Chapter Summaries

Bai Yu weighed the Enlightenment Tea Tree against the Yellow Zhongli Plum and explained how Pangu’s Pure Qi and Turbid Qi shaped the Three Pure Ones and the Twelve Ancestral Witches. He concluded that Pangu’s Primordial Spirit and Blood Essence might each have nurtured a Little Pangu, but were divided instead.

• Bai Yu judged that Enlightenment Tea Leaves assisted Dao Comprehension but weakened over time and stopped working beyond a certain level of comprehension.
• Bai Yu argued that the Enlightenment Tea Tree was more valuable than the Yellow Zhongli Plum because comprehending the Source Great Dao mattered more than nurturing the body and Primordial Spirit.
• Bai Yu explained that the Ancestral Witches’ bodies and Primordial Spirits were both formed from Pangu’s Blood Essence and Turbid Qi, leaving their Primordial Spirits chaotic and limiting them to Body Refining.
• Bai Yu explained that Pangu’s three streams of Pure Qi fused with his Primordial Spirit to become the Three Pure Ones, while his twelve streams of Turbid Qi fused with his Blood Essence to become the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
• Bai Yu reflected that Pangu’s Primordial Spirit and Blood Essence could each have nurtured a Little Pangu, but were divided into three and twelve portions instead.

Bai Yu planted the Enlightenment Tea Tree on Penglai Immortal Island, then spent a hundred Yuanhui Eras advancing to Late-Stage Grand Luo Golden Immortal and bearing four Source Great Daos. Meanwhile, Yuanshi Tianzun comprehended the Profound Realm and prepared to return to the Lotus Lantern World.

• Bai Yu collected the Enlightenment Tea Tree and undamaged Innate Spiritual Roots from the divine mountain, leaving damaged roots to recover.
• Bai Yu planted the Enlightenment Tea Tree on Penglai Immortal Island, brewed a pot of tea, and resumed secluded cultivation.
• Over a hundred Yuanhui Eras, Bai Yu raised his comprehension of the Space Great Dao to seventy percent and bore the Space, Time, Karma, and Destiny Great Daos.
• Bai Yu observed that most old Chat Group members had reached the Sixteenth Tier but were stalled at the Profound Realm bottleneck.
• Yuanshi Tianzun comprehended the Profound Realm, became a Seventeenth Tier Profound Immortal, and prepared to return to the Lotus Lantern World.

Yuanshi Tianzun reached the Seventeenth Tier as a Profound Immortal but remained wary of Hongjun, whose control over the Lotus Lantern World had grown stronger. At Jade Void Palace, Yuanshi prepared to leave without bringing the Chan Sect disciples, including Yang Jian.

• Yuanshi Tianzun completed his seclusion in Cangwu World and became a Seventeenth Tier Profound Immortal.
• Yuanshi considered Hongjun’s increased power and recognized that fighting the ruler of the Lotus Lantern World could be dangerous.
• The second- and third-generation Chan Sect disciples gathered at Jade Void Palace on Kunlun Mountain.
• Yuanshi told the disciples he would face the dangers of his journey alone and would not take even Yang Jian with him.

Yuanshi Tianzun decided to return to the Lotus Lantern World alone to face Teacher Hongjun, while leaving Yang Jian behind. He also reformed the Chan Sect into a resource-conscious organization with a sect-style hierarchy and contribution system.

• Yuanshi Tianzun judged that Yang Jian’s Sixteenth Tier Law-Proven Dao was not enough against Teacher Hongjun, despite the Pangu Banner’s six Source Laws.
• Yuanshi Tianzun chose not to bring Yang Jian back to the Lotus Lantern World, since Yang Jian could only hold back the Heavenly Dao Sages and might be targeted by Teacher Hongjun.
• Yuanshi Tianzun recognized that the Chan Sect’s growing ranks and cultivation costs had pushed its finances to the brink, even as it needed disciples to govern conquered worlds.
• Yuanshi Tianzun made the second- and third-generation disciples the Chan Sect’s core, with the fourth and fifth generations serving as middle-level managers and later generations as tools and cannon fodder.
• Yuanshi Tianzun established a contribution-point system for disciples outside the second and third generations, completing the Chan Sect’s transformation into an Immortal Dao sect.

Yang Jian wanted to return to the Lotus Lantern World with Yuanshi Tianzun and challenge its Heavenly Dao Sages, but Yuanshi left him behind. Yuanshi reflected on how the Three Pure Ones had become estranged and suspected that their division had benefited the other powers and Hongjun.

• Yang Jian hoped to return home with Yuanshi Tianzun and test his strength against the Heavenly Dao Sages, but Yuanshi refused to take him.
• Yang Jian guessed that Yuanshi wanted to spare the Taiqing Sage and Saint Tongtian the humiliation of being beaten by him.
• Yuanshi Tianzun had forgiven Tongtian Cult Master, though Tongtian still believed Yuanshi was to blame for their past conflict.
• Yuanshi questioned why Hongjun had given Tongtian the Four Immortal Slaughtering Swords and wondered whether their imbalance had helped drive the Three Pure Ones apart.
• Yuanshi reasoned that a united Three Pure Ones would constrain Hongjun and the other Sages, so their division had served the interests of those around them.

Yuanshi Tianzun returned to the Lotus Lantern World after escaping with nearly seventy percent of its world source, intending to confront Hongjun and settle accounts with Chan Sect traitors. The Sages spent three hundred years stabilizing the damaged world, while Hongjun remained unaware that Yuanshi Tianzun had come back.

• Yuanshi Tianzun reflected on the conflict between the Chan Sect and the Interception Sect and resolved to deal with the Chan Sect's traitors.
• Yuanshi Tianzun instructed Yang Jian and his Personal Disciples, then traveled through Multiverse City to the Lotus Lantern World.
• The Sages struggled to repair the world after Yuanshi Tianzun's theft of nearly seventy percent of its world source, while the Heavenly Dao remained silent.
• Hongjun dismissed the damage as a trifle and led Nüwa and the other four Sages in stabilizing heaven and earth.
• After three hundred years, the Sages restored the world's order, though its source still needed time to recover.
• Hongjun did not realize that Yuanshi Tianzun had returned to the Lotus Lantern World.

Hongjun tried to refine the wounded Heavenly Dao while Yuanshi Tianzun stole the world's source, but the theft became so severe that Hongjun had to abandon his restraint. The loss destabilized the Lotus Lantern World and ruined Hongjun's plans to evolve the Nascent Grand Dao and nurture a Dao Seed.

• Hongjun returned to the Purple Cloud Palace and began refining the injured Heavenly Dao so he could control it and the world.
• Hongjun noticed Yuanshi Tianzun stealing World Source but initially ignored him so he could continue refining the Heavenly Dao.
• Yuanshi Tianzun's theft grew bolder, draining away the World Source Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao had saved for their plans.
• After Yuanshi Tianzun stole nearly seventy percent of the World Source, stars went dark and fell as the world's order began to destabilize.
• Hongjun could no longer endure the theft and prepared to deal with Yuanshi Tianzun despite not having finished refining the Heavenly Dao.

Yuanshi Tianzun escaped with seventy percent of the Lotus Lantern World's World Source, leaving Hongjun unable to advance the world or condense the Nascent Grand Dao. Three hundred years later, Hongjun remained bored and resentful until Yuanshi Tianzun returned to the Lotus Lantern World.

• Hongjun and the five Sages attacked Yuanshi Tianzun, but he fled with seventy percent of the World Source.
• Hongjun stabilized the world's order, returned to the Purple Cloud Palace, and continued refining the Heavenly Dao.
• After Yuanshi Tianzun returned, Hongjun had fully refined the Heavenly Dao and become the Lotus Lantern World's sole supreme being.
• Hongjun realized the depleted World Source prevented the world from evolving and left him unable to advance toward the Nascent Grand Dao.
• Hongjun felt lost, empty, and resentful toward Yuanshi Tianzun until Yuanshi Tianzun returned to the Lotus Lantern World.

Yuanshi Tianzun returned to the Lotus Lantern World with the Pangu Banner, whose power shattered Laozi’s Taiji Diagram Golden Bridge at a touch. Hongjun recognized that Yuanshi had likely achieved Law-Proven Dao and seized the Taiji Diagram through his authority over the Heavenly Dao, then sent it against the Pangu Banner himself.

• Yuanshi Tianzun’s Pangu Banner suppressed the beings of the Lotus Lantern World, leaving only the five Sages and Hongjun standing.
• Laozi sent the Taiji Diagram’s Golden Bridge against the Pangu Banner, but it shattered and returned to him weakened.
• Hongjun realized Yuanshi had grown strong enough to unleash the Pangu Banner’s full power, likely by achieving Law-Proven Dao.
• Hongjun used his control of the Heavenly Dao to summon the Taiji Diagram from Laozi and took it into his hand.
• Hongjun transformed the Taiji Diagram into a Golden Bridge and sent it crashing into the Pangu Banner, shaking the world before he restored the order of its laws.

Hongjun used the Taiji Diagram, empowered by his control over the Heavenly Dao, to match Yuanshi Tianzun’s Pangu Banner, stunning both Yuanshi and the watching Sages. Hongjun trapped the Lotus Lantern World with law power, but Yuanshi had the Great Dao-level All-Heavens Token and could still escape.

• The Taiji Diagram’s Golden Bridge withstood the Pangu Banner, leaving Laozi, Hongjun, and Yuanshi Tianzun stunned for different reasons.
• Yuanshi realized Hongjun was using every law power of the Taiji Diagram, though he could not understand how Hongjun had taken control of Laozi’s refined treasure.
• Hongjun secretly relied on his authority over the Heavenly Dao to wield the Taiji Diagram and believed he could trap Yuanshi and recover the stolen World Source.
• Hongjun sealed the Lotus Lantern World with Heavenly Dao law power, while Yuanshi trusted that his All-Heavens Token’s Great Dao power could not be blocked by laws alone.

Hongjun explained how his complete Three Corpses Severing Method let him attain the Dao twice, while his incomplete teaching had trapped the six Sages in an incomplete state. Yuanshi had overcome the same obstacle with help from Bai Yu’s Law Avatar and attained the Dao through the laws.

• Hongjun recognized that Yuanshi had attained the Dao through the laws and used the Pangu Banner to match the Taiji Diagram.
• Hongjun described how his united Three Corpses shared his cultivation realm and could aid his combat, cultivation, and Dao comprehension.
• Hongjun revealed that he had withheld the complete method, leaving the six Sages unable to unite their Three Corpses and become whole.
• Yuanshi discovered that severing his Three Corpses had prevented him from attaining the Dao, even after perfecting his comprehension of the Source Laws.
• Yuanshi asked Yang Jian to seek help from the Multiverse Chat Group, and Bai Yu’s Law Avatar solved the problem by helping him unite his Three Corpses.

Yuanshi Tianzun and Hongjun sent their Three Corpses into battle, revealing that Yuanshi’s were Seventeenth Tier and Hongjun’s were empowered by the Lotus Lantern World’s Heavenly Dao. The fight left Hongjun’s Three Corpses at a disadvantage, while the other five Sages struggled to understand how powerful the two sets of Three Corpses were.

• Bai Yu understood the Lotus Lantern World’s Three Corpses Severing Method, and Yuanshi Tianzun chose to fight Hongjun rather than flee.
• Yuanshi Tianzun and Hongjun summoned their Three Corpses, and Hongjun realized Yuanshi’s had reached the realm of Sages.
• Hongjun’s Three Corpses fought Yuanshi’s Three Corpses, each wielding Innate Spiritual Treasures.
• Hongjun was shocked as his Heavenly Dao-empowered Three Corpses began losing ground to Yuanshi’s Seventeenth Tier Three Corpses.
• Yuanshi wondered why the Heavenly Dao had not reacted after he stole seventy percent of the World Source.
• The other five Sages watched the battle in disbelief and compared the fearsome Three Corpses with their own.

Yuanshi's Three Corpses defeated Hongjun's, revealing the immense power Yuanshi had gained and forcing Hongjun to personally wield the Heavenly Dao against him. Yuanshi met Hongjun's Violet Qi River with the Pangu Banner, and their decisive battle began.

• Yuanshi's Three Corpses quickly defeated Hongjun's Three Corpses, shocking Hongjun and the five Sages.
• The Sages realized Yuanshi had gained a formidable opportunity, while Hongjun decided he had to merge with the Heavenly Dao and act personally.
• Yuanshi appeared beside the Pangu Banner as Hongjun emerged from the Purple Cloud Palace, surrounded by the Jade Plate of Creation and a Violet Qi River of laws.
• Hongjun confronted Yuanshi, and Yuanshi refused to talk before they fought to decide the victor.
• Hongjun sent the Violet Qi River surging toward Yuanshi, who hurled the Pangu Banner to meet it with overwhelming law power.

Yuanshi and Hongjun fought to a stalemate as Hongjun’s Violet Qi River engulfed the Lotus Lantern World and Yuanshi failed to break through the Heavenly Dao Wheel. After more than a hundred years, Yuanshi proposed ending the fight, but Hongjun claimed he had trapped him.

• The Violet Qi River overwhelmed the Pangu Banner and annihilated the treasures Yuanshi’s Three Corpses used to help defend it.
• Yuanshi charged toward Hongjun with the Pangu Banner, but Hongjun used the Heavenly Dao Wheel to keep him at a distance.
• Yuanshi and Hongjun remained locked in a stalemate for over a hundred years while the Violet Qi River enveloped the Lotus Lantern World.
• Nüwa and the other five Sages endured the conflict as the world’s other living beings remained prostrate in fear.
• Yuanshi asked Hongjun to end the fight, but Hongjun said Yuanshi was trapped like a bird in a cage and a fish in a net.

Yuanshi repeatedly left and returned to the Lotus Lantern World to demonstrate that Hongjun could not restrain him. Hongjun abandoned his attempt to control Yuanshi and gathered the Sages in the Purple Cloud Palace to hear why Yuanshi had come back.

• Yuanshi vanished from the world despite Hongjun’s Heavenly Dao blockade, then briefly returned and left again for Multiverse City.
• Yuanshi returned once more, and Hongjun accepted that he could not keep his rebellious disciple in check.
• Hongjun dispersed his restraints, brought Yuanshi to the Purple Cloud Palace, and summoned Grand Pure Laozi, Tongtian Cult Master, Nüwa, Cundi, and Receiver.
• Hongjun asked Yuanshi why he had returned, and Yuanshi claimed he wanted to rejoin the world rather than destroy it.
• Nüwa remained detached as the Sages gathered, reflecting on her isolation and her guaranteed share of the Human Race’s Fortune.

Yuanshi explained the Myriad Realms and Multiverse City to Hongjun and the Sages, revealing the scale of the opportunity behind his sudden rise in power. Hongjun and the others were left astonished and concluded that Yuanshi had obtained an All-Heavens Token, while Yuanshi kept the Chat Group secret.

• Cundi and Receiver sulked as Hongjun focused on Yuanshi and demanded that he state his purpose.
• Yuanshi insisted he had no designs on the Lotus Lantern World and wanted to preserve it as a source of world essence.
• Hongjun distrusted Yuanshi and dismissed his claim that he had returned because he wanted to rejoin the world.
• Yuanshi explained the Myriad Realms and Multiverse City to Hongjun, Laozi, Tongtian, Nüwa, Cundi, and Receiver.
• Hongjun and the five Sages realized that Multiverse City was Yuanshi's fortuitous opportunity and speculated that he had obtained an All-Heavens Token.
• Yuanshi withheld what he knew about the Chat Group, which had absorbed Multiverse City after repelling its attempted invasion.

Yuanshi told the Sages that Yang Jian had introduced him to Multiverse City, leaving them confused about how he had traveled there without an All-Heavens Token. Hongjun secretly knew about the city already and had been acting shocked, while waiting for Yuanshi to take him along.

• Cundi asked Yuanshi whether he had obtained this world's All-Heavens Token, and Yuanshi said Multiverse City had placed none here.
• Yuanshi revealed that Yang Jian had shown him Multiverse City, leaving the other Sages baffled.
• Hongjun recalled that he had learned about Multiverse City and the Chat Group by tracing Yuanshi's departure through the River of Time.
• Hongjun remembered that Yuanshi had stolen the World Source and left without taking him to Multiverse City, and he had pretended to be shocked when Yuanshi returned.
• Yuanshi mistook Hongjun's silence for stunned disbelief and privately enjoyed the Sages' confused reactions.

Yuanshi revealed that the Chat Group controlled Multiverse City and that Sacred Spirit Stones could be obtained with world source, leaving the Sages envious of his gains. Nüwa then surprised everyone by asking to join Chan Sect.

• Yuanshi gave All-Heavens Tokens to the five Sages and Hongjun, then explained that Multiverse City was subordinate to the Chat Group and Yang Jian had joined it.
• The Sages learned that world source could be exchanged for Sacred Spirit Stones that aided comprehension of Source Laws, and they resented Yuanshi for taking most of the Lotus Lantern World's source.
• Cundi and Receiver abandoned their hopes of taking the world source or joining Yuanshi, while Nüwa and the other Sages realized they had no easy way to reach other worlds and obtain more.
• Nüwa asked Yuanshi if she could join Chan Sect, stunning the gathered Sages.
• Cundi and Receiver feared Yuanshi's anger over their past poaching of Chan Sect disciples and considered handing over four former Chan Sect disciples to appease him.

Yuanshi welcomed Nüwa into the reformed Chan Sect as a Grand Elder after she asked to join. The chapter ended with Nüwa becoming the sect’s second Grand Elder alongside Yang Jian.

• Yuanshi was surprised when Nüwa asked to join the Chan Sect, since the sect already had ample powerful experts.
• Yuanshi recognized that Nüwa had little desire to build a career and welcomed her into the Chan Sect as a Grand Elder.
• The chapter explained that the reformed Chan Sect’s Elder Council ranked members by cultivation rather than seniority.
• Yuanshi had reformed the Chan Sect to prevent it from becoming a burden to Yang Jian and to keep Yang Jian invested in the sect.
• Nüwa joined Yang Jian as the Chan Sect’s second Grand Elder.

Nüwa joined the Chan Sect as a Grand Elder, while Laozi surprised the gathered Sages by saying he might join as well. His only explanation was that Xuandu was his sole disciple, leaving everyone wondering what would become of the Humanity Sect.

• Yuanshi appointed Nüwa a Grand Elder of the Chan Sect, and she accepted, glad to have a secure place to laze around while continuing her cultivation.
• The chapter recounted that Nüwa had comprehended ninety-seven percent of the creation source laws and could likely attain the Dao through Law-Proven Dao after leaving the Heavenly Dao's restrictions.
• Laozi told Yuanshi that he might join the Chan Sect, shocking Hongjun, Tongtian, the Two Sages of the West, and Nüwa.
• Laozi explained only that Xuandu was his sole disciple, while the chapter noted that Xuandu managed and developed the Humanity Sect under Laozi's hands-off leadership.