Chapter Summaries

Haotian summoned envoys from the Wuhuaguan Immortal Market after refusing to meet Guangchengzi, True Person Taiyi, and Juliusun, publicly insulting the Chan Sect. The disciples returned to Venerable Yuanshi, who vowed to remember the affront and deal with Haotian later.

• Haotian summoned the Wuhuaguan Immortal Market envoys to the Lingxiao Treasure Hall just after Guangchengzi, True Person Taiyi, and Juliusun were turned away.
• True Person Taiyi and Juliusun wanted to attack Haotian, but Guangchengzi stopped them and led them out of the Heavenly Court.
• Haotian kept the envoys kneeling and laughed loudly, prompting the Chan Sect disciples to leave in greater anger.
• Juliusun condemned Haotian outside the Heavenly Court, and True Person Taiyi insisted they report the insult to their master.
• Guangchengzi, True Person Taiyi, and Juliusun returned to Jade Void Palace and told Venerable Yuanshi how Haotian had treated them.
• Venerable Yuanshi grew angry, told his disciples not to concern themselves, and said he would deal with Haotian later.

After Haotian excluded the Chan Sect from the restored cultivation grounds, Venerable Yuanshi reassured his disciples and planned to secure opportunities for them among the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. The chapter left the Chan Sect preparing under Yuanshi’s instruction while dismissing the Interception Sect as a rival.

• The Twelve Golden Immortals learned that Haotian had restored other factions’ cultivation environments but excluded the Chan Sect, and they went to Jade Void Palace to complain to Venerable Yuanshi.
• Venerable Yuanshi confirmed the exclusion, then told his disciples he could refine Chaos into Innate Spiritual Energy for them and directed them to await the rise of the Human Emperor.
• The Chan Sect immortals celebrated the coming Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, hoping to gain merit and opportunities that would help them reach Daluo.
• Venerable Yuanshi offered Eldest Brother one Human Emperor and two Emperors to distribute, saying his deductions and Taiji Diagram could help them find the right candidates.
• Guangchengzi raised concerns about the Interception Sect, but Venerable Yuanshi dismissed its prospects and began expounding the Dao and teaching his disciples Divine Abilities.

The Human Race prospered across the Primordial Wilderness while Haotian grew frustrated that the Heavenly Court still lacked real control over the world. After morning court, he asked his ministers how he could unify the Primordial Wilderness, leaving them stunned by his impatience.

• The Human Race spread and flourished, developing many cultivation traditions and producing several Golden Immortals trained under Qingyuan's disciples.
• Witch-Humans merged with the Human Race in the south and gradually influenced its culture, while Heavenly Dao Saints cultivated ties with humanity in preparation for the Future Branch.
• Haotian grew dissatisfied that the Heavenly Court's wealth and membership had increased without bringing Daluo Golden Immortals or Quasi-Saint powers under his command.
• At Lingxiao's morning court, Haotian asked his ministers for a strategy to unify the Primordial Wilderness and become a Heavenly Emperor worthy of the name.
• The ministers were stunned by Haotian's ambition and questioned how much time had actually passed since the Tribulation's Past Branch.

Haotian demanded that the Heavenly Court expand its authority across the Primordial Wilderness, and Li Changgeng proposed recruiting the Dragon Clan and other powerful factions. The Dragon Clan rejected recruitment without approval from its ancestors, and Li Changgeng returned after a century-long mission to approach other powers.

• Haotian angrily ordered his ministers to suggest ways to strengthen the Heavenly Court, and they offered a jumble of proposals.
• Li Changgeng advised Haotian to build the Heavenly Court's strength and suggested recruiting the Dragon Clan.
• Haotian appointed Li Changgeng as an envoy to persuade the Dragon Clan to submit to the Heavenly Court.
• Li Changgeng reported that the Dragon Clan would only agree if Haotian gained approval from the ancestors in the True Dragon Realm, and Haotian flew into a rage.
• Haotian sent Li Changgeng to recruit Great Immortal Zhenyuan, the Queen Mother of the West, Patriarch Minghe, Ancestor Kunpeng, Baize, and other powers.
• Li Changgeng returned after a hundred years in the lower realm, having traveled widely through the Primordial Wilderness to contact potential recruits.

Haotian learned that the Heavenly Court’s power could not compel the Primordial Great Powers, then went to Qingyuan for help and was forced to recognize their vast difference in status. Qingyuan questioned Haotian about the secret plans he had been concealing.

• Li Changgeng reported that he had failed to recruit anyone, and Haotian angrily blamed him until ministers pleaded for mercy.
• A minister challenged Haotian to recruit the great powers himself, so Haotian left the Heavenly Court and headed for Golden Ao Island.
• Haotian greeted Qingyuan as a Peer, but Qingyuan’s gaze froze him and made him realize that Qingyuan could destroy him with a thought.
• Haotian called Qingyuan Senior and apologized after Qingyuan explained that the true realms were Ants, Peers, and Seniors.
• Qingyuan asked Haotian what he had been secretly planning, frightening Haotian with his apparent knowledge of the concealed scheme.

Qingyuan exposed Haotian’s plans for the Heavenly Court and explained that the Heavenly Dao Saints regarded his schemes as insignificant. After calming Haotian, Qingyuan fished up a Lüxian Token, and Haotian asked him to oversee the Heavenly Court.

• Qingyuan confronted Haotian about his hidden plans and demanded that he reveal what he possessed.
• Haotian explained that he had gathered the Zhou Tian Star Dou Array’s flags, secretly arranged them among the Primordial Stars, and obtained a treasure for refining an immortal pool.
• Qingyuan told Haotian that the Heavenly Dao Saints likely knew of his schemes but viewed them as a clown’s performance, leaving Haotian stunned and confused.
• Qingyuan comforted Haotian with tea, then fished up a Chaos Bell Fragment and received a Lüxian Token.
• Haotian concluded that the Heavenly Court lacked powerful overseers and asked Qingyuan to take charge of it.

Haotian sought Qingyuan’s aid in restoring the Heavenly Court and agreed to reserve powerful positions for Qingyuan’s appointees in exchange for a token that could empower a subordinate to Quasi-Saint strength. Qingyuan then visited Jieyin’s incarnation in the Dream Realm, where the incarnation feared being reclaimed by Jieyin, and revealed that he had reached the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

• Qingyuan rejected Haotian’s initial request, then agreed to help after Haotian waited more than a month and promised Qingyuan three Four Imperial Lords’ positions and leadership posts in other departments.
• Qingyuan gave Haotian a token that could let a subordinate wield strength at or above a One-Corpse-Severed Quasi-Saint, and made Haotian write and sign an agreement.
• After Haotian left, Qingyuan entered the expanded Dream Realm to visit Jieyin’s incarnation and discuss spreading the Dream Network across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Jieyin’s incarnation complained that Jieyin had begun tracking him and feared that being found would make his body and Dao vanish.
• Qingyuan explained that he had remained in secluded cultivation and revealed that he had broken through to the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, shocking Jieyin’s incarnation.

Qingyuan revealed his Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal cultivation to Jieyin and recruited him to help spread the Dream Realm across the Primordial Wilderness. After sensing a surge in Human Path Fortune and considering Fuxi’s possible reincarnation, Qingyuan heard Tongtian summon the Interception Sect to Biyou Palace.

• Qingyuan showed Jieyin his Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal aura, and Jieyin eagerly pledged not to oppose him.
• Qingyuan proposed spreading the Dream Realm throughout the Primordial Wilderness and secretly discussed the plan with Jieyin, who departed to work on it.
• Back in reality, Qingyuan sensed a sudden surge in Human Path Fortune and wondered whether Fuxi had been reincarnated among the Human Race.
• Tongtian sounded the Yugu Drum and summoned the Interception Sect disciples to Biyou Palace.
• More than a hundred thousand disciples gathered on Golden Ao Island, including the Personal Disciples, Seven Attendant Immortals, and elite outer disciples.

Qingyuan emerged from secluded cultivation and reunited the divided Interception Sect as Sect Master Tongtian warned the disciples not to harm the Human Race. When Tongtian asked for volunteers to assist the coming Human Emperor, Qingyuan declined and Daoist Duobao eagerly asked for the opportunity.

• Qingyuan arrived at Biyou Palace, where the Interception Sect disciples greeted him and gathered behind him, uniting the sect’s factions.
• Sect Master Tongtian ordered the disciples not to provoke or harm the Human Race, warning them to bear the consequences themselves.
• Tongtian announced that the Human Emperor was about to be born and asked which disciples would assist him.
• Qingyuan declined, leaving the opportunity to his junior brothers and sisters.
• Daoist Duobao volunteered to assist the Human Emperor and promote the Interception Sect.

Sect Master Tongtian asked his disciples to volunteer to assist the Human Emperor, warning them that the Human Sect and Chan Sect would compete with them and that failure would bring punishment. Seven of Qingyuan’s disciples volunteered, and Tongtian began bestowing treasures on them, leaving Kong Xuan bitter when he praised the Five-Colored Divine Light as difficult for anyone else to master.

• Tongtian warned that assisting the Human Emperor could mean competing with the Human Sect and Chan Sect, risking casualties, and facing punishment for failure.
• Duobao and the other Interception Sect disciples hesitated, but Yun Zhongzi, Wuzhiqi, Yuan Hong, Winged Immortal, Six-Ear, Kong Xuan, and Xuanming volunteered.
• Tongtian bestowed the Heart-Piercing Lock on Yun Zhongzi, the Auspicious Ruyi Golden Armor on Wuzhiqi, and silver armor on Yuan Hong.
• Winged Immortal asked to learn a Divine Ability more powerful than the Five-Colored Divine Light instead of receiving a treasure.
• Tongtian praised Kong Xuan’s Five-Colored Divine Light as an innate art that would be difficult for anyone else to learn, making Kong Xuan feel bitter because Tongtian wielded it better than he did.

Qingyuan reunited with Sect Master Tongtian, shared Great Dao Spirit Tea with him, and warned him to purge unstable elements from the Interception Sect before calamity struck. Tongtian questioned Qingyuan’s hidden cultivation and asked whether he was confident in his advice.

• The Great Peng Bird asked Qingyuan to teach him powerful divine abilities so he could defeat Kong Xuan, and Tongtian teased him for neglecting cultivation.
• Tongtian bestowed Innate Spiritual Treasures on Qingyuan’s seven disciples, giving the Mysterious Tortoise two treasures to strengthen his Primordial Spirit.
• Tongtian ordered the Interception Sect disciples not to offend the Human Race, and Daoist Duobao left without voicing what he had wanted to say.
• Qingyuan brewed Great Dao Spirit Tea for Tongtian and his disciples, and the tea rapidly deepened their comprehension and cultivation.
• Tongtian found Qingyuan’s displayed realm normal but could not see beyond it, while Qingyuan urged him to purge unstable elements from the sect before calamity came.
• Tongtian asked Qingyuan whether he was confident in that course of action.

Qingyuan told his disciples that Fuxi would become the Heavenly Sovereign and the first Human Emperor, and that they were to help him attain perfect Dao. The disciples objected because Fuxi had once led the Demon Race, but Qingyuan revealed that Fuxi would be born anew in the Hua Xu Tribe.

• Sect Master Tongtian let Qingyuan lead the effort to help the Human Emperor, urging him to protect the disciples.
• Qingyuan gathered his disciples and explained that the Three Sovereigns would aid the Human Race and complete the rules of heaven and earth.
• Qingyuan revealed that Fuxi, once Xi Huang of the Demon Heavenly Court, would become the Heavenly Sovereign and first Human Emperor.
• Great Peng Bird refused to help Fuxi and suggested killing him or preventing his birth, while the other disciples also expressed displeasure.
• Qingyuan explained that only Fuxi's remnant soul had reincarnated and that the memories of his new life would shape the person he became.
• Qingyuan told Yun Zhongzi that Fuxi would be born in Thunder Marsh among the Hua Xu Tribe.

As Human Path Fortune rose and signs pointed to the coming Human Emperor, the Heavenly Dao factions sent disciples toward the East Sea Coast to seek him. Haotian also returned to the Heavenly Court, while Nuwa chose not to act.

• Grand Pure Laozi sent Xuandu to the East Sea Coast to seek the Human Emperor and gave him the Taiji Diagram for protection.
• Venerable Yuanshi sent Guangchengzi, Chijingzi, True Person Taiyi, and Cihang to seek the Human Emperor, then rebuked Immortal Elder Nanji for defending Daoist Randeng.
• The Two Sages of the West secretly sent Maitreya, Akasagarbha, and Yaoshi east to compete for the chance to teach the Human Emperor.
• Saint Nuwa watched the East Sea Coast and Golden Ao Island but made no move.
• Haotian returned to the Heavenly Court with confidence.

Haotian returned to Heaven alone and surprised his ministers by publicly issuing a Letter of Self-Blame, then appointing Li Changgeng to an impossible military task. The ministers began to suspect that Haotian planned to use Li Changgeng’s failure to reassert his authority.

• Haotian returned to the Heavenly Gate in good spirits, and the guards whispered that he had failed to recruit an expert.
• Haotian summoned the immortals to the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, where they found him alone on his throne.
• Haotian admitted his mistakes before the ministers and issued a Letter of Self-Blame, prompting Li Changgeng and the others to plead with him to withdraw it.
• Haotian promised to work together with his ministers, easing much of their resentment and winning several loyalists.
• Haotian appointed Li Changgeng Taibai Golden Star and ordered him to quell chaos across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Some ministers suspected Haotian intended to make Li Changgeng fail so he could punish his confidant and restore his authority.

Haotian appeared to order Taibai Golden Star's execution, prompting Yaochi and the court to defend him, but instead gave him a token to refine. Taibai Golden Star became a One-Corpse-Severed Quasi-Saint, leaving the immortals wondering how Haotian had transformed him so quickly.

• Haotian's apparent decision to punish Li Changgeng alarmed the assembled immortals, and Li Changgeng tearfully accepted the order.
• Yaochi arrived and rebuked Haotian for threatening a loyal minister and damaging the Heavenly Court.
• Yaochi and several immortals pleaded for Li Changgeng, while Haotian calmly dismissed their fears and called him Taibai Golden Star.
• Haotian ordered Taibai Golden Star to refine a token, and Taibai Golden Star obeyed.
• After refining the token, Taibai Golden Star's power surged and he became a One-Corpse-Severed Quasi-Saint, stunning everyone present.

Haotian won the ministers’ loyalty by demonstrating that he could raise Taibai Golden Star to the Quasi-Saint realm, then began planning to strengthen the Heavenly Court. Yaochi agreed to support his plans and left him with a generous store of treasures to help construct the Zhou Dynasty Tian Star Dou Array.

• Haotian’s ministers pledged their loyalty after seeing Taibai Golden Star become a Quasi-Saint, and Haotian dismissed them so he could speak with Taibai and Yaochi.
• Haotian made Yaochi address him as Your Majesty before allowing her to stay, then discussed suppressing corrupt forces and recruiting talented immortals with Taibai.
• Haotian revealed his plan to reconstruct the Zhou Dynasty Tian Star Dou Array and asked Yaochi to help strengthen the Heavenly Court.
• Yaochi offered the future Peach of Immortality harvest and other assistance, then left a storage pouch containing peaches and materials for the formation.
• Haotian inspected the pouch and realized its treasures could fund part of the formation covering the Heavenly Realm.

Haotian investigated the East Sea and discovered Maitreya leading Western Teachings disciples eastward, then left the Heavenly Court with a plan to befriend Interception Sect. On their way to assist the Human Emperor, Yun Zhongzi and Qingyuan’s other disciples found Baize and Jiu Feng fighting in the East Sea, and Yun Zhongzi attacked them when they ignored his warning.

• Haotian used the Haotian Mirror to investigate the Human Race, but Taiqing and a warning from Kunlun Mountains prevented him from seeing what he wanted.
• Haotian spotted Maitreya leading several Buddhas east and left the Heavenly Court after having Taibai Golden Star prepare a plan.
• Yun Zhongzi, Kong Xuan, and six other disciples traveled by treasure boat toward the East Sea Coast to assist the Human Emperor.
• Six-Ear identified Baize and Jiu Feng as the fighters whose battle was devastating the East Sea and killing passing ships.
• Yun Zhongzi ordered Baize and Jiu Feng to stop, but they ignored him, so he unleashed the Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd against them.

Yun Zhongzi subdued Baize and Jiu Feng after their fight disrupted the East Sea, ordering them to surrender for punishment in Heavenly Palace Immortal City. He then continued to the East Sea Coast with his fellow disciples, while Yuan Hong raised concerns about Demon Race remnants settling in the city.

• Yun Zhongzi used the Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd’s Red Dust Sand to stop Baize and Jiu Feng’s battle in the East Sea.
• Yun Zhongzi and six other Interception Sect disciples surrounded the pair, leaving them no route to escape.
• Baize agreed to surrender at Heavenly Palace Immortal City, and Jiu Feng complied after Yun Zhongzi rejected her appeal to be treated as a guest.
• Yun Zhongzi shackled Baize and Jiu Feng and warned them not to flee before heading onward.
• Yuan Hong warned Yun Zhongzi that more Demon Race remnants, including Demon Saints, were settling and doing business in Heavenly Palace Immortal City.
• Yun Zhongzi said the remnants could live and trade there if they obeyed the law, and the group arrived at the East Sea Coast.

Yun Zhongzi and the Interception Sect searched the East Sea Coast for the Hua Xu Tribe, while the Human Sect and Chan Sect sought signs of an auspicious birth. They found the remote tribe and learned that it had driven out a pregnant woman after she visited Thunder Marsh.

• Yun Zhongzi and his companions failed to locate the Hua Xu Tribe through Six-Eared Macaque’s ability or Yun Zhongzi’s deductions, so they began asking large Human Tribes for directions.
• A Human Tribe’s Mystic Immortal Old Ancestor told them that Great Master Xuandu had recently visited and observed newborn children.
• Yun Zhongzi and his companions searched alongside the Human Sect and Chan Sect, whose members looked for newborns and pregnant women associated with auspicious signs.
• A large tribe guarded by a Golden Immortal revealed where the small Hua Xu Tribe was, and Yun Zhongzi’s group hurried there.
• Yong, chief of the Hua Xu Tribe, confessed that the tribe had driven away a woman who became pregnant after visiting Thunder Marsh.
• Yun Zhongzi and his companions realized that the Hua Xu Tribe had expelled the Human Emperor and his mother.

Yun Zhongzi and the other Jie Sect disciples found Hua Xu Shi after learning that her tribe had driven her away while she was pregnant. They brought her back to the Hua Xu Tribe, where she gave birth to Fuxi ten years later, and the disciples became his guides and Dao Protectors.

• Yong explained that the Hua Xu Tribe had exiled Hua Xu Shi because she became pregnant after visiting Thunder Marsh and carried the child for years.
• Yun Zhongzi and his companions found Hua Xu Shi living alone in a valley and recognized her as the mother of the Human Emperor.
• Hua Xu Shi chose to return to the Hua Xu Tribe, where Yong welcomed her and the tribe began caring for her.
• Ten years later, Fuxi was born without any unusual signs.
• As Fuxi grew up, Yun Zhongzi guided him, while the other disciples served as his Dao Protectors and shared knowledge with him.