Chapter Summaries

As the Tribulation began, Su Miao and Duobao watched the Demon Clan and Wu Race fight a devastating first battle through Laozi’s water screen. The armies withdrew without a winner, and Laozi warned that the conflict would last for a very long time.

• Su Miao saw the sky split open with dark red Tribulation Ash, and Duobao told her that Calamity Qi had contaminated the Spiritual Qi.
• Laozi showed Su Miao and Duobao the Demon Clan and Wu Race fighting, including their Star Array and Ancestral Witch projections.
• Laozi told Su Miao that the Tribulation would continue until one side was dead and that the first clash would not stop within thirty thousand years.
• Laozi asked Su Miao and Duobao how they would respond to flowers in someone else’s garden, and Duobao declared that he would not allow the most beautiful flower to belong to another person.
• After a prolonged battle, Di Jun withdrew the Demon Clan while Di Jiang stopped the Wu Race from pursuing, leaving both sides battered and neither victorious.

Su Miao watched Human Race survivors scavenge the Battlefield Edge after the Witch-Demon conflict, while Laozi indulged her as she watched from his lap. The scavengers continued stripping useful materials from the dead, relying on teamwork and caution to survive.

• Su Miao asked why the fallen were not being collected, and Laozi explained that the Prehistoric World treated the dead as waste that should not occupy resources.
• Laozi softened Su Miao’s stone stool, then lifted her onto his lap so she could watch the water screen without straining her neck.
• A Human Race group emerged from hiding and systematically collected meat, hides, feathers, bones, and a Demon Core from the battlefield corpses.
• Laozi told Su Miao that the Human Race scavenged after small Witch-Demon clashes, and he explained how they could safely prepare meat from a poisonous Demon Beast.
• A Black Bear Demon Beast emerged from the forest and ate a Demon Clan corpse, allowing the humans to resume scavenging while they hurried to finish before it turned on them.

Su Miao watched the Human Race Scavenger Team salvage battlefield remains and worried that she had failed to help them enough. Laozi explained that she had given them a starting point, but they had to walk their own path; she watched them withdraw with their haul, then fell asleep in his arms.

• The Scavenger Team harvested every usable part of Demon Clan corpses, and Laozi told Su Miao that the Human Race had learned to survive by making use of what others discarded.
• A Da killed a venomous Iron Wire Snake with rocks so the team could continue salvaging, and Laozi explained why they worked quickly at the battlefield's edges.
• Seeing a boy treasure a dim Demon Core, Su Miao asked Laozi whether she had neglected the Human Race, but he said she should guide and protect them without choosing their path for them.
• Su Miao watched the team divide tasks and pack up their salvage as the sun set, then fell asleep in Laozi's arms.

Laozi and Duobao discussed the Human Race’s resilience and Miao Heng’s hopes for their future while watching them on a water screen. The Human Race withdrew from the battlefield at night, revealing how quickly they had developed their own equipment and Storage Artifacts.

• Duobao watched the Little Disciple sleep in Laozi’s arms and realized that the Saint had a gentle side.
• Laozi told Duobao that the Human Race’s greatest strength was their desire to survive, and that Miao Heng genuinely hoped they would prosper.
• Duobao and Laozi watched the Human Race travel through the night in a disciplined formation, carrying their spoils while protecting the vulnerable in their midst.
• Duobao noticed that nearly every Human Race member carried a Storage Artifact, unlike when the Little Disciple had last left them.
• Laozi explained that the Human Race had crafted the crude Storage Artifacts themselves from battlefield materials after Miao Heng taught them the basics.

Duobao watched a Human Race scavenger team sort its hard-won materials and learned how its people made the most of scarce resources. Laozi explained that the Human Race’s clear sense of what it wanted had helped it survive, leaving Duobao to reconsider his own goals.

• An old artifact forger sorted the team’s haul, identifying a Golden Scale Python's Inverse Scale and explaining how the materials could be processed.
• Laozi showed Duobao Wangyue City and described the Human Race settlement, its defenses, and the scavenger team’s purpose of gathering resources and training newcomers.
• Master Chen told Xiao Shan that the haul could produce Dharma Artifacts, Leather Armor, and potentially twenty improved Storage Bags, prompting Xiao Shan to run and inform the captain.
• Duobao compared the team’s careful use of resources with the storage ring he had received from Master Tongtian, and Laozi explained why Miao Heng had taught the Human Race methods instead of giving them everything.
• Laozi asked Duobao what the Human Race did better and taught him that its people knew what they wanted, prompting Duobao to bow and say he had been enlightened.

The Human Race made an offering to Su Miao, who accepted their roasted meat through the water screen and shared it with Laozi and Duobao. Watching the people celebrate around their bonfires, Su Miao saw how much the Human Race had grown over the thirty thousand years.

• The captain led the Human Race in offering roasted ribs, fruit wine, and dried fruit to Su Miao’s Wood Carving after their hunt.
• Laozi woke Su Miao and showed her the offering; she reached through the Power of Faith and took the roasted rib rack.
• The Human Race celebrated when the ribs vanished, and the captain put away the Wood Carving before announcing they would leave for the city at dawn.
• Su Miao shared the ribs with Laozi and Duobao, and she remarked that the Human Race had grown up and become better than she imagined.

Duobao and Su Miao rewarded the Human Race team’s devotion by having the Saint Master bestow a body-refining cultivation method. The team planned to use it to hunt Demon Beasts more efficiently, and news of the Saint Master’s fondness for Demon Clan ingredients spread to nearby cities.

• Duobao asked Su Miao whether they should give the Human Race team something in return, and she inscribed a method on a Blank Jade Slip.
• Su Miao used the Power of Faith to summon a Jade Slip bearing the Blood Qi Body Refining Secret Method, bestowed by Miao Heng.
• The captain and team members examined the method and learned it could refine their bodies with the blood qi of exotic beasts, from Qi Refining through Earth Immortal.
• The elder explained that Demon Beast cores, blood, bones, and hides could support body refinement and artifact forging, and the captain ordered the team to target beasts rich in blood qi.
• The captain reaffirmed that the best parts would remain tributes for the Saint Master and decided to spread the news that the Saint Master liked Demon Clan ingredients.
• Within days, people in dozens of nearby Human Race cities sharpened their blades and eagerly eyed Demon Clan corpses.

Su Miao realized her cultivation was on the verge of a breakthrough and prepared to enter seclusion for at least three thousand years. Before withdrawing, she arranged for Farm Teachings to move its Disciples from The East to a temporary Branch Sect in The West, leaving the sect in Muhe, Lushu, and Xuan’s hands.

• After three hundred years of eating Human Race specialties, Su Miao felt her Spiritual Power surge and discovered she was close to breaking through.
• Laozi confirmed Su Miao had accumulated enough to advance, but warned that a rapid breakthrough could outpace her state of mind and require at least three thousand years of seclusion.
• Su Miao told Muhe that he, Lushu, and Xuan would jointly manage Farm Teachings while she was away, with major decisions made by their vote.
• When Muhe reported that Tribulation Ash was making living beings irritable and conflicts were increasing, Su Miao ordered the Disciples in The East to withdraw to the Yaoguang Realm.
• Su Miao ordered Muhe to establish a temporary Branch Sect in The West and promised a Formation Plate and the Myriad Phenomena Ferrying Tribulation Boat for its protection and travel.
• Su Miao told Muhe to seek Laozi at Kunlun Mountain in an emergency, then said goodbye to Laozi before returning to prepare for seclusion.

Su Miao arranged for the Farm Teachings to establish a branch sect in The West before she entered seclusion to break through to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and advance her Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique. Duobao decided to enter seclusion as well, and Jieyin agreed to support the relocation.

• Su Miao told Duobao that her cultivation could no longer be suppressed and that her seclusion might last from a thousand to ten thousand years.
• Su Miao urged Duobao to enter seclusion too, and he agreed after worrying about being left alone with Eldest Martial Uncle.
• Su Miao gave White Crane a Formation Plate and a Myriad Phenomena Ferrying Tribulation Boat to deliver to Muhe for the Farm Teachings’ branch sect and its disciples’ training in The West.
• Su Miao asked Jieyin for permission to establish a Farm Teachings branch sect in The West, and he welcomed the plan and offered to watch over the disciples.
• Su Miao finished arranging matters and prepared to enter seclusion.

Duobao accepted Laozi’s guidance and chose to pursue the vistas beyond the heavens by entering seclusion. Meanwhile, Su Miao began her own breakthrough in the Small Palace, advancing toward the Daluo Golden Immortal realm as the Chaos Bead and its Hongmeng World slowly developed.

• Laozi told Duobao to follow the Dao in his heart, and Duobao resolved that his Dao was Only I Am Supreme before leaving to enter seclusion.
• Su Miao prepared the Small Palace meditation chamber and noticed primordial violet qi was slowly repairing the cracked Chaos Bead.
• Su Miao cultivated with the Orthodox Daoist Method as the Chaos Bead’s chaotic qi and Dao resonance strengthened her spiritual power and comprehension.
• Laozi, the master of Jade Purity Peak, and the master of Upper Purity Peak each helped protect Su Miao’s gathering spiritual qi during her seclusion.
• After several thousand years, Su Miao broke through the Taiyi Golden Immortal barrier and began advancing toward the Daluo Golden Immortal realm.
• As Su Miao advanced, the Chaos Bead’s Hongmeng World expanded and began to show the embryonic form of a world.

Muhe led Farm Teachings Disciples and Human Race volunteers to establish a Western Branch Sect in The West, where they restored the land and welcomed local beings. As the barren region began to flourish, Jieyin and Zhunti planned to seek Stage-Settling Treasures from The East.

• Jieyin and Zhunti granted Muhe a thousand-li valley for Farm Teachings' Western Branch Sect and offered to provide materials.
• Muhe organized the arriving disciples and volunteers, who built the sect, established formations, and began grooming the Earth Veins.
• Jieyin and Zhunti congratulated the completed branch and introduced its people to native western beings as their neighbors.
• Farm Teachings' methods revived the surrounding land, while a trade market helped the western beings grow comfortable with the newcomers.
• Jieyin recognized the disciples' systematic, tireless work, and he tacitly agreed to Zhunti's plan to seek Stage-Settling Treasures in The East.

Over eight thousand years, the Farm Teachings' Branch Sect transformed a barren region of The West into a thriving settlement, while Jieyin and Zhunti built a nearby Dao Field and taught cultivation to its growing population. As Zhunti began to mention Kunlun Mountain, Jieyin suddenly looked east in surprise.

• Jieyin and Zhunti built a Stone Hall on a hill near the Branch Sect and established a place to give teachings.
• Eight thousand years passed as the Witch-Demon races recovered and the old battlefield healed.
• The Branch Sect expanded into a prosperous settlement with ten thousand mu of Spirit Fields and growing populations of disciples, Humans, and Spiritual Beasts.
• Jieyin and Zhunti taught cultivation to Farm Teachings Disciples, Humans, and native beings of The West.
• Zhunti began to ask Jieyin about Kunlun Mountain, but Jieyin looked east in surprise before he could finish.

After eight thousand years of seclusion, Yuanshi attained Hunyuan by mastering the laws of Order, and his emergence reshaped Kunlun Mountain and announced his sainthood across the Prehistoric World. He learned that Su Miao was attempting a Daluo breakthrough and set off toward Laozi, leaving the garden arranged in immaculate rows.

• Yuanshi broke through his seclusion as the laws of Order swept across Kunlun Mountain, and he declared that he had attained Hunyuan.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi reacted with anger and helplessness, while Zhunti and Jieyin congratulated Yuanshi and acknowledged his new status.
• Yuanshi found Duobao and White Crane Boy tending the Small Palace, then learned that Su Miao had been in seclusion attempting to break through to Daluo for eight thousand years.
• Yuanshi checked Su Miao’s condition with his Spiritual Sense and confirmed that her breakthrough was stable and free of hidden dangers.
• Yuanshi restored order to the clouds around Tongtian’s Upper Purity Peak without suppressing their unruly character.
• Yuanshi headed toward Supreme Purity Peak and rearranged the Small Palace garden into neat rows.

After becoming a Saint, Yuanshi found the Way of Order burdensome and began organizing the laws of Kunlun Mountain and the East. As he consolidated his realm, he secretly sent foundation-strengthening materials to his disciple in seclusion and turned his attention toward the figure in Purple Sky Palace.

• Laozi and Yuanshi played chess and discussed the weight of Order, Miao Heng's plans in the West, and the dangers she might face.
• Yuanshi's new authority made Kunlun Mountain's plants, creatures, and Spiritual Qi move according to strict patterns, leaving Duobao and White Crane struggling under the pressure.
• Yuanshi told Duobao that sincerity mattered more than gifts, praised his improved cultivation, and advised him to temper his temperament.
• After their escape from Supreme Purity Peak, Duobao reflected that a world without disorder might lose its vitality, while he and White Crane headed for the little senior sister's palace.
• Yuanshi consolidated his realm by organizing the rules of Kunlun Mountain and the East, then sent Spiritual Materials into his disciple's quiet room.
• Yuanshi looked beyond the heavens toward the figure in Purple Sky Palace with a sharpened resolve.

Hongjun discovered that the Three Pure Ones’ paths and the Prehistoric World’s fate had been altered by a mysterious girl, and tried to erase her. The Heavenly Dao restrained him and defended the girl as an outstanding Good Citizen of the Primordial Era.

• Hongjun noticed that Evil Qi was dissipating faster than expected and that the Three Pure Ones had strayed from their destined paths.
• Hongjun traced the disruptions to a girl whose origins and future were obscured by Chaos.
• Hongjun tried to erase the girl, but Rule Chains tightened around his body and soul.
• The Heavenly Dao denied that it was stopping Hongjun and listed the girl’s credentials and contributions to defend her.

Heavenly Dao stopped Hongjun from interfering with Su Miao, explaining that it favored her because her actions helped stabilize and develop the Prehistoric World. Hongjun accepted that force would not work and began considering another approach, while Su Miao remained in seclusion on Kunlun Mountain.

• Hongjun tried to use Heavenly Dao’s power to alter Su Miao’s trajectory, but Rule Chains restrained him.
• Heavenly Dao admitted it was protecting Su Miao because her changes had made the Prehistoric World more orderly and lively.
• Heavenly Dao argued that Su Miao’s ties to the Human Race, the Farm Teachings, and her plants would keep her from losing control.
• Heavenly Dao praised Su Miao’s work for improving the world and imagined gaining prestige at the Heavens and Myriad Worlds Heavenly Dao Exchange.
• Hongjun stopped resisting and decided to change methods, while Heavenly Dao watched him, Su Miao in seclusion, and the flourishing Branch Sect in The West.

Tongtian established Hunyuan through the Sword Dao, and Jieyin and Zhunti established the Western Teachings through the Merit their work had accumulated in the western lands. The chapter left all three newly attained as Saints, while the Heavenly Dao watched Hongjun and anticipated a livelier Prehistoric World.

• The Heavenly Dao recalled forcing the Human Dao back to work and tightened its chains on Hongjun while warning him that Jieyin and Zhunti were approaching Hunyuan.
• Tongtian emerged from seclusion on Upper Purity Peak and established Hunyuan through the Sword Dao, causing every sword in the Prehistoric World to pay homage.
• Laozi called Tongtian's achievement passable, while Yuanshi told him to restrain himself.
• Jieyin recognized that the Farm Teachings Disciples and the Human Race had accumulated Merit by restoring the western lands, and he proposed founding the Western Teachings with Zhunti.
• Jieyin and Zhunti established the Western Teachings, drawing on ten thousand years of accumulated Merit and attaining Hunyuan as Golden Lotuses spread across the West.

Ancestor Minghe seethed as Jieyin and Zhunti became Saints, while Heavenly Dao dismissed his hopes of achieving Sainthood through slaughter. At Kunlun, Laozi and Yuanshi discussed the West’s accumulated Merit and watched Su Miao’s cultivation accelerate under the Fortune of the Three Saints.

• Minghe watched Jieyin and Zhunti become Saints and raged that his own creation of the Asura Race and establishment of the Asura Teachings had earned him no Sainthood.
• Minghe shattered his Water Mirror and vowed to see who would have the last laugh when the Tribulation arrived.
• Heavenly Dao mocked Minghe’s ugly Asura Race and doctrine of slaughter, declaring that he would never become a Saint.
• Laozi and Yuanshi discussed how accumulated Merit and good Fortune had helped Jieyin and Zhunti achieve Sainthood more easily than the Three Pure Ones.
• Laozi and Yuanshi noticed that Kunlun’s Fortune was accelerating Su Miao’s cultivation, and Yuanshi resolved to examine her foundation when she emerged from seclusion.

Jieyin and Zhunti visited Kunlun Mountain after becoming Saints to thank the Three Pure Ones and Miao Heng for their help. They met the Three Pure Ones at Supreme Purity Peak, while Miao Heng remained in seclusion.

• After the Three Pure Ones gave no special instructions, Duobao and White Crane prepared to welcome Jieyin and Zhunti according to custom.
• Jieyin and Zhunti arrived at Kunlun Mountain dressed in more splendid robes, and Duobao and White Crane greeted them at the Mountain Gate.
• As Duobao and White Crane escorted the Saints through Kunlun, Jieyin asked whether Miao Heng had emerged from seclusion and said he wished to thank her for the Farm Teachings.
• At Supreme Purity Peak, Jieyin and Zhunti addressed Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian as their Martial Brothers and sat down for tea.

Jieyin and Zhunti met the Three Pure Ones at Kunlun after becoming Saints through accumulated Merit, and they discussed the state of The West and the rules for Saints. They agreed to help Su Miao strengthen her foundation after her seclusion, while the wider world watched Kunlun from outside.

• Tongtian congratulated Jieyin and Zhunti on becoming Saints, and they credited Miao Heng and the Farm Teachings’ help restoring The West.
• Yuanshi warned that Merit-based Sainthood left their foundation shallow, and Jieyin asked the Three Pure Ones for guidance.
• Laozi and Yuanshi blocked outside Spiritual Sense from observing Kunlun as Di Jun and Tai Yi speculated about the Saints’ meeting.
• Nuwa reflected on her inability to refine the Creation Whip and regretted not giving it to Su Miao.
• Jieyin and Zhunti explained why they would remain in The West rather than move their Dao Fields to Chaos, then described their restoration work to the Three Pure Ones.
• Jieyin offered to bring local specialties to nourish Su Miao’s foundation when she emerged from seclusion, and Tongtian eagerly asked for more.