Chapter Summaries

Li Xinghe stopped Ye Chen from killing the Jie Sect disciples, but Ye Chen and Immortal Weng of the South Pole fled and abandoned Guangchengzi. Li Xinghe spared Guangchengzi to avoid provoking Yuanshi directly, then returned to the Heavenly Court with his companions as Ye Chen complained to Yuanshi, whose rage shook the Primordial Wilderness.

• Haotian rejected Ye Chen’s claim that the conflict was only between the Chan Sect and the Jie Sect, and Li Xinghe challenged Ye Chen over his attack on Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters.
• Ye Chen escaped through the void with the Ancestral Dragon Pearl, and Immortal Weng of the South Pole fled while leaving the injured Guangchengzi behind.
• Li Xinghe stopped Bi Xiao from killing Guangchengzi, knocked him unconscious, and explained that killing him after Haotian and Li Xinghe had intervened would risk a clash with Yuanshi.
• Li Xinghe led the Jie Sect disciples back to the Heavenly Court and reminded them to think carefully before acting.
• Ye Chen returned to Kunlun and complained to Yuanshi, who erupted in anger upon hearing that the Jie Sect’s vice sect leader had killed his disciple.

Ye Chen and Immortal Weng of the South Pole falsely accused Li Xinghe of killing Guangchengzi, prompting Yuanshi to confront the Heavenly Court and Jie Sect. The dispute ended with Guangchengzi revealed alive and badly beaten, while Zhao Gongming explained that his injuries came from a fair wagered battle.

• Ye Chen embellished his account of the confrontation, and Immortal Weng of the South Pole returned to Jade Void Cave and joined his accusations against Li Xinghe.
• Yuanshi went to the Heavenly Court, where he questioned Haotian about Guangchengzi’s supposed death and heard Ye Chen blame Haotian for failing to protect him.
• Li Xinghe arrived with Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters and denied killing Guangchengzi, accusing Ye Chen and Immortal Weng of the South Pole of abandoning him.
• Yuanshi calculated that Guangchengzi was still alive and demanded that Li Xinghe produce him.
• Li Xinghe revealed Guangchengzi, badly beaten, and Zhao Gongming said the injuries resulted from their fair wagered battle.

Li Xinghe exposed the Chan Sect disciples’ deception and demanded compensation for the Jie Sect’s injuries. Yuanshi Tianzun’s attempt to end the dispute only wounded the Three Xiao sisters, leaving him publicly blamed and humiliated.

• Li Xinghe suggested Guangchengzi’s injuries had been inflicted by Immortal Weng of the South Pole, and the awakened Guangchengzi accused Ye Chen and Immortal Weng of abandoning him.
• Yuanshi rebuked Guangchengzi, but asked Zhao Gongming to return the Kongtong Seal after Guangchengzi complained that Zhao had stolen it.
• Li Xinghe accused Guangchengzi of escalating a fair duel and Ye Chen of attacking a Jie Sect core disciple, then demanded that the Kongtong Seal compensate the Jie Sect.
• Li Xinghe made Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao sisters display their injuries, and Yuanshi’s angry pressure caused the sisters to spit blood.
• Li Xinghe accused Yuanshi of disregarding right and wrong, while the Three Xiao sisters knelt and accepted punishment, deepening Yuanshi’s humiliation.

Li Xinghe secured the Kongtong Seal and medicinal pills from Yuanshi after outmaneuvering him in the Heavenly Court, while Tongtian and the Jie Sect praised his handling of the dispute. Yuanshi later convened the Saints to decide the Five Emperors’ teachers, but Fuxi rejected their authority to arrange Human Race affairs, leaving the meeting at odds.

• Li Xinghe accepted Yuanshi’s medicinal pills after Yuanshi gave up the Kongtong Seal, and the Jie Sect disciples thanked their Martial Uncle.
• Yuanshi left the Heavenly Court with Ye Chen, Immortal Weng of the South Pole, and Guangchengzi, while Haotian and the Jie Sect disciples celebrated Li Xinghe’s victory.
• Tongtian arrived at Shangqing Palace, learned what had happened, and accepted Li Xinghe’s assurance that he would be summoned if needed.
• Yuanshi told Ye Chen, Immortal Weng of the South Pole, and Guangchengzi not to provoke Long Aotian, then said he would discuss rules for appointing the Five Emperors’ teachers with the Saints.
• Yuanshi gathered the Saints, including Fuxi and Shen Nong, to discuss the Five Emperors’ teachers, and Tongtian said the final Human Emperor was already a Jie Sect disciple.
• Fuxi opposed the discussion, arguing that the Heavenly Dao Saints had no right to direct affairs of the Human Race.

Fuxi negotiated with the Saints over positions as teachers of the Five Emperors, demanding a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure for each position. Tongtian traded the Kongtong Seal for a position and received a second one from Fuxi, while Yuanshi and the Western Sages refused and left the dispute unresolved.

• Yuanshi, Laozi, Jieyin, and Zhunti argued that the Human Race and its fate did not belong to Fuxi alone, while Tongtian backed Fuxi's authority to decide.
• Fuxi demanded one Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure for each position teaching a Five Emperor, and Yuanshi and the Western Sages refused to pay.
• Tongtian offered the Kongtong Seal in exchange for one position, and Fuxi accepted it, assigning the first teaching position to the Jie Sect.
• Fuxi recognized the Kongtong Seal's connection to the Human Race and gave Tongtian a second teaching position as well.
• Yuanshi refused to reconsider, and he declared that each side would rely on its own abilities.

Fuxi defended the Human Race’s interests as Xuanyuan grew under Zhao Gongming’s guidance, but the lack of a rival left Xuanyuan without a path to become Human Emperor. Li Xinghe devised a way to create pressure without making the Human and Witch Races fight each other, sending Chi You against the Four Seas Dragon Clan and Kunpeng’s North Sea demons; Chi You’s assault on the East Sea left the Dragon King weighing whether to respond.

• Fuxi warned Yuanshi not to interfere in Human Race affairs and reminded him that the Jie Sect had received the first two Five Emperor teachers, prompting Yuanshi and Laozi to leave.
• Xuanyuan matured into an immortal under Zhao Gongming’s guidance, while the absence of Chi You as a rival stalled his rise toward becoming Human Emperor.
• Li Xinghe decided to have Chi You target the Four Seas Dragon Kings and the North Sea Demon Clan, invoking the Witch Race’s unresolved grievances from the Witch-Demon Calamity.
• Li Xinghe gave Chi You the Immortal Slaying Flying Knife, then Chi You led the Witch Race to the East Sea and blocked the Dragon Clan’s entrance.
• The Dragon King of the East Sea became furious, but an old turtle urged him to endure Chi You’s provocation rather than risk another destructive conflict.

Chi You and the Great Witches attacked the Dragon Clan, killing the Four Seas Dragon Kings and clearing the way for Xuanyuan to gain merit by fighting the dragons. Li Xinghe then planned to use a campaign against Kunpeng in the North Sea to further Xuanyuan’s rise, while Ye Chen remained unaware of the Dragon Clan’s defeat.

• The Four Seas Dragon Kings confronted Chi You and the Witch Race, but Chi You decapitated the Dragon King of the North Sea with the Yellow Gourd and then killed the Dragon King of the East Sea.
• The other two Dragon Kings fled underwater, where Xing Tian and Hou Yi pursued and killed them; the Witch Race also slaughtered every dragon who had reached the Grand Unity Golden Immortal level.
• Li Xinghe stopped Chi You from wiping out the remaining Dragon Clan and told the Great Witches to save their strength for Kunpeng.
• Zhao Gongming arrived with Xuanyuan, who began a war against the Dragon Clan to defend the Human Race and earn merit.
• Li Xinghe planned to have the Witch Race drive Kunpeng from the North Sea so Xuanyuan could gain more merit and recognition.
• Ye Chen learned that Chi You had destroyed the Four Seas Dragon Kings and blamed Long Aotian.

Ye Chen warned Kunpeng about the Witch Race’s plans, while Xing Tian, Hou Yi, and Chi You headed toward the North Sea. Li Xinghe then approached Old Ancestor Minghe with an offer to settle his grudge against Kunpeng and give him a chance to become a Saint, leaving Minghe stunned by Li Xinghe’s power.

• Ye Chen informed Kunpeng that the Four Seas Dragon Kings had been killed and the Witch Race was targeting him.
• Xing Tian and Hou Yi questioned Chi You about his plan to face Kunpeng, and Chi You assured them that an expert was guiding him.
• Xing Tian and Hou Yi set out for the North Sea while Li Xinghe went to the Netherworld Blood Sea to meet Minghe.
• Li Xinghe offered to settle Minghe’s grudge against Kunpeng and give him an opportunity to become a Saint, but Minghe dismissed his claims.
• Li Xinghe revealed his three corpses seated on three same-origin divine lotuses, convincing Minghe that he had the potential to become a Saint.
• Li Xinghe withdrew the three corpses and asked Minghe to discuss his offer properly.

Li Xinghe recruited Old Ancestor Minghe to the Earthly Dao by offering him Primordial Violet Qi in exchange for becoming an Earthly Dao Saint and guarding the Asura Path. Minghe accepted the oath and promised to hold back Kunpeng.

• Li Xinghe asked Old Ancestor Minghe to restrain Kunpeng while the Witch Race attacked the Northern Sea Demon Clan's lair.
• Li Xinghe revealed that the Witch Race had requested Minghe's help and showed him a strand of Primordial Violet Qi.
• Li Xinghe offered Minghe the Primordial Violet Qi on the condition that he become an Earthly Dao Saint and guard the Asura Path.
• Li Xinghe warned Minghe that the Earthly Dao might one day challenge the Heavenly Dao, and Minghe agreed to join it.
• Old Ancestor Minghe swore a Great Dao Oath, received the Primordial Violet Qi, and promised to deal with Kunpeng.

Li Xinghe recruited Xuanwu and the Mystic Tortoise Clan to help destroy Kunpeng’s forces and support Xuanyuan’s rise. When Chi You’s army confronted Kunpeng in the North Sea, Minghe intervened, and he and Kunpeng began a fierce battle.

• Li Xinghe arrived at the Mystic Tortoise Clan’s island and reminded Xuanwu of their long history.
• Li Xinghe promised Xuanwu that the Mystic Tortoise Clan could rise to prominence if they helped him destroy Kunpeng’s forces, and Xuanwu agreed.
• Li Xinghe planned for the Mystic Tortoise Clan to represent the North Sea Demon Clan in submitting to Xuanyuan.
• Kunpeng returned to the North Sea and taunted Chi You, who mocked him in return.
• Minghe attacked Kunpeng with Yuantu and Abi, claiming he had come to settle an old karmic debt.
• Minghe and Kunpeng fought fiercely in the sky.

Chi You’s Witch Race attacked Kunpeng’s Demon Master Palace while Xuanwu and the Mystic Tortoise Clan seized control of the North Sea. As Old Ancestor Minghe held off Kunpeng, Jieyin and Zhunti arrived to intervene, but Minghe remained confident that Kunpeng would soon face consequences.

• Chi You led the Witch Race warriors into Kunpeng’s Demon Master Palace as they fought the North Sea demon clans.
• Xuanwu led the Mystic Tortoise Clan to Kunpeng’s lair and announced that they would replace him as North Sea rulers.
• Old Ancestor Minghe fought Kunpeng and urged him to retreat to the West, but Kunpeng refused and summoned Jieyin and Zhunti.
• Jieyin and Zhunti arrived, and Kunpeng invoked their status as Western Teachings Saints to challenge Minghe.
• Old Ancestor Minghe calmly warned that something would happen to Kunpeng very soon.

Hongyun confronted Jieyin and Zhunti over Kunpeng’s past attempt to kill him and claimed the North Sea for the Jie Sect in exchange for settling the grudge. After the Witch Race conquered the North Sea, Xuanyuan and Zhao Gongming continued resisting the floods while the Dragon Clan descended into chaos.

• Hongyun arrived in the North Sea and demanded that Kunpeng answer for conspiring with Di Jun and Tai Yi against him.
• Jieyin and Zhunti pleaded for Kunpeng’s life, and Hongyun demanded a top-grade spiritual treasure as compensation.
• Hongyun agreed to let Jieyin and Zhunti owe him the treasure and claimed the North Sea for the Jie Sect; Kunpeng accepted to save his life.
• Jieyin and Zhunti left, while the Witch Race and the Mystic Tortoise Clan defeated the North Sea Demon Clan and took the region.
• Minghe mocked Kunpeng, who blamed Ye Chen for leading him astray and tipping off the Witch Race.
• With Zhao Gongming protecting him, Xuanyuan rallied the Human Race against the floods as the Dragon Clan fell into chaos after the Four Seas Dragon Kings were killed.

Xuanyuan united the Human Race with help from Li Xinghe and Jie Sect disciples, bringing the Dragon Clan and Northern Sea under Human authority. He attained the Dao as the third Human Emperor, then passed the throne to Zhuanxu, while Jie Sect continued spreading its teachings.

• Ying Long emerged from seclusion and urged the Dragon Clan to submit to the Human Race, and Li Xinghe accepted its surrender on Xuanyuan’s behalf.
• Xuanwu led the Northern Sea Demon Clan in nominally submitting to the Human Race, raising Xuanyuan’s Fortune and advancing him to the Quasi-Saint realm.
• Fuxi gave Xuanyuan the Kongtong Seal, which Xuanyuan made the Human Race’s heirloom for major decisions.
• Fuxi formally bestowed the position of Human Emperor on Xuanyuan, and the Human Race’s Merit made him a Merit Saint.
• Xuanyuan passed the throne to his grandson Zhuanxu as the Human Race entered an age beyond tribal struggles for supremacy.

Yin Yang attained the Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and became the third master of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, while Li Xinghe assigned roles to the Witch Race in the Netherworld. Meanwhile, Ye Chen prepared the Chan Sect for the coming Investiture of the Gods Tribulation, whose course he could no longer predict.

• The Earthly Dao fell into disorder, and Houtu revealed that another Path Master had appeared in the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Li Xinghe announced that the Yin Yang Demon God had attained the Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and explained how he had restored and strengthened him.
• Yin Yang accepted the Animal Path and received the Merit of the Earthly Dao, becoming the third Path Master.
• Li Xinghe urged Xuan Ming to cultivate her own strength and assigned Chi You and Xing Tian to guard the Netherworld entrance while Hou Yi trained the Witch Race troops.
• Ye Chen recruited Chan Sect protectors and had Immortal Weng of the South Pole refine pills to strengthen the Chan Sect disciples.
• Ye Chen worried that the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation would unfold differently because the Heavenly Court was strong and Jie Sect disciples had joined it.

Li Xinghe guided the Human Race through the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, while the Jie Sect secured its influence and the Human Race reached its peak. Hongjun then fully merged with the Heavenly Dao, prompting Li Xinghe to prepare for the chaos ahead.

• Zhuanxu reached the Quasi-Saint realm, imprinted his imperial power on the Kongtong Seal, and passed the throne to Diku.
• Diku completed his Merit and passed leadership of the Human Race to Yao as Li Xinghe kept the Jie Sect entrenched among the people.
• The Human Race prospered through the Five Emperors, culminating in Da Yu, while the Chan Sect and the Two Sages of the West failed to spread their teachings.
• Hongjun completely merged with the Dao, and Fuxi, Shen Nong, Xuanyuan, and Houtu sensed the Heavenly Dao's growing suppression.
• Li Xinghe said the Primordial Wilderness would descend into chaos and resolved to make plans, including meeting the person he had chosen as a Path Master of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Li Xinghe visited Zhenyuanzi at Wuzhuang Temple and offered him Primordial Violet Qi, proposing that he become an Earthly Dao Saint. Zhenyuanzi accepted the opportunity despite the risks of joining the Witch Race’s struggle against the Heavenly Dao.

• Zhenyuanzi welcomed Li Xinghe to Wuzhuang Temple and asked why he had come.
• Li Xinghe revealed the appearance he had worn during their earlier meeting, and Zhenyuanzi thanked him for saving Hongyun.
• Li Xinghe offered Zhenyuanzi a strand of Primordial Violet Qi and asked him to become an Earthly Dao Saint rather than a Heavenly Dao Sage.
• Li Xinghe asked Zhenyuanzi to take charge of one of the unfilled paths in the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Zhenyuanzi considered the danger of opposing the Heavenly Dao and accepted the Primordial Violet Qi.

Li Xinghe sent the Six-Eared Macaque to help Da Yu confront Wu Zhiqi, whose floods threatened the Human Race. The Six-Eared Macaque and Wu Zhiqi revealed their shared Chaos Demon Monkey origin and began a fierce battle, with neither yet shown to have won.

• Li Xinghe arranged for the Six-Eared Macaque to descend and aid Da Yu against the flooding and Wu Zhiqi’s forces.
• Wu Zhiqi challenged Da Yu at the Huaihai shore, and Da Yu called upon his master, the Six-Eared Macaque.
• The Six-Eared Macaque recognized Wu Zhiqi as a fellow fragment of the Chaos Demon Monkey’s origin and charged to fight him.
• Wu Zhiqi tried to persuade the Six-Eared Macaque to join the Demon Clan, but the Six-Eared Macaque refused because Da Yu was his disciple.
• The two divine apes took their true forms and battled in the floodwaters, with the Six-Eared Macaque drawing on his techniques and Fuxi’s teachings.

Da Yu subdued the flood, was recognized as a Quasi-Saint, and helped usher the Human Race into the Xia Dynasty, while Six-Eared Macaque gained Human Dao Merit and more of the Chaos Demon Monkey's origin. In the Purple Heaven Palace, Hongjun rebuked Haotian for letting the Jie Sect dominate the Heavenly Court and urged him to redistribute its divine positions, leaving Haotian worried about opposing Tongtian.

• Six-Eared Macaque killed Wu Zhiqi, absorbed his Chaos Demon Monkey origin, and helped Da Yu defeat the remaining demons.
• Da Yu earned Human Dao Fortune and became a Quasi-Saint, while Fuxi rewarded Six-Eared Macaque with Merit and permission to take the Sea-Calming Divine Needle.
• The Human Race enfeoffed its benefactors and sacred guardians, and Da Yu's son Qi founded the Xia Dynasty as succession became hereditary.
• Hongjun summoned Haotian and warned that his favoritism toward the Jie Sect had let it gain excessive influence in the Heavenly Court.
• Hongjun told Haotian to redistribute the Heavenly Court's divine positions, and Haotian feared the consequences of challenging Tongtian.

Hongjun summoned the Saints and revealed his plan to bring Human Race immortals into the Heavenly Court and restrain the rising Human and Earthly Daos. As representatives of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity gathered at Purple Xiao Palace, Li Xinghe agreed to attend with Houtu’s avatar, leaving Hongjun’s purpose for the meeting unknown.

• Hongjun told Haotian that Human Race immortals would enter the Heavenly Court and that its divine positions would be reshuffled to balance the Human Religion, Chan Sect, and Jie Sect.
• Haotian returned to the Heavenly Court, while Hongjun planned to strengthen Heavenly Dao’s control over the Human and Earthly Daos.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, and Hongyun received Hongjun’s summons and prepared to leave their domains in trusted hands.
• Fuxi, Shen Nong, and Xuanyuan decided to attend the gathering as avatars, while Houtu also planned to send an avatar rather than leave the underworld.
• Li Xinghe agreed to meet Hongjun, and Nuwa and the Two Sages of the West answered the summons at Purple Xiao Palace.

Hongjun summoned the Saints of the Heavenly, Earthly, and Human Daos to establish new rules dividing the Primordial Wilderness into three realms. He proposed making the Immortal Realm supreme and redistributing Heavenly Court positions among the Saints’ lineages, revealing a plan that favored the Heavenly Dao.

• The Human Dao Saints arrived at the Purple Cloud Palace, where Fuxi greeted Hongjun as the Human Emperor and took his seat.
• Li Xinghe, his First Incarnation, and the Yin Yang Demon God entered, and Fuxi saluted Li Xinghe as his Master.
• Yuanshi challenged Li Xinghe for addressing Hongjun by name, but Laozi silenced Yuanshi.
• Hongjun proposed separating the Primordial Wilderness into the Immortal Realm, Human Realm, and underworld, requiring the dead to enter reincarnation and immortal cultivators to ascend.
• Fuxi questioned whether the rule applied to the Human Dao, and Hongjun said the three Daos were exempt.
• Li Xinghe questioned which realm would hold supremacy, and Hongjun declared the Immortal Realm supreme and proposed redistributing Heavenly Court positions among the Saint lineages.