Chapter Summaries

Third Prince Ao Tian tried to eat Little Girl after she mocked him, but Little Donkey knocked him down and repeatedly kicked him. Ao Tian begged for mercy by invoking the Dragon Clan’s alliance with the Human Race, while Little Donkey threatened to kill him.

• Ao Tian revealed that he had secretly eaten Human Race members to increase his cultivation and attacked Little Girl.
• Little Girl mistook Ao Tian for a turtle and called him a four-legged snake, enraging him.
• As Ao Tian tried to swallow Little Girl, Little Donkey struck him and sent him flying.
• Ao Tian threatened Little Girl, but Little Donkey revealed itself, challenged him, and kicked him in the face.
• Little Girl cheered for Little Donkey to kill Ao Tian and make snake meat, while Ao Tian pleaded for his life.

The black donkey crippled Ao Tian on the Little Girl’s advice, then took her home while Ao Tian lay unconscious on the beach. Three days later, Ao Tian told his father, the South Sea Dragon King Ao Bai, that a black donkey had attacked him, and Ao Bai vowed revenge.

• The Little Girl clarified that Ao Tian should be killed or crippled, so the black donkey shattered his dantian and Dragon Pearl, leaving him unconscious.
• The Little Girl and the black donkey hurried home, and Ao Tian remained alone on the beach until he was found three days later.
• The South Sea Dragon King Ao Bai learned that Ao Tian had been crippled and demanded to know who had attacked him.
• Ao Tian woke in the South Sea Dragon Palace, told Ao Bai that a black donkey had crippled him, and claimed the donkey had called himself his ancestor.
• Ao Bai grew furious and threatened the black donkey for daring to harm his son.

Ao Bai brought Ao Tian to Puban to demand justice from Jiang Xuan after Ao Tian blamed Little Girl and her black donkey for crippling him. Jiang Xuan pretended to support the dragon father and son, but when they demanded custody of Little Girl, he refused and limited her punishment to three years of facing the wall.

• Ao Tian embellished his account of the incident and persuaded Ao Bai to confront the Human Race on his behalf.
• Ao Bai carried Ao Tian to Puban, where Jiang Xuan welcomed them and promised to seek justice for the injured Third Prince.
• Ao Tian identified Little Girl as the child who had ordered the black donkey to cripple him, and Jiang Xuan feigned outrage while offering to take the dragons to her.
• Jiang Xuan led Ao Bai and Ao Tian to find Little Girl playing blindfolded with the black donkey, and Ao Tian demanded that they be handed over for punishment.
• Ao Bai offered three Innate Spiritual Treasures for Little Girl and the donkey, but Jiang Xuan refused and declared that Little Girl would only face the wall for three years.

Jiang Xuan refused Ao Bai and Ao Tian’s demand to punish Little Girl and hand over the black donkey, who revealed himself as Ancestor Dragon’s ninth son, Pixiu. After Pixiu beat the father and son for offending him and Hong Yun, Hong Yun appeared outside the city.

• Ao Bai and Ao Tian demanded that Jiang Xuan punish Little Girl and hand the black donkey over, but Jiang Xuan refused.
• Little Girl ran into Jiang Xuan’s arms, and Ao Tian redirected his anger toward the black donkey, demanding he be handed over for punishment.
• The black donkey revealed his Grand Unity Golden Immortal Perfection strength and trampled Ao Bai and Ao Tian, while Little Girl cheered him on.
• Ao Bai recognized the black donkey as Pixiu, Ancestor Dragon’s ninth son, who explained that Hong Yun had transformed him into a donkey after he tried to rob him.
• Hong Yun appeared outside the city and protested Pixiu’s claim that he was not a good person.

Hong Yun arrived after Ao Bai and Ao Tian confronted the Little Girl, sparing Ao Bai but ordering Ao Tian punished after revealing his crimes through Time Reversal. Jiang Xuan killed Ao Tian, and Ao Bai was left mourning his son.

• Hong Yun reunited with the Little Girl and heard Pixiu and Jiang Xuan plead for mercy for Ao Bai and Ao Tian.
• Hong Yun spared Ao Bai on the condition that he gather thirteen thousand kinds of delicacies for the Little Girl, but sentenced Ao Tian to die.
• Hong Yun used Time Reversal to reveal Ao Tian had repeatedly devoured members of the Human Race and used Merit to cleanse his Karmic Debt.
• Jiang Xuan attacked Ao Tian as Ao Tian tried to flee, smashing his body and destroying his Primordial Spirit.
• Ao Bai wept over Ao Tian's death and did not dare collect his remains.

After Jiang Xuan’s rule strengthened the Human Race, Yuanshi chose Guang Chengzi to become the Teacher of the Human Emperor, leaving his disciples to compete for the resulting Merit. Yuanshi hoped Guang Chengzi’s success would help him surpass Hong Yun, and the chapter ended with him eagerly anticipating that rivalry.

• Jiang Xuan formed a law-enforcement corps after Third Prince Ao Tian devoured members of the Human Race, and Ao Qing apologized with ten Innate Spiritual Treasures while Ao Bai was removed as Dragon King of the South Sea.
• Three thousand years later, Yuanshi told his disciples that Shen Nong Clan was nearing Merit Perfection and that a new Co-Lord of the Human Race was gestating.
• Yuanshi announced that he would let one of his disciples become the Teacher of the Human Emperor, prompting Randeng and the other Chan Sect disciples to hope for the opportunity.
• Yuanshi appointed Guang Chengzi as his representative to teach the Human Emperor and instructed the other Chan Sect disciples to assist him.
• Yuanshi reassured the disappointed Randeng that he would compensate him later, then revealed that he had chosen Guang Chengzi to compete indirectly with Hong Yun and restore his own standing.

After a thousand years of Human Race dominance, Jiang Xuan worried that rival tribes and internal strife would spark a succession war as two leaders prepared their unborn sons to become Human Sovereign. Hong Yun sent Ao Guang and Kong Xuan on separate missions, hinting that their actions would affect how much Merit Yuanshi gained.

• Guang Chengzi celebrated his appointment as Teacher of the Human Emperor while Randeng privately resented Yuanshi and nearly succumbed to dark qi.
• Jiang Xuan saw the Human Race surpass the Demon Clan but feared internal conflict would erupt when his Merit was complete.
• The leaders of the You Xiong Tribe and Jiu Li Tribe each treated a celestial sign preceding their wives’ pregnancies as proof that their unborn sons would become Human Sovereign, then began annexing neighboring tribes.
• Hong Yun praised Ao Guang and sent him toward the southern region of the Primordial Wilderness on a secret mission.
• Hong Yun gave Kong Xuan a similar send-off toward the Eastern Primordial Wilderness and wondered how much Merit Yuanshi would gain.

The You Xiong and Jiu Li Tribes welcomed sons hailed as future Human Sovereigns, while a third child named Cang Jie was born in the Bai Shui Tribe. Guang Chengzi came to take Xuanyuan as his disciple, but the You Xiong Tribe leader demanded he forge one hundred thousand Houtian Weapons as a test.

• The You Xiong Tribe celebrated the birth of Ji Xuanyuan, and the Jiu Li Tribe welcomed the fierce-looking Chi You.
• A white-light phenomenon marked Cang Jie's birth in the Bai Shui Tribe, whose leader hid the news and left the child unnamed until his mother named him.
• Guang Chengzi descended to the You Xiong Tribe and said he had come to take Xuanyuan as his own disciple by his Master's order.
• The You Xiong Tribe leader questioned whether Guang Chengzi or Primordial Saint Yuanshi would be Xuanyuan's master and showed disappointment when Guang Chengzi claimed the role himself.
• After Guang Chengzi admitted he was better at weapon refinement than pill refinement, the tribe leader ordered him to forge one hundred thousand Houtian Weapons as a test.

Guang Chengzi began unpaid labor for the Youxiong Tribe after agreeing to refine a hundred thousand Houtian Weapons, while Ao Guang went to the Jiu Li Tribe to recruit Chi You as his disciple. After the Jiu Li leader learned who Ao Guang was, he urged Chi You to become his disciple, leaving Ao Guang and Chi You stunned.

• Guang Chengzi signed an indenture contract and began refining weapons for the Youxiong Tribe.
• Ao Guang arrived at the Jiu Li Tribe and asked its leader to take Chi You as his disciple.
• The Jiu Li leader explained that he planned to send Chi You to learn from the Great Witch Chi You, and Ao Guang accepted the refusal without argument.
• Ao Guang praised Chi You, treated him as a nephew, and prepared to leave after sharing wine with the Jiu Li leader.
• The Jiu Li leader recognized Ao Guang as the Little Dragon Lord of the East Sea and the Saint Father's eldest disciple.
• The Jiu Li leader kicked Chi You and ordered him to kneel and become Ao Guang's disciple.

Ao Guang accepted Chi You as his disciple after the Jiu Li Tribe's leader begged him, completing Hong Yun's task. Kong Xuan found Cang Jie and took him as a disciple, but his attempts to find something the boy wanted to learn left him exasperated.

• The Jiu Li Tribe's leader made Chi You kowtow to Ao Guang and offered him as a disciple, fearing Ao Guang's displeasure.
• Ao Guang accepted Chi You as his disciple and helped him and his father up, relieved to have completed Hong Yun's task.
• Kong Xuan found Cang Jie and his mother living in hardship, then cared for them after learning how the Bai Shui Tribe's leader had rejected them.
• When Cang Jie was three, Kong Xuan formally accepted him as his disciple and offered to teach him various arts.
• Cang Jie rejected every subject Kong Xuan suggested, leaving Kong Xuan frustrated and swearing never to take another disciple.

Cang Jie advanced in cultivation despite his reluctance, while Xuanyuan grew disillusioned with Guang Chengzi and the Chan Sect disciples’ inability to teach him leadership or military skills. Chi You flourished under Ao Guang’s guidance, leaving Xuanyuan and Chi You as the leading contenders for Human Race Co-Lord, though neither wanted the role; Xuanyuan continued to fear an unexplained nightmare of being hunted.

• Kong Xuan pushed Cang Jie to cultivate, but Cang Jie devoted most of his time to writing and drawing, so Kong Xuan whipped him and later checked his cultivation only once a year.
• Xuanyuan asked Guang Chengzi for guidance on governing, military strategy, and Fuxi’s Eight Trigrams, but Guang Chengzi admitted he knew nothing beyond cultivation and weapon refinement.
• Guang Chengzi summoned Taiyi, Yu Ding, and Chi Jingzi to help teach Xuanyuan, but they also could not answer his questions, so Xuanyuan resolved to rely on himself.
• Ao Guang trained Chi You in the Nine Revolutions Heavenly Merit and taught him warfare and governance; Chi You rapidly grew powerful and led the Jiu Li Tribe to subdue neighboring tribes.
• Xuanyuan and Chi You emerged as the only serious candidates for Human Race Co-Lord, though Chi You preferred conquest and Xuanyuan longed to live as a carefree Sword Immortal.
• Xuanyuan awoke from another nightmare of being hunted and forced to self-detonate, while Guang Chengzi wondered when his labor among the Human Race would end.

As Jiang Xuan prepared to complete his Merit and choose the Human Race’s next Co-Lord, Chi You and Xuanyuan met by the Red River, hid their identities, and became sworn brothers. They arrived together at Mount Tai, where Jiang Xuan summoned them without knowing what had happened.

• Jiang Xuan prepared for the Mount Tai fengshan ceremony and resolved to choose between Chi You and Xuanyuan as the next Co-Lord.
• Chi You and Xuanyuan met by the Red River while traveling alone and introduced themselves under the false names Chi Li and Huang Xuan.
• The two discovered how much they had in common, shared spirit wine, and swore brotherhood before Heaven, Earth, and Man.
• Xuanyuan became the elder brother, and Chi You invited him to travel together to Mount Tai for Jiang Xuan’s Merit completion ceremony.
• Jiang Xuan heard that Xuanyuan and Chi You had arrived and ordered that they be brought to him together.

Jiang Xuan summoned Xuanyuan and Chi You to choose his successor, only to discover that the sworn brothers had no desire to become the next Human Race Co-Lord. They both tried to nominate the other, leaving Jiang Xuan furious as they agreed that even a dog would not take the position.

• Xuanyuan and Chi You arrived before Jiang Xuan and discovered that the rival chieftains were the sworn brothers they had met in disguise.
• Xuanyuan and Chi You explained how they had become brothers, and Jiang Xuan grew reassured by their closeness.
• Jiang Xuan revealed that he would soon complete his Merit and asked which of them would accept the next Co-Lord position.
• Xuanyuan nominated Chi You, praising his military and governing talents, while Chi You argued that Xuanyuan was the better candidate.
• Xuanyuan and Chi You traded reasons for why the other should inherit, then agreed that even a dog would not take the Co-Lordship.
• Jiang Xuan trembled with rage after hearing the brothers dismiss his position.

Great Powers gathered at Mount Tai for Jiang Xuan’s return as Earthly Emperor, while Hong Yun’s prayer invoked the Great Dao, Pangu, the Earthly Dao, the Human Dao, and Hongjun as witnesses. The Five Saints of the Heavenly Dao were shocked by the Human Race’s declaration, and the Heavenly Dao was left stunned.

• Great Powers flocked to Mount Tai, where Zhen Yuanzi and Minghe competed over who was Hong Yun’s best brother.
• Hong Yun, Nuwa, and Houtu arrived with an impressive entourage, and disguised Chi You and Xuanyuan discussed their masters and ties to the Co-Lord.
• Hong Yun greeted the assembled Great Powers, prompting Yuanshi and Tongtian to argue over whether Hong Yun deserved their respect.
• Hong Yun declared that Jiang Xuan had completed his merits and could attain the position of Earthly Emperor, calling on the Great Dao, Pangu, the Earthly Dao, the Human Dao, and Hongjun to bear witness.
• The Five Saints of the Heavenly Dao reacted in shock to Hong Yun’s prayer, while Hongjun smiled and the Heavenly Dao wondered if it was being messed with again.

The Heavenly Dao hesitated to punish the Human Race, then reluctantly bestowed merit alongside the Earthly Dao and Human Dao during Jiang Xuan’s ceremony. As Jiang Xuan’s accomplishments were revealed, Xuanyuan and Chi You both tried to make the other become the next Co-Lord.

• The Heavenly Dao decided against attacking the Human Race and blamed Hong Yun for its weakened standing.
• Hong Yun waited for the Heavenly Dao Incarnation to appear, cursed its absence, and let Jiang Xuan continue the ceremony.
• The Earthly Dao, Human Dao, and unexpectedly the Heavenly Dao all bestowed merit, which gathered around Jiang Xuan and was shared among his contributors.
• Yuanshi lost faith in his Dao after seeing the Heavenly Dao grant merit, and Taiqing Laozi and Tongtian helped him suppress his inner turmoil.
• Hong Yun gave his merit to Jiang Xuan, while Kunpeng hoped Minghe would help him gain merit but was ignored.
• Jiang Xuan’s past contributions appeared above the altar, and Xuanyuan and Chi You each urged the other to become the next Co-Lord before Jiang Xuan changed.

Jiang Xuan used the Three Dao merits to rise to the Sub-Saint Realm, then Hong Yun restored his Black Tortoise Primordial Spirit and helped him become a Human Dao Saint. With Jiang Xuan’s aura stabilized, the assembled powers awaited his choice between Xuanyuan and Chi You as the next Co-Lord of the Human Race.

• Jiang Xuan refined the merits of heaven, Earth, and Humanity and advanced from Grand Unity Golden Immortal to Sub-Saint, leaving the Heavenly Dao Saints relieved that he had not yet become a Saint.
• Hong Yun appeared with the Black Tortoise Primordial Spirit and tortoiseshell, revealing that he had kept his promise to restore his disciple.
• Jiang Xuan refined the Black Tortoise’s accumulated merits, fused his Primordial Spirit with the Human Dao’s Dao Fruit, and became a Human Dao Saint.
• The Great Powers saluted Jiang Xuan, while Yuanshi privately hoped that his grand-disciple Xuanyuan would eventually become a Saint too.
• Xuanyuan and Chi You joked and bargained over jars of Kirin Whip Wine as the gathered powers prepared to hear Jiang Xuan choose the next Human Co-Lord.

Jiang Xuan arranged a contest between Xuanyuan and Chi You to choose the next Human Race Co-Lord, presenting it as a war to unify the tribes. The two secretly planned the conflict with Jiang Xuan as a scheme to expose those seeking to destabilize the Human Race, while Jiang Xuan retired to the Human Race Sacred Hall with Fuxi.

• At the Mount Tai ceremony, Jiang Xuan named Xuanyuan and Chi You as candidates for the next Co-Lord and proposed that they compete for the position.
• Jiang Xuan declared that Xuanyuan and Chi You would each lead their tribes' armies, and the winner who unified the Human Race and earned the people's confidence would succeed him.
• Xuanyuan and Chi You accepted the contest while concealing that they had planned it with Jiang Xuan to draw out ambitious Human Race figures and meddling outsiders.
• Jiang Xuan announced that he would retire to the Human Race Sacred Hall with Fuxi to suppress the Human Race's Qi Luck.
• Suiren Shi worried that the conflict would damage the Human Race's Qi Luck, but Hong Yun explained that Jiang Xuan and the two candidates had deeper plans.

Xuanyuan used praise and the threat of involving Duobao to persuade Guang Chengzi to recruit other Chan Sect disciples to forge weapons and armor for the You Xiong Tribe. Meanwhile, Chi You built up the Jiu Li Tribe’s forces and worried that his army had become too strong to lose to Xuanyuan, as the Heavenly Court began to stir.

• Xuanyuan praised Guang Chengzi and asked him to forge fifty thousand Houtian Weapons and seventy thousand Houtian Armor for the You Xiong Tribe.
• When Guang Chengzi resisted, Xuanyuan threatened to give the materials to Duobao, prompting Guang Chengzi to take them and summon his Chan Sect martial uncles to help.
• Xuanyuan left Guang Chengzi with the materials, pleased that his strategy had turned one laboring disciple into a group of them.
• Chi You unified tribes across the southeast, expanded farming and weapons production, and trained a disciplined army with eighty-one Golden Immortal generals.
• Chi You worried that the Jiu Li Tribe had become too powerful and wondered how he could secretly lose to Xuanyuan.
• The Heavenly Court, after years of quiet, began to show signs of movement.

Hao Tian sent the Nine Heavens Profound Lady to help Xuanyuan defeat Chi You, hoping her beauty would win Xuanyuan over. Instead, the Profound Lady fell for Xuanyuan at first sight, and after a thousand years of uneasy clashes, Xuanyuan and Chi You prepared to settle their rivalry at Zhuolu.

• Hao Tian decided to send the Nine Heavens Profound Lady to aid Xuanyuan, while Yao Chi recognized that he had another motive.
• Xuanyuan's reputation as a lustful man spread after he drank Chi You's Kirin Whip Wine and succumbed to its effects.
• The Nine Heavens Profound Lady met Xuanyuan, fell in love with him, and agreed to help his tribe.
• Xuanyuan's Youxiong Tribe and Chi You's Jiu Li Tribe strengthened themselves and fought several restrained clashes.
• A thousand years later, Xuanyuan and Chi You chose to decide the conflict at Zhuolu, drawing attention across the Primordial Wilderness.

Xuanyuan and Chi You fought at Zhuolu while secretly using the battle to eliminate ambitious leaders who had stirred up civil war within the Human Race. The Chan Sect disciples intervened when Xuanyuan’s army began to falter, and the chapter ended with Xuanyuan demanding that Guang Chengzi stop slaughtering the Jiu Li warriors.

• Xuanyuan and Chi You sent their armies into battle, while each intended to remove disobedient and power-hungry leaders from the Human Race.
• Chi You refused to exploit the Jiu Li army’s early advantage, then charged into battle after Xuanyuan ordered his forces to advance.
• Xuanyuan and Chi You fought for three days and three nights, secretly killing generals who had defied their orders and incited civil war.
• Guang Chengzi and other Chan Sect disciples joined the battle and used their Spiritual Treasures to slaughter Jiu Li warriors.
• Chi You forced Xuanyuan back with a saber strike and charged at the Chan Sect immortals, while Xuanyuan angrily ordered Guang Chengzi to stop.