Chapter Summaries

Lin Tian led Fuxi, Nuwa, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches through Chaos after many weaker cultivators perished trying to reach Hongjun’s sermon. He found Purple Cloud Palace with his Chaos Eye and arrived with his group, drawing wary attention from the assembled cultivators.

• Golden Immortals and Taiyi Golden Immortals who rushed into Chaos were killed by its Qi, while Grand Unity Golden Immortals entered with Spiritual Treasures and endured the danger.
• Di Jun and Taiyi entered Chaos beneath a great bell, followed by Taishang, Yuanshi, and Tongtian protected by the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, and then Minghe on a blood lotus.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches crossed Chaos with their bodies, while Lin Tian protected Fuxi and Nuwa and used his Chaos Eye to locate Purple Cloud Palace.
• Lin Tian led his group northwest through Chaos until they reached the palace plaza, where many cultivators had gathered.
• Taiyi noticed the Twelve Ancestral Witches had stronger bodies than his and Di Jun, while Di Jun sensed an unexplained hostility toward Lin Tian’s group.

Lin Tian led his companions into Purple Sky Palace as the cultivators scrambled for six coveted meditation cushions. Jieyin and Zhunti arrived late and, after spotting the seats, began plotting how to claim them.

• Di Jiang warned Xuan Ming and the others to watch their words, while Lin Tian assured Fuxi that they were safe.
• Haotian and Yaochi announced the palace rules, and Lin Tian gave them the Purple-Gold Bell and Starlight Sword as gifts.
• The Three Pure Ones took the first three cushions, Taiyi helped Di Jun claim the fourth, Kunpeng took the fifth, and Zhen Yuanzi sent Hong Yun to the sixth.
• Lin Tian told his companions not to fight for the cushions, and Houtu led Nuwa and the Ancestral Witches to sit beside them while Fuxi followed.
• Jieyin and Zhunti arrived as the gates were closing, entered the palace, and decided to find a way to take two cushions.

Zhunti used a shameless act to obtain a cushion for himself, then insulted Kunpeng and helped Jieyin take Kunpeng’s seat. A dispute between Yuanshi and the Twelve Ancestral Witches nearly became a fight before Hongjun intervened, then noticed that the occupants of the cushions did not match what he expected.

• Zhunti and Jieyin pretended to grieve over the west, and Hong Yun offered Zhunti his cushion after misunderstanding what Hong Yun meant.
• Zhunti considered taking Di Jun’s cushion but backed off when Taiyi threatened him, then demanded that Kunpeng give his seat to Jieyin.
• Yuanshi insulted Kunpeng and Di Jun as feathered creatures, provoking Di Jun and Taiyi and angering the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
• Zhunti kicked Kunpeng off his cushion, and Jieyin took it while Kunpeng retreated to the back rather than risk being expelled from Purple Cloud Palace.
• Zhu Rong challenged Yuanshi’s claim to be a true descendant of Pangu, and the Three Pure Ones and Twelve Ancestral Witches prepared to fight.
• Hongjun appeared and forbade fighting, then noticed that the people occupying the cushions were not the ones he expected.

Hongjun began preaching in the Purple Cloud Palace after Nuwa declined the seat he offered her, while Lin Tian protected Nuwa, Fuxi, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches from having their fortune siphoned away. Hongjun then caught someone secretly eavesdropping on his sermon.

• Hongjun offered Di Jun’s seat to Nuwa, but Nuwa refused and chose to remain beside Lin Tian.
• Hongjun declared that the seats could no longer be changed, then invited Lin Tian to sit beside him and introduced him as a Dao Venerable; Lin Tian clarified that he was a Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
• Hongjun began his first thousand-year sermon, and the cultivators praised him while the Twelve Ancestral Witches fell asleep.
• Lin Tian noticed fortune flowing from the listeners into Hongjun, so he shielded Nuwa, Fuxi, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches from the transfer.
• Hongjun sensed someone using a Supernatural Power to eavesdrop and shouted a challenge at the hidden listener.

Hongjun punished the Six-eared Macaque for eavesdropping, then ended his thousand-year sermon and appointed Dong Wang Gong and Yaochi as the Heads of Male and Female Immortals. Lin Tian left Purple Sky Palace with the ancestral witches and Fuxi, intending to find and protect the injured Six-eared Macaque.

• Hongjun deduced that the Six-eared Macaque had been eavesdropping and struck him down, then resumed preaching.
• Houtu told Lin Tian she envied his ability to read heavenly secrets, and Lin Tian assured her he would find a way for the ancestral witches to obtain primordial spirits.
• Lin Tian decided to seek out the Six-eared Macaque after returning to the Primordial Wilderness and prevent him from becoming a pawn in the future.
• After his sermon ended, Hongjun appointed Dong Wang Gong and Yaochi as the Heads of Male and Female Immortals and granted each a spiritual treasure.
• Taishang asked Hongjun about Sages and how to become one, and Hongjun said he would explain the method at his next preaching in ten thousand years.
• Lin Tian departed with Fuxi and the others, while Dong Wang Gong tried to approach them but was deterred by Di Jiang's glare.

Lin Tian offered Tongtian a chance to seek his guidance, then visited the Moon Star to meet Chang Xi and Xi He. After the sisters mistook him for an intruder and attacked, Lin Tian restrained them and explained himself; they apologized and invited him to drink osmanthus tea.

• Lin Tian told Tongtian that Hongjun's Dao did not suit him and invited him to seek guidance at the Three Immortal Islands.
• Lin Tian parted from his companions near the Primordial Wilderness border and teleported to the Moon Star to find Chang Xi and Xi He.
• Lin Tian broke through the sisters' array, and Xi He attacked him with her Moon Scythe before Chang Xi arrived to help.
• Lin Tian used his cultivation to pin Xi He and Chang Xi down, then released them and explained that he meant no harm.
• Xi He apologized for attacking Lin Tian, and Chang Xi invited him to drink her sister's osmanthus tea.

Lin Tian befriended Xi He and Chang Xi on the Moon Star, shared treasures and cultivation knowledge with them, and warned them to beware Di Jun and Taiyi. After he vanished, the sisters wondered what the warning meant and Xi He questioned who Lin Tian really was.

• Lin Tian teased Chang Xi about her tea, then invited her and Xi He to share Spiritual Fruits and wine, including rare Yellow Middle Plums.
• Lin Tian explained the dangers of the Primordial Wilderness and described his cultivation path, while Chang Xi and Xi He listened and laughed at his stories.
• On the Sun Star, Taiyi told Di Jun about Dong Wang Gong recruiting cultivators, but Di Jun admitted he felt drawn toward the Moon Star.
• After several dozen yuanhui, Lin Tian gave Xi He and Chang Xi Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures and taught Xi He a defensive formation before leaving.
• Lin Tian warned the sisters to beware Di Jun and Taiyi, leaving Xi He uncertain about his meaning and wondering who he was.

Tongtian questioned Yuanshi’s Dao of following the Heavenly Dao, but Taishang sided with Yuanshi, leaving Tongtian wondering whether Hongjun’s Dao suited him. At Buzhou Mountain, Lin Tian took the Twelve Ancestral Witches to Pangu Hall and had them enter the Blood Pool and pray to Pangu, whose Heart began pouring power into them.

• The Three Pure Ones discussed their cultivation and preached their respective Daos to one another.
• Tongtian challenged Yuanshi’s belief that cultivators should follow the Heavenly Dao, and the brothers argued until Taishang rebuked them and sided with Yuanshi.
• Yuanshi returned to his cottage, and Tongtian privately wondered whether Hongjun’s Dao was unsuited to him.
• Lin Tian criticized the Twelve Ancestral Witches for their slow cultivation and led them into the depths of Pangu Hall.
• Lin Tian ordered the Twelve Ancestral Witches into the Blood Pool to pray to Pangu, and Pangu’s Heart shone and sent power into their bodies.

Lin Tian helped the Twelve Ancestral Witches purify their bloodlines and explained that Proving Dao by Law suited them better than Proving Dao by Force. He gave Houtu a trace of Pangu’s primordial spirit, and when Fuxi arrived to announce Hongjun’s next sermon, Lin Tian decided to teach the group himself.

• Pangu’s power strengthened the Twelve Ancestral Witches’ bloodlines, and Lin Tian explained that the purification could help them break through.
• Lin Tian advised the Twelve Ancestral Witches to pursue Proving Dao by Law, since each was naturally compatible with a particular law.
• Lin Tian gave Houtu a trace of Pangu’s primordial spirit, and she endured the process of receiving it over a thousand years.
• Houtu gained a primordial spirit and said she could sense the Heavenly Dao, delighting the other Ancestral Witches.
• Fuxi arrived to say Hongjun would preach again in a thousand years, but Lin Tian declined to go and said he would preach the Dao to them instead.

Lin Tian warned Fuxi and Nuwa that Hongjun’s three-corpse method would cut off their futures, then preached his own Dao while protecting Houtu’s newly formed primordial spirit. When Hongjun’s second sermon began, he noticed Nuwa was absent and went to Buzhou Mountain to demand Lin Tian’s presence.

• Lin Tian told Fuxi and Nuwa that Hongjun’s method of proving the Dao through the three corpses would limit their future, and promised to teach them the Dao of the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal.
• Lin Tian gave Houtu the Nine Revolutions Primordial Art, concealed the aura of her primordial spirit, and sent the other ancestral witches away before beginning his sermon for Fuxi and Nuwa.
• Houtu cultivated separately while Lin Tian explained the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm to Fuxi and Nuwa inside Pangu Hall.
• Hongjun began his second sermon at Purple Heaven Palace and noticed that Lin Tian and Nuwa were absent.
• Hongjun went to Buzhou Mountain and called out to Lin Tian, who concluded that Hongjun had come for Nuwa and headed for the hall entrance.

Hongjun went to Buzhou Mountain to ask why Fuxi and Nuwa had skipped his preaching, but Lin Tian refused to let them go and drove Hongjun away. Lin Tian resumed teaching them while the Ancestral Witches continued their training, and Hongjun began preaching at Purple Cloud Palace.

• Hongjun confronted the Ancestral Witches and asked why Fuxi and Nuwa had not come to Purple Cloud Palace.
• Lin Tian declared Fuxi and Nuwa under his protection, and Fuxi and Nuwa chose to remain with him rather than attend Hongjun's preaching.
• Hongjun released his aura against the group, but Lin Tian dispersed it, and the Ancestral Witches and Fuxi and Nuwa stood ready to fight.
• Hongjun failed to detect the concealment around Houtu, withdrew, and warned Lin Tian before vanishing.
• Lin Tian led Fuxi, Nuwa, and Houtu back into Pangu Hall to continue preaching, while Di Jiang ordered the Ancestral Witches to resume training.
• Hongjun appeared in Purple Cloud Palace and began preaching to the assembled listeners.

Hongjun explained the Three Thousand Great Daos and the three methods of proving the Dao, then taught the cultivators how to sever their Three Corpses. After many broke through to the Quasi-Saint realm, they left the Purple Cloud Palace, where Dong Wang Gong failed to recruit several powerful cultivators and turned to his next plan.

• Hongjun described proving the Dao by Force, Severing Three Corpses, or Merit, and warned that defying the Heavenly Dao brought punishment.
• Hongjun taught the Three Pure Ones and the other cultivators how to sever their corpses with Innate Spiritual Treasures; Taishang, Yuanshi, and Tongtian reached the early Quasi-Saint realm.
• Taiyi, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Di Jun also severed corpses, while some cultivators without Innate Spiritual Treasures resolved to search for them after returning to the Primordial Wilderness.
• Hongjun sent the cultivators from the Purple Cloud Palace to the boundary between the Primordial Wilderness and Chaos.
• Dong Wang Gong tried to recruit the Three Pure Ones, Di Jun, Taiyi, Jieyin, and Zhunti, but they all left or refused him.
• After his followers reassured him, Dong Wang Gong regained confidence and announced that it was time to carry out the next step of his plan.

Dong Wang Gong found Zifu Prefecture, built up his forces, and established the Immortal Court to govern the male immortals of the Primordial Wilderness. At Kunlun Mountain, the Three Pure Ones discussed his conduct as Taishang prepared to choose a Spiritual Treasure for severing a corpse.

• Dong Wang Gong accidentally broke the formation concealing Zifu Prefecture and settled there with his followers.
• Dong Wang Gong rapidly expanded his forces, gathering powerful cultivators and establishing rewards for service.
• Dong Wang Gong swore an oath to the Heavenly Dao and established the Immortal Court, receiving forty percent of the resulting merit while the rest went to his followers.
• At Kunlun Mountain, Yuanshi criticized Dong Wang Gong, while Taishang warned that his arrogance and abuses would bring disaster.
• Taishang considered using the Coiled Dragon Cudgel to sever a corpse, and the Three Pure Ones departed to their separate thatched cottages.

Lin Tian rewarded Houtu, Fuxi, and Nuwa with spiritual treasures and the Law of Reincarnation before joining them to investigate a treasure appearing on Buzhou Mountain. The ancestral witches confronted the many cultivators who had gathered around the seven-gourd vine, and Di Jiang revealed that all ten witches had reached the Quasi-Sage realm.

• Lin Tian gave Houtu the Northern Profound Origin Water Control Banner and taught her the Law of Reincarnation, then gave Nuwa the Map of Mountains and Rivers and Fuxi the Southern Earth-Leaving Flame Light Banner.
• Xuan Ming told Lin Tian and the others that a seven-colored light had appeared on Buzhou Mountain and that the other ancestral witches had gone to investigate.
• Di Jiang and the ancestral witches found a vine bearing seven gourds, while Zhu Rong was ordered to face the wall for ten thousand years after nearly revealing Houtu's primordial spirit.
• The Three Pure Ones, Di Jun, Dong Wang Gong, Minghe, Hong Yun, Zhen Yuanzi, Jieyin, Zhunti, and other cultivators arrived to claim the treasure.
• Di Jiang warned the cultivators that the treasure belonged to the ancestral witches and revealed his mid-stage Primordial Origin Golden Immortal cultivation, while the other nine witches displayed equally powerful auras.

The Ancestral Witches confronted a crowd of Quasi-Saints over a Spiritual Treasure, and the dispute became a battle once seven gourds appeared. As the outnumbered Ancestral Witches began to falter, Dao Venerable Lin Tian arrived, causing the attackers to panic.

• Zhunti and Jieyin tried to rally the crowd against the Ancestral Witches, but Taishang, Yuanshi, and others drove them away.
• The seven gourds appeared on a glowing vine, and Minghe and the other Quasi-Saints charged to seize them.
• Di Jiang fought Minghe, whose Yuantu and Abhi swords could not pierce Di Jiang's powerful body.
• Di Jun and Taiyi joined the battle, while Tongtian refused to fight the Ancestral Witches and Taishang ordered Yuanshi to attack Zhu Jiuyin.
• The Ancestral Witches fell into a disadvantage against the larger group until Dao Venerable Lin Tian appeared, prompting the attackers to panic.

Lin Tian claimed the Innate Gourd Vine and its seven gourds, drove the other claimants away, and gave the vine and Breathing Soil to Nuwa, saying she would need them in the future. After the group left Buzhou Mountain, the Three Pure Ones speculated about Lin Tian’s origins, and Taishang discovered a Banana Tree in a mountain hollow.

• Lin Tian declared the Innate Gourd Vine his, and Di Jun withdrew with Taiyi while the other contenders fled or gave up their claims.
• Lin Tian pressured Taishang and Yuanshi into leaving, warned the Three Pure Ones and ancestral witches not to fight, and took all seven gourds and the vine.
• Fuxi discovered Breathing Soil beneath the vine, and Lin Tian gave it and the vine to Nuwa before leaving with the group.
• At Buzhou Mountain, Yuanshi complained about Lin Tian, while Taishang speculated that Lin Tian might be a Chaos Demon God.
• Taishang sensed good fortune, broke a formation around a mountain hollow, and found a Banana Tree with red and green leaves.

Lin Tian fused the seven gourds into an Innate Supreme Treasure and told the ancestral witches and others to attend Hongjun’s third Dao lecture. Meanwhile, Di Jun and Taiyi celebrated founding the Demon Court and prepared to travel to Purple Sky Palace.

• Lin Tian refined the seven gourds in the Primordial Chaos Supreme Cauldron, creating a gray Innate Supreme Treasure that could trap enemies and release Chaos blades.
• Lin Tian emerged from seclusion, learned that fewer than nine hundred years remained until Hongjun’s lecture, and ordered everyone to attend the third one without explaining why.
• Lin Tian had Zhu Rong catch spirit beasts and told the group to eat and drink before setting out.
• Di Jun and Taiyi hosted their followers in the Solar Divine Hall as the newly founded Demon Court’s leaders, while their guests criticized Dong Wang Gong.
• Di Jun asked his followers to look for a suitable headquarters because the Sun Star was too dangerous for most of their billion subordinates.
• Taiyi reminded Di Jun that Hongjun’s lecture was approaching, and Di Jun led the group toward Purple Sky Palace.

Hongjun began his third and final sermon at Purple Sky Palace, hoping to use it to advance his cultivation and later merge with the Heavenly Dao. Lin Tian arrived with the ancestral witches, Nuwa, and Fuxi, interrupting the sermon before Hongjun resumed it.

• Hongjun reached the seventh level of sainthood and asked the Heavenly Dao whether he could merge with it after the sermon and enter the Heavenly Dao Realm.
• Hongjun went to Purple Sky Palace, where the cultivators bowed to him and Tongtian remarked on his formidable aura.
• Hongjun declared the sermon his last and explained the Dao of saints, leaving most listeners unable to understand and forcing them to memorize it.
• A hundred years into the sermon, Lin Tian arrived with the ancestral witches, Nuwa, and Fuxi, and Hongjun welcomed them despite his displeasure at the interruption.
• Lin Tian and his companions took their seats, and Hongjun resumed preaching the Dao.

After finishing his final sermon, Hongjun announced that he would merge with the Heavenly Dao and distributed six of the seven Saintly seats through Primordial Chaos Purple Qi. The final strand chose Hong Yun, leaving Di Jun without a seat.

• Hongjun declared that he would merge with the Heavenly Dao, and Lin Tian approved while the Twelve Ancestral Witches offered perfunctory thanks.
• Hongjun gave Primordial Chaos Purple Qi to Taishang, Yuanshi, Tongtian, and Nuwa, accepting the Three Pure Ones as personal disciples and naming Nuwa as destined to become a Saint.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches protested Hongjun forcing the purple qi on Nuwa, and Lin Tian dispersed Hongjun's pressure and ended the confrontation.
• Hongjun accepted Zhunti and Jieyin as nominal disciples to repay his debt for the damage to the western spiritual veins.
• Hongjun released the final strand of Primordial Chaos Purple Qi to choose its destined recipient, and it entered Hong Yun.

Hongjun explained that Hong Yun had been chosen by the Primordial Chaos Purple Qi and described another path to Sainthood, then distributed powerful spiritual treasures to his disciples and the western pair. After sending the others to collect the remaining treasures behind Purple Sky Palace, Lin Tian led Zhu Rong and the others away to handle their business.

• Hong Yun received the Primordial Chaos Purple Qi, while Zhen Yuanzi warned him that others might covet it.
• Dong Wang Gong challenged Hongjun over the choice, then backed down when Hongjun gave him a cold look; Di Jun and Taiyi also questioned why Di Jun had not received a strand.
• Hongjun said one could attain Sainthood by gathering the Primordial Wilderness's destiny, drawing interest from Di Jun, Taiyi, and Dong Wang Gong.
• Hongjun bestowed the Taiji Diagram on Taishang, the Pangu Banner on Yuanshi, and the Four Swords of Execution and Immortal Executing Array Diagram on Tongtian.
• At Zhunti's plea, Hongjun gave Zhunti and Jieyin several spiritual treasures, then directed everyone to collect the remaining treasures behind Purple Sky Palace.
• Lin Tian woke Zhu Rong and led him and the others after the crowd.