Chapter Summaries

Gu Changqing ignored Nuwa and Houtu’s reproaches and began using Heavenly Reflection to investigate the hidden hand manipulating the Primordial World’s karma. The technique’s illusory mirror formed but shattered without revealing anything, leaving the Sages stunned and the mystery unresolved.

• Nuwa questioned Gu Changqing about calling her and Houtu trouble, and he drunkenly affirmed it while Tongtian tried to stop him.
• Gu Changqing traced patterns in the air, releasing a mysterious Dao rhythm that Houtu recognized as Heavenly Reflection.
• Tongtian, Nuwa, and Houtu realized Gu Changqing intended to expose the force stirring the Primordial World’s karma.
• Gu Changqing formed an illusory mirror, but it showed only chaos before cracking and shattering without revealing the hidden hand.

Gu Changqing’s Heavenly Reflection failed to pierce the concealment around Zixiao Palace, but he took the failure as confirmation that Hongjun was hiding something. Nuwa, Houtu, and Tongtian formed an alliance to prepare for the coming struggle, while Gu Changqing wondered whether the Great Karma Art could succeed where his first divine power had not.

• Gu Changqing calmly concluded that Hongjun and the Chaos elders had prepared measures to block Heavenly Reflection, and inferred that Hongjun was concealing the truth.
• Tongtian, Nuwa, and Houtu realized Gu Changqing had used the failed probing to identify Hongjun as their hidden enemy.
• Nuwa proposed that they begin deducing the Primordial World Karma Stabilization Method, and Houtu agreed.
• Nuwa, Houtu, and Tongtian forged an alliance representing the Interception Sect, Human Dao, and Earth Dao.
• Gu Changqing wondered whether the Great Karma Art could penetrate the concealment, while Hongjun watched the Interception Sect from Zixiao Palace and mocked Gu Changqing’s supposedly limited divine power.

Hongjun and the Elder of Chaos revealed a Chaos Storm formed by fusing thirty-six thousand storms, whose power terrified even Laozi and Yuanshi. The storm erased a vast star-filled region, leaving Hongjun and the others confronted with its world-annihilating force.

• Hongjun dismissed Gu Changqing’s attempt to probe Zixiao Palace, while the Elder of Chaos voiced his anger at it.
• Hongjun asked whether the Chaos Storm had taken shape, and the Elder of Chaos said he had fused thirty-six thousand storms using chaos baleful qi.
• The Elder of Chaos transported Hongjun, Laozi, and Yuanshi from Zixiao Palace into the boundless Chaos to show them the storm.
• Laozi and Yuanshi trembled as the storm silently erased stars and worlds, while the Elder of Chaos admired his creation and Hongjun expressed astonishment.
• The Chaos Storm swept across a vast star-filled expanse, making it vanish instantly.

Hongjun revealed that he planned to unleash the Chaos storm even though it would damage the Heavenly Dao Authority, because the Earth Dao and Human Dao would suffer far worse. Laozi and Yuanshi realized he intended to cripple both rival Daos so the Heavenly Dao could recover first and regain supremacy over the Primordial World.

• The Elder of Chaos demonstrated the destructive Chaos storm, leaving Laozi and Yuanshi chilled by its power.
• Laozi questioned Hongjun about unleashing the storm, warning that it could devastate living beings and damage the Heavenly Dao Authority.
• The Elder of Chaos mocked Laozi and Yuanshi for their fear and asked whether Hongjun regretted the plan.
• Hongjun admitted the storm would damage the Heavenly Dao Authority but explained that the Earth Dao and Human Dao would suffer far greater losses.
• Laozi and Yuanshi understood that Hongjun meant to reset the Primordial World, letting the Heavenly Dao recover first and potentially eliminate its weakened rivals.

Hongjun revealed that the Chaos Storm was part of his plan to reshape the Primordial World, forcing Laozi and Yuanshi to help break its protective barrier. As they began weakening the world’s crystal wall, Zhen Yuanzi sensed the Primordial World’s foundations trembling and rushed to investigate.

• Hongjun explained to Laozi and Yuanshi that the destruction would suppress Tongtian, Houtu, and Nuwa, and the two agreed to obey him.
• Laozi and Yuanshi reached the Primordial World’s crystal wall and used Heavenly Dao authority to send laws chains into it.
• At Wuzhuang Temple, Zhen Yuanzi felt the Primordial World’s origin cry out in terror and sensed its foundations being dismantled from outside.
• Zhen Yuanzi sprang into the sky and used his earth Dao eyes to search across Heaven and Earth.

A terrifying power descended on the Primordial World, corroding its foundations and plunging its inhabitants into panic. Houtu recognized Hongjun as the likely cause and confronted him, demanding to know if he intended to destroy the world.

• Zhen Yuanzi sensed the world's foundations collapsing, suffered a backlash, and used the Earth Book to see the laws and order of Heaven and Earth disintegrating.
• Across the Primordial World, beings and sacred places fell into turmoil as Kunpeng, Ancestor Minghe, and Jieyin reacted to the world-destroying power.
• Nuwa sensed the human race's fortune plummeting, while Houtu suffered as the Earth's origin was corrupted.
• Houtu left Biyou Palace, unleashed her Earth Dao Sage might, and shouted toward the chaotic void, demanding to know whether Hongjun intended to destroy the world.

Houtu confronted Hongjun over the world-destroying catastrophe, and Hongjun admitted he was acting because the world had departed from its original course. Houtu accused him of sacrificing all living beings to preserve the Heavenly Dao’s supremacy, and Hongjun left the world stunned by answering, “Heavenly Dao wills it.”

• Houtu challenged Hongjun and claimed he was responsible for the catastrophe threatening the Primordial World.
• Hongjun appeared before the world and declared that he would correct its departure from its original course.
• Houtu denounced Hongjun, accusing him of unleashing the catastrophe to preserve the Heavenly Dao’s control at the cost of all living beings.
• Hongjun answered Houtu with the words “Heavenly Dao wills it,” leaving the Primordial World in stunned silence.

Hongjun admitted that the Heavenly Dao regarded all living beings as expendable and ignored their anguished protests. He tore open the firmament, unleashing a Chaos Storm that began erasing the Primordial World, with Buzhou Mountain’s summit vanishing first.

• Hongjun declared that the Heavenly Dao treated all things as straw dogs, leaving the living beings below in shock.
• An unknown expert asked why, and living beings across Heaven and Earth erupted in angry demands and accusations against Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao.
• Hongjun ignored the protests and raised his hand, suppressing all sound before tearing open a vast fissure in the sky.
• A Chaos Storm poured through the fissure, swallowed the light of the Sun Star and Taiyin Star, and descended toward the Primordial World.
• Tongtian formed a barrier around Golden Ao Island as chaotic energy reached Buzhou Mountain and erased its summit.

Hongjun erased Buzhou Mountain and declared that the Witch Clan should have perished, provoking the Twelve Ancestral Witches. As the Chaos Sea’s deluge crashed down across the Primordial World, powerful beings turned their hopes toward Golden Ao Island.

• Hongjun erased Buzhou Mountain, leaving the beings of the Primordial World in despair.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches emerged and confronted Hongjun, with Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin accusing him of destroying Pangu’s legacy.
• Hongjun said the Witch Clan should have perished long ago, and Dijiang, Zhurong, Gonggong, and the others erupted in fury.
• Hongjun turned away from the Ancestral Witches, unleashing the full Chaos Storm through the rift in the sky.
• As chaos cascaded across the Primordial World, some Mighty Experts turned hopeful gazes toward Golden Ao Island.

As Hongjun’s chaos-driven reformatting began draining the Primordial World’s power, its desperate beings waited in vain for the Wine Sword Immortal to intervene. Gu Changqing watched from Golden Ao Island and waited for Hongjun to reveal his remaining cards, until Pangu Hall suddenly erupted with blood-red light.

• The Primordial World’s living beings placed their hopes in the Wine Sword Immortal, but Golden Ao Island remained silent and their hope faded.
• Cultivators discovered that their magic power, cultivation, bodily vitality, and treasures were deteriorating as the world’s laws and resources declined.
• Gu Changqing watched the destruction through a water mirror and recognized that Hongjun was reverting the world to its original state to impose a new Heavenly Dao order.
• Gu Changqing chose not to attack yet, intending to wait until Hongjun and the hidden forces revealed their full plans.
• Boundless blood-red light erupted from Pangu Hall, which the Twelve Ancestral Witches guarded.

The Eleven Ancestral Witches burned their last Pangu essence blood to resist Hongjun’s Chaos Storm, but were crushed, leaving the Primordial World in despair. Nuwa and Houtu chose to hold the catastrophe back and buy time for Gu Changqing, creating a fragile refuge with their Great Daos.

• The Eleven Ancestral Witches unleashed their final powers against the Chaos Storm, but their attacks shattered and they were badly wounded.
• Countless beings pleaded with Nuwa, Houtu, and the other Sages to save the Primordial World, while Nuwa and Houtu recognized that ordinary strength could not stop Hongjun’s attempt to overturn the world’s laws.
• Nuwa told Houtu that Gu Changqing would surely act and that they had to hold out until the final moment.
• Nuwa unfurled the Rivers and Mountains, Lands and Millet Diagram to shield a vast area from the Chaos torrent.
• Houtu summoned the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk to steady the earth, and together the two Sages carved out a fragile pure land.

As the Chaos Storm threatened the Sages’ last refuge, Gu Changqing studied its effects and uncovered how it reversed the world’s karma. He realized that familiar attempts to heal or cultivate now hastened destruction, leaving him with a clearer understanding of the force behind the apocalypse.

• Nuwa and Houtu used the Rivers and Mountains, Lands and Millet Diagram and the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk to hold back the Chaos Storm and shelter fleeing beings.
• Gu Changqing watched the Sages’ domain through a water mirror and studied how Hongjun had overturned the laws of the world.
• A wounded Primordial Unity Golden Immortal swallowed a healing elixir, but its power worsened his injuries and killed him.
• Gu Changqing recognized that reversed karma had turned the elixir’s healing effect into a cause of greater injury.
• Cultivators who absorbed spiritual energy began losing their magic power and cultivation, and some exploded as their foundations collapsed.
• Gu Changqing concluded that absorbing spiritual energy now forced beings to repay the power they had drawn from the world.

Gu Changqing comprehended the Great Karma Art as Nuwa and Houtu struggled to protect the Sage Pure Land from Hongjun and the Elder of Chaos. When the Elder of Chaos launched a devastating attack on Golden Ao Island, Gu Changqing awakened and prepared to turn its cause back upon its source.

• Gu Changqing saw how the Chaos Storm had twisted the laws of karma and rapidly advanced his understanding of the Great Karma Art.
• Nuwa and Houtu's defenses weakened as their sage power ran low and Chaos Qi threatened the Sage Pure Land.
• Houtu challenged Hongjun and the Elder of Chaos, but the Elder declared that he would kill Gu Changqing and unleashed his full might.
• The Elder of Chaos formed a giant hand from Chaos Qi and aimed it at Golden Ao Island to destroy Gu Changqing and reclaim the Chaos Bead.
• Nuwa and Houtu burned their sage origins and sent the Rivers and Mountains, Lands and Millet Diagram and the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk to intercept the attack.
• Gu Changqing opened his eyes, declared that the cause was himself and the effect was his foe, and summoned the Chaos Bead.

Gu Changqing used the Chaos Bead to shelter Golden Ao Island and the Interception Sect, making them vanish from the apocalyptic battlefield just before the Elder of Chaos struck. Survivors begged him to save them too, but he said the Chaos Bead could not hold every living being, extinguishing their hope.

• The Chaos Bead expanded above Golden Ao Island and projected a complete world that could withstand the Chaos Storm.
• The projection enveloped Golden Ao Island, the Interception Sect, and everyone on the island, erasing them from the world's perception and karma.
• The Elder of Chaos roared in shock as his attack lost its target, while Nuwa and Houtu realized Gu Changqing had saved them.
• The surviving beings rejoiced over the Interception Sect's escape and begged Gu Changqing to shelter them as well.
• Gu Changqing drank from his Wine God Gourd and said the Chaos Bead could not hold every living being, causing the survivors' hope to fade.

Gu Changqing summoned four Sages to Biyou Palace and formed a Peerless Grand Formation against the chaos. He sent them to help Houtu protect the world and declared that he would face the Elder of Chaos himself.

• As living beings despaired over Gu Changqing’s inability to shelter them all, he said the catastrophe could be resolved by setting karma right.
• Gu Changqing straightened and called for all the Sages to gather.
• Sect Master Tongtian, Ancestor Hong Yun, Ji Ren, and Ancestor Minghe arrived and formed a formation that pushed back the chaos.
• The Elder of Chaos challenged the four Sages, but they focused on Gu Changqing and asked what he intended to do.
• Gu Changqing told the four Sages to help Houtu protect the world and said he would handle the Elder of Chaos.

Gu Changqing sent Tongtian, Hong Yun, Ji Ren, and Minghe to reinforce Nuwa and Houtu while he went alone to confront the Elder of Chaos. Their arrival restored the balance between the Six Sages and the Five Saints, and Gu Changqing stepped toward the heart of the Chaos storm.

• Gu Changqing declared that he would face the Elder of Chaos alone and ordered Tongtian, Hong Yun, Ji Ren, and Minghe to help hold off Hongjun, Laozi, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Randeng.
• Tongtian chose to trust Gu Changqing and led Hong Yun, Ji Ren, and Minghe to reinforce Nuwa and Houtu.
• Tongtian, Minghe, Ji Ren, and Hong Yun disrupted the Five Saints' assault and gave Nuwa and Houtu room to recover.
• The Six Sages faced the Five Saints in a newly balanced battle as the creatures in the Sage Pure Land cheered.
• Gu Changqing stood apart, looked toward the center of the Chaos storm, and stepped forward.

Gu Changqing faced the Elder of Chaos alone and endured his world-destroying attack without a scratch. The Elder of Chaos discovered that mysterious laws surrounding Gu Changqing had dismantled and absorbed the chaos torrent, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Gu Changqing appeared before the Elder of Chaos alone, provoking his fury.
• The Elder of Chaos sent a vast torrent of chaos qi toward Gu Changqing.
• Tongtian tried to break free from Laozi and Yuanshi to rescue Gu Changqing, while Nuwa and Houtu watched helplessly.
• Gu Changqing stood still as the torrent engulfed him, and onlookers believed he had been destroyed.
• The chaos tribulation light receded to reveal Gu Changqing unharmed, as mysterious laws around him dismantled and absorbed the attack.
• The Elder of Chaos reacted with shock and demanded to know what laws Gu Changqing wielded.

Gu Changqing revealed that he could wield chaos laws as the Elder of Chaos unleashed a devastating attack against him. He absorbed the attack’s power and declared that all laws and Daos could be made into wine.

• The Elder of Chaos grew furious at Gu Changqing’s contempt and unleashed a Chaos Giant Hand far stronger than his previous attack.
• The Sages halted their battle as they feared the strike would annihilate Gu Changqing and the Primordial World.
• Gu Changqing dismissed the Elder of Chaos’s claim to mastery over chaos laws and produced chaos qi and laws of his own.
• Gu Changqing’s chaos laws absorbed the Elder of Chaos’s incoming attack, leaving the Elder horrified.
• Gu Changqing declared that all laws and Daos could be made into wine.

Gu Changqing revealed that he could absorb and refine the myriad laws and Daos into his own strength, stunning the Elder of Chaos, Hongjun, and the other Sages. He then spread his laws across the ruined Primordial World and began calming the Chaos storm.

• The Elder of Chaos realized Gu Changqing was refining Chaos power by blending countless laws into a self-contained Dao, and his confidence collapsed.
• Hongjun, Laozi, and Yuanshi were horrified by Gu Changqing's words, while the Heavenly Dao trembled in fear.
• Tongtian's Qingping Sword rang in approval, and Nuwa and Houtu wept with relief and joy at the turn of events.
• Gu Changqing drank his wine, declared that the storm's slaughter had to end, and released his laws across the Primordial World.
• Gu Changqing's laws dissolved the Chaos Divine Thunder, subdued the astral winds, and gradually calmed the destructive Chaos storm.

Gu Changqing quelled the chaos storm and saved the Primordial World, leaving the Elder of Chaos and Hongjun’s faction stunned. As Houtu, Nuwa, Tongtian, and Hong Yun attacked Hongjun, Laozi, and Yuanshi, Gu Changqing declared that it was time to settle their karma.

• The chaos storm subsided, the Primordial World began to heal, and its survivors praised Gu Changqing for saving them.
• The Elder of Chaos was bewildered by Gu Changqing’s control over chaos, while Hongjun, Laozi, and Yuanshi realized their plan had failed.
• Hongjun tried to charge at Gu Changqing, but Houtu blocked his path as Nuwa, Tongtian, and Hong Yun confronted him and the other two Sages.
• Houtu, Nuwa, Tongtian, and Hong Yun fought Hongjun, Laozi, and Yuanshi while Gu Changqing watched the world recover.
• Gu Changqing took a drink and said it was time to settle karma.