Chapter Summaries

Dao Ancestor Hong Jun bestowed treasures on Hao Tian and Yao Chi, then guided Hao Tian into the Quasi-Saint realm by helping him create his Good Corpse. Hao Tian sent the Good Corpse to undergo tribulations in reincarnation and planned to seek Empress Pingxin’s favor by invoking Hong Yun’s advice.

• Dao Ancestor Hong Jun gave Yao Chi the Purple Star Mother Bell, the Innate Spiritual Root Peach Tree, and the Pure Water Alms Bowl.
• Dao Ancestor Hong Jun guided Hao Tian into Heaven’s Dao, and Hao Tian severed his good thought to create his Good Corpse and reach the Quasi-Saint realm.
• Dao Ancestor Hong Jun suggested that Hao Tian’s Good Corpse enter reincarnation to undergo tribulations, and Hao Tian agreed.
• Dao Ancestor Hong Jun sent Hao Tian and Yao Chi to the Heavenly Court, where Hao Tian decided to complain more often and seek the Dao Ancestor’s support.
• Yao Chi advised Hao Tian to tell Empress Pingxin that Hong Yun had recommended the tribulation, and Hao Tian’s Good Corpse agreed to carry out their plan.

Hong Yun and Nu Wa watched over Hua Xu Shi as she carried Fuxi, and Hong Yun discouraged Nu Wa from joining the human race to help her brother attain the Dao. Nu Wa instead sent her blood essence to a pregnant woman in the Wind Tribe, beginning her lineage among humanity as Fuxi’s birth drew closer.

• Hong Yun told Nu Wa that Fuxi would be born in about a year and regain his memories after attaining the Dao.
• Nu Wa asked whether she should join the human race to help Fuxi, but Hong Yun insisted that Fuxi should follow his own path.
• Hong Yun suggested that Nu Wa pass her bloodline to a human woman, and Nu Wa sent a drop of her blood essence toward the human tribes.
• Nu Wa’s blood essence entered a pregnant woman in the Wind Tribe, where wondrous signs led the tribe elder to proclaim the arrival of a primordial deity.
• Hong Yun watched the event and realized the unborn child might begin Nu Wa’s lineage among the human race, though refining a Saint’s blood essence would be difficult.

Hong Yun arranged for Nu Wa to guide Hua Xu Shi’s unborn child and planned to visit Hao Tian’s benevolent corpse in the Underworld. He summoned Ying Long, recognizing that the Human Race’s worship had revealed Ying Long’s destined opportunity.

• Hong Yun persuaded Nu Wa to guide Hua Xu Shi’s unborn child and pass down her Dao among the Human Race.
• Nu Wa’s promise stirred Human Dao fortune, which began dissolving the blood essence within the child.
• Hong Yun learned from Pingxin that Hao Tian’s benevolent corpse had entered reincarnation and decided to visit him.
• Hong Yun summoned Ying Long, whose aid to a Human Race tribe had drawn worship that weakened the Heavenly Dao’s restrictions on him.
• Hong Yun told the puzzled Ying Long that he had found his destined opportunity.

Hong Yun recognized Ying Long’s cultivation of Wish Power and took him as a disciple, assigning him to guard Fuxi’s reincarnation while he went to the Netherworld. There, he met Hao Tian’s newly severed benevolent corpse, who asked Empress Pingxin for permission to enter reincarnation and undergo tribulation.

• Hong Yun saw that the human race’s wishes had empowered Ying Long and praised him for being the first to cultivate Wish Power.
• Hong Yun accepted Ying Long as his disciple and told him to watch over Fuxi’s reincarnation until the Heavenly Emperor proved his Dao.
• Ying Long vowed to protect Fuxi, and Hong Yun advised him to flee danger rather than talk about dying.
• Hong Yun sent Nu Wa a message, then traveled to the Netherworld.
• Hong Yun found Hao Tian’s benevolent corpse speaking with Empress Pingxin and learned that Hao Tian had received a treasure from Dao Ancestor Hong Jun and severed his corpse.
• Hao Tian’s benevolent corpse thanked Hong Yun for his advice and asked Empress Pingxin to let him enter reincarnation to undergo tribulation.

Hong Yun and Pingxin arranged for Hao Tian’s benevolent corpse to enter reincarnation while discussing how to ensure Hao Tian’s true body underwent a genuine tribulation. They also decided to postpone the Ancestral Shamans’ reincarnation until after the Three Human Emperors appeared, though Pingxin worried Hong Yun’s plan could put Huluwa in danger.

• Pingxin opened a reincarnation passage, and Hao Tian’s benevolent corpse stepped into it.
• Hong Yun explained that Hao Tian’s benevolent corpse might quickly become an immortal and recover his memories without experiencing a real tribulation, so he planned to make Hao Tian’s true body undergo one.
• Hong Yun imagined Meng Po concealing Hao Tian’s identity and Nu Wa using the Red Embroidered Ball to give him romantic encounters during his tribulation.
• Pingxin said she would wait until after the Three Human Emperors appeared before sending Zhurong and the others’ blood essence into reincarnation, since they might oppose Fuxi.
• Hong Yun suggested that the reincarnated Ancestral Shamans could seek positions among the Five Emperors and proposed having Huluwa challenge them.
• Pingxin worried that the Ancestral Shamans might take Huluwa’s opportunity, despite Hong Yun’s plan.

Taiqing sent Xuan Du to compete for the Imperial Teacher position for Fuxi, despite Hong Yun’s opposition to the Three Teachings choosing the teachers. Xuan Du left Kunlun Mountain for the human tribes and encountered Xuan Lang and a group of Interception Sect disciples on the way.

• Hong Yun told Pingxin he believed Huluwa could rally allies and overcome the Ancestral Shamans, then returned to the human tribes before Fuxi’s birth.
• Taiqing summoned Xuan Du and explained that the Three Teachings would compete to appoint the Imperial Teacher for the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
• Taiqing urged Xuan Du to seek the position, arguing that Hong Yun might accept a human teacher more readily, and Xuan Du agreed to guide Fuxi in serving the human race.
• Taiqing gave Xuan Du the approximate location of Fuxi’s birth, and Xuan Du set off from Kunlun Mountain.
• Xuan Du met Xuan Lang leading Interception Sect disciples through the mountain forests, and Xuan Lang greeted him as the eldest brother.

Xuan Du traveled toward the place where Fuxi was expected to be born, while Xuan Lang gathered Interception Sect disciples to go serve the human race. After spotting signs of Fuxi’s imminent arrival, Xuan Du headed for the settlement but was stopped by Ying Long.

• Xuan Lang invited Xuan Du to join his group of Interception Sect disciples on a trip to the human race, but Xuan Du declined and hurried away.
• Xuan Lang warned the disciples not to commit crimes among the human race, then led them down the mountain.
• Xuan Du traveled toward the place Taiqing had indicated, teaching martial arts and spreading the Golden Core Great Dao among human settlements along the way.
• Xuan Du spotted purple qi rising near a settlement and recognized it as a sign that Fuxi was about to descend into the world.
• Ying Long stopped Xuan Du in midair and demanded to know who he was and why he had come.

Xuan Du arrived to guide Fuxi into the Dao and compete for the position of Heavenly Emperor's Imperial Teacher, while Ying Long tried to send him away. The two began fighting as Fuxi's birth drew near.

• Ying Long confronted Xuan Du and prepared to defend Fuxi, while Xuan Du recognized him as a Dragon Clan member.
• Xuan Du introduced himself as Taiqing's disciple and claimed he had come under his teacher's orders to guide Fuxi and compete for the Imperial Teacher position.
• Ying Long denied wanting the position and told Xuan Du that the Imperial Teacher had already been chosen.
• Xuan Du refused to leave and challenged Ying Long to a contest for the position.
• Xuan Du struck first, and Ying Long grew angry as Fuxi's birth approached.

Xuan Du tried to pass Ying Long and claim the Imperial Teacher position, but Hong Yun intervened and revealed that he would personally guide Fuxi. Xuan Du conceded, and Hong Yun invited him to see Fuxi.

• Ying Long transformed into a giant dragon and blocked Xuan Du from reaching Fuxi.
• Xuan Du used the Taiji Diagram to bind Ying Long, but Hong Yun appeared and freed him with a casual shake.
• Hong Yun brought Ying Long and Xuan Du to Fuxi’s birthplace while holding the Taiji Diagram.
• Hong Yun said he intended to personally guide Fuxi and asked whether Xuan Du would compete with him for the Imperial Teacher position.
• Xuan Du apologized and conceded, and Hong Yun invited him to see Fuxi.

Hong Yun visited Hua Xu Shi and the newly born Fuxi, accepting Fuxi as his disciple and deciding to teach him martial arts rather than the Golden Core Dao. He also told Xuan Du to stay with Ying Long and help care for Fuxi, keeping the Taiji Diagram until Xuan Du returned to Kunlun Mountain.

• Hong Yun led Ying Long and Xuan Du to meet Hua Xu Shi and Fuxi, whose remarkable appearance surprised them.
• Hua Xu Shi thanked Hong Yun for taking Fuxi as his disciple, and Hong Yun told her he was an elder of the Human Race, not an Immortal Master.
• Hong Yun instructed Xuan Du to stay and help look after Fuxi, and said Xuan Du could teach his Golden Core Dao to others but not to Fuxi.
• Hong Yun decided to teach Fuxi martial arts so he could follow his own Human Dao.
• Hong Yun reassured Xuan Du that he would not take the Taiji Diagram, but kept it until Xuan Du returned to Kunlun Mountain.
• Xuan Du accepted the arrangement and realized that staying beside Fuxi could still be a valuable trial and opportunity.

Hong Yun studied the Taiji Diagram while teaching the growing Fuxi, whose leadership and knowledge spread his reputation among nearby tribes. As Fuxi’s location became known, Xuan Lang set out to gather Jie Sect Disciples and help him, arriving at a human settlement where he spotted a thick pillar.

• Hong Yun stayed near Fuxi’s birthplace, met regularly with Xuan Du and Ying Long, and used his magic power to study the Taiji Diagram.
• Taiqing sensed Hong Yun breaking through the diagram’s restrictions, but accepted Xuan Du’s message that Hong Yun would return it and allowed him to continue studying it.
• Hong Yun softened his magic power, deepened his understanding of the Taiji Diagram, and created a phantom scroll resembling its Taiji and yin-yang patterns.
• Hong Yun taught Fuxi cultivation and ways of thinking as Fuxi grew into a leader, developed his people’s lands, and gained a reputation among nearby tribes.
• After learning Fuxi’s location, Xuan Lang gathered Jie Sect Disciples to go help him and found a thick pillar standing in a nearby human settlement.

Xuan Lang found that many Jie Sect Disciples had gained holy power from serving the Human Race and refused to leave their tribes. After reporting the phenomenon to Hong Yun, he learned that Ying Long had experienced it too, while Hong Yun recognized it as the Human Dao conferring godhood through Wish Power.

• Xuan Lang met a feathered serpent disciple, who thanked him for the power it had gained from the Human Race and refused to leave its tribe.
• Xuan Lang found that most of the disciples he sought also chose to remain and serve the Human Race, leaving him worried about the strange power's effects.
• Xuan Lang met Fuxi, Xuan Du, and Ying Long, then asked to see Hong Yun and reported what had happened.
• Ying Long showed the white glow in his palm and said he had already told Hong Yun about the power.
• Hong Yun explained that the Human Race's Wish Power could grant sentience and strength, allowing the Human Dao to confer godhood.

Hong Yun explained how human Wish Power sustained gods and warned Fuxi to put the human race’s interests first. Fuxi accepted his guidance, then asked how to prevent someone from growing their following by inciting conflict among humans.

• Hong Yun explained that gods formed from human Wish Power depended on helping people, who could stop worshipping gods that no longer answered their prayers.
• Ying Long worried that losing Wish Power would undo his progress in breaking the Heavenly Dao Shackles, but Hong Yun said it only supplemented his cultivation.
• Hong Yun explained that cultivators who relied entirely on incense offerings could become bound to the human race, unlike those who cultivated independently.
• Hong Yun urged Fuxi to reserve his compassion for the human race and prioritize his people’s welfare over outsiders.
• Fuxi accepted Hong Yun’s guidance and asked what would happen if someone expanded their following by provoking conflict among humans.

Hong Yun established a rule that anyone who abused humanity’s faith would be executed, then told Fuxi to address the problem by teaching people to revere Heaven and follow their ancestors. He sent Ying Long to find Kun Peng for the River Diagram and Luo Book and to contact the Dragon Clan about Ancestral Dragon’s overdue promise.

• Hong Yun declared that anyone who used humanity’s faith to cause trouble would be branded an evil god or heretical shrine and put to death, and the rule stirred the Human Dao.
• Hong Yun told Fuxi to solve the problem at its root by teaching people to revere Heaven and follow their ancestors, leaving Fuxi to ponder his words.
• Hong Yun ordered Ying Long to visit the Dragon Clan and then go to the Northern Darkness to ask Kun Peng to return the River Diagram and Luo Book to their rightful owner, Fuxi.
• Hong Yun asked Ying Long to have Candle Dragon remind Ancestral Dragon about the promised Innate Five Elements Spirit Pearls, leaving Ying Long and Xuan Lang puzzled about the debt.

Ying Long returned to the Dragon Clan and told Candle Dragon about Hong Yun’s message and the spread of Wish Power. Candle Dragon realized the message concerned the Dragon Clan’s promised payment and contacted Ancestral Dragon, who was trying to free himself from the earth veins.

• Ying Long told Candle Dragon that Hong Yun had made him a formal disciple and sent him to find Kun Peng.
• Ying Long asked whether the Dragon Clan owed Hong Yun anything and explained that Hong Yun had asked him to pass along a message.
• Candle Dragon urgently questioned Ying Long about totems and Wish Power, then told him the Dragon Clan would deliver the agreed-upon things.
• Candle Dragon concluded that Hong Yun’s involvement could save the Dragon Clan and went to contact Ancestral Dragon.
• Candle Dragon summoned Ancestral Dragon through a mirror, interrupting his attempt to sever himself from the earth veins.

Candle Dragon urged Ancestral Dragon to make the Dragon Clan humanity’s primary totem through Hong Yun, despite the loss of their independence. Ancestral Dragon agreed to discuss it with Hong Yun and revealed that he had gathered three of the Innate Five Elements Spirit Pearls to repay him.

• Candle Dragon told Ancestral Dragon that claiming humanity’s Wish Power could help the Dragon Clan survive and break its shackles, but Ancestral Dragon worried they would become humanity’s vassals.
• Candle Dragon reminded Ancestral Dragon that the Dragon Clan was already tied to Hong Yun, and Ancestral Dragon agreed to speak with him.
• Candle Dragon told Ancestral Dragon that Hong Yun expected him to repay an outstanding debt, and Ancestral Dragon revealed Hong Yun wanted the Innate Five Elements Spirit Pearls.
• Candle Dragon urged Ancestral Dragon to support the turning point for the Dragon Clan, and Ancestral Dragon showed him the Innate Wood, Earth, and Gold Spirit Pearls he had gathered.

Ancestral Dragon went to the Undying Volcano to ask Yuanfeng for the Innate Fire Spirit Pearl, but found her in seclusion again and tried to persuade her through her children. Yuanfeng appeared in anger, and Ancestral Dragon faced her amid the threatening fire laws.

• Candle Dragon noticed that Ancestral Dragon had grown less confident and concluded that the Dragon Clan needed a powerful backer in the changed Primordial Wilderness.
• Ancestral Dragon traveled to the Undying Volcano to ask Yuanfeng for the Innate Fire Spirit Pearl, the last one he needed for Hong Yun.
• Kong Xuan told Ancestral Dragon that Yuanfeng was undergoing nirvana and that Da Peng had joined the Interception Sect under Tong Tian.
• Ancestral Dragon tried to pressure Yuanfeng by warning that her children’s paths to the Dao could be held back if they remained underground.
• Yuanfeng appeared amid gathering fire laws and demanded to know what Ancestral Dragon meant.

Ancestral Dragon offered to recommend Kong Xuan to Hong Yun as a disciple in exchange for Yuanfeng’s Innate Fire Spirit Pearl. Yuanfeng sent Ancestral Dragon away to consider the deal, leaving Kong Xuan surprised and disappointed as she prepared to explain her choice.

• Ancestral Dragon tried to calm Yuanfeng by promising to speak to Hong Yun about taking Kong Xuan as his disciple.
• Yuanfeng recalled Hong Yun’s role in stabilizing the world and realized Kong Xuan longed to become his disciple.
• Ancestral Dragon asked Yuanfeng for the Innate Fire Spirit Pearl as payment for his recommendation.
• Yuanfeng said she would consider the offer, then expelled Ancestral Dragon from the Undying Volcano.
• Ancestral Dragon failed to get back inside and left to seek a promise from Hong Yun.
• Kong Xuan wondered why Yuanfeng had sent Ancestral Dragon away, and Yuanfeng asked whether he wanted to know why.

Yuanfeng decided to help Kong Xuan seek Hong Yun as his master, but planned to approach him through West Queen Mother rather than let Kong Xuan offer the Innate Fire Spirit Pearl as a direct bargain. West Queen Mother agreed to visit the Undying Volcano with Xuan Niao, setting up a meeting with Yuanfeng and a possible invitation to Hong Yun.

• Yuanfeng explained that giving the Innate Fire Spirit Pearl to Hong Yun directly would earn more goodwill than passing it through Ancestral Dragon.
• Kong Xuan proposed offering the pearl to Hong Yun in exchange for becoming his disciple, but Yuanfeng told him to leave the matter to her and return to cultivation.
• Yuanfeng decided she needed to meet Hong Yun but, bound by her oath to the Heavenly Dao, planned to invite him to the Undying Volcano through an intermediary.
• Yuanfeng sent a message to West Queen Mother, asking her to help deliver the Innate Fire Spirit Pearl and make contact with Hong Yun.
• West Queen Mother dismissed the other female immortals, then chose to accompany Xuan Niao to the Undying Volcano and meet Yuanfeng herself.

Fuxi advanced the human race by organizing ancestor worship, inventing fishing nets and musical instruments, and developing early symbols for recording knowledge. West Queen Mother visited Hong Yun to ask him to accept Kong Xuan, Yuanfeng’s son, as his disciple, and Hong Yun considered her request.

• Ancestral Dragon and Candle Dragon debated how to obtain Yuanfeng’s Innate Fire Spirit Pearl, but Ancestral Dragon decided to seek another solution.
• Fuxi organized ancestor worship, invented fishing nets and the qin and se, and began creating picture-like symbols to record knowledge.
• West Queen Mother arrived at the human settlement and asked Hong Yun for help.
• West Queen Mother offered Kong Xuan, Yuanfeng’s talented son with innate Five Elements abilities, as a disciple for Hong Yun.