Chapter Summaries

Heavenly Emperor Di Jun gambled on his position and the Heavenly Court’s accumulated merit to seek sainthood, despite the Heavenly Dao’s silence. He succeeded with surprising ease, becoming another Heavenly Dao Saint and leaving Zhou Qingqing and the Three Pure Ones astonished at how the Primordial World might change.

• Heavenly Emperor Di Jun resolved to act without relying on the lost River Map and Luo Scroll and began attempting to attain the Dao in the High Heaven Palace.
• Zhou Qingqing sensed the spiritual energy gathering above the Thirty-Three Heavens and realized Di Jun was attempting to become a Saint.
• Jade Pure Yuanshi, Upper Pure Tongtian, and Supreme Pure Laozi concluded that losing the River Map and Luo Scroll had prompted Di Jun to seize the opportunity created by their scheme.
• Heavenly Emperor Di Jun invoked his Emperor’s Great Dao and Heavenly Court merit, linking his cultivation to the Primordial Purple Qi.
• Heavenly Emperor Di Jun successfully became a Heavenly Dao Saint, astonishing Zhou Qingqing and the great supernatural beings of the Primordial World.

After attaining Sainthood, Heavenly Emperor Di Jun went to Mount Buzhou to challenge Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate and carry out his plan to topple the mountain. Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate accepted the fight and summoned the Celebratory Clouds of the Heavens to protect Mount Buzhou from its aftershocks.

• Heavenly Emperor Di Jun became a Saint by borrowing the momentum of the times and resolved to uphold Heavenly Principle by toppling Mount Buzhou.
• Heavenly Emperor Di Jun appeared within the Mount Buzhou range, surprising Zhou Qingqing, Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate, and the Three Pure Ones.
• Heavenly Emperor Di Jun declared that he had come to determine whether he or Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate could better represent the Heavenly Dao.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate accepted the challenge and summoned the Celebratory Clouds of the Heavens to shield Mount Buzhou from the battle’s aftershocks.

Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate faced the newly sanctified Heavenly Emperor Di Jun at Mount Buzhou as Di Jun unleashed a saint-powered Cosmic Stellar Formation. The chapter left them on the verge of a clash, with Primordial Heavenly Venerate swinging the Pangu Banner to crush Di Jun’s cosmic domain.

• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate used the Celebratory Clouds of the Heavens to block Di Jun’s divine hand and ignored his taunts.
• Di Jun summoned the Great Sun Golden Crows and stars, using the Heavenly Dao and his Emperor’s Great Dao to wield the Cosmic Stellar Formation through his own body.
• Fuxi, Eastern Emperor Taiyi, and the hidden powers of the Primordial World reacted to Di Jun’s overwhelming display, while the saints fighting Zhou Qingqing continued their battle.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate declared that he would use Di Jun as a sparring partner and bring forth the Pangu Banner alongside the Celebratory Clouds of the Heavens.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate charged forward and swung the Pangu Banner, treating Di Jun like a mosquito.

Old Ancestor Minghe and Nether Mosquito watched as Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate crushed Heavenly Emperor Di Jun’s attack with the Pangu Banner. Di Jun was left battered in his original form, while Eastern Emperor Taiyi witnessed the failure of his brother’s plan.

• Old Ancestor Minghe called Di Jun insufficiently cautious for challenging Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate, and Nether Mosquito agreed when she saw the Pangu Banner.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate shattered the stellar worlds of Di Jun’s Cosmic Stellar Formation with Open Heaven Qi Blades.
• Di Jun tried to escape with the Golden Crow Rainbow Transformation, but the Pangu Banner sealed space and trapped him.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate slammed Di Jun and the Heavenly Emperor Sword through the barrier and into the Celebratory Clouds of the Heavens.
• Di Jun reverted to his Three-Legged Golden Crow form and kicked helplessly as Nether Mosquito cheered and Eastern Emperor Taiyi realized his brother’s plan had failed.

Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate repeatedly battered Di Jun after he threatened Mount Buzhou and dismissed the karmic sin involved. Trapped beneath the Celebratory Clouds of the Heavens, Di Jun began reconsidering the purpose of toppling Mount Buzhou and the other Saints’ actions.

• Di Jun restored his Dao body and insisted that acting for the Heavenly Dao meant he need not fear karmic sin from toppling Mount Buzhou.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate warned Di Jun that Mount Buzhou carried immense karmic sin, then struck him again with the Pangu Banner.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate left a second Golden Crow imprint beside the first on the Celebratory Clouds of the Heavens, while Qingqing imagined the clouds as a painting scroll.
• Cultivators watching the battle wondered where Eastern Emperor Taiyi was, but he could not leave his efforts to stop Nuwa from establishing the Human Dao.
• As the blows left him unable to fight back, Di Jun began questioning whether Mount Buzhou truly served to destroy human and earthly order, and why the Saints had intervened.

Heavenly Emperor Di Jun realized that his fixation on toppling Mount Buzhou had distorted his judgment after Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate beat him into clarity. He admitted his mistake and promised to stop obstructing the Human Dao, while Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate recognized that Di Jun had noticed something abnormal about the Heavenly Dao.

• Bai Ze worried that Di Jun's defeat would damage the Demon Clan's plans while Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi were away.
• As Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate battered him, Di Jun realized his choices had been abnormal and that Mount Buzhou should not fall.
• Di Jun admitted defeat, promised not to topple Mount Buzhou, and agreed to persuade Eastern Emperor Taiyi to stop obstructing the Dao.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate accepted that Di Jun had awakened and understood the abnormality of the Heavenly Dao.

Heavenly Emperor Di Jun recovered his mind and appeared to abandon his attempt against Mount Buzhou, but Hongjun took control of him and used his prayer to summon the Sun Star. Primordial Heavenly Venerate struck Di Jun out of his emperor form, yet the Sun Star kept descending toward the Primordial World.

• Zhou Qingqing and the Three Pure Ones believed Di Jun's recovery had resolved the danger, but Supreme Pure Laozi warned Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate that Hongjun might still have another scheme.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate realized Hongjun could use Di Jun to command the Sun Star, which had formed from one of Pangu's eyes.
• In Purple Cloud Palace, Heavenly Dao Hongjun told Di Jun to recall his divine ability, and Di Jun began praising the Sun Star.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi heard the Dao sounds at Mount Fengqi and realized his elder brother was summoning the Sun Star into the Primordial World.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate struck Di Jun with the Pangu Banner and turned him into a Three-Legged Golden Crow, but the Sun Star continued descending.

Primordial Heavenly Venerate Darkened into the Primordial Heavenly Demon and used Two Poles Reversal to send the falling Sun Star back to the Starry Sky Heavenly Realm. The Sun Star was kept from crashing into Mount Buzhou, though the Three Pure Ones remained wary of the consequences of destroying it.

• Zhou Qingqing realized Di Jun was using the Sun Star to crash into Mount Buzhou, while the Three Pure Ones discussed why destroying it would bring severe karmic backlash.
• Supreme Pure Laozi suggested that Primordial Heavenly Venerate Darken and use the Two Poles Demonic Path of Yin-Yang to return the Sun Star.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate Darkened into the Primordial Heavenly Demon as Zhou Qingqing watched with excitement.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate placed his palm against the falling Sun Star and used Two Poles Reversal to send it back to the Starry Sky Heavenly Realm.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate dispersed his Heavenly Demon Great Dao, and the Sun Star remained unable to fall into the Primordial World.

Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate realized the Sun Star’s remaining Solar True Fire threatened the Starry Sky Heavenly Realm, so Zhou Qingqing called Xihe and Changxi out of seclusion to extinguish it. As the sisters earned merit, Heavenly Dao Hongjun considered entering the battle himself.

• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate discovered that the Solar True Fire he had left behind was about to consume the Starry Sky Heavenly Realm.
• Zhou Qingqing contacted Xihe and Changxi, urging them to emerge from seclusion and extinguish the flames.
• Xihe and Changxi used moonlight from the Lunar Star as spring water to quench part of the Solar True Fire and received Heavenly Dao merit.
• Xihe and Changxi thanked Heavenly Venerate, while Zhou Qingqing’s actions preserved Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s reputation.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun realized his plans had been disrupted and wondered whether he had to enter the battle himself.

As Nuwa neared attaining the Dao, Heavenly Dao Hongjun refused to intervene personally and sent his Evil Corpse with the Five Elements, Yin-Yang, and Qiankun Demon Gods. Their arrival at Mount Buzhou left Zhou Qingqing and the Three Pure Ones suspecting Hongjun was behind the new threat.

• Zhou Qingqing worried that Hongjun might personally step in before Nuwa attained the Dao, and the Three Pure Ones recognized that they could not oppose him.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun summoned the Five Elements, Yin-Yang, and Qiankun Demon Gods, sent his Evil Corpse into them, and dispatched them in his stead.
• Nuwa's aura began resonating with heaven and earth as Zhou Qingqing sensed something connected to her approaching.
• Zhou Qingqing deduced that the approaching object was the Qiankun Cauldron, but the Three Pure Ones could not find Hongjun with their divine senses.
• The Five Elements, Yin-Yang, and Qiankun Demon Gods appeared at Mount Buzhou, prompting Zhou Qingqing and the Three Pure Ones to suspect Hongjun had sent them.

Fuxi attacked the three reincarnated Demon Gods, but the Qiankun Cauldron overwhelmed him until Supreme Pure Laozi intervened with the Taiji Diagram. Zhou Qingqing recognized the earthworm within the three Demon Gods’ primordial spirits as Hongjun’s true form, and the three began fusing their bodies, spirits, and Great Dao laws.

• Fuxi unleashed his Primal Change Sagely Virtue, Eight Trigrams Divine Sound against the three uninvited cultivators.
• One of the three summoned the Qiankun Cauldron, which dispelled Fuxi’s attack and threatened to kill him.
• Supreme Pure Laozi used the Taiji Diagram to block the cauldron and protect Fuxi.
• Fuxi set up the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation, but Zhou Qingqing spotted earthworm-like forms stirring within the three Demon Gods’ primordial spirits and identified them as Hongjun’s true form.
• The three earthworm segments glowed and pulled the Five Elements, Yin-Yang, and Qiankun Demon Gods together, beginning to fuse their bodies, primordial spirits, and Great Dao laws.

Zhou Qingqing and the Three Pure Ones watched the Chaos Demon Gods fuse around Hongjun’s Earthworm body, and Master Tongtian tried to interrupt them with the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords. His attack left only four white marks, and Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s Pangu Banner strike provoked the Demon God shadows to fuse even faster.

• Zhou Qingqing wondered whether Hongjun’s corpse-severing technique came from the Earthworm’s true body, and the Three Pure Ones agreed that the Earthworm was central to the fusion.
• Master Tongtian sent the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords at the merging Demon Gods, aiming to strike the Earthworm at their center.
• Hongjun dismissed Tongtian’s attack, and the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords left only four white marks on the Earthworm.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate pressed Di Jun into the Celebratory Clouds of the Heavens and attacked the merging Demon God shadows with the Pangu Banner.
• The Demon God shadows responded to the Open Heaven Qi Blade with fury, and their fusion accelerated.

Hongjun fused the Five Elements Demon God, Yin-Yang Demon God, and Qiankun Demon God into a Primordial Chaos Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal. The fused Demon God crushed Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s Open Heaven Qi Blade, leaving the gathered cultivators stunned.

• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate realized that using the Open Heaven Qi Blade had stirred the Demon Gods’ resentment toward Pangu.
• The Five Elements Demon God, Yin-Yang Demon God, and Qiankun Demon God fused, and their combined aura surpassed the Saint level.
• Zhou Qingqing and the Three Pure Ones wondered whether Hongjun intended to use the fused Demon God to end the conflict and prevent others from attaining the Dao through laws.
• The living beings of the Primordial World recognized the fused being as a combination of three ancient Chaos Demon Gods.
• The fused Demon God invoked Heaven and Earth, Qiankun, Yin-Yang, and Five Elements before crushing the Open Heaven Qi Blade with his palm.

Supreme Pure Laozi confronted the fused Chaos Demon God while Tongtian held the others back with the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation. After their powers proved evenly matched, the Demon God unleashed a torrent of fused laws, forcing Laozi to enter his Darkened state.

• Supreme Pure Laozi told Tongtian to hold the enemy back, and Tongtian formed the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation around Mount Fengqi.
• Supreme Pure Laozi stepped forward to face the fused Chaos Demon God and summoned three figures through One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones.
• The Demon God attacked with Qiankun, yin-yang, and five-element powers, while Laozi's three figures used their supreme treasures to block the attacks.
• The Demon God unleashed several rapidly fused divine abilities, overwhelming Laozi with a torrent of Great Dao laws.
• Supreme Pure Laozi recited the Heavenly Demon Method and entered his Darkened state, which Zhou Qingqing recognized.

Supreme Pure Laozi entered his emotionless Supreme Heavenly Demon state and used the Limitless Dao to destroy the Earthworm and the other Demon Gods. Zhou Qingqing retrieved the Qiankun Cauldron but warned Eldest Master that the Earthworm might not be completely dead.

• Supreme Pure Laozi used his Supreme Heavenly Demon state to repel the Demon Gods' combined attacks and recognized the three wounds Upper Pure Tongtian had left on the Earthworm.
• Supreme Pure Laozi recalled Zhou Qingqing's explanation of Limitless and transformed his Supreme Ultimate Great Dao into Supreme Limitless.
• Supreme Limitless struck through the Earthworm's three wounds, withered its body, and caused the Demon Gods' phantom to vanish.
• Zhou Qingqing stored the Qiankun Cauldron in her Lotus Space and urged Eldest Master to finish off the Earthworm in case it survived.

After the Three Pure Ones destroyed the Earthworm with a Rebirth Mantra, Heavenly Dao Hongjun abandoned his attempt to topple Mount Buzhou and declared that Nuwa’s effort to become a Human Dao Saint would fail. Zhou Qingqing and the Three Pure Ones turned their attention to Nuwa, hoping she could now attain the Dao without disaster.

• The Three Pure Ones used their Lingbaos to destroy the Earthworm’s remaining traces after Zhou Qingqing warned them to deliver a finishing blow.
• Supreme Pure Laozi recited the Rebirth Mantra, and the light erased the dust containing Hongjun’s evil thoughts and the Earthworm’s body.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun lamented the Earthworm’s destruction, abandoned his plan to topple Mount Buzhou, and predicted Nuwa would fail to become a Human Dao Saint.
• The Three Pure Ones concluded that Hongjun was unlikely to intervene a fourth time and believed they had cleared the way for Nuwa.
• Zhou Qingqing turned her attention back to Lady Nuwa on Mount Fengqi.

Nuwa renounced her position as a Heavenly Dao Saint and began reviving the Human Dao so she could attain sainthood through it. As the beings of the Primordial World watched, she formed Humanity Purple Qi and prepared to merge it into her heart.

• Nuwa emerged from seclusion on Mount Fengqi, revealing that Houtu, Eastern Emperor Taiyi, Daoist Jieyin, and Daoist Zhunti had been battling there while the Three Pure Ones protected her.
• Nuwa declared that she would use all her power to revive the Human Dao and make it stand alongside the Primordial World.
• The beings of the Primordial World realized that Nuwa had abandoned her Heavenly Dao sainthood to become a Human Dao Saint, and that the Saints' battle had been over her attempt to attain the Dao.
• The fighting demons and humans stopped to watch as Nuwa summoned Humanity Purple Qi from the fortune of the Human Race.
• Nuwa said she would merge Primordial Purple Qi into her heart to attain the rank of Human Dao Saint and manifest the Human Dao.

Nuwa’s attempt to attain the Human Dao stalled because the Witch-Demon Calamity had not returned enough spiritual energy to heaven and earth, and she refused to advance it by causing mass deaths. Laozi then proposed bringing the Heaven-Piercing Jianmu into the Primordial World, where it began drawing in the Calamity’s dense aura.

• Nuwa’s Primordial Purple Qi merged with her heart’s light, but she could not transform her mana into Primordial Chaos or attain sainthood.
• Laozi explained that the Witch-Demon Calamity had not ended and that too little spiritual energy had returned to heaven and earth for Nuwa to attain the Human Dao.
• Nuwa understood that continuing the Calamity along its original course would require the Witch, Demon, and Human races to suffer mass deaths, and she refused to do so.
• Laozi remembered the Heaven-Piercing Jianmu on Golden Turtle Island and urged Tongtian to have Azure Dragon release it into the Primordial World.
• Tongtian ordered Azure Dragon and Red Cloud to act, and Azure Dragon transformed into his true form and made the Jianmu grow until it reached the heavenly firmament.
• The Heaven-Piercing Jianmu appeared before the Primordial World, and the dense aura of the Calamity surged toward it.

Zhou Qingqing used the Five Mountains True Form Diagram to bring the Five Sacred Mountains to Mount Buzhou, restoring its Pangu pressure and transforming it into Mount Zhou. The Primordial World witnessed the mountain’s completion, while Di Jun realized that the treasure he had given Zhou Qingqing had helped make it happen.

• The Heaven-Piercing Jianmu purified the aura of Calamity into innate spiritual energy, and the Primordial World’s great powers saw Azure Dragon’s strength and fortune restored.
• Supreme Pure Laozi gave Zhou Qingqing the Five Mountains True Form Diagram and told her to place it on Mount Buzhou.
• Zhou Qingqing placed the diagram on Mount Buzhou and summoned the Five Sacred Mountains, which flew across the Primordial World and converged around the mountain.
• The Five Sacred Mountains restored Mount Buzhou’s ancient Pangu pressure and strengthened it, suppressing even saints from afar.
• Supreme Pure Laozi declared that the completed Mount Buzhou would henceforth be called Mount Zhou, and Di Jun realized his diagram had helped bring about its transformation.

Mount Buzhou was restored as Mount Zhou, completing Nuwa’s spiritual energy but leaving her path to sainthood uncertain. After Zhou Qingqing suggested that Nuwa use the Five-Colored Stones to forge a Primordial Sacred Sword and open the Human Dao, Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate urged Nuwa to refine a sword with Qingqing’s Qiankun Cauldron.

• The Three Pure Ones restored Mount Buzhou with the Five Sacred Mountains, and it became Mount Zhou.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun concluded that Nuwa still lacked the means to gather the hearts of all living beings and attain the Dao.
• Zhou Qingqing realized Nuwa’s path had become too shallow because she had not refined stones to Mend the Heavens.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate proposed that Nuwa continue refining artifacts with her Five-Colored Stones.
• Zhou Qingqing offered Nuwa the Qiankun Cauldron and imagined a Primordial Sacred Sword that could open the Human Dao and raise the Primordial World to a higher dimension.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate encouraged Nuwa to use the Five-Colored Stones and Qiankun Cauldron to forge a sword for attaining the Dao.