Chapter Summaries

Xuanyuan overwhelmed Chiyou with the Xuanyuan Sword, breaking his six weapons and shattering the Pangu Phantom. Chiyou summoned a simplified Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Array, but Xuanyuan countered it with the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Array, leaving the Wu Clan warriors trapped and dying as his sword gathered power.

• Xuanyuan’s enhanced sword strike broke Chiyou’s six weapons and shattered the Pangu Phantom.
• Chiyou ordered the Eighty-One Witch Generals to form a simplified Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Array, which scattered Xuanyuan’s sword force.
• Xuanyuan dismissed the Wu Clan’s formation as a remnant array and activated the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Array through the Human Race’s Nine Great Banners.
• Xuanyuan’s changing formation transformed the battlefield into deadly terrain, killing Wu Clan warriors trapped within it.
• The Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Array further strengthened the golden light of Xuanyuan’s sword.

Xuanyuan defeated Chiyou’s forces and killed Chiyou with a sword strike powered by the Human Race’s Fortune. The Witch Generals and Wu Clan warriors then charged at Xuanyuan to avenge their fallen leader.

• Xuanyuan shattered the weapons and incomplete Formation of the Eighty-One Witch Generals with one strike, leaving them unable to fight.
• Chiyou suspected a powerful being was supporting Xuanyuan and used the Wu Clan’s Blood Burning Transformation to grow into a giant.
• Chiyou attacked Xuanyuan with his six enlarged arms, but Xuanyuan drew upon the Fortune of the entire Human Race and cleaved him with the Xuanyuan Sword.
• Chiyou’s body vanished from existence, killing him, and the Witch Generals and Wu Clan warriors charged at Xuanyuan to seek revenge.

Xuanyuan defeated Chiyou and the eighty-one Witch Generals at Zhuolu, and the Human Race army destroyed the Wu Clan forces there. The battle left the Wu Clan remnants scattered and prompted Di Jun and Di Jiang to consider the Saints’ support for the Human Race and the loss of their people.

• Chiyou and the eighty-one Witch Generals vanished after Xuanyuan defeated and killed them, and the surviving Wu Clan beings fled.
• Xuanyuan ordered the Human Race army to pursue the fleeing Wu Clan, killing most of them and scattering the survivors.
• Di Jun told Emperor Taiyi that the Three Teachings’ Saints were backing Xuanyuan, then urged him to focus on becoming a Saint.
• Di Jiang told the Ancestor Witches that the Wu Clan branch outside had been nearly wiped out, while Chiyou Ancestor Witch said his blood-essence-born Chiyou had acted outside his instructions.
• Di Jiang told the Ancestor Witches to leave the outside events alone and focus on strengthening themselves in the Witch Realm.

After Xuanyuan defeated Chiyou, he governed the Human Race and attained the Human Emperor Position, earning merit that advanced him and his helpers to the Quasi-Saint realm. Several years later, the Three Sovereigns’ era ended and the Era of the Five Emperors began, as Xuanyuan sensed his reign was nearing its close.

• After Chiyou's defeat, Xuanyuan expanded and organized the Human Race, established laws and officials, and improved agriculture.
• Xuanyuan declared that he had fulfilled his merit and attained the Human Emperor Position, triggering a great heavenly phenomenon and a descent of Golden Light of Merit.
• The merit raised Xuanyuan to the Quasi-Saint level, advanced Queen Mother of the West and Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, and raised Guangchengzi to the Quasi-Saint level.
• Several years later, a mysterious Five Elements ripple signaled the start of the Human Race's Era of the Five Emperors.
• Xuanyuan sensed that his time as Human Emperor was coming to an end.

Tongtian assigned Duobao Daoist to guide Emperor Jin, the first of the Five Emperors, while Xuanyuan entered the Human Emperor Realm and learned of his past as the Mystic Turtle. The Human Race leaders decided to ask Niu Ben for a Five Emperors teaching quota, and Huang Tian headed to the Netherworld as Niu Ben’s aura erupted.

• Tongtian summoned Duobao Daoist and ordered him to guide Emperor Jin and help him attain the Emperor Dao Fruit.
• Xuanyuan met Huang Tian, Zhen Yuanzi, Fuxi, Shennong, and the Human Race leaders in the Human Emperor Realm.
• Xuanyuan recalled that Niu Ben had used the Mystic Turtle’s legs and shell to support the heavens before sending its True Spirit into reincarnation.
• Cangjie urged Huang Tian to ask Niu Ben to secure a Five Emperors teaching quota for the Human Race, and the other leaders agreed.
• Huang Tian left for the Netherworld Underworld as a terrifying aura erupted from Niu Ben.

After refining Pangu's Essence Blood, Niu Ben received Huang Tian's request for a Human Race Five Emperors Teaching Quota and agreed to ask Tongtian for one. Tongtian readily offered Niu Ben the two remaining quotas, leaving the Human Race's request poised to be fulfilled.

• Niu Ben finished refining Pangu's Essence Blood, strengthened his body, but did not break through to the next cultivation level.
• Huang Tian visited Niu Ben in the Underworld and asked him to secure a Five Emperors Teaching Quota for the Human Race.
• Niu Ben agreed to discuss the request with Tongtian and told Huang Tian to return to the Human Race and wait.
• Niu Ben went to Biyou Palace and asked Tongtian for a Five Emperors Teaching Quota.
• Tongtian said Duobao already held one quota and offered Niu Ben the two remaining quotas.

Niu Ben secured a Human Race quota for educating one of the Five Emperors, then Duobao Daoist accepted the newborn Zhuānxū as his disciple. Years later, Zhuānxū had grown into a talented leader trained in cultivation, governance, and warfare.

• Niu Ben obtained two education quotas from Tongtian Cult Master and received Saint Taishang’s approval to give one to the Human Race.
• Niu Ben arrived in the Human Emperor Realm and told Huang Tian that the Human Race could choose someone to educate.
• As Emperor Jin descended, the Human Race’s mineral resources grew richer and its Earth Veins stirred.
• Duobao Daoist found the newborn Zhuānxū, declared him his destined disciple, and began teaching him.
• Over the years, Duobao taught Zhuānxū cultivation, governance, employing people, and military strategy, helping him become a gifted Human Race hero.

Zhuānxū unified the Human Race, attained the Dao, and entered the Human Emperor Space. After his departure, Emperor Mu was born amid signs of abundance, and Western Teachings sent Ananda and Kasyapa to guide him and spread their doctrines.

• Zhuānxū united the Human Race's Hundred Nations, received the title Emperor Jin, and gained most of the merit when he attained the Dao, while Duobao Daoist received the remainder.
• Years later, Zhuānxū bid farewell to his ministers and people and entered the Human Emperor Space as the second Emperor's arrival drew near.
• Jieyin and Zhunti learned that Western Teachings had received the quota to guide the second of the Five Emperors, and Jieyin sent Ananda and Kasyapa to guide Emperor Mu and spread Western Teachings.
• After Zhuānxū's departure, the Human Race fractured again, but the land became lush and crops flourished as Emperor Mu was born with an azure radiance.
• Ananda and Kasyapa arrived among the Human Race, where people worshipped them as immortals, and the two disciples turned their attention to the newborn child.

Ananda and Kasyapa trained Di Ku in Western Teachings doctrine and led him to witness the Human Race’s suffering, inspiring him to help the people and become their ruler, Emperor Mu. As Di Ku attained the Dao, merit raised his cultivation and rewarded Ananda and Kasyapa, while Western Teachings gained many followers.

• Ananda named the child Di Ku, and he and Kasyapa accepted him as their disciple and taught him Western Teachings scriptures and ascetic practice.
• After witnessing poverty, illness, and disaster, Di Ku resolved to lead people in relieving suffering, encouraged by Ananda and Kasyapa.
• Di Ku organized believers to rebuild homes, aid refugees, distribute food, and treat the sick, earning the Human Race’s support and becoming its Common Lord.
• Di Ku issued decrees to distribute grain, establish free medical clinics, and open schools, and the people honored him as Emperor Mu.
• Violet Qi and Celebratory Clouds appeared as Di Ku attained the Dao; merit raised him to the peak of the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm and advanced Ananda and Kasyapa’s cultivation.

As the Water Emperor is about to enter the world, Di Ku departs for the Human Emperor Realm and Niu Ben decides to give the Ox Clan the quota to educate the new emperor. The Saints remain unable to see what will follow the era of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.

• Heavenly Dao intercepts the Merit headed to Western Teachings, and Zhunti and Jieyin lament their debt.
• A strand of Violet Qi appears above the Human Race, signaling the Water Emperor’s imminent birth, and Di Ku leaves for the Human Emperor Realm.
• Taishang wonders who Niu Ben will choose to educate the Water Emperor, while Tongtian and Primordial Heavenly Lord discuss Niu Ben’s contributions and the obscured future.
• Niu Ben senses the Water Emperor’s arrival and decides to give the Ox Clan the quota to educate him.

Niu Ben told Niu Ba that the Ox Clan had secured the chance to educate the Human Race's Water Emperor, and Niu Ba chose Niu Man for the task. After Yao was born amid widespread rain and flooding, Niu Man became his teacher and began guiding him through the land and the rhythms of nature.

• Niu Ben returned to the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains and told Niu Ba that the Ox Clan would educate and assist the Water Emperor.
• Niu Ba gathered the Ox Clan's senior members and talents, then selected Niu Man to represent the clan and guide the Water Emperor.
• After Di Ku departed for the Human Emperor Realm, heavy rains brought both abundant crops and flooding to the Human Race.
• Di Ku's son Yao was born, and Niu Man found him and declared that he would take him as his disciple.
• When Yao was old enough, Niu Man traveled with him through Human settlements and taught him to observe nature, the seasons, and farming.

Yao worked with Xi He to create a calendar that organized farming around the four seasons, bringing prosperity to the Human Race. He attained the Dao as the Water Emperor, and later signs appeared that the Fourth Emperor was about to arrive.

• Yao appointed Xi He to study the movements of the heavens and devise a calendar to guide farming.
• Xi He presented her calendar, and Yao refined and spread it across the Human Race, improving harvests and ending missed farming seasons.
• Yao governed benevolently, earned the people's respect as the Water Emperor, and attained the Dao with Merit from heaven.
• Merit also flowed to Niu Man, Xi He, and the Ox Clan for their contributions.
• Violet Qi gathered above the Human Race again, and Jieyin and Zhunti recognized that the Fourth Emperor among the Five Emperors was about to descend.

Zhunti resented the Three Pure Ones for giving the Water Emperor’s education quota to the Ox Clan, while Jieyin warned him against scheming for merit. Niu Ben then told Huang Tian that the Human Race would educate the Fire Emperor, and the Human leaders chose Ancestor Suiren to guide him as he left the Human Emperor Realm for the Human Race.

• Zhunti complained that the Three Pure Ones had granted the Ox Clan the Water Emperor’s education quota, and Jieyin cautioned him that trying to scheme for merit could provoke the Three Teachings.
• Niu Ben visited Huang Tian and announced that the Human Race would choose someone to assist and educate the approaching Fire Emperor.
• Huang Tian summoned the Human Race’s leaders to decide who would guide the Fire Emperor toward attaining the Dao.
• Cangjie recommended Ancestor Suiren, whose first use of fire made him a fitting guide, and the other leaders agreed.
• Huang Tian asked Suiren Shi to take the role, and Suiren agreed before leaving the Human Emperor Realm for the Human Race.

Suiren Shi mentored Shun through the drought-ravaged Human Race, teaching him to use strength and governance to resolve conflicts over water. Shun unified the tribes, diverted water across the Nine Provinces, and attained the Dao as the Fire Emperor, while Suiren Shi advanced to the Quasi-Saint realm.

• Suiren Shi recognized the newborn, double-pupiled Shun as destined for him and took him as his disciple.
• Suiren Shi led Shun across lands devastated by drought and flood, teaching him to direct water where it was needed and to use strength when others would not listen to reason.
• After years of drought and conflict, Shun became leader of the Dongyi Clan and used Suiren Shi’s military teachings to conquer water-rich regions.
• Shun ordered canals dug to carry water into drought-stricken lands, then continued campaigning and governing until he established the Nine Provinces and unified the Human Race.
• The Human Race honored Shun as the Fire Emperor, and he declared that he had attained the Dao.
• Heavenly Dao Merit raised Shun to the peak of the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm and advanced Suiren Shi from Grand Luo Golden Immortal to the Quasi-Saint realm.

Niu Ben recognized Da Yu as the final Emperor of the Five Emperors and took him as his disciple, intending to guide him through the coming tribulation. After seeing the devastation caused by the floods, Da Yu asked to control them, and Niu Ben warned him of the task’s difficulty.

• Shun Emperor learned that his mission was complete, left the capital, and took his place in the Human Emperor Realm.
• Niu Ben sensed Da Yu’s descent and decided to personally educate the final Emperor of the Five Emperors.
• After Shun Emperor departed, catastrophic floods spread across the Human Race, and Yu was born to Gun and Youxin in Shi Niu.
• Niu Ben appeared at Yu’s birth and, with his parents’ agreement, took him as his disciple.
• Niu Ben showed Da Yu the flood’s destruction, and Da Yu asked to control the floods; Niu Ben cautioned him about the challenge.

Niu Ben taught Da Yu how to refine the Sea Stabilizing Divine Iron, and Da Yu used it to fight the floods, though its power only worked temporarily. After years of refining it into four self-sustaining Dinghai Divine Needles and placing them at the Four Seas’ sea eyes, Da Yu finally brought the floods under control.

• Niu Ben passed Da Yu the method for refining the Sea Stabilizing Divine Iron, and Da Yu quickly forged one.
• Da Yu traveled across the Human Race’s lands, using the iron to suppress floods, and passed his home three times without stopping to see his family.
• Da Yu realized the iron only worked while he personally activated it, so he studied how to make it operate independently.
• Da Yu discovered that the iron needed a core, then spent forty-nine days refining it into four Dinghai Divine Needles.
• Da Yu placed the four needles at the sea eyes of the East, South, West, and North Seas, calming the waters and bringing the floods under control.

Da Yu divided the land into the Nine Provinces, forged nine cauldrons to protect Human Race Fortune, and attained the Dao as Emperor Tu. After ruling Xia, he passed the throne to his son Qi and entered the Human Emperor Realm, completing the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.

• Da Yu reorganized the land into the Nine Provinces and forged a Nine Provinces Cauldron for each province to stabilize Human Race Fortune.
• Da Yu ascended the throne in Yang City, named his state Xia, and earned the title Emperor Tu for controlling the floods and protecting the people.
• Da Yu declared that he attained the Dao as Emperor Tu, received most of the Merit, and reached the peak of the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm; the remainder went to Niu Ben.
• Niu Ben reflected that Da Yu's establishment of Xia began the Human Race's dynastic era and that the Investiture Tribulation would begin in Late Shang.
• Years later, Da Yu passed the throne to his son Qi, died, and entered the Human Emperor Realm, where he joined the other Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.

A disturbance shook the Primordial World as Outer Realm Beings attacked its Spatial Barrier, prompting the Saints to recognize that another interworld conflict was approaching. The Saints awaited the Heavenly Dao’s response, while Niu Ba traced the tremors to beyond the Primordial Wilderness.

• The Primordial World trembled, and its inhabitants and great powers failed to discover the cause through divination.
• Saint Taishang, Primordial Heavenly Lord, and Tongtian determined that Outer Realm Beings were attacking the Spatial Barrier and discussed the danger and opportunity of another war.
• Jieyin and Zhunti recognized the attack and hoped the Heavenly Dao would offer Military Merit rewards and a Saint Crystal as it had during the war against the Universe Devouring Realm.
• Nuwa sensed the disturbance and realized the Primordial Wilderness was facing another Outer Domain Enemy.
• Niu Ba used his Saint Spiritual Sense to trace the tremors beyond the Primordial Wilderness and recalled that Niu Ben’s Saint Crystal had helped him become a Saint.

An attack from beyond the Primordial World shook the realm, and Dao Ancestor Hongjun summoned its Saints and Quasi-Saints to the Purple Cloud Palace. Niu Ben, Niu Ba, and the others gathered there, awaiting Hongjun’s explanation.

• Niu Ba and Niu Ben sensed that beings from beyond the domain were attacking the Primordial World’s Spatial Barrier and considered the danger and rewards of a possible war.
• Haotian and Jade Pool detected that the tremors came from outside the Primordial World, and Haotian sensed a possible opportunity to Prove Dao and Become a Saint.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun summoned all Quasi-Saints and Saints to the Purple Cloud Palace without delay.
• Niu Ben met Ancestor Minghe and led him and the Underworld’s Quasi-Saints to the Purple Cloud Palace.
• Niu Ben and Niu Ba arrived among the gathered Saints and Quasi-Saints, where Niu Ba asked whether Hongjun planned to begin a war beyond the domain.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun told the gathered Saints and Quasi-Saints that an Outer Domain Enemy was invading the Primordial World and that slaying the Void Creatures could earn Merit and possibly Saint Crystals. After urging everyone to prepare, he called Niu Ben to stay behind, leaving the others wondering why.

• Huang Tian and Cangjie greeted Niu Ben before Hongjun summoned everyone into the Purple Cloud Palace.
• Hongjun revealed that a breach in the Primordial World's Spatial Barrier had opened and confirmed that an Outer Domain Enemy was invading.
• Hongjun explained that defeating the invading Void Creatures could earn Merit and potentially lead to new Saint Seats and Saint Crystals.
• Kunpeng and Haotian resolved to seize the opportunity to become Saints, while the other Quasi-Saints were stirred by the prospect of Saint Crystals.
• Hongjun dismissed the gathered powers and told them to prepare, then called Niu Ben to stay behind as the others speculated about his reason.