Chapter Summaries

After Hua Xi’s rebirth, Shennong Shi returned to Chendu and spent thirty thousand years strengthening the Human Race and its destiny. As Shennong Shi neared the end of his reign, Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate sent Guangchengzi to teach the next Human Emperor, deepening Daoist Randeng’s resentment toward the Chan Sect.

• Lu Yuan and Fuxi departed, and Shennong Shi returned to Chendu with Daoist Duobao and Hua Xi while Fuxi warned him to safeguard the Human Race and its ties with other clans.
• At the Dragon Palace, Old Ancestor Chi Long and the Dragon Clan seethed over Shennong Shi’s actions, but their ancient karma forced them to endure and withdraw into the deep sea.
• Over thirty thousand years, Shennong Shi promoted medicine, farming, cultivation, and inter-clan marriage, causing Human Dao Destiny to flourish.
• Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate told Guangchengzi that the next Human Emperor had been born and ordered him to become the child’s teacher and guide him toward attaining the Dao.
• Guangchengzi eagerly accepted the appointment, while Daoist Randeng resented being passed over and began to lose his sense of belonging to the Chan Sect.

Xuanyuan was born in the Youxiong Tribe and accepted as Guangchengzi’s disciple, while Chi You reincarnated into the Human Race to contend for the Human Emperor’s throne. After recognizing Chi You’s hidden Witch Race origins, Lu Yuan saw that the coming conflict could create an opportunity to open the Cosmic Star Sea Source Land.

• Fubao gave birth to Xuanyuan after a celestial omen, and Guangchengzi named him and settled in the Youxiong Tribe to teach him.
• Empress Houtu used Jiutou Shi’s imperial qi to protect Chi You’s reincarnation, and Xiang Liu, Feng Bo, Yu Shi, and Jiu Feng vowed to support him.
• Chi You was born into the Jiu Li Tribe, displayed extraordinary strength, and recovered his ancestral witch memories at age nine.
• Lu Yuan traced Chi You’s entangled Human and Witch destinies and deduced that he planned to challenge Xuanyuan for the Human Emperor’s position.
• Lu Yuan judged that the conflict between Xuanyuan and Chi You could draw away powerful observers and help him open the Cosmic Star Sea Source Land.

Xuanyuan rose to prominence through wise governance and military victories, and Shennong Shi chose him as successor to the Human Emperor. After Yuwang resented the decision, Shennong sent Xuanyuan to win authority through campaigns; Xuanyuan finished his wars and began learning the Human Emperor’s way from Shennong, while unrest persisted around Chendu.

• Xuanyuan developed the Youxiong Tribe with fair land distribution, stronger agriculture, and an army trained by Guangchengzi.
• Shennong Shi visited the Youxiong Tribe, tested Xuanyuan’s judgment, and decided to abdicate the Human Emperor’s position to him.
• Yuwang demanded the succession for himself, but Shennong rejected his claim and resolved to build Xuanyuan’s military prestige.
• Shennong appointed Xuanyuan Grand Marshal to subdue rebels, alien races, and other enemies, and Guangchengzi gave him military teachings.
• Over several thousand years, Xuanyuan won campaigns across the Human Race’s lands and defeated the last sizable Demon Race remnant by the East Sea.
• Shennong summoned Xuanyuan to Chendu and taught him the Human Emperor’s way, while disturbances continued around the city.

Chi You built Jiu Li into a warlike power, forged the demonic blade Tiger Soul, and prepared to challenge Xuanyuan for the Human Emperor throne. Shennong abdicated and Xuanyuan succeeded him, but Xuanyuan faced resistance within the tribes as rebellion and conflict loomed.

• Chi You summoned Great Witches from the Hundred Thousand Mountains, took control of Jiu Li, and expanded its territory through conquest and integration.
• Chi You secretly sacrificed Dao cultivators to forge the demonic blade Tiger Soul and vowed to seize the Human Emperor throne from Xuanyuan.
• Shennong abdicated at Chendu and entrusted the Human Emperor's authority to Xuanyuan, then attained the Perfected Quasi-Saint realm and departed for Fire Cloud Cave.
• Daoist Duobao received merit for serving as Shennong's teacher and advanced to the Quasi-Saint realm, while Yuwang resented Xuanyuan's succession.
• Xuanyuan found that the tribes resisted his rule, so he recruited worthy talents, reorganized the royal forces, and sent officials to promote policies and calm the people.

Yuwang rebelled against Xuanyuan and marched on Banquan, while Chi You used the human race’s internal conflict to expand Jiu Li’s power across the south. Xuanyuan defeated Yuwang’s army at Banquan, but Chi You remained a growing threat.

• Yuwang proclaimed himself Flame Emperor, gathered allied tribes, and marched toward Chendu.
• Xuanyuan ordered Li Mu to intercept Yuwang at Banquan, and Guangchengzi refused to use immortal arts against fellow humans.
• Fuxi told Shennong that the rebellion was a trial Xuanyuan had to endure, while Shennong grieved over the human casualties.
• Chi You seized the opportunity to attack southern tribes, and Jiu Li gained control of nearly the entire southern territory.
• Xuanyuan and Li Mu routed Yuwang’s coalition at Banquan, captured Yuwang, and left Xuanyuan facing the threat of Chi You.

Xuanyuan pardoned Yuwang but struggled to hold the Human Race together as Chi You’s forces pressed him at Zhulu. Chi You unleashed the Mysterious Yin Soul Devouring Banners, prompting Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate to mobilize the Chan Sect, whose disciples arrived to aid Xuanyuan.

• Xuanyuan stripped Yuwang of authority and exiled him to the Southern Wilderness border while sparing the surrendered soldiers and tribes.
• At Zhulu, Xuanyuan’s generals reported dwindling morale and repeated losses to Chi You, so Guangchengzi left to seek aid from Yuxu Palace.
• Chi You and eleven Great Witches activated eighty-one Mysterious Yin Soul Devouring Banners, unleashing a vast calamity that drew the attention of powerful beings across the Primordial World.
• Guangchengzi warned Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate that Chi You’s formation threatened Xuanyuan and the Human Dao, and Yuqing ordered the Chan Sect to descend to Zhulu.
• Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate summoned the Chan Sect disciples and warned them about the Great Witches before Guangchengzi led them toward the battlefield.
• After months of travel, Guangchengzi and the Chan Sect immortals reached the Youxiong Tribe, and Xuanyuan hurried out to greet them.

Xuanyuan’s army suffered a crushing defeat at Zhuolu as Chi You and the Great Witches overwhelmed the Chan Sect immortals, prompting Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate to borrow the Witch-Slaying Sword from Sage Taiqing. As the rival powers watched the conflict deepen, Lu Yuan traveled to Biyou Palace to ask Shangqing Tongtian Cult Master for an audience before opening the Primordial Chaos Star Sea’s source land.

• Xuanyuan welcomed Guangchengzi and the Chan Sect immortals, while Chi You prepared to attack with the Great Witches and eighty-one Mysterious Yin Soul Devouring Banners.
• Guangchengzi and the Chan Sect immortals joined Xuanyuan’s army, but Chi You’s forces overwhelmed them and devastated the Human Race soldiers despite the immortals’ efforts to halt Feng Bo and Yu Shi’s wind and rain.
• Guangchengzi ordered a retreat, and Xuanyuan’s army withdrew under Daoist Randeng and Immortal Elder Nanji’s protection as Chi You chose not to pursue.
• Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate visited Sage Taiqing, who lent him the Witch-Slaying Sword and eighteen Nine Revolutions Golden Elixirs to support Xuanyuan.
• Fuxi, Shennong Shi, Houtu, Shangqing Tongtian Cult Master, Haotian, and other powerful figures observed the battle and considered its consequences for their factions and the Human Race.
• Lu Yuan judged the conflict’s killing intent would conceal his attempt to open the Primordial Chaos Star Sea’s source land, traveled to Biyou Palace, and requested an audience with Shangqing Tongtian Cult Master.

Lu Yuan proposed creating a Primordial Chaos Star Sea Source Land to transform the barren starfields and establish a vast new foundation for the Jie Sect. After Tongtian Cult Master endorsed the plan and summoned the sect’s immortals, Lu Yuan demonstrated that the formation could turn stellar killing intent into spiritual energy, and the assembled immortals pledged to help open the star sea.

• Lu Yuan paid his respects to Tongtian Cult Master, who praised his achievements and affirmed his potential to prove the Dao of Hunyuan.
• Lu Yuan explained his plan to use the Cosmic Stars Grand Formation to create a source land that would transform the star sea’s killing intent into spiritual energy and nurture life.
• Tongtian Cult Master approved the plan, agreed that the benefits should be shared with the Jie Sect and eventually the other Mystic Gate sects, and summoned the immortals to Biyou Palace.
• Tongtian Cult Master introduced Lu Yuan’s undertaking to the assembled immortals, and Lu Yuan announced his vow to open the Primordial Chaos Star Sea.
• Lu Yuan demonstrated the formation by drawing stellar power into a Ziwei star-domain model and producing spiritual energy, astonishing the immortals.
• Daoist Duobao and the gathered Jie Sect immortals pledged to follow Lu Yuan and work together to open the star sea.

Lu Yuan led the Mysterious Gate’s Three Teachings into the Primordial Starry Sky and used their combined strength and the Taiji Diagram to establish a Star Sea Source Pool. The source pool erupted with countless stars, leaving the Primordial Starry Sky newly ordered and filled with innate qi.

• Lu Yuan gathered the Intercepting Sect’s immortals, and Xuandu arrived with the Taiji Diagram before the Three Teachings traveled toward the Primordial Starry Sky on its golden bridge.
• Lu Yuan directed the immortals to survey the stars, forge star pools and formations, and build 365 Star God Mountains using nearly all his stored spiritual materials.
• Lu Yuan, Duobao, Jin Ling, and Xuandu established the formation around Ziwei, the Sun, and Taiyin, then used its origin pillars to guide the Main Zhou Tian Stars into new positions.
• Xuandu activated the Taiji Diagram to create a Chaos Hollow, and the Three Teachings moved the Star God Mountains and three supreme stars into it over a thousand years.
• Lu Yuan sought Heavenly Dao recognition as its power descended and transformed the Chaos Hollow into a Star Sea Source Pool.
• The source pool released billions of stars and streams of innate qi, while Jin Ling’s will guided the stars into their places across the Primordial Starry Sky.

Lu Yuan activated the Primordial Chaos Star Sea Source Land, creating Innate Spiritual Qi and earning Heavenly Dao Merit for himself and the three teachings. Saint Mother Jin Ling was then attacked by Lady Zi Guang’s ancient curse, prompting Sect Master Tongtian to strike through time before Cang Li Shi’s projection intervened and was destroyed by the Heavenly Dao.

• Lu Yuan activated the star formations, gathering and refining stellar power into Innate Spiritual Qi across the Ziwei, Sun, and Taiyin Star Domains.
• The three teachings witnessed barren stars stir with new life as the Primordial Chaos Star Sea Source Land took shape.
• Heavenly Dao Merit descended, with Lu Yuan receiving half, Saint Mother Jin Ling and Daoist Duobao receiving ten percent each, the Taiji Diagram receiving ten percent, and the disciples sharing the rest.
• Saint Mother Jin Ling was struck by Lady Zi Guang’s curse from the past, and Saint Mother Wudang was thrown back when she tried to help.
• Sect Master Tongtian sent his Immortal Slaying Sword Intent through time to erase Lady Zi Guang’s lingering traces, but Cang Li Shi’s projection used the Chaos Bell to preserve her final spark.
• The Heavenly Dao attacked Cang Li Shi’s projection with Purple Firmament Divine Thunder, destroying it after its appearance alarmed the strongest beings in the Primordial World.

After Tongtian erased Cang Li Shi and struck down much of Lady Zi Guang’s authority, Saint Mother Jin Ling inherited it and became Doumu Yuanjun. Lu Yuan opened the Cosmic Star Sea to disciples of the three teachings and introduced a scripture that could reshape the star order, drawing the interest of allies and rivals alike.

• Saint Mother Jin Ling absorbed the star authority released by Tongtian’s strike, received the Doumu Yuanjun title from the Heavenly Dao, and thanked her teacher.
• Lu Yuan invited disciples of the three teachings to study the Qingxuan Ziwei Xuanji Golden Chapter and bind their cultivation to stars in the revived star sea.
• Immortal Elder Nanji recognized the scripture as the foundation of a new Star Immortal Dao and resolved to seek Jupiter’s authority for himself and the Chan Sect.
• Jieyin and Zhunti considered converting star spirits and establishing a Western Star Pure Land, while Old Ancestor Minghe contemplated using star power to strengthen his asuras.
• Haotian Shangdi watched Lu Yuan’s expansion of the Cosmic Star Sea with resentment but held back from acting because Lu Yuan had the Sanqing’s support.

Haotian wrestled with the threat Lu Yuan’s growing authority posed to his control of the Heavenly Court, while Tai Bai Jin Xing urged him to treat the Primordial Chaos Star Sea’s opening as a blessing. As the decisive battle at Zhuolu began, Xuanyuan’s Royal Army summoned the Human Dao’s immense power to face Chi You’s forces.

• Haotian questioned Tai Bai Jin Xing about how he should respond to Lu Yuan’s opening of the Primordial Chaos Star Sea, and Tai Bai Jin Xing praised it as a blessing for the Heavenly Court.
• Haotian decided that confronting Lu Yuan while he was at the height of his power would be unwise, though he remained troubled by the Ziwei Emperor’s growing authority.
• Blood Sha Calamity Clouds surged over the Great Desolation as the fighting at Zhuolu resumed, with Chi You’s Jiu Li forces having defeated Xuanyuan’s side in twelve previous battles.
• Chi You led another assault against Xuanyuan, who ordered his Royal Army to meet the enemy.
• Xuanyuan’s soldiers united their qi and blood and Human Dao Destiny, manifesting a towering dharma form that drove off evil forces and embodied the Dao of Punishment.

Nine Heavens Profound Lady and the Heavenly Court reinforcements joined Xuanyuan’s army, helping it destroy Chi You’s Profound Yin Soul-Devouring Grand Formation and rout the Jiu Li forces. Xuanyuan defeated Chi You with the Witch-Slaying Sword, named it the Xuanyuan Sword, and sealed Chi You’s severed remains beneath the Five Sacred Mountains, ending the struggle for the Human Emperor’s throne.

• Nine Heavens Profound Lady arrived with Heavenly Court immortals to aid Xuanyuan and his army.
• Xuanyuan’s Royal Army gathered its Human Dao faith and shattered the Profound Yin Soul-Devouring Grand Formation, causing the Jiu Li army to collapse.
• As the battlefield turned against Chi You, Human Dao and Heavenly Dao backlash weakened him, and Xuanyuan beheaded him, but Chi You reattached his head.
• Guangchengzi gave Xuanyuan the Witch-Slaying Sword, which Xuanyuan purified with Human Dao radiance and named the Xuanyuan Sword.
• Xuanyuan used the Xuanyuan Sword to dismember Chi You and suppress his head, limbs, and torso beneath the Five Sacred Mountains.

Xuanyuan defeated Chi You at Zhuolu and became the undisputed Human Emperor, while the Witch Race fled under Heaven and Earth's backlash. Lu Yuan and Haotian each recognized how the victory had strengthened Ziwei’s influence over the stars and the Human Race’s military authority.

• After Chi You was dismembered and sealed, Xing Tian hurled a final axe at Xuanyuan, but Nine Heavens Profound Lady, Guangchengzi, and True Person Yuding helped stop it.
• Jiu Feng rescued Xing Tian, and Xiang Liu, Feng Bo, Yu Shi, and the other Great Witches led the Jiu Li soldiers in retreat as Heaven and Earth's backlash weakened them.
• Xuanyuan’s sword absorbed Human Emperor destiny, and the Human Race celebrated his victory as the river of Human Dao Destiny flowed into him.
• From the Ziwei Star Enclosure, Lu Yuan observed the battle’s end and considered the Witch Race’s karmic burden and the Chan Sect’s rising destiny.
• In Lingxiao Treasure Hall, Haotian watched the battle and worried that Lu Yuan’s growing influence had made his own plans to strengthen the Heavenly Court seem insignificant.

Haotian celebrated the Heavenly Court’s gains from aiding Xuanyuan, but Xing Tian stormed the Thirty-Three Heavens to avenge the Witch Race and fought Haotian in a devastating duel. Haotian severed Xing Tian’s head, yet Xing Tian refused to submit and continued battling him headlessly into the void.

• Haotian rewarded Nine Heavens Profound Lady and the other deities for helping Xuanyuan, praising the Heavenly Court’s growing influence over the Human Race.
• Xing Tian blamed Haotian and the Heavenly Court for the Witch Race’s losses, then charged through the Thirty-Three Heavens and slaughtered the guards at the South Heaven Gate.
• Xing Tian reached Lingxiao Palace and challenged Haotian, while the Heavenly Court’s ministers stayed silent rather than face him.
• Haotian used the Haotian Pagoda and Haotian Sword against Xing Tian; both fighters wounded each other before Haotian severed Xing Tian’s head.
• Xing Tian declared that he would not submit, fought on with his headless body, and drove the battle with Haotian into the void of the Primordial World.

Xing Tian broke free of Houtu’s restraint and grievously wounded Haotian, destroying both his Good Corpse and Evil Corpse. Taiqing sent Haotian into reincarnation with Yaochi following him, while Xing Tian was sealed in Changyang Mountain, leaving the Heavenly Court’s leadership vacant and Lu Yuan facing a growing upheaval.

• Lu Yuan and the Sages watched as Xing Tian attacked Haotian, and Houtu ordered Xing Tian to stop.
• Xing Tian overcame Houtu’s restraint and destroyed Haotian’s Good Corpse, then shattered his Evil Corpse and severely wounded him.
• Houtu restrained Xing Tian with reincarnation chains, and Taiqing identified the tribulation qi as Haotian’s calamity caused by his interference in the Human Emperor struggle.
• Taiqing stabilized Haotian’s injured spirit and sent him into reincarnation; Yaochi abandoned her position and followed him.
• Xing Tian was sealed beneath Changyang Mountain, while Lu Yuan recognized that Haotian’s departure had begun to unsettle the Heavenly Court.

The saints agreed that Fuxi would serve as acting Heavenly Emperor, and he ascended to rule the Three Realms. Lu Yuan ignored the throne and focused on his pursuit of Primordial transcendence while the Jie Sect and Chan Sect established territories in the Circumference Heavenly Star Sea.

• The saints debated who should replace Haotian, with Primordial Heavenly Venerate proposing Immortal Elder Nanji and Zhunti pushing for Lu Yuan.
• Nuwa proposed her elder brother Fuxi, and Taiqing supported him as the choice best suited to stabilize Heaven, Earth, and Human Dao.
• The saints agreed to appoint Fuxi, who left Fire Cloud Cave and ascended to the Heavenly Court as the Azure Emperor.
• Lu Yuan watched Fuxi take the throne and dismissed its authority as a distraction from his pursuit of Primordial transcendence.
• The Jie Sect claimed the richest territories in the Circumference Heavenly Star Sea, while the Chan Sect secured three-tenths, including Jupiter for Immortal Elder Nanji.

The Three Sects’ work revived the Circumference Heavenly Star Sea, and Qingmingzi used the Qingxuan Ziwei Xuanji Golden Chapter to break through to Golden Immortal while linked to his natal star. His breakthrough brought merit and faith to Lu Yuan, who continued contemplating the Creation Dao Seed and watching the Star Sea’s future unfold.

• The Three Sects activated the Gather stars, Draw Spirits formation, while Lu Yuan’s allocation gave the Human Sect twenty percent of the star domains as a secondary residence and Dao field.
• The formation converted chaotic qi into Innate Spiritual Qi, allowing spirit veins, plants, and new lifeforms to emerge across the Circumference Heavenly Star Sea.
• Qingmingzi drew power from Qingming Star as he cultivated the Golden Chapter and began condensing his Golden Immortal Dao Fruit.
• Three Chaos Star Spears attacked Qingmingzi and his natal star, but their combined power ground the spears away and earned them origin essence and Golden Light of Merit.
• Qingmingzi completed his breakthrough, thanked the Ziwei Great Emperor, and vowed to guard Qingming Star and serve the Jie Sect.
• Lu Yuan received Qingmingzi’s breakthrough ripple and its merit and faith, then returned his attention to the Creation Dao Seed.

After Qingmingzi’s breakthrough proved the Star Immortal Dao viable, the Qingxuan Ziwei Xuanji Golden Chapter spread rapidly through the Circumference Heavenly Star Sea, drawing cultivators from across the Primordial World and the Three Teachings. Lu Yuan welcomed the star sea’s growth as a way to bind the Three Teachings together and ultimately alter the fated outcome of the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.

• Qingmingzi’s breakthrough sparked a rush of cultivators toward Ziwei Palace, while Star Dao Fields spread throughout the Circumference Heavenly Star Sea and Lu Yuan gained the honorifics Ziwei Great Emperor and Myriad Star Sect Master.
• Jie Sect leaders including Doumu Yuanjun, Daoist Duobao, and Zhao Gongming praised the Golden Chapter, while many Jie Sect disciples began cultivating the Star Immortal Dao.
• Guangchengzi dismissed the Star Immortal Dao as a shallow heterodox path, but Immortal Elder Nanji allowed Chan Sect disciples in Jupiter’s domain to follow it, and conversions increased.
• Grand Master Xuandu and the Human Teachings neither opposed nor pursued the new path, leaving cultivators to follow their own affinities.
• Lu Yuan resolved to share the star sea’s benefits among the Three Teachings so their interests would bind them together and perhaps change the course of the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.

Cangjie created a writing system for the Human Race, drawing the attention of the Primordial World’s powerful beings and triggering a vast Heavenly Dao tribulation. As thousands of characters gathered around him, the tribulation continued to build.

• Xuanyuan unified the human race, married Leizu and other consorts, and earned merit for completing the three marriages; he also wrote the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon with Qi Bo and Su Nv.
• Cangjie studied scattered pictographic symbols for ten thousand years and began creating characters on a platform near the Luo River.
• Cangjie’s characters appeared across the sky, drawing the attention of Fuxi, the elders of the Human Race, the Saints, and other powerful beings.
• Nuwa recognized that ordinary writing would let common people preserve knowledge and advance human civilization, while Sui Ren Shi ordered Chi Songzi to guard Cangjie.
• A Heavenly Dao tribulation gathered over Cangjie as he continued creating characters; Lu Yuan observed the disturbance, and Kunpeng recognized the merit in Cangjie’s original system.
• Cangjie’s characters reached two thousand as he continued making new ones beneath the growing tribulation clouds.