Recaps

Qingyuan met Hong, an Innate Human Race member who had arrived at Serene Peak after a difficult journey, and asked how the Human Race was faring. Hong described how the Human Race had been hunted and driven to depend on rapid reproduction and the Witch Clan.

• Qingyuan noticed Hong weeping among the crowd and realized he was an Innate Human Race member who had missed the end of the lecture.
• Qingyuan invited Hong into a pavilion, where Hong introduced himself and praised the safety and order of the Kunlun Immortal Market.
• Hong told Qingyuan he had traveled from near Buzhou Mountain after securing a ride from the Witch Clan.
• Qingyuan offered Hong Dao tea and asked about the Human Race's circumstances.
• Hong explained that after Empress Nuwa created the Human Race, other races hunted humans as food, while rumors claimed they had been made as rations for the Demon Race.
• Hong said the Human Race had survived through rapid reproduction and reliance on the Witch Clan.

Hong told Qingyuan that the Human Race had weakened until newborns could live only a few dozen days, and Qingyuan resolved to help them. As he committed to acting, his cultivation advanced to the Late Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm.

• Hong described the Human Race’s decline, short lifespans, and dependence on the Witch Clan, then thanked Qingyuan for asking Houtu to treat them kindly.
• Hong told Qingyuan that humanity had enshrined his clay statue alongside Empress Nuwa and the three Saints, and that the Human Race had only five Golden Immortals.
• Qingyuan wondered why the Three Ancestors of Humanity had not appeared after nearly fifty thousand years.
• Qingyuan decided to travel and do something for the Human Race despite the dangers of the coming Witch-Demon Tribulation.
• Qingyuan’s thoughts cleared, and his cultivation broke through to the Late Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm.

Qingyuan broke through to the Late Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, while Yun Zhongzi and the others discussed his rapid progress and screened potential disciples. Qingyuan invited Hong to cultivate at Serene Peak and said he would later visit the Human Tribe, leaving Hong startled.

• Qingyuan's aura erupted as he reached the Late Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, astonishing cultivators across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Yun Zhongzi explained how comprehension of the Great Dao Law and opportunities shaped cultivation beyond the Golden Immortal Realm.
• Yun Zhongzi and Yuan Hong screened the cultivators who attended Qingyuan's lecture, removing those who showed hatred or killing intent from the list of possible disciples.
• Qingyuan told Hong to cultivate at Serene Peak and offered him access to resources through Yun Zhongzi and the others.
• Qingyuan said he would accompany Hong to visit the Human Tribe, and Hong exclaimed in surprise that he was going to the Human Race.

Qingyuan strengthened his Ten Demon God Incarnations with two Nine Revolutions Golden Elixirs, raising them to Peak Mystic Immortal and improving his own combat power. He then went to Kunlun Immortal Market, where Yuan Hong reported that the honest old monkey Wuliao had a clean record.

• Qingyuan distributed Ten Million Years of Cultivation among his Ten Demon God Incarnations, bringing them to Late Earth Immortal.
• He crushed two Nine Revolutions Golden Elixirs and let the Ten Demon God Incarnations consume them, accelerating their cultivation to Peak Mystic Immortal.
• Qingyuan sensed that the incarnations could briefly raise him to Early Grand Unity Golden Immortal and left his secluded realm without disturbing Hong.
• Qingyuan traveled to Kunlun Immortal Market and entered through the gate, taking the subway to the main street administration headquarters.
• Yuan Hong told Qingyuan that Wuliao, a Mid-Stage True Immortal who sold wine on Xuanwu Third Ring Wujia District Eighteenth Main Street, had honestly registered his income and committed no offenses for several thousand years.

Qingyuan confronted the humble street vendor Wule over secretly attending his lectures and trying to repay the karmic debt with Immortal Crystals. After revealing that he wanted Wule to become his disciple, Qingyuan left the onlookers stunned.

• Qingyuan and Yuan Hong found Wule selling drinks on the street, and Yuan Hong praised his honest, dutiful conduct.
• Qingyuan bought drinks and cigarettes from Wule, then challenged him about seeking atonement through humble acts and small payments.
• Qingyuan revealed that Wule had attended his Serene Peak Lectures seven times over two thousand one hundred years and accused him of trying to erase the karma with Immortal Crystals.
• Wule tried to leave, but Qingyuan restrained him as the crowd watched and Yuan Hong pleaded for him.
• Wule's pointed ears appeared as his grief and anger grew, and Qingyuan declared that he wanted Wule to become his disciple.

Qingyuan accepted the fallen Six-Eared Macaque as his disciple and urged him to sincerely confess his past offense to Dao Ancestor Hongjun. After Qingyuan and Six-Ear begged forgiveness, Hongjun pardoned him, restoring his sealed talents and Divine Abilities.

• Qingyuan offered Six-Ear a chance to seek liberation by acknowledging his mistake, and Six-Ear bowed to become his disciple.
• Qingyuan received rewards for accepting the Innate Demon God Six-Eared Macaque and learned that his foundation and realm had been damaged and his Divine Abilities sealed by the Heavenly Dao.
• Qingyuan told Six-Ear to reveal his true form, and Yuan Hong recognized him as one of the Four Chaos Monkeys.
• Qingyuan, Yuan Hong, and Six-Ear knelt toward Zixiao Palace and asked Dao Ancestor Hongjun to forgive Six-Ear, who confessed and accepted responsibility for his offense.
• Hongjun forgave Six-Ear and instructed him to follow Qingyuan and promote the Immortal Dao.
• Six-Ear's talents and Divine Abilities returned, but he sealed them himself and continued kowtowing in remorse and joy.

Qingyuan accepted Six-Eared Macaque as his disciple, gave him techniques and treasures to heal his damaged foundation, and gained powerful rewards from the system. After returning to Serene Peak, Qingyuan noticed Willow Immortal using an unexplained spatial ability and ended the chapter considering how to strengthen his Ten Demon God Incarnations.

• Qingyuan warned Six-Eared Macaque not to commit evil under the Mystic Gate's name and accepted his pledge to obey.
• Qingyuan taught Six-Eared Macaque the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique and bestowed pills, divine water, a staff, and staff Dao principles, earning system rewards including a Heavenly Dao Restoration Pill and an Innate Spiritual Treasure.
• Qingyuan brought Six-Eared Macaque back to Serene Peak after traveling through the bustling Immortal Market, where cultivators discussed the upcoming film Calabash Brothers Battle Skeleton Demons.
• Qingyuan saw Willow Immortal's branches vanish into the void and reappear far away, and Willow Immortal said the ability appeared after he ate Qingyuan's previous reward.
• Qingyuan recovered his strength, then wondered what benefits Chaos Demon God Blood Essence would bring to his Ten Demon God Incarnations.

Qingyuan fed the Chaos Demon Ape Essence Blood to his Ten Demon God Incarnations, transforming them into powerful Golden Immortals who mastered multiple Great Dao Laws. After discovering their combined form could reach Peak Primordial Unity Golden Immortal strength and merging with them himself, he felt ready to face the Primordial Wilderness with far greater confidence.

• Qingyuan decided not to absorb the Chaos Demon Ape Essence Blood himself and divided it among the Ten Demon God Incarnations.
• The incarnations devoured the essence blood, changed in appearance, reached the Golden Immortal Realm Peak, and condensed Great Dao Law Imprints and Immortal Golden Nature.
• Qingyuan found that the ten incarnations could fuse into a Crimson-Haired Blood-Eyed Demon God whose aura reached Peak Primordial Unity Golden Immortal.
• Qingyuan merged with the Ten Demon Gods and raised his own aura to Grand Unity Golden Immortal Peak, gaining immense physical strength.
• Qingyuan decided he could now face most opponents in the Primordial Wilderness, barring veteran Quasi-Saints.

Qingyuan tested his newly strengthened body against the Chaos inside the Universe Immeasurable Bead and the Ten Demon God Incarnations. He survived their strongest attacks and declared them no cause for concern, though his trembling hand revealed the strain of the final fight.

• Qingyuan entered the Universe Immeasurable Bead’s Chaos without defensive treasures and confirmed that his body could withstand its corrosive force.
• Qingyuan summoned the Ten Demon God Incarnations and ordered them to attack him without holding back.
• The Demon Gods’ first coordinated assault sent them flying, but their injuries healed quickly.
• The Demon Gods merged with the Laws and attacked with strength comparable to an Early Taiyi Golden Immortal, so Qingyuan fought back using thirty percent of his physical strength.
• One Demon God transformed into a huge, many-armed form and battled Qingyuan until Qingyuan forced it out of its fused state.
• Qingyuan praised the Demon Gods and said there was nothing to worry about, while his palm trembled uncontrollably.

Qingyuan sent the Ten Demon God Incarnations into the Universe Immeasurable Bead to temper their bodies in Chaos while creating heaven and earth, then prepared long-term plans to keep the Kunlun Immortal Market stable. He gave Yun Zhongzi an artifact-refining method, leaving Yun Zhongzi moved to tears and Qingyuan flying with him toward Shangqing Peak.

• Qingyuan explained that Chaos could force the Ten Demon God Incarnations to break through their physical limits, then sent them to train and create heaven and earth within the Universe Immeasurable Bead.
• The Ten Demon God Incarnations adapted to Chaos Erosion, which tempered their bodies and stirred the power of the Chaos Demon Ape Essence Blood within them.
• Qingyuan returned to the Primordial Wilderness and drafted plans for the Kunlun Immortal Market’s development, welfare, regulation, commerce, community, and industries for the next million years.
• Qingyuan gave Yun Zhongzi the jade slips and instructed him to consult them if the Immortal Market became stagnant or divided.
• Qingyuan bestowed the Yuqing Primordial Hongmeng Myriad Treasure Refining Method on Yun Zhongzi and received a critical-hit reward that included the Hongmeng Tai Xuan Spiritual Treasure Method and Six Ding Divine Fire.
• Yun Zhongzi wept with joy because he had long wanted to study artifact refinement, and Qingyuan left Serene Peak with him for Shangqing Peak.

Qingyuan visited the Three Pure Ones before taking Hong to the Human Race at East Sea Coast, where he saw the tribe’s harsh living conditions. He warned Hong that the tribe’s settlement beside a blocked river was at risk of catastrophic flooding, then descended with him to speak to the clansmen.

• Qingyuan asked Sect Master Tongtian about visiting the Human Race, and Tongtian warned him not to become entangled in too much karma.
• Qingyuan visited elite disciples of the Human Sect, Chan Sect, and Interception Sect, then traveled with Hong toward East Sea Coast while avoiding the Witch-Demon battles.
• Qingyuan saw that Hong’s tribe lived in severe hardship and relied on fish trapped by a natural river dam for food.
• Qingyuan explained that rising water could break the dam and flood the tribe, leaving Hong horrified that his choice of settlement might endanger his clansmen.
• Qingyuan and Hong descended toward the tribe to discuss the danger.

Qingyuan moved Hong's Human Tribe away from the dangerous riverbank, protected their new mountain home, and taught them a Qi Cultivation method. After seeing the tribe's members abandon the lesson and exclude gifted children, he left, warning them not to become greedy.

• Qingyuan learned that the tribe ate raw fish and explained why they needed to leave the riverbank before a flood struck.
• Qingyuan found a defensible mountain home, transported the tribe there, and used Divine Fire and formations to clear and protect it.
• Qingyuan gave Hong the Startling Flame Drum and set up a powerful formation to defend the tribe in an extinction-level crisis.
• Qingyuan arranged Listening Dao Cushions and preached a Qi Cultivation method for two and a half years as many tribespeople left and talented children were pushed aside.
• Qingyuan departed after the lesson, told the tribe they shared no karmic fate, and warned them against greed.

After three thousand years among the Human Race, Qingyuan saw its weakness, internal strife, and resilience, while the Qi Refining Technique spread and gave many people a path to cultivation. He met Huo, a youth fascinated by fire, whose idea of mastering it left Qingyuan stunned.

• Qingyuan reflected on the Human Race’s frailty, feuds, and determination to survive as he traveled the East Sea Coast.
• The Qi Refining Technique spread among human settlements, helping ordinary people cultivate and enabling some practitioners to break through to higher realms.
• Qingyuan visited a tribe where its chieftain taught children the Qi Cultivation Technique and then went to find Huo near a mountain burned by lightning.
• Huo asked Qingyuan why people and beasts feared fire, then described how controlling it could protect tribespeople from predators, cold, and darkness.

Qingyuan recognized Ahuo’s determination to find fire that ordinary people could use and stayed with him as he learned how fire could improve human life. After years of guidance, Ahuo left his tribe to seek that fire, and Qingyuan offered to accompany him.

• Ahuo explained that his childhood memory of fire-roasted meat inspired him to imagine fire’s uses, and Qingyuan saw him as hope for the Human Race.
• Qingyuan remained beside Ahuo, teaching him about boiling water, cooking food, and protecting tribespeople from illness, cold, and beasts.
• Ahuo became the tribe’s finest warrior and reached the peak of the Earth Immortal Realm, but decided to leave his family and tribe to seek fire that people without cultivation could master.
• Ahuo thanked Qingyuan and declared he would search for fire for as long as it took, so all humans could become strong.
• Qingyuan asked whether Ahuo wanted him to come along, and Ahuo smiled brightly.

Ahuo spent millennia searching for a fire mortals could use, then invented ways to make fire and taught them across the East Sea Coast. After his death, Human Dao Merit revived him as a Quasi-Saint, and Nuwa ordered him to enter Huoyun Cave to suppress humanity’s Fortune Aura; he asked Qingyuan for guidance.

• After searching more than thirty-eight thousand tribes over thirteen hundred years, Ahuo despaired until Qingyuan suggested that he create a mortal fire himself.
• Ahuo used flint, wood, fire-steel, and tinder to develop practical firemaking methods and recorded how people could use them.
• For three thousand years, Ahuo traveled among human tribes, teaching firemaking despite their suspicion and hostility, until they honored him as the Suiren Ancestor.
• Ahuo died from exhaustion while teaching, and humans across the tribes lit fires to mourn him.
• Human Dao Merit descended, reviving Ahuo and raising him to Quasi-Saint status, while Nuwa commanded him to enter Huoyun Cave and suppress humanity’s Fortune Aura.
• Rather than answer Nuwa immediately, Suirenshi bowed to Qingyuan and asked what he should do.

Qingyuan defied Saint Nuwa’s decree that Suirenshi enter Huoyun Cave to suppress the Human Race’s Fortune Aura, pledging his own treasures and true form instead. The Human Dao accepted his pledge, and Suirenshi and the Human Tribes recognized Qingyuan as their teacher and ruler, alarming the Saints and other great powers.

• The great powers across the Primordial Wilderness watched the Human Race receive immense Human Dao Merit and noticed Qingyuan beside Suirenshi.
• Saint Nuwa decreed that Suirenshi enter Huoyun Cave and suppress the Human Race’s Fortune Aura until the Immeasurable Calamity.
• Suirenshi asked Qingyuan for guidance, and Qingyuan resolved not to let the Human Race lose its chance to change its fate.
• Qingyuan pledged the Universe Immeasurable Bead, Great Dao Incense Burner, other treasures, and his Twenty-Fourth Grade Auspicious Green Lotus form to stabilize and protect the Human Race’s Fortune Aura.
• Suirenshi offered his Everlasting Fire and Dao-attainment object, declared Qingyuan the Human Race’s ancient sage and ruler, and the Human Tribes swore their recognition.
• The Human Dao bound its Fortune Aura to Qingyuan as the Saints and other great powers reacted with alarm.

Qingyuan used numerous supreme treasures and himself to stabilize the Human Race’s fragile Fortune Aura, drawing criticism from the other great powers and the Three Pure Ones. Nuwa accepted his protection and left, while the chapter ended with Yuanshi and Laozi departing and Tongtian approving Qingyuan before leaving as well.

• Countless great powers and Saints questioned Qingyuan’s decision to bind himself and his treasures to the weak Human Race’s Fortune Aura.
• Tongtian defended Qingyuan, saying he had preserved a thread of survival for the Human Race and eased their Karma with Nuwa.
• Nuwa accepted Qingyuan’s care for the Human Race, settled their Karma, and departed in her Cloud River Incense Chariot.
• Zhunti and Jieyin took their leave, while Yuanshi criticized Tongtian’s teaching and warned that Qingyuan would suffer Heavenly backlash.
• Yuanshi and Laozi left the East Sea Coast, and Tongtian gave Qingyuan an approving look before departing.

After the saints withdrew, Suirenshi and the Human Race swore to honor Qingyuan as their Human Lord for his protection and aid. Qingyuan realized he had gained a lasting bond with the entire Human Race, and the system rewarded him with immense cultivation, treasures, and techniques.

• The Primordial Wilderness powers dismissed the Human Race as weak and withdrew their attention from the East Sea Coast.
• Suirenshi knelt before Qingyuan and apologized for bringing him into conflict with the saints, while the other Human Tribe leaders also expressed their gratitude.
• Ze, Yang, Jiang, and the other Human Race leaders swore to recognize Qingyuan as Human Lord and obey the Ancestor of Humanity.
• Qingyuan realized that he had gained a substantial share of the Human Race's Fortune Aura and an enduring connection to the race.
• The system registered the entire Human Race as Qingyuan's disciples and granted him cultivation, spiritual treasures, divine techniques, and other rewards.

Qingyuan received rewards that gave the Human Race new paths through the Divine Path and Martial Path, then chose to stand with them as their Human Lord. The chapter ended with the Human Race vowing to strive unceasingly and depend on no other race.

• Qingyuan advanced to the Half-Step Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and received the Divine Path method, the Martial Dao Eternal Determination Stele, and the Human Lord Banner.
• Qingyuan considered how the Divine Path and Martial Path could strengthen the Human Race and increase his own Daoxing.
• Suirenshi, the Human Race ancestors, and countless members knelt and apologized, but Qingyuan lifted them up and affirmed his decision to live and die with them.
• The Human Race ancestors praised Qingyuan and accepted him as their Human Lord.
• Qingyuan declared that the Human Race must strive unceasingly and stand firm without depending on other races.
• Suirenshi and Human Race communities across the Primordial Wilderness swore to resist dependence and enslavement.

After the Human Race declared it would stand on its own, the Demon Race and Witch Clan debated how to respond. Di Jun ordered the Demon Race to focus on the Witch Clan, while Dijiang ended Witch Clan protection of the Human Race and sealed Pangu Temple so the Ancestor Witches could study their great array.

• The Demon Race’s leaders mocked the Human Race’s declaration, but Baize warned them not to attack it because of its ties to Saint Nuwa and the Three Pure Ones; Di Jun ordered them to deal with the Witch Clan first.
• Xiang Liu and other Great Witches demanded permission to punish the Human Race, but Dijiang declared that the Witch Clan would no longer protect it.
• Xuanming asked about Human Race members who had joined the Witch Clan, and Dijiang allowed them to leave or remain as they wished.
• Gonggong and Zhurong urged the Witch Clan to teach the Human Race a lesson, while Houtu condemned the mistreatment of Human women by Witch Clan members.
• Dijiang warned that the Demon Race might attack and ordered the Ancestor Witches into secluded cultivation to study the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Array; Pangu Temple was sealed.

Xiang Liu led more than ten thousand Witches toward the East Sea Coast to attack the Human Race, while Sturgeon Ancestor Xun Yu assembled millions of Demon troops to join the assault. The invading forces set out, leaving the Human Race facing a massive threat.

• Xiang Liu rallied the Witches after seeing Humans doing menial work, and led more than ten thousand of them toward the East Sea Coast.
• The Demon Heavenly Court's experts watched the Witch army advance and expected the Human Race to suffer a crushing defeat.
• Sturgeon Ancestor Xun Yu ordered his Water Demons to attack the Human Race, seeking revenge on the First Disciple of Intercepting Sect for killing his son.
• Xun Yu persuaded Marsh Mountain and Wood Dragon to join him by offering rewards and Heavenly Court positions.
• Xun Yu mobilized several million Demon Army troops, and they marched from the Southern Primordial Wilderness toward the East Sea Coast.

Suirenshi tried to stop the Witch Clan from reaching the East Sea Coast, but Xiang Liu repeatedly crushed his defenses and nearly killed him. Qingyuan arrived in time to catch Xiang Liu’s final spear and confront the Great Witch.

• Suirenshi learned that the Witch Clan and Demon Clan were advancing on the Human Race and left Qingyuan to intercept the Witches.
• Suirenshi blocked Xiang Liu’s forces and declared they would have to step over his body to reach the East Sea Coast.
• Xiang Liu pierced and battered Suirenshi, but Suirenshi repeatedly rose to block the Witches’ path.
• Xiang Liu hurled a spear infused with killing aura and essence blood at the helpless Suirenshi.
• Qingyuan caught the spear, crushed it, and challenged Xiang Liu for coming to the East Sea Coast.

Qingyuan fought the Witch Clan after Xiang Liu attacked him, crushing Xiang Liu and slaughtering many witches with his sword formation. The formation was broken by arriving Great Witches, including Yi, Xing Tian, Jiu Feng, and Kuafu, who charged at Qingyuan.

• Xiang Liu charged Qingyuan after ordering the other witches not to interfere, and Qingyuan secured the wounded Suirenshi inside his Primordial Spirit.
• Qingyuan transformed into a five-hundred-thousand-zhang giant and smashed Xiang Liu apart with his spiritual treasures.
• Qingyuan pinned Xiang Liu down, repeatedly crushed his regenerating heads, and unleashed a sword formation that killed many Great Witches and Battle Witches.
• An outside force broke Qingyuan's sword formation, and dozens of Great Witches appeared, including Yi, Xing Tian, Jiu Feng, and Kuafu.
• Xing Tian and Kuafu transformed into their Great Witch True Bodies and charged at Qingyuan.

Xing Tian and Kuafu arrived to find the Witch Clan badly injured and Xiang Liu eager to attack the Human Race. Qingyuan survived their combined strike, defeated Xiang Liu again, and warned the Great Witches that advancing would mean death.

• Xing Tian and Kuafu appeared, drove Qingyuan into the mountains, and joined the other Great Witches in tending to their wounded clansmen.
• Xiang Liu blamed the First Disciple of Intercepting Sect for the deaths and charged toward the East Sea Coast to slaughter humans, while Jiu Feng tried to stop him.
• Kuafu, Xing Tian, and the other Great Witches allowed Xiang Liu to go, but Yi warned them that Qingyuan still stood in their way.
• Qingyuan rose from the ruins with his injuries healed and warned the Witches to leave or face death.
• Xiang Liu attacked Qingyuan but was swiftly defeated and pinned down by Divine Iron and four Innate Spiritual Treasures.
• Kuafu and Xing Tian charged Qingyuan, who warned them that taking another step would put their names on the Reincarnation Road.

Qingyuan transformed into a terrifying Demon God after Kuafu and Xing Tian crossed his boundary, overwhelming the Witch Clan Great Witches. He attacked Yi with ten weapons, and after Yi fired a volley that shook the mountains, a spear descended on him from above.

• Qingyuan drew a boundary with the Dry Sword and warned that anyone who crossed it would die, but Kuafu and Xing Tian stepped over the line.
• Qingyuan expanded into a colossal Demon God, pierced Xing Tian through the heart, and nearly split Kuafu in two with the Taotie Halberd.
• Xing Tian pulled himself free and charged Qingyuan, who smashed his head apart; Qingyuan then battered Kuafu and chopped Xing Tian into minced flesh.
• Jiu Feng and the other Great Witches charged to rescue their companions, but Qingyuan pierced Jiu Feng and struck down the approaching Great Witches with his weapons and Qiongqi Sword.
• Yi fired a Star Marrow Arrow at Qingyuan, then burned his blood and loosed a volley that shattered the earth veins and collapsed ten thousand mountains.
• As Yi tried to catch his breath amid the dust, a spear suddenly pierced down from above.