Chapter Summaries

After learning that the Primordial Violet Qi was linked to sainthood, Di Jun and Tai Yi decided to target Red Cloud Daoist, while Ancestor Minghe independently set his sights on him. Red Cloud Daoist realized the qi’s secret at Wuzhuang Temple and became wary when Zhenyuanzi told him that visitors were asking for him.

• Di Jun and Tai Yi concluded that the Primordial Violet Qi could lead to sainthood, and Tai Yi proposed killing Red Cloud Daoist to take his strand.
• Di Jun agreed to the plan and ordered Tai Yi to secretly investigate Red Cloud Daoist’s whereabouts and Dao Field.
• Ancestor Minghe also targeted Red Cloud Daoist, resolving to seize his Primordial Violet Qi to pursue sainthood.
• At Wuzhuang Temple, Red Cloud Daoist realized the Primordial Violet Qi’s purpose after Jieyin and Zhunti attained sainthood.
• Zhenyuanzi told Red Cloud Daoist that several visitors were asking for him, and Red Cloud Daoist urgently ordered him not to reveal his location.

Red Cloud Daoist left Wuzhuang Temple to seek the Primordial Violet Qi’s promise of sainthood, exposing himself to hostile deductions as Luo Qing resolved to save him only when he neared death. Meanwhile, Luo Qing ordered Long Ling to recruit a disciple before she could return to Hua Tian Peak, but her high standards left her struggling to find a suitable candidate.

• Red Cloud Daoist concealed his plans from Zhenyuanzi, then slipped away from Wuzhuang Temple while Zhenyuanzi meditated.
• Luo Qing sensed Red Cloud Daoist had left Zhenyuanzi’s protection and watched his Fortune decline, intending to rescue him only when he was near death.
• As the Three Pure Ones prepared to preach and accept disciples, Luo Qing urged Long Ling and Huang Ting to recruit disciples; Huang Ting declined to appear publicly.
• Luo Qing ordered Long Ling not to return to Hua Tian Peak until she recruited a disciple, even telling her to take one from Jade Void Mountain if necessary.
• Long Ling searched Kunlun Mountain for more than a thousand years, rejecting most candidates because she wanted a talented disciple below the Golden Immortal stage.

As the Three Pure Ones’ preaching approached, Long Ling let the Thirty-Six Sea-Calming Pearls choose a disciple, while the Demon Court continued searching for Red Cloud Daoist. The pearls flew beyond Kunlun Mountain toward Zhao Gongming and his companions, setting up a contest with Jade Void Mountain.

• Di Jun ordered Bai Ze to keep searching for Red Cloud Daoist and said the Primordial Violet Qi must belong to the Demon Race.
• As the Three Pure Ones’ preaching drew near, Long Ling tossed the Thirty-Six Sea-Calming Pearls into the void to choose a disciple for her.
• Luo Qing recognized the chosen person as Hua Tian Peak’s Third Generation Disciple and accepted that they would be taken from Jade Void Mountain.
• Tongtian asked Laozi whether he would accept disciples, and Laozi explained that he had already accepted Xuan Du.
• Zhao Gongming led his three sworn sisters toward Kunlun Mountain, assuring them they could join a Sage’s sect.

Long Ling captured Zhao Gongming, Yun Xiao, Qiong Xiao, and Bi Xiao on their way to seek discipleship at Jade Void Mountain, then took them as disciples of Hua Tian Peak. The four siblings formally joined the Hua Tian Peak Lineage, with their names recorded on its Inheritance Jade Butterfly.

• Zhao Gongming and the three sisters traveled toward Kunlun Mountain, believing they would become disciples of Jade Void Mountain.
• Long Ling caught the four siblings in the Sea-Calming Pearl’s Five-Colored Radiance and learned why they had come.
• Luo Qing told Long Ling to bring his four grand-disciples back, confirming their place in the lineage.
• Long Ling offered to take the four siblings as disciples, and Yun Xiao recognized the opportunity and knelt first.
• Long Ling made Yun Xiao and Zhao Gongming Direct Disciples and Qiong Xiao and Bi Xiao Nominal Disciples.
• The four siblings completed the disciple-taking ceremony, and Luo Qing inscribed their names onto Hua Tian Peak’s Inheritance Jade Butterfly.

Luo Qing discovered that Duobao, a Grand Luo Golden Immortal among the demon race, was another remnant thought of Luohou, and considered how he might rise through the Interception Sect and later Buddhism. At the Three Pure Ones’ Dao Lecture Assembly, the sages taught their doctrines and specialties, while Luo Qing judged Tongtian’s formations against the Hua Tian Peak lineage’s greater expertise.

• Luo Qing entered Jade Void Mountain with Long Ling, Yun Xiao, Zhao Gongming, Qiong Xiao, and Bi Xiao for the Three Pure Ones’ Dao Lecture Assembly.
• Luo Qing recognized the demon-race Grand Luo Golden Immortal Duobao as another remnant thought of Luohou and speculated that he might seek a path to sainthood through the Interception Sect and Buddhism.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian began their three-thousand-year lecture, explaining Immortal Dao cultivation and the doctrines of the Human, Chan, and Interception Sects.
• Laozi taught alchemy, Yuanshi taught artifact refining, and Tongtian taught formation arrays, drawing a favorable response from the gathered immortals and gods.
• Luo Qing reflected that Yun Xiao and her sisters had great talent in formations, and that the Hua Tian Peak lineage surpassed Tongtian’s foundation in the art.

After the Three Pure Ones established the Chan and Jie Teachings, Luo Qing foresaw that Red Cloud Daoist would soon be targeted and decided to save him once. As Red Cloud Daoist’s protective Merit dwindled, Quasi-Sages discovered his whereabouts and Di Jun and Tai Yi led a group of Demon Saints toward him.

• Yuanshi and Tongtian recruited disciples for the Chan and Jie Teachings, accepting Twelve Direct Disciples and four Direct Disciples respectively, with Guang Chengzi and Daoist Duobao as their senior disciples.
• Long Ling suggested that Hua Tian Peak establish a great teaching, but she abandoned the idea when Luo Qing said she could do it herself.
• Luo Qing gave Long Ling Jade Slips on Artifact Refining, Array Formation, and Alchemy to share with her fellow disciples.
• Luo Qing sensed malice gathering around Red Cloud Daoist and resolved to save him when the opportunity came.
• After more than forty thousand years of Heavenly Secrets Deduction weakened Red Cloud Daoist’s concealment, Bai Ze, Ancestor Minghe, and other Quasi-Sages located him.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi gathered Kunpeng, Bai Ze, and several Demon Saints and hurried toward Red Cloud Daoist’s location.

Luo Qing sent Long Ling and Huang Ting to rescue Red Cloud Daoist from the forces converging on his hiding place, equipping them with powerful treasures. The two disciples prepared to depart with extra Jade Talismans from their teacher.

• Di Jun, Tai Yi, Kunpeng, Minghe, Houtu, Zhu Jiuyin, and other powerful figures converged on Red Cloud Daoist, while the Sages chose not to intervene.
• Jieyin and Zhunti dismissed Red Cloud's plight and left to begin teaching at Spirit Mountain.
• Luo Qing saw that Red Cloud faced more enemies than in the legends and summoned Long Ling and Huang Ting to rescue him.
• Long Ling and Huang Ting agreed, but grew uneasy after Luo Qing showed them the powerful Quasi-Sages they might face.
• Luo Qing lent Long Ling the Creation Green Lotus and Huang Ting the Heaven-Opening Thunder Gourd, then gave them two Jade Talismans before they departed.

Luo Qing sent Long Ling and Huang Ting to rescue Red Cloud Daoist, while Di Jun, Tai Yi, and Kunpeng launched an attack to seize his Primordial Violet Qi. Red Cloud escaped their first strike but was quickly surrounded and overwhelmed.

• Luo Qing gave Huang Ting and Red Cloud Daoist Jade Talismans, then sent Long Ling and Huang Ting through a spatial passage to the Eastern Part of Primordial Era.
• Hongjun Dao Ancestor, the Three Pure Ones, and other Sages detected the pair, and Yuanshi guessed that Luo Qing's research into Primordial Violet Qi was connected to Red Cloud.
• Di Jun ordered Bai Ze, Nine Infants, and Gui Che to guard the perimeter while he, Tai Yi, and Kunpeng prepared to ambush Red Cloud Daoist.
• Di Jun, Tai Yi, and Kunpeng struck Red Cloud Daoist's hiding place with their Divine Treasures, but Red Cloud sensed the danger and escaped the devastation.
• Di Jun demanded Red Cloud hand over the Primordial Violet Qi, and Red Cloud refused.
• Di Jun, Tai Yi, and Kunpeng attacked Red Cloud together, quickly forcing him into an overwhelming disadvantage.

Houtu and Zhu Jiuyin tried to disrupt Di Jun’s attack on Red Cloud, allowing Ancestor Minghe to reach the battlefield and fight Di Jun. Red Cloud remained under assault from Tai Yi and Kunpeng as the Eastern Desolation Five Sages watched from hiding.

• Houtu and Zhu Jiuyin attacked from afar to create chaos and prevent the demon race from obtaining the Primordial Violet Qi.
• Bai Ze, Nine Infants, and Gui Che confronted the two Ancestral Witches, while Ancestor Minghe slipped past and reached Red Cloud’s battlefield.
• Ancestor Minghe attacked Di Jun and offered to save Red Cloud in exchange for the Primordial Violet Qi, but Red Cloud did not accept.
• Di Jun fought Ancestor Minghe while Tai Yi and Kunpeng continued attacking Red Cloud, whose body was repeatedly shattered by the Eastern Emperor Bell.
• The fighting devastated the surrounding lands, and the Eastern Desolation Five Sages watched the battle from a concealed cloud.

Huang Ting intervened just as Eastern Emperor Taiyi was about to kill Red Cloud Daoist, using Hua Tian Peak’s treasures to drive back the Eastern Emperor Bell. He announced that Hua Tian Peak intended to protect Red Cloud Daoist, leaving the gathered powers uncertain about what would happen next.

• The Eastern Desolation Five Sages waited for others to interfere, planning to attack Red Cloud Daoist if he fled the main battlefield.
• Long Ling and Huang Ting arrived too late to prevent Red Cloud Daoist from being cornered, then agreed that Huang Ting would hold off the attackers while Long Ling rescued him.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi trapped Red Cloud Daoist with the Eastern Emperor Bell, while Red Cloud regretted giving up his seat in the Purple Cloud Palace and prepared to die rather than surrender his Primordial Violet Qi.
• Long Ling ordered Huang Ting to act, and Huang Ting used the Yin-Yang Heaven-Transforming Mirror to appear between Red Cloud Daoist and Eastern Emperor Taiyi.
• Huang Ting unleashed the Heaven-Opening Thunder Gourd and knocked the Eastern Emperor Bell back, stunning the combatants.
• Huang Ting identified himself as a Quasi-Sage of Hua Tian Peak and said he would protect Red Cloud Daoist, while Houtu and Zhu Jiuyin felt inexplicable familiarity and disgust toward him.

Huang Ting held off Di Jun, Ancestor Minghe, Houtu, and the others while Long Ling escaped with Red Cloud Daoist. The pursuers then joined forces to suppress Huang Ting as the pair fled toward the Eastern Sea.

• Ancestor Minghe exposed Long Ling and Red Cloud Daoist as they tried to slip away, and demanded Red Cloud hand over the Primordial Violet Qi.
• Huang Ting attacked with the Heaven-Opening Thunder Gourd while Long Ling fled with Red Cloud Daoist on the Creation Green Lotus.
• Di Jun and the others attacked Huang Ting, but he caught Ancestor Minghe's Yuantu Sword and Abi Sword barehanded.
• Houtu, Di Jun, Kunpeng, Ancestor Minghe, and the others began using their powers to suppress Huang Ting as Long Ling and Red Cloud escaped toward the Eastern Sea.

Luo Qing revealed that Huang Ting was an Innate Earth Sacred Being while the Sages watched him battle the Quasi-Sages. Meanwhile, Dragon Ling and Red Cloud Daoist fled toward the Eastern Sea, where Dragon Ling killed two members of the Eastern Desolation Five Sages and drove the survivors away.

• Nuwa asked about Huang Ting's Foundation, and Luo Qing said his disciple was an Innate Earth Sacred Being.
• The Eastern Desolation Five Sages prepared to ambush Dragon Ling and Red Cloud Daoist and seize Red Cloud Daoist's Primordial Violet Qi.
• Dragon Ling and Red Cloud Daoist encountered the five, and Dragon Ling charged through their Spirit Net with the Creation Green Lotus.
• Dragon Ling's Thirty-Six Sea-Calming Pearls annihilated the bodies of the five attackers, killing the two Early Quasi-Sages and severely wounding two Mid Quasi-Sages.
• Cloud Wasteland Saint Venerable and the two other survivors restored their bodies, abandoned their pursuit of the Primordial Violet Qi, and fled.

Long Ling rescued Red Cloud and gave him a talisman, but Red Cloud refused to join Hua Tian Peak or accept further protection. At the battlefield, Huang Ting fought Ancestor Minghe to a draw and demanded another opponent as his Ancestral Witch bloodline stirred.

• Long Ling brought Red Cloud to the Eastern Sea shore and gave him a Jade Talisman drawn by Luo Qing to conceal his movements and whereabouts.
• Red Cloud thanked Long Ling but declined to seek Hua Tian Peak's protection, then vanished over the Eastern Sea with the talisman.
• Long Ling judged that Red Cloud would likely fail to overcome the Thunder Tribulation for Sainthood and hurried back to check on Huang Ting.
• Huang Ting used Houtu's earth power to encircle Di Jun and the others, allowing Red Cloud and the Primordial Violet Qi to escape.
• Ancestor Minghe fought Huang Ting with divine treasures, abilities, and Dao arts, but neither defeated the other.
• After Ancestor Minghe ended the battle, Huang Ting, feeling his Ancestral Witch bloodline awaken, challenged Zhu Jiuyin to send another opponent.

Huang Ting fought Zhu Jiuyin and Eastern Emperor Taiyi in succession, revealing strength that rivaled top Peak Quasi-Sages despite his Late Quasi-Sage cultivation. After the battles triggered an imminent breakthrough, Saint Huode removed Huang Ting and Long Ling from the battlefield, while Di Jun ordered the demon clan to search for Red Cloud Daoist and his Primordial Violet Qi.

• Huang Ting fought Zhu Jiuyin to a draw, though Luo Qing judged that Huang Ting's superior physical talent would give him the advantage once he reached Peak Quasi-Sage.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi took Di Jun's place and fought Huang Ting in a savage battle that ended without either gaining a clear victory.
• Luo Qing and the other Sages praised Huang Ting's foundation and potential, while Houtu privately wondered why his fighting style resembled that of an Ancestral Witch.
• Huang Ting sensed that he was about to break through, and Saint Huode removed him and Long Ling from the battlefield along with the Thunder Sea.
• Ancestor Minghe left to pursue Red Cloud Daoist, while Houtu and Zhu Jiuyin departed and Di Jun ordered the demon clan to search for Red Cloud and offered an Innate Spiritual Treasure for information.
• Luo Qing prepared to take Huang Ting back to Hua Tian Peak so he could break through under his protection.

After Red Cloud vanished and the Western Teachings expanded, the Witch Clan sought another path to Sainthood by gathering Nether Fortune. Luo Qing recognized Houtu’s plan to establish the Primordial Underworld and told Luo Xuan to prepare to Attain Sainthood, while Ancestor Hongjun realized the Witch Clan might draw out the last scattered strand of Primordial Violet Qi.

• Long Ling told Luo Qing that Red Cloud was unlikely to escape his tribulation, and Red Cloud disappeared again after the Quasi-Sages’ siege ended.
• Jieyin and Zhunti opened the Western Teachings to mass recruitment, attracting more than ten thousand official disciples and spreading their influence through the western world.
• Ancestor Minghe created the Asura race and the Asura Cult, but neither brought him closer to Sainthood.
• Di Jiang, Zhu Jiuyin, and Houtu discussed how Luo Qing had attained Sainthood, and Houtu ordered the Witch Clan to collect Nether Items, Yin Souls, and Ghost Deities.
• Luo Qing sensed Nether Fortune gathering at Buzhou Mountain, recognized Houtu’s plan to establish the Primordial Underworld, and told Luo Xuan to prepare to Attain Sainthood.
• Ancestor Hongjun realized the Witch Clan’s gathering of Nether Fortune might help them obtain the last scattered strand of Primordial Violet Qi.

Luo Qing worried that Houtu had not established the Six Paths of Reincarnation, while the Witch-Apocalypse Calamity drew closer and threatened his plans for Luo Xuan and Huang Ting. Houtu had discovered a way to attain sainthood, but a vague sense of crisis stopped her from acting.

• Ancestor Hongjun planned to help Houtu attain the Dao, balance the Demon Clan, and suppress the Sage at Hua Tian Peak.
• Huang Ting emerged from seclusion as a Peak Quasi-Sage, but his incomplete Soul Spirit and inability to fuse with Buzhou Mountain prevented him from attaining sainthood.
• Quasi-Sages searched for Red Cloud Daoist and his Primordial Violet Qi for five Kalpa Cycles, but no one found him or attained sainthood.
• Luo Qing realized Houtu had shown no signs of evolving the Six Paths of Reincarnation, while the Witch-Apocalypse Calamity rapidly intensified.
• Houtu had found a path to sainthood by transforming into the Six Paths of Reincarnation, but sensed a crisis just as she prepared to act.

Houtu held back from becoming a Sage because she foresaw a fatal threat, while the factions of Kunlun Mountain grew stronger and the Chan and Jie Teachings drifted toward conflict. Luo Qing continued guiding Yun Xiao and said Yan Tianyu would return when the time was right, as Yan Tianyu had reached the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm and was among the Human Race in the Southern Primordial Territory.

• Houtu suppressed her impulse to attain sainthood because she feared a fatal attack from one of the Sages.
• Six hundred thousand years passed as Hua Tian Peak, the Interpretation Sect, and the Interception Sect developed powerful disciples, while the Human Sect's influence faded.
• Interception Sect disciples gained a reputation for bullying and factionalism, increasing hostility between the Chan and Jie Teachings and prompting disputes between Yuanshi and Tongtian.
• Long Ling told Luo Qing that the Chan and Jie disciples had fought inside Kunlun Mountain, and Luo Qing said their teachings would eventually lead to a decisive clash.
• Long Ling asked about Yan Tianyu, and Luo Qing explained that he had reached the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm and was currently among the Human Race in the Southern Primordial Territory.

The Human Race rose to become the Southern Domain’s largest race as experts from the Hua Tian Universe helped it spread across the Primordial Wilderness. At Spirit Mountain, Jieyin and Zhunti planned to hasten the Witch-Apocalypse Calamity, while Luo Qing sensed that a powerful Chaos God-Demon threatened the Primordial World.

• The Human Race expanded throughout several regions, supported by Hua Tian experts, Yan Tianyu, and the karma blessings of Nuwa and the Three Pure Ones.
• The Witch and Demon Clans also established themselves in the Southern Domain, while Spirit Mountain suppressed the Witch Clan in the Western World and the Western Teachings struggled to expand into the Central Primordial Era.
• Zhunti urged Jieyin to punish races resisting the Western Teachings, but Jieyin explained that other Sages supported them and proposed using the Witch-Apocalypse Calamity to create a power vacuum.
• Luo Qing set aside the uncertain timing of the Witch and Demon Clans’ final conflict because he was concerned about a Saint-level Nine-Eyes Chaos God-Demon approaching the Primordial World.
• Luo Qing left the Hua Tian Universe and sensed through the Eye of the Great Dao that the crisis would arrive within tens of thousands of years to two or three Kalpa Cycles.

Luo Qing deduced that the invasion by three Chaos God-Demons would coincide with the Witch-Apocalypse Calamity, threatening the Primordial World with simultaneous internal and external crises. He realized the outcome might depend on whether Ancestor Hongjun helped repel the invaders or allowed the Primordial World's advancement to fail.

• Luo Qing detected three Primordial Chaos-level Chaos God-Demons approaching and decided he needed to alert Hongjun, Nuwa, and the other Sages.
• Luo Qing recorded the invaders’ auras, returned to the Hua Tian Immortal Realm, and used the Eye of the Great Dao to investigate the coming calamities.
• Jieyin and Zhunti put their scheme into motion when a Grand Luo Golden Immortal demon left the Western Continent for the Heavenly Court.
• After a thousand years of deduction, Luo Qing confirmed that the Chaos God-Demon invasion and the Witch-Apocalypse Calamity would erupt together, possibly as a result of the Primordial World’s attempt to break through its developmental limits.
• Luo Qing questioned whether Ancestor Hongjun would sincerely defend the Primordial World or let its transformation fail, and recognized that Hongjun’s stance would be crucial.

Luo Qing prepared Luo Xuan to contend with Houtu’s planned transformation into the Six Paths of Reincarnation during the Witch-Apocalypse Calamity. He left Luo Xuan in charge of Hua Tian Peak’s Netherworld forces and finished a powerful Netherworld formation, while Yun Xiao gained insight into formation-making.

• Luo Qing realized Houtu might transform into reincarnation during the Witch-Apocalypse Calamity and discussed the danger with Luo Xuan.
• Luo Xuan declared he could suppress the Netherworld without an Ultimate Treasure, and Luo Qing assigned him Hua Tian Peak’s Netherworld forces and offered additional support.
• After Luo Qing departed, Luo Xuan spoke to the Tiger Fetus Divine Egg and said it would emerge when the Netherworld World was born.
• Luo Qing tasked Huang Ting with preparing to take charge of Buzhou Mountain, then invited Yun Xiao to watch him create a Netherworld Grand Formation.
• After several hundred years of instruction, Yun Xiao left inspired to pursue Sagehood, and Luo Qing completed a high-level Netherworld formation suited to Luo Xuan and Hua Tian Peak.