Chapter Summaries

Yuanshi confronted Zhunti over Gu Sha's Buddhist-like transformation, but Zhunti swore the Buddhist Sect had no part in it. At the Gu Rong Tribe, the statue absorbed the battlefield's corpses and blood, revealed a black-robed man, and Xuan Qing captured him before his master erased his consciousness and escaped.

• Yuanshi showed Zhunti a Water Mirror of Gu Sha and accused the Buddhist Sect of scheming against the Human Race.
• Zhunti swore that the Buddhist Sect knew nothing of the matter and pointed out that Gu Sha's technique only resembled Buddhism's Sixteen-foot Golden Body.
• The statue fled the Gu Rong Tribe, devoured the battlefield's corpses and blood, and transformed into a black-robed man who attacked Xuanyuan and the others.
• Xuan Qing appeared, struck down the black-robed man, and identified him as a wisp of divine sense connected to an outside force.
• After the black-robed man called Xuan Qing the Dao Venerable, his body exploded, and Xuan Qing reversed time and space to retrieve his escaping divine sense.
• The black-robed man's true body erased the wisp's consciousness before it could reveal its origin, leaving Xuan Qing to suspect his strength was insufficient.

After Xuanyuan defeated the Gu Rong Tribe, his prestige among the Human Race peaked, and he began reorganizing its government. He sought Guang Chengzi’s help to build a network of twelve capitals, prompting Guang Chengzi to gather fellow Chan Sect disciples to assist.

• Xuan Qing praised Xuanyuan, gave him an Enlightenment Pill, and left after urging Guang Chengzi to assist him.
• Xuanyuan ordered his army to wipe out the Gu Rong Tribe, then burned the tribe’s city and returned to Xuanyuan City.
• News of the victory erased opposition to Xuanyuan, while Chi You rejected a suggestion to exploit Xuanyuan’s weakened state and vowed to challenge him openly.
• Xuanyuan used his increased authority to spread new rules and planned to establish twelve capitals to improve governance across the Human Race.
• Guang Chengzi recruited his fellow disciples, including Ran Deng and Cihang, to help Xuanyuan carry out the ambitious plan, and Yuanshi praised him.

Guang Chengzi brought Chan Sect disciples to help Xuanyuan build a city, while Chi You challenged Xuanyuan to test his strength. After their duel, Chi You acknowledged Xuanyuan as a worthy opponent and left him to finish the city before their next battle.

• Guang Chengzi introduced the Chan Sect disciples to Xuanyuan, and their bows to him diminished their Auspicious Qi and drew in baleful aura, except for Guang Chengzi.
• The Chan Sect disciples helped the Human Race build Xuanyuan City, prompting Chi You to lead his army there.
• Xuanyuan learned of Chi You's strength and met him on the city wall when Chi You demanded a fight.
• Chi You defeated Xuanyuan in a test of physical strength, but Xuanyuan struck back with Jade Pure Divine Thunder.
• Chi You emerged wounded from the lightning attack, praised Xuanyuan, and said he hoped to fight him again once the city was finished.

Cangjie created three thousand characters for the Human Race, and the Green Lotus of Creation protected them through a lightning tribulation. Human Dao destiny raised Cangjie's cultivation to Quasi-Saint perfection, where he revealed that he was the resurrected Hong Yun, leaving several powerful figures fearing his return.

• Chi You withdrew from Xuanyuan City after withstanding Xuanyuan's Jade Pure Divine Thunder, and Xuanyuan decided to study Dao arts under Guang Chengzi.
• Cangjie announced that he had created three thousand characters for the Human Race and called on the Great Dao and Human Dao to bear witness.
• Cangjie displayed the characters, and the Green Lotus of Creation shielded them from the lightning tribulation until Human Script was established.
• Human Dao destiny gathered around Cangjie, and Zhen Yuanzi gave him a pill that helped him break through to Quasi-Saint perfection.
• Cangjie declared that he was Hong Yun returned to life, alarming Zhunti, Jieyin, and Kunpeng.

After reclaiming his identity as Cangjie, Red Cloud received the Literary Dao Golden Chapter and secured Xuanyuan’s position as Human Co-Lord before traveling to the Blood Sea to confront Ming He over the Karma from his past life. Cangjie overwhelmed Ming He with his treasures and Literary Dao, and the battle was left unresolved.

• Cangjie swore that he was no longer Red Cloud, received the Literary Dao Golden Chapter, and reunited with Zhen Yuanzi, who returned his Red Gourd.
• Cangjie acknowledged Xuanyuan as Co-Lord, strengthening Xuanyuan’s cultivation and confirming his authority among the Human Race.
• Cangjie declined Xuanyuan’s offer of office, saying he wished to teach human writing and first settle old Karma.
• Cangjie went to the Blood Sea, dismissed the Asura Clan’s challenge, and demanded that Ming He come out to repay his debt.
• Ming He attacked Cangjie, who countered with the Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd and Literary Dao Golden Chapter, overpowering him.

Cangjie settled his grudge with Ming He, then went to the North Sea to punish Kunpeng for causing Hong Yun's death. He overwhelmed Kunpeng outside the Demon Master Palace, leaving the battle ongoing as Water Clan beings gathered Kunpeng's blood.

• Cangjie severely beat Ming He in the Blood Sea, then declared their Karma settled and left him alive.
• Ming He realized that resolving his Karma with Cangjie had brought him close to breaking through to Quasi-Saint perfection.
• Cangjie traveled to the North Sea, where Mystic Turtle ordered Tian Feng not to interfere with his revenge.
• Cangjie called Kunpeng out of the Demon Master Palace and dragged the palace with a palm formed from human characters.
• Kunpeng emerged with a Spiritual Treasure Long Sword, but Cangjie slapped him into the sea and then struck his transformed true form with the Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd and Literary Dao Golden Chapter.
• Kunpeng's blood scattered across the North Sea, and Water Clan beings rushed to collect it.

Cangjie spared Kunpeng after Mystic Turtle intervened, and Kunpeng chose to remain in the Mysterious Water Divine Continent to study the Dao of Severing the Three Corpses. After the Human Race established twelve cities, its Auspicious Qi raised Xuanyuan to the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, and he marched on Jiu Li as Chi You prepared for battle.

• Cangjie beat Kunpeng until Mystic Turtle arrived and persuaded him to spare Kunpeng because killing him would bring Karmic Sin.
• Cangjie warned Kunpeng to remain in the North Sea, and Mystic Turtle healed him enough to recover his Innate Dao Body.
• Kunpeng asked to stay in the Mysterious Water Divine Continent and learn the Dao of Severing the Three Corpses, and Mystic Turtle granted his request.
• Cangjie returned to Xuanyuan City while the Human Race and Chan Sect disciples completed twelve connected cities, causing the Human Race's Auspicious Qi to rise.
• Xuanyuan broke through to the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, and the Twelve War Generals rose to the peak of Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Xuanyuan led his army toward Jiu Li City, and Chi You ordered his troops to assemble for battle.

Xuanyuan’s army attacked Jiu Li City, but Chi You’s forces overwhelmed the Human Race army and defeated Xuanyuan in battle. Xuanyuan managed to cover the retreat with divine thunder, while Chi You halted his pursuit to avoid provoking the Chan Sect.

• Xuanyuan charged Chi You as the Twelve Battle Generals led the Human Race army against Jiu Li City, while Feng Bo and Yu Shi led the human-witch forces into battle.
• Wudang and Nine Heavens Xuan Nü criticized Guang Chengzi’s teaching and said Xuanyuan had not been properly tempered for battle.
• Jiu Li City’s strange mist disoriented the Human Race army, and Chi You forced Xuanyuan out of the city after destroying his sword and Dao techniques.
• Xuanyuan joined the Twelve Battle Generals in a Formation, but Chi You’s Tiger Soul Blade shattered their stellar body and sent all thirteen figures flying.
• Xuanyuan used Jade Pure Divine Thunder to hold off Chi You’s forces while the Twelve Battle Generals withdrew with the Human Race army.
• Chi You refused to pursue the retreating army, warning Feng Bo that the Chan Sect might intervene and rebuking him for revealing too much.

After Xuanyuan returned to Xuanyuan City in defeat, he asked Guang Chengzi for a weapon capable of harming Chi You and reinforcements. Guang Chengzi secured Xuan Nü’s help, while the Queen Mother of the West instructed her to bring Ying Long into the conflict as Guang Chengzi headed to Kunlun Mountain for a treasure.

• Xuanyuan returned to Xuanyuan City defeated and asked Guang Chengzi for a weapon that could pierce Chi You’s body and for powerful allies.
• Guang Chengzi gathered the Twelve Golden Immortals and sought help from Nanji, who directed him to ask Nine Heavens Xuan Nü for aid.
• Guang Chengzi asked the Queen Mother and Xuan Nü for help, and Xuan Nü agreed to teach Xuanyuan the art of war.
• The Queen Mother of the West told Xuan Nü to have Guang Chengzi invite Ying Long from the Dragon Clan.
• Xuan Nü flew toward Xuanyuan City, while Guang Chengzi went to Kunlun Mountain to ask his master for a Spiritual Treasure.

Guang Chengzi visited Azure Nether Island, where Qing Ya reforged the Witch-Slaying Sword into the Human Emperor's Xuanyuan Sword and warned him about its power. He then went to the Dragon Palace, where Candle Dragon sent Ying Long to help Xuanyuan prove his Dao.

• White Crane Boy told Guang Chengzi that he only needed to travel to Azure Nether Island to obtain the Spiritual Treasure.
• Guang Chengzi entered Azure Nether Sea Domain and was escorted by Chong Shan to Qing Ya on Azure Nether Island.
• Qing Ya cleansed the Witch-Slaying Sword, renamed it the Xuanyuan Sword, and warned Guang Chengzi that only the Human Race could safely wield it.
• Qing Ya sent Guang Chengzi away with the Xuanyuan Sword, and he found himself back above the sea with Azure Nether Island hidden from view.
• Guang Chengzi went to the Dragon Palace, where Candle Dragon assigned Ying Long to accompany him and help the Human Emperor prove his Dao.

Guang Chengzi and Ying Long returned to Xuanyuan City, where Xuanyuan trained under Nine Heavens Xuan Nü and received the Xuanyuan Sword. Xuanyuan explained how his wives helped govern and improve the Human Race, while his advisers developed a plan to counter Jiu Li City's illusion formation.

• Guang Chengzi and Ying Long found Nine Heavens Xuan Nü training Xuanyuan in military strategy and directing troops.
• Guang Chengzi gave Xuanyuan the Xuanyuan Sword, and Xuanyuan saw the Human Race's past suffering before swearing to protect its future.
• Xuanyuan refused to let Nü Ba touch the sword and told Guang Chengzi that many years had passed while his master was away.
• Xuanyuan explained how Lei Zu, Nü Jie, Mo Mu, and his wife from the Rong Yu Clan had aided the Human Race and helped govern its people.
• Feng Hou proposed building a South-Pointing Chariot after studying the Big Dipper and learning of Bo Gao's discovery that lodestone attracted iron.

Jiu Feng had Nü Ba captured to force Xuanyuan into battle, but Xuanyuan’s army used the South-Pointing Chariots to break Jiuli’s illusory Formation. As the fighting escalated, Nü Ba revealed powerful Drought Qi that countered Feng Bo and Yu Shi’s attacks, though Yu Shi trapped her in water prisons.

• Jiu Feng secretly sent Feng Bo and Yu Shi to capture Nü Ba and imprison her on Zhuolu Plain.
• Xuanyuan led the Human Race army to Zhuolu Plain, where Chi You arrived and accepted the challenge to fight.
• Feng Bo and Yu Shi activated Jiuli’s illusory Formation, but Xuanyuan deployed South-Pointing Chariots to guide his army and counterattack.
• Yu Shi and Feng Bo unleashed their Spiritual Treasures, while Jiu Feng blocked Ying Long and Nine Heavens Xuan Nü and Chi You used an Earth Turbid Qi Formation to hold back the Twelve Golden Immortals.
• Nü Ba descended and used her supremely yang Drought Qi to disperse the rain and black wind, but Yu Shi trapped her in water prisons formed with the Mysterious Water Pearl.

Nü Ba defeated Feng Bo and Yu Shi but suffered a mysterious collapse, while Xuanyuan overcame Chi You and won the decisive battle. The surviving Human-Witches accepted Xuanyuan’s oath of equality and returned to the Human Race.

• Nü Ba shattered Yu Shi’s Profound Water Prison, wounded him, and destroyed Feng Bo’s Wind-Breaking Fan, allowing the twelve war generals to capture Feng Bo.
• Cracks spread across Nü Ba’s body and her Drought Qi ran out of control as Xuanyuan cried out in anguish.
• Xuanyuan defeated Chi You with the Xuanyuan Sword, destroying the Tiger Soul Blade and killing Chi You’s body, but Chi You’s spirit escaped toward the Blood Sea.
• Nine Heavens Xuan Nü and Ying Long stopped Xuanyuan from pursuing Chi You, and Xuanyuan declared victory and ended the fighting.
• Nine Heavens Xuan Nü disarmed Human-Witch commanders who tried to kill themselves, and Xuanyuan swore to treat Humans and Human-Witches equally.
• The Human-Witch army accepted Xuanyuan as the Human Race’s Co-Lord and returned to the Human Race.

After defeating Chi You, Xuanyuan returned to govern the newly unified Human Race, but Nü Ba vanished and was secretly left to fend for herself by Guang Chengzi. Guang Chengzi persuaded Xuanyuan to allow the Chan Sect to establish a presence among humans, while Xuanyuan remained wary of the Heavenly Dao Saints’ intentions.

• The Turbid Qi Formation dissipated after Chi You’s death, freeing the Twelve Golden Immortals, while an unseen strand of Black Qi descended onto Auspicious Qi.
• Xuanyuan returned in triumph, celebrated with the Human Race, and worked to integrate the Human-Witches, with Cangjie volunteering to teach them writing.
• Lei Zu asked where Nü Ba was, and Xuanyuan ordered a search; deep beneath the Zhuolu Plains, Nü Ba hid in a Stone Coffin, fearing her uncontrolled Drought Qi would ruin Human lands.
• Guang Chengzi told Xuanyuan to leave Nü Ba’s search to him, but secretly chose not to look for her and instead planned to establish Chan Sect forces among the Human Race.
• Xuanyuan objected to Guang Chengzi’s plan, then agreed after Guang Chengzi swore an oath to the Heavenly Dao and promised to teach cultivation without claiming human faith.
• Xuanyuan sought out Ying Long and Nine Heavens Xuan Nü after Guang Chengzi left, warning them through his actions that the Human Race had to guard against the Saints’ designs.

Guang Chengzi established the Kongtong Sect among the Human Race at the Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s command, but struggled to attract disciples until he changed the sect’s admission policy. The sect filled quickly, leaving Guang Chengzi overwhelmed by teaching and ultimately focused on a few promising students.

• Xuanyuan asked Nine Heavens Xuan Nü and Ying Long to watch the Chan Sect disciples, and they agreed to alert Saint Nuwa if trouble arose.
• Guang Chengzi asked the Twelve Golden Immortals to help establish a sect, but Cihang and the others persuaded him to do it alone.
• Guang Chengzi cleared an immortal mountain of Lesser Demons, founded the Kongtong Sect, and promoted it using Xuanyuan’s name, but no one joined.
• After Chi Jingzi explained the Human Race’s reluctance, Guang Chengzi opened the sect to third-generation disciples, drawing many humans to Kongtong Mountain.
• Guang Chengzi closed the mountain gate when the crowd grew too large, then struggled to teach his new disciples and concentrated on a few promising students.

Feng Hui Xi comprehended reincarnation and attained Primordial Grand Luo, revealing himself as the returned Reincarnation Demon God. With Xuan Qing’s support, he took charge of reincarnation in the Netherworld and became the Earth Dao’s second Earth Dao Saint.

• Feng Hui Xi refined the cycles of life and death into the Law of Reincarnation and attained Primordial Grand Luo.
• Feng Hui Xi declared that he was the Reincarnation Daoist, shocking Hongjun and the other powerful figures who sensed his breakthrough.
• Xuan Qing appeared before Hongjun and explained that Feng Hui Xi had sworn to leave behind his identity as the Reincarnation Demon God.
• Feng Hui Xi greeted Nuwa as Holy Mother and senior sister, and Nuwa welcomed him as her junior brother.
• Feng Hui Xi transformed the River of Reincarnation and cleansed the souls within it, while Xuan Qing sent a Twelve-Grade Green Lotus Throne into the river.
• Xuanhuang Earth Dao holy radiance descended upon Feng Hui Xi, who became the Earth Dao’s second Earth Dao Saint.

Hui Xi reunited with Fuxi and the Queen Mother of the West after attaining the Dao, then returned to the Netherworld to take up his role as an Earth Dao Saint. The Reincarnation Hall descended into the Netherworld as the Six Paths of Reincarnation responded to his arrival.

• Hui Xi greeted Fuxi, the Queen Mother of the West, Houtu, and Zhen Yuanzi, while Houtu said his attainment had raised her cultivation to the fourth heaven of Primordial Chaos Great Luo.
• Xuan Qing told Hui Xi to return to the Netherworld with Houtu and sent the other saints away.
• Hui Xi teased Fuxi about their relationship, so Nuwa struck him with the Human-Creating Whip while Houtu sealed the space with the Earth Yellow Lotus.
• Hui Xi reassured the Queen Mother of the West that Nuwa had held back, then promised Fuxi and the Queen Mother of the West he would visit them in the Heluo Divine Continent.
• Hui Xi arrived in the Netherworld, the Six Paths of Reincarnation trembled, and the Reincarnation Hall descended from Chaos into the River of Reincarnation.

Xuan Qing sent Xiao to help the Human Emperor attain the Dao and ease the Human Race's hardships in the Western Lands. Xiao left the Human Ancestral Land and found Cao Bao and Xiao Sheng near Wuyi Mountain, where he intended to seek a spiritual treasure.

• Xuan Qing noticed the Human Race in the Western Lands was still suffering and sent a streak of light to the Human Ancestral Land.
• Xiao received Xuan Qing's message and left the Myriad Spirits Garden after telling Shennong he would help the Human Emperor attain the Dao.
• Xiao traveled to a mountain range, concealed his cultivation, and confronted two Daoists who claimed it as their Dao Field.
• Xiao subdued the two Daoists with his aura and learned their names were Cao Bao and Xiao Sheng.
• Xiao asked the pair to take him to Wuyi Mountain, and they reluctantly agreed.

Xiao retrieved the Treasure-Dropping Coin from Wuyi Mountain and borrowed Houtu’s Primordial Heaven-Measuring Ruler to help the Human Race establish standards of measurement. As Xuanyuan’s reforms drove human prosperity, barter became a new obstacle to trade.

• Xiao entered the Formation with Cao Bao and Xiao Sheng, uncovered two Treasure-Dropping Coins beneath a stone slab, and took them after giving the pair the Formation’s control method.
• The Black Qi around Cao Bao and Xiao Sheng’s Auspicious Qi dissipated when Xiao removed the coins, changing their fates.
• Xiao traveled to the Underworld and borrowed Houtu’s Primordial Heaven-Measuring Ruler for the Human Race’s standards of measurement.
• After the Battle of Zhuolu, Xuanyuan unified the Human Race of the Eastern Continent and advanced a series of reforms.
• Growing production led the Human Race to adopt barter, but its limitations hindered trade and further development.

Xiao arrived in Xuanyuan City, helped Cangjie depart for the Human Ancestral Land, and gave Xuanyuan treasures to resolve the Human Race’s trade problems. He then urged Xuanyuan to look beyond the Eastern lands, prompting Xuanyuan to pursue unifying the Human Race and seek help for those suffering in the Western Lands.

• Xuanyuan and the Human Race’s upper ranks debated creating a currency, but Xuanyuan could not decide what form it should take.
• Xiao arrived in Xuanyuan City, where Xuan Nü and Ying Long recognized him as the Venerable and the Human Race welcomed him as an ancestor.
• Xiao praised Cangjie’s work enlightening the Human Race through Human Script and took him to the Human Ancestral Land.
• Xiao gave Xuanyuan the Treasure-Dropping Coin and Primordial Heaven-Measuring Ruler, whose knowledge showed him how to address trade difficulties.
• Xiao warned Xuanyuan that the Human Race lived beyond the Eastern lands, and Guang Chengzi explained that humans in the Western Lands suffered under the Buddhist Sect and the Netherworld Sea of Blood.
• After Human Dao Destiny revealed that unifying the Human Race was necessary for Merit Completion, Xuan Nü mentioned a powerful expert in the Western Lands, and Ying Long offered to seek help from a mighty expert connected to the Dragon Clan.