Chapter Summaries

Houtu established Reincarnation and received the Earth Dao’s recognition as its chosen master. Styx’s Nether Mosquito Avatar then created the Yincao Netherworld to contain Reincarnation and bring order to the dead.

• The Great Dao and Heavenly Dao each granted Houtu merit, which she used to evolve the Samsara Purple Lotus.
• The Earth Dao chose Houtu as its master and bestowed a Dao Fruit on her, and she entered Reincarnation to refine it.
• Living beings across the Great Wilderness praised Houtu for establishing Reincarnation, while the Sanqing, Di Jun, and East King Duke recognized the growing power of the Witch Clan.
• The Nether Mosquito Avatar and the eleven Ancestral Witches vowed to create the Yincao Netherworld with one World Fruit and three hundred thousand Spirit Nurturing Banners.
• The World Fruit absorbed the Spirit Nurturing Banners and expanded into the Yincao Netherworld, containing Reincarnation and connecting to the Great Wilderness.

The Nether Mosquito established the Yincao Netherworld’s offices, laws, and paths for reincarnation, with the Ancestral Witches taking roles in its administration and punishments. He then used the Book of Life and Death to impose lifespans on beings below the Golden Immortal realm, while Styx’s plan aimed to restore balance between the Great Wilderness and its spiritual energy.

• The Nether Mosquito declared himself Emperor Fengdu and established the Ghost Gate Pass, Yellow Springs Road, and other Underworld institutions, while Houtu was honored as the ruler of Reincarnation.
• The ten male Ancestral Witches volunteered to become the Ten Kings of Hell, and Xuan Ming transformed Styx’s Eighteen-Story Pagoda into the Eighteen Layers of Hell.
• The Ancestral Witches’ Nascent Souls returned to their main bodies, and their incarnations took positions in Reincarnation, the Halls of Yama, and the Eighteen Layers of Hell.
• The Nether Mosquito declared that the Book of Life and Death would set lifespans for beings below the Golden Immortal realm, and Houtu sent him the Book and the Spring Autumn Samsara Brush.
• Life-and-death threads bound beings below the Golden Immortal realm, provoking Grievance Qi that the Great Dao and Earth Dao extinguished.
• Styx’s plan used the Underworld to return spiritual energy to the Great Wilderness through natural death, with Heavenly Punishment intended to address beings above the Golden Immortal realm later.

The Great Dao rewarded the Nether Mosquito, the Twelve Ancestor Witches, and the Styx for establishing the Underworld Administration, while the Earth Dao followed with Fortune and a Saint Fruit for the Nether Mosquito. The Nether Mosquito prepared to break through and claim the Earth Dao Saint position, as the Ancestor Witches also neared breakthroughs.

• The Great Dao’s Merit unified the Yincao Netherworld, empowered its spiritual treasures and connected the Eighteen Layers of Hell.
• The Twelve Ancestor Witches received Merit through their Incarnations, with Xuan Ming gaining a larger share for guarding the Eighteen Layers of Hell.
• The Nether Mosquito received thirty percent of the Merit and gained the imperial Destiny and rank of Emperor Fengdu.
• The Styx received the remaining Merit, while the awakened Earth Dao claimed authority over the Underworld and bestowed further Merit and Fortune.
• The Earth Dao gave the Nether Mosquito a Saint Fruit, and he planned to absorb it after breaking through to the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm.
• The eleven Ancestor Witches prepared to enter seclusion and harmonize their Nascent Souls with their bodies before breaking through to the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm.

The Nether Mosquito used Emperor Fengdu’s authority to appoint Underworld officials, establish ten Yin Soldier Legions, and complete the Underworld System’s initial setup. The system began operating as the Nether Mosquito and the eleven Ancestral Witches returned to their posts.

• The Nether Mosquito decreed that Yin Souls from the nine main Spirit Nurturing Banners would become Underworld Officials and established ten Yin Soldier Legions under the Ten Great Yin Commanders.
• The Earth Dao’s will gave the selected officials official robes and assigned them to Underworld departments, while the Nether Mosquito sent some low-karma souls to inhabit the Ten Cities of the Netherworld.
• The Earth Dao’s will equipped the ten legions with armor and empowered their commanders, raising them from Peak Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals to early Primordial Origin Golden Immortals.
• The Nether Mosquito combined the damaged Spirit Nurturing Banners into a Supreme Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Soul-Reaping Chain, and placed it in the Soul-Reaping Hall for Soul-Reaping Emissaries to use.
• The Nether Mosquito returned to Emperor Fengdu’s Imperial Palace, the eleven Ancestral Witches returned to their posts, and the Underworld System began operating.

Styx reflected on how his plans had strengthened the Earth Dao and protected Houtu, then returned to the Blood God Realm to help the Eleven Ancestor Witches prepare for their breakthroughs. He began expounding the Dao to Nuwa, Wood Spirit, and the Ancestor Witches, whose cultivation started to transform.

• Styx concluded that the strengthened Earth Dao could support the Seven Paths Masters and planned to leave the Asura Path without a master.
• Styx returned to the Blood God Realm with Wood Spirit and the Eleven Ancestor Witches, intending to strengthen his allies before Sanqing attained Dao.
• Styx met Nuwa in the Blood Sea, then served Enlightenment Tea to her, Wood Spirit, and the Ancestor Witches before expounding the Dao.
• Styx explained the Heavenly Dao, Earth Dao, and Human Dao, and analyzed the Ancestor Witches' individual cultivation problems.
• The Ancestor Witches' understanding improved, their auras grew more harmonious, and the barriers between their bodies and Primordial Spirits began to fade.

After Styx’s preaching, Dijiang began breaking through to the Daluo Golden Immortal of the Origin, aided by the Witch Clan’s rising destiny. Styx took him into the Chaos to cultivate while the others guarded him, openly displaying the Witch Clan’s growing strength to the Heavenly Dao.

• Styx’s preaching inspired Nuwa, the Ancestor Witches, and the other listeners with his understanding of the Laws.
• Dijiang’s aura surged as he began advancing to the Daluo Golden Immortal of the Origin, drawing on his status as clan chief and the Witch Clan’s increased destiny.
• Styx considered how Dijiang’s path through space and speed differed from Yang Mei’s, and thought Dijiang could benefit from discussing the Dao with him.
• Styx sent Dijiang into the Chaos, and the others followed to protect him and provide access to Chaos Spiritual Qi.
• The Witch Clan allowed Dijiang’s breakthrough to be seen, confident that its strength and Pangu’s remaining trump cards could deter the Heavenly Dao.

Dijiang broke through to the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal Realm, causing the Great Wilderness and Zhou Mountain to grow stronger and revealing his achievement to its mighty figures. The Monster Race and Immortal Court grew wary of the Witch Clan, while the two at Mount Meru wondered whether the missing Karma Demon God had led them astray.

• As Dijiang's aura strengthened, Houtu and Mount Buzhou Will concealed the changes caused by the Ancestor Witches' breakthroughs from the Heavenly Dao.
• Dijiang attained the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal Realm, and the Great Wilderness expanded as Zhou Mountain's pressure and formation strengthened.
• The mighty figures learned Dijiang's name and breakthrough from Heaven and Earth, and the Monster Race and Immortal Court felt threatened by the Witch Clan.
• The two at Mount Meru failed to contact the Karma Demon God and questioned whether their Three Corpses cultivation method was flawed.

Dijiang successfully broke through to the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal and thanked Styx, Nuwa, and Wood Spirit for their help. Styx hosted a banquet in the Blood God Palace to celebrate the recent breakthroughs, where the guests enjoyed his wine and food.

• Dijiang thanked Styx for guiding him to attain Dao and resolved to repay his brother if he ever needed help.
• Dijiang thanked Nuwa and Wood Spirit for protecting him, then announced his successful breakthrough to the Ancestral Witches.
• Styx invited everyone to celebrate Dijiang, Houtu, Nuwa, and Wood Spirit with a banquet in the Blood God Palace.
• The Four Great Asura Kings and Asura Race members served spiritual wine, meat, and fruit as the guests took their seats.
• The Ancestral Witches enthusiastically devoured the food and wine, while Xuan Ming disapproved of the rowdy warriors and Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin ate with decorum.

During a discussion of the Dao, Styx and the others witnessed Tongtian break through to the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm and establish the Sect of Interception as a Heavenly Dao Saint. Tongtian suppressed his Saint Fruit with the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, while Hongjun welcomed the benefits to the Heavenly Dao and considered future schemes against the Sanqing.

• Dijiang shared his breakthrough insights, and Styx, Wood Spirit, Nuwa, and Dijiang discussed the Dao, advancing the cultivation of listeners in the Blood God Palace and nearby Asuras.
• Styx and the others sensed Tongtian's breakthrough on Kunlun Mountain, and Styx projected the scene for the Ancestral Witches to watch.
• Tongtian's aura transformed as he attained the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm, and the inner world of his Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda expanded into a Great Thousand World.
• Tongtian declared the establishment of the Sect of Interception and vowed to offer all beings a path to attain Dao, using the pagoda to suppress the sect's fortune.
• The Heavenly Dao formed Tongtian's Saint Fruit and sent down merit and auspicious signs, while Tongtian suppressed the Saint Fruit with his pagoda.
• Hongjun approved of the benefits Tongtian's sainthood brought the Heavenly Dao and considered exploiting future disputes among the Sanqing.

Tongtian established the Sect of Interception with the doctrine of giving every being a chance to attain the Dao, prompting concern from Taiqing and Yuanshi and skepticism from Styx. Tongtian set out into the Great Wilderness to carry out his ideal, while Styx privately reflected on the contrast between Tongtian and his brothers.

• Taiqing and Yuanshi worried that Tongtian's promise to help all beings would draw karmically burdened disciples into the sect and endanger their Fortune.
• Tongtian explained his decision to his brothers, greeted Hongjun, and headed into the Great Wilderness after becoming a Saint.
• Hongjun left Kunlun Mountain after Tongtian merged with the Saint Position, seeing no need to keep watch over Taiqing and Yuanshi.
• Styx admired Tongtian's sincerity but doubted that the Sect of Interception's unrealistic doctrine could succeed.
• Styx speculated that Tongtian inherited Pangu's boundless love and decisive courage, and noted that Tongtian treated his sect as part of his Dao rather than merely a tool for cultivation.

After the Ancestral Witches left the Blood Sea, Nuwa introduced the Six-Eared Macaque to Styx, who outfitted him with treasures and appointed him the Blood Sea Protector. Styx then began considering taking on disciples to represent the Blood Sea and continue its Dao lineage.

• Dijiang took the Ancestral Witches back to the Slayer Qi World, and Styx gave Zhurong and Gonggong brewing and barbecue instructions along with Fierce Beast corpses.
• Nuwa brought the Six-Eared Macaque into the hall and introduced him to Styx and Wood Spirit Celestial Venerable.
• Styx gave the Six-Eared Macaque a High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure staff, a Golden Armor, Cloud-Stepping Boots, and a Purple Gold Crown.
• Styx appointed the Six-Eared Macaque as the Blood Sea Protector, arranged the Blood Scripture Projection for him, and entrusted him to Nuwa's guidance.
• Styx considered recruiting disciples to act on the Blood Sea's behalf and carry on its Dao lineage.

After settling the matter of the Six-Eared Macaque, Styx left the Blood Sea with Wood Spirit and toured the Great Wilderness while considering how to recruit promising disciples. He resolved to seek out Zhao Gongming and the Sanxiao, along with Jin Ling, Wu Dang, and Gui Ling, and judged Tongtian’s disciples by their loyalty and potential.

• Nuwa returned to Mount Shouyang to oversee Fuxi and Kunpeng’s cultivation, and Styx departed the Blood Sea with Wood Spirit.
• Styx toured the Great Wilderness and, seeing its flourishing life, felt his Mortal Heart revive.
• Styx considered recruiting the Sanxiao and Zhao Gongming, reflecting on how the sisters avenged their brother and were ultimately entered onto the Investiture of the Gods.
• Styx decided that the Blood Sea could protect the Sanxiao and Zhao Gongming, and also considered Jin Ling, Wu Dang, and Gui Ling worthy recruits.
• Styx praised Tongtian as both the Great Wilderness’s best and worst teacher, contrasting his capable female disciples with male disciples such as Duobao Daoist, whom Styx condemned for abandoning the Sect of Interception’s former members.

Styx and Wood Spirit traveled toward the East Sea to visit Sanxiao and see the Human Race, admiring the region’s prosperity along the way. Styx reflected on his Sentient Dao and continued fishing as they approached their destination.

• Styx decided to visit Sanxiao, Zhao Gongming, and the others on Three Immortal Island, and Wood Spirit joined him to see Nuwa’s Human Race.
• Styx and Wood Spirit crossed the Great Wilderness without intervening in the conflicts they witnessed.
• They reached the prosperous East Sea, where Styx praised Bai Ze and Pixiu for establishing Marketplaces.
• Styx brought out a Flying Boat and two fishing rods, then invited Wood Spirit to fish with him.
• Styx reflected that he valued his mortal feelings and believed the Blood Sea Lineage’s Sentient Dao had helped it grow strong.

Fuxi perfected a cultivation system for the Human Race and its subordinate races, then established the Human Teaching to spread cultivation methods throughout the Human Dao. The Great Dao bestowed merit on Fuxi and Styx, and Fuxi used his share to strengthen the Fuxi Qin as he prepared to break through before pursuing the Human Dao Saint Position.

• Fuxi combined the Inner Elixir Method, the Essence of Sun and Moon, and the Method of World into a cultivation system that led practitioners toward the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm.
• Fuxi preached his perfected method to the Human Race and subordinate races for ten thousand years, changing their foundations of the Dao.
• Styx sent the Altar of the Dao to Fuxi, who established the Human Teaching and pledged to guide living beings with benevolence and virtue.
• The Great Dao granted merit to those who had heard Fuxi preach, gave two portions to Styx, and awarded seven portions to Fuxi.
• Fuxi absorbed his merit into the Fuxi Qin to improve the treasure and help him reach the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm before seeking the Human Dao Saint Position.

Fuxi’s teaching earned him Heavenly Dao Merit and the Human Dao’s Saint Fruit, making him the Human Dao’s second Saint. He entered seclusion to absorb the benefits and prepare to advance before refining the Saint Fruit.

• Fuxi’s all-inclusive teaching disrupted the Heavenly Dao’s plans for Taiqing, but the Great Dao recognized Fuxi’s path and the Heavenly Dao rewarded him with Merit.
• Fuxi poured his Heavenly Dao Merit into the Twelve-grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus, strengthening its power to suppress Fortune.
• The Human Dao bestowed a Saint Fruit on Fuxi and gathered ownerless Human Way Destiny toward him, granting him the position of its second Saint.
• Fuxi accepted the Saint Fruit and went into seclusion to absorb the feedback from his increased Fortune and the Fuxi Qin’s advancement, become a Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal, and then refine the Saint Fruit.

Taiqing Lao Tzu and Jade Purity Yuanshi were stalled before the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm when their Heaven-Opening Imprints revealed a flaw in the Three Corpses Dao. They faced the need to obtain Primordial Chaos Qi, while Styx remained unaware that his earlier guidance had not addressed the problem.

• As Fuxi announced the founding of his sect, Taiqing Lao Tzu felt another inexplicable sense of loss during his breakthrough on Kunlun Mountain.
• Taiqing Lao Tzu and Jade Purity Yuanshi discovered that their fused Three Corpses had not let them condense the Primordial Chaos Qi needed to advance.
• The Heaven-Opening Imprints warned the Sanqing that their origins lacked the Chaos quality required for a complete transformation into Primordial Chaos Golden Immortals.
• The Sanqing had avoided visiting Styx because they were uncomfortable with their status relative to him and the Twelve Ancestor Witches.
• Styx had not known the Three Corpses Dao could not condense Primordial Chaos Qi, since he had only guessed at its workings and had not studied it further.

The chapter explains how Styx’s World Attain and Natal Dao Treasure methods avoid the Three Corpses Dao’s cultivation drawbacks, while Taiqing and Yuqing face a difficult choice over advancing. After Fuxi became a Saint, they decided to use Primordial Violet Qi to make up for their incomplete foundations and break through.

• The chapter explained how worlds and Natal Dao Treasures could condense Primordial Chaos Qi and develop laws, allowing their cultivators to advance without the Three Corpses Dao’s flaws.
• Tongtian’s World Attain Dao Method and Sword Dao left the Heavenly Dao unable to truly interfere with him, but Taiqing and Yuqing lacked Primordial Chaos Qi to refine their origins for higher realms.
• Taiqing and Yuqing rejected abandoning their Quasi-Saint cultivation or breaking through directly, since either choice risked leaving them unable to progress or catch up with Tongtian.
• Taiqing and Yuqing recognized that Primordial Violet Qi could supply the missing Primordial Chaos Qi, though fusing it before reaching the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm could give the Heavenly Dao greater influence over them.
• After Fuxi became a Saint, Taiqing and Yuqing decided to fuse Primordial Violet Qi and break through, leaving the consequences to address later.

Taiqing and Yuqing learned that they needed Merit of Opening the Heavens to counter the Heavenly Dao’s influence on their Primordial Violet Qi and attain Sainthood. Yuqing decided to found a teaching, while Taiqing remained unsure what teaching to establish.

• The Heaven-Opening Imprint revealed that merging Merit of Opening the Heavens with the Primordial Violet Qi could offset the Heavenly Dao’s interference.
• Taiqing realized that he and Yuqing needed to use Merit and Fortune to unlock their inherited Merit of Opening the Heavens.
• Taiqing recalled that the teaching he felt drawn to had already been founded by Fuxi, and he dismissed the idea of demanding Karma from him.
• Yuqing transmitted to Taiqing and proposed that they follow Tongtian’s example by founding teachings.
• Taiqing said he still needed time to consider his options, so Yuqing decided to proceed without waiting for him.

Yuanshi established the Chan School on Kunlun Mountain, became a Heavenly Dao Saint, and drew praise from living beings across the Great Wilderness. His attainment exposed the differences between his teachings and Tongtian’s, but the brothers remained close as Taiqing Lao Tzu set out to seek his own path to the Dao.

• Yuanshi declared the establishment of the Chan School and merged Heavenly Dao Merit and the Primordial Violet Qi to complete his breakthrough into the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Realm.
• Yuanshi fused the Saint Fruit with his Nascent Soul and used the Pangu Banner to suppress it, becoming the third Heavenly Dao Saint.
• Tongtian returned to Kunlun Mountain and worried that the Chan School’s emphasis on hierarchy conflicted with the Sect of Interception’s teaching without distinction.
• Taiqing Lao Tzu decided to travel through the Great Wilderness to find teachings suited to himself and seek the Dao.
• After Taiqing Lao Tzu departed, Yuanshi planned to establish a formation on Kunlun Mountain to select disciples, while Tongtian returned to preaching and to observe an interesting little mouse.

Jieyin and Zhunti visited Yuanshi to ask how he had attained sainthood, then returned to Mount Meru planning to establish a sect and seek Merit. On the way, they realized that those without Primordial Violet Qi might have little hope of succeeding through the Severing Three Corpses Method, but they suppressed their doubts about Hongjun and focused on becoming stronger.

• Jieyin and Zhunti discussed why Taiqing had not yet made a move and traveled to Kunlun Mountain to congratulate Yuanshi and ask about his path to sainthood.
• Yuanshi told Jieyin and Zhunti that immense Merit and Fortune could help achieve Three Corpses Unity.
• Jieyin and Zhunti considered their limited access to Merit and decided that establishing a sect was their best remaining path to sainthood.
• As they returned to Mount Meru, Zhunti questioned why Hongjun had not explained the link between Merit, Fortune, and Three Corpses Unity at the Purple Cloud Palace.
• Jieyin warned Zhunti to watch his words, and the brothers suppressed their doubts about Hongjun while resolving to improve their strength.