Chapter Summaries

Fuxi confronted Zhunti over Nüwa’s death and attacked him on Mount Sumeru, prompting the Dao Venerable to move their battle to the Outer Heavens. Fuxi was overwhelmed by Zhunti and Jieyin until Nuwa arrived, healed him, and attacked Zhunti.

• Fuxi accused Zhunti of scheming against the Human Race and causing Nüwa’s death, while Jieyin denied the charge and tried to drive him away.
• Fuxi struck Mount Sumeru with the River Diagram and Luo Script, damaging the Buddhist Sect’s buildings before the Dao Venerable transported Fuxi, Zhunti, and Jieyin to the Outer Heavens.
• Fuxi attacked Zhunti and Jieyin, but the two Saints gained the advantage and knocked away his Twelve-grade Green Lotus.
• Nuwa arrived, deflected Zhunti’s attack, healed Fuxi, and struck Zhunti’s hand with the Human-Creating Whip, knocking away his Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree.

Nuwa punished Jieyin and Zhunti for scheming against the Human Race, while Shennong’s work spread medicinal knowledge and produced a merit-bearing map. The chapter ended with Shennong learning that worship of the Western Saints and miraculous “divine water” had begun spreading among the Human Race again.

• Nuwa struck Jieyin with the Qiankun Cauldron and lashed Zhunti with the Human-Creating Whip, warning them not to target the Human Race.
• Luohu told Di Jun that Nuwa’s Primordial Chaos Great Luo realm surpassed the strength of ordinary Saints.
• Jieyin and Zhunti returned to Mount Sumeru injured, and Jieyin restored their palace before beginning seclusion to heal.
• Shennong spread knowledge of medicinal herbs among the tribes and created a map of East Sea Continent that became a Post-celestial Merit Spiritual Treasure.
• Shennong broke through to the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, then learned that people were again worshipping the Western Saints and drinking the Bodhisattva’s supposed healing water.

Shennong and Xuandu devised a plan to counter Western Buddhism’s growing influence by making the Three Tribes totems of the Human Race. Xuandu visited the Dragon Palace to offer the Dragon Clan an alliance, leaving Candle Dragon to consider the terms.

• Shennong proposed that the Human Race establish tribal totems to oppose the spread of Western Buddhism, and Xuandu approved the idea.
• Xuandu decided to invite the Dragon Clan, Phoenix, and Qilin Three Races, while Shennong initially objected to including the Dragon Clan because of its past conduct.
• Xuandu explained that the Human Race’s distant regions might already be under Western influence and argued that the Three Tribes could support the Human Race while restraining one another.
• Xuandu traveled to the East Sea and met Candle Dragon at the Dragon Palace.
• Xuandu offered the Dragon Clan a chance to resolve its Karmic Sin by allying with the Human Race as its totem and resisting the spread of Western faith in exchange for the Human Race’s Auspicious Qi and devotion.
• Candle Dragon fell silent to consider Xuandu’s proposal.

Xuandu formed an alliance between the Human Race and the Dragon, Phoenix, and Kirin Clans to counter the Buddhist Sect’s influence and help the Three Tribes resolve their Karmic Sin. Their totem blessings spread through the Human Race and drove out the Buddhist teachings, though the chapter warned that events would not remain so simple.

• Candle Dragon debated the alliance with the Dragon Clan’s higher-ups, then agreed and sent the Dragon Clan to aid the Human Race.
• Ancestor Kirin and Ancestor Phoenix each accepted Xuandu’s proposal, and Ancestor Phoenix quickly led his clan to Lie Shan City.
• Candle Dragon, Ancestor Phoenix, and Lei Xing met with Shennong, heard how the Three Tribes would help cleanse the Buddhist Sect’s influence, and agreed to ally with the Human Race.
• The Three Tribes’ totem worship spread, giving the Human Race practical blessings and suppressing the Buddhist Sect’s teachings.
• Shennong and Xuandu watched the changes with satisfaction, while the chapter noted that events would not proceed so easily.

Shennong resolved to purge the Buddhist Sect despite the cost to human lives, and the Three Tribes began attacking its followers. As Buddhist forces marched toward the Eastern Continent, Qing Feng and Ming Yue blocked them at Longevity Mountain and challenged them to swear they would not harm the Human Race.

• Shennong grew furious when he learned the Buddhist Sect had incited humans to obstruct the Three Tribes, and Xuandu urged him to make a decisive choice.
• Remembering Nüwa, Shennong ordered the Three Tribes to clear away anyone obstructing the purge of the Buddhist Sect, and he suppressed human resistance to their attacks.
• Zhunti learned that the Buddhist Sect's followers were being killed, then sent Buddhas and Bodhisattvas toward the Eastern Continent.
• Qing Feng and Ming Yue gathered humans to block the Buddhist forces at Longevity Mountain and refused to let them pass without an oath not to harm the Human Race.
• The Buddhist forces hesitated when Qing Feng demanded the oath, since they had come to pursue the Human Race.

Qing Feng and Ming Yue blocked Zhunti’s Buddhist Sect from crossing Longevity Mountain, until Zhunti threatened to destroy the earth veins and Zhen Yuanzi agreed to let them pass. Zhen Yuanzi explained that the passage was part of a trial for the Human Race’s Co-Lord, while the Human Race watched the Buddhist Sect continue toward the Eastern Lands.

• Qing Feng and Ming Yue held the Buddhist Sect at Longevity Mountain’s entrance while the Human Race stood with them, and Ming Yue gave the Human Race Innate Spirit Fruits.
• Zhunti arrived and pressed the group down with his Saint’s pressure, but Zhen Yuanzi appeared and countered it.
• Zhunti threatened to destroy the earth veins to open a passage, leaving Zhen Yuanzi torn between protecting Longevity Mountain and supporting the Human Race.
• Houtu told Zhen Yuanzi that the passage was part of a trial for the Human Race’s Co-Lord, so Zhen Yuanzi let the Buddhist Sect cross.
• Zhen Yuanzi told Qing Feng and Ming Yue not to ask about heavenly secrets, while the Human Race fled from Zhunti’s smile.

The Three Tribes fought the Buddhist Sect disciples who had come east, accusing them of exploiting the Human Race and stealing its Auspicious Qi. Zhunti intervened to save his followers, but Ancestor Kirin and Fuxi confronted him and warned him to leave the east.

• The Dragon Clan drove Buddhist Sect disciples away from the Human Race, then attacked the reinforcements who arrived to help them.
• Ancestor Phoenix and Lei Xing sent the Phoenix Clan and Kirin Clan to join the battle, and the Three Tribes surrounded and overwhelmed the Buddhist Sect.
• The Three Tribes nearly killed the Buddhist Sect forces until Zhunti appeared and swept away their attacks with his Saint power.
• Ancestor Kirin blocked Zhunti and accused the Buddhist Sect of using filthy methods to take the Human Race's Auspicious Qi.
• Fuxi appeared beside Ancestor Kirin and warned Zhunti to take his followers away or face his intervention; then Fuxi and Ancestor Kirin disappeared.

After Zhunti withdrew to the Western Lands, Shennong chose to expel the Humans devoted to the Buddhist Sect rather than continue killing them. The Three Tribes carried them beyond Longevity Mountain, where Zhen Yuanzi’s path led them to the impoverished Western World instead of the Pure Land they expected.

• Zhunti took the surviving Buddhist Sect disciples back to the Western Lands after refusing their pleas for revenge.
• Shennong agreed with Xuandu that the Buddhist believers should be driven from Human Race territory to stop them influencing other Humans.
• Shennong declared the believers no longer part of the Human Race, and the Three Tribes carried them west across the border.
• Zhen Yuanzi opened a path through Longevity Mountain and sent the believers onward, keeping them away from the Humans there.
• The believers reached the Western World and were stunned that it lacked the Pure Land they had expected.

After Shennong’s faith-gathering efforts strengthened the Human Race, he broke through to the early Quasi-Saint realm and compiled Shennong's Materia Medica. As his era neared its end, Fu Bao conceived a child beneath an omen of purple lightning, while twelve stars sent their light to nearby tribes.

• Great demons attacked and devoured most of the humans who had traveled to the Western Lands, while Zhen Yuanzi explained that the Human Emperor had expelled them from the Human Race.
• The Three Tribes became totems of the Human Race, strengthening its unity and increasing Human Dao Destiny.
• Shennong reached Grand Luo Perfection, then used the Enlightenment Pill’s power to sever an Obsession and enter the early Quasi-Saint realm.
• Shennong thanked Xuandu, asked him to watch over the Human Race, and withdrew to compile his knowledge into a medical classic.
• After more than a dozen Kalpas, Shennong completed Shennong's Materia Medica.
• Fu Bao conceived after seeing purple lightning coil around the Northern Dipper Pivot Star, and twelve beams of starlight descended upon tribes near the You Xiong Tribe.

Houtu sent Chi You to be born among the Human-Witches and oppose the coming Human Emperor, while Hong Yun’s True Spirit reincarnated alongside him. As Shennong neared his achievement, Guang Chengzi set out to guide the third Human Emperor and reached the You Xiong Tribe just after the child’s birth.

• Houtu explained that the Witch Clan could resolve its Karma with the Human Race by having Chi You challenge the Human Co-Lord, and she sent him through Reincarnation.
• Hong Yun’s True Spirit reincarnated alongside Chi You; Chi You rose to become Young Clan Leader of the Jiu Li Tribe, while Cangjie was born in the Hou Gang Tribe.
• Yuanshi sent Guang Chengzi to guide the third Human Emperor, and Guang Chengzi searched the Human Tribes until he learned that the You Xiong Tribe’s Clan Leader’s wife had been pregnant for over ten thousand years.
• Auspicious Signs appeared across the You Xiong Tribe as Fu Bao gave birth, and Shao Dian realized his child was the future Human Co-Lord.
• Guang Chengzi stopped Shao Dian on his way home, learned that the newborn was his child, and decided to follow him.

Xuanyuan rose to power as the future Co-Lord of the Human Race, while other formidable leaders emerged among its tribes. Shennong completed Shennong's Materia Medica but faced a difficult choice among several candidates to succeed him.

• Shao Dian learned that his son Xuanyuan was the future Co-Lord, and Guang Chengzi identified himself as a disciple of Sage Yuanshi who would guide the child.
• A thousand years later, Xuanyuan became Clan Leader of the You Xiong Tribe and grew stronger under Guang Chengzi's instruction.
• Xuanyuan defeated the leaders of twelve neighboring tribes in single combat, brought their tribes into the You Xiong Tribe, and spread his reputation across the Human Race.
• Chi You rose to prominence in the south, Gu Sha established the Gu Rong Tribe in the north, and a genius of the Three-Headed Blood River Tribe devised a Formation that harnessed the Blood Sea.
• Shennong passed Shennong's Materia Medica to the Human Race and learned from his subordinates that Xuanyuan, Chi You, and Gu Sha were all possible successors as Co-Lord.

Xuanyuan developed powerful formations to unite the Human Race's fighting forces, rapidly gaining a reputation that surpassed Chi You and Gu Sha. Seeing that Xuanyuan had become a serious contender for Co-Lord, Shennong set out from Lie Shan City to meet him.

• Shennong chose Xuanyuan as the most suitable Co-Lord candidate, while Guang Chengzi realized Xuanyuan needed to unite the Human Race rather than simply overpower its tribes.
• Xuanyuan explained that formations could combine the strength of many people, so Guang Chengzi sought a formation method from Primordial Heavenly Venerate.
• Xuanyuan quickly mastered the Strange Gates and Hidden Stems technique and asked Guang Chengzi for help making a formation with the twelve brothers and the Star Lords.
• Immortal Nanji obtained Astral Uncut Jade from Chang'e, who said Empress Wang Shu had approved Xuanyuan's request.
• Xuanyuan used the jade to create the Twelve Star Lords Grand Formation and organized the Human Race's armies into formations, raising his reputation above Chi You and Gu Sha.
• Shennong learned of Xuanyuan's growing reputation and left Lie Shan City to meet him.

Shennong chose Xuanyuan as the next Human Race Co-Lord and gave him a thousand years to prepare, stirring opposition among several tribes. At the abdication ceremony in Lie Shan City, the gathered Saints and factions revealed deep divisions as Yuanshi considered how to catch up with Laozi and Tongtian.

• Shennong disguised himself as an old farmer, reached the You Xiong Tribe, and spent the night advising Xuanyuan on the responsibilities of a Co-Lord.
• Shennong declared that he would pass the position to Xuanyuan in a thousand years, prompting widespread unrest and opposition from the Jiu Li Tribe, the Gu Rong Tribe, and other tribes.
• Chi You accepted the chance to challenge Xuanyuan after Shennong's departure, while Gu Sha forbade his clansmen from questioning Shennong and ordered them to attend the abdication ceremony.
• Representatives from nearly every Human Tribe and the Heavenly Dao Saints gathered in Lie Shan City for Shennong's abdication ceremony, where Tongtian glared angrily at the Western Two Saints.
• Ancestor Kirin teased Yuanshi about Chan Sect guiding the next Co-Lord, while Yuanshi resolved to pursue greater power rather than fall behind Laozi and Tongtian.

Shennong abdicated the position of Human Race Co-Lord to Xuanyuan, and the Human Dao bestowed rewards that cleansed the Three Tribes of their karmic sin and restored their destiny. After sharing merit and giving the Human Race his final instruction, Shennong departed, leaving Xuanyuan to lead the Human Race into a new era.

• Shennong passed the Co-Lord position to Xuanyuan, and the Human Dao approved the succession through the Kongtong Seal.
• Human Dao Destiny raised Shennong to Quasi-Saint Great Perfection, while Shennong and Xuandu received merit and Xuandu gained Human Dao destiny.
• The Human Dao acknowledged the Three Tribes' contributions, erasing the Kirin Clan's, Dragon Clan's, and Phoenix Clan's remaining karmic sin.
• Shennong used the Kongtong Seal to reward the Human Race leaders who had helped him and ordered the clan to support Xuanyuan.
• Shennong left the Human Race after urging its people to cultivate virtue and strive without end, beginning the era of the third Co-Lord.

After Shennong handed authority to Xuanyuan, heaven and earth began transforming, prompting Xuan Qing to question the Heavenly Dao about the changes. The Heavenly Dao revealed that immortals and mortals would be separated as countless worlds converged on the Prehistoric Era, and that it hoped to become the spirit of the Origin of Supreme Destiny once the world was complete.

• Shennong departed Lie Shan City with his officials and handed authority to Xuanyuan, then greeted Sui Ren Shi outside the city.
• Fuxi appeared, welcomed Shennong, and said he would meet them in the Heluo Divine Continent when Shennong attained the Dao.
• Heaven and earth changed rapidly, alarming cultivators and driving the Saints to seek answers from the Dao Ancestor.
• Xuan Qing left the Human Race and met Hongjun in Zixiao Palace, where he summoned the Heavenly Dao to explain the transformation.
• The Heavenly Dao said the changes would separate immortals and mortals, create a Primordial Immortal Realm, and bring countless worlds toward the Prehistoric Era.
• The Heavenly Dao revealed it hoped to separate from its current role and become the spirit of the Origin of Supreme Destiny, while Xuan Qing reassured the regretful Hongjun that the completed world might offer him a chance to advance beyond a Heavenly Dao Saint.

Xuan Qing explained to the Heavenly Dao Saints that the changing Primordial Heaven and Earth would divide mortals from immortals, with all races eventually becoming mortal. After dismissing the saints, he summoned Zhen Yuanzi and set out for the Human Race, asking for a branch of the Ginseng Fruit Tree.

• Hongjun let Xuan Qing explain the changes in heaven and earth to Nuwa, Houtu, and the other saints who had gathered at Zixiao Palace.
• Xuan Qing said that mortals of every race would be separated from the Primordial Heaven and Earth, and that immortals would face trials to enter the Mortal Realm while mortals would need trials to become immortals.
• Xuan Qing told Laozi that East King Duke would have to undergo the Mortal Realm’s trial, and warned Zhunti and Jieyin not to break the rules the Heavenly Dao established.
• The saints left Zixiao Palace, and Xuan Qing privately told Zhen Yuanzi to stay behind before later asking him to accompany him to the Human Race.
• On the way, Xuan Qing asked Zhen Yuanzi for a branch of the Ginseng Fruit Tree so he could gather the ten Supreme Grade Innate Spiritual Roots.

Xuan Qing brought Zhen Yuanzi to the Hou Gang Tribe, where Zhen Yuanzi took the young Cangjie as his disciple and agreed to care for him. Xuan Qing then found Hui Xi deepening his understanding of life and death, and Hui Xi was recognized by a Human Race elder as Fuxi’s son.

• Xuan Qing brought Zhen Yuanzi to the Hou Gang Tribe and showed him the scruffy youth Cangjie, explaining that Zhen Yuanzi should guide him and keep him alive.
• Zhen Yuanzi revealed his identity to the tribe and took Cangjie as his disciple, while Xuan Qing clarified that Cangjie was not destined to contend for the Co-Lord’s position.
• Zhen Yuanzi built a hut beside Cangjie’s and promised the tribe he would care for him.
• Xuan Qing found Hui Xi surrounded by purple qi and the bodies of elders whose souls he had purified while comprehending the Dao.
• A tribal elder recognized Hui Xi as Fuxi’s son, and Hui Xi stopped the crowd from kneeling by saying he did not deserve their reverence.

Xuanyuan faced growing rebellion after becoming Co-Lord and concluded that tribal divisions were fueling chaos. He abolished the tribes and began restructuring the Human Race, then prepared an army to enforce his reforms.

• Hui Xi thanked Xuan Qing for guiding him, and Xuan Qing told him to continue seeking understanding of life and death.
• Gu Sha and the Gu Rong Tribe challenged Xuanyuan's authority as opposition and conflict spread among the Human Race.
• Xuanyuan proposed abolishing the tribes, and the twelve war generals led the upper ranks in agreeing to disband them.
• Xuanyuan disbanded the You Xiong Tribe and established a system of four regions, local capitals, appointed officials, and rule through virtue.
• When Xuanyuan's decrees met fierce resistance, he sent Guang Chengzi to Kunlun Mountain for military knowledge and used it to organize an army, weapons, formations, and cultivation methods.

Xuanyuan led his newly trained army against Gu Sha and the Gu Rong Tribe after they defied his order to disband, while Chi You watched from Jiu Li City and prepared to judge Xuanyuan’s strength. Xuanyuan’s forces began overrunning Gu Rong, but Gu Sha unleashed swarms of gu insects fed on his own people, leaving Xuanyuan desperate to save his soldiers.

• Xuanyuan ordered the Gu Rong Tribe to disband, and Gu Sha refused, killed the messenger, and challenged Xuanyuan’s claim to be Co-Lord.
• Xuanyuan marched on Gu Rong, crushing tribes that resisted his reforms, while Gu Sha urged opponents to take refuge with him.
• Chi You reformed the Jiu Li Tribe, built an army, and waited in Jiu Li City to see whether Xuanyuan could defeat Gu Sha.
• Xuanyuan and Gu Sha fought as Grand Unity Golden Immortals, and Gu Sha’s Innate Spiritual Treasure drove Xuanyuan back and cracked his sword.
• Xuanyuan ordered his army to attack Gu Rong after spotting the evidence of Gu Sha’s cruelty, and his twelve generals led the troops into the tribe.
• Gu Sha commanded the Gu Rong Tribe to release swarms of gu insects, and Xuanyuan condemned him for feeding them with his own people.

Xuanyuan’s army survived Gu Sha’s insect attack with the help of the Twelve Generals, but Gu Sha transformed into a monstrous Golden Body and challenged Guang Chengzi. Guang Chengzi killed him with the Pangu Banner, and the discovery of a Buddhist statue prompted Yuanshi to confront Zhunti in the Western Lands.

• The Twelve Generals formed a Star God giant, crushed many insects, and helped Xuanyuan rally the army to attack the Gu Rong Tribe.
• Gu Sha pierced his chest with an enormous ruler and inserted a small Buddha statue, transforming into a giant Golden Body with the power of a Grand Luo Golden Immortal.
• Guang Chengzi attacked Gu Sha with the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner, but Gu Sha endured the strike and blasted Guang Chengzi away with an evil roar.
• Guang Chengzi used the Pangu Banner, which Yuanshi had secretly placed on him, to destroy Gu Sha and send his body into a blood mist.
• Xuanyuan and Guang Chengzi suspected the Western Lands were behind Gu Sha’s Buddhist transformation, and Yuanshi roared for Zhunti as the Pangu Banner flew west.