Chapter Summaries

After Hongjun gave his disciples spiritual treasures and Primordial Violet Qi, he tossed one final strand into the crowd, and it entered Hong Yun. The other guests left Purple Xiao Palace harboring resentment toward Hong Yun as Hongjun prepared to merge with the Dao.

• Hongjun gave each of his six disciples at least one Top-grade Primordial Spiritual Treasure, then let the other guests seek treasures on Treasure Distribution Cliff.
• Hongjun offered one remaining strand of Primordial Violet Qi, and the guests argued and pleaded for it.
• Hongjun hurled the strand into the crowd, where it vanished into Hong Yun.
• The guests looked at Hong Yun with resentment, but kept quiet in Hongjun's Dao field.
• Hongjun dismissed the guests and prepared to merge with the Dao.

After leaving the Violet Firmament Palace, the gathered powers set out to search for Treasure Distribution Cliff, while Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi chose to flee to safety. Di Jun and Tai Yi learned that Shen Gui had disrupted the Demon Country’s plans in Southern Jambudvipa, declared war on Nuwa and Fuxi, and hurried back to their territory.

• Hong Yun heeded Zhen Yuanzi’s warning that others coveted his Primordial Violet Qi, and the two left together instead of searching for treasure.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi received Bai Ze’s report that Shen Gui had damaged the Demon Country’s influence in Southern Jambudvipa and forced its forces to retreat.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi decided to confront Nuwa and Fuxi despite Nuwa’s future status as a saint.
• Di Jun accused Nuwa and Fuxi of plotting against the Demon Country, declared that they would repay the insult, and flew back to the Primordial Land with Tai Yi.
• The gathered powers turned to Nuwa and Fuxi for an explanation, but both were baffled.

Nuwa collected many spiritual treasures at Treasure Distribution Cliff and realized that Shen Gui had likely caused the trouble that enraged Di Jun and Tai Yi. Di Jun and Tai Yi returned to the Demon Capital, where they demanded that Bai Ze and Ji Meng explain why Southern Jambudvipa was not unified.

• Nuwa angrily accused Di Jun and Tai Yi of taking advantage of her, but they left without answering.
• Nuwa and the other great powers rushed to Treasure Distribution Cliff, where the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti collected most of the spiritual treasures.
• Nuwa remembered sending Shen Gui to Southern Jambudvipa and guessed that he had made Di Jun and Tai Yi furious, so she decided to reward him.
• After the treasures were claimed, the great powers dispersed and returned to their homes.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi arrived at the Demon Capital, where Bai Ze and Ji Meng greeted them.
• Di Jun demanded that Bai Ze and Ji Meng explain why Southern Jambudvipa had not been unified.

Bai Ze and Ji Meng reported how a mysterious Grand Unity Golden Immortal defeated Ji Meng and disrupted the Demon Country’s campaign. Di Jun chose to let Nuwa’s interference go to settle old karma, while warning that they would not yield if it happened again.

• Bai Ze told Di Jun that Nuwa’s Taiyi-level ally had appeared among the Demon Alliance, but Bai Ze had ordered Ji Meng to attack anyway.
• Ji Meng recounted pursuing the mysterious cultivator, whose effortless defense made Ji Meng feel as powerless as he had against Eastern Emperor Tai Yi.
• Ji Meng said the cultivator let him escape, so he withdrew his army and abandoned the attack on the Demon Alliance.
• Di Jun concluded that Nuwa did not want a life-and-death feud and urged Eastern Emperor Tai Yi to let the matter go.
• Di Jun said the incident would settle the karma from their Mount Buzhou dispute, but promised they would not yield if Nuwa’s side interfered again.

After returning to Mount Buzhou, Shen Gui tried to avoid Nuwa because he feared she would punish him, but Qingluan brought him to her. Nuwa offered him a reward and presented a selection of spiritual treasures, leaving him to choose.

• Shen Gui returned to Mount Buzhou with Yao Yue and Shang Yang and settled them and Shang Yang's followers in Heavenly Demon City.
• Fearing Nuwa would be angry with him, Shen Gui sneaked into her cultivation grounds and tried to slip back to his cave dwelling.
• Qingluan caught Shen Gui and pointed out that he was heading the wrong way, then escorted him to Nuwa.
• Nuwa asked Shen Gui what reward he wanted and offered him a dozen spiritual treasures, including several Innate Spiritual Treasures.

Nuwa rewarded Shen Gui with a choice of spiritual treasures after hearing that he had angered Di Jun and Tai Yi, and he chose the Demon Binding Rope. She then refused Qingluan’s request for a treasure until she finished refining her Qingling Sword, and compared Qingluan’s cultivation unfavorably with Shen Gui’s.

• Nuwa tossed more spiritual treasures before Shen Gui and told him to choose freely, pleased that he had made Di Jun and Tai Yi furious.
• Shen Gui picked the high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure Demon Binding Rope and stopped rather than taking more.
• Qingluan asked Nuwa if she could choose a treasure, but Nuwa put the treasures away and told her to finish refining the Qingling Sword first.
• Nuwa explained that Qingluan had not fully refined the sword despite its fit with her abilities and scolded her for neglecting cultivation.
• Nuwa compared Qingluan’s Golden Immortal cultivation with Shen Gui’s Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, leaving Shen Gui wondering why he had been dragged into the reprimand.

Shen Gui reported that Shang Yang and Yao Yue wanted to serve Nuwa, and Nuwa assigned him to manage them. He left with a high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure and a better standing with Nuwa, but was now responsible for the two new recruits.

• Nuwa teased Shen Gui for being a cowardly turtle, while Qingluan complained that he had advanced to Grand Unity Golden Immortal faster than she had.
• Nuwa encouraged Qingluan to cultivate harder, but Qingluan gave up on competing with Shen Gui and called him a freak.
• Shen Gui decided that his situation had improved: Nuwa had spared him, given him a high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, and seemed to think better of him.
• Shen Gui told Nuwa that Shang Yang and Yao Yue, whom he had met in Southern Jambudvipa, admired her and wanted to serve under her.
• Nuwa avoided taking on the two women herself and told Shen Gui to manage them as her subordinate.

Shen Gui praised Nuwa’s decision to have Yao Yue and Shang Yang follow him, and Nuwa tasked him with observing them on her behalf. He went to find them at their camp on Heavenly Demon City’s outskirts, leaving Nuwa curious about why he seemed afraid of her.

• Nuwa told Shen Gui to take charge of the cultivators who wished to pledge themselves to her, and he praised her decision as a farsighted way to assess them.
• Nuwa told Shen Gui to observe the cultivators carefully, and he left to inform Yao Yue and Shang Yang of the arrangement.
• After Shen Gui left, Nuwa wondered why he seemed afraid of her.
• Shen Gui headed to Heavenly Demon City and reflected on its districts, hierarchy, and the camp Shang Yang’s demonfolk had built on the outskirts.
• Shen Gui reached the southern outskirts of Heavenly Demon City and spotted the still-unfinished camp where Yao Yue and Shang Yang were staying.

Shen Gui told Yao Yue and Shang Yang that Nuwa had not rejected them, but would let them join under his command rather than take them on herself. He promised to help Yao Yue pursue revenge, leaving her moved but still questioning his motives.

• Shen Gui entered the settlement and told Yao Yue and Shang Yang that he had met with Nuwa.
• Shen Gui explained that Nuwa rarely managed Heavenly Demon City and had only three subordinates, making Yao Yue and Shang Yang fear she would not accept them.
• Yao Yue asked whether Nuwa had rejected them and showed her resolve to return to Southern Jambudvipa if she had.
• Shen Gui said Nuwa had not explicitly refused and offered to take Yao Yue and Shang Yang under his command in name.
• Yao Yue offered Shen Gui the Moon God Arrow if he helped her, but Shen Gui said he could not stand by while someone he knew threw her life away.

Yao Yue thanked Shen Gui for caring for her, then agreed with Shang Yang to stay in Heavenly Demon City. Shen Gui explained the city’s rules and prepared to take them to register their encampment.

• Yao Yue offered to serve Shen Gui in repayment, but Shen Gui refused, while Shang Yang regretted having joked about it.
• Shen Gui warned Yao Yue and Shang Yang not to enter Heavenly Demon City’s core region or other people’s encampments without permission.
• Yao Yue promised that she and Shang Yang would cultivate peacefully in the encampment and avoid causing trouble.
• Shen Gui asked whether Shang Yang had any Golden Immortals or stronger cultivators under her command, and Shang Yang said she did not.
• Shen Gui rose and set out with Yao Yue and Shang Yang to register their encampment.

Shang Yang and Yao Yue learned that registering their settlement’s land would normally cost forty million Origin Crystals, but Shen Gui explained that they did not have to pay because they were under his command in Heavenly Demon City. The two took his words that they were “not outsiders” in a different way.

• Shen Gui took Shang Yang and Yao Yue to register their identities and the land occupied by their settlement in Heavenly Demon City.
• Shen Gui explained that the settlement’s land would normally cost about forty million Origin Crystals.
• Shang Yang asked whether they could pay with Law Fragments, and Shen Gui clarified that they owed nothing because they were not outsiders.
• Shang Yang and Yao Yue interpreted Shen Gui’s words that they were not outsiders differently from what he intended.

Shen Gui took Yao Yue and Shang Yang to meet Daoist Black and White about obtaining land for a settlement in Heavenly Demon City. He used Nuwa’s token to bypass the guards and enter the restricted area, leaving one guard alarmed and wondering who Shen Gui was.

• Yao Yue noticed Shang Yang’s concealed feelings for Shen Gui, while Shang Yang grew annoyed that Shen Gui ignored her.
• Shen Gui led Yao Yue and Shang Yang toward Daoist Black and White’s land department to avoid the usual procedure and queue.
• A guard stopped the group from entering the restricted area, so Shen Gui showed a jade token bearing Nuwa’s name.
• A second guard recognized the token and made his companion let Shen Gui and the two women pass.
• The guard realized he had nearly offended someone carrying Nuwa’s token and wondered whether Shen Gui was a reclusive Grand Unity Golden Immortal under Nuwa’s command.

Shen Gui brought Yao Yue and Shang Yang to Daoist Black and White to arrange a garrison site in Heavenly Demon City for Shang Yang’s subordinates. After Shen Gui marked a small unclaimed area in the city’s south, Daoist Black and White asked why he had chosen such a tiny plot.

• Shen Gui arrived at Daoist Black and White’s courtyard with Yao Yue and Shang Yang, and teased his friend for sleeping on the job.
• Daoist Black and White sensed that Yao Yue and Shang Yang were powerful, especially Shang Yang, whom he suspected was a Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
• Shen Gui introduced Yao Yue and Shang Yang and asked Daoist Black and White to arrange a garrison site for Shang Yang’s subordinates.
• Daoist Black and White showed Shen Gui a map of southern Heavenly Demon City and invited him to select unclaimed territory.
• Shen Gui marked a small blank area on the map, prompting Daoist Black and White to ask why he had chosen such a tiny plot.

Shen Gui secured land for Yao Yue and Shang Yang in Heavenly Demon City, whose relaxed spirit gave Shang Yang a sense of belonging. As they went to register with Li Han, Shen Gui recalled how the powerful Nine Heavens Cold Scorpion had joined Fuxi’s ranks after being rescued, and wondered how many of the city’s Grand Unity Golden Immortals held grudges against Di Jun and Tai Yi.

• Daoist Black and White assigned Shen Gui a piece of land and gave him the jade token that established its ownership.
• Shen Gui explained that Heavenly Demon City sheltered lower-ranking members of the Demon Race rather than competing for supremacy, and told Shang Yang to call it their city.
• Shang Yang and Yao Yue exchanged a glance and felt a sense of belonging to Heavenly Demon City that they had never found in the Demon Alliance.
• Shen Gui led Yao Yue and Shang Yang toward Senior Li Han, who managed the city’s cultivators above the Golden Immortal realm.
• Shen Gui recalled that Li Han had joined Fuxi after Di Jun wounded him in a fight over an Innate Spiritual Treasure and Fuxi saved him.
• Shen Gui wondered how many Grand Unity Golden Immortals in Heavenly Demon City held grudges against Di Jun and Tai Yi.

Shen Gui brought Yao Yue and Shang Yang to Li Han to register as residents of Heavenly Demon City, and reassured Yao Yue that he would help her against Di Jun and Tai Yi. The two received identity plaques and marked them with their magic power before leaving Li Han to his work.

• Yao Yue learned that Li Han had suffered under Di Jun and Tai Yi, and Shen Gui promised to help her.
• Shen Gui brought Yao Yue and Shang Yang to Li Han’s courtyard using Empress Nuwa’s Token.
• Li Han asked about their cultivation and prepared identity plaques for them.
• Shen Gui explained the plaques’ colors and gave a golden plaque to Yao Yue and a silver plaque to Shang Yang.
• Yao Yue and Shang Yang marked their plaques with magic power, and Shen Gui left with them.

After leaving Li Han’s office, Shen Gui returned to Nuwa’s dojo on Mount Buzhou to enter seclusion and strengthen himself. He left Yao Yue and Shang Yang living in Heavenly Demon City and hoped cultivation would prepare him for the future War of the Witches and Demons.

• Shen Gui, Yao Yue, and Shang Yang sighed with relief after leaving Li Han’s office, then joked about how few words Li Han had said.
• Shang Yang teased Shen Gui for being idle, and Yao Yue’s response left him feeling that neither woman believed his protests.
• Shen Gui chatted briefly with Yao Yue and Shang Yang before leaving them in Heavenly Demon City and returning to Nuwa’s dojo on Mount Buzhou.
• Shen Gui recalled his recent breakthroughs and worried about the War of the Witches and Demons and Nuwa’s future actions, then entered seclusion to cultivate.

After emerging from seclusion, Nuwa summoned Shen Gui, Golden Phoenix, and Qingluan to hear her expound the Dao. Shen Gui persuaded her to include Yao Yue and Shang Yang, then hurried to fetch them while Nuwa noticed he had already reached the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

• Nuwa emerged from seclusion and summoned Shen Gui, Golden Phoenix, and Qingluan to hear her expound the Dao.
• Shen Gui asked Nuwa to let Yao Yue and Shang Yang attend as well, and she agreed on the condition that he return in time.
• Shen Gui hurried to Heavenly Demon City to fetch Yao Yue and Shang Yang.
• Nuwa realized Shen Gui had advanced to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and found the little turtle interesting.

Shen Gui invited Yao Yue and Shang Yang to hear Nuwa expound the Dao, and the two followed him to her cultivation grounds on Mount Buzhou. Nuwa began her exposition with Qingluan and the others listening attentively.

• Shen Gui's progress to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm surprised Yao Yue and Shang Yang, who were still at earlier stages of cultivation.
• Shen Gui invited Yao Yue and Shang Yang to attend Nuwa's Dao exposition, and they suspected he had helped arrange the opportunity.
• Shen Gui led Yao Yue and Shang Yang to Nuwa's cultivation grounds, where the dense spiritual energy astonished them.
• Yao Yue and Shang Yang respectfully greeted Nuwa and sat down beside Shen Gui.
• Nuwa called on Qingluan to listen carefully, then began expounding the Dao.

Nuwa lectured her followers on cultivation, guiding Qingluan to break through into the Taiyi realm before explaining the Taiyi path to Qingluan, Golden Phoenix, and Shang Yang. The lecture left Qingluan’s new realm stabilized, Golden Phoenix advancing, and Shang Yang grateful to Nuwa but still annoyed by Shen Gui.

• Nuwa began a hundred-year lecture on the Golden Immortal path for Qingluan and helped her break through into the Taiyi realm.
• Nuwa gathered spiritual energy into heavenly flowers and golden lotuses so Qingluan could stabilize her new cultivation.
• Nuwa began explaining the Taiyi path at a slower pace, tailoring her teachings to Qingluan, Golden Phoenix, and Shang Yang.
• Qingluan focused on stabilizing her early Taiyi realm, while Golden Phoenix advanced to the late stage.
• Shang Yang, already a late-stage Taiyi, received a lecture focused on her circumstances and grew more respectful of Nuwa.
• Shang Yang recognized that Shen Gui had enabled her to attend but privately remained irritated by how obnoxious he had become.

During Nuwa’s lecture, Shang Yang’s accumulated cultivation and talent enabled her to break through directly from late Taiyi to Daluo. She thanked Nuwa for her guidance, then returned to her seat, resolved to remember the kindness.

• Nuwa’s lecture resolved the obstacles that had held Shang Yang back despite her talent and years of independent cultivation.
• Shang Yang broke through the Taiyi-Daluo bottleneck and entered Daluo, astonishing Golden Phoenix, Qingluan, and Yao Yue.
• Shang Yang quickly stabilized her new realm thanks to her deep accumulation and thanked Nuwa for making the breakthrough possible.
• Nuwa credited Shang Yang’s own effort and preparation, and Shang Yang returned to her seat determined to remember her kindness.