Chapter Summaries

Zhou Qingqing transmigrated into the 24-Petal Creation Azure Lotus and realized the Three Pure Ones planned to divide her into three treasures. Her unspoken thoughts reached the brothers, and they discovered that the lotus had developed consciousness and somehow revealed its inner voice to them.

• Zhou Qingqing recognized that she had become the Creation Azure Lotus in the Primordial World and feared the Three Pure Ones would divide her up.
• Supreme Pure Laozi, Jade Pure Yuanshi, and Upper Pure Tongtian discussed taking the lotus flower, root, and leaf for their respective treasures.
• Zhou Qingqing angrily criticized the Three Pure Ones in her thoughts and warned that dividing her could bring discord and ruin their Fortune.
• The Three Pure Ones sensed her voice again and realized it was the newborn consciousness of the Creation Azure Lotus speaking through thoughts they could hear.

The Three Pure Ones heard Zhou Qingqing’s thoughts and debated whether her predictions about their future conflict were true. They decided to spare her and take her back to Eastern Kunlun, while hiding that they could hear her thoughts.

• Upper Pure Tongtian asked Supreme Pure Laozi why they could hear the Creation Azure Lotus’s thoughts, and Jade Pure Yuanshi dismissed her words as nonsense.
• Supreme Pure Laozi pointed out that Zhou Qingqing had named the treasures the Three Pure Ones would obtain, making her claims harder to dismiss.
• After Zhou Qingqing repeatedly wished for death, Supreme Pure Laozi proposed keeping her to learn why the brothers might one day fight and split their fortune.
• Jade Pure Yuanshi and Upper Pure Tongtian agreed, and Supreme Pure Laozi pretended he had found a reason not to take her life.
• Zhou Qingqing praised Supreme Pure Laozi and insulted the other two brothers, leaving Jade Pure Yuanshi and Upper Pure Tongtian offended.

Zhou Qingqing’s inner thoughts revealed information about the Dao De Jing, western Daoists, and Eastern Kunlun, captivating the Three Pure Ones as they took her Creation Azure Lotus from Mount Buzhou. The Three Pure Ones planned to nurture her in Eastern Kunlun, where Zhou Qingqing hoped to find a Heavenly Pool like the one at Western Kunlun.

• Supreme Pure Laozi heard Zhou Qingqing recite the opening line of the Dao De Jing and became desperate to learn the rest, but he could not ask without revealing that he heard her thoughts.
• Jade Pure Yuanshi suggested that the Three Pure Ones bring the Creation Azure Lotus to Eastern Kunlun and nurture her until she took form.
• Zhou Qingqing thought about the western Daoists Jieyin and Zhunti and identified their spiritual-root origins, surprising Yuanshi with her knowledge.
• Upper Pure Tongtian severed the Creation Azure Lotus from its stem with sword qi and held it in his palm, while Zhou Qingqing praised his swordsmanship and predicted he would lose his swords.
• The Three Pure Ones became more interested in Zhou Qingqing’s revelations than in the treasure she might become, while her thoughts about Western Kunlun’s Heavenly Pool raised their hopes and pressure to make Eastern Kunlun measure up.

Zhou Qingqing traveled with the Three Pure Ones and recognized that the cliff they passed resembled a Qilin, prompting Yuanshi to investigate its hidden mysteries. At Qilin Cliff, Yuanshi invoked his Yuanshi Auspicious Cloud, which covered the cliff, though the result was not yet revealed.

• Zhou Qingqing rode on Tongtian's shoulder as the Three Pure Ones sped through the Primordial World, and Yuanshi boasted about his Golden Light Escape.
• Zhou Qingqing noticed a cliff resembling a Qilin and thought it might conceal First Qilin's insights, so Laozi and Tongtian urged Yuanshi to investigate.
• Yuanshi changed course toward Qilin Cliff, while Zhou Qingqing mistakenly assumed he had already discovered its mystery.
• Yuanshi searched Qilin Cliff with his divine sense but found nothing, then used the connection between his Dao and First Qilin's to summon Yuanshi Auspicious Cloud over the cliff.

Jade Pure Yuanshi uncovered Qilin Cliff’s origins and obtained First Qilin’s ancestral qi, then found Four Unlike and resolved to raise him well after Zhou Qingqing mocked his past failures. He also gave some ancestral qi to the Creation Azure Lotus.

• Supreme Pure Laozi and Upper Pure Tongtian recognized that Qilin Cliff was First Qilin’s transformation and secretly regretted letting Jade Pure Yuanshi claim it first.
• Jade Pure Yuanshi drew out Qilin Cliff’s ancestral qi and witnessed First Qilin pledge that the Qilin Clan would abandon the struggle for supremacy and become a clan of divine beasts.
• Jade Pure Yuanshi discovered Four Unlike sleeping inside Qilin Cliff and brought him out after Zhou Qingqing had mentioned him.
• Zhou Qingqing called Four Unlike ugly-cute and lamented that he had accomplished little after two Calamities, prompting Supreme Pure Laozi and Upper Pure Tongtian to laugh at Jade Pure Yuanshi.
• Jade Pure Yuanshi vowed to nurture Four Unlike and prove Zhou Qingqing wrong, then sent a strand of First Qilin’s ancestral qi to the Creation Azure Lotus.

The Three Pure Ones returned to Eastern Kunlun to build a lotus pond for Zhou Qingqing, hoping to win her favor and learn more about their possible future. They established the pond beside Qilin Cliff and filled it with divine water, while Zhou Qingqing began studying First Qilin's ancestral aura.

• After Zhou Qingqing accepted Jade Pure Yuanshi's ancestral aura, the Three Pure Ones resolved to treat her kindly so she would reveal more about their future.
• Supreme Pure Laozi ordered his brothers to return to Eastern Kunlun and prepare a lotus pond for the 24-Petal Creation Azure Lotus.
• Laozi worried that Zhou Qingqing's expectations for the pond's water would demand rare treasures, but decided he could provide Essence of Innate Kui Water.
• The Three Pure Ones hurried back to Eastern Kunlun, while Zhou Qingqing studied the ancestral aura stored within her lotus dais during the journey.
• Jade Purity placed Qilin Cliff atop Eastern Kunlun and told Tongtian to build the lotus pond beside it.
• Tongtian shaped the pond with sword qi, and Laozi used the Heaven-and-Earth Mystic Yellow Exquisite Treasure Pagoda's merit power to fill it with divine water.

Zhou Qingqing settled into the Lotus Pond, absorbed its merit, and considered learning a cultivation method from one of the Three Pure Ones. Supreme Pure Laozi hoped she would choose him as her master, but she grew afraid he would reject her, leaving Jade Pure Yuanshi to hope she would choose him instead.

• Tongtian lowered Zhou Qingqing into the Lotus Pond, where she absorbed merit and ancestral qi.
• Zhou Qingqing decided she needed to comprehend a cultivation method and considered taking one of the Three Pure Ones as her master.
• Supreme Pure Laozi, Jade Pure Yuanshi, and Upper Pure Tongtian agreed not to resent whichever of them Zhou Qingqing chose.
• Zhou Qingqing first considered Supreme Pure Laozi, delighting him, but then feared he would reject her because he accepted few disciples.
• Jade Pure Yuanshi teased Supreme Pure Laozi and hoped the ancestral qi he had given Zhou Qingqing would help her choose him.

Zhou Qingqing considered choosing one of the Three Pure Ones as her master, but her doubts about each of them led her to plan to leave Eastern Kunlun and seek the Queen Mother of the West. To keep her nearby, Upper Pure Tongtian proposed that all three brothers take her as their First Disciple.

• Zhou Qingqing worried that Jade Pure Yuanshi might mistreat her if she failed to win his favor, and she viewed Upper Pure Tongtian as a possible master instead.
• Upper Pure Tongtian believed Zhou Qingqing would choose him because she admired swords, and he decided to create a Green Lotus Sword Song for her.
• Zhou Qingqing rejected the idea of joining any of the Three Pure Ones and planned to leave Eastern Kunlun to seek the Queen Mother of the West.
• Supreme Pure Laozi and Jade Pure Yuanshi worried that Zhou Qingqing would leave, while Upper Pure Tongtian proposed making her the First Disciple of all three brothers.

The Three Pure Ones awakened Zhou Qingqing’s spiritual consciousness and accepted her as their shared First Disciple. After she thanked her new masters, Supreme Pure Laozi asked whether she had an innate divine name.

• Supreme Pure Laozi proposed that the Three Pure Ones jointly enlighten Zhou Qingqing, and Yuanshi and Tongtian agreed.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian sent their origin pure qi into Zhou Qingqing’s consciousness, helping her break through the Sea of Spiritual Consciousness and speak through divine sense.
• Yuanshi introduced the Three Pure Ones to Zhou Qingqing, while both he and Tongtian struggled to keep up the pretense that she did not already know them.
• Tongtian declared Zhou Qingqing the First Disciple of the Three Pure Ones, and she happily accepted all three as her masters.
• Laozi said the Three Pure Ones should give Zhou Qingqing a name and asked whether she had an innate divine name.

Zhou Qingqing struggled to choose a divine name until the Three Pure Ones bestowed the name Zhou Qingqing and passed her their signature cultivation methods. After the masters left for Qilin Cliff, she began studying the Supreme Pure Golden Elixir Scripture to prepare for her transformation.

• Zhou Qingqing agonized over choosing a Primordial World divine name, so Supreme Pure Laozi, Jade Pure Yuanshi, and Upper Pure Tongtian named her Zhou Qingqing.
• Zhou Qingqing thanked her three masters and eagerly anticipated receiving their teachings.
• The Three Pure Ones realized Zhou Qingqing knew about their inherited Great Dao scriptures and gave her their pill-refining, artifact-refining, and array-setting methods.
• The Three Pure Ones told Zhou Qingqing to seek them at nearby Qilin Cliff if she needed guidance, then left.
• Zhou Qingqing focused on the opening formula of the Supreme Pure Golden Elixir Scripture to lay the foundation for her transformation.

After Hongjun announced that he had become a Saint and would preach at the Purple Cloud Palace, the Three Pure Ones decided to attend and insisted that Zhou Qingqing come with them. Zhou Qingqing accepted reluctantly, and Primordial Beginning carried her as a lotus pattern on his shoulder as they set out for the Purple Cloud Palace.

• Purple qi filled the heavens as Hongjun announced his sainthood and invited those with fate to hear him preach at the Purple Cloud Palace in three thousand years.
• Supreme Pure Laozi told Zhou Qingqing that the Three Pure Ones planned to attend and asked whether she would come with them.
• Zhou Qingqing tried to decline, but Primordial Beginning insisted on bringing her along.
• Tongtian reassured Zhou Qingqing that the Three Pure Ones could protect her and that her origin could not be deduced.
• Zhou Qingqing agreed to go and transformed into a lotus pattern on Primordial Beginning's shoulder.
• The Three Pure Ones set out toward the Chaos beyond.

The Three Pure Ones reached Purple Cloud Palace with Zhou Qingqing and, prompted by her thoughts about Haotian, offered gifts to him and Yaochi before entering. Inside, Zhou Qingqing wondered about the Sage Meditation Cushions, and the Three Pure Ones located them beneath the Cloud Platform.

• The Three Pure Ones brought Zhou Qingqing through Chaos to Purple Cloud Palace, where she recognized several gathered Daluo Golden Immortals.
• Haotian and Yaochi opened the palace gates, and Zhou Qingqing identified them as Hongjun’s Daoist attendants.
• After hearing Zhou Qingqing’s thoughts about Haotian’s future conflict with them, the Three Pure Ones greeted him and Yaochi and gave them gifts.
• Haotian welcomed the Three Pure Ones into Purple Cloud Palace, and they entered with Zhou Qingqing.
• Zhou Qingqing wondered where the Sage Meditation Cushions were, and the Three Pure Ones found them beneath the nine-tiered Cloud Platform.

The Three Pure Ones joined forces to claim three meditation cushions in Purple Cloud Palace, while Zhou Qingqing watched the remaining contenders and revealed that Nuwa was the true powerhouse in the Fuxi-Nuwa pair. The chapter ended with Nuwa using Creation Immortal Light to repel attacks, surprising the Three Pure Ones with her cultivation.

• The Three Pure Ones combined their power and the Heaven-and-Earth Mystic Yellow Exquisite Treasure Pagoda to fend off attacks and claim three meditation cushions.
• The other great powers gave up challenging the Three Pure Ones and fought over the remaining cushions.
• Zhou Qingqing watched Fuxi and Nuwa, thinking that Fuxi concealed skill in the Eight Trigrams and that Nuwa cultivated the Dao of Creation.
• An attack bypassed Fuxi's defenses and targeted Nuwa, who knocked down the Daluo Golden Immortals' attacks with Creation Immortal Light.
• The Three Pure Ones recognized Nuwa's formidable potential and were left speechless by Zhou Qingqing's admiration of her.

Nuwa fought her way toward the Sage Meditation Cushion with Fuxi defending her, but an ambush put her brother in danger just as Di Jun prepared to intervene. Supreme Pure Laozi stepped in first to save Fuxi, leaving Di Jun unable to forge a connection with the siblings.

• Nuwa used the Dao of Creation to fight the other great powers, but her lack of an innate spirit treasure left her and Fuxi at a disadvantage.
• As Nuwa neared the Sage Meditation Cushion, several top-grade spirit treasures attacked Fuxi and Nuwa, and Fuxi urged his sister to claim the cushion without worrying about him.
• Di Jun raised the River Map and Luo Scroll to intervene, but Supreme Pure Laozi sent the Heaven-and-Earth Mystic Yellow Exquisite Treasure Pagoda to block the fatal strike.
• The attackers withdrew when Supreme Pure Laozi's treasure protected Fuxi, and Di Jun put away his treasures after losing the chance to help.
• Fuxi and Nuwa thanked Supreme Pure Laozi, who invited them to Eastern Kunlun to discuss the Dao before falling silent at Zhou Qingqing's praise.

Zhou Qingqing watched as Nuwa, Red Cloud, and Kunpeng claimed the remaining Sage Meditation Cushions in Purple Cloud Palace. When the Western pair arrived, Zhunti immediately began a tearful appeal to Red Cloud for a better seat, leaving the Three Pure Ones and the other cultivators stunned.

• Nuwa took a Sage Meditation Cushion, and Zhou Qingqing waited for Red Cloud and Zhen Yuanzi to arrive.
• Zhen Yuanzi helped Red Cloud claim a cushion, while Zhen Yuanzi and Fuxi refrained from competing for the last one.
• Kunpeng swiftly crossed the space and took the final cushion before the other cultivators could react.
• Haotian and Yaochi ushered the travel-worn Western pair into Purple Cloud Palace after the other cultivators had settled in the back.
• Zhunti rushed to Red Cloud, fell to the floor, and sobbed that he and his senior brother had endured great hardship but lacked a good seat to hear the Dao.

At Purple Cloud Palace, Daoist Zhunti used karmic threads to pressure Red Cloud into surrendering his Prayer Mat, but Tongtian saw through the trick and cut the threads. Red Cloud kept his seat, and Tongtian learned from Zhou Qingqing’s thoughts that Zhunti would become his enemy in the future.

• The Three Pure Ones realized Daoist Zhunti cultivated the Karma Great Dao and heard that Hongjun had destroyed the Western Spiritual Veins.
• Daoist Zhunti bowed to Red Cloud and asked him to give up his Prayer Mat, secretly using karmic threads to influence him.
• Red Cloud began to rise and surrender his seat under the threads’ influence.
• Tongtian accused Daoist Zhunti of using underhanded tactics and severed the karmic threads with a sword aura.
• Red Cloud realized what had happened and felt relieved that he had not given away the seat secured with Zhen Yuanzi’s help.
• Zhou Qingqing approved of Tongtian’s intervention, and Tongtian learned from her thoughts that Daoist Zhunti would become his future enemy.

Daoist Jieyin attacked Kunpeng to force him off the Sage Meditation Cushion, while Jade Pure Yuanshi fought off an unexplained urge to join in. The Three Pure Ones suppressed the impulse, and Yuanshi remained seated as Kunpeng spread his roc wings.

• Red Cloud thanked Upper Pure Tongtian for helping him keep his place on the Sage Meditation Cushion.
• Daoist Jieyin told Kunpeng to step down and used his hand’s force of absorption to pull him from the cushion.
• Kunpeng spread his roc wings across the Purple Cloud Palace to resist Jieyin’s attack.
• Jade Pure Yuanshi felt an inexplicable urge to tear Kunpeng’s wings apart and asked Supreme Pure Laozi and Upper Pure Tongtian to help suppress his evil thoughts.
• Supreme Pure Laozi and Upper Pure Tongtian gathered their fortune around Jade Pure Yuanshi, who suppressed the urge and stayed on his cushion.

The Three Pure Ones avoided interfering in Kunpeng’s conflict with Jieyin and Zhunti, who defeated him before Hongjun arrived and granted the Western duo an extra meditation cushion. As Haotian and Yaochi prepared to close the palace gates, Houtu called out from outside.

• Tongtian and Laozi stopped Primordial Beginning from acting against Kunpeng, and the Three Pure Ones suspected an unseen influence had affected their decisions.
• Zhunti joined Jieyin in attacking Kunpeng, and the Western duo defeated him.
• Hongjun arrived, fixed the seats, and created an additional meditation cushion for Jieyin and Zhunti.
• Haotian and Yaochi prepared to close the gates, but Houtu urgently called for them to wait.

Zhou Qingqing’s thoughts revealed that Houtu would one day become Reincarnation, prompting Yuanshi to ask Hongjun to let her hear the sermon. Hongjun admitted Houtu, then began lecturing on the Dao of the Daluo Golden Immortal as Zhou Qingqing drifted off to sleep.

• Zhou Qingqing wondered whether Houtu had made it to Purple Cloud Palace and thought her masters might help her enter.
• Yuanshi asked Hongjun to show leniency and let Houtu, born from Pangu’s Blood Essence, attend the sermon.
• Hongjun agreed, and Houtu entered Purple Cloud Palace, thanked the cultivators who had spoken for her, and took a meditation cushion.
• Hongjun began explaining the Dao of the Daluo Golden Immortal, and the Three Pure Ones listened closely.
• Zhou Qingqing found the sermon too difficult to understand and fell asleep.

After Hongjun’s three-thousand-year lecture, he appointed Eastern Duke and Queen Mother of the West to lead the male and female immortals. The Three Pure Ones heard Zhou Qingqing’s warnings about the offices’ dangers as Queen Mother of the West was compelled to accept hers.

• Hongjun ended his lecture and said he would explain the Quasi-Sage method at the next one.
• The Three Pure Ones woke Zhou Qingqing, who privately dismissed their lecture as an excellent sleep aid.
• Hongjun offered the offices of leader of all male immortals and leader of all female immortals, and Zhou Qingqing warned that the male office would bring suppression by fate.
• Eastern Duke volunteered to become leader of all male immortals, and Hongjun appointed him and gave him the Heavenly Dipper Shield.
• Hongjun appointed the reluctant Queen Mother of the West leader of all female immortals and gave her the Western Plain White Cloud Boundary Flag, prompting Zhou Qingqing to vow to help her.