Chapter Summaries

Kun Peng rejected Di Jun’s offer to name him Emperor Kun until he had earned the Demon Race’s approval, then returned to his palace to seek a way to gain its fortune. Meanwhile, Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi followed Candle Dragon to the Crystal Palace, where they entered a plain hall filled with layered spaces to collect the promised item.

• Di Jun again offered Kun Peng the title of Emperor Kun, but Kun Peng declined until he had made a contribution to the Demon Race.
• Kun Peng returned to his residence in the Heavenly Court and pondered how to gain merit and access the Demon Race’s fortune.
• Nu Wa took her leave because she was concerned for Fuxi after Di Jun and Taiyi’s setback.
• Candle Dragon led Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi to the Crystal Palace, where Zhen Yuan Zi released the Dragon Clan members they had brought.
• Candle Dragon guided Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi into a plain, quiet palace, and Hong Yun sensed its many layers of space.

Candle Dragon brought Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi into the Dragon Clan’s hidden Myriad Dragon Cave and revealed the Fragment of the Jade Plate of Creation. When Hong Yun looked toward the three fragments, they awakened and flew from their platform.

• Candle Dragon explained that Myriad Dragon Cave was the Dragon Clan’s secret resting place and foundation, and insisted Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi enter with him.
• Candle Dragon used his dragon soul to open a passage inside Myriad Dragon Hall and led them into the small world of Myriad Dragon Cave.
• Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi saw countless Dragon Clan corpses arranged around a central platform, and Candle Dragon explained how the clan’s members received its ancestors’ blessings there.
• Candle Dragon opened a hidden stone platform bearing three fragments of the Jade Plate of Creation.
• The fragments responded to Hong Yun’s gaze, flew off the platform, and released boundless mystic light.

Candle Dragon gave Hong Yun a fragment of the Jade Disc of Creation and revealed that the Dragon Clan possessed a branch of the Yellow Bell Plum. Hong Yun handed the branch to Zhen Yuan Zi, while Candle Dragon waited to make his request.

• Candle Dragon gave Hong Yun the Jade Disc of Creation fragment promised by his elder brother, and Hong Yun absorbed it into his body.
• Candle Dragon explained that the Dragon Clan had concealed the fragment after learning Hong Jun was collecting such treasures.
• Candle Dragon revealed that the Dragon Clan had a branch of the Yellow Bell Plum, exciting Zhen Yuan Zi because its Earth Element energy could aid his cultivation.
• Hong Yun challenged Candle Dragon to state what he wanted in exchange for the Yellow Bell Plum.
• Candle Dragon displayed the branch, and Hong Yun swept it into Zhen Yuan Zi's arms.

Hong Yun agreed to consider taking talented, fated members of the Dragon Clan as disciples after Candle Dragon offered him a Huangzhong Plum. At Crystal Palace, Candle Dragon gathered the clan’s promising young dragons so Hong Yun could assess them.

• Zhen Yuan Zi worried that Candle Dragon’s request might put Hong Yun in a difficult position, but Candle Dragon returned the Huangzhong Plum and asked Hong Yun to accept Dragon Clan disciples.
• Candle Dragon explained that a master-disciple bond would tie the Dragon Clan more closely to Hong Yun and that his martial path could help strengthen the dragons.
• Hong Yun agreed to consider Dragon Clan disciples who had the right fate and talent, while leaving open the possibility of teaching the clan otherwise.
• Candle Dragon led Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi out of Myriad Dragon Cave and hosted them in Crystal Palace’s largest hall.
• Candle Dragon summoned the talented younger dragons, including Ying Long and Bai Li, then began addressing them about Hong Yun’s help and his plea.

Hong Yun tested the Dragon Clan members who hoped to become his disciples by asking how they would face a powerful demon. Bai Li’s candid answer caught his interest, and he offered her a chance to become his true disciple.

• Candle Dragon announced that Hong Yun was willing to take a Dragon Clan member as his disciple and invited him to choose.
• Hong Yun asked the Golden Immortals how they would respond if they faced a Great Luo among the Ten Great Demon Gods, and most said they would flee or fight if trapped.
• Ying Long vowed to fight with everything he had, even to the point of self-destruction, and hoped Hong Yun had chosen him.
• Bai Li said she would claim to be Hong Yun’s disciple and rely on him to avenge her, accepting the risk of punishment and insisting he would not harm the Dragon Clan over it.
• Hong Yun smiled and offered Bai Li a chance to truly become his disciple, leaving her stunned.

Hong Yun chose Bai Li as a disciple, but his two existing disciples began transforming into human form and insisted on taking precedence. As the ceremony was delayed for all three to become disciples together, the chaotic gourd split open and a boy emerged in Fire Cloud Cave World.

• Candle Dragon brought Bai Li to Hong Yun, who chose her as his disciple, and Candle Dragon urged her to kowtow.
• Hong Yun stopped Bai Li when the chaotic-colored little gourd and the Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus began trying to take human form.
• Hong Yun explained that he had already decided the gourd and black lotus would be his first and second disciples, so Candle Dragon agreed to arrange a grand ceremony for all three.
• Hong Yun returned to Fire Cloud Cave World and watched as the gourd, whom he planned to call Huluwa, and the black lotus, whom he planned to call Wu Tian, advanced toward taking human form.
• The Innate Gourd Vine snapped, and the gourd split open with a thunderous crash as a round-headed, round-faced boy leaped out.

Hong Yun welcomed Huluwa, the first creature born in his Fire Cloud Cave World, as his disciple and named him Vajra. He introduced Huluwa to Bai Li, while the Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus continued preparing to take form as Hong Yun's second disciple.

• Huluwa transformed into a childlike Golden Immortal and ran to Hong Yun, who named him Vajra and welcomed him as his eldest disciple.
• Huluwa's birth settled most of Hong Yun's karmic tie to the Innate Yin Yang Five Elements Gourd Vine, leaving him feeling lighter and clearer.
• Hong Yun reassured the Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus that it would also become his disciple, then brought Bai Li into the Fire Cloud Cave World.
• Bai Li greeted Huluwa as her eldest senior brother, and Huluwa happily declared the order of the disciples while the Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus resumed glowing.

Hong Yun watched the Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus take human form as a little girl resembling Bai Li, then named her Wu Tian and welcomed her as his disciple. He returned to Dragon Palace with his three disciples, where they met Zhen Yuan Zi and greeted him as their senior uncle.

• The Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus transformed into a little girl who resembled Bai Li and greeted Hong Yun as her teacher.
• Hong Yun accepted her appearance, named her Wu Tian, and explained to Bai Li that she resembled her because Bai Li had appeared during the transformation.
• Hong Yun brought Huluwa, Wu Tian, and Bai Li back to Dragon Palace to hold an apprenticeship ceremony.
• Zhen Yuan Zi met Huluwa and Wu Tian, and Hong Yun introduced them as his eldest disciple Vajra, also called Huluwa, and his second disciple Wu Tian.
• Hong Yun told his disciples to treat Zhen Yuan Zi like him, and the three disciples greeted him as their senior uncle.

Huluwa and Wu Tian faced their first Heavenly Dao lightning tribulation after leaving Hong Yun’s Fire Cloud Cave World, while Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi stayed in the Dragon Palace. As the tribulation intensified, both began using their powers to withstand it.

• Hong Yun stopped Zhen Yuan Zi from giving Huluwa, Wu Tian, and Bai Li gifts before Candle Dragon’s apprenticeship ceremony and sent Bai Li to lead Huluwa and Wu Tian out to sea for their tribulation.
• Hong Yun reassured Zhen Yuan Zi that the tribulation would benefit Huluwa and Wu Tian and continued feasting with him in the Dragon Palace.
• Bai Li moved away as Purple Heaven Divine Lightning began striking Huluwa and Wu Tian above the sea.
• Huluwa charged into the lightning and laughed as it coursed over his body, while Wu Tian sat on the Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus and absorbed the tribulation’s energy.
• As the lightning bolts grew faster and Huluwa struggled to endure them with his body alone, the little gourd above his head glowed gray and released a powerful devouring force.

Huluwa and Wu Tian endured their heavenly tribulations, but Huluwa’s attempt to absorb the tribulation’s source nearly summoned the will of the Heavenly Dao. After the danger passed, they returned to Hong Yun, who examined the changes in their auras.

• Huluwa absorbed the tribulation lightning with his gourd and charged into the clouds, provoking the Heavenly Dao’s will to gather.
• Huluwa stopped absorbing the lightning and escaped the clouds, allowing the Heavenly Dao’s will and the tribulation clouds to dissipate.
• Wu Tian scolded Huluwa for his recklessness, and Bai Li led them back to the Dragon Palace to see Hong Yun.
• Huluwa showed Hong Yun the source of the tribulation lightning he had collected, but Hong Yun told him to keep it.
• Hong Yun examined Wu Tian and Huluwa and noticed that their auras had changed after they survived the tribulation.

Hong Yun prepared to take Huluwa, Wu Tian, and the Dragon Clan junior as disciples at the Crystal Palace and invited Hou Tu and the Ancestral Shamans to attend. Hou Tu arrived with Xuanming, Gong Gong, and Zhurong, but Huluwa mistook Xuanming for his Martial Mother and clung to her leg.

• Hong Yun used a Witch Clan bloodline secret technique to invite Hou Tu to the discipleship ceremony at the Crystal Palace.
• Hou Tu told the Ancestral Shamans about the invitation, and Xuanming explained how Hong Yun had taken Huluwa and Wu Tian as disciples.
• Dijiang chose to stay behind to guard Pangu Hall while Hou Tu, Xuanming, Gong Gong, and Zhurong traveled to the Crystal Palace through a spatial passage.
• Hong Yun told the three little ones to be sweet to their Martial Mother when she arrived.
• Huluwa rushed past Hou Tu and hugged Xuanming's leg, and Hong Yun hurried to tell him he had mistaken her for his Martial Mother.

Hong Yun welcomed the Ancestral Shamans, then held a formal apprenticeship ceremony for Huluwa, Wu Tian, and Bai Li. He gave each disciple protective treasures and began refining a powerful offensive treasure for Bai Li from a blue water-element gourd.

• Huluwa mistook Hou Tu for Xuanming’s Martial Mother, then happily recognized Hou Tu when she arrived.
• Gong Gong and Zhurong assured Hong Yun that the Witch Clan’s conflict with the Demon Clan was not his fault, while Hong Yun resolved to find a way to protect the Ancestral Shamans.
• Candle Dragon arranged a formal ceremony, and Huluwa, Wu Tian, and Bai Li bowed to Hong Yun and Hou Tu to become disciples of Fire Cloud Cave.
• Hong Yun gave each disciple two Innate Spiritual Treasures and a pendant made from Six Roots Pure Bamboo, strengthened with righteous energy from the Heavens Celebration Cloud.
• Hong Yun chose a blue water-element gourd from the Innate Gourd Vine and began refining it into an offensive treasure for Bai Li.

Hong Yun completed a powerful water-aligned gourd for Bai Li, and the gathered elders and Candle Dragon bestowed treasures upon the three children. After Bai Li’s induction brought fortune to the Dragon Clan, Ying Long pleaded for a chance to serve Hong Yun as a gatekeeper.

• Hong Yun used the Fire Cloud Cave World’s power, the Innate Water Spirit Pearl, and Primordial Heavy Water to refine a blue gourd, then gave it to Bai Li.
• Hou Tu and Zhen Yuan Zi gave treasures to the three children, and Candle Dragon presented each with Dragon God Armor made from Great Luo Realm dragon scales.
• Hong Yun sensed fortune and karmic ties flowing to him when Bai Li formally became his disciple, while Candle Dragon sensed the Dragon Clan’s fortune change.
• Ying Long left the witnesses’ seats, bowed to Hong Yun, and begged to guard his mountain gate and serve him.

Hong Yun agreed to take Ying Long into Fire Cloud Cave after Zhen Yuan Zi spoke up for him. Xuanming then offered to train Bai Li in martial arts and the Law of Ice, and Hong Yun agreed.

• Hong Yun told Candle Dragon that Fire Cloud Cave already had two Five-Clawed Golden Dragons guarding its gates, leaving Ying Long despondent.
• Zhen Yuan Zi suggested that Hong Yun take Ying Long in and train him as a divine guardian general.
• Candle Dragon prepared to offer Hong Yun something for Ying Long, but Hong Yun stopped him and agreed to take Ying Long in.
• Ying Long thanked Hong Yun, who told him to wait while he arranged to take him to Fire Cloud Cave.
• Xuanming asked Hong Yun to let Bai Li study martial arts with her and deepen her mastery of the Law of Ice, and Hong Yun agreed.

Hong Yun considered how to give Huluwa and Wu Tian the worldly experience they needed to mature while respecting their separate paths of cultivation. Hou Tu offered to take them to her Houtu Tribe, but Hong Yun rejected the idea because the Witch Clan might coddle them.

• Hong Yun encouraged Bai Li to thank Xuanming for teaching her, and Bai Li accepted Xuanming as her Martial Mother.
• Huluwa asked Hou Tu to teach him and showed everyone that he could spit water and breathe fire.
• Zhurong teased Huluwa by offering to have the Ancestral Shamans train him, making the child protest that he wanted to learn from Martial Mother.
• Hong Yun judged that Huluwa and Wu Tian needed experience of the world to mature, rather than more cultivation alone.
• Hou Tu offered to let Huluwa and Wu Tian stay with her Houtu Tribe, but Hong Yun declined because the Witch Clan might spoil them.

Hong Yun assigned Huluwa, Wu Tian, Bai Li, and Ying Long to explore Fangzhang Island while he and Zhen Yuan Zi prepared to cultivate in seclusion. After giving the group the island’s location and a protective gourd, he saw off the Ancestral Shamans and prepared to leave.

• Hong Yun proposed that his disciples explore Fangzhang Island as a trial while he and Zhen Yuan Zi cultivated in seclusion.
• Zhen Yuan Zi agreed, and Hong Yun assigned Huluwa, Wu Tian, and Bai Li to travel with Ying Long, who would guide them.
• Hong Yun gave Ying Long a gourd connected to his Fire Cloud Cave World and sent the island’s location to all four companions.
• Hong Yun warned Huluwa and Wu Tian to listen to Bai Li and Ying Long, then trusted the group to handle the journey.
• Hou Tu, Xuanming, Zhurong, and Gong Gong departed through the Fire Cloud Cave World as Hong Yun prepared to leave.

Hong Yun left Zhen Yuan Zi to refine the Yellow Plum in Fire Cloud Cave, while Huluwa, Wu Tian, Bai Li, and Ying Long set out for Fangzhang Island. As the Dragon Clan’s war with the demon race threatened his territory, East King Duke went into the chaos to seek Dao Ancestor Hong Jun, just as Hong Yun appeared in the Eastern Sea.

• Hong Yun took Zhen Yuan Zi to Fire Cloud Cave, where Zhen Yuan Zi stayed to refine the Yellow Plum.
• Huluwa led Wu Tian, Bai Li, and Ying Long toward Fangzhang Island to explore.
• East King Duke worried that the demon race might seize the overseas islands after its war with the Dragon Clan harmed his loose cultivators.
• East King Duke ordered his followers to hold Zifu Continent and avoid provoking the demon race, then went into the chaos to seek Hong Jun.
• Hong Yun appeared in the Eastern Sea after resolving the Dragon Clan’s crisis in his battle with Taiyi.

East King Duke found the Purple Cloud Palace and asked Dao Ancestor Hong Jun for help regarding the Demon Clan. Hong Jun already knew his purpose and considered the scattered immortals of the Eastern Sea a potential foundation for the Immortal Dao.

• East King Duke searched Chaos for the Purple Cloud Palace, gave up, and turned back toward the Primordial Wilderness.
• The Purple Cloud Palace appeared before East King Duke, and he entered after its doors opened.
• Hao Tian and Yao Chi greeted East King Duke before Dao Ancestor Hong Jun appeared and summoned him into the hall.
• Dao Ancestor Hong Jun told East King Duke that he already knew why he had come.
• Hong Jun reflected on the Demon Clan's growing power and its members' neglect of the Immortal Dao, then recognized East King Duke and the scattered immortals overseas as its orthodox branch.

Hongjun appointed East King Duke and West Queen Mother as leaders of all male and female immortals, granting East King Duke new authority and fortune. As East King Duke returned to the Primordial Wilderness, he began considering the Demon Clan’s Heavenly Court as a stage for expanding the Immortal Dao.

• Hongjun offered East King Duke and West Queen Mother the positions of leaders of all male and female immortals, and both accepted.
• Hongjun issued an edict appointing them, and the Heavenly Dao bestowed authority and fortune on East King Duke.
• Di Jun and Taiyi resented the appointment, while Di Jun suspected Hongjun meant to promote the Immortal Dao; the Ancestral Shamans dismissed it as irrelevant to the Witch Clan.
• East King Duke left Zixiao Palace emboldened by Hongjun’s support and expected to soon reach the Quasi-Saint realm.
• East King Duke decided the Primordial Wilderness, rather than the East Sea, was his true stage and considered taking control of the Demon Clan’s Heavenly Court with West Queen Mother.
• After returning to the Primordial Wilderness, East King Duke recalled Hongjun’s earlier words, stopped abruptly, and his thoughts stirred.

The West Queen Mother wondered why Hong Jun had made her Head of Female Immortals, then decided to enjoy the cultivation benefits of the title. East King Duke arrived at West Kunlun to meet her, and she went out to welcome him, unaware of what he wanted to discuss.

• The West Queen Mother worried that Hong Jun's appointment might bring trouble, but chose to accept its fortune and began cultivating with Xuan Nü.
• East King Duke traveled to West Kunlun and introduced himself to Lu Wu, the beast guarding the mountain gate.
• Lu Wu informed the West Queen Mother that East King Duke had come to visit.
• The West Queen Mother greeted East King Duke outside her abode, and they exchanged courteous words.