Chapter Summaries

Laozi established the Dao Sect by expounding the Taiji principle and became a Sage, prompting Primordial Lord of Heaven and Lord of the Heavens to establish their own sects and attain Sagehood as well. Their simultaneous ascension strengthened the Mystic Gate’s Fortune and ushered the Primordial World into an age of competing Sages.

• Laozi proclaimed the Taiji principle, established the Dao Sect with the Taiji Diagram, and became the Grand Pure Virtue Heavenly Lord.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven established Elucidation with the Pangu Banner and became the Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Lord.
• Lord of the Heavens established Interception with the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation and became the Upper Pure Spirit Treasure Heavenly Lord.
• The Three Pure Ones attained Sagehood on the same day, causing the Mystic Gate’s Fortune to surge and suppressing the Buddhist Sect in The West.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven looked toward The West with renewed pride as the age of Sages standing side by side began.

After the five Sages attained the Dao, Ming Xin declared his own Slaying Karma lineage, based on judging sins and purging karmic obstacles. Heavenly merit helped him break through toward the Primordial Saint realm, leaving the Primordial World waiting to see whether he would become the Sixth Saint.

• After the five Sages established their teachings, Ming Xin realized that his Dao lay in judgment rather than imitation or reconciliation.
• Ming Xin merged his Three Bodies and fused his insights into a path of using absolute order to judge and purge sins.
• Ming Xin announced the Slaying Karma lineage and used the Five Elements Chaos Pagoda to suppress its fortune.
• The Heavenly Dao sent merit to Ming Xin and the pagoda, driving his cultivation beyond the Peak Late Golden Immortal of the Origin toward the Primordial realm.
• The Three Pure Ones, the Two Sages, and other great powers watched as Ming Xin began his attempt to become the Sixth Saint.

Ming Xin’s Past Self and Future Self joined his main body in establishing the Mortal World and Cause and Effect veins alongside his Slaying Karma vein, with the Five Elements Chaos Pagoda suppressing all three. As the three bodies’ Dao resonances began to unify, a vast Primordial Saintly Might awakened within them.

• Ming Xin’s Past Self declared the Mortal World vein, while his Future Self declared the Cause and Effect vein.
• Heavenly Dao Merit divided among the three bodies and strengthened the Slaying Karma, Mortal World, and Cause and Effect Daos.
• Ming Xin projected the Five Elements Chaos Pagoda’s power onto his Past and Future Selves, using three matching pagodas to stabilize and suppress the Fortune of all three veins.
• The Three Pure Ones, the Two Sages of the West, Di Jun, and Tai Yi reacted with shock and concern to Ming Xin’s unprecedented method.
• Ming Xin’s three bodies resonated through their distinct Daos, and a powerful Primordial Saintly Might began to awaken within them.

Ming Xin suppressed his imminent breakthrough to the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal and used the immense Heavenly Dao Merit to fuel his system’s analysis of higher laws. He stabilized at the unprecedented Half-step Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal and returned to secluded cultivation, leaving the Primordial World awaiting his breakthrough during the Sorcerer-Devil Tribulation.

• Ming Xin’s Three Bodies established the Three Veins and gathered enough merit and power to approach the Sage Realm.
• Ming Xin and his Three Bodies chose to delay the breakthrough, directing the merit into his system to analyze laws and deduce a path to the Primordial Limitless Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
• Ming Xin restrained his power and stabilized at the Half-step Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal, astonishing the watching cultivators and Sages.
• The Two Sages of the West praised Ming Xin’s resolve and said they would wait for him to shake heaven and earth at the end of the Tribulation.
• Ming Xin concealed his aura, merged his Three Bodies, returned to Mount Sumeru, and resumed secluded cultivation.

Ming Xin entered seclusion on Mount Sumeru to use his accumulated merit and the system to deepen his understanding of several Great Daos. After tens of thousands of years, he emerged with major breakthroughs and learned that the Wu Yao conflict was nearing its first great bloodbath.

• Ming Xin told Jieyin and Zhunti he would enter seclusion to consolidate his insights, and they encouraged him to cultivate while they guarded Mount Sumeru.
• Ming Xin used Heavenly Dao Merit and the system to advance his understanding of the Mortal World, Reincarnation, Cause and Effect, Fate, Slaughter, and Judgment.
• After tens of thousands of years, Ming Xin emerged having mastered the Red Dust Great Dao and Cause and Effect, perfected the Five Elements Great Dao, and greatly advanced his other laws.
• Ming Xin deduced that the Wu Yao clans were approaching a major clash and resolved to seize the Tribulation's fortune to complete his own breakthrough.
• Ming Xin left his cultivation chamber and arrived at Mount Sumeru's main hall, where Jieyin and Zhunti were waiting.

Ming Xin left the Two Sages of the West and journeyed through the Primordial World, helping the righteous and gaining insight into the Law of Good and Evil and the Seal of Good and Evil Life and Death. He reached the battlefield at Buzhou Mountain as the Witch-Demon War erupted, ready to test his Dao amid the slaughter.

• Ming Xin told Amitabha and Buddha Mother Zhunti that he would observe the coming Witch-Demon War and seek an opportunity for The West, and they cautioned him to preserve himself.
• Ming Xin traveled through the Primordial World in disguise, punished wicked cultivators, and taught basic Dao principles to beings he encountered.
• Ming Xin witnessed acts of great goodness and evil and comprehended the Law of Good and Evil, then developed the Seal of Good and Evil Life and Death.
• Ming Xin followed the gathering Killing Intent to a vast battlefield, where Di Jun, Tai Yi, and the Demon Clan fought the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Witch Clan.
• Ming Xin watched the battle from a lone peak and prepared to test and refine his Dao amid the war.

Ming Xin concealed himself above the Witch-demon battlefield and secretly used the Great Dao of Karma and Good and Evil to intensify existing causes, emotions, and consequences while waiting for the Tribulation to reach its peak. As the battle between the Ancestral Witches and the demon race raged on, he remained poised to intervene at the most opportune moment.

• Ming Xin hid in the Nine Heavens and covertly amplified karmic consequences and emotions on the battlefield without directly changing the combatants' wills.
• Ming Xin waited for the Calamity Qi and Killing Intent to peak and for both sides to weaken, hoping to end the battle and claim Tribulation fortune and merit.
• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi used the Chaos Bell to withstand attacks from Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, Tian Wu, and Xi Zi, keeping the four Ancestral Witches from coordinating effectively.
• Di Jun fought Di Jiang and Zhu Jiuyin, using the He Tu Luo Shu and the Myriad Stars Array to counter their attacks and the power of time.
• Demon Master Kun Peng battled Xuan Ming, while the ten Demon Saints formed a battle formation to hold back Ju Mang, Ru Shou, She Bi Shi, and other Ancestral Witches.
• Ming Xin observed the escalating clashes and remained hidden, undeterred by Eastern Emperor Tai Yi's strength.

Ming Xin intervened in the Wu Yao war with his Seal of Good and Evil Life and Death, judging combatants by their karmic debt and killing intent. He declared that the war should end, leaving both sides enraged as the conflict veered into an unknown direction.

• Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, and two other Ancestral Witches combined their attacks against the Chaos Bell, wounding Eastern Emperor Tai Yi despite his defense.
• Ming Xin emerged above the battlefield and unleashed the Seal of Good and Evil Life and Death through the Tribulation's killing intent and the laws of heaven and earth.
• Ming Xin's judgment killed many warriors burdened by heavy karma while easing the wounds and killing intent of those with more goodwill; three or four in every ten combatants fell.
• Di Jun, Di Jiang, and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi condemned Ming Xin's interference, but he said he was acting on Heaven's behalf to purge karmic obstacles and end the war.

Ming Xin intervened in the battle between the Witch and Demon Clans, using his Three Bodies to withstand their combined attacks and warn them of the karmic consequences of continuing the war. The clans’ leaders began to hesitate, leaving the battle’s fate—and whether Hongjun would appear early—uncertain.

• Ming Xin’s attempt to judge the battlefield enraged both clans, and Tai Yi, Di Jun, Di Jiang, Zhu Rong, and the other Ancestral Witches attacked him together.
• Ming Xin summoned his Past Self and Future Self, and the Three Bodies formed a formation that endured the assault using the Mortal World, the Fate Compass, and the Five Elements Chaos Pagoda.
• Ming Xin’s Three Bodies condemned the destruction of the Primordial World and warned that the Witch and Demon Clans would face karmic backlash and possible ruin if they continued fighting.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi’s attacks faltered, while Hou Tu looked sorrowfully at the dead and the leaders began to fear for their clans’ survival.
• Ming Xin watched the battlefield, waiting to see whether the clans would stop and whether Hongjun would appear ahead of time.

Ming Xin stopped trying to mediate the Witch-Demon war and used his Three Bodies’ powers of Cause and Effect, Fate, Chaos, and Judgment to withstand the combined attacks of the strongest fighters. He inflicted Karmic Fire on Di Jiang and launched a focused attack to kill him, leaving the battlefield on the brink of another reversal.

• Di Jun dismissed Ming Xin’s warning, while Di Jiang declared that the Witch Clan treated other beings as blood food and attacked him with Space Law.
• Tai Yi, Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, and other fighters joined the assault on Ming Xin, whose Three Bodies used karma and fate to disrupt their attacks and his main body blocked the central strikes.
• Ming Xin used the Sword of Judgment to freeze the circulation of Di Jun’s Myriad Stars Array and barely survived the combined attack.
• Ming Xin formed the Seal of Good and Evil Life and Death and imprinted it on Di Jiang’s karma, causing Karmic Fire to weaken the Ancestral Witch.
• Ming Xin’s Three Bodies attacked the weakened Di Jiang as Zhu Jiuyin tried to save him and Di Jun and Tai Yi struck back.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun halted Ming Xin’s killing blow and decreed that the Demon Clan would rule the heavens while the Witch Clan ruled the earth, ending the first great Wu-Demon war. After both sides submitted, Ming Xin left the battlefield considering the Underworld and reincarnation as his next path.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun froze the battlefield and erased Ming Xin’s Sword of Judgment with a single gesture.
• Hongjun decreed that the Demon Clan would govern the heavens and the Witch Clan the earth, forbidding another large-scale war for ten thousand years.
• Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi accepted Hongjun’s decree, while Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, Qiang Liang, and other Ancestral Witches protested.
• Hongjun wounded the defiant Ancestral Witches with Heavenly Dao pressure, and Di Jiang submitted to preserve the Witch Clan.
• Hongjun departed, ending the first great Wu-Demon war, and Ming Xin left the bloodied battlefield contemplating the Underworld and reincarnation.

After the Wu Yao conflict ended, Ming Xin gathered the lingering souls and sealed the battlefield’s Killing Intent, resentment, and Calamity Power. He traveled to the Netherworld Sea of Blood to pursue his plans for Reincarnation and called for Old Ancestor Ming He.

• Ming Xin used his Past Self’s Mortal World Reincarnation Dao to draw the battlefield’s lingering souls into a vortex for cleansing and future rebirth.
• Ming Xin sealed the souls’ Killing Intent, resentment, and Calamity Power in the Five Elements Chaos Pagoda.
• Ming Xin decided that the Blood Sea was essential to establishing the Underworld and perfecting his Reincarnation system, then set out west.
• Ming Xin reached the Netherworld Sea of Blood and sensed how its foul energy suppressed his Great Dao and trapped countless souls.
• Ming Xin called to Old Ancestor Ming He and announced his visit.

Ming Xin approached Old Ancestor Ming He to discuss establishing Reincarnation and awakening the Earthly Dao. Ming He rejected the proposal as a scheme to seize the Blood Sea, but reconsidered when Ming Xin promised the Asura Race a role in Reincarnation and revealed that Earthly Dao Saint Positions existed.

• Ming Xin called out to Old Ancestor Ming He, who parted the Blood Sea and confronted him from atop the Twelve-grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus.
• Ming Xin said establishing Reincarnation would awaken the Earthly Dao, but Ming He accused him of plotting to take the Blood Sea and prepared to attack.
• Ming Xin explained that Reincarnation would have six paths, including the Asura Dao, which the Asura Race could govern.
• Ming Xin revealed that Earthly Dao would have six Saint Positions and Human Dao could produce three Sages, then asked Ming He whether he wanted to become a Sage.
• Ming He’s anger gave way to shock and greed, and he demanded to know whether Ming Xin’s claims were true.

Ming Xin persuaded Old Ancestor Ming He to sign a Karma Contract by promising him an Earthly Dao Saint Position in exchange for half the Blood Sea to establish Reincarnation. They agreed to seek Hou Tu’s aid, while Ming He waited for Ming Xin to arrange the next step.

• Ming Xin offered to bind himself to a Karma Contract and swore that he would help Ming He obtain an Earthly Dao Saint Position.
• Ming He accepted the pact and contributed Blood Sea Origin and his Primordial Spirit Mark, while Ming Xin added his own power to complete the contract.
• Ming Xin warned Ming He that the Heavenly Dao and its saints could obstruct their plan, so they would need allies and careful preparation.
• Ming Xin identified Hou Tu as the crucial ally because of her Earth Law and compassion for souls left without refuge after the Witch-Demon War.
• Ming He agreed to stabilize the Blood Sea and wait until Ming Xin found the right opportunity to approach Hou Tu.

Ming Xin went to the Witch Clan’s stronghold to ask Hou Tu to gather the Twelve Ancestral Witches for a matter he said concerned their clan’s survival and the Primordial World’s future. After Zhu Rong attacked him outside Pangu Hall, Di Jiang intervened, leaving Ming Xin facing the assembled Ancestral Witches.

• Ming Xin left the Blood Sea and traveled to the Witch Clan’s territory, seeking Hou Tu as the only candidate he believed could help establish reincarnation.
• Ming Xin found Hou Tu in a mountain valley and persuaded her to hear his warning and summon the other eleven Ancestral Witches.
• Hou Tu led Ming Xin to Pangu Hall and went inside to inform the others while he waited outside.
• Zhu Rong burst from Pangu Hall and attacked Ming Xin with a furious punch wrapped in Zhu Rong True Fire.
• Ming Xin deflected the blow with a Chaos barrier but was driven backward and left shaken as Zhu Rong prepared another attack.
• Di Jiang emerged with several Ancestral Witches and ordered Zhu Rong to stop, while the group turned its attention to Ming Xin.

Ming Xin persuaded the Ancestral Witches that Hou Tu could awaken the Earthly Dao by incarnating into Reincarnation, giving the Witch Clan a path to survive and possibly regain its strength. Di Jiang accepted the plan and asked Ming Xin what they must do.

• Ming Xin warned the Ancestral Witches that the Witch Clan faced a doomed future and signaled that the Heavenly Dao was behind the threat.
• Hou Tu trusted Ming Xin, and Di Jiang led him into Pangu Hall, where the Heavenly Dao could not easily pry.
• Ming Xin explained the Three Daos and revealed that Hou Tu could awaken the Earthly Dao by creating Reincarnation and becoming an Earthly Dao Saint.
• Ming Xin said Reincarnation could preserve the Witch Clan’s bloodline and offer it a foundation to resist the Heavenly Dao; he cited his pact with Old Ancestor Ming He as support.
• Hou Tu agreed to incarnate for the fallen souls and her clan’s future, and Di Jiang agreed to trust Ming Xin and asked how to proceed.

Ming Xin secured the Witch Clan’s agreement to help establish Reincarnation and awaken the Earthly Dao in exchange for underworld authority and two Earthly Dao Saint Positions for Western Teachings. He then left Pangu Hall for Wuzhuang Temple to seek Zhen Yuan Zi’s help in creating a powerful defensive array.

• Ming Xin asked the Ancestral Witches to appoint a Great Witch to lead the Great Array of All Heavens and Fiends while Hou Tu transformed into Reincarnation, and Di Jiang agreed.
• Ming Xin requested the Position of Yin Tian Zi, two Earthly Dao Saint Positions for Western Teachings, and a role managing the Underworld; Hou Tu accepted his terms.
• Ming Xin proposed asking Zhen Yuan Zi to use the Earth Book to establish a Great Array of Primordial Mountains and Rivers that could deter even Sages from attacking.
• Ming Xin departed Pangu Hall and traveled to Wuzhuang Temple on Longevity Mountain to seek Zhen Yuan Zi’s aid.

Ming Xin visited Wuzhuang Temple and persuaded Zhen Yuan Zi to support the awakening of the Earthly Dao by promising him a Saint Position. Zhen Yuan Zi agreed to use the Earth Book to form the Great Array of Primordial Mountains and Rivers, while Hong Yun learned that the alliance could also help protect him.

• Ming Xin arrived at Wuzhuang Temple and was admitted by Qing Feng to meet Zhen Yuan Zi and Old Ancestor Hong Yun.
• Ming Xin, Zhen Yuan Zi, and Hong Yun sealed the garden against spying before discussing the Heavenly Dao and Hong Yun’s dangerous predicament.
• Ming Xin revealed his alliance with Hou Tu and Ming He to establish reincarnation and awaken the Earthly Dao.
• Ming Xin promised Zhen Yuan Zi an Earthly Dao Saint Position if he used the Earth Book to form the Great Array of Primordial Mountains and Rivers.
• Zhen Yuan Zi accepted Ming Xin’s proposal and agreed to form the array.

Ming Xin secured Zhen Yuan Zi’s agreement and the full support of Jieyin and Zhunti for a plan to establish reincarnation and awaken the Earthly Dao. The allies converged on the Blood Sea, where the decisive undertaking was about to begin.

• Ming Xin told Zhen Yuan Zi and Hong Yun that Jieyin and Zhunti had reached the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and contacted them for support.
• Jieyin and Zhunti approved Ming Xin’s plan and promised covert aid against interference from the Heavenly Dao Saints.
• Ming Xin, Zhen Yuan Zi, and Hong Yun set out for the Blood Sea and sent messages to the Witch Clan and Styx River to prepare for their arrival.
• Di Jiang ordered the Twelve Ancestral Witches and Xing Tian to gather at the Blood Sea, while Old Ancestor Ming He mobilized the Asura Race to guard it.
• The Three Pure Ones, Di Jun, Tai Yi, and Nuwa sensed unusual activity as Ming Xin, Zhen Yuan Zi, and Hong Yun arrived at the edge of the Blood Sea.

Hou Tu sacrificed herself to create Reincarnation and awaken the Earthly Dao, prompting the Heavenly Dao to order the Saints to suppress it. As four Sage pressures converged on the Blood Sea, Hongjun watched Ming Xin and wondered whether he could secure a different future for the Primordial World.

• Ming Xin assigned Zhen Yuan Zi, Ming He, and the Witch Clan to protect the Blood Sea and told the Ancestral Witches to swear to the Great Dao rather than the Heavenly Dao.
• Hou Tu vowed to transform herself into Reincarnation, establish the Six Paths and Netherworld, and guide the Primordial World's souls into rebirth.
• Hou Tu dissolved into earth source power and Reincarnation Law, stirring the long-dormant Earthly Dao as the Blood Sea began to purify.
• The Heavenly Dao erupted in fury in Purple Cloud Palace and revealed that past tribulations had been devised to weaken the Primordial World and delay its discovery by greater powers.
• The Heavenly Dao ordered the Three Pure Ones and Empress Nuwa to suppress the Earthly Dao's awakening, and four Sage pressures rose toward the Blood Sea.
• Hongjun watched Ming Xin from Purple Cloud Palace and called him the variable who might secure a different future for the Primordial World.