Chapter Summaries

The Saints realized that Golden Crow Nirvana could let Di Jun return stronger than before, but feared the Fire Essence his rebirth might consume. After stabilizing the Immortal Volcano, Lu Jun received Primordial Phoenix’s apology and learned that she intended to repay him by offering young phoenixes to the Golden Crow Clan.

• Nuwa warned the Saints that Tai Yi’s Nirvana could strain the Sun Star and that Di Jun’s Saint-level Nirvana might threaten the Great Desolation World.
• Houtu concluded that the Golden Crows’ Nirvana could suppress the Fire Essence calamity, and Nuwa proposed increasing their numbers through the Book of Marriage after consulting the Sixth Prince.
• Lu Jun surveyed the stabilized Immortal Volcano as Primordial Phoenix arrived and apologized for attacking him.
• Lu Jun accepted Primordial Phoenix’s apology and acknowledged the hardships the Phoenix Clan had endured.
• Primordial Phoenix brought young phoenixes and offered them to Lu Jun in gratitude for protecting the Phoenix Clan.

Primordial Phoenix proposed a marriage alliance between the Phoenix Clan and the Golden Crow Clan, and Lu Jun rejected her apparent offer before learning that she meant to marry Phoenix Clan members to his younger brother, Ten Prince You Wen. The gathering was left stunned by her plan to unite the clans and expand the Golden Crow bloodline.

• First Kirin regretted that the Qilin Clan had no suitable women to offer in marriage and resolved to become Lu Jun’s number one mount himself.
• Bai Ze considered the benefits of a Phoenix Clan and Golden Crow Clan alliance, while Immortal Weng of the South Pole and the Three Xiāo worried about their ties to Lu Jun.
• Lu Jun thanked Primordial Phoenix but rejected her offer of marriage, saying he had helped the Phoenix Clan without seeking a reward.
• Primordial Phoenix explained that she meant to arrange a marriage between Phoenix Clan members and Ten Prince You Wen, not Lu Jun.
• Primordial Phoenix argued that the two clans shared fire-based cultivation and Nirvana abilities, and that their union could strengthen the Golden Crow Clan for generations.

Lu Jun considered the benefits of a marriage alliance between the Golden Crow and Phoenix clans and agreed to discuss it with Di Jun, Xi He, and Tai Yi. Their conversation was interrupted when Di Jun became a Saint, and Lu Jun led everyone back to the Sun Star to congratulate him.

• Lu Jun weighed the marriage alliance’s potential to preserve the Golden Crow bloodline and give its descendants the ability to undergo Nirvana.
• Lu Jun told Primordial Phoenix that Di Jun, Xi He, and Tai Yi would decide whether to proceed, and Primordial Phoenix agreed to visit the Sun Star after Di Jun left seclusion.
• A vast heavenly resonance spread through the Great Desolation as the Sun Star transformed, bathing the world in sacred light that nurtured life.
• Bai Ze recognized that Di Jun had become a Saint, and Lu Jun rejoiced at his Imperial Father’s success.
• Primordial Phoenix, Ancestral Dragon, First Kirin, and the others reacted to Di Jun’s ascension, and Lu Jun called everyone to return to the Sun Star to congratulate him.

Di Jun attained sainthood, transforming the faith of his followers into a powerful network that granted them divine blessings and strengthened his Dao. The Saints gathered outside the Sun Star to congratulate him and discuss Golden Crow Nirvana, while Tai Yi protected Xi He and Chang Xi as Di Jun completed his transformation.

• Lu Jun and the gathered great powers rushed to the Sun Star to congratulate Di Jun on attaining the Dao.
• Di Jun's believers across the Great Desolation sensed his ascension, received blessings, and sent a greater torrent of Wish Power to the Sun Star.
• At Mount Sumeru, the Saints acknowledged Di Jun's sainthood, and Houtu proposed discussing Golden Crow Nirvana with him.
• The Saints arrived outside the Sun Star and waited respectfully for Di Jun to stabilize his realm.
• Tai Yi used the Chaos Bell to shield Xi He and Chang Xi from the energy as Di Jun's transformation neared completion.

Di Jun united his four bodies and fused the Sun Star’s flames with merit to prove sainthood, merging his Dao Fruit with the star’s origin. Dao Ancestor Hongjun recognized the Sun Star’s resemblance to Pangu’s Eye and considered who should receive the two remaining strands of Primordial Violet Qi.

• Di Jun fused his Good, Evil, and Self Bodies with the Sun Star’s source flames and descending merit, creating the Great Sun Karmic Faith Merit Divine Fire.
• Di Jun merged his Saint’s Dao Fruit with the Sun Star’s core origin and declared that he had proven the Dao and would command the stars and benefit all living beings.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun recognized the dark-gold core of the Sun Star as resembling Pangu’s Eye and judged Di Jun’s Stellar Divine Path beneficial to the Heavenly Dao.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun considered the two strands of Primordial Violet Qi, once tied to Nuwa and Hong Yun, but chose to wait for suitable recipients.

Di Jun attained Hunyuan through Wish Power and reunited with Tai Yi, Xi He, and Chang Xi before welcoming the Saints and other powers at the Thirty-three Heavens. After they praised his achievement and he credited Lu Jun’s guidance, Di Jun recognized Ancestral Dragon’s transformation into the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda as a chance to forge a new path.

• Di Jun withdrew his newborn Great Sun Karmic Faith Merit Divine Fire and greeted Tai Yi, Xi He, and Chang Xi after attaining Hunyuan.
• Seventeen Saints congratulated Di Jun, who invited them and the other gathered powers to continue their discussion at the Thirty-three Heavens.
• Bai Ze organized the guests in the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, where Laozi, Primeval Lord of Heaven, Sect Master Tongtian, Empress Nuwa, Di Jiang, and Houtu praised Di Jun.
• Di Jun credited his son Lu Jun for guiding him to sainthood, and Lu Jun congratulated his father.
• Ancestral Dragon, speaking through the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda, congratulated Di Jun, who praised Ancestral Dragon’s resolve and suggested that his new form might lead to another path.

After Di Jun attained sainthood, Primordial Phoenix proposed a marriage alliance between the Phoenix Clan and the Golden Crow Clan, and Di Jun agreed. As the gathering celebrated, Tongtian raised a serious question about another matter affecting the foundation of the Prehistoric World.

• The Ancestral Dragon Pagoda, First Kirin, and Primordial Phoenix congratulated Di Jun on becoming a Saint and acknowledged their clans’ past karmic debts.
• Primordial Phoenix asked Di Jun to form a marriage alliance between the Phoenix Clan and the Golden Crow Clan, and Bai Ze explained how it could strengthen both clans and regulate the Prehistoric World’s Fire Essence.
• Tai Yi supported the proposal, and Di Jun agreed to discuss the alliance further, leaving Primordial Phoenix overjoyed at the Phoenix Clan’s new connection to the Golden Crow Clan.
• The Ancestral Dragon decided that the Dragon Race should accelerate its marriage alliance with Zhao Gongming, while First Kirin resolved to remain close to Lu Jun.
• The Saints congratulated Di Jun, and Zhu Rong teased Tongtian about Zhao Gongming and the Dragon Race before Tongtian turned the gathering toward a serious unresolved matter.

Tongtian asked whether Di Jun could undergo Nirvana after becoming a Sage, and Di Jun explained why the Golden Crow method was difficult for him. The chapter ended with Di Jun admitting that his River Diagram and Luo Book could not safely compress his Sage power, leaving him in need of a supreme treasure.

• Tongtian asked Di Jun whether he could still activate the Golden Crow Nirvana divine ability as a Sage.
• Di Jun asked Tai Yi to explain the Golden Crow Nirvana Method, and Tai Yi revealed that it required compressing one's primordial spirit, flesh, mana, and Dao Fruit into a single origin point.
• Tai Yi explained that the Chaos Bell could protect him during compression, making his own Nirvana almost certain to succeed.
• Tongtian pointed out that Di Jun's Sage power exceeded what the River Diagram and Luo Book could compress.
• Di Jun agreed that attempting Nirvana without a supreme treasure could destroy his Dao foundation.

Di Jun explained that a Saint’s Golden Crow Nirvana required immense external aid, then bestowed the River Diagram and Luo Book on Lu Jun to support his growth and mastery of Nirvana. Lu Jun accepted the treasures, understanding that Di Jun was investing in the ability he believed Lu Jun possessed.

• The Saints in Lingxiao Treasure Hall learned that Di Jun could not readily undergo Nirvana without powerful external assistance, and they privately felt relief that no energy crisis would arise soon.
• Di Jun called Lu Jun forward and thanked him for guiding him onto the path to sainthood.
• Di Jun gave Lu Jun the River Diagram and Luo Book, saying they would help him develop star formations and evolve Star Eggs.
• Lu Jun questioned whether Di Jun might still need the treasures for a future Nirvana, but Di Jun explained that his united Three Bodies had made them unnecessary to him.
• Lu Jun realized Di Jun was entrusting him with the treasures because he believed Lu Jun’s ability and understanding of Nirvana could help him in the future.
• Lu Jun accepted the River Diagram and Luo Book and promised not to betray Di Jun’s trust.

Di Jun gave the River Diagram and Luo Book to Lu Jun, easing the Saints’ fears about Nirvana and prompting Tai Yi to plan his own Nirvana after watching his eight nephews. Di Jun then hosted a grand banquet in the Thirty-three Heavens, where factions from across the Prehistoric World gathered as the Phoenix Clan and Lu Ya’s marriage quietly advanced.

• Di Jun gave the River Diagram and Luo Book to Lu Jun, and the Dragon, Kirin, and Phoenix leaders considered how to avoid the Spiritual Treasure Calamity.
• Tai Yi decided to wait for his eight nephews to complete Nirvana before choosing his own path.
• Di Jun invited the gathered Saints to celebrate his ascension and discuss the Great Dao, and Bai Ze arranged a banquet across the Thirty-three Heavens.
• The Chan Sect, Severing Sect, Human Race, and Witch Race arrived, and tensions between Severing Sect cultivators and the Demon Race briefly surfaced before subsiding.
• The Phoenix Clan and Lu Ya’s marriage quietly progressed amid the celebration.

Primordial Phoenix pressured You Wen into considering a marriage alliance with the Phoenix Clan, while Tongtian urged Zhao Gongming to marry several Dragon Maidens. At Di Jun’s celebration, Zhu Rong challenged him to a fight so the Saints could test the strength of Di Jun’s unusual path to sainthood.

• Primordial Phoenix told You Wen that Di Jun had approved a marriage alliance with the Phoenix Clan and persuaded him by promising their descendants might inherit Nirvana abilities.
• Tongtian told Zhao Gongming that the Dragon Race offered Twelve Sea-Calming Pearls as dowry and urged him to marry all the Dragon Maidens who had caught his interest.
• The Ancestral Dragon Pagoda encouraged Zhao Gongming to accept the Dragon Maidens, leaving him with a faint ache in his kidneys.
• Zhu Rong stood at Di Jun’s celebration and challenged him to a fight in Chaos, despite Zhen Yuanzi urging him to show restraint.
• Di Jun welcomed Zhu Rong’s challenge, eager to test the power of his sainthood.

Di Jun and Zhu Rong fought in Chaos, testing their mastery of the Great Dao of Fire in a devastating clash. Di Jun’s True Sun Fire suppressed Zhu Rong’s flames, but Zhu Rong remained standing and continued to press the battle.

• The eighteen Saints crossed into Chaos, while observers watched the duel from the Prehistoric World.
• Zhu Rong attacked with his True Body of the Ancestral Witch and a python of Dutian Sacred Fire, but Di Jun checked it with True Sun Fire.
• Di Jun unleashed Great Sun Burns the Heavens, and Zhu Rong countered with Myriad Fires Pay Homage.
• Their powers devastated Chaos as Di Jun’s True Sun Fire imposed order on Zhu Rong’s flames and steadily suppressed them.
• Zhu Rong roared and continued fighting despite Di Jun’s advantage in their contest of fire.

Di Jun faced Zhu Rong and Gong Gong after suppressing Zhu Rong in their duel, as the two Ancestral Witches joined forces to challenge him. Their combined water-and-fire attack drew on the Chaos Origin, and Di Jun met it with the full power of his True Sun Fire.

• Di Jun's True Sun Fire faintly suppressed Zhu Rong, astonishing the watching Saints and Ancestral Witches.
• Gong Gong stepped forward to fight beside Zhu Rong, and their powers of water and fire intertwined into a Yin-Yang force field.
• Laozi and Primeval Lord of Heaven assessed the pair's combined power as a trace of primordial Chaos, while Tongtian urged Di Jun to show his limits.
• Zhu Rong and Gong Gong sent a vast vortex of intertwined Fire Dragons and Water Dragons crushing toward Di Jun.
• Di Jun summoned the Sun Star's origin power into a Dark Gold pillar of True Sun Fire and charged it against their attack.

Di Jun countered Zhu Rong and Gong Gong’s Chaos Netherworld Force Field by manifesting the Great Array of the Stars of Heaven, turning the battle in his favor. Qiang Liang then challenged him to fight another Ancestral Witch without the River Diagram and Luo Book, which Di Jun had given to Crown Prince Lu Jun.

• Zhu Rong and Gong Gong’s water-and-fire chaos force field suppressed Di Jun’s True Sun Fire and threatened to swallow him.
• Di Jun transformed his fire into a Star Domain and manifested the Great Array of the Stars of Heaven, whose Starry Net bound and pushed back the chaos tornado.
• Laozi, Primeval Lord of Heaven, Sect Master Tongtian, and Zhen Yuanzi praised Di Jun’s ability to invoke the array’s power alone in Chaos.
• She Bishi objected to Zhen Yuanzi’s claim that the array would grow stronger beneath the Great Desolation Starry Sky, arguing that the Ancestral Witches could draw on the earth and baleful qi there.
• Qiang Liang pointed out that Di Jun had given the River Diagram and Luo Book to Crown Prince Lu Jun, then challenged him to face another Ancestral Witch without them.

Di Jun revealed the power of his Three Bodies Unite Dharma Image after Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, and Qiang Liang attacked him together. His Dharma Image restored and strengthened the Great Array of the Stars of Heaven, leaving the three Ancestral Witches unable to shake it and the spectators realizing Di Jun had far more power than they had assumed.

• Qiang Liang challenged Di Jun over the loss of the River Diagram and Luo Book, then entered the battle.
• Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, and Qiang Liang combined their fire, water, and lightning to assault Di Jun and strain the Great Array of the Stars of Heaven.
• Di Jun manifested his Four Faces Eight Arms Dharma Image and declared he would show the power of Three Bodies Unite.
• Di Jun's Good Body, Self Body, and true body restored the array's coordination and strengthened its Starry Net beyond its former state.
• Di Jun withstood the three Ancestral Witches' combined attack, while Nuwa recognized that he had yet to reveal his full strength.

Di Jun’s Evil Body awakened during the battle with the Ancestral Witches and unleashed a devastating attack that nearly killed Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, and Qiang Liang. The other Saints intervened to drive it back, then discovered the strike had inflicted severe, hard-to-heal injuries.

• The Saints admired Di Jun’s Three Bodies dharma manifestation and judged that his power placed him among the strongest in the Saint Realm.
• As Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, and Qiang Liang attacked the Great Array of the Stars of Heaven, Di Jun’s Evil Body opened its eyes and gathered baleful Qi and tribulation power.
• Di Jun’s Evil Body struck the three Ancestral Witches, overwhelming their defenses and inflicting severe Dao injuries.
• Nuwa, the Three Pure Ones, Zhen Yuanzi, and the other Ancestral Witches intervened together, blocked the Evil Body’s next attack, and forced it back.
• Di Jiang and the other Saints examined the wounded Ancestral Witches and realized the Evil Body’s destructive energy was eroding their Saint Path origins and could not be healed easily.

Di Jun’s Evil Body stunned the Saints with its destructive power, while Di Jiang recognized that Di Jun could face six opponents alone and might also invoke Pangu. Laozi argued that Di Jun’s true foundation was the Three Corpses Unite path, leaving the Saints to reconsider their own merit-based ascension and regret overlooking Hongjun’s method.

• Nuwa identified Di Jun’s Evil Body as an embodiment of the Great Dao of Destruction, close to the power of a Dao Tribulation.
• Di Jiang acknowledged that Di Jun could fight six Saints alone, and the Ancestral Witches felt newly vulnerable.
• Zhen Yuanzi reminded the Twelve Ancestral Witches that Di Jun could invoke Great God Pangu, alarming them and the Three Pure Ones.
• Laozi said Di Jun’s real foundation was the Primordial Orthodox Path of Three Corpses Unite, not merely his Evil Body.
• Yuanshi and Tongtian recognized that Di Jun’s Dao foundation surpassed theirs, while the other Saints reflected on their merit-based paths to sainthood.

Di Jun’s Three Bodies Unite revealed the immense power of the Three Corpses path, leaving the Saints and Three-Corpse Quasi-Saints reconsidering their choices and ambitions. As Laozi contemplated abandoning his merit-based sainthood and Zhen Yuanzi resolved to cultivate stronger incarnations, Di Jun suddenly changed again.

• Lu Jun realized that Three Corpses Unite could let Di Jun contend with several opponents and understood why Hongjun had been so powerful.
• Laozi regretted choosing merit-based sainthood and wondered whether to abandon his Primordial Violet Qi to pursue Primordial Grand Unity.
• Zhen Yuanzi saw Di Jun’s feat as a model for strengthening his Ginseng Fruit Incarnations and resolved to cultivate them.
• Yuanshi and Tongtian rejected the risk of abandoning their Saint positions, while Nuwa and the Twelve Ancestral Witches recognized they could not pursue the Three Corpses path.
• The Three-Corpse Quasi-Saints became eager to find a way to unite their corpses despite the immense difficulty.
• Di Jun underwent another sudden change.

Di Jun’s Three Corpses Unite form nearly lost control when his Evil Body rebelled, but he suppressed it and ended the Dao discussion. He planned to help Xi He, Chang Xi, and Tai Yi follow his path to Sainthood, asking the other Saints not to interfere.

• Di Jun struggled to restrain his rampaging Evil Body, and the Saints realized that its power threatened to overwhelm the Good Body and Self Body.
• Hongjun sensed Di Jun’s battle and welcomed the first public display of the Way of Slaying the Three Corpses.
• Di Jun regained control, apologized to Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, and Qiang Liang, and Di Jiang ended the discussion of the Dao.
• Di Jun told the Saints he would help Xi He, Chang Xi, and Tai Yi pursue his path to Sainthood and asked them not to undermine the effort.
• Di Jiang and Laozi promised not to interfere, while Empress Houtu prepared to leave and return to the work of establishing Mount Sumeru as the Third Pillar of Heaven and Earth.

Di Jun warned Lu Jun that uniting all his selves would be far more dangerous than Di Jun’s own Three Bodies Unite, then discussed who would follow his path to sainthood. Xi He agreed to go first as a Sun God, while rumors spread that Di Jun had stopped answering believers’ prayers as readily.

• Di Jun explained that his Three Bodies had nearly overwhelmed his will and warned Lu Jun that his future All Selves United would pose a much greater danger.
• Lu Jun understood the threat and promised to proceed with utmost caution.
• Tai Yi declined to follow Di Jun’s faith-based path, choosing instead to study the eight Golden Crow Nirvana Eggs and pursue Nirvana.
• Chang Xi yielded the first attempt at Di Jun’s path to Xi He, who agreed to go first and take over the Sun God’s believers.
• Rumors began spreading among Di Jun’s believers that the Sun God no longer answered their prayers as readily.