Chapter Summaries

Xiang Dong made a bamboo flute that became a Merit Spirit Treasure, then competed musically with Fuxi. Fuxi’s sorrowful performance made Xiang Dong and nearby creatures break down in tears, and the chapter ended as Fuxi sensed a powerful expert outside the formation.

• Xiang Dong made a flute from Nuwa’s Purple Jade Bamboo, and the Heavenly Dao granted it merit, making it a Merit Spirit Treasure.
• Fuxi calculated that creating something useful and previously nonexistent could earn Heavenly Dao Merit, though only the first creation received it.
• Xiang Dong and Fuxi played “High Mountains and Flowing Water” before arguing over their different approaches to musical harmony.
• Xiang Dong performed lively music that made nearby creatures sway and relax, then Fuxi played a sorrowful melody that caused them to weep or harm themselves.
• Xiang Dong’s loneliness overwhelmed him, and he cried and sang while Nuwa tried to comfort him and urged Fuxi to help.
• Fuxi sensed a powerful expert waiting outside the formation around the cultivation ground.

Yangmei visited Xiang Dong, reunited with him, and shared Enlightenment Tea with Xiang Dong, Nuwa, and Fuxi. After taking human form, Xiang Dong discovered that his other self in Pangu Hall had acquired the divine name Taichu and twelve additional Principle imprints.

• Yangmei arrived at Nuwa and Fuxi's cultivation ground to visit Xiang Dong, and Xiang Dong told Fuxi to let him in.
• Xiang Dong welcomed Yangmei and asked him for Enlightenment Tea, which Yangmei shared with Nuwa and Fuxi.
• Xiang Dong brewed the tea with Three Lights Divine Water and, reminded by Yangmei, took human form for the first time.
• Xiang Dong sensed that his other self in Pangu Hall had developed a new Primordial Spirit named Taichu, bestowed by Pangu.
• Xiang Dong discovered that Taichu's Primordial Spirit bore twelve additional Principle imprints and nearly fainted in shock.

Xiang Dong drank Enlightenment Tea and unexpectedly entered a powerful epiphany, rapidly mastering the Principles in his alt account. While he remained unable to control his body, Xuanming and Houtu emerged, and both added their heart’s blood to his flesh cocoon.

• Xiang Dong drank a cup of Enlightenment Tea brewed with Three Lights Divine Water to calm his nerves.
• The tea triggered a hundredfold comprehension state, and Xiang Dong rapidly mastered Space and other Principles as his Primordial Spirit and realm grew.
• Nuwa worried over Xiang Dong, and Yangmei confirmed that he had experienced an epiphany.
• Xuanming and Houtu emerged from the blood pool, completing the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
• Xuanming and Houtu each gave a drop of heart’s blood containing an origin Principle to Xiang Dong’s alt account’s flesh cocoon.

Xiang Dong encountered Taichu and Pangu’s remnant soul in a strange space, where Pangu rekindled the light in Xiang Dong’s heart and entrusted him with the Primordial World. Xiang Dong and Taichu agreed to share the burden, and Taichu gave Xiang Dong a phone-shaped treasure before returning to his Primordial Spirit.

• As Xiang Dong’s Principles resonated, his light faded and his Primordial Spirit left his body; Yangmei stopped Fuxi and told everyone to wait.
• Xiang Dong met Taichu in a strange space and witnessed Pangu’s remnant soul name Taichu the thirteenth Ancestral Witch, the Light Ancestral Witch.
• Pangu told Xiang Dong that the light in his heart represented hope, the future, and protection, then entrusted the Twelve Ancestral Witches, the Three Pure Ones, and the Primordial World to him.
• Taichu offered to shoulder Pangu’s charge himself, but Xiang Dong said they shared one body and memories, so Taichu’s happiness mattered to him too.
• Taichu gave Xiang Dong an Acquired Merit Treasure that looked like a phone, and Xiang Dong eagerly kept it.

Xiang Dong woke from his enlightenment with a deeper resolve to face the burden Pangu had placed on him, then Yangmei asked whether Pangu was still present. Xiang Dong avoided giving a definite answer and jokingly suggested Pangu could meet Yangmei for tea.

• Xiang Dong awoke while Yangmei, Nuwa, and Fuxi finished their tea, and Fuxi wondered why the Power of Principle around him had vanished so quickly.
• Xiang Dong dismissed claims of great cultivation gains and admitted he had found something he had lost, while worrying about the burden Pangu had entrusted to him.
• Xiang Dong asked Yangmei why he had come to visit, suspecting the struggle between Dao and Demon was involved.
• Yangmei asked Xiang Dong whether Pangu was still there and recalled Pangu's appearances at Buzhou Mountain and during the battle among the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans.
• Xiang Dong avoided answering directly and teased Yangmei that he would arrange for Pangu to visit him for tea.

Xiang Dong learned that Hongjun had recruited Yangmei to help defeat Luohou, promising him safe passage into the Primordial World even after he reached the Chaos Great Unity Golden Immortal realm. Xiang Dong decided to intervene because he sensed the matter involved Samsara, Yellow Springs, and Houtu, while Yangmei had not yet accepted Hongjun’s offer.

• Yangmei dropped his questions about Pangu and asked Xiang Dong about Heavenly Dao Sages, Chaos Great Unity Golden Immortals, and their differences; Xiang Dong said he knew about all of them.
• Yangmei told Xiang Dong that Hongjun had asked him and several others to help defeat Luohou, and Xiang Dong connected Samsara and Yellow Springs to Houtu and the Earthly Dao.
• Xiang Dong decided he had to protect Samsara and Yellow Springs because the matter concerned Houtu and the Earthly Dao.
• Yangmei explained that Hongjun had promised to let him enter and leave the Primordial World freely if he helped defeat Luohou, even after Yangmei attained the Chaos Great Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Xiang Dong warned Yangmei that Hongjun had betrayed past allies, and Nuwa reminded him that the Heavenly Dao was listening.

Xiang Dong realized Yangmei was using his request for advice to gauge Pangu’s stance on helping Hongjun, so he put off answering while he thought. He explored the merit treasure Taichu had given him, discovered its phone-like functions, and resolved to seize the Twenty-Four-Rank Creation Green Lotus for Nuwa.

• Yangmei asked Xiang Dong for advice about whether to help Hongjun, and Xiang Dong realized he was probing for Pangu’s position.
• Xiang Dong told Yangmei to wait a couple of days, and Yangmei settled nearby while Fuxi felt uneasy about hosting him.
• Xiang Dong examined the phone-like Acquired Merit Treasure and found that the Twelve-Rank World-Cleansing White Lotus served as one of its key components.
• Xiang Dong decided to try to intercept the Twenty-Four-Rank Creation Green Lotus before the Three Pure Ones split it apart and give it to Nuwa.
• Xiang Dong explored the phone and found its browser offline, with only a weak Heavenly Dao Network connection limited by his Primordial Spirit strength.

Xiang Dong searched the Heavenly Dao browser and learned that Hongjun and Luohou were both candidates to merge with the Heavenly Dao, with Luohou holding the Investiture of the Gods List. He discovered that he was the sole Heavenly Dao Agent and decided to use his permissions to recruit Yangmei as an ally.

• Xiang Dong searched for Hongjun, saw that Hongjun was enlisting old friends against Luohou, and learned both were candidates to merge with the Heavenly Dao.
• Xiang Dong searched for Luohou and discovered he held the Heavenly Book, the Investiture of the Gods List, while sacrificially refining the Four Swords of Immortal-Slaying.
• Xiang Dong realized he lacked the strength to intervene in the conflict and decided he needed to make Yangmei an ally.
• Xiang Dong found that he was the sole Heavenly Dao Agent and learned Yuanshi had previously held the role before Pangu's Will reclaimed it.
• Xiang Dong checked the Three Pure Ones' profiles and discovered Tongtian was an Earthly Dao Sage protecting Houtu, while Laozi was meant to help Nuwa.
• Xiang Dong reviewed his available Heavenly Dao permissions and decided to give people whatever Hongjun would or would not dare to grant.

Xiang Dong reviewed the Heavenly Dao’s records of powerful beings and discovered that Bai Xuan, a Chaos Demon God, was stirring on the Moon Star, creating a subtle connection with his alternate account, Taichu. He then encouraged Nuwa to cultivate, but she said she could not enter seclusion.

• Xiang Dong opened the household registration records and found that the Heavenly Dao monitored the Primordial World’s major figures, while reincarnated Chaos Demon Gods faced varying levels of suspicion and hostility.
• Xiang Dong saw that Shi Chen, Mingyun, and Yinguo were untraceable, and learned that the Heavenly Dao could not locate the hidden Demon Gods.
• Xiang Dong spotted Bai Xuan’s record, which said the Light and Darkness Demon God showed signs of revival after Dao tainted the Moon Star, and sensed a connection through Taichu.
• Xiang Dong turned off the phone when his Primordial Spirit neared exhaustion, then resolved to act cautiously because Pangu was counting on him.
• Xiang Dong observed Nuwa tending spirit plants and decided to seize the Creation Green Lotus so she could pursue the Creation Principle and strengthen the Human Race.
• Xiang Dong urged Nuwa to cultivate while the Enlightenment Tea’s effects remained, but Nuwa said she could not.

Xiang Dong used his Heavenly Dao authority to lift the realm suppression on Nuwa and Fuxi, then discussed the Dao with them. After a thousand years, both broke through to the Great Unity Golden Immortal realm, while Yangmei wondered how much time had passed.

• Nuwa told Xiang Dong that she and Fuxi had reached the realm of perfection but could not break through the barrier to a higher realm.
• Xiang Dong brought Fuxi out of seclusion and used the Heavenly Dao Phone to lift their realm restrictions for thirty yuanhui, up to the late Great Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Xiang Dong, Nuwa, and Fuxi discussed the Dao, and their resonance with heaven and earth produced golden lotuses and heavenly flowers.
• After a thousand years, Nuwa and Fuxi broke through the realm barrier and became Great Unity Golden Immortals.
• Fuxi and Nuwa thanked Xiang Dong for guiding them, while Yangmei wondered how long the discussion had lasted.

After Fuxi broke through to Great Unity Golden Immortal, Xiang Dong advised him and Nuwa to cultivate all aspects of their power. Xiang Dong then revealed to Yangmei that his phone could fulfill Hongjun’s promise, leaving Yangmei to ask what conditions Xiang Dong wanted.

• Xiang Dong congratulated Fuxi on his breakthrough and urged him and Nuwa to strengthen their Law Power, Primordial Spirits, physical bodies, and Principles.
• Fuxi and Nuwa thanked Xiang Dong and said they would consider his advice before he turned to meet Yangmei.
• Xiang Dong apologized to Yangmei for the delay and said he had an answer about Yangmei’s earlier request.
• Xiang Dong showed Yangmei his phone and explained that its connection to the Heavenly Dao could fulfill Hongjun’s promise.
• Yangmei considered taking the phone but sensed a deadly threat, recognized that only Xiang Dong could use it, and asked what conditions he wanted.

Xiang Dong secured Yangmei’s agreement to help save lives during the Dao-Demon Conflict in exchange for renewable visas, then set out to find the Creation Green Lotus. He left Nuwa behind and used the Heavenly Dao browser to locate the treasure at great cost.

• Xiang Dong offered Yangmei a renewable visa agreement, requiring him to behave himself and help save as many beings as possible during the Dao-Demon Conflict.
• Yangmei realized that other Chaos Demon Gods with visas could help divide the Heavenly Dao’s attention, and he agreed to Xiang Dong’s terms.
• Yangmei signed the Heavenly Dao contract, allowing him to go to Chaos to attain the Dao.
• Xiang Dong told Nuwa he was leaving to find a treasure, then searched for the Creation Green Lotus using the Heavenly Dao browser.
• The search finally produced a result after consuming nearly a third of Xiang Dong’s Primordial Spirit power.