Chapter Summaries

Taiqing asked Hong Yun for permission to take Xuan Du as his disciple, while Hong Yun insisted that Xuan Du choose his own path. After reaching the Golden Immortal Realm, Xuan Du faced a difficult choice between Taiqing’s teachings and his ties to the human race.

• Taiqing asked Hong Yun to approve Xuan Du becoming his disciple and offered him a spiritual treasure in exchange.
• Hong Yun refused to treat Xuan Du as something to trade and accused Taiqing of drawing him away from his martial cultivation.
• Xuan Du emerged from his breakthrough to the Golden Immortal Realm and thanked Hong Yun for helping him.
• Hong Yun introduced Taiqing and asked Xuan Du whether he wanted to become Taiqing’s disciple.
• Hou Tu warned Hong Yun that Xuan Du might lose his place among the human race and become caught between them and the Three Pure Ones.
• Hong Yun reassured Hou Tu that Xuan Du could choose freely, and the gathered group waited for his answer.

Xuan Du chose to remain loyal to the human race instead of becoming Taiqing’s disciple, and Hong Yun removed the Heavenly Dao’s mark from Xuan Du’s oath while setting rules for humans who joined other sects. The chapter ended as Hong Yun summoned the Human Dao Seal and observed the human race’s fortune.

• Taiqing offered Xuan Du his Dao lineage and spiritual treasures, but Xuan Du knelt before Hong Yun and swore to serve the human race.
• Hong Yun explained that members of the human race could join other sects, but they would have to sever their ties to the human race’s fortune and could not interfere with it.
• Hong Yun erased the Heavenly Dao’s mark from Xuan Du’s oath, leaving Xuan Du confused about whether he had made the right choice.
• The Fire Cloud Cave World shook, and Suiren Shi recognized that Hong Yun was summoning the Human Dao Seal before continuing to organize the human race’s migration.
• The Human Dao Seal flew into Hong Yun’s hand, and he saw the human race’s fortune flowing around the Fire Cloud Cave World.

Hong Yun engraved a rule into the human race’s fortune, cutting off the fortune of anyone who joined a great sect and warning others not to interfere. Taiqing took Xuan Du to Kunlun Mountain, while Hong Yun’s move set the stage for a future clash with the great powers.

• Hong Yun used the Human Dao Seal to inscribe his rule into the human race’s fortune, bloodlines, and souls.
• Taiqing challenged Hong Yun, who declared himself the human race’s Old Ancestor and said he would not let anyone exploit his people’s fortune.
• Taiqing took Xuan Du away, and Xuan Du vowed that he would never regret being born human.
• Hou Tu and Xuanming lowered their auras, and Hong Yun teased Xuanming for wanting to fight.
• Taiqing returned to Kunlun Mountain with Xuan Du and stopped Yuan Shi before he could speak.

Taiqing formally accepted Xuan Du as his disciple after Xuan Du paid respects to Dao Ancestor Hong Jun, while Yuan Shi and Taiqing planned to ask Hong Jun how to respond to Hong Yun’s restrictions on preaching among the human race. Xuan Du’s human fortune briefly stirred Taiqing’s Primordial Violet Qi and accelerated the merging of his Three Corpses, but Hong Yun’s decree cut off that fortune again.

• Yuan Shi complained that Hong Yun’s rules obstructed their plans to teach and transform the human race, and Taiqing proposed asking their teacher for guidance.
• Taiqing prepared to accept Xuan Du as his first disciple and instructed him to pay respects to Dao Ancestor Hong Jun.
• Hong Jun appeared on the empty Prayer Mat, accepted Xuan Du’s bows, and bestowed a profound rune upon him.
• Taiqing formally accepted Xuan Du as his direct disciple, and Xuan Du’s fortune flowed into Taiqing’s fortune.
• The trace of human fortune stirred Taiqing’s Primordial Violet Qi and began merging his Three Corpses, but the effect faded when Hong Yun’s decree severed Xuan Du’s fortune from the human race.

Taiqing failed to use Xuan Du’s fortune to influence humanity, then asked Dao Ancestor Hong Jun how the saints should respond to Hong Yun’s restrictions on spreading their teachings. Hong Jun offered a cryptic reply and vanished, leaving Taiqing to ponder how to establish a legitimate name for their teachings, while Hong Yun suffered Xuanming’s reprisal.

• Taiqing followed Xuan Du’s strand of fortune toward humanity’s fortune but could not affect it or continue merging his three corpses.
• Taiqing, Yuan Shi, and Tong Tian complained to Dao Ancestor Hong Jun that the Witch Clan, Demon Clan, and Hong Yun blocked their efforts to spread teachings.
• Dao Ancestor Hong Jun said that without a proper name, words could not be justified, then disappeared before giving further instructions.
• Taiqing interpreted Hong Jun’s words as a clue that the saints needed an official identity to spread their teachings and gain fortune.
• Hong Yun ended up bruised after enduring Xuanming’s fancy footwork.

Hong Yun explained to Zhen Yuan Zi why he had restricted how much fortune the Saints could claim from the human race while still allowing them to teach it. He left Zhen Yuan Zi considering whether they could build the human race’s future without the Saints, but Hong Yun doubted their small worlds could replace the Primordial World.

• Hong Yun hid his injuries before Zhen Yuan Zi arrived, and Zhen Yuan Zi realized Taiqing had not caused them.
• Zhen Yuan Zi questioned why Hong Yun had changed their earlier plan to let the Saints share in the human race’s fortune.
• Hong Yun recalled that he and Zhen Yuan Zi had expected the human race to need the Saints’ teachings and support to rise.
• Hong Yun said the Saints could teach the human race but could not control its overall direction.
• Zhen Yuan Zi suggested excluding the Saints and building the human race’s future themselves, but Hong Yun noted their small worlds’ laws were less complete than those of the Primordial World.

Hong Yun moved humanity’s ancestral homeland into the Fire Cloud Cave World and helped them settle by the East Sea. When Taiqing attempted to establish the Human Sect and claim humanity’s fortune, Hong Yun rejected his move and struck at the treasures supporting it.

• Hong Yun and the Ancestral Shamans agreed that humanity would need to advance in the Primordial World, while the Witch Clan could preserve its bloodline through humanity.
• Hong Yun moved hundreds of millions of humans to the East Sea and placed the land of the Human Ancestral Land inside the Fire Cloud Cave World.
• Zhen Yuan Zi paused his lecture on the Way of the Earth Immortal when they sensed strange phenomena over Kunlun, and he joined Hong Yun, Hou Tu, and Xuanming to watch.
• Taiqing declared that he would establish the Human Sect and use the Taiji Diagram and Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda to suppress its fortune, naming Hong Yun as a witness.
• Taiqing sent the two treasures toward humanity’s river of fortune, but Hong Yun declared his refusal and hurled the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler at the Exquisite Pagoda.

Hong Yun interrupted Taiqing’s Three Corpses fusion and apparent path to sainthood, provoking the Three Pure Ones to attack him. Protected by several powerful treasures, Hong Yun challenged Taiqing’s claim to establish a sect in humanity’s name, while Taiqing defended the connection between humans and the Innate Dao Body.

• Hong Yun struck Taiqing’s Innate Heaven and Earth Yellow Exquisite Pagoda with the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler, scattering the fortune that the pagoda and Taiji Diagram had suppressed and interrupting Taiqing’s progress toward sainthood.
• Taiqing accused Hong Yun of cutting off his path to the Dao and charged at him, while Yuan Shi and Tong Tian joined the attack with the Pangu Banner and Immortal Slaying Four Swords.
• Zhen Yuan Zi shielded the human race on the eastern coast with the Earth Book and prepared to aid Hong Yun if needed.
• Hong Yun defended himself with the Heavens Celebration Cloud, the Innate Five Directions and Five Elements Flags, and the Twelve-grade World-Purifying White Lotus.
• Hong Yun denied trying to stop Taiqing from founding a sect or educating humanity and challenged the Three Pure Ones’ claim to establish a sect in humanity’s name.
• Taiqing retorted that humans were Innate Dao Bodies and that Xuanmen immortal arts were cultivated through them.

Hong Yun challenged Taiqing’s claim to the Human Clan’s fortune while allowing the Three Pure Ones to teach and recruit among them. As their battle escalated, the Ancestral Shamans arrived and formed the Twelve Capital Celestial Evil Formation, leaving the Three Pure Ones and Hong Yun facing a broader confrontation.

• Taiqing argued that his teacher’s decree entitled him to teach the Human Clan and gain its fortune, while Hong Yun challenged his claim.
• Suiren Shi used the Human Dao Seal to rally the Human Clan and remind them of their ties to Hong Yun.
• Hong Yun said he had never stopped the Three Pure Ones from teaching or taking Human Clan members as disciples, but demanded they earn merit through genuine teaching.
• Hong Yun struck Taiqing’s Taiji Diagram with the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler, and their clash shook the Primordial World and revealed the Heavenly Dao’s chains.
• The Ancestral Shamans arrived from Bu Zhou Mountain and formed the Twelve Capital Celestial Evil Formation around the battlefield.
• Dijiang declared that the Witch Clan would oppose the Human Religion, while Tong Tian demanded an explanation from Hong Yun or threatened a fight to the death.

Hong Yun explained that Tong Tian and Yuan Shi could establish sects and become Saints, but could not claim the human race or interfere with its fortune. He urged Taiqing to establish a Daoist Sect instead, leaving Taiqing pondering the proposal as the battle paused.

• Dijiang dismissed Tong Tian's threat, while Tong Tian urged Hong Yun to stop and Nu Wa arrived but was held back by Fuxi.
• Hong Yun told Tong Tian that the Primordial Violet Qi offered a path to sainthood through founding sects and spreading teachings, but forbade using humanity's name or meddling in its fortune.
• Tong Tian realized Hong Yun's earlier restriction on human fortune had been intended to protect the human race's independence.
• Hong Yun urged Taiqing to carry on Hong Jun's legacy by founding the Daoist Sect rather than entangling himself with humanity.
• Taiqing was struck by the idea and began considering the Daoist Sect as the two sides' battle temporarily subsided.

Hong Yun persuaded Taiqing to set aside their conflict with humanity and establish the Daoist teachings, arguing that Dao Ancestor Hong Jun would approve. Taiqing withdrew the Taiji Diagram and prioritized founding his sect, while Yuan Shi realized Hong Yun had helped them toward sainthood and incurred a karmic debt.

• Zhen Yuan Zi guessed that Hong Yun was steering Taiqing into competing with Dao Ancestor Hong Jun for fortune, though Hong Yun had only meant to stop Taiqing from founding a sect in humanity's name.
• Hong Yun told Taiqing that establishing the Daoist teachings would carry on Hong Jun's legacy and urged him to trust that Hong Jun would approve.
• Taiqing decided to found the sect first, recalled the Taiji Diagram, and told Yuan Shi they could deal with the conflict later.
• Yuan Shi realized Hong Yun's advice had pointed the brothers toward sainthood and that they owed him a great karmic debt.
• Dijiang asked whether the fighting was over, and Hong Yun felt touched that the Ancestral Shamans had backed him without hesitation.

Zhurong’s impulsive attack nearly reignited the conflict, but Hou Tu and Xuanming restrained him so Taiqing could resume his ascension. Taiqing established Daoism with Nu Wa and Hong Yun’s approval, while Hongjun watched uneasily as Hong Yun’s actions followed the Heavenly Dao’s rules.

• Zhurong attacked Yuan Shi, but Hou Tu and Xuanming used the Twelve Capital Celestial Evil Formation to pull back his punch.
• Yuan Shi lowered the Pangu Banner after Tong Tian urged him to let Taiqing’s ascension take priority.
• Taiqing resumed drawing upon the Heavenly Dao and declared that he would establish Daoism to enlighten the Primordial Wilderness.
• Nu Wa and Hong Yun approved Taiqing’s establishment of Daoism, and Nu Wa declared that Hong Yun would decide matters concerning the human race.
• Daoism began gathering fortune from cultivators across the Primordial Wilderness, while Hongjun realized Hong Yun’s intervention complied with the Heavenly Dao.

Taiqing became a Saint after Dao Ancestor Hong Jun approved his declaration and Heavenly Dao merit helped him merge his Three Corpses. As a newly ascended Saint, he surveyed the Primordial Wilderness and sensed that the Ancestral Shamans’ formation was wary of him.

• Dao Ancestor Hong Jun regretted not killing Hong Yun earlier but approved Taiqing’s decision to become a Saint rather than risk disrupting his merger with the Heavenly Dao.
• Daoist fortune gathered around Taiqing, and the Primordial Violet Qi merged with his soul, but the final stage of merging his Three Corpses slowed.
• Taiqing used Heavenly Dao merit to complete the merger and entrusted himself to the Heavenly Dao, becoming a Saint.
• Hong Yun congratulated Taiqing, who then surveyed the world and sensed that Dijiang’s Twelve Capital Celestial Evil Formation was directed at him.

Taiqing became a Saint and withdrew with Yuan Shi and Tong Tian after warning them not to rush into founding religions. Zhun Ti then asked Hong Yun for guidance on becoming a Saint, but Hong Yun firmly refused.

• Taiqing recognized that Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi were beyond the Heavenly Dao's ability to probe and acknowledged the karmic debt he owed Hong Yun.
• Taiqing told Yuan Shi and Tong Tian to cultivate further before founding religions and using merit to become Saints.
• The Three Pure Ones withdrew, and Hong Yun privately offered to guide Tong Tian if he later sought to establish a religion.
• Zhun Ti approached Hong Yun with Jieyin and asked whether they could enlighten humanity, found a religion, and become Saints.
• Hong Yun's expression turned cold as he refused Zhun Ti.

Hong Yun challenged the Three Pure Ones’ plans to establish teachings among the human race, and Taiqing sided with him while insisting that Jieyin and Zhun Ti’s path to the Dao lay in the West. After the confrontation ended without a fight, Hong Yun resolved to help his wife become an Earthly Dao Saint before the coming age of Saints left him outmatched.

• Zhun Ti accused Hong Yun of breaking his promise, but Taiqing said the Western teachings belonged in the West, and Yuan Shi told Jieyin and Zhun Ti to leave the Eastern matter alone.
• Jieyin and Zhun Ti departed in anger while Di Jun and Taiyi watched, and the gathered figures smiled at their retreat.
• The Three Pure Ones left after Taiqing nodded to Hong Yun, the Twelve Ancestral Witches withdrew their formation, and the other onlookers dispersed.
• Zhen Yuan Zi asked how Hong Yun had known Taiqing would not fight him, and Hong Yun collected the spiritual treasures without answering.
• Hong Yun reflected that this had been his last chance to oppose the future Saints with his current allies and decided he had to help his wife become an Earthly Dao Saint as soon as possible.

Nu Wa apologized to Hong Yun for not being able to help sooner, and Hong Yun reassured her before she returned to Wa Huang Heaven with Fuxi and Kun Peng. As the Ancestral Witches celebrated with Hong Yun, they discussed the Saints’ struggle for fortune and the danger ahead for the Witch and Demon Races, while Dijiang privately placed the Witch Clan’s hopes in Hong Yun.

• Nu Wa told Hong Yun she had been unable to come to his aid because of her entangling karma, and Hong Yun said he understood.
• Nu Wa left for Wa Huang Heaven with Fuxi and Kun Peng after bidding farewell to Hou Tu and Xuanming.
• The Ancestral Witches joined Hong Yun, who thanked them for standing up for him, and he invited them to the human territory on the Eastern Seaboard.
• An Ancestral Witch asked why the Three Pure Ones had helped keep Jieyin and Zhun Ti away, and Hong Yun explained that they were competing for fortune and the grand trend.
• Dijiang warned that the Saints’ emergence would bring conflict for the Witch and Demon Races, but he and the other Ancestral Witches vowed not to submit.
• Dijiang privately concluded that the Witch Clan was counting on Hong Yun to preserve its future.

Hong Yun took Hou Tu through the Primordial Wilderness, where she witnessed the fate of souls and True Spirits after death and became deeply distressed by their suffering. At the Nether Blood Sea, she saw wandering souls corrupted and exploited, then told Hong Yun that innate beings lived forever.

• After Taiqing became a Saint, Hong Yun asked Hou Tu and Xuanming about their cultivation, and Hou Tu explained that Xuanming had grown especially powerful through martial cultivation.
• Realizing he could change the Primordial World’s timeline, Hong Yun took Hou Tu on a tour and asked Xuanming to protect the human race.
• Hong Yun showed Hou Tu the deaths of later-born beings and how their souls and True Spirits drifted through the wilderness, while her compassion for them gradually deepened.
• Following the scattered souls and True Spirits, Hong Yun and Hou Tu arrived at the Nether Blood Sea, where souls were corrupted by blood fiend energy and some were exploited by Ming He’s Asura Race.
• Overwhelmed by what she saw, Hou Tu abandoned the tour and told Hong Yun that innate beings had endless lifespans.

Moved by the plight of the dead, Hou Tu entered a Great Dao epiphany as Hong Yun explained how a safe realm could let wandering souls and True Spirits be reborn. Her cultivation surged beyond Hong Yun’s, and gathered netherworld qi linked her body to the depths of the Blood Sea.

• Hou Tu grieved that weak beings had nowhere to go after death and asked whether she could help them.
• Hong Yun urged Hou Tu to create a sheltered space and stable passage where souls and True Spirits could take form again.
• Hou Tu’s compassion and Hong Yun’s guidance sparked a Great Dao epiphany that forced back the surrounding Heavenly Dao laws.
• Hou Tu’s cultivation rose past Hong Yun’s as her innate spiritual energy entered her primordial spirit and baleful energy flowed into her body.
• Netherworld qi gathered in the Blood Sea and formed a current connecting Hou Tu’s body to the sea’s depths.

Hou Tu’s netherworld aura pierced the Blood Sea as she sought the Saint Position, but Ming He attacked the passage and Hong Yun fought to protect her. Hong Yun overwhelmed Ming He while draining the Blood Sea into the Fire Cloud Cave World.

• Ming He emerged from the Blood Sea and slashed at Hou Tu’s netherworld passage, disrupting it.
• Hong Yun warned Ming He not to interfere with Hou Tu’s path to the Saint Position, but Ming He refused to listen and attacked again.
• Hong Yun protected Hou Tu with the Five Elements Great Formation, the Heavens Celebration Cloud, and the Twelve-grade Pure World White Lotus, then charged at Ming He with the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler.
• Hong Yun opened a passage to the Fire Cloud Cave World and began sucking Blood Sea water through it as he struck Ming He.
• Hong Yun beat Ming He until his body burst into blood, and Ming He reappeared at a distance and demanded to know whether Hong Yun had gone mad.

Hong Yun tried to stop Ming He from disrupting Hou Tu's attainment of the Dao, but Ming He attacked anyway to protect his control of the Nether Blood Sea. Hong Yun began devouring the Blood Sea with his Fire Cloud Cave World, leaving Ming He shocked as the sea started to shrink.

• Hong Yun urged Ming He to stop interfering with Hou Tu, but Ming He feared she would weaken his control over the Nether Blood Sea.
• Ming He sent countless Blood God Sons to attack Hong Yun and the Five Elements Great Formation, while others charged at Hou Tu.
• Hong Yun realized his Fire Cloud Cave World could refine the Blood Sea's water and extract Ming He's imprint from it.
• Hong Yun unleashed the full power of his Fire Cloud Cave World and began devouring the Nether Blood Sea.
• Ming He watched the Blood Sea shrink and shouted at Hong Yun, unable to sense the Blood God Sons that entered the black hole.