Chapter Summaries

Hongjun’s sermon on Daluo Golden Immortals let the Three Thousand Guests of Zixiao Palace deepen their understanding of the Great Daos while the Jade Plate of Creation absorbed their insights. Houtu could not comprehend the teachings and grew anxious about standing out, as the chapter explained how the Ancestral Witches’ clouded Primordial Spirits stemmed from their gestation in Turbid Qi.

• Hongjun expounded on the Three Thousand Great Daos, and the listeners gained insight as the Jade Plate of Creation absorbed their Dao resonance.
• Houtu failed to understand Hongjun’s explanation of the Source Great Dao and wondered whether she should pretend to be enthralled.
• The chapter explained that the Ancestral Witches had Primordial Spirits clouded by Turbid Qi absorbed during gestation.
• The chapter described the Twelve Ancestral Witches as born alongside different Great Daos, with their bodily essence overwhelming their Qi and Spirit.

Houtu attended Hongjun’s thousand-year lecture at Purple Cloud Palace, while the gathered listeners gained insight and formed a bond of teacher and students with Hongjun. The chapter recounted how Cundi had displaced Hong Yun to secure a cushion for Receiver, then ended as the story turned to how Cundi came to occupy Kunpeng’s seat and Yuanshi’s role in it.

• Houtu struggled to follow Hongjun’s teachings, and Hongjun recognized that her fellow Ancestral Witches had sent her because she had the best chance of understanding the Source Great Dao.
• Hongjun ended his thousand-year lecture, and the listeners awakened, bowed to him, and formed a teacher-student bond that gathered Fortune around him.
• The listeners focused on the six cushions, while the Three Pure Ones, Nüwa, and Receiver occupied them.
• Cundi shoved Hong Yun away from a cushion, pulled Receiver into the seat, and tumbled down the steps with Hong Yun.
• Dijun and Taiyi failed to claim a cushion after Nüwa took the last one, and the chapter ended by raising the question of how Cundi had taken Kunpeng’s seat, with Yuanshi implicated.

Cundi enlisted Yuanshi and the Three Pure Ones to pressure Kunpeng into giving up his White Meditation Cushion, then took the seat himself. Kunpeng withdrew to a corner, unaware that the cushion represented a sainthood position, and silently vowed to remember those who had humiliated him.

• Cundi shoved Hong Yun aside, then rolled down the steps with him before Hong Yun and Zhenyuanzi sat off to the side.
• Cundi singled out Kunpeng and berated him as an egg-born beast, prompting Yuanshi to support him and Laozi and Tongtian to add their pressure.
• Other attendees joined in demanding Kunpeng surrender his seat, leaving him isolated.
• Kunpeng yielded the cushion and moved to a corner, glaring at Cundi and the others as he resolved to seek revenge.
• Cundi thanked the Three Pure Ones and sat in Kunpeng's former seat beside Nüwa.

Hongjun ended his first sermon by promising to reopen Purple Cloud Palace after one yuanhui, and the Three Thousand Purple Cloud Guests returned to their sanctuaries to cultivate. Ten thousand years later, Yang Mei successfully attained the Dao in the East Sea, while Bai Yu’s creation Dao comprehension had reached seventy percent.

• Hongjun announced that Purple Cloud Palace would open again after one yuanhui, then vanished as the Three Thousand Purple Cloud Guests departed.
• Kunpeng glared at Cundi, who ignored him and left alongside Receiver; the Three Pure Ones and the other guests also left before Purple Cloud Heaven disappeared.
• Ten thousand years later, Yang Mei released the aura of the space great dao from the East Sea, drawing the attention of beings throughout the Primordial World.
• Bai Yu’s creation great dao comprehension reached seventy percent, while the Three Pure Ones each reached fifty percent and Nüwa reached thirty percent after Hongjun’s sermon.
• The Three Thousand Purple Cloud Guests returned to their sanctuaries and entered seclusion to digest what they had learned.
• Yang Mei encountered no disruption and successfully attained the Dao, becoming another Sage bound to the Primordial World.

After venting his frustration by releasing his Sage pressure across the Primordial World for a thousand years, Yang Mei considered how to grow stronger alongside Hongjun. Inspired by Bai Yu’s mastery of multiple Source Great Daos, both resolved to pursue more, and Yang Mei chose to comprehend the Time Great Dao.

• Yang Mei unleashed his Sage pressure across the Primordial World for a thousand years, leaving its living beings prostrated beneath it.
• Yang Mei restrained his desire to beat Hongjun, knowing they were colleagues and that neither could suppress the other.
• Yang Mei decided to comprehend the Time Great Dao using a High-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure he had obtained from the Time Demon God.
• Hongjun continued preaching the Dao and sought to improve beyond his existing mastery of the Qi Great Dao.
• Hongjun and Yang Mei looked to Bai Yu’s control of multiple Source Great Daos and resolved to pursue the same path.

Hongjun chose to comprehend the destiny great dao and remained secluded, while Yang Mei opened a hidden Grand Cosmos in the Extraterrestrial Chaos. On the Western Continent, Cundi and Receiver entered seclusion before taking on the work of repairing its neglected smaller earth veins.

• Hongjun rejected the slaughter great dao and chose the destiny great dao, hoping his immense fortune would help him comprehend it.
• Yang Mei opened a Grand Cosmos in the Extraterrestrial Chaos, hidden by spatial power and difficult even for Hongjun to find.
• The Three Thousand Guests of Zixiao Palace mostly entered seclusion after returning, and Cundi and Receiver went back to Mount Sumeru.
• Hongjun had repaired the Western Continent's important medium-sized and large earth veins but left its countless small veins for its inhabitants.
• Cundi declared that he was carrying the Western Continent on his shoulders, and he and Receiver set about repairing its remaining earth veins.

Houtu returned to Pangu Hall frustrated after failing to understand how to comprehend and give thanks for the Source Great Dao, and she explained her visit to Purple Cloud Palace to the other Ancestral Witches. Her struggle revealed that the Ancestral Witches lacked a path to attain Enlightenment through the body, leaving them without a known way to reach Hunyuan.

• The other Eleven Ancestral Witches feared someone at the Sage's abode had bullied Houtu and offered to avenge her.
• Houtu assured her brothers that no one had harmed her and recounted what she had seen and heard at Purple Cloud Palace, including Cundi and the foremost Innate Sacred Beings.
• Houtu explained that she could not comprehend the Source Great Dao and felt distressed by the limits of the Ancestral Witches' clouded Primordial Spirits.
• Houtu recognized that the Ancestral Witches followed the difficult path of body cultivation but had inherited no method for attaining Enlightenment of the Dao through the body.

The chapter explained how Essence, Qi, and Spirit cultivation related to the Primordial Spirit Great Dao, Enlightenment of the Dao, and the Source Great Dao. It left the path of Body Refining unresolved, noting that the Primordial World lacked a method for attaining Enlightenment through the physical body.

• The chapter explained that cultivators could refine Essence, Qi, and Spirit together, and that Innate Sacred Beings had foundations strong enough to pursue all three.
• It distinguished the Primordial Spirit Great Dao, where realm and comprehension led, from Qi Refining, where power and cultivation led, and described why realm mattered most before Enlightenment of the Dao.
• It described Body Refining as the most difficult path and said it consumed many resources, while Bai Yu had used heavenly treasures and destroyed Greater Worlds to strengthen his physical body.
• It stated that cultivation systems ultimately followed the paths of Essence, Qi, and Spirit, and that the Primordial Spirit Great Dao was most popular because it aided comprehension of the Source Great Dao.
• It concluded that all three paths could lead to Enlightenment of the Dao, but the Primordial World had no known method for attaining it through the physical body.

Houtu remained determined to attend the Sage's second sermon and ask whether the Ancestral Witches could overcome the limits of their incomplete body-refining path. After the first sermon, the Three Thousand Purple Cloud Guests returned to seclusion, while the chapter discussed how cultivation in the Primordial World balanced comprehension of the Source Great Dao with essence, qi, and spirit.

• Houtu explained her concerns to the other Ancestral Witches, who reassured her but accepted that their benighted primordial spirits were difficult to remedy.
• Houtu told her elder brothers she still wanted to hear the Sage's second sermon and ask him about their path to enlightenment.
• The Ancestral Witches supported Houtu's wish and did not stop her from returning to the Sage's place of cultivation.
• After the Sage's sermon ended, the Three Thousand Purple Cloud Guests returned to their places of cultivation to digest their gains and improve their comprehension of the Source Great Dao.
• The chapter explained that comprehension of the Source Great Dao mattered more than cultivation power, and that the Primordial World cultivated essence, qi, and spirit together, while the Ancestral Witches relied chiefly on their formidable bodies.

The chapter explained why the Twelve Ancestral Witches’ body-refining path gave them limited control of the Great Dao and no clear route to enlightenment. At the Purple Cloud Palace before the second Dao lecture, Kunpeng again watched Cundi with murderous resentment but could not attack him while Receiver remained at his side.

• The narrator contrasted Dijiang’s body-based control of the Space Great Dao with Yang Mei’s complete command of space, explaining the Ancestral Witches’ limitations.
• The chapter described how Pangu’s blood essence and turbid Qi forced the Twelve Ancestral Witches onto a body-refining path that offered no method for attaining enlightenment.
• The Three Thousand Purple Cloud Guests emerged from seclusion and gathered outside the Purple Cloud Palace for the second Dao lecture, with newcomers replacing absent listeners.
• Cundi greeted acquaintances while Receiver stayed with him, and Kunpeng arrived early and fixed his hostile attention on Cundi.
• Kunpeng recalled that he had failed to ambush Cundi and Receiver because they were always together, and he resented having no Dao Friend of his own.

Dijun and Taiyi planned to establish their own force and recruit Kunpeng, Fuxi, Nüwa, and other guests of Zixiao Palace as partners. The chapter explained how Fortune, Merit, and the allocation of Sainthood Positions shaped the Primordial World, leaving two positions unassigned by Hongjun.

• Cundi provoked Kunpeng, then pulled Receiver away to chat with the Three Pure Ones before Kunpeng could attack.
• Dijun and Taiyi decided to recruit Kunpeng, Fuxi, Nüwa, and other Innate Sacred Beings to build a force and gather Fortune.
• The narration explained that ordinary Daluo Golden Immortals needed the Primordial World's Fortune and Merit, while Primordial Daluo Golden Immortals had transcended them.
• The narration explained that Cundi and Receiver repaired the Western Continent's earth veins to gain Fortune and Merit, and that the Western Continent's two Sainthood Positions went to them.
• The narration described how seven of the nine Sainthood Positions had been allocated, while Hongjun left the final two unassigned.

Hongjun explained why he assigned the six Primordial Violet Qi strands to the Three Pure Ones, Nüwa, Cundi, and Receiver, using the Western Continent’s Sainthood Positions to repay his lingering debt. He also clarified that Hongjun and Yang Mei were Hunyuan beings constrained by the Heavenly Dao, while their roles as its representatives did not automatically grant them official positions.

• Hongjun considered the Three Pure Ones and Nüwa destined for Sainthood and chose Cundi and Receiver for the remaining two positions.
• Hongjun gave the Western Continent two Sainthood Positions to settle his lingering Cause and Effect, and decided Cundi and Receiver would repay him for the excess value.
• Hongjun explained that he and Yang Mei had attained enlightenment as Hunyuan rather than through Sage Fruit Status, though both remained constrained by the Heavenly Dao.
• Hongjun described Yang Mei as an anomaly whose Destiny remained under the Heavenly Dao’s control, unlike Bai Yu, whose Destiny it could not control.
• Hongjun explained that the Dao Ancestor title was an official Heavenly Dao post that required both its approval and recognition from the beings of the Primordial Wilderness.

Yang Mei sought the Jade Plate of Creation to accelerate his Dao comprehension, but the Heavenly Dao ignored his request and Hongjun refused to lend him his own. Bai Yu reflected on the dangers of the Primordial World and remained focused on gathering the Three Thousand Great Daos.

• Yang Mei attended Hongjun's second sermon and hoped to discuss the Dao while pursuing another Jade Plate of Creation.
• Bai Yu considered the Primordial World's deep foundations and Pangu's disappearance, then decided to keep his distance from the world and gather the Three Thousand Great Daos.
• Yang Mei asked the Heavenly Dao for a Jade Plate of Creation, but it ignored his request.
• Yang Mei offered Hongjun rare treasures to borrow the Jade Plate of Creation, but Hongjun refused because he wanted to comprehend a second Source Great Dao and gain the upper hand over Yang Mei.

Hongjun began the Second Sermon by expounding on the Daluo Golden Immortal realm, leaving many listeners unable to follow. As the sermon continued, Fuxi stopped listening and watched his sister Nüwa keep pace, while Houtu struggled from the beginning.

• The Three Thousand Purple Cloud Guests entered the palace in an orderly manner and took their established seats while Yang Mei waited outside the sermon hall.
• Hongjun appeared on the raised platform and began the Second Sermon immediately, starting with the Daluo Golden Immortal realm.
• Houtu and many cultivators who had not reached that realm became confused, while the more accomplished listeners continued absorbing Hongjun's teachings.
• As the sermon grew more profound, Fuxi and other listeners fell behind, leaving only a few, including Nüwa and the Three Pure Ones, able to keep up.
• Fuxi stopped forcing himself to follow and observed that Nüwa was still listening with ease.

Hongjun’s Second Sermon began with Daluo Golden Immortal teachings, while the chapter explained the rarity and power of Innate Supreme Treasures. Yang Mei remained without one, and Hongjun was close to fully refining the Jade Plate of Creation, which could soon give him an advantage over Yang Mei.

• Hongjun began his Second Sermon with advanced Daluo Golden Immortal teachings, and the listeners memorized what they could not understand.
• Hongjun’s Jade Plate of Creation had recorded nine Complete Source Great Daos, and he was close to finishing its refinement.
• Hongjun had not fully refined the Pangu Banner or Taiji Diagram, which were destined for Laozi and Yuanshi.
• Yang Mei had gathered the fragments of the Space Demon God’s treasure but could not reforge them into an Innate Supreme Treasure.
• Yang Mei could not seize Taiyi’s Chaos Bell because the Heavenly Dao watched over the Primordial World’s Innate Supreme Treasures.
• The Heavenly Dao reclaimed the Chaos Bell after Taiyi’s death, and it vanished from the world.

Hongjun concluded the Second Sermon after explaining the Daluo Golden Immortal realm in detail, then answered the Three Thousand Guests’ cultivation questions. He left the Dao of Hunyuan and the Three Corpses Severing Method for the Third Sermon.

• Yang Mei reflected on his standing under the Heavenly Dao and his desire for an Innate Supreme Treasure and the Jade Plate of Creation’s fragments.
• Hongjun ended the Second Sermon, having devoted it to the Daluo Golden Immortal realm.
• Bai Yu considered the value of a Sage’s sermon and felt fortunate that he had already attained the Dao.
• Hongjun began answering questions after the sermon and addressed the Three Thousand Guests one by one.
• Hongjun answered questions about cultivation, with the topics reaching no further than the Daluo Golden Immortal realm.

After the second sermon, Yang Mei returned to his sanctuary to study the Time Great Dao, while the narration explained how tightly the Primordial Heavenly Dao controlled the world and its treasures. Hongjun remained unaware that the Heavenly Dao regarded him as replaceable, and he stayed wholly loyal because the power gap made rebellion unthinkable.

• After the second sermon, Yang Mei left the Purple Cloud Palace and returned to his Daoist Sanctuary, content that the Heavenly Dao had given him no work.
• Yang Mei focused on comprehending the Time Great Dao and accepted that the Heavenly Dao's arrangements kept him from claiming the Primordial World's greatest treasures.
• Bai Yu was described as far stronger than Hongjun and Yang Mei, though still vastly weaker than the Primordial Heavenly Dao.
• The Primordial Heavenly Dao was said to have chosen Hongjun as a manageable representative and to be able to replace him if he failed.
• Hongjun remained unaware of the Heavenly Dao's low regard for him and stayed completely loyal, knowing rebellion would mean certain death.

Hongjun and Yang Mei accepted the Primordial Heavenly Dao’s control because finding another Grand Cosmos and attaining the Dao there was an unlikely alternative. Bai Yu reflected on the distance between himself and the Multiverse Chat Group, while recognizing that his mortal memories still shaped how he treated its members.

• Hongjun and Yang Mei accepted that they could not resist the Primordial Heavenly Dao’s restrictions and compared their situation with the less fortunate beings of the Primordial Wilderness.
• Hongjun and Yang Mei believed Bai Yu was another Heavenly Dao Representative, and Bai Yu and the Primordial Heavenly Dao kept his freedom from them to protect their Dao Hearts.
• Bai Yu reflected that his strength and status had left him without anyone he could confide in, including the members of the Multiverse Chat Group.
• Bai Yu remembered his mortal life and realized that those memories helped explain why he still cared for the group’s members.

Yang Mei sought a treasure to help him comprehend the Time Great Dao, then entered the River of Time when he could not obtain a suitable one. His powerful Dao resonance blocked others from sensing or entering the river, and the Heavenly Dao soon taught him a lesson.

• After the second sermon, the Three Pure Ones, Nüwa, the Eastern Emperor, and Hong Yun claimed the ripe gourds from the Innate Gourd Vine, while Yang Mei took the unripe gourd containing the Space Great Dao's Origin.
• Yang Mei searched for an Innate Spiritual Treasure containing the Time Great Dao's Origin, but he could not take treasures entangled with Cause and Effect or the Heavenly Dao's designs.
• Yang Mei traded with Hongjun for a High-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure but could not obtain a top-grade one, and he could not take the time-attributed gourd from the vine.
• Yang Mei entered the deepest reaches of the River of Time to comprehend the Time Great Dao, and his unrestrained Space Great Dao resonance prevented ordinary beings from sensing the river and Daluo Golden Immortals from entering it.
• The Heavenly Dao taught Yang Mei a lesson, and the River of Time became accessible again after a short disruption.

Yang Mei was suppressed by the Primordial Heavenly Dao for interfering with the river of time, while Bai Yu remained exempt from its restrictions. Hongjun and Yang Mei wondered why, but both Bai Yu and the Heavenly Dao chose to coexist without probing the reason or interfering in the Primordial World's affairs.

• The Primordial Heavenly Dao suppressed Yang Mei, who then restored the myriad beings' access to the river of time except for its deepest reaches.
• Hongjun and Yang Mei questioned why Bai Yu could do what Yang Mei could not, but decided not to investigate the Dao Venerable or the Heavenly Dao.
• The Primordial Heavenly Dao silently tolerated Bai Yu because attempts to suppress him filled it with a sense of impending death.
• Bai Yu stopped trying to understand the Heavenly Dao's lenience and continued focusing on comprehending the Primordial World's forty-nine complete source great daos.
• The chapter explained that Bai Yu stayed apart from the Primordial World's conflicts, while the Heavenly Dao effectively kept him outside its game.