Chapter Summaries

Long Ling explained that Jade Void Mountain’s push to gather the Kunlun Mountain Immortals was really a plan to seize Primordial Violet Qi from an Innate Universe in the North Sea. She warned Hua Tian Peak’s disciples away from the coming battle, while Jade Void Mountain mobilized its followers to search the dangerous region and secretly find the universe first.

• Long Ling told Hua Tian Peak’s disciples that the North Sea World Cluster might contain an Innate Universe and that Jade Void Mountain’s true target was its Primordial Violet Qi.
• Xuan Nü resisted her sudden greed for the Primordial Violet Qi, and Long Ling warned the others to seek Innate Spiritual Treasures but avoid the inevitable battle over the Qi.
• Daoist Duobao concealed the Primordial Violet Qi news and told the Kunlun Mountain Immortals only about the chance to find Innate Spiritual Treasures.
• Daoist Duobao and Guang Chengzi counted on the eager Immortals to swarm the North Sea, occupy its dangers, and give Jade Void Mountain time to locate the Innate Universe.

The Sages and their followers learned that an Innate World Cluster and a hidden Innate Universe were emerging in the North Sea, along with Primordial Violet Qi and many treasures. They prepared to search and compete for them, and the news spread through the Primordial Immortal Gods.

• Long Ling informed Huang Ting, Yan Tianyu, and Holy Mother Zi Guang about the North Sea’s Primordial Violet Qi, and alerted Hua Tian Peak and Jade Pool to the treasures accompanying the World Cluster.
• Ancestor Hongjun judged that the Primordial Violet Qi in the North Sea mattered little because the Primordial World was nearing the birth of more Affiliated Universes.
• Saint Nuwa ordered the Phoenix Clan and Demon Clan to prepare to search the North Sea for the Innate Universe, though the Heavenly Dao obscured its location.
• Jieyin and Zhunti planned to send Western Teachings disciples to seek the Primordial Violet Qi and agreed to support Phoenix Perch Mountain if that would keep Hua Tian Peak and Jade Void Mountain from claiming it.
• The Sages allowed news of the emerging World Cluster to spread, drawing Primordial Immortal Gods into the contest for its hidden universe and treasures.

News that many Innate Spiritual Treasures would emerge in the Deep North Sea drew Immortal Gods toward the North Sea, though the powerful factions waited cautiously. The first arrivals discovered that the deep sea was far more dangerous than they had expected, and isolated Golden Immortals and Taiyi were hunted by vicious Beast Gods.

• News of the Innate Spiritual Treasures spread, and Immortal Gods began traveling through the Northern Domain toward the North Sea.
• Old Ancestor Kunpeng told the Demon Race to wait while other Immortal Gods scouted the dangerous waters.
• Quasi-Sages and powerful factions held back, sending only a few disciples and Subordinate Deities to investigate.
• Long Ling and the others on Hua Tian Peak watched the movement of Immortal Gods toward the North Sea.
• The first groups of Immortal Gods reached the deep North Sea and struggled against its baleful energy and harsh conditions.
• Vicious Beast Gods hunted down isolated Golden Immortals and Taiyi in the deep sea.

Immortals and gods ravaged the North Sea while seeking its treasures, and Luo Qing sensed the first Innate Small World emerging when a Golden Immortal fled into it. The Sages began communicating about the newly opened world and the Primordial Violet Qi, while Luo Qing sent an avatar to keep the North Sea situation under control.

• Immortals and gods poured into the North Sea, battled its native beasts and evil gods, and plundered its accumulated treasures and resources.
• As treasures grew scarce and the World Clusters failed to appear, many high-level immortals and gods left, renewing the Golden Immortals' interest in hunting for treasure.
• An early-stage Golden Immortal found a low-grade Innate Spiritual Root, then fled a Peak Golden Immortal Beast and entered a cloud of White Light Mist.
• Luo Qing sensed the first Innate Small World emerging, left his true body to continue cultivating, and sent an avatar to the Hua Tian Immortal Realm to oversee the North Sea.
• The other Sages also sensed the Innate World Cluster, began communicating beyond the Nine Heavens, and Sage Yuanshi warned that the Golden Immortal's good fortune might bring calamity.

The Sages watched a Golden Immortal enter a newly emerged Small World, and Sect Master Tongtian concealed its entrance to keep pursuing Grand Luo Golden Immortals away. They then agreed that the Primordial Violet Qi in the North Sea would go to whoever was destined to obtain it, while the Sages could not interfere or use their power against its future owner.

• Several Grand Luo Golden Immortals deduced the location of the Small World and began traveling toward it.
• Sect Master Tongtian restored the Mist of Heavenly Secrets around the Small World, stopping the Grand Luo Golden Immortals from finding its exact location.
• Yuanshi Sage criticized Sect Master Tongtian for interfering, and Laozi interrupted their growing argument.
• Luo Qing urged the Sages to end their dispute and focus on the North Sea's Primordial Violet Qi.
• Ancestor Hongjun ruled that the Primordial Violet Qi would go to whoever was destined to obtain it and forbade the Sages from interfering or using their power against its eventual owner.

The Sages agreed to let their disciples and subordinate deities contest the Primordial Violet Qi in the North Sea, while they sealed the region to contain the fighting. Meanwhile, Golden Immortal Wuwang found an Innate Spiritual Treasure in a hidden Small World and escaped before a group of Grand Luo Golden Immortals arrived, confirming that many more Small Worlds and treasures awaited discovery.

• Ancestor Hongjun and the other Sages agreed that they would seal off the North Sea during the coming battle, but leave its final outcome to fate.
• Luo Qing recalled an omen that seemed to foretell Quasi-Sages dying in the North Sea Tribulation, then went to see Long Ling.
• Golden Immortal Wuwang escaped fierce beasts by entering an Innate Small World, where he found a Low-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.
• Golden Immortal Wuwang left the North Sea to protect his treasure, and Sect Master Tongtian's intervention was credited with changing his fate.
• More than a dozen Grand Luo Golden Immortals entered the Small World after Wuwang had left, found evidence that an Innate Spiritual Treasure had been there, and realized the emerging World Cluster could contain tens of thousands of treasures.

The birth of many Innate Small Worlds reignited the North Sea treasure hunt, drawing immortals and gods from across the Primordial Wilderness into deadly competition. Zhao Gongming set out with forces from Hua Tian Peak and received twenty-four Sea-Calming Pearls from Long Ling, while the North Sea grew increasingly dangerous as treasures appeared more frequently.

• The first Innate World and its treasure sparked a new rush into the North Sea, where dozens of Small Worlds appeared and their Companion Spirit Treasures were seized amid fierce battles.
• Major forces, Saint Disciples, and clans sent large groups into the North Sea, while Yan Tianyu remained at his post in the Southern Domain.
• Zhao Gongming decided to venture north to temper himself, and Long Ling gave him twenty-four Sea-Calming Pearls for protection.
• Zhao Gongming led deities and disciples from Hua Tian Peak, the Jade Pool, and allied groups toward the North Sea as the Northern Domain Demon Race also sent forces.
• Over ten thousand years, the influx of powerful immortals drove most Golden Immortals out, while Small Worlds and Low-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures appeared with increasing frequency.
• As the North Sea’s treasures drew ever fiercer competition, immortals and gods fought relentlessly in anticipation of the Quasi-Sages entering the struggle over greater treasures.

Long Ling brought Huang Ting’s disciple, Huang Tian, to Hua Tian Peak, where Luo Qing accepted him into the lineage and planned to prepare him as the next Heavenly Emperor. After Huang Tian left with Shu Dao Ren, Long Ling urged Luo Qing to take the Dao Attendants Luo Lian and Zi Luo as disciples.

• Long Ling brought Huang Tian to Luo Qing’s palace, where the Dao Attendants Luo Lian and Zi Luo wondered about their place among the disciples and relatives of Hua Tian Peak.
• Luo Qing examined Huang Tian’s weak Foundation and great Mysterious Yellow Merit, and praised Huang Ting’s choice of disciple.
• Long Ling urged Huang Tian to pay respects, and Luo Qing officially accepted him as his grand-disciple and planned to make him Hua Tian Peak’s next Heavenly Emperor.
• Luo Qing sent Huang Tian with Shu Dao Ren to arrange his residence and begin training to improve his Foundation.
• Long Ling told Luo Qing that Luo Lian and Zi Luo had excellent Foundations and talent, and asked him to take them as disciples.

Luo Qing explained the unusual origins and uncertain futures of Luo Lian and Zi Luo, whom he kept as Dao Attendants while considering their potential. He warned Long Ling that Quasi-Sages would soon make the North Sea a hunting ground, then sensed his true body's seclusion was nearing its end as the Primordial Violet Qi approached.

• Luo Qing declined Long Ling's request to take Luo Lian as a disciple and explained that he was observing Luo Lian and Zi Luo as Dao Attendants before deciding whether to teach them.
• Luo Qing reflected that Luo Lian had inherited the Great Daos of Ending, the Devil Dao, and Purification, while Zi Luo had formed from the Chaos Purple Luo Vine and possessed a Spatial-Dao Sacred Being's body.
• Luo Qing noted that Huang Tian had joined Luo Lian and Zi Luo, bringing new vitality to the Hua Tian Peak Lineage.
• Luo Qing warned Long Ling that a Middle Thousand World would soon emerge in the North Sea and told her to remind Gongming and the others to flee if danger arose.
• Long Ling hurried away, and Luo Qing sensed that his true body's seclusion was about to end as he wondered whether it would finish before the Primordial Violet Qi emerged.

Luo Qing waited for turmoil among the Primordial Wilderness’s Original Great Daos to help his new Innate Divine Path take root, while Devil Dao practitioners, Dragon elders, and Demon Saints eyed the blood and treasures accumulating in the North Sea. Old Ancestor Kunpeng reached a newly arrived Middle Thousand World first, as the other Demon Saints turned to search the sea.

• Luo Qing sensed that the Primordial Wilderness’s Great Daos would suppress his Innate Divine Path and waited for the North Sea’s deaths to create an opening.
• Evil Demon Hong Yun longed to feed on Quasi-Sage blood but feared exposing himself to the Sages, while Devil Dao practitioners hid beneath the North Sea and consumed scattered divine blood.
• Dragon elders loyal to Ancestor Dragon watched the North Sea, hoping to use its upheaval to revive him and restore the Dragon Race’s dominance.
• A Grand Unity Golden Immortal discovered an Innate World in the North Sea, prompting Old Ancestor Kunpeng to rush toward it after sensing the arrival of a Middle Thousand World.
• Old Ancestor Kunpeng reached the North Sea ahead of the other Demon Saints to claim the first Mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, and they decided to search the sea themselves.

Old Ancestor Kunpeng and the other Demon Saints plundered the North Sea Immortals under the pretext of hunting Evil Demons. Their actions provoked the Immortals to retaliate against the Demon Race in the Northern Domain and angered several Sages.

• Old Ancestor Kunpeng arrived in the North Sea, devoured a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, and took his mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure before realizing Evil Demons had stirred his appetite.
• Old Ancestor Kunpeng told the other Demon Saints to purge the North Sea of Evil Demons, and they used the excuse to rob Immortals of their treasures and resources while killing demonic cultivators.
• News of the plundering spread, driving many Immortals from the North Sea until another Primordial Quasi-Sage arrived and the Demon Saints stopped.
• The robbed Immortals returned home and turned their anger on the Demon Race in the Northern Domain, killing and plundering its members and driving its Fortune to rock bottom.
• Several Sages became displeased with the Demon Saints for robbing their disciples and allies, and Luo Qing condemned their recklessness.

While Demon Saints plundered the North Sea, Dragon Race elders sacrificed True Dragons to gather Ancestor Dragon’s soul and guide it toward the Devil Dao Origin, hoping to revive him. Water Spirit Holy Mother killed the elders who carried out the sacrifices, then quietly wished their plan success.

• Old Ancestor Kunpeng and the other Demon Saints dismissed concerns about retaliation as they looted the North Sea, while Quasi-Sages searched its waters for hidden worlds.
• Dragon Race elders sacrificed forty-nine True Dragons and summoned fragments of Ancestor Dragon’s Remnant Soul, forming a vast but lifeless dragon shadow.
• The elders guided Ancestor Dragon’s soul into the North Sea, expecting its return to draw out the Devil Dao Origin and restore the Dragon Race.
• Water Spirit Holy Mother appeared before the elders and condemned their sacrifice of their own kind.
• Water Spirit Holy Mother erased the surviving Dragon Race elders with her Mystic Water Flag, then softly hoped their plan succeeded.

After Water Spirit Holy Mother informed Luo Qing that the Ancestor Dragon had been resurrected, Luo Qing realized the Dragon Soul might be turning into a Demonic Ancestor and searched the North Sea. He found the hidden Ancestor Dragon Soul absorbing fiendish energy and growing into a potential source of a supreme demon.

• Water Spirit Holy Mother sent Luo Qing a message reporting the Ancestor Dragon's resurrection.
• Luo Qing considered the possibility that the Heavenly Dao was aiding the Devil Dao and sent his three Dao Attendants away before focusing on the North Sea.
• Luo Qing's main body received the message and used the Eye of the Great Dao to search the North Sea for the Ancestor Dragon Soul.
• Luo Qing found the dormant Ancestor Dragon Soul in a seabed abyss, where it absorbed fiendish filth and began developing Demonic Energy.

Luo Qing decided to keep the dormant Ancestor Dragon Soul under watch and prepare to suppress it if it became a Devil Dao Saint. In the North Sea, Quasi-Sages raced to claim treasures from newly born Middle Thousand Worlds, and Old Ancestor Kunpeng seized a treasure by destroying an entire world.

• Luo Qing judged that killing the Ancestor Dragon Soul would not stop the Devil Dao’s rise, so he marked its aura and planned to imprison it if it attained sainthood.
• Quasi-Sages divided the North Sea into guarded regions, but rushed to compete whenever a Middle Thousand World appeared.
• Old Ancestor Kunpeng and two neighboring Quasi-Sages detected a new Middle Thousand World, and Kunpeng reached it first.
• Old Ancestor Kunpeng shattered the world and seized its Innate Spiritual Treasure, which turned out to be only Low-grade.
• A Quasi-Sage accused Old Ancestor Kunpeng of causing countless deaths, but Kunpeng mocked him and returned to his territory.

Luo Qing watched the Quasi-Sages destroy worlds in the North Sea and judged that their greed for the Innate Universe’s Primordial Violet Qi would bring consequences. Saint Nuwa’s search had failed, and Fuxi decided to enter the North Sea himself despite her objections.

• Old Ancestor Kunpeng and the other Quasi-Sages destroyed Middle Thousand Worlds, while Luo Qing observed that their actions were intensifying the North Sea’s bloodshed and tribulation.
• Luo Qing used the Eye of the Great Dao to search for the Innate Universe but found only traces of Innate Small and Middle Thousand Worlds.
• Saint Nuwa’s disciples searched the North Sea for the Innate Universe, suffering heavy casualties without finding it or obtaining anything useful to her.
• Fuxi urged Saint Nuwa to withdraw her forces and said he would go to the North Sea himself to seek the Primordial Violet Qi.
• Saint Nuwa rejected Fuxi’s plan, but he insisted that his Peak Quasi-Sage cultivation would protect him and suggested she place a protective seal on him.

Fuxi left Phoenix Perch Mountain for the North Sea to compete for the Primordial Violet Qi, while Haotian and Qing Yao also secretly entered the region in search of treasures. Watching the Heavenly Emperor and Empress join the brewing tribulation, Luo Qing wondered whether an Investiture of the Gods calamity would arise in this life and what form it would take.

• Nuwa equipped Fuxi with Innate Spiritual Treasures and a Sage-protection technique before allowing him to leave for the North Sea.
• The Chan and Jie Teaching disciples withdrew from the North Sea, while Daoist Randeng, Duobao, and Guang Chengzi stayed to search for opportunities.
• Jieyin and Zhunti continued sending Western Teaching disciples to the North Sea to gather resources and seek the Primordial Violet Qi.
• Haotian, troubled by the Heavenly Court's depleted treasury, concealed his identity and traveled to the North Sea with Qing Yao.
• Luo Qing watched Haotian and Qing Yao enter the North Sea and considered how an Investiture of the Gods calamity might unfold in this age.

Luo Qing watched tensions build among the Quasi-Sages gathered in the North Sea, while Fuxi searched for the hidden Primordial Violet Qi. When an Innate Great Thousand World appeared, Fuxi entered it, and another Quasi-Sage’s attempt to destroy it was blocked.

• Luo Qing failed to deduce the future Heavenly Secrets of the Investiture of the Gods Calamity and turned his attention back to the North Sea.
• More than two hundred Quasi-Sages gathered in the North Sea, where repeated treasure struggles stoked resentment, especially toward Old Ancestor Kunpeng, who had seized nearly half the nearby Mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.
• Luo Qing watched Old Ancestor Kunpeng’s growing aura of calamity and wondered whether he could escape the dangers gathering around him.
• Fuxi collected treasures while secretly deducing the whereabouts of the Primordial Violet Qi, then sensed an Innate Great Thousand World emerge and entered it as soon as its portal appeared.
• A nearby Early Quasi-Sage attacked the space around the portal to destroy the world and seize its treasure, but the Great Thousand World withstood the blow.

Fuxi claimed the High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure from the first Great Thousand World, while the other Quasi-Sages divided its remaining riches. As they watched the North Sea for another world to emerge, a second Great Thousand World appeared and a battle between Quasi-Sages erupted.

• A senior Quasi-Saint explained that the Great Thousand World was protected by the embryonic Heavenly Dao, so the Quasi-Sages entered it to search for treasures instead of trying to destroy it.
• Fuxi searched the Great Thousand World first and took its High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, then left the remaining resources for the other Quasi-Sages.
• The Quasi-Sages who arrived later found that the valuable resources had already been claimed and departed empty-handed.
• Quasi-Sages across the North Sea grew wary of one another as Luo Qing observed that the Kalpa Tribulation was clouding the minds of immortals and gods.
• A second Great Thousand World appeared above the North Sea, and nearby Quasi-Sages immediately began fighting.

Quasi-Sages destroyed a newly emerged Great Thousand World and fought over the High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure among its ruins. The battle broke their tacit peace, while Luo Qing sensed that the ancestral dragon divine soul was rapidly expanding and the Kalpa Tribulation was near.

• Quasi-Sages attacked one another as they rushed toward the newly emerged Great Thousand World, then joined forces to destroy it.
• More than ten Quasi-Sages shattered half the world, scattering its resources and revealing a High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.
• The Quasi-Sages fought over the treasure until one, pale and depleted, claimed it and withdrew.
• The other Quasi-Sages stopped fighting and resumed outwardly cordial relations, though they remained wary of one another.
• Luo Qing watched the North Sea as the ancestral dragon divine soul rapidly expanded and the Kalpa Tribulation drew near.

The Heavenly Dao and Devil Dao restored a trace of awareness in the Ancestor Dragon Soul and drove it into the Quasi-Sage realm, revealing the danger of a possible Demon Dao Saint in the North Sea. Luo Qing prepared to confront the threat and contacted Ancestor Hongjun, who had also begun suspecting the Devil Dao’s involvement.

• The Ancestor Dragon Soul broke through to the Quasi-Sage realm as the Heavenly Dao and Devil Dao restored some of its consciousness, and it began roaming the North Sea.
• Luo Qing realized the final Innate Universe was approaching and that the North Sea’s worlds would likely be destroyed in the coming battle among the Quasi-Sages.
• Luo Qing summoned his incarnation back, went to the Hua Tian Origin Ocean, and took the Chikong Mirrors from the suppression of the Nine-Eyed God-Demon.
• Luo Qing considered how to capture the Demonic Ancestor Dragon without letting it escape or provoking Demonic Hong Yun, then sent his divine sense to Jade Capital Mountain to consult Ancestor Hongjun.
• Ancestor Hongjun had independently suspected the Devil Dao’s involvement in the North Sea and sent his divine sense to meet Luo Qing’s.