Chapter Summaries

Zhou Qingqing and Tongtian accepted Xihe and Changxi’s invitation to the Lunar Star, where Tongtian also requested Lunar Essence. After Di Jun gave up waiting outside Mount Fengqi for Nuwa and Fuxi, Laozi revealed that Tongtian was already visiting the Lunar Star and left the matter to him.

• Zhou Qingqing clarified that she had asked Tongtian to save the Lunar Goddesses, and Changxi invited her and Tongtian to the Lunar Star for food and wine.
• Tongtian subdued the Moon-Howling Divine Hound, which shrank to an ordinary dog, and agreed to take it back to Eastern Kunlun as a guard dog.
• Xihe and Changxi hosted Zhou Qingqing and Tongtian beneath the Moon Laurel Tree, where they ate, drank, and discussed the Dao.
• Di Jun ended his thousand-year wait outside Mount Fengqi and left after concluding that Nuwa and Fuxi would not emerge from seclusion.
• Laozi told Fuxi and Nuwa that Tongtian was visiting the Lunar Star and said they should leave Di Jun’s marriage plans to him.

Zhou Qingqing and Upper Pure Tongtian confirmed that Xihe and Changxi had no interest in being forced into a yin-yang partnership, then Di Jun and Taiyi arrived at the Lunar Star to thank them for the beast attack. Xihe told the two emperors that Tongtian had driven the Moon-Howling Divine Hound away.

• Tongtian steered the conversation toward Di Jun and Taiyi, and Changxi said she had no interest in their Solar Dao.
• Xihe rebuked Changxi for disrespectful words about the emperors but showed no affection for them.
• Zhou Qingqing asked the sisters how they would respond to a forced yin-yang partnership, and Changxi said she would drive away anyone who tried.
• Xihe rejected forced pairing and said she and Changxi could cultivate the Great Dao themselves.
• Di Jun and Taiyi arrived at the Lunar Star, claiming they came to thank the sisters for dealing with the Moon-Howling Divine Hound.
• Xihe welcomed the emperors and told them Tongtian had driven the beast away.

Upper Pure Tongtian met Heavenly Emperor Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi on the Lunar Star, where Di Jun offered him Solar Gold Essence before asking him to witness their marriage proposals to Xihe and Changxi. Changxi rejected the proposal angrily, and Di Jun shifted his attention from her to Xihe.

• Heavenly Emperor Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi arrived on the Lunar Star and greeted Upper Pure Tongtian, while Zhou Qingqing hid as a lotus mark.
• Di Jun gave Tongtian Solar Gold Essence as thanks for stopping the Moon-Howling Divine Hound, and Tongtian accepted it.
• Di Jun asked Tongtian to witness his and Taiyi's proposals to marry Xihe and Changxi, calling the union of the Sun and Lunar Stars a match made in heaven.
• Changxi refused the proposal and said she and Xihe would never agree to it; Xihe stopped her from starting a fight and explained that Changxi did not wish to marry.
• Di Jun conceded that Taiyi and Changxi had no destined bond, and Taiyi then asked Xihe to consider marrying Di Jun.

Xihe refused Di Jun’s marriage proposal, but he tried to keep the possibility open by suggesting they discuss the Dao. Tongtian offered Xihe another path: use her Sun Essence Wheel to transform lunar power into solar power, leaving Di Jun alarmed as she examined the treasure.

• Xihe told Di Jun that she and Changxi wanted to grow stronger through their own efforts and refused his proposal.
• Di Jun urged Xihe not to decide immediately and suggested they discuss the Dao and learn about each other.
• Zhou Qingqing signaled Tongtian to intervene, and he drew the Immortal-Ending Sword before endorsing yin-yang Dao Integration as a path to the Great Dao.
• Tongtian proposed that Xihe use her Sun Essence Wheel to transform lunar power into solar power and cultivate the Dao with Changxi.
• Xihe took out the Sun Essence Wheel, and Di Jun feared that she might truly transform from lunar to solar.

Xihe explored the Sun Essence Wheel and began transforming her lunar nature into solar power, but Di Jun and Taiyi’s Golden Crow manifestations made the change more difficult. Tongtian cut through the obstacle with the Immortal-Ending Sword, and Xihe became the Sun Goddess, leaving Di Jun’s plans defeated.

• Changxi encouraged Xihe to reexamine the Sun Essence Wheel, and Xihe discovered that her lunar nature could transform into the sun.
• Xihe began converting her lunar power into solar power as Changxi, Di Jun, and Taiyi manifested moons and Golden Crows around her.
• Di Jun explained that the Golden Crow manifestations had arisen from the energy flow, while Changxi accused him and Taiyi of hindering Xihe.
• Tongtian saw the boundary between the sun and moon and used the Immortal-Ending Sword to cut away the obstacle to Xihe’s transformation.
• Xihe’s full moon manifestation became a great sun, and she emerged as the Sun Goddess, while Di Jun withdrew his Golden Crow manifestation and accepted defeat.

Xihe transformed her lunar cultivation toward the sun, abandoning Di Jun’s marriage proposal and gaining a promising path of her own. Di Jun then challenged Tongtian to another contest, and Tongtian agreed to compete for stakes as Zhou Qingqing offered her Yellow Center Plum.

• Tongtian congratulated Xihe and Changxi on Xihe’s yin-yang transformation, and Xihe thanked Di Jun and Taiyi for their help.
• Di Jun admitted his marriage proposal had failed and said he would leave the Lunar Star without pursuing it.
• Di Jun challenged Tongtian to resume their unfinished contest from the Thirty-Three Heavens, surprising Taiyi.
• Xihe objected to Di Jun bypassing her on the Lunar Star, but Tongtian accepted the challenge and proposed stakes.
• Zhou Qingqing offered her Yellow Center Plum as a stake, hoping Tongtian would win Di Jun’s Fusang Tree.

Tongtian and Di Jun renewed their formation contest in the Starry Sky Heavenly Realm, wagering the Yellow Center Plum and Fusang Tree. Tongtian’s Ten Thousand Swords Gourd overwhelmed Di Jun’s Primordial Chaos River-Luo Formation, and Tongtian advanced into the Jade Pure Realm.

• Tongtian offered the Yellow Center Plum as his stake, and Di Jun answered by wagering the Fusang Tree.
• Di Jun and Tongtian moved their contest to the Starry Sky Heavenly Realm and began with formations derived from their spiritual treasures.
• Di Jun unleashed the Primordial Chaos River-Luo Formation, while Tongtian countered with the sword formation from his Ten Thousand Swords Gourd.
• Tongtian’s sword formation shattered Di Jun’s formations over a yuanhui, leaving the River-Luo Formation filled with sword qi.
• Di Jun conceded defeat, saying the contest had revealed weaknesses in his formation techniques.
• Tongtian absorbed the sword qi and advanced his cultivation into the Jade Pure Realm.

Tongtian and Zhou Qingqing returned to Eastern Kunlun after helping Xihe and Changxi, while Di Jun canceled his marriage plan and announced that his defeat had inspired a stronger star formation. Back at Eastern Kunlun, Tongtian discovered that Yuanshi and Laozi had also broken through, and the three Masters turned their attention to Zhou Qingqing, whose cultivation had not advanced.

• Xihe and Changxi thanked Tongtian and Zhou Qingqing, then decided to cultivate in seclusion until they reached Primordial Chaos Golden Immortals.
• Di Jun ordered Bai Ze to retrieve the Fusang Tree for Eastern Kunlun and said his battle with Tongtian had helped him devise a formation stronger than the Primordial Chaos River-Luo Formation.
• Di Jun canceled his plan to marry one of the Lunar Goddesses but insisted that he would marry a willing Daluo Golden Immortal from the Heavenly Court.
• Tongtian returned to Eastern Kunlun and was stopped by Yuanshi's Innate Five Elements Five-Direction Formation until he admitted defeat.
• Tongtian learned that Yuanshi and Laozi had both reached the Jade Pure Realm, then realized Zhou Qingqing was the only one among them whose cultivation remained unchanged.

Zhou Qingqing used the Purifying White Lotus and Karmic Fire Red Lotus to refine a Moon-Howling Divine Hound while cultivating. When Bai Ze delivered the Fusang Tree to Kunlun, Laozi took it to Donghua Dijun so he could cultivate anew, leaving Donghua grateful to Zhou Qingqing.

• Tongtian released the Moon-Howling Divine Hound, and Yuanshi suggested Zhou Qingqing refine its ferocious aura and karmic burden with her two lotuses as a cultivation method.
• Bai Ze arrived under Di Jun's orders to deliver the Fusang Tree, which Tongtian had won by wagering Zhou Qingqing's Yellow Center Plum.
• Zhou Qingqing thought the Fusang Tree would help Donghua Dijun restore his cultivation, and Laozi took it instead of planting it in her Lotus Pond.
• Laozi brought the Fusang Tree to Donghua Dijun at Eight Views Palace and explained that Zhou Qingqing had sent it to help him cultivate anew.
• Donghua Dijun thanked Laozi and memorized Zhou Qingqing's name, while Yuanshi warmed himself by the Karmic Fire Red Lotus.

Zhou Qingqing advanced to the late-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, while the Three Pure Ones discussed their search for the remaining lotus and the World-Destroying Black Lotus. Supreme Pure Laozi took Qingqing west to investigate the western lands and seek the Merit Golden Lotus, beginning by surveying the region.

• Zhou Qingqing gained insight into purification and karmic fire, manifested two twelve-petaled lotuses within her primordial spirit, and broke through to the late-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.
• Jade Pure Yuanshi reported that Houtu was still far from establishing Reincarnation, while Upper Pure Tongtian said his search near the old abyss had found no trace of the World-Destroying Black Lotus.
• Supreme Pure Laozi decided to investigate the West and sent Upper Pure Tongtian to stabilize his realm and Jade Pure Yuanshi to keep observing the Witch Race.
• Supreme Pure Laozi invited Zhou Qingqing to visit the West and, if possible, ask Daoist Jieyin for the twelve-petaled Merit Golden Lotus, and she agreed.
• Supreme Pure Laozi departed with Zhou Qingqing and began inspecting the western lands rather than going directly to the Western Duo's sacred ground.

Zhou Qingqing and Supreme Pure Laozi went to Mount Sumeru after discovering that demonic energy there had corrupted an Enlightened Beast. Supreme Pure Laozi confronted Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti about the demon clan he believed remained on the mountain, leaving the Western Duo to answer his accusation.

• Zhou Qingqing recalled that the West was barren and reasoned that Mount Sumeru might still hide the World-Destroying Black Lotus and remnants of the demon clan.
• Daoist Jieyin told Daoist Zhunti he had found the shadow of his future and could soon sever his future self, then sensed Supreme Pure Laozi approaching Mount Sumeru.
• Supreme Pure Laozi arrived with Zhou Qingqing, and Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti greeted him as their Eldest Senior Brother.
• Supreme Pure Laozi said demonic corruption had turned an Enlightened Beast on Mount Kunlun feral and that its demonic energy had come from Mount Sumeru.
• Daoist Zhunti denied knowing of any demon clan on Mount Sumeru and suggested Supreme Pure Laozi might be mistaken, so Supreme Pure Laozi challenged him for questioning his Eldest Senior Brother.

Supreme Pure Laozi searched Mount Sumeru for demons, guided by Zhou Qingqing's connection to the Twelve-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus. He exposed demons hidden in Cāmara Continent, while Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti watched from afar and planned to investigate other locations.

• Daoist Jieyin let Supreme Pure Laozi search Mount Sumeru, while Daoist Zhunti declined to accompany him and recalled his grievance against Upper Pure Tongtian.
• Supreme Pure Laozi asked Zhou Qingqing to sense the Twelve-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus, and she used several lotus treasures to locate its resonance.
• Zhou Qingqing guided Supreme Pure Laozi to Cāmara Continent, where he used the Taiji Diagram to reveal the hidden demons.
• Daoist Zhunti sensed karma threads appear and prepared to rush over, but Daoist Jieyin stopped him because Supreme Pure Laozi had not called for them.
• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti used Heavenly Eye Insight to watch Supreme Pure Laozi and resolved to intervene at other demon locations.

Supreme Pure Laozi tracked down Heavenly Demon King Poxun with the Taiji Diagram, while Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti watched for treasures. After Poxun self-destructed to send away the Twelve-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus, Laozi snatched it from the two brothers and claimed it was fated with him.

• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti recognized Poxun and spotted his Heavenly Demon treasures, while Poxun tried to flee from Supreme Pure Laozi and the Taiji Diagram.
• Poxun lamented that he lacked the Godslaying Spear, then used the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique to self-destruct.
• The explosion exposed the Twelve-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus, and Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti rushed to seize it.
• Daoist Zhunti swept the Seven Treasures Wondrous Tree toward the lotus, but Supreme Pure Laozi grabbed it first and claimed the treasure was fated with him.

Zhou Qingqing stored the Twelve-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus, while Supreme Pure Laozi let Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti handle the hidden demons on Mount Sumeru. He then asked Daoist Jieyin what it would take to trade for the Twelve-Petaled Merit Golden Lotus, leaving the brothers to consider his serious request.

• Zhou Qingqing stored the Twelve-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus in her Lotus Space, and Supreme Pure Laozi reflected on how he had deliberately drawn Daoist Zhunti into reaching for it.
• Daoist Jieyin apologized for coming to Mount Sumeru, and Supreme Pure Laozi said the brothers could deal with the hidden demon race on their own grounds.
• Supreme Pure Laozi suggested Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti might find the Godslaying Spear while clearing out the demons, and the brothers agreed to handle the remaining demon race.
• Supreme Pure Laozi asked Daoist Jieyin what he would need to trade the Heavenly Demon Blade, Heavenly Demon Crown, and Heavenly Demon Armor for the Twelve-Petaled Merit Golden Lotus.
• Daoist Jieyin considered the request seriously while Daoist Zhunti worried that Supreme Pure Laozi intended to take another valuable lotus platform.

Daoist Jieyin proposed trading the Twelve-Petaled Merit Golden Lotus for Supreme Pure Laozi’s help directing Eastern Fortune to the West, while Supreme Pure Laozi recognized the Western Duo’s hidden plans and offered another path. He proposed repairing the Western Spiritual Veins with Jieyin and Zhunti’s cooperation, leaving them astonished.

• Daoist Jieyin offered the Twelve-Petaled Merit Golden Lotus in exchange for Supreme Pure Laozi lending Eastern Fortune to the West, while Daoist Zhunti understood his senior brother’s strategy.
• Supreme Pure Laozi learned through Zhou Qingqing’s thoughts about the Western Duo’s future use of sarira, vows, and Heavenly Dao merit to prosper the West.
• Supreme Pure Laozi refused to lend Eastern Fortune because he and the Western Duo had not yet become Saints.
• Supreme Pure Laozi offered to help repair the Western Spiritual Veins and promised the Western Duo a chance to obtain Heavenly Dao merit.
• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti were dumbfounded by Supreme Pure Laozi’s unexpected proposal.

Supreme Pure Laozi proposed using Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti’s Great Daos to restore the Western Spiritual Veins and earn Heavenly Dao merit. He expounded the Sarira Great Dao, leaving both saints immersed in enlightenment and close to condensing their own sarira.

• Supreme Pure Laozi led Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti to the site where the Primordial World’s spiritual veins had been destroyed.
• Supreme Pure Laozi explained that their Karma and Nirvana Great Daos could draw in metal-element energy and help restore the Western Spiritual Veins.
• Daoist Jieyin offered the Twelve-Petaled Merit Golden Lotus on the condition that Supreme Pure Laozi’s proposal benefit them.
• Supreme Pure Laozi expounded the Sarira Great Dao, prompting Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti to enter deep enlightenment.
• Daoist Jieyin envisioned a Nirvana Sarira, while Daoist Zhunti envisioned a Karma Sarira.

Zhou Qingqing and Supreme Pure Laozi helped Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti discover that Sarira could restore the Western Spiritual Veins and earn Heavenly Dao merit. After taking the Twelve-Petaled Merit Golden Lotus, Supreme Pure Laozi left while the two Western disciples continued their work and secretly planned to pursue the fortune of the East.

• Supreme Pure Laozi took the Twelve-Petaled Merit Golden Lotus from Daoist Jieyin and passed it to Zhou Qingqing, who refined it into a lotus seed.
• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti discovered that the Sarira Great Dao could carry their Nirvana Great Dao and Karma Great Dao.
• At Supreme Pure Laozi's suggestion, Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti used their Sarira to restore the Western Spiritual Veins and gained Heavenly Dao merit.
• Supreme Pure Laozi praised their efforts and departed, while Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti thanked him for his help.
• Daoist Zhunti wondered whether Supreme Pure Laozi had asked too little in return, and Daoist Jieyin insisted they still needed to secretly pursue the fortune of the East.

Supreme Pure Laozi returned from the West with the Twelve-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus and the Twelve-Grade Merit Golden Lotus, and the Three Pure Ones advised Zhou Qingqing to use the Black Lotus for her breakthrough. While refining it, Zhou Qingqing uncovered Demon Ancestor Rahu’s Heavenly Demon Method and planned to share it with her masters so they could learn to Darken.

• Supreme Pure Laozi showed Jade Pure Yuanshi and Upper Pure Tongtian the two lotus thrones he had obtained in the West.
• The Three Pure Ones advised Zhou Qingqing to choose the Twelve-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus for her Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown, and she began refining it.
• The Black Lotus released demonic scripture to taint Zhou Qingqing, but her Creation Azure Lotus true body and Twelve-Grade Purifying White Lotus dispelled the black aura.
• Zhou Qingqing discovered that the remaining scripture was the Heavenly Demon Method, Demon Ancestor Rahu’s foundational Demon Path inheritance.
• Tongtian asked whether the Black Lotus had harmed Zhou Qingqing, and she decided to show the Heavenly Demon Method to her masters so they could learn to Darken.

Zhou Qingqing showed the Three Pure Ones the Heavenly Demon Method hidden in the Twelve-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus, and they decided to study it as another tool without letting it corrupt them. She then returned to cultivation, where a twelve-petaled black flower began blooming within her primordial spirit.

• Zhou Qingqing projected Demon Ancestor Rahu's Heavenly Demon Method for Supreme Pure Laozi, Jade Pure Yuanshi, and Upper Pure Tongtian to study.
• The Three Pure Ones recognized the method's insight into the Heavenly Dao and Demon Path and recalled that Qingqing had named their darkened forms as Heavenly Demons.
• Upper Pure Tongtian said they could secretly become Demon Path Patriarchs without demonizing the Primordial World, and Supreme Pure Laozi agreed the method was worth deducing.
• Jade Pure Yuanshi declared that he had comprehended the method and would become the First Heavenly Demon, startling Zhou Qingqing with the thought that he might become a villain.
• Supreme Pure Laozi reassured Zhou Qingqing that the Three Pure Ones could use the Demon Path without being demonized, and she withdrew the method and resumed cultivating.
• After an immense passage of time, a black flower bud appeared in Zhou Qingqing's primordial spirit and blossomed into twelve petals as divine light and spiritual energy surged around it.

Zhou Qingqing began her transformation into human form as the Three Pure Ones watched her Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown reveal the River of Fate. Her lightning tribulation escalated from ordinary divine lightning to Chaos Divine Lightning, leaving her bracing herself for the final strike.

• Zhou Qingqing’s twelve-grade Three Flowers formed above the Lotus Pond, and the Three Pure Ones recognized the clear spring between them as the River of Fate.
• Tribulation clouds gathered over Eastern Kunlun, and the Three Pure Ones watched as Zhou Qingqing prepared to undergo lightning tribulation.
• Zhou Qingqing counted the divine lightning bolts as they struck, while her defenses withstood them without harm.
• The tribulation continued beyond 129,600 strikes and culminated in Chaos Divine Lightning.
• Zhou Qingqing focused on circulating the Nine Revolutions Profound Art as the Three Pure Ones let her face the final baptism alone.