Chapter Summaries

Di Jun and Tai Yi weighed Laozi’s offer to exchange the Chaos Bell for two Houtian Merit Supreme Treasures, and Lu Jun analyzed what Tai Yi might lose by giving it up. Tai Yi argued the exchange still suited his path to Nirvana, leaving Lu Jun unable to counter his reasoning.

• Laozi proposed giving Di Jun one of two Houtian Merit Supreme Treasures in exchange for Tai Yi’s Chaos Bell, tempting Tai Yi because it could help Di Jun achieve Nirvana.
• Di Jun stopped Tai Yi from immediately accepting and suggested asking Lu Jun, who could converge timelines, to assess the exchange.
• Lu Jun described the Chaos Bell’s balanced offense, defense, and space-time abilities, warning Tai Yi that surrendering it could limit his future methods.
• Tai Yi argued that Nirvana would give him space-time powers of his own and that the Chaos Demon God path demanded pushing one attribute to its extreme rather than seeking balance.
• Lu Jun raised the Chaos Bell’s connection to Heaven-Opening Power, but Tai Yi replied that the Primordial Measure Ruler and Mysterious Yellow Pagoda of Heaven and Earth could also help him comprehend Heaven’s Creation.

Lu Jun’s offhand remark about Pangu being pleased with the Three Treasures of Creation reuniting inspired Di Jun to propose summoning Pangu to witness Laozi unite his Three Corpses and restore the Heaven Opening Divine Axe. Di Jun, Laozi, and Tai Yi saw the plan as a major opportunity for all three, while Lu Jun remained stunned by Di Jun’s idea.

• Lu Jun wondered whether Tai Yi could replace the Chaos Bell with the Primordial Measure Ruler and the Mysterious Yellow Pagoda of Heaven and Earth without harming his Dao path.
• Lu Jun mused that uniting the Three Treasures of Creation might restore the Heaven Opening Divine Axe and please Pangu, prompting Laozi and Di Jun to reconsider the exchange.
• Di Jun proposed summoning Pangu to watch Laozi unite his Three Corpses and the three Innate Supreme Treasures become the Heaven Opening Divine Axe, then using the opportunity to undergo Nirvana.
• Laozi thanked Di Jun, believing Pangu’s presence might help him unite his Three Corpses, while Di Jun expected Pangu’s attention to improve his own chances of Nirvana.
• Di Jun reasoned that the exchange would leave Tai Yi with both Houtian Merit Supreme Treasures to aid his Nirvana, and the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda grew eager to witness the treasures unite.
• Tai Yi became willing to exchange the Chaos Bell, while Lu Jun remained bewildered by Di Jun’s plan to summon Pangu.

Laozi, Tai Yi, and Di Jun agreed to exchange their supreme treasures, and Laozi summoned Yuanshi and Tongtian to guard the process. Tai Yi began forming a merit incarnation to receive his Three Corpses before transferring the Chaos Bell, which seemed reluctant to leave him.

• Di Jun and Tai Yi agreed to exchange treasures with Laozi after Lu Jun’s questions strengthened their resolve.
• Laozi summoned Yuanshi and Tongtian, and they joined Di Jun to seal the surrounding starry sky against interference.
• Laozi gave Tai Yi part of the One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones method and the Primordial Measure Ruler as the first replacement for the Chaos Bell.
• Tai Yi’s Three Corpses prepared to sever their connection to the Chaos Bell while his true body used merit to form a temporary incarnation.
• The Chaos Bell hummed with unease as Tai Yi stroked it and said their separation might help them both advance.

Tai Yi's attempt to create a Merit Incarnation failed because the Prehistoric World would not allow ordinary merit to support it, threatening Laozi's plan to unite the three supreme treasures. Hongjun intervened by changing the Heavenly Dao's underlying rules, leaving the outcome of the scheme uncertain.

• Tai Yi used his accumulated merit to form a Merit Incarnation, but it flickered and began to collapse at the final step.
• Laozi deduced that Tai Yi's merit lacked the quality of Heaven-Opening Merit, while Tai Yi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian suspected the Heavenly Dao was preventing the incarnation from forming.
• Laozi realized the failed incarnation could disrupt his plan to gather the three treasures, while Di Jun began invoking a god and mobilizing Wish Power at the Sun Star.
• Hongjun watched the events from Zixiao Palace and explained that the Prehistoric World could not withstand a complete Chaos Supreme Treasure.
• Hongjun sent a Dao Principle into the Heavenly Dao to rewrite the Prehistoric World's underlying rules and help Lu Jun.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun stabilized Tai Yi’s Merit Incarnation with a vast infusion of Heavenly Dao Merit and warned that the Great Desolation World would resist the Three Innate Supreme Treasures uniting. Laozi and Tai Yi proceeded with their plan, severing the Chaos Bell from Tai Yi and successfully merging the Three Corpses with the Merit Incarnation, which still needed a new anchor.

• Hongjun’s Heavenly Dao Merit stabilized Tai Yi’s collapsing Merit Incarnation, and his will warned that restoring the Three Supreme Treasures would provoke the world’s opposition.
• Laozi insisted on proceeding with the plan and argued that splitting a Chaos Supreme Treasure was itself a way to comprehend the Heaven Opening Profound Meaning.
• Tai Yi severed his origin connection to the Chaos Bell, suffering severe backlash as the bell mournfully rang.
• Tai Yi and Laozi guided the Three Corpses from the Chaos Bell into the Merit Incarnation, where they fused into a stable independent existence.
• Laozi called for the next step, grafting one tree onto another, before the incarnation’s burning origin dissipated.

Tai Yi and Laozi completed an exchange of supreme treasures, transferring their Three Corpses into new vessels and restoring the Three Treasures of Creation to Laozi. Nuwa sensed the exchange from the Western Lands and was astonished by what Senior Brother Taiqing had done with Tai Yi.

• Laozi guided Tai Yi in transferring his Three Corpses into the Primordial Measure Ruler, freeing the Chaos Bell.
• Laozi used One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones to move his Three Corpses from the Mysterious Yellow Pagoda of Heaven and Earth into a Merit Incarnation, then drew the Chaos Bell into it.
• Laozi gave the now-ownerless Mysterious Yellow Pagoda of Heaven and Earth to Tai Yi, completing the exchange of treasures.
• Di Jun supported the exhausted Tai Yi and confirmed his Dao foundation was unharmed, while Laozi reunited the Chaos Bell with the Taiji Diagram and Pangu Banner.
• Nuwa sensed the Heavenly Dao Merit and saw the exchange in the starry sky, then exclaimed that Senior Brother Taiqing had exchanged supreme treasures with Tai Yi.

Nuwa told Fuxi that Laozi had traded the Primordial Measure Ruler and the Mysterious Yellow Pagoda of Heaven and Earth for Tai Yi’s Chaos Bell, revealing his plan to gather the Three Treasures of Creation. She proposed seeking Primordial Violet Qi for Fuxi, but he refused because he wanted to pursue the Human Dao Saint path and help her.

• Nuwa recounted how Laozi had used Heavenly Dao Merit to trade the two Houtian Merit Supreme Treasures for Tai Yi’s Chaos Bell.
• Nuwa and Fuxi realized Laozi might unite the Three Treasures of Creation, with only the Pangu Banner still in Primeval Lord of Heaven’s possession.
• Nuwa took Fuxi to seek Primordial Violet Qi, arguing that his Human Path Fortune and contributions might qualify him to obtain it.
• Fuxi declined, choosing to continue toward becoming a Human Dao Saint rather than switch to the Heavenly Dao path.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches sensed the transaction and concluded Laozi had used them at Mount Sumeru to obtain the Chaos Bell.

Houtu persuaded the Ancestral Witches to keep merging with Heavenly Dao Authority rather than risk losing the power they had gained over Taiqing Laozi’s schemes. After the Three Pure Ones departed, Tai Yi gave Di Jun the Mysterious Yellow Pagoda of Heaven and Earth to strengthen his chances of Nirvana.

• Qiang Liang and other Ancestral Witches urged their kin to reclaim the Primordial Measure Ruler, but Houtu reminded them that doing so would mean giving up the Heavenly Dao Authority they had already begun merging with.
• Houtu argued that the Three Pure Ones’ loss of authority created an opportunity for the Witch Race to strengthen its Earthly Dao foundation, and Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Witches resumed devouring authority.
• Laozi thanked Di Jun and Tai Yi for the exchange, then explained that Tai Yi needed to recover his depleted vitality and that he would refine the Chaos Bell before arranging an exchange for the Pangu Banner.
• Laozi left with Yuanshi and Tongtian, and Di Jun checked that Tai Yi’s Three Corpses and Dao foundation remained stable.
• Tai Yi handed Di Jun the Mysterious Yellow Pagoda of Heaven and Earth, saying its defense and Heaven-Opening Merit could improve Di Jun’s chances of Nirvana.

Di Jun refused Tai Yi’s offer of the Mysterious Yellow Pagoda of Heaven and Earth, and the brothers left Lu Jun to decide who should keep it. At Kunlun Mountain, Laozi recovered from his exertions and asked Yuanshi and Tongtian whether they would also pursue Three Corpses Unite again.

• Di Jun refused the Mysterious Yellow Pagoda, arguing that Tai Yi needed it more to protect his path to Nirvana.
• Tai Yi insisted Di Jun take the pagoda, but the brothers argued until they asked Lu Jun to decide who should refine it.
• The Ancestral Dragon Pagoda told You Wen that the brothers’ dispute showed their affection, while joking that it would gladly take the treasure.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian returned to Kunlun Mountain, where Laozi said he needed a few days to recover before exchanging the Pangu Banner with Yuanshi.
• Yuanshi agreed to lend Laozi the Pangu Banner, declaring that the Three Pure Ones shared honor and disgrace.
• Laozi asked Yuanshi and Tongtian whether they had considered walking the path of Three Corpses Unite again, leaving them astonished.

Laozi revealed that he could still use One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones without the Mysterious Yellow Pagoda of Heaven and Earth, easing Yuanshi’s concern about the Three Pure Ones pursuing Three Corpses Unite. Tongtian and Yuanshi debated who should receive Tongtian’s Qingping Sword, and Tongtian insisted Yuanshi needed it more.

• Tongtian realized that the Walking Stick, Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, and Qingping Sword could let one of the Three Pure Ones attempt Three Corpses Unite.
• Laozi explained that the Three Pure Ones needed to grow stronger to preserve their advantage as other Saints advanced.
• Yuanshi questioned whether Laozi could still use One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones after giving up the Mysterious Yellow Pagoda of Heaven and Earth.
• Laozi demonstrated the complete One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones and explained that the divine ability depended on his cultivation, not an external treasure.
• Tongtian offered his Qingping Sword to Yuanshi, and Yuanshi suggested Tongtian should pursue Three Corpses Unite instead.
• Tongtian refused and urged Yuanshi to take the Qingping Sword, arguing that Yuanshi needed it more after giving away the Pangu Banner.

Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian debated how Yuanshi and Tongtian could pursue Three Corpses Unite without burdening Lu Jun, and Laozi decided to consult Hongjun about a mysterious solution. He arrived at Zixiao Palace and asked whether Hongjun would extract the Primordial Violet Qi from his disciples without reason.

• Yuanshi and Tongtian argued over which of them should use the opportunity to pursue Three Corpses Unite.
• Laozi rejected asking Lu Jun for same-origin Spiritual Treasures because doing so could burden him with requests from Saints and Quasi-Saints.
• Laozi said he knew of an item that could solve the problem and went to Zixiao Palace to discuss it with Hongjun.
• Laozi asked Hongjun whether he would extract Primordial Violet Qi from his disciples for no reason.

Laozi learned that Hongjun could no longer freely extract Primordial Violet Qi because he was returning control of the Heavenly Dao to the world. Reassured that his Saint Position was safe, Laozi revealed his plan to use three strands of Primordial Violet Qi to unite his Three Corpses.

• Hongjun recalled extracting Nuwa’s Primordial Violet Qi so she could become a Human Dao Saint after the Saints began reinforcing the pillars supporting the heavens.
• Laozi asked whether Hongjun could still extract the Primordial Violet Qi from a Saint, and Hongjun said he could not.
• Hongjun showed Laozi how the Earthly Dao was eroding the Heavenly Dao and explained that he was relinquishing his authority over it.
• Laozi felt relieved that Hongjun no longer had absolute power over the Saints’ Primordial Violet Qi, and Hongjun asked why he had come.
• Laozi told Hongjun that he wanted to use three strands of Primordial Violet Qi as vessels for his Three Corpses and achieve Three Corpses Unite.

Laozi proposed using three strands of Primordial Violet Qi to help Yuanshi unite the Three Corpses and inherit the Heavenly Dao authority Hongjun relinquished. Hongjun produced the two additional strands Laozi needed but questioned whether giving them to him would break his promise to the living beings of the Prehistoric World.

• Hongjun was stunned when Laozi suggested using Primordial Violet Qi to sever and unite the Three Corpses.
• Laozi explained that the plan was for Yuanshi, not himself, and that Hongjun’s relinquishment of authority had inspired it.
• Laozi argued that Yuanshi could become a successor who gathered the Heavenly Dao authority Hongjun released and eventually become its new incarnation.
• Laozi said Yuanshi deserved a path beyond ordinary Three Corpses Unite because he had surrendered the Pangu Banner and was a suitable bearer of Heavenly Dao authority.
• Hongjun summoned two strands of Primordial Violet Qi but reminded Laozi that he had promised to bestow them upon those who contributed to the Prehistoric World.

Laozi proposed ways for Hongjun to obtain Primordial Violet Qi for Yuanshi without breaking his promise to reward those with great contributions. He ended by suggesting that Hongjun take Jieyin and Zhunti's Primordial Violet Qi to offset their unpaid Heavenly Dao merit.

• Hongjun challenged Laozi to explain how he could give Yuanshi Primordial Violet Qi without breaking his promise to reward the meritorious.
• Laozi proposed borrowing a strand from Hongjun, exchanging it with Yuanshi for the Pangu Banner, and returning the strand if he achieved Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
• Laozi suggested that Tongtian could also abandon his Primordial Violet Qi, allowing Yuanshi to gather all three strands.
• Laozi proposed that Hongjun draw out Jieyin and Zhunti's Primordial Violet Qi to offset the Heavenly Dao merit they owed.
• Hongjun was stunned by Laozi's second proposal.

Laozi proposed using Jieyin and Zhunti’s Primordial Violet Qi to help Yuanshi inherit the Heavenly Dao, but Hongjun rejected that plan and lent Laozi one strand instead. After Laozi left, Hongjun decided to awaken Jieyin and Zhunti to preserve the balance among the Dao’s forces.

• Laozi proposed drawing out Jieyin and Zhunti’s Primordial Violet Qi to aid Yuanshi, arguing that their unpaid Great Vows made the Heavenly Dao’s claim just.
• Hongjun rejected Laozi’s proposal, citing Jieyin and Zhunti’s service to the Western Lands and his claimed inability to draw out their Primordial Violet Qi.
• Hongjun agreed to lend Laozi one strand of Primordial Violet Qi in exchange for a future strand after Laozi and Tongtian attained Three Corpses Unite and Hunyuan.
• Laozi accepted the strand, promised to honor the agreement, and left Zixiao Palace.
• Hongjun considered Yuanshi’s potential rise and the threat of leaving Jieyin and Zhunti absent, then sent a Heavenly Dao edict into the River of Time to awaken them.

Jieyin and Zhunti escaped the River of Time and discovered Jieyin had lost his Eastern Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner. At Kunlun Mountain, Laozi revealed that Yuanshi could inherit Hongjun’s legacy and become the new Heavenly Dao Integration Saint by using three strands of Primordial Violet Qi to sever and merge the Three Corpses.

• Jieyin and Zhunti awakened in the River of Time and realized that unseen forces had suppressed earlier chances for them to wake.
• Jieyin discovered his Eastern Green Lotus Treasure Color Banner was missing, and Zhunti suggested it might have been left behind during the Creation of Heaven.
• Jieyin and Zhunti broke free of the River of Time and returned to the Great Desolation World.
• Laozi reunited with Yuanshi and Tongtian at Kunlun Mountain and confirmed that Hongjun had approved their plan.
• Laozi explained that Yuanshi could use three strands of Primordial Violet Qi to sever and merge the Three Corpses, inherit Hongjun’s legacy, and become the new Heavenly Dao Integration Saint.

Yuanshi and Tongtian realized that Laozi’s plan could let Yuanshi become a Heavenly Dao Integration Saint while advancing the Three Pure Ones’ power. When Jieyin and Zhunti returned, Laozi revealed that his earlier proposal to take their Primordial Violet Qi had also tested whether Hongjun could still strip a Saint of it.

• Yuanshi deduced that using Primordial Violet Qi to sever his Three Corpses could lead him to become a Heavenly Dao Integration Saint, while Laozi had arranged a future path for all three brothers.
• Tongtian praised Laozi’s scheme and resolved to unite his own Three Corpses as soon as possible.
• Jieyin and Zhunti returned to the Prehistoric World, and Primeval Lord of Heaven noted that Mount Sumeru’s reconstruction was nearly complete.
• Laozi regretted that Hongjun had seen through his test, and Yuanshi explained that the proposal to extract Jieyin and Zhunti’s Primordial Violet Qi had tested whether Hongjun could still take it from a Saint.
• Tongtian understood the risk Laozi had taken and marveled at his audacity in testing the Dao Ancestor.

Laozi explained that Hongjun had brought Jieyin and Zhunti back to preserve the balance among the Saints. Worried that the two might lash out when they saw the restored Western Lands, Zhen Yuanzi rushed to warn Nuwa, who instead devised a trick to make them think she had rebuilt Mount Sumeru alone.

• Laozi told Tongtian that Hongjun’s summons protected Jieyin and Zhunti and that their return would help balance the growing power of the Earthly and Human Paths.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian left Kunlun Mountain to visit the Western Lands, while Laozi’s Three Corpses stayed behind to recover.
• Zhen Yuanzi realized Jieyin and Zhunti might resent the restored Western Lands and threaten Nuwa and Fuxi, so he hurried toward them through the earth’s veins.
• Nuwa told Fuxi that the returning Saints would not disrupt their work and said she wanted to see whether they would lose their tempers.
• Nuwa went to Mount Sumeru and used Breathing Soil to create the illusion that she alone had repaired it, hoping to trap Jieyin and Zhunti.

Jieyin and Zhunti returned from the River of Time to find the Western Lands transformed into a thriving region centered on a magnificent Mount Sumeru. The Heavenly Dao tried to reclaim the merit they owed, and they suspected someone else had already fulfilled their vow to make the West prosperous.

• Jieyin and Zhunti arrived in the Western Lands and were stunned to find Mount Sumeru restored and the land flourishing with thriving Human Race tribes and other peoples.
• Jieyin concluded that the mountain resembled ancient Mount Sumeru, but the presence of Nuwa’s Human Race convinced him they had returned to the future.
• The Heavenly Dao tried to extract the merit Jieyin and Zhunti had borrowed through their Great Vows, and they struggled to keep their Saint positions.
• Hongjun suppressed some Heavenly Dao Power because he wanted to watch how Taiqing would obtain the two strands of Primordial Violet Qi.
• Jieyin and Zhunti fled to a remote mountain, where they concluded the Heavenly Dao was demanding repayment because someone else had restored and elevated the Western Lands.

Jieyin and Zhunti returned to Mount Sumeru and searched for the person who had restored the Western Lands, only to find Nuwa using Breath Soil to cultivate its spiritual veins. They accused her of taking over their foundation, while Nuwa confronted them about their past scheme against her.

• Jieyin and Zhunti reasoned that someone had restored the Western ancestral vein and feared the deed had triggered the Heavenly Dao to collect their unpaid debt of merit.
• Jieyin and Zhunti decided to search Mount Sumeru for the unknown person and began inspecting it inch by inch.
• At Mount Sumeru’s summit, Jieyin and Zhunti found Nuwa using Breath Soil and the power of creation to nourish the mountain’s spiritual veins.
• Zhunti and Jieyin accused Nuwa of seizing their Dao Field and the fortune of the Western Lands while they were absent.
• Nuwa reminded Jieyin and Zhunti that they had plotted against her, but they denied ever doing so.