Chapter Summaries

Xuan Yang wrote that Laozi had used Human Race Destiny to attain the Dao, then imprisoned the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors in Huoyun Cave, harming the Human Path. Tongtian accepted that his Eldest Brother could have done it, while Taiyi and Di Jun wondered how to stop him.

• Xuan Yang explained that the Heavenly Dao had suppressed the Human Path and accused Laozi of worsening that harm.
• Tongtian wondered whether Laozi had acted against the Human Race under the Heavenly Dao's instructions, then read Xuan Yang's accusations.
• Xuan Yang wrote that Laozi had used the Kongtong Seal to send the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to Huoyun Cave and suppress Human Race Destiny.
• Tongtian agreed that Laozi was capable of imprisoning the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to protect his status, though he lamented his brother's actions.
• Taiyi called Laozi a beast and asked how to stop him from using Human Dao Destiny to attain the Dao, while Di Jun trusted Third Brother to find a way.

Di Jun, Taiyi, Nuwa, Zhen Yuanzi, Hongyun, Zhunti, and Jieyin reacted to the news that Tongtian had attained the Dao, while Hongjun discovered growing distrust of the Immortal Way and moved to make Heavenly Dao Saints emerge. Tongtian deduced that his responsibility was to establish a sect and founded the Jie Sect.

• Di Jun and Taiyi laughed at the thought of Hongjun's reaction, while Nuwa considered persuading Laozi to abandon the Immortal Way and cultivate the Hunyuan Dao.
• Hongyun told Zhen Yuanzi that he wanted to see Laozi, Yuanshi, Zhunti, and Jieyin react to Tongtian and Nuwa getting ahead of them.
• Hongjun investigated the Primordial Wilderness and found that Immortal Way cultivators deeply distrusted him and the Immortal Way.
• Zhunti considered switching to the Hunyuan Dao, but Jieyin rejected the idea because of the Demon Race's hostility; Hongjun sensed them criticizing him and began acting to produce Heavenly Dao Saints.
• Tongtian deduced that establishing a sect was his opportunity and responsibility, then declared the founding of the Jie Sect to teach all beings and seize a chance for life.

Yuanshi and Tongtian ended their fight after Laozi intervened, while Laozi continued waiting for Xuan Yang to find a way to reduce the cost of leaving the Immortal Way. After a thousand years of deductions, Xuan Yang finally found an idea and recorded it in his diary.

• Yuanshi used the Pangu Banner to break Tongtian's sword formations, but Tongtian mocked him for relying on the treasure.
• Laozi stepped between Yuanshi and Tongtian and urged them to end their quarrel; both brothers backed down and returned to their cave mansions.
• Laozi told Yuanshi and Tongtian that his choice between the Immortal Way and the Primordial Path was his own to make.
• Laozi waited for Xuan Yang to find a way to minimize the cost of leaving the Immortal Way, while Xuan Yang spent a thousand years making deductions.
• Xuan Yang found a solution and wrote in his diary that he had thought of a way to help Grand Pure Laozi, prompting the other Diary Owners to read it.

Xuan Yang gained Nuwa and Fuxi's support for a plan to help Laozi join the Human Path, then explained it to Laozi at Kunlun Mountain. Laozi agreed to proceed to the Purple Cloud Palace to sever ties with Hongjun, but Xuan Yang stopped him to advise that he keep the Hongmeng Purple Qi and Taiji Diagram.

• Nuwa decided to support Xuan Yang's proposal, and she and Fuxi pretended to question him before agreeing to accompany him to Kunlun Mountain.
• Xuan Yang, Nuwa, and Fuxi arrived at Kunlun Mountain, drawing the attention of the Primordial Wilderness and angering Heavenly Dao Hongjun.
• Tongtian welcomed Xuan Yang and Nuwa and brought them to Laozi's Dao Field, where Xuan Yang explained his plan to Laozi.
• Laozi praised Xuan Yang's plan, received Nuwa's support, and decided to go to the Purple Cloud Palace to sever ties with Hongjun.
• Xuan Yang stopped Laozi and advised him not to return the Hongmeng Purple Qi or the Taiji Diagram.

Houtu apologized to Xuan Yang for the Ancestral Witches’ inability to resolve the dispute between the Witch Tribe and the demons, and Xuan Yang assured her he would handle it. He then revealed his plan to enlist Nuwa’s Creation Law to make Fierce Beasts, which could give the Witch Tribe an alternative food source.

• Houtu escorted Xuan Yang, Di Jun, and Taiyi out of the Witch Tribe’s settlement and apologized for leaving the dispute to Xuan Yang.
• Xuan Yang reassured Houtu that he understood the Ancestral Witches’ circumstances and would take responsibility for resolving the matter.
• Taiyi acknowledged that the Ancestral Witches had treated them with unusual consideration, and Xuan Yang said he had already thought of a rough plan.
• Xuan Yang led Di Jun and Taiyi to Empress Wa’s Palace, where Nuwa welcomed them and offered her help.
• Xuan Yang asked whether Nuwa could use the Creation Law to create Fierce Beasts in large quantities, and Nuwa agreed to begin at once.

Xuan Yang laid out a plan to contain and strengthen Nuwa’s Ferocious Beasts so they could meet the Witch Tribe’s needs, assigning tasks to Tongtian and Grand Pure Laozi. The Ancestral Witches grew hopeful but were left waiting to hear what they would be asked to do.

• Xuan Yang asked Tongtian to create a Sealing Array to confine the Ferocious Beasts and protect Nuwa from Karmic Debt if they escaped and slaughtered living beings.
• Xuan Yang asked Tongtian to create another Spiritual Array that gathered Malevolent Qi and Chaos Qi to strengthen the Ferocious Beasts.
• Tongtian confidently agreed to create both arrays, and Xuan Yang turned to Grand Pure Laozi for help.
• Xuan Yang asked Grand Pure Laozi to refine large quantities of pills that would accelerate the Ferocious Beasts’ growth and increase their breeding rate, and Laozi agreed.
• The Ancestral Witches became excited by the plan’s feasibility and asked Xuan Yang what tasks he had for them.

Xuan Yang weighed two ways to resolve the Witch Tribe’s population crisis: restarting the Witch-Demon War or helping Houtu attain Dao and complete the Earth Path. The Diary Owners wondered whether Houtu would accept the personal cost, and she left the Witch Tribe and flew toward the Sun Star.

• The Diary Owners realized that the Witch Tribe’s lack of a natural enemy was worsening its population crisis.
• Houtu struggled to find a solution and asked Xuan Yang for advice through his Diary Instance.
• Xuan Yang rejected starting a Witch-Demon War as too dangerous and proposed that Houtu attain Dao, while warning that she could be confined to the Underworld and the Witch Tribe might resent him.
• Di Jun and Taiyi discussed whether Houtu would accept the cost of completing the Earth Path, while other Diary Owners watched the Witch Tribe.
• Houtu left the Witch Tribe and flew toward the Sun Star.

After Hongjun withdrew to Purple Cloud Palace, Houtu thanked Xuan Yang and the allies who had supported her, then began rebuilding the Underworld with Zhen Yuanzi’s Earth Book. The Primordial Wilderness settled into a period of development, but the Ancestral Witches soon faced another troubling matter.

• Hongjun stopped insisting and returned to Purple Cloud Palace, easing the tension across the Primordial World.
• Houtu thanked Xuan Yang and the others for helping protect her, while the Ancestral Witches lowered their heads in shame.
• Nuwa urged Houtu to strengthen the Earthly Path so it would no longer be constrained by others, then departed.
• Houtu borrowed Zhen Yuanzi’s Earth Book again, gave him Earthly Path merit and destiny, and returned to the Underworld to oversee its reconstruction.
• The Primordial Wilderness entered a quiet period as the Human Path, Earthly Path, and Heavenly Path began to stand as three pillars, but the Ancestral Witches encountered another troubling matter.

Houtu persuaded the Ancestral Witches to join the Underworld, arguing that they needed to become Earth Path Saints to protect the Witch Tribe and strengthen its influence. Touched by her loneliness and convinced by her reasoning, Di Jiang agreed that they would join.

• Houtu asked the Ancestral Witches about their meeting with Xuan Yang and learned they were hesitant to join the Underworld because of its steep price.
• Houtu reminded them how Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao had suppressed her, leaving the Witch Tribe unable to use the Twelve Capitals Heavenly Fiend Formation.
• Houtu argued that the Ancestral Witches needed to become Earth Path Saints so the Witch Tribe could grow stronger and help govern the Primordial World.
• Houtu told her siblings that being separated from them in the Underworld made her lonely, and Di Jiang agreed that they would join.

After establishing the Grand Xuan Palace and spending tens of thousands of years enjoying a quiet life, Xuan Yang learned that the Demon Race had fallen into chaos. He calculated what had happened, but the upheaval astonished him.

• Xuan Yang and the others separated the Demon Court from the Sun Star, Lunar Star, and Grand Formation of the Stars, leaving it to become the Heavenly Court.
• Xuan Yang established his own Dao Field in Chaos, named it the Grand Xuan Palace, and spent tens of thousands of years in leisure.
• Di Jun and Taiyi visited Xuan Yang and told him that the Demon Race was in complete chaos.
• Xuan Yang calculated the Demon Race's situation and was astonished by the upheaval.

After Hongjun reminded Primordial Lord of Heaven, Zhunti, and Jieyin that protecting the Primordial Wilderness could earn them merit, they hurried to help, only to find that the others had already contained the disaster. Zhunti and Jieyin shamelessly asked to take over, while the group protecting the Primordial Wilderness had no reason to yield the merit.

• Hongjun urged Primordial Lord of Heaven, Zhunti, and Jieyin to protect the Primordial Wilderness and earn merit.
• Zhunti, Jieyin, and Yuanshi rushed to help after realizing the potential reward.
• Di Jun, Taiyi, Zhen Yuanzi, Hongyun, Tongtian, Taiqing, Xuan Yang, and the Ancestral Witches had already cleared away the chaos and covered the breach with a mana barrier.
• Tongtian told Yuanshi that they had already brought the situation under control, leaving Yuanshi awkwardly waiting for another chance to earn merit.
• Zhunti and Jieyin approached the others and repeatedly asked to take over, but the group recognized the merit at stake and did not hand it over.

Xuan Yang visited Zhen Yuanzi at Five Villages Temple to congratulate him on attaining the Dao, where old acquaintances gathered and discussed their progress. After the Ancestral Witches credited Xuan Yang’s guidance for their growing merit, the other Great Powers turned to him for advice on attaining the Dao.

• Xuan Yang brought a generous gift to Five Villages Temple to congratulate Zhen Yuanzi, joining Queen Mother of the West, Nuwa, Fuxi, Di Jun, Taiyi, the Ancestral Witches, and other guests.
• Zhen Yangzi welcomed Xuan Yang and had the young attendants serve Ginseng Fruit as the guests exchanged congratulations and caught up.
• Hongyun, Di Jun, Taiyi, and Fuxi showed envy over Zhen Yuanzi’s success, while Di Jun, Taiyi, Queen Mother of the West, and Hongyun criticized the Ancestral Witches for envying him despite their abundant merit.
• The Ancestral Witches admitted that their Underworld assignments had made earning merit easy and credited Xuan Yang with guiding them toward the Earth Path.
• Xuan Ming urged the other Great Powers to ask Xuan Yang for guidance, and Di Jun, Taiyi, Fuxi, Hongyun, and Queen Mother of the West turned to him.

Nuwa and Houtu joined forces against Heavenly Dao Hongjun, leaving him struggling to defend himself. With the two goddesses holding him off, Xuan Yang reached the Kongtong Seal and took it.

• Heavenly Dao Hongjun challenged Houtu to settle their dispute with Dao Methods.
• Nuwa seized Hongjun's lapse and resumed attacking him while Houtu fought him as well.
• Hongjun complained that the two Great Powers were ganging up on him, but Nuwa mocked him and urged Houtu to keep fighting.
• Nuwa and Houtu continued their combined assault, forcing Hongjun to struggle to protect himself.
• With the battle keeping Hongjun occupied, Xuan Yang reached the Kongtong Seal and took it into his palm.

Xuan Yang gained the Kongtong Seal, which welcomed him and entered his Chaos Bead so he could take it to Nuwa. When Hongjun sensed the seal had fallen into Xuan Yang’s hands, he abandoned his fight with Nuwa and Houtu and left in fury.

• Xuan Yang found that the Kongtong Seal welcomed him and chose to take it to Nuwa rather than refine it himself.
• The Kongtong Seal entered Xuan Yang’s Chaos Bead, and he hurried toward Nuwa and Houtu.
• Hongjun, Nuwa, and Houtu stopped fighting when the Kongtong Seal’s aura suddenly vanished.
• Hongjun realized Xuan Yang had taken the Kongtong Seal and, outmatched by Nuwa and Houtu, left in anger.

Xuan Yang explained that cultivators could sever their obsession with attaining the Dao and use it to reincarnate as the new Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. Nuwa chose her brother Fuxi for the position of Heavenly Emperor and went with Xuan Yang to visit him.

• Xuan Yang told Nuwa that severing obsessions could provide a shortcut to reincarnation.
• He explained that Di Jun, Fuxi, Hongyun, and others could sever their obsession with attaining the Dao and contribute it to the Human Dao.
• Nuwa admired Xuan Yang's plan and decided that Fuxi should take the position of Heavenly Emperor.
• Xuan Yang agreed and accompanied Nuwa to Fuxi's residence.
• Fuxi welcomed Xuan Yang and Nuwa, thinking Xuan Yang was the only person worthy of his younger sister.

Xuan Yang devised a plan to use the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Three Races’ Destiny Proving Method as leverage for a deal with East King Gong, weakening the Immortal Court’s destiny and adding to its karmic debt. Nuwa, Fuxi, the other Diary Owners, Di Jun, and Taiyi understood and approved of the scheme, and Xuan Yang summoned his brothers to discuss it.

• Nuwa and Fuxi anticipated that Xuan Yang had devised another way to target East King Duke.
• Houtu wondered how Xuan Yang could make use of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Three Races.
• Xuan Yang proposed that Di Jun and Taiyi approach Ancestor Dragon and Candle Dragon with a deal: the Three Races would exchange their Destiny Proving Method for a place in the Immortal Court, sharing its destiny and karmic debt.
• Fuxi explained that East King Gong would have to consider the deal if he still wanted to prove the Dao, and Nuwa agreed that the scheme would trap him.
• The Diary Owners, Di Jun, and Taiyi approved of Xuan Yang’s plan.
• Xuan Yang sent a voice transmission asking Di Jun and Taiyi to come discuss an important matter.

Di Jun and Taiyi persuaded the Dragon Race to adopt Xuan Yang’s plan for making a deal with East King Gong, then shared it with the Phoenix and Kirin Races as well. Ancestor Dragon decided the Dragon Race should wait until East King Gong had made deals with the other two races before negotiating, while Xuan Yang looked forward to watching the Immortal Court’s destiny be squandered.

• Di Jun finished explaining Xuan Yang’s plan, and Ancestor Dragon and Candle Dragon praised him and thanked him for the advice.
• After Di Jun and Taiyi left, Ancestor Dragon scolded Candle Dragon for looking down on them and explained that the Dragon Race should delay negotiations to raise its price.
• Candle Dragon agreed to watch the Immortal Court, the Kirin Race, and the Phoenix Race for signs of deals with East King Gong.
• Di Jun and Taiyi visited the Kirin Race and the Phoenix Race to tell them about the plan, then returned to the Sun Star to report to Xuan Yang.
• Xuan Yang wrote in his diary that the plan was ready and anticipated East King Gong losing Immortal Court destiny while taking on the Three Races’ Karmic Debt.

After many Immortal Court cultivators chose to stay, Xuan Yang judged his scheme successful because their departure had increased the Karmic Debt borne by those who remained. East King Duke later suffered Cultivation Deviation and realized his dwindling merit could no longer protect him from Karmic Debt backlash.

• East King Duke persuaded the remaining Immortal Court cultivators to stay by promising them merit and future rewards.
• Xuan Yang recorded that the Immortal Court had been weakened and predicted that East King Duke would face Karmic Debt backlash because he had too little merit left.
• Zhen Yangzi and Hongyun discussed East King Duke's misfortune and Hongyun said Xuan Yang had taught him not to show mercy to enemies.
• After spending several thousand years reorganizing the Immortal Court, East King Duke fantasized about destroying the Demon Race and Witch Tribe and becoming a Saint.
• East King Duke mistook a dangerous state during cultivation for unity between man and heaven, suffered Cultivation Deviation, and resolved to seek more merit.

Tongtian and Queen Mother of the West blocked Yuanshi and Laozi from going to aid East King Gong, but the brothers’ argument ended in a fight. Tongtian overwhelmed Yuanshi with a sword formation, leaving Yuanshi wounded and furious as he struggled to accept being outmatched.

• Tongtian and Queen Mother of the West intercepted Yuanshi and Laozi as they left Kunlun Mountain for the Immortal Court.
• Tongtian urged his brothers to stay out of the Immortal-Demon War, but Laozi said they had to obey Hongjun’s wishes and Yuanshi accused Tongtian of favoring Xuan Yang and the Golden Crows.
• After Yuanshi refused to step aside, Laozi fought Queen Mother of the West while Tongtian faced Yuanshi.
• Yuanshi summoned his Good Corpse and Evil Corpse to attack Tongtian three against one, but Tongtian’s sword formations neutralized their strikes and wounded Yuanshi.
• Yuanshi became enraged and could not accept that Tongtian’s power had surpassed his own.

Laozi and Yuanshi remained stuck at the Quasi-Saint peak despite years of comprehending their Hongmeng Purple Qi, while the Demon Race and Tongtian continued advancing. Frustrated by Tongtian’s breakthrough, Yuanshi went to Laozi and proposed asking their teacher for guidance at the Purple Heaven Palace.

• Laozi and Yuanshi advanced to the Quasi-Saint peak, then spent twenty thousand years comprehending their Hongmeng Purple Qi without gaining insight.
• Di Jun, Taiyi, Xuan Yang, Nuwa, and Fuxi sparred, revealing their rising cultivation and disturbing Laozi and Yuanshi.
• Yuanshi checked Tongtian’s cultivation and felt relieved that his younger brother had not yet broken through.
• Tongtian advanced to the Late Stage Golden Immortal of the Origin, prompting Laozi and Yuanshi to lament their stagnant progress.
• Yuanshi visited Laozi and suggested they go to the Purple Heaven Palace to ask their teacher for guidance.