Arc 15The Human Dao Tribulation

As Xuanyuan united humanity and fought the Haotian Realm, Li Fan and Nuwa shaped new paths and powers amid escalating conflicts between Heaven, Earthly Dao, and Humanity Dao. Xuanyuan’s victory gave way to his abdication and the naming of Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan as Human Dao Saints.

  • Fuxi reclaimed the Primordial World for the Heavenly Emperor, while Changxi and Wulong Clan became Earth Dao and Human Dao Saints, and Shennong later succeeded Fuxi as Human Emperor.
  • Shennong abdicated in favor of Xuanyuan, whose conflict with Jiang Yu and the Witch-Human tribes escalated as the Chan Teachings backed his bid to unite humanity.
  • Li Fan established the Mysterious Tribulation and Yunxiao’s Mysterious Dao replaced the Three Pure Ones’ Profound Immortal path, while Chi You befriended an Iron-Eating Beast and brought its unstable cub to Nuwa for healing.
  • Nuwa established the Human Immortal Path, helping Xuanyuan rise to Quasi-Saint, while Houtu gave Chi You Buzhou Mountain’s core source stone to forge into a weapon for the coming war.
  • Xuanyuan’s forces fought the Haotian Realm for centuries as Guang Chengzi and the Twelve Golden Immortals created Zombie Progenitors, and the Heavenly Emperor later destroyed Ying Gou and Hou Qing, and Nu Xi became Nu Ba.
  • Xuanyuan broke Haotian’s defenses with the Human Emperor Heroic Spirit Sword, while Chi You defeated Haotian and then ended the conflict with Xuanyuan, allowing the Human Race to claim victory.
  • Xuanyuan received the Western Extreme God’s imperial seal, but abdicated after Fuxi warned that passing the Human Emperor’s position through his bloodline could prevent a Human Dao Saint from emerging.
  • As Haotian spread a rumor that Huang Tian would be impeached, Nuwa named Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan Human Dao Saints, and the three received Hongmeng sacred radiance before returning to Humanity Dao.
Chapters 351–375 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 351Fuxi, Eastern Taihao Azure Emperor

Nuwa delivered the Heavenly Emperor’s edict appointing Fuxi Eastern Taihao Azure Emperor, then pressed him to send the Heavenly Realm’s residents back to the Primordial World. After a hundred years, the land began to recover, while Yang Mei learned that his own Eastern Azure Emperor title had been taken away.

  • Nuwa announced Fuxi’s appointment as Eastern Taihao Azure Emperor and urged him to enforce the Heavenly Emperor’s order to reclaim the Primordial World.
  • Fuxi ordered all living beings from the land to descend within three days, and Hong Ya and Bai Huang organized the expulsion.
  • Ao Guang and the Dragon Clan soldiers forced reluctant residents down Tongtian Jianmu as Li Fan watched the mass migration.
  • A hundred years later, Fuxi saw life returning to the Primordial World, and Nuwa told him to seek her help if he faced difficulties.
  • Yang Mei sensed that his Eastern Azure Emperor title had been stripped away and lamented the loss of its usefulness.

Ch. 352Two Saints in One Day

Changxi became the first Saint of the Earthly Dao while Wulong Clan became a Human Dao Saint, drawing attention from powerful figures across the Primordial World. After celebrating Changxi’s breakthrough, Li Fan and the others returned together to Grand Unity Palace.

  • Fuxi guided Shennong through repeated reincarnations until he reached Grand Unity Golden Immortal and brought inventions to humanity.
  • Changxi reached Perfection of Hunyuan Golden Immortal, and the Earthly Dao Fruit Position descended as Wulong Clan approached sainthood through Humanity Dao fortune.
  • Changxi became an Earth Dao Saint, and Wulong Clan became a Human Dao Saint, while powerful figures including Primordial Lord of Heaven, Zhunti, Minghe, and Houtu reacted to their breakthroughs.
  • Luohu laughed from the sealed Demon Realm and declared that the Earthly Dao would eventually need the Demon Realm to become complete.
  • Li Fan congratulated Changxi, and Changxi teased Xihe by turning her Dao lesson into a joke about food.
  • Li Fan, Wangshu, Changxi, Xihe, and Nüyi traveled back to Grand Unity Palace together.

Ch. 353Fuxi Abdicates, Shennong Ascends the Throne

Fuxi completed his reign and transferred the Human Emperor position and Kongtong Seal to Shennong, who began the era of agricultural development. Nuwa granted Huoyun Cave to the Human Race as its sacred land, and Fuxi and Nuwa departed for it as Shennong’s reign began.

  • Shennong cultivated and spread the Houtian Five Grains with Fuxi’s secret support, while Fuxi announced he would pass the throne to him in a year.
  • Human leaders and ancestors gathered in Chendu to witness Fuxi’s succession ceremony.
  • Fuxi handed the Kongtong Seal to Shennong, who vowed to promote farming, irrigation, farming tools, and medicine.
  • Shennong awakened memories of his previous lives and declared that agriculture would strengthen the Human Race in the Houtian Era.
  • Nuwa granted Huoyun Cave to the Human Race, then departed with Fuxi for the sacred land.

Ch. 354Earthly Marriage

Shennong and Tingsi’s Earthly Marriage drew the great powers of the Prehistoric Universe to Chendu, where Earthly Dao merit transformed the wedding and helped Shennong break through to Quasi-Saint. The ceremony ended in celebration, while the gathered powers considered the growing strength of the human race and its future Human Dao Saints.

  • Suiren Shi delivered the human race’s Earthly Marriage invitation to Grand Unity Palace, and Li Fan prepared to attend with Nuwa after she returned.
  • Nuwa forced Huoyun Cave to recognize Fuxi as its master, prompting Zhen Yuanzi to accept that he could not resist her and decide he had to attend the ceremony.
  • Li Fan, Nuwa, and their companions traveled to Chendu, where the Three Pure Ones, the Two Sages of the West, and many other great powers gathered.
  • Nuwa announced the auspicious hour, and Shennong and Tingsi exchanged vows on the altar before the Earthly Dao sent down merit.
  • Shennong used the merit to sever his shackles and reach Quasi-Saint, while Li Fan shielded Chendu from his released pressure and the merit strengthened Nuwa’s Red Embroidered Ball.
  • Shennong and Tingsi completed the rites as the human race celebrated, and the gathered powers reflected on the human race’s rising strength and prospects for Human Dao Saints.

Ch. 355Nuwa Renames Her Daughter

Shennong’s daughter faced a death tribulation because she shared Nuwa’s true name, so Qiongxiao and Bixiao visited Chendu and had Shennong rename her Linghe. The danger passed, and the two disciples returned to Grand Unity Palace with millet wine, where Li Fan shared Innate Spirit Wine with the goddesses.

  • Li Fan foresaw the coming Human Dao Tribulation, while Nuwa warned that Shennong’s daughter would face a death tribulation because she shared Nuwa’s name.
  • Nuwa sent Qiongxiao and Bixiao to Chendu to tell Shennong to rename his daughter and avert the calamity.
  • Shennong named his daughter Linghe, and Earthly Dao radiance gathered around her as the death tribulation dissolved.
  • Bixiao and Qiongxiao accepted jugs of millet wine from Shennong and returned to Grand Unity Palace.
  • Li Fan gave the goddesses Innate Spirit Wine flavored with Huangzhong Plum, and Bixiao entered a drunken state of enlightenment.

Ch. 356Shennong's Wishful Thinking

Shennong brought Linghe to Grand Unity Palace to ask Li Fan and Nuwa for guidance on succession and the unintegrated Witch-Human tribes. Nuwa told him the Human Emperor would not pass the throne on and that the next Human Emperor had already been born, leaving Shennong to depart troubled.

  • Shennong’s rule brought prosperity as the Human Race developed the five grains and Six Livestock, while Jiu Ying resented the rise of livestock farming.
  • Guang Chengzi sought out Shaodian and began cooperating with Xuanyuan, teaching him cultivation methods through the Chan Teachings.
  • Shennong took Linghe to Grand Unity Palace and asked Li Fan and Nuwa how to manage succession and the Witch-Human tribes that remained outside the greater Human Race.
  • Nuwa declared that the Human Emperor’s position would no longer be passed down and said Shennong could step down because the next Human Emperor had already been born.
  • Shennong left with Linghe, while Li Fan and the goddesses discussed the Human Race’s transition beyond the tribal era and criticized Shennong’s efforts to integrate the Witch-Human tribes.

Ch. 357Shennong Abdicates, the Yan-Huang Conflict Begins

After Shennong abdicated and retreated to Huoyun Cave, the Human Race split into eastern and southern factions competing for the vacant throne. As the conflict gathered momentum, Houtu and the others debated whether the Witch-Human Race could join the succession, and Nuwa ruled that the next Human Emperor had to come from Human Race Orthodoxy.

  • Shennong abdicated, took the Kongtong Seal, and moved to Huoyun Cave with Tingsi and Linghe, where Fuxi and Huaxu welcomed them.
  • Fuxi and Huaxu told Shennong that the next Human Emperor would emerge through Humanity Dao, while Fuxi warned that rival eastern and southern forces might clash.
  • Chief Jiang Yu rallied the Shennong Clan to contend for the throne, while Xuanyuan prepared to unite the Human Race with Guang Chengzi's support.
  • Houtu told Li Fan that she had stopped Dijiang, Chi You, and the others from launching an unauthorized war against the Human Race.
  • Nuwa declared that the Human Emperor could not be a Witch-Human, and Houtu proposed that Witch-Humans who refused to merge should relocate away from Human territory.

Ch. 358The Unexpected Turn and Conclusion of the War of Yan and Huang

Guang Chengzi arranged for Xuanyuan’s alliance to ambush Jiang Yu’s forces during the supposed peace conference at Banquan, then used the Twelve Golden Immortals to suppress the Yan Emperor Alliance. Jiang Yu’s forces were defeated, leaving Xuanyuan on course to claim the Human Emperor’s throne.

  • Guang Chengzi persuaded the Twelve Golden Immortals to exploit the peace conference by arranging a surprise attack on the Yan Emperor Alliance.
  • At Banquan, Xuanyuan urged Jiang Yu to avoid war, but Jiang Yu demanded that Xuanyuan give up the Human Emperor’s throne.
  • The armies clashed, and the Twelve Golden Immortals appeared around Jiang Yu while Guang Chengzi questioned his right to rule.
  • The Twelve Golden Immortals suppressed the battlefield with their auras, and Guang Chengzi blocked Jiang Yu from fighting back.
  • The Yan Emperor Alliance suffered a hasty defeat, and Li Fan of Grand Unity Palace watched Xuanyuan’s path to the throne clear.

Ch. 359How Did a Mystic Immortal Appear?

Xuanyuan’s rule was marred by his vast harem, while Houtu arranged for the Witch-Human Race to return to the Underworld. At Grand Unity Palace, Li Fan revealed that someone had created the Mystic Immortal realm, and the goddesses wondered who had done it.

  • Xuanyuan used political marriages to win tribal support, but his harem disrupted Human Ethics and earned him lasting karma, drawing criticism from Li Fan and Nuwa.
  • Li Fan questioned Fuxi for criticizing Yuanshi only after the Chan Teachings’ disciples had helped Xuanyuan, while Jiang Yu accepted that he had become a sacrifice in the unification of the Human Race.
  • Houtu stopped the ancestral witches from rushing out to confront Xuanyuan and assigned Chi You and Xuanming to bring the Witch-Human Race back to the Underworld through the passage at Mount Tai.
  • Li Fan told the goddesses that someone had opened a new cultivation realm, Mystic Immortal, between Heavenly Immortal and Golden Immortal.
  • Goddess Wangshu urged Li Fan to strike whoever had created the realm, and Goddess Taiyuan anticipated trouble for Hongjun and the Three Pure Ones.

Ch. 360Heavenly Emperor Summons the Three Pure Ones

Li Fan confronted the Three Pure Ones over the origins and control of the Profound Immortal path, while they defended it by invoking Hongjun’s decree. He claimed the path for Yunxiao and ordered a trial that would begin a mysterious tribulation, leaving the Three Pure Ones and cultivators across the Primordial World to consider the consequences.

  • Li Fan questioned Taishang about the sudden appearance of the Profound Immortal realm, and Goddess Taiyuan accused the Three Pure Ones of abusing Heavenly Dao Authority.
  • Yuanshi claimed the Three Pure Ones had comprehended the Profound Immortal path from Hongjun’s teachings, while Tongtian warned that Heavenly Will’s Single Slash could destroy millions of cultivators’ Dao Foundations.
  • Taishang presented Hongjun’s decree placing the Profound Immortal inheritance under the Mystic Gate and ordering a public forum at Kunlun.
  • Li Fan countered by decreeing that Yunxiao would be master of the Profound Immortal path, and the competing decrees shook Grand Unity Palace.
  • Li Fan declared that Heavenly Will’s Single Slash would draw its sheathed blade and begin the Prehistoric Universe’s Mysterious Tribulation, alarming Tongtian.
  • The Three Pure Ones departed, and news of the confrontation spread as the Primordial World’s Grand Unity Experts began making their own calculations.

Ch. 361Prehistoric Mysterious Dao, Mysterious Tribulation—Myriad Wonders Mysterious Immortal

Li Fan, Yunxiao, and four goddesses established the Mysterious Dao by merging the Gate of Myriad Wonders into the Primordial World and triggering Heavenly Will’s Single Slash. The new path was recognized by the world, but its tribulation killed or injured many Mysterious Immortals, leaving Tongtian furious and the cultivation order transformed.

  • In Grand Unity Palace, Li Fan, Wangshu, Taiyuan, Yunxiao, and the others developed the Mysterious Dao and its path from Heavenly Immortal cultivation toward Golden Immortal and beyond.
  • Li Fan used the Chaos Bell and his World Origin laws to establish the Mysterious Tribulation, causing Heavenly Dao judgment to descend upon every Mysterious Immortal and higher cultivator.
  • The tribulation shattered Dao Foundations and killed or injured cultivators across the Prehistoric Universe, including hundreds of Interception Sect disciples on Golden Ao Island.
  • Tongtian accused the Heavenly Emperor of using the tribulation to suppress the Interception Sect, but Daoist Duobao persuaded him not to interfere.
  • Wangshu, Taiyuan, Ziguang, and Nuwa helped Yunxiao merge the Gate of Myriad Wonders into the Primordial World, replacing the Three Pure Ones’ Mysterious Immortal path with the Mysterious Dao.
  • The Primordial World acknowledged the Mysterious Dao as a Great Dao, while Hongjun and Zhen Yuanzi considered its consequences and Li Fan warned everyone to take care.

Ch. 362Iron-Eating Beasts Are the Most Loyal

Chi You discovered an innate secret realm and won the loyalty of its largest Iron-Eating Beast by offering it new kinds of bamboo. He left with a giant mount for the Witch-Human Race, while the imbalance between Earthly Dao and Humanity Dao continued to trouble Li Fan.

  • Chi You found an innate secret realm while searching for mineral veins and saw an opportunity to develop the Witch-Human Race.
  • Li Fan recognized that Reincarnation had too many blank souls and that Earthly Dao and Humanity Dao were falling out of balance.
  • Chi You found a group of Iron-Eating Beasts in a purple bamboo forest and offered the largest one bamboo to gain its attention.
  • Chi You summoned Xuanming, who brought Green Spirit Bamboo that the Iron-Eating Beast eagerly tasted.
  • The largest Iron-Eating Beast pledged loyalty to Chi You in exchange for daily bamboo, and Chi You manifested his Ancestral Witch true form to ride it.

Ch. 363Iron-Eating Beast Clan, Little Iron-Eating Beast

Xuanming brought the Iron-Eating Beast clan’s fragile cub to Grand Unity Palace, where Nuwa and Li Fan restored its incomplete Innate Origin. The cub became a complete Innate Being and happily reunited with its mother, while the clan remained at Grand Unity Palace.

  • Xuanming and Chi You visited the Iron-Eating Beast ancestral grounds, where the beasts explained their origins and the cub’s unstable half-Innate nature.
  • Xuanming and Chi You took Shi Zhu Yaozhu and her cub to Grand Unity Heaven so the little beast could receive help.
  • At Grand Unity Palace, Nuwa agreed to treat the cub, and Li Fan created Innate Yin Yang Origin with the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls.
  • Nuwa used the Law of Creation to infuse the cub with the new origin, stabilizing it and transforming it into a complete Innate Being.
  • Shi Zhu Yaozhu thanked Nuwa and Li Fan as the cub reunited with her, then everyone fed and fawned over it in Grand Unity Palace.

Ch. 364The Beginning of Xuanyuan's War of Felling Heaven, the Path of Chi You, God of Soldiers

Xuanyuan learned that Humanity Dao required him to wage the War of Felling Heaven and received Nuwa’s support to prepare for the western heavenly region. Houtu armed Chi You with Buzhou Mountain’s core source stone so he and the Zunlu Clan could forge a weapon for the coming battle against Haotian.

  • Fuxi told Xuanyuan that the Human Race had to triumph over Heaven or lose its fortune, and Shennong sent him to Grand Unity Palace for Nuwa’s guidance.
  • Nuwa promised to establish the Human Immortal Path to help Xuanyuan advance, then ordered him to prepare for war against the western heavenly region.
  • Li Fan, Houtu, and Nuwa planned for Xuanyuan to face Emperor Donghua, Chi You to fight Haotian, and Primordial Lord of Heaven to counter the Ten Thousand Immortals Array.
  • The Heavenly Emperor revealed that Haotian might possess three Supreme Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, so Houtu took Chi You to the secluded Zunlu Clan.
  • Houtu gave Chi You Buzhou Mountain’s core source stone and charged him with carrying Earthly Dao’s will into battle.
  • Chi You and the Zunlu Clan forged the source stone into a dark green Weapon Tree infused with Earthly Dao runes.

Ch. 365Human Immortal Path

Nuwa established the Human Immortal Path and used it to attain Perfection of Hunyuan Golden Immortal, while Xuanyuan inherited the path and broke through to Quasi-Saint. As the Human and Witch-Human races prepared for war, Emperor Donghua feared the conflict could ruin him and considered leaving his position.

  • Nuwa summoned Humanity Dao and the River of Time, then created the Human Immortal Dao Seal by establishing the Human Immortal Path.
  • Li Fan realized Nuwa had used the path to comprehend the Law of Time and reach Perfection of Hunyuan Golden Immortal, while other powerful figures considered the implications of her achievement.
  • Nuwa's Dao Seal reached Xuanyuan, who swore to protect the Human Race and received the worship and wish power of its people.
  • Xuanyuan inherited the Human Immortal Path and broke through to Quasi-Saint, gaining strength enough to contend with a mid-stage Quasi-Saint.
  • The Human and Witch-Human races prepared for battle as onlookers expected a civil war, while Emperor Donghua worried about his weak foundation and considered abandoning his position.

Ch. 366Final Battle of the Human Race Attacks Heaven Begins

The Human Race's war against the Western Haotian Realm erupted after years of preparation, and the battle at Zhuolu devastated both armies. As the Chan Teachings secretly turned Ying Gou, Hou Qing, and Nu Xi into vessels for the Zombie Progenitors, Emperor Xuanyuan sensed the baleful aura rising behind the front lines.

  • Xuanyuan mobilized Human Race cultivators and built war fortresses while Emperor Donghua and the Haotian Realm held their defenses.
  • In the third century, Emperor Donghua sent a dead star crashing toward the Eastern Primordial Earth, and Emperor Xuanyuan shattered it with his sword, beginning total war.
  • The Four Heavenly Kings led heavenly armies against the Human Race at Zhuolu, where both sides suffered catastrophic losses over three centuries of fighting.
  • Guang Chengzi and the Twelve Golden Immortals used Hou's remains and the battlefield's deathly forces to transform Ying Gou, Hou Qing, and Nu Xi into nascent Zombie Progenitors.
  • Emperor Xuanyuan sensed a familiar aura within the baleful force rising behind the front, while Li Fan and the goddesses recognized that the Chan Teachings' actions had deepened the Human Dao Tribulation.

Ch. 367Witch-Human Race Joins the War

Xuanyuan dragged the Human Ancestral Land into the war, destroying it and forcing its survivors to flee toward Huoyun Cave. He then extended the campaign to the Witch-Human Race, whose warriors joined forces with the Human Race and broke the Haotian Realm army’s battle line.

  • Fuxi and Shennong criticized Xuanyuan for shutting them out of the war and warned that the Human Race could suffer heavy losses.
  • After learning the Human Ancestral Land had stayed out of the fighting, Xuanyuan secretly redirected Haotian Realm forces to attack it.
  • The Human Ancestral Land fell, and Suiren Shi, Youchao Shi, and Ziyi Shi led the survivors toward Huoyun Cave.
  • Xuanyuan’s grandson Zhuanxu earned distinction through repeated military service, laying groundwork for his future succession as Human Emperor.
  • The Witch-Human Race met the Haotian Realm army with a fierce charge, awakened their Totem Battle Bodies, and shattered the enemy’s formation.
  • The Human and Witch-Human forces drove the Haotian Realm army back, shifting the war’s advantage toward their side.

Ch. 368Emperor Donghua Gives Up, and the Heavenly Emperor Wants Democracy?

Emperor Donghua withdrew his support from Haotian, leaving Hongjun to reconsider how to preserve his plans as Xuanyuan's forces advanced. At Grand Unity Palace, Li Fan proposed an open election for the Supreme Jade Emperor of the West, prompting Yaochi to consider whether she could win the position.

  • Emperor Donghua stopped supporting the Ten Thousand Immortals Array, worsening Haotian's position and disrupting Hongjun's plans.
  • Hongjun sent Haotian to assist Donghua and told Yaochi that Xuanyuan would have to abdicate if he became a Human Dao Saint.
  • Hongjun instructed Yaochi to ask the Heavenly Emperor about who should inherit the Position of Supreme Jade Emperor of the West.
  • Yaochi arrived at Grand Unity Palace as the assembled powers watched Xuanyuan's army and the Witch-Human Race army approach the Haotian Realm.
  • Li Fan proposed a Grand Unity Assembly election in which Quasi-Saints and Hun Yuan Golden Immortals could run and the gods and immortals could vote.
  • Yaochi considered seeking the throne with support from Hongjun and the Three Pure Ones, then realized the Ancestral Witches backed Xuanyuan and that powerful rivals stood in her way.

Ch. 369Donghua Against Xuanyuan, Shocking Upheaval, the Heavenly Emperor Takes Action

Emperor Donghua struck Xuanyuan down and stripped away part of his Human Emperor's Fortune, while Ying Gou and Hou Qing became world-threatening Zombie Progenitors. The Heavenly Emperor erased both demons, and then summoned the Primordial Lord of Heaven to answer for his disciples' actions.

  • Emperor Donghua wounded Xuanyuan with a strike of Pure Sun purple qi and stripped away thirty percent of his Human Emperor's Fortune.
  • Ying Gou and Hou Qing emerged as Zombie Progenitors, unleashing devastating evil and curses across the battlefield as Nu Xi became Nu Ba and lost control of her drought-demon power.
  • The Heavenly Emperor wielded the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler to erase Hou Qing and Ying Gou, freeing the battlefield from their resentment and death qi.
  • Xuanyuan apologized to Nu Ba, whose remaining will was protected by a thread of Creation clear light.
  • The Heavenly Emperor ordered Primordial Lord of Heaven to come see him, leaving the armies and Grand Unity Experts in stunned silence.

Ch. 370Donghua Flees, Xuanyuan Faces Haotian

Emperor Donghua withdrew to the Azure Heaven Realm while Xuanyuan returned to the Haotian Realm battlefield and faced Haotian alone. As Haotian’s attack threatened to finish the wounded Xuanyuan, Nuwa’s Human Emperor Heroic Spirit Sword intervened, leaving Xuanyuan alive but still in grave danger.

  • Emperor Donghua waited in the Azure Heaven Realm after the Haotian Realm’s troops and officials retreated under Emperor Qinghua’s control.
  • Xuanyuan arrived at the emptied Haotian Realm, where Haotian attacked him with the Law of Heaven.
  • Xuanyuan burned his origin and joined his power with the human army’s will to break Haotian’s Realm Seal.
  • Nuwa sent the Human Emperor Heroic Spirit Sword from the Grand Unity Palace toward Xuanyuan.
  • Haotian summoned the Haotian Sword, Haotian Pagoda, and Haotian Mirror, but the Human Emperor Heroic Spirit Sword knocked away his sword and interrupted his attack.
  • Xuanyuan withdrew his Dharma Body to recover while Haotian prepared to press his advantage.

Ch. 371Blade of the God of Soldiers, Human Race Attacks Heaven Finally Prevails

Chi You arrived with the Blade of the God of Soldiers and defeated Haotian, helping Xuanyuan’s Human Race prevail in the War of Felling Heaven. Xuanyuan then broke Chi You’s Ancestral Witch true body with the transformed Heavenly Emperor Human Emperor Sword, ending the conflict between witches and humans as he collapsed from his injuries.

  • Chi You emerged with the Blade of the God of Soldiers and challenged Haotian while Yaochi held Xuanyuan back.
  • Chi You shattered Haotian’s Pagoda, overcame his other defenses, and sent him flying; Yaochi carried Haotian to the Purple Heaven Palace.
  • Chi You challenged Xuanyuan to settle the conflict between the Human Race and the Jiuli Tribe, and Xuanyuan accepted.
  • Xuanyuan’s Human Emperor Heroic Spirit Sword changed into the Heavenly Emperor Human Emperor Sword and split Chi You’s Ancestral Witch fist, with the Blade of the God of Soldiers blocking the strike from going further.
  • Chi You acknowledged the sword’s power and withdrew, ending the witches-and-humans conflict; Xuanyuan nearly collapsed as the Human Race warriors celebrated their victory.

Ch. 372Three Officials Great Emperors

Li Fan planned to use the Three Officials Great Emperors and Humanity Dao to restore balance to the Primordial World's water essence, while arranging Xuanyuan's transfer of the Position of Supreme Emperor. As Xuanyuan prepared to relinquish the role, he realized he would not keep the position of Western Extreme God and resolved to set a precedent among humanity.

  • Li Fan told Yuanshi that three of humanity's Five Emperors would take the roles of the Heavenly, Earthly, and Water Officials to stabilize the Primordial World's water essence, and ordered a democratic election for Western Extreme God three epochs later.
  • Xuanyuan led his army into the Lingxiao Heavenly Palace, while Chi You opened Mount Tai's passage to the Nine Netherworlds and led the Witch-Human Race toward the Underworld.
  • Yuanshi ordered the Twelve Golden Immortals into seclusion until they reached Grand Unity Golden Immortal and sent Randeng and Immortal Official of the South Pole to oversee the transfer of the Position of Supreme Emperor.
  • Randeng told Emperor Donghua that the ceremony would follow the old customs of the Divine Dao, and Emperor Donghua agreed to cooperate.
  • Immortal Official of the South Pole informed Xuanyuan of the transfer, and Xuanyuan concluded that he would not retain the position of Western Extreme God and resolved to set a precedent among humanity.

Ch. 373Xuanyuan, Western Extreme God's Authority, Haotian, and Yaochi's Origins

Xuanyuan accepted the Position of Western Extreme God, but the Heavenly Dao warned that the Divine Path would not enter the Human Dao. As Xuanyuan and Zhuanxu vowed to preserve humanity’s path, Hongjun prepared Haotian and Yaochi, whose origins gave them the potential to attain Hunyuan.

  • Emperor Donghua transferred the Western Extreme God's imperial seal to Xuanyuan, and the Heavenly Dao manifested the warning, “Divine Path Does Not Enter Human Dao.”
  • Zhuanxu told Xuanyuan that humanity could forge its own path despite the Heavenly Dao’s disapproval, and Xuanyuan urged him to protect the human race’s flourishing fortune.
  • Hongjun told Haotian and Yaochi that the Human Dao would face backlash, while Li Fan and the others discussed the cost of Xuanyuan’s victory and his limited strength.
  • Goddess Taiyuan and Nuwa revealed that Yaochi cultivated the law of life and had concealed her strength while Xuanyuan recovered during their battle.
  • Li Fan concluded that Haotian and Yaochi both had the potential to attain Hunyuan, and the chapter revealed how Hongjun fused pure yin origin with Life Origin to create Yaochi.

Ch. 374Xuanyuan's Wild Moves and Abdication

Xuanyuan spent his million-year reign disrupting trade and handing out divine titles before abdicating in favor of Zhuanxu. As Xuanyuan learned that hereditary succession could block a Human Dao Saint, Li Fan and the other gods discussed the human army and Donghua’s entry into Reincarnation.

  • Xuanyuan flooded the myriad races with Human Emperor’s Treasure, driving its exchange rate against the Heavenly Emperor’s purple coins from one to ten thousand to one to one hundred thousand.
  • Xuanyuan invented and distributed countless divine titles, and the Grand Unity Palace allocated funds to cover the inflated roster.
  • After rumors spread that he would pass the throne to Zhuanxu, Xuanyuan abdicated in the Haotian Realm, but the Heavenly Emperor moved the human army back to the Primordial World.
  • In Huoyun Cave, Fuxi warned Xuanyuan that passing the Human Emperor’s position down his bloodline could prevent the human race from producing a Human Dao Saint.
  • Li Fan and Nuwa criticized Zhuanxu’s plan to keep the human army in the Heavenly Realm, while Donghua entered Reincarnation under Yuanshi’s protection.
  • Li Fan and the goddesses discussed the dangers of cultivating the Way of the Sun and the future of the Way of Pure Yang.

Ch. 375Three Emperors Attain Human Dao Sainthood

Haotian spread word that Hongjun would impeach Huang Tian at the next Grand Unity Assembly, prompting Huang Tian to prepare to attain the Dao before the political pressure grew. Meanwhile, Nuwa conferred Human Dao Sainthood on Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan, who returned to Humanity Dao as its Three Emperors.

  • Hongjun told Haotian to spread the rumor that he would impeach Huang Tian at the Grand Unity Assembly, hoping to force Huang Tian to attain the Dao.
  • Haotian circulated the news, drawing reactions from Zhunti, the Three Pure Ones, Ancestor Dragon, Yuanfeng, and others; Yuanfeng prepared to second the impeachment.
  • Huang Tian heard the rumor, feared losing his position as Emperor Nanji, and decided to attain the Dao immediately while vowing to make Haotian pay.
  • Nuwa summoned Humanity Dao Fortune at Huoyun Cave and named Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan Human Dao Saints.
  • Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan received Hongmeng sacred radiance, manifested their distinct Human Dao powers, and pledged to protect Humanity Dao before returning to it.
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