Chapter Summaries

The Devil Master overwhelmed the Chaos Great Dao and terrified Hongjun and the Primordial Wilderness powerhouses while seeking the Chaos Pearl and Lin Yunji’s Primordial Expanse Glazed Pagoda. He called out to Lin Yunji, and a figure appeared in the distant void.

• The Devil Master dispersed the Chaos Great Dao’s divine lightning and explained that he intended to devour the realm’s Great Dao and seize the Chaos Pearl and Lin Yunji’s pagoda.
• Hongjun and the Primordial Wilderness powerhouses despaired as they realized they could not challenge the Devil Master.
• The Devil Creatures asked to attack Hongjun and the others, but the Devil Master told them to wait.
• The Devil Master addressed Lin Yunji as a fellow Daoist, surprising his followers and giving Hongjun and the others hope.
• A figure crossed the distant void and appeared before the gathered beings.

Lin Yunji arrived to confront the Lord of the Devil Abyss, dismissed him as boring, and effortlessly injured one of his powerful subordinates. He revealed that the apparent Lord was only a spirit of the Great Dao, whose form then dispersed as Chaos erupted around them, and Lin Yunji reached out to quell the upheaval.

• Lin Yunji arrived in the Chaos void, giving the Primordial Wilderness experts renewed confidence and relief.
• Lin Yunji called the Lord of the Devil Abyss boring and sent a Hunyuan Great Dao Sage flying with a single command.
• The Lord of the Devil Abyss asked why Lin Yunji found him boring, and Lin Yunji accused him of pretending.
• Lin Yunji identified the Lord of the Devil Abyss as a spirit of the Great Dao limited to the first stage of the Hunyuan Great Dao Sage realm.
• The Lord acknowledged Lin Yunji had seen through him, then dissolved into starlight as Chaos shook and storms tore through the void.
• Lin Yunji remained calm, called the spirit overconfident, and reached out with an invisible force.

Lin Yunji confronted the Lord of the Devil Abyss, who demanded the Chaos Pearl and the Primordial Expanse Supreme Treasure. Lin Yunji revealed the Primordial Expanse Glazed Pagoda and moved them to a universe-like starry battlefield, where he challenged the Lord of the Devil Abyss's ability to use a mysterious power.

• The Lord of the Devil Abyss appeared in person, and the Devil Creatures hailed him as their true ruler while the other onlookers trembled in fear.
• The Lord of the Devil Abyss asked Lin Yunji to hand over the Chaos Pearl and the Primordial Expanse Supreme Treasure.
• Lin Yunji summoned the Primordial Expanse Glazed Pagoda, which transported everyone to a starry expanse filled with worlds and destructive lightning dragons.
• The Lord of the Devil Abyss recognized that Lin Yunji had chosen a battlefield where their fight would not damage the Chaos world.
• Lin Yunji said he had been unable to enter the Devil Abyss and mocked the Lord of the Devil Abyss for being too weak to wield the mysterious power there.

Lin Yunji faced the Lord of the Devil Abyss, who had recognized his rapid rise to the sixth-stage Hunyuan Great Dao Sage realm and demanded his treasures. As the Lord unleashed a devastating black river and the battle began, Lin Yunji used the Primordial Expanse Glazed Pagoda to take a wisp of every Primordial Wilderness expert’s Primordial Spirit, enabling their revival if they died, then raised his palm to confront the attack.

• The Lord of the Devil Abyss praised Lin Yunji’s cultivation but secretly coveted the opportunity he believed Lin Yunji’s Root Bone contained.
• Lin Yunji mocked the Lord’s slow progress, and the Lord demanded that Lin Yunji surrender the Chaos Pearl and Primordial Expanse treasure.
• The Lord of the Devil Abyss summoned a vast, destructive black river, while Hongjun urged the Primordial Wilderness experts to fight for their survival.
• Lin Yunji expanded the Primordial Expanse Glazed Pagoda and drew a wisp of Primordial Spirit from each Primordial Wilderness expert, causing them pain and weakening them.
• Hongjun explained that Lin Yunji could revive them if they died, and the experts renewed their resolve as the black river neared and Lin Yunji raised his palm.

Lin Yunji overwhelmed the Devil Creatures with a single slap, then fought the Lord of the Devil Abyss in a clash that ended in a draw. As their battle shook the worlds, Dao Ancestor Hongjun led the Primordial Wilderness experts into combat against the remaining Devil Creatures.

• Lin Yunji's slap swept away nearly half the Devil Creatures and killed some Hunyuan Heavenly Dao Sages, while the Lord of the Devil Abyss watched without intervening.
• Lin Yunji and the Lord of the Devil Abyss exchanged attacks after agreeing to battle, and neither gained an advantage in their first clash.
• Lin Yunji revealed that the Power of Heavenly Dao strengthening him came from thousands of worlds, then sent the Long River of Time against the Lord of the Devil Abyss's lunar disc.
• The clash shattered barriers and tiny worlds, killing countless inhabitants as collateral damage.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun ordered the Primordial Wilderness experts to attack, and they charged the remaining Devil Creatures.

The Primordial Wilderness forces and the Devil Creatures fought a brutal battle across the starry cosmos while Lin Yunji remained locked in an even contest with the Devil Master. The Devil Master brought out the Primordial Expanse Spirit Treasure Devil Cosmos Sword and warned that Lin Yunji might not be able to withstand it.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun, the Three Pure Ones, Lady Nüwa, and the other Primordial Wilderness experts slaughtered Devil Creatures with their Law Treasures and Divine Abilities as both sides suffered heavy casualties.
• Lin Yunji and the Devil Master clashed their worlds together, destroying the worlds and killing the beings within them, but neither gained the advantage.
• The Devil Master condensed a vast, white sword called Devil Cosmos and revealed that he had refined the Primordial Expanse Spirit Treasure for ten thousand years.
• The Devil Master told Lin Yunji that the sword could challenge even his Primordial Expanse Glazed Pagoda, whose full power Lin Yunji could not yet unleash.

The Devil Master unleashed the Devil Cosmos Sword against Lin Yunji, destroying countless worlds, but Lin Yunji blocked the strike with the Primordial Expanse Glazed Pagoda. As the Devil Master attacked again, Lin Yunji summoned the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu.

• The Devil Master froze the battlefield with murderous intent and brought the Devil Cosmos Sword down, killing countless Devil Creatures and Primordial Wilderness experts.
• Lin Yunji gathered Hongjun, the Three Pure Ones, Lady Nüwa, and several other experts, then blocked the Devil Cosmos Sword with the Primordial Expanse Glazed Pagoda.
• The clash destroyed countless worlds and left vast stretches of the starry battlefield devoid of origin power.
• The Devil Master claimed the Primordial Expanse Glazed Pagoda should belong to him and attacked Lin Yunji again.
• Lin Yunji mocked the Devil Master and called forth the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu.

Lin Yunji revealed the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu, and the Devil Master tried to seize it along with Lin Yunji’s other supreme treasure. The Devil Master fused hundreds of stolen Great Dao origins into the Devil Cosmos Sword and launched a devastating attack, forcing Lin Yunji to activate his fourth-layer Heaven and Earth Furnace and strengthen his defenses.

• Lin Yunji summoned the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu, startling the Devil Master, who resolved to kill him and claim both supreme treasures.
• Lin Yunji formed a domain of the three thousand Great Dao origins, while the Devil Master summoned hundreds of Great Dao avatars he had taken from Chaos Worlds.
• The Devil Master fed the avatars’ origins into the Devil Cosmos Sword, causing the weapon to evolve and gain immense power.
• The Devil Master unleashed the enhanced Devil Cosmos Sword at Lin Yunji, destroying countless small worlds and vast areas of the void.
• Lin Yunji activated the fourth layer of Heaven and Earth Furnace, the Primordial Expanse Glazed Pagoda, and the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu to withstand the sword strike.

Lin Yunji defeated and killed the Lord of the Devil Abyss after a thousand-year battle, learning that more powerful rulers stood beyond their universe. He prepared to return to the Primordial World, with his journey toward those beings still ahead.

• Lin Yunji unleashed the full power of the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu and trapped the Devil Cosmos Sword while the Primordial Expanse Glazed Pagoda blocked the Lord of the Devil Abyss's attacks.
• Lin Yunji and the Lord of the Devil Abyss fought for a thousand years, with Lin Yunji gaining the advantage as the Lord of the Devil Abyss suffered grievous wounds.
• Lin Yunji sealed the weakened Lord of the Devil Abyss with the Primordial Expanse Glazed Pagoda, and the Lord reflected on how they were pieces on a board controlled by the Origin Realm's rulers.
• Lin Yunji crushed the Lord of the Devil Abyss with the pagoda, ending their battle in victory.
• Lin Yunji resolved to seek out the rulers beyond the universe, then prepared to return to the Primordial World as the system awarded him Faith Points and Breakthrough Points.

Lin Yunji absorbed the universe’s power of origin and broke through from the sixth-stage to the eighth-stage Hunyuan Great Dao Sage realm. He shared his insights with the Three Pure Ones, Nüwa, and the others, helping them break through as well, but warned that greater dangers still existed beyond the Devil Master.

• Lin Yunji entered a profound state, absorbed vast amounts of the power of origin, and began comprehending the realm above the Great Dao.
• Chaos Spiritual Qi gathered around Lin Yunji’s true body as his Law Power surged and he broke through to the eighth-stage Hunyuan Great Dao Sage realm.
• Inside the Primordial Expanse Exquisite Pagoda, the Three Pure Ones and Nüwa watched Lin Yunji’s breakthrough and struggled to understand its Dao resonance.
• Hongjun said the Sage realm was only the beginning, while Cult Master Tongtian and Laozi celebrated Lin Yunji’s strength and the Primordial World’s apparent peace.
• Lin Yunji warned that true old monsters still made complete peace unlikely, then sent seven-colored light into the Three Pure Ones, Nüwa, and the others, helping them break through and preserving his insights in their divine senses.

After Nüwa and the others improved their cultivation by comprehending Lin Yunji’s Dao resonance, Lin Yunji said that mastering it could allow them to reach the Hunyuan Great Dao Sage realm. He returned with his companions to the Primordial World, where its people mourned the fallen and the Human Race ancestors continued praying for Lin Yunji and Nüwa’s safe return.

• Laozi marveled at Lin Yunji’s Dao resonance, and Cult Master Tongtian hoped it would let him reach the Hunyuan Great Dao Sage realm.
• Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi doubted that becoming a Hunyuan Great Dao Sage could be easy, but Lin Yunji’s divine sense avatar said that fully comprehending the Dao resonance should make it possible.
• Nüwa celebrated the possibility of reaching that realm, while Laozi and Cult Master Tongtian noted that comprehending the resonance could take a long time.
• Lin Yunji calmed the Chaos torrents, opened the long river of spacetime, and brought his companions back to the Primordial World.
• The Primordial World mourned the many fallen warriors as disasters erupted and the Heavenly Dao wept; the Human Race ancestors knelt beneath Lin Yunji and Nüwa’s statues, praying for their return.

Lin Yunji returned to the Primordial World with Nüwa and repaired the damage caused by the battle, resurrecting the fallen mighty figures and rewarding them with Divine Net Points. He announced that he would preach the Great Dao at the Three Pure Ones' Daoist sanctuary on Kunlun Mountain in three thousand years, and asked the Three Pure Ones to lend him the sanctuary.

• Lin Yunji and Nüwa returned safely, and Lin Yunji used his power to restore the Primordial World's Heavenly Dao, land, and seas.
• Lin Yunji resurrected the mighty figures who had died fighting the Devil Master and the extraterritorial heavenly devils.
• Lin Yunji rewarded the resurrected fighters with Divine Net Points, which they celebrated and discussed spending.
• Lin Yunji announced that all living beings of the Three Realms and Six Paths could hear him preach the Great Dao at Kunlun Mountain in three thousand years.
• Lin Yunji asked the Three Pure Ones if he could use their Daoist sanctuary.

Lin Yunji announced that he would preach the Dao at Kunlun Mountain in three thousand years, drawing eager cultivators from across the Primordial World. Before leaving, he learned from Hongjun that the Source Realm might be a world left after the Hongmeng World shattered, and reassured his companions that he would defend their home if its powerful beings threatened them.

• Lin Yunji set a date three thousand years away to preach the Dao at Kunlun Mountain, and cultivators across the Primordial World resolved to attend.
• Lin Yunji dismissed the assembled experts, said farewell to the Three Pure Ones and Hongjun, and asked Hongjun about the Source Realm.
• Hongjun said the Source Realm seemed to be a great world left after the Hongmeng World shattered and suggested that Chaos Gods and Devils might know more.
• Lin Yunji told Hongjun and the Three Pure Ones that the Devil Master might have come from the Source Realm, where beings stronger than him might exist.
• Lin Yunji promised to suppress and kill any Source Realm beings who attacked, while Nüwa, Changxi, Xihe, and the others voiced their trust in him.

Lin Yunji and the women returned to the Empress Wa Palace, where Nüwa welcomed the spirits that had formed from its plants and treasures as attendants. Lin Yunji renamed a stone-bead spirit Lingzhuzi, and the Heavenly Dao quietly bestowed karmic fortune on him, leaving the Sages to realize he had an important future.

• Lin Yunji and the women returned to the Empress Wa Palace and found its newly formed spirits gathered outside to greet them.
• At Changxi and Bixiao’s suggestion, Nüwa accepted the spirits as attendants, purified their Spiritual Qi, bestowed Spirit Serpent Treasure Seals, and taught them cultivation methods.
• Lin Yunji asked one attendant about his origins, and Xiao Zhuzi explained that he had formed from a stone bead on the palace eaves.
• Lin Yunji renamed Xiao Zhuzi Lingzhuzi, and the Heavenly Dao silently granted him karmic fortune.
• Nüwa, Yunxiao, Changxi, and the others noticed the change, and Bixiao began to reveal that Lingzhuzi had an important future.

After Nüwa accepted Lingzhuzi as a Dao attendant, Lin Yunji entered seclusion at the Empress Wa Palace and reviewed his cultivation and treasures. He discovered three exceptional Heaven-Reaching Jianmu fruits that could help someone reach the Hunyuan Great Dao Sage realm and planned to give them to his master and martial uncles.

• Yunxiao stopped Bixiao from revealing heaven's secrets about Lingzhuzi, whom the Sages recognized as destined to face the future Infinite Immeasurable Calamity.
• Nüwa said she would let Lingzhuzi face his destined calamity when it came, and then sent her new Dao attendants away to cultivate.
• Lin Yunji checked his status panel and calculated that his Divine Net earnings could provide enough Breakthrough Points for his next cultivation breakthrough in about three hundred years.
• Lin Yunji examined his three life-bound Law Treasures and saw that the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu had grown a hundred fruits.
• Lin Yunji discovered that three of the young fruits contained especially abundant Great Dao power and Primordial Expanse Qi, and decided to give them to Cult Master Tongtian, Laozi, and Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi once they ripened.

Lin Yunji decided to save Exchange Points to unlock the Primordial Expanse Glazed Pagoda’s third level and considered giving the Devil Cosmos Sword to Cult Master Tongtian to strengthen the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation. After sleeping for three thousand years, he traveled with Nüwa and the Dao children of Empress Wa Palace to Kunlun Mountain, where cultivators had gathered to hear him expound on the Great Dao.

• Lin Yunji resolved to save his Exchange Points to unlock the Primordial Expanse Glazed Pagoda’s third level and put away his three supreme treasures.
• Lin Yunji discovered that the Devil Cosmos Sword remained loyal to the dead Devil Master and would not serve him.
• Lin Yunji considered giving the Devil Cosmos Sword to Cult Master Tongtian to help create a New Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, but noted that three more Primordial Expanse Spirit Treasure swords would be needed.
• Lin Yunji slept for three thousand years while beings across the Primordial World journeyed to Kunlun Mountain for his Great Dao lecture.
• Lin Yunji agreed with Nüwa to go to Kunlun Mountain and brought the women and Dao children of Empress Wa Palace.
• Lin Yunji arrived at the Three Pure Ones' Daoist sanctuary, which had been packed with cultivators for a thousand years.

After three thousand years of waiting, Lin Yunji began expounding the Great Dao at Kunlun Mountain, and listeners across the Primordial World gained insights and broke through. After a thousand years, he moved from the Dao of the minute to the more profound Dao, which many listeners could no longer comprehend or record.

• Living beings from across the Primordial World gathered around Kunlun Mountain for Lin Yunji's sermon, and the Three Pure Ones' bells announced its beginning.
• Lin Yunji appeared, acknowledged Cult Master Tongtian, Laozi, Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi, and Old Ancestor Hongjun, then began expounding the Great Dao.
• Listeners became immersed in Lin Yunji's teaching, and many silently broke through to higher realms as divine radiance descended upon them.
• After a thousand years, Lin Yunji said he had finished the Dao of the minute and would next expound the Dao of the profound.
• Many listeners could not understand Lin Yunji's more profound teaching, and their attempts to record it failed, so they remained seated and listened.

Lin Yunji concluded his three-thousand-year sermon after teaching the Dao of Creation, leaving the beings gathered at Kunlun Mountain grateful and greatly advanced in cultivation. As they departed with new insights and power, Lin Yunji reflected on the faith their gratitude had brought him.

• As Lin Yunji preached for a thousand years, his Dao resonance drew Spiritual Qi to Kunlun Mountain, and many listeners below the Daluo Mystic Immortal Realm could no longer understand him.
• At the end of the second millennium, Lin Yunji began preaching the Dao of Creation, which only beings at the Daluo Golden Immortal level and above could comprehend.
• After another thousand years, Lin Yunji ended the sermon, and the assembled beings thanked him sincerely.
• The listeners’ cultivation had advanced, with many low-level beings breaking through a major realm, aided by Spiritual Qi Lin Yunji replenished with Chaos Essence Qi.
• Lin Yunji sensed the listeners’ increased Power of Faith and thought that preaching to the beings of the Primordial World could be a worthwhile bargain.

After Lin Yunji’s sermon greatly raised cultivation across the Primordial World, the chapter followed a bird demon who was killed by a blood python and became a resentful wandering ghost. Although the Six Paths of Reincarnation summoned her to the Underworld, her resentment—and that of many other ghosts—left wandering spirits roaming the living world.

• Lin Yunji ended his sermon and departed, while Hongjun and the listeners acknowledged him before leaving Kunlun Mountain.
• The sermon spread Dao insights through the Primordial World, and many beings advanced to Daluo Golden Immortal and Quasi-Sage realms.
• A blood python discovered the bird demon’s hidden nest, swallowed her, and refined her into blood, leaving her soul to wander.
• The Six Paths of Reincarnation summoned the bird demon’s ghost toward the Underworld, but resentment over her unjust death made her resist rebirth.
• The chapter noted that many other ghosts also refused the Underworld’s summons, continuing to wander despite Houtu’s creation of the Six Paths.

Lady Pingxin struggled to process the overwhelming number of souls crowding the Netherworld Underworld, even as she sent them through reincarnation. Houtu realized the problem exceeded Pingxin’s capacity and set off to ask Lin Yunji for help.

• Lady Pingxin erased the memories of countless ghosts and sent them through the Reincarnation Wheel, assigning their rebirth paths according to their merit and karma.
• The steady flood of new souls overwhelmed the Netherworld Underworld, and Lady Pingxin realized it would soon become unable to function.
• Lady Pingxin informed her true self, Houtu, of the crisis.
• Houtu recognized that she could not solve the workload problem alone and decided to seek Lin Yunji’s help.
• Houtu left the Witch Clan’s tribe and hurried to the Snail Emperor Palace.