Chapter Summaries

Lang Qi and Hu Mei received their supplies and settled into Farm Teachings, while more Demon Clan members arrived seeking refuge and acceptance. As the registration line continued into the evening, the sect remained a place where persecuted demons could find shelter.

• Lang Qi and Hu Mei collected their robes, pills, talismans, and Contribution Points, then celebrated their safety as they headed down the mountain.
• A wounded Chicken Demon joined the registration line, and a Rat Demon gave her Healing Pills; Lin Xiaohe took over registration and sent Hu Dali to the Heart Questioning Array.
• An Old Turtle Demon and his hungry young granddaughter joined the line, received the other demons’ place, and were sent to the Heart Questioning Array after Lin Xiaohe found their Karmic Debt clean.
• Lang Qi learned the new disciple procedures, read the Farm Teachings Disciple Code with Hu Mei, and went with her to the Dining Hall.
• Iron Abacus learned that trade and sect income had grown as Demon Clan members opened businesses, while the registration line continued and applicants entered or were cast from the Heart Questioning Array.

At the Human Race Council Hall, Suiren Clan settled the dispute over how to treat demons who had joined Farm Teachings or had little Karmic Debt. The council agreed to spare Farm Teachings Disciples and investigate others before killing those with Heavy Karmic Debt.

• A strong man and a middle-aged woman argued over whether the Human Race should kill demons who had joined Farm Teachings.
• Suiren Clan ruled that Farm Teachings Disciples were not to be touched and that demons with Heavy Karmic Debt must be killed.
• Suiren Clan ordered the council to investigate each demon's Karmic Debt before killing them and to spare those whose debt was not severe.
• Ziyi Clan asked how the council would prevent forged Farm Teachings Tokens, and Suiren Clan tasked Youchao Clan with investigating forgeries.
• Youchao Clan asked about stolen tokens, and Suiren Clan explained that the tokens recognized their owners and destroyed themselves when the owner died.
• Suiren Clan said demons with little Karmic Debt could be captured and investigated again, and that the Human Race must not become like the Demon Clan.

Suiren Clan carried the burden of leading the Human Race while Demon Hunting Squads used a manual copied from the Farm Teachings Scripture Repository to identify demons and assess their Karmic Debt. A squad spared a Zhu Yan with only faint Karmic Debt, then continued its hunt toward a Huan Clan cultivator.

• Ziyi Clan urged Suiren Clan to share his burden, but he said the decisions were his to make and stayed alone in the Council Hall.
• Suiren Clan reviewed the growing number of Demon Hunting Squad markers and vowed that the Human Race would not disappoint the Saint Master.
• Suiren Clan praised a Demon Race Karmic Debt Identification Manual copied from the Farm Teachings Scripture Repository, and Youchao Clan explained that Human Disciples brought back new material as bridges between the groups.
• Suiren Clan distributed millions of copies of the manual and required squad members to verify Karmic Debt with Cultivation Methods before deciding whether to kill, punish, or release a demon.
• A Demon Hunting Squad captain examined a frightened Zhu Yan bamboo grower, found his Karmic Debt was not heavy, and let him go.
• The squad continued its hunt, and a rogue cultivator from the Huan Clan was not so fortunate.

The Suiren Clan enforced rules for the Demon Hunting Squad to ensure its killings were justified, while the Human Race expanded across Dongsheng Shenzhou and honored Su Miao. In Wa Huang Palace, Nuwa remained unable to awaken Fuxi and vowed to find a way.

• The Demon Hunting Squad captain found that a Huan had killed three helpless people for food and killed it for its heavy Karmic Debt.
• The Suiren Clan maintained rules that allowed the squad to kill those with heavy Karmic Debt and release those with light Karmic Debt, protecting the Human Race's reputation.
• A child in a newly built Human City told his mother he would join the Farm Teachings and help Su Miao when he grew up, while an old sculptor carefully carved her statue.
• Nuwa watched Fuxi lying unconscious in a Spiritual Pond and lamented that becoming a Saint had not enabled her to save him.
• Nuwa told Hongjun that the Tribulation was over and promised Fuxi she would find a way to wake him.

Nuwa decided to ask Miao Heng to help examine Fuxi and sent Ling Zhuzi to Kunlun with an invitation and the Creation Whip as a gift. Ling Zhuzi set off through Chaos but rushed straight into a Chaos storm.

• Nuwa watched the flourishing Prehistoric World and wished her brother Fuxi could see its changes.
• Nuwa chose to ask Miao Heng for help and planned to repay her old favor by returning the Creation Whip.
• Nuwa gave Ling Zhuzi a Jade Slip and the wrapped Creation Whip, telling him to ask Miao Heng to examine Fuxi.
• Ling Zhuzi raced toward Kunlun, ignored his route, and plunged into a Chaos storm.

Ling Zhuzi traveled from Wa Huang Palace to Kunlun to deliver Nuwa’s letter to Fairy Miao Heng, guided by Nuwa after he lost his way in Chaos. He reached Kunlun and learned that Fairy Miao Heng was in seclusion, so White Crane Boy offered to take him to Great Master instead.

• Ling Zhuzi emerged from the storm in Chaos with Nuwa’s Storage Bag, and Nuwa guided him toward the Prehistoric World when he flew off course.
• Ling Zhuzi crossed into the Prehistoric World, admired the Human Race’s cities, and realized Nuwa had sent him to seek help from the Saint Master of the Human Race.
• Ling Zhuzi landed at Mount Tai to ask for directions, and the guards told him to fly west to Kunlun and visit Supreme Purity Peak.
• Ling Zhuzi reached Kunlun and told White Crane Boy that he had come to deliver Nuwa’s letter to Fairy Miao Heng.
• White Crane Boy explained that Fairy Miao Heng was in seclusion and offered to take Ling Zhuzi to see Great Master instead.

Ling Zhuzi visited Laozi on Wa Huang Palace’s behalf to seek information about Fuxi, but learned only that Fuxi’s soul was incomplete and one fragment had reincarnated. He stayed on Kunlun Mountain to wait for Fairy Miao Heng and began getting to know White Crane Boy.

• Ling Zhuzi delivered a Jade Slip and the Creation Whip to Laozi, who revealed that Fuxi’s soul was incomplete and that a reincarnated fragment needed to gain complete Merit to awaken.
• Laozi refused to reveal where or as whom Fuxi had reincarnated, leaving Ling Zhuzi unsure how to report back to Empress Nuwa.
• White Crane Boy offered Ling Zhuzi a place to stay while Fairy Miao Heng remained in seclusion and made him a small wooden house beside his own.
• Ling Zhuzi wandered Kunlun Mountain, shared Spirit Fruits with its creatures, and gathered Spirit Peaches.
• White Crane Boy brought Ling Zhuzi Spirit Rice Cakes, and the two sat together chatting.

Ling Zhuzi waited in Kunlun for Miao Heng to emerge from seclusion and spent his time watching Laozi make pills. After nearly ten thousand years, he had grown close to White Crane Boy but still had no word on Miao Heng.

• White Crane encouraged Ling Zhuzi to explore Kunlun while he waited for Miao Heng, and Ling Zhuzi began watching Laozi make pills.
• Laozi gave Ling Zhuzi a cattail leaf fan, and Ling Zhuzi fanned the Alchemy Furnace until Laozi completed a golden-purple pill.
• White Crane Boy revealed that Laozi had always tended the furnace himself, while Laozi explained that fanning it had enriched Ling Zhuzi's Spiritual Power.
• Ling Zhuzi asked when Miao Heng would emerge, and Laozi told him to wait.
• Ling Zhuzi waited nearly ten thousand years in Kunlun and became familiar with White Crane Boy, who told him about Miao Heng's childhood.

After returning from Kunlun without learning where Fuxi had reincarnated, Ling Zhuzi asked Nuwa to let him join Farm Teachings. Nuwa agreed, and the chapter ended with him registering for its assessment while she watched over him through a water screen.

• Ling Zhuzi left Kunlun and reported to Nuwa that Laozi had refused to reveal where Fuxi had reincarnated.
• Nuwa considered seeking help from Houtu in the Underworld but decided it would be futile because of the blood feud between the Wu Race and Demon Clan.
• Ling Zhuzi asked to return to Kunlun to await Su Miao's emergence, then requested permission to take the Farm Teachings assessment.
• Nuwa approved, gave Ling Zhuzi protective artifacts and Spirit Stones, and sent him off with new clothes.
• Ling Zhuzi reached Mount Tai and joined the long registration line as Nuwa watched him through a water screen.

Ling Zhuzi, sent by Empress Nuwa to enlist in Farm Teachings, began the Heart Questioning Path after drawing attention with his wealth of treasures. He resisted the trial’s temptations, but the white space changed again just as he thought he had passed.

• Ling Zhuzi told the registrar that Empress Nuwa had given him his treasures and gave his name, lineage, and place of cultivation.
• The registrar recorded Ling Zhuzi’s information and sent him to the Heart Questioning Path.
• Ling Zhuzi entered the Heart Questioning Array as Nuwa watched his progress through a water screen.
• The black mist asked whether Ling Zhuzi wanted unearned gains or to ascend in a single step, and he refused both.
• The black mist vanished, but the space changed again after Ling Zhuzi wondered whether the trial was over.

Ling Zhuzi passed the Heart Questioning Path and joined Farm Teachings, where his guiding martial sister A Heng welcomed him and showed him the sect. After explaining the demanding coursework required to become a full disciple, A Heng asked whether Ling Zhuzi would accept remaining a Nominal Disciple.

• Ling Zhuzi remembered Wa Huang Palace and the moment he was named, then emerged from the Heart Questioning Path in tears.
• A disciple verified Ling Zhuzi's Jade Slip, registered him as an Outer Disciple, and gave him his token.
• Ling Zhuzi admired the statue of Sect Master Miao Heng in Farm Teachings Plaza, where A Heng introduced herself as his guiding martial sister.
• A Heng showed Ling Zhuzi the Marketplace, Scripture Repository, and Dining Hall, then bought him a meal.
• A Heng took Ling Zhuzi to his dormitory and explained that he needed twelve Credits from required course assessments to become a full disciple.
• A Heng warned Ling Zhuzi about the disadvantages of remaining a Nominal Disciple and asked whether he would be willing to do so.

Ling Zhuzi began his Farm Teachings studies and learned how long and difficult the required courses would be. After hearing that the Holy Son Selection was sixty thousand years away, he resolved to study, qualify for the Inner Sect, and compete.

• Ling Zhuzi refused to give up on studying, and A Heng told him to attend a Scripture Hall class the next morning.
• At the Scripture Hall, Ling Zhuzi met Chi Yan, who said he had spent three hundred years passing only six courses.
• Xuan taught the first volume of History of Farm Teachings, and Ling Zhuzi listened with intense interest.
• After class, Ling Zhuzi heard disciples discuss the Holy Son Selection, its many categories, and the sixty thousand years remaining before it began.
• Ling Zhuzi vowed to work hard and compete in the selection, while other disciples reminded him to pass the new disciple assessment first.

Ling Zhuzi became fascinated with spirit plants and began learning cultivation from A Heng in the Spirit Plant Garden. After planting Starlight Grass seeds, he watched the pot obsessively and checked it again the next morning.

• Ling Zhuzi visited A Heng in the Spirit Plant Garden and marveled at its spirit plants, including a Jade Marrow Ganoderma that curled its leaves when touched.
• A Heng taught Ling Zhuzi how the five colors of Spiritual Soil corresponded to different elemental spirit plants and warned that unsuitable soil could kill them.
• A Heng gave Ling Zhuzi Starlight Grass seeds and instructed him to plant them in green soil, but he covered them too deeply and had to start over.
• Ling Zhuzi replanted the seeds correctly, then watched the flowerpot for the rest of the day while Nuwa observed him through a water screen.
• Ling Zhuzi carried the flowerpot to his dormitory, watched it beneath the moonlight, and checked it as soon as he woke the next morning.

Ling Zhuzi learned to care for spirit plants in Farm Teachings, celebrating when his Starlight Grass sprouted and bloomed while Nuwa watched over him from Wa Huang Palace. He grew diligent and settled into his new life, but A Heng reminded him to finish his required courses before choosing another plant.

• Ling Zhuzi worried that his Starlight Grass seeds had failed, but A Heng told him some seeds were simply lazy and needed more time.
• Ling Zhuzi discovered a tiny shoot in the seed on the seventh day and excitedly showed it to A Heng.
• Ling Zhuzi was blasted into a field ridge by a Water-Spraying Melon after touching it without a cover, while Nuwa laughed at his misfortune.
• Three months later, Ling Zhuzi watched his Starlight Grass bloom beneath the moon and quietly reassured Nuwa that he was doing well.
• Ling Zhuzi learned to identify and care for spirit plants, used his Dharma Artifacts to inspect them, and became a diligent disciple in Farm Teachings.
• Ling Zhuzi asked A Heng what to plant next, but she told him to complete his three remaining required courses first.

After a long seclusion in the Chaos Bead, Su Miao brought the Three Thousand Laws together, perfected her Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, and reached the threshold of Heaven-Opening Power without sacrificing herself. She returned to her Small Palace on Mount Tai, changed into Yuanshi’s robes, and prepared to leave seclusion.

• Su Miao studied the laws and her memory of Pangu opening heaven until the Three Thousand Law Fragments formed a complete structure around her.
• Su Miao perfected the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique and discovered that she could crack the void with her strength.
• Su Miao stopped short of opening heaven because the Chaos Bead had not fully recovered and she did not want to sacrifice her life.
• The Law of Illusion nuzzled Su Miao, briefly transformed into a fluffy creature, and returned to the other laws.
• Su Miao visited the stabilized Three Immortal Islands, reassured the Jianmu Tree, and collected six ripe Ginseng Fruit for her three Masters.
• Su Miao expanded the land inside the Chaos Bead, returned to her Small Palace on Mount Tai, and changed into Yuanshi’s Dao robes.

After emerging from seclusion, Su Miao reunited with Yuanshi and told him she had completed the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique and reached the threshold of Heaven Opening. She admitted she feared the fifty-percent chance of failure, and Yuanshi advised her to strengthen her foundation; the chapter ended with her asking whether he feared she might never become a Saint.

• Su Miao left seclusion and found Yuanshi meditating in his cave abode on Jade Purity Peak.
• Su Miao threw herself into Yuanshi's arms, teased him, and told him she had completed the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique and comprehended many Laws.
• Su Miao revealed that she had reached the threshold of Heaven Opening but stopped after testing her power in the Chaos Bead.
• Su Miao asked whether she could build Yuanshi a Dao Field in her world after succeeding in Heaven Opening.
• Su Miao confessed that she had only a fifty-percent chance of succeeding and feared failure, so Yuanshi urged her to temper the Laws and wait until she was ready.
• Su Miao asked Yuanshi whether he feared she would never become a Saint.

Su Miao reunited with Yuanshi and Laozi after seclusion, and Yuanshi promised to protect her as she pursued opening Heaven. After sharing her cultivation gains and receiving gifts, Su Miao learned that Nuwa wanted her to check on Fuxi, who still had not awakened.

• Yuanshi told Su Miao that becoming a Saint would bind her to the Heavenly Dao, then promised to help her open Heaven and protect her if anything went wrong.
• Su Miao cried in Yuanshi's arms, thanked him, and clung to him as he carried her to Laozi.
• Laozi gave Su Miao a Qi Nourishing Pill after she told him she had comprehended more than half of the Three Thousand Laws and found the doorway to opening Heaven.
• Su Miao gave Laozi and Yuanshi four Ginseng Fruits she had grown, and they praised their flavor.
• Laozi gave Su Miao the Creation Whip sent by Nuwa and said Nuwa had asked her to check on Fuxi.
• Su Miao asked whether Fuxi had still not awakened after remaining in Phoenix Perch Mountain's spiritual pond.

Su Miao discovered that Fuxi’s missing soul fragment had reincarnated as an ordinary Farm Teachings Outer Disciple. She invited Empress Nuwa to the upcoming Holy Son Selection so Nuwa could recognize him herself, then went with Yuanshi to Jade Purity Peak.

• Su Miao used the Book of Life and Death to learn that Fuxi’s missing soul fragment had reincarnated into a Human Race Farm Teachings Outer Disciple.
• Su Miao learned that Laozi had not told Empress Nuwa where Fuxi had reincarnated.
• Su Miao wrote Empress Nuwa an invitation to the Farm Teachings Holy Son Selection without revealing Fuxi’s identity, and Laozi agreed to deliver it.
• Yuanshi invited Su Miao to Jade Purity Peak to try on new clothes, and she left with him.

Su Miao tried on new clothes Yuanshi had chosen and styled her hair, then promised to make him clothes after she succeeded in the Heaven Opening. Meanwhile, disciples across the Farm Teachings trained and studied their opponents as they prepared for an approaching confrontation, ending with them debating how to fight Dapeng.

• Yuanshi gave Su Miao a pale-cyan Bi'ou Ice Silk outfit, and she admired how it looked and how easily she could move in it.
• Yuanshi styled Su Miao's hair with silver thread and pearls, and she promised to make him clothes if she succeeded in the Heaven Opening.
• Yuanshi told Su Miao that anyone who came looking for trouble could come to him.
• Disciples across the Farm Teachings filled the Cultivation Grounds with training, sparring, and seclusion, while others borrowed manuals to study their opponents.
• Wen Shou Zhuo posted borrowing limits and overdue penalties at the Scripture Repository, prompting a long line of disciples.
• Disciples discussed counters to Kong Xuan's Five-Colored Divine Light in their Communication Jade Talisman channels, then asked how to fight Dapeng.

The disciples tested a new island-wide formation that let them view Jinao Island in remarkable detail, while Xuan helped a fellow disciple correct a flaw in his sword stance. The chapter left the disciple eager to train his improved technique for the competition.

• Iron Abacus published a fabricated special edition about the Sect Master's favorite matches, and Dapeng argued that she liked watching Kong Xuan's Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Kong Xuan dismissed Dapeng's claim and took him to train for two more hours, while nearby disciples noticed Kong Xuan's ears turn red.
• The Formation Hall and Artifact Forging Hall tested a formation with 3,600 Formation Eyes that displayed clear images of Jinao Island on a Light Curtain.
• Xuan watched an exhausted Outer Disciple practice and identified that his slow opening stance was delaying his sword thrust.
• Xuan demonstrated a faster stance, helping the disciple increase his thrust speed by thirty percent, and told him to practice until the correction became second nature.