Chapter Summaries

Cangyuan raised Gun’s reborn son Yu and sent him to control the floods, where Yu began a vast project to dredge rivers and divert water toward the sea. After twenty years of work, Yu’s team reached the Huai River, where they feared a rumored Three-headed Flood Dragon might appear.

• Cangyuan recovered Gun’s flood-control notes, waited three years for Human Sovereign Purple Qi to gestate, and brought the infant Yu out of Gun’s body.
• Cangyuan raised Yu on Mount Yu, taught him the Supreme Purity Immortal Method and Gun’s flood-control knowledge, then lent him the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler before sending him to help the Human Race.
• Yu surveyed the Human Territory, told Emperor Shun he had a 98% chance of resolving the floods, and became chief engineer of flood control.
• Yu organized workers to dredge rivers, dig the Nine Rivers, divert floodwaters toward the sea, and relocate or drive out beings living in the mountains along the routes.
• After twenty years, Yu’s engineering team reached the Huai River, where a worker warned him about rumors of a Three-headed Flood Dragon.

Haotian awakened from his tribulation, captured the Three-headed Flood Dragon, and returned to the Heavenly Court with his newly named sister Yaoji. Da Yu completed the flood-control effort after twenty-five years, earning such prestige that Emperor Shun reaffirmed his promise to abdicate the Human Race's leadership to him.

• The Three-headed Flood Dragon emerged from the Huai River, but Haotian awakened in the nearby Human Race tribe and seized the dragon before it could obstruct Yu’s work.
• Cangyuan congratulated Haotian on completing his tribulation, and Haotian returned to the Heavenly Court with his twin younger sister, whom he renamed Yaoji.
• With the Huai River cleared, Yu continued controlling the floods, married Nü Jiao of the Tushan Tribe, and passed his home three times without entering while she raised their son, Qi.
• After twenty-five years, Yu opened the channels that carried the floodwaters into the East Sea, and the Human Race celebrated his success.
• Emperor Shun praised Da Yu and reminded him that whoever controlled the floods would inherit the position of Co-Lord of the Human Race.

Emperor Shun abdicated in favor of Da Yu, then received merit and reached Mid Quasi-Saint as Holy Mother Guiling became the Jie Sect’s fifth Quasi-Saint. Da Yu later convened the tribes on Mount Tu and won their support for abolishing tribal rule and founding a unified state, causing the Human Race’s destiny to surge.

• Emperor Shun pressed Da Yu onto the Co-Lord’s throne, and Da Yu accepted leadership of the Human Race as Emperor Shun abdicated.
• At the Fengshan ceremony on Mount Tai, Sect Master Tongtian praised Emperor Shun’s reign, and Heavenly Dao Merit raised Emperor Shun to Mid Quasi-Saint while Holy Mother Guiling attained Quasi-Saint.
• Sect Master Tongtian proposed a Three Sects’ Discourse on the Dao one Yuanhui later, while Zhunti and Jieyin declined to attend.
• Two hundred years into Da Yu’s reign, he summoned more than a million tribal leaders to Mount Tu and proposed abolishing tribes to establish a unified dynasty and state.
• The tribal leaders agreed, and Da Yu ordered the Nine Provinces to contribute metal for the Nine Provinces Tripods, causing the Human Race’s destiny to surge.

Da Yu forged the Nine Provinces Tripods, united the Human Race, and declared the founding of Great Xia as the Heavenly Dao unleashed a lightning trial. The Three Sovereigns, Five Emperors, Five Ancestors, Chiyou, and Cangyuan blocked the first forty-eight bolts, leaving Da Yu to face the final one himself.

• The Saints borrowed the Heavenly Dao's power to see Da Yu divide the Human Race into Nine Provinces and forge nine bronze tripods.
• Da Yu used the Kongtong Seal to declare the founding of Great Xia, prompting the Heavenly Dao to summon tribulation clouds and Purple Firmament Divine Thunder.
• The Three Sovereigns, Five Emperors, Five Ancestors, Chiyou, and Cangyuan appeared beside Da Yu, and Cangyuan urged Chiyou to stop provoking the Heavenly Dao.
• Chiyou, Fuxi, Jiang Shennian, Xuanyuan, and the other Human Race leaders successively blocked the first forty-eight bolts of divine thunder.
• Cangyuan told Di Yu to handle the final bolt himself, and Zhunti accused Tongtian of scheming after hearing Di Yu call Cangyuan Father.

Da Yu established the Xia Dynasty after the Nine Provinces Grand Formation withstood the final heavenly tribulation, and the Human Race’s destiny and merit surged. Cangyuan completed his mission and received the World Destroying Black Lotus, then left Da Yu to return to the Jie Sect, only to find himself back at Nuwa Palace.

• Zhunti demanded two Innate Spiritual Treasures from Tongtian, while the other Saints accused Tongtian of secretly arranging for Jie Sect to claim Emperor Yu.
• Da Yu summoned the destiny of the Nine Provinces through the Nine Provinces Tripods, and the Nine Provinces Grand Formation withstood the Purple Firmament Divine Thunder.
• The Human Race united under Da Yu, its destiny soared, and merit raised Da Yu’s cultivation to the Sub-Saint realm as he established the Xia Dynasty.
• Cangyuan received the World Destroying Black Lotus from the System after completing his Choice Mission.
• After Da Yu resumed governing the Human Race, Cangyuan said he would return to the Jie Sect, but he suddenly found himself back at Nuwa Palace.

Rahu lost his World Destroying Black Lotus when it was abducted to Cangyuan Realm, while Nuwa asked Cangyuan whether she should give up her Heavenly Dao Saint Fruit Position and merge with the Humanity Path. Cangyuan questioned why she had not helped the Human Race during the Witch-Demon era, and Nuwa began explaining that she had set up a Clan Protection Restriction for them.

• Rahu considered waiting until he reached Hunyuan Taichu before challenging Hongjun, but his World Destroying Black Lotus vanished and he accused other powerful beings of stealing it.
• The World Destroying Black Lotus appeared in Cangyuan Realm, where five treasures surrounded it and persuaded it to stop releasing demonic qi.
• Nuwa brought Cangyuan to Nuwa Palace and asked whether she should abandon the Heavenly Dao and merge with the Humanity Path.
• Cangyuan's system offered the same God-Slaying Spear reward for either advising Nuwa to merge with the Humanity Path or to maintain the status quo.
• Cangyuan asked why Nuwa had not intervened when the early Human Race was persecuted, and Nuwa replied that she had established a Clan Protection Restriction for them.

Cangyuan urged Nuwa to join with the Humanity Path, and she renounced her Heavenly Dao Saint Fruit Position without losing her Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal power. The Heavenly Dao tried to punish her, but Humanity Path shielded her, and Kun Kun realized Nuwa’s Primordial Violet Qi might now be available to him.

• Nuwa explained that she had protected the Human Race by restricting powerful beings from attacking them while allowing the race to choose its own path.
• Cangyuan thanked Nuwa, asked what joining the Humanity Path would change, and advised her to become its Dao Lord.
• Nuwa announced that she renounced her Heavenly Dao Saint Fruit Position, removed the Primordial Violet Qi from herself, and reclaimed her entrusted Primordial Spirit.
• The Heavenly Dao manifested its Heavenly Punishment Eye and gathered Purple Firmament Divine Thunder, but Humanity Path sheltered Nuwa until both supreme wills withdrew.
• Nuwa returned to Nuwa Palace as a Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal, while Kun Kun wondered whether her Primordial Violet Qi gave him a chance to attain the Dao.

After Nuwa gave up her Saint position, Hongjun awarded the freed Primordial Violet Qi to Haotian, leaving Styx to abandon hopes of sainthood and pursue the Law of Slaughter. The conflict between the Heavenly Dao and Humanity Path subsided, and the host received the God-Slaying Spear.

• Kun Kun, Zhenyuanzi, and Queen Mother of the West each reacted to the newly available Primordial Violet Qi, while Queen Mother of the West considered seeking help from the Jie Sect Vice Sect Master.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven, Taiqing, and the Jie Sect Master considered Nuwa's choice to abandon her Saint position and the possibility of integrating with a Dao.
• Zhunti and Jieyin set out to plead with Hongjun for the Primordial Violet Qi, while Hongjun appeared before Nuwa and then sent the strand to Haotian.
• Haotian thanked Hongjun for the Primordial Violet Qi, and Hongjun urged him to achieve sainthood and complete the Heavenly Dao.
• Styx, enraged that Hongjun had overlooked him, abandoned hope of sainthood and resolved to attain the Dao through the Law of Slaughter.
• The Heavenly Dao withdrew its attempt to punish Nuwa, and the host received the God-Slaying Spear as a mission reward.

Rahu blamed Hongjun when the World Destroying Black Lotus and God-Slaying Spear vanished, while Cangyuan collected the spear and borrowed Nuwa’s Qiankun Cauldron. Back on Three Immortal Island, Cangyuan cultivated lotus treasures for Xiao Bai’s future path to Hunyuan Great Luo and began raising World Destroying Black Lotus seeds.

• Rahu accused Hongjun of stealing his lotus throne, discovered that his God-Slaying Spear had disappeared too, and ordered his army to invade the Prehistoric World.
• In the Cangyuan Realm, the surrounding treasures defeated the God-Slaying Spear until it submitted, while the Qiankun Cauldron arrived and confronted it over their past.
• Nuwa told Cangyuan she would merge with the Humanity Path and lent him the Qiankun Cauldron, which he stored in the Cangyuan Realm.
• On his way back to Three Immortal Island, Cangyuan reflected that the Human Race could develop steadily and resolved to reach Hunyuan Great Luo before the Investiture of the Gods War.
• Cangyuan found that twelve Merit Golden Lotuses and twelve Karma Red Lotuses had matured, then collected them as part of the Three Corpses cultivation path he had planned for Xiao Bai.
• Cangyuan confiscated the World Destroying Black Lotus seeds and placed them on the Three Lights Divine Water Lake to mature.

Cangyuan arranged for Duobao to reverse-refine lotus platforms and craft Star Banners, then watched Bai Lianxin smoothly attain the Quasi-Saint realm. As Cangyuan began cultivating with Pangu Essence Blood, Great Xia shifted from abdication to hereditary rule when Bo Yi yielded the throne to Da Yu’s son Qi.

• Cangyuan asked Duobao to reverse-refine twenty-four lotus platforms and forge Star Banners, providing the materials and refining method.
• Cangyuan returned to Chaos Three Immortal Island, observed Yunxiao’s progress toward Golden Immortal of the Origin, and told Bai Lianxin she could attain the Quasi-Saint realm.
• Bai Lianxin severed her Good Thought and entrusted it to her twelve Third Grade Innate White Lotuses, smoothly reaching the Quasi-Saint realm before leaving to join Bixiao and Qiongxiao.
• Cangyuan strengthened the Sky-Covering Array, swallowed a drop of Pangu Essence Blood, and cultivated the Nine Revolutions Profound Origin Art.
• Da Yu returned to the Martial Dao Sacred Hall and passed Great Xia’s rulership to Bo Yi, but Bo Yi later yielded to Da Yu’s son Qi and withdrew to Mount Qi, beginning hereditary rule among the Human Race.

Cangyuan refined two drops of Pangu Essence Blood, gaining a Destruction-law World Incarnation, then learned how the Xia Dynasty lost and later restored its rule. The chapter ended with Shao Kang arriving at the Human Sovereign Hall and beating Tai Kang.

• Cangyuan completed his cultivation, created an Ancestral Witch World Incarnation with the Law of Destruction, and resolved to attain Hunyuan Great Luo as soon as possible.
• Cangyuan learned that Si Qi had ruled the Xia Dynasty, passed the throne to Tai Kang, and later argued with Tai Kang after Houyi seized the capital.
• Houyi backed Zhong Kang and then Xiang as puppet rulers; Han Zhuo killed Houyi, and his son Jiao killed Xiang, interrupting Xia Dynasty rule.
• Shao Kang was born after Xiang's death, grew up with the Zhengrong Clan and Zhengyu Clan, defeated Han Zhuo and his sons, and restored the Xia Dynasty.
• Five hundred years later, Shao Kang passed the throne to Mao and beat Tai Kang at the Human Sovereign Hall.

Cangyuan chose not to interfere with Yaoji’s pursuit of the escaped Three-headed Flood Dragon, while the Heavenly Dao shielded them from the Calamity of the Mortal World. After the flood dragon crushed Yaoji’s Immortal Heart, Yang Tianyou tried to save her by tearing out his own heart.

• Cangyuan chose to let the Three Yangs of Heavenly Mandate be born and sensed Queen Mother of the West arriving at Chaos Three Immortal Island.
• The Three-headed Flood Dragon escaped from Lingxiao Treasure Hall, and Yaoji chased it into the Human Race’s lands.
• The Three-headed Flood Dragon pierced Yaoji’s chest, crushed her Immortal Heart, and fled.
• Yang Tianyou found the dying Yaoji on Peach Mountain and asked the Earth Deity how to save her.
• Yang Tianyou tore out his own heart after the Earth Deity suggested replacing Yaoji’s Immortal Heart with a Mortal Heart.

Yaoji and Yang Tianyou had three children, Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan, who were born with Heavenly Mandate. Cangyuan and Yunxiao took them as disciples, and after their hidden destiny was revealed, the Heavenly Court and several Saints moved to claim or retrieve them.

• Yaoji gave birth to Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan, whose existence the Heavenly Dao concealed for thirteen years.
• Cangyuan took Yang Jiao and Yang Jian as Personal Disciples, while Yunxiao accepted Yang Chan as her Personal Disciple.
• The Three Yangs’ aura became visible, alerting the Five Saints and the Heavenly Court to Yaoji’s relationship with Yang Tianyou and their children.
• Yaochi ordered Tian Peng to bring Yaoji back, while Xuandu instructed Tian Peng to bring the children to the Ren Sect.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven sent True Lord Yu Ding to claim Yang Jian for the Chan Sect, while Tongtian chose not to intervene and Zhunti prepared to approach the children in disguise as Daoist Ku Chazi.

Tian Peng and True Lord Yu Ding arrived at Peach Mountain to take Yaoji and her children, but Daoist Ku Chazi intervened with overwhelming force. A black-robed figure appeared to protect the family and matched Ku Chazi’s strike, leaving him shocked to recognize Cangyuan.

• Daoist Ku Chazi left Mount Sumeru after Jieyin and Zhunti sent him to recruit the Three Yangs as protectors.
• Tian Peng and True Lord Yu Ding entered Human Territory and confronted Yaoji’s family at Peach Mountain.
• Yang Chan, Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Tianyou challenged Tian Peng, who hesitated to act because they were in Human Territory.
• True Lord Yu Ding offered to take Yang Jian as his disciple, but Yang Jian refused because he already had a teacher.
• Daoist Ku Chazi shattered the courtyard and reached for Yaoji’s family, but a black-robed figure blocked his attack and was recognized as Cangyuan.

Cangyuan’s Dragon God Realm Incarnation arrived at Peach Mountain and stopped Daoist Ku Chazi from abducting the Three Yangs. After Cangyuan chose to fight for his disciples, the incarnation revealed its Chaos True Dragon form and drove Ku Chazi Beyond the Heavens, where their battle began.

• Cangyuan’s Dragon God Realm Incarnation rescued Yaoji’s family from Daoist Ku Chazi and returned them to Peach Mountain, where Yang Jian, Yang Jiao, and Yang Chan greeted him.
• Cangyuan and Yunxiao appeared, and the others realized that Cangyuan had taken the three children as his disciples; True Lord Yu Ding felt his Master-Disciple Affinity with Yang Jian sever.
• Cangyuan identified Daoist Ku Chazi as Zhunti, but Ku Chazi denied it and insisted he would take the Three Yangs to the Western Teach.
• Daoist Ku Chazi tried to shift everyone to Western Sumeru, but Cangyuan’s incarnation stabilized the space, and Cangyuan chose to fight rather than abandon his disciples.
• Cangyuan’s incarnation manifested the Chaos True Dragon True Form and charged Daoist Ku Chazi, striking him Beyond the Heavens as notable figures across the Prehistoric World sensed the battle.

Cangyuan used his Dragon God Realm Incarnation to test its power against Zhunti’s Good Corpse, Daoist Ku Chazi, while the Chaos True Dragon’s appearance alarmed the Dragon Clan and drew the attention of several powerful figures. After confirming the incarnation could battle a Saint Corpse, Cangyuan prepared to end the fight with a mysterious yellow ruler.

• Ancestor Dragon recognized the Chaos True Dragon’s aura as resembling his former self and sent Zhu Rong to find it.
• Zhu Rong realized the figure atop the Chaos True Dragon looked like Cangyuan and suspected it was his powerful incarnation.
• Tongtian discovered Cangyuan and Yunxiao had taken Yaoji’s three children, and he accepted Primordial Lord of Heaven’s accusation.
• Zhunti empowered Daoist Ku Chazi with his Saintly will, but the Dragon God Realm Incarnation steadily drove him back.
• Cangyuan concluded that the incarnation surpassed a Sub-Saint and could fight a Saint Corpse, then drew a mysterious yellow ruler.

Cangyuan forced Zhunti’s Good Corpse to retreat with the Dragon God Realm Incarnation and the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler, shocking the great powers of the Prehistoric World. After learning that Haotian had received the Primordial Violet Qi, Styx abandoned the Severing Three Corpses method and reached the peak of the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm, then decided to ask Cangyuan for help attaining Hunyuan Great Luo.

• Cangyuan used the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler to overpower Zhunti’s Good Corpse, and Daoist Ku Chazi fled the battle.
• The great powers of the Prehistoric World learned that Cangyuan had forced back a Saint Corpse without his Original Body taking part.
• Zhenyuanzi and the Human Race’s leaders praised Cangyuan’s strength and discussed his ambition to become a Carefree Primordial Immortal.
• Styx grew resentful after the Dao Ancestor gave the Primordial Violet Qi to Haotian instead of him.
• Styx destroyed his three Quasi-Saint Corpses, returned to the Primordial Origin path, and reached the peak of the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm.
• Styx concluded that slaying a Saint was all that remained for him to attain Hunyuan Great Luo and resolved to seek Cangyuan’s help.

Cangyuan and Yunxiao brought Yaoji’s children to the Jie Sect while Yaoji returned to Heaven to face punishment. Tongtian welcomed the three Yang siblings, but his gifts left him clutching his chest and sending Cangyuan away.

• Cangyuan told Yaoji to return to Heaven and accept the Heavenly Rules, reassuring her children that her life would not be in danger.
• Yaoji explained that she could meet Yang Tianyou once each year, while one day in Heaven equaled a year on Earth, and Tian Peng escorted her back to the Heavenly Court.
• Cangyuan and Yunxiao took Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan to the Jie Sect, while Yang Tianyou remained alone on Peach Mountain.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven complained that Tongtian kept drawing promising disciples into the Jie Sect, and Zhunti and Jieyin lamented that the West lacked talent.
• Tongtian gave each of the three Yang siblings an Innate Spiritual Treasure, then clutched his chest and told Cangyuan to leave.

Cangyuan and Yunxiao returned to Chaos Three Immortal Island, where Styx asked Cangyuan to help him hunt a Saint so he could perfect his Law of Slaughter. The System offered Cangyuan a choice between refusing and receiving a One-Third Creation Jade Plate, and Cangyuan chose to hunt a Saint.

• Cangyuan and Yunxiao arrived at Chaos Three Immortal Island and found Styx and Zhu Rong waiting outside his dojo.
• Cangyuan brought Styx and Zhu Rong into the courtyard, where Styx revealed that he wanted to hunt a Saint with Cangyuan.
• Styx chose Zhunti as his target, but Cangyuan pointed out that Zhunti was his uncle master and demanded better payment.
• Styx offered Cangyuan anything he wanted, prompting the System to present a choice between refusing and hunting a Saint.
• Cangyuan chose to hunt a Saint after seeing that the reward was a One-Third Creation Jade Plate.

Cangyuan agreed to help Styx negotiate with a Saint and accepted Zhu Rong’s proposal to bring Ao Cunxin to meet Yang Jian. After Styx and Zhu Rong departed, Cangyuan assigned Yunxiao to guide his younger disciples and reflected on the twelve disciples under his tutelage.

• Cangyuan accepted Styx’s request, while Yunxiao worried that Jieyin and Zhunti could attack him together and decided to alert Tongtian.
• Cangyuan agreed to let Ao Cunxin meet his disciple Yang Jian, and Zhu Rong departed to bring her from the West Sea.
• Styx left to prepare for confronting a Saint, and Zhu Rong left for the West Sea.
• Cangyuan released Little Yinglong, then assigned Yunxiao to guide her, Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and the other young disciples.
• Cangyuan recalled the abilities and responsibilities of his twelve disciples, including Six-Eared Macaque, Lu Ya, Cangjie, and the newly accepted Yang brothers.