Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Daochen intercepts the Twelve Ancestral Witches as they prepare to join the Witch–Demon war. He says he has come to keep them out of the conflict, not to fight them.
• The Witches distrust him, suspecting he may be engineering their destruction to help the Demon Race dominate the Primordial World. Daochen denies this, arguing that if he wanted them gone, he could have acted long ago.
• When Xuanming attacks him, Daochen effortlessly slaps away her manifested true form and warns her not to mistake him for one of her brothers.
• Daochen offers no clear explanation for why the Ancestral Witches must stay out of the war. Instead, his denial of involvement leads them to conclude that Yuanshi is behind the scheme.
• The Witches turn their anger toward Mount Kunlun and vow to retaliate against Yuanshi. Daochen is left surprised as they settle on this accusation without hearing much from him.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen remains composed and self-assured, using overwhelming force to restrain Xuanming while insisting he has no desire to conquer the world. His attempt to prevent the Witches from entering the war is undermined by their quick leap to blame Yuanshi.
• Dijiang speaks for the group, demanding an explanation and making clear that the Witches would rather fight than watch their clansmen die without understanding why.
• Xuanming responds with anger and aggression, but Houtu restrains her after Daochen’s rebuke.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches move from suspicion of Daochen to unified hostility toward Yuanshi, treating him as the likely mastermind.

Significant themes

• Power and political suspicion: In a world shaped by competing interests, even an apparent attempt to help is met with distrust.
• Pride and restraint: The Witches’ readiness to fight reflects their defiant nature, while Daochen’s refusal to join the conflict shows his calculation that war may benefit someone else.
• Hasty blame and miscommunication: The Witches’ conclusion about Yuanshi is not based on a full explanation, leaving the real scheme—and Daochen’s reasons for intervening—unclear.

Key plot points and events

• The Twelve Ancestral Witches decide that Yuanshi is behind the current crisis and thank Demon Emperor Daochen for warning them. They ask him to keep the Witch and Demon clans from interfering while they confront Yuanshi.
• Daochen warns that Yuanshi is not acting alone: the other Sages are involved, and the dense tribulation aura could drive the Witch Clan—who lack primordial spirits—into murderous madness if they leave Mount Buzhou.
• The Witches dismiss the danger, believing their Pangu heritage and strength will protect them. To prevent them from walking into the Sages’ trap, Daochen suddenly captures Houtu and Xuanming in his Purple-Black Gourd and takes them to the Heavenly Court.
• The remaining ten Witches pursue him, but find Mount Buzhou enclosed by Daochen’s endlessly renewing Innate Five Elements Formation. Dijiang realizes that forcing their way out could serve the Sages’ scheme, and understands the crisis is a deliberate trap.
• At the Heavenly Court, Daochen releases Houtu and Xuanming. Xuanming is violently sick from the journey; Houtu is shaken but concludes Daochen’s warning was likely correct. Meanwhile, Jieyin and Zhunti are surprised that the Witches have not made their move.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen prioritizes preventing catastrophe over diplomacy, using force to remove Houtu and Xuanming and sealing the others in. His blunt, anxious inner thoughts contrast with his controlled authority.
• Dijiang initially trusts the Witches’ strength, but recognizes the danger once Daochen’s formation blocks their escape. He understands that rash action could make them pawns in the Sages’ plan.
• Houtu shifts from confidence in the Clan’s protection to accepting Daochen’s reasoning. Xuanming is left too dizzy and ill to respond.
• The Witches mistakenly assume Yuanshi is the sole culprit, overlooking the other Sages. Daochen tries to correct them, but their confidence forces his intervention.
• Jieyin and Zhunti, waiting for the Witches to act, reveal that their plan depends on that expected escalation.

Significant themes

• Pride and misjudgment: The Witches’ strength makes them underestimate the danger and misread who is behind the crisis.
• Manipulation and hidden schemes: The apparent conflict is part of a broader plan involving multiple Sages, with the Witches being maneuvered into a trap.
• Protection versus freedom: Daochen’s coercive actions frustrate the Witches, yet may save them from being corrupted by the tribulation aura and destroying themselves.
• Forethought over force: Dijiang’s realization suggests that restraint—not simply strength—is essential to surviving the crisis.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• On Mount Kunlun, Jieyin, Zhunti, Yuanshi, and Laozi wait for the Twelve Ancestral Witches to intervene, but the Witches do not appear. Tongtian taunts the others for having underestimated Daochen’s ability to anticipate their scheme.
• With the Witch-Demon war already raging, Laozi and Yuanshi insist there can be no retreat. They assign Jieyin and Zhunti to face the Witches first, leaving themselves to support from behind.
• The battle remains evenly matched and devastating. The Demons realize too late that the Witches’ willingness to sacrifice themselves makes them especially dangerous. Years of peace have also allowed the Witch Clan to grow stronger.
• Bai Ze and Fuxi try to assess the Demon casualties. Taiyi and Dijun remain largely untouched, but many other demons have fallen or been badly injured.
• Bai Ze attempts to negotiate a ceasefire with the veteran Great Shaman Xuanhuo, but grief and anger over the dead make peace impossible. Ji Meng’s attack reignites the fighting.
• Fuxi, already wounded, is overwhelmed when a gravely injured Great Shaman grabs him and detonates himself. The explosion appears to kill Fuxi, leaving only part of his zither behind.
• Nüwa senses her brother’s death and prepares to descend into the Primordial World, but remembers Daochen’s warning not to enter without permission. Instead, she sends the Red Embroidered Ball into battle.
• Daochen allows Nüwa to act but instructs her to retrieve Fuxi’s soul and punish the Witch Clan only lightly. He hints that Fuxi’s apparent death may lead to a major opportunity for him.

Character developments and interactions

• Jieyin and Zhunti are trapped by their earlier commitment to fight. Zhunti tries to secure Yuanshi’s support, but Laozi instead volunteers them to take the front line.
• Tongtian stays detached, content to let others bear the risk while he waits behind them.
• Bai Ze shows concern for Fuxi and tries to halt the slaughter, but his appeal cannot overcome the Witches’ anger.
• Fuxi fights on despite his injuries and is killed—or at least apparently killed—while defending himself from a suicide attack.
• Nüwa is driven into furious grief, yet restrains herself from directly violating Daochen’s order.
• Daochen remains a calculating overseer: he permits limited retaliation while keeping both the Witches and the Sages under control.

Significant themes

• The cost of manipulation: A conflict engineered by outside forces spirals beyond anyone’s control, with both clans suffering catastrophic losses.
• Grief and vengeance: The deaths of friends and kin make reconciliation nearly impossible.
• Sacrifice as a weapon: The Witches’ self-detonations turn their willingness to die into a battlefield advantage.
• Power and restraint: Nüwa’s strength is checked by Daochen’s authority, while Daochen himself holds back to preserve his larger strategy.
• Death as transformation: Daochen’s suggestion that Fuxi’s fall may bring an opportunity foreshadows that his death may not be the end of his story.

Plot points and events

• Fuxi is killed in the final stages of the Witch-Demon War. Nüwa retrieves his soul but does not immediately restore his body; both she and Daochen suspect his death may benefit the Human Race.
• Nüwa strikes the Witch Clan with restraint, avoiding the greater karmic consequences of a full-scale attack. The Demon Race, enraged by Fuxi’s death, intensifies its assault, and the battle grows even more chaotic.
• The Western Sages, Jieyin and Zhunti, fear the Twelve Ancestral Witches will retaliate against them. Laozi senses that Fuxi’s fortune has separated from the Demon Race and may be shifting toward the Human Race, suggesting future conflict with Daochen and Nüwa.
• Daochen finally appears on the battlefield—but instead of attacking the Witches, he orders the Demon Race to withdraw. His move prevents the Sages’ hoped-for confrontation between Daochen and the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
• The war has lasted thousands of years and caused enormous casualties, especially among humans. The Witch Clan suffers a lasting loss of strength, while the Demon Race can replace most of its ordinary soldiers; its leadership remains largely intact.

Character developments and interactions

• Nüwa shows restraint despite Fuxi’s death, prioritizing his soul and avoiding needless karmic entanglement.
• Daochen remains deliberate and hard to provoke. His withdrawal order frustrates the Sages’ plans and protects the Demon Race from further losses.
• Jieyin, Zhunti, Laozi, and Yuanshi hope to exploit a clash between Daochen and the Witches, but Daochen’s intervention leaves them exposed to possible retaliation.
• Tongtian openly reminds the others that he expected Daochen not to be drawn into the conflict. The four Sages angrily silence him, and their resentment foreshadows future schemes against him.
• The Demon Race fights out of grief and loyalty to Fuxi; the Witch Clan is left to regroup and await the Twelve Ancestral Witches’ response.

Significant themes

• Fate and transformation: Fuxi’s death may redirect his fortune from the Demon Race to the Human Race.
• Restraint and strategy: Daochen and Nüwa avoid actions that could trigger greater karmic or political consequences.
• Unequal costs of war: The Witch Clan’s losses are difficult to replace, while the Demon Race can replenish its ordinary ranks.
• Schemes and unintended consequences: The Sages’ plan to make Daochen and the Witches fight fails, while their treatment of Tongtian begins to sow future discord.

Key plot points and events

• With the Demon army withdrawn and the Witch Clan regrouping, Daochen releases Houtu and Xuanming, who had been held to keep the Ancestral Witches out of the battle.
• Nüwa arrives and pointedly offers to host the sisters, while pinching Daochen’s waist. Houtu declines politely, but a tense, silent rivalry unfolds between the women; their clashing murderous intent destroys Daochen’s pill furnace. Xuanming then leaves with Houtu.
• Daochen addresses the surviving Demon forces. He frames the war as having helped cleanse their accumulated karmic retribution and orders them to recover in the Heavenly Court, while Bai Ze leads others out to replenish their numbers. He promises a Dao lecture in a hundred years and rewards for those who served.
• The demons plead for Daochen to restore Fuxi’s body. He refuses for now, explaining that Fuxi has another opportunity ahead and that restoring him prematurely would harm the Human Race. Nüwa supports this decision, and the demons accept it.
• The chapter reflects on the war’s immense destruction, noting that Daochen and the Twelve Ancestral Witches’ restraint prevented the Primordial World from being shattered. Meanwhile, Hongjun and Luo Hou’s battle in the Outer Chaos continues.
• A long-dormant system announces that its upgrade is complete and binds itself to Daochen as the “Divine Three-Choice System.”

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen shows both authority and compassion: he organizes the Demon Race’s recovery, rewards service, and refuses to restore Fuxi when doing so would endanger humanity. He is also comically unnerved by the tension between Nüwa, Houtu, and Xuanming.
• Nüwa is affectionate but unmistakably jealous and possessive toward Daochen, while remaining resigned to Fuxi’s fate.
• Houtu and Xuanming are released and leave without conflict, though their exchange with Nüwa is charged with rivalry.
• The Demon leaders and soldiers reveal loyalty and grief by asking for Fuxi’s restoration, rather than seeking personal rewards.

Significant themes

• Duty versus personal attachment: Fuxi’s loved ones must accept a decision that protects the Human Race and follows a larger destiny.
• Karma and consequence: The battle is presented as a painful means of reducing the Demon Race’s accumulated karmic burden.
• Loyalty and leadership: Daochen’s fair rewards and the demons’ concern for Fuxi emphasize mutual responsibility.
• Restraint and catastrophe: The combatants’ self-control is portrayed as the only thing that spared the world from destruction.
• Jealousy and comic rivalry: The women’s tense confrontation provides a humorous counterpoint to the chapter’s grim aftermath.

Key plot points

• Daochen’s system returns with three choices after detecting that the defeated Devil Ancestor Luo Hou is about to flee: pursue Luo Hou alone, enlist the five Sages to surround and kill him, or wait for his defeat.
• Daochen rejects waiting as passive and abandons the solo pursuit as too dangerous. He chooses to recruit the Sages, earning the Sky-Suppressing Demon-Subduing Tree, an intact chaos spiritual root.
• He sees the tree as a major addition to the depleted Heavenly Court treasury. Its fruit might also strengthen the innate Dao foundation of his unborn child.
• Daochen tells Nüwa to govern the Heavenly Court while he is away and ensure the Demon Race does not descend into the Primordial World. He plans to bring Jieyin, Zhunti, Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian with him to face Luo Hou.
• Daochen believes the Sages will agree because the battle offers heavenly Dao merit, and that the threat of Heavenly Dao punishment will deter them from turning on one another. He departs to carry out his plan.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen is cautious and strategic: despite being tempted by a powerful reward, he prioritizes protecting the Heavenly Court and avoids unnecessary personal risk. He intends to use the Sages’ strength—and, if possible, let them bear the brunt of the danger.
• Nüwa remains grieving over Fuxi’s fall and resentful toward the four Sages she holds responsible. Nevertheless, she trusts Daochen’s judgment, agrees to protect the Heavenly Court, and urges him to be careful.
• Their exchange shows both personal concern and political trust: Daochen reassures Nüwa about possible threats, while she accepts that he need not explain everything.

Significant themes

• Risk versus reward: Daochen weighs an extraordinary personal gain against the danger of being wounded while the wider world remains unstable.
• Strategic cooperation and self-interest: The Sages may unite against an external enemy because they stand to gain merit, even though relations among them are strained.
• Power and responsibility: Daochen’s decision is shaped not only by ambition but by his duty to safeguard the Heavenly Court and his family’s future.
• Grief and restraint: Nüwa’s anger over Fuxi’s suffering persists, but she sets it aside to support Daochen’s immediate plans.

Key plot points and events

• After Daochen ended the Witch-Demon conflict by recalling the Heavenly Court’s Demon Race, the Primordial World entered an uneasy peace. The Sages worried that the Twelve Ancestral Witches might retaliate and were uncertain what Daochen intended.
• Daochen suddenly appeared at Mount Kunlun. The Sages assumed he might have come to settle scores, so Laozi and the others raised protective treasures. Daochen mocked their alarm and said he had come to offer an opportunity, not start a fight.
• He proposed that the Sages join him in surrounding and slaying an avatar of Luo Hou. The plan promised substantial Heavenly Dao merit but carried grave danger, since Luo Hou was a formidable figure even while injured.
• Laozi asked whether Luo Hou was truly badly wounded. The Sages weighed the risk against the possibility of gaining merit and advancing their stagnant cultivation.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen remains confident and provocative. He uses the Sages’ fear of him for amusement, then presents a dangerous plan while leaving the decision to them.
• Jieyin and Zhunti eagerly pursue the promised opportunity, driven by their impoverished Western Land and heavy debt of Heavenly Dao merit. They ignore Yuanshi’s disapproval.
• Laozi responds cautiously, protecting the group at first and later seeking confirmation of the crucial claim about Luo Hou’s injuries.
• Yuanshi is irritated by Jieyin and Zhunti’s behavior and by Tongtian’s quiet amusement, but restrains himself amid the uncertain situation.
• Tongtian stays largely silent, observing the exchange with a faint smile.
• The Sages’ shared fear of Daochen is evident: despite his assurances, they remain wary, shaped by past encounters in which he has attacked readily.

Significant themes

• Opportunity and risk: The chance to kill Luo Hou could bring great rewards, but success is far from assured.
• Ambition and rivalry: The Sages’ frustration at remaining at the first level of sagehood contrasts with Daochen’s rapid progress, motivating their willingness to consider dangerous schemes.
• Distrust and power imbalance: Daochen’s reputation keeps the Sages on guard, while their dependence on merit and limited advancement makes them vulnerable to temptation.
• Uneasy peace: The Witch-Demon conflict has paused, but unresolved tensions and uncertain loyalties keep the world—and the Sages—on edge.

Key plot points and events

• Daochen urges the other Sages to help kill Luo Hou, then heads alone into the Chaos Void, warning that Luo Hou may escape and the opportunity will be lost.
• Jieyin and Zhunti decide to follow, tempted by the heavenly merit they might gain for killing Luo Hou—especially given Luo Hou’s destruction of the Western Land in the past.
• Yuanshi refuses at first, suspecting Daochen is manipulating the others and fearing the risk of failure. Laozi and Tongtian eventually leave as well, however, and Yuanshi follows rather than be left out of a chance to gain merit.
• In the Chaos Void, Luo Hou and Hongjun continue their fierce battle. Both are weakened: Luo Hou’s immense body is cracked and bleeding, while Hongjun appears to be struggling against a second consciousness.
• Luo Hou tries to break past Hongjun, dismissing his ability to stop him. Hongjun counters with the power of the Jade Butterfly of Creation and launches a devastating strike. Luo Hou responds with his dark, devouring eye, and their powers collide.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen remains confident and provocative, prompting the other Sages to act while keeping his own intentions unclear.
• Jieyin and Zhunti are cautious but ultimately choose to risk battle for the chance at merit and revenge for the West.
• Yuanshi is distrustful and self-protective, but his fear of missing out eventually outweighs his reluctance.
• Laozi and Tongtian act decisively: Laozi recognizes that staying out could cost the Three Pure Ones a chance to recover their fortunes, while Tongtian is especially motivated by the danger posed by Luo Hou’s Four Immortal-Slaying Swords.
• Hongjun and Luo Hou remain locked in a destructive contest. Luo Hou presses for escape, while Hongjun continues to block him despite his uncertain condition.

Significant themes

• Opportunity versus risk: Each Sage weighs the danger of fighting Luo Hou against the possibility of gaining merit.
• Distrust and rivalry: The Sages suspect one another’s motives, and Daochen’s invitation may be a strategy rather than simple cooperation.
• The cost of past conflict: Luo Hou’s old devastation of the Western Land continues to shape Jieyin and Zhunti’s choices.
• Power under strain: Even immensely powerful figures such as Hongjun and Luo Hou are weakened, suggesting the battle’s outcome remains uncertain.

Plot points and events

• Hongjun and Luo Hou’s avatar continue their battle deep in the Chaos Void, far from the Primordial World. Both are badly injured, but Hongjun’s condition is especially alarming: he is borrowing the Heavenly Dao’s power while its will steadily erodes his consciousness.
• Luo Hou warns that Hongjun’s reliance on the Heavenly Dao is dangerous and temporary. Hongjun’s Creation Jade Disc helps resist the possession, but his aura grows increasingly cold and inhuman.
• Luo Hou brings out his supreme treasures—the Demon Ruler and Ancient Shield—and clashes with Hongjun’s Jade Creation Disc. Hongjun gains the upper hand, badly wounding Luo Hou, though he too deteriorates.
• Declaring that his true self will eventually return stronger, Luo Hou withdraws to recover. Hongjun does not pursue him, recognizing that he may no longer be able to fight—and that the respite may not last.
• As Luo Hou turns to leave, Daochen suddenly strikes him with a massive merit-infused ruler. Jieyin and Zhunti then appear behind Daochen, presenting a solemn front while keeping safely out of the way.

Character developments and interactions

• Hongjun remains powerful but is losing control to the Heavenly Dao. His inability to stop Luo Hou from retreating reveals how precarious his position has become.
• Luo Hou is forced to retreat after taking severe injuries, yet remains confident that his true self will ultimately triumph. He and Hongjun exchange blows and warnings, each aware of the other’s vulnerabilities.
• Daochen intervenes at the decisive moment, turning Luo Hou’s apparent escape into a sudden ambush.
• Jieyin and Zhunti join Daochen but stay behind him, their outward composure contrasted with their private fear.

Significant themes

• Power at a price: Hongjun’s borrowed strength risks making him a puppet of the Heavenly Dao.
• A temporary reprieve: Luo Hou’s withdrawal delays the threat rather than ending it, while Hongjun’s declining condition makes the future uncertain.
• Courage and self-preservation: The chapter contrasts the overwhelming, costly confrontation between Hongjun and Luo Hou with the disciples’ cautious stance behind Daochen.

Key plot points and events

• All Six Saints—Daochen, Jieyin, Zhunti, Laozi, and Tongtian among them—surround the gravely wounded Luo Hou in the Chaos Void. Jieyin and Zhunti hang back initially, intending mainly to support the others and seize openings.
• Daochen orders an immediate attack. The Saints unleash their full power, free from the restraints they would face fighting inside the Primordial World.
• Their coordinated assault begins to overwhelm Luo Hou. Zhunti’s Demon-Subduing Pestle clashes with Luo Hou’s Divine Ruler and sends Zhunti flying through hundreds of stars, while Laozi’s pagoda forces Luo Hou backward.
• Tongtian’s Green Duckweed Sword nearly beheads Luo Hou, cutting off a lock of his hair. Enraged, Luo Hou tries to destroy the sword and injure Tongtian.
• An Innate Five Elements Formation intervenes, its five dragon-shaped forces threatening Luo Hou. He counters by unleashing demonic origin flames to engulf them.
• Laozi’s Taiji Diagram then sweeps across the void, blocking Luo Hou’s escape route and using its Yin-Yang power to dismantle or redirect incoming forces.

Character developments

• Luo Hou loses his earlier composure as the Saints’ combined assault exposes how severely his injuries have weakened him. He remains dangerous, but fears that using his full power could make escape from the Primordial World impossible.
• Daochen takes command of the attack and leads from the front, wielding his Heaven Measuring Ruler with confidence.
• Jieyin and Zhunti show their usual caution, but commit to full-force attacks once the battle begins. Zhunti pays for it by being hurled away.
• Laozi and Tongtian fight decisively and exploit openings: Laozi applies overwhelming force and containment, while Tongtian’s sword nearly lands a fatal blow.

Significant themes

• Cooperation against a greater threat: The Saints’ combined strength presses even a formidable Devil Ancestor.
• Power constrained by injury and circumstance: Luo Hou’s wounds, rather than a lack of ability, limit his response and shape his priorities.
• Courage and humiliation: Tongtian’s near-success wounds Luo Hou’s pride as much as it threatens him physically.
• Strategic teamwork: The Saints’ attacks build on one another, combining direct strikes, formations, and defensive containment.

Character interactions

• Daochen directs the others to attack, and they coordinate their strikes around his lead.
• Jieyin and Zhunti initially position themselves cautiously, then join the assault alongside the Three Pure Ones.
• Laozi and Tongtian create openings for one another: Laozi’s pressure forces Luo Hou to defend while Tongtian strikes at his exposed side.
• Luo Hou directs his fury at the attackers, especially Tongtian after the sword cuts his hair, while scrambling to avoid being trapped or forced to spend power he needs for escape.

Plot points and events

• Luo Hou, though gravely injured and using only an avatar, fights the Six Saints in a catastrophic battle that destroys ancient stars and shakes the Primordial World.
• The Six Saints draw strength from the Heavenly Dao and attack with their laws and treasures. Luo Hou nevertheless overwhelms them at times: he shatters Laozi’s Dao body, severely wounds Jieyin, and nearly strikes Zhunti down.
• Daochen intervenes with the strongest move he has mastered—the third form of the Nine World-Creation Axes. The clash leaves Daochen badly injured but opens a massive wound through Luo Hou.
• Luo Hou boasts that the Saints cannot kill him. Daochen reveals that the wound conceals the God-Slaying Spear, which then self-destructs inside Luo Hou, catching him off guard.

Character developments

• Daochen rediscovers his ambition for greater power after realizing that even a Sage remains outmatched beyond the Primordial World. He risks himself to protect the others and uses his strongest technique.
• Laozi displays an unusually fierce determination to fight, repeatedly returning to battle after his Dao body is destroyed.
• Jieyin and Zhunti show their concern for one another when Jieyin is gravely wounded and Zhunti rushes to him.
• Luo Hou remains immensely powerful and arrogant, but the spear’s detonation finally breaks his confidence.

Character interactions

• The Six Saints coordinate their attacks, using their treasures and Heavenly Dao–backed power to pressure Luo Hou.
• The battle grows especially urgent when Luo Hou targets Zhunti after severely injuring Jieyin; Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, and Daochen move to stop him.
• Daochen and Luo Hou exchange defiant confidence: Luo Hou dismisses the Saints as ants, while Daochen counters by revealing the trap in Luo Hou’s wound.

Significant themes

• The limits of power: The Saints dominate within their world yet recognize how far they still are from true supremacy.
• Ambition awakened by adversity: Luo Hou’s strength rekindles Daochen’s hunger to advance.
• Sacrifice and resolve: The Saints continue fighting despite severe injuries, driven by the need to defeat Luo Hou.
• Hidden consequences: Luo Hou’s apparent victory after wounding Daochen becomes the opening for the God-Slaying Spear’s decisive self-destruction.

Key plot points and events

• Daochen detonates the God-Slaying Spear, a Xiantian Supreme Treasure, in an attempt to destroy Luo Hou. The blast devastates the battlefield and shakes the Primordial World.
• Luo Hou survives the explosion. His bloodied hand bursts from the smoke and strikes Daochen, hurling him through the starry expanse.
• The attack also overwhelms Laozi’s protective pagoda: Laozi’s body is shattered again, Yuanshi is gravely mutilated, and Tongtian, Jieyin, and Zhunti are badly injured.
• Daochen returns to the fight, using the Heaven Measuring Ruler alongside the Chaos Pearl. Its resonance with Hongjun’s Creation Jade Disc restores Daochen’s strength and pushes him close to the fourth heaven of the Primordial Unity Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.
• Luo Hou, though horribly damaged, counters Daochen’s attack and sends him flying once more. By the end, the Sages are severely weakened while Luo Hou remains terrifyingly powerful.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen shows extraordinary resolve by sacrificing a supreme treasure without hesitation. Despite being wounded and repeatedly thrown back, he continues attacking Luo Hou.
• Luo Hou demonstrates his immense endurance and power: even after Hongjun’s injury and the spear’s detonation, he can overpower the gathered Sages.
• The Sages fight together, but their efforts fail to stop Luo Hou. Laozi and Yuanshi suffer especially devastating injuries, leaving the group shaken and uncertain.
• Daochen’s clash with Luo Hou becomes the battle’s focus, while Hongjun’s Creation Jade Disc indirectly supports Daochen through its resonance with the Chaos Pearl.

Significant themes

• Sacrifice and determination: Daochen willingly destroys a priceless weapon and keeps fighting despite severe injuries.
• Overwhelming power and endurance: Luo Hou’s survival makes the Sages’ combined strength seem inadequate.
• The cost of battle: The world is devastated, and even immortal Sages sustain grave harm.
• Despair amid resistance: The fighters continue to struggle, but the chapter ends with the looming question of how Luo Hou can possibly be defeated.

Key plot points and events

• Luo Hou remains nearly invincible, while Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s fate is uncertain and the Six Saints—including Daochen—are gravely wounded. The Primordial World’s cultivators fear the battle is unwinnable.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi, Dijun, and the surviving Demon Race forces prepare to join the fight. Nüwa, pregnant with Daochen’s child, insists she can still fight, but Dijun and Taiyi urge her to stay and protect the Heavenly Court.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches arrive, surprising the demons. Though their recent history is hostile, they announce that they will go to the Chaos Void themselves and tell the demons not to interfere.
• Before leaving, Houtu asks Nüwa to look after the Witch Clan’s descendants. The Witches depart in their immense true forms, transforming into a colossal giant as they head toward the battlefield.
• The demons bow to the departing Witches. Their gesture signifies the end of the Witch-Demon feud and a shared hope that the Witches will return safely.
• Meanwhile, Luo Hou’s body regenerates, and demonic flames surge around him.

Character developments and interactions

• Nüwa shows resolve, but her pregnancy makes her vulnerable and gives the others reason to protect her and the unborn Golden Crow.
• Dijun and Taiyi put the child’s safety and the Demon Race’s future first, persuading Nüwa to remain behind.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches set aside old enmity to face the greater threat. Their teasing banter—especially Zhurong’s taunt to Taiyi—reveals that their familiar rivalry remains even as they unite.
• Xuanming sharply rebukes Goumang when his boastful entrance risks insulting the demons. Houtu’s farewell to Nüwa adds a personal bond between the rival clans.
• The demons’ respectful bow answers the Witches’ sacrifice with a symbolic gesture of reconciliation.

Significant themes

• Unity against a common enemy: The threat posed by Luo Hou outweighs longstanding clan conflicts.
• Sacrifice and duty: The Witches risk themselves for the Primordial World, while the demons remain behind to protect their people and Daochen’s child.
• Reconciliation and hope: The clans’ bow marks an end to their war and expresses hope for the Witches’ safe return.

Key plot points and events

• Luo Hou overwhelms Daochen and the five saints—Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Jieyin, and Zhunti—with his demonic ruler and Order Chains. Daochen repeatedly attacks with the Heaven Measuring Ruler despite being badly wounded, while the others are repeatedly beaten back.
• Realizing they cannot help individually, the five saints summon the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation and combine their power to strike Luo Hou.
• Luo Hou reveals that the swords belong to him. He seizes control of their attack and turns it against the formation, shattering it and grievously injuring all five saints.
• As Luo Hou moves to finish them, a gigantic axe strikes his shield and forces him back. The Twelve Ancestral Witches have arrived, merged into the Pangu True Form.
• Luo Hou heals almost instantly and mocks the giant, saying it is still inferior to Pangu. The chapter ends as the Pangu True Form summons a vast, murderous hall that merges with its body.

Character developments

• Daochen remains fiercely resolute, continuing to fight despite severe injuries and repeatedly being driven back.
• The five saints recognize that their individual strength is insufficient and cooperate through the sword formation, but Luo Hou’s control of the swords leaves them gravely wounded.
• Luo Hou displays overwhelming power, confidence, and the ability to recover from near-fatal injuries almost instantly.
• The Three Pure Ones are shaken by the Ancestral Witches’ arrival, questioning whether they truly have the strongest claim to Pangu’s legacy.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches, through the Pangu True Form, make a forceful entrance and appear ready to challenge Luo Hou.

Significant themes

• The limits of power: Even coordinated attacks fail against an opponent of vastly greater strength.
• Persistence and sacrifice: Daochen keeps resisting despite the cost, while the saints risk themselves to support him.
• Inheritance and legitimacy: The Ancestral Witches’ embodiment of Pangu unsettles the Three Pure Ones’ belief that they alone represent Pangu’s orthodox lineage.
• Imitation versus the original: Luo Hou’s taunt that the giant is “not him” underscores the gap between the Pangu True Form and Pangu himself.

Character interactions

• The saints coordinate their attack and enter Tongtian’s Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, hoping to give Daochen an opening.
• Luo Hou contemptuously turns the formation’s own weapons against the saints, then moves to kill them.
• The Pangu True Form intervenes, striking Luo Hou and briefly injuring him; Luo Hou responds with mockery rather than alarm.
• The arrival of the Ancestral Witches prompts silent, conflicted reactions from the five saints, especially the Three Pure Ones, whose sense of lineage is challenged.

Key plot points and events

• The Twelve Ancestral Witches merge the Pangu Divine Hall into their formation, manifesting the Pangu True Form. His appearance stirs the Primordial World’s inhabitants, whose collective willpower strengthens the form and completes its law of strength.
• The Pangu True Form uses the Green Lotus Seal to immobilize Luo Hou, then summons the Pangu Axe—formed from the Chaos Pearl, Taiji Diagram, and Pangu Banner—and unleashes a world-splitting strike.
• Luo Hou breaks free just before the axe can kill him, and the two clash violently. Both are wounded, but the Pangu Axe damages Luo Hou’s ruler and shield, gaining the advantage as the combatants move deeper into Chaos.
• With Luo Hou occupied, Daochen, the Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunti recover enough to join the fight and pursue the battle.

Character developments and interactions

• The Twelve Ancestral Witches demonstrate how powerful their Pangu formation has become, though it remains only a likeness of the true Pangu and suffers serious injuries.
• The Three Pure Ones accept that they have lost the Pangu Orthodox Succession Dispute, and cooperate with their former rivals against Luo Hou.
• Luo Hou survives a near-fatal blow through a last-moment escape, taunting the Pangu manifestation for not being the real Pangu before resuming the fight.
• Daochen and the sages shift from recovery to coordinated action, joining forces once the Pangu True Form creates an opening.
• Hongjun reacts subtly to the axe strike, hinting that it may cause an unseen change.

Significant themes

• Collective will and inherited legacy: The faith and willpower of living beings empower the Pangu manifestation.
• The gap between imitation and reality: The formation channels Pangu’s power, but Luo Hou stresses that it cannot equal Pangu himself.
• Rivalry giving way to necessity: The succession dispute ends as the sages unite against a greater threat.
• Foreshadowing: Hongjun’s reaction and the mysterious consequences of the axe stroke suggest further developments ahead.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• The battle between the Pangu True Form and Luo Hou intensifies. The Pangu manifestation grows stronger and seems to carry a trace of Pangu’s genuine presence, unsettling the Three Pure Ones.
• Luo Hou’s immense true form briefly appears beyond the Primordial World. Though comparable to Pangu at his prime, he cannot enter without risking the destruction of the world. Before vanishing, he challenges the Pangu presence to face him someday in the Beyond Lands.
• Daochen joins the Pangu True Form in a coordinated assault. With the Innate Five Elements Formation reinforced by the Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunti, they trap Luo Hou and badly wound him, severing an arm and damaging his chest.
• Across the Primordial World, the Witch Clan and countless other beings pray for Pangu’s return and support the defenders. Their prayers and gratitude gather the world’s fortune behind the battle, driven by fear of Luo Hou’s past and future destruction.
• Luo Hou begins breaking the formation and summons the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords. Tongtian diverts his full attention to suppressing them, weakening the formation and giving Luo Hou an opening.
• Daochen and the Pangu True Form rush into the formation to attack again as the other Saints struggle to contain Luo Hou.

Character developments and interactions

• The Three Pure Ones are shaken by signs that the Pangu True Form may be more than an empty manifestation; it appears to reflect the Pangu preserved in their memories.
• Daochen proves central to the counterattack, combining the Heaven Measuring Ruler and the Innate Five Elements Formation with the Pangu True Form’s power.
• Tongtian recognizes the danger of Luo Hou reclaiming the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords and sacrifices his role in maintaining the formation to keep them suppressed.
• Luo Hou shifts from confidence to fury and humiliation as opponents he considers inferior inflict serious wounds on him.
• The world’s inhabitants unite in prayer, linking their hope for survival to Pangu and the fighters confronting Luo Hou.

Significant themes

• Unity against overwhelming evil: The combined efforts of Daochen, Pangu, and the Saints are essential to holding Luo Hou back.
• Collective hope and fortune: The prayers of ordinary beings become a force that gathers the Primordial World’s fortune.
• Legacy and presence: Pangu’s influence may endure beyond his death, appearing through the Witches’ formation and the memories of the Three Pure Ones.
• The cost of past devastation: Luo Hou’s history of destruction gives the current battle existential stakes for the entire world.

Key plot points and events

• The badly wounded Luo Hou refuses to yield, taunting his enemies and vowing to kill them.
• The Pangu True Form attacks with the Pangu Axe and Green Lotus Seal, while Daochen’s Heaven Measuring Ruler manifests an axe phantom and unleashes the Nine World-Creation Axes.
• Luo Hou counters with a demonic domain that threatens to consume laws and order. The combined assault of the Pangu True Form, Daochen, and the others overwhelms him, leaving him gravely wounded.
• Luo Hou then stakes everything on a Heaven-Defying Dao Principle, drawing on demonic essence and time powers to heal his injuries and forcibly restore himself to his prime.
• Recognizing the danger, Daochen rallies everyone. The Pangu True Form and the other Saints unleash their full strength, and the battle surges toward its climax.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Hou remains fiercely defiant despite losing limbs and suffering near-fatal injuries. His confidence gives way to rage as he risks everything to regain his peak power.
• Daochen proves crucial, combining his ruler’s power with Pangu’s legacy and quickly identifying the threat of Luo Hou’s recovery.
• The Pangu True Form displays a distinct consciousness and growing power, driven by Pangu’s essence and the law of strength.
• The Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunti set aside old prejudices to support the Pangu True Form and Daochen. Though now largely supporting the central fighters, they contribute through the formation and timely defenses.

Significant themes

• Unity against a greater threat: Formerly divided Saints cooperate when survival demands it.
• Legacy and inheritance: Pangu’s power and techniques persist through both the Pangu True Form and Daochen.
• Defiance and desperation: Luo Hou’s refusal to accept defeat makes him more dangerous, even when close to death.
• Escalation and sacrifice: Both sides commit everything they can as the conflict approaches its decisive peak.

Key plot points and events

• Luo Hou unleashes a forbidden technique, greatly increasing his power at the cost of his own condition, and vows to defeat his opponents.
• Daochen refuses to back down. As the countless people of the Primordial World pray for victory, their psychic power and accumulated fortune flow into the Pangu True Form, strengthening it.
• The Three Pure Ones sacrifice themselves, merging their Primordial Spirits with the Twelve Ancestral Witches. Their combined power leaves only Pangu’s form behind.
• The transformed Pangu True Form overwhelms Luo Hou with the Pangu Axe and the Green Lotus Seal. Luo Hou is repeatedly cleaved apart and left gravely injured.
• At the same time, the surge of power briefly weakens the force suppressing Hongjun’s spiritual awareness. It devours much of the Annihilation Divine Light before the two forces resume their stalemate.
• Pangu presses forward to deliver a final strike that will destroy Luo Hou’s Primordial Spirit and True Spirit.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen remains resolute, committed to fighting to the death.
• Luo Hou, initially boastful and confident after powering up, becomes terrified when Pangu seemingly returns. He nevertheless keeps trying to rally his strength and resist.
• The Three Pure Ones demonstrate complete solidarity with Pangu’s cause, giving up their separate existence to empower him.
• The people of the Primordial World act collectively, directing their prayers and psychic power toward Pangu and the survival of their world.
• Hongjun’s suppressed spiritual awareness gains a rare advantage, though it does not yet overcome the Annihilation Divine Light.
• Jieyin and Zhunti see Pangu’s return as a chance for victory and survival.

Significant themes

• Sacrifice and unity: The Three Pure Ones’ merger and the people’s shared prayers make collective devotion a source of power.
• Defiance in the face of death: Daochen and Pangu’s side commit fully despite having no safe retreat.
• The return of a legendary power: Pangu’s apparent revival evokes the ancient creator’s unmatched might.
• Power comes at a cost: Both Luo Hou’s forbidden technique and Pangu’s brief resurgence are presented as extraordinary, potentially unsustainable states.

Plot and key events

• The collective will and fortune of the Primordial World briefly summon Pangu’s True Form, empowering him to confront Luo Hou and protect the world.
• Pangu’s attack shatters Luo Hou’s body, but Luo Hou reforms into two distinct forms: a demonic incarnation and a radiant, blood-eyed figure embodying the Immortal Dao Origin. Luo Hou claims the blow helped him fully separate these origins.
• Daoist Shichen, Great Immortal Yangmei, and a Golden-Furred Giant Ape arrive from the Beyond Lands. Together with Luo Hou, they surround Pangu and Daochen, hoping to eliminate the Primordial World’s strongest defenders while Hongjun is incapacitated.
• Pangu declares he can defeat them as he did in ancient times and prepares to face all four enemies. The battle becomes an all-or-nothing struggle.
• Elsewhere, the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Three Pure Ones rejoin the fighting. Nüwa watches anxiously, unable to intervene, while Hongjun remains too compromised to help.

Character developments and interactions

• Pangu returns through the unified hopes of the world’s living beings and willingly takes on four formidable opponents, embodying their last hope.
• Luo Hou reveals a more disturbing, divided nature: his demonic and immortal aspects now stand side by side. His ambition has escalated from sowing chaos to devouring the Primordial World’s myriad Dao origins.
• Daochen stands with Pangu despite the overwhelming danger, sharing the attackers’ focus as a target.
• Yangmei, Shichen, and the Golden-Furred Giant Ape align with Luo Hou, forming a coordinated encirclement and reviving an old conflict with Pangu.
• Nüwa faces helplessness and desperation as she realizes she cannot help and Hongjun is unavailable.

Significant themes

• Collective will and sacrifice: The world’s inhabitants unite to bring Pangu back, making their hope a source of power.
• Escalating stakes: The conflict shifts from disorder to a direct attempt to destroy the world’s strongest protectors and consume its origins.
• Desperation and responsibility: Pangu and Daochen must stand their ground, while Nüwa confronts the limits of her ability to protect the world.
• Uncanny duality: Luo Hou’s split forms blur the boundary between opposing Dao origins, suggesting a threat beyond ordinary combat.

Plot and key events

• As Luo Hou’s clone and three ancient experts—Yangmei, Shichen, and a Golden-Furred Giant Ape—corner Daochen and the summoned “Pangu,” the beings of the Primordial World despair. Even the Sages Jieyin and Zhunti cannot join the fight, while Hongjun faces a crisis of his own.
• A plea for help inspires one powerful being to sacrifice himself, turning his blood, bones, and Dao principles into primordial energy for Pangu. Countless others follow, hoping that the Pangu imprint in their bloodlines will help him return.
• The sacrifices strengthen “Pangu.” He appears more like the original creator and attacks Luo Hou and the light-dark origin body with the Heaven-Opening Axe.
• Luo Hou and his allies dismiss him as a false Pangu, but see the power of the Great Dao of Strength within him as a chance to regain their former strength.
• Pangu strikes Shichen with the axe, badly wounding him and dimming the Time Compass. Meanwhile, the Golden-Furred Giant Ape claims Daochen as his opponent. Daochen taunts him, and the two begin a brutal, artifact-free physical battle.
• Shichen moves to intervene, but Pangu blocks his way with the axe.

Character developments and interactions

• The beings of the Primordial World move from despair to collective defiance, willingly sacrificing themselves to aid Pangu.
• “Pangu” grows stronger through their devotion and responds with renewed fury, though the enemy questions whether he is truly Pangu.
• Daochen remains confident and combative, answering the Giant Ape’s arrogance with mockery before engaging him directly.
• The Giant Ape displays contempt for Daochen and insists their shared mastery of the body makes them natural opponents.
• Luo Hou, Shichen, and their allies treat Pangu’s strength as something to seize, rather than fearing his apparent return.

Significant themes

• Sacrifice and collective hope: Individuals give up everything for the possibility of saving the world.
• Faith and the power of thought: The people’s longing helps bring forth a powerful, Pangu-like presence.
• Defiance against overwhelming odds: Even when the Heavenly Dao offers no apparent protection, the world’s beings choose to act.
• Identity and legacy: The chapter questions whether a being shaped by Pangu’s imprint and collective belief can truly be Pangu.