Chapter Summaries

Zhunti subdued the demons who had left Demon Continent, binding their Auspicious Qi to Western Teach and assigning Grand Luo Golden Immortal demons as mounts to Maitreya and Medicine Master. White Tiger suspected that Di Jun and Tai Yi were still alive and that Xuan Qing was guiding the Wu and Demon clans toward producing Saints; the chapter ended as the River of Destiny trembled above Enlightenment Palace on Azure Nether Island.

• Zhunti forced the demons on Mount Sumeru to join Western Teach by chanting scriptures and preventing them from resisting or self-destructing.
• Zhunti bound the demons' Auspicious Qi to Western Teach, then let Maitreya and Medicine Master choose Grand Luo Golden Immortal demons as mounts.
• Zhunti transferred the remaining demons to a mountain beneath Mount Sumeru, where they would wait to serve Western Teach disciples.
• White Tiger watched Zhunti's actions and reasoned that Di Jun and Tai Yi had survived, just as the Ancestral Witches had, through Xuan Qing's plans.
• Bai Ze settled into life in Demon Continent, relieved to no longer worry about the Demon Clan's development.
• Five-colored clouds gathered above Enlightenment Palace on Azure Nether Island as the River of Destiny trembled for the second time since Great Dao departed.

Kong Xuan broke through to the Great Dao Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm on Azure Nether Island and thanked Xuan Qing for guiding him. After learning that his parents had emerged and that the Heavenly Court would soon reopen, he returned to encourage the young Phoenixes and waited for the Heavenly Court’s invitation.

• Yan Ling recognized that Kong Xuan was approaching a breakthrough, and the beings on Azure Nether Island gathered to watch.
• Kong Xuan broke free from the River of Destiny, then was swept into Divine Water Lake by the Chaos Qi near Lakeheart Island before Xuan Qing rescued him.
• Kong Xuan thanked Xuan Qing for helping him follow Great Dao cultivation, and Xuan Qing asked him to congratulate the Heavenly Emperor when the Heavenly Court reopened.
• Xuan Qing told Kong Xuan that his parents had emerged, and Kong Xuan eagerly agreed to leave once the Heavenly Court’s invitation arrived.
• Kong Xuan showed the Phoenixes his nine-petal Earth Flower, encouraged them to cultivate, and entered seclusion beneath the Bodhi Tree to consolidate his breakthrough.

Bai Yu broke through to Primordial Chaos Great Luo, causing the Heavenly Horse Clan’s ancestral land to reappear as a Blessed Land. He returned there with several dozen clan members, where Bear and wolf clans challenged their arrival.

• Bai Yu broke through to Primordial Chaos Great Luo on Azure Nether Island, and the heavenly phenomenon helped others comprehend the Laws.
• Xuan Qing allowed Bai Yu to use the restored ancestral land as his Dao Field, and Bai Yu asked to bring some Heavenly Horse Clan members there.
• Tian Yu chose to remain on Azure Nether Island to manage it, while Bai Yu prepared several dozen elders and younger clan members to return.
• Bai Yu brought the clan members to the ancestral land, where the returning elders wept with longing.
• Several clans surrounded Bai Yu and the Heavenly Horses, claiming the Blessed Land as their territory; Bai Yu recognized the Bear Clan and Heavenly Wolf Clan among them.

Bai Yu confronted the Bear and Heavenly Wolf clans over the Heavenly Horse Clan’s ancestral land and reunited with Old Bear, an Earth Bear survivor from the distant past. After the newcomers drove off the other clans, Bai Yu led the Heavenly Horses into their Blessed Land and invited Old Bear to visit.

• Bai Yu asked the Bear and Heavenly Wolf clans to summon their ancestors, and a Heavenly Horse behind him revealed the group’s power by releasing Grand Luo Golden Immortal pressure.
• A member of the Heavenly Wolf Clan explained that their ancestor had died in the Witch-Demon War, while a young bear went to fetch the surviving Earth Bear ancestor.
• Old Bear recognized Bai Yu as the Heavenly Horse who had followed Xuan Qing, and Bai Yu assured him that their old grudge had long been settled.
• When another clan member challenged the Heavenly Horses’ claim, several Old Men released Quasi-Saint auras and crushed him, forcing the gathered races to flee.
• Bai Yu entered the Blessed Land with his clan and invited Old Bear to visit once the Heavenly Horse Clan had settled there.

The Heavenly Horse Clan returned to its Blessed Land and honored Xuan Qing, while the reopened Heavenly Court invited the Prehistoric Era’s powers to a banquet. The guests arrived to find the court nearly empty, and Grand White Gold Star used the gathering to recruit them.

• Bai Yu brought the Heavenly Horse Clan elders home, and they began building a plaza and statue to honor Xuan Qing.
• Nuwa sent Hong Yun’s damaged True Spirit to Houtu, who placed it into Reincarnation beside the Azure Lotus.
• Haotian announced a Heavenly Court banquet, and Houtu sent Fei Ying to represent the Underworld with Xiao’s permission to bring Jiang Zhu.
• Kong Xuan flew to the Heavenly Court, while Tongtian and Yuanshi sent their disciples to the banquet and joined the other Saints at Jade Void Palace.
• Grand White Gold Star welcomed the guests, acknowledged that the Heavenly Court was empty, and offered them positions, merit, and cave dwellings if they joined.

Haotian hosted a Heavenly Court banquet where Taibai promoted the chance for guests to join the Heavenly Court. The gathering nearly turned violent when Zhen Yuanzi provoked Kunpeng and Ming He, but Haotian stopped them; Jie Sect and Chan Sect disciples then arrived, renewing the chapter’s focus on their strained relations.

• Taibai told the guests that the Heavenly Court would establish rules for joining after the banquet, stirring interest among the gathered powers.
• Haotian and Yaochi welcomed the guests, including Xi He, Chang Xi, Lu Ya, Ming He, Zhen Yuanzi, Queen Mother of the West, and Kunpeng.
• Zhen Yuanzi mocked Kunpeng for failing to congratulate Haotian, and their argument drew Ming He into a confrontation over Hong Yun’s past.
• Haotian intervened before Zhen Yuanzi, Kunpeng, and Ming He could fight, and the three returned to their seats.
• Duobao led Jie Sect disciples to congratulate Haotian, while Xi He asked Lu Ya to speak with them and he refused.
• Guang Chengzi arrived with Chan Sect disciples, whose disdain for the Jie Sect contrasted with Nanji’s friendly nod to Duobao.

Haotian and Yaochi received representatives at their ascension banquet, and Fei Ying and Jiang Zhu’s considerate manners and formidable talent impressed the gathered powers. The chapter ended with Kong Xuan arriving after Jin Ning, while Haotian quietly resented the five Heavenly Dao Saints for failing to appear.

• Xuandu, Maitreya, and Medicine Master attended on behalf of their Saints, but Haotian noticed that none of the Saints had come in person.
• Fei Ying and Jiang Zhu congratulated both Haotian and Yaochi on behalf of Empress Pingxin, explaining that Pingxin and Great Emperor Fengdu could not leave the Netherworld.
• Yaochi seated Fei Ying and Jiang Zhu beside her, and the guests learned that they were attendants of Niang Niang Qing Yue rather than disciples of Pingxin.
• Jiang Zhu awkwardly brought up Lu Ya’s escape from the past, apologized to Xi He, and gave Lu Ya a Shore Flower pendant, which he accepted.
• Jin Ning arrived on behalf of Saint Nuwa, and Haotian privately held a grudge against the five Heavenly Dao Saints for sending no representatives themselves.
• Kong Xuan arrived in a streak of five-colored radiance and greeted Jin Ning.

Kong Xuan attended Haotian and Queen Mother Niang Niang’s ceremony, where he revealed his powerful cultivation and spoke of his teacher, Qing Qiong. He reunited with his younger brother Winged Immortal, but Dapeng rejected him and fled, leaving Kong Xuan distressed.

• Kong Xuan arrived on behalf of Azure Nether Island, and Haotian welcomed him as an honored guest.
• Kong Xuan told Jin Ning that his Great Dao cultivation had let him condense an Earth Flower at the early Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.
• Kong Xuan told Zhen Yuanzi that Qing Qiong was his teacher and that Bai Yu had returned to the Heavenly Horse Clan’s ancestral grounds.
• Duobao noticed Winged Immortal avoiding Kong Xuan, and Kong Xuan and Jin Ning blocked Winged Immortal as he tried to leave.
• Kong Xuan called Winged Immortal his younger brother, but Dapeng accused him of not understanding his hardships and fled toward the South Heaven Gate.
• Jin Ning stopped Kong Xuan from pursuing Dapeng and explained that their different choices had led their lives in opposite directions.

Kong Xuan reunited with Ancestor Phoenix at Haotian’s banquet, where they spoke of his younger brother and planned a visit to him. The banquet turned confrontational when Zhunti challenged Haotian for serving Spiritual Wine to Western Teach disciples, and Haotian refused to back down.

• Duobao reassured Kong Xuan that Golden-Winged Great Peng was being treated well in the Jie Sect, and Kong Xuan thanked Duobao and Saint Tongtian.
• Zu Long and the Other Two arrived at the Heavenly Court, and Ancestor Phoenix recognized Kong Xuan and embraced him after their long separation.
• Ancestor Phoenix explained why she had been unable to protect her sons, and Kong Xuan said he would visit Golden Ao Island to see Golden-Winged Great Peng before returning with her to the Phoenix Clan.
• Haotian began the banquet, and the Western Teach disciples eagerly drank the Spiritual Wine despite their sect’s rules.
• Zhunti arrived with the other Saints, rebuked Haotian for serving the wine, and pressured the guests with his aura.
• Haotian challenged Zhunti, insisting that the Western Teach’s rules did not govern the Heavenly Court.

Zhunti pressured the Azure Nether Island juniors at Haotian’s banquet until Bai Yu arrived and forced him to apologize. After Bai Yu left, Zhunti turned his hostility toward Haotian.

• Zhunti used his Saintly pressure to force Fei Ying and the others to the ground for refusing to kneel.
• Bai Yu arrived, confronted Zhunti, and explained that the juniors belonged to Azure Nether Island’s lineage and followed Xuan Qing’s rule against kneeling.
• Jiang Zhu called Zhunti bald, and Bai Yu scolded her before demanding that Zhunti answer for bullying the juniors.
• Zhunti apologized to the Azure Nether Island Saints, and Bai Yu left the Heavenly Court.
• Xi He protected Jiang Zhu from Zhunti’s glare, and Zhunti redirected his hostility toward Haotian for holding the banquet before the Saints arrived.

Haotian's authority was divided among four Great Emperor positions after Laozi proposed that he could not manage the Heavenly Court alone. Wang Shu and Qing Yue arrived and blocked Laozi from assigning the Ziwei position to Xuandu, declaring that Zi Wei would be born to govern the stars.

• Yuanshi and Zhunti argued over placing their disciples in the Heavenly Court, while Haotian rejected their offers of help.
• Laozi proposed dividing the Heavenly Emperor's authority among four Great Emperors, and Yaochi accepted the plan despite Haotian's anger.
• The Saints assigned Nanji the Southern Extremes Longevity position and gave the Gouchen position to Tongtian's Jie Sect.
• Laozi named Xuandu as the Central Heaven Ziwei the Great Emperor, but Wang Shu and Qing Yue appeared and Wang Shu declared Xuandu unqualified.
• Wang Shu said that Zi Wei would naturally be born to take command of all stars, leaving the Saints unable to decide the position.

After Wang Shu and Qing Yue intervened in the division of the Heavenly Emperor’s authority, Houtu received the final Dao Fruit Position and Haotian became the Jade Emperor. Haotian then recruited new ministers to the Heavenly Court, while Qing Yue and her companions left with gifts.

• Laozi gave up Xuandu’s claim to the Ziwei position, but Qing Yue declared that the final position belonged to the Underworld rather than the Western Lands.
• Haotian revealed that the Heavenly Emperor Seal had divided into five portions, including one for Ziwei and an Earth Seal belonging to Houtu; Qing Yue secured the Earth Seal for her.
• The Saints accepted the outcome, and Haotian discovered his new Dao Fruit Position as the Jade Emperor; Yaochi and Qing Yue reassured him.
• After Yuanshi warned Haotian about his disciple, Haotian persuaded the Barefoot Immortal and other guests to join the Heavenly Court by offering treasures and regular stipends.
• Zu Long and the Other Two departed with gifts, and Fei Ying happily examined the Flat Peach Haotian had given her.

Wang Shu freed Houyi from his punishment on the Lunar Star, but refused his plea to save Chang'e. Finding the Witch Clan gone, Houyi returned to the Human Race, where Sui Ren Shi welcomed him and asked after Chang'e.

• Wang Shu confronted Xi He and Chang Xi for making Wu Gang chop the laurel tree, then freed Houyi and told him to leave the Lunar Star.
• Houyi asked Wang Shu to save Chang'e, but she said Chang'e had her own fate and could not be saved by her.
• Houyi traveled to Zhou Mountain and found Pangu Hall and the Witch Clan's settlements gone, so he mourned there before heading for the Yellow River Basin.
• Houyi returned to the Human Race, where Sui Ren Shi greeted him and asked where he had been and what had happened to Chang'e.

Houyi learned from Sui Ren Shi about the Witch-Demon War and the Human Race’s rise, then returned to Peach Mountain and vowed to bring Chang'e back. Meanwhile, Tongtian assigned Wudang the Heavenly Court’s Great Emperor Gouchen position after his other disciples refused it, and she asked to bring San Xiao with her.

• Sui Ren Shi offered to help Houyi rescue Chang'e, but Houyi explained that her connection to Chang Xi and Wang Shu made the matter too complicated for Xiao to intervene.
• Houyi told Sui Ren Shi that Chang Xi had sealed him away, and Sui Ren Shi recounted the Witch-Demon War, including the deaths of Di Jun and Tai Yi and the Human Race’s purge by the Demon Clan.
• Houyi returned to Peach Mountain, remembered his life with Chang'e, and vowed to wait for her return.
• Tongtian offered Duobao and his other disciples the Great Emperor Gouchen position, but they all refused to leave Golden Ao Island.
• Tongtian assigned the position to Wudang, who accepted and asked permission to bring junior disciples, then set her sights on San Xiao.

Tongtian punished Winged Immortal for refusing to acknowledge his ties to the Phoenix Clan and sent him to the Heavenly Prison before entering seclusion. Wudang left for the Heavenly Court as Great Emperor Gouchen, while Yuanshi prepared Nanji to take the position of Great Emperor Longevity.

• Tongtian reprimanded Winged Immortal for rejecting his mother, Ancestor Phoenix, and ordered him to reflect in the Heavenly Prison.
• Tongtian ignored Winged Immortal's pleas, sent him to the Heavenly Prison, and then entered seclusion with a Jianmu fruit.
• Duobao warned Wudang to be cautious in the Heavenly Court, and Yunxiao offered to help her if trouble arose.
• Wudang chose five hundred Jie Sect disciples and left Golden Ao Island for the Heavenly Court.
• Yuanshi assigned Immortal Nanji the position of Great Emperor Longevity, while Guang Chengzi questioned why he had not been chosen.

Ran Deng persuaded Cihang and three other Chan Sect disciples to accompany Nanji to the Heavenly Court, where they planned to avoid antagonizing Haotian and quietly win his favor. At the South Heaven Gate, the Chan and Jie Sect disciples confronted one another, but Fei Ying and Jiang Zhu interrupted the standoff.

• Yuanshi approved Nanji's departure for the Heavenly Court and allowed Cihang, three other disciples, and Ran Deng to accompany him.
• Ran Deng told Cihang and the others that Nanji's appointment had come from the Saints' effort to divide Haotian's authority, and proposed that they deal tactfully with Haotian to gain his support.
• Cihang and the others agreed to follow Ran Deng's advice without betraying the Chan Sect, then joined Nanji on the journey.
• At the South Heaven Gate, Chan Sect disciples led by Nanji met Jie Sect disciples led by Wudang, and the groups began trading insults.
• Fei Ying and Jiang Zhu arrived with snacks, and Fei Ying scolded Jiang Zhu for interrupting the confrontation.

Fei Ying and Jiang Zhu accompanied the Chan Sect and Jie Sect disciples to the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, where Haotian assigned resources as they took up their Heavenly Court posts. The two women settled into the magnificent Imperial Earth Palace to oversee it for Empress Pingxin, while the sect disciples prepared to establish the Heavenly Court’s army and Thunder Department.

• Fei Ying and Jiang Zhu stopped the Chan Sect and Jie Sect from fighting at the South Heaven Gate, then led them to the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
• Fei Ying told Haotian that she and Jiang Zhu would oversee the Imperial Earth Palace for Empress Pingxin but would not involve themselves in Heavenly Court affairs unrelated to Reincarnation.
• Wudang asked Haotian for permission and resources to establish the Heavenly Court’s great army, while Nanji requested resources for the Thunder Department.
• Haotian directed the disciples to collect resources from the Queen Mother and offered resources to Fei Ying and Jiang Zhu as well.
• Fei Ying and Jiang Zhu arrived at the Imperial Earth Palace and discovered that its vast, lavish grounds could hold tens of millions of soldiers.

Ran Deng and four Chan Sect disciples sought resources from Haotian in exchange for holding Nanji back, but their demands angered him and left him doubting whether the Saint disciples in the Heavenly Court would obey him. Haotian asked Yaochi how to deal with the disciples’ growing authority.

• Jiang Zhu and Fei Ying chose residences in the Imperial Earth Palace and reserved its best residence for Empress Houtu.
• Ran Deng and four Chan Sect disciples told Haotian they would avoid opposing him in future struggles with Nanji in exchange for benefits.
• Ran Deng asked Haotian for an Enlightenment Pill, and Haotian explained that only one remained in the Prehistoric Era after he and Yaochi had each used one.
• Ran Deng apologized and asked instead for flat peaches and Spiritual Tea, but Haotian refused to give them flat peaches and offered Spiritual Tea and Innate Spirit Fruits.
• Ran Deng and the others left displeased, and Haotian summoned Yaochi and Grand White Gold Star to discuss his anger and concerns about the Chan Sect and Jie Sect disciples.

Yaochi went to West Kunlun to recruit Nine Heavens Xuan Nü to help the Heavenly Court maintain order when the Chan Sect and Jie Sect disciples began fighting. Queen Mother of the West agreed and gave Xuan Nü the Enlightenment Pill, while reflecting that she had little hope of advancing beyond the peak Quasi-Saint realm.

• Haotian and Yaochi decided to seek Queen Mother of the West’s help, and Haotian gave up the Enlightenment Pill he had intended for Taibai.
• Yaochi traveled alone to West Kunlun and asked Queen Mother of the West to let Nine Heavens Xuan Nü take a post in the Heavenly Court.
• Yaochi offered Queen Mother of the West the Enlightenment Pill and explained that she wanted Xuan Nü to help preserve the Heavenly Dao’s Order amid conflict between the Saint disciples.
• Queen Mother of the West asked Xuan Nü whether she would go, and Xuan Nü agreed to follow her sister’s wishes.
• Queen Mother of the West accepted Yaochi’s request but gave the Enlightenment Pill to Xuan Nü, saying it would be more useful to her.

Xuan Nü joined the Heavenly Court with three thousand female immortals after the Queen Mother of the West’s Enlightenment Pill helped her break through to the Quasi-Saint realm. As the Heavenly Court expanded its ranks and began operating again, the perfected Heavenly Dao’s rules imposed new restraints on all living beings.

• Yaochi told Xuan Nü she would hold secret roles as God of Justice and foremost Immortal of War, while publicly overseeing the Heavenly Court’s female immortals.
• Xuan Nü refined the Enlightenment Pill, broke through to the Quasi-Saint realm, and left West Kunlun with Yaochi and three thousand female immortals.
• Haotian welcomed Xuan Nü and her followers, granted them authority and Flat Peaches, and ordered the Heavenly Soldiers to swear oaths of secrecy.
• Yaochi and Haotian agreed to treat Xuan Nü as a fellow Daoist and make the female immortals pillars of the Heavenly Court.
• Nanji and Wudang recruited more personnel, the Heavenly Court began operating, and the perfected Heavenly Dao rules placed new restraints on all living beings.