Chapter Summaries

Hongjun bestowed the Taiji Diagram on Grand Pure Laozi and the Pangu Banner on Yuanshi, leaving the gathered disciples envious. Yuanshi accepted the banner and decided that his Sage teacher must have had a reason for giving it to him.

• Hongjun revealed the Innate Supreme Treasure Taiji Diagram and bestowed it on Grand Pure Laozi, instructing him to lead the Mystic School and teach living beings.
• Grand Pure Laozi accepted the Taiji Diagram and vowed to serve Hongjun and the Mystic School loyally.
• Hongjun revealed the Pangu Banner and bestowed it on Yuanshi to protect the Mystic School and teach living beings.
• Yuanshi accepted the Pangu Banner, wondered why Hongjun had given away his treasures, then concluded that his teacher could not be wrong.

Hongjun bestowed the Pangu Banner and Taiji Diagram on Yuanshi and Laozi, then gave Tongtian the Four Immortal Slaughtering Swords. The other Purple Cloud Guests watched their hopes for comparable treasures fade as Tongtian received the fearsome weapons.

• Hongjun gave the Pangu Banner to Yuanshi and the Taiji Diagram to Laozi, astonishing the Three Pure Ones and the other Purple Cloud Guests.
• Cundi and Receiver hoped for spiritual treasures, while the guests realized Hongjun was prioritizing his own disciples.
• The guests lowered their expectations, and Taiyi dared not try to seize a treasure from Hongjun or his disciples.
• Hongjun called Tongtian forward and warned that his impulsive nature suited the Four Immortal Slaughtering Swords.
• Hongjun summoned the four swords, and their overwhelming murderous force frightened everyone present.

Hongjun bestowed the Four Immortal Slaughtering Swords and the Immortal Slaughtering Formation Diagram on Tongtian, revealing that the formation could be broken only by four Sages. Tongtian celebrated his long-awaited treasure while the other disciples worried about the Three Pure Ones’ growing power.

• Hongjun gave Tongtian the Four Immortal Slaughtering Swords and the Immortal Slaughtering Formation Diagram, shocking Laozi and Yuanshi, who knew the formation’s power.
• Laozi and Yuanshi imagined how the Three Pure Ones could dominate the Primordial Wilderness with Tongtian’s formation and their own treasures.
• Tongtian eagerly accepted the swords and diagram, and Hongjun warned him that the formation’s killing power demanded caution.
• Hongjun stated that when a Sage set the formation, none but four Sages could break it, alarming Dijun, Nüwa, Cundi, and Receiver.
• Nüwa hoped for a comparable treasure, while Cundi and Receiver despaired at the Three Pure Ones’ advantage and Cundi dismissed the idea of driving a wedge between them.

Hongjun reflected on how the Heavenly Dao had shaped his fate, the Three Pure Ones, and Nüwa, then considered what treasures he could give Nüwa. The chapter left him facing Nüwa’s hopeful gaze with no supreme treasure to offer.

• Hongjun contrasted the Three Pure Ones, whose path to Hunyuan enlightenment had been restricted by the Heavenly Dao, with Nüwa, whom it had strongly supported.
• Hongjun considered how the Heavenly Dao had also elevated him and felt a kinship with Nüwa that helped explain why he had made her a personal disciple.
• Nüwa sat up expectantly when Hongjun looked toward her, and Hongjun realized he had no supreme treasure left to bestow.
• Hongjun recalled how reluctantly he had given Yuanshi and Laozi the Pangu Banner and Taiji Diagram, while deciding that Tongtian could have the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation.

Hongjun struggled to find a fitting gift for Nüwa, then bestowed six top-grade innate spiritual treasures. As Taiyi watched, Hongjun began coveting his Chaos Bell for the future.

• Nüwa and the others eagerly expected Hongjun to give her a treasure worthy of a Personal Disciple, while Cundi and Receiver settled for the prospect of one top-grade innate spiritual treasure each.
• Hongjun regretted giving away the Pangu Banner and Taiji Diagram and resolved to take Taiyi's Chaos Bell after Taiyi died in the Witch-Demon Tribulation.
• Taiyi felt content with his Chaos Bell and expected Hongjun to give him, at most, a lesser innate spiritual treasure.
• Hongjun produced six top-grade innate spiritual treasures, stunning everyone present.
• Yang Mei realized Hongjun had apparently gathered most of the Primordial World's top-grade innate spiritual treasures and privately scorned him for collecting them.

Hongjun granted Nüwa six Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, including four of the Innate Five Element Banners, to help her sever her Three Corpses and protect the Mystic School. He revealed that he had never found the Eastern Green Lotus Treasure Banner, which Bai Yu possessed and had no intention of giving away.

• Bai Yu wondered why Hongjun had made Nüwa his Personal Disciple and given her more treasures than he remembered from the original story.
• Nüwa eagerly anticipated receiving treasures from Hongjun, hoping for an Innate Supreme Treasure or several Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.
• Hongjun granted Nüwa the Red Embroidered Ball, the Mountain and Rivers State Diagram, and four Innate Five Element Banners, explaining that he had never found the Eastern Green Lotus Treasure Banner.
• Nüwa thanked Hongjun and accepted the six treasures, which gave her enough Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures to sever her Three Corpses.
• Bai Yu revealed that he had the missing Azure Lotus Treasured Banner but would not give it to Nüwa, leaving the Innate Five-Direction Five-Element Formation unlikely to be completed.

Hongjun bestowed treasures on his disciples, giving Receiver the Merit Golden Lotus and a Precious Banner, then granting Cundi the damaged Black Lotus of Destruction and a Divine Pestle. Cundi received the treasures, though the Black Lotus’s cracks left its condition uncertain.

• The Three Pure Ones watched Nüwa rejoice over six Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures while Cundi and Receiver waited for Hongjun to bestow treasures on them.
• Cundi pleaded that the impoverished Western Continent needed treasures, and Hongjun called him and Receiver forward.
• Hongjun gave Receiver the Merit Golden Lotus and a Precious Banner, leaving Receiver delighted.
• Hongjun gave Cundi the cracked Black Lotus of Destruction, explaining that it remained a powerful treasure despite its damage.
• Hongjun also bestowed a Divine Pestle on Cundi to make up for the Black Lotus’s weakened state.

Hongjun directed the begging crowd to Treasure Distribution Cliff, where he had placed his remaining Innate Spiritual Treasures. The Three Pure Ones raced there first, and Laozi used the Taiji Diagram to sweep up more than a hundred treasures as the others arrived.

• Cundi accepted the Black Lotus of Destruction and rejoiced at the thought of taking Rahula’s place.
• Dijun and the other guests who had received no treasures knelt before Hongjun and begged, while Nüwa resolved to share some of her treasures with Fuxi.
• Hongjun told the crowd that anyone with the right affinity could take the Innate Spiritual Treasures he had placed on a cliff east of Purple Cloud Palace.
• The Three Pure Ones raced toward the cliff, with Kunpeng catching up as the group approached it.
• Laozi used the Taiji Diagram to sweep more than a hundred Innate Spiritual Treasures from the cliff.

The Three Pure Ones gathered hundreds of Innate Spiritual Treasures from the Treasure Distribution Cliff, while Tongtian used his Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation to keep Kunpeng from collecting any. After they returned to the Purple Cloud Palace, more than two thousand Daluo Golden Immortals competed for the few treasures left behind.

• Laozi used the Taiji Diagram to collect over a hundred Innate Spiritual Treasures, and Yuanshi gathered seventy or eighty with the Pangu Banner.
• Tongtian formed the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation around the Treasure Distribution Cliff, trapping Kunpeng and preventing him from claiming treasures.
• Tongtian gathered more than two hundred Innate Spiritual Treasures before withdrawing his formation as Nüwa, Cundi, Receiver, Fuxi, Dijun, and others arrived.
• The Three Pure Ones returned to the Purple Cloud Palace, leaving the remaining treasures to more than two thousand gathered Daluo Golden Immortals.

Zhenyuanzi grabbed Hong Yun and fled Purple Cloud Heaven after collecting several Innate Spiritual Treasures, fearing the other cultivators would surround them and target Hong Yun’s Primordial Violet Qi. The chapter left the crowd distracted by the treasure scramble as Zhenyuanzi and Hong Yun escaped.

• The chapter explained that the Heavenly Dao restricted powerful beings from changing the Primordial World's past because it contained the Complete Time Source Great Dao.
• It described how Complete Source Great Daos stabilized Grand Cosmoses and made their fundamental rules difficult to alter.
• Zhenyuanzi seized several Innate Spiritual Treasures and recognized that nearly three thousand Daluo Golden Immortals made staying dangerous.
• Zhenyuanzi grabbed Hong Yun and fled before the crowd could block their exit or pursue Hong Yun's Primordial Violet Qi.

Zhenyuanzi took Hong Yun away from the Treasure Distribution Cliff, intending to return with him to Longevity Mountain and rely on the Earth Book for protection. After the treasures were claimed, Dijun realized Hong Yun had escaped and vowed to take the Primordial Violet Qi.

• Zhenyuanzi judged that the Earth Book's defensive formation would be much weaker outside the Primordial Wilderness and resolved to hurry back to Longevity Mountain with Hong Yun.
• Zhenyuanzi refused to abandon Hong Yun despite the danger from Taiyi and the Chaos Bell, and Hong Yun accepted leaving without gaining any new treasures.
• Hong Yun consoled himself that he still had the Nine-Nine Soul-Scattering Gourd, the Primordial Violet Qi, and other spiritual treasures.
• The Three Thousand Guests of Zixiao Palace finished seizing the Innate Spiritual Treasures from the Treasure Distribution Cliff in fifteen minutes, with some Daluo Golden Immortals getting none.
• Taiyi seized the most treasures after the Three Pure Ones, but no one dared challenge him and Dijun because of their strength and allies.
• Dijun noticed Hong Yun was gone, realized the Primordial Violet Qi had escaped with him, and angrily claimed it as his own.

After Hong Yun fled with his Primordial Violet Qi, the gathered immortals pursued him, but Fuxi stayed behind because he feared the danger more than he desired Enlightenment of the Dao. Nüwa understood that her brother put her first, though she still wished she could help him obtain Primordial Violet Qi.

• Kunpeng was the first to chase Hong Yun, and the other immortals, including Dijun and Taiyi, followed.
• Nüwa, Cundi, Receiver, and Fuxi remained behind because the first three already possessed Primordial Violet Qi.
• Nüwa asked Fuxi why he had not pursued Hong Yun and hoped to seize the Primordial Violet Qi for him.
• Fuxi told Nüwa that taking the Primordial Violet Qi would be too dangerous and that he did not believe it was meant for him.
• Fuxi chose not to risk his life or Nüwa's safety, because his sister mattered more to him than becoming a Sage.

Fuxi rejected Cundi’s apparent effort to draw him toward the West, while Nüwa agreed to return with him to the Purple Cloud Palace rather than risk a futile fight for Hong Yun’s Primordial Violet Qi. Nüwa suspected Dijun and Taiyi had the best chance of claiming it.

• Cundi realized that winning Fuxi over could bring Nüwa closer to the West, and he fixed Fuxi with an ardent gaze.
• Fuxi felt unnerved by Cundi and hurried away, deciding to keep his distance from the Western pair.
• Nüwa agreed to return to the Purple Cloud Palace because she could not leave while her teacher prepared to merge with the Dao.
• Nüwa judged that the Primordial Violet Qi would be difficult to seize amid the likely crowd of contenders, even for her.
• Nüwa considered Dijun and Taiyi’s strength and their band of more than a dozen Daluo Golden Immortals, and suspected they would claim Hong Yun’s Primordial Violet Qi.

Nüwa feared that Hong Yun would not survive the frenzy over the primordial violet qi, which made him a target for Daluo Golden Immortals across the Primordial Wilderness. Bai Yu reflected that even close bonds such as those between Dijun and Taiyi could be tested by the temptation of attaining Enlightenment of the Dao.

• Nüwa realized that Dijun and Taiyi were determined to seize Hong Yun's primordial violet qi and that she and Fuxi were unlikely to defeat them.
• Nüwa anticipated that thousands of Daluo Golden Immortals, including those who had missed the Zixiao Palace lectures, would target Hong Yun for the foundation of the Great Dao.
• Nüwa doubted she would see Hong Yun again, despite his many friends and Zhenyuanzi's loyalty, because the primordial violet qi made him a target for nearly everyone.
• Bai Yu contrasted the dangers of possessing primordial violet qi with the relative security of an Innate Supreme Treasure, noting that the Three Pure Ones and Dijun and Taiyi would value the qi most.
• Bai Yu considered whether Dijun and Taiyi might eventually turn against each other if only one of them could use the primordial violet qi to attain Enlightenment of the Dao.

After Nüwa and Fuxi returned to the Purple Cloud Palace, Hongjun gave his remaining disciples a special lesson and prepared to explain the mysteries of Sages. Fuxi tried to leave rather than intrude, but Hongjun invited him to stay.

• Nüwa and Fuxi returned to the Purple Cloud Palace, and Cundi and Receiver followed after deciding not to pursue Hong Yun's primordial violet qi.
• Hongjun offered to answer questions, and the Three Pure Ones, Nüwa, Fuxi, Cundi, and Receiver asked him questions for a hundred years.
• Hongjun announced that he would explain the mysteries of Sages, and Fuxi prepared to leave because he was not one of Hongjun's disciples.
• Hongjun told Fuxi to stay, saying that his return to the Purple Cloud Palace showed an affinity between them.

Fuxi stayed to hear Hongjun explain the mysteries of Heavenly Dao Sages, while Bai Yu and Yang Mei recognized that his teachings did not concern the Source Great Dao. After a thousand years, Hongjun ended the discourse and announced that he would merge with the Dao, hoping his disciples would soon take over his duties so he could pursue the Great Dao.

• Fuxi thanked Hongjun, and Nüwa and the other disciples accepted his invitation to stay for the lesson.
• Bai Yu and Yang Mei recognized that Hongjun was teaching the path of Heavenly Dao Sages rather than the Source Great Dao.
• Fuxi listened intently, memorizing Hongjun's words and their Dao resonance despite struggling to understand them.
• After a thousand years, Hongjun finished his discourse and announced that he would merge with the Dao while his disciples watched.
• Hongjun reflected that he wanted his disciples to manage the Primordial World so he could withdraw from its affairs and comprehend the Great Dao.

Hongjun taught the Dao of Sages, then merged with the Dao to complete the Heavenly Dao and closed Purple Cloud Palace. After he sent his disciples away, they chose their next steps: the Three Pure Ones returned to Kunlun Mountain to cultivate, while Cundi and Receiver headed for Longevity Mountain to learn what had happened to Hong Yun’s Primordial Violet Qi.

• Hongjun gave the Three Pure Ones, Nüwa, Fuxi, Cundi, and Receiver a thousand-year private lesson on the Dao of Sages.
• Hongjun used the Jade Plate of Creation to merge his body with the Dao, declaring that he would make the Heavenly Dao whole.
• Hongjun announced that Purple Cloud Palace would no longer open, then sent the listeners out of Purple Cloud Heaven and hid it within the chaos.
• The Three Pure Ones returned together to Kunlun Mountain to enter seclusion, choosing not to pursue Hong Yun’s Primordial Violet Qi.
• Cundi and Receiver flew toward Zhenyuanzi’s Longevity Mountain to find out whether Dijun and the others had seized Hong Yun’s Primordial Violet Qi.

Zhenyuanzi and Hong Yun remained inside Wuzhuang Temple while thousands of Daluo Golden Immortals besieged Longevity Mountain, unable to breach the defenses powered by the Earth Book and the mountain’s earth veins. The siege continued as Taiyi’s limited mastery of the Chaos Bell proved insufficient to overcome them.

• Zhenyuanzi and Hong Yun relaxed inside Wuzhuang Temple, eating ginseng fruit and drinking spiritual wine as the attackers gathered outside.
• Thousands of Daluo Golden Immortals attacked Longevity Mountain, but the Earth Book’s defensive formation held firm.
• Taiyi struck the defenses with the Chaos Bell, making the Earth Book tremble slightly but failing to break through.
• Zhenyuanzi’s defenses concealed Wuzhuang Temple’s inner world and the Ginseng Fruit Tree from Dijun and the other attackers.
• Taiyi had refined only twelve of the Chaos Bell’s forty-nine restrictions, leaving him unable to unleash its full power.

Dijun and Taiyi failed to break through Longevity Mountain’s Earth Book barrier and realized Hong Yun might remain safe inside Wuzhuang Temple indefinitely. After a thousand years, they prepared to leave, while Cundi and Receiver arrived and watched from hiding.

• The chapter explained that Zhenyuanzi had refined thirty-six of the Earth Book’s forty-eight restrictions and could likely refine the rest upon reaching the Late-Stage Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.
• Bai Yu judged that Hongjun’s Jade Plate of Creation surpassed his Profound Light Pearl, and he avoided coveting the Jade Plate and Three Treasures of Creation because the Primordial Heavenly Dao stood behind them.
• Dijun and Taiyi watched the Earth Book’s barrier withstand the Chaos Bell and despaired that they could not reach Hong Yun inside Wuzhuang Temple.
• After waiting a thousand years, Dijun and Taiyi prepared to leave because they could not break through the barrier and had other ambitions to pursue.
• Cundi and Receiver arrived, saw the many Daluo Golden Immortals helpless outside Longevity Mountain, and stayed hidden because they feared being attacked for carrying Primordial Violet Qi.

Dijun and Taiyi left the siege of Longevity Mountain to build their empire and accumulate Fortune, while Zhenyuanzi and Hong Yun remained in seclusion behind the Earth Book's defenses. As factions battled across the Primordial World, Dijun and Taiyi grew in power but struggled to find time to deepen their understanding of the Source Great Dao.

• Hong Yun and Zhenyuanzi stayed inside Wuzhuang Temple and entered seclusion while Daluo Golden Immortals watched Longevity Mountain.
• Cundi and Receiver saw that the stalemate would continue, so they returned to Mount Sumeru to study the Primordial Violet Qi they already possessed.
• Dijun and Taiyi departed with most of their subordinates to build their empire and secure Fortune, leaving a small force to keep watch over Longevity Mountain.
• Over the next ten thousand years, the watchers dwindled to a few dozen, but Hong Yun refused to leave and Zhenyuanzi kept the defensive formation active at the cost of Longevity Mountain's Fortune.
• As warlords fought for Fortune across the Primordial World and Four Seas, Dijun and Taiyi delegated minor matters so they could spend more time comprehending the Source Great Dao.