Chapter Summaries

Qin Xuan publicly challenged Hongjun’s claims and hinted at the secret of his origins, leaving Hongjun furious and weakened in the war of words. When Hongjun demanded an explanation for the uproar at Kunlun Mountain, Yuanshi Tianzun and Jieyin rushed to plead their cases by clinging to his legs, while Zhunti eyed Qin Xuan instead.

• Qin Xuan accused Hongjun of taking credit for the Saints’ ascension and burdening them with a master-disciple karmic bond, making Jieyin, Zhunti, and Yuanshi Tianzun doubt Hongjun.
• Qin Xuan accused Hongjun of seeking to replace the Heavenly Dao and began hinting that Hongjun had not been born from the Primordial Chaos World.
• Hongjun angrily interrupted Qin Xuan, who stopped before revealing more; Hongjun swallowed his rage and recognized that he had lost the exchange.
• Hongjun asked Yuanshi Tianzun, Jieyin, and Zhunti why they had caused trouble at Kunlun Mountain, and Yuanshi shielded the scene before kneeling and claiming he had been wronged.
• Jieyin seized Hongjun’s other leg to plead his case, while Zhunti considered Hongjun’s third leg before deciding to cling to Qin Xuan instead.

Qin Xuan secretly prompted Zhunti to cling to Hongjun while Jieyin and Yuanshi Tianzun argued over Yuanshi’s attacks on the Western Sect and alleged plot against the brothers. As Hongjun tried to mediate, Qin Xuan shattered Yuanshi’s barrier and broadcast the compromising scene across the Three Realms.

• Qin Xuan sent Zhunti a strand of Divine Sense, and Zhunti leaped onto Hongjun’s back and locked himself around him.
• Zhunti and Jieyin accused Yuanshi Tianzun of plundering the Western Sect and plotting against them, while Yuanshi denied the accusations and argued that the Heavenly Dao had determined the disciples’ fate.
• Jieyin used the Heavenly Dao’s revelation to corner Yuanshi, and Yuanshi began sobbing while all three Sages clung to Hongjun.
• Hongjun prepared to mediate between his disciples as Qin Xuan swept the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe and tore apart Yuanshi’s heavenly-secrets barrier.
• Qin Xuan loudly called out to Hongjun, and his Hunyuan Power broadcast the sight of Hongjun carrying the three Sages to experts throughout the Three Realms.

Qin Xuan and his companions watched Hongjun blast Yuanshi Tianzun, Jieyin, and Zhunti away after their public humiliation. Hongjun then vowed that he and Qin Xuan would not both survive, leaving their conflict poised to escalate.

• Qin Xuan teased Grand Supreme Laozi about hugging Hongjun's thigh, while Nüwa, Changxi, and Tongtian promised to keep the supposed secret and left Grand Supreme Laozi mortified.
• Yuanshi Tianzun blamed Qin Xuan and Jieyin and Zhunti for the disgrace of being seen clutching Hongjun's leg and crying.
• Jieyin and Zhunti treated the incident as a chance to embrace Hongjun openly, while Yuanshi Tianzun's resentment toward them deepened.
• Hongjun erupted in anger and blasted Yuanshi Tianzun, Jieyin, and Zhunti away with his Saint power.
• Hongjun glared at Qin Xuan and vowed that one of them would die.

Qin Xuan remained unruffled by Hongjun’s threat as Dijun accused Jieyin and Zhunti of stealing the Fusang Divine Tree and unleashed the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Formation against Mount Sumeru. As the attack neared the Western Sect, Nüwa, Grand Supreme Laozi, and Tongtian arrived by Qin Xuan’s order to protect the west, and their combined power stopped the falling stars.

• Qin Xuan invited Hongjun to attack, leaving Hongjun furious but unwilling to strike him.
• Dijun accused Jieyin and Zhunti of stealing the Fusang Divine Tree and sent the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Formation toward Mount Sumeru.
• Yuanshi Tianzun blocked Jieyin and Zhunti from returning to the Western Sect, delaying them as the stars approached.
• Hongjun left to intervene after Zhunti appeared ready to cling to him for help.
• Nüwa, Grand Supreme Laozi, and Tongtian arrived by Qin Xuan’s order and raised a barrier that halted the falling stars.
• Another figure surrounded by immortal aura appeared near the barrier.

Hongjun arrived at the blocked Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Formation but left after seeing Qin Xuan. Qin Xuan and Nüwa forbade Dijun and Taiyi from fighting within the Primordial World, and Dijun accused Jieyin and Zhunti of stealing the Fusang Divine Tree as the two sages arrived to deny the charge.

• Hongjun bowed to Grand Supreme Laozi, saw Qin Xuan’s Divine Sense avatar, and abruptly departed when Qin Xuan mocked him.
• Changxi joined Qin Xuan, while Dijun suppressed his fury and asked permission to take revenge on Jieyin and Zhunti and reclaim the Fusang Divine Tree.
• Qin Xuan and Nüwa told Dijun and Taiyi to confront Jieyin and Zhunti beyond the heavens rather than risk harming the western continent.
• As Dijun prepared to withdraw, Jieyin and Zhunti appeared and demanded that he explain his accusation.
• Dijun said the Fusang Divine Tree and its roots had been dug up, and the gathered sages suspected Jieyin and Zhunti because of their reputation for digging three feet deep.

After resolving the crisis at Mount Sumeru, Qin Xuan secretly found Luo Hou and obtained the Twelfth Grade Black Lotus of Destruction. Back at Buzhou Mountain, he collapsed from ten thousand years of indulgence with Nüwa and Changxi and sought refuge in Hou Tu’s hall, where she mistook his exhaustion for a grave injury.

• Jieyin and Zhunti thanked Qin Xuan and the other cultivators for stopping the Demon Court army, while Dijun and Taiyi withdrew in frustration.
• Stories about Hongjun and the Saints spread throughout the Primordial World, and Qin Xuan gained fortune from living beings for his role in resolving the crises.
• Qin Xuan, Nüwa, and Changxi traveled secretly into the western continent, where Qin Xuan persuaded Luo Hou to hand over the Twelfth Grade Black Lotus of Destruction.
• Qin Xuan returned to Buzhou Mountain, taught Hou Tu and the Ancestral Witches about opening an inner world, and spent ten thousand years with Nüwa and Changxi.
• Worn out, Qin Xuan fled to Hou Tu, who feared Hongjun had injured him and urged him to rest in her hall.

After recovering for ten thousand years, Qin Xuan found his Myriad Laws World flourishing with powerful spiritual roots, then learned that the Demon Court and Immortal Court had resumed their struggle. The conflict escalated into a calamity, and Duke Dong placed the Four Swords of Zhuxian across the Eastern Continent to absorb the spreading blood and baleful qi.

• Qin Xuan saw how Nüwa and Changxi's power had strengthened his Myriad Laws World and discovered the Five-Needle Pine and other supreme Innate Spiritual Roots growing there.
• Qin Xuan used the Fusang Divine Tree to restore his depleted body, intimidating it into submission with a Heaven-Opening Divine Axe.
• After Qin Xuan spent ten thousand years recovering, the Demon Court resumed its campaign and occupied half the Primordial World as the Immortal Court held its remaining territory.
• Dijun, Taiyi, Duke Dong, and Queen Mother of the West each severed their third corpses and reached the late Quasi-Sage realm.
• The Demon Court and Immortal Court's clashes intensified into widespread battles, spreading bloodlust, baleful qi, and calamity across the Primordial World.
• Duke Dong left Three Immortal Island and buried the Four Swords of Zhuxian in the Eastern Continent's earth veins, where they began devouring the blood and baleful qi.

As the Demon Court and Immortal Court prepared for war, Dijun sought Hongjun’s help while Duke Dong went to Buzhou Mountain. Qin Xuan sent Kong Xuan into the Primordial World with protection and powerful treasures for his senior brother.

• Dijun traveled to Zixiao Palace to seek a way to break the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, while Duke Dong headed to Buzhou Mountain to find a counter to the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Formation.
• Grand Supreme Laozi, Tongtian, and Yuanshi Tianzun closed their mountain gates, while Jieyin and Zhunti roamed the eastern continent seeking opportunities.
• Kong Xuan told Qin Xuan that neither the Demon Court nor the Immortal Court was likely to triumph amid the Primordial World’s powerful forces.
• Qin Xuan ordered Kong Xuan to travel through the Primordial World and deliver treasures to his senior brother.
• Qin Xuan placed a protective Hunyuan Power imprint in Kong Xuan’s sea of consciousness and gave him the Ruyi Jingu Bang, a golden ring, and golden armor.

Kong Xuan received treasures and was sent to find the Six-Eared Macaque, while Qin Xuan negotiated with Duke Dong over the Four Swords of Zhuxian. Duke Dong agreed to surrender the swords in exchange for Qin Xuan’s help against the Demon Court’s Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Formation.

• Qin Xuan gave Kong Xuan the Golden Hoop for the Six-Eared Macaque and warned him not to become entangled in Karma before sending him on his journey.
• Hou Tu joined Qin Xuan as Duke Dong arrived seeking help against the Demon Court’s Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Formation.
• Qin Xuan refused to interfere in the conflict between the courts, and Duke Dong argued that Dijun’s formation threatened the Primordial World.
• Qin Xuan pointed out that Duke Dong’s Four Swords of Zhuxian posed a similar danger and said he would help if Duke Dong surrendered them.
• Duke Dong agreed to bring the Four Swords of Zhuxian to Qin Xuan, and Hou Tu wondered why they had not simply seized them and blamed Jieyin and Zhunti.

After removing the Four Swords of Zhuxian from Duke Dong, Qin Xuan and Hou Tu went to the Ziwei Emperor Star to stop Dijun from using the stars’ power for the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Formation. Qin Xuan ordered the Star Gods to withhold their support and gave them power to resist the Demon Court, leaving them prepared to defy Dijun and Taiyi.

• Qin Xuan and Hou Tu left Buzhou Mountain and traveled to the Ziwei Emperor Star to curb the Demon Court’s use of the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Formation.
• Qin Xuan persuaded the Ziwei Star God to summon the Star Gods of the three hundred and sixty-five major stars, excluding the Sun Star and Taiyin Star.
• Qin Xuan confronted the gathered Star Gods over allowing Dijun to draw on their stellar power, and the Ziwei Star God explained that Dijun and Taiyi had threatened them.
• Qin Xuan reassured the Star Gods and ordered them never to provide Dijun with stellar power again.
• When the Star Gods feared retaliation from Dijun and Taiyi, Qin Xuan gave each of them a trace of his power to help them resist the Demon Court.

After freeing the Star Gods from the Demon Court’s control, Qin Xuan collected their gifts and left with Hou Tu. As Hou Tu wandered the Primordial World and tended to the dead, her nature began to change, and she asked Qin Xuan to take her to the Netherworld Blood Sea.

• The Star Gods thanked Qin Xuan with treasures, including the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Fruit, and he accepted them before leaving with Hou Tu.
• Qin Xuan noticed Hou Tu was distracted and worried she had sensed the coming of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, but he agreed to let her explore the Primordial World.
• Hou Tu walked across the war-scarred land and buried scattered bones while Qin Xuan observed her growing solemnity and compassion.
• Hou Tu asked Qin Xuan to take her to the Netherworld Blood Sea.

Qin Xuan accompanied Hou Tu to the Netherworld Blood Sea, where she sensed the suffering souls gathering there and eventually sat down at the sea’s center. Meanwhile, Dijun launched a full assault on the Immortal Court after learning the Four Swords of Zhuxian had been withdrawn, and Duke Dong rallied the Immortal Court for a counterattack, claiming the Demon Court could no longer use its Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Formation.

• Hou Tu told Qin Xuan that the souls of the dead were drawn to the Netherworld Blood Sea and that she sensed an opportunity connected to her Dao path, so they traveled there together.
• Hou Tu felt the despair of the souls sinking into the sea while Nether River watched them cautiously and hoped Qin Xuan would fulfill his promise of a Sage opportunity.
• Qin Xuan told Nether River that he and Hou Tu were only taking a walk, and Nether River withdrew into the blood sea without asking for help.
• Hou Tu sat cross-legged in the void at the center of the Netherworld Blood Sea.
• Dijun learned from Taiyi that Duke Dong had withdrawn the Four Swords of Zhuxian, then ordered the Demon Court to attack the Immortal Court and force a decisive battle.
• Duke Dong announced that the Immortal Court would counterattack, assured its leaders that the Demon Court could not deploy the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Formation, and led them in vowing not to turn back until the Demon Court was destroyed.

Dijun and Duke Dong led the Demon Court and Immortal Court into a decisive battle, and the Demon Court suffered heavy losses before Dijun unleashed the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Formation. As the formation rose and onlookers declared the Immortal Court doomed, Hongjun appeared on the battlefield.

• Dijun fought Duke Dong while Taiyi fought Queen Mother of the West, and the armies and champions of both courts clashed across the battlefield.
• Jieyin and Zhunti headed separately toward the Thirty-Three Heavens and Three Immortal Island, while Qin Xuan kept watch over Hou Tu as she continued comprehending.
• Hongjun worried that the war disrupted his plan for the courts to destroy each other, then decided he could intervene once Dijun deployed his formation.
• The Immortal Court’s greater numbers and resources gave it the upper hand, and demon casualties mounted as Duke Dong mocked Dijun’s threats.
• Dijun forced Duke Dong back, summoned the Star Banners, and commanded the Demon Court to form the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Formation.
• As the formation filled the sky with stars and onlookers predicted Duke Dong’s defeat, Hongjun appeared and began reciting his Dao verse.

Dijun failed to summon the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Formation, and Hongjun arrived to decree ten thousand years of peace. Duke Dong defied the decree but was subdued by Hongjun’s pressure, while Qin Xuan prepared to interfere from the Netherworld Blood Sea.

• Dijun discovered that the primary stars would not answer his Star Banners and failed twice to form the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Formation.
• Hongjun arrived and declared that the Primordial World would cease all warfare for ten thousand years.
• Dijun and the Demon Court accepted Hongjun’s decree, but Duke Dong and the Immortal Court demanded that he stay out of their war.
• Qin Xuan watched from the Netherworld Blood Sea, judged Duke Dong to be affected by calamity qi, and took out the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe.
• Hongjun rebuked Duke Dong, then subdued him and the Immortal Court with a light cough that made Duke Dong regain his senses.

Hongjun forced Duke Dong to accept his decree, but Qin Xuan’s Heaven-Opening Divine Axe struck him and wounded one of his incarnations. Back in Zixiao Palace, Hongjun learned that Hou Tu was preparing to transform into reincarnation, a development Heavenly Dao believed would keep the Earthly Dao subordinate.

• Hongjun asked Duke Dong if he objected, and Duke Dong bowed his head and agreed to obey the Dao Ancestor’s decree.
• Qin Xuan launched a Heaven-Opening axe strike from the Netherworld Blood Sea, forcing Hongjun to flee into the Primordial Chaos.
• Hongjun used One Qi Transforms Hongjun to make two incarnations take the axe strike, and one incarnation suffered a wound that would not heal.
• Hongjun returned to Zixiao Palace, where Heavenly Dao told him to look at the Netherworld Blood Sea.
• Hongjun saw Qin Xuan and Hou Tu, recognized Hou Tu’s aura of sacrifice, and learned she was about to transform into reincarnation.
• Heavenly Dao predicted that Hou Tu’s act would make the Earthly Dao remain beneath the Heavenly Dao, but Hongjun reacted with a grave expression.

Hongjun ended the war between the Immortal Court and the Demon Court, but Dijun went to confront the Star Gods over their disruption of the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Formation. Their mysterious golden barrier stopped the Demon Court’s attack, leaving Dijun to suspect that a Saint stood behind them.

• Hongjun warned Heavenly Dao against trusting that Hou Tu would swear an oath, then mediated a temporary end to the war between the Immortal Court and the Demon Court.
• Dijun led the Demon Court army to the Ziwei Emperor Star to demand that the Star Gods explain why the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Formation had failed.
• Duke Dong roared with rage after Jieyin and Zhunti apparently looted his home while he was fighting Dijun.
• The Ziwei Star God and the other Star Gods rejected Dijun’s claim to the stars and defied his authority.
• Dijun ordered the Demon Court to attack, but a golden barrier from the Star Gods’ unknown backing effortlessly stopped the assault.
• The Ziwei Star God said the power behind the barrier was someone Dijun could not provoke, and Dijun suspected it was a Saint.

After Jieyin and Zhunti looted the Demon Court and Duke Dong’s holdings, Dijun began rebuilding and learned that demons were gaining cultivation by eating humans. He forbade the practice, fearing Qin Xuan and Nüwa, while Guiche argued that the demons could prey on humans secretly.

• Dijun blamed Jieyin and Zhunti for the golden barrier at Mount Sumeru and led the demon army back to the Heavenly Court.
• Dijun, Taiyi, Kunpeng, and the Nine Demon Sages found High Heaven Palace stripped bare, and the palace collapsed when Dijun roared in fury.
• Taiyi reported that the treasury was empty, and Dijun vowed revenge on Jieyin and Zhunti; the two Saints enjoyed their loot while Duke Dong took comfort in sharing their victims’ fate.
• Dijun began rebuilding the Demon Court and learned from Guiche that a lesser demon had advanced from Celestial Immortal to True Immortal after eating a thousand humans.
• Dijun forbade demons from eating humans, warning that provoking Qin Xuan and Nüwa could destroy the Demon Court, but Guiche urged him to let them do it secretly.

Hongjun ordered Guiche to secretly spread the claim that eating humans increased cultivation, bypassing Dijun and stoking conflict between demons and humans. As demon attacks escalated into massacres, Suiren confronted Dijun in the Heavenly Court and demanded answers.

• Guiche reported that Dijun had rejected his proposal and ordered him to handle the troublemaking demon without drawing attention.
• Hongjun told Guiche to spread the claim among demon tribes that eating humans increased cultivation, and promised to conceal the heavenly secrets.
• Guiche traveled among demon tribes in disguise, and demons began hunting humans as their greed overcame their fear.
• Demon attacks grew more brazen, with some demons slaughtering entire human tribes.
• The human race discovered the demon race was responsible, and Suiren stormed into the Heavenly Court to confront Dijun.
• Dijun grew angry at Suiren's accusation but held back because of the human race's powerful backing.

After a thousand years of enlightenment, Hou Tu prepared to leave the Blood Sea, but Qin Xuan mistook her first words for a vow to transform into reincarnation and knocked her unconscious. He sealed her in the Hou Tu Shrine, then told Pangu he would rather reincarnation never appeared than lose his sister.

• Dijun promised Suiren he would investigate the accusation that the demon race had harmed and slaughtered humans, then summoned Guiche, who denied involvement.
• After a thousand years in the Blood Sea, Hou Tu understood her mission but decided to postpone transforming into reincarnation until she could spend more time with her family.
• Qin Xuan mistook Hou Tu’s attempt to speak for the start of a Great Dao oath, struck her unconscious, and carried her to Buzhou Mountain.
• Qin Xuan placed Hou Tu in the Hou Tu Shrine and sealed it with a hundred Saint-level barriers to keep her from leaving when she awoke.
• Qin Xuan told Pangu that he would rather reincarnation never appeared than see Hou Tu sacrifice her life to create it.

Qin Xuan and Pangu gathered the Ancestral Witches to discuss Hou Tu's plan to become reincarnation, which would seemingly erase her. Pangu revealed that because Qin Xuan had helped perfect Hou Tu's Primordial Spirit, preserving it might be possible, leaving everyone hopeful about her fate.

• Pangu summoned Hou Tu and the other Ancestral Witches, then asked Qin Xuan to explain Hou Tu's plan to become reincarnation.
• Qin Xuan told them that Hou Tu would lose herself and cease to exist, prompting her siblings to beg her not to sacrifice herself.
• Hou Tu insisted that she had a duty to create reincarnation for the living beings of the Primordial World.
• Hou Tu mentioned her Primordial Spirit, inspiring Qin Xuan to ask whether it could be preserved while her body became reincarnation.
• Pangu said an incomplete Primordial Spirit would make preservation impossible, but Hou Tu's complete Primordial Spirit meant it might be possible.