Chapter Summaries

Haotian negotiated for the Witch Clan to support the Heavenly Court, offering them half its Destiny and broad autonomy in exchange for joining. Zhou Ming also secured two of the six Imperial Jade Emperor positions for the Witch Clan, then left with Houtu as Haotian and Yaochi celebrated the Heavenly Court’s new support.

• Zhou Ming told Haotian that the Witch Clan would join the Heavenly Court if it received additional Destiny.
• Haotian offered the Witch Clan fifty percent of the Heavenly Court’s Destiny and promised its members could serve with little oversight.
• Zhou Ming agreed to send Witch Clan members to the Heavenly Court but demanded two of the six Imperial Jade Emperor positions for them.
• Haotian accepted Zhou Ming’s condition, and Zhou Ming promised the Witch Clan would cooperate with him.
• Zhou Ming and Houtu departed, while Haotian and Yaochi celebrated the Witch Clan’s support.

Zhou Ming explained to Houtu why the Witch Clan had given Haotian and Yaochi control of the Heavenly Court in exchange for half its Destiny. As they flew toward Buzhou Mountain, he revealed that he needed Haotian to initiate the next Tribulation, though he did not explain how.

• Houtu asked Zhou Ming why the Witch Clan did not take over the Heavenly Court instead of sharing its Destiny with Haotian and Yaochi.
• Zhou Ming explained that the Witch Clan did not want to manage the Heavenly Court, so Haotian and Yaochi could govern it while the Witch Clan benefited from its growth.
• Houtu wondered why Zhou Ming had not demanded seventy or eighty percent of the Heavenly Court's Destiny, and he told her that taking too much would breed resentment and undermine its development.
• Zhou Ming said that leaving Haotian and Yaochi half the Destiny would make them grateful and motivate them to develop the Heavenly Court.
• Zhou Ming revealed that he still needed Haotian to initiate the next Tribulation, then continued flying with Houtu toward Buzhou Mountain without explaining further.

Zhou Ming arranged for the Witch Clan to join the Heavenly Court, assigning Xing Tian to lead the clan members and Houtu to hold a Six Imperial Jade Emperor position in name. The news stirred regret and debate across the Primordial Wilderness, while the Heavenly Court was widely expected to rise.

• Zhou Ming told Houtu that Xing Tian would take one of the Witch Clan’s two Six Imperial Jade Emperor positions and lead its members in the Heavenly Court.
• Zhou Ming assigned Houtu the other position, explaining that she could hold it in name and share in the Heavenly Court’s Destiny; Houtu accepted and went to select candidates.
• Rogue Cultivators regretted rejecting Haotian’s recruitment after learning the Witch Clan would join the Heavenly Court.
• Taiqing, Venerable Lord Yuanshi, Tongtian, and Nuwa each reacted to the news, while Jieyin and Zhunti regretted losing their chance to gain influence in the Heavenly Court.
• Beings across the Primordial Wilderness disagreed about who would control the Heavenly Court, but expected it to rise.

Zhou Ming traveled to the East Sea Dragon Palace to discuss a task with Ao Hai, promising that it would bring great benefits to the Dragon Clan. Ao Hai accepted the Sage’s request without yet learning what it was.

• Haotian and Yaochi celebrated as Rogue Cultivators flocked to join the Heavenly Court under the Witch Clan’s protection.
• Zhou Ming decided to arrange matters before Fuxi reincarnated and left Pangu Hall for the East Sea.
• Ao Hai sensed Zhou Ming’s Sage aura approaching and went to welcome him with Ao Guang and other Dragon Clan elders.
• Zhou Ming declined a welcoming feast and asked Ao Hai to speak with him privately.
• Ao Hai agreed to do his utmost to carry out Zhou Ming’s task, though Zhou Ming had not yet revealed its details.

Zhou Ming revealed that Hongjun’s Method of Slaying Three Corpses had trapped Ao Hai on a dead-end path, then offered to teach him a way back to the Path of Laws in exchange for staying with the Witch Clan. Ao Hai refused to abandon the Dragon Clan, but Zhou Ming made him sense an aura that left him shocked and terrified.

• Zhou Ming sent Ao Hai the first half of Hongjun’s Method of Slaying Three Corpses, and Ao Hai realized the method had concealed a cruel truth.
• Zhou Ming confirmed that the method came from Hongjun, and Ao Hai erupted in regret and fury over having cultivated it.
• Zhou Ming offered Ao Hai a difficult method to escape the drawbacks of Severing Three Corpses and return to the Path of Laws, on the condition that he remain with the Witch Clan.
• Ao Hai refused because the Dragon Clan still needed him and he would not abandon his people for an uncertain chance at the Dao.
• Zhou Ming told Ao Hai to feel an aura, and Ao Hai’s resolve gave way to overwhelming shock and terror.

Zhou Ming revealed to Ao Hai that Candle Dragon had reincarnated, winning the Dragon Clan leader’s gratitude and agreement to cultivate the technique Zhou Ming had proposed. He gave Ao Hai ten thousand years to settle the clan’s affairs and advised the dragons to aid the rising Human Race to earn merit and reduce their Karma.

• Zhou Ming confirmed that Candle Dragon’s vital Qi belonged to the reincarnated Ancestor, and Ao Hai rejoiced before thanking him for saving the Dragon Clan’s Ancestor.
• Ao Hai agreed to follow Zhou Ming’s arrangements and cultivate the technique, and Zhou Ming gave him ten thousand years to settle clan affairs before meeting him at Pangu Hall on Buzhou Mountain.
• Ao Hai asked to see Candle Dragon, but Zhou Ming said the Ancestor’s opportunity was not yet ready to be revealed.
• Zhou Ming advised Ao Hai to send dragons to help the Human Race develop, saying their contributions could earn the clan merit and Destiny and ease its Karma.
• Ao Hai thanked Zhou Ming and promised the Dragon Clan would obey his orders, and Zhou Ming vanished from the Dragon Palace.

Zhou Ming visited West Queen Mother on West Kunlun and offered her the Method of Shattering Three Corpses as a way to reconnect her severed path. She agreed to cultivate it within the Witch Clan and immediately left with Zhou Ming for Pangu Hall on Buzhou Mountain.

• Zhou Ming traveled to West Kunlun to seek a great power who had slain two Corpses and could test the method.
• Yuanshi sensed Zhou Ming heading toward West Kunlun but chose not to investigate.
• West Queen Mother read the method Zhou Ming gave her and realized her path had been severed.
• Zhou Ming offered to help reconnect West Queen Mother's path if she cultivated the method within the Witch Clan and kept it secret.
• West Queen Mother accepted the conditions and departed with Zhou Ming for Pangu Hall on Buzhou Mountain.

After Fuxi's Primordial Spirit was restored, Nuwa went to Pangu Hall to arrange his Reincarnation into the Human Race. Zhou Ming insisted on consulting Human Race leader Wu before the Sages discussed the plan, and Wu arrived as the chapter ended with Zhou Ming raising the matter of Fuxi's Reincarnation and the Human Race's rise.

• Nuwa restored Fuxi's Primordial Spirit and left Wa Huang Palace to ask Zhou Ming to arrange his Reincarnation.
• Zhou Ming summoned Wu and told Houtu that Nuwa had come to discuss Fuxi's Reincarnation.
• Nuwa asked Zhou Ming to arrange the Reincarnation as soon as possible, and he agreed to accompany her to the Underworld after they discussed the Human Race's rise.
• Nuwa proposed summoning the other Sages, but Zhou Ming insisted they first explain the matter to Wu and respect the Human Race's role.
• Wu arrived at Pangu Hall, paid his respects to Zhou Ming, Houtu, and Nuwa, and heard Zhou Ming introduce the matters of Fuxi's Reincarnation and the Human Race's rise.

Zhou Ming and Wu arranged safeguards for the Human Race as Fuxi prepared to reincarnate as its Human Emperor. Fuxi accepted that he would become solely Human Fuxi, and Zhou Ming agreed to prevent the Sages' schemes from harming innocent humans before summoning the other Sages to Pangu Hall.

• Zhou Ming warned Wu that Heavenly Dao might raise the Human Race's trials, so Wu agreed to recall Martial Dao experts to the Ancestral Land and preserve them as the race's guardians.
• Wu told Nuwa that Fuxi must become the Human Race's Human Emperor and belong to the Human Race after reincarnation, provoking Nuwa's anger.
• Zhou Ming defended Wu's condition, and Fuxi agreed that he would be Human Fuxi, not Demon Fuxi, leaving Nuwa dejected.
• Wu asked Zhou Ming to ensure that the Sages' schemes did not harm innocent members of the Human Race, and Zhou Ming agreed.
• Zhou Ming asked Nuwa to summon the other Sages to Pangu Hall to discuss the Human Race's flourishing.

Zhou Ming convened the Sages to allocate teachers for the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and Nuwa asked him to teach her brother Fuxi. After the Three Pure Ones and the Western Sages argued over the remaining positions, Zhou Ming claimed both the Heavenly Emperor and Earthly Emperor teacher positions for the Witch Clan and left the others to divide the rest.

• Taiqing, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Jieyin, and Zhunti traveled to Buzhou Mountain after receiving Nuwa's transmission.
• Zhou Ming explained that the Sages would allocate teachers for the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
• Nuwa abstained from the allocation on the condition that Zhou Ming teach her brother Fuxi, and Zhou Ming accepted.
• Zhunti proposed that the Western Teachings and the Three Pure Ones each take a remaining position, prompting Yuanshi, Tongtian, Jieyin, and Zhunti to argue.
• Zhou Ming rebuked the Sages for deciding the Witch Clan's share and claimed the Heavenly Emperor and Earthly Emperor teacher positions for the Witch Clan.

Zhou Ming assigned the Witch Clan two Masters of the Three Sovereigns positions, then let the Sages divide the remaining Human Emperor and Five Emperors positions. After the factions reached an uneasy settlement, Zhou Ming forbade them from harming the Human Race and sent them from Pangu Hall.

• Zhou Ming asked the Sages for objections to the Witch Clan taking two positions, and they all agreed they had none.
• Zhunti proposed that the Western Teachings take the Master of the Human Emperor position in exchange for giving up all Five Emperors positions, but Yuanshi and Tongtian rejected him.
• Taiqing assigned the Human Emperor position to the Three Pure Ones and two Five Emperors positions to the Western Sages, threatening to fight if they refused.
• Yuanshi claimed the Human Emperor position for his disciple Guang Chengzi, while Tongtian accepted it and took the three remaining Five Emperors positions for the Interception Sect.
• Zhou Ming warned the Sages not to involve or harm the Human Race, then dismissed them from Pangu Hall.

Zhou Ming arranged for Wu to persuade Hong Yun to join the Human Race, then accompanied Nuwa to the Underworld to send Fuxi into Human Dao Reincarnation. Fuxi entered safely, and Nuwa returned to Wa Huang Palace to watch over his reincarnation while Zhou Ming went back to Pangu Hall.

• Zhou Ming asked Wu to go to Huoyun Cave and persuade Hong Yun to join the Human Race.
• After Wu set out, Zhou Ming and Nuwa traveled to the Underworld, leaving Houtu to watch over Pangu Hall.
• At Pingxin Palace, Nuwa asked Pingxin to send Fuxi's nurtured Primordial Spirit into Human Dao Reincarnation.
• Pingxin sent Fuxi's Primordial Spirit into the Reincarnation passage, and Fuxi reassured Nuwa that he would return.
• Nuwa thanked Zhou Ming and Pingxin, then returned to Wa Huang Palace to watch over Fuxi's reincarnation.
• Zhou Ming told Pingxin to contact him if anything happened and returned to Pangu Hall.

Wu visited Hong Yun at Huoyun Cave and offered him a chance to attain sainthood through the Human Dao in exchange for joining the Human Race. Hong Yun accepted and became Human Race Ancestor Yun, and Wu planned to announce it to the entire Human Race.

• Wu arrived at Huoyun Cave, where Hong Yun welcomed him and invited him inside.
• Wu asked Hong Yun if he wanted a Saint position and explained that the Human Dao would let him draw on the Human Race's Destiny to attain sainthood.
• Hong Yun realized that the opportunity Zhou Ming had described was tied to the emergence of the Human Dao.
• Wu asked Hong Yun to join the Human Race and put its interests first in exchange for its support and offerings of Destiny.
• Hong Yun readily agreed, and Wu named him Human Race Ancestor Yun and said he would announce the decision to the Human Race.

Hua Xu Shi became pregnant after stepping into a giant footprint at Lei Ze, and the Feng Yan Tribe feared the child might bring danger while its strongest fighters were away. The Ancestral Land declared the pregnancy a blessing for the Human Race, but twelve years passed without Hua Xu Shi giving birth.

• Hua Xu Shi's father kept her at the edge of the tribe while waiting for the Ancestral Land's response, and Hua Xu Shi blamed herself for her pregnancy.
• Auspicious divine beasts brought spirit fruits and herbs to Hua Xu Shi, deepening the tribe's belief that her unborn child had an extraordinary origin.
• After nearly ten months without a reply, Hua Xu Shi's father prepared to move her out of the tribe, but an envoy arrived with the Ancestral Land's command to protect her and ensure a safe birth.
• Hua Xu Shi's father brought her back to the tribe, where the people celebrated and cared for her.
• Twelve years passed, but Hua Xu Shi remained pregnant and showed no sign of giving birth.

Zhou Ming went to the Feng Yan Tribe when Fuxi was born and accepted him as his disciple, naming him Fuxi. As Fuxi grew into an exceptional leader, the tribe’s old chief made him the new chief and urged him to guide the whole Human Race.

• Zhou Ming left Pangu Hall after learning Fuxi was about to be born, and met Nuwa above the Feng Yan Tribe.
• Auspicious signs appeared as Fuxi was born, and Zhou Ming announced that he had come to accept the child as his disciple.
• Zhou Ming named the child Fuxi, left a mark on him, and departed without taking him away; Nuwa returned to Wa Huang Palace.
• Fuxi grew rapidly, displayed extraordinary wisdom, and helped the Feng Yan Tribe resolve its difficulties.
• The old chief handed Fuxi the chief’s token and urged him to lead the Human Race, and Fuxi accepted the responsibility.

Fuxi became the Human Race’s Co-Lord but struggled to govern its scattered tribes, so he sought Zhou Ming’s advice. Zhou Ming proposed founding a nation and told him to discuss moving the Human Race out of Witch Clan territory with Wu.

• Fuxi’s governance of the Feng Yan Tribe attracted many tribes, and their leaders eventually recommended him as Co-Lord of the Human Race.
• Fuxi asked Zhou Ming how to manage the widely scattered tribes and deliver decrees efficiently.
• Zhou Ming advised Fuxi to establish a nation and appoint capable, virtuous people as officials.
• Fuxi explained that the best place for the capital lay within Witch Clan territory, and worried that founding a nation there would harm the Witch Clan.
• Zhou Ming said the Human Race should migrate out of Witch Clan territory and assured Fuxi that the Witch Clan had already benefited from protecting them.
• Fuxi resolved to visit the Ancestral Land of the Human Race and discuss the migration.

Fuxi gained the Ancestral Land’s support for moving the Human Race out of Witch Clan territory, and the mass migration led to the founding of Chen as the race’s first capital. The Human Race prospered under Fuxi, who became its first Human Emperor and established a new system of government.

• Fuxi told Wu and the other Ancestors that he wanted to move the Human Race, and they supported his plan.
• Wu instructed Fuxi to let Witch-Humans choose whether to migrate and explained that the Ancestral Land would move to Huoyun Cave.
• Fuxi announced the migration, and after the Ancestral Land publicly endorsed his decision, the tribes began preparing to leave.
• With help from the Witch Clan, the Human Race completed the migration, and Fuxi established Chen as its first capital.
• The tribes elected Fuxi as the first Human Emperor, and he appointed officials to govern the Human Race.

After Fuxi completed his ninety-thousand-year reign and regained his past-life memories, he became the Human Race’s Heavenly Emperor and handed the throne to Shennong. Fuxi agreed to oversee Huoyun Cave, while Houtu accepted Shennong as her disciple.

• Wu and the other leaders left Huoyun Cave for Chendu to welcome Fuxi after his merit was fulfilled, while Zhou Ming and Houtu also traveled there.
• Zhou Ming bestowed the title of Heavenly Emperor of the Human Race on Fuxi, and Heaven sent merit to Fuxi, Zhou Ming, and Fuxi’s worthy ministers.
• Fuxi recovered his memories and declared that he was now only a member of the Human Race, asking Nuwa to stop calling him her elder brother.
• Fuxi agreed to return to Huoyun Cave with Wu and entrusted the Human Race to Shennong as its new Human Emperor.
• Houtu offered to take Shennong as her disciple, and Shennong accepted her offer.

After Shennong became Human Emperor, Houtu settled in Chendu to guide him and grew close to his daughter, Nuwa. Houtu realized Zhou Ming’s protective mark had transferred from Shennong to Nuwa, and suspected a Sage was secretly plotting against the girl.

• Zhou Ming left a mark on Shennong, instructed Houtu to teach him, and departed after the ceremony; Nuwa and the other Sages also left.
• Zhunti lamented that Western Teachings had missed the chance to gain a Three Emperors teacher position, while Jieyin warned him not to violate the Sages’ agreement.
• Shennong devoted himself to governing the Human Race, while Houtu settled in Chendu and often welcomed Nuwa to her courtyard.
• Nuwa complained that Shennong had broken his promise to play with her, and Houtu offered to take her out instead.
• Houtu recalled that Zhou Ming’s mark had transferred to Nuwa at her birth and concluded that someone powerful might be plotting against her; she vowed to protect the girl.

Shennong began tasting herbs to find remedies for the Human Race and discovered the Five Grains, asking Ao Guang's Dragon Clan to bring rain for their cultivation. Ao Guang took Nuwa to the East Sea with Houtu's permission and extra protection, leaving her excitedly traveling with him.

• Houtu gave Shennong a pill-refining method, but he realized it was too difficult for ordinary people and decided to identify herbs by tasting them himself.
• Shennong endured repeated poisonings while testing plants, then found grains he named the Five Grains and taught the people to cultivate them.
• Shennong asked Ao Guang to arrange timely rain across Human territories, and Ao Guang eagerly accepted the task for the Dragon Clan.
• Ao Guang invited Nuwa to the East Sea, hoping to strengthen ties with the Human Race, and agreed to take her to tell Houtu first.
• Houtu approved Nuwa's trip, added protection that resonated with Zhou Ming's mark, and ordered Ao Guang to keep her safe.
• Ao Guang took Nuwa toward the East Sea on auspicious clouds, showing her the scenery along the way.