Chapter Summaries

Su Miao used her Spiritual Treasures, Merit Golden Wheel, and Tongtian’s Sword Talisman to force Kunpeng to abandon his attack on the Duo'e Boat. After ensuring he had fled, she led the Human Race toward Mount Tai, hoping to avoid further trouble.

• Kunpeng overwhelmed Su Miao with attacks until she revealed her Merit Golden Wheel and made him hesitate.
• Su Miao threatened Kunpeng with Tongtian’s Sword Talisman and warned him against fighting her, Miao Heng, and Kunlun to the death.
• Kunpeng weighed the risks of Heavenly Dao Karmic Debt and the Three Pure Ones, then fled into the void.
• Su Miao searched the surrounding area, put away the Sword Talisman, and reassured the Human Race, who cheered for their Saint Master.
• Su Miao ordered the Human Race to regulate their breathing and hurried the concealed Duo'e Boat toward Mount Tai.

Su Miao brought the Human Race to Mount Tai, established their settlement, and set rules for them to grow stronger during Nuwa's ten-thousand-year decree. After arranging Farm Teachings disciples to guard and teach them, she returned to the Yaoguang Realm to rest.

• Su Miao welcomed the Human Race to Mount Tai and urged them to use Nuwa's decree to cultivate rather than depend on protection, explaining that Tribulation Transcendence and passing the Heart Questioning Array would grant entry to the Yaoguang Realm.
• The Human Race vowed to become strong, received Jade Slips from Su Miao, and began building a settlement and cultivating fields at the foot of the mountain under their captains' leadership.
• Su Miao returned to the Yaoguang Realm and posted a long-term task for Farm Teachings disciples to guard the settlement, teach cultivation, and help the Human Race adapt until Nuwa's decree ended.
• Farm Teachings disciples eagerly accepted the rotation duty, and Su Miao returned to her palace, took a Calming Spirit Pill, and decided to relax in a hot spring.

Muhe and the Lushu Chief led Farm Teachings disciples to help the Human Race, only to find the humans already skilled at building and farming. Once the disciples discovered that teaching could earn Merit, they eagerly shared their knowledge, strengthening the bond between the humans and Farm Teachings as the Dragon and Phoenix races began noticing the Merit gathering around Mount Tai.

• Muhe and the Lushu Chief arrived at the human settlement with Farm Teachings disciples and found its people already building homes, managing fields, and organizing their work.
• Farm Teachings disciples discovered that their instruction on formations earned them Merit, prompting more disciples to seek teaching missions.
• A disciple created the Primitive Survival Beginner's Manual, which helped humans avoid dangers and improve irrigation; the resulting Merit aided the disciple's cultivation.
• Farm Teachings disciples volunteered to help the Human Race, and both groups grew more enthusiastic about learning and working together under Su Miao's guidance.
• The Dragon and Phoenix races noticed the frequent Merit descending around Mount Tai, while the weakened Kirin race remained withdrawn.

The Human Race built statues honoring Empress Nuwa and Saint Master Su Miao, and their gratitude gathered into pure Incense and Wish Power. Su Miao shaped it into a Wishing Pool and used its power to create better crop seeds and practical treasures, leaving the settlement thriving and her pool growing fuller.

• The Human Race erected statues of Empress Nuwa and Su Miao, and their gratitude and prayers gathered around them as wish power.
• Su Miao sensed the power in the Yaoguang Realm and formed a Wishing Pool to store it without taking on its karmic burden.
• Su Miao used the pool’s wish power to create improved grain and vegetable seeds, then sent them to Xuan or the Ziyi Clan for planting.
• The Human Race harvested crops that yielded several times more than wild varieties and sent a surge of gratitude toward the Wishing Pool.
• Su Miao crafted a Clear Spring Treasure Pearl and an Everlasting Lamp from wish power and materials, then sent them down the mountain for the Human Race to use.
• The Human Race’s reverence caused the Wishing Pool to grow fuller, and Su Miao sat beside it listening to their prayers.

Ao Qin visited Su Miao with lavish gifts to ask her to shelter Dragon race juniors in Farm Teachings, hoping they could earn Merit and escape Di Jun’s demands. Su Miao refused because the Dragon race carried overwhelming Karmic Debt, leaving Ao Qin disappointed and without a way forward.

• Ao Qin arrived at Yaoguang Realm with treasure and presented Su Miao with the Nine Dragon Agarwood Chariot.
• Ao Qin described Di Jun’s pressure on the Dragon race and begged Su Miao to accept some of its juniors into Farm Teachings.
• Ao Qin wept Dragon Tear Pearls, which Su Miao collected before hearing his request further.
• Su Miao used the Qi Observation Art and saw that Ao Qin and his attendants bore dense, terrifying Karmic Debt.
• Su Miao refused to accept Dragon race disciples because their Karmic Debt could endanger Farm Teachings and warned Ao Qin that pursuing Merit deliberately could backfire.
• Ao Qin accepted Su Miao’s refusal and lamented that the gifts, including the chariot, could no longer be given away.

Su Miao agreed to let Dragon race juniors seek entry into Farm Teachings if they passed her Heart Questioning Array and followed the sect’s rules. Three Little Dragons passed and became Outer Sect disciples, leaving Su Miao with hopes of putting their water-regulating talents to use.

• Su Miao set the terms for accepting Dragon race disciples: they had to pass the Heart Questioning Array, begin in the Outer Sect, and follow the rules while accumulating merit.
• Ao Qin accepted the terms, and Su Miao kept the Dragon race’s gifts, including the Nine Dragon Agarwood Chariot.
• Ao Qin sent a group of Dragon race juniors to the Foot of Mount Tai, where Muhe led them into the Heart Questioning Array.
• The array rejected most of the Little Dragons, but a Yellow Dragon youth, a White Dragon girl, and an Azure Dragon youth passed.
• Su Miao made the three successful candidates Outer Sect disciples and told Muhe to arrange their entry; Ao Qin left with the others, promising more gifts.

The Phoenix race decided to seek a path of survival for its promising descendants by building ties with the Farm Teachings and eventually asking Su Miao to accept Kong Xuan and the Golden-Winged Young Master. They sent gifts to Mount Tai to express goodwill, while Su Miao wondered what the Phoenix race was waiting for.

• The Phoenix race Elders discussed their Karmic Debt and feared that Di Jun and the Heavenly Court might threaten their clan, so they resolved to secure a retreat for their descendants through the Farm Teachings.
• The Elders decided to wait until Kong Xuan and the Golden-Winged Young Master could take human form, then bring generous gifts and ask Sect Master Miao Heng to accept them.
• The Elders sensed the extraordinary five-colored radiance of the newly hatched Kong Xuan and prepared to help both Young Masters face the Farm Teachings' Heart Questioning Array.
• A Phoenix race messenger delivered unique treasures to Muhe at Yaoguang Realm and conveyed the clan's goodwill without asking to see Su Miao.
• Su Miao examined the Phoenix race's gifts, wondered whether the Qilin would be next, and returned her attention to tending her plot.

Su Miao sent ten Mystic Immortal Farm Teachings disciples to The West with improved Spirit Planting seeds, where they helped Zhunti clear Earth Veins and earned Merit. Back at Farm Teachings, the three Little Dragons sought Contribution Points by sending treasures from their families, determined to reach the Inner Sect.

• Su Miao chose ten Mystic Immortal disciples to deliver Spirit Planting seeds to Spirit Mountain and gain experience repairing Earth Veins in The West.
• Zhunti welcomed the disciples to Spirit Mountain and guided them as they cleared Earth Veins, earning Merit for himself, the disciples, and Su Miao.
• The successful expedition inspired Farm Teachings disciples to cultivate harder, while the three Little Dragons grew envious of the team’s experience and Merit.
• The three Little Dragons took on sect tasks for Contribution Points, then Azure Dragon earned a larger reward by donating Water Spirit Jade Marrow and a Cultivation Method to the Treasure Vault.
• The three Little Dragons contacted Dragon Palace for resources, then exchanged the treasures it sent for Contribution Points and brought themselves closer to Inner Sect promotion.

Over a thousand years, the Human Race built a thriving city beneath Mount Tai and developed their skills while preparing successors for those who would challenge the Heart Questioning Array. Their devotion to Su Miao’s food offerings sparked a food-centered culture that shaped nearly every part of their civilization.

• The Human Race’s Tribulation Stage cultivators agreed to train successors and delay their ascent until the city’s duties were covered.
• Xuan passed the Heart Questioning Array and became the first Human Race member to enter Farm Teachings.
• The Human Race began offering food to Su Miao after mistakenly believing she had taken their first-harvest meal.
• Su Miao praised a woman’s soup, gave her cooking advice, and refined an Iron Essence wok, convincing the Human Race that she loved food.
• The Human Race pursued ingredients, refined cooking techniques, and redirected farming, animal husbandry, and artifact refining toward cuisine.
• Farm Teachings disciples shared advice about cooking their natural enemies, while food became the Human Race’s central pursuit and shaped its civilization.

The Human Race grew into a population of hundreds of millions under the protection of Su Miao and the Farm Teachings, while harmless experimental fruits became popular amusements. As the lands around Mount Tai grew crowded, the First Generation Sages gained Su Miao’s approval to lead a migration and begin the Human Race’s path toward self-strengthening.

• Human Race youths discovered that Su Miao’s failed Burp Spark Fruit made them burp sparks, and the Neon Light Bubble Flower also spread as a popular amusement.
• Over several thousand years, the Human Race grew from 129,600 people to hundreds of millions, and its cultivators, Farm Teachings members, and social structures multiplied.
• Xuan, Ziyi Clan, Suiren Clan, and the other First Generation Sages asked Su Miao for permission to settle lands beyond Mount Tai.
• Su Miao approved the migration and told the Human Race to proceed cautiously, support one another, and seek help if they faced danger beyond their abilities.
• The Sages announced the migration, a young man nearly set the Council Hall ablaze while celebrating, and the Human Race began preparations to move.

The Human Race prepared for and began migrating from Mount Tai, scouting safe destinations and sending groups into the Prehistoric World. As migrants recorded their discoveries and survival advice on Jade Slips, their travel notes spread and began forming the foundations of a remarkable book.

• The First Generation Sages mapped safe migration regions and dangerous territories, then sent scouting teams to verify routes and destinations.
• The Human Race spent several years preparing and dispatched voluntary migration parties led by experienced cultivators.
• The parties faced predators, blizzards, unfamiliar terrain, and other hazards as they traveled away from Mount Tai.
• Young migrants began recording mountains, plants, animals, and food discoveries on Blank Jade Slips, including warnings about Zhi and praise for a delicious fish.
• Travelogue Jade Slips spread among migration parties and back to the Ancestral Land, helping travelers navigate and avoid dangers while inspiring more detailed maps.

Su Miao established Farm Teachings’ Water Vein Department and sent Yellow Dragon, White Dragon, and Azure Dragon to stop floods at a Human Race settlement. Their success earned Merit, offered hope of easing the Dragon race’s Karmic Debt, and brought more water-management missions to the sect.

• Su Miao created the Water Vein Department and assigned the three Dragon race disciples to help the Human Race settlement by the Eastern River.
• Yellow Dragon, White Dragon, and Azure Dragon inspected the river and found blocked tributaries, a raised riverbed, sharp bends, and silt clogging the mouth.
• The three dragons and Farm Teachings disciples dredged and reshaped the river, reinforced its banks, and drove off a Water Python Sprite.
• After Azure Dragon moved the last obstructing boulder, the river flowed smoothly and Golden Light of Merit descended upon the workers, Su Miao, and the Human Race.
• Azure Dragon transformed and roared with excitement as the dragons sensed their Karmic Debt had been slightly offset, while the Human Race celebrated the end of the flooding.
• Elder Ao Qin sent generous gifts to Su Miao, and new Water Vein missions arrived as the department began patrolling rivers across the Prehistoric World.

Di Jun celebrated the news that Xihe and Changxi were pregnant and began planning for his heirs’ future authority. Meanwhile, Houtu secretly developed Nascent Soul cultivation among young Wu Race Great Witches, leaving her hopeful about their future strength against the Demon Clan.

• Di Jun announced Xihe and Changxi’s pregnancies, ordered three days of celebration, and planned how to secure the future crown prince’s authority.
• At Pangu Hall, the Ninth-Rank Pure World White Lotus purified accumulated Evil Qi and strengthened the Nascent Souls of newborn members of the Wu Race.
• Houtu trained a secret group of young Great Witches in a cultivation method combining Nascent Soul techniques with the Wu Race’s blood and vitality.
• A Great Witch accidentally sent a stone axe flying toward a meditating companion, who smashed it with one punch before warning him to be careful.
• Houtu continued the secret training and looked forward to seeing how Di Jun would react when the Wu Race’s new warriors grew stronger.

After nearly eight thousand years guiding the Human Race, Su Miao prepared to leave Mount Tai and return to Kunlun with the Three Pure Ones. As she departed, an immense reward of Human Dao Merit formed a second Golden Wheel behind her, and she flew away amid the Human Race’s farewells.

• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian arrived at Mount Tai, and Su Miao greeted them excitedly before agreeing to return to Kunlun after settling affairs below.
• Su Miao told the Human Race that she was leaving and entrusted the Farm Teachings to Muhe, Xuan, and the other disciples.
• Su Miao comforted the crying children, gave them Sugar Beans, and promised she would return to her Dao Field.
• As Su Miao departed, a vast surge of Human Dao Merit entered her and formed a second Merit Golden Wheel beside her Heavenly Dao Golden Wheel.
• Tongtian gathered Su Miao into his arms, and the Three Pure Ones carried her away from Mount Tai as the Human Race bid her farewell.

On the way to Kunlun, Su Miao reunited with Tongtian and recounted the burdens and troubles of raising the Human Race. Tongtian abandoned his sudden idea of taking disciples after Su Miao pointed out all the responsibilities he had failed to prepare for, and she settled down to rest in Yuanshi’s arms.

• Tongtian held Su Miao as she complained about teaching the Human Race and Kunpeng’s attempt to bully her and steal her treasure.
• Tongtian promised to help Su Miao confront Kunpeng and suggested that he take disciples to bring more life to Kunlun Mountain.
• Su Miao challenged Tongtian about his lack of preparations for disciples, and Yuanshi agreed that taking disciples required responsibility.
• Su Miao evaded Tongtian’s attempt to ruffle her hair by using her Merit Golden Wheels and settling into Yuanshi’s arms.
• Su Miao suggested Tongtian take capable Farm Teachings candidates as disciples after she graduated, and Tongtian dropped the idea for now.
• Exhausted, Su Miao began to fall asleep in Yuanshi’s arms as the Auspicious Cloud continued toward Kunlun.

Su Miao returned to Kunlun Mountain with treasures gifted by the Dragon and Phoenix races, shared them with her masters and fellow disciples, and settled into life on the mountain. As Laozi and Yuanshi entered seclusion, Tongtian tested Su Miao’s swordsmanship and praised her growing skill while still criticizing her form.

• Su Miao arrived at Supreme Purity Peak with a mountain of treasures and insisted that the Dragon and Phoenix races had given them to her willingly.
• Su Miao distributed gifts to Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Duobao, and White Crane, while Tongtian complained that Yuanshi had received the grandest present.
• Su Miao made clear-broth noodles, and Evil Corpse Nameless criticized them before secretly taking a bowl to eat.
• Laozi discussed the True Self with Su Miao, whose thoughts stirred his comprehension and led him to enter secluded cultivation; Yuanshi, Duobao, and White Crane also withdrew to cultivate or refine treasures.
• Tongtian took Su Miao to Upper Purity Peak to test her swordsmanship, and she displayed greatly improved skill with her Wooden Sword.

Ancestor Minghe created the Asura Race from the Nether Blood Sea and established the Asura Teachings in hopes of becoming a Saint, but his meager Merit and flawed doctrine failed to bring him sainthood. Tongtian and Su Miao discussed why Minghe’s imitation failed, and Tongtian asked how Su Miao would respond if Minghe threatened the Farm Teachings.

• Minghe used the Blood Sea’s tainted waters, resentments, and remnant souls to create the Asura Race, whose members immediately began slaughtering one another.
• Minghe established the Asura Teachings around slaughter, but the Heavenly Dao granted him only scant Merit and no sainthood.
• Su Miao and Tongtian concluded that Minghe copied the forms of creation and teaching without their benevolent purpose, and Tongtian said his devotion to slaughter opposed the Heavenly Dao.
• Minghe resolved to pursue the Dao through slaughter despite his failure, while the Asura Race and Blood Sea became a force in the Prehistoric World.
• Tongtian asked what Su Miao would do if Minghe clashed with the Farm Teachings, and Su Miao said she would call for backup from her Master.

Laozi attained Hunyuan, shaking the Prehistoric World with the signs of his breakthrough. He gave Su Miao his Primordial Violet Qi, then asked Tongtian where his own path lay as Yuanshi’s Dao neared completion.

• Kunlun’s Spiritual Qi gathered around Supreme Purity Peak as Laozi completed his breakthrough, and violet qi and other auspicious signs appeared across the world.
• Laozi returned to Upper Purity Peak, where Tongtian congratulated him and Su Miao embraced him.
• Laozi gave Su Miao a strand of Primordial Violet Qi, which helped her understand cultivation and the Laws more clearly.
• Tongtian told Su Miao to use the Violet Qi without relying on it as her only hope.
• Laozi said Yuanshi’s Dao was nearly complete and asked Tongtian where his own path lay.

Tongtian reflected on his stalled path to Hunyuan while Yuanshi neared a breakthrough, then decided to enter seclusion. He left Su Miao and Kunlun Mountain in Laozi’s care, and Laozi reassured her that Tongtian’s Sword Dao would emerge without being forced into a fixed shape.

• Tongtian talked with Su Miao about what Sword Dao meant and whether his path was simply the most satisfying one.
• Tongtian told Laozi he wanted to enter seclusion, and Laozi agreed to watch Su Miao and Kunlun Mountain.
• Tongtian asked Su Miao to have White Crane supervise Duobao’s cultivation and warned her to keep the Farm Teachings away from the brewing Witch-Demon conflict.
• Tongtian urged Su Miao to keep her thoughts unblocked and draw her sword when the time came, then entered seclusion in the Back Mountain of Upper Purity Peak.
• Su Miao asked Laozi whether Tongtian could find his path, and Laozi compared Tongtian’s sword to clouds that had no fixed shape.

Tongtian struggled to understand the meaning of his sword Dao, while Su Miao recalled Farm Teachings Disciples and prepared for the coming Witch-Demon War. After the Yaoguang Realm’s messages fell silent and the sky turned blood-red, the heavens finally split open before Su Miao.

• Tongtian failed to settle his mind, reflected on why he wielded his sword, and remembered drawing it freely in the early days of the Prehistoric World.
• Tongtian meditated and saw his Dao as a sword that stayed just beyond his reach, then gave up chasing it and sat glaring at it.
• Su Miao received reports of rising unrest across the Prehistoric World and ordered Farm Teachings Disciples to return to the Yaoguang Realm or hide, warning them to avoid the Witch-Demon War.
• One hundred and thirty-seven years later, the Yaoguang Realm’s Message Jade Slips fell silent as violent forces disrupted them, and Su Miao watched the sky turn dark red.
• While watering a Spirit Planting, Su Miao felt the ground tremble and saw a literal crack open in the sky.