Chapter Summaries

As Hongjun prepared to merge with Dao, he bestowed supreme treasures on his disciples and sent the rest of his collection to Treasure Distribution Rock for the Innate Divine Beings to claim. Nether Mosquito gathered several treasures and took the rock itself, while Zhen Yuanzi fled with Hong Yun to protect him from those watching him.

• Hongjun gave Taiqing the Taiji Diagram, Yuqing the Pangu Banner, and Shangqing the Four Immortal Slaying Swords, then granted Jieyin and Zhunti the Twelve-grade Merit Golden Lotus and Blessing Vajra Rod after they pleaded for treasures.
• Hongjun opened Purple Cloud Palace and announced that everyone could claim his remaining Spiritual Treasures from Treasure Distribution Rock according to their fate.
• Nether Mosquito reached the rock first and emerged with several treasures, including a Golden Ruyi, a Three-legged Golden Toad, and a Wealth Attracting Tree.
• Sanqing, Nuwa, Kunpeng, Houtu, and the other Innate Divine Beings claimed treasures suited to their fortunes, while Zhen Yuanzi took Hong Yun away to Wuzhuang Temple.
• More than a hundred treasures flew from Treasure Distribution Rock toward the Great Wilderness, and Nether Mosquito put the rock away before the others could claim it.

Hongjun merged with the Heavenly Dao after giving the second part of his preaching, leaving the Great Wilderness under tighter Heavenly Dao restraints. As cultivators sought new paths to reach the Primordial Chaos realm, Styx’s hidden methods spread and earned him Fortune.

• Nether Mosquito realized Hongjun’s preaching had not reached its deadline, returned to the Purple Cloud Palace, and joined Sanqing in comprehending the Heavenly Dao Dharma Wheel.
• Zhunti noticed the timing was wrong and returned with Jieyin, but they arrived too late to grasp the orthodox Great Dao and gained only the Eight Hundred Side Doors.
• Hongjun shouted “Merge!” and fused with the Heavenly Dao Dharma Wheel; the assembled listeners bowed and returned to their dojos to enter seclusion.
• Styx sensed the changed laws and continued stabilizing his eighth-level Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal cultivation, judging that Hongjun still needed time to wield the Heavenly Dao’s full power.
• Elders across the Great Wilderness emerged from seclusion to seek new Dao paths, and some discovered Styx’s two Dao Proving Methods in the Dao Preaching Stele.
• Cultivators began spreading Styx’s methods, bringing him Fortune, while most chose to refine Natal Artifacts as a route to the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm.

Styx developed ways to stabilize worlds created through the Method of World, then incorporated Nether Mosquito’s Heavenly Dao insights into the Styx Realm. After Nether Mosquito revealed the Treasure Gathering Basin, he gave it and other treasures to Pixiu and Bai Ze to support a new reform of the Marketplaces and the Way of Wealth.

• Styx considered the difficulty ordinary cultivators faced with the Method of World and devised ways to stabilize worlds using fundamental elements or a Natal Dao Treasure.
• Styx absorbed Nether Mosquito’s observations of the Heavenly Dao Dharma Wheel into the Styx Realm, while the returning Innate Divine Beings entered seclusion to study their insights.
• Houtu and Nuwa reached the Late-stage Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm, and Nether Mosquito advanced to the Perfection of Golden Immortal of the Origin realm.
• Nether Mosquito revealed the Treasure Gathering Basin, a Supreme Innate Spiritual Treasure that gathered and suppressed Fortune, treasure fortune, and Wealth Dao.
• Nether Mosquito gave the Treasure Gathering Basin and other gathered materials to Pixiu and Bai Ze, entrusting them with reforming the Marketplaces and improving the Way of Wealth.

Di Jun sought a marriage with the Moon Star Goddesses Changxi and Xi He, and Nuwa traveled to the Moon Star to deliver his proposal. The sisters refused, then welcomed Nuwa as a fellow Daoist and discussed the Dao with her.

• Di Jun decided to seek descendants through a union with the Moon Star Goddesses, while Tai Yi declined to pursue marriage himself.
• Nuwa sensed the Red Embroidered Ball and Marriage Register respond to Di Jun’s desire and arrived at the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.
• Di Jun asked Nuwa to propose marriage to Changxi and Xi He, and she agreed to visit the Moon Star without promising success.
• Wangshu sent Changxi and Xi He to receive Nuwa, who explained Di Jun’s proposal and its benefits and risks.
• Changxi and Xi He refused to take Dao Companions and asked Di Jun not to disturb them again.
• Nuwa, Changxi, and Xi He discussed the Dao beneath the Osmanthus Tree and gained from their exchange.

After traveling with Changxi and Xi He from the Moon Star, Nuwa brought them to the Blood Sea to ask Styx about the Primordial Violet Qi. Styx found no major danger in it and advised Nuwa to use it to advance her Creation Green Lotus into a Twenty-four Grades Human Way Green Lotus rather than refine it herself.

• Wangshu encouraged Changxi and Xi He to travel with Nuwa and gave Nuwa an Osmanthus Branch as a gift.
• Nuwa left the Moon Star with Changxi and Xi He, informed Di Jun of the outcome, and returned the three Spiritual Treasures.
• After roaming the Starry Sky and being repeatedly harassed by troublemakers, the three women hurried to the Blood Sea and entered the Blood God Realm.
• Styx's Incarnation received the three women and examined the Primordial Violet Qi Nuwa had brought.
• Styx warned Nuwa that refining the Primordial Violet Qi could bind her Dao Fruit to the Heavenly Dao and advised her to let the Creation Green Lotus devour it after it became her Natal Dao Treasure.

Wood Spirit evolved into a Twenty-four Grades Lotus of Creation and Destruction and broke through to the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Realm in the Styx Realm. After Styx named her the Heavenly Venerate of Creation and Destruction, she gave Nuwa insights into the Path of Fortune and gifted lotus leaves to Xi He and Changxi before returning to seclusion.

• Wood Spirit devoured the Twelfth-Grade Red Lotus and used Destruction Qi from the World-Ending Millstone to transform into a Twenty-four Grades Lotus of Creation and Destruction.
• The Styx Incarnation brought Nuwa, Xi He, and Changxi to watch Wood Spirit's breakthrough, explaining that it could offer them insight for their own cultivation.
• Wood Spirit crossed into the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Realm, and Styx bestowed on her the title Heavenly Venerate of Creation and Destruction.
• Wood Spirit gave Nuwa her insights into the Path of Fortune and presented Xi He and Changxi with lotus leaves from her evolved main body.
• Wood Spirit returned to the Lotus Pond to stabilize her cultivation, while the Styx Incarnation led the three women back to the Blood God Realm.

Styx discovered that Wood Spirit’s breakthrough had changed the Styx Realm, then intervened when the Heavenly Dao’s power emerged from Nuwa’s Primordial Violet Qi. He purified the qi into pure World Origin and returned it to Nuwa, leaving her safe to use it to strengthen her Creation Green Lotus.

• Styx’s incarnation began removing the hidden contingency from Nuwa’s Primordial Violet Qi while the three women contemplated Wood Spirit’s breakthrough.
• Styx sensed that Wood Spirit’s new Law of Creation and Destruction had appeared in the Styx Realm, strengthening its origin and stabilizing its space.
• Styx detected the Heavenly Dao interfering through Nuwa’s Primordial Violet Qi, merged with his incarnation, and sealed the Blood God Realm.
• Styx refined away the Heavenly Dao’s power and restored the Primordial Violet Qi to pure World Origin.
• Nuwa accepted the purified World Origin after Styx assured her it could help raise her Creation Green Lotus into an Innate Supreme Treasure.

Styx prepared Nuwa and her companions to travel to Mount Shouyang, hoping it would guide the creation and development of the Human Race. He then purified Heavenly Dao power and began refining the origins of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity into Equality as safeguards for balancing the Three Ways.

• Styx gave Nuwa the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, Three Lights Divine Water, a Chaos Gourd Vine section, and the Altar of the Dao, and instructed her to travel to Mount Shouyang with Fuxi, Kunpeng, and the two Moon Goddesses.
• Styx infused the soil with purified blood from the Myriad Races and concealed a thread of his Primordial Spirit within it to secure a future role in the Human Way.
• After the women departed, Styx purified Heavenly Dao power from the Primordial Violet Qi and sent it to his realm's Heavenly Dao Avatar.
• Styx put Equality into the Universe Cauldron with the origins of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity, intending to fuse them as a means of balancing the Three Ways.
• Styx reconsidered his plans for the Human Way, expecting Kunpeng to pursue the Ancestor of Literature path and considering Fuxi for Human Emperor, while deciding to handle the Ancestor of Martial Arts role himself.

After the Moon Goddesses rejected Di Jun, he and the Ten Great Yao Saints searched for another woman who could withstand his Solar Origin. They chose Shang Yang as a suitable Dao Companion, and she agreed to leave the decision to Di Jun.

• Di Jun rejected Tai Yi's proposal to seize a bride by force after learning of the Moon Star's strength.
• Di Jun summoned the Ten Great Yao Saints to find another suitable candidate, considering Nuwa and the Queen Mother of the West too risky.
• Ying Zhao proposed Shang Yang, citing her Extreme Yin Physique, bird nature, and Quasi-Saint cultivation.
• The other Yao Saints endorsed Ying Zhao's suggestion, and Di Jun asked Shang Yang what she thought.
• Shang Yang agreed, saying she would leave the decision to Di Jun.

Di Jun arranged a grand Dao Companion Ceremony for the Monster Race’s Yao Empress, with Nuwa’s incarnation serving as witness. The wedding began in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, where the gathered experts included East King Duke’s concealed Good Corpse.

• After Ying Zhao suggested inviting Nuwa, Di Jun contacted her to discuss the ceremony.
• Nuwa sent an incarnation carrying the Marriage Register and Red Embroidered Ball to meet Di Jun, while she continued toward Mount Shouyang with Changxi and Xi He.
• Nuwa’s incarnation agreed to serve as witness, and Di Jun sent invitations to powerful experts throughout the Great Wilderness, including East King Duke.
• Kunpeng and Fuxi sent incarnations to attend the wedding while their true selves continued toward Mount Shouyang.
• On the wedding day, Tai Yi and the Yao Saints greeted guests as top experts gathered in Di Jun’s palace, and East King Duke’s Good Corpse made sarcastic remarks about the celebration.

Di Jun and Shang Yang established Heavenly Marriage, earning merit that advanced their cultivation and intensified East King Duke’s concern about the Immortal Court’s strength. East King Duke ordered the Immortal Lords to train and went to West Kunlun again to seek Queen Mother of the West’s support.

• Di Jun and Shang Yang performed the Heavenly Marriage ritual with Nuwa as witness, establishing marriage in the Great Wilderness.
• Heavenly Dao Merit helped Shang Yang reach mid-stage Quasi-Saint and Di Jun reach Late Quasi-Saint, while Nuwa and the Red Embroidered Ball received portions of the merit.
• The guests celebrated at the Monster Race hall and discussed the Dao before returning to their dojos.
• East King Duke assessed the Immortal Court’s disadvantage in top-level fighters and considered gaining Queen Mother of the West as an ally or Dao Companion.
• East King Duke ordered the Twelve Immortal Lords to train the Myriad Immortals Array and set out for West Kunlun with gifts.

East King Duke failed to persuade Queen Mother of the West to join the Immortal Court, but her warning led him to investigate the two new Dao Proving Methods. After receiving their inheritance from a Dao Preaching Stele, he began to doubt Severing Three Corpses and reconsidered Heavenly Venerate Styx’s standing.

• East King Duke offered Queen Mother of the West gifts and urged her to join the Immortal Court, but she refused and advised him to investigate the two Dao Proving Methods.
• East King Duke left West Kunlun and entered a Marketplace, where he sensed a Dao Preaching Stele.
• East King Duke broke the seal on the stele and received the inheritance of the two Dao Proving Methods.
• East King Duke found the methods more exquisite than Severing Three Corpses and began to suspect that a Heavenly Venerate might surpass a Saint.

East King Duke began cultivating the World Dao while preserving his existing cultivation, and Nuwa’s group entered Mount Shouyang and gained insights from its Human Dao aura. The chapter left Nuwa, Fuxi, and Kunpeng in deep enlightenment as Changxi and Xi He guarded them.

• East King Duke returned to Purple Mansion Continent and studied the inheritance he had obtained in the Marketplace.
• East King Duke chose the World Dao, used Yin spiritual materials and his Pure Yang Origin to evolve a world, and began refining the Nine Dragon Golden Staff into his Good Corpse.
• East King Duke considered sacrificing his Evil Corpse and merging his world with himself if the Three Corpses Dao proved problematic, while Di Jun worked to leave descendants.
• Nuwa and her group entered Mount Shouyang with an aura from Styx and toured the mountain with the Plant Spirits.
• At the cave where the Kongtong Seal had been, Nuwa, Fuxi, and Kunpeng entered enlightenment, while Changxi and Xi He escorted the Plant Spirits out and guarded the three.

Nuwa used spiritual materials and her Power of Creation to mold and awaken a new race of Living Beings on Mount Shouyang. The newborn people recognized her as their Mother, while the figure modeled after Styx remained apart and watched.

• Nuwa combined Three Lights Divine Water and Nine Heavens Breathing Soil with her Power of Creation to mold clay figures modeled after herself, Styx, Fuxi, and Kunpeng.
• Nuwa used the Chaos Gourd Vine to shape the remaining figures, bringing their number to 129,600.
• Nuwa activated the Law of Creation, and Mount Shouyang’s Earth veins released dragon energy that transformed the figures into flesh-and-blood beings and gave them souls and wisdom.
• The newborn people knelt before Nuwa and called her Mother, while the figure resembling Styx stayed standing and watched.

Nuwa prayed at Mount Shouyang and created the Human Race, awakening the dormant Human Dao. She received its Saint-level Dao Fruit and began transforming the Creation Green Lotus with Human Dao Power, leaving the process unfinished.

• Nuwa declared that she would create the Human Race to help the Human Dao flourish, and the newborn clay figures learned their purpose and shouted their race’s name.
• Styx's Earth Vein Incarnation activated Mount Shouyang's Formation to keep the Human Race’s cries from spreading beyond the mountain.
• The Great Dao’s Merit strengthened Nuwa, the Gourd Vine, and every member of the Human Race, while the vine became the Human Race Guardian Sacred Vine.
• Nuwa’s creation awakened the Human Dao, which presented her with a Saint-level Dao Fruit that she drew into her body.
• The Heavenly Dao bestowed more Merit, and Nuwa used Human Dao Power to refine the Primordial Violet Qi into the Creation Green Lotus and began changing its aura.

After creating the human race, Nuwa received authority from the Human Way but struggled to stay near the humans while suppressing the insights she had gained. She entered seclusion after entrusting the humans to Fuxi and the others, who then received Styx’s instructions to live among the humans and help them develop.

• The Human Way granted Nuwa authority to act in its stead before its will fell silent, and Nuwa learned that it would remain weak until human destiny flourished.
• Fuxi and the others urged Nuwa to enter seclusion and promised to guard the human race in her absence.
• Nuwa gave her Essence Blood and a legacy to the first human woman, named her Ling, and asked the humans to seek guidance from her companions.
• Nuwa entered the cave where the Kongtong Seal had rested and began absorbing the insights from creating humanity and the advancement of the Creation Green Lotus.
• Fuxi clothed the newborn humans and told them to live on Mount Shouyang, where they could seek help from him and the others.
• Styx’s Earth Vein Incarnation told Fuxi, Kunpeng, Changxi, and Xi He to restrain their cultivation and integrate into human society as ordinary people.

Styx’s Primordial Spirit reincarnated as Ming to develop the Martial Dao and guide humanity, while Fuxi, Kunpeng, Changxi, and Xi He began teaching humans cultivation methods. The chapter left humanity with powerful allies and a foundation for its future growth.

• After Styx departed, Fuxi, Kunpeng, Changxi, and Xi He took human forms and watched the newly born humans across Mount Shou.
• Fuxi and the others noticed Ming tempering his body before a dragon-shaped clay sculpture, and recognized that he was unlike the other humans.
• Ming revealed his plan to establish the Martial Dao for humanity, but decided the Innate Human Race should first use existing cultivation methods while he developed it.
• Ming sent Fuxi and Kunpeng a voice transmission instructing them to have Changxi and Xi He teach humans the foundational methods from the Blood Scripture.
• Fuxi and Kunpeng relayed Styx’s command without revealing Ming’s identity, and Changxi and Xi He agreed to teach the humans.

Ming developed a prototype Martial Dao cultivation system while others spread universal cultivation methods around Mount Shouyang. After rebuilding his strength through its four realms, he stopped further deductions until the Acquired Human Race could test the method.

• With Styx's instructions, the others dispersed around Mount Shouyang to teach cultivation methods suited to different constitutions.
• Ming dispersed his Peak Earth Immortal mana and converted it into Qi and Blood, which surged above him as a blood-colored True Dragon.
• Ming cultivated Body Tempering, Qi Condensation, Intent Condensation, and Dharma Form, restoring his battle strength to the Peak Earth Immortal level.
• Ming outlined sub-realms for each of the four Martial Dao realms and described Martial Dao Celestial Being as their innate-state culmination.
• Ming stopped refining the Martial Dao Prototype because its suitability for the Acquired Human Race remained untested.

Ming summoned the humans and declared himself Human Race Chief, vowing to lead them beyond Mount Shouyang and fulfill Empress Nuwa’s hopes. After the humans accepted him, Styx sent him the Kongtong Seal to suppress the human race’s Luck.

• Ming used the Gourd Vine to summon the human race to their birthplace beneath Mount Shouyang.
• Ming warned the humans that they were weak and could not rely on protection forever, then declared his intention to lead them as Human Race Chief.
• Fuxi, Kunpeng, and the two women saluted Ming, and the humans followed by accepting him as their Chief.
• Human Race Luck settled upon Ming as the gathered humans bowed to him.
• Styx sent the Kongtong Seal to Ming, who refined it with Human Race Luck and used it to suppress the human race’s Luck.

Ming directed the Human Race to build its first city in the Mount Shouyang Range, planning for it to become their Ancestral Court and a fortified center. Ten thousand years later, construction continued as the Human Race grew and Fuxi and the others became integrated into its society.

• Ming ordered the humans to quarry stone and build walls around their birthplace, insisting they do the work themselves while Fuxi and the others surveyed for suitable mines.
• With the mines identified, the humans began building First City around the Gourd Vine and dragon-shaped clay sculpture, which Ming planned to serve as its defensive mechanism and energy core.
• Ming assigned Fuxi and the others to establish Formation nodes as the humans expanded the city and incorporated sturdy mountains into its walls.
• Ten thousand years passed, and the first three generations of Acquired Human Race members were born with strong cultivation while the Human Race population reached a little over three hundred thousand.
• Fuxi and the others became known as the Human Race's Saint Masters, shared in its Luck, and helped build the city and teach the humans.