Chapter Summaries

Fengdu chose teachers for Xuanyuan and Chiyou, pairing Xuanyuan with Zhi Ge Clan and Wu Zhiqi and assigning Hou Yi to teach Chiyou and his eighty-one brothers. Hou Yi and Chang'e set out for the Killing Intent Cloud Sea to meet their new students.

• Fengdu ruled out the disciples of the Three Sects, the Six-Eared Macaque, and the Sea of Blood Disciples as unsuitable teachers for Xuanyuan and Chiyou.
• Fengdu chose Zhi Ge Clan to teach Xuanyuan and sent Wu Zhiqi to support him.
• Zhi Ge Clan and Wu Zhiqi received Fengdu's messages and set out for the golden sea of clouds.
• Fengdu asked Hou Yi to teach Chiyou and his brothers, and Hou Yi agreed.
• Chang'e asked to accompany Hou Yi, and the two traveled toward the Killing Intent Cloud Sea.

Fengdu brought Taotie to the Hungry Ghost Path, intending for him to use his Devouring Law to clear its accumulated Grievance Qi and eventually become its guardian. The path opened before them, revealing a realm filled with tortured hungry ghosts.

• Fengdu returned to the Underworld with Taotie and led him to the Reincarnation vortex.
• Fengdu used the Underworld’s rule power to open the Hungry Ghost Path, terrifying Taotie.
• Fengdu planned for Taotie to use his Devouring Law to organize the path’s Grievance Qi and help restore order to Reincarnation.
• The Hungry Ghost Path opened, exposing a decaying realm crowded with starving, grotesquely twisted ghosts.

Fengdu frightened Taotie by suggesting he would be cast into the Hungry Ghost Path, then appointed him its guardian to devour harmful accumulated energies and transform them for Reincarnation. Taotie received the path’s rules and authority, and began to understand the suffering and energies he was charged with handling.

• Fengdu explained the hungry ghosts’ torment, and Taotie pleaded not to be thrown into the Hungry Ghost Path.
• Fengdu revealed he had only been teasing Taotie and showed him the path’s accumulated Grievance Qi, Hunger Fire, and chaotic energies.
• Fengdu told Taotie to devour the uncleansable portions of those energies so the rest could nourish Reincarnation.
• Fengdu imprinted the Hungry Ghost Path’s rules on Taotie and issued an edict appointing him its guardian.
• Taotie received the path’s authority and learned about its energies, rules, and the suffering of its hungry ghosts.

Fengdu appointed Taotie to refine the Hungry Ghost Path’s Grievance Qi, improving the Reincarnation Vortex and earning Taotie Earth Dao Merit. In the Great Wilderness, Zhi Ge Clan and Wu Zhiqi accepted Fu Bao’s newborn son Xuanyuan as their disciple, and his birth drew other tribes to join his people.

• Fengdu sent Taotie into the Hungry Ghost Path to absorb and refine its Grievance Qi, warning him not to betray the Underworld.
• Taotie’s absorption strengthened the Reincarnation Vortex and brought Earth Dao Merit that gradually cleared his Karma.
• Zhi Ge Clan and Wu Zhiqi arrived at Fu Bao’s tribe and offered to take her newborn son as their disciple.
• Fu Bao agreed, and Zhi Ge Clan named the child Xuanyuan at her request.
• The spiritual energy and resources brought by Xuanyuan’s birth attracted small tribes to pledge allegiance.

Hou Yi and Chang'e arrived at the Slayer Qi Cloud Sea and discovered that the Wu People Tribe included one child with Ancestral Witch potential and eighty with Great Witch bloodlines. They resolved to teach the children together, balancing Witch Clan strength with Human Race learning.

• Hou Yi sensed one Ancestral Witch bloodline and eighty Great Witch bloodlines among the Wu People children, astonishing both him and Chang'e.
• Hou Yi recognized the children’s bloodlines as a natural miracle born from the convergence of Witch Clan and Human Race luck, not outside interference.
• Chang'e warned that the children’s Slayer Qi and weapons qi required careful guidance to prevent conflict with ordinary humans and harm to relations between the races.
• Hou Yi and Chang'e agreed to take responsibility for teaching the children well.
• Chang'e proposed group lessons in strength, battle will, Human Race rites, music, and civilizing teachings, and Hou Yi accepted her plan.

Hou Yi and Chang'e established the first School to educate Li Tan and the other Wu children, inspiring Schools to spread throughout Great Xia and earning them Merit and Fortune. Their teaching method reached Xuanyuan's tribe, where the young Xuanyuan continued training the children in battle formations.

• Hou Yi named the Ancestral Witch-blooded child Li Tan and accepted him as his personal disciple, while Hou Yi and Chang'e began teaching the eighty-one children in a new stone School.
• Chang'e invited Literary Scholars from Mount Tai City to help teach, and the lessons influenced the Wu children and their tribe to abandon their former barbaric ways.
• Literary Scholars imitated Hou Yi and Chang'e's methods, Schools spread across Great Xia, and Kunpeng advanced in cultivation before setting out to travel.
• Merit and Fortune gathered in the first School, making teaching more effective and rewarding Hou Yi and Chang'e.
• The teaching method spread to the You Xiong Tribe, where Xuanyuan trained his childhood companions with battle formations and military techniques.

Xuanyuan and Chiyou grew up in Great Xia under the guidance of their teachers, developing powerful battle formations and gaining practical experience. Their names spread among the Myriad Races as they rose toward becoming capable generals.

• Zhi Ge Clan and Wu Zhiqi established a School in You Xiong Tribe and enrolled its children, cultivating Xuanyuan's supporters.
• Zhi Ge Clan and Wu Zhiqi selected three hundred and sixty-five children with an affinity for the stars to train alongside Xuanyuan.
• Li Tan refined the Xuan Yin Divine Fiend Great Array into the Nine Extremes Heavens Battle Array, while Xuanyuan adapted the Star Dou Great Array into the Lesser Star Dou Star Battle Array.
• Fengdu watched Xuanyuan and Chiyou practice their formations, which drew on the powers of Heaven and Earth and represented a benign contest between them.
• Zhi Ge Clan, Wu Zhiqi, and Hou Yi sent Xuanyuan, Li Tan, and their helpers to small-scale battlefields once they could protect themselves.
• Xuanyuan and Li Tan gained experience in battle, and their reputations spread among the Myriad Races as rising generals of Great Xia.

Li Tan found an Iron Eater Beast cultivating in a mountain convergence of Yin and Yang Qi and challenged it to become his mount. He defeated and beat the beast, which still refused to submit.

• Li Tan discovered an Iron Eater Beast cultivating and gathered his brothers to keep it from escaping.
• Li Tan challenged the Golden Immortal Peak beast and said it would become his mount if it lost.
• Li Tan quickly pinned the beast and demanded that it submit, but it refused.
• Li Tan repeatedly struck the beast, whose metal-eating body and black-and-white fur endured the blows.
• Li Tan realized he was unsure how to make the Iron Eater Beast submit without killing it.

Li Tan tried to subdue the Iron Eater Beast with force and promises of cultivation resources, but discovered it was irresistible to Purple Bamboo. The beast agreed to become his mount in exchange for an unlimited supply, and Li Tan rode it through the mountains and forests.

• Li Tan resumed beating the Iron Eater Beast, then offered it cultivation resources if it became his mount, but it refused.
• Li Tan showed the beast his treasured materials, then accidentally fed it a stalk of Purple Bamboo, which it eagerly devoured.
• Li Tan offered the Iron Eater Beast more Purple Bamboo in exchange for becoming his mount, but it initially suspected he had tampered with the bamboo and refused.
• Li Tan explained that his master's wife had obtained the Purple Bamboo from Empress Nuwa and promised the beast an unlimited supply if it submitted.
• The Iron Eater Beast agreed to acknowledge Li Tan as its master as long as it could keep eating Purple Bamboo, and Li Tan rode it through the mountains and forests.

Li Tan recruited the Iron Eater Beast Clan to form a cavalry for his eighty brothers, promising them a Purple Bamboo Forest. After Chang'e secured the clan’s home and Li Tan trained the new cavalry, their Nine Extremes Heavens Battle Array became far more powerful.

• Li Tan tempted Bear One with Purple Bamboo and learned that its clan numbered fewer than a hundred.
• Bear One led Li Tan, Hou Yi, Chang'e, and the others to the Iron Eater Beast Clan Land, where Li Tan’s eighty brothers each received a mount.
• Chang'e protected the clan’s Secret Realm with a Formation and planted Purple Bamboo shoots there.
• Li Tan trained the Iron Eater Beast Cavalry and combined its Yin-Yang power with the Nine Extremes Heavens Battle Array.
• The cavalry excelled in battle, while the beasts gnawed bamboo and slept as their cultivation and defenses continued to grow.

Xuanyuan subdued a group of Dragon Horses and trained them into a powerful cavalry. Kunpeng discovered Cang Jie studying scripts and accepted him as his third disciple.

• Xuanyuan found a valley rich in Dragon Qi and subdued its Dragon Horses after assembling his forces.
• Xuanyuan trained the Dragon Horse Cavalry, whose coordination strengthened the Lesser Star Dou Star Battle Array.
• Kunpeng entered the You Xiong Tribe and found Cang Jie studying several kinds of characters.
• Cang Jie explained his ambition to discover patterns in scripts and develop a path for literary cultivators.
• Kunpeng offered to teach Cang Jie to analyze characters, and Cang Jie accepted him as his master.

Xuanyuan and Li Tan's victories accelerated Great Xia's unification while Ming suppressed the Imperial Law and fed it to Martial Dao. After completing its accumulation, Ming prepared to break through the rule that clones could not Attain Dao and make his clone the master of a Great Dao.

• Cang Jie was overlooked by his tribe after the Ancestor of Literature accepted him as a disciple.
• Hou Yi and his wife, the Zhi Ge Clan, and the Six-Eared Macaque let Xuanyuan and Li Tan join Great Xia's unification campaign.
• Xuanyuan and Li Tan won battle after battle, prompting clans to surrender and concentrating the Fortune of the Myriad Races at Mount Tai City.
• Ming suppressed the restless Imperial Law with Great Xia's Fortune and made his Martial Dao devour it.
• Ming completed Martial Dao's final accumulation and prepared to break through the rule that clones could not Attain Dao.

Styx transformed his Martial Dao Will by devouring the Imperial Law and the Great Xia Fortune Dynasty’s gathered fortune, establishing Martial Dao as an independent path in the Great Wilderness. Martial artists across the realm gained insight and strength, while Styx’s main body gained experience relevant to establishing its own independent Dao.

• Styx used the Great Xia Fortune Dynasty’s Destiny Torrent to transform his Martial Dao Seed into a Dao that pierced through Chaos.
• A vast phenomenon appeared over Mount Tai City, and martial artists across the Great Wilderness sensed their cultivation bottlenecks clearing.
• Qi and Blood Wolf Smoke from across the Great Xia Territory converged on Styx, then returned to its owners with benefits that helped them advance.
• Styx’s Martial Dao Will linked with the Heaven, Earth, and Human Paths while remaining an independent Dao that stood near them in status.
• Styx’s main body anticipated using Martial Dao’s establishment as experience for creating its own independent Dao.

Ming established the Martial Dao as a new Great Dao, earned the Great Dao’s recognition and merit, and saw martial cultivators across the Great Wilderness enter enlightenment. With Great Xia’s fortune and the Martial Dao’s destiny recovering through Xuanyuan and Chiyou’s conquests, Ming resolved to accelerate the unification of the Great Wilderness.

• Ming completed the Martial Dao, which became an independent Great Dao and began influencing the laws and living beings of the Great Wilderness.
• The Great Dao rewarded Ming with merit and the rune “Martial,” recognizing the Martial Dao as equal in status to the Heaven, Earth, and Human Daos.
• Ming accepted half the merit for himself, while the rest and the rune merged into the Martial Dao, causing martial cultivators throughout the Great Wilderness to enter enlightenment.
• Xuanyuan and Chiyou advanced their conquests as the army’s martial strength surged, and their newly conquered lands restored Great Xia’s fortune and the Martial Dao Cloud Sea.
• Ming sensed his cultivation and Great Xia’s fortune rising, then resolved to hasten the unification of the Great Wilderness.

After attaining Dao through the Martial Dao, Ming ordered Great Xia to expand and unify the Great Wilderness. He established a Ministry of Education to organize Literary, Martial, and Immortal Dao teachings and build Schools across the territory, leaving the officials ready to carry out his plans.

• Ming told the officials that the Martial Dao had become a Heaven-Connecting Great Dao and ordered envoys to demand submission from neighboring Minor Clans, using force against those who refused.
• Ming decided he would abdicate after the Great Wilderness was unified and resolved to establish lasting policies for the Human Dao.
• Ming established the Ministry of Education and ordered the compilation of foundational texts for Literary Dao, Martial Dao, and Immortal Dao cultivation.
• Ming ordered Schools built throughout Great Xia, including newly conquered lands, and assigned the Wenyuan Hall, Martial Destiny Pavilion, and Immortal Dao Department to their respective leaders.
• Ming answered concerns about the shortage of teachers by promising to connect each School to the Virtual God Realm, allowing teachers to educate students in multiple locations.

Ming reflected on how his three cultivation texts could benefit the Living Beings of the Great Wilderness, then observed the campaigns of Xuanyuan and Li Tan and the Central Legion returning to court. The Central Legion’s twelve interconnected Battle Formations caught Ming’s attention.

• Ming considered how the three foundational cultivation methods and their original manuscripts could improve the Human Race’s cultivation and help all Acquired Living Beings.
• Ming observed Xuanyuan’s forces crushing the coalition army’s defenses in the Cloud Dream Marsh with the military Martial Dao’s Battle Formation Unity.
• Li Tan and his eighty Wu People brothers slaughtered the Fierce Beasts in their region, then cleaned themselves and restrained their Slayer Qi.
• Ming watched the Zhi Ge Clan’s Central Legion return to court and noticed twelve distinct but interconnected Battle Formations within it.

Ming appointed Xuanyuan as God of the Army and Li Tan as God of War, then named the twelve Zhi Ge Clan generals the Twelve Zodiacs and sent them to support both armies. As Xuanyuan and Li Tan renewed their offensives, the Twelve Zodiacs split their forces and headed for the front lines.

• Ming named Xuanyuan God of the Army and appointed him Grand Marshal of the Left Army, while naming Li Tan God of War and appointing him Grand Marshal of the Right Army.
• Ming enfeoffed the twelve Zhi Ge Clan war generals as the Twelve Zodiacs and ordered each to send half of their subordinate generals to assist Xuanyuan and Li Tan.
• Xuanyuan intensified his assault and cut through Cloud Dream Marsh, while Li Tan led the Wu People forward with his battle-axe.
• Duobao and the other Zodiac generals split their troops into two groups and dispatched them to the Left and Right Armies.
• Ming considered how the Twelve Zodiacs' distinct abilities could support the armies and guard against unexpected enemy tricks.

Ming watched as the Twelve Zodiacs joined Xuanyuan’s Left Army and used their abilities to expose and overcome the allied forces hiding in Cloud Dream Marsh. Xuanyuan’s army surged toward the island’s core, leaving the enemy’s terrain advantage useless.

• Ming observed both battlefields from Mount Tai Summit and saw that the Twelve Zodiacs’ arrival had accelerated Xuanyuan and Li Tan’s attacks.
• Duobao and the other Twelve Zodiacs’ Incarnations arrived beneath Xuanyuan’s Commander's Banner and offered their forces to his command.
• Duobao’s Zi Rat Division searched the marsh and shared the locations of hidden enemies, traps, and leaders with Xuanyuan’s Military Formation.
• Chou Niu used Earthquake to collapse and solidify the swamp, creating a path to the hidden island.
• Yin Hu, Mao Tu, Chen Long, and Si She led coordinated attacks that broke through the island’s defenses and disrupted the allied forces.
• Xuanyuan led the Great Xia Heavenly Soldiers toward the island’s core, crushing the enemy as they advanced.

Marshal Li Tan’s army was halted by a Black Mist-filled canyon, but Duobao’s Twelve Zodiac generals arrived with reinforcements and used their abilities to counter the mist and its hidden enemies. With the way cleared, Li Tan led the Wu People into the canyon to attack its heart.

• Li Tan’s army advanced as the surrounding races surrendered, but Black Mist in Eerie Canyon dissolved their Slayer Qi and hindered the warriors with mental attacks.
• Twelve Zodiac generals arrived by His Majesty’s order, and Li Tan welcomed their help against the canyon’s strange mist.
• Hai Pig’s Battle Formation formed golden armor around the allied forces, allowing the Pig Tribe to push through the Black Mist and open a passage.
• You Rooster scattered Purifying Light Feathers to reveal the evil spirits, while Shen Monkey attacked their leader and Xu Dog hunted creatures threatening the main formation.
• The Horse Tribe used Holy Flame and speed to support the army, and Li Tan led the Wu People through the passage to strike into the canyon.

Great Xia conquered the last battlefields of the Great Wilderness, completing its unification under Ming’s rule. The resulting surge of Fortune transformed the Destiny Golden Dragon and heralded a new era for Great Xia and the Human Dao.

• Ming appointed Xuanyuan and Li Tan as Left and Right Route Marshals and sent elite troops to help them conquer the Great Wilderness.
• Xuanyuan and Li Tan defeated or won the surrender of the remaining forces, advancing to the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm as their armies grew stronger.
• Duobao and the other members of the Twelve Zodiacs Division, along with Wu Dang, White Brow, Guangchengzi, and other battlefield disciples, advanced through Great Xia’s Fortune.
• Li Tan killed the final enemy and planted Great Xia’s war banner on the last battlefield, completing the unification of the Primordial Continent.
• Fortune surged from the Great Wilderness into the Sea of Destiny Clouds, where the Destiny Golden Dragon grew and proclaimed the arrival of Great Xia’s era.