Chapter Summaries

• Daochen confronts the Luo Demon elder: After sensing that something is amiss with his system but setting that concern aside, Daochen focuses on killing the elder and claiming the Three Lights Divine Water and World-Cleansing White Lotus. He recognizes the elder’s people as Chaos Remnants. Both fighters unleash their physical strength and clash in a brutal, evenly matched brawl.
• The Dragon Clan and Eastern Prince arrive: Outside the islands, Sea Race cultivators gather around the protective formation, unable to reopen the gateway Daochen used. Ao Kun arrives with the Eastern Prince, while Zhulong is absent. Ao Kun finds signs of his brother Ao Jun’s presence but no evidence implicating the Qilin or Phoenix clans, and is relieved the killer likely belongs to neither rival.
• Eastern Prince identifies Daochen’s trail: He detects the faint trace of Daochen’s Golden Crow Divine Flame and recognizes it from the injuries Daochen previously gave him. Convinced Daochen entered the islands, he asks the gathered cultivators whether anyone has seen someone emerge.
  Character developments and interactions: Daochen is confident and impatient, eager to end the fight and return to cultivation, but he knows he is not yet powerful enough to disregard every threat. The Luo Demon elder becomes suspicious of Daochen, then responds to his taunt with a direct challenge. Ao Kun’s concern over Ao Jun’s death is tempered by relief that the Dragon Clan may avoid conflict with its rivals. The Eastern Prince’s lingering resentment toward Daochen resurfaces as he searches for him.
  Themes: The chapter emphasizes ambition and cultivation, the dangers of overconfidence, and the way old rivalries and shifting clan politics shape the pursuit of power. The mounting arrivals also foreshadow new trouble for Daochen.

Key plot points and events

• The Eastern Prince arrives with Ao Kun and numerous Great Luo Golden Immortals, demanding to know whether Daochen has left the Three Immortal Islands. The Sea Race cultivators can offer no useful information.
• Ao Kun and the others bombard the islands’ protective formation, but even their combined attacks cannot damage it.
• Zhulong arrives and uses Time Reversal to replay events around the islands. The vision confirms that Daochen entered the islands, killed Ao Jun and his Dragon Clan followers, and has not come back out.
• The Eastern Prince and Zhulong agree to wait for Daochen, with Zhulong promising to fight him. The Eastern Prince privately expects to claim the islands’ opportunities once Daochen emerges.
• Inside the microcosm, Daochen’s battle with an elder of the Luo Demon Tribe intensifies. The elder realizes that Daochen’s magical power and physical strength rival his own, despite Daochen’s recent entry into the Quasi-Saint realm.

Character developments and interactions

• The Eastern Prince grows frustrated when the Sea Race knows nothing, then relieved when Zhulong’s time reversal confirms Daochen is still inside. His confidence rests on Zhulong’s support and on underestimating Daochen’s ability to escape.
• Zhulong demonstrates formidable command of the time law and commits to opposing Daochen to protect the Dragon Clan’s interests.
• Ao Kun is angered by Daochen’s killing of Ao Jun and the Dragon Clan’s losses, and joins the assault on the formation.
• The Luo Demon Tribe elder shifts from dismissing Daochen as a newly established Quasi-Saint to recognizing him as a formidable equal.
• The Sea Race cultivators are intimidated by the powerful newcomers and cautiously deny knowing anything.

Significant themes

• Power and intimidation: The weaker Sea Race cultivators are silenced by the presence of powerful immortals.
• Conflicting interests and overconfidence: The Eastern Prince and Dragon Clan both want the islands’ resources, while the Eastern Prince assumes Daochen will be trapped and easily dealt with.
• Hidden strength: Daochen’s true capabilities exceed the Luo Demon elder’s expectations, setting up a contrast with his enemies’ misplaced confidence.

Chapter 87: “Stirring Up a Colossal Mess!”

Key plot points and events

• Daochen and the Luo Demon Tribe elder have fought fiercely, badly damaging the tribe’s ancestral grounds. Worried about the destruction—and the consequences if his superiors discover it—the elder stops attacking and offers Daochen a way to leave without repercussions.
• Daochen refuses: he still wants the Three Lights Divine Water and the World-Cleansing White Lotus, and will not accept a compromise that leaves him short of his goal.
• He resumes the fight with the Heaven Measuring Ruler, then reveals an extraordinary arsenal: the God-Slaying Spear, Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner, Earth-Leaving Flame Light Banner, Mysterious Origin Water-Control Banner, and World-Destroying Black Lotus. He also manifests the laws of time and space.
• Alarmed by Daochen’s true strength, the elder warns that killing him could summon the Luo Demon Tribe’s higher-ups. He offers Daochen only one-tenth of the Three Lights Divine Water.
• Daochen rejects the offer and decides the elder must die, even if the conflict draws the tribe’s powerful members into the Primordial World—or creates trouble for Hongjun. He uses time and space to close the distance and launches a punch and his treasures at the elder. The chapter ends as their attacks engulf him.

Character developments

• Daochen reveals that the earlier battle was not the limit of his power. His confidence, vast collection of treasures, and command of major laws make him far more formidable than the elder expected.
• The Luo Demon Tribe elder shifts from arrogant confidence to fear and regret. He recognizes that he underestimated Daochen and tries to negotiate, but remains protective of his tribe’s treasures.

Significant themes

• Power and underestimated strength: The elder’s assumptions about Daochen collapse as Daochen unveils his full abilities.
• Negotiation versus force: The elder seeks to end the fight through concessions, but Daochen’s refusal to settle for less leads back to violence.
• Self-interest and calculated risk: Daochen is willing to provoke powerful enemies, partly because the resulting trouble may distract Hongjun from scheming against him.

Character interactions

• The elder first offers Daochen safe withdrawal, then tries to bargain over the Three Lights Divine Water; Daochen rejects both offers and taunts him.
• Daochen’s contemptuous, aggressive responses contrast with the elder’s growing fear and increasingly desperate attempts to deter him.

Plot points and events

• Daochen traps the Luo Demon Tribe elder with the Karmic Fire Red Lotus, then unleashes a coordinated assault with the God-Slaying Spear, Heaven Measuring Ruler, his fist, and several defensive banners.
• The elder is gravely wounded. A burst of power from the Mixed Law Crystal in his heart saves him from immediate destruction, but he is left barely able to continue fighting.
• As three Mid Quasi-Saint experts awaken nearby, the elder tries to use their arrival to force Daochen to retreat. Daochen instead kills him with the spear and ruler, leaving only the law crystal behind, which Daochen takes.
• Daochen rapidly collects the Three Lights Divine Water and the World-Cleansing White Lotuses. Before he can take the large immortal crystal beneath the lake, an even more powerful presence awakens below it.
• The new aura rises from Late Quasi-Saint to Peak Quasi-Saint strength and approaches the threshold of Sainthood. Recognizing the danger, Daochen flees the small world.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen reveals the full force of his concealed abilities and his skill with time and space laws. He remains ruthless, killing the elder despite the approaching reinforcements, but his confidence gives way to alarm when a far stronger being awakens.
• The Luo Demon Tribe elder shifts from defiance to fear as Daochen overwhelms him. He relies on his tribe’s approaching experts as a last resort, but Daochen kills him before they can arrive.
• Their confrontation is a contest of escalating force: the elder’s durability and Mixed Law Crystal prolong the fight, but Daochen’s layered attacks ultimately prove decisive. Daochen’s escape marks the first clear limit to his willingness to press his advantage.

Significant themes

• Hidden strength and misjudgment: The elder underestimates Daochen because he is a “post-heaven” being, while Daochen has concealed extraordinary power.
• Power has limits: Daochen defeats a powerful opponent, yet the awakening beneath the lake shows that victory can expose him to even greater threats.
• Risk and reward: Daochen secures valuable treasures but must abandon the immortal crystal when a near-Sage presence appears.

Key plot points and events

• Daochen flees through the Microcosm toward its entrance, pursued by three mid-stage Quasi-Saints of the Luo Demon Tribe.
• A hidden Peak Quasi-Saint ambushes him from a spatial rift. Daochen realizes the enemy also wields the Space Law, explaining why his divine sense could not find them.
• Daochen narrowly evades the ambush and tries to escape, using his Golden Crow phantom and wings to increase his speed. The three pursuers split up to cut him off.
• To hinder all four enemies, Daochen unleashes the combined Time and Space Laws. The three mid-stage pursuers slow dramatically, and even the Peak Quasi-Saint is impeded, though Daochen cannot fully immobilize an opponent so much stronger without risking backlash.
• The clash shakes the Microcosm and disrupts the grand formation surrounding the Three Immortal Islands.
• Outside, the Eastern Prince, Zhulong, and their companions notice the disturbance. The Eastern Prince assumes Daochen may be emerging after collecting the islands’ treasures and anticipates claiming them through Zhulong.

Character developments

• Daochen shows caution by searching for the hidden enemy, then quick thinking and resolve under pressure. He recognizes the limits of his power and uses the Space-Time Law strategically to escape rather than defeat stronger opponents.
• The Peak Quasi-Saint is revealed as a dangerous, elusive ambusher with mastery of spatial concealment.
• The Eastern Prince displays greed and overconfidence, treating Daochen’s presumed gains as prizes already within reach.

Significant themes

• Power and its limits: Daochen’s rare abilities help him survive, but cannot erase the vast gap between his cultivation and the Peak Quasi-Saint’s.
• Perception and deception: The hidden attacker’s use of spatial rifts defeats even Daochen’s extensive divine-sense search.
• Greed and presumption: The Eastern Prince plans to profit from Daochen’s efforts before knowing what is happening inside.

Character interactions

• Daochen is pursued and ambushed by the Luo Demon Tribe’s four experts, using his laws to disrupt their coordinated attack.
• The three mid-stage pursuers react with fear and confusion when they witness Daochen’s unprecedented combination of Time and Space Laws.
• Outside the islands, the Eastern Prince looks to Zhulong to subdue Daochen and secure the supposed treasures.

Key plot points and events

• As the Three Immortal Islands’ protective formation begins to crack, Eastern Prince waits eagerly for Daochen to emerge, confident that Zhulong can capture him.
• Inside the islands’ Microcosm, Daochen escapes the pursuing peak Quasi-Saint of the Luo Demon Tribe just as the space-time barrier shatters. Three more mid Quasi-Saints join the pursuit.
• Daochen realizes that Eastern Prince, Zhulong, Ao Kun, and their allies are waiting outside, leaving him caught between two hostile groups.
• He flies through a crack in the formation and, just as the Luo Demon experts emerge, tosses three treasure-filled Storage Rings to Eastern Prince, Zhulong, and Ao Kun.
• The Luo Demon experts mistake the handoff for evidence that the three are Daochen’s accomplices. They attack them: a mid Quasi-Saint strikes Eastern Prince, who is blasted into the seabed.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen stays quick-thinking under pressure, using the treasure handoff to redirect the Luo Demon Tribe’s hostility toward his pursuers. His gesture is not generosity but self-preservation.
• Eastern Prince shifts from triumphant anticipation to shock and terror. He realizes too late that Daochen has made him a target.
• Zhulong is caught off guard by Daochen’s unexpected move and cannot act before the Luo Demon experts appear.
• The Luo Demon experts prioritize recovering the Three Lights Divine Water and fear their tribe chief’s punishment. They interpret the rings as proof of collusion and attack immediately.

Significant themes

• Cunning and survival: Daochen turns an apparently generous act into a tactical escape.
• Misunderstanding as a weapon: The Luo Demon experts’ mistaken assumption sparks an attack on Daochen’s enemies.
• Power and peril: Even powerful figures like Eastern Prince are vulnerable when confronted by stronger Quasi-Saints.
• Escalating conflict: The formation’s collapse brings previously isolated forces into direct confrontation.

Key events

• The Luo Devil Race mistakes Zhulong and the others for accomplices of the thief who stole their sacred relic. Zhulong tries to explain, but the confrontation turns violent.
• Zhulong uses the Time Law to halt a mid Quasi-Saint attacker. The Luo Devil expert interprets this as proof of Zhulong’s connection to the thief and uses a forbidden art to advance to the late Quasi-Saint stage.
• Elsewhere, a woman-like Luo Devil expert repeatedly shatters Ao Kun’s dragon body. Zhulong is forced to fight seriously, worried that the Dragon Clan will suffer another major loss.
• Eastern Prince is relentlessly hunted and badly wounded, having lost the Dragon-Headed Cane. Daochen fares better, evading a peak Quasi-Saint pursuer with his spiritual treasures and command of space and time.
• Eastern Prince’s allies flee as the battle turns hopeless. Just as his pursuer closes in to kill him, Hongjun’s voice rings out, freezing the attacker and raising hopes that the Dao Ancestor has arrived.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhulong shifts from attempting diplomacy to open combat, balancing his pride and concern for Ao Kun against the danger of drawing the attention of a still stronger enemy.
• Eastern Prince falls from confidence in his status as Chief Male Immortal to desperation, then renewed hope when Hongjun intervenes.
• Ao Kun is repeatedly overwhelmed, making the Dragon Clan’s vulnerability—and Zhulong’s anxiety for it—clear.
• Daochen proves resourceful and difficult to catch, in contrast to Eastern Prince and Ao Kun’s worsening plight.
• The Luo Devil Race pursuers refuse explanations and treat the group as a united enemy, while the fleeing cultivators abandon Eastern Prince and Ao Kun.

Themes

• Misunderstanding and distrust turn attempted explanations into escalating violence.
• Power is precarious: even high-ranking figures can be driven to the brink by stronger opponents.
• Loyalty and responsibility weigh on Zhulong, who must choose between protecting his kin and managing a dangerous wider threat.

Plot points and events

• Hongjun arrives as the battle for the Three Immortal Islands reaches its crisis. Sea cultivators and the Great Luo immortals pay him respect, including Daochen and Eastern Prince.
• Hongjun effortlessly destroys the four Luo Demon Tribe experts who violated their agreement by appearing in the Primordial World. Their deaths alert a powerful, horned elder far away in Chaos, who responds with furious killing intent toward Hongjun.
• Hongjun warns Zhulong that a calamity is approaching and orders the Dragon Clan to return to the four seas and stay out of the Primordial World. Zhulong complies, taking the unconscious Ao Kun with him.
• Zhulong blames Daochen for bringing the Luo experts there and glares at him. Daochen openly threatens to kill any dragons who leave the Eastern Sea, and Zhulong departs.
• Eastern Prince is left in despair: he has lost the islands, most of his followers, and Zhulong’s support, while remaining far weaker than Daochen.
• As Daochen prepares to return to the Sun Star, Hongjun summons him to the Purple Heavens Palace.

Character developments and interactions

• Hongjun demonstrates overwhelming Sage power, killing four powerful opponents with a casual gesture. His warning to Zhulong is both counsel and a clear threat.
• Daochen realizes he has greatly overestimated his ability to challenge Hongjun. Nevertheless, he remains bold and confrontational toward Zhulong, and is surprised when Hongjun personally calls him to the palace.
• Eastern Prince feels humiliated and increasingly hopeless as his position collapses and his remaining prospects for power fade.
• Zhulong submits to Hongjun’s order but leaves hostile toward Daochen, whom he holds responsible for the loss of his plans.
• Ao Kun remains unconscious and is carried away by Zhulong.

Significant themes

• The gulf between Sage and Quasi-Saint power: Hongjun’s effortless victory reveals a level of strength beyond Daochen’s reach.
• Fate, calamity, and restraint: Hongjun’s warning suggests that a major crisis is coming and that the Dragon Clan must avoid involvement.
• Declining fortunes and consequences: Eastern Prince’s setbacks accumulate, while Zhulong’s ambitions are abruptly checked.
• Defiance amid danger: Daochen recognizes Hongjun’s superiority but still refuses to yield to Zhulong’s hostility.

Key plot points and events

• Hongjun takes Daochen to the Purple Heavens Palace, leaving him anxious about whether he will be punished for his actions on the Three Immortal Islands or for events surrounding the Lich War.
• Inside, Hongjun confronts Daochen about opening the barrier that held the Luo Demon Tribe and other “Chaos Remnants.” Daochen admits opening it but claims he knew nothing of their true nature.
• Hongjun tests Daochen’s honesty by pressuring him with his aura. Daochen maintains that he only thought the tribe’s cultivation resembled the Witch Clan’s. Hongjun accepts the explanation and tells him not to discuss the matter further.
• Hongjun then demands that Daochen surrender the opportunities he took from the Three Immortal Islands, which were meant to support Eastern Prince’s future Immortal Court.
• Daochen reluctantly brings out the treasures. Hongjun takes only some of them and returns the rest, leaving Daochen confused.

Character developments

• Daochen is frightened by Hongjun’s power but stays composed enough to admit what he cannot hide and carefully conceal what could incriminate him. He continues to act ignorant when Hongjun probes him.
• Hongjun is stern and authoritative, first investigating the release of the Chaos Remnants, then enforcing Eastern Prince’s claim to the Three Immortal Islands’ treasures. His decision to return part of the loot suggests his demands may not be simple punishment.

Significant themes

• Power and submission: Daochen’s confidence gives way when faced with Hongjun’s overwhelming strength.
• Cunning and concealment: Daochen protects himself through selective honesty and plausible explanations.
• Fate, opportunity, and obligation: The treasures are framed as necessary to Eastern Prince’s destined role in founding the Immortal Court.
• Uncertainty: Hongjun’s motives remain unclear, especially after he returns some of the treasures.

Character interactions

• Daochen and Hongjun engage in a tense exchange: Hongjun probes and demands, while Daochen answers cautiously and feigns ignorance where needed.
• Haotian and Yaochi are surprised to see Daochen arrive with Hongjun, but they do not question their teacher.
• Daochen ultimately complies with Hongjun’s demand, though the partial return of the treasures leaves their encounter unresolved.

Key plot points

• Hongjun returns most of the opportunities he took from the Three Immortal Islands, explaining that the islands were meant to support the Eastern Prince’s Immortal Court and that he will compensate Daochen for what he kept.
• As compensation, Hongjun gives Daochen the Immortal Apricot, a rare xiantian spiritual root whose fruit is said to have extraordinary power. Daochen recognizes its value and plans to plant it beside the Fusang Tree on the Sun Star.
• When Daochen tries to leave, Hongjun keeps him in the Purple Heavens Palace and asks what he thinks of the Primordial World’s condition.
• Daochen praises the world’s apparent harmony and predicts prosperity under the Eastern Prince’s coming Immortal Court, deliberately avoiding Hongjun’s implied concern about the Witch and demon powers.
• Hongjun presses him directly: the Eastern Prince cannot control the Twelve Ancestral Witches. Daochen replies that the Witches might not respect the Eastern Prince, but should respect Hongjun, who appointed him Chief Male Immortal. Daochen then realizes he may have overstepped.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen remains wary and self-protective. He initially considers publicly accusing Hongjun of taking his opportunities, but Hongjun’s generous return and compensation make that difficult. He also tries to dodge being drawn into the Primordial World’s political conflicts through humor, internal commentary, and flattery.
• Hongjun acts as both benefactor and strategist: he settles his debt to Daochen, then steers the conversation toward the world’s looming power struggle and the limits of the Eastern Prince’s authority.
• Their interaction is marked by Daochen’s guarded evasions and Hongjun’s increasingly direct questioning. Daochen’s final appeal to Hongjun’s own authority may have accidentally placed responsibility for the coming conflict on the Dao Ancestor.

Significant themes

• Karma, compensation, and opportunity: Hongjun acknowledges a debt and repays Daochen with a powerful spiritual treasure.
• Political power and responsibility: The Eastern Prince’s title may not be enough to command the Primordial World’s strongest factions.
• Avoiding entanglement: Daochen recognizes the danger of being pulled into the coming Witch–demon conflict and tries to keep the burden on Hongjun.
• Foreshadowing: The unresolved tension between the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the other powers signals future upheaval.

Plot points and events

• Daochen leaves the Purple Heavens Palace after Hongjun warns him that the world’s smaller events may change, but its greater course cannot—and that he will remain insignificant until he becomes a Sage. Daochen suspects the warning carries a deeper meaning.
• Outside, Daochen overhears Haotian call him a “harbinger of disaster.” He returns and, to spite Haotian, privately warns Yaochi to be wary of him. The warning is invented, but Yaochi takes it seriously and becomes colder toward Haotian.
• Daochen thinks about Nüwa, imagining her eventually coming to him for the Xiantian Gourd Vine and breath soil. Meanwhile, Nüwa has just become a Quasi-Saint. Fuxi suggests Daochen may be the source of her unease, prompting Nüwa to leave Mount Buzhou and roam the world.
• Passing Mount Emei, Daochen sees Zhao Gongming fleeing a Golden Immortal Witch with three women. Recognizing Zhao Gongming and guessing the women are the Three Xiao Sisters, Daochen decides to intervene.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen remains powerful, irreverent, and mischievous: he is wary of Hongjun’s warning, retaliates against Haotian with a baseless insinuation, and chooses to save Zhao Gongming.
• Haotian is intimidated by Daochen and distressed when Yaochi’s opinion of him worsens.
• Yaochi trusts Daochen’s status enough to take his warning seriously, despite not knowing its basis.
• Nüwa has reached the Quasi-Saint realm but is distracted by thoughts of Daochen; her resentment of Fuxi’s repeated mentions of him does not stop her from leaving to roam.
• Zhao Gongming is shown as resourceful but outmatched, escaping a Witch Clan pursuer despite having only Mystic Immortal cultivation.

Significant themes

• Fate and agency: Hongjun’s warning distinguishes changeable events from an unalterable greater course.
• Power and vulnerability: Even formidable figures remain threatened when facing stronger opponents.
• Mischief and mistrust: Daochen’s fabricated warning demonstrates how a few words can reshape relationships.
• Destiny and foreshadowing: Familiar figures from a later conflict appear at an earlier point in their lives, as Daochen recognizes Zhao Gongming and the likely Three Xiao Sisters.

Key plot points and events

• At Mount Emei, Daochen confronts a Golden Immortal witch who claims the Witch Clan owns the entire Primordial World because Pangu created it. Daochen mocks the claim and attacks.
• With one strike, Daochen knocks the witch’s saber away and sends him crashing through the forest, apparently gravely injured.
• Daochen heals Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters—Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao—with Three Lights Divine Water, restoring and strengthening them.
• He gives each of the four a Houtian Spirit Treasure, explaining that more powerful treasures would be dangerous for them to possess at their current cultivation.
• Just as Daochen prepares to leave, a system message interrupts him.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen shows contempt for the Witch Clan member’s arrogance, but generosity toward the four rescued immortals. He quietly recognizes Zhao Gongming’s composure and talent, and knows the sisters’ future importance.
• Zhao Gongming remains cautious and respectful even after being rescued, accepting Daochen’s help without blindly treating him as a master.
• The Three Xiao Sisters are surprised and anxious that Daochen knows their names, then accept his gifts with gratitude.
• The Golden Immortal witch displays entitlement and overconfidence, which Daochen swiftly defeats.

Significant themes

• Arrogance and authority: The witch’s claim that Pangu’s creation makes all land the Witch Clan’s property is challenged as unjustified entitlement.
• Power and vulnerability: The gap between Daochen’s strength and the witch’s—and between the rescuers and those he saves—is stark.
• Fate and generosity: Daochen recognizes the four’s future prominence and tragic destinies, and treats their meeting as a meaningful bond.
• Prudence in giving: He chooses treasures suited to their present strength, avoiding gifts that might expose them to greater danger.

Chapter 97 Summary

• Plot: The system offers Daochen a choice: leave the area for a Houtian Spirit Treasure, or take Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters as disciples and receive the Xiantian Supreme Treasure, the Heaven-Earth Cauldron. Daochen chooses the latter. The cauldron appears in his dantian and takes its place among his treasures, displacing the World-Destroying Black Lotus. Daochen then invites Zhao Gongming, Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao to become his disciples. They accept, and he repairs their damaged Dao foundations—an extraordinary feat that lowers their cultivation from the Profound Immortal realm to the early Celestial Immortal realm but raises their potential from a Great Luo Golden Immortal ceiling to the Quasi-Saint realm. Finally, Daochen turns his attention to a nearby Witch Clan Golden Immortal and asks why he is away from Mount Buzhou, pulling him closer with a spell.
• Character development: Daochen shows confidence in accepting disciples and generosity by rebuilding their foundations. Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters move from self-taught, uncertain cultivators to devoted disciples with greatly improved prospects. The Witch Clan member, previously defiant, is now intimidated by Daochen’s power.
• Character interactions: The four disciples are astonished to meet the famous Solar Divine Lord. Zhao Gongming asks Bixiao to pinch him to check whether he is dreaming; she uses the hairpin Daochen gave her, and his cry confirms it. The four kneel and formally acknowledge Daochen as their teacher. Daochen reassures them that they need not overdo the formalities, then confronts the Witch Clan member.
• Themes: The chapter emphasizes the transformative value of mentorship, the importance of sound foundations over immediate cultivation rank, and the vast gap between powerful cultivators and minor beings. It also highlights Daochen’s pragmatic choices and the role of fate and opportunity in shaping the characters’ paths.

Key plot points and events

• Daochen questions a Witch Clan Golden Immortal, Wuman, after rescuing Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters. Wuman explains that famine on Mount Buzhou drove Xiangliu and other witches to settle on Mount Emei.
• Daochen suspects the witches’ appetite and treatment of local demons caused the shortage and their migration, but chooses not to involve himself in the Witch–Demon conflict. He warns them not to cross him, then leaves for the Sun Star with his disciples.
• Wuyuan arrives and learns that Daochen was the one who took the captives. Recognizing Daochen’s stature, he realizes the capture may have provoked someone the Ancestral Witches themselves avoid.
• Wuyuan reports to Xiangliu. After hearing that Daochen explicitly declined to interfere, Xiangliu orders the Witch Clan to abandon Mount Emei immediately and reports the encounter to the Twelve Ancestral Witches.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen displays formidable power and a ruthless willingness to use it, but also restraint: he protects his disciples while declining to take sides in a wider conflict.
• Wuman is intimidated into cooperation and remains shaken by Daochen’s threat and strength.
• Wuyuan shifts from dismissing the idea that anyone could interfere with the Witch Clan to urgently recognizing the danger of antagonizing Daochen.
• Xiangliu reacts with alarm, then acts cautiously by withdrawing his people and alerting the Ancestral Witches.
• Daochen’s disciples witness the Witch Clan’s excesses and benefit from his protection; the witches’ officers, meanwhile, respond to his reputation with fear and deference.

Significant themes

• Power and deterrence: Daochen’s reputation alone is enough to change the Witch Clan’s plans.
• Restraint and boundaries: He refuses to mediate the larger conflict but makes clear that harming him or his disciples would have consequences.
• Scarcity and displacement: The witches’ hunger and the demons’ migration suggest how one group’s survival can drive others from their home.
• Loyalty and protection: Daochen’s intervention establishes that his disciples are under his protection.

Key plot points and events

• At Mount Buzhou, Xiangliu reports that Daochen entered Witch territory and rescued Demon-Race members whom the Witches had marked for death.
• Xingtian doubts Xiangliu, and the two nearly come to blows. Kuafu and then Houyi stress that antagonizing Daochen could be more dangerous than disputing the Pangu Orthodox Lineage with the Three Pure Ones.
• The Great Shamans decide to withdraw Witch forces from across the Primordial World and avoid further trouble until the Twelve Ancestral Witches emerge from seclusion. The Witches’ sudden disappearance confuses the Greater Demons.
• Daochen returns to the Sun Star with Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters, focused on settling them in and cultivating.
• He considers whether the Three Lights Divine Water can help perfect the seventh revolution of the Nine Revolutions Mystic Art. He also worries over Hongjun’s cryptic remarks about the coming War of the Liches, but decides that strengthening himself is the priority.
• Daochen checks the Purple-Black Gourd: law crystals are refining it by dissolving its Heaven-Opening Killing Intent, but their Chaos Gods and Demons’ aura is too weak to finish the job. He regrets that Hongjun destroyed other law crystals.
• As the group nears the Sun Star, Dijun, Eastern Emperor Taiyi, and an unfamiliar young Daoist rise to meet them.

Character developments and interactions

• Xingtian and Xiangliu reveal the Great Shamans’ quick tempers, nearly turning a serious report into a fight.
• Kuafu and Houyi act as voices of restraint, steering the clan toward caution and withdrawal.
• Daochen remains detached from Witch politics and preoccupied with cultivation, though Hongjun’s warning leaves him uncertain about the future.
• The Witch Clan collectively shifts from aggression to caution, recognizing Daochen as a potentially decisive force in the balance between Witches and Demons.

Significant themes

• Power and restraint: The Witches choose retreat because provoking a stronger rival could threaten their entire clan.
• Unintended influence: Daochen’s seemingly casual intervention prompts a sweeping change in Witch policy.
• Preparation for looming conflict: Daochen’s cultivation efforts and uncertainty about Hongjun’s intentions point toward the approaching War of the Liches.
• Pride and missed opportunity: Daochen’s regret over the destroyed law crystals highlights the value of resources that might have strengthened him.

Key plot points and events

• Daochen returns to the Sun Star after visiting the Three Immortal Islands. Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi welcome him and reveal that both have advanced to the Quasi-Saint Realm by severing a corpse.
• Taiyi asks about the mysterious expert who appeared at the islands and nearly killed the Eastern Prince, but Daochen refuses to reveal the figure’s identity, fearing Hongjun’s reaction.
• Daochen introduces his new disciples—Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters—and entrusts them to Dijun and Taiyi for instruction. The brothers welcome them as family and take them away to teach them.
• Alone with Daochen, Tongtian’s visitor reveals himself as Daoist Supreme Purity, the Evil Corpse Tongtian severed upon reaching the Quasi-Saint Realm. Daochen recognizes him immediately.
• Tongtian asks Daochen for help in the coming conflict between the Three Pure Ones and the Twelve Ancestral Witches. Daochen initially refuses to join the battle, but Tongtian clarifies that he only wants Daochen to shelter his disciples during the fighting.

Character developments and interactions

• Dijun and Taiyi’s cultivation has advanced substantially, strengthening the Sun Star’s position. Taiyi remains eager to learn about powerful figures, while respecting Daochen’s refusal to answer.
• Daochen shows caution and restraint: he keeps the secret of the mysterious expert and avoids becoming entangled in conflict with the Witch Clan. He also takes responsibility for his own disciples by placing them in his brothers’ care.
• Zhao Gongming and Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao are introduced to their martial uncles and receive a warm welcome.
• Tongtian’s request reveals his concern for his disciples. Though known as generous, he is also perceptive enough to realize Daochen has guessed the purpose of his visit.

Significant themes

• Power and advancement: Three Quasi-Saints now preside over the Sun Star, while Tongtian’s breakthrough has also produced a powerful Evil Corpse.
• Secrecy and caution: Daochen withholds dangerous knowledge and avoids unnecessary entanglements.
• Kinship and mentorship: Daochen entrusts his disciples to his brothers, who treat them as family; Tongtian likewise seeks protection for his own followers.
• Conflict and responsibility: As a major clash approaches, the characters must decide how to protect those in their care without becoming directly involved.

Chapter Summary

• Tongtian asks Daochen to intervene to protect his disciples from possible retaliation by the Twelve Ancestral Witches, following the Three Pure Ones’ earlier attack on ordinary members of the Witch Clan.
• Daochen argues that Tongtian need not worry: the witches seek recognition as the Pangu Orthodox Lineage and generally challenge opponents of comparable strength, rather than targeting weaker disciples. Tongtian accepts this reasoning.
• Tongtian asks Daochen to estimate the Three Pure Ones’ chances in their coming contest with the witches. Daochen gives them a 20% chance, though he privately thinks they would fare even worse against the witches’ Dutian Divine Fiend Formation and summoned Pangu True Form.
• Tongtian is surprised and briefly offends Daochen by seeming to question his judgment. Daochen closes off the conversation and tells him to leave, but Tongtian stays to ask for a sparring match, hoping to improve his Sword Dao after entering the Quasi-Saint Realm.
• Daochen agrees and attacks Tongtian inside the Sun God Palace. Tongtian responds by summoning the Green Duckweed Sword, and the chapter ends as its immense sword radiance crashes down.

Character Developments and Interactions

• Tongtian shows his deep concern for his disciples and his desire to improve as a swordsman. He is deferential toward Daochen, apologizes when he thinks he has caused offense, and nervously asks for guidance.
• Daochen is confident in his assessment of the witches’ strength and bluntly distinguishes them from Laozi and Yuanshi, whom he views as hypocritical. Though he pretends to end the audience, he readily accepts Tongtian’s challenge.
• Their interaction shifts from a serious discussion about disciples and political rivalry to an eager martial test, with Daochen demonstrating his formidable strength immediately.

Significant Themes

• Loyalty and responsibility: Tongtian’s main concern is the safety of his disciples.
• Reputation and legitimacy: The conflict centers on who deserves the title of Pangu Orthodox Lineage.
• Hypocrisy versus principle: Daochen contrasts the witches’ conduct with Laozi and Yuanshi’s attack on weaker opponents.
• Power and humility: Tongtian’s confidence in the Three Pure Ones is challenged by Daochen’s assessment—and by the disparity in their strength.

Key plot points and events

• Daochen confronts Tongtian’s Evil Corpse and fights using only his physical strength, demonstrating the power of a Quasi-Saint body.
• Daochen’s punch overpowers Tongtian’s Green Duckweed Sword. The Heaven-Earth Cauldron absorbs the battle’s destructive shock waves, preventing damage to the Sun God Palace.
• Tongtian is badly injured. Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi arrive and are shocked to find him defeated; Daochen dismisses the encounter as “sparring.”
• Tongtian asks how Daochen would fare against the Twelve Ancestral Witches after they reach the Quasi-Saint Realm. Daochen estimates his odds at 50%, though that assumes he uses his full strength—and he privately admits that physical strength alone would not be enough against their Pangu True Form.
• Daochen considers ways to counter the Witches, focusing on the Innate Five Elements Formation. He has three of its banners and resolves to seek the remaining Green Lotus Treasure-Colored Banner in Western Kunlun.
• Tongtian returns to Mount Kunlun, where Yuanshi mocks him for having ignored his advice not to challenge Daochen.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen reveals both his formidable physical power and his strategic caution. He is already planning for a future conflict rather than trusting his strength alone, and he uses Tongtian’s challenge partly to gauge the Three Pure Ones’ understanding of the Witches.
• Tongtian shifts from confidence to grave concern after experiencing Daochen’s strength and hearing how dangerous the Witches may be. His departure appears subdued.
• Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi witness the aftermath and press Daochen for an assessment of the Witches’ threat.
• Yuanshi responds to Tongtian’s defeat with ridicule, while Laozi is present but does not speak.

Significant themes

• Power and its limits: Even a powerful Quasi-Saint may struggle against a coordinated force such as the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
• Preparation over complacency: Daochen seeks formations and strategic advantages rather than relying on brute force.
• Knowledge gained through conflict: The duel serves not only as a test of strength but also as a way for Daochen to probe the Three Pure Ones and plan ahead.

Key plot points and events

• Tongtian returns from sparring with Daochen and clashes with Yuanshi over the brothers’ previous attacks on ordinary members of the Witch Clan. Yuanshi denies wrongdoing, while Laozi tries to stop the argument.
• Tongtian accuses his elder brothers of mistreating juniors and withdraws to his cultivation chamber. Laozi rebukes Yuanshi for his behavior and leaves; furious, Yuanshi vows to settle accounts with both brothers after the conflict with the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
• Laozi’s Good Corpse, Taishang Laojun, visits Tongtian and gives him a Nine-Revolution Golden Elixir. Learning that Tongtian lost to Daochen in a single move, Laozi is shaken.
• Tongtian says the Three Pure Ones would have only an even chance against Daochen at full strength. Laozi departs in silence, troubled by the widening gap between them.
• Back on the Sun Star, Daochen begins secluded cultivation. The Time Compass accelerates time in his chamber a hundredfold, and he meditates in a large pool of Three Lights Divine Water, using the Nine Revolutions Mystic Art to absorb its essence.

Character developments

• Tongtian becomes openly critical of Yuanshi and increasingly disillusioned with his elder brother. Daochen’s overwhelming strength also leaves him sober about the coming conflict.
• Yuanshi remains proud and defensive, refusing responsibility and reacting to criticism with anger.
• Laozi shows concern for Tongtian, but the report of Daochen’s power deepens his discouragement and exposes how much he values the Three Pure Ones’ standing.
• Daochen turns from confrontation to intensive cultivation, preparing to advance his strength.

Significant themes

• Family loyalty versus accountability: The Three Pure Ones’ brotherhood is strained by disagreements over past conduct and respect.
• Pride and face: Yuanshi’s refusal to admit fault worsens the conflict.
• The limits of strength: Even after reaching Quasi-Saint, the brothers discover that Daochen remains far beyond their expectations.
• Cultivation and preparation: Daochen’s time-accelerated training signals that greater challenges lie ahead.

Character interactions

• Tongtian directly confronts Yuanshi, while Laozi criticizes Yuanshi and later quietly supports Tongtian with an elixir.
• Tongtian’s account of his defeat forces Laozi to reassess the brothers’ prospects against Daochen.
• The brothers’ private conflict contrasts with Daochen’s solitary, focused cultivation.

Plot points and events

• Daochen cultivates the seventh revolution of the Nine Revolutions Mystic Art. The process causes excruciating pain and bleeding, but the Three Lights Divine Water helps his body endure and grow stronger.
• After several thousand years, he completes the seventh revolution. His physical strength advances to the mid Quasi-Saint stage, making him powerful enough to crush a High-Grade Xiantian Spiritual Treasure.
• His cultivation breakthrough also produces his Evil Corpse, an identical, black-robed version of himself wielding the God-Slaying Spear. Daochen names him True Person Golden Crow.
• With both his Self Corpse and Evil Corpse slain, Daochen’s body and cultivation reach the mid Quasi-Saint stage. He still aims to slay his Good Corpse and complete the eighth revolution to advance further.
• Daochen emerges from seclusion and discovers that his disciples—Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters—have progressed from Celestial Immortals to True Immortals. He decides to teach them the Dao.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen’s confidence rises with his breakthrough, though he recognizes that advancing the Mystic Art further will require the Pangu Divine Hall, which the Ancestral Witches are unlikely to lend readily.
• He jokingly treats his newly formed Evil Corpse as another version of himself, even considering the absurd prospect of a mahjong game with his various selves.
• Daochen feels embarrassed that he had left his disciples in Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s care, and thanks Dijun for supervising them.
• Dijun is astonished by Daochen’s rapid progress. He had hoped to spar with his elder brother, but concludes that challenging him now would likely mean taking a beating.
• The disciples greet Daochen respectfully when he appears, while Dijun recognizes the pressure of Daochen’s new mid-Quasi-Saint power.

Significant themes

• Growth through hardship: Daochen’s advancement demands severe physical pain and endurance.
• Power and ambition: His breakthrough strengthens him, but his next goals require greater resources and carry greater risks.
• Mentorship and responsibility: Daochen begins to acknowledge his role in his disciples’ development.
• Humor amid high stakes: Daochen’s jokes about his multiple selves and Dijun’s reluctance to spar lighten the chapter’s intense cultivation focus.