Chapter Summaries

Taiqing selected a dozen beings to join his Daoist Sect and brought them to Shu Mountain’s Cave Heaven. He named the willow-tree being White Brow and appointed him chief disciple, then gave the others nominal disciple status and tasked them with managing Shu Mountain.

• Taiqing used the Taiji Diagram to select a dozen beings and left Shu Mountain with them, rejecting the rest.
• Taiqing asked the chosen beings to join his sect, and they bowed to him as their Sect Leader.
• Taiqing named the willow-tree being White Brow, appointed him his personal chief disciple, and bestowed the Two Forms Dust Talisman Seal.
• Taiqing made the other chosen beings his Nominal Disciples and gave them Golden Elixirs and Acquired Spiritual Treasures.
• Taiqing passed the Taiqing Immortal Method to his disciples and dismissed them to begin cultivating.

Styx watched the Saints recruit disciples and saw the Western Duo gather Fortune through their preaching, prompting him to send followers to develop the Western Continent. At Kunlun Mountain, he recognized Antarctic Immortal Elder and Yun Zhongzi among Yuanshi’s disciples and deduced their origins.

• Yuanshi found that only fourteen beings had reached Kunlun Mountain’s summit within the thousand-year limit, and he judged their origins, Fortune, temperament, and blessings.
• Styx observed the Western Duo’s recruitment methods and saw them gather thirty percent of the Western Continent’s Fortune.
• Styx sent followers from the Blood Sea to the Western Continent to develop it and spread their faith.
• Styx noticed that White Brow had become Taiqing’s disciple and that the original Twelve Golden Immortals had joined Yuanshi’s Chan School.
• Styx identified Antarctic Immortal Elder as the reborn South Pole Star God, whose damaged origin left him weaker than the other Golden Immortals.
• Styx recognized Yun Zhongzi as a being formed from Hong Yun’s origin and blessings, making him Hong Yun’s continuation and a disciple of Yuanshi.

Styx watched Tongtian select disciples at Maoshan, where the chosen Living Beings included his remaining fated disciples and the Seven Attendant Immortals. He then saw Hongjun summon the Five Heavenly Dao Saints to Purple Cloud Palace and warned Nuwa, Houtu, and the others to prepare for war.

• Styx caught a fish clouded by Slayer Qi and had Gui Ling grill it.
• Styx watched Tongtian’s Sword Qis select three thousand disciples at Maoshan, including Wu Dang, Jin Ling, the Ten Heavenly Lords, and the Seven Attendant Immortals.
• Styx saw a streak of light from Chaos summon Taiqing, Yuanshi, and the other Five Heavenly Dao Saints to Purple Cloud Palace.
• Styx told Nuwa, Houtu, and the others to stay vigilant and prepare for war, then ate the grilled fish with Gui Ling.

Hongjun summoned the Five Saints to Purple Cloud Palace and presented them with five Golden Elixirs. The Sanqing recognized the pills as a threat because Styx had warned them about the Saint-Slaying Pill, leaving them wary of Hongjun’s gift.

• The Five Saints crossed Chaos and arrived at Purple Cloud Palace, where Hongjun summoned them to sit before him.
• Hongjun produced five Golden Elixirs, and Jieyin and Zhunti admired their Dao Resonance while the Sanqing reacted with alarm.
• The Sanqing recalled Styx’s warning that Hongjun had created Saint-Slaying Pills capable of destroying even a Saint’s True Spirit.
• The Sanqing remembered that Hongjun had once used the pills to confine the Saints to Chaos after Tongtian nearly shattered the Great Wilderness.
• The Sanqing remained wary of accepting Hongjun’s pills, mindful of Styx’s advice not to swallow anything blindly.

Hongjun gave each of the Five Saints a Saint-Slaying Pill, and Jieyin and Zhunti swallowed theirs while Sanqing held back. Hongjun revealed the pills’ identity after Tongtian questioned him, and his suspicion of Styx deepened.

• Hongjun distributed one Saint-Slaying Pill to each of the Five Saints and ordered them to take the pills.
• Jieyin and Zhunti swallowed their pills, while Sanqing refused to take theirs despite Hongjun’s command.
• Jieyin and Zhunti found no benefit from refining the pills and grew alarmed when they noticed Sanqing’s wary looks.
• Tongtian asked Hongjun what kind of pills he had given them, and Hongjun suspected Styx had warned Sanqing.
• Hongjun told the Saints that the pills were called Saint-Slaying Pills.

Hongjun explained that the Saint-Slaying Pills and the disciples’ cultivation needs were tied to his plan to devour the Primordial World Origin. He offered to help them reach the Primordial Chaos Taiji Golden Immortal Realm if they joined him, then proposed they compete for the Pangu Dao Fruit afterward.

• Jieyin and Zhunti panicked after learning the pills they had swallowed were called Saint-Slaying Pills, while Sanqing feared Hongjun’s schemes to control them.
• Zhunti asked Hongjun what the pills did, but Hongjun explained that Three Corpses cultivators needed Primordial Chaos Qi and could replenish it only with Primordial Heaven and Earth’s Origin Power.
• Shangqing recognized that draining the world’s origin would destabilize the Great Wilderness, while Jieyin and Zhunti realized Hongjun had long planned to bind them to his scheme.
• Hongjun told Sanqing that their remaining foundations and Fortune would limit their advancement, despite Taiqing and Yuanshi using Merit of Opening the Heavens to replenish their Primordial Chaos Qi.
• Hongjun offered to help all of them reach the Primordial Chaos Taiji Golden Immortal Realm if they helped him devour the Primordial World Origin, then promised they could compete for the Pangu Dao Fruit.

Hongjun revealed that he intended to use Primordial Heaven and Earth to transcend, even if it meant destroying the Great Wilderness, while Tongtian opposed him. Hongjun then explained that the Saint-Slaying Pills gave him control over Jieyin and Zhunti’s lives, and they agreed to obey him as he turned back to the Sanqing.

• Tongtian confronted Hongjun, asking what would happen to Primordial Heaven and Earth and its living beings if Hongjun used it as nourishment to transcend.
• Hongjun said the Great Wilderness could return to Chaos and its living beings enter Guixu, then be restored after he and Tongtian transcended.
• Zhunti asked what the Saint-Slaying Pills would do, and Hongjun explained that he could use them to destroy a Saint’s True Spirit.
• Hongjun promised to remove the pills’ effects if Jieyin and Zhunti swore to help him reach the Primordial Chaos Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.
• Jieyin and Zhunti accepted Hongjun’s terms, and Hongjun turned his attention back to the Sanqing.

Hongjun tried to persuade Sanqing to help him seize Pangu's Dao Fruit, but Tongtian refused and severed their master-disciple ties. The chapter ended with Sanqing facing Hongjun and his allies in a tense standoff at Purple Cloud Palace.

• Tongtian rejected Hongjun's plan, and Yuanshi accused Hongjun of scheming against Sanqing and using medicinal pills to control them.
• Hongjun defended his pursuit of Pangu's Dao Fruit and urged Sanqing to join him, claiming it could help them attain the Primordial Chaos Limitless Grand Luo Golden Immortal.
• Tongtian argued that refining Primordial Heaven and Earth to obtain the Dao Fruit would destroy the Great Wilderness and betray their Father God.
• Tongtian declared that he and Hongjun no longer had a master-disciple bond, and Taiqing and Yuanshi stood beside him in agreement.
• Sanqing's Fortune connection to Hongjun was severed, causing Hongjun's Mystic Gate Fortune to plummet.
• Jieyin, Zhunti, Haotian, and Yaochi raised their Spiritual Treasures before Hongjun as both sides prepared for a confrontation.

The Sanqing confronted Hongjun in Purple Cloud Palace, refusing to submit to him, while Jieyin and Zhunti committed themselves to Hongjun’s side. The conflict left the Great Wilderness under a deadly pressure, and the Saints prepared to face one another.

• The Saints’ confrontation in Purple Cloud Palace shook the Great Wilderness, prompting Houtu, Nuwa, and other mighty figures to protect themselves and their regions.
• Wood Spirit asked Styx whether the Sanqing had fallen out with Hongjun and offered to help, but Styx stopped her from using the World-Ending Millstone.
• Hongjun asked the Sanqing whether they intended to become his enemies, and Tongtian declared that they would not become his lackeys.
• Jieyin and Zhunti resented the Sanqing for condemning submission after keeping Hongjun’s traps secret, but they decided to stay with Hongjun and pursue the Dao.

The Sanqing refused Hongjun’s attempt to imprison them and merged into the Pangu Primordial Spirit phantom, confronting him inside the Purple Cloud Palace. As they clashed, Styx considered how to keep the coming war from damaging the Great Wilderness.

• Hongjun threatened the Sanqing and declared that he would imprison them in the Purple Cloud Palace.
• The Sanqing joined their auras and summoned the Pangu Primordial Spirit phantom, startling Hongjun and Styx.
• Styx decided that the Immortals and Demons could fight, but he needed to prevent their war from harming the Great Wilderness.
• The phantom wielded a partially formed Sky-Opening Axe against Hongjun’s chains of law, and their collision sent a shock wave through the palace.
• Jieyin, Zhunti, Haotian, and Yaochi barely endured the shock wave, with Hongjun protecting Haotian and Yaochi.

Styx intervened as Sanqing fought Hongjun in Purple Cloud Palace, forcing the conflict to end without further harm to the Great Wilderness. After Sanqing departed, Hongjun sent Jieyin and Zhunti back to the West and gave Haotian and Yaochi treasures before they set out into the Great Wilderness.

• Styx sent the Equality Sword to Purple Cloud Palace, stopping Hongjun from attacking Sanqing again.
• Hongjun agreed to let Sanqing leave if they promised not to casually interfere in the Great Wilderness, and Taiqing accepted.
• Sanqing left Purple Cloud Palace still merged as the Pangu Primordial Spirit phantom, and Styx warned Hongjun not to harm the Great Wilderness.
• Hongjun ordered Jieyin and Zhunti to return and develop the Western Teachings, and they obeyed.
• Hongjun gave Haotian and Yaochi two Supreme Innate Spiritual Treasures each and sent them to gain experience in the Great Wilderness.
• After Haotian and Yaochi departed, Hongjun glanced toward the East Sea and vanished into the depths of Chaos.

After returning to Kunlun Mountain, Sanqing discussed their next move after Heavenly Venerate Styx refused to meet them. They decided to visit Pangu Hall and planned gifts for the Ancestral Witches before setting out.

• Yuanshi's disciples welcomed Sanqing at Kunlun Mountain, and Taiqing and Tongtian gave them Golden Elixirs and longswords.
• Sanqing discussed Hongjun's ambitions in the Jade Void Palace and wondered how to respond.
• Tongtian proposed that they visit Pangu Hall and pay their respects to Father God.
• Yuanshi advised preparing gifts and congratulating Dijiang and Houtu on reaching the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm.
• Sanqing began preparing gifts suited to the Witch Clan.

Styx refused Sanqing’s request to meet and continued fishing until he encountered Fuxi and Bixi, two dragon brothers guarding one of his Dao Preaching Steles. He brought the nervous brothers aboard his boat, where they waited to learn what he intended to do with them.

• Styx told Houtu, Nuwa, and the others to continue their work, then refused Sanqing’s request to see him.
• While fishing near the border of the East Sea and North Sea, Styx encountered Fuxi and Bixi carrying one of his Dao Preaching Steles.
• Fuxi and Bixi recognized Styx’s aura and bowed to him, explaining that they had taken the stele to study it.
• Styx summoned the brothers onto his boat, and Fuxi and Bixi wondered how he planned to deal with them.

Styx considered how the Nine Sons of the Dragon could serve the Human Race and help resolve the Dragon Clan’s predicament. He offered the two Dragon Princes a task requiring all nine brothers, and they summoned the others.

• Styx recalled the Nine Dragons’ bond with the Human Race and saw that the Nine Sons’ talents could support its development.
• Styx planned roles for Yazi as a combat leader, Chaofeng in reconnaissance, Bi'an in law enforcement, and the artistic dragons in cultural work.
• Styx told the two kneeling Dragon Princes to rise and offered them a task that could benefit them and ease the Dragon Clan’s predicament.
• The two brothers agreed to follow Styx’s orders without asking what the task was.
• Styx told them to call the other Dragon Princes because all nine brothers were needed, and they sent word to their siblings.

Styx sent the Nine Sons of the Dragon to the Human Race, and Fuxi ascended to sainthood as a Human Dao Saint. Nether Mosquito then became Fengdu, established Mount Tai as a link between the Netherworld and the Great Wilderness, and claimed authority over the Netherworld and the life and death of all spirits.

• Styx ordered the Nine Sons of the Dragon to choose young dragons with few faction ties and go to the Human Race to await its chief's instructions.
• Fuxi broke through to the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm, became a Human Dao Saint, and received congratulations from the other Saints.
• A Divine Mountain rose from Nether Mosquito's place of seclusion, crossed from the Netherworld into the Great Wilderness, and was named Mount Tai by Fengdu.
• Fengdu opened a new Netherworld portal at Mount Tai, whose purple-black light drew wandering departed souls into Reincarnation.
• Fengdu received Heavenly Dao Merit and Earthly Dao Yin Virtue, then declared himself Netherworld Emperor and Great Emperor of Mount Tai, governing the Netherworld and the life and death of all spirits.

After Fuxi and Nether Mosquito became saints, Nuwa and Styx let visiting mighty figures preach and leave lineages among the human race. Styx sent Gui Ling, Zhao Gongming, Sanxiao, and others to help Fuxi find the Nine-Bend Yellow River and establish a second ancestral homeland for the human race.

• Nuwa gathered the mighty figures seeking a way to prove the Dao and showed them how Fuxi, the Moon Goddesses, and Kunpeng preached among the human race.
• The mighty figures chose to travel among the human race, and Nuwa warned them not to interfere with its development or harm its people.
• Styx welcomed the visitors' efforts to establish lineages, which helped some humans and inspired others to develop cultivation arts suited to human constitutions.
• Styx sent the Nine Sons of the Dragon, Gui Ling, Zhao Gongming, Sanxiao, and others to assist Fuxi and search for the Nine-Bend Yellow River with Yunxiao's Primordial Golden Dou.
• Before Gui Ling departed, Styx gave her equipment and Ao's purified Turtle Shell, instructing her to study Fuxi's Eight Trigrams of the Earlier Heaven and have him refine the shell into her Natal Dao Treasure.
• Styx told Wood Spirit that helping the human race also aided the Human Way and could earn its favor and Human Dao Merit.

Styx and Wood Spirit entered the North Sea and discovered the continent-sized North Sea Black Tortoise beneath a thriving settlement. Styx confirmed they had found the turtle, and Wood Spirit was stunned by its immense size.

• Styx and Wood Spirit drifted through the North Sea without actively searching for the North Sea Black Tortoise.
• Wood Spirit spotted a vast, slowly moving continent covered in trees and inhabited by Living Beings.
• Styx recognized the continent as the North Sea Black Tortoise's shell and recalled how Tongtian would later kill the sleeping turtle to make Heavenly Pillars.
• Styx told Wood Spirit they had found the turtle, and she used her divine sense to discover its enormous body beneath the continent.

Styx examined the North Sea Black Tortoise and concluded that his immense body and accumulated Merit and Fortune could eventually have let him transform and break through to the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm. He suspected the Heavenly Dao or Hongjun had manipulated Gonggong into breaking Zhou Mountain, both erasing Pangu’s mark and ending the Witch Clan’s chance to rise again.

• Styx inspected the North Sea Black Tortoise and marveled at the scale of his body, which rivaled the Chaos Demon Gods and approached Pangu’s size.
• Styx reasoned that the North Sea Black Tortoise’s enormous body burdened him, explaining why he had slept for so long and why a continent had formed on his back.
• Styx sensed the North Sea Black Tortoise’s abundant Merit and Fortune and considered that continued accumulation might have allowed him to transform and reach the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm.
• Styx recalled that Tongtian had killed the sleeping North Sea Black Tortoise in the original space-time and suspected the resulting Fortune backlash contributed to the Sect of Interception’s later fate.
• Styx conjectured that the Heavenly Dao or Hongjun had corrupted Gonggong and arranged for him to break Zhou Mountain, destroying the Witch Clan’s prospects and erasing Pangu’s mark from the Great Wilderness.

Styx suspected that Hongjun had arranged the North Sea Black Tortoise’s death to eliminate a future Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal and weaken Tongtian. He reconsidered Hongjun’s apparent limitations and concluded that Hongjun and Heavenly Dao might be secretly plotting against each other.

• Styx reasoned that Heavenly Dao and Hongjun would not allow the North Sea Black Tortoise to complete Form Transformation and become a Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal.
• Styx suspected Hongjun had engineered Gonggong’s collision with Zhou Mountain and used the ensuing chaos to guide Tongtian into killing the Black Tortoise.
• Styx believed the Black Tortoise’s death and the resulting Fortune backlash had helped Hongjun prepare to destroy Tongtian’s Sect of Interception and control the Sanqing.
• Styx reconsidered Hongjun’s past battles and suspected he possessed hidden offensive Innate Supreme Treasures.
• Styx suspected Hongjun had noticed Heavenly Dao’s abnormal state and that the two were concealing their intentions while plotting against each other.

Styx investigated the sleeping North Sea Black Tortoise and discovered that four Innate Undying Spiritual Lights were consuming and refining his power. He realized the Black Tortoise had been shaped into a tool for replacing Zhou Mountain, though the same lights also sustained his immense body and Mana.

• Wood Spirit failed to wake North Sea Black Tortoise, so Styx examined the tortoise with his divine sense.
• Styx found a sphere of Origin Power in the Black Tortoise's qi sea that converted Mana into four elemental powers and directed them toward his limbs.
• Styx discovered an Innate Undying Spiritual Light in each limb, gradually transforming them into Innate Spiritual Treasures.
• Styx realized the four lights were draining the Black Tortoise's Origin Power and preventing his Form Transformation, while also tempering his body and balancing his Mana.
• Styx understood that the Black Tortoise's death would have let the four limbs become pillars to replace Zhou Mountain, and that the tortoise's deep slumber eased the strain on his Nascent Soul.