Chapter Summaries

Niu Ben and the gathered powers broke the Two Forms Heaven-Severing Grand Formation, but Ancestor Yin-Yang swallowed the Primordial Violet Qi and began using it to force his own breakthrough. The chapter ended with his power surpassing that of saints, though Di Jun noted he had not truly reached the Heavenly Dao Realm.

• Niu Ben punched through the Yin-yang Demon God's phantom while the Three Pure Ones helped him reach its chest, and the combined attacks split open the formation.
• The Primordial Wilderness's Heavenly Dao aura entered through the rift, allowing the saints to begin recovering their power.
• Ancestor Yin-Yang seized and swallowed the Primordial Violet Qi, causing the formation's rift to start closing.
• Ancestor Yin-Yang used himself as a furnace to temper a new path, and violet light repaired and strengthened the Demon God phantom.
• Ancestor Yin-Yang released a pillar of power that reignited the formation, while Haotian, Di Jun, and Emperor Taiyi sensed that he had surpassed ordinary saints.

Ancestor Yin-Yang used the Primordial Violet Qi to reach the half-step Heavenly Dao realm and trapped Niu Ben and the Saints in a black-and-white world. The Three Pure Ones and Niu Ben damaged him, but he severed their connection to the Heavenly Dao and targeted Niu Ben, whose fate was left unclear as Primordial Heavenly Lord opened a gap in the boundary around him.

• Ancestor Yin-Yang's breakthrough let him dissolve Tongtian's Zhuxian Sword Qi and overwhelm the gathered Saints.
• Taishang identified Ancestor Yin-Yang as half-step Heavenly Dao, and Niu Ben said severing the Violet Qi's connection to his Yin-Yang Dao Fruit could make him fall back down.
• Tongtian, Taishang, Primordial Heavenly Lord, and Niu Ben combined their attacks to break Ancestor Yin-Yang's giant palm and wound him.
• Ancestor Yin-Yang spread a black-and-white world that cut the Saints off from the Primordial Wilderness' Heavenly Dao and pointed at Niu Ben.
• Ancestor Yin-Yang's yin-yang boundary weakened Tongtian's and Taishang's attacks, but Primordial Heavenly Lord's Pangu Banner tore open a gap as Niu Ben moved.

Niu Ben and the other powers of the Primordial Wilderness battled the Yin-Yang Ancestor as his half-step Heavenly Dao power continued to grow. Their strongest combined strike wounded him but failed to weaken him, and he prepared to counterattack.

• Niu Ben broke through the Yin-Yang Ancestor's boundary but suffered a shallow wound, alarming the assembled cultivators.
• Jieyin, Zhunti, Haotian, Di Jun, Emperor Taiyi, and the Wu Clan prepared to fight alongside Niu Ben and the Three Pure Ones.
• The Yin-Yang Ancestor unleashed the Yin-Yang Oblivion Mill, forcing the Saints and their allies to defend themselves until Emperor Taiyi's Chaos Bell briefly froze the millstones.
• Niu Ben struck the Yin-Yang Ancestor with a concentrated punch, but the Yin-Yang Ancient Mirror rebounded him and the Ancestor continued growing stronger.
• The assembled powers launched their strongest combined attack, piercing the Yin-Yang Ancestor's chest, but primordial violet qi began repairing his wound without diminishing his aura.
• The Yin-Yang Ancestor emerged from the fading light and announced that it was his turn to attack.

Ancestor Yin-Yang overwhelmed the Saints with fate chains and half-step Heavenly Dao power, leaving Niu Ben and the others on the brink of defeat. Dao Ancestor Hongjun then intervened with a single command, halting the black-and-white world and bringing the battle to a standstill.

• Ancestor Yin-Yang used fate chains to drag at the Saints’ Dao Fruits, while Niu Ben shielded them and broke through the chains with his Hunyuan Returning-to-Void Seal.
• Ancestor Yin-Yang refilled the gap with yin and yang qi and used his half-step Heavenly Dao power to suppress the Saints as they fought back.
• Ancestor Yin-Yang struck the gathered forces with a massive black-and-white seal, blasting Niu Ben, the Three Pure Ones, the Western Saints, Haotian, the Demon Race, and the Wu Clan backward.
• Ancestor Yin-Yang reached for Niu Ben’s Hunyuan Dao Fruit and declared that he would use it to complete his ascent to the Heavenly Dao realm.
• Hongjun spoke from the depths of the void and said, “Enough,” stopping the black-and-white world and the yin-yang chains.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun appeared and revealed that he had let Ancestor Yin-Yang expose his plans before intervening. Ancestor Yin-Yang burned the Primordial Violet Qi and his Yin-Yang Dao Fruit to attack Hongjun, who stopped and shattered the strike with one finger.

• Hongjun appeared, and his presence caused the Two Forms Heaven-Severing Grand Formation to collapse as the Heavenly Dao returned.
• Hongjun told Ancestor Yin-Yang that he had allowed him to reveal his true form and declared it was time to send him on his way.
• Ancestor Yin-Yang burned the Primordial Violet Qi and Yin-Yang Dao Fruit, then launched a desperate spear attack at Hongjun.
• Hongjun blocked the spear with one finger and shattered it, sending Ancestor Yin-Yang flying backward and cracking his Demon God's True Shadow.

Hongjun overpowered and killed the Yin-Yang Ancestor, suppressing his attempt to detonate his origin and reclaiming the Primordial Violet Qi. Niu Ben recognized the vast gap between himself and Hongjun, while the surviving Saints watched the Primordial Violet Qi hover in the void.

• Hongjun forced the Yin-Yang Ancestor to his knees and peeled the Primordial Violet Qi from his chest with Heavenly Dao Chains.
• The Yin-Yang Ancestor tried to detonate his origin essence, but Hongjun froze him and erased his Dao body, primordial spirit, Dao Fruit, and fate imprint.
• Hongjun collected the Yin-Yang Ancestor's remaining yin-yang origin essence as the Saints and other onlookers reacted to his power.
• Niu Ben studied Hongjun's Heavenly Dao power and concluded that his own path to that level remained long.
• The Primordial Violet Qi hovered in the void after the Yin-Yang Ancestor's death.

Hongjun gave the purified Primordial Violet Qi to Niu Ben and warned him not to act rashly with the Saint Position. Niu Ben decided the Human Race deserved an answer and headed for the Human Ancestral Land, where its leaders gathered as they sensed his approach.

• Hongjun handed the Primordial Violet Qi to Niu Ben, saying it had been purified because of him and that he could arrange it as he saw fit.
• Hongjun decreed that the death of Ancestor Yin-Yang ended the dispute and forbade the Primordial Wilderness factions from causing further chaos over the violet qi.
• After Hongjun departed, Niu Ben told the assembled powers that the Human Race deserved an answer now that it had entered the game.
• Niu Ben sealed away the Primordial Violet Qi and set out for the Human Ancestral Land.
• The Three Ancestors, Three Sovereigns, Five Emperors, and other Human Race leaders gathered as they sensed Niu Ben approaching.

Niu Ben returned to the Human Ancestral Land with the Primordial Violet Qi and gave it to his disciple, Huang Tian. Huang Tian accepted it as the Human Race's first Human Emperor, binding his fate to the race's potential Saint Position.

• Niu Ben returned to the Human Ancestral Land, where the Three Ancestors, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and other experts greeted him as a Saint.
• Suiren Shi asked whether the struggle for the Primordial Violet Qi had produced a result, and Niu Ben revealed the violet qi in his palm.
• Huang Tian emerged from the depths of the Ancestral Land and knelt to greet Niu Ben as his master.
• Niu Ben offered the Primordial Violet Qi to Huang Tian, who accepted it with both hands as the Human Race's Fortune surged.
• Niu Ben told the Human Race that it would decide how to use the violet qi.

After Niu Ben left the Ancestral Land with Primordial Violet Qi in Huang Tian’s keeping, the Human Race’s leaders debated who should receive the Saint Position. The Three Ancestors and Fuxi declined to contend for it, leaving the choice unresolved.

• Niu Ben warned Huang Tian not to refine the Primordial Violet Qi hastily, then departed the Ancestral Land.
• The Human Race’s leaders considered who should receive the Saint Position, and Yu urged them to decide before the opportunity became a source of conflict.
• The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors acknowledged their desire to become Saints, while Huang Tian waited for the Human Race to reach its own decision.
• Suiren Shi, Youchao Shi, and Ziyi Shi each declined the violet qi, saying they would continue guarding the Human Race’s foundations and civilization.
• Fuxi also declined, citing his old ties to the Demon Race and the complications they could bring to the Human Race’s first Saint.

Huang Tian was offered the Primordial Violet Qi after the Human Race’s other leaders declined it, and he accepted the responsibility of forging a Saint Path for the race. Fuxi then warned that refining the qi would make Huang Tian a Heavenly Dao Saint, leaving the Human Race to question whether they could find another path to sainthood.

• Fuxi, Shennong, Xuanyuan, and the Five Emperors each declined the Saint Position, leaving Huang Tian as the favored choice.
• Huang Tian said that accepting the Violet Qi would mean forging a Saint Path for the Human Race, and the Human leaders supported him.
• The Violet Qi revealed Heavenly Dao patterns, and Fuxi warned that refining it would make Huang Tian a Heavenly Dao Saint bound to the Heavenly Dao.
• Youchao Shi and others questioned whether a Heavenly Dao Saint could put the Human Race first when its interests conflicted with the Heavenly Dao.
• Shennong, Xuanyuan, and Yu weighed the risks of the Heavenly Dao path, while a Human Race sage asked what other route to sainthood was possible besides proving the Dao of Hunyuan.

Huang Tian rejected becoming a Heavenly Dao Saint if it meant failing to protect the Human Race, and Fuxi proposed establishing a Human Path anchored in humanity's own fortune. Because Saint Taishang and Saint Nuwa's imprints still bound that fortune, Huang Tian went to Penglai to seek their agreement.

• Huang Tian said he would forsake sainthood rather than let the Heavenly Dao force the Human Race to bow.
• Fuxi proposed that the Human Race establish its own path and use its fortune to anchor its future.
• The Three Ancestors, Three Sovereigns, and Five Emperors joined in advancing the Human Path, stirring the Human Race's fortune and making the Heavenly Dao's patterns retreat briefly.
• Fuxi explained that Saint Taishang and Saint Nuwa's imprints had to be addressed before the Human Path could stand, and Huang Tian vowed to seek both Saints' agreement.
• Huang Tian arrived alone at Penglai, where the island's formation sensed his Human Emperor fortune and a figure emerged.

Huang Tian met Saint Taishang to discuss the Primordial Violet Qi and told him that the Human Race wanted to establish its own Human Path rather than depend on the Heavenly Dao. Taishang challenged Huang Tian to consider what would happen if he refused, leaving the meeting at a tense impasse.

• Xuandu greeted Huang Tian with respect as a fellow Human and led him into Penglai to meet Taishang.
• Xuandu confirmed that Taishang knew Niu Ben had given the Primordial Violet Qi to the Human Race but had not intervened.
• Taishang recognized Huang Tian as the most suitable bearer of the Human Race's first Saint Position.
• Huang Tian told Taishang that the Human Race wanted to establish the Human Path and create a foundation capable of bearing all living beings.
• Taishang warned that establishing the Human Path meant more than opening the Fortune of a single race, then asked what Huang Tian would do if he refused to help.

Huang Tian asked Taishang to release the Human Sect’s imprint on the Human Race’s fortune so the Human Race could establish its own path. After testing whether the Human Race could withstand the chaos that might follow, Taishang agreed to return its fortune to its people.

• Huang Tian told Taishang that the Human Race would pursue its future without being bound to the Heavenly Dao, and explained that its Human Path had been forged through its own history.
• Huang Tian asked Taishang to release the Human Sect’s imprint from the Human Race’s fortune, while Xuandu listened and Taishang questioned what would become of the sect.
• Taishang showed Huang Tian a vision of the dangers that could follow if the Human Sect’s imprint dispersed, including rival groups seeking to seize the Human Race’s fortune.
• Huang Tian declared that the Human Race could withstand those dangers, citing its ancestors, rulers, sages, and countless people, as human fortune manifested the foundations of its own path.
• Taishang said Huang Tian’s effort was not yet enough, but agreed to return the Human Race’s fortune so the Human Race could decide its course.

Huang Tian persuaded Saint Taishang to return the Human Sect's imprint on the Human Race's source Fortune, allowing the Human Race to reclaim its own path. Taishang promised to intervene once when Huang Tian faced the Heavenly Dao on the day he became a Saint, and Huang Tian prepared to seek Saint Nuwa next.

• Taishang acknowledged that karma was not an eternal shackle and removed the Human Sect's imprint from the source of the Human Race's Fortune.
• The Three Ancestors and ancient sages sensed the change in the Human Ancestral Land, while Fuxi noted that Saint Nuwa was still missing.
• Huang Tian felt the Human Race's source Fortune strengthen its support of him and thanked Taishang.
• Taishang warned Huang Tian that the Heavenly Dao would descend when he attempted to establish the Human Path and become a Saint.
• Taishang promised to act once to protect Huang Tian on that day and explained that Fuxi could help persuade Nuwa to release her claim on the Human Race.

Huang Tian left Penglai for Empress Wa Heaven to seek Nuwa’s stance on the Human Race establishing the Human Path, while powerful factions watched his journey. The Western Saints chose to wait, recognizing that the Heavenly Dao—not Taishang or Nuwa—was the greatest obstacle.

• Taishang reminded Huang Tian that Nuwa was the Human Race’s creator, and Huang Tian said the Human Race would honor its origin without remaining bound to it.
• Xuandu asked how Human Sect disciples would fit within the Human Path, and Huang Tian said those who remembered they were Human Race would have a place in it.
• Huang Tian left Penglai and headed toward Empress Wa Heaven, carrying the Human Race’s hopes as heavenly patterns stirred within his Primordial Violet Qi.
• Tongtian and Primordial Heavenly Lord discussed the Human Race’s plan, while Taishang said he would have to intervene once because the karma had reached that point.
• Jieyin and Zhunti discussed Huang Tian’s approach to Nuwa and the threat the Human Path posed to the Western’s efforts to spread its teachings.
• Jieyin persuaded Zhunti to wait, warning that the Heavenly Dao was the greatest obstacle and that acting would bring the Western into conflict with more than Huang Tian.

Empress Pingxin considered whether the Human Path would affect reincarnation as Huang Tian traveled to Empress Wa Heaven to ask Saint Nuwa to support the Human Race's path. Nuwa heard that Taishang had released the Human Sect's imprint and promised to act once when the Human Race reached sainthood, then began considering Huang Tian's request.

• Empress Pingxin said the Human Path could complete the triad of heaven, earth, and humanity, while all living beings, including humans, would still enter reincarnation.
• Huang Tian waited outside Empress Wa Heaven until Nuwa agreed to receive him, then entered with Spirit Pearl Child.
• Spirit Pearl Child asked whether the Human Race would gain a saint of its own, and Huang Tian confirmed that was his purpose in visiting Nuwa.
• Huang Tian told Nuwa that Taishang had released the Human Sect's imprint and promised to act once when the Human Race's sainthood arrived.
• Huang Tian told Nuwa he had come to establish the Human Path, and Nuwa's eyes showed a change as she considered his words.

Huang Tian asked Nuwa to release the Human Race from the claim her creation karma held over its Fortune, arguing that the Human Race had forged its own path and must become its own master. Nuwa acknowledged that the race had grown beyond her direction and drew the ancient creation karma into view, leaving her decision poised to reshape the Human Race's Fortune.

• Nuwa asked Huang Tian why he sought the release of her creation karma, and he affirmed that the Human Race honored her as its origin but could not remain under her direction.
• Huang Tian explained how generations of humans had built their own way of life and said he had to face Nuwa even though he feared her refusal.
• Nuwa asked whether Fuxi had sent Huang Tian, and Huang Tian said Fuxi was waiting in the Human Ancestral Land as the Human Race's Heavenly Emperor.
• Nuwa revealed the Creation Divine Light that embodied her karma at the Human Race's origin and asked what would happen if she refused; Huang Tian said the Human Race would keep moving forward.
• Nuwa rose, recognized that Huang Tian was asking her to acknowledge the path the Human Race had already forged, and drew the oldest creation karma out from the Fortune at the Human Race's origin.

Nuwa returned the Human Race’s source Fortune and promised to help Huangtian once when he sought sainthood, while warning that he would have to face the Heavenly Dao himself. After Huangtian left Empress Wa Heaven, humanity’s Fortune gathered fully in the Human Ancestral Land, and the others awaited his next visit to the Ox Clan Sacred Land.

• Nuwa shifted the karma of creation away from humanity’s source Fortune, allowing the Human Sect’s imprint, the creation karma, and the Fortune to return completely to the Human Race.
• Nuwa promised to act once when Huangtian attained sainthood, but warned him that he alone would have to transform the Primordial Violet Qi into a foundation for the Human Path and withstand the Heavenly Dao.
• Nuwa asked Huangtian to tell Fuxi that she would not blame him if he ever regretted choosing the Human Race’s path, and Huangtian agreed to deliver the message.
• Huangtian left Empress Wa Heaven with Spirit Pearl Child, acknowledging that the mark within the Primordial Violet Qi had already begun watching him.
• Humanity’s Fortune flowed into the Human Ancestral Land, strengthening the Three Ancestors, the Three Sovereigns, and the Five Emperors; Xuanyuan declared that the Fortune had returned, while Shennong noted that establishing the Dao still lay ahead.
• Suiren Shi noted that Huangtian had not returned, and Youchao Shi said his next destination was the Ox Clan Sacred Land.

After Taishang and Nuwa agreed to help Huang Tian, he left Empress Wa Heaven and headed for the Ox Clan Sacred Land to seek his master Niu Ben’s protection against the Heavenly Dao’s backlash. Niu Ben welcomed his disciple, leaving Huang Tian poised to meet him.

• Fuxi and the Human Race sages said Huang Tian should seek Niu Ben’s help, while the Three Pure Ones recognized that Niu Ben’s intervention would carry special weight.
• Zhunti worried that the Human Race’s perfected Fortune would hinder Western teachings, but Jieyin urged him not to provoke Niu Ben before the Heavenly Dao acted.
• Huang Tian departed Empress Wa Heaven and traveled toward the Ox Clan Sacred Land with the Primordial Violet Qi growing hot in his palm.
• Niu Ben sensed Huang Tian’s arrival and instructed an Ox Clan expert to receive him.
• Huang Tian entered the Sacred Land and was led toward Niu Ben as the Ox Clan clansmen watched and whispered about his visit.

Huang Tian asked Niu Ben to protect him while he established the Human Path, and Niu Ben warned him that humanity had to stand on its own rather than rely entirely on Saints. As heavenly might descended on Huang Tian at the Ox Clan’s sacred land, Niu Ben erased it and challenged the Heavenly Dao.

• Huang Tian told Niu Ben that Taishang and Nuwa had each agreed to act once when he became a Saint, then asked his master to aid humanity as he established the Human Path.
• Huang Tian admitted he feared the Heavenly Dao’s opposition, outside interference, and the danger his failure could bring to humanity, but said he would continue regardless.
• Niu Ben warned Huang Tian that relying on three powerful protectors could undermine humanity’s claim to establish its own Path.
• Niu Ben sensed heavenly might descending because of Huang Tian and erased it with a wave of his hand.
• Niu Ben challenged the Heavenly Dao for daring to suppress his disciple on the Ox Clan’s turf.