Chapter Summaries

Li Hao and the others began repairing the sky after Buzhou Mountain collapsed, while they debated using a giant turtle’s legs as supports. Dijiang and Li Hao questioned the unexplained collapse, unaware that Dizang and Tai Yi had caused it.

• Li Hao explained that they needed Nine Heavens Breathing Soil and a pillar to replace Father God's spine, and Dijiang sent the Ancestor Witches to search for one.
• Nuwa arrived and began refining Five-Colored Stone in the Qiankun Cauldron, while the Three Pure Ones joined the group.
• Taixu proposed cutting off a giant turtle’s legs to support the sky; Nuwa agreed, and Taishang Laojun, Taixu, and Qinglian set off to approach the turtle.
• Li Hao told Dijiang that Buzhou Mountain’s collapse seemed suspicious, and Dijiang wondered what had caused it.
• Dizang and Tai Yi returned to the underworld, terrified after bringing down Buzhou Mountain to create a major disaster.

Dizang and Tai Yi attacked Buzhou Mountain to answer a request, while Taishang Laojun and Qinglian Daojun searched the East Sea for the Black Tortoise and encountered Hei Kui. The chapter ended with Qinglian asking Hei Kui to become his mount, and Hei Kui looking at him with disdain.

• Dizang proposed toppling Buzhou Mountain, and Tai Yi agreed to help him.
• Dizang and Tai Yi struck a weak point in Buzhou Mountain, then returned to the Netherworld without checking whether it had collapsed.
• Taishang Laojun and Qinglian Daojun set out to find the Black Tortoise in the East Sea.
• Taishang and Qinglian heard a bellow and discovered Hei Kui, an Ox Demon living on an isolated island with his nephew.
• Qinglian asked Hei Kui to become his mount, and Hei Kui looked at him with extreme disdain.

Hei Kui surrendered to Qinglian and agreed to serve as his mount, but asked to bring along his nephew Dali. Qinglian considered taking Dali as a disciple before Taishang claimed the opportunity for himself, leaving Dali displeased and unaware of Taishang’s standing.

• Qinglian knocked Hei Kui unconscious with a finger flick, and Hei Kui surrendered after waking.
• Hei Kui agreed to become Qinglian’s mount but explained that he could not abandon his nephew, Dali.
• Hei Kui called Dali out, and Qinglian admired the young Ox Demon’s foundation and honest manner.
• Qinglian began to offer to take Dali as his disciple, but Taishang asked to take the disciple instead.
• Qinglian yielded Dali to Taishang, while Dali resented what he thought was an unworthy stranger taking his opportunity.

Dali became Taishang Laojun’s disciple, while Hei Kui helped Taishang and Qinglian locate the Black Tortoise, whom they needed as a pillar to support the sky. After learning the tortoise would refuse to help, Taishang and Qinglian attacked with restrictive Divine Powers to restrain him.

• Hei Kui urged Dali to become Taishang Laojun’s disciple, and Dali knelt to accept Taishang as his master.
• Taishang Laojun gave Dali the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique.
• Hei Kui told Qinglian that the Black Tortoise had little interest in merit because he already possessed plenty and still could not attain the Dao.
• Taishang and Qinglian took Hei Kui and Dali to find the Black Tortoise and explained that they needed him to support the sky after Buzhou Mountain collapsed.
• The Black Tortoise mocked Hei Kui’s backers, and Taishang and Qinglian used restrictive Divine Powers to restrain him.

Taishang and Qinglian brought the restrained basalt turtle to Buzhou Mountain to use its legs to prop up the sky, but Li Hao objected and produced enormous pillars to support it instead. He left Taixu rebuked, and the basalt turtle was spared from being sacrificed.

• Taishang and Qinglian hauled the helpless basalt turtle to Buzhou Mountain while Hei Kui mocked him and refused to intervene.
• Taixu met them and learned they had handed the basalt turtle over to him for the task of cutting off its legs.
• Li Hao arrived and challenged Taixu’s claim that sacrificing the basalt turtle was necessary to save the Primordial Era.
• Li Hao told Dijiang to conceal him with the Space Law, then summoned enormous pillars that propped up the collapsed sky.
• Li Hao walked out and mocked Taixu for choosing the cruel and foolish method of using the basalt turtle.

Li Hao helped restore the sky, then had the giant turtle kicked back toward the East Sea. As the group returned to the Ancestral Land, the Six-Eared Macaque revealed that it had stolen a piece of Nuwa’s Five-Colored Divine Stone, and Li Hao ordered the Witches to take it with them.

• Li Hao had Taishang and Qinglian free the giant turtle, then kicked it toward the East Sea when it could not leave under its own power.
• Nuwa used the refined Five-Colored Divine Stone and the saints’ divine power to patch the tear in the firmament after tens of thousands of years of repairs.
• Nuwa and the others departed, while Li Hao and the Ancestor Witches headed back toward the Ancestral Land, displeased that Nuwa left without thanking them.
• The Six-Eared Macaque led Li Hao to a piece of Nuwa’s Five-Colored Divine Stone that it had stolen.
• Li Hao told the Ancestor Witches to take the stone to the Ancestral Land, and Dijiang backed his decision.

Li Hao brought the Five-Colored Divine Stone back toward the Witch Tribe’s ancestral land, while Liu'er sensed that the stone held one of his brothers. Meanwhile, the Three Pure Ones began feuding on Kunlun Mountain as planned, drawing Hongjun’s attention and satisfaction.

• Li Hao decided to take the Five-Colored Divine Stone and nurture it, while considering how he might eventually gather the Four Monkeys of Chaos.
• Liu'er leaped onto the divine stone, recognized it as his brother, and grew angry when Zhu Rong and the other ancestor witches teased him.
• Dijiang stopped the teasing, and Li Hao calmed Liu'er before leading the ancestor witches toward their ancestral land.
• The Three Pure Ones returned to Kunlun Mountain and began arguing over the Dao to follow their prime body's plan and take the initiative against Hongjun.
• Hongjun watched the Three Pure Ones' discord and was satisfied that they were turning against one another.

Hongjun summoned the Three Pure Ones and made them swallow Saint Annihilation Pills to prevent their quarrels from escalating, unaware that they were actors following Li Hao’s plan. After they returned to Kunlun, Li Hao left the Five-Colored Divine Stone in a sacred place and headed to meet the Three Ancestors of the Human Race.

• Hongjun summoned Taishang, Taixu, and Qinglian to the Purple Cloud Palace after their apparent dispute threatened to become a battle.
• Hongjun gave the Three Pure Ones Saint Annihilation Pills, claiming the pills would become poisonous if they fought, and they swallowed them.
• The Three Pure Ones left Hongjun’s palace and returned to Kunlun, where they planned to communicate privately while maintaining their cold war in public.
• Li Hao placed the Five-Colored Divine Stone on a spiritually rich mountain near the Ancestral Land, while the Six-Eared Macaque stayed behind to await his brother’s birth.
• Li Hao set out toward the Human Race to discuss matters with the Three Ancestors.

Li Hao persuaded the Three Ancestors of the Human Race to address the valley’s overcrowding by sending the young tribes out to develop beyond it. The Three Ancestors announced that every tribe would leave in batches, and the tribal leaders awaited the decision on who would go first.

• Li Hao met with the Three Ancestors of the Human Race and urged them to act on the Human Race’s need to expand beyond the crowded valley.
• Sui Ren proposed sending the young people out to build lives elsewhere, and You Chao and Zi Yi agreed after discussing the risks and the need for them to grow.
• The Three Ancestors summoned the tribal leaders, who argued over which tribes might be forced to leave and whether the decision would divide the Human Race.
• You Chao explained that the outside world had stabilized and announced that tribes would depart one after another at set intervals.
• The leaders reacted with sadness and excitement, then watched Iron Plow and other strong farming tribes as they wondered who would leave first.

You Chao announced that the Hua Xu Tribe would lead the Human Race’s migration from the Ancestral Land, explaining that its warriors could survive outside and that the Witch Tribe’s backing would protect later groups. Hua Xu rallied her people to depart at once, beginning the new era of the Human Race’s settlement in the Primordial Era.

• You Chao named the Hua Xu Tribe as the first tribe to leave, and Hua Xu immediately returned to prepare her people.
• You Chao explained that the Hua Xu Tribe’s battle-hardened members knew the outside world, while the Witch Tribe’s support would deter threats to the Human Race.
• Tie Li challenged the decision, but You Chao’s explanation left him and the other leaders without a response.
• You Chao set the departure order, with one tribe leaving every thousand years, and ended the leaders’ meeting.
• Hua Xu told her assembled tribesmen that their tribe would leave first and offered to transfer anyone unwilling to go.
• The Hua Xu tribesmen eagerly accepted the order, and Hua Xu commanded them to pack and set out at once.

Fuxi awakened to his trapped and repetitive existence and chose death as a path to rebirth, while Nuwa remained unaware of his decision. The Hua Xu Tribe and the Lianshan Clan established settlements beyond the Human Race's homeland, and Fuxi began to disintegrate himself to enter reincarnation.

• Nuwa planned to give Fuxi all her future merit so she could help him become a sage.
• Fuxi questioned whether their continued existence was harming Nuwa and other living beings, but Nuwa told him to focus on cultivation.
• The Hua Xu Tribe defeated two races, claimed a new territory, and began building a settlement there.
• A thousand years later, the Lianshan Clan left the homeland and settled in fertile land to develop as an agricultural tribe.
• Fuxi woke without Nuwa nearby, decided he wanted to escape his repeating life through death, and attacked himself to begin self-disintegration.

Fuxi used the Art of Soldier Demise to leave his old life behind and pursue a new path through reincarnation, despite Nuwa’s grief and Hongjun’s attempts to guide him. He reached the Six Paths of Reincarnation, where Tai Yi questioned why he had chosen to endure its suffering.

• Fuxi reversed his magic power and began the irreversible Art of Soldier Demise, then told Nuwa he had chosen to start anew.
• Nuwa tried to save Fuxi, but he died and his body turned to ash; she suspected Hongjun had schemed against him and sought his help with reincarnation.
• Hongjun tried three times to direct Fuxi’s Primordial Spirit, but Fuxi refused each attempt and set off along the Yellow Springs Road.
• The Ten Kings of Yama hesitated to handle Fuxi until Dizang and Tai Yi told them to escort him to the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• After the Ten Kings of Yama departed, Tai Yi asked Fuxi why he had chosen to suffer the Six Paths of Reincarnation despite his status and connections.

Fuxi entered reincarnation with Dizang’s help, while Hua Xu became mysteriously pregnant after stepping into a giant footprint in Thunder Marsh. When Li Hao summoned the Ancestor Witches after hearing the news, Zhu Rong speculated about his motives and Qiang Liang reacted sharply.

• Fuxi chose reincarnation, and Dizang opened the Six Paths for him despite Tai Yi’s concerns.
• Hua Xu investigated Thunder Marsh, stepped into a giant footprint, and felt a faint current pass into her abdomen.
• Hua Xu dismissed the footprint as harmless, then suddenly retched as her belly began to swell.
• Word of Hua Xu’s unexplained pregnancy spread through the Human Race and reached the Witch Tribe.
• Li Hao summoned the Ancestor Witches, and Zhu Rong wondered whether he was interested in Nüwa before Qiang Liang’s expression changed.

Li Hao told the Ancestor Witches that Hua Xu’s unborn child was the reincarnation of Fuxi and proposed helping him grow so the Human Race could eventually contend for power while the Witch Tribe withdrew from the struggle. He explained that they only needed to guide Fuxi after his birth, but Zhu Jiuyin ended by asking what the correct path was and whether it would be easy to follow.

• Houtu stopped Zhu Rong from slandering Li Hao, while Qiang Liang privately wondered whether Li Hao also fancied Hua Xu.
• Li Hao told the Ancestor Witches that Hua Xu conceived after stepping on the Thunder God’s footprint and revealed that her child was Fuxi’s reincarnation.
• Li Hao proposed finding Fuxi after his birth, teaching him, and using the Human Race’s future strength to let the Witch Tribe withdraw from the wider struggle.
• Zhu Rong and Zhu Jiuyin questioned whether Heavenly Dao and Earthly Dao would allow Li Hao’s plan, and Li Hao said the Primordial Era would follow its own laws without their interference.
• Zhu Jiuyin asked what path Li Hao intended to guide Fuxi along and whether it would be easy to walk.

Li Hao and the Ancestor Witches agreed to protect Fuxi and help the Human Race establish the Human Dao, while leaving its development to humans. After Fuxi was born safely under their protection, he grew up and stood by a river, deep in thought.

• Li Hao explained that Fuxi would begin the Human Emperor path, and Dijiang agreed to protect the Hua Xu Tribe and support the Human Race’s inheritance.
• The Ancestor Witches surrounded the Hua Xu Tribe, and Dijiang assigned Li Hao to become Fuxi’s teacher.
• Li Hao met the pregnant Hua Xu and told her he intended to take her child as his disciple.
• Fifty thousand years later, Hua Xu gave birth to Fuxi, while the Ancestor Witches thwarted attempts to interfere with him.
• Fuxi grew up safely, and one day he stood by a river, lost in thought.

Nuwa finally entered the Hua Xu Tribe and reunited with the reincarnated Fuxi, but he did not recognize her and rejected her attempts to claim him as her brother. Li Hao watched their reunion and realized his influence had shaped Fuxi’s behavior more than he expected.

• Nuwa disguised herself as a battered old woman, and the Ancestor Witches let her pass into the Hua Xu Tribe according to Li Hao’s plan.
• Nuwa greeted Fuxi as her brother, but he did not recognize her and warned her not to claim a relationship with him.
• Nuwa cried as Fuxi remained indifferent and told her to move away because she was disturbing his comprehension.
• Fuxi insisted that he had no sister and accused Nuwa of wanting to pursue him despite looking like a married woman.

Li Hao arranged for Zhu Rong to separate Nuwa from Fuxi, and Fuxi found the River Diagram and Luo Shu that Nuwa left behind. Seeking to retrieve her brother, Nuwa asked Hongjun for help and agreed to his plan to sever the human race’s path to the Dao after Fuxi attained it.

• Li Hao asked the Ancestor Witches to drive Nuwa away from Fuxi, and Zhu Rong approached them.
• Nuwa left Fuxi a book before departing, and Fuxi discovered it was the River Diagram and Luo Shu.
• Nuwa went to the Chaos Purple Cloud Palace and told Hongjun she wanted to retrieve Fuxi.
• Hongjun proposed that the human race help Fuxi attain the Dao before its path of seeking the Dao was severed.
• Nuwa accepted Hongjun’s plan after he assured her that it would not implicate Fuxi.

Nuwa agreed to let Hongjun intervene in the Human Race, allowing him to pursue Heaven's Will's plan to block the Human Dao. After observing Fuxi's insight from fish and a turtle shell, Hongjun summoned an ancient soft-shelled turtle to the Chaos Purple Cloud Palace and asked him to undertake a task.

• Nuwa abandoned the Human Race's interests in favor of helping Fuxi, and Hongjun promised to handle the matter.
• Hongjun resolved to interfere with the Human Race and prevent the Human Emperor's path from opening the Human Dao.
• Hongjun watched Fuxi react to leaping fish and study a turtle's shell, then realized Fuxi was having an insight.
• Hongjun searched for an ancient soft-shelled turtle and transported him to the Chaos Purple Cloud Palace.
• The soft-shelled turtle woke, recognized Hongjun, and pledged to serve him; Hongjun asked whether he would accept a task.

Hongjun sent an old turtle to reveal Dao script to Fuxi, hoping to bring the Human Race under his control and fulfill the Heavenly Dao’s task. But Fuxi ignored the turtle for a thousand years, then had him captured after the turtle disrupted his work on the Innate Eight Trigrams.

• Hongjun promised the old turtle that he could attain the Dao Fruit after helping Fuxi study the script on his shell.
• The old turtle followed Hongjun’s plan to the Hua Xu Tribe and repeatedly surfaced near Fuxi, who ignored him for more than a thousand years.
• Frustrated, the old turtle approached Fuxi and accidentally damaged one of the symbols he had drawn.
• Fuxi ordered his men to capture the old turtle and take him away to be stewed, using ropes that nullified the turtle’s magical power.
• Fuxi returned to studying the symbols that would become the Innate Eight Trigrams.

Li Hao searched for the Kongtong Seal, the treasure needed to establish the Human Dao and support the Human Race, while Dijiang and Zhu Rong helped reason out how it might be found. Their search ended when the seal manifested beneath the Hua Xu Tribe’s latrine, leaving Li Hao reluctant to retrieve it.

• Li Hao explained to Dijiang that the Human Race needed its own treasure to suppress its Qi fortune, but he did not know where the Kongtong Seal was hidden.
• Dijiang noted that the brothers were occupied with guarding the Hua Xu Tribe and suggested that Li Hao search on his own.
• Zhu Rong proposed that a Dao’s chosen race might draw its corresponding treasure toward it, and Li Hao and Dijiang considered his reasoning plausible.
• A man from the Hua Xu Tribe rushed Li Hao, Dijiang, and Zhu Rong to a site where treasure light appeared.
• Li Hao and the others discovered that the Kongtong Seal was hidden beneath the tribe’s latrine, and Li Hao hesitated to dig it out.