Chapter Summaries

Zhou Qingqing suggested that Zhu Jiuyin and Candle Dragon use their mastery of time to create a sun for the Nine Nether Realm. They combined their powers to form the Candle Dragon, illuminating the Netherworld and advancing the Earth Dao, while Bai Ze anticipated Zhu Jiuyin’s path to sainthood.

• Candle Dragon agreed to help Zhu Jiuyin, and Zhou Qingqing suggested that they turn the power of time into a sun for the Nine Nether Realm.
• Zhu Jiuyin and Candle Dragon studied how time governed the sun and seasons, then thanked Zhou Qingqing for her reminder.
• Zhu Jiuyin and Candle Dragon created the innate divine ability Candle Illumination and combined their powers into a great flame.
• Zhu Jiuyin returned with the group to the Nine Nether Realm and manifested the flame as a sun that illuminated the darkness.
• Zhu Jiuyin named the new sun the Candle Dragon, while Bai Ze recorded how it was made and predicted that Zhu Jiuyin would attain sainthood.

Zhu Jiuyin drew inspiration from Candle Dragon to break through the Nine Revolutions Profound Art and become an Earth Dao Saint. Zhou Qingqing then sought another way to transform the Earth Book into the Earth Leaf, setting her sights on Eastern Emperor Taiyi as a possible Yama Great Emperor.

• Zhu Jiuyin used Candle Dragon as inspiration, and his blood and vitality transformed into a dragon as his cultivation broke through.
• Houtu infused Zhu Jiuyin with Primordial Purple Qi, helping him attain Sainthood.
• Zhou Qingqing expected the Earth Book to transform after Zhu Jiuyin's breakthrough, but it remained unchanged.
• The Three Pure Ones concluded that the Yama Great Emperor position might be key, but Zhou Qingqing refused to take it herself.
• Zhou Qingqing considered Tai Er True Person as a candidate, then decided to seek Bai Ze and explore bringing Eastern Emperor Taiyi to the Nine Nether Realm.

The Three Pure Ones decided to help Taiyi return to the Primordial World, and Supreme Pure Laozi went to Outer Heaven to ask Di Jun for his consent. Di Jun agreed in principle but was stunned when Laozi revealed that Taiyi would be expected to serve as the Nine Nether Realm’s Yama Great Emperor and help develop the Earth Dao.

• The Three Pure Ones gathered in Three Pure Ones Hall and warned the Seven Little Ones to keep cultivating while their senior sister trained disciples in the Nine Nether Realm.
• Supreme Pure Laozi proposed helping Taiyi return to the Primordial World, and Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Upper Pure Tongtian agreed to support him.
• Supreme Pure Laozi traveled to Outer Heaven and offered Di Jun a chance for Taiyi to return.
• Di Jun said he was willing but demanded to know Laozi’s intentions, fearing Taiyi might fall into a scheme.
• Supreme Pure Laozi explained that they wanted Taiyi to become the Nine Nether Realm’s Yama Great Emperor and help develop the Earth Dao, possibly becoming an Earth Dao Saint.

Supreme Pure Laozi persuaded Taiyi to accept the position of Yama Great Emperor, saying it would help him cultivate and could later be relinquished. After Zhou Qingqing invited Di Jun to the Nine Nether Realm, Di Jun agreed to send Taiyi there, and Zhou Qingqing welcomed him.

• Di Jun and Taiyi questioned Supreme Pure Laozi's proposal, and Laozi explained that Zhou Qingqing wanted Taiyi to take the Yama Great Emperor position.
• Supreme Pure Laozi argued that the position could help Taiyi comprehend Primordial Chaos and that Tongtian could later free him from it.
• Di Jun reconsidered the proposal and agreed, while Taiyi deferred to his elder brother.
• Bai Ze relayed Zhou Qingqing's invitation for Di Jun to come to the Nine Nether Realm and ask whether he was willing.
• Di Jun said Taiyi would go, and Zhou Qingqing appeared in the mirror and urged him to hurry.

The Three Pure Ones opened a passage from Outer Heaven to the Nine Nether Realm, allowing Taiyi to arrive at Zhou Qingqing’s side. Zhou Qingqing brought him to Lady Houtu, where Taiyi agreed to become the Yama Great Emperor.

• Di Jun and Taiyi accepted Zhou Qingqing’s proposal, and the Three Pure Ones began preparing a passage to the Nine Nether Realm.
• The Three Pure Ones joined their powers, opened a fissure between Outer Heaven and the Nine Nether Realm, and sent Taiyi through it.
• Taiyi arrived before Zhou Qingqing and Bai Ze, and Zhou Qingqing told him to greet Lady Houtu.
• Lady Houtu agreed to consider Taiyi’s appointment and asked what he intended to do.
• Taiyi said he was willing to become the Yama Great Emperor of the Nine Nether Realm.

Zhou Qingqing guided Eastern Emperor Taiyi in creating the Ten Courts of Yama, enabling him to become Yama Great Emperor and an Earth Dao Saint. His ascension completed Zhou Qingqing’s Earth Book, and she broke through to the late stage of Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal.

• Houtu let Zhou Qingqing guide Taiyi toward the position of Yama Great Emperor.
• Zhou Qingqing told Taiyi to reverse the method by which he had attained sainthood through Taiyi Generates Water and divide his Chaos energy into ten streams.
• Taiyi formed ten incarnations representing the Ten Courts of Yama, and Earth Dao bestowed the position of Yama Great Emperor upon him.
• Houtu gave Taiyi Primordial Purple Qi and concealed his identity as he proclaimed himself an Earth Dao Saint under his new title.
• Zhou Qingqing’s Earth Book revealed itself after Taiyi’s ascension, and her cultivation rose to the late stage of Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal.

After manifesting the Earth Leaf and reaching the late stage of the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm, Zhou Qingqing arranged for Eastern Emperor Taiyi to train Taiyi True Person as his eventual successor. As the Human Dao’s imperial dynasties developed and the Investiture of the Gods Calamity approached, she set out to bring her masters to the Heavenly Court’s Immortal Peach Festival, where her next efforts toward the Heaven Leaf might begin.

• Zhou Qingqing explained that helping Earth Dao members attain sainthood had restored her Earth Book into the Earth Leaf, and Eastern Emperor Taiyi thanked her for helping him attain the Dao as the Yama Great Emperor.
• Zhou Qingqing summoned Taiyi True Person and asked Eastern Emperor Taiyi to teach him so he could eventually take over as Yama Great Emperor, and Taiyi agreed.
• The Human Dao’s Five Emperors completed their evolution, after which the Xia Dynasty and other imperial dynasties arose and the Human Race fell into conflict.
• After learning that the Five Emperors’ evolution was complete, Zhou Qingqing received an invitation to the Heavenly Court’s Immortal Peach Festival and decided to bring all three of her masters to prevent Haotian from feeling slighted.
• Ancestral Witch Dijiang opened three paths to the masters’ Daoist temples, while Eastern Emperor Taiyi watched Zhou Qingqing depart and Lady Houtu considered how the Heavenly Dao might lead to the Heaven Leaf.

Zhou Qingqing persuaded Supreme Pure Laozi to attend the Immortal Peach Festival by offering to handle his work. He agreed, while his brothers learned of his embarrassing deeds from the original timeline.

• Zhou Qingqing asked Supreme Pure Laozi to attend the Immortal Peach Festival, but he claimed he was too busy refining pills and artifacts and improving his formation.
• Zhou Qingqing decided to finish the work herself and thought of refining the Vajra Ring and Nine-Toothed Rake.
• Du'e True Person and Wuzhiqi sensed danger from their senior sister before she offered to help Supreme Pure Laozi.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Upper Pure Master Tongtian realized that Supreme Elder Lord had once struck Monkey Brother with the Vajra Ring and given Zhu Ganglie the Nine-Toothed Rake.
• Supreme Pure Laozi agreed to attend the festival if Zhou Qingqing completed his tasks quickly.

Zhou Qingqing refined the Secret Returning Elixir into innate Lingbao, then examined the Two Principles Dust Formation and passed Supreme Pure Laozi’s assessment. She returned to Three Pure Ones Heaven to sleep until the Immortal Peach Festival, but Bai Ze took over testing the Seven Little Ones.

• Zhou Qingqing prompted Supreme Pure Laozi to teach her the Secret Returning Elixir Method and used it to refine the Vajra Ring and Nine-Toothed Rake into innate Lingbao.
• Zhou Qingqing studied the Two Principles Dust Formation and reported its flaws to Supreme Pure Laozi, who praised her work and said her Second and Third Masters would attend the Immortal Peach Festival.
• Supreme Pure Laozi dismissed Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Upper Pure Master Tongtian’s planned assessments, leaving them unable to tease Zhou Qingqing.
• Zhou Qingqing returned to Three Pure Ones Heaven with Bai Ze, asked him to wake her before the Immortal Peach Festival, and went to sleep in Miro Palace.
• Bai Ze told the Seven Little Ones that he would assess their studies, leaving them to face their difficult routine again.

Zhou Qingqing attended Haotian and Yaochi’s Immortal Peach Festival with the Daoism disciples and assured Haotian that the Three Pure Ones would come. The Three Pure Ones arrived with their disciples, impressing the gathered cultivators and easing Haotian’s worries.

• Zhou Qingqing woke from her sleep and led the Seven Little Ones and Bai Ze to the Immortal Peach Festival.
• Yaochi welcomed Zhou Qingqing and promised to give her some of the oldest Flat Peaches after the festival.
• Haotian asked Zhou Qingqing whether the Three Pure Ones would attend, and she assured him they would come.
• The Three Pure Ones left their respective dao grounds for High Heaven Palace.
• Haotian announced the arrival of the Three Pure Ones and their disciples, causing a commotion among the cultivators at the festival.

The Two Sages of the West arrived at the Immortal Peach Festival expecting to impress Haotian, but found the Three Pure Ones and Zhou Qingqing already in High Heaven Palace. Their late arrival unsettled them, and Haotian welcomed them by asking whether they would sit with the Three Pure Ones.

• The Three Pure Ones arrived with their core disciples, and Zhou Qingqing and the Seven Little Ones bowed to them.
• The cultivators noted that the Two Sages of the West had not yet arrived, while Zhou Qingqing suspected their delay revealed their intentions toward the Heavenly Court.
• Daoist Zhunti told Daoist Jieyin that attending the festival would win Haotian's favor and enhance the West's reputation.
• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti reached the South Heaven Gate and discovered that the Three Pure Ones had arrived ahead of them.
• Medicine Master and Maitreya noticed Daoist Burning Lamp's unease when he saw Zhou Qingqing inside High Heaven Palace.
• Haotian welcomed the Two Sages of the West and asked whether they would sit with the Three Pure Ones.

At the Immortal Peach Festival, the Three Pure Ones received the Two Sages of the West, then Haotian announced that he had become a Quasi-Sage and revealed his good corpse, the Jade Emperor. The banquet began with the Jade Emperor expounding on the Heavenly Dao, while the Three Pure Ones regarded him with pity and wondered about his origins.

• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti greeted the Three Pure Ones as Senior Brothers after arriving at the High Heaven Palace.
• Haotian had celestial maidens serve immortal wine, fruit, and Flat Peaches at the festival.
• Haotian announced that he had severed his good corpse and reached the Quasi-Sage realm.
• Haotian summoned his jade-robed good corpse incarnation, who introduced himself as the Jade Emperor.
• The Jade Emperor began expounding on the Heavenly Dao as the guests enjoyed the banquet.

At the Immortal Peach Festival, Daoist Zhunti suggested that someone spar with Haotian and the Jade Emperor, and Zhou Qingqing realized he was trying to draw her into the conflict. She accepted the challenge, leaving the Three Pure Ones to trust her judgment as the assembled cultivators turned their attention to her.

• Zhou Qingqing ate Flat Peaches and considered how the Immortal Peach Festival might set the Investiture of the Gods Calamity in motion.
• Daoist Zhunti proposed that a highly cultivated guest spar with Haotian and the Jade Emperor during their demonstration of the Dao.
• Zhou Qingqing recognized that she was the only suitable challenger and decided to enter the arena, intending to use wisdom rather than simply overwhelm her opponents.
• Daoist Jieyin backed Zhunti's proposal and praised Zhou Qingqing's cultivation before the Three Pure Ones.
• The Two Sages of the West drew the banquet guests' attention to Zhou Qingqing.

At the Immortal Peach Festival, Zhou Qingqing agreed to demonstrate the Great Dao alongside Haotian, who revealed his ambition to become the Great Heavenly Venerate. Haotian displayed his Heavenly Dao power before the assembled cultivators, while Zhou Qingqing recognized Burning Lamp’s hope that she would defeat him and concluded she could not win.

• Daoist Burning Lamp watched Haotian and the Jade Emperor, expecting Zhou Qingqing to humble them.
• Zhou Qingqing agreed to cooperate with Haotian and demonstrate the laws of the Great Dao.
• Haotian declared that he sought the path of the Great Heavenly Venerate, distinct from Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi.
• Zhou Qingqing explained that the Three Pure Ones and their disciples no longer viewed Haotian’s ambition as an insult.
• Haotian unleashed golden light and jade qi that impressed the cultivators in High Heaven Palace.
• Zhou Qingqing sensed Burning Lamp’s hopes for her victory and realized she could not defeat Haotian.

At the Immortal Peach Festival, Zhou Qingqing used her primordial spirit to match Haotian and the Jade Emperor’s manifestation of the Great Heavenly Venerate, preventing the contest from escalating while preserving everyone’s dignity. Her Heavenly Venerate principles met theirs in a perfect draw, leaving the gathered cultivators astonished and Daoist Burning Lamp incredulous.

• The Three Pure Ones realized Zhou Qingqing intended to counter Haotian without humiliating him or triggering the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.
• Zhou Qingqing fully mobilized her primordial spirit and used her six rotating Three Flowers to calculate how to balance Haotian and the Jade Emperor’s power.
• Zhou Qingqing explained the path of the Heavenly Venerate and manifested principles equal to Haotian’s Great Heavenly Venerate.
• The two sides’ magical power linked and extinguished into nothingness, producing a draw before the Immortal Peach Festival’s cultivators.
• Daoist Burning Lamp was stunned that Zhou Qingqing had tied with Haotian.

Zhou Qingqing forced her match with Haotian into a draw, preserving the Immortal Peach Festival and shielding Daoism’s disciples from blame. Daoist Zhunti then pointed Haotian toward Great Dark Heaven as a place to advance his Evil Corpse, leaving Zhou Qingqing wary that the Two Sages of the West were setting a trap.

• Zhou Qingqing used the Heavenly Venerate’s Dao to match Haotian’s strength, and the cultivators at the Immortal Peach Festival witnessed their exchange.
• Haotian credited Zhou Qingqing with preserving his dignity and believed the display would spread the Heavenly Court’s prestige.
• Zhou Qingqing returned to her seat, deciding the Two Sages of the West were now the likeliest source of trouble at the festival.
• Daoist Zhunti praised the prospect of Daoism and the Heavenly Court producing more Heavenly Venerates, then asked Haotian to consider severing his Evil Corpse.
• Daoist Zhunti suggested that Great Dark Heaven might help Haotian advance, and Haotian recognized that Zhou Qingqing had created it.

At the Immortal Peach Festival, Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate challenged Daoist Zhunti over his interest in Great Dark Heaven, exposing Daoist Burning Lamp’s role in its creation. Zhou Qingqing’s inner thoughts then inspired her Second Master to consider studying the Karma Great Dao, leaving him eager to surpass Zhunti.

• Haotian praised Great Dark Heaven, while Zhou Qingqing judged that her earlier display had blunted Daoist Zhunti’s attempt to plant future concerns about it.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate reminded Daoist Zhunti that the Primeval Treasure Pearl and Burning Lamp’s Qiankun Ruler had given rise to Great Dark Heaven, and warned him not to hold a grudge over Burning Lamp’s defeat by Zhou Qingqing.
• Zhou Qingqing’s inner thoughts recalled Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s past closeness to the Western Sages, prompting Supreme Pure Laozi and Master Tongtian to give him a piercing look.
• Daoist Burning Lamp silently regretted ever seeking a position from Primordial Heavenly Venerate, while Daoist Zhunti wondered whether his karmic scheming had been too obvious.
• Zhou Qingqing reasoned that Primordial Heavenly Venerate could surpass Daoist Zhunti in the Karma Great Dao, and her Second Master resolved to pursue that path.

Daoist Jieyin highlighted the Heavenly Court’s lack of manpower, raising the prospect that Haotian would seek the Investiture of the Gods List and trigger its calamity. Zhou Qingqing opposed starting the calamity so soon and unexpectedly offered Daoism’s disciples to serve in the Heavenly Court.

• Daoist Jieyin defended Great Dark Heaven, revealed that Zhou Qingqing possessed his Twelve-Petaled Merit Golden Lotus, and suggested she become the Western Sect’s deputy leader.
• Daoist Jieyin told Haotian that the Heavenly Court lacked people and needed to be made functional before he could surpass the Ancient Heavenly Court.
• The Three Pure Ones considered the Investiture of the Gods Calamity acceptable, but Zhou Qingqing decided it should be delayed while the three Dao lineages developed.
• Zhou Qingqing stood up and offered Daoism’s disciples to take posts in the Heavenly Court and help Haotian.

Zhou Qingqing proposed placing Daoism’s disciples in Heavenly Court roles before the Investiture of the Gods List descended, hoping to help them earn merit and delay the calamity. The Three Pure Ones endorsed her plan, and Haotian entrusted her with arranging the positions, beginning with the Seven Little Ones.

• Zhou Qingqing’s inner thoughts revealed her plan to place the three lineages’ disciples in Heavenly Court roles and delay the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.
• Supreme Pure Laozi declared that Zhou Qingqing’s decision represented the will of the Three Pure Ones.
• Bai Ze questioned whether Daoism’s disciples would give up cultivation for Heavenly Court duties, and Zhou Qingqing replied that some were suited to the work.
• Zhou Qingqing volunteered the Seven Little Ones to join the Heavenly Court first, startling them and the Two Sages of the West.
• Haotian agreed to let Zhou Qingqing arrange the Heavenly Court positions for Daoism’s disciples.

At the Immortal Peach Festival, Zhou Qingqing offered to arrange the Seven Little Ones for the Heavenly Court and challenged Daoist Zhunti to wager the Seven Treasures Wondrous Tree on their ability. Zhunti refused the wager, and Master Tongtian mocked him while promising that Zhou Qingqing would demonstrate Daoism’s disciples’ strength.

• Haotian agreed to let Zhou Qingqing arrange the Seven Little Ones for the Heavenly Court.
• Daoist Zhunti questioned whether Zhou Qingqing’s junior brothers and sisters were capable of holding Heavenly Court offices.
• Zhou Qingqing offered to prove their abilities and asked Zhunti to wager the Seven Treasures Wondrous Tree as a reward.
• Daoist Zhunti refused to wager the Western Sect’s treasure, and the festival guests recognized that he had backed down.
• Master Tongtian rebuked Zhunti for questioning his disciple and said Daoism’s disciples would show their strength.