Chapter Summaries

Zhou Qingqing advised Nuwa to connect the Three Daos’ divine offices with suitable candidates and warned her about the Two Sages of the West. Nuwa arranged for Yu the Great to seek the Water Official Great Emperor office with Wuzhiqi’s help, while Qingqing and Bai Ze set out for Mount Shouyang.

• Zhou Qingqing urged Nuwa to let suitable humans fill Heavenly Dao offices and identified Yu the Great as a candidate for the Water Official Great Emperor.
• Nuwa agreed to guide Yu the Great and asked Zhou Qingqing to have Wuzhiqi assist him, changing Wuzhiqi’s course from opposing Yu’s flood control.
• Zhou Qingqing warned Nuwa that the Two Sages of the West might be connected to the Nightmare Demon God, and Nuwa resolved to trust her warning.
• Zhou Qingqing named the little fox Daji, then left with Bai Ze for Mount Shouyang to bring Wuzhiqi to Yu the Great.
• Nuwa appeared before Yu the Great, explained the Water Official Great Emperor’s role, and told him a disciple of Supreme Pure Laozi would help him attain the office.
• Yu the Great declared his resolve to claim the divine office, and Nuwa gained a deeper understanding of the human heart.

Zhou Qingqing watched Wuzhiqi and Yu the Great enter Sun Valley Cave Source together to establish the Water Official Great Emperor’s divine office. They successfully formed Golden Palace Cavern Yin, and Zhou Qingqing left after confirming their cooperation.

• Zhou Qingqing secretly followed Wuzhiqi and Yu the Great to ensure their journey into the hidden realm went safely.
• Wuzhiqi and Yu the Great joined forces to strike open the hidden realm with their Lingbao.
• Yu the Great’s Yu King Spear drew forth Wind Marsh Qi, while Wuzhiqi’s Sea-Supporting Purple-Gold Beam brought out the Essence of Dawn Brilliance.
• Wuzhiqi sent the Essence of Dawn Brilliance to Yu the Great, and their energies fused to form Golden Palace Cavern Yin.
• Human Dao merit descended upon Wuzhiqi, strengthening his cultivation and deepening his insight into the Great Dao of Battle.
• Zhou Qingqing told Bai Ze to leave with her after he recorded what he had witnessed in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

Zhou Qingqing chose Qingxu Daode True Lord to become the Earth Official Great Emperor and brought him to the Azure Spirit Cave Yang Secret Realm. Qingxu emerged from the realm but failed to condense the required items, leaving Zhou Qingqing and Bai Ze facing an unexpected setback.

• Zhou Qingqing told Bai Ze to summon her junior brother Qingxu Daode True Lord for the Earth Official role.
• Supreme Pure Laozi, Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate, and Upper Pure Master Tongtian discussed which disciples might receive future divine offices.
• Qingxu Daode True Lord greeted Zhou Qingqing with enthusiastic praise after Bai Ze brought him to her.
• Zhou Qingqing led Bai Ze and Qingxu Daode True Lord to the Azure Spirit Cave Yang Secret Realm.
• Qingxu Daode True Lord emerged from the secret realm using his many magical treasures but failed to condense the required items.

Zhou Qingqing helped Qingxu Daode True Lord become the Earth Official by using lotus lanterns to unite the forces tied to his divine office. Qingxu agreed to send lanterns to the Nine Springs every year, and Zhou Qingqing wondered if she had established the Zhongyuan Festival in the Primordial World.

• The Three Pure Ones discussed whether Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate should intervene to help Qingxu, but Upper Pure Master Tongtian urged him to wait while Zhou Qingqing tried again.
• Zhou Qingqing realized she could use lotus floating lanterns to draw together the powers associated with the Earth Official and asked Qingxu Daode True Lord to send them into the Nine Nether Realm.
• Zhou Qingqing created six-colored lotus lanterns with the Treasure Lotus Lamp, and Qingxu infused them with his Jade Purity Dao arts.
• The lanterns reached the Nine Springs, where their light pardoned sins and helped the Yuan Cave Mixed Spirit qi and Knot Yellow Clear qi merge into Qingxu's primordial spirit, making him the Earth Official.
• Xuanming Ancestral Witch and Nüwa praised the lanterns, and Qingxu promised to send more every year to help maintain order in the Nine Springs.
• Zhou Qingqing wondered whether she had made the Zhongyuan Festival an annual event in the Primordial World.

Zhou Qingqing set out to resolve the Heavenly Official Emperor’s karmic position, which was linked to Ziwei Star, and used Tongtian Sword Dao to sever their connection. Bai Ze recorded her success, while the Three Pure Ones watched and reacted to her taking on Tongtian’s role.

• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti sensed that the Western Sect had lost a festival but could not determine what had happened.
• The Three Pure Ones discussed Zhou Qingqing’s next task and waited for her to address the Heavenly Official Emperor’s connection to Ziwei Emperor.
• Bai Ze examined the Heavenly Official’s karmic position and considered whether Di Jun could take it, but Zhou Qingqing began preparing to use sword dao instead.
• Zhou Qingqing summoned the Green Duckweed Sword, recalled Tongtian’s sword strikes, and declared herself Tongtian as she prepared to strike.
• Zhou Qingqing swung the sword and severed the connection between the Heavenly Official Emperor and Ziwei Star, which Bai Ze witnessed and recorded.

Zhou Qingqing appointed the Six-Eared Macaque as the Heavenly Official Emperor, then used his divine ears to locate the Immortal Apricot at Zhongnan Mountain. She acquired its two wind- and lightning-infused apricots, leaving Bai Ze wondering what she planned to do with them.

• Zhou Qingqing chose the Six-Eared Macaque to become the Heavenly Official Emperor, and Bai Ze summoned him from Golden Turtle Island.
• The Six-Eared Macaque found the Life-Prolonging Talisman and primordial yang qi, formed an ultimate true form, and took the office as merit descended.
• Zhou Qingqing told the Three Great Officials to cooperate and maintain order, then asked the Six-Eared Macaque to search for the Immortal Apricot by listening for wind and lightning.
• The Six-Eared Macaque pinpointed Zhongnan Mountain, and Zhou Qingqing and Bai Ze traveled there to find the Immortal Apricot.
• Bai Ze plucked the blue and purple Immortal Apricots from the tree, then asked Zhou Qingqing how they should eat them.

Zhou Qingqing visited Golden Turtle Island and refined two Immortal Apricots into twenty-four Wind Thunder Pills to strengthen disciples destined for the Heavenly Court’s Thunder Department. She sent the pill recipients to serve under South Pole Immortal, while Bai Ze sensed urgency behind her generosity.

• Zhou Qingqing told Azure Dragon to coordinate with Primal Phoenix and the two Kunlun cats so the Four Symbols could take their Heavenly Court posts and cultivate the Balance Great Dao.
• Zhou Qingqing gathered the Ten Heavenly Lords and other wind- and lightning-focused disciples at the Azure Wandering Palace to watch her refine pills.
• Zhou Qingqing used the Qiankun Cauldron to turn two Immortal Apricots and divine materials into twenty-four Wind Thunder Pills.
• Zhou Qingqing gave the pills to the Ten Heavenly Lords, Immortal Han Zhi, Fairy Caiyun, and other disciples on the condition that they join the Thunder Department.
• Zhou Qingqing sent the pill recipients to the Heavenly Court to serve in the Thunder Department and learn lightning arts from South Pole Immortal.

Zhou Qingqing arranged intensive training for Immortal Wuyun, Luo Xuan, and Lü Yue before assigning them future roles in the Heavenly Court. She then went to Skull Mountain, where she recognized Biyun Child and Caiyun Child as figures tied to the coming calamity, while Primordial Heavenly Venerate questioned the strange circumstances of Nezha’s attacks.

• Bai Ze asked Zhou Qingqing about candidates for the Water and Fire Departments, and she chose Immortal Wuyun, Luo Xuan, and Lü Yue for future Heavenly Court positions.
• Zhou Qingqing sent the three disciples to train with Gonggong, Zhurong, and Shebishi in the Nine Nether Realm.
• Zhou Qingqing traveled with Bai Ze to Skull Mountain to visit a Jie Sect junior sister.
• Bai Ze saw Biyun Child and Caiyun Child gathering herbs beneath the mountain’s scattered bones, and Zhou Qingqing recognized their fates.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate reflected on Nezha’s attacks on the two children and suspected that hidden schemes lay behind the unusual events.

Zhou Qingqing visited Shi Ji at Skull Mountain and offered to move her dojo into the Nine Nether Realm so she could cultivate through the Earth Dao. Shi Ji accepted, and Zhou Qingqing also asked her to bring Ma Yuan along.

• Shi Ji greeted Zhou Qingqing and Bai Ze at Skull Mountain White Bone Cave.
• Zhou Qingqing gave Shi Ji’s spiritual fruits to Bai Ze, then asked which Dao method Shi Ji cultivated.
• Zhou Qingqing offered to move Shi Ji and her dojo into the Nine Nether Realm, where Shi Ji could cultivate the Earth Dao and earn a divine position.
• Shi Ji accepted the offer, recognizing the Nine Nether Realm as a far better place for her White Bone Visualization Method.
• Zhou Qingqing asked Shi Ji to bring Ma Yuan with them, surprising Shi Ji because she knew him as a fellow Daoist.

Zhou Qingqing brought Ma Yuan and the people of White Bone Cave on Skull Mountain to the Nine Nether Realm, moving the entire mountain there. Skull Mountain transformed into a White Bone Grotto-Heaven as the realm’s bones gathered into skeletons, and Houtu hurried to investigate.

• Zhou Qingqing recognized Ma Yuan and arranged to take him to the Nine Nether Realm so the Western Sect could not claim him.
• Ma Yuan arrived at Skull Mountain and retracted the bone claws on the back of his head when he saw Zhou Qingqing and Bai Ze.
• Zhou Qingqing used her power to move Skull Mountain and its residents toward the Nine Nether Realm.
• As Skull Mountain entered the realm, bones gathered into skeletal giants that caught it, and its white-bone aura transformed it into a grotto-heaven.
• Houtu recognized the White Bone Dao laws and rushed toward Skull Mountain, expecting it to give rise to another race.

After Skull Mountain's White Bone Cave transformed into a grotto-heaven in the Nine Nether Realm, Houtu revealed that Shi Ji's White Bone Dao could lead to sainthood. Zhou Qingqing also arranged for Ma Yuan to cultivate in the Hungry Ghost Path, leaving Shi Ji and her companions with new paths in the Nine Nether Realm.

• Zhou Qingqing brought Shi Ji and the others to Skull Mountain's White Bone Cave, where Earth Dao transformed it into a grotto-heaven filled with white bone spiritual light.
• Houtu appeared and told Shi Ji that her White Bone Dao had the potential to attain sainthood.
• Zhou Qingqing urged Shi Ji to cultivate in the Nine Nether Realm and seek Houtu's guidance, but Houtu said Qingqing had already planned Shi Ji's path.
• Zhou Qingqing arranged for Ma Yuan, who possessed the five aversions, greed, and delusion, to cultivate in the Hungry Ghost Path.
• Houtu agreed to send Ma Yuan into the Hungry Ghost Path.

Fairy Qingqing asked Lady Houtu to examine Caiyun Child, and Houtu exposed a hidden pink skeleton possessing her body. The being identified itself as having transcended Reincarnation, leaving the Three Pure Ones to suspect it was the former Reincarnation Demon God.

• Fairy Qingqing asked Lady Houtu to investigate Caiyun Child for anything suspicious.
• Lady Houtu used the power of Earth Dao and Reincarnation to sense Caiyun Child's flesh, bones, and soul.
• Houtu's examination revealed a pink skeleton beneath Caiyun Child's skin, and the being said its time had not yet come.
• The being described itself as having transcended Reincarnation and remarked that Houtu had awakened it through Reincarnation.
• Zhou Qingqing and the Three Pure Ones suspected the being was the former Reincarnation Demon God.

Zhou Qingqing questioned the Rosy Skeleton and learned that it was the Reincarnation Demon God, who said Pangu had killed it in every reincarnation of the Primordial World. The skeleton then declared it would erase the changes that had appeared and restore the Calamities to their proper course.

• Zhou Qingqing asked whether the Primordial World had reincarnated many times, and the Rosy Skeleton confirmed that Pangu had killed it in every cycle.
• The Rosy Skeleton said Desire Heaven and Nightmare had been exposed, but dismissed their deaths as ordinary changes between reincarnations.
• Zhou Qingqing asked what changes had appeared, but the Rosy Skeleton refused to explain.
• The Rosy Skeleton announced that it would erase the changes because the Primordial World did not need them and every Calamity had to follow its overarching course.

Lady Houtu confronted the former Reincarnation Demon God, who taunted her about her former identity as Pingxin and claimed she had once been weaker than him. Their battle began, leaving Houtu’s first blow unable to damage his strengthened skeletal body.

• The Rosy Skeleton revealed that he had fought Pingxin and forced her to return some of Reincarnation’s authority, while Houtu realized her past had been different from what she believed.
• The Rosy Skeleton used his aura and Contemplation of Impurity to pressure Houtu, but her lack of a primordial spirit made her immune to the technique.
• Houtu attacked with a fist imbued with Reincarnation, and the Rosy Skeleton used a red Sarira to form flesh and radiance over his bones.
• Houtu’s blow struck the Rosy Skeleton but failed to break a rib, while the Three Pure Ones judged the battle to remain under control.
• Houtu mocked the Rosy Skeleton for missing the reincarnations of the Primordial World and its Calamities, and the Three Pure Ones recognized the sting in her words.

Lady Houtu refused to surrender the Six Paths of Reincarnation to Rosy Skeleton, declaring that Earth Dao Reincarnation was filled with her true names. Rosy Skeleton unleashed his Impure Wheel, but the masters of the Six Paths and four great zombies resisted its pull.

• Lady Houtu asserted that all forms of reincarnation required her consent, and Rosy Skeleton conceded she was right before demanding the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Lady Houtu challenged Rosy Skeleton to take the Six Paths himself, saying Earth Dao Reincarnation was filled with her true names.
• Rosy Skeleton dismissed Houtu’s claim and declared he would show her the strength of the Reincarnation Great Dao.
• Rosy Skeleton used Impure Wheel to summon the resonance of Reincarnation above Skull Mountain.
• The masters of the Six Paths chanted Houtu’s divine name, while the four great zombies formed from Pangu Skull helped suppress the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

The former Reincarnation Demon God’s Nirvana Reincarnation failed to harm the Nine Nether Realm, whose Reincarnation was strengthened by Lady Houtu and the other Saints. He recognized that the world and the Twelve Ancestral Witches had changed, then turned his attention to Houtu as Zhou Qingqing urged her to fight.

• The former Reincarnation Demon God found that the Six Paths of Reincarnation had been strengthened by those chanting Lady Houtu’s name, so he unleashed Nirvana Reincarnation instead.
• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti tried to use Karma Nirvana to discover the source of their unease but could not deduce anything.
• The Nine Nether Realm’s laws dispersed Nirvana Reincarnation without damage, and Zhou Qingqing realized the former Reincarnation Demon God had weakened.
• Lady Houtu suspected a connection to the Western Sect, but the Rosy Skeleton said Nirvana and Karma could be incorporated into Reincarnation.
• The Rosy Skeleton noticed that the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Witch Race still existed, then decided to target Lady Houtu directly.
• Zhou Qingqing urged Lady Houtu to beat the Rosy Skeleton, and the former Reincarnation Demon God turned his attention toward her.

Rosy Skeleton used a divine ability that recreated the Primordial World's reincarnation, expecting it to overwhelm Houtu and destroy her physical body. Houtu drew on the Earth Dao and the Purple Lotus Reincarnation Method to shatter his technique, leaving him sensing cracks in his skeletal body and wondering whether Pangu had prepared her for this moment.

• Rosy Skeleton summoned six sets of his own bones and unleashed a crimson torrent that imitated the reincarnation of the Primordial World.
• Houtu merged with the Earth Dao, while Rosy Skeleton expected his technique to reduce her to a primordial spirit.
• Houtu used the Purple Lotus Reincarnation Method, and Zhou Qingqing recognized the purple light as belonging to the little girl beside her.
• Houtu struck once with all her strength and the Earth Dao, breaking Rosy Skeleton's Pseudo-Primordial World Reincarnation.
• Rosy Skeleton noticed his body was beginning to shatter and wondered whether Pangu had appointed Houtu to govern reincarnation for this moment.

Houtu withstood Rosy Skeleton’s Pseudo-Primordial World Reincarnation through her connection to the Twelve-Grade Reincarnation Purple Lotus, and Rosy Skeleton chose to stop fighting and leave her his insights. After he vanished into the Six Paths of Reincarnation, Zhou Qingqing and the Three Pure Ones considered what his actions meant for the Primordial World.

• Rosy Skeleton realized Houtu’s connection to the Twelve-Grade Reincarnation Purple Lotus had let her withstand his divine ability, and he decided not to launch his final attack.
• Rosy Skeleton acknowledged that Houtu had broken his divine ability, then claimed he was bowing to the Lotus Faction rather than Pangu.
• Rosy Skeleton turned into powder, left Houtu his insights into Primordial World Reincarnation, and merged into the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• The Three Pure Ones concluded that Rosy Skeleton was unlikely to intervene in the Investiture of the Gods Calamity and welcomed the outcome.
• Back on Skull Mountain, Bai Ze inferred that the Demon Clan’s fate might also have changed and decided to tell Demon Emperor Di Jun.

Houtu asked Zhou Qingqing about repaying Heaven and proposed that the Witch Race help operate the Heavenly Court’s seventy-two Earth Fiend Stars. Zhou Qingqing supported the plan, and Houtu agreed to consider the Witch Race taking charge of them.

• Houtu said she needed to study the Reincarnation Demon God’s divine ability, while Zhou Qingqing declared they would face the Immeasurable Calamity head-on.
• Zhou Qingqing left Skull Mountain with Bai Ze after instructing Shi Ji to cultivate until she reached the Quasi-Sage realm.
• Zhou Qingqing told Houtu about events involving Golden Turtle Island and Nuwa, and Houtu recognized how their changes were connected to Zhou Qingqing and the Lotus Faction.
• Houtu wondered whether the Witch Race should repay Heaven as the Human Race had, and Zhou Qingqing suggested they operate the seventy-two Earth Fiend Stars.
• Houtu agreed to Zhou Qingqing’s proposal, while Bai Ze noted that the stars belonged to the Dipper Division.

Houtu agreed to send seventy-one Witch Race members to the Earthly Fiend Stars and asked Zhou Qingqing to help Great Witches advance by joining the Heavenly Court. Zhou Qingqing proposed Xingtian for the Heavenly Punishment Star, and Houtu prepared to arrange his ascension and create another star for the Witch Race.

• Zhou Qingqing noted that Ksitigarbha Star was already occupied by Ksitigarbha and asked where Diting was; Houtu said Diting had gone to help Yama Great Emperor.
• Houtu realized that Ksitigarbha had been surrounded by Witch Race members, while Bai Ze and the Three Pure Ones Hall mistook the coincidence for Zhou Qingqing's scheme.
• Houtu said seventy-one Witch Race members could go to the Earthly Fiend Stars but asked for Great Witches to participate as well.
• Zhou Qingqing proposed sending Xingtian to operate the Heavenly Punishment Star, and Houtu agreed to arrange it.
• Houtu said she would send Xingtian and the Witch Race youngsters to the Heavenly Court and asked Zhou Qingqing what kind of star she should create.