Chapter Summaries

Nuwa split Primordial Purple Qi into three portions and bestowed them upon Suiren, Youchao, and Ziyi, helping them break through to Daluo Golden Immortal. Zhou Qingqing then planned to travel with the Seven Little Ones to find the Earth Sovereign and Human Sovereign and strengthen the group during the Three Sovereigns era.

• Nuwa split Primordial Purple Qi into three portions, leaving the Seven Little Ones and the Three Pure Ones astonished.
• Nuwa summoned Suiren, Youchao, and Ziyi and gave each a portion of Primordial Purple Qi to aid their cultivation and guide Human Race civilization.
• Suiren, Youchao, and Ziyi accepted the Purple Qi and broke through from perfected Taiyi Golden Immortal to Daluo Golden Immortal.
• Nuwa told the three ancestors to thank Zhou Qingqing, who waved off their gratitude and denied that she deserved credit.
• After the banquet ended peacefully, Zhou Qingqing resolved to travel with the Seven Little Ones to seek Shennong and Xuanyuan and raise their cultivation.

Supreme Pure Laozi urged Donghua Dijun to enter the Primordial World and compete to become the Human Dao’s Earth Sovereign. Donghua agreed to take the name Flame Emperor and pursue the role of Shennong, with Fairy Qingqing expected to help him.

• Supreme Pure Laozi asked Zhuang Zhou and Donghua Dijun what they thought of Fuxi’s Great Radiance Divine Court.
• Donghua Dijun praised Fuxi’s ability to sustain the Divine Court, and Zhuang Zhou realized Laozi was considering a new path for Donghua.
• Supreme Pure Laozi told Donghua Dijun to enter the Primordial World and contend for the Earth Sovereign position.
• Supreme Pure Laozi explained that Donghua’s Pure Yang cultivation, Fire Virtue, and Fusang Divine Tree suited him to become Shennong.
• Donghua Dijun agreed to go, and Supreme Pure Laozi named him Flame Emperor for his journey.
• Supreme Pure Laozi said Fairy Qingqing would likely find and assist the Flame Emperor, leaving Donghua wondering whether she could recognize him.

Zhou Qingqing searched the Human Race for the Earth Sovereign and discovered Donghua Dijun teaching as the Flame Emperor, a title that suggested Supreme Pure Laozi was positioning him for a major role. Bai Ze recognized Donghua Dijun and the Fusang Divine Tree, then realized reporting what he knew could implicate both the Demon Emperor and Eastern Emperor Taiyi.

• Zhou Qingqing led the Seven Little Ones and Bai Ze on a meandering journey through Human lands while searching for Lieshan or Shennong.
• The group heard that the Flame Emperor was teaching the Dao, and Zhou Qingqing followed the Human Race cultivators to see him.
• Zhou Qingqing recognized Donghua Dijun as the Flame Emperor and guessed that Supreme Pure Laozi had arranged the title to connect him with the Earth Sovereign position.
• Supreme Pure Laozi privately considered Donghua Dijun’s possible affinity with the Earth Official position but believed the Earth Sovereign role offered a greater future.
• Bai Ze recognized Donghua Dijun as Eastern Duke’s good-corpse incarnation and identified the Fusang Divine Tree, then worried that his report could implicate the Demon Emperor and Eastern Emperor Taiyi.

Zhou Qingqing gathered the Seven Little Ones and Bai Ze to help the Flame Emperor establish a Divine Court, while Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate assigned Guangchengzi to ring the bell and train at Eastern Kunlun. The group set out toward a site Zhou Qingqing had chosen, with Bai Ze tasked to record the spirits, monsters, and changes in the mountains and seas.

• The Seven Little Ones learned that Zhou Qingqing planned to help the Flame Emperor build a Divine Court and seek Primordial Purple Qi from Her Ladyship.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate gave Guangchengzi the reset Overturning Heaven Seal and ordered him to ring the bell daily while studying in his eldest senior sister's absence.
• The Flame Emperor thanked Zhou Qingqing for giving him the Fusang Divine Tree and helping reshape his Divine Body, then told her that Dao Virtue Heavenly Venerate had instructed him to rule through fire and transform agriculture through mulberry.
• Zhou Qingqing understood that the Flame Emperor was being guided toward becoming Shennong and declared that they would begin by choosing a site for his Divine Court.
• Bai Ze said he did not know a suitable location because the Primordial World's mountains and seas had changed, so Zhou Qingqing told him she had chosen one and asked him to record the creatures and geographical changes they encountered.

Zhou Qingqing led the group to Thunder Marsh, revealing that it was the foundation she had in mind for the Divine Court and joking that it was Fuxi’s father in the original timeline. The chapter left the group learning that Thunder Marsh was the first alligator in Heaven and Earth.

• Golden Spirit Holy Mother asked Zhou Qingqing where they were going, and Zhou Qingqing said they were heading to Thunder Marsh after joking that they would find Fuxi’s father.
• The Three Pure Ones inferred that Thunder Marsh had tried to gain fortune through Fuxi in the original timeline, while Zhou Qingqing considered the marsh a suitable foundation for the Divine Court.
• Bai Ze recorded the group’s arrival at Thunder Marsh and told the Flame Emperor that the Innate Divine Demon lived there.
• The Flame Emperor asked Bai Ze about Thunder Marsh’s true form, but Bai Ze admitted he could not deduce it.
• Zhou Qingqing revealed that Thunder Marsh was the first alligator in Heaven and Earth, startling the Seven Little Ones.

Zhou Qingqing and her companions entered Thunder Marsh, where Bai Ze linked its master to a crocodile and recorded the discovery. When Thunder Marsh failed to appear, Zhou Qingqing summoned the Twelve Capital Heaven Divine Thunders, forcing him to emerge and greet her.

• Bai Ze recorded that Thunder Marsh's master was a crocodile-shaped Thunder God after hearing Fairy Qingqing's description.
• Zhou Qingqing sent South Pole Immortal into Thunder Marsh to experience its lightning, and he began comprehending the Dao of nature there.
• Zhou Qingqing decided to call out Thunder Marsh and manifested the Twelve Capital Heaven Divine Thunders.
• Thunder Marsh sensed Zhou Qingqing's divine thunders, rushed out of the marsh, and transformed from a giant crocodile into a man.
• Thunder Marsh recognized Fairy Qingqing, apologized for not noticing her arrival, and asked her to withdraw her divine ability.

Zhou Qingqing asked Thunder Marsh to give up his land as the foundation of a Human Dao Divine Court and join its construction. Thunder Marsh agreed, offered the land, and gave the group a Five Thunder Method, leaving the Seven Little Ones stunned by how quickly they had formed an alliance.

• Zhou Qingqing bluntly asked Thunder Marsh to yield his land and help establish a Divine Court for the Flame Emperor.
• Thunder Marsh’s thunder drums boomed, making the Seven Little Ones think he was angry.
• Thunder Marsh agreed to offer his land as the Divine Court’s foundation because he wanted to build ties with a Saint and gain an opportunity in the Human Dao.
• Thunder Marsh offered to teach Nanji and the others his Five Thunder Method as a gift for their cooperation.
• The Seven Little Ones realized Zhou Qingqing and Thunder Marsh had genuinely joined forces.

Zhou Qingqing brought Flame Emperor and the others to Lei Ze, where Flame Emperor used the Fusang Divine Tree to transform the land into the beginnings of a Human Dao Divine Court. He named the new agricultural sanctuary Shennongjia, while the Three Pure Ones realized Zhou Qingqing was already thinking about food.

• Zhou Qingqing let Lei Ze teach the Seven Little Ones the Five Thunder Method, then left Flame Emperor to build the Divine Court.
• Flame Emperor planted his Fusang Divine Tree in Lei Ze and merged it with the land, creating a vast forest where spiritual herbs and crops could grow.
• Flame Emperor asked Zhou Qingqing to name the transformed land, and she called it Shennongjia.
• Bai Ze and Lei Ze recognized Shennongjia as the foundation of Flame Emperor's path toward becoming a Human Dao Saint.
• The Three Pure Ones heard Zhou Qingqing think about asking Yun Zhongzi to try more recipes and noted her focus on food.

Zhou Qingqing arranged for Duobao to refine a Golden Light Ruyi from Thunder Marsh’s divine jade to help the South Pole Immortal improve his thunder arts. The South Pole Immortal remained under Thunder Marsh’s training as Duobao prepared to begin the artifact refinement.

• Zhou Qingqing enjoyed Yun Zhongzi’s Bountiful Harvest Porridge while Bai Ze recorded its recipe, and she watched Thunder Marsh continue training the South Pole Immortal.
• Thunder Marsh offered the South Pole Immortal top-grade divine jade containing the Great Dao of Thunder after the South Pole Immortal was struck down by the Thunderclap Eight Trigrams again.
• Zhou Qingqing told Duobao to refine a spiritual treasure for the South Pole Immortal, and Duobao protested that he had not yet chosen what to make.
• Zhou Qingqing decided that the divine jade was suited for a ruyi and instructed Duobao to refine a Golden Light Ruyi.

Daoist Duobao refined a postnatal supreme-grade Golden Light Ruyi by copying the jade-ruyi treasure light within Zhou Qingqing. Zhou Qingqing took it to transform into an innate treasure for Nanji, while Bai Ze recognized that her strength surpassed her apparent realm.

• Zhou Qingqing reassured herself that Duobao and Thunder Marsh would become talents, while Supreme Pure Laozi avoided questions from his brothers about her confidence.
• Daoist Duobao realized he could copy the jade-ruyi aura within Zhou Qingqing instead of devising the treasure from scratch.
• Zhou Qingqing separated the jade-ruyi treasure light, allowing Duobao to project it onto the divine jade and refine a postnatal supreme-grade Golden Light Ruyi.
• Zhou Qingqing took the finished ruyi into Lotus Space to transform it, and Bai Ze inferred that she retained the abilities of the Lingbao fused into her.
• Bai Ze judged Thunder Marsh's support for the Flame Emperor and Zhou Qingqing to be a promising investment in the prospective Divine Court.

Zhou Qingqing helped South Pole Immortal and Daoist Duobao reach Daluo Golden Immortal by transforming Golden Light Ruyi and having them face Thunder Marsh’s Thunderclap Eight Trigrams. As Shennongjia’s Divine Court took shape, the Flame Emperor devoted himself to developing the Human Dao, while Zhou Qingqing was dismayed to witness his union with the Ancient Primordial Consort.

• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate sent Guangchengzi outside to do his lessons for entering Jade Void Palace with his right foot first.
• Zhou Qingqing transformed Golden Light Ruyi into a congenital treasure and passed it to South Pole Immortal, who refined it.
• South Pole Immortal combined his lightning arts through Golden Light Ruyi and created the Divine Firmament Thunder Method, breaking through to Daluo Golden Immortal.
• Daoist Duobao sensed South Pole Immortal’s breakthrough and attained Daluo Golden Immortal as well.
• Thunder Marsh joined Shennongjia’s Divine Court to assist with rulings, Bai Ze managed internal affairs, and the Flame Emperor developed the Human Dao.
• Zhou Qingqing learned of the Flame Emperor’s union with the Ancient Primordial Consort and drank with her Daoist junior brothers and sisters.

Yun Zhongzi broke through to Zenith Heaven while cooking for Zhou Qingqing, prompting Golden Spirit Holy Mother and Immaculate Holy Mother to worry about their own cultivation. Zhou Qingqing revealed that an obstruction to Flame Emperor's Dao would fall on his daughters, and assigned the two sisters to help overcome it in hopes of reaching Zenith Heaven.

• Yun Zhongzi broke through to Zenith Heaven, and Zhou Qingqing praised his fortune and virtue.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother and Immaculate Holy Mother grew anxious after Yun Zhongzi surpassed them, and Zhou Qingqing promised them a chance to prove themselves.
• Great Master Xuandu asked whether Flame Emperor was about to face a calamity, and Bai Ze realized Zhou Qingqing had already identified an obstruction to the Dao.
• Zhou Qingqing confirmed the obstruction would not fall on Flame Emperor himself but on his two daughters, and told Golden Spirit Holy Mother and Immaculate Holy Mother to each help one daughter overcome it.
• The Three Pure Ones recognized that Zhou Qingqing had used Flame Emperor's daughters to create suitable opportunities for the Seven Little Ones to advance.

Zhou Qingqing learned that Yaoji and Nüwa were Flame Emperor’s daughters and sent Golden Spirit Holy Mother and Immaculate Holy Mother to watch them. Meanwhile, Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate tried to recruit a female disciple among his destined immortals, but Guangchengzi refused and was sent outside to do homework.

• Zhou Qingqing reflected on Flame Emperor’s many descendants and recognized Yaoji and Nüwa as figures from the stories she knew.
• Zhou Qingqing ordered Jinling to secretly watch Nüwa and Wudang to keep an eye on Yaoji.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate considered asking his future disciples to become female cultivators so the Jade Void Twelve Immortals would include a woman.
• Guangchengzi entered Jade Void Palace, refused when Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate asked if he would become a female cultivator, and was sent outside to do homework.
• Chijingzi, Taiyi True Person, and Jade Cauldron True Person entered the palace and soon joined Guangchengzi outside, while wondering whether any disciple would ever agree.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother and Immaculate Holy Mother found Yaoji and the baby Nüwa and privately guessed why Zhou Qingqing had not appeared.

Zhou Qingqing praised Golden Spirit Holy Mother and Immaculate Holy Mother for faithfully guarding Yaoji and Nüwa, while the Three Pure Ones considered their hidden game against Heavenly Dao Hongjun. At Jade Void Palace, Cihang Daoist agreed to become a female cultivator, earning Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s enthusiastic approval and leaving Puxian and Wenshu regretting their earlier refusal.

• The Three Pure Ones recognized that Zhou Qingqing was protecting Golden Spirit Holy Mother and Immaculate Holy Mother while secretly influencing events in their contest against Heavenly Dao Hongjun.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother and Immaculate Holy Mother continued guarding Yaoji and Nüwa without letting their vigilance lapse.
• Zhou Qingqing praised the two junior sisters for carrying out her task faithfully and maintaining their resolve.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate asked Cihang Daoist whether she was willing to become a female cultivator, and Cihang agreed.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate promised to help Cihang with her cultivation, while Puxian and Wenshu regretted refusing the same opportunity.

Zhou Qingqing sensed two surviving Demon Path entities attacking Yaoji and Nüwa with powers tied to death and the five skandhas. She left the defense to Immaculate Holy Mother and Golden Spirit Holy Mother, whose counterattacks began as the demons’ assault reached the imperial daughters.

• Zhou Qingqing recognized the approaching auras as the Accumulation Demon and Death Demon, then concealed herself and changed into her black-lotus form.
• Supreme Pure Laozi understood that Shennong’s effort to relieve the Human Race’s sufferings had drawn the demons’ attention.
• The Death Demon sent death qi at Yaoji while the Accumulation Demon unleashed Blazing Five Skandhas upon Nüwa.
• Immaculate Holy Mother tore apart the death qi with her Primal Simplicity White Qi to protect Yaoji.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother identified the attack’s attempt to strip Nüwa of her human nature and blocked its demonic bird with Central Heaven Brahma Qi.

Zhou Qingqing arranged for Golden Spirit Holy Mother and Immaculate Holy Mother to block the tribulation threatening Yaoji and Nüwa, and the two turned it into an opportunity to break through to Daluo Golden Immortals. When Death Demon and Accumulation Demon fled, Zhou Qingqing’s black lotuses appeared in pursuit.

• Bai Ze watched Zhou Qingqing’s junior sisters face the tribulation and wondered at the unusual auras of the Seven Little Ones.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother and Immaculate Holy Mother erased the deathly and yin energies with their Dao methods, stopping the calamity.
• Death Demon and Accumulation Demon realized the two Holy Mothers were breaking through to Daluo Golden Immortals and fled.
• Zhou Qingqing smiled as the two Holy Mothers completed their breakthroughs, helping Yaoji and Nüwa overcome the tribulation.
• Black lotus blossoms appeared before Golden Spirit Holy Mother and Immaculate Holy Mother as they regretted letting the demons escape.

Zhou Qingqing rescued Flame Emperor’s daughters from the demons and explained that their roles in the Nine Nether Realm would help him attain the Dao as the Earth Sovereign. Bai Ze accepted her explanation, while the Three Pure Ones knew she had invented it.

• Zhou Qingqing sent Golden Spirit Holy Mother and Immaculate Holy Mother into the passage on the World-Destroying Black Lotus, and they defeated Death Demon and Accumulation Demon.
• Flame Emperor welcomed his daughters back and thanked Zhou Qingqing for helping them.
• Flame Emperor asked how his daughters’ calamity related to his attainment of the Dao, and Zhou Qingqing claimed they would connect him to the Earth Dao.
• Zhou Qingqing proposed that Yaoji become the Mount Wu Goddess and Nüwa guard the Nine Springs with Xuanming Ancestral Witch.
• The Three Pure Ones recognized Zhou Qingqing had fabricated her explanation, but Bai Ze believed it and praised her insight.

The Flame Emperor trusted Zhou Qingqing’s account and asked her to bring him and his daughters to the Earth Dao for protection. Zhou Qingqing opened a Reincarnation passage and led the group to Lady Houtu, who sensed her return.

• The Flame Emperor believed Zhou Qingqing and asked her to introduce him and his daughters to the Earth Dao so they could escape a possible returning tribulation.
• Zhou Qingqing accepted the request despite realizing she had trapped herself with her own claims, and Yaoji and Nüwa watched her expectantly.
• Zhou Qingqing changed into her Celestial Master Zi appearance and opened a Reincarnation passage using the Twelve-Grade Reincarnation Purple Lotus.
• Bai Ze recognized that Zhou Qingqing’s abilities linked the Human, Heavenly, and Earth Dao, while the Flame Emperor concluded that Laozi’s advice to trust her had been right.
• Zhou Qingqing led the Seven Little Ones, Bai Ze, and the Flame Emperor with Yaoji and Nüwa through the passage toward Lady Houtu, who sensed Zhou Qingqing’s return.

Zhou Qingqing brought her junior brothers and sisters and Bai Ze to visit Houtu in the Nine Nether Realm, where she proposed recruiting the divine beast Diting to serve the Underworld. Houtu quickly used the Earth Dao to locate Diting, surprised by how much her abilities had improved.

• Zhou Qingqing greeted Houtu warmly and introduced her junior brothers and sisters, who bowed to Houtu.
• Bai Ze introduced himself as Zhou Qingqing's steward, and Houtu praised him and offered him a future position in the Underworld.
• Zhou Qingqing suggested that Houtu recruit Diting, thinking the move would benefit the Underworld and weaken Buddhism's future strength.
• The Three Pure Ones located Diting and sent his whereabouts to the Nine Nether Realm.
• Houtu merged with the Earth Dao, immediately located Diting, and realized her divine abilities had greatly improved.

Houtu summoned Diting to the Nine Nether Realm after Zhou Qingqing mentioned his mind-hearing ability. Diting joined Houtu’s service but refused to reveal what he could hear, and Zhou Qingqing left him to be trained into greater courage.

• Houtu used the Animal Path of the Six Paths of Reincarnation to bring Diting before Zhou Qingqing and the others.
• Diting heard the thoughts of the young women and Great Master Xuandu, but could not hear Zhou Qingqing’s thoughts.
• Diting prostrated himself before Houtu and offered to remain in the Nine Nether Realm to help her.
• When Houtu asked Diting to demonstrate his divine abilities, he refused to reveal what he heard, citing his cultivation’s limitations.
• Zhou Qingqing urged Diting to speak freely, and Houtu said the other Ancestral Witches would train his courage.
• Zhou Qingqing considered gathering the Four Monkeys of the World to test Diting’s ability in the future.