Chapter Summaries

Taichu explained that he divided the Primordial Wilderness into Three Realms to protect Acquired Beings and manage the growing differences between them and powerful cultivators. He established ways to travel and govern between the Human World and Earth Immortal Realm, then introduced the Origin Dao, leaving the great powers eager to learn it and Zhunti questioning Zhen Yuanzi's access to it.

• Taichu showed the great powers how Innate Beings and accomplished cultivators had been destroying Acquired clans, and explained why he had divided the Primordial Wilderness into Three Realms.
• Taichu created Ascension Welcoming Immortal Platforms and appointed Immortal Dynasty Ferry Envoys to manage travel and communication between the Human World and Earth Immortal Realm.
• Taichu watched the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Houtu, and Zhen Yuanzi establish six Great Thousand Worlds in the Heavenly Realm.
• Taichu taught the great powers the Origin Dao, explaining how to condense a World Seed and nurture it into a Great Thousand World.
• The great powers pleaded for Taichu to teach them the Origin Dao, while Zhunti complained to Jieyin that Zhen Yuanzi seemed to know more about it than they did.
• Jieyin urgently rebuked Zhunti for questioning Taichu's treatment of Zhen Yuanzi.

Taichu preached the Origin Dao to the gathered cultivators, granting special assistance to Zhao Gongming, Qiyuan, and Kong Xuan. Jieyin combined the Origin Dao with his Dream Enlightenment method to discover a new path, giving him and Zhunti a way to replenish their future Merit.

• Jieyin noticed Yangmei’s connection to Zhen Yuanzi, and Yangmei acknowledged him with a nod.
• Taichu explained the Origin Dao and engraved its teachings into the Primordial Spirits of those present.
• Zhao Gongming fused with the Sea Calming Divine Pearls, and Taichu secretly empowered him, Qiyuan, and Kong Xuan with Origins.
• The gathered cultivators received the Origin Dao, and some began condensing World Seeds.
• Zhunti urged Jieyin to combine the Origin Dao with the Dream Enlightenment method, and Jieyin entered deep contemplation.
• Jieyin comprehended Refining Falsehood into Truth, creating a new source for his and Zhunti’s future Merit.

Jieyin comprehended a Dreamscape Method that Taichu saw as a way to give the Primordial Wilderness a new path for growth. After revealing that the Void Realm had become a world-spanning second world, Taichu proposed using it to power Jieyin’s Dream World.

• Jieyin completed his epiphany, and Taichu considered how dream trials could help Primordial living beings grow and generate true Origin Power.
• Taichu asked Yangmei and the others to assess the Primordial Wilderness, and Laozi warned that its unity could leave the new generation without opportunities to gain experience.
• Yangmei realized Taichu intended to use Jieyin’s Dream World for trials, then discovered that the Void Realm had expanded across the Primordial Wilderness and become a realistic second world.
• Yangmei sensed deeper Space-Time Laws within the Void Realm, and Taichu said he had only taken the first step toward the Space-Time Great Dao.
• Jieyin offered his method to Taichu, who proposed providing a space and energy in the Void Realm while Jieyin contributed his Law insights and ideas.

Taichu helped Jieyin merge the Dream World into the Void Realm, canceling the Western Sages’ Heavenly Dao debt and granting Jieyin a continuing source of Merit. After Zhi discovered that the Dream World could reproduce his abilities and aid practice, Jieyin recognized the Human Race’s potential and considered recruiting its members.

• Taichu explained the Dream World’s benefits, and Jieyin agreed to merge it with the Void Realm.
• Taichu linked the Dream World to the Void Realm and awarded Jieyin Merit, freeing Jieyin and Zhunti from their Heavenly Dao debt.
• Zhunti proposed using his Dao of Karma to further help Jieyin’s Dream World, while Jieyin realized the world could bring him ongoing Merit.
• Zhi entered the Dream World, fought a special creature, and discovered that it could reproduce his abilities and improve his practice and comprehension.
• Jieyin watched Zhi’s discoveries, considered recruiting and cultivating Human Race disciples, and Zhi left to tell his clan about the Dream World.

After the Yanxia Immortal Dynasty was established, Nuwa granted Shen Nong, Cangjie, Taiyi, Xuanyuan, Shanzai, and Xuan Yuan the chance to attain Sagehood, and all six became Human Dao Sages. Their ascension strengthened the Human Dao and brought forth its powerful incarnation, leaving Taichu to deal with the Heavenly Dao incarnation’s jealousy.

• The Primordial Myriad Spirits built Dao City and spread cities around Zhou Mountain as the Yanxia Immortal Dynasty took shape.
• Fortune gathered over Dao City, allowing the dynasty’s leading figures to wield power beyond their cultivation realms.
• Nuwa named Shen Nong, Cangjie, Taiyi, Xuanyuan, Shanzai, and Xuan Yuan as recipients of the Human Dao’s opportunity to attain the Dao.
• All six attained Sagehood, while the Purple Qi and spiritual treasures improved the aptitude and cultivation prospects of the dynasty’s subjects.
• The Human Dao’s growth produced a powerful young incarnation, who appeared beside the Heavenly Dao incarnation and Little Fatty.
• Taichu suspected the Heavenly Dao incarnation was jealous of the Human Dao incarnation, and the two incarnations exchanged pointed remarks.

Zhen Yuanzi used the Earth Book and the Yanxia Immortal Dynasty’s fortune to establish the City God System, linking the Human Dao and Earthly Dao. After the system was put in place, his cultivation rose from the Sage Sixth Heaven Realm to the Sage Twelve Heavens Realm.

• Two powerful figures appeared above the Space-Time Long River as the Human Dao poured its Origin into it, and Taichu remarked that he might pass on the position of Lord of Heavenly Dao.
• Zhen Yuanzi presented the Earth Book and declared that he would establish the City God System with the Yanxia Immortal Dynasty’s fortune as its guide.
• Fuxi, Taiyi, and Cangjie supplied their Sage artifacts and authority, allowing the Earthly Dao and Human Dao to approve Zhen Yuanzi’s plan.
• Zhen Yuanzi enfeoffed meritorious Yin spirits as City Gods, appointed a World City God, and opened Divine Domains with a City God temple in every city.
• Zhen Yuanzi gathered the resulting Merit into the Earth Book, and his cultivation rose to the Sage Twelve Heavens Realm.
• The Three Pure Ones, Fuxi, the Three Sovereigns, and others congratulated Zhen Yuanzi on his advancement.

Taichu named the incarnations of the Three Daos and asked Haotian how he would govern the Primordial Wilderness. Haotian assigned roles in the Heavenly Court, but Luohou rejected a military post and revealed that he meant to pursue his ambitions in Chaos.

• Taichu urged the incarnations of the Heaven, Earth, and Human Daos to guide the Primordial Wilderness without interfering at will, then named them Taishi, Taisu, and Taiji.
• Taichu summoned Haotian, the Four Spirits of Heaven and Earth, Queen Mother of the West, Doumu Yuanjun, Luohou, and others, and asked Haotian how he would govern the Three Realms.
• Haotian proposed establishing Four Emperors and said he would yield authority if he proved unfit to rule; Taichu praised his willingness to let the capable rise.
• Haotian proposed placing Doumu Yuanjun in charge of the Star Gods, granting Queen Mother of the West the title of Golden Mother over the Female Immortals, and appointing the Four Spirits as the Four Poles Emperors.
• Haotian proposed that Luohou command the Heavenly Court's military affairs, but Luohou refused and said he aimed to pursue the Great Dao in Chaos.

Taichu appointed Doumu Yuanjun, Queen Mother of the West, the Four Spirits of Heaven and Earth, and Luohou as Heavenly Dao Saints, recognizing their merits and binding their Primordial Spirits to the Heavenly Dao. The seven attained Sainthood, and Bei Xuan was the first among them to reach the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

• Taichu granted Doumu Yuanjun the position of Heavenly Dao Saint for guarding the Primordial Starry Sky.
• Taichu appointed Queen Mother of the West Heavenly Court Golden Mother, gave her the Flag of Gathering Immortals, and taught her how to connect the Three Thousand Worlds to the Primordial World.
• Taichu made Azure Dragon, Qingluan, Bei Xuan, and Ink Qilin Heavenly Dao Saints and praised Bei Xuan for offering his four feet to form the Four Extremes of Heaven and Earth.
• Taichu granted Luohou Sainthood for his contributions to the Primordial World, and Luohou accepted his connection to the Heavenly Dao after it warned him against severing it.
• Doumu Yuanjun, Queen Mother of the West, the Four Spirits of Heaven and Earth, and Luohou attained Sainthood, while Bei Xuan reached the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm first.

Bei Xuan completed his Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal breakthrough as a Primordial Spirit formed from his Merit and the Heavenly Dao became an exceptionally powerful Saint. The birth of seven new Heavenly Dao Saints brought Ksitigarbha two Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, drawing Houtu’s interest in his connection to the Netherworld.

• Bei Xuan’s Primordial Spirit merged with the Seven-Colored Seed, creating a Heavenly Dao Saint whose power reached Saint Eighth Heaven as Bei Xuan attained Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
• Doumu Yuanjun, Queen Mother of the West, Luohou, Azure Dragon, Qingluan, Xuan Yin, and Ink Qilin announced that they had become Heavenly Dao Saints, and the Heaven and Earth Will bestowed treasures across the Primordial World.
• Seven Saints’ pressure forced Ksitigarbha and Diting to kneel, while Primordial Purple Qi improved Ksitigarbha’s physique and potential.
• Ksitigarbha received the Golden Lotus Seed of Merit and the Netherworld Ferry Seal, two Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, and accepted the Heaven and Earth Will’s arrangement to connect him to the Netherworld.
• Houtu recognized Ksitigarbha’s natural compatibility with the Netherworld and considered bringing him into the Earthly Dao, while Nuwa identified him and recalled her favorable impression of him.

After the Primordial World advanced, several disciples gained powerful treasures and Origins, while Taichu assessed the newly risen Sages and laid out plans for the world’s further advancement. Xuan Yin returned to the Four Poles Region with a World Seed from Taichu and realized it could grow rapidly by absorbing Chaos Qi.

• Kong Xuan obtained the Innate Five Elements Array Flags, while Xuan Du gained paired Innate Yin Yang Pearls with the potential to rival an Innate Supreme Treasure.
• Taiyi Zhenren, Nanji, Yun Xiao, and Jinling each gained valuable treasures or Origins suited to their cultivation.
• Taichu considered his Karma with the Primordial World and reviewed the cultivation of Doumu Yuanjun, Queen Mother of the West, Luohou, Xuan Yin, the Four Extremities, and Bei Xuan.
• Taichu ordered Haotian to complete the Heavenly Court’s Divine Offices and commanded the Dao Attainers to preach for ten thousand years and open Great Thousand Worlds.
• Xuan Yin returned to the Four Poles Region, received a Seven-Colored World Seed from Taichu, and discovered it could absorb Chaos Qi to grow into a Great Thousand World.

Taichu transferred the Taichu Realm to Laozi and prepared him to take responsibility for the Primordial World while Taichu pursued his own affairs. After binding Laozi to the realm, Taichu vanished, leaving the future uncertain.

• Taichu gathered roots from the eleven Chaos Spirit Roots into a gray sphere within himself and planted the Enlightenment Tea Tree beside the Chaos Spirit Pond.
• Taichu created two Lotus Thrones for Laozi, explained his power over the Creation Great Dao, and revealed he would merge the Taichu Realm into the Primordial World.
• Taichu advised Laozi to reincarnate as a mortal to cultivate Supreme Forgetfulness and warned him that the Three Pure Ones needed to remain together.
• Taichu transmitted information to Laozi and used Dao Inscriptions to bind him to the Taichu Realm, while Houtu, Nuwa, Yuanshi, Qing Yun, Dijiang, and the other Ancestral Witches sensed the connection.
• Taichu entrusted the Taichu Realm to Laozi and then vanished from it.

After the Taichu Realm merged with the Primordial World, Laozi and the others went their separate ways to take up new responsibilities. Li Er arrived at the Heavenly Court and arranged to establish his own Dao Field there, leaving Haotian to accommodate him.

• Laozi told Dijiang, Tongtian, and the others that their Big Brother had left, as the Taichu Realm merged with the Primordial World and began converting Chaos Qi into Heaven and Earth Origin.
• Taixuan observed the merging worlds and recognized the Origin Great Dao’s influence nourishing the Primordial World and altering its spiritual creatures, Magic Artifacts, and Spiritual Roots.
• Laozi returned to Xuan Du Mountain, Yuanshi went to the Netherworld Underworld, Nuwa prepared to move Wa Huang Palace, Tongtian headed for the Heavenly Court, and the Ancestral Witches returned to Zhou Mountain.
• Tongtian and Haotian sensed Laozi’s aura approaching the Heavenly Court and went to the Southern Heavenly Gate to welcome him.
• Li Er arrived riding his Green Ox, introduced himself as Laozi’s clone, and asked Haotian to let him serve as the Heavenly Court’s alchemist.
• Haotian offered to build Li Er a Palace of Doushuai, but Li Er said he would arrange his own Dao Field, and Haotian agreed.

Li Er accepted the name Laojun and settled in the Heavenly Court to refine pills, while Haotian and Tongtian discussed the Purple Firmament Divine Mansion and the Purple Firmament Divine Cult’s role there. Tongtian agreed to station all qualified disciples in the Heavenly Court, as Yun Xiao and Jinling celebrated their breakthroughs to the Quasi-Saint Realm and revealed their new treasures.

• Li Er told Haotian to call him Laojun and invited him to seek pills at the Palace of Doushuai; Haotian promised to provide Spiritual Roots and Spiritual Medicines.
• Tongtian told Haotian and the Queen Mother of the West that Li Er had come to hone his pill-refining skills, and Haotian asked the Queen Mother to send him supplies.
• Haotian showed Tongtian the Divine Firmament Jade Mansion with the Haotian Mirror and offered it to the Purple Firmament Divine Cult, while Tongtian affirmed that it would remain under the Heavenly Court.
• Tongtian declared that all qualified Purple Firmament Divine Cult disciples would station themselves in the Heavenly Court and await Haotian’s arrangements.
• Yun Xiao and Jinling, having both reached the Quasi-Saint Realm and severed Original Source Corpses, prepared to test their strength and displayed their newly acquired Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.

Jinling and Yun Xiao battled on Golden Ao Island while Haotian and Tongtian discussed Heavenly Court offices for Tongtian’s disciples. Their attention then turned to Zhao Gongming, whose treasures were awakening the Wealth Dao and Transaction Dao.

• Jinling attacked Yun Xiao with her Platinum Longsword, while Yun Xiao’s pearl purified the battlefield and erased Jinling’s sword qi.
• Haotian proposed Heavenly Court offices for Jinling and Yun Xiao, and Tongtian agreed to their appointments.
• Tongtian agreed that his other disciples, including Liu'er, would take positions in the Heavenly Court, and Haotian named Liu'er the Peerless Divine Demon Emperor.
• Haotian and Tongtian sensed Zhao Gongming above the Yanxia Immortal Dynasty and noticed his unfamiliar aura and two golden-winged copper coins.
• Li Er explained that Zhao Gongming was awakening the Wealth Dao and Transaction Dao through the Fortune Supreme Treasures within his Primordial Spirit.

Zhao Gongming awakened the Wealth Dao and Transaction Dao with his treasures, establishing how wealth and transactions would work in the Primordial World. After killing five Quasi-Saint Great Powers who tried to seize control of the Daos, he completed their awakening.

• Zhao Gongming used the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coins, Money Tree, and Treasure Gathering Basin to awaken the Wealth Dao and Transaction Dao and draw in merit and wealth qi.
• Zhao Gongming defined the currencies and principles of wealth and trade, causing two Great Dao Rivers to appear.
• Several Quasi-Saint Great Powers demanded that Zhao Gongming seal the Daos or hand them over, and he attacked them with the Sea Calming Divine Pearls.
• Zhao Gongming killed all five attackers, leaving only their True Spirits, while Haotian, the Queen Mother of the West, Li Er, and Tongtian watched in astonishment.
• Haotian saw through the Haotian Mirror that Zhao Gongming had fully awakened both Daos, with the Transaction Dao uniquely comprehensible to him.

Zhao Gongming received the God of Wealth Divine Office, and Haotian assigned positions to the Purple Firmament Divine Cult disciples and Li Er’s disciples. Li Er then revealed that he would undergo Mortal Transformation before returning to serve in the Palace of Doushuai.

• Heaven and Earth Will bestowed the God of Wealth Divine Office on Zhao Gongming, who used the Merit he received to strengthen his three Wealth Dao treasures.
• Haotian and Tongtian agreed to appoint Zhao Gongming as God of Wealth and assigned Divine Offices to the Purple Firmament Divine Cult disciples.
• Li Er explained that Xuan Du and Kong Xuan were connected to the Heavenly Court, and Haotian offered Xuan Du an office overseeing pills and medicines.
• Haotian proposed making Kong Xuan a grand marshal and governor of all avians, giving him authority that could draw troops from the Avian Race and Phoenix Clan.
• Li Er told Haotian and Tongtian that he would undergo Mortal Transformation and later return to command the Palace of Doushuai.

Li Er departed after sharing Yin and Yang qi with Haotian and Queen Mother of the West, while Zhen Yuanzi placed the Primordial Land’s Earthly Mansions under the Heavenly Court. Tongtian gathered the Purple Cloud Divine Cult and revealed that Gongming had awakened the Wealth Dao and Transaction Dao among the Human Race and would become the Heavenly Court’s God of Wealth.

• Li Er accepted Tongtian’s support, displayed his profound Dao comprehension, and departed amid Yin and Yang qi.
• Tongtian gave extreme Yang qi to Queen Mother of the West and extreme Yin qi to Haotian, helping both improve their cultivation.
• Zhen Yuanzi sent Haotian a World Seed from the Earth Book, placing the Primordial Land’s Earthly Mansions under the Heavenly Court.
• Tongtian returned to Golden Ao Island and summoned the disciples of the Purple Cloud Divine Cult to Biyou Palace.
• Tongtian told the disciples that Gongming had awakened the Wealth Dao and Transaction Dao among the Human Race and would take the position of God of Wealth in the Heavenly Court.

Tongtian reprimanded his disciples for disrespecting Haotian, then sent them to serve in the Heavenly Court. As divine offices began operating, the Heavenly Court’s forces and the Yanxia Immortal Dynasty continued to grow.

• Tongtian suppressed the disciples who objected to Gongming serving the Heavenly Court, accepted their apologies, and ordered them all to follow Haotian’s arrangements.
• Tongtian sent Liu'er, Jinling, Yun Xiao, and the other disciples to the Heavenly Court, where Haotian proclaimed their appointments.
• The Dragon Clan, Phoenix Clan, Qilin Clan, Primordial Starry Sky Lineage, and Witch Clan took up influential roles in the Heavenly Court and across the Primordial World.
• The Yanxia Immortal Dynasty flourished under Fuxi, Taiyi, Candle Dragon, and the Three Sovereigns, while its people used the Void Realm and Dream World to train and cultivate.
• Zhunti and Jieyin improved the Dream World by incorporating Zhunti’s Dao of Karma, helping its users and the Heavenly Dao benefit.

Zhao Gongming established the God of Wealth Pavilion, helping spread money and trade throughout the Yanxia Immortal Dynasty. Meanwhile, Li Er and Kong Zhongni emerged as extraordinary figures: Li Er continued seeking his Dao, while Kong Zhongni founded the Confucian Dao through Righteous Qi.

• Zhao Gongming traded half his authority over the Wealth Dao and Transaction Dao to the Heavenly Dao and established the God of Wealth Pavilion in the Void Realm.
• Purple Qi gathered over Chu City when Li Er was born to a woman of the Li Clan, and Fuxi failed to deduce information about him.
• Li Er grew up without cultivating, studied Yanxia culture, and wrote books while comprehending nature and the Dao.
• Kong Zhongni met Li Er in Lu City, began comprehending the Human Path Script, and later heard that Li Er was still searching for his own path.
• Kong Zhongni developed Righteous Qi and the Confucian Dao, then abandoned his Martial Dao and Immortal Dao to pursue this new path.

Li Er comprehended Yin-Yang Creation, perfected his mortal body, and revealed himself as the incarnation of the Taiqing Saint before ascending toward the Heavenly Court as Laojun. Kong Ming later created the Acquired Eight Trigrams and became Laojun’s nominal disciple.

• Li Er studied the Eight Trigrams and realized that Yin and Yang transformed into one another, then fused his awakened Primordial Spirit with his mortal body to complete his Dao.
• Li Er achieved the Flawless and Leakless Realm, releasing an aura that led powerful figures to wonder whether a Sage had advanced to a higher realm.
• Li Er taught Kong Ming basic insights into Heaven, earth, and nature, then departed after promising they would meet again when Kong Ming comprehended his chosen Dao.
• Laozi became flawless and invited Yuanshi and Tongtian to reunite on Kunlun, then traveled there using the Taiji Golden Bridge.
• Laojun rode a Green Ox toward the Heavenly Court as auspicious clouds and Primordial Spiritual Dew spread over the cities Li Er had visited; Kong Qiu sensed his rise.
• Kong Ming created the Acquired Eight Trigrams, entered the Dao, and joined Laojun’s sect as a nominal disciple.