Chapter Summaries

Chu investigated the disappearances of nearby humans, fought and killed a Golden Immortal wolf demon, and continued exploring the region around Mount Shouyang. In a deep abyss, he found a glowing five-colored giant egg.

• Laozi and the other Hunyuan Da Luo Golden Immortals left avatars behind in Hong Huang and traveled to the Other Shore to seek advancement and secret realms.
• Chu explained his cultivation system to Suiren, Youchao, and Ziyi, then learned that the Kongtong Seal within him held the Human Emperor Art and imperial dao laws.
• Chu left Mount Shouyang to investigate the disappearance of humans and was ambushed by a Golden Immortal wolf demon that admitted to eating his clansmen.
• Chu battled the wolf demon and killed it with the first stance of the Human Emperor Sword Art, Six Directions and Eight Desolations.
• Chu descended into a bottomless cliff and discovered a millstone-sized egg glowing with five-colored light.

Chu hatched and named the Qilin Wude, then spent centuries refining his Golden Core and watching the Human Race grow. After recovering from a deadly Da Luo secret realm, he used his preparations and the blood essence of five divine beasts to break through to the Five Viscera Realm.

• Chu used merit to restore the Qilin egg, and a year later Wude hatched and offered to serve him as a mount.
• Chu gave Wude the rest of his merit and named her before continuing his travels.
• Chu cultivated for four hundred years, completed the Golden Core's twelfth revolution, and saw the Human Race grow to billions with many new cultivators.
• Chu barely escaped a Da Luo-level secret realm with dragon blood essence and Phoenix corpses, then spent ten years recovering.
• Chu gathered the blood essence of Qinglong, White Tiger, Zhuque, Black Tortoise, and Qilin and broke through to the Five Viscera Realm.

After Chu’s breakthrough summoned the Eye of Heavenly Punishment, Xiao Xuan forced it to retreat, leaving Chu to endure the Nine-Nine Lightning Tribulation. Chu survived and fused his merit into his body, reaching the realm of gathering and dispersing at will, myriad transformations.

• The Eye of Heavenly Punishment appeared over Chu, alarming the great powers throughout the primordial world and causing them to halt their schemes.
• Xiao Xuan caused the Eye of Heavenly Punishment to retreat, and the Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation replaced it.
• Chu endured half a month of lightning that shattered and reassembled his body countless times while he replenished his vital essence through his apertures.
• Chu fused all his merit into his flesh, blood, and bones, greatly increasing his strength and transforming his body.
• After the eighty-one lightning bolts passed, Chu entered the bodily realm of gathering and dispersing at will, myriad transformations.

Chu reached the Immortal fleshly-body realm, transformed into a Kun and Peng, and returned to Mount Shouyang as a Da Luo-level protector of the Human Race. Meanwhile, Tianqi brought twenty of Other Shore’s greatest young geniuses to Transcendence City, where Hong Huang’s Hunyuan Da Luo cultivators welcomed them before Tianqi led a party toward Immortal Village.

• Chu transformed into a Kun and a Peng, then placed five drops of elemental essence blood into his viscera to nurture the Five Gods.
• Chu entered Mount Shouyang, revealed himself to the alarmed Human Race, and told Suiren and the others that his fleshly body had reached the realm of endless transformations.
• Tianqi arrived in Transcendence City with twenty young geniuses from Other Shore, prompting Hongjun and Hong Huang’s Hunyuan Da Luo cultivators to gather and greet them.
• Li Nanfei spoke for the visitors, and Tianqi invited Hongjun and the others to accompany him to see Xi Ancestor of Immortal Village.
• Tianqi led Hongjun and more than twenty Hunyuan Da Luo Golden Immortals through the Inner Chaos, and Hongjun opened a gateway through Hong Huang’s world membrane with the Creation Jade Disc.

Tianqi and the Hong Huang group visited Shi Xi in the Other Shore, where she warned that Hong Huang was not an easy target and condemned plans to invade it. Xiao Ruohan then appeared, boasting about her recent battles and discussing Xuan’s path into the Heavenly Realm.

• Tianqi led Hongjun and the others through chaos to Shi Xi’s cottage, where they greeted her and learned about the powerful elders and descendants of the Other Shore.
• Tianqi told Shi Xi that Qi Tian wanted her advice on whether to help Hong Huang develop and warned that factions in the Other Shore were eager to invade it.
• Shi Xi calmed the chaos around her and told Tianqi to let anyone foolish enough to attack Hong Huang face its surviving Chaos Demon Gods and allies from the Other Shore.
• Xiao Ruohan appeared, scolded Tianqi for calling her Hanzu, and insisted that he call her Boss instead.
• Xiao Ruohan described her fights with Dao Palace ancestors and her close match with Ancient Ancestor, then discussed Stone Ancestor and Xuan with Shi Xi.

Shi Xi and Xiao Ruohan explained Dark Night’s role and Other Shore’s elders’ protections, then Shi Xi expounded the Dao to the newcomers, who returned to Hong Huang with most of their memories erased. While they were away, Chu and Other Shore geniuses helped the Human Race withstand the Witch and Demon Races and spread new cultivation systems, and Xiao Xuan watched the changes with satisfaction.

• Xiao Ruohan learned that Dark Night was formed by Demon Gods to test Other Shore’s geniuses, while Shi Xi explained that the elders would intervene if the Demon Gods tried to kill them directly.
• Shi Xi expounded the Dao to the Hunyuan Da Luo Golden Immortals, who later awoke in their own Dao fields in Hong Huang and could not remember most of what had happened.
• During the hundred thousand years the group spent in Chaos, the Witch and Demon Races fought again and devastated the Human Race, whose population had grown beyond ten trillion.
• Chu charged into the Heavenly Court to defend the Human Race, while Other Shore geniuses joined him and forced both the Witch and Demon Races to restrain their forces.
• Other Shore geniuses taught the Human Race diverse cultivation systems, and Chu gathered their knowledge in the ancestral land’s library while sharing his own system.
• The Human Race replaced its tribal structure with cities and improved its daily life, while Xiao Xuan watched the changes in the Xuanji Realm with satisfaction.

Chu recovered fragmentary memories revealing that he was a sliver of humanity severed from Xiao Xuan, the first Innate human of Hong Huang, while Xiao Xuan remained content to leave him separate. Xiao Xuan took Changxi to Human Ancestral City to observe powerful Other Shore prodigies and bought an inn, which he renovated into a base with several small dwellings.

• Chu learned that the Kongtong Seal had guided him to create the martial cultivation system and that he was a sliver of Xiao Xuan's humanity formed from Chaos Xirang and Chaos Divine Water.
• Xiao Xuan watched Changxi care for awakened rabbits and told her about the formidable Other Shore prodigies arriving in Hong Huang.
• Xiao Xuan took Changxi to Human Ancestral City, where they bumped into a sleeping Qilin and Xiao Xuan weakened it with a beam of light.
• Xiao Xuan bought an inn and its rear courtyard from its owner, then hired workers to renovate the property.
• The renovated inn looked new, and several small dwellings stood in its rear courtyard.

Xiao Xuan opened Heavenly Profound Academy by teaching local children to read, write, and cultivate, rewarding them with food. News of the school spread through the ancestral city, where many other academies already taught different cultivation systems.

• Xiao Xuan walked through the city, befriended a group of children, and bought them candied hawthorn, steamed buns, and other snacks.
• Xiao Xuan invited the children to attend Heavenly Profound Academy each day and promised food rewards for their learning and cultivation.
• Xiao Xuan told Changxi that cultivators had once been ordinary people and asked her to manage the inn and bring snacks to the academy.
• The children returned the next morning, and Xiao Xuan began teaching them the characters used by the Human Race.
• The children’s parents thanked Xiao Xuan, and news of Heavenly Profound Academy reached Chu, Suiren, Youchao, Ziyi, and others in the ancestral land.
• The chapter described the ancestral city’s existing academies and the different cultivation systems they taught.

The chapter recounted the fearsome feats of the Other Shore’s visitors across Hong Huang before Li Nanfei argued with Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi for permission to establish a Confucian Academy in Demon Race territory. Dijun remained unconvinced, and Li Nanfei continued making his case by pointing to the Human Race’s support for other schools and peoples.

• Nangong Wan killed a flood dragon and his Dragon Race father, leaving a vast battlefield known as the White Bone Homeland.
• Jiang Xing slaughtered those pursuing him for an Innate spirit treasure and repeatedly clashed with a Quasi-Saint, who later disappeared after chasing him into a bloody battlefield.
• Zhan Tian fought Eastern Emperor Taiyi and survived, while Xuan Yuan lost to Dijun and Hai Wu Bian defeated the Western Sect’s challengers.
• Zu Chengming discussed the Dao with Pingxin, and another young woman seemed ready to overpower Queen Mother of the West despite being at the Da Luo level.
• Li Nanfei asked Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi to allow a Demon Race Confucian Academy, and said Lady Pingxin had persuaded the Ancestral Witches to accept the idea.
• Dijun questioned whether Confucian teachings would weaken the Demon Race, and Li Nanfei argued that they would help govern its growing population and praised Chu’s support for academies and other traditions.

Li Nantian established Heavenly Demon Academy to spread the Confucian Way among demons, while Xiao Xuan continued recruiting talented children for Heavenly Profound Academy through snacks and toys. Chu and the human ancestors visited the academy and found Xiao Xuan relaxing beneath a tree with Enlightenment Tea.

• Li Nantian explained that he taught the witches and demons to spread the Confucian Way and gain a share of its fortune, and Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi agreed to support him.
• Li Nantian founded Heavenly Demon Academy and spent a thousand years teaching demons and training new instructors.
• Xiao Xuan recruited talented children for Heavenly Profound Academy with snacks and assigned Hua Suxi to teach them.
• Chu, Suiren, Youchao, and Ziyi arrived at Heavenly Profound Academy, where Wuhuai Shi explained Xiao Xuan's reputation for luring children.
• Chu's cultivation had advanced to half a pace beyond the Life Soul realm, while Suiren, Youchao, and Ziyi reached the Ten-Turn Golden Pill and Qilin became a Golden Immortal-level Immortal.
• The visitors found Xiao Xuan lounging beneath a tree with a cup of Enlightenment Tea.

After billions of years, Hong Huang had stabilized as the three Dao of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity emerged. Haotian challenged Dijun’s claim to the Heavenly Emperor throne, and his overwhelming Imperial Dao and support left Dijun under immense pressure.

• Xiao Xuan warned Chu, Suiren, and the others that Hong Huang held powers far beyond the experts they knew, and they left resolved to keep cultivating.
• Billions of years passed as Hongjun merged with the Heavenly Dao, Nuwa created the Human Race, and Houtu established the Earth Dao through Samsara.
• Haotian appeared above the Heavenly Court, and Dijun’s followers mocked him as a former attendant of Dao Ancestor who dared seek the throne.
• Haotian revealed that he was the rebirth of an Imperial Dao Demon God and said Dao Ancestor could confirm that their former bond had been settled.
• Haotian asserted that his strength, allies, and Imperial Dao surpassed Dijun’s, while Dijun, Eastern Emperor Taiyi, and the others struggled beneath his pressure.

Dijun challenged Haotian’s claim to rule the Heavenly Court, but chose to abdicate and withdraw the Demon Race rather than face a united front of powerful factions. Haotian dissolved Haotian Sacred Land and began reshaping the Heavenly Court into an impartial institution serving all living beings.

• Haotian asked Dijun whether he would protect Demon Race members regardless of who was right, and Dijun declared that the Demon Race would decide its own affairs and no one could touch it while he remained.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi, Demon Master Kunpeng, Xihe, and countless demons rallied behind Dijun as Haotian argued that the Heavenly Court must serve all living beings rather than only the Demon Race.
• After confronting Haotian, Dijun ordered the Demon Race to withdraw to Hong Huang’s northern region and leave nothing behind in the Heavenly Court.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi accepted Dijun’s order and departed, while Kunpeng instructed the demons to take all their accumulated possessions with them.
• Haotian dissolved Haotian Sacred Land, assigned its cultivators roles as Heavenly Court officials or soldiers, and invited other races to send officials to serve all living beings.

Haotian secured support from the Other Shore, the God Races, the Human Race, and other clans to staff his Heavenly Court, then proclaimed himself Heavenly Emperor and appointed Yaochi Queen Mother. Auspicious signs appeared as the Nine Dragons of the imperial seal consumed the Heavenly Court’s destiny, leaving Haotian’s new authority dramatically established.

• Xiao Tian pledged ten peak Quasi-Saints and one hundred Da Luo Golden Immortals from the Other Shore to serve in the Heavenly Court.
• The Creation Young Emperor and other God Race leaders offered experts, while Chu promised one hundred million Human Race cultivators and revealed that a senior’s Quasi-Saint maidservant sought the position of Moon Goddess.
• The Dragon, Phoenix, Qilin, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, and other clans also promised to send people to Heaven.
• Haotian declared himself Heavenly Emperor and appointed Yaochi as Queen Mother, prompting auspicious clouds, heavenly music, and the gathering of destiny.
• Haotian sent his imperial seal into the Sea of Clouds, where its nine golden dragons devoured the Heavenly Court’s destiny and grew to immense size.

Haotian consolidated his rule over the Heavenly Court after a major breakthrough, while Chu returned to a prosperous Human Race and arranged for Changxi to serve as Lunar Star Lord. The chapter ended with Dijun and other Demon Race leaders preparing to visit Changxi’s master.

• Haotian broke through to the fourth level of the Hunyuan Da Luo Golden Immortal Realm, proclaimed himself ruler of the Three Realms, and appointed Yaochi, Burning Lamp, Taibai Jinxing, Yaoji, and other followers to Heavenly Court positions.
• Dijun accepted that he was better suited to rule the Demon Race, advanced his cultivation, and moved the Sun God Palace to the northern region as a temporary Demon Emperor Palace.
• Chu returned to Mount Shouyang, saw how the Human Race and its academies had grown, and announced that people could volunteer to serve as Heavenly Court soldiers.
• Xiao Xuan persuaded Changxi to accept the Moon Goddess position while leaving an incarnation on the Lunar Star, and Haotian appointed her Lunar Star Lord.
• Changxi met Dijun, Eastern Emperor Taiyi, Xihe, Kunpeng, Ziwei, and other Demon Race experts, then agreed to lead them to her master.

Xiao Xuan welcomed the newly formed Yun Rui into Heavenly Profound Academy and helped Dijun and the Golden Crow princes advance through enlightenment tea. After Dijun settled the Demon Race, Zhen Yuanzi established the Earth Immortal Way and attained the Hunyuan Da Luo Golden Immortal realm.

• Changxi and the others found Xiao Xuan coaxing a newly formed girl with snacks, and he named her Yun Rui and entrusted her to Wu Huai.
• Xiao Xuan advised Dijun to focus on developing the Demon Race, then brought the group to Heavenly Profound Academy.
• Xihe and Changxi served enlightenment tea, and the ten Golden Crow princes broke through to Da Luo Golden Immortal together.
• Dijun and the others left to settle the Demon Race in Northern Uttarakuru Continent.
• Zhen Yuanzi established the Earth Immortal Way with the Earth Book, assigned his followers to govern mountains, rivers, and land, and attained the Hunyuan Da Luo Golden Immortal realm.

Haotian organized the Heavenly Court, recognizing Zhen Yuanzi and Houtu as progenitors and appointing divine officials to govern the Three Realms. Houtu established the Ten Halls of the Netherworld using a system she learned from Xiao Xuan, and Xiao Xuan accepted the benefits she gained from Haotian.

• Haotian visited Wuzhuang Temple, then recognized Zhen Yuanzi as Ancestor of Earth Immortals and Houtu as Progenitor of Samsara.
• The Three Pure Ones accepted posts in the Heavenly Court, and Haotian appointed the Four Emperors and other groups of officials.
• Zhen Yuanzi agreed to serve as the Eastern Azure Emperor after Haotian offered him insights from his breakthrough to the Half-Step Heaven Realm.
• Houtu adopted the Ten Halls system she learned from Xiao Xuan, assigning its kings to judge the dead, punish wrongdoing, and arrange rebirth.
• Xiao Xuan did not interfere with Houtu's dealings with Haotian and hoped she would incur more Cause and Effect with him.

Chu traveled through Human Race territory, observed its peaceful growth, and discovered a little girl forming from a water stele at Yun Meng Marsh. He named her Yun Meng and stayed with her for several years, finding warmth in their growing father-daughter bond.

• Chu left the Human Race's affairs to the Three Ancestors and traveled through its cities, observing the people and their cultivation.
• Chu reached a vast lake and formed a small boat from spiritual energy to explore it.
• At the lake's center, a water stele marked “Yun Meng” gathered spiritual energy and formed a little girl as a thundercloud gathered overhead.
• Chu caught the girl, scattered the incoming lightning with a flash of purple light, and named her Yun Meng.
• Chu stayed at Yun Meng Marsh for several years as Yun Meng grew, and she called him “Father” while tugging at his robe.

Chu left Yun Meng Marsh with Yun Meng and settled beside Leize Lake, where she befriended Huaxu. When Huaxu was driven from her tribe after becoming pregnant, Chu invited her to live with them, recognizing that her unborn child would have great significance for the Human Race.

• Chu concealed Yun Meng Marsh with a purple light and left with Yun Meng, teaching her cultivation as they traveled.
• Yun Meng led Chu to Leize Lake, where he built a cabin and stayed with her.
• Yun Meng introduced Chu to Huaxu, the daughter of the nearby tribe's Patriarch, and the girls became friends.
• After ten years, Yun Meng told Chu that Huaxu had been driven from her tribe because she was pregnant.
• Chu recognized the unborn child’s immense fortune and told Yun Meng to bring Huaxu to live with them.

Fuxi was born in Huaxu City amid extraordinary signs, and Chu brought him to Heavenly Profound Academy to be taught by Xiao Xuan. Nuwa met her master there, who explained the realms above Hunyuan Da Luo and urged her and Houtu to experience mortal life.

• A Qilin left fruit for Huaxu and Yun Meng each morning, and Huaxu was eventually brought back to the city as her pregnancy drew attention.
• After twelve years of pregnancy, Huaxu gave birth to Fuxi amid vast spiritual energy, auspicious clouds, and golden flowers.
• Fuxi stood and gathered spiritual energy around himself, while a Qilin's roar echoed through Huaxu City.
• Nuwa told Chu that Fuxi's Dao lay within the Human Race and asked him to arrange for Fuxi to be guided by a senior.
• Chu brought Huaxu, Yun Meng, and Fuxi to Heavenly Profound Academy, where Xiao Xuan agreed to teach Fuxi and let Huaxu cultivate.
• Xiao Xuan revealed himself to Nuwa and Houtu, urged them to walk among mortals, and explained the stages between Hunyuan Da Luo and the Heavenly Realm.

Xiao Xuan continued teaching Fuxi while the two sisters cultivated in his time-accelerated treasure. Later, Chu visited the Ancestral Qilin and offered to trade the martial Dao cultivation method for several quasi-Saint Level Qilin bones, leaving the Ancestral Qilin wary of his true purpose.

• The two sisters chose to remain in Xiao Xuan's treasure to cultivate and sent their incarnations out to travel the Hong Huang as mortals.
• Xiao Xuan taught Fuxi about the Human Race's development, and Fuxi returned to Huaxu City at age fifteen.
• Wude carried Fuxi into Huaxu City, where the elders recognized the Qilin and were astonished to see Fuxi riding him.
• Chu visited the Ancestral Qilin in the Qilin Ancestral Land and praised the Qilin clan for helping the Human Race.
• Chu offered to exchange the martial Dao cultivation method for several quasi-Saint Level Qilin bones, making the Ancestral Qilin suspect an ulterior motive.