Chapter Summaries

Fengdu appeared after the Heaven Lord lost to the Demon Ancestor and effortlessly ended the Demon Clan rebellion, warning the Three Emperors on behalf of Liguang Dihao. Liguang Dihao later revealed that the battle had been staged to expose and restrain those who might defy his rule.

• The Demon Ancestor defeated the Heaven Lord, leaving the Heavenly Court's forces shocked and fearing the Heavenly Court would fall.
• Fengdu emerged at the Southern Heavenly Gate, and the Heaven Lord and assembled leaders acknowledged his status as one of the Two Venerables.
• The Demon Ancestor attacked Fengdu, but Fengdu's protective aura stopped the spear, and a glance from him erased the Demon Ancestor.
• Fengdu vanished the rest of the Demon Clan and delivered Liguang Dihao's warning to the Three Emperors, who accepted it and pledged obedience.
• Liguang Yetan and another woman visited Liguang Dihao, who revealed that the Heaven Lord and Demon Ancestor's battle had been staged to discipline the Three Emperors.

Liu Qing waited in the Shanhai Realm for news of its spirit beasts, and the Spirit Horse was announced to appear in Hundred Flowers Valley. Twenty Quasi-Saints drove away weaker cultivators to monopolize the encounter, but the Spirit Horse refused to acknowledge them and prepared to fight.

• Trillions of Quasi-Saints entered the Shanhai Realm, where Liu Qing explored Water Spirit City and waited for news of the spirit beasts.
• Three months later, news spread that the Spirit Horse would appear in Hundred Flowers Valley, drawing tens of millions of Quasi-Saints to Hundred Flowers City.
• Twenty Quasi-Saints ordered cultivators below their realm to leave the area, and they killed more than ten thousand who resisted.
• The Spirit Horse appeared with peak Quasi-Saint strength and demanded to know why the Immortal Emperors had been driven away.
• Destruction Young Emperor defended the Quasi-Saints' actions, but the Spirit Horse refused to acknowledge them, and Cause-and-Effect Young Emperor threatened it.
• The Spirit Horse welcomed a fight, transformed into a burly man, and took up an iron staff.

The spirit horse revealed Sea-Mountain Heaven’s three trials and the perilous rules governing them. Shen Tian entered the first trial, Ten Thousand Venerable Mountain, and easily struck down its first guardian.

• The spirit horse fought the twenty Quasi-Saints with powerful clones before they subdued it and learned about the trials and the coveted treasure.
• The spirit horse explained that the trials had to be completed within one thousand two hundred years and that each person faced a separate challenge.
• The group entered Ten Thousand Venerable Mountain, where ten thousand guarded summits formed the first trial, and a Quasi-Saint died trying to leave.
• Shen Tian crossed the first maze and found a talking clay statue guarding the hall.
• The statue attacked Shen Tian, who punched a hole through it and judged its strength to be far below his own.

Shen Tian destroyed the Chaos Origin Stone sustaining a clay gatekeeper, while Tian Ji burned away a space and revealed its hidden true body, clearing their trials. Xiao Xuan awakened after a long slumber, left Other Shore for Chaos, and drew the attention of a middle-aged man watching from a secret realm.

• Shen Tian discovered the clay statue depended on a Chaos Origin Stone and shattered it, causing the hall to vanish and revealing another cave entrance.
• Tian Ji used the Fire Source Spirit Pearl to burn the gatekeeper's countless clones, then burned away the entire space and exposed a shattered piece of jade and a magnificent palace.
• The powerful figures continued clearing their trials while beings at the Da Luo Saint Realm and above watched without concern.
• Xiao Xuan awoke in Dao Palace after comprehending several Great Dao laws and strengthening his foundation.
• Xiao Xuan left Other Shore and entered Chaos, where a middle-aged man in a hidden secret realm remarked on his long stay in Other Shore.

Xiao Xuan entered Hong Huang, established the Xuanji Realm, and observed the many powerful beings and peoples that had arisen there. As Pangu’s descendants and the Demon God clans took shape, some factions began considering whether to subdue the descendants.

• Huang and the others revealed that they had recovered memories as avatars, while Xiao Xuan refused to merge with another self and chose to pursue eternity alone.
• Xiao Xuan entered Hong Huang, found a spiritually rich place in the east, and created the Xuanji Realm.
• The Three Pure Ones, Nuwa and Fuxi, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, the Golden Crow Divine Birds, and other powerful beings emerged across Hong Huang.
• The ten great god clans and the Other Shore God Race formed among the Demon Gods’ descendants, while the Ferocious Beast Clan also persisted.
• Pangu’s descendants drew the attention of the other peoples, and some began acting in hopes of subduing them.

Hongjun took the Three Pure Ones as disciples and explained his Heavenly Dao mission, but Luohou’s declaration of the Demonic Cult revealed a powerful rival. The Three Pure Ones learned that Hong Huang was far larger and more dangerous than their inherited memories suggested.

• Hongjun encountered the Three Pure Ones on Mount Buzhou, recognized his mission, and accepted them as his disciples.
• Luankong visited Hongjun on Jade Capital Mountain and warned that Luohou had grown powerful and coveted Hong Huang.
• Luohou founded the Demonic Cult in the Western Lands, and Heavenly Dao merit raised his Law of Slaughter to the half-step Hunyuan Da Luo Golden Immortal level.
• Hongjun dispelled Luohou’s overwhelming pressure and warned the Three Pure Ones not to challenge him.
• Luankong and Hongjun told the Three Pure Ones about hidden powers and a wider realm, and Hongjun said they could reach it through Two Worlds City after attaining Da Luo.

Xiao Xuan encountered Feng Qi on Mount Buzhou and took her along, then met Fuxi and Nuwa and explained merit and the Great Dao. He set tests for the siblings to pass before they could become his disciples.

• Xiao Xuan seized Feng Qi as she flew from a cave, stopped her crying, and ordered her to accompany him.
• Fuxi and Nuwa discussed the mysterious cave and argued over whether Nuwa should travel beyond Mount Buzhou.
• Xiao Xuan appeared before Fuxi and Nuwa and explained how merit and understanding the Great Dao worked.
• Nuwa and Fuxi asked to become Xiao Xuan's disciples, and he offered them separate tests to prove their strength and ability.

Di Hao sent Nuwa, Fuxi, and Feng Qi to the Supreme Heaven Realm for trials, where repeated defeats forced them to rebuild their foundations and pursue their own paths. Later, Xiao Xuan challenged the Lunar Jade Rabbit sisters to test themselves in Two Worlds City, which led toward the legendary Other Shore.

• Di Hao assigned Fuxi the task of earning the Heavenly Court’s imperial throne and told Nuwa and Feng Qi to defeat opponents across twenty tower stages, but all three were instantly defeated by the projections.
• Nuwa, Fuxi, and Feng Qi traveled and trained for millions of years, then started over from the first realm to strengthen their foundations.
• Nuwa eventually defeated Shen Tian’s Golden Immortal projection but lost to the same opponent after he advanced to Da Luo, while Fuxi became a Divine Lord and earned support through his pursuit of peace.
• Xiao Xuan’s Lunar Jade Rabbit disciples, Changxi and her sister, reached the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm under his guidance.
• Xiao Xuan gave the sisters a billion years of leave to travel through Two Worlds City and seek a route to the Other Shore.

A group of Hong Huang cultivators entered the passage to the Other Shore, where Creation Young Emperor warned them about its formidable rankings and prodigies. After he brought them to Two Worlds City, a powerful Heavenly Hound attacked Taiyi and Hongyun before its cautious master arrived, leaving the group stunned by the man's strength.

• The Hong Huang cultivators passed through Transcendence City and traveled for millions of years through the passage toward Two Worlds City.
• Creation Young Emperor appeared, explained the Other Shore's rankings and powerful prodigies, and transported the group to Two Worlds City.
• The Heavenly Hound Tayun insulted Hongyun and kicked him and Taiyi away, then boasted of his own strength.
• Tayun's master arrived and apologized, while insisting that even powerful cultivators should remain cautious.
• Laozi asked about the master's strength, and Yuan said the man seemed impossible to match by force.

After completing Xiao Xuan’s trial, Fuxi, Nuwa, and Feng Qi traveled to the Other Shore and rose to prominence among its Immortal Emperors. In Taiyin City, Su Xia recognized their potential and arranged for them to train at the Dao Palace, while the arrival of a familiar tower guardian left them stunned.

• Luo Qi and the other Hong Huang gods tested themselves in Two Worlds City’s rankings, with several placing in the top ten.
• A billion years later, Fuxi, Nuwa, and Feng Qi completed Xiao Xuan’s trial and set off for the Other Shore.
• Nuwa became the top Immortal Emperor on the Other Shore Earth Ranking, while Fuxi and Feng Qi entered its top twenty.
• Su Xia, founder of the Taiyin Emperor Dynasty, met the trio in Taiyin City, praised Nuwa’s potential, and arranged for them to train at the Dao Palace.
• Nuwa broke through into the Quasi-Saint realm, and the guardian of the Supreme Heaven Realm’s eighth floor arrived, prompting the trio to recognize him from his projection.

Nuwa and her companions reached the Dao Palace, where they learned of its hierarchy and Profound Ancestor’s standing before meeting Palace Master Dao Wushuang. Dao Wushuang appointed Nuwa the Dao Palace’s Dao Maiden, and the gathered members answered his decree.

• Ming Dao took Nuwa, Fuxi, Feng Qi, and the others to the Dao Palace after they agreed to leave with him.
• Ming Dao showed the newcomers the records at Ming Dao Peak and explained the Dao Lord realm before leading them to meet the Palace Master.
• Chu Ge told Nuwa and her companions that their master, Profound Ancestor, was a powerful Dao Palace figure and a disciple of the Taiyin Dao Lord’s lineage.
• Dao Wushuang praised Nuwa’s strength and appointed her the Dao Palace’s Dao Maiden.
• Thousands of Dao Palace members echoed the appointment, and Chu Ge’s shout roused Nuwa and Ming Dao from the power of their voices.

Xiao Xuan accepted Houtu as his disciple and began rebuilding her weak foundation, while Pangu offered him a replica of the Creation Jade Disc in exchange for nurturing her. Houtu started over in the Supreme Heaven Realm’s Netherworld Underworld, determined to catch up with her senior fellow disciples.

• Dao Wushuang named Chu Ge his successor as Palace Master and ordered Ming Dao to grant Nuwa the privileges of a Dao Maiden.
• Houtu became trapped near Xiao Xuan’s thatched hut after studying Pangu’s statue and mistook Xiao Xuan for Father God.
• Pangu offered Xiao Xuan his refined replica of the Creation Jade Disc for one cosmic era of study in exchange for nurturing Houtu.
• Xiao Xuan accepted Houtu as his disciple, explained her siblings’ strengths and limitations, and gave her a portion of Pangu’s Primordial Spirit origin.
• Xiao Xuan showed Houtu Pangu Hall and the eleven Ancestral Witches, then sent her to the Netherworld Underworld in the Supreme Heaven Realm.
• Houtu was defeated on the first tower floor, began cultivating anew, and merged with Pangu’s Primordial Spirit origin to better comprehend the law of earth.

Houtu and the other cultivators returned from the Other Shore to Hong Huang, where Xiao Xuan explained that the first Saint’s ascension would weaken the barrier to their breakthroughs. As Luohou’s schemes drove the dragon, phoenix, and Qilin clans into a devastating war, the calamity consumed lives and brought their karmic debts due.

• Houtu reached the twenty-third level of the Spacetime Dao Tower, fought Nuwa to a draw after extended training, and then left for Two Worlds City at Xiao Xuan’s direction.
• Xiao Xuan spent countless eras studying the Creation Jade Disc, integrating only two additional Great Dao laws while Luohou schemed to turn the three clans against one another.
• Houtu, Nuwa, Fuxi, and the other cultivators returned to Hong Huang as Great Perfection Quasi-Saints, and Dijun, Taiyi, and Xihe established the Demon Race.
• Xiao Xuan told his disciples that Hong Huang’s first Saint would weaken the barrier to the Dao Lord realm, then the three clan leaders’ furious accusations erupted into battle.
• Ancestral Dragon, the old Qilin, and the old Phoenix fought amid the calamity, while baleful energy drove cultivators into slaughter and fewer than one in ten thousand members of the three clans survived.

After the Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation, Ancestral Dragon, Ancestral Phoenix, and Ancestral Qilin accepted their races’ karmic debts, while Hongjun and Luohou began the Dao-Devil War. Luohou trapped Hongjun in the Zhu Xian Sword Formation and unleashed a strike that split space, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Ancestral Dragon vowed to suppress the East Sea’s sea eye, Ancestral Phoenix led the Phoenix Race to guard Southern Radiance Volcano, and Ancestral Qilin declared that the Qilin Race would become auspicious beasts.
• Hongjun, Rahu, Taiji Ancestor, Qiankun Ancestor, Yin-Yang Ancestor, and other powerful figures gathered in the Western Lands as Hongjun and Luohou agreed to fight for the chance to attain Hunyuan.
• Xiao Tian and Hao Chen said the Other Shore God Race would not interfere, and the other powerful figures withdrew to watch.
• Hongjun and Luohou fought for hundreds of years, with Hongjun gradually gaining the advantage as their attacks devastated the Western Lands and shook the stars.
• Luohou lured Hongjun among four sword-shaped mountains, summoned the Four Zhu Xian Swords, and sealed them both inside the Zhu Xian Sword Formation.
• Luohou gathered the formation’s sword energy into a peerless blade and struck Hongjun, cutting open a deep fissure in space.

Hongjun defeated Luohou, who destroyed the western ancestral spiritual vein in a final self-destruction, then Hongjun attained sainthood ten thousand years later. He announced that he would teach the Dao in the Purple Cloud Palace, and cultivators across Hong Huang began gathering to hear him.

• Hongjun endured Luohou's attacks for three thousand years and gained the upper hand, while Luohou's weapons and body were badly weakened.
• Luohou detonated himself and the western ancestral spiritual vein, devastating the west and killing its inhabitants; Hongjun and the watching gods escaped but were severely injured.
• The Heavenly Dao sent down merit to repair the west, reward Hongjun after offsetting his karmic sin, and benefit the living beings of Hong Huang.
• Ten thousand years after returning to Jade Capital Mountain, Hongjun attained sainthood amid widespread auspicious phenomena and announced a Dao lecture in the Purple Cloud Palace ten thousand years later.
• Cause-and-Effect Young Emperor, Tianming Young Emperor, and Destruction Young Emperor, along with other powerful cultivators, broke through and entered seclusion.
• The Three Pure Ones, Jieyin and Zhunti, the Sun Star's two Golden Crow sovereigns, and countless other cultivators set out for the Thirty-Three Heavens to hear Hongjun expound the Dao.

The cultivators of Hong Huang struggled to reach Purple Cloud Palace, while the ages passed and transformation tribulations reshaped life across the Primordial Continent. Qinglong, Zhuque, Black Tortoise, and White Tiger swore to guard the Four Extremes, received merit, and became divine lords as other powerful figures watched.

• Cultivators crossed the thirty-three heavens toward Purple Cloud Palace, but chaotic turbulence killed a newly ascended Da Luo Golden Immortal before Dijun, the Three Pure Ones, and other powerful figures entered the chaos.
• Xiao Xuan continued comprehending the Dao as Hong Huang passed into the age of witches and demons and spiritual beings faced deadly transformation tribulations.
• Qinglong, Zhuque, Black Tortoise, and White Tiger pledged to become sacred beasts and protect Hong Huang, and the Heavenly Dao tested them before granting them merit.
• The four sacred beasts took their places at the cardinal directions as Divine Lord Mengzhang, Divine Lord Jianbing, Lingguang Divine Lord, and Zhiming Divine Lord.
• A dignified middle-aged man in the Southern Lands remarked that Ancestral Qilin had fallen behind, while members of the Other Shore God Race praised the four sacred beasts' plan to offset their races' karmic debt.

After Hongjun’s lectures advanced cultivation across Hong Huang, the Witch and Demon Races clashed while Taiyi and Dijun established their Heavenly Court in the Heaven Realm. The chapter ends with Taiyi failing to recruit Nuwa and Fuxi, who declined to join.

• The Creation Young Emperor ignored news of other races’ schemes and returned to cultivating, while Hongjun continued teaching the gathered gods in the Purple Cloud Palace.
• Xiao Xuan explored the Fate River, found his own fate obscured, and recalled how a Chaos Demon God was destroyed for interfering with the past.
• After Hongjun’s first lecture, the Witch and Demon Races fought near Mount Buzhou, but neither side risked a decisive battle.
• Hongjun concluded his second lecture and passed down the Three Corpses Method, which Xiao Xuan also cultivated.
• Taiyi and Dijun gathered cultivators in the Heaven Realm to establish the Demon Race Heavenly Court.
• Taiyi invited Nuwa and Fuxi to join the Heavenly Court, but both declined, and he withdrew.

Dijun and Taiyi founded the Demon Race Heavenly Court after powerful representatives from secluded god races and sacred lands warned them against trying to rule all of Hong Huang. The Heavenly Dao approved the court and empowered its founders, but the Witch Race arrived demanding its dissolution, leaving war imminent.

• More than twenty Quasi-Saints at Great Perfection arrived to congratulate the Heavenly Court, and Jin Zhantian warned Dijun and Taiyi against trying to unite Hong Huang.
• Dijun clarified that the court would govern only the Demon Race, then joined Taiyi in asking the Heavenly Dao to approve its founding.
• The Heavenly Dao expanded the Heaven Realm and sent down merit, allowing Dijun and Taiyi to reach the half-step Hunyuan Da Luo realm.
• Dijiang led twelve Witch Race figures into the Heaven Realm and accused the Demon Race of seeking to rule everything above and below.
• Gonggong demanded that Dijun and Taiyi dissolve the Heavenly Court or face destruction, and Dijun refused, declaring that the court would stand even if the Demon Race were torn apart.

The Witch Race summoned Pangu True Body to attack the Heavenly Court, but the conflict continued after the battle ended. Nuwa created the Human Race and attained sainthood, while Houtu became Samsara and Lady Pingxin before entering Xuanji Realm, where Xiao Xuan learned what had happened in Hong Huang.

• The Twelve Ancestral Witches formed Pangu True Body and clashed with Dijun and Taiyi, destroying the Heavenly Court’s palaces before Dijiang admitted the formation had a time limit and promised a stronger attack next time.
• After the three lectures ended, Nuwa shaped 129,600 humanoid beings from Primordial Divine Soil near Mount Buzhou, creating the Human Race and breaking through to the Hunyuan Da Luo Golden Immortal level.
• Houtu wandered to the Blood Sea and transformed her body into the Six Paths of Reincarnation, leaving behind a shadow of her Primordial Spirit.
• Great Dao merit restored Houtu’s shadow to a body, and she attained sainthood as Lady Pingxin, the Supreme Saint of Merit.
• Houtu entered Xuanji Realm, and Xiao Xuan investigated the disturbance and learned that Nuwa and Houtu had both become Dao Lords.

Houtu received Xiao Xuan’s advice about building the Netherworld, while the Human Race’s first human, Chu, developed a martial cultivation system. His system earned heavenly merit and drove him into the Martial Dao Golden Core Realm, leaving him determined to temper his new strength.

• Xiao Xuan advised Houtu to build the Netherworld with carefully chosen helpers from the Witch Race, warning her about its accumulated Cause and Effect.
• Taiqing founded the Human Sect and became a Saint, followed by Yuqing, Shangqing, Jieyin, and Zhunti founding their sects and attaining sainthood.
• Chu, the first human in the Hong Huang Great Realm, gave Suiren, Youchao, and Ziyi body-strengthening methods and returned to his studies.
• After a century of research, Chu developed the seven realms of martial arts and inscribed the cultivation system on a stone stele, earning heavenly merit.
• Chu broke through the Acquired and Xiantian stages, filled all three hundred and sixty-five acupoints, and reached the Martial Dao Golden Core Realm despite trying to suppress his cultivation.