Chapter Summaries

Zhou Ming arranged for the strongest Great Witches to refine the Ancestral Witches’ Essence Blood so they could help form the array during the Tribulation. He personally began guiding Xing Tian through the dangerous refinement of his Primordial Essence Blood, while the other Ancestral Witches worried outside the chamber.

• Zhou Ming assured Di Jiang he would personally help refine his Essence Blood and selected Xing Tian as its recipient.
• The Ancestral Witches brought thirteen elite Great Witches to Pangu Hall, where Zhou Ming told them they would remain there until the Tribulation ended or the Wu Clan was safe.
• Zhou Ming led Xing Tian into a secluded chamber and warned him that refining the Primordial Essence Blood could be fatal.
• Zhou Ming placed the Purple Gold Essence Blood into Xing Tian and used his mana to suppress its violent power as Xing Tian struggled to endure the refinement.
• The other Ancestral Witches guarded their chosen Great Witches and reacted with alarm to the terrifying aura leaking from Zhou Ming’s chamber.

Zhou Ming successfully remade Xing Tian with Ancestral Wu Essence Blood, setting him on the path to the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm. He then led the recovered Ancestral Witches into Chaos and used the Dao Origin Divine Pearl to create a new world, leaving them to return to the Primordial Wilderness after confirming it had succeeded.

• Zhou Ming stabilized Xing Tian after refining the Essence Blood, and Xing Tian’s aura gained a trace of Primordial charm.
• Zhou Ming told the Ancestral Witches that Xing Tian could become another Primordial Origin Golden Immortal after digesting the Essence Blood, then announced his plan to create a world inside the Dao Origin Divine Pearl.
• Zhou Ming and the Twelve Ancestral Witches traveled to Chaos after the Ancestral Witches recovered, where they formed a protective circle around him.
• Zhou Ming expanded the pearl’s inner space and shaped its heavens, earth, mountains, rivers, sun, moon, and stars.
• Zhou Ming made the Dao Origin Divine Pearl devour chaotic qi and refine it into Innate Spiritual Qi, completing the new world.
• Zhou Ming confirmed the world’s creation and led the Ancestral Witches back to the Primordial Wilderness.

Minghe created the Asura Clan from the souls and Blood Fiend Origin of the Sea of Blood, but received too little merit to become a Sage. He accepted the outcome and began refining the merit, leaving the new race gathered beneath him.

• Minghe realized he could use departed souls as spirits for living beings made from the Sea of Blood and successfully created a man and a woman.
• Minghe used his mana to form countless Asura, who bowed and greeted him as their Ancestor.
• Minghe declared the Asura Clan established, and the Heavenly Dao sent him a large pillar of merit.
• The Great Powers watched Minghe receive far less merit than Nuwa, and they abandoned the idea of imitating her to become Sages.
• Minghe accepted that he could not become a Sage through creating a race and began refining the merit atop the Karma Red Lotus.

Di Jun learned that the Immortal Court’s Myriad Immortals Array could rival a Sage’s strike and prepared the Demon Race for a decisive war. After securing Nuwa’s promise to intervene if the Demon Race faced a desperate crisis, he set out with Taiyi for Taiyin Star to resolve the dispute over its Star Core.

• Bai Ze reported that the Immortal Court’s Myriad Immortals Array could gather the strength of ten thousand immortals and rival a Sage’s strike.
• Taiyi told Di Jun that Chang Xi and Xi He controlled the Taiyin Star’s Star Core and had refused to surrender it.
• Di Jun ordered the Ten Demon Saints to receive the Heavenly Court’s support and strive to reach the Quasi-Sage realm before the decisive battle.
• Di Jun privately asked Fuxi to seek Nuwa’s help if the Demon Race fell into a desperate crisis, and Fuxi confirmed that Nuwa would intervene if necessary.
• Di Jun and Taiyi left for Taiyin Star to meet Chang Xi and Xi He.

Di Jun and Taiyi visited Taiyin Star to seek control of its Star Core for the demon race’s Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Array. Xi He refused to surrender the star, but offered to help channel its power when the array was deployed, and Di Jun accepted her proposal.

• Di Jun and Taiyi arrived at Taiyin Star to meet Xi He and Chang Xi.
• Chang Xi refused to let the demon race control Taiyin Star, and Taiyi threatened to level it with the Demon Army.
• Xi He and Di Jun each stopped their younger sibling from escalating the confrontation and apologized for their words.
• Di Jun explained Taiyin Star’s importance to the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Array and asked Xi He to make an exception.
• Xi He offered to help draw forth Taiyin Star’s power whenever the demon race deployed the array, and Di Jun agreed.

Di Jun secured Xi He’s promise to help the Demon Race use the stars, then left with Taiyi, who doubted her sincerity. Di Jun defended his approach and said he would personally ensure control of the Taiyin Star while Taiyi prepared for war against the Immortal Court.

• Di Jun ended his visit to Xi He on courteous terms after she agreed to provide the Demon Race limited help with its formation.
• Chang Xi questioned Xi He’s sudden change of attitude, but Xi He defended the agreement as a way to protect the Taiyin Star and avoid conflict.
• Taiyi challenged Di Jun for trusting Xi He and warned that the sisters might refuse to help when the decisive battle came.
• Di Jun explained that a forceful assault could lead Xi He and Chang Xi to detonate the Taiyin Star’s core, and said Xi He’s changed attitude offered room for compromise.
• Di Jun told Taiyi to reorganize the Demon Army for its battle against the Immortal Court while he handled the Taiyin Star himself.

Wu emerged from seclusion having created the Wu Scripture, a Martial Dao cultivation method designed to let even humans with poor aptitude begin cultivating. After teaching it to the Human Clan at the Ancestral Land, he received the clan’s Fortune, and his path became clearer as he prepared to spread Martial Dao further.

• Wu told Suiren, Youchao, and Ziyi that he had created a cultivation method that could reach the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and that he himself had reached that realm.
• Wu named the method the Wu Scripture and explained that its Martial Dao let people cultivate by tempering their bodies, qi, and blood, with the option to later pursue the Immortal Path or continue in Martial Dao.
• Wu urged Suiren to summon members from every tribe to learn Martial Dao and spread it, and Suiren ordered all clansmen in the Ancestral Land to gather for Wu’s teaching.
• Three days later, Wu taught the Wu Scripture to tens of thousands of clansmen, and some began stirring their qi and blood during the lesson.
• The clansmen thanked Wu as Human Clan Fortune flowed into him, clarifying his Dao; Wu recognized that imparting the Dao was only the first step.

As the Human Tribe prospered through Wu’s teaching of the Martial Path, Di Jun asked Fuxi to help arrange his marriage to Xi He. Fuxi agreed to accompany him to Empress Wa Heaven to ask Nuwa to preside over the ceremony, and Di Jun, Taiyi, and Fuxi set out together.

• Wu traveled among the human tribes, teaching the Martial Path and correcting clansmen’s cultivation.
• Di Jun told Fuxi that he and Xi He loved each other and wished to become Dao Companions, leaving Taiyi stunned.
• Fuxi congratulated Di Jun and teased him about his frequent visits to the Taiyin Star.
• Di Jun asked Fuxi to accompany him to Empress Wa Heaven and speak in his favor so Nuwa would preside over the ceremony.
• Fuxi agreed, and Di Jun, Taiyi, and Fuxi flew toward Empress Wa’s Palace.

Di Jun asked Nuwa to preside over his marriage to Xi He, and Nuwa recognized their union as a Heavenly Marriage that would earn Merit. The Innate Red Embroidered Ball was needed to witness it, but Nuwa revealed she had mortgaged it to Zhou Ming.

• Di Jun told Nuwa that he and Xi He had decided to become Dao Companions and asked her to preside over their ceremony.
• Nuwa realized their union as the lords of the sun and Taiyin Star was a Heavenly Marriage that would bring Heavenly Dao Merit.
• Di Jun rejoiced at the prospect of gaining Merit, while Taiyi was stunned and Fuxi understood why Nuwa was troubled.
• Nuwa agreed to preside over the Heavenly Marriage but told Di Jun that the Innate Red Embroidered Ball was no longer in her possession.
• Nuwa explained that she had mortgaged the Innate Red Embroidered Ball to Zhou Ming.

Nuwa revealed that Zhou Ming's Red Embroidered Ball was essential to Di Jun and Xi He's marriage and could even redirect their Marriage Thread. She set out for Buzhou Mountain to borrow it, while Di Jun, Taiyi, and Fuxi returned to the Heavenly Court.

• Nuwa explained that the Red Embroidered Ball had to witness Di Jun and Xi He's Heavenly Marriage for them to gain its merit.
• Di Jun urged Nuwa not to face Zhou Ming again just to secure merit, but Nuwa warned that the Red Embroidered Ball could alter or ruin his marriage to Xi He.
• Fuxi reasoned that Zhou Ming would likely lend the ball because he was seeking the marriage merit, and Nuwa promised to borrow it, offering her share if necessary.
• Di Jun vowed that the Demon Race would meet any conditions Zhou Ming demanded rather than leave Nuwa to face him alone.
• Di Jun, Taiyi, and Fuxi left for the Heavenly Court, and Nuwa headed to Buzhou Mountain to meet Zhou Ming.

Nuwa confronted Zhou Ming over his role in the Demon Race’s planned Heavenly Marriage and asked to borrow the Innate Red Embroidered Ball. Zhou Ming agreed, but said he wanted her help retrieving something, leaving his condition unexplained.

• Zhou Ming sensed Nuwa approaching Pangu Hall and alerted Houtu and the other Ancestral Witches.
• Gong Gong teased Zhu Rong about using Nuwa as pill-refining ingredients, until Di Jiang ordered them to stop.
• Houtu welcomed Nuwa and led her into Pangu Hall, where Zhou Ming and the Ancestral Witches greeted her.
• Nuwa accused Zhou Ming of scheming against her over the Innate Red Embroidered Ball after Di Jun sought it for the Demon Race’s Heavenly Marriage.
• Zhou Ming agreed to lend Nuwa the treasure for the ceremony, then asked her to help him retrieve something.

Zhou Ming persuaded Nuwa to retrieve a stolen opportunity that he claimed was originally connected to her, while insisting the Wu Clan could not act without damaging its reputation. Nuwa realized he was maneuvering her into doing his bidding, but his argument and her anger left her unable to refuse.

• Nuwa and the Ancestral Witches suspected Zhou Ming was setting a trap when he asked Nuwa to retrieve an item in exchange for the Innate Red Embroidered Ball.
• Zhou Ming told Nuwa the item was an opportunity meant for her, but someone else had seized it first.
• Nuwa inferred that Zhou Ming or another powerful figure had taken her opportunity, and Zhou Ming mocked her for letting it slip away.
• Nuwa asked why Zhou Ming would not retrieve the item himself, and he said the Wu Clan should not be seen snatching another person's treasure.
• Zhou Ming argued that Nuwa could reclaim her own lost opportunity without criticism, and Nuwa fell silent as her anger grew.

Nuwa agreed to let Zhou Ming join her in officiating Di Jun’s Heavenly Marriage and took the Innate Red Embroidered Ball back to the Heavenly Court. Zhou Ming revealed that he planned to use the ceremony to test whether the Heavenly Dao would grant Merit to the Wu Clan, and he threatened to seize others’ Merit if it did not.

• Nuwa accepted Zhou Ming’s promise to reveal who had taken her opportunity later, then asked to borrow the Innate Red Embroidered Ball.
• Zhou Ming said he would lend the ball only if he could join Nuwa in officiating Di Jun’s Heavenly Marriage, and Nuwa agreed.
• Zhou Ming gave Nuwa the Innate Red Embroidered Ball, and she left Pangu Hall for the Heavenly Court.
• The Ancestral Witches protested Zhou Ming’s plan to officiate Di Jun’s marriage, but Zhou Ming said he sought Merit and wanted to test the Heavenly Dao.
• Zhou Ming explained that the Wu Clan had received no Merit for its part in Nuwa’s creation of humanity, and said he would directly participate in the marriage to test whether the Heavenly Dao would grant it Merit.

Zhou Ming told the Ancestral Wu that the Kongtong Seal was the Human Clan’s Fortune treasure and urged Nuwa to take it from Taiqing, while insisting the Wu Clan must not offend fellow Pangu descendants. He justified asking Nuwa to hand the seal to him as a way to spare her Taiqing’s resentment, leaving the Ancestral Wu astonished by his explanation.

• Houtu asked Zhou Ming why the Wu Clan could not seize the Kongtong Seal, and he explained that Taiqing would eventually obtain it after becoming a Sage.
• Zhu Rong and Gonggong insisted that the Wu Clan could take the seal even from Taiqing, but Zhou Ming cautioned that Taiqing was also a Pangu Descendant.
• Zhou Ming lectured the Ancestral Wu not to trouble the Three Pure Ones unless they provoked the Wu Clan, citing their duty to please Father God.
• Di Jiang agreed that the Wu Clan should leave the Three Pure Ones alone unless they started trouble.
• Zhu Rong pointed out that Zhou Ming had encouraged Nuwa to take the Kongtong Seal, and Zhou Ming claimed he only wanted her to reclaim what rightfully belonged to her as the Human Clan’s creator.
• Zhou Ming said he had asked Nuwa to give him the seal so Taiqing would blame him instead of her, leaving the Ancestral Wu dumbfounded.

Zhou Ming persuaded the Ancestral Witches that taking the Innate Red Embroidered Ball was a selfless effort to help Taiqing, and they backed his explanation. Nuwa returned to the Heavenly Court with the ball and reported Zhou Ming’s conditions, after which preparations for Di Jun’s Heavenly Marriage began.

• Zhou Ming claimed he was protecting Taiqing from a mistake, and the Ancestral Witches agreed with his justification.
• Nuwa returned to the Heavenly Court and showed Di Jun, Taiyi, and Fuxi that she had borrowed the Innate Red Embroidered Ball.
• Nuwa told them Zhou Ming wanted to co-preside over the Heavenly Marriage with her, and Di Jun accepted the condition as an honor despite his suspicions.
• Nuwa withheld the details of Zhou Ming’s second condition, saying she would handle it herself.
• Nuwa agreed to stay at the Heavenly Court while Di Jun, Taiyi, and Fuxi began preparing for the ceremony.

Xi He defended her decision to become Dao Companions with Di Jun, while Chang Xi refused to join the Demon Race or leave the Taiyin Star. Xi He departed for the Heavenly Court to finalize the wedding, and Chang Xi was left doubting whether Di Jun was truly a good match.

• Chang Xi questioned Xi He's decision to become Dao Companions with Di Jun and warned that it would draw the sisters and the Taiyin Star into the conflict between the Demon Race and the Immortal Court.
• Xi He said the conflict could not be avoided, argued that joining with Di Jun would benefit their cultivation, and insisted she would never regret her choice.
• Chang Xi asked whether Xi He had feelings for Di Jun, and Xi He refused to say, arguing that she would seize the opportunity before her.
• Chang Xi refused to join Xi He and said she would enter seclusion in Guanghan Palace after the marriage, leaving the Taiyin Star in Xi He's hands.
• Xi He respected Chang Xi's choice and flew to the Heavenly Court to discuss the final details of the Heavenly Marriage with Di Jun.
• After Xi He left, Chang Xi recalled their master's warning that benefits came with a cost and wondered whether Di Jun was truly a good match.

News that Nuwa and Zhou Ming would jointly preside over Di Jun and Xi He's Dao companion ceremony baffled the Primordial Wilderness and drew the attention of its Great Powers. The Three Pure Ones and the Western Sages decided to attend, leaving the Heavenly Court at the center of widespread speculation.

• News spread that Di Jun and Xi He had become Dao companions and that Nuwa and Zhou Ming would jointly preside over their ceremony.
• Great Powers across the Primordial Wilderness wondered why Zhou Ming had agreed to officiate and decided the ceremony was too important to miss.
• Yuanshi Tianzun criticized Zhou Ming for tarnishing the prestige of Pangu Orthodox, while Laozi urged caution and Tongtian dismissed the concern.
• The Three Pure Ones agreed to attend the ceremony to discover why two Sages were presiding.
• Jieyin and Zhunti also decided to travel to the Heavenly Court, and Great Powers throughout the Primordial Wilderness turned their attention there.

Zhou Ming and the Twelve Ancestral Witches attended Di Jun and Xi He's Heavenly Marriage in the Heavenly Court. After Zhou Ming and Nuwa declared the marriage complete and merit gathered overhead, Zhou Ming prepared to seize it, prompting Nuwa to beg him to stop and offer him her share.

• Zhou Ming and the Twelve Ancestral Witches arrived at the Heavenly Court, where Fuxi and Eastern Emperor Taiyi escorted them to Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
• Zhou Ming greeted Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi before taking his seat among the gathered Great Powers.
• Xi He arrived from the Taiyin Star, and Nuwa brought out the Innate Red Embroidered Ball to bind Xi He and Di Jun in marriage.
• Di Jun declared the Heavenly Marriage, and Zhou Ming and Nuwa activated the ball and announced that the marriage was complete.
• As Heavenly Dao merit gathered, Zhou Ming readied himself to seize it, and Nuwa warned him against acting recklessly and offered him her share.

The Heavenly Marriage of Di Jun and Xi He concluded as Zhou Ming collected his share of Merit and the Innate Red Embroidered Ball, then declared the banquet open. After the tense feast, Zhou Ming and the Twelve Ancestral Witches returned to Buzhou Mountain, and the other guests soon departed.

• The Heavenly Dao divided the marriage Merit among Di Jun, Xi He, Nuwa, the Innate Red Embroidered Ball, and Zhou Ming, who collected his share and the treasure.
• The Great Powers watched Zhou Ming take the Innate Red Embroidered Ball while Nuwa remained silent, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches abandoned their plans to attack.
• Zhou Ming declared the ceremony complete and called for the banquet, so Fuxi ordered the Demon Clan attendants to serve food and play music.
• After the strange banquet ended, Zhou Ming led the Twelve Ancestral Witches away from the Lingxiao Treasure Hall and returned to Buzhou Mountain.
• Nuwa and the Great Powers saw Zhou Ming off, then the remaining guests departed and the Heavenly Marriage came to an end.

Di Jun and the demon court prepared for war against the Immortal Court, waiting for Bai Ze to emerge from seclusion before attacking. East King Duke placed the Immortal Court on war footing and set out with Ao Hai to ask Candle Dragon and the Dragon Clan for aid.

• Fuxi advised Di Jun to mobilize troops and appoint generals now, then attack Penglai after Bai Ze completed his seclusion and emerged.
• Di Jun ordered Taiyi to reorganize the demon army and declared that the demon race would go to war with the Immortal Court once Bai Ze emerged.
• Demon armies gathered across the Primordial Wilderness, drawing the attention of the Immortal Court and powerful figures watching the East Sea.
• East King Duke ordered the Immortal Court into a state of war readiness and dismissed its officials, keeping Ao Hai behind.
• East King Duke told Ao Hai he would visit Candle Dragon at the East Sea Dragon Palace, and Ao Hai agreed to accompany him despite suspecting he meant to draw the Dragon Clan into the war.
• East King Duke and Ao Hai left Penglai Immortal Island and flew toward the East Sea Dragon Palace.