Chapter Summaries

Shen Hao led the ten thousand races in setting rules for Hongmeng’s recovery, reorganizing the allied army and expanding the settlement camp into Guixin City. After the council’s celebratory banquet, he looked ahead to sharing the Longevity Lotus seeds with the races’ children and protecting Hongmeng’s new peace.

• Shen Hao ordered the allied army reorganized into forces guarding the Chaos Great Wall, patrolling Hongmeng, and returning to farming and construction, and Lei Meng accepted responsibility for the reorganization.
• Shen Hao proposed expanding the settlement camp into Guixin City, and the races pledged workers and supplies while Zi Xuan recommended schools and a branch academy.
• Shen Hao appointed Shi Jian as Guixin City’s City Lord and urged him to govern with care for the people.
• Shen Hao closed the deliberations and hosted a banquet where the elders and generals celebrated the races’ unity.
• Shen Hao thought about distributing the Longevity Lotus seeds to the children of the ten thousand races when they ripened three years later.

Shen Hao welcomed Hongmeng Dao Academy’s first three thousand disciples and used Longevity Dao Rhyme to awaken and strengthen their spirit roots. As the disciples began their rigorous training, Shen Hao personally guided them, leaving them on a promising path toward protecting Hongmeng.

• Shen Hao welcomed the new disciples, explained the Chaos Unity Great Dao and Longevity Dao Rhyme, and had Zi Chen and Qing Yu distribute Jade Slips.
• Shen Hao bathed the disciples in Longevity Dao Rhyme, helping a Stone Race disciple’s incomplete spirit root recover and enabling a Feather Race girl to draw in spiritual energy.
• Shen Hao laid out the academy’s daily training schedule and assigned Zi Chen and Qing Yu to guide the disciples.
• Shen Hao visited the academy daily to answer questions and help disciples overcome cultivation bottlenecks.
• Shen Hao guided a Wood Race disciple to sense and circulate the power of wood, and the disciple successfully sprouted a leaf from his palm.

Shen Hao oversaw the construction of Guixin City, where people of many races worked together to build homes and city walls strengthened by Longevity Dao Rhyme. With the walls complete and the first residential district ready for new residents, he looked ahead to the city’s future.

• Shen Hao inspected Guixin City’s construction and infused Longevity Dao Rhyme into the Chaos Stones, helping the Stone Race craftsmen move them.
• Shi Jian reported that the first residential district was complete, and Shen Hao praised the houses and ordered civilians to move in according to their wishes.
• Shen Hao urged Shi Jian to accelerate construction of the school and Dao Academy branch so the children would not have to wait.
• Over the following days, the races built up the city, and Shen Hao infused the final Chaos Stone to complete the walls and illuminate their runes.
• Shen Hao and Zi Xuan stood atop the finished walls and looked over Guixin City, while Shen Hao resolved to protect it and its people.

Shen Hao and Zi Xuan visited the growing Longevity Lotus, where Elder Mu Chen, a Wood Clan recluse, offered to guard it and joined Shen Hao in studying the Great Dao. When Lei Meng reported an ancient ferocious beast threatening the Hongmeng Great Land, Shen Hao and Mu Chen left to respond, while Zi Xuan stayed behind worried.

• Shen Hao and Zi Xuan found that the Longevity Lotus had grown and its bud was nearing bloom.
• Mu Chen introduced himself as a reclusive Wood Clan elder and offered to guard the Longevity Lotus until it matured.
• Mu Chen stayed in Origin Secluded Valley, nourishing the lotus with Wood Dao Rhyme while he and Shen Hao exchanged insights.
• Lei Meng arrived to report that Hongmeng Dao Academy disciples had discovered an ancient ferocious beast in a hidden nest.
• Shen Hao ordered Lei Meng to marshal the troops, then left with Mu Chen to deal with the beast as Zi Xuan watched them go.

Shen Hao led Elder Mu Chen, Lei Meng, and the Hongmeng Allied Army into Black Wind Valley to eliminate the ancient fierce beast poisoning the wilderness. After Shen Hao killed the Mystic Iron One-Horned Bear, the miasma dispersed, and he ordered its corpse refined into pills for Dao Academy disciples.

• Shen Hao used Longevity Dao Rhyme to clear a path through the miasma as he and the army advanced toward Black Wind Valley.
• The Mystic Iron One-Horned Bear attacked a soldier, and Shen Hao blocked its strike with a golden shield.
• Shen Hao struck the bear while Elder Mu Chen restrained it with vines and Lei Meng led the soldiers in an attack.
• Shen Hao pierced the bear's horn with the Longevity Dao Sword, weakened its Killing Intent, and killed it with a palm seal.
• The miasma dispersed, and Shen Hao ordered Lei Meng to take the bear's corpse back to be refined into pills for Dao Academy disciples.

Shen Hao held a Dao Discussion Tournament at Hongmeng Dao Academy to teach disciples that cultivation should protect living beings and that goodness, not strength alone, defines the Dao. After answering questions about power, justice, and the Longevity Dao Rhyme, he ended the gathering and had Zi Xuan distribute pills made from the Mystic Iron One-Horned Bear's inner core.

• Shen Hao opened the tournament by explaining that the Great Daos should protect living beings and safeguard peace among the races.
• Shi Jian questioned whether power alone determined good and evil, and Shen Hao showed him the Mystic Iron One-Horned Bear's slaughter before guiding him toward understanding.
• Yu Ling asked whether the Longevity Dao Rhyme should purify even those guilty of monstrous crimes, and Shen Hao said the unrepentant should be slain.
• Shen Hao answered the disciples' questions until the sun began to set, then declared the discussion over and told Zi Xuan to distribute the pills.
• Zi Xuan gave the pills to the disciples, and Shen Hao urged them to cultivate diligently and hold fast to their original hearts.

Shen Hao and Zi Xuan toured prosperous Guixin City, where former Dark Universe captives had built new lives through trade, farming, and education. Seeing the city's thriving people and children, Shen Hao resolved to protect Guixin City and its inhabitants for the rest of his life.

• Shen Hao and Zi Xuan walked through Guixin City and observed its former captives living and working in peace.
• Hei Yan welcomed them at his busy bun shop and offered them steaming buns, which they praised.
• Shen Hao and Zi Xuan visited the farmland, where farmers told them the Longevity Dao Rhyme had made the harvest ten times better.
• They watched children study Hongmeng's history and culture at Guixin Academy.
• At sunset, Shen Hao looked over the thriving city and resolved to protect it and everyone in it for his entire life.

Shen Hao comprehended the true essence of the Path of Longevity while meditating beside the Longevity Lotus, realizing it meant nourishing the soul and protecting all living beings. The lotus bloomed, and he planned to use its nine seeds to strengthen Hongmeng as its era of peace began.

• Shen Hao meditated beside the Longevity Lotus and realized that longevity came from preserving the soul rather than the flesh.
• Shen Hao explained that the Path of Longevity ultimately meant using one's Dao Rhyme to nourish all things and protect living beings, enlightening Elder Mu Chen.
• The Longevity Lotus bloomed and released a powerful aura of life throughout Origin Secluded Valley.
• Shen Hao plucked one of the nine lotus seeds and said he would keep it for his own comprehension and give the other eight to leaders of the myriad races and Dao Academy disciples.
• Shen Hao, Elder Mu Chen, and Zi Xuan watched the lotus as Shen Hao vowed to protect Hongmeng and its hard-won peace.

Shen Hao and Zi Xuan held a ceremony to reward the races that had defended Hongmeng, distributing all eight Longevity Lotus seeds to distinguished leaders and soldiers. Shen Hao bestowed Longevity Dao Rhyme upon the gathered crowd, and the chapter ended with the races celebrating as he vowed to guard Hongmeng’s newly won peace.

• Shen Hao and Zi Xuan emerged from the Hongmeng Sacred Hall to open the rewards ceremony for the ten thousand races.
• Zi Xuan announced the honors, and Shen Hao awarded Lei Meng and Elder Mu Chen Longevity Lotus seeds for their service.
• Leaders and soldiers from the races received the remaining seeds, distributing all eight.
• Shen Hao encouraged the races to advance together and enveloped the square in gentle Longevity Dao Rhyme.
• The races celebrated around bonfires, while Shen Hao and Zi Xuan watched and Shen Hao resolved to protect Hongmeng’s peace.

Shen Hao comprehended the Longevity Lotus seed’s Great Dao intent, purified the last of the Dark Universe baleful energy in his body, and broke through the peak of the Great Dao Realm into a new domain. His breakthrough awakened the Longevity Lotus’s Origin Power, beginning the formation of a tenth seed meant to protect Hongmeng and bring peace to its lands.

• Shen Hao placed his reserved Longevity Lotus seed in his sea of consciousness and absorbed its runes, deepening his understanding of the Path of Longevity.
• Shen Hao opened his eyes after his enlightenment and purified the final remnant of Dark Universe baleful energy from his body.
• Shen Hao told Zi Xuan and Elder Mu Chen that he had broken through the Great Dao Realm’s peak into a new domain.
• Shen Hao infused the Longevity Lotus with his Dao Rhyme, causing the outline of a tenth lotus seed to emerge.
• Shen Hao explained that the tenth seed would become a supreme treasure capable of protecting Hongmeng and granting it ten thousand years of peace.

Shen Hao discovered the hidden Hongmeng Secret Realm in the Hongmeng Mountain Range and learned that his Longevity Dao Rhyme could open its seal. He decided to return to the Sacred Hall and gather the leaders of all races before entering, leaving the realm's exploration to come.

• Shen Hao used his soul power to find a mysterious aura deep within the Hongmeng Mountain Range.
• Shen Hao parted the clouds with his Longevity Dao Rhyme, revealing a sealed valley and the Hongmeng Secret Realm.
• Elder Mu Chen explained that the secret realm held treasures and a passage to the core of the Hongmeng Origin.
• Shen Hao touched the light curtain and sensed that the Longevity Dao Rhyme could open it.
• Shen Hao chose to return to the Sacred Hall and consult the leaders of all races before entering the realm.

Shen Hao gathered the leaders of the Ten Thousand Races to discuss the newly discovered Hongmeng Secret Realm and organized a joint expedition. He planned to lead the team in three months, and Zi Xuan asked to accompany him.

• Shen Hao revealed the Hongmeng Secret Realm and explained its treasures, dangers, and connection to the Hongmeng Origin core.
• The leaders debated whether to explore immediately or prepare carefully, and Shen Hao proposed a team chosen from elite disciples of all races.
• Shen Hao appointed Lei Meng and Elder Mu Chen as vice-captains and said the expedition’s resources would be shared among the races.
• Zi Xuan reported that the realm would open on the full moon three months later, giving the races time to select and train their disciples.
• Shen Hao announced that he would lead the expedition, and Zi Xuan asked to go with him; he agreed.

Shen Hao organized three months of intensive training for the three hundred disciples selected for the Hongmeng Secret Realm expedition, combining body tempering, soul refinement, formation drills, and combat simulations. As training began under Lei Meng and Mu Chen, Shen Hao personally helped struggling Wood Race disciple Mu Qing, leaving the expedition team preparing for the secret realm.

• Shen Hao addressed the three hundred expedition disciples, used Longevity Dao Rhyme to calm them, and outlined the three stages of their training.
• Lei Meng and Mu Chen took charge of the disciples' daily body-tempering and soul-refinement sessions, while Shen Hao distributed three hundred Body Tempering Pills.
• The disciples trained each day as Lei Meng enforced precise body-tempering movements and Mu Chen taught them to comprehend Longevity Dao Rhyme.
• Shen Hao corrected Mu Qing's body-tempering technique by balancing Chaos Power with Longevity Dao Rhyme, helping him ease the strain and improve his movements.
• Shen Hao watched the disciples continue training at sunset, confident that their preparation would serve them in the Hongmeng Secret Realm.

Shen Hao trained three hundred disciples to use the Spirit Rhinoceros Formation, teaching them to coordinate against simulated beasts and traps. After they defeated an Earth-Splitting Bear as strong as a late Great Dao Realm expert, he judged the team ready for the Hongmeng Secret Realm, which would open in one month.

• Shen Hao explained the Spirit Rhinoceros Formation and assigned the three hundred disciples to their positions according to their races.
• The disciples defended against Shen Hao's simulated giant wolf, scouting its weakness and defeating it with a coordinated attack.
• Shen Hao continued testing the formation against beasts and traps as the disciples became more proficient.
• The disciples combined their strength into a golden pillar and reduced the Earth-Splitting Bear to ashes.
• Shen Hao watched the disciples celebrate and looked toward the Hongmeng Mountain Range, anticipating the secret realm's opening in one month.

Shen Hao put the exploration team through a seven-day practical combat simulation to test their survival skills and teamwork. Two hundred and fifty disciples emerged successfully and became official members of the Hongmeng Exploration Team, with one month remaining before the Hongmeng Secret Realm opened.

• Shen Hao began the practical combat simulation and gave the disciples life-saving jade talismans, warning them that using one would mean elimination.
• The disciples used the Spirit Rhinoceros Formation to defeat an Earth-Splitting Bear, then survived traps and a Sky-Swallowing Python by working together.
• Ten disciples were eliminated after suffering severe injuries from baleful-aura bats in a deep cave.
• Two hundred and fifty disciples completed the seven-day simulation, and Shen Hao welcomed them as official members of the Hongmeng Exploration Team.
• Shen Hao looked toward the Hongmeng Mountain Range as the three months of intensive training ended and the secret realm's opening approached.

Shen Hao opened the Hongmeng Secret Realm with his Longevity Dao Rhyme and led Lei Meng, Elder Mu Chen, and three hundred disciples inside. They entered a vast world beneath twin moons, while Zi Xuan stayed behind to await their return.

• Shen Hao used the Longevity Dao Rhyme to break the seal and open the Hongmeng Secret Realm.
• Elder Mu Chen urged Shen Hao to send a vanguard, but Shen Hao said they could not waste time because the gate would close in seven days.
• Shen Hao told Zi Xuan to wait outside and protect the Hongmeng Great Land if the group did not return within seven days.
• Shen Hao led Lei Meng, Elder Mu Chen, and the three hundred disciples through the passage, dissolving hidden traps with his Dao Rhyme.
• The group emerged into a world rich in Origin Power beneath two full moons, and Shen Hao gave each disciple Dao Rhyme to protect their mind.
• Shen Hao led the group into the Secret Realm's depths as the stone gate closed behind them, leaving Zi Xuan on guard.

Shen Hao led Lei Meng, Elder Mu Chen, and three hundred disciples through the Hongmeng Secret Realm’s vast Spiritual Herb Garden, protecting its origin while allowing limited harvesting. After purifying a Netherworld Soul Devouring Grass with longevity Dao rhyme and turning its sinister aura into life energy, Shen Hao led the group deeper into the garden to discover what else it contained.

• Shen Hao identified the Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Grass and explained that the garden’s herbs had grown by absorbing the secret realm’s origin power.
• Shen Hao shielded the Spiritual Herb Garden with longevity Dao rhyme and allowed the disciples to gather herbs from its edge while avoiding the core region.
• A Wood Race disciple found a Netherworld Soul Devouring Grass, and Lei Meng tried to destroy it before Shen Hao stopped him.
• Shen Hao purified the Netherworld Soul Devouring Grass with longevity Dao rhyme, transforming its black mist into life energy.
• Shen Hao led Lei Meng, Elder Mu Chen, and the three hundred disciples deeper into the Spiritual Herb Garden.

Shen Hao and his companions discovered an ancient hall and a stele bearing Hongmeng’s fundamental Dao runes. After comprehending them, Shen Hao deepened his Longevity Dao Rhyme and purified the remaining Dark Universe baleful energy in his body, then led the group deeper into the ruins.

• Shen Hao identified the ancient hall’s broken stele as a source of Hongmeng’s fundamental runes and used his Longevity Dao Rhyme to shield it.
• Shen Hao allowed the three hundred disciples to meditate at the stele’s edge, warning them not to approach its core or forcefully decipher the runes.
• The stele’s runes spoke of the Path of Longevity and the eternal Path of Guardianship, resonating with Shen Hao’s Dao Rhyme as he meditated.
• Origin power flowed into Shen Hao, deepening his understanding of the Path of Longevity and purifying the last Dark Universe baleful energy in his body.
• Shen Hao explained that Longevity also meant guarding Hongmeng and its people, then led Lei Meng, Elder Mu Chen, and the disciples farther into the ancient hall ruins.

Shen Hao and his companions discovered an Origin Spring Eye in the Hongmeng Secret Realm, where he guided the disciples in using its water to temper their spiritual roots. When its guardian, the Origin Stone Ape, awoke, Shen Hao calmed it with his Longevity Dao Rhyme, and the group continued their cultivation under its protection.

• Shen Hao led Lei Meng, Elder Mu Chen, and three hundred disciples through dense Origin spiritual energy to a golden mist surrounding a spring eye.
• Elder Mu Chen identified the spring as an Origin Spring Eye, and Shen Hao allowed each disciple and elder to take one drop to cleanse and temper their spiritual roots.
• Shen Hao used Longevity Dao Rhyme to raise drops of spring water for the group, who drank them and meditated.
• A roar came from beneath the spring, and Shen Hao sensed that the disturbance had awakened its guardian.
• The ten-zhang-tall Origin Stone Ape emerged from the crack and bowed to Shen Hao after sensing his Longevity Dao Rhyme.
• Shen Hao reassured the group that the Origin Stone Ape would not harm them, and the disciples resumed meditating while it guarded the spring.

Shen Hao guided three hundred disciples through spiritual root cleansing at the Origin Spring Eye, and their resonance with his Longevity Dao Rhyme formed Longevity Lotus shadows that strengthened their cultivation and bound them together. After teaching them that the Dao Rhyme meant protection and devotion, he led the group deeper into the Hongmeng Secret Realm to seek its other secrets.

• Shen Hao used his Longevity Dao Rhyme to steady the disciples as Origin Spring Water cleansed their spiritual roots, helping several reach breakthroughs.
• A Longevity Lotus shadow appeared in each disciple’s sea of consciousness, forming a bond among all three hundred and resonating with Shen Hao’s true Longevity Lotus.
• Shen Hao sent golden light through the secret realm’s two moons to nourish the lotus shadows, and the disciples advanced in cultivation, with some reaching the Great Dao Realm.
• Shen Hao told the disciples that the Longevity Dao Rhyme’s true meaning was protection and devotion, and they pledged to follow his teachings.
• Shen Hao led the group deeper into the secret realm, with Lei Meng, Elder Mu Chen, and the three hundred disciples following in formation.