Chapter Summaries

Ao Guang brought Nuwa to the East Sea Dragon Palace and tasked his son Ao Bing with entertaining and protecting her. Nuwa eagerly set off with Ao Bing to explore the East Sea.

• Ao Guang led Nuwa through the seabed to the Crystal Palace, where she admired the sights.
• Ao Guang summoned Ao Bing and introduced him as Nuwa's host, identifying her as Shennong's daughter and the Dragon Clan's honored guest.
• Ao Guang ordered Ao Bing to set aside his duties, show Nuwa any place or treasure she wanted, and keep her completely safe.
• Ao Bing accepted the task, and Nuwa cheerfully asked him to take her out to play.
• Ao Bing led Nuwa out of the main hall while Ao Guang relaxed, confident that his son would look after her.

While showing Nuwa the East Sea, Ao Bing fell asleep and failed to stop a sudden wave from sweeping her overboard. As Ao Bing desperately searched the sea, a protective light shield appeared around the sinking Nuwa, accompanied by phantoms of Houtu and Zhou Ming.

• Ao Bing took Nuwa on a tour of the East Sea Dragon Palace, where she grew tired of the seabed and asked to visit the surface.
• Ao Bing gladly took Nuwa out on a small boat, then fell asleep in the warm sunlight while she explored the deck.
• A sudden giant wave struck the boat and swept Nuwa into the sea.
• Ao Bing woke to find Nuwa missing and searched the surrounding waters, but could not sense her whereabouts.
• As Nuwa sank beneath the sea, two lights formed a protective shield around her, and the figures of Houtu and Zhou Ming appeared.

Houtu and Zhou Ming concluded that Nuwa’s fall into the East Sea was a tribulation caused by her sharing a name with the Sage Nuwa, so Zhou Ming renamed her Jingwei. Houtu took Jingwei back to Chendu, while Ao Guang and Ao Bing were left relieved but chastened.

• Houtu and Zhou Ming found no sign of a Sage or the Heavenly Dao causing Nuwa’s fall and agreed she had survived her tribulation.
• Zhou Ming said Nuwa could become Houtu’s disciple after Shennong completed his merit and renamed her Jingwei because she could not bear the Sage Nuwa’s name.
• Ao Guang rushed to the East Sea after Ao Bing reported Nuwa missing and ordered him to keep searching.
• Houtu appeared with Nuwa safe, and Ao Guang and Ao Bing apologized for failing to guard her.
• Nuwa defended Ao Bing, so Houtu forgave him, then took Nuwa back to Chendu.
• Ao Guang lamented that Ao Bing’s mistake had undone his efforts, and Ao Bing apologized.

Zhou Ming sent Chi You to reincarnate among the Human Race and become Xuanyuan’s greatest rival, forcing the future Human Emperor to overcome a formidable challenge. Meanwhile, Shennong completed and spread the Shennong's Hundred Herbs Classic, bringing medicine to the Human Race and approaching the end of his reign.

• Zhou Ming told Chi You to reincarnate as a Human and challenge Xuanyuan, not to win but to make him worthy of becoming Human Emperor.
• Chi You went to the Underworld, where Pingxin sealed his baleful energy and sent him through Reincarnation.
• Chi You was born into the Jiuli Tribe, and his father named him Chi You.
• Shennong completed the Shennong's Hundred Herbs Classic after recording the medicinal properties of countless plants.
• Shennong ordered the classic distributed among the tribes, where people used it to treat the sick.
• Shennong sensed that his merit as Human Emperor was nearing completion and resolved to find the next leader of the Human Race.

As Shennong prepared to abdicate, his ministers debated whether Xuanyuan or Chi You should become the next Human Emperor. Unable to choose between Xuanyuan’s virtue and Chi You’s military strength, Shennong ordered a record of their deeds and went to seek Houtu’s advice.

• Shennong announced that his merit was nearly complete and called the ministers together to discuss his successor.
• The ministers argued over whether Xuanyuan’s benevolent governance or Chi You’s martial strength made him the better candidate.
• Shennong considered the Human Race’s need for unity and protection but remained uncertain about the risks of choosing either candidate.
• Shennong ordered the ministers to compile detailed records of Xuanyuan’s and Chi You’s deeds.
• After the ministers left, Shennong went to Houtu’s courtyard to seek her perspective.

Shennong sought Houtu’s guidance on choosing between Xuanyuan and Chi You as the next Human Emperor. Houtu revealed that unification through war was necessary and that Xuanyuan was destined to defeat Chi You, leaving Shennong ready to make his choice.

• Shennong told Houtu that he favored Xuanyuan’s peaceful governance but feared choosing him would provoke Chi You and plunge the Human Race into civil war.
• Houtu explained that tribal conflicts would persist regardless of Shennong’s choice and that the third Human Emperor’s task was to unify the Human Race through war.
• Shennong asked whether Chi You would be a better choice because his military strength could end the conflict quickly.
• Houtu revealed that Chi You was the reincarnation of a Great Witch, destined to challenge Xuanyuan before returning to the Witch Clan.
• Houtu said Xuanyuan bore the Destiny of unifying the Human Race and was better suited to govern it afterward, and Shennong left determined to act.

After choosing Xuanyuan as his successor, Shennong completed his merit and abdicated as Human Emperor. Zhou Ming proclaimed Shennong the Earthly Emperor, while Guang Chengzi was appointed Xuanyuan’s teacher; Xuanyuan took the throne with the tribes’ recognition.

• Shennong examined Xuanyuan for several years, then summoned the tribal leaders to witness his abdication.
• Yuanshi appointed Guang Chengzi to teach Xuanyuan and ordered the Chan Sect disciples to support the new Human Emperor.
• Zhou Ming and Houtu arrived in Chendu, and Zhou Ming used the Kongtong Seal to proclaim Shennong the Earthly Emperor as merit descended upon him and his ministers.
• Shennong announced that he would hand the Human Emperor’s position to Xuanyuan and entrusted him with the Human Race’s future.
• Xuanyuan vowed to honor Shennong’s trust, and the tribal leaders bowed to him as the new Human Emperor.

After Shennong’s merits were perfected, Houtu accepted his daughter Jingwei as her disciple and left with her. Xuanyuan then became Guang Chengzi’s disciple at Yuanshi’s direction, and Guang Chengzi was tasked with assisting the new Human Emperor.

• Houtu ended her master-disciple relationship with Shennong and asked to take Jingwei as her disciple.
• Shennong agreed, and Jingwei performed the disciple ceremony before leaving with Houtu and Zhou Ming.
• Shennong followed Wu, Hong Yun, Sui Ren Shi, and the others to Huoyun Cave, leaving Xuanyuan alone at the altar.
• Yuanshi appeared with Guang Chengzi and offered to have Guang Chengzi accept Xuanyuan as his disciple instead of teaching him personally.
• Xuanyuan suppressed his disappointment and became Guang Chengzi’s disciple.
• Yuanshi instructed Guang Chengzi to remain among the Human Race and assist Xuanyuan, then returned to Jade Void Palace.

Xuanyuan struggled to unite the Human Race as the Jiuli Tribe and Chi You challenged his authority. He rejected Guang Chengzi’s call to subdue rival tribes by force and decided to meet Chi You to seek a peaceful settlement, though he vowed to fight if talks failed.

• Xuanyuan told Guang Chengzi that most tribes did not obey him and that Chi You’s support threatened to divide the Human Race.
• Guang Chengzi urged Xuanyuan to conquer disobedient tribes and defeat Chi You in a decisive battle.
• Xuanyuan refused to wage war against fellow humans, and Chi Jingzi and True Lord Yu Ding argued that force was necessary to restore unity.
• Xuanyuan proposed meeting Chi You and persuading him to resolve their dispute peacefully.
• Guang Chengzi accepted Xuanyuan’s plan and asked what he would do if Chi You refused to yield.
• Xuanyuan vowed to fight Chi You if he insisted on war, and Guang Chengzi left the Human Emperor’s Hall with the other immortals.

Guang Chengzi planned to capture Chi You if his negotiations with Xuanyuan failed, forcing the Jiuli Tribe into disorder and pushing Xuanyuan toward war. At the Zhuolu Plains meeting, Chi You rejected Xuanyuan’s offer and demanded that he prove himself worthy of the Human Emperor’s position, while the Chan Sect immortals angrily prepared to intervene.

• Guang Chengzi told the Chan Sect Golden Immortals to let Xuanyuan negotiate and proposed capturing Chi You if the talks failed.
• Xuanyuan asked Chi You to join him in governing the Human Race and avoid a destructive internal war.
• Chi You rejected Xuanyuan’s claim to the throne, challenged him to match the achievements of Fuxi and Shennong, and threatened to take the position himself if Xuanyuan failed.
• Chi Jingzi angrily rebuked Chi You, and the Chan Sect Golden Immortals gathered their Magic Power as if ready to attack.

Xuanyuan offered Chi You the position of Human Emperor if he could lead the Human Race to prosperity, but Chi You refused and tried to leave. The Chan Sect’s Golden Immortals ambushed Chi You despite Xuanyuan’s orders to let him go, leaving Xuanyuan confronting Guang Chengzi over the betrayal.

• Xuanyuan agreed to yield the Human Emperor position to Chi You if Chi You could prove himself capable of strengthening the Human Race.
• Chi You refused the offer, declared he would take the position through his own ability, and left.
• Guang Chengzi and the other Chan Sect Golden Immortals surrounded Chi You and announced they would capture him for disrespecting Xuanyuan.
• Chi You asked whether Xuanyuan had arranged the ambush, while Xuanyuan denied it and demanded the immortals release him.
• Guang Chengzi dismissed Xuanyuan’s orders, saying the Chan Sect would bear any accusations if their actions helped unify the Human Race.

Chi You defeated the Twelve Golden Immortals after they attacked him, leaving Xuanyuan with no path to reconciliation. Xuanyuan returned to Chendu to prepare for the inevitable war with Chi You.

• Guang Chengzi ordered the Twelve Golden Immortals to attack Chi You, who charged through their treasures and defeated them with his immense physical strength.
• Chi You spared the fallen immortals for Yuanshi’s sake, mocked them, and told Xuanyuan to prepare for war.
• Xuanyuan condemned Guang Chengzi and the others for interfering in the Human Race’s internal affairs and demanded that the Chan Sect take responsibility.
• Xuanyuan left for Chendu to rally his supporters and organize for war, accepting that the tribes would submit only to the victor.

After the Twelve Golden Immortals failed to defeat Chi You, they returned to Kunlun Mountain and reported to Venerable Lord Yuanshi. Yuanshi discovered that Pingxin had sealed Chi You’s former Great Witch body inside his reincarnated body, and feared the Witch Clan was helping him contend for the third Human Emperor.

• The Chan Sect immortals worried that Xuanyuan might turn against them, but Guang Chengzi argued that Xuanyuan had no choice but to keep cooperating with their sect.
• Guang Chengzi led the Twelve Golden Immortals to Kunlun Mountain to seek Venerable Lord Yuanshi’s guidance on how to deal with Chi You.
• Guang Chengzi told Yuanshi that Chi You had defeated all twelve of them and could withstand their Innate Spiritual Treasures.
• Yuanshi deduced that Pingxin had used Earth Dao Authority to seal Chi You’s former Great Witch body inside his reincarnated body, where it was gradually fusing with his current body.
• Yuanshi accused Pingxin and the Witch Clan of cheating and wondered whether they intended for Chi You to compete for the position of the third Human Emperor.

Yuanshi healed the Twelve Golden Immortals and sent three more Chan Sect experts to help the Human Emperor defeat Chi You. He equipped the reinforcements with three powerful treasures and Sage's Magic Power before the fifteen disciples departed for Chendu.

• Yuanshi restored the Twelve Golden Immortals and reassured them that the Witch Clan was to blame for their setback.
• Yuanshi summoned Daoist Burning Lamp, Immortal Official Nanji, and Yun Zhongzi, then ordered them to join the Twelve Golden Immortals against Chi You.
• Yuanshi gave Guang Chengzi the Central Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner, Nanji the Heavenly Auspicious Cloud, and Burning Lamp the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi.
• Yuanshi revealed that each treasure contained a strand of his Sage's Magic Power and instructed the disciples to trap Chi You rather than fight him head-on.
• The fifteen Chan Sect disciples flew toward Chendu, while Yuanshi expected the Witch Clan's plans to fail.

Xuanyuan and Chi You led their armies to the Plains of Zhuolu after their failed negotiations, setting the Human Race’s greatest war in motion. Guang Chengzi and fourteen other Chan Sect immortals attacked Chi You as Xuanyuan ordered his army to charge.

• Guang Chengzi returned to Chendu with Daoist Burning Lamp, Immortal Official Nanji, and Yun Zhongzi, and assured Xuanyuan that a treasure from their master would secure victory over Chi You.
• Chi You accused Xuanyuan of ambushing him during their talks and rallied the Jiuli warriors to march on Chendu, while Xuanyuan mobilized his allied tribes toward the Plains of Zhuolu.
• At Zhuolu, Xuanyuan offered to yield the Human Emperor’s position to Chi You if he ended the war, but Chi You rejected the offer and demanded to seize it by force.
• Guang Chengzi, Daoist Burning Lamp, Immortal Official Nanji, Yun Zhongzi, and the Twelve Golden Immortals attacked Chi You, who charged at them without fear.
• Xuanyuan ordered his army to attack, and the You Xiong Tribe’s forces surged toward the Jiuli army.

The Chan Sect used its spiritual treasures to suppress Chi You, while Xuanyuan’s army fell into a disastrous rout against the Jiuli Tribe. When Guang Chengzi activated Venerable Lord Yuanshi’s Sage power, Pingxin’s power countered it, leaving Chi You free to strike at Guang Chengzi, Burning Lamp, and Immortal Official Nanji.

• Immortal Official Nanji, Guang Chengzi, and the Chan Sect immortals used their treasures and attacks to suppress Chi You, but they could not quickly defeat him.
• The Jiuli Tribe’s warriors overwhelmed Xuanyuan’s army, forcing it to retreat with heavy casualties.
• Guang Chengzi sent Yun Zhongzi and the other eleven Golden Immortals to help Xuanyuan, then joined Burning Lamp and Immortal Official Nanji in activating Venerable Lord Yuanshi’s Sage power.
• Pingxin’s Sage power erupted from Chi You and clashed with Yuanshi’s power, restraining the three spiritual treasures.
• Chi You seized the opening and swung his fist at Guang Chengzi, Burning Lamp, and Immortal Official Nanji.

Chi You overpowered the Chan Sect immortals while Empress Pingxin persuaded Yuanshi to let the Human Emperor’s trial continue. Xuanyuan’s army collapsed and retreated, and Chi You ordered the Jiuli army to stop pursuing them.

• Chi You wounded Guang Chengzi and Immortal Official Nanji, forcing the Chan Sect immortals into a desperate fight.
• Pingxin told Yuanshi that Chi You was a trial for Xuanyuan and promised he would eventually be captured; Yuanshi agreed not to interfere further.
• The three spiritual treasures returned to Daoist Burning Lamp, Guang Chengzi, and Immortal Official Nanji, who renewed their attack on Chi You.
• Xuanyuan ordered his defeated army to retreat, and Daoist Burning Lamp led the Chan Sect immortals to cover their escape.
• Chi You watched the retreat and ordered the Jiuli army to halt its pursuit.

Ao Guang persuaded Ying Long that helping Xuanyuan would not provoke the Witch Clan and would benefit the Dragon Clan, so Ying Long set out to assist the Human Emperor. Haotian and Yaochi reached the same conclusion and sent Nine Heavens Xuannü to help Xuanyuan with military strategy.

• Ao Guang told Ying Long that Xuanyuan had been defeated by Chi You and urged him to represent the Dragon Clan in aiding the Human Emperor.
• Ying Long questioned whether helping Xuanyuan would interfere with the Witch Clan's plans, but Ao Guang argued that Chi You was not truly fighting to become Human Emperor and would eventually lose.
• Ying Long agreed to assist Xuanyuan, and Ao Guang cautioned him to avoid bloodshed so the Dragon Clan would not incur more Karma.
• Haotian confirmed his suspicions about the Witch Clan's intentions after questioning Xing Tian, then decided the Heavenly Court should support Xuanyuan.
• Haotian ordered Nine Heavens Xuannü to go to Chendu and assist Xuanyuan with military strategy without interfering excessively.

After the Battle of Zhuolu, Xuanyuan asked the Chan Sect immortals how to strengthen his army against the Jiuli Tribe, but they had no military strategy to offer. Ying Long and Nine Heavens Xuannü arrived to assist him, leaving the Chan Sect resentful that the Dragon Clan and Heavenly Court would share in their merit as Xuanyuan led everyone out to welcome them.

• Xuanyuan told Guang Chengzi, Burning Lamp, and the other Chan Sect immortals that the You Xiong Tribe could not match the Jiuli Tribe and asked how to improve his army.
• The Chan Sect immortals admitted inwardly that they knew nothing about training troops or waging war and could not ask their master for help.
• Ying Long announced that he had come on the East Sea Dragon King's orders, while Nine Heavens Xuannü announced that she had come on the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother's orders.
• The Chan Sect immortals resented the Dragon Clan and Heavenly Court for seeking merit but could not justify turning away their help.
• Xuanyuan proposed welcoming the newcomers, and Guang Chengzi reluctantly agreed as the group followed Xuanyuan outside.

Nine Heavens Xuannü and Ying Long joined Xuanyuan’s cause, offering military training and help against Chi You. After learning a Kui Niu could provide a war drum’s hide, Guang Chengzi flew to Mount Liubo in the East Sea to hunt it.

• Ying Long and Nine Heavens Xuannü met Xuanyuan and the Chan Sect immortals outside Chendu, then entered the Human Emperor’s Hall.
• Nine Heavens Xuannü offered to teach Xuanyuan military strategy and battle formations and to help fight Chi You, while Ying Long also pledged his strength.
• Xuanyuan asked Nine Heavens Xuannü to train his army and called on the assembled allies to capture Chi You after the troops were ready.
• Nine Heavens Xuannü explained that a Kui Niu Drum could strengthen the army but required Kui Niu hide for its drumhead.
• Ying Long revealed that a Kui Niu dwelled on Mount Liubo in the East Sea, and Guang Chengzi volunteered to retrieve its hide.
• Guang Chengzi instructed Daoist Burning Lamp, Immortal Official Nanji, and the other Chan Sect immortals to protect Xuanyuan, then flew toward the East Sea.