Chapter Summaries

Lin Yunji captured seventy streaks of Primordial Expanse purple Qi while searching for Heavenly Dao Fragments, then found multiple fragments beneath a lake. Meanwhile, the summoned guests gathered at Purple Cloud Palace and wondered why Lin Yunji had not appeared, as his allies and rivals reacted to his absence.

• Lin Yunji used the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu to capture a streak of Primordial Expanse purple Qi, discovered he could choose whether to activate it, and began collecting more.
• Lin Yunji spent over six thousand years searching the world, gathered seventy streaks of Primordial Expanse purple Qi, and remained unable to find any Heavenly Dao Fragments.
• Lin Yunji spotted multiple Heavenly Dao Fragments and more Primordial Expanse purple Qi beneath a lake, then dived in to retrieve them.
• More than two thousand summoned guests gathered at Purple Cloud Palace and discussed Lin Yunji's empty seat.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi and Dijun hoped Old Ancestor Hongjun would punish Lin Yunji, while Jieyin and Zhunti silently appeared to share a plan.
• Cult Master Tongtian grew angry over Lin Yunji's absence, and Laozi asked Lady Nüwa whether she knew why he had not come; Lady Nüwa reacted awkwardly.

At the Purple Cloud Palace, Hongjun dismissed Zhunti’s accusation that Lin Yunji had ignored his summons and explained that those absent could have their own fortuitous opportunities. He then revealed the Primordial Expanse Small World, a hidden realm containing the Chaos Pearl and Primordial Expanse purple qi, leaving the assembled Sages eager to learn where it was.

• Lady Nüwa explained that Lin Yunji had urgent business and could not answer Hongjun’s summons, while Tongtian and Primordial Celestial Venerable speculated about his reason for staying away.
• Zhunti accused Lin Yunji of disrespecting Hongjun, but Hongjun ordered the others to sit and said that both those who came and those who stayed away might have their own affinities.
• Jieyin, Zhunti, Dijun, and Eastern Emperor Taiyi resented what they saw as Hongjun’s favoritism toward Lin Yunji, while Laozi asked why Hongjun had summoned them.
• Hongjun described the Primordial Expanse Small World and revealed that it contained the Chaos Pearl and abundant Primordial Expanse purple qi, but could only be entered by beings below the Hunyuan Heavenly Dao Sage realm.
• Zhunti eagerly asked Hongjun where the Primordial Expanse Small World was.

Old Ancestor Hongjun revealed that the Primordial Expanse Small World contained the Chaos Pearl and Primordial Expanse purple qi, then set rules for the search. The great powers followed a guiding light toward the small world, while Cult Master Tongtian worried that Lin Yunji had missed his chance to find the Chaos Pearl.

• The great powers grew eager to find the Chaos Pearl and Primordial Expanse purple qi after Old Ancestor Hongjun described them.
• Old Ancestor Hongjun said the Chaos Investiture of the Gods Formation would hold the Primordial Expanse Small World for about a hundred years and warned the searchers not to force matters or start disputes.
• The great powers left Purple Cloud Palace and followed a mysterious light through Chaos toward the Primordial Expanse Small World.
• Cult Master Tongtian worried that Lin Yunji had missed a rare opportunity and said his extraordinary luck might have helped him find the Chaos Pearl.
• Laozi and Primordial Celestial Venerable told Cult Master Tongtian not to dwell on Lin Yunji's absence as the Three Pure Ones continued toward the small world.
• Dijun, Eastern Emperor Taiyi, Jieyin, and Zhunti traveled toward the small world with pleased expressions because Lin Yunji had not come.

Lin Yunji reached the Peak of Quasi-Sage Great Perfection and discovered that the pearl he had obtained was the Chaos Pearl, a Chaos Supreme Treasure he began refining beside the lake. Meanwhile, the great powers and Sages gathered at the Jade Butterfly of Creation received Hongjun’s method for entering the formation and flew into the Primordial Expanse Small World.

• Lin Yunji broke through to the Peak of Quasi-Sage Great Perfection, bringing his cultivation within half a step of a Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal.
• Lin Yunji counted eighty-eight strands of Primordial Expanse purple qi from the small world and added them to the eighteen strands already in his possession.
• Lin Yunji used the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu to restrain the pearl and entered its vast chaotic interior with his Divine Sense.
• Lin Yunji learned that the pearl was the Chaos Pearl, a Chaos Supreme Treasure containing powerful Divine Abilities and formations that required greater cultivation to unlock.
• Lin Yunji decided to refine the Chaos Pearl beside the lake, taking advantage of the world’s slower passage of time.
• At the Jade Butterfly of Creation, the gathered great powers received Hongjun’s formation-entry method, thanked him, and flew into the black vortex.

The Sages and mighty figures entered the Primordial Expanse Small World to search for Primordial Expanse purple qi and the Chaos Pearl, only to discover Lin Yunji fishing beside a lake. The chapter ended as Cult Master Tongtian explained the treasures to him and a wisp of purple Qi appeared overhead.

• The Sages and mighty figures entered the small world and split up to seek their own fortuitous opportunities.
• They found Lin Yunji fishing beside a lake and were shocked that he had entered the sealed world and reached the Peak of Quasi-Sage Great Perfection.
• Lin Yunji told Cult Master Tongtian that he had entered through the Chaos Investiture of the Gods Formation and had spent his time refining the Chaos Pearl and stocking the lake with fish.
• Cult Master Tongtian told Lin Yunji that the small world contained Primordial Expanse purple qi and the Chaos Pearl.
• A wisp of purple Qi appeared in the void above them.

Lin Yunji remained at the lake while Houtu received a newly appeared Primordial Expanse purple qi, then revealed that he had found the legendary Chaos Pearl. The Three Pure Ones celebrated his fortune and warned him to hide the treasure, while Lin Yunji hinted he had nearly finished refining it.

• A wisp of Primordial Expanse purple qi entered Houtu and fused with her Primordial Spirit, prompting the other mighty figures to search for qi fated to them.
• Cult Master Tongtian urged Lin Yunji to search for Primordial Expanse purple qi for his junior brothers and sisters, but Lin Yunji said only the fated could obtain it.
• Primordial Celestial Venerable and Laozi told Lin Yunji to seek the Chaos Pearl, and the treasure appeared before him as he sat fishing.
• The Three Pure Ones and Lady Nüwa stared in shock as Cult Master Tongtian identified the pearl and warned Lin Yunji to hide it from potential enemies.
• Lin Yunji stored the Chaos Pearl and began refining it, then teased Cult Master Tongtian that he might have finished refining it if they had arrived later.

Lin Yunji stayed by the lake with Lady Nüwa and Houtu after his master and martial uncles left to search for Primordial Expanse purple qi. Meanwhile, Hongjun warned that the Chaos Fiendgods were moving against the Great Dao, and Ancestor Yangmei began a plan to retrieve the Chaos Pearl.

• Cult Master Tongtian left to search for Primordial Expanse purple qi for Duobao, and Laozi and Primordial Celestial Venerable departed to find some for their disciples.
• Lady Nüwa and Houtu joined Lin Yunji by the lake, where they learned he had come to the Primordial Expanse Small World by chance and then began fishing with him.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun appeared in Purple Cloud Palace and warned Yangmei, Bingtian, Shichen, and the other mighty experts that the Great Dao's cycle could not be overturned.
• Ancestor Yangmei, Ancestor Shichen, Ancestor Bingtian, Ancestor Wuxing, and Ancestor Xuanhuang gathered in Gods and Devils Hall and discussed their plan.
• Ancestor Yangmei sent ripples through space to send Devil Creatures into the small world, intending to later send clones in and retrieve the Chaos Pearl.

While the Primordial Wilderness powers searched fruitlessly for Primordial Expanse purple qi and the Chaos Pearl, Lin Yunji fished with Lady Nüwa and Houtu as he continued refining the hidden Chaos Pearl. Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi mistook a spatial rift for a treasure and were confronted by powerful Devil Creatures emerging from it.

• The Jade Butterfly of Creation opened a spatial rift in the Chaos, and nearly ten thousand Devil Creatures entered a bronze mirror before the scene shifted to the Primordial Expanse Small World.
• After a thousand years of searching, the great powers had found almost no Primordial Expanse purple qi, while Houtu remained the only one known to have obtained a strand.
• Lady Nüwa caught another fish and teased Lin Yunji with Houtu as he continued refining the Chaos Pearl, which was still not fully refined.
• Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi searched a mountain without success, then noticed the void twisting and suspected the Chaos Pearl was about to appear.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi rang the Eastern Emperor Bell to freeze the space, but Dijun and Taiyi realized the opening was a spatial rift rather than a treasure.
• Powerful Devil Creatures poured from the rift, and Eastern Emperor Taiyi cried out in shock.

Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi discovered a vast force of Devil Creatures, including six Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal experts, and summoned the other mighty figures to help fight them. The battle turned against the Devil Creatures until they revived through a formation, prompting Lady Nüwa and Daoist Minghe to identify their Devil Qi as the medium and the gathered fighters to attack it as well.

• Dijun urged Eastern Emperor Taiyi to ring the Eastern Emperor Bell and summon help after they found thousands of Devil Creatures emerging from a spatial rift.
• Lady Nüwa and Houtu went to investigate the Devil Qi, while Lin Yunji stayed behind to finish refining the Chaos Pearl.
• Laozi and Jieyin persuaded the gathered mighty figures to unite against the Devil Creatures, and Cult Master Tongtian warned that they were assembling a formation.
• The mighty figures attacked and gained the upper hand, but the Devil Creatures they had killed reappeared from the formation in the sky.
• Lady Nüwa explained that Devil Qi served as the creatures' resurrection medium, and Daoist Minghe and Laozi urged everyone to destroy it as they continued fighting.

The Primordial Wilderness’s Sages and mighty experts fought the golden-eyed Devil Creatures while Lin Yunji continued refining the Chaos Pearl and fishing. Just as Cult Master Tongtian prepared to use the Immortal-Slaying Formation, the Devil Creatures gathered in the sky to welcome a terrifying being whose pressure shook the entire small world.

• Laozi, the other Heavenly Dao Sages, and the mighty experts battled the Devil Creatures, destroying their Devil Qi as they killed them.
• Lin Yunji stayed beside the lake and continued refining the Chaos Pearl, reasoning that the fighters had the advantage and wondering who controlled the seemingly mindless Devil Creatures.
• Cult Master Tongtian asked Laozi and Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi to hold back three Devil Creatures while he set up the Immortal-Slaying Formation, and they agreed.
• More than a thousand Devil Creatures abruptly flew into the sky and formed ranks as if welcoming someone, prompting the Sages and mighty experts to brace for danger.
• A vast pressure spread across the Primordial Expanse Small World, terrifying even the Sages as a supreme being appeared.

Ancestor Yangmei revealed himself as a Chaos Fiendgod, overwhelmed the gathered Sages with fear, and explained that he had come to find the Chaos Pearl. Dao Ancestor Hongjun appeared to confront him, but Yangmei dismissed the others as ants and stated his purpose.

• Ancestor Yangmei appeared and saw through Laozi, Houtu, and the Pangu Axe.
• Yangmei identified himself as a Chaos Fiendgod born with chaos and described his mastery of space and his five incarnations.
• The assembled Sages despaired as Yangmei claimed Hongjun could not compare to him.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun spoke and challenged Yangmei about struggling against the greater trend.
• Yangmei welcomed Hongjun’s arrival and said he had come only to find the Chaos Pearl.

Lin Yunji appeared with the Chaos Pearl, revealing that Ancestor Yangmei already knew it was in his possession. As the Three Pure Ones, Lady Nüwa, Houtu, and Zhen Yuanzi pledged to support him, Lin Yunji made clear that he would keep what was his.

• The assembled mighty figures wondered whether Lin Yunji had found the Chaos Pearl and blamed him for not helping during the fighting.
• Ancestor Yangmei turned toward the north and asked Lin Yunji to hand over the Chaos Pearl.
• Lin Yunji appeared, tossing the real Chaos Pearl in his hand, and the assembled figures reacted with shock.
• Cult Master Tongtian, Primordial Celestial Venerable, and Laozi scolded Lin Yunji, but he explained that Ancestor Yangmei had already sensed the pearl through his Divine Sense.
• Cult Master Tongtian, Primordial Celestial Venerable, Laozi, Lady Nüwa, Houtu, and Zhen Yuanzi stepped forward to support Lin Yunji.
• Lin Yunji called the Chaos Pearl his own and said he did not need to choose what to do with his belongings.

Ancestor Yangmei demanded the Chaos Pearl, but Lin Yunji mocked him and remained untouched by his overwhelming presence. Yangmei launched an attack, and Lin Yunji refused Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s offer of help.

• Ancestor Yangmei told Lin Yunji to hand over the Chaos Pearl, and Lin Yunji retorted that he wanted Yangmei’s long eyebrows to use as fishing bait.
• The gathered mighty figures were astonished by Lin Yunji’s insult, while Lady Nüwa chose to stand with him.
• Ancestor Yangmei declared that Lin Yunji had to die and unleashed his Fifth Stage Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal presence upon him.
• Lin Yunji remained unmoved because of the system’s Divine Might, shocking the mighty figures and unsettling Ancestor Yangmei.
• Ancestor Yangmei sent frigid spatial daggers toward Lin Yunji, and Lin Yunji refused Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s offer to help.

Lin Yunji refused Hongjun’s offer of help, then revealed the power of the refined Chaos Pearl by wiping out Yangmei’s Devil Creatures and restoring the ruined small world. He killed Yangmei’s clone, pocketed its willow branch, and turned his attention to a powerhouse who had insulted him.

• Lin Yunji rejected Hongjun’s offer, while the Three Pure Ones, Lady Nüwa, Zhen Yuanzi, and Houtu stepped in to protect him.
• Lin Yunji clenched his hand and erased Yangmei’s spatial blades, tens of thousands of Devil Creatures, and the formation, then restored the damaged small world with a wave.
• Yangmei recognized that Lin Yunji had refined the Chaos Pearl, and Lin Yunji declared that Yangmei was ready to perish.
• Lin Yunji’s power engulfed Yangmei’s clone and shattered it, leaving behind a green willow branch that Lin Yunji pocketed.
• Lin Yunji asked the stunned cultivators why they were staring, then singled out a powerhouse who had called him a coward and shameless, frightening those who had insulted him.

Ancestor Yangmei told the other Chaos Fiendgods that Lin Yunji had ruined their plan, taken the Chaos Pearl, and destroyed his clone, so they discussed killing Lin Yunji and reclaiming the treasure. At Purple Cloud Palace, Dao Ancestor Hongjun warned Lin Yunji about the surviving Chaos Fiendgods, then asked him to stay behind after the other cultivators left.

• Ancestor Yangmei reported that Lin Yunji had seized the Chaos Pearl, mastered the Primordial Expanse Small World's origin power, and destroyed his clone, prompting the Chaos Fiendgods to plot against Lin Yunji.
• Lin Yunji arrived at Purple Cloud Palace with the Three Pure Ones, Lady Nüwa, Houtu, and Zhen Yuanzi, then teased the gathered cultivators by asking if they wanted the Chaos Pearl.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun explained that Chaos Fiendgods still lived in the deepest Chaos but could not enter the Primordial Wilderness, and warned Lin Yunji to be careful.
• Lin Yunji displayed Ancestor Yangmei's willow branch and joked that he could handle more Chaos Fiendgods because he had plenty of fish.
• Cult Master Tongtian rebuked Lin Yunji, and Dao Ancestor Hongjun told the other cultivators to leave while asking Lin Yunji to remain.

Lin Yunji spoke frankly with Dao Ancestor Hongjun in the Purple Cloud Palace, explaining that Hongjun was lonely, bound to the Heavenly Dao, and unable to resist its course. Hongjun accepted Lin Yunji’s understanding and laughed heartily, astonishing Haotian and Yaochi.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun told Lin Yunji that he could not see through or understand him, and asked what Lin Yunji thought of him.
• Lin Yunji secured Hongjun’s promise not to take offense, then called him pitiful and lamentable because he was lonely, had become the Heavenly Dao’s spokesman, and was forced to follow its course.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun acknowledged Lin Yunji understood him best and praised his wisdom, perseverance, and fortune.
• Lin Yunji rejected Hongjun’s praise and explained that others were too afraid to speak frankly to him, while he was bold enough to do so.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun laughed with delight, causing heavenly flowers, golden lotuses, and immortal music to appear in the Purple Cloud Palace.
• Haotian and Yaochi heard Hongjun laughing and stared in astonishment because they had never seen him smile or laugh during their long service.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun told Lin Yunji about the Great Dao, the Devil Abyss, and the Chaos Pearl, while Lin Yunji revealed that he wanted to slow his cultivation. Haotian and Chi Yao arrived at the Purple Cloud Palace and were surprised to find Lin Yunji with their smiling master.

• Chi Yao persuaded Haotian to sneak into the Purple Cloud Palace, and they followed her there.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun explained that the Chaos Fiendgods were bound by the Great Dao and that the Lord of the Devil Abyss had sent Devil Ancestor Luohou to disrupt the Primordial Wilderness.
• Lin Yunji deduced that Ancestor Yangmei and the others wanted the Chaos Pearl to enter the Devil Abyss, and Hongjun warned him about their avatars.
• Lin Yunji said he wanted to slow his cultivation and wondered aloud about visiting the Devil Abyss, leaving Hongjun baffled.
• Haotian and Chi Yao entered the palace and found Lin Yunji with Hongjun; Lin Yunji teased Chi Yao about growing bigger before taking his leave.

Lin Yunji left the Purple Cloud Palace with Yaochi and traveled to Empress Wa Heaven, where he learned the location of a Heavenly Dao Fragment and invited Lady Nüwa and the others to accompany him to the East Sea Dragon Palace. Meanwhile, Jieyin and Zhunti plotted to obtain the Chaos Pearl, and their scheme left the Human Race’s protective formation broken and Lin Yunji unable to receive their pleas for help.

• Yaochi followed Lin Yunji out of the Purple Cloud Palace, and Dao Ancestor Hongjun sent Haotian to the mountain behind the palace for ten thousand years of cultivation.
• Lin Yunji took Yaochi to Empress Wa Heaven, where Houtu recounted his exploits in the Primordial Expanse Small World to Lady Nüwa, Bixiao, and the others.
• Lin Yunji spent 1,000,000 Faith Points to learn the location of a Heavenly Dao Fragment, then invited the women to travel with him to the Primordial Wilderness.
• Jieyin and Zhunti discussed Lin Yunji’s Chaos Pearl, and Jieyin shared a plan that prompted Zhunti to leave the World of Ultimate Bliss.
• The Seven Blaze Raging Flame Formation protecting the Human Race silently broke, and the Human Race could not reach Lin Yunji through the Holy Father’s statue.
• The Human Race discovered that Demon Beasts had appeared at the Shores of the Four Seas and, believing Lin Yunji had withdrawn the formation to test them, prepared to rely on their cultivation to defend and expand their territory.

Bai Ze reported that humans could strengthen the Demon Race, and Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi considered using human souls as weapons against the Witch Clan before deciding to consult Hongjun because of Lin Yunji. Meanwhile, Lin Yunji arrived at the East Sea Dragon Palace with Lady Nüwa and their companions, where Ao Bing and his subjects recognized Lady Nüwa and welcomed them in fear.

• A demon general told Bai Ze that consuming humans rapidly increased the Demon Race's strength, and Bai Ze ordered him to bring humans for a test.
• Bai Ze told Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi that human souls could be forged into weapons capable of piercing the ancestral witches, but Dijun warned that attacking humans could anger Lady Nüwa and Lin Yunji.
• Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi decided to ask Hongjun for permission and set off for the Purple Cloud Palace.
• Lin Yunji, Lady Nüwa, Xihe, Bixiao, Changxi, and the others arrived at the East Sea Dragon Palace, where a guard went to inform Ao Bing.
• Ao Bing rushed out, bowed to Lin Yunji, then recognized Lady Nüwa and fell to his knees; Lady Nüwa told the Dragon King and his subjects to relax as Lin Yunji entered the palace.

Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi received Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s permission to bring calamity upon the Human Race, and sent Bai Ze with a million Demon Race warriors toward the Shores of the Four Seas. After finding another Heavenly Dao Fragment in the East Sea, Lin Yunji learned of the approaching attack and rushed to protect the humans, who faced a vast demon army as the chapter ended.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun told Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi that the Human Race should suffer a calamity, but warned them not to go too far.
• Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi returned to the Heavenly Court and sent Bai Ze with a million Demon Race warriors toward the Shores of the Four Seas.
• Lin Yunji discovered imprisoned Dragon Race experts beneath an East Sea trench, then found a Heavenly Dao Fragment and raised his collection to thirty-nine.
• The system awarded Lin Yunji Breakthrough Points and five more strands of Primordial Expanse purple qi, prompting him to worry about becoming a Hunyuan Great Dao Sage too soon.
• Lady Nüwa warned Lin Yunji that over a million Demon Race beings were heading toward the Shores of the Four Seas, and he took the women there to defend the Human Race.
• Millions of Demon Race warriors emerged from the demon cloud above the Shores of the Four Seas, terrifying the gathered humans.