Chapter Summaries

Chang Xi worried over Xi He and the newborn Golden Crows, while Di Jun named his ten sons in the Heavenly Court. Xuan Qing confronted the mysterious Lu Ya and learned that he was the tenth Golden Crow from another version of the Prehistoric Era, leaving Xuan Qing questioning the nature of his own past and world.

• Chang Xi stayed with Xi He, eased her exhaustion with Taiyin power, and vowed never to become involved with a man.
• A thousand years later, Di Jun gathered the Heavenly Court and, with Fuxi and Bai Ze, named his ten Golden Crows from Bo Huang to You Wen.
• A red-robed Daoist appeared and renamed Lu Jun as Lu Ya, forming an invisible karmic connection with him.
• Xuan Qing arrived and questioned Lu Ya about the Return to Void, then moved them into a separate stretch of time and space.
• Lu Ya revealed that he was a Golden Crow and confirmed Xuan Qing's suspicions before the Return to Void's power emerged from him.
• Xuan Qing shielded Lu Ya with the Green Lotus of Creation, learned that Lu Ya was the tenth Golden Crow, and became confused about whether his own previous life and Earth Star were real.

Xuan Qing accepted Lu Ya as his follower, renamed him Zhuo Guang, and assigned him the Immortal Volcano as a future Dao Field. Before they left the Heavenly Court, Zhuo Guang gave Little Lu Ya the Immortal Slaying Flying Knife, while Xuan Qing ordered everyone to keep his existence secret.

• Lu Ya told Xuan Qing that the Return to Void had carried him to a mysterious place, and Xuan Qing made him the new Dao Lord of Fire on the condition that he not harm the world.
• At Lu Ya’s request, Xuan Qing renamed him Dao Lord Zhuo Guang, and the Heavenly Dao’s shackles on him disappeared.
• Xuan Qing assigned Zhuo Guang a Dao Field at the Immortal Volcano after the Witch-Demon War and brought him back to Azure Nether Island for the time being.
• At the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, Zhuo Guang gave Little Lu Ya the Immortal Slaying Flying Knife and warned him not to use it before reaching the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.
• Xuan Qing and Zhuo Guang vanished after Xuan Qing ordered the Heavenly Court to keep their encounter secret, and Di Jun wondered where Zhuo Guang’s gourd had come from.

After rescuing Zhuo Guang, Xuan Qing brought her to Azure Nether Island, where she and Lei Li and Yun Jing settled in. He then sent Chong Shan to Kunlun Mountain to negotiate moving the Kirin Clan to Yingzhou Island, and Chong Shan traveled there with Giant Mastiff as his guide.

• Xuan Qing gave Zhuo Guang two innate spiritual treasures and welcomed her as a member of Azure Nether Island.
• Qing Ling met Zhuo Guang, Lei Li, and Yun Jing, then led them to their new halls on the island.
• Xuan Qing ordered Chong Shan to speak with Yuanshi at Kunlun Mountain and bring the Kirin Clan to Yingzhou Island.
• Chong Shan stopped at the Ancient Jian Mu and met Giant Mastiff, who explained that he was serving Dao Venerable.
• Giant Mastiff offered to guide Chong Shan to Kunlun Mountain, and Chong Shan accepted.

Chong Shan arrived at Kunlun Mountain with Giant Mastiff to carry out Xuan Qing’s order to take the Kirin Clan to the East Sea. Yuanshi reluctantly agreed, while Guang Chengzi’s memories of Xuan Qing began to fade; Yuanshi was left resentful and determined to regain his lost face.

• Chong Shan and Giant Mastiff arrived at Kunlun Mountain and interrupted the Three Pure Ones’ sermon to meet Yuanshi.
• Chong Shan told Yuanshi that Xuan Qing had ordered him to take the Kirin Clan to the East Sea.
• Tongtian and Laozi criticized Yuanshi for neglecting the Kirin Clan and taking Four-unlike as his mount.
• Yuanshi agreed to let Chong Shan take the Kirin Clan, though he privately resented Xuan Qing’s authority.
• After Chong Shan and Giant Mastiff left, Guang Chengzi’s memories of Xuan Qing and his title began to disappear.

Chong Shan freed the Kirin Clan from Yuanshi’s confinement and brought them to Yingzhou Island, where Nuwa prepared to merge the island into the Prehistoric Era. The Heavenly Dao began drawing Yingzhou Island toward the mainland, with the Kirin Clan set to settle there.

• Tongtian ended the sermon, and Guang Chengzi found that he could not remember what had happened beyond the Kirin Clan’s departure.
• Chong Shan took the Kirin Clan and Kirin Cliff from Kunlun, then noticed spirit roots beneath the earth veins before the land concealed them.
• Xuan Qing summoned Nuwa and told her that merging Yingzhou Island into the Prehistoric Era would earn her merit and favor from the Three Daos.
• Chong Shan brought Kirin Cliff to Yingzhou Island, where Nuwa freed Phoenix Kirin and Thunder Kirin and offered the Kirin Clan territory there.
• Nuwa used the Power of Creation to prepare Yingzhou Island for the merger, and the Eye of the Heavenly Dao sent down golden light to pull the island toward the Prehistoric Era.

Nuwa named Yingzhou Island Creation Divine Continent, earning Heavenly Dao merit that transformed Kirin Cliff and helped awaken Lei Xing. After establishing Creation Palace and receiving attendants sent by Xuan Qing, Nuwa returned to Azure Nether Island, leaving Chong Shan and Giant Mastiff to arrange the Kirin Clan’s affairs.

• Nuwa named the newly emerged continent Creation Divine Continent, and Heavenly Dao merit transformed Kirin Cliff into a Blessed Land and partially cleared the Kirin Clan’s karmic sin.
• Lei Xing awoke, met Nuwa, and learned from Phoenix Kirin and Chong Shan that Nuwa was Xuan Qing’s disciple and that Lei Li had become a Quasi-Saint.
• The emergence of Creation Divine Continent released Yingzhou Island’s Innate Spiritual Qi into the East Sea, while Nuwa claimed the Huangzhong Plum and established Creation Palace.
• Two Quasi-Saints and several Grand Luo Golden Immortals arrived to manage Creation Palace, and Nuwa instructed them to send most of the Huangzhong Plum’s fruit to Xuan Qing.
• Nuwa returned to Azure Nether Island, and Chong Shan assigned Giant Mastiff to arrange the Kirin Clan and manage its dealings with the outside world.

Giant Mastiff advised the Kirin Clan on rebuilding its place in the Prehistoric Era, and the Qilin began spreading Auspicious Signs across the continents. In the Heavenly Court, Di Jun imprisoned his unruly Ten Golden Crows on the Solar Star, where Lu Ya urged his brothers to behave.

• Giant Mastiff warned Thunder Kirin and Phoenix Kirin to limit their territory and explained that Han Xi had become a Primordial Saint.
• The Kirin Clan settled down and traveled throughout the Prehistoric Era to spread Auspicious Signs.
• After several hundred Kalpas, Di Jun scolded the Ten Golden Crows for repeatedly disrupting the Heavenly Court.
• Di Jun overruled Xi He and Tai Yi and decided to confine his sons until they corrected their behavior.
• Di Jun locked the Ten Golden Crows around the Fusang Wood on the Solar Star, and Lu Ya urged his brothers to behave.

Zhunti and Jieyin considered eliminating the Wu and Demon formations, while an accusation that Jie Sect disciples had eaten Immortal Nanji’s cranes sparked a fight between Chan Sect and Jie Sect. Ran Deng intervened against Jie Sect, leaving Duobao and the others injured.

• Zhunti and Jieyin felt the Karma Line stir and debated acting against the Wu and Demon formations despite the danger of provoking the Three Pure Ones.
• Immortal Nanji discovered that most of his Immortal Cranes had vanished, then led Guang Chengzi and Chan Sect disciples toward Biyou Palace.
• Duobao confronted Guang Chengzi, who accused Jie Sect disciples of stealing and eating the cranes and insulted them as beasts.
• Jie Sect and Chan Sect disciples began fighting, and Duobao and the other Direct Disciples battled the Twelve Golden Immortals to a standstill.
• Ran Deng struck Duobao and the other Jie Sect disciples with his Grand Luo Golden Immortal Magic Power, sending them flying and making them vomit blood.

A dispute over Jie Sect disciples killing Immortal Nanji’s Immortal Cranes brought the Three Pure Ones out of seclusion. Laozi punished the culprits, but Yuanshi and Tongtian argued over Tongtian’s leniency toward his disciples, leaving Tongtian to return to Biyou Palace in anger.

• Guang Chengzi demanded that Duobao hand over whoever killed Immortal Nanji’s Immortal Cranes, while Duobao said he could not identify the culprit among the Jie Sect Outer Sect Disciples.
• The Three Pure Ones arrived, and Laozi deduced that Jie Sect disciples had killed the cranes as Yuanshi rebuked Tongtian over his disciples’ behavior.
• Laozi seized the guilty disciples and ordered them imprisoned for ten thousand years in a Formation, where they would endure the Nine Heavens Purgatory Fire.
• Tongtian asked Yuanshi to give the disciples another chance, and Laozi settled the matter by imposing the punishment before dismissing the gathered disciples.
• Yuanshi scolded Tongtian for accepting and excusing unruly disciples, and Tongtian returned to Biyou Palace while Yuanshi went back to Jade Void Palace in anger.

Ran Deng tried to build an alliance among Chan Sect disciples who felt overlooked by Yuanshi, while Yuanshi punished him for insulting Tongtian’s disciples. Ran Deng’s scheme failed to recruit Huang Long, but four others gathered at his Dao Field and considered his offer of shared support and Spiritual Treasures.

• Laozi worried that Yuanshi and Tongtian’s growing estrangement had put their brotherhood at risk.
• Yuanshi rebuked Ran Deng for threatening Tongtian’s disciples and warned him that he would be expelled from the Chan Sect if he spoke recklessly again.
• Yuanshi gave Nanji an Immortal Apricot as compensation and sent the disciples away.
• Ran Deng invited Huang Long and several disciples to a private gathering, but Huang Long saw through his plan and refused to attend.
• Ran Deng told Cihang, Puxian, Wenshu, and Juliusun to unite against Guang Chengzi and the other favored disciples, then offered them Spiritual Treasures.

Ran Deng used four Mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures to win Cihang and the others over, while Duobao and Jie Sect's inner disciples urged Tongtian to establish rules for the unruly Outer Sect Disciples. Tongtian rejected the proposal in defense of the Jie Teach Doctrine, leaving Duobao and the others unsure how to handle future conflicts.

• Ran Deng gave Cihang and three other disciples Mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, and they agreed to rely on him rather than Guang Chengzi.
• Duobao failed to gain an audience with Tongtian, while Bi Xiao blamed Chan Sect and Jie Sect's Outer Sect Disciples for the conflict over the Immortal Cranes.
• Duobao and the others considered Bi Xiao's suggestion that Tongtian establish rules to restrain Jie Sect's Outer Sect Disciples.
• Tongtian let Duobao's group into Biyou Palace but refused to establish rules, explaining that Jie Sect offered all living beings a chance to change and find a way forward.
• Tongtian sent Duobao and the others away, and they decided to avoid both the Outer Sect Disciples and Chan Sect's disciples.

Zhunti exploited the rift between the Three Pure Ones to release the Ten Golden Crows from the Solar Star, setting them loose over the Primordial Land. The Golden Crows began burning a Human-Witch Tribe, killing many people, while Lu Ya sensed that something was wrong.

• Zhunti saw that the Three Pure Ones had fallen into conflict and, disguised as a Demon Clan member, flew to the Solar Star.
• Wang Shu wanted to stop Zhunti, but Han Li persuaded her to trust Xuan Qing’s plans and accept that Xi He’s fate might be fixed.
• Zhunti claimed that Di Jun had sent him to free the Ten Golden Crows, and they left the Solar Star despite Lu Ya noticing a warning from the Immortal Slaying Gourd.
• The Ten Golden Crows appeared above a Human-Witch Tribe, where the youngest Golden Crow set buildings ablaze with Solar True Fire.
• Lu Ya questioned why so many Humans were there, but the other Golden Crows dismissed his concern and attacked, burning many Human-Witches and Humans to ash.

Lu Ya’s warning gourd kept him from joining the other Golden Crows as they fled from Kuafu and devastated the Prehistoric Era with Solar True Fire. The Golden Crows broke Nuwa’s Formation over the Yellow River Basin, leaving the humans fleeing in chaos as Xiao watched.

• Lu Ya ignored his brothers’ questions and claimed he could not use his divine abilities, though he realized they had fallen into a trap.
• Kuafu chased the Ten Golden Crows, whose fleeing Solar True Fire burned Witch Clan territories, other races, and human settlements.
• The Human Race’s grief and anger stirred the Human Dao River, while baleful qi spread across the Primordial World and Zhunti realized the resulting chaos concealed his role.
• The Golden Crows reached Nuwa’s protected Yellow River Basin and repeatedly rammed its Formation until they shattered it.
• The humans fled as Xiao watched the Golden Crows and noted that Lu Ya had committed no evil or gathered karmic sin.

Kuafu sacrificed himself to protect the Human Race, and Houyi shot down nine Golden Crows before Xiao stopped him from killing Lu Ya. Di Jun learned that his children had died, then attacked Houyi and the Human Race in the Yellow River Basin.

• Kuafu blocked the Golden Crows’ Solar True Fire with his body and became Peach Mountain, saving the Human Race.
• Houyi arrived, shot down the eldest Golden Crow and three others, then killed the remaining Golden Crows as they fled.
• The Ten Golden Crows shielded Lu Ya from Houyi’s ninth arrow, and Xiao restrained Houyi from killing Lu Ya.
• Lu Ya returned to the Heavenly Court and told Di Jun and Xi He that his brothers were dead.
• Di Jun rushed to the Yellow River Basin and sent Solar True Fire toward Houyi and the Human Race.

Di Jun confronted Di Jiang over Houyi’s killing of his nine sons, but Tai Yi and Bai Ze persuaded him not to start a war before the Demon Clan was ready. Di Jun and Di Jiang agreed to fight each other, and their battle devastated parts of the Primordial Land as Houtu protected the Human Race.

• Di Jiang blocked Di Jun from attacking Houyi and pointed out the devastation Di Jun’s sons had caused across the Primordial Land.
• Di Jun saw the Karmic Sin gathering over the Heavenly Court but still demanded that Di Jiang hand over Houyi.
• Tai Yi and Bai Ze persuaded Di Jun to hold back, while Xi He tried to attack Peach Mountain before Lu Ya comforted her and she fainted.
• Di Jun challenged Di Jiang to a duel, wagering that he would give up revenge if he lost and demanding Houyi if Di Jiang lost.
• Di Jun and Di Jiang fought, their battle threatened the Human Race, and Houtu shielded its people while the Yellow River Basin suffered destruction.

Laozi and the other saints sensed the Human Race’s resentment as the battle between Di Jun and Di Jiang devastated their lands. After Di Jun’s scheme failed and both armies withdrew, Sui Ren Shi learned that nearly all the tribes beyond the Yellow River Basin had been killed by the Heavenly Fire.

• Laozi suppressed the Human Race’s resentment while Yuanshi and Tongtian debated the Witch Clan and Demon Clan.
• Houtu warned Di Jiang that continuing the battle would stain the Witch Clan with Karmic Sin, and Di Jiang realized Di Jun had meant to draw them into the Demon Clan’s predicament.
• Di Jun and Di Jiang ended their fight and exchanged threats before Di Jun led the Heavenly Court forces away.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches returned to Zhou Mountain, while Houyi stayed at Peach Mountain, grieving Kuafu’s death.
• Sui Ren Shi led the Human Race in rebuilding, then learned that the Heavenly Fire had killed nearly everyone in the tribes outside the Yellow River Basin and collapsed in shock.

Xiao encouraged Sui Ren Shi after the Human Race suffered heavy losses, then spoke with Houyi and invited him to live among the humans. Meanwhile, Di Jun worried that the Demon Clan could not counter the Witch Clan’s formation and considered retreating north if they lost the coming war.

• Xiao helped Sui Ren Shi regain his resolve by insisting the Human Race would grow through hardship.
• Xiao met Houyi at Peach Mountain, where Houyi said he would not return to the Witch Clan and apologized for the Human-Witches’ suffering.
• Xiao told Houyi that strength determined whose reasoning prevailed and urged him to spend time among the Human Race.
• Xiao resolved to draw Houyi into the Human Race and to prevent the scheme that would make Chang'e Flies to the Moon ruin him.
• Di Jun asked Bai Ze how to break the Twelve Capital Gods and Fiends Great Formation, but Bai Ze had no solution.
• Di Jun asked whether Bai Ze would lead the Demon Clan north if they lost the war against the Witch Clan.

Di Jun prepared for the Demon Clan’s coming war with the Witch Clan, while Kunpeng celebrated the death of Di Jun’s sons by wreaking havoc in the North Sea. Mystic Turtle intervened and expelled Kunpeng from the North, sending him back to the Heavenly Court.

• Di Jun told Bai Ze he would entrust the Demon Clan and Lu Ya to him if he died in the war against the Witch Clan.
• Kunpeng rejoiced over the deaths of Di Jun’s nine sons and stirred up destructive waves across the North Sea.
• King Pan warned Kunpeng that the North Sea belonged to the master of Mysterious Water Divine Continent and urged him to stop harming its inhabitants.
• Kunpeng dismissed King Pan’s warning and continued making waves, unaware that Mystic Turtle was a Saint.
• Mystic Turtle subdued Kunpeng and threw him out of the North Sea, ordering him to return to the Heavenly Court until he understood his mistake.

Kunpeng returned to the Heavenly Court after being driven from the North Sea, while Fuxi emerged from seclusion and confronted Di Jun about the Golden Crows’ deaths and the Heavenly Court’s spreading Karmic Sin. Fuxi proposed expanding the Demon Clan to bolster its Auspicious Qi, leaving Di Jun eager to act but the plan’s obstacles unresolved.

• The Mystic Turtle suspected the Heavenly Dao was warning him to stay away from Xuan Qing, but he refused to abandon his support for Xuan Qing.
• Kunpeng returned to the Heavenly Court, where the Demon Clan’s higher-ups welcomed him as a distraction for Di Jun, and he silently vowed revenge on them.
• Fuxi emerged from seclusion, learned about the Golden Crows’ deaths, and condemned Di Jun for ignoring Dao Venerable’s warnings.
• Fuxi visited the despondent Di Jun, who apologized for his past behavior and admitted he had no solution for the Heavenly Court’s Karmic Sin.
• Fuxi proposed subduing more races to increase the Heavenly Court’s Auspicious Qi and slow the Karmic Sin’s spread, while warning that many potential targets had powerful backing.

Di Jun sent Eastern Emperor Taiyi and the Ten Great Demon Gods to subdue the races of the Primordial Land, seeking Auspicious Qi to suppress the Demon Clan's Karmic Sin. Houtu left Pangu Hall to seek a breakthrough before the Witch-Demon War, while Tai Yi's demand that the races submit revealed the Demon Clan's plan to rule the Prehistoric Era.

• Di Jun ordered Eastern Emperor Taiyi to mobilize the Heavenly Court's troops and subdue the races that had not submitted.
• Zhu Jiuyin and Houtu warned the Ancestral Witches not to interfere, explaining that Di Jun wanted to provoke them into breaking the agreement first.
• Houtu told her brothers and sister she planned to travel through the Prehistoric Era to seek an opportunity to break through, then left Pangu Hall.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi arrived before the other races with the Chaos Bell and announced that the Demon Clan intended to subdue the Ten Thousand Clans and rule the Prehistoric Era.