Chapter Summaries

Yuan Shi crossed over into the Great Wilderness as Primordial Lord of Heaven and worried about the future Investiture of the Gods Tribulation and the Three Pure Ones’ estrangement. He resolved to target Western Heaven’s disciples in the coming tribulation, then received a prompt that the God-Tier Choice System had bound itself to him.

• Yuan Shi awakened in the Jade Void Palace as Primordial Lord of Heaven and learned that the Witch-Demon Calamity had ended and Haotian had taken control of the Heavenly Court.
• Yuan Shi recalled how the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation would cost the Chan Sect many disciples and benefit Western Heaven.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven cursed Zhunti and Jieyin and vowed to send Western Heaven’s disciples onto the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven decided that the Three Pure Ones still had to part ways, while planning to make his moves before humanity rose.
• The God-Tier Choice System announced that it had bound itself to Primordial Lord of Heaven.

Yuan Shi transmigrated into the Great Wilderness as Primordial Lord of Heaven and learned that the Three Pure Ones had already split apart, leaving the Chan Sect vulnerable in the future Investiture of the Gods Tribulation. He resolved to turn the calamity against the Western Heaven and work toward reunifying the Three Teachings before his newly bound God-Tier Choice System appeared.

• Yuan Shi awoke in the Jade Void Palace as Primordial Lord of Heaven, a Saint of the Chan Sect.
• He reviewed the coming Investiture of the Gods Tribulation and lamented the loss of his disciples and the West's future rise.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven blamed the split among the Three Pure Ones for weakening their position and strengthening the Western Heaven.
• He vowed to put Western Heaven's disciples on the Investiture of the Gods List when the calamity began.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven decided to plan for the Three Pure Ones' reunification, and the God-Tier Choice System announced that it had bound itself to him.

Primordial Lord received powerful treasures and a cultivation art from his system, then spent a thousand years studying them. After emerging with a stronger Great Dao aura, he summoned the Chan Sect disciples to preach and challenged their prejudice against the Interception Sect’s followers.

• Primordial Lord received the Twelve-Grade Pure World White Lotus, the God-Slaying Spear, and the Primordial Chaos Dao Integration Art from the system’s novice gift pack.
• Primordial Lord refined the white lotus and spear, then studied the cultivation art in seclusion for a thousand years.
• Primordial Lord announced that he would preach the Dao to the Chan Sect disciples at the Jade Void Palace.
• Daoist Randeng, Immortal Weng of the South Pole, Yunzhongzi, and the other disciples gathered and disparaged the Interception Sect’s followers.
• Primordial Lord declared that living beings could have superior or inferior lineages but should not be judged as high or low, leaving the disciples astonished.

Primordial Lord of Heaven lectured the Chan Sect disciples on the history of the Great Wilderness and urged them to abandon their prejudice against the Interception Sect. His disciples accepted his teaching and made breakthroughs in cultivation.

• Guangchengzi, Taiyi Zhenren, and Juliusun questioned the meaning of Primordial Lord of Heaven’s earlier words, while Daoist Randeng told them to wait for the lecture.
• The Chan Sect disciples entered the Jade Void Palace and sensed that Primordial Lord of Heaven’s aura had grown more ancient and powerful.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven described the rise and decline of the Great Wilderness’s races, including the Demon Race, the Witch Race, and the human race.
• Yunzhongzi realized that Primordial Lord’s words concerned all living beings, not favoritism toward the Interception Sect.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven urged his disciples to broaden their minds and let go of prejudice, and the disciples gained enlightenment and broke through their cultivation realms.

After preaching for thousands of years, the Primordial Lord began planning to reunite the Three Teachings and saw the coming Human Emperor as a chance to become his Sage Teacher. He resolved to compete for the opportunity and consult Nuwa, while recognizing the stakes of humanity’s fortune.

• The Primordial Lord’s disciples thanked him and left the Jade Void Palace with their hostility toward the Interception Sect’s disciples greatly reduced.
• The Primordial Lord considered the difficulty of unifying the Three Teachings and concluded that the old divisions and his own prejudice still stood in the way.
• The Primordial Lord deduced that the Human Emperor was about to appear and decided to compete to teach him.
• The Primordial Lord reflected on how the Heavenly Dao had oppressed the Human Dao and resolved to help claim humanity’s fortune.
• The Primordial Lord looked toward the Palace of Empress Nuwa and decided he had to consult her about the Human Emperor.

Nuwa watched as Jieyin and Zhunti sought four of the eight Sage Teacher positions for the West, prompting Taishang and Tongtian to oppose them. The Sages argued over who deserved the positions, and Primordial Lord of Heaven arrived as the dispute continued.

• Nuwa anticipated the Human Emperor’s rise and the competition for the vacant Sage Teacher positions.
• Jieyin and Zhunti visited Nuwa and asked her to grant the West four of the eight positions.
• Taishang arrived and objected to the West claiming half the positions, then Tongtian joined the dispute.
• Jieyin and Zhunti challenged Tongtian’s Interception Sect, and Tongtian defended his disciples while the Sages argued.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven entered the Palace of Empress Nuwa, drawing the attention of the assembled Sages.

Primordial Lord of Heaven joined the Sages to discuss the eight Sage Teacher positions for the Human Race’s Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. When Zhunti tried to give the West three positions and reduce the Interception Sect to one, Primordial Lord unexpectedly defended Tongtian and condemned the West’s claim, leaving everyone stunned.

• Primordial Lord of Heaven arrived and greeted Nuwa, acknowledging that the Human Emperor’s Sage Teachers should be discussed.
• Zhunti proposed giving the West three positions, the Human and Chan Sects two each, and the Interception Sect one, citing the Interception Sect’s disciples and past karma.
• Tongtian prepared to object but froze when Primordial Lord of Heaven challenged Zhunti’s demand for three positions.
• Zhunti renewed his attack on the Interception Sect and urged Primordial Lord of Heaven to remember his old prejudices.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven rejected distinctions between living beings and questioned what qualified the barren West to teach the Human Emperor, stunning Nuwa, Zhunti, and Jieyin.

Primordial Lord of Heaven defended the Interception Sect from Zhunti and Jieyin’s attempt to exclude its disciples from serving as Human Emperor Sage Teachers. After a system choice offered him a Chaos Pearl, he demanded all eight positions for the Three Pure Ones’ traditions, leaving the Western Sages stunned.

• Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality, Sovereign Lord of the Heavens, and Nuwa were shocked when Primordial Lord of Heaven expressed a changed attitude toward the Interception Sect.
• Zhunti and Jieyin argued that the Interception Sect’s disciples were unfit to teach the Human Emperors because of their origins and the Demon Race’s past crimes.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven stopped Tongtian from reacting, summoned the Pangu Banner, and warned Zhunti and Jieyin not to interfere in the Three Pure Ones’ internal affairs.
• Jieyin proposed dividing the eight Sage Teacher positions equally among four sects, but Primordial Lord of Heaven received a system choice offering a Chaos Pearl for rejecting the proposal.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven demanded all eight Sage Teacher positions for the Three Pure Ones’ traditions, stunning Zhunti and Jieyin.

Primordial Lord of Heaven drove Zhunti and Jieyin from the Palace of Empress Nuwa with help from Tongtian and Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality, then accepted four Human Sage Teacher positions. His defense of the Three Pure Ones left Tongtian grateful and Nuwa wondering what had changed, while Primordial Lord departed believing the Chan and Interception Sects still needed time to reconcile.

• Zhunti and Jieyin confronted Primordial Lord of Heaven after he claimed all eight Sage Teacher positions, while he received the Chaos Pearl as a system reward.
• Tongtian and Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality stood with Primordial Lord, summoning the Four Immortal Slaying Swords and Taiji Diagram against the Two Sages of the West.
• Zhunti and Jieyin judged they could not defeat the Three Pure Ones and left the Palace of Empress Nuwa, warning that they would remember what happened.
• Tongtian and Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality offered to take only two Sage Teacher positions each, and Primordial Lord accepted the remaining four Human Sage Teacher positions.
• Nuwa asked why Primordial Lord had changed, and he said that blood was thicker than water and outsiders could not sow discord among the Three Pure Ones.
• Tongtian thanked Primordial Lord, who left the palace knowing the Chan Sect and Interception Sect would need time to reconcile.

Tongtian told the Interception Sect’s core disciples that Primordial Lord had defended them, while Primordial Lord used the Chaos Pearl and a sermon to encourage the Chan Sect to abandon its prejudice. He rewarded True Person Yuding for embracing the lesson and turned to planning the Unification of the Three Teachings.

• Tongtian reassured his eight core disciples and recounted how Primordial Lord had defended the Interception Sect at the Palace of Empress Nuwa.
• Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality told Xuandu about Primordial Lord’s change, and Xuandu welcomed the prospect of reconciliation between the Chan and Interception Sects.
• After a thousand years of cultivation, Primordial Lord discovered that the Chaos Pearl could strengthen spiritual roots and magical treasures, then summoned the Chan Sect disciples to hear him preach.
• True Person Huanglong asked how the Chan Sect should treat Interception Sect disciples, and Primordial Lord urged his followers not to target them or compete with them.
• True Person Yuding renounced his past hostility toward the Interception Sect, so Primordial Lord rewarded him with the Innate Spiritual Treasure Nine Heavens Ruler.
• Primordial Lord saw that his example was changing the disciples’ attitudes and began planning the Unification of the Three Teachings.

Primordial Lord planned to unite the Three Teachings and considered allies in the human race and Netherworld, but Dao Ancestor Hongjun summoned the Three Pure Ones to address the Western Region’s complaint over the human Sage Teacher positions. Primordial Lord refused Hongjun’s demand to give up two positions, and the chapter ended with Hongjun asking why he no longer disliked the Interception Sect.

• Primordial Lord resolved to conceal his plans for uniting the Three Teachings and considered using the Chan Sect’s Sage Teacher positions and Saint Pingxin’s help.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun summoned the Three Pure Ones to the Purple Cloud Palace, where Zhunti and Jieyin complained that the Three Pure Ones had taken all eight human Sage Teacher positions.
• Hongjun asked Primordial Lord to yield two of the Chan Sect’s four positions to the Western Region, and Primordial Lord refused after receiving a system choice that offered the Primordial Chaos Measuring Heaven Ruler.
• Tongtian and Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality supported Primordial Lord’s refusal, surprising Hongjun and prompting him to ask Primordial Lord why he had once disliked the Interception Sect.

Primordial Lord received the Primordial Chaos Measuring Heaven Ruler and explained that his changed attitude toward living beings came from comprehending the Great Dao. Hongjun let the Three Pure Ones decide who would become humanity’s Sage Teacher, while Zhunti and Jieyin left determined to challenge the decision and Hongjun resolved to watch Primordial Lord.

• Primordial Lord received the Primordial Chaos Measuring Heaven Ruler, a supreme offensive treasure he hoped to raise to Innate quality with the Chaos Pearl.
• Primordial Lord told Hongjun that he no longer saw distinctions of rank among living beings, though Hongjun doubted this explanation.
• Hongjun let the Three Pure Ones decide among themselves who would take the position of Sage Teacher.
• Zhunti and Jieyin left the Purple Cloud Palace empty-handed and resolved that the West would not accept the decision.
• Hongjun watched Primordial Lord and judged that his strange transformation and profound aura might bring upheaval to the Great Wilderness.

Primordial Lord worried that Hongjun suspected him and sought to strengthen himself, while the Three Pure Ones arranged Sage Teachers for humanity. After reaching Saint Triple Heaven, Primordial Lord chose Guangchengzi to teach the soon-to-be-born Fuxi.

• Primordial Lord feared Hongjun had grown suspicious and resolved to increase his strength for the Three Teachings’ future plans.
• Tongtian and Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality agreed with Primordial Lord on how to divide the Sage Teacher positions for the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
• Primordial Lord refined the Primordial Chaos Measuring Heaven Ruler, placed it in the Chaos Pearl, and cultivated the Primordial Chaos Dao Integration Art.
• Several thousand years later, Primordial Lord reached Saint Triple Heaven and sensed that the first Human Emperor, Fuxi, was about to be born.
• Primordial Lord selected Guangchengzi to teach Fuxi, who would be born in the Fengyan Tribe, and Guangchengzi departed for humanity.

Guangchengzi raised Paoxi Shi for sixteen years before sending him back to the human race, where he became Fuxi, the first Human Emperor. Fuxi’s achievements brought merit and growing human destiny to the Chan Sect, while Primordial Lord began considering how to use the connection to win over Nuwa.

• Huaxu Shi gave birth to Paoxi Shi, and Nuwa sent Fuxi Qin and River Luo Tuo Shu to the infant before leaving.
• Guangchengzi took Paoxi Shi to Nine Immortal Mountain Peach Blossom Cave and taught him for sixteen years, then sent him back to his tribe.
• Paoxi Shi returned to the Fengyan Tribe, invented fishing, hunting, writing, and music, and deduced the Innate Eight Trigrams.
• The human race made Paoxi Shi its common sovereign, and he became Heavenly Emperor Fuxi after performing the Fengshan ceremony at Mount Tai.
• Heavenly Dao Merit descended upon Fuxi and Guangchengzi, strengthening the Chan Sect’s destiny.
• Primordial Lord sensed the Chan Sect’s connection to the human race and considered using it to win over Nuwa.

After Fuxi became the Human Emperor, Hongjun sent Zhunti and Jieyin to bring him to Fire Cloud Cave, where he would be confined. Guangchengzi rejected the decree on Fuxi’s behalf, leaving the two Sages facing the Chan Sect’s refusal.

• Zhunti and Jieyin lamented that the West had received none of the merit claimed by the Chan Sect, until Hongjun summoned them to the Purple Cloud Palace.
• Hongjun gave Zhunti and Jieyin a decree ordering Fuxi to enter Fire Cloud Cave, and they accepted the task.
• At the Fengyan Tribe, Guangchengzi congratulated his disciple Fuxi on becoming the Human Emperor and gaining control of the Kongtong Seal.
• Zhunti read Hongjun’s decree before Fuxi and Guangchengzi, declaring that Fuxi must enter Fire Cloud Cave.
• Guangchengzi rejected the decree on Fuxi’s behalf and declared that his disciple would not go to Fire Cloud Cave.

Primordial Lord learned that Zhunti and Jieyin were pressuring Fuxi to go to Fire Cloud Cave and chose to protect his disciple Guangchengzi. He arrived at the Fengyan Tribe just as Zhunti attacked, placing himself between his disciple and the Two Sages of the West.

• Primordial Lord used a deduction to discover that Zhunti and Jieyin were threatening Guangchengzi while enforcing the Dao Ancestor's edict on Fuxi.
• Guangchengzi refused to let Fuxi go to Fire Cloud Cave, declaring that the Chan Sect would stand with him.
• Fuxi urged Guangchengzi to stop risking himself, but Guangchengzi insisted that Fuxi was both his disciple and the Human Emperor.
• Zhunti announced that he would teach Guangchengzi a lesson and struck at him with a palm carrying the laws of a Sage.
• Primordial Lord's divine light severed Zhunti's Sage laws, and he arrived in his Nine Dragon Agarwood Chariot to confront Zhunti and Jieyin.

Primordial Lord arrived to protect Fuxi from Zhunti and Jieyin, rejected their claim that the Dao Ancestor’s decree justified forcing his disciple, and fought the Two Sages of the West. He gained a Chaos Shore Flower that could produce Primordial Violet Qi, while their clash shook the Great Wilderness.

• Primordial Lord’s arrival lifted the sage pressure on Guangchengzi, whose Heavenly Dao Merit rapidly transformed into cultivation, while Fuxi recognized the power of his Grandmaster.
• Zhunti questioned Primordial Lord’s intervention, and Jieyin accused him of defying the Dao Ancestor’s decree to take Fuxi to Fire Cloud Cave.
• Primordial Lord said Zhunti and Jieyin had forced his disciple and challenged them on behalf of his Chan Sect.
• The system rewarded Primordial Lord with a Chaos Shore Flower containing Primordial Violet Qi, which he realized could produce more of the rare qi.
• Primordial Lord attacked with the Pangu Banner, while Zhunti wielded the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree and Jieyin struck with the Demon-Quelling Pestle.
• The clash shattered the void and trembled the Great Wilderness, awakening ancient beings who looked toward the Fengyan Tribe.

Nuwa, Ancestor Minghe, and Haotian witnessed Primordial Lord battling Zhunti and Jieyin above the Fengyan Tribe, while Nuwa shielded the Great Wilderness and Haotian began considering how to gain humanity’s fortune. Grand Supreme Elder Lord and Sovereign Lord of the Heavens joined Primordial Lord, leaving the Two Sages of the West facing all three Pure Ones.

• Nuwa sensed the Saints’ battle above the Fengyan Tribe and used the Map of Mountains and Rivers to protect the Great Wilderness.
• Ancestor Minghe and Haotian watched Primordial Lord overpower Zhunti and Jieyin, and Haotian began planning to claim a share of humanity’s fortune.
• Xuandu told Grand Supreme Elder Lord that Zhunti and Jieyin had attacked Primordial Lord, and Grand Supreme Elder Lord set out to help his brother.
• Sovereign Lord of the Heavens left the Jade Palace to defend the dignity of the Three Pure Ones.
• Grand Supreme Elder Lord arrived with the Nine-Layered Pagoda, and Sovereign Lord of the Heavens followed with the River of Sword Dao, bringing all three Pure Ones against Zhunti and Jieyin.

Zhunti and Jieyin invoked Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s orders to justify taking Fuxi to Fire Cloud Cave, but Primordial Lord rejected their excuses and urged his brothers to fight. The Three Pure Ones launched a united assault on the Two Sages of the West.

• Jieyin and Zhunti claimed they had attacked Primordial Lord only in self-defense and said they had come under Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s orders to take Fuxi to Fire Cloud Cave.
• Tongtian and Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality challenged the Two Sages of the West over their attack on Primordial Lord and his disciple Guangchengzi.
• Primordial Lord chose to fight alongside his brothers after his system offered rewards for beating Zhunti and Jieyin senseless.
• Primordial Lord attacked with the Pangu Banner, Tongtian deployed the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, and Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality struck with the Taiji Diagram as the Three Pure Ones joined forces.

The Three Pure Ones joined forces against the Two Sages of the West, overwhelming them with superior power and treasures. As Zhunti fled and Jieyin begged them to stop, the Great Wilderness wondered whether the Three Pure Ones might reconcile and reshape its balance of power.

• Daoist Zhunti summoned his Golden Dharma Body and attacked the Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality, but the Elder Lord blocked his strikes and smashed the Dharma Body with the Taiji Diagram.
• Primordial Lord struck Zhunti with the Pangu Banner's Heaven-Opening Blade, destroying his physical body and leaving only his primordial spirit.
• Tongtian and the Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality trapped Jieyin with the Four Immortal Slaying Swords while Primordial Lord pursued Zhunti, and both Western Sages begged for the fight to stop.
• Nuwa, Zhenyuanzi, Haotian, and Ancestor Minghe watched in shock and considered how the Three Pure Ones joining forces could change the Great Wilderness.