Chapter Summaries

Di Jun learned that the Ten Golden Crows had gone missing and that a Saint was likely behind their abduction. After receiving Primordial Chaos Purple Qi from Dao Ancestor Hongjun, he became a Saint, discovered that the Heavenly Dao restrained him, and found the Ten Golden Crows in the demon realm’s Sixth Heaven.

• Taiyi and Qin Yuan told Di Jun that the Ten Golden Crows had disappeared and that someone had breached the Sun Star’s restriction without leaving a trace.
• Di Jun told Taiyi and Qin Yuan that Dao Ancestor Hongjun had given him Primordial Chaos Purple Qi, though he felt uneasy about the price of becoming a Saint.
• Di Jun declared that he would attain the Dao, used the River Diagram and Luo Script to suppress the Demon Race’s fortune, and became a Saint through Heavenly Dao merit.
• Daoist Zhunti admitted to Daoist Jieyin that he had secretly released the Ten Golden Crows, while the other Saints reacted to Di Jun’s ascension.
• Di Jun sensed that the Heavenly Dao had taken a thread of his primordial spirit, then used his Saintly power to locate the Ten Golden Crows in the demon realm’s Sixth Heaven.

Di Jun reunited with the ten Golden Crows and learned that Jieyin and Zhunti had tricked them into leaving the Sun Star. He went with Taiyi to confront the Western Teachings at Spirit Mountain, where its disciples faced him before their leaders appeared.

• Di Jun brought the ten Golden Crows to Qinyuan, and the family tearfully reunited.
• Di San accused Dao Venerable Lin Tian of shrinking and confining them, but Di Shi explained that Lin Tian had fed them and revealed that someone else had lured them away.
• Di Shi recounted how a disguised figure had deceived the Golden Crows, and Di Jun traced the stranger’s aura west to Jieyin and Zhunti.
• Di Jun and Taiyi left for the west while Qinyuan asked the Golden Crows to explain what had happened after they fell into the Primordial Wilderness.
• Di Jun arrived above Spirit Mountain and demanded that Jieyin and Zhunti come out, while Maitreya, Yao Shi, and other Western Teachings disciples formed a defensive line.

Di Jun and Taiyi confronted Jieyin and Zhunti over the Western Teachings’ role in letting Di Jun’s sons leave the Sun Star. Jieyin paid compensation to avert a battle, and the two Western Sages turned to tending their injured disciples.

• Di Jun drove the Western Teachings disciples back, and Jieyin and Zhunti appeared to shield them.
• Di Jun accused the Western Sages of letting his ten children leave the Sun Star, while Jieyin initially denied responsibility.
• Jieyin restrained Zhunti and offered to settle the dispute, but Zhunti protested Di Jun’s demands for treasures and Bodhi Seeds.
• Di Jun and Taiyi prepared to attack, so Jieyin offered the Pure Vase and three Bodhi Seeds instead.
• Di Jun accepted the compensation and left with Taiyi, warning the Western Sages not to scheme against the Demon Race again.
• Jieyin explained his decision to Zhunti, then ordered the Western Sages to treat the injured disciples with the Eight Treasures Merit Pool.

Lin Tian welcomed Yu Tong, learned that her grandmother had died, and discovered millet that could help solve the human race’s food shortage. Before he could take Yu Tong to search for the other Five Grains, Di Jun and Taiyi arrived to visit him.

• Di Jun saw that the Golden Crows could control their True Sun Fire and that Di Yi had reached the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, so he and Taiyi decided to thank Lin Tian.
• Yu Tong visited Lin Tian and gave him a Gold-Devouring Tiger she had hunted; Lin Tian learned she had reached the Martial Soul Realm and that her grandmother had died a thousand years earlier.
• Yu Tong told Lin Tian she would stay with her tribe to protect her clansmen, then showed him millet she had found on Yunlin Mountain.
• Lin Tian recognized the millet as a Primordial Spirit Root that could help feed humanity and prepared to take Yu Tong to search for the other Five Grains.
• Di Jun and Taiyi arrived to visit Lin Tian, and Lin Tian invited them into the courtyard.

Di Jun and Taiyi visited Lin Tian to thank him for helping Di Jun’s children, and Lin Tian gave Yu Tong the spiritual treasures they brought. Di Jun left after Six-Eared accidentally served roasted demon beast meat in front of him, while Lin Tian reflected on the price Di Jun had paid for his saint’s seat.

• Di Jun and Taiyi drank Lin Tian’s Enlightenment Tea, and Di Jun offered him two Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures and a high-grade Primordial Spirit Root in gratitude for helping his children.
• Lin Tian gave the two Spiritual Treasures to Yu Tong and asked Di Jun what condition Hongjun had set for granting him Primordial Chaos Purple Qi, but Di Jun could not answer.
• Lin Tian remarked that Di Jun’s saint’s seat was not easy to sit on, and Di Jun said he would bear the consequences of his choices himself.
• Six-Eared brought out roasted demon beast meat, and Di Jun recognized it as meat from his Demon Race.
• Lin Tian kicked Six-Eared after he offered the meat, and Six-Eared fled; Di Jun took his leave in anger, with Taiyi following him.

Lin Tian brought millet and wheat back to the Human Race, explaining that the grains could end famine and support its growth. After Di Xuan and the tribes cultivated and spread them, the Human Race’s destiny rose, and Nuwa sensed the Human Way calling to her.

• Lin Tian returned from Yunlin Mountain with millet and wheat, which he identified as Primordial Spirit Roots that could provide the Human Race with a stable food supply.
• Lin Tian entrusted the grains to Di Xuan, who cultivated them near a river until they produced abundant harvests as Postnatal Spiritual Roots.
• Lin Tian ordered the Human Race to propagate the seeds and teach planting methods to every tribe.
• The tribes harvested and ate millet and wheat, ending their doubts and giving thanks to Lin Tian as the Human Race’s destiny changed.
• Nuwa sensed the Human Race’s destiny surge, traced it to Lin Tian’s actions, and heard the call of the Human Way.

After Dao Venerable Lin Tian’s insult enraged Di Jun, he ordered the Demon Race to attack the Witch Clan and seize its territory. Nine Infants then ambushed Kua Fu’s squad, killing Kua Fu and demonstrating that human flesh and blood could pierce Witch Clan bodies.

• Taiyi told Qin Yuan that Liu'er had demanded to eat Demon Race flesh in front of Di Jun and him at Dao Venerable Lin Tian’s residence.
• Di Jun declared that the Demon Race would no longer restrain itself against the Witch Clan and ordered it to kill Witch Clan members on sight and reclaim their occupied lands.
• Taiyi reluctantly accepted Di Jun’s decree after failing to persuade him to reconsider war against the Witch Clan.
• Nine Infants and several Demon Marshals ambushed Kua Fu and his warriors while they worked on the earth veins.
• Nine Infants’ attacks killed Kua Fu’s squad, and he pierced Kua Fu’s chest, annihilated his true spirit, and ordered the Demon Race to move on to the next target.

After the Demon Race massacred Witch Clan members across the Primordial Wilderness, the Ancestral Witches marched on the Thirty-three Heavens to retaliate. Di Jun defeated them, and Di Jiang fled with the survivors back to Buzhou Mountain.

• Houtu discovered that Kua Fu and other Witch Clan members had been killed, then reported the attack to Di Jiang.
• The Demon Race continued its surprise attacks, inflicting heavy losses on the Witch Clan despite human-Witch hybrids killing some Demon Race fighters.
• The eleven Ancestral Witches debated the attacks, then Di Jiang led their army toward the Thirty-three Heavens, with Houtu accompanying them.
• Zhu Rong attacked Di Jun, but Di Jun struck him down, and the Ancestral Witches formed the Twelve Capital Celestial Evil Formation to summon Pangu's phantom.
• Di Jun and Taiyi fought the Pangu phantom and the Witch Clan army, and Di Jiang burned his essence blood to escape with the survivors after their defeat.
• Di Jun warned Taiyi not to show mercy and considered how the human race could help break through the Witch Clan's bodies.

After their defeat by the Demon Race, the Ancestral Witches argued over Di Jiang’s retreat and speculated that Hongjun had helped Di Jun become a Saint. Houtu left for the Eastern Sea coast to seek Dao Venerable Lin Tian’s guidance, while Di Jiang ordered the Witch Clan to stay alert and hold Buzhou Mountain.

• Zhu Rong condemned Di Jiang for retreating from the battle, but Di Jiang and Shebishi explained that fighting Di Jun would have risked the Witch Clan’s destruction.
• Tian Wu and Yan Zi questioned how Di Jun had attained Sainthood, and Houtu suggested Hongjun had given him the Primordial Chaos Purple Qi.
• The Ancestral Witches blamed Hongjun for using Di Jun against them, and Houtu asked to seek an audience with Dao Venerable Lin Tian.
• Zhu Jiuyin argued that Di Jun would not attack again soon because he feared Lin Tian, easing the Witches’ immediate concern.
• Houtu departed for the Eastern Sea coast, and Di Jiang ordered the others to protect their clans and remain at Buzhou Mountain.

Lin Tian brought Houtu to the Blood Sea, where she saw the drifting spirits of the dead and began to understand her mission. The chapter ended with Houtu declaring that she finally knew what she had to do.

• Houtu asked Lin Tian for guidance after Di Jun’s attacks had left the Witch Clan suffering heavy losses.
• Lin Tian questioned Houtu about her cultivation and said it was time for them to visit the Primordial Wilderness.
• Lin Tian left Six-Eared Macaque behind to cultivate and threatened to cut off his legs if he failed to make progress.
• Lin Tian took Houtu across the Primordial Wilderness and brought her to the Blood Sea.
• Houtu saw the spirits of the dead drifting without rest, reflected on their plight, and realized her mission.

Houtu established the Six Paths of Reincarnation by offering her body, while Lin Tian protected her transformation from Minghe and ensured she retained a primordial spirit. Great Dao Merit restored Houtu in a new body, raised her to the sixth level of the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal, and granted her the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk.

• Houtu declared that she would create a destination for the dead and establish the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Houtu offered her body to form the Six Paths, causing the Blood Sea to shrink as six black whirlpools emerged.
• Lin Tian stopped Minghe from interfering and promised that he would be compensated for the lost Blood Sea.
• Great Dao Merit gathered over the Blood Sea, and Houtu reappeared with a primordial spirit, shocking Hongjun and the others.
• Houtu's body re-formed, and the merit raised her to the sixth level of the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal while granting her the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk.

Houtu controlled the Six Paths of Reincarnation after Lin Tian gave her a primordial spirit, and the Ancestral Witches learned that she had left the Witch Clan bloodline and reached the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm. When Hongjun tried to keep Houtu from remaining involved in the Primordial Wilderness, Lin Tian and his allies confronted him, and the Heavenly Dao eventually withdrew after accepting Lin Tian’s terms.

• Houtu thanked Lin Tian, and the Ancestral Witches discovered that she had lost the Witch Clan bloodline and that her cultivation was beyond their ability to discern.
• Houtu told the Ancestral Witches that Lin Tian had given her a primordial spirit, which let her escape the Six Paths of Reincarnation’s grasp and take control of them.
• Hongjun declared that Houtu would have to remain in the Six Paths of Reincarnation and that the saints should be allowed to intervene in building the Netherworld.
• Lin Tian dispelled Hongjun’s pressure against the Ancestral Witches and warned that the Witch Clan’s affairs were not for Hongjun or the Heavenly Dao to control.
• Nuwa, Great Immortal Yang Mei, Zhen Yuanzi, Fuxi, Six-Eared, Di Xuan, Yue Yao, and other allies arrived to support Lin Tian as tensions with Hongjun rose.
• The Heavenly Dao took over Hongjun’s appearance, accepted Lin Tian’s position while asserting that saints could intervene in the Netherworld’s construction, then withdrew without fighting.

Lin Tian helped Houtu complete the Netherworld after she transformed into Reincarnation, creating its passageways, landmarks, city, and hells. Houtu appointed Minghe Lord of the Asura Way, while the Witch Clan prepared to help govern the new realm.

• Houtu thanked Lin Tian and the others for helping her, and Lin Tian dismissed everyone except the Witch Clan and Minghe.
• Lin Tian confirmed that the Earthly Dao had revived, and Houtu learned from it that the new realm was called the Netherworld and received the Book of Life and Death and the Judge's Brush.
• Lin Tian created Ghost Gate Pass, Yellow Springs Road, Shore Flowers, the River of Forgetfulness, the Bridge of Helplessness, the Homesickness Platform, the Three Lives Stone, Meng Po, Fengdu City, and the Eighteen Levels of Hell.
• Lin Tian told Houtu to refine the Netherworld and appoint its officials, and Tian Wu asked her to reserve him a position.
• Houtu appointed Minghe Lord of the Asura Way, and Minghe accepted before returning to the Blood Sea to gather his belongings.

Lin Tian entered Purple Cloud Palace and confronted Hongjun over Di Jun’s slaughter of the Human Race, defeating their attacks and warning Hongjun not to harm those under his protection. After Lin Tian departed, Hongjun restored the ruined palace and vowed that one of them would die.

• Hongjun rebuked his disciples for their failure against Lin Tian and sent them to negotiate with Houtu over the Netherworld’s future merit.
• Lin Tian arrived at Purple Cloud Palace and announced that he had come to settle scores.
• Lin Tian struck Di Jun, seriously injuring him, and then fought Hongjun as the palace was reduced to ruins.
• Lin Tian accused Di Jun of slaughtering Human Race tribes at Hongjun’s arrangement and warned Hongjun against harming those under his protection.
• After Lin Tian vanished, Hongjun threatened his disciples into silence, and Haotian and Yaochi left for the Primordial Wilderness.
• Hongjun restored Purple Cloud Palace and vowed that he and Lin Tian could not both survive.

Houtu persuaded the Witch Clan to move most of its people to the Netherworld, explaining that the Earthly Dao could offer them a path to sainthood and that the Netherworld would provide merit. The story left Di Jiang leading the migration while Zhu Rong and Gong Gong stayed behind to guard Pangu Hall.

• Yan Zi, Tian Wu, and Zhu Rong opposed Houtu’s proposal to move the Witch Clan to the Netherworld.
• Houtu explained that establishing Reincarnation had awakened the Earthly Dao, which could produce Primordial Chaos Purple Qi for Earthly Dao Saints.
• Di Jiang agreed to move most of the Witch Clan, and Houtu reassured Xuan Ming that guiding souls in the Netherworld would bring merit.
• Zhu Rong and Di Jiang refused to leave Pangu Hall, so Houtu offered to leave an incarnation behind and Di Jiang assigned them to guard the birthplace.
• Di Jiang led most of the Witch Clan to the Netherworld, leaving fewer than five hundred thousand behind.
• Gong Gong stayed with Zhu Rong to keep guarding Pangu Hall and continue their rivalry, though Zhu Rong realized he was concerned for him.

Lin Tian rejected Hongjun’s proposal to establish the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, insisting that the Human Race’s affairs were his to decide. Hongjun and the others withdrew, while Fuxi remained on the path toward a new Dao after Lin Tian taught him about the Eight Trigrams.

• Nuwa reunited with Fuxi at Lin Tian’s courtyard, where Lin Tian said he had confronted Di Jun and ended the Demon Race’s attacks on the Human Race.
• Fuxi described how observing the Human Race and the natural world had led him to comprehend the Three Talents, and Lin Tian corrected his method and taught him about the Eight Trigrams.
• Hongjun arrived with the Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunti, proposing that the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors guide the Human Race and stabilize its destiny.
• Lin Tian rejected Hongjun’s proposal and declared that the Human Race needed one ruler, not the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
• Fuxi suffered a backlash when he tried to divine the meaning of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and Nuwa healed him.
• Hongjun and the others left after Lin Tian ordered them to go, while Hongjun privately told his followers that he had his own plans.

Yuanshi’s contempt for Chiting and anger over Interception Sect disciples living on Chan Sect territory drove him into a confrontation with Tongtian. Tongtian declared he would leave Kunlun Mountain, and Taishang arrived as the brothers’ dispute escalated.

• Yuanshi gathered his disciples at Jade Void Palace, assessed their cultivation, and criticized Chiting for remaining a Heavenly Immortal.
• Yuanshi ordered Chiting to sit in the last row, despite Yuding offering him a seat beside him, then began preaching the Dao.
• Yuanshi stopped preaching after hearing noise outside and found Interception Sect disciples had established cave abodes on Chan Sect territory.
• Yuanshi confronted Tongtian at Biyou Palace, accusing him of letting his disciples overrun Kunlun Mountain.
• Tongtian defended his disciples and told Yuanshi he would leave Kunlun Mountain; Taishang arrived and questioned their fierce argument.

Tongtian left Kunlun Mountain with the Interception Sect after his conflict with Yuanshi, while Taishang also departed and left the mountain to Yuanshi. Tongtian chose the East Sea as the sect’s new home, and news of the Three Pure Ones splitting spread throughout the Primordial Wilderness.

• Taishang rebuked Tongtian over his disciples, and Tongtian declared he would leave Kunlun Mountain with the Interception Sect.
• Taishang told Yuanshi he would leave too, explaining that Yuanshi and Tongtian could not remain together and that Kunlun Mountain could not support three Saints.
• Tongtian ordered Duobao to ring the Great Yellow Bell and gathered the Interception Sect disciples at Biyou Palace.
• Tongtian told the disciples to pack and move to the East Sea, where Bixiao hoped to return to the Three Immortal Islands.
• Tongtian took Biyou Palace and left Kunlun Mountain, and Taishang later departed with Xuandu.
• News that the Three Pure Ones had divided their household spread across the Primordial Wilderness.

Zhunti and Jieyin saw the Three Pure Ones' split as a chance for Western Teachings to spread east, while Taishang left Kunlun Mountain with Xuandu and chose a new sacred ground. In a cave at Shouyang Mountain, Lin Tian claimed the Kongtong Seal despite Taishang's objections, leaving Taishang to establish his new home without it.

• Zhunti and Jieyin discussed how the Three Pure Ones' separation created an opportunity for Western Teachings to spread east, and Zhunti set out for the Eastern lands.
• Taishang explained to Xuandu that the Three Pure Ones' separation followed the Heavenly Dao as they wandered away from Kunlun Mountain.
• Taishang found a mountain whose Dao Rhythm suited him, broke into its cave, and discovered Lin Tian there seeking a Spiritual Treasure.
• Lin Tian drew out the Kongtong Seal, and Taishang argued that its aura and fate connected it to him.
• Lin Tian refused to hand over the Kongtong Seal and departed after Taishang backed down rather than challenge him.
• Taishang named the mountain Shouyang Mountain and ordered Xuandu to prepare it as his new sacred ground.

Lin Tian prepared Di Xuan to become the Human Emperor and promised Yue Yao he would decide her request to marry Di Xuan. At the ceremony, Di Xuan became Human Emperor with Heavenly Dao Merit, and Lin Tian publicly declared that he and Yue Yao should wed, leaving Di Xuan stunned.

• Lin Tian explained the responsibilities of the Human Emperor to Di Xuan and ordered him to prepare an altar for a ceremony in a hundred years.
• Yue Yao told Lin Tian she loved Di Xuan and asked him to decide whether they could become Dao Companions, and Lin Tian said he would address it when the time was right.
• A hundred years later, Di Xuan swore to lead and protect the human race, then formally assumed the position of Human Emperor with the Kongtong Seal.
• When no heavenly sign appeared, Lin Tian called on the Heavenly Dao, which sent down a vast pillar of merit that raised Di Xuan to the late-stage Martial Domain Realm.
• Lin Tian declared that Di Xuan and Yue Yao should wed, leaving Di Xuan stunned as Yue Yao blushed.