Chapter Summaries

Dijiang took Li Hao and Houtu back to the Ancestral Land so Li Hao could demonstrate how to graft the branch. Along the way, Dijiang pressed Li Hao about marrying Houtu, and Li Hao blurted out that he absolutely would not.

• Dijiang asked Li Hao how they should handle grafting, and Li Hao said he would demonstrate the method after they returned to the Ancestral Land.
• Dijiang let the other Ancestor Witches explore on their own, then agreed to bring Houtu along with him and Li Hao.
• The Ancestor Witches teased Li Hao and Houtu about getting married, but Xi Zi's question about what titles they would use silenced the group.
• Li Hao urged Dijiang to hurry back, and Dijiang teleported with Li Hao and Houtu using the Space Law.
• Dijiang asked Li Hao when he would marry Houtu, and Li Hao blurted out, "No! Absolutely not!"

Li Hao grafted branches from Wuzhuang Temple’s Ginseng Fruit Tree onto the trees in the Ancestral Land, while Houtu mistook his refusal to marry her for a lofty concern for the Witch Tribe. When Li Hao ran short of branches, Zhu Rong and the other Ancestor Witches arrived with more.

• Li Hao told Houtu he could not marry while dangers still threatened the Witch Tribe, and she took his words as proof of his ambition.
• Dijiang returned to the Ancestral Land with Li Hao and Houtu, and the brothers began grafting Wuzhuang Temple branches onto their Ginseng Fruit Trees.
• Li Hao used nearly all the branches he had brought and worried that he could not finish the grafting.
• Zhu Rong arrived with the other Ancestor Witches, who had gathered more branches for Li Hao.

Li Hao’s grafting of the Ginseng Fruit Tree partly succeeded, but many branches failed, so he decided they needed a professional. Meanwhile, Zhen Yuanzi recovered from a mysterious chill during the Dao lecture, and Zhunti recognized symptoms like those he had experienced before.

• Li Hao praised the Ancestor Witches for gathering the Ginseng Fruit Tree’s branches and continued his grafting project.
• Zhen Yuanzi trembled with cold sweat during Hongjun’s Dao lecture, while Hong Yun watched over him instead of listening.
• Zhen Yuanzi’s symptoms faded, and he and Hong Yun resumed listening to the Dao.
• Zhunti noticed Zhen Yuanzi’s earlier distress and recognized it as similar to what he had suffered during the previous Dao lecture.
• Li Hao and the Ancestor Witches watched the grafted tree for more than a hundred years, and Li Hao found that some grafts had succeeded while many had failed.
• Li Hao called for a professional, leaving the Ancestor Witches puzzled about what he meant.

Li Hao proposed cultivating a skilled grafter to propagate spiritual roots in the Ancestor Witches’ homeland, then suggested Dijiang marry the West Queen Mother to secure her Peach Mother Tree and keep grafting secret. The Ancestor Witches were left stunned by his plan.

• Li Hao explained that their grafting attempts were too slow and risked wasting the few branches they had.
• Zhu Rong suggested taking more branches from Zhen Yuanzi’s tree, while Li Hao argued that finding a professional grafter would save time and improve success.
• Li Hao proposed training someone from among their people, but Xi Zi suggested capturing Zhen Yuanzi and forcing him to help.
• Zhu Jiuyin raised the risk that a trained grafter might leak the method, prompting Li Hao to suggest Dijiang marry the West Queen Mother and gain access to her Peach Mother Tree.
• Dijiang and the other Ancestor Witches were stunned by Li Hao’s proposal.

Li Hao turned Zhu Rong’s attempt to get him in trouble into a proposal that Zhu Rong marry West Queen Mother, arguing their yin-and-yang natures complemented each other and could benefit the Witch Tribe. Dijiang and the other Ancestor Witches embraced the idea, leaving Zhu Rong cornered and searching for a way out.

• Dijiang weighed Li Hao’s suggestion that they recruit a woman skilled in cultivation to learn grafting, while Zhu Rong urged him to punish Li Hao.
• Zhu Rong accused Li Hao of disrespecting Dijiang by making decisions without consulting him.
• Li Hao suggested West Queen Mother would suit Zhu Rong because his fire nature complemented her supreme yin nature.
• Li Hao argued that Zhu Rong’s marriage could support grafting and produce offspring for the Witch Tribe, persuading Dijiang and the other Ancestor Witches.
• Dijiang fixed his attention on Zhu Rong, who felt trapped and began searching for someone else to shift the burden onto.

Zhu Rong tried to avoid being matched with the West Queen Mother by pushing Qiang Liang forward, but the decision remained unresolved. When the second Dao explication ended, Li Hao urged Dijiang to lead the witches to Kunlun Mountain before anyone else could interfere with his plan.

• Zhu Rong considered accepting a dao companion but wanted to avoid the match with the West Queen Mother by redirecting attention to Qiang Liang.
• Qiang Liang recognized Zhu Rong's attempt and interrupted him, declaring that the West Queen Mother suited Zhu Rong.
• Dijiang weighed the matter while Qiang Liang anxiously waited for his decision.
• The second Dao explication ended, and the speaker announced that the Purple Palace would open again in three thousand years.
• Li Hao urged Dijiang to head to Kunlun Mountain immediately, and Dijiang rallied the witches and set out.
• Li Hao privately resolved to prevent the East King Duke from winning the West Queen Mother's affection, by persuasion or force.

Li Hao and the Ancestor Witches reached Kunlun Mountain, where he asked Dijiang to guide them to the Jade Pool Immortal Realm. A mysterious newcomer interrupted them, and Li Hao recognized him as someone who could lead the way.

• Dijiang brought the Ancestor Witches and Li Hao to Kunlun Mountain after several years of travel.
• The Ancestor Witches played in the snow while Dijiang watched them.
• Li Hao asked Dijiang where the Jade Pool Immortal Realm was, but Dijiang did not know and hesitated to admit it.
• An unseen speaker angrily accused the group of disturbing Kunlun Mountain’s peace.
• Li Hao spotted a small figure riding a cloud toward them and told Dijiang their guide had arrived.

Li Hao and the Ancestor Witches set a trap for Yuanshi on Kunlun Mountain, hoping to make him lead them around. Yuanshi recognized Li Hao too late and was surrounded, leaving him with no chance to flee.

• Li Hao recognized Yuanshi approaching and arranged for the Ancestor Witches to hide in the snow while Dijiang waited to teleport into the ambush.
• Yuanshi left the Three Pure Ones’ sanctuary, frustrated that he and Laozi lacked suitable treasures to advance by slashing corpses.
• Yuanshi heard the Ancestor Witches making noise and angrily demanded that they respect his authority on Kunlun Mountain.
• Li Hao appeared behind Yuanshi and greeted him, prompting Yuanshi to try to escape.
• Dijiang signaled, and several Ancestor Witches appeared to surround Yuanshi.

Li Hao persuaded Yuanshi to guide the Witch Tribe to the Jade Pool Immortal Realm and swore by Pangu that they would not harm him. Yuanshi accepted the oath and prepared to lead them across Kunlun Mountain.

• Li Hao asked Yuanshi to take the Witch Tribe to the Jade Pool Immortal Realm and promised it would be an easy favor.
• Yuanshi distrusted Li Hao and demanded an oath to the Heavenly Dao before agreeing to guide them.
• Li Hao refused to swear to the Heavenly Dao and instead swore by Pangu that the Witch Tribe would not harm Yuanshi.
• Yuanshi accepted Li Hao's oath, though he privately resented Li Hao calling them brothers.
• Yuanshi said the Jade Pool Immortal Realm was tens of thousands of miles away, and Dijiang assured him the group would keep up.

Yuanshi brought Li Hao and the Ancestor Witches to the Jade Pool Immortal Realm, enduring their taunts and exhausting himself on the journey. After Yuanshi hurriedly left, Li Hao sent Liu'er to scout the realm and told the Ancestor Witches to spread out and guard it, prompting Qiang Liang to wonder if they planned to kidnap the bride if the proposal failed.

• Yuanshi flew ahead of the Witch Tribe, but Zhu Rong and another witch mocked his speed and called him taixu, so he pushed himself to reach the Jade Pool Immortal Realm quickly.
• Li Hao patted Yuanshi on the back, disrupting his breathing, and Yuanshi recovered enough to leave in a hurry.
• Li Hao admired the Jade Pool Immortal Realm while Dijiang asked whether entering directly to propose marriage would seem presumptuous.
• Li Hao summoned Liu'er and sent him to check whether the immortal maidens had returned without being discovered.
• Li Hao told the Ancestor Witches to spread out and guard the area, and Qiang Liang asked if they would resort to bride-snatching if the proposal failed.

Li Hao’s precaution at the Jade Pool Immortal Realm led him to strike down East King Duke’s messenger, who had come to propose marriage. After hearing the messenger’s exaggerated account, East King Duke resolved to confront the unknown attacker despite his current limitations.

• Li Hao reassured Qiang Liang that he had arranged the Ancestor Witches’ guard because he sensed something would happen, and Dijiang sent them to their posts.
• A black-furred messenger arrived at the Jade Pool Immortal Realm, and Li Hao punched him nearly a hundred thousand miles away.
• Li Hao recognized that the messenger had come to propose marriage and warned him to tell his master to abandon the idea.
• The messenger returned to East King Duke and exaggerated Li Hao’s insults, provoking East King Duke’s anger.
• East King Duke questioned the injured black bear about Li Hao, then vowed to find out who had dared challenge him.

East King Duke set out to meet West Queen Mother, confident that Yuanshi had arranged their marriage, while Yuanshi hurried away to avoid getting involved. East King Duke remained certain the match was settled, unaware that Yuanshi had not completed the matchmaking.

• East King Duke sent the injured Black Bear to rest and promised to avenge him before redirecting the Immortal Court toward the Three Pure Ones' Daoist grounds.
• Yuanshi passed the approaching Immortal Court, recognized East King Duke calling to him, and remembered that he had agreed to mediate East King Duke's marriage with West Queen Mother.
• Yuanshi made an excuse about important matters at home and quickly departed without telling East King Duke that the matchmaking had failed.
• East King Duke assumed Yuanshi's matchmaking had succeeded because the Three Pure Ones commanded respect, and he remained confident that West Queen Mother would become his Dao companion.

Zhu Rong resisted being paired with West Queen Mother, but Houtu brought him back to the Jade Pool Immortal Realm, where Li Hao and Dijiang waited. Li Hao tried to persuade Zhu Rong, who feared West Queen Mother might not match her flattering reputation.

• Qiang Liang tried to persuade Zhu Rong to return, but Zhu Rong complained that his brothers were pushing him toward West Queen Mother.
• Houtu arrived and took Zhu Rong back to the Jade Pool Immortal Realm, saying Li Hao needed him.
• Zhu Rong saw Li Hao and regretted that his loose tongue had drawn Li Hao’s attention to him as a potential partner for West Queen Mother.
• Li Hao began praising West Queen Mother, but Zhu Rong cut him off and said Qiang Liang had already used that argument.
• Li Hao guessed Zhu Rong was worried about West Queen Mother’s reputation as a married woman, then told him young men failed to appreciate mature women.

Li Hao maneuvered Zhu Rong into agreeing to marry West Queen Mother, then challenged East King Duke’s claim to her when the Immortal Emperor arrived. The chapter ended with an arrogant Golden Immortal cultivator confronting Li Hao but hesitating to attack.

• Li Hao flattered Zhu Rong until Zhu Rong promised to handle the marriage to West Queen Mother, then realized he had been trapped into agreeing.
• Dijiang reflected that Li Hao had skillfully swayed the brothers as a voice announced East King Duke’s arrival as Immortal Emperor.
• An arrogant cultivator demanded that the witches kneel before East King Duke, but the witches ignored him because he was too weak to threaten them.
• Li Hao confirmed the Immortal Emperor was East King Duke and declared that he was unworthy of West Queen Mother and should leave.
• The cultivator grew furious at Li Hao’s words but held back from attacking because he was only at the peak of the Golden Immortal realm.

Li Hao and Zhu Rong confronted a cultivator who invoked East King Duke’s name, then brought the battered East King Duke before him. The cultivator failed to recognize his master and continued boasting as the chapter ended.

• A minor cultivator threatened Li Hao and his companions, claiming East King Duke would arrive to punish them.
• Zhu Rong rushed away and returned with the battered East King Duke, whom Li Hao asked whether his Third Brother and West Queen Mother were a match.
• East King Duke agreed that they were a perfect match, while the minor cultivator condemned him for flattering the witches.
• The minor cultivator praised East King Duke as West Queen Mother’s ideal partner and promised to report the witches’ supposed mistake to his master.
• Li Hao, Zhu Rong, Dijiang, and Houtu realized that the minor cultivator had not recognized the battered man as East King Duke.

Li Hao and the Ancestor Witches watched East King Duke's foolish Immortal Court subordinates mistake them for weak cultivators and boast about their own strength. Niu Da claimed credit for knocking East King Duke down, while his followers praised him, leaving the Witches dumbfounded.

• A fast-moving Immortal Court cultivator blamed East King Duke for meddling in marriages and threatened to report him to his lord, while East King Duke trembled on the ground.
• Niu Da arrived with several brightly dressed cultivators and asked Li Hao and the others which team they belonged to.
• The young cultivator told Niu Da that they were the people who had beaten General Black Bear, and Niu Da boasted that he was a peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
• Niu Da noticed East King Duke on the ground and asked the young cultivator why he had attacked first, concerned about how they would divide the merit.
• The young cultivator falsely credited Niu Da with knocking East King Duke down, and Niu Da's followers eagerly agreed.
• Niu Da and the young cultivator discussed celebrating their supposed achievement, while Li Hao, Zhu Rong, Dijiang, and the other Witches remained dumbfounded.

Niu Qiang threatened West Queen Mother when she refused East King Duke’s marriage proposal, while East King Duke stayed motionless to hide his embarrassment. Li Hao and Dijiang noticed Zhu Rong admiring West Queen Mother and decided to try matchmaking them by inviting her to the Ancestral Land.

• Li Hao reflected that the Immortal Court would soon fall and the Demon Court would rise, while East King Duke resolved to investigate his subordinates’ fabricated merits.
• Niu Qiang presented East King Duke’s marriage proposal to West Queen Mother, who politely refused and told him to leave.
• Niu Qiang threatened West Queen Mother when she rejected the proposal, and she prepared to defend herself or retreat to the Jade Pool Immortal Realm.
• Li Hao, Dijiang, and the other witches gave East King Duke suspicious looks as he continued pretending to be unconscious.
• Li Hao and Dijiang noticed Zhu Rong smiling at West Queen Mother and agreed to invite her to the Ancestral Land to encourage a match.

A green-haired subordinate urged the big nose-ring to pursue Houtu, and his crude proposal provoked Li Hao’s immense killing intent. The big nose-ring mistook Houtu’s amused smile for acceptance, while Li Hao began questioning him about his cultivation and skill in divination.

• The green-haired cultivator pointed out Houtu to the big nose-ring and encouraged him to take her as his wife.
• The green-haired cultivator shouted that the big nose-ring wanted Houtu as his wife, chilling the surrounding air and alarming East King Duke and West Queen Mother.
• Li Hao released a towering aura, and Houtu smiled sweetly at him while the big nose-ring mistook her expression for happiness at his proposal.
• The green-haired cultivator called Houtu his sister-in-law and invited her companions to join them, while Dijiang and Zhu Rong silently judged his arrogance.
• Li Hao asked the big nose-ring whether he was a peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal and whether he understood divination and deduction.

Li Hao confronted Niu Da after Niu Da divined a favorable wedding day, then killed him with a single flick to the forehead. The surviving lackeys panicked, while Li Hao noticed East King Duke remained motionless and wondered at his nerve.

• Niu Da divined that three days later would be an auspicious day for a marriage, and Li Hao asked whether he had divined his own impending calamity.
• Niu Da's lackeys insulted Li Hao, and Niu Da claimed he would discipline his future brother-in-law.
• Li Hao approached Niu Da and flicked his forehead, instantly blasting him into blood mist.
• Niu Da's red-haired and gray-haired lackeys collapsed in terror and wet themselves when Li Hao looked at them.
• Li Hao noticed East King Duke still lying motionless nearby and wondered why he showed no reaction.

Li Hao awakened a mysterious law after killing Big Nose Ring, and Dijiang warned him not to name the law of strength aloud. Li Hao suspected the Witch Tribe’s caution was tied to Pangu’s Law of Strength and the changed needs of the Primordial Era.

• A minor cultivator recognized the battered East King Duke and realized Li Hao was a powerful Witch Tribe figure, then fainted from fear.
• Li Hao spared the minor cultivator and reflected that he avoided unnecessary killing to keep the Witch Tribe from triggering the coming Witch-Demon Calamity.
• Dijiang and Zhu Rong wondered what law had let Li Hao destroy a powerful cultivator with a casual finger flick.
• Dijiang asked Li Hao about the power he had felt, and Li Hao said strength had filled his body and suggested it might be the law of strength.
• Dijiang told Li Hao to avoid saying that law’s name, while Li Hao guessed Pangu’s Law of Strength had become dangerous to mention now that the world was established.