Chapter Summaries

Ao Guang delivered Hong Yun’s letter to Ao Qing, revealing that the Dragon Clan could gain Heavenly Dao Merit and reduce its Karmic Debt by helping the Human Race. The Dragon Clan set out to ally with the Human Race, while the Wu and Demon Clans debated how to respond.

• Ao Qing scolded Ao Guang for leaving Hong Yun’s side until Ao Guang handed him Hong Yun’s letter.
• Ao Qing read that helping the Human Race could earn merit and dispel the Dragon Clan’s Karmic Debt, then decided to contact the other Dragon Clan leaders about an alliance.
• Three days later, ten thousand dragons surged toward the Human Race’s territory, drawing attention across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Zhu Jiu Yin connected the Dragon Clan’s movements to Hong Yun, and Houtu persuaded the Ancestral Witches to help the Human Race grow.
• At Heavenly Court, Kunpeng urged the Demon Clan to suppress the Human Race, while Fuxi argued that it should be developed and brought under the Demon Clan’s rule.
• Di Jun listened as the Demon Clan leaders turned to him to decide their response.

Di Jun chose to observe the Human and Dragon Clans while preparing to recruit the Human Race into the Demon Clan, with force as a fallback. At the Human-Dragon Summit, Ao Qing won over the Four Ancestors of Humanity with lavish compliments, and after three days of negotiations, he and Hong Yun emerged together to make a surprising public announcement.

• Di Jun proposed observing the Human and Dragon Clans and sending envoys to recruit the Human Race before considering suppression.
• Hong Yun calmed the Human Race as Ao Guang and Ao Qing arrived at the Shore of the East Sea.
• Ao Qing introduced himself as the Dragon Clan's patriarch and identified the Four Ancestors of Humanity through elaborate compliments, astonishing them and Ao Guang.
• Hong Yun welcomed Ao Qing into the Human Race Sacred Hall, where they negotiated for three days and three nights.
• Hong Yun and Ao Qing left the Sacred Hall together, then began a public announcement invoking the Great Dao, Pangu, the Heavenly Dao, Hongjun, and the Human Race's Holy Father and Holy Mother.

Hong Yun’s plan to ally the Human Race with the Dragon Clan succeeded, and their oath unexpectedly drew a response from the Heavenly Dao. The Primordial Wilderness’s races were stunned, while Di Jun ordered Bai Ze to recruit the Human Race into the Yao Race; a new golden light then appeared above Human territory.

• Hong Yun and Ao Qing swore an alliance between the Human Race and Dragon Clan, and Ao Qing sensed the Dragon Clan’s Qi Luck rising as its Karmic Debt began to fade.
• The Primordial Wilderness’s races mocked the alliance prayers, and Nuwa silenced their criticism with her power.
• The Heavenly Dao answered “Granted,” shocking the races and prompting Di Jun to recognize the Human Race’s importance.
• Di Jun ordered Bai Ze to bring gifts and persuade the Human Race to join the Yao Race.
• Ao Qing celebrated the Dragon Clan’s change in fortune, and a dazzling golden light appeared above Human territory.

Heavenly Dao Merit descended after the Human-Dragon Alliance, easing the Dragon Clan’s Karmic Debt and raising the Human Race’s Three Ancestors to Golden Immortal Great Perfection. When Ao Qing questioned why Hong Yun had not refined his share, Hong Yun demonstrated that he could advance his cultivation effortlessly, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• The White Tiger Clan leader and Yuan Feng envied the Merit granted to the Human-Dragon Alliance, while envoys from many races hurried toward the Human Race to seek alliances.
• The Merit dissolved some of the Dragon Clan’s Karmic Debt, moved Ao Qing, and helped Ao Guang break through to Late-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal while clearing all his Karmic Debt.
• Di Jun reversed his stance on recruiting the Human Race, and the Demon Clan’s ministers praised his decision.
• Hong Yun gave his share of Merit to the Human Race’s Three Ancestors, who refined it and reached Golden Immortal Great Perfection.
• Ao Qing questioned why Hong Yun had not refined his Merit, so Hong Yun drew in spiritual energy and rose from Early-stage Golden Immortal to Golden Immortal Great Perfection in front of the stunned witnesses.

Hong Yun welcomed envoys from the myriad races and accepted cooperation that could benefit the Human Race while rejecting harmful clans. The Demon Clan's Bai Ze and Ji Meng arrived to recruit the Human Race, and Bai Ze began by warning Hong Yun that it was in danger.

• Ao Qing agreed to coordinate with Suiren Shi on the Dragon Clan's rainmaking and water management for the Human Race.
• Hong Yun accepted helpful envoys, including those from the Phoenix Clan, the Qilin Race, and the White Tiger, while turning away harmful clans.
• Ji Meng tried to intimidate the Human guards, but Bai Ze urged him to behave courteously so they could recruit the Human Race.
• Bai Ze and Ji Meng met Hong Yun and the Three Ancestors of Humanity, and Hong Yun warmly invited them inside.
• After tea, Bai Ze told Hong Yun that the Human Race was in a very dangerous situation.

Bai Ze tried to persuade the Human Race to join the Demon Clan with promises and gifts, but Hong Yun refused and urged the Three Human Ancestors to rely on their own strength. Ji Meng then threatened to exterminate the Human Race, leaving the confrontation on the Shore of the East Sea poised to turn violent.

• Bai Ze warned Hong Yun and the Three Human Ancestors that the Human Race would face conflict as it expanded, then offered them protection and room to spread under the Demon Clan.
• The Three Human Ancestors were tempted by Bai Ze’s promises and Innate Spiritual Treasures, but Hong Yun rejected the offer and insisted the Human Race remain on the Shore of the East Sea.
• Hong Yun rebuked the Three Human Ancestors for being swayed by gifts and taught them that the Human Race must grow strong through its own efforts rather than become another race’s vassal.
• Bai Ze grew wary of the Human Race, and Ji Meng released his Grand Unity Golden Immortal aura and threatened to exterminate them.

Hong Yun fought Ji Meng after Ji Meng’s aura damaged a Human Race building, overwhelming the Yao God with his martial divine abilities. The Three Ancestors of Humanity, Bai Ze, and protectors from the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Races arrived to find Hong Yun had advanced during the battle and was beating Ji Meng in his beast form.

• Ji Meng pressured the Human Race, cracking and collapsing its guest-reception building, so Hong Yun attacked him with a golden dragon-shaped divine ability.
• Hong Yun pursued Ji Meng to a desolate forest and battered him with the Dragon Subduing Palm, forcing him into his giant beast form.
• Ji Meng questioned how Hong Yun could wield three laws, while Hong Yun continued attacking and vowed to punish him for damaging Human Race property.
• Bai Ze and the Three Ancestors of Humanity arrived, followed by Dragon King Ao Qing, Feng Ming, and Mo Xuan, who came to protect the Human Race.
• The newcomers found Hong Yun had advanced to the Late-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and was striking Ji Meng’s beast form, prompting Ji Meng to call for Bai Ze’s help.

Hong Yun beat Ji Meng into submission and rejected Bai Ze’s offer to bring the Human Race under the Demon Clan’s rule. Xing Tian and Jiu Feng arrived with several hundred Witch Soldiers to assist the Human Race, leaving the Demon envoys wary.

• Hong Yun stopped beating Ji Meng when Bai Ze intervened, then demanded that Ji Meng submit, which he did.
• Hong Yun warned Ji Meng to shrink back down and saw that the battle had devastated the surrounding land.
• Bai Ze urged Hong Yun to reconsider the Human Race’s relationship with the Demon Clan, but Hong Yun resolved not to submit and considered expanding across the East Sea instead.
• Xing Tian and Jiu Feng arrived with several hundred Witch Soldiers, dispatched by the Twelve Ancestral Witches to help the Human Race.
• Xing Tian declared that the Wu Clan had come to stand with the Human Race.

Hong Yun watched the Wu Clan and Demon Clan clash over Xing Tian and Jiu Feng’s seizure of territory, while the Human Race became entangled in the rising conflict. After Di Jun’s forces retreated, the Wu Clan debated whether it had gone too far.

• Xing Tian explained that he had killed the Demon Clan’s guards after they refused to let the Wu Clan pass, and Bai Ze led Ji Meng away to report the incident to the Heavenly Court.
• Hong Yun observed the twelve Ancestor Witches confront Di Jun and the other Demon Clan leaders in the eastern mainland, where the Demon Clan was badly outmatched.
• Zhu Jiu Yin offered to punish Xing Tian and Jiu Feng by making them face the wall at Buzhou Mountain for a hundred thousand years, but Tai Yi objected and Zhurong called them children.
• Di Jun rejected Tai Yi’s suggestion to summon the Zhou Tian Star Formation because its banners were not ready, and the Demon Clan leaders returned to the Heavenly Court.
• Houtu wondered if the Wu Clan had bullied the Demon Clan too much, and Zhurong defended their actions by citing Hong Yun’s advice.

The Yao Race's leaders learned that eating humans could accelerate the growth of lesser demons and decided to secretly use the Human Race as food. Fuxi opposed the plan and left Lingxiao Palace, while Di Jun and the others continued plotting to abduct humans.

• Over hundreds of thousands of years, the Human Race spread through the Primordial Wilderness, grew stronger, and settled alongside the Wu Clan.
• Di Jun suspected the Human Race had allied with the Wu Clan, while Demon Master Kunpeng blamed Fuxi's past advice for allowing them to grow powerful.
• Kunpeng revealed that eating humans boosted lesser demons' cultivation and transformation, and Ji Meng endorsed using humans as blood food.
• Fuxi warned that the Human Race had ties to Nuwa and Hong Yun, but Di Jun dismissed his concerns and claimed lesser demons would act beyond their control.
• Fuxi left Lingxiao Palace in anger as the Yao Race leaders discussed secretly abducting and raising humans for food.

The Three Pure Ones argued over whether to seek Hong Yun’s guidance on becoming Saints, and Yuanshi and Tongtian nearly fought before Laozi intervened. Tongtian left Kunlun Mountain in sorrow, and Laozi soon departed as well, leaving Yuanshi alone.

• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian discussed their failure to find a path to Sainthood, and Tongtian suggested asking Hong Yun for advice.
• Yuanshi rebuked Tongtian for relying on Hong Yun, and the brothers’ argument escalated until Yuanshi drew the Pangu Banner and Tongtian prepared to summon the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords.
• Laozi stopped them and ordered Tongtian to apologize to Yuanshi, and Tongtian reluctantly did so before leaving the hall.
• Tongtian flew away from Kunlun Mountain, while Laozi rebuked Yuanshi and then left Kunlun Mountain himself.

Laozi traveled among the Human Race and found his search for sainthood stirring after observing their society. Hong Yun emerged from seclusion with a completed Human Race cultivation method, just as Laozi reached the ancestral land.

• Laozi disguised himself as an ordinary elder and questioned a Human child, learning about the Human Race and its development under Hong Yun.
• Laozi spent ten years in the territory, helping its people and finding that his Primordial Violet Qi stirred as he contemplated the Human Race.
• Laozi told the child, now a teenager, that he was heading to the Shore of the East Sea to meet Hong Ancestor, and challenged him to keep up if he wanted to become his disciple.
• Hong Yun emerged from seclusion with his cultivation still at the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Initial Stage but an aura rivaling the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Perfection.
• Hong Yun announced that he had completed a cultivation method belonging to the Human Race and left the Sacred Hall as Laozi arrived at the Human Race's ancestral land.

Hong Yun completed the Human Race’s Martial Dao and began a ceremony to establish it as their cultivation path. Laozi arrived hoping to make Hong Yun his disciple and secure the Human Race’s role in his path to sainthood, but rushed to stop the ceremony when he learned it had already begun.

• Hong Yun told Suiren Shi, Youchao Shi, and Ziyi Shi that he had perfected Martial Dao, and Suiren Shi arranged offerings for its establishment.
• A guard reported that Taiqing Laozi had arrived with a young man, whom Laozi intended to take as a disciple alongside Hong Yun.
• The Three Ancestors welcomed Laozi and invited him to the ceremony; when Suiren Shi explained that Hong Yun had created a Human Race cultivation method, Laozi panicked over the threat to his Golden Core Great Dao and hopes of becoming a saint.
• Laozi followed Suiren Shi into the clan territory and spotted Hong Yun outside the Human Race Sacred Hall.
• Hong Yun began praying to establish Martial Dao before Laozi could intervene, so Laozi appeared outside the hall and shouted for him to wait.

Hong Yun established the Martial Dao for the Human Race and received another great descent of Heavenly Dao Merit. Laozi offered the Human Race his Golden Core Great Dao and tried to accept Hong Yun as his disciple, but Hong Yun refused.

• Hong Yun announced the creation of the Martial Dao, and Heavenly Dao Merit descended upon the Human Race.
• Hong Yun gave the Merit to the Human Race's Three Ancestors and instructed them to spread the basic Martial Dao cultivation method.
• Laozi questioned Hong Yun about ignoring his earlier interruption, and Hong Yun apologized while pretending not to have heard him.
• Laozi offered his Golden Core Great Dao for the Human Race to cultivate, and Hong Yun accepted the Jade Slip and promised to spread it.
• Laozi praised Hong Yun and offered to take him as his disciple, but Hong Yun declined.

Hong Yun refused Laozi’s offer to inherit his Dao lineage, explaining that he had vowed to devote himself to the Human Race, but persuaded Laozi to stay and help them. A hundred years later, Laozi was teaching Xuandu and repeatedly refining pills for the Human Race at Hong Yun’s request, leaving him to rue how hard he had worked for them.

• Hong Yun declined Laozi’s offer to become his disciple, citing his vow to devote his life to developing the Human Race.
• Laozi accepted Hong Yun’s decision and promised to stay in the Human Race’s ancestral land and help him when difficulties arose.
• A hundred years later, Laozi taught Xuandu, his new disciple, while Human Race children trained in Hong Yun’s Martial Dao.
• Hong Yun persuaded Laozi to make repeated batches of Body Tempering Pills and Essence Restoration Pills for the Human Race by praising him and threatening to ask the Saint Father for help.
• After becoming a Saint, Laozi remembered his years working for the Human Race and felt bitter about the experience.

Laozi prepared to establish the Human Teaching to enlighten the Human Race and become a Saint, but Hong Yun stopped him to seek permission from Hong Yun and Nuwa. After they arrived at the Human Race Sacred Hall, Hong Yun asked Laozi to confirm his intention to establish the sect.

• Laozi realized that the time to become a Saint had arrived and resolved to establish the Human Teaching for the Human Race.
• Hong Yun hurried to Laozi and asked whether he planned to establish his sect using the Human Race as its foundation.
• Laozi recognized that he needed permission from Hong Yun and Nuwa, and Hong Yun proposed praying to them at the Holy Temple.
• Hong Yun prayed at the Holy Temple, and Hong Yun and Nuwa appeared before Laozi and the Human Race leaders.
• Nuwa praised the Human Race’s achievements, and Hong Yun turned to Laozi and asked if he intended to establish a sect among them.

Hong Yun approved Laozi’s plan to establish the Human Teaching among the Human Race after imposing conditions that made Laozi responsible for educating and protecting them, refining pills for them, and inviting Tongtian and Yuanshi to teach them. Laozi then proclaimed the Human Teaching’s establishment and received a pillar of merit from heaven.

• Nuwa agreed to support Hong Yun’s decision on whether Laozi could establish a sect among the Human Race.
• Hong Yun required Laozi to educate the Human Race, protect them in times of crisis, avoid interfering in their affairs, and regularly refine pills for them.
• Hong Yun’s final condition required Laozi to have Tongtian and Yuanshi pass down their doctrines among the Human Race, and Laozi accepted.
• Hong Yun and Nuwa approved Laozi’s plan to establish the Human Teaching.
• Laozi proclaimed the Human Teaching’s establishment before heaven, using the Taiji Diagram and Heaven and Earth Exquisite Mysterious Yellow Pagoda to suppress its Qi Luck.
• A pillar of golden merit descended from the heavens and landed on Laozi.

Laozi became a Saint after refining Heavenly Dao Merit and Pangu’s World-Opening Merit, then competed with Nuwa for the Kongtong Seal at Shouyang Mountain. Hong Yun arrived and awarded the seal to Laozi, but promised to give Nuwa other treasures.

• Laozi broke through Quasi-Saint Perfection and became a Saint, causing wondrous phenomena across the Primordial Wilderness and increasing the Human Race’s Qi Luck.
• The Kongtong Seal appeared at Shouyang Mountain, and Laozi and Nuwa fought to claim it while Hong Yun collected the mountain’s copper ore.
• Nuwa called Hong Yun for help, and he left the copper ore behind to join her and Laozi.
• Hong Yun dismissed the Kongtong Seal as junk and declared that Laozi could have it, prompting Nuwa to protest.
• Hong Yun told Nuwa not to worry and promised to give her a few more treasures.

Hong Yun revealed that multiple Kongtong Seals existed, leaving Laozi stunned and Nuwa delighted with her two copies. When Yuanshi and Tongtian arrived, Hong Yun praised them and received rewards from his System, while Laozi and Nuwa recognized the familiar trick.

• Hong Yun produced three Kongtong Seals, gave two to Nuwa, and shocked Laozi, who recalled dismissing Tongtian's earlier report of duplicate treasures.
• Laozi and Nuwa asked Hong Yun where the seals came from, and he claimed Spiritual Treasures appeared whenever he visited the Shore of the East Sea.
• Laozi and Nuwa ended their fight, stored their seals, and thanked Hong Yun; Fuxi stayed in the Heavenly Court after seeing the conflict had ended.
• Yuanshi and Tongtian arrived to check on Laozi, and Laozi reassured them that he was unharmed.
• Hong Yun praised Yuanshi and Tongtian, triggering System rewards of a Pangu Banner Fragment and an Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation Fragment.
• Yuanshi and Tongtian happily drew close to Hong Yun, while Laozi and Nuwa recognized his familiar flattery and reacted with exasperation and amusement.

Laozi became a Saint after establishing the Taiqing Realm, then explained to Yuanshi and Tongtian that founding sects among the Human Race could unlock their paths to sainthood. Yuanshi became a Saint by establishing the Chan Sect, while Tongtian prepared to follow.

• Laozi created the Great Scarlet Heaven, also called the Taiqing Realm, in the Chaos and returned to Kunlun Mountain with Yuanshi and Tongtian.
• Laozi told Yuanshi and Tongtian that establishing a sect among the Human Race had been key to his becoming a Saint.
• Yuanshi and Tongtian meditated, broke through to Quasi-Saint Peak, and realized their paths to sainthood.
• Tongtian let Yuanshi become a Saint first, and Yuanshi established the Chan Sect with the Pangu Banner suppressing its Qi Luck.
• Yuanshi refined the merit from founding the Chan Sect and reached the Late Stage of First Layer Saint.
• Tongtian appeared in the void above Kunlun Mountain, ready to establish his own sect.