Chapter Summaries

After Nuwa’s ascension, Zhen Yuanzi and Ming He planned to create races of their own to gain merit, while Hong Yun hesitated over his dangerous plan to bear the Causality of all living beings. Though his friends invited him to join their efforts, Hong Yun refused and resolved to find another path.

• Inspired by Nuwa, Zhen Yuanzi planned to establish an Earth Spirit Race, and Ming He planned to create races in the Blood Sea.
• Zhen Yuanzi and Ming He asked Hong Yun why he hesitated, and he explained that bearing everyone’s Causality could overwhelm him, especially if the ancestors entered the Kalpa.
• Zhen Yuanzi invited Hong Yun to help establish the Earth Spirit Race, and Ming He offered to bring him to the Blood Sea to create races.
• Moved by their friendship, Hong Yun thanked Zhen Yuanzi and Ming He but refused to join either plan, insisting that he would find another way.

Zhen Yuanzi and Ming He helped Hong Yun devise a path to sainthood through spreading his Carefree Loose Scripture and creating the Cloud Dream Realm as a place for loose immortals to discuss and inherit the Dao. After the three parted ways, Houtu sensed that her Primordial Violet Qi pointed toward the Underworld and prepared to go there with four of her brothers.

• Zhen Yuanzi and Ming He agreed to help Hong Yun find a path to attaining the Dao and proposed that he become the ancestor of loose immortals by spreading his Carefree Loose Scripture.
• Hong Yun proposed creating the Cloud Dream Realm, a hidden realm where loose immortals could meet, discuss the Dao, and access his teachings and Dao arts.
• Zhen Yuanzi and Ming He praised Hong Yun's plan, and the three bade farewell as Hong Yun headed to the Nine Domains and Ten Domains, Zhen Yuanzi returned to Wutai Manor, and Ming He went back to the Blood River.
• Houtu sensed her Primordial Violet Qi moving toward the Underworld and told the other Ancestral Witches she needed to go there.
• Di Jiang urged Houtu to depart at once, and Houtu asked Ru Shou, Ju Mang, Gong Gong, and Zhu Rong to accompany her; Di Jiang agreed, hoping they might sense something too.

Di Jun completed a formation that concealed the Thirty-Six Heavens and redirected the Demon Race’s karmic debts, preventing the Demon Race from infiltrating its members. In the Demon Realm, Zhunti’s evil corpse urged the Demon Race to fight the Demon Court directly, even against the Grand Formation of the Stars.

• Ru Shou, Ju Mang, Gong Gong, Zhu Rong, and Houtu followed Houtu to the Underworld while Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Witches stayed behind.
• The Grand Formation of the Stars enclosed the Thirty-Six Heavens, causing the Heavenly Court to vanish from the Primordial Wilderness except for its four heavenly gates.
• Di Jun announced that the formation had shifted the balance of offense and defense, and the Demon Race’s karmic debts were transferred to its fortune, freeing its members from their burden.
• The formation cast the Demon Race members who had infiltrated bodies into a place where an enormous Golden Crow burned them to ashes.
• The Demon Race discovered it could no longer infiltrate the Demon Race without being destroyed, and Zhunti’s evil corpse called for a direct battle against the Demon Court with help from the Immortal Court.

The Demon Race decided to delay a decisive battle while it focused on refining Primordial Violet Qi. Di Jun ordered Tai Yi to destroy the Immortal Court, but Bai Ze proposed securing Nuwa’s support first and hinted that his plan involved Xi He and Chang Xi.

• Jieyin’s evil corpse urged the Demon Race to wait for a chance to attack the Demon Court and prioritize refining Primordial Violet Qi.
• Di Jun ordered Tai Yi to lead half the Heavenly Court’s forces against East King Duke’s Immortal Court.
• Bai Ze warned Di Jun that the Three Pure Ones might intervene because of their ties to East King Duke and Queen Mother of the West.
• Tai Yi angrily defended the attack and berated Bai Ze for several days before Bai Ze explained that he wanted to eliminate the Immortal Court but urged Di Jun to invite Nuwa as a deterrent.
• Bai Ze told Di Jun that his plan to invite Nuwa required a small sacrifice from Di Jun, Xi He, and Chang Xi, then asked what Di Jun thought of the two fairies.

Bai Ze proposed that Di Jun, Xi He, and Chang Xi enter a Heavenly Marriage to harmonize Yin and Yang, gain merit, and strengthen the Heavenly Court. Di Jun and the two immortal maidens eagerly wanted to agree, while Tai Yi watched them pretend to deliberate.

• Di Jun praised Xi He and Chang Xi, and Tai Yi silently wondered when he had ever called them treasures of the Heavenly Court.
• Bai Ze asked Xi He and Chang Xi what they thought of Di Jun, and they praised his power and bearing.
• Bai Ze explained that a Heavenly Marriage between Di Jun and the two moon goddesses would harmonize Yin and Yang, earn merit, and increase the Heavenly Court's fortune.
• Bai Ze urged the three to marry, arguing that their union would help the Heavenly Court challenge the Immortal Court.
• Di Jun, Xi He, and Chang Xi wanted to agree but kept up appearances, while Tai Yi watched them with disdain.

Di Jun chose to marry Xi He and Chang Xi, assigning Bai Ze to arrange the Heavenly Marriage and invite Saint Nuwa. While Bai Ze departed on that mission, Di Jun led an expedition to establish Teleportation Arrays across parts of the Primordial Wilderness, leaving the Heavenly Court guarded.

• Di Jun asked Xi He and Chang Xi for their thoughts, and they agreed to leave the decision to him, so he announced their Heavenly Marriage.
• Di Jun put Bai Ze in charge of the ceremony and sent his Good Corpse with Bai Ze to invite Saint Nuwa.
• Bai Ze left his three corpses in the Heavenly Court to oversee the marriage preparations, then traveled with Di Jun's Good Corpse toward the human race to find Nuwa through Fuxi.
• Di Jun ordered Lin Niu, Green Ox, Ji Meng, and the other generals to leave their true bodies guarding the Four Heavenly Gates while their three corpses joined the expedition.
• Di Jun, Tai Yi, Kun Peng, Ling Shuang, Xi He, Chang Xi, and their forces split into groups to establish Teleportation Arrays across the Primordial Wilderness.
• The Demon Race and the Immortal Court watched the Heavenly Court's divided forces but chose not to attack after seeing that each group had several quasi-saints and remained within reach of the others.

Di Jun and Tai Yi completed a Teleportation Array that promised to let living beings cross vast distances instantly, and Di Jun announced that they would spread it throughout the Primordial Wilderness. Living beings celebrated the array’s benefits as Di Jun hoped its merit would help him become a saint.

• Hou Tu and the other Ancestral Witches saw the Demon Race building formations over spiritual roots and speculated about its intentions.
• Zhu Rong mocked Gong Gong’s suggestion that the Demon Race planned to reinforce Second Uncle’s formations, then apologized in a way that insulted him again.
• The completed Teleportation Array absorbed a thousand years of spiritual energy and Heavenly Dao inscriptions, drawing the attention of beings throughout the Primordial Wilderness.
• Di Jun announced that he and Tai Yi had created the array to help living beings travel and would spread it across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Living beings, especially those with shallow cultivation, thanked Di Jun and Tai Yi, believing the array would make it easier to seek teachers and attend lectures.

Di Jun’s Teleportation Array project earned the Demon Race a surge in fortune and Heavenly Dao Merit, allowing him to sever his final corpse and obtain a strand of Primordial Violet Qi. Hou Tu and the other Ancestral Witches continued to the Underworld to help her attain sainthood, where Wu E confronted them at the gates.

• The beings of the Primordial Wilderness praised the Demon Race’s Teleportation Arrays, causing its fortune to surge and alarming both the Demon Race and the Immortal Court.
• Hong Yuan rewarded the Teleportation Array builders with Heavenly Dao Merit, which fell chiefly to Di Jun and Tai Yi, with the rest shared among participating demons.
• Di Jun used the merit to sever his Self Corpse, then discovered he had obtained a strand of Primordial Violet Qi.
• Ju Mang identified Di Jun’s strand as Heavenly Dao Violet Qi, and the five Ancestral Witches continued toward the Underworld to help Hou Tu attain sainthood.
• Hou Tu and the others reached the Underworld’s gates, where Wu E recognized them and asked why they had come.

Wu E led Hou Tu and the other Ancestral Witches through the Underworld and explained the Six Paths of Reincarnation, a powerful treasure created by their Master. When Hou Tu felt it calling to her and asked if it had caused the sensation, time and space froze around them.

• Zhu Rong and Gong Gong argued over which of them Wu E considered the bigger idiot as Wu E welcomed the Ancestral Witches.
• Wu E led Hou Tu, Ru Shou, Ju Mang, Zhu Rong, and Gong Gong on a tour of the Underworld.
• Hou Tu felt an inexplicable connection to the Underworld and noticed her Primordial Violet Qi pointing in one direction.
• Wu E explained that the Six Paths of Reincarnation was a Top-grade Chaos Spiritual Treasure divided into three good paths and three evil paths.
• The five Ancestral Witches reached the Six Paths of Reincarnation and were stunned by its immense presence.
• Hou Tu felt the Six Paths calling to her, then saw time and space freeze and asked whether the treasure had caused it.

Houtu realized the Underworld needed a safer route for souls to reach reincarnation, so she created the Yellow Springs River and added two spiritual treasures to its end. The river became part of the Underworld, leading toward the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

• The Six Paths of Reincarnation infused Houtu with the Earthly Path, but the Primordial Violet Qi fell silent when she tried to achieve sainthood.
• Houtu suspected she lacked merit and explored the Underworld to find ways to improve it.
• Houtu noticed that the Blood Sea’s foul aura could destroy weak souls before they reached the Underworld.
• Houtu used a drop of Heaven and Earth Origin Liquid to create the Yellow Springs River as a safe route for the dead.
• Houtu placed a jade bridge and a small boat at the end of Yellow Springs, where they merged with the river before the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Houtu established Meng Po, the Bridge of Helplessness, and the Ferry Boat, then created a ferryman from Forget Worry Grass to guide souls across the Yellow Springs. Her work earned merit from the Three Paths, which Hong Yuan passed on to the young maid in his realm.

• Houtu separated an External Body and appointed it Meng Po, establishing the Bridge of Helplessness and the Ferry Boat.
• Houtu searched for a ferryman and recalled the unusual beings formed from the emotions and obsessions of Heaven and Earth.
• Houtu found a golden, compassionate stalk of Forget Worry Grass, brought it to the Underworld, and enlightened it into a ferryman.
• The ferryman split into hundreds of millions of clones, each boarding a Ferry Boat to guide souls across the Yellow Springs River.
• Merit descended upon the Underworld, with most going to Houtu and some to Meng Po, the river, the bridge, the boats, and the ferryman.
• The Three Paths sent the remaining merit to Hong Yuan, who placed it upon the young maid in his realm.

Houtu received merit for creating the Six Paths of Reincarnation and was taken by the Earthly Path, which guided her breakthrough to the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm. She then joined with the Earthly Path, and Tongtian and Duobao recognized the upheaval as Houtu becoming a saint.

• Houtu's merit raised her cultivation, but the Earthly Path swept her into its source and invited her to join the Dao.
• Houtu agreed and used her merit to comprehend the Reincarnation Laws, while Hong Yuan watched her progress.
• After ten thousand years, Houtu broke through to the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm and formed a Dao Fruit within her body.
• The Earthly Path urged Houtu to join, and she transformed into starlight that merged into it.
• The Primordial Wilderness shook as Houtu joined the Dao, and Tongtian told Duobao that Houtu had become a saint.

Houtu established the Yellow Springs and merged with the Earthly Path, surpassing the Three Pure Ones. Taishang then approached a starving human, offered him a pill, and hinted that he could teach him how to make it.

• Houtu announced the creation of the Yellow Springs and Reincarnation, and all living beings worshipped her as the Imperial Earth Deity.
• Gong Gong and Zhu Rong celebrated Houtu's achievement, while Taishang lamented that Nuwa and Houtu had already claimed the Paths of Man and Earth.
• Taishang recognized that the human race's hunger was caused by Fuxi and Nuwa and that his opportunity for sainthood lay with humanity.
• Taishang met a starving young man who had eaten his own house and offered him a pill in exchange for information about the area.
• The young man eagerly questioned Taishang about the fragrant pill, and Taishang offered to teach him if he wanted to learn.

Taishang offered Xuandu a pill that could satisfy hunger without ingredients, then accepted him as a disciple after Xuandu tested it and asked to learn alchemy. Taishang asked Xuandu to show him around the human race, leaving Xuandu nervously wondering why his master wanted the tour.

• Taishang explained that his hunger-satisfying pill required no materials and tossed one to Xuandu to test.
• Xuandu ate the pill, felt his hunger disappear, and declared that it was purer than any food he had tasted.
• Xuandu knelt and begged Taishang to teach him, and Taishang accepted him as his disciple.
• Taishang revealed his aura, and Xuandu recognized his extraordinary strength before greeting him as Master.
• Taishang asked Xuandu to show him the customs and way of life of the human race, and Xuandu cautiously asked why.

Taishang visited the human settlement with Xuandu and learned that the rapidly growing human race faced severe food shortages. After Xuandu begged him to help, Taishang agreed to teach humans cultivation, seeing it as his chance to earn the merit needed for Sagehood.

• Taishang reassured Xuandu that he had come to understand the human race, not to punish him.
• Xuandu showed Taishang the crude dwellings created by Youchao Shi and described how hunger threatened the clan.
• Taishang explained that humans could use Heaven and Earth’s power through cultivation and thereby stop feeling hunger.
• Xuandu knelt and begged Taishang to teach the human race cultivation.
• Taishang agreed to pass on the method, while privately viewing the task as his opportunity to attain Sagehood.

Taishang preached the Eight-Nine Profound Origin Technique to the human race, simplifying it to the Seven-Seven Profound Origin Technique when most humans could not understand it. As he continued his journey to teach more humans, Yuanshi and Tongtian began establishing their teachings, while Di Jun and Bai Ze arrived to request an audience with Nuwa.

• Taishang and Xuandu began preaching to the human race, whose leaders welcomed Taishang with respect after learning of his connection to Pangu and Hong Yuan.
• Taishang taught the human race the Eight-Nine Profound Origin Technique, then simplified it to the Seven-Seven Profound Origin Technique when most humans struggled to follow.
• The humans began cultivating, and their strong bodies let them absorb spiritual energy and Law Inscriptions rapidly as their hunger vanished.
• Taishang left with Xuandu to preach elsewhere because many humans had not yet learned a cultivation method.
• Yuanshi and Tongtian began accepting disciples and preparing to establish their teachings, while Yuanshi instructed his new disciple, Antarctic Immortal Elder.
• Di Jun and Bai Ze arrived at the human race's holy land and asked to meet Nuwa, who remarked that Di Jun had sent only a severed corpse avatar.

Nuwa agreed to receive Di Jun and Bai Ze, who asked her to preside over Di Jun’s Heavenly Marriage with Xi He and Chang Xi using the Red Embroidered Ball. She pointed out that the Demon Race was burdened by calamity and causality, leaving Di Jun to answer her concern.

• Nuwa and Fuxi teased each other about their different levels of cultivation, and Nuwa promised to look after her elder brother.
• Nuwa opened a path through the valley and allowed Di Jun and Bai Ze to enter.
• Di Jun and Bai Ze walked through the transformed valley and respectfully greeted Nuwa.
• Bai Ze asked Nuwa to preside over Di Jun’s Heavenly Marriage with Xi He and Chang Xi and to use the Red Embroidered Ball as its proof.
• Nuwa showed them the Red Embroidered Ball and said the Demon Race’s calamity and causality made their request difficult for her to accept.

Nuwa agreed to preside over Di Jun’s Heavenly Marriage in ten thousand years after he promised to follow the Dao Venerable’s and her teachings. Di Jun’s true body and the Heavenly Court celebrated, while the Demon Race debated attending the ceremony to assess their rival’s strength.

• Di Jun assured Nuwa that he had no intention of disrupting the Primordial Wilderness and promised to obey her and the Dao Venerable, so Nuwa agreed to preside over his marriage in ten thousand years.
• Di Jun and Bai Ze returned to the Heavenly Court and began preparing for the ceremony, while Di Jun’s severed corpse clone relayed Nuwa’s agreement to his true body.
• Di Jun announced the news to the Demon Race, ordered invitations sent throughout the Primordial Wilderness, and insisted that Nuwa’s attendance be publicized.
• The Demon Race members asked Jieyin and Zhunti whether to attend, and E Zhu and Jidu supported going to protect their pride and probe the Heavenly Court’s strength.

The Immortal Court weighed Di Jun’s banquet invitation while East King Duke secretly strengthened ties with the human race by supplying them with demons. Nuwa allowed his schemes to draw Fuxi and the human race into the coming tribulation, then left to witness Di Jun’s Heavenly Marriage as Fuxi continued refining the Primordial Violet Qi.

• Jieyin and Zhunti’s avatars agreed to attend the Heavenly Court’s banquet, confident that Di Jun would not attack during the gathering.
• East King Duke chose to stay away from the banquet and continued contacting the human race, sending them captured demons as food to draw them toward the Immortal Court.
• Nuwa concealed East King Duke’s actions from Fuxi because she believed the human race and Fuxi had to enter the tribulation.
• Fuxi sensed a brief chill while cultivating, but Nuwa reassured him that nothing was wrong, and he returned to refining the Primordial Violet Qi.
• Nuwa told Fuxi she was going to the Heavenly Court to witness the marriage of Di Jun, Xi He, Chang Xi, and the others, then departed.

Di Jun’s Heavenly Marriage ceremony drew powerful guests to the Heavenly Court, including Jieyin and the Demon Race, who arrived despite their hostile history with the hosts. The chapter ended as the Demon Race insulted the Heavenly Court’s refreshments and Tai Yi confronted E Zhu in fury.

• The Heavenly Court gathered for Di Jun’s wedding to Xi He and Chang Xi, while its commanders guarded the Four Heavenly Gates.
• Jieyin led the Demon Race to the banquet and offered Di Jun congratulations and blessings.
• Tai Yi threatened Jieyin, but Di Jun rebuked him and welcomed the guests to take their seats.
• After E Zhu tasted the Spiritual Wine, he denounced the refreshments, smashed his wine table, and threw his cup at Di Jun’s feet.
• Tai Yi confronted E Zhu with his weapons ready, while E Zhu mocked him and Zhunti joined in criticizing the Heavenly Court’s food and drink.