Chapter Summaries

Shen Gui reflected on the changes to familiar myths and worried that Yao Ji would never have the children associated with Yang Jian, Yang Chan, and Chen Xiang. Meanwhile, Yao Ji went exploring the Heavenly Realm and unexpectedly found something valuable.

• Shen Gui sent Yao Ji away, then thought about Guang Chengzi pursuing Xuan Nü and how the altered circumstances might prevent Yao Ji from having Yang Jian.
• Shen Gui looked into the Sky-Gazing Mirror and saw the spiritual stone on the island where Monkey Brother had been left, then fell asleep.
• Yao Ji, temporarily without duties after leaving Shen Gui's palace, decided to explore the vast Heavenly Realm.
• Yao Ji wandered safely through the peaceful Heavenly Realm, where residents of many races lived under Shen Gui's rule.
• Yao Ji found something while exploring, in a stroke of luck reminiscent of Xihe and Changxi.

Yao Ji discovered two pieces of Chaos Spirit Jade in the Heavenly Realm and decided to guard them as they neared awakening. Meanwhile, Xuanyuan led campaigns against demons who had established kingdoms across the Primordial Land.

• Yao Ji found two unusually spiritual pieces of Chaos Spirit Jade in a valley and recognized that they were close to developing intelligence.
• Yao Ji stayed in the valley to protect the Chaos Spirit Jade until they transformed.
• Cang Jie created a writing system for the human race under Xuanyuan, advancing its development.
• Xuanyuan led his army east and west to conquer demons who had claimed mountains as their kingdoms.

Xuanyuan campaigned against independent Demon Kings to strengthen humanity, support Shen Gui, and remove threats, while Tai Hao and Shao Hao rose as leaders of eastern and western humanity. In the Heavenly Realm, Yao Ji brought two newly transformed Chaos Spirit Jade children she had raised back to the Heavenly Palace and went to explain their situation to Shen Gui.

• Xuanyuan defeated or drove off Demon Kings in the central lands and Southern Jambudvipa, prompting most to pledge allegiance to the Northern Demon Court and relocate north.
• Tai Hao and Shao Hao emerged as the Azure Emperor and White Emperor, leaders chosen for the humans of the Eastern Divine Continent and Western Ox Continent.
• The two Chaos Spirit Jade beings developed spiritual intelligence, called Yao Ji their mother, and later passed their transformation tribulations.
• Yao Ji brought the two children to the Heavenly Palace, embarrassed by their calling her mother in front of its inhabitants.
• Yao Ji went to Moon-Gazing Palace to ask Shen Gui to arrange identities for the children, as he listened to Haotian and Yaochi report on the Heavenly Realm.

Yao Ji brought two children to meet Shen Gui, prompting Yaochi and Haotian to mistakenly assume she had secretly become his lover and borne his children. She explained that the children were Chaos Spirit Jades she had protected and raised, clearing up the misunderstanding but leaving Yaochi and Haotian embarrassed.

• Yao Ji arrived with Jian'er and Chan'er while Yaochi and Haotian were reporting to Shen Gui, and the children called her Mother and asked about their Father.
• Yaochi and Haotian assumed Shen Gui was the children's father and urged him to give Yao Ji a title, while Shen Gui denied anything had happened between them.
• Yao Ji sent the children outside and explained that Shen Gui had only napped at Moon-Gazing Palace and was not their father.
• Shen Gui asked who the children's father was and offered to arrange a marriage, so Yao Ji revealed that she had found and raised them after discovering two Chaos Spirit Jades.
• Haotian sensed that the children shared the origin of his own Chaos Spirit Jade, confirming Yao Ji's account and ending the misunderstanding.

Yao Ji brought Jian'er and Chan'er to Shen Gui to ask him to grant them identities, and Shen Gui agreed to let them stay in the palace. After Yao Ji named them Yang Jian and Yang Chan and left, Wangshu teased Shen Gui about the awkward scene she had witnessed, and he challenged her to test his abilities.

• Yaochi and Haotian made matching excuses and fled the hall, so Yao Ji brought the two children inside.
• The children asked whether Shen Gui was their father, and Chan'er praised his appearance, prompting Shen Gui to compliment her judgment.
• Yao Ji asked Shen Gui to grant the children identities so she could live with them in the palace, and he agreed.
• Yao Ji gave the children the surname Yang and named them Yang Jian and Yang Chan before leaving with them.
• Wangshu emerged from behind the hall and teased Shen Gui about the scene she had witnessed.
• Shen Gui challenged Wangshu to see whether he had a problem with his abilities.

Wangshu visited Shen Gui to discuss waiting for the West’s rise before settling accounts with Jieyin and Zhunti, then stayed close to him. Meanwhile, Yao Yue managed the influx of demons fleeing Xuanyuan’s campaigns and worried that Si Yue had lost his purpose after his revenge ended.

• Wangshu teased Shen Gui about his feelings for her, but backed off when she invoked Yao Yue’s displeasure.
• Wangshu asked Shen Gui what he planned to do about Jieyin and Zhunti, and he suggested waiting for the West to rise during a calamity.
• Wangshu blamed Hongjun for Luohu’s attack on the West, then agreed to wait and follow Shen Gui’s lead.
• Yao Yue ordered Li Han to arrange for seven tribes that had relocated to the Northern Kurukshetra Continent to settle there.
• Yao Yue reflected on Si Yue’s despair after Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi died and left him with no purpose for revenge.

After Xuanyuan passed the throne to Zhuanxu, the Three Sovereigns’ era ended and the Five Emperors’ era began. Facing lingering hostility between the southern and central human races, Zhuanxu decided to marry a Jiuli woman to set an example.

• Luohu concluded she would have to wait until the next tribulation to stir up trouble.
• Xuanyuan passed the Human Emperor’s position to Zhuanxu at Zhuolu and entered Huoyun Cave.
• Xuanyuan’s departure marked the end of the Three Sovereigns’ era, with the major powers’ territories and influence now clearly defined.
• Zhuanxu recognized that hostility between the southern humans, who revered the Youxiong Tribe, and the central humans, who revered the Jiuli Tribe, threatened unity.
• Zhuanxu decided to marry a Jiuli woman, and the news stunned the human race.

The human race prospered under Zhuanxu, Ku, Yao, and Shun, but a devastating flood became the trial it faced on the path to becoming the Protagonist of Heaven and Earth. After Shun replaced Gun with Yu to control the waters, Yu committed to draining the flood rather than blocking it.

• Zhuanxu married Zou Tu, helped unite the Youxiong and Jiuli factions, divided humanity into the Nine Provinces, and established a calendar before passing the throne to Ku.
• Ku passed the throne to his worthy son Yao, who led the human race to prosperity and declared that the Human Emperor should be chosen for ability rather than closeness.
• A great flood struck during Yao's reign, displacing people and giving surviving demons and monsters a chance to wreak havoc; Yao appointed Gun to control the waters.
• Xuan Ming questioned why the human race's tribulation was so mild compared with those of earlier races, and Ping Xin urged her to accept it.
• After succeeding Yao, Shun dismissed and exiled Gun for failing to control the flood, then appointed Gun's son Yu, who chose drainage over his father's strategy of blockage.

Shen Gui summoned Yang Jian and Yang Chan to the Heavenly Palace, where he offered Yang Chan a Flat Peach and said he had serious business for them. The chapter left Yang Jian wary and Yang Chan disappointed that Shen Gui was not planning to tease her brother.

• Shen Gui watched Yu take over the flood-control task from Gun and expected Yu to succeed.
• Shen Gui asked Yao Ji to bring Yang Jian and Yang Chan to him, despite her doubts about his intentions.
• Yao Ji fetched the children, and Yang Jian arrived wary while Yang Chan eagerly approached Shen Gui.
• Yang Chan asked Shen Gui how he planned to tease her brother, revealing her role in his pranks.
• Shen Gui said he had serious business for the siblings, disappointing Yang Chan and leaving Yang Jian suspicious.

Shen Gui teased Yang Jian about the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, revealing that he had traded only one bag of sunflower seeds for it. He then arranged for Yang Jian and Yang Chan to escort Yu during the Great Flood and deal with demons and monsters, and Yao Ji reluctantly agreed to let them go.

• Shen Gui asked Yang Jian about his cultivation, and Yang Jian had reached the peak of the Golden Immortal realm while Yang Chan had become a Mystic Immortal.
• Yang Chan revealed that Shen Gui had traded one huge bag of sunflower seeds for the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, and Shen Gui joked that it should have cost two.
• Shen Gui explained that he wanted Yang Jian and Yang Chan to escort Yu and eliminate demons and monsters obstructing the flood-control effort so they could earn merit.
• Yao Ji worried that the children would be in danger, but Yang Jian and Yang Chan said they wanted to go, and she reluctantly agreed.
• Yang Jian and Yang Chan exchanged hostile thoughts about how they would deal with each other once they reached the mortal realm.

Shen Gui sent Yang Jian and Yang Chan to Kunlun Mountain to collect weapons forged by the Yuqing Saint before they went to help Yu control the floods, concealing that the formidable Wu Zhiqi was Yu’s greatest obstacle. At Jade Void Palace, the Yuqing Saint warmly welcomed Yang Chan and overlooked Yang Jian, leaving him feeling unfairly sidelined.

• Shen Gui told Yang Jian and Yang Chan to visit Kunlun Mountain for their weapons, revealing that Yang Jian’s weapon was a pair of enormous hammers and Yang Chan’s was a whip.
• Shen Gui kept Wu Zhiqi’s strength and role in Yu’s flood-control struggle secret, while Yang Jian and Yang Chan enjoyed their freedom in the lower realm.
• Yang Jian and Yang Chan arrived at Jade Void Palace, where the Yuqing Saint eagerly welcomed Yang Chan and invited Yang Jian in only afterward.
• Yang Chan offered the Yuqing Saint sunflower seeds, and he complained that Shen Gui had once traded him only one packet for the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, making Yang Jian feel that the treatment was unfair.

Yang Chan and Yang Jian visited the Primordial Heavenly Venerate to collect the weapons Shen Gui had commissioned for them. Yang Chan received a powerful soft whip, then asked to take Yang Jian’s weapon as well.

• The Primordial Heavenly Venerate welcomed Yang Chan and Yang Jian to Jade Void Palace and asked why Yang Chan had come without Shen Gui.
• Yang Chan explained that the siblings had come to collect their weapons, and the Primordial Heavenly Venerate summoned her finished soft whip.
• The Primordial Heavenly Venerate described the rare materials in the whip, including Chaos Spirit Jade and Chaos Boulder, and explained its power to break spells.
• Yang Chan took the whip, felt its deep connection to her, and kissed the Primordial Heavenly Venerate in thanks.
• Yang Chan told the Primordial Heavenly Venerate that Yang Jian did not need a weapon and asked him to give her the weapon meant for her brother.

Primordial Heavenly Venerate revealed the pair of enormous hammers Shen Gui had commissioned for Yang Jian, while Yang Chan received her soft whip. After Yang Jian struggled to lift them, Primordial Heavenly Venerate adjusted the smaller hammer so Yang Jian could use it and learned that the siblings were leaving to help Yu control the floods.

• Yang Chan asked Primordial Heavenly Venerate to give her the weapon intended for Yang Jian, but he said it would not suit her.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate revealed Yang Jian's pair of Drum-Beating Urn Gold Hammers and explained that Shen Gui had supplied many heavy materials for them.
• Yang Jian tried and failed to lift the hammers, then learned the larger weighed eighty and the smaller forty ten thousand jin.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate placed a restriction on the smaller hammer, letting Yang Jian lift it and train with it.
• Yang Chan declined to stay on Kunlun Mountain and said she and Yang Jian would help Yu control the floods, prompting Primordial Heavenly Venerate to curse Shen Gui for sending her into danger.

Primordial Heavenly Venerate tried to keep Yang Chan from joining the flood-control journey, but relented and armed her with two powerful defensive treasures. Yang Chan and Yang Jian left Kunlun Mountain for Southern Jambudvipa, while Yang Jian’s hammer stayed behind to be sent to the Heavenly Court.

• Yang Chan urged Primordial Heavenly Venerate to punish Shen Gui for bullying Yang Jian, but he backed down and tried to keep her in Kunlun Mountain.
• Yang Chan insisted she would go with Yang Jian, so Primordial Heavenly Venerate gave her the Wutu Apricot Yellow Banner and the genuine Eight Trigrams Purple Ribbon Immortal Robe.
• Yang Chan thanked Primordial Heavenly Venerate with a packet of sunflower seeds, and he happily accepted the trade.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate sent Yang Chan and Yang Jian out of Kunlun Mountain after warning Yang Chan to be careful, and kept Yang Jian’s great hammer to send to the Heavenly Court.
• Yang Chan and Yang Jian set off toward Southern Jambudvipa, sightseeing along the way.

Shen Gui watched Yang Jian and Yang Chan leave Kunlun Mountain, then learned that Primordial Heavenly Venerate had given Yang Chan two powerful treasures and dodged his request to match the gift. In Southern Jambudvipa, Yu’s flood-control efforts stalled because demons and monsters interfered, just as Yang Jian and Yang Chan arrived.

• Shen Gui saw Yang Chan carrying the Wutu Apricot Yellow Banner in the Sky-Gazing Mirror and contacted Primordial Heavenly Venerate.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate revealed that he had also given Yang Chan an Eight Trigrams Purple Ribbon Immortal Robe, then asked what treasures Shen Gui had given her.
• Shen Gui pretended the signal had failed and ended the call, while Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Hongjun separately lamented the exchange.
• Yu’s flood-control work stalled when demons and monsters used the floodwaters to disrupt his efforts, leaving him unsure how to proceed.
• Yang Jian and Yang Chan arrived in Southern Jambudvipa.

Nü Jiao waited in Yang City for her husband Yu while pregnant, but Wu Zhiqi found her and urged her to return with him. After learning she had married Yu and was carrying his child, Wu Zhiqi warned her to keep her true identity from Yu before leaving the choice to her.

• Nü Jiao sewed a garment for her unborn child and waited in Yu's home, believing he would not return that day.
• Wu Zhiqi arrived and asked Nü Jiao why she had fled and hidden among humans.
• Nü Jiao refused to return with Wu Zhiqi and revealed that the garment was for her unborn child.
• Wu Zhiqi learned that Nü Jiao's husband was Yu and offered to raise the child as his own if she returned.
• Nü Jiao refused, and Wu Zhiqi warned her never to let Yu discover her true identity.

Wu Zhiqi left Nü Jiao with an uneasy feeling, while little Yang Jian and little Yang Chan arrived in Yang City to assist Yu with flood control. They reached Yu’s home and learned that his wife, Nü Jiao, was inside, where the arrival of Heavenly Court immortals deepened her unease.

• Wu Zhiqi left without forcing Nü Jiao to go with him, but his departure and parting words troubled her.
• Little Yang Jian identified Yang City on an Imperial Observatory map, and he and little Yang Chan headed there to find Yu.
• A city guard stopped the siblings over little Yang Jian’s oversized hammer; he explained that they were Haotian’s nephew and niece, sent to help Yu.
• Little Yang Chan decided they would rest for a day, and the guard led them to Yu’s modest residence.
• Little Yang Jian sensed someone had recently left the residence, while the guard knocked and told Nü Jiao that two Heavenly Court immortals had arrived.

Yang Jian and Yang Chan arrived at Nü Jiao’s home and stayed for the night before meeting Yu. Yang Chan quickly befriended Nü Jiao, while Yang Jian worried that revealing their identities would interfere with their training and ended up washing the dishes.

• Li Da introduced Yang Jian and Yang Chan to Nü Jiao, who welcomed them into her home.
• Yang Chan told Nü Jiao their names and that they had come to help Yu control the floods, then accepted her invitation to stay for dinner.
• Yang Jian scolded Yang Chan for revealing their identities, but she argued that their godfather had sent them to earn merit and take it easy.
• Yang Chan and Nü Jiao bonded over dinner, while Yang Jian was pleased that his sister was happy.
• Yang Chan offered to help Nü Jiao after dinner and chatted with her, leaving Yang Jian to wash the dishes and wonder if they had really been born of the same mother.

After learning that Nü Jiao had married Yu, Wu Zhiqi returned to the Huai River furious and planned to beat Yu before negotiating space for the spirits and monsters under his command. Meanwhile, Yu accepted San Xiao’s help against the flood’s troublemakers and identified Wu Zhiqi as their leader, leaving both sides preparing to confront each other.

• Wu Zhiqi learned that Nü Jiao had married Yu and had a child with him, then returned to the Huai River determined to beat Yu.
• Tongtian Cult Master sent Yunxiao, Bixiao, and Qiongxiao to help Yu eliminate the demons and monsters obstructing his flood-control work.
• Yu welcomed San Xiao and concluded that defeating the Huai River Monster would scatter the other troublemakers.
• San Xiao and Yu targeted Wu Zhiqi, who was still planning to confront Yu and negotiate living space for the spirits and monsters under his command.
• Yu prepared for war while Wu Zhiqi considered how to make Yu accept his terms.

Wu Zhiqi concealed from Tu Shan Feng that Nü Jiao had married someone else, then heard that Bixiao and Qiongxiao had devastated his forces as Yu the Great advanced toward the Huai River. The chapter ended with Wu Zhiqi facing the bloodshed and an unknown woman mocking him as he appeared.

• Tu Shan Feng asked Wu Zhiqi whether he had found Nü Jiao, and Wu Zhiqi avoided telling him the truth before discussing how to secure room for his followers from Yu.
• Yang Jian and Yang Chan learned that Yu the Great had moved toward the Huai River, so they set off after him.
• Yu the Great credited San Xiao's help with clearing the way for his flood-control work, while recognizing that Wu Zhiqi remained a major threat.
• A wounded Water Ape told Wu Zhiqi that two women had attacked his followers, and Wu Zhiqi rushed out of his underwater manor.
• Wu Zhiqi saw that tens of thousands of his followers had been killed or wounded, then heard a woman mock him as another demon who did not know his limits.