Chapter Summaries

Li Qingxu chose Daluo Mountain for his Dao Field and used the laws of earth, wind, water, and fire to create a vast Small World, then connected it to a main Spiritual Vein. He stocked it with rare medicines and planted two Spiritual Roots, leaving his new world thriving with spiritual energy and Daoist resonance.

• Li Qingxu opened a portal from Jade Void Palace and brought Li Beixuan to Daluo Mountain, where he selected a site for his Dao Field.
• Li Qingxu invoked the laws of earth, wind, water, and fire to create a Small World spanning tens of millions of miles.
• Li Qingxu connected the Small World to a branch of Daluo Mountain’s main Spiritual Vein, flooding it with innate Spiritual Qi.
• Li Qingxu shaped a medicine field and used the Heaven-Containing Bag to spread Star Divine Soil and plant countless Spiritual Roots and Immortal Herbs.
• Li Qingxu placed the Five-Needle Pine and Great Red Robe Mother Tree in the Spiritual Pivot Thick Earth, where they strengthened the world’s foundations and Daoist resonance.

Li Qingxu caught the Ginseng Doll trying to escape and threatened to stew it for Li Beixuan’s health. He spared it on the condition that it tend the medicinal field, binding it with a restriction to prevent it from fleeing.

• The Ginseng Doll emerged from the soil and tried to burrow away, but Li Qingxu caught it by its pigtail.
• Li Qingxu told Li Beixuan that the ginseng spirit could be made into soup to strengthen his constitution.
• The Ginseng Doll begged for its life, first claiming it was a radish and then admitting it was ginseng.
• Li Qingxu assigned the Ginseng Doll to manage the medicinal field and planted a restriction in its Nascent Soul.
• The Ginseng Doll promised to care for the Spiritual Medicines and stay in the field.

Li Qingxu built Qingxu Hall in his Grotto-Heaven and offered Li Beixuan a choice between the Jade Purity Immortal Art and the Dao One Golden Chapter. Li Beixuan chose his master’s Human Race cultivation art, and Li Qingxu began teaching it as the Grotto-Heaven resonated with the Dao.

• Li Qingxu created a grand Qingxu Hall at the peak of the Grotto-Heaven and brought Li Beixuan inside.
• Li Qingxu offered Li Beixuan the Jade Purity Immortal Art or his own Dao One Golden Chapter, explaining the strengths and limits of each.
• Li Beixuan chose the Dao One Golden Chapter so he could cultivate the Human Race’s own path alongside his master and fellow clansmen.
• Li Qingxu approved and resolved to cultivate the Dao One Golden Chapter himself as a safeguard against the Heavenly Dao and its ordained fate.
• Li Qingxu expounded the Dao One Golden Chapter, and Li Beixuan’s body began circulating its opening chapter as the Grotto-Heaven responded to the Dao Sound.

Li Beixuan entered the Heavenly Immortal realm and formed a Black Tortoise Dao Aspect while Li Qingxu continued cultivating. Primordial Heavenly Venerate told Li Qingxu that Dao Ancestor Hongjun had summoned him, and Li Qingxu prepared to go to the Purple Skies Palace.

• Li Beixuan completed a thirty-year meditation, reached the Heavenly Immortal realm, and formed a purple-gold Black Tortoise Dao Aspect.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun appointed Haotian and Yaochi to rule the newly established Heavenly Court, but powerful cultivators largely ignored its recruitment.
• Li Qingxu protected Li Beixuan as he continued cultivating and left for Jade Void Palace after receiving a summons from Primordial Heavenly Venerate.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate revealed that Hongjun had called Li Qingxu to the Purple Skies Palace, and Li Qingxu agreed to go with him.

Li Qingxu followed the Primordial Heavenly Venerate to Zixiao Palace, where he met the other Five Heavenly Dao Saints and witnessed the majesty of the Chaos World and Dao Ancestor Hongjun. The chapter ended with Li Qingxu and the Saints bowing before Hongjun.

• Li Qingxu emerged into the Chaos World and saw the vast Zixiao Palace standing beyond a sea of purple clouds.
• Taiqing Laozi, Tongtian Cult Master, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Empress Nuwa arrived, and Li Qingxu respectfully greeted his martial uncles.
• Saint Zhunti worried that Hongjun had discovered the Western Sect's covert efforts to undermine the Heavenly Court, but Taiqing Laozi said they could not presume to know the teacher's will.
• The Primordial Heavenly Venerate led the Saints and Li Qingxu into Zixiao Palace, where they entered its vast, Dao-filled main hall.
• Hongjun appeared before them, and the Six Sages bowed to their teacher as Li Qingxu paid his respects to his Grandmaster.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun praised Li Qingxu and cautioned him to pursue the Dao with courage before declaring that the Human Race would become Heaven and Earth's new protagonist. He invited the Sages to choose disciples to guide the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors for Heavenly Dao Merit, then singled out Emperor Yu as an exception.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun examined Li Qingxu, praised his foundation and fortune, and advised him not to let humility blunt his resolve.
• Li Qingxu accepted Hongjun's teachings and wondered whether the Dao Ancestor had detected the system or simply considered him insignificant.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun announced that the Human Race would prosper as the new protagonist of Heaven and Earth.
• Hongjun explained that the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors would shape the Human Race's rise and that their teachers could earn Heavenly Dao Merit.
• Laozi asked who would guide the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and Hongjun told the Sages to select virtuous, fortunate disciples from their followers.
• Hongjun said teachers of the Three Sovereigns would earn greater merit than teachers of the Five Emperors, then identified Emperor Yu as an exception.

At Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s gathering, Taiqing Laozi and Nuwa tried to claim key teaching positions for their disciples, but Li Qingxu mocked their entitlement. Primordial Heavenly Venerate defended Li Qingxu and argued that the positions should go to Chan Sect disciples because of their genuine service to the Human Race.

• Taiqing Laozi claimed the Teacher of the Heavenly Emperor and Teacher of the Earth Emperor positions for Human Sect disciples, and Li Qingxu snickered at him.
• Nuwa claimed the Teacher of the Human Emperor and Teacher of Emperor Yu positions, and Li Qingxu again laughed and traded barbed remarks with her.
• Nuwa accused Li Qingxu of disrespecting her and the sacred Purple Heaven Palace, prompting Primordial Heavenly Venerate to intervene.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate defended Li Qingxu and cited his protection of the Human Race during the Witch-Demon War and his teachings of cultivation methods.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate argued that the positions should go to Chan Sect disciples, with Li Qingxu or one of his disciples appointed.

The saints divided the teaching positions for the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, with the Chan Sect securing the roles of Teacher of the Heavenly Emperor and Teacher of the Human Emperor. Yuanshi assigned Li Qingxu to guide the Heavenly Emperor and Guangchengzi to guide the Human Emperor, while Nuwa considered sending Fuxi’s spirit to be reborn among the Human Race.

• Taiqing Laozi conceded the roles of Teacher of the Heavenly Emperor and Teacher of the Human Emperor to the Chan Sect while claiming the Earth Emperor for the Human Sect.
• Nuwa yielded the Human Emperor role but claimed Emperor Yu, while Tongtian, Jieyin, and Zhunti divided the remaining Five Emperor positions between the Interception Sect and the Western Sect.
• Hongjun approved the saints’ agreement and ordered them to prepare to guide the Human Race as it rose to rule the world.
• Nuwa considered having Fuxi’s True Spirit reborn among the Human Race so he could become its Heavenly Emperor and increase her influence.
• Yuanshi praised Li Qingxu for speaking boldly, then assigned him to guide the Heavenly Emperor and Guangchengzi to guide the Human Emperor.

Li Qingxu ordered Li Beixuan to return to the Human Ancestral Land and kill Fuxi after his reincarnation, so Li Beixuan could become the Human Race's Heavenly Emperor. Meanwhile, Chiyou and Xing Tian found the intact Pangu Blood Pool and planned to revive the Witch Clan by refining Demon corpses into source blood.

• Li Qingxu told Li Beixuan about the Saints' dispute and his appointment as Master of the Heavenly Emperor, then ordered him to prevent Fuxi from reclaiming power.
• Li Beixuan agreed to wait for Fuxi's reincarnation and kill him, then departed for the Human Ancestral Land.
• Chiyou and Xing Tian entered Pangu Hall beneath Buzhou Mountain to move the Blood Pool and restore the Witch Clan.
• Chiyou and Xing Tian found that the Blood Pool's foundation and Reincarnation Divine Array remained intact.
• Xing Tian proposed using Demon corpses to replenish the Blood Pool and create new Witch Clan members.

Li Beixuan tried to change the reincarnated Fuxi’s contempt for the Human Race, but Fuxi’s ambition convinced him that there was no hope. He took Fuxi to Lei Ze’s summit, where a lightning strike killed the boy.

• Hua Xu Shi gave birth to Fuxi, and Li Beixuan recognized him as the reincarnation of the former Demon Emperor.
• Li Beixuan tried to guide Fuxi, but Fuxi treated him as a servant and declared that the Human Race existed to serve his ambitions.
• Li Beixuan brought Fuxi into Lei Ze and asked what he thought of the Human Race; Fuxi called them ants and said he would rule them.
• After reaching the summit, Fuxi posed at the cliff and ordered Li Beixuan to sketch him for future generations.
• Lightning struck the sword Fuxi raised above his head, killing him and scattering his ashes in the wind.

Nuwa learned that Fuxi had died and confronted Li Beixuan and Li Qingxu, accusing them of killing him. Li Qingxu denied responsibility and claimed Fuxi had brought the Heavenly Thunder upon himself.

• Nuwa discovered through divination that Fuxi had died and his True Spirit had returned to the Underworld.
• Nuwa rushed to the Hua Xu Tribe and attacked Li Beixuan with her Saintly pressure, but Li Qingxu arrived and shielded his disciple.
• Nuwa accused Li Qingxu of ordering Li Beixuan to kill Fuxi and showed a Water Mirror depicting Fuxi being struck by Heavenly Thunder.
• Li Qingxu said Li Beixuan had only accompanied Fuxi up the mountain and joked that Fuxi had chosen to act as a lightning rod.

Li Qingxu defended Li Beixuan against Nuwa and turned the blame for Fuxi’s death back on her, forcing her to retreat. With Nuwa gone, Li Beixuan advanced Human civilization and led the Human Race into the era of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.

• Li Qingxu argued that Fuxi had raised his sword by choice and demanded compensation for the trauma Li Beixuan had suffered witnessing his death.
• Li Qingxu condemned Nuwa for reincarnating Fuxi among the Human Race to exploit its Luck, turning the people against her.
• Nuwa suppressed her fury and returned to Wa Huang Palace after realizing she had lost the contest.
• Li Beixuan studied the world and created the Eight Trigrams to represent its principles and Fortune.
• Li Beixuan taught the Human Race to weave nets, created an early form of writing, and established surnames and rules for marriage.
• Li Beixuan’s reforms transformed Human society over several thousand years and raised him to unprecedented standing among the people.

Li Beixuan completed his work as the Human Race’s Heavenly Emperor, received merit, and passed the Co-Lord’s authority to Lieshan Shi, who became Shennong and advanced farming and medicine. After Shennong completed his own mission and reached the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, he handed the authority to Xuanyuan.

• Li Beixuan reported his achievements at Mount Tai, refined his share of Heavenly Dao merit into the Fan Tian Seal, and left teaching merit for Li Qingxu.
• Li Beixuan passed the Co-Lord’s token to Lieshan Shi, who vowed to ease the Human Race’s hardships.
• Grand Master Xuandu saved Lieshan Shi from Heartbreak Grass poisoning and gave him the Zhe Whip to identify plants and their properties.
• Lieshan Shi used the whip to identify food and medicines, taught farming and healing, and was acclaimed as Shennong.
• Shennong reported his achievements at Mount Tai and rose to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, while Grand Master Xuandu also advanced to that realm.
• Shennong gave the Co-Lord’s token to Xuanyuan and entrusted him with the Human Race’s safety and lands.

As Xuanyuan oversaw the Human Race’s expansion, survivors reported that the Witch Clan had reappeared and destroyed more than a hundred human tribes. Xuanyuan organized aid and prepared to seek help from Huoyun Cave, but Guangchengzi arrived before he could leave.

• Cangjie reported the Human Race’s rapid expansion and rising cultivation to Xuanyuan.
• Qingshi Shi staggered into the meeting hall and said the Witch Clan had slaughtered his tribe.
• A messenger reported that more than a hundred tribes in the northwest and southwest had been destroyed, and Xuanyuan went to meet the fleeing survivors.
• Xuanyuan ordered Changxian to shelter and treat the wounded, then prepared to seek help from Huoyun Cave.
• Guangchengzi descended above the tribes of the Human Ancestral Land amid auspicious lights.

Xuanyuan and Guangchengzi confronted Chiyou after the Witch Clan devastated Human Race tribes, but Chiyou rejected their demands and threatened to invade. The chapter left Xuanyuan and Guangchengzi retreating to plan their response before Chiyou’s ten-day deadline.

• Guangchengzi arrived to aid Xuanyuan on the orders of Primordial Heavenly Venerate, and Xuanyuan asked him to accompany him to confront the Witch Clan.
• Xuanyuan and Guangchengzi found Chiyou leading a vast Witch Clan army in the southwest and learned that he had reached the Primordial Golden Immortal realm.
• Chiyou demanded that the Human Race leave the Central Plains, while Xuanyuan refused and declared that the Witch Clan’s age had passed.
• Guangchengzi rebuked Chiyou, who dismissed him and struck the ground with the Tiger Soul Blade, carving a vast gorge.
• Chiyou gave Xuanyuan ten days before his army would march and destroy any Human Race tribes in its path, forcing Xuanyuan and Guangchengzi to withdraw and plan.

After discovering that Chiyou had survived and become a Primordial Golden Immortal, Xuanyuan prepared the Human Race for a decisive battle against the Jiuli Witch Clan at Zhuolu. Guangchengzi went to Daluo Mountain to seek Li Qingxu, while Xuanyuan headed toward a mysterious, blazing mountain.

• Xuanyuan told Limu and the others that Chiyou had split the earth and reached the Primordial Golden Immortal realm.
• Guangchengzi promised to bring his senior brother Li Qingxu from Daluo Mountain to face Chiyou, then set out on his white crane.
• Changxian reported that Chiyou commanded eighty-one powerful Great Witches, as well as Fengbo Feilian and Yushi Pingyi, who controlled mist and rain.
• Xuanyuan ordered border tribes to withdraw to the Zhuolu Plains, craftsmen to build Kui Niu war drums and South-Pointing Chariots, and soldiers to drill battle formations.
• Xuanyuan surveyed the Human Race's preparations, then went to a secluded mountain whose crevices glowed with scorching red flames.
• Guangchengzi reached Daluo Mountain, where Jiu Feng welcomed him and a voice from within the Blessed Land invited him inside.

Guangchengzi visited Li Qingxu in Daluo Mountain to seek help with Chiyou and the Witch Clan’s return. Li Qingxu agreed to act against Chiyou and gave Guangchengzi five Five-Needle Pine Fruits to strengthen his Dao Foundation, then began helping him refine them.

• Jiu Feng led Guangchengzi through Li Qingxu’s Blessed Land, where he marveled at its spiritual herbs and the Five-Needle Pine.
• Li Qingxu welcomed Guangchengzi and recognized that he had come because Chiyou and the Witch Clan threatened the Human Race.
• Li Qingxu explained his history with Chiyou and resolved to remove the obstacle Chiyou posed to the Human Race’s prosperity.
• Guangchengzi drank Li Qingxu’s tea and ate spirit fruit, experiencing their benefits to his cultivation and comprehension.
• Li Qingxu presented Guangchengzi with all five Five-Needle Pine Fruits as a chance at Fortune and began helping him refine them.

Xuanyuan summoned the Xuanyuan Sword and led the Human Race and the Four Seas Dragon Clan toward Zhuolu for the decisive battle. Chiyou also marched there with the Witch Clan’s army, and both forces advanced toward the coming clash.

• Xuanyuan called forth the Xuanyuan Sword, whose Golden Dragon weapon spirit emerged from Shoushan Copper and flew into his hand.
• Xuanyuan rallied hundreds of billions of Human Race warriors, and the Four Seas Dragon Clan pledged its forces to help them.
• Xuanyuan led the Human Race and tens of millions of dragons toward the Zhuolu Plains.
• Feilian asked Chiyou whether the ten-day deadline had passed, and Chiyou approved the march.
• Chiyou rebuked Pingyi for questioning his decision, mounted an Iron Eater Beast, and led the Witch Clan army toward Zhuolu.

The Witch Clan army reached Zhuolu, where Xuanyuan’s human forces and the Dragon Clan had gathered to meet them. Li Qingxu arrived to face Chiyou, and the Battle of Zhuolu began with both armies charging.

• Chiyou led the Witch Clan army across the primeval forest to the Zhuolu Plains, where they found the human army and True Dragons assembled for battle.
• Fengbo Feilian and Yushi Pingyi taunted Xuanyuan and the Dragon Clan, while Xuanyuan warned Chiyou that the Witch Clan would be destroyed if it defied the rise of humanity.
• Suirenshi, Youchaoshi, Ziyishi, and Shennong arrived to support the humans, followed by Li Qingxu, Li Beixuan, Jiu Feng, and Guangchengzi.
• Li Qingxu told Chiyou he had come to see him off, and Chiyou welcomed the chance to fight him on the Zhuolu Plains.
• Chiyou ordered the Jiuli army to attack, and Xuanyuan rallied the human warriors as the humans, Witch Clan, and True Dragons clashed across the plains.

Li Qingxu and Chiyou began their duel far from the Zhuolu Plains, while the Human Race ancestors struggled against Fengbo Feilian on the battlefield. Chiyou withstood Li Qingxu’s attacks, and Feng Bo remained dominant over the three ancestors.

• Li Qingxu and Chiyou moved their fight tens of millions of miles from the Zhuolu Plains to avoid harming the battlefield.
• Chiyou’s Tiger Soul Blade strike failed to penetrate the Chaos Bell’s protection, and Li Qingxu counterattacked with the Map of Mountains and Rivers.
• Chiyou transformed into his Ancestral Witch True Form and held back the descending divine mountains as Li Qingxu sent his Dragon Head Cane against the Tiger Soul Blade; the two treasures clashed evenly.
• Suirenshi, Youchaoshi, and Ziyishi surrounded Fengbo Feilian, but Feng Bo’s wind blades forced Suirenshi back and his attacks broke through the other two ancestors’ defenses.
• Feng Bo maintained the upper hand against the three Human Race ancestors, leaving them struggling to fight back.