Chapter Summaries

Qing Ze claimed an emerging immortal mountain in the East Sea and killed Ghost Chariot’s descendant and avatar when the Demon Race tried to seize it. Ghost Chariot set out for the East Sea to avenge them.

• Qing Ze declared the immortal mountain his Dao Field, and most visitors left after learning he was the Dao Venerable’s attendant disciple.
• Ghost Chariot’s descendant challenged Qing Ze, who turned back his attacks and killed several Demon Race cultivators.
• Ghost Chariot’s descendant unleashed a Quasi-Saint attack, but Qing Ze used the Sword Dao Law to kill him and destroy Ghost Chariot’s avatar.
• The surviving cultivators fled, leaving Qing Ze alone on the immortal mountain.
• Ghost Chariot suspected the Immortal Court, then headed to the East Sea to investigate and avenge his descendant.

Qing Ze explored Fangzhang Immortal Mountain and faced Ghost Chariot, who came seeking revenge and coveted the island. After a fierce battle, Qing Ze severed one of Ghost Chariot’s nine heads, forcing the Demon Saint to flee.

• Taichu realized that Fangzhang Immortal Mountain and the emerging Spirit Race were connected to his Creation Dao Fruit, and decided to leave the Spirit Race in Qing Ze’s care.
• Qing Ze explored Fangzhang Immortal Mountain, imprinted it with his Primordial Spirit, and met Zi Shen, who asked him to teach the island’s Spiritual Roots cultivation.
• Ghost Chariot arrived to avenge his descendant and claim Fangzhang Immortal Mountain, then attacked Qing Ze with Netherworld Flame.
• Qing Ze resisted Ghost Chariot’s flames with Sword Dao Laws, while Ao Yin and the Azure Dragon Ancestor watched their battle and discussed the Dragon Clan’s possible ties to Qing Ze.
• Qing Ze struck Ghost Chariot and cut off one of his nine heads, and Ghost Chariot transformed into his true form and fled.

Qing Ze secured Fangzhang Immortal Mountain, where he promised to guide the island’s Spirit Race, and returned to the Taichu Realm for help. Venerable Shun accepted him as a Nominal Disciple and bestowed a spiritual treasure, leaving Qing Ze ready to cultivate and fulfill his responsibilities.

• Ao Yin congratulated Qing Ze on defeating Ghost Chariot and gave him a gift before visiting Fangzhang Immortal Mountain.
• Ghost Chariot told Di Jun about Qing Ze and Fangzhang Immortal Mountain, but Di Jun ordered him to stop pursuing both matters.
• Dong Wang Gong returned from Jade Capital Mountain with Haotian and Yao Chi, who gained spiritual treasures and advanced to the Quasi-Saint Realm; he then sought friendly ties with Qing Ze.
• Qing Ze learned that more than a hundred Spiritual Roots had transformed on Fangzhang Immortal Mountain and agreed to help the Spirit Race transform and cultivate.
• Qing Ze visited the Taichu Realm, where Qing Yun gave him the Innate Gourd Vine’s final gourd on Venerable Shun’s behalf.
• Venerable Shun accepted Qing Ze as a Nominal Disciple and gave him a sword refined from the origin of his Nine-Leaf Sword Grass, which Qing Ze named the Nine-Leaf Quenched Gold Sword.

Qing Ze and Qing Yun helped the Gourd Vine advance into a Chaos Spirit Root, and Qing Ze’s own background rose to the level of an Innate Divine Being. After returning to Fangzhang Immortal Mountain with supplies for Nuwa, Qing Yun asked Qing Ze to give her the Twelve-Grade World-Purifying White Lotus.

• Qing Ze plucked the Chaos Gourd as the Gourd Vine absorbed Chaos Spirit Liquid to advance.
• Taichu used the Space-Time Grand Array to help Qing Ze comprehend his Sword Dao Law while the Gourd Vine advanced into a Chaos Spirit Root.
• Qing Ze’s background rose from that of an Innate Being to an Innate Divine Being, and he replenished his foundation with Chaos Spirit Liquid.
• Qing Ze and Qing Yun gathered a section of the advanced Gourd Vine, Three-Light Divine Water, Chaos Spirit Liquid, and Chaos Breathing Soil before returning to Fangzhang Immortal Mountain.
• Qing Yun recognized the Twelve-Grade World-Purifying White Lotus and asked Qing Ze to give it to her.

Nuwa perfected her Creation Law on Fangzhang Immortal Island and invited Qing Yun and Qing Ze to witness a grand event. At the East Sea shore, she used the Cauldron of Creation and gathered materials to begin creating the Human Race, while Taichu secretly added a drop of golden blood.

• Qing Yun persuaded Qing Ze to teach her, then Nuwa arrived and learned that Taichu had accepted Qing Ze as a Nominal Disciple.
• Qing Yun gave Nuwa the Cauldron of Creation, and Qing Ze gave her the Chaos Gourd Vine and Chaos Breathing Soil; Qing Yun and Qing Ze also shared their Chaos Spirit Liquid and Three-Light Divine Water.
• Nuwa perfected her Creation Law, and the Dao Resonance from her cultivation strengthened the Spiritual Roots on Fangzhang Immortal Island.
• After tens of thousands of years, Qing Ze and Qing Yun learned that Nuwa intended to show them a grand event, and the three traveled to the East Sea shore.
• Nuwa mixed the breathing soils, Three-Light Divine Water, and Chaos Spirit Liquid in the Cauldron of Creation, stirred them with the Chaos Gourd Vine, and added her Origin Blood Essence.
• Taichu secretly let a drop of golden blood seep into the cauldron and watched as the Human Race's birth began.

Nuwa created the Human Race with Breathing Soil and the Creation Law, while the Great Dao stirred the newly awakening Human Dao and infused its power into her. The chapter ended with the Human Dao beginning to awaken in the Primordial World.

• Taichu concealed himself at the edge of the Primordial East Sea and watched Nuwa as the Eye of the Great Dao and Heavenly Dao appeared beside him.
• Nuwa struggled to create living beings from Breathing Soil until Qing Ze pointed out that their bodies needed internal structures, prompting Nuwa to shape meridians and bones as well as their outward forms.
• Nuwa created a lively first human, and Heavenly Dao named him Xuan Yuan at Taichu's urging.
• Nuwa created three thousand humans, expanded their number to 129,600, then used the Gourd Vine to scatter the remaining mud and bring more humans to life.
• The Great Dao infused the Human Dao's power into Nuwa, and the Human Dao began to awaken across the Primordial World.

Nuwa created the Human Race and received Great Dao and Heavenly Dao Merit, which empowered the new humans and transformed the Cauldron of Creation and Chaos Gourd Vine into Merit Spiritual Treasures. Guided by Taichu, she then attained sainthood as the Human Dao Saint, leaving the Primordial World bowing before her.

• Taichu teased the Heavenly Dao into promising to shoulder its duties as an elder brother when the Earthly Dao was born.
• Nuwa completed the Human Race’s creation, and the awakening of the Human Dao drew the attention of powerful beings across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Nuwa proclaimed the Human Race’s establishment, drawing Great Dao Merit and Heavenly Dao Merit; Xuan Yuan, the other humans, and Qing Ze and the other person also received Merit.
• The Chaos Gourd Vine withered into the Human Creation Whip, which Nuwa gave to Xuan Yuan, while the Cauldron of Creation became a Merit Spiritual Treasure.
• Taichu sent Nuwa a message as she advanced toward Hunyuan, and she used the Cauldron of Creation to merge her figures and proclaim herself the Human Dao Saint.
• The Primordial World’s inhabitants bowed before Nuwa and saluted her as the Human Dao Saint.

After Nuwa attained Sagehood, Taichu and Qing Yun explained the limits of the Creation Great Dao, while Houtu reconsidered what she still needed to establish Reincarnation. Nuwa left the Human Race under the others’ protection, proclaimed a ten-Eon ban on harassing them, and departed for Chaos.

• Di Jun wondered whether he could still become Heavenly Emperor now that Nuwa had become a Sage and the Human Race had emerged.
• The Three Pure Ones, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, Fuxi, Qing Yun, and others congratulated Nuwa, while Qing Yun explained that the Great Dao could only be walked alone.
• Taichu confirmed Qing Yun’s insight and cautioned Nuwa and Qing Yun to be careful as fellow disciples pursuing the Creation Great Dao.
• Nuwa asked Houtu about her progress, and Houtu explained that her understanding of Reincarnation, Life and Death, and Yin Yang was still incomplete.
• Nuwa and Qing Yun reminded Houtu that Taichu could help solve the problem, so Houtu opened a passage to the Taichu Realm to find her elder brother.
• Nuwa entrusted the Human Race to the Three Pure Ones and the others, protected the Human Ancestral Land, and forbade the Ten Thousand Races from harassing the Human Race for ten Eons before leaving for Chaos.

Houtu discovered that Reincarnation depended on the Yin Yang and Life-and-Death Laws, then entered Taichu’s realm to master them before establishing Reincarnation. Taichu helped her cultivate in a time array, and Houtu completed both Laws.

• Golden Phoenix offered to become Nuwa’s mount, and Nuwa accepted before announcing she would open a Great Thousand Worlds in Chaos one Eon later.
• Qing Ze and Qing Yun returned to Fangzhang Immortal Mountain, while Tongtian volunteered to go with them after sensing a connection there.
• Houtu realized through the Book of Life and Death that Reincarnation was closely tied to the Laws of Life and Death and Yin Yang, then went to Taichu’s realm for help.
• Taichu gave Houtu Primordial Yin Yang Flowers and used a Space-Time Grand Array to help her reach perfection in the Yin Yang Law.
• Taichu gave Houtu Yellow Springs Life and Death Leaves, and Houtu refined their Origin and fully comprehended the Law of Life and Death.

Houtu attained Hunyuan through the Reincarnation Dao, completing Reincarnation in the Taichu Realm. Taichu brought her to the Netherworld and summoned Minghe to establish Reincarnation in the Blood Sea, where Minghe learned of the Asura Path.

• Houtu attained Hunyuan, and her Reincarnation Dao resonated with the Taichu Realm, allowing it to give birth to living beings on its own.
• Taichu gave Houtu the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk and transferred them to the Netherworld, where Yangmei congratulated Houtu.
• Taichu summoned Minghe from the Blood Sea and proposed establishing Reincarnation there so souls and True Spirits could dwell and be reborn.
• Minghe offered the Blood Sea, and Taichu explained that it would not be taken from him and that it held another great opportunity for him.
• Minghe learned that one of the Six Paths of Reincarnation was the Asura Path and recognized how it connected to his own plans.

Taichu helped Minghe reach the Quasi-Saint Late Stage and master Yin-Yang Creation so he could create the Asura Race, which earned merit from the Heavenly Dao. Houtu then began establishing Reincarnation in the Blood Sea, and her vow drew the Great Dao and Heavenly Dao into manifestation.

• Taichu gave Minghe Primordial Yin Yang Grass and used a Space-Time Grand Array to help him advance to the Quasi-Saint Late Stage and grasp Yin-Yang Creation.
• Minghe created the Asura Race from Blood Sea essence and selected souls, proclaimed its founding, and received merit from the Heavenly Dao.
• Nuwa sensed the events at the Blood Sea through their karma, then withdrew her gaze to consolidate her Sagehood.
• Minghe sent the Asura Race, led by Pāpīyas, to his Dao Field and prepared to follow Taichu's guidance.
• Houtu chose a site near the Netherworld, vowed to transform the Blood Sea into Reincarnation, and drew the Great Dao and Heavenly Dao into manifestation.

Houtu established Reincarnation and the Underworld with the Earth Dao’s support, earning immense merit as the Primordial World’s Earthly Dao emerged. As the souls of the dead flowed into the Underworld, Zhunti set out for the Eastern Lands to request spiritual roots and treasures for the West.

• Pangu’s Remnant Soul appeared above the Blood Sea, and the Great Dao and Heavenly Dao approved Houtu’s creation of Reincarnation.
• Houtu used the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk and Pangu Origin Blood Essence to create the Underworld and connect it to the Netherworld Realm and other worlds.
• The Earthly Dao awakened, a new figure appeared beside Houtu and addressed the Great Dao, Pangu, Taichu, and the Heavenly Dao, and the Great Dao bestowed Reincarnation Dao Origin on Houtu and the Earthly Dao.
• Space-time resumed, souls began flowing into the Underworld, and vast amounts of Great Dao Merit and Heavenly Dao Merit gathered above the Blood Sea.
• On Western Mount Sumeru, Zhunti asked Jieyin for permission to seek spiritual roots and treasures in the Eastern Lands, and Jieyin warned him to avoid the conflict between the Demon Race and the Immortal Court.

Houtu attained Dao as an Earth Dao Saint, established reincarnation, and brought the Earthly Dao to perfection. As the Underworld took shape, the Ancestral Witches, the Three Pure Ones, and Zhen Yuanzi arrived to congratulate her.

• Great Dao Merit and Heavenly Dao Merit descended, with most of the Great Dao Merit going to Houtu and smaller shares going to the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk, Taichu, Minghe, and Yangmei.
• Taichu questioned Pangu's Shadow about its secrets, but Pangu's Shadow seized the Original Source and disappeared above the Blood Sea.
• Houtu announced that she had become an Earth Dao Saint and would govern the Underworld and reincarnation, prompting living beings across the Primordial World to thank her.
• The Heavenly Dao protested that Taichu had let Houtu and Nuwa attain Dao before completing its own perfection, and Taichu promised to help it after the three preachings.
• Houtu's Underworld developed its gates, afterlife landmarks, judgment facilities, and Fengdu City as Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches arrived to congratulate her.
• The Three Pure Ones and Zhen Yuanzi arrived, and Houtu thanked them for their past care.

Houtu established the Six Paths of reincarnation and appointed Minghe as Asura Dao Lord, while Taichu sought lotus seeds from Minghe’s Karma Fire Red Lotus. Yuanshi became Netherworld Cult Master to manage the Underworld until Great Emperor Fengdu returned.

• Houtu explained that establishing reincarnation had made her the Earth Dao Lord, and that Nuwa would grow stronger when the Human Path fully emerged.
• Houtu offered Minghe the Asura Dao Lord position to settle their Karma, and he accepted.
• Houtu proclaimed the Six Paths and assigned the Asura Path to Minghe, who pledged to serve the Earth Dao Will.
• Minghe offered Taichu his Karma Fire Red Lotus, but Taichu returned it after taking several lotus seeds and helping Minghe refine it again.
• Taichu warned Yuanshi to treat his disciples fairly, then Houtu and Yuanshi discussed his role managing the Underworld.
• Yuanshi declared himself Netherworld Cult Master, and Pangu’s Remnant Soul, the Heavenly Dao, and Houtu approved his appointment.

Yuanshi established the Netherworld Cult and organized its divine offices with help from Houtu, Minghe, and the others, allowing the Underworld to begin processing the dead and distributing Merit. Yangmei then asked Taichu to arrange an Earthly Dao position for Zhen Yuanzi, leaving everyone waiting to hear what office he would receive.

• Yuanshi established the Netherworld Cult, summoned his disciples, and asked them to help guard the Netherworld; Taiyi and most of the others accepted divine offices.
• Minghe offered Asura personnel to serve as Underworld law enforcers, and Houtu presented compatible clansmen who became the Ox-head and Horse-face.
• Houtu used the Earth Dao Origin to duplicate the Book of Life and Death and the Thousand Autumns Reincarnation Brush so Yuanshi could distribute copies among the officials.
• Heavenly and Earthly Dao Merit descended on the appointed officials, strengthening them as the Underworld began sending accumulated dead souls into Reincarnation.
• Xuan Ming remained in the Underworld as Meng Po, while Yuanshi and Houtu began receiving Merit for its operation.
• Yangmei asked Taichu to find an Earthly Dao position for Zhen Yuanzi, and Taichu examined him as the others waited for his decision.

Taichu advised Zhen Yuanzi to pursue his own cultivation and seek insight through the Earth Book, while hinting at a greater opportunity tied to the Primordial Wilderness’s earth veins. After Yangmei explained why the ancient race ancestors could not leave their roles, Taichu realized that Qingluan, Azure Dragon, Ink Qilin, and Bei Xuan might guard the Four Extremes.

• Zhen Yuanzi declined Yangmei’s attempt to secure help from Taichu and said he wanted to cultivate on his own first.
• Taichu told Zhen Yuanzi to study the Primordial Land and the Earth Book’s connection to its earth veins, and Zhen Yuanzi accepted his advice.
• Taichu considered using Ancestor Dragon and the other ancient race ancestors to guard the Four Extremes, but Yangmei explained that their roles were essential to the Primordial Wilderness.
• Yangmei reminded Taichu about Qingluan, Azure Dragon, and Ink Qilin, and Taichu realized that they and Bei Xuan could represent the four elements and guard the Four Extremes.

Taichu arranged for Yin Yang and Reincarnation to enter their respective paths after the Underworld was established, then left to visit the Three Races. After helping his disciples establish the Spirit Race on Fangzhang Immortal Mountain, he arrived at the East Sea Dragon Palace to explain the Azure Dragon’s approaching opportunity.

• Taichu told Laozi, Tongtian, and the Ancestral Witches to continue their assigned work and cultivation, then arranged for Yin Yang to enter the Heaven and Human Dao and Reincarnation to govern the Nine Nether World.
• Houtu and Yuanshi began putting the Underworld and Netherworld into operation after Taichu left.
• Taichu noticed that Qing Ze and Qing Yun had helped the Spirit Race transform on Fangzhang Immortal Mountain, praised their results, and gave the transformed Twelve-Grade World-Purifying White Lotus Five Elements Sacred Fruits.
• The Azure Dragon told Ao Yin and the East Sea Dragon King that he had sensed an approaching opportunity but could not discern what it was.
• Taichu appeared in the East Sea Dragon Palace and offered to explain the Azure Dragon’s opportunity, prompting the Azure Dragon and the Dragon Clan to pay their respects.

Taichu visited Azure Dragon and proposed that he become a Spirit of the Four Extremities to help stabilize the Primordial World. Azure Dragon recommended Qingluan and Ink Qilin as other candidates, and Taichu and Azure Dragon traveled to the Phoenix Clan to meet Qingluan.

• Taichu explained that the Four Extremities needed guardian spirits to reduce Chaos Qi’s damage and asked Azure Dragon to become one.
• Azure Dragon agreed and said he would leave his opportunity to become one of the Four Spirits of Heaven to a younger member of his clan.
• Azure Dragon recommended Qingluan and Ink Qilin as suitable candidates, noting that both had cleared their Karmic Debt through repairing the Western Lands.
• Taichu opened a space passage and traveled with Azure Dragon to the Phoenix Clan’s Volcano of Immortality, where Qingluan greeted them.
• Taichu observed that the Innate Wutong Trees helped newborn phoenixes suppress their Karmic Debt, and Qingluan said the phoenixes still struggled to survive and cultivate.

Taichu visited the Phoenix Clan and helped the Wutong Divine Tree strengthen its source and take human form without abandoning its duty of suppressing the Volcano of Immortality. He then secured Qingluan’s agreement to his proposal and joined Yuan Feng and the others to taste Wutong fruit.

• Azure Dragon described the Dragon Clan’s dwindling hatchlings, and Taichu said there might be a way to improve the Three Races’ situation when the time was right.
• Taichu recognized that the Wutong Divine Tree had developed intelligence but remained rooted to suppress the Volcano of Immortality, and he offered to help it.
• Yuan Feng appeared and worried that the Divine Tree’s transformation would leave her unable to suppress the volcano, but the tree showed that taking human form was its own choice.
• Taichu used Chaos Spirit Liquid, Three-Light Divine Water, and the Creation Great Dao to strengthen the Divine Tree’s source and help it transform into Huowu while leaving its true body in place.
• Yuan Feng accepted Taichu’s proposal on Qingluan’s behalf, and Qingluan agreed after Taichu confirmed it.
• Yuan Feng welcomed Taichu and Azure Dragon to taste Wutong fruit, and Taichu praised its flavor and fire-element benefits.

Taichu accepted Huo Wu as his nominal disciple, introduced her to his other disciples, and bestowed three powerful treasures upon her. He then arrived at the Qilin Clan, where Qiyuan offered to become his mount and Taichu discovered that Qiyuan bore no Karmic Debt.

• Yuan Feng asked Taichu to accept Huo Wu, and Taichu agreed to take her as a nominal disciple.
• Taichu introduced Huo Wu to her senior siblings and gave her three Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures for protection.
• After preaching to Huo Wu, Taichu traveled with Qinglong and Qingluan to the Qilin Clan's ancestral land.
• Qiyuan welcomed Taichu and offered himself as a mount, while Ink Qilin apologized for his boldness.
• Taichu noticed that Qiyuan had no Karmic Debt, and Earth Kirin revealed that Qiyuan was born outside the clan near a blue-gold Blood Pool.