Chapter Summaries

Xuanyuan advanced the Human Race by creating currency and standardized weights and measures, then traveled south to unify its communities with help from the Dragon and Phoenix Clans. After establishing seven capitals and introducing his policies, he had secured a foothold in the South and awaited the people’s recognition.

• Xuanyuan and the Human Race leaders created currency and standardized weights and measures, spurring inventions and improving daily life.
• Ying Long persuaded Giant Mastiff to help Xuanyuan seek Kunwu’s support, and Giant Mastiff set out west to speak with him.
• Human Dao Destiny gathered around Xuanyuan, allowing him to advance to the perfected realm of the Grand Luo Golden Immortal.
• Xuanyuan led the Twelve War Generals and Human Race leaders south, with the Dragon Clan carrying them across the land and sea.
• Ancestor Phoenix welcomed Xuanyuan and offered the Phoenix Clan’s assistance in unifying the southern Human Race.
• With Dragon and Phoenix Clan support, Xuanyuan established seven southern capitals and introduced currency and standardized measures, leaving him to wait for the people’s recognition.

Xuanyuan discovered that the northern Human Race lived peacefully under rules established by Mystic Turtle Saint, and he unified them while bringing their healing gu techniques to the east. Meanwhile, Giant Mastiff visited Kunwu on Mount Kunwu and updated him on events in the Prehistoric Era.

• Xuanyuan asked King Pan why the north was harmonious, and King Pan explained that Mystic Turtle Saint had established rules to reduce slaughter and welcome virtuous beings of every race.
• Xuanyuan unified the northern Human Race and learned that its clans used gentle, medicinal gu techniques suited to the northern environment.
• Xuanyuan opened roads between the east and north and built a border city in the Gu Rong Tribe's former territory so the techniques could spread and help treat illness in the east.
• Giant Mastiff arrived at Mount Kunwu, where the Spirit of the Ancestral Vein initially challenged him before Kunwu invited him up.
• Giant Mastiff told Kunwu about major events in the Prehistoric Era, helping Kunwu understand changes he had missed while living in seclusion.

Giant Mastiff brought Xuanyuan’s request for help against the Buddhist Sect to Kunwu, who refused to directly confront it but offered sanctuary on Kunwu Mountain. Xuanyuan then set out with a small party to protect Western Lands humans willing to resist, and entered the Western World after meeting the people of Longevity Mountain.

• Giant Mastiff told Kunwu that the Human Emperor wanted help freeing Western Lands humans from the Buddhist Sect, but Kunwu declined to challenge the sect and promised protection for anyone who settled in his territory.
• The Spirit of the Ancestral Vein questioned Kunwu’s refusal, and Kunwu explained that Zhunti might disrupt his approaching breakthrough to Primordial Chaos Great Luo.
• Giant Mastiff returned and told Xuanyuan about Kunwu’s offer, so Xuanyuan chose to lead willing humans to settle near Kunwu Mountain rather than wage war on the Buddhist Sect.
• Xuanyuan traveled with the Twelve Golden Immortals, Human Race leaders, and several Quasi-Saints, then met Qing Feng, Ming Yue, and the humans gathered at Longevity Mountain.
• Xuanyuan learned that Zhen Yuanzi had helped the Longevity Mountain humans build cities and thanked him before Ying Long urged him onward.
• Xuanyuan led the party across the mountain range into the Western World and found a harsh land where non-Buddhist beings preyed on one another.

Xuanyuan reached the Western Lands and discovered that the Buddhist Sect had oppressed and brainwashed its human inhabitants. After learning how the Blood River Tribe had been driven to the brink of extinction, Xuanyuan ordered his followers to retrieve their captured clan members, despite Ying Long warning that the Buddhist Sect might be baiting them.

• Xuanyuan saw that Western Lands cities centered on buddha statues and chose to head for the Blood Sea rather than confront their brainwashed worshippers.
• Zhunti learned that Xuanyuan had arrived and told the Buddhas not to act unless he threatened the Buddhist Sect's foundations.
• The Blood River Tribe attacked Xuanyuan's group, mistaking them for enemies, until they recognized Xuanyuan as the Human Race's Co-Lord.
• The tribe's old man told Xuanyuan that the Buddhist Sect had forced them from their lands, attacked them with brainwashed humans and beasts, and abducted their women and children.
• Xuanyuan drew the Xuanyuan Sword and ordered his followers to retrieve the captured clan members, while Ying Long warned that the order could lead them into a trap.

Xuanyuan rescued Humans from Buddhist Sect cities in the Western Lands, prompting Zhunti to send the sect’s disciples after him. As the Buddhist Sect’s forces cornered Xuanyuan before Kunwu Mountain, Ying Long and Xuan Nü fought two Quasi-Saints while Xuanyuan faced a third.

• Xuanyuan led the Blood River Tribe to a city, killed its Buddhist Sect disciples, and ordered his followers to rescue only Humans who belonged to their clans.
• Zhunti ordered the Buddhist Sect’s disciples to capture Xuanyuan, and Kunwu hurried with the Giant Mastiff to meet him after sensing the army’s mobilization.
• The Buddhist Sect’s forces blocked Xuanyuan’s path, and three Quasi-Saints confronted him and his allies.
• Xuan Nü and Ying Long engaged two Quasi-Saints while the third attacked Xuanyuan with an Innate Spiritual Treasure.
• Xuanyuan met the Quasi-Saint’s attack with the Xuanyuan Sword and declared, “Humanity Forever Flourishing!”

Kunwu rescued the unconscious Xuanyuan from a Buddhist Quasi-Saint, but Zhunti blocked the Human Race’s departure. Yuanshi intervened and forced the Buddhist Sect to stand aside, allowing Kunwu and the Human Race to head for Kunwu Mountain.

• A Buddhist Quasi-Saint defeated Xuanyuan and seized him, but Kunwu arrived on the Giant Mastiff and rescued him.
• Kunwu seized the Quasi-Saint, then Zhunti appeared and rescued his subordinate.
• Kunwu demanded that Zhunti let the Human Emperor leave, but Zhunti blocked the Human Race and invoked his Saint’s aura against them.
• Yuanshi arrived and countered Zhunti’s pressure, then threatened to exclude the Buddhist Sect from the Human Emperor’s affairs.
• Zhunti stepped aside, Yuanshi forced the Buddhist disciples to the ground, and the Human Race departed for Kunwu Mountain with Xuanyuan.

After Xuanyuan led Human Race refugees away from the Buddhist Sect, he sought Ming He’s protection for the Blood River Tribe, whose people needed to live near the Blood Sea. Houtu ordered Ming He to accept them into his Asura Teachings, and Ming He saw the refugees’ potential.

• Kunwu left Yuanshi, while Yuanshi warned Zhunti not to interfere with Xuanyuan before he achieved Merit Completion.
• Zhunti ordered the Buddhist Sect disciples to return to the Human Race’s lands and rebuild their faith.
• Xuanyuan woke, helped the refugees build cities in Kunwu’s territory, and learned the Blood River Tribe members planned to return to the Blood Sea.
• Xuan Nü proposed building a city near the Blood Sea and seeking Ming He’s protection; Xuanyuan went to meet Ming He.
• Xuanyuan asked Ming He to help the Blood River Tribe, and Houtu ordered Ming He to accept Human Race members into his Asura Teachings.

Ming He agreed to protect the Human Race in the Western Lands in exchange for some humans joining the Asura Teachings, forcing the Buddhist Sect to withdraw. After Xuanyuan found his successor and completed his reign, he discovered that his daughter Nü Ba had become the first zombie of the Prehistoric Era.

• Ming He agreed to protect the Human Race if some of its members voluntarily joined the Asura Teachings, and Xuanyuan accepted his condition.
• The Asura Clan appeared in the Western Lands, prompting Zhunti to withdraw the Buddhist Sect's forces rather than risk provoking Houtu.
• Xuanyuan searched for a successor, compiled the Huangdi Neijing, and selected his grandson Zhuanxu before achieving Merit Completion.
• Ying Long and Nine Heavens Xuan Nü found Nü Ba sealed in a Stone Coffin beneath Zhuolu Plain, and Xuanyuan opened it.
• Nü Ba's Drought Qi turned the surrounding land into a desert, and she begged Xuanyuan to leave to protect the Human Race.
• Xuan Nü explained that Nü Ba had awakened the Origin of the Ancestor of Zombies and become the first zombie of the Prehistoric Era.

Xuanyuan completed his merit, abdicated the Human Emperor’s position to Zhuanxu, and prepared to seek help for Nü Ba after stepping down. As the Human Dao manifested, the Prehistoric Era’s lands began to separate and gather around the Human Race’s territory, leaving Zhuanxu to face a transformed world.

• Xuan Nü suggested Xuanyuan seek the Dao Venerable at the ancestral land to save Nü Ba, and Xuanyuan sealed the area around her before returning to the Human Race.
• Xuanyuan proclaimed his merit complete and abdicated in favor of Zhuanxu, while the Human Dao rewarded Xuanyuan, his followers, and his supporters.
• Xuanyuan appointed his Twelve Generals as the Twelve Yuan Chen, and the twelve men advanced to the early Quasi-Saint realm.
• Xuanyuan thanked Guang Chengzi and Xuan Nü, gave the golden book page to the Human Race, and recognized that his bond with Guang Chengzi was effectively over.
• The Human Dao fully manifested, and Heaven and Earth began dividing and rearranging their lands as territory from across the continents converged around the Human Race’s domain.

After Xuanyuan completed his reign as Human Emperor, Xuan Qing returned to seclusion, Kunwu gained an opportunity to break through, and Tongtian and Yuanshi chose who would guide Zhuanxu. Duobao and Jin Ling were assigned the Jie Sect’s opportunities, while Yuanshi sent Guang Chengzi to try again despite his earlier failure.

• Xuan Qing returned to Azure Nether Island to contemplate after another insight descended, and the saints departed from the Human Race as Zhuanxu took over as Human Emperor.
• Xuanyuan set out for the Human Ancestral Land, while the Primordial Heaven-Measuring Ruler flew back toward the Blood Sea and he kept the Treasure-Dropping Coin.
• Kunwu received Human Dao Destiny after helping Xuanyuan and entered seclusion to break through toward Primordial Chaos Great Luo.
• Tongtian ordered Duobao to assist Zhuanxu and chose Jin Ling for the next opportunity after Yunxiao explained that she was the most suitable disciple.
• Yuanshi blamed Guang Chengzi and his other disciples for failing to earn the Human Emperor’s recognition, then decided Guang Chengzi would guide the next Human Emperor.

Yuanshi chose Guang Chengzi to teach the next Human Emperor, deepening resentment among the other Chan Sect disciples, while Ran Deng plotted with Cihang and three others to create trouble for him. As Zhuanxu began his reign, Duobao entered Human territory and helped establish customs and systems under the Human Dao’s protection.

• Yuanshi assigned Guang Chengzi to assist the next Human Emperor, and the other disciples withdrew from him while Nanji left Kunlun Mountain.
• Ran Deng met with Cihang and three other disciples, then proposed secretly creating difficulties for Guang Chengzi during his mission; they agreed after he concealed the heavenly secrets.
• After Zhuanxu ascended the throne, Duobao entered Human territory and discovered that the Human Dao’s power suppressed visitors’ strength.
• Duobao guided Zhuanxu in improving regional government, establishing marriage customs and social ethics, and creating a Human calendar with the Twenty-Four Solar Terms.

Di Jun returned from death by proving the Dao as a Demonic Saint and learned that the Primordial Land had changed during his absence. He reached the Heavenly Court seeking news of the Demon Clan, and Yaochi told him its former members had gone to the Demon Continent.

• Di Jun fused the Solar Star and Demonic Path origins, devoured the remnants of the Witch-Demon War, and became a Demonic Saint.
• Fuxi and the other saints met Di Jun, warned him to restrain his Demonic Path Dao Resonance, and heard his promise not to wreak havoc in the Primordial Land.
• Di Jun told the saints that he wanted to see Xi He and Lu Ya, then flew toward the Primordial Land.
• Di Jun found that the Heavenly Court had become a tranquil land of immortal officials rather than the former Demon Clan stronghold.
• Yaochi met Di Jun, and he asked where the Demon Clan had gone; Yaochi said its former members had gone to the Demon Continent.

After returning to the Prehistoric Era, Di Jun learned of the Witch-Demon War’s devastating aftermath and searched for Xi He before reuniting with Lu Ya on the Solar Star. He then set out to visit his surviving Demon Clan friends, reflecting on the Human Race and the Western Lands.

• Yaochi told Di Jun that Tai Yi had died in the Witch-Demon War, and Di Jun asked her and Haotian to preserve the Heavenly Court before departing for the Starry Sky.
• Di Jun found Chang'e guarding the Lunar Star and learned that Xi He had left long ago, then returned to the Solar Star and reunited with Lu Ya.
• Lu Ya told Di Jun that Chang Xi and his mother had left after Dao Venerable visited, and Di Jun spent time with his son before leaving to find Bai Ze and Ying Zhao.
• Di Jun passed Wuzhuang Temple, where Zhen Yuanzi asked whether he regretted his past decision, and Di Jun remained silent.
• As Di Jun crossed the Western Continent, he reflected that the Western Lands’ stagnant state might lead to another great calamity.

Di Jun returned to Demon Continent and reunited with Bai Ze, Ying Zhao, and the surviving demons, but learned that he could not freely lead them because of the rules imposed after the Witch-Demon War. As he left to seek news of Xi He, Zhunti confronted him and warned him that a Saint could not fight in the Prehistoric Era.

• Di Jun arrived at Demon Continent, where the surviving elders recognized him and Bai Ze and Ying Zhao welcomed him back.
• Di Jun apologized for the Demon Clan's hardships, revealed that he had become a Saint, and promised to move them east, but Bai Ze warned that the Dao Venerable had confined them there as punishment.
• Bai Ze told Di Jun that Empress Pingxin had taken the defeated Witch Clan to the Underworld, and explained that Di Jun's protection would discourage Zhunti from preying on the demons.
• Di Jun asked about Xi He's whereabouts and learned that he would need to ask Empress Wang Shu or the Dao Venerable, so he decided to travel east.
• As Di Jun left Demon Continent, he encountered Zhunti and threatened him over his treatment of the Demon Clan, but Zhunti invoked the rule forbidding Saints from fighting in the Prehistoric Era.

Di Jun challenged Zhunti in the Outer Heavens, but the newly crowned First Heaven Saint was outmatched by the Second Heaven Saint. Luohu intervened before Zhunti could finish Di Jun off and punished Zhunti, leaving him defeated once again.

• Di Jun challenged Zhunti to battle in the Outer Heavens, alarming Bai Ze and the other members of the Demon Clan.
• Di Jun attacked Zhunti with the Magic Star Sword, but Zhunti dispersed his first strike with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree.
• Di Jun wounded Zhunti's Spiritual Treasure in their next clash, though the stronger Zhunti soon battered Di Jun and sent him flying.
• Zhunti summoned Buddhist power to crush Di Jun with a golden palm, but Luohu appeared and erased the attack.
• Luohu condemned Zhunti for bullying a Saint of the Demonic Path and struck him down, prompting Zhunti to protest.

Nuwa punished Di Jun for his past crimes against the Human Race, while Luohu clashed with the Saints in the Outer Heavens. Di Jun accepted death to settle the Human Race’s resentment, and Luohu withdrew.

• The Three Pure Ones, Zhunti, Jieyin, and Nuwa confronted Luohu, who drew them into a demonic battlefield and challenged them to attack together.
• Nuwa invoked Di Jun’s Karma against the Human Race and bound him with the Human-Creating Whip, inflicting severe torment.
• Luohu tried to stop Nuwa, but Han Xi blocked his attack and explained that Di Jun had to settle his Karma with the Human Race.
• Di Jun stopped resisting and accepted death beneath the Human-Creating Whip, easing the Human Race’s resentment and strengthening the Human Dao.
• Luohu left for the Heavenly Demon Realm, and the demonic world vanished as the Saints lowered their guard.

Han Xi settled Nuwa’s grievance with Di Jun, revealed that Tai Yi survived, and sent Di Jun to find Xi He in the Netherworld. There, Di Jun discovered that his deceased son Bo Huang had also returned to life.

• Nuwa thanked Han Xi after her grievance was resolved, then returned to Zhou Mountain to pursue a breakthrough.
• Han Xi told the resurrected Di Jun that Tai Yi was alive but should not be approached, and revealed that Xi He was in the Netherworld.
• Han Xi warned Di Jun not to interfere in the Demon Clan’s affairs, and he flew toward the Blood Sea to find Xi He.
• Ming He stopped Di Jun from probing a protected area and led him into the transformed Netherworld.
• Di Jun sensed a familiar aura at the Nether Sun and found his supposedly dead son Bo Huang alive.

Di Jun reunited with Xi He after Bo Huang explained how their children had been resurrected, while Houtu hoped her remaining brothers would return. After reaching the Ninth Heaven of the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal, Xuan Qing prepared to enter Return to Void with Zhuo Guang, leaving the others on Azure Nether Island.

• Bo Huang told Di Jun that Dao Venerable had resurrected his children and directed him to Xi He on the Nether Moon.
• Di Jun reunited with Xi He, and Houtu watched them before asking when her remaining brothers would return.
• Xuan Qing’s aura stabilized after he broke through to the Ninth Heaven of the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal.
• Xuan Qing refused to bring Qing Ya and the others into Return to Void, choosing only Zhuo Guang as his companion.
• Xuan Qing told Zu Long to keep their journey secret, then entered Return to Void with Zhuo Guang, shielding him from its destructive power.

Xuan Qing and Zhuo Guang traveled through the Return to Void, where they saw countless worlds being destroyed, until they found Zhuo Guang’s original world resisting its end. Xuan Qing rescued Zhuo Guang from a storm, and Zhuo Guang reunited with Hongjun and the Three Pure Ones, who were astonished that he had survived.

• Xuan Qing explained that worlds naturally returned to the Return to Void when they reached their end, and Zhuo Guang saw countless civilizations vanish within its currents.
• Xuan Qing tested a world bubble with Mystic Light, causing its Dao Patterns and the entire world to dissolve more quickly.
• The pair discovered Zhuo Guang’s original world, where Hongjun, the Three Pure Ones, and others were defending against the Return to Void.
• Zhuo Guang rushed toward the world, but Xuan Qing destroyed the storm threatening him and helped him reach its barrier.
• Hongjun and the others asked who the visitor was, and Zhuo Guang identified himself as Lu Ya, shocking them with his survival.

Xuan Qing saved the Prehistoric Era from the Return to Void and learned from its Heavenly Dao that its fragment of Supreme Destiny had vanished. Zhuo Guang revealed the origins of the six supreme existences, and the saints recognized Xuan Qing as the Immeasurable Dao Venerable.

• Nuwa and the saints prepared to open the Realm Wall for Lu Ya, but Xuan Qing stopped them and protected the world Bubble with Immeasurable Law.
• Xuan Qing entered the Prehistoric Era, where its trembling Heavenly Dao spoke with him and explained how its fragment of Supreme Destiny had vanished.
• Zhuo Guang explained the six supreme existences, including Creation, Annihilation, Supreme Destiny, Chaos, Reincarnation, and Infinite.
• The saints learned that Xuan Qing controlled the Immeasurable Law and bowed to him as the Immeasurable Dao Venerable.