Chapter Summaries

Ming watched the Human Emperor Dao Fruit condense, completing Styx’s plans to claim venerable positions across the Three Paths of the Great Wilderness. He worried that Styx’s influence resembled Hongjun’s, then reassured himself that Styx had always worked to strengthen the Great Wilderness rather than seize Pangu’s authority.

• The Human Dao Origin transformed Merit Power as the Human Emperor Dao Fruit appeared above Mount Tai City.
• Ming recognized the Dao Fruit as a rank equal to and faintly above that of a Saint, and reflected that the Martial Dao and Styx’s Three Paths plans had succeeded beyond expectations.
• Ming considered how Styx held substantial influence over the Heavenly, Earth, and Human Paths, then feared that Pangu might see him as a threat.
• Ming rejected the comparison between Styx and Hongjun, reasoning that Hongjun had sought to steal Pangu’s Dao Fruit while Styx had helped the Great Wilderness develop.
• Ming concluded that Styx had never intended to overthrow Pangu or seize the Primordial World Origin, though he had considered developing the Styx Realm as another portal.

After Great Xia unified the Great Wilderness, Ming claimed the Human Emperor Position, absorbed its power, and used the citizens’ cultivation experiences to strengthen his Martial Dao. Meanwhile, Great Xia’s Fortune transformed Mount Tai City into a majestic imperial city comparable to the Ancestral Court of the Human Way.

• Ming recognized that the remaining Merit Power was meant for Great Xia’s citizens and issued orders through the Imperial Seal.
• Ming merged the Human Emperor Position into himself, reinforced his Martial Dao with the renewed Imperial Law, and sensed the citizens and lands of Great Xia.
• Ming drew upon the citizens’ cultivation experiences and broke through to the third layer of the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm before suppressing a further breakthrough.
• Great Xia’s officials learned that the Great Wilderness had been unified and celebrated as Fortune bolstered them.
• The officials observed Mount Tai City absorbing and circulating Fortune as it transformed into an imperial city comparable to the Ancestral Court of the Human Way.

Lie Shan Shi tasted and recorded medicinal herbs across the Great Wilderness, using the Agricultural Timing Edict to experience their effects as an ordinary person. After Ming summoned him, he broke his seal and unexpectedly advanced to the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm as he prepared to return to Mount Tai City.

• Lie Shan Shi tasted Gut-Severing Grass and used a Tea Tree leaf to neutralize its poison, then recorded both herbs on his bamboo slip.
• Lie Shan Shi stored the herbs in the Agricultural Timing Edict's space and discovered that his rope ladder had grown into vines and trees.
• Lie Shan Shi received Ming's summons and respectfully accepted the decree.
• Lie Shan Shi removed the seal on his body and Mana, causing his accumulated cultivation to break through into the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm.

Xuanyuan’s marriage alliances helped his Left Army bring many races into Great Xia with few casualties, while Chiyou’s ruthless advance also accelerated after he slaughtered several resisting races. After both armies completed their objectives, Xuanyuan and Li Tan received Ming’s order to return to Mount Tai City.

• Ming sent Xuanyuan and Li Tan orders to gather their troops and return to Mount Tai City.
• Xuanyuan recalled agreeing to marry a clan leader’s daughter in exchange for that clan’s peaceful surrender.
• Xuanyuan began offering marriage alliances to other races, and many submitted to Great Xia and sent women to become his Dao Companions.
• Xuanyuan recorded his cultivation experiences on bamboo slips and developed a Martial Dao path based on the Yin Yang Great Dao.
• Xuanyuan’s allied races helped his Left Army advance with few casualties, while Chiyou sped up his advance by slaughtering several resisting races.
• Xuanyuan’s Left Army completed its objective ahead of schedule, and Li Tan’s Right Army finished soon afterward.

Xuanyuan led the Left Army and his thousands of Dao Companion wives back toward Mount Tai City after the Great Wilderness was unified, embarrassed by his soldiers’ resentment over his enormous Wives’ Army. The three expeditionary armies traveled through successive Teleportation Arrays, with their members eager to see the imperial city and possibly the Emperor of Great Xia.

• Xuanyuan saw the assembled Left Army and thousands of his Dao Companions, then worried about explaining the situation to his Masters and mother.
• Xuanyuan’s Dao Companions called out to him as the Wives’ Army formed up, drawing the Left Army’s resentful attention.
• Xuanyuan blushed, hurried into the sky, and ordered the Left Army to return quickly to Mount Tai City and report.
• The Left Army, Xuanyuan’s Wives’ Army, and their families followed him toward the nearest Teleportation Array, eager to see the capital and find a place in Great Xia.
• The three expeditionary armies returned together, traveling from array to array because the Great Wilderness’s stable space prevented a direct teleport to Mount Tai City.

Zhu Jiuyin attained Dao at Zhou Mountain, manifesting his true form in the River of Time. He used the moment to align the Great Wilderness's Time Order with the Primordial Calendar, which emerged as a treasure capable of suppressing the Time Great Dao.

• Zhou Mountain released a vast aura that froze time across the Great Wilderness for all beings below the Primordial Chaos realm.
• The Primordial Calendar rose from the Human Way Ancestral Court and resonated with the Time Great Dao as it manifested above the Nine Heavens.
• Zhu Jiuyin appeared in his enormous true form and entered the River of Time, where his body filled much of its latter reaches.
• Zhu Jiuyin activated the Primordial Calendar's time restrictions and reshaped the Time Order, causing the calendar's rules to reach the consciousness of all beings in the Great Wilderness.
• The Primordial Calendar returned to the Human Way Ancestral Court with greatly increased power and the ability to suppress the Great Wilderness's Time Great Dao.

After Zhu Jiuyin Attained Dao, Ming restored the Great Wilderness’s flow of time and considered how the Ancestral Witches would soon follow. Ming then planned to abdicate the Human Emperor position so he could absorb its Imperial Law into his Martial Dao.

• Zhu Jiuyin returned the Primordial Calendar, shrank, and used his power to make the River of Time invisible again.
• Houtu hurried to Zhou Mountain to visit Zhu Jiuyin, while Fengdu and Zi Wei restored normal time in the Underworld, Starry Sky, and Thirty-six Heavens.
• Ming used the Kongtong Seal and Imperial Seal to restore normal time across the Primordial Continent.
• Ming reasoned that Zhu Jiuyin could use Pangu Hall to help the other Nine Ancestral Witches Attain Dao sooner.
• Ming decided to abdicate after rewarding his soldiers so he could devour the Human Emperor position’s Imperial Law and achieve the Martial Emperor Fruit Status.

Zhu Jiuyin hosted the Saints in the Witch Clan’s ancestral land to celebrate his Attaining Dao, and their discussion of the Dao filled the Great Thousand World with powerful spiritual energy. Ming gathered the Witch Clan and everyone with Witch Clan bloodlines to share in the opportunity, as spiritual and turbid energies began flowing into them.

• Sanqing, Nuwa, Kunpeng, Plum Orchid Bamboo Chrysanthemum, and Fuxi sent Incarnations to congratulate Zhu Jiuyin, while Jieyin and Zhunti watched from Mount Meru.
• Zhu Jiuyin welcomed the Saints into the Witch Clan’s transformed ancestral land and hosted them in the Ancestral Witch Hall.
• The Saints began discussing the Dao, spreading their Dao Resonance throughout the Great Thousand World.
• Zhu Jiuyin summoned the Witch Clan, and Ming helped bring back scattered members, including Chiyou, Li Tan, and Wu People with Witch Clan bloodlines.
• The gathered witches arranged themselves by bloodline purity as spiritual, Turbid, and Slayer Qi surged into their bodies.

The Saints’ Dao discussion helped Zhu Jiuyin stabilize his new realm and greatly improved the Witch Clan and Human Race. After Li Tan returned to the Primordial Continent, his cultivation again surpassed Xuanyuan’s, though Xuanyuan still had a chance to Attain Dao first.

• Zhu Jiuyin shared his comprehension of the Time Great Dao, and the Saints’ teachings helped him stabilize and slightly advance his cultivation.
• The Witch Clan and Human Race awakened with greatly improved cultivation, and some members had broken through several realms.
• Houtu and Zhu Jiuyin used Pangu Hall to return everyone to their respective locations, after which Houtu returned to the Underworld.
• Li Tan rejoined the Right Army and continued toward Mount Tai City, where the Central Army, Left Army, and Lie Shan Shi had already arrived.
• Li Tan’s cultivation again surpassed Xuanyuan’s, but Xuanyuan might Attain Dao first if he perfected the bamboo slip and comprehended his Great Dao.

Ming used the Virtual God Realm to broadcast Great Xia’s ceremony across the Primordial Continent, where its people hailed him and the soldiers. He declared that Great Xia had unified the continent and announced that the Human Dao would reward the soldiers for their achievements.

• Ming decided to let the entire Great Wilderness witness the ceremony and used the Destiny Golden Dragon to connect it to the Virtual God Realm.
• Dream Spirit projected the ceremony and images from across the Primordial Continent, allowing its people to see Mount Tai City.
• Living Beings across the continent chanted in support of Great Xia, and Ming silenced them with a raised hand.
• Ming praised the soldiers, who declared their loyalty to Great Xia and its unification of the Human Dao.
• Ming announced that Great Xia had unified the Primordial Continent and that the Human Dao would assess the soldiers’ achievements and distribute rewards.

Ming honored Xuanyuan for his military achievements and alliances with the Myriad Races, appointing him God of the Army and Yanhuang Divine Lord of the Eastern Azure Wood Territory. Xuanyuan received authority over the territory and two treasures, including the newly forged Xuanyuan Sword, and vowed to guard the region.

• Ming praised Xuanyuan's leadership, battlefield achievements, and Marriage Alliances with the Myriad Races.
• Ming named Xuanyuan God of the Army and Yanhuang Divine Lord, placed him in charge of the Eastern Azure Wood Territory, and granted him Human Dao Merit.
• Xuanyuan's name appeared beneath Ming's on the Human Way Investiture of the Gods, and his power rose to the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal Peak Stage.
• Ming used Shoushan Copper and the Human Way Investiture of the Gods to forge a seal of authority and refine Xuanyuan's golden sword into a Postnatal Slaughter Supreme Treasure.
• Ming presented Xuanyuan with the territory seal and the Xuanyuan Sword, and Xuanyuan accepted them and pledged to guard the Eastern Azure Wood Territory.

Ming honored Li Tan as Great Xia’s God of War and Supreme Monarch of the Nine Extremes, appointing him to govern the southern Realm of Li Fire. He forged Li Tan an Imperial Seal and the Tiger Soul Blade, leaving Li Tan pledged to protect Great Xia.

• Ming bestowed on Li Tan the title of God of War, granted him Human Dao incense offerings, and appointed him ruler of the southern Realm of Li Fire.
• Great Xia’s merit and destiny formed a golden wheel, a flaming imperial crown, and the southern Destiny River around Li Tan as his name appeared beside Xuanyuan’s in the Human Way Investiture of the Gods.
• Ming used Shoushan Copper and Great Xia’s destiny to forge Li Tan an Imperial Seal and temper his Tiger Soul Blade with primordial Qiongqi blood.
• The Tiger Soul Blade became a Houtian Supreme Treasure whose domineering slaughter aura contrasted with the Xuanyuan Sword’s imperial aura, and the two weapons’ auras clashed like natural rivals.
• Li Tan thanked Ming and vowed to guard the Realm of Li Fire, while Ming approved of his loyalty to the Human Race and his effort to strengthen its bloodline with his Ancestral Witch heritage.

Ming honored Lie Shan Shi for his agricultural and medical contributions, naming him Shen Nong Imperial Sovereign and Great Xia Medical Chief. The Human Dao recognized Shen Nong's Materia Medica, which gained merit and began transforming into a Postnatal Merit Supreme Treasure.

• Ming praised Lie Shan Shi's work on agriculture, the calendar, and medicine, declaring him Great Xia's foremost meritorious official.
• The officials, soldiers, and people of the Great Wilderness acclaimed Lie Shan Shi as Shen Nong.
• Ming appointed Lie Shan Shi Shen Nong Imperial Sovereign over the Wilderness of Chestnut Millet and Great Xia Medical Chief, and ordered Medical Offices established across the Great Wilderness.
• The Human Dao awakened as merit flowed into Lie Shan Shi's bamboo medical canon and his Merit Golden Wheel.
• The bamboo slip gained the name Shen Nong's Materia Medica and began transforming toward a Postnatal Merit Supreme Treasure.

Lie Shan Shi received recognition and investiture for his contributions to agriculture and medicine. Ming then honored Six-Eared Macaque, the Zhi Ge Clan, Suiren Shi, and the Zi Yi Clan for their service, granting titles, merit, treasures, and places in the Human Way Investiture of the Gods.

• The Merit Golden Wheel showed Lie Shan Shi's work, prompting the Great Wilderness's living beings to bow and send him Fortune and Wish Power.
• Ming invested Lie Shan Shi with an Imperial Seal and ceremonial robe, and Lie Shan Shi vowed to serve diligently.
• Ming named Six-Eared Macaque True Lord Jiutian Dongwei and Xunyin Imperial Sovereign, assigning him to govern the Western Metal Extremity Territory.
• Ming honored the Zhi Ge Clan as Ancestor of Soldiers and engraved the titles of Suiren Shi and the Zi Yi Clan into the Human Dao Origin.
• The Human Way Investiture of the Gods recorded Six-Eared Macaque, the Zhi Ge Clan, Suiren Shi, and the Zi Yi Clan, while Ming strengthened their merit and bestowed specialized treasures and seals.

Ming established a feudal system for Great Xia, enfeoffing four Sovereign Lords and later meritorious figures because the Great Wilderness was too vast for centralized rule. He also viewed the Sovereign Lord positions as compensation for Shen Nong and Xuanyuan, whose expanded territories and Fortune could help them reach Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal.

• Ming planned to enfeoff the four directions to four Sovereign Lords and divide further territories among meritorious soldiers and generals, creating eight hundred vassal states.
• Ming judged feudal rule more suitable than commanderies and counties because Great Xia’s immense territory could not be effectively monitored or governed from Mount Tai City.
• Ming trusted that his authority would prevent rebellion and expected vassal lords to suppress any uprising before it reached the capital.
• Ming regarded the Sovereign Lord positions as compensation for Shen Nong and Xuanyuan losing the chance to attain the Dao as Human Emperors.
• Ming’s expanded Great Wilderness gave the Four Sovereign Lords far more territory and Fortune than in the original timeline, enough to help them attain Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal.

Ming appointed the Twelve Zodiacs as Twelve Yuan Chen Guardian Divine Generals and granted them permission to cultivate in Great Xia’s Sea of Destiny Clouds. Protected by his aura, they began using its Destiny Power and Merit Power to pursue breakthroughs and strengthen their paths.

• Ming praised the Twelve Zodiacs for their service and appointed them Twelve Yuan Chen Guardian Divine Generals, charging them with managing the Twelve Earthly Branches, the Great Wilderness’s Earth veins, and Great Xia’s defense.
• Ming granted the Twelve Zodiacs permission to enter Mount Tai City’s Sea of Destiny Clouds and use Great Xia’s Destiny Empowerment to break through the Primordial Chaos bottleneck.
• Ming sent the Twelve Zodiacs into the Sea of Destiny Clouds and protected each of them with a barrier of his aura.
• The Twelve Zodiacs sat down to cultivate, tempering their Mana, comprehending Laws, or evolving their Inner Worlds with Destiny Power.
• Hai Pig used Destiny Power to temper his Qi and Blood and Martial Dao Dharma Form, then began evolving his Martial Dao World toward the Martial Venerable realm.
• Merit Power belonging to the Twelve Zodiacs converged toward them and took on forms suited to their individual wishes.

Ming rewarded the Three Sects' disciples for their service and invited them to join Great Xia's Ministry of Education, where they could study and teach its collected inheritances. The disciples accepted, strengthening Great Xia's educational ranks, and received their share of Fortune and merit.

• Ming recognized the Three Sects' disciples for their logistical work and battlefield contributions and offered them positions in the Ministry of Education.
• Wu Dang, White Brow, and Guangchengzi agreed on behalf of their sects to serve Great Xia and help transmit its inheritances.
• Fortune and merit descended upon the disciples, and some condensed it into phantom Merit Golden Wheels while others used it to advance their cultivation.

Ming bestowed noble titles and fiefs on Great Xia’s meritorious soldiers, then declared the Primordial Continent unified under Great Xia and its laws. As the Martial Dao spread and strengthened, Ming entered seclusion in the Sea of Destiny Clouds, repeatedly advancing his cultivation to catch up with Zi Wei and Fengdu.

• Ming granted titles and fiefs to more than a thousand dukes and marquises, along with many holders of lesser nobility.
• Four great Fortune Pillars and numerous smaller ones rose above Mount Tai City, establishing Great Xia’s dynastic structure.
• Ming declared that all races and living beings of the Primordial Continent belonged to Great Xia and called on its vassal lords to educate the people.
• The Great Xia Destiny Golden Dragon roared as the Great Wilderness’s people congratulated Ming and Great Xia on unifying the continent.
• Ming sensed that the Martial Dao was spreading, diversifying, and growing stronger through its cultivators and their discoveries.
• Ming entered seclusion in the Sea of Destiny Clouds, where his cultivation repeatedly broke through as he pursued Zi Wei and Fengdu.

Lie Shan Shi moved Nü Deng’s tribe to the Wilderness of Chestnut Millet and founded the Shen Nong Army, but his constant work left his mother lonely. Pressed by Nü Deng to find a Dao Companion, he remembered the Blue-robed Immortal Maiden who had once told him to seek her out.

• Lie Shan Shi moved Nü Deng’s tribe and the Nine Wells to the Wilderness of Chestnut Millet.
• Lie Shan Shi discovered his clansmen had a talent for medicine and established the Shen Nong Army.
• Lie Shan Shi trained the Shen Nong Army and sent skilled members to Great Xia’s Medical Office.
• Nü Deng summoned Lie Shan Shi and urged him to find a Dao Companion and provide her with family company.
• Lie Shan Shi recalled the Blue-robed Immortal Maiden who had saved him and decided it might be time to find her.

Lie Shan Shi went to find Ting Huang after realizing he might love her, and his mother Nü Deng encouraged him to bring her back as his wife. He reached Tingchao Valley and reunited with Ting Huang, who was delighted and surprised to see him.

• Nü Deng learned that Lie Shan Shi had someone in his heart and urged him to visit Ting Huang and make her his wife.
• Lie Shan Shi recalled how Ting Huang had saved him and traveled toward Mount Buzhou to find her clan.
• Lie Shan Shi arrived at Tingchao Valley and announced that he had come to see Ting Huang.
• Ting Huang emerged from the valley, recognized Lie Shan Shi, and greeted him as Shen Nong.
• Lie Shan Shi stopped Ting Huang from treating him formally and told her there was no need for that between them.