Chapter Summaries

Styx persuaded Wangshu to support Hou Yi and Chang'e’s Human Marriage, arguing that it could bring them fortune and strengthen ties between the Human Dao and Earth Dao. The two agreed, and preparations began with Nuwa and Houtu arranging the proposal while Hou Yi and Chang'e received blessings.

• Styx showed Wangshu Hou Yi and Chang'e together and proposed using their marriage to establish the Human Marriage.
• Wangshu agreed after Styx explained that their status and potential could win them recognition from the Human Dao.
• Nuwa and Houtu brought gifts from the Witch Clan to the Human Race to propose marriage to Hou Yi.
• Houtu gave Hou Yi a drop of her essence blood to refine before he left Pangu Hall.
• Wangshu sent Chang'e an Osmanthus Fruit, and Xi He and Changxi helped her refine it to receive the Moon Star’s fortune.

Ming established Origin City's Elder Council as Human Way Destiny blessed its first elders. Hou Yi became the Thirteenth Ancestral Witch and advanced to the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm, while Chang'e awakened her Moon Star Physique; preparations continued for their wedding in Origin City.

• Ming appointed Ling, the Three Ancestors, Ya Fei, You Lian, Hou Yi, and Chang'e as Origin City's first elders, and Human Way Destiny blessed them.
• Hou Yi refined Houtu's Saint blood essence in Pangu Hall, merged his Arrow Dao Law with his bloodline, and became the Thirteenth Ancestral Witch.
• Hou Yi broke through to the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm, received Witch Clan Fortune, and was welcomed by Dijiang.
• Dijiang told Hou Yi to prepare for the wedding in Origin City, and Hou Yi left Pangu Hall for the city.
• With Xi He and Changxi's help, Chang'e refined the Osmanthus Fruit, awakened her Moon Star Physique, and reached the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Early Stage.

Hou Yi and Chang'e held a grand wedding in Origin City, establishing Human Marriage with Nuwa as witness and earning merit for their contributions. Styx used a Three-colored Lotus Seed and Hou Yi's merit to reunite his True Spirit, giving him a Nascent Soul and making him another Ancestral Witch.

• Hou Yi and Chang'e held their wedding ceremony at Origin City's Sacrificial Altar before witnesses including Nuwa, Fuxi, Houtu, and Dijiang.
• Hou Yi and Chang'e declared their intention to establish marriage customs, and Nuwa formally established Human Marriage with the Red Embroidered Ball and Marriage Registry.
• The wedding drew merit from the Earth Dao and Human Dao, and Styx sent Hou Yi a Three-colored Lotus Seed that reunited his True Spirit and gave him a Nascent Soul.
• Chang'e received a Merit Golden Wheel, while Nuwa merged her merit into the Marriage Registry and Red Embroidered Ball.
• The races gathered in Origin City congratulated Hou Yi and Chang'e, and their marriage accelerated the integration of the city's peoples.

As the Saints’ discussion of the Dao benefited the Human Race, Di Jun and East King Duke recognized that the Demons and Immortal Court faced looming destruction. With both leaders trapped as Tribulation Scions, they ordered their factions to prepare for war in one Yuanhui, and Calamity Qi surged across the Great Wilderness.

• The Saints’ Dao Resonance strengthened the Spiritual Aura and comprehension of Living Beings across the Yellow River and Huai River regions, prompting many to break through in cultivation.
• The powerful figures who had agreed to teach the Human Race gained from the Saints’ discussion and took Nuwa’s teachings more seriously.
• Di Jun and East King Duke realized that the Witch Clan and Human Race were far stronger than they had assumed, while their own factions’ destinies were filled with Killing Intent and Calamity Qi.
• Di Jun and East King Duke each ordered their faction to prepare for a war between Immortals and Demons in one Yuanhui, ending only when one side died.
• Calamity Qi surged across the Great Wilderness, and even the Blood Sea formation could only preserve some clarity for its Living Beings.

As Calamity Qi rose and Di Jun and East King Duke chose to wage war, Styx left the Moon Star with Wood Spirit after learning Black Tortoise was preparing to open a world. Wangshu watched Black Tortoise with admiration, then decided to train the twelve Moon Rabbits, ending their carefree days.

• Great powers across the Great Wilderness sensed the rising Calamity Qi, and some sealed their mountain gates while others prepared to enter the tribulation.
• Styx, Wood Spirit, and Wangshu discussed how Di Jun and East King Duke had chosen war to seize a chance amid the changing era.
• Styx learned that Black Tortoise had comprehended the World Attain Dao Method and was preparing to open a world, so he and Wood Spirit returned to the North Sea.
• Wangshu admired Black Tortoise, then decided to properly nurture the twelve Moon Rabbits beneath the Osmanthus Tree.
• The Moon Rabbits happily gathered around Wangshu, unaware that their carefree days were over.

Styx gave Black Tortoise a Banana Tree and medicinal pills to support his cultivation of the World Attain Dao method, explaining how the tree could stabilize his Inner World and help him resolve the danger in his limbs. He summoned Plum Orchid Bamboo Chrysanthemum to observe Black Tortoise evolve a world, leaving them ready to learn from the process.

• Styx and Wood Spirit visited Black Tortoise and learned that he had nearly mastered the method for evolving a world from the origins of Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind.
• Styx gave Black Tortoise medicinal pills and a recovering Banana Tree, explaining how it could become his Inner World's World Tree and help turn the undying spiritual light in his limbs into four spiritual treasures.
• Black Tortoise thanked Styx and promised to follow his master's advice, while Styx encouraged him to cultivate steadily toward Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal.
• Styx opened a passage to the Blood Sea and summoned Plum Orchid Bamboo Chrysanthemum to watch Black Tortoise evolve his world.
• Plum Orchid Bamboo Chrysanthemum asked Black Tortoise for guidance, and he welcomed them, crediting Styx's instruction.

Styx protected the continent on Black Tortoise’s back and guided him as he evolved his Inner World. He used the evolution of Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind to strengthen Plum Orchid Bamboo Chrysanthemum’s origins, leaving them transforming toward their Main Bodies as their fusion progressed.

• Styx placed the Twenty-four-grade Karma Red Lotus over the continent on Black Tortoise’s back to protect it while Black Tortoise evolved his Inner World.
• Black Tortoise planted the Banana Tree in the Four Symbols Origin, and its roots drew power from the Innate Undying Spiritual Light and Chaos as his Sea of Qi began forming a world.
• Plum Orchid Bamboo Chrysanthemum resonated with the Banana Tree through their Banana Leaf Fans and entered a state of enlightenment.
• Styx refined the four Banana Leaf Fans and four Innate Undying Spiritual Lights into Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind origins, then sent those origins into Plum Orchid Bamboo Chrysanthemum.
• Plum Orchid Bamboo Chrysanthemum’s origins fused with the new power, their Main Bodies emerged, and their resonance with Black Tortoise accelerated both their transformation and his world’s evolution.

Black Tortoise and Plum Orchid Bamboo Chrysanthemum completed their transformations after resonating with one another, and Styx helped them resolve their cultivation problems. The five thanked Styx and pledged to cultivate well and help care for the Great Wilderness.

• Black Tortoise's Banana Tree absorbed Chaos Qi to aid his world's evolution and drew the Innate Undying Spiritual Light away from his limbs.
• Black Tortoise transformed into a young man, while Plum Orchid Bamboo Chrysanthemum's four women reappeared, all at Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal Peak Stage.
• Black Tortoise thanked Styx for resolving his hidden danger and enabling his Form Transformation.
• The four women thanked Styx for elevating them into the Four Symbols Divine Tree and giving them confidence to reach the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm.
• Styx told the five to cultivate well and care for the Great Wilderness, and they promised to meet his expectations.

Styx advised Black Tortoise to turn the continent he carried into a Cave Heaven Blessed Land linked to the Primordial World Origin, then explained that Black Tortoise needed to use its Merit to repay his debt to Heaven and Earth. Black Tortoise accepted the plan and agreed to follow Styx’s instructions.

• Black Tortoise told Styx he planned to move the continent and its Living Beings into his Inner World, but Styx rejected the plan.
• Styx taught Black Tortoise how to evolve the continent into a Cave Heaven Blessed Land connected to the Primordial World Origin.
• Styx instructed Black Tortoise to invest all the Merit from developing the Cave Heaven into it rather than keeping it for himself.
• Styx explained that Black Tortoise had accumulated heavy Karma by absorbing the Great Wilderness’s spiritual energy and needed to repay it before advancing.
• Black Tortoise understood Styx’s guidance and agreed to carry out his instructions.

Black Tortoise asked Styx how to evolve a Cave Heaven Blessed Land, and Styx suggested using shed Turtle Shells to bear the continent. Black Tortoise presented three shells with different Origin Powers, and Styx judged them to be Treasures of Enlightenment.

• Black Tortoise accepted that he would use Merit to repay his debt to the Primordial Heaven and Earth after evolving a Cave Heaven.
• Styx told Black Tortoise that shed Turtle Shells could support the continent and help evolve it into a Cave Heaven Blessed Land.
• Black Tortoise produced three nurtured Turtle Shells, each carrying a different Origin Power.
• Black Tortoise explained that the shells had been shed during his transformations and strengthened with Mana from his Nascent Soul.
• Styx examined the three Turtle Shells and praised them as Treasures of Enlightenment.

Styx explained the powers of Black Tortoise’s three shells and how they could strengthen his cultivation and serve Styx’s plans. Black Tortoise offered Styx the two shells he valued most, and Styx accepted the Chaos Tortoise Shell for now.

• Styx explained that the Four Symbols tortoise shell could form a Cave Heaven Blessed Land suited to Black Tortoise and its inhabitants.
• Styx taught Black Tortoise to refine the three thousand Law Seeds in another shell into his Inner World’s Heaven Dao Dharma Wheel.
• Black Tortoise offered the Law Seed shell to Styx as an apprenticeship gift, but Styx told him to keep it and cultivate.
• Styx said the Chaos Tortoise Shell could help with his plan to address the damage from the Immortal-Yao War and offered to exchange spiritual items for it.
• Black Tortoise refused payment and gave Styx the Chaos Tortoise Shell, which Styx accepted for the time being.

Styx helped Black Tortoise evolve his turtle shell and the continent within it into a Cave Heaven Blessed Land, then placed it over the North Sea Sea Eye. The transformation progressed with the help of the Four Maidens Plum Orchid Bamboo Chrysanthemum, leaving the new world’s formations in place to stabilize it and suppress the Sea Eye.

• Styx gave Black Tortoise the turtle shells and spiritual materials needed to evolve the Cave Heaven.
• Black Tortoise carried the continent to the North Sea Sea Eye in the Four Symbols Turtle Shell, while Styx and Wood Spirit watched from outside.
• Black Tortoise and the Four Maidens Plum Orchid Bamboo Chrysanthemum combined their Four Symbols Power and spiritual materials to evolve the shell and continent into a world.
• Styx withdrew the Twenty-Four-grade Karma Red Lotus, and the Four Maidens Plum Orchid Bamboo Chrysanthemum took over the burden of stabilizing the continent.
• Black Tortoise used 365 Star Fruits to form great stars, while the Four Maidens Plum Orchid Bamboo Chrysanthemum helped create the Styx Earth Refining Array and the Star Dou Great Array.

Styx and the Four Maidens helped the Black Tortoise create a Cave Heaven Blessed Land, using a World Tree branch and Four Symbols Power to stabilize it and nurture local Innate Spirits. After the Cave Heaven was completed, Styx built a divine peak around the North Sea’s Sea Eye and fused the Cave Heaven into it.

• Styx planted a World Tree branch at the center of the evolving Cave Heaven, and the Black Tortoise and Four Maidens infused it with Four Symbols Power.
• The branch grew into a giant tree that stabilized the Cave Heaven and nurtured Innate Spirits linked to the Black Tortoise’s bloodline.
• The Cave Heaven finished forming inside the Sea Eye, and Styx placed Innate and Acquired Spiritual Roots throughout it to reinforce its Formations.
• Styx created a divine peak around the North Sea’s Sea Eye and settled the Black Tortoise’s Cave Heaven atop it.
• Wood Spirit used her Power of Creation to cover the divine peak with flourishing plants as the Black Tortoise and Four Maidens withdrew their Mana.

Styx, Wood Spirit, Black Tortoise, and the Four Maidens Plum Orchid Bamboo Chrysanthemum received Merit as the new Cave Heaven became the Town Sea Black Tortoise Grotto-Heaven. Black Tortoise became its master and repaid most of his Karma, while Styx departed for the Blood Sea with Wood Spirit and the Four Maidens.

• Great Dao Merit descended on the divine peak, and Styx and Wood Spirit merged their share into it as it took the name Town Sea Black Tortoise Peak.
• Black Tortoise infused his share of Merit into the Cave Heaven, which the Great Dao named Town Sea Black Tortoise Grotto-Heaven and made him its master.
• The Four Maidens Plum Orchid Bamboo Chrysanthemum used their Merit to strengthen their Merit Golden Wheels, while the Three Ways of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity blessed the Grotto-Heaven and incorporated it into the Great Wilderness.
• Black Tortoise repaid most of his Karma and thanked Styx, and the Four Maidens thanked him for protecting them from the Heavenly Dao's hostility.
• Styx told Black Tortoise to remain and maintain the Grotto-Heaven, then departed for the Blood Sea with Wood Spirit and the Four Maidens.

Styx returned to the Blood Sea and forged a Chaos-powered Innate treasure in preparation for the coming Immortal-Yao War. He then visited Dream Spirit in the Virtual God Realm, praised her progress, and left her to guard the realm and Underworld.

• Styx returned to the Blood Sea and arranged for Plum Orchid Bamboo Chrysanthemum and Wood Spirit to cultivate in seclusion.
• Styx used the Universe Cauldron, Black Tortoise's Chaos Tortoise Shell, and other treasures to forge a Chaos-colored Innate treasure that could absorb chaotic energy and improve itself.
• Styx traveled to Zhou Mountain, paid respects to Father God Pangu, and soothed the Chaos Gourd Vine.
• Styx entered the Virtual God Realm and heard Dream Spirit report that Meng Po's work guarding Reincarnation had greatly increased her Merit.
• Styx praised Dream Spirit's contributions and told her to continue guarding the Virtual God Realm and the Underworld.

Styx gave Dream Spirit a Spiritual Treasure called the Virtual God Battlefield, designed to divert destructive battles away from the Great Wilderness and strengthen the Virtual God Realm. Dream Spirit realized Styx was also using the treasure to help her accumulate Merit and attain Merit Sainthood.

• Styx reassured Dream Spirit and showed her a Spiritual Treasure he had refined from the Chaos Tortoise Shell.
• Styx explained that the Virtual God Battlefield would integrate with the Virtual God Realm and replace qualifying battlefields across the Great Wilderness.
• Styx said the treasure could absorb battlefield energy, record combatants’ laws, grow stronger, and help the Virtual God Realm turn the void into reality.
• Styx told Dream Spirit that protecting the Primordial World Origin would earn Merit and accelerate her path to Merit Sainthood.
• Dream Spirit understood that Styx was entrusting her with the treasure to nurture her, then kowtowed and thanked him.

Styx helped Dream Spirit merge the Virtual God Battlefield into the Enlightenment Tea Tree and the Virtual God Realm, preparing it to handle the coming Immortal-Yao War. He left Dream Spirit with the Twenty-four-grade Karma Red Lotus to strengthen the battlefield, then returned to the Blood Sea.

• Dream Spirit integrated the Virtual God Battlefield into the Enlightenment Tea Tree and began merging it with the Virtual God Realm.
• Styx used the Twenty-four-grade Karma Red Lotus to stabilize the Virtual God Realm and help Dream Spirit complete the fusion.
• Dream Spirit sensed the Virtual God Realm’s origin had grown and new Fortune was gathering, and Styx explained that Merit would come after the battlefield proved its effect.
• Styx left the Twenty-four-grade Karma Red Lotus with Dream Spirit and told her to oversee the main battlefield during the Immortal-Yao War.
• Styx gave Dream Spirit further guidance and departed the Virtual God Realm for Zhou Mountain, while Dream Spirit bowed and merged into the Enlightenment Tea Tree.

A Virtual God Contract scroll let two parties summon an arena that outsiders could not disrupt, while Dream Spirit used the battles to gather combat knowledge. Styx prepared for the Ziwei Clone to awaken and take charge of the Heavenly Court, then entered the Styx Realm to begin working with the Demon God remnants and origin he had prepared.

• Living beings bought and tested the Virtual God Contract, finding that both combatants had to agree before the arena would end and outsiders could not interfere.
• Dream Spirit used the Virtual God Battlefield to record combat experience and techniques, while Styx kept further plans for it in reserve.
• Styx sensed the Ziwei Clone nearing completion and left it to oversee what came next as he departed for the Chaos.
• The Ziwei Clone continued refining the Thirty-six Heavens' origin, which was close to bearing its mark completely.
• Styx entered the Styx Realm and brought out the Blood Demon God Remnant, the Samsara Demon God Remnant, and the Nirvana Demon God Origin, which had been assimilated with the realm's origin.

Styx used the Universe Cauldron and a Lotus Seed from Houtu’s Twenty-Four Grade Samsara Purple Lotus to prepare a Heavenly Realm and evolve reincarnation within the Styx Realm. The new Samsara Purple Lotus rapidly surpassed its original limit, though Styx intended it to serve the realm’s reincarnation cycle.

• Styx refined the Blood Demon God Remnant and Nirvana Demon God Origin together to strengthen the material for evolving a Nine Heavens Realm within the Styx Realm.
• Styx used Houtu’s Reincarnation Origin-infused Lotus Seed, along with the Styx Realm’s Origin, to pierce and absorb the Samsara Demon God’s remnant.
• The Samsara Purple Lotus absorbed the remnant’s Reincarnation Dao Principles and rapidly grew to Twelve Grades, then continued beyond its original limit.
• Styx planned to use the Samsara Purple Lotus to evolve reincarnation in the Styx Realm and considered making it the realm’s lord of Samsara if it developed intelligence.

Styx completed the arrangements for the Styx Realm’s Nine Heavens, Reincarnation, and administration by assigning emerging spirits to govern its realms. He left the new systems to take shape under the World Origin and planned to manage the realm from a distance.

• Styx used the Universe Cauldron and the Styx Realm’s Origin to refine and assimilate the Blood Demon God’s Origin, then sent it into a World Fruit to catalyze the Nine Heavens Realm’s formation.
• Styx found that the Samsara Purple Lotus had absorbed the Samsara Demon God’s remnant and grown to Twenty-four Grades, with a Lotus Seed forming at its center.
• Styx fed the Lotus Seed with Origin Power and decided that the Lotus’s spirit would be reborn as Chacha, Underworld King Chacha, and manage Reincarnation.
• Styx chose the reborn Sun Candlelight and Taiyin Youying to manage the Heaven Realm, and appointed the spirits of the Innate Five Directions Banners as the Five Directions Great Emperors.
• Styx planned for the Nine Origin Spirit Pearls’ spirits and other appointed managers to handle the Styx Realm’s affairs while he focused on absorbing its feedback and improving his cultivation.