Arc 4The Birth of Humanity

Zhou Ming prepared the Witch Clan for cultivation and exposed the Heavenly Dao’s schemes while Di Jun and Taiyi destroyed Kunpeng over his Hongmeng Purple Qi. He helped Nuwa create Humanity, used the moment to attain Hunyuan, and left a human carrying his Primordial Spirit on the East Sea Coast.

  • Zhou Ming revealed that Pangu’s legacy could help the Ancestral Witches attain Hunyuan and sent them to cultivate and seek insight at Buzhou Mountain.
  • The Heavenly Dao and Hongjun planned to prevent the Witch Clan from becoming too powerful, while Di Jun and Taiyi attacked Kunpeng for his Hongmeng Purple Qi.
  • Kunpeng’s Primordial Spirit detonated against his will, killing him and injuring the Demon Clan leaders, who later chose to pursue the Path of Laws instead.
  • Nuwa sought the Creation Cauldron and Nine Heavens Breath Soil from Zhou Ming, and agreed to create one person beyond the Heavenly Dao’s ordained number.
  • Zhou Ming gave Houtu his severed Primordial Spirit and the Dao Origin Divine Pearl, and told her to conceal the extra human while he diverted the Heavenly Dao by attaining Hunyuan.
  • Nuwa created 129,600 humans, and Houtu placed Zhou Ming’s Primordial Spirit into the concealed additional figure as Zhou Ming endured the Heavenly Dao’s lightning strikes.
  • Nuwa’s proclamation drew the Heavenly Dao away from Zhou Ming, who broke through to Hunyuan Grand Unity, while Nuwa received merit and became a Saint.
  • Nuwa promised to protect Humanity and invited the great powers to hear her lecture, while Zhou Ming and the Ancestral Witches returned to Pangu Hall and left the Humans on the East Sea Coast.
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Ch. 76Pangu's Final Legacy

Zhou Ming warned the Ancestral Witches against provoking the Six Sages and urged them to use their one Yuanhui of time to cultivate. He revealed that Pangu’s final legacy could help them comprehend the Hunyuan Great Dao, then assigned duties before sending everyone to prepare for seclusion.

  • Zhou Ming explained that killing the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Jieyin, or Zhunti would bring grave Karma or provoke the Heaven Dao and Hongjun, so the Ancestral Witches abandoned Zhurong’s proposal.
  • Zhou Ming told the Ancestral Witches to cultivate during the precious Yuanhui and said he was confident he could attain Hunyuan after merging with Wu Ming and reaching the peak of the Primordial Golden Immortal realm.
  • Zhou Ming revealed that Pangu’s final legacy held the crucial law insights needed to attain Hunyuan and that each Ancestral Witch could awaken their own legacy by reaching the same cultivation peak.
  • Zhou Ming instructed the Ancestral Witches to visit Buzhou Mountain and communicate with Father God’s will, especially assigning Xuanming and Houtu to take the task seriously.
  • Zhou Ming forbade Zhurong and Gonggong from visiting Buzhou Mountain together and ordered Dijiang and Zhujiuyin to supervise them.
  • Zhou Ming dismissed the Ancestral Witches to prepare for secluded cultivation.

Ch. 77Heaven's Dao Blamed Hongjun

Heaven's Dao and Hongjun argued over their defeat at Buzhou Mountain and revealed that Pangu's law insights could allow the Ancestral Witches to attain Hunyuan. They decided to recover, delay Zhou Ming's progress, and prepare the Six Sages while preventing the Thirteen Ancestral Witches from assembling their full array.

  • Heaven's Dao blamed Hongjun for mishandling the fight at Buzhou Mountain, and Hongjun countered that Heaven's Dao's plans had forced him to battle the Witch Clan.
  • Hongjun suggested bringing the Six Sages into the world early, but Heaven's Dao refused because it would weaken his ability to suppress Zhou Ming.
  • Heaven's Dao revealed that Pangu's inheritance contained the final law insight needed for the Ancestral Witches to attain Hunyuan.
  • Hongjun realized Heaven's Dao had sought to exterminate the Witch Clan because all thirteen Ancestral Witches could become Hunyuan experts.
  • Heaven's Dao planned to delay Zhou Ming, recover from their injuries, and arrange for the Six Sages to prevent the Thirteen Ancestral Witches from forming their complete array.

Ch. 78Di Jun's Scheme

After the Demon Clan’s defeat, Di Jun planned to stabilize his forces and recover before seizing Kunpeng’s Hongmeng Purple Qi to pursue Sainthood. Taiyi agreed to his scheme, and the brothers prepared to handle the clan’s affairs before returning to the Sun Star to heal.

  • Taiyi told Di Jun that the Demon Clan’s heavy casualties and defeat had left its warriors panicked.
  • Di Jun said the Witch Clan had spared them for its own purposes and ordered Bai Ze to pacify the clan while the treasury rewarded its warriors.
  • Di Jun declared that he would accuse Kunpeng of betraying the Demon Clan and seize his Hongmeng Purple Qi, then seek another from Nuwa or the Western pair.
  • Taiyi hesitated over targeting Nuwa and the Dao Ancestor’s disciples, but Di Jun argued that the Dao Ancestor’s wounds gave them time to act.
  • Taiyi agreed to help seize the Hongmeng Purple Qi, and Di Jun sent him to handle the clan’s affairs before they returned to the Sun Star to recuperate.

Ch. 79The Calm Primordial Wilderness

After the Witch Clan’s victory at Buzhou Mountain, Zhou Ming entered seclusion while the Primordial Wilderness fell into an uneasy calm. At Kunlun Mountain, the Three Pure Ones began jointly comprehending Pangu’s Sky-Opening Mark, hoping to uncover the inheritance they had neglected.

  • Zhou Ming visited Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun, then returned to Pangu Hall and entered seclusion to pursue the Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
  • Dijiang, Zhujiuyin, and the other Ancestral Witches secluded themselves to cultivate, while Zhurong and Gonggong traveled the Primordial Wilderness and Houtu and Xuanming returned to Buzhou Mountain.
  • The myriad races of the Primordial Wilderness chose to lie low and enter seclusion after witnessing the Witch Clan defeat the Dao Ancestor and wound the Heavenly Dao.
  • Nuwa brought the devastated Fuxi back to Phoenix Nest Mountain, where she urged him to heal and then began cultivating herself.
  • At Mount Sumeru, Jieyin advised Zhunti to wait and watch rather than provoke the powerful Witch Clan.
  • At Kunlun Mountain, Taiqing, Yuanshi, and Tongtian realized they had neglected Pangu’s Sky-Opening Mark and joined their Divine Thoughts to comprehend it.

Ch. 80Parting on Bad Terms

The Three Pure Ones disagreed over whether to pursue the Laws hidden in Pangu’s Sky-Opening Mark or focus on becoming Saints through the Dao Ancestor’s teachings. Taiqing and Yuanshi agreed to postpone studying the mark until after attaining sainthood, leaving Tongtian uneasy as the brothers went their separate ways.

  • Taiqing and Yuanshi judged the Sky-Opening Mark too difficult to pursue and argued that the Three Pure Ones should prioritize Severing Three Corpses and becoming Saints.
  • Tongtian insisted that Pangu’s inheritance held a deeper power and that the Three Pure Ones could follow the Laws as the Witch Clan had.
  • Taiqing proposed that the brothers first attain sainthood and then study the Sky-Opening Mark together, and Yuanshi agreed.
  • Tongtian accepted his elder brothers’ decision but worried that they might never reunite to comprehend the mark after becoming Saints.
  • Taiqing and Yuanshi left to cultivate, and Tongtian departed alone after sighing in the empty hall.

Ch. 81Emperor Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi Emerge from Seclusion

After recovering from their long seclusion, Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi returned to the Heavenly Court and accused Kunpeng of betraying the Demon Clan by avoiding the decisive battle. Di Jun ordered an expedition to the North Nether to bring Kunpeng back, leaving his fate dependent on whether he submitted.

  • Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi emerged from seclusion on the Sun Star with their injuries healed and their cultivation improved.
  • Di Jun and Taiyi returned to the Heavenly Court, where Bai Ze reported that the Demon Clan had recovered from the previous battle.
  • Di Jun declared Kunpeng a traitor for hiding in the North Nether during the war, and Taiyi rallied the assembled Demon Saints and Demon Gods against him.
  • Di Jun offered to forgive Kunpeng if he returned to the Heavenly Court, but threatened punishment if he refused.
  • Di Jun ordered Taiyi to gather elite Demon Gods and Demon Saints and accompany him to the North Nether to “invite” Kunpeng back.

Ch. 82Surrounding Kunpeng

Di Jun and Taiyi devised a plan to seize Kunpeng’s Hongmeng Purple Qi, then surrounded his North Nether lair and demanded he surrender. Kunpeng refused to open his protective formation, so Di Jun ordered the Demon Clan to attack it with the Lesser Great Formation of the Stars.

  • Di Jun explained to Taiyi that they had summoned the demons to block Kunpeng’s escape and gauge the clan’s attitude toward taking his Hongmeng Purple Qi.
  • Di Jun revealed that he intended to control Kunpeng by binding a wisp of his Innate Primordial Spirit if Kunpeng agreed to return to the Heavenly Court.
  • Di Jun and Taiyi led Bai Ze, Ji Meng, Ying Zhao, and other elite demons to surround Kunpeng’s lair in the North Nether.
  • Kunpeng refused Di Jun’s demands to open his formation, claiming that he was in secluded cultivation.
  • Di Jun ordered the demons to form the Lesser Great Formation of the Stars and break through Kunpeng’s protective formation.

Ch. 83Escape Was Impossible

Di Jun and Taiyi led the Demon Gods in shattering Northern Darkness Palace’s formation and trapping Kunpeng. Kunpeng refused Di Jun’s offer to return to the Heavenly Court and attacked Taiyi, but the encirclement left him badly wounded and desperate.

  • Di Jun and the Demon Gods battered Northern Darkness Palace’s protective formation until it broke, then blocked Kunpeng’s escape with the River Diagram, Luo Script, and their forces.
  • Di Jun accused Kunpeng of abandoning the Demon Clan during the Witch-Demon War and offered to spare him if he returned to the Heavenly Court.
  • Kunpeng denounced Di Jun and Taiyi, accusing them of seeking his Hongmeng Purple Qi, and refused to go with them.
  • Kunpeng attacked Taiyi to break through the encirclement, while Di Jun ordered the Demon Gods to take him down and unleashed the Lesser Great Formation of the Stars.
  • Kunpeng was driven back by the coordinated attacks, suffered mounting injuries, and faced the encirclement with a look of madness and resolve.

Ch. 84Kunpeng "Forced" Self-Destruction

Kunpeng tried to escape Di Jun and Taiyi by sacrificing his Good Corpse, but they blocked the blast and forced him to accept their terms. As Kunpeng prepared to surrender the Hongmeng Purple Qi, it detonated his Primordial Spirit; he died in the explosion, and Di Jun and Taiyi returned to the Heavenly Court without finding the purple qi.

  • Kunpeng self-destructed his Good Corpse to escape, but Di Jun blocked the blast with the River Diagram and Luo Script.
  • Di Jun and Taiyi renewed their attacks, and Kunpeng agreed to return to the Heavenly Court in exchange for his life.
  • Di Jun demanded Kunpeng surrender the Hongmeng Purple Qi and serve the Demon Clan, while Kunpeng refused to give up his Innate Primordial Spirit.
  • As Kunpeng prepared to hand over the Hongmeng Purple Qi, it detonated his Primordial Spirit against his will.
  • The blast broke through the Lesser Great Formation of the Stars, injured Di Jun, Taiyi, and the Demon forces, and annihilated Kunpeng.
  • Di Jun and Taiyi searched for the vanished Hongmeng Purple Qi, then left for the Heavenly Court to discuss its strange disappearance.

Ch. 85Di Jun and Taiyi's Speculation

Di Jun and Taiyi suspected that the Hongmeng Purple Qi had caused Kunpeng’s Primordial Spirit to self-detonate, perhaps under the control of the Heavenly Dao and Dao Ancestor Hongjun. They abandoned their hopes of becoming Saints through the Qi and decided to pursue the Path of Laws instead.

  • Taiyi and Di Jun concluded that Kunpeng’s final cry suggested his Primordial Spirit had self-detonated against his will.
  • Di Jun reasoned that the Hongmeng Purple Qi might remain under the control of the Heavenly Dao and Dao Ancestor Hongjun, who may have used it to kill Kunpeng and prevent them from obtaining it.
  • Di Jun told Taiyi that the Hongmeng Purple Qi was likely a trap and that they could not safely seek Sainthood through it.
  • Di Jun proposed that they follow the Path of Laws like the Witch Clan and Zhou Ming, and Taiyi agreed.
  • Di Jun ordered Taiyi to spread the story that Kunpeng had chosen to self-detonate, while keeping their suspicion about the Hongmeng Purple Qi secret.
  • Di Jun and Taiyi decided to recover from their injuries, then cultivate laws and comprehend the Great Dao of Laws.

Ch. 86Di Jun and Taiyi Enter Seclusion

After Kunpeng died during the struggle over his Hongmeng Purple Qi, Di Jun and Taiyi entered seclusion, leaving the other holders of the Qi fearful and baffled. Tens of thousands of years later, they still had not emerged or attacked anyone else, and Nuwa and Fuxi could only wait and wonder whether the brothers had abandoned their plans.

  • After Kunpeng's death, the Primordial Wilderness doubted the Heavenly Court's claim that his Hongmeng Purple Qi had vanished, and the other holders feared Di Jun and Taiyi would target them.
  • Fuxi went to the Heavenly Court to question Di Jun and Taiyi, but Bai Ze told him that both had entered seclusion and would likely remain there for tens of thousands of years.
  • Fuxi returned to Phoenix Nest Mountain and told Nuwa that he had been unable to learn Di Jun and Taiyi's intentions.
  • Tens of thousands of years passed without Di Jun and Taiyi appearing or attacking anyone else, and rumors spread about their sudden inactivity.
  • Nuwa and Fuxi discussed the brothers' continued silence and decided to wait longer to see whether they had given up on the remaining Hongmeng Purple Qi.

Ch. 87Zhou Ming Emerges from Seclusion

Zhou Ming emerged from seclusion and revealed that he could attain Hunyuan whenever he wanted, but planned to wait until a personal matter was resolved. After hearing about the Demon Clan’s strange retreat, he led his siblings to the summit of Buzhou Mountain to visit Pangu together.

  • Zhou Ming emerged from seclusion, teased the Twelve Ancestor Witches by claiming he had not attained Hunyuan, then revealed he could do so whenever he wanted.
  • Zhou Ming told the Twelve Ancestor Witches that an unresolved matter weighed on his heart, though it did not prevent him from attaining Hunyuan.
  • Dijiang reported that Kunpeng had self-detonated after Di Jun and Taiyi attacked him for his Hongmeng Purple Qi, and that the two Demon Clan leaders had since remained in seclusion while their clan lowered its banners.
  • Zhou Ming judged the Demon Clan’s behavior suspicious but told the Twelve Ancestor Witches to focus on building their strength.
  • Houtu and the other Ancestor Witches asked to accompany Zhou Ming to pay their respects to Pangu, and he agreed to lead them to Buzhou Mountain’s summit.

Ch. 88Yuanhui

After a Yuanhui of peace, Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao planned the Six Sages’ emergence, Houtu’s transformation into Reincarnation, and a war intended to weaken the Witch Clan. Nuwa felt compelled to travel the Primordial Wilderness and left Phoenix Nest Mountain after reassuring Fuxi.

  • Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao agreed to begin arranging for the Six Sages to emerge after Hongjun’s injuries healed.
  • Hongjun said Nuwa could negotiate with Zhou Ming for what she needed to prove the Dao, but he worried that Houtu would not willingly transform into Reincarnation while the Primordial Wilderness remained peaceful.
  • The Heavenly Dao proposed starting an Immortal-Monster War to provoke Houtu’s compassion and later having the Three Pure Ones fight the Witch Clan.
  • The Heavenly Dao promised Hongjun greater authority and ordered him to Unify with Dao after the Six Sages emerged, Reincarnation was established, and the Primordial Wilderness’s order stabilized.
  • Nuwa felt an irresistible urge to travel, told Fuxi she would go alone, and left Phoenix Nest Mountain after he asked her to return soon.

Ch. 89Nuwa Travels the Primordial Wilderness

Nuwa realized that creating a new race could earn her the merit needed to attain Sainthood, but her attempts with ordinary materials failed. Convinced she needed the Creation Cauldron and Nine Heavens Breath Soil held by the Witch Clan, she set out for Buzhou Mountain after obtaining Three Lights Divine Water from Yuanshi.

  • While wandering along the East Sea Coast, Nuwa realized she could create a race of living beings and sensed that doing so could let her attain Sainthood.
  • Nuwa molded clay figures and infused them with the Power of Creation, but she could not give them intelligence.
  • Nuwa concluded that she needed the Creation Cauldron and Nine Heavens Breath Soil, and blamed Zhou Ming and the Witch Clan for keeping them from her.
  • Nuwa decided to ask Yuanshi for Three Lights Divine Water before confronting Zhou Ming at Buzhou Mountain.
  • At Kunlun Mountain, Nuwa told the Three Pure Ones that she planned to create living beings, and Yuanshi gave her a jade bottle of Three Lights Divine Water.
  • Nuwa thanked Yuanshi, left Kunlun Mountain, and flew toward Buzhou Mountain.

Ch. 90Zhou Ming: The Time Had Come

Nuwa visited Zhou Ming at Pangu Hall to demand the Creation Cauldron and Nine Heavens Breath Soil, which she needed to create humanity and attain Sainthood. Zhou Ming admitted he might return them for a price, leaving Nuwa waiting to hear his terms.

  • Nuwa arrived at Pangu Hall, and Zhou Ming recognized that she was about to begin creating humanity.
  • Zhou Ming welcomed Nuwa with the Twelve Ancestral Witches and pretended not to know why she had come.
  • Nuwa demanded the Creation Cauldron and Nine Heavens Breath Soil, accusing Zhou Ming of arranging matters to control her path to Sainthood.
  • The Twelve Ancestral Witches reacted with alarm and opposed handing Nuwa the treasures.
  • Zhou Ming said he might return the two items, then asked Nuwa what price she would pay.

Ch. 91You're Kidding

Nuwa negotiated with Zhou Ming to borrow the Witch Clan’s Nine Heavens Breath Soil and Creation Cauldron in exchange for returning the soil’s remainder and surrendering her Red Embroidered Ball. Zhou Ming then demanded she create one extra human beyond Heaven’s ordained number, leaving Nuwa struggling to refuse without losing his help.

  • Nuwa agreed to return the leftover Nine Heavens Breath Soil and give the Witch Clan her Red Embroidered Ball for use of the Creation Cauldron.
  • Nuwa told Zhou Ming she planned to create the Human Race, whose ordained number was one hundred twenty-nine thousand six hundred.
  • Zhou Ming urged Nuwa to create one additional human, and Nuwa realized he was asking her to defy the Heavenly Dao.
  • Nuwa warned that the extra human could bring Heavenly Dao punishment, but Zhou Ming suggested it would be too late to intervene after merit descended.
  • When Nuwa refused, Zhou Ming threatened to cancel the deal and accused her of lacking sincerity.
  • Nuwa swallowed her anger and pleaded with Zhou Ming not to be angry, saying the request was too difficult.

Ch. 92Free Information

Zhou Ming persuaded Nuwa to create an additional human, assuring her that he could divert the Heavenly Dao’s attention, and offered her advice about using merit to advance her cultivation. Nuwa agreed but reserved the right to abandon the plan if Zhou Ming could not protect her, and she remained suspicious of his claims about merging the Three Corpses.

  • Nuwa agreed to create the 129,601st human after Zhou Ming promised to draw the Heavenly Dao’s attention away, but stipulated that she could abandon the plan if he failed.
  • Zhou Ming told Nuwa that the merit from creating the Human Race could let her sever her Third Corpse, and he assured her that enough merit would remain for her to become a Saint.
  • Nuwa decided to wait until the merit descended before choosing whether to sever the corpse.
  • Zhou Ming advised Nuwa to use merit to merge her severed Three Corpses into one, prompting her to suspect he was trying to trick her again.

Ch. 93The Secret of Severing the Three Corpses

Zhou Ming advised Nuwa to spend her creation merit attempting to unify the Three Corpses, then revealed to Houtu that he wanted to test whether merit could bypass the need for same-origin spiritual treasures. The chapter left Houtu exasperated by Zhou Ming’s repeated schemes against Nuwa.

  • Zhou Ming told Nuwa that unifying the Three Corpses could make her stronger than an ordinary merit-based Sage and advised her to risk some of her merit on the attempt.
  • Zhou Ming went with Houtu to retrieve the Nine Heavens Breath Soil and Creation Cauldron while the Ancestral Witches stayed to entertain Nuwa.
  • Houtu questioned why Zhou Ming was helping Nuwa grow stronger, and Zhou Ming said merit-based Sages remained constrained by the Heavenly Dao and had lower limits than the Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortals.
  • Zhou Ming explained that unifying the Three Corpses required Innate Spiritual Treasures of the same origin, and accused Hongjun of concealing this requirement to keep others following his path.
  • Zhou Ming admitted that he had encouraged Nuwa to attempt unification so he could test whether her creation merit could break the same-origin requirement.
  • Houtu asked whether Nuwa might lose too much merit, fail to attain Sainthood, and come after Zhou Ming in anger.

Ch. 94He Was an "Anomaly"

Zhou Ming prepared to place an independent fragment of his Primordial Spirit, carrying his memories as a human, into Nuwa’s extra creation. He hoped the resulting anomaly would alter the Human Race’s fate, but rejected Houtu’s offer for the Witch Clan to protect them.

  • Zhou Ming assured Houtu that the Heaven’s Dao would help Nuwa become a Saint and told her to leave the mature Blue Gourd on the Innate Gourd Vine.
  • Houtu collected the Innate Gourd Vine and the Nine Heavens Breath Soil while Zhou Ming revealed the independent Primordial Spirit he had nurtured and severed from himself.
  • Zhou Ming gave Houtu the Primordial Spirit and instructed her to merge it into the one hundred twenty-nine thousand six hundred and first human Nuwa created.
  • Zhou Ming explained that the extra human would be an anomaly, free of the fate decreed for the others, and that he hoped it could change the Human Race’s future.
  • Houtu offered to have the Witch Clan declare its protection over the Human Race, but Zhou Ming refused and said he wanted them to rely on themselves.

Ch. 95Humanity Must Grow Stronger

Zhou Ming explained that his severed Primordial Spirit would independently guide humanity, while Houtu would use the Dao Origin Divine Pearl to hide its birth from the Heavenly Dao. He planned to attain Hunyuan during Nuwa’s creation of humanity to draw the Heavenly Dao’s attention, and revealed that the pearl might be a Chaos Supreme Treasure.

  • Zhou Ming told Houtu that his severed Primordial Spirit would merge with humanity’s 129,601st person and become an independent guide, without entangling the Witch Clan too closely with the Human Race.
  • Zhou Ming gave Houtu the Dao Origin Divine Pearl and asked her to conceal the new person from the Heavenly Dao when Nuwa created humanity.
  • Houtu worried that heavenly punishment would strike the anomaly, and Zhou Ming said he would attain Hunyuan at that moment to divert the Heavenly Dao’s attention.
  • Zhou Ming revealed that the Heavenly Dao had been suppressing his cultivation and that the Dao Origin Divine Pearl had helped him resist it.
  • Zhou Ming and Houtu concluded that the pearl might be a Chaos Supreme Treasure, and Zhou Ming described its origin as a system Father God had refined, likening it to a treasure-bringing lad.

Ch. 96Nuwa Creates Humanity

Nuwa began creating humanity at the East Sea Coast with Zhou Ming and the Ancestral Witches watching over her. She used the Innate Gourd Vine to make people in batches while secretly shaping an extra figure, wary of the Heavenly Dao’s response.

  • Zhou Ming told Houtu that the twelve Ancestral Witches should protect Nuwa and use the Great Array of the Heavenly Gods and Fiends if the Heavenly Dao interfered with his Hunyuan attainment.
  • Houtu gave Nuwa the Nine Heavens Breath Soil, Creation Cauldron, and Innate Gourd Vine, and Zhou Ming persuaded Nuwa to keep the vine.
  • Nuwa chose the East Sea Coast as the site for creating humanity, and Zhou Ming brought the twelve Ancestral Witches to guard her.
  • Nuwa used the Nine Heavens Breath Soil, Three Lights Divine Water, and Creation Cauldron to shape and animate her first clay figures.
  • After molding three thousand people by hand, Nuwa dipped the Innate Gourd Vine into the prepared soil and flung mud that transformed into many living humans.
  • Nuwa secretly shaped an extra clay figure inside her sleeve, intending to destroy it if Zhou Ming failed to distract the Heavenly Dao.

Ch. 97Proclaiming to the Primordial World

As Nuwa continued creating humans at the East Sea Coast, Zhou Ming proclaimed that he would Attain Hunyuan through the Path of Laws, drawing powerful figures from across the Primordial Wilderness. Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao Will realized they could not safely stop him, leaving Zhou Ming's attempt about to unfold.

  • Nuwa slowed her creation of humans near the count of 129,600 and signaled Zhou Ming to draw the Heavenly Dao's attention.
  • Zhou Ming moved away from Nuwa and proclaimed across the Primordial Wilderness that he would Attain Hunyuan at the East Sea Coast.
  • The Three Pure Ones, Di Jun, Taiyi, and other mighty figures learned Zhou Ming would Prove Dao by Law and rushed to witness him.
  • Hongjun questioned the Heavenly Dao Will about Zhou Ming's rapid progress, and they suspected Pangu had left the Witch Clan a way to resist its suppression.
  • Hongjun refused to descend and stop Zhou Ming, warning that they could not withstand repeated strikes from Pangu's Will.

Ch. 98Human Race Emerges

Zhou Ming drew the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun’s Purple Heaven Divine Thunder onto himself while Nuwa created the Human Race at the East Sea Coast. As Nuwa declared the new race’s creation, Houtu secretly placed Zhou Ming’s Primordial Spirit into the 129,601st clay figure.

  • Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao decided they could not stop Zhou Ming from attaining Dao, so the Heavenly Dao struck him with Purple Heaven Divine Thunder.
  • Zhou Ming deliberately slowed his ascent and endured the lightning as mighty experts gathered to watch him attain Hunyuan.
  • Hongjun took turns with the Heavenly Dao in striking Zhou Ming with increasingly powerful bolts of Purple Heaven Divine Thunder.
  • Nuwa formed 129,600 people and finished molding one additional clay figure while Zhou Ming kept the Heavenly Dao occupied.
  • Houtu used the Dao Origin Divine Pearl to conceal the final figure and placed Zhou Ming’s Primordial Spirit inside it.
  • Nuwa announced to the Great Dao, Pangu, and the Heavenly Dao that she had created the Human Race.

Ch. 99Empress Nuwa Becomes a Saint

After Nuwa created the Human Race, she received immense merit and used it to sever her Corpse of Self-Obsession before merging the remaining merit and Hongmeng Purple Qi into her Primordial Spirit. She became a Saint without tribulation lightning, while Zhou Ming’s breakthrough and the watching powers were left in the background.

  • Nuwa’s proclamation drew the Heavenly Dao’s attention away from Zhou Ming, who stopped suppressing his cultivation and broke through to Hunyuan Grand Unity.
  • The Heavenly Dao sent immense merit toward Nuwa, with smaller portions going to the Innate Gourd Vine and Creation Cauldron, astonishing the watching great powers.
  • Nuwa used part of her merit to sever her Corpse of Self-Obsession, then decided against risking a Three Corpses merger and sent the remaining merit into her Primordial Spirit.
  • The Hongmeng Purple Qi activated and merged into Nuwa’s Primordial Spirit, raising her beyond the peak Quasi-Saint realm and making her a Saint.
  • Saintly phenomena appeared over the Primordial Wilderness, but no tribulation lightning descended, leaving the gathered powers confused and Yuanshi questioning the difference from Zhou Ming’s ordeal.

Ch. 100Nuwa: Humanity Shall Be Under My Protection

Nuwa became a Saint after creating Humanity, and she and Zhou Ming promised to lecture on the Dao in a thousand years. Nuwa declared that Humanity would receive her protection before returning to Phoenix Nest Mountain with Fuxi, while Zhou Ming and the Twelve Ancestor Witches headed back to Pangu Hall.

  • The great powers marveled at Nuwa's Sainthood and realized that creating Humanity had been her path to proving the Dao.
  • Nuwa invited the great powers to hear her lecture at Wa Huang Palace in a thousand years, and Zhou Ming said he would lecture alongside her.
  • Nuwa declared that she would protect Humanity and warned the great powers not to harm the newly born race.
  • Nuwa left with Fuxi for Phoenix Nest Mountain, and Zhou Ming told Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun that he would visit them at Wuzhuang Temple.
  • After the great powers dispersed, Zhou Ming and the Twelve Ancestor Witches returned to Pangu Hall, leaving the Humans on the East Sea Coast.
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