Chapter Summaries

As the second sermon at Zixiao Palace began, Houtu traveled there hoping to understand the pull she felt toward the earth and to speak with Zhenyuanzi. The sermon on the Quasi-Saint realm was underway, and Houtu quietly sensed Zhenyuanzi’s Dao aura while awaiting a chance to approach him.

• Zhenyuanzi brought Hong Yun, Yinyang, Jieyin, and Zhunti through Chaos to Zixiao Palace, while powerful beings from across the Primordial Wilderness made their way there.
• Houtu explained to the Ancestor Witches that the Great Dao’s sound resonated with her bloodline’s vague sense of the earth, bearing all things, and reincarnation.
• After Zhu Jiuyin and Di Jiang supported her decision, Houtu set out for Zixiao Palace to seek insight from Zhenyuanzi.
• Zhenyuanzi’s group entered first, and Jieyin and Zhunti took the fourth and fifth Cattail Hassocks as the other powerful beings arrived.
• Houtu entered quietly, sat at the back, and resolved to speak with Zhenyuanzi after the sermon.
• Hongjun began his second sermon on the path to Quasi-Saint, and Houtu listened while sensing Zhenyuanzi’s aura.

Hongjun taught the Method of Severing the Three Corpses, and many great powers made breakthroughs while Zhenyuanzi, Hong Yun, and Daoist Yin Yang recognized the method’s hidden obstacle. Hongjun then announced that he would establish a hierarchy for the immortal path and appoint leaders over the immortals of the Primordial Wilderness.

• Hongjun explained how cultivators could sever their benevolent thoughts, malevolent thoughts, and obsessions using Innate Spiritual Treasures as vessels.
• Laozi immediately severed his Good Corpse and Evil Corpse, while the Primordial Heavenly Lord and Tongtian Sect Master each severed a corpse as well.
• Jieyin and Zhunti lacked suitable treasures, while Di Jun, Tai Yi, Kunpeng, Minghe, and other powers severed corpses using treasures and objects they possessed.
• Hong Yun and Daoist Yin Yang privately explained to Zhenyuanzi that Three Corpses Unification required three vessels with linked origins, a crucial difficulty Hongjun had concealed.
• Hongjun resumed teaching about the Quasi-Saint realm and divine abilities, then announced that he would appoint leaders and place the immortals under their rule.

Hongjun appointed East King Duke and the Queen Mother of the West as heads of male and female immortals, granting them powerful spiritual treasures. Their new authority stirred resentment and suspicion in Zixiao Palace before Hongjun ended the sermon and announced he would preach again in three thousand years.

• Hongjun named East King Duke the Head of Male Immortals and gave him the Dragon Head Cane.
• Hongjun named the Queen Mother of the West the Head of Female Immortals and gave her the Kunlun Mirror.
• The Sanqing, Di Jun, Tai Yi, Old Ancestor Kunpeng, and others viewed the appointments with disdain, wariness, or resentment.
• Zhenyuanzi warned Hong Yun and Daoist Yin Yang that East King Duke's rank and treasure could bring disaster upon him.
• Hongjun ended the sermon and announced that he would explain the mysteries of the Primordial Chaos Saint in three thousand years.
• The divine beings bowed and began to leave, casting meaningful glances at East King Duke and the Queen Mother of the West.

After the second sermon at Zixiao Palace, Houtu asked to travel with Zhenyuanzi, who brought her to Wuzhuang Temple. There, she asked him to guide her in the Way of the Great Earth, and he began explaining its cycle of life, death, and transformation.

• After the sermon, Houtu approached Zhenyuanzi and asked to travel with him, and he agreed.
• Zhenyuanzi brought Houtu, Hong Yun, Yinyang, Jieyin, and Zhunti safely back to Wuzhuang Temple.
• Zhenyuanzi led Houtu to a sealed Quiet Chamber and invited her to speak freely.
• Houtu explained that Zhenyuanzi's Dao Resonance had awakened her bloodline's affinity for the Great Earth and asked him to guide her.
• Zhenyuanzi taught Houtu that the earth both carries and nurtures life, and receives and transforms all things into a new cycle.

Zhenyuanzi guided Houtu to understand reincarnation as the earth’s missing link and the resting place of the dead. Houtu grasped the Law of Reincarnation, broke through to the Golden Immortal of the Origin Realm, and accepted her new responsibility as the Reincarnation Ancestor Witch.

• Zhenyuanzi explained that the souls of the dead had nowhere to go and that the Primordial Wilderness lacked a resting place and reincarnation for them.
• Houtu recognized the calling within her bloodline and felt compassion for the wandering spirits and the damage caused by their resentment.
• Zhenyuanzi used Earth Reincarnation Ferry to show Houtu the thread of reincarnation and the Six Paths.
• Houtu’s Earth Law evolved into the Law of Reincarnation, and she broke through the Da Luo Golden Immortal realm to attain the Golden Immortal of the Origin Realm.
• Houtu thanked Zhenyuanzi and embraced her mission to govern the resting place of souls and the world’s reincarnation.

After guiding Houtu toward the Dao of reincarnation, Zhenyuanzi persuaded her to attend Hongjun’s third sermon so she could understand how reincarnation might fit within the Heavenly Dao. Houtu joined the group traveling through Chaos to Zixiao Palace, where Zhenyuanzi hoped she would gain insight for establishing the Earthly Dao.

• Houtu emerged from the Quiet Chamber with a transformed aura of reincarnation, astonishing Hong Yun, Yinyang, Jieyin, and Zhunti.
• As the third sermon at Zixiao Palace approached, Houtu declined Zhenyuanzi’s invitation because she thought Hongjun’s teachings would not benefit her path.
• Zhenyuanzi explained that understanding the Heavenly Dao could help Houtu establish reincarnation in harmony with the world’s order, and she agreed to attend.
• Zhenyuanzi led Houtu, Hong Yun, Yinyang, Jieyin, and Zhunti through Chaos toward Zixiao Palace using the Book of the Earth.

Zhenyuanzi, Hong Yun, and Daoist Yin Yang arrived at Zixiao Palace and reunited with Great Immortal Yang Mei, who had returned from Chaos after attaining the Primordial Chaos Great Luo Golden Immortal realm. Yang Mei described how he mastered the mysteries of space, and Hongjun explained how his transcendence complemented the Heavenly Dao and strengthened the Primordial Wilderness.

• Haotian and Yaochi told Zhenyuanzi, Hong Yun, and Daoist Yin Yang that Yang Mei had arrived before them and was speaking with Hongjun.
• Zhenyuanzi asked Houtu, Jieyin, and Zhunti to wait outside while he, Hong Yun, and Daoist Yin Yang entered Zixiao Palace.
• Zhenyuanzi, Hong Yun, and Daoist Yin Yang congratulated Yang Mei on returning from Chaos and attaining the Primordial Chaos Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.
• Yang Mei explained that studying a shattered great world in Chaos had helped him comprehend space and condense his Space Dao Fruit.
• Hongjun said Yang Mei's transcendence complemented his union with the Heavenly Dao and gave the Primordial Wilderness another safeguard.

Zhenyuanzi affirmed his plan to perfect the Earthly Dao, and Hongjun accepted its rise so long as it did not oppose the Heavenly Dao’s greater course. At the Third Sermon in Zixiao Palace, Yang Mei took a seat beside Hongjun, and Hongjun began teaching the Path of the Primordial Chaos Saint.

• Zhenyuanzi told Hongjun that the Earthly Dao should complete the world’s order, Reincarnation, and cycle of energies, while Hong Yun and Yinyang stood with him.
• Hongjun warned Zhenyuanzi to act in accordance with heaven’s will, and Yang Mei voiced support for the Earthly Dao’s potential to stabilize the Primordial World.
• As the Third Sermon approached, Hongjun invited Yang Mei to sit beside him on the Cloud Platform, while Zhenyuanzi, Hong Yun, and Yinyang took their places below.
• The Three Thousand Guests entered Zixiao Palace, saw Yang Mei seated beside Hongjun, and reacted with surprise at the new Sage and the power of Zhenyuanzi and his companions.
• Hongjun silenced the gathered figures and began his sermon on the Path of the Primordial Chaos Saint and the workings of Heavenly Dao Authority.

Hongjun delivered his third sermon on the Primordial Chaos Great Dao and the mysteries of Sagedom, and the gathered powers struggled to absorb it. Houtu passively absorbed teachings that resonated with Reincarnation, while Hongjun waited for the listeners to digest the sermon.

• Hongjun taught the powers about the Sage realm and the Heavenly Dao, giving Yang Mei, Zhenyuanzi, Hong Yun, and Yinyang insights while many others struggled to understand or remember his words.
• Houtu's Reincarnation Dao Rhyme drew in and absorbed teachings about order, cycles, karma, and endings, deepening her grasp of Reincarnation.
• Hongjun ended the sermon and silently gave the gathered powers time to digest what they had heard.
• Yang Mei remained composed, Zhenyuanzi, Hong Yun, and Yinyang reflected on their gains, and the other powers showed confusion, frustration, or anxiety.
• Houtu opened her eyes with a clearer understanding of Reincarnation and a subtle connection to the Heavenly Dao as Hongjun continued to watch in silence.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun announced that six of his disciples would become Sages and gave Laozi Hong Meng Purple Qi and a Jade Plate of Creation (Replica). The remaining five Purple Cushions left Yuanshi, Tongtian, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Kunpeng expecting to receive the other Sage seats.

• Hongjun explained that six Sages would arise from among his disciples and named Laozi as his first disciple and heir to the Xuanmen Dao Lineage.
• Hongjun gave Laozi Hong Meng Purple Qi and a Jade Plate of Creation (Replica) to aid his cultivation and comprehension of the Dao.
• Zhenyuanzi, Hong Yun, and Daoist Yin Yang recognized that the replica honored Laozi without taking the Taiji Diagram from Daoist Yin Yang.
• The Three Thousand Guests realized that the six Purple Cushions marked the future Sage seats, and many regretted having missed one.
• Yuanshi and Tongtian rejoiced over their chances of becoming Sages, while Jieyin, Zhunti, and Kunpeng remained seated on the other cushions.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun appointed Yuanshi and Tongtian as disciples, giving each Hong Meng Purple Qi and powerful treasures. With the Sanqing’s places among the Sages established, the remaining seats became even more coveted as Hongjun prepared to name the next recipient.

• Hongjun named Yuanshi his second disciple, gave him Hong Meng Purple Qi, and bestowed the Pangu Banner and Myriad Heavens Celebration Cloud.
• Hongjun named Tongtian his third disciple and gave him Hong Meng Purple Qi, the God-Slaying Spear, and the Twelve-petal Destruction Black Lotus.
• The assembled cultivators reacted with shock and wariness to Tongtian’s treasures, while Di Jun, Tai Yi, and others worried about the Sanqing’s growing power.
• Tongtian accepted the treasures, and the gathered cultivators turned their attention back to Hongjun as they awaited his next appointment.

Hongjun gave Zhenyuanzi two wisps of Hong Meng Purple Qi to repay the karmic debt he had incurred by damaging the Western Lands’ earth veins. He then gave Jieyin and Zhunti spiritual treasures to help them guide the Western Lands, leaving the fate of the remaining seats of sainthood unresolved.

• Hongjun bestowed two wisps of Hong Meng Purple Qi on Zhenyuanzi, citing his work restoring the Western Lands’ earth veins and repaying Hongjun’s karmic debt.
• Jieyin and Zhunti swallowed their disappointment when they realized Zhenyuanzi had received the purple qi they had hoped might go to them.
• Kunpeng panicked that Hongjun’s gift of two opportunities for sainthood to Zhenyuanzi meant none would be left for him.
• Zhenyuanzi understood that his restoration of the Western Lands had taken on much of Hongjun’s karmic debt, and he calmly accepted the purple qi.
• Hongjun gave Jieyin a Twelve-Grade Lotus Platform and Zhunti a Demon-Subduing Pestle, charging them to guide the Western Lands toward goodness.

Zhenyuanzi promised to give Jieyin and Zhunti his two strands of Hong Meng purple qi after comprehending them, explaining that he sought a different path to the Dao. As Jieyin and Zhunti pledged their gratitude, Kunpeng’s hopes dwindled and Hongjun called his name.

• Jieyin and Zhunti despaired when Hongjun bestowed spiritual treasures but did not give them Hong Meng purple qi.
• Zhenyuanzi told Jieyin and Zhunti that he sought to prove the Dao through strength and would give them his two strands after studying their mysteries.
• Jieyin and Zhunti thanked Zhenyuanzi and promised to repay his kindness as they accepted the prospect of becoming Sages and restoring the Western Lands.
• The assembled cultivators were shocked by Zhenyuanzi’s promise, while Hongjun, Great Immortal Yang Mei, Daoist Yin Yang, and Ancestor Hong Yun approved.
• Kunpeng’s hopes collapsed as Jieyin and Zhunti celebrated, and Hongjun called out to him.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun granted Kunpeng a strand of Hong Meng Purple Qi, the Freedom Sword, and a place as his registered disciple, then released a seventh strand for the gathered cultivators to claim. It chose Hong Yun, who stored it without refining it, and Hongjun ended by urging everyone to cultivate toward the Great Dao.

• Hongjun gave Kunpeng Hong Meng Purple Qi and the Freedom Sword, and accepted him as a registered disciple of the Mystic Sect.
• Hongjun cast a seventh strand of Hong Meng Purple Qi into the air and declared that destined affinity would decide its owner.
• Di Jun, Tai Yi, the East King Duke, the Queen Mother of the West, Ancestor Minghe, and other cultivators tried to seize the roaming strand.
• The seventh strand settled before Hong Yun, who calmly put it away instead of refining it.
• Hongjun declared that the positions of Sages were settled and urged the gathered cultivators to comprehend the Heavenly Dao.

After Hongjun invited the Three Thousand Guests to claim the spiritual treasures outside Zixiao Palace according to their destined affinity, most rushed to the Treasure Distribution Cliff and fought over its offerings. Houtu gathered treasures selectively while Zhenyuanzi, Yang Mei, Yinyang, and Hong Yun stayed inside and watched the struggle continue.

• Hongjun told the guests that they could claim the spiritual treasures he had collected in his early years.
• The Sanqing, Jieyin, Zhunti, Kunpeng, Di Jun, Tai Yi, and others raced out of Zixiao Palace, while Houtu joined them and the four calm cultivators remained seated.
• The Treasure Distribution Cliff appeared beyond the palace doors, displaying countless innate spiritual treasures.
• The cultivators fought over the treasures, and the Sanqing, Jieyin and Zhunti, Di Jun and Tai Yi, Kunpeng, and others collected their shares using their powers.
• Houtu avoided the fiercest fighting and used her perception of reincarnation laws to collect several treasures connected to the Nine Nether, innate water, and other origins.
• Zhenyuanzi approved of Houtu's careful approach as the treasure scramble continued outside the palace.

After the sermons at Zixiao Palace ended, Zhenyuanzi claimed the abandoned Treasure Distribution Cliff and invited Jieyin, Zhunti, and Houtu to return with him to Longevity Mountain. As they traveled back, each considered their own plans, while Zhenyuanzi focused on the coming Earth Dao Rise.

• Great Immortal Yang Mei left Zixiao Palace, then Zhenyuanzi, Daoist Yin Yang, and Hong Yun said farewell to Dao Ancestor Hongjun and departed.
• Jieyin, Zhunti, and Houtu waited outside the palace and greeted Zhenyuanzi and his companions as they emerged.
• Zhenyuanzi recognized Treasure Distribution Cliff as rare Chaos Origin Stone and absorbed it into his Sleeve Universe.
• Zhenyuanzi invited Jieyin, Zhunti, and Houtu to Longevity Mountain to discuss matters, and they gladly accepted.
• Zhenyuanzi used the Book of the Earth to lead the group through Chaos toward Longevity Mountain as they contemplated their respective plans.

At Wuzhuang Temple, Zhenyuanzi sent Jieyin and Zhunti back to rebuild the Western Land and Houtu back to the Witch Clan. Hong Yun revealed his plan to sever four incarnations and return them to their origin, while Daoist Yin Yang departed to cultivate and seek a breakthrough.

• Zhenyuanzi promised Jieyin and Zhunti the Hong Meng Purple Qi after he had studied it, and they left for the Western Land.
• Houtu thanked Zhenyuanzi for guiding her toward Reincarnation, then returned to the Witch Clan to cultivate and reflect.
• Hong Yun explained his plan to use the Four Symbols Plantain Tree to sever Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind incarnations before returning them to origin and attaining Wuji.
• Zhenyuanzi and Daoist Yin Yang praised Hong Yun's path, and Hong Yun went to study beneath the Four Symbols Plantain Tree.
• Daoist Yin Yang told Zhenyuanzi he would enter secluded cultivation to advance his Way of Yin Yang, then departed for his Blessed Land.

Zhenyuanzi refined the Treasure Distribution Rock into a supreme treasure for Hong Yun, combining its ten-thousand-treasure resonance with materials suited to the Four Symbols and the Path of Freedom. The finished treasure emerged as a freely changing sphere, though its name and what Hong Yun would do with it remained unknown.

• Daoist Yin Yang left the Wuzhuang Temple to enter seclusion, leaving the Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird in Zhenyuanzi's care.
• Zhenyuanzi saw that Hong Yun lacked a treasure suited to his new path and decided to forge one for him.
• Zhenyuanzi entered the temple's quiet chamber with the Heaven and Earth Cauldron, the Treasure Distribution Rock, and rare spiritual materials.
• Zhenyuanzi refined the rock into a seven-colored liquid base, extracting the lingering runes of the spiritual treasures once placed upon it.
• Zhenyuanzi fused the base with the spiritual materials and engraved the meanings of the Four Symbols and the Path of Freedom into the forming treasure.
• The treasure took shape as a luminous sphere that could transform into many kinds of spiritual treasures at its master's will.

Zhenyuanzi completed the Eternal Precious Carefree Seal for Hong Yun, while the East King Duke and Di Jun and Tai Yi competed to gather followers across the Primordial Wilderness. The East King Duke’s Immortal Court remained weak, but Di Jun and Tai Yi built a powerful force that was beginning to take shape as a Demon Clan Yao Court.

• Zhenyuanzi used the Book of the Earth and the Treasure Distribution Rock’s dao resonance to finish forging the Eternal Precious Carefree Seal, a top-grade innate spiritual treasure for Hong Yun.
• The East King Duke founded the Immortal Court on Penglai Immortal Island and recruited followers under his title as Head of Male Immortals.
• The Sanqing, Zhenyuanzi’s faction, the Queen Mother of the West, and other powerful figures rejected or ignored the East King Duke’s appeal, leaving his Immortal Court with few supporters.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi recruited powerful figures by offering benefits and backing their plans with their strength and Tai Yi’s Chaos Bell.
• Bai Ze, Ying Zhao, Ji Meng, Fei Dan, Fei Lian, Jiu Ying, Shang Yang, Qin Yuan, Ci Tie, Gui Che, and other great powers joined Di Jun and Tai Yi, whose growing force began to threaten the Primordial Wilderness.

Zhenyuanzi visited Hong Yun after completing his artifact forging and gave him the Eternal Precious Carefree Seal, a top-grade innate spiritual treasure made to complement Hong Yun’s four symbols Dao. Hong Yun began refining it, while Zhenyuanzi prepared to study the hong meng purple qi and restore the Four Immortal Slaying Swords.

• Zhenyuanzi found Hong Yun beneath the Four Symbols Plantain Tree, having reached the Peak Golden Immortal of the Origin realm through his four symbols incarnations.
• Zhenyuanzi presented Hong Yun with the Eternal Precious Carefree Seal, which resonated with Hong Yun’s Dao and could transform into many treasures.
• Hong Yun accepted the seal with gratitude and said it strengthened his confidence in reaching Four Symbols Return to Origin.
• Hong Yun began refining the seal, while Zhenyuanzi left to enter seclusion and study the hong meng purple qi and restore the Four Immortal Slaying Swords.