Chapter Summaries

Xuan Qing and Han Xi reached the summit of Zhou Mountain, where axe-light imprints sent them into Enlightenment. At the mountain’s foot, the Three Pure Ones worshipped at an altar and received a connection to their own opportunity before climbing toward it.

• Xuan Qing stopped Han Xi from entering the Twelve-grade Green Lotus Formation, explaining that its opportunity was not meant for them.
• Han Xi endured Zhou Mountain’s crushing pressure as she climbed with Xuan Qing, who reached the summit ahead of her.
• An axe-light imprint entered Xuan Qing’s sea of consciousness and sent him into Enlightenment at the empty summit.
• A second axe light healed Han Xi’s injuries, gave her an imprint, and sent her into Enlightenment as well.
• The Three Pure Ones arrived at Zhou Mountain, worshipped at the altar, and received a spiritual connection to an opportunity.
• The Three Pure Ones climbed toward the source of their opportunity and arrived outside an innate Formation.

The Three Pure Ones and Nuwa obtained treasures from the disintegrating Twelve-grade Green Lotus, while Xuan Qing watched from Zhou Mountain and assessed his growing strength. The chapter ended with a blank Primordial Spirit flying out from the Pangu Imprint into his sea of consciousness.

• Tongtian spent tens of thousands of years breaking the innate formation, and the Three Pure Ones found the Green Lotus of Creation in a cave.
• Fuxi and Nuwa arrived, and the two sides fought over the lotus until it shone and disintegrated into three treasures for Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian.
• Laozi agreed to split the Three Lights Divine Water with Nuwa and Fuxi, who took the lotus roots and left.
• Xuan Qing and Han Xi watched the events through the Green Lotus of Creation, and Xuan Qing reflected on his connection to Nuwa.
• Xuan Qing found that his three laws had reached ninety percent and that he had advanced to the peak of the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm.
• Xuan Qing noticed an abnormal movement in his sea of consciousness as a blank Primordial Spirit flew out from the imprint.

Xuan Qing discovered a blank Primordial Spirit on Zhou Mountain and then brought Han Xi to meet Nuwa and Fuxi. He took Nuwa as his disciple, leaving the formal ceremony for a later visit to his Dao Field.

• Xuan Qing found a blank Primordial Spirit and wondered whether it was an opportunity meant for the Witch Clan, but decided to observe them before acting.
• Han Xi advanced to late Primordial Origin Golden Immortal, crashed through a Space Rift with Xuan Qing, and found the depleted Formation space.
• Xuan Qing asked whether Han Xi wanted a disciple, then took her to Phoenix Nest Mountain to meet Nuwa and Fuxi.
• Nuwa gave Fuxi the Azure Lotus root, while Fuxi’s breakthrough to Grand Luo Golden Immortal was attributed to Nuwa yielding the Yin Yang Origin to him.
• Xuan Qing revealed that he was above Daluo and offered to take Nuwa as his disciple; Nuwa accepted, and he postponed the formal ceremony until she visited his Dao Field.

Xuan Qing accepted Nuwa as his disciple, then traveled with Han Xi to retrieve the Karma Fire Red Lotus from the Blood Sea. They left Ming He behind after he claimed the lotus as his Companion Spiritual Treasure and challenged them, while he wondered who they were.

• Xuan Qing introduced Han Xi as Nuwa's Martial Aunt, and Han Xi gave Nuwa the Wind-Quelling Pearl before Xuan Qing imparted insights into the Law of Creation and the coordinates of his Dao Field.
• Nuwa celebrated having a teacher and set out with Fuxi for Xuan Qing's Dao Field in the East Sea.
• Han Xi rejoiced over becoming a Martial Aunt, and Xuan Qing reminded her to maintain her dignity before they headed to the Blood Sea.
• Xuan Qing removed the Karma Fire Red Lotus from its damaged Formation, and it transformed into a Lotus Throne as Han Xi spotted several Lotus Seeds.
• Ming He confronted Xuan Qing and Han Xi, claiming the lotus as his Companion Spiritual Treasure and summoning Yuantu and Abi.
• Xuan Qing and Han Xi vanished without fighting, leaving Ming He to realize they were far stronger than he was.

Xuan Qing and Han Xi visited the Blood Sea and found its thirty-six Cavern Heaven worlds crowded with Remnant Souls, while ten forested islands had given rise to Pure Ginko Tree sprites. After meeting one sprite that helped sustain the islands, they left it to grow and returned to Azure Nether Island.

• Xuan Qing saw countless Remnant Souls filling the thirty-six Cavern Heaven worlds and refused Han Xi's suggestion to create more worlds, saying they could no longer interfere with them.
• Xuan Qing and Han Xi explored the expanded blood-red islands and discovered a little winged sprite born from a Pure Ginko Tree.
• The sprite told Han Xi it could control the forest and strengthen the island's purification of foul qi, which had nearly failed under the effects of the Measure Tribulation.
• Xuan Qing considered how beings like the sprite might relate to mountain and river deities and thought of guiding Zhen Yuanzi toward the Earth Dao in the future.
• Xuan Qing left the sprite to grow, then returned with Han Xi to Azure Nether Island.

Wang Shu met Chang Xi and Xi He on the Lunar Star, accepted them as disciples, and warned them to cultivate carefully. On the Primordial Land, Di Jun and Tai Yi met Bai Ze, who told them that powerful men were slaughtering and eating other beings, and asked for their help.

• Wang Shu stopped Chang Xi and Xi He from leaving the Lunar Star, revealed that she was a Star God, and accepted them as disciples.
• Wang Shu gave Xi He and Chang Xi Laurel Wine, warned them about the dangers of the Primordial Land, and taught them about laws.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi left the Solar Star for the Primordial Land and decided they would keep the Fusang Wood while seeking a chance to establish another Dao Field.
• Bai Ze introduced himself to Di Jun and Tai Yi and told them that more than a dozen Big Men had been slaughtering and eating other beings.
• Bai Ze asked Di Jun and Tai Yi to help drive the strong men away.

Di Jun and Tai Yi joined Bai Ze’s group, only to be confronted by the Twelve Ancestral Witches and drawn into battle. The Witches withdrew to Pangu Hall, where they recognized the Golden Crows’ power and discussed preparing for future enemies.

• Di Jun asked about Bai Ze’s forces, then followed Bai Ze with Tai Yi to his base and met the group’s eight Grand Luo Golden Immortals.
• Zhu Rong and the other Ancestral Witches appeared and blocked the group’s exit, prompting Tai Yi and Di Jun to attack with the Chaos Bell, River Diagram, and Luo Script.
• Bai Ze rallied his allies to support the Golden Crow brothers, and the two sides fought until the Ancestral Witches withdrew to Pangu Hall.
• Zhu Rong and Gonggong argued over the battle, but Xuan Ming stopped them and Houtu calmed the group.
• Di Jiang and Zhu Jiuyin warned that the Golden Crows might be connected to Pangu, while Houtu urged the Ancestral Witches to strengthen themselves against future enemies.

Di Jiang ordered Gonggong and Zhu Rong to stop slaughtering living beings, while Bai Ze and his followers joined Di Jun and Tai Yi, establishing the first rudiments of the Demon Clan. In the East Sea, Nuwa and Fuxi rejected East King Duke’s advances and found their way into Xuan Qing’s hidden Azure Nether Sea Domain.

• Di Jiang forbade Gonggong and Zhu Rong from hunting living beings for food, and they reluctantly agreed.
• Bai Ze and the others offered to follow Di Jun and Tai Yi, who accepted them and formed the first rudiments of the Demon Clan.
• Nuwa and Fuxi rebuffed East King Duke when he tried to recruit them, and he grew resentful as they left for the Azure Nether Sea Domain.
• Fuxi noticed that the calm waters at their destination were unusual, and he and Nuwa passed through a hidden barrier into the Azure Nether Sea Domain.

Nuwa and Fuxi arrived at Xuan Qing’s Azure Nether Sea Domain and met their master on Azure Nether Island. Xuan Qing revealed the Prehistoric Era’s hidden history and his realm, leaving them to reconsider what they knew about the world.

• Xuan Qing sent Chong Shan to welcome Nuwa and Fuxi, who were impressed by the peaceful Azure Nether Sea Domain and its many Grand Luo Golden Immortals.
• Chong Shan guided Nuwa and Fuxi through the domain, explaining that its inhabitants had sought refuge from the conflicts of the Prehistoric Era and that its many Cavern Heavens were provided for wandering cultivators.
• Xuan Qing appeared before Nuwa and Fuxi on Azure Nether Island and dismissed Chong Shan after warning him that another great age was approaching.
• Xuan Qing told Nuwa and Fuxi that the Prehistoric Era had reached its tenth Measure Tribulation and that powerful beings had existed since the seventh.
• Xuan Qing revealed that he was a Primordial Origin Golden Immortal, a realm above Grand Luo, and Nuwa grew angry that the Heavenly Dao had misled them.

Xuan Qing assigned Nuwa to learn spiritual-root cultivation and sent Fuxi to Han Xi for guidance in the Law of Yin Yang. Nuwa and Fuxi were left facing punishing training tasks at Azure Nether Island.

• Xuan Qing warned Nuwa and Fuxi not to blame or speak carelessly about the Heavenly Dao, then introduced them to Qing Ya and Qing Ling.
• Xuan Qing instructed Nuwa to learn spiritual-root cultivation from Qing Ya and directed Fuxi to seek guidance from Han Xi.
• Han Xi led Nuwa and Fuxi to Divine Water Lake, where they were astonished by its Three Lights Divine Water and many spiritual roots.
• Qing Ya gave Nuwa a huge pile of spiritual-root branches and ordered her to learn the cultivation process and handle the roots herself.
• Han Xi took Fuxi to Enlightenment Palace, kicked him into the Great Yin-Yang Millstone, and made him endure its trial as his training.

Hong Yun fled to Wuzhuang Temple after repeated ambushes, but Gu Diao and his allies pursued him there and were unable to break Zhen Yuanzi’s Earth Book Formation. Gu Diao then reported the Earth Book to his mysterious lord, who recognized it and ordered him to retrieve it.

• Han Xi left Fuxi and went to Divine Water Lake to visit Nuwa, while Nuwa and Fuxi continued their painful cultivation.
• After being repeatedly ambushed, Hong Yun returned to Wuzhuang Temple and told Zhen Yuanzi about his troubles.
• Gu Diao arrived with six or seven Grand Luo Golden Immortals, but Zhen Yuanzi used the Earth Book to shield the temple from their attacks for hundreds of years.
• Gu Diao and his group gave up and left, while Hong Yun stayed at Wuzhuang Temple to cultivate with Zhen Yuanzi.
• Gu Diao told his mysterious lord that the Earth Book could activate a Formation without consuming its owner's Magic Power.
• The mysterious lord recognized the Earth Book, revealed his plan to add it to the Mountain Sea Scroll, and ordered Gu Diao to retrieve it after the Heavenly Dao prevented him from leaving the valley.

Hongjun attained sainthood and announced that he would preach at Zixiao Palace, shocking the Prehistoric Era. Xuan Qing explained the difference between Great Dao and Heavenly Dao cultivation, then refined top-grade innate spiritual treasures for Nuwa and Fuxi.

• An overwhelming pressure swept across the Prehistoric Era, forcing even Golden Immortals and Ancestral Witches to kneel, while Azure Nether Island's formation shielded its inhabitants.
• Hongjun proclaimed that he had become a Saint and invited those fated to hear his teachings at Zixiao Palace three thousand Kalpas later.
• Xuan Qing allowed Nuwa and Fuxi to attend Hongjun's sermon but told the others that the Heavenly Dao teachings were not suited to their Great Dao cultivation.
• Nuwa requested a long whip and Fuxi requested a zither, so Xuan Qing refined two high-grade innate spiritual treasures and elevated them into top-grade treasures with the Cauldron of Creation.

Xuan Qing intervened when Hongjun tried to force Yang Mei out of the Prehistoric Era, persuading the Heavenly Dao to let him stay if he swore not to harm the world and to help resist the Chaos Demon Gods. The three left together for Zixiao Palace, while Luohu lamented that Xuan Qing had ruined his chance to exploit their conflict.

• Xuan Qing sensed Hongjun and Yang Mei fighting in the Outer Heavens and left Azure Nether Island to investigate.
• Hongjun demanded Yang Mei leave the Prehistoric Era, and Yang Mei refused, using the Law of Space to seize Hongjun's Innate Supreme Treasures.
• Xuan Qing asked the Heavenly Dao to let Yang Mei remain if he made a Great Dao Oath to protect the Prehistoric Era and oppose the Chaos Demon Gods.
• The Heavenly Dao agreed, and Yang Mei returned Hongjun's Spiritual Treasures before the three exchanged congratulations and set off for Zixiao Palace.
• Luohu appeared at the battlefield and regretted that Xuan Qing had prevented Hongjun and Yang Mei from fighting to the death.

Xuan Qing and Yang Mei visited Hongjun at Zixiao Palace, where they learned how the Heavenly Dao regarded Xuan Qing and discussed Hongjun’s sermon and Sainthood. They left as the sermon drew near, and Xuan Qing explained to Yang Mei how a Saint differed from a Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal.

• Luohu returned to the Demon Realm after submitting to Xuan Qing and the others’ pressure.
• Hongjun welcomed Xuan Qing and Yang Mei to Zixiao Palace and revealed that the Heavenly Dao regarded Xuan Qing as the incarnation of Supreme Destiny.
• Xuan Qing recognized Hongjun’s Flat Peaches as the Ren Water Peaches from West Kunlun, and Hongjun said the Heavenly Dao had brought them to him.
• Yang Mei gave Haotian and Yaochi Three Lights Divine Water, while Xuan Qing gave each of them a Supreme-Grade Innate Spirit Fruit.
• Hongjun explained that he would sermonize to repay the Heavenly Dao’s help in attaining Sainthood, and Xuan Qing and Yang Mei departed as living beings arrived.
• Yang Mei asked Xuan Qing about Sainthood, and Xuan Qing explained that Saints drew strength from the Prehistoric Era while Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortals relied on their own power.

Xuan Qing asked Yang Mei to watch for Chaos Demon Gods while he returned to seclusion, as powerful figures traveled through Chaos to hear Hongjun lecture at Zixiao Palace. The Three Pure Ones arrived first and waited at the closed gates, where Yuanshi began insulting Nuwa after she and Fuxi arrived.

• Xuan Qing asked Yang Mei to monitor the Chaos Demon Gods while he returned to Azure Nether Island to cultivate.
• The Three Pure Ones entered the Outer Heavens under Laozi's protection, and a Grand Unity Golden Immortal was annihilated by the Chaos energy flow.
• Nuwa warned the gathered living beings that those below the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm could not safely enter Chaos, then she and Fuxi continued toward Zixiao Palace.
• Hong Yun was thrown back by a Chaos current until Zhen Yuanzi used the Earth Book to protect them, while Di Jun, Tai Yi, Di Jiang, and other powerful figures also traveled onward.
• The Three Pure Ones arrived first at Zixiao Palace and met its attendants, Haotian and Yaochi, who said the gates would remain closed until the other fated guests arrived.
• Fuxi and Nuwa arrived, and Yuanshi mocked Nuwa for coming late to the Dao lecture.

Zhunti and Jieyin arrived at Zixiao Palace just as the doors were closing, only to find all six front-row cushions occupied. Zhunti began a tearful performance to try to claim a seat, and Nuwa recognized that the brothers were scheming.

• Laozi told Yuanshi to stop provoking the others, and Hong Yun's arrival eased the awkward mood.
• Di Jun, Tai Yi, and the Ancestral Witches arrived ready to fight, but Haotian warned them that private fighting was forbidden in Zixiao Palace.
• The Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Hong Yun, and Kunpeng claimed the six front-row cushions, while Fuxi and Zhen Yuanzi sat behind their companions as protectors.
• Jieyin and Zhunti rushed into Zixiao Palace at the last moment and saw that the front-row cushions were taken.
• Zhunti wept and lamented their hardships to stir sympathy, while Nuwa suspected the brothers were pretending in hopes of obtaining a cushion.

Zhunti won Hong Yun’s meditation cushion by feigning despair, then joined Jieyin in forcing Kunpeng from his seat. Haotian stopped Kunpeng from retaliating, leaving him to retreat to the second row and resent Yuanshi.

• Zhunti pretended he would kill himself, and Hong Yun gave him his meditation cushion despite Zhen Yuanzi’s objections.
• Zhunti took the seat and thanked Hong Yun, who regretted giving it up but accepted the decision.
• Zhunti demanded that Kunpeng yield his seat to Jieyin, and Yuanshi insulted Kunpeng as a damp-born egg-layer and furred, armored beast.
• Zhunti knocked Kunpeng from his cushion with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, and Jieyin took the seat.
• Haotian forbade fighting in the Saint’s Dao field, so Kunpeng retreated to the second row and glared resentfully at Yuanshi.

Hongjun preached in Zixiao Palace, and the gathered beings later followed their opportunities to Zhou Mountain. They waited before a Formation that would open only when all the destined people arrived.

• Kunpeng blamed Hong Yun for his troubles, and Zhen Yuanzi warned Hong Yun to be careful.
• Hongjun appeared in Zixiao Palace, announced three sermons, and began preaching the Dao.
• Hongjun explained cultivation realms and methods for Golden Immortal and Grand Unity Golden Immortal cultivation before ending the sermon.
• After leaving the Dao Field, Zhu Rong complained about the sermon, and Tai Yi mocked the Ancestral Witches.
• Nuwa sensed an opportunity at Zhou Mountain, Hong Yun sensed one there too, and the Three Pure Ones arrived before a Formation that resisted their attempt to break it.
• Nuwa, Fuxi, Di Jun, and Tai Yi joined the Three Pure Ones, who waited over a hundred years for the remaining destined people to arrive.

The great powers gathered at Zhou Mountain to claim the seven gourds, which chose Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Nuwa, Hong Yun, and Tai Yi, while Hongjun took the last one. Nuwa seized the Gourd Vine and Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, then left with Fuxi after intimidating the remaining powers.

• Di Jun proposed dividing the seven gourds, but the great powers argued over how to share them and drove Jieyin and Zhunti away.
• The ripened gourds chose Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Nuwa, Hong Yun, and Tai Yi; Kunpeng was repelled when he tried to grab one and flew north in humiliation.
• Hongjun's giant hand took the final gourd before East King Duke could claim it.
• Nuwa pulled up the Gourd Vine and found Nine Heavens Breathing Soil at its roots.
• Nuwa displayed her strength and spiritual treasures, then left with Fuxi while Laozi warned that she might be beyond his ability to defeat.

After Nuwa brought the dying Gourd Vine to Xuan Qing, it revived as a Chaos Spiritual Root and triggered a surge of power that swept him into Chaos. Nuwa returned to cultivate while Xuan Qing underwent a transformation in Chaos, and Hong Yun finished refining his red gourd into a new treasure.

• Hong Yun discovered that his red gourd contained forty-eight Innate Dao Patterns, while Tongtian recognized that his own gourd could become a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, and the Three Pure Ones returned to Kunlun Mountain.
• Nuwa asked Xuan Qing how to refine her golden gourd and showed him the Gourd Vine she had taken from Zhou Mountain.
• Xuan Qing found that the Gourd Vine still had a trace of vitality, brought it and Nuwa to Divine Water Lake, and watched it revive by absorbing Chaos Qi.
• The three Chaos Spiritual Roots sent their Chaos Origins into Xuan Qing, and the resulting collapse swept him into Chaos as Nuwa fell into the lake.
• Han Xi reassured Nuwa that Xuan Qing might gain an opportunity, and Nuwa returned to cultivation.
• One Kalpa later, Hong Yun completed the Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd by refining Soul Refining Sand into his red gourd.