Chapter Summaries

Gu Changqing remade the wasteland with a single step and opened his eyes, revealing power that left Hongjun and the Primordial World’s observers stunned. When the Eye of Heavenly Punishment recoiled from his gaze, it collapsed before the battle began.

• Gu Changqing stepped onto the void, and golden ripples restored the ruined wasteland into divine soil beyond the Heavenly Dao’s jurisdiction.
• Hongjun watched through the Mysterious Light Mirror and realized Gu Changqing’s power surpassed anything he understood.
• Gu Changqing opened his eyes and looked toward the Eye of Heavenly Punishment above Southern Jambudvipa.
• The Eye of Heavenly Punishment trembled in fear and tried to retreat into the tribulation clouds.
• Gu Changqing withdrew his gaze, and the Eye of Heavenly Punishment’s gathered destruction law collapsed, shattering its pupil.

Gu Changqing watched the Primordial World collapse after the Eye of Heavenly Punishment shattered, then casually raised one hand toward the falling world. As Hongjun and the myriad beings watched, a colossal hand appeared across the sky.

• Gu Changqing shattered the Eye of Heavenly Punishment with a single glance, shocking Hongjun and inspiring Yang Jian and Nezha.
• Gu Changqing surveyed the collapsing Primordial Continent as the four primal elements ravaged its regions and the Nine Provinces Barrier faltered.
• Gu Changqing calmly extended his right hand and lifted his palm toward the disintegrating world.
• Hongjun watched in disbelief as a colossal hand appeared across the sky in response to Gu Changqing’s gesture.

Gu Changqing manifested a giant hand of the supreme Great Dao and used it to hold up the collapsing Primordial World. With the continents stabilized, Yin Jiao and the surviving people of Great Shang bowed to Gu Changqing in gratitude.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun recognized the giant hand as matching Gu Changqing’s own hand and wondered if Gu Changqing had simply enlarged it beyond measure.
• At Gu Changqing’s will, the giant hand gently caught the collapsing lands of the Primordial World and began to mend their rifts.
• The hand halted the continents’ descent and pressed their shattered lands back together, stopping the world’s collapse.
• Yin Jiao knelt and thanked Gu Changqing for saving the world, and Wen Zhong, Bi Gan, Shang Rong, and the surviving people of Great Shang joined him.

Gu Changqing used the giant hand holding up the Primordial World to control its raging earth, water, fire, and wind, then gathered the destructive chaos qi into his palm. He crushed Hongjun’s world-ending trump card without causing an explosion, leaving the Primordial World intact.

• Hongjun declared that the chaos qi would destroy the world and challenged Gu Changqing to keep holding it up.
• Gu Changqing closed the giant hand, bringing the raging earth, water, fire, and wind to a complete halt.
• The giant hand drew all the destructive origins and chaos qi from across the Primordial World into its palm.
• Gu Changqing clenched his fist and crushed the gathered sphere of chaos qi into nothingness.
• The giant hand opened to reveal an empty palm as the calamity ended across the Primordial World.

Gu Changqing crushed the world-destroying chaos and then erased the Eye of Heavenly Punishment with a single backhanded slap. Dao Ancestor Hongjun realized how utterly outmatched he was as the Primordial World fell silent.

• The survivors across the Primordial World froze in awe after Gu Changqing crushed the chaos energy core.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun admitted defeat and understood that Gu Changqing was an unfathomable being beyond the Dao.
• Gu Changqing turned his gaze toward the collapsing Eye of Heavenly Punishment and raised his hand.
• Gu Changqing struck the Eye of Heavenly Punishment with a backhanded slap, shattering it and annihilating its origin and will.
• The illusory palm faded, leaving the sky slightly dented as the Primordial World returned to stillness.

The white-robed Deity of the Ruined Temple shattered the Eye of Heavenly Punishment with a slap, leaving the Primordial World in awed silence. Tongtian recognized that a transcendence beyond the Dao truly existed, while the puppet Sages were left with their understanding and pride destroyed.

• The white-robed figure shattered the Eye of Heavenly Punishment with a single slap, and the surviving beings heard only their own heartbeats.
• Yin Jiao and the Great Shang ministers prostrated themselves before the Deity of the Ruined Temple, whom they credited with saving the world.
• Tongtian laughed and wept as he realized the transcendence he and his teacher had sought existed beyond the Dao.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Jieyin silently witnessed the white-robed figure defeat the calamity and shatter Heavenly Punishment, leaving their beliefs and pride in ruins.

After Gu Changqing destroyed the Eye of Heavenly Punishment, Hongjun suffered a devastating backlash that severed most of his connection to the Heavenly Dao Origin. When Gu Changqing looked toward Purple Heaven Palace, Hongjun was overwhelmed by terror and collapsed unconscious.

• The destruction of the Eye of Heavenly Punishment caused Hongjun to cough up purple-gold Sage Blood and lose ninety percent of his connection to the Heavenly Dao Origin.
• Hongjun realized that his realm and Sage seat were collapsing as the Heavenly Dao Origin returned to heaven and earth.
• Hongjun concluded that Gu Changqing existed above the Heavenly Dao and feared that the Primordial World was insignificant to him.
• Hongjun tried to prepare himself to beg Gu Changqing for mercy, but his words caught in his throat when Gu Changqing looked toward Purple Heaven Palace.
• Gu Changqing's placid gaze struck Hongjun's Primordial Spirit, and Hongjun toppled from his meditation cushion unconscious.

After the white-robed man shattered Heavenly Punishment, Laozi, Yuanshi, and Jieyin confronted the collapse of the beliefs they had built as Heavenly Dao Sages. Their wills began to stir beneath Hongjun’s control, but they were left despairing at how far they stood from the true Dao.

• Yuanshi Tianzun’s Chan Sect doctrine crumbled as he remembered condemning Tongtian and sending the Interception Sect’s immortals to the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Yuanshi Tianzun’s suppressed will briefly awakened, and he recognized that his Dao had been disastrously wrong.
• Laozi saw the white-robed man unite creation, destruction, action, and non-action, and questioned whether he had ever touched the Dao’s threshold.
• Jieyin’s Buddhist heart faltered as he realized that the Sages had helped Hongjun slaughter living beings while the supposed demon had saved the world.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Jieyin recognized that their Sage power made them insignificant supporting players beside the white-robed man.

After destroying the Heavenly Dao and saving the Primordial World, Gu Changqing explained that he acted because the Heavenly Dao was too noisy. He turned back toward his temple, pausing to consider what to do with the shattered world.

• Gu Changqing surveyed the Sages, his disciples, and the beings across the Primordial World, calming them with his gaze.
• Gu Changqing told all existence that he had no wish to be touched by dust, and the Sages understood that he meant Hongjun, the Heavenly Dao, and the world's karma.
• Gu Changqing said the Heavenly Dao had been too noisy, leaving the living stunned and Hongjun spitting blood in humiliation.
• Yang Jian and Nezha recognized that Gu Changqing had destroyed the Heavenly Dao because it had disturbed his peace.
• Gu Changqing turned toward his ruined temple, then paused to consider how to deal with the shattered Primordial World.

Gu Changqing decided to restore the Primordial World by giving every being the ability to cultivate independently. He implanted the Foundation Section of the Mythic Great Luo Technique in every survivor, and mortals across the world began cultivating.

• Gu Changqing saw that the shattered Primordial World could no longer function under its old order and decided to let every component operate on its own.
• Gu Changqing flicked his finger and sent an invisible ripple across the entire Primordial World.
• An old farmer, a Demon Clan child, and a young novice monk each felt new abilities awaken within them.
• Every surviving mortal received the Mythic Great Luo Technique's Foundation Section, which they instantly understood.
• Mortals across the Primordial World began drawing on spiritual energy, and streams of new auras rose as they broke the Immortals and Gods' monopoly on cultivation.

Gu Changqing’s Mythic Great Luo Technique enabled every living being to cultivate, and mortals across the Nine Provinces rapidly gained power and began advancing toward immortality. The Sages realized that Gu Changqing was raising up Humanity’s Dao as a new order, while Yang Jian and Nezha understood that he had given humanity the means to control its own fate.

• Mortals across the Nine Provinces used the Mythic Great Luo Technique to heal injuries, regain vitality, and sense spiritual energy.
• Countless people began cultivating without needing spiritual roots or special aptitude, and many rapidly advanced to immortal realms.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Jieyin sensed Humanity’s Dao rising above the Immortal Dao and the Heavenly Dao.
• Yuanshi Tianzun realized Gu Changqing intended to establish a new heaven through the will of countless living beings.
• Nezha wondered whether Gu Changqing had made the entire Primordial World into his Ruined Temple, while Yang Jian bowed and recognized that Gu Changqing had given humanity dignity and control over its fate.

As mortals adopted the Mythic Great Luo Technique, they reclaimed fortune from the Heavenly Dao, rapidly draining the source that sustained Hongjun. With his power collapsing, Hongjun fused with the Heavenly Dao’s core and lost himself, leaving the Primordial World’s Heavenly Dao fully awakened.

• Countless mortals cultivated through the Mythic Great Luo Technique, drawing fortune from the Heavenly Dao and causing its Origin to run dry.
• Hongjun tried to cut off the mortals’ access to spiritual energy and reclaim the fortune, but the technique bypassed his authority.
• As the Heavenly Dao Origin dwindled, Hongjun’s cultivation and physical condition deteriorated, and he faced the loss of his standing.
• Desperate, Hongjun plunged his primordial spirit into the Heavenly Dao’s core, accepting the loss of his identity rather than fall powerless.
• The core awakened and took Hongjun’s form, but his emotions and consciousness were gone, leaving the fully activated Heavenly Dao.

Heavenly Dao Hongjun judged that he could not defeat Gu Changqing through ordinary means and ordered the Primordial World to burn all its accumulated origin in a final attack. As the world collapsed into the Heavenly Dao Wheel, Hongjun unleashed it upon Gu Changqing.

• Heavenly Dao Hongjun’s calculations identified Gu Changqing as a world-ending threat and confirmed a final measure of mutual destruction.
• Hongjun activated the edict, draining the Primordial World’s spiritual energy and severing Kong Xuan, Nezha, and Yang Jian from their powers.
• The Thirty-Three Heavens collapsed as the world’s earth veins, elemental origins, River of Time, fate, and karma were consumed as fuel.
• Hongjun gathered the Primordial World’s origin into himself and reached the pinnacle of the Heavenly Dao Realm.
• Hongjun transformed the Purple Heaven Palace and the world’s origin into the Heavenly Dao Wheel and sent it down upon Gu Changqing.

The Heavenly Dao Wheel unleashed the Primordial World's final annihilation against Gu Changqing, leaving his allies certain he could not withstand it. Gu Changqing calmly raised one finger and touched the wheel's core, and the chapter ended at the moment of contact.

• The Heavenly Dao Wheel descended with the Primordial World's full power, immobilizing Yang Jian, Nezha, and Kong Xuan beneath its pressure.
• Yang Jian tried to reach Gu Changqing, while Nezha's Lotus Incarnation cracked and Kong Xuan's Five-Colored Divine Light failed.
• Gu Changqing faced the wheel without turning around or drawing his wooden sword, then raised one finger.
• Yuanshi Tianzun's Puppet Body watched in horror as Heavenly Dao Hongjun activated the final annihilation sequence.
• The Heavenly Dao Wheel accelerated toward Gu Changqing, and its core touched his fingertip.

Gu Changqing touched the core of the Heavenly Dao Wheel, and his power erased the Laws holding it together. The wheel shattered into nothingness, ending Heavenly Dao Hongjun’s attempt to destroy the world.

• Gu Changqing touched the core of the Heavenly Dao Wheel, plunging the world into stillness.
• Cracks spread from his fingertip across the wheel as its Laws began to disintegrate.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun felt the power erasing the wheel and cried out in disbelief.
• The power reached Hongjun’s remaining consciousness and cut off his roar.
• The Heavenly Dao Wheel shattered into countless fragments that faded into nothingness.

After the Heavenly Dao Wheel shattered, Hongjun lost his power and fell toward the mortal world, while Gu Changqing remained unharmed. Gu Changqing turned his attention back to his damaged temple, still dissatisfied with its appearance.

• The destruction of the Heavenly Dao Wheel released Primordial Origin that restored the Primordial World’s spiritual energy, water sources, mountains, and rivers.
• Hongjun emerged from the vanished Law fragments with his cultivation reduced to early Quasi-Saint and his foundation and Dao Fruit shattered.
• Hongjun tried to stop himself from falling, but his damaged body could not summon any immortal power, and he plunged toward Southern Jambudvipa.
• Gu Changqing ignored the falling Hongjun, while Yang Jian and Nezha struggled to comprehend how quickly their master had ended the catastrophe.
• Gu Changqing turned toward his battered Daoist sanctuary and frowned at its dilapidated appearance.

Gu Changqing remade his ruined temple into a grand Daoist Sanctuary and ordered Yang Jian, Nezha, and Kong Xuan to deal with the defeated Sage puppets. Meanwhile, the badly injured Hongjun crashed near Chaoge and tried to flee, only to encounter a hungry black dog.

• Gu Changqing transformed the Ruined Temple into a magnificent Daoist Sanctuary and returned to his reclining chair.
• Gu Changqing told Yang Jian to take care of the trash, and Yang Jian, Nezha, and Kong Xuan moved to confront Laozi, Yuanshi, and Jieyin.
• Gu Changqing sensed Hongjun falling toward Southern Jambudvipa and turned his attention to him.
• Hongjun crashed into the wilderness outside Chaoge, crawled from the crater, and limped away while vowing to hide from Gu Changqing.
• A black dog wearing Red Floral Underpants around its neck spotted Hongjun and stared at him like a meal.

Xiaotian Dog confronted the defeated Hongjun and forced him to become its human pet, Wangcai. Hongjun knelt and accepted, as the old era of the Primordial World ended and the era of Humanity's Dao and the Ruined Temple began.

• Xiaotian Dog startled Hongjun with a bark and inspected him as potential material for a human pet.
• Xiaotian Dog declared itself the Chaos Heaven-Swallowing Dog and claimed it had fed on the Three Thousand Demon Gods and bitten Pangu.
• Xiaotian Dog threatened to eat Hongjun unless he accepted the name Wangcai and became its heaven-rank human pet.
• Hongjun knelt before Xiaotian Dog and accepted the name Wangcai to avoid being eaten.
• Xiaotian Dog celebrated Hongjun's submission, and the narration declared the old era over.

After Gu Changqing shattered the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun destroyed its origin, the Primordial World expanded and filled with primordial chaos qi, triggering an unprecedented evolution among all living things. As the world entered a new golden age, an ancient presence stirred beneath Kunlun Mountain.

• Laozi and Yuanshi watched Hongjun become Lucky the black dog's pet; Yuanshi fainted from the shock while Laozi silently accepted the end of the old era.
• The Primordial World began expanding rapidly, with its continents growing and new lands emerging.
• Laozi realized the Heavenly Dao's shackles had shattered, allowing xiantian spiritual qi and then xiantian chaos qi to fill the world.
• Humans, animals, and plants across the Nine Provinces underwent sudden breakthroughs, healing, and transformation from the chaos qi.
• The expanding earth veins opened a crack in an ancient seal beneath Kunlun Mountain, and a bronze-rusted eyelid slowly opened.

As the Primordial World expanded, Gu Changqing’s Daoist Sanctuary absorbed vast merit and ascended beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens, becoming the Primordial Origin Supreme Divine Temple. Gu Changqing remained unbothered as his system unlocked its final module and raised his cultivation to an ineffable realm.

• Yang Jian, Nezha, and Kong Xuan advanced their cultivation on the Divine Land while watching over Gu Changqing’s temple.
• A vast river of merit gathered from Gu Changqing’s achievements descended upon the Daoist Sanctuary.
• The merit transformed the Daoist Sanctuary, which rose above the heavens to overlook the Primordial World.
• The sanctuary evolved into the Primordial Origin Supreme Divine Temple, with its pillars, tiles, and stone door transformed by the merit.
• Gu Changqing glanced at the changing world and newly awakened beings, then closed his eyes as the system unlocked its final module and elevated his cultivation to an ineffable realm.