Chapter Summaries

Xuan Yang helped Nuwa stabilize the newly established Human Race and planned measures to protect its early development. After Nuwa left to establish Empress Wa’s Palace, Xuan Yang returned to the Sun Star and began planning how to advance the Human Path.

• Nuwa used the Map of Mountains and Rivers to suppress the Human Race’s Destiny, stabilizing it.
• Xuan Yang urged Nuwa to treat the Human Race well and encourage them to strive for strength, and she asked for his advice on their future.
• Xuan Yang and Nuwa agreed that the Human Race would remain on The Coast of the East Sea and receive protection from Demon Saints and Demon Soldiers for a million years.
• Nuwa returned to the Demon Court and summoned Fuxi to accompany her as she went beyond the heavens to establish Empress Wa’s Palace.
• Xuan Yang returned to the Sun Star and wrote in his diary that supporting the Human Path would require further planning.

Xuan Yang planned to prevent Laozi from attaining sainthood through Human Race destiny by devising a cultivation method better suited to humans than Laozi’s Immortal Way. The others approved of his indirect approach, while Tongtian considered whether Laozi might instead return to the Hunyuan path.

• Xuan Yang reasoned that Laozi should not gain Human Race destiny without benefiting the Human Race and planned to stop his teachings from spreading.
• Xuan Yang decided to create a cultivation method tailored to the Human Race rather than directly obstruct Laozi, and the Diary Owners praised his plan.
• Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun admired Xuan Yang’s crafty strategy, while Chang Xi, Xi He, and Wangshu took pride in him.
• Nuwa and Fuxi began establishing Empress Wa’s Heaven and planned to return to help Xuan Yang.
• Tongtian chose not to warn Laozi and considered asking Xuan Yang whether Laozi could return to the Hunyuan path instead of becoming a Heavenly Dao puppet.
• On the Sun Star, Taiyi wondered whether Laozi’s failure to attain sainthood would further weaken the Heavenly Dao’s forces.

Nuwa proposed using sermons to delay Laozi from proving Dao through the Human Race, while giving Xuan Yang more time to act. A thousand years later, Laozi set out to spread his teachings among the Human Race, but Nuwa immediately opposed him.

• Di Jun and Taiyi told Nuwa and Fuxi about events in the Primordial Wilderness, and Nuwa vowed to develop the Human Path despite Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao.
• Fuxi thanked Di Jun and Taiyi for protecting the Human Race and said stopping Laozi without permanently offending him would be difficult.
• Nuwa proposed preaching to the Human Race for tens of thousands of years, teaching them what Laozi planned to teach so he could not use those teachings to prove Dao.
• Di Jun, Taiyi, and Fuxi agreed that Nuwa's plan was feasible and waited to see whether Xuan Yang would awaken before Laozi acted.
• A thousand years later, Laozi realized his opportunity to prove Dao lay with the Human Race and headed there to spread his teachings.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun watched Laozi depart, expecting to seize Human Dao Destiny through Laozi, when Nuwa declared, "Nope!"

Xuan Yang planned to turn Laozi away from becoming a Heavenly Dao Saint and back toward the Hunyuan path, prompting Di Jun and Taiyi to seek Nuwa’s help. Nuwa proposed consulting Tongtian, and the three arrived at Kunlun Mountain to meet him.

• Xuan Yang wrote that persuading Laozi to return to the Hunyuan path could fulfill his wish to attain the Dao while preventing Heavenly Dao from gaining another saint.
• Di Jun and Taiyi discussed Xuan Yang’s plan and decided to consult Nuwa.
• Nuwa agreed the plan was worthwhile and suggested Tongtian approach Laozi because they were brothers.
• Di Jun, Taiyi, and Nuwa set out for Kunlun Mountain and arrived as Tongtian and Yuanshi sensed their presence.

Grand Pure Laozi proved the Dao through alchemy and established the Alchemy Teaching among the Human Race, while Tongtian spread the Dao of Formations. After a long period of cultivation, Xuan Yang stopped when Di Jun and Taiyi reported that Gui Che and Xing Tian had started fighting.

• Grand Pure Laozi swore to establish the Alchemy Teaching within the Human Race, earning the Great Dao’s acknowledgment and increasing the Human Path’s fortune.
• Xuan Yang, Nuwa, and Tongtian congratulated Grand Pure Laozi, who thanked Xuan Yang and Nuwa for their help and promised them a great karma.
• Tongtian spread the Dao of Formations among the Human Race, adding it to the Martial Dao and Alchemy Dao.
• Xuan Yang returned to the Sun Star and spent seventy thousand years comprehending the Law of Strength and perfecting the world within his Chaos Bead.
• Di Jun and Taiyi told Xuan Yang that Gui Che and Xing Tian had fought, and Xuan Yang asked whether someone had secretly stirred up the conflict.

Houtu agreed to Xuan Yang’s plan and began traveling among ordinary tribes to seek insight into the Primordial Wilderness’s needs. Xuan Yang prepared to help her achieve Dao Proving without losing her True Spirit, and Zhen Yuanzi agreed to lend her his Earth Book when the time came.

• Houtu agreed to Xuan Yang’s guidance, then concealed her identity and cultivation as she traveled among ordinary tribes and stayed with them.
• Xuan Yang left the Sun Star and went to Wuzhuang Temple to ask Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun for help.
• Xuan Yang brought Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun into the Chaos Bead and told them that Houtu would achieve Dao Proving in a future major event.
• Xuan Yang asked Zhen Yuanzi to lend Houtu the Earth Book, and Zhen Yuanzi readily agreed.

Hongjun emerged from the Purple Cloud Palace and ordered Houtu to remain in the Underworld forever, claiming her departure would endanger Reincarnation. Nuwa confronted him and proposed that Houtu stay only until the Earth Path no longer depended entirely on her.

• Hongjun left the Purple Cloud Palace after Houtu attained the Dao and declared that she must never leave the Underworld.
• The Ancestral Witches protested Hongjun's order, and he suppressed them and warned them not to insult a Heavenly Dao Saint.
• Nuwa dispelled Hongjun's suppression and argued that Houtu's restriction should be temporary.
• Nuwa proposed allowing Houtu to enter and leave the Underworld freely once the Earth Path had grown strong enough.

Tongtian and Taiqing confronted Zhunti and Jieyin over the Kongtong Seal, which could bring great Merit. When Tongtian and Taiqing prepared to fight in Chaos, Zhunti and Jieyin backed down and left, accepting that the seal belonged to the Human Race.

• Zhunti and Jieyin insisted on claiming a share of the Kongtong Seal’s benefits despite Tongtian and Taiqing declaring it the Human Race’s treasure.
• Tongtian and Taiqing released their auras in Chaos, making Zhunti and Jieyin realize they were outmatched.
• Tongtian summoned his Qingping Sword and prepared to fight alongside Taiqing.
• Zhunti and Jieyin stopped them, agreed that the Kongtong Seal belonged to the Human Race, and departed.

Xuan Yang explained his plan for the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors after he and Nuwa obtained the Kongtong Seal and control of the Human Path. He intended to give the Human Emperor’s teaching role to the Chan or Western Sect, leaving Nuwa to understand the danger behind the supposed reward.

• Nuwa trusted Xuan Yang to decide how to arrange the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
• Xuan Yang said he would arrange teachers for the Heavenly Emperor, Earthly Emperor, and Five Emperors, but would give away the Human Emperor’s teacher role.
• Nuwa was startled that Xuan Yang wanted to let the Chan or Western Sect claim the merit from teaching the Human Emperor.
• Xuan Yang explained that the Human Emperor proved the Dao through slaughter, bringing Malevolent Qi and Karmic Debt alongside merit.
• Nuwa understood his reasoning and called Xuan Yang devious.

Xuan Yang explained to Nuwa that the Kongtong Seal and their influence over the Human Path could let them choose the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, creating a path to Human Path sainthood for trusted cultivators who had struggled to prove the Dao. Nuwa recognized his long-standing plan but questioned whether reincarnation and starting over might waste their existing cultivation or fail to help them prove the Dao.

• Nuwa said she thought the Kongtong Seal would keep Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao from interfering with the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors’ merit.
• Xuan Yang prompted Nuwa to consider another opportunity, and she realized they might be able to arrange who became the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
• Xuan Yang explained that Nuwa’s role as spokesperson of the Human Path, the Kongtong Seal, and Houtu’s control of reincarnation could allow them to choose the candidates.
• Xuan Yang proposed that Fuxi, Hongyun, Di Jun, Taiyi, his three wives, and West King Mother could take those positions and accumulate merit toward becoming Human Path Saints.
• Nuwa inferred that Xuan Yang had been waiting for this opportunity when he previously told Fuxi, Hongyun, Di Jun, and the others that the time to prove the Dao had not yet come.
• Nuwa asked whether the candidates would have to reincarnate and cultivate anew, and worried that they might still fail to prove the Dao or lose a chance to do so through their existing cultivation.

Duobao became Fuxi’s teacher and helped him cultivate and lead the Human Tribe. As Fuxi’s rule brought rapid growth, Xuan Yang grew suspicious of Hongjun’s silence, and Nuwa prepared to guard against interference.

• Duobao accepted the task of teaching Fuxi, who was born able to walk and speak, and gave him the name Fuxi.
• Duobao taught Fuxi a cultivation method prepared by Xuan Yang and Nuwa, and Fuxi reached the True Immortal realm after eight years.
• At eighteen, Fuxi became the Human Tribe’s leader and greatly improved its people’s lives as the population nearly multiplied tenfold.
• Xuan Yang wondered why Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao had not yet acted to hinder the Human Race’s progress.
• Nuwa and Tongtian read Xuan Yang’s diary, and Nuwa began making calculations to protect Fuxi and the Human Race’s plans.

Xuan Yang explained why he feared the Witch Tribe and Demon Race might still be driven into war by Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao, despite their current alliance. As he considered ways to resist them and prepared to cultivate, the system rewarded him with five drops of Pangu's Essence Blood.

• Xuan Yang wrote that major trends had repeatedly forced events to unfold as they had before, making him fear that the Witch Tribe and Demon Race would eventually go to war.
• Di Jun and Taiyi reflected on how Hongjun's Heavenly Dao Edict and East King Duke's actions had led the Demon Court into conflict with the Immortal Court.
• Nuwa and Fuxi concluded that they needed to cultivate, while Houtu identified Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao as the source of the danger and resolved to keep cultivating.
• Xuan Yang considered attaining the Dao himself and helping Nuwa develop the Human Path, with the possibility of later helping Houtu establish the Earth Path.
• The system announced that Xuan Yang had completed another yuanhui of diary entries and awarded him five drops of Pangu's Essence Blood.

Xuan Yang received five drops of Pangu's Essence Blood and decided not to refine them all himself. He summoned Di Jun, Taiyi, Nuwa, and Fuxi into the Chaos Bead, where he revealed three drops of the Essence Blood to them.

• Xuan Yang received five drops of Pangu's Essence Blood from the system and considered using them to comprehend the Law of Strength.
• Xuan Yang decided to reserve some of the Essence Blood for a better purpose and sent the Six-Eared Macaque to summon Di Jun, Taiyi, Nuwa, and Fuxi.
• Di Jun, Taiyi, Nuwa, and Fuxi traveled to the Sun Star and followed Xuan Yang into the Chaos Bead.
• Xuan Yang showed them three drops of Pangu's Essence Blood, and they recognized what they were.

Yuanshi established the Chan Sect after Laozi failed to persuade him to reconsider, while Tongtian’s Jie Sect continued to grow and deepen Yuanshi’s resentment. The Heavenly Dao responded to Yuanshi’s oath by forming the Chan Sect’s unstable fortune, leaving him to act further.

• Laozi stopped trying to dissuade Yuanshi and returned to his cave mansion, privately worrying that his brother would regret his choice.
• The Demon Race and Human Race continued developing peacefully, while the Witch Tribe’s population grew at a dangerous rate.
• Tongtian’s Jie Sect expanded by accepting all kinds of living beings, and Yuanshi resolved to remove them from Kunlun Mountain once he attained the Dao.
• Yuanshi swore before the Heavenly Dao to establish the Chan Sect and follow Heaven and accord with the Dao.
• The Heavenly Dao formed the Chan Sect’s fortune, but it remained unstable because the sect lacked an object to suppress it, so Yuanshi acted again.

Xuan Yang proposed that Grand Pure Laozi leave the Heavenly Path and later establish the Elixir Teaching among the Human Race, then went to discuss the plan with Nuwa. Di Jun and Taiyi approved the idea and considered how Tongtian might also support the Human Race.

• Diary Owners across the Primordial Wilderness eagerly checked Xuan Yang’s diary update.
• Xuan Yang proposed that Grand Pure Laozi establish the Elixir Teaching among the Human Race after leaving the Heavenly Path, using its merit to rebuild his Hunyuan cultivation.
• Xuan Yang left the Sun Star and headed to Empress Wa’s Heaven to discuss the plan with Nuwa.
• Di Jun praised Xuan Yang’s proposal for strengthening the Human Path and binding Laozi to it.
• Taiyi suggested that Tongtian spread the Sword Path and Formation Path among the Human Race, and Di Jun agreed that this could deepen Tongtian’s ties with them.

Houtu visited Xuan Yang to seek guidance on attaining the Dao, explaining that the Witch Tribe’s growing population threatened its future. Xuan Yang agreed to guide her inside the Chaos Bead, but warned that her path would demand an immense price and asked her and the Witch Tribe not to resent him afterward.

• Houtu visited Xuan Yang at the Sun Star and asked him to teach her how to attain the Dao, swearing to owe him great Karma if she succeeded.
• Houtu explained that the Witch Tribe’s flourishing and limitless lifespan could cause its population to grow beyond what the Primordial Wilderness could contain.
• Xuan Yang summoned the Chaos Bead and led Houtu inside, explaining that he had tested her resolve and feared the Heavenly Dao might spy on them.
• Xuan Yang agreed to guide Houtu in attaining the Dao on the condition that she and the Witch Tribe would not resent him, despite the immense price she might have to pay.

Houtu created the Six Paths of Reincarnation and the Netherworld, proving herself a Saint of the Earth Path while preserving her True Spirit with Xuan Yang and Zhen Yuanzi’s help. Heavenly Dao Hongjun then appeared in the Primordial World after leaving the Purple Cloud Palace.

• Houtu realized that her mission was to establish Reincarnation and vowed to transform herself to create it.
• Houtu’s oath was acknowledged by the Great Dao and the Primordial World, and she began forming the Six Paths of Reincarnation and the Netherworld.
• Xuan Yang gave Houtu Pangu’s Essence Blood to help preserve her, then called on Zhen Yuanzi to lend her the Earth Book.
• Houtu used the Earth Book to stabilize her True Spirit and connect Reincarnation to the Primordial World’s Earth Veins.
• Houtu completed the Six Paths of Reincarnation and the Netherworld, becoming a Saint of the Earth Path while remaining herself.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun left the Purple Cloud Palace and appeared in the Primordial World.

Houtu summoned the Twelve Ancestral Witches to discuss Xuan Yang’s proposal that they join the Underworld and avoid the Witch-Demon Calamity. The Ancestral Witches arrived to ask Houtu for her thoughts, but the chapter ended before their discussion began.

• Houtu sent the Twelve Ancestral Witches a voice transmission asking them to come to the Underworld.
• Xuan Ming and the other Ancestral Witches discussed joining the Underworld, bringing their followers, and helping them earn Earth Path merit.
• Di Jiang said he had not decided whether to accept the proposal, and the Ancestral Witches agreed to ask Houtu for advice.
• The Ancestral Witches traveled to the Underworld, admired its grand architecture, and met with Houtu.
• Xuan Ming examined Houtu curiously, and Di Jiang began asking Houtu about the matter.

Xuan Yang divined how the Demon Race’s internal conflict would escalate after the Ten Great Demon Sages seized power, and warned Di Jun and Taiyi not to intervene. The chapter ended with Gui Che and Ji Meng’s battle bringing down Buzhou Mountain.

• Xuan Yang divined that the Ten Great Demon Sages would fight over power, leading Gui Che to form a faction, kill four rivals, and battle Ji Meng for control of the Demon Court.
• Di Jun asked Xuan Yang whether he and Taiyi should stop the Demon Race’s war, but Xuan Yang refused and warned that the Tribulation had not ended.
• Xuan Yang expelled Tribulation Qi from Di Jun and Taiyi, revealing that it had influenced Di Jun’s desire to return to the Demon Court.
• Gui Che and Ji Meng resumed their battle at the foot of Buzhou Mountain and knocked the mountain down with a full-power attack.

Xuan Yang accepted the Black Tortoise as his disciple, and the Black Tortoise sacrificed his body to replace Buzhou Mountain and support the Primordial World. With the sky mended and the tribulation ended, the Dao distributed merit to those who had helped, while Zhunti, Jieyin, and Yuanshi received nothing.

• Xuan Yang accepted the Black Tortoise as his disciple and moved the weak beings living on the Black Tortoise into his Chaos Bead.
• The Black Tortoise vowed to sacrifice his body, turned his four limbs into heavenly pillars, and sent his Nascent Soul toward the Underworld.
• The sky mending was completed, and the Dao rewarded the Black Tortoise, Nuwa, Di Jun, Taiyi, Tongtian, Taiqing, and others with merit.
• Zhunti, Jieyin, and Yuanshi received no merit because they had not helped in time.
• Yuanshi left in anger, while Zhunti and Jieyin lamented that they had received nothing.