Chapter Summaries

Yuanshi discovered that Su Miao's Dao Body still had a trace of immaturity because her Chaos Bead had lacked another strand of Primordial Violet Qi, and he blamed Zhunti for the chain of events that sent Duobao and the Violet Qi west. Su Miao comforted Yuanshi by returning to her toddler form, leaving the onlookers delighted by how quickly his anger softened.

• Yuanshi examined Su Miao's foundation and grew angry that Tongtian had given Duobao a strand of Primordial Violet Qi that might have completed her Chaos Bead sooner.
• Tongtian and the Jie Sect disciples discussed Yuanshi's blame, while Guang Chengzi explained that Duobao's path to the West had arisen through a long chain of events involving Miao Heng and Tongtian.
• Zhunti complained to Jieyin that Yuanshi's blame had landed on him despite Duobao choosing to go to the West himself, and Jieyin traced the chain of karma back to Miao Heng.
• Su Miao returned to toddler form, hugged Yuanshi's leg, and said she could cultivate and grow slowly to spend more time with her masters; Yuanshi picked her up and softened.
• The disciples and cultivators watching the Light Curtain reacted to Su Miao's cuteness, and Taiyi secretly saved a recording of Yuanshi's change in expression.

The observers watched Yuanshi shield Su Miao from Zhunti’s attempt to tickle her feet, leaving Zhunti embarrassed under Yuanshi’s cold glare. The group chats and teahouse crowd laughed over the incident while Su Miao stayed hidden in Yuanshi’s arms.

• Zhunti reached toward Su Miao’s exposed feet, but Yuanshi drew her closer and hid them beneath his sleeves.
• Taiyi and the others laughed at Zhunti’s frozen hand and awkward smile, while Jieyin told Zhunti he deserved the rebuke.
• Bi Xiao, Zhao Gongming, Yun Xiao, Qiong Xiao, and the others speculated that Yuanshi had anticipated Zhunti’s move and let him expose himself.
• The Rogue Cultivator Teahouse debated Yuanshi’s protectiveness and shared jokes about the Saints squabbling over Su Miao.
• The onlookers noticed Su Miao had buried her face in Yuanshi’s neck and was probably pretending to be asleep.

Su Miao asked the Saints how the Witch-Demon War would end, and Laozi advised her to stay out of the calamity while Yuanshi declared that Kunlun could remain secure. Zhunti openly proposed recruiting survivors afterward, provoking Yuanshi’s disapproval and sparking debate among the spectators.

• Su Miao changed the subject and asked Laozi how the Witch-Demon War would end, and Laozi said its outcome depended on the Variables and urged her to stay out of the tribulation.
• Bai Ze interpreted the calamity as a selection that would weed out the unfit, while Li Changshou concluded that Laozi was warning Su Miao not to interfere.
• Yuanshi said Kunlun could watch from the shore, and Tongtian privately noted that Yuanshi would rush to protect Su Miao if she were threatened.
• A surviving old demon admitted that the Demon Clan’s internal divisions had contributed to its defeat against the united Wu Race.
• Zhunti proposed that the Western Teachings recruit survivors after the war, and Yuanshi regarded him as an opportunist while Jieyin reprimanded and silenced him.
• Zhao Gongming, Qiong Xiao, Yun Xiao, and Taiyi discussed Zhunti’s proposal, with Taiyi defending its practical merits while acknowledging that Zhunti had chosen a bad moment to voice it.

Zhunti teased Yuanshi by asking who could become Miao Heng’s Dao Companion, provoking widespread curiosity and leaving Yuanshi visibly displeased. The spectators debated what kind of person could be worthy of her, while Yang Jian silently imagined a candidate.

• Zhunti joked to Yuanshi about Miao Heng’s beauty, power, and future Dao Companion.
• The spectators fell silent, then Bi Xiao and others eagerly discussed who might deserve Miao Heng.
• Guang Chengzi and Chi Jingzi noted Yuanshi’s anger and restraint, while Tongtian waited to hear his reply.
• Yang Jian wondered what kind of person could be worthy of Miao Heng, privately picturing someone he dared not name.
• Cultivators at the Rogue Cultivator Teahouse argued that Miao Heng had no equal among her peers and did not need to seek a Dao Companion yet.

Li Changchou and the others discussed whether anyone could be worthy of Miao Heng as a Dao Companion, while Zhunti openly suggested that her bond as the Three Pure Ones’ “Shared Daughter” could complicate any romance with them. The chapter left the teahouse debating whether the Heavenly Dao would permit the Three Pure Ones to be both her masters and her Dao Companions, as Yuanshi’s anger mounted.

• Li Changchou and Bai Ze concluded that only Saints could be potential Dao Companions for Miao Heng, and that the Three Pure Ones and the Two Sages of the West were the only candidates left.
• Yuanshi angrily declared that no one in the Prehistoric World could be worthy of his disciple, while the Jie Sect disciples reacted to his protectiveness.
• Zhunti asked whether the Three Pure Ones’ status as Miao Heng’s shared masters and father figures would make becoming her Dao Companions improper.
• Bi Xiao and others argued that Zhunti was provoking Yuanshi and using mortal customs that did not necessarily apply to Innate Creatures.
• The Rogue Cultivators debated whether the Heavenly Dao’s recognition of Miao Heng as the Three Pure Ones’ Shared Daughter would prevent them from becoming her Dao Companions.

Zhunti argued that Primordial Heavenly Lord should settle Little Senior Sister’s future relationship early, then recommended himself and Jieyin as suitable partners. His words left the Prehistoric World debating whether he had exposed Primordial Heavenly Lord’s fear of losing his disciple, while Grand Pure Saint’s silence drew fresh speculation.

• Zhunti urged Primordial Heavenly Lord to choose a partner for Little Senior Sister before she fell for an outsider, and proposed himself and Jieyin.
• Jieyin confronted Zhunti about volunteering them both, and Zhunti admitted he was half serious.
• Bi Xiao, Zhao Gongming, and Yun Xiao discussed Zhunti’s warning that a future romance could estrange Little Senior Sister from her master.
• Taiyi and Guang Chengzi concluded that Primordial Heavenly Lord would prevent Little Senior Sister from becoming estranged, possibly by dealing with any suitor first.
• The people at a teahouse debated whether Zhunti’s proposal was excessive and wondered whether Grand Pure Saint’s silence concealed his own thoughts.

Zhunti’s private suspicion about Yuanshi and Taiqing’s feelings for Miao Heng played across the Light Curtain, leaving Tongtian and Zhunti shocked. Su Miao’s escape and candid complaints about the Dao Companion discussion amused the onlookers, while the conversation ended with Nezha asking whether he counted as a handsome man.

• The Light Curtain revealed Zhunti’s thought that Yuanshi and Taiqing might harbor feelings for Miao Heng, and Tongtian struggled to respond.
• Jieyin told Zhunti that the broadcast thoughts had been his own, prompting Zhunti to worry about what else might be exposed.
• On the Light Curtain, Su Miao slipped out of Yuanshi’s arms and hid behind Laozi, who shielded her without stopping the discussion.
• Su Miao’s inner complaints revealed that she wanted to admire handsome men but found the Dao Companion options had narrowed to Saints and ancient seniors.
• Nezha asked Taiyi whether he counted as a handsome man, and Yellow Dragon praised his future prospects before Taiyi ruffled his hair.

Viewers across the Prehistoric World laughed at Su Miao’s wish to admire handsome men, while Laozi teased Yuanshi about setting an impossibly high standard for her future partner. The discussion left everyone realizing that only Pangu or Su Miao herself could meet it.

• Tongtian, Laozi, and Duobao laughed at Su Miao’s wish to admire handsome men, while Yuanshi insisted that no one had the right to meddle in her choices.
• Zhunti boasted to Jieyin that he was the West’s most handsome man, but Jieyin dismissed his claim.
• At the Duxian Sect and Rogue Cultivator Teahouse, cultivators debated Su Miao’s ambition and praised her freedom to follow her heart.
• Laozi told Yuanshi that if Su Miao chose someone, her masters could not stop her, but they should set the standard higher than Beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens.
• Taiyi explained that this standard meant the Great Dao, which only Pangu and Su Miao herself could reach, prompting Yu Ding to realize Laozi had effectively ruled out every suitor.

Yuanshi set impossibly high standards for anyone seeking to become his disciple’s Dao Companion, leaving Zhao Gongming and the other cultivators convinced that no one could qualify. Guang Chengzi realized the standards described Yuanshi himself, while Kong Xuan argued that only the little girl had a truly clear heart.

• Shennong and Fuxi discussed how Taiqing had quietly blocked anyone from reaching the little girl, while Bi Xiao, Zhao Gongming, and Yun Xiao said he was deliberately stirring up trouble.
• Yuanshi told Zhunti that neither he nor Jieyin met his four standards for a suitable Dao Companion for Yuanshi’s disciple.
• Zhao Gongming compared himself against the standards and concluded that he failed every one, and Bi Xiao joked that no one could qualify except Pangu.
• Taiyi asked Guang Chengzi, Yu Ding, and Yellow Dragon whether he met the standards, and they teased him about his lack of talent, virtue, and pure intentions.
• Guang Chengzi realized that all four standards matched Yuanshi, and Kong Xuan said the little girl had a clearer heart than a Saint weighed down by rules and schemes.

Zhunti teased Yuanshi over his protectiveness of Miao Heng, prompting Yuanshi to challenge him to a battle Beyond the Heavens. Zhunti dreaded the fight until Tongtian returned to Kunlun, though Jieyin warned that Yuanshi might attack them both.

• Zhunti and Jieyin discussed Yuanshi’s standards for qualifying as a Dao Companion, and Zhunti suspected Yuanshi had something in mind.
• At the Rogue Cultivator Teahouse, Bi Xiao and Zhao Gongming recalled how Yuanshi had protected Tongtian and compared it with his care for Miao Heng.
• Yuanshi, angered by Zhunti’s teasing about Miao Heng, challenged him to fight Beyond the Heavens immediately.
• Jieyin told Zhunti to accept the challenge because refusing would be humiliating, while the teahouse guests eagerly speculated about the coming battle.
• Tongtian returned to Kunlun asking for his disciple, and Zhunti hoped his arrival would prevent Yuanshi from fighting him.

Viewers watched Tongtian in another world abandon his anger at Su Miao as soon as she offered him rare treasures, prompting reactions from his disciples, fellow Saints, and Rogue Cultivators. The scene ended with Tongtian engrossed in the treasure pile and forgetting why he had come to scold her.

• Tongtian angrily scolded Su Miao for secretly fighting in the Blood Sea, but she appeased him by producing a mountain of treasures from the Chaos Bead.
• Tongtian became absorbed in the treasures, while Duobao teased him for readily setting aside his dignity to obtain rare materials.
• Taiyi and Guang Chengzi compared Tongtian's easy forgiveness with how Yuanshi would confiscate treasures and order Taiyi to copy scriptures.
• Bi Xiao, Jin Ling, Zhao Gongming, and Qiong Xiao reflected on how the other world's Tongtian seemed freer, while Zhao Gongming encouraged them to hope for a better future.
• Zhunti and Jieyin joked about Tongtian's fondness for treasures, and Rogue Cultivators marveled at the valuable ores Su Miao had given him.
• Tongtian continued rummaging through the treasure pile until he completely forgot why he had come to scold Su Miao.

The observers discussed why Yuanshi was angry with Tongtian for happily accepting Miao Heng’s gifts, concluding that he still resented Tongtian giving Violet Qi to Duobao instead of helping Miao Heng complete her Dao Body. Tongtian understood Yuanshi’s feelings but did not regret his choice, and the Light Curtain ended with him turning back to the treasures.

• Yuanshi glared at Tongtian while Tongtian innocently wondered what he had done to upset him.
• Taiyi, Guang Chengzi, Yun Zhongzi, Bi Xiao, and Zhao Gongming reasoned that Yuanshi was angry about people, not treasures, and that Tongtian’s happiness around Miao Heng made it worse.
• Tongtian asked Duobao why Yuanshi was angry, and Duobao explained that Yuanshi regretted Tongtian giving Violet Qi to him instead of letting Miao Heng use it to complete her Dao Body.
• Tongtian admitted he had different priorities and said he could not ask for the Violet Qi back, though he still did not regret giving it to Duobao.
• Zhunti and Jieyin discussed Tongtian’s carefree nature, while the Rogue Cultivators debated whether his openness came from his power and his brothers’ protection.
• Tongtian stopped wondering about Yuanshi’s anger and returned his attention to the treasures.