violently reflected back, injuring him. His Ancestral Witch body quickly regenerates.
• Dijiang uses spatial traversal to get around the diagram, but Laozi draws it close around himself as a protective robe. Dijiang’s next attack is neutralized and rebounded as well.
• Xuanming and Rushou join in, attacking with bone spikes and metal weapons, but the Taiji Diagram absorbs or deflects every strike and sends the force back at them. The three witches cannot reach Laozi.
• Frustrated, Xuanming and Rushou abandon the fight against Laozi and head to help against Yuanshi, leaving Dijiang to face Laozi alone.
• Elsewhere, Yuanshi’s Pangu Banner has badly wounded Goumang, Zhurong, Gonggong, and the others, though their regenerative bodies keep them in the fight.
• Xuanming criticizes them and attacks Yuanshi herself. Unlike the others, she withstands the Pangu Banner’s Chaos blasts with little apparent harm, surprising Yuanshi.

Character developments and interactions

• Dijiang is initially aggressive but becomes exasperated when his strength is repeatedly turned against him; he resents being left with the toughest opponent.
• Laozi remains calm and defensive, using the Taiji Diagram’s extraordinary protection rather than taking the initiative. His defense demonstrates how an ultimate treasure can compensate for a cultivator’s weak physical body.
• Xuanming is impatient and forceful. She leaves Laozi’s near-impenetrable defense to join the fight against Yuanshi, then rebukes her fellow witches—who privately resent her hypocrisy.
• Rushou supports Xuanming against Laozi before accompanying her to Yuanshi.
• Yuanshi is confident against the other witches but is caught off guard when Xuanming resists attacks that had badly hurt them.
• Goumang, Zhurong, Gonggong, and the others endure serious injuries through regeneration and continue pressuring Yuanshi.

Significant themes

• The power of treasures: The Taiji Diagram makes Laozi nearly untouchable, while Yuanshi’s Pangu Banner gives him overwhelming offensive power.
• Strength turned against its wielder: The witches’ attacks rebound from Laozi’s defense, making their own force a liability.
• Different forms of resilience: Laozi relies on a magical artifact, while the witches survive through powerful bodies and regeneration.
• Frustration and rivalry: The witches’ internal grumbling and Xuanming’s sharp criticism reveal tension even as they fight together.

Plot points and events

• Xuanming arrives in the battle and reveals her strength: despite being injured by the Pangu Banner’s Chaos energy, she withstands its force and attacks Yuanshi directly.
• Goumang, eager to prove himself, joins her. Yuanshi responds by unleashing a powerful barrage from the Pangu Banner, tearing through Goumang’s Wood Law Azure Dragons and forcing him to flee.
• Goumang runs to Xuanming for help. She shields him by punching apart the incoming Chaos energy, but the Banner’s lingering heaven-opening killing intent leaves cuts that her usual regenerative power cannot quickly heal.
• Yuanshi is visibly exhausted. The Pangu Banner’s immense magical-power cost is worsened by the fact that he has not fully refined it.
• Recognizing his weakened state, Zhurong and the other Ancestral Witches rush in to attack before he can recover.

Character developments and interactions

• Xuanming demonstrates exceptional toughness and power, but the battle exposes the limits of her resilience: the Banner’s killing intent can outlast her rapid healing.
• Goumang tries to assert himself but is quickly overwhelmed. He reluctantly seeks Xuanming’s protection, prompting her to call him a “weakling” again.
• Yuanshi grows enraged at the Witches’ apparent lack of respect, unleashes the Pangu Banner’s full force, and then pays for its heavy cost with exhaustion.
• Zhurong is frustrated that Xuanming withstands the Banner’s impact when he could not, but seizes the chance to attack Yuanshi once he weakens. Other Witches cheer or join the assault, while Dijiang watches from the sidelines.

Themes

• Strike when the enemy is vulnerable: the Witches exploit Yuanshi’s exhaustion rather than give him time to recover.
• Power has a cost: the Pangu Banner is devastating, but its use drains Yuanshi and leaves injuries that are difficult to heal.
• Pride and rivalry: Goumang’s need to prove himself and Zhurong’s resentment over Xuanming’s greater resilience add tension to the fight.

Chapter summary

• Key events: Yuanshi is on the verge of being overwhelmed as Zhurong, Tianwu, Gonggong, Rushou, and Xuanming close in. Tongtian cannot reach him because Houtu and the other witches are keeping him occupied. Observers debate whether Tongtian will use the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, while Fuxi asks Daochen which side is more likely to win. Daochen admits he cannot tell: the Immortal-Slaying and Dutian Divine Fiend formations have never directly faced each other.
• Laozi reveals his strength: Though Dijiang has been restraining Laozi with space law, Laozi finally unleashes the Taiji Diagram’s offensive power. Its yin-yang energy breaks through Dijiang’s spatial suppression and sends him flying. Using the witches’ momentary distraction, Laozi reaches the wounded Yuanshi, gives him a Nine-Revolution Golden Elixir, and shields them both with the Taiji Diagram as the witches attack.
• Character developments and interactions: Laozi shifts from a seemingly defensive, passive role to a powerful protector, showing both his hidden offensive strength and concern for Yuanshi. Dijiang’s confidence in the witches’ advantage is checked by Laozi’s counterattack. Yuanshi’s peril draws the Three Pure Ones closer together: Tongtian tries to help, while Laozi risks intervening to save his brother. Daochen remains an observant but uncertain commentator, and Fuxi voices the audience’s doubts about the battle’s outcome.
• Significant themes: The chapter emphasizes hidden power and shifting perceptions: Laozi is more formidable than the witches assumed, and neither side’s ultimate strength is yet clear. It also highlights loyalty among the Three Pure Ones and the suspense surrounding two legendary formations whose relative power remains unknown.

Key events

• The Twelve Ancestral Witches’ attacks are largely neutralized by Laozi’s Taiji Diagram, whose recoil injures several of them. However, the Diagram cannot block everything: Laozi is also wounded and has spent much of his magical power.
• Yuanshi recovers with a Nine-Revolution Golden Elixir and joins Laozi, unleashing the Pangu Banner at full strength. Protected by the Taiji Diagram, he repeatedly blasts the Witches with Chaos energy, shifting the battle back toward the Three Pure Ones.
• Laozi sustains the defense by rapidly consuming dozens of elixirs and gives several to Yuanshi. Their combined offense and defense hold off most of the Witches, while Zhurong and Gonggong grow close to defeat.
• As Qiangliang moves to help Dijiang’s group, Tongtian exploits the opening and strikes Shebishi with the Slaying Immortal Sword, nearly cutting him in two.

Character developments and interactions

• Laozi shows the limits of his power despite the Taiji Diagram’s strength: he is injured, cannot fully wield the Diagram, and must rely on pills to keep fighting. He remains composed and supports Yuanshi.
• Yuanshi, alarmed by Laozi’s injury, responds with unusually relentless aggression, trusting Laozi’s protection and pouring his power into the Pangu Banner.
• The Ancestral Witches become increasingly desperate as they are unable to break through the Diagram and their strongest fighters begin to falter. Dijiang is frustrated, while the others struggle to prevent their formation from collapsing.
• Tongtian takes decisive advantage of the battle’s distraction, badly wounding Shebishi.
• Daochen laughs at Laozi and Yuanshi’s frantic pill consumption; the other spectators join in, provoking the embattled pair’s irritation.

Significant themes

• Power has limits: Even a formidable defensive treasure cannot erase every attack, and prolonged combat wears down its wielder.
• Offense and defense in combination: Laozi’s protection enables Yuanshi’s overwhelming offense, changing the battle’s momentum.
• Endurance and resource use: The fight becomes a contest of stamina, recovery, and supplies—captured humorously by Laozi’s “pay-to-win” pill-popping.

Plot points and events

• Tongtian exploits a lapse in Shebishi’s defenses and gravely wounds him. Zhulong briefly uses time-law power to restrain Tongtian, allowing Houtu and the others to pull Shebishi to safety, but their rescue attempt fails.
• The Three Pure Ones’ magical treasures give them a decisive advantage. Zhurong and Gonggong are already badly hurt, and the remaining Ancestral Witches struggle to protect them.
• Yuanshi unleashes a much stronger attack from the Pangu Banner. Xuanming shields Rushou and takes the blow, suffering a near-fatal wound that is especially difficult to heal because of the attack’s heaven-opening murderous intent.
• With Shebishi and Xuanming gravely wounded and Zhurong and Gonggong unable to fight, the Three Pure Ones have the upper hand. The Twelve Ancestral Witches appear to have only one way to avoid defeat: summon the Pangu True Form.

Character developments and interactions

• Tongtian proves formidable but restrained: he had previously found no opening against the cautious witches, then acts decisively when Shebishi exposes one.
• Xuanming’s fierce loyalty is evident when she steps in front of Rushou to take Yuanshi’s attack, despite her own poor condition.
• The Three Pure Ones coordinate their pressure, but do not seek to kill the witches; they judge that doing so would invite further trouble.
• Daochen is untroubled by the prospect of facing the Three Pure Ones and welcomes the possibility of a fight. Fuxi raises the concern, while the assembled cultivators watch Daochen, aware of his past clashes with Yuanshi.

Significant themes

• Sacrifice and loyalty: Xuanming risks herself to protect her allies.
• The cost of prolonged combat: The witches’ injuries accumulate, while even Laozi’s restorative pills become less effective.
• Escalation and restraint: The Three Pure Ones’ power forces the witches toward their ultimate trump card, though their opponents stop short of attempting to kill them.
• Power and rivalry: The battle highlights the threat posed by the Three Pure Ones’ treasures and foreshadows a possible future confrontation with Daochen.

Key plot points and events

• The Twelve Ancestral Witches are struggling against the Three Pure Ones, whose strength has risen dramatically after receiving treasures from Hongjun. Several Witches are badly wounded or unable to fight.
• To avoid defeat—and unwilling to surrender their claim to be Pangu’s true successors—the Witches decide to summon the Pangu True Form through the Dutian Divine Fiend Formation.
• The Three Pure Ones prepare their own ultimate counter: Laozi and Yuanshi lend their power to Tongtian, enabling him to deploy the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation despite not having fully mastered it.
• The formation appears over Mount Kunlun, its four swords radiating overwhelming slaughter. Hongjun senses the danger, asks the Heavenly Dao to stabilize the world, and stands ready to intervene so the factions do not perish and disrupt the tribulation.
• The Pangu True Form appears, wielding an enormous axe. Its arrival intensifies the killing aura surrounding the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, setting up a clash between the two supreme formations.

Character developments and interactions

• Dijiang reluctantly accepts that the Witches must use the Pangu True Form, despite wanting to prove their strength without relying on Pangu’s legacy.
• Rushou urges Dijiang to act, voicing the Witches’ determination not to yield their ancestral claim. The injured and weakened Witches still rise to join the formation.
• Laozi and Yuanshi set aside their differences and support Tongtian, forming an arrangement of the Three Powers to help him summon the sword formation.
• Tongtian remains confident that he can manage the formation, though he has not mastered it.
• Daochen retreats to safety and watches with keen interest, anticipating a contest between the Primordial World’s two greatest killing formations.
• Hongjun shifts from observing to actively preparing safeguards, recognizing that the battle could have catastrophic consequences.

Significant themes

• Legitimacy and inheritance: Both sides claim the title of Pangu’s orthodox lineage, making the fight a struggle over identity as much as victory.
• Pride and resolve: The Witches would rather risk defeat than concede their claim, while the Three Pure Ones likewise refuse to lose.
• Power and its costs: Both sides resort to supreme inherited formations, escalating the conflict beyond ordinary combat.
• Worldly consequences: The battle threatens not only its participants but also the stability of the Primordial World and the larger tribulation.

Key plot points

• Outside Mount Kunlun, the Twelve Ancestral Witches summon the Pangu True Form. It is stronger than in its previous appearances, nearing the boundary between Quasi-Saint and Sage power.
• Fuxi is overwhelmed by fear for the Demon Race’s future and nearly falls into cultivation deviation. Daochen snaps him back to his senses.
• Daochen explains that despite its growing strength, the Pangu True Form has limits: it is formed through the Dutian Divine Fiend Formation and, unlike a true Sage, cannot draw on the Primordial World’s power through a primordial spirit anchored in the void.
• Nüwa remains unaware that Fuxi may not be able to provide the three treasures she expects for her path to Sagehood. Fuxi privately resolves to ask Daochen for help, while dreading the consequences of disappointing her.
• As the Pangu True Form roars, the Heaven and Earth Yellow-Gold Exquisite Pagoda shields Mount Kunlun. Inside the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, Laozi gives Tongtian a bottle of elixirs, while Yuanshi can offer only encouragement. The two leave Tongtian to confront the threat, much to his silent fury.

Character developments and interactions

• Fuxi shifts from despair to cautious reassurance under Daochen’s guidance, but remains anxious about Nüwa’s expectations and his dependence on Daochen.
• Daochen acts as a steadying, strategic voice, emphasizing the distinction between raw force and a Sage’s power.
• Nüwa is excited about becoming a Sage and briefly suspects Fuxi is hiding something, though her anticipation overrides her doubts.
• Laozi and Yuanshi support Tongtian in very different ways: Laozi supplies medicine, while Yuanshi has nothing material to offer.
• Tongtian feels abandoned when his brothers expect him to face the Pangu True Form alone, though he keeps his anger to himself because others are watching.

Significant themes

• Power and its limits: The Pangu True Form is formidable and still growing, but strength alone does not match a Sage’s access to cosmic power.
• Fear and inner discipline: Fuxi’s near loss of control shows how anxiety can threaten a cultivator’s progress.
• Duty, trust, and strained alliances: The brothers’ uneasy division of responsibility contrasts with Daochen’s composed counsel.
• Comic tension beneath danger: Fuxi’s dread of Nüwa’s reaction and Tongtian’s resentment add humor to the looming confrontation.

Key plot points and events

• Laozi and Yuanshi join Tongtian in powering the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation. It creates a giant sword of slaughter energy powerful enough to rival the Pangu True Form.
• The distant onlookers flee farther away, realizing the clash is far beyond an ordinary battle between Quasi-Saints.
• Daochen raises the Innate Five Elements Formation to shield himself and Fuxi. Nüwa tries to take shelter inside, but Daochen flicks her out before she can finish asking.
• Humiliated and furious, Nüwa threatens the gathered mighty figures for laughing at her. They turn away to hide their amusement, only to break into laughter; she stamps off in anger.
• The battle resumes. The Pangu True Form shatters the formation’s giant sword with its Heaven-Opening Axe and advances through further attacks, shrugging off the sword strikes that reach it.
• Tongtian pours his strength into the formation, supported by Laozi and Yuanshi, who also use Nine-Revolution Golden Elixirs to sustain the immense effort.
• Tongtian unleashes “Four Swords United,” the strongest attack he can currently draw from the formation. The Pangu True Form gathers its law power into its axe and brings down a colossal counterstrike. The chapter ends as the attacks meet.

Character developments

• Daochen remains unmoved by Nüwa’s pride and refuses to shelter her, even in the middle of a dangerous battle.
• Nüwa is shown as powerful but quick-tempered and deeply sensitive to public humiliation, especially when Daochen is involved.
• Tongtian commits everything to the formation, revealing both his mastery of it and the strain required to wield it.
• Laozi and Yuanshi set aside their embarrassment and cooperate with Tongtian, despite their rivalry and desire to understand his formation.
• Fuxi reacts to his sister’s repeated clashes with Daochen with resigned amusement.

Significant themes

• Power and its limits: The formation is formidable, but its enormous energy cost tests even the combined strength of three great cultivators.
• Pride and humiliation: Nüwa’s anger and the crowd’s laughter turn a moment of danger into a comic confrontation.
• Cooperation under pressure: Former rivals pool their strength when facing a threat they cannot overcome alone.
• Overwhelming force: The battle’s scale threatens to tear apart the void and unsettle the foundations of the world.

Character interactions

• Tongtian confronts Laozi and Yuanshi over their earlier mockery; they privately feel they had little choice but to act as they did.
• Daochen rejects Nüwa’s request for refuge, prompting her fury and Fuxi’s wry observation about their recurring antagonism.
• The onlookers mock Nüwa despite her warning, while keeping their fear of her power in mind.
• Laozi and Yuanshi support Tongtian directly as he directs the formation against the Pangu True Form.

Plot points and events

• The Four Immortal-Slaying Swords clash head-on with the Twelve Ancestral Witches’ Pangu True Form, unleashing destruction across the region around Mount Kunlun.
• The Pangu True Form shatters the sword formation. Tongtian is badly wounded, and the Three Pure Ones are all left seriously injured; the damaged swords retreat into Tongtian’s consciousness.
• The Pangu True Form then collapses, revealing that the Ancestral Witches are also gravely hurt. The battle is a draw, not a victory for either side.
• Dijiang and Laozi agree to postpone the Pangu Orthodox Succession Dispute and fight again later. The Witches return to Mount Buzhou to recover, while Dijiang warns the weakened Demon Race not to attack.

Character developments and interactions

• Fuxi assumes the Three Pure Ones have lost and fears for the Demon Race’s future. Daochen challenges his conclusion and reveals he expected the battle’s true outcome.
• Daochen explains that Hongjun engineered the confrontation to make the Witches cautious and demonstrate that the Pangu True Form could be harmed. Hongjun had hoped to involve Daochen, but he refused.
• Laozi supports his fallen brother Tongtian and gives him a Nine-Revolution Golden Elixir. Despite his injuries, he accepts Dijiang’s proposal to end the fighting for now.
• Dijiang recognizes that continuing would only further damage the Witch Clan, and his warning to the Demon Race makes clear that the Witches remain dangerous despite their injuries.

Significant themes

• The cost and limits of power: Even legendary weapons and the Pangu True Form can be damaged, and both sides pay heavily for their clash.
• Political manipulation: Hongjun uses the dispute to restrain the Witches and shape how others perceive their strength.
• Fear and uncertainty: The Demon Race’s despair reflects its lack of unity and its uncertain future, especially given Nüwa’s detachment.
• A temporary balance: The draw ends the immediate battle but leaves the rivalry unresolved.

Key plot points and events

• After the Twelve Ancestral Witches are badly injured in their battle with the Three Pure Ones, Bai Ze considers striking while they are vulnerable. He asks Fuxi to join the Greater Demons in an attack.
• Fuxi hesitates, aware that killing even one or two Ancestral Witches could trigger a war of annihilation. Daochen warns them that the Witches may have anticipated defeat and that an apparent opportunity could be a trap.
• Convinced by the warning, Fuxi and Bai Ze abandon the plan and thank Daochen. Daochen jokingly asks Fuxi to persuade Nüwa to marry him; Fuxi says he would help if she agreed.
• As Daochen and the others prepare to leave, Dijiang confronts Nine-Headed Origin Spirit and the Greater Demons responsible for earlier attacks on Witch tribes. They had hidden in the void and waited for both sides to be weakened.
• Pangu Hall suddenly descends on the ambushers. Nine-Headed Origin Spirit realizes too late that he has fallen into the Witches’ scheme and tries to defend himself with a spiritual treasure.

Character developments and interactions

• Fuxi weighs the Demon Race’s desperate prospects against the danger of provoking the Witches. Daochen’s warning helps him resist acting recklessly.
• Bai Ze briefly considers exploiting the Witches’ injuries, then joins Fuxi in recognizing the danger and expressing gratitude to Daochen.
• Daochen demonstrates strategic insight by suspecting the Witches planned for the possibility of defeat. His playful marriage request to Fuxi contrasts with the surrounding crisis.
• Dijiang appears to have anticipated the Greater Demons’ ambush and turns their plan against them.
• Nine-Headed Origin Spirit shifts from confidence in his carefully timed attack to alarm when Pangu Hall appears.

Significant themes

• Caution versus opportunity: An apparent moment of weakness may conceal a deliberate trap.
• Strategy and foresight: The Witches’ strength lies not only in power but in anticipating their enemies’ moves.
• The cost of escalation: An attack on the Ancestral Witches could turn a tactical strike into an irreversible war.
• Humor amid danger: Daochen’s proposal to Nüwa provides a light, comic interlude before the ambush is revealed.

Plot points and events

• The Twelve Ancestral Witches summon Pangu Hall, a treasure formed from Pangu’s heart and apparently more powerful than even the Pangu Banner. They use it to crush the Nine-Headed Origin Spirit and his Greater Demon allies, destroying their spiritual treasures as well.
• Dijiang appears weakened after the attack, but no one dares test whether this is genuine. Houtu supports him as the Witches withdraw to Mount Buzhou with Pangu Hall.
• Bai Ze and several other future Demon Generals thank Daochen for warning them. Without his intervention, they too might have been killed; the loss of their rivals may also make it easier to unite the Demon Race.
• Daochen heads toward the Sun Star, but Fuxi follows, hoping to bring Nüwa one of the three treasures she needs to attain the Dao. Daochen displays the Nine Heavens Breath Soil, Xiantian Gourd Vine, and Heaven-Earth Cauldron, then sweeps Fuxi away without giving him one.
• Fuxi realizes he has failed Nüwa—and then spots Jieyin and Zhunti appearing nearby, raising the question of what the two fellow disciples are doing there.

Character developments and interactions

• Dijiang reveals a more calculating, guarded side beneath the Witches’ reputation for straightforwardness, while Houtu supports him and commands Pangu Hall.
• Daochen remains inscrutable and teasing: he accepts the Demon Generals’ gratitude but refuses Fuxi’s request in a dismissive, almost playful way.
• Fuxi is embarrassed and anxious about returning empty-handed to his angry sister, yet still risks asking Daochen for help.
• Bai Ze and the other Greater Demons recognize how narrowly Daochen’s warning saved them and show him deep respect.

Significant themes

• Hidden power and restraint: Pangu Hall’s existence overturns assumptions about the Witches’ capabilities, while their reverence for Pangu explains why they rarely use it.
• Political consequences of violence: The massacre removes opposition within the Demon Race, potentially aiding its unification.
• Power, favors, and humiliation: Fuxi’s attempt to obtain a treasure illustrates how dependence on powerful figures can strain relationships and expose personal vulnerability.

Key plot points

• Jieyin and Zhunti hurry away from Mount Buzhou, but Nüwa arrives in pursuit and demands that they return what they took.
• Nüwa accuses them of stripping Mount Buzhou bare—not just taking its spiritual plants and treasures, but scraping away layers of soil.
• The two deny responsibility, but Jieyin accidentally drops Fuxi’s Xiantian Bagua Diagram. Fuxi recognizes it and attacks him in a rage.
• Zhunti abandons Jieyin and flees toward Mount Sumeru. He fears the returning Ancestral Witches may discover that he also plundered their territory and abducted hundreds of thousands of ordinary members.
• Nüwa vows to pursue Zhunti and throws her Red Embroidered Ball after him, furious over a particular stolen item that the chapter leaves unnamed.

Character developments and interactions

• Nüwa shifts from her usual composure to open fury, confronting the brothers and demanding restitution.
• Fuxi initially tries to keep the peace, but turns on Jieyin as soon as he sees his stolen diagram.
• Jieyin and Zhunti are exposed as shameless looters. Jieyin’s attempts to deny the theft collapse when his sleeve betrays him; Zhunti’s polished, pious performance does not stop him from fleeing.
• The siblings act together: Fuxi blocks the escape route while Nüwa presses the accusation. Jieyin and Zhunti, meanwhile, blame and abandon each other under pressure.

Significant themes

• Hypocrisy and self-interest: The brothers present themselves as reverent visitors while secretly plundering sacred places.
• Consequences of greed: Their thefts turn a simple escape into a confrontation with multiple powerful parties.
• Loyalty under pressure: The brothers’ partnership proves fragile once danger rises.

Key plot points and events

• Nüwa confronts Jieyin and Zhunti over the treasures they stole from Mount Buzhou. Zhunti first offers a ring containing only about half their plunder, but Nüwa quickly discovers that the item she wants is missing and attacks him.
• Jieyin tries to support Zhunti, but Fuxi strikes him with his zither. Jieyin abandons the attempt to defend his fellow disciple and fights Fuxi instead.
• Daochen, Dijun, and Eastern Emperor Taiyi hear that the fight has resumed and head to Mount Buzhou to watch. Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters want to follow, but Taiyi orders them to enter seclusion and cultivate.
• As Nüwa presses Zhunti and warns him of the Twelve Ancestral Witches’ return, Pangu Hall appears in the distance. Alarmed, Zhunti gives Nüwa a second ring containing the missing item along with the rest of the plunder.
• Nüwa finds what she was searching for. Jieyin and Zhunti retreat to Mount Sumeru before the Ancestral Witches arrive.
• Nüwa then flies toward Pangu Hall to visit Houtu, despite Fuxi’s concern that approaching the Witch Clan could be dangerous. Fuxi stays behind.

Character developments and interactions

• Nüwa is determined and perceptive: she sees through Zhunti’s incomplete offer and uses the threat of the returning Ancestral Witches to force him to surrender everything. Even after recovering the item, she seems intent on getting further revenge.
• Zhunti is reluctant to give up the stolen treasures, but fear of being caught between Nüwa and the Ancestral Witches finally makes him yield.
• Jieyin refuses to help Zhunti once Fuxi attacks him, choosing to settle the score with Fuxi instead. Both he and Zhunti flee when Pangu Hall appears.
• Fuxi protects Nüwa by confronting Jieyin, then worries when she approaches the Witch Clan. His growing fondness for Zhurong’s nickname for the pair—“baldies”—adds a comic note.
• Daochen, Dijun, and Taiyi eagerly go to watch the renewed fight. Taiyi, however, keeps Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters in line by ordering them to cultivate.

Significant themes

• Greed and its consequences: The theft from Mount Buzhou leaves Jieyin and Zhunti exposed to retaliation from multiple powerful figures.
• Cunning and leverage: Nüwa combines close scrutiny of the treasure ring with the looming return of the Ancestral Witches to get what she wants.
• Rivalry and shifting alliances: Nüwa’s friendship with Houtu contrasts with the wider hostility between the Witch and demon clans.
• Comic spectacle: Several characters treat the confrontation as entertainment, even as the danger and grudges behind it remain serious.

Key plot points

• At Pangu Hall, Dijiang recovers after using the hall’s killing intent to destroy the Nine-Headed Origin Spirit and other demons. Several Ancestral Witches remain unconscious.
• Nüwa tells Houtu that Jieyin and Zhunti abducted Witch Clan members and plundered Mount Buzhou while the Ancestral Witches were away. Houtu is furious, and Nüwa leaves without offering to help directly.
• Daochen arrives with Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi and teases Nüwa about their earlier confrontation. Still resentful but wary of his strength, Nüwa retreats to Mount Buzhou.
• Nüwa renews her determination to attain the Dao and approaches her brother, Fuxi, for the three treasures he promised: the nine-heavens breath soil, Xiantian Gourd Vine, and Qiankun Hall.
• Fuxi, who has none of them to give her, invents an excuse and tries to flee. A huge thunderstorm suddenly erupts over his sanctuary, resembling a powerful tribulation. Daochen’s amused reaction suggests it is not what the others think.

Character developments and interactions

• Houtu responds with anger to the attack on her people but recognizes Nüwa’s warning as a meaningful kindness.
• Nüwa remains proud and resentful toward Daochen, yet fears confronting him. Her frustration turns into renewed ambition to become a Saint and eventually settle the score.
• Fuxi grows increasingly panicked as Nüwa asks for the promised treasures; he tries to stall rather than confess he has nothing.
• Daochen continues to needle Nüwa and watches events unfold with amusement. Dijun and Taiyi are accustomed to his teasing, while they misread the thunderstorm as a tribulation.

Significant themes

• Rivalry and power imbalance: Nüwa’s pride clashes with her awareness that Daochen is stronger.
• Family trust and evasion: Fuxi’s promise to Nüwa becomes a comic source of tension as he tries to avoid admitting the truth.
• Conflict between clans: The Witch Clan’s hostility toward the Demon Race contrasts with Nüwa’s personal goodwill toward Houtu.
• Misunderstanding and comic suspense: The apparent tribulation creates alarm, while Daochen’s response hints that Fuxi’s predicament may have another cause.

Plot and events

• After Jieyin and Zhunti take hundreds of thousands of Witch Clan members to Mount Sumeru, three Ancestral Witches—Rushou, Goumang, and Tianwu—lead the Great Shamans and nearly ten thousand warriors west to confront them.
• Daochen worries that the Witch Clan’s growing list of enemies could prove disastrous once the great cultivators become Sages. He secretly follows the delegation, bringing Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi along to watch.
• At Mount Sumeru, Jieyin is horrified by the enormous number of captives and the strain they will place on the mountain’s resources. Zhunti attempts to convert them through scripture, but the Witch Clan members simply sleep through his preaching.
• Goumang loudly demands that Jieyin and Zhunti come out. Jieyin stops his disciples from confronting the intruders and goes to meet them himself, recognizing the danger posed by the Ancestral Witches. Zhunti hastily hides the captives in his Sleeve Universe.
• Jieyin discovers that Rushou, Goumang, and Tianwu have all come—and notices a familiar figure among the arrivals, though the chapter ends before revealing who it is.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen acts as a wary observer, viewing the Witch Clan’s confrontation as both entertaining and potentially dangerous. His reflections reveal his concern about the consequences of provoking future Sages.
• Jieyin shifts from exasperation over Zhunti’s ill-advised captives to caution when the Ancestral Witches arrive. He prevents his disciples from rushing into a fight they may not understand.
• Zhunti is shown as impulsive and increasingly flustered: his conversion attempt fails, and he hides the Witch Clan members when their leaders appear.
• The Witch Clan responds to the attempted conversion with indifference, while its leaders arrive in force to challenge the Western Religion.
• The chapter highlights Jieyin and Zhunti’s strained partnership: Jieyin privately blames Zhunti’s judgment, while Zhunti’s actions create an immediate crisis for both.

Significant themes

• Power and political overreach: Daochen’s account of the Demon Race warns that powerful factions can be ruined by provoking too many influential enemies.
• Cultural and spiritual incompatibility: Zhunti’s scripture cannot reach the Witch Clan members, who lack primordial spirits and simply sleep through his preaching.
• Escalation and comic contrast: The solemn spectacle of Buddhist devotion at Mount Sumeru is undercut by the captives’ thunderous snores, before the Witch Clan’s forceful arrival turns the farce into a confrontation.