Chapter Summaries

Kunpeng became a Quasi-Saint Heavenly Demon and escaped the Demon Race, while Chu Xuan revealed that he had also preserved Hong Yun as a Heavenly Demon. Jieyin returned with a Blood Sea soul fragment, which Chu Xuan turned into Minghe the Heavenly Demon, leaving the Heavenly Demon Great Dao with several powerful new members.

• Kunpeng transformed into a Quasi-Saint Heavenly Demon and escaped Di Jun's encirclement, while Zhen Yuanzi departed grieving and blaming the Demon Race.
• Chang Xi recalled that a powerful being had instructed her to reveal Kunpeng's demonic corruption and let him escape.
• Chu Xuan strengthened Kunpeng's connection to the Heavenly Demon Great Dao and revealed that he had preserved Hong Yun's final wisp of soul as a Heavenly Demon.
• Chu Xuan considered using Hong Yun's karmic ties to create Inner Demons and planned to capture another Quasi-Saint before pursuing his next plan.
• Jieyin returned badly injured with a fragment of Minghe's soul foundation and admitted that he had forced Minghe to join the Heavenly Demon Great Dao.
• Chu Xuan transformed the fragment into Minghe the Heavenly Demon, while Minghe demanded to return and break through before his damaged soul foundation suffered further backlash.

Chu Xuan enlisted Jieyin and Minghe to help suppress the awakened Jidu within the Heavenly Demon Great Dao, intending to preserve him as a vessel for Luohu’s future descent. He convinced the two newly advanced Quasi-Saints that Luohu had assigned them authority over future tribulations and might reward them.

• Jieyin nearly damaged his foundation while killing another portion of primordial spirit, but succeeded, and Chu Xuan sent Minghe back to break through.
• The growing Heavenly Demon Great Dao awakened Jidu, and Chu Xuan decided to suppress him rather than eliminate him so he could remain a vessel for Luohu.
• Chu Xuan gained the Heavenly Demon Great Dao’s support, which strengthened him and helped him seal Jidu within the Dao.
• Chu Xuan summoned the newly advanced Jieyin and Minghe, along with Kunpeng, and told them they would help suppress Jidu.
• Jieyin and Minghe worried that Jidu was Luohu himself, so Chu Xuan claimed Jidu was only Luohu’s future incarnation and promised them authority over future tribulations and possible rewards.

Chu Xuan and three other Heavenly Demon Quasi-Saints suppressed Jidu, then Chu Xuan handed authority over the Heavenly Demon Great Dao to his allies and returned toward Wu Clan territory. He weighed whether to establish reincarnation or interfere in the Human Race, then remembered a Karma debt near Buzhou Mountain.

• Chu Xuan persuaded Jieyin and Minghe to help suppress Jidu, and Kunpeng joined them.
• Jieyin, Minghe, Kunpeng, and Chu Xuan attacked Jidu while the Heavenly Demon Great Dao withheld its support from him.
• Chu Xuan used the God-Slaying Spear to wound Jidu and imprison him in the depths of the Heavenly Demon Great Dao.
• Chu Xuan stepped down from his authority and ordered the Heavenly Demon Great Dao to empower Jieyin, Minghe, Kunpeng, and Hong Yun in bringing tribulations upon the Primordial Wilderness.
• Chu Xuan returned toward Wu Clan territory, considered establishing reincarnation or interfering in the Human Race, and sent a sliver of Karma Fire authority toward Buzhou Mountain to repay a debt.

Chu Xuan gave Nuwa authority over Karma Fire, expecting Hongjun’s plans to involve her, while Nuwa and Fuxi worried that her apparent chance to become a Saint was a trap. Fuxi began divining the scheme behind Nuwa’s premonition.

• Chu Xuan returned to the Wu Clan’s heartland after granting Nuwa authority over Karma Fire and deciding to counter Hongjun’s plans.
• Nuwa received the authority, which stirred the Karma hidden around her and sharpened her suspicion about the Hongmeng Purple Qi’s premonition.
• Fuxi arrived, and Nuwa told him that Demon Ancestor Luohu had given her authority over Karma Fire and that she could sense a chance to achieve the Dao.
• Nuwa explained that she feared her apparent path to becoming the first Saint was suspicious, given the recent turmoil over Karma and her lack of Merit or cultivation.
• Fuxi recognized that Nuwa might be caught in a scheme and began using the Law of Heavenly Secrets to divine what was happening.

Fuxi failed to divine the cause of the strange events and suspected the Heavenly Dao was behind them, so he and Nuwa went to seek help from the Wu Clan. Chu Xuan warned the Ancestral Shamans that Hongjun remained a threat and began explaining why the Wu Clan needed to prepare for his eventual retaliation.

• Fuxi used his Law of Heavenly Secrets to investigate but found only fog, leading him to suspect that the Heavenly Dao itself was driving events.
• Nuwa suggested Pangu Hall as a place beyond the Heavenly Dao's reach and persuaded Fuxi to visit the Wu Clan with her.
• Chu Xuan sensed Nuwa's thoughts stirring and decided to advance his plans for the Human Race and reincarnation in parallel.
• Chu Xuan told the Ancestral Shamans that Hongjun could escape the Heavenly Dao's suppression, uncover the false Luohu identity, and target the Wu Clan.
• Chu Xuan warned that Hongjun's Demon Clan pawn served a purpose and began asking the Ancestral Shamans to consider what it was meant to do.

Chu Xuan urged the Ancestral Shamans to prepare a refuge for the Wu Clan in case Hongjun retaliated and the clan faced defeat. Dijiang and Houtu supported him, and the Ancestral Shamans began to consider safeguarding their people rather than relying only on victory.

• Chu Xuan warned that Hongjun might already be acting and said the Wu Clan needed to stay ready for his schemes.
• Chu Xuan proposed that the Wu Clan establish a hidden refuge as a fallback and a final chance to survive.
• Dijiang welcomed the proposal, explaining through his support that he had long worried about preserving the Wu Clan if it lost.
• The Ancestral Shamans recognized that Dijiang had been waiting to raise the same concern and considered how much their attitudes had changed.
• Houtu supported Chu Xuan's plan and reminded the Ancestral Shamans that losing to Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao could endanger their entire clan.

Chu Xuan persuaded the Ancestral Shamans to support his plan to establish the Reincarnation of the Earthly Dao, a refuge for the Wu Clan and a power beyond the Heavenly Dao. As he manifested his vision of death and rebirth, the Ancestral Shamans sensed the immense destiny and force behind it.

• Houtu and Xuanming supported Chu Xuan, prompting the other Ancestral Shamans, including Shebishi and Zhurong, to agree to his plan.
• Chu Xuan clarified that his proposal was the Plan for All Clans to Thrive Together and the Primordial Wilderness to Reincarnate, and declared his intention to establish Heaven and Earth Reincarnation.
• Chu Xuan explained that the Wu Clan was meant to complete the Primordial Wilderness by creating an Earthly Dao that governed death and rebirth, opposing the Heavenly Dao.
• Chu Xuan manifested the Dao of Reincarnation, showing the Ancestral Shamans how the dead could return through a cycle that gathered the laws of all spirits.
• The Ancestral Shamans sensed that Reincarnation could unite the Three Thousand Laws and offer a path beyond the Heavenly Dao.

Chu Xuan warned the Ancestral Shamans that Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao might sabotage Houtu’s destined role in creating reincarnation, then explained how the Wu Clan could secretly pursue it. He left them stunned by revealing that he had another plan to distract the Heavenly Dao.

• Houtu fell into sudden enlightenment as Chu Xuan’s Dao Images resonated with her bloodline and the Great Earth Law.
• Chu Xuan said Houtu was destined to bring forth reincarnation and could eventually integrate with the Earthly Dao as a Saint.
• Chu Xuan warned that Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao might manipulate Houtu into creating flawed reincarnation and strip the Wu Clan of control over it.
• Dijiang asked how the Wu Clan could create reincarnation before Houtu reached the Saint Realm, and Chu Xuan proposed secretly evolving the Law of Reincarnation inside Pangu Hall.
• Chu Xuan said he already had a way to keep the Heavenly Dao occupied, but a deep, muffled voice interrupted him.

Chu Xuan explained how the Wu Clan could use reincarnation to ignite conflicts across the races and undermine Heavenly Dao Hongjun’s influence. The Ancestral Shamans were stunned by the scheme, and Dijiang reminded them that reincarnation had not yet been established.

• Gonggong asked Chu Xuan where the promised poisonous part of the plan was.
• Chu Xuan revealed that the plan’s prosperity for all races would let the Wu Clan control where souls reincarnated.
• Chu Xuan explained that past-life bonds and rivalries would provoke conflicts among reincarnated beings and destabilize the races, especially the Demon Race.
• The Ancestral Shamans realized the plan could weaken Heavenly Dao Hongjun by distracting his allies with conflicts rooted in reincarnation.
• Dijiang told the Ancestral Shamans not to worry yet because reincarnation had not been established and controlling it would be difficult.

Chu Xuan persuaded the Ancestral Shamans that the entire Wu Clan could help Houtu establish reincarnation, while he planned to avoid taking the dangerous role himself. He then revealed that Nuwa was central to Hongjun’s scheme and met her and Fuxi outside Pangu Hall.

• Chu Xuan argued that Houtu was the best candidate for creating reincarnation but not the only one, since the Wu Clan’s Law Fragments could be gathered to help establish it.
• The Ancestral Shamans considered Chu Xuan’s proposal, and he planned to secure a share in reincarnation without transforming into it himself.
• Chu Xuan sensed that Nuwa and Fuxi had arrived and told the Ancestral Shamans that Nuwa was key to Hongjun’s next move.
• Fuxi failed to discern Chu Xuan’s identity and grew suspicious when Nuwa eagerly approached him, hinting that she had kept her true purpose from her brother.

Chu Xuan openly allowed Nuwa and Fuxi to enter Pangu Hall, prompting Fuxi to realize Chu Xuan was no ordinary Lesser Shaman. Fuxi demanded to know Chu Xuan’s identity and intentions as he grew wary of the change in Chu Xuan’s behavior.

• Chu Xuan greeted Nuwa and said the Twelve Ancestral Shamans were unavailable because they were occupied with matters.
• Fuxi challenged Chu Xuan’s authority and asked him to arrange access to Pangu Hall so they could divine the secrets of heaven.
• Chu Xuan immediately agreed to let Nuwa and Fuxi enter Pangu Hall, saying Nuwa was a friend of the Wu Clan and he had promised to repay her.
• Fuxi recognized that Chu Xuan could not be an ordinary Lesser Shaman and tested him with a pressure that Chu Xuan ignored.
• Fuxi asked Chu Xuan who he was and what he was trying to do, suspecting his sudden openness was connected to Nuwa and her newly obtained Hongmeng Purple Qi.

Fuxi realized Chu Xuan had lured him into Pangu Hall, where he discovered the Ancestral Shamans were badly wounded and suspected the Wu Clan had allied with Luohu. The hall’s doors shut with Nuwa still outside, leaving Fuxi temporarily confined.

• Fuxi suspected Chu Xuan was a hidden Ancestral Shaman and prepared to flee, but Nuwa urged him to hear Chu Xuan out.
• Chu Xuan restrained Fuxi with his Quasi-Saint aura and claimed he had only reacted because Fuxi exposed his identity.
• Fuxi agreed to borrow Pangu Hall and entered with Chu Xuan.
• Fuxi saw the injured Ancestral Shamans and concluded the Wu Clan had joined forces with Luohu.
• The doors shut behind Fuxi, who protested that Nuwa was still outside, and he was temporarily confined.

Chu Xuan used Fuxi’s stay in Pangu Hall to draw Nuwa into a conversation about her doubts concerning the Heavenly Dao and the path to Sainthood. He led her to the East Sea and began pointing to the fallen Three Races, leaving Nuwa puzzled about his meaning.

• Chu Xuan revealed that he had deliberately lured Fuxi into Pangu Hall and questioned why Fuxi needed it to pursue the Law of Heavenly Secrets.
• Nuwa defended Fuxi’s plans, but Chu Xuan warned her that trusting her soul’s feelings too much could mislead her.
• Chu Xuan invited Nuwa for a walk while Fuxi remained in Pangu Hall, taking care not to expose Houtu’s reincarnation plans or Nuwa’s Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• Chu Xuan brought Nuwa to the East Sea and said that, where she saw the Dragon Clan, he saw the decline of the Three Races.
• Chu Xuan recalled the Dragon Race’s former glory and asked Nuwa whether she had anything to say, leaving her confused about what he was implying.

Chu Xuan exposed Nuwa’s suspicions about Hongjun and persuaded her to pursue Sainthood while letting him interfere with how she attained it. He planned to alter the creation of humanity and shape the Human Race so the Wu Clan could contest Heaven’s chosen protagonist.

• Chu Xuan told Nuwa that Hongjun’s plans and the Karma surrounding her path to Sainthood were suspicious, and Nuwa admitted her concerns about the Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• Nuwa explained the anomaly she had sensed, and Chu Xuan realized Hongjun had triggered her chance to become a Saint ahead of time.
• Chu Xuan urged Nuwa not to abandon her chance to become a Saint, but argued that she should control when and how she reached it.
• Chu Xuan persuaded Nuwa that they could interfere with Hongjun’s scheme during her Sainthood and creation of humanity.
• Chu Xuan resolved to reshape the Human Race and challenge Heaven’s choice of the protagonist of Heaven and Earth.

Chu Xuan persuaded Nuwa to distrust Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao, then secretly lured her into meeting him while disguised as Demon Ancestor Luohu. Nuwa reached the Dragon Race’s sea eye and mistook the meeting for an alliance between them, while Chu Xuan prepared to keep the Dragon Race involved in his plans.

• Chu Xuan hinted that the Wu Clan was preparing for the Heavenly Dao’s schemes and advised Nuwa to strengthen her cultivation and guard against outside influence.
• Nuwa accepted Chu Xuan’s warnings, and he left after concealing the secrets of Heaven.
• A Dragon Race Golden Immortal invited Nuwa to meet their ancestor, and Nuwa realized Demon Ancestor Luohu was behind the summons.
• Chu Xuan revealed that he had impersonated Demon Ancestor Luohu to draw Nuwa into his plans without exposing the Wu Clan.
• Nuwa entered the East Sea’s water eye, saw Demon Ancestor Luohu beside a burning late Quasi-Saint dragon, and concluded that the Dragon Race had allied with him.
• The giant dragon withdrew into the sea eye, but Chu Xuan resolved to keep the Dragon Race involved in his plans for the Human Race.

Luohu revealed that Nuwa’s path to Sainthood was meant to bind her and a new race to Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao, making her resist refining the Hongmeng Purple Qi. Chu Xuan then proposed working with Nuwa to limit their control by having the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans infiltrate the Human Race.

• Luohu stopped Candle Dragon by invoking the favor Candle Dragon owed him and summoned Nuwa to discuss becoming a Saint.
• Luohu told Nuwa that Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao intended to use her to create a new race and make it the Protagonist of Heaven and Earth.
• Luohu warned that Nuwa would become a controlled Heavenly Dao Saint, bound by cause and effect and unable to intervene even when her race or loved ones suffered.
• Nuwa’s Hongmeng Purple Qi stirred at Luohu’s explanation, but she suppressed her Law of Creation and refused to pursue Sainthood.
• Chu Xuan urged Nuwa to work with him and proposed using the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans to claim part of the Human Race’s fortune and authority.

Demon Ancestor Luohu drew Candle Dragon and Nuwa into a plan involving the Three Races, the Human Race, and the Wu Clan to oppose Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao. Nuwa asked Luohu to suppress her Hongmeng Purple Qi, and he agreed as its power began stirring the surrounding laws.

• Luohu told Candle Dragon that the Three Races were owed a debt by the Heavenly Dao, leaving Candle Dragon to recognize that the offer could also make the Dragon Race Hongjun’s enemy.
• Nuwa saw that Luohu’s plan resembled the one Chu Xuan had previously described and trusted it, unaware that Chu Xuan was playing Luohu and deliberately building her trust in his true identity.
• Luohu proposed involving the Wu Clan, claiming they had prepared a method that could threaten Hongjun’s plans, and Nuwa and Candle Dragon considered the clan’s role as a future ally.
• Nuwa asked Luohu to suppress her Hongmeng Purple Qi, and he agreed after realizing he could use the opportunity to establish further safeguards in her.
• Nuwa summoned the Hongmeng Purple Qi, whose powerful fluctuations stirred the surrounding Great Dao laws and threatened to disrupt the East Sea Eye’s chaotic laws.

Chu Xuan used the God-Slaying Spear’s shadow to suppress Nuwa’s Hongmeng Purple Qi, preventing it from influencing her into seeking Sainthood. As Nuwa discovered the Three Pure Ones were approaching her, Chu Xuan sensed the Purple Qi surge and realized something was wrong.

• Chu Xuan summoned the God-Slaying Spear’s shadow and suppressed Nuwa’s Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• Nuwa regretted that the spear’s power would remain bound to the Purple Qi, while Candle Dragon and Chu Xuan departed.
• Nuwa decided to find her elder brother and speak with the Wu Clan, but the Purple Qi suddenly stirred and nearly drove her to pursue Sainthood.
• Nuwa sensed that the Three Pure Ones were approaching her and realized they were connected to the Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• Chu Xuan returned to the Wu Clan and sensed the Purple Qi surge, making him stop in alarm.

Chu Xuan demanded that Fuxi break through to Quasi-Saint before they could discuss an alliance with the Wu Clan. Fuxi realized Chu Xuan intended to use the Heavenly Demon Great Dao to obstruct his breakthrough, leaving him trapped in the Wu Clan’s plans.

• Chu Xuan returned to Pangu Hall and found Fuxi pinned down by the Twelve Ancestral Shamans’ aura.
• Zhurong revealed that Fuxi had tried to contact the outside world, and Chu Xuan argued that Fuxi had come to Pangu Hall of his own accord.
• Fuxi asked Chu Xuan what he wanted, and Chu Xuan invited him to join the Wu Clan in a true alliance.
• Fuxi refused to join the Wu Clan but offered to cooperate, swear an oath to the Great Dao, and repay his Karma.
• Chu Xuan accepted Fuxi’s counteroffer in principle, then demanded that Fuxi break through to Quasi-Saint first.
• Fuxi recognized that the Wu Clan planned to use the Heavenly Demon Great Dao to obstruct his breakthrough.

Chu Xuan used the Wu Clan’s fortune to force Fuxi toward a Quasi-Saint breakthrough, drawing Demon Ancestor Luohu into the process. Fuxi surrendered part of his primordial spirit to become a Heavenly Demon and broke through, where he encountered familiar faces in the Heavenly Demon Great Dao.

• Fuxi protested that he needed three thousand years before he could break through to Quasi-Saint, but Chu Xuan began using the Wu Clan’s fortune to accelerate his breakthrough.
• The Twelve Ancestral Shamans sealed off the area as Fuxi’s Law of Heavenly Secrets advanced toward its limit.
• Demon Ancestor Luohu appeared through the Heavenly Demon Great Dao, and Chu Xuan asked him to spare Fuxi because Fuxi had agreed to help the Wu Clan.
• Demon Ancestor Luohu demanded half of Fuxi’s primordial spirit, and Fuxi surrendered it to become a Heavenly Demon and reach the Quasi-Saint realm.
• Fuxi saw Minghe, Jieyin, Kunpeng, and Hong Yun within the Heavenly Demon Great Dao, and Minghe welcomed him.