Chapter Summaries

Summary

• Daochen’s gifts: After acknowledging Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s help toward his disciples, Daochen rewards them for reaching the Quasi-Saint Realm. He teaches them a powerful, unfinished body-tempering technique adapted from the Nine Revolutions Mystic Art. Its first seven levels could raise their physical strength to that of a Mid-Grade Xiantian Spiritual Treasure; the final two levels are not yet complete.
• Precious resources: Because the technique requires rare treasures to cultivate, Daochen also gives each brother a bottle of Three Lights Divine Water. They are stunned by his generosity and vow to repay him. Daochen refuses Zhao Gongming’s request for a share, explaining that the Divine Water would overwhelm his current True Immortal body and could kill him.
• Disciples’ interactions: The Three Xiao Sisters envy their uncles’ gifts. Qiongxiao laughs when Zhao Gongming is scolded, and Yunxiao and Bixiao soon join her. Daochen gently rebukes Zhao but cannot bring himself to punish the girls, while Zhao quietly resents their apparent leniency.
• Dao instruction: Aware that tribulation clouds are gathering and the Kalpa is approaching, Daochen warns everyone not to be complacent, even while living apart from the wider world. He begins teaching his disciples the Dao and explaining the cultivation stages ahead, while Dijun and Taiyi listen.
• Zhulong’s strange change: Elsewhere, a nearly invisible streak of light escapes the Sealing Formation and enters Zhulong. He briefly erupts with a terrifying aura, then becomes calm, speaks dismissively about Zhulong, and vanishes. The formation’s aura fades, revealing a tiny crack in its seal.

Character developments and themes

Daochen emerges as a generous but practical mentor: he shares great resources while protecting an inexperienced disciple from something he cannot endure. His playful warmth with the young disciples contrasts with his seriousness about the approaching Kalpa. The chapter emphasizes mentorship, preparation, loyalty, and the risks of forbidden or unstable power. Zhulong’s sudden transformation and the damaged seal introduce an ominous mystery.

Plot and events

• On the Sun Star, Daochen preaches to Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters, using the laws of time to make the three-hundred-year sermon last thirty thousand years for them.
• Their cultivation surges: Zhao Gongming and the sisters reach the great perfection of the profound immortal realm. Daochen deliberately holds them back from advancing further, believing their foundations need strengthening.
• After the disciples awaken, they thank Daochen for his guidance. But he suddenly senses an immense killing intent rising from Mount Buzhou and rushes there.
• Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi, along with powerful beings across the Primordial World, realize the Twelve Ancestral Witches have likely ended their seclusion. Their emergence signals that a major battle may be near.
• In the Purple Heavens Palace, Hongjun laments that disorder has returned. Elsewhere, Zhulong watches Mount Buzhou with hatred, declaring that his feud with the fallen Pangu remains unresolved.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen demonstrates both extraordinary mastery of the Dao and careful concern for his disciples, helping them advance while restraining their progress to protect their foundations. His attention abruptly shifts from teaching to the danger at Mount Buzhou.
• Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters grow greatly in power and express deep gratitude and respect toward their master.
• Dijun and Taiyi respond with alarm and hurry after Daochen, anticipating the threat posed by the Ancestral Witches.
• Hongjun recognizes the disturbance as a sign that order is breaking down again.
• Zhulong reveals a personal, unresolved grudge against Pangu.

Significant themes

• Patient cultivation: Rapid advancement is not always beneficial; a strong foundation matters more than reaching the next realm quickly.
• Master–disciple devotion: Daochen’s guidance and his students’ gratitude establish a close, respectful bond.
• Rising conflict and fate: The Ancestral Witches’ return foreshadows a world-shaking battle and growing danger for the Demon Race.
• Old grudges endure: Zhulong’s declaration suggests that ancient enmities continue to shape the present.

Key plot points and events

• Daochen arrives at Mount Buzhou to investigate the Twelve Ancestral Witches’ confrontation with the Three Pure Ones. Fuxi assumes Daochen came out of concern for the Demon Race, but Daochen ignores him and greets Nüwa instead.
• Daochen teases Nüwa about their supposed fate. Enraged, she storms back to her cultivation abode. A blast soon erupts there as she vents her frustration on Fuxi’s belongings.
• Fuxi rushes off to protect the Eight Trigrams he is still developing, abandoning the investigation. Daochen, Dijun, and Eastern Emperor Taiyi are left to wait.
• The Pangu Divine Hall rises from beneath Mount Buzhou. Its appearance stirs an intense, involuntary response in Daochen’s body, which he suppresses. The hall is described as a mysterious place associated with Pangu and the birth of the Ancestral Witches.
• More powerful cultivators arrive, most watching from a safe distance. Daochen casually sits down to eat Ginseng Fruits while waiting, to the amazement of the onlookers.
• The hall absorbs the surrounding killing intent, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches finally emerge.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen remains irreverent and self-assured, disregarding both Fuxi’s assumptions and the crowd’s expectations. His bodily reaction to the Pangu Divine Hall hints at a deeper connection or significance.
• Nüwa grows increasingly exasperated by Daochen’s teasing and by Fuxi’s tendency to agree with him. She withdraws rather than continue the encounter, then takes out her anger on her brother’s abode.
• Fuxi is caught between Daochen’s provocations and Nüwa’s temper. His concern for his unfinished Eight Trigrams ultimately takes priority over the Witch–Demon situation.
• Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi accompany Daochen but are less relaxed, following his lead only reluctantly.
• The gathered cultivators regard Daochen’s casual behavior as wildly inappropriate given the looming confrontation.

Significant themes

• Comedy amid danger: Daochen’s banter and fruit-eating contrast with the mounting threat of a major conflict.
• Fate and teasing: Daochen uses “fate” to provoke Nüwa, while her irritation keeps their relationship playful and tense.
• Power and caution: Most observers keep their distance from the Ancestral Witches, underscoring their fearsome reputation.
• Foreshadowing: Daochen’s physical response to the Pangu Divine Hall suggests that its appearance may matter to him personally.

Key events

• The Twelve Ancestral Witches emerge from seclusion at Mount Buzhou, each now having reached the Quasi-Saint Realm.
• Dijiang announces that the Witch Clan will divide into twelve tribes, each led by one Ancestral Witch, and spread across the Primordial World. Other races fear the expansion will bring slaughter and upheaval, but no one dares object.
• Daochen recognizes that the Witch Clan’s migration could trigger the War of the Liches, with enormous loss of life. Fuxi appears again but does not renew his attempt to recruit Daochen into the Demon Race, sensing that Daochen might avoid the coming calamity.
• The Ancestral Witches summon a phantom of Pangu and invoke their inherited bloodline as they challenge the Three Pure Ones to fight in three thousand years, seeking to vindicate Pangu’s name.
• The world’s powerful figures debate the likely outcome. Daochen believes the Three Pure Ones are badly outmatched and would have a better chance if they could wait until after Hongjun’s third lecture and the distribution of treasures.
• Laozi accepts the challenge on behalf of the Three Pure Ones.

Character developments and interactions

• Dijiang asserts the Witch Clan’s growing power, first by announcing its expansion and then by issuing a formal challenge to the Three Pure Ones.
• Daochen remains wary and politically detached, having warned Tongtian against fighting and anticipating the Three Pure Ones’ likely defeat.
• Fuxi shows concern about the coming catastrophe but refrains from involving Daochen in the Demon Race.
• Laozi and the Three Pure Ones commit to a confrontation despite the apparent imbalance in strength.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches’ challenge directly invokes Pangu, prompting the Three Pure Ones—Pangu’s spiritual descendants—to respond.

Significant themes

• Expansion and conflict: The Witch Clan’s movement beyond Mount Buzhou threatens other peoples and risks igniting a world-spanning war.
• Fate and catastrophe: Characters recognize that events may be drawing the Primordial World toward an unavoidable calamity.
• Power and pride: The Witches’ strength fuels their aggressive declaration, while their challenge is framed as a defense of Pangu’s legacy.
• Caution versus honor: Daochen advises restraint, but the Three Pure Ones accept the fight, setting up a clash where pride and principle may outweigh strategic advantage.

Plot points

• The Three Pure Ones accept the Twelve Ancestral Witches’ challenge, despite seeming likely to lose without suitable treasures.
• Daochen prepares to leave the Witch Clan’s gathering with Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi, expecting the Witch Clan’s expansion to affect them less than other factions.
• Goumang asks Daochen to spar. Dijiang first knocks him flying for acting embarrassingly, then allows the challenge to proceed.
• Daochen suspects Dijiang is using the Witch Clan’s recent rise in power to intimidate him and warn him not to interfere with their expansion.
• Confident in his planned Innate Five Elements Formation, Daochen shows no fear. He agrees to fight Goumang but proposes a wager.
• Daochen offers thirty thousand measures of Three Lights Divine Water. The witches eagerly consider what they might stake in return.
• He names his price: the Witch Clan’s Pangu Divine Hall. The chapter ends with the Ancestral Witches reacting in shock and anger.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen remains composed and politically perceptive, recognizing Dijiang’s veiled threat. He turns the proposed spar into a chance to gain something valuable, and his confidence rests on a formation he expects can counter even the witches’ greatest power.
• Goumang is eager to test himself against Daochen after becoming a Quasi-Saint, but his confidence may be misplaced. He approaches Daochen awkwardly and is reprimanded by Dijiang before making his challenge directly.
• Dijiang reveals ambition beneath his boisterous manner. He appears to use Goumang’s challenge to gauge Daochen while signaling that the Witch Clan intends to dominate the wider world.
• Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi watch the exchange with concern, anticipating that Goumang may regret challenging Daochen.
• Houtu and Zhurong speak for the Witch Clan, acknowledging the need to offer a comparable stake and showing how strongly the witches desire the divine water.

Significant themes

• Power and intimidation: The Witch Clan’s new strength fuels its expansion, while Dijiang tests whether Daochen will stand in its way.
• Confidence versus overconfidence: Goumang’s newfound power emboldens him, but the others’ reactions hint that he may underestimate Daochen.
• Negotiation through risk: Daochen transforms a simple duel into a high-stakes bargain, demanding an object central to the Witch Clan’s identity and power.
• Fate and conflict: The looming War of the Liches remains tied to a larger, difficult-to-change course of events, even as individual choices shape the immediate confrontation.

Key plot points and events

• Daochen proposes a wager with the Twelve Ancestral Witches: a chance to study the mysteries of the Pangu Divine Hall in exchange for Three Lights Divine Water.
• Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches initially misunderstand, thinking Daochen wants the Hall itself. Their anger nearly sparks a fight with Daochen and his brothers, Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi, who summon their powerful treasures in response.
• Daochen clarifies that he only wants one opportunity to enter the Hall. Dijiang accepts the terms, though he says the original amount of water is insufficient compensation.
• Daochen produces three more bottles, bringing his offer to six. The Witches are tempted but hesitate, unsure they can defeat him.
• Daochen offers to fight using physical strength alone, encouraging them to accept the wager.
• Unnoticed by the gathered powers, Zhulong hides nearby, waiting for the combatants to exhaust themselves so he can kill them. Hongjun watches from the Purple Heavens Palace but senses that events are unfolding strangely.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen reveals that the apparent insult was a calculated wager: he hopes to gain access to the Pangu Divine Hall by challenging the Witches to a fight. He displays immense wealth and deliberately offers a handicap to draw them in.
• Dijiang and the Ancestral Witches move from outrage to cautious interest. Their reverence for Pangu makes the initial misunderstanding explosive, while their greed for the rare water competes with concern about Daochen’s strength.
• Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi immediately back Daochen, ready to fight the Witches rather than let them attack their brother.
• The Demon Race’s Greater Demons interpret the confrontation as a chance to recruit Daochen, believing he may finally align with them.
• Hongjun remains suspicious of Daochen’s sudden conflict with the Witches, while Zhulong secretly plans to exploit the gathering.

Significant themes

• Bargaining and misdirection: Daochen uses ambiguity, wealth, and a carefully chosen handicap to steer the Witches toward his real goal.
• Pride and sacred heritage: The Witches’ fierce response shows how deeply they value Pangu and the Divine Hall.
• Power and reputation: Daochen’s past feats shape everyone’s expectations, making the Witches wary despite the tempting offer.
• Hidden danger: The apparent contest may serve Zhulong’s unseen plan, adding a threat beyond the immediate confrontation.

Plot and events

• Daochen proposes a physical-strength-only spar with one of the Twelve Ancestral Witches, surprising both the Witch Clan and the watching powers. The Demon Race’s hopes that he might oppose the Witches on their behalf fade.
• Houtu questions his motives, but Dijiang accepts the challenge, assuming Daochen is offering the Witch Clan an easy victory.
• Goumang volunteers. He boasts that Daochen cannot hurt him and even promises to eat Pangu Hall if Daochen manages it. Daochen accepts and heads to Outer Chaos, where a high-level battle can take place without endangering Mount Buzhou’s inhabitants.
• The Ancestral Witches, Demon leaders, and other observers follow. Bai Ze, Qinyuan, and Yingzhao decide the chance to learn from Daochen is worth the risk.
• Zhulong sees the gathering in Outer Chaos as an opportunity to attack the Twelve Ancestral Witches beyond Hongjun’s immediate reach, and secretly sets off after them.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen appears calm and confident, but privately intends to turn the public challenge into an opportunity to secure future leverage over the Witches. He believes his perfected seventh-stage Nine Revolutions Mystic Art will eventually let him surpass them.
• Houtu remains wary of Daochen’s unusual proposal, while Dijiang accepts it with confidence and tries to restrain the impulsive Goumang.
• Goumang is eager to fight and overconfident, repeatedly insisting he can defeat Daochen physically.
• Bai Ze and the other Demon leaders choose curiosity and the prospect of cultivation insights over safety.
• Zhulong shifts from planning an attack inside the Primordial World to exploiting the relative isolation of Outer Chaos.

Significant themes

• Hidden motives and strategic patience: Daochen’s apparent generosity conceals a long-term plan.
• Pride and underestimation: Goumang and Dijiang assume no one can match an Ancestral Witch’s physical strength.
• Opportunity amid danger: The Demon leaders risk their safety for knowledge, while Zhulong sees the same gathering as a chance to strike.
• Public promises and consequences: Goumang’s boast raises the stakes of the coming contest.

Plot points and events

• In the Chaos Void, Goumang challenges Daochen to a contest of physical strength, confident that his towering Ancestral Witch True Form will overwhelm a Demon Race cultivator.
• Daochen accepts and, with a single punch, strikes Goumang before he can respond. The blow breaks through Goumang’s Yi Wood Law defenses, shatters his bones, and hurls him into a field of meteor fragments.
• The watching Ancestral Witches, Dijun, and Eastern Emperor Taiyi are stunned. They had believed Daochen’s main strength came from his Primordial Spirit and treasures, not his physical body.
• Dijiang and Xuanming sense a trace of Pangu’s aura in Daochen’s attack. The other Ancestral Witches confirm it, leaving them baffled about how Daochen gained such strength and connection to their Father God.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen reveals that his physical power is far greater than anyone expected. Though he uses only seventy percent of his strength, he decisively defeats Goumang with one punch.
• Goumang begins the encounter confident and condescending, even inviting Daochen to strike first so he can claim not to have bullied him. His confidence collapses when Daochen’s attack lands.
• Dijiang and Xuanming recognize Pangu’s aura in Daochen’s strength, prompting the other Ancestral Witches to reconsider what they know about him.
• Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi are also shocked and implicitly clarify that Daochen’s extraordinary bodily strength is not shared by them.

Significant themes

• Unexpected strength and overturned assumptions: Daochen defeats an opponent whose physical cultivation should have given him the clear advantage.
• Mystery of inheritance and origin: The Pangu aura raises questions about Daochen’s power and its source, especially since the Witches believe only those with Pangu’s bloodline can cultivate their body-training art.
• Pride and humiliation: Goumang’s confidence in his superiority makes his sudden defeat especially striking.

Key plot points and events

• The Twelve Ancestral Witches cannot explain the Pangu aura they sensed in Daochen, and settle on the theory that he might have inherited stray Pangu blood essence.
• Daochen defeats Goumang with a single unexpected punch, but Goumang refuses to concede, claiming he was caught off guard. Their wager—that the loser must gnaw on Pangu Hall—is left unresolved.
• The two fight seriously in the Chaos void. Daochen steadily overwhelms Goumang, whose Yi Wood powers let him regenerate but cannot protect him from the relentless blows.
• Daochen’s final punch hurls Goumang away with catastrophic injuries. He spares Goumang’s vital points, but the battle is an unmistakable victory for Daochen.
• As the onlookers absorb the result, an unnoticed change begins in the temporal field around the Chaos void.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen remains confident and conceals the truth of his origins and abilities. His immense physical strength becomes clear, and he shows restraint by avoiding a potentially fatal blow.
• Goumang shifts from embarrassed denial to wholehearted combat, but is forced to confront how completely Daochen surpasses him. His regenerative ability proves insufficient.
• The Ancestral Witches, especially Houtu, are shocked and worried: Daochen’s victory challenges their belief that the Witch Clan’s bodies are unrivaled. The other Witches had also hoped to protect their opportunity to study Pangu Hall.
• Dijun, Taiyi, Bai Ze, and the other demons watch with admiration and unease. They recognize Daochen’s strength as potentially powerful enough to threaten the balance between clans; Bai Ze and other observers also gain insights from the fight.

Significant themes

• Hidden power and mystery: Daochen’s true origins and full abilities remain concealed.
• Pride versus acknowledgment: Goumang resists admitting defeat, while the Witch Clan’s pride is shaken by Daochen’s victory.
• Strength, resilience, and restraint: Goumang endures through regeneration, but Daochen’s greater power—and decision not to kill him—defines the outcome.
• Consequences beyond the battle: The result could reshape the Primordial World’s view of the Witch and Demon Clans, while the unexplained temporal disturbance hints at another development to come.

Key plot points and events

• Daochen defeats the Ancestral Witch Goumang in a contest of physical strength, leaving him unconscious and badly injured. The other Witches consider challenging Daochen, but Dijiang prevents a second fight.
• Dijiang admits the Witch Clan’s loss and honors the wager by giving Daochen a token that grants access to Pangu Hall.
• Daochen sees the token as a chance to cultivate the eighth revolution of the Nine Revolutions Mystic Art, and wonders whether mastering its ninth revolution might let him manifest Pangu’s True Form independently.
• A mysterious, dragon-horned elder arrives and traps nearly everyone present—including the spectators and most of the Ancestral Witches—in a vast Time Law barrier.
• Daochen recognizes that the newcomer is likely Daoist Shichen, one of the ancient Chaos Gods and Demons, rather than the Dragon elder Zhulong. The figure confirms that either name will do.

Character developments and interactions

• Dijiang accepts defeat despite the cost to the Witch Clan’s pride, choosing not to risk another humiliating loss. He honors the wager, though the narration suggests he is putting on a show of composure.
• Zhurong wants to fight to defend the Witch Clan’s honor, but Xuanming bluntly warns that he would also lose. Zhurong recognizes the truth and backs down.
• Daochen remains confident and focused on future cultivation. He accepts the token and considers how to use Pangu Hall’s power to advance.
• Dijun and Taiyi congratulate Daochen, sharing his satisfaction at gaining access to the sacred hall.
• Daochen and Shi Jiuyin both sense the newcomer’s arrival, while Zhulong reacts warily to the elder’s unexplained power.

Significant themes

• Pride versus prudence: The Witches must choose between defending their honor through another fight and avoiding further damage to their reputation.
• Keeping one’s word: Dijiang honors the wager even though the prize is access to a treasured Witch Clan sanctuary.
• Power and identity: The elder’s mastery of Time Law and ambiguous names hint that appearances—and even identities—may conceal a far older, greater being.
• Cultivation and ambition: Daochen views the victory not as an end, but as a step toward greater mastery and the possibility of matching the Witches’ collective power.

Key plot points and events

• Daochen realizes that Daoist Shichen—presumed dead in the World-Creation Tribulation—has returned in Zhulong’s body. He suspects Shichen’s presence could violate an understanding between Hongjun and the ancient survivors, but Shichen insists he can kill everyone and escape unnoticed.
• Shichen unleashes a vast temporal domain, far stronger than the one that previously restrained Dijiang, Taiyi, and the others. He sends one double to attack Shi Jiuyin while confronting Daochen himself.
• Daochen counters by manifesting his Self Corpse and Evil Corpse, revealing that his primordial-spirit cultivation, like his physical strength, has reached the mid Quasi-Saint stage. He attacks Shichen with all three bodies and the Heaven Measuring Ruler, God-Slaying Spear, and Creation Jade Butterfly Fragment.
• Shichen’s damaged Time Compass holds off Daochen’s three treasures, while Shichen and Daochen fight at close quarters. Their clashes devastate the surrounding void.
• Shi Jiuyin struggles against Shichen’s double and is repeatedly caught by the collateral damage from Daochen and Shichen’s battle. He realizes Daochen is far more powerful than he had understood.
• As the main fight remains evenly matched, an aged voice speaks, and the entire region within the temporal domain freezes—signaling a powerful newcomer’s intervention.

Character developments

• Daochen responds to Shichen’s threat with anger and confidence, revealing the full extent of his strength and his ability to fight a formidable late-Quasi-Saint-level opponent.
• Daoist Shichen is shown to be dangerous but constrained: he wields the complete Time Great Dao and a powerful temporal domain, yet his borrowed body limits his strength, and maintaining the domain has drained much of his magical power.
• Shi Jiuyin is outmatched by Shichen’s double and gains a renewed appreciation for Daochen’s power.

Significant themes

• Hidden histories and uneasy agreements: The ancient survivors’ freedom to act appears limited by an unknown arrangement with Hongjun.
• Power and its constraints: Even great mastery is limited by a damaged treasure, a borrowed body, and depleted magical energy.
• Conflict and collateral damage: The protagonists’ battle threatens the surrounding world and endangers those caught nearby.

Character interactions

• Daochen challenges Shichen over the risk of Hongjun discovering him; Shichen dismisses the warning and threatens to kill them all.
• Shichen splits his forces between Daochen and Shi Jiuyin, while Daochen’s three bodies coordinate against Shichen’s main body.
• Shi Jiuyin watches Daochen’s performance with astonishment, but remains trapped fighting Shichen’s double.
• An unidentified elder interrupts the duel, abruptly freezing the battlefield.

Key plot points and events

• Great Immortal Yangmei, the Space Demon God, appears and destroys Daoist Shichen’s avatar with a spatial attack. His cultivation has reached the primordial unity great luo golden immortal realm.
• Yangmei reveals that he intervened to secure Shichen’s release, then asks Hongjun to let him take Shichen away. Hongjun refuses: Shichen violated their agreement by entering the Primordial World, so he must be punished.
• Yangmei blocks Hongjun’s attack, and the two ancient powers begin a fierce battle inside a sealed microcosm. Their combat creates and destroys worlds, but their control keeps the destructive force contained.
• Hongjun and Yangmei’s clash ends with Hongjun’s sword strike shattering Yangmei’s Dharma body. A vast hollow willow appears in the Chaos Void, and its silver branches sweep toward Shichen—the chapter’s final cliffhanger.
• The Time Domain lifts, freeing Dijun, Eastern Emperor Taiyi, and the others. They witness the battle but cannot identify Yangmei.
• Daochen jokes about the spectators’ confusion and imagines Yuanshi’s reaction to a future defeat in the Pangu Orthodox Lineage dispute. He also taunts the helpless Shichen, who blames Daochen for his exposure.

Character developments and interactions

• Hongjun is shown as uncompromising and confident in his authority. Despite his old ties to Yangmei, he insists that Shichen must face the consequences of breaking their agreement.
• Yangmei tries to save Shichen by offering a limited punishment as a compromise, but ultimately confronts Hongjun when he refuses. His concern for Shichen puts him at odds with Hongjun.
• Shichen shifts from scheming aggressor to frightened captive. He knows Hongjun’s intervention has effectively sealed his fate and resents Daochen for the outcome.
• Daochen remains irreverent amid a battle of near-cosmic scale. He watches with fascination, needles Shichen, and avoids revealing Yangmei’s identity to the other onlookers.
• The spectators are stunned by Yangmei’s ability to contend with Hongjun, whom they regard as the Primordial World’s sole Sage.

Significant themes

• Rules and consequences: Hongjun’s insistence on enforcing the agreement underscores that even powerful beings are bound by past commitments.
• Power and home-ground advantage: Yangmei is Hongjun’s equal in cultivation, but Hongjun’s connection to the Primordial World gives him a decisive advantage.
• Loyalty and intervention: Yangmei risks conflict with Hongjun to protect Shichen, while Shichen’s own choices have left him dependent on others.
• Humor amid catastrophe: Daochen’s teasing and private amusement contrast sharply with the world-shaking battle around him.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• Great Immortal Yangmei attacks in the Chaos Void, sending countless spatially charged willow branches toward Daochen’s group and Daoist Shichen.
• Daochen rescues Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi by carrying them away in his Golden Crow form; the Twelve Ancestral Witches prepare to meet the attack.
• Dijiang and nine other Ancestral Witches reveal their immense true forms and assemble the Dutian Divine Fiend Formation.
• The formation’s killing intent and Earth Sha fill the Chaos Void, alarming the assembled powers, who retreat to avoid being caught in the clash.
• Yangmei redirects his willow branches toward the formation, partly because of his own grudge against Pangu. Daochen initially delights in Dijiang’s predicament, then discovers branches are coming for him too and flees while cursing Yangmei.
• The formation’s killing intent vanishes as a colossal figure appears: Pangu. Daoist Shichen reacts with unprecedented fear.

Character developments

• Daochen shows both quick judgment and a sharp, irreverent temper: he protects Dijun and Taiyi, but loses his composure when Yangmei targets him.
• Dijiang and the Ancestral Witches demonstrate their unity and formidable power by activating their legendary formation.
• Daoist Shichen’s hatred of Pangu becomes especially clear, but the appearance of Pangu also reveals how deeply that hatred is mixed with fear.
• Yangmei proves willing to turn his attack against the Ancestral Witches, whose Pangu-linked power he also resents.

Significant themes

• The vast hierarchy of power: even powerful Quasi-Saints are nearly helpless before beings such as Yangmei or Pangu.
• Unity as strength: the Ancestral Witches combine their powers to summon a force far beyond their individual forms.
• Old grudges shaping present conflict: both Shichen and Yangmei’s hostility toward Pangu influences the unfolding battle.
• Self-preservation and uneasy alliances: the observers retreat and rely on their own defenses rather than trust others to protect them.

Character interactions

• Daochen acts protectively toward Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi, then jokes at Dijiang’s expense before realizing he is also in danger.
• The Ancestral Witches coordinate under Dijiang’s command, while ignoring Shichen despite his visible hatred.
• Yangmei’s attack shifts from Shichen’s allies to the formation, forcing the gathered powers to withdraw.
• Pangu’s emergence silences the battlefield and overwhelms everyone’s attention, especially Shichen.

Plot points and events

• As the Twelve Ancestral Witches’ formation transforms, the assembled figures become Pangu’s True Form, astonishing the survivors and confirming that the Witches—not the Three Pure Ones—have the strongest claim to Pangu’s lineage.
• Daochen explains that the manifestation is only a soulless, incomplete shell, summoned by ten Witches because Goumang and Rushou are absent. Even so, Pangu’s aura overwhelms the assembled beings, forcing many to kneel.
• While the Pangu True Form gathers strength, Daochen and Eastern Emperor Taiyi continue resisting Great Immortal Yangmei’s Willow Branches. Dijun supports them by replenishing their magical power.
• The True Form’s strength approaches the late quasi-saint stage. It roars, steps forward, and brings its World-Cleaving Giant Axe down on Yangmei’s branches, unleashing power comparable to their assault.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen understands the difference between Pangu’s actual self and the summoned shell, but keeps his deeper knowledge to himself. He brushes off questions from Taiyi with a joke.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi is shaken by Pangu’s appearance and suspects Daochen knows more than he admits. He is distracted from pressing the matter when Dijun glares at him.
• Dijun becomes an unusually devoted defender of Daochen, while serving mainly as a source of magical power because he lacks the means to fight effectively.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches demonstrate the extraordinary power of their unity, though the missing Goumang and Rushou limit the manifestation.

Significant themes

• Lineage and legitimacy: The Pangu True Form reveals why the Witches resent the Three Pure Ones’ claim to be Pangu’s Orthodox Lineage.
• Power and its limits: Even a partial, mindless manifestation of Pangu can overwhelm powerful beings, yet it falls short of what all twelve Witches might summon.
• Fate and karmic consequence: Daochen fears the Witch Clan’s expansion will bring severe karmic debts and disaster in the coming aeonic tribulation, regardless of their ancestry.
• Secrecy and trust: Daochen conceals what he knows, while those around him interpret his evasiveness in different ways.

Plot points and events

• In Outer Chaos, Great Immortal Yangmei abandons his attempt to seize Daochen and focuses all his strength on the Pangu True Form summoned by Dijiang and nine other Ancestral Witches.
• Daochen wonders why Hongjun has disappeared, then suspects Hongjun engineered the confrontation to weaken the Witches and delay their plans—including their dispute with the Three Pure Ones and their expansion beyond Mount Buzhou.
• Yangmei’s enormous willow-branch sword clashes with Pangu’s heaven-cleaving axe. The collision devastates the surrounding chaos, scatters onlookers, and sends many powerful beings flying.
• The Pangu True Form survives the blow, but both sides are badly depleted. Several Ancestral Witches collapse, while the others struggle to maintain the formation.
• Yangmei’s branches regroup and launch an even more dangerous attack at the exposed Witches. The onlookers fear the Witch Clan may be about to lose its leaders, but Daochen remains calm, believing the Heavenly Dao will prevent their deaths because the War of the Liches has not yet run its course.

Character developments

• Daochen shifts from confusion to suspicion, then admiration and unease at what he sees as Hongjun’s far-reaching, indirect plotting. He also takes practical action, shielding Dijun and Taiyi with the World-Destroying Black Lotus.
• Hongjun remains absent, but Daochen increasingly views him as the hidden architect of events, using Yangmei to weaken the Witches while avoiding direct responsibility.
• Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches demonstrate the formidable power of their formation, but the clash leaves them badly injured and close to defeat.
• Yangmei commits fully to destroying the Pangu True Form, though the effort visibly diminishes his power.
• Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi watch and assess the battle, relying on Daochen’s protection when the shock wave hits.

Character interactions

• Yangmei redirects his attack from Daochen to the Ancestral Witches, bringing him into direct conflict with their Pangu formation.
• Daochen protects Dijun and Taiyi from the blast; Bai Ze and the other onlookers also struggle to survive its effects.
• The gathered powers hope the Witches will fall, seeing their dominance as a threat to other races, while Daochen privately expects the Heavenly Dao to preserve them.

Significant themes

• Hidden manipulation and political timing: Hongjun may be shaping events to delay the larger conflict without acting openly.
• The limits of power: Even the Pangu formation cannot fully overcome the gulf between quasi-saints and a Primordial Unity Great Luo Golden Immortal.
• Fate versus change: The chapter stresses that individual events may be altered, but the Primordial World’s larger course—especially the coming War of the Liches—cannot be easily overturned.

Key plot points and events

• As Great Immortal Yangmei’s silver willow branches prepare to kill the ten Ancestral Witches, Hongjun intervenes and freezes them.
• Hongjun ends the attack with the Creation Jade Butterfly Fragment, destroying the branches. Yangmei angrily vows revenge and sends Daoist Shichen back toward Chaos.
• Before Shichen can escape, Hongjun strikes him with immortal light, leaving him bloodied and—according to Daochen—having his Dao severed.
• Yangmei’s mention of the Beyond Lands sparks the cultivators’ curiosity. Hongjun then uses the Jade Butterfly to erase the gathered witnesses’ memories of the encounter.
• Daochen nearly succumbs to the memory alteration, but his system detects the tampering and restores his clarity. Hongjun has already vanished.
• The Ancestral Witches retreat to Pangu Divine Hall to treat their grievous injuries. Their plans, including preparation for the succession dispute with the Three Pure Ones, may be delayed. Dijiang departs with a pointed look toward Purple Heavens Palace.

Character developments and interactions

• Hongjun demonstrates overwhelming authority and control: he saves the Witches from Yangmei, punishes Shichen, and suppresses knowledge of the Beyond Lands. His intervention appears calculated rather than purely benevolent.
• Daochen grows more suspicious of Hongjun’s motives and recognizes the memory-erasure attempt. His system protects him, while he worries Hongjun might discover his transmigrator identity.
• Daoist Shichen leaves with Yangmei but is gravely struck by Hongjun and loses his Dao, responding with intense hatred.
• Yangmei is furious at Hongjun and promises to repay him in the Beyond Lands.
• Dijiang and the Witches withdraw without ceremony, focused on healing. Their losses and injuries threaten their near-term plans.
• The gathered cultivators bow to Hongjun despite their mixed feelings: they are relieved Yangmei will not continue unchecked, but fear Hongjun’s return merely postpones their eventual fate.

Significant themes

• Power and control: Hongjun can decide who survives, what they remember, and how events unfold.
• Hidden knowledge: The Beyond Lands are treated as a dangerous secret, raising questions about what Hongjun is concealing.
• Betrayal and distrust: Daochen sees Hongjun’s intervention as self-serving, while Shichen’s punishment and the Witches’ forced retreat deepen the sense that alliances are temporary.
• The cost of conflict: The battle leaves the Witches badly wounded and disrupts their plans, while Shichen suffers the loss of his Dao.

Key plot points

• With the Twelve Ancestral Witches badly wounded and gone into seclusion, other powerful figures begin plotting to unite the Primordial World’s clans into an Anti-Witch Alliance. They see a rare chance to resist—or eventually strike—the Witch Clan.
• Daochen enjoys the prospect of renewed conflict, expecting the alliance’s formation and the Witches’ eventual recovery to intensify the Tribal-Demon Kalpa. He has no desire to take part.
• King Pan approaches Daochen on behalf of the prospective alliance and asks him to lead it. Daochen refuses, preferring to remain an observer.
• Instead, Daochen recommends Eastern Prince, the Primordial World’s Chief Male Immortal, as the alliance’s figurehead. King Pan and the others eagerly accept the suggestion and hurry off to recruit him.
• Dijun and Bai Ze question why Daochen would strengthen Eastern Prince, given their hostility. Fuxi then appears and praises Daochen’s move, leaving the others confused.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen remains amused, detached, and strategically manipulative: he declines leadership but points the alliance toward a rival, knowing Eastern Prince’s title may attract supporters.
• King Pan, a wary rogue cultivator whom Daochen previously defeated, is pressured into acting as the alliance’s representative. He is relieved when Daochen offers an alternative leader.
• Dijun holds back his questions until the other figures leave, then challenges Daochen’s decision. Bai Ze shares his concern.
• Fuxi reveals that he and Nüwa have just arrived after sensing the battle, and openly admires Daochen’s choice. His praise baffles the others.

Significant themes

• Power vacuums invite new schemes: the Witches’ temporary weakness encourages their opponents to organize.
• Indirect strategy and political symbolism: Eastern Prince’s prestige may matter more than his strength in drawing people to the alliance.
• The pleasure of watching conflict from a distance: Daochen prefers influencing events without becoming entangled in them.
• Comedic rivalry and misunderstanding: the others suspect Daochen is empowering a dangerous enemy, while Fuxi’s unexplained praise adds a humorous note.

Plot points

• Fuxi argues that Daochen’s role in strengthening the Eastern Prince is no threat to Daochen: the alliance’s leaders owe him, and would resist any attack against him. Bai Ze agrees; Daochen privately knows his real motive was simply to avoid trouble, but accepts the praise.
• Daochen leaves with Dijun and Taiyi for the Sun Star. Asked whether the Eastern Prince can stand against the Twelve Ancestral Witches, he gives a vague “perhaps,” noting that the Witches are badly injured and will need time to recover.
• In the Chaos Void, Nüwa wonders why Daochen did not provoke her as usual. Fuxi mistakes her silence for concern about the coming conflict and advises her to focus on becoming a Sage. Nüwa clarifies to herself that she is preoccupied with Daochen’s unusual behavior, not the political situation. She admits she has not yet sensed her path to the Dao.
• Elsewhere, Yangmei discovers that Hongjun’s scheme involved using Yangmei’s rescue of the weakened Shichen to delay the War of the Liches. The resulting karmic backlash has badly injured Yangmei, who vows revenge on Hongjun.
• Hongjun receives a mysterious transmission confirming the outcome and dismisses Yangmei. He plans to proceed with the Eastern Prince’s establishment of the Immortal Court, though he senses he may have overlooked something.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen remains cautious and private, letting others credit him with noble motives while concealing that he simply wants to avoid complications.
• Fuxi confidently defends Daochen and flatters him, then misreads Nüwa’s thoughts and tries to reassure her.
• Nüwa is focused on her own path to Sagehood and is unsettled by Daochen’s unexpected restraint; she keeps her suspicion to herself.
• Yangmei moves from supporting Shichen to recognizing he was manipulated, and his anger at Hongjun intensifies despite his severe injuries.
• Hongjun appears satisfied with his plan to postpone the coming conflict and advance the Eastern Prince, but has a nagging sense that something is missing.

Significant themes

• Schemes and unintended costs: Hongjun’s manipulation succeeds, but it leaves Yangmei suffering grave karmic backlash.
• Misunderstanding and hidden motives: Fuxi and Nüwa interpret one another—and Daochen’s actions—incorrectly.
• Power, patience, and timing: The Witches’ injuries delay their return, while Nüwa waits for her opportunity to attain the Dao and Hongjun prepares the next political move.

Key plot points

• Hongjun reflects that Daochen’s earlier actions—humiliating the Eastern Prince and taking the Three Immortal Islands’ opportunities—have disrupted the expected course of events. He sends a ring containing those opportunities to the Eastern Prince.
• The Eastern Prince, weakened and isolated after losing his alliance with Zhulong and most of his followers, hesitates to establish the Immortal Court. He fears his Great Luo Golden Immortal cultivation and lack of resources would make him an ineffective leader.
• As the Witch Clan prepares to spread across the Primordial World, King Pan and a large group of powerful figures arrive. They ask the Eastern Prince to lead their resistance against the Witches, and he accepts.
• Hongjun’s ring arrives, and he reveals that it contains the Three Immortal Islands’ opportunities. He orders the Eastern Prince to establish the Immortal Court and restore order, warning that he will not intervene again.
• When the Eastern Prince worries that the assembled powers will not truly obey him, Hongjun reveals that the ring also contains a Sainthood Pill. The chapter ends before the Eastern Prince takes it.

Character developments and interactions

• The Eastern Prince shifts from bitter, cautious retreat to renewed hope and ambition. Though initially reluctant to act, he accepts leadership when invited and is encouraged by Hongjun’s support.
• Hongjun takes an active, corrective role: he restores the resources Daochen deprived the Eastern Prince of and pushes him toward his appointed responsibility, while making clear this is a final intervention.
• King Pan and the assembled powers offer the Eastern Prince a leadership role, apparently seeking a united front against the Witch Clan.
• Daochen, though absent, remains a source of the Eastern Prince’s resentment and a cause of Hongjun’s frustration.

Significant themes

• Destiny versus disruption: Daochen’s unconventional actions have altered the expected course of events, prompting Hongjun to intervene.
• Leadership and legitimacy: The Eastern Prince fears that a title alone cannot secure genuine loyalty; strength and resources matter.
• Political opportunity amid crisis: The Witch Clan’s expansion threatens other groups, creating a chance for unity—and for the Eastern Prince to regain influence.

Key plot points and events

• After returning to Mount Dongyang, the Eastern Prince swallows a golden pill given by Hongjun. Its power triggers his breakthrough from peak Great Luo Golden Immortal to early Quasi-Saint, and a black-robed version of himself emerges from his Three Flowers.
• Buoyed by his new strength, he proclaims the founding of the Primordial Heavenly Court. The Heavenly Dao responds with a vast shower of merit, which the Eastern Prince absorbs.
• He uses his Pure Yang Sword to form his Good Corpse, advancing to the mid Quasi-Saint stage. The gathered powerful cultivators recognize him as Immortal Emperor.
• The Eastern Prince then expands his declaration, founding the Primordial Immortal Court and promising protection to cultivators across the world. News spreads, and multitudes begin traveling to Mount Dongyang to join.
• At Mount Kunlun, Laozi rebukes Yuanshi for his arrogance, blaming him for provoking the conflict with the Twelve Ancestral Witches. Yuanshi leaves angrily; Laozi worries that the dispute over the Pangu Orthodox Lineage remains unresolved.
• Daochen appears outside the Sun Star, sees the Eastern Prince’s rise, and remarks with satisfaction that the prince has taken the bait.

Character developments and interactions

• The Eastern Prince’s rapid ascent transforms him from a powerful but frustrated leader into a confident, ambitious ruler. He believes his new strength could even challenge Daochen, and his court-building aims to attract allies and extend his influence.
• King Pan and the other assembled cultivators are first astonished by the Eastern Prince’s breakthrough, then bow to him after his merit-fueled advancement.
• Laozi’s patience with Yuanshi has worn thin: he openly holds Yuanshi responsible for endangering the Three Pure Ones’ standing. Yuanshi resents the blame but suppresses his anger and withdraws.
• Daochen’s brief appearance suggests the Eastern Prince’s newfound power and political move serve someone else’s larger plan.

Significant themes

• Power and legitimacy: The Eastern Prince gains authority through both personal cultivation and Heavenly Dao recognition.
• Ambition and political consolidation: His Immortal Court offers protection while gathering cultivators into a force that may challenge the Witches.
• Pride and consequences: Yuanshi’s conceit has helped bring the Three Pure Ones into a dangerous conflict.
• Hidden manipulation: Daochen’s “bait” comment frames the Eastern Prince’s success as potentially engineered rather than purely fortunate.