Chapter Summaries

Ancestor Hongjun promoted Haotian and Taihua to address him as Teacher and planned to bring them to Nuwa’s preaching at Phoenix Perch Mountain. As immortals from across the Primordial Wilderness gathered for the event, the mountain became crowded with listeners of many realms.

• Ancestor Hongjun told Haotian and Taihua to call him Teacher and invited them to Nuwa’s preaching, while considering their future as Heavenly Emperor and Heavenly Empress.
• Luo Qing decided to attend Nuwa’s preaching with Long Ling, Luo Tian, and Luo Yao, leaving Huang Ting to guard their home.
• The Three Pure Ones set out for Phoenix Perch Mountain, and Jieyin sent Jin Peng to accompany him and Zhunti.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi and Demon Master Kunpeng led a large Demon Clan delegation, including the ten Golden Crow Princes, who hoped Nuwa would take them as disciples.
• Boyue led a Witch Clan delegation to test whether Nuwa would welcome the Witch Clan at Phoenix Perch Mountain.
• Nuwa opened the preaching to Grand Unity Golden Immortals and lower-ranked cultivators accompanied by Grand Luo Golden Immortals, drawing an enormous crowd.

Nuwa abandoned her attempt to recruit Ancestor Huang and appointed a new Phoenix Clan patriarch as she prepared to preach at Phoenix Perch Mountain. Luo Qing arrived with Long Ling, Luo Tian, and Luo Yao, met Hongjun and his companions Haotian and Taihua, and accepted Nuwa’s invitation to enter the mountain.

• Nuwa rejected Ancestor Huang’s conditions, gave up on recruiting her, and named a Phoenix Clan elder as the clan’s new patriarch.
• Nuwa considered recruiting immortal and divine guest retainers at her preaching assembly, while Luo Qing traveled to Phoenix Perch Mountain with Long Ling, Luo Tian, and Luo Yao.
• Luo Qing met Hongjun and introduced Luo Tian and Luo Yao, and Hongjun introduced Haotian and Taihua to Luo Qing.
• Nuwa invited Luo Qing and Hongjun into Phoenix Perch Mountain, and they accepted her welcome.

Nuwa welcomed Luo Qing and Ancestor Hongjun to Phoenix Perch Mountain before her lecture, where she met Hongjun’s new disciples and greeted Fuxi. The Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunti then arrived, and Luo Qing bluntly asked whether they had come to seek Nuwa’s guidance on breaking through to Sainthood.

• Nuwa welcomed Luo Qing and Ancestor Hongjun to her Dao Field and gave Haotian and Taihua Innate Spiritual Treasures after learning they were Hongjun’s disciples.
• Luo Qing introduced Luo Tian and Luo Yao to Nuwa while the Sages chatted in the hall.
• Fuxi arrived and told Nuwa that the Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunti had come to visit her.
• Nuwa asked Fuxi to bring the five fellow disciples into the hall despite her unease about seeking guidance in front of Hongjun.
• Luo Qing urged the hesitant visitors to enter, then asked whether they had come to learn Nuwa’s method for breaking through to Sainthood.

Luo Qing challenged Hongjun over whether he had guided the Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunti on how to become Sages, turning their pursuit of guidance into a public confrontation. Hongjun invoked his belief in following nature and asked the five whether they truly wanted a shortcut to Sainthood.

• Zhunti openly asked Luo Qing for guidance on breaking through to Sainthood and claimed that the Three Pure Ones had come for the same reason.
• Luo Qing asked Hongjun whether he had already taught the five the secrets of becoming Sages, leaving them hesitant to expose Hongjun's lack of guidance.
• Luo Qing pressed the question, asking whether Hongjun had withheld even the slightest information from Tongtian and the others.
• Hongjun avoided answering Luo Qing and instead reminded the five that he followed the law of nature and asked whether they truly wanted a shortcut to Sainthood.

The Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunti chose Luo Qing’s shortcut to Sainthood over Ancestor Hongjun’s advice to comprehend their own paths. Ancestor Hongjun accepted their decision, and Luo Qing promised to guide them.

• Jieyin and Zhunti weighed the risks of rejecting Luo Qing’s shortcut, then Zhunti bowed to Ancestor Hongjun and declared their choice.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian joined Jieyin and Zhunti in asking Ancestor Hongjun to grant their choice to pursue Sainthood sooner.
• Ancestor Hongjun expressed disappointment and told Luo Qing that the shortcut might leave the five with weaker foundations, but Luo Qing defended his approach.
• Nuwa watched the disciples’ choice weaken their bond with Ancestor Hongjun and resolved to build closer relationships with them.
• Luo Qing told the five they would be glad they chose the shortcut and offered to guide them toward Sainthood.

Luo Qing had Long Ling explain how Merit could help the Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunti attain Sainthood, then warned them that becoming a Saint would grow harder over time. As the five prepared to leave, someone suddenly barged into the hall.

• Luo Qing asked Long Ling to explain the secrets of attaining Sainthood to the Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunti.
• Long Ling explained that Heaven and Earth Merit could help transform a cultivator or the Great Dao toward the Sage Realm.
• Luo Qing clarified that Nuwa had attained Sainthood by transforming the Great Dao, while Merit offered another path and would be the best choice for future immortals.
• Luo Qing warned the five that the later they attained Sainthood, the more difficult it would become, because the Primordial World could not support an infinite number of Saints.
• The Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunti thanked Luo Qing and prepared to leave, but someone suddenly barged into the great hall.

Eastern Emperor Taiyi and Demon Master Kunpeng brought the ten Golden Crow Princes to Phoenix Perch Mountain, hoping to arrange for them to become disciples of Saint Nuwa or another Sage. Luo Qing agreed to meet them, leaving the way open for the Golden Crows to seek a Sage’s notice.

• Fuxi told Nuwa, Luo Qing, and Ancestor Hongjun that Eastern Emperor Taiyi wanted the ten Golden Crow Princes to enter the Hall of Three Saints and seek discipleship.
• Nuwa saw a master-disciple bond with Di Jun’s sons as a way to strengthen her ties to the demon race without yielding authority over the Heavenly Court.
• Ancestor Hongjun showed no interest in accepting any of the Golden Crow Princes as disciples.
• Luo Qing expressed interest in meeting the Golden Crows and said one of them might catch his eye.
• Nuwa told Fuxi to bring Eastern Emperor Taiyi and Demon Master Kunpeng into the hall.

Luo Qing examined the Ten Golden Crow Princes with the Eye of the Great Dao while Nuwa tested them before the assembled Saints. Nuwa accepted the youngest prince, Lu Zhuang, as her Nominal Disciple, giving the demon race her protection.

• Eastern Emperor Taiyi and Demon Master Kunpeng brought the Ten Golden Crow Princes into the main hall, where Luo Qing secretly examined them with the Eye of the Great Dao.
• Nuwa invited the princes to step forward, but only Lu Zhuang managed to reach the center of the hall under the Saints’ spiritual pressure.
• Luo Qing declined Nuwa’s invitation to choose a Golden Crow Prince as his disciple and said Nuwa should teach them instead.
• Nuwa accepted Lu Zhuang as her Nominal Disciple and signaled that she would protect the demon race.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi felt disappointed that Ancestor Hongjun had accepted no prince, but welcomed Nuwa’s support for the demon race.

Luo Qing uncovered a hidden method that let the Golden Crow bloodline pass down stably and reflected on the possible Heavenly Dao plot against Pangu’s descendants. Years later, he and Long Ling arrived at Nuwa’s sermon, where he spotted Luo Tian and Luo Yao among the audience.

• Luo Qing realized the Golden Crow bloodline could be inherited stably by descendants of other races, a secret he believed had been left by Pangu.
• Luo Qing suspected the Heavenly Dao was targeting Pangu’s descendants through the Witch-Apocalypse and Investiture of the Gods calamities, but resolved not to act rashly.
• Several years later, Long Ling told Luo Qing that Nuwa’s preaching was about to begin.
• Luo Qing and Long Ling appeared at Nuwa’s Dao Field, where Luo Qing took the platform to the right of Nuwa and Hongjun.
• Luo Qing greeted the assembled immortals and gods, then spotted Luo Tian and Luo Yao among the Grand Luo Golden Immortals.

Nuwa completed a three-thousand-year sermon on cultivation and the Dao of Creation, impressing Luo Qing and Hongjun with her expertise in creation. Afterward, Hongjun privately asked Luo Qing to help place Haotian and Taihua on the thrones of Heavenly Emperor and Heavenly Empress, explaining that he expected the Witch and Demon Clans to destroy each other.

• Ancestor Hongjun arrived at Phoenix Perch Mountain with Haotian and Taihua, and Nuwa later appeared with her nominal disciple Lu Zhuang.
• Boyue grew worried that Nuwa's ties to the Demon Clan would threaten the Witch Clan after Lu Zhuang became her disciple.
• Nuwa preached for three thousand years, winning the attention of the Quasi-Sages when she explained the Great Dao of Creation.
• After the sermon, Luo Qing left Phoenix Perch Mountain with Long Ling and the others, but Hongjun called him aside.
• Hongjun told Luo Qing he planned to make Haotian and Taihua Heavenly Emperor and Heavenly Empress so they could build the foundations to attain Sainthood.
• Hongjun said the Witch and Demon Clans would inevitably fight to mutual destruction unless Nuwa intervened.

Luo Qing agreed with Ancestor Hongjun to support Haotian and Taihua’s rise to the Heavenly Court, in exchange for Hongjun backing Luo Qing’s future nominee when Haotian abdicated. After returning toward Kunlun Mountain, Luo Qing resolved to keep strengthening himself and Hua Tian Peak Lineage, while Nuwa pursued a path to help her brother Fuxi attain Sainthood.

• Luo Qing agreed to help Ancestor Hongjun promote Haotian and Taihua, on the condition that Hongjun support Luo Qing’s future nominee for Heavenly Emperor.
• Luo Qing reflected on the shifting alliances among the Sages, grew wary of Hongjun, and set off for Kunlun Mountain with Long Ling, Luo Tian, and Luo Tian’s sister.
• Nuwa told the Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunti about the dangers she faced during her tribulation and hinted that the Three Pure Ones might find something in the south.
• Nuwa announced plans to open a Phoenix Perch Great Thousand World after learning from Luo Qing that Cosmic Worlds could produce Primordial Violet Qi.
• Nuwa decided to seek Primordial Violet Qi for Fuxi and withheld the news from Di Jun and Tai Yi so she could retain control over the demon race.

Luo Qing planned to cultivate more Great Thousand Worlds to address Hua Tian Peak’s shortage of Primordial Violet Qi, while the Demon and Witch Clans reacted to Nuwa’s neutrality and Lu Zhuang’s discipleship. Hongjun mourned the Three Pure Ones’ choice to pursue sainthood by a shortcut, as Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian finally sensed the opportunity Nuwa had pointed them toward.

• Luo Qing began preparing to cultivate ten Great Thousand Worlds so his followers could eventually obtain Primordial Violet Qi.
• Di Jun and Taiyi learned that Nuwa would not interfere in Primordial Wilderness affairs, then resolved to prepare for war while seeking sainthood.
• The Witch Clan worried that Lu Zhuang’s discipleship gave the Demon Clan Nuwa’s backing, and shifted its efforts toward helping Di Jiang, Houtu, and Zhu Jiuyin attain sainthood.
• Hongjun increased his cultivation guidance for Haotian and Taihua, then realized the Three Pure Ones had chosen a shortcut to sainthood that undermined his plans.
• After walking for eighty thousand years, Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian faintly sensed the opportunity Nuwa had indicated.

The Three Pure Ones entered the Human Race after sensing that their opportunity to attain sainthood lay there, causing its Fortune to stir. Nuwa and Luo Qing recognized the coming rise of the Sages, while Luo Qing warned Luo Xuan to prepare for Houtu’s transformation into reincarnation.

• The Three Pure Ones explored the Human Race and, guided by Laozi’s intuition, transformed into ordinary humans to experience its life.
• Nuwa sensed the Human Race’s Fortune surge as the Three Pure Ones joined it and realized the race could help them attain sainthood.
• Luo Qing sensed the same opportunity and anticipated that Jieyin and Zhunti would soon attain sainthood as well.
• Luo Qing warned Luo Xuan that the new Sages were near, and Luo Xuan agreed to stay prepared for Houtu’s transformation.
• Luo Qing observed the Tiger Fetus nurtured by Luo Xuan and Bai Hua, which carried the Netherworld and wind origins of the Wind Spirit Tiger Clan.

Laozi discovered that enlightenment and transformation might lead the Three Pure Ones to sainthood, and the three began contemplating how to earn the required merit. Luo Qing, Hongjun, and Nuwa gathered near Shouyang Mountain to observe, where Luo Qing predicted that the Three Pure Ones would attain sainthood within a thousand years and considered the future rivalry between the two Human Race branches.

• While teaching young members of the Human Race on Shouyang Mountain, Laozi suddenly realized that enlightenment and transformation might be the Three Pure Ones' path to sainthood and shared his insight with Yuanshi and Tongtian.
• The Three Pure Ones began pondering how to gain enough merit, while their Heavenly Secrets changed and concealed them from the perception of Luo Qing, Nuwa, and Hongjun.
• Luo Qing summoned Long Ling, Luo Tian, and Luo Yao to observe the Three Pure Ones, and Hongjun summoned Haotian and Taihua as Nuwa brought Fuxi toward Shouyang Mountain.
• Luo Qing predicted that the Three Pure Ones would attain sainthood within a hundred to a thousand years, and Long Ling worried that their success would strengthen the Primordial Wilderness Human Race against the Hua Tian Human Race.
• Luo Qing reassured Long Ling that the Human Race's struggle would remain internal and eventually lead to the two branches merging, then joined Hongjun and Nuwa in observing the Three Pure Ones.

Jieyin and Zhunti studied the Mandala Path as a way to gather Merit, but the Three Pure Ones attained Sainthood first by establishing the Human, Interpretation, and Interception Sects. Laozi declared the founding of the Human Sect and received immense Heavenly Dao Merit, beginning his transformation toward the Sage Realm.

• Jieyin and Zhunti refined their study of the Mandala Path and planned to spread an improved version to gather Merit.
• Boundless Merit descended in the south, and Jieyin and Zhunti realized the Three Pure Ones had attained Sainthood before them.
• Laozi comprehended the Human Sect, while Yuanshi and Tongtian formed the doctrines of the Interpretation Sect and the Interception Sect.
• Luo Qing shielded Luo Tian and Luo Yao from the Three Teachings’ Dao Resonance and warned them not to let the doctrines take root in their primordial spirits.
• Laozi declared that he would establish the Human Sect and enlighten the myriad spirits, prompting the Heavenly Dao to grant him immense Profound Yellow Merit.

Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian founded the Human Sect, Interpretation Sect, and Interception Sect, then faced a combined Thunder Tribulation to attain Sainthood. Luo Qing watched with his family and recorded the trial as the Three Pure Ones fought their way toward becoming Saints.

• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian established their Three Teachings, each proclaiming a distinct doctrine and receiving Heaven and Earth Merit.
• Luo Qing, Ancestor Hongjun, and Nuwa recognized that Yuanshi and Tongtian's conflicting ideals would make them enemies, and they let the division stand.
• Luo Qing took Long Ling, Luo Tian, and Luo Yao into the void to watch the Three Pure Ones undergo their simultaneous Saintly Thunder Tribulation, while Nuwa and Ancestor Hongjun joined them.
• Luo Qing recorded the tribulation with the Eye of the Great Dao as the Three Pure Ones used their spiritual treasures to withstand the Thunder Sea and its powerful incarnations.
• Luo Qing explained that later groups of three would face more Thunder Tribulation Incarnations, making simultaneous Sainthood increasingly difficult.
• Luo Tian hinted that he and Luo Yao should undergo the Thunder Tribulation together someday, but Luo Yao refused and he called her ungrateful.

The Three Pure Ones overcame their tribulations and attained sainthood, then announced a future lecture and an open call for disciples that sent Immortal Gods flocking to Kunlun Mountain. As the Primordial World debated attaining sainthood through Merit, Jieyin and Zhunti prepared to establish a teaching of their own.

• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian defeated their final Thunder Tribulation Incarnations and attained sainthood, then greeted Luo Qing, Hongjun, and Nuwa.
• Luo Qing returned to Hua Tian Peak and anticipated that Kunlun Mountain would grow crowded with four Sages' Dao Fields and new disciples.
• The Three Pure Ones announced that they would lecture at Jade Void Mountain in fifty thousand years and accept followers and disciples without a cultivation requirement.
• Countless Immortal Gods rushed to Kunlun Mountain, while the Quasi-Sages and the Witch and Demon Clans grew anxious about the path to sainthood.
• News spread that the Three Pure Ones had attained sainthood through Heaven and Earth Merit by establishing their teachings.
• Jieyin and Zhunti realized their Mandala Dharma Transmission could be adapted into a teaching and prepared to follow the Three Pure Ones' example.

Jieyin and Zhunti established the Western Teachings on Spirit Mountain and began their transformation into Sages. When their establishment Merit proved insufficient, they invoked their Heavenly Dao Great Grand Vows to draw further Merit, and their Sage transformations continued.

• Jieyin and Zhunti prepared to establish the Western Teachings together, while Luo Qing used the Eye of the Great Dao to show the event to the others gathered at Hua Tian Peak.
• Jieyin and Zhunti declared the Western Teachings established, joining the Western Primordial World to their teachings and receiving Heaven and Earth Merit.
• Jieyin and Zhunti used the Merit to merge the Primordial Violet Qi with their bodies, but the Merit began to run out before their Sage transformations were complete.
• Jieyin and Zhunti invoked their Heavenly Dao Great Grand Vows, including vows to restore the Western Spirit Vein and bring prosperity to the West.
• Heaven and Earth answered each vow with more Merit Golden Light, replenishing Jieyin and Zhunti's Merit and sustaining their transformations.

Jieyin and Zhunti borrowed Merit through forty-eight Great Grand Vows and began their Sainthood Tribulation. They endured the Six Thunder Tribulation Incarnations with Merit Spiritual Treasures, but as the treasures faltered, they prepared to fight for their lives.

• Jieyin and Zhunti completed their forty-eighth Great Grand Vow, gathered enough Merit to undergo Sage Realm Transformations, and summoned the Sainthood Tribulation.
• Less than ten thousand years later, Luo Qing and the other Sages watched Jieyin and Zhunti begin their Thunder Tribulation together.
• Jieyin and Zhunti passed the initial stages of the tribulation before facing six enhanced Thunder Tribulation Incarnations.
• Jieyin and Zhunti used six top-grade Acquired Merit Spiritual Treasures, the Guardian Golden Bowls, to withstand the incarnations' assault.
• As the Guardian Golden Bowls began to falter, Jieyin and Zhunti prepared to fight for their lives.

After Jieyin and Zhunti survived their Sainthood Tribulation with grave injuries, Di Jun and Taiyi began searching for the reason they had become Sages. Taiyi concluded that Primordial Violet Qi was the key and suspected Hongjun had restricted the path to Sainthood to his disciples.

• Jieyin and Zhunti survived the Thunder Tribulation, suffered severe Dao injuries, and returned to Spirit Mountain to recuperate.
• Luo Qing reassured the others about the future of Sainthood and resolved to prepare Luo Xuan, Xihua, and the others for their own tribulations.
• Spirit Mountain announced that it would open its gates in five thousand years to those wishing to join the Western Teachings.
• After learning of Jieyin and Zhunti's Sainthood, Di Jun and Taiyi discussed why they had succeeded despite their comparatively weaker foundations.
• Taiyi noticed that Hongjun's six disciples had all become Sages and identified Primordial Violet Qi as their shared key.
• Taiyi argued that Luo Qing had also obtained Primordial Violet Qi and had guarded against Hongjun because Hongjun had deceived the other immortals about attaining Sainthood.