Chapter Summaries

Yang Jian, Nezha, and Kong Xuan announced that the rebuilt Heavenly Court would be founded on Humanity’s Dao, with humans setting its laws and serving as its rulers. Yang Jian elevated Yin Jiao to the early Quasi-Saint realm and named him the first human Heavenly Emperor as the new order began.

• Yang Jian told Yin Jiao and Great Shang’s ministers that the new Heavenly Court would serve Humanity and that humans would establish its laws.
• Kong Xuan nominated Yin Jiao as the first human Heavenly Emperor, and Yin Jiao initially protested that he was unworthy.
• Yang Jian infused Yin Jiao with chaotic power, raising his cultivation to the early Quasi-Saint realm.
• Yang Jian assigned himself to lead the Eight Divisions of Righteous Gods, Nezha to command one hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, and Kong Xuan to bring the myriad races into Humanity’s Dao.
• Yang Jian proclaimed the new order across the Primordial World, and people throughout the Nine Provinces celebrated the beginning of Humanity’s era.

Gu Changqing reached the unspeakable realm, transformed his system into a Dao Stele, and continued to seek peace in his temple. Sect Master Tongtian brought the surviving Interception Sect immortals to plead for refuge, and Gu Changqing accepted them as temple servants.

• Gu Changqing reached the unspeakable realm, and the system completed its mission and became the Primordial Origin Dao Stele.
• Gu Changqing created and erased universes in a small pond, then prepared to nap until Sect Master Tongtian and the Interception Sect immortals knocked at the temple doors.
• Tongtian led the Interception Sect in pleading for forgiveness and offering to dissolve the sect and serve as menials.
• Gu Changqing decided the temple could use servants and told the immortals to stay in the servants' quarters, provided they made no loud noises.
• Tongtian and the Ten Thousand Immortals thanked Gu Changqing and accepted their new roles as servants of the Primordial Origin Supreme Divine Temple.

Xiaotian Dog paraded Hongjun, now called Wangcai, through a human city and made him beg like a dog for a Spirit Stone. When Xiaotian Dog sensed his master had awakened, he hurried back to the Primordial Origin Supreme Divine Temple with Hongjun in tow.

• Xiaotian Dog led Hongjun through the city on a magical rope as passersby mocked and pitied the former Dao Ancestor.
• Xiaotian Dog boasted to the crowd that he had subdued Hongjun and made him his human pet, Wangcai.
• Xiaotian Dog offered Hongjun an Upper-Grade Spirit Stone as a reward, and Hongjun barked and begged before eagerly eating it.
• Xiaotian Dog sensed his master had awakened, kicked Hongjun to hurry him along, and flew toward the Primordial Origin Supreme Divine Temple.

After Hongjun’s humiliating fate spread across the Primordial World, the myriad races turned their faith toward Gu Changqing and raised statues in his honor. Their offerings formed a vast star river around the Primordial Origin Supreme Divine Temple, which Gu Changqing treated as a brighter night-light before going back to sleep.

• Xiaotian Dog returned to the Primordial Origin Supreme Divine Temple with Hongjun, and news of Hongjun’s submission spread across the Primordial World.
• Human Emperor Yin Jiao, after consulting Wen Zhong, Bi Gan, and his ministers, ordered Humanity’s resources used to cast a giant statue of Gu Changqing outside Chaoge City.
• Yin Jiao, Humanity’s officials, and people across the world worshiped the statue, generating an immense stream of pure faith.
• The Demon Clan, Witch Clan, Dragon Race, Phoenix Clan, and other races erected statues and sent their faith toward Humanity’s statue, which transformed into Faith Divine Metal.
• The gathered faith rose to the temple and formed a dazzling star river around it.
• Gu Changqing glanced at the star river, called it a brighter night-light, and went back to sleep.

After centuries of growth, the Primordial World reached the limits of its crystal wall system and began drifting toward higher planes in the Boundary Sea. Gu Changqing considered stopping its transition, but the Dao Stele offered a more appealing alternative: expand his sanctuary by devouring and merging with the myriad worlds.

• Humanity and the Primordial World flourished under Yin Jiao's rule, with powerful immortals emerging and the continent and oceans expanding enormously.
• The world's crystal wall system warned Gu Changqing that its limits had been reached and that the Primordial World might transition to a higher-level plane.
• Gu Changqing saw cracks in the crystal wall and glimpsed countless different worlds in the Boundary Sea.
• Gu Changqing tried to repair the cracks, but sensed that the world and its inhabitants yearned to ascend, so stopping the transition could make the world resentful and noisy.
• The Dao Stele proposed several solutions, including letting the world transition or having Gu Changqing expand his sanctuary by devouring and merging with other worlds.
• Gu Changqing found the plan to turn the myriad worlds into his back garden interesting.

As the Primordial World’s Heavenly Secrets became chaotic, Ancestor Minghe seized the moment to launch an assault on Pingxin Hall and take control of Reincarnation. The Asura army surged toward Houtu, leaving the Nine Nether on the brink of upheaval.

• Houtu sensed the world’s impending transformation and the growing aura of slaughter rising from the Blood Sea.
• Indra and the other Asura leaders urged Ancestor Minghe to attack the Heavenly Court and establish an Asura nation.
• Ancestor Minghe decided that he first had to overcome Houtu and seize the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Ancestor Minghe claimed he could use the Blood Sea Formation to sever Houtu’s connection to Reincarnation.
• Ancestor Minghe ordered the entire Asura army to attack Pingxin Hall, and hundreds of millions of Asuras marched toward it.

As Ancestor Minghe's Blood Sea forces overwhelmed Pingxin Hall and damaged the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk, Houtu reached out to the Primordial Origin Supreme Divine Temple for protection. She sent her final wisp of Divine Sense toward the temple as the Asura army closed in.

• Ancestor Minghe invaded Pingxin Hall with his Asura army and demanded Houtu surrender the core of Reincarnation.
• Houtu refused, insisting that Reincarnation preserved the balance of the Three Realms.
• Minghe attacked the Reincarnation Disk with the Blood Sea, wounding Houtu and cracking the disk.
• Houtu prepared to destroy her Dao Fruit rather than let Reincarnation fall, but sensed the Primordial Origin Supreme Divine Temple.
• Houtu burned her remaining Origin power and sent a wisp of Divine Sense to the Divine Venerable, seeking protection.

Houtu’s failing Divine Sense reached Gu Changqing to plead for help as chaos in Nine Nether threatened Reincarnation. Gu Changqing accepted her Netherworld Incense Offerings and began preparing a reward, leaving its nature unrevealed.

• Gu Changqing sensed Houtu’s weak Divine Sense enter the Primordial Origin Supreme Divine Temple and nearly erased it before she knelt and sobbed.
• Houtu’s Divine Sense revealed that Minghe had rebelled amid chaos in Nine Nether and trapped her in the City of Sorrow.
• Gu Changqing recognized Houtu’s pure motive for creating Reincarnation and decided to intervene because he disliked the disturbance in his domain.
• Gu Changqing told Houtu to raise her head, identified her plea as Netherworld Incense Offerings, and accepted her Fortune Origin.
• Gu Changqing promised to reward Houtu with enough to settle matters all at once, but had not yet revealed what he would give.

Gu Changqing rewarded Houtu with the Six Paths Reincarnation Heavenly Art and a method for making her Six Paths Reincarnation Disk imitate the Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Jar. Houtu left the Primordial Origin Supreme Divine Temple transformed and devoted, while Gu Changqing returned to sleep.

• Gu Changqing told Houtu that she had misunderstood reincarnation and gave her the Six Paths Reincarnation Heavenly Art, a blueprint for creating six independent universes.
• Houtu received the art and saw its vision of the Deva, Human, Asura, Animal, Hungry Ghost, and Hell Realm Universes joined in a grand cycle.
• Gu Changqing gave Houtu a method to make the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk imitate the Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Jar and use its power to destroy threats.
• Houtu thanked Gu Changqing with fervent devotion, and he sent her divine sense out of the temple.
• Gu Changqing yawned, lay back down, and returned to sleep.

Houtu awakened to overwhelming divine power as Ancestor Minghe attacked her, then erased him with a single palm strike. With Minghe and his forces’ leader gone, the Nine Nether Underworld fell silent.

• Shiva defeated King Qin Guang and urged the surviving underworld defenders to surrender to Minghe.
• Ancestor Minghe attacked Houtu with Yuantu and Abi, intending to destroy her completely.
• Houtu opened her eyes and unleashed a divine might that terrified Minghe and made his swords recoil.
• Houtu struck Minghe with one palm, crushing his body, treasures, Dao Fruit, and Divine Soul before swallowing every trace of him.
• King Qin Guang, Shiva, and the surviving ghosts, deities, and Asuras watched as the Nine Nether fell silent.

Houtu killed Ancestor Minghe and reshaped the Nine Nether Underworld into an independent Netherworld Universe, becoming its supreme sovereign. She imprisoned the Asura Clan in a new nineteenth level of hell and declared that the underworld’s people served the Divine Lord.

• Houtu destroyed Ancestor Minghe with a single palm strike, and the Asura army fled in panic.
• Houtu used the Six Paths Reincarnation Heavenly Art and the Creation Blueprint to separate the Nine Nether Underworld from the Primordial World and create six independent worlds around a Reincarnation Core.
• The newborn Netherworld Universe empowered Houtu beyond the Quasi-Saint level, making her its sole sovereign.
• Houtu confined the Asura Clan and the Netherworld Blood Sea in a nineteenth level of hell, where the Asuras would suffer until their sins were cleansed.
• King Qin Guang, the surviving ghost gods, and Houtu pledged reverence to the Divine Lord, sending their cries of faith toward the divine temple.

After Houtu rebuilt the Underworld as the Netherworld Universe, she sent the Ten Yama Kings to offer Netherworld Source Liquid to Gu Changqing. He accepted the tribute as a drink and sent a mysterious blessing to every Underworld Ghost Messenger as the kings fled home.

• Houtu directed the Ten Yama Kings to carry ten bottles of Netherworld Source Liquid to Gu Changqing’s temple as tribute.
• The Ten Yama Kings reached the temple, knelt before its closed gate, and presented the bottles in silence.
• Gu Changqing opened the gate, told them to leave the offerings and go, then swallowed all ten bottles as a drink.
• Gu Changqing sent a streak of gray light after the returning Ten Yama Kings, where it divided and entered every Underworld Ghost Messenger.

After the Ten Halls of Yama returned to the Netherworld, a Divine Venerable bestowed the Underworld’s ghost officers with the max-level Spirit Summoning and Commanding ability. Houtu ordered them to use it to enslave the Asura Race and build an army for the Underworld.

• The Ten Halls of Yama returned to the Netherworld, shaken by the Divine Venerable’s overwhelming aura.
• A gray light spread the Spirit Summoning and Commanding ability to every Underworld ghost officer, granting them the power to seal divine souls and command them as spirit generals.
• Houtu realized the ability could transform the Underworld’s law enforcement and greatly increase its combat strength.
• Houtu ordered all ghost officers to master the ability and sent the Ten Halls of Yama to enslave all eight hundred and forty million Asuras.
• Houtu bowed toward the Divine Venerable and pledged her loyalty to the Netherworld.

Over several hundred years, the Three Realms flourished under systems aligned with Gu Changqing’s authority, making him the Primordial World’s supreme ruler behind the scenes. Gu Changqing awoke when a warning revealed that the world had reached the Crystal Wall System’s limits and might soon jump to a higher-level Myriad Heavens Plane.

• Yin Jiao established a Heavenly Court devoted to serving Humanity, while Yang Jian, Nezha, Kong Xuan, and others helped organize its divine offices.
• Humanity grew stronger through the Mythic Great Luo Technique and innate Chaos Qi, and Gu Changqing’s divine statue became a revered totem across the Primordial World.
• The Underworld expanded its forces through Spirit Summoning and Commanding, converting over eighty percent of the Asura Race into appointed enforcers.
• The Three Realms consolidated their authority and faith around Gu Changqing and the Primordial Origin Supreme Divine Temple, making him the world’s unseen supreme ruler.
• Gu Changqing awoke from a dream when a mechanical warning said the Primordial World had reached the Crystal Wall System’s limits and might jump to a higher-level plane.

Gu Changqing realized that the Primordial World’s rapid growth had pushed its Crystal Wall to the brink of rupture, forcing him to consider acting to contain the danger. Beyond the wall, ancient Chaos Demon Gods awakened and set out to devour the unguarded world, leaving an immense threat approaching.

• Gu Changqing sensed that the Primordial World’s Crystal Wall was cracking under the world’s rapid development and its desire to ascend.
• Gu Changqing saw higher-level worlds beyond the Crystal Wall and considered drawing potential noisy neighbors into his domain.
• Gu Changqing sensed ancient beings awakening in the deepest Chaos Sea.
• Chaos Demon Gods emerged from Guixu after discovering that Pangu’s Heavenly Dao barrier had vanished.
• The Chaos Demon Gods headed toward the Primordial World, intending to devour and destroy it.

Three thousand surviving Chaos Demon Gods emerged from Guixu and raced toward the Primordial World, hoping to devour it and gain revenge on Pangu. Gu Changqing prepared to confront them, and his first movement unleashed a power that froze the Primordial World and the Chaos Sea.

• Daoist Shichen led the Chaos Demon Gods toward the Primordial World, claiming its Heavenly Dao had collapsed and its Origin was ripe for them to devour.
• Great Immortal Yang Mei sensed something ominous about the world but chose to follow the others, ready to flee if danger appeared.
• Gu Changqing learned the Chaos Demon Gods were approaching and regarded them as useful material for expanding the Primordial World.
• Xiaotian Dog offered to fight the newcomers, but Gu Changqing dismissed it and told it to stay out of the way.
• Gu Changqing rose from the Supreme Divine Throne, and an overwhelming power froze the Supreme Divine Temple, the Primordial World, and the Chaos Sea.

Yang Mei, Shichen, and nearly a hundred Chaos Demon Gods led an army of Chaos Beasts from Guixu toward the Primordial World. They tore open the world’s barrier, leaving its Three Realms facing an invasion that threatened their destruction.

• Yang Mei and Shichen sensed that the restraints keeping them in Guixu had vanished, and they resolved to devour the Primordial World’s Origin.
• Shichen and Yang Mei led nearly a hundred Chaos Demon Gods and hundreds of millions of Chaos Beasts toward the Primordial World.
• Living beings throughout the Three Realms felt a shock as cracks spread across the Primordial World Fetal Membrane.
• Yang Mei and Shichen seized the barrier and tore open a vast breach, allowing Chaos Qi to pour into the world.
• The Chaos Demon Gods and their army appeared beyond the breach, bringing the Primordial World to the brink of destruction.

When the Primordial World’s fetal membrane was torn, the Chaos Demon Gods’ pressure devastated its inhabitants and corrupted the laws governing the Heavenly Court and Underworld. Yang Mei and Shichen surveyed the helpless world, and Shichen erased a vast mountain range from time while mocking Pangu.

• The Chaos Demon Gods’ pressure swept across the Primordial Three Realms, killing mortals and shattering the minds and bodies of cultivators.
• Humanity’s newly ascended immortals fell from the Heavenly Court as disorder corrupted the gods’ divine authority.
• The pressure shook the Netherworld, scattering souls in the reincarnation passage and terrifying the Asura Race’s Spirit-Summoning Divine Army.
• Yang Mei surveyed the despairing Primordial World and praised its inhabitants’ fear.
• Shichen stripped a mountain range and its inhabitants from the present by removing its time of existence, then mocked Pangu and the world he had protected.

As the Chaos Demon Gods threatened to destroy the Primordial World, Yin Jiao rang the Eastern Emperor Bell and rallied the world's races to battle. Tongtian then led the Interception Sect's ten thousand immortals out of the temple to confront the invaders.

• Yin Jiao used the Eastern Emperor Bell to break through Chaos's crushing pressure and issued a battle decree to cultivators across the Three Realms.
• Human cultivators and the Demon Clan, Witch Clan, Dragon Race, and other races rallied to fight the Chaos Demon Gods, though the outcome depended on the battle above the Nine Heavens.
• Tongtian left the temple's Servants' Room with the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords and declared that the demons were disturbing his master's quiet.
• Zhao Gongming, the Three Xiao, Wudang Holy Mother, and the Interception Sect's ten thousand immortals followed Tongtian toward the boundary of Chaos.

Sect Master Tongtian confronted the Chaos army alone and used Mythic Great Luo Sword Intent to cut through Yang Mei’s Spatial Strangulation. Yang Mei recognized Tongtian’s power with disbelief as Tongtian challenged him to attack again.

• Yang Mei unleashed Spatial Strangulation against Tongtian, trapping him in collapsing space and countless Spatial Blades.
• Tongtian revealed that his Dao Fruit had been reshaped into Mythic Great Luo and said his sword could cleave the Spatial Barrier.
• Tongtian split Yang Mei’s spatial prison with one sword stroke and emerged unharmed.
• Tongtian called Yang Mei too weak and told him to come again, leaving both armies stunned.
• Yang Mei realized Tongtian’s Sword Intent had defined his Space Law as ineffective and reacted with disbelief.