Chapter Summaries

Xuan Yang gave Di Jun and Taiyi two drops of Pangu's Essence Blood and Nuwa one drop, urging her to grow strong enough to protect the Demon Race from Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao. After thirty thousand years of cultivation, they all broke through to the Middle Stage Golden Immortal of the Origin, and Xuan Yang also revealed that he had comprehended Pangu's Law of Strength.

• Xuan Yang gave Di Jun and Taiyi two drops of Pangu's Essence Blood and offered the last drop to Nuwa, who initially refused.
• Xuan Yang explained that he wanted Nuwa to grow strong enough to protect the Demon Race, and Nuwa swore upon her True Spirit never to betray him before accepting the essence blood.
• Fuxi declined to receive any Pangu's Essence Blood and stayed outside the Chaos Bead to oversee the Demon Race while the others cultivated.
• After thirty thousand years, Di Jun, Taiyi, and Nuwa finished refining their essence blood and broke through to the Middle Stage Golden Immortal of the Origin.
• Xuan Yang also broke through to the Middle Stage Golden Immortal of the Origin, and Di Jun, Taiyi, and Nuwa sensed that he had comprehended Pangu's Law of Strength.

Xuan Yang persuaded Grand Pure Laozi that his Hongmeng Purple Qi and Taiji Diagram were rightfully his, so he did not need to return them to Hongjun. As Grand Pure Laozi headed to Purple Sky Palace, Yuanshi and Hongjun suspected he would join the Human Path, and Hongjun ordered Haotian and Yaochi to bar his entry.

• Xuan Yang explained that Grand Pure Laozi's Heaven-Opening Merit entitled him to keep the Hongmeng Purple Qi and that the Taiji Diagram was his true inheritance from Pangu's Axe.
• Grand Pure Laozi thanked Xuan Yang and departed, while Xuan Yang, Nuwa, and Tongtian went to Tongtian's cave mansion to await his return.
• Yuanshi noticed Grand Pure Laozi leaving Kunlun Mountain and secretly followed him, suspecting he was going to Purple Sky Palace to switch to the Hunyuan path.
• Hongjun feared Grand Pure Laozi would strengthen the Human Path, so he summoned Haotian and Yaochi and ordered them to shut Purple Sky Palace's gates and refuse him entry.
• Grand Pure Laozi arrived outside Purple Sky Palace, unaware that Hongjun had ordered the gates closed, and prepared to send Haotian and Yaochi a voice transmission.

After Buzhou Mountain collapsed and tore a hole in the sky, Xuan Yang sent Di Jun and Taiyi to protect the Primordial Wilderness while he went to find Nuwa and lend her the Universe Cauldron to mend the sky. Nuwa read his diary and was moved that he had thought of her first.

• Buzhou Mountain collapsed, the sky was torn open, and earth, fire, wind, water, and Chaos poured into the Primordial Wilderness as Gui Che and Ji Meng perished under the Karmic Debt.
• Xuan Yang ordered Di Jun and Taiyi to restrain the invading forces and protect living beings, explaining that the Tribulation was ending and the act could earn merit.
• Xuan Yang told Di Jun and Taiyi to gather Zhen Yuanzi, Hongyun, Tongtian, and Taiqing, while he went to Empress Wa's Palace to find Nuwa.
• Xuan Yang wrote in his diary that he suspected the Heavenly Dao had caused Buzhou Mountain's fall and planned to lend Nuwa the Universe Cauldron so she could mend the sky.
• Di Jun and Taiyi read Xuan Yang's diary and welcomed his resolve to retaliate against the Heavenly Dao.
• Nuwa read the diary and felt moved that Xuan Yang had thought of her first and planned to lend her the Universe Cauldron.

Yang Jian and Yang Chan were discovered by Heavenly Court forces while traveling toward Kunlun Mountain. As Yang Jian faced capture, his Heavenly Eye awakened and struck down several soldiers, but he collapsed from exhaustion before a mysterious staff descended from the heavens.

• Yang Jian and Yang Chan hid from Juling Shen’s forces, but Juling Shen found their cave and ordered the Heavenly Soldiers to attack.
• The Heavenly Soldiers destroyed the cave, and Yang Jian stood against them while protecting Yang Chan and refusing to surrender.
• As the soldiers attacked, Yang Jian awakened his Heavenly Eye and its golden beam killed several Heavenly Soldiers and wounded many others.
• Yang Jian was left nearly powerless, and the Heavenly Soldiers moved in to capture him.
• Just as a Heavenly General was about to strike Yang Jian, a terrifying gale froze the battlefield and a golden streamer bearing a staff plunged from the heavens.

Hongjun used the Jade Plate of Creation to discover that Xuan Yang had secretly struck Zhunti while he was occupied protecting Jieyin. He realized Xuan Yang had already crippled Zhunti before agreeing to let Hongjun and Jieyin leave, and confronted him in fury.

• Hongjun deduced what had happened during Zhunti’s escape and saw Xuan Yang’s attack.
• Xuan Yang’s fist, carrying the Law of Strength, shattered Zhunti’s Golden Body and sent him unconscious into the chaotic currents of time and space.
• Hongjun realized Xuan Yang had attacked Zhunti before Hongjun arrived and had only pretended to act righteously.
• Hongjun pointed at Xuan Yang and accused him of toying with him.

Xuanyuan defeated Chi You at Zhuolu and spared the surrendering Jiu Li army, uniting the Human Race as its common sovereign. Hongjun, Zhunti and Jieyin, and Primordial Lord of Heaven reacted with anger and frustration over Xuan Yang and Taiyi’s decisive contributions and their own lost influence and merit.

• Taiyi’s Chaos Bell suppressed Chi You, and the Jiu Li army’s morale collapsed as its warriors began to surrender.
• Xuanyuan ordered his troops to spare those who laid down their weapons and welcome them into the tribes.
• The Jiu Li army surrendered, and Xuanyuan united the Human Race as its common sovereign after Fuxi and Shennong.
• Hongjun blamed Xuan Yang for changing the outcome at Zhuolu and felt his control over the Primordial Wilderness slipping.
• Zhunti and Jieyin lamented that the Western Sect had earned little merit despite Pharmacist’s efforts to guide Xuanyuan.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven cursed Guangchengzi for failing to advance the Chan Sect’s plans and blamed Xuan Yang for the setback.

Xuan Yang used the importance of the sermon to stop Laozi and Tongtian from fighting and force Yuanshi to apologize to the Demon Race. With the Great Hall filling with listeners and no further trouble, two penniless bald Daoists arrived late.

• Xuan Yang framed Yuanshi’s attack as an offense against the sermon and the Heavenly Dao, causing Laozi and Tongtian to stop and Yuanshi to fall silent.
• Laozi apologized to Di Jun, Taiyi, and the Demon Race, then gave Kunpeng a healing immortal pill.
• Di Jun agreed not to pursue the incident but demanded that Yuanshi apologize, and Laozi urged his second brother to comply.
• Yuanshi apologized to the Demon Race, after which Di Jun and Taiyi released him and departed.
• The cultivators and demon spirits filled the Great Hall, side halls, and entrance, while two penniless bald Daoists arrived late.

Tongtian visited Xuan Yang to examine his Ten-Thousand Innate Spiritual Treasure Grand Formation and test whether he could break it. After Tongtian discovered its strength lay in its many powerful treasures rather than a complex design, he prepared a serious sword attack as Xuan Yang promised to reveal the formation’s true specialty.

• Tongtian left Kunlun Mountain and traveled to the Sun Star, where Xuan Yang welcomed him into the Golden Crow Divine Palace.
• Tongtian hinted that he wanted to see Xuan Yang’s formation, and Xuan Yang invited him to try breaking it.
• Nuwa and Fuxi sensed Xuan Yang and Tongtian near the Demon Court and watched their encounter with their divine senses.
• Xuan Yang activated the formation, and Tongtian’s attack with the Laws of Formations was blocked by the Innate Spiritual Treasures.
• Tongtian summoned his Qingping Sword and aimed at another weakness, but Xuan Yang announced that he would reveal the formation’s true specialty.

The Twelve Golden Immortals decided to cripple the Six-Eared Macaque and take Yang Jian and Yang Chan, but he revealed overwhelming peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal power. After scattering their formation with his aura, he challenged the defeated immortals to face him.

• Juliusun persuaded the Twelve Golden Immortals to attack the Six-Eared Macaque, cripple him, and seize the children.
• The Six-Eared Macaque sensed their killing intent and accepted their challenge.
• Guangchengzi and Chijingzi revealed initial-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal cultivation, while the other ten immortals displayed Grand Unity Profound Immortal strength.
• The Twelve Golden Immortals formed a battle formation, but the Six-Eared Macaque unleashed peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal power and shattered their combined pressure.
• Guangchengzi and Chijingzi spat blood, the other ten immortals were driven back, and the Six-Eared Macaque taunted them as he raised his iron staff.

Yang Jian and Yang Chan rejected the Chan Sect immortals’ offer and chose Immortal Master Xuan Yang out of gratitude to Six-Eared Macaque, who had saved them. Six-Eared Macaque drove the Twelve Golden Immortals away, then invited the siblings to go home with him.

• Yang Jian remembered Six-Eared Macaque protecting him and Yang Chan, and resolved to repay the life-saving kindness.
• Yang Jian and Yang Chan chose Immortal Master Xuan Yang, leaving the Twelve Golden Immortals stunned and furious.
• Yang Jian told Guangchengzi that he knew what opportunity he had turned down but would not forget Six-Eared Macaque's kindness.
• Six-Eared Macaque praised Yang Jian and threatened the Chan Sect immortals until Guangchengzi and the other Golden Immortals fled toward Kunlun Mountain.
• Six-Eared Macaque invited Yang Jian and Yang Chan to go home with him.

Kinnara overwhelmed the Mo Family Four Generals and killed them on the battlefield outside Xi Qi City. Wen Zhong ordered the Shang Army to retreat, while Kinnara returned to the city after Pharmacist Daoist warned him not to pursue.

• Mo Liqing attacked Kinnara with the Azure Cloud Sword, but Kinnara’s Golden Body blocked its wind and fire unharmed.
• Mo Lihong, Mo Lihai, and Mo Lishou joined the assault with their magic artifacts and Flower Fox Sable, but Kinnara destroyed their weapons and beast.
• Kinnara killed Mo Liqing and the other three generals, and the Investiture of the Gods List swept away their True Spirits.
• Kinnara taunted the Shang Army as Wen Zhong restrained his men and ordered them to withdraw thirty li and make camp.
• Pharmacist Daoist told Kinnara not to pursue the retreating army, and Kinnara returned to Xi Qi City.

Xuan Yang stopped East King Gong from leaving and negotiated terms for Queen Mother of the West to help establish the Immortal Court. The chapter ended with Queen Mother of the West leaving the decision entirely to Xuan Yang.

• Di Jun, Taiyi, Nuwa, and Fuxi joined Xuan Yang in preparing to confront East King Gong, who immediately apologized and tried to leave with the male immortals.
• Xuan Yang stopped East King Gong and said he would help Queen Mother of the West because they were close friends.
• Queen Mother of the West agreed to let Xuan Yang decide how to handle East King Gong’s proposal to establish the Immortal Court.
• Xuan Yang agreed on Queen Mother of the West’s behalf, provided she held no position or responsibility in the Immortal Court and received half its founding providence without taking any merit.
• East King Gong considered the terms and looked to Queen Mother of the West, who said she would leave the matter entirely to Xuan Yang.

Nuwa finished reading Xuan Yang’s diary and decided to visit him on the Sun Star with Fuxi. When Fuxi questioned her source for the warnings against the Three Corpses path, Nuwa revealed that she had obtained a copy of Xuan Yang’s diary, leaving him shocked.

• Nuwa steadied her Dao Heart, then read Xuan Yang’s diary entries about befriending the Witch Tribe and the Ancestral Witches.
• Nuwa decided to visit Xuan Yang on the Sun Star and bring her elder brother Fuxi along.
• Nuwa found Fuxi after he emerged from cultivation without progress and asked about his gains.
• Fuxi urged Nuwa to reconsider seeking the Hunyuan Path and resume cultivating Slaying the Three Corpses, but Nuwa explained its drawbacks and the restrictions faced by Heavenly Dao Saints.
• Fuxi asked Nuwa to disclose the source of her information, so she told him she had obtained a Copy of Xuan Yang's Diary, which deeply shocked him.

Yuan Futong rebelled against Great Shang, and Wen Zhong led an expedition that nearly crushed the uprising before Zhunti and Jieyin intervened with Buddhist magic. Xuan Yang restrained Nuwa from retaliating, expecting Tongtian to respond to the attack on his disciple.

• Yuan Futong proclaimed rebellion in the North Sea, and Di Xin appointed Wen Zhong commander of the northern expedition.
• Nuwa sensed that the rebellion was being manipulated, while Xuan Yang said other Saints were moving pieces in a larger game.
• Wen Zhong led Great Shang's army through a string of victories and surrounded Yuan Futong in North Sea City.
• Zhunti and Jieyin used Buddhist chanting and golden light to wound Wen Zhong and rout the Shang army.
• Nuwa prepared to confront the Western Saints, but Xuan Yang held her back and predicted that Tongtian would act.

Wangshu and Queen Mother of the West competed through music while making their claims on Xuan Yang clear. After both played the zither, Queen Mother of the West asked Xuan Yang which performance he thought was better.

• Xuan Yang greeted Wangshu, Chang Xi, and Xi He, then introduced them to Queen Mother of the West.
• Wangshu invited Queen Mother of the West to exchange musical pointers through the zither.
• Wangshu played a zither made by Xuan Yang and explained that he had crafted it from Moon Laurel Tree wood and Ice Silkworm thread as a token of their bond.
• Queen Mother of the West played her own zither piece, and Xuan Yang praised her performance as well.
• Queen Mother of the West asked Xuan Yang whether Wangshu's piece or hers had been better.

After Queen Mother of the West and the other guests left the Sun Star, Xuan Yang wrote about his new friendships, prompting plans and jealousy among the diary owners. Meanwhile, Di Jun and Taiyi were hailed as Dao Ancestors after teaching newly formed beings, alarming Hongjun in the Purple Cloud Palace.

• Xuan Yang deflected Queen Mother of the West’s question about whose music he preferred, and she, Wangshu, Chang Xi, and Xi He continued staying on the Sun Star.
• Hongyun and Zhen Yuanzi visited Xuan Yang, then left after about a hundred years; Queen Mother of the West later returned to West Kunlun, while Wangshu, Chang Xi, and Xi He stayed another thousand years.
• Xuan Yang wrote in his diary that he valued his new friendships and praised Queen Mother of the West, Zhen Yuanzi, and Hongyun.
• Queen Mother of the West happily considered visiting Xuan Yang again, Zhen Yuanzi wondered about becoming the Ancestor of Earth Immortals, and Wangshu and Chang Xi resolved to keep Queen Mother of the West from being alone with Xuan Yang.
• Di Jun and Taiyi finished teaching at a Dao altar, and the newly formed beings acclaimed them as Dao Ancestors.
• Hongjun sensed the acclamation and wondered what it meant for his own status as Dao Ancestor.

Ji Chang’s forces captured much of the western feudal states through massacres and forced conscription, prompting Di Xin to send Wen Zhong west with a 300,000-strong army. At Xi Qi City, the Shang Army confronted Ji Chang’s coalition, and the first battle began when Western Sect Kinnara stepped forward to face the Mo Family Four Generals.

• Ji Chang used civilians as human shields to capture cities, killed Chong Houhu, and brought more than half of the western feudal lords under his control.
• A scout reported Ji Chang’s return and the devastation in the west, and Di Xin declared that Saints had made Ji Chang into a puppet.
• Wen Zhong requested command of the western expedition, and Di Xin appointed him Grand Marshal with 300,000 imperial guards and the Mo Family Four Generals.
• Wen Zhong marched to Xi Qi City, denounced Ji Chang for bringing disaster upon his people, and ordered the Mo Family Four Generals to challenge the defenders.
• Pharmacist sent Kinnara down from the city wall to meet the Shang Army, and Wen Zhong ordered the war drums beaten as the first clash approached.

True Man Taiyi confronted Li Jing about Nezha’s disappearance, then learned that Yang Jian had taken Nezha as a disciple. Confident that Yang Jian was not as dangerous as Six-Eared Macaque, True Man Taiyi flew off to pursue him and demand an explanation.

• True Man Taiyi’s uncontrolled aura crushed Li Jing, who pleaded for him to calm down and insisted Six-Eared Macaque had not taken Nezha.
• Li Jing explained that Yang Jian, a disciple of Venerable Xuan Yang and Six-Eared Macaque’s junior brother, had taken Nezha under his master’s orders.
• True Man Taiyi seized Li Jing and demanded confirmation that the man had called himself Yang Jian.
• After Li Jing confirmed it, True Man Taiyi released him and condemned Grand Xuan Palace for provoking the Chan Sect.
• True Man Taiyi vowed to make Yang Jian answer for his actions and flew after him in a golden rainbow.

Manjushri and Samantabhadra arrived at Chentang Pass to take Li Jing’s sons as disciples, but learned Six-Eared Macaque had already taken them. Remembering their recent defeat at his hands, the two Golden Immortals were left unsure whether to confront him or retreat.

• Manjushri and Samantabhadra descended upon Chentang Pass in a display of immortal power.
• Manjushri told Li Jing that he and Samantabhadra had come to take Jin Zha and Mu Zha to Kunlun Mountain as disciples.
• Li Jing apologized and explained that another immortal had already taken his sons as disciples.
• Manjushri and Samantabhadra erupted in anger and demanded to know the new master's identity.
• Li Jing named Six-Eared Macaque, causing the two Golden Immortals to remember their defeat and hesitate to act.

Houtu returned to Buzhou Mountain and learned that Da Yi had driven Xuan Yang away, then angrily punched Da Yi. The chapter left Da Yi flying after Houtu’s furious reaction.

• Xuan Yang brought Queen Mother of the West, Hongyun, and Zhen Yuanzi back to the Sun Star, where Chang Xi and Xi He welcomed them.
• Queen Mother of the West told Chang Xi and Xi He how the Witch Tribe had acted on Buzhou Mountain, while Xi He privately wondered why Houtu had behaved that way.
• Da Yi and Kuafu proudly reported to Houtu that they had protected the Innate Gourd Vine and driven away intruders.
• Da Yi bragged that he had also driven away Xuan Yang, and Houtu punched him into the air.