Arc 14The Human Dao Rises

After Red Cloud’s death, the Three Pure Ones and Western Teach recruited disciples while the Witch Clan’s efforts to take human families drove the Human Race to scatter. Xiao broke through to the Great Dao Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, taught the Human Dao Golden Pill Method, and left for Azure Nether Sea Domain, where a confrontation brought its Island Master before him.

  • Red Cloud tore the Primordial Violet Qi from his sea of consciousness and destroyed his Origin rather than let Kunpeng and Ming He take it, while Jieyin and Zhunti suffered karmic backlash and declared their debt to him repaid.
  • Zhen Yuanzi demanded Hong Yun’s belongings from Di Jun, then left the South Heaven Gate sealed for over a hundred thousand years until Han Xi returned the Soul Scattering Gourd and told him to nurture the True Spirit inside.
  • The Three Pure Ones opened Kunlun Mountain to prospective disciples, while Jieyin and Zhunti welcomed followers into the Western Teach at Mount Sumeru.
  • Houtu discovered that human-witch children had unusual talents, but Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Witches seized human families and took them to Zhou Mountain, prompting the Human Race to seek strength and scatter across the Primordial Era.
  • Xiao survived his tribulation, reached the Great Dao Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, and urged the Human Race to rely on its own strength rather than outside rescue.
  • Xiao preached the Human Dao Golden Pill Method, transforming the cultivation of his listeners and helping more than a thousand humans reach the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm as a stele bearing Xuan Qing’s name appeared.
  • Xiao left for Azure Nether Sea Domain to obtain spirit roots, but the Clam Clan’s leader accused him of impersonating the Dao Venerable and attacked him, breaking the domain’s long peace before the Island Master arrived.
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Ch. 326Red Cloud's Fall

Red Cloud was betrayed by Ming He and Kunpeng while Luohu tried to draw him into the demonic path, but Yang Mei intervened to protect his True Spirit for Xuan Qing. Rather than let anyone take his Primordial Violet Qi, Red Cloud tore it from his Primordial Spirit and detonated his Origin, leaving Jieyin and Zhunti to suffer severe karmic backlash before declaring their debt to him repaid.

  • Jieyin and Zhunti chose to endure the karmic backlash instead of rescuing Red Cloud, while Ming He planned to strike during his fight with Kunpeng and Luohu sought to guide him into the demonic path.
  • Ming He ambushed Red Cloud with Yuantu and Abi as Kunpeng struck him with the Demon Master Palace, leaving Red Cloud gravely wounded.
  • Luohu encouraged Red Cloud's resentment until Yang Mei confronted him and warned him to leave Red Cloud alone because he was useful to Xuan Qing.
  • Red Cloud realized his pursuit of freedom had led him to ruin, tore the Primordial Violet Qi from his sea of consciousness, and detonated his Origin rather than let Kunpeng and Ming He claim it.
  • Jieyin and Zhunti suffered severe karmic backlash from Red Cloud's death, then declared that they no longer owed him anything.

Ch. 327Shanhai's Dominance

Shanhai seized Hong Yun’s crimson gourd from Ming He and Kunpeng, then battled the Heavenly Court’s forces when they tried to claim it. Han Xi intervened before Shanhai could defeat Di Jun and Tai Yi, and explained that the Primordial Violet Qi had already been assigned by the Heavenly Dao.

  • Ming He and Kunpeng fought over Hong Yun’s crimson gourd until Shanhai snatched it, hoping to trade it to Zhen Yuanzi for the Earth Book.
  • Shanhai defeated Ming He and Kunpeng and tried to take their scattered Spiritual Treasures, but Tai Yi and Di Jun arrived with the Heavenly Court’s demon gods.
  • Shanhai repelled the Heavenly Court’s formation and Chaos Bell, then overwhelmed Di Jun and Tai Yi with the Mountain Sea Scroll.
  • Han Xi appeared, erased Shanhai’s attack, and caught the Mountain Sea Scroll before it could crush the Heavenly Court’s forces.
  • Han Xi told the gathered powers that the Heavenly Dao had chosen the Primordial Violet Qi’s destined recipient and criticized them for failing to understand the Method of Severing Three Bodies.

Ch. 328Zhen Yuanzi's Grief

Han Xi seized Shanhai and Hong Yun’s Soul Scattering Gourd, while the others gave up their pursuit of the Primordial Violet Qi. After learning that Hong Yun had died, Zhen Yuanzi attacked Ming He’s Blood Sea, then left to seek Hong Yun’s possessions from Di Jun and Kunpeng.

  • Han Xi captured Shanhai, revealed that he had once harmed her sister, and took Hong Yun’s Soul Scattering Gourd.
  • Di Jun let Kunpeng return to the North Sea, then left with Tai Yi and the Ten Great Demon Gods as Ming He returned to the Netherworld Sea of Blood.
  • Zhen Yuanzi sensed that his Karma with Hong Yun had ended, found the place where Hong Yun had fallen, and vowed to recover his possessions.
  • Zhen Yuanzi struck Ming He’s Blood Sea with the Earth Book, killing members of the Asura Clan and provoking Ming He to attack.
  • Ming He swore that he had never obtained Hong Yun’s belongings, so Zhen Yuanzi left to pursue Di Jun and Kunpeng.

Ch. 329Fuxi's Disappointment

Zhen Yuanzi attacked the Heavenly Court over its seizure of Hong Yun's Primordial Violet Qi, while Di Jun and Tai Yi refused to accept responsibility. Fuxi confronted them, then withdrew from Heavenly Court affairs, leaving Di Jun intent on pursuing the path of auspicious qi.

  • Zhen Yuanzi left the Blood Sea and confronted Di Jun at the South Heaven Gate, killing a guard who approached him.
  • Di Jun and Tai Yi challenged Zhen Yuanzi, who sealed the South Heaven Gate with the Earth Book Array and bombarded the Heavenly Court.
  • Fuxi arrived and realized Zhen Yuanzi's attack was likely over Hong Yun's Primordial Violet Qi, then asked Di Jun whether he had seized it.
  • Tai Yi defended Di Jun's decision, and Di Jun let Tai Yi rebuke Fuxi rather than stop him.
  • Fuxi told Di Jun he had disappointed him and returned to seclusion, deciding to stop involving himself in Heavenly Court affairs.
  • Di Jun resolved to pursue the Dao through auspicious qi, while Bai Ze warned that he had wounded Fuxi.

Ch. 330Zhen Yuanzi Blocks the South Heaven Gate

Zhen Yuanzi blocked the South Heaven Gate while demanding Hong Yun’s belongings, refusing Di Jun’s claim that Saint Han Xi had taken them. As Han Xi and the others watched, they discussed Hong Yun’s past and hinted that Nuwa might become a Human Dao Primordial Chaos Great Luo.

  • Di Jun told Bai Ze he had no choice but to act against Fuxi, and Zhen Yuanzi mocked him before demanding Hong Yun’s belongings.
  • Di Jun said Kunpeng and Ming He had killed Hong Yun and that Saint Han Xi had taken the Soul Scattering Gourd and Primordial Violet Qi, but Zhen Yuanzi disbelieved him and blocked the South Heaven Gate for over a hundred thousand years.
  • Xi He tried to pass through the gate to visit Chang Xi, but Zhen Yuanzi refused to let her through unless Di Jun surrendered Hong Yun’s belongings.
  • Xi He repeated that Saint Han Xi had the items, but Zhen Yuanzi sealed his six senses and left her trapped at the gate.
  • On Zhou Mountain, Han Xi and Xuan Qing explained how Hunkun’s influence had shaped Hong Yun, and Han Xi suggested that Nuwa could become a Human Dao Primordial Chaos Great Luo.

Ch. 331Shanhai's End

Han Li avenged herself on Shanhai and entered seclusion after gaining insights that could bring another breakthrough. Han Xi summoned Zhen Yuanzi to Zhou Mountain, where he learned that Hong Yun’s belongings were at Azure Dawn Palace and met Wang Shu.

  • Han Xi released Shanhai, and Han Li destroyed his body before trapping his Primordial Spirit in the Mysterious Origin Water Control Banner.
  • After repaying her vengeance, Han Li returned to Azure Dawn Palace to enter seclusion, and Wang Shu asked Han Xi to summon Zhen Yuanzi.
  • Han Xi told Zhen Yuanzi that Hong Yun’s belongings were with her, prompting him to leave Xi He and warn the Demon Clan to stay away from Longevity Mountain.
  • Zhen Yuanzi climbed Zhou Mountain and paid his respects to Han Xi, Nuwa, and Wang Shu at Azure Dawn Palace.
  • Wang Shu clarified that she had no connection to the Heavenly Court beyond being Xi He’s Teacher.

Ch. 332Zhen Yuanzi Comes Calling

Han Xi returned Hong Yun’s Soul Scattering Gourd to Zhen Yuanzi and revealed that Hong Yun’s True Spirit remained inside, giving him hope of recovery. Meanwhile, rumors that Di Jun had obtained the Primordial Violet Qi strengthened the Demon Clan, while the Ancestral Witches doubted the rumor and Houtu continued pursuing contact with the Human Race.

  • Han Xi returned Hong Yun’s Soul Scattering Gourd to Zhen Yuanzi and told him to nurture the True Spirit inside with the Three Lights Divine Water.
  • Zhen Yuanzi thanked Han Xi, promised not to leave Wuzhuang Temple, and sealed it off with the gourd.
  • The Primordial Great Powers speculated that Di Jun had obtained the Primordial Violet Qi, and rumors of his impending breakthrough drew more races to the Demon Clan.
  • Houtu argued to the Ancestral Witches that the widely spread rumor was likely a Demon Clan ploy, and Di Jiang dismissed their fears.
  • Di Jiang threw Zhu Rong and Gonggong out of Pangu Hall after their insults sparked an argument.
  • Houtu told Di Jiang that her tribe had begun contacting the Human Race and that she would report back.

Ch. 333Houyi's Plan

Houyi and Xing Tian approached the Human Race on Ancestral Witch Houtu’s orders, offering help and a vast supply of prey to build trust. Sui Ren Shi accepted the gift but remained uncertain about the Witch Clan’s motives as the Three Ancestors considered what the powerful tribe could want from them.

  • Houyi stopped Xing Tian from startling the Human Race and politely asked to speak with Sui Ren Shi.
  • Houyi told Sui Ren Shi that Ancestral Witch Houtu wanted to establish relations with the Human Race and help them gain a foothold.
  • Houyi and Xing Tian presented several piles of powerful prey, which Sui Ren Shi accepted on behalf of the Human Race.
  • Houyi explained to Xing Tian that the prey would help the Human Race grow stronger and eventually lead them to seek Witch Clan techniques.
  • After the Human Race hauled the prey back, You Chao Shi questioned the Witch Clan’s motives, and Sui Ren Shi wondered what the Witch Clan could want from them.

Ch. 334Xi He "Pregnant"

Sui Ren Shi agreed to Houyi’s plan for the Witch Clan to teach the Human Race, and the two races established a shared territory. Back on the Lunar Star, Xi He reunited with Chang Xi and revealed that she was carrying a child conceived with Di Jun, prompting Chang Xi to rush off to confront him.

  • Sui Ren Shi led humans to ask Houyi to teach them hunting, and Houyi proposed a place where humans and witches could live and learn together.
  • Sui Ren Shi accepted the Witch Clan’s offer of help, and the two races built a territory beyond the Yellow River Basin.
  • Nuwa worried that the Human Race’s calamity might be eased by the Witch Clan, but Han Xi explained that the Human Race would still face trials as it grew.
  • Xi He returned to the Lunar Star and reunited with Chang Xi, who joyfully told her about the Jade Rabbits she had raised.
  • Chang Xi sensed another living being’s aura on Xi He, and Xi He revealed that she was carrying Di Jun’s child.
  • Chang Xi assumed Di Jun had mistreated Xi He and tried to take her to the Solar Star to demand justice.

Ch. 335The Saints Open Their Schools

The Three Pure Ones opened Kunlun Mountain to disciples through a trial, while Zhunti and Jieyin tried to attract followers by expounding the Dao at Mount Sumeru. The chapter ended with crowds gathering at Kunlun Mountain and claiming places in the range before the Three Pure Ones opened their Dao Field.

  • Chang Xi stayed with Xi He on Taiyin while Xi He kept her pregnancy from her husband until the child was born.
  • The Three Pure Ones announced a trial at Kunlun Mountain for those who wished to join their sect.
  • Zhunti and Jieyin invited all beings to hear their exposition of the Dao at Mount Sumeru, but beings from other continents continued toward Kunlun Mountain.
  • Jieyin and Zhunti decided to lift restrictions on the Transformation Dao after their exposition so Western Teach would not be embarrassed by its untransformed followers.
  • Beings crowded around Kunlun Mountain and began claiming unoccupied areas while the Three Pure Ones' Dao Field remained closed.

Ch. 336Chan and Jie Take Disciples

After outsiders disturbed West Kunlun, Tongtian defended Queen Mother of the West’s territory and later opened Kunlun Mountain for the Three Pure Ones to recruit disciples. Yuanshi set a demanding staircase trial, while Tongtian welcomed any being who passed his Formation; Laozi’s Human Teachings accepted only humans.

  • Queen Mother of the West drove intruders from West Kunlun, and Tongtian apologized and warned beings not to trespass there.
  • Several thousand years later, Kunlun Mountain’s gates opened, and Yuanshi announced that disciples could choose among the Three Pure Ones by passing a ten-thousand-step trial.
  • Yuanshi set strict standards for joining his sect, while Tongtian offered a Formation trial for entry into the Jie Sect.
  • Yuanshi explained that only members of the Human Race could join Laozi’s Human Teachings, leaving most of the gathered beings to seek entry into the Jie Sect.

Ch. 337Passing the Test

Tongtian’s trial admitted a large group of beings into the Jie Sect, while Yuanshi accepted several candidates who passed the steps into the Chan Sect. The chapter left Yuanshi reluctantly facing the question of whether to accept Huang Long, whose Dragon form displeased him.

  • Xuandu and Duobao worried that Tongtian’s simple Formation would admit many beings, including those burdened by Karmic Sin, but agreed not to interfere with his decision.
  • A tiger-headed, human-bodied monster and many other beings passed Tongtian’s Formation, and Tongtian welcomed them into the Jie Sect under the principle of “Teaching without discrimination.”
  • Tongtian introduced Duobao as their senior martial brother, and the new disciples eagerly greeted him.
  • Guang Chengzi passed more than nine thousand steps and became Yuanshi’s first Chan Sect disciple; Chi Jingzi and several others followed.
  • Yuanshi showed dissatisfaction when Huang Long passed the trial, but knew that refusing him could invite ridicule.

Ch. 338Ran Deng Joins the Chan Sect

Ran Deng joined Yuanshi’s Chan Sect as its Vice Sect Leader, bringing the Jade Void Glazed Lamp and greatly increasing the sect’s fortune. Yuanshi distributed treasures among his disciples, while Huang Long was left wondering whether his master’s favoritism would shape his future.

  • Zhao Gongming and the San Xiao broke Tongtian’s Formation and paid their respects to him as their master.
  • Ran Deng offered Yuanshi the Jade Void Glazed Lamp and entered the Chan Sect as its Vice Sect Leader.
  • Yuanshi told the Twelve Golden Immortals and Immortal Nanji to treat Ran Deng with the courtesy due a teacher, prompting them to bow to him.
  • Yuanshi hung the Jade Void Glazed Lamp outside Jade Void Palace, and the Chan Sect’s fortune increased.
  • Yuanshi named Guang Chengzi senior martial brother and bestowed Spiritual Treasures on his disciples, but gave Huang Long and Ran Deng no treasures.

Ch. 339Tongtian's Wealth

Tongtian appointed senior disciples and bestowed Spiritual Treasures on them, then opened a Treasure Pavilion for the rest of the Jie Sect to search. He warned his disciples that joining his sect would not protect them from powerful enemies, leaving them with a reminder to rely on their own strength.

  • Ran Deng was left alone after Guang Chengzi and the Twelve Golden Immortals departed, and he began plotting to exploit Huang Long's lack of a Spiritual Treasure.
  • Tongtian appointed Jin Ling as the Jie Sect's senior sister and gave her and Wudang several Spiritual Treasures and duties.
  • Tongtian named Zhao Gongming the chief Outer Sect Disciple and rewarded him and the San Xiao sisters with Spiritual Treasures.
  • Tongtian opened the Treasure Pavilion and let the remaining disciples take the Spiritual Treasures stored inside.
  • Tongtian and Duobao warned Bi Xiao and the other disciples that powerful figures might still threaten them, and that strength was essential.

Ch. 340Jie Sect Arrangements

Tongtian arranged for the Jie Sect disciples to settle around Biyou Palace and promised to expound the Dao in a thousand years. After the disciples gathered to hear the Saints teach, Laozi asked Xuandu to choose a cultivation path, and Xuandu said he wanted to refine pills and help the Human Race reach the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.

  • Tongtian told the disciples that they would forget the Dao Venerable's existence unless they became stronger, then urged them to seek their own Spiritual Treasures and cultivate diligently.
  • Tongtian instructed the disciples to find cave abodes and announced that he would expound the Dao in a thousand years.
  • Duobao warned the Jie Sect disciples not to settle toward Jade Void Palace, then led Jin Ling, Yunxiao, Qiong Xiao, and Bi Xiao to excellent cave abodes he had found with Xuandu.
  • The disciples chose their cave abodes and, a thousand years later, gathered as the Saints began expounding the Dao to their followers.
  • Laozi asked Xuandu what path he wanted to cultivate, and Xuandu chose pill refinement so he could help the Human Race reach the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.

Ch. 341A Sage Imparts the Dao

Laozi taught Xuandu the Golden Pill Great Dao, while Yuanshi and Tongtian instructed their disciples in cultivation methods. On Mount Sumeru, Jieyin and Zhunti faced the unruly animal-like beings who had gathered to join the Western Teach.

  • Laozi warned Xuandu not to focus on guiding the Human Race before advancing his own cultivation, then taught him inner alchemy.
  • Yuanshi lectured his disciples on cultivation from the Mysterious Immortal realm to the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, sending the Twelve Golden Immortals away before teaching Ran Deng further.
  • Tongtian taught the Shangqing Golden Scripture to Jin Ling and several favored disciples, who converted their cultivation methods to it.
  • Zhunti tried to silence the noisy crowd on Mount Sumeru, but Jieyin reminded him that the West had few other living beings to recruit.
  • Zhunti accepted that the Western Teach would have to take in the unruly beings and declared that he would endure hardship for the West.

Ch. 342Recruiting Talents on Mount Sumeru

Zhunti and Jieyin recruited Maitreya, Medicine Master, and many other followers into the Western Teach. After Houtu discovered that human-witch descendants combined the strengths of both races, the ancestral witches decided to bring the children and their human parents to Zhou Mountain, even by force, while Houtu objected.

  • After a thousand years of expounding the Dao at Mount Sumeru, Jieyin accepted Maitreya as his disciple, and Zhunti accepted Medicine Master, giving him the Sutra of Lapis Lazuli Light Tathagata and a Nine-Leaf Lingzhi.
  • Jieyin and Zhunti welcomed the gathered beings into the Western Teach and instructed them to observe its rules and spread its doctrines.
  • Houyi told Houtu that children born to human and witch parents had strong bodies and primordial spirits, and Houtu confirmed their unusual talents.
  • Houtu reported the discovery to the other ancestral witches, who celebrated the possibility of continuing the Witch Clan’s bloodline without relying solely on the Pangu Blood Pool.
  • Di Jiang decided to bring the mixed-race children and their human parents to Zhou Mountain, and Zhu Jiuyin and the other ancestral witches blocked Houtu when she protested that taking them by force would turn the human race against them.

Ch. 343The Human Race's First Calamity

Di Jiang and the Witch Clan devised a scheme to take human women and their children back to Zhou Mountain to preserve the Witch Clan’s bloodline. After the Witch Clan seized many resisting humans and left the Yellow River Basin, Sui Ren Shi set out to seek help from Nuwa.

  • Houtu questioned the other Ancestral Witches’ plan, but they kept her confined in Pangu Hall while Di Jiang summoned the Great Witches.
  • Di Jiang ordered the Witch Clan men to marry human women and gradually persuade them to move with their children to Zhou Mountain.
  • Xing Tian announced that the Witch Clan would return to its ancestral land, and the Witch Clan tried to convince the human women to go with them.
  • The Witch Clan knocked out the humans who refused to leave, seized many of them, and departed the Yellow River Basin.
  • Sui Ren Shi blamed himself and raged after hearing that the Witch Clan had taken the humans, then decided to ask Nuwa for help.

Ch. 344Xiao's Imminent Breakthrough, an Omen That Shook the Prehistoric Era

Xiao’s impending breakthrough to the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm drew tribulation clouds across the Prehistoric Era and alarmed its great powers. The Human Ancestors evacuated the Yellow River Basin as Xiao left the area to face the clouds, while the saints and their disciples watched and debated what his breakthrough meant.

  • Sui Ren Shi, You Chao Shi, and Zi Yi Shi recognized that the growing tribulation clouds gathered over Xiao’s secluded cultivation site and began evacuating the Human Race.
  • Xiao flew beyond the Yellow River Basin’s Formation, drawing the tribulation clouds after him and spreading their might throughout the Prehistoric Era.
  • Hongjun and the other great powers mistook Xiao for Xuan Qing before realizing that Xiao was a human whose aura and appearance resembled the Dao Venerable’s.
  • Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian watched Xiao from Biyou Palace, and Laozi explained to Jin Ling, Zhao Gongming, Bi Xiao, and Yunxiao that the omen marked an extraordinary breakthrough to the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.
  • Bi Xiao worried that Xiao might die beneath the lightning, and Tongtian rebuked her for speaking carelessly about the Dao Venerable.

Ch. 345Great Dao Law Reappears

Laozi and Tongtian revealed that Xiao’s identity made him far more dangerous than his apparent strength suggested, then watched as he endured a Heavenly Dao tribulation after comprehending Great Dao Law. Xiao emerged as a Great Dao Grand Luo Golden Immortal, leaving the Three Pure Ones and other experts astonished by the return of a path they had thought unattainable.

  • Laozi told Jin Ling and the others that their master feared the mysterious person’s identity, and Tongtian warned them not to be arrogant as Saint disciples.
  • Yunxiao learned that the person was a Dao Venerable whose divine sense might have cultivated an incarnation, while Laozi and Yuanshi considered warning their own disciples about him.
  • Xiao faced a lightning tribulation after comprehending Great Dao Law and absorbed the lightning rather than being harmed by it.
  • Xiao’s True Spirit rose from the River of Destiny, and an azure Twelve-grade Earth Flower appeared as his aura reached the mid-stage Grand Luo Golden Immortal level.
  • Laozi, Tongtian, Yuanshi, and other experts recognized that Xiao had become a Great Dao Grand Luo Golden Immortal, and they marveled at the return of Great Dao Law.

Ch. 346The Human Race's First Lesson

After breaking through, Xiao returned to the Human Race and addressed the Witch Clan’s abduction of its members, urging the clan to grow strong rather than rely on the Holy Mother. His lesson restored the Human Race’s resolve, and the chapter left them inspired to endure hardship and strive for strength.

  • Xiao returned to the Human Race after breaking through and promised to adapt Saint Laozi’s Golden Pill Great Dao into a cultivation method for the clan.
  • Sui Ren Shi told Xiao that the Witch Clan had taken many Human Race members to Zhou Mountain and asked whether they should seek Holy Mother Niang Niang’s help.
  • Xiao refused to let the Human Race depend on outside rescue and gathered its leaders to teach them that weakness invited suffering and strength was the answer.
  • Xiao encouraged the Human Race by recounting how the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Three Races had risen from weakness, prompting the crowd to vow they would not surrender.
  • Xiao crushed flowers and grass to show that resilience mattered more than outward beauty, and Sui Ren Shi and the Human Race leaders bowed in thanks for his guidance.

Ch. 347Human Race Expansion

Sui Ren Shi led the Human Race to leave the Yellow River Basin and establish settlements across the Primordial Land, hoping that spreading out would prevent the race from being wiped out. The Demon Clan chose not to intervene, while Zhu Jiuyin warned the Ancestral Witches that attacking the humans again could provoke Nuwa.

  • Sui Ren Shi proposed that the Human Race spread across the Primordial Land, and You Chao Shi made the migration voluntary while promising to honor those who died.
  • The Human Race began migrating from the Yellow River Basin, leaving some young people behind to maintain their home base.
  • Di Jun recognized that the humans were dispersing to avoid being wiped out at once, but decided the Demon Clan would leave the matter to the Witch Clan.
  • Ju Mang welcomed the humans' departure from the Formation, but Zhu Jiuyin cautioned that capturing them now could provoke Nuwa's wrath.
  • Zhu Jiuyin told the Ancestral Witches that the Human Race's expansion was the consequence of their earlier abductions, and the Witch Clan would have to tolerate it.

Ch. 348Human Race's Method of Cultivation

After the Human Race’s costly migration, Xiao comforted the Three Ancestors and revealed a cultivation method intended to free humans from the Heavenly Dao’s restrictions. As the Human Race began cultivating the Human Dao Method, its destiny rose, and Nuwa recognized Xiao as an embodiment of Xuan Qing’s Obsession.

  • The Ancestral Witches abandoned their plans to capture more humans, and the Human Race spread across the Prehistoric Era at the cost of nearly sixty percent of its people.
  • Sui Ren Shi and the other Three Ancestors mourned the clan members who died during the migration as their life fires went out in the heroes’ hall.
  • Xiao told the Three Ancestors that he had created a method based on Sage Laozi’s Golden Pill Great Dao that could cultivate practitioners to the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.
  • At the plaza, Xiao preached the Human Dao Cultivation Method, causing the Golden Immortals’ Golden Elixirs to shatter and their cultivation to transform.
  • Nuwa sensed the Human Dao Destiny rise, looked toward the Yellow River Basin, and realized that Xiao was an embodiment of Xuan Qing’s Obsession.

Ch. 349Human Dao Golden Pill Method

After Xiao taught the Human Race the Human Dao Golden Pill Method, over a thousand members advanced to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, and Laozi recognized how the technique strengthened Human Teachings. Xiao left to seek spirit roots, while the Human Dao raised a stele naming the method and crediting Xuan Qing, Immeasurable Dao Venerable, whose name Sui Ren Shi could barely remember after a century-long trance.

  • Laozi sensed Human Teachings' auspicious qi rise and realized Xiao's cultivation method had strengthened the Human Race.
  • After Xiao finished preaching, over a thousand Human Race members broke through to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, and Sui Ren Shi and the other two ancestors reached its mid-stage.
  • Xiao cautioned the Human Race against pride, urged them to spread the method, then left for Azure Nether Island to obtain spirit roots and strengthen his cultivation.
  • The Kongtong Seal phantom flew from Nuwa to the Preaching Square, where it joined with the Innate Dao Patterns and Human Race auspicious qi to raise a stele bearing the title Human Dao Golden Pill Method and the name Xuan Qing, Immeasurable Dao Venerable.
  • Sui Ren Shi repeated Xuan Qing's name, fell into a trance for over a hundred years, and awoke to find the name fading from his memory.

Ch. 350Xiao's Misunderstanding

Sui Ren Shi and the others feared the connection between Xiao and the name on the Stele, while Xiao traveled to the Azure Nether Sea Domain and was mistaken for Xuan Qing. His arrival led to a clash with the Clam Clan delegation, drawing the Island Master out of seclusion.

  • Sui Ren Shi allowed Human Race members who had contributed to their people to cultivate at the Stele’s square, then warned You Chao Shi not to speculate aloud about Xiao and the name on it.
  • Xiao reached the Azure Nether Sea Domain, where merfolk mistook him for the Dao Venerable, and asked the Clam Clan members to take him to their delegation’s leader.
  • The Clam Clan’s Grand Luo Golden Immortal leader accused Xiao of impersonating the Dao Venerable and attacked him with a Spiritual Treasure.
  • The fight broke the Azure Nether Sea Domain’s long peace and drew the attention of its residents.
  • The Island Master appeared, and the Clam Clan leader insisted that Xiao was an impostor.
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