Chapter Summaries

Kunpeng’s secret arrangement helped set the calamity in motion as the Ten Golden Crows ravaged the Primordial World. Kuafu died trying to stop them, and Hou Yi killed nine of the Golden Crow Princes before Di Jun and Tai Yi arrived to save Lu Ya.

• East King Duke sensed the West’s plan, sent Xuan Yang, Kong Xuan, and Qing Ling to the Primordial Continent, and told Chang Xi that Xi He faced a calamity.
• Kuafu confronted the Ten Golden Crows as they devastated the land, but they burned him to death after a long pursuit.
• Hou Yi found Kuafu’s body and shot down nine Golden Crow Princes with his Divine Arrows.
• Di Jun, Tai Yi, and Xi He followed their Bloodline Sense and arrived as Hou Yi prepared to shoot Lu Ya.
• Tai Yi used the Chaos Bell to block Hou Yi’s arrow and save Lu Ya.

After Hou Yi killed nine of the Little Golden Crows, Di Jun, Xi He, and Tai Yi arrived and rescued Lu Ya, but the Ancestral Witches prevented them from taking revenge. Back at the Heavenly Court, Di Jun suspected an outside force had enabled the princes to leave the Sun Star, and Bi Fang returned to report after being summoned.

• Lu Ya fled to Di Jun, and Tai Yi saved him with the Chaos Bell as Di Jun and Xi He mourned the nine dead Golden Crows.
• Tai Yi attacked Hou Yi with the Chaos Bell and badly injured him, but Dijiang arrived with Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, and She Bi Shi and blocked the next strike with the Space Divine Axe.
• Di Jun demanded that the Witch Clan hand over Hou Yi, while Zhu Rong accused the Golden Crows of killing Kuafu and attacking Witch Clan territory.
• Di Jun stopped Tai Yi from fighting the Ancestral Witches, gathered the nine bodies, and returned to the Heavenly Court with Xi He and Lu Ya.
• Di Jun and Xi Huang Fuxi suspected that an outside force had disrupted the River Diagram and Luo Book Formation, so Di Jun sent Bai Ze to summon Bi Fang.
• Bi Fang returned to the Heavenly Court unaware of the deaths, saw the Golden Crow bodies in the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, and knelt in shock.

After the Golden Crows’ deaths, Di Jun’s court concluded that Western Saints had manipulated events but lacked the strength to retaliate. The Twelve Ancestral Witches learned that four Great Witches and millions of their people had died, and Dijiang ordered an assault on the Heavenly Court.

• Fuxi questioned Bi Fang, and Lu Ya recounted how the Golden Crows had been released and led into disaster.
• Di Jun and Fuxi suspected Jieyin and Zhunti had hidden the truth and targeted the Yao Race, but Di Jun accepted that the Heavenly Court could not challenge them.
• Xi He revealed Chang Xi’s warning from East King Duke that a Primordial Tribulation was approaching the Yao Race.
• Hou Yi told the Ancestral Witches that Kuafu and three other Great Witches, along with millions of Witch Clan members, had died to the Golden Crows.
• A Saint’s spell inflamed the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and Dijiang ordered the Witch Clan to march on the Heavenly Court.

East King Duke and Queen Mother of the West conceived a child, and the Primordial World erupted in signs of celebration. The Great Dao blessed the pregnancy and sent two auspicious Qilin bearing treasures to the Yin Yang Dao Palace.

• East King Duke watched the brewing calamity from the Three Immortal Islands while Queen Mother of the West stayed with him as his Dao companion.
• After East King Duke and Queen Mother of the West united, the Sun Star and Taiyin Star sent auspicious light into her body, revealing that she had conceived.
• Fortune from the Human Race, the netherworld, and the Yin-Yang Realm formed four-colored dragons that gathered above the Three Immortal Islands and entered Queen Mother of the West.
• The Great Dao descended as an auspicious Red Luan Bird, celebrated Queen Mother of the West's pregnancy, and blessed all living beings.
• The Great Dao's lingering resonance formed two auspicious black-and-white Qilin, which brought golden beams of spiritual light to the entrance of Yin Yang Dao Palace.

East King Duke and Queen Mother of the West accepted two auspicious Qilin and received protective treasures for their unborn twins as the Witch-Demon war erupted. The battle turned deadly when Dijiang killed Xi He, and Di Jun retaliated by striking Gou Mang with a blood-red sword.

• Mo Yu and Bai Fu asked East King Duke and Queen Mother of the West to take them in as mounts for their unborn twins, and the couple agreed.
• Mo Yu and Bai Fu presented a golden lock and a silver lock, which East King Duke and Queen Mother of the West discovered were Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.
• The Witch Clan marched on Buzhou Mountain, where the Demon Race met them, and both sides unleashed their formations in a devastating battle.
• Xi He attacked Hou Yi, but Dijiang appeared behind her and killed her with his Space Divine Axe.
• Di Jun hurled the River Diagram and Luo Book at Dijiang, and Gou Mang blocked the attack before Di Jun sent a blood-red sword through Gou Mang's Witch Body.

The Witch and Demon Races annihilated each other as the battle escalated into successive mass sacrifices. With Gong Gong’s final charge breaking Buzhou Mountain, heaven and earth collapsed into a world-ending catastrophe.

• The Witch-Slaying Sword killed Gou Mang, and the broken Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Array left the Ancestral Witches vulnerable to the Demon Race’s attack.
• Dijiang detonated himself, killing Fuxi and several Demon Sages; Tai Yi then slew more Ancestral Witches, and Zhu Rong, She Bi Shi, and Zhu Jiuyin sacrificed themselves, killing Di Jun and the remaining Demon leaders.
• Tai Yi detonated himself, killing Hou Yi and severely wounding Gong Gong, while Kunpeng seized River Diagram and Luo Book and fled with the Chaos Bell beyond his reach.
• Gong Gong struck Buzhou Mountain and detonated himself, snapping the Heavenly Pillar.
• Buzhou Mountain’s fall shook the Primordial World, tore open the sky, and unleashed floods of Weak Water that drowned countless beings.

After Nuwa mended the torn firmament with Five-Colored Stone, the fallen Buzhou Mountain left Heaven and Earth collapsing together. East King Duke stabilized the world with four Jianmu pillars and established the Four Symbol Spirits to guard them, earning merit alongside the other powers.

• The Saints and East King Duke used their treasures to stop the Weak Water and drain the floods as Nuwa grieved for her dead elder brother.
• East King Duke lent Nuwa the Qiankun Cauldron, and she refined Five-Colored Stone and mended the breach in the firmament.
• The repaired sky began sinking because Buzhou Mountain's Heavenly Pillar had fallen, and East King Duke said Heaven and Earth needed new supports.
• East King Duke placed four Jianmu pillars at the Four Extremes, where they grew and pushed the firmament back into place.
• East King Duke designated Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise as the Four Symbol Spirits, and the Heavenly Dao raised their cultivation to Late-stage Quasi-Saint.
• An immense Merit Golden Cloud descended and distributed merit among those who had helped resolve the calamity.

After the Mending of the Heavens, Hongjun punished the Saints, divided the Primordial World into four continents, and ordered the Witch and Demon Races to withdraw from the world's conflicts. East King Duke parted with Nuwa and Pingxin as they led their surviving people to their new homes.

• Merit from the Mending of the Heavens rewarded East King Duke most, while Zhunti received no merit and incurred Karmic Sin.
• Hongjun arrived, took merit from the Saints for their responsibility in the calamity, and used the Heavenly Dao to establish the four continents and an azure-colored planet.
• Pingxin and Nuwa pledged that the Witch and Demon Races would withdraw, and Hongjun accepted their vows.
• Nuwa found traces of Fuxi and Heavenly Empress Xi He's True Spirits, while Pingxin found traces of several Ancestral Witches' True Spirits.
• Hongjun summoned the Saints and East King Duke to the Zixiao Palace in ten thousand years before leaving, and Nuwa's leftover Five-Colored Stone flew to a mountain in the East Victory Divine Continent.
• Nuwa led Lu Ya and the surviving demons to the North Uttarakuru Continent, while Pingxin told East King Duke she would return to the Reincarnation to deal with the Witch Clan's souls.

Pingxin brought the surviving Witches to the Netherworld and revived the True Spirits of ten Ancestral Witches, then helped them reincarnate as the Ten Halls of Yama under Fengdu’s authority. The new Yama took up their offices, while Pingxin planned to send Hou Yi’s weak True Spirit into the cycle of reincarnation.

• Pingxin asked Fengdu to shelter the surviving Witches; he accepted those willing to serve as ghost officials, while the rest settled outside the Place of Reincarnation.
• Pingxin awakened the True Spirits of ten Ancestral Witches and told them the Witch and Demon Races had withdrawn from the Primordial World after their war.
• The Ancestral Witches agreed to reincarnate through the Earthly Dao, giving up their Witch identities in exchange for new lives.
• Fengdu established the Ten Halls of Yama with the Judge’s Brush and the Book of Life and Death, and the ten Ancestral Witches became its Yama.
• Pingxin explained that Gong Gong’s soul and True Spirit were destroyed, while Hou Yi’s True Spirit was too weak to enter the Underworld; she planned to send Hou Yi into reincarnation, and the Yama agreed.

After the Witch-Demon War, Nuwa sheltered Lu Ya and sought a way to revive Fuxi, whose True Spirit needed to reincarnate among the Human Race. Ten thousand years after Mending the Heavens, Hongjun declared that the Human Race would prosper and ordered the Saints to spread the Dao among them.

• Nuwa brought the surviving Demon Race to North Julu Continent, transformed Lu Ya into an Innate Dao Body, and gave him the Immortal Slaying Gourd.
• Nuwa learned through divination that Fuxi had to reincarnate among the Human Race and decided to ask East King Duke for help.
• Ten thousand years after Mending the Heavens, the Saints gathered at Purple Firmament Palace, where Nuwa thanked East King Duke for his past help.
• Hongjun told the Saints that the Human Race would prosper and instructed them to spread the Dao among its people.

At Zixiao Palace, East King Duke received the Witch-Slaying Sword as the Human Race’s sacred weapon and rebuffed Laozi’s claim to it. When the saints disputed who should become Heavenly Emperor, East King Duke recommended Hongjun’s attendant Haotian, and Hongjun approved him alongside Yaochi.

• Hongjun gave the Witch-Slaying Sword to East King Duke to guard as the Human Race’s sacred sword.
• Laozi asked to take charge of the sword, but East King Duke condemned his failure to protect the Human Race during the Human-Demon War, and Laozi fell silent.
• Hongjun asked the saints to recommend a candidate for Heavenly Emperor, prompting Jade Pure Primordial, Tongtian, and Zhunti to nominate Guangchengzi, Duobao, and Maitreya.
• East King Duke recommended Haotian, and Hongjun agreed that Haotian was suitable for the position.
• Hongjun summoned Haotian and Yaochi, transformed them from attendants into dignified Early Quasi-Saints, and presented them before the saints.

Hongjun appointed Haotian and Yaochi to rule the Heavenly Court, named Great Emperor Fengdu to one of its Six Emperor positions, and restored the ruined celestial realm. Haotian proclaimed the Heavenly Court established and called for immortals to take office, expecting the Saints to support him despite their contempt.

• Hongjun named Haotian Heavenly Emperor and Yaochi Heavenly Empress, bestowed treasures on them, and their cultivation advanced to Mid-stage Quasi-Saint.
• At Pingxin’s recommendation, Hongjun appointed Great Emperor Fengdu as Empress Houtu Who Emulates Heaven, granting him power and fortune.
• Hongjun left the other four Great Emperor appointments to Haotian and the Saints, then sent Haotian and Yaochi to take charge of the Heavenly Court.
• Haotian and Yaochi found the Heavenly Court in ruins, but Hongjun’s power restored it as a magnificent realm of Thirty-Six Heavens.
• Haotian proclaimed the Heavenly Court established and invited virtuous immortals to take office, unaware that Primordial and Zhunti held him in contempt.

Haotian struggled to recruit immortals to the Heavenly Court, while the Saints’ sects rejected his authority. Taibai Golden Star became his trusted aide and offered a plan to get the court running.

• Primordial Heavenly Lord and the Chan Sect Disciples dismissed Haotian’s summons, and Primordial ordered his disciples to seek influence among the Human Race.
• East King Duke told Xuan Yang and Qing Ling they could eventually seek civil posts in the Heavenly Court, but said the time was not right.
• After a thousand years, few immortals had answered Haotian’s summons, leaving him frustrated by the court’s lack of capable staff.
• Taibai Golden Star, a Taiyi Golden Immortal born among the stars, joined the Heavenly Court and became Haotian’s trusted aide.
• When Haotian and Yaochi worried over how to run the court, Taibai offered a suggestion and began explaining his plan.

Haotian and Yaochi prepared a Peach Banquet to recruit immortals, and East King Duke agreed to attend. When a sacred treasure connected to the Human Race began to emerge, East King Duke and Taiqing Laozi both hurried to claim it and waited in silence.

• Taibai Golden Star proposed a Peach Banquet, and Haotian ordered preparations and invitations to be sent throughout the Primordial World.
• Taibai searched the East Sea for a hundred years, met Qing Ling, and delivered the invitation to East King Duke.
• East King Duke accepted the invitation and sensed that a treasure of great importance to his plans was about to emerge.
• East King Duke identified the treasure as connected to the Human Race and raced toward its location.
• Taiqing Laozi arrived before East King Duke, and the two sat in silence as they waited for the treasure to appear.

East King Duke claimed the Kongtong Seal after it chose him as the sacred treasure’s master, while Laozi left empty-handed. Nuwa then asked East King Duke to protect Fuxi’s True Spirit and help him reincarnate, and he agreed to escort him into his next life.

• Nuwa joined East King Duke and Laozi as a purple seal emerged from the mountain and resonated with their Human Race Destiny.
• Laozi argued that the seal belonged to him as the Human Religion Sect Master, but East King Duke countered that he was the Human Race Saint Master.
• East King Duke proposed letting the treasure choose its master, and the Kongtong Seal flew to him in response to his Human Race Destiny.
• East King Duke confirmed that the Kongtong Seal could establish the Human Race Co-lord and suppress destiny, while Laozi left without bidding farewell.
• Nuwa told East King Duke that Fuxi’s fragmented True Spirit could not be restored and asked him to protect it through reincarnation.
• East King Duke agreed to escort Fuxi into his next life, and Nuwa handed over Fuxi’s True Spirit before following him toward the cycle of reincarnation.

East King Duke and Nuwa secured Pingxin’s agreement to reincarnate Fuxi into the human path, while Pingxin gained permission to bring some Witches into Human Race Territory. A thousand years later, the Heavenly Court’s Peach Banquet began receiving its powerful guests, with Great Emperor Fengdu and East King Duke among the first to arrive.

• East King Duke and Nuwa met Pingxin and asked her to let Fuxi’s True Spirit enter reincarnation.
• Pingxin agreed in exchange for permission to move some Witches into Human Race Territory, and Nuwa chose the human path for Fuxi.
• After Fuxi entered reincarnation, East King Duke reassured Nuwa that her brother would become a great figure among the Human Race.
• The Heavenly Court spent a thousand years preparing for the Peach Banquet, and Immortals arrived through the Heavenly Ladder over several decades.
• Great Emperor Fengdu arrived at the banquet and received a seat of honor beside Haotian Jade Emperor and Queen Mother Yaochi.
• Zhenyuan, Minghe, the Three Ancestors of the Human Race, and East King Duke arrived, and the Yin-Yang Lineage presented three Innate Spiritual Treasures.

At the Peach Banquet, Haotian welcomed the Saints and asked them to help staff the newly established Heavenly Court. Laozi sent his Good Corpse, Taishang Laojun, to reside in Doushuai Palace, leaving Haotian uneasy about the Heavenly Court’s authority as Primordial prepared to speak.

• East King Duke and Nuwa arrived at the Peach Banquet, greeted the Three Ancestors of the Human Race, and took their seats.
• Jieyin and Zhunti brought hundreds of Western Sect disciples, whose noise Kong Xuan stopped after East King Duke’s pressure deterred Zhunti from retaliating.
• Tongtian, Laozi, and Primordial arrived separately, and Primordial coldly received Haotian and Yaochi’s respectful greeting.
• After the ten-year banquet, Haotian assigned the Saints domains in the Thirty-Six Heavens and asked them to provide Immortal Officials.
• Laozi sent his Good Corpse, Taishang Laojun, to establish Doushuai Palace and guard the Three Pure Ones Heaven, assuring Haotian that he would not interfere in Heavenly Court affairs.
• Primordial began to speak after the other Saints declined to follow Laozi’s example.

Xuan Yang became the Great Emperor Longevity of the South Pole after East King Duke blocked Primordial Heavenly Lord’s attempt to appoint Taiyi True Person. The Heavenly Court’s gathering then turned confrontational when Jade Cauldron True Person challenged the other sects to a spar.

• Primordial Heavenly Lord tried to appoint Taiyi True Person as Great Emperor Longevity, but Haotian hesitated to accept the unilateral decision.
• Fengdu shielded Haotian from Primordial Heavenly Lord’s aura, and East King Duke objected that Taiyi True Person was unqualified for the position.
• East King Duke nominated Xuan Yang, and Nuwa, Tongtian, Laozi, and Haotian supported the choice, leaving Primordial Heavenly Lord unable to object.
• Xuan Yang took his place as Great Emperor Longevity, established the Divine Firmament Palace, and gained merit that raised his cultivation to the middle-stage peak of Great Luo.
• Jade Cauldron True Person challenged the second-generation disciples of the other holy sects to spar at the Heavenly Court gathering.

Jade Cauldron True Person defeated Maitreya and Qiongxiao before Duobao and Guangchengzi fought to a standstill at the Heavenly Court's Peach Banquet. Kong Xuan intervened against the Chan Sect, drove off its Twelve Golden Immortals, and faced Randeng, who attacked after Kong Xuan mocked his stalled cultivation.

• Jade Cauldron True Person defeated Maitreya with the Cloud Spirit Dao Bell, then challenged the Interception Sect and defeated Qiongxiao.
• Duobao defeated Jade Cauldron True Person, and Guangchengzi fought Duobao for a hundred days without either gaining the upper hand.
• Xuan Yang ordered the fighters to stop; Duobao withdrew, but Guangchengzi pursued him until Kong Xuan sent Guangchengzi flying.
• Kong Xuan sent the Chan Sect's Twelve Golden Immortals flying with a single Five Elements divine ability and challenged Randeng to fight him.
• Randeng attacked Kong Xuan after Kong Xuan ridiculed his failure to reach Quasi-Saint.

Kong Xuan defeated Randeng at the Peach Banquet, prompting East King Duke to confront Primordial after Primordial threatened Kong Xuan. After the Saints departed, East King Duke met Zhenyuanzi and revealed paths for Hong Yun’s rebirth and Zhenyuanzi’s chance to pursue the Earthly Dao.

• Kong Xuan overwhelmed Randeng’s Nirvana attacks, disarmed him with the Five-Colored Divine Light, and returned the Spirit Coffin Lamp after warning him to control the Chan Sect disciples.
• Primordial threatened Kong Xuan, so East King Duke shielded his disciples and challenged Primordial, who withdrew with the Chan Sect rather than fight.
• The Saints left the Heavenly Court, and East King Duke reassured Haotian before departing with Kong Xuan and Qing Ling.
• East King Duke met Zhenyuanzi, who asked how Hong Yun could be revived, and learned that Hong Yun’s opportunity lay in reincarnation among the human race.
• East King Duke told Zhenyuanzi that the Earthly Dao offered another opportunity to achieve the Dao, and the two made arrangements before parting.