Chapter Summaries

Zi Wei granted the Dragon Clan and Water Tribes a chance to survive, requiring Candle Dragon to undergo ten thousand lifetimes of Reincarnation and give up the Dragon Clan’s Dragon Qi as atonement. He began transforming the Ancestor Dragon Pearl into a small world, leaving the Dragon Clan’s remaining higher-ups incorporated into its formation.

• Zi Wei decided to give the Dragon Clan and Water Tribes a Thread of Life, while requiring Candle Dragon to undergo ten thousand lifetimes of Reincarnation.
• Candle Dragon accepted the conditions, and Zi Wei extracted the Dragon Qi from the Ancestor Dragon Pearl and merged it into the Ancestral Vein Giant beneath Zhou Mountain.
• Zi Wei refined the Ancestor Dragon’s remains into the pearl, then used treasures from the Dragon Clan and Water Tribes to expand its inner space and form its world foundations.
• Zi Wei added Star Dou Fruits to create stars inside the pearl and refined treasures into the Styx Earth Refining Array.
• Zi Wei incorporated the Dragon Clan higher-ups who had guarded the Sea Eye into the formation, collected their True Spirits, and placed the True Dragon Treasure Tree at the world’s center as its World Tree.

Zi Wei created the Dragon Realm from the Ancestor Dragon Pearl, placing it in the Sea Eye and settling the Water Tribe members there. After the Heavenly Dao distributed Merit and Karma for the battle, Zi Wei used the Merit and the Water Tribe’s remaining treasures to transform the Thirty-six Heavens into a more complete Heavenly Court.

• Zi Wei refined the Water Tribe members with deep Karma and their corpses to develop the world inside the Ancestor Dragon Pearl into a Great Thousand World.
• Zi Wei placed the world in the Sea Eye, named it the Dragon Realm, and sent the remaining Water Tribe members there.
• Dream Spirit departed with the Virtual God Battlefield as the Immortal Realm and Yao Realm neared completion.
• The Heavenly Dao gathered Merit and Karma, which canceled each other out until sixty percent of the Merit remained; Dream Spirit received a small share.
• Zi Wei declined the remaining Merit and used it to transform the Water Tribe’s treasuries into pavilions and towers in the Thirty-six Heavens.

After creating three subsidiary worlds and receiving Merit and Fortune, Zi Wei announced that Heavenly Court would be established in the Thirty-six Heavens after one Yuanhui. Sanqing departed, and the remaining members of the Blood Sea faction offered to help him prepare.

• Zi Wei connected the Heaven and Earth Membranes of the Dragon Realm, Yao Realm, and Immortal Realm to Primordial Heaven and Earth, making them subsidiary worlds under the Heavenly Dao, Earth Dao, and Human Dao.
• Zi Wei accepted the Merit and Fortune, condensed a Merit Golden Wheel, and gained greater blessings and authority as Heavenly Emperor.
• Tongtian praised Zi Wei for creating three worlds and preserving a Thread of Life for both factions, and Zi Wei invited the Saints to Heavenly Court's establishment after one Yuanhui.
• Taiqing led Yuanshi and Tongtian away, while Sanqing took the Ice Demon God's remains and Zi Wei collected the Thunder Demon God's remains and Shi Chen's severed arm.
• Fuxi, Nuwa, Houtu, and Dijiang offered to help Zi Wei build Heavenly Court, and Zi Wei agreed there were tasks for them but said another matter came first.

Zi Wei negotiated with Wangshu for a wisp of the Moon Star's origin and permission for his Taiyin clone to serve as Moon Star God. At the Heavenly Court, he delegated the creation of its defenses and the reincarnation and return of collected True Spirits.

• Zi Wei asked Wangshu for Moon Star origin and authority for his Taiyin clone, and Wangshu agreed while warning him not to abuse Taiyin power.
• Wangshu gave Zi Wei a mass of Taiyin origin and returned to the Moon Star, promising to visit when the Heavenly Court held its grand ceremony.
• Zi Wei arrived at the Heavenly Court and assigned Fuxi and Dijiang to refine its gates and other artifacts with teleportation abilities.
• Zi Wei gave Nuwa and Houtu the collected True Spirits and ordered them to help the spirits reincarnate and emerge, allowing them to discipline any who refused to obey.

Zi Wei strengthened the Sun Star God Clone and Moon Star God Clone by giving them the Sun and Moon authorities, and planned to have the Sun Star God Clone tend the weakened Fusang Tree. He also continued merging a new Star Fruit Tree with the Ziwei Emperor Star, leaving the three Supreme Stars and their spiritual roots poised for further change.

• Zi Wei considered the rebellious True Spirits bound by the Thirty-six Heavens and suspected that some of the Innate Gods and Demons, like Yang Mei, might still have living Main Bodies.
• Zi Wei merged Wangshu's Moon Star Origin and the Sun Star God Authority taken from Di Jun into the Sun Star God Clone and Moon Star God Clone.
• The two clones' auras merged through Yin Yang Authority, raising their cultivation to the Mid-stage Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm.
• Zi Wei sent the Sun Star God Clone and Moon Star God Clone to familiarize themselves with the Sun Star and Moon Star, intending for the Sun Star God Clone to strengthen the weakened Fusang Tree.
• Zi Wei described how a new Star Fruit Tree, grown from one of his branches, was merging with the Ziwei Emperor Star Origin.

Zi Wei inspected the Star Fruit Tree, then questioned the Thunder Demon God trapped in the Thunder Pool about how many Chaos Demon Gods had returned. The Thunder Demon God agreed to reveal what he knew in exchange for Zi Wei guiding his True Spirit’s reincarnation.

• Zi Wei found that the Star Fruit Tree was thriving and could grow into a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Root after fusing with the Ziwei Emperor Star Origin.
• Zi Wei returned to the Heavenly Court and used the Thunder Pool to speak with the imprisoned Thunder Demon God.
• Zi Wei offered to refine the Thunder Demon God’s body and let his True Spirit reincarnate if he answered questions about the Chaos Demon Gods.
• The Thunder Demon God offered to serve Zi Wei and proposed making a Great Dao Oath, but Zi Wei refused to trust him.
• The Thunder Demon God agreed to answer, and Zi Wei seized the streak of light he released while promising to guide his return.

Zi Wei absorbed the Imperial Dao Origins of Di Jun, East King Duke, and Tai Yi, refining them into his Heavenly Emperor Destiny. He realized that Saints and Heavenly Emperors were Fruit Statuses condensed by the Great Wilderness, and that the struggle for Fortune ultimately centered on claiming them to advance cultivation.

• Zi Wei learned the information in the light, then asked the Thunder Demon God to leave the Thunder Pool and promised to guide him back after reincarnation.
• The Thunder Demon God dissolved his physical body and left behind his True Spirit, which Zi Wei gathered with the True Spirits of Di Jun and the others.
• Zi Wei brought the Thunder Pool into the Origin Space of the Thirty-six Heavens and set it aside while Fuxi used the Universe Cauldron.
• Zi Wei absorbed the Imperial Dao Origins of Di Jun and East King Duke and the Royal Dao Origin of Tai Yi, then began refining them.
• The three Destiny Origins united against Zi Wei’s Heavenly Emperor Destiny, but he shattered and absorbed them using the Thirty-six Heavens Origin.
• Zi Wei saw that his Destiny now faintly resembled Primordial Violet Qi and realized that Saints and Heavenly Emperors were Fruit Statuses sought through the struggle for Fortune.

After strengthening his Heavenly Emperor Destiny, Zi Wei agreed to receive representatives of the Phoenix and Qilin Clans, who hoped he would help them escape their karmic decline as he had helped the Dragon Clan. The clans’ messengers gathered in the Heavenly Court to seek his assistance.

• Zi Wei reflected that the Emperor’s Way could not reach its peak through a clone and decided to turn his attention to the Thunder Pool and Thunder Demon God’s body.
• Nuwa told Zi Wei that Golden Phoenix, Kong Xuan, and Pixiu had asked for an audience on behalf of the Phoenix and Qilin Clans, and Zi Wei agreed to receive them.
• The Phoenix and Qilin Clans grew envious after the Dragon Clan gained a chance to recover through the Dragon Realm and sought a way to ask Zi Wei for help.
• Ink Qilin brought the Qilin Clan’s treasury to Pixiu and asked him to arrange an audience with Zi Wei.
• Ancestor Phoenix sent representatives to find Jin Ning, Kong Xuan, and Jin Yu, then directed them to bring gifts and approach Kunpeng for help.
• Kunpeng and Nuwa agreed to assist, and representatives of both clans came together to request an audience with Zi Wei.

Zi Wei agreed to help the Qilin and Phoenix Clans escape their Karma-driven tribulation by creating realms to suppress disasters, in exchange for their submission and service to the Heavenly Court. After sending them to prepare their clans, he reflected that their roles would strengthen the Heavenly Court’s foundations and fortune.

• Pixiu asked Zi Wei to give the Qilin and Phoenix Clans a chance to escape their tribulation, as he had given the Dragon Clan.
• Colorful Phoenix and Ink Qilin pledged their clans’ allegiance and promised to follow the Heavenly Emperor’s commands.
• Zi Wei agreed to create the Nirvana Realm to suppress earth fire and the Auspicious Realm to suppress Turbid Qi, requiring the clans to provide resources and contribute members burdened by Karma.
• Zi Wei gave Jin Ning and Pixiu decrees to collect the clans’ True Spirit auras and told them to contact their subordinate races about helping open the realms.
• Zi Wei told Kong Xuan to return to Kunpeng and cultivate, then considered how the three clans’ submission would strengthen the Heavenly Court.

Zi Wei refined the Thunder Pool and Thunder Demon God's body into a Thunder Seal, using it to establish the Heavenly Court's authority over thunder punishment. When the Heavenly Dao challenged him, Zi Wei fused the Thunder Seal with the Heavenly Emperor Seal and stood his ground, forcing the Heavenly Dao Eye to withdraw.

• Zi Wei considered candidates to staff the Heavenly Court's Five Virtues departments before going to oversee the Thunder Pool's refinement.
• Fuxi and Dijiang finished refining the last portal, and Zi Wei took the Universe Cauldron to the Thirty-six Heavens Origin space.
• Zi Wei refined the Thunder Pool and Thunder Demon God's body into Thunder Origin and used it to create the Heavenly Court's Lightning Punishment System.
• Zi Wei refined the Thunder Origin into a purple Thunder Seal that carried the Heavenly Court's authority over thunder punishment.
• The Heavenly Dao Eye appeared to confront Zi Wei, but he fused the Thunder Seal with the Heavenly Emperor Seal and resisted its might until it withdrew.

Zi Wei entered the Eighteenth Heavens, where Nuwa and the others were beating the revived True Spirits of fallen gods and demons. He recognized that Yin Yang and Five Elements were decoys for their surviving Main Bodies, while Rahu, Shen Ni, and Qian Kun had more of their origins in the Great Wilderness, and considered using his control over the True Spirits against the Chaos Demon Gods.

• Zi Wei put away the Heavenly Emperor Seal and went to the Eighteenth Heavens, where the revived True Spirits had gathered.
• Zi Wei found Nuwa, Houtu, Fuxi, and Dijiang holding down and beating the revived Rahu, Shen Ni, Ancestor Dragon, Phoenix Ancestor, Ancestor Qilin, and other fallen gods and demons.
• Zi Wei examined the True Spirits and found dense Chaos aura in Rahu, Shen Ni, and Qian Kun, but mostly Great Wilderness origin in Yin Yang and Five Elements.
• Zi Wei concluded that Yin Yang and Five Elements had left most of their origins in Chaos and had created new True Spirits as decoys for their Main Bodies.
• Zi Wei decided that, if the Chaos Demon Gods returned, he could use his control over the True Spirits to subdue them and possibly turn two of them into spies.

Zi Wei revealed that he controlled the resurrected Innate Gods and Demons through the Thirty-six Heavens and identified Styx as the one who had outmaneuvered them. The former powers accepted their predicament with bitter resignation.

• Zi Wei stopped Houtu, Nuwa, Fuxi, and Dijiang from beating Yin Yang, Five Elements, and the other awakened gods.
• Rahu demanded to know who Zi Wei was and why they had been revived.
• The awakened gods examined themselves and realized that the Investiture of the Gods had placed them under Zi Wei's control.
• Zi Wei introduced himself as the Heavenly Emperor and master of the Thirty-six Heavens, who would rule their futures.
• Shen Ni and Rahu acknowledged their subjugation, and Ancestor Dragon asked how Zi Wei had achieved it.
• Zi Wei named Styx, prompting the gods to recognize that Styx had orchestrated their defeat.

Zi Wei demanded that the resurrected Innate Gods and Demons submit to his command, and used the chains binding their True Spirits to force Rahu to surrender. Rahu swore allegiance to the Heavenly Emperor, leaving the others stunned.

• Zi Wei offered the Innate Gods and Demons the choice of swearing a Great Dao Oath or enduring punishment before submitting.
• Rahu rejected Zi Wei’s demand and prepared to attack, while Shen Ni, Qian Kun, Yin Yang, Five Elements, and Ancestor Dragon’s group readied themselves for battle.
• Zi Wei activated chains in their True Spirits, binding their powers and inflicting unbearable pain.
• When Zi Wei’s power threatened to erase Rahu’s consciousness, Rahu knelt and pledged to obey the Heavenly Emperor for the rest of his life.
• Rahu reasoned that submission was better than losing his consciousness forever, astonishing the watching Demon Gods with his swift change of heart.

Rahu and the other Innate Demon Gods submitted to Zi Wei after he demonstrated that he could control their minds through the chains in their True Spirits. Zi Wei withdrew the chains and ordered them to reorganize the Heavenly Court, leaving them eager to reassert their authority over its remaining members.

• Shen Ni and the other onlookers wondered why Rahu had surrendered so quickly, then the Innate Demon Gods knelt and pledged to serve Zi Wei.
• Zi Wei made the newly submitted demons experience the divine ability he had used on Rahu, terrifying them with the prospect of having their minds erased and becoming puppets.
• The Innate Demon Gods begged Zi Wei to withdraw the ability, and he pulled the chains back into the depths of their True Spirits.
• Zi Wei ordered the Innate Demon Gods to reorganize the Heavenly Court into an organization he could command at will.
• The Innate Demon Gods accepted the task and prepared to reassert their authority over the others in the Heavenly Court.

Zi Wei revived the True Spirits he had collected and began organizing the Heavenly Court’s departments, proposing six Heavenly Lords to manage its affairs. He assigned several candidates but left some posts undecided, while defending Rahu’s appointment as Thunder Punishment Heavenly Lord.

• Zi Wei used the Power of Creation to revive the True Spirits in the Eighteenth Heavens and entrusted them to Rahu, Ancestor Dragon, and others for training.
• Ancestor Dragon, Ancestor Qilin, and Phoenix Ancestor thanked Zi Wei for his arrangements for their clans and returned to their duties.
• Zi Wei gathered Nuwa and the others in the Lingxiao Treasure Hall and proposed establishing six Heavenly Lords to oversee the Heavenly Court’s departments.
• Zi Wei proposed Rahu for Thunder Punishment Heavenly Lord, Shen Ni for Gouchen Heavenly Lord, and Ancestor Dragon, Ancestor Qilin, and Phoenix Ancestor for the Five Virtues Department.
• Zi Wei suggested Pixiu or Bai Ze for Slu Heavenly Lord and said the remaining candidates still needed discussion.
• Nuwa questioned Rahu’s suitability, and Zi Wei argued that Rahu could restrain the Immortal Dao and bring the Seven Emotions and Six Desires into the Great Wilderness.

Zi Wei finalized appointments for the Heavenly Court and sent Nuwa to recruit Queen Mother of the West as Star Lord Jinde. Nuwa headed for West Kunlun, uncertain that the reclusive goddess would agree to leave her retreat.

• Fuxi proposed assignments for Yin Yang, Qian Kun, and Five Elements, and Zi Wei approved them as the Saints departed.
• Zi Wei told Rahu, Yin Yang, Ancestor Dragon, and the others to select personnel from among the resurrected beings for the Heavenly Court's departments.
• Zi Wei summoned Bai Ze to serve as Slu Heavenly Lord and asked Dijiang to bring Kuafu to Heaven for the post of Mude Star Lord.
• Zi Wei asked Nuwa to visit West Kunlun and recruit Queen Mother of the West as Star Lord Jinde.
• Nuwa set out for West Kunlun, doubting that the cautious Queen Mother of the West would accept the appointment.

Nuwa visited West Kunlun on behalf of the Heavenly Emperor to invite the Queen Mother of the West to serve as Star Lord Jinde in the Heavenly Court. Seeing the post as a chance to gain Fortune and Merit and advance her cultivation, the Queen Mother of the West accepted and went with Nuwa to the Heavenly Court.

• Nuwa arrived at West Kunlun, where the Queen Mother of the West welcomed her into the Yaochi Xian Realm.
• Nuwa praised West Kunlun and noted that the Queen Mother of the West had reached the limit of the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm.
• The Queen Mother of the West served Nuwa Qiongzhi Ganlu, and Nuwa explained the Heavenly Emperor’s offer for her to serve in the Heavenly Court as Star Lord Jinde.
• The Queen Mother of the West considered how the Heavenly Court’s Fortune and Merit could help her cultivation and accepted the appointment.
• Nuwa took the Queen Mother of the West to the Heavenly Court to pay her respects to the Heavenly Emperor.

Zi Wei finalized the Heavenly Court’s leadership and hosted its official opening ceremony at the end of the Yuanhui. The gathered experts entered through the South Heaven Gate, impressed by the court’s formidable forces and the Phoenix Ancestor’s strength.

• Zi Wei praised the Queen Mother of the West, Bai Ze, and Kuafu, then sent the new Heavenly Lords and Virtue Star Lords to recruit officials and organize their departments.
• When the Yuanhui deadline arrived, the Heavenly Court held its opening ceremony as invited experts gathered outside the Thirty-six Heavens.
• The Phoenix Ancestor appeared as Huode Star Lord, revealed his Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal Peak Stage cultivation, and welcomed the guests through the South Heaven Gate.
• The mighty experts set aside their grievances and respectfully followed the Phoenix Ancestor into the Heavenly Court.

The Heavenly Court welcomed the invited mighty figures to its Ninth Heaven, while the Two Saints of the West arrived without invitations alongside many Western Teachings disciples. Fuxi admitted them and led the Saints up the Heavenly Stairs, where some disciples gained sudden enlightenment.

• The Heavenly Court’s portals teleported the arriving guests to the Ninth Heaven, and Ancestor Phoenix invited them to look around before departing.
• Sanqing, the Two Saints of the West, and Fengdu arrived; Jieyin and Zhunti brought many Western Teachings disciples despite having received no Invitations.
• Nuwa and Fuxi greeted the Saints, and Fuxi welcomed Jieyin and Zhunti after Jieyin apologized for coming uninvited.
• Fuxi opened the South Heaven Gate and revealed nine tiers of Heavenly Stairs, then invited everyone to enter.
• Fengdu went up first at Sanqing’s request, followed by Sanqing and their Disciples, then the Western Teachings Followers and Fuxi.
• As the group climbed, the stairs displayed strange phenomena, and some second-generation Disciples entered sudden enlightenment and were transferred to quiet places.

Zi Wei officially established the Heavenly Court and announced regulations binding the Great Wilderness, including tribulations for cultivators above the Golden Immortal Realm. The chapter left the Saints’ disciples resentful and planning to complain to their Masters.

• The Saints and other mighty experts gathered in the Lingxiao Treasure Hall to witness the Heavenly Court’s founding.
• Zi Wei appeared above the Thirty-six Heavens and declared that the Heavenly Court had officially emerged and its edicts were in effect.
• A Dragon Pattern Scroll revealed three thousand heavenly rules, including periodic tribulations for beings above the Golden Immortal Realm.
• The Great Wilderness’s cultivators reacted with alarm as Zi Wei explained that tribulations would curb spiritual-energy consumption and push powerful beings to advance.
• The Saints’ disciples resolved to return to their Masters and denounce the new regulations.