Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Qingyuan transforms using Manifestation of Heaven and Earth, Three Heads Six Arms, and multiple innate Divine Abilities, becoming a massive fiendgod-like figure with ten arms and overwhelming physical strength.
• Several Dragon Clan elders attempt to fight him directly, but Qingyuan’s body and strength surpass theirs, forcing the entire True Dragon Realm to mobilize its ultimate defense: the Hunyuan Ten Thousand Dragons Reincarnation Grinding Array.
• The True Dragon Realm itself functions as a vast natural formation, drawing power from its rivers, seas, spiritual materials, and countless smaller arrays. When fully activated, it can suppress even Quasi-Saints.
• Five Dragon Clan ancestors merge with the formation and become enormous Dragon Gods. Despite their enhanced power, Qingyuan repeatedly withstands and heals from their attacks, using the array’s destructive force to temper his body and test his limits.
• The dragons eventually concentrate the formation’s full strength into a devastating attack that completely destroys Qingyuan’s physical body. The Dragon Clan celebrates, believing they have killed him.
• Qingyuan revives moments later, revealing that he possesses a powerful resurrection ability. He calmly acknowledges that the True Dragon Realm’s forces were strong enough to kill him once, but admits that his current realm and body are not yet truly invincible.
• No longer interested in testing himself, Qingyuan unleashes the Five-Colored Divine Light, sweeping away the dragons’ magical treasures.
• He then uses the Nine Treasures Wonderful Tree, whose nine-colored light seals the cultivation of countless Dragon Clan members and removes the realm’s treasures, formations, materials, elixirs, and spiritual resources.
• Within a dozen breaths, the once-powerful True Dragon Realm is left almost completely stripped bare.

Character Developments

• Qingyuan demonstrates overwhelming versatility by combining the Martial Path, Divine Path, Immortal Dao, physical cultivation, and numerous innate abilities. His body can survive catastrophic damage and regenerate almost instantly.
• He is shown to be both fearless and analytical: rather than immediately using his strongest treasures, he deliberately lets the Dragon Clan attack him to test and temper his physical body.
• Qingyuan also gains a clearer understanding of his limitations. He recognizes that the weakened Dragon Clan ancestors’ Dao injuries and karmic backlash make them less powerful than they once were, and that peak experts such as Di Jun or Tai Yi might pose a greater challenge.
• The Dragon Clan ancestors shift from confidence and aggression to fear, regret, and helplessness. They realize they provoked a Saint’s disciple without understanding his true strength.
• Dragon Lei is blamed for causing the crisis. He becomes remorseful, realizing that his attempt to investigate or punish Qingyuan has cost the Dragon Clan enormous resources and created a dangerous conflict with Sect Master Tongtian.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming power versus strategic restraint: Qingyuan possesses immense strength but initially limits himself to measure his body and abilities.
• The danger of provoking superior forces: The Dragon Clan’s attempt to intimidate Qingyuan turns into a catastrophic defeat because they underestimate both his background and his hidden abilities.
• Resurrection and immortality: Qingyuan’s revival undermines the Dragon Clan’s greatest victory and emphasizes how difficult it is to permanently defeat him.
• Decline and legacy: The old dragons retain formidable foundations from the Dragon-Han era, but their injuries, karmic burdens, and diminished condition show the decline of their former glory.
• Resource destruction and power imbalance: By stripping the True Dragon Realm of its treasures and materials, Qingyuan defeats not only its warriors but also its future potential.

Character Interactions

• Qingyuan directly clashes with Dragon Lei and the other old dragons, overpowering them physically even when they join forces.
• The Dragon Clan elders coordinate through the great formation, but their growing fear contrasts with Qingyuan’s calm confidence.
• The elders criticize Dragon Lei for bringing disaster upon the clan and worry about how they will answer to the Saint afterward.
• Qingyuan’s calm remarks after reviving further intimidate the dragons, as he treats their strongest attack as merely a useful test of his limits.
• The chapter ends with Qingyuan decisively reversing the power dynamic: the entire Dragon Clan is left defenseless and impoverished after his Five-Colored Divine Light and Nine Treasures Wonderful Tree sweep through the realm.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Qingyuan uses a mysterious branch radiating Immortal Light to empty the True Dragon Realm, taking most of its formations, treasures, weapons, medicines, and even the Dragon Clan itself.
• The five old dragons are left stunned and powerless. Their leader attempts to attack Qingyuan but is quickly injured and flees, urging the others to escape before Qingyuan’s mana is exhausted.
• Qingyuan reveals that his mana is effectively endless and that the True Dragon Realm is sealed, making escape impossible.
• He pursues Dragon Lei, the dragon responsible for provoking the conflict. Qingyuan’s ten fierce weapons pierce Dragon Lei’s body and absorb his blood essence.
• Dragon Lei transforms into lightning and attempts to overwhelm Qingyuan, but Qingyuan suppresses and absorbs the lightning through his Thunder Seal. After a fierce battle, Dragon Lei abandons his physical body, but Qingyuan captures his Primordial Spirit with the Human Lord Banner and kills him.
• The remaining four old dragons gather together, believing their only chance of survival lies in cooperation. Qingyuan easily overwhelms them, using his powerful physical body, endless mana, Three Heads and Ten Arms, and multiple divine weapons.
• The dragons beg for mercy and offer compensation, warning that destroying the Dragon Clan might bring immense karmic consequences. Qingyuan rejects their argument, pointing out that they only regret their actions because they have lost and are facing death.
• Just as Qingyuan is about to kill the four dragons, Candle Dragon emerges from the depths of the Endless Sea Region. Though extremely old and weakened by Dao injuries and karma, he possesses terrifying mastery of the Time Law and appears capable of threatening Qingyuan.
• Candle Dragon asks Qingyuan to spare the Dragon Clan and offers compensation. Qingyuan accepts the release of the four old dragons but criticizes Candle Dragon for remaining hidden until the Dragon Clan was on the verge of annihilation.
• Qingyuan then makes an unexpected demand: Candle Dragon must become his disciple and acknowledge Qingyuan as his master.

Character Developments

• Qingyuan displays overwhelming strength, confidence, and tactical control. He demonstrates that his mana, physical endurance, recovery ability, and arsenal far surpass the weakened Dragon Clan elders.
• He also reveals a ruthless but principled view of warfare: those who hold the advantage control the outcome, and an opponent’s remorse has no value once defeat is certain.
• Qingyuan remains cautious despite his dominance. He recognizes Candle Dragon’s Time Law as especially dangerous and therefore chooses negotiation rather than immediately continuing the fight.
• Dragon Lei changes from an aggressive instigator into a desperate survivor. His dependence on lightning is exposed when Qingyuan suppresses his elemental power, forcing him to abandon his body before being captured and killed.
• The four remaining old dragons lose their arrogance and become fearful, regretful, and submissive once their defenses and weapons are removed.
• Candle Dragon is presented as ancient, weak, and burdened by injuries, yet still immensely dangerous. His intervention shows that he prioritizes preserving the Dragon Clan over punishing its members or confronting Qingyuan earlier.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming power and reversal of hierarchy: The Dragon Clan, once dominant and protected by a powerful grand formation, is reduced to helplessness when Qingyuan dismantles its advantages.
• Regret after defeat: The old dragons’ pleas are portrayed as self-preservation rather than genuine repentance. Qingyuan emphasizes that they would not have shown mercy had he been the weaker party.
• Strength as authority: The chapter repeatedly suggests that victory determines who has the right to judge, negotiate, or demand compensation.
• Pragmatism versus justice: Candle Dragon intervenes not out of pure righteousness but because the Dragon Clan is about to be destroyed. Qingyuan sees through this and refuses to treat the intervention as moral vindication.
• Caution beneath confidence: Although Qingyuan dominates the battle, he does not underestimate Candle Dragon’s Time Law and chooses to exploit the negotiation for his own benefit.
• Transformation of enemies into subordinates: Qingyuan’s final demand to take Candle Dragon as a disciple shifts the conflict from extermination to submission, reflecting his ambition and unconventional authority.

Character Interactions

• The old dragons initially threaten Qingyuan and assume he will eventually run out of mana, but their confidence collapses when he pursues and defeats them effortlessly.
• Qingyuan taunts the fleeing dragons and reminds them that they would never have spared him if the situation were reversed.
• The four surviving dragons beg Candle Dragon for protection and accuse Qingyuan, but they remain terrified of Qingyuan’s retaliation.
• Candle Dragon adopts a conciliatory tone, offering compensation and asking Qingyuan to stop. Qingyuan challenges his motives, accusing him of waiting until the last moment to intervene.
• The chapter ends with Qingyuan turning Candle Dragon’s request for mercy into an outrageous demand: the ancient dragon must become his disciple.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Qingyuan demands that Candle Dragon, ancestor of the Dragon Clan, become his personal disciple rather than offering him treasures, techniques, or the Time Law as compensation for their conflict.
• The Four Old Dragons are enraged by this humiliation and attack Qingyuan, but Candle Dragon stops them.
• Candle Dragon warns Qingyuan that he is an ancient, dying dragon burdened by severe Dao injuries and immense karmic power, making discipleship seemingly useless. Qingyuan remains firm and threatens to fight to the death if refused.
• Impressed or pressured by Qingyuan’s resolve, Candle Dragon agrees to become his disciple. Qingyuan insists on being recognized as Candle Dragon’s true master, not merely as a registered teacher.
• Candle Dragon performs the full discipleship ritual, bowing three times and nine times before Qingyuan. The Four Old Dragons are furious but obey Candle Dragon’s command to withdraw.
• The system rewards Qingyuan for gaining a Chaos Divine Beast as a personal disciple, granting him powerful treasures, techniques, spiritual roots, divine abilities, foundation enhancement, and 1.2 billion years of accumulated cultivation.
• Qingyuan reviews Candle Dragon’s disciple profile and learns that Candle Dragon is a late-stage Primordial Golden Immortal suffering from Dao injuries, immense karma, and near death, though he still possesses extraordinary talents and abilities.

Character Developments

• Qingyuan demonstrates extreme confidence, composure, and ambition. He refuses all conventional compensation and insists solely on making Candle Dragon his disciple, even while facing the ancestor’s overwhelming aura.
• Qingyuan’s status and power increase dramatically through the system rewards. He gains access to fragments of legendary treasures, major Dao laws, powerful offensive techniques, and enough cultivation resources to potentially advance the Nine Revolutions Profound Primordial Art to its sixth revolution.
• Candle Dragon shifts from anger and suspicion to reluctant acceptance. Despite his age, injuries, and karmic burden, he recognizes Qingyuan’s determination and submits to him as Master.
• Candle Dragon’s history and nature are revealed: he is a Chaos Divine Beast connected to Time, Space, Creation, and the founding of the Dragon Clan. He once fought alongside the Ancestral Dragon and helped overthrow the Fierce Beast era.
• The Four Old Dragons become increasingly hostile toward Qingyuan because of the humiliation inflicted on their ancestor, but they ultimately obey Candle Dragon rather than challenge his decision.

Significant Themes

• Power and seniority: Qingyuan overturns traditional hierarchy by making an ancient ancestor of the Dragon Clan bow to him, emphasizing that absolute strength and determination can supersede age and status.
• Unyielding will: Qingyuan refuses to compromise despite Candle Dragon’s threats and overwhelming aura, reinforcing his fearless and uncompromising personality.
• The value of discipleship: Candle Dragon initially argues that he has nothing valuable left to offer, but the system reveals that taking him as a disciple provides extraordinary rewards, suggesting that relationships can carry hidden benefits.
• Legacy and decline: Candle Dragon represents an ancient power from the Chaos era whose glory has faded under Dao injuries and karma, yet whose abilities and origins remain formidable.
• Accumulation of power: Qingyuan’s rewards demonstrate the importance of building foundations, mastering laws, and gathering resources for future breakthroughs.
• Humiliation and loyalty: The Four Old Dragons’ anger highlights the emotional and political consequences of Candle Dragon submitting to an outsider, while Candle Dragon’s obedience establishes a new master-disciple bond.

Character Interactions

• Qingyuan and Candle Dragon engage in a tense negotiation: Candle Dragon offers treasures, techniques, and the Time Law, but Qingyuan rejects everything in favor of personal discipleship.
• Candle Dragon threatens Qingyuan when he refuses to compromise, but Qingyuan responds with a willingness to fight to the death.
• The Four Old Dragons repeatedly attempt to defend Candle Dragon and condemn Qingyuan’s arrogance, but Candle Dragon restrains them and orders them to stand down.
• Candle Dragon formally accepts Qingyuan as his Master, while Qingyuan calmly accepts the discipleship rites without yielding to the Old Dragons’ hostility.
• After the ritual, Qingyuan privately examines Candle Dragon’s status and considers how to use his new disciple’s talents and abilities for future growth.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Qingyuan examines Candle Dragon’s abilities and is shocked by the sheer number of powerful talents and Great Dao Spiritual Powers he possesses, especially those related to the Time Law. Qingyuan realizes that Candle Dragon, even in his weakened state, once belonged to the highest tier of Primordial Wilderness overlords.
• This realization makes Qingyuan reconsider the strength of the Witch and Demon Clans. He decides to remain even more cautious and keep his true power hidden until he reaches the seventh level of the Nine Revolutions Profound Primordial Art.
• Qingyuan accepts Candle Dragon’s empowerment as a Personal Disciple. The infusion dramatically transforms his body, Primordial Spirit, Blood Qi, talents, and Divine Abilities.
• Qingyuan’s physical body and Primordial Spirit undergo an unprecedented sublimation, causing him to gradually transcend the limits of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and begin approaching the Hunyuan Great Dao.
• Candle Dragon attempts to deduce Qingyuan’s origins but suffers a severe backlash. His already critical condition worsens, leaving him on the verge of death.
• Fearing that Candle Dragon’s death would end the empowerment and potentially damage his own progress, Qingyuan approaches him with a pill.
• Candle Dragon’s four Old Dragons initially block Qingyuan, believing he may harm their ancestor. Candle Dragon stops them and formally acknowledges Qingyuan as his master.
• Candle Dragon entrusts the entire Dragon Clan to Qingyuan, declaring that Qingyuan will become the Dragon Clan’s New Ancestor after his death. He orders the clan to obey Qingyuan absolutely and expel anyone who defies him.
• Qingyuan rejects the idea of personally managing the Dragon Clan but still gives Candle Dragon the Heavenly Dao Restoration Pill.
• The pill immediately produces astonishing results: Candle Dragon’s vitality surges, his aging and dying state disappear, and his long-standing Dao Injuries begin to heal.

Character Developments

• Qingyuan: His arrogance is reduced after seeing Candle Dragon’s overwhelming abilities. However, he continues to underestimate his own strength, failing to realize that his foundation and accumulated empowerments already place him among the most terrifying beings in the Primordial Wilderness. His body and Primordial Spirit advance toward a level beyond Daluo Law and closer to Hunyuan.
• Candle Dragon: He shifts from testing and mistrusting Qingyuan to deeply respecting him after suffering a backlash while probing Qingyuan’s origins. Recognizing Qingyuan’s extraordinary potential, he entrusts the Dragon Clan’s survival and future to him.
• The Four Old Dragons: They initially react with hostility and protectiveness toward Candle Dragon, but accept Qingyuan as the Dragon Clan’s New Ancestor once Candle Dragon commands them to do so. Their loyalty to Candle Dragon is shown through their willingness to defend him even at the cost of their lives.

Significant Themes

• Hidden strength and self-misjudgment: Qingyuan is far more powerful than he believes, while Candle Dragon’s diminished state causes Qingyuan to underestimate the true might of ancient overlords.
• Legacy and survival: Candle Dragon’s main concern is preserving the Dragon Clan’s bloodline, even if the clan never regains its former glory.
• Master-disciple bonds and allegiance: Candle Dragon’s submission reflects his recognition that Qingyuan represents the Dragon Clan’s best chance of survival.
• The danger of probing the unknown: Candle Dragon’s failed deduction demonstrates that Qingyuan’s origins and destiny are beyond ordinary comprehension, and attempting to uncover them carries severe consequences.
• Restoration and transcendence: Qingyuan’s empowerment and Candle Dragon’s healing both suggest that immense transformations are possible through the fusion of powerful laws, talents, and heavenly treasures.

Important Character Interactions

• Qingyuan internally evaluates Candle Dragon’s strength and compares him to the ancient Witch and Demon overlords.
• Candle Dragon attempts to investigate Qingyuan’s origins, suffers a backlash, and confesses his error.
• Candle Dragon formally begs Qingyuan to protect the Dragon Clan and commands the four Old Dragons to recognize him as their New Ancestor.
• The four Old Dragons confront Qingyuan to defend Candle Dragon, but Candle Dragon intervenes and forces them to accept Qingyuan.
• Qingyuan feeds Candle Dragon the restoration pill despite the dragons’ suspicion, triggering Candle Dragon’s dramatic recovery and raising the possibility that his ancient Dao Injuries can finally be healed.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Candle Dragon awakens in a spectacular display of power, causing the four senior dragons to believe he is experiencing a final burst of strength before death.
• The old dragons mourn and formally bid farewell to him, but Candle Dragon angrily reveals that he is not dying. Qingyuan’s Heavenly Dao Restoration Pill is healing his severe Dao Injuries and karmic damage.
• Candle Dragon explains that, with sufficient secluded cultivation—possibly dozens to over a hundred Yuan Hui—he may completely recover and eventually return to his former peak.
• He harshly reprimands the four dragons for being pessimistic, narrow-minded, arrogant, and disrespectful toward Qingyuan. He orders them to recognize Qingyuan as the Dragon Clan’s “New Ancestor.”
• Qingyuan demands secrecy regarding the events. Candle Dragon and the four dragons swear Great Dao Oaths never to reveal his identity or the events without permission.
• Qingyuan returns the Dragon Clan’s captured members, formation materials, treasures, and other belongings, leaving the four old dragons to repair the damage and manage the aftermath of his attack.
• The dragons privately reflect on how Qingyuan killed or defeated major Dragon Clan figures, destroyed much of the True Dragon Realm’s formation, and inexplicably became their superior in seniority. They conclude that accepting him as an ancestor is preferable to being annihilated.
• Qingyuan accompanies Candle Dragon to his Crystal Palace, where they share rare Dragon Blood Tea and discuss cultivation, the Hunyuan Path, Candle Dragon’s injuries, and the Dragon Clan’s motives.
• Candle Dragon explains that the Dragon Clan’s cultivation system originated from Ancestral Dragon’s efforts to use clan bloodline and Dragon Script to wield laws. This system allowed the Dragon Clan to dominate the Scale-Clad Tribe and convert other beings into dragon dependents.
• Candle Dragon reveals that he sensed a major disturbance in the Dragon Clan’s Fortune Aura and deduced that an important opportunity connected to Qingyuan was about to appear.
• The chapter ends with Qingyuan asking whether it is possible for him to gather and control Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind.

Character Developments

• Candle Dragon: His condition improves dramatically after taking Qingyuan’s pill. He regains confidence, vitality, and hope of returning to his peak. His reverence toward Qingyuan deepens, and he voluntarily pledges lifelong loyalty.
• The Four Old Dragons: They shift from sorrow and confusion to shock, relief, and submission. They acknowledge Qingyuan as their New Ancestor and swear secrecy, though they remain embarrassed and unsettled by their sudden loss of status.
• Qingyuan: He demonstrates both overwhelming strength and restraint. After defeating the Dragon Clan’s forces, he returns their possessions and emphasizes secrecy rather than seeking recognition. He also shows growing interest in the Hunyuan Path and the mechanics of controlling the primordial elements.
• The Dragon Clan as a whole: It is forced to reassess Qingyuan from an enemy or suspicious outsider into a potential savior and future pillar of the clan.

Significant Themes

• Misjudgment and appearances: The old dragons mistake Candle Dragon’s restored strength for a deathbed “final flash,” highlighting how quickly people interpret unfamiliar events through fear and assumptions.
• Hope after decline: Candle Dragon’s recovery represents the possibility of renewal after countless ages of suffering, karmic burden, and irreversible-looking injury.
• Hierarchy and recognition: Qingyuan’s rise to “New Ancestor” shows how power, benevolence, and spiritual authority can overturn established seniority.
• Secrecy and political danger: Qingyuan’s demand for silence reflects the risks surrounding his unusual identity, his connection to the Chaos Divine Beast, and his opposition to powerful factions.
• The decline of the cultivation environment: Candle Dragon notes that the Primordial Wilderness has deteriorated through repeated calamities, making cultivation and advancement increasingly difficult.
• Legacy and adaptation: The Dragon Clan survives by developing Dragon Script, manipulating bloodlines, and adapting its cultivation system, but its traditional methods may no longer be sufficient for future advancement.
• Youthful ferocity versus ancient caution: The old dragons are stunned by Qingyuan’s boldness and destructive power, leading to the humorous observation that “young people these days” are extraordinarily dangerous.

Character Interactions

• Candle Dragon rebukes the four old dragons for mourning him prematurely and later strikes them for failing to show proper respect toward Qingyuan.
• The four dragons apologize and formally acknowledge Qingyuan as their ancestor.
• Qingyuan accepts their apology and protects their dignity by keeping the incident secret.
• Candle Dragon expresses unwavering loyalty to Qingyuan through a Great Dao Oath, inspiring the four dragons to do the same.
• Qingyuan and Candle Dragon speak privately in the Crystal Palace, discussing the Hunyuan Path, the Dragon Clan’s origins, the deterioration of the cultivation world, Candle Dragon’s recovery, and the prophecy-like disturbance surrounding Qingyuan.
• Their relationship shifts decisively from master and subordinate by circumstance to a genuine alliance centered on Qingyuan’s protection and the Dragon Clan’s possible revival.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Qingyuan tells Candle Dragon that he intends to collect the Chaos Four Spirits—Turbid Dirt Yin Earth, Heavenly River Weak Water, Great Sun True Flame, and Nine Nether Bi Wind—and possibly fuse their sources into his body.
• Candle Dragon warns him that the Four Spirits are fundamental to the stability of the Primordial Wilderness. Controlling all four could destroy Qingyuan’s body and Dao, but Qingyuan remains confident in his own plans.
• Candle Dragon explains the locations of the Four Spirits:
  • Earth lies atop Buzhou Mountain.
  • Water is hidden in the Heavenly River of the Nine Heavens.
  • Fire originates from the Sun Star.
  • Wind should exist beyond the future Netherworld Yin Realm.
• Before beginning his cultivation, Qingyuan asks the Dragon Clan for various forms of powerful thunder. More than thirty Thunder Dao cultivators provide different kinds, which Qingyuan absorbs into his Thunder Seal. He compensates them with pills and also obtains materials for reforging his Demon God Incarnation.
• Qingyuan learns that the True Dragon Realm will remain sealed for roughly ten more years and requests a secluded cultivation location.
• Candle Dragon gives him access to the damaged but immensely powerful Shihuang Tower, a Dragon Clan treasure capable of manipulating the flow of time and containing mysteries of the Time Dao.
• To support Qingyuan’s cultivation, Candle Dragon orders the Dragon Clan to use all five remaining Time Law Fragments and more than thirty percent of its resources. The Dragon Clan members resent the enormous cost, but obey.
• Inside the tower, Qingyuan uses the Twelve-grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus as protection and conceals his aura with two Creation Jade Disks before allowing his foundation to advance.
• His advancement produces astonishing phenomena: Chaos evolves around him, Great Dao manifestations appear, and his aura resembles that of a Chaos Demon God.
• His Twenty-Fourth Grade Auspicious Green Lotus transforms into a Thirty-Sixth Grade Green Lotus. Light from the Karmic Fire Red Lotus and Samsara Purple Lotus merges into his Primordial Spirit.
• His Three Flowers Above the Crown advance from nine petals to the complete Twelve-Petal form, surpassing the foundations of nearly every known Primordial Wilderness powerhouse.
• Several years later, the Shihuang Tower begins shaking as it consumes the Time Law Fragments and vast quantities of Dragon Clan treasures. The tower eventually stabilizes, but an uncontrollable, terrifying aura leaks from within.
• Candle Dragon awakens from secluded cultivation in shock, recognizing that Qingyuan’s transformation may have reached an impossible level.

Character Developments

• Qingyuan displays absolute confidence and ambition. He is no longer merely trying to improve his cultivation; he is attempting to build an unprecedented foundation by combining the Chaos Four Spirits and advancing his physical body, Primordial Spirit, and Dao.
• His foundation undergoes a major evolution:
  • His Green Lotus reaches the Thirty-Sixth Grade.
  • His Three Flowers reach twelve petals.
  • His body and Primordial Spirit begin a profound sublimation.
  • His aura becomes comparable to that of a Chaos Demon God.
• Candle Dragon grows increasingly supportive of Qingyuan despite the risks and the Dragon Clan’s losses. He treats Qingyuan as a true master, spends the clan’s most valuable resources on him, and suppresses the objections of the older dragons.
• The older True Dragons become resentful and anxious. They believe Candle Dragon is sacrificing the Dragon Clan’s treasures for an outsider and question why he has accepted Qingyuan as his master.
• The Dragon Clan as a whole is forced to recognize Qingyuan’s growing importance, even though many members remain unwilling to accept the price of his advancement.

Significant Themes

• The pursuit of an unparalleled foundation: Qingyuan seeks to surpass the limits of even the strongest Primordial Wilderness figures.
• Risk versus potential: The Chaos Four Spirits and Qingyuan’s foundation advancement could lead to extraordinary power, but they also threaten bodily destruction, Dao collapse, or consequences for the entire world.
• The cost of cultivation: The Dragon Clan sacrifices its Time Law Fragments and a huge portion of its resources to help Qingyuan, creating resentment and internal tension.
• Transformation and transcendence: Qingyuan’s evolution suggests that he is moving beyond ordinary cultivators and may be approaching the level or nature of a Chaos Demon God.
• Loyalty and authority: Candle Dragon’s decision to prioritize Qingyuan over the Dragon Clan’s immediate interests highlights his loyalty but also challenges the clan’s traditional hierarchy and expectations.

Character Interactions

• Qingyuan and Candle Dragon: Qingyuan requests information, thunder, materials, and a cultivation chamber; Candle Dragon answers his questions, warns him about the dangers, and ultimately provides the Shihuang Tower and massive clan resources.
• Candle Dragon and the older dragons: The old dragons protest the use of the Shihuang Tower and the expenditure of the clan’s treasures. Candle Dragon dismisses their objections and orders them to fulfill Qingyuan’s needs.
• Qingyuan and the Thunder Dao dragons: Qingyuan absorbs samples of their various thunder techniques into the Thunder Seal and rewards them with pills, creating a mutually beneficial exchange.
• Qingyuan and the Dragon Clan: Though treated as an honored master by Candle Dragon, Qingyuan’s presence causes widespread unease among the True Dragons, who see him consuming resources that belong to their clan.
  The chapter ends on a major cliffhanger as Candle Dragon senses Qingyuan’s terrifying new aura and realizes that his advancement may have produced something far beyond ordinary cultivation.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Candle Dragon senses Qingyuan’s overwhelming aura and concludes that Qingyuan is likely a Chaos Demon God, far beyond the level of an Innate Demon God or ordinary Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
• Overjoyed by the possibility of serving such a powerful master, Candle Dragon decides that Qingyuan’s identity must remain secret to protect both Qingyuan and the Dragon Clan.
• Candle Dragon personally guards the Shihuang Tower, while the surrounding dragons kneel in awe and are ordered to remain silent.
• Inside the tower, Qingyuan completes a major transformation. The Thirty-Sixth Grade Green Lotus becomes his physical form, incorporating the powers of karmic fire and reincarnation.
• Qingyuan’s foundation is greatly enhanced by:
  • His existing physical-body techniques and divine abilities.
  • Blessings from his disciples, especially Candle Dragon.
  • The consumption and fusion of the Twelve-grade Samsara Purple Lotus and Twelve-grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus.
• His physical body reaches the late stage of the sixth revolution of the Nine Revolutions Profound Primordial Art, equivalent to a late-stage Primordial Golden Immortal. It gains extreme defensive traits, including resistance to all laws, demonic invasion, and powerful spiritual treasures.
• Qingyuan tests his new strength. The Qiankun Twin Swords only leave a faint mark on his body and are damaged in the process.
• He visits White Bone Buddha inside the Human Lord Banner and learns that approximately 340,000 years have passed while he was in the Shihuang Tower.
• Qingyuan discovers that the Chaos Divine Beast has hatched and reached the aura of an early-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
• Worried about what may have happened in the Primordial Wilderness, Golden Ao Island, and the Interception Sect during his absence, Qingyuan prepares to test himself against White Bone Buddha.
• When Qingyuan releases his aura, the White Bone World trembles and collapses. The two skeletal protectors are forced to kneel with their bodies shattering, while even White Bone Buddha is driven back tens of thousands of miles in terror.

Character Developments

• Candle Dragon shifts from cautious investigation to complete devotion. He becomes convinced that serving Qingyuan is a tremendous opportunity for the Dragon Clan and personally takes responsibility for protecting Qingyuan’s secret.
• Qingyuan undergoes an enormous advancement in both physical strength and cultivation foundation. His body now possesses the power and resilience of a Chaos Demon God, while his Primordial Spirit reaches the early stage of the sixth revolution.
• Qingyuan becomes increasingly ambitious, considering whether consuming more lotus platforms could allow his physical body to reach the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• White Bone Buddha has grown considerably stronger after cultivating his White Bone Great Dao and absorbing a Hunyuan Dragon Script and the power of the Old Dragon. Flesh has begun to grow over his previously skeletal body.
• The Chaos Divine Beast has successfully hatched and already possesses early-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal strength.

Significant Themes

• Absolute power and transformation: Qingyuan’s fusion with the lotus treasures represents a dramatic evolution from powerful cultivator to near-Chaos-Demon-God existence.
• Loyalty through overwhelming strength: Candle Dragon’s attitude changes completely once he recognizes Qingyuan’s true potential, revealing how power determines allegiance in the cultivation world.
• Secrecy and protection: Qingyuan’s identity and strength must remain concealed, since revealing them could attract danger and disrupt the balance of the Primordial Wilderness.
• The cost of advancement: Qingyuan gains tremendous power by consuming two top-grade spiritual treasures, but he loses the treasures themselves and must weigh further risks against potential breakthroughs.
• Distorted time and uncertainty: The Shihuang Tower’s unusual time flow creates anxiety about events outside it and emphasizes how isolated Qingyuan has become from the wider world.

Character Interactions

• Candle Dragon’s reverence for Qingyuan reaches the point of near worship, and he voluntarily becomes Qingyuan’s guard.
• The Dragon Clan witnesses Candle Dragon’s unusual excitement and obedience, though they do not understand the true reason behind it.
• Qingyuan and White Bone Buddha interact as master and disciple. Qingyuan questions him about the passage of time and then commands him to attack without restraint.
• White Bone Buddha hesitates because his full-power attack might kill Qingyuan and waste one of Qingyuan’s opportunities for rebirth, but Qingyuan insists that he will not be harmed.
• Qingyuan’s aura overwhelms White Bone Buddha and his skeletal guardians before the actual battle even begins, leaving White Bone Buddha shocked by his master’s terrifying transformation.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Qingyuan reveals the terrifying power of his newly strengthened physical body, astonishing White Bone Buddha, whose Law of Strength and cultivation are completely outclassed.
• Qingyuan challenges White Bone Buddha to kill him within ten breaths. White Bone Buddha unleashes the full power of his White Bone Great Dao, summoning countless bone hands and Nirvana Laws that destroy the surrounding void.
• Despite the overwhelming attack, Qingyuan emerges completely unharmed. He then counterattacks with a casual palm strike.
• White Bone Buddha’s defensive Laws collapse against Qingyuan’s body, and his physical form is shattered, leaving only his Sarira. Qingyuan realizes he accidentally killed him with roughly thirty percent of his strength.
• White Bone Buddha’s Hunyuan Undying True Intent allows him to recover, but the process takes more than a hundred years. Qingyuan uses pills and the Human Lord Banner to help restore him.
• After reviving, White Bone Buddha describes Qingyuan’s attack as sealing time and space, collapsing Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, and dispersing part of his Undying True Intent.
• Qingyuan gives White Bone Buddha the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique as compensation and discusses physical cultivation and the Great Dao with him.
• Qingyuan leaves the Human Lord Banner and exits the Shihuang Tower, where the Dragon Clan is waiting in awe after witnessing the tower’s unusual phenomena.
• Candle Dragon and the four Old Dragons conclude that Qingyuan is a Chaos Demon God. The Old Dragons kneel and beg forgiveness, believing his hidden identity explains his extraordinary strength and that following him may allow the Dragon Clan to rise again.
• Candle Dragon promises to conceal Qingyuan’s identity through oaths and memory-altering spells.
• When Candle Dragon mentions the Ancestral Dragon Transformation technique, a small dragon appears on Qingyuan’s shoulder, shocking him and the surrounding Dragon Clan.

Character Developments

• Qingyuan: Demonstrates overwhelming physical strength and near-total immunity to Laws. He becomes more cautious, deciding to conceal his physical cultivation and focus on improving his Primordial Spirit realm. His power now resembles that of a Chaos Demon God, though he remains uncertain about its true nature.
• White Bone Buddha: His confidence in his own achievements is shattered. He becomes deeply reverent toward Qingyuan, recognizing the enormous gap between them. Though defeated and temporarily killed, he survives through his Hunyuan Undying True Intent and receives a new cultivation method from his master.
• Candle Dragon: Becomes convinced that Qingyuan is a Chaos Demon God and fully commits to protecting his secret. He sees Qingyuan as the key to the Dragon Clan’s future revival.
• The Four Old Dragons: Shift from suspicion and hostility to fear, reverence, and submission after witnessing Qingyuan’s apparent identity and power.

Significant Themes

• The overwhelming power of physical cultivation: Qingyuan’s body can withstand attacks from an opponent comparable to a Three-Corpse Severing quasi-saint and nullify powerful Laws.
• The gap between realms and combat strength: Qingyuan reflects that, despite his physical dominance, Saints still stand above all beings beneath them, emphasizing the importance of balancing physical and Primordial Spirit cultivation.
• Concealed identity and misunderstanding: Qingyuan tries to hide his true abilities, but his strength and supernatural phenomena cause others to mistake him for a Chaos Demon God.
• Master-disciple bonds and compensation: Although Qingyuan defeats White Bone Buddha brutally, he helps restore him and teaches him a powerful technique, reinforcing their relationship.
• The Dragon Clan’s hope for restoration: The Dragon Clan views Qingyuan’s presence as a possible path to reclaiming its former status and power.

Important Character Interactions

• Qingyuan and White Bone Buddha: Their battle establishes the vast difference in strength between them. White Bone Buddha attacks with everything he has, but Qingyuan defeats him effortlessly, then later teaches him the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique.
• Qingyuan and Candle Dragon: Candle Dragon treats Qingyuan with increasing reverence and promises to protect his secret. Qingyuan instructs him to prevent the Dragon Clan from spreading information about his abilities.
• Qingyuan and the Old Dragons: The Old Dragons apologize and kneel after assuming Qingyuan is a Chaos Demon God. Their submission marks a dramatic reversal from their earlier attitude.
• Qingyuan and the mysterious little dragon: The appearance of the small dragon on Qingyuan’s shoulder interrupts the discussion of the Ancestral Dragon Transformation and sets up the chapter’s cliffhanger.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Qingyuan reveals that the tiny dragon beside him is not the resurrected Ancestral Dragon, but a new Chaos Divine Beast called the Beginning Dragon, born from the Ancestral Dragon Pearl.
• Candle Dragon and the four Old Dragons are overwhelmed with emotion. They believe the Beginning Dragon represents the Dragon Clan’s chance to break its bloodline curse, restore its inheritance, and avoid annihilation.
• The dragons swear loyalty to Qingyuan and present the Beginning Dragon with the complete Ancestral Dragon Transformation, a cultivation technique containing the secret to reaching the Primordial Grand Unity realm.
• Qingyuan learns that only about three and a half years have passed outside during his cultivation in the Shihuang Tower. The damaged tower has nearly exhausted its Time Law Fragments and resources because Qingyuan’s cultivation consumes vastly more energy than ordinary users.
• He remains in the True Dragon Realm for another six and a half years, discussing cultivation with the Old Dragons and exploring the realm. Meanwhile, the Dragon Clan becomes devoted to the Beginning Dragon, showering it with treasures and treating it as a sign of Ancestral Dragon’s return.
• As the True Dragon Realm’s ten-year isolation ends, Candle Dragon hosts a lavish ten-day farewell banquet. The Dragon Clan begs Qingyuan to protect the Beginning Dragon, and every dragon kneels and vows to repay him.
• At the exact moment of this farewell, the True Dragon Realm reconnects with the Primordial Wilderness. Sect Master Tongtian forcefully enters with the Interception Sect, whose members arrive expecting to rescue Qingyuan and punish the Dragon Clan.
• The disciples are shocked to find Qingyuan neither mistreated nor humiliated. Instead, the Dragon Clan is kneeling before him and treating him—and especially the Beginning Dragon—with reverence.
• Kong Xuan proudly declares that Qingyuan could never be bullied. Tongtian, embarrassed by the misunderstanding, silently leaves after opening the realm, leaving behind a massive spatial rift that allows Chaos to surge through.

2. Character Developments

• Qingyuan: Remains calm, powerful, and detached from the Dragon Clan’s dramatic loyalty. He views his stay mainly as an opportunity to obtain cultivation techniques, though he grows fond of the Beginning Dragon and accepts responsibility for protecting it.
• Beginning Dragon: Revealed as a supreme Chaos Divine Beast with a bloodline and aura comparable to Ancestral Dragon’s. It is lazy, proud, and almost constantly asleep on Qingyuan’s shoulder, yet its existence gives the Dragon Clan renewed hope.
• Candle Dragon: Changes from a proud ancient dragon into an openly emotional and devoted supporter of Qingyuan. He sees the Beginning Dragon as the Dragon Clan’s salvation and willingly submits to Qingyuan’s authority.
• The Four Old Dragons and the Dragon Clan: Their despair turns into ecstatic hope. They become completely reverent toward the Beginning Dragon and grateful to Qingyuan, treating him as the protector of their future.
• Kong Xuan: His admiration for Qingyuan deepens. His confident assertion that Qingyuan could never suffer a loss shows that he has come to genuinely acknowledge Qingyuan’s strength.
• Tongtian and the Interception Sect disciples: Their expectations are overturned. They had anticipated seeing Qingyuan weakened after ten years of captivity, but instead discover that he has gained the Dragon Clan’s loyalty and a powerful divine companion.

3. Significant Themes

• Hope through inheritance: The Beginning Dragon symbolizes the Dragon Clan’s survival, renewal, and restoration of its ancient glory.
• Misjudgment and reversed expectations: The Interception Sect assumes Qingyuan has been persecuted, but reality reveals that he has emerged stronger and more respected than before.
• Power and natural authority: Qingyuan never demands loyalty; his strength, conduct, and relationship with the Beginning Dragon naturally cause the Dragon Clan to submit to him.
• Bloodline and legacy: The chapter emphasizes the importance of ancestral bloodlines, the continuation of the Dragon Clan, and the distinction between Ancestral Dragon and the new Beginning Dragon.
• Comedic contrast: The Dragon Clan treats the sleepy, indifferent Beginning Dragon as a sacred savior, while the creature behaves like a spoiled and mischievous child.
• Appearance versus reality: What the Interception Sect imagines as Qingyuan’s humiliation is actually a period in which he becomes the center of the Dragon Clan’s devotion.

4. Character Interactions

• Candle Dragon and the Old Dragons kneel before Qingyuan, swear absolute loyalty, and present the Ancestral Dragon Transformation to the Beginning Dragon.
• The Dragon Clan constantly brings gifts to the Beginning Dragon, interpreting even its bored acceptance as a blessing.
• Qingyuan treats the Beginning Dragon affectionately, including pulling it back by the ear after it drunkenly raids other banquet tables.
• Candle Dragon asks Qingyuan to leave the Beginning Dragon behind, but Qingyuan refuses, understanding that it should remain with him.
• During the farewell, the entire Dragon Clan kneels and asks Qingyuan to protect their new hope.
• The Interception Sect arrives prepared for confrontation, only to witness the Dragon Clan worshipping the Beginning Dragon beside Qingyuan. Their confusion and disappointment create the chapter’s central reversal.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Qingyuan leaves the True Dragon Realm with Beginning Dragon after Turtle Spirit Holy Mother’s dramatic, embarrassing rescue slogans attract the True Dragons’ attention.
• The dragons are reluctant to let Beginning Dragon go, believing he is the clan’s only pure-blooded dragon untouched by karmic sin and its greatest hope.
• Candle Dragon reprimands the four Old Dragons for their scheming and shortsightedness. He seals their cultivation, sends them to Fallen Dragon Abyss for one hundred thousand years, and orders them to begin again at the lowest ranks of the Dragon Clan.
• Candle Dragon recognizes that Beginning Dragon’s association with Qingyuan, the First Disciple of Interception Sect, may ultimately bring the Dragon Clan a chance to rise again.
• While traveling back toward Golden Ao Island, Qingyuan plans to visit Buzhou Mountain, acquire rare treasures, and trade with lightning cultivators in the Nine Heavens.
• He encounters Daoist Randeng in the northern Primordial Wilderness and decides to exploit their past grudge by disguising himself and testing the fortune-based ability that rewards him for saying “Fellow Daoist, please stay.”
• Using a mask, Qingyuan completely changes his appearance, aura, cultivation signature, and clothing, becoming an imposing “Chaos loose practitioner.”
• His greeting activates the Rule-Based Concept Divine Ability, granting him:
  • A fragment of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Law of Annihilation
  • Ten million years of Daoxing
  • Two increases to his Fortune Aura
  • Netherworld Ghost Fire
  • A powerful Annihilation cultivation method
  • A Five Elements Divine Pill
• Qingyuan realizes the Netherworld Ghost Fire could help him and Houtu strengthen control over the Earthly Dao and resist Hongjun’s influence.
• Daoist Randeng initially dismisses and attacks the disguised Qingyuan with the Sky-Measuring Ruler. Qingyuan effortlessly catches the attack, forcing Randeng to recognize his overwhelming strength and apologize.
• Qingyuan then begins deceiving Randeng by claiming that ominous signs surround him and that he is suffering the Three Calamities of Heaven, Earth, and Man.

2. Character Developments

• Qingyuan becomes increasingly confident and calculating. He uses disguise, psychological manipulation, and his knowledge of future developments to turn an old grievance with Randeng into a profitable encounter.
• Beginning Dragon remains loyal to Qingyuan, choosing to leave the True Dragon Realm rather than remain in the Dragon Clan. His departure symbolizes his faith in Qingyuan’s future and potential.
• Candle Dragon displays strong judgment and decisiveness. He punishes the conservative Old Dragons while acknowledging the Dragon Clan’s corruption and recognizing Qingyuan as a potentially transformative ally.
• The four Old Dragons are revealed as narrow-minded and politically manipulative. Their fear of losing Beginning Dragon blinds them to the greater opportunity represented by Qingyuan.
• Daoist Randeng shifts from arrogance and hostility to caution and respect after discovering that the disguised Qingyuan possesses terrifying strength. His insecurity and desire for opportunity make him vulnerable to Qingyuan’s deception.
• Turtle Spirit Holy Mother is portrayed as loyal and enthusiastic, though her exaggerated “social quotes” embarrass Qingyuan.

3. Significant Themes

• Decline and renewal: The Dragon Clan’s decay is contrasted with the possibility of revival through Beginning Dragon’s connection to Qingyuan.
• Shortsighted politics versus long-term vision: Candle Dragon understands that forming ties with powerful figures is wiser than trying to control Beginning Dragon through fear or schemes.
• Manipulation and strategic deception: Qingyuan relies on disguise, fabricated authority, and psychological pressure rather than direct confrontation.
• Fortune and causality: The chapter emphasizes how encounters, luck, karmic consequences, and “fortune” can be exploited to produce material and strategic gains.
• The Three Calamities: Qingyuan introduces the idea that Heaven, Earth, and human relationships can all bring destruction, using this framework to manipulate Randeng.
• Power hidden behind appearances: Qingyuan’s harmless-looking disguise conceals overwhelming strength, while Randeng’s status cannot protect him from being outmatched.
• Future planning: Qingyuan links his new treasures to larger plans involving the Netherworld, Houtu, the Earthly Dao, and opposition to Hongjun.

4. Character Interactions

• Qingyuan and the True Dragons part respectfully, though the dragons remain unwilling to lose Beginning Dragon.
• Candle Dragon harshly confronts the four Old Dragons, asserting that they have endangered the clan through petty schemes.
• Qingyuan and Beginning Dragon travel together while discussing future opportunities and resources.
• Qingyuan deliberately approaches Randeng under a false identity, first flattering him and then warning him of impending misfortune.
• Randeng responds with hostility and attacks, but Qingyuan’s effortless defense forces him to reassess the situation.
• After apologizing, Randeng becomes interested in Qingyuan’s prediction of calamity, allowing Qingyuan’s manipulation to proceed.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Daoist Randeng encounters Qingyuan, who claims that cultivators can suffer three kinds of calamities—Heaven, Earth, and Man. Randeng is skeptical but begins to wonder whether his recent troubles are the result of such a calamity.
• Randeng explains his current predicament: he has failed to reach the Quasi-Saint realm, lacks favor from Saint Yuanshi, and has been searching for Immortal Gold Divine Materials to restore the Netherworld Ghost Fire in his Spirit Coffin Lamp.
• His greatest grievance is against the First Disciple of the Intercepting Sect, who allegedly borrowed a crucial material, refused to return it, and then spread rumors that damaged Randeng’s reputation.
• Qingyuan pretends to share Randeng’s hatred of the First Disciple. He invents a story about defeating that disciple in a fight and sparing him only because a Saint intervened.
• Randeng, impressed and reassured by Qingyuan’s supposed strength, invites him to discuss the Dao.
• While traveling, Qingyuan secretly uses the Thunder Seal and a calamity-related divine ability to cause Randeng constant misfortune. Randeng is struck by lightning, hit by bird droppings, bitten or startled by snakes, trapped in holes, and otherwise humiliated.
• At a scenic location, Qingyuan invites Randeng to drink tea. He brews tea using Bodhi Leaves taken from the Bodhi Tree associated with Saint Zhunti.
• Randeng recognizes the leaves’ terrifying origin and becomes alarmed when Qingyuan claims he fought the Western Lands’ Two Sages, Zhunti and Jieyin, without losing.
• Qingyuan further intimidates Randeng by declaring that even Hongjun would be unable to threaten him.
• Completely convinced that Qingyuan is an incomprehensibly powerful expert from Chaos, Randeng respectfully asks for his name. Qingyuan introduces himself as the Great Love Heavenly Venerate.

2. Character Developments

• Qingyuan: Demonstrates his manipulative and mischievous nature. He exploits Randeng’s resentment, fabricates an impressive background, secretly inflicts misfortune upon him, and uses the Bodhi tea to strengthen the illusion that he is a supreme Chaos expert. His confidence and deception successfully transform Randeng’s suspicion into awe and submission.
• Daoist Randeng: Initially cautious and doubtful, Randeng gradually becomes emotionally invested in Qingyuan’s words because they validate his own grievances. His humiliation and the apparent power of Qingyuan break down his resistance. By the end, he treats Qingyuan as an untouchable senior and promises to keep their meeting secret.
• The First Disciple of the Intercepting Sect: Though absent, he is portrayed through Randeng’s complaints and Qingyuan’s fabricated story as Randeng’s greatest enemy and a powerful, arrogant figure.
• Zhunti and Jieyin: They do not appear directly, but their reputations as Western Saints become central to Qingyuan’s deception. The supposed theft of Zhunti’s Bodhi Leaves makes Qingyuan seem exceptionally fearless and powerful.

3. Significant Themes

• Deception and psychological manipulation: Qingyuan wins Randeng over not through open combat but by telling carefully tailored lies that appeal to Randeng’s resentment and insecurity.
• Misfortune and karmic calamity: The chapter humorously presents Randeng’s bad luck as a literal calamity, while Qingyuan actively engineers the disasters behind the scenes.
• Power and reputation: Randeng’s perception of Qingyuan changes entirely based on his claimed battles, confidence, and association with Saints. The chapter emphasizes how reputation can be as influential as actual strength.
• Humor through dramatic irony: The reader knows Qingyuan is exaggerating and causing Randeng’s misfortune, while Randeng interprets everything as proof of Qingyuan’s divine status.
• Status and social hierarchy: Randeng’s fear of Saints and reverence for powerful experts reveal the importance of cultivation rank and backing in the Primordial Wilderness.
• Material treasures and spiritual cultivation: The Bodhi Leaves symbolize the extraordinary resources available to supreme beings and highlight the absurdity of using a Saint’s precious spiritual essence merely to make tea.

4. Character Interactions

• Qingyuan and Randeng: Their relationship shifts from wary strangers to apparent companions, though Qingyuan remains in control through mock sympathy and calculated intimidation.
• Randeng and the First Disciple: Randeng describes their relationship as openly antagonistic, blaming the disciple for stealing his material, ruining his reputation, and causing Saint Yuanshi to lose respect for him.
• Qingyuan and the Western Sages: Qingyuan claims to have fought Zhunti and Jieyin and casually harvested leaves from Zhunti’s Bodhi Tree. This fabricated interaction becomes the main reason Randeng believes Qingyuan is beyond the reach of ordinary Saints.
• Randeng and Saint Yuanshi: Randeng feels neglected and looked down upon by Yuanshi, deepening his frustration and making him especially receptive to Qingyuan’s sympathy.
• Final dynamic: Randeng ends the chapter completely intimidated, viewing Qingyuan as a supreme senior whose identity and meeting must be kept secret.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Qingyuan reveals his identity as the Great Love Heavenly Venerate, unleashing an overwhelming aura that terrifies Daoist Randeng. His presence appears to transcend Saints, Hunyuan experts, space-time, karma, and even the laws of the Primordial Wilderness.
• Randeng realizes that Qingyuan’s earlier claims of being a powerful Chaos cultivator were genuine. Completely frightened, he kneels and begs to become Qingyuan’s disciple.
• Qingyuan initially refuses, criticizing Randeng’s earlier arrogance and later shameless humility. Randeng defends himself, explaining that his earlier attitude came from frustration and misfortune, then repeatedly kowtows to prove his sincerity.
• Qingyuan considers Randeng’s future importance—especially his eventual rise as the Ancient Buddha Randeng and his possible usefulness during the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation—and agrees to examine him.
• Randeng reveals that his true foundation is the Heaven Burying Coffin, confirming Qingyuan’s suspicions about his unusual origin.
• Qingyuan accepts Randeng as a personal disciple. The system rewards him with substantial treasures, divine abilities, comprehension, and cultivation gains, including a powerful coffin capable of suppressing Saints.
• After becoming Qingyuan’s disciple, Randeng confesses his deepest frustration: despite reaching the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, he has repeatedly failed to enter the Quasi-Saint realm.
• Qingyuan challenges the accepted wisdom of the Severing Three Corpses Method, arguing that severing one’s good, evil, and self aspects damages one’s completeness rather than perfecting it.
• He further reveals a major secret: Hongjun’s method of “Preserving Heavenly Principles and Destroying Human Desires” was designed for controlling the Heavenly Dao, but ordinary cultivators gain little from copying it. Qingyuan also warns that the three spiritual treasures used to house the severed corpses must share the same origin, a requirement Hongjun allegedly concealed.

Character Developments

• Qingyuan: Demonstrates his terrifying true strength and his ability to manipulate others strategically. Though he criticizes Randeng’s shamelessness, he recognizes Randeng’s future potential and accepts him for both practical and personal reasons. He also establishes himself as a challenger to orthodox Primordial Wilderness cultivation doctrine.
• Daoist Randeng: Shifts rapidly from arrogance to fear, then to desperate submission. His willingness to abandon dignity in pursuit of the Dao highlights his opportunistic and survival-oriented personality. As Qingyuan’s disciple, he finally receives hope for overcoming his cultivation bottleneck.
• Hongjun: Though absent, he becomes central to the chapter’s revelations. His cultivation method is portrayed as incomplete or unsuitable for ordinary cultivators, and his hidden requirements raise doubts about the fairness and reliability of his teachings.

Significant Themes

• Power and reverence: Qingyuan’s aura completely overturns Randeng’s understanding of the hierarchy of power, showing that beings beyond Saint-level existence may remain hidden.
• Opportunism and survival: Randeng’s immediate change in attitude and willingness to kneel reflects his determination to seize any chance to advance.
• The cost of cultivation: Qingyuan questions whether severing parts of one’s nature truly leads to perfection, suggesting that transcendence should preserve and integrate the self rather than destroy it.
• Hidden truths behind orthodox teachings: The chapter challenges the Primordial Wilderness’s accepted doctrines and implies that powerful authorities conceal crucial information.
• Future planning and manipulation: Qingyuan accepts Randeng partly because of his future historical importance, indicating that he is already preparing to influence upcoming conflicts and tribulations.

Character Interactions

• Qingyuan intimidates Randeng simply by revealing his aura, forcing Randeng to abandon his previous arrogance.
• Randeng repeatedly begs Qingyuan to accept him, while Qingyuan tests his sincerity and evaluates his value.
• Qingyuan exposes Randeng’s Heaven Burying Coffin origin, prompting Randeng to reveal his foundations without hesitation.
• After accepting Randeng, Qingyuan takes on the role of master and gives him guidance about his stalled cultivation.
• Their most important exchange concerns the Severing Three Corpses Method: Randeng respectfully explains the orthodox theory, while Qingyuan dismantles it and reveals information that could threaten the foundations of Primordial Wilderness cultivation.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Qingyuan reveals a major flaw in Hongjun’s Severing Three Corpses Method: because severed corpses use spiritual treasures with different origins, a cultivator’s origin becomes incomplete, making it difficult or impossible to reach the Hunyuan realm. This raises the possibility that Hongjun promoted the method as part of a larger scheme.
• Daoist Randeng is terrified by this revelation and begs Qingyuan for help. Qingyuan refuses to “save” him outright, explaining that no one can protect another person forever and that Randeng must ultimately rely on himself.
• Despite his warning, Qingyuan teaches Randeng the True Meaning Method of Burning and Annihilation, a cultivation method specifically suited to Randeng’s connection with Nirvana. Randeng realizes it can potentially guide him to the Primordial Golden Immortal realm and beyond.
• Qingyuan then demonstrates the divine ability Withered Glory Annihilation Hunyuan Light, which rapidly withers and destroys a boulder. Randeng recognizes the profound Nirvana and life-death principles contained within it and estimates that secluded cultivation could give him a chance to master it.
• Qingyuan warns Randeng that his calamity has arrived. Randeng discovers that the Netherworld Ghost Fire within his Spirit Coffin Lamp is collapsing. Qingyuan helps stabilize it by adding a strand of Nether Luo True Flame origin, causing the fire to evolve into a more powerful gray-green flame.
• Deeply moved by Qingyuan’s generosity, Randeng promises to repay him once he reaches Hunyuan. Qingyuan tells him not to mention their relationship or use him as a shield when causing trouble, and insists that Randeng remain himself regardless of his past identity or karmic burdens.
• An approaching visitor is revealed to be Ancestral Witch Houtu. She explains that she left Buzhou Mountain because she could not bear the suffering caused by the Witch-Demon war. She has been guiding wandering souls and helping them enter reincarnation.
• Randeng privately doubts Houtu’s explanation, noting that the Witch Clan caused much of the devastation producing those souls. Qingyuan, however, accepts the sincerity of her compassion.
• Houtu is surprised by Qingyuan’s unknown identity and asks how to address him. He introduces himself simply as Fang, asking her to call him Fellow Daoist Fang.

Character Developments

• Qingyuan is established as a powerful Hunyuan-level expert with deep understanding of the Great Dao. He is stern and realistic, but also generous and compassionate, willingly giving Randeng both a cultivation method and divine ability without demanding loyalty.
• Daoist Randeng changes from fear and suspicion to genuine gratitude. His desire to exploit Qingyuan disappears, replaced by sincere respect. He gains a possible path toward higher cultivation and an enhanced spiritual treasure, though he remains wary and politically cautious.
• Houtu is portrayed as compassionate and troubled by the consequences of war. Her concern for lost souls hints at her future association with reincarnation, though Randeng’s skepticism highlights the tension between the Witch Clan’s violence and her personal benevolence.
• Hongjun is indirectly characterized as potentially manipulative, since the flaws of the Three Corpses Method suggest it may have been deliberately propagated to prevent cultivators from reaching true Hunyuan enlightenment.

Significant Themes

• True self-reliance: Qingyuan emphasizes that no one can permanently save another person; lasting survival and advancement depend on one’s own strength.
• The danger of flawed cultivation paths: The chapter questions whether a widely respected method may secretly limit the practitioners who follow it.
• Grace without possession: Qingyuan helps Randeng without demanding that he abandon the Chan Sect, serve him, or publicly acknowledge him as master.
• Karma and identity: Qingyuan tells Randeng that his past affiliations and karmic burdens do not define their relationship; what matters is that Randeng remains himself.
• Compassion amid destruction: Houtu’s attempt to guide the dead contrasts with the devastation caused by the Witch Clan, raising questions about personal morality versus collective responsibility.
• Hidden power and anonymity: Qingyuan deliberately conceals his identity and minimizes his connection to Randeng, suggesting that remaining unknown is essential in a dangerous world of rival factions and schemes.

Character Interactions

• Qingyuan and Randeng’s relationship shifts from a transactional possibility to one based on sincere respect and gratitude.
• Qingyuan acts as Randeng’s teacher, but refuses formal recognition, instructing him to call him a fellow Daoist in public.
• Randeng is deferential toward Qingyuan and eagerly introduces him to Houtu, almost anxious to affirm Qingyuan’s greatness.
• Randeng greets Houtu politely but privately distrusts her motives because of the Witch Clan’s role in the war.
• Houtu approaches Qingyuan with curiosity and caution, unable to identify his origin or cultivation level. Qingyuan responds calmly and adopts the modest name “Fang,” preserving his mysterious identity.

Chapter Summary

Plot and key events

• Houtu visits the mysterious Qingyuan, whom Daoist Randeng addresses as the Great Love Heavenly Venerate.
• To test Qingyuan’s strength, Houtian launches a powerful palm strike. Qingyuan casually blocks it with one hand while continuing to hold his teacup, then effortlessly pulls her into a seat and offers her tea.
• Randeng reveals that the tea is made from Bodhi leaves plucked from Saint Zhunti during Qingyuan’s battle with the Two Western Sages. He further explains that Qingyuan is not merely a Hunyuan Saint but a being far Above Hunyuan.
• Houtu is shocked and frightened by the revelation, realizing that she has unknowingly entered the presence of an overwhelmingly powerful figure. She worries that her visit might bring disaster upon the Witch Clan.
• Qingyuan reassures her that the conflict is his personal grudge with the Western Saints and promises that the events of the meeting will not spread beyond those present. He also offers her a large supply of the Bodhi tea, but she nervously refuses.
• After they converse peacefully about their experiences, Houtu asks Qingyuan how she can help the countless souls and vengeful spirits created by the Witch-Demon conflict.
• Qingyuan does not give her a direct answer. Instead, he uses tea, water, and a drainage pipe as an allegory for the cycle of life, death, reincarnation, and the proper guidance of souls.
• His demonstration deeply affects Houtu. She senses that his words point toward her hidden destiny, though she cannot yet fully understand it. She leaves to seek enlightenment on her own.

Character development

• Qingyuan: Demonstrates overwhelming strength, calmness, and profound insight. He maintains a relaxed, hospitable demeanor while subtly guiding Houtu toward the realization of her future role.
• Houtu/Houtian: Begins confident in her physical strength but is quickly humbled by Qingyuan’s effortless defense. Her fear of the consequences for the Witch Clan reveals her compassion and responsibility. By the end, she becomes thoughtful and spiritually awakened, beginning to perceive her larger mission.
• Daoist Randeng: Acts as Qingyuan’s disciple and spokesman. He takes pride in his master’s power and deliberately reveals the shocking truth about the tea and Qingyuan’s battle with the Western Saints, though he later awkwardly admits that he warned Houtu before speaking.
• The Witch Clan: Though mostly absent, its violent practices become central to Houtu’s concerns. Their slaughter of the Demon Race has produced immense karmic suffering and countless wandering souls.

Major themes

• Overwhelming power versus humility: Houtu’s failed strength test shows the vast gap between ordinary great powers and Qingyuan’s realm.
• Karma and consequences: The Witch Clan’s violence creates karmic obstacles and suffering that cannot simply be ignored.
• Compassion and responsibility: Houtu’s concern for the dead distinguishes her from her warlike clansmen and motivates her search for a solution.
• Reincarnation and the cycle of life: Qingyuan’s tea metaphor suggests that souls, like water, may be guided through repeated cycles rather than left to stagnate or become lost.
• Enlightenment through implication: Qingyuan avoids stating Houtu’s destiny directly, forcing her to discover the truth through reflection and personal choice.
• The cost of change: Qingyuan emphasizes that no solution can satisfy everyone; meaningful salvation requires someone to make a difficult choice and bear its price.

Important interactions

• Houtu challenges Qingyuan physically, but he defeats her effortlessly and treats her as a guest rather than an enemy.
• Randeng reveals Qingyuan’s identity and past conflict with the Western Saints, causing Houtu’s fear and shock.
• Qingyuan reassures Houtu and offers her tea, establishing a surprisingly cordial relationship despite the dangerous information exchanged.
• Houtu confides her distress over the Witch Clan’s crimes, while Qingyuan responds with a symbolic lesson rather than explicit instruction.
• Their tea conversation becomes a spiritual turning point: Houtu leaves convinced that Qingyuan understands her ultimate fate, even though he refuses to explain it directly.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• After Houtu leaves, Daoist Randeng asks Qingyuan about their cryptic conversation. Qingyuan refuses to explain, but reveals that Houtu is destined for a major mission and will eventually attain Hunyuan. This implies that the Primordial Wilderness is incomplete and that the future may hold possibilities beyond the established seven Heavenly Dao Saints.
• Qingyuan warns Randeng that a Tribulation of Calamity is forming across the Primordial Wilderness. He advises Randeng to remain in the Kunlun Mountains, as even powerful cultivators could be destroyed by the coming turmoil.
• Qingyuan gives Randeng the Hunyuan Annihilation Dao cultivation method, the Divine Ability of Extinction, and completes Randeng’s Netherworld Ghost Fire. He predicts that Randeng may eventually comprehend Nirvana, found his own sect, and perform a world-shaking deed in the future.
• Randeng returns to Kunlun and realizes that his new cultivation path and Qingyuan’s recognition have greatly strengthened his confidence. His state of mind improves, bringing him close to becoming a Primordial Golden Immortal.
• Randeng encounters Taiyi, Puxian, Wenshu, and Cihang. They invite him for tea but mock him by bringing up his past humiliation involving Qingyuan and the Immortal Gold he failed to reclaim. Randeng declines and leaves with controlled dignity.
• Afterward, he overhears their private conversation and learns that the Chan Sect disciples despise him, viewing him as shameless and embarrassing despite his past efforts on their behalf. This deeply wounds him and causes his loyalty to shift further toward Qingyuan.
• Randeng visits Venerable Yuanshi but is quickly dismissed. The contrast between Yuanshi’s indifference and Qingyuan’s generosity convinces Randeng that Qingyuan is his true benefactor.
• Returning to his dojo at Spirit Vulture Mountain, Randeng seals himself away and begins cultivating the “True Meaning Method of Burning and Annihilation.”
• Meanwhile, Qingyuan travels to Buzhou Mountain and observes the Witch Clan’s overwhelming expansion. The Witch Clan and Witch-Human tribes dominate the Primordial Wilderness, while the Demon Race and Heavenly Court forces retreat or submit.
• Although the Demon Race appears nearly defeated, Qingyuan knows they are concealing a major future move. He also notices that Martial Dao Monuments have spread from the East Sea into Witch Clan and Witch-Human territories.

Character Developments

• Daoist Randeng: His humiliation and neglect within the Chan Sect reach a breaking point. Qingyuan’s guidance gives him confidence, a genuine cultivation path, and hope for a future rise. His emotional allegiance shifts decisively away from Yuanshi and the Chan Sect toward Qingyuan.
• Qingyuan: Acts as a protective and farsighted master. He recognizes Randeng’s potential, prepares him for the coming calamity, and hints that Randeng will have an important role in reshaping the future Primordial Wilderness.
• Houtu: Is established as a future Hunyuan powerhouse with a significant destiny, though the details of her mission remain mysterious.
• Chan Sect disciples: Their casual mockery reveals that they have long looked down on Randeng, despite accepting his protection and assistance in the past.
• Venerable Yuanshi: His dismissive treatment of Randeng contrasts sharply with Qingyuan’s personal investment, exposing Randeng’s low importance in the Chan Sect hierarchy.
• Witch Clan and Demon Race: The Witch Clan is at the height of its apparent dominance, while the Demon Race has been reduced to a seemingly powerless and fragmented force.

Significant Themes

• Recognition versus neglect: Qingyuan values Randeng’s potential and personally cultivates him, while the Chan Sect exploits and ridicules him without offering meaningful support.
• Loyalty shaped by treatment: Randeng’s allegiance changes not because of ideology, but because Qingyuan gives him the respect, guidance, and protection he has never received from Yuanshi.
• Hidden destiny and an incomplete world: Houtu’s future Hunyuan attainment suggests that the established order of the Primordial Wilderness is not fixed. Its incompleteness allows future changes to the number and nature of supreme powers.
• Humiliation as a catalyst: Randeng’s shame and resentment become motivation for secluded cultivation and eventual revenge or transformation.
• Surface decline versus hidden potential: The Demon Race appears defeated, but Qingyuan recognizes that its apparent collapse may conceal a powerful counterattack.
• Approaching calamity: The brewing Tribulation of Calamity creates an atmosphere of impending upheaval and makes survival, preparation, and strategic concealment essential.

Important Character Interactions

• Qingyuan and Randeng: Qingyuan warns Randeng, equips him with powerful cultivation resources, and promises to return for him in the future. Randeng responds with deep gratitude and reverence.
• Randeng and the Chan Sect disciples: Taiyi and the others pretend to invite Randeng for tea while humiliating him with references to his past failures. Their later private insults confirm their contempt.
• Randeng and Yuanshi: Randeng respectfully visits his former master, but Yuanshi dismisses him without offering guidance or support, finalizing Randeng’s emotional break from the Chan Sect.
• Qingyuan and Houtu: Their enigmatic conversation establishes mutual awareness of Houtu’s extraordinary destiny, while keeping its exact nature concealed.
• Qingyuan and the wider Primordial Wilderness: His observations of the Witch Clan’s dominance, the Demon Race’s decline, and the spread of the Martial Dao Monuments position him as a detached observer who understands forces and future developments that others cannot yet see.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Martial Path spreads rapidly throughout the Witch Clan after the Ancestral Witches, Great Witches, Battle Witches, and Soldier Witches obtain subsidiary Martial Dao Monuments from Qingyuan’s True Realm Stele.
• Because the Witch Clan already focuses on body cultivation, Blood Qi, and Killing Aura rather than Primordial Spirits, the Martial Path suits them perfectly. Their overall strength and foundation increase by more than sixty percent.
• Martial Dao Holy Lands appear across the Witch Clan’s territory, especially around Buzhou Mountain, where members train, spar, and exchange insights. Qingyuan is pleased because every person who cultivates the Martial Path contributes to his own cultivation realm.
• While climbing Buzhou Mountain, Qingyuan is confronted by Xiang Liu and the other Great Witches. They seek revenge for the humiliation Qingyuan previously inflicted on the Witch Clan.
• Xiang Liu attacks first, boasting about how much his body and bloodline have improved through Martial Path cultivation. Qingyuan effortlessly evades every strike.
• Xing Tian, Chi You, Yi, and other Great Witches and Witch warriors join the assault. Yi repeatedly fires arrows, but none of the attackers can even touch Qingyuan.
• Qingyuan continuously mocks them while dodging, causing the Great Witches to lose control and attack chaotically. He even manipulates the battle so that some Battle Witches are accidentally injured by their own allies.
• The Ancestral Witches arrive and stop the fight. Gonggong angrily knocks away the Great Witches for disgracing themselves, while the Ancestral Witches ridicule both Qingyuan and their own subordinates.
• The seven Ancestral Witches stationed at Buzhou Mountain—Dijiang, Gou Mang, Zhurong, Gonggong, Shebishi, Xuanming, and Xizi—reveal that they specifically invited Qingyuan to discuss important matters.
• Dijiang destroys the surveillance treasures and demonic scouts monitoring the Witch Clan, indicating that the conversation must remain secret.
• Qingyuan is escorted into the Witch Clan’s ancestral Pangu Temple. When Xiang Liu and the others try to follow, Gonggong kicks them out and seals the doors.

Character Developments

• Qingyuan: Demonstrates overwhelming physical strength and extraordinary composure. He treats the Great Witches’ attacks as harmless and uses humor and sarcasm to provoke them. His calm behavior reveals that he is no longer merely comparable to the Witch Clan’s elites; he may already surpass the Ancestral Witches in physical cultivation.
• Xiang Liu: Has grown stronger through the Martial Path and believes he can finally avenge the Witch Clan’s past humiliation. However, his inability to touch Qingyuan causes him to lose his temper and abandon rational combat.
• Xing Tian, Chi You, Yi, and the other Great Witches: Their increased strength is confirmed, but their confidence collapses when their combined assault fails completely. Their emotional reactions show that their desire for revenge outweighs discipline.
• Jiu Feng: Shows greater awareness than the other Great Witches. She immediately senses that the Witch Clan is destined to suffer another crushing defeat and is shocked by the enormous gap between them and Qingyuan.
• The Ancestral Witches: Initially treat Qingyuan with hostility and contempt, but Dijiang recognizes that Qingyuan’s calmness reflects genuine confidence. Their decision to invite him into Pangu Temple suggests that their attitude, while still antagonistic, is becoming more cautious and serious.
• Dijiang: Acts as the most perceptive and controlled Ancestral Witch. He notices that Qingyuan is not intimidated and takes steps to protect their private discussion from outside surveillance.
• Gonggong: Displays impatience and pride, openly chastising the Great Witches for allowing Qingyuan to humiliate them.

Significant Themes

• The adaptability of cultivation methods: The Martial Path, though created by the Human Race, proves especially effective for the Witch Clan because it reinforces their natural focus on physical strength and Blood Qi.
• Strength beyond appearances: The Witch Clan believes its rapid improvement has made it formidable, but Qingyuan’s effortless victory reveals that visible progress does not guarantee equality with a truly superior cultivator.
• Pride and humiliation: The Witch Clan’s desire to erase its former disgrace drives it into reckless combat, while Qingyuan’s calm mockery exposes how pride can destroy discipline.
• The rise of the Martial Path: Its spread among the Witch Clan suggests that the method is becoming a major force throughout the Primordial Wilderness, potentially reshaping the balance between the Human, Witch, and Demon races.
• Caution beneath hostility: Although the Ancestral Witches insult Qingyuan, their secret invitation and Dijiang’s careful actions show that they recognize his importance and power.

Character Interactions

• Xiang Liu directly challenges Qingyuan and attempts to prove the superiority of Witch Clan body cultivation, but Qingyuan repeatedly evades him and mocks his failed attacks.
• The Great Witches and Witch warriors coordinate an assault against Qingyuan, yet their anger causes them to fight chaotically and injure one another.
• Jiu Feng watches the battle with growing unease, correctly realizing that Qingyuan’s strength has advanced far beyond their expectations.
• The Ancestral Witches alternately ridicule Qingyuan, criticize their own warriors, and test his attitude. Qingyuan responds respectfully but remains neither submissive nor intimidated.
• Dijiang shifts the encounter from open confrontation to secret negotiation by destroying surveillance devices and inviting Qingyuan into Pangu Temple, while Gonggong ensures that the younger Witch warriors remain outside.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Qingyuan is brought into Pangu Temple, where the Ancestral Witches attempt to intimidate him through a dramatic, elevated seating arrangement. Their plan fails because Qingyuan remains completely calm; their supposed intimidation tactic was inspired by a romance novel.
• Dijiang explains that the Ancestral Witches have cultivated Qingyuan’s Martial Path to its current limit—the Seventh Martial Dao Realm, corresponding to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm. They seek knowledge of realms beyond it.
• The Witches reveal that they have tried more than a hundred times to condense the Pangu True Body and use it to access the Martial Dao Origin, but every attempt has failed.
• Qingyuan admits that he does not fully understand the higher realms, but offers a speculative method: perfecting the Martial Dao True Self, condensing Primordial Unity True Intent, glimpsing the Martial Dao Origin, entering the Martial Dao River, and nourishing oneself with its power until reaching the “Other Shore.”
• The Ancestral Witches immediately gain inspiration from this suggestion and believe their strength can rise further, especially in their struggle against the Demon Race.
• As payment, Qingyuan asks the Witches to sincerely call him “Teacher.” Dijiang agrees, and the seven Witches collectively acknowledge him as their teacher.
• The system then rewards Qingyuan for accepting the seven Ancestral Witches as registered disciples: one drop of Pangu Blood Essence and one comprehension of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Space Law.
• Qingyuan asks about obtaining Turbid Dirt Yin Earth from Buzhou Mountain. Dijiang explains that it is a foundational source of the Primordial Wilderness and cannot be obtained unless Buzhou Mountain collapses or the world faces catastrophic change.
• Qingyuan leaves without explaining why he wanted the soil. Afterward, the Witches complain about being made to call him Teacher, but Dijiang suspects Qingyuan actually knows the later Martial Path methods and deliberately withheld them.

Character Developments

• Qingyuan remains composed, clever, and opportunistic. He sees through the Witches’ intimidation attempt and uses their desire for cultivation knowledge to secure both discipleship acknowledgments and valuable system rewards.
• Dijiang acts as the practical leader of the group. He controls the other Witches’ impulsive reactions, accepts Qingyuan as their teacher, and later recognizes that Qingyuan may be hiding deeper knowledge.
• The Ancestral Witches are shown to be powerful but inexperienced in social manipulation and eager for advancement. Their frustration over the Martial Path’s limits gives way to excitement after Qingyuan’s hint.
• Zhurong and the other Witches remain blunt and skeptical, doubting Qingyuan because of his relatively low cultivation, but they ultimately benefit from his guidance.

Significant Themes

• Knowledge as leverage: Qingyuan’s partial revelation is enough to inspire the Witches while allowing him to preserve the secrets of the higher Martial Path.
• Humor and subversion of authority: The supposedly terrifying Ancestral Witches are revealed to be awkward, easily influenced, and even readers of melodramatic romance novels.
• Teacher-student hierarchy: The Witches’ reluctant acknowledgment of Qingyuan creates a surprising reversal, placing a younger and weaker cultivator in a position of spiritual authority over Pangu’s descendants.
• Cultivation and limits: The chapter emphasizes that even beings with supreme physical strength can reach bottlenecks and require insight into deeper principles.
• World stability versus personal goals: Turbid Dirt Yin Earth is inaccessible precisely because Buzhou Mountain is essential to the structure of the Primordial Wilderness, making Qingyuan’s request seemingly impossible.

Character Interactions

• Qingyuan calmly mocks the Witches’ failed attempt to intimidate him, forcing them into embarrassment.
• Dijiang formally asks Qingyuan for guidance and later negotiates the terms of Qingyuan’s “reward.”
• The Witches debate and complain about whether Qingyuan deserves to be called Teacher, but they comply under Dijiang’s authority.
• Qingyuan politely maintains the appearance of respecting the Witches as elders while subtly maneuvering them into becoming his registered disciples.
• After Qingyuan departs, the Witches criticize him, while Dijiang concludes that his refusal to reveal more knowledge is likely deliberate.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Ancestral Witches react with disbelief to Qingyuan’s knowledge of advanced Martial Path techniques, especially methods comparable to the Dao Ancestor’s Three Corpses cultivation. They assume his claims are either mistaken or crude speculation.
• Gonggong and the other Ancestral Witches become enthusiastic about advancing through the Martial Path. They imagine the Witch Clan surpassing the Demon Race, conquering the Primordial Wilderness, and becoming “twelve Saints.”
• After leaving Pangu Temple, Qingyuan reflects on his gains: a Grand Unity Golden Immortal-level understanding of the Space Law and a drop of Pangu Blood Essence. He decides not to study the blood essence within Witch Clan territory in case the Ancestral Witches discover and seize it.
• Qingyuan travels toward the Nine Heavens to inspect the Demon Race’s Heavenly Court and determine whether the Zhou Tian Star Dou Array has been completed. He finds the Heavenly Court damaged and under reconstruction after recent conflict.
• At the Heavenly Gate, Demon God Liangze initially attempts to stop him. However, Qingyuan presents Di Jun’s token, which grants him the status of an Imperial Mandate Envoy. The Demon Race treats him as though he were Di Jun himself and allows him unrestricted access.
• Qingyuan declines to inspect the secret Zhou Tian Star Dou Array but asks to visit the Heavenly River and the Drowning Water.
• Liangze explains that the Drowning Water appears calm and ordinary but is unimaginably dangerous. Each drop can destroy a Minor World, erase physical bodies, and even endanger the True Spirits of powerful immortals. Even Grand Unity Golden Immortals avoid crossing it.
• Qingyuan recalls the future catastrophe caused by Gonggong’s collision with Buzhou Mountain, when the heavens will break and the Drowning Water will flood the Primordial Wilderness. He realizes that the water’s destructive power will contribute to the future decline of countless beings and the rise of the Human Race.
• He briefly considers whether the Mysterious Tortoise might become a disciple if it could be granted intelligence using Di Jun’s Imperial Flowing Sap, but abandons the thought for the moment.
• Qingyuan asks to secretly enter the Drowning Water and collect some of it. Liangze grants him permission to take as much as he can, even joking that removing all of it would benefit the Demon Race by opening a direct route to the Primordial Stars Domain.
• Qingyuan uses a treasure to conceal the entire Drowning Water region, then enters alone. He remains hidden for over half a year without producing any movement.
• When the curtain finally withdraws, Liangze discovers that the entire region is empty: all of the Three Thousand Drowning Waters have vanished.

Character Developments

• Qingyuan demonstrates growing confidence, caution, and strategic thinking. He conceals the Pangu Blood Essence from the Ancestral Witches, avoids unnecessary involvement in the Demon Race’s secret military formation, and uses Di Jun’s token to obtain access without revealing his true intentions.
• He also shows ambition and curiosity, seeking to understand and exploit powerful primordial treasures and forces such as the Pangu Blood Essence and Drowning Water.
• The Ancestral Witches become increasingly overconfident. Their excitement about becoming Saints and defeating the Demon Race reveals their ambition and limited understanding of the larger consequences of their actions.
• Di Jun’s relationship with Qingyuan is shown to be unusually trusting. The token grants Qingyuan extraordinary authority throughout the Heavenly Court, indicating Di Jun’s serious attempt to win his loyalty.
• Demon God Liangze shifts from suspicion to complete submission once he sees Qingyuan’s token. His respectful obedience highlights the authority Di Jun has granted Qingyuan.

Significant Themes

• Ambition and overconfidence: The Ancestral Witches’ dream of becoming Saints contrasts with their failure to understand Qingyuan’s abilities or the dangers awaiting the Witch Clan.
• Strategic concealment and leverage: Qingyuan repeatedly withholds information and uses authority, treasures, and foresight to gain advantages without exposing his plans.
• The scale of primordial power: The chapter emphasizes that seemingly ordinary forces, such as still water, can possess world-destroying power.
• Foreshadowing and destiny: Qingyuan’s knowledge of future events—Gonggong’s collision with Buzhou Mountain, the flood of Drowning Water, and the rise of the Human Race—connects present decisions to future cosmic disasters.
• Trust and political influence: Di Jun’s token symbolizes the growing political connection between Qingyuan and the Demon Race, while also granting Qingyuan unprecedented freedom to act.
• Resource exploitation: Qingyuan’s decision to collect the Drowning Water suggests that powerful natural forces can be converted into future advantages, though the full purpose of his action remains unknown.

Character Interactions

• The Ancestral Witches debate Dijiang’s assessment of Qingyuan and ridicule the idea that a young Grand Unity Golden Immortal could understand higher Martial Path methods.
• Gonggong encourages Dijiang to deduce the next Martial Path stages and boasts about the Witch Clan’s future domination.
• Qingyuan and Liangze interact at the Heavenly Gate, with Qingyuan using Di Jun’s token to overturn Liangze’s initial refusal.
• Liangze explains the dangers of the Drowning Water and willingly grants Qingyuan permission to collect it.
• The chapter ends with Liangze’s shock and confusion when Qingyuan emerges from the concealed region after six months and the entire Drowning Water has disappeared.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• Qingyuan drains every drop of the Nine Heavens’ Drowning Water, astonishing Demon God Liangze. The substance is normally too corrosive to contain, but Qingyuan’s indestructible, law-immune body withstands and absorbs it.
• Liangze escorts Qingyuan out of the Heavenly Court and reports the incident to Emperor Di Jun. The Demon Saints conclude that Qingyuan has likely concealed later stages of the Martial Path.
• The Demon Race suspects Qingyuan gave the Witch Clan guidance after his visit to Pangu Temple. The Twelve Ancestral Witches subsequently seal themselves away and resume secluded cultivation, suggesting they received crucial Martial Path information.
• Di Jun becomes resentful, believing Qingyuan has repaid the Demon Court’s past goodwill by aiding their enemies. However, he orders the Demon Race to continue perfecting the Zhou Dynasty Tian Star Dou Array rather than immediately attacking the Witch Clan.
• A Demon God proposes slaughtering the Human Race and using human flesh and blood to refine weapons capable of piercing the Witch Clan’s powerful bodies. Di Jun postpones the idea, prioritizing the star array and fearing the consequences of antagonizing Nuwa, the Saints, and Qingyuan, who rules the Human Race.
• After more than a century of travel, Qingyuan returns to Golden Ao Island. He finds Heavenly Palace Immortal City thriving and attracting powerful cultivators seeking trade, sightseeing, or refuge from the Witch-Demon conflict.
• Back at his seaside dojo, Qingyuan spends six months refining the Drowning Water. His body successfully contains it, but he cannot yet fuse it into his foundation. He considers using Pangu Blood Essence and the Chaos Four Spirits as a means of incorporating the Source of Drowning Water into himself.

Character developments

• Qingyuan: Demonstrates extraordinary physical strength and the “Invulnerable to All Laws” constitution by absorbing a substance even Demon Saints fear. He continues secretly advancing the Martial Path and appears to be strategically supporting the Witch Clan while concealing his full intentions. His return also shows his growing influence over Golden Ao Island and the Human Race.
• Demon God Liangze: Initially shocked and worried about accountability, he ultimately accepts Qingyuan’s superiority and escorts him out rather than risk confrontation.
• Di Jun: Becomes suspicious and angry toward Qingyuan, interpreting his dealings with the Witch Clan as betrayal. Despite pressure from the Demon Gods, he remains cautious and emphasizes preparation over reckless war.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches: Their renewed secluded cultivation implies that Qingyuan has given them important guidance regarding the future of the Martial Path.
• Yun Zhongzi and the Jie Sect disciples: Their management has made Heavenly Palace Immortal City orderly, fair, and prosperous, indicating institutional growth under Qingyuan’s leadership.

Significant themes

• Hidden strength and strategic deception: Qingyuan publicly withholds knowledge while privately influencing both the Witch Clan and the broader balance of power.
• Escalating Witch-Demon conflict: Both sides are preparing decisive weapons—the Witch Clan through Martial Path cultivation and the Demon Race through the Zhou Dynasty Tian Star Dou Array.
• Power versus restraint: The Demon Gods demand immediate retaliation, but Di Jun recognizes that acting too soon could ruin the Demon Race’s larger plans.
• The Human Race’s rising importance: Though considered weak, humanity may possess unexpected value against the Witch Clan. Its connection to Nuwa, the Saints, and Qingyuan also makes attacking it politically dangerous.
• Assimilation of primordial power: Qingyuan’s attempt to merge the Drowning Water into his body reflects his pursuit of a stronger foundation and his use of Pangu’s legacy to advance his cultivation.

Character interactions

• Qingyuan and Liangze: Qingyuan casually reveals that he has taken the Drowning Water, while Liangze struggles to reconcile the impossible feat with his own earlier assurances. Their interaction remains polite but highlights the immense gap between them.
• Liangze and Di Jun: Liangze reports Qingyuan’s visit, the vanished Drowning Water, and Qingyuan’s departure. His account fuels Di Jun’s suspicion.
• Di Jun and the Demon Saints: The Demon Saints accuse Qingyuan of misleading the Demon Race and aiding the Witches. Di Jun shares their anger but directs them toward completing the star array.
• Di Jun and the Demon God proposing human sacrifice: Di Jun refuses to immediately endorse the plan to use Human Race flesh and blood in weapons, citing the greater strategic and political dangers.
• Qingyuan and the Witch Clan: Though the actual conversation is not shown, Qingyuan’s meeting with the Ancestral Witches clearly changes their cultivation plans and likely gives them access to later Martial Path methods.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Over millions of years, the conflict between the Witch and Demon Clans intensifies. The Witch Clan expands aggressively, slaughtering demons and using their flesh and blood to cultivate the Martial Path, while the Demon Heavenly Court initially remains inactive.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches announce that they have discovered a new Martial Path realm: Martial Dao Hunyuan. This realm allows practitioners to condense a Martial Dao True Body, traverse the Martial Dao River, and temper Primordial Unity True Intent.
• The revelation shocks the Primordial Wilderness because the Hunyuan realm was believed to be impossible. Martial cultivation rapidly spreads, attracting countless cultivators, powerful experts, and even Saints. The Witch Clan uses the breakthrough to win over major figures and establish the Martial Path as the dominant cultivation system.
• After a million years of seclusion, the Demon Heavenly Court reopens. The Demon Saints and Demon Gods emerge, and the oppressed demons rally behind them. The Witch Clan responds by mobilizing its own forces, triggering widespread warfare throughout the Primordial Wilderness.
• The higher-ranking members of both clans deliberately refrain from intervening, allowing their lower-ranking members to fight. Although the large-scale war eventually quiets, generations of blood feuds remain, causing the two races to kill each other whenever they meet.
• Tribulation Qi spreads across the Primordial Wilderness, obscuring heavenly secrets and making the world extremely dangerous. Even the Saints’ disciples avoid entering the world.
• Qingyuan remains largely uninvolved in the war, staying on Golden Ao Island and cultivating. He teaches his disciples, preaches across the East Sea, travels under the identity of the Great Love Heavenly Venerate, and gains various abilities and improvements through bestowing treasures and collecting benefits.
• He continues trying to locate the Great Sun Golden Flame and Nine Nether Bi Wind but fails to find either spiritual object.
• After millions of years, Qingyuan reaches the Primordial Golden Immortal Middle Stage in Primordial Spirit cultivation. His laws approach four digits, his Rule of Force becomes increasingly profound, and his physical body nears the peak of the Primordial Golden Immortal Late Stage. His strength has grown so great that even his instincts warn him not to treat Saints as enemies casually.
• Bored by the long period of peace on Golden Ao Island, Qingyuan develops the Internet through the Great Dao of Dreams and creates Mobile Phones, magical devices combining reality and Dream Dao.
• Initially, cultivators dismiss the Internet and Mobile Phones as unnecessary because they already possess communication spells and Dharma treasures. However, they gradually recognize that Mobile Phones allow long-distance calls and messages at the cost of only recoverable mental energy.
• Mobile Phones become especially valuable to ordinary cultivators because they do not require rare materials, paired treasures, or advanced cultivation. They spread throughout Heavenly Palace Immortal City and become an indispensable part of daily life.
• The chapter ends with the release of an upgraded Mobile Phone, drawing a huge crowd to the Interception Sect’s Myriad Treasures Pavilion.

Character Developments

• Qingyuan remains detached from the Witch-Demon conflict, focusing instead on cultivation, teaching, experimentation, and leisurely entertainment. His cultivation and physical strength rise dramatically, placing him near the highest levels of the Primordial Golden Immortal realm.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches become more influential after successfully advancing the Martial Path to the Martial Dao Hunyuan realm. Their achievement increases the Witch Clan’s arrogance and attracts powerful allies.
• The Demon Race transforms from a passive and oppressed population into a united fighting force after the Heavenly Court reopens. Their accumulated hatred gives them far greater determination than before.
• Daoist Randeng demonstrates exceptional talent, independently cultivating the Divine Ability Wither and Flourish Nirvana to minor success and reaching the Half-Step Primordial Golden Immortal Realm. Qingyuan begins treating him more seriously and offers him direct instruction.
• The little dragon grows from a small dragon into a mid-sized one and periodically returns to the True Dragon Realm.
• Qingyuan’s interactions with Houtu remain friendly and intellectual, centered on conversations and discussions about various ideas.

Significant Themes

• Escalation and inherited hatred: The Witch-Demon conflict evolves from political tension into a multigenerational blood feud, showing how prolonged violence perpetuates itself even after major battles subside.
• The limits of traditional cultivation: The Martial Dao Hunyuan breakthrough challenges the belief that the Hunyuan realm is unattainable and creates a major shift in the power structure of the Primordial Wilderness.
• Detachment amid catastrophe: While the world is consumed by war and Tribulation Qi, Qingyuan pursues personal cultivation and amusement, highlighting his unusual freedom and near-detached perspective.
• Innovation and practicality: The Internet and Mobile Phones succeed not because they are more powerful than existing techniques, but because they are cheaper, more accessible, and more convenient for ordinary cultivators.
• Transformation of society through technology: Qingyuan’s invention begins changing communication and daily life across the cultivation world, introducing a new form of social connection and commerce.
• Accumulation over time: Millions of years of small gains—teaching, preaching, bestowing items, and cultivating laws—eventually produce enormous improvements in Qingyuan’s strength and influence.

Character Interactions

• Qingyuan teaches and supports Daoist Randeng, setting aside his former prejudices after recognizing Randeng’s respect for his master and dedication to the Dao.
• Qingyuan periodically discusses ideas with Houtu, maintaining a cooperative and thoughtful relationship.
• He preaches to his disciples and the wider East Sea cultivation community, using these interactions both to teach and to gain cultivation benefits.
• Under the identity of the Great Love Heavenly Venerate, Qingyuan interacts with Demon Gods, Demon Saints, Great Witches, and Ancestral Witches while discreetly harvesting talents and abilities.
• The Interception Sect’s disciples and immortals initially question Qingyuan’s Internet project but eventually help popularize it as cultivators discover its advantages.
• The chapter closes with cultivators gathering enthusiastically at the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, showing how completely Qingyuan’s invention has entered their society.