Chapter Summaries

Cangyuan persuaded Zhu Rong to trade dragon blood and origin for methods to reduce the Dragon Clan’s Karma and gain merit. They then witnessed the birth of a winged True Dragon hatchling, which Zhu Rong suspected was Yinglong.

• Cangyuan accepted three drops of Ancestor Dragon’s Essence Blood and demanded Ancestor Dragon’s origin, offering a way to help the Dragon Clan.
• Zhu Rong agreed to give Cangyuan three drops of his own Vital Blood and part of his origin in exchange for the guidance.
• Cangyuan told Zhu Rong that dragons could serve in the Heavenly Court or suppress destructive rivers and Water Veins to gain Fortune and merit.
• Zhu Rong presented Cangyuan with his blood and origin, and Cangyuan promised a third method that could remove at least ten percent of the Dragon Clan’s Karma.
• Cangyuan and Zhu Rong went to the Dragon Tomb after hearing an egg crack and found a winged, azure True Dragon hatchling born without Karma.

Cangyuan accepted Zhu Rong’s request to take the newly born Yinglong as his ninth personal disciple after the system offered him a reward for doing so. Yinglong reached the early Golden Immortal realm, transformed into a winged little girl, and began crying, leaving Zhu Rong to comfort her.

• Zhu Rong asked Cangyuan to take Yinglong as a disciple so she would have a powerful protector.
• The system offered Cangyuan a choice between Nine Dragon Ancestor essence blood and the Chaos Dragon God’s origin and essence blood; Cangyuan chose the latter.
• Cangyuan agreed to make Yinglong his ninth personal disciple, and Zhu Rong gifted him the Star Chessboard.
• Yinglong finished eating her eggshell, rose to the early Golden Immortal realm, and transformed into a winged little girl.
• Yinglong became frightened and cried, so Zhu Rong picked her up and tried to comfort her.

Cangyuan took Yinglong as his ninth disciple and left the Dragon Tomb with her. Zhu Rong arranged for the Dragon Clan to suppress floods and serve the Heavenly Court, then went to meet Ancestor Dragon at the East Sea Eye.

• Cangyuan and Zhu Rong named the newborn Yinglong, and she accepted Cangyuan as her master and became his ninth disciple.
• Zhu Rong gave Yinglong the Ancestral Dragon Pearl and Zhu Rong Treasure Seal, while Cangyuan gave her the Purple Lightning Hammer and Tai Xu Divine Armor.
• A hundred years later, Cangyuan took Yinglong away from the Dragon Tomb, and Zhu Rong vowed that the Dragon Clan would suppress waterways and floods.
• The Heavenly Dao approved Zhu Rong's vow and granted merit, which he used to offset some of the Dragon Clan's Karma.
• Zhu Rong sent True Dragon descendants to suppress turbulent waterways, arranged for the Four Seas Dragon Kings to serve the Heavenly Court, and went to the East Sea Eye to find Ancestor Dragon.

Jiang Shinian sought a solution to the Human Race’s growing problems with barter, and Cangyuan taught him economics and gave him a model for currency. As Shennong’s rule neared its end, Primordial Lord of Heaven appointed Guangchengzi to guide the next Human Sovereign.

• Jiang Shinian investigated disputes in the Human Race’s barter markets and asked Duobao and Cangyuan for advice.
• Cangyuan explained economics to Jiang Shinian over forty-nine days and gave him the Treasure Dropping Golden Coin as a currency model.
• Jiang Shinian had the Human Race mint coded coins with a round shape and square hole, ending the barter disputes and ushering in a new era.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven announced that Shennong’s rule was ending and appointed Guangchengzi, assisted by other Chan Sect immortals, to instruct the next Human Sovereign.

As Jiang Shinian’s prosperous Human Race fractured into rival tribes, a new struggle for the Human Sovereign’s position began. Chiyou was reborn among the Jiuli, Xuanyuan was born to the Youxiong Tribe, and Guangchengzi arrived to claim Xuanyuan as his disciple.

• As Jiang Shinian neared the end of his reign, ambition and conflict spread among the Human Race’s tribes.
• A celestial sign heralded the birth of Human Sovereign Purple Qi at the Youxiong Tribe, while another strand mixed with merit appeared at Weibei Hougang; Cangyuan went there, sensing a master-disciple affinity.
• Houtu ordered Chiyou to reincarnate into the Human Race and compete for the Human Sovereign’s position, while the Witch Race’s Great Witches were told to support him if Daoist Tradition immortals intervened.
• Chiyou was reborn in the Jiuli Tribe with eight arms and ox horns, declaring his identity as he was born.
• Xuanyuan was born in the Youxiong Tribe amid auspicious signs, and the Youxiong leader named him Xuanyuan, also known as Ji Xuanyuan.
• Guangchengzi arrived at the Youxiong Tribe and declared that he and Xuanyuan shared a master-disciple affinity.

At Mount Tai, Jiang Shinian completed his Earthly Emperor investiture and awakened his past-life identity as Hongyun, reaching the Sub-Saint realm. His return renewed Zhunti and Jieyin’s old karmic debt, while Styx’s attempt to claim the Human Sovereign position was rejected by Houtu.

• The Youxiong chief welcomed Guangchengzi as Xuanyuan’s teacher, while Cangyuan named a four-pupiled child Cangjie and raised him with Little Yinglong.
• Jiang Shinian taught Xuanyuan the principles of governing, then joined him and the tribal chiefs at Mount Tai for the Fengshan ceremony.
• Tongtian proclaimed Jiang Shinian’s accomplishments and conferred the Earthly Sovereign Fruit Position, sending most of the Heavenly Dao merit to him.
• Jiang Shinian’s cultivation rose to the Sub-Saint realm, and he awakened his past-life memories as Hongyun, prompting Zhenyuanzi to rejoice and Styx to attempt reincarnation as the Human Sovereign.
• Houtu rejected Styx’s attempt and declared that the Human Sovereign position belonged to the Witch Race.
• Zhunti and Jieyin realized Hongyun’s return had renewed the karmic debt they thought had ended, while the remaining merit surged into Duobao.

Duobao attained Quasi-Sainthood, and Cangyuan’s merit treasure was transformed as the Earthly Emperor’s reign ended and Xuanyuan became the next Co-Lord. The Human Race entered a new era, with Cangyuan’s young Dragon Cub linked to the coming Human Sovereign and tribal unrest looming over Xuanyuan.

• Duobao used merit to sever his Good Corpse and reached the peak of the Early Quasi-Saint realm.
• Cangyuan absorbed merit into the Treasure Dropping Golden Coin, transforming it into a supreme innate merit treasure, and enlarged his Golden Wheel of Heavenly Dao Merit.
• The Six Saints learned that Little Yinglong was connected to the Human Sovereign and that Cangyuan would become involved in the Human Sovereign’s reign.
• Jiang Shinian passed the Co-Lord position to Xuanyuan and warned him that ambitious tribes might challenge his authority; Xuanyuan vowed to unite the Human Race.
• Tingyao received merit for her inventions and rose from True Immortal to Great Luo Golden Immortal.
• Zhenyuanzi visited Jiang Shinian at the Human Race Martial Dao Sacred Hall and continued to regard him as Hongyun.

Chiyou strengthened the Jiuli Tribe and recovered Tiger Soul before defeating two Great Luo Golden Immortal Iron-Eating Beasts and naming them Da Meng and Xiao Meng. As Xuanyuan began conquering the tribes, Chiyou chose to wait until Xuanyuan had gathered them under his rule, then planned to defeat him and claim the gains for himself.

• Chiyou developed the Jiuli Tribe's agriculture and army, built up its forces, and reached Great Luo Golden Immortal strength in both body and Martial Dao.
• Tiger Soul returned to Chiyou, who celebrated the recovery of the weapon he had lost in battle.
• Chiyou defeated one of two Iron-Eating Beasts and subdued both, naming them Da Meng and Xiao Meng and assigning Da Meng as his mount and Xiao Meng as his pet.
• After a subordinate reported that Xuanyuan had begun conquering the tribes, Chiyou ordered the Jiuli Tribe to hold back and wait until Xuanyuan had subdued them before attacking.
• Chiyou ordered more copper mining, equipment smelting, and food stockpiling while he continued cultivating toward Perfected Great Luo Golden Immortal.

After ten years of campaigns, Xuanyuan had subdued nearly all the Human Race, but Chiyou rejected his demand to surrender and marched the Jiuli army into the Central Plains. At Zhuolu, Chiyou challenged Xuanyuan to face one million troops with whatever force he chose, while Primordial Lord of Heaven sent Chijingzi with bronze-smelting techniques to help Xuanyuan.

• Xuanyuan sent Chiyou a Surrender Letter, and Chiyou ordered the ten-million-strong Jiuli army to march out of Dongyi.
• Guangchengzi warned Xuanyuan that Chiyou might be connected to the powerful Great Witch of the same name, and Xuanyuan mustered twenty million troops.
• The Human Race Martial Dao Sacred Hall forbade immortals from fighting in the armies, and the two forces met at Zhuolu.
• Chiyou taunted Xuanyuan, then offered to fight with one million troops against whatever force Xuanyuan chose.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven judged that Chiyou's superior bronze equipment would give him the advantage and sent Chijingzi to deliver bronze-smelting techniques to Xuanyuan.

Chiyou’s million cavalry defeated Xuanyuan’s much larger army at Zhuolu, and Xuanyuan lost confidence after the rout. Guangchengzi tried to encourage him as the two sides regrouped for another battle.

• Primordial Lord of Heaven began refining a supreme treasure from the Shoushan Copper Xuandu brought him.
• Chiyou’s million cavalry overwhelmed Xuanyuan’s twenty million soldiers with superior armor and weapons, inflicting heavy losses.
• Chiyou defeated Guangchengzi’s Male-Female Twin Swords and Soul-Dropping Bell, forcing Xuanyuan’s army to retreat.
• Chiyou’s forces pursued the retreating army, then withdrew after winning the first battle; he spared five hundred thousand prisoners and ordered them to farm in Dongyi.
• Xuanyuan despaired over his defeat and Guangchengzi began explaining why he had lost.

After repeated defeats, Xuanyuan improved the Central Plains Army’s weapons and armor while holding Chiyou at Zhuolu Plain. When the Chan Sect’s Twelve Golden Immortals attacked Dongyi’s mortal soldiers, Chiyou retreated with his army, and the Golden Immortals incurred the Heavenly Dao’s killing tribulation.

• Xuanyuan identified Dongyi’s superior armor, weapons, and demonic horses as the reasons for the Central Plains Army’s defeat, and Guangchengzi promised improved smelting techniques from Primal Beginning Saint.
• Xuanyuan began producing copper equipment and chain blades while holding Chiyou back, but his army lost five battles over the next two and a half years.
• Guangchengzi and the Kunlun Eleven Golden Immortals fought Chiyou, while the Chan Sect Twelve Golden Immortals relied on spiritual treasures to keep him occupied.
• Daoist Tianzun attacked Dongyi’s cavalry with the Demon Subduing Pestle, killing fifty thousand soldiers, and Qingxu Daode Zhenjun and Puxian Zhenren also struck at Chiyou’s army.
• Chiyou drove back Daoist Tianzun, deflected Qingxu Daode Zhenjun’s attack, and ordered the Dongyi Army to retreat as the Twelve Golden Immortals continued killing its soldiers.
• All twelve Chan Sect Golden Immortals stained their hands with the blood of Human Race mortals, and the Heavenly Dao began brewing their killing tribulation.

Jiu Feng and the Great Witches joined Chiyou at Zhuolu, where his sixth battle against Xuanyuan began. As the Chan Teach Twelve Golden Immortals confronted Chiyou, Xing Tian attacked Taiyi Zhenren, but Zhao Gongming intervened and blocked the blow.

• Jiu Feng, Xing Tian, Xiang Liu, Feng Bo Yu Shi, and Kuafu left the Netherworld Underworld to assist Chiyou, who welcomed them into his camp.
• Chiyou agreed to fight alongside the Great Witches and said he would use the Human Race's Destiny to replenish the Witch Race's destiny if he became Human Sovereign.
• One month later, Chiyou and Xuanyuan assembled their armies for their sixth battle on the Zhuolu Plain, and Chiyou challenged the Chan Sect Golden Immortals.
• Xuanyuan warned the Chan Teach Twelve Golden Immortals not to slaughter mortal soldiers, and Guangchengzi reminded them that violating the Martial Dao Sacred Hall's rules could turn the Four Ancestors Two Emperors against them.
• The Chan Teach Twelve Golden Immortals confronted Chiyou, while Xing Tian's Battle Axe struck at Taiyi Zhenren and Zhao Gongming blocked it with five precious pearls.

Zhao Gongming and the disciples of the Human and Jie Sects confronted the Witch Race Great Witches as the battle between Xuanyuan and Chiyou reached a stalemate. Tongtian and Yuanshi arranged for both sides to withdraw and planned to help Xuanyuan overcome Chiyou’s superior treasure and mount.

• Zhao Gongming recalled his five Innate Spiritual Pearls, then fought Xing Tian while the other Great Witches and disciples of the Three Teachings faced off.
• Xuandu and Duobao explained that they had come to stop the Great Witches from helping Chiyou claim the Human Sovereign position.
• Taiqing Laozi said Chiyou had chosen the wrong path by favoring the Witch Race over the Human Race.
• Houtu argued with Primordial Lord of Heaven, then agreed to withdraw the Great Witches if the Three Teachings’ disciples also withdrew.
• Tongtian told Yuanshi that Xuanyuan could match Chiyou in cultivation, and Yuanshi revealed that he had forged a supreme treasure to restrain Tiger Soul.
• Tongtian and Yuanshi discussed Yinglong as a possible match for Chiyou’s Iron-Eating Beast, and Yuanshi asked Tongtian to seek Cangyuan’s help.

Guangchengzi gave Xuanyuan the Xuanyuan Sword, forged by three Saints to counter Chiyou’s Tiger Soul, and promised him a mount to face the Iron-Eating Beast. Cangyuan refused to let Little Yinglong become Xuanyuan’s mount and chose Golden Crow Prince Lu Ya instead.

• After the armies withdrew from Zhuolu, Guangchengzi presented Xuanyuan with a sword forged by Taiqing, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Tongtian to help him defeat Chiyou.
• Xuanyuan named the treasure the Xuanyuan Sword and gained confidence that he could face Chiyou once their weapons and mounts were matched.
• Guangchengzi told Xuanyuan that a mount capable of contending with the Iron-Eating Beast would arrive soon.
• Cangyuan considered the proposal to make Little Yinglong Xuanyuan’s mount but refused to send her into battle.
• The system offered Cangyuan three possible mounts, and he chose Golden Crow Prince Lu Ya.

Cangyuan sent Lu Ya to help Xuanyuan defeat Chiyou and repay part of the demon clan’s karma to the Human Race. Lu Ya arrived at Zhuolu Plain as a Human Race Protector Golden Crow, where he fought the Iron-Eating Beast while Xuanyuan resumed battling Chiyou.

• Cangyuan summoned Lu Ya and ordered him to serve as Xuanyuan’s mount, help defeat Chiyou, and aid Xuanyuan in claiming the Position of Human Sovereign.
• Lu Ya agreed to repay the demon clan’s debt to the Human Race and set out for Zhuolu Plain with Cangyuan’s help.
• Lu Ya’s return to the Prehistoric World as a Three-Legged Golden Crow shocked the Saints and delighted the surviving demon clan.
• At Zhuolu Plain, Xuanyuan struggled against Chiyou and the Iron-Eating Beast after his Dragon Scale Horse was killed.
• Lu Ya struck the Iron-Eating Beast and introduced himself to Xuanyuan as the Human Race Protector Golden Crow, then began fighting the beast as Xuanyuan faced Chiyou again.
• Tongtian suspected Cangyuan had arranged Lu Ya’s connection to the Sect of Interception, while Zhunti accused Tongtian of taking the Golden Crow.

The demon clan remnants accepted Lu Ya’s role as Xuanyuan’s mount as atonement for their past slaughter of the Human Race, while Xuanyuan and Chiyou withdrew after an inconclusive month-long battle. As the Central Plains Army struggled against Dongyi’s superior tactics, Lu Ya advised Xuanyuan to find a skilled strategist, and Guangchengzi thought of someone.

• Zhunti grieved that Tongtian had taken Lu Ya from the Western Teach, while Chang Xi watched Lu Ya fight and remembered her sister.
• Bai Ze stopped Ci Tie from trying to rescue Lu Ya, explaining that the Sixth Prince was repaying the demon clan’s Karma and ordering the survivors to lie low.
• The Three Ancestors and Two Emperors observed Lu Ya’s fight, and Primordial Lord of Heaven approved of his help to Xuanyuan.
• Xuanyuan and Chiyou fought for nearly a month before withdrawing their armies, though the Central Plains Army remained at a disadvantage.
• Lu Ya advised Xuanyuan to seek a capable strategist who could improve the Central Plains Army’s formations and tactics, and Guangchengzi thought of someone.

Guangchengzi brought Nine Heavens Profound Lady to help Xuanyuan fight Chiyou, and her strategies turned the tide in several battles. Xuanyuan’s army gained major victories, but Chiyou’s forces raised an impenetrable fog that left the next battle in doubt.

• Guangchengzi told Xuanyuan about Nine Heavens Profound Lady’s military skills, then traveled to Heavenly Court and invited her to assist him.
• Nine Heavens Profound Lady led Xuanyuan’s army in an ambush that annihilated Chiyou’s two hundred thousand cavalry, despite heavy losses among Xuanyuan’s infantry.
• Xuanyuan urged Chiyou to surrender, but Chiyou refused and challenged him to give up instead.
• Nine Heavens Profound Lady used the Eight Trigrams Military Formation and the Kui Drum Heart-Shaking Technique to defeat Chiyou’s army repeatedly, forcing it to retreat across Zhuolu.
• A general reported that a strange fog had trapped Xuanyuan’s troops, and Lu Ya suspected Feng Bo Yu Shi had enabled Chiyou’s army to create it.

Xuanyuan built the South-Pointing Chariot to guide his army through Chiyou's fog, then used it and Lu Ya's fire to rout Chiyou's forces. At the edge of Zhuolu Plain, Chiyou sent his generals back to Dongyi and chose to lead one final charge against Xuanyuan.

• Xuanyuan realized that a direction-finding device could overcome the fog and built the South-Pointing Chariot, then ordered craftsmen to make more.
• Two and a half months later, Chiyou's army raised the fog and withdrew, but Xuanyuan's soldiers followed their chariots into it and attacked from behind.
• Lu Ya transformed into the Great Sun, evaporated the water, and dispersed the fog, allowing Xuanyuan's army to pursue Chiyou's forces for five thousand li, killing one million and capturing three million.
• At the edge of Zhuolu Plain, Chiyou rejected his generals' pleas to return to Dongyi and told them to go home while he settled the war with Xuanyuan.
• When a general asked Chiyou to lead one final charge, Chiyou agreed and rallied his soldiers to fight.

Chiyou fought Xuanyuan for the position of Human Sovereign, but a mistaken mount choice let Xuanyuan defeat him. After Chiyou surrendered, Xuanyuan told him that he lost because he had never truly regarded himself as part of the Human Race.

• Chiyou mistook Xiao Meng for Da Meng and rode Xiao Meng into the decisive battle against Xuanyuan.
• Chiyou and Xuanyuan agreed to treat the Central Plains and Dongyi people as fellow humans after unification, then began their duel above Zhuolu Plain.
• Xiao Meng grew frightened of Xuanyuan's Three-Legged Golden Crow, and her front legs went weak, throwing Chiyou from her back.
• Xuanyuan held his sword to Chiyou's neck, and Chiyou admitted defeat and ordered the Nine Li Tribe to surrender.
• Xuanyuan explained that Chiyou lost because he had never truly held the Human Race in his heart, and Chiyou accepted the lesson.

After the Battle of Zhuolu ended with Xuanyuan’s victory and the unification of the Human Territory, Cangyuan created a powerful Dragon God Realm Incarnation and brought Cangjie to Mount Tai to establish the Literary Dao. The Heavenly Dao and Humanity Path witnessed Cangjie begin creating characters for the Human Race.

• Xuanyuan sealed Chiyou’s cultivation, took him to the Human Race Martial Dao Sacred Hall, and accepted Chiyou’s surrendered soldiers, unifying the Human Territory and increasing the Human Race’s Destiny.
• By the Wei River, Cangyuan completed his eighth World Incarnation using the Chaos Dragon God’s origin and Essence Blood, creating a Quasi-Saint with the power to fight a Sub-Saint.
• Cangyuan decided to visit the Phoenix Clan and Kirin Clan after the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors era, then merged the Dragon God Realm Incarnation into its realm.
• After learning the Battle of Zhuolu had ended, Cangyuan took Cangjie to Mount Tai, where Cangjie declared he would create three thousand Primordial Characters and establish the Literary Dao.
• The Heavenly Dao and Humanity Path appeared to witness Cangjie, who began writing the character for “human.”