Chapter Summaries

After Hongjun concluded his lecture, Beichen prepared to lead his group and their children home. Sanqing advanced to the Quasi-Sage Realm and blocked Beichen’s way, seeking revenge for the disruptions at their master’s lecture.

• Hongjun warned the cultivators about the coming tribulation and announced his next lecture on the Dao of the Quasi-Saint in three thousand years.
• Beichen put the ten Golden Crows and twelve Moon Maidens inside the Universe Ruyi Bottle, where Great Moon Maiden kept her brothers in check.
• Beichen prepared to return home with Ling Cair, Mo Yuan, and Yan Lie, while Kunpeng resolved to cultivate until he could take revenge on Hong Yun.
• Sanqing used Quasi-Saint pills to advance into the Quasi-Sage Realm and cut off Beichen’s group’s retreat.
• Lingbao Moral Heavenly Venerate accused Beichen of disrupting Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s lecture, and Yuanshi threatened to break his tortoise legs.

Beichen refused to use his own treasures when the Sanqing attacked him, but Nuwa intervened and overwhelmed the three with her many magical treasures. Though the Sanqing agreed to let Beichen go, he stayed, declaring that he still intended to teach them a lesson.

• Primordial Lord of Heaven, Grand Pure Lord of Morality, and Lingbao Moral Heavenly Venerate prepared to attack Beichen with their talismans and the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda.
• Beichen chose not to reveal his own treasures and mocked the Sanqing, prompting them to unleash their attacks.
• Nuwa stopped the attack and defended Beichen, arguing that the Sanqing were merely looking for trouble.
• Fu Xi stood up for Nuwa as she confronted the Sanqing and said Beichen had protected Old Ancestor Hongjun's dignity by giving up his seat.
• Nuwa hurled her many treasures at the Sanqing, binding and driving them back until they agreed to let Beichen go.
• Nuwa urged Beichen to leave, but he stayed and said he still meant to teach the Sanqing a lesson.

Beichen refused to leave after Nuwa defended him, provoking the Sanqing into attacking. After his turtle-shell treasure damaged Grand Pure Lord of Morality’s pagoda, Beichen revealed his Boundless Immortal Body of the Great Dao and drove the Sanqing to flee into Zixiao Palace for help.

• Beichen told Nuwa that her senior brothers resented her intervention, then insisted on fighting the Sanqing rather than leaving.
• Nuwa withdrew her treasures, and Primordial Lord of Heaven, Grand Pure Lord of Morality, and Supreme Pure Lord of Numinous Treasure attacked Beichen.
• Beichen’s Universe Great Dao Mystic Turtle Shell overwhelmed the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, cracking it and forcing Grand Pure Lord of Morality to recall it.
• The Sanqing’s divine talismans battered Beichen’s shell, so Beichen recalled it and revealed his Boundless Immortal Body of the Great Dao.
• Beichen’s enormous Dharmakaya swung at the Sanqing, who abandoned the fight and fled into Zixiao Palace, calling for Old Ancestor Hongjun to save them.

Beichen withdrew his Dharma Body without attacking Zixiao Palace, and Hongjun decided to conceal his role in the Sanqing’s failed confrontation while plotting to sever Beichen’s connection to the Heaven and Earth Great Dao. Beichen left with Six-Eared Macaque and invited Kunpeng to visit, revealing that Three Immortal Islands had drifted into the North Sea.

• Beichen withdrew his Dharma Body after the Sanqing fled into Zixiao Palace, avoiding a direct clash with Hongjun.
• Hongjun told the Sanqing he would not act against Beichen, explaining that doing so would preserve his reputation and leave the blame with his disciples.
• After the Sanqing departed, Hongjun resolved to find a way to sever Beichen’s connection to the Heaven and Earth Great Dao before attacking him.
• Beichen invited Six-Eared Macaque to return with him and promised to discuss the secret of his cultivation with Kunpeng later.
• Beichen reassured Dijun and Taiyi that they were not to blame for failing to help against the Sanqing.
• Beichen told Changxi that Three Immortal Islands had drifted from the East Sea into the North Sea.

Beichen returned to the Three Immortal Islands with Six-Eared Macaque and concealed the Dao Field, frustrating Hongjun’s attempt to track him. As Six-Eared Macaque and Beichen’s disciples advanced their cultivation, the macaque approached Beichen with a suggestion.

• Beichen returned the Ten Golden Crows and Twelve Moon Maidens to the Sun Star, where he learned the aphid had escaped alive from the bottle.
• Taiyi and Changxi agreed with Dijun and Xihe to move their family to the Moon Star because the Sun Star’s heat troubled the Moon Maidens.
• Beichen brought Six-Eared Macaque to the Three Immortal Islands and concealed them with Dao laws, while Hongjun discovered he could no longer locate the Dao Field and set a Heavenly Dao Eye to watch for Beichen.
• Houtu told the Ancestral Witches she would attend Hongjun’s next lecture, while her brothers planned to conquer the Primordial World.
• After a thousand years of study on the Three Immortal Islands, Six-Eared Macaque reached the consummate stage of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, and Mo Yuan and Yan Lie completed their cultivation of that realm.
• Six-Eared Macaque thanked Beichen and asked whether he would hear a suggestion.

The Six-Eared Macaque urged Beichen to establish an Immortal Palace and gather powerful allies to oppose Hongjun’s growing influence. He outlined the coming Witch-Demon War and proposed possible leaders for the demon clans, while Beichen considered the macaque’s knowledge and ambition.

• The Six-Eared Macaque advised Beichen to use his Dao Field as a base to recruit talented followers and build a faction able to resist Hongjun.
• Beichen realized the macaque’s intelligence and ambition had grown greatly after Beichen shared a record of Hongjun’s teachings with him.
• The Six-Eared Macaque predicted the Witch-Demon War and said someone would soon unite the myriad demon clans against the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
• The Six-Eared Macaque named Nuwa, Kunpeng, Dijun, Taiyi, and Beichen as possible leaders of the demons, and offered to find powerful disciples for Beichen.
• Beichen agreed that the proposal was good but said he had another question for the Six-Eared Macaque.

Beichen learned that Hongjun might use East King Duke and Queen Mother of the West as figureheads to seize resources, then agreed to establish an Immortal Palace and contend for the Primordial World's destiny. As Six-Eared Macaque began building it on Yingzhou Island, Kunpeng arrived with news of a major event in the North Sea.

• Six-Eared Macaque told Beichen that Hongjun's forces would likely avoid the Witch-Demon Great Tribulation but could be drawn in through schemes, and warned that Hongjun might use powerful figures as puppets.
• Beichen and the Divine Turtle Shell identified East King Duke and Queen Mother of the West as Hongjun's likely choices, and Hongjun appointed them leaders of the male and female Immortals.
• East King Duke accepted his appointment and began summoning Immortals to form the Immortal Court, while Queen Mother of the West accepted cautiously and sought others' opinions.
• Beichen agreed to establish an Immortal Palace to contend for the Primordial World's destiny and entrusted its construction to Six-Eared Macaque.
• Six-Eared Macaque summoned the island guardians and began building the palace on Yingzhou Island.
• Kunpeng arrived from the North Sea, and Beichen asked what had delayed him before Kunpeng began explaining a major event there.

Kunpeng told Beichen how Gonggong and Zhujiuyin had driven him from his territory and revealed that his evolved innate nature gave him the Nine-Colored Divine Light. After Beichen lent him Hongjun’s teachings, Kunpeng reached the Quasi-Saint Realm, just as radiant light surged from Yingzhou Island.

• Kunpeng recounted how Gonggong and Zhujiuyin seized his Ancestral Master's Palace and pursued him until he escaped to the Three Immortal Islands.
• Beichen realized the Witch-Demon War had reached its middle phase and resolved to save powerful beings he believed should survive it.
• Kunpeng explained that his nine innate feathers let him unleash the defensive Nine-Colored Divine Light, though he considered his cultivation insufficient.
• Beichen lent Kunpeng the Divine Turtle Shell containing Hongjun’s teachings, and Kunpeng listened selectively to the later lessons.
• After a century of study, Kunpeng reached the peak of the Grand Unity realm, then entered the Quasi-Saint Realm after another century.
• Radiant light surged from Yingzhou Island, and Beichen and Kunpeng turned to look toward it.

Beichen unveiled the completed Immortal Island Palace and inspected a powerful treasure formed from its divine map. Six-Eared Macaque pledged to serve as the palace’s protector, and Beichen took the title Dao Ancestor Beichen, leaving Kunpeng wary of his ambition.

• Beichen showed Kunpeng the newly completed Immortal Island Palace, whose aura and Dao principles rivaled Zixiao Palace.
• Beichen used Near at Hand, Yet Worlds Apart to arrive at the palace before Kunpeng, who was astonished to find him there.
• Six-Eared Macaque presented the Immortal Island Palace Divine Map, which transformed into a lethal killing map that Beichen could control and strengthen.
• Beichen accepted the map as his treasure and teased Kunpeng for arriving slowly.
• Six-Eared Macaque pledged to serve as protector of the Immortal Palace, and Beichen chose the title Dao Ancestor Beichen, alarming Kunpeng.

Beichen established the Immortal Island Palace and founded a Dao, earning recognition and divine light from the Heaven and Earth Great Dao. A young girl joined as a guardian attendant, and Kunpeng asked to become an elder.

• Six-Eared Macaque praised Beichen as Dao Ancestor, while Mo Yuan, Yan Lie, and Ling Cair discussed their hopes of reaching the Quasi-Saint and Saint Realms under his guidance.
• Kunpeng scoffed at the group’s ambitions before the Heaven and Earth Great Dao sent divine light and Dao principles to congratulate Beichen on establishing his palace and founding a Dao.
• Kunpeng was stunned as the Immortal Island Palace’s standing and Dao principles surged beyond what he had expected.
• A white-robed girl asked to work for Beichen, and he accepted her as a guardian attendant after recognizing her as the little aphid.
• Kunpeng asked Beichen to make him an elder of the Immortal Island Palace and serve as his right-hand man.

Beichen appointed Kunpeng as Grand Elder of the Immortal Island Palace and sent Six-Eared out to recruit worthy cultivators. After receiving a system prompt revealing Great Immortal Yang Mei’s location, Beichen headed east, while Hongjun mistakenly believed he was going to join the Immortal Court.

• Beichen made Kunpeng the Immortal Island Palace’s Grand Elder, and Kunpeng agreed to return to the North Sea while keeping a feather that could summon him.
• Six-Eared outlined recruitment standards, received a purple-gold Immortal Island Palace token from Beichen, and left the Three Immortal Islands to seek unaffiliated, worthy cultivators.
• Hongjun saw Six-Eared emerge from the Three Immortal Islands and grew angry, believing Beichen had defied his warning by passing the Great Dao teachings to him.
• The system offered Beichen a choice, and he chose to visit Great Immortal Yang Mei at Boundless Divine Mountain in exchange for the whereabouts of the Primordial Seven Gourds.
• Beichen set off toward the eastern extremity, and Hongjun assumed he was going to find East King Duke and join the Immortal Court.

Beichen searched the Primordial World for a sensed opportunity while the Six-Eared Macaque recruited the Red-buttocked Macaque for Dao Ancestor Beichen’s Immortal Island Palace. Beichen reached the eastern extreme and encountered Zhen Yuanzi and Ancestor Hong Yun, while the Spiritual Stone Monkey remained gestating inside its stone.

• The girl in white stayed at Immortal Island Palace to cultivate, disappointed that Beichen had left without speaking to her.
• Beichen traveled slowly through the Primordial World, sensed a being inside a skull-shaped land, failed to find it, and continued east.
• The Six-Eared Macaque found the Red-buttocked Macaque at Flower-Fruit Mountain and invited him to join Immortal Island Palace.
• The Red-buttocked Macaque accepted after the Six-Eared Macaque promised he could learn Hongjun’s teachings from Beichen, and they discussed the still-gestating Spiritual Stone Monkey.
• The Red-buttocked Macaque suggested they seek out the Long-armed Ape Monkey in the Void Realm of Chu, and the Six-Eared Macaque agreed.
• Beichen reached the eastern extreme and met Zhen Yuanzi and Ancestor Hong Yun, who asked whether he had come to register his immortal name with East King Duke.

North Star, Zhen Yuanzi, and Hong Yun met East King Duke at the Immortal Court, where he demanded they join his Golden Register and serve under him. Zhen Yuanzi and North Star refused, and Hong Yun also rejected East King Duke, leaving him furious.

• North Star met Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun and warned Hong Yun that Kunpeng, now a Quasi-Saint, might seek revenge over the Purple Cloud Palace.
• East King Duke approached the three with the Golden Register and claimed they should join the Immortal Court under his command.
• North Star asked who had joined, and East King Duke named Haotian, Great Emperor Ziwei, and Great Emperor Changsheng while boasting of his plans for the Four Imperial Lords.
• Zhen Yuanzi refused to join the register, and North Star agreed that he would not join either.
• Hong Yun told North Star that East King Duke was too over the top, so North Star repeated the criticism to East King Duke, who nearly flew into a rage.

Beichen refused to help Hongjun strengthen East King Duke’s Immortal Court, then encouraged Dijun and Taiyi to claim leadership of the Demon Race. He entered the Boundless Divine Mountain, where Great Immortal Yang Mei explained the paths to sainthood and offered to guide him toward becoming a Great Dao Saint.

• Ancestor Hong Yun rejected East King Duke’s invitation, and Hongjun privately blamed him for refusing to support the Immortal Court.
• Beichen warned Zhen Yuanzi to seek him out if trouble arose, but Zhen Yuanzi remained intent on pursuing sainthood alone.
• Beichen met Queen Mother of the West, learned that Dijun and Taiyi were discussing war against the Witch Clan, and told the brothers to rule as Demon Emperors with Nuwa and Kunpeng as their allies.
• Beichen followed the system’s directions into the Boundless Divine Mountain, evading Hongjun’s attempt to locate him.
• Great Immortal Yang Mei explained the three paths to sainthood and offered to take Beichen as his disciple and guide him to Great Dao sainthood.

Beichen accepted Great Immortal Yang Mei as his master after the system offered him a divination law for choosing him. Yang Mei revealed his ancient origins and explained that he had attained sainthood through the foremost of the Three Thousand Great Daos, the Way of Nature.

• Beichen used the system’s choice and received the Heaven and Earth, Xuanhuang Way of Nature’s Divination Law.
• Beichen formally bowed to Yang Mei, who accepted him as a disciple and promised to help him attain Great Dao sainthood.
• Yang Mei described his origin as primordial pure essence that took form as a Great Willow Tree and said he was the First Immortal.
• Yang Mei manifested Qiankun Ancestor and Yin-Yang Ancestor, explaining that their true spirits remained but their karma prevented him from restoring them fully.
• Yang Mei explained that the Innate Cricket Eel had become a saint by attaching itself to the Heavenly Dao.
• Yang Mei told Beichen that he had attained Great Dao sainthood through the Way of Nature and declared it supreme among the Three Thousand Great Daos.

Great Immortal Yang Mei taught Beichen the Water Dao, guiding him from late Quasi-Saint cultivation to Quasi-Saint perfection and then to Great Dao sainthood. Beichen became a Saint in secret within Boundless Divine Mountain, with his presence concealed from the prehistoric world.

• Yang Mei told Beichen that his origins made him suited to become a Great Dao Saint and began teaching him the path to sainthood through the Water Dao.
• Yang Mei explained the Water Dao for three hundred years, and Beichen reached Quasi-Saint perfection.
• Beichen asked about the Great Dao Laws within him, and Yang Mei clarified that they had been present since his birth.
• Yang Mei taught Beichen about the Fire Dao and other paths related to Water for another five hundred years.
• A Great Dao of Heaven and Earth layered itself upon Beichen, and he became a Great Dao Saint while Boundless Divine Mountain concealed his presence.
• Yang Mei congratulated Beichen on attaining sainthood in secret.

Beichen became a Great Dao Saint through the Water Dao, received treasures from Great Immortal Yang Mei, and left to continue cultivating. On the way home, he encountered Shi Ji at Skull Mountain and resolved to change her fate.

• Great Immortal Yang Mei warned Beichen that his Great Dao Saint Position did not yet make him stronger than Hongjun, and urged him to keep cultivating.
• Yang Mei gave Beichen the Hollow Willow and the Natural Harmony Purple Gold Bracelet before Beichen left Boundless Divine Mountain.
• Houtu arrived to hear Yang Mei's teachings, and he told her to help her brothers cautiously and avoid becoming too involved in their war.
• Beichen used the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow to deduce fate and discovered Shi Ji at Skull Mountain.
• Beichen recognized Shi Ji's tragic future and descended into the mountains, determined to change her destiny.

Beichen tried to recruit Shi Ji as his disciple before Tongtian could bind her to Hongjun’s plan. He showed her a vision of her future death and left her to decide as Tongtian arrived at White Bone Cave.

• Hongjun ordered Tongtian to establish a master-disciple bond with Shi Ji but leave her at White Bone Cave instead of bringing her into his sect.
• Beichen divined that Hongjun viewed Shi Ji as a dangerous variable and sent Tongtian to keep her isolated.
• Beichen asked Shi Ji to become his disciple, but she hesitated because she wanted to join Hongjun’s lineage.
• Beichen revealed Hongjun’s intentions and showed Shi Ji a vision of her future death at the hands of True Man Taiyi and the Nine Dragon Divine Fire Cover.
• Tongtian arrived at White Bone Cave as Shi Ji cried out to him as her master.

Beichen accepted Shi Ji as his disciple, rejected the Heavenly Dao’s testimony, and repelled Hongjun’s punishment, leaving Hongjun unable to read his cultivation. After kicking Tongtian back toward the Zixiao Palace, Beichen took Shi Ji toward Kunlun Mountain to seek an emerging spiritual root.

• Shi Ji bowed to Beichen and became his disciple, while Tongtian arrived too late to claim her.
• Beichen rejected the Heavenly Dao’s testimony and dispersed the punitive force Hongjun sent against him.
• Hongjun failed to see through Beichen’s cultivation and decided to postpone confronting him.
• Beichen reassured Shi Ji that he would protect her from her future tribulation and told her to focus on cultivation.
• Beichen kicked Tongtian toward the Zixiao Palace and announced his farewell as onlookers wondered whether Hongjun would retaliate.
• Beichen sensed a spiritual root about to emerge and set out with Shi Ji for Kunlun Mountain.

Beichen concealed himself on Kunlun Mountain, collected its ripened gourd vine and seven gourds, and left with Shi Ji after she spent fifty years taking the mountain’s jade. Old Ancestor Hongjun and Primordial Lord of Heaven went to claim the gourds, unaware that Beichen had already taken them.

• Old Ancestor Hongjun reassured Lingbao Tianzun, then planned to collect the gourd vine’s seven fruits after they ripened in fifty years.
• Beichen hid from the Eye of Heaven’s Dao and gave Shi Ji a Water Dao fragment so she could gather Kunlun Mountain’s jade without Primordial Lord of Heaven detecting her.
• Beichen found the unripe gourd vine and concealed himself nearby while Primordial Lord of Heaven checked that the vine was safe.
• Shi Ji spent fifty years gathering jade from Kunlun Mountain’s ley lines, weakening the mountain’s spiritual aura.
• When the seven gourds ripened, Beichen swept the gourds and vine into his sleeve and left with Shi Ji.
• Old Ancestor Hongjun and Primordial Lord of Heaven set out to collect the ripe gourds, while Primordial Lord of Heaven sensed that something was wrong with Kunlun Mountain.