Chapter Summaries

Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate disguised himself as Jieyin and convinced Zhunti that the real Jieyin had been ambushed and that an impostor would return to the Ultimate Bliss World. When the real Jieyin returned, both Saints suspected the other was the impostor, leaving them poised to turn on each other.

• Jieyin discovered that more than a hundred of his Separate Thoughts had been destroyed and left the Ultimate Bliss World to confront whoever was responsible.
• Zhunti stayed behind, while Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate disguised himself as Jieyin and warned Zhunti that the real Jieyin had been injured and an impostor would return.
• Zhunti examined the disguised Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate, accepted him as Jieyin, and agreed to help ambush the supposed impostor.
• The disguised Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate hid in the Void as Zhunti returned to the Ultimate Bliss World and waited for Jieyin.
• When the real Jieyin returned, Zhunti offered to help restore him, but Jieyin grew suspicious of Zhunti, while Zhunti suspected Jieyin was the impostor.

Saint Zhunti and Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate tricked Saint Jieyin into fighting them, causing Jieyin’s death and making Zhunti realize he had been deceived into killing his senior brother. Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate then exploited Zhunti’s guilt and fear of a lasting rift with Jieyin, and ended by asking whether Zhunti truly did not recognize him.

• Saint Jieyin attacked Saint Zhunti, mistaking him for an impostor, and the two fought through the Ultimate Bliss World.
• Saint Zhunti lured Jieyin into Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate’s ambush, and the pair killed Jieyin.
• Saint Zhunti saw the signs of a Heavenly Dao Saint’s death and realized he might have killed his own senior brother.
• Saint Zhunti attacked Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate, but Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate subdued him and warned that Jieyin would resent him for the betrayal.
• Saint Zhunti refused to trust Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate, who secretly contacted Qingyuan and then asked Zhunti whether he truly did not recognize him.

Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate revealed to Saint Zhunti that he was a Separate Thought of Jieyin who had become a Hunyuan Saint, then persuaded Zhunti to follow the mysterious power behind him. Zhunti returned to Zixiao Palace and reconciled outwardly with the resurrected Saint Jieyin, but their bond remained fractured as the two left together.

• Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate convinced Saint Zhunti that he was another Jieyin and urged him to abandon his Heavenly Dao Saint position for a chance at freedom and greater power.
• After speaking privately with Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate, Saint Zhunti went to Zixiao Palace and begged Saint Jieyin to forgive him for helping kill him.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun admitted Saint Zhunti into Zixiao Palace and sent away the other Heavenly Dao Saints who gathered to watch.
• Saint Jieyin ignored Zhunti's pleas at first, while Zhunti realized that his senior brother still harbored resentment and killing intent.
• Saint Zhunti offered to let Saint Jieyin kill him, but Jieyin ultimately chose to put the matter behind them; the two left Zixiao Palace together with their trust still damaged.

Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate proposed joining the Western Teachings with the Human Race and warned Qingyuan that the Heavenly Dao Saints were plotting against humanity. As he tried to leave, Qingyuan confronted him for hiding that the Dao Ancestor and the saints were scheming against him.

• Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate traveled to the East Sea Coast, intending to preach the Divine Path and Martial Path to the Human Race, but Qingyuan trapped him in a gray, storm-filled Void.
• Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate explained that he had driven Jieyin and Zhunti apart and planned to seize control of the Western Teachings while secretly aiding Qingyuan.
• Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate warned that the Heavenly Dao Saints planned to attack the Human Race, kill its Hunyuan Saints, and take control of Human Dao.
• Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate proposed involving the Western Teachings to spread Divine and Martial cultivation and sow divisions among the saints, and Qingyuan let him approach an exit.
• Qingyuan stopped Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate and asked whether he had forgotten to mention that the Dao Ancestor and Heavenly Dao Saints were scheming against Qingyuan.

Qingyuan confronted Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate over his repeated betrayals and revealed the full extent of his power. After learning Qingyuan had nine Hunyuan Saint incarnations and three Human Dao incarnations, Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate died in despair.

• Qingyuan accused Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate of betraying him and blocked his escape to the Primordial Wilderness.
• Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate attacked Qingyuan and tried to break through the void, but neither effort affected Qingyuan.
• Qingyuan immobilized Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate and revealed nine Hunyuan Saint incarnations, then summoned the three Human Dao incarnations.
• Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate regretted his betrayal and hoped Qingyuan would spare him, but Daoist Zixu explained Qingyuan meant to kill him after breaking his heart.
• Qingyuan's killing intent engulfed Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate, reducing him to ashes.

Qingyuan killed Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate and sent Great Sage Dao Venerate to spread the Divine and Martial Paths throughout the Primordial Wilderness. Great Sage Dao Venerate revealed his Hunyuan Saint aura, drawing Tongtian to Qingyuan’s residence, where Tongtian learned about their long association before leaving in exasperation.

• Qingyuan destroyed Myriad Wonders Heavenly Venerate, then created Great Sage Dao Venerate from Jieyin Incarnation’s shell and tasked him with teaching the Divine and Martial Paths.
• Great Sage Dao Venerate claimed he could not make a spectacle, then erupted with Hunyuan Saint power and shook the Primordial Wilderness.
• The Heavenly Dao Saints recognized the aura near Golden Ao Island and accepted that Qingyuan, the First Disciple of the Interception Sect, knew another Hunyuan Saint.
• Sect Master Tongtian confronted Qingyuan and learned that Great Sage Dao Venerate had discussed the Dao with him for years.
• Great Sage Dao Venerate boasted to Tongtian until Tongtian left for Biyou Palace, then began roaring across the Primordial Wilderness.

Great Sage Dao Venerate announced that he had deduced Primordial Golden Immortal methods for the Divine Path and Martial Path and would teach them at the East Sea Coast in a hundred years. Zhen Yuanzi and Minghe prepared to seek insight from his teaching, while the Heavenly Dao Saints grew murderous.

• Great Sage Dao Venerate revealed his Hunyuan Saint aura and proclaimed that he would teach the Primordial Golden Immortal methods of the Divine Path and Martial Path beneath the Martial Dao Monument in a hundred years.
• Living beings across the Primordial Wilderness were shocked by the new methods, and many set out for the East Sea Coast to hear the Dao.
• Zhen Yuanzi read Yun Zhongzi's letter praising the First Disciple of Interception Sect, then decided to meditate before attending Great Sage Dao Venerate's teaching.
• Minghe learned that Qingyuan had befriended a Hunyuan Saint, considered his advice to pursue another path, and resolved to visit the East Sea Coast after a hundred days of cultivation.
• Grand Unity Golden Immortals and Quasi-Saints considered going to the East Sea Coast, while the Heavenly Dao Saints filled with killing intent.

Great Sage Dao Venerate challenged Venerable Yuanshi after the Heavenly Dao Saints condemned his public display and teachings. He repelled Yuanshi’s attacks and absorbed his spiritual treasures, then taunted the Saints and demanded that Yuanshi use the Pangu Banner.

• Venerable Yuanshi attacked Great Sage Dao Venerate, who mocked him and called on his Netherworld incarnations for power.
• Great Sage Dao Venerate struck back and forced Yuanshi’s arm into the chaotic void, astonishing the Primordial Wilderness’s onlookers.
• Yuanshi summoned his Dharma Aspect and launched a barrage of spiritual treasures at Great Sage Dao Venerate.
• Great Sage Dao Venerate used the Five Elements Great Dao to swallow Yuanshi’s treasures, leaving the watching powers to wonder at his strength.
• Great Sage Dao Venerate taunted Yuanshi and the Heavenly Dao Saints, demanding that Yuanshi bring out the Pangu Banner.

Great Sage Dao Venerate taunted the Heavenly Dao Saints over his plans to spread teachings among the Human Race and seize the Human Dao, then confronted them with an Eight Souls Banner bearing their names. The Saints fell silent rather than risk its terrifying killing power, while Hongjun wondered why his name was written on it twice.

• The Heavenly Dao Saints appeared after Great Sage Dao Venerate insulted them, but he mocked their numbers and challenged them to fight.
• Taiqing and Yuanshi demanded answers and threatened to kill him, while Tongtian restrained Yuanshi and Nuwa questioned his plans for the East Sea Coast.
• Great Sage Dao Venerate declared that he would spread teachings among the Human Race, take control of the Human Dao, and challenge its three Hunyuan Saints.
• Great Sage Dao Venerate threatened Jieyin and Zhunti, then berated Tongtian and the other Saints until they brought out their treasures and sealed off his escape routes.
• Great Sage Dao Venerate revealed the Eight Souls Banner, whose killing aura threatened the Saints, and they refrained from attacking.
• Hongjun watched from Zixiao Palace and cursed when he saw his name written twice on the banner.

Great Sage Dao Venerate used the Eight Souls Banner to intimidate the Heavenly Dao Saints, then agreed to teach at the East Sea Coast in one hundred years. After Hongjun departed, the witnesses were left stunned by the Saints’ retreat and resolved to attend the teaching.

• Hongjun appeared to stop the Saints from fighting, but Great Sage Dao Venerate continued provoking them with the Eight Souls Banner until Jieyin begged him to erase his name.
• The Saints withdrew rather than challenge Great Sage Dao Venerate, and Hongjun discussed the banner’s power and the Dao Venerate’s plans with him.
• Great Sage Dao Venerate told Hongjun he would teach the Human Race and other listeners at the East Sea Coast for up to one million years, and Hongjun left him to proceed.
• Great Sage Dao Venerate announced that his teaching would begin in one hundred years and warned visitors not to arrive late or cause trouble among the Human Race.
• The witnesses marveled that Great Sage Dao Venerate had driven off the Heavenly Dao Saints and decided they should attend his teaching.

Qingyuan dealt with his unruly incarnation Great Sage Dao Venerate, then discussed the Dao with Sect Master Tongtian and realized the Dao Ancestor was plotting against him. Meanwhile, Lu Ya’s plans against Jingwei were disrupted by Great Sage Dao Venerate’s threats, and he sought Saint Nuwa’s counsel, leaving him shaken.

• Qingyuan struck Great Sage Dao Venerate for his ostentatious threats, but the incarnation defended his behavior and went on to swagger through Heavenly Palace Immortal City before disappearing into the sea.
• Sect Master Tongtian praised Qingyuan for enduring Great Sage Dao Venerate and discussed the Dao with him, discovering how much Qingyuan’s understanding had grown.
• Qingyuan suspected the Dao Ancestor had allied with former enemies to kill him and planned to act after the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
• Lu Ya summoned the Demon Saints and Great Demons and asked how they should proceed with their scheme against Jingwei after Great Sage Dao Venerate threatened anyone causing trouble on the East Sea Coast.
• Lu Ya dismissed his hesitant subordinates and contacted Saint Nuwa for advice; after her phantom vanished, he stood frozen with an ugly expression.

Great Sage Dao Venerate confronted Lu Ya for insulting him, beat him savagely, and destroyed his Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife. After he killed Nuwa’s first incarnation and threatened to destroy Wa Huang Heaven, Nuwa appeared again and attacked him with the Red Embroidered Ball.

• Lu Ya declared that he would challenge Great Sage Dao Venerate after a hundred years, and Great Sage Dao Venerate appeared to confront him.
• Great Sage Dao Venerate berated Lu Ya, beat him, and snapped the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife when Lu Ya used it against him.
• Lu Ya attacked Great Sage Dao Venerate as a Three-Legged Golden Crow, but Great Sage Dao Venerate beat him again and prepared to kill him with a Destruction spear.
• Nuwa’s incarnation pleaded for Lu Ya, but Great Sage Dao Venerate pierced and killed it, then continued threatening Lu Ya.
• Nuwa appeared again and challenged Great Sage Dao Venerate after he dismissed her and threatened Wa Huang Heaven, then hurled the Red Embroidered Ball at him.

Great Sage Dao Venerate defeated Saint Nuwa after she attacked him, took the Mountain and River Diagram, and forced her to destroy Wa Huang Heaven before leaving. He then made Lu Ya pull his carriage and warned the Demon Race Remnants to keep order during his sermons as the sermon day arrived.

• Saint Nuwa attacked Great Sage Dao Venerate, but he overwhelmed her with his weapons and took the Mountain and River Diagram.
• The other Heavenly Dao Saints intervened, and Great Sage Dao Venerate threatened them with the Eight Souls Banner.
• Saint Nuwa apologized, but Great Sage Dao Venerate refused to return her treasure and demanded that she destroy Wa Huang Heaven before leaving.
• Great Sage Dao Venerate confronted Lu Ya and the Demon Race Remnants, then ordered Lu Ya to pull his carriage and Ying Zhao to make it.
• Great Sage Dao Venerate warned the demons not to cause trouble during his sermons, and the story of Lu Ya pulling his carriage spread before the sermon day arrived.

Great Sage Dao Venerate arrived at the East Sea Coast to prepare a sermon that drew an enormous gathering of Primordial Wilderness powers. As Haotian and Yaochi separately traveled there, their rivalry and Haotian’s unease over the Dao Ancestor’s favor remained unresolved, while a new arrival appeared before the crowd.

• After a hundred years of travel, Great Sage Dao Venerate and Lu Ya arrived at the Martial Dao Monument, where countless cultivators had gathered for the sermon.
• Great Sage Dao Venerate embarrassed Lu Ya by exposing his phone habits, then ordered him to register attendees and take their photos; after Dao Venerate killed troublemakers, the crowd formed an orderly line.
• Haotian decided to attend the sermon, wondering whether Yuan Qing and Great Sage Dao Venerate were connected, and departed the Heavenly Court in a grand procession.
• Haotian and Yaochi Golden Mother encountered each other on their way to the East Sea Coast and continued separately without greeting, reflecting their growing rivalry within the Heavenly Court.
• At the Martial Dao Monument, Haotian was astonished by the gathering of great powers, registered, and spoke with figures including Ancestor Minghe, the Queen Mother of the West, and Great Immortal Zhenyuan.
• Primordial Violet Qi appeared from the east, and the gathered cultivators straightened and waited respectfully for the newcomer.

Heavenly Dao and Human Dao Saints, Empress Pingxin, and Dao Ancestor Hongjun arrived to hear Great Sage Dao Venerate preach, and each had to sign in and be photographed. After Fang Yuan and Hongjun complied, Venerable Yuanshi asked when the lecture would begin.

• Saint Jieyin and Saint Zhunti were stopped by Lu Ya, then signed in and had their photographs taken before joining the audience.
• Saint Nuwa and the Three Pure Ones signed in, while Empress Pingxin arrived with members of the Witch Clan and also registered.
• Daoist Zixu, Thunder Ancestor, and Daoist Feng arrived and took their seats as the gathering of Saints grew.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun arrived alongside Fang Yuan, and the gathered cultivators and Saints respectfully greeted him.
• Fang Yuan questioned the sign-in book, but he and Hongjun signed in and posed for photographs before entering the Dojo.
• When Great Sage Dao Venerate still had not begun preaching, Venerable Yuanshi asked when he would start.

Great Sage Dao Venerate expounded the Primordial Golden Immortal stages of the Divine Path and Martial Path, crediting his Dao discussions with Qingyuan. As cultivators and Saints began comprehending the methods, he announced that he would also explain the paths’ Divine Abilities.

• Great Sage Dao Venerate waited until the appointed time, then began his sermon and credited Qingyuan with helping deduce the later Divine Path and Martial Path stages.
• He explained that Divine Path cultivators could reach the Primordial Golden Immortal realm by recognizing the self as the true deity and condensing Primordial Unity True Intent.
• Divine Path cultivators and Saints began comprehending the method, while Fuxi, Shennong, Zhen Yuanzi, Queen Mother of the West, and Ancestor Minghe held back.
• Great Sage Dao Venerate explained how Martial Path cultivators could analyze and elevate their path, forge themselves with Martial Dao Laws, and condense Martial Dao Hunyuan True Intent.
• Saints and other great powers began cultivating Martial Dao Hunyuan, while Witch Clan and Demon Race cultivators were captivated by the method.
• As cultivators praised Great Sage Dao Venerate and Qingyuan, he announced that he would explain the Divine Path and Martial Path Divine Ability methods.

Great Sage Dao Venerate lectured the cultivators on Divine Path and Martial Path abilities for five hundred years, then dismissed them and continued traveling with Lu Ya as his carriage driver. When Lu Ya demanded to be released and refused to pull the carriage for life, Great Sage Dao Venerate appeared before him and asked if he wanted to die.

• Great Sage Dao Venerate explained how Qingyuan had created the Divine Path and Martial Path but lacked the power to develop their matching combat abilities, then began teaching the gathered cultivators.
• Most listeners failed to comprehend the increasingly profound lecture, while a few powerful cultivators and the Saints gained insights; attempts to record the teachings produced only chaotic images and symbols.
• After five hundred years, the lecture ended, and the cultivators and Saints thanked Great Sage Dao Venerate before leaving.
• Great Sage Dao Venerate ordered Lu Ya to drive his carriage again, and after more than a hundred years Lu Ya asked to be freed, promising to do anything in return.
• Great Sage Dao Venerate told Lu Ya to pull the carriage for the rest of his life, and Lu Ya threw down the whip, refused, and declared he would rather die.
• Great Sage Dao Venerate appeared before Lu Ya and asked whether he wanted to die.

Lu Ya confronted Great Sage Dao Venerate over years of servitude, and the Dao Venerate finally released him and gave him two pills. Lu Ya set off to revive the Demon Race and earn a chance to apologize, while Great Sage Dao Venerate continued wandering and encountered a Sky-Mending Stone.

• Lu Ya angrily challenged Great Sage Dao Venerate to kill him, while the Dragon Horse begged the Dao Venerate to spare him.
• Great Sage Dao Venerate slapped Lu Ya, then kicked the Dragon Horse and carriage away and gave Lu Ya and the Dragon Horse two pills to settle eight hundred years of Karma.
• After Great Sage Dao Venerate disappeared, Lu Ya gathered the broken carriage pieces and struggled to decide what to do with his newfound freedom.
• Lu Ya refused the pills for himself, resolved to find Ying Zhao and the others, and vowed to revive the Demon Race before welcoming Great Sage Dao Venerate back and apologizing.
• Great Sage Dao Venerate watched Lu Ya and the Dragon Horse depart, continued wandering, and encountered a Sky-Mending Stone at a coastal mountain summit the next day.

Great Sage Dao Venerate empowered the Sky-Mending Stone that would become Sun Wukong, while Saint Nuwa later discovered it and clashed with him over its fate. After failing to claim the stone, Nuwa went to Zixiao Palace to ask Hongjun for an audience.

• Great Sage Dao Venerate infused the Immortal Stone with Creation Vitality and Laws, helping its Stone Fetus develop and promising to help it escape future deception if it sought his sect.
• The Divine Path and Martial Path spread throughout the Primordial Wilderness as living beings and factions flocked to cultivate them.
• Saint Nuwa studied both paths, sensed that an Immortal Stone was fated to her, and traveled to find it.
• Nuwa strengthened the mountain’s earth veins, then discovered that Great Sage Dao Venerate had already altered the Stone Fetus and refused to yield it.
• Nuwa attacked Great Sage Dao Venerate’s phantom after he mocked her claim, but she left the Immortal Stone untouched when he warned her against interfering.
• Nuwa went to Zixiao Palace, where Hongjun admitted her and asked what had brought her there.

Nuwa sought Hongjun’s help against Great Sage Dao Venerate, but Hongjun prioritized his plans against the Human Race and assigned Nuwa to support Chi You while arranging Haotian’s death. Centuries later, Lu Ya mobilized the Demon Race Remnants against the Human Race, and Jingwei encountered a fortune-telling Daoist on her way to the East Sea.

• Nuwa told Hongjun about her grievance with Great Sage Dao Venerate, but Hongjun postponed dealing with him until after his current plans.
• Hongjun approved the Saints’ scheme against the Human Race and ordered Nuwa to help Chi You contend for the Human Emperor’s position.
• Hongjun told Nuwa that Haotian was fated to die at the hands of the Witch Clan, and Nuwa accepted the assignment.
• Lu Ya gathered the Demon Race Remnants, borrowed Nuwa’s Demon-Summoning Banner, and recruited demons and reclusive experts for an attack on the Human Race.
• The demons incited unrest across the East Sea Coast and lured Shennong’s daughter, Jingwei, toward the seaside while Shennong went to pacify the land.
• Jingwei slipped away toward the East Sea and encountered a strange old Daoist whose stall advertised fortune-telling.