Recaps

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.

The Three Pure Ones backed Zhuangzi as a candidate for the vacant Heavenly Dao saint position, but he initially resisted becoming bound by its responsibilities. Candle Dragon and Vermillion Bird then entered the contest with the support of the Dragon and Phoenix Clans, leaving Zhuangzi to decide to compete as the race began.

• The Three Pure Ones urged Zhuangzi to become the Eighth Saint of the Heavenly Dao, but he refused and tried to escape.
• Laozi sealed off Zhuangzi's escape routes as the Heavenly Dao began examining him, while Li Fan explained that Zhuangzi's success depended on recognition, strength, and fortune.
• Ancestor Dragon and the Dragon Clan backed Candle Dragon for the vacant position.
• Yuanfeng and the Phoenix Clan backed Vermillion Bird, setting up a three-way contest with Zhuangzi and Candle Dragon.
• After hearing of the rival candidates, Zhuangzi stopped trying to flee and agreed to contend for sainthood.

Zhuangzi answered Heavenly Dao Hongjun’s first two questions with a willingness to surrender himself and reconcile all living beings, while Candle Dragon’s forceful claims and the Vermillion Bird’s loyalty to the Heavenly Realm failed to sway the trial. Zhuangzi received Hongmeng Purple Qi and was hailed as the Daoist Saint, but observers warned that his sainthood remained uncertain and that rival factions and the Dharma Ending Age threatened him.

• Heavenly Dao Hongjun asked Candle Dragon, the Vermillion Bird, and Zhuangzi what they would cast aside to ascend to sainthood; Zhuangzi said he would abandon freedom, seclusion, and his own Dao for all living beings.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun asked how to quell chaos, and Zhuangzi proposed embracing all beings through the Great Dao while Candle Dragon insisted on suppressing them by force.
• Candle Dragon rejected the trial and returned to Dragon Palace, while Zhuangzi merged his aura with the Great Dao and declared that a Saint bore the Heavenly Dao and all living beings.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun awarded Zhuangzi Hongmeng Purple Qi, and the Prehistoric Universe hailed him as the Saint of the Daoist tradition.
• Li Fan, Goddess Wangshu, Nuwa, Goddess Taiyuan, Empress Ziguang, and Changxi discussed the threats facing Zhuangzi, including rival claimants, hostile factions, and the Dharma Ending Age.

After three thousand years of growing doubt about Zhuangzi’s claim to the Eighth Saint’s place, his opponents forced him to prove his strength in battle. Zhuangzi and Lord Lei nearly destroyed one another, leaving the question of the Saint’s succession unresolved.

• Across the Primordial World, disguised members of rival factions spread rumors that Zhuangzi was unworthy of becoming a Heavenly Dao Saint because he lacked overwhelming strength.
• As Zhuangzi prepared to leave Zhongnan Mountain, a mysterious challenger confronted him and demanded that he prove himself by fighting; the challenger was Lord Lei, a successor of Leize.
• Lord Lei attacked Zhuangzi with a lightning spear, and Zhuangzi countered with his Carefree Palm before the two began a brutal fight.
• Lord Lei’s spear tip shattered, while Zhuangzi’s Dao Foundation was gravely damaged, leaving both fighters severely wounded and neither victorious.
• Zhuangzi declared that his Dao did not deceive his heart, avoid battle, or betray all spirits, while the conspirators remained unconvinced.

As the Three Heavenly Daos fell into disorder, Li Fan and the goddesses identified Taiyi as the one manipulating the upheaval, while Taiyi empowered Lord Lei and prepared to seize control of the Great Dao. As a devastating storm struck the Earth Immortal Realm, leaders and immortals upheld order in their own ways, and the Human Realm’s third ultimate descent began.

• Li Fan, Goddess Wangshu, Nuwa, Empress Ziguang, and Goddess Taiyuan traced the Heavenly Dao’s imbalance to Taiyi’s schemes and his use of Lord Lei against Zhuangzi.
• Taiyi healed and empowered Lord Lei, who pledged to serve as his vanguard, while Taiyi declared his intention to claim the three Heavenly Daos and pursue the Primordial Dao Fruit.
• A cataclysmic storm swept across the Earth Immortal Realm, and Ying Zheng vowed that Great Qin and the Nine Provinces would remain secure under his rule.
• Confucius used rites and music to calm the storm over Qi and Lu, while Pure Sun Lü Dongbin wandered through the rain and split the darkened heavens with his sword light.
• The Human Realm’s third ultimate descent arrived as its people held up their own realm amid the chaos.

Humanity Dao reached its zenith and seized authority from the Heavenly Dao, but the triumph revealed that someone was using the moment to forcibly recast the timeline of the Prehistoric Universe. Li Fan and his companions entered the River of Time to set things right as the universe’s supreme beings rushed toward the temporal disturbance.

• Humanity Dao’s golden torrent overwhelmed the disaster clouds, forced back the chaotic energies, and awed the immortals and gods across the Earth Immortal Realm.
• Heavenly Emperor Cangli, the Dragon Clan, Yuanfeng, Shi Qilin, the Three Pure Ones, and the Western Sages sensed that the Human Realm’s descent had disrupted the expected course of time and heavenly momentum.
• Huang Tian recognized that the timeline had been forcibly rewritten, while the Three Pure Ones and the Western Sages realized their plans had been thrown into disarray.
• Li Fan, Wangshu, Goddess Taiyuan, and Empress Ziguang found that twenty-four of the Thirty-Six Sea-Calming Divine Pearls were entangled in temporal distortions and declared they would set things right.
• The River of Time surged and time accelerated across the Prehistoric World, prompting Huang Tian to warn that someone was using Humanity Dao’s zenith to recast the timeline.
• Cangli, Ancestor Dragon, Yuanfeng, Shi Qilin, Huang Tian, the Three Pure Ones, the Western Sages, Kunpeng, Minghe, and other supreme beings headed toward the source of the temporal disturbance.

Li Fan used his Pangu Heavenly King title and the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls to stop the Primordial Beginning Heavenly King’s return from disrupting the River of Time, then demanded and received compensation before letting him pass. The timeline was restored, and the gathered Hunyuan figures departed while Li Fan kept the treasures.

• Li Fan invoked his Pangu Heavenly King title and used the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls to suppress the Primordial Beginning Heavenly King and stabilize the River of Time.
• The Three Pure Ones, the Two Sages of the West, and other Hunyuan figures displayed their Dao titles and watched as the Primordial Beginning Heavenly King’s advance stalled.
• Li Fan restored the time origin, Heavenly Dao laws, and the Prehistoric Universe’s greater trend, then hinted that the Primordial Beginning Heavenly King owed compensation for the disruption.
• The Primordial Beginning Heavenly King gave Li Fan time origin, a creation Dao seal, and several Innate Spiritual Treasures, and Li Fan allowed him to proceed.
• Li Fan announced that time and the greater trend had been restored, and the Hunyuan figures departed while he kept the offerings.

Primordial Beginning Heavenly King claimed Yujing Mountain and preached the primordial Dao to the gathered powers of the Prehistoric Universe. His exchange with Li Fan established an understanding between them, while a wisp of Primordial Beginning Pure Qi quietly enlightened Yuqing Yuanshi.

• Primordial Beginning Heavenly King took Yujing Mountain from Hongjun and declared it the Tai Xu Dao Field, prompting Hongjun to accept the situation rather than challenge him.
• Primordial Beginning Heavenly King announced his return and invited all beings to hear his teachings on Chaos Taichu and the Orthodox Method of Heaven and Earth.
• Taiqing Laozi, Yuanshi, Lingbao Tianzun, Li Fan, Changxi, Wangshu, and many other powers set out for Yujing Mountain to hear the sermon.
• Seven days later, Primordial Beginning Heavenly King preached the fundamental Great Dao, helping listeners understand obscure laws and loosen their cultivation bottlenecks.
• Primordial Beginning Heavenly King praised Li Fan's breadth of mind and acknowledged the Heavenly Court's orthodoxy; Li Fan nodded in agreement.
• A wisp of Primordial Beginning Pure Qi entered Yuqing Yuanshi's brow, while Hongjun watched from Purple Heaven Palace and felt relieved that Primordial Beginning Heavenly King and Li Fan had made peace.

After the Primordial World’s new order was established, Li Fan returned to Grand Unity Heaven with Wangshu, Taiyuan, Ziguang, and Nuwa. Wangshu examined the Heaven-Opening Dao Seal’s Inner Chaos method as the Heavenly Court entered a flourishing golden age.

• The Primordial Beginning Heavenly King swiftly took the Jade Palace, and Taiqing, Yuqing, Shangqing, and he stood ready to uphold the Primordial World’s new order.
• Li Fan and the goddesses crossed the Inner Chaos on a bridge formed by the thirty-six Sea-Calming Pearls.
• Wangshu discovered that the Heaven-Opening Dao Seal contained a blueprint for creating and enclosing the Inner Chaos.
• Taiyuan opened the Primordial Beginning Heavenly King’s gift of spiritual pearls, found only Mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, and complained that the group had lost out.
• Li Fan and the goddesses arrived at Grand Unity Heaven, where Xihua, Yunxiao, Nüyi, and Yaochi welcomed them and reported that the Heavenly Court was stable and ready for the future.
• The eight goddesses gathered around Li Fan as the Heavenly Court flourished and the River of Fate rose again.

Li Fan observed the Human Realm’s flourishing Humanity Dao and warned that uncontrolled Incense Fire wishes were throwing its mortal world into chaos. As faith consumed human dynasties, Buddhist lands, and schools of thought, only the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans remained unmoved, while Li Fan judged that wish power could not endure as a true foundation.

• Li Fan explained that the Human Realm encompassed all mortal beings and that the Earth Immortal Realm served as the pivot protecting it within the Three Realms.
• Li Fan warned that the Human Realm’s accumulated contradictions and surging Incense Fire wishes could drive it into chaos and eventual replacement.
• Immortal Qin, Buddhist communities, Confucian academies, Daoists, and other schools became entangled in worship, factional strife, and the pursuit of influence.
• The Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans studied Li Fan’s ancient counsel and watched the turmoil without intervening.
• Li Fan concluded that wish power and Incense Fire could be borrowed but not relied upon, and that faith without sufficient conviction would vanish.

Yang Mei tried to exploit the chaos to draw on the Prehistoric Universe’s origin, but Primordial Beginning Heavenly King and the Three Pure Ones cornered him. Yang Mei refused to surrender, and the chapter ended as he challenged Primordial Beginning Heavenly King to fight.

• Yang Mei hid from the Heavenly Emperor and Primordial Beginning Heavenly King, hoping they would not find him.
• Primordial Beginning Heavenly King locked down the void, exposed Yang Mei’s plan, and demanded that he stop exploiting the Prehistoric Universe.
• Yang Mei defended his actions by claiming he had earned the right to collect interest from the World-Opening War, then threatened to ally with enemies from Return to Ruins.
• The Three Pure Ones arrived and surrounded Yang Mei, sealing off the space around him.
• Yang Mei manifested the Dharma Form of the Hollow Willow and unleashed his Space Great Dao, declaring that he would fight.
• Primordial Beginning Heavenly King accepted the challenge and began to raise the Origin Heavenly Dao.