Chapter Summaries

Luo Qing observed the Acquired Era’s rise and anticipated that the struggle for the Human Emperor would become entangled with the Heavenly Dao’s Investiture of the Gods. As Acquired Races multiplied and sought more land, conflict first erupted in the Southern Domain.

• Luo Qing realized the Heavenly Dao was gaining emotion and foresaw the Human Dao emerging through a struggle for the Human Emperor, possibly involving the Investiture of the Gods.
• Luo Qing considered spreading the Fire Ancestor Cult in the Primordial Wilderness but postponed the plan to keep the Fire Ancestor Divine Being out of the coming conflict.
• Innate Gods and major forces withdrew into seclusion while the Acquired Races became increasingly active across the Primordial Great Land.
• The populations of the Acquired Races grew rapidly, increasing their demand for land and resources.
• The Southern Domain ran out of surplus land, and the first struggle over territory for survival broke out there.

Small races in the Southern Domain began fighting over territory and resources, and their conflicts grew into wars of conquest that rewarded expansion with rising Clan Fortune and cultivation. Luo Qing watched the wars spread and recognized the trajectory of Destiny.

• Small races launched expansion wars over scarce land and resources, beginning with two races fighting for a mountain range containing an Earth Vein Spiritual Root.
• The first two races sought allies after years of bloody stalemate, drawing more than twenty races into the conflict and eventually being wiped out.
• After a millennium of war, one race gained a Grand Unity Golden Immortal ancestor and conquered the remaining combatants, absorbing their people and territories.
• The victorious race expanded again, destroying more small races as its rising Clan Fortune accelerated cultivation breakthroughs among its Immortals and Gods.
• Nearby races with Grand Unity Golden Immortals attacked and dismantled the newly powerful race, then learned that conquest had fueled its cultivation.
• Luo Qing observed the spread of the wars from the Hua Tian Immortal Realm and had already locked onto the trajectory of Destiny.

Luo Qing observed the Southern Domain’s expanding racial war and considered how Fortune was becoming increasingly important in the Acquired Era. He left the Human Race’s response to Yan Tianyu, while concluding that Fortune could foreshadow the rise or decline of factions and races.

• Luo Qing watched the racial war spread from minor races to Grand Unity races and draw most small and mid-sized Acquired Races into the conflict.
• Luo Qing judged that the Southern Domain’s scarce resources were the main cause of the war and considered migration to the more spacious Eastern or Central Regions a better choice for races seeking to avoid it.
• Luo Qing declined to advise Yan Tianyu on the Human Race’s response, believing the race should be able to handle the conflict on its own.
• Luo Qing reflected that Fortune had shifted from following powerful individuals to increasingly shaping their strength and cultivation.
• Luo Qing concluded that Fortune would grow more important as resources dwindled and could signal the future prosperity or decline of a faction.

Luo Qing created the Fortune Carp to measure Hua Tian Peak’s fortune and discovered that Yun Xiao had brought back a Human Race disciple with astonishing golden Fortune. He brought Yun Xiao and the disciple before him, curious about the new arrival and the change he had caused.

• Luo Qing refined a Five-Colored Stone into the Fortune Carp, which displayed Hua Tian Peak’s fortune through nine changing colors.
• The Fortune Carp showed that Hua Tian Peak had accumulated the equivalent of three and a half golden carp’s worth of Fortune.
• One carp gained a golden scale, and Luo Qing realized Yun Xiao had returned with a fourth-generation disciple whose Fortune surpassed that of some Grand Luo Golden Immortals.
• Luo Qing considered whether Fortune should guide future disciple selection but decided to let events develop naturally.
• Luo Qing brought Yun Xiao and her new disciple before him by shifting space and time.

Yun Xiao brought her new disciple Cangjie before Luo Qing, who recognized his destiny to create writing for the Human Race and promised to refine a Divine Treasure for him. After they returned to Hua Tian Peak, Luo Qing surveyed the Primordial Wilderness’s Fortune and found the Interception Sect declining while Phoenix Perch Mountain’s Fortune fluctuated as Fuxi approached his Thunder Tribulation.

• Yun Xiao and Cangjie paid their respects to Luo Qing, who recognized Cangjie’s dense golden Fortune and encouraged him to fulfill his destiny.
• Luo Qing promised to personally refine a Divine Treasure to protect Cangjie after his Dao Accomplishment, then sent him and Yun Xiao back to Hua Tian Peak.
• Cangjie excitedly asked whether Luo Qing was the Sage Huode, and Yun Xiao urged him to cultivate diligently and live up to Patriarch’s expectations.
• Luo Qing surveyed the Fortune of the Primordial Wilderness and saw that the Interception Sect’s Fortune was depleted and continued to decline despite its Three Treasures Ruyi.
• Luo Qing observed Phoenix Perch Mountain’s rapidly fluctuating Fortune and concluded that Fuxi was about to face the Thunder Tribulation for Attaining Sainthood.

Fuxi began his attempt to attain Sainthood, prompting Nuwa and Phoenix Perch Mountain to commit their treasures to helping him survive the Thunder Tribulation. As the Sages and Quasi-Sages gathered to observe, Luo Qing monitored the possible effects on the Primordial Wilderness, and Fuxi’s tribulation began beneath immense thunderclouds.

• Nuwa sensed the abnormal aura from Fuxi’s seclusion and sent him hundreds of Innate Spiritual Treasures, giving up all her own protective treasures to help him cross the tribulation.
• Fuxi refined the treasures, released the Primordial Violet Qi within him, and flew from Phoenix Perch Mountain into the Starry Sky to begin his Sainthood Tribulation.
• Quasi-Sages and Grand Luo Golden Immortals emerged to witness the tribulation, while Luo Qing sent an Incarnation to join the other Sages and kept monitoring events from Five-Colored Divine Mountain.
• Luo Qing tracked Fuxi and Phoenix Perch Mountain’s Fortune, along with the reactions of connected forces, to study how a new Sage might change the Primordial Wilderness.
• Ancestor Hongjun watched Fuxi’s tribulation closely, considering how its methods might help Haotian and Taihua attain Sainthood and hoping to repair the Eastern Emperor Bell.

Fuxi began the second phase of his Sainthood Tribulation, facing eleven Thunder Tribulation Incarnations of Primordial Chaos Saints. He used self-detonating Innate Spiritual Treasures to create an opening against Nuwa’s incarnation, revealing his strategy as the battle began.

• Fuxi safely passed the first phase of the Thunder Tribulation with the help of his defensive treasures.
• Eleven Thunder Tribulation Incarnations appeared before Fuxi, including those of Hongjun, Luo Qing, Nuwa, and Xihua.
• Long Ling and Huang Ting recognized that the growing difficulty of the tribulation made attaining sainthood early essential.
• Fuxi summoned ten Mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures and detonated them after the incarnations blocked their attacks.
• Fuxi seized the opening to fight Nuwa’s Thunder Tribulation Incarnation, and the watchers recognized his plan to exhaust the incarnations by sacrificing treasures.

Fuxi survived his Sainthood tribulation by detonating Innate Spiritual Treasures, destroying six Thunder Tribulation Incarnations and exhausting much of Phoenix Perch Mountain’s treasury. He became the Primordial Wilderness’s twelfth Sage, while Luo Qing noticed that the Human Race’s Fortune rose despite having no close ties to Fuxi.

• Fuxi destroyed three Thunder Tribulation Incarnations by detonating more than fifty Innate Spiritual Treasures, and the watching Sages praised Nuwa’s strategy.
• Fuxi used most of his remaining treasures and ruined one Creation Divine Treasure, leaving five Thunder Tribulation Incarnations as he passed the most dangerous stage of the tribulation.
• Luo Qing observed that Fuxi’s ascension strengthened the Fortune of forces connected to him, while the Human Race’s Fortune also increased unexpectedly.
• Fuxi completed his transformation and became the twelfth Primordial Chaos Saint.
• Nuwa’s effort left Phoenix Perch Mountain nearly without Divine Treasures, but its standing rose to rival Kunlun Mountain with two Sages guarding it.

Long Ling handed management of Hua Tian Peak to Yun Xiao so she could focus on finding a path to sainthood, alarming Quasi-Sages who feared rising competition. Meanwhile, the Southern Domain’s struggle for supremacy escalated into war, driving many Acquired Races to flee toward the Central Region.

• Long Ling asked Luo Qing to let Yun Xiao manage Hua Tian Peak while she devoted herself to pursuing sainthood, and Luo Qing agreed.
• Yun Xiao took over as Hua Tian Peak’s third-generation head as Long Ling stepped behind the scenes to cultivate.
• Quasi-Sages grew more anxious about the prospect of Long Ling, Haotian, Huang Ting, and Water Spirit Holy Mother attaining sainthood, and some alliances accelerated plans to obtain Primordial Violet Qi.
• Top Quasi-Sages turned their attention to opening universes and pursuing sainthood, leaving less time for conflicts among the Acquired Races.
• The Southern Domain’s war spread to its super-races, and the Human Race destroyed a powerful Grand Luo race that had provoked it.
• Acquired Races fled the Southern Domain for the Central Region as the conflict left races facing submission, migration, or annihilation.

The five Quasi-Sage-backed super races began a war for Fortune and supremacy in the Southern Domain, with the Human Race declaring its intent to rule. As they swept aside the other races, the conflict drew the attention of Primordial Wilderness powers and worried Yun Xiao about Hua Tian Peak’s investment in the Human Race.

• The chapter described the Human, Barbarian, Celestial, Feathered, and Purple Blood races, their origins, strengths, and Quasi-Sage leaders.
• Yan Tianyu rallied the Human Race at Shouyang Mountain, and its forces mobilized for a bloody struggle to dominate the Southern Domain.
• The five super races began sweeping away other races before fighting one another, forcing their rivals to flee, submit, or face destruction.
• The war drew attention from across the Primordial Wilderness and disrupted the bets Innate Forces had placed on Southern Domain races.
• Yun Xiao worried that Hua Tian Peak’s investment would be wasted if the Human Race fell.

The Southern Domain war accelerated as the five super races gathered Fortune, while Fortune-detecting treasures made lineage Fortune a measure of power across the Primordial Wilderness. After discovering the Interception Sect’s Fortune was unusually low, Sect Master Tongtian accepted Daoist Duobao’s plan to gather treasures, unaware it would worsen the sect’s decline.

• The five super races swept through the Southern Domain, forcing most other races to submit, migrate, or flee as the war reshaped the region.
• A Fortune-detecting Divine Treasure and a nine-level, five-grade evaluation method spread from Hua Tian Peak throughout the Primordial Wilderness.
• Sect Master Tongtian discovered that the Interception Sect’s incomplete Fortune was only at the first level of the fifth-grade golden rank.
• Daoist Duobao advised gathering Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to raise the Interception Sect’s Fortune, and Sect Master Tongtian agreed.
• Sect Master Tongtian’s attempt to improve the sect’s Fortune through treasures pushed the Interception Sect further toward ruin.

Interception Sect disciples collected treasures by plundering the Eastern Sea, briefly boosting their sect’s Fortune while turning many beings against them. Luo Qing recognized that his work spreading Fortune-measuring knowledge had earned Heaven and Earth’s favor and continued studying the emerging Three Daos as he prepared to merge with the Dao.

• Tongtian’s order to collect Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures passed down the Interception Sect, and many disciples began extorting and seizing treasures from weaker Eastern Sea groups.
• The Interception Sect’s plunder increased its Fortune in the short term, but spread resentment among the Dragon Race, Water Tribe, Rogue Cultivators, and other beings.
• Luo Qing noticed additional golden scales on the fourth half-golden Fortune Carp and realized that spreading Fortune-measuring knowledge had earned him Merit and Fortune.
• Luo Qing concluded that the awakening Human Dao would reward actions that enlightened and benefited living beings while making Heaven and Earth more protective of the weak.
• Luo Qing studied the Three Daos of Heaven, Earth, and Man as he prepared for a future attempt to merge with the Dao.

Huang Tian struggled to control a Heavenly Court hemmed in by powerful factions and wary outside forces. As its lower-ranking immortals began to die of old age, the Heavenly Court faced an increasingly severe shortage of successors.

• The Primordial Wilderness's factions kept their distance from Huang Tian's Heavenly Court and worked to limit its influence.
• Huang Tian could not seize control from Great Crimson Heavenly Dragon or Taishang Laojun, while Kong Xuan and Holy Mother Zi Guang supported him but guarded their own factions' interests.
• Luo Qing could have compelled Hua Tian Peak's factions to obey, but he avoided imposing on them except on core matters.
• After more than a hundred thousand years as Heavenly Emperor, Huang Tian still controlled only a limited part of the Heavenly Court's entrenched forces.
• As the Acquired Era's changes shortened the effective lifespans of lower-ranking immortals and officials, the Heavenly Court faced a worsening shortage of successors.

Huang Tian struggled to replenish the Heavenly Court’s dwindling ranks without letting the rival Acquired Races turn it into a battleground. He sought help from Huang Ting, who brought the problem to Luo Qing, and Luo Qing began considering a solution while agreeing that the Court should not recruit from those races yet.

• Huang Tian realized the Heavenly Court could not replace its departing soldiers and officials because few unaffiliated Immortal Gods remained, while recruiting Acquired Races risked divided loyalties and factional conflict.
• Huang Tian visited Huang Ting and explained the Heavenly Court’s recruitment crisis, and Huang Ting told him to return and await news after seeking permission from Luo Qing.
• Huang Ting reported the crisis to Luo Qing, who quickly understood its causes and agreed that the Heavenly Court should keep recruitment closed to the Acquired Races before the World Protagonist was established.
• Luo Qing recalled that the Heavenly Court in his previous life had recruited mainly from the Human Race and benefited from the Peach of Immortality Garden, advantages unavailable to the Heavenly Court in this era.

Luo Qing considered how to solve the Heavenly Court’s shortage of troops and rejected Huang Ting’s proposal to recruit Netherworld Ghost Deities without changing their nature. He ordered Huang Ting to recruit three million volunteers for a period of service in exchange for favorable reincarnation, then began planning how to refine their bodies.

• Luo Qing considered the Heavenly Court’s lack of Longevity Spiritual Fruits and loyal soldiers, and decided he could help Huang Tian strengthen the court.
• Huang Ting proposed recruiting a million Ghost Deities from the Netherworld as soldiers, generals, or officials.
• Luo Qing explained that Yin Souls could become unstable outside the Netherworld and that their presence could disrupt the Heavenly Court’s fortune.
• Luo Qing told Huang Ting to recruit three million willing Ghost Immortals and Ghost Deities for temporary service, promising them favorable reincarnation afterward.
• Huang Ting went to the Netherworld, while Luo Qing began considering how to refine the recruits’ bodies and change their attributes.

Luo Qing created the Troop Gathering Banner to turn three million Ghost Immortals into immortal soldiers for the Heavenly Court. He gave the banner to Huang Ting to deliver to Huang Tian and advised him to obtain a longevity-granting spiritual root for the court.

• Luo Qing fashioned the Troop Gathering Banner, using an Affiliated Universe’s origin energy and Heavenly Dao Will to record souls and manifest soldiers.
• Huang Ting selected three million low-level Ghost Immortals and sent them into the Hua Tian Universe.
• Luo Qing refined the Ghost Immortals into the banner and manifested them as three million immortal soldiers.
• Luo Qing gave the Troop Gathering Banner to Huang Ting and explained that the Heavenly Court would need spiritual energy, provisions, and other resources to sustain its soldiers.
• Luo Qing told Huang Ting to have Huang Tian exchange treasures for a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Root and use the Heavenly Dao’s energy to propagate it for longevity fruits.

Huang Tian strengthened his authority in the Heavenly Court by taking command of three million immortal soldiers and obtaining the Mystic Origin Water Pear, whose ten thousand subsidiary roots supplied longevity fruits. Meanwhile, the Southern Domain’s five great clans entered an all-out war, and rising Clan Destiny produced new Quasi-Sages across the rival races.

• Huang Ting gave Huang Tian the Troop Gathering Banner, and Huang Tian used it to summon three million immortal soldiers and staff the Heavenly Court’s grassroots offices.
• Huang Tian traded Heavenly Court resources with Hua Tian Peak for the Mystic Origin Water Pear and planted it in the Celestial Emperor’s rear garden.
• After thirty thousand years, the Heavenly Dao divided the Mystic Origin Water Pear into ten thousand subsidiary roots, and the fruits won Huang Tian greater support among grassroots immortals and gods.
• The Human Race, Barbarian Race, Celestial Clan, Feathered Clan, and Purple Blood Clan began fighting on a massive scale for supremacy in the Southern Domain.
• The Human Race gained a third Quasi-Sage, while the Celestial Clan and Feathered Clan each gained one as the five clans’ fortunes rose.

The five clans went to war for supremacy in the Southern Domain, with the Human Race and Barbarian Race opposing the alliance of the Heavenly, Feathered, and Purple Blood Clans. After predicting the Human Race’s victory, Luo Qing prepared to establish Fire Ancestor Shrines among the Primordial Wilderness Human Race.

• The Heavenly Clan, Feathered Clan, and Purple Blood Clan allied to attack the Human Race and Barbarian Race, forcing the two mortal races to join forces.
• The Barbarian Race’s progenitor refused to enter the war, so the Barbarian Race’s Quasi-Sage committed his people to supporting the Human Race.
• Yan Tianyu requested aid from Hua Tian Peak, and Luo Qing lent the Human Race several dozen Innate Spiritual Treasures and other war resources through Yun Xiao.
• The Human and Barbarian Races assembled ten million soldiers at the Feathered Clan’s border, where they faced an opposing army of ten million led by a Quasi-Sage.
• Luo Qing foresaw the Human Race’s victory and considered introducing Fire Ancestor Shrines to the Primordial Wilderness Human Race.

Luo Qing recalled Luo Lian and Zi Luo from their work spreading the Fire Ancestor Cult and learned that Luo Lian wanted to cultivate the Incense Fire Divine Dao to pursue sainthood. He granted her request, while Zi Luo declined, leaving Luo Qing to consider how to help Luo Lian establish her path.

• Luo Qing judged that the war among the five races would be decided in a decisive battle rather than drag on for millennia.
• Luo Qing summoned Luo Lian and Zi Luo to Hua Tian Peak and found that both had neared Quasi-Sainthood after spreading the faith.
• Luo Qing asked whether his disciples wanted to pursue the Incense Fire Divine Dao, and Zi Luo said it did not suit him.
• Luo Lian told Luo Qing she wanted to follow the Incense Fire Divine Dao because it offered her a faster path toward sainthood.
• Luo Qing agreed to let Luo Lian pursue the path, but stopped her from pressuring Zi Luo to join her.
• Luo Qing sent the two disciples away and began considering how Luo Lian could establish a sect and gather faith.

Luo Qing decided to send Shu Dao Ren to the Primordial Human Race to spread the Fire Ancestor Cult, promising him a chance to reach the Quasi-Sage realm if he succeeded. Shu Dao Ren accepted the mission after confirming that it would not require him to fight.

• Luo Qing considered Luo Lian's plans to establish her own Incense Fire Divine Dao and the possibility that she would compete with Duobao for supremacy.
• Luo Qing chose Shu Dao Ren to spread the name of the Fire Ancestor among the Primordial Human Race.
• Luo Qing offered Shu Dao Ren an opportunity to break through to the Quasi-Sage realm through his work among the Human Race.
• Shu Dao Ren questioned the risks, then agreed to undertake the mission after Luo Qing promised the opportunity would arise if he succeeded.