Chapter Summaries

As Di Jun stopped answering prayers, rumors of his illness and Xi He's divine authority spread through the Great Desolation World. Xi He answered prayers with miracles, and Di Jun secretly redirected believers' Wish Power to her as she entered an unprecedentedly busy period.

• Believers noticed that Di Jun no longer answered their prayers, and rumors spread that his Saintly Body had been damaged.
• Tribes learned that Xi He had answered prayers with Sun Divine Fire, while stories of the Golden Crow Princes strengthened her growing reputation as Mother of Sun.
• A northern Human Race tribe prayed to Xi He during a deadly blizzard, and her sunlight chariot dispelled some of the cold and saved the tribe.
• Natives facing Shadow Miasma prayed to Xi He, and her Light of Order purified the leading evil entities and drove the rest into hiding.
• Di Jun deliberately redirected the Wish Power from prayers for the Sun God to Xi He and allowed rumors of his illness to support her rise.

Xi He expanded her worship across the Prehistoric World with Di Jun’s guidance and the Phoenix Clan’s support, redirecting Wish Power toward her. In the Northern Darkness, the Second Generation Kun Peng and his clan resolved to resist her growing influence and protect the faith they hoped would restore their power.

• Xi He manifested as the Sun Chariot and answered prayers, while her titles and worship spread throughout the Prehistoric World.
• Lu Jun arranged for Phoenixes to act as sun incarnations, using their Divine Fire to answer prayers directed to Xi He.
• Di Jun’s followers explained the difference between his True Sun Fire Origin and Xi He’s gentler divine fire, helping Xi He gather Wish Power for her cultivation.
• The Second Generation Kun Peng convened his clan after Xi He’s faith began reaching the Mysterious Shark Tribe in the North Sea.
• The Kun Peng elders and younger members condemned Xi He’s attempt to draw faith away from their clan and backed their leader’s ambition to reclaim its former glory.

Second Generation Kun Peng ordered his clan to spread rumors that Xi He fabricated miracles and that Di Jun was too weakened to control faith. Di Jun appeared in the Kun Peng hall, froze everyone with his Saintly pressure, and confronted them over slandering his wife.

• Second Generation Kun Peng listened to his clan’s resentment and proposed undermining Xi He by exposing her supposed reliance on the Phoenix Clan and Di Jun’s alleged weakness.
• Young Kun Pengs supported the plan, while elders warned that provoking Di Jun and Xi He could bring disaster upon the clan.
• Second Generation Kun Peng silenced the debate and ordered reliable members to spread the rumors and destroy Xi He’s growing faith.
• Di Jun’s overwhelming pressure froze the Kun Peng hall as the clan prepared to carry out the order.
• Di Jun appeared before the Kun Pengs and demanded to know whether they thought they could slander his wife at will.

Di Jun annihilated the Kun Peng who had opposed Xi He and forced the surviving elders to swear loyalty to her. He appointed Kun Mu to lead the clan, then warned that further disloyalty could cost them control of the North Sea.

• Di Jun killed the Kun Peng who had spied on or slandered Xi He, leaving the elders and uninvolved leaders alive.
• The surviving Kun Peng elders begged Di Jun for mercy and blamed the Second Generation Kun Peng for their rebellion.
• The elders vowed that the North Sea's aquatic clans would worship Xi He and offer her all their faith and Wish Power.
• Di Jun recognized Kun Mu and appointed him to command the Kun Peng Clan.
• Kun Mu promised to restrain the clan and honor Xi He, while Di Jun warned that the North Sea could have a new master if they betrayed him again.

After Di Jun left, Kun Mu ordered the Kun Peng Clan to promote faith in Niang Niang Xi He. At Jade Pool Wonderland, Queen Mother of the West tried to welcome Little Butterfly Fairy with a Peach of Immortality, but panicked when the Sixth Prince arrived with several powerful figures and considered the cost of appeasing him.

• Di Jun vanished, and Kun Mu ordered the Kun Peng Clan to promote faith in Niang Niang Xi He.
• Queen Mother of the West stopped Little Butterfly Fairy in Jade Pool Wonderland and offered her a Peach of Immortality.
• Little Butterfly Fairy feared Queen Mother of the West because of the rumors about her treatment of female immortals.
• A Golden Immortal Female Immortal announced that the Sixth Prince had arrived with Niang Niang Chang Xi, Primordial Phoenix, First Kirin, Ancestral Dragon Pagoda, and Immortal Weng of the South Pole.
• Queen Mother of the West called the Sixth Prince a plague god and feared what Jade Pool might have to sacrifice to appease him.

Queen Mother of the West gave Little Butterfly Fairy Peaches of Immortality in exchange for having her companions tend Star Flowers, then checked on the female immortals working in Jade Pool. She welcomed Chang Xi and the others, but focused on embracing Chang Xi and examining her Taiyin Immortal Body.

• Queen Mother of the West gave Little Butterfly Fairy Peaches of Immortality and assigned the Valley of a Hundred Flowers demon immortals to nourish Star Flowers with Hundred Flower Immortal Dew.
• Queen Mother of the West teased the Jade Pool female immortals while checking their cultivation and health, giving one a pill and adjusting the Sparrow Immortal’s duties.
• Chang Xi, Lu Jun, Primordial Phoenix, Immortal Weng of the South Pole, First Kirin, and the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda gathered in the Golden Hall of Jade Pool.
• Queen Mother of the West greeted Chang Xi with eager affection and moved to embrace her so she could examine her Taiyin Immortal Body.

Chang Xi and her companions visited Queen Mother of the West at Jade Pool to ask her to enlist female immortals in spreading faith for Xi He’s Path of Wish Power. Queen Mother of the West rejected the request unless Xi He came to stay with her for eight hundred or a thousand years, leaving Chang Xi to hand the problem to Lu Jun.

• Queen Mother of the West greeted Chang Xi with overly familiar advances, then showed similar interest in Primordial Phoenix and remarked that Lu Jun was talented but unfortunate to be male.
• Queen Mother of the West seated the guests and served immortal tea and Peaches of Immortality while continuing to watch Chang Xi and Primordial Phoenix.
• Chang Xi asked Queen Mother of the West to mobilize her female immortals to spread faith in Xi He so she could pursue the Hunyuan Saint position.
• Queen Mother of the West offered to help only if Xi He stayed at Jade Pool for eight hundred or a thousand years, and refused when Chang Xi said Xi He could not come.
• Chang Xi told Lu Jun she had warned against visiting Queen Mother of the West and left him to handle the rest.

Lu Jun asked Queen Mother of the West to lend him a Peach Tree of Immortality, but she demanded that Primordial Phoenix stay and keep her company. Primordial Phoenix eagerly accepted and turned Queen Mother of the West’s flirtation back on her, leaving the matter unresolved as Queen Mother of the West asked Lu Jun to explain his plan.

• Lu Jun declined Queen Mother of the West’s request concerning Chang Xi and said he wanted to discuss another matter.
• Lu Jun asked to borrow a Peach Tree of Immortality from Queen Mother of the West, who warned that its life force might fade away from the Jade Pool.
• Queen Mother of the West offered to lend the tree if Primordial Phoenix stayed to keep her company.
• Primordial Phoenix accepted and teased Queen Mother of the West, who became flustered and struggled to regain control of the conversation.
• Queen Mother of the West asked Lu Jun to explain what he intended to do with the tree before she agreed to lend it.

Lu Jun proposed helping Immortal Weng of the South Pole test whether he could return to his original Peach Tree of Immortality body by imprinting himself on all 3,600 trees and uniting them. After hearing the idea’s origins and risks, Queen Mother of the West was moved by Immortal Weng’s resolve, leaving the group poised to proceed with the experiment.

• Lu Jun told Queen Mother of the West that he wanted to work with Immortal Weng of the South Pole to test whether he could return to his original body.
• Queen Mother of the West questioned why Immortal Weng wanted to pursue the dangerous path, and Immortal Weng explained that Great Immortal Zhen Yuan had inspired him.
• Immortal Weng recounted Zhen Yuan’s proposal to imprint his primordial spirit on all 3,600 Peach Trees of Immortality and unite their avatars as one.
• Lu Jun became eager to help, seeing the experiment as a chance to advance Immortal Weng’s cultivation, strengthen Kunlun’s earth veins, and nourish the Jade Pool.
• Queen Mother of the West praised Immortal Weng’s courage and steadfast Dao Heart after learning that he intended to face the risks of his failed transformation again.

Queen Mother of the West agreed to lend Immortal Weng of the South Pole a Peach Tree of Immortality, but asked Lu Jun to request that the Dao Ancestor formally place her on the Investiture of the Gods. Her request stunned everyone in the hall.

• Queen Mother of the West reflected on her old connection to Immortal Weng of the South Pole and the Peach Tree of Immortality, while First Kirin recounted the tree's history.
• Lu Jun offered to compensate Jade Pool for damage to the Peach Grove if Queen Mother of the West lent them the tree.
• Queen Mother of the West considered her need for long-term security and decided to ask Lu Jun for a formal place on the Investiture of the Gods.
• Queen Mother of the West agreed to lend the tree and requested that Lu Jun ask the Dao Ancestor to bestow her status again.
• Chang Xi, Immortal Weng of the South Pole, and the others were astonished by Queen Mother of the West's request.

Queen Mother of the West sought formal recognition from the Heavenly Dao to ease her fear of being condemned like East Prince Gong. After Hongjun approved her sealing as the Holy Mother of Jade Pond and Head of Female Immortals, she felt secure and offered Immortal Weng of the South Pole a Peach Tree of Immortality to help restore him.

• Queen Mother of the West agreed to be sealed as a deity because she wanted official assurance from the Heavenly Dao.
• Lu Jun submitted her request to Hongjun through the Investiture of the Gods.
• Hongjun approved Queen Mother of the West's divine position, and the Heavenly Dao's fortune relieved her fears.
• Queen Mother of the West thanked Hongjun and Lu Jun, then offered to protect Immortal Weng of the South Pole as he restored his primordial spirit imprint.
• Queen Mother of the West led the group into the Peach Garden, where Immortal Weng of the South Pole chose a three-thousand-year Peach Tree of Immortality.

Immortal Weng of the South Pole transformed into a Tree of Origin and merged with a Three-Thousand-Year Peach Tree, leaving the gathered immortals baffled by what seemed to be a sacrifice of his cultivation and future. Lu Jun maintained that the method’s purpose lay beyond ordinary logic, leaving everyone waiting to see how it could lead to manifesting three thousand six.

• Immortal Weng of the South Pole turned his body into a Tree of Origin and fused it with a Three-Thousand-Year Peach Tree.
• Queen Mother of the West questioned why Immortal Weng of the South Pole had seized a weaker peach tree instead of choosing a more powerful one.
• Primordial Phoenix and First Kirin judged that Immortal Weng of the South Pole had limited or ruined his future Dao path.
• Chang Xi noted that the transformation seemed like degeneration rather than Manifesting Myriad Avatars and asked Lu Jun about it.
• Lu Jun acknowledged the elders’ objections but said the answer lay beyond ordinary logic.

Immortal Weng of the South Pole merged with the Three-Thousand-Year Peach Tree and transformed his Primordial Spirit flowers into peach blossoms that could pollinate the Peach Garden. Lu Jun and the others realized the method could create lawful incarnations through the Heavenly Dao, potentially allowing his incarnation network to grow exponentially.

• Immortal Weng of the South Pole fused his Origin Spirit with the Three-Thousand-Year Peach Tree, causing every bud to bloom with peach blossoms bearing his Dao Principles.
• Queen Mother of the West recognized that Immortal Weng of the South Pole intended to use himself as the mother tree and pollinate the Peach Garden with his Primordial Spirit flowers.
• The Ancestral Dragon Pagoda identified his method as transforming void into substance and changing his form into an Innate Spiritual Root.
• Primordial Phoenix, First Kirin, and Chang Xi realized that the pollen could seed new incarnations by naturally drawing on each tree's origin and the Jade Pool's fortune.
• Lu Jun and Queen Mother of the West concluded that the first successful Peach Incarnation could multiply and pollinate, making the incarnation network's growth potentially exponential.

Immortal Weng of the South Pole enlisted the Jade Pool’s fairies to pollinate his Peach Trees of Immortality, spreading his Dao seeds and building a network linked to his origin. At Mount Sumeru, Primeval Lord of Heaven explained how South Pole’s two remaining Corpses could anchor his eventual transformation, while Laozi reconsidered the potential of Slaying the Three Corpses.

• Immortal Weng of the South Pole asked Queen Mother of the West to have the Jade Pool’s demon immortals and female immortals help pollinate his Peach Trees of Immortality.
• Queen Mother of the West summoned the butterfly fairies and bee maidens, and thousands of immortals carried Primordial Spirit Dao Powder between the peach blossoms.
• The Dao seeds took root in the trees, establishing connections to South Pole’s origin as the Peach Grove’s network grew.
• At Mount Sumeru, Primeval Lord of Heaven praised South Pole for opening a new path and thanked Zhen Yuanzi for earlier guidance.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven explained that South Pole’s Good Corpse and Evil Corpse could serve as anchors for restoring his form and provide a foundation if his main body’s evolution failed.
• Laozi recognized that Slaying the Three Corpses could protect and evolve the Dao as well as attain it, and grew more determined to pursue that path.

Laozi considered several ways to sever his Three Corpses, while Nuwa began nurturing the Innate Gourd Vine so it could transform during the present era of order. After Immortal Weng of the South Pole’s path was established, Queen Mother of the West surprised everyone by deciding to leave Jade Pool Wonderland.

• Laozi weighed using the Three Pure Ones’ Companion Spiritual Treasures, Lu Jun’s treasures, or supreme treasures and a Merit World to sever his Three Corpses.
• Empress Houtu suggested that the current order of Heaven and Earth made this an ideal time for Innate Spiritual Roots to transform, and Nuwa agreed that the Innate Gourd Vine could seize the opportunity.
• Nuwa planted the Innate Gourd Vine at Mount Sumeru’s richest Dragon Vein Node, fortified it with Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, and received Three Lights Divine Water from Primeval Lord of Heaven.
• Lu Jun admired the Mother Tree’s growing connection to the Peach Garden and prepared to leave Jade Pool Wonderland with Chang Xi and the others.
• Queen Mother of the West announced that Immortal Weng of the South Pole would manage Jade Pool Wonderland while she went out to explore, shocking Chang Xi.

Queen Mother of the West decided to leave Jade Pool and test the Divine Position granted by the Dao Ancestor by joining Lu Jun’s group in the starry sky. After arriving, she felt freed from the fear and pressure that had kept her secluded and admired Lu Jun’s stellar formation before he left her to explore.

• Chang Xi questioned why Queen Mother of the West wanted to leave Jade Pool during the dangerous Spiritual Treasure Calamity, and Queen Mother of the West said her Dao Ancestor-appointed Divine Position should protect her.
• The Female Immortals of Jade Pool begged Queen Mother of the West to stay, but scattered when she invited several of them to her bedchamber for an in-depth exchange about the Great Dao of Yin and Yang.
• Queen Mother of the West’s attendants changed their pleas into blessings for her journey, and Lu Jun agreed to let her travel with his group.
• Lu Jun and his group left Jade Pool for the boundless starry sky, while Chang Xi and Primordial Phoenix returned to the Sun Star to assist Xi He.
• Queen Mother of the West felt the burden of fearing Karma and death lift as she entered the starry sky, then praised Lu Jun’s stellar formation and his method of enlightening star spirits.
• Lu Jun invited Queen Mother of the West to explore freely while he continued enlightening Star Eggs and expanding the Star Domain.

Lu Jun accelerated the Star Eggs’ growth while Queen Mother of the West joined First Kirin in forging Qilin Cliff, and Xi He’s faith continued to spread. At Immortal Volcano, Ninth Prince Ren Jing’s Nirvana Egg erupted with blinding light and a terrifying gravitational field.

• Queen Mother of the West used Water Wood Essence Qi to stabilize Qilin Cliff and joined First Kirin in refining it into an artifact.
• Lu Jun created and enlightened Star Eggs, expanding the Great Array of the Stars of Heaven as Ancestral Dragon watched from his pagoda.
• Faith in Mother of Sun Xi He grew across the Prehistoric World, nourishing her Three Corpses Incarnations and helping them evolve into Three Bodies.
• Tai Yi guarded the eight Golden Crow Eggs at Immortal Volcano as their Life Opportunity grew stronger.
• Ninth Prince Ren Jing’s Nirvana Egg shook violently, released Blinding White Divine Light, and unleashed a powerful Gravitational Field.

Ninth Prince Ren Jing completed Nirvana in Immortal Volcano and gained the Neutron Star Battle Body after Tai Yi used the Chaos Bell to contain the transformation’s destructive force. Tai Yi explained how Ren Jing and his brothers had died from Da Yi’s ambush and been reborn through Nirvana, leaving Ren Jing shocked and grateful.

• Ren Jing’s transformation drew overwhelming Fire Essence from Immortal Volcano, threatening to destabilize its earth veins and trigger a catastrophic eruption.
• Fire Phoenix, Colorful Phoenix, Azure Luan, Jin Ning, and the other phoenixes tried to stabilize the volcano and direct energy to Ren Jing, but his expanding Gravitational Field overwhelmed their efforts.
• Tai Yi summoned the Chaos Bell to restrain the transformation’s force and poured Sun Divine Fire into Ren Jing’s Nirvana Egg.
• Ren Jing emerged with a Neutron Star Battle Body, and Tai Yi told him that he had been reborn through Nirvana.
• Tai Yi recounted how Da Yi had ambushed Ren Jing and his brothers with the Sun-Shooting Divine Arrow, and Ren Jing learned that Sixth Brother Lu Jun had first emerged from Nirvana and saved them.

After Ren Jing's Golden Crow Nirvana, Tai Yi tested his new Neutron Star Battle Body and confirmed its extraordinary strength. Seeing the success of Nirvana, Tai Yi resolved to undergo it with his true body and Three Corpses at once, hoping to unite them through their combined devouring power.

• Ren Jing tested his reborn strength by attacking Tai Yi, who easily dissolved his punch.
• Ren Jing displayed his control over heat, gravity, and other abilities, and Tai Yi judged that he could challenge a peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal despite being at the early Grand Unity Immortal realm.
• Tai Yi concluded that Ren Jing's Nirvana proved the method could dramatically improve strength, though it shifted Ren Jing's focus toward fire and stars.
• Tai Yi reasoned that Nirvana's gravity might devour and reunite the Three Corpses he had severed from himself.
• Tai Yi decided he could have his true body and all Three Corpses undergo Nirvana together, aiming to make their four Nirvana Eggs attract and devour one another until they Returned to One.

After Ren Jing completed Nirvana, Tai Yi sent him back to the Sun Star and promised the Phoenix Clan that Golden Crow princes would help guard Immortal Volcano. The Phoenixes began changing the Array Formations, while some quietly considered seeking Tai Yi’s bloodline to ease their clan’s burden.

• The Fire Phoenix asked Tai Yi whether Ren Jing would stay to stabilize his cultivation or leave, so the Phoenix Clan could adjust its Array Formations and earth-vein plans.
• Tai Yi told Ren Jing to return to the Sun Star, where the sun’s essence could help him recover and reassure his parents, and Ren Jing departed.
• Tai Yi promised the Phoenixes that at least four Golden Crow Crown Princes would take turns guarding Immortal Volcano after all the princes completed Nirvana.
• The Phoenixes welcomed Tai Yi’s promise, and some began considering bearing children with his Golden Crow bloodline to help resolve their clan’s predicament.
• The Phoenix leaders flew off to replace the Eight Suns Devouring Fire Array with the Seven Stars Source-Suppressing Array.