Recaps

After ten thousand years of peace, Dao Ancestor Hongjun summoned the Saints to Zixiao Palace, prompting Qin Mu to suspect that they would choose a new ruler for the Heavenly Court. The chapter ended with Qin Mu smiling as he considered the possible appointment of a new Heavenly Emperor.

• A Witch Clan cultivator claimed that the statue of Ancestral Witch Dijiang had opened its eyes, and the gathered cultivators prayed for the Ancestral Witches to return.
• Ten thousand years later, Taishang Saint, Venerable Yuanshi, and Saint Tongtian received Hongjun's summons and departed for Zixiao Palace.
• Zhenyuanzi told Huang Tian that Hongjun had summoned the Saints, but Huang Tian said they would learn the reason when they arrived and hinted that a new order was due.
• Nuwa and the Western Saints Jieyin and Zhunti also received the summons and set out for Zixiao Palace.
• Qin Mu received Hongjun's summons and suspected the Saints would discuss choosing a new ruler for the Heavenly Court, possibly Haotian.

Qin Mu decided to use his Innate Emperor Embryo to create a third Clone and compete for the Heavenly Emperor position at Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s summons. Ancestor Minghe pledged to support him, and the chapter ended as the gathered Saints entered Zixiao Palace and Hongjun looked over them.

• Qin Mu remembered his Innate Emperor Embryo and resolved to make a Heavenly Emperor Clone and compete for the position.
• Ancestor Minghe asked Qin Mu about Hongjun’s summons, then pledged to stand by him because Qin Mu had helped him attain Sainthood.
• Qin Mu and Ancestor Minghe traveled to Zixiao Palace, where the other Saints had gathered.
• Haotian and Yaochi ushered the Saints into Zixiao Palace, and Dao Ancestor Hongjun opened his eyes to greet them.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun summoned the Saints to discuss a new ruler for the Heavenly Court, prompting several of them to recommend their disciples. Tongtian then stepped forward to recommend someone, leaving the candidate unrevealed.

• Hongjun told the Saints that the decline of the Witch and Demon Races required a new ruler of the Heavenly Court to govern the Three Realms.
• Zhunti and Jieyin recommended Jia Ye as a compassionate candidate for Heavenly Emperor.
• Venerable Yuanshi countered by recommending his disciple Guangchengzi, while Zhunti resented his challenge.
• Taishang Saint surprised the others by recommending his disciple Xuandu for the position.
• Tongtian stepped forward and told Hongjun that he wanted to recommend someone.

Tongtian nominated Qin Mu to rule the Heavenly Court, and Zhenyuanzi and Ancestor Minghe backed him. Zhunti, Jieyin, and Yuanshi opposed the proposal, warning Hongjun that Qin Mu’s control of both the Underworld and Heavenly Court would concentrate too much power in his hands.

• Tongtian recommended Qin Mu to Dao Ancestor Hongjun as the new ruler of the Heavenly Court, citing his fortune, cultivation, and strength.
• Taishang, Yuanshi, and the Western Saints reacted with alarm, while Nuwa remained composed.
• Zhenyuanzi and Ancestor Minghe supported Tongtian’s proposal, and Minghe realized Qin Mu had asked for his support beforehand.
• Zhunti, Jieyin, and Yuanshi urged Hongjun not to appoint Qin Mu, arguing that his existing rule over the Underworld made it dangerous to give him the Heavenly Court as well.

The Saints argued over whether Qin Mu should become master of the Heavenly Court, with Tongtian and his allies supporting him while Yuanshi and the Western Saints opposed him. Hongjun stopped the debate and considered the Saints’ objections and the Heavenly Dao’s reluctance, leaving the appointment undecided.

• Tongtian, Zhenyuanzi, and Ancestor Minghe praised Qin Mu’s abilities and urged Hongjun to appoint him master of the Heavenly Court.
• Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti opposed Qin Mu’s appointment, arguing that the Heavenly Court and Underworld should have separate rulers.
• Nuwa chose not to oppose Qin Mu because of their agreement concerning Fuxi’s True Spirit and future.
• Taishang voiced concern that Qin Mu would be unable to manage both the Underworld and the Heavenly Court, concealing his opposition behind concern for the Primordial Wilderness.
• Tongtian grew angry, but Hongjun ordered the Saints to stop arguing and considered their objections and the Heavenly Dao’s reluctance to let Qin Mu rule.

Hongjun negotiated with the Heavenly Dao over the new Lord of the Heavenly Court, then asked Qin Mu whether he would accept the position. Qin Mu agreed, leaving the other Saints alarmed as they feared he would control both the Underworld and Heavenly Court.

• The Heavenly Dao Will descended into Zixiao Palace as Hongjun prepared to ask Qin Mu about becoming Lord of the Heavenly Court.
• Hongjun negotiated silently with the Heavenly Dao, which opposed Qin Mu taking the position, before its Will withdrew.
• The Saints speculated that Qin Mu had lost his chance, while the Western Teachings hoped the position might still be theirs.
• Hongjun asked Qin Mu whether he wanted to become Lord of the Heavenly Court, surprising the Saints.
• Qin Mu accepted and promised to maintain peace and order throughout the Three Realms.
• Zhunti, Jieyin, and Venerable Yuanshi reacted with anger and dismay, while Taishang worried that Qin Mu would control the Primordial World.

Hongjun appointed Qin Mu as Heavenly Emperor and privately advised him to protect and strengthen the Primordial World. After leaving Zixiao Palace, Qin Mu invited Haotian and Yaochi to serve in the Heavenly Court, then arrived at the abandoned Demon Race Heavenly Court.

• Hongjun named Qin Mu ruler of the Three Realms and supreme lord of the Heavenly Court, rejecting Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti's objections.
• Hongjun dismissed the Saints and privately told Qin Mu to safeguard and develop the Primordial World, promising the Heavenly Dao would reward him.
• Qin Mu invited Haotian and Yaochi to join the Heavenly Court, and Haotian said he would serve if Hongjun approved.
• Qin Mu left Zixiao Palace and arrived at the desolate former Demon Race Heavenly Court.

Qin Mu restored the ruined Demon Race Heavenly Court and placed an Emperor Embryo in the Lingxiao Treasure Hall to nurture a future Heavenly Emperor. He decided the Heavenly Court was not yet ready to emerge, leaving the embryo to gestate until the right moment.

• Qin Mu surveyed the ruined Celestial Realm and wondered whether Hongjun’s promised great upheaval had influenced the Heavenly Dao’s decision to let him rule the Heavenly Court.
• Qin Mu used his treasures and Dao Patterns to rebuild the palaces, South Heaven Gate, Lingxiao Treasure Hall, Celestial River, and floating islands.
• Qin Mu brought out the Emperor Embryo and sent it to the Lingxiao Treasure Hall to become the new Heavenly Emperor and govern the Heavenly Court in his stead.
• Qin Mu directed the Heavenly Court’s Fortune and spiritual energy into the Emperor Embryo to aid its gestation.
• Qin Mu concluded that the time had not yet come for the Heavenly Court to emerge.

Qin Mu secured the Heavenly Realm and returned to Fengdu City, where Zhenyuanzi came to arrange Hong Yun’s reincarnation. Qin Mu restored Hong Yun’s soul but said they had to wait for someone else, and Nuwa Saint then appeared.

• Qin Mu set restrictions around the Heavenly Realm before returning to the Nether Underworld, where Ancestor Minghe congratulated him and asked about Dao Ancestor’s instructions.
• Zhenyuanzi learned from Huang Tian that Qin Mu had returned and went to the Nether Underworld to seek Hong Yun’s reincarnation.
• Qin Mu showed Zhenyuanzi that Hong Yun’s True Spirit fragment had recovered into a soul, and the brothers reunited.
• Qin Mu said Hong Yun’s reincarnation would have to wait for someone else to arrive, and Nuwa Saint appeared in the hall.

Qin Mu brought Hong Yun and Fuxi to Empress Pingxin so they could reincarnate through a special passage that would preserve their wisdom and spiritual light while drawing on their past Fortune. Pingxin opened the passage and bestowed its protection upon both souls.

• Nuwa arrived in the Underworld and reminded Qin Mu of his promise to grant Fuxi a reincarnation opportunity in exchange for the Five-Colored Divine Stone.
• Nuwa revealed Fuxi's soul, and Qin Mu led Zhenyuanzi, Nuwa, Hong Yun, and Fuxi to Pingxin Hall.
• Empress Pingxin appeared and agreed to open a special reincarnation passage for Hong Yun and Fuxi.
• Pingxin explained that the passage would preserve their past wisdom and spiritual light and empower them with Fortune from their previous lives.
• Pingxin opened the passage and placed two invisible forces upon Hong Yun and Fuxi's souls.

Hong Yun and Fuxi entered reincarnation, and years later Qin Mu reopened the Heavenly Court by creating a third Clone to rule it. The new ruler proclaimed himself Emperor Venerate and declared that the Three Realms would fall under the Heavenly Court’s jurisdiction.

• Hong Yun and Fuxi entered the passage of reincarnation, while Qin Mu thanked Empress Pingxin and promised Zhenyuanzi and Nuwa that their friends would be reborn.
• Zhenyuanzi and Nuwa left Qin Mu, and Nuwa privately struggled with doubts about her past choices.
• Years later, the ruins of the Heavenly Court trembled, and Qin Mu’s restrictions prevented powerful beings from seeing what was happening inside.
• Qin Mu’s third Clone emerged in Lingxiao Treasure Hall, absorbed the Heavenly Court’s Fortune, and reached the Sub-Saint realm.
• The third Clone proclaimed himself Emperor Venerate and declared that the Heavenly Court would govern the Three Realms and their living beings.

Emperor Venerate used the Heavenly Court’s Fortune to shut out the Saints’ divine senses, confirming Qin Mu’s control over Heaven, Earth, and Humanity. As the Saints reacted with anger and resignation, Venerable Yuanshi unknowingly began releasing demonic qi that awakened a mysterious figure beneath Kunlun Mountain.

• Yin Tianzi and Huang Tian realized Emperor Venerate’s birth meant Qin Mu’s clones controlled the Underworld, the Human Race, and the Heavenly Court.
• Emperor Venerate drove away the Saints’ probes, and the Heavenly Court’s Fortune Golden Dragon sealed the Celestial Realm from outside senses.
• Zhunti and Jieyin worried about Qin Mu’s growing power, while Taishang accepted that he had failed to place Xuandu on the Heavenly Emperor’s throne.
• Venerable Yuanshi grew furious that Qin Mu had been chosen to rule the Heavenly Court, and pitch-black demonic qi began seeping from him unnoticed.
• Yuanshi’s demonic qi flowed into a widening rift beneath Kunlun Mountain and awakened a mysterious figure within it.

A thousand years after Heaven's Court was rebuilt, Huang Tian and Zhenyuanzi opened the Human Emperor Realm to preserve the Human Race's elite cultivators and balance its fortune. Another thousand years later, the Heavenly Dao announced the coming of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, prompting the Saints to compete for the chance to teach them, while Nuwa anticipated Fuxi's return through reincarnation.

• Huang Tian and Zhenyuanzi opened a new world, stabilized it with the Kongtong Seal and Earth Book, and named it the Human Emperor Realm.
• Huang Tian decreed that Human Race cultivators at the Great Principle Golden Immortal realm could move to the Human Emperor Realm, and certain primordial beings could enter as well.
• Venerable Yuanshi, Zhunti, Jieyin, and Taishang Saint each considered what the new realm meant for their interests and the Primordial World's fortune.
• A surge of fortune and Human Dao Merit appeared over a Human Race tribe, and the Heavenly Dao announced that the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors would emerge.
• Taishang Saint, Venerable Yuanshi, Zhunti, and Jieyin resolved to seek roles teaching the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
• Nuwa sensed that Fuxi was about to descend through reincarnation and vowed not to stand aside.

Qin Mu learned that Fuxi had been reborn among the Human Race and decided not to compete for the Merit of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, leaving it to the Saints. Zhenyuanzi and Huang Tian also learned of the Merit, while Zhenyuanzi waited for Red Cloud to return through reincarnation.

• Qin Mu sensed Fuxi's arrival among the Human Race and expected Red Cloud's reincarnation to follow.
• After the Heavenly Dao announced the Merit of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Qin Mu chose not to compete and watched the Saints head to Zixiao Palace.
• Ancestor Minghe decided against seeking the Merit and wondered why Qin Mu had not gone to Zixiao Palace.
• Huang Tian and Zhenyuanzi sensed Fuxi's return among the Human Race, and Zhenyuanzi anticipated Red Cloud's birth.
• Zhenyuanzi told Huang Tian about the Merit, then said he would leave the competition to the other Saints and wait for Red Cloud.

The Saints gathered at Zixiao Palace to seek Merit from guiding the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and Hongjun summoned Human Emperor Huang Tian to consult him. Huang Tian approved the Saints’ involvement and assigned the roles, leaving the Western Saints dissatisfied with their share.

• The Six Saints arrived at Zixiao Palace and asked Hongjun to let them guide the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
• Hongjun said the matter required the Human Emperor’s counsel and sent Haotian to invite Huang Tian.
• Huang Tian left the Human Emperor Realm with Haotian and met Hongjun and the Saints at Zixiao Palace.
• Huang Tian allocated the Three Sovereigns to disciples chosen by Nuwa, Taishang, and Venerable Yuanshi, and one of the Five Emperors to the Western Teachings.
• Huang Tian assigned the remaining four Emperors to Tongtian’s Interception Sect, leaving Zhunti and Jieyin displeased.

Huang Tian assigned the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors’ Imperial Tutor posts, giving four Five Emperors posts to the Interception Sect and one to Nuwa while leaving none for the Human Race. Hongjun accepted Huang Tian’s explanation that Zhenyuanzi did not wish to participate, and the group left Zixiao Palace with Tongtian celebrating the sect’s gain.

• Huang Tian gave Nuwa an Imperial Tutor post, and Jieyin accepted that he had received a post for one of the Five Emperors.
• Hongjun questioned why Huang Tian had left no tutor posts for the Human Race, prompting Yuanshi, Zhunti, and Jieyin to suggest taking some of the Interception Sect’s four posts.
• Huang Tian told Hongjun that Zhenyuanzi did not wish to take part, and Hongjun approved the distribution after asking the Saints for objections.
• Tongtian left Zixiao Palace delighted by the Interception Sect’s four posts, while Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti resented the sect’s advantage.

After the Saints returned from Zixiao Palace, they assigned disciples to teach the Human Race’s Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors and gave them spiritual treasures to aid their work. Nuwa decided to personally guide her brother Fuxi’s reincarnation and left the River Diagram and Luo Book for him.

• Taishang recognized Huang Tian as Qin Mu’s clone and reflected that Qin Mu held influence over the Lord of the Underworld, the Human Emperor, and the Lord of the Heavenly Court.
• Nuwa decided to personally oversee her brother’s reincarnation as Fuxi and prepared the River Diagram and Luo Book for him.
• Taishang appointed Xuandu to teach the second Human Emperor and bestowed an ancient three-legged cauldron upon him.
• Yuanshi appointed Guangchengzi to teach the third Human Emperor and gave him the purified Witch Slaying Sword.
• Jieyin and Zhunti assigned Jia Ye one teaching position among the Five Emperors, while Tongtian appointed Duobao and other disciples to teach the remaining four and bestowed treasures upon them.

Fuxi grew into a wise leader of the Human Race, and Nuwa sent two treasures to aid him as he sought to understand the order of the world. The chapter ended with a turtle appearing in the river before him.

• Duobao hoped that the Merit he gained as Imperial Tutor to the Three Sovereigns would help him attain Sagehood.
• Fuxi grew up under Nuwa’s watch, traveled among the tribes, and taught people to fish with nets, invented the zither, and established marriage rites.
• Fuxi became a leader of many Human Tribes, while Zhenyuanzi and Huang Tian discussed his rise and Hong Yun’s still-awaited reincarnation.
• Qin Mu noted Fuxi’s rapid growth and expected his third Clone to finish rebuilding the Heavenly Court soon.
• Nuwa sent two treasures through the Chaos Void toward Fuxi as he pondered how the Human Race could understand the world and its fate.
• A turtle appeared amid strange ripples in the river, drawing Fuxi’s attention.

Fuxi received the River Diagram and Luo Book, created the Innate Eight Trigrams and systems for tracking time, and became Xi Huang, one of the Three Sovereigns of the Human Race. Recovering his past-life memories helped Nuwa regain her Saint realm, and the chapter ended with the second Human Sovereign being born.

• A Divine Turtle brought the River Diagram and Luo Book to Fuxi, and the treasures entered his body and revealed profound knowledge to him.
• After ten thousand years of study, Fuxi created the Innate Eight Trigrams and established the Twelve Temporal Divisions.
• Fuxi defeated twelve demon beasts and created the Twelve Zodiac Animals, advancing the Human Race's way of recording time.
• The Human Race honored Fuxi as Xi Huang, and Heavenly Dao Merit and human fortune helped him attain the Heavenly Emperor Fruit Position.
• Fuxi recovered memories of his past life as Demon Race Xi Huang and recognized that Nuwa had secretly arranged the treasures; Nuwa then absorbed Merit and returned to the Saint realm.
• Under Fuxi's leadership, the Human Race flourished, and a presence appeared in a southern tribe, signaling the birth of the second Human Sovereign.

The birth of the second Human Sovereign revealed that Hong Yun had reincarnated, prompting the Sages and Imperial Tutors to anticipate the coming emperors and their Merit. Zhenyuanzi recognized his second brother’s aura, and Huang Tian explained that the Humanity Teaching, rather than Zhenyuanzi, had received Hong Yun’s Imperial Tutor position; Zhenyuanzi accepted the decision without resentment.

• Yuanshi and Guangchengzi sensed the second Human Sovereign’s arrival and anticipated the Merit from the coming third Emperor.
• Tongtian looked forward to the Five Emperors’ arrival, hoping their Merit would help Duobao advance toward Sagehood.
• Nuwa reflected with satisfaction on Fuxi’s return and her restoration to the Saint realm through Merit.
• Zhunti complained that the Western Teachings had received only one Five Emperor tutor position, while Jieyin questioned Huang Tian’s closeness to the Interception Sect.
• Zhenyuanzi recognized Hong Yun’s reincarnated aura and rejoiced, while Huang Tian told him the Humanity Teaching had received Hong Yun’s tutor position.
• Zhenyuanzi said he held no resentment and was simply glad his second brother had returned through reincarnation.

Xuandu descended from Shouyang Mountain to take the newborn Shennong as his disciple and guide him toward the Way of the Earthly Emperor. Years later, as Shennong led his people through a devastating plague, he begged Xuandu to use his Immortal Techniques to save them.

• Taishang sent Xuandu to the Human Tribe to take the second of the Three Emperors as his disciple and guide him toward the Way of the Earthly Emperor.
• Auspicious clouds and the scent of medicinal plants accompanied Shennong’s birth, and Xuandu arrived to name him Shennong Shi and take him as his disciple.
• Shennong grew up studying plants and animals, teaching better farming methods, and serving his tribe, while Xuandu told him his Way lay among the Human Race rather than in divine powers.
• Decades later, a terrible plague spread through Shennong’s tribe, and he failed to find a cure as his people died in increasing numbers.
• Shennong went to Xuandu and begged his master to use Immortal Techniques to save the tribe.

Xuandu refused to cure the Human Race’s plague directly, but gave Shennong the Shennong Cauldron and knowledge of herbs and pill refinement so the people could treat illness themselves. Shennong’s remedies saved many, and as he continued tasting plants, he encountered a strange vine whose poison caused him unbearable agony.

• Xuandu told Shennong that the plague had to be cured by the Human Race and passed on Taishang Saint’s teachings on identifying medicinal herbs and refining pills.
• Xuandu bestowed the Shennong Cauldron on Shennong and transferred knowledge of plants and pill-making to him.
• Shennong traveled through the mountains to taste and record herbs, then used his remedies to save plague-stricken people and taught the Human Race how to prevent and treat disease.
• Fuxi recognized that Shennong was nearing the imperial Dao Fruit Position but chose not to interfere with his path.
• Shennong survived repeated poisonings as he continued tasting herbs, then bit a leaf from an unfamiliar vine on a mist-shrouded cliff and was overcome by intense pain.

Shennong died after tasting a deadly poisonous plant, but Xuandu used the Human Race’s faith power to revive him and help him attain the Earthly Emperor Fruit Position. The Saints watched the Merit descend, while Yuanshi and Jieyin looked ahead to their roles in guiding the coming Human Emperor and Five Emperors.

• Shennong tasted a plant whose poison overcame his mana and antidotes, and he died on a cliff.
• The Human Race mourned Shennong and prayed for him, gathering vast Humanity Dao faith power in the heavens.
• Xuandu arrived at Shennong’s body and channeled the gathered faith power into him, declaring that his merits entitled him to awaken as the Earthly Emperor.
• Shennong revived with his vitality restored, and golden Xuanhuang Merit descended upon him and Xuandu.
• Taishang, Nuwa, Yuanshi, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Tongtian watched Shennong’s attainment; Yuanshi anticipated guiding the third Human Emperor, while Jieyin looked to the Five Emperors.

Shennong attained the position of Earthly Emperor, established the Way of Medicine, and succeeded Fuxi as Human Sovereign. He then went to Shouyang Mountain, where Taishang Saint accepted him as his second direct disciple and told him to leave Hong Yun's past behind.

• Tongtian noted that the Interception Sect had secured four positions as teachers to the Five Emperors.
• After Merit poured into him, Shennong recovered his memories as Hong Yun and saw the Shennong Cauldron become a Merit Spiritual Treasure.
• Shennong proclaimed that he had attained the position of Earthly Emperor and passed down the Hundred Herbs Classic, establishing the Way of Medicine.
• At Kongtong Mountain, Fuxi congratulated Shennong, handed him the burden of the Human Sovereign, and left for the Human Emperor Realm.
• Shennong went to Shouyang Mountain and met Taishang Saint, who accepted him as his second direct disciple and instructed him to live as Shennong alone.

After a hundred years of Shennong’s rule, Qin Mu met the Sky-Supporting Black Tortoise’s True Spirit in the Underworld and offered to fulfill his promise of reincarnation. Qin Mu proposed that the Mystic Turtle become the Human Race’s Third Emperor, Xuanyuan, and the Mystic Turtle was astonished but eager to accept the opportunity.

• Taishang gave Shennong a jade horsetail whisk to help him arrange medicinal energies and calm his mind.
• A hundred years passed as the Human Race prospered under Shennong’s guidance and spread across the Primordial Land.
• The Mystic Turtle’s True Spirit appeared before Qin Mu in Fengdu City and demanded that he honor his promise to arrange reincarnation.
• Qin Mu assured the Mystic Turtle that he had planned his reincarnation and asked what he thought of the Human Race.
• Qin Mu proposed that the Mystic Turtle reincarnate as Xuanyuan, the Human Race’s Third Emperor.
• The Mystic Turtle questioned whether the Saints would permit it, but Qin Mu argued that destiny could be changed by the strong.