Chapter Summaries

Lin Yue and Su Qingyan helped Houtu stabilize her soul and complete the Six Paths of Reincarnation, then returned to the human refuge to accelerate humanity’s development. The Two Sages of the West continued plotting to infiltrate humanity as Lin Yue strengthened the refuge against outside interference.

• Lin Yue used Chaos Energy and Heaven Mending Merit to stabilize Houtu’s soul, while Su Qingyan slowed its depletion with the Law of Time.
• Lin Yue passed his understanding of the human path and some of his Merit to Houtu, completing the laws of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan helped Houtu withstand the Heavenly Dao’s tribulation until Houtu absorbed the remaining lightning and established the Six Paths.
• Heavenly Dao Merit healed Lin Yue and Su Qingyan, advanced Su Qingyan’s cultivation, and strengthened Houtu before she merged with reincarnation.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan returned to the human refuge, where Lin Yue ordered the expansion of its training and crafting facilities and planned to personally teach talented youths.
• The Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, and other powers sent gifts to strengthen ties with Lin Yue, while the Two Sages of the West secretly plotted to infiltrate humanity.

Houtu created the Six Paths of Reincarnation, merged with them as their Sage Lord, and received immense Heavenly Dao Merit. Lin Yue and Su Qingyan advanced in cultivation and returned to lead the human race’s development, while the Two Sages of the West began plotting to infiltrate it.

• Houtu established the Six Paths of Reincarnation, received Heavenly Dao Merit, and became its eternal Lord of Reincarnation.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan received Merit and improved their cultivation, reaching Peak Quasi-Saint and middle Quasi-Saint respectively.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan returned to the human refuge, where the people celebrated reincarnation and the benefits of the Merit.
• Lin Yue told Bo Yi to spread the news, expand the clan’s schools and workshops, and select gifted youths for training.
• The Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, and other powerful figures sent envoys to the human refuge, while the Two Sages of the West plotted to infiltrate the human race.

After the Witch-Demon Calamity ended, Lin Yue and Su Qingyan established the Human Alliance and led humanity into a period of rapid growth. The chapter ended with humanity strengthening its position while the Demon and Wu Clans rebuilt and the Two Sages of the West continued their failed attempts to infiltrate the Alliance.

• The Demon Clan and Wu Clan lost their dominance after the deaths of their leaders, while humanity flourished under Lin Yue's protection.
• Bo Yi announced that Lin Yue and Su Qingyan had been chosen as the Human Alliance's Alliance Leader and Vice Alliance Leader, and Lin Yue pledged to lead humanity forward.
• Lin Yue laid out plans to expand the Alliance's territory, military, education, defenses, and cooperation with other races, while Su Qingyan took charge of talent development.
• Envoys from the Three Pure Ones and Empress Nuwa congratulated Lin Yue and Su Qingyan, offered them treasures, and proposed friendly relations with the Human Alliance.
• Lin Yue formed and trained a ten-thousand-soldier Human Vanguard Army, while Su Qingyan expanded the Cultivation Academies and helped cultivators improve.
• The Demon and Wu Clans quietly rebuilt, the Two Sages of the West tried and failed to infiltrate the Alliance, and Lin Yue and Su Qingyan watched humanity's prosperity from Yueyan City's wall.

The Heavenly Dao rewarded Lin Yue and Su Qingyan for protecting humanity and helping Houtu create reincarnation, strengthening them and tying Lin Yue more closely to humanity’s fortune. As the Human Alliance prospered, the Two Sages of the West secretly mobilized demon and Wu Clan remnants and infiltrators against it, and Lin Yue prepared to defend the alliance.

• The Heavenly Dao sent a vast river of merit to Yueyan City, which flowed to Lin Yue and Su Qingyan and strengthened their cultivation and laws.
• Lin Yue reached the very peak of Peak Quasi-Saint and gained merit for protecting humanity, while Su Qingyan stabilized her cultivation and deepened her mastery of the Law of Time.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan expanded the Human Alliance through military training, cultivation lessons, and improved production, growing its territory and influence.
• Zhunti and Jieyin plotted to weaken the Human Alliance by supporting demon and Wu Clan remnants and sending Western Teachings disciples disguised as refugees.
• Lin Yue’s intelligence network detected the gathering remnants and suspicious refugees, so he ordered stronger border defenses and a search for the infiltrators.

Lin Yue reached the Peak Quasi-Saint realm with the Heavenly Dao’s merit, then defeated and captured the Great Sage Covering the Seas after repelling the Demon Clan’s invasion. The prisoner exposed the Two Sages of the West’s schemes, and the chapter ended with them learning of his defeat and reacting angrily.

• Lin Yue consolidated his breakthrough in Yueyan City, gaining greater mastery of the Law of Space and a bond to the Human Race’s fortune.
• Lin Yue taught the Vanguard Army the Space Collapse technique, then learned that the Great Sage Covering the Seas was leading thirty thousand Demon Clan cultivators toward the border.
• Lin Yue took one thousand Vanguard Army soldiers to confront the invasion, defeated the Great Sage Covering the Seas, and led the army in routing the Demon Clan forces.
• Lin Yue returned to Yueyan City with the captive Great Sage Covering the Seas, who revealed that the Two Sages of the West had promised to help restore the Demon Clan and planned to disrupt the Human Race’s rear.
• Lin Yue ordered increased security and accelerated preparations against the Western Teachings, while the Two Sages of the West heard of the Great Sage Covering the Seas’ defeat and grew furious.

Su Qingyan refined her merit, reached the peak of the mid-stage Quasi-Saint Realm, and greatly improved her mastery of the Law of Time. As Lin Yue prepared the Human Alliance for the coming Investiture of the Gods Calamity, Su Qingyan trained new disciples and strengthened the alliance’s talent base.

• Su Qingyan refined the remaining Power of Merit, expanded her control of time, and demonstrated that she could heal minor injuries and repair damaged spirit treasures.
• Lin Yue returned to the Cultivation Academy, reunited with Su Qingyan, and told her that he had captured Great Sage Covering the Seas and defeated the demon army of thirty thousand.
• Lin Yue revealed that the Two Sages of the West had instigated the invasion, and he and Su Qingyan agreed to strengthen the Human Alliance and monitor its enemies.
• Su Qingyan organized lessons on the Law of Time and formed a class of fifty talented disciples, while Lin Yue strengthened the alliance’s defenses and intelligence network.
• Lin Yue learned that the Two Sages of the West were gathering forces ahead of the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, while the demon remnants hid by the Eastern Sea and Jiufeng’s Wu Clan remnants stayed in remote forests.
• Lin Yue visited the Cultivation Academy and saw Su Qingyan teaching time-based combat techniques to the Time Disciples' Class.

As humanity’s population expanded, Lin Yue and Su Qingyan established a system of locally governed tribes with openly elected leaders. Five regions elected leaders and formed the Yueyan Tribe alliance, while the chapter left humanity’s tribes cooperating and developing in prosperity.

• Bo Yi, General Dahong, and Cangjie urged Lin Yue and Su Qingyan to decentralize governance, and Lin Yue approved elections for tribal leaders.
• Bo Yi drafted election rules, General Dahong organized supervisors, and Cangjie spread information as five regions prepared to elect leaders.
• Zhao Yu won the Linhe Bay election, and Wang Kuang, Chen Hu, Zhou Mai, and Wu Yue were elected to lead the other four trial regions.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan convened the five leaders, supplied their tribes, and named their alliance the Yueyan Tribe after the leaders pledged mutual support.
• The tribal leaders developed their regions and traded resources, while Zhou Mai doubled Qinghe Plain’s grain output and prepared to share farming methods with other tribes.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan visited Qinghe Plain, celebrated its progress with the people, and shared an affectionate moment beneath the moonlight.

Lin Yue and Su Qingyan gathered the five tribal leaders to establish rules for resource allocation, decision-making, education, rewards and punishments, and public security. After the rules were implemented across the tribes, disorder eased and cooperation strengthened, leaving humanity on a more prosperous path.

• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan summoned Zhao Yu, Wang Kuang, Chen Hu, Zhou Mai, and Wu Yue to discuss problems that had arisen in their newly established tribes.
• Lin Yue proposed systems for fair resource allocation, Elder Council oversight, education, rewards and punishments, and public security, while Su Qingyan proposed regular inspections of enforcement.
• The leaders contributed additional proposals, and Lin Yue and Su Qingyan finalized the Human Clan Tribal Rules General Outline with five systems and thirty-six articles.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan visited the tribes over the following month and saw Zhao Yu organize fishing grounds, Wang Kuang establish an Artifact Refining Workshop, Zhou Mai expand farmland, Chen Hu improve guard training, and Wu Yue provide schooling and medical care.
• After two months, the tribes had become orderly and cooperative, and Zhou Mai reported increased unity, an expected doubling of grain production, and more than fifty children educated.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan attended Qinghe Plain's harvest celebration and walked through its wheat fields, confident that humanity would continue to prosper.

Lin Yue led the Human Vanguard Army to crush a Demon rebellion after attacks devastated two Human tribes, killing several Demon leaders and recruiting many surrendered soldiers. He returned to Yueyan City with the tribes recovering and plans underway to integrate the new recruits and strengthen Human defenses.

• Great Strength Bull Demon King attacked Black Wind Valley while Great Sage Covering the Seas flooded Linhe Bay, killing and displacing many tribespeople.
• Su Qingyan organized relief efforts as Lin Yue assembled the Vanguard Army and marched to Black Wind Valley.
• Lin Yue killed Great Strength Bull Demon King, defeated his soldiers, and then captured Great Sage Covering the Seas, sparing the surrendered troops to atone by serving the Human race.
• Lin Yue killed the Golden-winged Great Peng and suppressed other Demon uprisings during a half-month campaign, recruiting twenty thousand demon soldiers and killing twelve Demon generals.
• Su Qingyan arranged medical aid and plans to educate the surrendered soldiers, and Lin Yue returned to Yueyan City to discuss strengthening the tribes and integrating the recruits.

Great Witch Jiufeng came to Yueyan City to seek a partnership between the endangered Wu Clan and the Human Clan. Lin Yue agreed to provide the Wu Clan with a home and supplies in exchange for military support and combat training, and Jiufeng set out with Li Jing to bring her people from the Northern Continent.

• A guard reported that Great Witch Jiufeng and a Wu Clan delegation had arrived at Yueyan City's eastern gate to request an audience with Lin Yue.
• Jiufeng told Lin Yue that fewer than five thousand Wu Clan members remained and offered their military support in return for shelter, food, and medicinal herbs.
• After Jiufeng swore loyalty on the Wu Clan's sacred token and Su Qingyan endorsed the proposal, Lin Yue established an equal partnership and offered the Wu Clan a home at Cangwu Mountain.
• Lin Yue ordered Li Jing to escort Jiufeng to the Northern Continent and arranged for homes, farmland, workshops, schools, and supplies to be prepared for the Wu Clan.
• After resting in Yueyan City, Jiufeng and Li Jing departed for the Northern Continent while Lin Yue and Su Qingyan saw them off.

Lin Yue and Jiufeng formalized a mutual aid agreement between the Human Clan and Wu Clan, then put their new alliance to the test against demon beasts. After their joint victory at Black Wind Ravine, the two clans celebrated their growing trust, and Jiufeng agreed to monthly joint military exercises.

• Lin Yue and Jiufeng signed the Human-Wu Peace Agreement, with Su Qingyan witnessing it through the Law of Time and both clans binding it with oaths of fortune.
• The Human Clan taught Wu Clan members production skills and cultivation, while Wu Clan shamans taught Human Clan guards basic body-tempering techniques.
• A scout reported that demon beasts had attacked a Wu Clan hunting party, so Jiufeng assembled the Wu Guard Corps and Lin Yue sent Yang Jian with a thousand Human Clan guards.
• The Wu Guard Corps and Human Clan guards fought together at Black Wind Ravine, killed more than ten thousand demon beasts, and rescued the wounded hunters.
• At the victory feast, Jiufeng toasted Lin Yue and Su Qingyan and agreed that the two clans' forces would hold joint military exercises every month.

Jiufeng accepted Lin Yue’s advice and began integrating the Wu Clan with the Human Clan through shared education, cultivation, and production. As Cangwu Mountain prospered and other clans joined the Human Alliance, Jiufeng pledged the Wu Clan’s lasting loyalty, while the wider struggle for peace remained ahead.

• Jiufeng persuaded the four Wu Clan Great Witches to support integration and assigned them to organize farming, workshops, guard training, and healing.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan brought instructors and adapted textbooks to Cangwu Mountain, where Wu Clan members began lessons in literacy, cultivation, and practical skills.
• After a month of cooperation, Wu Clan cultivators and guards improved, Human Clan guards strengthened their close combat, and Cangwu Mountain became a thriving settlement.
• Fox Clan, Rabbit Clan, and Deer Clan envoys sought the Human Alliance’s protection, and Lin Yue and Su Qingyan accepted them and arranged settlements and instruction.
• Jiufeng swore that the Wu Clan would remain loyal to the Human Alliance and advance alongside the Human Clan.

Lin Yue was summoned to Jade Void Palace, where the Three Pure Ones praised his efforts to protect humanity and stabilize the Primordial Wilderness. He returned to Yueyan City with gifts and their support, while the Western Teachings remained a threat.

• The Three Pure Ones opened a portal and summoned Lin Yue from Yueyan City to Jade Void Palace.
• Laozi and Primordial Lord of Heaven praised Lin Yue’s work and gave him the original Classic of the Way and its Virtue and a replica of the Jade Void Seal.
• Lord of Tongtian invited Lin Yue to become his Personal Disciple, but Lin Yue declined to preserve humanity’s neutrality, and the Three Pure Ones accepted his decision.
• The Three Pure Ones warned Lin Yue that the Western Teachings coveted humanity’s fortune and promised that humanity could seek their help.
• Lin Yue returned to Yueyan City, reassured Su Qingyan, and told the alliance that the Sages recognized and supported humanity.

After refusing to join the Interception Sect, Lin Yue received the True Scripture of Tongtian from Lord of Tongtian and returned to Yueyan City with treasures and advice from all three Sages. Studying the scripture helped him fuse Chaos Energy with the Law of Space, and he began cultivating it with Su Qingyan as they prepared to grow stronger and protect the human race.

• Lord of Tongtian gave Lin Yue the True Scripture of Tongtian despite his refusal to join the Interception Sect, and Laozi and Primordial Lord of Heaven urged him to accept it.
• Laozi sent Lin Yue back to Yueyan City with the original copy of the Classic of the Way and its Virtue, while Primordial Lord of Heaven entrusted him with the Jade Void Seal.
• Lin Yue told the human clanspeople that the three Sages acknowledged their resolve and had bestowed treasures to aid the human race.
• Lin Yue studied the True Scripture of Tongtian, learned to fuse Chaos Energy with the Law of Space, and created a chaotic space that strengthened his combat ability and Sainthood foundation.
• Su Qingyan stood guard while Lin Yue cultivated, then began studying the scripture with him so they could improve together.

After returning from Jade Void Palace with gifts from the Three Pure Ones, Lin Yue organized humanity’s cultivation, artifact refining, and alchemy efforts. Humanity grew stronger and expanded its alliance, while the Three Pure Ones pledged further support, though Lin Yue knew future challenges remained.

• Lin Yue told the Human Alliance’s elders and chiefs about the Three Pure Ones’ gifts and announced plans for a universal cultivation art and workshops for artifact refining and alchemy.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan completed the Human Clan Great Dao Art, which Lin Yue unveiled to the people of Yueyan City and allied tribes.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan established artifact-refining and alchemy workshops, selected two hundred disciples, and taught them their crafts.
• Humanity’s cultivation and production of spirit treasures and pills advanced, and Lin Yue and Su Qingyan welcomed smaller races into the Human Alliance.
• A disciple of the Three Pure Ones delivered praise and rare materials to Lin Yue and Su Qingyan, along with an offer of help from Jade Void Palace and Biyou Palace.

After three centuries of growth, Lin Yue and Su Qingyan established the Human Alliance to unite humanity’s expanding tribes and coordinate their defense and development. The Alliance grew to include other races and the Wu Clan, while Lin Yue warned that the Western Teachings and surviving Yao Clan still threatened them.

• Thirty-seven tribal leaders reported their tribes’ growth, and Lin Yue proposed founding the Human Alliance to coordinate resources and defenses.
• Su Qingyan presented the Alliance charter, and the leaders unanimously approved it, naming Lin Yue Alliance Leader and Su Qingyan Vice Alliance Leader.
• Lin Yue announced plans for a unified guard army, expanded workshops, and a core academy, and the Alliance began carrying them out.
• The Fox Clan, Rabbit Clan, and Deer Clan sent envoys seeking to join, and Lin Yue and the other leaders accepted them; the Wu Clan also strengthened its alliance with humanity.
• Lin Yue and Su Qingyan surveyed Yueyan City and vowed to protect their people together, while Lin Yue warned that the Western Teachings and Yao Clan remnants remained dangers.

The Two Sages of the West sent Yuantong and Yuanjue to Yueyan City with treasures and pills to win over the Human Alliance, but Lin Yue exposed a hidden doctrinal imprint in the pills. As Lin Yue restrained the two disciples, Su Qingyan caught his sleeve, leaving their fate unresolved.

• Sage Jieyin and Sage Zhunti planned to sway Human Clan leaders with gifts and sent Yuantong and Yuanjue east with treasures and pills.
• Lin Yue taught cultivators at Yueyan City's central academy and warned Su Qingyan that the Western Teachings would try another scheme.
• Yuantong and Yuanjue arrived in Yueyan City and offered spiritual treasures and pills in exchange for the Human Clan accepting the Sages' Dao.
• Lin Yue examined a pill and discovered a concealed doctrinal imprint that could gradually control anyone who took it, turning the leaders against the visitors.
• Yuantong and Yuanjue tried to leave, but Lin Yue trapped them with the Law of Space, and Su Qingyan caught his sleeve as he moved to seize them.

Lin Yue exposed Yuantong and Yuanjue’s attempt to control Human Alliance chiefs through marked gifts, then defeated them when they attacked. He spared the Western Teachings disciples and reaffirmed the Alliance’s resolve to grow stronger, leaving Lin Yue and Su Qingyan prepared for further trouble.

• Yuantong and Yuanjue brought marked pills and spiritual treasures to Yueyan City to win over Human Alliance chiefs.
• Lin Yue revealed the Western Teachings marks concealed in the gifts, turning the chiefs against the disciples.
• Yuantong and Yuanjue attacked the chiefs, but Lin Yue restrained them with the Law of Space while Su Qingyan slowed them with the Law of Time.
• At the chiefs’ and Su Qingyan’s urging, Lin Yue released the disciples and warned them to tell Jieyin and Zhunti not to interfere with humanity.
• Lin Yue rallied the chiefs to strengthen the Human Alliance, and he and Su Qingyan pledged to face the Western Teachings together.

Jieyin and Zhunti confronted Lin Yue in Yueyan City and demanded control of the Human Alliance, but Lin Yue refused and fought back. Laozi, the Primordial Lord of Heaven, Lord of Tongtian, and Empress Nuwa intervened, forcing the two Western sages to withdraw, while the Western Teachings vowed to return.

• Yuantong and Yuanjue told Jieyin and Zhunti how Lin Yue had exposed and defeated them, prompting the two sages to set out for Yueyan City.
• Jieyin and Zhunti demanded that Lin Yue surrender the Human Alliance, but he refused and Zhunti attacked him with a sword of Buddha-light.
• Lin Yue blocked the attack with the Jade Void Seal but was wounded, while Su Qingyan protected the city and Lin Yue warned her not to approach.
• Laozi, the Primordial Lord of Heaven, Lord of Tongtian, and Empress Nuwa arrived and defended Lin Yue and humanity, causing Jieyin and Zhunti to retreat.
• The four eastern sages encouraged Lin Yue to prepare for the Western Teachings' return, then departed as Lin Yue reunited with Su Qingyan and the people celebrated.

After the Two Sages of the West retreated, Lin Yue addressed the people of Yueyan City and vowed to strengthen the Human Alliance. Heaven rewarded his years of protecting the human race with immense Merit, bringing his cultivation close to the Sage Realm as he prepared to lead his people through further dangers.

• The clanspeople gathered to celebrate their survival, and Lin Yue thanked Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, and Nuwa for helping repel the Two Sages of the West.
• Lin Yue warned that the Western Teachings still coveted the human race and urged the clanspeople to grow stronger through unity and their own efforts.
• Heaven sent Lin Yue a great flood of Merit, which healed his injuries, refined his Dao Fruit, and brought him close to breaking through to the Sage Realm.
• The Great Elder declared that Lin Yue could become the human race's first Sage, while Lin Yue credited the Merit to the whole human race and promised to keep leading them.
• As evening fell, Lin Yue resolved that Sainthood was near and vowed to guide the human race toward a stronger future despite the threats ahead.