Chapter Summaries

Taihao repeatedly avoided strangers who tried to lure him into danger while traveling, and Nuwa secretly eliminated two of them. After a third suspicious encounter vanished without a trace, Nuwa deduced that Hongjun was behind the schemes and turned her anger toward the Purple Sky Palace.

• Taihao refused a distressed woman’s request to travel with him, and Nuwa crushed her into dust after he left.
• Taihao evaded a suspicious self-proclaimed Rogue Cultivator with a Teleportation Talisman, and Nuwa scattered the man’s soul.
• Taihao recognized that a woman at a shallow stream was pretending to be injured and continued on alone.
• Taihao found a badly wounded person in a valley, noticed the clues did not add up, and fled after the body disappeared without a trace.
• Nuwa investigated the repeated incidents, suspected Hongjun, and looked toward the Purple Sky Palace in anger.

Nuwa created an avatar named Feng Lixi to protect Taihao from Hongjun’s schemes and joined him on his travels. As Taihao taught Feng Lixi to play the Tao Xun, she cherished the familiar closeness and remembered learning from Fuxi long ago.

• Nuwa grew tired of killing the people Hongjun sent after Taihao and decided to intervene in person.
• Nuwa created the avatar Feng Lixi and sent her to find Taihao while telling Su Miao she had entered the fray.
• When a venomous Demon Beast attacked Taihao, Feng Lixi killed it and accepted his invitation to travel together.
• After three days of traveling, Taihao played his Tao Xun by a stream and agreed to teach Feng Lixi.
• Feng Lixi pretended to struggle with the instrument, then played a pure note while recalling how Fuxi had once taught her the Eight Trigrams.

Taihao and Feng Lixi traveled together for years, growing close while Nuwa secretly protected them from Hongjun’s schemes. After Taihao made Feng Lixi a garment, they returned to Holy City for the Saint Bathing Festival, where Feng Lixi hinted that Taihao was preparing to marry her.

• Taihao repeatedly turned away women and a cultivator who approached him, while Nuwa secretly killed the people Hongjun had sent after him.
• Taihao and Feng Lixi grew increasingly comfortable together, and Taihao realized he missed her when she was absent, though he could not name his feelings.
• Taihao spent three days sewing Feng Lixi a garment from mulberry leaves and silkworm silk, and Feng Lixi happily wore it.
• Taihao and Feng Lixi returned to Holy City for the approaching Saint Bathing Festival, where the Suiren Clan asked if Feng Lixi was Taihao’s wife.
• Feng Lixi linked arms with Taihao and told the Suiren Clan that Taihao was preparing for it, leaving Taihao confused.

Taihao and Feng Lixi married, then spent a century traveling and helping the Human Race as Taihao’s cultivation rose. When Taihao received a mission to join the Beiming Sweeping Plan, Feng Lixi agreed to accompany him despite the danger.

• Suiren Clan presided over Taihao and Feng Lixi’s simple wedding, and the two confessed their feelings and became husband and wife.
• Feng Lixi guided the inexperienced Taihao through their wedding night, and they settled into married life together.
• Taihao and Feng Lixi traveled across the Human Race, rescuing people and treating plague victims while Taihao’s reputation and cultivation grew.
• Taihao received a Farm Teachings recruitment order for the Beiming Sweeping Plan and asked Feng Lixi to go with him.
• Feng Lixi agreed to accompany Taihao to dangerous Beiming, determined not to let him go alone.

The Human Race assembled a massive army at Beiming to attack Kunpeng for his past slaughter of humans, with Farm Teachings Quasi-Saints joining the campaign. As the Human Race declared war, Kunpeng learned the army’s strength and began searching for somewhere to flee.

• Suiren Clan, Ziyi Clan, and Youchao Clan prepared the Human Race army and its supplies, while Farm Teachings Disciples including Kong Xuan, Zhao Gongming, San Xiao, and Lu Yue arrived to support the campaign.
• Kong Xuan and Bai Yan joked about eating Kunpeng and harvesting his remains, while Dapeng learned he was expected to stay back and watch the battle.
• Suiren Clan addressed the assembled Cultivators, condemned Kunpeng’s crimes, and declared that the Human Race and Kunpeng would fight until one side died.
• Several million Human Race Cultivators shouted their battle cry, cracking the ice and collapsing distant icebergs.
• Kunpeng learned that one hundred thousand Human Race Daluo powerhouses, one million Golden Immortals, and three Farm Teachings Quasi-Saints had come for him, then considered possible escape routes.

The Human Race army attacked Kunpeng and the Beiming Demon Clan, with San Xiao’s formation trapping the battlefield while Kong Xuan and Zhao Gongming held Kunpeng back. Kunpeng found his powers increasingly constrained and could not break through the coordinated assault.

• Yun Xiao, Qiong Xiao, and Bi Xiao established a trapping formation across the Ice Plain as Lu Yue’s Poison Cultivator Squad guarded against escape through the underground rivers.
• The Human Race army advanced, and Lu Yue’s squad killed demon cultivators who tried to flee the Ice Abyss.
• Kunpeng emerged from the Ice Abyss, transformed into human form, and confronted the Human Race army.
• San Xiao activated the formation, trapping Kunpeng and the Beiming Demon Clan while the Human Race forces fought their subordinates.
• Kong Xuan attacked Kunpeng with the Five-Colored Divine Light, and Zhao Gongming struck from the side with his Iron Whip while Dapeng waited outside the battle.
• Kunpeng realized that Kong Xuan, Zhao Gongming, and San Xiao’s formation were restricting his abilities, and his attacks kept falling short.

As Feng Lixi secretly protected the Human Race forces, Kong Xuan and Zhao Gongming pressed Kunpeng to the brink of defeat in Beiming. Su Miao watched the battle and reflected on how far the Human Race had come, from struggling against beasts to hunting Quasi-Saints.

• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian secretly disrupted Kunpeng's attacks and escape attempts while concealing their interference.
• Feng Lixi shattered Kunpeng's Cold Abyss Sky-Locking Formation with one sword strike, then assured Su Miao she had used only ten percent of her strength.
• Shaken by Feng Lixi's power, Kunpeng held back, allowing Kong Xuan and Zhao Gongming to wound him and drive him toward defeat.
• Kunpeng resolved to fight to the death and take some of his enemies down with him, while Feng Lixi watched for a chance to ensure he died without alerting Hongjun.
• Suiren Clan celebrated the Human Race's strength as Su Miao watched the battle and told Zhunti she was remembering the Human Race's early days.

Kunpeng unleashed the Northern Darkness Void Locking Array against the Human Race army, forcing Yan Hao to fight desperately before Kong Xuan intervened. Yan Hao withdrew wounded, while Kong Xuan continued the battle as Kunpeng taunted the army from above.

• Kunpeng activated the Northern Darkness Void Locking Array, sending countless ice blades into the Human Race army and freezing dozens of Cultivators to death.
• Yan Hao charged Kunpeng, using Golden Sword Qi and Solar True Fire to cut through the ice blades despite suffering severe injuries.
• Kunpeng formed a massive ice pillar that overwhelmed Yan Hao’s attack, but Kong Xuan blocked it with the Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Kong Xuan ordered Yan Hao to retreat, and the medical Cultivators treated his frozen, badly injured arm.
• Kunpeng teleported into the sky and mocked the Human Race army for thinking they could kill him.

Taihao discovered the seven nodes of Kunpeng’s Northern Darkness Void Locking Array and directed Yan Hao’s squads to attack them while Feng Lixi fought Kunpeng. Kunpeng transformed into his true form to counterattack, but the grand array began to collapse.

• Taihao identified seven nodes in Kunpeng’s array and sent their locations to Yan Hao, who organized seven squads to strike them.
• Zhao Gongming and the other squads attacked their assigned nodes as the Human Race forces fought off the Demon Clan.
• Feng Lixi left a protective barrier around Taihao and wounded Kunpeng with a powerful sword strike, then pursued him with a second attack.
• Kunpeng realized he could not escape Beiming, revealed his colossal bird form, and prepared to strike back.
• The nodes of Kunpeng’s grand array began to collapse.

Feng Lixi dismantled Kunpeng’s array and used her apparent Quasi-Saint tribulation to trap him beneath the Heavenly Thunder while she and Taihao escaped unharmed. Kunpeng survived the enhanced strikes only barely, as Feng Lixi and Taihao remained together on the battlefield.

• Kunpeng attacked the Human Race cultivators, but Feng Lixi wounded him and the besieged cultivators destroyed most of the Northern Darkness Void Locking Array.
• Feng Lixi began a breakthrough tribulation, prompting Kunpeng to flee while Taihao stepped in front of her to protect her from the coming thunder.
• As the Heavenly Thunder descended, Feng Lixi embraced Taihao and switched places with Kunpeng, leaving him beneath the strike.
• Feng Lixi watched as the Heavenly Thunder battered Kunpeng, who cursed her without ever learning her name.
• Su Miao claimed authority over the Underworld and considered offering Kunpeng to Houtu, while Yuanshi secretly amplified the tribulation but left Kunpeng barely alive.

The Human Race continued attacking the gravely wounded Kunpeng, determined to kill him after his defeat by Heavenly Thunder. Kunpeng made a desperate attempt to escape by taking Taihao hostage, but Feng Lixi protected her husband and struck him down, leaving Kunpeng wondering who she was.

• Suiren Clan ordered the Human Race to keep attacking Kunpeng, who had been hiding in the crater and pretending to be dead.
• The Human Race’s combined assault shattered Kunpeng’s spatial shield and blew off his right leg, but he remained standing.
• Yan Hao severed Kunpeng’s remaining right wing and sent it away to be kept as Quasi-Saint materials.
• Kong Xuan prepared to finish Kunpeng, but Kunpeng lunged toward Taihao in a desperate attempt to seize Feng Lixi’s weakness.
• Feng Lixi intercepted Kunpeng and cut away half his beak, prompting him to ask who she was.

Kunpeng was defeated and erased from existence after Kong Xuan and Dapeng overwhelmed him, while the River Diagram and Luo Book chose Taihao as their master. The Human Race celebrated its victory, and Feng Lixi promised to teach Taihao how to refine the treasures once they returned.

• Feng Lixi identified herself to Kunpeng as a Farm Teachings Disciple's family member, while Kong Xuan sealed Kunpeng with the Five-Colored Divine Light and Zhao Gongming wounded him.
• Dapeng attacked Kunpeng, tore out his right eye, and swallowed it before asking Kong Xuan whether he could share Kunpeng's flesh.
• Kunpeng's Nascent Soul shattered, and Yuanshi erased him from the River of Time to prevent him from returning.
• The River Diagram and Luo Book left Kunpeng's corpse and flew to Taihao, awakening a familiar Dao essence within him.
• Suiren Clan declared victory as the Human Race cheered and mourned those who had died in earlier conflicts.
• Feng Lixi told Taihao she would teach him to refine the River Diagram and Luo Book after they returned.

After the battle, the Human Race looted Kunpeng’s lair, rewarded its fighters, and divided up Kunpeng’s corpse for tribute, cultivation, and cooking. Taihao brought part of the corpse to the Farm Teachings, where the Dining Hall Disciples eagerly debated how to prepare it, leaving Feng Lixi uneasy as she remembered the Human Race had stewed the Golden Crows.

• The Human Race spent months looting Kunpeng’s lair and nearby Demon Clan cave abodes, then the Suiren Clan distributed treasures to those who had rendered merit.
• Taihao chose only the River Diagram and Luo Book, and the Suiren Clan gave him a storage ring of deduction-related Cultivation Method Jade Slips.
• The Suiren Clan decided to offer half of Kunpeng’s corpse to the Farm Teachings and divide the rest among the Human Race, who cooked and repurposed nearly every part of it.
• Taihao brought Kunpeng’s tribute to the Yaoguang Realm, where the Dining Hall Disciples argued over how to cook it.
• Feng Lixi heard a disciple boast that the Human Race had stewed Golden Crows and worried about how she would face Lu Ya, whose nine older brothers had been eaten.

Suiren Clan announced that he would retire from leading the Human Race so a new generation could take responsibility. The council chose Taihao, Shennong, and Yan Hao as candidates for his successor, but had not yet selected a leader.

• Suiren Clan told the council that years of managing the Human Race had exhausted him and that he would step down.
• Youchao Clan and Ziyi Clan tried to persuade Suiren Clan to stay, but he insisted that the next generation needed room to lead.
• Suiren Clan urged the council to preserve the Human Race’s unity and asked them to recommend candidates.
• Ziyi Clan nominated Taihao, Youchao Clan nominated Shennong, and an old Sage nominated Yan Hao.
• Suiren Clan summoned the three candidates and announced that the Human Race’s next leader would be chosen from among them.

Nuwa, Granny Yan, Zhen Yuanzi, and Su Miao supplied the three Human Race leader candidates with powerful support and treasures. Taihao, Shennong, and Xuanyuan ended by affirming their shared hope for the Human Race, as the competition among them continued.

• Nuwa recognized Taihao’s candidacy as a chance to complete his Merit and awaken Fuxi’s soul fragment, then bestowed three Dharma Treasures upon him.
• Granny Yan gave Yan Hao the Xuanyuan Sword, but he accidentally destroyed half a mountaintop while testing it and lost his saved Contribution Points to the repair cost.
• Guang Chengzi promised to secure Discipline Hall resources for Yan Hao’s candidacy.
• Zhen Yuanzi and Elder Qinghe gave Shennong seeds, cultivation materials, and their support, while Su Miao presented him with the Red Jade Spirit-Identifying Whip.
• Su Miao reassured Xuanyuan that the Xuanyuan Sword was as valuable as Shennong’s whip, and the three candidates clasped their fists after Taihao voiced confidence in the Human Race’s future.

Suiren Clan and the other Sages established the Earth Immortal Realm as a trial where Taihao, Shennong, and Xuanyuan would live ordinary lives with sealed memories and compete to lead the Human Race. As preparations for their reincarnations began, the Human Race prepared to choose its next leader and carry its future forward.

• Suiren Clan chose the Peaceful Realm as the trial site, and the Sages set rules requiring the three candidates to reincarnate with sealed memories and compete for one hundred years.
• Feng Lixi secretly gave Taihao a protective talisman to ensure he would be born into a family with enough food and clothing.
• Suiren Clan and several hundred Human Race Grand Unity Golden Immortals created the Earth Immortal Realm, binding its Fortune to the Human Race.
• The Sages decreed that whoever led the Human Race farthest in the trial would succeed Suiren Clan, while Yan Hao was flung away after testing the realm's barrier.
• Feng Lixi advised Taihao, Guang Chengzi warned Yan Hao, and Zhen Yuanzi gave Shennong Ginseng Fruit wine before the three prepared to reincarnate.

Taihao grew up in a small city of the Earth Immortal Realm, where stories of the ancient Human Race made him feel a mysterious connection to the Saint Master. After his father died defending the city, Taihao inherited the lordship and began learning how to keep its people alive despite their scarce supplies.

• Taihao was born in a small city after a gigantic turtle appeared in the river, which the elders took as an auspicious omen.
• Taihao spent his childhood pondering questions about the natural world and listening to his mother tell legends of the Human Race and the Saint Master.
• When Taihao was eight, his father repelled three attacks by a neighboring city before dying from his wounds.
• The city elders chose Taihao to inherit the lordship because he was his father's only son and bloodline gave him legitimacy.
• Taihao examined the city's records and found it had 3,200 residents, only four months of grain, and few weapons.
• Taihao studied governance with the elders by day and martial skills with retired soldiers at night, determined not to lose the city.

Over ten years, Taihao strengthened his city and expanded its population, then discovered the Trigrams through a mysterious turtle shell and used them to guide the people. After the city prospered under his guidance, he invented a Fishing Net, caught a fish, and shared a celebratory meal with the city.

• Taihao spent ten years improving farmland, tools, rivers, and walls, helping the city grow to nearly five thousand people.
• At eighteen, Taihao dreamed of a giant turtle carrying a glowing scroll and woke holding a shell carved with matching symbols.
• Taihao copied the symbols onto a Bamboo Slip, forming the eight Trigrams as a radiant phantom appeared over the city and revived crops, trees, and livestock.
• Taihao taught the people to use the Trigrams to predict suitable activities, and they trusted his guidance after seeing fishing and sowing succeed.
• Taihao had the people weave hemp into a Fishing Net, tested it by the river, and accidentally fell into the water while catching a large fish.
• Taihao shared fish soup with the people in the plaza and felt that the city had finally come alive.

Taihao transformed the city by teaching its people animal husbandry, pottery, marriage rites, and music, then died after passing the Eight Trigrams to his successor. Nuwa retrieved Taihao’s soul and body, while his successor vowed to preserve his achievements for the Human Race.

• Taihao taught the people to domesticate livestock and make pottery, improving their food supply, health, and living conditions.
• Taihao established marriage ceremonies and banned marriage between people with the same surname, and later generations saw the benefits of the rule.
• Taihao crafted a zither, taught the young people to play it, and won the city’s lasting admiration.
• After a lifetime of guiding the city, Taihao passed the Eight Trigrams to his successor and died, urging the clan to keep moving forward.
• Nuwa received Taihao’s soul and body across the void, restored his soul to his body, and laid him on a jade bed.
• Taihao’s successor proclaimed the Eight Trigrams the foundation of the Human Race and promised that Taihao’s achievements would endure forever.

Nuwa revived Fuxi by placing Taihao’s soul in his long-sleeping true body, and Fuxi decided to protect the Human Race and atone for his past. He returned to the Holy City with Feng Lixi, while Hongjun watched from the Purple Sky Palace.

• Nuwa placed Taihao’s soul in Fuxi’s true body, restoring him and awakening him after hundreds of thousands of years.
• Fuxi learned what had happened in the Earth Immortal Realm and told Nuwa he wanted to remain with the Human Race to atone for his part in the Demon Clan’s crimes.
• Fuxi agreed to recover first and asked Nuwa to refine Taihao’s body into an avatar so he could watch over the Human Race from the Holy City.
• Fuxi and Feng Lixi returned to the Holy City, where he told Su Miao that he was both Fuxi and Taihao and that he now belonged to the Human Race.
• Fuxi walked through the Holy City with Feng Lixi and warmly greeted the people who recognized Taihao.
• Hongjun reflected on the Earth Immortal Realm from the Purple Sky Palace.