Chapter Summaries

Yao Yao appeared above the battle, stunning the Primordial World’s onlookers with her beauty and overwhelming aura. They recognized her as the Heavenly Machine Tower’s Half-step Great Dao expert, and the chapter left them wondering why she had appeared.

• A fiery-red woman appeared in the sky, radiating an aura that captivated everyone watching.
• The onlookers compared her beauty to Saint Sanqi and speculated about who she was.
• Some onlookers recognized her as Yao Yao of the Heavenly Machine Tower, ranked second on the Immortal Appearance Ranking.
• The crowd recalled Yao Yao’s powerful treasures and rankings, and realized she surpassed the Primordial World’s Sages.
• The onlookers wondered what Yao Yao’s arrival in the Primordial World meant.

Yao Yao healed Saint Sanqi, reprimanded her for slacking off, and blamed the three Sages who had failed to protect her. She warned the mysterious woman that the Heavenly Machine Tower might kill her, then left her with an enigmatic hint that caught Sect Master Tongtian’s attention.

• Yao Yao appeared and healed Saint Sanqi’s wound with a surge of energy.
• Yao Yao scolded Saint Sanqi for neglecting her training, and Sanqi promised to train harder.
• Yao Yao reprimanded Black Tortoise, Demon Ancestor Luohu, and Beast Emperor Shenni for failing to protect Sanqi and ordered them to prepare for punishment.
• Yao Yao warned the mysterious woman that Master had spared her and that her actions risked getting her killed.
• Yao Yao urged the mysterious woman to reconsider her choices, and Sect Master Tongtian appeared to understand the hint.

Yao Yao revealed the arrival of Dao Master Changkong, the mysterious master behind the Heavenly Machine Tower and its powerful Sages. The Primordial World's inhabitants saw him emerge and felt his overwhelming presence.

• Yao Yao announced that she would reveal the master of the Heavenly Machine Tower and Dao Master Changkong.
• Yao Yao welcomed her master, and the Heavenly Machine Tower Sages bowed alongside her.
• Yao Yao tossed an object into the air, where a boom and cloud of smoke revealed a cross-legged figure.
• The Primordial World's inhabitants saw Dao Master Changkong, a tall young man in a black Dao Robe, whose terrifying aura left nearby Sages unable to move.

Su Changkong revealed his overwhelming power, terrifying the Three Pure Ones and Saint Zhunti as he came to Sanqi's aid. He healed and comforted her while a figure concealed in demonic energy watched him with a mysterious emotion.

• The Three Pure Ones and Saint Zhunti were overwhelmed by the aura of the figure before them.
• Su Changkong rose and revealed himself as Changkong Daoist of the Heavenly Machine Tower, leaving even Taishang Laozi afraid to resist.
• Su Changkong noticed Sanqi's injuries and called her over.
• Sanqi approached Su Changkong, who scolded her for neglecting her training and healed her completely.
• Su Changkong held and comforted Sanqi while a woman hidden in the demonic energy watched him quietly.

Su Changkong revealed that he was the chaos’s first living being and had secretly protected the Primordial World at Great God Pangu’s request. He explained how Pangu created the world and how the treasures later distributed by Dao Ancestor Hongjun came from the Chaos Fierce Beasts Su Changkong had slain.

• Su Changkong injured the defiant Three Pure Ones and Saint Zhunti with a snort, then introduced himself as an ancient being born in the chaos.
• Su Changkong said he had fought Great God Pangu, become his friend, and watched him create the Primordial World.
• Su Changkong explained that Pangu died after fighting the three thousand Chaos God-Demons and asked him to protect the Primordial World.
• Su Changkong revealed that he had stopped Chaos Fierce Beasts from invading the world while leaving its inhabitants and affairs alone.
• Su Changkong said he piled the treasures from slain beasts on a cliff, which Dao Ancestor Hongjun later obtained and distributed, leaving the Sages embarrassed.

Su Changkong explained how he had protected the Primordial World and declared that the Human Race was destined to rule it. After he warned the world not to harm the Human Race, Dao Ancestor Hongjun's will appeared and challenged his interference.

• Su Changkong said he had freed Beast Emperor Shenni and Demon Ancestor Luohu, recruited other Chaos Beings, and invited Tongtian Jianmu and the World Tree to help protect the Primordial World.
• Su Changkong said the Human Race was destined to rule and revealed that he had assigned the Heavenly Machine Tower to protect it and sent Saint Sanqi out.
• Su Changkong demanded that no one harm the Human Race and threatened to wipe out any race that disobeyed, leaving the Primordial World silent with fear.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun's will appeared in the sky and challenged Su Changkong for interfering in the Primordial World's internal affairs.

Su Changkong summoned Dao Ancestor Hongjun to confront him over Hongjun’s claim that he handled the Primordial World’s internal affairs while Su Changkong protected it. As the two faced off, Demon Ancestor Luohu accused Hongjun of secretly arranging his defeat long ago.

• Su Changkong called down whoever controlled the Heavenly Vault, and Dao Ancestor Hongjun descended in the form of an old Daoist.
• The onlookers watched Hongjun’s shifting aura and speculated about his strength compared with Su Changkong’s.
• Su Changkong mocked Hongjun over his claim that he handled internal affairs while Su Changkong bore the burden of protecting the Primordial World.
• Demon Ancestor Luohu confronted Hongjun and accused him of secretly manipulating Yin-Yang Ancestor and Qiankun Ancestor into self-detonating to wound him.
• Hongjun denied that he had framed or harmed Luohu.

Su Changkong confronted Dao Ancestor Hongjun and warned him to leave the Human Race and Heavenly Machine Tower alone. Hongjun withdrew, but secretly resolved to target the Human Race and test Su Changkong’s power.

• Demon Ancestor Luohu accepted that he had lost to Hongjun and said nothing more.
• Su Changkong ordered Hongjun to leave the Human Race alone, but Hongjun said the Human Race’s rise had not yet come and told Su Changkong to stay out of Primordial Chaos World affairs.
• Su Changkong challenged Hongjun to fight and warned that he would tear down Purple Heaven Palace if Hongjun provoked the Human Race or Heavenly Machine Tower.
• Hongjun declined to fight, then privately decided to target the Human Race and test Su Changkong’s methods.
• Hongjun left with the people from the Heavenly Machine Tower, and the Three Pure Ones and Saint Zhunti departed afterward.

Su Changkong sent the remaining Sages away, ordered his followers to train harder, and forced the Demon Race to offer compensation and seek peace with the Human Race. He let the Demon Race leave but warned that it would still have to answer for its slaughter of humans.

• Su Changkong dismissed the figure who had ambushed Saint Sanqi, then sent the other Sages away and ordered Demon Ancestor Luohu and Beast Emperor Shenni to enter seclusion.
• Su Changkong told Sanqi to return with him for further training because she had let herself be ambushed.
• Su Changkong stopped Demon Emperor Di Jun, Eastern Emperor Taiyi, and Demon Emperor Fuxi from retreating and demanded they show their sincerity.
• Demon Emperor Di Jun offered the Human Race Demon Race treasures and proposed marriage alliances with Demon Race women.
• Su Changkong accepted the offer for the time being, let the Demon Race leave, and warned that he would collect the blood debt for its past slaughter of the Human Race.

After the Demon Race and Witch Race were forced to compensate the Human Race, the Primordial World entered a century of peace that let humanity grow stronger and establish its sacred land at Shouyang Mountain. The chapter ends when a tall, disheveled man arrived at the Human Sacred Land.

• Demon Emperor Di Jun agreed to Changkong Daoist's demands and led the Demon Race away after the Witch Race was also made to reveal its attitude.
• The Demon Race and Witch Race handed over treasures and beauties to the Human Race, establishing a balance among the three powers backed by the Heavenly Machine Tower.
• Over the following hundred years, the Witch and Monster Races avoided open conflict with the Human Race, which grew under the leadership of Suirenshi, Ziyishi, Youchaoshi, Yanzishi, the Xuan Yuan Clan, and Cang Jie.
• The Human Race moved its Sacred Land to Shouyang Mountain, and Suirenshi, Yanzishi, Ziyishi, and Youchaoshi held grand weddings while Cang Jie worked on creating written characters.
• A tall, powerfully built man in worn clothes and tangled hair arrived at the Human Sacred Land.

Shen Nong Clan returned to the human sacred land after a century of searching, bringing people and discoveries that could solve the Human Race’s food shortage. The Human Race Leaders welcomed him and prepared to cultivate the crops and other resources he had found.

• Shen Nong Clan returned to the sacred land, and the humans and Human Race Leaders welcomed him with emotion.
• Shen Nong Clan led the Human Race Leaders to see the two or three thousand people he had brought back.
• Shen Nong Clan showed the animal-hide blueprints Sanqi had given him and described the edible plants, animals, and medicinal herbs he found in the Southern Wilderness.
• Shen Nong Clan described discovering more than twenty crops and hundreds of medicinal herbs in the western deserts.
• The Human Race Leaders praised Shen Nong Clan’s contribution, and he said he would devote himself to cultivating the discoveries.

Shen Nong Clan revealed that the crops he had brought back had multiplied many times over and showed the Human Race Leaders the thriving fields in Shouyang Mountain. He explained that one of the plants was a peanut, whose underground pods could be eaten or pressed for oil.

• Several years passed while Shen Nong Clan secretly cultivated the plants he had brought back.
• Shen Nong Clan told the Human Race Leaders that the crops had been successfully cultivated more than ten times and had multiplied several hundredfold.
• Shen Nong Clan led the leaders to a lush valley in Shouyang Mountain and said there were more than a dozen similar growing sites.
• Cang Jie asked Shen Nong Clan to explain the unfamiliar plants, and Shen Nong Clan called them the food of the future.
• Shen Nong Clan pulled up a plant and showed the leaders its peanut pods, explaining that they could be eaten raw or cooked and pressed for oil.

Shen Nong Clan showed the Human Race leaders several crops and explained how they could provide food and other useful products. When he introduced corn, Xuan Yuan Clan recognized it as the plant behind the Corn Cannon on the Spiritual Root Ranking.

• Shen Nong Clan shared tiny red fruits from a peanut, and the leaders found them sweet and fragrant.
• Shen Nong Clan dug up sweet potatoes and described how they could be cooked or used to brew wine.
• The Human Race leaders searched the land for crops, hoping to secure a more reliable food supply.
• Shen Nong Clan introduced corn and explained how it could grow in barren soil and be made into porridge or pancakes.
• Xuan Yuan Clan recognized the corn as the basis for the Corn Cannon and concluded that Changkong Daoist had modified it.

Shen Nong Clan showed the Human Race Leaders fields of buckwheat and potatoes, explaining how they could provide abundant food. The leaders recognized the potato as the original form of the powerful Potato Mine, leaving Shen Nong Clan puzzled about what a Potato Mine was.

• Shen Nong Clan showed the leaders a small golden Corn Cannon, then led them to a field of buckwheat.
• Shen Nong Clan explained that buckwheat could be processed into noodles and made into many foods.
• The leaders saw a vast field of potatoes, and Shen Nong Clan described their uses as food.
• The leaders recognized the potato as the original form of the Potato Mine and recalled its power in the battle between Saint Sanqi and Saint Taishang.
• Shen Nong Clan asked what a Potato Mine was.

Shen Nong Clan showed the Human Race Leaders the many plants he had studied and taught them how to prepare a feast, including the Primordial Chaos World's first Steamed Buns. As steam rose from the Stone Pots, he basked in the chance to contribute after missing the Human-Demon War.

• Shen Nong Clan guided the Human Race Leaders over several mountains, explaining which crops could be eaten and how other plants could be used.
• At evening, Shen Nong Clan ordered members of the Human Race to bring over a dozen Stone Pots and began preparing a feast.
• The Human Race members boiled corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and peanuts, then ground buckwheat into flour.
• Shen Nong Clan used the flour to steam the first batch of Steamed Buns in the Primordial Chaos World.
• Shen Nong Clan asked the Human Race Leaders whether they had learned the recipes, and they meekly said they had.
• Steam began rising from the Stone Pots as Shen Nong Clan enjoyed his chance to make up for missing the Human-Demon War.

Suirenshi tried the cooked corn and sweet potatoes and was amazed by their flavor, while the Human Race Leaders recognized how the food and the records that helped them find it could strengthen their people. He remembered that the Human Sage Mother had been reprimanded by the Holy Lord and taken back to the Heavenly Machine Tower.

• Suirenshi grabbed cooked miraculous corn and eagerly ate it, delighting in its taste as the other Human Race Leaders hesitated.
• Suirenshi tried a cooked sweet potato and praised Shen Nong Clan for finding it.
• Suirenshi reflected on the Great Dao Treasure Codex and the animal-hide scrolls Saint Sanqi had brought, which had helped the Human Race gain inheritances and discover useful plants.
• Suirenshi thought of the Human Sage Mother, who had been reprimanded by the Holy Lord and taken back to the Heavenly Machine Tower.

Shen Nong Clan introduced the Human Race Leaders to the grain he had cultivated, and they realized it could help the Human Race rise and stave off hunger. After promising to show them medicinal herbs the next day, he left them planning how to distribute and harvest the grain.

• Suirenshi and the other Human Race Leaders tasted Shen Nong Clan's food and eagerly ate their fill.
• Shilongshi recognized the grain's importance and believed large-scale planting alongside meat could prevent many humans from starving.
• The Human Race Leaders bowed to Shen Nong Clan in gratitude for his work benefiting future generations.
• Shen Nong Clan promised to take the leaders somewhere new the next day to show them more plants, including medicinal herbs.
• The leaders stayed in the valley that night to plan grain distribution and an early harvest before autumn.

Shen Nong Clan showed the Human Race leaders ephedra, a hardy medicinal plant that could treat coughs, and hinted that the plants he had brought back held even greater value. The leaders prepared to inspect more herbs as the Human Race planned to distribute crops and learn to cultivate them.

• The Human Race leaders planned to distribute suitable seeds and food reserves, then teach people to grow the crops before planting them the following spring.
• At dawn, the Human Race leaders met after secretly cultivating through the night and followed Shen Nong Clan to inspect medicinal herbs.
• The group reached a valley guarded by thousands of cultivators, where Shen Nong Clan identified a short plant as ephedra and described how easily it grew.
• After Cang Jie questioned the plant's value, Shen Nong Clan explained that boiling ephedra into a broth could cure coughs.
• Shen Nong Clan teased the other leaders that the best discoveries were yet to come, making the other Sages resent him.

Shen Nong Clan showed the Human Race Leaders mint and explained its healing effects before leading them to a third miraculous plant. The leaders stopped to inspect the unfamiliar, weed-like plants, whose identity remained unexplained.

• Shen Nong Clan led the Human Race Leaders through an area of tiny plants with a cool, sweet fragrance.
• Shen Nong Clan identified the plants as mint, a miraculous Spiritual Root that could clear the mind and improve blurred vision.
• The Human Race Leaders marveled at the medicinal herbs they had discovered and followed Shen Nong Clan onward.
• The group reached a third area and stopped before short, feather-leaved plants with white spots and fuzz.
• Youchaoshi began speaking in a deep voice.

Shen Nong introduced mugwort and Chai Hu to the Human Race Leaders, explaining their uses and how they could help with common ailments. The leaders recognized that Chai Hu might address the unexplained fevers that had long afflicted their people.

• Shen Nong explained that mugwort could aid sleep, soothe skin bumps, and repel mosquitoes and poisonous insects.
• The Human Race Leaders grew excited at the prospect of using mugwort to protect themselves from pests.
• The group moved to another area, where Shen Nong identified a green-flowered plant as Chai Hu.
• Shen Nong said Chai Hu could lower fevers and relieve summer heat, then described the Human Race's recurring problem of unexplained fevers that sometimes left sufferers unconscious.