Chapter Summaries

Qin Mu established strict rules for the Interception Sect, and the sect’s Fortune began to consolidate. Tongtian publicly backed Qin Mu’s authority, and Qin Mu decided to attend Nuwa’s Dao Field ceremony.

• Qin Mu announced rules against bullying and evil deeds and declared that every offender could be reported and punished, regardless of status.
• The Interception Sect’s scattered Fortune converged after Qin Mu reformed the sect, drawing Tongtian’s attention.
• Tongtian sent an avatar to the gathered disciples and declared that Qin Mu’s word was his word.
• Daoist Duobao told Qin Mu that the Demon Race had invited the Interception Sect to Nuwa’s Dao Field ceremony, and Qin Mu chose to go himself.

Huang Tian emerged from a century of seclusion with the Martial Dao, a cultivation method created for the Human Race, and taught its principles to the Three Ancestors. After learning that Taishang was preaching among human tribes, Huang Tian went to investigate, while Taishang sensed a powerful aura approaching.

• Qin Mu agreed to represent the Interception Sect at Nuwa Saint’s new Dao Field, and Duobao departed after asking him to make the journey.
• Huang Tian completed the Martial Dao, defeated Suiren Shi, Youchao Shi, and Ziyi Shi to become Human Sovereign, and entered seclusion to develop a cultivation method for the Human Race.
• Huang Tian summoned the Three Ancestors and gave them the Martial Dao True Explanation, which they quickly comprehended and used to reach Martial Dao Connecting to Divinity.
• Youchao Shi told Huang Tian that an old man was preaching among the human tribes, and Huang Tian suspected the preacher was Taishang and went to see him.
• Taishang preached the Golden Elixir Path to a human tribe and sensed a powerful aura approaching.

Huang Tian, the Human Emperor, discussed the Martial Dao with Taishang, who continued preaching among the Human Tribes with Xuandu. On Three Immortal Island, Qin Mu checked in, combined his Small Red Packets, and opened a Large Red Packet to obtain a Top-grade Dao Field.

• Huang Tian arrived among the Human Race, and Taishang was surprised by his Great Principle Golden Immortal cultivation and resemblance to Qin Mu.
• Taishang treated Huang Tian as an equal because of the Human Race's fortune and his own path to sainthood, and Huang Tian invited him to discuss the Dao.
• Huang Tian and Taishang discussed the Martial Dao and Golden Core Great Dao for several hundred years, gaining new insights.
• Huang Tian departed, while Taishang continued traveling among the Human Tribes and preaching the Dao with Xuandu.
• Qin Mu used his thousand-year check-in, combined ten Small Red Packets into a Medium Red Packet, and opened a Large Red Packet.
• The system awarded Qin Mu a Top-grade Dao Field.

Qin Mu left Three Immortal Island to claim the system’s top-grade Dao Field and discovered Penglai Immortal Island, where he obtained two powerful treasures. He then found a Heavenly Dao formation beneath the island and suspected it concealed another secret.

• Qin Mu reassured Bixiao that he wanted his own Dao Field for propriety, not because she and her sisters had neglected him, then left Three Immortal Island.
• Dijun and Donghuang Taiyi prepared the Demon Race Heavenly Court for Nuwa Saint’s upcoming Dao Field ceremony and invited prominent figures across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Qin Mu reached the East Sea, used his Eye of Shattering Delusion to break the formation concealing three immortal islands, and recognized them as Penglai Immortal Island.
• Qin Mu collected the Twelve-Grade World-Ending Black Lotus from the left island and the Primordial Quantity Heaven Ruler from the central island.
• Qin Mu discovered an Ancient Formation beneath the central island that bore the aura of the Heavenly Dao and wondered whether it sealed another secret.

Qin Mu discovered that a formation beneath Penglai Immortal Island imprisoned Candle Dragon, the Dragon Clan’s second strongest, and helped him enter. Candle Dragon learned from Qin Mu that the Dragon Clan had fallen into decline, while Qin Mu learned that the Ancestral Dragon had sealed Candle Dragon away.

• Qin Mu used the Eye of Shattering Delusion to find the formation’s weak point and broke inside with the help of the being trapped within.
• Qin Mu found a massive crimson Divine Dragon bound by chains and recognized him as Candle Dragon.
• Candle Dragon confirmed his identity and asked Qin Mu what had happened to the Dragon Clan.
• Candle Dragon explained that the Ancestral Dragon had sealed him away, leaving him unaware of events in the Great Desolation World.
• Qin Mu recounted the Dragon-Han Tribulation, the deaths of the Ancestral Dragon, Yuanfeng, and First Kirin, and the Dragon Clan’s retreat to the Four Seas and dependence on the Demon Race’s Heavenly Court.

Qin Mu offered to free Candle Dragon with Saint Tongtian’s help in exchange for the Dragon Clan joining the Interception Sect and linking their Fortune. Candle Dragon accepted, and Qin Mu left to return to Jin'ao Island, promising to come back when the time was right.

• Candle Dragon learned that Luohu had schemed against the three clans and that the Dragon Clan had fallen into servitude under the Demon Race.
• Candle Dragon realized Ancestral Dragon had sealed him away to preserve hope for the Dragon Clan, though he could not break the seal himself.
• Qin Mu introduced himself as Saint Tongtian’s eldest disciple and offered to ask his master to free Candle Dragon.
• Qin Mu demanded that the Dragon Clan join the Interception Sect and link its Fortune in return for Candle Dragon’s release.
• Candle Dragon agreed, and Qin Mu departed for Jin'ao Island, where Daoist Duobao greeted him outside Biyou Palace.

Qin Mu accepted Duobao’s reminder and went to the Demon Race Heavenly Court to represent Tongtian at Nuwa Saint’s new Dao Field opening. He entered quietly, joining the gathering of renowned guests at Lingxiao Palace.

• Duobao reminded Qin Mu that Nuwa Saint would soon open her new Dao Field and that the Demon Race had invited the Primordial Land’s mighty figures.
• Qin Mu agreed to attend and flew from Jin'ao Island toward the Heavenly Court.
• Guangchengzi arrived on behalf of Yuanshi, followed by Ancestor Minghe, Zhenyuanzi and Ancestor Hong Yun, and Jieyin and Zhunti.
• Qin Mu presented an invitation bearing Tongtian’s name at the South Heaven Gate and announced that he had come to offer congratulations on his master’s behalf.
• The Demon King recognized Qin Mu as a distinguished disciple of the Interception Sect and let him enter, remarking afterward on how low-key he was.

Qin Mu and the gathered immortals witnessed Nuwa open a Dao Field in the chaotic void. A Seven-Colored Divine Phoenix became Nuwa’s mount, and she invited the immortals to hear her preach for three thousand years.

• Qin Mu arrived at the Lingxiao Treasure Hall and noticed that Guangchengzi still resented him.
• Dijun and Donghuang Taiyi arrived, welcomed the immortals, and led them out to greet Nuwa.
• Nuwa transported the gathered immortals to the chaotic void and used the Red Embroidered Ball to create a new world.
• A Seven-Colored Divine Phoenix asked to become Nuwa’s mount, and Nuwa accepted it.
• Nuwa completed her Dao Field, invited the immortals to enter, and announced that she would preach there for three thousand years.

Nuwa lectured the immortals on Creation, Rebirth, Karma, and Reincarnation, then rewarded Qin Mu with her Saint Attainment Insight after he reported that the Human Race was thriving. As Qin Mu went searching for a Red Packet, an auspicious sign arose over the Human Race, heralding the arrival of a new Saint.

• Nuwa spent three thousand years expounding the Dao of Creation and Rebirth, Karma, and Reincarnation to the immortals.
• After the lecture, Ling Zhuzi brought Qin Mu to Nuwa, who asked how the Human Race was faring.
• Qin Mu told Nuwa that the Human Race prospered through the Martial Dao and Taishang's Golden Elixir Great Dao, and Nuwa gave him her Saint Attainment Insight to repay her karmic debt.
• Qin Mu searched the Demon Race's Heavenly Court for a Red Packet, and the system detected one nearby.
• Qin Mu's clone, Human Emperor Huang Tian, had the Three Ancestors pass down the Martial Dao True Explanation, while those unable to cultivate it could pursue Taishang's Golden Elixir Path.
• A terrifying aura and auspicious signs spread from the Human Race's territory, and the great powers recognized that someone was about to become a Saint.

Taishang’s attempt to attain Sagehood by establishing the Humanity Teaching stalled because the Human Race’s Fortune belonged to Huang Tian, the Human Emperor. Taishang went to Kongtong Mountain to seek Huang Tian’s consent, but Huang Tian refused.

• Mighty figures across the Primordial Wilderness speculated that Taishang or another cultivator was about to attain Sagehood as purple qi filled the sky.
• The signs of Sainthood stopped, leaving the cultivators and Saints bewildered.
• Taishang learned from the Heavenly Dao that the Human Race’s Fortune had an owner and that establishing the Humanity Teaching without permission would bring backlash.
• Taishang went to Kongtong Mountain and met Huang Tian, who recognized that Taishang wanted to establish the Humanity Teaching.
• Huang Tian refused to approve Taishang’s plan to establish the Humanity Teaching and attain Sagehood.

Huang Tian made Taishang agree to establish the Humanity Teaching as a Protector Teaching of the Human Race in exchange for its Fortune. Taishang then declared the teaching established and attained Sagehood, leaving the Primordial Wilderness under his Saintly Might.

• Taishang offered the Human Race three Innate Spiritual Treasures and several disciples in exchange for its Fortune, but Huang Tian demanded that his teaching serve only as the Human Race's Protector Teaching.
• Huang Tian summoned the Kongtong Seal and the Fortune Golden Dragon, then set the condition that Taishang's teaching share the Human Race's fate without taking over as its master.
• Taishang accepted Huang Tian's condition, and Huang Tian sent a strand of the Human Race's Fortune into Taishang to resonate with his Primordial Violet Qi.
• Violet Qi surged across the sky as the Taiji Diagram unfurled and Xuanhuang Merit lifted Taishang into the heavens.
• Taishang declared the Golden Core Great Dao and established the Humanity Teaching as the Human Race's Protector Teaching, then unleashed terrifying Saintly Might across the Primordial Wilderness.

Qin Mu reflected on Taishang becoming the Human Race’s Protector Saint, while Taishang honored his agreement with Huang Tian and took three Human disciples to Shouyang Mountain. In the West, Jieyin and Zhunti invoked the damage from the Dao-Devil War to borrow Merit from the Heavenly Dao, leaving the Primordial Wilderness wondering if they would attain Sagehood.

• Qin Mu considered how Taishang’s new bond with the Human Race might affect Huang Tian, but believed any karmic consequences would fall on his independent clone.
• Taishang gave Huang Tian the three promised Innate Spiritual Treasures after attaining Sagehood through the Humanity Teaching.
• Huang Tian selected three talented members of the Human Race to become Taishang’s disciples, and Taishang departed with them and Xuandu for Shouyang Mountain.
• Jieyin and Zhunti agreed to seek Sagehood through Merit by borrowing from the Heavenly Dao, citing the Heavenly Dao’s role in the West’s devastation during the Dao-Devil War.
• Jieyin and Zhunti summoned the Western beings’ wishes, and Violet Qi appeared as the Heavenly Dao acknowledged its debt, prompting speculation that the two would become Saints.

Jieyin and Zhunti attained Sagehood by establishing the Western Teachings and borrowing Merit from the Heavenly Dao, leaving them with a vast debt to repay. Kunpeng, furious that Hong Yun’s offered cushion had cost him a chance to become a Saint, set out to seek help from Dijun.

• Jieyin and Zhunti established the Western Teachings and made forty-eight Great Vows, but the Heavenly Dao initially withheld Merit.
• Jieyin swore that the Western Teachings would repay the borrowed Merit over countless Tribulations of Calamity, and the Heavenly Dao granted Merit that made both brothers Saints.
• Jieyin and Zhunti celebrated their new power but acknowledged their debt, while powerful figures across the Primordial Wilderness wondered whether Hong Yun could become a Saint.
• Kunpeng blamed Hong Yun for giving up the cushion that Kunpeng believed would have secured his place among the Saints.
• Kunpeng decided to join Dijun’s Demon Race Heavenly Court, where Dijun had promised to make him Demon Teacher and help him take revenge, and flew toward the heavens.

Hong Yun planned to leave Wuzhuang Temple to seek a chance at Sagehood, while Kunpeng recruited the Four Yao Gods to help him target Hong Yun. Qin Mu followed a dropped Red Packet to the Taiyin Star, where a wary girl confronted him at Guanghan Palace.

• Hong Yun told Zhenyuanzi he would leave Wuzhuang Temple if he failed to understand the Dao within a hundred years, despite Zhenyuanzi warning him that others would covet his Primordial Violet Qi.
• Kunpeng reminded Dijun of his promise to help him avenge himself on Hong Yun, and Dijun ordered the Four Yao Gods to follow Kunpeng's commands.
• Kunpeng left the Demon Race Heavenly Court with the Four Yao Gods to wait outside Wuzhuang Temple for Hong Yun.
• Qin Mu followed the system's directions to a dropped Red Packet and arrived at Guanghan Palace on the Taiyin Star.
• A girl with the cultivation of a Great Principle Golden Immortal challenged Qin Mu, and he introduced himself as a disciple of the Interception Sect who had wandered into her Dao Field by accident.

Qin Mu met Xi He and Chang Xi at Guanghan Palace and collected a Large Red Packet, which he combined with nine others to obtain Primordial Violet Qi. He decided to save the rare reward for a member of the Interception Sect, then sat with the sisters to drink immortal wine.

• Chang Xi approached Qin Mu after learning he was a disciple of Saint Tongtian, and Xi He arrived to introduce herself and her younger sister.
• Qin Mu praised Xi He's beauty, then complimented Chang Xi after she demanded to know whether he thought she was pretty too.
• Xi He and Chang Xi led Qin Mu into Guanghan Palace, where he collected a Large Red Packet from the main hall.
• Qin Mu combined ten Large Red Packets into an Extra-Large Red Packet and received a strand of Primordial Violet Qi.
• Qin Mu decided to save the Primordial Violet Qi for a member of the Interception Sect, then joined Xi He and Chang Xi for immortal wine.

Huang Tian learned that a severe drought was devastating the Human Race and went to the East Sea to seek the Dragon Clan’s help. Ao Guang welcomed him after Huang Tian suggested their cooperation could earn Merit and reduce the Dragon Clan’s karmic burden.

• A Human Race leader told Huang Tian that drought had lowered the water levels in thirty-six major river basins and threatened many lives.
• Huang Tian decided to ask the Dragon Clan for help and traveled to the East Sea.
• A Shrimp Soldier announced Huang Tian’s arrival to Ao Guang, who hurried out to greet the Human Emperor.
• Huang Tian told Ao Guang that he had come to discuss a matter that could bring Merit to the Four Seas Dragon Clan and reduce its karmic burden.

Huang Tian persuaded Ao Guang and the Four Seas Dragon Kings to bring rain to drought-stricken Human Race lands, earning Merit that could lessen the Dragon Clan’s karmic burden. As the rain fell, people and powerful beings across the Primordial Wilderness noticed the unexpected alliance.

• Huang Tian asked Ao Guang’s Dragon Clan to bring rain to drought-stricken areas of the Human Race, explaining that the resulting Merit could reduce their karmic burden.
• Ao Guang accepted Huang Tian’s proposal and discussed the rainmaking plans with him before Huang Tian departed.
• Ao Guang summoned Ao Run, Ao Qin, and Ao Shun, and the Four Seas Dragon Kings agreed to divide the drought-stricken areas among their clans.
• The Dragon Clan summoned clouds and brought rain over the Human Race’s parched lands, delighting the people who saw dragon silhouettes in the clouds.
• Powerful beings in the Primordial Wilderness noticed the Dragon Clan helping the Human Race and wondered why the two had joined forces.

After a century at Wuzhuang Temple, Hong Yun set out to seek his chance at Sainthood, but Kunpeng and four Demon Race Quasi-Saints ambushed him and demanded his Primordial Violet Qi. Hong Yun refused, and the six Quasi-Saints began a fierce battle.

• Hong Yun told Zhenyuanzi he was leaving Wuzhuang Temple to travel the Primordial Land in search of a path to Sainthood.
• Kunpeng, Ji Meng, Bai Ze, Ying Zhao, and Fei Lian followed Hong Yun after he departed.
• Hong Yun decided to visit the Human Race’s lands, unaware that the Demon Race group was pursuing him.
• Kunpeng and the four Quasi-Saints ambushed Hong Yun, and he offered Kunpeng the Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd to settle their grudge.
• Kunpeng demanded Hong Yun’s Primordial Violet Qi, but Hong Yun refused, and the six Quasi-Saints clashed in a devastating battle.

Kunpeng and four Demon Race Quasi-Saints attacked Hong Yun to seize his Primordial Violet Qi, leaving him injured and near defeat. Zhenyuanzi arrived just in time to shield Hong Yun with the Earth Book.

• Powerful beings across the Primordial Wilderness learned that Kunpeng and four Demon Race Quasi-Saints had surrounded Hong Yun, and Zhenyuanzi rushed from Wuzhuang Temple to help his sworn brother.
• Qin Mu watched from the Taiyin Star, reflected that Kunpeng’s attack would fail to secure Hong Yun’s Primordial Violet Qi, and considered giving his own to an Interception Sect disciple.
• Kunpeng struck Hong Yun with the Demon Master Palace, then demanded that Hong Yun hand over the Primordial Violet Qi in exchange for his life.
• Hong Yun refused, and Kunpeng, Ji Meng, and the other three Quasi-Saints launched a combined attack that left Hong Yun fearing for his life.
• Zhenyuanzi’s Earth Book appeared above Hong Yun and blocked the attack, and Zhenyuanzi reached his sworn brother’s side.

Kunpeng and Ji Meng pressed their attack on the wounded Hong Yun while Zhenyuanzi fought to reach him. Donghuang Taiyi arrived and restrained Zhenyuanzi, leaving Hong Yun facing Kunpeng’s killing blow as he chose to self-destruct.

• Zhenyuanzi arrived to aid Hong Yun, prompting Kunpeng to order Bai Ze, Ying Zhao, and Fei Lian to hold him back while he and Ji Meng attacked Hong Yun.
• Zhenyuanzi shattered the Demon Race’s formation and drove the three Quasi-Saints back, but they repeatedly blocked him from reaching Hong Yun.
• Ji Meng pierced Hong Yun’s shoulder with his water-dividing spear, and Hong Yun refused Kunpeng’s demand to surrender the Violet Qi.
• Zhenyuanzi overwhelmed Bai Ze, Ying Zhao, and Fei Lian, but Donghuang Taiyi arrived and used the Donghuang Bell to restrain him.
• Kunpeng hurled the Heavenly Desolation Halberd at the exhausted Hong Yun, who summoned his good and evil corpses and began to self-destruct.