Chapter Summaries

After a dispute over the Jie Sect’s unruly disciples, Tongtian left Kunlun Mountain, and Laozi departed as well, splitting the Three Pure Ones’ households. East King Duke welcomed Tongtian to the East Sea and guided him to Golden Ao Island, where the Jie Sect established its new Dao Field beside the Yin-Yang Lineage.

• Primordial confronted Tongtian over the Jie Sect’s disciples, and Laozi urged Tongtian to bring the sect under stricter control.
• Tongtian left Kunlun Mountain with his Jie Sect disciples, and Laozi soon left too, leaving Primordial and the Chan Sect alone there.
• Jieyin and Zhunti rejoiced that the Three Pure Ones had separated, while Tongtian searched for a new Dao Field and Duobao suggested looking overseas.
• East King Duke sent Kong Xuan and Qing Ling to welcome Tongtian, then hosted him and the Jie Sect disciples at the Three Immortal Islands.
• East King Duke guided Tongtian to Golden Ao Island, which Tongtian recognized as his destined Dao Field, and the Jie Sect settled there.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun summoned the Saints and East King Duke to assign the Masters of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, naming East King Duke responsible for establishing the Human Race’s co-lords with the Kongtong Seal. After the assignments were approved, East King Duke prepared Kong Xuan to guide the Heavenly Emperor and Qing Ling to guide Emperor Yu.

• Hongjun explained that the Human Race needed the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to secure its destiny and named East King Duke, holder of the Kongtong Seal, to establish them.
• Nuwa learned that Fuxi had lost his chance to become the Heavenly Emperor, and East King Duke told her that Fuxi could still become a mighty figure among the Human Race.
• East King Duke claimed the positions of master to the foremost of the Three Sovereigns and the last of the Five Emperors, while Tongtian, Primordial, Laozi, Jieyin, and Zhunti divided the remaining positions.
• Hongjun approved the Saints’ assignments and instructed them to find and guide those destined to become Human Emperors.
• East King Duke chose Kong Xuan to guide the Heavenly Emperor and planned for Qing Ling to guide the last of the Five Emperors, Emperor Yu.

Kong Xuan and Qing Ling received assignments to guide future Human Race rulers, while Zhenyuanzi joined the Earthly Dao as Lord of the Heavenly Human Dao and advanced to Quasi-Saint Peak. The chapter ended with Hua Xu Shi’s miraculous pregnancy recognized as a sign that she would bear a Human Race sage, and the Fengyan Tribe chief bringing her back to the tribe.

• East King Duke assigned Kong Xuan to find and teach the future Heavenly Emperor and told Qing Ling to cultivate toward Great Luo Golden Immortal.
• Hong Yun persuaded Zhenyuanzi to pursue his fated opportunity in the Earthly Dao, and East King Duke accompanied him to meet Pingxin.
• Pingxin appointed Zhenyuanzi Lord of the Heavenly Human Dao, and he severed his final Self-Corpse to reach Quasi-Saint Peak.
• East King Duke told Zhenyuanzi that he had plans for Hong Yun’s reincarnation, and Zhenyuanzi returned to Longevity Mountain while leaving one of his Three Corpses to guard the Netherworld.
• Hua Xu Shi entered Lei Ze, measured a giant footprint, and became pregnant after a streak of purple qi entered her body.
• A purple qilin brought Hua Xu Shi food throughout her pregnancy, and the Fengyan Tribe chief recognized the auspicious sign and brought her back to the tribe.

Zhunti and Jieyin sent Ksitigarbha to claim a place in the Netherworld, where his vow earned him Heavenly Dao merit, Great Luo cultivation, and a share of reincarnation Fortune. Fengdu attacked him for encroaching on his authority, and Zhunti’s confrontation with Fengdu ended as a mysterious sword emerged from a spatial rift.

• Zhunti and Jieyin sent Ksitigarbha to the Netherworld after deciding the Western Sect should seek its Fortune there.
• Ksitigarbha vowed to remain in the Netherworld until every being was delivered, gained Heavenly Dao merit, broke through to the Great Luo Realm, and accepted Diting as his mount.
• Fengdu confronted Ksitigarbha over taking Reincarnation Destiny and struck him, prompting Zhunti to intervene and heal his disciple.
• Zhunti and Fengdu exchanged attacks, and Fengdu used the Book of Life and Death and Judge’s Brush to withstand Zhunti’s divine abilities.
• Zhunti hurled the Blessing Divine Pestle at Fengdu, but a sword suddenly flew from a newly opened spatial rift.

East King Duke intervened when Zhunti attacked Fengdu, then used the God Slaying Spear to sever Zhunti’s connection to the Heavenly Dao and nearly kill him. After Hongjun halted the fight, Pingxin and East King Duke arranged for Ksitigarbha to remain in the Underworld and fulfill his vow, leaving the Western Sect without its prized disciple.

• East King Duke arrived in the Place of Reincarnation and blocked Zhunti’s attack on Fengdu with the Pure Yang Sword.
• East King Duke fought Zhunti, summoned the God Slaying Spear, and threatened to slay the Saint after cutting off his connection to the Heavenly Dao.
• Jieyin arrived with the Twelve-grade Merit Golden Lotus and shielded Zhunti, but East King Duke’s next strike wounded Zhunti before Hongjun intervened.
• Hongjun ordered East King Duke to stop, and East King Duke agreed to spare Zhunti but insisted that Ksitigarbha be punished.
• East King Duke and Pingxin decreed that Ksitigarbha would remain in the Underworld to fulfill his vow, and Pingxin sent him into a newly raised palace.
• Hongjun and the Two Sages of the West departed, leaving Ksitigarbha behind as the Netherworld conflict ended.

East King Duke saved a sliver of the North Sea Mysterious Tortoise’s True Spirit and sent it into reincarnation, while Kong Xuan guided Hua Xu Shi’s son Zhenxi, the destined Human Race Heavenly Emperor. Zhenxi returned to lead the Fengyan Tribe, which grew into the Human Race’s largest and most prosperous tribe.

• East King Duke named the Mysterious Tortoise Cangxu, preserved part of its True Spirit through the Heavenly Dao’s tribulation, and sent it into reincarnation.
• After ninety-nine years of pregnancy, Hua Xu Shi gave birth to Zhenxi, and Kong Xuan arrived to accept him as a disciple and name him.
• Zhenxi became chief of the Fengyan Tribe at thirteen, then joined Kong Xuan by the Wei River at sixteen to study the Dao.
• After training Zhenxi to the peak of True Immortal cultivation, Kong Xuan sent him back to serve the Human Race.
• Zhenxi governed the Fengyan Tribe while continuing his cultivation, and neighboring tribes joined it until it became the Human Race’s largest and most prosperous tribe.

Zhenxi became Co-lord of the Human Race, improved its food supply and society, and completed his merit by creating the Zhenxi Eight Trigrams with the River Diagram and Luo Book. As he prepared to choose a successor, Hong Yun entered reincarnation and Duobao found the destined Earthly Emperor, Lie Shan, and took him as his disciple.

• Zhenxi established rules against close-relative marriage, introduced fishing nets and fish ponds, raised the Six Domestic Animals, created music, and organized the tribes into administrative regions.
• The Three Ancestors approved Zhenxi as Co-lord, and he built a capital and led the Human Race to prosperity.
• East King Duke took Hong Yun's True Spirit from Zhenyuanzi and placed it into reincarnation with a strand of Human Race Destiny.
• After floods struck the Human Race, Kong Xuan obtained the River Diagram and Luo Book from Kunpeng under East King Duke's authority, and Zhenxi used them to create the Zhenxi Eight Trigrams.
• Zhenxi declared his merit complete and ordered a search for his successor; Ren Si gave birth to Lie Shan after seeing a golden dragon at Mount Hua.
• Duobao arrived at the Jiang clan, recognized Lie Shan as the destined Earthly Emperor, and took him as his disciple.

Zhenxi completed his merit, became the Human Race’s Supreme Saint Heavenly Emperor, and passed the throne to Lie Shan Shi, while Kong Xuan broke through to Primordial Unity Golden Immortal. Lie Shan Shi became Shennong Shi and began searching for crops and safe foods, but tasting poisonous plants steadily destroyed his cultivation and health.

• Zhenxi abdicated in favor of Lie Shan Shi, and East King Duke used the Kongtong Seal to establish Zhenxi as the Human Race’s Heavenly Emperor.
• Zhenxi attained the Supreme Saint realm, swore to protect the Human Race, and received an Innate Spiritual Treasure for creating the Eight Trigrams.
• Kong Xuan absorbed merit and became a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, then studied the Dao of Laws under East King Duke before entering secluded cultivation.
• Lie Shan Shi took over as Human Race Co-lord, received Nine-Earred Grain from Duobao, and spread its seeds to help relieve food shortages.
• Lie Shan Shi renamed himself Shennong Shi and set out to find food plants, but tasting poisonous vegetation reduced his cultivation and left him an ailing old man.

Shennong Shi returned from death after discovering the Five Grains, reunited with his daughter Nüwa, and saw her become Jingwei, a disciple of Saint Tai Zhen. After compiling Shennong's Materia Medica and preparing to find a successor, Shennong’s next destined heir was born to Fu Bao in Xuanyuan.

• Shennong Shi died after returning to the capital, but Duobao brought his soul back from the Underworld and restored him to life with Great Emperor Fengdu’s help.
• Nüwa drowned while sailing toward the East Sea, became the Jingwei Bird, and spent ten years trying to fill the sea with pebbles.
• East King Duke brought Jingwei to Shennong Shi and revealed that she had an opportunity to escape her tribulation.
• Saint Tai Zhen accepted Jingwei as her Direct Disciple, restored her Human Race appearance, and took her to the Yin-Yang Realm for cultivation.
• Shennong Shi tasted herbs for ten years, wrote Shennong's Materia Medica, and issued notices seeking a Human Race Sage as his successor.
• Fu Bao conceived after a celestial light descended upon her, moved with Shaodian Shi to Xuanyuan, and gave birth after a long pregnancy amid thunder and flying dragons.

Xuanyuan became Guangchengzi’s disciple and began preparing to succeed Shennong Shi as Human Race Co-lord, while Chi You and the Witch-Humans of the Jiuli Clan began pursuing the same position. The chapter ended with Shennong Shi hearing of Chi You’s reputation just as he was preparing to pass the leadership to Xuanyuan.

• Xuanyuan was born with unusual signs, and Primordial Saint appointed Guangchengzi to become his master.
• Guangchengzi took Xuanyuan as his disciple, and the Azure Emperor arrived to educate Cang Qi’s newborn son on behalf of the Yin-Yang Dao Venerable.
• Shennong Shi visited Xuanyuan, taught him to govern, and brought him to Chendu as his intended successor.
• Chi You revealed his ambition to become Human Race Co-lord, and Xing Tian, Jiu Feng, Mistress of Rain, and other Great Witches agreed to help him.
• The Jiuli Clan spread news of Chi You’s virtues, and Shennong Shi learned that Chi You might rival Xuanyuan for the succession.

Cangjie created the Three Thousand Human Scripts, became the Literary Ancestor, and returned as the reincarnated Black Tortoise Cangxu. Shennong completed his rule, attained the Dao as the Earthly Emperor, and handed the Human Race’s leadership to Xuanyuan, while trouble stirred in the Jiuli Tribe.

• Shennong summoned Chi You to Chendu and, after comparing him with Xuanyuan, chose Xuanyuan as his successor because of his loyalty to the Human Race.
• Cangjie realized he was meant to benefit the Human Race, created the Three Thousand Human Scripts, and received vast Merit that restored his memories and raised his cultivation to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.
• Suirenshi named Cangjie the Human Race’s Fourth Ancestor and Literary Ancestor, and the Heavenly Dao bestowed the Spring and Autumn Brush upon him.
• Cangjie traveled to Chendu, taught the Human Scripts, and devised brushes and portable writing materials to spread them throughout the Human Race.
• At Shennong’s abdication ceremony, Shennong attained the Dao and revealed his former identity as Hong Yun; Duobao also advanced to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, and Xuanyuan took charge of the Human Race.
• Zhenxi welcomed Shennong to Huoyun Cave, while the chapter ended with an uneasy atmosphere in the Jiuli Tribe.

Queen Mother of the West gave birth to Tai Cang and Qing Chan as the Great Dao manifested above the Three Immortal Islands. Meanwhile, Chi You gained Human Emperor Aura from Empress Pingxin, led the Jiuli Clan against Xuanyuan, and revealed that he too possessed the aura needed to contest for the Human Emperor’s position.

• The Great Dao’s phoenix appeared over the Yin-Yang Realm as Queen Mother of the West gave birth to Tai Cang and Qing Chan, who were welcomed by East King Duke, Queen Mother of the West, and the Yin-Yang Lineage.
• After Xuanyuan succeeded Shennong Shi as Human Race Co-lord, Chi You grew resentful, and Empress Pingxin granted him Human Emperor Aura and permission for the Witch Clan to aid the Jiuli Clan.
• Chi You expanded his forces with the Great Witches and, about a hundred years later, marched toward Chendu, prompting Xuanyuan to lead an army out to meet him.
• Xuanyuan accused Chi You of rebelling against the Human Race, but Chi You revealed his own Human Emperor Aura and challenged Xuanyuan’s claim to the throne.

Xuanyuan’s army suffered a crushing defeat against Chi You and the Witch Clan, prompting Guangchengzi to summon the Chan Sect immortals and Haotian to send the Nine Heavens Profound Maiden. After the Profound Maiden trained and commanded Xuanyuan’s forces, the armies fought to a stalemate at Zhulu Plain, though Xuanyuan’s side remained disadvantaged in powerful fighters.

• Xuanyuan’s forces retreated after the Witch Clan’s Great Witches overwhelmed them, and Guangchengzi went to Kunlun to ask Primordial Heavenly Lord for help.
• Primordial Heavenly Lord sent Guangchengzi and the Chan Sect immortals to aid Xuanyuan, while Haotian dispatched the Nine Heavens Profound Maiden to claim a share of the merit.
• Chi You’s army used the Witch Clan’s Yin Sha Great Array to defeat Xuanyuan’s forces again, forcing them to flee back to Chendu.
• The Nine Heavens Profound Maiden took command of Xuanyuan’s army and strengthened its combat ability over several years of training.
• At Zhulu Plain, Xuanyuan’s army fought Chi You’s forces evenly, but the Chan Sect immortals remained at a disadvantage against the Great Witches, leaving the war in a stalemate.

Xuanyuan received the Xuanyuan Sword from East King Duke and used it to kill Chi You and turn the Zhulu War in the Human Race’s favor. With the rebellion ended and the Witch Clan withdrawing from the struggle for dominion, Xuanyuan unified the Human Race and established its provinces, government, customs, and practical inventions.

• Primordial sought Laozi’s help against the Jiuli, and Laozi directed Xuanyuan to East King Duke on the Three Immortal Islands.
• East King Duke bestowed the Witch-Slaying Sword on Xuanyuan and renamed it the Xuanyuan Sword; Pingxin accepted that the Witch Clan’s defeat was Heaven’s Mandate.
• The Xuanyuan Sword beheaded Xing Tian and killed Chi You, turning the battle against the Jiuli until Pingxin intervened to protect the remaining Witch Clan.
• East King Duke declared the Zhulu War over and ordered the Jiuli to merge into the Human Race while the Witch Clan withdrew from the struggle for dominion.
• Xuanyuan unified the Human Race, divided its territory into Nine Provinces, established a capital and government, and oversaw new rites, tools, clothing, transport, farming, housing, and medical and calendrical knowledge.

Two otherworldly powerhouses, Guda and Jie, descended into the Land of Guixu and planned to spread their teachings secretly in the Primordial World. They concealed their foreign auras and flew in opposite directions without any native, including the Saints, detecting them.

• Two strange formations in the Sea of Nothingness activated, and East King Duke, Laozi, Pingxin, and Jieyin sensed an unexplained anomaly.
• Guda and Jie emerged from the formations and agreed to cooperate while competing to gain believers for their opposing factions.
• Guda warned Jie that the Primordial World held powerful beings and a World Will, so they agreed to proceed cautiously and avoid alerting the natives.
• Guda and Jie used projections of the Light and Dark Sacred Artifacts to transform and conceal their auras as Primordial Quasi-Saints.
• Jie flew east and Guda flew west, entering the Primordial World undetected.

Xuanyuan completed his rule, abdicated to Zhuanxu, and attained the Dao as Human Emperor. Zhuanxu and Di Ku then ruled in turn, while the Chan Sect’s imperial appointments fueled resentment among its disciples, especially Randeng Daoist.

• Xuanyuan completed his achievements, selected his grandson Zhuanxu as successor, and held Feng Shan at Mount Tai, gaining merit while Guangchengzi and others also advanced.
• Xuanyuan entered Huoyun Cave, and Grand Master Xuandu became Zhuanxu’s Imperial Master as Zhuanxu took the throne and promoted the Human Religion.
• Zhuanxu fought the Yellow Water Monster for eighty-one days, then used the Heavenly King Sword from Xuandu to kill it and reshape the land around Fu Yu Mountain and Xiao River.
• After several hundred years, Zhuanxu attained the Mid-stage Quasi-Saint level, and Xuandu attained the Great Luo position.
• Primordial Heavenly Lord appointed Taiyi True Person as Di Ku’s Imperial Master, disappointing the other Chan Sect immortals and deepening Randeng Daoist’s resentment.
• Di Ku ruled benevolently for several hundred years, attained the Early Quasi-Saint stage, and helped Taiyi True Person advance to the Taiyi Golden Immortal Peak.

Di Yu succeeded Yu Shun, controlled the floods with Qing Ling’s help, subdued Wuzhiqi, and forged nine cauldrons that anchored the Human Race’s destiny, attaining the Dao as Great Yu. After Great Yu passed the throne to Boyi, his son Qi overthrew Boyi and established the Great Xia Dynasty.

• Gun failed to control the floods with dikes and died, after which Qing Ling took in his newborn son Di Yu and told Yu Shun that Di Yu was destined to control the waters.
• Di Yu succeeded Yu Shun, studied his father’s records, and diverted the floods with the Mountain-Opening Divine Axe and Sea-Calming Divine Needle.
• Di Yu sought Qing Ling’s help against Wuzhiqi, and she subdued the demon so the Huai River could flow safely into the sea.
• Di Yu forged nine cauldrons that gathered and suppressed the Human Race’s destiny, completing his merits and attaining the Dao as Great Yu.
• Great Yu passed the throne to Boyi, but Qi led a coup, had Boyi executed, and established the Great Xia Dynasty.

After the Human Race flourished, Haotian ordered the Heavenly Court to recruit human cultivators, while Yao Ji secretly descended to explore the mortal world. Guda recognized her and secretly marked her, planning to use her as an opportunity to expand his Light Doctrine.

• Cangjie returned to the Yin-Yang Dao Palace and paid his respects to East King Duke, Queen Mother of the West, and his fellow disciples.
• Tai Cang and Qing Chan asked to travel through the Primordial Continent, but East King Duke refused and gave them weakened Spiritual Treasures instead.
• Taibai Golden Star and the Nine Heavens Profound Maiden advised Haotian to recruit human cultivators, and Haotian issued an edict to bring them into the Heavenly Court.
• Yao Ji secretly descended from Heaven and spent decades exploring the Primordial World before visiting the Human Race Territory.
• Guda recognized Yao Ji, placed a Light Seal on her, and prepared a handsome believer with sealed cultivation to approach her.

The Church of Light and the Darkness Church prepared to infiltrate the Primordial World as Noah Continent declined. Meanwhile, Haotian sent Heavenly Soldiers to capture Yao Ji’s family, but Jade Cauldron True Person intervened to claim Yang Jian as his disciple; the arrival of the Nine Heavens Profound Maiden left the confrontation unresolved.

• Jehovah ordered the Church of Light to prepare for migration and expansion into the Primordial World, while the Darkness Church made plans to cooperate with it.
• Yao Ji met Yang Tianyou beside Yu Water, married him, and had three children: Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan.
• Haotian discovered Yao Ji’s family through the Haotian Mirror and ordered the Heavenly Court to capture them.
• East King Duke sent Kong Xuan toward the human territory, while Primordial instructed Jade Cauldron True Person to save Yang Jian and take him as a disciple.
• Heavenly General Guangyue arrived to arrest the family, but Jade Cauldron blocked his attack and offered to take Yang Jian into Chan Sect.
• Jade Cauldron fought Guangyue until the Nine Heavens Profound Maiden arrived and forced him back.

Kong Xuan drove off Heavenly Court’s forces and Jade Cauldron True Person, then accepted Yang Jian as his disciple. He began training Yang Jian by Yu Water, while Primordial Heavenly Lord and Haotian made plans concerning the rest of Yao Ji’s family.

• Nine Heavens Profound Maiden ordered Heavenly Court’s soldiers to seize Yao Ji and her family, but Kong Xuan arrived and forced them to retreat.
• Kong Xuan declared that Yang Jian was destined to join the Yin-Yang Lineage, and Yang Jian chose him over Jade Cauldron True Person as his master.
• Kong Xuan struck Jade Cauldron True Person when he challenged Yang Jian’s choice, and Jade Cauldron fled in disgrace.
• Kong Xuan told Yang Jian’s family that Yang Jiao and Yang Chan had other destinations, then settled beside Yu Water to train Yang Jian for ten years.
• Jade Cauldron reported the events to Primordial Heavenly Lord, who sent him to accept Yang Jiao as a disciple and protect Yao Ji’s family.
• Haotian decided to leave Yang Jian alone but planned to send Heavenly Court’s forces after Yao Ji and the others once Kong Xuan departed.