Chapter Summaries

Zhenyuanzi used the Earth Book and Daoist Qingping’s divine ability to reunite the four major continents, then broke through to Hunyuan despite Hongjun’s attempt to stop him. The chapter ended with Zhenyuanzi becoming an Earthly Dao Saint.

• Zhenyuanzi mastered the Saintly divine ability, summoned the Earth Book, and began the process of opening the altar to attain the Dao.
• The Earth Book resonated with the world membrane as the Primordial Wilderness trembled and the four major continents began drawing together.
• Pingxin sensed the continents merging and recognized Qingping’s handiwork, while Hongjun watched the changing Primordial Wilderness with growing concern.
• Li Tian watched the Earth Immortal Realm become whole as Zhenyuanzi’s breakthrough aura spread from Wanshou Mountain.
• Hongjun’s Heavenly Dao Pressure struck Zhenyuanzi, but Li Tian urged him to press on, and Zhenyuanzi vowed to protect the Primordial Wilderness and the Earthly Dao.
• Zhenyuanzi broke through the Hunyuan gate with the descending merit and became an Earthly Dao Saint.

Zhenyuanzi used Primordial Violet Qi to become a Saint through the Earthly Dao, shocking the Primordial Wilderness and inspiring hope in other cultivators. Hongjun then ordered him to leave the Primordial Wilderness forever and threatened him with heavenly punishment when he hesitated.

• Zhenyuanzi became a Saint, and the Saints and great powers across the Primordial Wilderness reacted with shock.
• Zhunti and Jieyin feared that Zhenyuanzi’s ascension would bring their unpaid karmic debt to Hong Yun back into focus.
• Li Tian recognized the signs of Zhenyuanzi’s breakthrough as the Primordial Wilderness’s fortune and spiritual qi surged.
• Hongjun suppressed Zhenyuanzi’s Saintly light and ordered him to cultivate in the chaos, never to return.
• Zhenyuanzi objected that exile from the land would sever his Earthly Dao, but Hongjun intensified his pressure and threatened him with Purple Cloud Divine Thunder.

Zhenyuanzi rejected Hongjun’s demand to abandon Wuzhuang Temple and devote himself to the Heavenly Dao, choosing instead to pursue the Earthly Dao. Hongjun unleashed a devastating palm strike against the temple, and Zhenyuanzi used the Earth Book to shield his disciples and sacred ground as the attack descended.

• Zhenyuanzi refused to submit to Hongjun, resolving to forge the Earthly Dao and stand against the Heavenly Dao.
• Fuxi, Shennong, Xuanyuan, Nuwa, and the Buddhist sages watched Zhenyuanzi’s defiance and reacted to it.
• Hongjun summoned a storm over Wuzhuang Temple, while some disciples begged for mercy and others stood by Zhenyuanzi.
• Zhenyuanzi activated the Earth Book and raised a protective barrier around Wuzhuang Temple.
• Hongjun struck with a colossal palm empowered by the Heavenly Dao, aiming to erase the temple and the surrounding lands.

Zhenyuanzi refused Hongjun’s demand to withdraw from the Primordial Wilderness, and Pingxin intervened to protect him as the Earthly Dao’s will. Hongjun chose to escalate toward a direct clash with Pingxin, while Li Tian watched from concealment, ready to join her.

• Zhenyuanzi rejected Hongjun’s offer of survival through Closed Door Meditation and insisted he would not abandon his Earthly Dao path.
• Pingxin appeared and challenged Hongjun for suppressing Zhenyuanzi, declaring herself the will of the Earthly Dao.
• Li Tian watched from a crack in chaos and judged that Hongjun’s caution about the awakened Earthly Dao had kept him from striking sooner.
• Hongjun declared that Zhenyuanzi must die and asserted that the Heavenly Dao’s majesty could not be profaned.
• Pingxin accepted the challenge and summoned the Earthly Dao’s power as her aura clashed with Hongjun’s above Wuzhuang Temple.

Pingxin confronted Hongjun above Wuzhuang Temple as the Heavenly Dao and Earthly Dao gathered their power, but the Heavenly Dao withdrew and issued Zhenyuanzi a warning instead of fighting. Li Tian realized the speaker was likely the Heavenly Dao’s true will, which had intervened because Zhenyuanzi’s actions had renewed the Primordial Wilderness and complicated Hongjun’s plans to escape its control.

• Hongjun and Pingxin faced off above Wuzhuang Temple, while Saints and other great powers watched and feared a catastrophic battle.
• Yuanshi resented Pingxin, Nuwa reflected on her own lost courage, and Minghe admired Pingxin’s resolve as the Two Sages of Buddhism resolved not to defy Hongjun.
• Hongjun’s dharma form and Pingxin’s Earthly Dao power rose to an equal confrontation, leaving Zhenyuanzi and the beings below struggling under their auras.
• Hongjun’s dharma form withdrew its pressure and declared that Zhenyuanzi could control the Earth Immortal Realm but must not interfere in the great calamity.
• Li Tian concluded that the voice was likely the Heavenly Dao’s true will, which had acted because Zhenyuanzi’s merit had renewed the Primordial Wilderness and hindered Hongjun’s plan to break free.

After Hongjun withdrew from his confrontation with Pingxin, the Primordial Wilderness settled, and Li Tian received new rewards for helping establish the Earthly Dao Saint. He reaffirmed his ambition to elevate the Primordial Great World and began training to strengthen his body.

• Pingxin dismissed her Dharma form and left to deepen her comprehension of the Earthly Dao, while experts across the Primordial Wilderness recovered from the confrontation.
• Heavenly Lord Yuanshi seethed in Jade Void Palace over Hongjun's retreat and the humiliation Pingxin had dealt him.
• The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors considered what Pingxin's defiance could mean for the Human Race, while Nuwa reflected on its implications for the Demon Race.
• Li Tian relaxed after Hongjun departed and received system rewards, including three perfected laws, the Kongtong Seal, and four Magic Treasure Upgrade Cards.
• Li Tian reviewed his panel, vowed to raise the Primordial Great World and eventually defeat Hongjun, then began comprehending Pingxin's Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique to strengthen his body.

Li Tian cultivated the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique in the Netherworld’s Zesha Abyss, using its baleful aura to temper his body while avoiding Hongjun’s attention. He broke through to the ninth revolution, and the resulting phenomenon manifested Great God Pangu’s true form.

• Li Tian returned to the Netherworld after speaking with Zhenyuanzi and chose to cultivate there to avoid Hongjun.
• Li Tian absorbed the Zesha Abyss’s baleful aura and circulated it through his body according to Pingxin’s teachings.
• Li Tian reflected on how the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique had defeated the Twelve Ancestral Witches because they lacked Primordial Spirits.
• Li Tian broke through to the ninth revolution of the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique.
• A towering manifestation of Great God Pangu appeared behind Li Tian as heaven and earth reflected his breakthrough.

Li Tian reached the ninth level of the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, causing Pangu’s True Form to manifest and shaking the Primordial Wilderness. Hongjun recognized Pangu’s aura and resolved to find its source, while Li Tian explained the breakthrough to Pingxin and reflected that mastering the technique still lay ahead.

• Li Tian’s breakthrough caused Pangu’s True Form to appear, making beings across the Primordial Wilderness tremble and bow.
• Hongjun recognized Pangu’s aura, recalled his past terror of Pangu, and decided to locate the source of the manifestation.
• Li Tian found Pingxin in the Netherworld and apologized for the upheaval, but she said the Netherworld remained stable and that she had come to see Father God’s True Form.
• Pingxin congratulated Li Tian on reaching the ninth level and praised his body as having reached the realm of a Chaos Godfiend.
• Li Tian thanked Pingxin and said he still needed many years to fully understand and integrate the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique.

Li Tian accepted Empress Pingxin’s account of the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique and proposed seeking a powerful ally to strengthen the Earthly Dao. He went to Shouyang Mountain disguised as Daoist Qingping and began laying plans to ally with the Human Race.

• Empress Pingxin gave Li Tian a Jade Slip containing the Twelve Ancestral Witches’ deductions on reaching the Great Perfection of the Ninth Revolution.
• Pingxin asked how the Earthly Dao could grow stronger after its recent gains had stabilized, and Li Tian proposed finding a powerful ally.
• Li Tian resolved to awaken the Human Race’s long-slumbering potential with the Kongtong Seal and establish a balance among the Three Daos.
• Li Tian went to Shouyang Mountain disguised as Daoist Qingping and preached the Dao to the Human Race.
• Li Tian chose the Human Race as the ally the Earthly Dao needed to challenge Hongjun’s Heavenly Dao.

Li Tian believed the Human Race needed allies to break free from the Saints’ and Heavenly Dao’s restraints, and the Three Ancestors finally agreed to meet him. He arrived at the Ancestral Land and faced the Three Ancestors, who had been watching his efforts to help the people.

• Li Tian reflected on the Human Race’s decline and resolved that cooperation with its leaders was possible.
• A messenger told Li Tian that the Three Ancestors had agreed to see him, and he immediately set out for the Ancestral Land.
• Li Tian entered the Ancestral Land and sensed its dense Human Dao Fortune and hundreds of Grand Unity Golden Immortal experts.
• Li Tian met the Three Ancestors, and Suiren clan explained that they had noticed him but had initially suspected he was seeking the Human Race’s merit and fortune.

Li Tian warned the Three Ancestors that Human Race fortune was declining and that the Saints intended to keep the clan subdued. Suiren clan accepted the danger and, with Fuxi and Shennong’s support, considered trusting Li Tian to help the Human Race break free.

• Suiren clan asked whether Li Tian had come to advise the Human Race about its future, and Li Tian said he had come to discuss where the race should go.
• Li Tian warned the Three Ancestors that the collapse of the Human Dao fortune dragon would bring the Human Race’s gradual decline and that the Saints viewed it as a threat.
• Li Tian reminded them that the Human Race had lost its former authority, with its leaders reduced from Human Emperors to Sons of Heaven.
• Suiren clan agreed that the Human Race faced danger but asked why he should trust Li Tian or believe he could change their fate.
• Fuxi and Shennong urged Suiren clan to speak cautiously, then accepted his resolve to take a chance on Li Tian’s help.

Li Tian urged the Three Ancestors to help awaken the Human Dao and forge a Human Dao Divine Dragon, promising that his personal aim was only to borrow Human Race power to kill an old enemy. The Three Ancestors agreed to consult the Human Race’s leaders, and Ying Zheng arrived at the Ancestral Land as they prepared to discuss the plan.

• Li Tian told the Three Ancestors that the Human Race had to risk everything to escape the Heavenly Dao and Saints’ control.
• Li Tian revealed his role in the Earthly Dao’s awakening and proposed gathering the Human Race’s fortune to bring the Human Dao into the world.
• The Three Ancestors questioned Li Tian’s motives, and he explained that he wanted to borrow Human Race power to slay an old enemy without harming the race.
• Suiren clan said the proposal required deliberation by the tribes’ wise ones, feudal lords, and senior ministers, and Li Tian agreed.
• An envoy summoned Ying Zheng to the Ancestral Land, where he met the Three Ancestors and heard Li Tian’s plan.

Ying Zheng and the Human Race’s leaders accepted Li Tian’s proposal to revive the Human Dao and reclaim control of their fate. Li Tian urged them forward with the Earthly Dao’s support, and Ying Zheng called for the Human Race to overturn the powers that treated them as expendable.

• Ying Zheng declared that he supported Qingping Daoist’s plan to unite with the Earthly Dao and awaken the Human Dao.
• Ying Zheng affirmed his resolve to the Three Human Ancestors, whose doubts gave way to renewed determination.
• The Human Race’s high-ranking officials agreed to the plan, and the Suiren clan asked Li Tian how they should proceed.
• Li Tian told the leaders that the Earthly Dao had extended its aid and urged them not to retreat.
• Ying Zheng condemned the Heavenly Dao, Hongjun, and the Saints for treating human lives as disposable, and vowed that the Human Race could command Heaven and Earth.

Li Tian revealed the Kongtong Seal to the Three Ancestors and Ying Zheng, convincing them that Human Dao Fortune could be restored. He entrusted the seal to Ying Zheng and called for the Human Race to unite before they reforged the Human Dao Fortune Divine Dragon.

• Li Tian urged the Three Ancestors to prioritize helping Ying Zheng unite the Human Race rather than immediately contacting the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
• Ying Zheng explained that the Human Dao Fortune Divine Dragon had collapsed after the War of Investiture of the Gods, leaving the scattered fortune impossible to gather without a supreme treasure.
• Li Tian revealed the Kongtong Seal, and the Three Ancestors and Ying Zheng recognized it as the treasure capable of suppressing Human Dao Fortune.
• The Three Ancestors and Ying Zheng set aside their doubts about Li Tian, believing the Kongtong Seal's choice of him affirmed his role in restoring the Human Race.
• Li Tian gave the Kongtong Seal to Ying Zheng and called on him to unite the Human Race so they could reforge the Human Dao Fortune Divine Dragon.

Li Tian spent twenty years strengthening Qin State and helping Ying Zheng unite the Human Race, then prepared with him for the Fengshan ceremony at Mount Tai, the final attempt to revive the Human Dao. As the ceremony approached, Ying Zheng asked whether it could truly succeed.

• Li Tian decided to use his pill-refining and artifact-forging skills to raise the Qin army's strength.
• Over twenty years, Li Tian refined pills and forged artifacts for Qin while planning with the Three Ancestors, and Ying Zheng united the Human Race's tribes under Qin.
• With the Kongtong Seal, Ying Zheng drew upon the Human Race's fortune, reached the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, and became the acknowledged common ruler.
• Li Tian and Ying Zheng completed preparations for the Fengshan ceremony at Mount Tai, which would either restore the Human Dao's fortune or gravely weaken the Human Race.
• Ying Zheng asked Li Tian whether the ceremony could succeed.

Li Tian calmed Ying Zheng’s doubts about the Human Race’s plan, restoring the First Emperor’s resolve before he sensed Hongjun’s move against the Netherworld. Hongjun prepared to crush the Earthly Dao, while Li Tian raced to stop him.

• Li Tian served Ying Zheng Concentrating Heart Tea and reassured him that the Human Race could endure even if its plan failed.
• Ying Zheng regained his imperial resolve, thanked Li Tian, and left the Human Race’s sacred land.
• Li Tian divined that Hongjun had set his sights on the Netherworld and hurried there in a streak of silver light.
• After his defeat at Wuzhuang Temple, Hongjun resolved to weaken the Netherworld and drive the Earthly Dao back into the abyss.

Hongjun summoned Jieyin and Zhunti to the Purple Heaven Palace and ordered them to use Buddhism’s planted agent to attack the Blood Sea in the Netherworld. Though they feared Empress Pingxin’s retaliation, the Two Sages of Buddhism left with no choice but to obey Hongjun’s decree.

• Hongjun sent a decree summoning Jieyin and Zhunti to the Purple Heaven Palace.
• Jieyin and Zhunti traveled to the palace and pledged to carry out Hongjun’s orders.
• Hongjun revealed that he knew Buddhism had planted an agent in the Netherworld and ordered the two to target the Blood Sea.
• Jieyin and Zhunti realized the mission meant confronting Empress Pingxin, but accepted the decree rather than risk defying Hongjun.
• After leaving the palace, Zhunti voiced fear for Buddhism, while Jieyin said they had to obey and hoped Hongjun would hold Empress Pingxin back.

Jieyin and Zhunti ordered Ksitigarbha to seize the Netherworld Blood Sea, prompting Buddhism to march against Minghe’s forces. As the Buddhist host attacked and forcibly converted Asura clansmen, Great Brahma reported the assault to Minghe, who prepared to demand an explanation.

• Jieyin and Zhunti sent Ksitigarbha a secret order to seize the Netherworld Blood Sea at any cost.
• Ksitigarbha gathered Buddhism’s forces in the Netherworld and ordered them to attack Minghe’s Blood Sea under the pretext of delivering lost souls and eliminating Minghe’s calamity.
• Minghe dismissed Tianbo Xun’s failure to find Qingping Daoist and warned against provoking the powerful Daoist unnecessarily.
• Great Brahma reported that Buddhist monks had attacked the Asura Race and forcibly converted more than a hundred clansmen.
• Minghe rose in anger and vowed to demand satisfaction unless Buddhism explained its assault.

Ancestor Minghe rushed to the Blood Sea as Ksitigarbha and Buddhist forces attacked the Asura Race under a Saint’s decree. Minghe arrived in time to stop Ksitigarbha from overwhelming Desire-Color Heaven, and his fearsome presence shook the Buddhist forces.

• Minghe erupted in anger at Ksitigarbha’s actions and left the Blood God Palace with Great Brahma.
• Ksitigarbha arrived with his Buddhist forces and ordered them to break the Blood Sea’s barrier while he dealt with Minghe.
• Desire-Color Heaven challenged Ksitigarbha, who declared the Asura Race sinful and attacked him with his monk’s staff.
• Ksitigarbha overpowered Desire-Color Heaven until Minghe’s scarlet magical power intervened between them.
• Minghe appeared atop the Twelve-Grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus with Yuantu and Abi, and his baleful aura shook the Buddhist forces.

Ancestor Minghe confronted the Buddhist force that had come to seize and convert the Asura Race, and his attack collided with Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s defense. The Underworld stayed out of the battle while Empress Pingxin and the Two Buddhist Saints watched, with the Saints’ secret goal being to subdue the Blood Sea and curb Pingxin’s influence.

• Ancestor Minghe arrived as the Buddhist force swept away Asuras, and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva greeted him while shielding the monks with Buddhist light.
• Minghe demanded an explanation for the Buddhist sect’s attempt to seize and convert his people, but Ksitigarbha defended it as a way to cleanse the Asuras’ hostility and sins.
• Minghe attacked with a giant palm, and Ksitigarbha used his monk’s staff and kasaya to meet the blow, unleashing a clash that shook the Blood Sea and the surrounding Netherworld.
• The Ten Yama Kings refused to send mediators and ordered Underworld officials to stay away from the Blood Sea.
• Empress Pingxin watched the battle without intervening, while the Two Buddhist Saints observed from the Land of Bliss under their teacher’s secret decree to subdue the Blood Sea and curb Pingxin’s influence.