Chapter Summaries

Li Fan negotiated with the Earthly Dao over the Reincarnation Demon God, securing compensation and establishing Earth Dao Saint Positions. The Earthly Dao agreed to grant Houtu a position as its spokesperson, with Changxi and Baili named for two others and the final position left vacant.

• Houtu relayed the Earthly Dao’s offer to waive the karmic burden, grant merit, and compensate her with an Innate Supreme Treasure.
• Li Fan proposed establishing Earth Dao Saint Positions and pressed the Earthly Dao to match the Heavenly Dao’s standing.
• Houtu revealed that four Saint Positions existed, but one was needed before she merged with the Dao, leaving three available.
• Goddess Wangshu proposed Changxi for a Saint Position, and Li Fan nominated Baili for another while leaving the last vacant.
• Li Fan demanded one strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi for the Reincarnation Demon God, and the Earthly Dao agreed.
• The Earthly Dao planned to use the Reincarnation Demon God’s Primordial Dao Fruit to strengthen Houtu’s Reincarnation Purple Lotus and help her develop a primordial spirit.

Li Fan and the others drove five Chaos Demon Gods into Deep Guixu, then helped the Earthly Dao restore the Nine Netherworlds and awaken Houtu’s Twelve-Grade Reincarnation Purple Lotus. The Earthly Dao united the green, purple, and white lotus lights and broke through toward the Yang side of the Primordial World, with Li Fan and the others following.

• Li Fan uncovered the hidden entrance to Return to Ruins in the Yin World, and the five Demon Gods revealed they had taken the Three Lives Stone, Bridge of Helplessness, and Mirror of Sin before escaping into Deep Guixu.
• The Earthly Dao opened the ancient seal and revealed Two-Realm Mountain, then gave Empress Ziguang a strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi for the Zhou Tian Star Chart.
• The Earthly Dao sent the Book of Heaven’s power into the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk, awakening Houtu’s Twelve-Grade Reincarnation Purple Lotus.
• The Twenty-Four Petal Creation Green Lotus and the Twelve-Grade Pure World White Lotus joined the Reincarnation Purple Lotus, and the Earthly Dao sent their united light through the barrier toward the Yang side of the Primordial World.
• Li Fan followed the Earthly Dao through the barrier with Wangshu, Taiyuan, and Ziguang.

The Earthly Dao emerged as Li Fan, Taiyuan, Wangshu, and Ziguang helped it refine the Reincarnation Demon God's origin into the Reincarnation Purple Lotus. The lotus became an Innate Supreme Treasure, Houtu awakened a complete primordial spirit and reached the Sub-Saint realm, and the Earthly Dao settled into the Primordial World.

• Hongjun and cultivators across the Primordial World witnessed the Earthly Dao emerge, while the Three Pure Ones and other powerful figures reacted to the shift.
• The Earthly Dao asked Taiyuan to unseal the Divine Prohibition in the Heavenly Book of Investiture of the Gods, and Li Fan, Taiyuan, Wangshu, and Ziguang helped strip out the Reincarnation Demon God's origin.
• The five powers refined the demon god's origin into the Twelve-grade Reincarnation Purple Lotus, which absorbed it and advanced into an Innate Supreme Treasure.
• Houtu awakened her suppressed primordial spirit as the lotus's Hunyuan-level Law of Reincarnation surged, and she broke through to the Sub-Saint realm.
• Ancestor Dragon resolved to seek the Heavenly Emperor's help in forging an Innate Supreme Treasure, while Taiyi feared Houtu's breakthrough would decide the Witch-Demon War.
• The Earthly Dao bestowed merit and merged into the Primordial World; Houtu stood beside the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk and Reincarnation Purple Lotus, exchanging a knowing look with Li Fan.

Li Fan announced that Baili and Changxi were candidates for the Earth Dao Saint Position, then planned to establish the four seasons and assign their divine offices. Xuanming was summoned to Grand Unity Palace to take the role of God of Winter.

• Li Fan told the gathering that he and Wangshu had recommended Baili and Changxi for the Earth Dao Saint Position, while Nuwa was nearing Hunyuan Golden Immortal perfection.
• Changxi and Baili set out for Nine Netherworlds, with instructions to stop at Pangu Hall and summon Xuanming.
• Li Fan explained that the sun-and-moon cycle had fallen into disorder and proposed making one cycle of spring, summer, autumn, and winter a year.
• Li Fan appointed Nüyi as God of Spring, Xihe as God of Summer, Xihua as God of Autumn, and Xuanming as God of Winter; Taiyuan offered to assist them.
• Xuanming received Li Fan's summons at Pangu Hall and headed to Grand Unity Palace.

Li Fan established the Four Seasons Authority by appointing Nüyi, Xihe, Xihua, and Xuanming as the gods of spring, summer, autumn, and winter. The Primordial World accepted the enduring seasonal order, and Worldly Fortune descended upon those who helped create it.

• Xuanming arrived at Grand Unity Palace, where Li Fan appointed her Winter God and announced his plan to establish the Gods of the Four Seasons.
• Nüyi joined Goddess Taiyuan and Li Fan to create the Spring Authority, bringing warmth, growth, and blooming plants to the Primordial World.
• Wangshu and Ziguang coordinated the Zhou Tian Stars, while Kunpeng sensed the new divine authority and decided to pursue the Demon Clan and begin with Demon Script.
• Xihe used her understanding of the sun, light, and heat to establish the Summer Authority, bringing intense sunlight, growth, and summer storms.
• Xihua established the Autumn Authority, bringing clear skies, ripening harvests, and a chill that prepared living beings for winter.
• Xuanming spread the Winter Authority across the Primordial World, and the four goddesses proclaimed the seasonal order complete as Worldly Fortune descended.

Hongjun merged with the Heavenly Dao, beginning the era of Saints as new Innate Beings emerged and sought teachers. Li Fan welcomed Qing Feng, Zhao Gongming, Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao to the Heavenly Realm, leaving their future choices open.

• Li Fan and Goddess Wangshu noticed Qing Feng, Zhao Gongming, Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao drifting above Grand Unity Heaven, and Li Fan invited them to visit Grand Unity Palace after transforming.
• Hongjun united his Three Corpses and merged his true body with the Heavenly Dao, declaring that he would not emerge so long as the greater course remained unchanged.
• Innate Beings sought masters at Kunlun Mountain; Primordial Lord of Heaven accepted Immortal Official of the South Pole, while Lingbao Tianzun took Jinling and Wu Dang as direct disciples.
• Li Fan, Goddess Wangshu, and Taiyuan discussed how the Heavenly Dao’s rise and concealed laws would make cultivation increasingly difficult.
• Yunxiao and the others visited Grand Unity Palace, where Li Fan offered them choices of teachers and gave Yunxiao a Heavenly Emperor Token to travel freely through the Heavenly Realm.

Kunpeng created the Demon Script on Buzhou Mountain, earning Heavenly Dao merit and advancing to the middle stage of Quasi-Saint, but his actions provoked the Ancestral Witches. He escaped to the Northern Darkness with Xuangui’s help after Xuangui repelled Gonggong, while Li Fan anticipated Nuwa’s emergence as another force in the coming conflict.

• After Hongjun merged with the Dao, Kunpeng completed the Demon Script, and its first character resonated with the Heavenly Dao and was imprinted on demons across the world.
• Kunpeng received merit, severed his Good Corpse, and reached the middle stage of Quasi-Saint, angering Taiyi, Di Jun, and the Ancestral Witches.
• Dijiang, Zhu Jiuyin, and Gonggong pursued Kunpeng to the Northern Darkness, where Kunpeng called on Xuangui for help.
• Xuangui awoke and blocked Gonggong’s attack with his shell, sending Gonggong flying with the rebound.
• Xuangui ordered the Ancestral Witches out of the Northern Darkness, allowing Kunpeng to escape into the void.

Red Yun faced mounting pressure from Grand Unity Experts coveting his Hongmeng Purple Qi while he remained at Wuzhuang Temple with Zhen Yuanzi. Kunpeng joined the Demon Clan's plans to exploit Red Yun's impatience, while Li Fan watched the threat unfold.

• Kunpeng strengthened the Demon Clan with Demon Script and was respectfully named its Demon Master as the returning powers found nothing in the Nine Netherworlds.
• Zhen Yuanzi reassured the troubled Red Yun that the Earth Book and the Heavenly Emperor's watch would deter an attack, though Red Yun doubted he could become a saint.
• Goddess Taiyuan recalled Seven Killings, Taixu, and their companions from Wuzhuang Temple, while Zhunti declined to risk helping Red Yun and Taiyi sent Fuxi to question Kunpeng.
• Fuxi asked whether Kunpeng would move against Red Yun, and Kunpeng agreed to accompany him to the Demon Emperor Hall after discussing their difficulties with their Dao paths.
• Empress Ziguang revealed that the Zhou Tian Star Chart had advanced and departed for the Star Sky, while Kunpeng advised Taiyi and Di Jun to watch Red Yun in secret and wait for him to become impatient.
• Kunpeng preached and reformed the Demon Clan's inheritances, earning the support of its lower and middle ranks and gradually improving Taiyi and Di Jun's opinion of him.

Changxi comprehended the Great Dao of the Nine Netherworlds, while Nuwa reached the Perfection of Hunyuan Golden Immortal and set out on her path to sainthood. Li Fan proposed using the Chaos Spirit Root to sustain three thousand Medium Worlds and contain the Witch and Demon Clans, triggering a reversal of Tianji that left the Witch-Demon calamity changed.

• Changxi cultivated the Great Dao of the Nine Netherworlds, and Baili's understanding of the Soul Dao deepened through the Earthly Dao's support.
• Nuwa emerged from seclusion at the Perfection of Hunyuan Golden Immortal and said the Creation Green Lotus and a vague sensation had helped her comprehend the Dao of Creation.
• Li Fan proposed using three thousand Medium Worlds to isolate most of the Witch and Demon Clans and incite their remaining forces to fight, with the Chaos Spirit Root sustaining those worlds.
• The Primordial World's origin, the Heavenly Dao, the Earthly Dao, and the Humanity Dao acknowledged the Chaos Spirit Root, causing Tianji to reverse and changing the Witch-Demon calamity.
• Taishang identified the Chaos Spirit Root as the cause of the changed calamity, while Ancestor Dragon, Yuanfeng, and Shi Qilin linked the reversal to Li Fan.
• Nuwa learned of events during her seclusion, bade farewell to Li Fan, and departed alone to pursue sainthood as Li Fan thought of the Humanity Dao and the human race.

Nuwa used the Qiankun Cauldron, Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, Three Lights Divine Water, and a gourd vine to create the human race, earning vast Heavenly Dao merit. As the Hongmeng Purple Qi stirred and the All Grand Unity Experts watched, Nuwa summoned the Heavenly Dao Saint Fruit Position.

• Yuanfeng invited the phoenix clan to follow Nuwa, and Golden Phoenix set out to join her; Ancestor Dragon sent Yunhua after sensing the Human Dao Trend, while Shi Qilin anticipated the Three Pure Ones would fall behind.
• At the East Sea Shore, Nuwa shaped Bai Xi and Teng She from mud, then prepared divine mud in the Qiankun Cauldron using Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, Three Lights Divine Water, and her source blood essence.
• Nuwa fashioned the first humans with the Law of Creation, then used the gourd vine to make their number 129,600 and named them the human race.
• The Heavenly Dao manifested and sent down immense merit; most went to Nuwa, while some went to Li Fan and Taiyuan, and the gourd vine became the Human-Creating Whip.
• Nuwa felt the Hongmeng Purple Qi stir and called for the Heavenly Dao Saint Fruit Position.

Nuwa ascended as a Heavenly Saint after creating humanity, and the birth of the human race caused Humanity Dao to manifest and bless her Saint position. She established a protected homeland for humans and arrived at Grand Unity Palace, where Li Fan and the others congratulated her.

• Nuwa completed her creation merit and ascended as a Heavenly Saint, prompting awe throughout the Prehistoric Universe.
• Humanity Dao manifested in response to the creation of humans, and its fortune further strengthened Nuwa’s Saint Dao Fruit.
• Nuwa used Shanhe Sheji Tu to protect the East Sea Shore as a safe homeland for the newborn human race and announced a sermon at Grand Unity Palace in one million years.
• A golden phoenix and Dragon Lady Yun Hua brought Nuwa to Grand Unity Palace, where Li Fan, Wangshu, Taiyuan, Ziguang, Nüyi, Xihua, Baili, and the others congratulated her.

Nuwa explained the Humanity Dao’s twelve Saint positions and their limits to Li Fan and the assembled immortals at the Grand Unity Palace. As the Human Race developed on the East Sea Shore, Sui Ren, Youchao, and Zi Yi earned merit for fire, shelter, and clothing, and Nuwa gave them an inheritance that led to the Quasi-Saint realm.

• Nuwa explained that Humanity Dao had no spokesperson and offered twelve Saint positions, whose power could reach Hunyuan Grand Unity only when four Saints combined their strength.
• Goddess Taiyuan pointed out that the Divine Prohibition Grand Formation could prevent the Humanity Dao Saints from combining their Rule power, and Nuwa realized the formation had undermined Humanity Dao’s plans.
• After a hundred thousand years, the Human Race multiplied, but its members struggled with poisonous food and bitter plants, as well as cold and inadequate leaf coverings.
• Sui Ren drilled wood to make fire, and Humanity Dao named it Acquired Fire and bestowed merit upon him.
• Youchao led humans in building homes, while Zi Yi made clothing from plant fibers and animal furs; Humanity Dao bestowed merit on both.
• Nuwa taught Sui Ren, Youchao, and Zi Yi an inheritance leading to the Quasi-Saint realm, while Li Fan noted that the Human Race’s skyscrapers had sent history off course.

Nuwa lectured the gathered immortals and spirits on the Dao of Creation, then answered questions about sainthood, clan karma, and destiny. As the audience departed, Minghe, Zhen Yuanzi, and others realized that severing their Self-Corpses might be impossible, while Fuxi, Taiyi, Di Jun, and Houtu stayed behind.

• Nuwa used the Twenty-Four Petal Creation Green Lotus to envelop Grand Unity Heaven and began her lecture on Creation.
• Over three thousand years, Nuwa’s lecture helped listeners gain insight and awaken their innate wisdom, while Nuwa broke through to the Sub-Saint realm.
• Taishang asked how to become a Saint, Ancestor Dragon asked about his clan’s karmic burden, and Taiyi asked Nuwa to help the Demon Clan.
• Nuwa told Taiyi and Houtu to let go of their attachments and follow their clans’ own paths, prompting Houtu to reflect while Taiyi and Di Jun remained unwilling.
• Minghe, Zhen Yuanzi, Kunpeng, and others realized they might be unable to sever their Self-Corpses, and the audience departed after thanking Nuwa.
• Fuxi, Taiyi, Di Jun, and Houtu remained, while Zhen Yuanzi helped Hong Yun temporarily escape danger.

Houtu and the others considered the Nine Paths of Reincarnation while Minghe created the Asura race and received Humanity Dao’s recognition. Summoned by Li Fan, Minghe headed to Grand Unity Palace as the Asuras began settling into the Blood Sea and the other powers reacted to their creation.

• Nuwa ordered Fuxi to remain in Grand Unity Palace for the next three eras, then Houtu proposed establishing the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Li Fan suggested expanding Reincarnation to nine paths, and the group discussed Humanity Dao, Nirvana Dao, and Karma Dao while noting that two paths remained undecided.
• Minghe used the Blood Sea’s origin and his essence blood to create the Asuras from remnant souls, naming them the race of his Blood Sea.
• Humanity Dao descended and bestowed merit on Minghe and the Asuras, strengthening the new race and awakening wisdom in them.
• Li Fan summoned Minghe to Grand Unity Palace, and Minghe set aside his attempt to sever his Good Corpse and flew to meet him.
• Ancestor Dragon marveled at Minghe’s achievement, Taiyi and Di Jun grew more urgent, and Yuanfeng watched the disturbance from Immortal Volcano.

Li Fan and the other powers planned the Nine Paths of Reincarnation, deciding that the ninth path would be the Hongmeng Dao and that Reincarnation would need a way to transcend the Primordial World. Minghe surrendered his Twelve-petal Karmic Fire Red Lotus in exchange for a chance to become an Earth Dao Saint and the master of the Asura Dao; the chapter ended with Li Fan and five others using the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler to rebuild Reincarnation’s foundation.

• Li Fan, Wangshu, Taiyuan, and Ziguang concluded that the ninth path should connect to Hongmeng or Return to Ruins, while the eighth would be the Asura Dao.
• Li Fan summoned Minghe to discuss opening a Reincarnation passage through the Blood Sea, and Minghe agreed to cooperate.
• Xihe asked Minghe for the Twelve-petal Karmic Fire Red Lotus, and Changxi and Wangshu pressured him to relinquish it.
• Li Fan offered Minghe the Asura Dao and a chance at one of the Earth Dao Saint positions, and Minghe surrendered the Karma Red Lotus.
• Li Fan declared that the ninth path would also be the first path, naming it the Hongmeng Dao, and Houtu agreed to rebuild her Reincarnation framework.
• Li Fan, Houtu, Wangshu, Ziguang, Taiyuan, and Nuwa used the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler to establish a new foundational mechanism for Reincarnation.

Kunpeng, Taiyi, and Di Jun ambushed Hong Yun for his Hongmeng Purple Qi while Minghe trapped Zhen Yuanzi at Longevity Mountain. Meanwhile, Li Fan and the others completed their new Hongmeng Reincarnation Dao, and Hong Yun’s fate remained uncertain as Li Fan considered whether Hongjun would intervene.

• Hong Yun left Wuzhuang Temple seeking an opportunity, but Kunpeng sensed him and set out with Taiyi and Di Jun to seize his Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• Kunpeng, Taiyi, and Di Jun launched killing attacks against Hong Yun, who burned his merit and True Spirit to unleash a desperate burst of power.
• Zhen Yuanzi rushed to help Hong Yun, but Minghe blocked him by demanding the Earth Book and trapping him within its defensive formation.
• The battle over the Hongmeng Purple Qi drew the attention of Grand Unity Experts as Hong Yun’s aura rapidly faded.
• Li Fan, Houtu, Wangshu, Ziguang, Taiyuan, and Nuwa completed the Hongmeng Reincarnation Dao and removed the influence of the stolen Earthly Dao Lingbao.
• Li Fan observed Hong Yun’s peril and said the Hongmeng Purple Qi might still bring unexpected developments if Heavenly Dao Hongjun did not intervene.

Hong Yun’s self-destruction failed to save him, and Taiyi’s hidden strike erased his remaining life and scattered his Innate Origin. Li Fan used the Thirty-Six Heavens Formation and Taiyi’s help to gather parts of that Origin around Yunxiao, then set out with Nuwa to create a “Postnatal Innate Divine Being.”

• Hong Yun detonated his Good Corpse avatar and the Hongmeng Purple Qi, but Taiyi and Di Jun’s attacks left him near death.
• Taiyi’s Eastern Emperor Bell unleashed its hidden Hunyuan Grand Unity strike, destroying Hong Yun completely and releasing his Innate Divine Being Origin.
• Li Fan sent the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls to Yunxiao and activated the Thirty-Six Heavens Formation, isolating the battlefield from the Primordial World.
• Taiyi used the Eastern Emperor Bell to capture the scattered water and wind origin auras, while Taiyuan sent the Qiankun Cauldron to Yunxiao.
• Taiyi withdrew with Di Jun and Kunpeng, while Minghe returned to the Blood Sea after achieving his objective.
• Li Fan invited Nuwa to help create a “Postnatal Innate Divine Being,” and she and the other goddesses followed him toward the Eastern Primordial World.

Li Fan, Nuwa, and Goddess Taiyuan began transforming Yunxiao into an acquired Innate Divine Being by rebuilding her origin with pure wind and water Sacred Origin qi. The fusion proceeded inside the Qiankun Cauldron, supported by the Source-grade Great Thousand World, as Yunxiao actively guided her transformation.

• Nuwa examined Yunxiao’s foundation, and Li Fan explained that they would cleanse Hong Yun’s traces from the Sacred Origin qi and use wind, water, and Yunxiao’s cloud qi to recast her Dao Body.
• Yunxiao heard the plan, accepted the risks, and said she could endure the transformation.
• Li Fan used the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls’ Source-grade Great Thousand World to strengthen Yunxiao’s primordial spirit, while Nuwa purified the water and wind origins with the Creation Heavenly Blade.
• Goddess Taiyuan activated the Taiyuan Law as the Qiankun Cauldron refined Yunxiao, and Nuwa guided the purified origins into her cloud qi.
• Seven-Colored Rosy Clouds and a Cloud Palace Diagram appeared as Yunxiao’s true body merged with the origins, while Li Fan accelerated her transformation with the Law of Time.
• Ancestor Dragon, Yuanfeng, and the other spectators examined the Source-grade Great Thousand World as Zhunti and Jieyin secretly began taking its resources.

Yunxiao emerged from the Qiankun Cauldron as the All Heavens Cloud Palace Wondrous Qi Sovereign, a new Innate Divine Being with exceptional potential. Qiongxiao and Bixiao became Nuwa’s disciples, Zhao Gongming entered Lingbao Tianzun’s sect, and Li Fan’s group left for Grand Unity Palace.

• Li Fan opened the Qiankun Cauldron, and Yunxiao emerged transformed into the All Heavens Cloud Palace Wondrous Qi Sovereign.
• Taishang recognized Yunxiao’s profound fortune, while Li Fan and Goddess Wangshu discussed her thin Sacred Origin and potential to pursue the Grand Unity Dao Fruit.
• Nuwa stopped Lingbao Tianzun from seeking Yunxiao as a disciple, then accepted Qiongxiao and Bixiao as her disciples.
• Lingbao Tianzun asked Zhao Gongming to decide, and Zhao Gongming requested to become his disciple.
• The great experts departed, and Li Fan’s group discussed Zhunti and Jieyin’s perseverance and the legacy Jieyin had inherited as they returned to Grand Unity Palace.

Nuwa discovered that the Red Embroidered Ball pointed to a Heavenly Marriage and tasked Fuxi with organizing it through Di Jun or Taiyi. Fuxi sought Bai Ze’s help, while Li Fan watched the plan unfold and hoped to avoid involvement himself.

• The Human Race grew rapidly under the guidance of its Three Ancestors, while Qiongxiao and Bixiao helped its people and Immortal Dao spread among many races.
• Nuwa realized that the restless Red Embroidered Ball lacked an opportunity to complete its Dao Principles, deduced that the opportunity was the Heavenly Marriage, and dropped the ball into Li Fan’s arms.
• Li Fan denied that the Heavenly Marriage concerned him, while Wangshu, Taiyuan, and Ziguang anticipated turmoil stirred by the Heavenly Dao.
• Nuwa contacted Fuxi and ordered him to have Di Jun or Taiyi organize the Heavenly Marriage and complete the Dao Principles of marriage.
• Fuxi accepted the task and sought out Bai Ze before approaching Di Jun and Taiyi.