Chapter Summaries

At the Immortal Peach Festival, Zhou Qingqing had South Pole Immortal transform the ordinary Longevity Star into the South Pole Star. His Five-Needle Pine and red divine lightning completed the transformation, leaving the Heavenly Court cultivators amazed at the result.

• Zhou Qingqing called South Pole Immortal and instructed him to turn the southern Longevity Star into the South Pole Star.
• Yaochi recognized South Pole Immortal’s staff as the Five-Needle Pine, one of the Primordial World’s ten innate spiritual roots.
• South Pole Immortal planted the Five-Needle Pine on the Longevity Star, where it connected with streams of stellar power.
• South Pole Immortal used the Golden Light Ruyi to merge the divine lightning and produce red divine lightning.
• South Pole Immortal’s lightning and the Five-Needle Pine transformed the Longevity Star into the South Pole Star.

South Pole Immortal entered the Three Pure Ones Realm, and Zhou Qingqing assigned several Daoism disciples divine positions in the Heavenly Court. The chapter left Daoist Duobao still without a post, as Zhou Qingqing had forgotten to arrange one for him.

• South Pole Immortal gained enlightenment at the Longevity Star and reached the initial stage of the Quasi-Sage realm, stunning Haotian.
• Zhou Qingqing sent Golden Spirit Holy Mother to claim the Dipper Mother Goddess position, while Turtle Spirit Holy Mother and Yun Zhongzi connected with the Black Tortoise Star and Fortune Star.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother, Turtle Spirit Holy Mother, and Yun Zhongzi transformed as their stars shone across High Heaven Palace.
• Zhou Qingqing gave Immaculate Holy Mother the divine position of Old Mother of Mount Li.
• Zhou Qingqing assigned Great Master Xuandu to Tushita Palace to refine pills, while Daoist Duobao remained without a position because Zhou Qingqing had forgotten to arrange one for him.

Zhou Qingqing assigned Daoist Duobao to the Celestial Principle Star, where his Many-Treasures Pagoda transformed the star and raised him to Daoism's Three Pure Ones Realm. The Western Sect leaders sensed that Duobao was fated for the West, leaving Zhou Qingqing worried they would try to claim him.

• Zhou Qingqing struggled to choose a Heavenly Court position for Daoist Duobao and decided to send him to the Celestial Principle Star with a twelfth-grade Creation Azure Lotus.
• Upper Pure Master Tongtian sent Daoist Duobao to the star, where Duobao placed his Many-Treasures Pagoda upon it.
• The Many-Treasures Pagoda transformed the Celestial Principle Star as heavenly principles merged into it, and Duobao advanced from Daluo Golden Immortal into Daoism's Three Pure Ones Realm.
• Zhou Qingqing celebrated the success of her plan as the cultivators in High Heaven Palace marveled at the transformation.
• Daoist Jieyin and Zhunti sensed that Daoist Duobao was fated for the West, and Zhou Qingqing feared they would try to claim him.

At the Immortal Peach Festival, Daoist Zhunti offered the Seven Treasures to congratulate Daoism’s disciples and repair the Western Sect’s standing. Zhou Qingqing then pressed the Western Sect to send disciples to the Heavenly Court, and Zhunti challenged her to name candidates, giving her an opening to draw on her knowledge of the original timeline.

• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti concealed their interest in Daoist Duobao and offered to present the Seven Treasures in celebration.
• Daoist Zhunti used the Seven Treasures Wondrous Tree and his power to condense seven treasures, which the Seven Little Ones accepted with a salute.
• Zhou Qingqing proposed that Medicine Master, Maitreya, and Daoist Burning Lamp join the Heavenly Court, but Daoist Zhunti tearfully refused to give up those disciples.
• Zhou Qingqing suggested the Western Sect send lower-ranking disciples instead, and Daoist Zhunti offered to bring any candidates she named to the Heavenly Court.
• Zhou Qingqing realized she could name Western Sect disciples from the original timeline and prepared to answer Zhunti’s challenge.

At the Immortal Peach Festival, Zhou Qingqing forced the Two Sages of the West to send three promising disciples to serve in the Heavenly Court. Ksitigarbha, Sun Radiance, and Moon Purity accepted their assignments, though their masters planned to find a way to change the arrangement later.

• Zhou Qingqing named Ksitigarbha, Sun Radiance, and Moon Purity as Western Sect disciples who should take positions in the Heavenly Court.
• Daoist Zhunti considered refusing, but Upper Pure Master Tongtian warned him with sword qi, and Daoist Jieyin urged him to honor their agreement.
• Daoist Zhunti summoned Sun Radiance and Moon Purity, and Haotian assigned them positions connected to the sun and moon.
• Daoist Zhunti summoned Ksitigarbha, and Zhou Qingqing assigned him to Ksitigarbha Star among the seventy-two Earthly Fiend Stars.
• Daoist Zhunti told the three disciples to join the Heavenly Court and help maintain the order of the Heavenly Dao, while assuring them he would eventually rescue them.

After the Immortal Peach Festival strengthened the Heavenly Court, the Two Sages of the West blamed Supreme Pure Laozi for the loss of Ksitigarbha, while Laozi and his brothers met Zhou Qingqing at Three Pure Ones Hall. The chapter ended with Zhou Qingqing sharing the Flat Peaches Yaochi had given her.

• Haotian rejoiced that the festival had boosted the Heavenly Court’s reputation and considered Yaochi’s extra peaches for Zhou Qingqing a wise choice.
• Daoist Jieyin reassured Daoist Zhunti about the Western Sect disciples sent to the Heavenly Court, but lamented losing Ksitigarbha to oversee Ksitigarbha Star.
• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti suspected Supreme Pure Laozi had revealed the Western Sect disciples’ names to Zhou Qingqing so she could target them.
• At Three Pure Ones Hall, Supreme Pure Laozi scolded Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Upper Pure Master Tongtian for gloating over the blame laid on him.
• Zhou Qingqing credited her junior brothers with building Three Pure Ones Hall and offered the group the older Flat Peaches Yaochi had given her.

Zhou Qingqing received the Three Pure Ones’ approval to assign divine positions to Daoism’s disciples, while Hongjun noticed the Heavenly Dao had stabilized and chose to wait for the Investiture of the Gods Calamity. The Three Pure Ones began teaching Zhou Qingqing as she entered seclusion, then discussed their next strategy.

• Supreme Pure Laozi authorized Zhou Qingqing to confer divine positions on disciples of the three Daoist lineages and gave her the Three Pure Ones’ full support.
• Zhou Qingqing believed her masters had sensed the Investiture of the Gods Calamity and praised Supreme Pure Laozi’s explanation for assigning divine positions early.
• Hongjun detected that the Heavenly Dao had grown more stable, suspected the Three Pure Ones were delaying the Calamity, and decided to wait before intervening.
• The Three Pure Ones began expounding the Dao to Zhou Qingqing, who agreed to consolidate her cultivation in seclusion.
• Bai Ze decided to improve the Classic of Mountains and Seas and the Bai Ze Diagram while Zhou Qingqing was in seclusion.
• After Zhou Qingqing entered seclusion, the Three Pure Ones discussed how the changed Calamity would affect their next strategy.

After emerging from seclusion, Zhou Qingqing planned to prepare early for the Investiture of the Gods Calamity and checked on her steward Bai Ze, who was approaching a breakthrough in the Wisdom Great Dao. The Three Pure Ones supported her plans and considered the future potential of wisdom cultivation.

• Zhou Qingqing awakened after her three masters had taught her the Great Daos in the Three Pure Ones Realm, and she reflected on how the teachings had connected her cultivation.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate went to oversee the birth of the Sky-Howling Hound and concealed the scene with the Celebratory Clouds of the Heavens after hearing Zhou Qingqing's inner thoughts.
• Zhou Qingqing decided to secure official positions for the three lineages' core disciples before the Investiture of the Gods List appeared, especially for those at risk of being drawn into the calamity.
• Zhou Qingqing went to see Bai Ze and recognized that his cultivation of the Wisdom Great Dao was nearing a breakthrough.
• Zhou Qingqing considered the importance of wisdom in the Age of Dharma Decline and recalled that future Buddhism would also value methods for awakening wisdom.

Bai Ze tried to break through by using the light of wisdom to manifest Zhou Qingqing, but his attempts failed until she told him to use her lotus form. He successfully formed a Wisdom Lotus, and the Three Pure Ones were left astonished that her suggestion worked.

• Bai Ze attempted to condense Zhou Qingqing’s wisdom into her figure, but the light of wisdom repeatedly failed to solidify.
• The Three Pure Ones realized Bai Ze’s approach was flawed because he was trying to manifest wisdom through Zhou Qingqing’s innate Dao body.
• Zhou Qingqing told Bai Ze to manifest her lotus form instead of her Dao body.
• Bai Ze followed her advice and successfully shaped the light of wisdom into a lotus, leaving the Three Pure Ones speechless.

Bai Ze condensed a Wisdom Lotus and broke through to Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal, then used his divine ability to locate the three demons Zhou Qingqing sought. Qingqing set out for them, while Nuwa also felt a destined connection calling her to intervene.

• Bai Ze thanked Zhou Qingqing for inspiring his breakthrough and realized his Wisdom Lotus had broadened his understanding of the Three Daos.
• Zhou Qingqing decided to search for the Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit, Nine-Headed Pheasant Spirit, and Jade Pipa Spirit before the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.
• Zhou Qingqing ordered Bai Ze to locate the three demons, and Bai Ze found their whereabouts with his innate divine ability.
• Zhou Qingqing left Three Pure Ones Heaven for the demons’ location.
• Nuwa sensed that someone had a destined connection with her and left Nuwa Palace to intervene.

Nuwa shattered a Nightmare Gate that was attacking the fox clan at Green Hill and healed the survivors. After Zhou Qingqing warned her that the Nightmare Demon God might still be lurking nearby, Nuwa drew on the Human Dao and began searching for him.

• A Nightmare Gate unleashed black foxes on Green Hill, nearly exterminating the fox clan.
• Nuwa arrived, destroyed the Nightmare Gate, and healed the wounded demons with Creation Mystic Light.
• Zhou Qingqing and Bai Ze reached Green Hill and saw Nuwa among the surviving fox clan, including the Xuanyuan Three Demons.
• Bai Ze recorded the events in the Classic of Mountains and Seas and recognized Zhou Qingqing's wisdom as a form of foresight.
• Zhou Qingqing suspected the Nightmare had lured Nuwa to Green Hill and warned her that the Nightmare Demon God might still be nearby.
• Nuwa trusted Zhou Qingqing, drew on the Human Dao, and released her divine sense to search for the Nightmare Demon God.

Nuwa used her Creation Divine Eyes to reveal a hidden Nightmare and trapped it, along with the others, inside the Mountain River State Painting. Zhou Qingqing realized the Nightmare was repeating a role from earlier Calamities, and the Three Pure Ones recognized that those Calamities had repeatedly ended in their defeat—though this time, Nuwa and the Three Pure Ones had changed.

• Zhou Qingqing trusted Nuwa to investigate the vanished Nightmare, and Nuwa revealed her Creation Divine Eyes.
• Nuwa used her divine eyes to find the Nightmare disguised as a gigantic Black Fox.
• At Zhou Qingqing's suggestion, Nuwa used the Mountain River State Painting to trap the Nightmare and everyone nearby.
• The Black Fox claimed it had been helping Nuwa, and Zhou Qingqing realized it knew the Calamity's established course.
• The Three Pure Ones concluded that the Calamities had repeated with them and Nuwa as losers, but the current Calamity had changed.

Nuwa confronted the black fox Nightmare Demon God, whose claims about her past revealed that it did not know she had become the first saint of the Human Dao. After Nuwa trapped it inside the Mountain River State Painting, Bai Ze suspected that the demon came from a different version of the Primordial World.

• Nuwa questioned the black fox about how it had supposedly helped her, and it fell silent while describing her former weakness and merit-based sainthood.
• Nuwa drew the Primordial Sacred Sword, startling the black fox and prompting it to ask how she had become stronger.
• Nuwa said she needed the black fox’s help and warned it not to flee.
• The black fox unleashed its Nightmare Great Dao Law and tried to escape, but it struck the Mountain River State Painting’s barrier.
• Zhou Qingqing explained that the painting could trap Saints, while Bai Ze noticed that the black fox recognized Nuwa but not Zhou Qingqing.

Nuwa revealed herself as the ruler of the Human Dao and defeated the Nightmare black fox with her Human Dao Sacred Sword, capturing it alive. Before she could question it about Dao Integration, a mysterious golden rune erased it and knocked away her sword, seemingly silencing the demon.

• The Nightmare black fox transformed and drew on its nine-tailed fox power as Nuwa prepared to fight.
• Nuwa used the Human Dao Sacred Sword to pierce through the black fox’s illusions and capture it alive on Green Hill.
• The black fox recognized that Nuwa had achieved Dao Integration as ruler of the Human Dao and revealed that few experts had reached that realm.
• Nuwa and the Three Pure Ones considered the black fox’s claims, but remained uncertain what kind of Dao Integration it meant.
• A golden rune appeared on the black fox, knocked away Nuwa’s sword, and erased the Nightmare Demon God before she could question it further.

Nuwa realized Nightmare Demon God’s scheme might be connected to Buddhism and asked Zhou Qingqing how to deal with three demons it had brought to Green Hill. Zhou Qingqing consulted Bai Ze, who suggested keeping the demons at Green Hill while remaining cautious of Nightmare’s influence.

• Zhou Qingqing and the Three Pure Ones suspected that a Buddha Path expert had been involved in the scheme behind Nightmare Demon God’s dreamlike illusion.
• Nuwa put away the Mountain River State Painting and identified three demons at Green Hill as the ones Nightmare had guided into the Calamity.
• Nuwa asked Zhou Qingqing how she should handle the three demons, trusting her judgment as the Human Race’s Saint Flower.
• Zhou Qingqing asked Bai Ze for advice, and he suggested leaving the demons at Green Hill so Nuwa could summon them if needed.
• Bai Ze added that Nuwa could ignore the demons because of Nightmare Demon God’s influence, then said Zhou Qingqing should make the final decision.

Zhou Qingqing persuaded Nuwa to give Daji the Red Embroidered Ball and keep her and her sisters out of the Calamity by assigning them new roles. Nuwa granted the treasure and entrusted the three demons to Zhou Qingqing, who would arrange their duties in the Heavenly Court.

• Zhou Qingqing proposed that Nuwa give the Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit the Red Embroidered Ball so she could cultivate the Marriage Great Dao, with her two sisters accompanying her.
• Laozi deduced that Daji was suited to the Marriage Great Dao, while Bai Ze realized the Three Pure Ones had been involved in the past Heavenly Marriage and decided not to tell Di Jun.
• Nuwa agreed with Zhou Qingqing's plan and granted the Red Embroidered Ball to the fox spirit, transforming her and her sisters into their Dao bodies.
• Nuwa told the three demons to follow Zhou Qingqing's arrangements for new duties in the Heavenly Court, and they bowed to Zhou Qingqing in gratitude.

Nuwa brought a fox from the Green Hill Fox Clan to the Heavenly Court after bestowing her the Red Embroidered Ball, and Haotian granted the clan a residence. Zhou Qingqing transformed a Reincarnation Purple Lotus into a Lovesickness Tree to complete the new Matchmaker Shrine, leaving the Three Pure Ones nostalgic as she prepared to sing.

• Haotian and Yaochi welcomed Nuwa, who had come with a Green Hill fox seeking a Heavenly Court post after receiving the Red Embroidered Ball.
• Haotian assigned the Green Hill Fox Clan to the palace where the Other Shore Flower had grown, and Bai Ze transformed it into the Matchmaker Shrine and Betrothal Palace.
• The Green Hill Fox Clan settled into the Heavenly Court, while the Three Pure Ones reflected that Qingqing had steered the foxes away from their original calamity.
• Zhou Qingqing created a ninth-grade Reincarnation Purple Lotus as Celestial Master Zi, then used her power of creation to turn it into a Lovesickness Tree.
• Bai Ze recorded the Creation Divine Tree in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and Zhou Qingqing decided to sing "Beneath the Lovesickness Tree," stirring the Three Pure Ones' nostalgia.

Zhou Qingqing tested Daji’s Red Embroidered Ball by having her reveal and sever Princess Longji’s karmic marriage thread. Longji avoided the marriage fate that would have drawn her into the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, and she became the Red Luan Star Lord.

• Zhou Qingqing asked Nuwa to let Daji demonstrate the Red Embroidered Ball and summoned Princess Longji from the Heavenly Palace.
• Daji drew out Longji’s karmic red thread, and Zhou Qingqing instructed her to erase it instead of tying it.
• With Hu Ximei and Jade Noblewoman supporting her, Daji shattered Longji’s red thread with the Red Embroidered Ball.
• Longji’s cultivation advanced as her fate changed, removing her from the marriage tribulation tied to the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.
• The Red Luan Star shone upon Longji, who became its Star Lord.

After Long Ji became the Red Luan Star Lord, the Three Pure Ones discussed how Zhou Qingqing could take control of the Investiture of the Gods List during the coming Calamity. They agreed to replace Jiang Ziya as the one responsible for the investiture and began planning how to do so.

• Zhou Qingqing reflected that King Zhou had originally become the Heavenly Happiness Star Lord, while Nuwa noticed the Three Pure Ones meeting in Three Pure Ones Hall.
• Supreme Pure Laozi proposed that Zhou Qingqing take control of the Investiture of the Gods List by becoming the one responsible for the investiture during the Calamity.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate agreed to replace Jiang Ziya's presence with Zhou Qingqing's lotus aura, while Upper Pure Master Tongtian would seize a thread of the Calamity's fortune.
• Supreme Pure Laozi cast out the Taiji Diagram to deduce when his brothers should act and promised to call them elder brothers if he failed.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Upper Pure Master Tongtian agreed to return and prepare, while privately hoping to make Supreme Pure Laozi stake his title again.

Bai Ze reassured Daji, Hu Ximei, and Jade Noblewoman that their matchmaker duties would keep them in Nuwa’s favor, then Zhou Qingqing told Nuwa that the coming calamity might involve a change of Human Dao dynasties. Nuwa said she might support the Zhou Dynasty because its name matched Qingqing’s, leaving Qingqing stunned by the possibility of a changed Investiture of the Gods Calamity.

• Bai Ze told the three demons that their matchmaker positions came from Zhou Qingqing’s suggestion and instructed them to prepare Qingqing’s favorite snacks and spiritual tea for Nuwa.
• Nuwa enjoyed the refreshments, sent Bai Ze and the three demons away, and asked Zhou Qingqing what she knew about the coming calamity.
• Zhou Qingqing told Nuwa that the calamity might involve a change of Human Dao dynasties and that the Nightmare Demon God may have wanted Nuwa to involve the three Green Hill demons.
• Nuwa said she might consider supporting the Zhou Dynasty if it shared Qingqing’s surname, and Zhou Qingqing realized this could alter the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.