Chapter Summaries

Hongxuan discovered that the mysterious seed was the Chaos-born Creation God Tree seed, which sprouted inside the Eternal Dao Tome and helped him comprehend a trace of the Creation Law. He left Three Immortals Island to seek the remaining Five Elements Spirit Orbs and reached the Hengshan Tribe safely.

• The mysterious seed entered the Eternal Dao Tome, appeared on its second page, and began to sprout as the Creation God Tree seed.
• Hongxuan sensed the power of the Creation Law, triggered his heaven-defying comprehension, and comprehended a trace of the law.
• Hongxuan decided to seek the remaining two Five Elements Spirit Orbs before the witches and demons' final battle, while Yunxiao urged him to travel carefully.
• Ao Ling'er asked to accompany Hongxuan, but he refused and left her in the care of Yunxiao, Qiong Xiao, and Bixiao.
• Hongxuan used the Cosmos Reversal Step to reach the Eastern Sea Coast in less than fifty years and found the Hengshan Tribe safe from Demon Beast attacks.

Hongxuan waited at a mountain for the opportunity to obtain the Metal Spirit Pearl and discovered it was carried by the fleeing Golden Fortune Daoist. As five Grand Golden Immortals pursued Golden Fortune Daoist for the pearl, Hongxuan watched without revealing himself.

• Hongxuan meditated for a thousand years while cultivating his Dao Heart, studying the Eternal Dao Tome, and tending the Creation God Tree seed.
• Hongxuan saw five Daoists pursuing a mysterious Golden Immortal and recognized that the Metal Spirit Pearl he had sought was on the fugitive.
• The Five Absolutes Daoists threatened Golden Fortune Daoist and demanded the spiritual treasure as they chased him.
• Golden Fortune Daoist recalled how a secret-realm disaster had caused his cultivation to fall from the peak of the Grand Luo realm to the Golden Immortal realm.
• Hongxuan remained hidden, intrigued by Golden Fortune Daoist, while Golden Absolute Daoist pursued the Metal Spirit Pearl that suited his Metal Dao.

Golden Fortune Daoist offered Hongxuan the Metal Spirit Pearl in exchange for protection from the Five Absolutes Daoists. Hongxuan accepted the treasure and struck at his pursuers, who formed the Five Absolutes Grand Formation as the chapter ended.

• Golden Fortune Daoist fled from the Five Absolutes Daoists and begged Hongxuan to save him.
• Hongxuan questioned why he should help, and Golden Fortune Daoist offered him the Metal Spirit Pearl in exchange for settling their karma.
• Hongxuan accepted the Metal Spirit Pearl and beckoned Golden Fortune Daoist closer.
• The Five Absolutes Daoists confronted Hongxuan and demanded that he hand over their prey and the treasure.
• Hongxuan challenged the five to withstand one strike and sent a vast ocean crashing toward them.
• The Five Absolutes Daoists formed the Five Absolutes Grand Formation, but Hongxuan saw its many flaws.

Hongxuan rescued Golden Fortune Daoist by shattering the Five Absolutes Daoists’ formation, then heard about a dangerous Land of Opportunity that might help him advance to Grand Luo. Golden Fortune Daoist gave him a map to a separate opportunity and proposed they cooperate once Hongxuan reached Grand Luo.

• Hongxuan broke the Five Absolutes Grand Formation with a single palm strike, and the Five Absolutes Daoists fled after being injured.
• Golden Fortune Daoist asked Hongxuan to stay and proposed they pursue a great opportunity together.
• Hongxuan used the Grand Deduction Art and confirmed that Golden Fortune Daoist’s opportunity was real and useful to him.
• Golden Fortune Daoist revealed that a dangerous Land of Opportunity had injured him and caused his cultivation to decline.
• Hongxuan questioned whether he could trust Golden Fortune Daoist, who warned him that the Primordial Wilderness held deeper secrets than it seemed.
• Golden Fortune Daoist gave Hongxuan a jade communication talisman and a beast-hide map to an opportunity he could pursue before they considered working together.

Hongxuan traveled to Buzhou Mountain to seek the final Earth Spirit Pearl, but the Grand Deduction Art revealed that the opportunity would not arrive for ten thousand years. While waiting at the dangerous site marked on Golden Fortune Daoist’s map, Hongxuan decided to risk investigating it himself.

• Golden Fortune Daoist told Hongxuan he knew his identity and would return after Hongxuan advanced to the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, then departed.
• Hongxuan followed the map toward Buzhou Mountain, where he refined the Metal Spirit Pearl and comprehended a trace of the Law of Metal.
• At Buzhou Mountain, Hongxuan used the Grand Deduction Art and learned that the opportunity to obtain the Earth Spirit Pearl would not arrive for ten thousand years.
• Hongxuan climbed the mountain for a thousand years, tempering himself under its pressure and gaining insight from its earth veins.
• Hongxuan examined Golden Fortune Daoist’s map and, despite sensing danger and suspecting a trap, decided to take the risk.

Hongxuan followed a beast-hide map through Buzhou Mountain and found a hidden Secret Realm Space, unaware that Ancestral Witch Houtu had been following him. Houtu entered the secret realm after him and questioned how he had discovered it.

• Hongxuan found several low-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures and a mid-grade Innate Purple Jade Date Spirit Root while traveling across Buzhou Mountain.
• A beautiful figure secretly followed Hongxuan, watched him enter a concealed Innate formation, and copied his steps to follow him inside.
• Hongxuan located the Land of Opportunity marked on his map and carefully studied the powerful formation protecting it before entering.
• Houtu appeared beside Hongxuan in the Secret Realm Space and asked how he had found it and whether he had visited before.
• Hongxuan recognized Houtu as an Ancestral Witch and realized she had followed him through the formation.

Hongxuan and Houtu were trapped in the Secret Realm Space’s Reincarnation Array and forced to live through countless linked lifetimes. After experiencing ten thousand lives or more, Hongxuan suddenly opened his eyes in the Secret Realm Space.

• Houtu recklessly entered the formation, triggering it and drawing both herself and Hongxuan inside.
• Hongxuan awoke as Li Hongxuan, a top scholar preparing to marry his childhood sweetheart, and became immersed in that life.
• After rising to become prime minister, Li Hongxuan was framed for treason and his clan was sentenced to extermination.
• As his life ended, Hongxuan remembered his true identity and recognized the formation as the Reincarnation Array.
• Hongxuan and Houtu endured countless linked reincarnations, repeatedly dying before their original consciousness returned.
• After ten thousand lifetimes or more, Hongxuan suddenly opened his eyes and cautiously surveyed his surroundings.

After escaping ten thousand lifetimes in the Reincarnation Array, Hongxuan claimed the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk when Houtu refused it and gained a deeper understanding of the Law of Reincarnation. They left the secret realm as Houtu wondered whether the Human Race’s future in the reincarnation worlds could come to pass in the Primordial Wilderness.

• Hongxuan escaped the Reincarnation Array after experiencing ten thousand lifetimes and comprehended the prototype of the Grand Reincarnation Art.
• Houtu reunited with Hongxuan, and he told her that their lifetimes together had been illusions rather than reality.
• Hongxuan identified the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk as the core of the array and urged Houtu to claim it, but she refused.
• Hongxuan took and began refining the disk, gaining another trace of the Law of Reincarnation.
• Hongxuan suggested that he and Houtu leave the secret realm, while Houtu wondered whether the Human Race’s rise over the Demon Race in the reincarnation worlds foretold the Primordial Wilderness’s future.

After leaving the collapsing Secret Realm Space, Hongxuan waited on Buzhou Mountain for the Earth Spirit Pearl while Houtu stayed beside him. He discovered the pearl was in Houtu’s possession, and she gave it to him without hesitation.

• Hongxuan and Houtu left the Secret Realm Space as it collapsed, and Hongxuan learned that nearly ten thousand years had passed.
• Hongxuan declined Houtu’s invitation to visit her tribe and returned to the Land of Opportunity to cultivate and wait for the Earth Spirit Pearl.
• Houtu stayed near Hongxuan as he comprehended the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk and the Law of Reincarnation.
• After two thousand years without finding the pearl, Hongxuan used the Grand Deduction Art and discovered the opportunity was with Houtu.
• Houtu produced the Earth Spirit Pearl and gave it to Hongxuan, who accepted it while recalling their past reincarnations.

Hongxuan refined the Earth Spirit Pearl, comprehended the Law of Five Elements, and created the prototype of the Grand Five Elements Art. With Houtu guarding him, he obtained a Grand Unity Dao Fruit and advanced to Grand Unity Paragon, then set out with Houtu to climb Buzhou Mountain and temper his body.

• Hongxuan refined the Earth Spirit Pearl and comprehended the Law of Earth and the Law of Five Elements, creating the prototype of the Grand Five Elements Art.
• Hongxuan completed the Five Qi Converging at the Origin after thousands of years of cultivation while Houtu stood guard.
• Hongxuan obtained a Grand Unity Dao Fruit and broke through from the late Grand Unity stage to the Grand Unity Paragon stage.
• Hongxuan suppressed the urge to advance to Grand Luo because his physical body was not yet complete and he wished to temper it on Buzhou Mountain.
• Houtu told Hongxuan that Buzhou Mountain's pressure had weakened and agreed to accompany him as he climbed.

Hongxuan and Houtu visited a hidden body-refinement path on Buzhou Mountain, where Source Essence strengthened cultivators below the great-witch level. Hongxuan began searching for the Essence’s true source, convinced it concealed a major opportunity, and resolved to keep searching before Lord Tongtian’s next sermon.

• Houtu led Hongxuan to a perilous mountain path where each step infused his body with Source Essence.
• Houtu explained that the Witch Race controlled the location and believed an innate grand formation transformed Buzhou Mountain’s spiritual energy into Source Essence.
• Hongxuan doubted the Witch Race’s explanation and used his cultivation techniques and divine abilities to search for the Essence’s source.
• Hongxuan continued absorbing the Essence to develop his own domain, but found that its flow was too weak for his needs.
• Hongxuan committed to uncovering the source, believing the discovery would bring him immense benefits and knowing tens of thousands of years remained before Lord Tongtian’s next sermon.

Over several thousand years, Hongxuan and Houtu grew closer as he investigated the secrets of Source Essence. Hongxuan found a nearly invisible crack in the Witch Race’s formation and led Houtu into a hidden realm, where she sensed the aura of the Father God.

• Hongxuan continued studying Source Essence while Houtu stayed by his side and helped him grow stronger.
• Hongxuan used his Illusion-Breaking Divine Eyes and the Law of Destiny to reveal a tiny crack in the formation that contained the Source Essence.
• Hongxuan tore open the crack and entered the hidden realm with Houtu.
• Hongxuan discovered that the realm was filled with vast Source Essence, and Houtu recognized the Father God’s aura there.

Hongxuan and Houtu discovered Pangu’s legacy secret realm, where Houtu began fusing with Pangu’s primordial spirit. The Eternal Dao Tome absorbed the Chaos Pearl and helped Hongxuan comprehend a trace of the Law of Space-Time.

• Hongxuan told Houtu that the secret realm was sealed and that they could leave only by destroying it.
• Houtu recognized the jade-colored mist as Pangu’s primordial spirit and longed to fuse with it.
• Hongxuan urged Houtu to merge with the primordial spirit, and she began fusing with it.
• The Eternal Dao Tome appeared and absorbed the chaotic-colored orb, which Hongxuan identified as the Chaos Pearl.
• Hongxuan comprehended a trace of the Law of Space-Time through the Eternal Dao Tome and Chaos Pearl.

Houtu awakened with a new primordial spirit and shared Pangu Blood Essence and a Pangu inheritance with Hongxuan, who then cultivated alongside her in the Secret Realm Space. After thirty thousand years, they had absorbed nearly all the Source Essence and marrow liquid, leaving the deep well dry.

• Houtu awakened and told Hongxuan that fusing with Pangu's primordial spirit had made it easier for her to comprehend the Great Dao, though she worried about the Witch Race's future.
• Houtu offered Hongxuan two drops of Pangu Blood Essence, but he accepted only one and urged her to save the rest for herself.
• Houtu gave Hongxuan a Pangu Primordial Spirit Imprint containing an inheritance of the Law of Power, and he was shocked by its value.
• Hongxuan entered the deep well to refine its Source Essence and marrow liquid, while Houtu cultivated to develop her primordial spirit.
• After thirty thousand years of cultivation, Hongxuan and Houtu had absorbed nearly all the Source Essence, and the deep well's marrow liquid had dried up.

Hongxuan and Houtu exhausted the Secret Realm Space’s resources, completing Hongxuan’s seventh turn and causing Pangu’s last aura to vanish from Buzhou Mountain. The Witch and Demon Races prepared for conflict, while Hongxuan looked back at the mountain, now stripped of its former pressure and essence.

• Houtu reached perfected Grand Luo Golden Immortal primordial spirit cultivation, while Hongxuan completed the seventh turn of his Body Refinement Art and reached the peak of the Grand Golden Immortal realm.
• Hongxuan and Houtu left the collapsing Secret Realm Space and discovered that Buzhou Mountain’s pressure and Dao essence had disappeared.
• The Ancestral Witches gathered at Pangu Shrine, mourned the loss of Pangu’s aura, and ordered the Witch Race to prepare for war against the Demon Race.
• Dijun learned that weapons made from Human Race souls and blood essence could pierce the Witch Race’s bodies, then ordered Nine-Infant to exterminate humans and forge Witch-Slaying Divine Weapons.
• The mighty experts of the Primordial Wilderness reacted to Buzhou Mountain’s transformation, and Hongxuan looked back on the mountain’s changed state.

Hongxuan learned that the Demon Race was preparing to slaughter the Human Race and that the Hengshan Tribe was in danger, so he set out to save it with Houtu. The Demon Race army reached the tribe and learned it was the birthplace of the Human Race’s Martial Dao.

• Hongxuan used the Grand Deduction Art and discovered that the Hengshan Tribe faced extermination as the Demon Race began attacking human settlements to gather souls for the Witch-Slaying Sword.
• Hongxuan left Houtu’s tribe to rescue the Hengshan Tribe, and Houtu decided to accompany him because he could not face a Demon Saint alone.
• A Demon Race army led by a Nine-Infant Clan demon marshal stopped where Nine-Infant’s son had fallen and discussed his death.
• The demon marshal learned that the nearby Hengshan Tribe held at least fifty million people and was said to be the birthplace of the Human Race’s Martial Dao.

Hongxuan ambushed the demons attacking the Hengshan Tribe and devastated their army with the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler. The Nine-Infant Demon General survived and coveted the treasure, while Hongxuan realized how difficult it was to defeat a Grand Luo Golden Immortal.

• The Nine-Infant Demon General dismissed Martial Dao and focused on slaughtering the Hengshan Tribe to gather souls and blood essence for the Witch-Slaying Sword.
• Hongxuan struck the demon army with the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler, killing tens of thousands and gravely wounding the demon commanders.
• The Nine-Infant Demon General saw the ruler and coveted it, believing it could help him become a Demon Saint.
• Hongxuan struck again, killing every demon except the Nine-Infant Demon General, who survived with serious injuries.
• Hongxuan recognized the vast gap between Grand Golden Immortals and Grand Luo Golden Immortals and resolved to advance further.
• Someone asked Hongxuan whether he needed help.

Hongxuan killed a Nine-Infant Clan Demon Commander with his Surging Wave Palm, drawing the attention of nearby cultivators and risking the Demon Race’s retaliation. As he worried about the Hengshan Tribe’s fate, Dijun sensed that a Demon Race army had been wiped out.

• Hongxuan used his Surging Wave Palm to batter the Demon Commander, a Grand Luo Golden Immortal, until the Demon Commander’s body and defenses were shattered.
• Nearby cultivators witnessed Hongxuan defeat the Demon Commander and realized that his combat strength rivaled an early-stage Grand Luo Golden Immortal.
• The Demon Commander invoked his ties to Dijun and the Nine-Infant Clan and begged Hongxuan to spare him, but Hongxuan killed him.
• Hongxuan considered the likely Demon Race retaliation and worried that the Hengshan Tribe would be destroyed if a Quasi-Sage Demon Saint attacked.
• At the Demon Celestial Court, Dijun told Taiyi that one of their armies had been wiped out, and Taiyi wondered if the Witch Race was responsible.

The Demon Race slaughtered the Human Race to gather souls and essence blood for the Witch-Slaying Sword, prompting the Witch Race to attack and seize those materials. As war engulfed the Primordial Wilderness, Hongxuan could protect only the Hengshan Tribe, with Houtu’s help.

• Taiyi refused to personally confront the Human Race experts and ordered Demon Saint Jiuying to avenge the Nine-Infant Clan.
• Dijiang learned from Houtu that the Demon Race was collecting Human Race souls and essence blood to forge the Witch-Slaying Sword.
• Zhu Jiuyin foresaw that the sword could threaten even the Ancestral Witches, and Dijiang ordered the Witch Race to intercept the Demon Race.
• Witch Race forces seized the Demon Race’s collected souls, triggering fierce counterattacks and escalating the conflict into open slaughter.
• Hongxuan found himself temporarily overlooked amid the chaos, but could protect only the Hengshan Tribe with Houtu’s help.

Hongxuan deepened his understanding of Pangu’s inheritance while discussing the Dao with Houtu, who chose to stay and protect him from the approaching Nine-Infant Demon Saint. They prepared to intercept the enemy and shield the Hengshan Tribe, whose people learned that Hongxuan had secretly protected them for years.

• Hongxuan gained insights into the Great Dao, comprehended the beginnings of the Grand Space-Time Art and Pangu’s Creation Nine Forms, and advanced his body-refinement art and understanding of the Law of Power.
• Hongxuan asked why Houtu was not helping the Witch Race, and she explained that she was staying because Nine-Infant would seek revenge against him.
• Hongxuan calculated that his karmic connection to Nine-Infant had grown, and Houtu promised to eliminate the threat while Hongxuan dealt with Nine-Infant’s forces.
• Hongxuan and Houtu planned to intercept the enemy away from Mount Heng, expecting them to arrive in a little over thirty years.
• Hongxuan set up a defensive formation for the Hengshan Tribe and gained greater reverence from its people, who realized he had secretly protected them.
• Five hundred thousand li from Mount Heng, Hongxuan spotted the approaching Demon Race forces and prepared to stop them from destroying the tribe.