Chapter Summaries

Lin Zhu visited Five Villages Temple, shared Star Fruits with Zhenyuan Zi, Kong Xuan, and Jin Peng, and learned that Red Cloud’s remaining primordial spirit was close to vanishing. He shattered Red Cloud’s Primordial Purple Qi rather than keep it, arguing that the Human Race needed it and that he could become a Saint without it.

• Zhenyuan Zi welcomed Lin Zhu’s group to Five Villages Temple and offered them Ginseng Fruits.
• Lin Zhu exchanged Star Fruits with Zhenyuan Zi and gave one each to Kong Xuan and Jin Peng.
• At Zhenyuan Zi’s request, Lin Zhu summoned Red Cloud from the Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd, and Red Cloud revealed that only a trace of his primordial spirit remained.
• Red Cloud gave his Primordial Purple Qi to Zhenyuan Zi, but Lin Zhu blocked it and shattered it into eight fragments.
• Zhenyuan Zi and Red Cloud questioned Lin Zhu’s decision, and Lin Zhu argued that Primordial Purple Qi was not essential to becoming a Saint.

Lin Zhu explained to Zhenyuan Zi, Red Cloud, and Kong Xuan that the Chaotic Origin Dao offered a path to sainthood beyond Primordial Purple Qi and the Method of Cutting Three Corpses. Zhenyuan Zi chose to pursue it and offered to ally Five Villages Temple with the Human Race, leaving Lin Zhu surprised by his proposal.

• Lin Zhu argued that there could be multiple paths to sainthood, including Luck Manifestation Sainthood and the Chaotic Origin Dao.
• Lin Zhu described how Laws could condense a Dao Fruit and how a Hunyuan Grand Luo Golden Immortal could transcend the River of Destiny.
• Lin Zhu explained that Primordial Purple Qi was only a medium and that true sainthood required recognition from heaven, the Dao, and destiny.
• Lin Zhu told Zhenyuan Zi that he could pursue the Chaotic Origin Dao, though it was perilous and grew harder with each step.
• Zhenyuan Zi declared that he would pass down his Dao lineage among the Human Race and form an enduring alliance through Five Villages Temple.
• Lin Zhu reminded Zhenyuan Zi that he had never required him to form an alliance with the Human Race.

Lin Zhu and Zhenyuan Zi swore an alliance between the Human Race and the Ginseng Lineage, greatly increasing the Human Race’s foundation and fortune. After learning about Zhenyuan Zi’s Earth Book, Lin Zhu proposed a way for him to use it to gather the fortune of the endless Primordial Wilderness and approach Chaotic Origin.

• Lin Zhu required a Heavenly Dao oath before accepting Zhenyuan Zi’s offer of alliance, and both swore never to betray one another across lifetimes.
• The oath bound their fortunes together, and the system announced that the Human Race’s foundation had increased by thirty percent and its fortune by fifty percent.
• Zhenyuan Zi explained that his accompanying treasure, the Earth Book, could connect to Earth Veins and form the Innate Earth Element Great Array.
• Zhenyuan Zi severed his connection to the Earth Book and lent it to Lin Zhu so he could study it.
• Lin Zhu told Zhenyuan Zi that he could use the Earth Book to confer titles on mountain, river, and marsh spirits, allowing him to draw the Primordial Wilderness’s fortune and advance toward Chaotic Origin.

Lin Zhu helped Zhenyuan Zi abandon the Method of Cutting Three Corpses and cultivate the Chaotic Origin Dao by destroying his Three Corpses and turning them into Earth Element Source. As Lin Zhu merged the source into Zhenyuan Zi, his aura grew chaotic, while powerful figures across the Primordial World watched the upheaval.

• Zhenyuan Zi agreed to abandon the Method of Cutting Three Corpses and cultivate the Chaotic Origin Dao with the Earth Book’s help.
• Lin Zhu used the Kongtong Seal and his Heaven Cleaver technique to destroy Zhenyuan Zi’s Three Corpses, reducing his cultivation from Early Quasi-Saint to Grand Luo Golden Immortal.
• Blood fell over Longevity Mountain and awakened the Spiritual Intelligence of its spirits, grass, and trees, drawing the attention of Hongjun, Yuanshi Tianzun, Tongtian Sect Leader, Jie Yin, Zhun Ti, Dijun, and Taiyi.
• Lin Zhu explained that Zhenyuan Zi’s Three Corpses had become Earth Element Source, then merged the three strands into Zhenyuan Zi’s body as Kong Xuan and Jin Peng watched in shock.
• Zhenyuan Zi’s aura grew chaotic as the Earth Element Source merged into him.

Lin Zhu helped Zhenyuan Zi merge with the Earth Element Source, strengthening him with the Earth Book and Ginseng Fruit Tree. Red Cloud asked to be reborn into the Human Race, and Lin Zhu agreed to arrange it; the chapter ended with Lin Zhu and Zhenyuan Zi preparing to discuss the Dao.

• Lin Zhu used the Kongtong Seal and Human Race fortune to protect Zhenyuan Zi as the Earth Element Source merged with him.
• The Earth Book and Ginseng Fruit Tree entered Zhenyuan Zi, who emerged from a cocoon with powerful Wu Earth Power.
• Lin Zhu offered Human Race cultivators to help Zhenyuan Zi find deities to appoint, and Zhenyuan Zi accepted the assistance.
• Red Cloud asked Lin Zhu to guide him into rebirth as a Human, and Lin Zhu agreed to prepare for it despite the risks.
• Lin Zhu asked to borrow Zhenyuan Zi's Earth Book and invited him to discuss the Dao, and the two sat down on Prayer Mats.

Lin Zhu debated the Dao with Zhenyuan Zi, then traveled with Kong Xuan and Jin Peng toward the Human Race Ancestral Land. At Primordial Lei Ze, Lin Zhu confronted its lightning-born inhabitants and asked Red Cloud to lead them in joining his ranks.

• Lin Zhu and Zhenyuan Zi lectured on the Dao of Dominion and the Dao of Earth for several hundred years, while Kong Xuan and Jin Peng listened.
• Zhenyuan Zi gave Lin Zhu two Ginseng Fruit Tree branches, and Lin Zhu said he had no need for Primordial Purple Qi and that Red Cloud had already placed his bet on him.
• Lin Zhu left Five Villages Temple with Kong Xuan and Jin Peng and, a thousand years later, arrived at Primordial Lei Ze.
• Lin Zhu ignored Kong Xuan and Jin Peng's suggestion to detour, entered Lei Ze, and destroyed the lightning that attacked them.
• Lin Zhu spotted lightning-born beings meditating in Lei Ze and asked Red Cloud whether they would join his ranks, promising him the position of Hunyuan Saint after he handled the Human Race's affairs.
• Red Cloud agreed to lead the beings of Lei Ze in submitting to Lin Zhu, but warned that his injured primordial spirit needed time to recover.

Lin Zhu lectured Kong Xuan and Jin Peng on his Dao of Governance, impressing Zhenyuan Zi and inspiring him to deepen his Dao of Earth. After gaining Red Cloud and Zhenyuan Zi’s support, Lin Zhu continued toward the Human Race Ancestral Land, where he and his companions encountered a vast, lightning-filled swamp.

• Lin Zhu left Leize with Kong Xuan and Jin Peng after reassuring Red Cloud, who thanked him and remained in the Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd.
• Zhenyuan Zi reflected on his earlier Dao Debate with Lin Zhu and compared Lin Zhu’s Dao of Governance with his own Dao of Earth.
• At the Human Race Ancestral Land, Lin Zhu lectured Kong Xuan and Jin Peng while Red Cloud’s True Spirit emerged briefly and was nourished by Jia Wood Essence.
• Zhenyuan Zi realized Lin Zhu’s Dao of Governance had suppressed his Dao of Earth, but believed the two Daos could complement each other; he gave Lin Zhu a Ginseng Fruit tree branch and returned to secluded cultivation.
• Red Cloud and Zhenyuan Zi agreed to support Lin Zhu and believed he could lead the Human Race to prominence.
• Lin Zhu left Five Villages Temple with Kong Xuan and Jin Peng, and after flying for over a thousand years they reached a vast swamp crackling with purple lightning.

Lin Zhu led Kong Xuan and Jin Peng into Leize to witness its Nine Divine Thunder and continued onward despite the Thunder God’s lightning defenses. The Thunder God emerged from his palace to confront them, leaving their encounter about to begin.

• Lin Zhu explained that Leize held nine powerful Divine Thunder and led Kong Xuan and Jin Peng inside despite their concerns.
• Leize’s lightning attacked the three, but Lin Zhu shielded them and destroyed a powerful bolt with a casual strike.
• Beings inside Leize watched Lin Zhu’s advance, then fled when they realized how formidable he was.
• Lin Zhu reached the Thunder God’s palace and tried to explain that he meant no harm, but the Thunder God refused to let him leave.
• The Thunder God emerged in lightning armor with a lightning hammer, and Kong Xuan and Jin Peng sensed his overwhelming power.

Lin Zhu faced the Thunder God in Leize after the Thunder God challenged him to a Dao Debate. Lin Zhu revealed his overwhelming strength and left the Thunder God stunned as their battle devastated Leize.

• The Thunder God sensed Donghuang Taiyi and Dijun’s auras on Lin Zhu and challenged him to a Dao Debate, wagering that Lin Zhu would remain in Leize if he lost.
• The Thunder God unleashed Leize’s lightning, but Lin Zhu’s Imperial Dao Qi shattered the bolts.
• The Thunder God struck with his thunder hammer, and Lin Zhu met it with a punch as their clash tore apart the surrounding space.
• Lin Zhu summoned the Kongtong Seal and manifested a Hunyuan Saint Avatar, which stopped the Thunder God Hammer with one finger.
• The Thunder God attacked with a net of destructive lightning, but Lin Zhu shattered it with a palm strike.
• Witnesses outside Leize realized Lin Zhu was far stronger than they had thought and fled in fear of his retaliation.

The Thunder God emerged from the palace with power approaching Quasi-Saint Perfection and insisted that Lin Zhu debate the Dao with him for a hundred years. Lin Zhu accepted and faced the Thunder God's full-strength attack as the chapter ended with a massive lightning hammer descending toward him.

• The Thunder God emerged from the palace, and Lin Zhu sensed that his cultivation had reached at least the Late Quasi-Saint realm.
• The Thunder God demanded a hundred-year Dao Debate, and Lin Zhu reluctantly agreed despite his urgent search for the Hundun Pearl and Chaos Qi.
• The Thunder God gathered Leize's lightning into a storm, but Lin Zhu's Imperial Dao Qi formed a golden dragon that shattered the incoming bolts.
• The Thunder God warned Lin Zhu before gathering lightning dragons into a vortex and forming the Thunder God Hammer.
• The Thunder God swung the massive hammer down at Lin Zhu with his full strength.

Lin Zhu used the Kongtong Seal and his Hunyuan Saint Avatar to defeat Thunder God, then continued deeper into Leize in search of the Supreme Treasure. Thunder God accepted defeat but planned to recover and exploit Lin Zhu’s limited mana, while Lin Zhu hoped their battle was over.

• Lin Zhu blocked Thunder God’s Thunder God Hammer with his Hunyuan Saint Avatar and Imperial Dao Qi.
• Lin Zhu struck Thunder God with a condensed fist of Imperial Dao Qi, sending him crashing into a crater and leaving him unable to move.
• Lin Zhu showed mercy, and Thunder God flew out of Leize to heal while planning to attack again after Lin Zhu’s mana ran low.
• Lin Zhu continued deeper into Leize, stopped when Thunder God did not pursue, and called out to end their battle for the day.
• Thunder God replied that he conceded defeat, though he remained bitter about the loss.

Lin Zhu persuaded Thunder God to ally with the Human Race by explaining its future rise and teaching him the Chaotic Origin Dao. Thunder God agreed to pass down his lineage among humans, and Lin Zhu proposed creating Heavenly Punishment through thunder.

• Thunder God invited Lin Zhu to the Thunder God Palace and praised his strength and understanding of the Thunder Dao.
• Lin Zhu told Thunder God that the Witch and Demon Races would decline after a great battle, allowing the Human Race to rise.
• Lin Zhu urged Thunder God to establish a lineage among the Human Race, leave behind his legacy, and form an alliance with them.
• Lin Zhu revealed that Zhenyuan Zi had allied with the Human Race and followed the Chaotic Origin Dao, which could lead to Sainthood without Merit or Primordial Purple Qi.
• Thunder God asked Lin Zhu to teach him the Chaotic Origin Dao and pledged to pass down his lineage among the Human Race without betraying them.
• Lin Zhu proposed that Thunder God establish Heavenly Punishment through thunder to punish those who committed grave evils.

Lin Zhu and Thunder God formed an alliance after agreeing to establish the Ninefold Heavenly Tribulation, and Thunder God entrusted Lin Zhu with his wounded thunder dragon egg before entering seclusion. Ten thousand years later, Lin Zhu returned to the Human Race with Kong Xuan and Jin Peng and prepared to lead the Human Race away from its ancestral land.

• Thunder God agreed to establish the Ninefold Heavenly Tribulation with Lin Zhu, and they swore oaths forming an alliance between Thunder God and the Human Race.
• Thunder God gave Lin Zhu a thunder dragon egg to care for before fading into the void to enter seclusion.
• Ten thousand years later, Lin Zhu returned to the Human Race Ancestral Land with Kong Xuan and Jin Peng and told them the Human Race would soon abandon it.
• Lin Zhu introduced Kong Xuan and Jin Peng to Sui Ren, You Chao Shi, and Zi Yi Shi as his new disciples, and urged the three leaders to cultivate toward the Quasi-Saint realm.
• Sui Ren told Lin Zhu that preparations for the Human Race's migration were complete and they could depart at his command.

Lin Zhu prepared the Human Race to leave its overcrowded Ancestral Land and relocate to the Eastern Sea Coast, assigning Sui Ren, You Chao Shi, and Zi Yi Shi to lead separate groups. On the relocation day, Lin Zhu addressed the first batch of clansmen, while the journey and its dangers still lay ahead.

• Sui Ren reported that the Human Race had claimed vast territory but was running short of food as its population grew.
• Lin Zhu ordered the Human Race to relocate to the Eastern Sea Coast in three batches, assigning the clansmen to Sui Ren, the guards to You Chao Shi, and the supplies to Zi Yi Shi.
• Lin Zhu told Sui Ren to wield the Undying Kindling Flame as the sun of the Human Race, and declared that the relocation would test its young prodigies.
• Lin Zhu set deadlines for the three leaders and named the coming era Human Race Opportunity Year One.
• Ten days later, Lin Zhu addressed the prepared first batch of clansmen, explaining that they had to relocate to find more room for the Human Race.

The Human Race began its mass migration toward the Eastern Sea Coast, prompting Dijun to assign Bai Ze and Donghuang Taiyi to deal with them while avoiding excessive conflict. After they left, Bai Ze reported that the Ten Princes had burned a patrol of soldiers to ashes with their uncontrolled Sun True Fire.

• Lin Zhu urged the Human Race to migrate bravely, and Sui Ren led billions of people toward the Eastern Sea Coast.
• Donghuang Taiyi reported the migration to Dijun, who summoned Bai Ze to assess the situation.
• Bai Ze advised Dijun to stop the Human Race from settling on Demon Race territory without provoking Mother Nüwa.
• Dijun told Bai Ze and Donghuang Taiyi to deal with the Human Race, but warned Donghuang Taiyi not to waste strength on a lesser threat while the Witch Race remained the greater danger.
• Bai Ze later told Dijun that the Ten Princes had burned a patrol of soldiers to ashes because they could not control their Sun True Fire.

Dijun moved the Ten Princes to the Sun Star, while the Human Race settled in the central Primordial Wilderness and suffered repeated attacks from the Demon Race. Years later, Sui Ren led the Human Race into a decisive battle against the Li Fire Tiger Demon Race, and he clashed with its ancestor.

• Bai Ze advised Dijun to send the Ten Princes to the Sun Star, and Dijun settled them near the Fusang Tree in the Valley of Tang.
• Sui Ren led the Human Race to settle in the central Primordial Wilderness, where a Demon Race attack left many people wounded and dead.
• Sui Ren and Chi Songzi vowed to avenge the fallen and fight the Demon Race without mercy.
• Several years later, the Human Race fought the Li Fire Tiger Demon Race in a battle that had become a fight to the death.
• Sui Ren transformed into a fire dragon and collided with the Li Fire Tiger Demon Race ancestor, shattering the surrounding space.

The Human Race and the Li Fire Tiger Demon Race fought a devastating battle while powerful cultivators watched from afar. As Zhenyuan Zi said his Dao was clear but its opportunity had yet to appear, a hidden Quasi-Saint of the Li Fire Tiger Demon Race struck the Human Race, leaving Sui Ren facing a new crisis.

• Sui Ren and Li Huo Tiger Demon Ancestor clashed with their bloodline flames as the battle threatened the fate of both races.
• At Five Villages Temple, Zhenyuan Zi told Red Cloud that his Chaotic Origin Dao was clear, but the opportunity to attain the Dao had not appeared and could not be spoken of.
• In the Three Pure Ones Hall, Tongtian questioned Taiqing Laozi about leaving the Human Race to face extinction, while Taiqing Laozi and Yuqing Yuanshi said trials would help it grow.
• A hidden Quasi-Saint of the Li Fire Tiger Demon Race revealed himself and crushed tens of millions of humans with a single palm strike.
• Sui Ren cursed as Li Huo Tiger Demon Ancestor laughed and declared that the Human Race was destined to become Demon Race blood food.

A hidden Demon Race Quasi-Saint attacked the Human Race forces, but Chi Songzi appeared and destroyed its black flame. Chi Songzi charged into the Black Flame Spider’s poisonous smoke, where his calm laugh left the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• The Black Flame Spider emerged and swept a deadly black flame toward the Human Race forces while the Li Huo Tiger Demon Ancestor kept Sui Ren occupied.
• Chi Songzi appeared, shattered the black flame with his sword qi, and challenged the Black Flame Spider despite being only a Grand Luo Golden Immortal.
• Chi Songzi declared he would slay the Black Flame Spider and charged into its poisonous black smoke.
• Sui Ren worried for Chi Songzi as the Li Huo Tiger Demon Ancestor continued to block him.
• The Black Flame Spider expected Chi Songzi to succumb to the poison, but Chi Songzi laughed from within the smoke, seemingly unharmed.

Chi Songzi was overwhelmed by the Black Flame Spider, but his resolve awakened a terrifying Sword Dao power. He annihilated the Demon Saint with a single final strike, leaving nothing behind.

• The Black Flame Spider charged into the smoke and threatened Chi Songzi, who attacked but failed to pierce the Quasi-Saint's defenses.
• The Black Flame Spider struck Chi Songzi down and sent his sword flying, but Chi Songzi rose and swore to defend the Human Race.
• Chi Songzi summoned his sword and unleashed the Sword Dao Laws, sending the Black Flame Spider flying and tearing away the surrounding darkness.
• Chi Songzi formed a vast sword light and pursued the fleeing Black Flame Spider, who could not escape its locked-on strike.
• Chi Songzi's sword annihilated the Black Flame Spider, leaving nothing where the Demon Saint had stood.

Chi Songzi slew the Black Flame Spider, shocking the Primordial Wilderness and drawing the attention of several Saints. Tongtian Sect Leader resolved to protect the Jie Sect’s Fortune, while Saint Zhunti considered visiting the Human Race to recruit Chi Songzi.

• Chi Songzi used his sword to slay the Black Flame Spider, a Quasi-Saint expert, and Sui Ren resumed attacking the Li Huo Tiger Demon Ancestor.
• Tongtian Sect Leader praised Chi Songzi and offered to take him as a disciple, but Yuanshi Tianzun criticized his judgment and warned him about the Jie Sect’s Fortune.
• Laozi urged Tongtian Sect Leader to consider Chi Songzi carefully before accepting him, then left the Three Purities Hall with Yuanshi Tianzun.
• Tongtian Sect Leader declared that the Jie Sect would flourish and revealed the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation Diagram as his means of preserving its Fortune.
• Saint Jieyin and Saint Zhunti discussed Chi Songzi’s immense potential, and Zhunti proposed visiting the Human Race.