Recaps

Taiqing revealed that he had learned to invoke a tiny trace of Merit of World Creation, giving the Sanqing protection from the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun. After the Great Dao’s decree ended the Heavenly Punishment, living beings across the Primordial Wilderness rushed to join Celestial Venerables’ sects, and Ancestor Reincarnation prepared to welcome them.

• Taiqing explained that his method could invoke a trace of Merit of World Creation to help protect the Sanqing from Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao.
• Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Lingbao celebrated the new protection and resolved to build on Taiqing’s method.
• After the Heavenly Punishment clouds dissipated, living beings hurried toward Celestial Venerables’ sects to seek cultivation and instruction.
• Ancestor Reincarnation thanked Xuanqing for advising them to report to the Great Dao and checked that his disciple was unharmed.
• Ancestor Reincarnation told Xuanqing to open the mountain gate of the Reincarnation sect and welcome the arriving living beings.

Lei Ze left Penglai Island after comprehending Heavenly Punishment and reached the Mid-stage Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm, while Dong Wang Gong and Queen Mother of the West set out to hear the Celestial Venerables preach. Hongjun resolved to refine the Primordial Purple Qi and attain sainthood so he could preach as well.

• Lei Ze used three waves of Heavenly Punishment to reach the Mid-stage Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm and comprehend a trace of its power.
• Lei Ze left Penglai Island for the Eastern Continent, and Dong Wang Gong angrily lamented his broken promises before setting out for Yin-Yang Ancestor's Daoist Arena.
• Queen Mother of the West broke through to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm and traveled toward Yin-Yang Ancestor's territory to seek a Celestial Venerable as her master.
• Hongjun decided to focus on refining the Primordial Purple Qi, attain the Dao as a Heavenly Dao Saint, and preach the Dao himself.

Hongjun sent his Good and Evil Corpses to stop Sanqing and Di Jun and Tai Yi from hearing the Heavenly Venerables preach, while he stayed behind to refine the Hongmeng Purple Qi. Sanqing had already become Hunyuan Golden Immortals and established a Daoism site, where they chose potential disciples.

• Hongjun ordered his Evil Corpse to guard the Sun Star and his Good Corpse to search for Sanqing, while his Obsession Corpse helped him refine the Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• Hongjun's Evil Corpse flew to the Sun Star, and his Good Corpse headed toward Kunlun Mountain, unaware that Sanqing had already left.
• At their Daoism site below Kunlun Mountain, Shangqing Lingbao proposed combining into Taichu, but Yuqing Yuanshi and Taiqing argued they should wait and let the Heavenly Venerables cultivate talent for them.
• Shangqing Lingbao chose the Treasure Seeking Rat, whom Taiqing recognized as Daoist Duobao, as a disciple.
• Yuqing Yuanshi chose Guang Chengzi, and Taiqing revealed that his own chosen disciple was a six-eared furry creature.

The Sanqing discovered that the Six-Eared Macaque had been transformed from the Chaos Demon Ape's Origin and decided to recruit him into Daoism. When Hongjun's Good Corpse arrived at Kunlun Mountain, Taichu appeared and confronted him.

• Taiqing identified the Six-Eared Macaque's origin and warned him that eavesdropping could ruin his Path of Dao.
• The Six-Eared Macaque knelt in fear after Taiqing temporarily sealed his divine ability, and the Sanqing decided to nurture him as a battle disciple.
• Taiqing resolved to watch for the other three creatures formed from the Chaos Demon Ape's Origin.
• Hongjun's Good Corpse sensed the Sanqing's pure qi at Kunlun Mountain but mistakenly concluded that they were merely connected to the Sanqing.
• Taiqing detected Hongjun's Good Corpse approaching, so the Sanqing summoned Taichu, who locked onto the visitor with his aura.

Taichu confronted Hongjun's Good Corpse, who had come searching for the Sanqing, and attacked after Hongjun denied his identity. As they prepared to fight, the Sanqing discussed how many of Hongjun's spiritual treasures they hoped to take from him.

• Hongjun's Good Corpse asked Taichu where the three Hunyuan Golden Immortals had gone, and Taichu admitted he had refined them.
• Hongjun's Good Corpse asked whether the three had encountered the Sanqing, revealing his search for them, while Taichu refused to share information and threatened to kill him.
• Hongjun's Good Corpse continued denying that he was Hongjun, but the Sanqing recognized his Three Corpses aura.
• Taichu moved the Dao-listeners away and attacked Hongjun's Good Corpse, who stopped pretending and brought out several Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.
• Yuqing Yuanshi and Taiqing discussed Hongjun's many treasures and looked forward to taking them from him.

Taichu defeated Hongjun's Good Corpse, who escaped with the Space Shuttle but lost two Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures. Back at Jade Capital Mountain, Hongjun completed refining the Hongmeng Purple Qi, and his rising aura spread across the Primordial Wilderness.

• Hongjun's Good Corpse tried to flee Taichu with the Space Shuttle after realizing he could not win.
• Taichu seized two Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures and attacked through the spatial rift before it closed.
• Hongjun's Good Corpse emerged near the border of the Central and Western Continents, suffered backlash when Taichu erased his marks, and headed toward the Western Continent to search for the Sanqing.
• Hongjun sensed that his Good Corpse had encountered danger and hastened to refine the Hongmeng Purple Qi in Jade Capital Mountain's Purple Cloud Palace.
• Hongjun fused the Hongmeng Purple Qi into his Primordial Spirit, and his aura surged with the Heavenly Dao's laws, spreading pressure throughout the Primordial Wilderness.

Hongjun attained the Heavenly Dao Saint realm and summoned beings to hear his sermon in exchange for the promise of Hongmeng Purple Qi. Unable to find the Sanqing, he attacked Taichu, but Ancestor Reincarnation intervened and vowed to protect him.

• Hongjun attained the Heavenly Dao Saint realm and announced that he would give Hongmeng Purple Qi to those who came to hear him preach at Purple Cloud Palace.
• Countless beings set out for Chaos, while Hongjun searched the Primordial Wilderness for the Sanqing and failed to find them.
• Hongjun targeted Taichu at the foot of Kunlun Mountain, but Ancestor Reincarnation shattered his divine sense before it could reach Taichu.
• Taichu offered Ancestor Reincarnation two Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures taken from Hongjun's Good Corpse, and Ancestor Reincarnation accepted them.
• Hongjun attacked Taichu with full power, but Ancestor Reincarnation stopped him again and declared that he would protect Taichu.

Ancestor Reincarnation forced Hongjun to withdraw from his attack on Taichu, then warned Taichu that his protection would end after the sermons. Sanqing remained concealed inside Taichu, but faced the urgent challenge of reaching a higher realm before Hongjun could target them again.

• Hongjun realized Ancestor Reincarnation had reached the Second Heaven of the Hunyuan Celestial Venerable realm and could defeat him.
• Ancestor Reincarnation cited Taichu’s two Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures as payment for intervening, and Hongjun chose to retreat rather than risk losing face before his sermon.
• Hongjun withdrew his divine sense and tried to awaken the Heavenly Dao, while Ancestor Reincarnation mocked him before departing.
• Taichu thanked Ancestor Reincarnation, who examined him but detected neither Sanqing’s hidden identities nor their array.
• Ancestor Reincarnation warned Taichu to attain the Hunyuan Celestial Venerable realm before the preaching ended, then left with the two treasures.
• Sanqing realized that even if they reached Late-stage Hunyuan Golden Immortal, Taichu would only reach Peak Hunyuan Golden Immortal.

The Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches discussed how to avoid revealing their trump card if Hongjun pursued them. Meanwhile, Di Jun and Tai Yi chose to enter Chaos for Hongjun’s sermon, where an unknown force overtook their group after they lost their way.

• Taiqing, Shangqing Lingbao, and Yuqing Yuanshi agreed to dissolve their fusion after the sermon and claim Daoism while Taichu hid from Hongjun.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches worried about the Sanqing, but Houtu and Dijiang stopped them from rushing to Kunlun Mountain, and Taiqing reassured them.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi realized an invisible force had trapped them on the Sun Star and chose to go to the Purple Cloud Palace rather than the Primordial Wilderness Continent.
• Hongjun’s Evil Corpse watched Di Jun and Tai Yi depart for Chaos, then flew to search for the Sanqing alongside Hongjun’s Obsession Corpse.
• Di Jun led Tai Yi and the Ten Great Demon Sages into Chaos, where they lost their sense of the Primordial Wilderness and an inexplicable force descended upon them.

Hongjun guided the destined living beings to Purple Firmament Palace and used Heavenly Dao Power to bring Mituo and Bodhi into existence from Jieyin and Zhunti’s Origin Qi. The Sanqing learned that Hongjun’s action had triggered the measures they planted and planned to cultivate faster than the new brothers.

• Hongjun guided living beings with deep Destiny and blessings toward Purple Firmament Palace, while Ancestor Reincarnation criticized him for harvesting their Destiny.
• Hongjun used Heavenly Dao Power at Mount Sumeru to create Mituo and Bodhi from the remnants of Jieyin and Zhunti’s Origin Qi.
• Mituo and Bodhi thanked Hongjun and set out for Purple Firmament Palace, unaware that their early birth had reduced their cultivation and potential.
• The Sanqing sensed Mituo and Bodhi’s birth and realized that the measures they had planted in the Origin Qi had taken effect.
• Taiqing told his brothers that they must attain Hunyuan Celestial Venerable before Mituo and Bodhi became Saints, and Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Lingbao expressed confidence in their progress.

Hongjun discovered that his schemes were unraveling as powerful figures joined rival Celestial Venerables, and he manipulated Dong Wang Gong and other prospective listeners into heading for the Purple Firmament Palace. He ended enraged that most of the three thousand Mortal Guests had been drawn to his rivals’ teachings because of his own posturing.

• Bodhi worried that he and Mituo would not reach the Purple Firmament Palace in time, and Mituo warned him not to speak disrespectfully of Hongjun.
• Hongjun overheard the brothers, withheld the help he had planned to give them, and continued searching for the Sanqing.
• Hongjun discovered that Nuwa, Fuxi, and Hong Yun had become disciples of Creation and Five Elements, disrupting his plans.
• Hongjun altered Dong Wang Gong’s thoughts and redirected him toward the Purple Firmament Palace, while Queen Mother of the West became Yin-Yang Ancestor’s Senior Disciple.
• Hongjun found that more than two thousand of the three thousand Mortal Guests had been drawn to rival Celestial Venerables and blamed his rivals for taking them from him.

Hongjun regretted holding his lecture in Chaos and joined the Hunyuan Celestial Venerables in searching the Primordial Wilderness for talented disciples. Ancestor Slaughter took Styx as his founding senior disciple, while Hongjun drew Kunpeng into Purple Cloud Palace and lamented that Yin-Yang Ancestor had already taken Xi He and Chang Xi.

• Hongjun realized that few living beings would travel to Chaos for his lecture and began competing with the Celestial Venerables to recruit talented beings.
• Ancestor Slaughter found Styx in the Blood Sea, criticized his cautious path, and offered to take him as his disciple.
• Styx accepted Ancestor Slaughter as his master and received the Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure Slaughter Blood Robe.
• Yin-Yang Ancestor took Xi He and Chang Xi into his Daoist Arena, where they ranked beneath Queen Mother of the West.
• Hongjun drew Kunpeng from Northern Darkness Palace to Purple Cloud Palace and grew angry that Yin-Yang Ancestor had taken Xi He and Chang Xi first.

Hongjun altered the memories of Kunpeng, Di Jun, Tai Yi, Dong Wang Gong, and the Ten Great Demon Sages to repair his plans, then searched unsuccessfully for the Sanqing while the Venerables preached across the Primordial Wilderness. Thirty thousand years later, the sermons ended, and Taichu’s members praised Six-Eared for reaching the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

• Hongjun sent Kunpeng to wait for the sermon, and Kunpeng joined Dong Wang Gong to stand against Di Jun and Tai Yi.
• Hongjun divined that Xuanqing had caused the hostility between Kunpeng and the brothers, then altered the memories and thoughts of them and the Ten Great Demon Sages.
• Dong Wang Gong and Kunpeng turned hostile toward each other, while the other beings watched in fearful silence.
• Hongjun searched the Three Immortal Islands and the Mysterious Demon Realm for the Sanqing but found no trace of them.
• The Venerables preached for thirty thousand years, and beings across the Primordial Wilderness gained strength.
• Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Lingbao praised Six-Eared for advancing to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and recognized him as a gifted disciple of their Daoism.

Taiqing named Six-Eared as Daoism’s second disciple and kept the senior position for Xuandu, who had yet to be born. After thirty thousand years of searching unsuccessfully for the Sanqing, Hongjun began his first sermon at Purple Cloud Palace, while the Sanqing remained hidden at Taichu beneath Kunlun Mountain.

• Taiqing reserved Daoism’s senior disciple position for Xuandu and arranged Six-Eared, Guang Chengzi, and Duobao as the second, third, and fourth disciples.
• The living beings trapped in Purple Cloud Palace grew resentful because Hongjun had not preached, while he secretly waited for the Sanqing and searched for them.
• Hongjun’s search led him to erase several Mysterious Demon Realms, earning the Sanqing most of the resulting Destiny merit.
• Hongjun gave up waiting for the Sanqing and began his first Purple Cloud Palace sermon, creating a spectacle that rivaled the combined phenomena of the seventeen Hunyuan Celestial Venerables.
• Ancestor Reincarnation dismissed Hongjun’s grand display, while the Sanqing at Taichu remarked that Hongjun had waited thirty thousand years to begin preaching.

The Sanqing discussed how to stay safe from Hongjun, then cultivated until they advanced in realm. They sensed an opportunity at Buzhou Mountain and set out with the Twelve Ancestral Witches to try to preserve the Twenty-Four Petal Creation Green Lotus from Heavenly Dao interference.

• Taiqing, Yuqing Yuanshi, and Shangqing Lingbao considered ways to distract Hongjun, agreeing to focus on cultivation and prepare a retreat to Pangu Hall.
• The Sanqing cultivated within Taichu for a thousand years and advanced to the Late-stage and Mid-stage Hunyuan Golden Immortal realms.
• The Sanqing sensed an opportunity calling from Buzhou Mountain and suspected it was the Twenty-Four Petal Creation Green Lotus.
• Taiqing summoned the Twelve Ancestral Witches to join the Sanqing in testing whether Pangu's descendants could protect the lotus from the Heavenly Dao.
• The Sanqing traveled toward Buzhou Mountain, determined not to let the Heavenly Dao use them to split the Creation Green Lotus.

The Sanqing and Twelve Ancestral Witches entered the formation protecting the Twenty-Four Petal Creation Green Lotus and prepared to foil the Heavenly Dao’s scheme. They formed the Fifteen Dutian Hunyuan Guiyuan God-Demon Great Formation, summoning Pangu Father God’s true body, which possessed the power of a First Heaven Saint.

• Dijiang led the Twelve Ancestral Witches to Buzhou Mountain after learning that the Sanqing had broken through.
• Taichu greeted the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and the group entered the Innate Great Formation guarding the Twenty-Four Petal Creation Green Lotus.
• Taiqing taught the Sanqing and Twelve Ancestral Witches how to draw upon a trace of Merit of World Creation.
• Taiqing called on the group to form the Fifteen Dutian Hunyuan Guiyuan God-Demon Great Formation and summon Pangu Father God’s true body.
• The formation summoned Pangu Father God’s true body, whose power reached the First Heaven Saint realm and could stop the Heavenly Dao’s scheme.

Pangu True Body took the Twenty-Four Petal Creation Green Lotus and repeatedly shattered the Heavenly Dao’s Destruction Lightning Punishment with the Heaven-Opening Axe. Hongjun lured five Hunyuan Celestial Venerables into attacking, but Ancestor Chaos recognized that Pangu True Body wielded the power of world creation and decided to retreat.

• Pangu True Body emerged at Buzhou Mountain, took the Twenty-Four Petal Creation Green Lotus, and removed the Innate Great Formation around it.
• Hongjun urged the Hunyuan Celestial Venerables to attack Pangu True Body, hoping to claim the treasures left if the lotus was destroyed.
• Ancestor Chaos, Ancestor Devour, Ancestor Darkness, Ancestor Plague, and Ancestor Destruction decided to test Pangu True Body, while Reincarnation, Yang Mei, and others held back.
• Pangu True Body summoned the phantom of the Heaven-Opening Axe and shattered the Heavenly Dao’s Destruction Lightning Punishment three times.
• Ancestor Chaos sensed the power of world creation in Pangu True Body and chose to leave rather than provoke him.

Ancestor Darkness attacked Pangu True Body at Buzhou Mountain to seize the Twenty-Four Petal Creation Green Lotus, but Pangu True Body overwhelmed him with the Heaven-Opening Axe. Ancestor Reincarnation intervened to save Darkness and was wounded by Pangu True Body’s strike.

• Ancestor Chaos, Ancestor Devour, Ancestor Plague, and Ancestor Destruction retreated to their Daoist Arenas after seeing Pangu True Body unleash an axe strike empowered by creation.
• Ancestor Darkness reached Buzhou Mountain and used Darkness Curtain to blind Pangu True Body, hoping to take the Twenty-Four Petal Creation Green Lotus.
• Pangu True Body shattered Darkness Curtain and struck Ancestor Darkness, sending the Eternal Night Roulette flying and badly damaging it.
• Ancestor Darkness begged Ancestor Reincarnation to save him and offered one-fifth of his sect’s Destiny/Luck, while Hongjun chose to wait and observe.
• Ancestor Reincarnation formed a colossal hand of Cang Tian to protect Ancestor Darkness, but Pangu True Body’s axe carved a wound into the hand and injured Ancestor Reincarnation.

The Pangu True Body drew forth World Creation Merit Power to repel the Heavenly Dao’s destructive Lightning Punishment, while Hongjun intervened to prevent the strike from triggering another Great Dao punishment and plunging the Heavenly Dao into a deeper slumber. The chapter left Hongjun using a trump card from the Jade of Creation to halt the gathered lightning.

• The Sanqing and Twelve Ancestral Witches manifested World Creation Merit Power over the Pangu True Body as destructive Lightning Punishment descended.
• Hongjun used his Primordial Spirit Power to block the lightning before it touched the merit, severely injuring himself and interrupting his sermon.
• Hongjun decided to use another Heavenly Dao trump card from the Jade of Creation to stop the Lightning Punishment from gathering.
• The Pangu True Body waited for the lightning to strike its merit, hoping the resulting Great Dao punishment would deepen the Heavenly Dao’s slumber.
• Hongjun arrived from Chaos carrying the Jade of Creation and activated its trump card to stop the destructive Lightning Punishment.

Pangu's true body drove off Hongjun after the Jade of Creation rebelled against him, leaving Hongjun badly wounded and fleeing into Chaos. The Twelve Ancestral Witches and Sanqing returned to Pangu Hall exhausted, but preserved the Twenty-Four Petal Creation Green Lotus as a powerful weapon against their enemies.

• Hongjun used the Seal Immortal Absolute Seal to suppress Pangu's true body while activating the Heavenly Dao's trump card to disperse the destructive lightning over Buzhou Mountain.
• Pangu's true body protected itself with the Twenty-Four Petal Creation Green Lotus, then struck Hongjun as the Jade of Creation instinctively tried to return to Pangu.
• Hongjun was badly wounded by the axe strike and fled into Chaos, threatening the Twelve Ancestral Witches as Dijiang mocked him.
• The Primordial Wilderness's living beings were shaken by Pangu's power, while Yang Mei felt relieved that Dijiang was his disciple and feared provoking Pangu.
• Pangu's true body vanished near Pangu Hall, and Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches collapsed from exhaustion after their battles.
• The group recognized the cost of summoning Pangu's true body and valued the preserved Creation Green Lotus as a trump card against the Heavenly Dao, Hongjun, and the Celestial Venerables.

The Sanqing and Twelve Ancestral Witches decided to keep the Twenty-Four Petal Creation Green Lotus in Pangu Hall until they could secretly transport it to Kunlun Mountain. As Hongjun resumed his lecture, he discovered that the interruption had caused the Luck of those forced to attend to backfire, reducing what he could harvest.

• Dijiang warned that moving the Twenty-Four Petal Creation Green Lotus could expose the group to Hongjun and the Hunyuan Celestial Venerables, so Houtu proposed building a Teleportation Array between Kunlun Mountain and Pangu Hall.
• Taiqing and Dijiang agreed to leave the Creation Green Lotus and its formation in Pangu Hall while the group cultivated and built the array.
• Hongjun returned to Purple Sky Palace injured, unaware or unconcerned that Dong Wang Gong, Di Jun, Tai Yi, Kunpeng, Mituo, and Bodhi had collected his saint blood.
• Hongjun resolved to strengthen the Demon Race and use it to oppose the Twelve Ancestral Witches, while planning to drive a wedge between them and the Sanqing over the Creation Green Lotus.
• After resuming his lecture, Hongjun divined that the Luck he gained had fallen because the forced attendees’ Luck had backlashed when the lecture was interrupted.

After the Twelve Ancestral Witches defeated Hongjun by summoning Pangu’s True Body, Yang Mei welcomed his disciple Dijiang and openly mocked Hongjun. Dijiang reunited with his fellow disciple Zhen Yuanzi at Yang Mei’s Daoist Arena and explained that the witches’ feat came from Pangu’s legacy.

• Hongjun resumed preaching, frustrated that living beings’ resistance had reduced the Destiny/Luck he could harvest, and vowed revenge on the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
• Sanqing fused to summon Taichu, who left Pangu Hall and traveled toward Kunlun Mountain while the watching divine senses failed to understand how he had entered the hall.
• Dijiang emerged from Pangu Hall, and Yang Mei warned the watching powers not to target his disciple before meeting him beneath Buzhou Mountain.
• Yang Mei praised Dijiang loudly for beating Hongjun, humiliating Hongjun as he continued preaching in Purple Cloud Palace.
• Yang Mei brought Dijiang to his Daoist Arena and left him to speak with Zhen Yuanzi, who asked whether the witches had summoned Pangu’s True Body.
• Dijiang confirmed that the witches had summoned Pangu’s True Body through their inheritance from Pangu Father God.

After the Twelve Ancestral Witches wounded a Hunyuan Celestial Venerable and defeated Saint Hongjun with Pangu’s true body, beings across the Primordial Wilderness reacted with shock. Dijiang reminded Zhen Yuanzi that personal strength mattered most, while others resolved to befriend the Twelve Ancestral Witches.

• Zhen Yuanzi became astonished by the Ancestral Witches’ feat, but Dijiang warned him not to grow complacent and urged him to cultivate toward Hunyuan Celestial Venerablehood.
• Zhen Yuanzi accepted Dijiang’s advice and recognized that he had nearly let the victory disrupt his Dao Heart.
• Old Ancestor Yang Mei watched his disciples and praised Dijiang for remaining calm and guiding Zhen Yuanzi.
• Hong Yun celebrated his judgment in befriending the Twelve Ancestral Witches and resolved to recruit more experts for the Immortal Court.
• Fuxi and Nuwa discussed their good relations with the Twelve Ancestral Witches and agreed to honor Fuxi’s promise to them.
• Queen Mother of the West advised Xi He and Chang Xi to befriend the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and the sisters agreed to visit Buzhou Mountain after their master’s next sermon.

Styx began hoping to befriend the Twelve Ancestral Witches, while Ancestor Darkness and Hongjun blamed each other and plotted revenge after the witches’ victory. Hongjun and Taiqing then turned their attention to the coming Innate Gourd Vine and its seven treasures, with Taiqing telling the other Sanqing that three gourds were fated for them.

• Styx decided to visit the Twelve Ancestral Witches at Buzhou Mountain after Yin-Yang Ancestor's next lecture and hoped they would accept him as Pangu's descendant.
• Ancestor Darkness blamed Hongjun for provoking the battle and costing him one-fifth of his sect's Destiny, while swearing not to attack Pangu's descendants again.
• Hongjun resented the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the beings who discussed his defeat, then schemed to make Di Jun and Tai Yi clash with the Sanqing over the Innate Gourd Vine's gourds.
• Taiqing told Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Lingbao that the Innate Gourd Vine would bear seven Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, three of which were fated for the Sanqing.
• Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Lingbao were astonished that one Innate Spiritual Root could produce seven treasures.

The Sanqing planned to seize several gourds from the Innate Gourd Vine while Hongjun began teaching the Purple Cloud Palace guests the Three Corpses method. The chapter ended with the guests accepting his instruction, unaware that he intended to use their cultivation to free himself from the Heavenly Dao’s restraints.

• Shangqing Lingbao and Yuqing Yuanshi proposed taking Tai Yi’s destined gourd and claiming the other gourds for themselves and their allies.
• Taiqing assigned Xuanqing to collect three gourds and Zhu Rong to take Tai Yi’s gourd, while reserving the seventh for cultivation in Pangu Hall.
• Tai Yi sensed that something was wrong, but he and Di Jun could deduce nothing with the River Diagram and Luo Shu.
• Hongjun began his second lecture by explaining the quasi-Saint realm and claiming that reaching Sainthood required following it.
• Hongjun taught that cultivators should practice his Three Corpses method, intending to make the Purple Cloud Palace guests nourish him and help him escape the Heavenly Dao’s restraints.
• The guests praised Hongjun’s benevolence and accepted his instruction.