Chapter Summaries

Hongjun appointed Haotian as Heavenly Emperor and Yaochi as his aide, granting them new cultivation, treasures, and authority over the Heavenly Court. Haotian and Yaochi set out for the Thirty-three Heavens to make the remaining Demon Race withdraw.

• Yuanshi, Tongtian, and Zhunti argued over which of their disciples should become Heavenly Emperor, while Taishang recommended Haotian for his loyalty and impartiality.
• Hongjun summoned Haotian and Yaochi, appointed Haotian Heavenly Emperor, and ordered Yaochi to assist him.
• Hongjun raised Haotian and Yaochi to the middle stage of the Quasi-Saint realm and bestowed treasures, including the Haotian Mirror, Haotian Sword, Golden Hairpin, and Peach Tree.
• Tongtian offered Haotian help from the Interception Sect, while Yuanshi and Zhunti showed little support.
• Hongjun ordered Haotian and Yaochi to go to the Thirty-three Heavens and make the remaining Demon Race withdraw, and they departed at once.

Haotian and Yaochi arrived at the demon realm under Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s decree to take control of the Thirty-three Heavens. After revealing that Di Jun and Taiyi had been killed by Dao Venerable Lin Tian, Haotian claimed the realm as the Heavenly Court while Bai Ze led the departing demons away.

• Haotian and Yaochi entered the demon realm, where Haotian killed several demon soldiers who attacked them.
• Bai Ze recognized Haotian and ordered the demons to lower their weapons as Haotian announced that he would take over the Thirty-three Heavens.
• Haotian declared that Di Jun and Taiyi were dead and named Dao Venerable Lin Tian as their killer, leaving Qin Yuan devastated.
• Some demons knelt and submitted to Haotian, while Bai Ze led the unwilling demons away to preserve the Demon Race’s survivors.
• Qin Yuan left with her son Di Shi, and Haotian renamed the Thirty-three Heavens the Heavenly Court and proclaimed himself its Heavenly Emperor.

Haotian and Yaochi took over the Thirty-three Heavens, which the Dao Ancestor restored and Haotian renamed the Lingxiao Treasure Hall. Meanwhile, Kunpeng split from the Demon Race and attacked Qin Yuan, who sacrificed herself to save Bai Ze and Di Shi.

• Haotian found the Thirty-three Heavens in ruins, but golden light restored its palaces, and he named its main hall the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
• Qin Yuan and the surviving demons sheltered at Myriad Demon Mountain while Di Shi cultivated and Bai Ze managed the remnants of the Demon Race.
• Bai Ze told Qin Yuan that Kunpeng had declared the Northern Darkness branch independent and led away some demons, so she set out with Bai Ze to confront him.
• Kunpeng refused to recognize Qin Yuan as Demon Queen and joined forces with Ancestor Xuanbing to attack her and Bai Ze.
• Qin Yuan ignited her origin blood essence and primordial spirit, bound Kunpeng and Ancestor Xuanbing, and destroyed Ancestor Xuanbing in her self-destruction.
• Kunpeng survived by sheltering behind Northern Darkness Palace but was grievously injured, while Bai Ze escaped toward Myriad Demon Mountain to protect Di Shi.

Lin Tian returned to his courtyard, heard how the Human Race had grown, and revealed to Di Xuan and Fuxi that Hongjun had killed Di Jun and Taiyi. Fuxi then asked Lin Tian to explain Primordial Unity, hoping to overcome the final obstacle in his cultivation.

• Six-Eared welcomed Lin Tian back, and Lin Tian sealed his magic power and ordered him to cultivate his physical body.
• Di Xuan reported that the Human Race had grown to several billion people and asked Lin Tian for guidance about its hatred of the Demon Race.
• Fuxi told Lin Tian he was close to becoming a Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal, and Lin Tian recognized that Fuxi had made progress.
• Lin Tian explained that Hongjun had orchestrated the calamity and killed Di Jun and Taiyi, contrary to rumors blaming Lin Tian.
• Di Xuan left to handle Human Race affairs, and Fuxi asked Lin Tian what Primordial Unity was.

Lin Tian guided Fuxi to understand the Great Dao through Chaos, helping him break through to Primordial Unity. Fuxi passed his lightning tribulation, while the Eye of the Great Dao appeared briefly and vanished without explanation.

• Fuxi revealed his Taiji Eight Trigrams Diagram, and Lin Tian tested its offense and defense before taking him to seek further insight.
• Lin Tian brought Fuxi to Nuwa's Grotto-Heaven, where Fuxi reunited with Nuwa and met Mo Ling and Ling Zhuzi.
• Lin Tian explained the origins of Taiji and the Two Modes, prompting Fuxi to realize that Chaos contained supreme order and that the Eight Trigrams simplified the Great Dao.
• Fuxi's insight triggered a Primordial Unity lightning tribulation, and he endured its strikes using the Taiji Eight Trigrams Diagram.
• The Eye of the Great Dao appeared during the tribulation, watched Fuxi, and disappeared before he survived the ninth bolt and attained Primordial Unity.

After Fuxi attained the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, Lin Tian celebrated with his companions and encouraged Six-Ears, who still struggled to break through. Zhen Yuanzi asked Lin Tian to heal his withered Ginseng Fruit Tree, and Lin Tian agreed to examine it.

• Hongjun discussed Lin Tian’s growing strength with the Heavenly Dao, which proposed giving Haotian the Primordial Chaos Purple Qi to make him a Saint.
• Yang Mei and Zhen Yuanzi visited Lin Tian’s courtyard to celebrate Fuxi’s breakthrough, and Zhen Yuanzi offered Ginseng Fruits.
• Fuxi explained that he had overcome his tribulation without an Inner Demon Tribulation, and the group discussed their insights into cultivation.
• Lin Tian and Yang Mei encouraged Six-Ears to keep cultivating, and Fuxi shared a cup of wine with him.
• Zhen Yuanzi asked Lin Tian to save the Ginseng Fruit Tree, which had withered after giving its origin essence to help him comprehend the Dao; Lin Tian agreed to examine it.
• Lin Tian produced rare spiritual fruits and invited everyone to celebrate over wine.

Sui Ren Shi arrived at the devastated Autumn Water Tribe and learned that the Plague God’s pestilence had killed most of its people. After the Indestructible Tinder failed to save Qing but merit partially eased Yao’s infection, Sui Ren Shi confronted the Plague God, who claimed the spreading pestilence was beyond his control, and attacked him.

• Qing mourned his dead mother until Yao, chief of the Autumn Water Tribe, arrived and explained that the Plague God had unleashed pestilence on the tribe.
• Sui Ren Shi tried to cure Qing with the Indestructible Tinder, but the boy died as the Black Qi spread through him.
• Sui Ren Shi used Heavenly Dao Merit to weaken the pestilence in Yao and learned that merit could disperse it.
• Sui Ren Shi and Yao traveled to the Plague God’s mountain and demanded that he provide an antidote and withdraw the pestilence.
• The Plague God refused, saying the pestilence had mutated beyond his control, so Sui Ren Shi sent a fire dragon into the cave to subdue him.

Sui Ren Shi killed Plague God, but the plague continued to spread through the human race. Lin Tian protected the tribes from outbreaks for a hundred years and tasked Di Xuan and Yu Tong with finding an herb to cure the plague.

• Sui Ren Shi burned Plague God to ashes, then realized that killing him had not lifted the plague.
• Sui Ren Shi reported to Di Xuan that the plague had affected thirty percent of the tribes and that merit was the only known way to dispel it.
• Di Xuan ordered severe outbreaks quarantined and went to Lin Tian to ask him to save the human race.
• Lin Tian explained that force could not cure the plague at its root and told Di Xuan and Yu Tong to test immortal herbs until they found one that could treat it.
• Lin Tian used golden merit to protect the human race from plague outbreaks for a hundred years, giving them time to find a cure.

Lin Tian discovered that Qian Yu’s inability to cultivate came from lingering poison, cured him, and gave him a mission to identify grasses and help the human race. Qian Yu set off into the mountains with the Grass Identification Whip.

• Lin Yue led a group of young people into the eastern mountains to gather plants, while Qian Yu stayed behind because he could not cultivate martial arts.
• Lin Tian found Qian Yu in his hut and learned that poison left by a demonic snake had made him unable to cultivate.
• Lin Tian gave Qian Yu a Detoxifying Pill, which drove the poison from his body and restored him.
• Lin Tian gave Qian Yu the Grass Identification Whip and strengthened his stomach so he could study grasses and record their effects.
• Qian Yu accepted the mission and headed into the mountains to help save the human race.

Qian Yu used the Grass Identification Whip to discover medicinal plants that might help the plague, earning his tribe’s trust as he searched the mountains. Lin Tian later gave him writing tools and the complete martial cultivation method, leaving Qian Yu better equipped to record herbs and advance his training.

• Qian Yu identified and tasted Purple Star Grass, then returned to the tribe with a basket of herbs and explained their properties to Lin Yue and the chief.
• Qian Yu demonstrated the Grass Identification Whip, and the chief and tribe members came to believe in his ability to identify medicinal plants.
• Qian Yu searched deeper into the mountains over the following days, gathered more than fifty useful herbs, and advanced to the Body Tempering Realm.
• Lin Tian appeared and gave Qian Yu a booklet, a brush, and knowledge of Great Dao Runes so he could record his discoveries.
• Lin Tian taught Qian Yu that the martial way could reach the peak and gave him the True Explanation of the Martial Way before departing.

Ksitigarbha visited the Netherworld and vowed to remain in hell until it was empty, triggering a heavenly phenomenon. Di Jiang emerged from seclusion, attained the Dao as an Earthly Dao Saint, and confronted Ksitigarbha.

• Shebishi beat a rebellious soul into returning to the line, then flew to the Hall of the King of Hell after spotting Buddha Light.
• Ksitigarbha told the Ancestor Witches that the Western Teachings wanted to save souls in the Netherworld and proposed taking them to the Pure Land.
• Shebishi rejected Ksitigarbha's proposal, but Ksitigarbha swore that he would not become a Buddha until hell was empty.
• Golden lotuses and clouds appeared throughout the Netherworld, and Di Jiang emerged from seclusion to declare that he had become an Earthly Dao Saint.
• Di Jiang absorbed the Earthly Dao merit, released his Saintly might across the Netherworld, and asked Ksitigarbha why he had not left.

Di Jiang became an Earthly Dao Saint and drove Ksitigarbha from the Netherworld with Houtu’s help. The Witch Clan resolved to strengthen the Earthly Dao by governing the Netherworld, while Zhunti and Jieyin began considering another opportunity to gain influence there.

• Di Jiang attacked Ksitigarbha for entering the Netherworld, but Zhunti’s phantom appeared to defend his disciple and propose cooperation.
• Houtu arrived, tore apart Zhunti’s phantom with the power of Reincarnation, and warned the Western Teachings not to send anyone into the underworld again.
• Zhunti told Ksitigarbha to retreat, and Ksitigarbha left the Netherworld.
• Houtu explained to Di Jiang and the Ancestral Witches that protecting the Netherworld and earning merit would strengthen the Earthly Dao and could create more Saint positions.
• The Ancestral Witches returned to their posts, while Di Jiang and Houtu credited Dao Venerable Lin Tian’s help but affirmed that the Witch Clan had to rely on itself.
• On Western Spiritual Mountain, Zhunti and Jieyin discussed the Witch Clan’s new Saint and considered how Ksitigarbha’s vow might later give them an opportunity in the Netherworld.

The three sects held a Dao technique competition on Golden Ao Island, where Interception Sect disciples and Chan Sect disciples traded victories. The tournament continued with both sides sending out more fighters, leaving the overall outcome undecided.

• Duobao welcomed Taishang and Yuanshi to Golden Ao Island after Tongtian arrived late from seclusion.
• Taishang announced spiritual treasures and a Nine-Turn Golden Elixir as rewards for the tournament’s top three, with the last disciple standing deciding the winner.
• Duobao defeated Guangchengzi by using three spiritual treasures against the Heaven-Turning Seal.
• Jin Ling lost to Cihang after the two fought with their spiritual treasures and divine powers.
• Zhao Gongming defeated Chijingzi by blocking and absorbing his attacks with the twenty-four Sea-Calming Pearls.
• Yunxiao defeated Taiyi, and later matches involving Qiongxiao, Bixiao, and the Seven Immortals Who Attended Upon Them left the sects with roughly half their matches won.

Xuandu defeated Duobao in the final contest, while Tongtian and Yuanshi’s argument revived their hostility. In the Heavenly Court, Taibai brought Haotian two new Golden Immortal recruits, giving the court another boost.

• Xuandu revealed his peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal cultivation, defeated Duobao, and won first place, followed by Duobao and Nanji.
• Yuanshi’s remarks about Xuandu’s human origins provoked Tongtian, and the two Sages traded insults until Taishang ended the gathering.
• Duobao worried that Tongtian’s confrontation with Yuanshi would lead to trouble, but Tongtian told him to focus on cultivating for the Interception Sect.
• Haotian lamented that he could not become a Sage, then heard Taibai had recruited two independent cultivators, an Early Golden Immortal and a Late Golden Immortal.
• Haotian praised Taibai and ordered him to bring the two recruits into the hall.

After eight hundred years of searching, Qian Yu brought a prescription he believed could cure humanity’s plague to the ancestral land. The Human Emperor and the Three Ancestors wondered whether the mysterious blue-robed senior who had guided him was Father God, just as a voice sounded from outside.

• Qian Yu recorded his three hundred sixty-fifth medicinal herb and set out for the ancestral land with eight baskets of plants.
• Di Xuan and the tribal leaders discussed their failure to find a complete cure as the plague deadline approached.
• Qian Yu arrived and presented his prescription, explaining that he had tested it on himself and his symptoms had nearly disappeared.
• Qian Yu described the blue-robed senior who gave him the Grass Identification Whip, prompting Sui Ren Shi to wonder if the senior was Father God.
• A voice outside the council hall called out, “Oh! You're all here?”

Lin Tian recognized Qian Yu’s eight centuries of herb research and entrusted him with helping humanity cure the plague. After the plague was eradicated, Qian Yu became Shen Nong, humanity’s Fourth Ancestor and Medicine Ancestor, and continued spreading medical knowledge.

• Lin Tian revealed that he had secretly protected Qian Yu and praised him for recording the properties of 365 herbs.
• Di Xuan, Qian Yu, and the Three Ancestors traveled among the human tribes, where Qian Yu taught people to identify and prepare herbs and treat the plague.
• Over ten years, the plague receded and was completely eradicated across human territory.
• Lin Tian appointed Qian Yu as humanity’s Fourth Ancestor, bestowed the name Shen Nong and the title Medicine Ancestor, and merit raised his cultivation to the Martial Domain Realm.
• Merit transformed Qian Yu’s booklet into Shen Nong's Herbal Classic, which Lin Tian declared humanity’s sacred medical canon.
• Shen Nong spent the following century teaching herbal medicine across the tribes and continued searching for medicinal herbs.

Seven-year-old Hou Gangjie tried to create simple writing for humanity, but his parents dismissed his efforts and he fled the Fengyan Tribe to seek the Human Emperor. Rescued by the Six-eared Macaque, he met Lin Tian, who recognized promise in his pictographic symbols and agreed to guide him.

• Chen Yu scolded Hou Gangjie for neglecting martial cultivation, but Hou Gangjie explained that he wanted to create writing humanity could use.
• Chen Yu shut Hou Gangjie inside the ancestral shrine to repent, but Hou Gangjie escaped at night with animal hides covered in symbols and set out to find the Human Emperor.
• A Heavenly Immortal leopard demon beast attacked Hou Gangjie, and the Six-eared Macaque drove it away and carried the boy to Lin Tian.
• Hou Gangjie showed Lin Tian his symbols and explained that he wanted simple writing to record events and preserve knowledge.
• Lin Tian praised Hou Gangjie's ambition but said his work was not yet enough, and Hou Gangjie begged Lin Tian to guide him.

Lin Tian gave Hou Gangjie a Tortoise Shell to study and kept him in the courtyard to learn martial arts under Six-eared Macaque. After ten years of training, Hou Gangjie reached the Dharma Aspect Realm, and Lin Tian told him they would travel through the Primordial Wilderness to continue his pursuit of writing.

• Lin Tian gave Hou Gangjie the Tortoise Shell and arranged for Di Xuan to reassure his parents that he was safe.
• Hou Gangjie studied the Tortoise Shell without understanding it, so Lin Tian told him to train in martial arts under Six-eared Macaque first.
• Hou Gangjie practiced for years, advancing from the Mortal Realm to the Meridian Connecting Realm and then the Dharma Aspect Realm while making no progress with the Tortoise Shell.
• Hou Gangjie asked Lin Tian when he could study writing, and Lin Tian said he would take him through the Primordial Wilderness the next day.
• Six-eared Macaque asked to join the journey, but Lin Tian ordered him to stay behind and cultivate.

Lin Tian guided Hou Gangjie to understand the principles behind script, and Hou Gangjie created 365 characters, earning merit and becoming the human race’s Ancestor of Script, Cangjie. At the Heavenly Court, Haotian learned that the dragon race had refused to join and decided to seek other cultivators instead.

• Lin Tian led Hou Gangjie through the natural world and taught him that script expressed and preserved the forms and wisdom of all things.
• After three months, Hou Gangjie recognized symbols in the patterns on his Tortoise Shell and began creating script beneath the moon.
• Hou Gangjie completed 365 characters, proclaimed their creation to heaven and earth, and received merit that raised his cultivation to the early Martial Domain Realm.
• Lin Tian named Hou Gangjie Cangjie and bestowed the title Ancestor of Script; Cangjie resolved to return to the human race and teach them the characters.
• Haotian learned that the dragon race had refused to submit to the Heavenly Court, partly because its Dragon Emperor had received guidance from Lin Tian.
• Yaochi suggested contacting Lin Tian, but Haotian rejected the idea and ordered Taibai Jinxing to stop approaching the dragon race.

After learning human writing, Kunpeng created three hundred and sixty Demon Race characters and gained Heavenly Dao merit, healing his injuries and reaching the peak of the late quasi-sage stage. At Myriad Demon Mountain, Lu Ya restrained Bai Ze from confronting Kunpeng and vowed to reclaim what belonged to him.

• Kunpeng secretly visited the Blazing Fire Tribe, learned human characters from Lie Shan, and received a copy of the character record.
• Kunpeng returned to Demon Master Palace and resolved to create writing for the Demon Race by imitating demons’ forms.
• After three thousand years, Kunpeng announced the creation of the Demon Script Codex and received Heavenly Dao merit that healed him and raised his cultivation.
• Powerful figures across the Primordial Wilderness reacted to Kunpeng’s achievement, while demons gathered to worship him.
• Bai Ze wanted to confront Kunpeng, but Lu Ya stopped him and vowed to reclaim what belonged to him.