Chapter Summaries

After learning that Gonggong might have destroyed Buzhou Mountain in the original history, Houtu sent the Ancestral Witches to protect the Primordial Wilderness. Xuan Yang then asked Nuwa to mend the sky with his Universe Cauldron and led Fuxi to help the suffering inhabitants, while Yuanshi watched indifferently and Zhunti and Jieyin focused on converting the Demon Race.

• Houtu read Xuan Yang's diary and learned that Gonggong had toppled Buzhou Mountain in the original history, then felt relieved that the Ancestral Witches had already joined the Underworld.
• Houtu persuaded the Ancestral Witches to leave the Underworld and protect the Primordial Wilderness from Chaos qi, though she remained behind.
• Xuan Yang met Nuwa and gave her his Universe Cauldron so she could refine Sky-Mending Stones and repair the torn sky.
• Xuan Yang took Fuxi into the Primordial Wilderness to protect its living beings, while Di Jun, Taiyi, Zhen Yangzi, Hongyun, Tongtian, and Taiqing helped them.
• Yuanshi ignored the suffering inhabitants, while Zhunti and Jieyin took the opportunity to convert Demon Race members to the West.

Xuan Yang lent Fuxi the River Diagram and Luo Book, enabling him to comprehend the Eight Trigrams and spread divination among the Human Race. Fuxi’s merit reached perfection, and Nuwa and Taiqing appeared to recognize his achievements and distribute the resulting destiny.

• Xuan Yang gave Fuxi Di Jun’s River Diagram and Luo Book so he could comprehend the Mystic Gate Eight Trigrams.
• Nuwa considered how the positions of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors might be assigned, naming Di Jun, Taiyi, Chang Xi, Xi He, Wangshu, Hongyun, and West King Mother.
• Fuxi comprehended the Eight Trigrams and divination in five years, then taught them to the Human Race so they could seek fortune and avoid disaster.
• Fuxi continued governing the Human Race, resolving its troubles and helping it prosper until his merit reached perfection.
• Nuwa and Taiqing appeared above the Human Race, and Nuwa praised Fuxi’s deeds and declared his merit complete.
• Nuwa sacrificed the Kongtong Seal, and destiny was divided among Nuwa, Taiqing, the Human Race, Fuxi, and Duobao.

Xuan Yang explained the disadvantages of the Dao of Primordial Chaos to Laozi, Zhunti, Jieyin, and the other cultivators, who still judged it superior to the Way of the Saint. Yuanshi remained opposed, and the chapter ended with the gathered cultivators stunned that the Dao’s listed flaws seemed insignificant.

• The cultivators favored the Dao of Primordial Chaos because it offered the possibility of becoming a Primordial Limitless Golden Immortal, while Yuanshi argued that the Way of the Saint was more practical.
• Zhu Rong and Gong Gong mocked Yuanshi’s attitude, and Xuan Yang used the Grand Formation of the Stars to quiet the confrontation.
• Xuan Yang resumed his lecture and listed the Dao of Primordial Chaos’s drawbacks: cultivators could still fall, faced rejection by the Primordial World, and had a harder path to attaining the Dao.
• Zhunti asked why Xuan Yang had stopped, and Xuan Yang replied that he had finished explaining the drawbacks.
• Laozi, Zhunti, Jieyin, and the other cultivators were stunned that the Dao’s disadvantages seemed so minor.

Taiyi and Di Jun returned to the Sun Star with Treasure Distribution Rock and its many Magic Artifacts, surprising Xuan Yang, who had been writing in his Diary after cultivating with Wangshu. The chapter ended with Xuan Yang wondering how his second brother had brought the rock home.

• Taiyi struck Zhunti and Jieyin with the Chaos Bell, and Di Jun stopped him from pursuing them as they fled.
• Di Jun thanked the Ancestral Witches, Zhen Yuanzi, and Hongyun for their help, and they departed after exchanging farewells.
• Tongtian handed over the Magic Artifacts he had collected, while Taiyi stored Treasure Distribution Rock and its remaining treasures inside the Chaos Bell.
• Xuan Yang wrote in his Diary about his recent cultivation with Wangshu and anticipated his family’s return from Treasure Distribution Rock.
• Taiyi and Di Jun returned to the Sun Star and brought Treasure Distribution Rock outside Xuan Yang’s palace, leaving Xuan Yang dumbfounded.

After Tongtian reached the Chaos Golden Immortal realm, he fought Xuan Yang above the Primordial Wilderness to test his strength. Xuan Yang overwhelmed Tongtian’s sword formations with his Solar and Lunar Laws, leaving the battle decided.

• Yuanshi dismissed Tongtian’s breakthrough as slow, while Laozi watched, hoping to judge whether Chaos Golden Immortals surpassed Quasi-Saints.
• Tongtian challenged Xuan Yang to a full-power spar above the Primordial World.
• Tongtian attacked with his Qingping Sword and Sword Law, but Xuan Yang’s body deflected his sword qi.
• Tongtian used his Formation Law to summon countless sword formations that bombarded Xuan Yang.
• Xuan Yang combined his Solar and Lunar Laws into a massive Yin-Yang Orb, crushing Tongtian’s sword formations and deciding the contest.

Grand Pure Laozi held Yuanshi Tianzun back while Xuan Yang reached the North Sea Black Tortoise and devised a way to preserve his merits and reincarnate him. The chapter ended with Xuan Yang asking whether Black Tortoise would take him as his master after returning through reincarnation.

• Grand Pure Laozi used the Taiji Diagram to keep Yuanshi Tianzun from pursuing Xuan Yang.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun raged in the Purple Cloud Palace when his plan to have the three saints kill the North Sea Black Tortoise failed.
• Xuan Yang found the North Sea Black Tortoise, who accepted his fate, while the creatures living on his body pleaded for his life.
• Xuan Yang swore an oath to the Great Dao that Black Tortoise would retain his merits and have his Nascent Soul preserved for his next life.
• Houtu promised to carry out Xuan Yang's arrangements, and Xuan Yang asked Black Tortoise to become his master after reincarnating.

After Xuan Yang ended his sermon, Hongjun announced seven opportunities to become Saints at his third sermon, but Laozi, Zhunti, and Jieyin remained dissatisfied with the path to Merit Sainthood. Tongtian thanked Xuan Yang for his teachings and exchanged a record of his insights with him, beginning a closer alliance.

• Xuan Yang ended his sermon, and the cultivators thanked him before leaving.
• Hongjun announced throughout the Primordial Wilderness that his third sermon would offer seven opportunities to become Saints.
• Laozi, Zhunti, and Jieyin remained displeased with Hongjun, while Yuanshi was the exception.
• Tongtian stopped Laozi and Yuanshi, then thanked Xuan Yang for his sermon and promised to repay his Karma.
• Xuan Yang invited Tongtian to visit the Sun Star, and Tongtian gave him his insights into the Dao of the Sword and Formation Path.

Xuan Yang helped Queen Mother of the West settle her ties with East King Duke, then spent ten thousand years strengthening the Demon Race and delaying the Heavenly Edicts. As the Immortal Court grew under East King Duke, Xuan Yang and the other Golden Crow brothers finally announced that they would establish Heavenly Edicts for the Demon Court.

• East King Duke agreed to invite Queen Mother of the West to help establish the Immortal Court and left the Demon Court.
• Queen Mother of the West thanked Xuan Yang and returned to West Kunlun, satisfied with the arrangement.
• Xuan Yang delayed announcing the Heavenly Edicts while cultivating and strengthening his ties with Nuwa and Houtu.
• East King Duke invited Queen Mother of the West to establish the Immortal Court, and she later withdrew after receiving half its fortune.
• After ten thousand years, Xuan Yang, Di Jun, and Taiyi proclaimed above the Sun Star that they would establish Heavenly Edicts for the Demon Court.

Xuan Yang learned how Taiyi and the others had brought back the Treasure Distribution Rock and its treasures, then heard what had happened during Hongjun’s Third Sermon. He returned treasures to Nuwa and Fuxi and suspected Hongjun had taken East King Duke as a disciple to cultivate a force that could replace the Demon Race against the Witch Tribe.

• Taiyi recounted how the group obtained the Treasure Distribution Rock and its treasures, while Di Jun explained that their allies had given the treasures to Xuan Yang out of gratitude and friendship.
• Xuan Yang returned Nuwa’s Lotus Lantern and Mountains and Rivers State Map, gave Fuxi two Innate Spiritual Treasures, and distributed other treasures among Taiyi, Di Jun, Chang Xi, and Xi He.
• Di Jun, Taiyi, and the others told Xuan Yang what had happened during Hongjun’s Third Sermon, including that Nuwa and Tongtian had refused discipleship, Hongyun had not obtained the Hongmeng Purple Qi, and East King Duke had become Hongjun’s disciple.
• After everyone left, Xuan Yang wrote in his Diary and speculated that Hongjun might be cultivating East King Duke’s forces to wage war against the Witch Tribe instead of relying on the Demon Race.

East King Duke tried to resist pressure from the Demon Race and Witch Tribe over the Dragon Race’s portion of the "Destiny Proving Method," but Xuan Yang devised a new scheme to make him anxious. After Di Jun and Taiyi repeatedly visited the sealed Dragon Palace, East King Duke finally rushed to the Dragon Race, fearing the others had made a deal with Ancestor Dragon.

• East King Duke reasoned that the Demon Race and Witch Tribe were probably trying to pressure him, so he ordered people to watch their movements instead of approaching Ancestor Dragon.
• Taiyi and Di Jun wondered whether East King Duke had seen through Xuan Yang’s scheme, then read Xuan Yang’s diary as he planned to send Di Jun and Taiyi to visit the Dragon Race repeatedly.
• Houtu decided to visit the Dragon Race every few days as well, while Di Jun and Taiyi followed Xuan Yang’s instructions and made prolonged visits to the Dragon Palace.
• Ancestor Dragon sealed the Dragon Palace to conceal what the visitors were doing, and East King Duke’s soldiers reported the unusual activity to him.
• East King Duke feared the Demon Race or Witch Tribe had struck a deal with Ancestor Dragon and hurried to the Dragon Race.

As the deadline for establishing the Demon Race and Demon Court approached, Nuwa and Fuxi read Xuan Yang’s diary and discovered the plan he had once considered for making them partners and shifting the resulting burdens onto them. Xuan Yang had abandoned it because he had become their friend, leaving Nuwa and Fuxi grateful but wary of his talent for schemes.

• Hongjun settled on taking Nuwa, Tongtian, and the others as disciples at his Third Sermon, expecting them to learn his Method of Slaying Three Corpses.
• Tens of thousands of peaceful years passed as Xuan Yang cultivated and strengthened his ties with the Witch Tribe while his friends visited him on the Sun Star.
• With the deadline to establish the Demon Race and Demon Court arriving the next day, Nuwa and Fuxi wondered whether Xuan Yang and his brothers would obey Hongjun’s decree.
• Nuwa noticed that Xuan Yang’s diary had updated and read his account of a plan to bring her and Fuxi into the Demon Court, then gradually hand its authority and future burdens to them.
• Xuan Yang wrote that he had abandoned the plan because he had become friends with Nuwa and Fuxi, and Nuwa and Fuxi reacted with shock and relief.

Di Jun, Taiyi, Nuwa, and Fuxi raced to Treasure Distribution Rock and began collecting its spiritual treasures. Taiyi repeatedly thwarted Zhunti and Jieyin, provoking them into a fight that ended with the Chaos Bell bearing down on their artifacts.

• Di Jun and Taiyi transformed into Golden Crows, carried Nuwa and Fuxi beyond the Thirty-Third Heaven, and reached Treasure Distribution Rock first.
• Di Jun, Taiyi, Nuwa, and Fuxi rapidly collected treasures as East King Gong, Zhunti, Jieyin, Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian arrived.
• Taiyi struck at Zhunti and Jieyin with the Chaos Bell and used their need to dodge to take treasures they had wanted.
• At Di Jun's urging, Taiyi repeatedly disrupted Zhunti and Jieyin's efforts to collect treasures, then mocked them for being weaker.
• Zhunti and Jieyin unleashed their artifacts against Taiyi, and Taiyi answered by sending the Chaos Bell crashing toward them.

Xuan Yang demonstrated that his formation trapped enemies and used Innate Spiritual Treasures as self-destructing weapons, then Tongtian helped refine it during a long stay on the Sun Star. An enlightenment sparked by the Grand Formation of the Stars led Tongtian to break through to Quasi-Saint peak.

• Xuan Yang showed Tongtian how his formation could drive Innate Spiritual Treasures to the brink of self-destruction, revealing its devastating offensive method.
• Tongtian, Nuwa, and Fuxi joined Xuan Yang on the Sun Star, where Tongtian stayed for three or four thousand years and helped fix flaws in the formation.
• Tongtian sensed the Grand Formation of the Stars and entered a state of enlightenment, so Xuan Yang cleared the area and kept the demons from disturbing him.
• After another ten thousand years of cultivation, Tongtian broke through from the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm to Quasi-Saint peak.

Primordial Phoenix secured East King Duke’s oath to recruit three hundred Phoenix members into the Immortal Court in exchange for her portion of the “Destiny Dao Method,” then thanked Xuan Yang, Di Jun, and Taiyi for helping her bargain. After Di Jun and Taiyi informed the Dragon Race, the expected deal stalled as both East King Duke and Ancestor Dragon waited for the other to act, and Xuan Yang ended by devising a way to make East King Duke give in.

• Primordial Phoenix made East King Duke swear to admit three hundred Phoenix members to the Immortal Court before she gave him her portion of the “Destiny Dao Method.”
• Primordial Phoenix thanked Di Jun, Taiyi, and Xuan Yang and gave them treasures before returning to Immortal Volcano.
• Xuan Yang sent Di Jun and Taiyi to tell the Dragon Race about Primordial Phoenix’s deal, expecting Ancestor Dragon to demand an even higher price.
• Nuwa, Fuxi, Zhen Yangzi, and Hongyun discussed how East King Duke’s growing Karmic Debt could ruin the Immortal Court.
• Di Jun and Taiyi returned, and the group wondered why the Dragon Race had not approached East King Duke.
• Xuan Yang reasoned that East King Duke and Ancestor Dragon were both waiting each other out, then declared he had a way to make East King Duke surrender.

Xuan Yang helped Nuwa, Tongtian, and Laozi create a Fierce Beast breeding ground that temporarily resolved the Witch Tribe’s food shortage. Heavenly Dao Hongjun fumed over Xuan Yang ruining his plans again, while Xuan Yang’s diary still questioned whether the Wu-Demon Races’ fate could be changed.

• Xuan Yang assigned the Witch Tribe to guard the Fierce Beasts, prevent escapes, and manage their population for a sustainable supply.
• Nuwa, Tongtian, and Laozi opened a cave-heaven and spent three thousand years establishing the Witch Tribe’s Fierce Beast breeding ground.
• Di Jiang sent six Ancestral Witches, six Great Witches, and countless Witch Tribe members to guard the area, provisionally solving the tribe’s food problem.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun raged in Purple Cloud Palace because Xuan Yang had thwarted his plan again, but he could not act against Xuan Yang.
• Xuan Yang returned to the Sun Star and wrote in his diary that the solution was temporary and wondered whether the general trend could be changed.

The Ancestral Witches asked Xuan Yang for help finding a way to prove the Dao, and he analyzed the available methods. He concluded that Merit Dao Proving was their only viable path and challenged their assumption that it would make them Heavenly Dao Saints.

• Di Jiang told Xuan Yang why the Ancestral Witches had come, and they described the difficulties they had faced.
• After several months of deliberation, Xuan Yang outlined four methods of Dao proving and ruled out Heaven-Opening and Law-based Dao Proving because the Ancestral Witches lacked primordial spirits.
• Xuan Yang also dismissed Slaying the Three Corpses and identified Merit Dao Proving as the Ancestral Witches' only viable path.
• The Ancestral Witches reacted with displeasure because they believed Merit Dao Proving would make them servants of the Heavenly Dao.
• Xuan Yang asked them what kind of Saint Houtu was, challenging their belief that Merit Dao Proving only produced Heavenly Dao Saints.

Xuan Yang learned that growing populations and the Witch Tribe’s need to eat had caused unavoidable friction with the Demon Race, despite their earlier agreement. After Di Jun and Taiyi contained a clash between Gui Che and Xing Tian, Xuan Yang proposed visiting the Witch Tribe’s settlement to discuss the matter with the Ancestral Witches.

• Xuan Yang suspected Hongjun had provoked the Demon Race and Witch Tribe into fighting, but Di Jun said their conflict stemmed from the Witch Tribe feeding on demons.
• Di Jun explained that the Demon Court’s growth meant its members increasingly wanted to protect their tribes from Witch Tribe attacks, causing tensions to rise.
• Di Jun told Xuan Yang that Xing Tian had led Witch Tribe members in massacring the tribe of one of Gui Che’s Dao Companions, prompting Gui Che to retaliate.
• Di Jun and Taiyi intervened to suppress Gui Che and Xing Tian, while Zhu Rong and Houtu helped keep the conflict under control.
• Xuan Yang urged Di Jun to prevent the situation from escalating and proposed going to the Witch Tribe’s settlement to speak with the Ancestral Witches.

Xuan Yang warned that Tribulation Qi was increasing and could drive the Wu-Demon Races into conflict by eroding their judgment. He then identified another threat: the Witch Tribe’s endless lifespan and lack of natural enemies could eventually lead to uncontrollable population growth and resource depletion.

• Di Jun and Taiyi discussed Xuan Yang’s earlier diary entry and concluded that tensions between the Wu-Demon Races might be worsening.
• Houtu anxiously waited for Xuan Yang to explain the danger hinted at in his diary.
• Xuan Yang wrote that rising Tribulation Qi could influence living beings and cause the Wu-Demon Races to fight even if they wished to avoid war.
• Di Jun and Taiyi accepted Xuan Yang’s warning, while Tongtian sensed a strange force covering the Primordial Wilderness and wondered if it was Tribulation Qi.
• Xuan Yang wrote that the Witch Tribe’s lack of natural enemies and endless lifespans could make its population grow until it overwhelmed the Wilderness and depleted its resources.

Heavenly Dao Hongjun deduced that the Kongtong Seal was key to controlling the Human Race during the coming era of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. Xuan Yang recognized Hongjun’s plan and set out to find Grand Pure Laozi, hoping to secure the seal first and prevent Heavenly Dao from suppressing the Human Race.

• Heavenly Dao Hongjun berated Zhunti and Jieyin’s failure as the Human Path and Earth Path prospered, then lamented the Human Race’s growing power.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun deduced that the Kongtong Seal could let him control the Human Race’s next major event and resolved to obtain it.
• Xuan Yang anticipated Hongjun’s plan and decided to disrupt it to protect Nuwa, Houtu, and the Human Race.
• Xuan Yang considered the competing accounts of the Kongtong Seal’s origins and chose to ask Grand Pure Laozi whether it could be forged from Shouyang Mountain steel.
• Xuan Yang went to the Eight Views Palace in Xuandu Cave to seek out Grand Pure Laozi.

Xuan Yang visited Nuwa, Tongtian, Zhen Yuanzi, and Hongyun to discuss the Dao and share Primordial Chaos Insights. After completing his visits, he headed back toward the Sun Star, leaving Zhen Yuanzi wondering about his unusual behavior.

• Xuan Yang visited Nuwa and discussed the Dao with her for more than a thousand years before taking his leave.
• Xuan Yang traveled to Kunlun Mountain, where Laozi greeted him, Yuanshi stayed silent, and Tongtian welcomed him.
• Xuan Yang spent a thousand years discussing the Dao with Tongtian and sharing Primordial Chaos Insights before departing.
• Xuan Yang visited Wuzhuang Temple and spent a thousand years discussing the Dao with Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun.
• Xuan Yang set off for the Sun Star, and Zhen Yuanzi asked Hongyun whether he had noticed Xuan Yang's strange behavior.