Chapter Summaries

Zhurong and Gonggong eagerly accepted punishment by going to seek out Primal Phoenix and Azure Dragon, while the Three Pure Ones remained with the Ancestral Witches. Tongtian began discussing the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation and, after hearing Zhou Qingqing’s thoughts, turned to improving the Twelve Capital Divine Fiend Formation.

• Zhurong and Gonggong hurriedly left the Pangu Divine Hall to seek out Primal Phoenix and Azure Dragon and explain their past misunderstanding.
• Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches thanked the Three Pure Ones for caring for Houtu, and the group exchanged pleasantries.
• The Three Pure Ones stayed with the Ancestral Witches, and Tongtian began a discussion of the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation and the Twelve Capital Divine Fiend Formation.
• Zhou Qingqing thought the Witch Race’s formation would become useless when Houtu transformed her body into Reincarnation, and that improving it could help the Witch Race endure.
• Tongtian asked Dijiang what felt wrong when the Twelve Capital Divine Fiend Formation was operated, preparing to help improve it.

Zhou Qingqing and the Three Pure Ones studied the Twelve Capital Divine Fiend Formation, and Tongtian devised improved formations to help the Witch Race pool its strength. The Ancestral Witches welcomed his solution, while the Three Pure Ones still had not raised the matter behind their offer of help.

• Zhou Qingqing studied the Twelve Capital Divine Fiend Formation and imagined showing off her improved formations to her future junior sister.
• Yuanshi resolved to make Qingqing train his future disciples after learning her Nine Bends Yellow River Formation had defeated the Jade Void Twelve Immortals.
• Tongtian, Laozi, and Yuanshi joined the Ancestral Witches in studying the formation after Qingqing's thoughts revealed their future conflict in the Calamity.
• Tongtian deduced two improved formations: the Nine Netherworld Passage Formation, which could gather the Witch Race's strength, and formations that could let individual tribes summon an Ancestral Witch True Form.
• Dijiang thanked Tongtian for the formation insights, but Tongtian replied that the discussion benefited the Three Pure Ones too.

Jade Pure Yuanshi urged the Ancestral Witches to establish an Earthly Court to govern the land, but Dijiang rejected the proposal. Supreme Pure Laozi challenged the Witches to honor Pangu through protecting the world rather than fighting, leaving Dijiang to decide how the clan would respond.

• Jade Pure Yuanshi suggested that the Ancestral Witches establish an Earthly Court during the truce between the Witch and Demon races.
• Dijiang laughed off the proposal, saying the Witches needed only to fight and defeat anyone who opposed them.
• Supreme Pure Laozi condemned the Witches for claiming to revere Pangu while their wars devastated the Primordial World.
• The Ancestral Witches fell silent as they considered Laozi's accusation, while Zhou Qingqing waited for Dijiang to make his decision.

The Three Pure Ones persuaded the Ancestral Witches to establish an Earthly Court, and the Witches began planning how to govern it. Dijiang asked where it should be built, and Supreme Pure Laozi proposed making Pangu Divine Hall its foundation.

• Dijiang agreed that the Ancestral Witches would establish the Earthly Court instead of sparring with the Three Pure Ones.
• Jade Pure Yuanshi recommended that Houtu invite Zhen Yuanzi to help plan the Earthly Court using the Earth Book, and Houtu agreed to visit him.
• Upper Pure Tongtian suggested that the Ancestral Witches use their divine abilities to govern the earth and its natural cycles.
• Dijiang asked where to build the Earthly Court, and Supreme Pure Laozi proposed using Pangu Divine Hall as its foundation.

After the Three Pure Ones suggested the Pangu Divine Hall, the Ancestral Witches settled on it as the place to create the Witch Race, and Zhou Qingqing visited to witness the process. Back at Eastern Kunlun, she received an Other Shore Flower from the Heavenly Court and brought it to Houtu, while Zhen Yuanzi joined the work of constructing the Earthly Court.

• Dijiang accepted the Pangu Divine Hall as the place for creating the Witch Race and thanked the Three Pure Ones for their guidance.
• Zhou Qingqing and the Three Pure Ones visited the Pangu Divine Hall and watched the Witch Race being born from the Ancestral Witches' essence blood.
• Bai Ze delivered the Other Shore Flower to Zhou Qingqing on the Heavenly Emperor's orders, and she gave Bai Ze a Yellow Center Plum in return.
• Jade Pure Yuanshi suggested Zhou Qingqing give the Other Shore Flower to Houtu, and Zhou Qingqing immediately went to see her.
• Houtu thanked Zhou Qingqing and had Da Yi teach her archery, while Zhen Yuanzi joined the construction of the Earthly Court.

Zhou Qingqing left the Ancestral Witch tribe and accepted Fuxi’s invitation to visit Mount Fengqi, where Nuwa welcomed her warmly. She learned that Nuwa and Fuxi’s cultivation breakthroughs were connected to her, while Fuxi’s Book of Changes had even been named partly in her honor.

• Zhou Qingqing left the Ancestral Witch tribe after Houtu entered seclusion to deepen her understanding of the Reincarnation Great Dao.
• Fuxi appeared to stop Zhou Qingqing and invited her to Mount Fengqi, explaining that his sister Nuwa wanted to meet her.
• Fuxi told Zhou Qingqing that Supreme Purity had once visited Mount Fengqi and helped turn away Di Jun, who had sought Nuwa to preside over the Heavenly Marriage.
• Nuwa greeted Zhou Qingqing by lifting her into an embrace and asked Fuxi to bring out spirit fruits and spirit wine for their guest.
• Fuxi explained that Supreme Purity had named his breakthrough secret art the Book of Changes, with “Zhou” referring to Zhou Qingqing.

Zhou Qingqing learned that Fuxi had named and advanced his Eight Trigrams through the Book of Changes, while the Three Pure Ones discussed how her influence had altered Fuxi and Nuwa’s fates. Nuwa showed Zhou Qingqing her eight-petal Azure Lotus and asked for her opinion.

• Fuxi explained that Supreme Pure Laozi had named his method the Book of Changes because of Zhou Qingqing’s name, and he described how it had transformed his Eight Trigrams into sixty-four hexagrams.
• Supreme Pure Laozi told Jade Pure Yuanshi and Upper Pure Tongtian that Zhou Qingqing had discovered Fuxi’s breakthrough method, and the Three Pure Ones discussed how she might change Nuwa’s path to sainthood.
• Zhou Qingqing realized Fuxi no longer intended to join the Demon Clan or enter the Calamity, and that he could remain beside Nuwa as her strategist.
• Nuwa told Zhou Qingqing that she had reached the peak of the second realm of Creation and displayed an Azure Lotus with eight petals.
• Nuwa asked Zhou Qingqing what she thought of her Eight-Petal Azure Lotus.

Supreme Pure Laozi left Eastern Kunlun to seek Qingqing on Mount Fengqi, using his search for Nuwa and Great Master Xuandu as a plausible reason. There, Qingqing tested Nuwa’s Eight-Petal Creation Azure Lotus with Creation Divine Lightning, giving Nuwa insight into the offensive potential of her Dao of Creation.

• Supreme Pure Laozi announced that his disciple was about to be born and departed Eastern Kunlun, while Jade Pure Yuanshi and Upper Pure Tongtian later realized he had gone to find Qingqing.
• Supreme Pure Laozi explained that his Human Sovereign Seal had connected him to Nuwa, then traveled to Mount Fengqi, where Fuxi welcomed him.
• Supreme Pure Laozi joined Nuwa and Zhou Qingqing as they prepared to assess Nuwa’s Eight-Petal Azure Lotus.
• Zhou Qingqing struck the Eight-Petal Creation Azure Lotus with Creation Divine Lightning, and Nuwa gained insight into how creation and destruction could combine into an offensive power.

Zhou Qingqing let Nuwa study her Creation Divine Lightning, and Nuwa recreated the ability with far greater power. After unleashing it, Nuwa broke through to the third realm of Creation, leaving Zhou Qingqing and Supreme Pure Laozi surprised by the extent of her growth.

• Zhou Qingqing demonstrated her Creation Divine Lightning and agreed to let Nuwa learn it.
• Nuwa sensed the Chaos Divine Lightning pressure within the ability and resolved to manifest it through her own Creation.
• Nuwa unleashed her Creation Divine Lightning, overwhelming Fuxi until Supreme Pure Laozi helped defend Mount Fengqi.
• Nuwa's aura surged, and she broke through to the third realm of Creation.

After Nuwa reached the third realm of Creation, Zhou Qingqing confirmed that Nuwa had sensed Human Dao, and Supreme Pure Laozi decided to act on that connection. He gave Nuwa the Kongtong Seal, leaving Qingqing uncertain how the gift would affect the future of Human Teaching and the Three Pure Ones.

• Nuwa completed her breakthrough, reaching the third realm of Creation after benefiting from Zhou Qingqing's Creation Divine Lightning.
• At Zhou Qingqing's prompting, Nuwa shared her insights and said she had begun to understand the origin and transformations of all things.
• Zhou Qingqing realized that Nuwa's new insights meant she had sensed Human Dao.
• Supreme Pure Laozi offered Nuwa a spiritual treasure to aid her understanding, then gave her the Kongtong Seal.
• Zhou Qingqing wondered whether Laozi's gift would prevent him from establishing Human Teaching, while Laozi recognized their connection through Human Dao.

Supreme Pure Laozi gave the Kongtong Seal and the Human Teaching to Nuwa, choosing to abandon his original path to sainthood. He left Mount Fengqi with Zhou Qingqing to search for another spiritual treasure, while Jade Pure Yuanshi and Upper Pure Tongtian set out in hopes of encountering them.

• Supreme Pure Laozi concluded that he could attain sainthood without establishing the Human Teaching and gave the Kongtong Seal to Nuwa.
• Nuwa entered enlightenment, and Fuxi thanked Supreme Pure Laozi on her behalf before he and Zhou Qingqing prepared to leave.
• Zhou Qingqing worried that Supreme Pure Laozi had derailed the plot, then decided to help him find another spiritual treasure.
• Supreme Pure Laozi suggested treasure hunting to distract Zhou Qingqing, and she agreed to use the Qimen Escape Method to guide their search.
• Jade Pure Yuanshi and Upper Pure Tongtian left Eastern Kunlun separately to look for Supreme Pure Laozi and Zhou Qingqing.

Zhou Qingqing and Supreme Pure Laozi found and retrieved the Primordial Heaven-Measuring Ruler from a formation in the Mount Buzhou range. As they prepared to return to Eastern Kunlun, Tongtian arrived with two new female disciples, prompting Supreme Pure Laozi to realize his brother had claimed both the first and second junior sisters.

• Zhou Qingqing thought of using the Heaven-and-Earth Mystic Yellow Exquisite Treasure Pagoda to locate the Primordial Heaven-Measuring Ruler, and Supreme Pure Laozi sensed a resonance with it.
• Supreme Pure Laozi lent Zhou Qingqing the pagoda, and she used it with Qimen Dunjia divination to find a Heaven-and-Earth Mystic Yellow Formation.
• With Supreme Pure Laozi guarding her, Zhou Qingqing broke the formation and retrieved the Primordial Heaven-Measuring Ruler.
• Supreme Pure Laozi praised the ruler’s merit and decided to return with Zhou Qingqing to Eastern Kunlun.
• Tongtian arrived on a divine sword and introduced two female disciples, leaving Supreme Pure Laozi stunned that Tongtian had taken both junior sisters.

Supreme Pure Laozi, Jade Pure Yuanshi, and Upper Pure Tongtian each brought new disciples to meet Zhou Qingqing, who welcomed her junior brother and two junior sisters. After the masters hurried away to pursue the Celebratory Clouds of the Heavens, Zhou Qingqing took charge and began teaching her disciples how to escape danger.

• Upper Pure Tongtian introduced Jinling and Wudang as Zhou Qingqing’s junior sisters, and both greeted her.
• Jade Pure Yuanshi introduced Yun Zhongzi, who greeted Zhou Qingqing, Jinling, and Wudang.
• Supreme Pure Laozi and Upper Pure Tongtian excused themselves and vanished, prompting Jade Pure Yuanshi to hurry after them to pursue the Celebratory Clouds of the Heavens.
• Zhou Qingqing stayed with her confused junior brother and junior sisters and announced that she would teach in their masters’ absence.
• Zhou Qingqing demonstrated her Five Elements Grand Escape and told her disciples that learning to flee was essential when they could not win a fight.

Zhou Qingqing returned to Eastern Kunlun with her junior siblings and received the Xuanyuan Sword and a bottle of pills from Tongtian and Laozi. Yuanshi then displayed the Celebratory Clouds of the Heavens, which he had acquired after making an unequal agreement with his brothers.

• Zhou Qingqing returned to the dojo with Jinling, Wudang, and Yun Zhongzi, riding the Moon-Howling Divine Hound while the Enlightened Beast carried her junior siblings.
• Tongtian rewarded Zhou Qingqing with a golden bronze sword, which she named the Xuanyuan Sword.
• Laozi gave Zhou Qingqing a bottle of pills, and she happily regarded them as chocolate beans.
• Yuanshi revealed that he had acquired the Celebratory Clouds of the Heavens after agreeing to terms with Laozi and Tongtian.
• Yuanshi poured mana into the Celebratory Clouds of the Heavens, filling Eastern Kunlun with radiant light, immortal music, and auspicious clouds.

Zhou Qingqing persuaded the Three Pure Ones to jointly devise cultivation methods suited to their disciples, hoping to strengthen the bonds between them. The Masters agreed, but Laozi required Qingqing to help with the deductions, spoiling her plan to rest.

• Zhou Qingqing considered how to foster harmony among the Three Pure Ones’ disciples and decided that tailored cultivation methods could help them remember their Masters’ kindness.
• Zhou Qingqing urged Yuanshi to make the newly arrived disciples focus on cultivation, and Yuanshi put away the Celebratory Clouds of the Heavens.
• Zhou Qingqing proposed that the Three Pure Ones jointly deduce a cultivation method for each disciple, and Tongtian, Yuanshi, and Laozi all agreed.
• The disciples thanked the Three Pure Ones and Zhou Qingqing for the opportunity to receive methods tailored to their aptitudes.
• Zhou Qingqing suggested starting the deductions immediately, but Laozi told her to join in and use the Qimen Escape Method to help.

Zhou Qingqing assisted the Three Pure Ones as they deduced cultivation methods for their disciples, using her Merit Golden Lotus, Purifying White Lotus, and Formation Dao as foundations. After exhausting herself and breaking through, she woke to find the remaining disciples receiving their methods, while Jade Pure Yuanshi insisted on teaching Four Unlike himself.

• Supreme Pure Laozi, Zhou Qingqing, Jade Pure Yuanshi, and Upper Pure Tongtian began deducing a Five Primordial Virtues method for Yun Zhongzi, using fortune, morality, and Zhou Qingqing’s merit demonstration.
• Jade Pure Yuanshi asked Zhou Qingqing to reveal her Purifying White Lotus, and the Three Pure Ones used it to deduce a Five Primordial States method based on Primal Simplicity.
• Upper Pure Tongtian joined Zhou Qingqing in demonstrating the Formation Dao and deducing a method for the celestial cycle of the stars.
• After helping Jinling deduce her cultivation method, Zhou Qingqing exhausted her mental strength and entered a breakthrough while the Three Pure Ones completed methods for Duobao and South Pole Immortal.
• Zhou Qingqing later woke as Duobao and South Pole Immortal received their methods, then thought of Four Unlike, whom Jade Pure Yuanshi insisted on teaching personally.

Zhou Qingqing’s thoughts revealed that Yuanshi would establish the Chan Sect and Tongtian the Jie Sect, prompting the Three Pure Ones to discuss whether their doctrines would lead to conflict. Laozi argued that their brotherly strife had a deeper cause and proposed making his own sect a path that could unite their teachings when needed.

• Zhou Qingqing reflected that Yuanshi would establish the Chan Sect and Tongtian the Jie Sect, while wondering what sect Laozi would found.
• Yuanshi and Tongtian privately discussed their future sects and worried that their opposing doctrines would cause conflict during a Calamity.
• Yuanshi and Tongtian each offered to abandon his sect to prevent strife between the brothers.
• Laozi cited Qingqing and Nuwa as evidence that different Great Daos need not clash and warned that a hidden force was behind the Three Pure Ones’ future conflict.
• Laozi proposed that his sect appear separate but be able to merge with Yuanshi’s and Tongtian’s doctrines, and his brothers agreed to seek common principles.

Zhou Qingqing gathered her junior brothers and sisters for a group spar, intending to build their unity, then transformed into Zhou Heiya and overwhelmed them. The Three Pure Ones watched and concluded that their eldest disciple was truly black all the way through.

• Zhou Qingqing ended her meditation, considered her progress toward obtaining the Reincarnation Purple Lotus, and gathered her junior brothers and sisters to test their strength.
• Zhou Qingqing activated Darkening Mode, transformed into Zhou Heiya, and attacked Yun Zhongzi before the others could react.
• Yun Zhongzi dodged Zhou Qingqing's strike with a trace of good fortune and called for help.
• Wudang and Jinling attacked together, then Duobao and Nanji joined the fight with spirit treasures and Three Pure Ones Divine Lightning.
• Zhou Qingqing beat all five junior brothers and sisters while deliberately exposing flaws that made them think they could win.
• The Three Pure Ones watched the spar and recognized Zhou Qingqing's dark nature and her plan to keep putting her junior disciples through such trials.

Zhou Qingqing’s masters pulled her away from tormenting her junior disciples and sent her with Tongtian to explore the Primordial World after Laozi sensed an impending calamity. As they left Eastern Kunlun, the junior disciples discovered that the Moon-Howling Divine Hound and the Enlightened Beast had grown larger, suggesting Qingqing had left them a parting surprise.

• Nanji, Duobao, Jinling, Wudang, and Yun Zhongzi formed an Anti-Darkening Alliance to resist Zhou Qingqing’s World-Ending Black Flame.
• Tongtian brought Zhou Qingqing before Laozi and Yuanshi, who told her to withdraw her flames and assigned her a mission.
• Laozi said an approaching calamity seemed connected to Tongtian and Zhou Qingqing, then ordered Tongtian to take her on a trip through the Primordial World.
• Zhou Qingqing guessed that the Heavenly Court’s Demon Clan might target Red Cloud and wondered whether she could obtain his gourd.
• Tongtian took Zhou Qingqing away from Eastern Kunlun, and the Moon-Howling Divine Hound and the Enlightened Beast suddenly grew larger.

Zhou Qingqing and Tongtian traveled to Fire Cloud Cave to help Red Cloud, but found Kunpeng waiting to attack him. Red Cloud fought Kunpeng while the two watched from hiding, and Tongtian concluded that Red Cloud was doomed unless they intervened.

• Zhou Qingqing and Tongtian flew toward Fire Cloud Cave while discussing how to save Red Cloud and why they had not enlisted Zhen Yuanzi.
• Red Cloud ended his long seclusion, disappointed that the Primordial Purple Qi had not improved his cultivation, and left Fire Cloud Cave to seek a breakthrough.
• Kunpeng ambushed Red Cloud and demanded repayment for losing the Primordial Purple Qi at Purple Cloud Palace.
• Zhou Qingqing and Tongtian hid nearby and watched as Red Cloud and Kunpeng fought to a standstill with their respective Great Dao powers.
• Zhou Qingqing observed that Red Cloud was alone against the Demon Clan, and Tongtian judged that Red Cloud would die unless they acted.