Chapter Summaries

After Xuan Yang gave Di Jun and Taiyi a plan for handling Hongjun’s Heavenly Dao edict, the brothers regained confidence in their plans to establish the Demon Race and Demon Court. Di Jun urged Xuan Yang, Xi He, and Chang Xi to have Little Golden Crows, then asked Xuan Yang for help creating a formation to protect the Sun Star; Xuan Yang began to explain how.

• Di Jun and Taiyi felt reassured by Xuan Yang’s plan and thanked him for helping them face Hongjun’s edict.
• Di Jun teased Xuan Yang, Xi He, and Chang Xi about having children, prompting the two goddesses to blush.
• Di Jun chided Taiyi for having no Dao Companion and joking that the Chaos Bell could not give him Little Golden Crows.
• Di Jun mentioned his idea for a formation to protect the Sun Star and keep the Little Golden Crows from wandering.
• Xuan Yang offered to teach Di Jun how to arrange the Grand Formation of the Stars, and Di Jun eagerly waited for his guidance.

Xuan Yang explained two methods of attaining the Dao of Hunyuan, then began revealing the hidden requirement of Hongjun’s Three Corpses method. He left the gathered cultivators demanding that he continue despite his feigned concern that Hongjun might blame him.

• Laozi, Zhunti, Jieyin, and the other cultivators asked Xuan Yang how they could attain the Dao.
• Xuan Yang explained that cultivators could attain Hunyuan through World Opening or by perfecting the laws of heaven and earth.
• Xuan Yang considered whether to reveal Hongjun’s Three Corpses method, then decided he had little reason to fear offending Hongjun.
• Xuan Yang said that severing the Good, Evil, and Self Corpses with Innate Spiritual Treasures could bring cultivators to the Quasi-Saint peak, but reaching Sainthood required unifying the Three Corpses.
• East King Duke and the other cultivators said Hongjun had never mentioned the unification requirement and urged Xuan Yang to finish explaining.

Di Jun and Taiyi sought Xuan Yang’s advice on how to earn merit, and he proposed that they travel the Primordial Wilderness giving sermons to ordinary living beings. Convinced by his detailed plan, the brothers left the Sun Star to put it into action.

• Di Jun and Taiyi told Xuan Yang they wanted to obtain merit and asked for his advice.
• Xuan Yang proposed that the brothers travel the Primordial Wilderness and give sermons to living beings of lower cultivation.
• Xuan Yang called Six-Eared Macaque to show how even a gifted cultivator had once been only a True Immortal without a clear path to seek the Dao.
• Xuan Yang explained how Di Jun and Taiyi could establish sermon venues, notify nearby living beings, and teach them suitable cultivation methods.
• Di Jun and Taiyi praised Xuan Yang, promised to share their merit with him, and flew out of the Sun Star.

Hongjun checked the progress of cultivators learning Slaying the Three Corpses and discovered that Tongtian and Nuwa had not even begun the method. Yuanshi Tianzun celebrated his new Quasi-Saint realm and looked forward to advancing further before the next Sermon, while Hongjun remained confident that the Golden Crows would establish the Demon Race before his deadline.

• Yuanshi Tianzun severed his Good Corpse, reached the Quasi-Saint realm, and showed off his new power above Kunlun Mountain.
• Tongtian sensed that Yuanshi Tianzun and Grand Pure Laozi had advanced, regretted that his brothers had chosen Hongjun's path, and returned to cultivating formations and swordsmanship.
• Yuanshi Tianzun stopped showing off when Tongtian did not respond and went back to cultivating for the next Sermon.
• Hongjun calculated that Di Jun, Taiyi, and Xuan Yang had still not established the Demon Race, but decided to wait out the remaining half of his one-Eon deadline.
• Hongjun found that Zhunti, Jieyin, Grand Pure Laozi, and Primordial Lord of Heaven had severed their first corpses, but Tongtian and Nuwa had not begun cultivating Slaying the Three Corpses.

Xuan Yang improved the Chaos Bead by using the twenty-four Sea-Calming Pearls to create minor heavens and restore its damaged world. He then transformed thousands of Acquired Spiritual Treasures into Innate Spiritual Treasures and began designing an Innate Grand Formation.

• Xuan Yang entered the Chaos Bead, greeted the Little Golden Crows, Fufeng, and the demon servants, and checked that the world and Innate Gourd Vine were thriving.
• Xuan Yang used the twenty-four Sea-Calming Pearls to create minor heavens that helped repair and stabilize the Chaos Bead’s world.
• Xuan Yang explained the Sea-Calming Pearls’ effects to the Little Golden Crows, who were delighted that the Chaos world would become more complete.
• Xuan Yang left the Chaos Bead and used the Universe Cauldron and his accumulated merit to transform a large batch of Acquired Spiritual Treasures into Innate Spiritual Treasures over ten thousand years.
• Xuan Yang counted at least ten thousand Innate Spiritual Treasures and began deducing an Innate Grand Formation using insights from Tongtian and his own ideas.

Xuan Yang discovered that he had received the Heaven-Opening Dao-Proving Method alongside the Chaos Bead, and he used the bead to safeguard the Little Golden Crows and other treasures. Ten thousand years after the Three Golden Crow Brothers established the Demon Race, hundreds of thousands gathered at the Demon Court as its gates opened for Xuan Yang’s sermon.

• Xuan Yang tried wishing for more treasures, but the system ignored him, so he concluded that it had not malfunctioned.
• Xuan Yang considered using the Chaos Bead to protect the Little Golden Crows from future threats and provide refuge during the Witch-Demon War.
• Xuan Yang’s diary revealed his new treasures, prompting the Diary Owners to marvel at the Chaos Bead and wonder about his upcoming sermon.
• Xuan Yang moved the Spiritual Plants and Little Golden Crows from the Sun Star into the Chaos Bead.
• After nearly ten thousand years, hundreds of thousands of demons and cultivators gathered outside the Demon Court to hear Xuan Yang preach.
• The Demon Court’s gates opened, and the Ten Great Demon Sages invited the crowd inside for the West Emperor’s sermon.

After the Three Pure Ones left the Demon Court, Queen Mother of the West tried to find Xuan Yang but ran into East King Duke, who attempted to force her to join his Immortal Court. Xuan Yang and several others arrived to confront him, leaving East King Duke facing the Demon Court’s challenge.

• Tongtian returned to Yuanshi and Laozi, and the Three Pure Ones departed the Demon Court after Laozi greeted Xuan Yang.
• Queen Mother of the West went to find Xuan Yang but turned away when she saw East King Duke approaching her.
• East King Duke blocked Queen Mother of the West and urged her to join the Immortal Court and become his Dao Companion.
• Queen Mother of the West rejected East King Duke, but he surrounded her with male immortals and announced he would take her to the Immortal Court by force.
• Di Jun, Taiyi, Xuan Yang, Nuwa, and Fuxi appeared, and Xuan Yang challenged East King Duke for causing trouble in the Demon Court.

Xuan Yang explained how avoiding the Heavenly Dao Saint path could spare Nuwa and Tongtian from future tragedies, and revealed that Hongjun had transferred karma from the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation onto Tongtian. Nuwa and Fuxi became more grateful to Xuan Yang, while the other Diary Owners were shocked by his account.

• Xuan Yang wrote that Nuwa could remain free of Heavenly Dao restraints and potentially save Fuxi if she avoided becoming Hongjun's disciple and pursued the Chaotic Origin Golden Immortal path.
• Nuwa and Fuxi realized why Xuan Yang had previously discussed the Dao with Nuwa, and they resolved to repay their growing debt of gratitude to him.
• Xuan Yang wrote that Tongtian's position as a Heavenly Dao Saint and Hongjun's disciple had left the Jie Sect vulnerable to the Investiture of the Gods and its destruction.
• Xuan Yang claimed Hongjun had placed karma from Luohu's Immortal Slaying Sword Formation onto the formation before giving it to Tongtian as a disciple.
• The other Diary Owners were shocked by Xuan Yang's revelations.

After decades of peace in Grand Xuan Palace, Yao Ji’s family prospered under Xuan Yang’s protection, while Hongjun arrived at the Heavenly Court to chastise Haotian and summon the Primordial Wilderness’s major powers. The chapter ended as Hongjun’s Imperial Decree reached Grand Xuan Palace.

• Yang Tianyou cultivated under Xuan Yang’s guidance and became an Earth Immortal, while Yao Ji recovered and Yang Jian, Yang Jiao, and Yang Chan stabilized their Taiyi Golden Immortal cultivation.
• Hongjun descended into the Hall of Miraculous Clouds, where Haotian and Yaochi knelt before him.
• Hongjun blamed Haotian’s incompetence and the Heavenly Court’s lack of capable divine generals for its humiliation.
• Hongjun issued an Imperial Decree summoning Xuan Yang, Nuwa, Laozi, Houtu, Tongtian, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti to the Heavenly Court one month later.
• The Imperial Decree flew into Grand Xuan Palace.

Ji Chang captured Xi Qi City with a drug-enhanced army and found that its people feared and hated him rather than welcoming him back. At Guangchengzi’s urging, he imposed a brutal conscription, leaving the city’s men as resentful cannon fodder for his war against the Shang Dynasty.

• Ji Chang led his Western Sect-backed army to Xi Qi City and shattered its gates, massacring the Shang garrison and civilians as he seized control.
• The people of Xi Qi shut themselves inside their homes and refused to celebrate Ji Chang’s return or enlist in his army.
• Ji Chang asked Pharmacist to use Buddhist conversion to make the people fight, but Pharmacist refused and explained that it would lead them toward monastic life instead.
• Guangchengzi told Ji Chang to use terror and forced conscription, and Ji Chang ordered the city sealed and every able-bodied man enlisted under threat of death.
• Ji Chang’s soldiers dragged men from their homes and killed those who resisted, then forced survivors into the expanded army as Ji Chang prepared to use them as cannon fodder against Di Xin.

After West Qi fell, Primordial Lord of Heaven ordered the Chan Sect’s disciples to remain on Kunlun Mountain, but the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation Qi found them anyway. Unable to free them from it, he ordered the Eleven Golden Immortals to descend the mountain and seek a new way to revive Zhou and fill the list.

• Jiang Ziya begged Primordial Lord of Heaven for forgiveness, and his Master sent him to the rear mountain to reflect.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven decided the Chan Sect disciples should stay on Kunlun Mountain and avoid becoming entangled in the tribulation.
• Tribulation Qi caused True Man Huanglong, Immortal Official Nanji, Juliusun, and the other Golden Immortals to suffer mishaps and lose control of their cultivation and Dao Hearts.
• The Eleven Golden Immortals gathered at Jade Void Palace and pleaded with Primordial Lord of Heaven to save them from the Tribulation Qi.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven explained that the Tribulation Qi could only be resolved by answering the tribulation and ordered the Golden Immortals to descend the mountain, find new people to answer it, and take in more disciples.

Xuan Yang arranged for Hongyun to reincarnate as Cangjie so he could create writing for the Human Race and attain the position of Literary Ancestor. After years of study and travel, Cangjie completed three thousand characters and declared his vow before the Human Race.

• Xuan Yang told Hongyun and Zhen Yuanzi that Hongyun could reincarnate into the Human Race and become its Literary Ancestor by creating writing.
• Nuwa, Xuan Yang, Zhen Yuanzi, and Hongyun went to the Netherworld, where Houtu opened the passage of Reincarnation and Hongyun was reborn as Cangjie.
• Zhen Yuanzi took Cangjie as his disciple and taught him the history and workings of the Primordial Wilderness, raising him to Earth Immortal cultivation by age eighteen.
• Zhen Yuanzi asked Cangjie what the Human Race lacked, and Cangjie realized it needed its own writing.
• Cangjie traveled the Human Race's lands for twenty years, observed the natural world, and created three thousand foundational characters.
• Cangjie climbed a mountain, proclaimed the completion of Human Race writing, and vowed to attain the position of Literary Ancestor.

Tongtian demanded the Hongmeng Purple Qi he believed was rightfully his, and Hongjun reluctantly returned it. Nuwa then claimed another strand, leaving one in Hongjun’s possession, and Hongjun called East King Duke forward instead of making the cultivators compete for it.

• Tongtian clarified that he had not changed his mind about refusing to become Hongjun’s disciple and demanded his Hongmeng Purple Qi back.
• Tongtian argued that his status as one of Pangu’s Three Pure Ones and his Heaven-Opening Merit entitled him to a strand regardless of discipleship, so Hongjun returned it.
• Yuanshi realized his own Hongmeng Purple Qi might also have been his by right, while Laozi watched in silence.
• Nuwa claimed a strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi, and Hongjun handed it to her.
• Zhen Yuanzi restrained Hongyun, who assured him he had no interest in the remaining strand.
• Hongjun called East King Duke forward, and East King Duke knelt to hear his orders.

East King Duke forced Ao Guang to lead him to the Dragon Race treasury, convinced it held his chance to become a Saint. When the empty treasury enraged him and he attacked Ao Guang, two powerful auras emerged from the East Sea Dragon Palace and drove him back.

• East King Duke arrived at the Eastern Sea with one hundred thousand immortal soldiers and demanded that Ao Guang open the Dragon Race treasury or face destruction.
• Ao Guang reluctantly led East King Duke into the Dragon Palace treasury while observers across the Primordial Wilderness watched.
• East King Duke found the treasury nearly empty and accused Ao Guang of deceiving him.
• East King Duke attacked Ao Guang, but two powerful auras emerged from the depths of the Dragon Palace and sent him flying back.
• Di Jun and Taiyi realized the auras might belong to Candle Dragon and Ancestor Dragon, explaining why Xuan Yang had predicted East King Duke would not defeat the Dragon Race.

East King Duke retreated after Candle Dragon and Ancestor Dragon confronted him, turning his campaign against the Dragon Race into a public humiliation. Xuan Yang watched the defeat and began considering how to use the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin races.

• The Diary Owners learned that Candle Dragon and Ancestor Dragon were alive and understood why Xuan Yang had predicted East King Duke would fail.
• Xuan Yang wondered why Old Ancestor Hongjun and Heavenly Dao had allowed East King Duke to act, while Heavenly Dao Hongjun watched the situation grimly from the Purple Sky Palace.
• East King Duke demanded the Dragon Race hand over his Opportunity to Prove Dao and threatened to attack if they refused.
• Ancestor Dragon rejected East King Duke's offer, warned that the Dragon Race would fight to mutual destruction, and displayed his immense power and Karmic Debt.
• East King Duke led his troops away, and cultivators across the Primordial Wilderness mocked him for retreating.
• Xuan Yang judged the incident as expected and began considering a new idea involving the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin races.

Tongtian recognized that Shi Ji’s death and the evidence against Nezha might be part of a scheme, so he restrained the Jie Sect and set out for Chentang Pass to investigate. Hongjun, Primordial Lord of Heaven, Zhunti, and Jieyin realized his calm response threatened their plan.

• Tongtian dismissed Zhao Gongming’s claim that the evidence proved Nezha had killed Shi Ji and warned that someone might be framing Xuan Yang and the Jie Sect.
• Tongtian ordered the Jie Sect to close Biyou Palace, activate its protective formation, recite the Huangting, and refrain from seeking revenge or slandering Xuan Yang.
• Tongtian declared his close bond with Xuan Yang, threatened to execute anyone who disrespected him, and promised to investigate Shi Ji’s death and clear Xuan Yang’s name.
• Tongtian left for Chentang Pass in disguise, shocking Hongjun, who had expected him to attack Xuan Yang and break their alliance.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven worried Tongtian would see through Taiyi’s false Nezha aura, while Zhunti raged and Jieyin warned their scheme could backfire.

Xuan Yang bestowed the Nine Revolutions Profound Origin Technique on Shen Gongbao and introduced him to his fellow disciples at Grand Xuan Palace. After instructing Shen Gongbao to remain and cultivate, Xuan Yang set out for Kunlun Mountain to observe Primordial Lord of Heaven and the Chan Sect.

• Xuan Yang gave Shen Gongbao the first six revolutions of the Nine Revolutions Profound Origin Technique and accepted him into the Grand Xuan Palace lineage under two strict sect rules.
• Xuan Yang summoned Six-Eared Macaque, Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan to meet Shen Gongbao, who learned that he ranked sixth and that his absent second senior brother was Bei Xuan, the Human Earthly Emperor.
• Six-Eared Macaque, Yang Jiao, Yang Chan, and Yang Jian welcomed Shen Gongbao and gave him life-saving hairs, the Profound Water Robe, Pure World Sweet Dew, and insights into the Dao of the spear.
• Xuan Yang ordered Shen Gongbao to cultivate at Grand Xuan Palace until he completed the first revolution, then decided to visit Kunlun Mountain and assess Primordial Lord of Heaven and the Chan Sect.
• Xuan Yang suppressed his aura, vanished from Grand Xuan Palace, and appeared above Southern Jambudvipa on his way to Kunlun Mountain.

After East King Duke accepted two thousand dragons into the Immortal Court, its karmic debt soared and its immortals began protesting. The chapter ended as the predicted mutiny started to loom over the Immortal Court.

• Ancestor Dragon thanked Di Jun, Taiyi, and Houtu for their help by giving each several drops of his blood essence before they departed.
• Di Jun and Taiyi returned to the Sun Star, told Xuan Yang what had happened, and gave him their Ancestor Dragon blood essence.
• Xuan Yang wrote in his diary that the two thousand dragons’ karmic debt would cripple the Immortal Court, then began refining the blood essence.
• Zhen Yangzi and Hongyun discussed the Immortal Court’s likely decline, while Fuxi predicted that its immortals would eventually mutiny.
• Ancestor Dragon led two thousand dragons to the Immortal Court, East King Duke admitted them under the contract, and the Immortal Court’s karmic debt soared as its immortals erupted in complaints.

Xuan Yang disguised himself as Yin-Yang Daoist and rescued Peach Blossom Immortal, then advised her to leave the Immortal Court and join the Demon Race to escape its Karmic Debt. Convinced she had no better choice, Peach Blossom Immortal resolved to sever her ties with the Immortal Court and repay what she owed.

• Xuan Yang transformed into an ordinary Daoist, healed the wounded Peach Blossom Immortal, and introduced himself as Yin-Yang Daoist.
• Peach Blossom Immortal explained that the Immortal Court's Karmic Debt was tormenting its ordinary cultivators after East King Gong accepted members of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Three Races.
• Xuan Yang proposed that Peach Blossom Immortal leave the Immortal Court and join the Demon Race, gaining its protection and deeper destiny despite suffering backlash and repaying her Karma.
• Peach Blossom Immortal worried that her immortal registry would prevent the Demon Race from accepting her, but Xuan Yang told her that intelligent beings could be both immortals and demons.
• After Xuan Yang vanished, Peach Blossom Immortal decided to take the risk and declared that she would leave the Immortal Court, sever their connection, and repay all Karma owed to it.

Peach Blossom Immortal persuaded Soft Light Immortal and Green Water Immortal to leave the Immortal Court and join the Demon Court, prompting many more cultivators to follow. Xuan Yang watched his plan succeed, while East King Duke emerged from seclusion with the Destiny Proving Method just as he discovered his court was collapsing.

• Peach Blossom Immortal met Soft Light Immortal, Green Water Immortal, and Black Cloud Immortal, then mocked Black Cloud Immortal over her Heavenly Dao Oath.
• Peach Blossom Immortal urged Soft Light Immortal and Green Water Immortal to join the Demon Court, and both severed ties with the Immortal Court and became monsters.
• Immortal Court cultivators learned that they could join the Demon Court, so many repaid their karmic debts, left the court, and defected.
• Xuan Yang and the other Diary Owners watched the Immortal Court lose cultivators and celebrated the setback to East King Duke's ambitions.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun sent golden light to East King Duke, helping him comprehend the Destiny Proving Method.
• East King Duke resolved to unify the Primordial Wilderness, then saw the Immortal Court's declining destiny and departing cultivators and demanded to know what had happened.