Chapter Summaries

Fuxi brought the Interception Sect Disciples to meet Shennong, but Shennong chose to remain Daoist Randeng’s disciple. When the Interception Sect turned hostile, Fuxi stood between them and Randeng, leaving a confrontation poised to erupt.

• Fuxi offered Shennong a chance to meet the Interception Sect Disciples, while Daoist Randeng agreed to let Shennong choose for himself.
• Shennong said he would meet anyone wishing to discuss medicine but would not take another master, and Fuxi praised Randeng for respecting his choice.
• Daoist Duobao and Chang'er Dingguang Xian accused Fuxi of favoring Randeng despite the Interception Sect’s efforts to help the Human Race.
• Fuxi defended his actions and reminded the Interception Sect that he had aided their search for a hundred years.
• Daoist Duobao offered Randeng lavish treasures and riches in exchange for Shennong, but Randeng refused and Shennong affirmed his loyalty to his master.
• Daoist Duobao and the Interception Sect Disciples prepared to attack Randeng, while Fuxi released his Human Dao Quasi-Saint aura to shield Randeng and Shennong.

Daoist Randeng admitted his past wrongdoing against the Interception Sect and accepted their demand to settle their old grudge, hoping his death would clear the Karma. Shennong desperately tried to save him, but Randeng refused to resist, and Golden Spirit Holy Mother struck him with the Four Symbols Pagoda.

• Daoist Randeng recalled how he had bullied the Interception Sect to win Venerable Yuanshi's favor, then sincerely apologized and realized his past guilt had clouded his Dao heart.
• Daoist Duobao and Immortal Dingguang accused Randeng of feigning remorse, and the Interception Sect immortals prepared to settle their grudge against him.
• Daoist Randeng said he was willing to die and asked Fuxi to look after Shennong, while Shennong pleaded for his teacher's life.
• Fuxi knocked Shennong unconscious and promised to care for him, while Randeng and Duobao agreed to settle their past Karma.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother offered to strike Randeng once with the Four Symbols Pagoda, and Randeng closed his eyes without defending himself.
• Turtle Spirit Holy Mother channeled her mana and Laws into the Four Symbols Pagoda, which struck Daoist Randeng.

Daoist Randeng endured the Jie Sect Disciples’ full-force attacks without defending himself, hoping to settle old grudges and pursue a breakthrough in the Hunyuan Laws. When several immortals refused to strike, Daoist Duobao grew furious and demanded that the remaining disciples take their turns.

• Golden Spirit Holy Mother struck Daoist Randeng with the Four Symbols Pagoda, gravely damaging his body and Primordial Spirit, and he explained that he wanted to repent for his past conduct.
• Daoist Duobao stopped Golden Spirit Holy Mother from giving Randeng healing pills, while Holy Mother Wudang struck him with the Mountain Driving Whip and Fuxi intervened to keep the attack from devastating the coast.
• Randeng refused Fuxi’s offer to end the confrontation, and Turtle Spirit Holy Mother and Wuyun Xian declined to strike because they had no personal grudge against him.
• Golden Hoop Immortal also refused to attack, while Qiushou Xian, Lingya Xian, and Jinguang Xian delivered perfunctory strikes and retreated.
• Daoist Duobao angrily mocked the disciples for acting like good people and challenged Immortal Dingguang and Piluxian to strike next.

Daoist Duobao, Chang'er Dingguang Xian, and Piluxian killed Daoist Randeng after he faced their attacks without resisting. When Duobao threatened Human Race officials who condemned him, Fuxi defended them and challenged Duobao’s assumption that the Human Dao lacked Saints.

• Chang'er Dingguang Xian and Piluxian attacked the already-wounded Daoist Randeng with their magic treasures.
• Daoist Duobao unleashed his treasures and Divine Abilities, reducing Daoist Randeng to ashes.
• Turtle Spirit Holy Mother and other Interception Sect disciples reacted with bitterness and disapproval as Duobao searched for any trace of Randeng.
• Human Race Dragon Officials condemned Duobao’s conduct, and Duobao threatened them until Fuxi blocked his aura.
• Fuxi told Duobao that other teachers and Interception Sect disciples—not Duobao—had aided the Human Race, then ordered him to leave and warned that the Human Dao might have Saints too.

Fuxi refused to hand Shennong over to Daoist Duobao, who threatened the Human Race and demanded that they yield. Great Master Xuandu revealed himself and challenged Duobao to a duel, with both men unleashing their power as the chapter ended.

• Fuxi refused Duobao's demand for Shennong, insisting he had only promised an introduction.
• Duobao threatened to turn the Interception Sect against the Human Race if Fuxi did not hand Shennong over.
• Great Master Xuandu stepped forward and offered to settle Shennong's affiliation with a match against Duobao.
• Xuandu's disciple explained that Xuandu had chosen not to contest Randeng because Randeng had sincerely taught Shennong for the Human Race's benefit.
• Xuandu accused Duobao of killing Randeng for the Earth Sovereign's Merit and told him he was unfit to teach men.
• Duobao and Xuandu began preparing to fight, with Duobao summoning hundreds of treasures and Xuandu's Innate Spiritual Treasures shining as he entered the void.

Great Master Xuandu confronted Daoist Duobao on the East Sea Coast over the contest to assist the Human Emperor. Duobao unleashed a vast arsenal of treasures, while Xuandu layered on powerful defenses, and their clash threatened the surrounding world.

• Great Master Xuandu appeared before Daoist Duobao, who grew furious at being challenged by Human Sect's Senior Disciple Brother.
• Xuandu invited Daoist Duobao to make the first move, and Duobao commanded dozens of Innate Spiritual Treasures and hundreds of Houtian Spiritual Treasures to attack.
• Xuandu protected himself with the Taiji Diagram, the Lidiyanguang Banner of the South, the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, and numerous other treasures, after swallowing several dozen Nine Revolutions Golden Elixirs.
• The treasures collided and unleashed storms and world-shaking destruction across the East Sea Coast, while Fuxi used the River Diagram and Luo Book to protect the Human Race.
• The Dragon Clan and numerous Quasi-Saint powers, including Empress Pingxin, intervened to stabilize the destruction as the battle between Xuandu and Duobao continued.

Daoist Duobao defeated Great Master Xuandu in a match staged by Human Emperor Fuxi, then demanded that the Interception Sect be allowed to teach Shennong. An unforeseen voice declared that the Chan Sect still had someone who could challenge him.

• Daoist Duobao and Great Master Xuandu fought for days above the East Sea Coast while Fuxi and other powers contained the destructive aftermath.
• Fuxi invoked the Human Dao Seal to suppress both fighters, warned them to stop harming the Human Race, and then permitted a final duel without magical treasures.
• Fuxi set the duel inside the River Diagram and Luo Book, where Daoist Duobao defeated Xuandu and forced him out.
• Xuandu accepted his loss, apologized to Fuxi, offered spiritual medicines as compensation, and departed.
• Daoist Duobao used his victory to demand that the Interception Sect be allowed to assist Shennong, but an unforeseen voice said the Chan Sect still had a contender.

Daoist Randeng returned from death after comprehending the Nirvana True Meaning, and challenged Daoist Duobao to settle the contest between the Chan Sect and the Interception Sect. The duel was arranged to take place within Fuxi’s River Diagram and Luo Book, with the fight ending only when one side verbally admitted defeat.

• Daoist Randeng’s remaining Netherworld Ghost Fire spoke, but Daoist Duobao attacked it until Fuxi intervened and blocked him.
• Daoist Randeng revealed that he had comprehended the Nirvana True Meaning, then emerged from the ghost fire alive and in an unfathomable state.
• Daoist Randeng thanked Fuxi for protecting him and accepted Daoist Duobao’s challenge to fight.
• Fuxi warned the immortals not to fight above the East Sea Coast, and Daoist Duobao asked him to create a battlefield with the River Diagram and Luo Book.
• Daoist Duobao proposed that the duel end only when one side verbally admitted defeat, alarming the assembled powers with the prospect of a fight to the death.

Fuxi asserted the Human Emperor’s authority and agreed to preside over a contest between Daoist Duobao and Daoist Randeng for the right to assist the Earth Sovereign. Daoist Duobao’s treasure assault appeared to destroy Randeng, but Randeng reappeared, leaving Duobao stunned.

• Fuxi challenged Daoist Duobao for fighting over a Human Race citizen without the Human Emperor’s consent.
• Fuxi declared that all under heaven belonged to the emperor, then agreed to judge a contest between Daoist Duobao and Daoist Randeng.
• Daoist Randeng proposed a contest without restrictions, and Daoist Duobao accepted.
• Daoist Duobao unleashed numerous Lingbao and Killing Formations against Daoist Randeng inside the world within the River Diagram and Luo Book.
• Daoist Duobao’s treasures seemingly destroyed Daoist Randeng, but Randeng reappeared and froze Duobao’s smile.

Daoist Randeng repeatedly survived Daoist Duobao's attacks by comprehending Nirvana through death, gaining a trace of Hunyuan True Meaning and advancing his cultivation. The chapter left Daoist Duobao's right arm withering under Randeng's counterattack as he reeled in disbelief.

• Daoist Duobao repeatedly killed Daoist Randeng, but Randeng revived each time and grew stronger through his understanding of life, death, and Nirvana.
• Daoist Duobao unleashed the Only I Am Supreme Seal, shattering the surrounding Great Thousand Worlds and grinding Randeng into nothing, but Randeng returned again.
• Daoist Randeng explained that his repeated deaths had helped him reach the Primordial Golden Immortal Middle Stage and grasp a trace of Nirvana Great Dao Rules.
• Empress Pingxin confirmed Randeng bore a trace of Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal aura, leaving the watching powers astonished and envious.
• Daoist Duobao charged again, but Randeng dimmed his treasures and struck back, causing Duobao's enormous palm and right arm to wither under Nirvana True Meaning.

Daoist Randeng defeated Daoist Duobao after Duobao refused to accept the draw, earning congratulations and invitations from the Primordial Wilderness’s great powers. After the crowd departed, Randeng returned to teaching Shennong, while the Hunyuan Saints in the Great Dao Hall reacted angrily to Duobao’s earlier attacks.

• Daoist Duobao attacked Daoist Randeng again, and Randeng struck him away with the Law of Annihilation, leaving him gravely wounded.
• Daoist Randeng spared Duobao for Qingyuan’s sake, but Duobao vomited blood in fury when he heard Qingyuan’s name; Fuxi ended the contest and declared Randeng the winner.
• Fuxi returned the unconscious Shennong to Daoist Randeng and warned Randeng to guide him properly.
• The great powers congratulated Daoist Randeng and offered invitations, while Duobao rejected the Interception Sect disciples’ healing Pills and left, vowing to repay Randeng.
• By the Yellow River, Shennong woke from a nightmare and listened happily as Daoist Randeng corrected his notes and scolded him.
• In the Great Dao Hall, Sect Master Tongtian, Grand Pure Laozi, and Venerable Yuanshi grew angry over Duobao’s attacks on their disciples and Randeng.

At Great Dao Hall, the Three Pure Ones clashed over the Interception Sect’s conduct, while Hongjun eventually stopped their quarrel and the Saints paid their wager to Qingyuan. Hongjun then proposed a seventy-thirty division of the gains from suppressing Yang Mei, and Qingyuan challenged his claim to seventy percent.

• Venerable Yuanshi berated Sect Master Tongtian for Duobao’s violence and the Interception Sect’s actions, and Tongtian accepted blame for failing to discipline his disciple.
• Saint Taiqing and Venerable Yuanshi further condemned the Interception Sect, prompting Tongtian to accuse Guangchengzi of causing mass deaths in a Human Race civil war.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun stopped the Three Pure Ones’ argument, and the Saints apologized to Qingyuan before leaving their wagered Innate Spiritual Treasures.
• The Two Shakya reluctantly paid their treasure and wrote an IOU after Zhunti disputed the wager’s outcome and Hongjun rebuked him.
• Hongjun gave Qingyuan the wagered treasures and proposed taking seventy percent of the gains from suppressing Yang Mei, but Qingyuan objected that no such share had been agreed upon.

Qingyuan began refining the Wind Chaos Demon God in the Nine Ancient Steles Pagoda while Hongjun searched Chaos for Yang Mei. After Yang Mei destroyed Hongjun’s Dao body dozens of times, Hongjun finally persuaded him to talk and asked him to recount what had happened to him.

• Qingyuan agreed to Hongjun’s plan but asked to borrow the Creation Jade Disk, prompting Hongjun to defer the matter until after Yang Mei was refined.
• Qingyuan concealed his traces in a remote part of Chaos and used Great Dao Laws to refine the Wind Chaos Demon God inside the Nine Ancient Steles Pagoda.
• Hongjun returned to Zixiao Palace and used the Creation Jade Disk and Heavenly Dao to search Chaos for Yang Mei.
• Yang Mei repeatedly self-destructed his avatars when Hongjun approached, destroying Hongjun’s Dao body dozens of times before agreeing to speak.
• Hongjun told Yang Mei that he planned to gather ten Hunyuan Saints to kill Great Love Heavenly Venerate, then asked Yang Mei to describe everything that had happened to him.

Hongjun persuaded Yang Mei to help trap and kill Great Love Heavenly Venerate, promising him a share of the spoils and swearing Great Dao Oaths. The story then shifted to Shouyang Mountain, where Grand Pure Laozi comforted Xuandu after his defeat and sent him to recover.

• Yang Mei explained why he had suspected Hongjun of plotting against him, citing the Heavenly Dao aura, Hongjun's presence, and Haotian's involvement.
• Hongjun proposed using Yang Mei's spatial Divine Ability to pull Great Love Heavenly Venerate away from the Great Dao Hall, and revealed that he could reverse the River of Time.
• Yang Mei questioned the risks, but agreed to cooperate after Hongjun swore more than ten Great Dao Oaths and outlined a plan to feign capture before striking together.
• Yang Mei later sat alone in Chaos, silently contemplating the plan before disappearing from that stretch of Space-Time.
• Grand Pure Laozi reassured the defeated Xuandu that his loss to Daoist Duobao was not his fault, gave him Golden Cores to heal, and told him to return after recovering.

Hongjun recruited Taiqing and Yuanshi into a plan to feign an attack on Yang Mei before joining forces against the Great Love Heavenly Venerate. At the same time, Yuanshi rebuked his disciples for wanting to assist Randeng, while Tongtian left Duobao kneeling outside Biyou Palace with no sign of forgiveness.

• Hongjun told Taiqing that he and Yang Mei would stage a conflict before turning on the Great Love Heavenly Venerate, and Taiqing agreed to help.
• Hongjun refused to involve the Human Dao’s three Hunyuan Saints and warned that they could face consequences after the plan succeeded.
• Guangchengzi asked Yuanshi how to reach the Primordial Golden Immortal realm, and Yuanshi explained that Randeng’s path was difficult to replicate.
• The Chan Sect disciples asked to help Randeng at the East Sea Coast, but Yuanshi ordered them to stay at Jade Void Palace and address Randeng as their Martial Uncle.
• Hongjun explained his plan to Yuanshi, who agreed to assist and was told to wait until the Great Love Heavenly Venerate lowered his guard.
• Tongtian opened Biyou Palace’s doors while Duobao knelt outside, then shut them again, extinguishing Duobao’s hope of being forgiven.

Daoist Duobao spiraled into despair after believing Tongtian had rejected him, while Hongjun secretly recruited Tongtian to help target Fang. Meanwhile, Shennong’s travels and service as an official brought medical, agricultural, and administrative reforms that improved life in his region.

• After Biyou Palace closed, Daoist Duobao imagined that Tongtian despised him, lashed out at cultivators, and sparked rumors that he had gone mad and been crippled.
• Daoist Duobao returned to his dojo, shut himself away, and searched the library until he found the Wordless Buddhist Scripture.
• Hongjun visited Tongtian and ordered him to watch the Human Dao Three Saints, revealing a plan to join Yang Mei in plotting against Fang after the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
• Tongtian agreed to Hongjun’s request, then entered secluded cultivation without investigating Duobao’s departure.
• Shennong traveled with Daoist Randeng, tested herbs, treated people, taught medicine, and promoted farming before becoming a city lord and Dragon Official under Fuxi.
• As an official, Shennong inspected local hardships, proposed region-specific reforms to Fuxi, and established a centrally managed marketplace that gradually made trade more convenient.

Shennong’s achievements and benevolent rule won him the position of Human Race Co-Lord, and he continued improving medicine, agriculture, and city administration. Daoist Randeng grew increasingly anxious that Shennong had still not attained the Dao, and summoned him away just as a disciple began reporting a spreading plague.

• Shennong’s work in medicine, farming, trade, and civic policy earned the people’s support, and Fuxi yielded the position of Human Race Co-Lord to him.
• As Co-Lord, Shennong appointed worthy officials, promoted physicians and medical learning, expanded agriculture and marketplaces, and spread pottery and safe water practices.
• Shennong established Medical Hubs across the land and gathered physicians in Fuxi City to examine their work and revise the Medical Canon.
• Daoist Randeng reflected on his rapid cultivation progress but grew frustrated that Shennong had not attained the Dao despite his great merits.
• A sacrifice intended to help Shennong attain the Dao produced no heavenly sign, and rumors spread questioning his virtue and status as Human Emperor.
• When a disciple began reporting a spreading plague, Daoist Randeng summoned Shennong away to the Past Branch.

Chun Jing traveled to Fuxi City to report a rapidly spreading, fatal epidemic that resisted every treatment, but Shennong left before hearing him and other physicians accused him of incompetence. After meeting with Shennong, Daoist Randeng summoned his master, the Great Love Heavenly Venerate, seeking help.

• Chun Jing arrived in Fuxi City hoping to tell Shennong about an epidemic that killed victims within a month, including cultivators, despite his attempts to treat it.
• After Shennong left, Chun Jing explained the epidemic to other physicians, who mocked him, accused him of fabricating the illness, and forced him to the ground.
• Daoist Randeng urged Shennong to pursue the Dao and become Human Emperor, but Shennong insisted that serving the people was his path and left to attend to official duties.
• Daoist Randeng lit incense, prayed to the Great Love Heavenly Venerate, and felt his consciousness being drawn into a mysterious Space-Time.

Daoist Randeng learned from Qingyuan that a plague threatening the Human Race was Shennong’s chance to attain enlightenment, then helped Shennong investigate it. Qingyuan traced the plague to Nine Refinements Poison Venerate and sent Randeng to kill him, while Demon Race Remnants and Witch Clan Remnants joined forces against the Human Race.

• Daoist Randeng visited Qingyuan for guidance after Shennong failed to attain enlightenment, and Qingyuan discovered a devastating plague spreading along the East Sea Coast.
• Daoist Randeng found Chun Jing being beaten for warning about the plague, learned the warning was true, and brought the news to Shennong.
• Shennong questioned Chun Jing, then led his disciples to investigate the plague and seek a cure.
• Qingyuan identified Nine Refinements Poison Venerate as the one who caused the plague and directed Daoist Randeng to Myriad Poison Mountain to kill him.
• Daoist Randeng set out for Myriad Poison Mountain as Demon Race Remnants and Witch Clan Remnants met to conspire against the Human Race.

Ying Zhao tried to persuade Xing Tian and the Witch Clan to ally with the Demon Race against the rising Human Race, but Xing Tian refused and insisted the Witches would act alone. Ying Zhao revealed a plan to weaken the Human Race through disease, deception, and the theft of its Destiny, hoping to make Fuxi’s response work in the Demon Race’s favor.

• Ying Zhao reminded Xing Tian that the Human Race had risen from a weak dependent people to the Protagonist of Heaven and Earth, provoking the Witches’ anger and resentment.
• Ying Zhao urged Xing Tian to join forces with the Demon Race to eradicate the Human Race, but Xing Tian refused and said the Witch Clan would destroy it themselves.
• Ying Zhao mocked the Witches’ ability to defeat the Human Race, whose protectors included three Hunyuan Saints, Fuxi, Shennong, and Ziri.
• Xing Tian demanded to know what the Demon Race relied on, and Ying Zhao explained that it would corrupt Human Race Destiny, seize temples and incense, and spread plague along the East Sea Coast.
• Ying Zhao said the Demon Race would arrange for spirits to ease the plague temporarily so humans would worship them as benefactors, forcing Fuxi to choose between tolerating the scheme and appearing to slaughter their saviors.