Chapter Summaries

Primordial Lord defeated Zhunti and Jieyin when they tried to take Fuxi, then extorted six high-grade Innate Spiritual Roots from them as compensation. After sharing the roots with Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality and Tongtian, Primordial Lord returned to Jade Void Palace and began planning how to use the Human Dao Seal.

• Zhunti and Jieyin begged Primordial Lord to let them leave after his attacks left Jieyin without a physical body, but Primordial Lord received the Twelve-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus and Human Dao Seal from the system.
• Primordial Lord demanded supreme-grade Innate Spiritual Roots to settle the matter, then negotiated with Jieyin until the Two Sages of the West agreed to hand over six high-grade roots.
• Zhunti and Jieyin gave Primordial Lord the six roots and left the human tribe without obtaining merit for the West.
• Primordial Lord divided the roots among himself, Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality, and Tongtian, who both accepted their shares.
• Primordial Lord returned to Jade Void Palace with the Human Dao Seal and began planning for the Human Dao and the future Unification of the Three Teachings.

Primordial Lord sent Taiyi Zhenren to deliver Nuwa the Human Dao Seal and a secret letter outlining the future Investiture of the Gods Tribulation and the fall of the Human Dao. Nuwa considered establishing the Human Dao with the seal but recognized that humanity had not yet prospered enough, and she wondered how Primordial Lord knew so much about the future.

• Primordial Lord decided to use the Human Dao Seal to win Nuwa’s support and sent Taiyi Zhenren to her with the seal and a secret letter.
• Taiyi Zhenren delivered the seal and letter to Nuwa at the Palace of Empress Nuwa.
• Nuwa read Primordial Lord’s warning that the Human Emperor would become the Son of Heaven and humanity would lose its place as the Great Wilderness’s protagonist.
• Nuwa learned that Primordial Lord proposed using the Human Dao Seal to establish the Human Dao and potentially attain a Dao fruit equal to Hongjun’s.
• Nuwa judged that it was too early to establish the Human Dao and wondered what had happened to Primordial Lord and whether he knew the future.

Primordial Lord of Heaven rewarded Taiyi Zhenren with Innate Spiritual Roots, helping him reach the peak of the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, then discovered the Chaos Pearl could transform spiritual roots into Chaos Spiritual Roots. He planted dozens of them and more than ten thousand Innate Spiritual Roots on a Floating Island above Kunlun, leaving the Chan Sect surrounded by a powerful Dao aura and undergoing a transformation.

• Taiyi Zhenren reported that he had delivered Primordial Lord of Heaven’s confidential letter to Nuwa, and Primordial Lord expected her to support their alliance.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven gave Taiyi Zhenren an Innate Spiritual Root and several more, which Taiyi refined until he reached the peak of the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.
• Primordial Lord tested the Chaos Pearl’s limits and found that it could transform spiritual roots and treasures up to the Chaos level.
• Primordial Lord retrieved the transformed spiritual roots, including the Ancient Enlightenment Tea Tree, which had become the Chaos Enlightenment Tree.
• Primordial Lord created a Floating Island above Kunlun and planted dozens of Chaos Spiritual Roots and more than ten thousand Innate Spiritual Roots there.
• The Dao aura from the island spread over the Chan Sect as it began to transform.

Primordial Lord of Heaven established a Floating Island filled with Chaos and Innate Spiritual Roots as a protected foundation of the Chan Sect. As Lie Shan Clan was born and chosen by Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality as a disciple, Zhunti and Jieyin discovered an opportunity tied to Shennong Clan’s future daughter, Nüwa.

• Primordial Lord of Heaven revealed that the Floating Island held dozens of Chaos Spiritual Roots and tens of thousands of Innate Spiritual Roots, including a Chaos Enlightenment Tree that strengthened comprehension tenfold.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven declared the Floating Island a forbidden ground, placed restrictions around it, and returned to Jade Void Palace to cultivate.
• Lie Shan Clan was born among extraordinary celestial and terrestrial omens as the human race began to prosper under Fuxi Clan.
• Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality received a heavenly revelation and sent Xuandu to accept Lie Shan Clan as his disciple.
• Zhunti and Jieyin lamented the Western Teachings’ losses and the Chan Sect’s rising destiny before Zhunti learned that Shennong Clan’s future daughter Nüwa would face a tribulation they might exploit.

Lie Shan Clan became the second Human Emperor, Shennong, after transforming human life through agriculture, medicine, markets, pottery, and a calendar. As Shennong prepared for his Fengshan Ceremony, Haotian and the Western Sages used his daughter Nüwa’s missing soul to pressure him into appointing Maitreya as the next Human Emperor’s Sage Teacher.

• Grand Master Xuandu raised Lie Shan Clan, who later returned to the human race and taught the tribes to cultivate grain, establish markets, use medicinal herbs and pottery, and follow a calendar.
• After Fuxi Clan abdicated, the tribes chose Lie Shan Clan as their ruler, and he became the Earthly Emperor Shennong.
• Zhunti and Jieyin joined forces with Haotian to use Nüwa’s soul to secure the Western Teachings’ Sage Teacher position.
• Shennong discovered that his daughter Nüwa had died and that her soul was missing, leaving him unable to revive her.
• Taibai Jinxing told Shennong that Haotian could restore Nüwa if Shennong appointed Maitreya as the next Human Emperor’s Sage Teacher, but Shennong refused.
• Taibai Jinxing gave Shennong ten days to reconsider, warning that Nüwa would otherwise be beyond even a Sage’s power to revive.

After Heavenly Court took Nüwa’s soul and schemed for the Third Human Emperor Sage Teacher position, the Three Pure Ones’ disciples and masters moved against its plans. Xuandu and Guangchengzi were sent to assist Shennong, while Sovereign Lord of the Heavens prepared to punish Heavenly Court and the Two Sages of the West.

• Shennong told Xuandu that Heavenly Court had taken Nüwa’s soul, and Xuandu reported the matter to Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality.
• Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality told Xuandu to investigate who was behind Heavenly Court’s actions, and Xuandu left to handle the matter.
• Sovereign Lord of the Heavens deduced that the Two Sages of the West were helping Heavenly Court scheme for the Human Emperor Sage Teacher position, then ordered Duobao to teach Heavenly Court a lesson.
• Primordial Lord received a system choice, selected the plan to investigate and attack Heavenly Court, and sent Guangchengzi to assist Shennong.

Primordial Lord received the Heavenly Mystery Compass and Earthly Dao Divine Wheel, then considered using the latter to recruit Saint Pingxin. Meanwhile, Xuandu, Duobao, and Guangchengzi set out for the underworld to enlist its aid against the Heavenly Court over Nüwa’s captured soul.

• Primordial Lord received the Heavenly Mystery Compass and Earthly Dao Divine Wheel, and found that the compass could conceal deductions from the Heavenly Dao while improving his cultivation.
• Primordial Lord considered using the Earthly Dao Divine Wheel to offer Saint Pingxin a chance to leave the underworld and join his planned alliance.
• Xuandu learned from Shennong that the Heavenly Court had taken Nüwa’s soul and promised to handle the matter.
• Duobao arrived to help Xuandu confront the Heavenly Court, explaining that Tongtian had sent him after the court and Western Teachings interfered with the Human Emperor’s Sage Teacher position.
• Guangchengzi proposed that Xuandu and Duobao seek Saint Pingxin’s support, arguing that the Heavenly Court had interfered with reincarnation by taking Nüwa’s soul.
• Xuandu, Duobao, and Guangchengzi headed for the Netherworld Underworld to enlist its aid before challenging the Heavenly Court.

Great Emperor Fengdu discovered that Nüwa’s soul had vanished after the Heavenly Court interfered with her death, and joined Xuandu, Guangchengzi, and Duobao in attacking the Heavenly Court. The Southern Heavenly Gate was destroyed, and Haotian appeared to confront the invading forces.

• Fengdu found that Nüwa’s soul was missing from the Book of Life and Death and learned that her death had been suspicious.
• Xuandu, Guangchengzi, and Duobao told Fengdu that the Heavenly Court had used Nüwa to coerce Shennong and interfere with the Human Emperor’s Sage Teacher.
• Fengdu mustered one hundred thousand Yin Soldiers and led them, along with the Three Sects’ disciples, toward the Heavenly Court.
• Guangchengzi used the Sky-Turning Seal to destroy the Southern Heavenly Gate, and Fengdu led the Yin Soldiers into the Heavenly Court.
• Haotian appeared in a golden dragon robe and warned the Underworld that the Dao Ancestor could punish them.

The Western Sages realized Tongtian had attacked Western Heaven and left Haotian to face the assault on the Heavenly Court. Haotian surrendered Nüwa’s soul after the attackers overwhelmed him, but they demanded further compensation as the Great Wilderness witnessed the three sects’ disciples fighting together.

• Zhunti and Jieyin discovered Tongtian had attacked Western Heaven, hurried back, and abandoned Haotian to fend for himself.
• Yaochi joined the battle with the Western Plain-Colored Cloud Boundary Banner as Fengdu’s Yin Soldiers clashed with the heavenly troops and the Heavenly Court was devastated.
• Xuandu, Fengdu, and Daoist Duobao overwhelmed Haotian, who called on the Western Sages but realized they would not come.
• Haotian surrendered Nüwa’s soul, but Fengdu, Guangchengzi, Xuandu, and Daoist Duobao demanded treasures and spiritual roots as compensation.
• The Great Wilderness’s ancient beings and Nüwa watched in astonishment as the chief disciples of the three sects joined forces.

Haotian and Yaochi watched the Heavenly Court’s treasury get looted and blamed the Two Sages of the West for abandoning them. Tongtian then confronted Zhunti and Jieyin at Western Heaven, extorted a spiritual root and a spiritual treasure, and left after warning them not to target the Interception Sect again.

• Xuandu, Guangchengzi, Daoist Duobao, and Fengdu looted the Heavenly Court treasury while Haotian and Yaochi could only watch.
• Yaochi rebuked Haotian for trying to claim the human Sage Teacher position and warned him not to cooperate with the Two Sages of the West again.
• Tongtian arrived at Western Heaven and trapped it within the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, demanding justice from Zhunti and Jieyin for targeting Shennong and the Interception Sect’s position.
• Zhunti and Jieyin blamed Haotian, but Tongtian rejected their excuse and threatened Western Heaven with the formation.
• Jieyin handed Tongtian an Innate Spiritual Root and an Innate Spiritual Treasure, and Tongtian left after warning the two Sages not to offend the Interception Sect again.

Primordial Lord of Heaven advanced to the Seventh Heaven of Sainthood, learned that Nüwa’s soul had been recovered, and warned the Two Sages of the West against interfering in the Human Emperor Sage Teacher position. He then left for the Underworld to meet Saint Pingxin.

• Primordial Lord of Heaven broke through to the Seventh Heaven of Sainthood with the aid of the Heavenly Mystery Compass and other treasures.
• Guangchengzi reported that Nüwa’s soul had been recovered and recounted the events involving the Heavenly Court; Primordial Lord explained Haotian’s scheme and Tongtian’s intervention in Western Heaven.
• Primordial Lord decided to visit Saint Pingxin in the Underworld and warn the Two Sages of the West.
• Jieyin and Zhunti mistook Primordial Lord’s arrival for another demand for treasures and pleaded with him not to enter Western Heaven.
• Primordial Lord warned Jieyin and Zhunti not to meddle in the third Human Emperor Sage Teacher position, then departed for the Underworld.

After the Underworld’s successful raid on the Heavenly Court, the Primordial Lord of Heaven visited Houtu and offered her the Earthly Dao Divine Wheel. Houtu learned that it could help her establish the Earthly Dao and escape the Heavenly Dao’s restraints, leaving her hopeful about the chance to leave reincarnation and possibly revive the Ancestor Witches.

• Fengdu reviewed the Underworld’s gains from the Heavenly Court raid and noted that its top fighters had survived while its forces had taken many treasures.
• The Primordial Lord of Heaven arrived in Fengdu City and asked to see Fengdu’s master.
• Fengdu gave the Primordial Lord Nüwa’s soul so it could be returned to the human race.
• Fengdu led the Primordial Lord to the Palace of Peace, where he met Houtu.
• The Primordial Lord presented Houtu with the Earthly Dao Divine Wheel and said it could help her establish the Earthly Dao and escape the Heavenly Dao’s restraints.
• Houtu was deeply shocked and saw the wheel as hope of leaving the Six Paths of Reincarnation and possibly resurrecting the eleven Ancestor Witches.

Primordial Lord gave Houtu the Earthly Dao Divine Wheel and secured the Netherworld's alliance against the coming immeasurable tribulation. After Guangchengzi returned Nüwa's soul to Shennong, Shennong prepared to resume the delayed Fengshan ceremony at Mount Tai.

• Primordial Lord offered Houtu the Earthly Dao Divine Wheel and asked the Netherworld to ally with the Three Pure Ones against the coming immeasurable tribulation.
• Houtu accepted the treasure and agreed to the alliance with Primordial Lord.
• Primordial Lord returned to Jade Void Palace and ordered Guangchengzi to take Nüwa's soul to Shennong, explaining that she had become a Jingwei Bird.
• Guangchengzi returned Nüwa's soul to Shennong and said she could not be revived, though she might take human form again.
• Shennong thanked the Jade Purity Saint for intervening and decided to proceed with the Fengshan ceremony at Mount Tai.

After the Xuanyuan Clan was born beneath the ominous Nine Stars Alignment, Tongtian chose Duobao to teach the third Human Emperor. The Western Sages, unwilling to lose the chance to gain fortune, planned to back the Jiu Li Tribe and force its leader to unify humanity.

• The Shennong Clan performed the Fengshan Ceremony, gained the Kongtong Seal, and received merit that raised his cultivation to the Saint stage; Xuandu and the Human Sect also gained merit and fortune.
• The Xuanyuan Clan was born in the Youxiong Tribe amid the Nine Stars Alignment, prompting Zhenyuanzi and Haotian to remark on humanity's rise.
• Tongtian interpreted the omen as a variable matching the Interception Sect's doctrine and appointed Duobao to teach the Xuanyuan Clan.
• Jieyin and Zhunti discussed the Western Teachings' declining fortune and their poor reputation among humanity.
• Zhunti proposed helping the Jiu Li Tribe, a people of Human-Witch hybrids, defeat the other tribes and claim the position of Human Emperor's Sage Teacher for the Western Teachings.

Jieyin and Zhunti sent Maitreya to support the Jiu Li Tribe, setting up a conflict with Xuanyuan Clan as he sought to unite humanity. Tongtian and Primordial Lord of Heaven moved to confront the Western Teachings, and Primordial Lord received a system choice that could strengthen the Three Pure Ones’ relationship.

• Zhunti chose Maitreya to lead Buddhist disciples to the Jiu Li Tribe, hoping to secure the Human Emperor Sage Teacher position for the Western Teachings.
• Daoist Duobao trained Xuanyuan Clan, who became the leader of the Youxiong Tribe, defeated Shennong Clan at Banquan, and began unifying humanity.
• Xuanyuan Clan’s campaign stalled at the Jiu Li Tribe, where Chiyou had the support of Maitreya, Xing Tian, and surviving Witches.
• Daoist Duobao reported the Western Teachings’ interference to Tongtian, who summoned Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality and Primordial Lord of Heaven to discuss the matter.
• Primordial Lord learned of the Jiu Li Tribe’s role and received a system choice between meeting Tongtian and maintaining the Three Pure Ones’ relationship or refusing to go for different rewards.

Primordial Lord gained a Chaos Great Dao Demon God foundation and the Chaos Heaven Intercepting Finger, then joined Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality and Tongtian to discuss Western Teachings’ support for the Jiu Li Tribe. He rejected a direct attack on Zhunti and Jieyin and proposed eroding Western Teachings’ destiny and foundation instead.

• Primordial Lord received the Chaos Great Dao Demon God foundation and the Chaos Heaven Intercepting Finger, and began comprehending the divine ability.
• Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality and Tongtian waited for Primordial Lord at the Jade Palace and sensed his powerful new aura when he arrived.
• Primordial Lord asked Tongtian about Western Teachings helping the Jiu Li Tribe against the Xuanyuan Clan.
• Tongtian proposed that the Three Pure Ones attack Zhunti and Jieyin, but Primordial Lord argued that another direct assault would not change their behavior.
• Primordial Lord proposed targeting Western Teachings’ destiny and weakening its foundation before considering a decisive attack.

Primordial Lord, Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality, and Tongtian planned to cripple the Western Teachings by killing Maitreya and later targeting Ksitigarbha. As Chiyou’s forces drove Xuanyuan Clan back to Zhuolu, Xuandu delivered the Witch-Slaying Sword and disciples from the Chan and Interception Sects arrived to assist, leaving Xuanyuan ready for the decisive battle.

• Primordial Lord proposed killing Maitreya during the Human Emperor struggle to damage the Western Teachings and aid Xuanyuan Clan, while keeping a separate plan against Ksitigarbha secret.
• Grand Supreme Elder Lord of Morality agreed to provide Xuanyuan Clan with the Witch-Slaying Sword, and Tongtian and Primordial Lord sent disciples to support him.
• Chiyou and Xing Tian’s forces defeated Xuanyuan Clan’s army several times, forcing it to retreat to Zhuolu.
• Xuandu arrived with the Witch-Slaying Sword and explained that the Demon Race had forged it using human lives to slay the Witch Race.
• The Eight Core Disciples of the Interception Sect and the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect arrived, and Xuanyuan Clan prepared to face Chiyou in the decisive battle at Zhuolu.

The Three Pure Ones’ allies turned the Battle of Zhuolu against the Jiu Li Tribe, and Primordial Lord secretly killed Maitreya. With Chiyou’s forces retreating, Primordial Lord decided to punish the Western Teachings further by targeting Xing Tian.

• Chiyou rejected Maitreya’s advice to withdraw, and the Xuanyuan Clan launched an attack that began the Battle of Zhuolu.
• The Interception Sect disciples trapped Maitreya in the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation, while Zhao Gongming attacked the Western Teachings’ forces and the Twelve Golden Immortals fought Xing Tian.
• Xuandu’s aid helped the Xuanyuan Clan gain the advantage and force the Jiu Li Tribe to retreat as Xuanyuan pursued Chiyou with the Witch-Slaying Sword.
• Primordial Lord concealed the battle from the Two Sages of the West, then annihilated Maitreya’s primordial spirit after the Interception Sect disciples had crippled him.
• Tongtian and Primordial Lord reconciled, and Primordial Lord announced that he would make the Western Teachings remember the lesson by targeting Xing Tian.

Primordial Lord rescued Xing Tian and brought him to Fengdu, then enlisted Houtu to remove Ksitigarbha from the underworld. After the Heavenly Mystery Compass stopped concealing the truth, the Two Sages of the West learned that Maitreya had been slain, and Jieyin vomited blood in grief and rage.

• Primordial Lord took Xing Tian from the battlefield and ordered the Twelve Golden Immortals to pursue Chiyou instead.
• Primordial Lord brought the wounded Xing Tian to Fengdu City, where Fengdu rebuked Xing Tian for supporting Chiyou and promised to bring the Witch Clan into the underworld.
• Houtu told Xing Tian that her return to the Witch Clan would not be far off, then received Primordial Lord in the Palace of Peace.
• Primordial Lord asked Houtu to kill Ksitigarbha or drive him from the Western Teachings, and Houtu agreed that Ksitigarbha could not remain in the underworld.
• Primordial Lord withdrew the Heavenly Mystery Compass, allowing the Two Sages of the West to learn that Maitreya had been killed.
• Jieyin vomited blood and roared in grief and fury over Maitreya's death.

After Xuanyuan Clan defeated Chiyou and became the Yellow Emperor, the Three Teachings gained merit and their chief disciples reached the Quasi-Sage realm, while the Western Teachings suffered the loss of Maitreya and the disappearance of Ksitigarbha. Primordial Lord assigned three Chan Sect disciples to guide the first three of the Five Emperors and sent two lotus treasures into the Chaos Pearl to be upgraded.

• Jieyin mourned Maitreya’s death, and Zhunti discovered that Ksitigarbha had vanished, leaving the Western Teachings’ fortune near collapse.
• Xuanyuan Clan completed the Fengshan ceremony, received the Kongtong Seal, and rose to the Quasi-Sage realm as the Yellow Emperor; merit also raised Daoist Duobao to the Quasi-Sage realm.
• Primordial Lord planned for the Five Emperors and summoned Chijingzi, Taiyi, and Yuding to appoint them as Sage Teachers for the first three emperors.
• Primordial Lord put the Twelve-Grade Pure World White Lotus and Twelve-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus into the Chaos Pearl to try to upgrade them.