Chapter Summaries

The Three Pure Ones decided to sever their ties to the Heavenly Dao, and Tongtian used his Heaven-Severing Sword Dao to cut Primordial Heavenly Venerate free. Zhou Qingqing took his Primordial Purple Qi and watched him shrink to her height, while Laozi prepared to undergo the same process.

• The Three Pure Ones announced that they would leave the Heavenly Dao and asked the gathered saints to witness them severing their Dao.
• Tongtian severed Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s connection to the Heavenly Dao with Dao Birth and Dao Extinction, and Zhou Qingqing claimed the Primordial Purple Qi that fell away.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate shrank to Zhou Qingqing’s height, fulfilling her wish not to have to look up at her masters.
• Hongjun acknowledged the Three Pure Ones’ departure, left the Primordial Purple Qi to them, and returned to studying the Creation Jade Disc.
• Tongtian urged Laozi to take his turn, and Laozi accepted the sword strike, shrinking into a white-haired young boy.

Zhou Qingqing helped Master Tongtian sever his Saint position, and her powerful strike turned all Three Pure Ones into children. The Three Pure Ones descended incognito onto Blue Planet while Zhou Qingqing began arranging Daoist affairs and monitoring their plans.

• Zhou Qingqing used the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords, the Taiji Diagram, Artifact Dao, Formation Dao, and a ninth-revolution pill to strike Master Tongtian, who became a child and gained insight into Dao Birth and Dao Extinction.
• Supreme Pure Laozi, Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate, and Upper Pure Master Tongtian announced they would visit Blue Planet, then descended there in their true bodies and concealed their identities.
• Zhou Qingqing stored the three strands of Primordial Purple Qi, sent Bai Ze into seclusion, and told him to guide fated disciples and establish a Dao lineage on Blue Planet.
• Zhou Qingqing decided to project more disciples onto Blue Planet and keep watch on the Three Pure Ones, who realized they could hear her inner thoughts and resolved to work diligently.
• Zhou Qingqing began planning the Mount Shouyang lineage, including arrangements for Yin Xi and Marshal Heavenly Canopy, then appeared atop Mount Shouyang.

Zhou Qingqing arranged for Yin Xi to join the Mount Shouyang lineage, while Du'e True Person recruited Marshal Heavenly Canopy and delivered three strands of Primordial Purple Qi to Haotian. Hongjun then gave the Heavenly Court three more strands and warned Zhou Qingqing that Yang Mei, the Space Demon God, might return as the Primordial World ascended.

• Yang Chan brought Yin Xi to Mount Shouyang as Zhou Qingqing's chosen disciple, and Yin Xi recognized her as his senior sister.
• The Three Pure Ones left Hangu Pass after learning that Yin Xi had escaped the calamity with the Zhou Dynasty.
• Du'e True Person accepted Marshal Heavenly Canopy as his disciple on Zhou Qingqing's orders.
• Du'e True Person gave Haotian three strands of Primordial Purple Qi for the Heavenly Court to distribute, and Haotian contacted Hongjun to report Zhou Qingqing's gift.
• Hongjun gave Haotian three additional strands of Primordial Purple Qi and sent Zhou Qingqing a warning that Yang Mei might return to the Primordial World.

Haotian distributed six strands of Primordial Purple Qi among Daoist disciples, including Ziwei Emperor, South Pole Immortal, Golden Spirit Holy Mother, Lingbao Grand Master, Yellow Dragon True Person, and Du'e True Person. Zhou Qingqing then gathered three of the Four Monkeys of the World and helped them begin comprehending the World-Mixing Grand Formation, leaving the Intelligent Stone Monkey to choose his own path when he was born.

• Haotian bestowed Primordial Purple Qi on Ziwei Emperor and South Pole Immortal for their roles in maintaining Heavenly Court's order.
• Haotian gave strands to Golden Spirit Holy Mother, Lingbao Grand Master, and Yellow Dragon True Person, then awarded the final strand to Du'e True Person, who accepted and agreed to take an office after teaching Marshal Heavenly Canopy.
• Du'e True Person told Marshal Heavenly Canopy to use the name Zhu Bajie on Blue Planet and brought him back to Mount Shouyang.
• Du'e True Person told Marshal Heavenly Canopy that Zhou Qingqing had gone to Mount Kunlun to find companions for him.
• Zhou Qingqing assembled Wuzhiqi and two other monkeys beside the lotus pond, then used the Law of Creation to help the four monkeys link their origins and comprehend the World-Mixing Grand Formation.

Zhou Qingqing prepared Blue Planet for the Hundred Schools of Thought, arranging for the Four Monkeys of the World to establish Mischief School and for Ying Zheng to enter the growing upheaval. As the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, and Houtu armed and supported Ying Zheng, the chapter left him poised to lead the rise of Immortal Qin.

• Zhou Qingqing told Wuzhiqi, Six Ears, and Yuan Hong that the Intelligent Stone Monkey would take form after the next Calamity, then sent the three monkeys to Blue Planet to establish Mischief School.
• Bai Ze told Zhou Qingqing that Blue Planet's schools and alliances were rapidly flourishing, and Zhou Qingqing decided that it was time for Ancestor Dragon to be born.
• Zhou Qingqing sent the Ancestor Dragon Pearl into the Human Dao, where Sha Wujin confronted Qin Sanzang as Ying Zheng began his reincarnation.
• Supreme Pure Laozi gave Ying Zheng an elixir of immortality, Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate built him Epang Palace, and Upper Pure Master Tongtian equipped it with an orbital cannon.
• Nuwa added the aura of Human Dao Civilization to Ying Zheng's cause, while Houtu arranged for reincarnated members of the Witch Race to join him.

Bai Ze learned that Ying Zheng could help sharpen his wisdom as Space Demon God Yang Mei returned to the Primordial World. Yang Mei discovered how radically the world had changed and learned that the Three Pure Ones were behind many of its upheavals, while Zhou Qingqing prepared to meet him.

• Zhou Qingqing told Bai Ze to watch Ying Zheng during the Hundred Schools of Thought contention to improve his wisdom.
• Yang Mei returned from Chaos, while Zhou Qingqing sensed him approaching through the Hollow Willow branch and offered to take Bai Ze to meet him.
• Yang Mei tried to locate Heavenly Dao Hongjun, but Hongjun concealed Purple Cloud Palace and refused to meet him.
• Yang Mei entered the Primordial World and found its world membrane, spiritual energy, Jianmu Tree, Zhou Mountain, and Dao Lords Houtu and Nuwa had changed dramatically.
• Yang Mei used spatial fragments to learn that the Three Pure Ones had defeated Heavenly Dao Hongjun twice, established Daoism, helped Houtu and Nuwa break free, and driven the Two Sages of the West into the Heaven-Suppressing Coffin.

Yang Mei searched for a Heavenly Dao Saint to learn about the Primordial World, but Zhou Qingqing’s warnings helped Yaochi evade him and led him to Lu Ya instead. After Lu Ya misdirected him with a selective account of events, Yang Mei traveled to Blue Planet, where Zhou Qingqing had the advantage.

• Yang Mei entered Yaochi’s realm to target Yaochi, but left when she manifested her Merit Golden Wheel after a warning from Zhou Qingqing and her allies.
• Zhou Qingqing asked Bai Ze where Yang Mei would go next, and Bai Ze predicted Lu Ya; Zhou Qingqing then warned Lu Ya that Yang Mei might arrive.
• Yang Mei appeared in Lu Ya’s Divine Kingdom and questioned him about the Three Pure Ones and the Primordial World.
• Lu Ya gave Yang Mei a carefully selective account, directing his attention to the Three Pure Ones’ presence on Blue Planet.
• Yang Mei departed for Blue Planet, and Zhou Qingqing praised Lu Ya for sending him there.

Zhou Qingqing descended to Blue Planet to confront Yang Mei, while Bai Ze tracked the Space Demon God as he investigated the planet’s unusual Dao resonance. Yang Mei headed toward the Three Xiao Bookshop, where Qingqing appeared to be waiting for him.

• The Three Pure Ones realized Yang Mei had gone to Blue Planet and expected Zhou Qingqing to deal with him there.
• Zhou Qingqing left Miro Palace and told Bai Ze to handle affairs while she was away.
• Yang Mei investigated Blue Planet’s Dao traditions and found their resonance comparable to the Chaos of old.
• Bai Ze used his knowledge of Blue Planet to locate and observe Yang Mei near Zhou Qingqing.
• Yang Mei sensed something and headed toward the Three Xiao Bookshop, while the Three Pure Ones wondered what he would make of its novels.

Yang Mei entered the Three Xiao Bookshop and became absorbed in the novels Zhou Qingqing had arranged for the Three Xiao to write. Zhou Qingqing and the Three Pure Ones saw an opportunity to make him help connect the Primordial World's fragments into myriad worlds, and the chapter left his role in that plan unresolved.

• Yang Mei entered the Three Xiao Bookshop, recognized the Three Xiao as disciples of Master Tongtian, and examined their spiritually charged novels.
• The Three Pure Ones realized that Zhou Qingqing's novels were not Primordial World stories, despite what she had told them.
• The Three Xiao watched Yang Mei become engrossed in the novels while Zhou Qingqing assessed what he knew about the Primordial World's fragments.
• Zhou Qingqing decided that Yang Mei could help create and connect myriad worlds beyond Blue Planet, and the Three Pure Ones understood her plan.
• Zhou Qingqing resolved that if Yang Mei became their enemy, she would still make him fulfill the task of filling in the Primordial World's fragments.

Yang Mei sought a fictional world that could shelter him from the Immeasurable Calamity and asked the Three Xiao Sisters to imagine a worldview greater than the Primordial World. Guided by Zhou Qingqing, Yunxiao suggested that slice-of-life and comedy novels could have invincible worldviews, leaving Yang Mei intrigued by the idea.

• Yang Mei realized that the fictional settings in the Three Xiao Bookshop might provide a space where he could survive the Immeasurable Calamity.
• Yang Mei revealed himself to the Three Xiao Sisters, who recognized him and struggled to hide their amusement at his awkward greeting.
• Yunxiao asked Yang Mei what guidance he had for the sisters, and he urged them to create a more vast space in their novels.
• Yang Mei asked for a worldview beyond the Primordial World, prompting Zhou Qingqing to consider Primordial Chaos and other fictional possibilities.
• Following Zhou Qingqing's instructions, Yunxiao told Yang Mei that some slice-of-life and comedy novels had invincible worldviews.

The Three Xiao Sisters sought Yang Mei’s help with Yunxiao’s idea for the School of Novelists, and Yang Mei agreed to guide them after introducing himself as a Quasi-Sage. He prepared to show them a method, though the sisters remained curious about how he could help without knowing how to write novels.

• Yang Mei considered Yunxiao’s proposal and asked to witness the invincible worldview she had described.
• Yunxiao explained that she had only grasped the concept’s essence and could not yet write such a novel, so Yang Mei offered to guide the sisters along the School of Novelists’ path.
• Yang Mei introduced himself as Ancestor Yang Mei, an independent cultivator of the Primordial World whose cultivation had reached the Quasi-Sage realm.
• The Three Xiao Sisters addressed Yang Mei as a fellow Daoist, then Qiongxiao and Bixiao questioned how he could help them if he did not know how to write novels.
• Yang Mei smiled, confident that he could show the sisters a method.

Patriarch Yang Mei demonstrated how he used novels to create virtual worlds, hoping the Three Xiao sisters would explore them and write beyond the Primordial World's worldview. The sisters agreed to help, while Zhou Qingqing privately resolved to make Yang Mei her future beast of burden for evolving myriad worlds.

• Yang Mei used spatial power to make the books in the Three Xiao Bookshop separate and open to their middle pages.
• Yang Mei created miniature virtual spaces inside the books, where worlds grew from the novels' contents.
• Zhou Qingqing watched Yang Mei's demonstration and decided to entrust him with evolving myriad worlds.
• Yang Mei urged the Three Xiao sisters to explore the novels' infinite spaces and write worldviews beyond the Primordial World.
• Yang Mei asked the sisters for a little space in return, and the Three Xiao sisters agreed.

Yang Mei used the abyss to probe Blue Planet and draw out the Three Pure Ones, but Zhou Qingqing intercepted it and turned its power into nourishment for her Masters. Yang Mei confirmed the Three Pure Ones were present, while the Three Pure Ones began recovering through the abyss’s energy.

• Yang Mei stayed at the Three Xiao Bookshop and subtly altered Blue Planet by setting up an abyss connected to the void.
• Bai Ze noticed the change, and Supreme Pure Laozi explained that Yang Mei could use void creatures and the abyss’s will to force the Three Pure Ones to act.
• Wangshu sensed the abyss and learned from Creation Dao Venerate that Space Demon God Yang Mei was behind it.
• Zhou Qingqing transformed into Zhou Heiya and used Before Creation of Demons · Heavenly Demon Cleaves into Being to sever and contain the abyss.
• The Three Pure Ones darkened and divided the abyss’s will among themselves, using it to strengthen their Heavenly Demon forms and restore their cultivation.
• Yang Mei realized the Three Pure Ones were on Blue Planet, despite losing his first probe.

Zhou Qingqing turned Yang Mei’s stay at the Three Xiao Bookshop into an opportunity for Blue Planet cultivators to seek his guidance, benefiting Daoism disciples and others while keeping him from learning the Three Pure Ones’ whereabouts. Yang Mei eventually left, the opportunity mission vanished, and the Three Pure Ones had nearly absorbed the abyss’s will.

• Zhou Qingqing posted an opportunity quest directing tribulation cultivators to the Three Xiao Bookshop, where Yang Mei had been reading.
• Turtle Spirit Holy Mother brought Ancestral Witches to the shop, recognized Yang Mei as the true opportunity, and sought his guidance while the Witches studied martial Dao novels.
• Cultivators flocked to the shop and gained insights from Yang Mei, including Xuandu, who studied the School of Vertical and Horizontal Alliances, and Zhuang Zhou, who emerged surrounded by butterflies.
• Yang Mei failed to learn the Three Pure Ones’ whereabouts and left the bookshop after growing impatient with the steady stream of visitors.
• The opportunity mission disappeared from Blue Planet, and the Three Pure Ones had absorbed nearly all of the abyss’s will.

Zhou Qingqing guided Yang Mei to the Three Pure Ones, who were disguised as three little boys, and they introduced themselves as the Wine Sword Immortal, Mystic Heaven, and the Emotionless Daoist. Yang Mei sat with them to drink and discuss the Dao, unaware of their true identities, while the Three Pure Ones prepared to draw his attention out.

• Zhou Qingqing guided Yang Mei to the space where the Three Pure Ones were waiting in little-boy forms, and Bai Ze watched their meeting through his wisdom.
• Yang Mei sensed an affinity with the three boys and asked their names, unaware that they were the Three Pure Ones.
• Tongtian introduced himself as the Wine Sword Immortal, Primordial Heavenly Venerate chose the name Mystic Heaven, and Laozi called himself the Emotionless Daoist.
• Tongtian brought out immortal wine, and Yang Mei sat beside the three boys to drink and discuss the Dao.
• Zhou Qingqing expected the Three Pure Ones to question Yang Mei, while Yang Mei praised their knowledge as exceptional.

The Three Pure Ones demonstrated their Dao to Yang Mei, who recognized their potential and proposed a way to restore their incomplete foundations. They began using mahjong to conduct a joint deduction, while Ying Zheng resolved to unite Blue Planet and become its First Emperor.

• The Wine Sword Immortal, Mystic Heaven, and Emotionless Daoist showed Yang Mei their Dao, and he judged that they had Primordial Saint-level comprehension but incomplete foundations.
• Yang Mei suggested turning their missing origin into eternal indestructibility, and Supreme Pure Laozi proposed a four-person deduction using mahjong.
• Yang Mei accepted the Three Pure Ones' invitation, became absorbed in the game, and Zhou Qingqing came over to watch.
• Bai Ze shifted his attention from Yang Mei to Ying Zheng, who surveyed Blue Planet and noted that its former powers had departed along the Starry Sky Ancient Road.
• Ying Zheng vowed to surpass the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, become the First Emperor, and gathered dragon-shaped aura around himself.

Eastern Emperor Taiyi gathered the power of human civilization at Rakshasa Hall to compose the Soul-Quelling Song of Troubled Times, while Yang Mei mistook his rising aura for Supreme Pure Laozi and attacked him. Yang Mei’s Dimensional Strike crossed into Blue Planet as the Azure Dragon Seven Mansions, and the Three Pure Ones recognized his hostility as Laozi won the mahjong round.

• Yang Mei played mahjong with the Three Pure Ones while sensing Blue Planet’s civilizations erupting and taking notice of Eastern Emperor Taiyi.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi entered Rakshasa Hall and gathered the insights of Blue Planet’s civilizations to compose the Soul-Quelling Song of Troubled Times.
• Yang Mei mistook Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s aura for a manifestation of Supreme Pure Laozi and resolved to destroy it.
• Yang Mei sent a Dimensional Strike toward Blue Planet, where the power transformed into the Azure Dragon Seven Mansions.
• Zhou Qingqing called a kong as Laozi won the mahjong round, and she took it as a good omen for Eastern Emperor Taiyi.

Eastern Emperor Taiyi absorbed Yang Mei’s Azure Dragon Seven Mansions power and turned the Yin-Yang School’s teachings into a path to transcend Blue Planet. After returning to the Primordial World, he met Houtu, who congratulated him and heard his account of Yang Mei’s interference.

• Eastern Emperor Taiyi accepted Zhou Qingqing’s advice to absorb Yang Mei’s Azure Dragon Seven Mansions power, while Yang Mei believed his dimensional attack would suppress him.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi used the Chaos Bell and the Soul-Quelling Song of Troubled Times to absorb the Azure Dragon’s power and advance his path to Sagehood.
• Yang Mei transformed the devoured power into dimensional blades, but Zhou Qingqing restored Eastern Emperor Taiyi with Creation Sacred Water.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi connected the Yin-Yang School’s orthodoxy to the Starry Sky Ancient Road and used the Supreme Transcendence Technique to return to the Primordial World.
• Houtu safeguarded Eastern Emperor Taiyi in the Hall of Yama, congratulated him on escaping Blue Planet’s tribulation, and heard his account of Yang Mei.

After Eastern Emperor Taiyi escaped the calamity, Ancestor Yang Mei used Parallel Worlds to help Ying Zheng, while Zhou Qingqing secretly transformed them into Lostbelts. Ying Zheng rose as a powerful emperor, and Qin’s military vanguard began advancing across Blue Planet.

• Bai Ze realized Eastern Emperor Taiyi intended to pass Yama Great Emperor’s authority to Taiyi True Person and pursue transcendence of Earth Dao.
• Ancestor Yang Mei recognized Ying Zheng as an exceptional figure and decided to give him insights into many Parallel Worlds.
• Zhou Qingqing secretly transformed the Parallel Worlds into Lostbelts and created a Crown of the Lostbelt King for Ying Zheng.
• Ancestor Yang Mei sent Demon God blood essence to Epang Palace, where it formed a vast array of spaces representing different choices and worlds.
• Ying Zheng absorbed the aura of Human Dao Civilization as the Terracotta Army and Bai Qi took their positions.
• Ying Zheng commanded Qin’s forces, and the dynasty’s vanguard began sweeping across Blue Planet.

Yang Mei tried to disrupt the Confucian School by twisting Red Cloud Ancestor’s mind, but the Three Pure Ones and Zhou Qingqing helped him resist. Red Cloud Ancestor became a Human Dao Saint, foiling Yang Mei’s scheme, while the Three Pure Ones concealed their close relationship from him.

• Yang Mei grew suspicious of how smoothly Ying Zheng’s rise was progressing and decided to target the Confucian School.
• Yang Mei began twisting Red Cloud Ancestor’s mind, and Tongtian recognized the threat to the Confucian lineage.
• The Three Pure Ones distracted Yang Mei with their tile game while Zhou Qingqing secretly sent the Celebratory Clouds of the Heavens to Red Cloud Ancestor.
• Red Cloud Ancestor used the vast righteous energy to sever his self-corpse, which declared, “I am Confucius.”
• Nuwa bestowed Primordial Purple Qi on Red Cloud Ancestor, making him a Human Dao Saint who ascended by the Starry Sky Ancient Road.
• Yang Mei asked whether the three Daoist saints got along, and Zhou Qingqing’s masters falsely claimed they probably did not.