Chapter Summaries

Old Daoist Bailou realized Lin Yunji had nearly become a supreme through physical cultivation and accepted that he could not oppose him. Years later, the Witch Clan’s former dominion had faded from memory across the Primordial Wilderness Continent.

• Old Daoist Bailou judged Lin Yunji’s power to exceed that of ordinary great dao sages, and Lin Yunji confirmed that his body had nearly reached the supreme realm.
• Old Daoist Bailou recognized Lin Yunji as a supreme in the flesh and reacted with fear and awe.
• Lin Yunji allowed Old Daoist Bailou to remain in the Primordial World and said he would take him to the Source Realm later.
• Old Daoist Bailou asked Old Ancestor Hongjun to let him stay at the Purple Cloud Palace, and Old Ancestor Hongjun agreed.
• Many years passed, and the Witch Clan’s rule over the Primordial Wilderness faded from memory as its ruins disappeared.

Lin Yunji visited the Human Race’s Sacred City and asked Suirenshi about the race’s relations with the Demon Race. Suirenshi revealed that the Demon Race’s rise had brought increasing attacks on humans, leaving the Human Race to endure and defend itself.

• Lin Yunji and Suirenshi surveyed the Sacred City from the Stargazing Tower, where Lin Yunji joked that the tower should become a tourist attraction.
• Lin Yunji praised the Human Race’s growth and credited both its own efforts and the protection of its guardians.
• Lin Yunji asked Suirenshi how the Human Race and Demon Race were getting along, and Suirenshi first claimed their relations were harmonious.
• Lin Yunji saw through Suirenshi’s lie and ordered him to speak honestly.
• Suirenshi explained that the Demon Race’s growing power and its younger generation’s hostility had led to three thousand years of killings, including demons slaughtering entire human cities.
• Suirenshi said that he, Youchaoshi, and Ziyishi had stationed Daluo experts across human territories to guard against attacks, while the Human Race could do little else but endure.

Lin Yunji told Suirenshi that an unavoidable Immeasurable Calamity was approaching and urged the Human Race to face it, suggesting it might become a blessing. After Lin Yunji left, Daoist Mosquito arrived at the ruins of the Witch Clan's sacred temple.

• Suirenshi told Lin Yunji that Demon Race harassment of the Human Race risked causing a war despite the leaders' attempts to intervene.
• Lin Yunji explained heavenly and human calamities and warned that an Immeasurable Calamity was near.
• Suirenshi begged Lin Yunji to save the Human Race, but Lin Yunji said it could not avoid the calamity and should face it head-on.
• Lin Yunji teased Suirenshi, then returned to Empress Wa Palace, leaving Suirenshi to bow him off.
• Daoist Mosquito arrived at the ruined Witch Clan temple and surveyed the site with a chilling gaze.

Daoist Mosquito tracked Pangu Essence Blood to a hidden chamber and found Pangu's heart. He drained its remaining Essence Blood and vitality, reaching the Late-stage Quasi-Sage realm and anticipating another breakthrough after digesting what remained within him.

• Daoist Mosquito followed the scent of blood deep beneath the ruins and entered a hidden space.
• Daoist Mosquito found Pangu's heart in a stone hall decorated with murals of Pangu and the Witch Clan.
• Daoist Mosquito transformed into a giant blood-colored mosquito and sucked the Essence Blood and vitality from Pangu's heart.
• Daoist Mosquito advanced from the Late-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal realm through the Quasi-Sage stages to the Late-stage Quasi-Sage realm.
• Daoist Mosquito drained Pangu's heart until it became a withered shell and expected to reach Quasi-Sage Great Perfection after digesting the remaining vitality.

Daoist Mosquito drained Pangu’s heart, resolved to seize the Demon Race’s destiny to attain Sagehood, and effortlessly survived his Quasi-Sage tribulation. Meanwhile, the Demon Race had recovered its strength under Fuxi, leaving it as Daoist Mosquito’s intended target.

• Daoist Mosquito lamented that he could not devour the Twelve Ancestral Witches and resolved to become a Sage by seizing the Demon Race’s destiny.
• Daoist Mosquito left the hidden space after draining Pangu’s heart and swallowed the lightning of the Quasi-Sage tribulation.
• Old Daoist Bailou asked Old Ancestor Hongjun whether he had obscured the secrets of heaven, and Hongjun silently confirmed it.
• Fuxi led the Demon Race’s recovery from the Sun Palace, restoring its former might and making it more prosperous than it had been under Taiyi and Dijun.

Fuxi sensed that a crisis was approaching the Demon Race, but his divination could not reveal its cause. He ordered the demons to avoid killing members of other races, while Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi sealed Kunlun Mountain and ordered the Chan Sect into a thousand years of seclusion.

• At the Demon Court’s minor assembly, Fuxi worried that the Demon Race’s growing conflict with the Human Race would lead to war, and Shangyang tried to reassure him about the Divine Venerable.
• Fuxi’s jade crown beads broke, and a sudden pain in his heart warned him of an approaching crisis.
• Fuxi tried to divine the crisis but found that someone had obscured the heavenly secrets.
• Fuxi ordered the Demon Court’s subjects to stop arbitrarily killing members of other races and to prepare against calamity.
• Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi sent a decree ordering all Chan Sect disciples into seclusion for a thousand years and sealing Kunlun Mountain; Guangchengzi, the Immortal Elder of the South Pole, Jade Void True Person, and Chijingzi reacted to the order.

The Sages of Jade Wanderer Palace and Empress Wa Palace ordered their disciples into thousand-year seclusion as the Primordial World’s heavenly secrets fell into Chaos. In the barren Western lands, Bodhisattva Jinnaluo witnessed a terrifying figure emerge from the earth, radiating power that suggested a Late-stage Quasi-Sage or stronger.

• Cult Master Tongtian ordered all Jade Wanderer Palace disciples to return and remain within the sect for a thousand years while he expounded the Great Dao.
• Nüwa forbade Empress Wa Palace’s disciples from leaving the mountain, and other powerful figures recalled their disciples and sealed their Dao grounds.
• Bodhisattva Jinnaluo trudged through the barren Western lands, reflecting on the Western Sect’s decline after Jieyin and Zhunti were killed.
• The foothills near Jinnaluo shook, and a beam of bloody light erupted into the sky.
• A figure burst from the earth, and Jinnaluo sensed it was a powerful Quasi-Sage, possibly at Late-stage or Great Perfection.

After refining Pangu's Essence Blood, Daoist Mosquito reached Quasi-Sage Great Perfection and sent a swarm of blood mosquitoes to devour the Demon Race so he could use their blood to pursue the Dao of Hunyuan. The swarm began its attack at the Black Mist Cave Abode, killing two bear demons and growing stronger.

• Jinnaluo saw Daoist Mosquito and fled, while Daoist Mosquito spared him and revealed that refining Pangu's Essence Blood had brought him to Quasi-Sage Great Perfection.
• Daoist Mosquito realized that Primordial Expanse purple qi could help him cross the chasm to Sainthood, then decided to use the Demon Race as his stepping stone instead.
• Daoist Mosquito created a race of blood mosquitoes based on Patriarch Minghe's Blood God Sons Secret Method and ordered them to devour every member of the Demon Race on the Primordial Wilderness Continent.
• At the Black Mist Cave Abode, two bear demons discussed attending Fairy White Dew's birthday to enjoy immortal herbs and spirit fruits.
• Blood mosquitoes descended on the bear demons, drained them before they could scream, and grew stronger from their Essence Blood.

Daoist Mosquito unleashed blood mist across the Demon Race, devouring demons and even killing Demon God Black Mist as it swept through the wilderness. At Earth Snail City, Great Immortal Diluó faced pleas to admit fleeing demons while the city’s residents warned that doing so could endanger everyone inside.

• Daoist Mosquito’s blood mist devoured Great Immortal White Dew, Heihu, and the demons of Black Mist Cave Abode, then killed Demon God Black Mist.
• The blood mist spread from the northwest, consuming demons while passing around sealed homes and settlements belonging to other races.
• Fleeing demons gathered outside Earth Snail City and begged to be admitted, but its activated defenses kept them out.
• Humans and demons inside Earth Snail City warned Great Immortal Diluó that letting the refugees in could expose the city to danger.
• Great Immortal Diluó wept as she faced the pleas, torn between compassion for the fleeing demons and the safety of her city.

Great Immortal Diluó opened Earth Snail City's barrier to save the fleeing demons, and Lin Yunji's statue destroyed the blood mist when it broke through. The Demon Court then sent its army to fight the blood mist as Lin Yunji watched alongside Nüwa.

• Great Immortal Diluó let the demons fleeing the blood mist into Earth Snail City, then closed the barrier after they had all entered.
• The blood mist shattered the city's barrier, but Lin Yunji's statue released divine light that annihilated the nearby mist and Daoist Mosquito's blood-mosquito clones.
• Daoist Mosquito sensed the destruction, recognized Lin Yunji's power, and resolved not to provoke him.
• The surviving demons and humans in Earth Snail City knelt before Lin Yunji's statue in gratitude.
• Shangyang, Yingzhao, and Guci led more than a hundred demon gods and the Demon Court's army against the blood mist near the border of the Northern Kuru Continent and the Southern Jambu Continent.
• Lin Yunji watched the battle with Nüwa, who wanted to see the Demon Court fight despite her strained ties with it.

Daoist Mosquito annihilated the Demon Court’s army and advanced through the Demon Race’s lands until Fuxi confronted him with the ten Golden Crows. The Golden Crow Heaven-Locking Formation checked the blood mist, and Fuxi began raising the Zhoutian Star Formation as Daoist Mosquito attacked.

• Daoist Mosquito killed the three Demon Court Great Sages and devoured its army, including over a hundred Demon Gods and millions of demon immortals.
• The blood mist swept through the Demon Race’s remaining regions, prompting Fuxi to take the field in person.
• Fuxi sent out the ten Golden Crows he had secretly raised, and they formed the Golden Crow Heaven-Locking Formation to burn back the blood mist.
• Daoist Mosquito gathered the blood mist into seas of blood and attacked the Golden Crow formation with a blast of blood light.
• Fuxi appeared above the Sun Star and summoned the Zhoutian Star Formation, whose descending pillars of starlight formed a vast array across the Primordial Wilderness Land.

Fuxi unleashed the full Zhoutian Star Formation against Daoist Mosquito, who resisted with a vast sea of blood until he attained the Dao of Hunyuan and became a Sage. The Demon Court panicked, but Fuxi rallied its forces to keep the formation standing and challenge him.

• Fuxi summoned the 365 demon gods and 108,000 great gods to complete the Zhoutian Star Formation and attack Daoist Mosquito.
• Daoist Mosquito used a sea of blood to hold off the formation as it gradually refined away his defenses.
• As the formation consumed half the sea of blood, the Heavenly Dao trembled and blood lotuses bloomed across the world.
• Daoist Mosquito attained the Dao of Hunyuan and became a Sage, stunning the Demon Court and other powerful beings.
• Fuxi urged the Demon Court to combine its strength with his and declared that he would fight the Sage with the Zhoutian Star Formation.

Daoist Mosquito shattered the Zhoutian Star Formation and slaughtered the Demon Race, leaving Fuxi and the last Golden Crow desperate for help. Fuxi begged Nüwa to intervene, and Lin Yunji emerged from Empress Wa Palace, offering to save the Demon Race on one condition.

• Daoist Mosquito broke through the Zhoutian Star Formation, then slaughtered demons despite claiming he would spare those who fled.
• Daoist Mosquito killed nine of the ten Golden Crows and spared the last one, saying he needed the Demon Race as blood food to stabilize his cultivation.
• Fuxi lamented the Demon Race's destruction, and the last Golden Crow persuaded him to seek help from Nüwa.
• Fuxi and the last Golden Crow knelt outside Empress Wa Palace and begged Nüwa to save the Demon Race.
• Lin Yunji left the palace and offered to save the Demon Race if Fuxi agreed to one condition.

Lin Yunji demanded that the Demon Race give up its position as the Primordial World's leading race and privately told Fuxi to die as its Demon Emperor. Fuxi killed himself after entrusting Little Golden Crow to Lin Yunji, who named him Lu Ya and announced that the Human Race would rise.

• Lin Yunji demanded that the Demon Race relinquish its position as the leading race, and Fuxi agreed because the Demon Race had been devastated.
• Fuxi accepted Lin Yunji's second demand and asked him to take Little Golden Crow as a disciple after his death.
• Little Golden Crow bowed to Lin Yunji, became his disciple, and received the Daoist name Lu Ya.
• Fuxi told Lin Yunji to care for Empress Wa, then shattered his own Primordial Spirit and died.
• Lin Yunji caught Fuxi's dispersing primordial soul and told Lu Ya that Human Emperor Fuxi would be born in the future.
• Lin Yunji declared the Demon Race's calamity over, relinquished its leading position, and announced that the Human Race would rise.

After the Demon Race’s destiny was severed, Lin Yunji stopped Daoist Mosquito from devouring the remaining demons and rewarded him with Primordial Expanse purple qi, completing his Sage Dao fruit. Lin Yunji sent him to the North Sea Eye, where Daoist Mosquito learned he could cultivate in an abandoned cave abode and earn merit by suppressing its cold waves.

• The Demon Race’s destiny ended, the Human Race’s destiny rose, and Daoist Mosquito stopped hunting the surviving demons at Lin Yunji’s command.
• Lin Yunji bestowed Primordial Expanse purple qi on Daoist Mosquito, completing his Sage Dao fruit and resolving the dangers of his forced breakthrough.
• Daoist Mosquito wondered where to establish his Dao field, and Lin Yunji directed him to the North Sea Eye.
• Daoist Mosquito reached the far north and resented being sent to the frozen North Sea Eye, believing Lin Yunji wanted him to plug it.
• Lin Yunji explained that the North Sea Eye held Daoist Cold Stone’s vacant cave abode and that Daoist Mosquito could earn Heavenly Dao merit by suppressing its cold waves.

Daoist Mosquito willingly went to guard the North Sea Eye, while the Human Race rose to prominence after the Demon Race’s defeat and gathered to choose its first Human Emperor. The three Human progenitors declined to participate, but Youqiongshi and the other leaders insisted that the chosen candidate must accept the responsibility.

• Lin Yunji sent Daoist Mosquito to fill the North Sea Eye, and Daoist Mosquito eagerly went to continue Daoist Cold Stone’s work.
• After the Demon Race’s great tribulation, the Primordial World recovered, the Demon Race weakened, and the Human Race inherited its territory and became the world’s protagonist.
• Human Race leaders gathered in the Sacred City to discuss choosing a Human Emperor, with Suirenshi, Youchaoshi, and Ziyishi presiding.
• Youchaoshi, Suirenshi, and Ziyishi declared that they would not participate, arguing that the Human Emperor needed wisdom, kindness, responsibility, and broad vision rather than seniority or strength.
• Youqiongshi objected that whoever the assembly chose must accept the office, and the other leaders voiced their support.

Lin Yunji declared that the Human Emperor should be chosen by the people and the Heavenly Dao, leaving Youchaoshi, Suirenshi, and Ziyishi to decide among themselves. Suirenshi became the first Human Emperor, while Guangchengzi and several other disciples of Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi hurried to seek Lin Yunji’s approval for the position of Heavenly Emperor.

• Feixiongshi and the gathered Human leaders insisted that one of the Three Ancestors become Human Emperor, and Lin Yunji confirmed that both the Heavenly Dao and the people supported them.
• Suirenshi volunteered to serve as Human Emperor, and the crowd acclaimed him as the first ruler of the Human Race.
• The Heavenly Dao bestowed fortune, imperial robes, a jade crown, and a stone axe on Suirenshi, granting him Sage-comparable power within the mortal realm.
• Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi told Guangchengzi that Lin Yunji’s approval was needed for anyone to become Heavenly Emperor, and Guangchengzi rushed to the Empress Wa Palace.
• Immortal Elder of the South Pole, Chijingzi, and Jade Void True Person also left to seek Lin Yunji, while Juliusun and Huanglong did not appear.

Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi summoned Juliusun and Huanglong, criticized Juliusun for neglecting his cultivation, and praised Huanglong’s diligence and strong foundation. When he asked whether they wanted to contend for the Heavenly Emperor or Nether Thearch positions, both declined, leaving him angry at Huanglong for belittling himself.

• Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi questioned Juliusun and Huanglong about their cultivation, and Juliusun admitted he had reached mid-stage Daluo while Huanglong had reached Daluo Golden Immortal Perfection.
• Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi scolded Juliusun for falling behind and warned he would expel him if he continued to slack off.
• Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi praised Huanglong’s diligent cultivation and strong foundation, while Huanglong humbly denied being outstanding.
• Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi explained that the Heavenly Dao planned to establish a Human Emperor, Heavenly Emperor, and Nether Thearch, and said Juliusun and Huanglong could contend for either of the latter two positions.
• Juliusun declined to compete, judging his chances poor, and Huanglong said he had no interest in becoming Heavenly Emperor.
• Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi angrily rebuked Huanglong for belittling himself and insisted that a Sage’s disciple was qualified to become Heavenly Emperor.

Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi sent Juliusun and Huanglong to seek Houtu’s approval for the Nether Emperor position while Guangchengzi and the others gathered outside Empress Wa Palace to compete for Heavenly Emperor. As they waited for Lin Yunji, they worried that Zhen Yuanzi’s standing and cultivation gave him the greatest advantage.

• Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi explained the difference between the Netherworld Great Emperor and the Nether Emperor, then directed Juliusun and Huanglong to seek Houtu’s approval for the Nether Emperor position.
• Juliusun and Huanglong thanked Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi and hurried to the Netherworld World.
• Guangchengzi and the other aspirants gathered outside the closed gates of Empress Wa Palace, joined by Jie Sect immortals and other powerful figures, including Zhen Yuanzi and Daoist Hongyun.
• Holy Mother Jinling told Guangchengzi that their master had sent them to pay respects to Lin Yunji, who could decide who received the Heavenly Emperor position.
• Holy Mother Wudang said Zhen Yuanzi’s closeness to Lin Yunji and superior cultivation could make the other candidates’ chances slim.

Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun received spirit fruits from Lin Yunji and became Sages, while the other powerful visitors left with gifts. The Chan Sect and Jie Sect disciples stayed at Empress Wa Palace and accepted Lin Yunji’s trials for the Heavenly Emperor position.

• A young attendant announced that Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun were destined to become Sages and offered them tea or a gift from Lin Yunji.
• Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun accepted spirit fruits, ate them at Empress Wa Palace, and attained the Hunyuan Daluo Dao Fruit.
• Hongyun thanked Lin Yunji, and Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun departed after promising to return and pay their respects.
• The attendant gave the remaining visitors Primordial Expanse Spirit Fruits and told those who were not Sage disciples to leave.
• Guangchengzi and the other Chan Sect disciples, along with Jinling and the other Jie Sect disciples, remained to compete for the Heavenly Emperor position.
• Chijingzi, Immortal Elder of the South Pole, and Holy Mother Wudang declared they would face Lin Yunji’s trials, and the attendant invited them inside.