Chapter Summaries

Nu Wa forced Taiqing to withdraw his Taiji Diagram and affirmed her authority over the demon race. Hong Yun then helped her turn to the human race, using righteous qi and the Human Dao Seal to cleanse the humans of the influence Jieyin and Zhunti had planted.

• Nu Wa struck Taiqing’s Taiji Diagram with the Qiankun Cauldron, and Taiqing apologized as Di Jun and the demon race thanked her for protecting them.
• Nu Wa told the demon race she would protect them, and Di Jun led them in accepting her authority.
• Hong Yun asked Nu Wa to protect the human race as well, reminding her that she had created them and that the Two Sages of the West had manipulated them.
• Hong Yun sent righteous qi into Suiren Shi, strengthening his resolve and resonating with the Human Dao Seal.
• Hong Yun guided the Human Dao Seal to strike the human race’s river of fortune, whose surge cleared the humans’ minds and washed away Jieyin and Zhunti’s planted thoughts.

Hong Yun secretly strengthened Nu Wa’s attack on Mount Sumeru after the Western saints bewitched the Human Race. Zhunti yielded after his Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree was damaged, while Nu Wa gained the gratitude of the Human Race and the support of the demons.

• After the Human Dao Seal returned to Suiren Shi, Hong Yun urged Nu Wa to strike the Western saints for misleading the Human Race.
• Nu Wa threw the Red Embroidered Ball toward the West, and Hong Yun secretly boosted its force with the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler.
• The Red Embroidered Ball struck Mount Sumeru and broke a branch of Zhunti’s Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, prompting Zhunti to recognize Hong Yun’s interference.
• Nu Wa rebuked Jieyin and Zhunti for bewitching living beings, and Zhunti apologized instead of retaliating.
• Suiren Shi led the Human Race in thanking Nu Wa and Hong Yun, and Nu Wa’s fortune surged as the Human Race and demons rallied to her.

Hong Yun explained to Nu Wa, Zhen Yuan Zi, and Wang Shu how Jieyin and Zhun Ti had maneuvered the Saints and the eastern factions against one another. The Western Sages planned to draw the Three Pure Ones into changing the balance of power, while Wang Shu realized she had become involved in their conflict.

• Jieyin and Zhun Ti withdrew to Mount Sumeru as the dispute over Nu Wa's standing ended, and the Three Pure Ones returned to Kunlun Mountain.
• Hong Yun sent Suiren Shi, Huluwa, and Wu Sheng to protect the human race, then returned to the Fire Cloud Cave World with Nu Wa, Zhen Yuan Zi, and Wang Shu.
• Di Jun concluded that Hong Yun would explain the Western Sages' scheme to Nu Wa and told Taiyi to prepare the Heavenly Marriage ceremony before he visited Fuxi and Kunpeng.
• Zhun Ti explained to Jieyin that their ploy had raised Nu Wa's position and exposed the Three Pure Ones' concerns, giving the Western Sect an opening to intervene.
• Hong Yun recounted the Saints' schemes to Nu Wa, Zhen Yuan Zi, and Wang Shu, who wondered how helping refine the Taiyin Origin had drawn her into their struggle.

Hong Yun reassured Wang Shu and promised to support Nu Wa against the other Saints, revealing that he was close to becoming a Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal. Nu Wa then began sharing happy news with Wang Shu about Di Jun, leaving her explanation unfinished.

• Hong Yun told Wang Shu that he and Zhen Yuan Zi would soon send her back to the Moon Star and assured Nu Wa that she had been right to intervene against Zhun Ti.
• Nu Wa lamented that the Three Pure Ones had joined Jieyin and Zhun Ti in targeting her, and Hong Yun promised to back her up.
• Nu Wa teased Hong Yun about needing Empress Pingxin's help, but she was astonished when he revealed his Primordial Unity aura and said he would soon advance.
• Hong Yun reassured Nu Wa that the Demon Clan, Human Race, and Witch Clan could take refuge with their allies if the Saints turned the Primordial Wilderness into a battleground.
• Nu Wa told Wang Shu she had sought her on the Moon Star and asked whether she knew Di Jun, then began to explain her happy news.

Nu Wa proposed that Wang Shu marry Di Jun, but Wang Shu declined and offered to lend him the Moon Star’s authority instead. Zhen Yuan Zi intervened on Hong Yun’s behalf, and after Hong Yun confronted him, Zhen Yuan Zi asked whether he truly thought he was meddling.

• Nu Wa told Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi that Di Jun wanted her to arrange his marriage to Wang Shu and Xi He, and Wang Shu blushed and said she had no plans to become Di Jun’s Dao Companion.
• Zhen Yuan Zi argued that Di Jun mainly wanted the Moon Star’s authority for the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Formation, and Wang Shu refused the marriage while offering to lend him the authority.
• Wang Shu prepared to return to the Moon Star, but Zhen Yuan Zi offered to go in her place, and Nu Wa used the Red Embroidered Ball to discover that Di Jun and Wang Shu’s heavenly bond had nearly faded.
• Hong Yun pulled Zhen Yuan Zi into another layer of space and reproached him for disrupting Di Jun’s Heavenly Marriage merit, but Zhen Yuan Zi solemnly asked whether Hong Yun thought he was meddling.

Zhen Yuan Zi explained how Hong Yun’s plans aimed to reduce the Witch-Demon Calamity and preserve both races’ strength, while protecting the Human Clan from the Saints’ schemes. Hong Yun agreed that Wang Shu needed authority over the Moon Star so she could disrupt Di Jun’s Myriad Stars Great Formation at the crucial moment, then withdrew the barrier and turned to speak to Wang Shu.

• Zhen Yuan Zi pointed out that Hong Yun had prepared the Witch Clan for the unavoidable Witch-Demon War and asked which side he would support.
• Hong Yun said neither race could be allowed to dominate, since the Saints and Dao Ancestor Hong Jun would scheme against whichever race gathered too much fortune.
• Zhen Yuan Zi argued that preserving some strength in both races would help the Human Clan after the war, when the Saints turned their schemes toward it.
• Zhen Yuan Zi said Wang Shu should lend Di Jun authority over the Moon Star temporarily, then use it to break his Myriad Stars Great Formation and stabilize the stars.
• Hong Yun admitted he had misunderstood Zhen Yuan Zi, withdrew the spatial barrier, nodded to Nu Wa, and turned toward Wang Shu.

Hong Yun persuaded Wang Shu to remain in the Fire Cloud Cave World, while Nu Wa and Zhen Yuan Zi brought the Moon Star’s authority to Di Jun. Di Jun gathered the demon leaders and had Nu Wa begin announcing his marriage to Heaven and Earth.

• Hong Yun invited Wang Shu to help arrange the stars in the Fire Cloud Cave World, and Wang Shu handed Zhen Yuan Zi runes that could draw on part of the Moon Star’s origin.
• Nu Wa and Zhen Yuan Zi went to the Heavenly Court, where Di Jun had summoned Fuxi and Kun Peng to discuss the demon race’s perilous position.
• Fuxi agreed to help Di Jun and returned to Xi Huang Palace, while Kun Peng returned to Demon Master Palace.
• Nu Wa and Zhen Yuan Zi reported that Wang Shu would not attend Di Jun’s marriage, and Di Jun accepted the Moon Star runes and asked Nu Wa to preside over the wedding.
• Di Jun asked Nu Wa to announce the marriage to Heaven and Earth, and Nu Wa began her declaration with the Red Embroidered Ball.

Nu Wa established the Heavenly Marriage between Dijun and Xi He, and its merit boosted Dijun’s cultivation and the Demon Race’s fortune. Dijun then began arranging the Primordial Starry Sky into the Myriad Stars Great Formation, establishing the Nine Heavens, the celestial hierarchy, and the Twenty-Eight Mansions.

• Nu Wa used the Red Embroidered Ball to bind Dijun and Xi He in marriage, causing Heavenly Dao Merit to descend upon them, Nu Wa, and the treasure.
• Dijun told Xi He he would hold a grand wedding in three hundred years, and Xi He handed him full authority over the Sun Star.
• Dijun sent Taiyi to escort Xi He to the Sun Star, left Fuxi and Kun Peng to oversee the Heavenly Court, and went to the Primordial Starry Sky to pursue his breakthrough and arrange the stars.
• Dijun aligned the Myriad Stars Map with the real stars, divided the sky into the Nine Heavens, and made the Purple Emperor Star the imperial star of Northern Xuantian.
• Dijun placed the Sun and Moon in Central Juntian, assigned the Five Elements Stars to patrol the heavens, and established the four Star Palaces and their Twenty-Eight Mansions.

Di Jun established a star-based calendar for the Primordial Wilderness and received Heavenly Dao merit, which he poured into the Sun Essence Wheel. He left the Moon Essence Wheel out of reach and worried about the demon clan’s dangers and the uncertain loyalty of Nu Wa.

• Di Jun asked Fuxi and Kun Peng to choose talented youths for the Heavenly Court, then assigned the stars and named the twelve zodiac houses.
• Di Jun declared that the sun, moon, and stars would measure days, months, and years, and Dao Ancestor Hong Jun approved his calendar.
• Heavenly Dao merit poured into the starry sky, and Di Jun used the Sun Essence Wheel to absorb it and strengthen the treasure.
• Di Jun recalled that he had failed to obtain Wang Shu’s Moon Essence Wheel, despite securing authority over the moon and dividing the star regions.
• Di Jun considered the Heavenly Court’s powerful enemies and worried that Nu Wa might not support the demon clan when it faced the Witch Clan and Hong Yun.

Di Jun completed the Myriad Stars Great Formation and arranged invitations for his wedding to Xi He, while keeping his cultivation breakthrough in reserve. As the wedding guests gathered in the Heavenly Court, Taiyi departed to fetch the bride from the Sun Star.

• Di Jun refined the Sun Essence Wheel with Heavenly Dao Merit and assigned demons to the stars so they could operate the Myriad Stars Great Formation.
• Di Jun resisted severing his third corpse, deciding to preserve a final trump card against the Heavenly Dao Saints.
• Di Jun, Taiyi, Fuxi, Kun Peng, and the Ten Great Demon Gods divided up the task of inviting guests to Di Jun and Xi He's wedding.
• Di Jun worried that the Demon Race's wedding celebrations might mark the height before its collapse, then went to Wa Huang Heaven to invite Nuwa.
• The invited powers arrived at the Heavenly Court, where Di Jun welcomed them and Taiyi set out with the wedding procession to fetch Xi He from the Sun Star.
• Di Jun was surprised that Zhun Ti attended in person and escorted him to the Three Pure Ones' Three Corpses.

Hong Yun attended Di Jun and Xi He's wedding in the Heavenly Court, where the Demon Race's fortune grew as Xi He's procession crossed the Primordial Wilderness. The ceremony continued despite the Ancestral Shamans' show of defiance, and Hong Yun exchanged guarded remarks with Candle Dragon as Xi He's carriage arrived.

• Hong Yun arrived at the Heavenly Court with Zhen Yuan Zi, Dijiang, and several Ancestral Shamans, then congratulated Di Jun and greeted Candle Dragon and the other guests.
• Taiyi escorted Xi He from the Sun Star in a grand procession, and Di Jun's Myriad Stars Great Formation sent down heavenly dew that awakened countless beings and increased the Demon Race's fortune.
• Zhurong and the other Ancestral Shamans sent baleful aura toward the procession, but Taiyi used the Chaos Bell to suppress it and continued onward.
• The guests watched Hong Yun and Di Jun act as though nothing had happened, while Candle Dragon asked Hong Yun whether he feared Di Jun might attack.
• Xi He's phoenix carriage reached the Heavenly Court, and Hong Yun remarked that Candle Dragon was keeping his composure too.

Nu Wa completed the Heavenly Marriage ceremony for Di Jun and Xi He, and the guests celebrated before departing. Zhun Ti headed toward Kunlun Mountain, while Hong Yun asked Di Jun for permission to visit the Sun Star and obtain some of its solar origin.

• Nu Wa completed the Heavenly Marriage ceremony, and the Heavenly Dao granted merit to the newlyweds and their guests.
• Hong Yun joked with Dijiang about holding a grand ceremony of his own, then observed the Three Pure Ones’ avatars before they left.
• Zhun Ti told Di Jun that many Demon Race members had joined the Western Sect, then secretly changed course for Kunlun Mountain.
• Hong Yun suspected Zhun Ti planned to discuss the Witch-Demon Cataclysm and its spoils with the Three Pure Ones.
• West Queen Mother invited Hong Yun to West Kunlun, and Hong Yun later asked Di Jun for permission to seek solar origin on the Sun Star.
• Di Jun welcomed Hong Yun’s request and said he was glad to finally do him a favor.

Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi met Di Jun beneath the Fusang Tree on the Sun Star, where Di Jun awaited Hong Yun’s promised guidance. Meanwhile, Zhun Ti visited the Three Pure Ones and tried to persuade them to prepare for the coming Witch-Demon calamity.

• Hong Yun left the Heavenly Court with Dijiang, stayed at Pangu Hall with Zhen Yuan Zi, and spoke with Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin.
• After the Heavenly Court settled, Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi traveled to the Sun Star and found Di Jun waiting beneath the Fusang Tree.
• Zhun Ti left the Heavenly Marriage ceremony, visited Kunlun Mountain, and returned west after the Three Pure Ones’ good corpses reported his visit.
• Tong Tian realized Zhun Ti had deceived Di Jun and suspected he was scheming over the Witch and Demon Races; Yuan Shi predicted Zhun Ti would return.
• Zhun Ti entered the Three Pure Ones’ hall and warned that the Witch and Demon Races’ fortune had peaked and a great tribulation was approaching.
• Yuan Shi argued that the Demon Race would eventually fracture and the Witch Clan defied the Heavenly Dao, so the Saints should simply watch events unfold; Zhun Ti began to object.

Zhun Ti urged Yuan Shi and Taiqing to intervene in the Witch and Demon Calamity, blaming Hong Yun for restraining the two races and criticizing Nu Wa’s ties to him. Taiqing refused to get involved, leaving Zhun Ti frustrated and determined to act alone.

• Zhun Ti argued that the prolonged Witch and Demon Calamity was increasing Calamity Qi and said Hong Yun’s efforts to maintain peace were making matters worse.
• Zhun Ti criticized Hong Yun’s influence over the Witches, Demons, and Human Race, then attacked Nu Wa for supposedly looking down on her senior brothers and striking Taiqing.
• Tong Tian angrily called Zhun Ti disgracefully petty and left, while Zhun Ti feigned confusion about why he had upset him.
• Taiqing excused Tong Tian’s temper but stayed silent, then secretly warned Yuan Shi not to get entangled in the Eastern races’ affairs.
• Zhun Ti asked what Yuan Shi and Taiqing planned to do about Di Jun and the Demon Race, but Taiqing’s warning kept Yuan Shi from answering.
• Frustrated by their refusal to intervene, Zhun Ti declared that he would handle the matter himself.

Zhun Ti secured Taiqing and Yuan Shi’s help to hide his movements while he recruited demons, as Tong Tian sensed the Heavenly Secrets grow more chaotic. On the Sun Star, Di Jun rejected Hong Yun’s plan to avert a real war, but gave him a Fusang Tree branch before Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi departed.

• Zhun Ti offered to recruit demons for the Mystic Gate in exchange for taking some to the West, and Yuan Shi agreed while Taiqing silently approved.
• Zhun Ti asked Taiqing and Yuan Shi to conceal his presence from Nuwa, and Yuan Shi used the Pangu Banner to muddy the Heavenly Secrets.
• Tong Tian sensed the change in the Heavenly Secrets, and told the San Xiao that some requests could not be refused.
• Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi proposed that the Witch and Demon Races stage a sham fight, but Di Jun rejected the plan because the Ancestral Shamans might fight in earnest and he could not protect himself before the calamity.
• Di Jun gave Hong Yun a branch of the Fusang Tree, and Hong Yun promised the tree a favor before leaving with Zhen Yuan Zi.

On the way back, Hong Yun explained why Di Jun had rejected his proposal and said it was enough that Di Jun knew the option was being considered. Beneath the Fusang Tree, Di Jun admitted Hong Yun’s plan could preserve the Witch and Demon Races, but resolved to find the Demon Race its own way to survive and rise again.

• Hong Yun told Zhen Yuan Zi that the Ancestral Shamans trusted them because of their close ties, while Di Jun had reason to distrust a proposal that benefited the Human Race.
• Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi decided to inform Dijiang, Zhu Jiuyin, and the others before returning to the Fire Cloud Cave World to refine the Sun Star’s origin.
• Di Jun summoned Taiyi beneath the Fusang Tree and said Hong Yun had likely been sincere about preserving the Witch and Demon Races, but he would not simply follow Hong Yun’s plan.
• Di Jun explained that Nuwa might shelter the Demon Race, but the Human Race could become the world’s ruler, leaving the Demon Race no chance to rise again.
• Di Jun told Taiyi that the Demon Race needed to rely on itself and secure its own way out.

Di Jun prepared Taiyi to lead the Demon Race after his own expected death, while Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi returned to Pangu Hall and discussed the Witch Clan’s future. Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin agreed to move younger members into the Netherworld, but worried Zhurong and the others would resist Heaven’s momentum.

• Di Jun urged Taiyi to open a minor world inside the Chaos Bell and privately accepted that he might not survive the Witch-Demon Tribulation.
• Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi returned to Pangu Hall, where Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin explained why Di Jun had refused to merge the Witch Clan with humanity.
• Dijiang and Zhen Yuan Zi joked about the Demon Race’s lack of a sister before Zhu Jiuyin reflected on Hou Tu’s transformation creating a refuge for the Witch Clan.
• Hong Yun encouraged Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin to accept the changing order of Heaven and move the clan’s younger members into the Netherworld.
• Zhu Jiuyin worried that Zhurong and the other Ancestral Shamans would challenge Heaven’s momentum.

Hong Yun and Dijiang arranged a safeguard for the Ancestral Shamans in case the Witch Clan lost the coming battle. Zhen Yuan Zi hurried Hong Yun back to Wang Shu, leaving him to figure out how to make up for his long absence and secure her help with the Sun Star’s origin.

• Hong Yun proposed that each Ancestral Shaman bind a drop of blood essence to their divine will and store it in the Six Paths of Reincarnation Hall as a fallback.
• Dijiang agreed to arrange the blood essence and said he would force anyone who refused to provide it.
• Zhen Yuan Zi pulled Hong Yun away from Pangu Hall, arguing that the Ancestral Shamans knew their tribes’ affairs better and that the overall direction was enough.
• Zhen Yuan Zi reminded Hong Yun that he had left Wang Shu waiting in the Fire Cloud Cave World after promising to return quickly, then departed for his Earth Immortal Realm.
• Hong Yun worried that he needed Wang Shu’s help refining and harmonizing the Sun Star’s origin, and wondered whether he should catch a rabbit for her.

Hong Yun created a white rabbit for Wang Shu and persuaded her to help him use the Sun Star’s essence. Meanwhile, Taiyi began opening a world inside the Chaos Bell, and Di Jun supplied it with power from the Myriad Stars Great Formation as it teetered on the brink of collapse.

• Hong Yun shaped a cloud into a rabbit and used the essences of the Moon Star and Sun Star to turn its fur white.
• Hong Yun brought the rabbit to Wang Shu, who took it into her arms and stopped reproaching him for being late.
• Hong Yun asked Wang Shu to help him with the Sun Star’s essence, and she agreed because she liked the rabbit.
• Taiyi expanded a world inside the Chaos Bell with his primordial spirit, but the world began to collapse when he ran out of strength.
• Taiyi stabilized the new world with the Chaos Bell and called for Di Jun’s help.
• Di Jun activated the Myriad Stars Great Formation and sent stellar power into Taiyi’s world.

Taiyi opened the Eastern Wilderness Realm with the Chaos Bell, giving the Yao Tribe a hidden refuge and strengthening his power. Di Jun and Taiyi planned to develop the realm in secret, while Taiyi wondered how Red Cloud’s world-creation path had advanced.

• Taiyi used the Chaos Bell to stabilize a new world, and Di Jun named it the Eastern Wilderness Realm.
• Di Jun told Taiyi to develop the realm as a refuge for the Yao Tribe and planned to hide talented members there.
• Taiyi reflected that opening the realm had greatly increased his strength and deepened his connection with the Chaos Bell, then worried about Red Cloud’s progress.
• Taiyi shared his cultivation insights with Di Jun, and they discussed the difficulty of attaining the Dao through world creation.
• Di Jun and Taiyi planned to populate the Eastern Wilderness Realm quietly with newly awakened lesser demons and young descendants of major Yao Tribe groups.