Chapter Summaries

After the Primordial Wilderness’s great tribulation ended, Hong Yun’s allies returned to their duties, and five hundred thousand years later the Human Race had grown powerful enough for its founders to withdraw from governing it. Hong Yun predicted that a unifying Human Race emperor would soon appear, then accompanied Nuwa and Fuxi to the Netherworld, where Fuxi entrusted his younger sister to him.

• Minghe, Zhen Yuanzi, the Ancestor Witches, Houtu, and the Three Saints said farewell to Hong Yun after the tribulation was quelled.
• Five hundred thousand years later, Hong Yun and the Three Ancestors of the Human Race lived in Fire Cloud Cave while the Human Race continued to flourish.
• Hong Yun persuaded Suiren Shi, Youchao Shi, and Ziyi Shi to leave the Human Race’s affairs to its people and predicted that a unifying emperor would arise.
• Hong Yun looked toward the Netherworld and then went there with Nuwa and Fuxi.
• Fuxi bowed to Hong Yun and entrusted Nuwa to his care.

Hong Yun tried to persuade Fuxi to let his reincarnated self become Hong Yun’s disciple, but Fuxi and Nuwa refused. The group shared Hong Yun’s homemade soda before Fuxi prepared to reincarnate under Laozi’s guidance.

• Hong Yun declined Fuxi’s request to look after Nuwa, then promised to care for her while Fuxi reincarnated; Nuwa agreed to call him Elder Brother Hong Yun.
• Houtu and Xuan Ming arrived and teased Hong Yun for neglecting them, so he gave them bottles of his homemade soda.
• Nuwa and Fuxi also received soda, and Fuxi briefly regretted reincarnating before reaffirming his decision to become a Saint.
• Hong Yun again asked Fuxi to let his reincarnated self become Hong Yun’s disciple, but Nuwa and Fuxi firmly refused and stuck with Laozi.

Hong Yun arranged Fuxi, Black Tortoise, and Eastern Prince’s reincarnations as future Human Race rulers, then discovered Zhunti had brought Ksitigarbha to the Netherworld on a mission backed by the Heavenly Dao. Ksitigarbha began making a declaration, and Hong Yun realized the Heavenly Dao was causing trouble again.

• Hong Yun convinced Laozi to give up the Merit for repairing the Heavenly Pillar by promising him the chance to teach the future Heavenly Emperor.
• Fuxi gave up his cultivation and entered reincarnation, and Hong Yun sealed his Primordial Spirit and True Spirit before sending them into the Human Dao.
• Hong Yun also sent Black Tortoise’s Primordial Spirit and True Spirit and Eastern Prince’s remaining True Spirit into the Human Dao, sealing them so they would begin as ordinary people.
• Houtu sensed Zhunti’s arrival at the Sea of Blood with his disciple Ksitigarbha, and Hong Yun and the others watched through their divine senses.
• Ksitigarbha began a solemn declaration, loudly invoking the Great Dao, Earthly Dao, Heavenly Dao, Pangu, and Hongjun, and Hong Yun recognized the Heavenly Dao’s scheme.

Hong Yun and the Underworld’s allies confronted Zhunti and Ksitigarbha after Ksitigarbha vowed to save the Netherworld’s Evil Ghosts and earned Heavenly Dao Merit. Hong Yun stopped the Earthly Dao Merit from going to Ksitigarbha, and Minghe demanded that Ksitigarbha join the Underworld’s establishment before benefiting from its Merit; Zhunti called on the Heavenly Dao for help as Minghe threatened to keep his disciple.

• Zhunti brought Ksitigarbha to the Netherworld, where Ksitigarbha vowed to save the Evil Ghosts until Hell was empty and earned Heavenly Dao Merit.
• Hong Yun stopped the Earthly Dao Merit from falling to Ksitigarbha and argued that anyone earning Underworld Merit had to belong solely to the Underworld.
• Minghe arrived with Zhen Yuanzi and the ten Ancestor Witches, rejected Zhunti’s offer of a future favor, and accused the Western Sect of freeloading.
• Minghe drew Yuan Tu and A Bi and declared that Zhunti could leave but Ksitigarbha would stay in the Underworld.
• Zhunti grew furious and called on the Heavenly Dao to appear.

At the Sea of Blood, Hong Yun rejected Heavenly Dao Hongjun’s attempt to settle Ksitigarbha’s fate and endured repeated attacks by shielding himself with Heavenly Dao Merit. The confrontation ended with Heavenly Dao Hongjun discovering that Houtu, Minghe, Zhen Yuanzi, and the Ancestor Witches also possessed immense Merit.

• Zhunti called on Heavenly Dao to intervene, and Heavenly Dao Hongjun appeared at the Sea of Blood to address Ksitigarbha’s fate.
• Hong Yun praised Heavenly Dao and received a Jade Disk of Creation Shard, then rejected Heavenly Dao Hongjun’s proposal to keep Ksitigarbha in the Underworld.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun struck Hong Yun with Chaos Divine Thunder, but Hong Yun’s Heavenly Dao Merit absorbed the attack without injuring him.
• Hong Yun provoked Heavenly Dao Hongjun, who launched more lightning attacks that only consumed small amounts of Merit.
• When Heavenly Dao Hongjun turned toward Houtu and the others, he found that Houtu, Minghe, Zhen Yuanzi, and the eleven Ancestor Witches were protected by vast Earthly Dao Merit.

Hong Yun used Zhunti’s empty promises and Ksitigarbha’s impossible vow to recruit him into the Netherworld Underworld. Ksitigarbha lost faith in his Master and knelt before Zhunti, while Heavenly Dao Hongjun ignored Zhunti’s plea for help.

• Ao Qing ordered the Dragon Clan to seek positions for its Nether Dragons and Ghost Dragons in the Underworld, and other races sent their dead ancestors there as well.
• Hong Yun mocked Heavenly Dao Hongjun, then urged Ksitigarbha to stay in the Underworld and earn Merit by converting Evil Ghosts.
• Zhunti tried to keep Ksitigarbha by promising him the Western Sect’s Deputy Sect Master position, but Hong Yun revealed that Zhunti had made the same promise to others, including Kong Xuan.
• Zhunti froze when Hong Yun challenged him to swear he had promised the position to no one else, and Ksitigarbha began doubting his Master.
• Hong Yun pointed out that Ksitigarbha’s vow to remain in Hell until it was empty could prevent him from ever returning to the Western Lands, and Heavenly Dao ignored Zhunti’s plea for help.
• Deeply disappointed by Zhunti, Ksitigarbha walked over and knelt before him.

Ksitigarbha left the Western Sect and swore to enter the Netherworld Underworld, convert the Evil Ghosts, and answer only to the Earthly Dao. The Earthly Dao approved his oath, and the enraged Heavenly Dao turned its killing intent on him.

• Ksitigarbha knelt before Zhunti, expressed his sorrow at their parting, and told him he would not return to the Western Lands.
• Zhunti offered Hong Yun the Eastern Green Lotus Treasure-Colored Banner in exchange for Ksitigarbha’s freedom, but Hong Yun refused and said the Heavenly Dao could release him instead.
• The Heavenly Dao ignored Zhunti’s plea, and Hong Yun urged Ksitigarbha to swear an oath leaving the Western Sect.
• Ksitigarbha swore to enter the Netherworld Underworld and leave both the Western Sect and the Heavenly Dao’s control, committing himself only to the Earthly Dao.
• The Earthly Dao approved Ksitigarbha’s oath, causing his stolen authority to vanish from the Heavenly Dao, which then raged and fixed its killing intent on him.

Heavenly Dao Hongjun tried to kill Ksitigarbha after he rejected the Heavenly Dao, but Hong Yun and Houtu intervened and called on Earthly Dao Merit. Empress Pingxin shielded Ksitigarbha and forced Heavenly Dao Hongjun to withdraw, though he warned that she would regret it.

• Hong Yun sided with Ksitigarbha, and Heavenly Dao Hongjun formed a purple hand to destroy him.
• Zhunti tried to stop the attack with his Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, but it shattered against Heavenly Dao Hongjun's power.
• Hong Yun and Houtu struck the purple hand together, causing a clash that devastated a third of Minghe's Sea of Blood and destroyed Blood God Sons and Asura Clan members.
• As Heavenly Dao Hongjun prepared another attack, Hong Yun urged Ksitigarbha to absorb Earthly Dao Merit and call for Empress Pingxin.
• Empress Pingxin appeared and shielded Ksitigarbha with Earthly Dao rules, declaring that only the Earthly Dao could punish him.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun yielded and withdrew after warning Empress Pingxin that she would regret it.

Hong Yun convened the Saints in Purple Cloud Palace to discuss the Human Race’s Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and Laozi secured the role of teacher for the first Human Sovereign. The gathering learned that Fuxi would reincarnate as the Heavenly Emperor under Laozi’s guidance, while the other Saints began considering the remaining positions.

• Hong Yun proposed that the Human Race needed an emperor to lead it into a new era.
• Laozi supported Hong Yun and claimed the first Human Sovereign as his disciple, while Hong Yun praised him and received a system reward.
• Laozi announced that the Human Sovereign’s achievements would bring Heavenly Dao Merit, and Hong Yun said there would be three Sovereigns and five Emperors in total.
• Hong Yun revealed that Fuxi would reincarnate as the first Human Sovereign, and Nuwa warned the Saints not to interfere with her elder brother’s path.
• Hong Yun asked the Saints how to divide the remaining two Sovereign and five Emperor positions.

The Saints divided the positions of Teacher of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, with Zhunti unexpectedly backing Hong Yun for the Earthly Emperor’s teacher. Hong Yun secured the final Emperor’s teacher position for Nuwa, then secretly ordered a search for Huaxu, leaving Laozi with an unexplained sense of foreboding.

• Zhunti praised Hong Yun and argued that he should become the Teacher of the Earthly Emperor, surprising the Saints and Jieyin.
• Laozi supported Hong Yun, Yuanshi claimed a Human Sovereign’s teacher position, and Tongtian demanded two Emperor’s teacher positions before drawing his sword against Zhunti.
• Hong Yun stopped the dispute and arranged the positions so Nuwa received the final Teacher of the Five Emperors, while Tongtian received the remaining position.
• Hong Yun ordered Suiren Shi to secretly search the Human Race tribes for Huaxu and report to him once she was found.
• Laozi returned to Eight Sceneries Palace and suddenly felt a sense of foreboding.

Suiren Shi learned that Huaxu had carried a child for nearly three thousand years after stepping into a mysterious footprint, and Hong Yun revealed that the child was Fuxi reincarnated as the Human Race’s future emperor. Hong Yun and the Three Ancestors of Humanity set out to protect him, while Huaxu continued urging the unborn child to come out.

• Suiren Shi learned that Huaxu lived with the Fenggun Tribe and had remained pregnant for nearly three thousand years after stepping into a footprint.
• Suiren Shi told Hong Yun about Huaxu, and Hong Yun identified the unborn child as the Human Race’s future emperor.
• Hong Yun revealed that the child was Fuxi reincarnated, and the Three Ancestors of Humanity accepted him as their future emperor.
• Hong Yun and the Three Ancestors of Humanity left to protect Fuxi before his birth.
• Huaxu ate roasted spirit beast meat and threatened to force Fuxi out if he did not emerge soon.

Hong Yun and the Three Ancestors visited Huaxu Shi and revealed that her unborn child was destined to become the Human Sovereign. Huaxu gave birth to Fuxi amid auspicious signs, and Hong Yun named him before Huaxu celebrated her son's future.

• Hong Yun told the Fenggun Tribe leader that Huaxu Shi's child was destined to unify the Human Race, and the leader eagerly brought the ancestors to her cave.
• The Fenggun Tribe leader scolded Huaxu Shi for threatening to hit the baby, then introduced her to Hong Yun and the Three Ancestors.
• Hong Yun explained Fuxi's destiny to Huaxu Shi, whose excitement brought on labor; Ziyi Shi helped deliver the child while auspicious signs appeared outside.
• After Fuxi was born, Hong Yun jokingly suggested the name Dog Egg before naming him Fuxi, and Huaxu celebrated her son's future as Human Sovereign.

Laozi traveled with Hong Yun and Nuwa to meet Fuxi and take him as his disciple, while Fuxi had already studied Hong Yun’s teachings and learned that he was destined to become the Human Sovereign. When Laozi asked Fuxi to accept their ordained master-disciple relationship, Fuxi challenged him to compare himself with Ancestral Hong.

• Laozi set out with Xuandu to find Fuxi, then met Hong Yun and Nuwa and agreed to travel with them.
• Hong Yun praised Laozi and Xuandu, earning system rewards, while the three discussed going to meet Fuxi.
• Fuxi studied Hong Yun’s Primordial Eight Trigrams Theory and concluded that it would guide him to become the Human Sovereign.
• Hong Yun, Nuwa, and Laozi met Fuxi in the mountains, and Laozi asked whether he was the Human Sovereign.
• Laozi introduced himself and asked Fuxi to become his disciple, but Fuxi asked how he compared to Ancestral Hong.

Laozi tried to recruit Fuxi as his disciple, but Fuxi’s knowledge of the Eight Trigrams left Laozi listening and learning instead. Laozi then offered to teach Fuxi how to help the Human Race obtain food from rivers and the sea, using a spiderweb as inspiration.

• Laozi claimed that Hong Yun had once begged him to become his disciple, then invited Fuxi to become his own disciple.
• Hong Yun told Nuwa that Laozi was lying and praised his own talent, earning twelve Kongtong Seal fragments from the system.
• Fuxi asked what Laozi would teach him and revealed his knowledge of the Eight Trigrams, drawing on Hong Yun’s Primordial Eight Trigrams Theory.
• Fuxi lectured Laozi on the Eight Trigrams until Laozi realized he had been learning from the three-year-old, then tried to restore his dignity by saying he had been testing Fuxi.
• Laozi offered to teach Fuxi a way for the Human Race to obtain food from rivers and the sea, and pointed to a spiderweb for inspiration.

Laozi tried to teach Fuxi several methods to benefit the Human Race, only to learn that Fuxi's tribe already used better versions from a book written by Hong Yun. He left disheartened after recognizing Hong Yun as the author of the book and the source of his repeated setbacks.

• Laozi explained his fishing-net method to Fuxi, who showed him that the Fenggun Tribe had already perfected and used fishing nets for a year.
• Fuxi told Laozi that the Four Seasons Division, Twenty-Four Solar Terms, Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches Calendar, and City-Building Method also came from his book.
• Laozi offered to teach Fuxi the Golden Core Method, but Fuxi demonstrated Hong Yun's Martial Dao Method and asked how it compared.
• Fuxi revealed the title Primordial Eight Trigrams Theory, and Laozi read the inscription naming Hong Yun of the Human Race as its author.
• Laozi realized Hong Yun had anticipated his ideas and lamented, "Hong Yun, my friend, you've ruined me!"

Laozi accepted Fuxi as his disciple, then spent a thousand years refining pills to help the Fenggun Tribe grow and Fuxi unify the Human Race. When Fuxi threatened to seek Hong Yun’s help, Laozi reluctantly continued working in the tribe.

• Fuxi praised Laozi, asked for his help with future troubles, and performed the discipleship ceremony.
• A thousand years later, Laozi refined pills in the Fenggun Tribe while Fuxi advanced toward becoming Co-Lord of the Eastern Primordial Wilderness.
• Fuxi repeatedly brought Laozi more ingredients and demanded Body Tempering Pills and Essence Restoration Pills for the Human Race.
• When Fuxi said he would ask Ancestral Hong for help, Laozi stopped him and agreed to refine another batch.
• Fuxi left ten Storage Rings of spiritual herbs, and Laozi resumed refining pills.

Fuxi governed the Human Race with innovations in food gathering, calendars, cities, and marriage, gaining the support of tribes across the Primordial Wilderness and becoming their Human Sovereign. When an earthquake devastated the east and Laozi could not intervene, Fuxi began developing divination for ordinary people and sought Laozi’s help.

• Fuxi used Laozi and Xuandu to help govern the Fenggun Tribe while his mother and grandfather retired from their duties.
• Fuxi’s fishing nets, calendar, cities, and Marriage Law improved the Human Race’s livelihood and increased the survival of newborns.
• Xuandu persuaded Human Race leaders across the Primordial Wilderness to adopt Fuxi’s Marriage Law, and they later visited the Fenggun Tribe to learn from him.
• The leaders spread Fuxi’s methods among their tribes, and Hong Yun and the other Human Ancestors helped secure Fuxi’s recommendation as Co-Lord and Human Sovereign.
• Fuxi reached the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, but he and other eastern Human Race cultivators could not stop a devastating earthquake, while Laozi refused to interfere.
• Fuxi devised a divination method for Heavenly Immortals and asked Laozi for guidance on making it usable by ordinary people.

Laozi sought to borrow Di Jun’s River Diagram and Luo Shu to help Fuxi develop a method of calculation, but Di Jun and Tai Yi laughed at his offer of merit. The chapter ended with Di Jun explaining that the Demon Clan was so poor that merit was all it had left.

• Laozi struggled to improve Fuxi’s calculation method and told him that the River Diagram and Luo Shu could help.
• Laozi promised Fuxi that he would travel to the Demon Realm and borrow the two treasures from Di Jun.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi refined Chaos Qi with the Zhou Tian Star Formation and gained merit while discussing their gratitude to Hong Yun.
• Laozi arrived at the Demon Realm and asked to meet Di Jun, who appeared with Tai Yi beyond the Nine Heavens.
• Laozi asked to borrow the River Diagram and Luo Shu for the Human Race, offering merit in return.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi laughed at Laozi’s offer, and Di Jun explained that their Demon Clan had nothing left but merit.

Laozi failed to borrow the River Diagram and Luo Shu from Di Jun and Tai Yi, who decided to deliver the treasures directly to Hong Yun instead. Hong Yun arrived at the Fenggun Tribe with Nuwa to deliver a treasure to Fuxi, where he met Laozi outside Fuxi’s residence.

• Tai Yi revealed the substantial Earthly Dao Merit he had earned by transforming spiritual energy, shocking Laozi.
• Laozi asked Di Jun and Tai Yi to lend the River Diagram and Luo Shu for Fuxi’s reincarnation, but Di Jun refused to lend them through Laozi.
• Laozi left in anger, and Di Jun explained that he planned to send the treasures directly to Hong Yun so Fuxi, Hong Yun, and Nuwa would owe them favors.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi set off for Floating Island in the East Sea while Hong Yun and Nuwa arrived at the Fenggun Tribe.
• Hong Yun praised Laozi and received a Taiji Diagram Fragment, then told Laozi that he and Nuwa had come to deliver a treasure.

Laozi watched in shame and fury as Di Jun and Tai Yi brought the River Diagram and Luo Shu to Hong Yun for Fuxi’s enlightenment. Hong Yun refused the treasures and claimed he already had several sets, leaving Laozi’s promise to Fuxi unresolved.

• Hong Yun identified the River Diagram and Luo Shu, and Nuwa defended him when Laozi reacted in disbelief.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi arrived, bypassed Laozi, and warmly greeted Hong Yun and Nuwa.
• Hong Yun praised Di Jun and Tai Yi, earning Chaos Bell and River Diagram fragments from the System.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi explained that Laozi had told them Fuxi needed the treasures, then offered the River Diagram and Luo Shu to Hong Yun.
• Laozi seethed as Hong Yun and Di Jun repeatedly tried to hand the treasures back and forth.
• Hong Yun finally pushed the treasures back to Di Jun and said he already had several sets of the River Diagram and Luo Shu.