Chapter Summaries

Demon Ancestor Cangsheng theorized that Primordial Beginning and the Primordial Heavenly Emperor were two primordial spirits of the same being, explaining how he understood both the Heavenly Dao and the Outer Path. The Demon Ancestors considered exploiting the chance to kill him in the mortal world, but chose to let the Outer Demons act first and preserve their hidden agent if possible.

• Demon Ancestor Zhutian and Demon Ancestor Wanxiang discussed how Primordial Beginning had defeated Zhutian with an incarnation without awakening “it.”
• Demon Ancestor Cangsheng suggested that Primordial Beginning understood the Outer Path and might have helped Nuwa form a mortal-world incarnation.
• Demon Ancestor Cangsheng proposed that Primordial Origin was the second primordial spirit of the Primordial Heavenly Emperor, and that Zhutian’s karmic attack may have helped the two reunite.
• Demon Ancestor Zhutian urged the Demon Ancestors to send powerful incarnations and release sealed Demon Venerables to kill Primordial Beginning.
• Demon Ancestor Cangsheng advised letting the Outer Demons in the mortal world test the Heavenly Dao’s strength first, while keeping “her” hidden unless necessary.

Xiao Sui attained Primordial Unity in the Way of Life and Death after Emperor Wusheng awakened and helped her break through. Emperor Wusheng discovered that her supposedly mortal twin sister was a Dao Lord, who secretly planned to cultivate in the mortal world and told her to seek favor with the owner of a Calligraphy and Painting Shop in Su City.

• After an ethereal chant guided her through her final bottleneck, Xiao Sui attained Primordial Unity in the Way of Life and Death.
• Emperor Wusheng awakened, received a Dharma Body inheritance from the King of Transmigration, and began cultivating with Spirit Pills.
• Emperor Wusheng returned to the hospital room and prepared to wake her twin sister, believing her to be an uneducated mortal.
• Her twin sister revealed herself as a Dao Lord who had awakened three months earlier and ordered Emperor Wusheng to keep her reincarnation secret.
• The Dao Lord told Emperor Wusheng to request Spirit Pills for her, conceal her cultivation, and seek the favor of the owner of a Calligraphy and Painting Shop in Su City.

Demon Ancestor Zhutian awakened the memories of the reincarnated Outer Demons and empowered Boss Qiao, while the reincarnated Immortals and Gods in Qing City reached the mortal world's cultivation limit. After the Time Tree produced a Time Fruit, Xiao Sui brought it to She Xilu, hoping it would help her advance.

• Demon Ancestor Zhutian forcibly awakened the memories of all one thousand and seven reincarnated Outer Demons, damaging their foundations as they returned to their past selves.
• Boss Qiao killed three reincarnated Demon Venerables and received Outer Path rewards that raised him to the peak of Demon Lord; Demon Ancestor Zhutian told him to seek a Quasi-Demon Ancestor or a Supreme One Realm Immortal or God's primordial spirit to reach Demon Venerable.
• Boss Qiao killed the remaining reincarnated Demon Lords and Demon Venerables, and Demon Ancestor Zhutian ordered the Outer Demons to study the Four Symbols Heaven-Opening Array and avoid attacking Qing City for now.
• In Qing City, more than eight years of cultivation brought the reincarnated Immortals and Gods to the five-pass breakthrough limit, and the Time Tree produced a Time Fruit.
• Xiao Sui harvested the Time Fruit and gave it to She Xilu, who had reached the Great Golden Immortal realm but remained far from the Primordial Unity Realm.

She Xilu touched the Fruit of Time and saw a future in which she was annihilated after ascending, leading her and Youchan to suspect Bai Yueyao might be a reincarnated Demon Ancestor. She chose the widest future tributary and rapidly advanced toward the Supreme One Realm.

• She Xilu touched the Fruit of Time and entered the River of Time, where Youchan explained that its tributaries showed possible futures.
• She Xilu saw one future end in her annihilation after ascending, and Youchan reasoned that a reincarnated Demon Ancestor serving as a Heavenly Dao Powerhouse could kill her.
• She Xilu and Youchan identified Bai Yueyao as a possible suspect, since she had replaced the original Queen Mother of the West and might secretly be a reincarnated Demon Ancestor.
• She Xilu decided to follow the widest, longest tributary, and Youchan warned that knowing too much of the future could obstruct her cultivation.
• She Xilu merged with her future selves and rapidly advanced through the Great Golden Immortal and primordial unity realms until she glimpsed the Heavenly Dao and reached the Supreme One Realm.

She Xilu reached the Supreme One Realm and learned from Youchan why the Outer Path would hesitate to sacrifice Quasi-Demon Ancestors as the Immortals and Gods prepared Qing City’s defensive array. Meanwhile, Empress Wusheng learned that Lin Zhishui was the Primordial Heavenly Emperor and sought advice on a gift before visiting him.

• She Xilu told Xiao Sui that her future self had been annihilated after ascending, and Xiao Sui gave her a World God's Hair to escape danger.
• Xiao Sui ordered the reincarnated Immortals and Gods to establish the Myriad Laws Returning to One Array in Qing City while they awaited the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords and Array Diagram.
• Youchan explained to She Xilu that creating a Quasi-Demon Ancestor consumed as much Outer Path source essence as creating a Demon Ancestor, and that sacrificing one would strengthen the Heavenly Dao.
• The young Dao Lord told Empress Wusheng that she planned to visit the Ninth Floor of Lingyan Pavilion and take the Supreme Scripture of No Mind, No Self, and Nonaction to Lin Zhishui.
• Empress Wusheng visited the Golden Crow Girl, Sword Immortal Lu, and Venerable Dongyan to ask what gift to bring Lin Zhishui, then learned that he was the Golden Crow Girl's father and the Primordial Heavenly Emperor.
• The Golden Crow Girl, Sword Immortal Lu, and Venerable Dongyan suggested gifts connected to calligraphy, painting, or ancient books, and Empress Wusheng said she had decided what to give Lin Zhishui.

Lin Zhishui reunited with She Xilu and proposed that she write about Outer Path Pangu, improvising an origin story in which Pangu was resurrecting and creating a new Heavenly Law. Meanwhile, Demon Ancestor Zhutian began distributing treasures to the demons preparing to attack the city and introduced a pearl called World Severance.

• She Xilu returned to Lin Zhishui, and he offered to handle the painting work so she could focus on her cultivation and writing.
• Lin Zhishui suggested that She Xilu write about Outer Path Pangu and described him as Primordial Pangu resurrecting inside an egg by absorbing power from the Three Realms.
• She Xilu and Youchan concluded that the new Heavenly Law might have been established to keep the Immortals and Gods in check, while Youchan reflected on the Outer Demons’ role and her isolation from the other Demon Ancestors.
• Demon Ancestor Zhutian praised the demons’ preparations and told Boss Qiao that he would give an important treasure to someone else because Boss Qiao’s heart harbored weakness.
• Demon Ancestor Zhutian summoned a nearly transparent Glazed Glass Pearl called World Severance, which specifically countered the World God's Hair.

Xiao Sui helped the pine absorb a Time Tree’s withered vine, and the tree awakened as Xiao Qingsong, whose growth and power defied the mortal world’s limits. After Xiao Qingsong revealed supreme one realm Dao comprehension and great golden immortal magic power, Xiao Sui was left stunned by the apparent breach of Heavenly Law.

• Xiao Sui sealed off the area and fed the pine the remains of a Time Tree’s withered vine, helping it absorb Azure Lord’s legacy.
• The pine thanked Xiao Sui, accepted her as a mother, and was named Xiao Qingsong.
• Xiao Qingsong’s true body grew hundreds of kilometers tall and pierced Earth’s atmosphere before she shrank back down and formed a human external incarnation.
• Xiao Qingsong told Xiao Sui that she had reached the supreme one realm of the Dao of Space-Time Light and could send her incarnation tens of thousands of kilometers from her true body.
• Xiao Qingsong revealed that Senior Lin’s brush-washing ink had recently become much stronger, then displayed great golden immortal magic power that blasted Xiao Sui backward.

Xiao Sui realized Xiao Qingsong had gained Great Golden Immortal magic power from Lin Zhishui’s brush-rinsing water and brought her to thank him. Lin Zhishui accepted Xiao Qingsong as his daughter and gave her a painting of the Primordial Heavenly Emperor, leaving Xiao Sui to suspect that Lin Zhishui was more than the Emperor’s reincarnation.

• Xiao Sui discovered Xiao Qingsong had broken Heavenly Law and gained magic power at the Great Golden Immortal level, and she asked Qing to keep it secret.
• Xiao Sui asked Xiao Qingsong to guard Qing City with her and brought her to Lin Zhishui to thank him.
• Xiao Qingsong hugged Lin Zhishui and asked to be his daughter, and he agreed to let her call him Daddy in private.
• Lin Zhishui renamed Xiao Qingsong Xiao Qing and gave her a painting of the Primordial Heavenly Emperor, whom he said was like himself.
• Xiao Sui recalled Qing's power and began to suspect Lin Zhishui's identity was more extraordinary than she had thought.

Xiao Sui learned that Qing’s Great Golden Immortal-level magic power came from her Demonic Consciousness and Lin Zhishui’s intervention. A mysterious Dao Lord revealed herself as Yang Hui and warned Lord Cui that Bai Yueyao might be a traitor, while they considered how Lin Zhishui’s method could affect the coming calamity.

• Xiao Sui contacted Lord Cui through the Book of Life and Death and asked how a Mortal Realm cultivator could wield Great Golden Immortal-level magic power.
• Lord Cui examined Qing and explained that contaminated Emperor’s Flowing Elixir and fragments of an Outer Demon’s Primordial Spirit had given her Demonic Consciousness and autonomy.
• Lord Cui said Lin Zhishui was not a reincarnated Demon Ancestor, but he could not disclose more because of his Heavenly Dao oath.
• A mysterious young Dao Lord appeared and revealed that she was Yang Hui, who had reincarnated to investigate whether Bai Yueyao was a traitor.
• Yang Hui and Lord Cui concluded that Lin Zhishui’s method let cultivators with Demonic Consciousness break the Mortal Realm’s magic-power limit, and Lord Cui suspected this explained Youchan’s reincarnation.

The young Dao Lord and Lord Cui planned to test whether Bai Yueyao was a traitor by giving her a chance to attack Youchan’s reincarnation, while Lin Zhishui unknowingly prepared paintings that could let powerful figures descend into the mortal world. Huangfu Xi visited Lin Zhishui, accidentally paid him ten times the intended price, and returned later with the young Dao Lord, who asked to take more paintings.

• The young Dao Lord and Lord Cui concluded that Bai Yueyao’s response to an opportunity to kill Youchan’s reincarnation could reveal whether she served the Outer Path, and they planned to protect Youchan while watching her.
• Lin Zhishui finished painting Gonggong Strikes Mount Buzhou and displayed portraits of many mythological figures in his shop.
• Huangfu Xi visited Lin Zhishui, chose the King of Transmigration’s portrait, and accidentally transferred 1,296,000 yuan instead of 129,600.
• Huangfu Xi gave Lin Zhishui a Wordless Heavenly Book, which he revealed as Origin of the Three Realms, a companion volume to The Changes of the Three Realms.
• The young Dao Lord returned to Lin Zhishui’s shop and asked to take several more paintings, while he mistook her plans for an attempt to pursue him.

The young-looking Dao Lord traded the Supreme One Scripture of No-Mind, No-Self, and Nonaction to Lin Zhishui for paintings, but he barely examined it before trying again to paint Outer Path Pangu. In the Demon Domain, a mysterious woman gave the Outer Demons precise locations for Venerable Emperor Wanyan and Youchan’s reincarnation, ordering them to seize the opportunity and attack.

• The young-looking Dao Lord gave Lin Zhishui the Supreme One Scripture of No-Mind, No-Self, and Nonaction, while he said he would read it later and left with his bag.
• Lin Zhishui discovered that the young-looking Dao Lord had taken every portrait, then examined the scripture’s twenty-seven pages before setting it aside to paint Outer Path Pangu.
• Lin Zhishui failed to capture Outer Path Pangu’s spirit and crumpled the painting before starting another attempt.
• Boss Qiao considered Demon Ancestor Zhutian’s plan to wait for an opportunity and wondered about Lin Zhishui and the Mortal Realm’s secrets.
• A mysterious woman gave the Outer Demons precise, continuously updated coordinates for Venerable Emperor Wanyan and Youchan’s reincarnation, and ordered them to go at once.

Demon Ancestor Cangsheng revealed that Demon Ancestor Yanyue had reincarnated as the Queen Mother of the West and proposed using her hidden ability to ambush Youchan near Qing City. She then suggested that the secret Yanyue had once tried to reveal concerned Primordial Beginning’s whereabouts and the possibility that Demon Ancestor Primordial Beginning originated from Primordial Beginning’s primordial spirit.

• Demon Ancestor Cangsheng summoned the Outer Path’s Demon Ancestors and said Yanyue’s hidden position on the Heavenly Dao’s side could help them attack Youchan near Qing City.
• The Demon Ancestors doubted the ambush could succeed, but Cangsheng explained that Yanyue could send an avatar without Primordial Beginning’s help.
• Cangsheng revealed that Yanyue was the Queen Mother of the West, a Dao lineage leader who had never earned the Heavenly Dao’s full trust.
• Cangsheng said Yanyue had tried to disclose an important secret six hundred years earlier, then stated that she suspected it concerned Primordial Beginning’s whereabouts.
• Cangsheng argued that Demon Ancestor Primordial Beginning’s extraordinary comprehension might mean he was created from Primordial Beginning’s second primordial spirit.
• Cangsheng pointed out that Demon Ancestors’ names reflected their origins and asked whether Primordial Beginning’s shared name with the first living being could really be coincidence.

The Demon Ancestors debated whether Primordial Origin had merged with Primordial Beginning and decided to prepare for a descent into the Mortal Realm. In Xiang City, Huangfu Xi and She Xilu were ambushed by four Demon Lords inside a vast Demon Domain, and Huangfu Xi launched Lin Zhishui’s scroll as their combined attack struck.

• Infinity Demon Ancestor cautioned the Demon Ancestors against treating Cangsheng’s theory about Primordial Origin as fact, though they agreed to confirm it and seize him if possible.
• The Demon Ancestors resolved to descend into the Mortal Realm and use the battle there to force Youchan to return and potentially create another faction leader.
• In Xiang City, Huangfu Xi prepared to fly back to Qing City with She Xilu disguised as a student, carrying Lin Zhishui’s painting for protection.
• A vast Demon Domain spread across nearly half the Earth, and Youchan warned Huangfu Xi and She Xilu that four Demon Lords had pinpointed them.
• Huangfu Xi and She Xilu entered the Demon Domain, where they found themselves sealed in as four Demon Lords launched a combined attack.
• Huangfu Xi sent Lin Zhishui’s scroll flying as the Demon Lords’ attacks descended.

Huangfu Xi’s scroll summoned the King of Transmigration, who defended She Xilu against the Outer Demons but could not break their array or overcome their World Severance treasure. The Queen Mother of the West then annihilated the assembled demons, only for Demon Ancestor Cangsheng and more Demon Ancestors to appear; as the Queen Mother of the West faced them, the girl Dao Lord sent dozens of scrolls toward the battlefield.

• Huangfu Xi’s scroll summoned the King of Transmigration, who neutralized the four Demon Lords’ attacks and protected She Xilu inside the Four Directions Heaven-Sealing Array.
• She Xilu discovered that World Severance prevented the World God’s Hair from opening a path through space, while Demon Ancestor Zhutian and Demon Ancestor Wanxiang joined the battle against the King of Transmigration.
• Demon Ancestor Zhutian strengthened his incarnation and shattered the King of Transmigration’s turning wheel, but the Queen Mother of the West descended and destroyed the Outer Demons and Demon Ancestor avatars with Heaven’s Might.
• Demon Ancestor Cangsheng appeared with seven other Demon Ancestor avatars and endured the Queen Mother of the West’s attack, while the Queen Mother of the West refused to let them take Youchan.
• The girl Dao Lord watched the confrontation from a distant peak and sent dozens of scrolls toward the battlefield.

The Queen Mother of the West and the King of Transmigration protected She Xilu as Demon Ancestor Cangsheng and the other Demon Ancestors attacked, until Demon Ancestor Destruction threatened to overwhelm them. More than a hundred Heavenly Dao Powerhouses arrived to join the battle, but Cangsheng and the other Demon Ancestors began paying a terrible price to descend, leaving an all-out war imminent.

• Demon Ancestor Cangsheng trapped the Queen Mother of the West in a world of her own making while seven Demon Ancestors attacked She Xilu, whom the Queen Mother protected with a barrier.
• Demon Ancestor Destruction arrived and shattered the barrier with a bolt of black lightning, and the Queen Mother of the West took the remaining strike to protect She Xilu and the King of Transmigration.
• More than a hundred Heavenly Dao Powerhouses arrived in four camps, and the Three Pure Ones, Lady Nuwa, and Maitreya Buddha attacked the Demon Ancestors.
• The Three Pure Ones and Lady Nuwa tore open Cangsheng’s world, allowing the Queen Mother of the West to prepare to escape with She Xilu and the others.
• Cangsheng dissolved her world and began strengthening her avatar at great cost, as spectral forms of Demon Ancestors appeared across the Demon Domain.

The Heavenly Dao forces confronted the Outer Path Demon Ancestors over Youchan’s reincarnation, while the Infinity Demon Ancestor copied and rapidly perfected Lady Nuwa’s ultimate technique. Buddha Tathagata’s karmic assault failed to harm Demon Ancestor Cangsheng, and the chapter ended as the Demon Ancestors launched their attack.

• The Infinity Demon Ancestor copied Lady Nuwa’s One Finger from Demon Ancestor Mingye’s memories and quickly refined it until it matched her strike.
• Lady Nuwa refused to surrender Youchan, and the World-Honored One used Karmic Law to attack Demon Ancestor Cangsheng through their karmic thread.
• The Infinity Demon Ancestor tried to sever the thread, but Amitabha and the Medicine Buddha blocked him while Fuxi formed a protective formation around the Heavenly Dao forces and She Xilu.
• Demon Ancestor Cangsheng withstood Buddha Tathagata’s karmic assault and restored her unstable incarnation.
• The Infinity Demon Ancestor unleashed a Buddha’s Palm Kingdom as Demon Ancestor Cangsheng transformed into a vast world that pressed down on the Heavenly Dao forces.

The Heavenly Dao Powerhouses failed to break out of Demon Ancestor Cangsheng’s strengthened world, so the Queen Mother of the West proposed investigating whether the Taiyin Divine Lord was the traitor who had exposed Youchan. Lady Nuwa agreed to help her confront him in the Lunar Abyss while Fuxi kept the Demon Ancestors occupied.

• Demon Ancestor Cangsheng’s world suppressed the Heavenly Dao Powerhouses’ combined attack, while the Infinity Demon Ancestor’s Buddha’s Palm Kingdom protected it from breaking.
• The Most High Celestial Venerable proposed combining Pangu’s power with the Queen Mother of the West’s strength and Fuxi’s formation for another attempt to escape.
• The Queen Mother of the West warned that a traitor in the Lunar Abyss might have revealed Youchan’s location and named the Taiyin Divine Lord as her suspect.
• The Queen Mother of the West offered to swear she would not kill the Taiyin Divine Lord, but asked to expose his consciousness to determine whether he was demonic or divine.
• Lady Nuwa agreed to accompany the Queen Mother of the West to capture the Taiyin Divine Lord, while Fuxi continued attacking to keep the Demon Ancestors occupied.

Lin Zhishui unknowingly summoned Pangu’s power through his calligraphy and completed his painting of Outer Path Pangu, while the Heavenly Dao Powerhouses battled the Outer Path in the mortal world. After Yang Hui joined the fight as a trump card, the Infinity Demon Ancestor expanded the Demon Domain and revealed that a Demon Venerable had appeared in the mortal world.

• Lin Zhishui copied twenty-seven instances of “Dao,” unknowingly gathered the Three Pure Ones’ Dao Resonances into a trace of Pangu’s power, and used it to finish his painting of Outer Path Pangu.
• Lady Nuwa and the Queen Mother of the West exposed the Taiyin Divine Lord as a traitor, but the Infinity Demon Ancestor retrieved his restored Primordial Spirit and took him away.
• The Three Pure Ones and Fuxi led the Heavenly Dao Powerhouses in a Pangu-powered attack, but the Outer Path’s combined defenses stopped it.
• Lady Nuwa brought Yang Hui, the first Queen Mother of the West, into the battle, and Yang Hui used a forbidden technique to strengthen the Heavenly Dao’s attacks.
• The Infinity Demon Ancestor expanded the Demon Domain across Earth and its surrounding space, then announced that a Demon Venerable had appeared in the mortal world.

Boss Qiao, newly transformed into a Demon Venerable, attacked Qing City's array while the Outer Path pinned down the Heavenly Dao forces. As the defenders struggled against the assault, the Queen Mother of the West revealed herself as a traitor and struck at She Xilu, but Lady Nuwa's little-girl avatar intervened.

• Boss Qiao learned that Demon Ancestor Zhutian wanted him to breach Qing City's Myriad Laws Returning to One Array and release the Ancient Outer Demons; he agreed to help despite his reluctance to oppose Primordial Beginning.
• Boss Qiao appeared above Qing City and repeatedly attacked its barrier with a black lotus, draining the defenders' Magic Power as the array neared collapse.
• The Heavenly Dao Powerhouses remained locked in battle with the Infinity Demon Ancestor and endured the Outer Path's Calamity-Extinction Lightning by forming a defensive barrier.
• The Queen Mother of the West restored her fading avatar with Spiritual Power, and She Xilu destroyed the painting that sustained it, only for the avatar to remain.
• The Queen Mother of the West revealed her intent to kill Youchan and sent Heaven's Might toward She Xilu; Lady Nuwa's little-girl avatar flew in front of her and slowed time.

The Queen Mother of the West’s attack was stopped by the Primordial Heavenly Emperor’s avatar, but she escaped into the Outer Path Nether Sea. As Qing City faced the Demon Venerable, Sword Immortal Lu became the spirit of the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords, and the assembled formation struck back.

• Qing used her time-slowing Dao to delay the Queen Mother of the West until the Primordial Heavenly Emperor emerged from a painting and shattered Heaven’s Might, then suppressed the Queen Mother’s avatar.
• The Queen Mother of the West escaped to the Outer Path Nether Sea, while Lady Nuwa and the other Heavenly Dao Powerhouses confronted the silent Primordial Heavenly Emperor.
• Celestial Venerable Shangqing sent the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords and their Array Diagram to Qing City, and Sword Immortal Lu merged his primordial spirit with the swords as their spirit.
• Xiao Sui organized the Immortals and Gods into the Forty-Nine Immortal-Slaying Formation, which broke through the Demon Venerable’s dark attack and launched its sword light at him.