Chapter Summaries

Duobao and his fellow disciples devised ways to help their master and martial uncles attain sainthood, hoping to outshine Bai Jin. Duobao went to Taiqing Palace and began presenting his method to Taishang.

• Duobao urged Dingguang Immortal with Long Ears, Qiu Shou Xian, and Ling Ya Xian to find paths to sainthood for their master and martial uncles.
• Dingguang Immortal with Long Ears, Ling Ya Xian, and Qiu Shou Xian suggested ideas, but Duobao rejected their first proposals.
• After a day and a night of discussion, the group proposed that First Martial Uncle refine a Saint Pill, Second Martial Uncle refine a Saint Artifact, and their master create a Saint Formation.
• Duobao went to Taiqing Palace, where Taishang granted him an audience.
• Duobao told Taishang he had devised a method of attaining the Dao and asked to present it.

Duobao proposed that Taishang prove the Dao by refining a Saint Pill and Yuanshi by creating a Saint Artifact, prompting both to enter seclusion and consider his ideas. Duobao then reached Shangqing Peak, where he learned Bai Jin was meeting with Tongtian and asked Jinling to let him see their master first.

• Duobao suggested that Taishang refine a Saint Pill to gain Heaven and Earth's recognition, and Taishang sealed Taiqing Palace to consider the idea.
• Duobao urged Yuanshi to refine a Saint Artifact, and Yuanshi entered seclusion after deciding to think it over.
• Bai He the Attendant left Yuqing Peak to visit Bai Jin on Shangqing Peak.
• Duobao arrived at Shangqing Peak and found Jinling waiting while Bai Jin met with Tongtian.
• Duobao asked Jinling to let him enter first when Bai Jin finished, and she agreed.

Tongtian instructed Bai Jin about the uses of merit, and Bai Jin refined some of his merit into a coin modeled after Zixiao Palace. After returning to his palace, Bai Jin was visited by Bai He and Shi Ji, who arrived to play while their master was in seclusion.

• Tongtian warned Bai Jin not to use merit on the four Qing Tian Swords and told him to choose carefully how to refine it.
• Duobao entered Shangqing Palace after Bai Jin left, accidentally sealing Jinling out, and Jinling flew down the mountain in annoyance.
• Bai Jin returned to his palace and used the Treasure Dropping Coin to refine a thread of merit into a mysterious yellow coin bearing an image of Zixiao Palace.
• Bai He and Shi Ji arrived at Bai Jin's palace, and Bai He said she had come to play because her master was in seclusion.

While fishing with Bai He the Attendant and Shi Ji, Bai Jin learned that Duobao had advised his master on attaining sainthood and rushed to Shangqing Peak to stop him. Bai Jin and Duobao clashed over the advice, and their duel ended with both injured and their disciples scattered.

• Bai He the Attendant told Bai Jin that Duobao had advised the master to refine the first Saint Artifact between heaven and earth to attain sainthood.
• Bai Jin flew to Shangqing Peak, where Duobao blocked his way and said the master was in seclusion.
• Bai Jin accused Duobao of risking the master's safety, while Duobao insisted he could offer advice on the Saint Dao just as Bai Jin had helped Empress Nuwa.
• Duobao's Outer Sect Disciples cheered him as Bai Jin summoned the Qing Tian Sword and struck at him.
• Duobao countered with Defy the Heavens Slash, and the clash scattered and injured disciples before leaving both Bai Jin and Duobao wounded.

Bai Jin failed to find Tongtian and his two uncles before they left, while Holy Mother Wudang helped him get past Duobao. Duobao's followers praised his proposed paths to sainthood, and Gu Liang came to Bai Jin complaining about them.

• Holy Mother Wudang stopped Duobao from blocking Bai Jin, who hurried to Shangqing Palace to seek Tongtian.
• Bai Jin learned that Tongtian and his two uncles had already left, then told Holy Mother Wudang that Duobao's proposed paths to sainthood would fail.
• Holy Mother Wudang urged Bai Jin to heal and promised to persuade Duobao, while Shi Ji stayed with Bai He the Attendant.
• Duobao's followers praised his ideas and suggested an honorific title, while he insisted he was only offering a suggestion.
• Gu Liang visited Bai Jin as he healed and complained that Duobao's followers were annoying her.

Bai Jin dismissed the mushroom girl’s worries about Duobao and the Three Pure Ones, but seven years later their attempt to attain the Dao ended in disaster when Purple Cloud Divine Thunder struck. As Duobao regretted his role in their failed attempt, Houtu proposed an alliance between the Wu Clan and the Human Race to win Empress Nuwa’s support.

• Bai Jin reassured the mushroom girl that she need not fear Duobao and told her to focus on cultivating and comprehending the Dao.
• Seven years later, three Great Daos rose across the primordial world, prompting the immortals, Demon Court, Wu Clan, and Empress Nuwa to watch the Three Pure Ones’ attempt to attain the Dao.
• Purple Cloud Divine Thunder struck above the Eastern Sea, Buzhou Mountain, and Mingqiong Snow Mountain, causing explosions and devastation as the Three Pure Ones failed to attain the Dao.
• Bai Jin lamented the Three Pure Ones’ failure while Duobao flew away, regretting that he had urged them to follow his guidance.
• Houtu proposed visiting the Human Race and seeking an alliance so the Wu Clan could gain Empress Nuwa’s support.

Houtu persuaded Dijiang to consider whether the Human Race deserved the Wu Clan’s protection, while the Three Pure Ones punished Duobao after his failed attempt to help them attain the Dao. Bai Jin prepared a hotpot dinner to comfort Taishang and Yuanshi, then struggled to persuade his displeased master to join them.

• Dijiang dismissed Houtu’s alliance proposal and asked her to judge whether the Human Race deserved the Wu Clan’s protection, so Houtu left to visit them.
• Zhunti realized Taishang was refining pills with western earth-vein fire and called for him, but Taishang ignored him and left.
• The Three Pure Ones returned to Mount Kunlun, and Duobao reassured Dingguang Immortal with Long Ears, Ling Ya Xian, and Qiu Shou Xian after they reported the failed attempt to attain the Dao.
• Green and purple fingers repeatedly flicked Duobao’s head, then his Master sent him a paper bearing the character “Dao” and ordered him to study it in seclusion.
• Bai Jin prepared a hotpot dinner and successfully invited Taishang and Yuanshi, but his Master refused to leave Shangqing Palace and mocked his efforts to use the other two brothers to persuade him.

Bai Jin coaxed Tongtian into joining Taishang and Yuanshi for hotpot, then explained why he had tried to stop their attempt to attain the Dao. His reminder that the Three Pure Ones were Hongjun’s direct disciples led them to realize their Saint Dao lay in spreading enlightenment, and Bai Jin secured their promise to show him mercy if he offended his uncles.

• Bai Jin persuaded Tongtian to leave Shangqing Palace and join Taishang and Yuanshi for hotpot.
• Taishang, Yuanshi, and Tongtian sampled Bai Jin’s hotpot, and the meal eased the tension among them.
• Tongtian asked Bai Jin why he had been certain their attempt to attain the Dao would fail.
• Bai Jin suggested that the Three Pure Ones should inherit Hongjun’s Dao as his direct disciples, prompting them to realize their path was spreading enlightenment.
• Taishang, Yuanshi, and Tongtian thanked Bai Jin by granting his request for leniency if he ever offended his uncles.

Tongtian and Bai Jin toured the Primordial World, then visited the Human Race after Bai Jin heard their prayers. They found Taishang teaching the people the Dao and reached the temple where Nuwa, Fuxi, and Bai Jin were enshrined.

• Tongtian sent Bai Jin flying after Bai Jin asked him to remove his title as Head Outer Sect Disciple, and the next day the Three Pure Ones departed Mount Kunlun to seek the Saint's Dao.
• Tongtian ordered Bai Jin to lead the Kui Ox as they wandered across the Primordial World and observed its peoples.
• Bai Jin suggested visiting the Human Race, and Tongtian agreed after hearing that the people had been praying to Bai Jin.
• Kuafu stopped them while guarding the Human Race's territory, then let them pass after Bai Jin identified himself and Tongtian as the Supreme Pure One.
• Tongtian and Bai Jin found Taishang preaching to a gathered crowd of humans, and Bai Jin continued to the Human Race's ancestral temple.
• Bai Jin saw statues of Empress Nuwa, Fuxi, and himself inside the temple.

Bai Jin learned that the Human Race feared its long days and nights, then promised to bring their plea to Empress Nuwa. At Buzhou Mountain, Nuwa reached an agreement with the Three Pure Ones, and Taishang established the Human Teachings to attain the Dao.

• Four women guarding the Sacred Hall told Bai Jin that the Human Race’s descendants had weakening spiritual energy and could not endure the long days and nights.
• Bai Jin said he could not change the situation himself but would relay the Human Race’s plea to Empress Nuwa.
• At Buzhou Mountain, Nuwa agreed to sever her connection to Human Race fortune and stay out of its affairs in exchange for Taishang restraining the Two Sages of the West and avoiding the Witch-Demon Conflict.
• Taishang, Yuanshi, and Tongtian agreed that Taishang would attain the Dao first, and the gathered immortals and gods sensed his Great Dao rising.
• Taishang declared the establishment of the Human Teachings, using the Taiji Diagram to suppress its fortune and the Green Lotus Carrying Pole as his treasure of attaining the Dao.