Chapter Summaries

Li Fan established the City God system across the Primordial World, and the five Humanity Dao Divine Kingdoms appointed their City Gods. At Nine Netherworlds, six officials received their seals, while Taishang, Zhunti, and Jieyin suspected Grand Unity Palace was occupied with a secret matter.

• Li Fan announced the nine-rank City God system and placed City Gods under the Investiture of the Gods and the City God Regulations.
• Ao Li, Phoenix Ancestor, Ink Qilin, Lu Ya, and Da Yu appointed City Gods for their respective Divine Kingdoms; Da Yu linked them to the Nine Cauldrons.
• Da Yu arrived at Nine Netherworlds as Li Fan began the ceremony appointing the Six Case Officials.
• Siming, Ink Qilin, Taibai, Xuanyuan, Cang Jie, and Kunpeng received the seals for the Heaven, Earth, Divine, Human, Nether, and Ghost cases.
• The six seals formed a net over Nine Netherworlds and Netherworld World, and Li Fan declared the ceremony complete.
• Taishang, Zhunti, and Jieyin noticed that Taiyin Star Lord and Doumu Yuanjun were absent and suspected Grand Unity Palace was handling something important.

Wangshu and Ziguang warned Yang Mei that Fate Demon God was about to awaken, then returned to Grand Unity Palace, where Li Fan expected Yang Mei to watch for the Demon God’s contingencies. Years later, Chan Teachings and the Interception Sect competed for influence as the Nine Provinces were established, with Chan Teachings gaining the upper hand by distributing practical aid to the Human Race.

• Wangshu and Ziguang confronted Yang Mei in the Outer Chaos and told him that Fate Demon God was about to awaken.
• Yang Mei asked whether the Heavenly Emperor had promised him anything, but Wangshu said they had come only to inform him and left with Ziguang.
• Li Fan explained that he expected Yang Mei to guard against Fate Demon God’s contingencies, and Wangshu and Ziguang reported that their mission was complete.
• After three eras of prosperity, the Humanity Dao Divine Kingdoms prepared to divide their territories as the Nine Provinces and Twelve Domains were established.
• Guang Chengzi and Duobao urged Chan Teachings and the Interception Sect to compete for control of regions where they could teach the Human Race.
• Chan Teachings won popular support in the south by distributing fasting pills and medicine, while the Interception Sect’s rough-looking disciples struggled to gain the Human Race’s trust.

As the Human Realm withdrew, Li Fan established the Three Realms, reshaped their boundaries, and laid down the Heavenly Laws and Heavenly Court’s governing structure. The First Year of the Heavenly Court Calendar began, with the new order set and future struggles looming.

• Humanity Dao Fortune fell silent, and the Human Realm withdrew into the depths of the Prehistoric Universe’s origin.
• Li Fan invoked the authority of the Heavenly Emperor and used the three Dao and three thousand Dao Boundary Steles to establish the framework of the Three Realms.
• Li Fan used the Blade of Dao Severance to raise the Heavenly Realm, alter the Netherworld, and divide the lands into Nine Provinces and Twelve Domains; Zhen Yuanzi sensed his opportunity to pursue the Earth Immortal Dao, and Nuwa began mending the land.
• Li Fan formed the All Heavens Universe Grand Formation, nourished the weakened origin, and established the Heavenly Laws and the upper, middle, and lower realms.
• Li Fan ordered the Heavenly Court to appoint officials, patrol the domains, record merit and sin, and receive those who ascended; the First Year of the Heavenly Court Calendar began.

Da Yu took advantage of the Xia Dynasty’s rise to cultivate with Human Dao Fortune and broke through to the Quasi-Saint realm. His breakthrough strengthened his claim to become one of the Humanity Dao Saints appointed when the Five Emperors were invested in one hundred thousand years, drawing the Primordial World’s attention to the coming ceremony.

• Yao Ji formed from Haotian’s severed origin and began cultivating in Purple Heaven Palace while Haotian continued enduring tribulations in Reincarnation.
• Da Yu began transforming the Xia Kingdom into the Xia Dynasty as Human Dao Fortune shifted and Guang Chengzi and Yellow Dragon’s preaching efforts faltered.
• Nuwa told Fuxi that Da Yu would abdicate and the Five Emperors would be invested in one hundred thousand years; Fuxi said the candidates for Humanity Dao sainthood would be decided by fortune.
• After Fuxi relayed the news, Da Yu entered seclusion, entrusted Human affairs to Qi and Nu Jiao, and cultivated with the Nine Provinces’ mountains and rivers and the Nine Cauldrons.
• Da Yu broke through to the Quasi-Saint realm, shocking Zhuanxu, Emperor Ku, Yao, and Shun and strengthening his position among the Five Emperors.
• News of the coming investiture spread across the Primordial World, and Saints and other powerful beings focused on the ceremony planned for Xia Capital.

Da Yu was invested as the Water Official Great Emperor and a Human Dao Saint, while Emperor Ku was also named a Human Dao Saint. Their investitures ended amid celebrations, but the human race’s growing power and Da Yu’s impending transfer of the throne stirred uncertainty.

• Li Fan invested Da Yu as the Water Official Great Emperor and bestowed the Water Official Emperor Seal upon him.
• Empress Nuwa appointed Da Yu a Human Dao Saint, and the Dragon Clan decided to submit while keeping its distance.
• Empress Nuwa also appointed Emperor Ku a Human Dao Saint, and he understood his role as a guide for civilization’s continuation.
• Zhuanxu, Yao, and Shun reacted to being passed over for sainthood, while Empress Nuwa urged Da Yu and Emperor Ku to remain true to their purpose.
• Fuxi declared the investiture ceremony complete, and the human race celebrated for three days as observers anticipated turmoil over Da Yu’s successor.

Da Yu passed the throne to Qi, ending the Xia Kingdom’s Humanity Dao Divine Kingdom and beginning the Xia Dynasty. As Primordial Lord of Heaven approached attaining the Dao, Li Fan anticipated a conflict between Yuanshi and Fate Demon God and prepared to watch events unfold.

• Da Yu named Qi his successor, and the Humanity Dao Divine Kingdom faded as Xia Kingdom became the Xia Dynasty.
• Da Yu explained to Nu Jiao that hereditary rule would stabilize humanity after the era of powerful Human Emperors ended.
• Da Yu and Nu Jiao visited Huoyun Cave, where Fuxi questioned Da Yu about passing the throne to Qi.
• At Grand Unity Palace, Li Fan told Wangshu that Yuanshi’s attainment of the Dao of karma would provoke Fate Demon God and draw Pangu’s attention.
• Li Fan and Wangshu discussed the danger to all spirits if Fate Demon God stirred the River of Fate, and Li Fan said they might have to put the greater good first.
• Thunder rumbled over Jade Void Palace, and Li Fan declared that the show had begun.

Primordial Lord of Heaven used Heavenly Dao Authority to overcome the first stage of his Hunyuan fleshly body tribulation, but Heavenly Dao sent Xihua to challenge him with Dutian Divine Thunder. After surviving the strike and concealing how battered he was, Yuanshi faced the true tribulation as the River of Fate appeared.

• Primordial Lord of Heaven used his own heart in place of the Heart of Heaven and forced the Purple Empyrean Divine Thunder tribulation to disperse.
• Heavenly Dao summoned Xihua, whose Gou Chen Emperor's Authority empowered her to wield the thunder pool of Xuantian Realm against Yuanshi.
• Xihua unleashed Dutian Divine Thunder, and Yuanshi defended himself with the Pangu Banner, the Myriad Heavens Celebration Cloud, and his Causality Law Domain.
• Yuanshi endured the divine thunder at the cost of half his Causality Law Domain, then restored his dignified appearance before the thunder pool disappeared.
• Li Fan revealed the River of Fate across the Three Realms, marking the arrival of Yuanshi's true tribulation.

Yuanshi traced the causes within the River of Fate to nearly complete his attainment of the Dao, but his Pangu aura awakened the sealed Fate Demon God. As the Demon God broke through the seal and polluted the river, he attacked Yuanshi’s vulnerable Dao Fruit, leaving Li Fan wondering how the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun would respond.

• Yuanshi redirected the karmic threads around his Dao Fruit onto Taishang and Tongtian, who failed to repel the threads and blamed him for the burden.
• Yuanshi realized that transcending fate created new karma and used Return to Origin by Tracing Causes to form the Innate Indestructible Spiritual Light of his Yuqing Dao.
• Yuanshi’s Pangu aura awakened the sealed Fate Demon God, who struck the sealing barrier until it cracked.
• The Fate Demon God polluted the River of Fate and sent a claw of fate threads toward Yuanshi’s vulnerable Dao Fruit.
• Yuanshi shielded his Dao Fruit with his body and raised the Pangu Banner to resist the Fate Demon God’s attack.
• Li Fan watched the crisis unfold and wondered how the Heavenly Dao, Hongjun, and the power at the source would respond.

Yuanshi burned the Pangu Primordial Spirit while fighting Fate Demon God, forcing Pangu or the Heavenly Dao to intervene and challenging Pangu’s claim over his Dao. At the source of the River of Fate, a majestic figure emerged, beginning a confrontation that had been fated for ages.

• Yuanshi fought Fate Demon God across the River of Fate, using the Saint Fruit Position and Pangu Banner to withstand his attacks.
• Yuanshi set the Pangu Primordial Spirit alight and threatened to burn away Pangu’s lineage unless Pangu or the Heavenly Dao appeared.
• Li Fan explained to Changxi and Goddess Wangshu that Yuanshi was using the crisis to test Pangu and sever the Three Pure Ones’ dependence on Pangu’s inheritance.
• Yaochi watched Haotian’s reincarnated trials and commented on his suffering and eventual reversals.
• At the source of the River of Fate, a majestic figure emerged and sighed as the ancient fated confrontation began.

Pangu suppressed the Fate Demon God and forced the River of Fate down toward the Primordial World. Under that pressure, Yuanshi completed his attainment of the Hunyuan Grand Unity Dao and established the Primordial Great Heavenly Lord's Dao Realm, leaving the River of Fate unchanged as his true path began.

• Pangu reached across the River of Fate and suppressed the Fate Demon God, closing the cracks in the seal as the river sank close to the Primordial World.
• The River of Fate's descent shook the world, damaged spiritual energy nodes and blessed lands, and alarmed powerful figures across the Primordial Universe.
• Yuanshi used the Nine Seals of Yuanshi to break through his tribulation and attain the Hunyuan Grand Unity Dao.
• Yuanshi manifested his own Dao Realm beyond karma and fate, and the Primordial Universe recorded his true name as the Primordial Great Heavenly Lord.
• Auspicious signs and a resonance of the myriad Daos spread across the Primordial World as all beings sensed Yuanshi's attainment.
• Yuanshi looked toward the unchanged River of Fate with a calm smile, knowing his true path had just begun.

Li Fan and the Hunyuan faction silenced and concealed the polluted River of Fate, severing the path to Hunyuan Grand Unity. As the Middle Ancient Era ended, the Saints departed to await or seek a new age, while Li Fan vowed to carve a path forward.

• The Heavenly Emperor, Wangshu, the Mother of Myriad Stars, Goddess Taiyuan, Empress Nuwa, and Heavenly Dao Hongjun confronted Yuanshi at the River of Fate, and the Saints gathered to oppose sealing it.
• Li Fan declared that fate must fall silent, and Hongjun backed him; the Saints withdrew their objections as Primordial Lord of Heaven sided with the Heavenly Emperor.
• Li Fan and the Hunyuan faction combined their laws to sever the River of Fate, then covered it with the Sea-Calming Heaven-Shrouding Illusion Barrier.
• The River of Fate became a hidden forbidden land, and the path to Hunyuan Grand Unity was severed as the Innate Era and the Middle Ancient Era ended.
• Taishang, Tongtian, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Primordial Lord of Heaven departed, while Li Fan declared that they would forge a path for the next age.

During the Houtian Era, Li Fan and the goddesses used the lowered River of Fate to pursue the Law of Fate. Taiyuan uncovered Fate’s roots in Taisu, comprehended the Hunyuan Grand Unity-level Law of Fate, and began her path of Hunyuan Primeval Dao, leaving other powerful cultivators envious.

• Over one hundred thousand years, the Innate Era’s remnants vanished, Houtian Spiritual Qi spread through most Heavenly Realms, and cultivation schools and the human Martial Path flourished.
• Human Emperors rapidly abdicated to avoid dying in office, while Da Yu opened Huoyun Cave’s resources to them.
• Li Fan used the Law of Destiny to enter cultivation of the Law of Fate and broke through to Perfection of Hunyuan Golden Immortal.
• Wangshu studied Fate’s cycles, Ziguang traced Fate through the stars, and Nuwa used Creation to simulate threads of fate.
• Taiyuan discovered that Fate was rooted in Taisu, transformed her Dao, comprehended the Hunyuan Grand Unity-level Law of Fate, and stepped onto the path of Hunyuan Primeval Dao.
• Taishang, Tongtian, Zhunti, Jieyin, and the other Grand Unity Experts watched the Heavenly Emperor and the goddesses grow stronger and felt envious.

Li Fan, Wangshu, and Empress Ziguang activated the Zhou Tian Star Array to seal the Five Heavenly Realms and advance the Zhou Tian Star Chart into the Zhou Tian Star Sea Heavenly Dao Wheel. After leaving the Heavenly Realms under the new seal, Li Fan entered the Outer Chaos, declaring that the Heaven-Sealing Realm Lock was only the beginning.

• Li Fan, Wangshu, and Empress Ziguang summoned the Star Gods to return to their positions and power the Zhou Tian Star Array.
• The Star Gods and the Four Spirits inscribed restrictions across the Five Heavenly Realms, sealing their connections to the Primordial World.
• Empress Ziguang used the Star Chart as a furnace to refine the formation, drawing the Five Heavenly Realms closer and blessing their inhabitants with star power.
• The Zhou Tian Star Chart transformed into the Zhou Tian Star Sea Heavenly Dao Wheel, establishing the Star Great Dao’s supreme form.
• Li Fan entered the Outer Chaos with Wangshu, Taiyuan, and Nuwa as the Star Gods’ cultivation rose and the Houtian Era’s influence over the Five Heavenly Realms weakened.

Li Fan opened the Chaos Great Thousand World in the Outer Chaos and established it as a furnace to convert Chaos Qi into spiritual energy for the Five Heavenly Realms. With Wangshu and Empress Ziguang powering the Zhou Tian Star Array, the new world began forming its own stars and Star Great Dao, setting the conversion project in motion.

• Li Fan calmed the Outer Chaos and opened a Great Thousand World with the Thirty-Six Sea-Calming Divine Pearls.
• Li Fan used the Creation Green Lotus, Chaos Bell, and Hongmeng Measuring Ruler to stabilize and shape the newborn world, naming it the Chaos Great Thousand World.
• Li Fan declared that the new world would absorb Chaos Qi and use the Zhou Tian Star Array to replenish Innate Spiritual Qi in the Five Heavenly Realms.
• Goddess Wangshu and Empress Ziguang activated the Zhou Tian Star Array and sent the Zhou Tian Star Sea Heavenly Dao Wheel into the new world.
• Li Fan made the Heavenly Dao Wheel the core of a furnace to convert Chaos Qi into spiritual mechanisms, prompting the All Grand Unity Experts and saints to grasp the scale of his undertaking.

Li Fan and the goddesses used the Zhou Tian Star Array to transform Chaos Vitality into Innate Spiritual Qi for the Heavenly Realm and Starry Sky Spiritual Qi for the Three Great Supreme Stars. After the array began nourishing both realms and the stars started ascending in dimension, the Heavenly Dao rewarded Li Fan and the goddesses with Xuanhuang Merit.

• Li Fan guided Chaos Vitality into the Zhou Tian Star Array, where Taiyuan, Nuwa, and Empress Ziguang helped transform it into Innate Spiritual Qi and Innate Starry Sky Spiritual Qi.
• The Innate Starry Sky Spiritual Qi nourished the Taiyang Star, Taiyin Star, and Ziwei Emperor Star, beginning their dimensional ascension toward the Hun Yuan Star Saint Realm.
• Innate Spiritual Qi flowed into the Five Heavenly Realms, nourishing their living beings, spiritual veins, and laws.
• Li Fan moved the Zhou Tian Star Sea Heavenly Dao Wheel to the boundary between the Prehistoric Universe's wall and the Inner Chaos, declaring that the Heavenly Realm would no longer lack Innate Spiritual Qi.
• The Primordial Heavenly Dao bestowed Xuanhuang Merit on Li Fan, Wangshu, Ziguang, Taiyuan, and Nuwa, with Li Fan receiving thirty percent and Ziguang receiving twenty percent.

As Haotian’s return approached, Yaochi secured Li Fan’s tacit approval to create a subordinate Jade Emperor position and divided the Heavenly Court’s authority in the Haotian Realm. After enduring the backlash of splitting her authority, she appointed Chiguo Tian to the new office and sent him to bring Haotian back, setting the stage for conflict.

• Yaochi asked Li Fan to establish a Jade Emperor position beneath her Supreme Jade Emperor authority, and he allowed her to proceed with a warning.
• Wangshu, Ziguang, Nuwa, and Yunxiao discussed how Yaochi’s plan would constrain Haotian when he returned.
• Yaochi announced that she would retain authority over major matters while the Jade Emperor handled Heavenly Court affairs under her edict.
• Yaochi split her authority to create a separate Jade Emperor jade talisman, suffering a severe backlash in the process.
• Yaochi gave the talisman to Chiguo Tian, who accepted the appointment despite knowing it would leave Haotian with little room to reclaim power.
• Yaochi ordered Chiguo Tian and the immortals to bring Haotian back from reincarnation.

Haotian’s reincarnated body, Zhang Bairen, regained his memories and was summoned to the Heavenly Court as Jade Emperor, bringing his family and even their animals. He accepted the jade talisman while recognizing Yaochi’s scheme, and his anger foreshadowed a coming conflict.

• King Virupaksha found Zhang Bairen and announced that he was to ascend as Jade Emperor, then Chiguo Tian awakened Haotian’s sealed memories and power.
• Changxi warned King Virupaksha for failing to notify the Underworld before interfering with reincarnation.
• Chiguo Tian decreed that Lady Wang, the seven daughters, and the household chickens and dog could ascend with Zhang Bairen, and transformed the animals into immortal creatures.
• Haotian reclaimed the Jade Emperor’s authority talisman and realized Yaochi had circumvented their Dao Contract, vowing to settle the debt.
• Haotian and his family departed for the Heavenly Court in the Seven Treasures Imperial Carriage as the tale of their ascent spread across the Three Realms.
• After witnessing the heavenly procession, Shao Kang abdicated the Human Emperor’s throne in favor of Zhu.

Haotian brought Lady Wang and his seven daughters to the Immortal Transformation Pool, where the princesses displayed extraordinary innate blessings. After Hongjun rejected Haotian’s appeal over Yaochi’s actions as part of the Heavenly Dao’s order, Haotian met Yao Ji, and the two left Purple Heaven Palace together.

• King Virupaksha led Lady Wang and her daughters to the Immortal Transformation Pool and arranged for them to enter its purest upstream waters.
• The seven princesses transformed in the pool, producing spectacular signs of innate blessing that astonished the gathered immortals.
• Haotian went to Purple Heaven Palace and accused Yaochi of acting against him, but Hongjun said her actions followed the Heavenly Dao’s order and had nothing to do with the Heavenly Emperor.
• Haotian saw Yao Ji, recognized her as his younger sister, and left the hall with her after she followed him.
• Hongjun secretly sent a strand of Xuan Guang after Haotian and Yao Ji, while Li Fan considered the schemes of the Two Sages of the West and Luohu’s contingency.

Haotian completed his ascension ceremony as the Jade Emperor, but Yaochi’s abrupt departure left him without the support he expected. As the first calamity of the Near Ancient Era began to take shape around Yao Ji, Li Fan realized Nuwa had also been drawn into the schemes.

• Guang Chengzi and Chi Jingzi insulted the Interception Sect disciples at Haotian’s ceremony, and Duobao and Turtle Spirit Holy Mother challenged them before Grand Master Xuandu tried to stop the quarrel.
• Yunxiao arrived with Qiongxiao, Bixiao, Chang'e, Jade Rabbit, and Ru Yue, drawing the assembled factions’ attention while the Heavenly Emperor stayed away.
• Haotian proclaimed himself the Jade Emperor and received the authority of the true jade talisman, but Yaochi left first and the ceremony grounds soon emptied.
• Yunxiao and her companions departed after observing the ceremony, while Haotian was left to face the snub alone.
• Yao Ji became the target of the Two Sages of the West and Luohu, and Li Fan discovered that Nuwa’s contingency plan had pulled her into the struggle.

Zhunti and Jieyin planned to manipulate Yao Ji’s fate to provoke a conflict between Haotian and the human race while concealing the Western Teachings’ involvement. Meanwhile, Luohu forced the great powers of the hundred races to cooperate and prepared to stir the Primordial World, drawing the attention of Hongjun and Li Fan.

• Zhunti persuaded Jieyin that Yao Ji could be drawn into a staged romantic calamity, making Haotian and the human race clash while Tianji obscured their involvement.
• Zhunti explained that the dried-up River of Fate and the Houtian Era would make Yao Ji’s encounter seem like destiny, and Jieyin agreed the plan was worth attempting.
• Luohu used the World-Destroying Black Lotus to plant demons in the Dao Fruits of the hundred races’ great powers and compel them to obey him.
• Luohu opened the Demon Realm’s restraints, released the great powers, and warned that he could kill them by activating their demonic seeds.
• Luohu ordered the great powers to recover while the Demon Realm prepared for war, and declared his intent to overturn the Three Realms and reach the Outer Chaos.
• Hongjun sensed that Luohu had recovered, while Li Fan noticed the upheaval and decided to let Luohu test the waters.