Chapter Summaries

Ao Guang drove the Flood Dragon Clan from the East Sea Dragon Palace, but the battle left the Dragon Clan devastated. After bidding farewell to Ao Ying, Lin Changqing traveled to the mainland and found traces of human habitation along the coast.

• The Golden Flood Dragon conceded defeat and demanded that Ao Guang release his younger brother, while Ao Guang warned the Flood Dragon Clan never to attack the East Sea Dragon Palace again.
• The Golden Flood Dragon threatened the Dragon Clan and glared at Lin Changqing before taking the Flood Dragon Clan and Demon Clan army away from the ruined palace.
• Ao Guang surveyed the devastation as Dragon Clan survivors rescued the wounded, gathered the dead, and mourned their losses.
• Lin Changqing told Ao Ying he was leaving, but she chose to stay at the Dragon Palace, so he bid farewell to Ao Guang and departed for the mainland.
• After more than a thousand years of travel, Lin Changqing reached the coast and discovered traces of human habitation.

Lin Changqing found traces of humanity on the East Sea coast, then discovered that demons had massacred humans across the eastern Primordial World for cultivation. After killing a wolf demon responsible for millions of deaths, he headed south to find and protect the migrating humans.

• Lin Changqing found an abandoned human settlement on the East Sea coast and searched for its people.
• Lin Changqing discovered a mass grave containing tens of thousands of humans and confronted a wolf demon fleeing from its cave.
• Lin Changqing searched the wolf demon’s memories and learned it had slaughtered nearly ten million humans across more than ten raids.
• Lin Changqing killed the wolf demon and learned that demons throughout the east were hunting humans for food and cultivation.
• Lin Changqing followed humanity’s migration south, determined to save the humans and kill the demons pursuing them.

Lin Changqing traveled south, slaughtering demons and burying human victims, until he reached a tribe threatened by a White Tiger demon. After rescuing the surviving humans, he urged them not to worship Heaven and openly cursed the Heavenly Dao, standing unharmed against its thunder.

• Lin Changqing spent years killing demons and covering mass graves with mountains, binding a Golden Immortal snake demon's soul to a grave for ten thousand years of torment.
• Lin Changqing found a million-person human tribe under attack by a hundred-zhang White Tiger that planned to kill humans to refine their souls.
• Lin Changqing arrived, dispelled the poisonous fog, rescued most of the surviving humans, and bound the White Tiger.
• Lin Changqing stopped the humans from bowing to him or thanking Heaven, declaring that he was human and that Heaven was unworthy of worship.
• Lin Changqing cursed the Heavenly Dao and threatened to destroy the demons' Heavenly Court, while thunder gathered overhead without harming him.

Lin Changqing subdued the White Tiger and bound it by a soul restriction to serve as the tribe’s guardian, then recognized himself as human and belonging to the Interception Sect. He saw how weak humanity was and concluded that people needed a cultivation method suited to them.

• Lin Changqing stopped himself from casting the White Tiger into the thunderclouds and searched its memories, confirming it had come to refine human souls and had accidentally killed several hundred people.
• Lin Changqing condemned the White Tiger and forced it to become the tribe’s guardian divine beast, binding its soul with a restriction that would punish it if it failed to protect humanity.
• The White Tiger agreed to protect humanity for generations and landed in the wilderness, while the million people watched in disbelief.
• An old man asked Lin Changqing whether he was human, and Lin Changqing said he was born human and belonged to the Interception Sect.
• Lin Changqing assessed humanity’s weakness and realized it needed a cultivation method suited to humans.

Lin Changqing vowed to create a cultivation art humanity could use, defied the Heavenly Dao’s warning, and shattered the gathered lightning. The humans’ gratitude produced Incense Wish Power, which gathered around a new golden phantom beside his soul.

• Lin Changqing realized his own cultivation arts were too dangerous for humans and resolved to create one for them despite the karmic burden.
• The old man and the million humans pleaded with Lin Changqing for a way to cultivate and defend themselves.
• Lin Changqing promised to create a suitable art, drawing down a dense storm of divine lightning.
• Lin Changqing challenged the Heavenly Dao and shattered the lightning and dark clouds with a blood-red hand.
• The White Tiger abandoned any thought of resistance and decided to help protect humanity.
• The humans bowed to Lin Changqing, and their Incense Wish Power formed a pale-gold phantom beside his soul.

Lin Changqing found the main Human tribe and saw that its people remained primitive and vulnerable despite numbering one hundred billion. As Heaven’s thunder gathered over the tribe, he recognized its leader, Suiren Shi, and resolved to change the Humans’ fate.

• Lin Changqing learned that the million-strong tribe had once belonged to a much larger Human migration and continued south to search for it.
• Over the next hundred years, Lin Changqing rescued Human tribes, killed demons that preyed on them, and arranged for friendly demons to protect some settlements.
• Lin Changqing found the main Human tribe, where one hundred billion people lived without cultivation methods, houses, clothing, or knowledge of how to make fire.
• When thunder gathered, the Humans feared Heaven’s wrath and rushed to the altar, where Suiren Shi pleaded with Heaven on behalf of his tribe.
• Lin Changqing recognized Suiren Shi as the first Human Emperor and decided that creating cultivation methods was imperative.

Lin Changqing defied the Heavenly Dao and refused to accept a limited territory for humanity, instead agreeing only to keep humanity out of the coming War of the Lich Tribulation. After identifying himself to Suiren Shi and the gathered humans, Lin Changqing saw demonic energy gathering in the distance.

• Lin Changqing sensed the Heavenly Dao's plan to confine humanity near Kongtong Mountain and rejected it, insisting that humanity should not be hunted and bullied.
• The Heavenly Dao manifested before Lin Changqing and asked him not to interfere in the next tribulation; he agreed, and its will withdrew while continuing to watch him.
• The humans bowed to Lin Changqing, and he stopped them and introduced himself as a human named Changqing and a disciple of the Interception Sect.
• Suiren Shi asked whether Lin Changqing was the human taken in by a Sage, and Lin Changqing explained that Grand Master Xuandu was his junior brother.
• Demonic energy surged in the distance as countless clouds of demon qi gathered before Lin Changqing and the humans.

Lin Changqing faced four peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal demons sent to destroy Suiren Shi’s human tribe, and the ten billion humans prepared to fight despite overwhelming odds. As Lin Changqing vowed to kill the demons, Suiren Shi urged the humans to reject Heaven and rise against their attackers.

• A five-thousand-zhang demon appeared and threatened to consume Suiren Shi’s tribe as blood offerings.
• Suiren Shi ordered the old, women, and children to flee while the warriors prepared to hold off the demon.
• Three more peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal demons emerged, surrounding the human tribe with clouds of demonic aura.
• Lin Changqing recognized the Heavenly Dao’s attempt to destroy the humans and vowed to kill every demon it sent.
• Suiren Shi proclaimed that the humans would worship neither heaven nor earth and called on them to fight.
• The humans answered with a roar as streams of blood qi rose, showing that they had begun creating their own cultivation methods.

Lin Changqing saved the ten billion Humans by killing four attacking Demons, then received an immense surge of Incense Wish Power and sensed a trace of Human Emperor's Fortune. He decided against becoming Human Emperor himself and considered cultivating someone else for the role.

• Lin Changqing recognized the Humans’ painstakingly developed cultivation method and resolved to defy the Heavenly Dao’s suppression of their rise.
• Four Demons attacked Lin Changqing and the Humans, but Lin Changqing swiftly killed them and searched the Divine Bird Demon King's memories, discovering that the Heavenly Dao had influenced the Demons’ actions.
• Lin Changqing challenged the Heavenly Dao, which answered with thunder but ultimately withdrew without striking.
• Suiren Shi and the gathered Humans thanked Lin Changqing, and their reverence sent a vast tide of Incense Wish Power toward him.
• Lin Changqing sensed a trace of Human Emperor's Fortune but rejected the idea of becoming Human Emperor himself, deciding instead to cultivate a new Human Emperor.

Lin Changqing led the Human Race to Kongtong Mountain and considered how to help them grow without taking their rightful merits. The arrival of another hundred billion people under Youchaoshi left him resolved to let the Human Race earn those merits themselves.

• Lin Changqing decided the Human Race needed to strengthen itself and ordered Suiren Shi to gather everyone for a migration to Kongtong Mountain.
• Lin Changqing destroyed the sacrificial altar, and Suiren Shi led the hundred billion members of the Human Race toward Kongtong Mountain.
• Lin Changqing guided the migration, nourishing the people with spiritual energy as they traveled for three thousand years to the mountain’s vast plain.
• The Human Race settled around Kongtong Mountain, while Lin Changqing pondered whether to guide them in making fire, building houses, and weaving cloth.
• Another hundred billion members of the Human Race arrived near Kongtong Mountain, led by Youchaoshi, and Lin Changqing decided their great merits should go to them.

Lin Changqing guided Suiren Shi toward becoming humanity’s leader by helping him discover how to make fire by drilling wood. Suiren Shi successfully kindled a flame, and the breakthrough summoned a vast Golden Cloud of Merit.

• Lin Changqing strengthened Youchaoshi with a wisp of blood energy, then sent him to settle the human race while keeping Suiren Shi behind.
• Lin Changqing refused Suiren Shi’s suggestion that he become the Human Emperor and insisted that Suiren Shi lead humanity.
• Lin Changqing asked Suiren Shi to consider humanity’s weaknesses, prompting Suiren Shi to recognize their dependence on raw food and scarce fire.
• Lin Changqing guided Suiren Shi to think about how to keep a fire burning, and Suiren Shi realized he could make fire himself.
• Suiren Shi drilled two pieces of wood, kindled a flame, and declared it humanity’s Sacred Fire as a vast Golden Cloud of Merit rose into the sky.

Suiren Shi received Heavenly Dao merit after teaching the human race to make fire, while Lin Changqing refined his share into Great Dao Merit. The achievement spread across the Primordial World, drawing the attention of Sages and powerful beings as opposition began to stir.

• Suiren Shi received a vast descent of Heavenly Dao merit, and Lin Changqing received a smaller share for guiding him.
• Lin Changqing’s Merit Golden Body refined the Heavenly Dao merit into Great Dao Merit, consuming half of it in the process.
• Humans across the Primordial World learned to make fire, warming their settlements and roasting meat.
• Nuwa, Tongtian, the old man at Eight Sceneries Palace, and the two Western Sect Daoists sensed the event and reacted to the human race’s new fortune.
• A voice from Lingxiao Treasure Hall condemned the merit bestowed on humans, while several streaks of demonic light set out from the sacred mountains.

Lin Changqing refined the merit from Suiren Shi’s discovery of fire and waited for Youchaoshi and Ziyi Shi to arrive so he could guide them. After they built the first human house and made the first clothes, two Golden Pillars of Merit descended.

• Lin Changqing absorbed the merit energy as Suiren Shi received the Sacred Fire of the human race and offered Lin Changqing a wisp of its essence.
• The human race flourished as fire helped people cook food, endure the cold, and keep more children alive.
• Ziyi Shi arrived with ten billion humans and asked Lin Changqing to guide him, while Youchaoshi also sought guidance.
• Lin Changqing guided Youchaoshi to build a house and Ziyi Shi to make clothes.
• Two Golden Pillars of Merit descended, cleansing the foul energy across the land.

After receiving the merit from the Golden Pillars, Lin Changqing confronted an army of demons attacking the human tribes near Kongtong Mountain. He slaughtered the charging demons as the Cloud Leopard’s attack bore down, declaring that he would avenge the humans killed by demons.

• Lin Changqing shattered the probing divine senses of powerful beings across the Primordial World, including Di Jun’s, and none dared retaliate because he was Tongtian’s disciple.
• Nuwa, Tongtian, Yuanshi, Taishang, and the Western Saints reacted to the three Golden Pillars of Merit that had appeared over the past hundred years.
• Lin Changqing absorbed the two descending Golden Pillars and merit from Youchaoshi and Ziyi Shi, refining it into small worlds with his Chaos Furnace.
• A demon army led by a six-thousand-zhang Cloud Leopard approached Kongtong Mountain, and Suiren Shi ordered women, children, and elders to retreat.
• The Cloud Leopard sent a huge claw strike toward the human tribes as demons attacked; Lin Changqing used his spear and Heart-Piercing Lock to kill many demons and vowed to sacrifice their blood to humanity’s vengeful spirits.

Lin Changqing defeated the Cloud Leopard, a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, and offered its head as a blood sacrifice to the human race’s wronged souls. The humans gained strength and revered him, while Lin Changqing gathered their wish power and prepared to impart cultivation as he pursued the Human Emperor’s Fortune.

• Lin Changqing overwhelmed the Cloud Leopard with his blood-red powers and shattered its fangs and skull, but the demon answered with its Myriad Tides divine ability.
• Lin Changqing detonated the Spear of Divine Demons behind the Cloud Leopard, blowing away much of its body and interrupting its attack.
• Lin Changqing seized the wounded Cloud Leopard, killed it, and offered its head as a blood sacrifice to the wronged souls of the human race.
• The Cloud Leopard’s blood-red energy flowed into hundreds of billions of humans, strengthening their bodies and advancing their cultivation.
• Youchaoshi, Ziyi Shi, and the human race bowed to Lin Changqing, whose gathered wish power strengthened his Human Emperor’s Fortune.
• Lin Changqing recognized that he still needed to impart cultivation to the human race.

Lin Changqing began teaching the human race the cultivation methods he had created, defying the Heavenly Dao’s attempt to stop him. His first method, the Literary Dao, shook the Primordial World and astonished the Saints and other powerful observers.

• Lin Changqing declared that he would pass his methods to the human race so they could protect themselves, and he summoned the Heavenly Dao’s will when it tried to stop him.
• The Heavenly Dao’s will threatened Lin Changqing, then vanished while tribulation lightning gathered above the three cliff faces.
• Lin Changqing began carving the Literary Dao into a cliff, creating writing as a new Dao that resonated throughout the Primordial World and the Heavenly Dao.
• Taishang, Tongtian, Nuwa, the Western Saints, and other powerful figures reacted with astonishment to Lin Changqing’s creation.
• Di Jun feared Lin Changqing and the watching Saints, while a figure in the Blood Sea considered using the Literary Dao to pursue Sagehood.

Lin Changqing created the Literary Dao and Martial Dao for the Human Race, while the Heavenly Dao allowed his work to continue. With Tongtian’s Green Ping Sword in hand, Lin Changqing began creating a third method, the Sword Dao.

• The Heavenly Dao withdrew its thunderclouds and watched as Lin Changqing continued creating the Literary Dao, while Cangjie entered deep enlightenment and prepared to create writing.
• Lin Changqing created the Martial Dao, causing the Primordial World to tremble and helping countless Humans strengthen their bodies and break through.
• Lin Changqing asked Tongtian to lend him his sword, and Tongtian sent the Green Ping Sword to him.
• Lin Changqing took the Green Ping Sword and declared that he would create the Sword Dao so the Human Race could defend itself.

Lin Changqing’s sword mark established the Sword Dao, strengthening sword weapons throughout the Primordial World and giving the human race a third path of cultivation. Cangjie then created writing and improved the Literary Dao’s cultivation method, leaving it ready to be passed down among humanity.

• Lin Changqing poured the Sword Dao’s power into the Green Ping Sword and carved a sword mark into the mountain wall, manifesting the Heaven and Earth Sword.
• The Sword Dao strengthened sword treasures across the Primordial World, increasing the Green Ping Sword’s power by thirty percent and the Four Immortal Slaying Swords’ power by nearly twenty percent.
• Tongtian celebrated the strengthened swords, while two blood-red lights reported a ten percent increase in power to an old man in the Blood Sea.
• Hundreds of billions of humans began studying the Literary, Martial, and Sword Daos, whose cultivation methods currently reached the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Cangjie used the Literary Dao to carve characters representing the world, merging them into the character “Culture” and raising the Dao’s limit to the middle stage of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Cangjie thanked Lin Changqing and declared that the writing he had created must be passed down among the human race.

Cangjie created the Human Race’s written characters, earning immense merit and becoming its Fourth Ancestor while Lin Changqing received an even greater share. The new Literary Dao drew the attention of powerful beings across the Primordial World, and Nuwa discovered that Lin Changqing’s three Great Daos could weaken the restriction binding her.

• Cangjie created the Human Race’s oracle-bone characters, and merit descended on him and Lin Changqing.
• Cangjie’s strength rose to the True Immortal level, making him the Human Race’s Fourth Ancestor as its members sensed the Literary Dao and advanced.
• Demon Emperor Di Jun raged at the Human Race’s rise, while Ancestor Minghe and a mysterious figure in the deep northern sea considered what it might mean.
• The Western Sages watched the Human Race for its merit, but Tongtian warned them not to harm Lin Changqing and Yuanshi failed to strike him down.
• Nuwa sensed the Literary, Martial, and Sword Daos dim the chains restricting her and realized Lin Changqing might be the variable that could free her.

Lin Changqing’s Sword Dao earned him an immense flood of Heavenly Dao merit, and he used much of it to transform the Green Ping Sword into a Merit Supreme Treasure. The Interception Sect gained a powerful treasure to guard its fortune, while Lin Changqing retained merit to refine and strengthen himself.

• Taishang divined that Lin Changqing’s cultivation method had taken the opportunity to establish the Golden Core Great Dao, and he welcomed the change as a chance to alter fate.
• The Heavenly Dao Will withdrew its opposition, and boundless merit descended upon Lin Changqing for founding the Sword Dao.
• Lin Changqing estimated the merit at fifty billion and began refining it, directing ten billion into the Green Ping Sword.
• The Green Ping Sword absorbed the merit and gained its forty-ninth restriction, becoming a Merit Supreme Treasure with power comparable to an Innate Supreme Treasure.
• Tongtian celebrated Lin Changqing’s achievement, recognizing that the Interception Sect now had a treasure to guard its fortune.