Chapter Summaries

After Chi You’s defeat, Xuanyuan struggled to decide how to deal with the unyielding prisoner as Guangchengzi pushed for his execution. Guangchengzi’s weapons failed to harm Chi You, and Xuanyuan began weighing whether the Xuanyuan Sword should be used against him.

• Taiyi left after Wu Tian’s promise eased his anxiety about Di Jun, and he reconsidered his opinion of Wu Tian.
• Xuanyuan asked his teachers how to deal with Chi You, who refused to submit despite being sealed.
• Guangchengzi proposed killing Chi You, but the Profound Woman mocked him and stopped Ying Long from intervening, saying Wu Tian would protect Chi You if needed.
• Guangchengzi’s Soul-Falling Bell failed to affect Chi You, and his Male-Female Twin Swords could not pierce Chi You’s body.
• Guangchengzi urged Xuanyuan to use the Xuanyuan Sword, arguing that sparing Chi You could encourage other tribes to challenge the Human Emperor, and Xuanyuan began to consider his case.

Xuanyuan followed Guangchengzi’s advice, turned Chi You into a feared “Demon Ancestor,” and used the Xuanyuan Sword to dismember and seal him. Chi You recognized the ordeal as Wu Tian’s plan to help him break through, while Jiufeng stopped Xing Tian from interfering with Xuanyuan’s rise as Human Sovereign.

• Xuanyuan spread rumors calling Chi You the Demon Ancestor, and the Human Clan’s fear and anger toward Chi You grew.
• Xuanyuan performed a ceremony condemning Chi You, and the Xuanyuan Sword split Chi You’s body into five pieces while his Primal Spirit was sealed in his head.
• Chi You realized the ordeal had given him a chance to break through to the Quasi-Sage realm and began cultivating.
• Xuanyuan developed the Human Clan and gained Fortune as he advanced toward becoming Human Sovereign.
• Xing Tian set out to avenge Chi You, but Jiufeng stopped him and warned him not to ruin Wu Tian’s plans.

Xing Tian attacked the Heavenly Court and challenged Haotian, blaming him for Nine Heavens Profound Woman’s role in Xuanyuan’s defeat of Chi You. Haotian tried to appear helpless, but when karmic burden disrupted his magic power, Xing Tian struck and damaged his true body.

• Xing Tian decided Haotian was responsible for Profound Woman’s actions and charged toward the Heavenly Court.
• After hearing Xing Tian had broken through the Southern Heavenly Gate, Haotian learned why he had come and protested that Queen Mother of the West was the one behind Profound Woman.
• Xing Tian stormed into the Hall of High Heavens and attacked Haotian, who suppressed his magic power and pretended to flee in panic.
• Queen Mother of the West watched from Yaochi and told Zhao Gongming and the others not to intervene, believing Haotian could defend himself.
• Haotian dodged Xing Tian’s attacks until his karmic burden from the Dragon Clan disrupted his magic power, allowing Xing Tian to land a blow that chipped Haotian’s true body.

After Xing Tian damaged Haotian’s true body, Haotian unleashed his power and fought back, ultimately beheading Xing Tian with Haotian Mirror. Haotian then noticed that the fragment of his true body had disappeared.

• Haotian realized Xing Tian had shattered a piece of his true body and erupted with Quasi-Sage pressure in the Hall of High Heavens.
• Xing Tian charged Haotian, but Haotian Pagoda struck him and damaged the armor Wu Tian had forged for him.
• Haotian used Haotian Pagoda to pin Xing Tian down and attacked him with Haotian Mirror despite Queen Mother of the West’s plea for mercy.
• Haotian Mirror destroyed Xing Tian’s armor and beheaded him, while Queen Mother of the West warned Haotian that Wu Tian would demand an explanation.
• Haotian defended his actions and then panicked when he noticed the fragment of his true body was missing.

Haotian's true-form fragment was swept into the Six Paths of Reincarnation, but Xing Tian revived after being beheaded and broke through to the Quasi-Sage realm. Wu Tian stopped their renewed fight and prepared to take Xing Tian away, while Haotian demanded an explanation.

• Haotian discovered that his true-form fragment had fallen into the Underworld, leaving him distraught.
• Queen Mother of the West noticed that Xing Tian's corpse was gathering Baleful Qi and battle intent, and Xing Tian revived without his head.
• Xing Tian broke through to the Quasi-Sage realm and attacked Haotian again as Wu Tian watched from the Origin Realm.
• Wu Tian arrived at the Hall of High Heavens, stopped Xing Tian from continuing the fight, and tried to return his head to his body.
• Xing Tian refused to reattach his head, and Wu Tian prepared to take him back to the Origin Realm.
• Haotian accused Wu Tian of going too far and demanded an explanation.

Wu Tian sealed the Hall of High Heavens and explained that Haotian’s destruction was an unavoidable consequence of his lack of merit and the karma he had taken on as Heavenly Emperor. He began offering Haotian a way to turn the calamity into an opportunity, leaving Haotian eager to hear more despite suspecting a scheme.

• Haotian threatened to report Wu Tian to Dao Ancestor Hongjun, so Wu Tian sealed the hall with the Pangu Seal to keep others from spying on their conversation.
• Wu Tian noted that the Three Pure Ones’ Saint incarnations had watched past attacks without intervening, and Haotian recognized them as a restraint rather than protection.
• Wu Tian argued that Haotian’s Flawless True Body would have been destroyed even without Xing Tian because Haotian had rendered no merit and had accepted the Dragon Clan’s karma into the Heavenly Court.
• Haotian demanded to know whether Wu Tian expected him to thank Xing Tian, but Wu Tian said the calamity was simply the general trend of the Heavenly Dao.
• Wu Tian offered an idea that might turn Haotian’s calamity into an opportunity, and Haotian held back his objections to hear it.

Wu Tian urged Haotian to reincarnate and undergo tribulations, arguing that it could help repair his condition and lead him toward the Dao. Haotian remained suspicious, and Wu Tian left without returning the fragments of Haotian’s true body, telling him to ask Empress Pingxin instead.

• Wu Tian advised Haotian to reincarnate into the Human Clan and undergo tribulations, citing Fuxi, Hongyun, and flawed primordial forms that had attained the Dao.
• Haotian suspected Wu Tian was trying to recruit him and settle their karma, while Queen Mother of the West attempted to reassure him and was met with his resentful glare.
• Wu Tian offered to arrange Haotian’s reincarnation and warned him to guard his primordial yang essence if he reincarnated with his original body.
• Wu Tian removed the barrier around the Hall of High Heavens and prepared to leave with Queen Mother of the West.
• Haotian demanded the fragments of his true body, but Wu Tian said they had fallen into reincarnation and told him to seek Empress Pingxin.

Haotian sought Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s guidance after Wu Tian urged him to reincarnate and undergo tribulations. Meanwhile, Wu Tian visited Queen Mother of the West in Yaochi, where she asked why he had treated Haotian that way.

• Haotian repaired the Hall of High Heavens, told Taibai Xingjun to watch over the Heavenly Court, and went to see Dao Ancestor Hongjun.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun confirmed that Haotian had to undergo one hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred tribulations and told him to reincarnate.
• Haotian agreed to undergo the tribulations after Dao Ancestor Hongjun promised that Empress Pingxin would grant him convenience and that he might gain a chance to attain Primordial Origin.
• Queen Mother of the West invited Wu Tian to Yaochi and entertained him with spirit fruits, divine nectar, and dancing female immortals.
• Wu Tian sent the female immortals away and gave them the spirit fruits, then Queen Mother of the West concealed their aura and asked why he had treated Haotian that way.

Wu Tian explained his plan to inform Haotian about Xing Tian, then considered Haotian’s reincarnation, Yunhua Fairy, and how he might win Yang Jian over. Queen Mother of the West asked about Wu Tian’s next plans and reported Zhao Gongming’s growing strength, leaving Wu Tian confident that his disciple would soon reach the Quasi-Sage realm.

• Wu Tian told Queen Mother of the West that informing Haotian about Xing Tian would earn him a favor and give Haotian an explanation for the Witch Clan’s actions.
• Wu Tian recalled that Empress Pingxin had sent a fragment of Haotian’s true body into reincarnation, where it would become Yunhua Fairy, and considered recruiting her future son Yang Jian.
• Queen Mother of the West asked Wu Tian to lecture the Yaochi immortals, but Wu Tian suggested she ask his disciple Xuan Wu instead and listed the matters he still needed to handle.
• Queen Mother of the West told Wu Tian that Zhao Gongming might reach the Quasi-Sage realm before Kong Xuan because his Wealth God office and Golden Wealth Dao had grown more powerful.
• Wu Tian agreed that Zhao Gongming’s rapid progress was expected and said his disciple’s true strength would become clear in the age of declining Dharma.

Cangjie began creating a system of writing for the Human Clan, drawing the attention of Wu Tian, his disciples, and the Three Pure Ones. As the first character appeared and fortune descended, the heavens darkened and primordial energy surged toward him.

• Wu Tian sensed the Human Clan's River of Fortune churning and took Queen Mother of the West, Xuan Wu, and Zhao Gongming to the Yanhuang Tribe to witness the birth of writing.
• The group saw Xuanyuan's historian Cangjie studying symbols, and Xuanyuan stopped the others from interrupting him.
• Guangchengzi realized Cangjie was creating writing, while Nüwa and the Three Pure Ones also arrived to observe.
• Wu Tian saw that Kunpeng's true spirit had reincarnated as Cangjie and that its sealed insights were awakening.
• Cangjie drew the Human Clan character for "person," prompting Human Clan fortune to descend as spiritual energy surged and the heavens darkened.

Cangjie created the Human Clan’s characters, drawing down a heavenly tribulation that Wu Tian restrained with the Pangu Seal. The softened lightning descended on Cangjie and the three thousand characters, which began absorbing its power.

• Cangjie wrote the characters for Heaven, Earth, and Human, then continued creating characters that embodied laws and phenomena.
• Xuanyuan bowed to Wu Tian and felt reassured when Wu Tian greeted him warmly.
• As Cangjie completed three thousand characters, the Heavenly Dao gathered a powerful tribulation to destroy them.
• Wu Tian used the Pangu Seal to block the tribulation, and Yuanshi objected before Wu Tian defended his right to protect the Human Clan.
• Taiqing persuaded Wu Tian to let the tribulation test Cangjie, and Wu Tian lowered the Pangu Seal above the Human Clan’s River of Fortune.
• The lightning descended in weakened form as Cangjie’s characters circled him, wore it away, and absorbed its power.

Cangjie received merit for creating Human Clan writing and attained the Dao as Kunpeng, then left a Great Luo Golden Immortal incarnation to spread writing among the Human Clan. Kunpeng went to Fire Cloud Cave to suppress Human Clan Fortune.

• Heavenly Dao merit descended on Cangjie, the three thousand characters, Wu Tian, Fire Cloud Cave, Xuanyuan, and Nüwa.
• Human Dao Fortune surged around Cangjie, but his cultivation stalled before he could attain the Dao.
• Wu Tian called Cangjie Kunpeng and urged him to return, awakening Kunpeng's power and revealing his true form within the sea of characters.
• Kunpeng absorbed primordial energy and attained the Dao, while Wu Tian used the Pangu Seal to suppress the disturbance in Human Clan Fortune.
• Cangjie declared that he would remain Cangjie of the Human Clan, split off Kunpeng's original form to spread writing, and went to Fire Cloud Cave.

Wu Tian arranged for Xuandu to become a Quasi-Sage and announced that Xuanyuan would become Deputy Sect Master of the Dao Sect after attaining the Dao, provoking Yuanshi. Taiqing accepted Wu Tian’s plans and took Yuanshi away to explain, while Tongtian stayed behind with the Primordial Measuring Sky Ruler.

• Taiqing asked Wu Tian about his disciple Xuandu, and Wu Tian promised to return him as a Quasi-Sage after the Human Emperor attained the Dao.
• Wu Tian reminded Taiqing of his old promise to make him Deputy Sect Master of the Dao Sect and said he would give the position to the Human Emperor after Xuanyuan attained the Dao.
• Yuanshi objected that Wu Tian was driving a wedge between the Three Pure Ones and would undermine the Expounding Sect’s fortune.
• Wu Tian told Yuanshi that the decision was not his to make, and Taiqing agreed to Wu Tian’s plan.
• Taiqing took Yuanshi away to explain, while Wu Tian let Tongtian keep the Primordial Measuring Sky Ruler until he finished studying it.

Wu Tian arranged for Xuanyuan to become vice leader of the Dao Sect after attaining the Dao, while Nüwa and Queen Mother of the West left to compete over merit in the Origin Realm. After handling these matters, Wu Tian secretly headed to a Human Clan tribe to search for Di Jun’s reincarnation.

• Tongtian avoided Wu Tian after Nüwa approached him, while Nüwa asked about making the Human Emperor vice leader of the Dao Sect.
• Nüwa and Queen Mother of the West argued, then went together to the Origin Realm to compete for merit against Wangshu.
• Wu Tian summoned Xuanyuan, told him he would become vice leader of the Dao Sect, and encouraged him to work for the Human Clan.
• Wu Tian gave Xuan Wu and Zhao Gongming instructions, then concealed his aura and went alone to a Human Clan tribe where he had found Di Jun’s reincarnated body.

Wu Tian awakened Di Jun from reincarnation and offered him a chance to pursue one of the Five Emperors' positions. Di Jun declined, instead proposing that they join forces in the coming Tribulation and replace Heaven's will with the will of the people.

• Wu Tian brought Di Jun's reincarnated body into the Primal World and awakened his true spirit.
• Di Jun recalled his past reincarnations and greeted Wu Tian, then asked why he had been awakened.
• Wu Tian offered Di Jun a chance to contend for one of the Five Emperors' positions, but Di Jun refused because he wanted to find another path.
• Di Jun proposed that he and Wu Tian challenge the Heavenly Dao Saints together in the next Tribulation.
• Di Jun explained that the Human Dao could occupy the Heavenly Dao, and he and Wu Tian agreed to replace Heaven's heart with the will of the people.

Wu Tian helped Di Jun sever his Three-legged Golden Crow destiny and imperial aura so Taiyi could inherit the Fortune and pursue Primordial Origin. After Di Jun returned to reincarnation, Wu Tian gave the Golden Crow destiny to Taiyi and urged him to advance.

• Wu Tian reconsidered Di Jun's planned reincarnation and said he would arrange a more suitable role for him.
• Di Jun asked Wu Tian to strip the Golden Crow destiny and imperial aura from his true spirit so Taiyi could receive the Fortune.
• Wu Tian removed Di Jun's Golden Crow destiny, cast his imperial aura into the River of Fortune of the Human Clan, and sent Di Jun back to his tribe.
• Di Jun's reincarnated body passed away and entered the cycle of reincarnation again.
• Wu Tian showed Taiyi the Golden Crow destiny and explained that Di Jun had given it to help him attain Primordial Origin.
• Taiyi suggested giving the destiny to Bo Huang and the others, but Wu Tian merged it into Taiyi and told him to cultivate diligently.

Wu Tian helped Taiyi merge with the Chaos Bell and expand the Origin Realm, then gave Xuandu a drop of essence blood to help him break through. Xuandu reached the Quasi-Sage realm, delighting Taiqing while Yuanshi remained unhappy about the Dao Sect’s growing influence among the Human Clan.

• Taiyi fused with the Chaos Bell, and Wu Tian sent him to the edge of the Origin Realm to expand its borders.
• Wu Tian saw that Xuandu had stalled just short of the Quasi-Sage realm and gave him a drop of essence blood.
• Xuandu refined Wu Tian’s essence blood and resumed cultivating after Wu Tian told him to focus his mind.
• Taiqing tried to reassure Yuanshi about Wu Tian’s plan to make Xuanyuan deputy leader of the Dao Sect, while Yuanshi accused Wu Tian of sowing discord.
• Taiqing sensed through the Dao Sect’s Fortune that Xuandu had broken through to the Quasi-Sage realm.

Xuandu became a Quasi-Sage with Wu Tian’s help, prompting Taiqing to leave Jade Void Palace after Yuanshi warned that Xuandu might favor Wu Tian. Wu Tian then sent Xuandu to repay his debt to the Queen Mother of the West and prepared to help Kong Xuan fulfill his wish to free Primordial Phoenix from her torment.

• Yuanshi warned Taiqing that Wu Tian’s help might make Xuandu favor him, and Taiqing left Jade Void Palace to return to Mount Shouyang.
• Xuandu thanked Wu Tian for helping him become a Quasi-Sage, and Wu Tian told him to serve the Queen Mother of the West at Tushita Palace to repay his karmic debt.
• Wu Tian sent Xuandu out of the Origin Realm, and Xuandu headed toward Mount Shouyang.
• Wu Tian summoned Kong Xuan and told him that his wish would soon be fulfilled as the Human Sovereign attained the Dao.
• Wu Tian contacted Nüwa and took Kong Xuan to the skies above the Yanhuang Tribe to witness the Human Sovereign attain the Dao.

Xuanyuan attained the Human Emperor Dao and became the Yellow Emperor, while the distribution of merit angered Yuanshi. Before entering Fire Cloud Cave, Xuanyuan asked to bring his wives with him, and Ying Long carried them all away on his back.

• Wu Tian proclaimed Xuanyuan’s achievements, and Heavenly Merit descended, with Xuanyuan receiving the largest share and Guangchengzi receiving the second-largest.
• A fragment of Primordial Violet Qi fused with Xuanyuan, and he attained the Human Emperor Dao as the Yellow Emperor.
• Yuanshi resented the merit distribution and blamed Wu Tian, but Taiqing defended Wu Tian and Xuanyuan interrupted them by thanking the assembled saints.
• Yuanshi ordered Xuanyuan to enter Fire Cloud Cave and remain there to suppress the Human Clan’s Fortune.
• Xuanyuan asked to bring his wives from the Yanhuang Tribe to Fire Cloud Cave, and Ying Long carried them and Xuanyuan away on his back.

Xuanyuan was appointed Deputy Sect Master of the Dao Sect and received its Fortune before departing for Fire Cloud Cave. After Yuanshi left in dissatisfaction, Wu Tian asked Tongtian whether he had learned anything.

• Wu Tian reminded Taiqing of Xuanyuan's promised position, and Taiqing named Xuanyuan Deputy Sect Master of the Dao Sect.
• The Dao Sect's Fortune descended upon Xuanyuan, while his own Fortune flowed back into the sect; Taiqing used the Taiji Diagram to stabilize the River of Fortune.
• Wu Tian sent Xuanyuan to Fire Cloud Cave, where Fuxi and the others welcomed him.
• Yuanshi silently gathered his disciples and left, displeased that the Dao Sect's influence among the Human Clan would grow at the Expounding Sect's expense.
• Taiqing followed Yuanshi, and Wu Tian asked Tongtian, "Did you learn anything?"