Chapter Summaries

Zhou Qingqing faced the Twelve Ancestral Witches’ formation and comprehended the All-Heavens Divine Thunder from the Pangu True Form. She emerged with the Twelve Capital Heaven Divine Thunders, astonishing Houtu and the Ancestral Witches.

• The Twelve Ancestral Witches formed a clearer Pangu True Form, which spoke an incomprehensible syllable that Zhou Qingqing understood as “punishment.”
• Zhou Qingqing saw the All-Heavens Divine Thunder split into twelve colors and began comprehending them as the Twelve Capital Divine Thunder Method.
• The Pangu True Form dispersed, and Houtu worried that its first spoken sound might have harmed Zhou Qingqing.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate reassured Houtu and predicted that Zhou Qingqing would learn to condense the Twelve Capital Heaven Divine Thunders.
• Zhou Qingqing stood and summoned twelve divine thunders, leaving Houtu, Qiangliang, Xizi, and the other Ancestral Witches astonished.

After returning to Eastern Kunlun, Zhou Qingqing reunited with her masters and prepared to test her juniors’ studies. She settled Nuwa’s Five-Colored Stone in her Lotus Pond and paired the Moon-Howling Divine Hound with the revived Sky-Gazing Hou, while the Three Pure Ones began discussing the coming Investiture of the Gods Calamity.

• Zhou Qingqing left the Nine Nether Realm with Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate after demonstrating divine thunder to the Ancestral Witches.
• Zhou Qingqing reunited with Supreme Pure Laozi and Upper Pure Tongtian at Eastern Kunlun, and the three masters summoned her juniors and companions for her tests.
• Zhou Qingqing placed Nuwa’s Five-Colored Stone in her Lotus Pond, where it rapidly grew into a massive boulder.
• Zhou Qingqing released the revived Sky-Gazing Hou to accompany the Moon-Howling Divine Hound, and the two dogs joyfully played together.
• The Three Pure Ones discussed the coming Investiture of the Gods Calamity as the summoned juniors and companions arrived at the Lotus Pond.

Zhou Qingqing put the Seven Little Ones through dangerous training while enjoying her leisure time, and the Three Pure Ones decided to separate their disciples’ cultivation grounds. They agreed to move to Three Pure Ones Heaven, where Zhou Qingqing would stay and they could respond to the coming Investiture of the Gods Calamity.

• Zhou Qingqing unleashed the Twelve Capital Heaven Divine Thunders on South Pole Immortal, whose Three Pure Ones Divine Lightning failed to protect him, and the Three Pure Ones muffled his screams.
• The Seven Little Ones trained under Zhou Qingqing’s harsh methods while she spent her days relaxing, and they became more motivated after learning she had beaten the Sky-Gazing Hou to death and revived him.
• Supreme Pure Laozi, Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate, and Upper Pure Tongtian agreed to separate the three lineages’ disciples and assign Mount Shouyang, Mount Kunlun, and Golden Turtle Island as their cultivation grounds.
• The Three Pure Ones rejected Kongtong Mountain as a gathering place and agreed to move to Three Pure Ones Heaven, where Zhou Qingqing would live independently and they could stay near Haotian.

The Three Pure Ones told Zhou Qingqing to leave Eastern Kunlun and live in Three Pure Ones Heaven as the disciples of their three lineages separated. She agreed and arranged to bring the Seven Little Ones, while promising to keep helping her masters guide their disciples; Laozi then told her that Haotian and Yaochi had become the new Heavenly Emperor and Queen Mother.

• The Three Pure Ones explained that Zhou Qingqing needed to move to Three Pure Ones Heaven because she was the senior sister of their three teachings and the lineages would be taught separately.
• Zhou Qingqing happily agreed to move, realizing the Thirty-Three Heavens would make a suitable dojo with the Investiture of the Gods Calamity approaching.
• Zhou Qingqing asked to bring Nanji and the other Seven Little Ones, and the Three Pure Ones agreed that they could accompany her.
• The Three Pure Ones said they would visit Three Pure Ones Heaven and asked Zhou Qingqing to return to assess and teach their future disciples, which she accepted.
• Supreme Pure Laozi told Zhou Qingqing that Haotian and Yaochi had been appointed the new Heavenly Emperor and Queen Mother and had reached the Thirty-Three Heavens.

Zhou Qingqing persuaded the Three Pure Ones to send gifts to Haotian and Yaochi, hoping to build goodwill with the newly appointed rulers of the Thirty-Three Heavens. The chapter ended with the Three Pure Ones preparing pills, spiritual treasures, and formation diagrams for her to deliver.

• Zhou Qingqing realized Haotian and Yaochi had arrived in the Thirty-Three Heavens and planned to visit them on behalf of the Three Pure Ones.
• Zhou Qingqing urged her masters to support Haotian and Yaochi as fellow Daoist disciples and future rulers of Heaven.
• Supreme Pure Laozi gave Zhou Qingqing two Nine-Revolution Golden Pills for Haotian and Yaochi.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate forged a pagoda for Haotian and a hairpin for Yaochi at Zhou Qingqing's suggestion.
• Upper Pure Tongtian decided to give Haotian and Yaochi two formation diagrams for the Heavenly Court.

Zhou Qingqing challenged the Seven Little Ones to race to the Thirty-Three Heavens, then set off to meet Haotian and Yaochi. At the South Heaven Gate, she encountered Bai Ze, who explained that Di Jun and Taiyi had left him behind to liaise with her and uphold their promise not to let the Heavenly Court offend the Upper Three Heavens.

• Zhou Qingqing set the Seven Little Ones a race to the Thirty-Three Heavens, offering prizes to the first three and hall-building duties to the last three.
• Zhou Qingqing and the Seven Little Ones departed Kunlun, and the Three Pure Ones returned to their respective dao grounds.
• Zhou Qingqing arrived at the South Heaven Gate and remarked on how deserted it was after the Demon Clan Heavenly Court left.
• Bai Ze appeared at the gate and greeted Zhou Qingqing.
• Zhou Qingqing asked whether Bai Ze had joined the new Heavenly Court, and Bai Ze said Di Jun and Taiyi had left him to liaise with her and ensure their promise was kept.

Zhou Qingqing accepted Bai Ze as her steward in Three Pure Ones Heaven and assigned him to manage the Daoism disciples. Bai Ze noticed that she had gone to meet Haotian and Yaochi, an unusually respectful move that he suspected might reveal interesting developments.

• Bai Ze anxiously asked to follow Zhou Qingqing, and she agreed to appoint him steward of Three Pure Ones Heaven.
• Zhou Qingqing told Bai Ze to wait for her junior brothers and sisters and create a system of rewards and punishments, with the last three arrivals assigned to build Three Pure Ones Hall.
• Bai Ze watched Zhou Qingqing enter the South Heaven Gate and worried that the disciples might resent him for enforcing her rules.
• Bai Ze realized Zhou Qingqing had gone to High Heaven Palace to visit Haotian and Yaochi, unlike the Western Sect disciples Medicine Master and Maitreya, who had not paid their respects.

Zhou Qingqing visited Haotian and Yaochi at the High Heaven Palace to congratulate them on their appointments and bring gifts from the Three Pure Ones. She offered to build friendly relations as she settled into Three Pure Ones Heaven.

• Zhou Qingqing sensed the Haotian Mirror activate as she arrived at the High Heaven Palace.
• Yaochi came out to welcome Zhou Qingqing and apologized that the newly appointed rulers had not yet organized the Thirty-Three Heavens.
• Zhou Qingqing relayed the Three Pure Ones' congratulations, and Yaochi grew visibly excited.
• Yaochi led Zhou Qingqing into the hall, where Haotian greeted her in his ceremonial robes.
• Zhou Qingqing presented the Three Pure Ones' gifts and said she hoped to get along with Haotian and Yaochi while living in Three Pure Ones Heaven.

Zhou Qingqing gave Haotian and Yaochi valuable gifts and promised to help them, strengthening their friendly ties with the Heavenly Court. Back in Three Pure Ones Heaven, she approved Bai Ze’s work assignments and asked Yun Zhongzi to make wonton noodles.

• Zhou Qingqing presented Haotian and Yaochi with spiritual pills, Lingbao, and formation diagrams from her three masters, and offered to help them whenever they needed it.
• Yaochi promised to visit Zhou Qingqing once her Flat Peaches ripened, while Zhou Qingqing thought about bringing her Three Lights Divine Water to help the trees grow.
• The Three Pure Ones left Haotian and Yaochi to Zhou Qingqing’s care, confident that the new Heavenly Emperor and Queen Mother were friendly toward them.
• Zhou Qingqing returned to Three Pure Ones Heaven and found Bai Ze assigning the Seven Little Ones to build Zhou Qingqing’s palace and Three Pure Ones Hall.
• Zhou Qingqing praised Bai Ze’s arrangements and told Yun Zhongzi to gather cloud qi and make wonton noodles for her and Bai Ze.

Zhou Qingqing named her new palace Miro Palace after indecisively rejecting several alternatives, then told the Seven Little Ones to cultivate while warning that the Human Dao was about to change. The chapter left her disciples and Bai Ze stunned by her apparent advance study of Human Dao affairs.

• The Seven Little Ones reported that the palace was finished, and Zhou Qingqing kept the name Three Pure Ones Hall for her masters' hall.
• Zhou Qingqing considered several names for her own palace before settling on Miro Palace, while the distant Three Pure Ones reacted to her indecision.
• South Pole Immortal prompted Daoist Duobao to ask Zhou Qingqing what the Seven Little Ones should do next.
• Zhou Qingqing told the Seven Little Ones to cultivate and said she might send them to the lower realm when the Human Dao changed.
• Bai Ze and the Seven Little Ones were dumbfounded that Zhou Qingqing had apparently been studying the Human Dao in advance.

Zhou Qingqing sent Turtle Spirit to Mount Fengqi to help Fuxi become a Human Dao Saint, then took the other Seven Little Ones and Bai Ze to watch. As they left, a black-robed cultivator climbed Eastern Kunlun to seek Primordial Heavenly Venerate as his master, while Master Tongtian spotted a potential disciple of his own.

• The Three Pure Ones and Zhou Qingqing considered how the Human Dao’s changed circumstances might affect the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and concluded that Fuxi could become its second Saint.
• Zhou Qingqing told Turtle Spirit to go to Mount Fengqi and help Fuxi, while thinking that Turtle Spirit should earn merit by using the River Map and Luo Scroll.
• Zhou Qingqing gathered the other six of the Seven Little Ones and Bai Ze to travel to the Primordial World and witness Fuxi’s attempt to attain sainthood.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate noticed a black-robed cultivator climbing Eastern Kunlun and ordered the animals left behind there to test him as a prospective disciple.
• Master Tongtian saw a dragon fish, and Six-Eared Macaque said it was likely a disciple destined to join him; Supreme Pure Laozi felt left out.

Zhou Qingqing led her junior brothers and Bai Ze in secretly following Turtle Spirit as she traveled toward Mount Fengqi, then decided to test her by visiting a river where a Dragon Horse lived. The chapter ended with Qingqing hoping the Dragon Horse would prove useful and become the Heavenly Court’s first heavenly horse.

• Zhou Qingqing instructed the Six Little Ones to practice concealing the heavenly secrets while they secretly followed Turtle Spirit.
• Bai Ze recognized that the disciples’ cautious training reflected a shared concern for survival, and he avoided sitting on the Immortal-Slaying Gourd.
• Turtle Spirit traveled toward Mount Fengqi without revealing her aura, while the Three Pure Ones supported Qingqing’s plan to give her disciples more experience.
• Zhou Qingqing took the Six Little Ones and Bai Ze toward a river after Bai Ze sensed that a Dragon Horse lived there.
• Zhou Qingqing said she would speak with the Dragon Horse and hoped it would become the Heavenly Court’s first heavenly horse.

Zhou Qingqing used the Eastern Azure Lotus Precious Color Banner to make the Dragon Horse submit, then arranged for it to fight an approaching Daoism disciple, her junior sister. She empowered the Dragon Horse with water-origin power and concealed herself and her companions to let the planned battle unfold.

• Zhou Qingqing found the Dragon Horse in the great river and summoned it with the Eastern Azure Lotus Precious Color Banner.
• The Dragon Horse bowed to Zhou Qingqing and pledged to follow her orders.
• Zhou Qingqing told the Dragon Horse to fight an approaching Daoism disciple and promised to take it to the Thirty-Three Heavens for resources.
• Zhou Qingqing used the Northern Mysterious Origin Water-Control Banner to give the Dragon Horse water-origin power to counter her junior sister's River Map and Luo Scroll.
• The Dragon Horse swallowed the water dragon and agreed to fight, while Zhou Qingqing concealed her group from view.

Zhou Qingqing arranged a trial in which the Dragon Horse, at perfected Taiyi Golden Immortal, faced Turtle Spirit Holy Mother, who had rebuilt her cultivation to late Taiyi Golden Immortal. When the Dragon Horse’s attack forced Turtle Spirit to choose between defending and counterattacking, she invoked her Black Tortoise path and answered with martial techniques inspired by Zhou Qingqing, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Zhou Qingqing hoped the Dragon Horse would reveal a powerful technique, and it spent its newly acquired origin to summon phantoms that formed a battle formation.
• Turtle Spirit Holy Mother approached and was surrounded by the Dragon Horse’s phantoms, then brought out the River Map and Luo Scroll, only for Zhou Qingqing to prevent her from using it.
• The Dragon Horse led its phantoms in a surging attack, while the Six Little Ones expected Turtle Spirit to rely on defense as she had in her sparring with Zhou Qingqing.
• Turtle Spirit Holy Mother chose to counterattack, manifested a Black Tortoise dharma form, and used Zhou Qingqing’s punching movements to unleash martial force.
• The Six Little Ones stared in shock as Turtle Spirit’s movements seemed to resemble Zhou Qingqing’s.

Turtle Spirit Holy Mother demonstrated her new True Martial power against Dragon Horse before Zhou Qingqing stopped the fight and reunited her junior sister with their companions. At Mount Fengqi, Zhou Qingqing brought Fuxi the River Map and Luo Scroll he needed to become a Human Dao Saint, leaving him ready to accept them.

• Turtle Spirit Holy Mother used her newfound True Martial power to overwhelm Dragon Horse until Zhou Qingqing revealed herself and told her to stop fighting.
• Turtle Spirit Holy Mother wondered how Dragon Horse and the others had become her allies and why Zhou Qingqing had arrived from Three Pure Ones Heaven.
• Fuxi told Nuwa that he could not attain the Dao without the River Map and Luo Scroll, but refused to ask Turtle Spirit Holy Mother for them and resolved to find a substitute.
• Nuwa sensed Zhou Qingqing and her companions outside Mount Fengqi and transported them into Nuwa Palace.
• Zhou Qingqing presented Fuxi with the River Map and Luo Scroll, manifested through Turtle Spirit Holy Mother and Dragon Horse, and Fuxi accepted her help.

Zhou Qingqing gave Fuxi the River Map and Luo Scroll, helping him move toward becoming a Human Dao Saint while unknowingly earning admiration for her apparent generosity. Tongtian arranged for Six-Eared Macaque to listen to the events on Mount Fengqi, and Nuwa allowed him to benefit from the Human Dao’s voice.

• Bai Ze realized Zhou Qingqing’s actions were fulfilling the Demon Emperor’s prophecy while undermining him, and the Seven Little Ones marveled at her reputation and skill at disguise.
• The Three Pure Ones considered how Zhou Qingqing’s gift of the River Map and Luo Scroll could benefit Turtle Spirit Holy Mother and the Dragon Horse, and potentially change Turtle Spirit’s fate.
• Tongtian told Six-Eared Macaque to use his Heaven-Listening Divine Ears to listen to Mount Fengqi and benefit from the voice of the Human Dao.
• Laozi and Yuanshi rebuked Tongtian for letting his disciple listen in, but Tongtian defended his choice as benefiting from his disciple.
• Nuwa sensed Six-Eared Macaque’s divine ability, learned that he was Zhou Qingqing’s junior brother, and allowed him to listen.

Fuxi accepted the River Map and Luo Scroll, comprehended the hearts of all living beings, and attained Primordial Chaos as the Human Dao’s second Saint. He established the Great Radiance Divine Court as Heavenly Sovereign, while Zhou Qingqing wondered how this change would affect the Human Dao and the coming Investiture of the Gods Calamity.

• Fuxi thanked Turtle Spirit Holy Mother and the Dragon Horse for bringing him the River Map and Luo Scroll.
• Fuxi activated the River Map and Luo Scroll with his Taiyi Sacred Virtue Great Dao, and Zhou Qingqing clearly sensed his transformation toward Sainthood.
• Fuxi declared that he would merge with the Primordial Purple Qi and establish the Great Radiance Divine Court as Heavenly Sovereign.
• Human Dao merit descended upon Fuxi, raising his cultivation to Primordial Chaos and making him the Human Dao’s second Saint.
• Zhou Qingqing wondered whether the other Human Sovereigns would establish Sacred Courts and whether the Human Dao could produce enough Primordial Purple Qi for them to become Saints.

Fuxi bestowed the River Map and Luo Scroll upon Turtle Spirit Holy Mother, helping her attain Daluo Golden Immortal and the Black Tortoise aspect. He then granted a Dragon Horse the Origin of Sage Virtue, while Zhou Qingqing celebrated its new status as the Horse King.

• Fuxi gave Turtle Spirit Holy Mother the merit-enhanced River Map and Luo Scroll, containing his methods of deduction.
• Turtle Spirit Holy Mother used her Black Tortoise nature and the treasure to attain Daluo Golden Immortal, becoming the first of the Seven Little Ones to reach that realm.
• Bai Ze realized that Daoism had gathered three of the Primordial World's four symbols and worried about reporting the development to the Demon Emperor.
• Turtle Spirit Holy Mother thanked Fuxi after showing off her new cultivation rank to the other disciples.
• Fuxi granted the Dragon Horse a wisp of the Origin of Sage Virtue, and Zhou Qingqing inwardly dubbed it the Horse King.

Fuxi invited the Dragon Horse to join the newly established Great Radiance Divine Court, then asked Zhou Qingqing to become a Human Dao Saint, but she declined. The chapter ended with Zhou Qingqing asking about the Human Dao and Earth Dao’s Primordial Purple Qi, and Nuwa explaining that the Human Dao condensed it faster.

• Fuxi invited the Dragon Horse to join the Great Radiance Divine Court, but the Dragon Horse declined because Zhou Qingqing had promised to take it to heaven.
• Nuwa welcomed Zhou Qingqing and her companions to Nuwa Palace, where they drank her immortal brew and Fuxi shared his insights about attaining sainthood.
• Fuxi asked Zhou Qingqing to become a Human Dao Saint, but she refused because she did not want another Divine Court to manage or the limits that came with the role.
• Zhou Qingqing asked how quickly the Human Dao and Earth Dao condensed Primordial Purple Qi, and Nuwa said the Human Dao condensed it faster because the Earth Dao still needed the Nine Nether Realm to evolve.

Nuwa explained that the Human Dao had three strands of Primordial Purple Qi left and was developing too quickly, prompting Zhou Qingqing to suggest splitting one strand among the Human Ancestors. Nuwa confirmed the purple qi could be divided and decided to distribute it to them.

• Nuwa told Zhou Qingqing that three strands of Primordial Purple Qi remained and that few beings were suitable to use them to become Human Race Saints.
• Zhou Qingqing considered how splitting a strand could help Suiren, Youchao, and Ziyi become Human Sovereigns and support the Divine Courts.
• Zhou Qingqing openly suggested that Nuwa divide one strand of Primordial Purple Qi among the Human Ancestors.
• Great Master Xuandu and Bai Ze recognized the potential value of Qingqing's proposal, though neither spoke up.
• Nuwa deduced that the Primordial Purple Qi could be split and decided to distribute portions to the Human Ancestors.