Chapter Summaries

Qingyuan awakened the Mysterious Tortoise’s intelligence, named him Xuanming, and accepted him as a personal disciple before equipping him with techniques and treasures. They headed toward the East Sea as the sight of Xuanming flying across the Primordial Wilderness shocked the great powers.

• Qingyuan fed the injured Mysterious Tortoise rare treasures, healing him and awakening his intelligence.
• The Mysterious Tortoise thanked Qingyuan, accepted his offer to join the sect, and received the name Xuanming.
• Qingyuan received system rewards, including a Myriad Heavens Fishing Rod and the Myriad Worlds Gate of the Universe, and caught an unknown living being’s bellyband with the rod.
• Qingyuan taught Xuanming the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique and bestowed three Innate Spiritual Treasures upon him.
• Xuanming flew toward the East Sea with Qingyuan on his back, startling the Primordial Wilderness’s powerful beings.

Yi and Chang'e’s separation sparked the final war between the Witch and Demon Clans, which destroyed both powers and shattered the Primordial Wilderness. Qingyuan and the Saints helped restore heaven and earth, leaving the clans scattered and a new age of Saintly Traditions beginning.

• Yi married Chang'e, and when Peng Meng tried to steal her Immortal Pill, Chang'e swallowed it and ascended to the Moon Star.
• Yi killed Peng Meng and fought his way into the heavens, where Di Jun killed him; Xi He then trapped his raging remains among the Moon Laurels, separated from Chang'e.
• The Witch and Demon Clans launched a devastating war, and both sides’ leaders perished after Demon Master Kunpeng stole the River Diagram and Luo Book.
• Gonggong awakened, blamed the Heavenly Dao, and broke Buzhou Mountain, triggering a catastrophe that shattered the Primordial Wilderness.
• Qingyuan offered the Mysterious Tortoise to support the Four Extremities and proposed using the Sky-Mending Stone; the Saints stabilized the world and sealed the hole in the sky.
• The Witch and Demon Clans scattered after their defeat, and several thousand years later the Saintly Traditions began to stir.

After the Witch-Demon Tribulation, the Saints gathered at Zixiao Palace to recommend candidates for the ruler of Heaven and Earth. Hongjun surprised them by appointing his attendant Haotian as the new Lord of the Heavenly Court.

• With the Primordial Wilderness rebuilding, powerful figures and Saints’ disciples founded factions and immortal cities, while the Interception Sect’s influence and Fortune Aura grew.
• Qingyuan and his disciples entered Secluded Cultivation as the Interception Sect faced the approaching Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.
• Hongjun summoned the Heavenly Dao Saints to Zixiao Palace and proposed appointing someone from the Mystic Gate as Co-Ruler of Heaven and Earth.
• Venerable Yuanshi nominated Guangchengzi, Saint Zhunti nominated Maitreya, and Grand Pure Laozi nominated Xuandu, while Nuwa and Tongtian put forward no one.
• Hongjun declared that Haotian bore the Imperial Mandate and appointed him the new Lord of the Heavenly Court.

Hongjun appointed Haotian as Heavenly Emperor and Yaochi to oversee the female immortals, then gave them treasures and the Innate Ren Water Immortal Peach Root to help them recruit immortals. They traveled to the ruined Heavenly Realm, where the state of the Nine Heavens left them facing the daunting work of rebuilding.

• The Heavenly Dao Saints disputed Haotian’s appointment, but Hongjun declared that Haotian would rule the Heavenly Court and Yaochi would oversee the female immortals.
• Hongjun reassured the anxious Haotian, urged him to learn the role, and bestowed Innate Spiritual Treasures on him and Yaochi.
• Hongjun gave Haotian and Yaochi the Innate Ren Water Immortal Peach Root and told them to use its Peaches of Immortality to recruit ten thousand immortals.
• After arriving in the Primordial Wilderness, Haotian and Yaochi discussed their gifts, and Yaochi proposed recruiting capable cultivators to build the Heavenly Court’s strength.
• Haotian and Yaochi traveled to the Heavenly Realm above Buzhou Mountain and found the Nine Heavens reduced to ruins by the Witch-Demon war.

Haotian and Yaochi tried to establish the ruined Heavenly Court and recruit people to restore it, but no one came seeking office. Their search led them to Wu Gang and the Moon Palace, where Wang Shu refused to meet them and Chang'e declined their offer to become Taiyin Star Lord.

• Yaochi told Haotian to proclaim himself Heavenly Emperor and summon talented beings to serve in the Heavenly Court, but no one arrived during his nine-day wait.
• Yaochi scolded Haotian for sleeping at the Heavenly Gate, then took him to the Moon Star to see Wu Gang chopping the Moon Laurel.
• Yaochi tried to recruit Wu Gang, but he attacked her with his axe and sent her flying, forcing Haotian to catch her.
• Yaochi and Haotian called at the Moon Palace, where Wang Shu told Chang'e to ignore them and focus on healing her injuries.
• Chang'e met Yaochi and Haotian outside the palace and declined Yaochi's offer to make her Taiyin Star Lord, explaining that she was not the Lord of Taiyin.

Yaochi and Haotian tried to recruit Chang'e and her mistress for the Heavenly Court, but Wu Gang drove them off. Yaochi then sent Haotian to summon the Saints' disciples as officials, while she stayed behind to browse the East Sea network and play a game.

• Yaochi offered Chang'e's mistress a position as a Star Lord, but Chang'e refused and told them to leave Moon Star.
• Chang'e appealed to Wu Gang, who attacked Yaochi and Haotian and forced them to flee with injuries.
• Yaochi scolded Haotian for wanting to rebuild the Heavenly Court himself and proposed recruiting the Saints' disciples to serve as officials.
• Yaochi taught Haotian to write seven summons to the Saints' disciples, then sent him to deliver them personally.
• After Haotian departed, Yaochi checked the East Sea network and logged into a game as Tyrannosaurus Warrior Girl.

Haotian traveled to recruit disciples for Heaven, but Taiqing and Yuanshi rejected him and humiliated him. Still angry but hopeful, he headed to Golden Ao Island to ask Tongtian for help.

• Haotian visited Shouyang Mountain and learned that few Human Sect disciples were there to recruit.
• Taiqing rejected Haotian’s request after reading his letters, and Xuandu realized the letters demanded disciples rather than politely seeking help.
• Haotian brought the letters to Yuanshi, who burned them and ordered him out of the Jade Void Palace.
• Haotian suppressed his anger and flew to Golden Ao Island, hoping Tongtian would help him recruit from the Interception Sect.

Haotian toured Heavenly Palace Immortal City and learned how its jobs, protections, and schools gave its residents safety and hope, then tried unsuccessfully to meet Qingyuan. At Biyou Palace, Tongtian explained that Qingyuan was in seclusion and revealed he would even allow the Interception Sect to have two sect masters.

• Haotian explored Heavenly Palace Immortal City and learned that its strict labor and trade laws protected residents while offering work, education, and opportunities for their children.
• Haotian heard that the Interception Sect’s school provided eligible students with free tuition, resources, and guidance, and he marveled at the city’s influence over a hundred billion living beings.
• Haotian asked to meet Qingyuan at the city’s administrative center, but the receptionist refused without an appointment and explained that Qingyuan was in seclusion.
• Haotian left the city and went to Biyou Palace, where he complained to Sect Master Tongtian about needing an appointment to see Qingyuan.
• Tongtian told Haotian that Qingyuan was in seclusion and said he would accept the Interception Sect having two sect masters if Qingyuan wanted to become Master of Jie Sect in Future Branch.

Haotian sought help rebuilding the Heavenly Court, but the Interception Sect disciples rejected his recruitment offer. After Nuwa also refused, he headed west to try recruiting the Western Lands.

• Haotian asked Sect Master Tongtian to lend Interception Sect disciples to the Heavenly Court, and Tongtian allowed any willing disciples to go.
• Tongtian struck the Yugu Drum, gathering nearly all the Interception Sect disciples at Biyou Palace.
• The disciples questioned Haotian about the work and benefits, then mocked his poor offer and declined to join.
• Haotian left disappointed and visited Nuwa, who refused because the Demon Sect's karma could harm the Heavenly Court.
• Haotian summoned the Auspicious Clouds and headed west to seek help from the two senior brothers there.

Haotian visited the Western Teachings to seek personnel for the understaffed Heavenly Court, and Zhunti offered several disciples along with their followers. Realizing the Western Teachings could seize control of the Heavenly Court, Haotian escaped by saying he would consult the Dao Ancestor, while Jieyin and Zhunti recognized that he was not easy to deceive.

• Haotian visited Jieyin and Zhunti in the Ultimate Bliss World and asked them to send people to serve in the Heavenly Court.
• Zhunti introduced Maitreya, who asked to bring his own team, and Haotian promised him one of the Four Imperial Lords positions.
• Zhunti also proposed Yaoshi and Akasagarbha, and Haotian agreed to appoint them as Four Imperial Lords.
• Haotian realized the Western Teachings' disciples and their followers might form a faction and take control of the Heavenly Court.
• Haotian claimed he needed to consult the Dao Ancestor, then left after Jieyin angrily challenged him.
• After Haotian departed, Jieyin and Zhunti admitted that he was not easy to fool.

Haotian returned to the Heavenly Court with Li Changgeng, a talented Loose Immortal who became his trusted confidant. After Yaochi rebuked Haotian for failing to recruit the Saints’ disciples, Li Changgeng proposed that Haotian personally invite capable Loose Immortals to serve and build the Court’s reputation.

• Haotian met Li Changgeng, who praised the Heavenly Emperor and agreed to join the Heavenly Court after learning Haotian’s identity.
• Haotian brought Li Changgeng to Yaochi, who angrily asked why he had not recruited disciples from the Saints’ sects.
• Haotian recounted the Saints’ refusals and the Western Lands’ attempt to fill the Heavenly Court with their own people, making Yaochi furious.
• Yaochi left Haotian and Li Changgeng to return to the Peach Garden, and Haotian asked his new minister how to build momentum.
• Li Changgeng advised Haotian to personally invite talented Loose Immortals to ascend and give capable people high offices.

Haotian followed Li Changgeng’s advice and recruited ordinary cultivators while learning how difficult it was to win powerful figures’ support. Far away, the Young Golden Crow’s attempts to rebuild the Demon Kingdom descended into angry orders and threats as officials struggled to meet his demands.

• Haotian and Li Changgeng traveled through the Primordial Wilderness, where Haotian recruited cultivators by offering them status, resources, and recognition.
• Over several hundred years, Haotian found ordinary cultivators easy to recruit but struggled to attract powerful figures, while the Witch-Demon Two Clans opposed his efforts.
• Baize and other demons established a small Demon Kingdom in the north and helped the Young Golden Crow learn court affairs as they rebuilt the Demon Race’s regime.
• Demon officials began leaving the Young Golden Crow’s court after finding service there worse than in Di Jun’s Heavenly Court, while the Young Golden Crow grew furious at their departures.
• The Young Golden Crow berated his officials for failing to build an Immortal Market, and they explained that the treasury lacked the resources and the market required costly infrastructure.
• The Young Golden Crow rejected their explanations and ordered the guards to execute them.

Baize watched Young Golden Crow blame his officials for the Demon Kingdom’s failures, then confronted him over his tyranny and mismanagement. Convinced the kingdom had become an absurd farce, Baize dissolved it and planned to take Young Golden Crow to the Demon Sect leader for guidance, while the officials began to leave.

• A demon official told Young Golden Crow that his lavish, canceled projects and wasteful spending had left no funds to build an Immortal Market.
• Young Golden Crow accused the officials of embezzlement and threatened to kill them, but Baize ordered him to stop.
• Baize condemned Young Golden Crow’s autocratic rule and admitted he had failed to guide his character.
• Baize apologized to the demon officials, announced the Demon Kingdom’s dissolution, and said he would take Young Golden Crow to the Demon Sect leader.
• The demon official removed his cap and robes and departed, and other officials followed.

Baize disbanded the Demon Kingdom after the Young Golden Crow demanded that he prove his loyalty by dying. He took the Young Golden Crow to Wa Huang Heaven to meet Saint Nuwa, where Little Lingzhu immediately started arguing with him.

• The Young Golden Crow accused Baize of betraying him, and Baize dismissed his loyal officials, telling them they were free to leave.
• The Young Golden Crow ordered Ji Meng and Ying Zhao to seize Baize, but they refused and left after exchanging farewells with him.
• Baize picked up the Young Golden Crow and flew to Wa Huang Heaven to request an audience with Saint Nuwa.
• Jin Ning, Colorful Cloud, Jade Cloud, and other attendants received Baize and the Young Golden Crow outside the Palace of Nuwa.
• Little Lingzhu arrived and asked to borrow the Young Golden Crow, then traded insults with him while Baize watched.

Baize brought the Young Golden Crow to Saint Nuwa, returned the Ten Thousand Demons Banner, and entrusted the unruly heir to her care. After Baize left for Heavenly Palace Immortal City, Nuwa had the Young Golden Crow punished and ordered Ling Zhuzi punished too.

• Baize stopped the Young Golden Crow from arguing and respectfully returned the Ten Thousand Demons Banner to Saint Nuwa.
• The Young Golden Crow blamed Baize for disbanding the Demon Kingdom, while Nuwa agreed to keep him in Wa Huang Heaven and guide him.
• Baize admitted he did not know what to do with his newfound freedom and decided to visit Heavenly Palace Immortal City before leaving the Palace of Nuwa.
• The Young Golden Crow demanded that Nuwa help him become Heavenly Emperor, so she ordered her maids to drag him away and beat him until he behaved.
• Nuwa ordered the maids to punish Ling Zhuzi as well after he mocked the Young Golden Crow.

Jiu Feng received Chi You’s recovered Primordial Spirit from Pingxin and was ordered to deliver it to Meng Po before inviting Intercepting Sect’s First Disciple to the Netherworld. On her way to the Reincarnation Site, Ksitigarbha demanded Chi You’s Primordial Spirit for the Buddhist Sect, and Jiu Feng confronted him.

• Xiang Liu told Jiu Feng that Baize had disbanded the Demon Kingdom and its ensuing fighting had sent many demons to the Netherworld for judgment.
• Pingxin gave Jiu Feng Chi You’s reconstructed Primordial Spirit and explained that the Ancestral Witches could not be restored.
• Pingxin ordered Jiu Feng to invite Intercepting Sect’s First Disciple to the Netherworld to help improve the Underworld Bureau.
• Jiu Feng assigned Hong Yao to arrange Underworld Court duties, then carried Chi You’s Primordial Spirit toward the Reincarnation Site.
• Ksitigarbha stopped Jiu Feng and demanded that she hand Chi You’s Primordial Spirit over to the Buddhist Sect.

Jiu Feng delivered Chi You's Primordial Spirit to Meng Po, who tossed it into the Yellow Springs, then traveled to the East Sea and encountered Baize aboard a passenger ship. She reached Heavenly Palace Immortal City seeking the First Disciple of Intercepting Sect on Empress Pingxin's orders, but the receptionist asked whether she had an appointment.

• Jiu Feng confronted King Ksitigarbha, who stepped aside and let her continue toward the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Jiu Feng gave Chi You's Primordial Spirit to Meng Po, who accepted it and threw it into the Yellow Springs.
• Jiu Feng boarded a passenger ship in the East Sea and recognized Demon Saint Baize, who said he was visiting Heavenly Palace Immortal City for amusement.
• Jiu Feng warned Baize not to interfere with her mission to find the First Disciple of Intercepting Sect, then continued to Heavenly Palace Immortal City.
• Jiu Feng sought an audience with the First Disciple of Intercepting Sect on Empress Pingxin's orders, but the receptionist asked if she had an appointment.

Jiu Feng failed to meet the First Disciple of Interception Sect and remained in Heavenly Palace Immortal City to wait for him. Ten thousand years later, the Human Race had recovered and spread across the East Sea Coast, and a proclamation declared them the current Protagonist of Heaven and Earth.

• Jade-Faced Pipa Yu Xin refused Jiu Feng entry to Heavenly Palace Immortal City without an appointment and told her the First Disciple of Interception Sect was in secluded cultivation.
• Jiu Feng sought help from Sect Master Tongtian, who said he could not find his disciple and sent her away to wait or report back.
• Jiu Feng stayed in Heavenly Palace Immortal City while ten thousand years passed and the Primordial Wilderness lost much of its Innate Spiritual Energy and Dao Resonance.
• The Human Race multiplied from fewer than a million people to several hundred billion, protected by Interception Sect cultivators and expanding along the East Sea Coast.
• A majestic voice proclaimed that the Human Race would be the current Protagonist of Heaven and Earth.

After the Dao Ancestor declared the Human Race the Protagonist of Heaven and Earth, Grand Pure Laozi and Venerable Yuanshi sent disciples to the East Sea Coast to establish influence among them. Daoist Randeng remained isolated from the Chan Sect as its disciples prepared to leave.

• The Dao Ancestor proclaimed that the Human Race would rise as the Protagonist of Heaven and Earth, prompting powerful beings to wonder whether the weak race could defend its new status.
• Grand Pure Laozi ordered Xuandu to spread the Golden Core Great Dao among the Human Race, despite Xuandu's doubts about its suitability alongside existing cultivation paths.
• Venerable Yuanshi summoned the Chan Sect disciples and directed them to protect the Human Race, build reputations among them, and seek future benefits.
• Venerable Yuanshi gave his disciples protective treasures and warned them not to harm the Human Race, but he overlooked Daoist Randeng and gave him nothing.
• The Chan Sect disciples set out for the East Sea Coast while Daoist Randeng walked alone through the mountains.

Daoist Randeng and the Primordial Wilderness’s cultivators felt the Great Dao Laws withdraw, then witnessed a mysterious Chaos Demon God begin a breakthrough to Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal. The Heavenly Dao Saints could not identify him and realized he was tempering the Great Dao of Strength with more than a hundred perfected laws.

• Daoist Randeng sensed his Dao retreat, and cultivators throughout the Primordial Wilderness found their comprehended laws unusable.
• A Chaos Demon God appeared beneath destructive tribulation clouds, prompting the Saints to suspect someone was breaking through to Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
• The Five Elements Law manifested first, followed by more than a hundred laws that formed a Great Dao of Strength Hunyuan True Seal and plunged the Primordial Wilderness into darkness.
• Grand Pure Laozi, Yuqing Yuanshi, Supreme Pure Tongtian, Saint Nuwa, Saint Jieyin, and Saint Zhunti appeared, but could not deduce the mysterious figure’s origins.
• The Saints recognized that the figure was cultivating the Great Dao of Strength and feared he might eventually devour the Three Thousand Great Dao Laws and become like Great God Pangu.