Chapter Summaries

Huang Tian visited Taishang Saint at Shouyang Mountain to seek support for the Human Race's plan to strip Nuwa of her status as its Holy Mother. Taishang was shocked by the proposal and hesitated to become involved.

• After the Human-Yao War, Huang Tian discussed removing Nuwa's Holy Mother status with the Human Race's leaders, who agreed, and then went to Shouyang Mountain to seek Taishang's support.
• Xuandu brought Huang Tian to Eight Sceneries Palace, where Taishang received him.
• Huang Tian thanked Taishang for sending an avatar to aid the Human Race against Dijun during the war.
• Huang Tian told Taishang that the Human Race wanted to strip Nuwa of her Fortune and stop honoring her as its Holy Mother because she had not protected them from the Demon Race.
• Taishang warned Huang Tian that Nuwa might not accept the decision, and Huang Tian asked him to support the Human Race; Taishang hesitated.

Qin Mu visited Taishang at Shouyang Mountain to secure his support for removing Nuwa as Holy Mother of the Human Race, and Taishang agreed after Qin Mu pledged the Interception Sect's backing. Back at the Human Ancestral Land, Qin Mu told Huang Tian he would delay the announcement and revealed his plan to forge a new Saint for the Human Race.

• Xuandu informed Taishang that Qin Mu had come to request an audience.
• Qin Mu met Taishang, whose inspection revealed that Qin Mu had reached the Sub-Saint realm.
• Qin Mu asked Taishang to support removing Nuwa as Holy Mother of the Human Race and promised the Interception Sect would lend its support.
• Taishang agreed to back Nuwa's removal, and Qin Mu and Huang Tian thanked him before leaving for the Human Ancestral Land.
• Huang Tian asked when they would announce their decision, but Qin Mu said he first needed to inform Tongtian and take care of other matters.
• Qin Mu told Huang Tian that he planned to forge a new Saint for the Human Race.

Qin Mu and Huang Tian went to Wuzhuang Temple to discuss making Zhenyuanzi a Saint of the Human Race, with Qin Mu planning to offer Primordial Violet Qi and use the chance to reincarnate Hong Yun’s remnant soul as persuasion. The chapter ended as Huang Tian began raising an important matter with Zhenyuanzi.

• Qin Mu told Huang Tian that he intended to give Zhenyuanzi Primordial Violet Qi and make him the Human Race’s new Saint.
• Qin Mu explained that Zhenyuanzi’s loyalty, connection to the earth, and strength made him a suitable candidate, and that he could offer to send Hong Yun’s remnant soul into reincarnation.
• Qin Mu and Huang Tian traveled to Wuzhuang Temple, where Zhenyuanzi welcomed them.
• Huang Tian thanked Zhenyuanzi for aiding the Human Race during the battle against the Demon Race.
• Zhenyuanzi considered asking Qin Mu to help bring Hong Yun back, then Huang Tian said he had an important matter to discuss with him.

Huang Tian and Qin Mu invited Zhenyuanzi to replace Nuwa as the Human Race’s Holy Mother and offered him the Primordial Violet Qi so he could attain Sagehood. Zhenyuanzi asked Qin Mu to revive Hong Yun in return, and vowed to protect the Human Race even at the cost of his life if Qin Mu agreed.

• Huang Tian told Zhenyuanzi that the Human Race planned to strip Nuwa of her Holy Mother title and reclaim the Fortune offerings it had given her.
• Huang Tian invited Zhenyuanzi to become the Human Race’s new Saint, and Qin Mu confirmed that Taishang Saint and his own master supported the plan.
• Qin Mu produced Primordial Violet Qi, which Zhenyuanzi recognized as the wisp that had belonged to Hong Yun.
• Zhenyuanzi asked Qin Mu why he did not use the Violet Qi himself, and Qin Mu explained that he intended to attain the Dao through strength.
• Zhenyuanzi asked Qin Mu to revive Hong Yun and promised to protect the Human Race with his life if Qin Mu granted his request.

Qin Mu secured Zhenyuanzi's commitment to the Human Race by offering to guide Hong Yun's remnant True Spirit into reincarnation, then returned to Penglai Immortal Island to discuss his plans with Tongtian. Tongtian supported abolishing Nuwa's position as Holy Mother but questioned Qin Mu's plan for Zhenyuanzi.

• Qin Mu told Zhenyuanzi he could not directly revive Hong Yun, but could guide Hong Yun's True Spirit imprint into reincarnation among the Human Race.
• Zhenyuanzi agreed to join the Human Race and vowed to protect it, while Qin Mu and Huang Tian parted ways after leaving Wuzhuang Temple.
• Qin Mu returned to Penglai Immortal Island, greeted Duobao, and encouraged him to cultivate while promising to arrange his path to Sagehood.
• Qin Mu met Tongtian at Biyou Palace and explained the plan to abolish Nuwa's position as Holy Mother and nurture Zhenyuanzi into a Human Race Saint.
• Tongtian supported removing Nuwa's title but asked Qin Mu to reconsider Zhenyuanzi's situation.

Qin Mu learned that Kong Xuan was in danger in the Western Lands and rushed to his aid after Zhunti's incarnation attacked him over a giant egg. Kong Xuan remained gravely wounded but protected the egg and warned Zhunti that Qin Mu had been summoned.

• Tongtian supported Qin Mu's decision to pursue Attaining the Dao Through Strength rather than use Primordial Violet Qi.
• Qin Mu received Kong Xuan's distress signal and hurried from Biyou Palace to the Western Lands.
• Kong Xuan explained that he had found an unhatched egg belonging to his unborn little brother, but Zhunti's incarnation claimed it for the Western Teachings.
• Zhunti's incarnation struck Kong Xuan with a golden Buddha hand, sending him crashing into a mountain.
• Kong Xuan rose from the rubble still holding the egg and warned Zhunti that he had summoned Qin Mu.

Zhunti's avatar overwhelmed Kong Xuan with the Buddha Kingdom in Palm and tried to convert him, but Qin Mu arrived in time to shatter the Buddha Kingdom. Qin Mu confronted Zhunti and declared that he would destroy the Saint's avatar.

• Zhunti grew furious when Kong Xuan invoked Qin Mu's name and attacked him with the Buddha Kingdom in Palm.
• Kong Xuan's Five-Colored Divine Light failed to stop Zhunti's attack, and he was trapped beneath the Buddha light while Zhunti tried to convert him.
• Qin Mu arrived after hearing Kong Xuan's call for help and shattered the Buddha Kingdom with a sword strike.
• Qin Mu rebuked Zhunti for attacking his mount, and Zhunti threatened to teach him a lesson.
• Qin Mu declared that he would destroy Zhunti's Saint avatar, shocking Kong Xuan.

Qin Mu revealed his Sub-Saint strength and fought Saint Zhunti’s incarnation in the Western Lands, overwhelming the incarnation’s powerful attack. Powerful figures across the Primordial Wilderness watched the clash, while Dijun expected Qin Mu to be humbled.

• Zhunti’s incarnation mocked Qin Mu’s claim that he could slay a Saint and prepared to attack him.
• Qin Mu unleashed an aura that revealed he had reached the Sub-Saint realm, surprising Zhunti’s incarnation.
• Zhunti’s incarnation used Five-Finger Heaven and Earth, but Qin Mu split the attack apart with One Sword to Open Heaven.
• The clash devastated mountains and rivers across the Western Lands and drew the attention of powerful figures throughout the Primordial Wilderness.
• Dijun and the Demon Race’s high-ranking members observed the battle, and Dijun dismissed Qin Mu’s chances against a Saint’s incarnation.

Demon Race leaders and several powerful figures across the Primordial Wilderness reacted to Qin Mu fighting Saint Zhunti’s incarnation, weighing his Sub-Saint cultivation and powerful allies against the danger. Zhunti’s true self remained confident his incarnation would teach Qin Mu a lesson, while Xi He silently prayed for Qin Mu’s safety.

• Demon Teacher Kunpeng warned Donghuang Taiyi and the other Demon Race leaders that Qin Mu was a Sub-Saint with Saint Tongtian’s protection and control of the Underworld.
• Zhenyuanzi, Yuanshi, and Taishang sensed Qin Mu’s battle; Zhenyuanzi trusted that Qin Mu would be safe, while Yuanshi hoped Zhunti would punish him and Taishang noted his troublemaking.
• Tongtian prepared the Immortal-Slaying Four Swords and warned Zhunti not to fight Qin Mu with his true self.
• Yin Tianzi, the Underworld leaders, Chang Xi, Xi He, and Ancestor Minghe reacted with concern or curiosity about Qin Mu’s fight.
• Zhunti angrily dismissed Qin Mu’s strength, and Jieyin reassured him that his incarnation could handle a Sub-Saint; Zhunti agreed to let it teach Qin Mu a lesson.

Qin Mu resisted Zhunti's avatar's Buddhist Kingdom and shattered much of it with the Grass Character Sword Art. As Zhunti's avatar summoned the Three Heavens of Buddhism to crush him, Qin Mu's aura shifted into an ancient, chaotic innate origin.

• Zhunti's avatar summoned the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree and used it to draw on the Western Lands' spiritual ley lines.
• Zhunti's avatar manifested a Buddha Kingdom and tried to convert Qin Mu with its chants, but Qin Mu's will remained unmoved.
• Qin Mu declared that he would slay a Saint with his Sub-Saint body and attacked with four forms of the Grass Character Sword Art, shattering many Buddha statues.
• Zhunti's avatar rebuilt the Buddha Kingdom and summoned the Three Heavens of Buddhism to suppress Qin Mu.
• As the Three Heavens of Buddhism descended, Qin Mu's aura transformed into an ancient, chaotic aura of innate origin.

Qin Mu revealed his true form as an Innate Chaos Green Lotus Sword Leaf and shattered Zhunti's avatar's Threefold Buddha Heavens, severely wounding him. As Zhunti claimed he could not be killed, Qin Mu summoned the Innate Supreme Treasure Sacred Spirit Pearl, leaving Zhunti and the onlookers shocked.

• Qin Mu transformed into his Innate Chaos Green Lotus Sword Leaf true form, stunning the watching figures of the Primordial Wilderness.
• Qin Mu unleashed a sword arc that destroyed Zhunti's Threefold Buddha Heavens and struck Zhunti's avatar.
• Zhunti's avatar summoned the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree and protective Buddha-light, but Qin Mu's sword arc severely wounded him.
• Zhunti's avatar sealed his wound and declared himself immortal while the Heavenly Dao endured, and Qin Mu responded with a cold laugh.
• Qin Mu summoned the Sacred Spirit Pearl, revealing an Innate Supreme Treasure and shocking Zhunti's avatar and the watching figures.

Qin Mu revealed an Innate Supreme Treasure and used it to isolate Zhunti's incarnation from the Primordial World and its true self, leaving him vulnerable to annihilation. Zhunti rushed to intervene, but Tongtian blocked his path.

• Taishang, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Jieyin, and Zhunti were shocked to learn that Qin Mu possessed an Innate Supreme Treasure.
• Qin Mu activated the Sacred Spirit Pearl and transformed the area around Zhunti's incarnation into primordial Chaos, severing its connection to Zhunti's true self.
• Observers outside the Chaos space lost their ability to sense Qin Mu and the incarnation, while Zhunti realized Qin Mu meant to destroy it.
• Zhunti rushed toward Qin Mu to stop him, but Tongtian appeared and barred his way.
• Tongtian told Zhunti that the clash was between a junior and an incarnation and that the Saints should not interfere.

Qin Mu destroyed Zhunti’s clone with his newly forged Grass Sword while Tongtian prevented Zhunti’s true body from intervening. The clone’s death shook the Great Desolation World and revealed that even Saints’ avatars could be destroyed.

• Tongtian blocked Zhunti with the Immortal-Slaying Four Swords and refused to let him reach Qin Mu.
• Zhunti’s clone pleaded with Qin Mu to let him leave, but Qin Mu refused and drew his Grass Sword.
• Qin Mu unleashed the Heaven-Opening Sword, shattering Zhunti’s golden body and erasing his clone and primordial spirit.
• Heaven and Earth mourned the clone’s destruction with blood rain, shocking the mighty figures of the Primordial Wilderness.

Qin Mu returned after slaying Zhunti's clone, leaving Zhunti injured and enraged while Tongtian protected his disciple from further retaliation. Qin Mu and Kong Xuan returned to Penglai, where Kong Xuan introduced the giant egg as his younger brother.

• Qin Mu put away the Sacred Spirit Pearl and returned from the Chaos Void after slaying Zhunti's clone, astonishing Kong Xuan and powerful beings across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Zhunti prepared to confront Qin Mu, but Tongtian threatened him with the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and warned that he would intervene if Zhunti's true body attacked.
• Daoist Jieyin arrived and persuaded Zhunti to leave with him rather than continue the confrontation.
• Tongtian reassured Qin Mu that he would protect him, and Qin Mu suspected his master had stopped Zhunti's true body from interfering.
• Qin Mu and Kong Xuan returned to Penglai Immortal Island, where Kong Xuan showed Qin Mu the giant egg and said it was his younger brother.

Qin Mu arranged for Duobao to take Kong Xuan’s younger brother as his disciple once the egg hatched, then spoke with Tongtian about the Sacred Spirit Pearl and received a warning to keep it safe. Zhunti returned to Mount Sumeru with Jieyin, still angry over the destruction of his incarnation.

• Qin Mu offered to find a master for Kong Xuan’s younger brother, and Kong Xuan eagerly agreed.
• Qin Mu arranged for Duobao to take the egg as his disciple after it hatched, and Duobao promised to teach him carefully.
• Qin Mu visited Tongtian and thanked him for holding Zhunti back during the fight.
• Qin Mu showed Tongtian the Sacred Spirit Pearl, and Tongtian examined it before warning Qin Mu to guard it and use it cautiously.
• Zhunti returned to Mount Sumeru with Jieyin, still seething over what had happened.

After Qin Mu destroyed Zhunti’s avatar, Zhunti wanted to complain to Hongjun, but Jieyin persuaded him to endure the humiliation and wait for a chance to retaliate. Years later, the Human Race began a mass migration to Kongtong Mountain, leaving the Witch and Demon Clans to wonder what major move was underway.

• Zhunti blamed Tongtian for his losses and decided to go to Zixiao Palace to complain to Hongjun.
• Jieyin stopped Zhunti, argued that Tongtian had not directly attacked and that Zhunti’s avatar had struck first, and urged him to wait and build strength.
• Many years later, members of the Human Race left their tribes and traveled with their families toward Kongtong Mountain.
• Dijiang and the Ancestral Witches discussed the migration, while Dijiang said it looked like something major was happening rather than preparations for war.
• Dijun questioned the Demon Race’s leaders about whether they had provoked the Human Race, and Donghuang Taiyi said they could crush the humans if they attacked.

The Human Race gathered at Kongtong Mountain, where Huang Tian appeared before them and drew the power of the Humanity Dao through their united allegiance. The chapter left the Human Race poised for its next move, while the saints and other powers watched with unease and curiosity.

• Taishang, Zhenyuanzi, and Tongtian recognized that the Human Race’s gathering signaled the coming effort to remove Nuwa as Holy Mother, while Jieyin and Zhunti chose to observe events.
• Nuwa sensed an inexplicable unease as she learned that the Human Race was gathering at Kongtong Mountain.
• Suiren Shi, Youchao Shi, and Ziyi Shi led the gathered Human Race in summoning Huang Tian, who emerged from the Human Emperor Hall.
• Huang Tian appeared before the assembly, and the Human Race’s worship drew immense Humanity Dao power to him.
• Dijun and Dijiang recognized that the Human Race’s unity surpassed that of the Demon and Witch Clans, and Huang Tian raised his hand to silence the crowd.

Huang Tian commemorated the Human Race members who died in the Human-Yao War, using the people’s collective faith to open the Ghost Gate Pass and let the fallen return briefly. The reunited living and dead proclaimed that the Human Race would prosper forever.

• Huang Tian showed the Human Race and the watching powers scenes of the brutal Human-Yao War, stirring grief and anger among the people and displeasure among the Demon Race.
• Huang Tian announced that his first matter was to honor the fallen heroes, then offered incense before the Xin Huo Ding on a white-jade altar.
• The Human Race’s shared convictions opened a rift to the Underworld and manifested the Ghost Gate Pass above Kongtong Mountain.
• The souls of the Human Race dead walked through the gate, and the living recognized their loved ones.
• The dead saluted Huang Tian, and the gathered Human Race shouted, “May the Human Race prosper forever!”

At Kongtong Mountain, Huang Tian honored the Human Race’s fallen heroes and then announced that the race would abolish Nuwa Saint’s status as its Holy Mother and cut off her share of its Fortune. His declaration shocked the Primordial Wilderness and left the Ancestral Witches fearing Nuwa’s response.

• The Human Race gathered at Kongtong Mountain to honor its heroic spirits, and the spirits vanished as the Underworld gates closed.
• Huang Tian showed scenes of Nuwa creating humanity, Taishang teaching it, the Three Ancestors guiding it, and Huang Tian leading it through hardship and war.
• Huang Tian announced that the Human Race would strip Nuwa Saint of her Holy Mother position and all Fortune and offerings it gave her.
• The mighty figures of the Primordial Wilderness reacted with disbelief, recognizing that the Human tribes had gathered in support of Huang Tian’s decision.
• Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches worried that Nuwa Saint might retaliate against the Human Race.

Huang Tian’s decision to strip Nuwa of her title as Holy Mother of the Human Race enraged Nuwa and drew the attention of the Demon Race and several Saints. Nuwa appeared at Kongtong Mountain and confronted Huang Tian, insisting that the Human Race owed its existence and Fortune to her.

• Dijun and the Demon Race’s leaders condemned Huang Tian’s decision, but Dijun expected Nuwa to punish the Human Race herself.
• Taishang, Tongtian, Jieyin, and Zhunti watched the crisis unfold, with Tongtian prepared to protect the Human Race if Nuwa attacked.
• Nuwa’s Saintly pressure descended over the Human Ancestral Land, bearing down on the Human Race as its people stood defiant.
• Nuwa appeared at Kongtong Mountain and demanded to know whether Huang Tian understood what he was saying.
• Nuwa claimed that creating the Human Race entitled her to its Fortune and called its people ungrateful, asking what they would be without her.