Chapter Summaries

Tong Tian accepted Xuan Lang and San Xiao as disciples, appointing Xuan Lang leader of Interception Sect’s outer disciples. After Tong Tian and Zhen Yuan Zi departed, Hong Yun prepared to take San Xiao and the others to the Netherworld.

• Tong Tian bestowed the Sea Suppressing Divine Whip on Xuan Lang and made him Interception Sect’s senior outer disciple, leader of its outer disciples.
• Xuan Lang argued that San Xiao should call him Big Brother because he was older, and Hong Yun told him to protect his new sisters.
• Tong Tian urged Hong Yun to send the disciples to Kunlun Mountain soon, then departed reluctantly.
• Zhen Yuan Zi declined to visit the Netherworld and left after asking Hong Yun to notify him about a future trip to the Sun Star and Moon Star.
• Xuanming opened a passage to the Netherworld, while Huluwa explained it to San Xiao before Xuanming told everyone to go.

Hong Yun brought San Xiao to the Underworld, where Pingxin strengthened Yun Xiao’s Primordial Chaos Golden Dou and made the three sisters attendant goddesses. After training them in martial arts and the Formation Dao, Hong Yun sent San Xiao and Xuan Lang to Kunlun Mountain to study under Tong Tian.

• Hong Yun and the others arrived at the Six Paths of Reincarnation Hall, where Pingxin welcomed San Xiao as her daughters.
• Pingxin infused Yun Xiao’s Primordial Chaos Golden Dou with reincarnation power and appointed San Xiao attendant goddesses of the hall.
• Xuanming taught San Xiao martial arts while Hong Yun shared his Formation Dao insights with them.
• After Tong Tian sent a message asking when his disciples would arrive, Hong Yun gave San Xiao and Xuan Lang farewells and sent them to Kunlun Mountain.
• Tong Tian sensed their arrival and sent Duobao to welcome them, while complaining about Duobao’s slow progress toward the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

Duobao welcomed Xuan Lang and San Xiao to Kunlun Mountain and brought them to meet Tong Tian, Taiqing, and Yuan Shi. Tong Tian prepared to introduce his new disciples to his elder brothers, and the four newcomers began their formal greetings.

• Tong Tian visited Taiqing and Yuan Shi, explaining that his new disciples could become his successors in Formation Dao.
• Pingxin brought Xuan Lang and San Xiao to the foot of Kunlun Mountain, where Duobao came to greet them.
• Duobao gave Xuan Lang and San Xiao a bundle of spirit treasures, including a replica of Tong Tian’s Immortal Slaying Sword.
• Duobao escorted the four disciples to the main hall, where Tong Tian told them to pay their respects to Taiqing and Yuan Shi.

Tong Tian formally welcomed Xuan Lang and San Xiao into the Interception Sect, then tried to ease tensions after Yuan Shi reacted with hostility toward Hong Yun’s daughters. Duobao began introducing the new disciples to the Mystic Gate, starting with Xuan Du.

• Xuan Lang and San Xiao greeted Taiqing and Yuan Shi after arriving before Tong Tian and the Three Pure Ones.
• Yuan Shi recognized San Xiao as Hong Yun’s daughters and made a hostile remark, angering them and prompting Yun Xiao to prepare a retort.
• Tong Tian cut Yun Xiao off, welcomed Xuan Lang and San Xiao into the Interception Sect, and urged all the Mystic Gate disciples to treat one another like family.
• Yuan Shi silently signaled Nan Ji and the other Chan Sect disciples, who concealed their displeasure toward Tong Tian’s words.
• Tong Tian instructed Duobao to introduce the newcomers to the other disciples, and Duobao brought them first to meet Xuan Du.

At the Mystic Gate gathering on Kunlun Mountain, Nan Ji proposed a contest and targeted San Xiao, prompting Xuan Lang to step in and challenge him instead. The chapter ended as Xuan Lang faced Nan Ji, with San Xiao worried about their big brother.

• Xuan Du greeted Xuan Lang and San Xiao warmly, and Xuan Lang explained that they were all members of the Innate Human Race.
• The disciples of the Mystic Gate exchanged greetings, and Nan Ji proposed that they test one another’s Dao.
• Nan Ji suggested that San Xiao demonstrate their Formation Dao, hoping to act on Yuan Shi’s apparent approval and target them.
• Xuan Lang stepped in and told Nan Ji that San Xiao had only recently taken human form, then challenged Nan Ji himself.
• Xuan Lang reassured San Xiao and went to face Nan Ji, while hiding his anger behind a smile.

Xuan Lang fought Nan Ji in a sparring match, using his martial arts training to overwhelm the more powerful sorcerer despite being badly burned. Yuan Shi stopped the fight and scolded both disciples, while Tong Tian defended Xuan Lang.

• Duobao worried that Nan Ji would harm San Xiao and asked Tong Tian what to do, but Tong Tian assured him that Xuan Lang was not as simple as he seemed.
• Nan Ji opened the duel by attacking Xuan Lang with the Coiling Dragon Staff and its power of fire.
• Xuan Lang charged through Nan Ji's attacks and struck him with the Sea Suppressing Divine Whip, then repeatedly battered him at close range despite his burns.
• Nan Ji used the Five Fire Seven Feather Fan to unleash flames, but Xuan Lang kept attacking and gained the advantage.
• Yuan Shi separated the fighters and reprimanded them for turning a spar into a fight to the death, while Tong Tian defended Xuan Lang and beckoned him over.

Tong Tian and Yuan Shi treated Xuan Lang and Nan Ji while arguing over martial arts, but Taiqing stopped them when Zhun Ti arrived at Kunlun Mountain. After the disciples left the hall, the Three Pure Ones closed the doors to speak with Zhun Ti privately.

• Tong Tian healed Xuan Lang, and Yuan Shi treated Nan Ji while criticizing his pursuit of martial arts.
• Tong Tian defended martial arts as a Great Dao, and Taiqing halted the brothers' argument when Zhun Ti announced his arrival.
• Taiqing sent Xuan Du to greet Zhun Ti, who entered the hall and praised the Mystic Gate's disciples while lamenting the West's scarcity of living beings.
• Zhun Ti noticed that San Xiao were Hong Yun's daughters but said nothing and continued chatting without explaining his purpose.
• Taiqing dismissed the disciples, and Xuan Du led them out as the hall doors closed behind them.

Duobao explained to the San Xiao that the origins of their Innate Five Elements Flags had left bad blood between Hong Yun and several senior uncles. In the main hall, Zhun Ti asked the Three Pure Ones to lend him and Jieyin Heavenly Dao Merit so they could become Saints, leaving Taiqing, Yuan Shi, and Tong Tian weighing the risks of the request.

• Bi Xiao asked Duobao about Zhun Ti, and Duobao explained that several of the Innate Five Elements Flags had come from Taiqing, Yuan Shi, and Zhun Ti under unpleasant circumstances.
• Xuan Lang reassured the San Xiao that the senior disciples would not take their grievances with Hong Yun out on them, and Duobao led everyone toward Biyou Palace.
• After the second-generation disciples departed, Zhun Ti asked the Three Pure Ones to lend him and Jieyin Heavenly Dao Merit so they could become Saints.
• The Three Pure Ones privately questioned whether lending merit would make them responsible for Jieyin and Zhun Ti’s karmic debt.

Zhun Ti asked the Three Pure Ones to lend him and Jieyin Heavenly Dao Merit or let them spread their teachings in the East, but they refused. He left Kunlun Mountain in anger and decided they would borrow merit from the Heavenly Dao instead.

• Taiqing consulted Yuan Shi and Tong Tian, then told Zhun Ti that borrowing merit could deceive the Heavenly Dao and be unbefitting of Saints.
• Zhun Ti explained that he and Jieyin lacked enough merit to attain sainthood and asked permission to spread their teachings in the East.
• Yuan Shi rejected the proposal, Tong Tian agreed, and Taiqing pointed out that the Witch, Demon, and Human Clans also had to be consulted, noting Hong Yun's opposition.
• Zhun Ti gave up, left Kunlun Mountain, and resolved to borrow merit from the Heavenly Dao despite the great vow it would require.

Zhunti concluded that he had to borrow from Heaven to compensate for the Western Boundary’s shattered ley lines, while the Three Pure Ones discussed how they would spread their teachings and recruit disciples. Tong Tian agreed to test prospective disciples’ character and destined connection, then eagerly brought San Xiao to study his Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.

• Zhunti lamented that he and Jieyin could fall under Heaven’s control and decided to discuss borrowing from Heaven with his brother.
• The Three Pure Ones reaffirmed that they had been right to refuse Zhunti’s proposal to use sainthood to bridge the east and west.
• Taiqing said he would teach the Dao without taking more disciples, while Yuan Shi proposed strict tests for those seeking to join his lineage.
• Tong Tian agreed to test prospective Interception Sect disciples’ character and destined connection.
• Tong Tian returned to Biyou Palace with San Xiao to teach them the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.
• Huluwa and the others spent more time with Hong Yun in the underworld before parting to attend to their own affairs.

Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi traveled to the Primordial Starry Sky to collect the Sun and Moon Star cores and complete the world. When they arrived at the Moon Star, they were astonished by its vast Moon Laurel Tree and the Lunar Palace beneath it.

• Huluwa and Wu Sheng prepared to travel to the human race, while Wu Tian stayed in the Underworld to cultivate and Bai Li set out for the Dragon Clan with Ying Long.
• Hong Yun invited Pingxin and Xuanming to join him and Zhen Yuan Zi, but Pingxin stayed to cultivate and Xuanming went to inspect Yin Mountain.
• Hong Yun met Zhen Yuan Zi above the Eastern Sea, and the two joked as they traveled toward the Primordial Starry Sky.
• Di Jun asked Nu Wa to arrange a marriage for him, and Nu Wa's Red Embroidered Ball reacted, prompting her to visit Changxi and Wang Shu herself.
• Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi reached the Moon Star and saw its immense Moon Laurel Tree and the Lunar Palace beneath it.

Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi visited the Moon Star to obtain Moon Star core, where the sentient Moon Laurel Tree offered to introduce them to Wang Shu. Wang Shu welcomed them into the Moon Star Palace, and Hong Yun warned Zhen Yuan Zi not to act recklessly as they began negotiations.

• Zhen Yuan Zi marveled at the Moon Laurel Tree’s immense true form and the difficulty it faced in taking human form.
• The Moon Laurel Tree appeared as a silver phantom, recognized Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi, and offered them Moon Star core while inviting them to the Moon Star Palace.
• The Moon Laurel Tree transported Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi to the Moon Star Palace, where Wang Shu came out to greet them.
• Wang Shu said she knew what they sought and invited them inside to talk.
• Hong Yun privately warned Zhen Yuan Zi not to do anything reckless while they asked for the Star Core.

Hong Yun explained why the Moon Laurel Tree could not take human form, and Zhen Yuan Zi outlined two possible methods for it to create a body. Hong Yun began describing a second method based on the Moon Laurel and Fusang Trees’ complementary Taiyin and Solar origins.

• Wang Shu hosted Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi at the Moon Star Palace, served them moonlight osmanthus wine, and gave Hong Yun a generous supply.
• Hong Yun explained that the Moon Laurel Tree’s powerful true body and roots across the Moon Star made taking human form increasingly difficult.
• The Moon Laurel Tree Spirit appeared and asked how it could take human form, and Zhen Yuan Zi advised it to use spiritual material to create a body for its spirit.
• Zhen Yuan Zi described a method using a branch from the Moon Laurel Divine Tree and part of its Innate Origin, warning that its pure origin could limit future cultivation.
• Hong Yun explained that the Moon Laurel Tree possessed Innate Taiyin Origin and that the Sun Star’s Fusang Tree likely had complementary Solar Origin, then began proposing how their origins might help them take human form.

Hong Yun advised the Moon Laurel Tree Spirit and Wang Shu to merge their branches and origins, while Jieyin and Zhun Ti concluded that they needed to become Saints to protect and revitalize the West. Jieyin began a supplication to Heaven, with Zhun Ti joining him.

• Hong Yun told the Moon Laurel Tree Spirit and Wang Shu that merging their branches and half their origins would strengthen them and aid their pursuit of the Great Dao.
• Zhun Ti returned from the Three Pure Ones’ refusal to lend merit and warned Jieyin that they risked losing their Primordial Violet Qi if they delayed becoming Saints.
• Zhun Ti proposed that Jieyin establish a sect and become a Saint while he sought to borrow merit from the Heavenly Dao.
• Jieyin rejected the idea of directly asking the Heavenly Dao for merit and argued that they must become Saints to teach the West’s living beings and restore the region.
• Jieyin sent the Eight Treasures Merit Pool into the sky, placed the Twelve-grade Merit Golden Lotus in it, and began supplicating Heaven as Zhun Ti joined him.

Jieyin and Zhun Ti founded the Western Sect and became Saints by pledging themselves to Western Heaven and Earth, with Zhun Ti sacrificing his own strength to bolster Jieyin. Their ascension shook the Primordial Wilderness, and the Three Pure Ones watched from Kunlun Mountain, ashamed by the brothers’ sacrifice for each other.

• Jieyin and Zhun Ti vowed to establish the Western Sect, spread the Dao in the West, and remain there until it prospered.
• Jieyin pledged himself and Zhun Ti to Western Heaven and Earth, drawing additional merit through their agreement.
• Zhun Ti became a Saint first, then sent his remaining merit to Jieyin so his senior brother could grow stronger.
• Jieyin used the merit to sever his Third Corpse and unite his Three Corpses, then entrusted his spirit to the Heavenly Dao and became a Saint.
• The ascension of the two Western Saints shook the Primordial Wilderness, while the Three Pure Ones watched from Kunlun Mountain and felt ashamed of their own brotherhood.

After Jieyin and Zhunti became Saints, the Witch and Demon Clans considered the dangers ahead while Di Jun prepared for a decisive Heavenly Marriage. On the Moon Star, Hong Yun reflected on the Western Sages’ resolve and asked Wang Shu whether she knew Di Jun.

• Hongjun observed Jieyin and Zhunti borrowing Heavenly Dao Merit and becoming Saints, but believed they would remain bound to the Heavenly Dao.
• Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin anticipated the coming Witch-Demon Calamity and discussed how both clans’ fortunes might peak before declining.
• On the journey to the Sun Star, Di Jun asked Nu Wa to protect the Demon Race if he fell, and resolved to use the Heavenly Marriage to sever his Three Corpses and refine the Myriad Stars Great Formation.
• Hong Yun praised Jieyin and Zhunti’s resolve in front of the conflicted Moon Laurel Tree Spirit, then turned to Wang Shu and asked whether she and Di Jun were acquainted.

Hong Yun considered how Wang Shu’s involvement in Di Jun’s Heavenly Marriage could affect the Demon Clan’s formation, then received a Moon Laurel branch and brought Wang Shu to the Fire Cloud Cave World to help refine a small Moon Star. Meanwhile, Di Jun and Nu Wa went to the Moon Star to seek Wang Shu after Xi He agreed to marry Di Jun.

• Wang Shu explained that she knew Di Jun through Xi He, while Hong Yun considered how excluding Wang Shu from the Heavenly Marriage would weaken the Myriad Stars Great Formation.
• The Moon Laurel Tree Spirit gave Hong Yun a branch rich in lunar essence and promised to help him.
• Zhen Yuan Zi asked Wang Shu to help Hong Yun refine a small Moon Star, and she agreed.
• Hong Yun, Zhen Yuan Zi, and Wang Shu left for the Fire Cloud Cave World.
• Nu Wa and Di Jun arrived at the Moon Star and discovered Wang Shu was absent.
• Di Jun told Xi He he wanted to ask Wang Shu to marry him too, and Xi He agreed to marry him herself.

Nu Wa joined Di Jun in searching the Moon Star for Wang Shu, but found the palace empty and sensed Hong Yun had recently been there. Suspecting Hong Yun had taken Wang Shu, Nu Wa secretly entered his Fire Cloud Cave World to find out what he was doing.

• Xi He apologized to Nu Wa after hinting at her connection with Hong Yun, while Di Jun and Xi He discussed his grand wedding ceremony.
• Di Jun declined Xi He's offer to accompany him to the Moon Star and went with Nu Wa to seek Wang Shu's agreement to marry him.
• Di Jun and Nu Wa found the Moon Star Palace empty, and the Moon Laurel Tree Spirit hid from them.
• Nu Wa sensed Hong Yun's aura and traces of spatial fluctuations at the palace but concealed her suspicions from Di Jun.
• After Di Jun left for the Heavenly Court, Nu Wa used her gourd to enter Hong Yun's Fire Cloud Cave World.

Hong Yun left the Fire Cloud Cave World with Nu Wa, Zhen Yuan Zi, and Wang Shu after sensing trouble in the Primordial Wilderness. Jieyin and Zhunti tested their newly gained Saint power across the world, leaving the Demon Clan's Heavenly Court to resist them.

• Hong Yun nervously tried to explain Wang Shu's presence to Nu Wa before sensing that something had happened in the Primordial Wilderness.
• Jieyin and Zhunti returned to Mount Sumeru and spread their combined Saint pressure across the Primordial Wilderness, avoiding the territories of the other great powers and targeting the Demon Clan's Heavenly Court.
• Huluwa used the power of the Fire Cloud Cave World to help himself and Wu Sheng remain standing beneath the Saints' pressure.
• The Ancestral Shamans welcomed Jieyin and Zhunti's choice to avoid the Witch Clan, while Di Jun and Taiyi grew furious at the attack on the Heavenly Court.
• Taiyi used the Chaos Bell and Di Jun invoked the River Diagram, Luo Book, and the incomplete Myriad Stars Great Formation to shield Ling Xiao Treasure Hall from the pressure.
• Jieyin and Zhunti calmly watched Di Jun and Taiyi resist them without retaliating.

Jieyin and Zhunti established the Western Sect and tried to draw beings from the East to the West, prompting the Three Pure Ones to intervene. The chapter ended with Nu Wa, urged by Hong Yun, attacking Taiqing to defend the demon race.

• Jieyin and Zhunti announced the Western Sect and used their Sage power to lure eastern beings toward the West.
• Tong Tian sealed spatial fluctuations across the eastern lands with the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, while Taiqing dispelled the Western Sages’ pressure and struck Taiyi, breaking the Myriad Stars Great Formation.
• Di Jun stopped the demon race from insulting the Sages, while Taiqing’s attack left him furious and contemplative.
• Yuan Shi used the Pangu Banner to carve a deep chasm between the eastern and western lands.
• Hong Yun reminded Nu Wa that she was the demon race’s Sage, and Nu Wa swung the Qiankun Cauldron at Taiqing’s Taiji Diagram.