Chapter Summaries

Di Jun failed to discover who had disturbed the Moon Star, while Xuanyuan and Tongtian arrived at the Four Remainder Star Domain. A female voice invited the brothers to meet old friends.

• Xi He and Chang Xi told Di Jun that the Moon Star's fortune and origin had become disturbed.
• Di Jun failed to trace the cause with the River Diagram and Luo Book, suffered a backlash, and concluded that the Heavenly Secrets had been concealed.
• Empress Pingxin was revealed to have hidden the karma surrounding Wang Shu's reincarnation and the Moon Star's disturbance.
• Xuanyuan and Tongtian crossed the dangerous Primordial World Starry Sky on Taowu and Taotie and reached the Four Remainder Star Domain.
• A woman called out to Xuanyuan and Tongtian, inviting them to gather with old friends as a rainbow bridge appeared from the Purple Qi Star.

Xuanyuan and Tongtian visited Purple Qi Yuan Jun on Purple Qi Star, where they learned that the Yao Race Heavenly Court’s control of the starry sky’s fortune had stalled her path to proving Dao Hunyuan. After she served them Stellar Nectar and they exchanged spiritual fruits, they sat together to discuss the Dao.

• Xuanyuan and Tongtian accepted Purple Qi Yuan Jun’s invitation and arrived at Purple Qi Star.
• Purple Qi Yuan Jun welcomed the brothers into her immortal grass garden and greeted them.
• Xuanyuan and Tongtian praised Purple Qi Yuan Jun’s cultivation, while she explained that the Yao Race Heavenly Court’s control over the stars’ fortune left her unable to prove Dao Hunyuan.
• Purple Qi Yuan Jun served Xuanyuan, Tongtian, and their waiting beasts Stellar Nectar, which nourished their bodies and Dao foundations.
• Xuanyuan and Tongtian offered Purple Qi Yuan Jun innate spiritual fruits in return for her wine.
• Purple Qi Yuan Jun, Xuanyuan, and Tongtian shared wine and discussed the Great Dao.

Purple Qi Yuan Jun revealed that her disciple lived in the Primordial World and asked Xuanyuan and Tongtian to protect him, and they promised to help. At Yuebo Star, Taowu merged with the star while Xuanyuan formed a grand array to refine Taotie’s bloodline with the baleful power of the three fierce stars.

• Purple Qi Yuan Jun told Tongtian and Xuanyuan about her disciple and asked them to look after him, and both agreed.
• Xuanyuan and Tongtian returned to Yuebo Star, where Taowu used the Yin Demon Skull and Moon-Devouring Hook to draw a bridge of stellar baleful essence to the star.
• At Xuanyuan’s command, Taowu entered Yuebo Star’s core and began merging with its origin.
• Xuanyuan summoned the powers of Seven Killings Star, Po Jun Star, and Tan Lang Star and formed the Three Sha Unity Grand Array around Yuebo Star.
• The array refined Taotie’s ferocious beast-emperor bloodline and engraved the three baleful forces and Lunar Apogee’s darkness into its Great Dao foundation for a thousand years.

After a thousand years of strengthening Moon Star and Taowu’s Dao foundation, Xuanyuan and Tongtian discussed locating the remaining fierce beast kings and rebuilding the Outer Realm Fierce Beast World. They discovered that the ten-Eon truce had ended without the Immortal-Yao war beginning, and Xuanyuan resolved to use the delay to strengthen the Earth Path before confronting Heavenly Dao.

• Xuanyuan ended his thousand-year tempering of Moon Star’s grand array and said Taowu’s Dao foundation was secure enough to prepare for gathering the four fierce beast kings.
• Tongtian recalled that the seals holding Hundun and Qiongqi might have changed, and Xuanyuan deduced that Qiongqi had been hidden by Old Ancestor Yin Yang in a South Sea space-time secret realm.
• Tongtian wanted to settle his and Xuanyuan’s old grievance with Old Ancestor Yin Yang, but Xuanyuan said they could wait for the calamity to bring him out.
• Tongtian noted that the ten-Eon truce had ended, yet the Yao Race Heavenly Court and Donghua Immortal Court remained at peace instead of beginning their war.
• Xuanyuan said the delay gave Gou Mang and his brothers time to establish the four seasons, stabilize the Earth Path, and build strength to reclaim the origin fortune Heavenly Dao had taken.

After Xuanyuan and Tongtian set out for the Primordial World, Dong Wang Gong broke through to Quasi-Saint Perfection and questioned why the Yao Race had withdrawn. Old Ancestor Five Elements advised the Donghua Immortal Court to stay out of the growing conflict and build its strength, warning that entering the calamity recklessly would mean death.

• Xuanyuan and Tongtian rode Taotie toward the Primordial World while Taowu remained in secluded cultivation on Moon Star.
• Dong Wang Gong emerged from secluded cultivation on Penglai and reached Quasi-Saint Perfection after the Yao Race’s withdrawal allowed his authority and faith power to grow.
• Dong Wang Gong asked Old Ancestor Five Elements why the Yao Race had withdrawn instead of attacking after the truce ended.
• Old Ancestor Five Elements attributed the Yao Race’s caution to its injuries, its need to strengthen its forces, and its lack of support from the hidden Saints.
• Old Ancestor Five Elements urged Dong Wang Gong to defend the East Sea islands, avoid starting a war, and seek an opportunity to prove the Dao.

Dong Wang Gong followed Old Ancestor Five Elements’ counsel and set out with Ziwei Star Lord to explore the East Sea for a path to sainthood. At Buzhou Mountain, four Ancestral Witches established the four seasons and twenty-four solar terms, embedding their order into the Heavenly Dao.

• Old Ancestor Five Elements urged Dong Wang Gong to seek opportunities in the East Sea and gave him a Five Elements Talisman Seal for protection.
• Dong Wang Gong summoned Ziwei Star Lord, and the two traveled from Penglai Immortal Island into the East Sea.
• The seven Ancestral Witches gathered atop Buzhou Mountain to enact Brother Xuanyuan’s plan for ordering the seasons and time.
• Gou Mang established spring’s six solar terms, causing plants to sprout and spring winds to sweep across the Primordial World.
• Zhurong established summer’s six solar terms, while Rushou established autumn’s six solar terms, setting their patterns into the Heavenly Dao.
• Xuan Ming established winter’s six solar terms, completing the four seasons and twenty-four solar terms.

The seven great Ancestral Shamans established the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Tokens, drawing Heavenly Dao providence and the attention of powerful figures across the Primordial World. Xuanyuan advised Di Jiang on who should receive the tokens, and the four seasonal Ancestral Shamans received their first shares as other claimants headed for Buzhou Mountain.

• Zhu Jiuyin, Di Jiang, and Gonggong used their laws to set the solar terms in order, and the seven Ancestral Shamans completed the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Tokens.
• The tokens manifested as innate treasures, and the thunder dragon, Vermilion Bird, Soared Upwards, and the Black Tortoise ancestor set out for Buzhou Mountain.
• True Martial Great Emperor sensed the upheaval, while Suiren Shi invited Shaohao to accompany him to Buzhou Mountain and seek temporal providence for humanity.
• Xuanyuan secretly told Di Jiang that the human race, Candle Dragon, and Purple Qi Yuan Jun's lineage deserved shares of the tokens' karmic affinity.
• Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Shamans decided how to distribute the tokens, then Gou Mang, Zhurong, Rushou, and Xuan Ming each absorbed three tokens matching their season.

The Four Ancestral Witches distributed the remaining Seasonal Decree Tokens, bringing new fortune to the Dragon Race and Human Race while the autumn tokens approached the starry sky. Doumu Yuanjun prepared to claim the starry temporal authority, while the final winter tokens remained in play.

• Di Jiang sent the remaining Seasonal Decree Tokens across the Primordial World after the Four Ancestral Witches secured the twelve core temporal artifacts.
• Candle Dragon claimed the Spring tokens Rain Water, Awakening of Insects, and Spring Equinox, easing the Dragon Race’s calamity and swearing to support the Four Seasons Ancestral Witches; Lei Long watched enviously.
• Suiren Shi and Shaohao received the Summer tokens Lesser Fullness, Grain in Ear, and Summer Solstice, strengthening Human Dao fortune and giving the Human Race a guide for farming and seasonal life.
• The Autumn tokens End of Heat, White Dew, and Autumn Equinox flew toward the starry sky as Purple Qi Yuan Jun declined to claim them and left the opportunity to Doumu Yuanjun.
• Doumu Yuanjun departed Purple Qi Star and waited among the stars to receive the three Autumn Seasonal Decree Tokens.

As the Ancestral Witches established the twenty-four solar terms, Di Jun tried to seize three tokens crossing the Heavenly Court’s starry sky, but Doumu Yuanjun shattered his array and claimed them. Ziwei Star Lord sensed an opportunity tied to the solar terms but chose to enter a secret realm with Dong Wang Gong, leaving three tokens unclaimed as powerful beings gathered their interest.

• Xi He and Chang Xi reported that the Ancestral Witches had established the four seasons and twenty-four solar terms, stirring the Heavenly Dao and the paths of the sun, moon, and stars.
• Di Jun refused Tai Yi’s proposal to attack the Pangu Orthodox Lineage, ordering the Heavenly Court to hold back until its two great formations were complete.
• After a report that three Solar Term Tokens were crossing the Heavenly Court’s starry sky, Di Jun activated the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Array to seize them.
• Doumu Yuanjun shattered the array, sent the White Dew Solar Term Token to the True Martial Great Emperor, and kept the End of Heat and Autumn Equinox tokens for herself.
• Ziwei Star Lord sensed that the solar terms were drawing upon his origin, but he and Dong Wang Gong chose to enter a secret realm instead of going to Buzhou Mountain.
• Nine Solar Term Tokens found their places, while the remaining three drew the attention of ancient great divine powers including Lei Long, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise.

The last three Seasonal Tokens descended in the northern Primordial World, drawing the Four Spirits of Heaven and Cold Corpse Empress into battle. Cold Corpse Empress took Minor Cold, the Black Tortoise Ancestor claimed Winter Solstice, and Major Cold went to True Martial Great Emperor, completing the distribution of all twenty-four tokens and establishing the seasonal order.

• Lei Long, the Vermilion Bird, the White Tiger Ancestor, and the Black Tortoise Ancestor fought over the three winter Seasonal Tokens.
• Cold Corpse Empress emerged from the Cold Corpse Abyss, overwhelmed the Four Spirits with corpse-ice attacks, and seized Minor Cold before retreating to her lair.
• The Black Tortoise Ancestor swallowed Winter Solstice, merging it with its Northern Water Virtue and Great Dao of winter storage.
• Lei Long, the Vermilion Bird, and the White Tiger attacked for Major Cold, but the token evaded them and flew to Wudang Mountain.
• True Martial Great Emperor caught Major Cold, joining it with White Dew and his Taiji Great Dao as all twenty-four Seasonal Tokens settled with their masters and the Heavenly Dao sea of clouds shook.

The Heavenly Dao merit for establishing the twenty-four solar terms strengthened the Ancestral Witches and other destined figures, with several reaching new heights in their cultivation and Dao comprehension. The Black Tortoise Ancestor grew powerful through the Winter Solstice Token and set his sights on Wudang Mountain, where True Martial Great Emperor held two winter tokens.

• Gou Mang, Zhurong, Rushou, and Xuan Ming absorbed merit and advanced to the Perfection Primordial Golden Immortal realm, while their seasonal authorities became complete.
• Di Jiang, Gonggong, and Zhu Jiuyin used the merit to deepen their command of space, water, and time, and Zhu Jiuyin glimpsed the road to Hunyuan.
• Candle Dragon received merit in the East Sea Dragon Palace, strengthened his foundation, and vowed to uphold the temporal order of the spring solar terms.
• The Black Tortoise Ancestor absorbed merit and the Winter Solstice Token, advancing from Mid-stage to Late-stage Primordial Golden Immortal.
• The Black Tortoise Ancestor coveted the White Dew and Major Cold Tokens held by True Martial Great Emperor at Wudang Mountain and prepared to attack him.

The establishment of the four seasons strengthened Earth Dao and brought great merit and power to the human race, while the Ancestral Witches anticipated a clash with Hongjun. In Purple Firmament Palace, Hongjun recovered from his demonic deviation, but the Creation Jade Disk abruptly lost part of its radiance and Heavenly Dao authority.

• True Martial Great Emperor refined White Dew and Great Cold, rose to Mid-stage Primordial Golden Immortal, and vowed to guard the seasons and stars.
• Cold Corpse Empress used her merit to recover and began plotting to seize more seasonal tokens, while Doumu Yuanjun absorbed End of Heat and Autumn Equinox into her treasures.
• Suiren Shi advanced to Grand Unity Golden Immortal Perfection and Shaohao rose to Grand Unity Golden Immortal as merit greatly strengthened the human tribe.
• The seven Ancestral Witches celebrated the gains for Earth Dao, then warned that Hongjun would retaliate and looked toward Purple Firmament Palace.
• Hongjun recovered from backlash in Purple Firmament Palace and assured Haotian, Yaochi, Jie Yin, and Zhun Ti that he remained in control, though demonic black qi lingered in his eyes.
• The Creation Jade Disk rose by itself and lost thirty percent of its radiance and Dao rhythms, prompting Hongjun to raise his head in alarm.

Hongjun tried to descend into the Primordial World to punish the Ancestral Witches for claiming authority over the four seasons, but Zhen Yuanzi threatened to destroy his Dao foundation with the Earth Dao. Unable to intervene personally, Hongjun ordered his followers to intensify the Immortal-Demon Calamity.

• Hongjun erupted in fury after the Ancestral Witches established the twenty-four solar terms and weakened the Heavenly Dao.
• Hongjun prepared to leave the Purple Cloud Palace and attack the Primordial World himself.
• Zhen Yuanzi used the Heaven-Earth Treasure Mirror to confront Hongjun and threatened to strike the Heavenly Dao Origin, forcing Hongjun to stop.
• Hongjun abandoned his plan to descend and decided to make the Immortal-Demon Calamity rage more fiercely.
• Hongjun ordered Haotian, Yaochi, Jie Yin, and Zhun Ti to go to the Primordial World and ensure the calamity erupted completely.

Jie Yin and Zhun Ti set out to draw the Yao Race Heavenly Court into the Kalpa Tribulation while protecting Western Teachings from its consequences. At the South Sea, Xuanyuan investigated hidden anomalies and reassured Tongtian that Zhen Yuanzi could keep Hongjun from intervening directly.

• Jie Yin and Zhun Ti accepted Hongjun's command to stir the Kalpa Tribulation and hurried toward the Heavenly Court with Haotian and Yaochi.
• Zhun Ti revealed his resentment toward Di Jun and Tai Yi, and Jie Yin proposed using the calamity to gain merit if they won or leave its karma to the Yao Race if they lost.
• Xuanyuan used the Twelve-Petaled Creation Green Lotus to nourish and control Old Ancestor Qiankun's remnant spirit while probing the South Sea's water veins and hidden space-time anomalies with the Primordial Measure Heaven Ruler.
• Tongtian sensed Zhen Yuanzi's Earth Path treasure light confronting Purple Firmament Palace and accused Hongjun of preparing to intervene.
• Xuanyuan said Zhen Yuanzi could restrain Hongjun through the Earth Path, leaving him confident that he could withstand and defeat the Heavenly Dao's moves in the Kalpa Tribulation.

After searching the South Sea for three thousand years, Xuanyuan found the South Sea Eye and entered its hidden secret realm with Tongtian and Taotie. They discovered Qiongqi imprisoned at its center by seals from Old Ancestor Yin Yang, Zhun Ti, and Jie Yin.

• Xuanyuan located the pitch-black South Sea Eye after surveying the South Sea for three thousand years.
• Xuanyuan, Tongtian, and Taotie entered the sea eye and traveled through its dangerous currents to an innate time-and-space secret realm.
• Xuanyuan used the Chaos Pearl to break the realm's barrier and brought Tongtian and Taotie inside.
• Xuanyuan and Tongtian found Qiongqi sealed within a rotating Yin Yang grinding wheel, which bore Old Ancestor Yin Yang's life-and-death power and the Western Teachings' Sanskrit seals.
• Tongtian asked Xuanyuan how many times Qiongqi had changed hands after recognizing that Zhun Ti and Jie Yin had added their seals later.

Xuanyuan explained the origins of Qiongqi’s seal and how Yin Yang and the Two Sages of the West had used it for their schemes. Tongtian broke the seal, freeing Qiongqi, and Taotie immediately attacked it in the South Sea secret realm.

• Xuanyuan told Tongtian that Old Ancestor Yin Yang had moved Qiongqi’s prison to the South Sea Eye and that Jie Yin and Zhun Ti had strengthened it with the Yin-Yang Great Millstone.
• Tongtian and Xuanyuan discussed gathering the Four Great Fierce Beasts, subduing Qiongqi, and finding Chaos to help Taowu Prove Dao Hunyuan.
• Tongtian used the Innate Yin-Yang Great Hand Seal to shatter the millstone and break Qiongqi’s confinement.
• Qiongqi emerged from the abyss and fixed its blood-red eyes on Taotie.
• Taotie charged Qiongqi, and the two fierce beasts clashed, trading attacks with their Devouring and Inversion Laws.

Taotie defeated Qiongqi in the Abyss of Good and Evil, and Xuanyuan bound the weakened beast to his command. With three of the four great fierce beasts now gathered, Xuanyuan planned to find Chaos and establish the Outer Realm Fierce Beast World.

• Taotie overwhelmed Qiongqi with his Devouring Dao, breaking his defenses and draining most of his origin.
• Taotie pinned Qiongqi against the abyssal rock wall while Tongtian watched and Xuanyuan prevented the battlefield from collapsing.
• Xuanyuan placed a lotus mark on Qiongqi, binding his spirit and making rebellion fatal.
• Qiongqi submitted to Xuanyuan and Tongtian, who used Yin Yang Dao Rhyme and the Creation Green Lotus to restore his vitality and origin.

Xuanyuan and Tongtian subdued Qiongqi and escaped the South Sea, while Old Ancestor Yin Yang discovered that his plans had been ruined and went to leave Shi Chen Palace. Shi Chen Daoist emerged and invited Yin Yang to talk, leaving their meeting unresolved.

• Xuanyuan and Tongtian rode Qiongqi and Taotie out of the South Sea secret realm after calming the Abyss of Good and Evil.
• Tongtian celebrated their victory, and Xuanyuan said he hoped Old Ancestor Yin Yang would come so he could control his spirit and make him a Dharma Protector.
• Old Ancestor Yin Yang waited outside Shi Chen Palace for a thousand years, intending to recruit Shi Chen Daoist and other allies against the Pangu Orthodox Lineage.
• Old Ancestor Yin Yang sensed that the seal origin in the Abyss of Good and Evil had been broken and prepared to return to the Primordial World.
• Shi Chen Daoist emerged from Shi Chen Palace and invited Old Ancestor Yin Yang inside to talk.

Old Ancestor Yin Yang visited Shi Chen Daoist in his time palace and urged him to leave seclusion and join a campaign against Pangu’s descendants. Shi Chen Daoist refused, leaving Yin Yang’s attempt to recruit him unsuccessful.

• Shi Chen Daoist showed Old Ancestor Yin Yang his palace and its powerful time treasures, leaving Yin Yang envious of his fortune.
• Old Ancestor Yin Yang complained that he had lost his treasures, while Shi Chen Daoist told him that treasures were external and asked why he had come.
• Old Ancestor Yin Yang accused Xuanyuan and other figures of taking the Time Great Dao’s authority and warned that Pangu’s descendants threatened the Chaos Demon Gods.
• Old Ancestor Yin Yang urged Shi Chen Daoist to ally with him, Creation, and Netherworld to exterminate the Pangu Orthodox Lineage and reclaim their authority.
• Shi Chen Daoist calmly refused to join Yin Yang’s plan.

Shi Chen Daoist reluctantly agreed to accompany Old Ancestor Yin Yang’s alliance against the Pangu Orthodox Lineage, but insisted he would only observe and avoid joining the fighting. After Yin Yang left to recruit more allies, Shi Chen Daoist prepared a Three Lives True Scripture paper double and planned to visit the Primordial World.

• Shi Chen Daoist explained why he had avoided the Primordial World’s conflicts and argued that the Dao Struggle depended on one’s own Dao heart.
• Old Ancestor Yin Yang warned that Xuanyuan, the Four Pure Ones, the Ancestral Witches, and Zhen Yuanzi threatened the Chaos Demon Gods, and pleaded for Shi Chen Daoist’s help.
• Shi Chen Daoist agreed to accompany the alliance but said he would only observe and would not lightly take part in the killing calamity.
• Old Ancestor Yin Yang accepted the conditions, left Shi Chen Palace, and set out to recruit Creation Daoist and the Nether Emperor.
• Shi Chen Daoist decided to visit the Primordial World and folded chaotic time-thread silk paper into a figure resembling himself using the Three Lives True Scripture.