Chapter Summaries

Nuwa’s group found the World-Purifying White Lotus and other treasures at Yingzhou Island, but Yuanshi challenged their claim to the lotuses. Nuwa and Yuanshi prepared to fight while Bai Yu and Qing Qiong blocked Laozi and Tongtian, who agreed to face them.

• Nuwa, Qing Qiong, and Bai Yu reached Yingzhou Island’s center before the Three Pure Ones and found the World-Purifying White Lotus, three Ninth-Grade White Lotuses, Huangzhong Plum, and Three Lights Divine Water.
• Qing Qiong told Nuwa that Xuan Qing already possessed three of the five great Lotus Thrones, and Nuwa collected the White Lotuses.
• Yuanshi demanded the Ninth-Grade White Lotuses for the Three Pure Ones, and Nuwa mocked him before challenging him to a fight over the treasure.
• Bai Yu and Qing Qiong stopped Laozi and Tongtian from joining the dispute, then revealed powerful weapons and cultivation that surprised Laozi.
• Qing Qiong invited Tongtian to exchange sword techniques, and they introduced their swords before beginning.

Nuwa and her allies drove the Three Pure Ones from Yingzhou Island, allowing Nuwa to claim the island and its World-Purifying White Lotus. Nuwa then joined Fuxi and the Heavenly Court in heading to Mount Fangzhang, where Zhunti and Jieyin were trying to seize the last immortal island.

• Qing Qiong, Bai Yu, Nuwa, and the Three Pure Ones fought over Yingzhou Island until Fuxi and the Heavenly Court arrived and forced the Three Pure Ones to withdraw.
• Nuwa thanked Di Jun for his help and offered him three Huangzhong Plums, while secretly refining Yingzhou Island's control center.
• Nuwa activated the island's grand Formation and expelled the searching great powers, including the Three Pure Ones.
• Nuwa offered to help Fuxi compete for the final immortal island, and the group set out for Mount Fangzhang.
• Zhunti and Jieyin planned to control Mount Fangzhang's grand Formation as Di Jun and the Heavenly Court approached them.

Di Jun’s forces arrived at Mount Fangzhang, where Zhunti and Jieyin were stealing spiritual roots, and forced them to surrender what they had taken before letting them leave. Di Jun claimed the island and invited Nuwa, Bai Yu, and Qing Qiong to a Heavenly Court banquet, while learning that Mount Fangzhang held little value beyond its spiritual roots.

• Zhunti and Jieyin hurried to dig up Mount Fangzhang’s spiritual roots as Di Jun’s main force approached.
• Tai Yi attacked Zhunti and Jieyin, while Bai Yu and Qing Qiong blocked their escape and challenged their attempt to take the roots.
• Di Jun and Nuwa warned that Zhunti and Jieyin could not be killed, so the pair handed over the spiritual roots they had dug up and fled.
• Di Jun invited Nuwa, Bai Yu, and Qing Qiong to a Heavenly Court banquet; Nuwa accepted, while Bai Yu and Qing Qiong said they might attend if they had time.
• After Nuwa and the others departed, Di Jun refined Mount Fangzhang’s protective formation and discovered the island’s origins and limited value to the Heavenly Court.

Nuwa returned to Azure Nether Island with treasures from Yingzhou Island, and Xuan Qing began developing a way to cultivate another Huangzhong Plum there. He devised a new path to attaining the Dao and summoned Azure Nether Island’s cultivators to teach it, leaving them listening as he explained Severing the Three Bodies.

• Nuwa gave Xuan Qing the World-Purifying White Lotus, three Nine-Grade White Lotuses, and six remaining Huangzhong Plums, and told him the Huangzhong Plum spiritual root was still on Yingzhou Island.
• Xuan Qing kept one Huangzhong Plum, gave two to Bai Yu and the other, and said he planned to cultivate another spiritual root on Azure Nether Island.
• After Nuwa left, Xuan Qing devised a cultivation method based on Severing the Three Corpses, Immeasurable Law, and the Law of Destiny.
• Xuan Qing summoned Azure Nether Island’s living beings to the Preaching Square and announced that he had created a new method for them to attain the Dao.
• Xuan Qing began teaching Severing the Three Bodies, which severed the regrets of the past, the confusion of the present, and the shackles of the future.

Xuan Qing taught a shortcut Dao-Proving Method and began considering how to spread it while refining treasures and making plans for the World-Purifying White Lotus. At Kunlun Mountain, Tai Yi invited the Three Pure Ones to a Demon Clan gathering, and they agreed to attend.

• Xuan Qing explained that Grand Luo Perfection cultivators could use the three obsessions of living beings to anchor the River of Great Dao, and warned Nuwa not to prove her Dao by this method.
• Xuan Qing dismissed the listeners, considered how to spread the method, and isolated the World-Purifying White Lotus in a separate space from the Black Lotus.
• At Kunlun Mountain, Duobao served tea to the Three Pure Ones after they returned from their unsuccessful visit, and Yuanshi urged him to cultivate diligently.
• Tai Yi arrived at Kunlun Mountain, gave Duobao an Innate Spirit Fruit, and praised the mountain as he was escorted inside.
• Tai Yi invited the Three Pure Ones to a Demon Clan gathering at the Heavenly Court, and Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian accepted.

East King Duke reacted angrily when the mighty cultivators declined his Immortal Court invitations in favor of the Heavenly Court's banquet, but agreed to attend it after a subordinate reframed the plan. Nuwa then received Xuan Qing's permission and gifts to attend the banquet, with instructions to avoid the conflict and protect Fuxi.

• East King Duke's invitations failed as the mighty cultivators chose the Heavenly Court's banquet, and he smashed the furnishings in his hall before summoning the Immortal Court's higher-ups.
• East King Duke angrily rejected a proposal to hold the Immortal Court banquet later, but another subordinate persuaded him to attend the Heavenly Court's banquet and learn from it.
• As the three Kalpas approached, cultivators across the Prehistoric Era began traveling to the Heavenly Court.
• Nuwa asked Xuan Qing for instructions, and he told her not to interfere in the conflict between the Heavenly Court and the Immortal Court or in Fuxi's destiny.
• Xuan Qing gave Nuwa Innate Spirit Fruits, Spiritual Wine, a High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, and three Flat Peaches as gifts for Fuxi and the Heavenly Court.
• Nuwa took the gifts to the banquet, intending to show Di Jun that Fuxi had powerful support and discourage him from mistreating her brother.

Bai Ze hosted the great powers at the Heavenly Court banquet, where congratulatory gifts brought admiration, embarrassment, and surprise. East King Duke arrived uninvited with a lavish gift, and Di Jun warmly welcomed him despite their enmity.

• Bai Ze welcomed the assembled great powers and arranged their seats as they presented gifts to the Demon Clan.
• Kunpeng, Ming He, Queen Mother of the West, the Xi He sisters, Zhen Yuanzi, and Hong Yun drew attention with their generous gifts.
• Jieyin and Zhunti presented meager gifts, drawing contempt from the guests, while the Three Pure Ones stunned everyone with their lavish offerings.
• Fuxi, Tai Yi, and Di Jun personally greeted the Three Pure Ones, then East King Duke arrived uninvited with a large group.
• East King Duke presented Di Jun with two Low-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures and other valuable gifts, prompting Di Jun and Tai Yi to welcome him warmly.

Nuwa arrived at Fuxi’s Heavenly Court banquet with lavish gifts from her teacher, Xuan Qing, and warned Di Jun to treat her brother well. As the celebration began, Zhunti and Jieyin embarrassed themselves by pocketing the banquet’s Spiritual Fruits, prompting Ming He to condemn them before Di Jun defused the tension.

• Nuwa arrived late and silenced the gathered guests with her imposing aura when she teased Fuxi about anyone speaking ill of him.
• The herald announced Nuwa’s extravagant gifts, and she told Fuxi that they were her teacher’s intention.
• Nuwa asked Di Jun to treat Fuxi well, and Di Jun and the Demon Clan’s upper ranks praised Fuxi’s contributions.
• Di Jun welcomed Nuwa to the front row and opened the banquet with a toast.
• Zhunti pocketed the Spiritual Fruits, and Ming He rebuked him and Jieyin as the guests looked on in disapproval.
• Di Jun asked the guests to let the matter pass and continue eating and drinking.

Zhu Rong and the other Ancestral Witches disrupted Di Jun’s Heavenly Court feast, warning him to remove the Demon Clan from Zhou Mountain within a few Kalpas. Di Jun turned the confrontation into a display of benevolent ambition, winning the guests’ praise while East King Duke saw the Heavenly Court as a growing rival.

• Zhunti complained about Di Jun’s remarks, but Jie Yin told him to tolerate them and take advantage of the feast.
• Zhu Rong entered with a pheasant he likened to a Golden Crow, provoking Tai Yi and shocking the guests.
• Di Jiang and the other eleven Ancestral Witches arrived and confronted the Demon Clan over its presence and conduct on Zhou Mountain.
• Di Jiang warned Di Jun to move the Demon Clan off Zhou Mountain within a few Kalpas, then left with the Ancestral Witches.
• Di Jun apologized for the Demon Clan’s disorder and said he wanted to establish order across the Prehistoric Era, prompting the guests to praise him.
• Laozi cautioned Duobao not to trust Di Jun’s words, while East King Duke worried that the Heavenly Court would become his greatest rival.

After the Heavenly Court's Dao discussion ended, the great experts returned to secluded cultivation, and over a thousand Kalpas passed as the Demon Clan grew increasingly oppressive. When demons attacked Qing Qiu and abused members of the Fox Clan, a Fox Clan elder killed them all, setting up a confrontation with the Heavenly Court.

• Di Jun began the Dao discussion, and the gathered great experts shared their insights for several Kalpas before returning to their Dao Fields.
• East King Duke postponed his next Immortal Court banquet and went into secluded cultivation along with the other attendees.
• Over a thousand Kalpas later, the Demon Clan began suppressing those who had not joined it, and demons invaded Qing Qiu to seize territory and treasures.
• Demons assaulted weaker members of the Fox Clan, prompting a Fox Clan elder to discover the attack and force the demons to their knees.
• The Fox Clan elder dismissed the demons' threats about Di Jun and killed every demon at Qing Qiu.
• The Fox Clan disposed of the bodies and assigned Grand Unity Golden Immortals to patrol Qing Qiu.

After emerging from seclusion, Di Jun learned that the races of the Prehistoric Era had resisted the Demon Clan while its leaders were absent, and he led the army to punish them. Bai Ze traced the unrest to Qing Qiu, where Di Jun and the Demon Clan forces confronted a composed Fox Clan elder.

• A lesser Demon Clan general told Di Jun that the races of the Prehistoric Era had killed Demon Clan members while the demon gods were in seclusion.
• Di Jun summoned Bai Ze and the Ten Great Demon Gods, then led the Demon Clan army into the Primordial Land to display its strength.
• Di Jun’s army massacred the races that had attacked the Demon Clan, but Bai Ze persuaded him to consider subduing them rather than killing them all.
• Bai Ze questioned a lesser demon and learned that the other races had rebelled after the Heavenly Court ignored the slaughter at Qing Qiu.
• Bai Ze identified Qing Qiu as the source of the resistance, and Di Jun led Tai Yi and the Ten Great Demon Gods there.
• A Grand Luo Golden Immortal elder from the Fox Clan calmly confronted Di Jun, who wondered how the Fox Clan had produced such a powerful cultivator.

Su Mei confronted Di Jun and Tai Yi as the Demon Clan demanded that the Fox Clan answer for killing its members. The Twelve Ancestral Witches then established the Witch Clan and, furious that the Demon Clan had occupied Zhou Mountain, set out to confront Di Jun while the battle at Qing Qiu escalated.

• Gui Che attacked the Fox Clan elder after she insulted him, and Tai Yi launched an attack with the Chaos Bell.
• Su Mei emerged and used her enchanting voice to daze the Demon Clan members until Tai Yi rang the Chaos Bell to break the illusion.
• Su Mei rejected Di Jun’s demand for an explanation, and Di Jun and Tai Yi attacked her with their treasures.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches proclaimed the establishment of the Witch Clan and learned that the Demon Clan had occupied most of Zhou Mountain.
• Gonggong roared at Di Jun, and the Ancestral Witches headed to settle accounts with him as he fought Su Mei.
• Bai Ze joined the fight, but several Fox Clan Grand Luo Golden Immortal elders emerged to block him and the demon gods.

The Witch Clan arrived at Qing Qiu and clashed with the Demon Clan after confronting Di Jun over the demons’ presence near Zhou Mountain. Su Mei protected the Fox Clan and refused to join the Witch Clan, leaving the battle between the Witches and Demons to continue without her.

• The Twelve Ancestral Witches arrived at Qing Qiu and accused Di Jun of ignoring their demand to withdraw the Demon Clan from Zhou Mountain.
• Zhu Rong revealed that the Witch Clan had killed the demons there and used them as food, enraging Di Jun.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi led the Demon Clan into battle against the Twelve Ancestral Witches and their forces, while Su Mei protected Qing Qiu with the Illusion Bell.
• After the battle lasted tens of thousands of years and the Demon Clan began to lose, Tai Yi urged Di Jun to retreat.
• Zhu Jiuyin asked Su Mei to join the Witch Clan in trapping the Demon Clan, but she refused and said the Fox Clan would stay out of their conflict.

The Witch-Demon War halted when Hongjun summoned the three thousand guests to his third sermon, and Xuan Qing secretly followed Nuwa to Zixiao Palace to observe. Hongjun appeared before the gathered guests, while Xuan Qing and Han Xi watched unseen.

• Su Mei led the Fox Clan away from the Witch-Demon battlefield, and the two clans continued fighting as the Demon Clan retreated toward Zhou Mountain.
• Witch reinforcements attacked the Demon Race Army from both sides, but Hongjun’s summons to the third sermon forced the Witch Clan to end its encirclement.
• Di Jiang led most of the Witch Clan back to Pangu Hall, while Houtu and Xuan Ming went to Zixiao Palace.
• Xuan Qing took Nuwa and Han Xi to the Outer Heavens, sent Nuwa ahead, then used the Dao Coffin of Time and Space to follow her unseen with Han Xi.
• The three thousand guests gathered at Zixiao Palace, and Hongjun appeared on the platform as Fuxi urged Nuwa to calm herself.

Hongjun finished his third sermon and announced that he would merge with the Heavenly Dao, then chose the front-row cushion holders as his disciples. Laozi and Yuanshi accepted, receiving powerful spiritual treasures, while the story left Tongtian still awaiting Hongjun’s decision.

• Xuan Qing explained to Han Xi that Hongjun’s announcement was meant to reassure the Innate Divine Beings, as the Heavenly Dao was far stronger than a Saint.
• During Hongjun’s third sermon, Houtu entered a deep state of enlightenment, while Han Xi’s comprehension of the laws advanced.
• After more than two Kalpas, Taiqing Laozi severed his Good Corpse and reached the early-stage Quasi-Saint realm.
• Hongjun announced that he would accept several disciples and chose the six beings who had occupied the front-row meditation cushions, prompting Hong Yun to regret giving his seat away and Kunpeng to hate him.
• Hongjun accepted Taiqing Laozi as his chief disciple and bestowed the Taiji Diagram and Eastern Green Lotus Treasure Banner upon him.
• Hongjun accepted Yuanshi as his disciple and gave him the Pangu Banner and Myriad Heavens Celebration Cloud.

Hongjun accepted Tongtian, Nuwa, Zhunti, and Jieyin in different capacities, bestowed treasures, and revealed that Primordial Violet Qi offered the chance to become a Saint. He granted Saintly seats to the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa, leaving three strands as the hall waited to learn who would receive them.

• Hongjun accepted Tongtian as a disciple and gave him the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, while Xuan Qing dismissed its reputation and Han Xi considered taking it.
• Nuwa refused Hongjun’s offer because she already had a teacher, then accepted the Red Embroidered Ball and Map of Mountains and Rivers.
• Zhunti and Jieyin begged Hongjun to accept them, became his nominal disciples, and received the Twelve-grade Golden Lotus of Merit and Blessing Divine Pestle.
• Hongjun revealed seven strands of Primordial Violet Qi as the opportunity to attain sainthood and gave three strands to the Three Pure Ones.
• Hongjun awarded Nuwa a fourth strand of Primordial Violet Qi for her future merit.

Xuan Qing arrived at Zixiao Palace and stopped Hongjun from forcing Nuwa to accept Primordial Violet Qi. He challenged Hongjun’s teachings on Severing the Three Corpses, leaving the gathered powers alarmed about the scarcity of Innate Spiritual Objects needed to advance.

• Xuan Qing and Han Xi appeared just as Hongjun’s pressure threatened Nuwa, and Nuwa greeted her teacher and martial aunt.
• Xuan Qing confronted Hongjun over trying to make Nuwa a Heavenly Dao Saint, examined the Primordial Violet Qi, and told Hongjun to leave Nuwa to her own path.
• Xuan Qing reassured Tongtian that the Primordial Violet Qi itself was mostly harmless, though accepting it would bind its recipients to Heavenly Dao.
• Xuan Qing demanded to know why Hongjun had spread the method of Severing the Three Corpses, and Laozi asked him what was wrong with it.
• Xuan Qing pointed out that Innate Spiritual Objects were too scarce for all great powers to use the method to reach the Quasi-Saint realm, frightening those who lacked them.

Xuan Qing challenged the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun over Severing the Three Corpses, then offered a better path to proving the Dao. After he left Zixiao Palace, Hongjun began teaching the new method, which proved even more obscure and difficult than the old one.

• Xuan Qing questioned the scarcity of Primordial Violet Qi and confronted Hongjun over Severing the Three Corpses cutting off living beings’ path to cultivation.
• The Heavenly Dao appeared and defended the method as a way to limit conflict, but Xuan Qing warned that it would leave the Prehistoric Era vulnerable to foreign enemies.
• Xuan Qing presented a Dao-Proving Method that avoided the flaws of Severing the Three Corpses, and the mighty experts knelt to thank him.
• Before departing, Xuan Qing secretly advised Houtu to follow the path of laws when proving the Dao.
• Hongjun examined Xuan Qing’s method, then began teaching it to the gathered experts, who found it exceptionally obscure and difficult.

Hongjun completed his lecture on Xuan Qing’s Method of Severing Three Bodies, and Zhen Yuanzi mastered it and attained the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm. Hongjun rewarded him, granted Jieyin and Zhunti saint positions and the Western Ancestral Vein’s spirit, and revealed that Demon Lord Luohu was still alive.

• Nuwa and Houtu broke through to the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm during Hongjun’s lecture, while Yuanshi and Jieyin later severed corpses and reached the early-stage Quasi-Saint realm.
• Hongjun rebuked the great powers who could not understand the Method of Severing Three Bodies and urged them to give up if they lacked perseverance.
• Zhen Yuanzi severed a body, became the first to practice the method successfully, and attained the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm.
• Hongjun praised Zhen Yuanzi and bestowed a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Dao Light Duster, upon him.
• Hongjun gave Jieyin and Zhunti two saint positions and the recovered Spirit of the Ancestral Vein, explaining that Xuan Qing had preserved it for the Western Continent.
• Hongjun told Zhen Yuanzi and Zhunti that Mount Sumeru had been Luohu’s stronghold and that the Demon Lord had not died.

After Hongjun explained that Luohu remained alive, a strand of Primordial Violet Qi fled to the Heavenly Demon Realm, while the final strand chose Hong Yun. Hongjun then sent the assembled powers to collect treasures from the Many-Treasure Rock, whose remaining treasures scattered across the Primordial Land.

• Hongjun reassured the great powers that Luohu's defeat made him no immediate danger, then watched a strand of Primordial Violet Qi escape to the Heavenly Demon Realm.
• Hongjun released the final strand of Primordial Violet Qi, and it entered Hong Yun's Primordial Spirit, enraging Kunpeng.
• Hongjun announced he would merge with the Dao and let the great powers take treasures from the Many-Treasure Rock.
• Nuwa and the Three Pure Ones reached the rock first and collected many treasures, with Tongtian obtaining the most.
• Zhen Yuanzi, Di Jun, Tai Yi, Houtu, and others collected treasures, while Jieyin and Zhunti arrived late and gained fewer than forty between them.
• The remaining treasures flew from the rock toward the Primordial Land, and the great powers chased after them.