Chapter Summaries

Shen Gui recruited Dong Hua as the Eastern Heavenly Emperor before traveling to the Lunar Star to seek support from Xihe and Changxi. Wangshu welcomed him, unaware that he had come with business beyond visiting her, and played a sorrowful tune as they sat together.

• Shen Gui offered Dong Hua the title of Great Emperor Qinghua of the Eastern Pole, and Dong Hua agreed to join the Heavenly Court.
• Shen Gui headed to the Lunar Star, where Xihe and Changxi were researching how to awaken Chang'e while Wangshu passed the time among the stars.
• Wangshu sensed Shen Gui's arrival, abandoned her star arrangement, and went out to greet him.
• Wangshu invited Shen Gui into the Moon Palace, asked Xihe and Changxi to prepare tea and pastries, and offered to play the qin.
• Wangshu played a beautiful but sorrowful melody while Shen Gui listened uneasily beside her.

Shen Gui visited Wangshu on the Lunar Star and learned that Chang'e had been brought there after drinking Moonlight Brew. He asked Wangshu to let Xihe and Changxi join the Heavenly Court, but Wangshu offered to come too only if he made her the Empress of Heaven.

• Wangshu explained that a mortal woman had drunk Moonlight Brew and been drawn to the Lunar Star, where she remained asleep as Xihe and Changxi tried to help her.
• Shen Gui recognized the woman as Chang'e and told Wangshu that she was Hou Yi's wife, claiming he knew this because Hou Yi had sought Moonlight Brew for her.
• Shen Gui told Wangshu that he needed help staffing the newly established Heavenly Court and asked her to let Xihe and Changxi join.
• Wangshu asked what position Shen Gui would give her and demanded to be made Empress of Heaven as the price for all three of them joining.

Shen Gui left the Lunar Star after Wangshu confessed that she would accept being with him despite his relationship with Yao Yue, then headed to the Heavenly Court. At the Southern Heavenly Gate, he met Ying Zhao, who had personally taken guard duty to welcome him, and asked to be shown around the court.

• Wangshu told Shen Gui she knew about Yao Yue and still wanted to stay with him, while Shen Gui deferred giving her an answer.
• Shen Gui left the Lunar Star without recruiting Xihe and Changxi, deciding to return to the Heavenly Court instead.
• At the Southern Heavenly Gate, Ying Zhao recognized Shen Gui and introduced himself as a former subordinate of Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi.
• Ying Zhao explained that he had guarded the gate so no one would offend Shen Gui when he arrived.
• Shen Gui asked Ying Zhao to take him to Haotian and the others so he could inspect the Heavenly Court.

Shen Gui visited the Heavenly Court and asked Haotian about its progress, learning that its framework was in place but it lacked personnel. After welcoming the assembled officials, Shen Gui began asking them to introduce themselves, then remembered that Ying Zhao had once pursued him to kill him.

• Ying Zhao led Shen Gui through the Heavenly Palace and explained that the court had been established mainly with former Heavenly Court members, while the group from the Northern Kurukshetra Continent had not yet arrived.
• Shen Gui learned that Haotian and Dong Hua were discussing court departments in a side hall rather than the main court, and he entered with Ying Zhao.
• Haotian, Yaochi, Dong Hua, and the assembled officials recognized Shen Gui and saluted him as Your Majesty; Shen Gui took the main seat and told them to sit.
• Haotian reported that the Heavenly Court had a preliminary framework but remained short on staff, and Shen Gui told the officials to introduce themselves.
• Shen Gui excused Qin Yuan and Bi Fang from introducing themselves, then remembered that Ying Zhao had once pursued him in an attempt to kill him.

Shen Gui met the gathered members of Haotian’s Heavenly Court, recognized several former enemies and familiar figures, and learned that many Demon Race cultivators had stayed with him rather than joining other factions. He delayed assigning posts and ordered preparations for his ascension ceremony in ten years.

• Shen Gui recognized Qin Yuan and Bi Fang as commanders who had once pursued him, and both felt awkward under his scrutiny.
• The hall introduced its members, revealing that the Heavenly Court relied mainly on former Demon Race elites while Haotian’s own followers were comparatively weak.
• Shen Gui recognized Li Chang Geng and the three demon brothers Qiu Shou Xian, Ling Ya Xian, and Jin Guang Xian among the gathered cultivators.
• Shen Gui realized his rise had persuaded many demons who might have joined the Jie Teachings or the West to remain under his banner.
• Shen Gui postponed assigning posts, kept Haotian, Yaochi, Dong Hua, Ying Zhao, Bi Fang, and Qin Yuan behind, and ordered the court to prepare for his ascension ceremony in ten years.

Shen Gui delegated the arrangement of the Heavenly Court’s basic posts and assigned Dong Hua to organize invitations for his enthronement banquet. He reassured Ying Zhao, Bi Fang, and Qin Yuan that he would not punish them for their past clashes, leaving them relieved and ready to serve him.

• Shen Gui told Haotian, Yaochi, Dong Hua, Ying Zhao, Bi Fang, and Qin Yuan to decide how to assign the Heavenly Court’s basic positions and report their agreement to him.
• Shen Gui put Dong Hua in charge of inviting the great figures of the Three Realms to his enthronement banquet.
• Shen Gui dismissed Haotian, Dong Hua, and Yaochi, then asked Ying Zhao, Bi Fang, and Qin Yuan to remain.
• Shen Gui recalled his past encounters with Ying Zhao, Bi Fang, and Qin Yuan and assured them that he would treat them equally if they served him well.
• Ying Zhao, Bi Fang, and Qin Yuan accepted Shen Gui’s reassurance and answered him in unison.

Shen Gui struggled to plan the Heavenly Court’s high-ranking offices while enjoying Yaochi’s tea and attention, then set preparations in motion for his accession ceremony ten years later. As the ceremony’s deadline caused chaos among his subordinates, Shen Gui remained comfortably in the Heavenly Court with Yaochi and Yao Ji attending him.

• Shen Gui dismissed Ying Zhao and the others after assuring them he held no grudge, then worried over how to organize the Heavenly Court’s senior posts.
• Yaochi served Shen Gui peach fruit tea and massaged his shoulders, and she told him that Haotian was her younger brother.
• Shen Gui ordered the Heavenly Court’s offices arranged and directed Dong Hua to send invitations for his accession ceremony ten years later.
• Dong Hua rushed to deliver invitations, while Yao Yue struggled to prepare for the ceremony and move You Mo, Su San, and the others from the Northern Kurukshetra Continent.
• Shen Gui stayed in the Heavenly Court, where Yaochi and Yao Ji took turns attending to him, and he judged Yao Ji to be sweet and naive.

Shen Gui discussed establishing the Five Heavenly Emperors with Yao Yue, who advised him on dividing their authority and choosing candidates. He was left considering a revised plan that split control of the Primordial Land between the human and demon races.

• Yao Yue arrived at the Heavenly Court with You Mo, Su San, and former members of the Mystic Venerable Sect, then reunited with Shen Gui in private.
• Yao Yue reproached Shen Gui for rushing the enthronement ceremony and making her work to arrange You Mo and the others.
• Shen Gui asked Yao Yue to help him plan the Heavenly Court's positions, explaining his proposal for the Five Heavenly Emperors.
• Shen Gui said he had promised Ping Xin the leading position and Dong Hua a position, and considered Haotian another candidate.
• Yao Yue advised Shen Gui to retain control over rewards and punishments, leave oversight of the Three Realms outside a Heavenly Emperor's exclusive authority, and place the Netherworld under Ping Xin.
• Yao Yue proposed two Heavenly Emperors for the Primordial Land: Shen Gui to command the Demon Race and Xuandu to command the human race.

Shen Gui and Yao Yue discussed their roles in the new Heavenly Court, leaving the Empress of Heaven position vacant while naming Yao Yue Demon Empress and Wangshu Heavenly Consort. With Yao Yue helping organize the court, Shen Gui’s enthronement ceremony finally arrived.

• Shen Gui asked Yao Yue to become Empress of Heaven, but she declined and proposed that he make her Demon Empress instead.
• Shen Gui decided to leave the Empress of Heaven position vacant rather than give it to Wangshu, and Yao Yue suggested making Wangshu a Heavenly Consort of equal rank.
• Shen Gui told Wangshu her title would be Heavenly Consort while Yao Yue would be Demon Empress, and Wangshu accepted the arrangement.
• Yao Yue stayed at the Heavenly Court and helped Shen Gui, You Mo, Su San, and others organize the court and decide appointments.
• The enthronement ceremony, attended by nearly all the upper-echelon cultivators of the Primordial Wilderness Three Realms, arrived.

Shen Gui held his enthronement banquet as Heavenly Emperor, attended by nearly every major power in the Primordial Wilderness. With Wangshu’s overwhelming presence keeping order, the banquet began peacefully, though Nuwa’s absence remained noticeable.

• Shen Gui’s invitation brought Saints, ancient powers, Human Race leaders, and representatives of other factions to the Heavenly Court for his enthronement.
• Wangshu oversaw the gathering with her Heavenly Dao-level pressure, preventing any guest from causing trouble and attracting some Grand Unity Golden Immortals to consider joining the Heavenly Court.
• Yao Yue urged Shen Gui to leave Lingxiao Hall and appear before the guests while she and Wangshu chatted together.
• Shen Gui greeted the assembled powers, took his seat, and ordered the banquet to begin despite Nuwa’s absence.
• The guests enjoyed the banquet, while everyone understood that the main event was still to come.

At his enthronement banquet, Shen Gui announced that he would establish Five Heavenly Emperors to help govern the Three Realms and assigned several positions. He left the crucial role of guiding the human race undecided, asking Taiqing to recommend its candidate.

• Shen Gui addressed the guests, asked whether anyone objected to his becoming Heavenly Emperor, and said he hoped they would help with Three Realms affairs.
• After Zhunti asked how he planned to govern, Shen Gui announced the Five Heavenly Emperors and appointed Ping Xin to govern the Netherworld and Dong Hua to lead the Heavenly Court’s immortals.
• Shen Gui appointed himself Demon Emperor and named Yao Yue Demon Empress, and Yao Yue appeared beside him to acknowledge the appointment.
• Shen Gui said Great Emperor Ziwei would guide the human race but asked Taiqing to choose the candidate, making Jieyin and Zhunti suspicious and causing Laozi to narrow his eyes.

Shen Gui appointed the remaining Heavenly Court leaders and established the Heavenly Patrol Office under Tai Miao, giving it authority across the Primordial Wilderness. The Three Pure Ones unexpectedly pledged their support, leaving the gathered powers stunned.

• Shen Gui appointed Xuandu Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole and Central Heaven, and Laozi agreed to the position on his behalf.
• Shen Gui appointed You Mo Great Emperor Longevity of the South Pole to oversee fortune and emoluments in the Three Realms.
• Shen Gui appointed Wangshu Heavenly Consort, with authority equal to the Empress of Heaven, and the Saints sensed the immense pressure she carried.
• Shen Gui established the Heavenly Patrol Office and appointed Tai Miao West Queen Mother to lead it, requiring Xuandu and the Human Race's Heavenly Emperor to cooperate.
• Tongtian declared that he and the Jie Sect would support the office, then Laozi and Yuanshi also pledged support from Xuandu and the Chan Sect.

Shen Gui completed the Heavenly Court’s appointments, securing the Three Pure Ones’ support and Candle Dragon’s submission before Nuwa arrived at the banquet. The chapter left Nuwa poised to take the stage.

• The Three Pure Ones supported the Heavenly Patrol Office, and Shen Gui established it with Hu Niu as its head.
• Shen Gui appointed Haotian to oversee the Imperial Observatory, named Yaochi the Yaochi Saintess, and made Xihe and Changxi Lunar Star Lords.
• Candle Dragon agreed to serve the Heavenly Court, and Shen Gui named him Dragon God and appointed the Four Seas Dragon Kings to govern the seas.
• Nuwa arrived from beyond the Nine Heavens atop Golden Phoenix as the banquet neared its end.

Nuwa gave Shen Gui a congratulatory gift by opening the sky above the Thirty-Six Heavens and transforming them into a true Heavenly Realm. She sealed the rift with Five-Colored Stones, though the lingering Chaos Qi formed the Heavenly River.

• Nuwa arrived at Shen Gui’s enthronement and explained that she had been delayed preparing a gift.
• Nuwa opened the sky above the Thirty-Six Heavens and used the Universe Cauldron to refine Chaos Qi into Clear Qi and Turbid Qi, expanding the heavens into a true world.
• Nuwa sealed the rift temporarily with the Map of Mountains and Rivers, then refined Five-Colored Stones in the Universe Cauldron to mend it.
• A small Five-Colored Stone remained, and Nuwa casually threw it away.
• Chaos Qi continued seeping through the repaired sky and gathered around the Five-Colored Stones, forming the Heavenly River.

Nuwa transformed the Heavenly Realm as a gift for Shen Gui, and the ceremony ended with the Three Pure Ones and many independent cultivators pledging support for the Heavenly Court. With its officials beginning to gather, Shen Gui turned to the unresolved question of how to organize the Heavenly Army.

• Nuwa presented the transformed Heavenly Realm to Shen Gui, then left after he praised her by comparing her methods to Hongjun's.
• Shen Gui invited cultivators to serve in the Heavenly Court, and Laozi left behind an avatar, Taishang, whom Shen Gui appointed as Taishang Laojun to oversee Doushuai Palace and the court's elixirs.
• Tongtian offered to recommend willing Jie Sect disciples for Heavenly Court posts, while Yuanshi promised that Chan Sect disciples would help with major matters in the Three Realms.
• After the ceremony, many independent cultivators chose to join the Heavenly Court, and the guests departed.
• Shen Gui met with the remaining Heavenly Court officials in Lingxiao Hall and asked for their opinions on establishing the Heavenly Army.

Shen Gui established the Heavenly Army as an elite force of Immortal Realm cultivators and organized it into six legions. He appointed commanders and assigned some legions to other organizations, leaving his ministers surprised by the army’s small size and decentralized control.

• Shen Gui said the Heavenly Army should prioritize elite quality and require every soldier to have reached the Immortal Realm.
• Ying Zhao supported Shen Gui’s proposal but warned that the army would be much smaller, and Shen Gui replied that numbers mattered less than combat power.
• Shen Gui set an establishment of about five hundred thousand soldiers for each of six legions and rejected Su San’s concern that this was too few.
• Shen Gui appointed Ying Zhao to form the Southern Heavenly Gate Legion, Su San to form the Imperial Guard Legion, and Haotian to form the Heavenly River Navy.
• Shen Gui assigned the Sky Patrol Legion, East Sea Navy, and Reincarnation Legion to the Sky Patrol Office, the Dragon Race of the Four Seas, and the Netherworld, respectively.
• Shen Gui let each legion commander expand or reduce their forces as needed, leaving the military commanders speechless.

After the Heavenly Court’s affairs were settled, Shen Gui watched his companions depart and prepared to say goodbye to Yao Yue. Yao Yue returned to the Northern Kurukshetra Continent with the Moon God Arrow, leaving Shen Gui to promise he would visit home often.

• Shen Gui dismissed the Heavenly Court’s guests and asked Dong Hua to escort Hu Niu and her former retainers out.
• Shen Gui ordered Su San to establish the Imperial Guard Legion, then dismissed Haotian and Yaochi.
• Yao Yue told You Mo to keep an eye on Shen Gui, and You Mo promised to stop him from chasing skirts.
• Yao Yue declined Shen Gui’s offer to stay and said the Northern Kurukshetra Continent needed her.
• Shen Gui returned the Moon God Arrow to Yao Yue, and they kissed before she departed.
• Shen Gui called after Yao Yue that he would come home often.

After Yao Yue and Wangshu left, Shen Gui visited Nuwa in the Heavenly Palace garden and reassured her that he had not meant to call her violent. Nuwa departed for Wa Huang Heaven while secretly plotting to torment him, leaving Shen Gui unsettled by her strange behavior.

• Wangshu teased Shen Gui about staying, then left the Lingxiao Hall after admitting she would not make things difficult for him while Yao Yue was away.
• Shen Gui rubbed little You Mo's head, then went to find Nuwa in the Heavenly Palace rear garden.
• Nuwa asked Shen Gui whether he thought she had been violent, and Shen Gui explained that he had meant to praise her straightforwardness.
• Nuwa left for Wa Huang Heaven on Golden Phoenix, then laughed and plotted to torment Shen Gui after he was out of sight.
• Shen Gui felt a chill run down his spine as Nuwa grinned on Golden Phoenix's back.

After the War of the Witches and Demons, Shen Gui’s peaceful coexistence principles helped the Primordial Land prosper. In the Chaos Starry Sky, Wu Gang learned that Chang'e might be on the Lunar Star and received a method to reach it, though the mysterious being warned him to honor his promise.

• Shen Gui’s Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence Between Humans and Demons spread across the Primordial Wilderness, and humans and demons began rebuilding in peace.
• Wu Gang continued searching the Chaos Starry Sky for Chang'e, while a black-mist being taunted him about the danger and futility of his quest.
• The being offered to reveal Chang'e’s location in exchange for Wu Gang’s promise to pay any price, as long as Chang'e was not harmed.
• The being said Chang'e was on the Lunar Star and sent Wu Gang a method to ascend it, warning him not to forget his promise.
• Wu Gang wondered whether the information was a trap but decided to try the method because he had no other lead.

Wu Gang headed to the Lunar Star while a mysterious lord explained why he was useful as a discreet pawn and teased her subordinate about Chang'e's beauty. On the Lunar Star, Wangshu welcomed the amnesiac Chang'e, then reflected on becoming a Heavenly Consort and resented Shen Gui for not making her Empress of Heaven.

• Wu Gang chose to head to the Lunar Star as a mysterious lord told her subordinate that he was a useful pawn because he could act without attracting Hongjun's attention.
• The mysterious lord teased her subordinate about being jealous of Chang'e and admitted that Chang'e was beautiful.
• Wangshu learned that Chang'e had awakened after Xihe and Changxi helped her absorb the lunar radiance, but had lost her memories.
• Wangshu realized Chang'e had sealed away her memories herself, yet blamed Xihe and Changxi so they would cultivate more diligently.
• Wangshu let Chang'e keep that name and live on the Lunar Star, then thought about her new status as Heavenly Consort and grumbled that Shen Gui had not made her Empress of Heaven.