Recaps

After forty-nine years of secluded cultivation, Tongtian absorbed the Nine Lives Flower’s power while humanity and the three religions expanded across the four continents. The chapter ended with Star of Harmony flourishing under Jiang Ziya’s guidance and Niangniang Nuwa nearing childbirth.

• Tongtian hid in a cavern near Star of Harmony, consumed the Nine Lives Flower, and spent forty-nine years cultivating until he integrated its power.
• Human Emperor Di Xin used his Saint’s blood to cure a plague in the Great Shang Dynasty, whose population grew twentyfold over the following decades.
• Xuandu Daoist, Yun Zhongzi, Daoist Cihang, and the Western Teachings spread their followings across the four continents, while Zhang Tianhua established the Human Sect throughout the Northern Continent of Ju Lu.
• The Interception Sect openly recruited gifted disciples and punished powerful groups that targeted the families of its chosen disciples.
• Jiang Ziya oversaw Star of Harmony as its Asura population grew two hundredfold and developed through five generations.
• Niangniang Nuwa became languid and remained inside the Star Picking Pavilion of Wa Huang Palace as her pregnancy progressed.

Forty-nine years after the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation began, the major sects and the Asura people had grown stronger, while no one had yet been named to a principal god position. Lord of the Beginning and Grand Supreme Elder Lord prepared to confront Sect Master Tongtian, but their disciples warned that the Interception Sect and Demon Race had also amassed formidable strength.

• The Asura people honored Jiang Ziya for educating them and saving their lives, while he accumulated merit and reached the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Lord of the Beginning reached the eighth layer of the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and planned to join Grand Supreme Elder Lord and the Western Saints in deposing Sect Master Tongtian and sending the Interception Sect into the Investiture of the Gods.
• Grand Supreme Elder Lord reached the peak of the eighth layer and praised Xuandu and True Person Du'e for rebuilding the Human Sect's influence.
• True Person Xuandu and True Person Du'e warned Grand Supreme Elder Lord that the Interception Sect and Demon Race had grown stronger through their alliance, joint training, and access to Sect Master Tongtian's treasury.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun gathered Grand Supreme Elder Lord, Lord of the Beginning, Daoist Jieyin, and Daoist Zhunti at Zixiao Palace to form the Four Sages Alliance against Sect Master Tongtian and the Interception Sect. With the Heavenly Dao on their side, the four saints prepared to use Hongjun's new treasures and Four Symbols Limitless Killing Array before the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation ended.

• Grand Supreme Elder Lord told True Person Xuandu and True Person Du'e that the Heavenly Dao would support the Four Sages Alliance, and they agreed to press ahead.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun summoned Grand Supreme Elder Lord to Zixiao Palace, where Lord of the Beginning, Daoist Jieyin, and Daoist Zhunti had already gathered.
• The four saints discussed their improved cultivation and whether Sect Master Tongtian could have reached the Heavenly Dao Realm, and Hongjun warned Lord of the Beginning not to underestimate him.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun said the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation had only three years remaining and ordered the saints to bring the Interception Sect into it.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun presented four treasures refined from foreign-domain objects and taught the four saints how to form the Four Symbols Limitless Killing Array.

The Four Sages launched a surprise attack on Golden Ao Island, but the Interception Sect’s strengthened defenses and Myriad Immortals Great Formation thwarted their assault and wounded them. Dao Ancestor Hongjun then struck at the formation with overwhelming force, leaving Duobao Daoist and the other Quasi-Saints to brace for impact.

• The Four Sages used Hongjun’s Four Symbols Limitless Killing Array to break through Golden Ao Island’s protective formation and lead their forces onto the island.
• Duobao Daoist ordered the Myriad Immortals Great Formation to attack, and its first clash with the Five Saints Alliance ended in a draw.
• The Four Sages tried to destroy the Myriad Immortals Great Formation with a black-hole attack, but Duobao redirected its light spheres to ambush and injure them.
• Hongjun’s giant hand struck the formation’s barrier, shattering it, before his amplified killing intent surged toward the formation.
• Duobao Daoist and the Interception Sect’s Quasi-Saints raised their magic treasures and prepared to block Hongjun’s attack at the cost of their lives.

Jiang Ziya shielded the Interception Sect from the Heavenly Dao’s pressure with his Congruent Dao, stunning the Four Sages Alliance and the onlookers. The Human Emperor Di Xin then appeared and challenged the hidden Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

• Jiang Ziya manifested a hundred-thousand-zhang Dharma Body and used a three-colored canopy to erase the Heavenly Dao’s pressure, saving the Interception Sect disciples.
• Lord of the Beginning, Grand Supreme Elder Lord, and the Two Western Saints were shocked by Jiang Ziya’s power and coveted the Dao behind his canopy.
• Xuandu and True Person Du'e told Grand Supreme Elder Lord that they were certain the Four Sages Alliance would suffer another defeat.
• Onlookers wondered why the Human Emperor Di Xin had not appeared, then reported that he had arrived above the sky of the Congruent Dao.
• The Human Emperor Di Xin confronted the concealed Dao Ancestor Hongjun and demanded that he reveal himself.

Human Emperor Di Xin overwhelmed Lord of the Beginning, taking his treasures and killing him before he revived through Primordial Violet Qi. The Four Sages Alliance then launched its formation against Golden Ao Island, but the Myriad Immortals Great Formation slaughtered its disciples while Jiang Ziya blocked their counterattack.

• Di Xin absorbed Lord of the Beginning’s attacks, took his precious pearl and Glazed Lamp, and captured the Nameless Treasure Box.
• Di Xin sent Lord of the Beginning beyond the Thirty-three Heavens, killing him before he emerged again from the Primordial Violet Qi.
• The Sages and other powerful figures were stunned by Di Xin’s strength as Lord of the Beginning returned to Golden Ao Island and threatened him.
• The four Sages formed the Four Symbols Limitless Killing Array, while the Myriad Immortals Great Formation swept through the allied Three Religions army and filled most of the Investiture of the Gods.
• Jiang Ziya blocked the killing array’s attack with a three-colored rainbow canopy, leaving the Interception Sect protected by the formation’s firmament barrier.

After the Four Sages Alliance suffered devastating losses, Dao Ancestor Hongjun summoned the Eye of Heavenly Punishment and attacked Golden Ao Island with a purple net. Jiang Ziya and Human Emperor Di Xin shielded the Interception Sect’s forces, leaving the island in ruins but its disciples unharmed.

• The Myriad Immortals Great Formation wiped out most of the Four Sages Alliance’s elite forces while Jiang Ziya blocked the four Sages’ attacks.
• The Four Sages looked to Dao Ancestor Hongjun for help as their alliance’s losses mounted.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun accused Jiang Ziya and Di Xin of obstructing the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation and summoned the Eye of Heavenly Punishment.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun spread a purple net over Golden Ao Island, unleashing a destructive attack.
• Jiang Ziya protected the Myriad Immortals Great Formation with his three-colored dome, and Di Xin added a multicolored barrier, keeping the Interception Sect’s disciples unharmed.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the Four Sages attacked the Interception Sect, while the Heavenly Dao unleashed the Light of Heavenly Punishment against the Myriad Immortals Great Formation. An unknown newcomer froze the deadly attack and struck Hongjun hard enough to expose his true form as an enormous earth dragon, leaving the watchers to wonder who had appeared.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun used the force of the Great Dao to shatter the barriers of the Myriad Immortals Great Formation, while the remaining Three Religions elites were killed and sent to the Platform of Investiture.
• The Eye of Heavenly Punishment fired more than a hundred beams of scarlet light, and Jiang Ziya, Human Emperor Di Xin, Duobao Daoist, and other Quasi-Saints tried to protect the Interception Sect disciples.
• The Four Sages Alliance restarted the Four Symbols Limitless Killing Formation as Hongjun launched another attack, and a second Eye of Heavenly Punishment fired purple light through the defenders' barriers.
• An unknown power froze the Light of Heavenly Punishment into a blood-colored rainbow bridge just above the Myriad Immortals Great Formation, astonishing the four Sages and the watching mighty figures.
• A huge fist suddenly struck Hongjun's Dharma Body and shattered it, revealing that Dao Ancestor Hongjun's true form was an enormous, blood-red, spiked earth dragon.
• The watchers across the Primordial Universe began guessing who had thrown the fist.

Sect Master Tongtian challenged Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s accusation of betrayal, and Hongjun’s arrow passed through him without harm before Tongtian cut Hongjun’s neck. Hongjun’s Saint blood spread across the prehistoric universe as Saint Fruits that transformed those who ate them, while Tongtian suspected the miraculous gifts concealed a scheme.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun manifested his Dharma Body and accused Sect Master Tongtian of betraying his master and ancestors.
• Sect Master Tongtian declared that surviving Hongjun’s attack would end their master-disciple bond, and Hongjun shot a purple arrow through his face.
• Sect Master Tongtian’s Dharma Body returned unharmed, and he slashed Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s neck with a sword.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s scarlet-and-gold Saint blood spread across the prehistoric universe, producing Saint Fruits that transformed mortals, cultivators, beasts, and spirits who ate them.
• Countless beings gained power from the Saint Fruits and sent merit light into Hongjun’s Dharma Body, while Tongtian’s avatar ate tens of millions without advancing beyond the Quasi-Saint level.
• Sect Master Tongtian suspected the Saint Fruits were a trap and judged that Dao Ancestor Hongjun had reached the seventh layer of the Heavenly Dao Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm.

Sect Master Tongtian watched Dao Ancestor Hongjun erase the Primordial World's memories of his miraculous display, then challenged Hongjun's account of the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation. He explained how Houtu and Di Xin disrupted Hongjun's plans, and left the onlookers stunned after his glare drove away the Eye of Heavenly Punishment.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun covered the Primordial World with cold light, erasing the living beings' memories of their praise and the miracles that followed.
• Hongjun warned Tongtian that the Investiture of the Gods had to be completed before the deadline and admitted he had no other solution.
• Tongtian argued that the Investiture of the Gods should never have existed and described Hongjun's plan to control the Primordial World through Haotian and the Heavenly Court.
• Tongtian recounted how Houtu established the Earthly Dao, Di Xin took control of the Human Dao, and Haotian was slain while trying to stop Di Xin.
• Tongtian threatened the Eye of Heavenly Punishment with a glance, making it vanish and prompting cultivators to debate his strength.

Jiang Ziya offered to resolve the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation by having his disciples surrender their bodies and enter the Investiture, and he accepted a three-year deadline to establish the Heavenly Court. After Hongjun and Tongtian agreed to stay out of the conflict, Tongtian turned his attention to helping his disciples become Sages, then reacted with astonishment at something beyond Biyou Palace.

• Hongjun revealed that Tongtian appeared to have reached the Third Heaven of the Heavenly Dao Realm, while Tongtian knew he had only entered the First Heaven.
• Jiang Ziya proposed having his disciples abandon their physical bodies and enter the Investiture of the Gods to fill the chief deity positions.
• Jiang Ziya promised to complete the task within three years and establish the Heavenly Court, and Hongjun promised not to interfere with the tribulation during that period.
• Hongjun left, and the Four Sages Alliance fled after suffering heavy losses and offending Tongtian.
• Tongtian set aside his grievances against the other Sages to help Duobao Daoist and his other Quasi-Saint disciples reach sainthood.
• Tongtian performed deductions in Biyou Palace and looked toward the boundless vault of the sky in astonishment.

Jiang Ziya completed the Investiture of the Gods, achieved the Congruent Dao, and became a Sage, prompting Tongtian to gather his disciples at a hidden place where they might find their own Sage opportunities. Hongjun then planned for the Western Teachings to gain the Human Race’s fortune, while Yuanshi questioned whether Hongjun’s plan was trustworthy.

• Jiang Ziya filled the remaining names on the Investiture of the Gods, achieved the Congruent Dao, and became a Sage as the Interception Sect disciples watched from Biyou Palace.
• Tongtian led his disciples to a hidden floating land and told them it held their opportunity to become Sages.
• Hongjun told the Four Sages that the Human Race would remain the primordial world’s protagonist and that the Western Teachings should seek its fortune with help from elite disciples of the Human Sect and Chan Sect.
• Yuanshi privately asked Grand Supreme Elder Lord whether Hongjun’s plan was reliable, and Taishang admitted he did not know what pretext Hongjun intended to use.

Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin celebrated the Western Teachings’ destined rise, but their disciples feared that incoming members of the Human Sect and Chan Sect would displace them. Di Shitian foresaw that the Twenty Heavens would be eliminated and told Great Brahma he wanted to seek another way forward.

• Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin told their disciples that the Western Teachings were destined to flourish and might rule over the Human Race, with disciples from the Human Sect and Chan Sect joining them.
• The Western Teachings’ disciples worried that newcomers would take their positions, and they returned to their abodes with resentment and unease.
• The lords of the Twenty Heavens gathered at Di Shitian’s abode to ask how they could protect their standing and improve their strength.
• Di Shitian advised them to seek opportunities in the Eastern Continent or Northern Continent of Ju Lu, then privately told Great Brahma that the Western Teachings’ destiny meant they would all be eliminated.
• Di Shitian told Great Brahma that he planned to go out and search for another way forward.

Di Shitian killed Arhat Fuhu after he tried to seize White Horse Temple, then accepted Sect Master Tongtian’s invitation to join the Interception Sect. The chapter left Di Shitian as Tongtian’s personal disciple and Kasyapa as his grand-disciple.

• Di Shitian left Spirit Mountain and arrived at White Horse Temple in Nine Heavens City, where Kasyapa told him Arhat Fuhu had ordered the temple to be taken over.
• Arhat Fuhu demanded that Kasyapa leave White Horse Temple, and Di Shitian killed him with the Light of Annihilation.
• Di Shitian promised to take responsibility for the killing, and Kasyapa chose to follow his master wherever he went.
• The White-Clad True Man invited Di Shitian to join the Interception Sect as Sect Master Tongtian’s personal disciple.
• Sect Master Tongtian revealed himself as the White-Clad True Man’s avatar, gave treasures to Di Shitian and Kasyapa, and made Kasyapa his grand-disciple.

After sending Di Shitian and Kasyapa back to the Western Teachings with plans to take control from within, Tongtian prepared his disciples to claim the Human Race’s destiny and look beyond the Primordial World. During a Heavenly Dog Eclipse, he led a vast group of Quasi-Saint disciples into the Heavenly Dao tribulation to become Sages.

• Tongtian revived Arhat Fuhu, instructed him to become the future sect master of the Western Teachings, and trained him and Kasyapa in a formation for five hundred years.
• Di Shitian and Kasyapa reached new cultivation realms, thanked Tongtian, and traveled to Guixu.
• Tongtian told his disciples that the Human Race would rule the Primordial World and urged them to prepare for the struggle over its destiny while seeking worlds beyond it.
• During the Heavenly Dog Eclipse, Tongtian brought his disciples to the floating earth’s highest peak and ordered them to seize their chance to become Sages.
• Duobao Daoist, Great Immortal Wuyun, Holy Mother Wudang, Daoist Lu Ya, Zhao Gongming, San Xiao, Daoist Kong Xuan, Shen Gongbao, Ji Fa, and many others endured the Heavenly Dao’s scrutiny and tribulation lightning.

Taishang Saint, Lord of the Beginning, and the Western Teachings' Saints watched as many Interception Sect disciples prepared to attain sainthood, and each considered how the event reflected their sects' fortunes. The chapter left Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti observing the tribulations with Dragon-Subduing Arhat and Arhat Fuhu beside them.

• Taishang Saint explained that the Interception Sect's many Quasi-Saints faced a narrow window to undergo their tribulations and suspected Tongtian had chosen the Heavenly Dog Eclipse to weaken the Heavenly Dao's connection to the Great Dao.
• True Person Xuandu and True Person Du'e worried that the Interception Sect's success could make it unmatched, while Taishang Saint said Tongtian might have blocked the secrets of heaven.
• Lord of the Beginning admitted to Yun Zhongzi, Chijingzi, and the other Chan Sect disciples that their sect was in decline and said Tongtian had reversed the Interception Sect's fate more effectively than he had.
• Lord of the Beginning revealed that Dao Ancestor Hongjun had determined the Human Race would rule the Primordial World and arranged for the Human Sect and Chan Sect to send elite disciples to the Western Teachings as both aid and a fallback.
• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti watched the Saint Tribulations from Mount Sumeru with Dragon-Subduing Arhat and Arhat Fuhu, reflecting the Western Saints' distrust of the Heavenly Lords of the Twenty Heavens.

Nuwa and Houtu discovered that Hongjun planned to use the Five-Colored Stone to place the Human Race under the Western Teachings, while Hongjun explained that even he could not interfere with the Great Dao’s will. As Tongtian’s disciples endured their simultaneous Sainthood tribulations, the Great Dao abruptly transformed the Heavenly Dao tribulation into a far more dangerous test.

• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti discussed Tongtian’s strength and the fate of the Twenty Heavens, while Dragon-Subduing Arhat and Arhat Fuhu stayed silent.
• Nuwa calculated that Hongjun intended to use the Five-Colored Stone to hand the Human Race over to the Western Teachings, and she planned to visit Huoyun Cave with Houtu.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun told his attendants that the Great Dao governed the disciples’ Sainthood tribulations and that he had no authority to interfere.
• Sect Master Tongtian watched his disciples withstand the tribulation with preparations including cultivation techniques, pills, formations, magic treasures, and talismans.
• The Great Dao suddenly made the tribulation lightning more than a hundred times stronger, breaking the disciples’ first defense and forcing them to rely on their pills.
• Tongtian recognized that the blue clouds and lightning marked the start of the Great Dao Saint Tribulation, launched without warning.

Tongtian’s disciples endured the escalating Great Dao Tribulation with the armor and talismans he had prepared, but the tribulation continued beyond its expected end. Tongtian attacked the Great Dao in defense of his disciples and thrust his sword into the center of its eye.

• Tongtian suspected Hongjun’s Saint Fruits were part of a scheme that risked exhausting the Primordial World’s resources and might have come from an extradimensional realm within Guixu.
• Tongtian’s disciples used rune-covered armor to withstand the tribulation lightning, then relied on talismans when red lightning shattered their armor.
• When the Great Dao Tribulation kept intensifying past the expected number of strikes, Tongtian manifested his Dharma Body and set the tribulation clouds ablaze.
• The Eye of the Great Dao appeared and attacked Tongtian with a blood-red beam as witnesses and his disciples watched in awe.
• Tongtian shattered the beams and thrust his sword into the vortex at the center of the Eye of the Great Dao.

Sect Master Tongtian confronted the Great Dao, protected the Primordial World from destruction, and helped his disciples pass the dual Saint Tribulations. After the Great Dao withdrew, he revived the countless beings killed in the clash, and merit began gathering at Golden Ao Island.

• The Eye of the Great Dao attacked, and Human Emperor Di Xin, Jiang Ziya, and the Four Saints used formations to protect the people in their realms.
• Sect Master Tongtian swallowed the Great Dao’s beam of light and fought its physical golden fist as the Primordial World began to break apart.
• Sect Master Tongtian asked the Great Dao to show mercy, after which the black cloud cluster vanished and his disciples’ Saint Dharma Bodies appeared.
• Tongtian’s Quasi-Saint disciples passed both the Heavenly Dao and Great Dao Saint Tribulations and attained sainthood at perfection.
• Sect Master Tongtian revived the beings killed by the Great Dao’s might, and merit rose from across the Primordial World toward Golden Ao Island.

Sect Master Tongtian returned amplified merit to living beings, while his disciples became sages and thanked him for fulfilling their wishes. He encouraged them to leave Golden Ao Island and establish worlds of their own, but Duobao Daoist chose to stay by his side and proposed Kong Xuan as the next Senior Disciple Brother.

• Sect Master Tongtian returned streams of merit light to their rightful owners, helping many living beings advance in cultivation without making them bear the Karma contained in Hongjun's Saint Fruits.
• The sages' Dharma Manifestations bowed toward Golden Ao Island and thanked Sect Master Tongtian, then gathered in Biyou Palace to hear him teach.
• Sect Master Tongtian warned his disciples that the Primordial Chaos Realm was only a beginning and said he was ready to let them leave Golden Ao Island and create worlds of their own.
• Duobao Daoist declared that he wanted to remain with Sect Master Tongtian, and Sect Master Tongtian urged him to establish himself independently as an example to the others.
• Duobao Daoist proposed Kong Xuan as Senior Disciple Brother, but Kong Xuan humbly rejected the position and affirmed that Duobao Daoist deserved it.

Duobao Daoist and the disciples urged Kong Xuan to become the Interception Sect’s next leader, and Tongtian laid out his path from Senior Disciple Brother to Sect Master. After Kong Xuan accepted, Duobao kept the appointment’s true meaning secret from outsiders, and the Saints prepared to leave Golden Ao Island and establish their own domains.

• Duobao Daoist and the disciples asked Kong Xuan to take on the responsibilities of Senior Disciple Brother and future leader of the Interception Sect.
• Sect Master Tongtian told Kong Xuan he would eventually succeed him as Sect Master, and Kong Xuan accepted the responsibility.
• The Interception Sect announced Kong Xuan’s appointment, while Duobao Daoist refused to correct outsiders who assumed he had fallen from favor.
• Duobao Daoist and Kong Xuan let rumors of internal discord spread as a ploy to draw their enemies into revealing themselves.
• The disciples recalled Tongtian’s teaching that they could scatter to build their own realms and reunite when needed.
• Half of the eighteen Saints prepared to leave Golden Ao Island, while the other half remained with Tongtian.

Sect Master Tongtian organized the Interception Sect after sixteen disciples became Saints, assigning leadership roles and warning them to stabilize their Dao foundations and prepare for the Human Race’s rise. He then met Nuwa and Houtu, who raised concerns about the Netherworld’s lack of powerful figures, and Tongtian hinted that a solution might be possible.

• Duobao Daoist became Great Elder and controller of the Interception Sect's Elder Council, while the remaining Saints and other disciples took positions on the council.
• Sect Master Tongtian warned the new Saints that their foundations were unstable and urged them to prepare for the Human Race’s growing importance.
• Zhao Gongming proposed seeking a larger realm beyond the Primordial World to escape its limited resources, but Tongtian kept the discussion focused on strengthening the sect within it.
• Eight Saints left Golden Ao Island to create their own small worlds, while the eight who remained took up leadership posts in the Interception Sect.
• Sect Master Tongtian visited Nuwa and Houtu, and Houtu admitted that the Netherworld lacked powerful figures; Tongtian said the problem had a possible solution.

Sect Master Tongtian received a nameless talisman that he believed could help Houtu solve the underworld’s personnel shortage, and promised to visit after Nuwa’s birthday. He warned Dao Ancestor Hongjun about forces from another realm before returning to celebrate Nuwa with a lavish banquet that displayed his wealth and influence.

• Sect Master Tongtian chose the first reward, receiving a Chaos Bead Fragment and a nameless talisman, then promised Houtu he would help resolve the underworld’s staffing shortage after Nuwa’s birthday.
• Sect Master Tongtian left Wa Huang Palace and told Dao Ancestor Hongjun that forces from another realm had plotted against the Primordial World since its beginning; Hongjun admitted he was connected to them but refused to explain further.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun warned White Cloud Attendant not to provoke Sect Master Tongtian, while White Cloud Attendant showed disapproval.
• On Nuwa’s birthday, Saints, disciples, Jiang Ziya, Di Xin, and other powerful figures sent generous gifts to Wa Huang Palace.
• Sect Master Tongtian hosted a grand banquet and gave every guest valuable return gifts, impressing them and discouraging those who had schemes against him.

After Tongtian’s birthday banquet, he visited the Three Saints of Huoyun and learned that they were trapped as Ghost Sages, so he resolved to help them achieve true Sagehood. He then returned to the Netherworld with Houtu, where the Twelve Yamas welcomed him with gratitude for establishing the Earthly Dao.

• Tongtian, Nuwa, and Houtu visited Huoyun Cave and met Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan.
• The Three Emperors revealed that Hongjun’s schemes had prevented them from becoming true Heavenly Dao Sages, and Shennong worried that Huoyun Cave could not hold out much longer.
• Tongtian chose to help the Three Saints of Huoyun achieve Sagehood and gave them cultivation techniques and spirit pills to prepare.
• Tongtian sent Nuwa back to Wa Huang Heaven, then traveled with Houtu to the Netherworld.
• Houtu learned that Tongtian had planted medicinal herbs in the former sea of blood and used them to make spirit pills.
• The Twelve Yamas knelt and welcomed Tongtian, expressing gratitude for his role in establishing the Earthly Dao.

Tongtian gave gifts to the Netherworld officials and lectured for seven days and seven nights, greatly raising their cultivation. Twenty-four Quasi-Sages passed the Earthly Dao tribulation and became Earthly Dao Sages, while a distant bell rang through the primordial void.

• Tongtian gave gifts to Houtu and the Twelve Palace Yama Kings, then asked Houtu to gather the Netherworld’s inhabitants for his lecture.
• Tongtian imparted the Dao from the execution platform, helping countless beings break through and raising the Twelve Palace Yama Kings and other officials to the Quasi-Sage realm.
• After seven days and seven nights, twenty-four Quasi-Sages faced the Earthly Dao tribulation as the Eye of the Great Dao appeared.
• Houtu asked the Great Dao to approve the twenty-four Quasi-Sages’ ascension, and it sent golden light into each of them, granting them Sage halos.
• The twenty-four new Sages bowed to the Great Dao as golden light and distant bells echoed across the Earthly Dao and primordial void.