Chapter Summaries

Gu Xi established the Human Emperor Realm as the third realm in the Human Race’s Ascension System and directed its construction as an independent refuge. He then secluded himself to study the Stone Man Transformation Method and use it to perfect physical-body cultivation.

• Suiren Shi, Youchao Shi, Ziyi Shi, and the Human Race Sages entered the Human Emperor Realm and marveled at its rich cultivation energy, while Gu Xi warned that its laws remained incomplete.
• Gu Xi outlined the Human Race’s three realms: the Primordial World, the Grotto-Heaven Worlds, and the Human Emperor Realm, each with its own Nirvana Pool baptism and inheritance for advancing cultivators.
• Suiren Shi and the other Human Race experts accepted responsibility for refining the Ascension System and developing the Human Emperor Realm, then filled it with plants, beasts, rivers, palaces, and cave abodes.
• Gu Xi built a spacetime formation linking the Human Emperor Realm to the Grotto-Heaven Worlds and added a safeguard to block outsiders from entering.
• Gu Xi entered seclusion to improve physical-body cultivation, chose the Stone Man Transformation Method from the marketplace, and exchanged for it.

After a thousand years of seclusion, Gu Xi perfected his physical evolution path and demonstrated the Immortal Stone Body to his disciples. The Human Emperor Realm and Human Race had flourished during his retreat, and the chapter ended with Gu Xi revealing the power of his breakthrough.

• The Human Emperor Realm prospered as the Human Race's Ascension System brought in cultivators, while the Human Race grew powerful enough to suppress the four Saint sects.
• Gu Xi's aura erupted from his cave abode, prompting Chang'e, Kong Xuan, and the Golden-Winged Great Peng to gather and wonder whether his physical evolution path was complete.
• The Golden-Winged Great Peng complained that Chang'e and Kong Xuan had received better advantages, then hurriedly praised Gu Xi when his master appeared and overheard him.
• Gu Xi assessed his disciples' progress, noting that Chang'e and Kong Xuan had reached Great Luo Golden Immortal while the Golden-Winged Great Peng remained at the peak of Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
• Gu Xi confirmed that he had perfected the physical evolution path and displayed his star-like acupoints before transforming into a Stone Man with an ancient, indestructible aura.

Gu Xi transformed into a stone man and revealed that he had deduced a complete thirteen-realm route of physical body evolution. He expounded the method to gathered cultivators, who recognized it as a path comparable to the Immortal Dao.

• Gu Xi transformed into a stone man, increasing his physical strength, then returned to normal and explained that the state required a constitution comparable to Quasi-Saint Great Perfection.
• Suiren Shi, Youchao Shi, Ziyi Shi, and other Human Race powers arrived, and Gu Xi announced that he would explain the physical body evolution route one month later.
• Shen Ni, Yin-Yang Ancestor, Zhen Yuanzi, West Queen Mother, and other cultivators gathered in the Human Emperor Realm to hear Gu Xi teach.
• Gu Xi described how Human Immortal Martial Arts advanced beyond Aperture Training through the Five Elements, Yin Yang, Myriad Things, Immortal, and Stone Man realms.
• Gu Xi concluded that the complete physical body evolution route contained thirteen realms, while the assembled cultivators listened closely and memorized his teachings.

After Gu Xi taught the Thirteen Realms of the Physical Body, the Human Race and Human Dao Sacred Court began cultivating the new Martial Dao, while news of its path to physical-body sainthood spread throughout Hong Huang. The chapter left the Primordial Gods, demons, and sages shocked as a Martial Dao storm swept the world.

• Shen Ni, Ancestor Yin Yang, Ancestor Phoenix, West Queen Mother, Zhen Yuanzi, the Human Race leaders, and Gu Xi’s disciples praised Gu Xi’s Thirteen Realms of the Physical Body and considered cultivating both Immortal and Martial Dao.
• Suiren Shi asked whether the new cultivation method should be promoted among the Human Race, and Kong Xuan urged Gu Xi to restrict access and prevent leaks.
• Gu Xi explained that the later realms depended heavily on resources and that achieving Fleshly Body Sanctification required opportunity, perseverance, resources, and fortune.
• Suiren Shi and the others established tiered access to the higher realms, then spread the cultivation method through the Human Race and Human Dao Sacred Court.
• Human Race cultivators and Human Dao Sacred Court gods and demons began cultivating the Thirteen Realms of the Physical Body, and the Primordial Gods learned of its realms and potential.
• The revelation that the Stone Man Realm could reach the Primordial Chaos Saint Realm shocked Hong Huang’s powerful beings and sparked a sweeping Martial Dao storm.

Ancestor Minghe, Kunpeng, and the Six Sages reacted to Gu Xi’s Thirteen Realms of the Physical Body, recognizing its potential to rival the Immortal Path and threaten its fortune. Hongjun decided to establish the Heavenly Court to preserve the Mystic Gate Immortal Path’s influence.

• Ancestor Minghe resolved to obtain the cultivation method for the Thirteen Realms of the Physical Body.
• Kunpeng sent the Demon Master Palace’s Demon Gods to the Human Tribe to seek the method and set out personally.
• The Three Pure Ones discussed how the Martial Dao could draw practitioners and fortune away from the Mystic Gate Immortal Path.
• The Six Sages gathered at Zixiao Palace, where Hongjun declared that Gu Xi’s Martial Dao threatened their path and fortune.
• Hongjun announced that he would establish the Heavenly Court to govern the Primordial Gods and suppress the Martial Dao’s rise.

Hongjun appointed Haotian and Yaochi as the Heavenly Emperor and Empress, giving them treasures and naming them his disciples. Later, the Human Ancestors and nine Human Race Sages proposed that Gu Xi establish the Three Human Emperors, leaving him surprised by their plan.

• Laozi, Primordial Heavenly Venerate, Tongtian, Jieyin, and Zhunti recommended their disciples for the Heavenly Emperor position, while Nuwa regretted that Fuxi was unavailable.
• Hongjun summoned Haotian and Yaochi and appointed them Heavenly Emperor and Empress, despite the Six Sages’ displeasure.
• Hongjun gave Haotian three Top-grade Primordial Spiritual Treasures and Yaochi two, transformed them into their new forms, and made them named disciples.
• Hongjun instructed Haotian and Yaochi to establish the Heavenly Court and told them to seek help from the Six Sages; the Sages reluctantly agreed.
• The Three Human Ancestors and nine Human Race Sages visited Gu Xi and proposed establishing the Three Human Emperors of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity.

Gu Xi approved the Human Race’s plan to select Heaven, Earth, and Human Emperors, beginning with a competition for the Heavenly Emperor. As Human Race talents prepared to compete, Haotian and Yaochi moved to expand the Heavenly Court by recruiting East Sea Gods and Demons and seeking the Sun Palace lineage.

• Suiren Shi explained that the Human Race’s rapid growth had left its fortune unstable and its decentralized rule inadequate, and proposed selecting three Emperors to govern it.
• Gu Xi used the Great Eight Trigrams Art to confirm that the Human Race’s destiny remained incomplete, approved the proposal, and considered giving Fuxi a chance to compete for the Heavenly Emperor position.
• Suiren Shi and the other Human Ancestors announced that Human Race powerhouses across the Human Emperor Realm, the Grotto-Heaven World, and the Primordial World could compete to become Heavenly Emperor.
• Nuwa learned of the selection and considered whether her eldest brother could become the Human Race’s Heavenly Emperor.
• Haotian and Yaochi, having established themselves in Miro Palace and gathered the remaining Demon Gods of the Thirty-Three Heavens, resolved to strengthen the Heavenly Court in response to the Human Race’s growing influence.
• Haotian set out with several Primordial Great Sages of the Demon Race to recruit the Sun Palace lineage, while Yaochi departed with female immortals to recruit hidden Gods and Demons in the East Sea.

Nuwa secured Fuxi a chance to compete for the Human Race's Heavenly Emperor position, and Gu Xi helped restore Fuxi's soul so he could reincarnate. Fuxi entered the human path of reincarnation, while Huaxu Shi of the Tianshui Tribe became pregnant after stepping into a giant footprint near Thunder Marsh.

• Nuwa asked the Ten Directions Heavenly Venerate of Salvation to help Fuxi compete for the Human Race's Heavenly Emperor position, and Gu Xi agreed to give him a fair opportunity on condition that he sever his ties to the Demon Race after reincarnating.
• The Ten Directions Heavenly Venerate of Salvation and Gu Xi used the Six Paths Treasure Wheel to restore Fuxi's remnant soul and true spirit.
• Nuwa told Fuxi that the Demon Race Heavenly Court had fallen and the Human Race had risen, then explained the opportunity to compete for the Heavenly Emperor position and learn the thirteen realms of the physical body.
• Fuxi accepted the conditions, and the Ten Directions Heavenly Venerate of Salvation sent his soul into the human path of reincarnation.
• Huaxu Shi of the Tianshui Tribe found a giant footprint near Thunder Marsh, stepped inside it, and discovered after returning home that she was pregnant.

Haotian traveled to the Sun Star intending to bring the Sun Palace lineage under his control, but discovered that Dao Lord Jinyan had already become the new Solar Supreme. Haotian’s resentment turned to killing intent, and Jinyan attacked him.

• Haotian arrived at the Sun Star in an imperial carriage drawn by nine True Dragons and expected the leaderless Sun Palace lineage to submit to him.
• A fiery guardian challenged Haotian, but a Demon God accompanying him destroyed the Solar True Fire dragons and announced the Heavenly Emperor’s arrival.
• Dao Lord Jinyan emerged with several hundred Gods and Demons and greeted Haotian, revealing himself as the Human Dao Sacred Court’s new Solar Supreme.
• Haotian recognized Jinyan’s authority over the Sun Star and grew grim when he realized he could no longer claim that position for himself.
• Haotian developed killing intent toward Jinyan, who sensed it and attacked without hesitation.

Dao Lord Jinyan attacked Haotian on the Sun Star, revealing himself as a new Solar Supreme and drawing the attention of powerful figures throughout Hong Huang. As Haotian faced him, Four Seasons Daoist accepted that the Sky God System's Star Gods might be exposed, since they represented only a small part of the Human Dao Sacred Court's strength.

• Dao Lord Jinyan unleashed Solar Divine Light against Haotian, destroying his True Dragons, Demon God companions, and imperial carriage.
• Haotian's exalted Heavenly Emperor power shattered Jinyan's attack, and the great supernatural beings and Six Sages turned their attention to the confrontation.
• Minghe and the others recognized Dao Lord Jinyan as a new Solar Supreme, while they failed to recognize Haotian in his transformed appearance.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate told his Chan Sect disciples that Haotian was the former Zixiao Palace attendant appointed Heavenly Emperor, and he showed no intention of helping him.
• Four Seasons Daoist concluded that Jinyan's identity and the Sky God System's Star Gods might be exposed, then continued channeling the Four Epochs' power through the ancestral veins and Hong Huang's earth veins.

Haotian, newly appointed Heavenly Emperor, challenged Dao Lord Jinyan on the Sun Star but was trapped by Jinyan’s solar laws. As Saint Taiqing moved to kill Jinyan, the mysterious Ancestral God intervened, leaving the Six Sages and Hong Huang’s powerful beings stunned by his strength.

• Haotian revealed that Dao Ancestor Hongjun had appointed him Heavenly Emperor, but Dao Lord Jinyan dismissed his authority and declared loyalty only to the Ancestral God.
• Haotian attacked Jinyan with the Haotian Sword, but Jinyan used the Sun Star’s power to trap him in layers of solar law nets.
• Haotian failed to escape and called on Laozi of Taiqing for help, so Laozi used the Taiji Diagram to shatter the nets and strike at Jinyan.
• The Ancestral God sent a four-colored finger from the void, repelled the Taiji Diagram, and moved Jinyan into the Sun Star’s core origin.
• The Primordial Gods and the Six Sages were shocked as they realized the Ancestral God had casually countered Saint Taiqing’s attack.

The Six Sages investigated the mysterious Ancestral God, whose power was nearly Saint-level, and agreed to uncover his identity. Haotian and Yaochi continued recruiting for the Heavenly Court, but discovered powerful alliances had already gathered most Star Gods and East Sea Gods and Demons.

• The Six Sages discussed the Ancestral God’s near-Saint strength and agreed to search for him as an anomaly who might advance without Primordial Violet Qi.
• The Primordial Gods and Quasi-Saint Giants became curious about the Ancestral God and ordered investigations into his origins.
• Haotian left the Sun Star after vowing to settle his humiliation with Dao Lord Jinyan and the Ancestral God, then cautiously recruited Star Gods for over three hundred years and invited Taibai Jinxing to join the Heavenly Court.
• Haotian discovered that the Taiyin and Sun lineages had formed an alliance that included more than ninety percent of the Star Gods.
• Yaochi’s recruitment efforts in the East Sea mostly failed, and she discovered that most local Gods and Demons had joined a mysterious force.

Fuxi Shi’s inventions and leadership made him the leading candidate for the Human Race’s Heavenly Emperor, and Gu Xi appointed him to the position. His ascension restored his past-life cultivation, raised him to Quasi-Saint, and greatly increased Human Race Fortune.

• Haotian and Yaochi discovered a hidden, far-reaching faction among Hong Huang’s gods and demons and decided to report it to the Dao Ancestor and the Six Sages.
• The Human Race allowed rough versions of the first eleven Physical Body realms to spread, while Ancestor Minghe and Demon Master Kunpeng reached the Myriad Things Realm and strengthened Martial Dao’s influence.
• Fuxi Shi led the Tianshui Tribe to prosperity through Fuxi’s Bagua, marriage reforms, and musical inventions, and he recovered his memories and became a God and Demon Dao Lord.
• Gu Xi issued a Divine Decree appointing Fuxi Shi as the Heavenly Emperor of the Human Race.
• At Fuxi’s appointment ceremony, Suiren Shi proclaimed his achievements, Gu Xi bore witness, and Heavenly Dao bestowed fortune, merit, and the Heavenly Emperor Position upon him.
• Fuxi regained his former cultivation and became a Quasi-Saint Giant as his ascension caused Human Race Fortune to grow stronger.

Fuxi became the Human Race’s Heavenly Emperor, strengthening its fortune and gaining immense power. After learning the hidden reach of the Human Dao Sacred Court, he arrived at the Human Emperor Realm and discovered that even the Heavenly Dao and Dao Ancestor Hongjun could not interfere there.

• Fuxi’s investiture as Heavenly Emperor stabilized and strengthened Human Race Fortune, pleasing Gu Xi and the Human Race’s officials while leaving five of the Six Sages displeased.
• Laozi brooded over losing the chance to lead Human Teaching and vowed to repay Gu Xi for thwarting him.
• Fuxi realized the Heavenly Emperor Position’s fortune could soon help him reach Quasi-Saint Great Perfection and grant him power rivaling a Sub-Saint.
• Candle Dragon, Ying Long, and other allies congratulated Fuxi, and the Human Race held a month-long celebration.
• Suiren Shi and the other officials revealed the scale of the Human Race and Human Dao Sacred Court, leaving Fuxi awed by its hidden strength.
• Suiren Shi brought Fuxi to the Human Emperor Realm and explained that the Human Race ruled there beyond the reach of the Heavenly Dao and Dao Ancestor Hongjun, shocking him again.

Fuxi explored the independent Human Emperor Realm and reflected on the pure Will of Longevity embodied by Gu Xi’s cave inscription. After meeting Gu Xi, he sensed the power of Gu Xi’s physical-body Dao, while Gu Xi considered how Fuxi’s leadership could free him to pursue cultivation and make plans across Hong Huang.

• Suiren Shi and Youchao Shi told Fuxi that the Human Emperor Realm was created by Gu Xi and existed beyond the Primordial Universe and Heavenly Dao’s influence.
• Fuxi surveyed the Human Emperor Realm, marveled at its flourishing landscape and beasts, and praised it as a paradise superior to Hong Huang’s famed blessed lands.
• At Longevity Cave, Fuxi and the Three Ancestors of Humanity saw the inscription “Longevity” and reflected on how their pursuit of the Dao had become less pure.
• Kong Xuan welcomed Fuxi and the Three Ancestors of Humanity into Longevity Cave, where Fuxi assessed the depth of Kong Xuan’s foundation and Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Fuxi met Gu Xi and sensed the Dao reflected in his physical body, while Gu Xi welcomed Fuxi’s help in guiding the Human Race and considered putting his plans across Hong Huang into motion.

Gu Xi appointed Fuxi as the Human Race’s Heavenly Emperor and gave him access to the race’s three core inheritances. After Fuxi departed, Gu Xi advanced his Innate Yin Virtue Dao Fruit to the Sub-Saint level and considered how to gain enough power and fortune to challenge Hongjun.

• Fuxi thanked Gu Xi for appointing him Heavenly Emperor, and Gu Xi told him he could study the Human Race’s three core inheritances.
• Gu Xi transmitted the Thirteen Realms of the Physical Body, the Postnatal Divine Path Secret Method, and the Earth Immortal Orthodox Method to Fuxi.
• Fuxi realized the Postnatal Divine Path Secret Method explained how the Human Race and Dragon Clan had gained many gods with divine positions, and he considered using it to confer godhood on Human Race heroes.
• Gu Xi sent Fuxi and his companions back to Hong Huang to oversee the Human Race.
• Gu Xi discovered that the Innate Yin Virtue Dao Fruit had become a Sub-Saint Dao Fruit and saw that his Merit had risen to 13 trillion.
• Gu Xi concluded that Hongjun had viewed him as a threat because of the fortune he could gain, but decided he still needed to build strength and make further plans in Hong Huang.

Gu Xi returned to Hong Huang to use his Private Bank and chose the Interception Sect as the best place to recruit customers. He secretly bound Yun Xiao, Qiong Xiao, and Bi Xiao to Merit Systems, leaving the three San Xiao Immortals bewildered by the sudden interfaces.

• Gu Xi decided to offer the Interception Sect’s numerous disciples banking, loans, and marketplace services to collect Merit and fortune.
• Gu Xi found the San Xiao Immortals on Three Immortals Island and recognized them as Yun Xiao, Qiong Xiao, and Bi Xiao.
• Gu Xi recalled how the three immortals would die during the Investiture Catastrophe and resolved to help them change their fate while making them his customers.
• Gu Xi secretly sent a Merit System to Yun Xiao, Qiong Xiao, and Bi Xiao, binding each of them to it.
• Yun Xiao, Qiong Xiao, and Bi Xiao read the system’s functions and oath requirement, then wondered in alarm what it was and how it had bound itself to them.

Yun Xiao studied the Merit System, confirmed it had not harmed her, and discovered its shop offered treasures and techniques beyond anything she had imagined. She converted her merit and fortune into 100 billion Merit Points, but the prices left her unable to afford most items; meanwhile, Gu Xi revealed he had inflated shop prices and could secretly take stored Merit Points.

• Yun Xiao examined the Merit System and used the Supreme Clarity Immortal Light to check her body and soul, finding no harm but remaining unable to detect the system itself.
• Yun Xiao browsed the shop and was shocked to find Chaos Supreme Treasures, Pangu's Primordial Spirit and Bloodline, rare cultivation methods, and treasures from other worlds.
• Yun Xiao tried to buy the Thirty-Six Grade Chaos Green Lotus, then converted her merit and fortune and received 100 billion Merit Points.
• Yun Xiao found that most shop items cost far more than she could afford and decided to consider her purchases carefully.
• Yun Xiao noticed that Qiong Xiao and Bi Xiao also seemed excited and wondered whether they had received the Merit System.
• Gu Xi watched the San Xiao from outside Three Immortals Island and revealed that he had raised shop prices and could secretly appropriate their stored Merit Points.

Yun Xiao, Qiong Xiao, and Bi Xiao discovered that all three had received the Merit System and chose items to strengthen themselves. Gu Xi secretly gave the system to elite Interception Sect disciples and hid nearby to watch the results as they began cultivating.

• Bi Xiao realized she could not reveal the Merit System, and the three sisters confirmed that they had all received it.
• Yun Xiao purchased the Hundred Thousand Merit Method and the first ten sections of the Thirteen Realms of the Physical Body, while Qiong Xiao and Bi Xiao chose items suited to their cultivation.
• The sisters also exchanged for the Ten Fiends Treasure Arts and the Nine Secret Arts, and Qiong Xiao and Bi Xiao purchased insights for advancing to Great Luo Golden Immortals.
• Gu Xi secretly implanted the Merit System in Zhao Gongming, the Ten Heavenly Lords, the Four Saints of Nine Dragon Island, and other elite outer disciples, then hid near Jin'ao Island to observe them.
• Zhao Gongming and the other recipients celebrated their opportunity and began using the Merit System to grow stronger.

Bi Xiao advanced to Great Luo Golden Immortal, completing San Xiao’s rise as Great Supernatural Beings and strengthening Tongtian’s Interception Sect. Tongtian also perfected the Myriad Things Realm of Gu Xi’s physical cultivation method and hoped Gu Xi would grow strong enough to help him escape the Heavenly Dao’s control.

• Bi Xiao broke through to Great Luo Golden Immortal, prompting the Interception Sect disciples to marvel that all three San Xiao sisters had become Great Supernatural Beings.
• Daoist Duobao and Golden Spirit Mother, Mother Wudang, and Turtle Spirit Mother discussed how rapidly San Xiao had advanced and celebrated the Interception Sect’s strength over the other teachings.
• Sect Master Tongtian praised the Interception Sect’s many Great Supernatural Beings and chose not to investigate San Xiao’s opportunities.
• Tongtian revealed that he had completed the eleventh realm of Gu Xi’s Thirteen Realms of the Physical Body and demonstrated its Myriad Things transformations.
• Tongtian reflected that Gu Xi’s cultivation method offered hope of escaping the flaws and control tied to becoming a Heavenly Dao Saint, and he hoped to learn about the final two realms from Gu Xi.