Chapter Summaries

Daoist Ran Deng’s attempt to harm Jingwei with resentment from the depths of the sea was thwarted when Hong Yun’s disciples arrived. As Wu Tian and Xuan Lang attacked him, Ran Deng tried to invoke their shared ties to the Mystic Gate and threaten to report them to a Saint.

• Daoist Ran Deng used the Spirit Coffin Lamp to draw resentment and baleful aura from the sea, intending to attack Jingwei indirectly, but her Northern Profound Origin Water Control Banner prevented him from succeeding quickly.
• Wu Sheng arrived and disrupted Ran Deng’s plan, and Hong Yun’s other disciples soon joined the pursuit.
• Ran Deng put away the Spirit Coffin Lamp, erased his aura, and fled, but Wu Tian overtook him and attacked with destructive demonic light.
• Ran Deng blocked Wu Tian’s attack with the Universe Ruler, then dodged Xuan Lang’s Sky-Flipping Seal as it split open the sea and flattened the underwater mountains.
• Xuan Lang prepared to strike again, and Ran Deng hurriedly protested that they were both disciples of the Mystic Gate and threatened to report him to a Saint.

Wu Tian and his companions cornered Daoist Ran Deng and attacked him together. Ran Deng used the Spirit Coffin Lamp to create a desolate world, but Wu Tian’s spear adapted to it, and Xuan Lang’s Sky-Flipping Seal shattered its barrier, leaving Ran Deng reeling.

• Ran Deng rejected appeals to their shared Mystic Gate roots, and Ying Long, Bai Li, and Xuanwu blocked his escape.
• Wu Tian summoned a phantom of the God-Slaying Spear and thrust it at Ran Deng’s Universe Ruler while Xuan Lang, Ying Long, Bai Li, and Xuanwu joined the assault.
• Ran Deng used the Spirit Coffin Lamp to create a dark, desolate world that weakened Wu Tian’s spear aura at first.
• Wu Tian’s spear aura adapted to Ran Deng’s world and pressed toward him, forcing Ran Deng to focus on defending himself.
• Xuan Lang’s Sky-Flipping Seal struck Ran Deng’s barrier and shattered the world created by the Spirit Coffin Lamp, making Ran Deng’s magic power nearly run wild.

Xuan Lang and the others overwhelmed Daoist Ran Deng with powerful treasures, but Ran Deng trapped Xuan Lang, Black Tortoise, Ying Long, and Bai Li inside a black coffin. Wu Tian escaped, while Daoist Zhun Ti watched with a smile, expecting Hong Yun to worry.

• Xuan Lang used the Sky-Flipping Seal to pin Daoist Ran Deng’s Universe Ruler to the seabed, then collected it.
• Black Tortoise charged Ran Deng and staggered him, but quickly recovered after being thrown back.
• Ran Deng, fearing defeat, summoned a black coffin whose light drew Black Tortoise, Ying Long, Bai Li, and Xuan Lang inside.
• Wu Tian escaped the coffin’s black light and called out anxiously to his trapped junior brother and junior sister.
• Daoist Zhun Ti watched Ran Deng’s counterattack and smiled at Hong Yun, believing it was now Hong Yun’s turn to worry.

Hong Yun confronted Zhun Ti over his attempt to protect Daoist Ran Deng, while Ran Deng’s fight against Hong Yun’s disciples turned against him. Wu Tian brought out the God-Slaying Spear and unleashed its power against Ran Deng, drawing the attention of the Primordial Wilderness’s most powerful beings.

• Hong Yun appeared behind Zhun Ti and challenged him for interfering on Daoist Ran Deng’s behalf.
• Zhun Ti stepped back from the fight as Ran Deng’s counterattack nearly wiped out Hong Yun’s disciples, but Ran Deng began to lose ground under their combined assault.
• Wu Tian grew anxious when Ran Deng’s coffin-like form swallowed his junior brothers and sisters, so he summoned the God-Slaying Spear.
• The spear’s appearance shook the Primordial Wilderness, and Taiqing, Yuan Shi, Tong Tian, Hao Tian, Yao Chi, and Hong Jun turned their attention toward Wu Tian.
• Hong Yun readied the Twenty-four-grade Reincarnation Purple Lotus as Wu Tian unleashed the God-Slaying Spear at Daoist Ran Deng.

Wu Tian attacked Daoist Ran Deng with the God-Slaying Spear, and Zhun Ti intervened to catch the strike as Hong Yun arrived to protect his disciple. Wu Tian unleashed her full power through the spear, leaving its clash with Zhun Ti unresolved.

• Daoist Ran Deng spat out Ying Long, Bai Li, Xuan Lang, and Xuanwu before fleeing from Wu Tian's God-Slaying Spear.
• Wu Tian thrust the spear at Daoist Ran Deng, whose body and soul were already threatened by its killing aura.
• Zhun Ti appeared between Wu Tian and Daoist Ran Deng and caught the spear between the golden palms of his Sixteen-Foot Golden Body.
• Hong Yun moved Ying Long and the others to safety above the East Sea and watched Zhun Ti cautiously.
• Wu Tian rejected Zhun Ti's plea for mercy and poured her full power into the God-Slaying Spear.

Wu Tian pierced Zhun Ti’s golden palms with the God-Slaying Spear, while Hong Yun stopped Zhun Ti from counterattacking. Hong Yun then shielded Wu Tian as he resumed pursuing Daoist Ran Deng, leaving Zhun Ti furious at being challenged.

• Wu Tian drove the God-Slaying Spear through Zhun Ti’s golden palms, and the spear devoured their power.
• Zhun Ti summoned the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree to attack Wu Tian, but Hong Yun struck it aside with the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler.
• Hong Yun’s ruler severed Zhun Ti’s palms, which the God-Slaying Spear consumed before Zhun Ti regrew them.
• Wu Tian gained law power from the spear’s devouring, then turned back toward Daoist Ran Deng.
• Hong Yun blocked Zhun Ti from reaching Wu Tian and told him he had meddled in a matter that did not concern him.

Wu Tian nearly killed Daoist Ran Deng with the God-Slaying Spear before Yuan Shi rescued him, leaving Ran Deng gravely weakened. Wu Tian then charged Yuan Shi, but Hong Yun pulled him back and faced the Primordial Heavenly Lord.

• Hong Yun warned Zhun Ti not to interfere again, and Zhun Ti stood aside as Wu Tian attacked Daoist Ran Deng.
• Wu Tian's God-Slaying Spear pierced Ran Deng's defenses and devoured much of his Great Dao, causing his cultivation to fall by nearly a realm.
• Yuan Shi struck the spear away with his Three Treasures Jade Ruyi and rescued Ran Deng.
• Ran Deng lamented his fate and decided he would have to make plans for himself from then on.
• Wu Tian caught the spear and charged Yuan Shi, but Hong Yun pulled him behind himself and turned to face the Primordial Heavenly Lord.

Hong Yun refused to let the Saints interfere with the God-Slaying Spear after Wu Tian absorbed its power and prepared to break through to the Great Luo realm. The Saints feared the spear could kill them, but Hong Yun made clear they would not be allowed to restrict it.

• Zhun Ti and Taiqing arrived and urged Hong Yun to forgive Ran Deng, while Yuan Shi watched in silence.
• Wu Tian announced that the God-Slaying Spear’s power had brought him to the brink of a breakthrough, and Hong Yun shielded him so he could cultivate.
• Taiqing, Yuan Shi, and Zhun Ti realized the spear could devour Dao laws and return the power to its wielder, giving it the potential to slay Saints.
• Zhun Ti raised concerns about the spear, and Hong Yun rejected them, insisting Wu Tian was born in harmony with it.
• Yuan Shi proposed placing a restriction on the spear to prevent Wu Tian from using it to wreak havoc, but Hong Yun laughed and refused to let them interfere.

Hong Yun rejected Yuan Shi’s demand to restrict the God-Slaying Spear and insisted that the Chan Sect answer for Daoist Ran Deng’s actions. Taiqing persuaded Yuan Shi to drop the dispute over the spear, and Hong Yun left Ran Deng alive but used the Universe Ruler to settle his karmic debt, further injuring him.

• Hong Yun argued that he had just as much reason to worry about the Chan Sect’s intentions as Yuan Shi had to worry about the God-Slaying Spear.
• Taiqing advised Yuan Shi to stop pressing the issue, and Yuan Shi reluctantly agreed to let Hong Yun keep the spear.
• Taiqing said Ran Deng’s damaged cultivation and Great Dao were punishment enough, but Hong Yun demanded that Ran Deng’s actions still be addressed.
• Hong Yun erased Ran Deng’s remaining aura and restrictions from the Universe Ruler and declared it would settle Ran Deng’s karmic debt.
• Ran Deng spat blood and his aura turned chaotic after Hong Yun severed his connection to the Universe Ruler.

Hong Yun confronted Taiqing, Yuan Shi, and Zhun Ti while Wu Tian broke through, then accepted the Western Great Dao Zhun Ti offered and passed it to his disciple. After the visitors left, Zhen Yuan Zi arrived with Wu Sheng and Jingwei, and the group watched over Wu Tian.

• Daoist Ran Deng regretted getting involved, and Yuan Shi took him away while Taiqing left after considering how to retrieve the Universe Ruler.
• Hong Yun returned the Universe Ruler to Xuan Lang and challenged Zhun Ti, who offered Wu Tian the mysteries of the Western Great Dao to build a relationship.
• Zhun Ti left after Hong Yun called his offer hush money for keeping quiet about Ran Deng's affair, and Hong Yun sent the golden light into Wu Tian.
• Zhen Yuan Zi appeared with Wu Sheng and Jingwei, and Jingwei told Hong Yun she had trusted him and Wu Sheng to rescue her.
• Zhen Yuan Zi told Hong Yun he had expected a fight and regretted that their opponents had simply left.

Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi discussed how the balance of power had changed and how future conflicts would likely involve their disciples. Xuan Lang gave Hong Yun the Universe Ruler, which Hong Yun bestowed on Wusheng to complement his Twenty-Four Sea-Calming Pearls.

• Hong Yun told Zhen Yuan Zi that their strength and allies meant their rivals would now contend with them within the rules, with future struggles likely centered on their disciples.
• Xuan Lang asked Hong Yun to decide what to do with the Universe Ruler because keeping Daoist Ran Deng’s treasure could create trouble with Taiqing and the Mystic Gate.
• Hong Yun took the Universe Ruler from Xuan Lang and sent it to Wusheng, explaining that he would compensate Xuan Lang with another treasure.
• Zhen Yuan Zi said the Universe Ruler and Wusheng’s Twenty-Four Sea-Calming Pearls could form the foundation of Wusheng’s path to attaining the Dao.
• The Universe Ruler joined the Twenty-Four Sea-Calming Pearls, and Wusheng began refining the combined treasures while thanking Hong Yun and Xuan Lang.

Hong Yun forged the Treasure Gathering Basin from the Treasure Distribution Cliff and gave it to Xuan Lang, suggesting it could make him wealthy through the human race’s Wish Power. Wu Tian then broke through to the mid-stage of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, with Hong Yun protecting her breakthrough.

• Hong Yun transformed the Treasure Distribution Cliff into the Treasure Gathering Basin and bestowed it on Xuan Lang, telling him to nurture the treasure and hinting at his future connection to Wish Power.
• Xuan Lang thanked Hong Yun and put away the Treasure Gathering Basin, though he said he had not planned to cultivate through Wish Power.
• Wu Tian’s breakthrough caused a powerful surge of black light and drew in Heaven and Earth Essence and the Power of Law.
• Hong Yun used the Great Innate Five Elements Five Directions Banner to gather essence and laws for Wu Tian and protect her breakthrough.
• Wu Tian emerged at the mid-stage of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, thanked Hong Yun for protecting her, and greeted Zhen Yuan Zi, Wu Sheng, and her fellow disciples.

Wu Tian broke through to the Great Luo Realm and was appointed to teach the Human Emperor, Ji Xuanyuan. Hong Yun and the others headed back to the human race to witness Shen Nong complete the Hundred Herbs Classic and attain the Dao.

• Zhen Yuan Zi admired Hong Yun's exceptionally powerful disciples and compared their potential favorably to the Twelve Golden Immortals.
• Wu Sheng admired Wu Tian’s grown-up appearance, while Hong Yun warned Wu Tian to use the God-Slaying Spear carefully.
• Wu Tian promised to make the Dao laws absorbed by the spear her own, and Hong Yun told her to become Ji Xuanyuan’s Imperial Teacher.
• Wu Tian took Xuanwu with her to find Ji Xuanyuan, despite Xuanwu wanting to stay for Shen Nong’s attainment of the Dao.
• Hong Yun took Zhen Yuan Zi and the others back to the human race, where Shen Nong was nearing completion of the Hundred Herbs Classic.

Hong Yun protected Jingwei by turning the fear and gloom in her and Shen Nong into a bird that would take her place over the East Sea, while binding the bird to Jingwei’s karma. Shen Nong’s Dao Heart cleared, and the Human Dao Seal and an animal-hide book emerged as he prepared to return to his rightful place.

• Shen Nong returned to the human race and reunited with Jingwei, regretting that his duties had kept him from her.
• Hong Yun drew the fear and gloom from Shen Nong and Jingwei, fused them with Jingwei’s karma, and created a bird to wander over the East Sea in her place.
• Zhen Yuan Zi recognized that Hong Yun had replaced Jingwei’s karma and hidden her fate from interference, while he and Hong Yun privately discussed Zhun Ti’s cultivation of the Way of Karma.
• Shen Nong’s Dao Heart cleared, and the Human Dao Seal and an animal-hide book emerged as Hong Yun realized Shen Nong was about to return to his rightful place.

Shen Nong attained the Earth Emperor's Dao as the Three Daos bestowed their rewards, while Hong Jun watched from Heaven Dao and Yuan Shi returned to Kunlun Mountain. After the witnesses dispersed, Hao Tian complained to Hong Yun that his attempt to reincarnate as an ordinary human had instead led him to cultivate the Divine Path and become tainted by Wish Power.

• Hong Yun urged Shen Nong to awaken and attain the Dao as the river of Human Dao fortune enveloped him.
• Shen Nong declared himself the Earth Emperor, entrusted his primordial spirit to Human Dao, and received merit and rewards from Heaven, Earth, and Humanity.
• Hong Jun accepted Shen Nong's ascension and returned to Heaven Dao, while the Saints departed and Duobao absorbed the Three Daos' rewards.
• With Hong Yun's permission, Shen Nong left to spread the Hundred Herbs Classic before the Human Emperor appeared.
• Hao Tian told Hong Yun that his reincarnation among humans had been identified as a god's child and led into Divine Path cultivation, tainting his Dao cultivation with Wish Power.
• Hong Yun claimed Hao Tian's experience had resulted from chance and the workings of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, but Hao Tian did not believe him.

Hong Yun explained to Hao Tian how Wish Power burdened cultivation and described three kinds of gods, urging him to reconsider the Divine Path. Hao Tian wondered whether he should abandon his own Dao to follow it.

• Hao Tian asked Hong Yun why the Wish Power he had absorbed made the thoughts of countless humans interrupt his cultivation.
• Hong Yun explained that Wish Power could aid cultivation but carried karmic constraints, then asked Hao Tian what it meant to be a god or an immortal.
• Hong Yun described innate gods and the Witch Clan’s former duties, prompting Hao Tian to reconsider what he had been taught about their fate.
• Hong Yun identified Heavenly Court officials as the second kind of gods and human Wish Power as the third, then questioned why Hao Tian wanted to purge it.
• Zhen Yuan Zi quietly asked whether Hong Yun meant to make Hao Tian the founder of the Divine Path, and Hong Yun replied that the path already existed.
• Hao Tian asked how he could follow the Divine Path when he had already cultivated his own Dao.

Hong Yun persuaded Hao Tian to consider the Divine Path as a way to ease his Heavenly Court duties, and Hao Tian decided to test it through his divine generals and the human race’s totems. Meanwhile, Wu Tian found Ji Xuanyuan, the reincarnation of her senior fellow disciple’s innate yang essence, and disliked his vigorous appearance.

• Hong Yun told Hao Tian that his Heavenly Emperor duties resembled the Divine Path and urged him to study the human race’s Wish Power rather than expel it.
• Hong Yun explained to Zhen Yuan Zi that he had planted an idea in Hao Tian that might take root when Hao Tian needed Mystic Gate disciples to serve in the Heavenly Court.
• Hao Tian returned to the Heavenly Court and told Yao Chi about Hong Yun’s proposal and his stalled cultivation.
• Hao Tian decided to have his divine generals absorb the human race’s Wish Power and confer Divine Positions on its powerful totems, then sent the generals to carry out his decrees.
• Wu Tian found Ji Xuanyuan and was displeased that her senior fellow disciple’s reincarnation looked so energetic and robust.

Wu Tian arrived before Ji Xuanyuan and demanded that he accept her as his master, then sent Xuanwu to demonstrate her strength. Xuanwu and Ji Xuanyuan began fighting, and Ji Xuanyuan realized his small opponent was extraordinarily powerful.

• Wu Tian landed before Ji Xuanyuan with Xuanwu and told him to pay his respects and become her disciple.
• Ji Xuanyuan questioned Wu Tian’s manners and qualifications, so she offered to prove her ability by having Xuanwu fight him.
• Xuanwu attacked before Ji Xuanyuan could finish speaking and punched him flying.
• Ji Xuanyuan got back up and charged at Xuanwu as the tribe gathered to watch their fast-paced fight.
• Ji Xuanyuan struggled against Xuanwu’s refined martial arts and unusually tough body.

Ji Xuanyuan fought Xuanwu, was beaten, and agreed to become Wu Tian’s disciple. When Guang Chengzi objected, Wu Tian’s killing intent nearly brought the two sides to blows, but Ji Xuanyuan intervened and calmed them; Wu Tian then forbade the Chan Sect members from trying to become his masters.

• Ji Xuanyuan exchanged blows with Xuanwu, whose strength eventually overwhelmed him and left him bruised on the ground.
• Wu Tian reminded Xuanwu that Ji Xuanyuan was his beloved Senior Brother, making Xuanwu stop beating him.
• Wu Tian asked Ji Xuanyuan to become her disciple, and he agreed after deciding that training with Xuanwu could help him unlock his strength.
• Guang Chengzi objected to Ji Xuanyuan’s choice, prompting Wu Tian to unleash her killing intent as the Chan Sect members drew their magic treasures.
• Ji Xuanyuan stepped between the two sides and urged them to stand down, and Guang Chengzi and the others put away their treasures.
• Wu Tian withdrew her aura and told Guang Chengzi and the Chan Sect members they could support Xuanyuan but could not become his masters.

Wu Tian secured the Imperial Teacher position for herself while Guang Chengzi and the Chan Sect disciples stayed to assist Xuanyuan as immortal masters. After training Xuanyuan in martial arts, she prompted him to consider the human race’s problems, pointing out that its many divided tribes had yet to fully benefit from Fuxi and Shen Nong’s teachings.

• Guang Chengzi reluctantly accepted Chi Jingzi’s advice to stay with Xuanyuan and pursue merit rather than challenge Wu Tian.
• Wu Tian began training Xuanyuan in martial arts, using Xuanwu as his sparring partner, while Guang Chengzi’s group sought other humans to teach.
• Xuanyuan asked Wu Tian what he needed to do to become the Human Emperor.
• Wu Tian asked Xuanyuan what problems the human race needed to solve and explained that its tribes remained divided, leaving many without the teachings of the previous emperors.