Chapter Summaries

Fuxi completed the Eight Trigrams, creating a path of divination for the Human Race and learning that his merit as Co-Lord was nearly fulfilled. Meanwhile, Lieshan became Shennong by discovering and spreading the five grains, and Fuxi decided to meet him as a possible successor.

• Fuxi attained enlightenment and created the Eight Trigrams, prompting the Human Race’s destiny to grow.
• Lieshan was born with a monstrous appearance, lost his mother Ren Si, and later became the disciple of Blue Lotus Xudu.
• Lieshan established his resolve to end hunger, cultivated grain, and worked with Xudu to help the Jiang Clan Tribe build a lasting food supply.
• Lieshan discovered rice, millet, broomcorn millet, wheat, and beans, earning the name Shennong while surveying the Human Race’s lands and improving cultivation.
• Fuxi completed his divination method, learned his merit was nearly fulfilled, and asked the Human Race’s leaders to recommend a successor.
• The leaders recommended Shennong, and Fuxi chose to visit him personally, suspecting he might not accept the position if summoned.

Fuxi chose Shennong as the Human Race’s next Common Lord and formally abdicated after his merit was complete. As Fuxi regained his past-life memories and became the Human Race’s Heavenly Emperor, the Saints’ schemes exposed the danger facing the Human Race, leaving Shennong with the burden of leading it onward.

• Shennong rejected the offer of the Common Lord’s position when Fuxi’s envoys tested his character, so Fuxi decided to visit him in person.
• Fuxi convinced Shennong that accepting the position was a responsibility to the Human Race, and Shennong agreed to become the next Common Lord.
• Fuxi publicly abdicated to Shennong at Chen Capital, completing his merit and allowing Yun Zhongzi to become a Quasi-Saint.
• Fuxi regained his memories as Demon Emperor Fuxi, but rejected the Saints’ attempt to identify him by that title and received the Human Emperor Seal.
• The Saints disputed where Fuxi should retire before ultimately recognizing him as the Human Race’s Heavenly Emperor, and Fuxi entrusted the Human Race to Shennong.

Fuxi left the Human Race after his merits were complete, and Shennong took up the work of improving their lives before setting out to find cures for disease. Meanwhile, five Saints exploited Primordial Beginning’s absence to suppress powerful figures across Hong Huang, and Primordial Beginning planned how to punish them without disrupting future events.

• Fuxi departed for Fire Cloud Cave, while Yun Zhongzi refused to continue calling him a teacher and the Saints watched Shennong with suspicion.
• Shennong unified the Human Race through his tireless efforts, spread the Five Grains, and learned that worsening illness and epidemics threatened his people.
• Styx and other powerful figures sought justice from Yimu, who revealed that five Saints were acting together while his master was away and advised them to wait for his return.
• The five Saints gained fortune as living beings worshiped them and began reclaiming authority over the Heavenly Court, Hell, and eventually the Human Race.
• Primordial Beginning learned of the Saints’ actions and resolved to weaken them, reclaim their Supreme Treasures, and foster conflicts while preserving the Investiture of the Gods and Journey to the West.

The Jade Emperor and Queen Mother’s earthly marriage triggered a vast transformation that divided Hong Huang into the Immortal, mortal, and Netherworld realms. Shennong continued tasting herbs with help from Xu Du and three treasures, while the Saints claimed new territories and kept their designs on the Human Race.

• Fuxi arranged for Nuwa to officiate the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother’s wedding, and they proved the earthly marriage without interference from the Saints.
• Hong Huang transformed, separating spiritual-rich lands into the Immortal Realm and forming a mortal world of thirteen lands, while the Blood Sea and Netherworld remained distinct.
• The Jade Emperor investigated the changes as the Saints debated their cause; Creation Daoist and Hongjun recognized the upheaval, and Primordial Beginning’s return drew nearer as his fusion advanced.
• Shennong continued tasting herbs and treating the Human Race’s illnesses, while Xu Du obtained the Shennong Cauldron, a medicinal pestle, and Hundred Herbs Pills from Zhen Yuanzi for him.
• Shennong used the three treasures to speed his work for more than a hundred thousand years, as the Saints occupied newly formed Immortal Realm territories and maintained their designs on the Human Race.

The Saints’ scheme to drive the Human Race and Dragon Race apart began when the Dragon Race prince killed Shennong’s daughter Nüwa, but Yellow Bird restored her through her Azure Nether reincarnation and punished the prince. The two races reconciled, while Shennong entered seclusion to finish his work and eventually completed Shennong’s Classic of Materia Medica.

• The Saints manipulated Nüwa and a Dragon Race prince into meeting by the shore, where the prince killed her with Samadhi True Water.
• Yellow Bird revived Nüwa’s Jingwei essence soul with holy water, awakening memories of her past life as Azure Nether, and punished the prince after he tried to steal the holy water.
• Xu Du revealed that Nüwa was Shennong’s daughter, and Yellow Bird destroyed the prince’s body while leaving his damaged primordial spirit to the Dragon Race.
• Ancestral Dragon and Shennong settled the conflict, restoring the Human Race and Dragon Race’s relationship, while the Saints later realized their scheme had failed.
• Shennong entered seclusion to complete the Classic of Materia Medica and eventually finished Shennong’s Classic of Materia Medica.

The Witches, Boundless Sect, Dragon Race, and Five Saints prepared to shape the rise of the third Human Co-Lord as Xuanyuan emerged in the Bear Tribe. Shennong abdicated to Xuanyuan, beginning the era of the Third Co-Lord while the rival factions gathered for the coming struggle.

• Zhu Jiuyin told the Ancestral Witches that they would support the third Co-Lord against the Five Saints’ puppet, and he sent Chi You to await Pingxin’s arrangements.
• Kongling sent Jin Ling to assist the third Co-Lord, while Yun Shang told Yunxiao to guide Cangjie and help secure Xuanyuan’s position; Ancestral Dragon’s rite gave Yinglong and eleven others new lives.
• Jin Ling arrived in the Bear Tribe, accepted the unborn Xuanyuan as her disciple, and later took the twelve extraordinary youths from the surrounding tribes as his disciples.
• Xuanyuan developed formations and gained renown, while Cangjie became Yunxiao’s disciple and began working toward creating human writing; Shennong chose Xuanyuan as his successor over Common People and Chi You.
• Shennong announced his abdication, then transferred the Co-Lord position to Xuanyuan before the gathered Saints and powers; Shennong attained Great Perfection, Xu Du became a Quasi-Saint, and the Human Race mourned Shennong’s departure.

Xuanyuan dismantled the tribes, defeated the western forces with the Human Race’s united will, and secured the support of Chi You. After the Saints appeared and Zhunti attacked Jin Ling, an unknown power struck five Saints and left them gravely shaken.

• Xuanyuan won the Human Race leaders’ agreement to dissolve their tribes, began reforms, and spent ten thousand years preparing his army while outside powers aided him.
• Cangjie created three thousand characters, revealed that he had been Hong Yun, and recognized Xuanyuan as Co-Lord; his achievement greatly strengthened Human Race fortune.
• The Golden-Winged Roc’s forces oppressed western humans, so Xuanyuan accepted Chi You’s pledge of neutrality and led the Human Race and its allies west to war.
• During the battle, Xuanyuan’s twelve junior brothers sacrificed themselves to protect him, and he used the Xuanyuan Sword to channel the Human Race’s will and destroy the enemy formation.
• After the Saints arrived, Zhunti tried to strike Jin Ling, but Zhen Yuanzi stopped him; then an unseen force struck Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Zhunti, and Jieyin, making them spit blood.

Taichu returned to Hong Huang, overwhelmed the Five Saints, and punished them for threatening the world’s safety, confiscating treasures and suppressing them until they repaid their karmic debts. After warning his disciples and returning stolen treasures, he left the races to settle their own disputes, and Xuanyuan chose Roc’s death.

• Taichu descended in a purple lotus, explained that he had protected Hong Huang for Pangu and its living beings, then condemned the Five Saints for using the world’s destruction as leverage.
• Taichu suppressed Tongtian, Laozi, Jieyin, Yuanshi, and Zhunti, chained them at Hong Huang’s edge, weakened their cultivation, and confiscated their treasures; Hongjun arrived and agreed to let the punishment stand.
• Taichu warned Nuwa and Zhen Yuanzi, returned the stolen spirit treasures to Styx and the other mighty figures, and told the Saints’ disciples to earn merit to repay their teachers’ debts.
• Xuanyuan refused Ancestral Phoenix’s plea to spare Roc, and Taichu killed Roc while allowing his soul to enter reincarnation.
• Taichu rebuked Xuanyuan for seeking his protection, told the races to resolve their own conflicts, and departed with the Saints’ disciples.

Xuanyuan completed his merit and passed the Human Race’s co-rulership to Zhuanxu, beginning the era of the Five Emperors, which ended with Yu the Great’s achievements and the rise of the Xia dynasty. After the Three Realms formed, Houtu became a Wuji Sage, shaking the powerful figures across Hong Huang and prompting Zhen Yuanzi to reconsider his path to transcendence.

• Xuanyuan completed his merit, attained the quasi-Saint realm, and abdicated the co-ruler position to Zhuanxu, while Jin Ling severed her first corpse.
• Zhuanxu, Di Ku, Yao, and Shun each ruled and passed the position onward, while Medicine Master, Maitreya, Duobao, and Xuandu assisted them and promoted their respective sects.
• Yu the Great controlled the floods, helped resolve tensions with the Dragon Race, defeated demons, and forged the Nine Tripod Cauldrons to protect and gather the fortune of Jiuzhou.
• After Yu completed his merit, he attained the consummation of the Quasi-Sage realm and passed the throne to Xia Qi, ending the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors and ushering in the age of dynasties.
• Houtu merged with the heart of the Netherworld and became a Wuji Sage, forcing beings across the Three Realms to bow and causing Ancestral Dragon and the imprisoned Saints to despair.
• Shennong rallied the Human Race with the words “Humans shall conquer heaven,” while Zhen Yuanzi concluded that his path was to unite the Three Corpses, break free of the Hongmeng Purple Qi, and become a Hunyuan Da Luo Golden Immortal.

Hongjun and Primordial Beginning granted five strands of Hongmeng Purple Qi, and Ancestral Dragon, Ancestral Phoenix, Ancestral Qilin, Zhu Jiuyin, and Dijun became Saints. They then summoned the factions to begin Hong Huang’s campaign against minor worlds, leaving the assembled forces ready to attack while learning that Hong Huang’s Heavenly Dao would do the decisive work.

• Houtu’s Wuji Sainthood led Xuantian to reflect on the Kongtong Seal and his own slow progress, while Zhen Yuanzi found a possible path from Saint cultivation to the Great Dao by merging his three corpses.
• At the Purple Cloud Palace, Hongjun and Primordial Beginning granted Hongmeng Purple Qi to Ancestral Qilin, Ancestral Phoenix, Ancestral Dragon, Zhu Jiuyin, and Dijun, then ordered the factions to help Hong Huang expand by conquering minor worlds.
• Ancestral Dragon, Ancestral Phoenix, Ancestral Qilin, Zhu Jiuyin, and Dijun each became Saints, shocking the Three Realms and renewing the strength of their races.
• Dijun learned that the Dragon Race was fighting intelligent vicious beasts from the Endless Dark Sea, but he chose to wait for Primordial Beginning’s orders instead of intervening.
• Primordial Beginning summoned the five new Saints and the factions’ leaders, including Xuantian and one hundred thousand Da Luo cultivators, and explained the first campaigns against the Divine Punishment God Realm and the World of Fire.
• When Xuanyuan asked whether they should kill the races in the Divine Punishment world, Primordial Beginning said their task was to hasten the campaign while Hong Huang’s Heavenly Dao devoured the small world’s origin and rules.

Primordial Beginning led Hong Huang’s factions into the World of Fire, where they overcame the world’s suppression and routed its defenders. As Primordial Beginning prepared to confront the world’s consciousness, the factions advanced across the realm and captured Divine Punishment World survivors for information about their next target.

• Primordial Beginning assembled nearly fifty elite fighters and led them into chaos, where the four sacred beasts gave him White Tiger’s jade slip to prepare for future invasions.
• Primordial Beginning entered the World of Fire but found its army waiting for him, so he returned to chaos and ordered the Five Saints and Quasi-Saints to attack together.
• Ancestral Dragon and the other Saints held off the World of Fire’s two Sacred Lords while Eastern Emperor Taiyi, Zhurong, Xuanyuan, and the Quasi-Saints defeated its forces; Ancestral Phoenix killed five of its Saint Kings with a soul-flame attack.
• Primordial Beginning took Zhu Jiuyin, Ancestral Qilin, and Ancestral Phoenix to confront the world’s consciousness, while Ancestral Dragon and Dijun stayed to fight the Sacred Lords.
• Yu the Great, Xuan Yuming, and the Human Race freed and searched the souls of imprisoned Divine Punishment World creatures to learn about their realm, while the eight factions spread out to conquer the World of Fire.
• Gonggong complained that the fire-filled world suppressed his Water Dao, while Zhurong welcomed its flames and Gonggong warned that other elemental worlds could appear.

The forces of Hong Huang finished conquering the World of Fire as Primordial Beginning broke through its Origin Land’s barrier and Hong Huang’s Heavenly Dao began devouring its origin. With the annexation underway, Primordial Beginning gathered the armies and set out to attack the Divine Punishment Minor World.

• The Saints’ disciples killed the World of Fire’s last defenders, then split up to claim merit, while Duobao led the Interception Sect toward the Heavenly Court’s route to take its credit.
• Duobao’s forces caught up with the Heavenly Court, and Taibai Jinxing persuaded the furious Jade Emperor not to confront them; the Jade Emperor added the insult to his book of grudges.
• Primordial Beginning shattered the World of Fire’s Origin Land barrier with Spacetime Shattering, sheltered his companions with the Primordial Beginning Purple Lotus, and let Hong Huang’s Heavenly Dao invade.
• Ancestral Qilin, Ancestral Phoenix, and Zhu Jiuyin fought the World of Fire’s two law Saints until they stopped recovering, while Hong Huang’s Heavenly Dao consumed most of the world’s origin.
• Primordial Beginning gathered the eight factions and led them toward the Divine Punishment Minor World; after they departed, Hong Huang’s Heavenly Dao began drawing the World of Fire into Hong Huang.

Xuantian confronted the Saints over the Investiture Tribulation, arranged for his corpses and thousands of Human Race disciples to enter the Investiture, and gained Heavenly Court positions for Yellow Springs and Haoran. As he cultivated, Jieyin and Zhunti founded the Buddhist Sect, drawing fortune from the Xuan Sect and appointing its first Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.

• Xuantian learned that Hongjun had called the Investiture Tribulation, challenged the Saints’ treatment of the Human Race, and restrained Zhunti before leaving the Purple Cloud Palace.
• Xuantian gathered thousands of Human Race names for the Investiture, made Yellow Springs his evil corpse and Haoran his good corpse, and presented them at the next assembly.
• Taizhen and Taixuan questioned Xuantian about his origins, while Primordial Beginning explained that the Investiture would proceed according to opportunity.
• Xuantian appointed the Three Sovereigns, Five Emperors, and others to supervise the Investiture, then returned to secluded cultivation in his secret realm.
• Jieyin and Zhunti left the Xuan Sect and established the Buddhist Sect, declaring themselves Amitabha Buddha and Buddha Mother Zhunti.
• Jieyin named Burning Lamp, Glazed, Medicine Master, Maitreya, and Krakucchanda as Buddhas, then established Guanyin as a Bodhisattva.

After the Buddhist Sect established itself, the Human Race debated how to resist its influence and worried about the mysterious Patriarch. Nuwa gave Fuxi her extracted Hongmeng Purple Qi, and Fuxi later attained Sainthood through the Way of Man, leaving the Human Race newly empowered and the other Saints reassessing their plans.

• Ksitigarbha entered hell and vowed not to become a Buddha until hell was empty, while Jieyin appointed Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and established the Buddhist Sect.
• Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan discussed the threat Buddhism posed to the Human Race and resolved to strengthen its own Dao, heart, and body.
• Turtle speculated that the Patriarch had secretly influenced his decisions, while Fuxi left for Wa Empress Heaven after Nuwa summoned him.
• Nuwa told Fuxi that she had united her Three Corpses and extracted her Hongmeng Purple Qi, then bestowed it on him and warned him to keep the gift secret.
• Fuxi chose the Human Race’s Way of Man over his former path of formations and attained Sainthood, strengthening the Human Race’s fortune.
• Fuxi explained to the Human Race’s leaders that Nuwa had given him the Hongmeng Purple Qi, and they celebrated the Human Race’s new Saint.

Fuxi preached the Human Dao, challenged Zhunti and Jieyin, and received Primordial Beginning’s recognition and guidance alongside the other Saints. After the Saints left, Xuantian entered the River of the Great Dao to pursue Hunyuan Supreme, while distant worlds gathered strength around a growing spear.

• Fuxi preached the Human Dao in Jiuzhou, weakening the Buddhist Sect’s influence and strengthening the Nine Provinces Cauldrons.
• Fuxi attacked Spirit Mountain, but Zhunti and Jieyin drove him back before the Pangu Banner ended the fight.
• Primordial Beginning received the Saints in the Primordial Beginning Realm, affirmed their deeds, and explained the difficult paths toward Hunyuan Da Luo.
• Primordial Beginning taught the Saints the methods of entrustment, Heaven-Opening, and merging with Hong Huang, while Deng Chanyu witnessed their gathering unseen.
• Xuantian entered the River of the Great Dao, nearly lost himself in its current, and was swept unconscious when he reached its source.
• Twelve Great Thousand Worlds formed from 120,000 smaller worlds and connected their sources to a spear spanning the chaos.

The nine Golden Crows broke free from the mortal realm's suns and flew toward Dijun, while the Immortal Realm learned that the suns' transformation followed the realm's completion. At the end of the River of the Great Dao, Xuantian realized that his consciousness had sparked Chaos into existence.

• The nine suns changed, and the Freelancer faction explained that the nine Golden Crows were Dijun's children, freed as the mortal realm completed after two Wuji Saints attained sainthood.
• The nine Golden Crows escaped their restraints through a Spacetime tunnel and followed a summons to the Demon Race's eastern stronghold, where Dijun welcomed them.
• In Demon Abyss, Jiang Chen and Luohou traded accusations while Cause and Effect defended his decision to stop opposing Primordial Beginning.
• Xuantian awakened as a will fused with a Chaos-like world and witnessed purple-gold lightning shatter and renew Chaos.
• Xuantian realized that his consciousness had originally not existed and that its collision had produced the lightning that brought Chaos into being.

As Hong Huang faced the approach of twelve hostile Great Thousand Worlds, twenty-two figures prepared to prove their Dao through Heaven-Opening, prompting the factions to seek powerful patrons. The Devil Dao secured Luohou and Jiang Chen—who resumed the name Samsara Ancestor—as backers, while the Orthodox Dao and Free Faction also moved to enlist senior allies.

• Twelve Great Thousand Worlds advanced openly toward Hong Huang, while Mara reached the Wuji realm and the nine Little Golds returned to the Demon Race.
• Twenty-two candidates became ready to prove their Dao through Heaven-Opening, and the factions began planning how to secure the Three Treasures of Creation and their place in the queue.
• Kunpeng persuaded the Devil Dao saints to ask Luohou to become their patron, and Luohou agreed before advising them to recruit Jiang Chen and other seniors as well.
• The Orthodox Dao asked Hongjun to lead them, and Hongjun agreed and urged them to seek support from other seniors.
• The Devil Dao saints visited Jiang Chen, who announced he would again use the name Samsara Ancestor and accepted their respect.

Jiang Chen became the Devil Dao’s patron as Samsara Ancestor, while Yang Mei emerged to lead the Free Faction, completing Hong Huang’s three great powers. After their leaders negotiated the order for Dao attainment, an invasion from beyond struck Hong Huang, forcing its factions to unite as the Three Treasures of Creation and the Saints fought to hold back the attackers.

• Jiang Chen changed his Daoist name to Samsara Ancestor and emerged as the Devil Dao’s patron, while Yi Hu helped the Free Faction find Yang Mei and persuade him to become its patron.
• Hongjun, Luohou, Samsara Ancestor, and Yang Mei established the Orthodox Dao, Devil Dao, and Free Faction as Hong Huang’s leading powers, then gathered at Carefree Island to negotiate who would borrow the Three Treasures of Creation first.
• Panshi proposed drawing lots after the four leaders argued; they agreed, and the Boundless Sect went first while the remaining candidates drew lots for their places.
• A colossal spear pierced Hong Huang’s barrier and opened a passage for invading beings, prompting Hongjun, Yang Mei, Luohou, and Jiang Chen to summon their factions to battle.
• Houtu, Shennong, Mara, Haotian, and Wu Tian wielded the Three Treasures of Creation to resist the spear, but its force from twelve lesser worlds kept pressing forward.
• The four Wuji Saints and the other Saints went out into the chaos to confront the enemy, while Hong Huang’s factions and powers joined forces to fight the invaders pouring into the Immortal Realm.

After attaining the Hunyuan Supreme realm, Xuantian returned to Hong Huang and learned that Primordial Beginning had defeated the invading worlds and restored the Immortal Realm. Primordial Beginning announced Hong Huang’s future growth, new opportunities, and the possible return of Pangu, while offering Jieyin a chance to resurrect Zhunti.

• The six Wuji Golden Immortals and nearly a hundred Saints confronted twelve Wuji Saint puppets and 144 Saint puppets, while invaders advanced toward the Immortal Realm and the immense spear pressed into Hong Huang.
• Xuantian awakened at the Hunyuan Supreme realm, formed his Dao body, returned to the Human Ancestral Land, and learned that Primordial Beginning had stopped the invasion by destroying and absorbing the twelve worlds.
• Primordial Beginning returned, restored the Immortal Realm, received authority from Hong Huang’s Heavenly Dao, and told Yang Mei and the others about the Exile Land and the dangerous First Supreme.
• Primordial Beginning promised the Saints access to the ninth floor of the Creation Hunyuan Tower, announced that his Fortune avatar would leave the Spirit Realm, and explained that Hong Huang would grow by about one-third and eventually support far more Saints and Wuji cultivators.
• Primordial Beginning offered to forge Supreme Treasures and resurrect eligible dead beings at a cost; Jieyin asked him to bring back Zhunti, and Primordial Beginning agreed under conditions.
• Primordial Beginning revealed that Pangu remained in the River of the Great Dao and would return to Hong Huang, then began announcing an eighth piece of news.

Xuantian reunited with Taizhen and Taixuan after they attained the Hunyuan Supreme realm, revealed their place in a vast family and the existence of the Eternal Land, then left them to depart. As Hong Huang advanced into a Dominator-level world and Primordial Beginning explored the River of the Great Dao, Primordial Beginning refused to merge with its guardian, who revealed the nature of the first will and Primordial Beginning’s role as its Controller.

• Xuantian appeared before Primordial Beginning and the others, denied any connection to the Exile Land, and announced that Taizhen and Taixuan were about to succeed.
• Taizhen and Taixuan emerged from the River of the Great Dao as Hunyuan Supremes, reunited with Xuantian, and learned about the Eternal Land and their powerful family.
• After settling their affairs, Taizhen and Taixuan left Hong Huang with a Dao-level relative, while Xuantian later entered seclusion in the Exile Land and advanced to the second heaven.
• Hong Huang attained the Great Dao, transforming into a Dominator-level world and changing its laws; over nearly three trillion years, its Saints and Wuji beings multiplied.
• Primordial Beginning reached the origin of the River of the Great Dao and refused to merge with the guardian, choosing instead to continue protecting Hong Huang and pursuing his own path.
• The guardian told Primordial Beginning that there had been no previous lives and that the first will was an unconscious rule, with Primordial Beginning as its Controller and the guardian as its keeper.