Chapter Summaries

Lie Shan Shi visited Ting Huang in her hidden valley and asked to speak with her alone. He confessed that despite years spent serving Great Xia, he had always carried her in his heart.

• Lie Shan Shi told Ting Huang that he had come to find her, and her clan’s experts recognized him as Shen Nong Imperial Sovereign.
• Ting Huang led Lie Shan Shi into her cave heaven blessed land, where he admired its unusual landscape of flames, suspended water, volcanoes, and hot springs.
• In the great hall, Ting Huang’s father asked why Lie Shan Shi had come, and Lie Shan Shi requested a private conversation with Ting Huang.
• Ting Huang took Lie Shan Shi to a secluded viewing platform and asked how he had been over the years.
• Lie Shan Shi asked Ting Huang to call him by his name and confessed that he had always carried her in his heart.

Lie Shan Shi asked Ting Huang to become his Dao Companion, and she accepted despite worrying about the difference in their status. Ting Huang's father and clan elders approved, and her entire clan prepared to travel north with the couple.

• Lie Shan Shi confessed that he had loved Ting Huang since their time together a hundred years earlier and asked her to become his Dao Companion.
• Ting Huang worried that she was not worthy of the Shennong Imperial Sovereign, but Lie Shan Shi assured her that she could be with him if she wished.
• Ting Huang accepted Lie Shan Shi's proposal, and he suggested they explain it to her clan before visiting his mother.
• Lie Shan Shi and Ting Huang told Ting Quan and the clan elders about their decision, and the elders agreed to the match.
• Ting Quan decided that the entire clan would accompany Ting Huang and Lie Shan Shi to the Wilderness of Chestnut Millet.

Lie Shan Shi welcomed Ting Huang’s clan under his protection and brought them north to the Wilderness of Chestnut Millet. There, he and Ting Huang married amid widespread celebration and blessings.

• Ting Quan offered his clan’s allegiance to Lie Shan Shi and asked him to take them in as they moved north with Ting Huang.
• Lie Shan Shi accepted the clan, reminded them to obey Great Xia’s laws, and gathered their Cave Heaven Blessed Land into the Agricultural Timing Edict.
• Lie Shan Shi and Ting Huang traveled north by Flying Boat, and he reassured her that Nü Deng would be happy to meet her.
• Nü Deng prepared for the wedding, while clans across the Great Wilderness sent Lie Shan Shi and Ting Huang their blessings.
• Lie Shan Shi and Ting Huang changed into wedding garments and held their ceremony in the Wilderness of Chestnut Millet.

Lie Shan Shi and Ting Huang married with Nuwa’s blessing, then welcomed Yan Ju and Jing Wei. As Jing Wei grew up in Nü Deng’s care while her parents were away, she became curious about Lie Shan Shi and longed to meet him.

• Nuwa blessed Lie Shan Shi, Ting Huang, and the Wilderness of Chestnut Millet, then imparted the Dao of Marriage to a Spiritual Root near the Moon Star.
• Lie Shan Shi and Ting Huang had a son, Yan Ju, who soon began helping his father manage state affairs.
• Ting Huang gave birth to a daughter, whom Lie Shan Shi and his family named Jing Wei after Nü Deng objected to naming her Nü Wa.
• When a strange illness struck the Wilderness of Chestnut Millet and Ting Huang entered seclusion, Lie Shan Shi and Ting Huang left Jing Wei in Nü Deng’s care.
• Jing Wei grew up surrounded by Nü Deng’s affection and developed a natural affinity for living things.
• After hearing about Lie Shan Shi’s achievements, Jing Wei admired him and eagerly followed news of her father.

Jing Wei secretly left the Sovereign Lord's Estate to search for her father, Lie Shan Shi, after learning he was in the North Sea. She reached the North Sea only to discover he had already left, and she sat by the sea, unable to shake her disappointment.

• Jing Wei overheard people say that Lie Shan Shi was practicing medicine among a tribe in the North Sea.
• Jing Wei sneaked out of the Sovereign Lord's Estate with a Teleportation Talisman and set off toward the North Sea.
• Jing Wei traveled onward in a Flying Boat, marveling at the scenery along the way.
• Jing Wei learned from the North Sea tribes that Lie Shan Shi had already left and that no one knew where he had gone next.
• Jing Wei sat by the sea and threw stones into the water, but she remained sad and empty.

Black Tortoise’s Four Symbols World ascended into a Great Thousand World, and the resulting feedback broke through his barrier to the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm. He realized his newfound command over the world was limited by the other Saints and his Master.

• Black Tortoise poured his accumulated Merit into his Inner World as the Four Symbols World began ascending.
• The Four Symbols Law formed star domains and shaped the world’s land, seas, mountains, and climate.
• The world’s ascension tempered Black Tortoise and brought his Four Symbols Law to perfection.
• The impact of his accumulated foundations shattered the Primordial Chaos Barrier, and Black Tortoise advanced to the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm.
• Black Tortoise sensed that he could command the stars, earth, water, time, and space, but knew the other Saints and his Master restrained what he could accomplish.

After the Black Tortoise ascended to the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm, the Four Symbols Divine Trees began transforming into Chaos Spiritual Roots with help from Plum Orchid Bamboo Chrysanthemum. Their success empowered the Four Symbols Divine Beasts and upgraded the Inner and Outer Four Symbols Great Array, which began producing gentle Chaos Spiritual Qi for the Primordial Heaven and Earth.

• The Town Sea Black Tortoise Grotto-Heaven expanded and grew stronger as it responded to the Black Tortoise's ascension.
• The four Four Symbols Divine Trees absorbed Chaos Qi at the extremities of the Primordial Heaven and Earth and began ascending toward Chaos Spiritual Roots.
• Plum Orchid Bamboo Chrysanthemum transformed into their Main Bodies and helped the four divine trees ascend by operating the Inner and Outer Four Symbols Great Array.
• The four divine trees completed their ascension, benefiting the Four Symbols Divine Beasts that guarded them.
• The Inner and Outer Four Symbols Great Array ascended and began transforming Chaos Qi into Innate Spiritual Qi mixed with gentle Chaos Spiritual Qi.

Black Tortoise advanced to the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm, strengthening the Great Wilderness and receiving a great Merit reward. A mysterious Karma Thread led him to a transforming Azure Light in the North Sea, where he aided the life force within.

• Black Tortoise's advancement caused the Four Symbols Law to spread across Heaven and Earth, stabilizing the Great Wilderness as the Four Symbols Divine Trees poured Origin Power into it.
• A huge Merit Golden Cloud gathered above the North Sea and bestowed Merit on Black Tortoise and those who had contributed, prompting Jieyin and Zhunti to resent the Heavenly Dao's apparent favoritism.
• Black Tortoise discovered a tenacious Karma Thread linking him to the Great Wilderness and realized his Heaven's Secret Great Dao had grown much stronger.
• Black Tortoise inferred that something was wrong, rushed to the North Sea shore, and found an erratically transforming mass of Azure Light in the seawater.
• Black Tortoise sent Primordial Chaos Power into the Azure Light to help the life force within transform, but he could do nothing more.

Black Tortoise discovered that his advancement had trapped Jing Wei beneath the North Sea and triggered a dangerous Phoenix Nirvana. Nuwa arrived and used Fortune Divine Light to strengthen Jing Wei’s life aura, leaving Yunxiao and Lie Shan Shi hoping she would survive.

• Black Tortoise calculated that Jing Wei had fallen into the North Sea during his advancement and was in danger as her Phoenix bloodline began Nirvana.
• Yunxiao and Lie Shan Shi arrived, and Lie Shan Shi cried out when he saw Jing Wei’s Azure Light.
• Nuwa arrived and sent Fortune Divine Light into Jing Wei, rapidly strengthening her life aura.
• Nuwa explained that she had come because Jing Wei was the first person from the Blood Sea Lineage to face a life-or-death crisis.
• Black Tortoise explained what had happened and apologized to Yunxiao and Lie Shan Shi, who hoped Jing Wei would complete her Nirvana safely.

Jing Wei completed Phoenix Nirvana and gained a powerful Blue Phoenix bloodline, but her True Spirit fell into a deep sleep because it could not control her new origin. Nuwa explained that Jing Wei was safe, and Lie Shan Shi asked how her consciousness could be restored sooner.

• Jing Wei emerged from the sea as a deep-blue Phoenix after Nuwa helped her with the Power of Creation.
• Nuwa congratulated Lie Shan Shi on Jing Wei’s new bloodline, and Lie Shan Shi thanked Nuwa and Black Tortoise for saving her.
• Nuwa noticed that Jing Wei seemed unconscious as she picked up stones and threw them into the sea.
• Nuwa brought Jing Wei before the group and used Fortune Divine Light to put her to sleep while her origin continued to nurture her True Spirit.
• Nuwa explained that Jing Wei’s True Spirit had fallen asleep after Phoenix Nirvana and that her lingering obsession drove her to fill the sea.
• Lie Shan Shi asked Nuwa whether anything could help Jing Wei’s True Spirit grow faster and restore her consciousness.

Nuwa explained to Lie Shan Shi why Jing Wei’s unconscious slumber was helping her master her power and prepare for Form Transformation. She then stopped him from taking Jing Wei home, leaving him and the others confused about her reason.

• Nuwa told Lie Shan Shi that awakening Jing Wei too early could make her lose control of her power and damage her origin.
• Nuwa explained that Jing Wei’s slumber would let her refine her origin and could allow her to reach the Da Luo Golden Immortal realm after Form Transformation.
• Lie Shan Shi thanked Nuwa and prepared to take Jing Wei home, concerned that her mother’s seclusion might be affected.
• Nuwa stopped Lie Shan Shi and advised him not to take Jing Wei back, puzzling him, Yunxiao, and Black Tortoise.

Nuwa explained that Jing Wei’s obsession with carrying stones into the North Sea was refining her Origin and could help her awaken sooner. Black Tortoise agreed to take Jing Wei as his disciple and stayed to protect her while Nuwa left with Yunxiao.

• Nuwa said Jing Wei’s obsession could endanger her, but carrying stones into the sea was tempering her Origin and accelerating its refinement.
• Nuwa suggested Black Tortoise take Jing Wei as his disciple, noting that her Water and Fire powers needed his protection.
• Black Tortoise agreed, and Lie Shan Shi entrusted Jing Wei to him before hurrying off to help Ting Huang.
• Nuwa sent Lie Shan Shi on his way with a wisp of Power of Creation, then discussed the Dao with Black Tortoise as Yunxiao and Jing Wei gained from it.
• Nuwa gave Jing Wei more Power of Creation and left with Yunxiao to protect her as she approached another breakthrough.
• Black Tortoise refined Zhou Mountain stone and Merit into a treasure, shaped it like a stone, and merged it into Jing Wei’s Origin Space to protect her sleeping True Spirit.

Ming considered abdicating the Human Emperor position because its duties and Karma could interfere with his Martial Dao, but he could not find a suitable successor among Great Xia's officials. He discovered signs that a destined Human Dao Sage was about to be born and recognized him as the ideal successor.

• Ming decided that remaining Human Emperor for too long could affect his Martial Dao, so he considered passing on the position.
• Ming ruled out the Three Ancestors and other candidates because the former were already near a breakthrough and he did not want the early Human Emperors to come from other races.
• Ming sensed noble purple Fortune gathering around a man's corpse drifting near the Confluence of Yellow and Huai Rivers.
• The Sea of Destiny Clouds stirred, and Ming recognized that a Human Dao Sage was about to be born.
• Ming identified the unborn child as a future Human Emperor whose contributions and cultivation would rival those of the Three Sovereigns.

Ming entrusted Luo Chan with guarding an unusually gifted unborn child and teaching him after his birth. Luo Chan found the protected corpse carrying the fetus in the Yellow River and sensed its rapidly growing, noble aura.

• Ming infused the fetus with more Fortune and asked Luo Chan to guard it, then take it as her disciple.
• Luo Chan accepted Ming's order, hoping that teaching the child would help her break through to the Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm.
• Luo Chan traveled through the Yellow River's Water Veins and located the protected corpse at the confluence of the Two Rivers.
• Luo Chan sensed the fetus absorbing gifts from the Human Dao and Ming as its physique, intelligence, and potential continued to transform.

Luo Chan examined the pregnant Male Corpse and moved him to where the Yellow River, Yangtze, and Huai River converged, hoping their power would strengthen the fetus. She began nurturing the unborn child and left it growing under her care and the Human Emperor’s protection.

• Luo Chan discovered that the fetus was using the Male Corpse’s body as a vessel while forming its own essence.
• Luo Chan carried the Male Corpse to the convergence of the three rivers’ Dragon Veins so the fetus could draw on their power.
• Fuxi had linked the Yellow River, Yangtze, and Huai River with a Three Talents Formation, and the region around them had grown fertile and prosperous.
• Luo Chan confirmed that the fetus could absorb the rivers’ Water Elemental Power and sat beside the Male Corpse to guide its growth.
• Luo Chan soothed the fetus with her divine sense and promised it protection and future honor.

Luo Chan’s nurturing of the fetus triggered a resonance of the Yellow River, Yangtze River, and Huai River, which poured their power into the child and caused his extraordinary birth. She took the infant to raise among a Human Race tribe, while Wu Zhiqi set out to investigate.

• As Luo Chan nurtured the fetus with the three rivers’ Innate Water Essence, the rivers’ Water Veins fell under a vast will and formed three Water Dragons.
• The fetus’s Purple Qi surged and triggered Three Rivers Resonance, drawing the Water Dragons into him as auspicious phenomena filled the sky.
• Ming sensed the resonance from Mount Tai City and recognized the child as his Heir of the Human Emperor.
• Luo Chan steadied the rivers’ power as it tempered the fetus, and the infant was born with a foundation surpassing ordinary Innate Divine Beings.
• Luo Chan sealed the Male Corpse in an Ice Coffin and carried the infant away to be raised by a Human Race tribe.
• Wu Zhiqi sensed the upheaval, realized a living being had triggered Three Rivers Resonance, and decided to investigate.

Ming named the extraordinary infant Yu, placed him under Luo Chan and Wu Zhiqi’s care, and later tasked him with organizing the Great Wilderness’s waterways and Water Gods. At twenty, Yu began surveying the rivers and recording which Water Gods fulfilled their duties.

• Wu Zhiqi arrived at the three rivers’ convergence and learned that Luo Chan was caring for the infant entrusted to her by Ming.
• Ming appeared, named the child Yu, and ordered Luo Chan to teach him about Great Xia while Wu Zhiqi protected him.
• Luo Chan and Wu Zhiqi brought Yu to a tribe, where he grew up displaying exceptional intelligence as Great Xia unified and expanded its schools and agriculture.
• As Yu grew older, Ming assigned him to develop an organized Water God system, and Luo Chan and Wu Zhiqi taught him about waterways and water control.
• At twenty, Yu began surveying the Great Wilderness’s water systems, assisting diligent Water Gods and recording those who neglected their duties.

Shi Chen and several Chaos Demon Gods appeared before the Primordial Chaos Ruins, where the revived Yin and Yang and Five Elements Demon Gods confronted the Heavenly Court’s Yin Yang and Five Elements. Zi Wei severed their connection to their creators and renamed them Qinghua and Changsheng, then faced Shi Chen as the two sides prepared for another clash.

• Shi Chen arrived at the Primordial Chaos Ruins with several Chaos Demon Gods as countless Chaos Creatures surrounded the city.
• The revived Yin and Yang Demon God and Five Elements Demon God tried to reclaim Yin Yang and Five Elements, but the Heavenly Court’s isolation blocked them.
• Zi Wei told Yin Yang and Five Elements that they had become independent individuals after being born in the Great Wilderness, then severed their remaining bonds and renamed them Qinghua and Changsheng.
• Qinghua and Changsheng thanked Zi Wei, who greeted Shi Chen and faced the Chaos Demon Gods.
• Shi Chen recognized that Zi Wei’s cultivation matched his own and reflected that he had brought several Demon Gods of equal rank because he might otherwise have fallen.

Shi Chen led the Chaos Demon Gods in an assault on the Primordial Chaos Ruins, intending to kill Zhu Jiuyin and seize the Ancestor Witches’ inherited laws. Zi Wei and the Great Wilderness Saints defended the ruins as the battle began, and Qing Hua and Chang Sheng joined the fight against the Chaos Creatures.

• Shi Chen recognized Zhu Jiuyin’s Time Law Resonance and realized that the Ancestor Witches carried Pangu’s law inheritances and might help the Chaos Demon Gods grow stronger if devoured.
• Zi Wei blocked Shi Chen’s view of Zhu Jiuyin and warned that he would not breach the Primordial Chaos Ruins.
• Shi Chen unleashed the Chaos Creatures against the ruins, while Tongtian and Dijiang struck back and Zi Wei summoned a star map to shield the walls.
• Shi Chen and the Chaos Demon Gods launched their attack, and the Great Wilderness Saints engaged them with support from the ruins’ home-field advantage.
• Nuwa and Houtu confronted the Yin Yang Demon God and the Five Elements Demon God, while Qing Hua and Chang Sheng attacked the Chaos Creatures instead of challenging their stronger former selves.

Ming summoned Yu and the Great Xia lords to prepare reinforcements for the battle at the Primordial Chaos Ruins. He entrusted Yu with governing Great Xia while he led an army to the front, beginning the era of Yu the Great’s rule.

• Shi Chen fought Zi Wei as their Time and Star powers clashed outside the Primordial Chaos Ruins.
• Nuwa and Houtu battled Yin and Yang and the Five Elements while Dijiang supported their side with the Space Law.
• Ming summoned Yu to Mount Tai City and ordered the Four Sovereign Lords and Vassal Lords to gather troops for a second expeditionary army.
• Ming named Yu his successor and ordered him to oversee Great Xia until the succession ceremony.
• Ming entrusted Yu with the Imperial Seal, then led the officials and assembled armies through a teleportation portal to the Primordial Chaos Ruins.