Vol. 5The Human Dao Ascendant

Qingyuan and Great Sage Dao Venerate thwarted schemes against the Human Race while the Divine Path and Martial Path spread through the Primordial Wilderness. Chi You returned to challenge the established powers, and the volume ended with his forces facing Li Ju’s at Absolute Soul Valley.

  • Chi You revived the Witch Clan’s ambitions as the Human Race overcame a plague, and Qingyuan killed Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate after exposing his betrayal.
  • Qingyuan strengthened the Netherworld and revealed the Heavenly Dao Saints’ schemes against the Human Race before destroying Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate.
  • Great Sage Dao Venerate preached the Divine Path and Martial Path, then exposed a conspiracy that had set the Human Race and Dragon Clan against each other.
  • Jingwei survived the apparent killing and revealed the plot, while Dragon Clan Old Ancestors confessed to joining the Demon Race’s scheme.
  • Fuxi’s campaign destroyed the Demon Realm at a terrible cost, while Shennong stepped down and Jingwei began serving as Meng Po.
  • After Daoist Randeng’s feud and Goddess Yang Le’s scandal drew attention to Golden Ao Island, human lands fractured and a Blood Fiend emerged from the southern volcanoes.
  • Chi You returned, seized the Phoenix Clan’s ancestral land, and was defeated by Great Sage Dao Venerate, who guided him toward the Martial Path.
  • After Dihong became Xuanyuan and Chi You set out to confront Li Ju, their forces met at Absolute Soul Valley, where Chi You vowed the Witch Clan would never retreat.
Chapters 401–500 Read from Ch. 401

Arc 17The Witch Rebellion and Myriad Wonders

Chi You revived the Witch Clan’s bid for power as the Human Race survived the Demon Race’s plague and political schemes. Qingyuan strengthened the Netherworld and ultimately killed Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate after exposing his betrayal.

  • Ying Zhao and Lu Ya planned to undermine the Human Race, while Chi You rallied the surviving Witches and proposed spreading Witch-Human bloodlines to become the third Human Emperor.
  • The Demon Race’s plague struck the Human Race, but Great Master Xuandu supplied the ox gall that let Shennong complete his cure, and Fuxi invested Shennong as Earth Sovereign.
  • Fuxi and Shennong dismantled the Demon Immortal temples after unrest, restored the Dragon Clan’s cooperation, and established a fair currency system.
  • Qingyuan forged ten Chaos Demon God Incarnations, entrusted Zhongmiao with duties among the Human Race, and investigated the Witches’ theft of the Blood of Ten Thousand Witches.
  • Qingyuan brought nine Hunyuan Saints to guard the Netherworld, while Chi You used the Blood of Ten Thousand Witches in his bid to restore the Witch Clan.
  • Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate devoured Jieyin’s Separate Thoughts, manipulated Zhunti into helping kill Jieyin, and then persuaded the brothers to reconcile at Zixiao Palace.
  • Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate warned Qingyuan of the Heavenly Dao Saints’ plans against the Human Race, but Qingyuan confronted him over hiding their schemes against Qingyuan.
  • Qingyuan revealed his Hunyuan Saint and Human Dao incarnations, immobilized Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate, and reduced him to ashes.
Chapters 401–42525 summaries Read

Arc 18The Sermon and East Sea War

Great Sage Dao Venerate preached the Divine Path and Martial Path, then intervened when a plot turned Jingwei’s apparent death into a war between the Human Race and the Dragon Clan. He exposed the conspirators’ alliance with the Demon Race, while the fate of the conflict remained unresolved.

  • Qingyuan created Great Sage Dao Venerate, who revealed his Hunyuan Saint power, challenged the Heavenly Dao Saints, and announced that he would teach the Divine Path and Martial Path.
  • Great Sage Dao Venerate defeated Nuwa and Lu Ya, forced Lu Ya to pull his carriage, and gathered cultivators and Saints at the Martial Dao Monument for his sermon.
  • Great Sage Dao Venerate taught the Divine Path and Martial Path, then released Lu Ya from his service after settling their karma.
  • Great Sage Dao Venerate changed an Immortal Stone’s fate, while Nuwa sought it and later accepted Hongjun’s orders to support Chi You’s bid for the Human Emperor’s position.
  • Lu Ya’s demons stirred unrest on the East Sea Coast, and Jingwei set off toward the sea after Great Sage Dao Venerate gave her a Peace Talisman.
  • An Old Flood Dragon apparently killed Jingwei, prompting Shennong to lead the Human Race against the Dragon Clan as Lu Ya waited for both sides to weaken.
  • Jingwei survived because of the talisman and revealed the plot, but her self-destruction briefly halted the fighting before Great Sage Dao Venerate exposed Human Race conspirators and the Dragon Clan’s role.
  • Dragon Clan Old Ancestors confessed that they had joined the Demon Race’s scheme to replace the Human Race, and one revealed its resentment toward Qingyuan’s past actions against the Dragon Clan.
Chapters 426–45025 summaries Read

Arc 19The Banquet and the Blood Fiend

Fuxi’s campaign against the Demon Race ended in devastating losses, while Shennong stepped down and Jingwei began serving as Meng Po. Daoist Randeng’s feud with the Chan Sect and Goddess Yang Le’s scandal redirected the Primordial Wilderness toward Golden Ao Island, before human lands fractured and a powerful figure emerged from the southern volcanoes.

  • Fuxi led the Human Race and Dragon Clan into the Demon Realm, where their armies suffered catastrophic losses before destroying the realm and returning to the East Sea Coast.
  • Great Sage Dao Venerate gave the dead warriors’ True Spirits to Pingxin for the Underworld Bureau and arranged for Jingwei to serve as Meng Po, easing Shennong’s guilt.
  • Shennong resigned as Human Race Co-Lord, went to Huoyun Cave to suppress Human Race Destiny, and later visited Jingwei at the Bridge of Helplessness.
  • Daoist Randeng’s dispute with Juliusun and the Chan Sect escalated after they attacked his dojo, and he left Kunlun to establish a new Spirit Vulture Mountain in the south.
  • Goddess Yang Le’s confrontation with Qingyuan at the Heavenly Gate drove the banquet guests to Golden Ao Island, where the Interception Sect hosted a celebrated gathering.
  • Great Sage Dao Venerate confronted Hongjun and Yaochi Golden Mother at the Peach Immortal Banquet, while revelations about Yang Le’s conduct ruined the Jade Pool Fairyland’s reputation.
  • Trade, teleportation arrays, and Divine Path and Martial cultivation spread prosperity, but the East Sea Coast Human Tribes divided into warring domains as the Witch-Human Tribes expanded.
  • Several thousand years later, a hundred-zhang figure burst from the southern volcanic ranges, radiating Blood Fiend Aura and attracting the great powers’ attention.
Chapters 451–47525 summaries Read

Arc 20Chi You and the Human Emperors

Chi You returned to the Primordial Wilderness, challenged its powerful factions, and was subdued by Great Sage Dao Venerate, who then guided him and Dihong as the next Human Emperor emerged. As Dihong became Xuanyuan, Chi You returned to confront Li Ju, and their forces met at Absolute Soul Valley.

  • Chi You returned to the Primordial Wilderness, seized the Phoenix Clan’s ancestral land, and forced factions across the wilderness to submit and surrender resources.
  • Chi You attacked the Northern Three Hundred Demon Caves, but Great Sage Dao Venerate defeated him and took him away after Chi You badly injured Qing Moyuan.
  • Great Sage Dao Venerate brought Chi You to Qingyuan, who advised Chi You to cultivate the Martial Path, while the Witch Clan settled near the East Sea Coast and Chi You gradually shed his brutality.
  • Great Sage Dao Venerate settled with Chi You at Ji Water, where Dihong was born, became his Registered Disciple, and secretly studied the Martial Path with Chi You.
  • Venerable Yuanshi sent the Chan Sect Immortals to recruit Dihong, but Great Sage Dao Venerate captured and whipped them before agreeing to withdraw from the Supreme Emperor contest in exchange for their release.
  • Chi You left to confront Li Ju after Li Ju seized control of the Witch-Human Tribes, while Dihong became chief of the You Xiong Clan, renamed it the Ji Family, and took the name Xuanyuan.
  • Li Ju gathered allies and Saint-given weapons to kill Chi You at Absolute Soul Valley, while the Heavenly Dao Saints backed rival claimants and debated the Human Dao’s future.
  • At Absolute Soul Valley, Chi You entered despite Xing Tian’s warning and tore apart Li Ju’s God-Falling Immortal-Slaying Crossbow arrows, vowing that the Witch Clan would never retreat.
Chapters 476–50025 summaries Read
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