Chapter Summaries

Lu Yuan persuaded Shangqing Tongtian Cult Master to support his bid for the Northern Pole Ziwei Imperial Position so he could gather resources and gradually bring the Heavenly Court under the Mystic Gate's control. At Shouyang Mountain, Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate agreed with the plan and taught Lu Yuan the Dao One Seal to separate his own karma from the Heavenly Court's.

• Lu Yuan explained to Shangqing Tongtian Cult Master that the Ziwei position would help him cultivate his Dao, spread his lineages, and gather resources to prove Hunyuan.
• Shangqing Tongtian Cult Master agreed to take Lu Yuan to consult Taiqing Laozi and Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate about the plan.
• At Eight Sceneries Palace, Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate approved dividing Haotian's authority among the Six Imperials and using the Heavenly Court to spread the Mystic Gate's Dao Tradition.
• Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate warned that Heavenly Court karma could harm Lu Yuan's Dao and offered him the Dao One Seal.
• Lu Yuan received the Dao One Seal and witnessed its visions of chaos, Pangu, karma, and the creation of Heaven and Earth.

Lu Yuan learned Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s Dao One Seal and heard the Sanqing arrange their sects’ roles in guiding the rising Human Race. He left Shouyang Mountain determined to pursue the vacant Ziwei Imperial Position while Fuxi’s planned reincarnation emerged as a key development.

• Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate taught Lu Yuan the Dao One Seal, which could conceal karma by letting its user grasp the origin of destiny, and explained his ambition to make his will the Heavenly Dao’s will.
• Sage Taiqing presented the Kongtong Seal and proposed that Chan Sect and Jie Sect disciples assist the eight future Human sovereigns in exchange for merit and a role in the Human Race’s rise.
• Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate sent Guangchengzi, Chijingzi, Yunzhongzi, and other Chan Sect disciples to assist the Human Emperors, while Shangqing Tongtian Cult Master reserved the Earthly Emperor’s tutelage for Jie Sect and offered support to Chan Sect disciples.
• Lu Yuan asked whether Empress Nuwa had been consulted, and Sage Taiqing revealed that Fuxi would reincarnate into the Human Race to restore his Dao foundation through its destiny and merit.
• Sage Taiqing warned Lu Yuan to guard his Dao foundation as he pursued the Ziwei Imperial Position, and Lu Yuan departed Shouyang Mountain with Shangqing Tongtian Cult Master, resolved to claim it.

In Biyou Palace, Tongtian warned Lu Yuan not to take a Heavenly Emperor’s station before his cultivation and foundation were sufficient, and Lu Yuan relinquished his post overseeing Jie Sect rules to Duobao. Back at Qingxu Mountain, Lu Yuan realized an unknown power had subtly altered his thoughts, and he feared that Hongjun or the Heavenly Dao had manipulated him as a chess piece.

• Tongtian warned Lu Yuan that claiming a lofty Heavenly Court position without sufficient cultivation would invite calamity, and Lu Yuan vowed to focus on perfecting his Dao.
• Tongtian praised Lu Yuan’s potential to prove Hunyuan and urged him to pursue his Dao even if the Jie Sect’s fortune declined.
• Lu Yuan asked Tongtian to replace him as overseer of the Jie Sect’s rules, and Tongtian appointed Duobao to the post.
• Lu Yuan regretted relinquishing his authority because he doubted Duobao could firmly discipline the Jie Sect’s unruly disciples.
• After returning to Qingxu Mountain, Lu Yuan realized he had inexplicably forgotten the charge from Yuanshi and Taiqing to preserve the Mystic Gate’s purity.
• Lu Yuan suspected Hongjun or the Heavenly Dao had manipulated his thoughts and concluded that even recognizing the interference might not let him escape their control.

Lu Yuan completed his comprehension of the Great Dao of Tribulation Fortune when the Black Gourd matured into the Calamity Fortune Gourd, bringing him close to his next breakthrough. He sensed Haotian stirring the Heavenly Court’s fortune, while Haotian planned a Peach Banquet to recruit support and establish his authority.

• Lu Yuan decided to conceal what he knew about the Immeasurable Tribulation and sealed himself in seclusion to comprehend the Great Dao of Tribulation Fortune.
• After sixty thousand years, Lu Yuan left seclusion with a condensed Calamity Fortune Dao Seed and found the Black Gourd nearing maturity.
• Three thousand years later, the Black Gourd matured into the Calamity Fortune Gourd, unleashing visions of calamity across Qingxu Mountain and helping Lu Yuan perfect his Dao Seed.
• Lu Yuan used the gourd to understand tribulation as both destruction and renewal, bringing him close to becoming a Great Divine Ability User.
• Lu Yuan sensed Haotian stirring the Heavenly Court’s fortune and recognized that Haotian was trying to establish a heavenly orthodoxy.
• Tai Bai Jin Xing advised Haotian to use the Ren Water Peaches to attract allies, so Haotian planned a Peach Banquet and invitations to the Saints and powerful figures of the Primordial World.

Haotian and Yaochi established the Heavenly Court and gained strength from its gathered fortune, but Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate proposed dividing the Emperor’s authority among six rulers. The chapter left Haotian humiliated as the Heavenly Dao endorsed the arrangement.

• Minghe and Kunpeng mocked Haotian’s enthronement by recalling how the Witch Race had disrupted Dijun’s ceremony, and Lu Yuan and Daoist Duobao explained the old event to their companions.
• The Six Saints arrived at the Flat Peach Banquet, overshadowing Haotian and Yaochi as they began the ascension rites.
• The Heavenly Dao gathered fortune from across the Primordial World for the Heavenly Court, allowing Haotian and Yaochi to sever their corpses and reach Two-Corpse Late Quasi-Saint.
• Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate proposed establishing Six Imperial Heavenly Emperors and assigning each a share of the Heavenly Court’s duties.
• The Heavenly Dao endorsed Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s arrangement, leaving Haotian pale and humiliated as the assembled powers watched.

At Haotian’s coronation, the Sanqing named Lu Yuan Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole, and the new celestial authority helped him perfect the Tribulation Fortune Dao Fruit and advance to the Great Divine Ability realm. The chapter ended with Lu Yuan claiming his command over the stars while Haotian swallowed his fury and Lu Yuan considered how to use their rivalry.

• Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate announced the Six Imperials’ appointments, naming Haotian the Jade Emperor, Lu Yuan the Great Emperor Ziwei, Immortal Elder Nanji the Great Emperor Changsheng, and Houtu the Imperial Earth Deity.
• The authority of the Ziwei Emperor Star and the Heavenly Court’s fortune drove Lu Yuan’s Tribulation Fortune Dao Seed to perfection.
• Lu Yuan severed the Tribulation Fortune Dao Fruit incarnation, created the Calamity Fortune Daoist, and advanced to the Great Divine Ability realm.
• The Saints, great powers, and disciples reacted with shock, admiration, envy, or wariness, while Tongtian celebrated Lu Yuan’s breakthrough.
• Haotian endured the humiliation of Lu Yuan’s rise at his coronation and secretly vowed to uproot the Mysterious Gate sects once he had secured his position.
• Lu Yuan returned the Calamity Fortune Daoist to his body, regarded Haotian’s resentment as useful pressure, and sensed the starfield responding to his new authority.

Lu Yuan claimed the Cosmic Stars Diagram, awakened the Primordial Starry Sky, and strengthened his Ziwei Emperor authority. He returned to Qingxu Mountain, recruited more than a thousand immortals to build the Ziwei Imperial Palace, and left them eager to serve under a system that promised advancement by merit.

• Lu Yuan thanked the Sanqing Saints for helping him obtain the Great Emperor Ziwei position, and Shangqing Tongtian Cult Master warned him to beware of the karma tied to the stars and the Solar and Lunar lineages.
• Lu Yuan entered Ziwei Star’s origin, refined the Cosmic Stars Diagram, and used it to bring order to the Primordial Starry Sky and elevate his Ziwei Emperor power.
• Haotian resented Lu Yuan’s growing authority while Immortal Elder Nanji reflected on the burdens facing the other Heavenly Court emperors.
• Lu Yuan returned to Qingxu Mountain and summoned seven registered disciples to become Main Star Lords, then recruited Jie Sect Disciples and immortals from other lineages to staff the Ziwei Imperial Palace.
• Lu Yuan appointed more than a thousand immortals to star positions and promised promotions based on merit, inspiring them to pledge their service.

Lu Yuan reorganized the Cosmic Stars Grand Formation, uncovered and destroyed a hidden scheme left by Dijun and Taiyi, and gained Tongtian Cult Master’s support for developing the Circumference Heavenly Star Sea. He returned to the Ziwei Imperial Palace to work out how to create a source of nourishing spiritual energy as conflict among the Primordial World’s Dao traditions began to grow.

• Lu Yuan established Ziwei as the primary Formation Eye, with the Sun and Taiyin as its auxiliaries, and redirected stellar power toward the Ziwei Emperor Star.
• Lu Yuan detected and destroyed a concealed scheme left by Dijun and Taiyi, restoring the starry sky’s orderly flow.
• Lu Yuan proposed to Tongtian Cult Master that the Circumference Heavenly Star Sea be developed into a home for the Jie Sect, and Tongtian agreed to support the plan.
• Lu Yuan returned to the Ziwei Imperial Palace and organized his officials while studying how to transform the stars’ baleful power into life-giving spiritual energy.
• The Mystic Gate traditions expanded across the Primordial World, and Lu Yuan continued contemplating how to open the Circumference Heavenly Star Sea Source Land.

Empress Nuwa sent Fuxi’s remnant soul into human reincarnation, and the Heavenly Emperor was born as Hua Xu Shi’s son. Grand Master Xuandu accepted the child as a disciple on Sage Taiqing’s behalf and watched over him, leaving the tribe celebrating his birth and naming him Pao Xi.

• Empress Nuwa brought Fuxi’s remnant soul to the Netherworld, where Houtu allowed him to enter reincarnation, and Nuwa concealed the heavenly secrets around his rebirth.
• Lu Yuan sensed the rise of human destiny and recognized that the Heavenly Emperor’s descent had begun.
• Hua Xu Shi became pregnant after Innate Vital Energy entered her body, and her tribe ostracized her when the pregnancy lasted for years.
• Sage Taiqing sent Grand Master Xuandu to find the Heaven-ordained Human Emperor, and Xuandu stopped Hua Xu Shi’s father from attacking her unborn child.
• Xuandu revealed that the child was a sacred being destined to become the Human Race Holy Lord, then nourished him until Hua Xu Shi safely gave birth to Fuxi.
• The tribe celebrated Fuxi’s birth, and the chieftain named his grandson Pao Xi.

Fuxi sensed that a final insight was needed to complete his merits as Human Emperor, so Xuandu sought guidance from Sage Taiqing, who sent Lu Yuan to retrieve the He Tu and Luo Shu from Kunpeng. Lu Yuan forced Kunpeng to surrender the treasures with Taiqing’s decree and left the North Sea carrying them, while Kunpeng vowed to remember the grievance.

• Fuxi, after leading the Human Race through many reforms, felt that he lacked a crucial insight to complete his merit and asked Xuandu for guidance.
• Xuandu consulted Sage Taiqing, who explained that Fuxi needed the He Tu and Luo Shu to derive the Innate Eight Trigrams and attain the Heavenly Emperor Dao.
• Sage Taiqing gave Lu Yuan a decree and ordered him to travel to the North Sea and demand the treasures from Kunpeng.
• Lu Yuan reached Kunpeng’s lair and invoked Taiqing’s decree, suppressing Kunpeng’s power with its Sage will.
• Kunpeng grudgingly handed Lu Yuan the He Tu and Luo Shu, then withdrew into the abyss and vowed to remember the humiliation.

Lu Yuan delivered the He Tu Luo Shu to Grand Master Xuandu, enabling Fuxi to comprehend the Eight Trigrams, unify the Human Race, and pass the throne to Lie Shan Shi. Fuxi attained the Human Emperor’s True Fruit, and the Heavenly Dao Pillar appeared over Chendu, shielding the Human Race and obscuring the mortal realm from outside interference.

• Lu Yuan gave the He Tu Luo Shu to Grand Master Xuandu, who arranged for Fuxi to receive it alongside the He Tu from the Dragon Horse and the Luo Shu from the Mystic Turtle.
• Fuxi studied the treasures for three thousand years, created the Eight Trigrams, and united the Human Race as its Co-Lord.
• Lie Shan Shi developed farming among the Jiang-surnamed tribe, and Daoist Duobao accepted him as a disciple and taught him the Shangqing Immortal Method.
• After Fuxi completed his reign, he passed the Human Race’s authority to Lie Shan Shi at a ceremony attended by the Saints.
• Fuxi received merit, recovered his memories, and attained the Human Emperor’s True Fruit before departing for Fire Cloud Cave.
• The Heavenly Dao Pillar descended over Chendu, sheltering the Human Race and sealing the mortal realm’s karmic secrets from even the Saints.

Fuxi returned to Fire Cloud Cave after attaining the Dao as Heavenly Emperor, while Lu Yuan focused on the Cosmic Star Sea Source Land. After ten thousand years, Lu Yuan severed his fifth Dao Fruit incarnation, Stars Daoist, advanced to Mid Quasi-Saint, and provoked Haotian’s jealousy.

• Fuxi departed for Fire Cloud Cave as the Human Race and cultivators bade him farewell, and Grand Master Xuandu left for Shouyang Mountain to cultivate.
• Lu Yuan sensed Fuxi’s return and the Heavenly Dao Pillar, then resumed deducing how to open the Cosmic Star Sea Source Land.
• After ten thousand years of cultivation, Lu Yuan severed his starry-heaven Dao Seed and forged the Stars Daoist incarnation through the Cosmic Stars Diagram.
• Lu Yuan’s cultivation advanced to Mid Quasi-Saint, and Shangqing Tongtian Cult Master, Sage Taiqing, Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate, and the other saints sensed the change.
• Haotian reacted to Lu Yuan’s breakthrough with jealousy and anger, crushing his jade cup and recognizing Lu Yuan as a threat to his authority.
• Lu Yuan sensed Haotian’s resentment but ignored it and returned his attention to transforming chaos into life in the Cosmic Star Sea Source Land.

After stabilizing his Mid Quasi-Saint cultivation, Lu Yuan weighed the immense difficulty of severing his remaining Dao Fruits and proving the Dao before the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation. He made opening the Cosmic Star Sea Source Land his urgent priority and began deducing how to turn it into a life-bearing world.

• Lu Yuan reflected on the trials and resources required to sever the remaining Five Elements, Creation, Four Symbols, and Karma Dao Fruits and ultimately prove the Primordial Saint Realm.
• Lu Yuan identified treasures that could anchor his future Dao Fruits, including the Disk of Creation and Chain of Karma, and planned to obtain the remaining Four Symbols Fans and Five Elements treasures.
• Lu Yuan resolved to open the Cosmic Star Sea Source Land, believing its creation could provide vast merit and fortune for his cultivation and strengthen the Jie Sect through future tribulations.
• Lu Yuan reviewed the Ziwei Imperial Palace's carefully selected, merit-based staff and contrasted it with Haotian's recruitment of cultivators burdened by karma.
• Lu Yuan began deducing how to use the Great Formation of the Stars and the Cosmic Stars Diagram to open a Star Sea Dantian and transform chaos and starlight into a source of spiritual qi.

A Heavenly Dao Plague swept through the Primordial World, devastating the Human Race and spawning deadly Spirits of Plague. Shangqing Tongtian Cult Master revealed that Human Emperor Shennong Shi had to refine a Human Dao Heavenly Heart Pill to end the calamity, and sent Daoist Duobao to seek the Taiqing Pill Scripture.

• The Heavenly Dao's transition stirred the Plague Demon God's lingering Dao Fruit resonance, transforming accumulated impurities into a plague that spread across the Primordial World.
• Lu Yuan recognized the plague as a great tribulation testing the Human Dao, while the plague infected mortals and immortals and gave rise to Spirits of Plague.
• Shennong Shi and Daoist Duobao found that ordinary detoxification methods could not stop the plague, so Duobao went to Biyou Palace to ask Shangqing Tongtian Cult Master for help.
• Shangqing Tongtian Cult Master explained that the Human Dao Heavenly Heart Pill required the Heart of the Human Dao, Pure Wish Power of All Spirits, Tears of the Azure Sky, and eighty-one Innate Spiritual Medicines.
• Shangqing Tongtian Cult Master sent Daoist Duobao to Shouyang Mountain to obtain the Taiqing Pill Scripture, instructing that Shennong Shi must personally comprehend and refine the pill.

Daoist Duobao secured the Taiqing Pill Scripture, and Shennong Shi refined the Human Dao Heavenly Heart Pill to combat the plague. Lu Yuan’s star power helped purify the ingredients and destroy the Plague Spirit, but Shennong left the other races uncertain about whether they would receive the scarce pills.

• Daoist Duobao accepted Tongtian Cult Master's decree and traveled to Shouyang Mountain to request the Taiqing Pill Scripture from Sage Taiqing.
• Sage Taiqing bestowed the pill scripture on Duobao and charged him with helping Shennong Shi forge the Human Dao Heavenly Heart Pill.
• Duobao presented the scripture to Shennong, who gathered the eighty-one auxiliary medicines, cultivated the Heart of the Human Dao, and prepared to refine the pill.
• Lu Yuan secretly gathered and purified the wishes of all spirits with his star net, then helped Shennong obtain a Tear of the Azure Sky when it fell into the pill furnace.
• After forty-nine years of refinement, the Plague Spirit attacked Chendu, but Lu Yuan restrained and purified it with nine chains of starlight as Shennong completed the pill.
• Shennong distributed the first pills to plague-stricken human regions, then told the gathered foreign races that the rare, difficult-to-make pills could not be shared among everyone.

After ending the Heavenly Dao Plague, Shennong Shi united the myriad races and raised humanity to unprecedented prominence. Remembering the suffering caused by illness and poisonous plants, he set out to taste and document every herb, with Daoist Duobao protecting him as he endured their effects.

• Shennong Shi used Heavenly Heart Pills to bargain with the myriad races, securing resources and weakening hostile factions before ending the plague.
• Profound Yellow merit raised Shennong Shi to the Great Luo Dao Lord realm and strengthened Daoist Duobao, while Shennong's prestige made him Co-Lord of all races.
• Inter-clan marriages produced powerful human branches, and humanity's strength and fortune grew under Shennong Shi's rule.
• After considering the dangers of poisonous plants, Shennong Shi resolved to taste the herbs himself and record their properties for his people.
• Shennong Shi began testing plants across the wilderness, suffering poisoning and near death as Daoist Duobao repeatedly rescued him and helped him continue his records.

Shennong Shi forged the Ochre Whip, compiled the Shennong Herbal Classic, and earned merit that strengthened the Human Race, provoking jealous powers to scheme against its alliance with the Dragon Clan. Their plot began to take shape when Nuwa secretly went to the East Sea, while Lu Yuan sensed the brewing danger and watched her from afar.

• Shennong Shi created the Ochre Whip, which revealed the medicinal properties and dangers of plants without requiring him to taste them.
• Shennong Shi and the Human Race's sages compiled the Shennong Herbal Classic, and the Heavenly Dao Pillar spread its basic herbal knowledge among humanity.
• The Heavenly Dao bestowed merit on Shennong Shi, Daoist Duobao, the Shennong Herbal Classic, and the Ochre Whip, prompting resentful powers to plot against the Human Race's alliance with the Dragon Clan.
• Nuwa slipped out of Chendu and reached the East Sea, where her playful use of spiritual power stirred up an enormous wave.
• A resentful being planned to direct Nuwa's power toward damaging the East Sea Dragon Palace prince's Seven-Colored Glazed Shell and provoking conflict.
• Lu Yuan sensed malice and calamity qi around Shennong Shi's bloodline, sent a wisp of Starlight Power to the East Sea, and kept Nuwa under observation.

Lu Yuan saw that the backlash against the Human Race’s rising fortune had gathered around Nuwa and watched as Wuzhiqi manipulated events to provoke a conflict between her and the Dragon Clan. Ao Yuan killed Nuwa, but Lu Yuan secretly rescued her Primordial Spirit; her resentment formed the Jingwei Bird, while Shennong Shi felt the wound through their bloodline.

• Lu Yuan traced the calamity surrounding Nuwa to the myriad races’ backlash and recognized Wuzhiqi’s plan to ignite war between the Human Race and the Dragon Clan.
• Wuzhiqi secretly redirected the waves, causing them to destroy Ao Yuan’s Seven-Colored Glazed Shell while Nuwa played beside the East Sea.
• Ao Yuan accused Nuwa of destroying his treasure, rejected her appeal to the alliance, and attacked her with Innate Kui Water Divine Thunder.
• Lu Yuan secretly carried Nuwa’s Primordial Spirit away as Ao Yuan’s attack destroyed her body.
• Nuwa’s grief and resentment formed the Jingwei Bird, which began dropping stones into the East Sea, and Shennong Shi spat blood as he felt the pain through their bloodline.

After discovering that Nuwa had died at Ao Yuan’s hands, Shennong Shi stormed the East Sea Dragon Palace and demanded the dragon’s life. His clash with Ao Guang drew in the Dragon Clan’s veteran Great Luos, but Daoist Duobao and Fuxi intervened, leaving Old Ancestor Chi Long and Fuxi facing off as tensions escalated.

• Shennong Shi used Nuwa’s soul lamp to trace her death to Ao Yuan and learned that she had become Jingwei.
• Ignoring Daoist Duobao’s warning about the pact with the Dragon Clan, Shennong Shi flew to the East Sea and demanded that Ao Guang hand over Ao Yuan.
• Ao Guang denied responsibility, offered compensation, and refused to surrender Ao Yuan, so Shennong Shi struck him with the Ochre Whip and sent him flying.
• Three veteran Dragon Clan Great Luos emerged to attack Shennong Shi, but Daoist Duobao arrived and warned them against challenging the Jie Sect and Sage Tongtian.
• Fuxi’s Good Corpse incarnation confronted Old Ancestor Chi Long as the Dragon Clan’s deepest power stirred, halting the confrontation in a tense standoff.

Lu Yuan revealed that Wuzhiqi had manipulated Ao Yuan into attacking Nuwa, while the backlash of tribulation had trapped her soul as Jingwei. After Ao Yuan was executed, Lu Yuan guided Jingwei through a stellar illusion that purified her resentment and restored Nuwa to life, and she chose the name Hua Xi.

• Fuxi confronted Old Ancestor Chi Long over Ao Yuan's attack on the Human Emperor's daughter, while Shennong Shi struck Ao Guang and Daoist Duobao stopped the dragons from retaliating.
• Lu Yuan arrived with Nuwa's preserved soul and exposed Wuzhiqi as the one who had manipulated events to provoke war between the Human and Dragon Races.
• Lu Yuan and Fuxi explained that Nuwa could not return to life until the resentment bound to her soul had been dispelled, and Shennong Shi agreed to wait for her recovery.
• Shennong Shi demanded justice for Nuwa, and Old Ancestor Chi Long ordered Ao Guang to execute Ao Yuan, who was beheaded and annihilated.
• Lu Yuan created an illusory starry sea where Jingwei repeatedly tried to fill the ocean until her resentment faded and Nuwa's body and soul were restored.
• Nuwa thanked Fuxi, Lu Yuan, and Shennong Shi, then changed her name to Hua Xi in honor of her mother Hua Xu and the East Sea.