Chapter Summaries

Ming He watched the Human Race outside the Yellow River Basin, hoping Nuwa would teach him the art of creation, while Xiao urged the humans to prepare for danger and survive independently. After Xiao invented hunting tools and received Heavenly Dao Merit, he recovered Xuan Qing’s memories and chose to identify himself simply as Xiao.

• Ming He observed the Human Race from outside Nuwa’s Formation and decided to wait for her to emerge from seclusion so he could ask her to teach him Manipulate Creation.
• Xiao warned the Human Race that Nuwa’s protection had a time limit and urged them to learn cultivation, though he did not know how to cultivate himself.
• The Innate Human Race discovered that their unions produced acquired humans, who needed food, so they hunted beasts to feed them.
• When the Innate Human Race grew tired of providing food, Xiao advised them to teach the acquired humans to hunt, and then created spears and ropes after many died fighting wild beasts.
• The Heavenly Dao sent merit to Xiao for inventing hunting tools, restoring memories of Xuan Qing and revealing his origins.
• Xiao accepted that he could be Zhou Xiaoqin and a partial incarnation of Xuan Qing, but declared that he was Xiao.

Xiao taught the Human Race how to hunt, earned Heavenly Dao Merit, and secluded himself to cultivate while Ming He watched from outside the Formation. Nuwa returned to Phoenix Nest Mountain, where the Kongtong Seal revealed the Human Dao Origin Space and she prepared her Dao Field before announcing a lecture three Kalpas later.

• Xiao made hunting tools tainted with Heavenly Dao Merit, taught the Innate Human Race how to use them, and then climbed a tree to begin cultivating in seclusion.
• Ming He saw merit descend upon the Human Race and continued observing them, hoping his own race might someday earn merit.
• Xuan Qing gave Nuwa a palace and the Qiankun Cauldron, and told her to renovate Phoenix Nest Mountain and prepare to lecture on the Dao.
• Nuwa's Kongtong Seal flew free at Phoenix Nest Mountain and created a Greater Thousand World that Han Xi and Nuwa could not enter; Nuwa sensed it was the Human Dao Origin Space.
• Han Xi and Nuwa built up Nuwa's Dao Field, and Nuwa announced that she would lecture on the Dao at Phoenix Nest Mountain three Kalpas later.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian agreed to attend Nuwa's lecture, hoping it would help them understand the Dao.

Nuwa’s sermon drew powerful beings from across the Prehistoric Era to Zhou Mountain, where the mountain’s pressure turned away weaker attendees. As the gathered groups prepared to climb, Tai Yi confronted The Two from the West about their whispered plans.

• Tongtian persuaded Yuanshi to attend Nuwa’s sermon, while Zhen Yuanzi took Hong Yun from Wuzhuang Temple to Zhou Mountain.
• Ming He hurried to seek Nuwa’s guidance, but the Human Race stayed behind after Xiao warned that Zhou Mountain was too far away for them.
• Di Jiang agreed to bring gifts for Nuwa, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches set out for the sermon.
• The pressure of Zhou Mountain drove away creatures below the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and later forced many Grand Unity Golden Immortals to give up climbing.
• Zhunti suggested that The Two from the West recruit persistent Grand Unity Golden Immortals for the Western Lands, but Jieyin told him to focus on the sermon.
• Tai Yi accused The Two from the West of plotting, and Zhunti claimed they had only been admiring Pangu.

Tai Yi confronted Jieyin and Zhunti before the assembled powers gathered at Nuwa’s Phoenix Nest Mountain for her sermon. Golden Phoenix reached Nuwa and was accepted as her mount after cleansing her karmic sin with Three Lights Divine Water, and Nuwa instructed her to learn Azure Nether Island’s rules.

• Tai Yi insulted Zhunti and threatened to march on Mount Sumeru, but Di Jun and Jieyin calmed the confrontation and headed to Phoenix Nest Mountain.
• The Three Pure Ones and other great powers arrived, and Zhen Yuanzi hurried Hong Yun away after his greeting drew hostile reactions; Kunpeng watched Hong Yun with murderous intent.
• Golden Phoenix knelt outside Phoenix Nest Mountain and asked Nuwa to accept her as a mount, and Nuwa invited her inside.
• Golden Phoenix discovered that Kong Xuan, Jin Xin, and nine other members of her clan had arrived through Xuan Qing’s arrangements, and Kong Xuan gave her Three Lights Divine Water to cleanse her karmic sin.
• After her cultivation began rising, Golden Phoenix entered Empress Wa’s Palace and thanked Nuwa, who told her to learn Azure Nether Island’s rules and stop kneeling at every turn.

Nuwa prepared Empress Wa's Palace for her Dao lecture as Golden Phoenix learned her new duties. After the guests arrived, Nuwa accepted gifts from Houtu and Yun Jing, whose exchange revealed that Nuwa had a mysterious Teacher who planned to visit the Four Pillars.

• Nuwa told Golden Phoenix to learn the palace rules and later help manage the Dao Field, while guests waited at Phoenix Nest Mountain for three Kalpas.
• Yuanshi complained about the wait, and Yun Jing mocked him and revealed his deal with Lei Li before Laozi urged Yuanshi to stop.
• Two Quasi-Saint gatekeepers admitted the guests in order, and the assigned meditation cushions placed Yun Jing and Houtu in the first row alongside great powers such as the Three Pure Ones and Zhen Yuanzi.
• Nuwa appeared and accepted Houtu's gift on behalf of the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
• Yun Jing presented a gift from the White Tiger Clan, and Nuwa asked him to thank the White Tiger Sacred Spirit and relay that her Teacher would visit the Four Pillars.

Nuwa taught the assembled beings about law cultivation and answered their questions about sainthood, then passed down Manipulate Creation and other divine abilities. The chapter ended with Nuwa spreading Xuan Qing’s Thirty-six Heavenly Dipper and Seventy-two Earthly Fiends abilities throughout the Prehistoric Era.

• Nuwa lectured on law cultivation, and Houtu broke through to the Late Stage of Primordial Golden Immortal while Ming He tried to memorize the teachings.
• Tongtian asked how to attain the Dao, and Nuwa said the Primordial Violet Qi depended on the Heavenly Dao’s permission.
• Ming He asked whether creating humans could lead to sainthood, and Nuwa shook her head.
• Laozi asked how to trigger the Primordial Violet Qi, and Nuwa advised him to travel the Prehistoric Era rather than remain in secluded cultivation.
• Nuwa agreed to teach Manipulate Creation to everyone who had attended the sermon, then explained more divine abilities.
• Nuwa passed down the Thirty-six Heavenly Dipper and Seventy-two Earthly Fiends abilities that Xuan Qing had intended to spread.

Nuwa privately instructed Fuxi and gave him a sealed Lotus Throne to protect him from a future tribulation. Meanwhile, Ming He created the Asura Clan and invoked the Heavenly Dao, leaving the experts of the Prehistoric Era debating whether he could become a Saint.

• Nuwa told Fuxi to call her his little sister, gave him a sealed Lotus Throne, and began teaching him the Great Dao.
• News of Nuwa’s divine abilities spread, and Ming He returned to the Blood Sea to experiment with Manipulate Creation.
• Ming He formed three thousand male and female beings from Blood Sea materials and named them the Asura Clan.
• Ming He swore before the Heavenly Dao to create the Asura Clan, and Heavenly Dao Aura descended over the Blood Sea.
• Yuanshi suspected Nuwa had misled everyone, while Laozi urged him to wait and see whether Ming He would succeed.
• Kong Xuan questioned the Azure Dawn Palace experts, who insisted Ming He could not become a Saint.

Ming He created the Asura Clan and received enough Heavenly Dao Merit to recover and advance to the late-stage Quasi-Saint realm, but the Heavenly Dao punished him when he protested the limited reward. After begging for forgiveness, he named the clan’s leaders and gave them the Blood Sea as their territory.

• Ming He absorbed Heavenly Dao Merit, healed his injuries, and severed his third corpse, reaching the late-stage Quasi-Saint realm before the merit ran out.
• Ming He roared that the Heavenly Dao was unfair, and Yuanshi concluded that he had failed to become a Saint.
• Great powers across the Prehistoric Era began creating strange races, while the Heavenly Dao rewarded beneficial creations and punished harmful ones.
• The Heavenly Dao struck Ming He with purple divine lightning, and Ming He begged forgiveness until its aura vanished.
• Tongtian defended Ming He to Duobao, Yuanshi argued with Tongtian, and Laozi left Kunlun Mountain to seek a breakthrough opportunity.
• Ming He named his creations the Asura Clan, appointed Tianspirit, Great Brahma, Desire-Color Heaven, and Shiva to lead them, and entrusted the Blood Sea to the clan.

Xiao Ling left her island to investigate the Blood Sea, where she encountered Great Brahma and then Ming He. After learning that she resembled Han Xi and called Xuan Qing her big brother, Ming He asked her to take him to her home to learn more about her origins.

• Xiao Ling persuaded the other spirits to let her leave the island and explore the outside world.
• Great Brahma attacked Xiao Ling, but her spiritual light reflected his blow, and she followed him to the Blood God Palace.
• Ming He caught Xiao Ling after she tried to flee, then questioned her about her resemblance to Han Xi and her connection to Xuan Qing.
• Xiao Ling explained that she had copied Han Xi's appearance and said the big tree had purified the stinky gases around her island.
• Ming He asked Xiao Ling to take him to her home, and she suspected he wanted to seize her territory.

Ming He followed Xiao Ling into the hidden center of the Blood Sea, where he met the other little spirits and told them about the outside world. After learning of Xiao Ling’s powerful siblings and cheering her on to cultivate, Ming He gained permission to send a few Asuras to cultivate near the center’s boundary.

• Xiao Ling led Ming He into the Blood Sea’s hidden center after warning him to conceal his aura and keep Filth Qi away.
• Ming He saw the ten islands and clear sea, then met the other nine little spirits when they came to greet Xiao Ling.
• Ming He told the spirits about the Primordial World and its major events, and explained that Xiao Ling’s Big Brother and Big Sister were supreme powers whose whereabouts were unknown.
• Xiao Ling became sad at the thought of not seeing her siblings, but her companions and Ming He encouraged her to cultivate until they returned.
• Ming He asked to let a few Asuras cultivate near the center’s boundary, and the little spirits agreed as long as they stayed out of the islands.

Sui Ren Shi discovered how to make fire by drilling wood, allowing the Human Race to cook food and escape its dependence on scarce lightning-born flames. His invention earned Heavenly Dao Merit, and the chapter ended with his fire becoming a powerful Post-celestial Divine Fire.

• Ming He rewarded outstanding Asura Clan members with chances to cultivate at the center of the Blood Sea, stirring the clan to compete.
• The Human Race suffered from illness and deaths caused by eating raw wild-beast meat, especially among newborn children.
• After lightning set a tree ablaze, an Innate Human Race member brought fire to his tribe, and the people began warming themselves and roasting meat.
• When the fire went out, the man studied a woodpecker and developed a way to drill wood and ignite shavings.
• The Heavenly Dao named the man Sui Ren Shi and bestowed merit, transforming his fire-making tool into a top-grade Post-celestial Merit Spiritual Treasure.
• Sui Ren Shi stored the remaining merit instead of using it to cultivate, while his Hearth Fire became the first Post-celestial Divine Fire of the Prehistoric Era.

Sui Ren Shi returned with the Hearth Fire, was named the Human Race’s first ancestor by Nuwa, and received Xiao’s advice about the Heavenly Dao Merit. As the Hearth Fire helped the Human Race grow, a woman began seeking a way to protect people from injuries while hunting.

• Ming He rebuked the great powers for mocking the Asura Clan and challenged them to create a race themselves.
• Nuwa named Sui Ren Shi the Ancestor of the Human Race and entrusted him with leading the people.
• Xiao warned Sui Ren Shi not to use his Heavenly Dao Merit to increase his cultivation and advised him to condense a Merit Golden Wheel.
• Sui Ren Shi spread the Hearth Fire through the Yellow River Basin, helping the Human Race survive and grow in number.
• A woman observed that hunters were injured by beasts, trees, and thorny grasses, then tried covering herself with leaves, but they scattered or rotted.

Zi Yi Shi created clothing and You Chao Shi built the Human Race’s first house, earning merit and becoming the Second and Third Ancestors beside Sui Ren Shi. As the Human Race’s creations drew the attention of the great powers, Han Xi and Han Li wondered what Xuan Qing knew about the race, and Di Jun took notice of its rapid changes.

• Zi Yi Shi discovered that insects spun shapeable threads, used them with animal hides to make clothing, and received Heavenly Dao merit and the title of Second Ancestor.
• Inspired by birds building nests, You Chao Shi constructed the Human Race’s first nest, which transformed into a house through Heavenly Dao merit.
• You Chao Shi became the Third Ancestor, joining Sui Ren Shi and Zi Yi Shi as the Human Race gained fire, clothing, and houses.
• Han Xi and Han Li grew more suspicious of Xuan Qing’s knowledge of the Human Race, while the other listeners to his stories remained in seclusion.
• Di Jun noticed the Human Race’s momentous changes from the distant Heavenly Court.

Di Jun and the Demon Clan leaders discussed how the Human Race’s growing merit and auspicious qi threatened their standing, while the Twelve Ancestral Witches debated how to respond to the same shift. Both groups rejected exterminating the Human Race for now, and the Witch Clan suspected the Demon Clan was waiting to see what they would do.

• Bai Ze warned Di Jun that the Human Race might become the next hegemon after the Wu and Demon, prompting the Demon Clan leaders to consider the Heavenly Dao’s balance.
• Tai Yi urged Di Jun to wipe out the Human Race, but Di Jun refused and ordered the Demon Clan to cultivate toward Transcendence while watching the Witch Clan’s response.
• Di Jiang asked the Twelve Ancestral Witches how to respond to the Human Race’s effect on their auspicious qi, and Zhu Rong proposed destroying the humans.
• Zhu Jiuyin and Houtu opposed attacking the Human Race because of Nuwa’s protection, their relationship with her, and Dao Venerable’s backing.
• Houtu warned that the Demon Clan might be waiting to exploit the Witch Clan’s actions, and Zhu Rong cursed the Demon Clan for the idea.

Houtu persuaded the Ancestral Witches to approach the Human Race and teach them combat techniques. As the Human Race struggled with increasingly weak descendants and no suitable cultivation methods, the Three Ancestors sent volunteers beyond the Yellow River Basin to seek masters and a way forward, while Laozi sensed his chance to become a saint.

• Houtu proposed that the Witch Clan win the Human Race's goodwill by teaching them combat techniques, and Di Jiang entrusted the approach to her tribe.
• Several dozen Kalpas later, Sui Ren Shi worried that the Human Race's descendants were growing weak without suitable cultivation techniques.
• You Chao Shi urged the Human Race to leave their homeland and seek immortals and the Dao, and Sui Ren Shi agreed despite Zi Yi Shi's concerns.
• The Three Ancestors announced that clan members could choose to venture out, and countless humans volunteered to leave the Yellow River Basin.
• As Laozi traveled abroad, the Primordial Violet Qi in his mind trembled, signaling that his opportunity to become a saint had arrived.

Laozi followed the Primordial Violet Qi to the Yellow River Basin, where he discovered that his opportunity to become a Saint was connected to the Human Race. After living among humans and witnessing their kindness and hardship, he resolved to do something for them, while Nuwa continued to watch him.

• Laozi followed the Primordial Violet Qi to the Yellow River Basin and learned from two Lesser Demons that demons were preying on humans who left the protected territory.
• Laozi destroyed the nearby Demon Clan with his Coiled Dragon Crutch and entered the Human Tribe without triggering its Formation.
• Young humans supported and cared for Laozi, and he was struck by their peaceful customs and respect for the elderly.
• Laozi settled among the Human Race, where their kindness made him feel increasingly distant from his younger brothers, Yuanshi and Tongtian.
• After seeing generations pass and learning that humans did not cultivate, Laozi decided to do something for them as Nuwa kept watch.

Laozi preached the Golden Core Dao to the Human Race and declared himself the leader of Human Teachings, while Xiao discovered the path beyond Golden Immortal had been severed and advanced to the peak of Grand Unity Golden Immortal. Laozi’s bid to claim the Human Race Fortune left Nuwa furious.

• Han Xi reassured Nuwa that Laozi’s visit could not harm her cultivation, though Nuwa worried he would take the Human Race Fortune.
• Laozi revealed himself to the Human Race, announced he would preach the Dao, and drew the Human Race Fortune into a Dragon.
• Laozi accepted the little boy as his disciple, named him Xuandu, and began teaching the Golden Core Dao.
• Xiao noticed Laozi’s teachings stopped at Golden Immortal and suspected the Heavenly Dao had severed the path to Grand Luo Golden Immortal.
• Xiao advanced to the peak of Grand Unity Golden Immortal while Laozi preached for several Kalpas.
• Laozi declared himself the leader of Human Teachings and used the Taiji Diagram to suppress its fortune, prompting Nuwa to fly into a rage.

Heavenly Dao intervened when Nuwa tried to stop Laozi from using Human Race Fortune to become a saint, and Han Xi secured Laozi’s promise to aid the Human Race if it faced danger. Laozi attained sainthood and declared himself leader of Human Teachings, while Nuwa and other powerful beings reacted to his display of authority.

• Nuwa prepared to attack Laozi, but Heavenly Dao stopped her and asked her to let him complete his path to sainthood.
• Han Xi agreed to Heavenly Dao’s request on the condition that Laozi aid the Human Race in times of danger, and Xuan Qing told Nuwa she could challenge him after he became a saint.
• Heavenly Dao Merit and Great Dao Merit helped Laozi break through to sainthood, though he lost his chance to unify the Three Corpses.
• Laozi became Dao De Tianzun, and his saintly pressure forced beings across the Prehistoric Era, including Di Jun, to kneel until powerful barriers and auras repelled it in several regions.
• Heavenly Dao warned Laozi that the Dao Venerable was Supreme Destiny’s incarnation, and Laozi withdrew his pressure after recognizing the power of the Dao Venerable’s domain.
• The Human Race worshiped Laozi as leader of Human Teachings, and the Primordial Great Powers wondered whether he was challenging Nuwa.

Laozi passed down the Golden Pill Great Dao to the Human Race, but Nuwa confronted him for intercepting their fortune. Xiao revealed himself as a wisp of Primordial Spirit Obsession rather than Xuan Qing, while Nuwa and Laozi went to Chaos to settle their dispute; Mystic Turtle joined the gathering of Primordial Chaos Great Luos.

• Laozi taught the Human Race the Golden Pill Great Dao and noticed Xiao among them, while Xiao told him he was a member of the Human Race, not the Dao Venerable.
• Nuwa arrived furious at Laozi for intercepting Human Race Fortune, but recognized Xiao’s aura and called him her teacher.
• Xiao insisted he was only a wisp of Primordial Spirit Obsession and told Nuwa and Laozi not to disturb him, so they agreed to fight in Chaos and settle the matter.
• Nuwa and Laozi vanished into the Outer Heavens, drawing the attention of the Prehistoric Era’s great powers and prompting Tongtian and Yuanshi to discuss Laozi’s chances.
• Mystic Turtle joined Yang Mei, Han Xi, and Han Li in Chaos and revealed that Xuan Qing had helped him break through to Primordial Chaos Great Luo.

Nuwa defeated Laozi in the Outer Heavens, using the Human-Creating Whip to expose Saints’ dependence on the Heavenly Dao. Laozi fled, and the others discussed the weakness she had discovered before Laozi returned to the Human Race and accepted that his humiliation had resolved his Karma.

• Mystic Turtle’s doubts about Yang Mei were dispelled, then Nuwa challenged Laozi in the Outer Heavens.
• Nuwa attacked Laozi with the Red Embroidered Ball and Human-Creating Whip, overpowering his defenses and striking his back.
• Laozi fled when Nuwa threatened another blow, and Han Xi stopped Nuwa from pursuing him.
• Nuwa told Mystic Turtle and the others that Great Dao Merit could weaken a Saint’s connection to the Heavenly Dao, especially outside the Prehistoric Era.
• Laozi returned to the Human Race, where Xiao told him his loss of face was part of resolving his Karma, and Laozi agreed.