Chapter Summaries

Shen Gui fled after Nuwa teased him with a question about whether he would side with her or Wangshu, while Wangshu and Nuwa continued their rivalry. Meanwhile, Fuxi became the Feng Clan Tribe Leader, established marriage customs, and turned to improving the human race’s food supply through fishing.

• Nuwa asked Shen Gui whether he would help her or Wangshu if they fought, and Shen Gui escaped without answering.
• Wangshu announced she would visit the Heavenly Palace, and she and Nuwa traded provocations over their status and rivalry.
• In Fuxi’s sixth year, Huaxu handed him leadership of the Feng Clan tribe, and he quickly earned the tribe’s trust.
• Fuxi established marriage customs and rites, winning support across human tribes and increasing his prestige.
• Fuxi began planning further reforms and focused on fishing as a way to address the human race’s growing need for food.

Fuxi improved fishing and introduced other reforms that strengthened the human tribes and raised his standing across the continents. As support grew for naming him Human Race Co-Lord, the tribes of Northern Kurukshetra and Southern Jambudvipa withheld their response for different reasons.

• Fuxi taught the Feng Clan to make fishing nets from knotted ropes, greatly increasing their catch, then spread the technique to other human tribes.
• Fuxi introduced animal husbandry and other reforms, and the Feng Clan’s success raised his reputation throughout the Human Race.
• Laozi judged that Fuxi had proved his ability to lead and allowed support for naming him Human Race Co-Lord to spread among the tribes.
• Bei Minghong waited for Shen Gui or Yao Yue to state a position before the North Nether Tribe supported Fuxi.
• The tribes of Southern Jambudvipa remained silent because Fuxi’s status as Laozi’s disciple made them wary of relying on outside power.

Fuxi became the first Human Emperor, but natural disasters overwhelmed his efforts to lead the human tribes. As he sought a way to predict disasters, Feng Xinzi confronted him with the claim that he should not be Human Emperor, while Luo Shen arrived with the River Diagram and Luo Script.

• Xuandu proposed Fuxi as Human Emperor, and human tribes across the Central, Western, and Northern continents supported him, making him the first Human Emperor.
• Natural disasters struck the human tribes, and Fuxi struggled to protect them while wishing for a way to predict future calamities.
• Fuxi walked beside the Luo River and drew on the ground as he pondered how to help the human race anticipate disasters.
• Feng Xinzi approached Fuxi and told him that he should not be Human Emperor, though he did not recognize her.
• Luo Shen emerged from the Luo River and said she had come to give Fuxi the River Diagram and Luo Script under the Heavenly Emperor’s orders.
• Feng Xinzi challenged Luo Shen, insisting that the man she knew would never have chosen to become Human Emperor.

Fuxi recovered his memories and cultivation after studying the River Diagram and Luo Script, then created the Eight Trigrams and accepted his role as Human Emperor. Feng Xinzi left him, while Ren Si’s unexpected pregnancy signaled that the next Earth Emperor was soon to be born.

• Nuwa gave Fuxi the River Diagram and Luo Script and told him to choose for himself.
• Fuxi used the treasures to create the Eight Trigrams, regained his former cultivation, and declared that only the human Fuxi remained.
• Feng Xinzi told Fuxi she had acted because a Human Emperor could not marry a demon, then left.
• Fuxi thanked the Heavenly Emperor through Luo Shen and walked toward Chendu.
• In the Western Ox Continent, Ren Si saw a divine dragon at Mount Hua and later discovered she was pregnant.

After confirming that Shi Nian was the future Earth Emperor, Fuxi traveled to the Lie Shan Clan and discovered that Pharmacist had arrived to teach the child on behalf of the Western Teachings. The chapter left Fuxi suspicious of the Western Teachings’ intentions as Pharmacist began his role as Shi Nian’s teacher.

• Ren Si gave birth to Shi Nian, who spoke after three days and walked after five.
• Jieyin chose Pharmacist to teach the Earth Emperor, while Shen Gui suspected someone was using the divine-dragon rumor to create conflict between the human race and the Dragon Race.
• Fuxi asked Huaxu to manage Chendu during his absence, and Huaxu reminded him to put his duty as Human Emperor first.
• Fuxi traveled to the Lie Shan Clan and recognized Shi Nian as the future Earth Emperor.
• Pharmacist announced his arrival and said he had come by his master's command to teach Shi Nian.
• Fuxi questioned Pharmacist's intentions while the Lie Shan Clan's Tribe Leader and Ren Si welcomed the prospect of Shi Nian being taught by a sage's disciple.

Shen Gui brooded in the immortal pool after Wangshu fled from his advances, then blamed the secret plot against the Dragon Race and began watching for its perpetrators. While he slept, Shennong spread the Five Grains among humanity, and the births of Xuanyuan and Chi You left Shen Gui puzzled about the coming Human Emperor.

• Wangshu fled back to the Lunar Star after Shen Gui took her flirting seriously, and Shen Gui hid in the immortal pool, blaming the Dragon Race plotter for his embarrassment.
• Zhunti and Jieyin sensed an unexplained foreboding but dismissed the possibility that their secret Eightfold Assembly plan would be exposed.
• Shen Gui watched the Earth Emperor's life through the Sky-Gazing Mirror, and Shi Nian discovered the Five Grains, taught people to grow them, and earned the name Shennong.
• Fuxi's merits neared completion as Shennong gained great prestige, while Xuanyuan was born to the Youxiong tribe and Chi You was born to the Jiuli tribe.
• Shen Gui wondered why Primordial Heavenly Venerate showed no reaction to Xuanyuan's birth, unaware that neither Xuanyuan nor Chi You was the Human Emperor he expected.

Ping Xin imprisoned Xuan Ming to keep her from interfering in the human race conflict, but Xuan Ming had already arranged for the Wu Clan to awaken Chi You without her. Shen Gui learned that the human Chi You and the Thirteenth Ancestor Witch were the same person, leaving the plan and the Wu Clan’s future difficult to handle.

• Ping Xin drew Xuan Ming into Ping Xin Hall and said she would release her after the Three Sovereigns took their places.
• Xuan Ming told the Wu Clan Great Wu to proceed with their plans if Ping Xin detained her, and Xing Tian instructed them to contact Yu Shi and Feng Bo.
• Yu Shi told the Great Wu at Pangu Hall that awakening Chi You would require the former Chi You tribe to sacrifice themselves, and they agreed for the Wu Clan’s sake.
• Shen Gui learned from his Evil Corpse that the human Chi You was the Thirteenth Ancestor Witch reborn and worried about the consequences.

Shen Gui accepted Yao Yue’s advice to leave Chi You alone, while Fuxi prepared to pass the Human Emperor’s throne to Shennong despite Huaxu’s objections. A rumor that Shennong was the son of a dragon god then alarmed the Four Sea Dragon Kings, who agreed to present the dragon as having protected his mother instead.

• Yao Yue persuaded Shen Gui that intervening in Chi You’s affairs would risk breaking the rules, and Shen Gui chose to stay with her.
• Shennong’s standing grew among the human tribes as Fuxi recognized that his own merits were fulfilled.
• Huaxu urged Fuxi not to yield the throne, but Fuxi said the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors were unavoidable and departed.
• Fuxi announced that he would pass the throne to Shennong, and human tribes across the land supported the succession.
• A rumor spread that Shennong was the son of a dragon god, prompting Ao Guang and the other Four Sea Dragon Kings to discuss the threat to their Dragon Race.
• Ao Guang proposed claiming that a divine dragon had protected Shennong’s mother, and the other Dragon Kings agreed.

Huaxu urged the Three Ancestors to unify the Human Race through war so it could resist the saints, and Suiren Shi agreed to consider the plan. Meanwhile, Fuxi abdicated in favor of Shennong and became the Human Race’s Heavenly Emperor, but a new voice interrupted the ceremony after Saint Taiqing ordered him into seclusion at Huoyun Cave.

• Huaxu told the Three Ancestors that the Human Race needed true unity to escape the saints’ control, and proposed using war to unite tribes under a powerful leader.
• Huaxu ruled out tribes in the east, west, and north as candidates for unification, and Suiren Shi approved her proposed scope.
• Zhunti and Jieyin discussed how the Dragon Race’s support for Shennong could plant a seed of future conflict between the Human Race and the dragons.
• Fuxi and Shennong ascended the Fengshan Platform in Chendu, where Fuxi formally abdicated in Shennong’s favor.
• Merit transformed Fuxi into a Sacred Emperor of the Human Race, and Saint Taiqing decreed that he must live in seclusion at Huoyun Cave.
• A cold voice rang out from the horizon as Fuxi accepted Saint Taiqing’s decree.

Fuxi abdicated as Human Emperor and entered Huoyun Cave, leaving Shennong to succeed him, while Nuwa’s anger over the arrangement drew Shen Gui into humanity’s affairs. At Yao Yue’s advice, Shen Gui decided to support Xuanyuan of the Youxiong Tribe in the coming contest for the Human Emperor’s position.

• Nuwa challenged Laozi’s demand that Fuxi enter Huoyun Cave, but Fuxi agreed to set an example for future Human Emperors and left the Fengshan Platform.
• Laozi declared Shennong the new Human Emperor after Fuxi departed for Huoyun Cave.
• Nuwa dragged Shen Gui away from Yao Yue, and Shen Gui blamed Laozi for ruining his plans and vowed to make trouble for the sages’ plans for humanity.
• Yao Yue advised Shen Gui to contest the sages’ influence by supporting a Human Emperor outside their circle, suggesting the Jiuli Tribe or the Youxiong Tribe.
• Shen Gui chose Xuanyuan of the Youxiong Tribe, and Yao Yue planned to have the North Nether Tribe Leader contact them while limiting their interference in human affairs.

Bei Minghong traveled from Northern Kurukshetra Continent to meet Xuanyuan, who had unified the Human Race of Southern Jambudvipa. After learning of Xuanyuan’s ambitions, Bei Minghong left him with a question about the position of Human Emperor.

• Chi You expanded the Jiuli Tribe through military conquest while Xuanyuan unified the tribes of Southern Jambudvipa under the Youxiong Tribe.
• Bei Minghong arrived in Southern Jambudvipa on Yao Yue’s order and learned that Xuanyuan’s Youxiong Tribe had unified the region.
• Bei Minghong formally visited Xuanyuan at Zhuolu, where Xuanyuan received him alongside Feng Hou and his trusted aides.
• Nangong Yi identified Bei Minghong as the former leader of the Northern Darkness Clan, easing Xuanyuan’s doubts about his visitor.
• Bei Minghong asked Xuanyuan about his future ambitions, then asked what he thought of the position of Human Emperor.

Bei Minghong offered the northern tribes’ support for Xuanyuan to succeed Shennong as Human Emperor, and Xuanyuan resolved to rely on his own strength. Meanwhile, Chi You expanded the Jiuli Tribe eastward, leaving Shennong to face reports of attacks instead of news of a successor.

• Bei Minghong told Xuanyuan that the Heavenly Emperor considered him worthy of becoming Human Emperor and that the northern tribes would support him; after hearing Bei Minghong’s defense of the northern tribes’ gratitude, Xuanyuan agreed to contend for the position.
• After uniting Southern Jambudvipa’s human tribes, Xuanyuan turned to the continent’s demon kings and other powers, planning to expand his territory, train his troops, and prepare for the succession contest.
• Chi You unified Central Continent’s human tribes by force, then learned from Suiren Shi and the other Human Ancestors about their plans with Huaxu and grew angry at the Saints’ treatment of humanity.
• Chi You chose to expand eastward, and Feng Bo and Yu Shi joined the Jiuli Tribe, gained his trust, and helped strengthen its army and Chi You himself.
• Chi You’s army swept through the human tribes of Eastern Divine Continent, whose leaders appealed to Shennong, while Shennong received reports of the attacks instead of news of a Heaven-ordained successor.

Shennong learned that Chi You’s Jiuli Tribe was conquering human tribes and sent Chi Songzi to demand a truce. Chi Songzi returned with the warning that Chi You intended to keep fighting, leaving Shennong to suspect that Chi You sought the Human Emperor’s position.

• Shennong received pleas for aid from tribes attacked by the Jiuli Tribe and learned that Chi You had united the Central Continent’s human tribes by force.
• Shennong sent Chi Songzi to tell Chi You to cease fighting, while Chi Songzi warned that he could not defeat Chi You.
• Chi You’s forces conquered the Youqiong Tribe, and Chi Songzi arrived after its fall to meet Chi You.
• Chi Songzi and Chi You drank together instead of discussing the truce, and Chi You declared that he would continue pursuing the unification of the human race.
• Chi Songzi returned to Chendu and told Shennong that Chi You had no intention of stopping; Shennong suspected Chi You wanted his position, but Chi Songzi said he trusted his intuition that Chi You was not that kind of person.

Shennong sought Pharmacist’s advice after Chi You’s Jiuli Tribe conquered the Central Continent and defeated the Eastern Divine Continent’s allied tribes, forcing Shennong to move the capital. As Xuanyuan marched east to aid the Human Emperor, Ping Xin confronted Xuan Ming about Chi You’s actions and learned that Xuan Ming had arranged them before her imprisonment.

• Shennong ordered the tribes to prepare for war, then asked Pharmacist for advice about Chi You’s advance; Pharmacist reported the matter to Jieyin and Zhunti.
• Jieyin and Zhunti learned that someone might be contesting the Human Emperor’s position, and Zhunti left Spirit Mountain to handle other matters.
• Chi You routed Shennong’s allied army, pursued it toward Chendu, and forced Shennong to move the capital to Jiangshui.
• Xuanyuan learned of Chi You’s conquests and dispatched troops eastward, claiming he would punish Chi You and aid Shennong.
• Shen Gui informed Ping Xin about Chi You, prompting Ping Xin to release Xuan Ming and ask what Chi You wanted.
• Xuan Ming told Ping Xin that she had arranged everything before Ping Xin imprisoned her.

Ping Xin confronted Xuan Ming over her plot to help Chi You become Human Emperor, while Primordial Heavenly Venerate arranged for Guang Chengzi to aid Xuanyuan and sought Laozi’s approval to punish the Wu Clan. Xuanyuan and Shennong then suffered defeat against Chi You, leaving Xuanyuan shut away.

• Ping Xin warned Xuan Ming that Chi You could not become Human Emperor without abandoning his Wu Clan identity, but Xuan Ming rejected her advice and left Ping Xin Hall.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate sent Guang Chengzi to assist Xuanyuan in suppressing Chi You’s rebellion, and Chi Jingzi, True Person Huang Long, and other disciples agreed to accompany him.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate asked Laozi to approve a harsh punishment against the Wu Clan, but Laozi opposed killing Xuan Ming and said he would intervene if she personally broke the rules.
• Xuanyuan and Shennong joined forces against Chi You but found that the Jiuli army and Chi You’s strength overwhelmed their forces and strongest fighters.
• After their first battle ended in defeat, Xuanyuan shut himself away.

As Chi You drove Xuanyuan’s allied forces toward the Southern Jambudvipa, Guang Chengzi descended from Kunlun Mountain to assist Xuanyuan, despite believing Chi You was unfit to become Human Emperor. Xuanyuan welcomed the arrival of a Saint’s disciple, and the chapter ended with Guang Chengzi surrounded by guards outside the camp.

• Chi You’s powerful Jiuli army kept Xuanyuan, Shennong, and the reinforcements from the six northern tribes barely able to hold their ground.
• Guang Chengzi descended from the mountain and decided to help Xuanyuan, whom he considered a more suitable Human Emperor than Chi You.
• Guang Chengzi inspected Xuanyuan’s camp and gained a favorable impression of its defenses and order.
• Xuanyuan and his commanders failed to devise a plan against Chi You before Guang Chengzi announced himself outside the camp.
• Xuanyuan ordered Feng Hou to inform the Human Emperor and northern Tribe Leaders, then went with Li Mu and the others to meet Guang Chengzi, who was surrounded by guards.

Guang Chengzi arrived at Xuanyuan’s camp with a command from his master to help Xuanyuan defeat Chi You and succeed Shennong as Human Emperor. Shennong welcomed the decision, while Xuanyuan concealed his doubts and held to his own resolve as Bei Mingzheng asked how Guang Chengzi planned to overcome Chi You.

• Guang Chengzi met Xuanyuan and entered his camp, where they waited for Shennong before discussing his purpose.
• Shennong arrived with Bei Mingzheng, and Xuanyuan introduced Guang Chengzi as a saint’s disciple.
• Guang Chengzi announced that his master had sent him to assist Xuanyuan in quelling Chi You’s rebellion.
• Shennong praised Xuanyuan as a worthy successor, while Xuanyuan hid his misgivings and accepted the saint’s command outwardly.
• Bei Mingzheng asked Guang Chengzi how he intended to help Xuanyuan defeat Chi You.

Guang Chengzi met with Xuanyuan and Bei Mingzheng to learn why their forces were struggling against Chi You. He agreed to face Chi You himself, leaving Xuanyuan and Bei Mingzheng confident they could defeat the Jiuli army without him.

• Xuanyuan introduced Bei Mingzheng to Guang Chengzi, who was surprised that Northern Kurukshetra's usually isolationist humans had sent troops to help.
• Bei Mingzheng explained that Chi You alone could handle their Taiyi-level fighters and was the reason their combined forces were at a disadvantage.
• Guang Chengzi offered to remove Chi You as a threat, and Xuanyuan vouched for his strength as a disciple of the Yuqing Saint.
• Guang Chengzi revealed that he had reached the Taiyi peak and possessed several Innate Spiritual Treasures, surprising everyone in the command tent.
• Bei Mingzheng agreed to leave Chi You to Guang Chengzi, while he and Xuanyuan planned to crush the Jiuli army.

Xuanyuan arranged a decisive battle with Chi You while secretly planning to let Guang Chengzi die if he could not defeat Chi You, so the Saints would lose their hold over him. After Xuanyuan sent the challenge letter, Chi You's camp debated his motives and Yu Shi asked what he thought.

• Xuanyuan sent Guang Chengzi to rest in his tent, then told his leaders to keep their forces away from Guang Chengzi and Chi You during the battle.
• Xuanyuan privately ordered Feng Hou to delay any rescue if Guang Chengzi faced danger, hoping Chi You would kill him if he could not defeat Chi You.
• Xuanyuan explained that he had allied with Bei Mingzheng to free humanity from the Saints' interference, not to claim the Human Emperor position, and Feng Hou agreed to help.
• Xuanyuan sent Chi You a challenge letter for a decisive battle three days later.
• The Jiuli Tribe suspected Xuanyuan's challenge concealed a scheme, but Chi You remained untroubled as Yu Shi asked for his view.

Chi You dismissed warnings about Xuanyuan’s proposed decisive battle, while Shen Gui watched both leaders through the Sky-Gazing Mirror and planned to aid Xuanyuan and Guang Chengzi. He intended to reveal Xuanyuan’s scheme only after Xuanyuan became Human Emperor, using the rescue to smooth relations with the Yuqing Sage.

• Chi You rejected Zhai’s warning that Xuanyuan’s call for a decisive battle might conceal a scheme, insisting his own strength would ensure victory.
• Shen Gui watched the discussions in Xuanyuan’s and Jiuli’s great tents through the Sky-Gazing Mirror and praised Chi You’s confidence.
• Shen Gui asked Yaochi what she thought of Xuanyuan, and she described him as having the bearing of a formidable ruler.
• Yaochi promised not to spread what they had witnessed, but Shen Gui said it could be disclosed after Xuanyuan became Human Emperor.
• Shen Gui planned to send someone to assist Xuanyuan and save Guang Chengzi, then later use the rescue to help reconcile Xuanyuan and the Yuqing Sage.