Chapter Summaries

Kong Xuan and Azure Dragon negotiated the Dragon Race’s role in the Heavenly Court’s Water Department, while Long Ling discussed attaining sainthood and ascending worlds with Water Spirit Holy Mother and Holy Mother Zi Guang. After half a month, the Heavenly Court and Dragon Race reached an initial cooperation plan that gave the Heavenly Court control over the Water Department and the Dragon Race a share of its Merit.

• Kong Xuan insisted that the Heavenly Court control Water Department personnel and that Dragon Race members serving there obey its orders, while Azure Dragon objected to the terms.
• Long Ling, Holy Mother Zi Guang, and Water Spirit Holy Mother left the negotiations to discuss the Dao, and Long Ling observed that Water Spirit was close to attaining sainthood.
• Water Spirit and Zi Guang asked Long Ling about opening a cosmic world, and Long Ling explained the preparations, time, and dangers involved in ascending a Great Thousand World.
• After half a month of negotiations, Kong Xuan and Azure Dragon agreed that the Heavenly Court would control the Water Department while the Dragon Race supplied Water Gods and received thirty percent of the overall Heaven and Earth Merit.

Luo Qing arranged for Huang Tian to return to Hua Tian Peak for personal cultivation guidance, preparing him to become the next Heavenly Emperor. After five hundred years, the Heavenly Court and Dragon Race completed preparations to establish the Water Department and bring the Primordial Wilderness’s waterways under their control.

• Long Ling set aside the cooperation with the Dragon Race and focused on matching Water Spirit Holy Mother’s progress toward Attain Sainthood.
• Luo Qing learned that Huang Tian had reached the peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and ordered him to return to Hua Tian Peak for guidance.
• Luo Qing considered Haotian’s likely future abdication and decided Huang Tian needed to reach Quasi-Sage cultivation to qualify as the next Heavenly Emperor.
• Huang Tian returned to Hua Tian Peak, where Luo Qing began personally guiding his cultivation alongside Luo Lian and Zi Luo.
• After five hundred years of preparation, the Dragon Race assembled millions of elite water gods and the Heavenly Court prepared troops and officials for its Water Department.

Kong Xuan established Heavenly Court’s Water Department and led it to take control of the Northern Domain’s River Water Veins. As the region benefited from better-managed waterways, Luo Qing recognized that the takeover would ignite the Immortal-Demon Struggle for Heaven Kalpa Tribulation.

• Kong Xuan issued a Heavenly Dao edict establishing the Water Department, with Venerable Yun Long assisting and overseeing Yunmeng Marsh.
• Heavenly Court and the Dragon Race dispatched officials to take over major River Water Veins, focusing their main force on the Northern Domain.
• After three hundred years, the Water Department had established Water Mansions and stationed Water Gods throughout the Northern Domain’s waterways.
• Northern Domain Immortals worried that Heavenly Court might use its growing presence to bring the entire region under its control, though orderly rivers and rainfall also helped the land prosper.
• Luo Qing observed that the buildup of the Kalpa Tribulation had accelerated and concluded that the Water Department’s takeover would spark the Immortal-Demon Struggle for Heaven Kalpa Tribulation.

Luo Qing prepared Hua Tian Peak to enter the coming Immortal-Demon Struggle for Heaven by choosing Xuan Nü to lead its forces, while Demonic Hong Yun set the Evil Demons’ sights on the prosperous Northern Domain. The chapter left countless demons feeling drawn there, as Demonic Hong Yun secretly aided the Demon Monsters’ bid for Heaven.

• Luo Qing observed the Northern Domain’s flourishing and concluded that the Dragon Race and Water Tribe were likely to be caught up in the coming calamity.
• Luo Qing decided Hua Tian Peak should prepare for the tribulation and summoned Xuan Nü to represent it in battle.
• Luo Qing ruled out Huang Ting and Long Ling as participants so Haotian could take the lead, then trained Xuan Nü and Huang Tian.
• Demonic Hong Yun sensed the Demon Monster Calamity and decided to help Ancestor Dragon contest the Heaven Court.
• Demonic Hong Yun sent evil demonic true qi into the Primordial Wilderness, stirring Evil Demons across the land to seek out the Northern Domain.

Evil Hong Yun drove hordes of demons toward the Northern Domain, worsening the coming calamity, while Luo Qing and Ancestor Hongjun prepared for the threat to the Heavenly Court. Daoist Duobao resolved to enter the tribulation and seek his escaped Luohou True Spirit incarnation and cultivation resources.

• Old demons recognized Evil Hong Yun's temptations, avoided the Northern Domain, and fled south as other demons gathered there.
• Evil Hong Yun celebrated the growing demonic unrest, then concealed himself to avoid the Sages.
• Luo Qing traced the trouble to Evil Hong Yun and kept a strand of his source Demonic Energy as a hidden means to locate and curse him.
• Ancestor Hongjun prepared protective Divine Treasures and a Sage-contending trump card for the Haotian Couple, while the other Sages chose to stand aside.
• Daoist Duobao resented the Devil Dao's success without him and decided to enter the tribulation to find his lost True Spirit incarnation and seize resources.

Kong Xuan and Yunlong faced the collapse of the Heavenly Court’s Water Department in the Northern Domain as demons spread and Water Gods defied their authority. They decided to abandon minor Water Veins and concentrate their forces on keeping control of the major ones.

• Demons corrupted hundreds of thousands of Dragon Race members and Water Tribe soldiers, while fallen Water God Mansions sheltered them from inspection.
• Kong Xuan’s inspectors struggled to contain the corruption as local Water Gods allied with Northern Domain forces and resisted the Heavenly Court’s law-enforcement troops.
• Kong Xuan and Yunlong discussed how the Water Department’s authority had weakened, and Yunlong wanted to purge the disobedient Water Tribe.
• Luo Qing explained that the Water Department plan was failing not only because of the Kalpa Tribulation but also because Water Gods had grown accustomed to ruling their Veins independently.
• Kong Xuan and Yunlong accepted the failure as a possible outcome of their plan and decided to abandon marginal Water Veins to focus on the major ones.

Luo Qing watched the Northern Domain descend into chaos and searched for the hidden Demon Ancestor Dragon, but instead discovered Ancestor Yangmei’s reincarnation. The Demon Ancestor Dragon sensed the search, prepared a hidden means of resurrection, and vowed to challenge its enemies again.

• Kong Xuan and Yunlong abandoned the small and medium Water God Mansions and concentrated their forces on major Water Veins and Mansions.
• Luo Qing observed the Northern Domain’s growing Tribulation Qi, but his divinations and search with the Eye of the Great Dao failed to locate the Demon Ancestor Dragon.
• Luo Qing discovered that Ancestor Yangmei had reincarnated in the Northern Domain and reached peak Grand Luo Golden Immortal cultivation.
• The Demon Ancestor Dragon sensed a Saint searching for it and suspected Saint Huode was responsible.
• The Demon Ancestor Dragon severed the karmic ties to a strand of its primordial-spirit Spiritual Light and a drop of heart blood, then sent them away as a backup means of resurrection.

Ancestor Yangmei met Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon and recognized that he might become a Heavenly Court Imperial Lord, while Yangmei hoped to gain a high position by supporting him. Their entwined Monarch-Assisting Qi stirred speculation that a new Heaven-Mandated Heavenly Emperor would rise in the Northern Domain, drawing immortals toward the coming tribulation.

• Ancestor Yangmei learned that Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon, a newly risen Grand Luo Golden Immortal from the Crimson Dragon Mountain Range, had come to visit.
• Ancestor Yangmei saw Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon’s imperial bearing and deduced that he might become an Imperial Lord of the Heavenly Court, so he hoped to attach himself to the dragon’s rise.
• Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon and Ancestor Yangmei exchanged the Dao for months and became close confidants.
• Ten thousand years later, Sages and experts in heavenly secrets saw Monarch-Assisting Qi rise from the Northern Domain, linking Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon and Ancestor Yangmei.
• Immortals speculated that a new Heaven-Mandated Heavenly Emperor would emerge as a Northern Domain tribulation approached, and many began considering entering the struggle for rank and fortune.

The Emperor Lord Omen in the Northern Domain drew the attention of immortal gods and Sages seeking to influence the next Heavenly Emperor, but the Kalpa Tribulation clouded their efforts. Luo Qing identified Ancestor Yangmei’s reincarnation as the Assisting Minister and then discovered that the Emperor-fated Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon appeared to have no connection to the Devil Dao.

• The Emperor Lord Omen stirred rogue cultivators, ancient gods, and powerful factions to consider seeking the Heavenly Throne during the Kalpa Tribulation.
• Nuwa, Yuanshi, Tongtian, and the Two Saints of the West tried and failed to identify the new Emperor Lord and Assisting Minister through deduction.
• Luo Qing recognized the phenomenon as Lord and Minister Born Together and identified the Assisting Minister as the reincarnation of Ancestor Yangmei.
• Luo Qing looked into Ancestor Yangmei’s true body and saw him discussing the Dao with the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon.
• Luo Qing determined that the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon was a native Northern Domain Innate God with strong Emperor Fate, but could find no sign that he belonged to the Devil Dao.

Luo Qing used the Eye of the Great Dao to uncover the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon’s origins and the Demon Ancestor Dragon’s scheme to make it a Devil Dao pawn. He secretly gave the dragon a chance to learn the truth and choose its own fate, while the Hidden Dragon Emperor Lord omen threw the Heavenly Court into panic.

• Luo Qing traced the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon’s past and discovered that Demonic Energy had once transformed its Divine Egg before it was mysteriously purified.
• Luo Qing deduced that the Demon Ancestor Dragon had resurrected three Kalpa Cycles earlier and was secretly backing the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon against the Heavenly Court.
• Luo Qing realized that the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon had become a pawn in the calamity and decided to give it a chance to choose its own fate.
• Luo Qing concealed the Heavenly Secrets and sent a Spiritual Light into the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon, which would reveal the truth to it at the proper time.
• The Hidden Dragon Emperor Lord omen stirred discussion across the Primordial World, and its appearance plunged the Heavenly Court into panic.

News of a new Emperor Fate in the Northern Domain unsettled the Heavenly Court and spread rumors that Haotian might lose his throne. In Yunmeng Great Swamp, Kong Xuan reassured Yunlong that the omen’s bearer could not become Heavenly Emperor because Hongjun Dao Ancestor and Saint Huode had agreed to support Hua Tian Peak’s claim to the second Heavenly Emperor.

• Holy Mother Zi Guang struggled to steady the Heavenly Court as its officials grew anxious over rumors of a new Heavenly Emperor and she held back from sending aid north.
• Kong Xuan and Yunlong guarded the Water Department forces in Yunmeng Great Swamp and suspected rival factions were spreading the Heavenly Mandate Returns to the North rumors.
• Yunlong asked Kong Xuan whether Haotian could retain the Heavenly Throne through the Kalpa Tribulation and worried about the Dragon Race’s fate if a new ruler rose.
• Kong Xuan told Yunlong that Hongjun Dao Ancestor and Saint Huode had agreed Haotian would be the first Heavenly Emperor and Hua Tian Peak would receive the second, leaving the new Emperor Fate bearer no chance to ascend.

The Northern Domain’s chaos worsened as the Emperor Fate prophecy drew false claimants, Devil Dao forces, and calamity into the region, while hope for a true leader grew. In Hua Tian Immortal Realm, Luo Qing learned Haotian’s tribulation was nearly complete and explained that Huang Tian could not simply be forced onto the Heavenly Emperor’s throne.

• The Heavenly Court lost control of the Ten Directions Water God Mansions, which expanded their armies as more than a thousand claimants arose to proclaim themselves Heavenly Emperors.
• Kong Xuan and Yunlong failed to identify the Emperor Fate bearer as the Northern Domain’s Heavenly Secrets blurred and Devil Dao forces spread across the region.
• The Northern Domain’s immortal gods and unfallen demons increasingly hoped for the true Emperor Fate bearer or a Demon Emperor, having lost faith in Haotian Heavenly Emperor.
• Long Ling told Luo Qing that the Haotian Couple’s tribulation and reincarnation were nearing completion, and Luo Qing confirmed Haotian would return in ten or twenty thousand years.
• Luo Qing told Long Ling that if Haotian lost the Heavenly Emperor position, the other Sages would oppose forcing Huang Tian onto the throne.

Luo Qing explained why Heaven’s will and the Heavenly Court could not be manipulated, then watched the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon rise in the Northern Domain to challenge Haotian’s rule. The Devil Dao Contesting Heaven began, while Luo Qing hinted that the Demon Ancestor Dragon stood behind the Crimson Heaven.

• Luo Qing taught Long Ling that sages who meddled with Heaven’s will and the fate of living beings would face a backlash.
• Luo Qing sensed changes in the Northern Domain and declared that the Devil Dao Contesting Heaven had begun.
• The Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon raised the Heavenly Emperor Banner at Crimson Dragon Mountain, proclaiming, “The Azure Heaven is guilty; the Crimson Heaven shall rise!”
• Ancestor Yangmei, restored to Quasi-Sage cultivation, guarded the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon as he summoned forces and began building the Crimson Heavenly Court.
• Long Ling noted that the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon could become a formidable rival to Haotian, and Luo Qing said Haotian had to overcome this external calamity before abdicating.
• Luo Qing withheld the reason the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon was tied to the Devil Dao, revealing that the Demon Ancestor Dragon stood behind him.

Luo Qing sent Xuan Nü and Hua Tian Peak’s forces to join Haotian’s Heavenly Court, while Water Spirit Holy Mother and Azure Dragon mobilized the Dragon Race to fight the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon. As armies gathered and rival factions plotted, three Quasi-Sages fought above the Crimson Dragon Mountain Range, where the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon faced a test of whether he could survive his death tribulation.

• Luo Qing ordered Xuan Nü to lead Hua Tian Peak’s forces to the Heavenly Court, with Luo Tian, Luo Yao, Yun Xiao, and Zhao Gongming among the disciples sent to prepare for war.
• Water Spirit Holy Mother summoned the Dragon Race and Water Tribe, and Azure Dragon declared their campaign to conquer the Northern Domain and fight the rebels.
• The Dragon Race assembled at Buzhou Mountain to join the Heavenly Court’s forces and drill while awaiting Haotian’s return.
• Factions hoping to overthrow Haotian discussed secretly supporting the Crimson Heavenly Court after learning that Long Ling and Huang Ting were absent from Hua Tian Peak’s expedition.
• A million Immortal Gods gathered at the Crimson Dragon Mountain Range to pledge themselves to the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon, while three Quasi-Sages fought above it.

Kong Xuan and Yunlong attacked the newly established Crimson Heavenly Court, but Ancestor Yangmei fought them to a standstill and forced them to withdraw. The Crimson Heavenly Court gained prestige and followers, while the Demon Ancestor Dragon watched its growth with plans to feed the Devil Dao.

• Kong Xuan and Yunlong left the Yunmeng Marsh to challenge the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon and the Crimson Heavenly Court at the Crimson Dragon Mountain Range.
• Ancestor Yangmei confronted the two Quasi-Sages and fought them for three days and nights without being defeated.
• Yunlong sensed danger, and Kong Xuan and Yunlong withdrew toward the Yunmeng Marsh.
• Ancestor Yangmei's victory encouraged the Crimson Heavenly Court's hundreds of thousands of Immortal Gods and drew more followers.
• The Demon Ancestor Dragon watched the Crimson Heavenly Court grow and anticipated consuming the blood of gods and demons to nourish the Devil Dao.

After the Heavenly Court and Dragon Race failed to defeat the Crimson Heavenly Court, secret support from Primordial Wilderness factions helped the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon expand across the Northern Domain. After ten thousand years, he became a Quasi-Sage Heavenly Emperor, while a Heavenly Emperor’s aura began reviving in a Small World within the Hua Tian Immortal Realm.

• Kong Xuan and Yunlong withdrew after failing to defeat Ancestor Yangmei, and news of the battle spread across the Northern Domain and beyond.
• Fearing the Heavenly Court’s future power, major factions secretly supplied the Crimson Heavenly Court with cultivation resources and Innate Spiritual Treasures.
• Kong Xuan and Yunlong sealed off the area around the Yunmeng Great Swamp while the Heavenly Court, Hua Tian Peak, and Dragon Race gathered armies and prepared for war.
• The Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon and Ancestor Yangmei accepted Demon Monsters and Evil Demons into the Crimson Heavenly Court under rules restricting their conduct and subjecting them to supervision.
• The Crimson Heavenly Court absorbed forces across the Northern Domain and came to occupy a quarter of it, while the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon used its accumulated Fortune to become a Quasi-Sage Heavenly Emperor after ten thousand years.
• As the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon broke through, a Heavenly Emperor’s aura began reviving in a Small World within the Hua Tian Immortal Realm.

Haotian and Taihua completed their million-year reincarnation tribulation, reunited with their Three Corpses, and reached Peak Quasi-Sage cultivation. After returning toward the Heavenly Court amid the Northern Domain’s growing crisis, Haotian arrived at Jade Capital Mountain.

• Luo Qing and Long Ling sensed that Haotian was about to emerge from seclusion as the Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon neared the Quasi-Sage realm.
• Haotian and Taihua recovered their memories from more than ten thousand reincarnations, completed their Heart Demon Tribulation, and fused with their Three Corpses to reach Peak Quasi-Sage cultivation.
• Luo Qing congratulated Haotian and Taihua, and Long Ling hosted them at Hua Tian Peak for three months.
• Long Ling told Luo Qing that Haotian and Taihua had moved their final reincarnated bodies, including Haotian’s seven mortal daughters, to the Heavenly Court.
• Luo Qing learned through Heavenly Secrets that Yaoji had given birth to Erlang Shen with a Human Race Grand Unity Golden Immortal Dao companion.
• Haotian and Taihua learned of the Heavenly Court’s Kalpa Tribulation, then returned as news of Haotian’s emergence spread and they arrived at Jade Capital Mountain.

Haotian and Taihua returned to Ancestor Hongjun, who warned them that the calamity was a struggle between the Devil Dao and Heaven and urged them to defeat the Crimson Heavenly Court. Their return rallied the Immortal Dao Heavenly Court as both sides prepared for war, while Kong Xuan and Yunlong readied their forces at Yunmeng Marsh.

• Haotian and Taihua paid their respects to Ancestor Hongjun, who explained that the calamity concerned the Devil Dao and warned them to beware the Demon Ancestor Dragon's schemes.
• Haotian asked how to deal with the Crimson Heavenly Court's followers if they won, and Ancestor Hongjun told him to focus on ending the calamity before preparing to relinquish their Heavenly Court positions and pursue Sainthood.
• Haotian and Taihua returned to the Heavenly Court, uniting its forces and prompting clans and allies to send armies in support.
• Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon appeared with Quasi-Sage cultivation, halted the Crimson Heavenly Court's expansion, and ordered its forces to prepare for war.
• Kong Xuan and Yunlong learned of Haotian's return and began gathering their troops at the border to tie down the Crimson Heavenly Court's forces.

Kong Xuan and Yunlong led a million troops from Yunmeng Marsh against the Crimson Heavenly Court, but two concealed Quasi-Sages and a larger enemy force stopped their advance. After a decade of inconclusive battles, they settled into a standoff while Haotian continued preparing the Heavenly Court’s main army.

• Kong Xuan and Yunlong marched from Yunmeng Marsh toward the Crimson Dragon Mountain Range, where two concealed Quasi-Sages and several million Crimson Heavenly Court troops blocked them.
• Yunlong and Kong Xuan recognized that they could not break through the enemy formation and chose to probe the defenses and restrain the opposing forces instead.
• Over ten years, Kong Xuan and Yunlong fought more than a dozen engagements, lost nearly half their troops, and ultimately lowered their banners to face the Crimson Heaven Army along the border.
• Haotian dismissed the rumors about the battle and ordered the Heavenly Court to continue training its troops before attacking the Crimson Dragon Mountain Range.
• Long Ling asked Luo Qing about the hidden Quasi-Sages, but Luo Qing said their identities did not matter and left the war to Xuan Nü.

Luo Qing sent Huang Tian toward becoming Heavenly Emperor while warning Long Ling that Huang Tian and Huang Ting might attain Sainthood before her. After a thousand years of preparation, Haotian’s reorganized Heavenly Court marched on the Crimson Heavenly Court, whose Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon and Ancestor Yangmei prepared to fight despite their internal divisions.

• Luo Qing told Long Ling to cultivate diligently and hinted that Huang Tian and Huang Ting could attain Sainthood before her.
• Huang Tian remained trapped beneath the Five-Colored Divine Mountain, striving to break through to the Quasi-Sage realm.
• Haotian and Xuan Nü spent a thousand years restoring their control over the Heavenly Court and its thirty million troops.
• Haotian ordered the Heavenly Court’s army to advance toward the Crimson Dragon Mountain Range, with Xuan Nü leading the vanguard.
• Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon regretted not having more time to consolidate the Crimson Heavenly Court, and Ancestor Yangmei urged him to meet Haotian’s forces in battle.