Chapter Summaries

Hong Yun revealed a sack filled with River Diagrams and Luo Shu, shocking Di Jun, Tai Yi, Laozi, and Nuwa. When Di Jun demanded to know where they came from, Hong Yun claimed he had found them at the Shore of the East Sea, a story Nuwa mocked.

• Hong Yun insisted he possessed River Diagrams and Luo Shu, but Di Jun and Tai Yi urged him to accept their treasures instead.
• Hong Yun produced a sack filled with River Diagrams and Luo Shu, and Tai Yi and Di Jun recoiled in disbelief.
• Di Jun compared the treasures and found them identical to his own, then watched the sack’s treasures overwhelm his River Diagram and Luo Shu.
• Di Jun calmed his treasures and demanded to know where Hong Yun had obtained the sackful.
• Hong Yun said he had found them at the Shore of the East Sea, and Nuwa joked that only Zhunti would believe him.

Hong Yun presented Fuxi with a huge pile of River Diagrams and Luo Shu, leaving Fuxi and Di Jun bewildered about where they came from. After Di Jun departed, Hong Yun asked Fuxi which material he wanted his River Diagrams and Luo Shu to be made of.

• Di Jun accepted Hong Yun's explanation about the treasures' origins and tried to leave before their radiance could further shake his Dao Heart.
• Fuxi arrived, and Hong Yun told him the River Diagrams and Luo Shu were meant to help him comprehend the Dao.
• Fuxi mistakenly credited Laozi with borrowing the treasures, then learned Hong Yun had brought them and eagerly praised Hong Yun as Saint Father.
• Fuxi thanked Di Jun for lending the treasures, causing Di Jun's Dao Heart to crack further as he clarified that Hong Yun had brought them.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi left, and Hong Yun asked the confused Fuxi whether he wanted golden, silver, or iron River Diagrams and Luo Shu.

Fuxi completed the Fuxi Eight Trigrams and sensed that his Merit was nearly complete. Meanwhile, Ren Si became pregnant after dreaming of a Black Tortoise, and a red-haired Daoist arrived at her home.

• Fuxi chose the River Diagram and Luo Shu from Hong Yun's pile of identical treasures and returned to seclusion.
• After two thousand years, Fuxi completed the Innate Eight Trigrams, which spread through the Human Race and brought him immense Merit.
• Ren Si dreamed that a Black Tortoise entered her body, then developed a huge appetite and ate her family's food stores.
• The Jiang Clan Leader discovered Ren Si was pregnant and suspected her child had been granted by heaven.
• A red-haired Daoist arrived at Ren Si's home and asked for her.

Hong Yun arrived at the Jiang Tribe to find his reincarnated disciple in Ren Si’s womb, but Jiang Ze mistook him for the child’s father and attacked him. After the misunderstanding was cleared up, Hong Yun revealed that the unborn child was Black Tortoise’s reincarnation, leaving Ren Si and Jiang Ze stunned.

• Jiang Ze attacked Hong Yun with his Great Saber after mistaking him for the man who had made Ren Si pregnant.
• Hong Yun stopped Jiang Ze’s saber and froze him with Word is Law when the clan leader kept attacking.
• Ren Si recognized Hong Yun as the Saint Father and explained that Jiang Ze had misunderstood the situation.
• Jiang Ze welcomed the idea that Hong Yun was his son-in-law, but Ren Si clarified that the child was not Hong Yun’s.
• Hong Yun revealed that Ren Si’s unborn child was the reincarnation of his disciple, Black Tortoise.

Jiang Xuan, also known as Lie Shan Shi and Turtle Son, grew up hoping to help the Human Race eat well and safely. After discovering a fragrant spiritual root, he learned from Hong Yun that it was Millet, marking the beginning of his search for nourishing crops.

• Jiang Ze welcomed Jiang Xuan’s birth, which was accompanied by auspicious signs, and Hong Yun named the child Jiang Xuan, also called Lie Shan Shi and Turtle Son.
• At age three, Jiang Xuan told Hong Yun he wanted to help the Human Race eat its fill and safely, so Hong Yun taught him medicine and pharmacology.
• Ren Si repeatedly made Jiang Xuan eat her strange cooking, while Hong Yun avoided the meals after nearly being poisoned by their flavor.
• Over the next thousand years, Jiang Xuan reached the Golden Immortal realm and found many edible foods, though he had not yet fulfilled his goal for the Human Race.
• Jiang Xuan discovered and transplanted a fragrant spiritual root, and Hong Yun identified it as Millet.

Jiang Xuan discovered the Five Grains, ending the Human Race’s food shortage and earning Fuxi’s support to spread them throughout the tribes. As Fuxi’s Merit neared completion, he planned to meet Jiang Xuan and pass on the position of Co-Lord.

• Jiang Xuan cultivated Millet and shared seeds and farming knowledge with neighboring tribes, easing the Jiang Tribe’s food shortage.
• Jiang Xuan nearly died after eating Ren Si’s poisonous feast, and Jiang Ze was bedridden for more than three hundred years after eating the rest.
• Jiang Xuan discovered Rice, Broomcorn Millet, Wheat, and beans, named the five spiritual roots the Five Grains, and helped the Human Race achieve bumper harvests.
• Fuxi appointed Jiang Xuan leader of the southwestern tribes and approved his plan to spread the Five Grains throughout the Human Race.
• Fuxi and Jiang Xuan exchanged letters, discovered their similar histories, and grew close enough to become Sworn Brothers.
• Fuxi proposed meeting Jiang Xuan and decided to pass the Co-Lord position to him, while Laozi watched from the alchemy hall and wondered if his long ordeal was ending.

Jiang Xuan arrived in Chen Du and met Fuxi, who prepared him to inherit the position of Human Co-Lord. At Mount Tai, the Human Race held Fuxi’s Fengshan ceremony before a vast gathering of powerful figures, as Jiang Xuan’s succession approached.

• Jiang Xuan arrived in Chen Du, where Fuxi and the Human Race’s leaders welcomed him warmly.
• Jiang Xuan revealed that he belonged to Hong Yun’s Floating Island Lineage, easing Fuxi’s subordinates’ concerns about the coming change in leadership.
• Fuxi spent more than a hundred years teaching Jiang Xuan how to govern, and Jiang Xuan gradually won the support of Fuxi’s subordinates.
• Fuxi chose Mount Tai for the ceremony announcing the Human Sovereign’s succession, and countless powerful figures gathered there.
• The Fengshan ceremony began with the Six Heavenly Dao Saints and many other Great Powers in attendance.

The Human Race welcomed several powerful guests to its ceremony, but greeted Kunpeng coldly because he had once led an attack against them. The arrivals of Minghe and Zhen Yuanzi left Zhen Yuanzi annoyed after he heard Minghe praised as Hong Yun’s closest and most loyal friend.

• Xi He, Chang Xi, and the Western Queen Mother arrived at Buzhou Summit, where the Human Race thanked them for their past aid.
• Kunpeng arrived hoping to show Hong Yun that he wanted to join him, but the Human Race’s hostility left him isolated.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi watched Kunpeng from concealment, and Tai Yi mocked him while Di Jun privately compared Kunpeng’s flaws to Tai Yi’s.
• Minghe arrived through the Gate of Ghosts, and a young Human Race member nearly insulted him before his father explained that Minghe had saved them.
• Zhen Yuanzi arrived and grew gloomy after hearing a Human Race member call Minghe Hong Yun’s closest and most loyal friend.

Zhen Yuanzi and Minghe competed to establish themselves as Hong Yun’s closest brother, while Kunpeng tried to win Minghe’s favor and was publicly rejected. The Heavenly Dao’s Five Saints arrived for Fuxi’s completion of Merit, but Hong Yun’s grand entrance eclipsed them all.

• Zhen Yuanzi decided to build support for the Earth Immortal Lineage after seeing Minghe’s influence among Hong Yun’s allies.
• The eleven Ancestor Witches revealed their inner worlds, prompting the Great Powers to discuss the World Law and leaving Kunpeng envious.
• Kunpeng approached Minghe for help, but Minghe denied knowing him and condemned his past crimes against the Human Race.
• The Five Saints of the Heavenly Dao arrived, and Laozi welcomed the assembly while anticipating Merit and Human Race Qi Luck from Fuxi’s achievement.
• Hong Yun arrived in an extravagant carriage pulled by ten golden fireballs, outshining the Saints and stunning the assembled Great Powers.

Kong Xuan arranged an extravagant carriage procession for Hong Yun to attend Jiang Xuan’s succession ceremony, with ten Golden Crows pulling the carriage and Nuwa and Houtu joining him. Hong Yun’s arrival turned the Human Race gathering into a parade of old friends and admirers, leaving Kong Xuan in awe before the ceremony began.

• Kong Xuan gathered Floating Island disciples to plan a grand entrance for Hong Yun, and Ao Guang, Kong Xuan, and Lu Ya competed to pull his carriage.
• Lu Ya brought his nine brothers, and the ten Golden Crows pulled a lavish carriage made from precious spiritual materials.
• Bi Xiao alerted Houtu and Nuwa, who joined Hong Yun on the carriage as it arrived at the Human Race gathering.
• The Human Race welcomed Hong Yun, Nuwa, and Houtu, while Minghe, Zhen Yuanzi, and the Five Saints greeted Hong Yun and received his praise.
• Xi He, Chang Xi, and Western Queen Mother reproached Hong Yun for not visiting, but his apologies and compliments quickly won them over.
• Great Powers crowded around Hong Yun to exchange greetings, and Kong Xuan watched in admiration as the gathering became a display of Hong Yun’s connections.

Hong Yun presided over Fuxi’s ceremony as the Human Race’s Heavenly Emperor, and Fuxi’s accumulated Merit awakened Human Dao and carried him into sainthood. The chapter ended as the Four Ancestors of Humanity stepped onto the altar and the Heavenly Dao realized Human Dao had awakened.

• Hong Yun declared Fuxi’s achievements and announced that his Merit had reached perfection, prompting Merit from Heaven and Earth to gather around Fuxi.
• Fuxi refined the Merit, rose to the Sub-Saint Realm, and unsealed his previous-life cultivation, while Laozi received less Merit than Hong Yun.
• Hong Yun gave his own Merit to Fuxi, who declared himself a Human Race Fuxi rather than a Demon Clan Fuxi.
• A Human Dao Saint Dao Fruit appeared, and Fuxi fused with it to become the Primordial Wilderness’s first Human Dao Saint.
• The Four Ancestors of Humanity stepped onto the altar, and the Heavenly Dao realized that Human Dao had awakened.

Kunpeng tried to find a way to get closer to Hong Yun by acknowledging a sworn sister, but female cultivators mistook his glances for lechery and spread warnings about him. On the Five-Colored Altar, the Four Ancestors of Humanity and Hong Yun returned their Human Race Qi Luck to Nuwa, awakening Human Dao; Nuwa then began another prayer as the Heavenly Dao braced for what she would say.

• Kunpeng planned to acknowledge a sworn sister to build a connection with Hong Yun, while Xi He, Chang Xi, and Western Queen Mother accused him of lecherous intentions and warned the other female cultivators.
• The Four Ancestors of Humanity declared that they would return their accumulated Human Race Qi Luck to Nuwa so that Human Dao could flourish.
• Hong Yun offered the Human Race Qi Luck within himself to Nuwa, and Human Dao manifested and approved the offerings.
• The Heavenly Dao raged at Human Dao's revival, while Hong Yun signaled Nuwa to continue their plan.
• Nuwa began a prayer invoking the Great Dao, Pangu, Human Dao, Earthly Dao, and Hongjun, leaving the Heavenly Dao wondering why she had not included it.

Nuwa gave up her status as a Heavenly Dao Saint to join with the Human Dao, using a mysterious new strand of Primordial Violet Qi and eighty percent of the Human Race's Qi Luck. As she began merging with the Human Dao, Laozi discovered that his Human Race Qi Luck had been siphoned away.

• Nuwa vowed to abandon her Heavenly Dao Saint status and join with the Human Dao, and the Great Dao granted her request.
• The Great Dao separated Nuwa's original Primordial Violet Qi, and Nuwa refined a new strand that Hong Yun claimed to have found at the Shore of the East Sea.
• The Kongtong Seal broke free from Hong Yun and flew toward Nuwa, but she returned it to its master and revealed that she already possessed her own Kongtong Seal.
• Nuwa infused her eighty percent share of the Human Race's Qi Luck into her Kongtong Seal, raising it to the level of a top-tier Innate Supreme Treasure.
• Human Dao Merit enveloped Nuwa in a white cocoon as she began merging with the Dao, and Laozi cried out that her Qi Luck had siphoned away his own.

Nuwa merged with the Human Dao, advanced to the Seventh Layer of Saint, and was joined by its incarnation, Feng Lixi. When the Three Pure Ones accused her of stealing Laozi’s Human Race Qi Luck, Feng Lixi explained that it had flowed to Nuwa because Laozi’s Kongtong Seal could not suppress it, but Hong Yun stopped them as they tried to leave.

• Nuwa absorbed Human Dao Merit and broke through to the Seventh Layer of Saint as the Human Dao awakened.
• Feng Lixi manifested as the Human Dao’s incarnation, and the Primordial Beings saluted her.
• Nuwa ran to Hong Yun to share her success, unsettling Fuxi and Houtu with their closeness.
• Yuanshi confronted Nuwa on Laozi’s behalf, and Tongtian accused her of taking Laozi’s Human Race Qi Luck.
• Feng Lixi explained that the Qi Luck had flowed naturally to Nuwa because Laozi’s Kongtong Seal could not suppress it.
• Yuanshi tried to leave with Laozi and Tongtian after calling it a misunderstanding, but Hong Yun told them to wait.

Hong Yun demanded that the Three Pure Ones apologize to Nuwa for disrespecting her as the Human Dao’s spokesperson. He threatened Laozi’s Human Teaching leadership and the Chan Sect’s access to the Human Race, leaving Yuanshi finally agreeing to apologize.

• Hong Yun confronted Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian for refusing to apologize to Nuwa, and pointed out that she was now the Human Dao’s spokesperson.
• Hong Yun asked Empress Feng Lixi whether the Human Dao could punish those who disrespected Nuwa and strip Laozi of his position as leader of the Human Teaching; Feng Lixi confirmed it could.
• Laozi panicked and apologized to avoid losing his Human Teaching leadership, and Tongtian said he would apologize as well.
• Hong Yun proposed that Nuwa forbid the Chan Sect from preaching among the Human Race if Yuanshi would not repent, and Suiren Shi declared that the Human Race would support the ban.
• Yuanshi changed his mind when he realized the ban could hinder his cultivation and apologized to Hong Yun.

Hong Yun forced the Three Pure Ones to apologize to Nuwa and warned the Great Powers to address her as Empress Nuwa. When Heavenly Dao Hongjun challenged Nuwa for joining the Human Dao, Hong Yun defended her by arguing that the Three Daos must develop together.

• Hong Yun made Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian apologize to Nuwa and insist on calling her Empress Nuwa.
• Hong Yun warned the Great Powers not to insult Nuwa, and Fuxi reconsidered whether to approve her marriage to Hong Yun.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun descended, exchanged greetings with Human Dao Feng Lixi, and accused Nuwa of damaging Heavenly Dao by abandoning her Saint status.
• Hong Yun shielded Nuwa and argued that the Primordial Wilderness needed the Three Daos to advance together, and Feng Lixi agreed.

Hong Yun defended Nuwa’s departure from the Heavenly Dao, arguing that her merits were earned rather than compensation for serving it. He proposed exchanging her Heavenly Dao Merit for the Heavenly Dao’s marks on the Primordial Wilderness, then revealed his own vast supply of Merit as the chapter ended.

• Heavenly Dao Hongjun accused Nuwa of damaging the Heavenly Dao by leaving without permission, and Hong Yun challenged it to name the compensation she had received for maintaining its operation.
• Yuanshi and Laozi tried to defend the Heavenly Dao, but Hong Yun argued that Nuwa had earned her Merit through creating the Human Race, mending the heavens, and arranging the Heavenly Marriage.
• Hong Yun declared that Nuwa was free to join the Human Dao, while Demon Master Kunpeng lamented that she had discarded a Saint’s position he coveted.
• Dijiang and the other Wu Clan brothers took notes on Hong Yun’s remarks as Dijiang urged them to study and memorize his words.
• Hong Yun proposed that Nuwa return her Heavenly Dao Merit in exchange for transferring the Heavenly Dao’s marks on the Human Race and other events to the Human Dao.
• When Heavenly Dao Hongjun objected that Nuwa could not repay such vast Merit, Hong Yun revealed his own Heavenly Dao Merit, prompting Human Race experts to praise him as Saint Father.

Hong Yun offered to borrow Heavenly Dao Merit from his many friends to cover Nuwa’s shortfall, and the assembled powers flooded Mount Tai with contributions. Faced with the overwhelming support, Heavenly Dao Hongjun gave up pursuing Nuwa and urged her to help the Human Dao flourish.

• Hong Yun said he could borrow Merit from his many friends, prompting Minghe to ask about his three ways of getting by while Zhen Yuanzi regretted not speaking first.
• Western Queen Mother, Xi He, and Chang Xi offered Merit in exchange for time with Hong Yun, and other powers followed with their own requests and contributions.
• Zhunti unexpectedly offered a large amount of Merit, drawing Heavenly Dao Hongjun’s anger; Jieyin claimed Zhunti was suffering cultivation deviation, and Zhunti pretended not to know why he was there.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun withdrew his objection to Nuwa contributing to the Human Dao and told her to help it flourish.

After taking over as Human Race Co-Lord, Jiang Xuan confronted an epidemic and began identifying medicinal herbs by tasting them himself, earning the name Shennong. A visit to his mother Ren Si ended with her cooking nearly killing him, and Hong Yun rescued him again.

• After the Human Race's Mount Tai Fengshan Ceremony, Jiang Xuan took over as Co-Lord and went to the northwestern tribes to contain an epidemic.
• Hong Yun advised Jiang Xuan to develop treatments for ordinary people, inspiring him to identify poisonous and medicinal herbs.
• Jiang Xuan tested herbs on himself, and his poison resistance convinced his subordinates to let him continue.
• Stories of Shennong Tastes a Hundred Herbs spread as Jiang Xuan's prestige grew among the Human Race and the Myriad Races.
• Jiang Xuan visited Ren Si and ate her cooking, collapsing from its deadly poison before Hong Yun revived him with Three Lights Divine Water and Hu Tian's boy's urine.

Jiang Xuan married Ting, and their daughter Little Girl grew up close to Hong Yun, who told her stories. At six, Little Girl rode Hong Yun’s donkey to the sea, where her cheerful laughter drew the attention of the resentful South Sea Dragon Prince Ao Tian.

• After Ren Si poisoned Jiang Xuan again, Black and White Impermanence gave him a Life and Death Communication Talisman and asked him to warn them before his next near-death episode.
• Shennong wrote Shen Nong's Herbal Compendium after studying medicinal herbs, giving the Human Race remedies for illness and injury.
• Jiang Xuan married Ting, who helped govern the Human Race, developed hemp clothing and trade tools, and gave birth to their daughter, Little Girl.
• Little Girl grew up listening to Hong Yun’s stories and, at six, secretly rode his Little Donkey to the sea to collect shells for her family and Hong Yun.
• Ao Tian, jealous of his cousin Ao Guang, heard Little Girl laughing by the shore and angrily demanded to know who was mocking him.