Chapter Summaries

Lu Jun realized that Di Jun and Tai Yi had deduced how to use the Demon Race’s collective faith to support countless incarnations, potentially making Di Jun immortal and powerful enough to control the Great Array of the Stars of Heaven. Di Jun reassured the confused You Wen that he had already paved the way for his son’s future.

• Lu Jun recognized that Di Jun and Tai Yi’s theory of using sentient wishes resembled the Buddhist Buddha Kingdoms and their power of faith.
• Lu Jun considered how the Demon Race’s genuine devotion to Di Jun and Tai Yi could fuel a new path of avatar cultivation and potentially help Di Jun overcome the Quasi-Saint barrier.
• You Wen complained that he could not understand the discussion and had expected to hear about undergoing Nirvana.
• Di Jun gently told You Wen that the method was beyond his current understanding and that he had already walked his path for him.

Di Jun decided to walk the path of Manifesting Billions of Avatars himself, using the Demon Race’s wishes to become the Present Great Sun and later passing the role to You Wen. Lu Jun confirmed the succession could work, but warned that the future beyond Di Jun’s choice had become unknowable.

• Di Jun asked Lu Jun whether he could walk the Great Sun path in You Wen’s stead, and Lu Jun agreed that You Wen lacked the strength and experience to do it.
• Di Jun proposed becoming the Present Great Sun and transferring the position and authority to You Wen when his son was ready to take on the Future Great Sun role.
• Lu Jun approved Di Jun’s plan, and You Wen felt encouraged to follow his father’s example rather than worry about completing the path himself.
• Lu Jun explained that Di Jun’s choice had changed the future and that he could no longer foresee how the method would develop.
• Di Jun accepted the uncertain Karma and resolved to gather the Demon Race’s voluntary wishes through his own authority and protection.

Di Jun tested whether the Demon Race’s wishes could sustain soul-seed incarnations and successfully manifested a weak avatar in a devoted demon’s mind. Tai Yi congratulated him as the first step toward Manifesting Billions of Avatars took shape.

• Tai Yi asked Di Jun whether he had a workable plan for using the Demon Race’s wishes to forge the supreme method of Manifesting Billions of Avatars.
• Di Jun used the River Diagram and Luo Book to gather the demons’ wishes and selected a pure thread of faith from a Red Feather Golden Eye Eagle.
• Di Jun contacted Red Feather, who eagerly accepted him as his sovereign and opened his mind and spirit to him.
• Di Jun planted a Soul Seed in Red Feather’s sea of consciousness, where his faith nourished it into an incarnation prototype.
• Di Jun realized the experiment had succeeded, and Tai Yi congratulated him on forming the first path toward incarnations.

Di Jun discovered that his faith-based avatar could serve as an anchor for his will and the River Diagram and Luo Book, allowing him to wield the power of the stars through a follower. He concluded that although the method depended on followers and their faith, it could help the Demon Race meet its present needs.

• Di Jun explained that his avatar depended on a follower’s life and faith, and he accepted wavering belief as a consequence of the Heavenly Court’s failures.
• Tai Yi pointed out that followers’ limited lifespans and cultivation threatened the avatars’ survival, and Di Jun acknowledged this as the method’s greatest obstacle.
• Di Jun sent his will into the avatar within the Red Feather Golden Eye Eagle and connected it to the River Diagram and Luo Book through their channel of faith.
• Di Jun used the avatar to summon the Sun Star’s power, annihilating a barren mountain with a beam carrying his Great Dao of the Sun.
• The Red Feather Golden Eye Eagle thanked Di Jun for his protection, while Tai Yi realized that the avatar could serve as an anchor for Di Jun’s will and treasures.
• Di Jun explained that the faith-based method was an unorthodox path but could address the Demon Race’s urgent predicament.

Di Jun adapted the Wish Incarnation Method into a way to answer the Demon Race’s prayers and protect even its weakest members with Sun Divine Fire. He planned to use his Three Corpses to manage the believers’ requests, while Lu Jun realized the method could become a precursor to the Sealed as Deity.

• Di Jun explained that the Wish Incarnation Method could let him project Sun Divine Fire to protect weak Demon Race members who worshipped him.
• Lu Jun recognized Di Jun’s method as Invoking Gods, using believers as channels for a divine descent backed by the River Diagram, Luo Book, and Sun Star.
• Di Jun embraced Lu Jun’s description and declared that the Demon Race would worship him and receive his protection through his incarnation.
• Tai Yi warned that countless prayers could overwhelm Di Jun’s soul and damage his Dao foundation.
• Di Jun said his Good, Evil, and Self Corpses would divide the believers’ requests and spare his true body most of the burden.
• Lu Jun wondered whether Di Jun’s system of faith and divine responses was the embryonic form of the Sealed as Deity.

Di Jun explained his plan to use the Demon Race’s Wish Power to cultivate his Three Corpses into independent incarnations rather than pursue the nearly impossible Three Corpses Unite method. He believed that uniting those three bodies might still let him become a Saint.

• You Wen and Tai Yi warned Di Jun that tying his Three Corpses to the Demon Race’s prayers would leave him vulnerable if enemies attacked.
• Di Jun said the Good Corpse, Evil Corpse, and Self Corpse could use the Demon Race’s wishes to refine their minds and develop independent consciousness.
• Tai Yi realized Di Jun intended to turn the Three Corpses into separate versions of himself with the potential to grow on their own.
• Di Jun argued that the traditional path to Three Corpses Unite was nearly impossible because it required three Innate Spiritual Treasures of the same origin.
• Di Jun credited Lu Jun’s method of Invoking Gods with inspiring a new path and proposed using Wish Power to make his Three Corpses True Self Incarnations.
• Di Jun asked whether uniting the three bodies could allow him, as a peak Quasi-Saint, to become a Saint.

Di Jun revealed his plan to use the Demon Race’s wish power to transform his Three Corpses into independent incarnations and pursue Sainthood, giving the race a defender against the other Saints. After gaining Tai Yi’s support, he prepared to return to the Heavenly Court to arrange the Demon Court’s affairs and focus on cultivation.

• Di Jun explained how the Demon Race’s accumulated faith and wishes could sustain his Three Corpses as incarnations and eventually unite them in pursuit of Sainthood.
• Tai Yi realized Di Jun sought a Saint’s power to protect the Demon Race from the other Saints’ schemes and pledged to walk the perilous path with him.
• Lu Jun admired Di Jun’s willingness to turn his insights toward the Demon Race’s survival, though he could not predict whether the plan would succeed.
• Di Jun said the method required long years of refinement and announced that he would return to the Heavenly Court to reassign responsibilities and gather the officials.
• Lu Jun asked to accompany Di Jun to the discussion, while privately deciding he needed a break from Herding the Stars of All Heavens.

Lu Jun accompanied Di Jun and Tai Yi to the Demon Court, where Di Jun announced that he would enter prolonged seclusion and delegate the court’s affairs to Tai Yi, Fuxi, Kun Peng, and Bai Ze. The announcement alarmed the gathered demons because the River Diagram and Luo Book, essential to their star array, might be unavailable during his absence.

• Lu Jun agreed to visit the Demon Court with Di Jun and Tai Yi, hoping to learn about the Demon Race’s leadership and investigate its potential traitors.
• Di Jun brought Lu Jun and You Wen to Lingxiao Hall, where the Demon Race’s leading figures had assembled.
• Di Jun announced that he would enter extended seclusion and assigned routine and major affairs to Tai Yi, Fuxi, Kun Peng, and Bai Ze.
• Fei Lian, Qin Yuan, and Shang Yang speculated that Di Jun intended to undergo nirvana and celebrated the possibility of his breakthrough.
• Jiu Ying warned that Di Jun’s seclusion could leave the River Diagram and Luo Book unavailable, compromising the Great Array of the Circumambient Stars.
• Kun Peng asked Di Jun to leave the treasure behind so Tai Yi or the ministers could control it and protect the array.

Di Jun told the Demon Race's leaders that he planned to cultivate a method that could protect its weaker members, prompting arguments over whether their lives were worth the risk. After Di Jun challenged their assumptions, Fei Lian asked what method he intended to cultivate.

• Kun Peng questioned Di Jun's planned seclusion and warned that it could leave the Demon Race vulnerable, while Di Jun clarified that he sought a new method rather than Nirvana or Three Corpses Unite.
• Di Jun said his method could benefit countless little demons and protect the Demon Race's common folk, but Ci Tie and other Demon Gods argued that the weak were expendable.
• Di Jun defended the weak as the foundation of the Demon Race and challenged the leaders to consider whether their disregard for them made the Demon Race no different from the Witch Race.
• Kun Peng urged Di Jun to weigh the little demons' safety against the Heavenly Court and the Demon Race's core, drawing support from other Demon Gods.
• Di Jun pointed out that the leaders had opposed his plans without asking what method he meant to cultivate, and Fei Lian asked him to explain it.

Di Jun demonstrated how he used Sentient Wishes, his soul, and the River Diagram and Luo Book to send Sun Divine Fire to demons across the Prehistoric World. The Demon Court’s leaders were awed, but Kun Peng warned that repeatedly sacrificing soul power could weaken Di Jun and leave the Demon Race vulnerable.

• Di Jun summoned the River Diagram and Luo Book and used his Three Corpses Incarnations to help divide a thread of his soul into countless particles.
• Di Jun drew power from the Sun Star and caused gentle clusters of Sun Divine Fire to appear above demon settlements throughout the Prehistoric World.
• Di Jun explained that demons’ prayers formed a sea of Sentient Wishes, which guided the fire to protect them from evil and calamities.
• Kun Peng, Fuxi, Bai Ze, Shang Yang, and the other demons reacted with astonishment, while former opponents fell silent.
• Kun Peng warned that continued use of the method could damage Di Jun’s soul and let enemies exploit his sacrifice.

Di Jun dismissed the Demon Court leaders’ concerns and entered seclusion to spread his Sentient Wishes method, while Lu Jun left with Fuxi to visit the Human Race. Kun Peng warned his allies that the method would direct the demons’ gratitude and loyalty toward Di Jun alone, undermining the authority of the Demon Court’s other leaders.

• Di Jun claimed Sentient Wishes would nourish his divided souls, ended the debate, and announced that he would enter seclusion to expand the method’s protection.
• Di Jun assigned Tai Yi, Fuxi, Kun Peng, and Bai Ze to decide Demon Court affairs jointly during his absence, and the assembled demons accepted his decree.
• Fuxi praised Lu Jun’s Nirvana Method, then agreed to take him to visit the Human Race created by Nuwa.
• Kun Peng privately explained to his allies that Di Jun’s direct protection would make demons worship the Demon Emperor rather than remember the Demon Court’s commanders and institutions.

Kun Peng warned the Demon Court’s leaders that Di Jun’s cultivation method could make him the sole authority in the hearts of the Demon Race and render them obsolete. Unable to oppose him or disband the court, they left with Kun Peng’s plan to protect weaker demons and earn their gratitude.

• Kun Peng told the Demon Gods that Di Jun’s River Diagram and Luo Book, Sun Star origins, and the demons’ faith let him bypass the Demon Court’s ruling system.
• The Demon Gods feared losing their authority, and some proposed disbanding the Demon Court in protest.
• Kun Peng rebuked them, warning that without the Demon Court, Tai Yi, and the heavenly star array, the Witch Race would slaughter them.
• Kun Peng advised the Demon Gods to protect weaker tribes near their territories so they could earn Wish Power and preserve their standing.
• The Demon Gods departed, and a saying urging the court’s leaders to protect the weak and share in Wish Power began spreading among the upper ranks.

Demon Court leaders began protecting low-ranking demon tribes to gain Wish Power, strengthening the Demon Race while easing the burden on Di Jun’s Three Corpses. Di Jun revealed that he had anticipated their imitation and had also begun attracting powerful rogue demons, leaving him confident that the growing faith would help him reach the supreme realm.

• Demon Saints and Demon Commanders began protecting weak demon tribes and hunting threats to gain Wish Power, improving the tribes’ survival and strengthening the Demon Race’s cohesion.
• Tai Yi warned Di Jun that Kun Peng had encouraged other great demons to imitate Di Jun’s prayer method and share his authority.
• Di Jun explained that the other demons’ protection efforts reduced the crises and prayers reaching him, freeing his Three Corpses to answer more important prayers.
• Di Jun revealed that a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal’s prayer had appeared, and that other powerful rogue demons and clan chiefs were seeking his protection.
• Di Jun declared that he would protect all demons who sincerely prayed to the Demon Court and said their collective Wish Power would help him ascend to the supreme realm.

Hongjun observed Di Jun’s use of Wish Power and saw signs that the Human Path could flourish alongside the Heavenly and Earthly Daos. At Fengqi Mountain, Lu Jun witnessed the Human Race’s brutal, Demon-like way of life and resolved to take responsibility for its future.

• Hongjun saw Di Jun use the River Diagram and Luo Book to channel the demons’ wishes through the Sun Star, protecting living beings and reducing slaughter.
• Hongjun concluded that Di Jun’s actions and Lu Jun’s star-shepherding could help the Human Path and Earthly Dao flourish, and he considered Di Jun’s possible rise to rule the Human Path alongside Nuwa.
• Lu Jun and Fuxi surveyed the Human Race near Fengqi Mountain, where powerful clans held influence while weaker humans struggled against predators and died in large numbers.
• Lu Jun realized that the humans had adopted the Demon Race’s hierarchy and survival practices, unlike the civilization he believed humanity should build.
• Lu Jun recalled that his changes had diverted the Human Race from its original catastrophe and its eventual rejection of the Demon Race’s ways.
• Lu Jun accepted that the Human Race’s future and its Karma had fallen on his shoulders and vowed not to stand aside.

Lu Jun showed Fuxi that Human Race descendants inherited no innate bloodline powers, unlike the Demon Race, and argued that this difference reflected a distinct purpose behind Nuwa’s creation of humanity. Fuxi began reconsidering how the Human Race should be guided, then described his own Dao as focused on music, calculation, support, and control.

• Lu Jun questioned why the Human Race followed Demon Race customs despite seeming fundamentally different.
• Lu Jun explained that Human Race descendants inherited no divine abilities from their powerful ancestors and relied instead on cultivation and learning.
• Fuxi confirmed the bloodline difference with his Divine Sense and admitted he had never examined the Human Race’s nature closely.
• Lu Jun noted that Nuwa was trapped in the River of Time and urged Fuxi to consider her intentions for the Human Race.
• Fuxi asked Lu Jun for his thoughts, and Lu Jun first asked about Nuwa and Fuxi’s temperaments and reasons for joining the Heavenly Court.
• Fuxi explained that his Fuxi Qin and Fuxi Se supported allies and controlled enemies, while Lu Jun recognized him as a battlefield support specialist.

Fuxi explained Nuwa’s compassionate role in the Demon Race and asked Lu Jun what her creation of the Human Race meant. Lu Jun argued that the humans’ blank bloodlines freed them from inherited limits and gave them limitless paths through cultivation and learning, leaving Fuxi struck by the insight.

• Fuxi described how Nuwa used her Way of Creation to heal and nurture the Demon Race rather than lead it into battle.
• Lu Jun recognized Fuxi and Nuwa as the Heavenly Court’s essential support and healer, then considered why Nuwa had created the Human Race.
• Fuxi asked Lu Jun to interpret the Human Race’s Bloodline Blankness and advise him on how to guide the race while Nuwa was away.
• Lu Jun argued that the humans’ weak but pure bloodlines offered freedom from the limits imposed by inherited abilities.
• Lu Jun connected Laozi’s Human Religion and Xuandu’s cultivation to a future in which humans could learn many Dao paths regardless of bloodline.
• Fuxi grasped that the Human Race’s blank slate meant freedom from restrictions and limitless possibilities.

Lu Jun convinced Fuxi that humanity’s adaptability, cooperation, learning, and vast population could overcome its individual weakness, but warned that copying the Demon Race’s law of the jungle would cripple humanity’s growth. He argued that humanity needed enlightenment to embrace cooperation and inheritance, and said Grand Pure Saint had done far too little to guide them.

• Fuxi questioned whether humanity’s low-powered spells could help it survive against powerful enemies, and Lu Jun explained how varied abilities and teamwork could improve its chances.
• Lu Jun argued that humanity’s rapid reproduction and potential cultivators could eventually compensate for its weak individuals, and Fuxi’s deductions led him to accept this possibility.
• Fuxi suggested spreading foundational cultivation methods, but Lu Jun said changing humanity’s way of thinking mattered more than distributing techniques.
• Lu Jun warned that humanity imitating the Demon Race’s strong-devour-weak hierarchy would cause endless internal strife and prevent inheritance and collective growth.
• Fuxi rejected forced orders as ineffective, and Lu Jun called for enlightenment that would lead humanity to embrace cooperation, inheritance, and order, adding that Grand Pure Saint had been stingy with guidance.

Lu Jun persuaded Fuxi to guide and protect the Human Race as its Human Emperor, showing him a path to gather human destiny and advance his Dao. Fuxi accepted the calling, and Lu Jun offered to share ideas for educating the people and establishing civilization.

• Lu Jun argued that Laozi’s Human Religion helped too few people and that Fuxi was suited to enlighten and organize the Human Race.
• Lu Jun urged Fuxi to become the Human Emperor rather than pursue the title of religion master, and Human Race destiny surged toward Fengqi Mountain.
• Fuxi embraced the role, resolving to guide the Human Race through cooperation, inheritance, and civilization while thanking Lu Jun for showing him the way.
• Lu Jun reflected that Fuxi’s protection could help the Human Race rise and keep him from repeating the later fate of the Three Sovereigns in Huoyun Cave.
• Lu Jun offered to share ideas about educating the people, passing down writing, and establishing human relations.

Fuxi announced a trial to choose Human Race disciples by teaching and improving the lives of weaker clansmen. As persistent teachers began to bring small advances to their tribes, Heavenly Dao Merit descended upon them.

• Fuxi offered to take Human Race disciples and distributed basic cultivation and survival booklets to the tribe’s experts.
• Fuxi set a trial in which candidates had to teach struggling clansmen, with the most effective teachers earning inner discipleship and others potentially becoming nominal disciples.
• The candidates discovered that their weakest clansmen first needed food, shelter, safety, and basic instruction before they could learn cultivation.
• Some candidates gave up, while others patiently helped tribes improve survival, learn practical skills, and begin cultivating Spirit Energy.
• Golden Light of Merit descended upon the teachers whose efforts had produced real improvements.

Fuxi’s new teaching system brought the Human Race immense fortune and cracked his Quasi-Saint Peak bottleneck, convincing him that the Human Emperor’s path was his destiny. He set his sights on settling the Human Race in the Western Lands and approached the Ancestral Witches, ending as they asked what he intended to propose.

• The Human Race experts resumed teaching and sharing their methods after Heavenly Dao Merit rewarded their efforts, while Fuxi expanded the lessons to practical skills.
• The surge of Human Race fortune cracked Fuxi’s cultivation bottleneck, and he recognized a path forward as the Human Emperor.
• Fuxi concluded that the Human Race could expand into the Western Lands, help restore its vitality, and eventually claim half the Great Desolation World.
• Fuxi went to meet Houtu, Di Jiang, and the other Ancestral Witches, praising their restoration work and pointing out that the West still lacked the vitality of living beings.
• Di Jiang asked Fuxi to explain why he had come to speak about the West’s lingering deathly qi.