Chapter Summaries

Leng Qingsong rejected the Dao Ancestor’s palace and followed a strand from Ouyang’s Heaven and Earth home, only to discover that his ties to that world kept him from acting against it. After failing to find his elder brother in the River of Time, he encountered Bai Feiyu, prostrate and sobbing.

• Leng Qingsong resisted the palace’s temptation to become the new Dao Ancestor and cut a path through it with his sword.
• A strand from the Heaven and Earth Ouyang held aloft guided Leng Qingsong toward home.
• At the boundary, Leng Qingsong realized his connection to Heaven and Earth prevented him from raising his sword against it, and he pleaded for his elder brother’s life.
• Leng Qingsong entered the River of Time to search for his elder brother but found no trace of him in his timeline.
• Leng Qingsong saw his timeline bound to two others and found Bai Feiyu, now Divine Sovereign, lying prostrate and sobbing.

Bai Feiyu discovered that Ouyang had sacrificed himself for him in both lifetimes, and blamed his own existence for Ouyang’s disappearance. As Bai Feiyu began sinking into the River of Time, a powerful swordsman arrived and demanded to know where his elder brother was.

• Bai Feiyu realized his rise as Lord of Myriad Gods had depended on Ouyang taking the tribulation of life and death for him, just as Ouyezi had sacrificed himself in his previous life.
• Bai Feiyu remembered his years with Ouyang and Li Taibai, and wept over the wooden hairpin he had meant to give him.
• Bai Feiyu wondered whether erasing his own timeline could bring Ouyezi back, and began to deny his own existence.
• Bai Feiyu started merging into the River of Time, risking his position as master of the Divine Dao.
• A powerful swordsman disrupted the River of Time, seized Bai Feiyu by the collar, and demanded to know where his elder brother was.

Leng Qingsong found Bai Feiyu at the River of Time, and their grief over Ouyezi’s fate turned into a battle between Heaven and Earth’s strongest sword and shield. They fought until a cry for Eldest Senior Brother made them stop and search for him.

• Leng Qingsong pulled Bai Feiyu from the River of Time and demanded to know where Elder Brother was.
• Bai Feiyu blamed Leng Qingsong for Ouyezi’s fate, and the two disciples seized each other in anger.
• Leng Qingsong and Bai Feiyu unleashed their powers, causing the River of Time and the world beyond it to stutter and stop.
• Leng Qingsong attacked with his sword while Bai Feiyu used the God-Sealing Treasure Book to defend himself, and Leng Qingsong gradually gained the advantage.
• A desolate voice called out for Eldest Senior Brother, briefly halting the fight.

Chen Changsheng awoke as the Twelve Demon Gods’ powers reshaped Zu Yuan’s body into his own, and the Devil Race hailed him as their new king. He renamed the Devil Race the Shamans and proclaimed himself their Ancestral Shaman.

• Chen Changsheng dreamed that he had caused the Great Calamity and that Leng Qingsong killed him after he slew Zu Yuan.
• A voice called Chen Changsheng awake, and he recognized it as Eldest Senior Brother’s voice but despaired when Eldest Senior Brother did not answer.
• The Twelve Demon Gods’ powers and Ouyang’s power of “life” lifted Chen Changsheng from the darkness and reshaped Zu Yuan’s body into Chen Changsheng’s.
• The Twelfth Grade Black Lotus bloomed, and the Devil Race gathered to witness their newborn king.
• Chen Changsheng stood before the bowing Devil Race and proclaimed that they would be renamed Shamans and that he would be the Ancestral Shaman.

Chen Changsheng used the souls of the dead from the future to transform the Devil Race into the Wu Clan and became their leader. As he reached a realm beyond the River of Time, he realized Ouyang had vanished from all three timelines and rushed toward the river in despair.

• Chen Changsheng redirected the Heaven and Earth Grand Array to purify countless wronged souls and send them into the Devil Race.
• The Devil Race gained divine souls, new forms, and the ability to comprehend Heaven and Earth's principles, becoming the Wu Clan under Chen Changsheng's leadership.
• The Wu Clan's gratitude lifted Chen Changsheng within the River of Time, raising his cultivation beyond the Immortals and the river itself.
• Chen Changsheng searched the timelines and discovered that Ouyang was absent from all three and had vanished from the world.
• Chen Changsheng roared in anguish and rushed toward the River of Time, leaving the bewildered Wu Clan behind.

Leng Qingsong defeated Bai Feiyu in a battle above the River of Time, and Chen Changsheng appeared demanding that they return Ouyang. The chapter ended with Chen Changsheng threatening to destroy heaven and earth and kill everyone if they refused.

• Leng Qingsong and Bai Feiyu fought in the void, each believing the other needed to be put in his place before they could seek a way to save Ouyang.
• Leng Qingsong unleashed the Heavenly Dao Sword, overcame Bai Feiyu’s Divine Laws Edicts and Heaven-Measuring Ruler, and held his sword to Bai Feiyu’s throat.
• Bai Feiyu accepted his defeat and recognized Leng Qingsong’s Sword Dao as superior.
• Chen Changsheng emerged from the River of Time, and Leng Qingsong called him trash, provoking laughter from Chen Changsheng.
• Chen Changsheng demanded that Leng Qingsong and Bai Feiyu return his Eldest Senior Brother, threatening to bring down heaven and earth and kill them all.

Chen Changsheng, overwhelmed by Ouyang’s apparent death, unleashed Death’s power and nearly destroyed the River of Time before a familiar voice stopped him. As the timeline rewrote their memories and replaced Ouyang with Hu Yun, the three senior disciples remembered Leng Qingsong as their eldest senior brother, while Ouyang vanished from the present.

• Chen Changsheng demanded that Leng Qingsong and Bai Feiyu tell him where Eldest Senior Brother was, then attacked them with the power of the Twelve Demon Gods.
• Grief and rage drove Chen Changsheng to unleash Death’s power and fall toward the River of Time, intending to destroy it along with himself.
• A gentle breeze stopped Chen Changsheng and stripped away Death’s power, after which he fell into the River of Time and begged Ouyang to take him away.
• Leng Qingsong and Bai Feiyu watched Chen Changsheng grieve in the River of Time, unable to bring Ouyang back.
• The River of Time rewrote the three disciples’ memories, replacing Ouyang with Hu Yun and making Leng Qingsong their eldest senior brother.
• Chen Changsheng and Bai Feiyu bowed to Leng Qingsong as Ouyang vanished completely from the present.

Chen Changsheng, Leng Qingsong, and Bai Feiyu transcended the River of Time and established a new order for Heaven and Earth. Leng Qingsong departed to guard the origin of the Dao, while the chapter ended with an unnamed person forgotten by the world.

• Chen Changsheng, Leng Qingsong, and Bai Feiyu attained the Supreme Sage Realm and agreed to unify Heaven and Earth.
• Leng Qingsong set rules for the gods, the Nine Hells, and cultivators who became immortals, while Chen Changsheng and Bai Feiyu accepted his decisions.
• Leng Qingsong announced the three sages' arrival, and visions spread across Heaven and Earth as a new age began.
• Leng Qingsong entered Chaos and reached the palace where he would guard the origin of the Dao.
• Chen Changsheng changed into a middle-aged figure and vanished, while Bai Feiyu remained youthful and bid him farewell until the next aeonic calamity.
• The world entered the age of sages and all living beings, and one person was utterly forgotten.

Leng Qingsong, Bai Feiyu, and Chen Changsheng each struggled with an unexplained emptiness after attaining supreme sagehood, while preparing for the next aeonic calamity in different ways. Bai Feiyu asked Chen Changsheng to help purge corrupt gods from the Divine Dao, and Chen Changsheng continued searching his timeline for the source of his pain.

• Leng Qingsong returned to Chaos and secluded himself in the Grand Void Palace, hoping to complete his Dao and reunite with his reincarnated master in the next Great Calamity.
• Bai Feiyu wondered about the empty future Grand Divine Sovereign seat and drank himself into dreams whenever his confusion and loneliness grew.
• Bai Feiyu discovered that some gods were exploiting loopholes in the Divine Laws and entered the River of Time to ask Chen Changsheng for help.
• Chen Changsheng agreed to help Bai Feiyu deal with the corrupt gods, then resumed carving marks into his boat while searching his timeline for a clue to his pain.
• Chen Changsheng reflected that he had traveled from a future apocalypse into the past and changed the world, yet still felt an overwhelming loneliness and sorrow.

Song Mu and Zhao Qiansun faced the three Sages’ overwhelming might as their paths diverged: Song Mu kept up his show of defiance, while Zhao Qiansun finally broke through to Tribulation Transcendence. Ten years later, Xiao Feng fought Hu Bing over the Ten Thousand Demon Nation’s rebellion and emerged carrying a bundle after their seven-day battle.

• Song Mu resisted the Sages’ might on the Sword Sect’s Main Hall roof while secretly struggling to maintain his confident pose.
• Zhao Qiansun recalled Ouyang and his reluctance to lead the Azure Cloud Sect, then broke through to the Tribulation Transcendence Stage and accepted his rising responsibility.
• Ten years after the three Sages attained Sagehood, Xiao Feng confronted Hu Bing, who had rebelled against the Ten Thousand Demon Nation and opposed coexistence with half-demons.
• Hu Bing rejected Xiao Feng’s offer to spare his life, and the two fought for seven days and seven nights, destroying the canyon and the surrounding area.
• Xiao Feng staggered out carrying a bundle, and his Eye of Heavenly Punishment unleashed Purple Firmament Divine Thunder that blasted a hole through the Thirty-Three Heavens as the Five Directional Divine Beasts Tattoo on his back seemed to come alive.

After defeating Hu Bing and absorbing the Five Directional Divine Beasts’ power, Xiao Feng survived a destructive transformation and dreamed of an alternate life in which he overcame the beasts’ control at great cost. He woke grieving Yan’er and resolved to find a way to revive her, then reached the Ten Thousand Demon Nation’s capital and reunited with Senior Sister.

• Xiao Feng collapsed after absorbing the Five Directional Divine Beasts’ essence, and the Peace Talisman kept his body from disintegrating as its powers struggled within him.
• Xiao Feng dreamed of another life in which he endured hardship, resisted the Five Directional Divine Beasts, lost his childhood sweetheart, and eventually mastered their powers.
• Xiao Feng awoke beneath the stars, reflected on his senior brothers’ rise and the dangers facing the Demon Race, and looked at the flower and Peace Talisman he had kept.
• Xiao Feng remembered that Yan’er had been his childhood companion and had died protecting him, then vowed to spare no cost to bring her back after the Peace Talisman showed signs of life.
• Xiao Feng walked to the capital of the Ten Thousand Demon Nation, where Senior Sister waited on the city wall, and collapsed after she thanked him for his hard work.

Daji, once Hu Tutu, reflected on how she had become the Ten Thousand Demon Nation’s ruler and united the divided Demon Race through brutal reforms. Holding a nameless wooden plaque, she wondered who the person she was seeking really was.

• Daji arrived outside the city walls, and the narration described how she had suppressed a coup and forced the Demon Race toward unity and prosperity.
• Daji remembered Chang Suzhen asking Hu Tutu what she would do as ruler, then ascending as shooting stars carried away many Great Demon Cultivators, including Su Xiaoqi.
• Hu Tutu grew from a five-year-old into a young woman, accepted the two powers within her, and became the Demon Race’s sole Tribulation Transcendence Stage Great Demon Cultivator.
• Hu Tutu vowed to unite the Demon Race so she could find the person she sought, even at the cost of her life.
• Daji took out a nameless wooden plaque and wondered who he was.

Daji reflected on her ruthless efforts to unite the Ten Thousand Demon Nation and the mysterious person she longed to find. After Xiao Feng rejected her honors and left, Daji slept for seven days and dreamed of her happier days at Little Mountain Peak, murmuring that she missed her Eldest Senior Brother.

• Daji decided that suppressing divisions among the demons was necessary to unite the Ten Thousand Demon Nation, despite the cruelty of her methods.
• Daji bestowed the title of Great Emperor on Xiao Feng, but he refused her help and left with the Dragon King Envoys.
• Xiao Feng told Daji that he would help her no longer and would regard her only as the ruler, not his Senior Sister.
• Daji returned to her palace and slept for seven days and nights, dreaming of her past at Little Mountain Peak.
• Daji dreamed of being carried on someone's shoulders and murmured that she missed her Eldest Senior Brother.

Hu Tutu remembered how Hu Yun named her and became her new father after arriving at Green Mound Mountain. When Hu Yun prepared to leave, she agreed to go with him to the Azure Cloud Sect after he promised she could return to visit the grandpas.

• Hu Yun met the unnamed little fox, embraced her, named her Hu Tutu, and became her father.
• Hu Yun cared for Hu Tutu with kindness and candied hawthorn skewers until he prepared to leave.
• Hu Tutu feared Hu Yun was abandoning her and promised to change, but he explained that parting was part of growing up.
• Hu Yun offered to take Hu Tutu with him, promising more candy, dependable senior brothers, and visits back to Green Mound Mountain.
• Hu Tutu agreed to leave with Hu Yun, and the Green Mound Mountain elders accepted her departure after he declared that none could stop her.
• Hu Tutu left Green Mound Mountain for the Azure Cloud Sect with Hu Yun.

Hu Yun brought Hu Tutu to the Azure Cloud Sect and left her in the care of his eldest disciple, Ouyang. After a mischievous trick and a scuffle between master and disciple, Hu Tutu met the senior brother she would live with.

• Hu Tutu arrived at the Azure Cloud Sect with Hu Yun and was amazed by the mountain.
• Ouyang came to meet them, joked crudely about Hu Yun, and learned that Hu Tutu was his newly adopted junior sister.
• Ouyang tricked Hu Yun into thinking Zhen'er had appeared, and Hu Yun and Ouyang wrestled on the mountain path.
• Hu Yun left Hu Tutu with Ouyang, who welcomed her as his little junior sister.

Hu Tutu recalled how the people around her helped her grow from a carefree little fox into someone who understood responsibility and trained to protect those she loved. During the Heaven-Crushing War, Chang Suzhen named her the future ruler of the Ten Thousand Demon Nation, then departed to fight, leaving Hu Tutu separated from her godmothers and finally grown up.

• Hu Tutu remembered discovering that Eldest Senior Brother had secretly endured great pain to help his fellow disciples, and she decided to become stronger rather than blame them.
• Hu Tutu trained seriously, developed rapidly, and began to reveal the beauty and power of a Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox.
• Godmother Tu Yun told Hu Tutu that her sense of impending danger might come from the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox ability to perceive the future.
• During the Heaven-Crushing War, Chang Suzhen told Hu Tutu she would become the future Ten Thousand Demon Nation Ruler.
• Hu Tutu wished Chang Suzhen success in attaining the Dao, and Chang Suzhen departed as a shooting star while Tu Yun and Green Mound left Hu Tutu to join the war.

After the Heaven-Turning Battle, Hu Tutu grieved for her lost loved ones and trained herself to become strong enough to protect her Eldest Senior Brother. She woke beneath his blue-green robe just as her three senior brothers attained Sagehood, but the nameless Waist Token left her wondering who her Eldest Senior Brother was.

• Hu Tutu sealed her senses and trained desperately in a valley, resolving to protect her Eldest Senior Brother and take him away if his senior brothers made him suffer more.
• After Hu Tutu collapsed from exhaustion, a man in a blue-green robe carried her toward the Ten Thousand Demon Nation Capital, and she cried about losing her godmothers and feared he would leave.
• The man called Hu Tutu Daji and predicted she would become a Great Female Emperor who unified the Demon Race.
• Hu Tutu fell asleep on the man's back, and he left his blue-green robe over her before disappearing.
• Hu Tutu woke beneath the robe as purple qi filled the sky and her three senior brothers attained Sagehood; the Ouyang Waist Token became nameless, and she wondered who her Eldest Senior Brother was.

Hu Tutu retained fragments of her memories of Ouyang and resolved to become the Demon Race Empress so she could uncover the identity of the blue-green-robed figure. After taking the name Daji and rapidly reaching Tribulation Transcendence, she faced a Nine-Nine Lightning Tribulation while the demon cultivators waited for her to die, but the tribulation abruptly vanished.

• Hu Tutu’s memories of Ouyang faded, but she remembered a mysterious blue-green-robed figure and resolved to become the Demon Race Empress to learn who he was.
• Hu Tutu stopped restraining her growth, aged into adulthood, took the name Daji, and absorbed the memories of her two godmothers.
• Daji rapidly advanced to the first level of Tribulation Transcendence, drawing a Nine-Nine Lightning Tribulation above the Capital of the Ten Thousand Demon Nation.
• Mahayana demon cultivators recognized Daji beneath the tribulation clouds but chose not to help, hoping her death would leave the throne open.
• Daji dispersed her true essence and stood still as the lightning gathered, but the Nine-Nine Lightning Tribulation suddenly disappeared.

Daji survived her nine-nine lightning tribulation with help from her three Sage senior brothers and became a Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox, awakening the ability to glimpse the future at a terrible cost. Determined to find a mysterious blue-green-robed figure and unite the Demon Race, she headed toward Ten Thousand Demon City ready to crush the forces opposing her.

• Daji's three Sage senior brothers dispersed her nine-nine lightning tribulation, and she completed her transformation into a Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox.
• Daji discovered that her second innate ability, Future Prediction, could be used only once at the half-step Sage realm and would cost her ninth tail and any chance of further cultivation.
• Daji decided that finding the blue-green-robed figure from her forgotten memories was worth paying that price.
• Daji resolved to earn great merit by uniting the Demon Race and concluded that the Ten Thousand Demon Hall and its Conservative Faction had to be suppressed.
• Daji entered Ten Thousand Demon City determined to use force against those who resisted her rule, ushering in a bloody upheaval in the Demon Race.

Centuries after the last Great Calamity, Heaven and Earth flourished under a stable balance among cultivators, Deities, and the Wu Clan. Sword Sect Master Song Mu gained the strongest claim to the title of Number One Under Heaven, while ordinary living beings began to doubt the severity of the calamity they had supposedly endured.

• The three Sages maintained the new order as cultivators, Deities, and the Wu Clan coexisted in a delicate balance.
• Daoist Zhao Qiansun led the former Azure Cloud Sect, while Daji unified the Demon Race and received a Jade Seal from the three Sages.
• Xiao Feng gathered rogue cultivators into the powerful Dragon King Hall and called for cultivators to roam freely.
• Song Mu became renowned for fighting and sealing a Sage, and Zhao Qiansun named him the foremost cultivator in the way of slaughter.
• The thirty-six Mortal Worlds began merging with the current world as humans, demons, Gods, and witches jointly governed the Mortal World.
• Living beings questioned whether the Great Calamity had truly affected them and claimed they could handle such a calamity themselves.