Chapter Summaries

Hong Yun demonstrated that he could suppress the human way’s fortunes, rejecting the Saints’ demand to control when Suiren Shi and the others could travel. He then agreed that they would cultivate in the Fire Cloud Cave, leaving them to prepare to depart as the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors era approached.

• Hong Yun unleashed his aura and suppressed the human way’s fortunes, showing that he could keep them stable himself.
• Hong Yun challenged the Saints’ restrictions on Suiren Shi and the others, then said they would go to the Fire Cloud Cave to cultivate.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the others lowered their auras and tacitly accepted Hong Yun’s arrangement.
• Hong Yun summoned Suiren Shi, You Chao Shi, and Zi Yi Shi from across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Hong Yun told the three that their work was complete for now and that they should take some members of the human race to the Fire Cloud Cave, while watching over the coming era of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.

Suiren Shi and the others prepared to move to Fire Cloud Cave, while Hong Yun returned the Taiji Diagram to Taiqing after Fuxi attained the Dao. Hong Yun then allowed other sects to compete for the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors’ Imperial Teacher positions, setting up a contest between their disciples and his own.

• Suiren Shi and the others thanked Hong Yun and left to gather clansmen for the move to Fire Cloud Cave.
• Taiqing asked Hong Yun to return the Taiji Diagram now that Fuxi had attained the Dao, and Hong Yun handed it back after summoning Xuan Du to his side.
• Yuan Shi challenged Hong Yun’s refusal to let other sects compete for the Imperial Teacher positions, and Hong Yun agreed to let them send disciples to compete on ability.
• Dao Ancestor Hong Jun nodded at Yuan Shi before vanishing, and Hong Yun told his disciples about the coming contest.
• Wu Tian promised Hong Yun that he would ensure the Chan Sect Disciples did not return, while Taiqing worried that Yuan Shi would ignore any advice to avoid the contest.

Yuan Shi planned to send Chan Sect disciples down the mountain in groups under Ran Deng, while Tong Tian joined Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi. Hong Yun offered the Earth Emperor’s teacher position to Tong Tian’s disciple Duobao, leaving Tong Tian to consider how his brothers would react.

• Yuan Shi decided that Chan Sect disciples would travel in groups with Ran Deng leading them, while Taiqing and Yuan Shi departed with their disciples.
• Tong Tian joined Zhen Yuan Zi, and Zhen Yuan Zi urged him to leave the Three Pure Ones and join their side.
• Tong Tian scolded San Xiao and Xuan Lang, whom he blamed for leading disputes between the Interception Sect and Chan Sect.
• Hong Yun offered the Earth Emperor’s teacher position to Duobao so he could spread the Interception Sect’s teachings and artifact-making methods among humanity.
• Tong Tian recognized that the offer could drive a wedge between the Three Pure Ones, but Hong Yun persuaded him to discuss it with his brothers and consider Duobao’s stalled cultivation.

Tong Tian left with Xuan Lang and San Xiao after accepting Hong Yun’s arrangements, while Fuxi spread the acquired Eight Trigrams among the human race and began planning to establish marriage customs. Fuxi sought Zhen Yuan Zi’s help, hoping Hong Yun could earn the merit, but Zhen Yuan Zi privately understood that Hong Yun’s true Dao Companion was Empress Pingxin.

• Tong Tian accused Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi of wickedness, then took Xuan Lang and San Xiao back to Kunlun Mountain.
• Hong Yun sent his disciples to follow Fuxi and spread the acquired Eight Trigrams among the human race.
• Fuxi taught the human race, helped its development, and met Nu Wa’s successor, Feng Lixi.
• Fuxi asked Zhen Yuan Zi to help establish marriage customs among the human race and bring order to human relationships.
• Zhen Yuan Zi realized Fuxi hoped Hong Yun would earn the merit, but knew Hong Yun’s true Dao Companion was Empress Pingxin, and agreed to speak with Hong Yun.

Hong Yun rejected the merit tied to the human marriage and encouraged Fuxi to establish marriage customs among the human race. After Fuxi and Feng Lixi married, Shen Nong appeared through reincarnation, and Hong Yun wondered whether Tongtian had made his decision.

• Zhen Yuan Zi told Hong Yun that Fuxi had proposed earning merit through the human marriage, embarrassing Hong Yun and Nu Wa.
• Hong Yun declined the merit and suggested that Fuxi establish human wedding customs instead; Nu Wa agreed that they need not follow formalities for their own relationship.
• Hong Yun explained marriage customs to Fuxi, who accepted his guidance after sensing his teacher's warning.
• Fuxi and Feng Lixi married, and the Heavenly Dao bestowed merit while the Dao of Humanity lent them power.
• The human race adopted Fuxi's customs, and Shen Nong appeared through reincarnation with Hong Yun's blood essence in him.
• Hong Yun sensed Shen Nong's whereabouts, watched over him from afar, and turned his attention to Kunlun Mountain to wonder whether Tongtian had made up his mind.

Tong Tian told Taiqing and Yuan Shi that Hong Yun had agreed to let Duobao become the Earth Emperor's Teacher. After Taiqing and Yuan Shi discussed Hong Yun's motives, Tong Tian left relieved that the conversation had not damaged the Three Pure Ones' brotherly bond.

• Tong Tian summoned Taiqing and Yuan Shi and told them Hong Yun had offered Duobao the position of Earth Emperor's Teacher.
• Yuan Shi grew suspicious of Hong Yun's intentions, but Taiqing stopped him from blaming Tong Tian.
• Taiqing and Yuan Shi agreed that Hong Yun was trying to drive a wedge between the Three Pure Ones, and Yuan Shi warned Tong Tian not to trust him.
• Taiqing told Yuan Shi not to make baseless assumptions about Tong Tian, while Yuan Shi insisted Hong Yun would eventually lead him into trouble.
• Tong Tian returned to his abode relieved that he and his elder brothers had cleared things up, then scoffed that Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi had been wrong.

Bi Xiao and Xuan Lang told Duobao that Ancestor Hong Yun had appointed him Teacher of the Earth Emperor, and Duobao prepared to enter the human race. Tong Tian summoned Duobao, cautioned him to act carefully, then questioned Xuan Lang about totem cultivation and helped him improve his Shangqing Immortal Method.

• Bi Xiao and Xuan Lang told Duobao about his appointment as Teacher of the Earth Emperor, and he thanked them and gave them magical treasures.
• Tong Tian summoned Duobao and warned him to do his work properly among the human race and avoid acting recklessly.
• Tong Tian sent Duobao and the Three Xiao away but kept Xuan Lang to discuss the human race's totem cultivation method.
• Tong Tian considered totem cultivation a possible Great Dao, noted its close tie to the human race, and said it might be improved.
• Tong Tian praised Xuan Lang for guiding the Interception Sect's outer disciples and answered his cultivation questions, strengthening his Shangqing Immortal Method.
• Xuan Lang left to find the Three Xiao and, finding their place empty, headed for Duobao's abode.

Xuan Lang arrived to stop a confrontation between the Chan and Interception Sects after Guang Chengzi's group insulted Duobao's appointment as Teacher of the Earth Emperor. Chi Jingzi challenged Duobao to compete for the position, leaving the dispute poised to escalate.

• Ling Ya Xian rushed to find Xuan Lang and warned him that the Chan and Interception Sect disciples were arguing outside.
• Xuan Lang arrived, silenced the Interception Sect disciples, and asked Qiu Shou Xian to explain the dispute.
• Qiu Shou Xian told Xuan Lang that Guang Chengzi had mocked Duobao's appointment and repeated the Chan Sect's insulting description of the Interception Sect disciples.
• Xuan Lang defended Duobao's appointment by Hong Yun and challenged Guang Chengzi to take his objections to Hong Yun or the Primordial Heavenly Lord.
• Chi Jingzi proposed that Duobao compete against the Chan Sect disciples, with the winner becoming Teacher of the Earth Emperor.

Xuan Lang tried to prevent the Chan Sect and Interception Sect from turning a dispute over the Earth Emperor’s teacher into a contest, but the argument escalated when Guang Chengzi demanded Yun Xiao’s Central Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner. The two sects began fighting, and Yun Xiao, Qiong Xiao, and Bi Xiao trapped them inside a formation made from three Innate Five Directions Banners.

• Xuan Lang rebuked Guang Chengzi for treating the Old Ancestor’s appointment of the Earth Emperor’s teacher as a wager, while Juliusun provoked the Interception Sect by questioning how Xuan Lang got the position.
• Bi Xiao arrived with the Eastern Precious Color Green Lotus Banner to shield Xuan Lang, and the Chan Sect disciples recognized the Central Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner in Yun Xiao’s possession.
• Yun Xiao said Hong Yun had given her the banner and that its karma had been settled, but Guang Chengzi tried to take it from her.
• Xuan Lang struck at Guang Chengzi with the Sea Suppressing Divine Whip, Heavenly Lord Daoxing blocked him, and the Chan Sect and Interception Sect disciples joined the fight.
• Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal ran to summon help as Yun Xiao blocked Guang Chengzi with golden lotuses and called Qiong Xiao and Bi Xiao to form an array.
• Yun Xiao, Qiong Xiao, and Bi Xiao linked their three Innate Five Directions Banners in a Three Talents formation and shrouded everyone in the grand formation.

Yun Xiao and the Jie Sect Disciples fought Guang Chengzi and the Chan Sect Disciples over the Apricot Yellow Banner, forcing Tong Tian and Primordial Heavenly Lord to intervene. After both groups were ordered to reflect in seclusion, Taiqing summoned the Three Pure Ones to the Eight Sceneries Palace, while Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi discussed the dispute from afar.

• Yun Xiao brought out the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors against the disoriented Chan Sect Disciples, but put them away after Xuan Lang warned her not to take their lives.
• Primordial Heavenly Lord broke the formation, while Tong Tian protected the Three Xiao and separated the fighting disciples.
• Tong Tian ordered the Jie Sect Disciples to reflect in seclusion, and Primordial Heavenly Lord sent Guang Chengzi and the others back to the Jade Void Palace to face punishment.
• Hong Yun sensed the dispute through the Great Innate Five Directions and Five Elements Banners and discussed its cause with Zhen Yuan Zi.
• Taiqing summoned Tong Tian and Yuan Shi to the Eight Sceneries Palace, where all three appeared displeased.

Taiqing tried to mediate after Chan Sect and Interception Sect disciples fought, but Yuan Shi’s contempt for Tong Tian’s disciples and resentment toward Hong Yun deepened the rift between the brothers. Tong Tian left Kunlun Mountain, declaring that he would find somewhere else to stand.

• Taiqing summoned Yuan Shi and Tong Tian to Eight Sceneries Palace to settle the conflict between their disciples.
• Yuan Shi blamed Tong Tian’s disciples for causing repeated disputes and insulted their origins and character.
• Tong Tian defended his disciples and their teaching, but Yuan Shi erupted when Tong Tian mentioned Hong Yun and accused him of betraying their bond.
• Yuan Shi told Tong Tian to leave Kunlun Mountain and live with Hong Yun, then failed to apologize after Tong Tian challenged his claim to the mountain.
• Tong Tian declared that he would leave Kunlun Mountain, and Taiqing realized he could not repair the rift between the Three Pure Ones.

After the Three Pure Ones split, Tong Tian left Kunlun Mountain with the Jie Sect, and Taiqing departed with Xuan Du to establish a dojo at Shouyang Mountain. Hong Yun asked Zhen Yuan Zi to help find Tong Tian a new home.

• Tong Tian ordered the Jie Sect Disciples to pack up and leave Kunlun Mountain, while Taiqing told Yuan Shi he would also depart and leave the mountain to him.
• Taiqing left Kunlun Mountain with Xuan Du, and Yuan Shi scolded the Chan Sect Disciples for celebrating the Jie Sect's departure.
• Taiqing found Shouyang Mountain and established Eight Sceneries Palace there as his new dojo.
• Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi paused their lecture when the Jie Sect Disciples passed overhead.
• Hong Yun asked Zhen Yuan Zi to use the Earth Book to find Tong Tian a suitable dojo in the Primordial Wilderness.

After the Three Pure Ones split up, Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi helped Tong Tian find a place for the Interception Sect in the Eastern Sea. Tong Tian chose Golden Ao Island and accepted their help, while Hong Yun hinted that Zhen Yuan Zi would now demonstrate another use of the Earth Book.

• Hong Yun argued that the Three Pure Ones’ split was the Heavenly Dao’s will, and he and Zhen Yuan Zi used the Earth Book to search the Eastern Sea.
• Zhen Yuan Zi discovered Golden Ao Island, and Hong Yun identified it as the perfect home for Tong Tian’s sect.
• Tong Tian worried that settling near Hong Yun would invite accusations from Yuan Shi, but Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi arrived and offered him the island.
• Hong Yun led Tong Tian and the Interception Sect disciples to Golden Ao Island, where Tong Tian chose its highest peak and transformed his Shangqing palace into Biyou Palace.
• Hong Yun asked Zhen Yuan Zi to show Tong Tian what he could do, and Zhen Yuan Zi brought out the Earth Book as earthen-yellow light spread across the sea.

Zhen Yuan Zi stabilized Golden Ao Island and established a formation that gathered spiritual energy, after which Tong Tian declared it the Interception Sect’s home and announced a Dao lecture in three years. Hong Yun then sent Duobao to teach the Earth Emperor, Lie Shan Shi, with a focus on magical-tool crafting, and Duobao set off for the human tribe.

• Zhen Yuan Zi used the Earth Book to raise nine mountain ranges around Golden Ao Island, forming a spiritual-energy-gathering formation that also stabilized the Giant Turtle beneath the island.
• Tong Tian named Golden Ao Island the Interception Sect’s home and announced that he, Hong Yun, and Zhen Yuan Zi would teach the Dao at Biyou Palace in three years.
• Interception Sect disciples and East Sea rogue cultivators thanked the three men, and the disciples began settling on Golden Ao Island and nearby islands.
• Hong Yun told Duobao that Lie Shan Shi, the Earth Emperor’s reincarnation, had appeared among the human tribe and asked him to become Lie Shan Shi’s teacher.
• Hong Yun instructed Duobao to teach Lie Shan Shi magical-tool crafting, and Duobao departed for the human tribe.

Hong Yun sent Xuan Lang and Duobao to visit Shen Nong, carrying the Sky-Flipping Seal for Huluwa’s reincarnated form to examine. At Kunlun Mountain, Yuan Shi grew resentful of Tong Tian’s visit to Hong Yun and summoned Daoist Ran Deng, while Shen Nong revealed that he had recovered his past-life memories.

• Hong Yun gave Xuan Lang the Sky-Flipping Seal and told him to ask whether it suited Huluwa’s reincarnated form, then went with Tong Tian to Biyou Palace.
• Yuan Shi watched Tong Tian enter Biyou Palace, became angry, and summoned Daoist Ran Deng to seek a way to disrupt matters.
• Xuan Lang led Duobao to Lie Shan Shi’s tribe, where they found Shen Nong with Ying Long.
• Shen Nong recognized Xuan Lang and explained that he had broken through the mystery of the womb early because his body was formed from his teacher’s blood essence.
• Shen Nong said Martial Mother had allowed him to retain his memories, though she had advised caution because it was his first reincarnation.

Shen Nong met Duobao, accepted him as his Imperial Teacher after learning he could teach the art of crafting magical treasures, and received gifts from Hong Yun’s disciples. The chapter ended with Shen Nong giving Xuan Lang the Sky-Flipping Seal, which suited Xuan Lang’s fighting style.

• Shen Nong asked Duobao what he could teach, and Duobao offered to pass on Hong Yun’s method of crafting magical treasures.
• Duobao showed Shen Nong a Northern Profound Origin Water Control Banner, and Shen Nong accepted him as Teacher Duobao.
• Xuan Lang delivered Hong Yun’s Sky-Flipping Seal to Shen Nong.
• Shen Nong returned the Sky-Flipping Seal to Xuan Lang, saying the Human Dao Seal suited him better.
• Xuan Lang eagerly examined the seal and imagined using its overwhelming force to smash his opponents.

Shen Nong gave Xuan Lang the Sky-Flipping Seal on Hong Yun’s behalf, and the group set out to serve humanity. As Golden Ao Island drew visitors for its upcoming lectures, Kun Peng approached Hong Yun to ask about his earlier offer.

• Shen Nong explained that Hong Yun had arranged for him to give Xuan Lang the Sky-Flipping Seal, and Xuan Lang accepted it gratefully.
• Duobao recognized Xuan Lang’s promise to let him study the treasure, while Shen Nong urged Xuan Lang not to forget his people.
• Shen Nong, Ying Long, Duobao, and Xuan Lang headed among humanity to work for its people and discussed the coming lectures on Golden Ao Island.
• Candle Dragon came to Golden Ao Island hoping to meet Tong Tian and sound out Hong Yun, while Kun Peng arrived seeking an answer about Hong Yun’s offer.
• Kun Peng awkwardly asked Hong Yun about the earlier matter, and Hong Yun pretended not to know what he meant as Zhen Yuan Zi laughed.

Hong Yun persuaded Kun Peng to help organize the human race’s developing writing after reincarnating, while explaining to Zhen Yuan Zi that human script would keep evolving. At Jade Void Palace, Primordial Heavenly Lord summoned Daoist Ran Deng and began discussing Tong Tian’s move to the East Sea.

• Hong Yun offered Kun Peng a role in organizing human writing, and Kun Peng eagerly accepted.
• Hong Yun explained to Zhen Yuan Zi that human writing would evolve with civilization, unlike the Demon Script, and Zhen Yuan Zi understood his plan.
• Primordial Heavenly Lord grew displeased that Tong Tian and the Interception Sect had gathered on Golden Ao Island.
• Daoist Ran Deng reflected on how the Chan Sect had denied him the Primordial Violet Qi, an imperial position, and treasures, but continued serving Yuan Shi.
• Yuan Shi praised Daoist Ran Deng’s management of the Chan Sect and began discussing Tong Tian’s establishment of a residence in the East Sea.

Yuan Shi tasked Daoist Ran Deng with exploiting the human race’s desires to create setbacks in Shen Nong’s path to enlightenment, hoping to weaken Hong Yun and Tong Tian’s alliance. Ran Deng feared being blamed if the plan failed but began seeking a way forward, while Yuan Shi told Guang Chengzi to leave the Earth Emperor’s affairs to Ran Deng and wait for the Human Emperor.

• Yuan Shi asked Daoist Ran Deng for a way to address Hong Yun’s influence over Tong Tian and the Chan and Interception Sects’ growing closeness.
• Daoist Ran Deng suggested using the human race’s emotions as an opening, and Yuan Shi approved the idea and assigned him the matter.
• Daoist Ran Deng realized Yuan Shi might leave him to take the blame if the plan was exposed, but he felt unable to refuse and began considering his next move.
• Yuan Shi summoned Guang Chengzi, rebuked him for bringing shame upon the Chan Sect, and told him to focus on cultivation until the Human Emperor’s time.

Yuan Shi warned Guang Chengzi to stay out of the Earthly Emperor affair and prepare for the Human Emperor, but hesitated to give him treasures after recalling Hong Yun’s conflict over the Taiji Diagram. At Biyou Palace, West Queen Mother teased Hong Yun for never visiting West Kunlun, prompting Tong Tian to explain why Hong Yun had helped him.

• Guang Chengzi questioned whether Ran Deng could handle the Human Emperor matter, and Yuan Shi rebuked him and ordered him to focus on his own cultivation and plans.
• Yuan Shi considered giving Guang Chengzi treasures, possibly the Pangu Banner, but changed his mind because Hong Yun might seize them as he had the Taiji Diagram.
• The Chan Sect disciples either descended the mountain or entered seclusion, leaving Kunlun Mountain quiet as powerful figures gathered at Biyou Palace for the lecture.
• West Queen Mother told Hong Yun she felt envious that he had visited Tong Tian but had never accepted her invitations to West Kunlun.
• Tong Tian explained that Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi had given him a place to stay, and suggested that everyone discuss the Dao together before West Queen Mother revealed she had only been teasing Hong Yun.