Chapter Summaries

Shen Gongbao withdrew into secluded cultivation after the Chan Sect disciples rejected him, while Venerable Yuanshi watched with interest and sent Guangchengzi to investigate Qingyuan at the Interception Sect. Guangchengzi agreed, hoping to learn how to reach the Primordial Golden Immortal realm and earn the chance to become Zhuanxu’s teacher.

• Shen Gongbao returned to his cave abode, took the Saint’s Golden Core, and began secluded cultivation as his fellow disciples shunned him.
• Venerable Yuanshi revealed that he had given Shen Gongbao the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique and Hunyuan Undying True Intent, and resolved to watch how far he could advance.
• Guangchengzi apologized to Venerable Yuanshi and asked for guidance on reaching the Primordial Golden Immortal realm, but Venerable Yuanshi told him that Qingyuan could teach him.
• Venerable Yuanshi ordered Guangchengzi to visit Golden Ao Island alone, learn from Qingyuan, and investigate his power and hidden backing.
• Venerable Yuanshi promised Guangchengzi the chance to become Zhuanxu’s teacher and keep the merit if he helped Zhuanxu alone, then told him to invoke his name if Qingyuan threatened him.

Guangchengzi asked Venerable Yuanshi for protection before traveling alone to the Interception Sect to meet Qingyuan. He reached Golden Ao Island after clashing with its disciples, and the Golden-winged Great Peng escorted him onward while mocking his pride.

• Guangchengzi feared facing Qingyuan and repeatedly asked Venerable Yuanshi for a defensive treasure, but Venerable Yuanshi sent him without one and told him to invoke his name if necessary.
• The Primordial Wilderness’s major powers grew stronger: the Witch Clan developed its city and cultivation method, the Demon Race formed kingdoms, and the Heavenly Court and Underworld Bureau expanded their influence.
• Guangchengzi arrived at the East Sea and asked the Interception Sect disciples to let him see Qingyuan, but they mocked and blocked him.
• Guangchengzi attacked the disciples and sent them plunging into the East Sea after they continued insulting him.
• The Golden-winged Great Peng arrived on his master’s invitation and escorted Guangchengzi toward Golden Ao Island while making loud remarks about his haughty manner.

Guangchengzi visited Qingyuan on Golden Ao Island to seek instruction on breaking through to the Primordial Golden Immortal realm, only to learn that his Grand Unity Golden Immortal cultivation was flawed. After millions of years of guidance, Guangchengzi awakened as a Primordial Golden Immortal as the Five Emperors Era ended.

• Guangchengzi arrived at Golden Ao Island and tried to flatter Qingyuan before asking for help with his breakthrough.
• The Great Peng Bird mocked Guangchengzi for expecting Qingyuan to share Interception Sect cultivation methods for free, and Qingyuan initially dismissed him.
• Guangchengzi revealed that Venerable Yuanshi had sent him, so Qingyuan kept him on Golden Ao Island and asked what else Venerable Yuanshi had said.
• Qingyuan examined Guangchengzi's cultivation and showed him that his Grand Unity Golden Immortal foundation was flawed, prompting Guangchengzi to ask for guidance.
• Qingyuan instructed Guangchengzi in cultivation for several million years, and Guangchengzi finally awakened with the aura of a Primordial Golden Immortal.

Guangchengzi broke through to the Primordial Golden Immortal realm after receiving Qingyuan’s teachings, but learned that the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors had already passed. Qingyuan urged him to consider teaching Yu the Great, and Guangchengzi returned to the Chan Sect to consult his master.

• Guangchengzi thanked Qingyuan for his guidance and said he would return to the Chan Sect before assisting Human Emperor Zhuanxu.
• Qingyuan told Guangchengzi that Zhuanxu had become Human Emperor long ago and that Shun Emperor, assisted by Xuandu, had already attained the Dao and entered Huoyun Cave.
• Guangyuan learned that Shun Emperor was seeking a successor named Yu the Great, but initially refused to pursue the role because Yu was not one of the Three Sovereigns or Five Emperors.
• Qingyuan persuaded Guangchengzi that assisting Yu the Great could bring substantial Merit and renown, and advised him to ask Venerable Yuanshi before deciding.
• Guangchengzi returned to East Kunlun Mountains, revealed his Primordial Golden Immortal aura to the Chan Sect immortals, and headed for Jade Void Palace.

Guangchengzi returned to Venerable Yuanshi after more than five million years with Qingyuan, having reached the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm but feeling unable to find his way forward without Qingyuan's guidance. After Yuanshi's own teaching failed to satisfy him, Guangchengzi asked to become Yu the Great's teacher, leaving Yuanshi surprised by how far his ambitions had shifted.

• Guangchengzi returned to Jade Void Palace, praised Qingyuan's teachings, and told Venerable Yuanshi how they had helped him become a Primordial Origin Golden Immortal.
• Guangchengzi admitted that he felt lost after leaving Qingyuan, so Venerable Yuanshi tried to teach him the Great Dao himself.
• After years of Yuanshi's instruction, Guangchengzi struggled to stay awake, and Yuanshi realized his teaching was not reaching him.
• Venerable Yuanshi wondered whether Qingyuan's knowledge came from someone behind him, while Guangchengzi maintained that Qingyuan genuinely understood the Great Dao.
• Guangchengzi asked to become Zhuanxu's teacher, but Yuanshi said the Five Emperors Era was nearly over and offered to help him in another way.
• Guangchengzi asked Yuanshi to speak with his martial uncles so he could become Yu the Great's teacher, surprising Yuanshi.

Guangchengzi secured Venerable Yuanshi’s permission to become Yu the Great’s teacher and hurried to the East Sea Coast, where Yu mistook him for a demon in disguise. Guangchengzi overwhelmed the Immortals who challenged his identity, just as an old acquaintance arrived and recognized him.

• Venerable Yuanshi warned Guangchengzi that Yu the Great would transform the future rule of Human Emperors, but agreed to speak to the other Saints and let him become Yu’s teacher.
• Guangchengzi learned that Yu the Great’s task involved water and immediately set out for the East Sea Coast.
• Shun Emperor assigned Yu the Great and other wise people to control the floods, but Yu’s efforts failed to stop the waters.
• Yu the Great suspected Guangchengzi was a demon and secretly summoned the Exorcism Suppression Office after Guangchengzi introduced himself.
• The arriving Immortals demanded proof of Guangchengzi’s identity, so he released his aura and forced them to the ground.
• An approaching figure recognized Guangchengzi and called him Junior Brother.

Guangchengzi met Great Master Xuandu at the East Sea Coast, revealed that he had become a Primordial Golden Immortal, and accepted Yu the Great as his disciple. After learning that Qingyuan of the Interception Sect had helped Guangchengzi break through, Xuandu got Saint Taiqing's approval to seek Qingyuan's guidance.

• Great Master Xuandu arrived and recognized Guangchengzi, whose Primordial Golden Immortal aura stunned him.
• Guangchengzi said he had come to accept Yu the Great as his disciple, and Xuandu introduced him before Yu the Great gladly became his disciple.
• Guangchengzi led Xuandu away, teased him with tea and talk of the humiliations he had endured, then advised him to seek the First Disciple of Intercepting Sect.
• Xuandu thanked Guangchengzi, entrusted him with assisting Yu the Great and protecting the Human Race, and returned to Shouyang Mountain.
• Saint Taiqing approved Xuandu's journey to the East Sea, and Xuandu immediately set off for the Interception Sect.

Great Master Xuandu arrived at Golden Ao Island expecting the Interception Sect to humiliate him, but Qingyuan welcomed him and began teaching him the Primordial Golden Immortal Path. Meanwhile, Yu the Great used new methods and a Divine Iron measuring staff to control the floods, until a Great Demon blocked the Huai River outlet and forced Yu to prepare an attack.

• Great Master Xuandu was warmly welcomed by the Interception Sect, despite expecting the treatment Guangchengzi had described.
• Qingyuan invited Xuandu to sit and began explaining the Primordial Golden Immortal Path to him.
• Qingyuan sent Wuzhiqi to the East Sea Coast to face his Calamity Tribulation and help Yu the Great tame the floods.
• Yu the Great studied earlier flood-control failures, chose to channel rather than block the waters, and used the Lingyang Staff forged by Taishang Laojun to measure waterways.
• A Great Demon occupied a Water Mansion on the Huai River and blocked Yu the Great's route to the East Sea, so Yu summoned local Human Race experts to storm the river.

Yu the Great repeatedly failed to clear the Huai River because Great Sage Xingshui defeated the Human Race’s armies and rejected Guangchengzi’s authority. After Xingshui neutralized the Soul Falling Bell and knocked away the Yuqing Command Talisman, Yu the Great returned to Mount Zhongnan, leaving Guangchengzi furious.

• Yu the Great learned that Great Sage Xingshui had blocked the Huai River for three centuries and sent Hongmengshi, Shangzhangshi, Doulushi, and Liloushi with a million-strong army to defeat him, but Xingshui routed them.
• Yu the Great sent Shangjun, Tonglü, Wumuyou, Gengchen, and allied Immortals to challenge Xingshui, but Xingshui defeated them and captured many in his Water Mansion.
• Yu the Great asked Guangchengzi for help, and Guangchengzi gave him the Soul Falling Bell and taught him its incantation.
• Yu the Great used the Soul Falling Bell against Xingshui, but Xingshui caught it and rendered it powerless before mocking Yu the Great.
• Yu the Great returned with Guangchengzi’s Yuqing Command Talisman, but Xingshui knocked it away and sent Yu the Great flying.
• Yu the Great went back to Mount Zhongnan, and Guangchengzi became enraged when he heard what Xingshui had done.

Guangchengzi descended to the Huai River to help Yu the Great confront Great Sage Xingshui, who blocked the flood-control works. After Xingshui caught Guangchengzi’s Male-Female Swords with his bare hand and mocked the Chan Sect, Guangchengzi unleashed the Fan Tian Seal, which expanded over the river.

• Guangchengzi flew into a rage over Great Sage Xingshui’s refusal to respect him and took Yu the Great to the Huai River.
• Yu the Great demanded that Xingshui leave the Huai River, while Xingshui argued that the river was his territory and threatened the Human Race captives.
• Guangchengzi announced his identity and attacked Xingshui and the demons with the Male-Female Swords.
• Great Sage Xingshui caught the two Innate Spiritual Treasures with his bare hand and mocked Guangchengzi.
• Guangchengzi brought out the Fan Tian Seal and drove it toward Xingshui, whereupon it expanded into a mountain-sized peak over the Huai River.

Great Sage Xingshui stopped Guangchengzi’s Fan Tian Seal and drove him from the Huai River, leaving flood control blocked. After learning from Venerable Yuanshi that Xingshui was Qingyuan’s disciple Wuzhiqi undergoing a Slaughter Tribulation, Guangchengzi sought Qingyuan’s help and left with a command token to return to the river.

• Guangchengzi attacked Great Sage Xingshui with the Fan Tian Seal, but Xingshui caught its crushing force and forced it back, wounding Guangchengzi.
• Great Sage Xingshui returned the Fan Tian Seal and Guangchengzi’s other treasures, then warned Yu the Great and the Human Race to stop disturbing his home.
• Guangchengzi went to Kunlun Mountains and told Venerable Yuanshi that a powerful beast had blocked Yu the Great’s flood-control work at the Huai River.
• Venerable Yuanshi revealed that Wuzhiqi, Qingyuan’s disciple, was undergoing a Slaughter Tribulation and instructed Guangchengzi to seek Qingyuan’s permission before lightly wounding him.
• Qingyuan initially questioned Guangchengzi’s account, but gave him a command token and told him to use it at the Huai River, where Wuzhiqi would either help the flood control or be restrained.

Guangchengzi subdued Wuzhiqi with Qingyuan’s token and made him help Yu the Great control the floods, strengthening Yu’s reputation as a candidate for Human Emperor. A summons from Haotian brought Guangchengzi and the great sects to the Heavenly Court, where Guangchengzi waited in the Lingxiao Treasure Hall to learn what was planned.

• Guangchengzi returned to the Huai River, and Wuzhiqi fled after Guangchengzi hinted that he knew his origins.
• Guangchengzi bound Wuzhiqi with Radiant Glow and showed him Qingyuan’s token, causing Wuzhiqi to recognize him as his martial uncle and submit.
• Wuzhiqi explained that he had protected the people and calmed the waters, and Yu the Great and the humans pleaded for him to be spared.
• Guangchengzi punished Wuzhiqi and ordered him to help Yu the Great control the floods; Wuzhiqi accepted and helped channel the Huai River into the East Sea.
• Wuzhiqi taught Yu the Great water-management skills and returned to the East Sea, while Guangchengzi continued assisting Yu as calls for him to become Human Emperor grew.
• After Haotian summoned the sects to Heaven and Venerable Yuanshi called Guangchengzi, Guangchengzi flew to the Heavenly Court and waited in the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.

The Heavenly Emperor gathered the major factions and Saints in Lingxiao Treasure Hall to demand their cooperation in filling the Heavenly Court’s ranks and perfecting its system of gods and immortals. The chapter ended with him warning that anyone who refused would face consequences.

• Guangchengzi noticed the Qingyuan Lineage of the Interception Sect and exchanged a nod with Wuzhiqi as the factions gathered in Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
• Taibai Golden Star confronted the unruly Great Witches, who mocked him and challenged him to fight, while Chi You initially let them continue.
• The Heavenly Emperor permitted a fight without restraint, but Chi You sensed a trap, struck down several Great Witches, and made them apologize to Taibai Golden Star and the Heavenly Emperor.
• The Heavenly Emperor rebuked Zhunti for calling him junior brother and insisted that proper order be observed in the Heavenly Court.
• The Heavenly Emperor announced that every faction had to cooperate with the Heavenly Court to complete its undertaking and warned that he would not tolerate refusal.

Haotian demanded that the Saints provide the Heavenly Court with three million Immortals within ten thousand years, but they rejected his demand and challenged his authority. He dismissed them from the Lingxiao Treasure Hall and promised to confront them when the deadline arrived.

• Haotian argued that the Heavenly Court needed millions of Immortals to govern the Primordial Wilderness and demanded that the Saints provide three million.
• Venerable Yuanshi questioned Haotian’s demand, while Saint Taiqing, Venerable Yuanshi, Saint Nuwa, the Western Sages, and others refused or avoided giving personnel.
• Sect Master Tongtian offered to ask whether any Jie Sect disciples were willing to serve, while Empress Pingxin said the Netherworld had no Immortals to send.
• Haotian ordered Taibai Golden Star to distribute rosters and commanded the Saints to gather the Immortals within ten thousand years, by whatever means necessary.
• The Saints protested, threatened Haotian, and threw away or tore up the rosters; Haotian dismissed them and said he would seek them out when the deadline arrived.

Haotian ordered the Saints to provide three million immortals for the Heavenly Court, while Xuandu warned the Human Sect that the demand could turn the Interception Sect against every Saint and the Heavenly Court. The chapter ended as a commanding voice sounded from the heavens, leaving the cause of the coming upheaval unrevealed.

• Haotian dismissed the immortals’ fears, threatened to march against the Saints in ten thousand years if they failed to provide three million immortals, and demanded that they prepare.
• Saint Taiqing asked his disciples what Haotian intended, and they argued that he was bluffing and would not dare challenge the Saints.
• Great Master Xuandu returned from the Interception Sect as a Primordial Origin Golden Immortal and warned that disaster would engulf the Primordial Wilderness.
• Xuandu explained that the Interception Sect’s vast membership could supply three million immortals, making it likely to bear the Saints’ demands and become their enemy.
• Xuandu predicted that the Interception Sect would fight all the Saints and the Heavenly Court, then a commanding voice sounded from the heavens.

Haotian issued a decree, claiming Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s approval to appoint gods and require Saint sects to serve the Heavenly Court, stirring fears of a coming Slaughter Tribulation. Xuandu set out to persuade Haotian to relent, while Guangchengzi warned Yuanshi against attacking the Interception Sect and was sent away to recuperate.

• Haotian proclaimed that virtuous people and cultivators would receive divine offices and ordered the Saint sects to assist the Heavenly Court under threat of heavenly punishment.
• At Taiqing Hall, Xuandu warned that the decree could force the Interception Sect to bear the burden of supplying immortals, and he asked Taiqing to prevent a catastrophe.
• Taiqing told Xuandu to appeal to Haotian instead, then granted permission for Xuandu to visit the Heavenly Court.
• At Jade Void Palace, Guangchengzi predicted that the Interception Sect could overturn the Heavenly Court, but his fellow disciples mocked his defense of the sect.
• After hearing Haotian’s decree, Guangchengzi suspected Yuanshi was joining a plan against the Interception Sect and urged him not to start a war; Yuanshi dismissed him for one hundred thousand years.
• At Biyou Palace, Tongtian’s disciples argued over the Investiture of the Gods, then reacted to Haotian’s decree, with a few sensing danger.

The Interception Sect's disciples dismissed Haotian's authority, but Qingyuan warned Sect Master Tongtian that their sect could face a calamity and urged him to prepare. Meanwhile, the Heavenly Emperor's repeated invitations to discuss the Investiture of the Gods went unanswered, leaving his banquet empty.

• Interception Sect disciples criticized Haotian, while Sect Master Tongtian and Daoist Duobao said the sect would not submit to him.
• Qingyuan warned that the Interception Sect might be targeted, and Daoist Duobao boasted that the sect's strength could overwhelm the Heavenly Court.
• After the disciples left, Qingyuan suggested that the Saints might have joined forces with Haotian against the Interception Sect, prompting Sect Master Tongtian to plan a defensive array.
• Sect Master Tongtian told Qingyuan to avoid leaving the East Sea, and Qingyuan returned to his dojo with his disciples.
• Over several thousand years, the Heavenly Emperor sent repeated invitations for the Saints to discuss the Investiture of the Gods, but attendance dwindled until no Saint came to the final banquet.

Emperor Yu sought Guangchengzi’s help to end the demon scourge afflicting the Human Race, and Guangchengzi proposed forging a protective force from Human Race Fortune Aura and Human Dao Momentum. He insisted that only Qingyuan could accomplish it, leaving Emperor Yu with orders to seek help from his teacher’s rival sect.

• Emperor Yu ruled the Great Yu Dynasty for two thousand years, but demons and monsters continued to harm the Human Race and undermine his efforts to govern.
• Emperor Yu went to Jade Void Palace for help and learned that Guangchengzi had been confined by Venerable Yuanshi, so he hurried to meet Guangchengzi at Nine Immortals Mountain Peach Blossom Cave.
• Guangchengzi proposed using Human Race Fortune Aura and Human Dao Momentum to create a protective force for the Human Race, but said he could not carry out the plan himself.
• Guangchengzi told Emperor Yu not to seek help from the Chan Sect and ordered him to go to Golden Ao Island to find Qingyuan, the First Disciple of the Interception Sect.

Guangchengzi sent Emperor Yu to Qingyuan and the Interception Sect to seek help protecting the Human Race from demonic calamities. Qingyuan confirmed the plan could establish National Fortune, then warned Emperor Yu that carrying it out would bring him eternal infamy; Emperor Yu agreed.

• Guangchengzi told Emperor Yu to seek Qingyuan's help and accept blame for going against his teacher's orders, moving Emperor Yu to abandon his resentment toward him.
• Guangchengzi sent Emperor Yu away and secretly watched over his journey, then lamented that he had directed his disciple to the Interception Sect.
• Emperor Yu traveled to Golden Ao Island, where Qingyuan received him and learned that Guangchengzi had sent him to ask for help against demons and monsters.
• Qingyuan explained that establishing National Fortune could protect the Human Race and its officials, and that the Chan Sect might instead make the Human Race more obedient and dependent.
• Qingyuan told Emperor Yu he had found the right person but would have to bear eternal infamy to accomplish the plan, and Emperor Yu accepted.

Qingyuan persuaded Emperor Yu to replace abdication with hereditary rule and helped him forge the Nine Provinces Cauldron to protect the Human Race through National Fortune. After Emperor Yu worried about opposition from powerful factions, Qingyuan directed him to seek help from the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Heavenly Origin Sect.

• Emperor Yu agreed to bear infamy and establish hereditary rule after Qingyuan explained that his descendants were destined to become Human Emperors.
• Qingyuan instructed Emperor Yu to gather conviction-imbued iron implements, forge the Nine Provinces Cauldron, and use hereditary rule to build National Fortune that would shield the Human Race.
• Emperor Yu accepted Qingyuan's plan, gathered the requested objects across the Great Yu Dynasty, and brought them to Golden Ao Island.
• Qingyuan forged the Nine Provinces Cauldron, which Emperor Yu saw as proof that the plan could protect the Human Race from demons, monsters, and Saints.
• Emperor Yu hesitated to ask for help overcoming opposition to hereditary rule, but Qingyuan told him to seek assistance from the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Heavenly Origin Sect.