Chapter Summaries

Lu Jun joined Tongtian’s Severing Sect as its fifth Outer Sect True Disciple, gaining new protection and a treasured lamp. Laozi then offered to teach him artifact forging, and Lu Jun eagerly accepted as the chapter ended.

• Tongtian offered to take Lu Jun as an Outer Disciple, and Lu Jun asked about the Severing Sect’s existing disciples.
• After learning that Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiāo were already in the sect, Lu Jun accepted Tongtian as his master.
• Tongtian bestowed the Yin Yang Two Forms Lamp on Lu Jun, and Primeval Lord of Heaven gave him the Yin Yang Mirror.
• Laozi offered to teach Lu Jun his methods for tempering materials, engraving runes, layering formations, and using artifacts to evolve the Dao.
• Lu Jun respectfully asked Laozi to impart the art of artifact forging.

Saint Laozi taught Lu Jun advanced artifact forging and helped stabilize the Spiritual Treasures in his Star Domain. Lu Jun returned with Sect Master Tongtian to join the Severing Sect as its fifth Outer Sect True Disciple, while the Demon Race turned his Star Domain into a vast artifact-forging center.

• Saint Laozi passed artifact-forging knowledge to Lu Jun and demonstrated how to strengthen a Spiritual Treasure with Divine Script Treasure Seals.
• Lu Jun applied Saint Laozi's methods to the materials in his stars, increasing their refining efficiency and advancing his understanding of artifact forging.
• Sect Master Tongtian invited Lu Jun to return to Golden Ao Island and formally join the Severing Sect, and Lu Jun accepted.
• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi summoned the Demon Race's artifact forgers to Lu Jun's Star Domain, moved the Demon Master Palace there, and used Kun Peng's possessions to expand it.
• Sect Master Tongtian brought Lu Jun to Biyou Palace and announced him as the Severing Sect's fifth Outer Sect True Disciple.

Lu Jun met Tongtian’s disciples at a celebratory banquet and assessed the Severing Sect’s current strength. He left the gathering on friendly terms with Duobao, who praised his rebirth through Nirvana.

• Tongtian introduced Lu Jun to the inner and outer disciples, including Duobao, Zhao Gongming, Yun Xiao, Qiong Xiao, and Bi Xiao.
• Tongtian held a grand feast to celebrate Lu Jun joining the Severing Sect, and Lu Jun greeted the assembled disciples while observing them closely.
• Lu Jun realized the sect was still growing after the Witch-Demon Great Tribulation and that several prominent disciples, including Duobao and Yun Xiao, were One-Corpse Quasi-Saints.
• Duobao approached Lu Jun with a cup, remarked on his Golden Crow heritage, and said they shared roots in the Demon Race.
• Lu Jun praised Duobao, and Duobao recalled Tongtian’s admiration for Lu Jun’s Nirvana rebirth and said Lu Jun’s bearing matched his Master’s praise.

At a banquet welcoming Lu Jun into the Severing Sect, the disciples praised his survival and Nirvana during the Witch-Demon War, and he modestly accepted their support. Sect Master Tongtian then announced that he, Taishang, and Yuanshi planned to open a new world beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens, inspired in part by Lu Jun’s work expanding the Prehistoric World.

• Golden Spirit Holy Mother, Holy Mother Wudang, and Turtle Spirit Holy Mother praised Lu Jun’s perseverance and fortune during the Witch-Demon War.
• Zhao Gongming toasted Lu Jun, while Bi Xiao asked about his return through Nirvana and Yun Xiao gently apologized for her sister’s bluntness.
• Lu Jun credited his success to fortune, asked the other disciples for guidance, and joined the lively banquet.
• Tongtian announced that he, Taishang, and Yuanshi had sensed a Great Dao opportunity and planned to open a new world beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens.
• Tongtian clarified that their feat would not compare with Pangu’s and revealed that Lu Jun’s expansion of the Prehistoric World had inspired them.

Tongtian revealed that Lu Jun’s creation had inspired the Three Pure Ones to plan to open heaven, but Lu Jun feared that opening a new world above the Thirty-three Heavens could endanger Buzhou Mountain and provoke a war with the Ancestral Witches. He warned Tongtian that this location might be inappropriate, leaving the disciples doubtful and Tongtian questioning the plan.

• Tongtian said Lu Jun’s actions had inspired the Three Pure Ones’ plan to open heaven, shocking the disciples gathered at Biyou Palace.
• Lu Jun recalled how the Three Pure Ones’ earlier attempt to open three heavens above the Thirty-three Heavens had contributed to Buzhou Mountain’s collapse and feared the conflict could happen again.
• Tongtian asked Lu Jun what was troubling him, and Lu Jun praised opening heaven as a work that would benefit the Great Desolation before asking where the Three Pure Ones intended to do it.
• Tongtian said they planned to open a new world above the Thirty-three Heavens, and Lu Jun cautioned that doing so might be inappropriate.
• Several disciples questioned Lu Jun’s right to challenge a Saint’s decision, while Tongtian frowned and wondered whether heaven could not be opened there.

Lu Jun warned Tongtian that opening a New Heaven above Buzhou Mountain could make the Witch Race see the Three Pure Ones’ plan as a provocation and attack them. Tongtian brought Lu Jun to Kunlun Mountain to alert Laozi and Primeval Lord of Heaven, who were left reconsidering the danger of their plan.

• Lu Jun explained that Buzhou Mountain was the Witch Race’s ancestral home and that opening Heaven above it could look like the Three Pure Ones were suppressing the Witch Race.
• Tongtian recognized the risk of provoking the Witch Race and, after Lu Jun urged caution, took him to discuss the matter with Laozi and Primeval Lord of Heaven.
• Laozi and Primeval Lord of Heaven discussed their plan to use the Pangu Banner and Taiji Diagram to open and stabilize a New Heaven, while intending to claim the Heaven-Opening Merit for Pangu’s Primordial Spirit lineage.
• Tongtian arrived at Kunlun Mountain and warned his brothers that their plan could bring a calamity and a crisis of life and death.
• Tongtian recounted Lu Jun’s warning, and Primeval Lord of Heaven questioned whether opening Heaven above the Thirty-three Heavens could truly anger the Witch Race.

Lu Jun warned the Three Pure Ones that creating a New Heaven above Buzhou Mountain could provoke another conflict with the Witch Race, so they decided to seek the Twelve Ancestral Witches’ approval in person. In the Underworld, the Ancestral Witches used their array to expand its territory by opening up the chaotic boundary.

• Lu Jun explained how the division between Heaven and Earth reflected the Witch and Demon Races’ competing foundations and warned that the Three Pure Ones’ plan could reignite their conflict with the Witch Race.
• Laozi decided that the Three Pure Ones should consult the Twelve Ancestral Witches before creating Heaven above Buzhou Mountain, and he asked Lu Jun to accompany them to the Underworld.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches operated the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Array to summon Yin Soul Pangu and expand the Underworld.
• Zhu Rong and Gong Gong celebrated the array’s use in opening up the Underworld and transforming the chaotic boundary into new land.

The Three Pure Ones visited the Underworld with Lu Jun to ask the Ancestral Witches for consent to open a new world near Buzhou Mountain. The Ancestral Witches reassured them that they would not take offense, but someone stopped the visitors as they were about to leave.

• Di Jiang sensed the Three Pure Ones approaching the Underworld, and Empress Houtu detected that Lu Jun had come with them.
• Empress Houtu and the Ancestral Witches warmly welcomed Lu Jun and thanked him for helping them become Saints.
• Laozi explained that the Three Pure Ones wanted to open a new world at the Edge of Chaos and needed the Ancestral Witches' consent because of its proximity to Buzhou Mountain.
• Tongtian explained Lu Jun's concern that opening Heaven near Buzhou Mountain might be mistaken for a provocation against the Witch Race.
• The Ancestral Witches said they would not take offense, and the Three Pure Ones prepared to leave before someone called, "Wait!"

Lu Jun warned the Three Pure Ones and the Twelve Ancestral Witches that opening a New Heaven could overload Buzhou Mountain with accumulated fortune and Karma, risking the collapse of the Heavenly Pillar. When they asked how to prevent the disaster, he proposed reinforcing the mountain and limiting damage caused by the Human Race, but Zhu Rong suggested moving them away.

• Houtu asked Lu Jun whether he had raised the concern about Buzhou Mountain, and he admitted that he had.
• Lu Jun explained that the New Heaven, the Three Teachings, the Demon Race, and other forces could pile enough fortune and Karma onto Buzhou Mountain to break the Heavenly Pillar and destroy the world.
• The Three Pure Ones and the Twelve Ancestral Witches recognized the danger, and Laozi, Tongtian, and Primeval Lord of Heaven praised Lu Jun for seeing the risk.
• Zhu Rong asked Lu Jun how they could prevent the disaster, and Lu Jun proposed two approaches, beginning with reinforcing Buzhou Mountain and restricting harmful activity there.
• Zhu Rong asked whether moving the Human Race away from Buzhou Mountain would be enough.

Lu Jun explained that Buzhou Mountain needed both physical reinforcement and the support of living beings’ fortune and Karma, then proposed moving the Three Pure Ones’ New Heaven elsewhere as an alternative. Houtu halted the Ancestral Witches’ push to relocate them, and Laozi suggested inviting Nuwa to join the discussion.

• Lu Jun told the Saints that the Human Race’s fortune was intertwined with Buzhou Mountain’s, but stronger Saintly power and the fortune of living beings would be needed to withstand future impacts.
• The Three Pure Ones deduced that a future great tribulation and a race stronger than the Human Race might cause their teachings to flourish, but they could not clearly see what would happen to Buzhou Mountain.
• Lu Jun proposed that the Three Pure Ones open their New Heaven somewhere other than above Buzhou Mountain, and the Ancestral Witches urged them to choose a new location.
• Houtu stopped the argument, insisting that the Saints first consider reinforcing Buzhou Mountain rather than choosing the simpler but damaging option of driving people away.
• Laozi proposed inviting Nuwa to discuss the matter because the Human Race lived on Buzhou Mountain and she was its Holy Mother.

The Saints and Ancestral Witches gathered to address the danger of the Three Pure Ones opening a New Heaven and destabilizing the Prehistoric World. Nuwa identified the missing Human Dao Saint as the root of the imbalance, and she and the others realized Di Jun might be able to become one.

• Houtu and the Three Pure Ones summoned Nuwa and Zhen Yuanzi to the Underworld and explained Lu Jun's concerns about Buzhou Mountain and the New Heaven.
• Nuwa and Zhen Yuanzi recognized the danger and praised Lu Jun for noticing the threat.
• Nuwa explained that the lack of a Human Dao Saint left the Human Realm vulnerable as the Heavenly Dao and Earthly Dao expanded.
• The Saints realized the Thirty-three Heavens could crush the Human Realm, while Laozi, Tongtian, and Primeval Lord of Heaven acknowledged the Three Daos' imbalance.
• When Houtu asked whether anyone could become a Human Dao Saint, Nuwa pointed to Di Jun, and Zhen Yuanzi and Houtu agreed he might succeed.

Nuwa revealed that Fuxi could attain the Human Emperor Saint Position through the Human Race’s growing fortune, with Lu Jun having guided him toward that path. The Saints also learned Tai Yi had begun a dangerous Nirvana path, and they ended the discussion stunned by Lu Jun’s role in creating future Saints.

• Houtu explained that Di Jun had been transformed by the Vow Power of All Beings and might attain sainthood.
• Nuwa revealed that her Elder Brother, Fuxi, could become a Human Emperor Saint through the Human Race’s fortune, and said Lu Jun had guided him.
• Nuwa explained that Fuxi had helped expand the Human Race and restore the Western Lands, laying the groundwork for his future ascension.
• Lu Jun said Tai Yi had found a difficult and dangerous Nirvana path that could make him rival a Saint if he succeeded.
• Tongtian admitted that taking Lu Jun as a disciple had been the greatest bargain and said it felt as though the disciple had chosen him.

The Saints debated whether future sainthood could protect Buzhou Mountain, but realized waiting could let the Ancestral Witches consume the resources needed for the Creation of Heaven. Zhen Yuanzi proposed a present-focused alternative rooted in the material foundation, hinting at sharing Buzhou Mountain’s burden.

• Houtu explained that Lu Jun’s arrival might be connected to future opportunities for sainthood, and Tongtian eagerly asked whether his disciples could become Saints.
• Houtu rebuked Tongtian for expecting a path to sainthood to be handed to his disciples, and Tongtian accepted that they had to comprehend it themselves.
• Laozi argued that the future fortunes of Di Jun, Fuxi, and Tai Yi could support Buzhou Mountain and allow the Saints to create heaven above the Thirty-Three Heavens.
• Zhen Yuanzi warned that waiting for future Saints was dangerous because the Ancestral Witches might consume the merit and fortune needed for the Creation of Heaven.
• Zhen Yuanzi proposed an alternative that would address Buzhou Mountain’s material foundation in the present, then suggested sharing its burden.

Zhen Yuanzi proposed using Kunlun Mountain and Mount Sumeru alongside Buzhou Mountain to support the heavens, and the Saints and Ancestral Witches embraced the plan. Lu Jun realized the proposal could make the Prehistoric World far more stable, while Houtu wondered whether it had been part of his foresight all along.

• Zhen Yuanzi used the Book of the Earth to suggest raising Kunlun Mountain into a second pillar that would share the heavens' burden with Buzhou Mountain.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven recognized that the Saints and the Twelve Ancestral Witches could connect Kunlun's Heavenly Gate to the Heavenly Dao and make Kunlun a pillar.
• Tongtian and Laozi endorsed the plan, and Laozi proposed restoring Mount Sumeru to serve as a third pillar alongside Buzhou and Kunlun.
• Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, Di Jiang, and the other Ancestral Witches enthusiastically agreed to rebuild the three divine mountains and support the heavens.
• Lu Jun marveled at the plan's potential, while Houtu wondered whether the Sixth Prince had foreseen both Human Dao sainthood and the three pillars.

Houtu led seventeen Saints to Kunlun Mountain to establish the second pillar of the Three Mountains Supporting the Heavens, with Lu Jun’s earlier warning seen as the cause of their plan. They began opening the Kunlun Heavenly Gate, drawing Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s attention.

• Houtu concluded that Lu Jun’s warning had brought the Saints together and proposed they use their combined strength to establish Three Mountains Supporting the Heavens.
• The seventeen Saints agreed to open the Kunlun Heavenly Road and set up the second pillar supporting the sky.
• Queen Mother of the West saw the Saints descend upon Kunlun Mountain and watched in shock as the Three Pure Ones and Twelve Ancestral Witches formed their great array.
• The Saints combined their power to summon Pangu’s Merit True Body, which raised the Merit Sky-Opening Axe and cleaved at the barrier between Kunlun Peak and the Thirty-three Heavens.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun observed the undertaking from Zixiao Palace, deduced that Lu Jun’s concern about Buzhou Mountain had started the chain of events, and found it interesting.

Hongjun saw how the three Heavenly Pillars could ease his burden of supporting the Prehistoric World, and decided to give the Investiture of the Gods to Tongtian’s disciple. He began planning to escape the limits of Dao Integration by risking a passage beneath Pangu’s axe, while wondering whether Yang Mei had foreseen the dangers of his path.

• Hongjun considered how the three Heavenly Pillars and the completed Earthly Dao could relieve his burden of sustaining the Prehistoric World.
• Hongjun decided that Tongtian’s disciple should oversee the Investiture of the Gods and recover Spiritual Treasures for the Star Domain.
• Hongjun resolved to arrange the Prehistoric World’s affairs before attempting to pass beneath Pangu’s Sky-Opening Axe and seek a Chaos Demon God’s foundation.
• Hongjun questioned whether Yang Mei had understood the restrictions of Dao Integration and deliberately let Hongjun believe he had won their old battle.

Hongjun reclaimed Nuwa’s Primordial Violet Qi and Heavenly Dao merit, transforming her into the first Human Dao Saint. The Saints realized he was helping balance the Three Paths and resumed forging the Kunlun Heavenly Pillar, bringing the passage between heaven and earth close to completion.

• Hongjun reflected on his past rivalry with Yang Mei and decided the Human Path needed its own Saint to support the new Heavenly Pillar.
• As Nuwa helped the Three Pure Ones solidify the Heavenly Gate’s laws, Hongjun’s decree forcibly extracted her Primordial Violet Qi and Heavenly Dao merit.
• The Saints feared Hongjun was opposing their work, but the Human Path’s fortune surged into Nuwa and stabilized her as a Human Dao Saint.
• Nuwa realized Hongjun had freed her from the Heavenly Dao position and returned her to the Human Path through her creation of the Human Race and her connection to the River-Mountain Diagram.
• The Saints understood Hongjun was helping balance the Three Paths and gathered their strength to pierce and solidify the Heavenly Gate.

Di Jun realized that Nuwa’s transformation had opened the path to Human Dao sainthood, and that his Evil Corpse could become an Evil God by absorbing the prayers and killing intent of the Demon Race. Meanwhile, the Saints and Ancestral Witches began raising Kunlun Mountain into a second pillar supporting the sky, a plan the Severing Sect disciples learned had been sparked by Lu Jun.

• Di Jun sent Tai Yi to investigate the upheaval at Kunlun Peak and concluded that completing his Evil Body could make him a Human Dao Saint.
• Immortal Weng of the South Pole and Queen Mother of the West learned that the Saints and Ancestral Witches planned to elevate Kunlun Mountain into another pillar supporting the sky.
• Severing Sect disciples traveled to Kunlun Mountain and discovered that Lu Jun’s earlier concern about Master’s Creation of Heaven had led to the plan.
• The Severing Sect disciples abandoned their doubts about Lu Jun and admired him for bringing seventeen Saints together to reshape the Great Desolation Landscape.
• Yun Xiao looked from Kunlun Mountain toward the starry void and told her sisters that she had remembered something.

Yun Xiao and the Severing Sect disciples traveled to Lu Jun’s Star Domain to observe its vast star array and help forge the Spiritual Treasures it needed. The Demon Race cultivators there challenged their presence and called the former Demon Race members traitors, prompting one disciple to object.

• Yun Xiao proposed that the disciples visit Lu Jun’s Star Domain to seek insight from the stars, and Zhao Gongming asked Lu Jun for its coordinates.
• Tongtian ordered the Severing Sect disciples to assist Lu Jun in forging Spiritual Treasures, and the disciples split between staying at Kunlun and traveling to the Star Domain.
• The Three Xiāo and Zhao Gongming led a group to the Star Domain, where they were astonished by its tens of thousands of stars and the Myriad Immortals Array.
• Demon Race cultivators challenged the Severing Sect disciples’ presence, but Yun Xiao, Bi Xiao, and Qiong Xiao defended their right to be there under Lu Jun’s invitation and Tongtian’s decree.
• A Demon Race cultivator mocked the former Demon Race members as traitors, and a Severing Sect disciple replied, “We are not traitors!”

Demon Race members accused Severing Sect disciples of abandoning their kin during the Witch-Demon War, but Fairy Yun Xiao redirected their dispute into an artifact-forging contest. In Zixiao Palace, Hongjun recognized that their rivalry was generating Calamity Qi and expected it to lead to the Investiture of the Gods, with Lu Jun tasked with restoring order.

• Demon Race members called the Severing Sect disciples traitors for fleeing during the Witch-Demon War, while Qiushou Xian and Lingya Xian defended their actions as orders to preserve their race.
• Demon Race experts exposed other Severing Sect disciples as deserters, who argued that seeking survival followed Sage Tongtian's doctrine.
• Fairy Yun Xiao suppressed the quarrel with her Quasi-Saint pressure and proposed an artifact-forging contest to settle the dispute through contributions to Lu Jun's Great Dao Stars.
• Both sides accepted Yun Xiao's proposal, selected stars and materials, and began forging Spiritual Treasures under her leadership.
• Hongjun observed that the sides' grudges and competition were producing Calamity Qi, and foresaw the Spiritual Treasure Calamity leading to the Investiture of the Gods and Lu Jun's role in restoring order.