Chapter Summaries

Shen Gui was forced to test You Mo’s pills, enduring their effects for the sake of her growing affection and the comforts she offered him. After the day’s tests ended, Shang Yang appeared and mocked him, then Shen Gui asked what she wanted.

• You Mo made Shen Gui swallow pills while recording their effects, and he recalled how her testing had repeatedly subjected him to strange side effects and injuries.
• Shen Gui admitted he kept enduring the tests partly because You Mo rewarded him with head pats, massages, and her feet on his shell.
• You Mo finished the day’s testing, found no side effects in the pills, and left to continue researching.
• Shang Yang appeared in the courtyard and teased Shen Gui about seeming happy, and he asked what she wanted.

Shang Yang told Shen Gui that Di Jun had invited him to the Demon Race Heavenly Court’s establishment ceremony in thirty years, and Shen Gui decided to attend. He returned to the Demon Lord’s Palace and secretly watched Yao Yue handle the affairs of Northern Kurukshetra Continent.

• Shang Yang told Shen Gui that Yao Yue had sent her to deliver Di Jun’s invitation to the Heavenly Court ceremony, scheduled for thirty years later.
• Shen Gui agreed to attend and told Shang Yang to help Yao Yue with her work.
• Shen Gui considered which powerful figures might attend and wondered whether the Wu Clan would oppose Di Jun’s plans.
• Shen Gui went to the Demon Lord’s Palace, where Yao Yue was managing the continent’s affairs in his absence.
• Shen Gui quietly entered the main hall and watched Yao Yue work without her noticing him.

Shen Gui visited Yao Yue as she handled the Demon Lord’s affairs and promised her a surprise after he returned from the Heavenly Court ceremony. Yao Yue worried that he might cause trouble at the gathering of great experts hosted by Di Jun.

• Yao Yue sensed Shen Gui enter the Demon Lord’s Palace and set aside her imposing authority to greet him.
• Shen Gui acknowledged that Yao Yue was burdened with managing the Northern Kurukshetra Continent, while Yao Yue explained she personally reviewed important matters because he had entrusted them to her.
• Shen Gui thanked Yao Yue for her hard work, and she smiled and returned to her memorials.
• Shen Gui promised Yao Yue a surprise after he returned from the Heavenly Court ceremony, thinking Si Yue might soon emerge from her egg.
• Yao Yue asked Shen Gui not to act recklessly at the ceremony, where Di Jun had invited nearly every great expert in the Primordial Wilderness.

Shen Gui left Yao Yue to tour his domain before traveling toward the Thirty-Six Heavens for a ceremony. At the border of Northern Kurukshetra Continent, he met Dao Ancestor Hongjun, who had isolated them from the Great Desolation World.

• Yao Yue told Shen Gui not to rush his revenge, then grew angry when he left and vented her frustration on the memorials.
• Shen Gui toured Northern Kurukshetra Continent for seven years and found it prospering under his rule and Yao Yue's efforts.
• Shen Gui reached the border of Northern Kurukshetra Continent and heard a white-bearded old Daoist call him over.
• Shen Gui realized he could no longer sense his Mystic Tortoise avatar, and the old Daoist explained that he had isolated the surrounding area.
• Shen Gui guessed that the old Daoist was Dao Ancestor Hongjun, who confirmed his identity, and Shen Gui nervously asked to be called by a familiar nickname.

Hongjun visited Shen Gui and grew frustrated that the powerful landowner was so timid, then left in anger. The chapter explained that the Heavenly Dao prioritized developing the Primordial Wilderness and protecting Shen Gui, though Shen Gui remained unaware of his backing and continued to act like a coward.

• Hongjun compared Shen Gui's privileged position with the arrogance of Wangshu and Yang Mei, then cursed in frustration.
• Shen Gui mistook Hongjun's visit for a possible attempt to erase his registration and was relieved when Hongjun left.
• Shen Gui headed straight for Mount Buzhou after losing his desire to wander.
• The narration explained that the Heavenly Dao prioritized the Primordial Wilderness's development, Shen Gui's safety, recruiting Saints, and suppressing threats.
• The chapter revealed that Shen Gui could have lived as a protected privileged heir, but his ignorance kept him timid.

Shen Gui visited Mount Buzhou and found humans thriving among the ongoing clashes between the Wu Clan and the Demon Race. He decided to observe the largest human tribe, but learned that the Three Ancestors of the Human Race had already appeared, leaving him with no chance to earn merit by guiding them.

• Shen Gui traveled across Mount Buzhou, where the Wu Clan and demons fought while humans had continued to prosper.
• Shen Gui reasoned that the Demon Race and Wu Clan largely left humans alone because of Nuwa’s creation and the humans’ resemblance to the Wu Clan.
• Shen Gui learned that the Human Race numbered about thirty million and that its largest tribe, where Nuwa had created humans, held roughly five million.
• Shen Gui discovered that Suiren Shi, Youchao Shi, and Ziyi Shi had already appeared as leaders of the Human Race, ending his hopes of earning merit by guiding them.
• Shen Gui chose not to interfere with human development and ate roasted Demonic Beast meat as he considered the humans’ similarities to the Wu Clan.

Shen Gui stole grilled meat from Suiren Shi’s human tribe and shared it with Hu Niu, the West Queen Mother, who lectured him about theft while eating. The chapter ended with Shen Gui recalling how he first discovered Hu Niu outside the tribe, craving the humans’ food.

• Shen Gui ate grilled meat he had taken from a human tribe and argued with Hu Niu that taking a few skewers did not count as stealing.
• Hu Niu took the meat Shen Gui offered and insisted she was only eating it to prevent waste.
• Shen Gui recognized Hu Niu as True Person Tai Miao, the West Queen Mother, who had left West Kunlun after receiving Di Jun’s invitation to the Heavenly Court’s founding ceremony.
• Shen Gui recalled first finding Hu Niu watching Suiren Shi’s tribe and mistaking her craving for grilled meat as a desire to eat humans.
• Shen Gui sneaked into the tribe to take grilled meat and returned to share it with Hu Niu, who then scolded him for stealing.

Shen Gui’s repeated visits to the human tribe to steal roasted meat brought him close to Hu Niu, who joined him in eating and grew anxious when he said he would leave. After finding that the human race was developing steadily but lacked suitable cultivation methods, Shen Gui decided there was little reason for him to stay.

• Hu Niu condemned Shen Gui for stealing roasted meat but joined him after he offered her some.
• Shen Gui repeatedly took roasted meat from the human tribe and left Origin Crystals in exchange, while Hu Niu ate with him and criticized him.
• Shen Gui told Hu Niu he might leave, and she worried about losing access to roasted meat.
• Shen Gui explained that he had come to observe the human race, which was growing and inventing useful things but had no cultivation methods suited to humans.
• Shen Gui concluded he could not solve the human race’s cultivation problem and that they would have to wait for Laozi to teach them.

Shen Gui and Hu Niu left Suiren Shi's tribe for Di Jun's approaching Heavenly Court establishment, arriving early at the Thirty-Six Heavens. Bai Ze failed to realize they had entered without taking offense at the reception, and Di Jun set out to invite them back after fearing they had left.

• Hu Niu decided to travel with Shen Gui to the Thirty-Six Heavens, where Di Jun would serve spirit fruits and immortal brews.
• Shen Gui and Hu Niu stayed near Suiren Shi's tribe while Hu Niu ate her fill of roasted meat, then left together.
• Bai Ze spotted Shen Gui and Hu Niu at the Southern Heavenly Gate, sent Di Jun a secret message, and went to greet them himself.
• Shen Gui and Hu Niu entered the Heavenly Court without objecting to Bai Ze receiving them, leaving him confused outside the gate.
• Di Jun arrived with Tai Yi, Fuxi, and Kunpeng, and, fearing Shen Gui and Hu Niu had left, decided to personally invite them back.

Di Jun misunderstood Bai Ze’s warning and rushed out of the Heavenly Court to retrieve guests who were already inside, forcing Eastern Emperor Tai Yi to chase him down. After the other invited powers arrived for the founding feast, Di Jun learned that Shen Gui and Hu Niu had spent more than ten days eating and drinking and were now asleep drunk in a side hall.

• Di Jun interrupted Bai Ze and hurried beyond the Southern Heavenly Gate, believing he needed to bring back guests who had arrived early.
• Bai Ze explained that Shen Gui and West Queen Mother were already inside the Heavenly Court, and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi rushed after Di Jun.
• Several days later, Eastern Emperor Tai Yi returned with Di Jun, and Di Jun decided they would wait at the gate for other guests.
• On the final day, the Three Pure Ones, the two from Spirit Mountain, Zhen Yuanzi, Daoist Hong Yun, Old Ancestor Ming He, and other invited powers arrived for the feast.
• An attendant told Di Jun that Shen Gui and Hu Niu had been feasting for more than ten days and were now drunk and asleep in a side hall.

Di Jun began the Heavenly Court banquet while Shen Gui and Hu Niu secretly disguised themselves as attendants and took half of the food and drink. After Hu Niu left a fruit visibly cut in half, Shen Gui hurried them back to the side hall to resume pretending to be drunk, while Ming He noticed the half fruit.

• Di Jun started the feast and gave a brief welcome to the assembled great powers.
• Shen Gui and Hu Niu left illusions of themselves sleeping in the side hall, disguised themselves as attendants, and secretly kept half of the banquet food and drink.
• Shen Gui and Hu Niu ate and discussed the guests, with Hu Niu identifying the great powers for Shen Gui.
• Hu Niu took half of a lone fruit, prompting Shen Gui to pull her back to the side hall and tell her to pretend to be drunk again.
• Ming He noticed a half fruit on his plate and furrowed his brow.

At Di Jun’s banquet, Old Ancestor Ming He protested receiving only half a Star Fruit, and the other guests discovered their fruits were missing too. Shen Gui revealed that Hu Niu had taken the fruits, leaving the banquet’s great powers to stare accusingly at Di Jun.

• Old Ancestor Ming He angrily challenged Di Jun over the half Star Fruit on his plate, and Di Jun said he had prepared the rare fruits for his guests.
• Tongtian pointed out that the Three Pure Ones had received no Star Fruits, and the guests realized the fruit portions were missing.
• In a side hall, Shen Gui scolded Hu Niu for taking half a fruit and explained that she should have taken whole fruits instead.
• Shen Gui gave Hu Niu more Star Fruits and admitted he had taken the Three Pure Ones’ fruits, Hong Yun’s fruit, and the portions meant for the unnamed Quasi-Saints.
• The guests determined that only Ming He and Zhen Yuanzi had Star Fruits, then turned their accusing gazes toward Di Jun.

Di Jun established the Demon Race’s Heavenly Court in the Thirty-Six Heavens and appointed its rulers and generals. The ceremony ended with the Heavenly Court founded, while the gathered powers offered little support.

• Golden Phoenix arrived on Nuwa’s behalf with a congratulatory gift, easing the tension at Di Jun’s banquet before returning to Wa Huang Heaven.
• After the banquet, Di Jun told the assembled powers that he intended to unite the Demon Race, end its wars, and establish a Heavenly Court to maintain order.
• Kunpeng presided over the founding ritual while the Heavenly Court’s members cheered.
• Di Jun declared the Demon Race’s Heavenly Court established and appointed Tai Yi, Fuxi, Kunpeng, the Ten Demon Saints, and Nuwa to their respective positions.

Di Jun established the Demon Race's Heavenly Court and received heavenly merit, but the Twelve Ancestor Witches responded by declaring that the Wu Clan would govern the Primordial Wilderness on Pangu's behalf. The chapter left Di Jun recognizing the Wu Clan as an existential rival after the Demon Race's Fortune weakened.

• Di Jun established the Heavenly Court, and heavenly merit helped him, Tai Yi, and other members of the Demon Race grow stronger.
• Di Jun invited cultivators to join the Heavenly Court, while the Twelve Ancestor Witches discussed how to respond to his claim over the Primordial Wilderness.
• Houtu argued that the Wu Clan should answer the Heavenly Court's establishment by asserting its own right to govern the land.
• Di Jiang led the Twelve Ancestor Witches in swearing before Pangu to govern the heavens and earth on his behalf, prompting heavenly phenomena and a descent of merit.
• Di Jun sensed the Demon Race's Fortune weaken after the Wu Clan's declaration and resolved that the conflict would be a fight to the death.

After leaving the Heavenly Court, Shen Gui and Hu Niu traveled east while discussing where Shen Gui was headed next. Shen Gui agreed to take Hu Niu to visit Nuwa, leaving Hu Niu excited and wondering how to make a good impression.

• Shen Gui and Hu Niu left Mount Buzhou with spiritual fruit and wine taken from the Heavenly Court.
• Hu Niu asked Shen Gui to invite her to Northern Kurukshetra Continent, but he said he had important business and was not going back there.
• Shen Gui told Hu Niu he planned to visit Nuwa beyond the Thirty-three Heavens to retrieve Si Yue for Yao Yue.
• Hu Niu asked to accompany Shen Gui, and he agreed.
• Hu Niu hurried after Shen Gui, asking whether she should prepare a gift and whether Nuwa would like her.

Shen Gui and Hu Niu arrived at Wa Huang Heaven while Di Jun discussed the Heavenly Court’s growing conflict with the Wu Clan. Di Jun proposed taking Hong Yun’s Primordial Violet Qi to secure a Saint for the Demon Race, and the others agreed to proceed.

• Shen Gui and Hu Niu traveled through chaos to Wa Huang Heaven as Hu Niu repeatedly asked about Empress Nuwa.
• Di Jun asked Eastern Emperor Tai Yi about recruiting the Lunar Star powers, and Tai Yi reported that he had failed to meet them.
• Kunpeng lamented that Nuwa did not involve herself in Demon Race affairs, prompting Di Jun to suggest that the Heavenly Court could obtain a Saint of its own.
• Di Jun identified Hong Yun’s Primordial Violet Qi as a path to Sainthood and argued that Hong Yun had no rightful claim to it.
• Kunpeng supported taking the Primordial Violet Qi from Hong Yun, and Fuxi reluctantly agreed.

Shen Gui visited Nuwa to retrieve Si Yue, whom she released from an egg after years of imprisonment. Si Yue emerged with his cultivation gone and, after learning Shen Gui had acted to save his life, grieved that he could no longer avenge himself; Hu Niu promised to protect him.

• Shen Gui met Nuwa in Wa Huang Heaven and asked her to release Si Yue from the egg.
• Nuwa took Si Yue from Guixu and used her power to restore him to his wolf form.
• Hu Niu rushed over, hugged Si Yue, and offered to take him back to West Kunlun and feed him.
• Si Yue demanded that Shen Gui explain what had happened to his cultivation, and Shen Gui said he had removed it to save his life.
• Si Yue stopped blaming Shen Gui when he heard Yao Yue would have been heartbroken if he had died, but lamented that he could no longer seek revenge.
• Hu Niu told Shen Gui not to bully Si Yue and promised to stand up for him.

Shen Gui took the de-powered Si Yue from Nuwa’s palace, but Si Yue refused to meet his sister Yao Yue while trapped in a child’s body. Shen Gui knocked him out and carried him toward Yao Yue, then the story shifted to Kunlun Mountain and the Three Pure Ones.

• Si Yue transformed from a silver wolf into a small boy, and Nuwa’s meddling meant he would need to reach the Quasi-Saint realm to regain his former appearance.
• Shen Gui offered to take Si Yue to see Yao Yue, but Si Yue refused until he recovered his cultivation.
• Shen Gui knocked Si Yue unconscious and left Wa Huang Palace with Hu Niu carrying the wolf.
• Shen Gui and Hu Niu departed for Yao Yue while Nuwa settled down to nap.
• The story introduced Kunlun Mountain, home of the Three Pure Ones: Taiqing Laozi, Yuqing Yuanshi, and Shangqing Tongtian.

After failing to find the path to sainthood, the Three Pure Ones discussed visiting the human race, but Yuanshi and Tongtian chose to stay behind while Laozi set out for Mount Buzhou. Meanwhile, the human race suffered as low-ranking demons increasingly preyed on them.

• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian emerged from seclusion without discovering how to become Saints.
• Laozi decided to visit the human race, while Yuanshi and Tongtian declined to join him and returned to seclusion.
• Laozi left the Hall of the Three Pure Ones and headed toward Mount Buzhou.
• As conflicts between the Wu Clan and Demon Race intensified, demons began killing and eating humans.
• Demons discovered that eating humans increased their magic power, prompting more attacks that left the vulnerable human race in dire suffering.

A young man from the Feng Clan drew a giant python away from his tribe, then risked his life rather than lead it toward an old man. The old man killed the python and spared the young man, who woke by a campfire and thanked him.

• The young man lured the giant python away from his tribe to keep it from eating more tribespeople.
• Near a valley, the young man changed course to avoid leading the python toward an old man sitting at the entrance.
• The young man collapsed from exhaustion, refusing to sacrifice the old man to save himself.
• The old man appeared beside the young man and turned the python to green smoke with a wave of his sleeve.
• The young man woke after nightfall and thanked the old man, identifying himself as someone of the Feng Clan.