Chapter Summaries

Qi WuHuo, acting as Great Emperor Dongyang, attacked the Tian Shu Institute and challenged its authority before the Jade Emperor. He agreed to a three-round contest with the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable, with the position of Judicial True Lord at stake, and the first round was set to test talismans.

• Great Emperor Dongyang struck the Tian Shu Institute with flames, and the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable dispersed them before accusing him of violating the Heavenly Laws and Regulations.
• Great Emperor Dongyang challenged the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable’s authority, and the two went to the Soaring Heavens Palace to present their cases to Jade Emperor Zhang Xiaoyu.
• Great Emperor Dongyang accused the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable of interfering in the Bureau of Dipper and Human Dao Destiny, and Zhang Xiaoyu dismissed the charges against him.
• The Judicial Great Celestial Venerable challenged Great Emperor Dongyang to a contest, and they agreed to three rounds with the position of Judicial True Lord as the stake.
• The Jade Emperor used the Book of Heaven to select the first round’s discipline, which was talismans.

Qi WuHuo used a talisman of his own creation to shatter the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable’s world-encompassing talisman and left the Heavenly Realm covered in snow. His victory stunned both the Dipper Department and the Tian Shu Institute, while Yun Qin caught her first snowflakes.

• The Judicial Great Celestial Venerable began the contest by creating a divine talisman that contained all of Chiming Heyang Heaven and could endlessly transform.
• Old Yellow Ox found Yun Qin among the battered disciples she had fought, and she read Wu Huo’s message and realized he missed her.
• The Judicial Great Celestial Venerable sent his talisman toward Great Emperor Dongyang and the Dipper Department, forcing Qi WuHuo to respond.
• Qi WuHuo halted the Heaven-creating vision within his talisman and struck with a single golden-red stroke that broke the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable’s talisman.
• Great Emperor Dongyang absorbed the talisman’s released primordial Qi, turning it into snow that fell across the Heavenly Realm as Yun Qin caught flakes for the first time.
• When the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable asked where the unprecedented talisman came from, Great Emperor Dongyang said he had created it himself.

Qi WuHuo won the first match against the Judicial Heavenly Venerable when Great Emperor Ziwei ruled that his original talisman surpassed his opponent’s in speed. Great Emperor Ziwei chose magic for the second match, recognized Qi WuHuo as the former Fire Luminary, and challenged him to prove how much he had improved.

• Yuqing Primordial Celestial Venerable and Shangqing Great Dao Lord reacted to Qi WuHuo creating a new talisman, while Tai Shang tried to calm their argument over whether to watch their disciple.
• Yuqing Primordial Celestial Venerable reinforced Qi WuHuo’s Fuxi Qin with talismans and praised the style shared by the Three Pure Ones.
• Great Emperor Ziwei judged Qi WuHuo’s single-stroke talisman equal in rank to the Judicial Heavenly Venerable’s, but awarded the first match to Qi WuHuo because he had formed it more quickly.
• The Jade Emperor prepared a sword match, but Great Emperor Ziwei changed the second match to magic after noticing Qi WuHuo had shielded Yun Qin from the clash.
• Qi WuHuo realized Great Emperor Ziwei recognized him as the former Fire Luminary, and Great Emperor Ziwei told Yun Qin to show him the Dipper Department after the contest.

Qi WuHuo, appearing as the Great Emperor Dongyang, faced the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable in a contest of Law and revealed a Dao capable of breaking the Venerable’s constructed world. As their Laws collided, Qi WuHuo discovered the vast ritual underlying the Venerable’s Order and began reverse-engineering it with the authority of Taiyi.

• The Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole arranged for Yun Qin to guide the Great Emperor Dongyang, while the immortals gathered to watch the contest.
• The Judicial Great Celestial Venerable opened the first match by enclosing Qi WuHuo in a world created through his Law.
• Qi WuHuo used his Severing Sword to shatter the constructed world, bringing their opposing Laws to a draw.
• The Judicial Great Celestial Venerable tried to analyze Fire Luminary’s resonance, but Qi WuHuo broke it apart with the Divine Weapon of Zhu Rong.
• Qi WuHuo sensed the Grand Ritual beneath the Venerable’s Law and recognized it as an Order built upon the self.
• As the two emperors clashed again, Qi WuHuo used Taiyi’s authority to analyze and dismantle the nature of the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable’s Order, shifting the Five Qi within himself.

Qi WuHuo used Zhu Rong’s power and the Taiyi Cultivation Body to seize the foundations of the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable’s ritual, but the judges awarded the second contest to the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable. After the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable challenged him to a final combat, Qi WuHuo accepted and prepared to use the Eight Treasures Ruyi Glazed Bottle.

• Qi WuHuo and the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable clashed their Daoist resonance, and Qi WuHuo imprinted the other’s ritual and methods into his Taiyi Cultivation Body.
• The Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole declared that the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable had won the contest of [Law], leaving the contest tied at one win apiece.
• The Judicial Great Celestial Venerable challenged the Great Emperor Dongyang to a final contest of [Combat], and Qi WuHuo accepted on his behalf.
• The Judicial Great Celestial Venerable invited Qi WuHuo to use every method and treasure, and Qi WuHuo asked permission to use a move that would darken the sun and moon.
• After the Jade Emperor and the Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole permitted it, Qi WuHuo revealed the Eight Treasures Ruyi Glazed Bottle.

Qi WuHuo demonstrated his power before the Celestial Court by drawing the light of the stars into the Eight Treasures Ruyi Glazed Bottle and using it to unleash a spear formed from the Myriad Phenomena of Stars. He ended the clash by declaring that Judicial Great Celestial Venerable had lost.

• Great Emperor Dongyang asked the Jade Emperor and Great Emperor Ziwei to release the stars from their restraints, and the Star Lords exposed the full power of the constellations.
• Qi WuHuo commanded Taiyi and drew the stars’ light into the Eight Treasures Ruyi Glazed Bottle, plunging the human world into darkness before Fire Luminary blazed across the heavens.
• Yuqing Primordial Celestial Venerable taunted Shangqing Great Dao Lord about the overflowing bottle, provoking Shangqing to draw his sword.
• Qi WuHuo gathered the remaining starlight into a Heavenly Manifestation of Fire God Zhu Rong and formed a spear from the Myriad Phenomena of Stars.
• Judicial Great Celestial Venerable blocked Qi WuHuo’s spear, but the clash shattered the order and law-veins in the void.
• Great Emperor Dongyang raised his spear and told Judicial Great Celestial Venerable that he had lost.

After Great Emperor Dongyang defeated the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable, he claimed the Judicial True Lord’s rank, and the Flame Luminary absorbed the power of the stars. Qi WuHuo used the talisman to help it complete its transformation, leaving the Flame Luminary enthroned as the [Central Heaven].

• The Judicial Great Celestial Venerable admitted defeat and surrendered the Judicial True Lord’s rank to Great Emperor Dongyang, while the Jade Emperor praised Qi WuHuo and restrained his killing intent.
• The Judicial True Lord lost his divine rank, and Old Yellow Ox rejected his attempt to seek forgiveness by mocking him as a dog blocking the road.
• Great Emperor Dongyang withdrew his divine art, allowing the stars, Heavenly River, moon, and sun to return to the sky.
• The Flame Luminary drew in the power of the Four Symbols and Twenty-Eight Mansions, and Qi WuHuo sent the Judicial True Lord’s talisman into the stars to complete its transformation.
• The Flame Luminary reached the position of [Central Heaven], becoming the sole light in heaven and earth.

Fire Luminary rose to Midheaven and transferred Zhu Rong’s Qi to Qi WuHuo, while the Judicial Heavenly Venerable accused Great Emperor Dongyang of being True Martial and violating Heavenly Court law. With permission to reveal himself, Qi WuHuo shed his disguise and declared that he was Taixuan, a Disciple of Yuxu whose master was Yuqing Primordial Celestial Venerable.

• Fire Luminary swallowed the Judicial True Lord’s status talisman, ascended to Midheaven, and sent Zhu Rong’s Qi into Qi WuHuo.
• Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole warned Zhang Xiaoyu that Fire Luminary’s rise had drawn Dongyang into a dangerous political struggle.
• The Judicial Great Celestial Venerable accused Great Emperor Dongyang of being True Martial and Supreme Xuanwei, then ordered him taken into custody.
• Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole stopped Zhang Xiaoyu from intervening, while Qi WuHuo waited for approval to reveal his identity.
• After receiving permission, Qi WuHuo removed his armor and declared himself Taixuan, a Disciple of Yuxu and student of Yuqing Primordial Celestial Venerable.

Qi WuHuo revealed himself as Yuqing Primordial Celestial Venerable’s disciple, True Lord Tai Xuan, while the immortals accepted his identity and the Jade Emperor arranged for Yun Qin to show him around the celestial courts. The chapter left Qi WuHuo and Yun Qin facing one another amid the sea of clouds.

• Yuqing Primordial Celestial Venerable provoked Shangqing Great Dao Lord by boasting that Tai Xuan was just like him, and Tai Shang stopped Shangqing from attacking him.
• The immortals recognized Qi WuHuo as Yuqing Primordial Celestial Venerable’s Twelfth Holy True One, while the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable apologized and offered him a treasure.
• Qi WuHuo accepted the treasure but used the Eight Treasures Ruyi Glazed Bottle to suppress it and guard against the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable’s divine sense.
• Jade Emperor Zhang Xiaoyu privately praised Qi WuHuo, summoned him to the Soaring Heavens Palace, and ordered Yun Qin to guide him through the celestial courts.
• Yun Qin introduced herself to Qi WuHuo as True Lord Tai Xuan and greeted him among the clouds.

Disguised as Great Emperor Tai Xuan, Qi WuHuo toured the Department of Dipper with Yun Qin and learned why she treasured the sesame cakes he had once given her. After Yun Qin said WuHuo meant a great deal to her, he asked what he was to her, leaving the question unanswered.

• Qi WuHuo followed Yun Qin through the celestial sights as she described the Department of Dipper and repeatedly recalled visiting places with WuHuo.
• Qi WuHuo asked Yun Qin which pastries she liked, and she explained that sesame cakes mattered most because WuHuo had given them to her when she first found a friend.
• Yun Qin asked Great Emperor Tai Xuan to keep her feelings about the sesame cakes secret, and Qi WuHuo promised while deciding to bring her more.
• The Shangqing Great Dao Lord and Supreme Old Man eavesdropped until Yuqing Primordial Celestial Venerable confronted them, prompting the Shangqing Great Dao Lord to start a fight and drag Di Ting into his team.
• Qi WuHuo observed that WuHuo meant a great deal to Yun Qin, and she agreed before he asked what Qi WuHuo was to her.

After an awkward parting with Yun Qin, Qi WuHuo discovered that the ancient Blood Sea had awakened because it sensed the aura of an Upper Pure disciple. He fought it off, then realized Yun Qin was also in danger and raced back to her.

• Qi WuHuo and Yun Qin grew embarrassed after discussing whether they were more than dear friends, then parted ways with True Lord Tai Xuan.
• The Jade Emperor and Great Emperor Ziwei discussed dangers in the Myriad Phenomena of Stars, including the Blood Sea and its hatred of Upper Pure disciples.
• Qi WuHuo arrived at the ancient Blood Sea, where his Blood River Sword and Upper Pure aura provoked the dormant sea into attacking him.
• Qi WuHuo used the Earth-Leaving Flame Light Banner and his Great Grade power to withstand the Blood Sea, while the Blood River Sword urged him to devour it.
• Qi WuHuo realized Yun Qin was also an Upper Pure direct disciple and hurried back to protect her.

Yun Qin was nearly swallowed by the Blood Sea Ancestor’s lingering resentment, but Qi WuHuo arrived and saved her. As Qi WuHuo and the blood sea prepared to fight, the Blood River Sword offered to eat it, and the sea suddenly froze.

• Yun Qin noticed a killing intent beneath the blood sea, trapped part of it with formation flags, and fled when the sea attacked.
• Yun Qin hid nearby, but the enraged Blood Sea Ancestor unleashed a widespread assault, forcing her to fight through the waves and taint the figure with the Northern Emperor’s aura using his fan.
• Qi WuHuo arrived, shielded Yun Qin with Yuqing’s Overturning Heaven, and stopped the blood sea’s advance.
• Qi WuHuo faced the blood sea with the Blood River Sword, which revealed itself to be another part of the Ancient Blood Sea Dao Lord.
• Qi WuHuo released the sword after sensing its desire to fight, and the Blood River Sword told the blood sea it could eat until full, causing the sea to freeze.

Qi WuHuo reforged the Blood River Sword into a pure, karma-free weapon and used it to destroy the Blood Sea’s vengeful remnant. Drawn by a stirring in his blood, he entered a hidden realm beneath the sea and found the Empress Wa’s lifeless true form, where his Innate Human Race bloodline began transforming.

• Qi WuHuo guided the Blood River Sword’s transformation, purifying it of resentment and karma while retaining its killing intent.
• Qi WuHuo severed the Blood Sea’s manifested hatred from the sea and destroyed it with the reborn sword.
• Qi WuHuo explained to Yun Qin that the remnant was a lingering thought of the dead Blood Sea Ancestor, then asked her to leave while he investigated the seabed.
• Qi WuHuo descended into the blood sea and discovered a hidden garden surrounding the Empress Wa’s lifeless true form.
• Qi WuHuo opened the barrier around the Empress Wa and felt his Innate Human Race bloodline begin to transform.

Qi WuHuo discovered that Nüwa’s body lay within the blood sea and deduced that Fuxi had preserved it there, but a hidden swordsman attacked him before he could learn more. The swordsman revealed himself as a past shadow of Great Dao Lord Yuchen and challenged Qi WuHuo to test whose sword was stronger.

• Qi WuHuo’s bloodline and physique rapidly transformed near Nüwa’s body, and he deduced that Fuxi had used the blood sea to nourish and protect her.
• An unseen swordsman ambushed Qi WuHuo and wounded him with a style that countered his usual fighting methods.
• Qi WuHuo adapted to the attacker’s swordplay, pinpointed his aura, and discovered a pile of slain Fuxi incarnations.
• The swordsman revealed himself as a past shadow of Yuchen, who had stayed to protect Nüwa, kill Fuxi, and test his strength against his future self.
• Yuchen chose Qi WuHuo as his opponent and attacked with his ultimate sword, [Tribulation].

Shangqing Great Dao Lord reflected on his violent past while Qi WuHuo fought the youthful Daoist Lord Yuchen and endured an Ancestral Tribulation imprint. Yuchen made Qi WuHuo his eldest disciple for the encounter, set him to refine the Blood Sea, and challenged him to return for another fight.

• Di Ting recovered over hotpot after being defeated by the Three Dao Ancestors, while Old Green Ox reassured him about his luck in meeting them in the present era.
• Shangqing Great Dao Lord recalled how he had once sought only to kill and overcome worthy enemies, and asked Supreme to keep his youthful past from Wu Huo.
• Qi WuHuo unleashed his techniques against young Yuchen, but the fight paused when Empress Wa's body helped restore Qi WuHuo's blood and strength.
• Young Yuchen left an Ancestral Tribulation sword imprint on Qi WuHuo and ordered him to deliver it to his present-day self.
• Young Yuchen declared Qi WuHuo his eldest disciple, raised the Blood Sea ritual around him, and told him to refine it before returning to fight or defeat his present-day self.

Jade Firmament Daoist Lord used the Blood Sea ritual and Empress Nuwa’s instinct to transform Qi WuHuo into the most primordial Innate Human, drawing on the forces of Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, and Houtu. Qi WuHuo fell into a peaceful sleep as the purest Human Qi awakened within him, while the scene shifted to the Great Master refining pills in Purple Mansion Xuan Du Temple.

• Yun Qin watched the Blood Sea erupt as Jade Firmament Daoist Lord began using it to strengthen Qi WuHuo and purify his bloodline.
• The Blood Sea Ancestor’s inheritance appeared, but Jade Firmament Daoist Lord destroyed it and declared that the defeated had no Dao to pass on.
• When Zhu Rong’s fire disrupted the blood exchange, Jade Firmament Daoist Lord found Houtu’s Breath Soil and Gong Gong’s water Qi among Qi WuHuo’s treasures and the Blood Sea.
• Jade Firmament Daoist Lord combined the three forces with Empress Nuwa’s instinct to recreate the creation of humanity and ease the strain on her foundation.
• Qi WuHuo’s bloodline transformed into the most perfect primordial Innate Human foundation, and pure Human Qi awakened as he sank into sleep.
• The scene shifted to the Great Master refining pills in Purple Mansion Xuan Du Temple in the Heavenly Realm.

At Xuan Du Temple, Great Master Xuan Du sensed that Qi WuHuo’s bloodline had become astonishingly pure and rushed to see him, while Qi WuHuo awoke after surviving the Jade Firmament Daoist Lord’s Tribulation and found his Human Dao Qi newly formed. The Jade Firmament Daoist Lord sent Qi WuHuo back to the sea’s surface and began forging him a sword from the sea of blood, leaving the Great Unity Salvation Heavenly Venerate to wonder why the Shangqing technique carried his teacher’s aura.

• Great Master Xuan Du sensed Qi WuHuo’s transformed bloodline, panicked, and deliberately made the Purple Gold Eight Trigrams Furnace explode so he could leave and see his younger brother.
• Qi WuHuo awoke after an hour and realized that his Human Dao Qi had formed, though it remained weak and unfamiliar to cultivate.
• The Jade Firmament Daoist Lord let Qi WuHuo return to the surface after sensing that Yun Qin had summoned reinforcements, then ordered him to claim a sword.
• Qi WuHuo used the Primordial Scarlet Script as the Jade Firmament Daoist Lord forged a powerful sword from the sea of blood’s Baleful Intent.
• The Great Unity Salvation Heavenly Venerate recognized the Shangqing Treasure Refinement Technique and sensed his teacher’s aura in it.

Qi WuHuo emerged from the Blood Sea after forging two divine swords, and Great Unity Salvation Heavenly Venerate revealed him to the visiting immortals as a true disciple of Shangqing. Great Master Xuan Du arrived too late to see the Empress Wa or Jade Firmament Daoist Lord, then demanded to know where his junior apprentice-brother was.

• Great Unity Salvation Heavenly Venerate sensed Yun Qin's worry, found Qi WuHuo tempering the Blood Sea, and concealed the scene from approaching immortals.
• Great Unity Salvation Heavenly Venerate introduced Qi WuHuo as his true junior apprentice-brother, while the immortals watched him form a pair of swords from the Blood Sea.
• Qi WuHuo emerged from the Blood Sea and reunited with the anxious Yun Qin after Great Unity Salvation Heavenly Venerate sent him to her.
• Great Master Xuan Du arrived after the Blood Sea had settled and missed seeing the Empress Wa and Jade Firmament Daoist Lord hidden beneath it.
• Great Master Xuan Du greeted Great Unity Salvation Heavenly Venerate and demanded to know where his junior apprentice-brother was.

Great Master Xuan Du, Great Unity Salvation Heavenly Venerate, and Heavenly Marshal Tian Peng each planned to surprise the others with news about Qi WuHuo’s ties to their lineages. After Qi WuHuo returned to the Jade Emperor, Zhang Xiaoyu revealed that he wanted to execute the Judicial Heavenly Venerable and asked what Qi WuHuo thought.

• Great Master Xuan Du and Great Unity Salvation Heavenly Venerate agreed to visit Qi WuHuo in the human world with Heavenly Marshal Tian Peng, while each privately anticipated surprising the others.
• Great Unity Salvation Heavenly Venerate sent Qi WuHuo to Yun Qin, who accepted a jade slip and found a message asking her to enter a contest five hundred years later.
• Zhang Xiaoyu summoned Qi WuHuo to the Soaring Heavens Palace, and the immortals debated which of the three newly revealed disciples would prevail in a fight.
• Zhang Xiaoyu teased Qi WuHuo about his concealed identities, then warned that his clash with the Judicial Heavenly Venerable would make enemies.
• Zhang Xiaoyu told Qi WuHuo he wanted to execute the Judicial Heavenly Venerable and asked for his opinion.

Zhang Xiaoyu asked Qi WuHuo to help him remove Judicial Great Celestial Venerable and restore the Jade Emperor’s authority. When Judicial arrived at the Soaring Heavens Palace, Qi WuHuo had taken Zhang Xiaoyu’s place, and Judicial recognized the imposing figure as Haotian.

• Zhang Xiaoyu explained why Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole would not intervene and said he needed to deal with Judicial himself.
• Qi WuHuo judged that neither he nor Zhang Xiaoyu could defeat Judicial in a direct fight, but Zhang Xiaoyu proposed using Qi WuHuo’s One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones to conceal his presence.
• Zhang Xiaoyu asked Qi WuHuo to pose as the Jade Emperor’s trusted guard and, when Judicial arrived, urged him to take the Jade Emperor’s place.
• Qi WuHuo agreed to help after Zhang Xiaoyu said he wanted Judicial to know he had not been wrong about him, and Zhang Xiaoyu handed him the Jade Emperor’s seal.
• Old Celestial Lord led Judicial into the Soaring Heavens Palace, where Judicial saw the apparent Jade Emperor’s golden eyes and recognized Haotian.