Chapter Summaries

Qin Mu watched Donghuang Taiyi’s Chaos Bell overwhelm the Purple Mansion army and resolved to surpass him, confident that his cultivation path lay beyond the Heavenly Dao’s limits. East King Duke confronted Donghuang Taiyi but was driven back, and Yao Emperor Dijun arrived to join the fight.

• Qin Mu admired the Chaos Bell’s power and vowed to surpass Donghuang Taiyi while he waited for Nuwa to emerge from seclusion.
• Donghuang Taiyi used the Chaos Bell to slaughter Purple Mansion Immortal Soldiers and drive their army back across the battlefield.
• East King Duke attacked Donghuang Taiyi with his Dragon Head Crutch, empowered by Purple Mansion Fortune, and briefly matched the Chaos Bell.
• Donghuang Taiyi sent East King Duke flying with the Chaos Bell’s sound waves.
• Yao Emperor Dijun arrived with River Diagram and Luo Book and joined Donghuang Taiyi against East King Duke.

East King Duke fled from Dijun and Donghuang Taiyi to free a mysterious being bound by Heavenly Dao Chains, using the Purple Mansion’s remaining fortune to loosen the seal. The being turned on him, revealing that the seal required the Lord of Destiny/Fortune to sacrifice his life.

• Dijun and Donghuang Taiyi struck East King Duke together, badly injuring him but failing to kill him.
• East King Duke fled into a hidden Small Heaven and Earth in Zifu Prefecture, and Dijun and Donghuang Taiyi pursued him.
• East King Duke used the Purple Mansion’s Fortune Golden Dragon to loosen the Heavenly Dao Chains binding the Mysterious Being.
• Dijun and Donghuang Taiyi realized East King Duke had lured them to the sealed being, whose aura and power shocked them.
• The Mysterious Being attacked East King Duke and revealed that breaking the seal required the Lord of Destiny/Fortune to give up his life.

The Mysterious Being killed East King Duke, then broke free from the Heavenly Dao Chains and revealed himself as the Demon Marshal. He overwhelmed Dijun and Donghuang Taiyi, and their battle spilled into the open as the Demon Marshal pursued them.

• The Mysterious Being pierced East King Duke, devoured his vital essence, and annihilated his primordial spirit.
• The Demon Marshal broke all nine Heavenly Dao Chains and revealed his wings and crimson eyes to Dijun and Donghuang Taiyi.
• The Demon Marshal's Chaos Sha Qi shattered Dijun and Donghuang Taiyi's defenses, and he knocked the Donghuang Bell from Donghuang Taiyi's control.
• The Demon Marshal burned through Dijun's starlight attack, wounded him, and sent the Donghuang Bell crashing into the sea as the Small Heaven and Earth shattered.
• Dijun and Donghuang Taiyi escaped outside, where the Demon Marshal pursued them and the assembled cultivators sensed his overwhelming pressure.

Demon Marshal Jidu overwhelmed the battlefield and nearly claimed the Donghuang Bell, shocking powerful figures across the Primordial Wilderness. Just as he attacked Donghuang Taiyi, a mysterious voice addressed him by name and asked whether he had had enough of being sealed.

• Powerful beings across the Primordial Wilderness sensed Jidu's aura, and he crushed their spying divine senses, even driving back the Saintly thoughts of Yuanshi and Tongtian.
• At Zixiao Palace, Hongjun recognized Jidu and left to intervene, while a gray-robed elder in the Chaos sensed his arrival and anticipated that another figure would appear.
• Jidu tried to claim the Donghuang Bell, but Donghuang Taiyi transformed into his Three-legged Golden Crow True Body and attacked him with Solar True Fire.
• Jidu snuffed out Donghuang Taiyi's flames with Chaos Sha Qi and wounded him, then resumed reaching for the bell.
• A voice rang across the Primordial World, called Jidu by name, and asked whether he had had enough of being sealed; Jidu trembled at the words.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun descended to stop Jidu after he attacked Dijun and Taiyi, but Luohu rescued Jidu before Hongjun could capture him. Hongjun departed, recognizing Luohu’s growing power and resolving to accelerate his efforts to merge with the Dao.

• Jidu attacked the wounded Dijun and Taiyi with Black Sha Qi, but Hongjun’s aura protected them.
• Hongjun appeared in Zifu Prefecture, and the Demon Race, the Purple Mansion Immortals, and the Primordial World’s great experts bowed to him.
• Hongjun confronted Jidu over his return and sealed the space-time around him when he tried to flee.
• Hongjun formed a Chaos Spear and sent it toward Jidu, who cried out for Luohu to save him.
• Luohu reached through a rift, crushed Hongjun’s spear, and pulled Jidu into the Outer Realm Demon World.
• Hongjun decided to accelerate his efforts to merge with the Dao and departed as the battle ended.

After the Purple Mansion Immortal Court fell, Nuwa emerged from ten thousand years of seclusion having understood the path to Sainthood. With Qin Mu’s guidance and the Innate Gourd Vine, she created the Human Race, and immense merit gathered around her.

• Dijun announced East King Duke’s death and offered the surviving Purple Mansion Immortals a choice between surrendering to the Demon Race and facing destruction.
• Hong Yun and Zhenyuanzi, Jieyin and Zhunti, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and Qin Mu reflected on the Demon Race’s victory and its consequences.
• After ten thousand years, Nuwa emerged from seclusion and told Qin Mu she had understood the Saintly Way.
• Nuwa shaped male and female clay beings from Nine Heavens Breathing Soil and Three Lights Divine Water, while Qin Mu advised her to balance yin and yang.
• Qin Mu gave Nuwa the Innate Gourd Vine, which she used to create the Human Race rapidly until it numbered one hundred and twenty thousand.
• The Human Race bowed to Nuwa as their Holy Mother, and a great surge of energy, thirty thousand miles of violet qi, and a vast Merit Golden Cloud appeared.

Nuwa created the Human Race at Kongtong Mountain and attained Sagehood with the Merit Golden Cloud. Qin Mu received half of the remaining Merit and took an unfinished purple-gold clay figure, while the Human Creation Whip formed from the Innate Gourd Vine.

• Purple Qi and a Saint's aura spread from Kongtong Mountain, prompting powerful beings across the Primordial Wilderness to speculate about who would become a Saint.
• Taishang, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Zhenyuanzi, Hong Yun, Dijun, Taiyi, Daoist Jieyin, Daoist Zhunti, Ancestor Minghe, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches sensed the coming Sagehood and considered its consequences.
• Nuwa appeared in the Ninth Heaven and declared that she would create a race called the Human Race.
• Merit descended upon Nuwa, and two-thirds of it helped her condense the Primordial Unity Dao Fruit and attain Sagehood.
• Half of the remaining Merit went to Qin Mu, while the other half transformed the Innate Gourd Vine into the Human Creation Whip.
• Qin Mu collected his Merit and took the unfinished purple-gold clay figure Nuwa had sculpted at the beginning.

Nuwa attained Sagehood by creating the Human Race, inspiring Taishang to seek his own path to Sagehood through them and giving the Demon Race a powerful protector. Before returning to Wa Huang Palace, Nuwa entrusted the Human Race to Qin Mu, gave him the Human Creation Whip, and shielded their lands for ten thousand years.

• Qin Mu prepared to form a Human Clone as the Human Race emerged, while Ancestor Minghe, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Taishang reacted to Nuwa's attainment of Sagehood.
• Taishang realized that his opportunity to attain Sagehood was connected to the Human Race and decided to descend the mountain to seek them.
• Dijun, Taiyi, Kunpeng, and the other Demon Race leaders celebrated Nuwa's Sagehood and anticipated ruling the Primordial Wilderness, while the Twelve Ancestral Witches worried about the threat to their clan.
• The 120,000 Human Race beings bowed to Nuwa, who entrusted them to Qin Mu and gave him the Merit Spiritual Treasure, the Human Creation Whip.
• Nuwa protected the Human Race's lands with a barrier that would last ten thousand years, then returned to Wa Huang Palace to stabilize her Saint realm.

Qin Mu summoned the Interception Sect disciples to Kongtong Mountain and entrusted them with protecting and teaching the newly created Human Race for ten thousand years. After they went to the Human settlement, he entered seclusion with the unfinished clay figure and Kongtong Seal to form his Human Clone.

• Qin Mu used a Gate of Space to summon San Xiao, Zhao Gongming, Golden Spirit Mother, and other Interception Sect disciples from Jin'ao Island.
• The disciples arrived at Kongtong Mountain, greeted Qin Mu, and saw the Human Race Nuwa had created.
• Qin Mu ordered the disciples to protect the Human Race for ten thousand years and teach them how to survive, and they agreed.
• Qin Mu told the disciples he would enter seclusion, so Zhao Gongming and the others went to the Human settlement while Bixiao reluctantly followed.
• Qin Mu sealed himself inside Kongtong Mountain, took out Nuwa's unfinished clay figure and the Kongtong Seal, and prepared to form his Human Clone.

After becoming a Saint, Nuwa told Dijun and Fuxi that the Heavenly Dao forbade her from interfering in the Demon Race’s affairs, though she could intervene once if the race faced extinction. She also announced that she would establish a Dao Field in Chaos in a thousand years, and Dijun planned to use the ceremony to display the Demon Race’s prestige.

• Dijun, Taiyi, Fuxi, and the Demon Race’s other leaders congratulated Nuwa on attaining Sagehood and held a celebration in Lingxiao Palace.
• After dismissing the gathered demons, Nuwa told Dijun and Fuxi that the Heavenly Dao had forbidden her from interfering in the Demon Race’s affairs.
• Nuwa said she could intervene once if the Demon Race faced extinction, easing Dijun’s initial alarm.
• Nuwa announced that she would leave the Heavenly Court and establish a Dao Field in Chaos in a thousand years because the court bore too much karma.
• Nuwa agreed to let the Demon Race hold a ceremony for her new Dao Field, and Dijun ordered invitations sent to the mighty figures of the Primordial Wilderness.

The great powers received invitations to witness Nuwa establish a Dao Field, while the Human Race grew rapidly and earned Heavenly Dao Merit through the Three Ancestors’ inventions. The Interception Sect disciples prospered from guiding humanity and wondered when Qin Mu would emerge from seclusion.

• The Demon Race invited the great powers, including Zhenyuanzi, Hong Yun, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Minghe, to witness Nuwa establish her Dao Field.
• Several hundred years passed, and the Human Race grew from 120,000 people to ten million as Merit continued to descend upon them.
• Suiren Shi discovered how to make fire, earned Heavenly Dao Merit, and was appointed to lead a Human Race branch.
• Youchao Shi learned to build huts and Ziyi Shi made clothes, earning Merit and becoming leaders of their respective tribes.
• The Interception Sect disciples gathered, celebrated their gains from guiding the Human Race, and discussed Bixiao’s admiration for Qin Mu and his seclusion.

After several hundred years of seclusion, Qin Mu broke through to the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm and created an independent Human Race clone named Huang Tian. He gave Huang Tian the Kongtong Seal and Human Emperor Art, then decided to leave the Human Race under its own care and return to Jin'ao Island with the Interception Sect disciples.

• Qin Mu absorbed the Merit he had gained from helping Nuwa and broke through to the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm.
• Qin Mu's Human Race clone awakened, named himself Huang Tian, and received the Kongtong Seal and Human Emperor Art from Qin Mu.
• Huang Tian set out for the Human Race while Qin Mu left his seclusion and met San Xiao, Zhao Gongming, and the other Interception Sect disciples.
• Qin Mu told the disciples they would return to Jin'ao Island, explaining that the Human Race's future was theirs to decide.

Qin Mu followed a system alert to the South Sea, where South Sea Dragon King Ao Run welcomed him into the Dragon Palace. He secretly collected a Large Red Packet from the hall, and the system asked whether he wanted to open it.

• Qin Mu left San Xiao and the other Interception Sect disciples and flew alone to the South Sea to investigate a Red Packet.
• Qin Mu arrived at the Dragon Palace, where shrimp soldiers reported his visit to Ao Run.
• Ao Run welcomed Qin Mu respectfully and led him into the Dragon Palace hall.
• Qin Mu collected the Red Packet floating above a Coral Platform as he passed it.
• The system informed Qin Mu that he had obtained a Large Red Packet and asked whether he wanted to open it.

Qin Mu visited Ao Run in the South Sea and investigated a mysterious disturbance behind an Innate Formation. Meanwhile, his Human Clone Huang Tian defeated the three Human Progenitors, declared himself Human Emperor, and began planning a cultivation method for humanity.

• Qin Mu told Ao Run he might help restore the Dragon Clan’s strength when the time was right.
• A disturbance shook the South Sea Dragon Palace, and Ao Run explained that its source lay behind a formation she could not penetrate.
• Qin Mu followed Ao Run to the seabed and began examining the Innate Formation around a mysterious stone gate with the Eye of Shattering Delusion.
• At Kongtong Mountain, Huang Tian challenged Suiren Shi, Youchao Shi, and Ziyi Shi, defeated them, and declared himself the Human Emperor.
• Human fortune raised Huang Tian’s cultivation to the Great Principle Golden Immortal realm, and he resolved to organize the Human Emperor Art into a cultivation method for the Human Race.

Taishang sought his path to sagehood through the Human Race, rescued Xuandu from a flood, and accepted him as a disciple while traveling among tribes to teach the Dao. Meanwhile, Qin Mu entered the South Sea formation and discovered a giant Mystic Turtle, suspecting it was the Sky-Supporting Black Tortoise.

• Taishang disguised himself as an old man and settled among the Human Race to observe them and seek a path to sagehood.
• Taishang saved Xuandu from a flash flood, accepted him as his disciple, and spent ten years traveling with him to teach the Dao to Human Tribes.
• Qin Mu told Ao Run he had understood the Innate Formation and entered it alone.
• Qin Mu found a mountain-sized Mystic Turtle whose shell bore the Zhou Tian Xing Dou and whose legs suppressed the four directions.
• Qin Mu suspected the turtle was the Sky-Supporting Black Tortoise, whose legs the Six Saints had determined could serve as pillars holding up the sky.

Qin Mu discovered that the Mystic Turtle caused the South Sea’s upheavals because it was sealed there by the Heavenly Dao. The Mystic Turtle offered him the Gold Spirit Pearl in exchange for help transforming, and Qin Mu left after learning he could not break the seal yet.

• The Mystic Turtle’s movement shook the surrounding void, and Qin Mu realized it caused the South Sea’s upheavals.
• The Mystic Turtle showed Qin Mu the Heavenly Dao chains binding its primordial spirit and explained that it could not transform or escape.
• The Mystic Turtle offered Qin Mu the Gold Spirit Pearl if he could help it transform, and Qin Mu promised to return when the time was right.
• Qin Mu tried to open a Gate of Space, but the Heavenly Dao seal destroyed it.
• Qin Mu told the Mystic Turtle he would return to take it away, then left.

Qin Mu left the South Sea after reinforcing the formation that contained a powerful being, promising Ao Run that the upheaval could be eased. On his way to Jin'ao Island, he intervened when Interception Sect disciples pursued a White-Robed Female Immortal and confronted their arrogant leader.

• Qin Mu told Ao Run that a powerful being was sealed inside the formation and reinforced it to ease the South Sea's upheaval.
• Qin Mu declined Ao Run's invitation to stay and flew away toward Jin'ao Island.
• Qin Mu spotted a White-Robed Female Immortal fleeing several Interception Sect disciples and stepped in to protect her.
• The Horse-Faced Daoist threatened Qin Mu and invoked the Interception Sect's sect master, but Qin Mu's Quasi-Saint Pressure forced the disciples to their knees.
• Qin Mu slapped the Horse-Faced Daoist from a distance, knocking out all his teeth.

Qin Mu stopped Interception Sect disciples from capturing female immortals and learned they had acted on Chang'er Dingguang Xian’s orders. He brought the victims and the disciples to Jin'ao Island, where he confronted Zhao Gongming about his management of the outer disciples.

• Qin Mu struck the Horse-Faced Daoist and revealed that he was the Interception Sect’s Senior Brother.
• The White-Robed Female Immortal told Qin Mu that Chang'er Dingguang Xian had ordered disciples to capture female immortals for cultivation.
• The Horse-Faced Daoist and the other disciples admitted they had followed Chang'er Dingguang Xian’s orders.
• Qin Mu promised the White-Robed Female Immortal that the Interception Sect would deliver justice and took everyone to Jin'ao Island.
• Qin Mu summoned Zhao Gongming and rebuked him for how he managed the outer disciples.

Qin Mu summoned the Interception Sect’s disciples to Biyou Palace after learning of Chang'er Dingguang Xian’s crimes. As the gathered immortals awaited his announcement, Qin Mu singled out Chang'er Dingguang Xian with a cold glance.

• Qin Mu told Zhao Gongming about the White-Robed Female Immortal and ordered him to summon the Interception Sect’s disciples.
• Zhao Gongming rang the Golden Bell, drawing disciples from across Jin'ao Island and the East Sea to Biyou Palace.
• Chang'er Dingguang Xian emerged from seclusion after cultivating the Joyful Method by draining the vital essence of female immortals.
• Zhao Gongming found Chang'er Dingguang Xian and escorted him to Biyou Palace without revealing why Qin Mu had summoned him.
• Qin Mu arrived before tens of thousands of gathered disciples and announced that he had called them together to share several important matters.

Qin Mu exposed Chang'er Dingguang Xian for abducting female immortals and draining their vital essence through forced dual cultivation. He destroyed Chang'er's Three Flowers on the Crown and ordered Zhao Gongming to take him to guard the South Sea's Sea Eye for a hundred thousand years.

• Qin Mu summoned the Interception Sect disciples and singled out Chang'er Dingguang Xian, demanding to know what he had done wrong.
• Zhao Gongming brought forward a weakened female immortal and the outer sect disciples who had carried out Chang'er's orders.
• The female immortal and the outer sect disciples testified that Chang'er had captured female immortals and drained their vital essence to cultivate.
• Chang'er admitted guilt but challenged Qin Mu's authority to punish him because of his status as an attendant immortal to Tongtian.
• Qin Mu destroyed Chang'er's Three Flowers on the Crown and ordered Zhao Gongming to take him to the South Sea to guard its Sea Eye for a hundred thousand years.