Chapter Summaries

Taichu sent Nuwa and Qing Yun to help the Ten Thousand Races, then arranged for them to stop obstructing Di Jun as they watched him expand the Demon Race. Meanwhile, Dong Wang Gong established the Immortal Court as a rival power, and Di Jun considered his next move before turning his attention toward the Taiyin Star.

• Taichu considered Taiqing Laozi the best candidate to guide humanity and sent messages to Nuwa and Qing Yun.
• Nuwa and Qing Yun traveled through the Eastern Land, helped the Ten Thousand Races, and watched Di Jun forcibly absorb many races into the Demon Race.
• Nuwa and Qing Yun noticed the absorbed races had not truly submitted and stopped intervening as the Demon Race grew.
• Dong Wang Gong gathered Scattered Immortals and Innate Divine Beings in Purple Mansion Continent and began forming the Immortal Court.
• Di Jun asked Taiyi about attacking the Immortal Court, but Taiyi advised waiting until the Demon Race's foundation was secure.
• Di Jun wondered why Nuwa had stopped obstructing him, then looked toward the Taiyin Star.

Di Jun established the Demon Race with Heavenly Dao’s approval, gaining merit and strengthening its leaders. When a new opportunity appeared atop Zhou Mountain, Taichu let Di Jun pursue it but began to lay down a condition.

• Di Jun gathered the Ten Thousand Races and declared the establishment of the Demon Race, with Taiyi and the others supporting him.
• Heavenly Dao approved the Demon Race, granting merit and Fortune that advanced Di Jun, Taiyi, Kunpeng, and other members.
• Dong Wang Gong and the Immortal Court’s leaders decided to establish the Immortal Court in response to the Demon Race’s rise.
• An opportunity emerged at Zhou Mountain, and Di Jun led Taiyi, Kunpeng, and the other Demon Race powerhouses there.
• Taichu appeared atop Zhou Mountain, acknowledged the connection between the Heavenly Court and the Demon Race, and agreed not to obstruct Di Jun before adding a condition.

Taichu handed the Heavenly Court to Di Jun and gave the Demon Race one Hundred Yuan Hui to prove itself before he reclaimed the authority. Meanwhile, Taichu began nurturing a Dao-merging clone, and Dong Wang Gong established the Immortal Court with Heavenly Dao’s approval.

• Taichu gave Di Jun one Hundred Yuan Hui to withstand the trials, and Di Jun accepted the Heavenly Court on the condition that the Demon Race preserve it.
• Di Jun led the Demon Race into the newly emerged Heavenly Court while Taichu returned to Taichu Hall and began refining the Jade Plate of Creation to nurture a clone that could merge with the Dao.
• In the Immortal Court, Dong Wang Gong presented the Myriad Gods Chart and offered Divine Offices to the gathered powerhouses.
• Leize left his imprint on the Myriad Gods Chart, gained a connection to the Primordial World, and demonstrated his enhanced grasp of the Thunder Dao.
• The Immortals and Gods imprinted the chart, and Dong Wang Gong proclaimed the establishment of the Immortal Court in Purple Mansion Continent.
• Heavenly Dao approved Dong Wang Gong’s proclamation, and the Immortal Court was established.

Dong Wang Gong established the Immortal Court, prompting Di Jun to claim the Heavenly Court’s authority and swear to fight him over the Primordial World’s orthodoxy. As the Demon Race and Immortal Court clashed and grew stronger, Qing Yun asked Nuwa whether she had understood her own Dao.

• Heavenly Dao Merit raised Dong Wang Gong and other Immortal Court members to the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and formed Merit Golden Wheels behind their heads.
• Di Jun, having refined the Heavenly Court’s authority, asked Taiyi to lead the Demon Sages against Dong Wang Gong, then swore an oath to fight him to the death.
• Taiyi agreed to lead the Demon Sages when the time was right, while Di Jun called on Bai Ze and the other Demon Sages to bring the Demon Race’s elites to the Heavenly Court to cultivate.
• Dong Wang Gong answered Di Jun’s oath by condemning his coercion of the Ten Thousand Races and challenging him to attack the Immortal Court.
• The Demon Race and Immortal Court clashed, especially near the East Sea, as the Immortal Court gained followers and grew strong enough to stand as the Demon Race’s equal.
• Qing Yun asked Nuwa about the meaning of the struggle and whether she had understood her own Dao, and Nuwa fell into thought.

Nuwa fell into an obsession while contemplating the Demon Race, but Taichu rescued her and Qing Yun showed her the Taichu Realm. Beneath the Life Creation Vine, Nuwa broke through to the Middle Stage Golden Immortal of the Origin, while the Ancestral Witches cultivated in the Netherworld and began advancing as well.

• Nuwa became obsessed while pondering the Demon Race, and Taichu opened a portal so Qing Yun could bring her to the Taichu Realm.
• Taichu used Dao Sound to awaken Nuwa, and Qing Yun took her on a tour while Taichu continued creating his avatar.
• Qing Yun brought Nuwa beneath the Life Creation Vine, where Nuwa entered sudden enlightenment and broke through to the Middle Stage Golden Immortal of the Origin.
• Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches discovered their connections with the Netherworld and began comprehending its Laws under Yangmei's guidance.
• Dijiang comprehended Dark Space, Zhurong gained the Netherworld True Fire and a calmer temper, and the Ancestral Witches successively reached the Middle Stage Golden Immortal of the Origin.

Dijiang discovered that the Ancestral Witches could merge with the Netherworld Realm and become its Space God, then sought Yangmei’s help to bring Houtu to them. Yangmei found Houtu already developing her Laws and realized that the Ancestral Witches’ Laws could complete the Primordial Heavenly Dao Laws.

• Dijiang told the Ancestral Witches that merging with the Netherworld Realm let him become its Space God, and the others tried the method themselves.
• At Zhujiuyin’s suggestion, Dijiang and the others asked Yangmei to contact Houtu and explain their discovery.
• Yangmei explained that although the Heavenly Dao Laws were incomplete, they could still be an opportunity for the Ancestral Witches.
• Yangmei located Houtu and found that she was comprehending the Reincarnation Laws and Soul Law while fusing her Earth Law with the Primordial Earth Dao.
• Yangmei told Dijiang that Houtu’s Earth Law could perfect the Primordial Earth Dao and that the other Ancestral Witches could likewise complete their corresponding Heavenly Dao Laws.

As Taichu’s Great Dao lecture approached, Houtu returned toward Zhou Mountain while powerful beings across the Primordial World set out to attend. Taichu created the Dao Realm and placed his newly named clone, Taixuan, in charge of Taixuan Hall before the gathering began.

• Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches obtained Netherworld Authority, finding that it helped them comprehend Laws and cultivate while they advanced the Earthly Dao.
• Houtu collected the souls left by the Demon Race and Immortal Court’s battles, repaired the damaged land, and deepened her understanding of Earth, Reincarnation, and Soul Laws.
• As Taichu’s lecture neared, the Demon Race and Immortal Court’s clashes eased, and Houtu traveled toward Zhou Mountain after Taichu announced that he would preach there in three thousand years.
• The Three Pure Ones, leaders of the Demon Race and Immortal Court, Red Cloud and Zhen Yuanzi, and Zhunti and Jieyin set out for Zhou Mountain to hear the Dao.
• Taichu created a vast Dao Altar world called the Dao Realm, arranged its cloud platforms under Pangu’s Will, and named his clone Taixuan, who entered Taixuan Hall carrying the Jade Plate of Creation.

The Three Pure Ones, Houtu, Nuwa, and others entered the Dao Realm as a gathering of powerful figures assembled outside. Di Jun and Dong Wang Gong nearly clashed, but Zhen Yuanzi intervened; the chapter ended as mysterious figures arrived from the Primordial Starry Sky and silver light descended on Zhou Mountain.

• The Three Pure Ones entered the Dao Realm and resisted the pressure of Father God's will to reach a cloud platform.
• Yangmei went to Zhou Mountain, while Houtu joined Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches and entered the Dao Realm with Nuwa, Fuxi, and Qing Yun.
• Di Jun threatened Dong Wang Gong, who retorted, and Red Cloud tried to mediate before Zhen Yuanzi restrained Jiu Ying and the others with his aura.
• Zhen Yuanzi injured Jiu Ying and the others and warned them not to repeat their behavior, astonishing the gathered powers with his strength.
• Several figures flew in from the Primordial Starry Sky and joined the crowd as silver light descended on the peak of Zhou Mountain.

Taichu, Yangmei, and Wangshu watched the gathering before the Dao Realm as Taichu explained his Heavenly Dao clone and the Primordial Star Gods arrived. Qing Wu and Yu He opened the Dao Realm to its listeners, then welcomed Doumu Yuanjun and the other Star Gods inside before Taichu’s preaching began.

• Wangshu joined Taichu and Yangmei at Zhou Mountain, where they shared Enlightenment Tea and discussed a six-eared golden monkey and Taichu’s clone for merging with the Heavenly Dao.
• Taichu summoned Qing Wu and Yu He to the Dao Realm entrance and told them to prepare for the listeners’ arrival.
• Qing Wu and Yu He asked the Heavenly Dao and Zhou Mountain to open the entrance, and the gathered listeners entered the Dao Realm, amazed by its manifested laws and dense Heavenly Dao power.
• More than a hundred Primordial Star Gods, including Doumu Yuanjun, Gouchen, Ziwei, and Chang Geng, arrived outside the Dao Realm.
• Qing Wu and Yu He welcomed the Primordial Star Gods and led them into the Dao Realm for Taichu’s upcoming preaching.

Taixuan delivered the first of three sermons in the Dao Realm, illuminating the Great Dao and explaining the path from Grand Unity Golden Immortal to Primordial Origin Golden Immortal. After promising to teach both the Primordial Origin and Quasi-Saint methods at his next sermon, he vanished, while Doumu Yuanjun agreed to visit Zhou Mountain with the Three Pure Ones and the Ancestral Witches.

• Doumu Yuanjun and the Primordial Star Gods entered the Dao Realm, startling Azure Dragon, Qingluan, and Ink Qilin with their formidable strength.
• Taixuan appeared above the gathered listeners, announced his plan to preach three times before merging with the Heavenly Dao, and began his first sermon.
• After one Eon of preaching, Taixuan ended the sermon and explained that breaking through to Primordial Origin Golden Immortal required comprehending a Law.
• Taixuan promised to teach methods for reaching the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal and Quasi-Saint realms at the next sermon, then disappeared.
• The Three Pure Ones and the Ancestral Witches invited Doumu Yuanjun and the Primordial Star Gods to Zhou Mountain, and she accepted.

Taichu explained the Quasi-Saint Method and its risks to Yangmei and Wangshu, then invited them to visit the Taichu Realm. Meanwhile, the Three Pure Ones, the Ancestral Witches, Doumu Yuanjun, and the others discussed the Dao before Pangu Hall for nearly ten thousand years.

• Taichu told Yangmei and Wangshu that Heavenly Dao would make comprehending Laws harder and that the Quasi-Saint Method used objects to sever the Three Corpses.
• Taichu explained that corpses severed with one's own Original Source could be reintegrated more easily, but the method required personal accumulation and strengthened Heavenly Dao.
• Taichu invited Wangshu to his Dao Field, and Yangmei joined them as they entered the Taichu Realm.
• Dijiang explained that outsiders could not enter Pangu Hall, so Doumu Yuanjun and the others discussed the Dao before it.
• The gathered cultivators displayed their respective Laws and Dao Sounds, and the discussion lasted nearly ten thousand years as Spiritual Medicines and Innate Spiritual Roots appeared.

After ten thousand years of Dao discourse on Zhou Mountain, the Ancestral Witches used their Bloodline Great Dao to join heaven and earth and claimed authority over its laws. Dijiang and Zhujiuyin became the Gods of Space and Time, while Di Jun and Dong Wang Gong resolved to kill each other to establish their own authority.

• Fuxi advanced to Early Golden Immortal of the Origin after benefiting from the Dao discourse, and Doumu Yuanjun, Gouchen, and Ziwei departed for the Primordial Starry Sky.
• Dijiang announced that the Ancestral Witches would unite their Bloodline Great Dao with heaven and earth, and Laozi and the others learned that this would strengthen the world while accelerating the Witches' cultivation.
• Dijiang and Zhujiuyin made their vows before Taixuan, who approved them, and they gained authority over the Primordial World's Space and Time Laws.
• Di Jun blamed Dong Wang Gong for obstructing his rise and decided to kill him, while Dong Wang Gong likewise resolved to kill Di Jun and claim the title of Immortal Emperor.
• Taichu recognized the Witches' new authority as a possible path left for them by Father, but remained uncertain how far they could ultimately advance.

The Ancestral Witches established divine offices for weather, wind, rain, thunder, lightning, the four seasons, and the Five Elements, further perfecting the Primordial World. Taichu observed the world rapidly drawing in Chaos Qi and expanding toward the Chaos.

• Dijiang and Zhujiuyin attained the Divine Offices of space and time, received their Orders of Space and Time, and retreated.
• Tian Wu, Xuan Ming, Qiangliang, Xi Zi, and She Bi Shi established the natural order of weather, wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, then took charge of those divine offices.
• Gou Mang, Zhurong, Ru Shou, and Xuan Ming established the four seasons and received merit as their authorities began governing seasonal change.
• Ru Shou, Gou Mang, Gonggong, Zhurong, and Houtu established the Five Elements Great Daos, with Houtu keeping her Earth Dao separate from her Primordial Spirit.
• Taichu saw the Primordial World rapidly absorb Chaos Qi, generate spiritual energy, and expand its boundary into the Chaos.

The expansion of the Primordial Wilderness caused a vast disaster, and Taichu, Taixuan, Yangmei, and Wangshu led efforts to stabilize the world and rescue its living beings. As factions across the Primordial World responded, Taichu sent Nuwa the World Pearl and urged her to save the suffering Myriad Spirits, an opportunity that would affect her path to Dao Proving.

• Taichu explained that the Ancestral Witches’ use of their bloodline Great Daos had triggered Heaven and Earth Expansion, then asked Yangmei and Wangshu to help stabilize heaven and earth.
• Taichu, Taixuan, Yangmei, and Wangshu went to the four poles, while Taichu used the Creation Lotus Platform and the Ancestral Witches, Three Pure Ones, Qing Yun, and Nuwa repaired the land and rescued living beings.
• Di Jun ordered the Heavenly Realm opened for the Demon Race first, prompting Taiyi to leave and help with the disaster while Bai Ze silently disapproved.
• Dong Wang Gong sent the Immortal Court to rescue tribes, and Queen Mother of the West, Zhen Yuanzi, Daoist Hong Yun, Daoist Zhunti, Daoist Jieyin, the Ancient Three Races, Daoist Minghe, Qingluan, and the young man also aided the survivors.
• Taichu gave Nuwa the World Pearl and told her to gather suffering Myriad Spirits, while Fuxi took the River-Mountain Sheji Diagram to help her.

After the Primordial World’s calamity subsided, Houtu gathered the dead souls and deepened her understanding of reincarnation, while Taichu prepared to resume his Second Preaching. Nuwa accepted the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox Clan’s allegiance and sent You Su Li back to Qing Qiu Cave Heaven.

• Houtu found that her Reincarnation Laws could not save the wandering souls, so she traveled through the Primordial Wilderness collecting them and strengthening her understanding over more than two Eons.
• The Chaos Qi dispersed, and the Primordial World bestowed blessings that improved many beings’ aptitudes and cultivation.
• Yangmei and Wangshu returned to Zhou Mountain, where Taichu rewarded them with spiritual plants for their efforts during the disaster.
• Taichu announced that the Second Preaching would take place at Zhou Mountain Dao Realm in three thousand years, delighting powerful figures across the Primordial Wilderness.
• The Nine-tailed Celestial Fox Clan thanked Nuwa for saving them and pledged their allegiance; after Fuxi advised her to accept, Nuwa offered them her protection and told You Su Li to return to Qing Qiu Cave Heaven.

Nuwa protected the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox Clan with a grand array and learned from Fuxi that the clan was tied to her future Dao path. Near Kunlun Mountain, Laozi accepted Kong Xuan as a nominal disciple and gave him the Innate Five Spirit Pearls.

• Nuwa established a protective grand array for You Su Li and the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox Clan, then brought some of its talented members toward Zhou Mountain.
• Fuxi told Nuwa that the Fox Clan had a significant opportunity with her and that their connection concerned her future Dao path.
• After the disaster subsided, Qingluan brought Kong Xuan to meet the Three Pure Ones as they returned toward Kunlun Mountain.
• Laozi recognized Kong Xuan's affinity with him and accepted him as a nominal disciple after Kong Xuan agreed.
• Laozi gave Kong Xuan the Innate Five Spirit Pearls, and Kong Xuan thanked his new master for the gift.

Qingluan joined the Three Pure Ones in Kunlun after offering Laozi gifts for accepting Kong Xuan as his disciple. During their discussion of the Dao, Kong Xuan advanced to the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal Realm, and the group then set out for the Dao Realm to hear the Preaching of the Dao.

• Qingluan gave Laozi the Phoenix Clan's Divine Fires, Innate Wutong Tree, and a Cave Heaven Magic Treasure as Kong Xuan's apprenticeship gift.
• Qingluan accepted the Three Pure Ones' invitation to Kunlun and arrived with them at their Immortal Realm.
• During a discussion of the Dao, Kong Xuan entered sudden enlightenment and broke through to the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal Realm.
• Laozi gave Kong Xuan a Five Elements Sacred Fruit, replenishing his Five Elements Origin and strengthening his foundation.
• After ten thousand years, Qingluan advanced to Peak Golden Immortal of the Origin, and Laozi praised Kong Xuan's progress.
• Laozi, Kong Xuan, Qingluan, Yuanshi, and Tongtian left for the Dao Realm and noticed that the expanded Primordial World held more resources and more conflicts.

Laozi warned that the Demon Court’s unchecked power concealed dangers, while the Three Pure Ones and Qingluan set aside the conflict to attend Taixuan’s second Dao preaching. Taixuan explained the Quasi-Saint Corpse Slaying Method and its requirements, leaving the listeners to consider their choices carefully.

• Laozi said the Demon Race’s lack of restraint was not the true reason for its destined downfall, and Qingluan fell silent.
• Tongtian urged the group to focus on cultivating, and the Three Pure Ones and Qingluan flew to Zhou Mountain for the preaching.
• The Queen Mother of the West greeted them, and Qing Wu and Yu He opened the Dao Realm to the gathered powers.
• Taixuan preached the Quasi-Saint Dao for nearly one Eon, focusing on the secrets of the Corpse Slaying Method.
• Taixuan explained that suitable Innate Objects or merit-bearing objects could slay corpses, and that the corpses had to be fused to achieve Hun Yuan Leakless.

Taixuan explained several methods of Corpse Slaying, then made Innate treasures available to the Dao Realm’s listeners and introduced a Virtual Realm for exchanging merit for Innate Origins. Dong Wang Gong used a treasure suited to his Origin to become a Quasi-Saint, while Taixuan ended the preaching and departed.

• Taixuan described the risks of slaying thoughts and desires, the safer Original Source method, and the use of Innate Objects aligned with one’s Origin.
• Kong Xuan considered the Five Elements Spiritual Pearls he had received from Laozi, while Taichu explained that he had devised the Original Source method to give talented cultivators a safer path.
• Taixuan scattered the remaining treasures he had obtained in Zixiao Palace throughout the Dao Realm, where they sought out those they suited.
• Dong Wang Gong obtained the Top-grade Innate Supreme Yang Sword, Xuan Yang Sword, and used it to slay a corpse, creating Daoist Xuan Yang and breaking through to Quasi-Saint.
• Taixuan revealed the Virtual Realm Curtain, connected it to the Heavenly Dao Origin, and said cultivators could exchange merit for Innate Origins through it.
• Taixuan ended the preaching and vanished from the Lotus Throne.

Taiyi used the Extreme Yang Eastern Emperor Token to slay his corpse and reach the Quasi-Saint Realm, prompting the Demon Race to prepare for war against Dong Wang Gong’s Immortal Court. Dong Wang Gong ambushed Di Jun’s party outside Zhou Mountain, but Di Jun had anticipated the attack and protected himself with a jade disc.

• Di Jun dismissed Dong Wang Gong’s provocation, while Taiyi used the Extreme Yang Eastern Emperor Token to slay his corpse and reveal his Quasi-Saint strength.
• Bai Ze advised Di Jun to exploit Dong Wang Gong’s ignorance of Taiyi’s breakthrough and turn an ambush against the Immortal Court to their advantage.
• Dong Wang Gong invited Queen Mother of the West to join the Immortal Court, but she refused and sensed that she might become entangled with it in the future.
• After newly recruited immortals urged him to attack, Dong Wang Gong led the Immortal Court into hiding outside Zhou Mountain to ambush the Demon Race.
• As Di Jun and the others left the Dao Realm, Dong Wang Gong’s forces raised a grand array and attacked, but Di Jun revealed a jade disc above his head.