Chapter Summaries

Laozi recognized the human race’s potential and realized that helping them become the Protagonist of Heaven and Earth could advance his own path to sainthood. He began by asking Feng to follow him so he could study human cultivation and develop a method suited to them.

• Laozi observed that humans had strong cultivation potential and were multiplying rapidly, despite their weakness and lack of suitable methods.
• Laozi concluded that the human race could become the Protagonist of Heaven and Earth, giving him a chance to gain benefits and become a saint.
• Laozi asked Feng to follow him and learn cultivation methods, intending to study humans and create a method for their race.
• Feng eagerly accepted Laozi’s offer and asked him to teach him.

Yao Yue reunited with her older brother Si Yue, whom Shen Gui had transformed into a little boy, and thanked Shen Gui for bringing him back. Shen Gui fled the awkward encounter, while Hu Niu returned to West Kunlun determined to grow stronger.

• Yao Yue was stunned when Shen Gui revealed that the despairing little boy was her brother Si Yue.
• Si Yue greeted Yao Yue, but his childish appearance made her laugh and ruined his attempt to act like an authoritative older brother.
• Yao Yue thanked Shen Gui for finding Si Yue and keeping his recovery secret until he could surprise her.
• Shen Gui fled the Demon Lord's Palace with Hu Niu, leaving Yao Yue and Si Yue to talk.
• Hu Niu argued with Shen Gui about being called small, then left for West Kunlun to cultivate and prove him wrong.
• Lu Wu welcomed Hu Niu back to West Kunlun, noticed her bad mood, and sent a message into the mountain.

Hu Niu returned to West Kunlun and discovered that Yun Zhong Jun had spent nearly twenty percent of her private treasury renovating it, so she had him beaten and put Luo Shen in charge of her funds. Before entering seclusion, she left Fu Zhu and River Earl to supervise Yun Zhong Jun, who then tried to bargain with Qiong Qi, Lu Wu, and the Azure Bird to stop the beating.

• Hu Niu returned to West Kunlun and found that Yun Zhong Jun had transformed it with lavish palaces and towers.
• Yun Zhong Jun revealed that the renovations had used nearly twenty percent of Hu Niu's private treasury, and Hu Niu punched him and ordered the others to beat him.
• Hu Niu assigned Luo Shen to manage her private treasury and told Fu Zhu and River Earl to keep Yun Zhong Jun in check while she entered seclusion.
• After Hu Niu left, Yun Zhong Jun asked Qiong Qi, Lu Wu, and the Azure Bird to stop beating him and offered to pay them off.
• Lu Wu demanded a jar of Cloud Immortal Brew each, and Yun Zhong Jun protested that producing the brew took ninety thousand years.

Yun Zhong Jun negotiated with Qiong Qi, Lu Wu, and Qingniao over Cloud Immortal Brew, only for Hu Niu to seize the entire jar and their cups. Meanwhile, Laozi’s first cultivation method helped the human race grow, though he continued searching for a method everyone could use.

• Yun Zhong Jun agreed to give Qiong Qi, Lu Wu, and Qingniao three cups of Cloud Immortal Brew each after they beat him up.
• Hu Niu used a beam of light to take the wine jar and all three cups, leaving Yun Zhong Jun and the others lamenting their loss.
• Di Jun continued watching Hong Yun but could not act while Hong Yun stayed at Zhen Yuanzi’s Wuzhuang Temple.
• Laozi devised a cultivation method that strengthened the supernatural abilities of humans like Feng, but found that most humans could not use it.
• The human race began to grow stronger through Laozi’s method, while Laozi pondered how to create a method for all humans.

Laozi completed the Golden Core Great Dao and saw that spreading it among the Human Race would be his path to sainthood. He took Feng as his disciple, renamed him Xuandu, and prepared to teach the method to the gathered humans.

• Laozi created the Golden Core Great Dao, using the human body as a cauldron to refine essence into qi and forge a golden core.
• Laozi asked Feng to become his disciple, revealed that he was Taiqing, and gave Feng the Daoist name Xuandu.
• Laozi told Xuandu to inform the Human Race Co-Lord that he intended to spread the Golden Core Great Dao.
• Xuandu told Suiren Shi about Laozi's plan, and Suiren Shi summoned the Human Race to gather near the Feng Clan Tribe.
• Humans flocked toward Mount Buzhou to learn the new method, and Laozi sensed his path to sainthood becoming clearer.

Laozi taught the Golden Core Great Dao to the human race, established the Human Teaching, and became a Saint. Yuanshi and Tongtian also became Saints by establishing their own teachings, and Jieyin and Zhunti prepared to follow.

• Laozi proclaimed the Golden Core Great Dao and taught the gathered human race for eighty-one years.
• Laozi established the Human Teaching with the Taiji Diagram to suppress its destiny, and the human race bowed to him as he became a Saint.
• Yuanshi established the Elucidation Teaching and became a Saint using the Pangu Banner to suppress its destiny.
• Tongtian established the Interception Teaching and became a Saint, using the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation to suppress its destiny.
• Jieyin and Zhunti discussed the west falling behind the Three Pure Ones, then rose from Spirit Mountain as two more waves of pressure swept across the Primordial Wilderness.

Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Jieyin, and Zhunti became Saints in one day, unsettling the Primordial Wilderness and especially the Witch and Demon races. Shen Gui remained confident under Nuwa’s protection, while Hong Yun and Ming He each considered new ways to become Saints.

• Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Jieyin, and Zhunti became Saints, leaving the living beings of the Primordial Wilderness unimpressed by the repeated announcements.
• Shen Gui reassured Yao Yue that the new Saints posed no threat to him because Nuwa would protect him, but Yao Yue stopped rubbing his back after he admitted that his confidence came from relying on her.
• Di Jiang and Di Jun were shaken by the rise of five Saints, and Di Jun became more determined to deal with Hong Yun.
• Hong Yun, discouraged by the gap between his Quasi-Saint cultivation and the new Saints, decided to leave Wuzhuang Temple and take a walk.
• Ming He counted the new Saints and began considering whether he could try again to find a way to become one.

Ming He began planning to establish the Asura Sect, while Hong Yun left Wuzhuang Temple to seek his chance at sainthood. As the new saints gathered disciples, rivalries and discontent grew, especially between the Three Pure Ones and the Two Sages of the West.

• Ming He decided to establish the Asura Sect, using the Asura Clan as its foundation.
• Hong Yun left Zhen Yuanzi, who promised to save Ginseng Fruit for his return.
• Di Jun learned that Hong Yun had left and prepared an ambush with Eastern Emperor Tai Yi and Kunpeng, while Fuxi watched without intervening.
• Laozi accepted no disciples, Yuanshi took more than ten and made Daoist Randeng the nominal vice sect master, and Tongtian accepted disciples without distinction.
• Yuanshi and Tongtian clashed over their disciples, while Jieyin and Zhunti attracted few followers and grew concerned about the West's future.

Ming He founded the Asura Sect but received only a small amount of merit and shut himself away again. Meanwhile, Di Jun, Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, and Kunpeng ambushed Hong Yun near Mount Buzhou to seize his Primordial Violet Qi, and Hong Yun answered their attack by beginning to self-destruct.

• Ming He established the Asura Sect with the Asura Clan as its foundation, received little merit, and shut himself away again.
• Hong Yun left Wuzhuang Temple and headed for Mount Buzhou, believing his chance to become a sage awaited him there.
• Di Jun, Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, and Kunpeng ambushed Hong Yun and trapped him in a simplified Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars.
• Di Jun demanded that Hong Yun surrender the Primordial Violet Qi, arguing that strength determined who was qualified to possess it.
• Hong Yun rejected Di Jun’s claim and unleashed a terrifying surge of magic power to self-destruct.

Hong Yun self-destructed to escape Di Jun, Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, and Kunpeng, but his true spirit fled in the Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd with the Primordial Violet Qi. Zhunti and Yuanshi intervened to claim or protect it, leaving the three Quasi-Saints unable to control the conflict between Saints.

• Hong Yun's self-destruction shattered the simplified Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars, and Zhen Yuanzi sensed his peril as Hong Yun's true spirit escaped in the Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd.
• Di Jun, Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, and Kunpeng tried to stop the gourd, but Zhunti used the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree to deflect their attacks and seize it.
• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi rang the Eastern Emperor Bell while Di Jun used the River Diagram and Luo Script to restrain Zhunti, who argued that he only wanted to guide Hong Yun's true spirit away.
• Yuanshi struck Zhunti's Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree with his Jade Ruyi, knocking the gourd loose and declaring that Zhunti could not take the Primordial Violet Qi.
• Zhunti and Yuanshi prepared to fight over the Primordial Violet Qi, while Di Jun, Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, and Kunpeng could only watch bitterly.

Zhen Yuanzi reclaimed Hong Yun’s true spirit as Saints gathered to contest the Primordial Violet Qi. Nuwa then arrived and drove back all five Saints’ spiritual treasures, claiming the gourd for herself.

• Zhen Yuanzi arrived, demanded Hong Yun’s true spirit, and took it from the Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd before leaving.
• Di Jun departed with Eastern Emperor Tai Yi and Kunpeng after realizing he could not seize the Primordial Violet Qi.
• Tongtian and Jieyin joined Zhunti and Yuanshi in a standoff, and Laozi arrived to order the Western Sages to withdraw.
• Nuwa’s Crimson Silk Ball struck back the spiritual treasures of all five Saints, and Nuwa claimed the gourd.
• Shen Gui watched from Northern Kurukshetra Continent and cheered Nuwa’s arrival.

Nuwa overwhelmed the Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunti, then prepared to fight them until they accepted her strength. Hongjun arrived to stop the confrontation, while Nuwa reminded him that she was his disciple too.

• Shen Gui realized Nuwa was facing five saints alone and wondered if he needed to stop relying on her.
• The Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunti recognized Nuwa's overwhelming strength but joined forces to challenge her.
• Nuwa said she would beat the five saints until they were convinced, and an old man watching from afar recalled a woman who had once overwhelmed an era.
• Hongjun appeared above Mount Buzhou and stopped the impending fight.
• Nuwa appeared reluctantly, told Hongjun not to play favorites, and left the other saints pretending not to notice her insolence.

Hongjun hid the Primordial Violet Qi and escaped Nuwa’s anger after declaring that it would reappear when the time was right. On the Lunar Star, a mysterious woman watched the events, became interested in Shen Gui, and provoked the Heavenly Dao before Hongjun calmed it.

• Hongjun declared that Hong Yun had failed to claim the Primordial Violet Qi and hid it until the time was right.
• Nuwa demanded compensation from Hongjun, who fled to the Purple Cloud Palace, while the other Saints also hurried away.
• Nuwa sent the Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd to Wuzhuang Temple and returned to Wa Huang Heaven.
• A woman on the Lunar Star watched the events and called Shen Gui an interesting junior while teasing Hongjun.
• The woman considered keeping Shen Gui as a pet, provoking a storm of lightning that Hongjun soothed by communicating with the Heavenly Dao.

Wangshu sent her disciples Xihe and Changxi to invite Shen Gui, the demon lord of Northern Kurukshetra Continent, to the Lunar Star, proposing they use their charms to lure him. The sisters left to devise their own plan, while Hongjun tried to calm the restless Heavenly Dao.

• Wangshu summoned Xihe and Changxi and said she had a task for them.
• When Changxi protested, Wangshu argued that disciples were meant to be ordered around, and Xihe stopped their bickering to ask what the task was.
• Wangshu said they should invite a special guest to the Lunar Star and suggested they tempt him with their looks because he was lustful.
• Xihe and Changxi rejected Wangshu's approach and promised to think of their own way to bring the guest back.
• Changxi asked who they were supposed to invite, and Wangshu identified Shen Gui, the demon lord of Northern Kurukshetra Continent.
• After the sisters left, Wangshu wondered whether sending them instead of acting herself broke the rules, as Hongjun calmed the restless Heavenly Dao.

After their failed attempt to seize Hong Yun’s Primordial Violet Qi, Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi sought to recruit the Lunar goddesses Xihe and Changxi to strengthen the Demon Race. The sisters finally left the Lunar Star for Northern Kurukshetra Continent, but their poor sense of direction left Di Jun and Tai Yi waiting and wondering when they would arrive.

• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi told Di Jun that Xihe and Changxi had left the Lunar Star, and Di Jun decided to meet them and recruit them.
• Xihe and Changxi argued over which way to go until Wangshu sent Xihe a spiritual message with the correct route.
• Xihe pointed west when she meant north, and Changxi turned her around before the sisters set off toward Northern Kurukshetra Continent.
• Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi waited at the border of Northern Kurukshetra Continent and Eastern Divine Continent, but learned that the sisters had been spotted in Southern Jambudvipa heading north.
• Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi arranged to monitor the sisters’ movements and continued waiting for them to arrive.

Di Jun tried to force Xihe and Changxi into the Demon Race’s war with the Wu Clan, but the sisters vanished before reaching Central Continent and arrived in Northern Kurukshetra Continent instead. The armies gathered at Mount Buzhou, leaving Di Jun unable to prevent the coming battle.

• Di Jun ordered Eastern Emperor Tai Yi to mobilize the Heavenly Court’s army and provoke the Wu Clan so Xihe and Changxi would be drawn into the war.
• Wangshu sensed something from the Moon Palace and casually waved her hand.
• Xihe and Changxi suddenly appeared in Northern Kurukshetra Continent and recognized Northern Profound City as their destination.
• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi assembled the Heavenly Court’s forces around Mount Buzhou, prompting the Wu Clan’s twelve tribes to gather there as well.
• Di Jun learned that Xihe and Changxi had disappeared and realized the battle could no longer be avoided.

The Wu Clan and Demon Race fought to a stalemate until Houtu urged Di Jiang to end the battle and protect their clansmen. The Twelve Ancestor Witches summoned Pangu’s True Body, which struck at Di Jun’s Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars as Di Jun gathered starlight to stop it.

• The Wu Clan and Demon Race clashed, but their forces remained deadlocked across every front.
• Houtu saw the Wu Clan’s losses mounting and told Di Jiang to stop prolonging the battle and use their formation.
• Di Jiang ordered the Twelve Ancestor Witches to gather and summon the Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Formation, which manifested Pangu’s True Body.
• Di Jun commanded the Stellar Gods of the Myriad Stars to raise the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars against Pangu’s True Body.
• Di Jiang brought down a phantom axe-shadow, and Di Jun gathered the formation’s starlight to stop the strike.

Xihe and Changxi struggled to find a way to bring the Demon Lord to the Lunar Star and finally considered seducing him. Meanwhile, Di Jun’s Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars blocked Pangu True Body’s first strike, leaving both sides to question how long their strength would last.

• Outside Northern Profound City, Xihe and Changxi worried about how to persuade the Demon Lord to go to the Lunar Star and feared he might eat them.
• Xihe gave Changxi carrots and explained she had to save the rest to feed the Demon Lord, so they would not be eaten.
• After failing to come up with another plan, Xihe and Changxi simultaneously suggested trying to seduce the Demon Lord.
• Di Jun’s Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars blocked Pangu True Body’s attack, though Di Jun vomited blood and the formation expended great power.
• Di Jiang challenged the Demon Race to withstand more attacks, and Di Jun retorted that the Wu Clan might not be able to unleash many more.

Xihe and Changxi arrived in Northern Profound City to find the Demon Lord, while Shen Gui’s attempt to secretly observe them drew Yao Yue and little You Mo into following him. Shen Gui remained unaware of his own pursuers as Yao Yue resolved not to give up on him.

• Di Jiang swung the Pangu True Body’s axe at the Grand Formation of the Myriad Stars despite the formation’s immense strain.
• Xihe and Changxi entered Northern Profound City and searched for the Demon Lord, but they did not know where he lived.
• Shen Gui left his palace after learning that two Quasi-Saints had entered his territory and recognized them as Xihe and Changxi.
• Shen Gui secretly followed Xihe and Changxi, curious about why they had come to Northern Kurukshetra Continent.
• Yao Yue asked little You Mo to help her follow Shen Gui, and the two women slipped out after him.
• Yao Yue watched Shen Gui pursue Xihe and Changxi, felt insecure, and resolved not to give up on him.

In Northern Profound City, Shen Gui overheard Xihe and Changxi worrying that the Demon Sovereign would eat them if they ran out of carrots, while Yao Yue and You Mo misinterpreted their remarks in different ways. When Shen Gui revealed himself, the sisters failed to recognize him at first, then realized he was the Demon Sovereign and wondered whether he would eat them.

• Xihe and Changxi rested from shopping and ate carrots, leaving Shen Gui, Yao Yue, and You Mo confused by their conversation.
• Xihe said she was looking for the Demon Sovereign and feared he would eat the sisters if they ran out of carrots.
• Changxi promised not to complain of hunger so the Demon Sovereign would not eat Xihe, and the sisters clung to each other and cried.
• Shen Gui revealed himself and asked whether they had been looking for him.
• Xihe and Changxi did not recognize Shen Gui until he confirmed he was the Demon Sovereign, then worried aloud about whether he would eat them.