Chapter Summaries

Niu Ben’s offer to preserve the Witch and Demon Clans was rejected by Dijiang and Di Jun, so he prepared to fight them. Before the battle began, the Heavenly Dao Will descended over Buzhou Mountain, leaving the Three Pure Ones worried that Niu Ben could not withstand it.

• Dijiang and Di Jun refused Niu Ben’s proposal to move their clans into the Yao Realm and Witch Realm.
• Niu Ben unleashed his aura against Dijiang and Di Jun, who prepared to fight him as the gathered clans and watching powers grew tense.
• The Heavenly Dao Will descended over Buzhou Mountain and manifested as the Eye of Heavenly Dao, forcing countless beings across the Primordial World to kneel.
• On Penglai Immortal Island, Tongtian, Taishang, and Primordial Heavenly Lord discussed whether to intervene, but Taishang said they could not oppose Heavenly Dao and feared Niu Ben would be outmatched.

As the Eye of Heavenly Dao appeared over Buzhou Mountain, Niu Ben's allies feared it had come to punish him. Instead, Heavenly Dao ordered Di Jun and Dijiang to accept Niu Ben's plan, and both races agreed to enter their respective realms.

• Taishang, Primordial Heavenly Lord, and Tongtian Saint resolved to protect Niu Ben if Heavenly Dao moved against him, while Jieyin and Zhunti hoped it would kill him.
• Saint Nuwa worried that Heavenly Dao had manifested to defend its authority, and Niu Ba vowed to protect his son even at the cost of his sainthood.
• At Kongtong Mountain, Cangjie feared for Niu Ben, while Huang Tian urged him to wait and see what happened.
• The Eye of Heavenly Dao addressed Di Jun and Dijiang, declaring that those who entered the realms would live and those who defied the order would die.
• Di Jiang agreed to lead the Wu Clan into the Witch Realm, and Di Jun agreed that the Demon Clan would enter the Yao Realm, leaving the gathered powers astonished.

After the Eye of Heavenly Dao appeared over Buzhou Mountain, the Wu Clan and Demon Clan accepted Niu Ben’s proposal to enter the Witch Realm and Yao Realm. The Saints and Dao Ancestor Hongjun considered what the decision meant for the Primordial Wilderness, while Saint Nuwa turned her attention to the shattered Buzhou Mountain.

• The Three Pure Ones wondered why Heavenly Dao had made Di Jun and Dijiang accept Niu Ben’s proposal, and Primordial Heavenly Lord suggested the arrangement still served Heavenly Dao’s aim of removing the two races from the Primordial World.
• Jieyin and Zhunti considered whether the Wu Clan and Demon Clan’s withdrawal would let Western Teachings flourish, but Jieyin warned that the Ox Clan and Human Race could stand in their way.
• Saint Nuwa judged that entering the Witch Realm and Yao Realm would spare both clans from possible annihilation, then reflected on making a contribution to the Primordial Heaven and Earth.
• Niu Ba felt relieved that Heavenly Dao had not attacked Niu Ben and resolved that he would have stood by his son even at the cost of his sainthood.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun concluded that Niu Ben’s proposal preserved the Wu Clan and Demon Clan without frustrating Heavenly Dao’s plans.

The Witch and Yao Clans entered the Witch Realm and Yao Realm after Niu Ben enforced the Heavenly Dao’s decree, leaving Di Jun and Dijiang to accept their exile. After the saints gathered at Buzhou Mountain to discuss repairing the sky, Nuwa volunteered to mend the gap.

• Niu Ben opened passages to the Witch Realm and Yao Realm, and Di Jun and Dijiang led their respective clans inside.
• Di Jun told the Demon Clan leaders they would settle in the Yao Realm until his cultivation recovered, while Dijiang urged the Wu Clan to prepare for a possible return.
• Taishang summoned the saints, including Niu Ba and Niu Ben, to discuss repairing the gap in the sky caused by Buzhou Mountain’s destruction.
• Nuwa volunteered to mend the gap and flew toward it.

Saint Nuwa used the Five-Colored Divine Stone to seal the breach in the sky and received Heavenly Bestowed Merit that raised her cultivation. But without Buzhou Mountain to support it, the firmament began sinking, leaving the Saints to face a new crisis.

• Saint Nuwa descended beneath the breach and sent the Five-Colored Divine Stone to seal it, stopping the Heavenly River Water from pouring into the Primordial Wilderness Land.
• Heavenly Bestowed Merit descended upon Nuwa, increasing her cultivation by a level and drawing envy from Jieyin and Zhunti.
• The firmament cracked and sank despite Nuwa having mended the breach, causing upheaval across Primordial Heaven and Earth.
• Tongtian told Taishang that the sky was sinking further, and Taishang realized that repairing the breach had not prevented the heavens from collapsing.

Jieyin and Zhunti tried to hold up the descending firmament with their treasures, but both attempts failed. As the Saints faced the threat of the Primordial Wilderness’s collapse, Niu Ben offered to hold up the heavens himself.

• Zhunti and Jieyin volunteered to hold up the heavens, hoping to earn Heavenly Dao Merit.
• Jieyin and Zhunti used two Innate Spiritual Treasures to brace the firmament, but the treasures could not bear its weight.
• Jieyin and Zhunti brought forth the Twelve-Grade Merit Golden Lotus and Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, but the heavens knocked both treasures back.
• Niu Ben told Jieyin and Zhunti to stop wasting their efforts, and they withdrew as the living beings feared the heavens would fall.
• Nuwa urged Taishang and the other Saints to find a solution, and Niu Ben said he would hold up the heavens.

Niu Ben went to Penglai Immortal Island and persuaded the Mystic Turtle to surrender his body so its limbs could support the sinking sky, promising to preserve its True Spirit and help it reincarnate into human form. The Mystic Turtle agreed, and Niu Ben brought it to Buzhou Mountain, where the saints and cultivators were waiting.

• The saints questioned whether Niu Ben could hold up the sky, and he vanished without explaining his plan.
• Niu Ben arrived at Penglai Immortal Island and summoned the Mystic Turtle from beneath the sea.
• Niu Ben explained that the Mystic Turtle’s four limbs could become pillars supporting the sky and that its True Spirit could reincarnate and take human form.
• The Mystic Turtle accepted the sacrifice for the Merit and the chance to transcend.
• Niu Ben and the Mystic Turtle traveled to Buzhou Mountain, where Niu Ben appeared before the waiting saints and cultivators.

Niu Ben brought the Mystic Turtle to the collapsed firmament and used the World-Destroying Millstone to transform the turtle’s shell and four legs into supports. The heavens steadied, leaving the Saints and the Primordial Wilderness’s living beings astonished.

• Niu Ben returned with the Mystic Turtle, surprising the observing experts and reminding Zhunti and Jieyin of the turtle’s past seizure of Primordial Violet Qi.
• Niu Ben and the Mystic Turtle went to the place where the heavens had collapsed, and the Mystic Turtle offered its True Spirit.
• Niu Ben used the World-Destroying Millstone to destroy the Mystic Turtle’s body, leaving the Saints and onlookers confused.
• Niu Ben sent the Mystic Turtle’s shell into the firmament as a barrier and positioned its four legs as pillars at the east, south, west, and north extremities.
• The four pillars raised the firmament, and the heavens stopped sinking as the Primordial Wilderness’s living beings cried out in amazement.

Niu Ben saved the Primordial World by using the Mystic Turtle’s shell and limbs to support the heavens, earning immense Heavenly Dao Merit. After the saints departed, Jieyin and Zhunti offered to trade with him for the Primordial Violet Qi they believed he possessed.

• Niu Ben used the Mystic Turtle’s shell to mend the heavens and its limbs as pillars, stopping the collapse and saving the Primordial World.
• A vast amount of Merit descended on Niu Ben, with sixty percent going to him and forty percent to the Mystic Turtle True Spirit he had collected.
• Niu Ben told Taishang that the Witch and Yao Races had entered their respective realms and that the conflict should end, so Taishang dispersed the observers and the saints departed.
• Jieyin and Zhunti remained after the others left, and Jieyin proposed trading with Niu Ben for his strand of Primordial Violet Qi.

Niu Ben refused Jieyin and Zhunti’s request for his Primordial Violet Qi, then considered using it for a promising Ox Clan junior or a member of the Three Teachings. Years later, Huang Tian announced a plan for Human Race cultivators to establish registered settlements across the Primordial Wilderness, ushering in an era of one hundred tribal clans.

• Jieyin asked Niu Ben to trade his Primordial Violet Qi, but Niu Ben refused, and Jieyin and Zhunti departed.
• Niu Ben told Niu Ba that the Violet Qi had belonged to Ancestor Hong Yun and that he might give it to an outstanding Ox Clan junior or someone in the Three Teachings.
• Niu Ba returned to the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, while Niu Ben set off for the Netherworld Underworld and considered bringing the Ox Clan to his independent Innate Blessed Land.
• After many years of peace following the Witch and Yao Races’ departure, the Human Race expanded throughout the Primordial Wilderness.
• At Kongtong Mountain, Huang Tian ordered Golden Immortal-or-higher Human Race cultivators to establish settlements and declared the beginning of the era of one hundred tribal clans.
• The Human Race’s leaders praised Huang Tian’s decree, and its cultivators eagerly prepared to establish new tribes.

Human clans expanded across the Primordial Wilderness and established new tribes, while Di Jun planned to help Emperor Taiyi become a Hunyuan Saint in the Yao Realm so the Demon Clan could eventually return. In the Witch Realm, the Ancestor Witches rebuilt Pangu Temple and focused on cultivation as Qiang Liang asked Dijiang whether the Demon Clan would remain quiet.

• Human Race Golden Immortals led their clans to establish the Qingmu, Fierce Fire, Frost, and Golden Sand Tribes, increasing Human Race Fortune.
• Di Jun and Emperor Taiyi lamented the Demon Clan's exile to the Yao Realm and recalled Niu Ben's overwhelming strength.
• Di Jun explained that the Yao Realm's independent laws could allow Emperor Taiyi to become a Hunyuan Saint with less reliance on the Primordial Wilderness Heavenly Dao.
• Di Jun promised to devote resources to helping Emperor Taiyi prove Dao, and Emperor Taiyi vowed the Demon Clan would return when he became a Saint.
• Dijiang led the Ancestor Witches in rebuilding Pangu Temple while the Wu Clan concentrated on cultivation.
• Qiang Liang asked Dijiang whether the Demon Clan would remain quiet in the Yao Realm.

Dijiang ordered the Wu Clan to devote themselves to cultivation in the Witch Realm, while Nuwa received Heavenly Dao guidance that Fuxi could become one of the Three Sovereigns of the Human Race. She entered the Yao Realm to bring him out, and Di Jun sensed her arrival.

• Dijiang directed the Wu Clan to cultivate in the Witch Realm and prioritize developing its younger generation.
• Nuwa received Heavenly Mechanism guidance that Fuxi could become one of the Three Sovereigns of the Human Race and gain an alternative Dao Fruit.
• Nuwa went to the Underworld and asked Niu Ben to let her enter the Yao Realm to bring someone out.
• Niu Ben opened the sealed entrance, and Nuwa thanked him before entering the Yao Realm.
• Di Jun sensed Nuwa arrive in the Yao Realm and rose from his seat, wondering why she had come.

Saint Nuwa visited Di Jun’s Yao Realm and went to see her brother Fuxi, saying she had come to discuss something concerning his path of Dao. Fuxi was surprised and curious about what she intended to tell him.

• Di Jun received Saint Nuwa at the Heavenly Court and questioned why she had come to the Yao Realm.
• Nuwa said she wanted to see her elder brother Fuxi, and Di Jun allowed her to go to the Eastern Pole Star Palace.
• After Nuwa left, Di Jun and Emperor Taiyi wondered whether she had another purpose for visiting.
• Nuwa reunited with Fuxi at the Eastern Pole Star Palace, where he asked whether she had come for more than a family visit.
• Nuwa told Fuxi that she had come to discuss a matter concerning his path of Dao, leaving him astonished and curious.

Nuwa told Fuxi that the Heavenly Dao had chosen him to become the Human Race’s Heavenly Emperor among the Three Sovereigns, and urged him to leave the Demon Clan and reincarnate as a human. Fuxi agreed to seek the Demon Emperor’s permission, but Di Jun resisted and accused Nuwa of threatening him.

• Nuwa explained that the Human Race’s flourishing Fortune offered Fuxi a chance to attain a supreme Dao Fruit as its Heavenly Emperor.
• Fuxi accepted Nuwa’s counsel and agreed to leave the Yao Realm, though he worried Di Jun would refuse.
• Nuwa and Fuxi went to the Heavenly Court, where Fuxi asked Di Jun to let him leave the Demon Clan.
• Di Jun and the Demon Gods reacted with anger and disbelief, while Fuxi said he had an opportunity he could not miss.
• Nuwa defended Fuxi’s decision, and Di Jun coldly asked whether she was threatening him.

Nuwa secured Di Jun’s permission for Fuxi to leave the Demon Clan by promising that she would aid the clan once in the future. She brought Fuxi to the Underworld to discuss his reincarnation as a human with Niu Ben, who questioned how Fuxi had left the Yao Realm before asking Nuwa what she wanted.

• Nuwa offered Di Jun one future intervention on the Demon Clan’s behalf in exchange for letting Fuxi leave, and Di Jun agreed.
• Fuxi thanked Di Jun, and Nuwa took him from the Yao Realm back to the Primordial Wilderness.
• Di Jun told Emperor Taiyi he considered the deal worthwhile because Nuwa’s promise outweighed keeping Fuxi in the Demon Clan.
• Nuwa and Fuxi went to the Netherworld Underworld to ask Niu Ben about Fuxi reincarnating as a member of the Human Race.
• Niu Ben questioned Fuxi’s departure from the Yao Realm, and Nuwa explained that she had brought her brother out after he left the Demon Clan.
• Niu Ben let the matter pass and asked Nuwa what she wanted to discuss.

Nuwa asked Niu Ben to help Fuxi sever his ties with the Demon Clan and reincarnate as a human, and Niu Ben agreed after choosing a system reward that favored preventing Fuxi’s reincarnation. Before the pair could leave the Underworld, a summons from Purple Cloud Palace called the Saints together, which Niu Ben suspected concerned reopening the Heavenly Court.

• Nuwa asked Niu Ben to help Fuxi leave the Demon Clan and reincarnate into the Human Race.
• Niu Ben chose the system mission to prevent Fuxi’s reincarnation in exchange for a Fragment of Innate Supreme Treasure, but told Nuwa he would grant her request.
• Niu Ben told Fuxi that reincarnation would seal his memories until they awakened as he grew among humans, and asked Nuwa to leave a wisp of her Qi of Creation to guide her to him.
• Nuwa gave Niu Ben a wisp of her Qi of Creation, and Fuxi thanked him for agreeing to arrange the reincarnation.
• Nuwa and Niu Ben heard the bell summoning the Saints to Purple Cloud Palace, and Niu Ben suspected Hongjun had called them to discuss reopening the Heavenly Court.

The Dao Ancestor summoned the saints to the Purple Cloud Palace, bringing newly ascended saint Niu Ba, Di Jun, and Dijiang together with the established saints. After the gathering assembled, the palace doors opened and the saints entered to await the Dao Ancestor.

• The Three Pure Ones, Jieyin and Zhunti, Niu Ba, Di Jun, and Dijiang each received the summons and traveled to the Purple Cloud Palace.
• Niu Ba greeted the Three Pure Ones, and Jieyin and Zhunti exchanged pleasantries with the assembled saints.
• Di Jun arrived and kept his distance from the others, while Dijiang warmly conversed with them.
• Nuwa arrived alongside Niu Ben, prompting Di Jun to suspect their relationship and resent Niu Ben, who had previously defeated him with one punch.
• Niu Ben greeted Dijiang, reunited with his father Niu Ba, and paid respects to Taishang, Yuanshi, and Tongtian.
• Haotian and Jade Pool invited the saints into the Purple Cloud Palace, where Jieyin wondered whether a foreign enemy had invaded the Primordial Wilderness.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun summoned the Saints to choose a new Heavenly Emperor after the Wu and Demon Clans withdrew from the Primordial Wilderness. When Hongjun asked Niu Ben for a recommendation, Niu Ben received a system choice that prompted him to consider Haotian.

• The Saints speculated that Jieyin's question concerned another invasion by Outer Domain Enemies, while Di Jun hoped a war might help the Demon Clan return and gain another Saint Crystal.
• Hongjun appeared at Purple Cloud Palace and declared that the vacant Heavenly Court needed a new ruler.
• Taishang recommended Xuandu, Primordial Heavenly Lord recommended Guangchengzi, Tongtian recommended Duobao Daoist, and Zhunti recommended Maitreya as candidates.
• Nuwa said the Heavenly Emperor should have virtue and talent without excessive karmic ties, while Dijiang said the Wu Clan would not contend for the position.
• Niu Ba stayed silent rather than recommend his son Niu Ben, and Hongjun asked Niu Ben whom he would recommend.
• Niu Ben received a system mission offering a Cultivation Pill for recommending Haotian or a random Innate Spiritual Treasure for recommending someone else, and he considered Haotian's likely destiny.

Niu Ben recommended Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s attendant Haotian as the new Heavenly Emperor, arguing that his status, virtue, and lack of ties to the Primordial Wilderness made him the fairest candidate. Hongjun asked Niu Ben to explain his choice, and the Three Pure Ones began to see merit in his reasoning.

• Niu Ben chose to recommend Haotian as the new Heavenly Emperor, surprising the Saints and Haotian himself.
• Zhunti and Jieyin objected to Haotian’s candidacy while revealing their preference for Maitreya, and Taishang considered Xuandu a better choice.
• Niu Ben told Hongjun that the final decision was his, and Hongjun wondered whether Niu Ben had glimpsed Heaven’s ordained course.
• Hongjun asked Niu Ben why he had recommended Haotian, and Niu Ben said the emperor needed noble status, unimpeachable virtue, and few ties to the myriad races and sects.
• Niu Ben argued that Haotian met those conditions and that other candidates might show favoritism because of their masters and affiliations.
• The Three Pure Ones considered Niu Ben’s reasoning, and Taishang privately approved of his disciple’s insight.

Niu Ben persuaded Dao Ancestor Hongjun to appoint Haotian and Jade Pool as the Heavenly Emperor and Queen Mother, and they received authority and treasures to govern the Three Realms. After leaving the Violet Firmament Palace, Niu Ben returned to the Underworld to claim a system reward.

• Niu Ben argued that Haotian’s lack of sectarian ties made him the fairest choice for Heavenly Emperor, and Hongjun agreed.
• Hongjun appointed Haotian the Heavenly Emperor and Jade Pool the Queen Mother, granting them the Heavenly Emperor Seal and Peach Root.
• The saints congratulated Haotian and Jade Pool, who thanked Niu Ben for helping them gain their new positions.
• Niu Ben parted from Niu Ba, who returned to the Ox Clan, and went back to the Underworld.
• Niu Ben entered secluded cultivation and asked the system to extract the independent Innate Blessed Land.