Chapter Summaries

The Three Pure Ones established their heavens in Inner Chaos and joined Li Fan in completing the Twelve Heavens of Grand Unity. As the realms prepared to separate heaven from the Prehistoric Universe, Li Fan announced that the Grand Unity Heaven Realm was ready to depart.

• Taiqing, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Lingbao Tianzun created the Three Pure Ones Heavens and placed them under the governance of the Grand Unity Heaven Realm.
• Li Fan declared the Three Pure Ones his partners, while Jieyin and Zhunti chose to keep the West secluded and the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin leaders considered the Dharma-ending age.
• Zhen Yuanzi planned to establish the Earth Immortal Dao, and Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan anticipated the rise of Humanity Dao.
• The Three Emperors, Cangli Clan, Taiyi, the Wu leaders, and Three Corpses Hongjun reacted to the new heavenly order as Grand Unity Heaven prepared to leave the Prehistoric Universe.
• Li Fan ordered the departure, and Goddess Wangshu, Empress Ziguang, and Goddess Taiyuan confirmed that the route, realm membrane, and connection to the Three Pure Ones Heavens were ready.

Li Fan led Grand Unity Heaven out of the Prehistoric Universe and established a new Twelve Heavens in Inner Chaos, where he prepared to reign over a new era. As Nuwa and others joined him, the departure left the Prehistoric Universe without its former heavenly order, while Luohu began to move and a threat to Buddhism emerged.

• Li Fan used the Zhou Tian Star Sea Heavenly Dao Wheel to guide Grand Unity Heaven and the Four Directions Heavenly Domains through the Heavenly Scar into Inner Chaos, with Wangshu, Empress Ziguang, and Goddess Taiyuan helping protect the migration.
• After a hundred thousand years, Grand Unity Heaven left the Prehistoric Universe, the gate closed, and Li Fan declared the old order dissolved and a new order born.
• Li Fan merged the Three Pure Ones Heavens with the Nine Heavens, forming the Twelve Heavens and establishing the Five Directions Heavenly Domains in Inner Chaos.
• Empress Ziguang and Goddess Taiyuan welcomed their release from the Prehistoric Universe’s tribulations, while Nuwa, Changxi, Baili, and Xihe arrived and joined Li Fan in Inner Chaos.
• Jieyin and Zhunti sensed a brewing change unfavorable to Buddhism and uttered “Wutian,” as the Thirty-Six Sea-Calming Divine Pearls glowed and Demon Ancestor Luohu began to act.

Ying Zheng awakened his Human Witch bloodline and received Xuanming’s Witch Dao and the method to forge the Twelve Golden Figures, beginning his path to become the Ancestral Human Emperor. In the Underworld, the Ten Ancestral Witches recognized his destiny and resolved that their clan would return to the Prehistoric Universe.

• After one eon, Jixia Academy flourished, and the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors foresaw that Ying Zheng’s rise would mark a turning point for the Human Race.
• Xuanming appeared to Ying Zheng in a frozen realm, bestowed her Witch Dao and the fundamental method of the Twelve Dutian Divine Fiend Formation, and revealed the path to forge the Twelve Golden Figures.
• Ying Zheng awakened in the ruined temple with the inheritance engraved in his Divine Soul and realized that Jixia, the hundred schools, Ancestor Dragon’s aura, and Great Zhou’s fate would serve as sacrifices for his coronation.
• Fuxi confirmed that Xuanming had passed on the Witch Dao and that the road of the Ancestral Human Emperor had begun.
• The Ten Ancestral Witches discussed Ying Zheng’s destiny, and Xuanming declared that their clan would ultimately return to the Prehistoric Universe.

Ying Zheng founded Great Qin after conquering Great Zhou and became the Ancestral Human Emperor, while the Schools of Thought’s attempt to assassinate him with Jing Ke ended in farce. As Ying Zheng prepared to expand his power across the Three Realms and beyond, Li Fan and the goddesses watched from Grand Unity Heaven and recognized that a greater upheaval was beginning.

• Ying Zheng led Great Qin’s army into Great Zhou, seized its capital, and gathered humanity’s fortune, becoming the Ancestral Human Emperor and forging the Twelve Golden Figures.
• The Schools of Thought sent Jing Ke to assassinate Ying Zheng, but the hidden dagger was buried at the far end of an absurdly long scroll, leaving Jing Ke stranded far from the throne.
• Ying Zheng mocked the Schools of Thought’s failed plot and declared that he would use Humanity Dao, Witch Dao, the Nine Cauldrons, and the Twelve Golden Figures to sweep across the Three Realms and All Heavens.
• The failed assassination left the Schools of Thought afraid and disgraced, while Ying Zheng ordered Great Qin’s forces to prepare for further expansion.
• Li Fan, Wangshu, Ziguang, and Taiyuan observed Great Qin’s rise from Grand Unity Heaven and discussed how Ying Zheng’s ascent would reshape the Three Realms and All Heavens.

Confucius, Lü Dongbin, and Zhuangzi joined forces against Ying Zheng as Immortal Qin battled the Schools of Thought and Pure Yang during the Great Tribulation. Their clash escalated into a confrontation among four supreme powers, leaving the Earth Immortal Realm in chaos and the Primordial World’s fate at stake.

• Confucius declared war on Immortal Qin, and Lü Dongbin established the independent True Pure Yang Dao as Ying Zheng vowed to destroy both challengers.
• Ying Zheng ordered Immortal Qin’s armies to attack Confucianism and Pure Yang, while Confucius and the future Seventy-two Sages defended the Cultural Vein and Lü Dongbin cut through the advancing army.
• Ying Zheng and Lü Dongbin fought across the Nine Heavens, trading Imperial Dao and Pure Yang attacks without either suppressing the other.
• Zhuangzi joined the battle, using his dream realm and Giant Kun to hinder Ying Zheng, while Confucius called for Confucianism and Daoism to unite against the Hegemonic Way.
• Ying Zheng broke free of Zhuangzi’s dream with the Ancestral Witch Method, and Zhen Yuanzi lamented that he had not befriended the powerful figures earlier.

Nuwa halted the battle between Ying Zheng and the other Daoist powers, restored the Earth Immortal Realm, and decreed that all Dao should coexist. The conflict paused, but Ying Zheng vowed to strengthen the Twelve Golden Figures and challenge the balance again.

• Ying Zheng summoned the Twelve Golden Figures and threatened to destroy the Earth Immortal Realm if he was defeated.
• Nuwa suppressed Ying Zheng and the Golden Figures, then restored the damaged world and ordered the Daoist powers to coexist.
• Confucius, Zhuang Zhou, and Lü Dongbin accepted the ceasefire, while Ying Zheng warned that Immortal Qin would never submit.
• In Grand Unity Heaven, Nuwa and the goddesses discussed the conflict as Li Fan continued cultivating, unconcerned with the lower realm.
• Ying Zheng returned to Xianyang Palace and resolved to master the Human Witch path and the Twelve Golden Figures, while the rival traditions resumed their activities under a fragile balance.

Immortal Qin burned books and buried scholars as the Buddhist Sect rose and the Earth Immortal Realm’s great powers maneuvered against one another. In the Heavenly Realm, Emperor Nanji Yunxiao and her subordinates resolved to preserve the balance and remind the Three Realms that the Heavenly Realm’s authority remained.

• Zhao Gao secretly arranged Immortal Qin’s book-burning and the burial of scholars while Ying Zheng watched without openly ordering the purges.
• Randeng, Cihang, Puxian, and others joined Duobao, who declared the Buddhist Sect’s rise and its intent to save living beings in the troubled Eastern Lands.
• The Three Pure Ones allowed the Buddhist Sect to rise as a counterweight to Immortal Qin, while Zhen Yuanzi observed that ancient witch-human tribes and other powers were entering the Earth Immortal Realm.
• Haotian considered claiming a share of the Earth Immortal Realm’s fortune as the Daoist Sect, Buddhist Sect, Immortal Qin, Confucian school, and other forces vied for influence.
• Emperor Nanji Yunxiao asked Jin Ling and Wu Dang to assess the turmoil, then resolved that the Heavenly Realm must preserve the Earth Immortal Realm’s foundation while the Heavenly Emperor was in seclusion.
• Jin Ling and Wu Dang directed their gaze toward the Earth Immortal Realm, and the Three Realms sensed that the Heavenly Realm’s supreme emperors still watched over the great powers.

As Immortal Qin’s fortune collapsed, Ying Zheng sought Nuwa’s help to preserve Humanity Dao and received her promise of a place as a Human Dao Saint. Li Fan emerged from seclusion as Nuwa declared that the human race still had a turning point, while Wangshu suggested Ying Zheng contend with the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors of Huoyun Cave.

• Ying Zheng realized that Immortal Qin was collapsing because he had lost the hearts of the people, and decided to seek Pangu’s Middle Dantian to preserve Humanity Dao.
• Ying Zheng rejected relying on the Dragon Clan or the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, then traveled to Grand Unity Heaven to ask Nuwa for entry to the Human Realm.
• Nuwa told Ying Zheng that the Human Realm lay in the hearts of living beings and agreed to grant him the position of Human Dao Saint.
• Ying Zheng thanked Nuwa and the Heavenly Emperor, saluted the goddesses, and returned to the Earth Immortal Realm.
• Li Fan ended his seclusion, and Nuwa said Immortal Qin’s fortune had not yet run out and the human race still had a turning point.
• Wangshu suggested that Ying Zheng contend with the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors of Huoyun Cave.

Taihua led the Three Realms Central Inspection Group into the Earth Immortal Realm and used the Heavenly Emperor’s decree to halt rising conflicts among Immortal Qin, the Buddhist Sect, and the Witch-Human Race. After the factions accepted rules at the Myriad Immortals Platform, the threatened war ended and the Inspection Group began overseeing the realm.

• Li Fan appointed Taihua to lead an inspection of the Primordial World, and she formed the Three Realms Central Inspection Group with three other Great Emperors and War Gods.
• Immortal Qin expanded west while the Buddhist Sect advanced east, threatening the ancestral lands of the Witch-Human Race and bringing the Earth Immortal Realm close to war.
• Taihua announced the Inspection Group’s permanent residence in the Earth Immortal Realm and summoned its factions to the Myriad Immortals Platform.
• Taihua ordered Immortal Qin to stop its westward advance, and Fusu accepted the decree on its behalf.
• Wu Dang ordered the Buddhist Sect to halt its eastward expansion, while Human Emperor Yao promised support for the Witch-Human Race if either invader broke the agreement.
• Taihua warned the Daoist Sect and the Schools of Thought against interfering in conflicts or breaking heavenly rules, and their representatives agreed to comply.

Taihua learned that the Three Realms remained peaceful despite minor disputes and joined the gathering at Grand Unity Palace to celebrate the stability she had helped establish. The chapter ended with the Heavenly Emperor and the assembled immortals raising their cups to peace and the years ahead.

• An immortal official told Taihua about small disputes involving Immortal Qin, the Buddhists, the Witch-Human Race, Daoist Sect disciples, and students from the hundred schools.
• Taihua said that petty quarrels without war or ruin were the best of years, then left the City God Palace with Goddess Baihua for Grand Unity Palace.
• Taihua joined Li Fan, Wangshu, Nuwa, and other immortals at the gathering, where they reflected on the Three Realms’ newfound peace.
• Nuwa invited everyone to drink to peace, and the assembled immortals raised their cups to the Heavenly Emperor, the Three Realms, and peaceful years.

Zhen Yuanzi completed the Earth Immortal Dao and sought Li Fan’s approval to establish it as an orthodox Postnatal Great Dao. Li Fan approved it with warnings about restraint, and Zhen Yuanzi left to spread the Dao as the Age of Dharma Decline began.

• Zhen Yuanzi completed the Earth Immortal Dao and traveled to the Chaos Heavenly Realm to seek Li Fan’s recognition.
• Li Fan warned that the Earth Immortal Dao could upset the balance among heaven, earth, the underworld, and spirits.
• Changxi cautioned that calamities could endanger the Earth Veins and reincarnation, Xihe supported the Dao’s benefits, and Baili urged Zhen Yuanzi to avoid pursuing authority.
• Li Fan approved the Earth Immortal Dao, declared it an orthodox Postnatal Great Dao, and infused the Earth Book with profound qi.
• Zhen Yuanzi vowed to heed the warnings and left to establish the Earth Immortal Estate and spread the Dao.

Zhen Yuanzi established the Earth Immortal Dao, but its resonance with the long-suppressed Ghost Immortal Path tore open the boundaries between the Three Realms and unleashed an End of Dharma tribulation. Li Fan’s contingency and the three Earth Dao Saints stabilized the crisis temporarily, while Zhen Yuanzi was warned that the calamity remained unresolved.

• Zhen Yuanzi established the Earth Immortal Dao at the remnants of Buzhou Mountain, awakening the Earthly Dao and stabilizing the Postnatal Great Dao of laws.
• The newly established Earth Immortal Dao resonated with the Ghost Immortal Path, opening a crack between the Three Realms and unleashing spirit-nether qi and End of Dharma tribulation forces.
• Zhen Yuanzi, Ying Zheng, Li Fan, and Wangshu recognized the crisis as life and death, yin and yang, and the Earth Immortal Realm fell into chaos.
• Changxi, Xihe, and Baili rushed toward the Primordial World as Li Fan’s contingency within the Earth Book activated and joined their power to suppress the crack.
• The Earth Immortal Realm stabilized temporarily, but Zhen Yuanzi received no merit and was warned by Houtu to face the minor End of Dharma tribulation.

Xuanyuan True Martial Great Emperor was born as heaven and earth’s answer to the minor End of Dharma Era tribulation, drawing the Three Realms’ attention and secret support from the Saints. Backed by the Black Tortoise Clan, he prepared to confront the Ghost Path Turbid Qi and the turmoil of the Earth Immortal Realm.

• Xuanyuan True Martial Great Emperor appeared in the northern heavens, and his birth was recognized by the Three Realms’ great powers as the arrival of a tribulation responder.
• Morality Heavenly Venerate, Primordial Lord of Heaven, Lingbao Tianzun, Amitabha, Daoist Zhunti, Nuwa, and Li Fan considered his role and the danger his rise posed to the existing order.
• True Martial accepted the Black Tortoise Clan and Spirit Serpent Clan’s investments, named his weapon the True Martial Sword, and took up the authority to suppress demons and pacify the Netherworld.
• Taishang, Primordial Lord of Heaven, Lingbao Tianzun, Li Fan, and Nuwa secretly lent True Martial power to steady and protect his path.
• Saint Ancestor Xuan Gui mobilized the Black Tortoise Clan to join True Martial in facing the minor End of Dharma Era tribulation.
• True Martial saw the Ghost Path Turbid Qi and raised the True Martial Sword, preparing to suppress evil and stabilize the Earth Immortal Realm.

The rise of the Ghost Dao strengthens the Prehistoric Universe’s yin side as five ancient Chaos Demon Gods return from the Return to Ruins. At Grand Unity Palace, Li Fan and the goddesses agree to stop them and settle the threat once and for all, while the Demon Gods begin forming beneath the Nine Netherworlds.

• The Ghost Dao surged as yin souls, fierce ghosts, ghost kings, and ancient Underworld deities grew stronger, and Li Fan gained additional fortune.
• Darkness, Death, Soul, Yellow Springs, and Curse used the Three Lives Stone, Bridge of Helplessness, and Mirror of Sin to guide their return from the Return to Ruins.
• Wangshu sensed the five Demon Gods’ return, and Ziguang warned that they threatened the order of heaven and earth.
• At Grand Unity Palace, Wangshu, Ziguang, Taiyuan, Nuwa, Changxi, Xihe, and Baili discussed how to counter the Demon Gods and protect the Prehistoric Universe.
• Li Fan ordered the gods to eliminate the threat, and they pledged to act together as the five Demon Gods began condensing their forms beneath the Nine Netherworlds.

Heavenly Dao Hongjun proposed creating a Small Heavenly Realm to house Dao Principles and protect the Primordial World, and Li Fan and the saints agreed to establish it together. Yaochi designated Haotian its nominal ruler and warned him to respect the saints’ authority as the realm’s construction began.

• Heavenly Dao Hongjun arrived at Grand Unity Palace and proposed establishing a Small Heavenly Realm within the Primordial World.
• Li Fan summoned the Three Pure Ones and Yaochi God, agreed to the proposal in principle, and invited everyone to jointly set its rules.
• Nuwa, Wangshu, Empress Ziguang, Goddess Taiyuan, the Three Pure Ones, and Yaochi offered support, and Li Fan entrusted Yaochi with the subsequent arrangements.
• Yaochi consulted Hongjun at Purple Heaven Palace, and they agreed that Haotian would nominally govern the Small Heavenly Realm while the saints shared authority.
• Yaochi informed Haotian of his appointment and warned him not to overstep his role; Haotian promised to cooperate and prepare for the realm’s establishment.

After waiting a million years, Haotian watched the Three Pure Ones create the Lingxiao Small Heavenly Realm, a perfected Great Thousand World entrusted to his rule. Haotian established the Minor Heavenly Court and claimed his authority as Lingxiao Great Emperor, while Huang Tian watched resentfully.

• The Three Pure Ones used their treasures and Hunyuan powers to create and stabilize the Small Heavenly Realm, earning merit alongside the other Heavenly Emperor’s allies.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun named the new realm the Lingxiao Small Heavenly Realm and entrusted its governance to Haotian, who received its authority and destiny.
• Morality Heavenly Venerate’s avatar moved Doushuai Palace into the new realm, while the Three Pure Ones urged Haotian to govern steadily and uphold the rules.
• Haotian declared the Minor Heavenly Court established, summoned its officials to their posts, and ordered them to protect the Three Realms.
• Haotian asserted his authority as Lingxiao Great Emperor, vowed to punish those who defied heavenly law, and drew Huang Tian’s resentment.

Li Fan led the goddesses from Grand Unity Heaven into the Primordial World to confront the Ghost Path and sever its ties to the Chaos Demon Gods. Their arrival suppressed the Ghost Path’s rising fortune, and the supreme powers across the realms recognized that Li Fan intended to uproot it and restore balance between yin and yang.

• Li Fan gathered Nuwa, Wangshu, Empress Ziguang, Goddess Taiyuan, Xihe, Changxi, and Baili to descend into the Primordial World.
• Li Fan and the goddesses crossed the Inner Chaos, and their divine procession caused all living beings, including Haotian, to bow beneath their majesty.
• Li Fan’s arrival made the Ghost Path’s fortune retreat, ended the calamity afflicting the True Martial Great Emperor, and shook the channels linking the Ghost Path to the Chaos Demon Gods.
• Xihe and Changxi restored the poles of yin and yang as the assembled gods’ radiance illuminated the Three Realms.
• The Three Pure Ones, the Western Pure Land, Ancestor Dragon, Yuanfeng, Shi Qilin, and Heavenly Emperor Cangli recognized Li Fan’s intent to purge the Ghost Path, while none dared interfere.

Li Fan severed the Ghost Dao and restored order to the Prehistoric Universe, earning the worship of its inhabitants. The five Chaos Demon Gods continued toward the Primordial World, but the Great Terror of the Return to Ruins threatened the uniqueness at the foundation of their Dao Fruits.

• Li Fan used the Taiyang’s power and his Imperial Might to destroy the Ghost Dao’s origin and sever the Chaos Demon Gods’ ties to the Prehistoric Universe.
• The Three Pure Ones, the Western Pure Land, and the Three Clans welcomed Li Fan’s victory as the world returned to balance, and all spirits hailed him as Heavenly Emperor.
• The five Chaos Demon Gods discovered the Ghost Dao had been destroyed and feared that Li Fan’s power made the Prehistoric Universe too dangerous to approach.
• Soul Demon God decided they would adapt to circumstances as they traveled toward the Primordial World, despite fearing the Great Terror of the Return to Ruins.
• The five Demon Gods recalled seeing identical versions of themselves in the Return to Ruins and realized that the sight was collapsing their belief in Hunyuan uniqueness.

Li Fan and the goddesses spent seven peaceful days in the Solar Temple before Haotian sent the Four Heavenly Kings to invite him to inspect the newly established Lingxiao Small Heavenly Realm. Li Fan agreed to go, with the Empress of Qingqiu leading the visit, and Haotian waited with immortal officials at the South Heaven Gate.

• Li Fan reunited with the Taiyang Star and relaxed with the goddesses in the Solar Temple, where they enjoyed gifts, fruit, and one another’s company.
• After seven days, an ancient Auxiliary Star God reported that the Four Heavenly Kings had arrived with Haotian’s invitation to inspect the Lingxiao Small Heavenly Realm and its New Order.
• The Four Heavenly Kings entered the Solar Temple and respectfully asked Li Fan to attend the ceremony and offer guidance.
• Wangshu, Nuwa, Changxi, Empress Ziguang, and Baili discussed the invitation, and Li Fan agreed to go with the Empress of Qingqiu leading the visit.
• Li Fan and the goddesses departed the Solar Temple with the Four Heavenly Kings and headed toward the Lingxiao Small Heavenly Realm, where Haotian awaited them at the South Heaven Gate.

Baili and Li Fan inspected Haotian’s Minor Heavenly Court, where Haotian nervously showed them around and maneuvered to share gifts and Grand Supreme Elder Lord’s pills with the visitors. Li Fan boosted the court’s fortune before the inspection ended, leaving Haotian’s officials grateful and the Three Realms wary of his influence with the Heavenly Emperor.

• Haotian welcomed Baili, Li Fan, and the goddesses, then guided them through the court while Baili praised his administration and the others warned him to obey the rules.
• King Guangmu presented Baili with gifts, and Haotian arranged gifts for the rest of the visitors as they continued their inspection.
• At Doushuai Palace, Haotian persuaded Grand Supreme Elder Lord to invite the group inside and share his pills, then brought out the Nine-Turn Golden Elixirs himself.
• The visitors accepted the pills, while Grand Supreme Elder Lord silently resented Haotian’s generosity with his stash.
• Li Fan sent golden light into the fortune of Lingxiao Small Heavenly Realm, raising the officials’ cultivation and improving their benefits.
• Haotian’s officials thanked Li Fan, and the inspection ended with Haotian known throughout the Three Realms as capable and closely connected to the Heavenly Emperor.