Chapter Summaries

Houtu attained Sagehood by creating reincarnation, and the Twelve Ancestral Wu’s formation presented Pangu’s remnant image before the Heavenly Dao. Hongjun fled in fear, the Heavenly Dao accepted Houtu as a Sage, and Houtu named Xu You Lord of Reincarnation.

• Hongjun decided not to stop Houtu from becoming an Earthly Dao Saint because he expected her to be trapped in the Underworld and the Witch Clan’s formation to lose its power.
• Hongjun realized Houtu had obtained the Primordial Purple Qi and was still deploying the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Fiends Great Formation.
• The formation’s Pangu remnant image presented the Primordial Purple Qi to the Heavenly Dao, and its voice calling Hongjun frightened him into abandoning his plans and fleeing into chaos.
• The Heavenly Dao accepted Houtu’s claim to Sagehood, and the Twelve Ancestral Wu congratulated her as she discovered she could wield Sage-level power beyond the Underworld.
• Houtu declared the Netherworld Underworld established and named Xu You its Lord of Reincarnation, startling the gathered Ancestral Wu, Nüwa, the Three Pure Ones, Zhunti, and Jieyin.

Houtu appointed Xu You as the Lord of Reincarnation, and the Heavenly Dao granted him the Book of Life and Death and the Judge's Pen. Gu Yuena struggled to accept that her instant master had gained such a high position, while people across the Douluo Continent began considering how merit might help them become gods.

• Living beings across the Primordial World were stunned when Houtu named Xu You the Lord of Reincarnation, and Gu Yuena wondered if he was her instant master.
• Xu You teased Gu Yuena about remaining his disciple and reflected that he had let Houtu become a Sage first, hoping she might later help him reach Sagehood.
• Houtu's decree took effect, and the Heavenly Dao granted Xu You the mantle of the Lord of Reincarnation along with the Book of Life and Death and the Judge's Pen.
• Gu Yuena was shocked that Xu You had received two Super Divine Artifacts, while Douluo Continent's people watched the Sage-making events and reconsidered the role of merit.
• Factions and Soul Masters across Douluo debated earning merit by defeating Evil Soul Masters or resisting the Abyss Plane invasion, but Douluo's Heavenly Dao gave no response.

Ancestor Minghe despaired after Houtu became a Sage and took control of the Netherworld, while Di Tian watched Zi JI’s cultivation surge after she learned the Ancestral Dragon Scripture. Zi JI easily destroyed her 300,000-year Heavenly Tribulation, leaving the Ferocious Beasts stunned.

• Ancestor Minghe raged that Houtu had become a Sage and taken his Netherworld Blood Sea and Asura Path, and Zhu Jiuyin wondered whether Xu You was behind it.
• Di Tian despaired over his lord’s subjugation by Xu You and doubted she could ever turn things around.
• Zi JI told Di Tian she had cultivated the Ancestral Dragon Scripture and had risen from 290,000 to 300,000 years of cultivation.
• Di Tian warned Zi JI to suppress her Heavenly Tribulation, while Bi Ji and the other Soul Beasts gathered in concern.
• Zi JI faced the Heavenly Tribulation, strengthened herself by cultivating the Ancestral Dragon Scripture, and shattered the lightning with ease.
• Di Tian, the Myriad Demon King, Xiong Jun, and the other Ferocious Beasts stared in disbelief at Zi JI’s effortless victory.

Zi JI survived her tribulation after learning the Ancestral Dragon Scripture, prompting Di Tian to test the technique and sense an approaching tribulation of his own. Meanwhile, Tang San steered Tang Wulin toward the Mysterious Heaven Skill, while Xu You gained Gonggong’s Water-element power and left Gu Yuena alarmed by his growing strength.

• Zi JI returned unharmed from her 300,000-year tribulation and said she had cultivated the Ancestral Dragon Scripture.
• Di Tian circulated the Ancestral Dragon Scripture and sensed that his 900,000-year tribulation was approaching with less oppressive force than before.
• Tang Wulin asked Tang San if he could cultivate the Ancestral Dragon Scripture, but Tang San forbade it and taught him the Mysterious Heaven Skill, Purple Demon Eye, and Mysterious Jade Hand.
• Xu You considered reincarnating but rejected the idea because of its risks.
• Houtu gave Xu You the Reincarnation Underworld’s karmic fortune treasure and transferred Gonggong’s Water-element power to him, shocking Gu Yuena with his increased strength.

After gaining Gonggong’s Dao Fruit, Xu You recognized that Houtu’s rise as a Sage had not prevented the Witch-Demon War. The war began after Hou Yi shot down nine Golden Crows, and Houtu confronted Hongjun over whether he intended to destroy the Witch Clan.

• Gu Yuena despaired at how Xu You’s growing strength kept her from reaching her goal of becoming the Dragon God of the Primordial Dragon Clan.
• Xu You gained strength from Gonggong’s Dao Fruit and cultivated the Great Daos of Water, Lightning, and Wind, while the Witch Clan remained weakened despite Houtu’s Sagehood.
• Houtu took Kunpeng’s Primordial Purple Qi, and Kunpeng concealed his loss rather than tell Di Jun or Eastern Emperor Taiyi.
• Kunpeng prompted Di Jun’s ten sons to leave their duties, and their Golden Crow flames ravaged the Primordial World before they killed Kuafu; Hou Yi then shot down nine of them, while Lu Ya escaped.
• Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi reacted furiously, beginning the Witch-Demon War, as Hongjun and the other Sages gathered in the Purple Cloud Palace.
• Houtu asked Hongjun whether he truly intended to destroy her Witch Clan, and Hongjun denied the accusation.

Houtu questioned Hongjun about the Witch Clan’s destined calamity, while Gu Yuena studied the Primordial World and found its weakest beasts stronger than top Soul Beasts from the Douluo Continent. On the Douluo Continent, Qiangu Dongfeng tried to cultivate the Ancestral Dragon Scripture, but its overwhelming power destroyed the dragon soul in his Martial Soul, leaving the Spirit Pagoda searching for someone who could learn it.

• Houtu asked Hongjun whether sending the Witch Clan to the Underworld of reincarnation could spare them from the calamity, and Hongjun considered how their departure would affect the Demon Clan.
• Gu Yuena killed a giant wolf and reflected that even an ordinary Primordial World beast rivaled a top Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast from the Douluo Continent.
• At the Spirit Pagoda, Qiangu Dongfeng volunteered to test the Ancestral Dragon Scripture, and Qiangu Dieting allowed him to try.
• The Scripture’s power suppressed Qiangu Dongfeng, annihilated the dragon soul in his Coiling Dragon Staff, and nearly shattered his Martial Soul before he stopped cultivating and spat blood.
• Qiangu Zhangting offered to try the Scripture, but Qiangu Dongfeng and Qiangu Dieting refused; Qiangu Dongfeng decided to have the Spirit Pagoda’s dragon-Marsial-Soul holders test it instead.

Long Yeyue banned Shrek Academy disciples from cultivating the Ancestral Dragon Scripture and used the sky screen to promote Shrek. As factions across the continent reacted to her message, Tang Wulin continued cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Skill, which Tang San secretly preferred.

• Long Yeyue failed to cultivate the Ancestral Dragon Scripture and ordered Shrek disciples not to study it, threatening expulsion for anyone who disobeyed.
• Zhuo Shi questioned the ban, but Long Yeyue insisted that Shrek disciples should cultivate the Mysterious Heaven Skill passed down by Tang San instead.
• The sky screen allowed people across Douluo to leave messages, and Long Yeyue publicly condemned the Primordial World while claiming Shrek had taught gods.
• Qiangu Dongfeng mocked Long Yeyue’s claims, while the Netherworld Ghost Twin Emperors argued that creating reincarnation could be a path to merit and redemption.
• Tang Wulin ignored the debate and cultivated the Mysterious Heaven Skill, while Tang San praised Long Yeyue and reflected on how he had deliberately weakened the version he passed down.

Long Yeyue and Qiangu Dieting clashed over whether Soul Masters should study the Ancestral Dragon Scripture, while Xu You sent Gu Yuena to find Fuxi and offer him a new cultivation method for humans. Gu Yuena reluctantly set out, and Xu You hoped his plan to teach humanity through Fuxi would not draw unwanted attention.

• Qiangu Dieting argued that the Primordial World ranked higher than Douluo and that studying the Ancestral Dragon Scripture could benefit all Soul Masters, prompting Long Yeyue to accuse him of misleading them and remind him of her past slap.
• Long Yeyue invoked Sea God Tang San and his Great Dao inheritance, leaving Qiangu Dieting furious until Qiangu Dongfeng pointed out that the sky-screen scene had changed.
• After cultivating under Xu You's guidance, Gu Yuena made rapid progress with the water-attribute Great Dao and recognized how little she had understood her own powers.
• Xu You gave Gu Yuena a golden beast-hide scroll containing the Dragon Transformation Scripture and ordered her to find Fuxi in a settlement a hundred li east and bring him to be his disciple.
• Gu Yuena feared that humans who learned to cultivate might someday threaten the Dragon Clan, but Xu You tapped her on the head and insisted she follow his order, so she left with the scroll.
• Xu You reflected that he could teach humans through Fuxi and borrow some of humanity's fortune, reasoning that he had only modified a technique Fuxi would have created.

Soul Masters across the continent began cultivating the Dragon Transformation Art, and Wang Jinxi gained power and dragon scales after practicing it. The chapter ended with Long Yeyue declaring its practitioners Evil Soul Masters and calling for them to be judged.

• Tang Wulin suppressed his interest in the Dragon Transformation Art after Old Tang assured him that the Mysterious Heaven Skill was superior.
• Wang Jinxi practiced the Dragon Transformation Art, rose from rank seventeen to rank twenty, and developed dragon scales and an intimidating dragon aura.
• Zhang Yangzi worried that Wang Jinxi's Martial Soul might evolve and sever their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Wang Jinxi said their connection remained.
• Soul Masters around the continent reported that the Dragon Transformation Art strengthened them and could even prolong the lives of some practitioners.
• Long Yeyue denounced the Dragon Transformation Art as a heretical method that turned humans into Soul Beasts and classified its practitioners as Evil Soul Masters.