Chapter Summaries

Xuan Yang’s diary revealed the schemes behind Hongjun’s Purple Cloud Palace sermon, the significance of its six Cushions, and the likely fates of several cultivators. Di Jun and Taiyi, Houtu, Xi He, and Chang Xi decided to attend, while the Queen Mother of the West and Zhen Yuanzi worried about their futures and Hongyun’s safety.

• The Diary Owners read Xuan Yang’s account of Hongjun’s plan to spread the Immortal Way and use the sermon to strengthen his influence over the Primordial Wilderness.
• Xuan Yang explained that six Cushions at Purple Cloud Palace would go to the future Saints, and that Hongyun’s kindness would cost him his seat and provoke Kunpeng’s hatred.
• Di Jun and Taiyi learned that they were not among the original six Cushion holders and resolved to compete for the seats anyway.
• Xuan Yang described Hongjun’s appointment of East King Duke and the Queen Mother of the West, Houtu’s future Earth Dao, and the Six-Eared Macaque’s ruined prospects; Houtu then decided to attend the sermon.
• Di Jun and Taiyi set out for Purple Cloud Palace, while Xi He and Chang Xi chose to go in Wangshu’s place; Houtu also departed after bidding farewell to the other Ancestral Witches.
• The Queen Mother of the West worried about her future failure with East King Duke, and Zhen Yuanzi vowed to stop Hongyun from giving up his seat.

Zhen Yangzi persuaded Hongyun to attend Hongjun’s sermon at Purple Cloud Palace while warning him to avoid his usual kindness, and Xuan Yang urged Chang Xi and Xi He to go as well. After they departed, Xuan Yang received a Yin-Yang Chaos Dual Cultivation Method, prompting Wangshu and Chang Xi to worry that he might become involved with their teacher and end up as their master-grandfather.

• Zhen Yangzi told Hongyun that Purple Cloud Palace held both danger and a great opportunity, and Hongyun agreed to follow his advice as they set out together.
• Xuan Yang visited Wangshu, Chang Xi, and Xi He on the Lunar Star and persuaded Chang Xi and Xi He to attend Hongjun’s sermon after spending a hundred years with them.
• Xuan Yang returned to the Sun Star and received the Yin-Yang Chaos Dual Cultivation Method as his diary reward.
• Di Jun and Taiyi were embarrassed by the method, Zhen Yangzi teased Hongyun about it, and Wangshu blushed after reading Xuan Yang’s diary.
• On the way to Purple Cloud Palace, Chang Xi urged Xi He to turn back because she feared Xuan Yang’s new method could lead to him becoming their master-grandfather.

Tongtian gained abundant Heavenly Path merit by preaching the Dao, while Grand Pure Laozi and Primordial Lord of Heaven hid on Kunlun Mountain rather than admit they had been wrong. Xuan Yang continued his leisurely life on the Sun Star until the Queen Mother of the West arrived and he went to meet her.

• Primordial Lord of Heaven and Grand Pure Laozi were shocked that Tongtian's preaching earned him so much merit, but stayed in seclusion to protect their pride.
• Tongtian thanked Xuan Yang, saw that his two elder brothers would not approach him, and left to spread the Dao elsewhere.
• Xuan Yang cultivated and relaxed on the Sun Star, advancing to the late stage of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• The Queen Mother of the West adjusted her appearance with her Kunlun Mirror and entered the Sun Star.
• Xuan Yang sensed the Queen Mother of the West, stopped playing the zither, and hurried to meet her.

Xuan Yang learned that Nuwa and Fuxi had rejected Hongjun's Slaying the Three Corpses method and offered to teach them his Dao Proving through Laws Method. The golden sphere containing the method stopped before the stunned siblings.

• Nuwa and Fuxi told Xuan Yang they had sensed Slaying the Three Corpses was not their path and were seeking another way to prove the Dao.
• Fuxi asked whether Xuan Yang had also avoided Hongjun's sermons because he rejected that method.
• Xuan Yang decided to give Nuwa and Fuxi his Dao Proving through Laws Method, hoping to undermine Hongjun's plans and invest in their future.
• Xuan Yang explained that his method could lead to becoming a Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal, free from the Heavenly Path's constraints.
• Xuan Yang formed a golden sphere containing the method and offered it to Nuwa and Fuxi, leaving them stunned.

After Xuan Yang gave up on taking the Magic Artifacts from the Treasure Distribution Rock, his friends and family decided to attend Hongjun’s Third Sermon and seize them for him. Back on the Sun Star, Xuan Yang sensed that Wangshu had awakened and hurried to see her.

• Xuan Yang decided not to risk making enemies by taking the Magic Artifacts and planned to study artifact refining instead.
• Taiyi and Di Jun resolved to seize the Treasure Distribution Rock for Xuan Yang, and Fuxi and Nuwa joined them after revealing that they also had diaries.
• Chang Xi and Xi He joined the group, and they all set out for the Purple Cloud Palace to attend the sermon and seize treasures for Xuan Yang.
• Hongyun and Zhen Yangzi decided to go to the Purple Cloud Palace for Xuan Yang, while Tongtian traveled there with Laozi and Yuanshi.
• Xuan Yang sensed that Wangshu had awakened, sent the Little Golden Crows into the Chaos Bead, and left to see her.

After twenty thousand years of silence, Xuan Yang updated his diary to announce that he had perfected his Chaos world and created a powerful formation from ten thousand Innate Spiritual Treasures. Tongtian was astonished by the claims and decided to visit Xuan Yang to see how the formation worked.

• Xuan Yang spent twenty thousand years fusing the Twenty-Four Sea-Calming Pearls with the Chaos Bead, opening twenty-four minor heavens and enriching the Chaos world.
• Tongtian grew worried when Xuan Yang went twenty thousand years without updating his diary, then eagerly read the new entry when it appeared.
• Xuan Yang revealed that he used the Universe Cauldron to turn tens of thousands of Acquired Spiritual Treasures into Innate Spiritual Treasures.
• Xuan Yang announced that he had created the Ten-Thousand Innate Spiritual Treasure Grand Formation and claimed it could kill Quasi-Saints with ease.
• Tongtian wondered how Xuan Yang had arranged the treasures and decided to go see the formation for himself.

Merit descended on the Demon Race and the cultivators repairing the Western Earth Veins, proving East King Duke had been wrong and prompting him to rush the Immortal Court west. As Kunpeng, Styx, and others followed, Laozi asked Yuanshi whether they should join in, leaving Yuanshi humiliated and resentful.

• East King Duke watched the merit fly west and feared it would go to the Demon Race, contradicting his belief that repairing the Western Earth Veins could not earn merit.
• Zhen Yuanzi received more than half the merit, Xuan Yang received the next-largest share, and the Demon Race celebrated while Zhunti and Jieyin lamented their small portion.
• East King Duke slapped himself for ignoring earlier advice, then ordered the Immortal Court to muster and head west to repair the Earth Veins.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun watched East King Duke’s response and hoped the Immortal Court would move quickly before the Demon Court claimed all the merit.
• Kunpeng, Styx, and other cultivators headed west, while Laozi accepted the outcome and Yuanshi felt humiliated over his earlier remarks about Xuan Yang and Tongtian.
• Laozi asked Yuanshi whether they should repair the Earth Veins too, and Yuanshi bristled at the suggestion.

East King Duke sought Hongjun’s help against the Demon Court and was promised aid from Laozi, Yuanshi, Zhunti, and Jieyin. Hongjun summoned the four to Zixiao Palace, leaving Laozi wary that they would be drawn into the war while Zhunti eagerly anticipated help with comprehending the Hongmeng Purple Qi.

• East King Duke reassured the Immortal Court cultivators that Hongjun could help, then hurried to Purple Cloud Palace.
• Haotian and Yaochi admitted East King Duke, and Hongjun promised to send his senior brothers to aid him at a crucial moment.
• East King Duke returned to the Immortal Court excitedly, believing Laozi, Yuanshi, Zhunti, and Jieyin would ensure victory over the Demon Court.
• Hongjun sent golden messages to Laozi and Yuanshi at Kunlun Mountain and to Zhunti and Jieyin in the West, summoning them to Purple Cloud Palace.
• Laozi worried Hongjun would make them join the war, while Zhunti eagerly hoped their master would help them comprehend the Hongmeng Purple Qi.

Grand Pure Laozi surged to the Peak Golden Immortal of the Origin, shocking the Primordial Wilderness and enraging Heavenly Dao Hongjun. With Xuan Yang and Nuwa’s guidance, Laozi began preaching to the Human Race to pursue the Alchemy Dao, while Tongtian asked Xuan Yang when he planned to attain the Dao.

• Xuan Yang sensed Grand Pure Laozi’s breakthrough and realized Laozi’s cultivation was still rising.
• Grand Pure Laozi advanced from the early stage of the Primordial Golden Immortal realm to the Peak Golden Immortal of the Origin, while Hongjun and Yuanshi reacted with dismay.
• Grand Pure Laozi and Tongtian visited Xuan Yang on the Sun Star, and Nuwa joined them before Laozi set out to preach to the Human Race.
• Grand Pure Laozi’s fortune and understanding of the Alchemy Dao grew as his preaching proceeded smoothly under Xuan Yang and Nuwa’s guidance.
• Tongtian thanked Xuan Yang for helping Laozi, then asked when Xuan Yang intended to attain the Dao.

Nuwa, Di Jun, and Taiyi asked Tongtian to persuade Laozi to abandon the Immortal Dao and cultivate the Dao of Primordial Chaos. Tongtian agreed and urged Laozi to switch paths, but Laozi’s response was not shown.

• Nuwa, Di Jun, and Taiyi visited Tongtian and asked what he thought of Xuan Yang’s proposal for Laozi to switch to the Chaos Path.
• Tongtian endorsed the plan and agreed to persuade his eldest brother, while cautioning that he could not guarantee success.
• Tongtian visited Laozi and asked whether he still wished to prove Dao, and Laozi admitted he did but could no longer see a way forward through the Immortal Dao.
• Tongtian urged Laozi to abandon the Immortal Dao, cultivate Hunyuan, and pursue the realms of Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal and Primordial Limitless Golden Immortal.

Xuan Yang gathered Zhen Yuanzi, Nuwa, Taiqing, and Tongtian to secure their help when Houtu awakened the Earthly Path, which he expected the Heavenly Path to suppress. He then accompanied Houtu to the Blood Sea, where she glimpsed the principle of reincarnation.

• Zhen Yuanzi agreed to lend the Earth Book and help Xuan Yang when needed, and Xuan Yang left Wuzhuang Temple.
• Xuan Yang brought Tongtian and Taiqing to Empress Wa's Palace and explained that Houtu's enlightenment would awaken the Earthly Path, prompting the Heavenly Path to suppress it.
• Nuwa, Grand Pure Laozi, and Tongtian each agreed to aid Xuan Yang when Houtu's enlightenment came.
• Xuan Yang went to the tribe where Houtu was seeking enlightenment and waited as she considered the suffering of its mortal inhabitants.
• Houtu followed a flash of insight to the Blood Sea, where she saw countless wandering souls, and recognized the idea of reincarnation after Xuan Yang prompted her.

The Ancestral Witches struggled to find a way to prove the Dao, so Xuan Ming proposed seeking Xuan Yang’s help, as Houtu had succeeded with his assistance. They traveled to the Sun Star, where Xuan Yang welcomed them while preparing for his own difficult attempt to prove the Dao.

• The Ancestral Witches worried that they were too weak to protect their people and had made no progress toward proving the Dao.
• Xuan Ming suggested that they ask Xuan Yang for help, pointing out that Houtu had proved the Dao with his assistance.
• Di Jiang agreed, and the Ancestral Witches left Pangu Hall for the Sun Star.
• Xuan Yang sensed the Ancestral Witches approaching, left his Golden Crow Divine Palace, and welcomed them.

Xuan Yang appeared before Heavenly Dao Hongjun and unexpectedly agreed that the Map of Mountains and Rivers could not suppress Human Race Destiny on its own. His support left the cultivators of the Primordial Wilderness confused, while Hongjun grew wary and waited for Xuan Yang to continue.

• Xuan Yang appeared through the Chaos Bead in the void opposite Heavenly Dao Hongjun.
• The Primordial Wilderness’s cultivators anticipated that Xuan Yang would cause another unexpected turn, and Hongjun instinctively feared his schemes.
• Xuan Yang said Hongjun was right that the Map of Mountains and Rivers alone could not suppress Human Race Destiny.
• Taiyi asked Di Jun what trick Xuan Yang was planning, and Di Jun expected him to make a major move.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun silently waited for Xuan Yang to speak again.

Xuan Yang explained that the Kongtong Seal was the Human Race’s supreme treasure and that the Heavenly Dao had used its absence to control the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. He planned to seize the seal if it formed in Chaos, while Nuwa and the other Diary Owners recognized the Heavenly Dao’s familiar methods.

• Nuwa realized the Kongtong Seal’s importance when Xuan Yang called it the Supreme Treasure of the Human Race.
• Xuan Yang wrote that Taiqing could not refine the seal from Shouyang Mountain steel, so he would watch Chaos and seize it if it formed there.
• Xuan Yang explained that the Heavenly Dao had used the seal’s absence as a pretext to keep the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors in Huoyun Cave and suppress the Human Race’s destiny.
• Di Jun and Taiyi recognized that the Heavenly Dao’s scheme resembled Hongjun’s earlier plan against Houtu.

Heavenly Dao Hongjun left Purple Cloud Palace to stop Nuwa and Xuan Yang from obtaining the Kongtong Seal. Houtu saw him depart and left the Underworld to help them, while the other Ancestral Witches stayed behind to watch over it.

• Nuwa and Xuan Yang drew close to the Kongtong Seal after Zhunti, Jieyin, and Yuanshi failed to stop their allies.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun left Purple Cloud Palace and rushed into Chaos to intervene.
• Houtu and the Eleven Ancestral Witches noticed Hongjun’s departure from the Underworld.
• Xuan Ming urged Houtu to leave and help Xuan Yang and Nuwa while the other Ancestral Witches guarded the Underworld.
• Houtu agreed and set off to help Xuan Yang and Nuwa.

Primordial Lord of Heaven, Zhunti, and Jieyin were forced by Hongjun to sign the Investiture of the Gods List and submit their disciples to the coming tribulation. Watching from Grand Xuan Palace, Xuan Yang anticipated that the Investiture of the Gods was about to begin and prepared to enter the stage.

• Hongjun pressured Primordial Lord of Heaven, Zhunti, and Jieyin to sign the Investiture of the Gods List, rejecting their pleas to spare their disciples.
• Zhunti and Primordial Lord of Heaven wrote down a few names, but Hongjun demanded enough names to fill the list with three hundred and sixty-five righteous gods and two thousand auxiliary gods.
• Hongjun declared that the Jie Sect’s Ten Thousand Immortals could enter the list and ordered the other two sects to show sincerity.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven, Zhunti, and Jieyin added more disciples, including promising young talents and trusted protectors, until the list was filled with names.
• Hongjun departed, and Xuan Yang watched what had happened from Grand Xuan Palace before declaring that the Investiture of the Gods was about to begin.

Primordial Lord of Heaven attacked the Western Sect disciples in revenge for Venerable Daoxing and True Lord Qingxu Daode, overwhelming their combined resistance and crushing them toward death. Just as he was about to finish them, a vast golden light and a Twelve-grade Golden Lotus appeared in the western sky.

• Primordial Lord of Heaven invoked a spatial prison and brought down a world-shaking palm against the Western Sect disciples.
• Maitreya Buddha, Kinnara, Pharmacist Lapis Lazuli Light Tathagata, and the surviving disciples unleashed their artifacts and powers, but Primordial Lord of Heaven shattered their attacks effortlessly.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven began crushing the Western Sect disciples, declaring to Guangchengzi that anyone who harmed his Jade Void disciples would die.
• Guangchengzi watched as the Western Sect survivors were battered and driven to the brink of annihilation.
• A golden light spread across the western sky, sacred chanting filled the battlefield, and a massive Twelve-grade Golden Lotus appeared.

Primordial Lord of Heaven crippled Jieyin’s Twelve-grade Golden Lotus of Merit and overpowered him with the Pangu Banner, then prepared to kill him. Just as the killing blow neared Jieyin, a powerful aura arrived and attacked Yuanshi’s strike.

• Primordial Lord of Heaven’s Chaos Sword Qi cut away part of Jieyin’s Twelve-grade Golden Lotus of Merit, damaging its source and the Western Sect’s fortune.
• Jieyin attacked Primordial Lord of Heaven with Annihilation Divine Light, but Yuanshi’s Pangu Banner dispersed it and blasted Jieyin into a ruined abyss.
• Jieyin vowed that the Western Sect would avenge the humiliation, and Primordial Lord of Heaven declared that he would destroy Jieyin’s Saint Dao Fruit and seal his True Spirit.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven swung the Pangu Banner to kill Jieyin, but an unfamiliar powerful aura appeared and struck at his attack.

Lü Yue’s poison seeped through the Apricot Yellow Banner and killed West Qi’s people, so Guangchengzi and the other Chan Sect immortals forced civilians to serve as a shield. Tribulation Qi clouded Duobao Daoist’s judgment, and he ordered Lü Yue to destroy Xi Qi City and leave no one alive.

• Lü Yue sent pestilence poison through the Apricot Yellow Banner, and soldiers and civilians began dying inside Xi Qi City.
• The Pharmacist Daoist proposed using civilians to shield the immortals, and Guangchengzi ordered the people driven to the city walls as a human barrier.
• Lü Yue continued slaughtering the exposed civilians despite Bixiao and Mother Guiling pleading with him to stop.
• Tribulation Qi entered Duobao Daoist and the other Jie Sect disciples, intensifying their anger and eroding their restraint.
• Duobao Daoist commanded Lü Yue to turn Xi Qi City into a city of death and leave no mortals or Golden Immortals alive.

Six-Eared Macaque arrived at Xi Qi City, drove back the Jie Sect immortals, and purified the poison threatening the city. Though he warned Duobao Daoist that Tribulation Qi and Karmic Debt were endangering them, they mistook his intervention for betrayal and formed a great formation against him.

• Lü Yue's plague poison devastated Xi Qi City as Duobao Daoist and the Jie Sect immortals, clouded by Tribulation Qi, continued the slaughter.
• Six-Eared Macaque struck the Jie Sect immortals with his iron rod, driving them back and severely injuring Lü Yue.
• Six-Eared Macaque released a purifying pearl that cleared the poison and saved the mortals still alive in Xi Qi City.
• Six-Eared Macaque pointed out that the Karmic Debt above them was dissipating, but Duobao Daoist and the others accused him of betrayal.
• Duobao Daoist ordered the Jie Sect immortals to form the Myriad Immortals Great Formation and attack Six-Eared Macaque, who prepared to fight back.