Chapter Summaries

Zhou Qingqing prompted Houtu to create a star that would give Yellow Dragon a path to prominence, and Houtu made Flying Serpent Star in the Starry Sky Heavenly Realm. Yellow Dragon sensed a connection to the new star as the Three Pure Ones recognized the opportunity it offered him.

• Zhou Qingqing suggested that Houtu make a star resembling Yellow Dragon, whose attributes were similar to Flying Serpent's.
• Houtu appeared in the Starry Sky Heavenly Realm and gathered Earth Dao power to create Flying Serpent Star.
• Heavenly Emperor Haotian saw the star take shape and realized that Zhou Qingqing's visit had brought Houtu to the Heavenly Court.
• Houtu returned to Zhou Qingqing and Bai Ze in the Nine Nether Realm after creating the star.
• The Three Pure Ones recognized that Flying Serpent Star could let Yellow Dragon guard the center and gain a supreme path of Dao.
• Yellow Dragon looked at Flying Serpent Star from Eastern Kunlun and saw its winding stars as a Divine Dragon.

Zhou Qingqing prepared to leave the Nine Nether Realm after securing Flying Serpent Star, and Lady Houtu revealed that she had something Qingqing had forgotten to take. Kuafu and Steel Bone arrived with their newborn panda, whom Qingqing named Roly-Poly and brought into the Daoist lineage.

• Zhou Qingqing told Lady Houtu she was returning to Eastern Kunlun to report that Flying Serpent Star was his, and Lady Houtu clarified that the Godslaying Spear had not been found.
• Lady Houtu reminded Zhou Qingqing that she had forgotten something, and Kuafu and Steel Bone arrived with their newborn panda.
• Zhou Qingqing had Bai Ze carry the panda and placed a Vajra Ring on its arm.
• Steel Bone asked Zhou Qingqing to name the panda, and she named it Roly-Poly.
• Zhou Qingqing promised Steel Bone that Roly-Poly would visit home often, while Bai Ze reflected that the Demon Clan’s course had changed.

Zhou Qingqing returned to Eastern Kunlun, where she reunited with Bai Ze, Roly-Poly, and her junior disciples. She assigned Yellow Dragon True Person to the Flying Serpent Star cluster and warned him that he would have to cultivate seriously among the Four Sacred Beasts.

• Bai Ze carried Roly-Poly as Zhou Qingqing returned, then helped it shrink so it could play with the newly born Sky-Howling Hound.
• The Moon-Howling Divine Hound showed Zhou Qingqing a vision of Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate delivering a baby, and Zhou Qingqing erased the image to protect his dignity.
• Yellow Dragon True Person and the Jade Void Twelve Immortals gathered to welcome Zhou Qingqing back to Eastern Kunlun.
• Zhou Qingqing told Yellow Dragon True Person that the divine position at Flying Serpent Star belonged to him and instructed him to use Lady Houtu's saintly power to cultivate.
• Yellow Dragon True Person celebrated by revealing his dragon form, and Zhou Qingqing warned him that the Four Sacred Beasts and Four Symbols Star Domain made the region dangerous.

Zhou Qingqing arranged for Julu Sun to cultivate under Zhen Yuanzi before taking up the post of Earth Virtue Star Lord. Her plans and revelations about the original timeline prompted the Three Pure Ones to reconsider disciple selection and investigate the many calamities suffered by Western Buddhism.

• Zhou Qingqing excused Taiyi True Person and Jade Cauldron True Person from her plans because they were still absorbing their gains from the Nine Nether Realm.
• Zhou Qingqing sent Julu Sun to learn from Zhen Yuanzi and told him to become the Earth Virtue Star Lord after returning.
• Julu Sun accepted the opportunity, while the Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate resolved to scrutinize future Jade Void disciples more carefully.
• Master Tongtian questioned whether the Chan Sect's third-generation disciples had been chosen to block calamities, and the Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate promised not to take disciples casually.
• Supreme Pure Laozi raised doubts about the many calamities that befell Western Buddhism's Buddhas, and the other two Pure Ones agreed.

Zhou Qingqing gave Wenshu the Merit Stele and assigned him to become Wenchang Star Lord, setting him on a path toward becoming a Heavenly Venerate. The three Heavenly Venerates approved her plan, while Bai Ze realized that she intended Wenshu to develop and spread a supreme Dharma method through literature.

• Zhou Qingqing recalled that Wenshu and Puxian had a history of turning into women, while Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate refused to accept blame for what they might do after joining Buddhism.
• Zhou Qingqing told Wenshu to refine the Merit Stele that she had created to help Cangjie establish writing and had used to suppress Fortune.
• Wenshu drew the Merit Stele from Eastern Kunlun and received Zhou Qingqing's order to place it upon Wenchang Star Lord.
• Zhou Qingqing warned Wenshu that the Wenchang Star Lord position was a step on his path to becoming a Heavenly Venerate.
• The three Heavenly Venerates approved the plan, and Bai Ze understood that Zhou Qingqing hoped Wenshu would use the stele and his divine position to develop and pass on a supreme Dharma method.

Zhou Qingqing assigned Julu Sun, Wenshu, and Puxian difficult tasks while seeking suitable divine posts for them. Puxian was appointed to establish the Twelve Earthly Branches and become Year-Ruling Tai Sui, leaving him to visit the Ten Golden Crows and endure their Solar True Fire as he worked.

• Zhou Qingqing ordered Julu Sun to build an altar for the Spirit Race without using magic and told Wenshu to copy Daoist teachings by hand.
• After considering Puxian’s deeds and future vows, Zhou Qingqing decided he should become Year-Ruling Tai Sui and establish the Twelve Earthly Branches.
• Zhou Qingqing asked Puxian to name her good deeds during the Witch-Demon Calamity, and he praised her for saving the Golden Crows and establishing the Ten Heavenly Stems.
• Zhou Qingqing sent Puxian to seek the Twelve Earthly Branches among the Ten Golden Crows, endure their Solar True Fire without using his powers, and check on Lu Ya.
• Puxian bowed and accepted the assignment, relieved that it seemed easier than Julu Sun’s altar work or Wenshu’s copying.

Zhou Qingqing found Cihang Daoist a future karmic position as the Eastern Pole Azure Florescence Great Emperor, sending her to learn from Yama Great Emperor and replicate Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s path. Cihang welcomed the special arrangement, while Bai Ze worried that Taiyi was being replaced yet again.

• Zhou Qingqing considered Cihang Daoist’s Buddhist titles and decided that Lotus-Hand and Guangshiyin offered no useful path for her.
• Zhou Qingqing realized that Cihang’s title of saving the suffering and rescuing the distressed suited the Eastern Pole Azure Florescence Great Emperor.
• Zhou Qingqing told Cihang Daoist to cultivate with Yama Great Emperor and discuss replicating Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s path to attain the karmic position.
• Bai Ze recognized Zhou Qingqing’s plan and mourned that Eastern Emperor Taiyi might be replaced again.
• Cihang Daoist was delighted by the grand-sounding position and the special treatment from her Big Sister.

Zhou Qingqing arranged Cihang Daoist’s trial by assigning Bai Ze to have Eastern Emperor Taiyi make it harsher than the previous trials. With the four problem disciples dealt with, she turned to the remaining three and invited them to state their wishes.

• Zhou Qingqing decided not to punish Cihang Daoist herself and instructed Bai Ze to accompany her to the Nine Nether Realm and relay orders for Eastern Emperor Taiyi to make her trial especially harsh.
• Bai Ze agreed to pass along Zhou Qingqing’s instructions, while the other disciples assumed Cihang Daoist would be spared a trial.
• Zhou Qingqing told the remaining disciples that only Dao Xing Heavenly Venerate, Lingbao Grand Master, and Brick Junior Brother remained and asked what they wanted to do.
• Dao Xing Heavenly Venerate spoke first, saying he wanted to follow the path of a Heavenly Venerate.
• Zhou Qingqing recalled that Guangchengzi and Chijingzi had taken two of Tongtian’s Immortal-Slaying Swords, alongside Dao Xing Heavenly Venerate’s connection to the Immortal-Ending Sword.

Zhou Qingqing considered training positions for her junior brothers based on their treasures, while the Three Pure Ones quietly influenced her choices. She planned to send several disciples and Four Unlike to Mount Zhou, and Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate chose to pretend he had not heard her thoughts.

• Tongtian argued that the disciples should still be punished because they had taken Qingqing’s swords, and Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate decided not to challenge him.
• Chijingzi asked Qingqing for a position suited to his Yin-Yang Mirror, praising her Creation Reincarnation divine ability.
• Guangchengzi requested a position where he could train with the Overturning Heaven Seal and praised both Qingqing and their sect master for passing it down.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate and the other senior figures considered sending Guangchengzi, Chijingzi, and Dao Xing Heavenly Venerate to Mount Zhou or Mount Tai for training.
• Qingqing also decided to send Dragon-Head Immortal, Spiritual Tusk Immortal, and Four Unlike to the Mount Zhou range, while Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate pretended not to notice her plan.

Zhou Qingqing arranged new trials and plans for her fellow disciples, recruited Queen Mother of the West to establish the White Lotus Sect, and set other allies to work. The chapter left Eastern Emperor Taiyi facing the unexpected task of training a female immortal after Bai Ze abruptly departed.

• Guangchengzi, Chijingzi, Dao Xing Heavenly Venerate, Dragon-Head Immortal, Spiritual Tusk Immortal, and Four Unlike struggled against Mount Zhou until Zhou Qingqing supplied a Five Mountains True Form Diagram.
• Zhou Qingqing visited Queen Mother of the West and proposed establishing a White Lotus Sect in the west as a counter to the Western Sect’s influence.
• Zhen Yuanzi agreed to build an altar for the Spirit Race and offered Julu Sun guidance in Earth Dao techniques.
• Bai Ze sent Eastern Emperor Taiyi a request for him to train a female immortal, then returned to Eastern Kunlun and left Taiyi to handle it himself.

Zhou Qingqing made up for forgetting Lingbao Grand Master by assigning him a prestigious Heavenly Court divine position. Lingbao Grand Master was left stunned as Queen Mother of the West recognized the promise of Zhou Qingqing’s choice.

• Queen Mother of the West told Zhou Qingqing that Lingbao Grand Master had arrived at Western Kunlun, and the Three Pure Ones criticized Primordial Heavenly Venerate for forgetting him too.
• Queen Mother of the West eased Zhou Qingqing’s embarrassment by asking her to explain the divine position she had planned for Lingbao Grand Master.
• Lingbao Grand Master believed that Zhou Qingqing had deliberately left him behind so he could help explain what happened on Eastern Kunlun.
• Zhou Qingqing considered Lingbao Grand Master’s Dragon-Tiger Seal and Demon-Subduing Sword, then chose a divine position connected to Hook Chen Star.
• Zhou Qingqing told Lingbao Grand Master to consult Fuxi about Heavenly Sovereign Dao methods, cultivate on Hook Chen Star, and become the Hook Chen Great Emperor.
• Lingbao Grand Master and Queen Mother of the West were stunned by the title and duties Zhou Qingqing assigned him.

Zhou Qingqing explained how the Hook Chen Star could evolve into a seat of divine authority, then proposed using Queen Mother of the West’s Kunlun Mirror to glimpse its future. Queen Mother of the West opened a time-space passage, and the three entered it to seek a reflection of the Hook Chen Star.

• Queen Mother of the West asked Zhou Qingqing how the Hook Chen Star could evolve into a star worthy of the Great Emperor’s divine office, and Zhou Qingqing described its complete form and powers.
• Zhou Qingqing suggested using the Kunlun Mirror to see the Hook Chen Star’s future, and Queen Mother of the West agreed to take her and Lingbao Grand Master through it.
• Queen Mother of the West warned them not to resist as she activated the Kunlun Mirror, and the three vanished into its time-space passage.
• Zhou Qingqing observed that the mirror passage was more stable than the River of Time and learned from Queen Mother of the West that its countless reflections showed scenes from time and space.
• The masters in Three Pure Ones Hall realized they could still hear Zhou Qingqing’s inner thoughts despite the passage’s time-space laws.

Queen Mother of the West took Zhou Qingqing and Lingbao Grand Master through the Kunlun Mirror to a future Hook Chen Star, where they witnessed Lei Peng’s sudden death. As they tried to return, a star-crowned Daoist trapped them and accused them of plotting against his position as Hook Chen Great Emperor.

• Queen Mother of the West used the Kunlun Mirror to bring Zhou Qingqing and Lingbao Grand Master to one possible future at Hook Chen Star.
• Lingbao Grand Master saw that Hook Chen Star had become a radiant, powerful star comparable to the South Pole Star.
• Lei Peng appeared on Hook Chen Star, then suddenly collapsed and vanished, and Zhou Qingqing suspected a Saint had killed him.
• As Queen Mother of the West prepared to return with Zhou Qingqing and Lingbao Grand Master, a star-crowned Daoist accused them of plotting against his divine position.
• The Daoist seized control of the Kunlun Mirror, and Queen Mother of the West promised to create an opening for Zhou Qingqing to escape with Lingbao Grand Master.

Zhou Qingqing deduced that the strange cultivator was Time Demon God Shichen, hidden within the Kunlun Mirror and planning to steal it from Queen Mother of the West. Shichen admitted his identity and revealed that he had used their conversation about Hook Chen Great Emperor as a cover for his plan.

• Supreme Pure Laozi deduced that the attacker was a Chaos Demon God on Western Kunlun who had stolen Queen Mother of the West's Kunlun Mirror.
• Zhou Qingqing connected the man's blue-black mismatched eyes to the Kunlun Mirror and identified him as Time Demon God Shichen.
• Queen Mother of the West urged Zhou Qingqing and Lingbao Grand Master to flee, but Zhou Qingqing stayed and confronted Shichen.
• Shichen confirmed that he had fused a strand of his power into the Kunlun Mirror after Pangu slew him in the age of Chaos.
• Shichen admitted he had planned to take the Kunlun Mirror while Queen Mother of the West traveled through time and space with Zhou Qingqing.

Zhou Qingqing confronted Shichen over the Kunlun Mirror and suspected his display of power was a bluff. Shichen admitted he had not recovered his strength and sought to transform his Time Great Dao into the Spacetime Great Dao, then demanded the mirror after learning about the Primordial World's repeating Reincarnations.

• Shichen pressured Queen Mother of the West and Lingbao Grand Master to hand over the Kunlun Mirror, claiming he could control Hook Chen Star Lord's life and death.
• Zhou Qingqing challenged Shichen's act, arguing that if he could defeat them easily, he would not need to talk so much.
• Shichen admitted his strength had not recovered and said he wanted to transform his Time Great Dao into the Spacetime Great Dao before attaining Primordial Chaos.
• Zhou Qingqing asked whether Shichen knew that the Primordial World repeatedly underwent Reincarnation and Calamities, and Shichen said he had not known.
• Shichen renewed his demand for the Kunlun Mirror, while Zhou Qingqing remained suspicious of his claims.

Zhou Qingqing confronted Shichen after realizing he had not attained the Primordial Chaos, while Queen Mother of the West guarded the Kunlun Mirror. Shichen exposed Qingqing’s origins and counted the Chaos Azure Lotus components she had gathered, leaving her worried that he could also discover her age.

• The Three Pure Ones concluded that Shichen’s claims could not be trusted and supported Zhou Qingqing in dealing with him.
• Zhou Qingqing stepped forward and asked Queen Mother of the West to hold on to the Kunlun Mirror while she faced Shichen.
• Shichen crossed through spacetime and attacked Zhou Qingqing from behind, but she countered by summoning Red Lotus Karmic Fire.
• Shichen avoided the karmic fire, identified Zhou Qingqing as a Lingbao born from the divided Chaos Azure Lotus, and counted fourteen gathered components.
• Laozi explained that Shichen could detect the components through the differences in time, and Zhou Qingqing worried that he could learn her age.

Shichen tried to persuade Zhou Qingqing to give him the Kunlun Mirror, but she refused and relied on the Three Pure Ones. Shichen then attacked Queen Mother of the West for the mirror, and she used the Vacuum Homeland to block him as he prepared the Wheel of Time and Space.

• Shichen offered to retrieve the Chaos Azure Lotus’s remaining components from the river of time in exchange for the Kunlun Mirror, but Zhou Qingqing refused.
• Zhou Qingqing said her masters, the Three Pure Ones, would provide anything she needed, and Shichen objected to beings transformed from Pangu.
• Shichen declared he would wait until Zhou Qingqing was no longer his master and disciple, then turned his attack toward Queen Mother of the West and the Kunlun Mirror.
• Queen Mother of the West used the White Lotus secret art to open the Vacuum Homeland and keep Shichen outside.
• Shichen formed the Wheel of Time and Space, and Zhou Qingqing judged that its power fell short of the Reincarnation Demon God’s Pseudo-Primordial World Reincarnation.

Zhou Qingqing used her six lotus platforms and Supreme Ultimate Great Dao to break Shichen’s Wheel of Time and Space, leaving him defeated and bewildered. Before vanishing into nothingness, Shichen claimed that Qingqing was more than a Chaos Azure Lotus and that time and space had changed, but he did not explain what he had discovered.

• Zhou Qingqing gathered six lotus platforms around herself and combined them with the Supreme Ultimate Great Dao to form a divine ability.
• Zhou Qingqing’s lotus-based divine ability twisted apart Shichen’s Wheel of Time and Space despite her not having attained Primordial Chaos.
• Shichen questioned how Zhou Qingqing could break his spacetime divine ability and asked what she really was.
• Zhou Qingqing asked Shichen what he had discovered, but he became hysterical and declared that the Spacetime Great Dao was no longer first.
• Shichen followed Zhou Qingqing’s divine ability into nothingness without answering her.

Zhou Qingqing returned from Hook Chen Star after defeating Shichen and arranged with Queen Mother of the West to establish a White Lotus Sect in the West. She began teaching Queen Mother of the West its doctrines, while the Three Pure Ones realized they were being credited with the plan.

• Zhou Qingqing speculated that Shichen had been deceived or had deceived himself, and the Three Pure Ones agreed that the truth might involve several deceptions.
• Queen Mother of the West restored control of the Kunlun Mirror, and Zhou Qingqing and Lingbao Grand Master returned safely to Western Kunlun.
• Lingbao Grand Master left to find Heavenly Sovereign Fuxi, while Queen Mother of the West asked Zhou Qingqing how she could repay her.
• Zhou Qingqing proposed that Queen Mother of the West establish a White Lotus Sect in the West, and Queen Mother of the West agreed while asking for the Three Pure Ones' protection if the Two Sages of the West opposed her.
• Zhou Qingqing explained the White Lotus Sect's doctrines and adapted them for the Primordial World, drawing on insights from the Three Pure Ones; Queen Mother of the West listened closely and opened her eyes with a question.

Zhou Qingqing arranged for Golden Turtle Island disciples and Dragon Clan members to join Queen Mother of the West’s new White Lotus Sect, preparing it to challenge the Western Sect. After leaving Western Kunlun, Qingqing nearly recalled a song from a later calamity, leaving the Three Pure Ones wondering why she remembered no song from the Investiture of the Gods.

• Zhou Qingqing proposed recruiting Golden Turtle Island disciples who would enter Buddhism in the original timeline, along with true dragons, to help the White Lotus Sect challenge the Western Sect.
• Zhou Qingqing sent Bai Ze to Golden Turtle Island, where Red Cloud followed her instructions and gathered Fa Jie, Feather-Wing Immortal, and Dragon Clan members.
• Zhou Qingqing introduced the recruits to Queen Mother of the West, who became the White Lotus Sect’s leader and agreed to develop the sect with them.
• After Queen Mother of the West assured her that the sect was in good hands, Zhou Qingqing left Kunlun with Bai Ze.
• When Bai Ze asked where they would go next, Zhou Qingqing answered with a line from a Journey to the West song, prompting the Three Pure Ones to wonder why she remembered no song from the Investiture of the Gods.