Chapter Summaries

Hongjun’s second lecture explained Nascent Soul grades and the Three Corpses Method, while several cultivators advanced to the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Peak. He announced that the final lecture would take place in ten thousand years and cover the Dao of the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

• Hongjun explained how Late-stage Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals set their Nascent Soul grades and reach the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Peak.
• Laozi set a Nine-grade Nascent Soul and broke through to the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Peak before the gathered cultivators.
• Jieyin, Primordial, Tongtian, Nuwa, Queen Mother of the West, and other cultivators set their Nascent Soul grades and advanced, with Queen Mother of the West nearing Taiqing’s radiance.
• Hongjun lectured on nurturing laws and taught his Three Corpses Method for severing good, evil, and self Corpses with Spiritual Items.
• Hongjun ended the second lecture and announced that his third and final lecture, on the Dao of the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal, would occur in ten thousand years.

Hongjun explained the methods of proving the Dao, and Taiqing Laozi became the first cultivator to sever a corpse and reach the Quasi-Saint realm. Di Jun gained approval to establish the demon tribe, but Hongjun’s decree disappointed its leaders.

• Hongjun described the methods of proving the Dao and explained that cultivators could sever corpses by entrusting their thoughts to Innate Objects.
• Taiqing Laozi used his Mysterious Yellow Pagoda to sever his Good Corpse, Taishang, and reached early Quasi-Saint.
• Jieyin used the Jieyin Divine Banner to sever his Good Corpse and became the second cultivator to reach Quasi-Saint.
• Di Jun asked Hongjun to approve the demon tribe, prompting objections from Taiqing Laozi and other cultivators over his claim to rule all beings with spirits.
• Hongjun approved the demon tribe’s establishment, then issued Di Jun’s requested decree, whose contents left the tribe’s leaders bitterly disappointed.

Hongjun appointed East King Duke and Queen Mother of the West as the Heads of Male and Female Immortals, frustrating Di Jun’s plans. With Bai Ze’s counsel, Di Jun recruited powerful allies and established the Demon Race, after which he and Tai Yi became Quasi-Saints.

• Hongjun named East King Duke and Queen Mother of the West Heads of Male and Female Immortals and bestowed treasures and Heavenly Dao Merit upon them; Queen Mother of the West severed her Good Corpse.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi complained about the appointments, but Bai Ze persuaded them that the titles would not prevent the Demon Race from ruling the Primordial World.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi recruited powerful Primordial experts, including nine transformed Great Luo strange beasts who joined Bai Ze as the Ten Great Demon Sages.
• Di Jun founded the Demon Race west of Buzhou Mountain, proclaimed himself Demon Emperor, and honored Tai Yi as Eastern Emperor.
• Heavenly Merit descended and was divided among Di Jun, Tai Yi, and the Ten Great Demon Sages.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi used their treasures to sever their Good Corpses, becoming the fourth and fifth Quasi-Saints.

After the second lecture at Purple Heavens Palace, powerful cultivators severed their corpses and entered the Quasi-Saint Era as the Demon Race rapidly expanded and treasure hunts spread across the Primordial World. Di Jun and Tai Yi recruited Fuxi, who joined the Demon Race as Xi Huang, while Nuwa refused and remained devoted to the Dao.

• Primordial, Tongtian, Nuwa, Zhunti, Fuxi, Zhenyuanzi, and Hong Yun severed their corpses and attained Quasi-Sainthood, while Kunpeng and Ancestor Minghe remained unable to sever their Good Corpses.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi led the Demon Race to expand across the Primordial Great Land, gathering Innate Races as tensions with the Witch Clan grew.
• Cultivators across the Primordial World fought over Innate Spiritual Treasures needed to sever corpses, and many died in the ensuing treasure hunt.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi visited Fuxi and Nuwa at Buzhou Mountain and invited them to join the Demon Race as co-rulers.
• Nuwa refused the invitation, but Fuxi accepted the position of Xi Huang and joined the Demon Race as another Quasi-Saint.

The Witch Clan and Demon Race strengthened themselves as their rivalry grew, while several powerful beings attained Quasi-Saint status. After Kunpeng finally broke through, Tai Yi came to recruit him as the Demon Race’s Demon Master, but Kunpeng refused, and Tai Yi prepared to attack.

• The Ancestral Witches learned a new cultivation method in the Pangu Divine Hall, and Houtu decided she would attend the Dao Ancestor’s Three Lectures.
• Minghe severed his Evil Corpse and became a Quasi-Saint, while Kunpeng used Innate Water Essence to sever his Good Corpse.
• Tai Yi visited Kunpeng and offered him the position of Demon Master on Di Jun’s behalf.
• Kunpeng refused because he preferred a life of leisure and still resented Di Jun and Tai Yi.
• Tai Yi threatened Kunpeng and unleashed his aura, preparing to attack.

Kunpeng was defeated by Tai Yi and joined the Yao Race as its Demon Master, gaining Heavenly Mandate merit. At Mount Fang Island, East King Duke completed his Supreme Yin cultivation and prepared to sever his Yin-Yang Dharma Body to enter the Primordial Dao.

• Tai Yi overwhelmed Kunpeng with the Chaos Bell, pursued him into the Northern Darkness Sea, and forced him to submit.
• Di Jun welcomed Kunpeng into the Yao Race and appointed him Demon Master and Saint Teacher of All Demons, earning Kunpeng Heavenly Mandate merit.
• As Quasi-Saints emerged across the Primordial Continent, people speculated that East King Duke had failed to advance.
• East King Duke and Queen Mother of the West used Dual Cultivation of Harmony to bring his Supreme Yin Magic Power to perfection.
• Queen Mother of the West asked when East King Duke would sever his Dharma Body and achieve Primordial Dao Golden Immortal.

East King Duke rejected the Demon Race’s offer to recruit him as a Demon Emperor, refusing to rely on its fortune to advance. When Tai Yi threatened him, East King Duke challenged him to settle their past humiliation outside Mount Fang Island.

• East King Duke and Queen Mother of the West discussed his plans to achieve Quasi-Saint after the Dao Ancestor’s Three Lectures.
• Xuan Yang turned away East Sea cultivators seeking to join the Supreme Yang Lineage and activated Mount Fang Island’s formation to keep them out.
• Bai Ze proposed recruiting East King Duke into the Demon Race, and Di Jun sent Tai Yi and Fuxi to invite him.
• East King Duke refused the offer, saying he had his own plans and did not need the Demon Race’s fortune.
• Tai Yi threatened to leave only after taking East King Duke with him, so East King Duke challenged him and went outside Mount Fang Island to fight.

Fuxi and Queen Mother of the West watched as East King Duke challenged Eastern Emperor Tai Yi away from Mount Fang Island. East King Duke overpowered Tai Yi with Yin-Yang powers and spiritual treasures, leaving Tai Yi wounded and at the mercy of the Pure Yang Sword when Fuxi intervened.

• Fuxi urged Queen Mother of the West to stop Tai Yi and East King Duke from fighting, but Queen Mother of the West trusted East King Duke's strength and let the duel proceed.
• East King Duke and Tai Yi flew away from Mount Fang Island, where Tai Yi offered East King Duke a place among the Demon Emperors if he submitted.
• Tai Yi attacked East King Duke with Solar True Fire, but East King Duke's Yin Yang Qi destroyed the Fire Crows and forced Tai Yi to defend himself with the Chaos Bell.
• East King Duke used the Central Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner to halt the Chaos Bell, then trapped Tai Yi in the Yin-Yang Sword Array.
• East King Duke's Pure Yang Sword broke a wing of Tai Yi's Three-legged Golden Crow form, and Tai Yi crashed into the Eastern Sea.
• As the Pure Yang Sword moved to strike Tai Yi's head, Fuxi called for mercy and East King Duke stopped the sword three feet from Tai Yi's brow.

East King Duke spared the defeated Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, while Dao Ancestor Hongjun and Great Immortal Yangmei discussed Hongjun’s impending burden under the Heavenly Dao. The Third Lecture began at Purple Sky Palace, where Hongjun taught the Primordial Dao as East King Duke watched from the assembly.

• Fuxi arrived and pleaded for East King Duke to spare Tai Yi, and East King Duke withdrew the Pure Yang Sword and let the Demon Emperors leave.
• Queen Mother of the West asked why East King Duke had not killed Tai Yi, and he said Tai Yi was not fated to die by his hand.
• Hongjun and Yang Mei spoke in Chaos Purple Firmament Palace about Hongjun’s Karma and the approaching Third Lecture, before Yang Mei departed to travel through Chaos.
• The cultivators gathered at Purple Sky Palace, where East King Duke noticed that only Houtu had come from the Twelve Ancestral Witches and saw that she had reached the Quasi-Saint level.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun began the Third Lecture on the Primordial Dao, revealing the Path of Hunyuan to the assembled cultivators.

Hongjun completed his third lecture, announced that he would Merge with Dao, and revealed the seven Saint Positions and the Primordial Violet Qi needed to become a Saint. He assigned five strands to the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, and Queen Mother of the West, then offered Jieyin and Zhunti the remaining two positions as Named Disciples.

• After three thousand years of teaching the Primordial Dao, Hongjun announced that he would Merge with Dao to complete the Heavenly Dao.
• Yuqing asked whether the number of Primordial Saints was predetermined, and Hongjun declared that seven Saints would be born after him.
• Hongjun revealed that the seven cushions represented Saint Positions and that Primordial Violet Qi was the Foundation for Becoming a Saint.
• Hongjun gave strands of Primordial Violet Qi to the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, and Queen Mother of the West, naming them his Direct Disciples.
• Zhunti pleaded with Hongjun on behalf of the impoverished West, and Hongjun agreed that Jieyin and Zhunti could become his Named Disciples.

Hongjun distributed the seven bundles of Primordial Violet Qi, naming Jieyin and Zhunti as his disciples and granting the final bundle to Hong Yun. He then explained the difference between Saints and Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortals and began bestowing spiritual treasures, leaving the remaining gifts to come.

• Hongjun named Jieyin and Zhunti as his disciples and gave them Primordial Violet Qi.
• Di Jun asked whether the Demon Race's ruler was destined to become a Saint, and Hongjun said the Lord of the Demon Race could not become one.
• Hongjun released the final bundle of Primordial Violet Qi, which entered Ancestor Hong Yun's primordial spirit, while East King Duke worried Hong Yun would face a tribulation.
• Hongjun explained that Saints entrusted their primordial spirits to Heavenly Dao and were immortal under it, unlike Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortals.
• Hongjun bestowed the Taiji Diagram on Taiqing Laozi, the Pangu Banner on Jade Pure Primordial, and the Four Immortal Slaying Swords and array diagram on Tongtian.
• Hongjun gave Nuwa the Mountain and River Map and the Red Embroidered Ball.

Hongjun granted spiritual treasures to East King Duke, Queen Mother of the West, Jieyin, and Zhunti, then sent the assembled cultivators to Treasure Distribution Rock to claim more. East King Duke collected around thirty treasures, while the other powerful figures had already taken their shares.

• Hongjun gave Nuwa the Mountain and River Map and the Red Embroidered Ball, then granted East King Duke and Queen Mother of the West the Qiankun Cauldron, the Qiankun Diagram, and the Qian Kun Ruler.
• Jieyin and Zhunti pleaded with Hongjun, who gave them the Twelve-grade Merit Golden Lotus and the Blessing Divine Pestle.
• After others asked for treasures, Hongjun directed them to Treasure Distribution Rock outside Purple Palace.
• Laozi and Primordial each collected around twenty treasures, while Tongtian used the Immortal Slaying Sword Array Diagram to take more than a hundred.
• Nuwa and the other future Saints, followed by Fuxi, Di Jun, Tai Yi, Minghe, Zhenyuan, and Hong Yun, collected treasures from the rock.
• East King Duke used Yin-Yang Power to gather around thirty treasures, astonishing the gathered cultivators.

After collecting the Treasure Distribution Rock, East King Duke witnessed Houtu learn that she might have a chance to become a Saint, then watched Hongjun join with the Heavenly Dao. As the cultivators left Purple Heaven Palace, East King Duke advised Zhenyuanzi how to protect Hong Yun and declared that his Great Dao lay within himself, not in the Saint Position.

• After the other cultivators finished claiming treasures, East King Duke took the Treasure Distribution Rock for himself.
• Houtu asked Hongjun whether the Witch Clan could produce a Saint, and Hongjun told her that only she might have a chance.
• Hongjun joined with the Heavenly Dao, completed it, and disappeared as the Heavenly Eye appeared; the cultivators felt both clearer about the Dao and bound by an invisible shackle.
• As East King Duke and Queen Mother of the West departed, Zhenyuanzi asked how to protect Hong Yun, whose path was filled with obstacles despite possessing Primordial Violet Qi.
• East King Duke advised Zhenyuanzi to keep Hong Yun secluded at Wuzhuang Temple under the protection of the Earth Book.
• When Zhenyuanzi asked why he had not sought Primordial Violet Qi, East King Duke declared that his Great Dao was within him and the Saint Position was a passing cloud.

East King Duke and Queen Mother of the West returned to Mount Fang Island, where East King Duke began preparing to reach the Primordial Golden Immortal realm. As the Witch and Demon Races strengthened themselves amid growing tensions, Nuwa joined the Demon Race as Empress Wa, and East King Duke eventually severed his Dharma Body and completed his breakthrough.

• Zhenyuanzi and Hong Yun returned to the Longevity Dao Field, while East King Duke and Queen Mother of the West discussed the danger surrounding Hong Yun's Primordial Violet Qi.
• East King Duke told Queen Mother of the West that he would sever his Dharma Body within ten thousand years, and the two began secluded cultivation.
• Houtu recounted Hongjun's words to Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches, prompting Dijiang to urge her to seek insight into the Witch Clan's chance of gaining a Saint Position.
• Bai Ze proposed recruiting Nuwa to protect the Demon Race, and Fuxi agreed to invite his younger sister to join them.
• Nuwa accepted Di Jun's invitation, and he appointed her the Demon Race's third Demon Emperor, Empress Wa.
• After nearly ten thousand years of cultivation, East King Duke used the Pure Yang Sword to sever his Dharma Body and attained the Primordial Golden Immortal realm.

East King Duke arrived at Phoenix Ancestor’s home to honor his promise to take Golden Peng and Kong Xuan as disciples, just as Jieyin and Zhunti sought to bring them to the West. After Yuanfeng let the brothers choose, Golden Peng joined Jieyin and Zhunti while Kong Xuan chose East King Duke.

• East King Duke consolidated his new Early Quasi-Saint cultivation and resolved to test whether the Heavenly Mandate could be changed.
• Jieyin and Zhunti visited Yuanfeng and asked to take Golden Peng and Kong Xuan as their disciples.
• Yuanfeng asked the brothers to wait for another prospective master, and Jieyin and Zhunti pressed them to accept their offer.
• East King Duke arrived and reminded Jieyin that he had promised Yuanfeng to take her sons as disciples.
• Yuanfeng proposed that Golden Peng and Kong Xuan choose their own masters, and all three parties agreed.
• Golden Peng bowed to Jieyin and Zhunti, while Kong Xuan chose East King Duke and paid his respects as his disciple.

Kong Xuan chose East King Duke as his master and left with him, while Jieyin and Zhunti were unable to stop them. Elsewhere, Di Jun followed a sign of opportunity to Buzhou Mountain and discovered the Heavenly Court.

• Kong Xuan paid his respects to East King Duke and joined the Supreme Yang Lineage as its second second-generation disciple.
• Yuanfeng bid Kong Xuan farewell and urged him to cultivate diligently and honor his sect and the Phoenix Clan.
• Zhunti demanded that East King Duke leave Kong Xuan behind, but East King Duke refused, challenged the Western pair, and took Kong Xuan to Mount Fang Island.
• Zhunti wanted to pursue East King Duke, but Jieyin restrained him, unwilling to risk a fight without knowing who would win.
• Di Jun sensed an immense opportunity and led Tai Yi, Fuxi, Bai Ze, and the other demons to Buzhou Mountain.
• The demons climbed the Heavenly Stair, passed through the South Heaven Gate, and recognized the nine-layer Immortal Realm as the Heavenly Court.

Di Jun and the Yao Race found the Heavenly Court but learned that claiming it required a Heavenly Empress and a Heavenly Marriage. Meanwhile, East King Duke welcomed Kong Xuan into the Supreme Yang Lineage, and he sensed an honored guest approaching Mount Fang Island.

• Di Jun led the Yao Race to the Lingxiao Treasure Hall and explained that the Heavenly Mandate required a Heavenly Emperor and Heavenly Empress to establish the Heavenly Court.
• Fuxi agreed to approach Nuwa about using her Red Embroidered Ball for the Heavenly Marriage, while Bai Ze drew a reprimand for mentioning Queen Mother of the West as a candidate.
• East King Duke introduced Kong Xuan to the Supreme Yang Lineage and granted him the Supreme Yang Battle Body method.
• East King Duke and Queen Mother of the West lectured on the Dao, and Kong Xuan broke through to the Golden Immortal peak.
• East King Duke sensed an honored guest arriving and sent Xuan Yang to escort them to the Supreme Yang Palace.

Di Jun courted Xi He and Chang Xi for the position of Heavenly Empress, but Chang Xi refused and secretly left Taiyin Star. She arrived at Mount Fang Island to visit Supreme Yang and Tai Zhen, where East King Duke and Queen Mother of the West awaited her.

• The Demon Clan chose Xi He and Chang Xi as candidates for Heavenly Empress, and Di Jun traveled to Taiyin Star to court them.
• After a thousand years, Di Jun proposed a Heavenly Marriage; Chang Xi refused, while Xi He accepted on her behalf.
• Di Jun returned to the Demon Clan, and Nuwa agreed to visit Taiyin Star as matchmaker ten thousand years later.
• Before Nuwa arrived, Chang Xi left Taiyin Star and flew to Mount Fang Island.
• Xuan Yang welcomed Chang Xi and escorted her to the Dao palace, where East King Duke and Queen Mother of the West greeted her.

Chang Xi fled to Mount Fang Island to avoid becoming Di Jun’s Heavenly Empress, while Nuwa arranged Xi He’s marriage to Di Jun. As the Demon Race prepared for the wedding, the Witches and Demons fought their first battle and eventually called a truce.

• Chang Xi told East King Duke and Queen Mother of the West that she rejected Di Jun’s proposal, and East King Duke offered her refuge on Mount Fang Island.
• Nuwa visited Xi He with Di Jun’s proposal and eighteen Innate Spiritual Treasures, then accepted Xi He’s agreement to marry Di Jun alone.
• Nuwa and Di Jun set the Heavenly Marriage for ten thousand years later and planned to invite the Primordial World’s Great Powers.
• After a Fire Tribe Great Witch killed Demon Soldiers, Fei Lian demanded an explanation, was wounded by three Great Witches, and escaped to report to Tai Yi.
• Tai Yi led the Demon Race against the Fire Tribe, where Zhu Rong and Gong Gong joined forces against him; after a hundred years and hundreds of thousands of deaths, both sides agreed to a truce.

Chang Xi settled at Mount Fang Island, escaped her Heavenly Mandate, and began approaching the Quasi-Saint realm while the Demon Clan accepted Xi He as its sole Heavenly Empress candidate. As Di Jun’s wedding invitations went out across the Primordial World, Fuxi arrived at Mount Fang Island and encountered Chang Xi.

• Chang Xi lived with Queen Mother of the West and East King Duke, and her cultivation stirred as she neared the ability to Sever her Corpse.
• Di Jun and the Demon Clan gave up on bringing Chang Xi back, while Houtu left the Witch Clan’s territory alone.
• Di Jun assigned Nuwa, Tai Yi, Kunpeng, Fuxi, and the Ten Great Demon Sages to deliver wedding invitations to important figures.
• Nuwa delivered an invitation to the Three Pure Ones, and Laozi said he expected to reach the Mid-stage Quasi-Saint realm within a thousand years.
• Fuxi brought wedding invitations to Mount Fang Island, where Chang Xi came out to greet him and made him feel awkward.