Chapter Summaries

After the Heavenly Court era began, Taiyi received a system choice concerning Fuxi’s reincarnation and chose to let Fuxi proceed, gaining the Source of the Innate Eight Trigrams. He began comprehending it and discovered that the Eight Trigrams encompassed eight distinct Laws, while Fuxi’s reincarnation remained underway.

• Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun took roles in the Heavenly Court, while Zhunti and Jieyin stayed out of official positions after negotiating with the Eastern Sages.
• After hundreds of thousands of years, Taiyi received a system prompt about Nüwa preparing to send Fuxi’s remnant soul into reincarnation.
• Taiyi rejected the choices to stop Fuxi or seize his opportunity, then chose to let Fuxi reincarnate and received the Source of the Innate Eight Trigrams.
• Taiyi began comprehending the reward and realized that the Innate Eight Trigrams comprised the Laws of heaven, earth, wind, thunder, water, fire, mountain, and marsh.
• Taiyi continued studying the source, intending to learn its full workings after he had completely comprehended and fused it.

While Taiyi comprehended the Source of the Innate Eight Trigrams, the six Sages gathered at Wa Palace to divide the merit and destiny of the Human Race’s rise. They allocated the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors’ shares and agreed that Fuxi would hold the position of Heavenly Sovereign.

• Taiyi contemplated how to reorganize the eight Laws of the Dao into the Dao of the Innate Eight Trigrams and understood that mastering it would mean comprehending a new Law of the Dao.
• The six Sages met at Goddess Nüwa’s Wa Palace and argued over the merit and destiny arising from the Human Race’s rise.
• Yuanshi Tianzun claimed the Three Sovereigns’ merit and destiny for the Eastern Three Purities, while the Western Two Sages secured two of the Five Emperors’ shares.
• Goddess Nüwa declared that she did not want the merit and destiny but insisted that her elder brother, Fuxi, become the Heavenly Sovereign.
• The Three Pure Ones and the Western Two Sages accepted Goddess Nüwa’s request for Fuxi.

Goddess Nüwa went to the Netherworld to ask Lady Pingxin to let Fuxi reincarnate as the Human Emperor, but their old grievances turned the request into a tense standoff. The two Sages remained poised across the Blood Sea, neither willing to yield, while the souls in the Underworld waited in fear.

• The Sages agreed that Fuxi would need to reincarnate before becoming the Human Emperor, and Nüwa decided to visit the Netherworld.
• Nüwa arrived above the Nether Blood Sea in a grand sacred procession and confronted Meng Po, Lady Pingxin’s incarnation.
• Nüwa threatened to use the Heavenly Dao to disrupt the Six Paths of Reincarnation if Pingxin refused to cooperate.
• Pingxin gathered her other Meng Po incarnations and unleashed the power of the Six Paths, disrupting the passage of dead souls through the Underworld.
• Nüwa hesitated to fight because the dead souls could be harmed, while Pingxin also held back despite their hostile exchange.
• Nüwa and Pingxin continued their silent standoff across the Blood Sea as Taiyi watched from the Sun Star and laughed to himself.

Heavenly Dao Hongjun forced Lady Pingxin to merge the Netherworld with the Heavenly Dao and oversee Fuxi's reincarnation as the Human Emperor. After Nüwa departed, Pingxin considered changing the great fate of the Witch Clan, while she and Taiyi briefly met each other's gaze and Taiyi wondered whether she could be an ally.

• Heavenly Dao Hongjun appeared above the Nether Blood Sea, ordered Lady Pingxin to merge the Netherworld with the Heavenly Dao, and gave her Heavenly Dao Merit.
• The Netherworld sank beneath the Primordial Wilderness and settled in its deepest earthly membrane, while Lady Pingxin gained freedom to travel throughout the Primordial Wilderness.
• At Hongjun's command, Nüwa escorted Fuxi's remnant soul into the human path, and Lady Pingxin used the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc to set his reincarnation as the Human Emperor in motion.
• Nüwa thanked Lady Pingxin and invited her to visit Wa Palace, but Lady Pingxin remained aloof and privately questioned whether the major trends of fate could be changed.
• Lady Pingxin considered the Sun Star's supreme ruler a possible force against Hongjun, and she and Taiyi exchanged glances before Taiyi wondered whether she could be his ally.

Taiyi chose to ignore Fuxi’s reincarnation and absorbed a drop of Pangu Blood Essence and a Pangu Primordial Spirit Fragment, eventually becoming able to withstand Chaos Energy with both his body and primordial spirit. The system then offered him new choices as Fuxi prepared to Prove Dao as the Human Emperor, leaving Taiyi undecided.

• The system offered Taiyi three choices concerning Fuxi’s reincarnation, and Taiyi rejected the options involving guiding Fuxi or becoming Human Emperor Taiyi.
• Taiyi chose to remain unmoved and received a drop of Pangu Blood Essence and a Pangu Primordial Spirit Fragment.
• Taiyi absorbed both rewards, and after thirty thousand years of cultivation, his Pangu aura deepened and his body and primordial spirit transformed.
• Three hundred years later, Taiyi discovered that his body and primordial spirit could refine Chaos Energy, declaring that his Dao was complete.
• The system announced that Fuxi was about to Prove Dao as the Human Emperor and offered Taiyi three new choices, leaving him torn over which reward to pursue.

Taiyi chose three Sources of the Law and immersed himself in mastering the Great Dream Dao, while Fuxi’s accomplishments united the Human tribes and brought him close to his Human Emperor destiny. Yuanshi Tianzun sent Guangchengzi to guide Fuxi, who asked the eighteen-year-old to become his disciple.

• Taiyi chose the Innate Array Dao Source, Innate Dream Dao Source, and Starry Cosmos Source, then began comprehending and refining them.
• Taiyi explored countless dream lives, turned some dream worlds into minor universes, and deepened his understanding of the Great Dream law.
• Fuxi led the Fufeng Tribe, introduced customs and inventions, and created the dragon totem as Human tribes gathered under his leadership.
• Yuanshi Tianzun ordered Guangchengzi to teach Fuxi and help him attain the Dao as Human Emperor.
• Guangchengzi found the infant Fuxi, marked him with Great Luo Magic Power for protection, and settled at Mount Kongtong to await his growth.
• When Fuxi was eighteen, Guangchengzi appeared before him and asked whether he was willing to cultivate under him.

Fuxi became Guangchengzi’s disciple and proved Dao as the Human Emperor, earning merit for himself, Guangchengzi, Jade Void Palace, and the Human Race. Taiyi chose not to interfere with Shennong’s future rise and continued cultivating, using his newly fused Great Dream Law to strengthen his foundation as he pursued mastery of all Three Thousand Laws.

• Guangchengzi took Fuxi of the Fufeng Tribe as his disciple, and Fuxi cultivated under him for thirty-eight thousand years.
• Guangchengzi told Fuxi that his Dao was the Dao of the Human Emperor, and Fuxi vowed to protect the Human Race’s fortune and ensure its continued existence.
• Fuxi proved Dao as the Human Emperor, and Golden Merit Cloud granted merit to Fuxi, Guangchengzi, Jade Void Palace, and the Human Race.
• The system offered Taiyi choices after Fuxi’s ascension, and Taiyi chose to remain in the Sun Star rather than interfere with Shennong’s rise.
• Taiyi received the Innate Death Source and Innate Water Source, then reflected on how fusing the Great Dream Law had strengthened his foundation through countless dream lives.
• Taiyi resolved to fuse all Three Thousand Laws and build enough Primordial Chaos magic power to surpass the long-established Grand Primordial Luo Golden Immortals.

Taiyi began integrating the Innate Formation Dao Source while Lieshan Shi succeeded Fuxi as ruler of the Human Race and earned the title of Earthly Emperor through his inventions. After saving a tribesman bitten by a snake, Lieshan Shi realized his path lay in healing the sick and set out to search for medicinal herbs.

• Taiyi studied the mathematical patterns of the Innate Formation Dao and began a lengthy process of integrating its laws.
• Shennong was born as Lieshan Shi in the Jiang River Tribe amid auspicious signs, and Daoist Duobao claimed him as a disciple.
• Fuxi appointed Lieshan Shi ruler of the Nine Provinces, then retired to the heavenly realm but was sent to guard Fire Cloud Cave, where Nüwa comforted him.
• Lieshan Shi introduced agriculture, markets, clothing, music, bows, pottery, and a calendar, earning the Human Race's recognition as its Earthly Emperor.
• After Daoist Duobao advised Lieshan Shi to seek the Dao among his people, Lieshan Shi saved a tribesman bitten by a venomous snake and realized he should discover remedies for illness.
• Lieshan Shi left the tribe and entered the mountains to search for medicinal herbs.

Lieshan Shi recovered from the poison he suffered while studying herbs, completed the Shennong Herbal Classic, and received Tongtian’s protection. Taiyi then chose to send the Golden Winged Great Peng to rescue Nüwa from the East Sea Dragon Clan, preventing her impending drowning.

• Daoist Duobao stabilized Lieshan Shi after Gut-Severing Grass and accumulated herbal poisons left him near death, then sought help from Tongtian.
• Tongtian obtained a Nine Revolutions Violet Gold Pill from Laozi, which restored Lieshan Shi, and gave him the Ocher Whip to identify herbs and poison.
• Lieshan Shi spent another ten thousand years reorganizing the Shennong Herbal Classic.
• Taiyi learned that the Eastern Sea Crown Prince was about to drown Nüwa and chose to send the Golden Winged Great Peng to save her.
• The Golden Winged Great Peng flew from the Sun Star to intervene, though the chapter ended before it reached Nüwa.

Taiyi rescued Nüwa from the East Sea Dragon Clan's crown prince, brought her to the Sun Star, and gave her an Innate Ren Water Flag. After Nüwa returned safely to the Jiang River Tribe, Taiyi received the ninth Jade Creation Shard and fused it into the Creation Jade Disc Pendant.

• The Golden Winged Great Peng killed and devoured the East Sea Dragon Clan's crown prince, then carried Nüwa to the Sun Star to meet Taiyi.
• Taiyi warned Nüwa against wandering alone and gave her an Innate Ren Water Flag for protection.
• The Golden Winged Great Peng escorted Nüwa back to the Jiang River Tribe, where she told Lieshan Shi and Daoist Duobao what had happened.
• Taiyi completed the system's selection mission for saving Nüwa and received the ninth Jade Creation Shard.
• Taiyi fused the ninth Jade Creation Shard into the Creation Jade Disc Pendant.

Taiyi chose to remain in seclusion as Ji Xuanyuan became the Human Emperor and the Witch Clan launched a war against the Human Race. As the Zhuolu Battle approached, Taiyi again refused to take sides and received the Primordial Wind-Fire Source.

• Taiyi chose to cultivate in peace when the system offered him a chance to intervene in Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor’s birth, and he refined a portion of Primordial True Spirit Source.
• Ji Xuanyuan was born in the Youxiong Tribe with auspicious signs, and Guangchengzi accepted him as a disciple.
• Shennong abdicated the Human Race’s co-ruler position to Ji Xuanyuan and withdrew to Fire Cloud Cave.
• Chiyou led the Nine Li Tribe in a fierce war against the Human Race, prompting Guangchengzi to report that the Witch Clan now possessed primordial spirits.
• Yuanshi Tianzun sent the Twelve Golden Immortals to support the Human Race as the Zhuolu Battle neared.
• Taiyi chose not to aid either side and received a portion of Primordial Wind-Fire Source.

Taiyi refined the Innate Wind-Fire Source while the Yellow Emperor defeated Chiyou and suppressed the Nine Li rebellion. When the system offered Taiyi a choice after Xingtian survived his apparent death and sought revenge, Taiyi chose to stay out of the conflict as Xingtian stormed the Lingxiao Palace and enraged Haotian.

• Taiyi mastered the Innate Wind-Fire Source as the Human Race and the Witch Clan fought for over a thousand years.
• With aid from the Saints’ disciples, the Nine Heavens Mysterious Woman, and Yinglong, the Yellow Emperor prepared for a decisive battle against Chiyou at Zhuolu.
• The Yellow Emperor used the Witch Slaughtering Sword and Kui Cow hide drums to rout the Witch Clan, then dismembered Chiyou and suppressed his body parts beneath mountain ranges.
• The Yellow Emperor crushed the remaining Nine Li forces, completed his merits, and ascended to the heavenly realm.
• Taiyi chose the system’s third option and received his tenth Jade Creation Shard after learning that Xingtian had survived and planned revenge.
• Xingtian led his old brothers into the Lingxiao Palace, angering Haotian by attacking the Heavenly Court.

Great Witch Xingtian attacked the Heavenly Court, forcing Haotian to fight him and leaving Lingxiao Palace in ruins. Xingtian vanished under a mysterious dark radiance, while Yuanshi Tianzun resolved to make Haotian pay for interfering with the Exposition Sect.

• Great Witch Xingtian fought through the Heavenly Court's forces and confronted Haotian outside Lingxiao Palace.
• Haotian used the Haotian Pagoda to hold Xingtian back, then poured much of his mana and Heavenly Dao Merit into the Haotian Sword and struck him.
• Xingtian met Haotian's sword with Gan Qi, and their clash devastated Lingxiao Palace and many other heavenly palaces.
• Haotian found a cold, Primordial Chaos aura surrounding Xingtian and watched as Xingtian vanished before he could dismember him.
• Yuanshi Tianzun blamed Haotian for interfering with the Exposition Sect and vowed to bring him down during the Journey to the West Calamity.

After Great Witch Xingtian survived through Lady Pingxin’s intervention, Taiyi chose to remain in seclusion and received the tenth Jade Creation Shard. Meanwhile, Cangjie was born among the Shihuang Clan, grew into a gifted innovator, and began creating writing to address the Human Race’s reliance on knot records.

• The Six Sages realized Lady Pingxin had saved Great Witch Xingtian but refrained from confronting her, while Taiyi judged that Houtu’s action did not violate the Heavenly Mandate.
• Taiyi chose to stay in the Sun Star and received the tenth Jade Creation Shard, which he fused into his jade pendant before resuming his cultivation.
• A four-eyed child named Cangjie was born in the Shihuang Clan Tribe beside the Luo River and was regarded by the clansmen as unusually auspicious.
• As he grew, Cangjie mastered and improved inherited human arts, including Fuxi’s musical Dao and Shennong’s Herbal Classic.
• After a thousand years, Cangjie recognized the problems caused by the Human Race’s knot-recording customs and devoted himself to creating writing.

Cangjie created and spread written characters among the Human Race, enduring divine curses and heavenly tribulation as he completed the Cangjie Dictionary. The Sages watched his ordeal, and Master Tongtian suddenly turned his attention toward the Sun Star.

• Cangjie drew inspiration from birds, beasts, and the stars, then secluded himself to create written characters for the Human Race.
• Cangjie used a Great Divine Ability to spread the characters and wrote the Cangjie Dictionary with their pronunciations, meanings, and annotations.
• After Cangjie completed the dictionary, ghosts wailed, black mist covered the Shihuang Clan Tribe, and heaven rained millet as warnings against his work.
• Cangjie continued writing despite curses and repeated tribulation lightning, suffering wounds and burns as he strove to preserve Human Race civilization.
• The Innate Gods and Sages watched Cangjie's ordeal, while Yuanshi Tianzun praised his courage and Laozi dismissed glory beneath the Sages.
• Master Tongtian's expression shifted, and he turned his gaze toward the Sun Star.

Taiyi tried to save Cangjie from Heavenly Dao Hongjun’s tribulation, but Hongjun destroyed the giant palm and struck Cangjie down with Purple Firmament Divine Lightning. The Human Race’s faith and Cangjie’s merit restored him as a Quasi-Saint, while his return gave Taiyi insight into merging the Laws of the Dao.

• Taiyi sent a giant palm from the Sun Star to crush the tribulation clouds above Cangjie, but Hongjun’s Purple Firmament Divine Lightning destroyed it.
• Hongjun’s next strike vaporized Cangjie, and the Human Race mourned him while demons and monsters celebrated.
• The faith of the Human Race combined with Cangjie’s merit to gather his shattered soul and raise him to the Quasi-Saint realm.
• Taiyi watched Cangjie return and gained insight into creation and the methods of fusing opposing Laws of the Dao.

Cangjie revived through the Human Race’s faith, rose to the threshold of a Grand Luo Golden Immortal Zenith, and revealed Faith Bestowal of Divinity as a new path of cultivation. The Three Human Emperors considered creating a Divine Court for the Human Race.

• Cangjie gathered the Human Race’s faith and rapidly advanced beyond the Golden Immortal of Hunyuan, but the Primordial World’s laws prevented him from becoming a Sage.
• Taiyi and the Sages watched Cangjie’s rise and realized that faith might offer a new way to attain Sagehood, though they believed Heavenly Dao Hongjun would not permit it.
• Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan celebrated Cangjie’s achievement and recognized him as a Sub-Sage supported by Human Dao power.
• Xuanyuan proposed that the Human Race create its own Divine Court, and Fuxi and Shennong approved while treating him like a junior.

Cangjie refused Yuanshi Tianzun’s order to confine himself in Fire Cloud Cave, choosing instead to reincarnate and spread the Way of Culture among all races. After Taiyi protected him from Yuanshi’s incarnation, Cangjie entered reincarnation for the Human Race’s future, leaving his people united in grief and resolve.

• Guangchengzi delivered Yuanshi Tianzun’s decree ordering Cangjie to guard Fire Cloud Cave, but Cangjie refused and declared that he would spread the Way of Culture through reincarnation.
• Yuanshi Tianzun manifested and demanded that Cangjie obey, but Taiyi appeared and destroyed Yuanshi’s incarnation with a strike of Primordial Chaos Light.
• Yuanshi Tianzun told the Jade Void disciples that Taiyi had destroyed his incarnation, then reassured them that Taiyi would not harm them unless they provoked him.
• Cangjie told Taiyi that he had planned to reincarnate as the spirit of the Way of Culture, and declined Taiyi’s offer of protection to preserve the Human Race’s future.
• Taiyi gave Cangjie a strand of Primordial Chaos Light to help him in the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and Cangjie departed for the Netherworld to be reborn.
• The Human Race mourned Cangjie’s reincarnation, united its faith, and resolved to grow stronger by studying the cultural legacy he had left behind.

As the Human Race declined into worldly pursuits, the Three Sovereigns watched helplessly from Fire Cloud Cave. Taiyi chose to remain in seclusion and refine the Innate Wind-Thunder Source while Emperor Zhuanxu was born under auspicious signs and Western Sect protection.

• The Human Race forgot its ancestors’ striving spirit and fought over wealth, resources, and women, leaving the Three Sovereigns saddened.
• The system told Taiyi that Zhuanxu was about to be born and offered him three choices.
• Taiyi chose to remain in seclusion and received the Innate Wind-Thunder Source, which he began refining into a new dual-element law divine ability.
• Zhuanxu was born into the Gaoyang Clan as Changyi’s son and the Yellow Emperor Ji Xuanyuan’s grandson, amid descending rainbow light.
• Medicine Buddha came from the Western Paradise to protect Zhuanxu and declared him destined to be connected to the West; Zhuanxu later invented many things that benefited the Human Race.

Taiyi observed Emperor Zhuanxu’s accomplishments, chose to keep cultivating in the Sun Palace, and absorbed the Innate Water-Fire Source Law. After Emperor Ku completed his reign and ascended to Fire Cloud Cave, the system announced Emperor Yao’s coming birth, and Taiyi again chose to remain in seclusion.

• Taiyi chose the system’s second option after learning that Emperor Zhuanxu had completed his merits and ascended to Fire Cloud Cave.
• Taiyi observed Zhuanxu’s rule, including the Zhuanxu Calendar and the Nine Provinces, and saw that the Western Sect had gained little merit.
• Taiyi swallowed the Innate Water-Fire Source Law, unleashing waves and flames across much of the Sun Star.
• Emperor Ku rose to power, governed the Human Race, established the four seasons and solar terms, and eventually ascended to Fire Cloud Cave.
• When the system announced Emperor Yao’s coming birth, Taiyi chose to remain in the palace and cultivate.