Chapter Summaries

Laozi and his brothers sought same-source spiritual treasures as a safer way to sever corpses, and Laozi entered seclusion to test the method with the Flat Staff. After he withdrew, Tongtian invited Su Miao to stay with him at Upper Purity Peak.

• Laozi explained that same-source treasures with compatible Laws might allow them to sever corpses while avoiding the method's backlash.
• Yuanshi and Tongtian suspected Hongjun might have taken the Chaos Bell, which could be the Eastern Emperor Bell in Tai Yi's possession.
• The Three Pure Ones chose the Flat Staff, Jade Ruyi, and Qingping Sword as a compatible set, and Yuanshi and Tongtian lent their treasures to Laozi.
• Su Miao suggested the Seven-Colored Gourds, but Yuanshi judged them too low-grade to be the best choice for bearing the Three Corpses.
• Laozi took the three treasures into seclusion at Supreme Purity Peak to sever his Good Corpse, while Yuanshi told Tongtian and Su Miao to keep the matter secret.
• Tongtian invited Su Miao to return to Upper Purity Peak with him, saying Duobao missed her.

Tongtian brought Su Miao to Upper Purity Peak, where she met Duobao and discovered its talent for finding hidden treasures. Yuanshi sensed them from Jade Purity Peak and, seeing Duobao behave cautiously and help Su Miao, chose to leave it alone for now.

• Tongtian took Su Miao to Upper Purity Peak after Yuanshi tacitly agreed to let her go.
• Su Miao saw Duobao organizing Tongtian's materials and learned how carefully it avoided Yuanshi.
• Su Miao gave Duobao pastries, and Duobao led her to hidden Spirit Planting near the mountain's Restriction.
• When Yuanshi's Spiritual Sense swept over Upper Purity Peak, Duobao disguised itself as a stone.
• Yuanshi sensed Duobao's interaction with Su Miao and, despite still disliking it, decided to let it remain for now.

Su Miao and Duobao grew closer as the clever mouse surveyed Kunlun Mountain and trained under Tongtian, while Yuanshi gradually accepted Duobao on Upper Purity Peak. As tensions rose across the Prehistoric World, Yuanshi sensed that the moment had arrived and showed Su Miao a vision of events beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens.

• Duobao showed Su Miao its detailed map of Kunlun Mountain and offered to search the mountain for hidden treasures.
• Su Miao often visited Duobao, whose surveys uncovered unusual plants and minerals, and Yuanshi tacitly accepted its presence on Upper Purity Peak.
• Tongtian taught Duobao basic escape and sword techniques, while Su Miao helped ease the tension between Yuanshi and Tongtian.
• East King Duke established the Immortal Court and expanded his influence, drawing growing opposition from Di Jun and Tai Yi.
• Yuanshi interrupted Su Miao's Dao scripture lesson, opened a Mystic Light Water Screen, and revealed a scene beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens.

Su Miao, Yuanshi, and Tongtian watched the Demon Clan destroy the Immortal Court through a water screen. Yuanshi warned Su Miao about karma and ambition, while Tongtian became convinced that Tai Yi’s Eastern Emperor Bell was his destined Chaos Bell.

• Su Miao invited Tongtian to watch the battle and served him snacks while Yuanshi drank tea.
• The Demon Clan’s forces routed the Immortal Court under Di Jun and Tai Yi’s assault, and East King Duke was killed.
• Su Miao became frightened by the real destruction and clutched Yuanshi’s sleeve as he warned her to avoid people burdened by ambition and karma.
• Tongtian recognized the Eastern Emperor Bell as likely his Companion Supreme Treasure, the Chaos Bell, and wanted to claim it.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi stood over the Immortal Court’s ruins as the Demon Clan celebrated and Fortune gathered around them.

After Di Jun sensed the Three Pure Ones observing the Demon Clan’s victory, Tongtian defused his anger by claiming he was using the battle to teach Su Miao. Yuanshi then urged Su Miao to learn how words could serve as swords, leaving her admiring Tongtian’s example.

• Di Jun sensed the Three Pure Ones watching from Kunlun and challenged them to reveal themselves.
• Tongtian identified himself and said he had been using Di Jun’s battle against East King Duke as a lesson for his young disciple.
• Tongtian praised Di Jun and Tai Yi while calling their conduct both a model and a warning, angering them and making Su Miao choke on her fruit.
• Di Jun suppressed his fury and accepted Tongtian’s explanation to avoid provoking the Three Pure Ones, while Tai Yi restrained himself.
• Yuanshi told Su Miao that words could be swords and that knowing the proper measure mattered, and Su Miao admired Tongtian.

After watching Di Jun and Tai Yi establish the Heavenly Court, Su Miao wished for a treasure that could observe distant places unnoticed. Yuanshi described the legendary Sky-Peering Mirror and the West Queen Mother’s Kunlun Mirror, while Tongtian promised to take Su Miao to see the West Queen Mother and her mirror.

• Di Jun and Tai Yi received Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s approval, built the Heavenly Court in the Thirty-Three Heavens, and gained Golden Light of Merit from the Primordial Heavenly Dao.
• Yuanshi ended the livestream, and Su Miao lamented that watching it had required her master to spend mana and reminded her of phones and other Blue Star conveniences.
• Yuanshi told Su Miao about the legendary Sky-Peering Mirror and the West Queen Mother’s Kunlun Mirror, which could reveal parts of the Prehistoric World and glimpses of the past and future.
• Tongtian promised Su Miao that he would take her to visit the West Queen Mother and see the Kunlun Mirror.

Laozi successfully severed his Good Corpse using a Same-Source Spiritual Treasure, proving the method safe and strengthening his cultivation. The Three Pure Ones decided to conceal their progress and search for more Same-Source treasures.

• Laozi emerged from his breakthrough alongside Taishang Laoweng, whose aura and Dao Foundation were perfectly harmonious with his own.
• Taishang Laoweng greeted Yuanshi and Tongtian and gave Su Miao an Alchemical Pill, which she accepted with delighted thanks.
• Tongtian and Yuanshi congratulated Laozi and confirmed that Taishang Laoweng’s stable connection proved the Same-Source Spiritual Treasure method worked.
• Laozi explained that severing his Good Corpse had advanced his cultivation and deepened his understanding of the Heavenly Dao.
• Yuanshi and Tongtian agreed to hide their own progress and claim they were not ready to sever their corpses.
• Laozi said the Three Pure Ones should focus on finding other Same-Source treasures.

Di Jun and Tai Yi established the Demon Court and forced spirit-bearing beings across the Prehistoric World to submit, provoking the Wu Race to challenge them. After Su Miao questioned why Hongjun engineered conflict and gathered fortune, Laozi concluded that Hongjun might be exploiting the world for a private purpose, leaving the Three Pure Ones determined to resist his schemes.

• Di Jun proclaimed that all beings with spiritual intelligence would be registered as demons under the Demon Court, and its forces compelled reluctant races to submit.
• Tai Yi used the Eastern Emperor Bell to crush the Feather Tribe’s resistance, while Yuanshi warned that the Demon Court’s coerced fortune carried seeds of disaster.
• The Ancestral Witches challenged Di Jun, and their surging power checked the Demon Clan’s growing fortune as conflict between the two races loomed.
• Su Miao asked why Hongjun needed to provoke disputes and gather fortune despite being a Saint, prompting the Three Pure Ones to suspect he was pursuing a private goal.
• Laozi concluded that Hongjun might be collecting fortune or power through conflict, and Yuanshi, Tongtian, and Laozi discussed concealing their fortune and disrupting his plans.

Su Miao and the Three Pure Ones traveled to Purple Sky Palace for the Third Sermon after leaving Duobao and White Crane Boy to guard Kunlun Mountain. The powerful cultivators gathered with new suspicions and schemes, and Dao Ancestor Hongjun appeared to begin the sermon.

• Su Miao told Duobao and White Crane Boy to guard Kunlun Mountain while she and her Masters were away.
• Tongtian carried Su Miao as the Three Pure Ones departed for Purple Sky Palace.
• The gathered cultivators watched one another warily, while Hongyun stayed beside Zhen Yuanzi and Houtu did not attend.
• The Three Pure Ones took the front cushions, and Su Miao sat between Laozi and Yuanshi.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun appeared, officially beginning the Third Sermon.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun explained three methods of attaining sainthood and presented the Three Corpses method as the easiest path, while Su Miao recognized its hidden danger. He ended by declaring Primordial Violet Qi essential to becoming a Saint, leaving the hall’s listeners stunned and the Three Pure Ones wary of his scheme.

• Hongjun described proving the Dao through Power, Merit, or severing the Three Corpses, and portrayed the third method as the most reliable.
• Su Miao realized that uniting Three Corpses made from Spiritual Treasures of different sources could destroy the practitioner, and suspected Hongjun was concealing the danger to provoke conflict.
• Laozi remained composed while Yuanshi and Tongtian reacted tensely to the crowd’s interest in the Three Corpses method.
• Hongjun declared Primordial Violet Qi the foundation and key to sainthood, freezing the atmosphere in the Purple Sky Palace.
• Tongtian quietly scoffed, Yuanshi warned him with a glare, and Laozi calmed the disturbance as Hongjun continued his sermon.

Hongjun distributed six streams of Primordial Violet Qi to the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti, then gave the final stream to Su Miao, making her the target of every great expert in Purple Sky Palace. He asked whether she would accept the chance at sainthood, leaving her and the furious Three Pure Ones under immense pressure as she faced an impossible choice.

• Hongjun declared that seven Saints would govern enlightenment and revealed seven streams of Primordial Violet Qi as the foundation for sainthood.
• Hongjun gave three streams to Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian, and one to Nuwa, naming their destinies and merit as reasons.
• Jieyin and Zhunti pleaded for the West, and Hongjun granted them two streams to settle his karmic debt.
• Hongjun sent the final stream to Su Miao, shocking the assembly and provoking envy and suspicion among the gathered experts.
• Hongjun asked Su Miao whether she would accept the Violet Qi, while she recognized that accepting or refusing could both put her in danger and the Three Pure Ones grew furious.

Su Miao refused the Primordial Violet Qi, arguing that her cultivation was too shallow to accept such a weighty responsibility. Hongjun accepted her refusal and gave the Violet Qi to Hongyun, leaving Zhen Yuanzi fearful that the treasure would bring his friend disaster.

• Su Miao respectfully declined the Primordial Violet Qi, citing her Masters' teachings and her duty not to disrupt the Heavenly Dao's plans.
• Hongjun withdrew the Violet Qi from before Su Miao after declaring that its Karma had not yet arrived.
• Hongjun called on Hongyun and sent the Violet Qi into his glabella before he could react.
• Hongyun rejoiced at receiving the treasure, while Zhen Yuanzi worried that his kind-hearted friend lacked the strength to protect it.

After Hongjun granted Hongyun Primordial Violet Qi, the other experts turned their greed and killing intent toward him, while Hongjun secretly marked Su Miao with a hidden spell. Hongjun returned after the sermon to bestow treasures on his six disciples, beginning with the Three Pure Ones.

• Hongjun's revelation that Hongyun had received Primordial Violet Qi stirred Kunpeng, Minghe, Di Jun, Tai Yi, Jieyin, and Zhunti to eye him with greed and murderous intent.
• As Hongjun vanished, he secretly sent a dim mark from his sleeve that settled into Su Miao's hair and entwined itself around her origin.
• The Third Sermon ended, and Hongyun anxiously prepared to leave with Zhen Yuanzi while the other experts watched him and one another warily.
• When Su Miao asked Laozi to take her home, Hongjun reappeared and announced gifts of Spiritual Treasures for his six disciples.
• Hongjun gave Laozi the Earth-Leaving Flame Light Banner, Yuanshi the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner, and Tongtian the Immortal Slaying Four Swords and a formation diagram.

Hongjun bestowed the Qiankun Cauldron on Su Miao, then revealed that the Primordial Violet Qi bound its recipients to him and siphoned their Fortune. After merging with the Heavenly Dao, he announced that treasures awaited those with Fate on Treasure Distribution Cliff.

• Hongjun gave Nuwa the Red Embroidered Ball and Mountain and River Diagram, and gave Jieyin and Zhunti the Blessing Divine Pestle and Twelve Petals Merit Golden Lotus.
• Hongjun bestowed the Qiankun Cauldron on Su Miao, who accepted it despite suspecting it would attract danger.
• Hongjun declared that the recipients of Primordial Violet Qi would inherit his Dao lineage, and invisible restraints began draining the Fortune of the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Hongyun.
• Hongjun proclaimed that he would become the Heavenly Dao, then vanished into its Laws while the Three Pure Ones sensed the Fortune drain continuing.
• Hongjun announced that he had left his unused Spiritual Treasures on Treasure Distribution Cliff for those with Fate to claim.

The Three Pure Ones and Su Miao raced to Treasure Distribution Cliff and gathered Spiritual Treasures after Tongtian blocked the other experts with a Sword Formation. They stripped much of the cliff bare, and Tongtian ended the chapter eyeing the enormous rock beneath them as another possible treasure.

• Tongtian sealed Purple Sky Palace’s gates with a Star Chart Sword Formation, allowing Laozi, Yuanshi, and himself to escape first with Su Miao.
• The Three Pure Ones collected Spiritual Treasures across Treasure Distribution Cliff, with Laozi choosing treasures suited to him, Yuanshi taking powerful weapons and defenses, and Tongtian sweeping up dozens at once.
• Laozi gave Su Miao a set of twelve Sea Calming Beads, and she used her Chaos Bead to gather Spirit Roots, seeds, Strange Ore, and other overlooked resources.
• The late-arriving experts, including Di Jun, Tai Yi, Nuwa, Fuxi, Jieyin, and Zhunti, scrambled for the remaining treasures as Su Miao spotted the Eastern Green Lotus Precious Color Banner, which Jieyin collected first.
• Su Miao placed a huge piece of apparently dead wood with a faint trace of vitality into her Chaos Bead, while Tongtian eyed the treasure-laden cliff’s enormous rock.

Tongtian took the Treasure Distribution Rock, while Zhen Yuanzi escaped with Hongyun as the others watched. On the way back to Kunlun, Su Miao devised a scheme for the Three Pure Ones to obtain the Chaos Bell by claiming to borrow it after the Demon Court and Wu Race weakened each other, and her Masters approved.

• Tongtian cut the Treasure Distribution Rock free, shrank it, and pocketed it while the gathered experts regretted overlooking its value.
• Zhen Yuanzi used the Earth Book to escape with Hongyun into Chaos, leaving Kunpeng furious as Di Jun and Tai Yi let them go.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian declined to interfere with Hongyun's flight and decided to return to Kunlun.
• The Three Pure Ones discussed how to obtain Tai Yi's Chaos Bell, and Tongtian proposed waiting for a chance to take it.
• Su Miao suggested that her Masters offer to safeguard the Chaos Bell after the Demon Court and Wu Race weakened each other, then decide later whether to return it.
• Tongtian praised Su Miao's plan, and Laozi and Yuanshi accepted it as a feasible approach.

Zhen Yuanzi sealed Wuzhuang Temple to protect Hongyun as he struggled to refine the Primordial Violet Qi, while Su Miao received treasures from the Three Pure Ones on Kunlun Mountain. When Su Miao contacted Heavenly Dao, she learned that Hongjun’s Dao Integration might conceal a plan to seize authority over the Three Daos, and she asked whether there was another path to sainthood.

• Zhen Yuanzi activated the Earth Book Array and shut Wuzhuang Temple to outsiders while urging Hongyun to refine the Primordial Violet Qi.
• Tongtian, Laozi, and Yuanshi returned to Kunlun Mountain and let Su Miao choose from their Spiritual Treasures.
• Laozi and Yuanshi gave Su Miao the Earth-Leaving Flame Light Banner and Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner, and the Three Pure Ones cautioned her about using treasures to Sever Corpse.
• After the Three Pure Ones entered seclusion, Su Miao contacted Heavenly Dao and heard that Earthly Dao and Human Dao had never awakened, leaving Heavenly Dao burdened with their work.
• Su Miao realized Hongjun might be trying to devour the Three Daos and seize supreme authority, then asked Heavenly Dao whether there were other ways to become a saint.

Heavenly Dao explained five methods of attaining sainthood to Su Miao, who saw the Chaos Bead as a promising foundation for evolving a world. Several thousand years later, Duobao survived his tribulation and took human form.

• Heavenly Dao described Proving the Dao through Power, Merit, Laws, and World, warning Su Miao that every path was difficult and that Slaying the Three Corpses was a trap.
• Su Miao realized the Chaos Bead’s embryonic Hongmeng World could support Proving the Dao through World, while Heavenly Dao said it could only offer help within the Rules.
• Su Miao asked whether Heavenly Dao could restrain Hongjun after Dao Integration, and Heavenly Dao admitted it could only use the Rules to oppose him when he crossed a bottom line.
• Su Miao returned to her Small Palace and focused on improving her strength as the Primordial World entered a period of calm.
• Several thousand years later, Su Miao and the Three Pure Ones watched Duobao face his transformation tribulation in Kunlun Mountain.
• Duobao endured the final lightning bolt and emerged as a young man in a yellow Daoist robe.

After Duobao transformed and became Tongtian’s eldest disciple, Tongtian took Su Miao to visit West Queen Mother at West Kunlun. Su Miao viewed the Prehistoric World through the Kunlun Mirror and returned with Flat Peaches and a peach cutting, newly curious about traveling beyond Kunlun.

• Duobao transformed, formally became Tongtian’s eldest disciple, and received Yuanshi’s instructions to obey Kunlun’s rules and cultivate diligently.
• Duobao settled into life at Upper Purity Peak while Su Miao studied the Heavenly Dao, cultivated, and tended her Spirit Plants.
• Tongtian took Su Miao to West Kunlun, where Yuanshi gave her a Kunlun Mark before their departure.
• West Queen Mother welcomed Tongtian and Su Miao and showed them the Prehistoric World through the Kunlun Mirror.
• West Queen Mother gave Su Miao Flat Peaches and a peach cutting, and Su Miao began wondering whether she should explore the world beyond Kunlun.

Su Miao discovered a revived Jianmu branch and a mature Yellow Middle Plum Tree on Fangzhang Immortal Island, then shared the precious fruits with her Masters. The Yellow Middle Plum Tree was transplanted to Jade Purity Peak, where Yuanshi protected it after emerging from seclusion.

• Su Miao found a tiny sprout on a seemingly dead branch and recognized it as the Jianmu Tree, so she planted and watered it with Three Lights Divine Water.
• Su Miao discovered a mature Yellow Middle Plum Tree bearing nine fruits and picked them after finding no guardian or Restrictions.
• Su Miao showed the Yellow Middle Plums to Laozi and Tongtian; Tongtian tasted one, Laozi kept one, and Su Miao saved one for Grandfather Taishang.
• Su Miao suggested planting the Yellow Middle Plum Tree on Yuanshi's Jade Purity Peak, and Laozi and Tongtian transplanted it there under protective Restrictions.
• Five thousand years later, Yuanshi emerged from seclusion, strengthened the tree's protective Restriction, and turned to Su Miao.