Chapter Summaries

Nuwa and Houtu opposed Heavenly Dao Hongjun’s attempt to influence the Demon Court and backed Xuan Yang. Their combined support forced Hongjun to abandon the confrontation and return to the Purple Sky Palace.

• Nuwa appeared before Heavenly Dao Hongjun and argued that the Demon Court was independent of the three paths and should manage its own affairs.
• Houtu emerged from the Underworld, supported Nuwa, and mocked Hongjun by suggesting he take charge of the Demon Court himself.
• Xuan Yang accepted Nuwa and Houtu’s suggestions, while he, Nuwa, and Houtu released their auras in warning to Hongjun.
• Tongtian and Taiqing revealed their support, while Primordial Lord of Heaven stayed neutral and Zhunti and Jieyin fled into seclusion.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun realized he could not reverse the situation and returned to the Purple Sky Palace.

After learning that Xuan Yang had gone to the North Sea Black Tortoise, Hongjun ordered Zhunti, Jieyin, and Yuanshi Tianzun to sever its limbs before Xuan Yang could act. The others moved to stop them, and Taiqing confronted Yuanshi as the chapter ended.

• Hongjun secretly told Zhunti, Jieyin, and Yuanshi Tianzun to hurry to the North Sea and cut off the Black Tortoise's four limbs.
• Nuwa, Tongtian, Taiqing, and the Eleven Ancestral Witches learned of Hongjun's plan, and Di Jiang called on everyone to keep the three from interfering with Xuan Yang.
• Di Jun and Taiyi drew on the Grand Formation of the Stars, while the Eleven Ancestral Witches activated their formation and Zhen Yuanzi activated the Earthly Book Formation to support the heavens.
• With the others taking over the task, Nuwa and Tongtian blocked Zhunti and Jieyin, who pretended to cry and refused to fight.
• Taiqing blocked Yuanshi Tianzun, who accused his eldest brother of helping outsiders instead of him.

Xuan Yang learned that Grand Pure Laozi had failed to refine the Kongtong Seal and concluded that it would form naturally when the time was right. Meanwhile, Zhen Yuanzi devoted himself to comprehending the Law of Earth, standing one step from proving the Dao, while Hongyun worried about falling behind.

• Grand Pure Laozi told Xuan Yang that his attempt to refine the Kongtong Seal had failed, and Xuan Yang accepted the result and took his leave.
• Xuan Yang resumed writing his diary, prompting its owners, including Di Jun, Taiyi, and Nuwa, to check for new entries.
• Zhen Yuanzi set aside the diary to focus on the Law of Earth after gaining Dao Merit, bringing him within one step of proving the Dao through Laws.
• Hongyun protected Zhen Yuanzi and privately wondered when he would catch up to his friend.
• Xuan Yang wrote that the Kongtong Seal would likely form naturally from the Primordial World once the time was right.

Xuan Yang introduced the reincarnated North Sea Black Tortoise, Bei Xuan, to Chang Xi, Xi He, and Wangshu, then entrusted the infant to Six-Eared Macaque to raise. Tens of thousands of years later, with Xuan Yang still focused on helping his family and the Human and Earth Paths, a mysterious object appeared within Chaos.

• Chang Xi, Xi He, and Wangshu asked Xuan Yang about the infant, and he explained that the child was the reincarnated North Sea Black Tortoise, named Bei Xuan.
• Chang Xi, Xi He, and Wangshu doted on Bei Xuan and agreed with Xuan Yang to keep trying to have children.
• Xuan Yang summoned Six-Eared Macaque and ordered him to raise Bei Xuan as his junior brother.
• Tens of thousands of years passed without Xuan Yang having children, while he watched Chaos and focused on helping his family and friends attain the Dao and advancing the Human and Earth Paths.
• A mysterious object suddenly appeared within Chaos.

Nuwa and Xuan Yang sensed Heavenly Dao Hongjun pursuing them as they searched for the Kongtong Seal. Nuwa held Hongjun back while Xuan Yang continued onward, leaving Hongjun to justify his interference by claiming he needed the seal to guide the Human Race’s Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.

• Nuwa proposed that she delay Heavenly Dao Hongjun while Xuan Yang went ahead to obtain or refine the Kongtong Seal, and Xuan Yang agreed.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun arrived and tried to pursue Xuan Yang, but Nuwa attacked and forced him to stop.
• Nuwa challenged Hongjun for leaving Purple Cloud Palace despite his promise to do so only for a major matter.
• Hongjun claimed the Human Race was about to rule the Primordial World and that he needed the Kongtong Seal to educate its Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
• Nuwa accused Hongjun of using a pretext to suppress the Human Path, but Hongjun insisted he would act for the sake of the Primordial Wilderness.

Heavenly Dao Hongjun launched a golden light that caused disasters across the Human Race's territory, while Nuwa and Tongtian recognized his scheme and prepared to intervene. As Duobao was sealed and Fuxi struggled to protect the people, Tongtian's hidden formations appeared, poised to activate.

• Nuwa and Tongtian discovered Heavenly Dao Hongjun's method and deduced his intentions.
• Nuwa sent a streak of golden light toward the Human Race's territory, while Tongtian laid hidden formations there to protect its people.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun's golden light caused tremors that escalated into cracks, collapsing mountains, and churning rivers.
• Fuxi called on the Martial Carriers to evacuate ordinary members of the Human Race, but he could not protect the entire territory.
• Fuxi asked Duobao for help, but a golden light sealed Duobao's dantian and stopped him from using his magic power.
• As Heavenly Dao Hongjun watched his scheme unfold, Tongtian's formations appeared across the Human Race's territory.

After Fuxi realized the Human Race needed a Method of Seeking Auspiciousness and Avoiding Disaster, Xuan Yang visited Di Jun and Taiyi to enlist their help and borrow the River Diagram and Luo Book. Di Jun and Taiyi agreed to follow Xuan Yang’s plan to enter the Human Dao, and Xuan Yang left to obtain the treasures for Fuxi.

• Xuan Yang watched Fuxi recognize what the Human Race lacked and decided it was time to act.
• Xuan Yang flew to the Sun Star, where the Little Golden Crows greeted him excitedly as their Third Uncle.
• Xuan Yang told Di Jun and Taiyi about Fuxi entering the Human Dao and urged them to follow his example by severing their obsessions and reincarnating.
• Di Jun and Taiyi agreed to do as Xuan Yang asked and asked whether Fuxi had completed his merits.
• Xuan Yang said he had come to borrow Di Jun’s River Diagram and Luo Book so Fuxi could comprehend the method.

Xuan Yang gave Nuwa his restored Universe Cauldron so she could suppress the Human Race Destiny, thwarting Hongjun’s plan and earning another share of the Human Race Destiny. As Nuwa acted, Zhunti and Jieyin approached Xuan Yang with a request of their own.

• Xuan Yang summoned his restored Innate Supreme Treasure, the Universe Cauldron, and gave it to Nuwa to suppress the Human Race Destiny.
• Nuwa accepted the cauldron with gratitude, while Chang Xi and Xi He speculated that Nuwa might become Xuan Yang’s partner and their junior sister.
• Xuan Yang looked toward Hongjun, who realized his plan had failed and returned angrily to Purple Sky Palace.
• Nuwa swore an oath to the Great Dao to suppress the Human Race Destiny with the borrowed cauldron and share its destiny with Xuan Yang, sending him another twenty percent.
• Zhunti and Jieyin told Xuan Yang that the Western Sect also lacked an item to suppress its destiny and began asking him for help.

Xuan Yang gave Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun the Dao Proving through Laws Method, and they were deeply moved by his sincerity. After cultivating with the method for ten thousand years, they decided to find a way to repay him and found a possible opportunity in his diary.

• Xuan Yang gave Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun the Dao Proving through Laws Method without asking for anything in return, and they bowed to thank him.
• After Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun departed for Wuzhuang Temple, they read Xuan Yang's diary and learned that he had given them the method out of sincere friendship and hoped to help them in the future.
• Hongyun vowed to treat Xuan Yang as his good brother and protect him, while Zhen Yuanzi agreed.
• Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun returned to Wuzhuang Temple and cultivated with the method for ten thousand years, each gaining a clearer understanding of their future path.
• Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun resolved to repay Xuan Yang, read his diary for clues, and found something they could do to help him.

Golden Spirit Saintess killed the Dog-Head Daoist, recovered Shennong’s stolen grain, and restored the Human Race’s food supply. But Shennong and Golden Spirit Saintess remained stumped over how to issue unique currency, while Xuan Yang went to Nuwa to borrow her Universe Cauldron.

• Golden Spirit Saintess pursued and killed the Dog-Head Daoist, then reclaimed the storage magic artifact and confirmed the stolen grain was inside.
• Golden Spirit Saintess returned to the Human Race, told Shennong that Sect Master Tongtian had exposed the scheme, and gave him back the grain.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun blamed Sect Master Tongtian for ruining his plan but believed the Human Race could not issue currency without merit.
• Shennong and Golden Spirit Saintess could not find a solution to the currency problem.
• Xuan Yang went to Empress Wa's Palace and asked Nuwa to lend him the Universe Cauldron.

Nuwa learned that Chi You was the Human Path's chosen trial for Xuanyuan, forcing the two rival paths of benevolent kingship and hegemonic rule to collide. After Chi You executed Xuanyuan's envoys and declared war, Xuanyuan called the tribes to prepare for battle at the Plains of Zhuolu.

• Nuwa questioned why Chi You possessed powerful Human Emperor fortune, and Xuan Yang explained that he was Xuanyuan's fated adversary and whetstone.
• Xuan Yang said Xuanyuan had to defeat Chi You and unite the kingly and hegemonic paths to complete his imperial way.
• As their territories met along the Yellow River, Xuanyuan sent envoys to negotiate with Chi You, who executed them and declared war.
• Xuanyuan's tribal leaders demanded battle, and Xuanyuan ordered the tribes to assemble forces and provisions.
• Xuanyuan set the decisive battle against Chi You for three months later on the Plains of Zhuolu.

After Guangchengzi’s defeat at Zhuolu, Yuanshi, Hongjun, the Ancestral Witches, and Tongtian considered the consequences and Xuan Yang’s plans. Xuanyuan remained in danger, while Xuan Yang calmly discussed the battle with Nuwa.

• Yuanshi berated the injured Guangchengzi for losing his composure and ordered him to leave while he sought a way to turn the situation around.
• Hongjun watched the reactions to Guangchengzi’s defeat and hoped Yuanshi, Zhunti, and Jieyin would grow more hostile toward Xuan Yang.
• Houtu and the Ancestral Witches praised Xuan Yang’s decision to give up the Teacher of the Human Emperor position and agreed to follow his arrangements.
• Tongtian reassured Duobao Daoist and Golden Spirit Mother that Xuan Yang would not let Xuanyuan truly lose and must have another move prepared.
• Nuwa asked Xuan Yang what should be done about Xuanyuan’s predicament, while he remained calm over tea.

Xuan Yang gave Xuanyuan The Art of War and lent him the Chaos Bell to help him defeat Chi You and claim the Human Emperor's throne. The changed heavenly secrets shocked Zhunti and Jieyin, who sensed Xuanyuan's destiny rising beyond Chi You's.

• Xuan Yang arrived at Xuanyuan's camp with Nuwa and gave Xuanyuan The Art of War, explaining that it could remedy his shortcomings in strategy and tactics.
• Xuan Yang lent Xuanyuan the Chaos Bell to protect himself and help defeat Chi You, leaving Xuanyuan and Nuwa stunned.
• Xuan Yang and Nuwa returned to Empress Wa's Palace, where he teased her for worrying and she reproached him for keeping his plans secret.
• Zhunti and Jieyin sensed that the heavenly secrets had changed and that Xuanyuan's destiny had begun to surpass Chi You's.

Nuwa used the Kongtong Seal to reward Xuanyuan for unifying the Human Race, raising him to Peak Golden Immortal of the Origin, while Guangchengzi received a devastating measure of Karmic Debt. She then awarded Xuan Yang and Taiyi twenty percent of the fortune and merit each, leaving the final five percent to the Human Race.

• Nuwa declared Xuanyuan the Human Emperor and bestowed fifty percent of the Human Race's fortune and merit on him, raising him to Peak Golden Immortal of the Origin.
• Nuwa awarded Pharmacist five percent of the fortune and merit, but his Karmic Debt canceled out the reward.
• Nuwa judged Guangchengzi's role in the war and imposed Karmic Debt that reduced his cultivation to Early Stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven erupted in anger at Nuwa for humiliating the Chan Sect.
• Nuwa awarded Xuan Yang and Taiyi twenty percent of the fortune and merit each, and gave the remaining five percent to the Human Race.

Zhen Yuanzi used the Earth Book to shield Cangjie from Hongjun’s divine thunder, spreading the destruction across the Primordial Wilderness and accumulating terrible Karmic Debt. As Zhen Yuanzi’s sacrifice endangered his Dao Path, Xuan Yang and Nuwa decided to intervene.

• Hongjun, Zhunti and Jieyin, and Primordial Lord of Heaven reacted with anger and alarm when they realized Zhen Yuanzi had intervened in the Human Race’s creation of writing.
• Zhen Yuanzi used the Earth Book and the Earth Veins to withstand the Nine Heavens divine thunders striking Cangjie.
• The thunder’s destructive power spread across the Primordial Wilderness, collapsing mountains, changing rivers, and killing countless beings while severe Karmic Debt gathered over Zhen Yuanzi.
• Nuwa urged Xuan Yang to help Zhen Yuanzi, who was using his own Dao Path to extend Cangjie’s life.
• Xuan Yang agreed that Zhen Yuanzi should not bear the burden alone and said it was time for them to act.

Six-Eared Macaque confronted the Chan Sect's Twelve Golden Immortals when they tried to claim Yang Jian as a disciple for Primordial Lord of Heaven. He refused to give up Yang Jian and Yang Chan, leaving both sides poised for battle.

• Six-Eared Macaque recognized the Twelve Golden Immortals and angrily demanded to know why they had blocked his path.
• Guangchengzi announced that Primordial Lord of Heaven had chosen Yang Jian for the Chan Sect and ordered them to take him to Jade Void Palace.
• Six-Eared Macaque mocked Primordial Lord of Heaven and insisted that Yang Jian and Yang Chan had been designated disciples of his master, Xuan Yang.
• Chijingzi and the other Golden Immortals erupted in anger and threatened Six-Eared Macaque.
• Guangchengzi demanded that Six-Eared Macaque surrender the children, but Six-Eared Macaque refused and prepared to fight.

Six-Eared Macaque brought Yang Jian and Yang Chan to Grand Xuan Palace, while the failed effort to claim Yang Jian enraged Primordial Lord of Heaven and frustrated Hongjun. Yang Jian entered the palace with his sister to meet Xuan Yang and begin his new path as his disciple.

• Six-Eared Macaque carried Yang Jian and Yang Chan to Grand Xuan Palace, where Yang Jian resolved to pursue revenge and protect his sister.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven scolded the Twelve Golden Immortals for their defeat and ordered them to endure Jade Purity Divine Thunder in seclusion.
• Haotian learned that Yang Jian had become Xuan Yang's disciple, punished the returning Heavenly Generals, and wondered what his nephew would do next.
• Hongjun raged that Yuanshi's failed scheme had given Xuan Yang another Child of Fortune and lamented that he could not act against Xuan Yang himself.
• Six-Eared Macaque brought Yang Jian and Yang Chan into Grand Xuan Palace, where they greeted Immortal Master Xuan Yang.

Yang Jian, Yang Jiao, and Yang Chan reached the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm under Xuan Yang’s tutelage and set out to rescue their mother from the Heavenly Court. Haotian chose to hide in seclusion rather than confront them, and Yang Jian arrived at the South Heavenly Gate demanding that someone be handed over.

• After a hundred years of cultivation, Yang Jian, Yang Jiao, and Yang Chan broke through to Grand Unity Golden Immortal and paid their respects to Xuan Yang.
• Yang Jian asked Xuan Yang for permission to lead his siblings to the Heavenly Court and rescue their mother, and Xuan Yang agreed and gave them protective divine thoughts.
• Haotian saw the three Grand Unity Golden Immortals approaching and, unwilling to fight or face their demand, declared that he was entering seclusion.
• At the South Heavenly Gate, Growth Heavenly King Mo Liqing challenged the arriving siblings, and Yang Jian demanded that someone be handed over.

Primordial Lord of Heaven, Zhunti, and Jieyin attended Hongjun’s Heavenly Court appointment expecting rewards, only to learn that the Investiture of the Gods List would imprison the souls of those named on it. They realized Xuan Yang, Tongtian, Nuwa, and the others had stayed away to avoid Hongjun’s trap, leaving them horrified and regretting their arrival.

• Primordial Lord of Heaven, Zhunti, and Jieyin arrived at the Heavenly Court appointment while the other invited figures failed to appear.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven demanded that Hongjun punish the absent disciples, but Hongjun refused to pursue the matter.
• Hongjun summoned Haotian and Yaochi to discuss the Heavenly Court’s vacant offices and the growing tribulation.
• Hongjun presented the Investiture of the Gods List and God-Beating Whip, then said the Chan Sect and Western Sect would sign because Tongtian had not come.
• Hongjun revealed that anyone listed would lose their physical body and have their Nascent Soul imprisoned forever under the Heavenly Court’s control.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven, Zhunti, and Jieyin realized the appointment was a trap and regretted coming.

Six-Eared Macaque took Li Jing’s newborn sons, Jin Zha and Mu Zha, as disciples under Venerable Xuan Yang’s order and brought them to Grand Xuan Palace. Unaware that the boys had already been claimed, Venerable Manjushri Guangfa and True Man Samantabhadra set out for Chentang Pass to recruit them as tribulation-bound disciples.

• Li Jing trembled before Six-Eared Macaque, who identified himself as a disciple of Venerable Xuan Yang from Grand Xuan Palace.
• Six-Eared Macaque told Li Jing that he had come to take Jin Zha and Mu Zha as disciples, and Li Jing eagerly agreed.
• Six-Eared Macaque gave the infants protective origin power, then departed with them through a tear in space.
• At Jade Void Palace, Venerable Manjushri Guangfa and True Man Samantabhadra sensed the birth of two suitable tribulation-bound disciples at Chentang Pass.
• Venerable Manjushri Guangfa and True Man Samantabhadra left for Chentang Pass, confident they would each take one of Li Jing’s sons as a disciple.