Chapter Summaries

Turtle Taoist rallied the Primordial Powerhouses against Fuxi and Nüwa, but Fuxi calmed them by proposing a limited number of passengers for their journey through chaos. Turtle Taoist then pushed for them to lend out additional Innate Spiritual Treasures, leaving the crowd eagerly watching Nüwa’s response.

• Turtle Taoist accused Nüwa of threatening to silence him and incited the Primordial Powerhouses to oppose the siblings.
• Nüwa grew furious as she realized Turtle Taoist was trying to isolate her and Fuxi from the Primordial Wilderness.
• Fuxi stopped Nüwa from striking and apologized to the gathered powerhouses, then offered to discuss who could ride with them through chaos.
• Fuxi explained that their Precious Lotus Lamp could carry only three people, prompting the powerhouses to consider who should get the spots.
• Turtle Taoist asked Fuxi and Nüwa to lend out Nüwa’s furnace and any other Innate Spiritual Treasures, and the crowd turned its attention to Nüwa.

Turtle Taoist provoked Fuxi and Nüwa by demanding a ride and using the crowd as a shield, until twelve Demon Gods burst through the World Membrane. Dijiang seized and devoured Turtle Taoist, leaving the gathered Primordial Powerhouses to face the newly arrived Ancestral Witches.

• Turtle Taoist dodged Nüwa's attacks and shouted that Fuxi and Nüwa would kill him, while Fuxi revealed his Grand Luo Golden Immortal aura.
• Fuxi condemned Turtle Taoist's unreasonable demands, and the other Primordial Powerhouses withdrew and left Turtle Taoist to fend for himself.
• Nüwa prepared to use the Precious Lotus Lamp against Turtle Taoist when tremors shook the World Membrane and twelve Demon Gods emerged.
• Dijiang offered to vent Nüwa's anger, seized Turtle Taoist in his East Sea Divine Turtle form, and ignored his offer of an Eastern Sea Innate Tortoise Shell.
• Dijiang swallowed Turtle Taoist, whose body dissolved into Primordial Spiritual Energy.

The Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Fuxi-Nüwa siblings crossed the Chaos Sea to reach Sage Hongjun’s Purple Cloud Palace, while the weaker Primordial Powerhouses were left behind. Fuxi recognized the Chaos Sea as a trial for those with affinity, and he and Nüwa entered the palace to claim seats for the lecture.

• Dijiang spat out the Innate Tortoise Shell and gave it to Fuxi, who accepted it.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches crossed the Chaos Qi with their powerful bodies and left the stranded Primordial Powerhouses behind.
• Fuxi and Nüwa used the Precious Lotus Lamp to cross the Chaos Sea as Fuxi reflected on a possible future in which the Primordial cultivators prospered together.
• The Primordial Powerhouses waited a thousand years for help, while the Daluo Immortals ignored them and continued toward the Purple Cloud Palace.
• Fuxi told Nüwa that crossing the Chaos Sea was the first trial of affinity, and Nüwa urged him to hurry before the seats were taken.
• Fuxi took Nüwa by the arm and flashed with her into the Purple Cloud Palace.

After completing his cultivation to the peak of the Early Grand Luo Golden Immortal Realm, Taiyi considered how he and Dijun could prove the Dao without relying on Hongjun’s methods. He weighed the known paths and remained wary of the cost and risks of Pangu’s Prove Dao with Force.

• Taiyi and Dijun spent three hundred years secluded on the Sun Star, refining Solar Truefire and fortifying their surroundings with arrays.
• Taiyi completed eighty-one cycles of the Golden Crow Scripture and reached the peak of the Early Grand Luo Golden Immortal Realm.
• Taiyi decided that he and Dijun needed to choose their future Dao-proving methods before reaching the Quasi-Sage Realm.
• Taiyi reviewed his notes on the three established methods: Pangu’s Prove Dao with Force, Hongjun Daozu’s Three Corpses Severance, and Merit Proving Dao.
• Taiyi judged Pangu’s method the strongest but feared its immense difficulty and the possibility of dying before completing it.

Taiyi weighed the available methods of attaining Dao and rejected each of the three mainstream paths, deciding that Law Proving Dao was the only suitable option for him. He considered proving Dao through the Sun Law and connected to the Great Sun Golden Flame within his body.

• Taiyi concluded that Prove Dao with Force was impossible without Sage-level strength and rejected Three Corpses Severance because he distrusted a path created by Hongjun.
• Taiyi rejected Merit Sanctification because it would make him subject to the Heavenly Dao, and dismissed slaughter, physical cultivation, and creating an inner universe as unsuitable.
• Taiyi chose Law Proving Dao as his prospective path because he believed it carried no hidden dangers.
• Taiyi considered the Solar Law Dao Fruit, which matched his origins as solar fire essence, and connected to the Great Sun Golden Flame within him.

Taiyi confirmed that proving the Dao through the Sun Law was a viable path and continued cultivating, while Dijun also focused on seclusion. At the Purple Cloud Palace, the Three Thousand Purple Cloud Guests rushed to claim six Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure mats, and the chapter ended with Laozi driving back an attacker.

• Taiyi received a vague response from the Great Dao while testing his path of proving the Dao through the Sun Law, then chose to keep cultivating toward Grand Luo Golden Immortal Great Perfection.
• Dijun learned the brothers’ future roles and their current weakness, so he devoted himself to secluded cultivation alongside Taiyi.
• The Three Thousand Purple Cloud Guests entered the Purple Cloud Palace after its Golden Boy and Jade Maiden opened the gates and welcomed them.
• The Three Pure Ones discovered six Great Dao Mats, and the guests began competing for the Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.
• Laozi struck an attacker who tried to seize a mat claimed by the Three Pure Ones, frightening the other Grand Luo into stopping.

The Three Pure Ones claimed three Great Dao Mats, and Fuxi and Nüwa won the Derivation Mat after fighting off their rivals. As the remaining guests fought over the last two mats, the Twelve Ancestral Witches were left watching, unable to overcome the Sage’s spacetime barriers.

• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian each took one of the first three Great Dao Mats, discouraging the other guests from challenging them.
• Fuxi and Nüwa fought their way to the Derivation Mat and forced their rivals to retreat with their divine abilities and treasures.
• Fuxi recognized that the Derivation Mat was tied to Nüwa’s chance to attain Dao and yielded it to her.
• The guests intensified their battle over the final two mats, while weaker Grand Luo Golden Immortals withdrew after being driven back.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches watched from the side because they could not move fast enough through the Sage’s proliferating layers of spacetime.
• The final two Great Dao Mats found their owners after another fierce round of fighting.

Kunpeng Ancestor and Red Cloud Hermit secured the fifth and sixth Great Dao Mats, completing the selection of all six seats as Hongjun prepared to lecture and resist the Heavenly Dao’s plan for him. Just before he appeared, two bedraggled figures rushed toward Purple Cloud Palace from the chaos.

• Kunpeng Ancestor used his speed to snatch the fifth Great Dao Mat, while Red Cloud Hermit seized the sixth with Zhen Yuanzi’s protection.
• Red Cloud Hermit tried to give up his mat, but Zhen Yuanzi pressed him back onto it and rebuked him.
• Hongjun saw that the six chosen figures were bound to the future’s fate and resolved not to unite with the Dao or let the Western Two Sages divide his sect’s destiny.
• Jade Pool and Haotian relayed Hongjun’s decree forbidding disturbances, stopping the Grand Luo Immortals from challenging the six owners.
• Hongjun prepared to reveal his Dharma Body and lecture, but noticed two travel-worn figures charging toward Purple Cloud Palace from the chaos.

Jieyin and Zhunti arrived at the Purple Cloud Palace just as its gates closed, and the guests waited in confusion when Hongjun did not appear to preach. After deciding to claim two Enlightenment Cushions, the Western Duo staged a tearful appeal to Red Cloud Hermit, leaving the assembled immortals mocking them.

• Jieyin and Zhunti rushed through the Purple Cloud Palace gates before Jade Pool and Haotian closed them, but Hongjun did not appear when the sermon was due to begin.
• Jieyin and Zhunti observed the Three Pure Ones and Kunpeng sitting on cushions that revealed profound Dao rhythms.
• Zhunti complained that the Western Continent had suffered and that he and Jieyin lacked Innate Spiritual Treasures, then proposed seizing two Enlightenment Cushions.
• Jieyin hesitated over offending Hongjun but agreed to Zhunti's plan.
• Jieyin and Zhunti rose, cried about the West's poverty and lack of seats, and begged Red Cloud Hermit for sympathy.
• The Grand Luo immortals mocked Jieyin and Zhunti, and the Purple Cloud Palace filled with laughter.

Jieyin and Zhunti won Red Cloud Hermit's Great Dao seat after staging a tearful plea, while Zhenyuanzi could only accept his friend's generosity. With Jieyin seated, Zhunti then approached Kunpeng to demand another seat.

• Jieyin and Zhunti cried and complained until Red Cloud Hermit gave up his Seat of the Great Dao of Stillness to them.
• Zhunti promptly seated Jieyin, leaving the surrounding Grand Luo immortals stunned and resentful.
• Zhenyuanzi grew furious, but Red Cloud Hermit defended his choice and Zhenyuanzi eventually let the matter go.
• Jieyin and Zhunti considered the remaining seats, ruled out the Three Pure Ones and Nüwa, and chose Kunpeng as their next target.
• Zhunti swaggered over to Kunpeng and asked him to give up a seat as well.

Kunpeng Ancestor lost his seat to Jieyin and Zhunti after Red Cloud urged him to yield, fixing the six Great Dao Mat seats and deepening Kunpeng’s hatred of Red Cloud. Hongjun appeared in Purple Cloud Palace, confirmed that the seating order would not change, and discovered that Taiyi and Dijun were absent.

• Red Cloud urged Kunpeng Ancestor to give his seat to Zhunti and Jieyin, and Yuanshi knocked Kunpeng from it while Jieyin and Zhunti took the mat.
• Kunpeng Ancestor blamed Red Cloud for his loss and began plotting revenge as the six Sage seats were settled.
• Hongjun appeared before the Three Thousand Purple Cloud Guests, announced that their seating order was fixed, and drew their attention to the mats’ connection to Sagehood.
• Hongjun noticed that Taiyi and Dijun were missing and wondered why the brothers had not come.

Hongjun began his first lecture at the Purple Cloud Palace, teaching the Dao of Grand Luo while the Six-Eared Macaque was punished for eavesdropping. Nearly three thousand years later, the Sun Star erupted as Solar Truefire surged toward Taiyi Palace, where Taiyi and Dijun were cultivating.

• Hongjun announced the schedule for his three lectures and began expounding the Dao of Grand Luo to the Purple Cloud Guests.
• Hongjun's words, "The Dao is not transmitted to six ears," struck the Six-Eared Macaque, injuring him and destroying much of his divine ability and cultivation.
• The Purple Cloud Guests gained insights from Hongjun's lecture, while the Twelve Ancestral Witches could not benefit from it because they lacked primordial spirits and mana.
• Hongjun watched the guests and considered their bond with him a means to divert their destiny and merit.
• Taiyi and Dijun remained in secluded cultivation on the Primordial Sun Star as nearly three thousand years passed.
• The Sun Star erupted into turmoil, and boundless Solar Truefire poured toward Taiyi Palace.

Taiyi and Dijun broke through to the middle stage of the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm after nearly three thousand years in seclusion. They celebrated together in Taiyi Palace, where Dijun declared his ambition to conquer the Primordial Wilderness and become Heavenly Emperor.

• Taiyi advanced to the middle stage of the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, and Dijun broke through at the same time.
• Dijun wanted to leave seclusion, but Taiyi warned him that their strength remained inadequate and urged him to stay cautious.
• Dijun agreed to return to cultivation, but Taiyi persuaded him to spend a few hundred years resting and exchanging insights first.
• Taiyi brought back geese and fruit wine, then prepared a feast for Dijun in Taiyi Palace.
• Taiyi thanked Dijun for protecting him before he took form, and Dijun said he expected them to conquer the Primordial Wilderness together.

Taiyi received a system choice tied to the Primordial Gourd Vine’s imminent appearance and chose to remain in the Sun Palace rather than risk joining the scramble. He claimed the Five-Needle Pine as his reward and planted it in the world within the Jianmu Divine Tree.

• Taiyi received three system choices after learning that the Primordial Gourd Vine was about to mature: pursue it, stay secluded, or seize it all.
• Taiyi rejected the choices that would take him to Buzhou Mountain or provoke powerful figures, then chose to stay in the Sun Palace and cultivate.
• Taiyi claimed the mature Five-Needle Pine and harvested its fifty five-element spiritual fruits.
• Taiyi planted the Five-Needle Pine in the world opened by the Jianmu Divine Tree, where it took root and began absorbing Primordial Spiritual Energy.

After his three-thousand-year sermon, Hongjun became acknowledged as the Dao Ancestor and appointed Eastern King Duke and Queen Mother of the West to lead the male and female immortals. The guests accepted his decree, but many doubted Eastern King Duke’s authority, leaving the two leaders to face very different reactions.

• Hongjun ended his first sermon and announced that the next one would take place three thousand years later.
• Hongjun appointed Eastern King Duke and Queen Mother of the West as leaders of the male and female immortals, giving them the Dragon Head Staff and Western Plain Cloud Banner.
• The Three Thousand Purple Cloud Guests unanimously accepted Hongjun’s decree, though many privately resented Eastern King Duke’s appointment.
• Queen Mother of the West reassured the guests that she would not interfere with how the Primordial Wilderness was governed.
• The sermon ended with Eastern King Duke and Queen Mother of the West officially entering the affairs of the Primordial Continent.

A seven-colored omen led the Three Purities Daoist and other powerful cultivators to a ripening Primordial Gourd Vine on Buzhou Mountain. Red Cloud Ancestor proposed sharing its seven gourds among those gathered, and Taiqing Laozi took the first one as the story ended.

• The Three Purities Daoist spotted the treasure's radiance and hurried to Buzhou Mountain, where they found Red Cloud Ancestor waiting beside the Primordial Gourd Vine.
• Red Cloud Ancestor offered one of the seven High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure gourds to each of the Three Purities Daoist, and they accepted his offer.
• Fuxi, Nüwa, and Queen Mother of the West arrived, and Red Cloud Ancestor invited them to share the seven gourds as well.
• The seven cultivators agreed to divide the gourds, and the Primordial Gourd Vine ripened and dropped its fruits.
• Red Cloud Ancestor offered Taiqing Laozi the first choice, and Laozi stepped forward to take the first gourd.

The Three Pure Ones and other cultivators claimed the Primordial Gourd Vine’s six remaining gourds, while Hongjun sealed the seventh Chaos Gourd away. After returning to Kunlun Mountain, the Three Pure Ones discussed whether they should befriend Red Cloud Hermit, whose kindness had put him in danger.

• Taiqing Laozi, Red Cloud Ancestor, Yuqing Yuanshi, Nüwa, Tongtian, and Queen Mother of the West each took a gourd, while the seventh vanished before Fuxi could claim it.
• Hongjun Daozu received the purple-black Chaos Gourd and sealed it inside Purple Cloud Palace so it could not appear on the Primordial Continent.
• Nüwa took the withered Primordial Gourd Vine and the Nine Heavens Breath Soil before the group departed, leaving Kunpeng Ancestor to return to the North Sea empty-handed.
• At Kunlun Mountain, Tongtian praised Red Cloud Hermit and Yuanshi agreed that they could befriend him.
• Laozi warned that Red Cloud Hermit had offended Kunpeng and Hongjun by giving up his seat, but Tongtian objected that they owed him gratitude for the gourds.

Taiyi absorbed the Innate Five Elements Spiritual Fruit, reached the peak of the late Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, and comprehended the Innate Five Elements Law. As the Immortal Court and the Witch Clan prepared for war, the Twelve Ancestral Witches led their forces to attack Duke of the East’s Immortal Court.

• Laozi told Yuanshi and Tongtian that Hongyun was fated to die in a fight with Kunpeng, and the Three Pure Ones chose not to intervene.
• Taiyi absorbed the Innate Five Elements energy, advanced his cultivation, and gained minor attainment in the Innate Five Elements Law.
• Duke of the East expanded the Immortal Court’s influence and sought to suppress the Witch Clan, while Queen Mother of the West refused to meet him.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches learned that Duke of the East was gathering forces against them and decided to destroy the Immortal Court.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches led hundreds of Great Witches and lesser Witches in an assault on the Immortal Court.

The Twelve Ancestral Witches attacked the Immortal Court and cornered Duke of the East, who called on Hongjun for help without receiving a reply. Their Pangu True Body struck him down, but Hongjun’s divine will in the Dragon-Head Golden Staff shielded him from the first blow, and the giant prepared to strike again as Taiyi received a notification.

• Duke of the East learned the Witch Clan had launched a major attack and sent a messenger to seek Zhun’s help, but the Witch Clan broke into the Immortal Court before help could arrive.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches overwhelmed the Immortal Court’s forces, and the Primordial Powerhouses who had joined Duke of the East fled.
• An Ancestral Witch destroyed the Immortal Emperor’s hall and confronted Duke of the East, who invoked his appointment by the Dao Ancestor before the Twelve Ancestral Witches surrounded him.
• Duke of the East called for Hongjun three times, received no answer, and unleashed a desperate attack with the Dragon-Head Golden Staff.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches merged into Pangu True Body and struck Duke of the East, but Hongjun’s divine will in the staff protected him from the first palm.
• Pangu True Body raised its palm for another strike, and Taiyi heard a notification while seated in Sun Palace.

Taiyi chose to stay in his palace and received the Twenty-Four Sea Stabilizing Divine Pearls, which he discovered had been formed from fragments of the Chaos Pearl. Meanwhile, the Witch Clan destroyed the Immortal Court, and Hongjun’s incarnation entrusted the fallen Duke of the East’s remnant spirit and Dragon-Head Golden Staff to the Three Pure Ones, leaving Laozi to take up the staff.

• Taiyi rejected the chance to rescue Duke of the East or join the Witch Clan and chose the system’s reward of the Twenty-Four Sea Stabilizing Divine Pearls.
• Taiyi partially refined a pearl and learned that the set came from fragments of the Chaos Pearl, with missing fragments possibly linked to the other twelve pearls.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches killed Duke of the East and slaughtered Immortal Court members who refused to submit.
• Hongjun’s incarnation gathered Duke of the East’s remaining true spirit and brought it to the Three Pure Ones, telling Taiqing Laozi to settle him properly.
• Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Tongtian urged Laozi to claim the Dragon-Head Golden Staff and the male immortals’ leadership, but Laozi warned them against repeating Duke of the East’s fate.
• Laozi took the Dragon-Head Golden Staff.