Chapter Summaries

Grand Master Xuandu returned from the Human Race to Shouyang Mountain, where he told Sage Laozi how the humans had condemned him for refusing to lead them into war. Laozi explained that the Human Race’s arrogance had brought on its calamity, leaving Xuandu to recognize why Meng Chen had chosen to teach the Wu Clan instead.

• The Human Race’s leaders condemned Grand Master Xuandu and demanded that he declare war on the Demon Clan, the Wu Clan, and other powerful forces.
• Grand Master Xuandu returned to Sage Laozi and asked why the Human Race refused to develop cautiously like the Myriad Witch Kingdom.
• Sage Laozi explained that the Human Race’s calamity came from its arrogance and that the race had only been an opportunity for the Sages to attain Dao.
• Sage Laozi said he had allowed the Human Race to suffer in hopes it would learn from hardship, but it had blamed others instead of reflecting.
• Grand Master Xuandu compared the Human Race’s self-importance to the Intercepting Teaching and concluded that Meng Chen understood the Human Race better than he did.

Sage Laozi helped Grand Master Xuandu overcome his hurt by explaining the Human Race’s selfish motives, and Xuandu resolved to gain enough strength to rule and change them. Laozi then visited Jade Void Palace, where Yuanshi Tianzun revealed Zhen Yizi as his grand-disciple and surprised Laozi with Meng Chen’s Late Zenith Heaven cultivation.

• Sage Laozi told Grand Master Xuandu that the Human Race had scapegoated him to avoid admitting its own mistakes and had never truly trusted him.
• Sage Laozi urged Grand Master Xuandu to judge himself by his own conscience rather than the Human Race’s attitude, and Xuandu vowed to become its strongest and change it through strength.
• Sage Laozi went to Jade Void Palace and discovered Yuanshi Tianzun instructing Zhen Yizi, a Primordial Saint and his grand-disciple.
• Sage Laozi gave Yuanshi Tianzun a Heaven and Earth Origin Pill and learned that Zhen Yizi was Meng Chen’s disciple and had become a Great Luo Golden Immortal.
• Yuanshi Tianzun congratulated Sage Laozi on Grand Master Xuandu’s progress, then revealed that Meng Chen had reached Late Zenith Heaven, leaving Laozi stunned.

Master Tongtian’s Intercepting Teaching disciples rapidly advanced by unleashing deadly plagues and harvesting the Netherworld’s resources, drawing a warning from the Great Dream Demon Saint on behalf of other Demon Saints. Tongtian dismissed the warning, insisting that ruthless killing suited the Dao of Demon.

• Lü Yue tested his Plague Grand Magic on Netherworld living beings, and Master Tongtian killed the demon lords’ experts who tried to stop him.
• Luo Hou named Master Tongtian the supreme Demon Sage, and Lü Yue’s plagues killed many Netherworld beings while helping him reach the Grand Golden Immortal realm.
• The disciples of Intercepting Teaching continued harvesting the Netherworld, leaving only half its living beings and advancing several of its elites to the Grand Golden Immortal realm.
• Master Tongtian thought about Daoist Duobao’s betrayal before the Great Dream Demon Saint arrived at Biyou Palace with a guqin tune that put the disciples to sleep.
• The Great Dream Demon Saint warned Tongtian that his disciples were killing the goose that laid the golden eggs, but Tongtian dismissed the concern as jealousy.

Yuanshi Tianzun recognized that Meng Chen had deliberately taught Zhen Yizi poorly and resolved to teach his grand-disciple himself. Meanwhile, Meng Chen arranged capable officials to govern the Netherworld, then withdrew with the My Teaching disciples after Goddess Houtu returned from merging with the Dao.

• The Plant Spirit Race compiled accounts of the Primordial Wilderness calamity into books for the Myriad Witch Kingdom, and Yuanshi Tianzun realized Meng Chen had deliberately misled him about his teaching ability.
• Yuanshi Tianzun decided to teach Zhen Yizi well after realizing Meng Chen had schemed to leave the disciple in his care.
• Meng Chen announced an examination to select Netherworld officials for the Eight Departments Orthodox Gods, Five Ghost Emperors, and Cloud Elder positions.
• After three hundred years of study, Meng Chen tested the Netherworld gods and selected qualified officials to take over their posts.
• Goddess Houtu returned after merging with the Dao, and Meng Chen restored the Nether Court's authority to her before departing with Daoist Maitreya and the My Teaching disciples.

Meng Chen and the Chan Sect returned to Kunlun Mountain after building the Nether Court, and the Heavenly Dao bestowed them with vast merit. The Western Church received none because it still owed the Heavenly Dao, while Meng Chen claimed most of the merit.

• Meng Chen led the Chan Sect immortals back to Kunlun Mountain and reported to Yuanshi Tianzun that they had built the Nether Court.
• A vast sea of golden merit appeared over Kunlun Mountain, drawing the attention of powerful figures throughout the Primordial Wilderness.
• Sage Jieyin explained that the Western Church could not receive merit while it still owed the Heavenly Dao for its grand vows.
• Daoist Duobao regretted joining the Western Church, and Jin Guangxian, Curly Head Immortal, and the others resented him for bringing them there.
• Meng Chen received eighty percent of the merit, and the other Chan Sect disciples shared the rest, except Wu Liangzi.

Yuanshi Tianzun rewarded the Chan Sect disciples, promoted three of them to personal disciples, and gave Wu Liangzi a new cultivation technique. He then tasked Meng Chen with finding a final Golden Immortal whose innate aptitude matched Zhen Yizi’s, and Meng Chen accepted.

• Yuanshi Tianzun promised each Chan Sect disciple a top-grade acquired spiritual treasure and elevated Yun Zhongzi, Immortal Elder of the South Pole, and Gu Changsheng to personal disciples.
• Yuanshi Tianzun gave Wu Liangzi the Jade Clarity Grand Yi Mystic Immortal Formula, while the Two Sages of the West ignored Wu Liangzi’s plea to return to the Western Church.
• Yuanshi Tianzun ordered Meng Chen to find the final Golden Immortal for the Twelve Golden Immortals, requiring innate aptitude no less than Zhen Yizi’s.
• Meng Chen briefly considered the difficulty, then told Yuanshi Tianzun he would find the final junior brother.

Meng Chen visited Five Villages Temple to enlist Great Immortal Zhen Yuan’s help in restoring Ancestor Hongyun’s fleshly body and bringing its reincarnation into the Chan Sect. Great Immortal Zhen Yuan agreed with joy, and Meng Chen explained that Hongyun could recover his late Quasi-Sage cultivation if the reincarnated body attained the Great Luo Dao before Hongyun’s true spirit returned.

• Meng Chen left Kunlun Mountain and traveled alone toward Five Villages Temple while Yuanshi Tianzun watched over him with concern.
• Qingfeng welcomed Meng Chen into Five Villages Temple after the Qingfeng Enlightenment Pill had helped him gain intelligence and become Great Immortal Zhen Yuan’s disciple.
• Meng Chen told Great Immortal Zhen Yuan that he intended to bring Ancestor Hongyun’s reincarnation into the Chan Sect as one of its Twelve Golden Immortals.
• Great Immortal Zhen Yuan rejoiced, but noted that Hongyun’s true spirit had entered the Eternal Calamity Land.
• Meng Chen clarified that he meant to reincarnate Hongyun’s fleshly body, which could reunite with the true spirit and restore Hongyun’s late Quasi-Sage cultivation if it first attained the Great Luo Dao.

Meng Chen proposed using the Creation Gourd and the Ginseng Fruit Tree to restore Ancestor Hongyun’s body, and Great Immortal Zhen Yuan agreed in exchange for two conditions. The chapter ended with Meng Chen planning an East Qi to West Transfer project to send excess Eastern spiritual Qi to the West and earn merit.

• Meng Chen revealed that the Creation Gourd could restore Ancestor Hongyun’s body, though it would initially be weak.
• Meng Chen explained that they could grow Hongyun’s body as a ginseng fruit on the Ginseng Fruit Tree, and Great Immortal Zhen Yuan accepted the plan.
• Meng Chen asked Great Immortal Zhen Yuan to protect the Chan Sect if Ancestor Kunpeng attacked it, and Zhen Yuan agreed.
• Meng Chen asked Great Immortal Zhen Yuan to tell the Two Sages of the West that he could address the West’s spiritual Qi problem.
• Meng Chen planned to transfer surplus spiritual Qi from the East to factions across the West.

Meng Chen and Great Immortal Zhen Yuan restored Ancestor Hongyun’s flesh by growing him on the Ginseng Fruit Tree, then agreed he would reincarnate into the Plant Spirit Race in the Myriad Witch Kingdom. Back in Kunlun Mountain, Meng Chen reported the plan to Yuanshi Tianzun, who gave him a star chart to study the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Formation.

• Great Immortal Zhen Yuan removed and crushed his heart to retrieve Ancestor Hongyun’s vital energy, soul fragments, and Dao fragments.
• Meng Chen and Great Immortal Zhen Yuan used the Reincarnation Law to grow Ancestor Hongyun’s flesh on the Ginseng Fruit Tree.
• Great Immortal Zhen Yuan disguised Ancestor Hongyun as an ordinary Ginseng Fruit and asked Meng Chen to keep the matter secret.
• Meng Chen returned to Kunlun Mountain and told Yuanshi Tianzun that Ancestor Hongyun would reincarnate in the Myriad Witch Kingdom after ten thousand years.
• Yuanshi Tianzun praised Meng Chen and gave him the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Chart, an Acquired Supreme Treasure.

Meng Chen began comprehending the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Formation with Azure Dragon Lord Cangwu, while Ancestor Hongjun sent Immortal Qiongxiao and Immortal Bixiao to the Demon Realm to serve Luo Hou. The two fairies awoke in Luo Hou’s palace, leaving him stuck with the disciples he had not wanted.

• Meng Chen returned to Jade Capital Mountain, asked Azure Dragon Lord Cangwu to activate the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Chart, and began studying the formation.
• Azure Dragon Lord Cangwu recognized that the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Formation concealed a path to sainthood through cultivating a minor Heavenly Dao.
• Immortal Qiongxiao and Immortal Bixiao complained about guarding the Little Purple Cloud Palace, unaware that Ancestor Hongjun’s statue had begun to glow.
• Ancestor Hongjun grew exasperated by the fairies’ complaints and struck them with Purple Firmament Divine Lightning, then sent them into the Demon Realm.
• Luo Hou failed to stop Ancestor Hongjun’s power from entering his palace, where the two fairies appeared; Ancestor Hongjun warned him to care for them, and they awoke asking where they were.

Luo Hou took back the Heavenly Slaughtering Sword Formation after Immortal Qiongxiao and Immortal Bixiao angered him in the Demon Realm. Master Tongtian learned that his disciples had cost him the chance to study the formation and rebuked them.

• Immortal Qiongxiao and Immortal Bixiao provoked Luo Hou, who restrained his anger because he feared Ancestor Hongjun and revealed that he had taught Master Tongtian the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation.
• Master Tongtian cultivated the Heavenly Slaughtering Sword Formation that Luo Hou had taught him, hoping to defeat Yuanshi Tianzun and the other sages.
• Luo Hou reclaimed the formation and demanded an explanation from Master Tongtian for his disciples’ conduct, then transferred him to the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons.
• Immortal Qiongxiao and Immortal Bixiao accused Luo Hou of bullying them and urged Master Tongtian to punish him.
• Master Tongtian realized his disciples had angered Luo Hou and cost him the formation, then told them to be quiet.

After Ancestor Hongjun sent Haotian to discipline the Disciples of Intercepting Teaching, Haotian embraced his new life as Haotian Daojun. Meanwhile, Meng Chen deepened his understanding of destiny, and Ancestor Hongjun ordered Sage Laozi to expand the Teaching of Humanity, though Sage Laozi struggled to find anyone he wanted as a disciple.

• Ancestor Hongjun ordered Haotian to gather the Disciples of Intercepting Teaching at Mount Qingcheng, and Haotian became Haotian Daojun rather than returning to Purple Cloud Palace.
• Haotian thanked Yuanshi Tianzun and set out to search for the Disciples of Intercepting Teaching.
• Meng Chen realized that countless instances of karma formed destiny and joined the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Formation to cultivate the Law of Destiny.
• Yuanshi Tianzun urged Sage Laozi to accept more disciples, while Ancestor Hongjun ordered Sage Laozi to accept nine disciples before returning to Eight Scenery Palace.
• Sage Laozi entered the Human Race to seek disciples but rejected every candidate he considered.

Sage Laozi began selecting disciples after Ancestor Hongjun threatened to send him to teach the Disciples of Intercepting Teaching. Yuanshi Tianzun accepted Ancestor Hongyun’s first reincarnation into the Chan Sect, while the Treasure Dropping Coin emerged in Kunlun Mountain and Yuanshi Tianzun reserved it for Meng Chen.

• Ancestor Hongjun threatened to send Sage Laozi to Mount Qingcheng, so Sage Laozi hurried to choose disciples.
• Great Immortal Zhen Yuan brought Ancestor Hongyun’s body to the Underworld, where Yuanshi Tianzun explained that Hongyun needed three reincarnations to fulfill his destined fate.
• Yuanshi Tianzun revealed that Hongyun’s reincarnation had been brought forward after he was caught in a fight between Yuanshi Tianzun and Meng Chen.
• Yuanshi Tianzun accepted Hongyun’s incarnation as a disciple, completing the Chan Sect’s Twelve Golden Immortals and its Calamity Fate.
• The Treasure Dropping Coin appeared in Kunlun Mountain, and Yuanshi Tianzun claimed it for Meng Chen while promising Cihang Zhenren and Puxian Zhenren that Meng Chen would eventually lead the Chan Sect.

Da Yi used a disguise and the Myriad Tribulations Passion Gu to win Changxi, then sought Forgetfulness Water from Ancestor Pan Wang to keep the Gu under control. Meanwhile, Sage Jieyin planned an Ullambana Assembly to recruit Eastern talents into the Western Church, despite Sage Zhunti’s concerns.

• Changxi married Di Jun through Goddess Nüwa’s help, but became resentful when Di Jun failed to love her and eventually left the Heavenly Realm.
• A Demon Clan demon reported Changxi’s departure to the Wu Clan, and Da Yi used a Di Jun disguise to trick her into drinking the Myriad Tribulations Passion Gu.
• Da Yi exhausted the Gu’s nine chances and asked Ancestor Pan Wang for help, who advised him to use Netherworld Forgetfulness Water and warned that the Gu could infect him.
• Da Yi hurried off to obtain Forgetfulness Water before Ancestor Pan Wang could stop him.
• Sage Jieyin proposed an Ullambana Assembly on Mount Sumeru to bring talented Eastern figures into the Western Church, and Sage Zhunti reluctantly agreed.

Sage Jieyin manipulated Lu Ya into drugging Xi He and releasing the nine Golden Crows, who attacked the Wu Clan with the power of the Sun Star. The Golden Crows devastated the Houtu Tribe before a Great Luo-level Great Witch killed the Third Golden Crow and chased the survivors as they fled into the Sun Star.

• At Mount Sumeru's Ullambana Assembly, Sage Jieyin served Di Jun and Taiyi Divine Tea planted with a sage's talisman, while Ancestor Kunpeng and the Ten Great Demon Sages prepared to act against them.
• Lu Ya drugged Xi He with Divine Tea, placed her sleeping body in a divine coffin, and agreed with Sage Jieyin to release his nine brothers.
• A Fox Clan great power disguised as a little demon persuaded the nine Golden Crows to use the Sun Star's power to attack the Wu Clan.
• The nine Golden Crows moved the Sun Star toward the Houtu Tribe, scorching the Primordial Wilderness and destroying Wu Clan settlements with small suns.
• A Great Luo-level Great Witch struck and killed the Third Golden Crow, and the surviving Golden Crows fled into the Sun Star as the Great Witch pursued them.

Meng Chen mastered the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Formation and rose to the peak of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, then learned that the Witch-Demon Tribulation had reached the Ten Suns Appear Together stage. Concerned that the clans might destroy the Primordial Wilderness even if Mount Buzhou was protected, he returned to Kunlun Mountain to seek Yuanshi Tianzun’s guidance.

• Meng Chen comprehended the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Formation, unified his Divine Ability Spirits through fate, and reached the peak of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.
• Azure Dragon Lord Cangwu told Meng Chen that the Witch-Demon Tribulation had advanced to Ten Suns Appear Together.
• Meng Chen decided to ask Yuanshi Tianzun for guidance about preventing the Collapse of Heaven Pillar and other threats to the Primordial Wilderness.
• Meng Chen returned to Kunlun Mountain and found Zhen Yizi cultivating the Mystic Arts of Eight Nine with Pangu's Essence Blood bestowed by Yuanshi Tianzun.
• Meng Chen left Zhen Yizi undisturbed and headed for Jade Void Palace.

Meng Chen returned to Kunlun Mountain, where Yuanshi Tianzun put him in charge of Chan Sect affairs and heard his plans to develop the Culinary Dao. Yuanshi Tianzun then revealed that the saints would leave the Primordial World to patrol against extraterrestrial demons, and Meng Chen warned that the Witch and Demon Clans might destroy the world if defeated.

• Yuanshi Tianzun told Meng Chen to remain on Kunlun Mountain and manage the sect while he sought ancient Dao-enlightenment arts for him.
• Meng Chen presented three Innate Spiritual Treasures from the Culinary Dao Great World and proposed spreading the Culinary Dao through the Chan Sect.
• Meng Chen joked about choosing Wu Liangzi, then said he would ask Yun Zhongzi to forge Culinary Dao treasures for the Myriad Witch Kingdom so the disciples could decide whether to pursue the path.
• Yuanshi Tianzun warned Meng Chen not to choose Yellow Dragon for a major responsibility and agreed that disciples should choose their own Dao paths.
• Yuanshi Tianzun announced that the saints would leave the Primordial World to guard against extraterrestrial demons, while Meng Chen's imperial father and three uncles stayed behind.
• Meng Chen warned Yuanshi Tianzun that the Witch and Demon Clans might drag all living beings to their deaths if defeated, and Yuanshi Tianzun's smile faded.

Meng Chen took charge of the Chan Sect’s affairs and reviewed its disciples’ training plans. Meanwhile, Great Witch Di Xuan broke through to Great Luo Golden Immortal, drawing astonished attention across Kunlun Mountain.

• Yuanshi Tianzun thanked Meng Chen for his warning, left Jade Void Palace to consult the other Saints, and entrusted the Chan Sect to him.
• Meng Chen reviewed the Chan Sect disciples’ training plans, praised Guang Chengzi’s progress, and crossed Juliusun off after seeing that he cultivated Western Esoteric Dharma.
• Meng Chen officially took over the Chan Sect’s affairs and prepared to lead its disciples.
• Great Witch Di Xuan became the Myriad Witch Kingdom’s first Great Luo Golden Immortal after receiving resources from Meng Chen and guidance from Yuanshi Tianzun.
• Queen Mother of the West, Lu Wu, Du'e True Man, and other cultivators expressed astonishment at Di Xuan’s breakthrough, and Meng Chen emerged from Jade Void Palace.

Di Xuan broke through to the Great Luo Dao, and Meng Chen rewarded him with Chaos Creature essence blood while urging him to lead the Myriad Witch Kingdom toward greater strength. Meng Chen and Di Xuan then arrived at the City of Myriad Spirits, where its people welcomed them.

• Di Xuan shattered his bloodline shackles after refining a Chaos Creature and attained the Great Luo Dao.
• Meng Chen appeared behind Di Xuan, congratulated him, and gave him a drop of Hunyuan Golden Immortal Realm Chaos Creature essence blood as a reward.
• Meng Chen told Di Xuan to govern the Myriad Witch Kingdom well and keep advancing, while Di Xuan vowed that its people would follow the Chan Sect's teachings.
• Meng Chen and Di Xuan returned to the Myriad Witch Kingdom and descended upon its capital, the City of Myriad Spirits.
• The Great Witches and Plant Spirit Race leaders welcomed Meng Chen and promoted the Chan Sect's role in the kingdom's founding; Meng Chen noticed that many plant and grain races had joined.
• The city's immortals welcomed Meng Chen and Di Xuan as they entered the imperial palace along the Golden Light Path.

Meng Chen attended a banquet at the Myriad Witch Kingdom, accepted the Wu Clan’s Divine Pillars Demon God Banners, and promised support to both the Wu Clan and the Plant Spirit Race. After learning that the Wu Clan’s control over earth came from the Heart of the Earth in Pangu Hall, he planned a future visit and gave Di Xuan another assignment.

• The Twelve Great Witches presented Meng Chen with twelve Divine Pillars Demon God Banners, which he accepted as a gift.
• Meng Chen promised the Chan Sect would not abandon the Wu Clan as long as it did not betray the sect.
• Meng Chen promised to cultivate a Great Luo Golden Immortal for the Plant Spirit Race and send selected experts to the Eastern Celestial Pole, warning them to obey its rules.
• After the banquet, Meng Chen asked Di Xuan how the Wu Clan wielded the authority of the earth, and Di Xuan explained that the Heart of the Earth lay in Pangu Hall.
• Meng Chen told Di Xuan he would return to the Myriad Witch Kingdom to handle a major matter and directed him to find the Vegetable Clan and the Five Grains Clan.