Chapter Summaries

Bei Ming left Changbai Mountain after entrusting Han Chi with its care and continued traveling toward the Southeast Region, gathering opportunities and hearing rumors about the Wu Clan and their new Daoist friend. On the Sun Star, Di Jun used Hetu and Luoshu to investigate those rumors, and Tai Yi dismissed anyone who befriended the Wu Clan as an oddity.

• Bei Ming rewarded Han Chi with a Five-Needle Pine pine cone, placed Changbai Mountain and Great Void Palace in his care, and entered cultivation.
• After thirty-six thousand years, Bei Ming departed Changbai Mountain and traveled south through the Primordial Wilderness, collecting spiritual materials and opportunities.
• Bei Ming heard that Di Jun and Tai Yi were aiding clans against the Wu Clan and considered how their positions compared with Kun Peng’s in the North.
• The Wu Clan sought Bei Ming after Ju Mang praised him to the Twelve Ancestor Wizards, and rumors about the Wu Clan’s Daoist friend spread among the clans.
• On the Sun Star, Di Jun used Hetu and Luoshu to investigate the rumors, and Tai Yi mocked the idea of anyone befriending the Wu Clan.

Di Jun and Tai Yi planned to recruit powerful Innate Gods and set out to visit Baize, while Bei Ming reached Mount Qixi and met Fuxi and Nüwa. The chapter left Bei Ming welcomed into the siblings’ courtyard to discuss the Great Dao.

• Di Jun warned Tai Yi that they needed to isolate the Wu Clan and recruit more experts, then explained that his deductions revealed Bei Ming was a Kun Peng from the North Sea but gave no precise location.
• Di Jun proposed visiting powerful Innate Gods, and he and Tai Yi flew toward the East Sea Coast to meet Baize.
• Bei Ming arrived at Mount Qixi, listened to Fuxi’s zither music, and introduced himself when Fuxi came out to greet him.
• Fuxi invited Bei Ming into his courtyard, where Bei Ming met Fuxi’s younger sister Nüwa.

Bei Ming visited Fuxi and Nüwa on Mount Qixi, where they exchanged gifts and discussed the Dao. Fuxi discussed music and the Five Elements, then Bei Ming began explaining the Water Law.

• Nüwa told Bei Ming that rumors had made him sound vicious, and he dismissed concern over his reputation.
• Bei Ming gave Fuxi and Nüwa ten Five-Needle Pine cones, and they served him spirit fruits in return.
• Bei Ming suggested that the three discuss the Dao, and Nüwa agreed.
• Fuxi discussed how the Five Notes of music corresponded to the Five Elements over three hundred years.
• Bei Ming discussed the Water Law, describing water as formless, ever-changing, and aligned with the Dao.

Bei Ming discussed the Wu Clan’s overwhelming strength with Fuxi and Nüwa, explaining that only a united alliance of the Ten Thousand Clans could oppose them. He left them considering the coming conflict and worried that the future collapse of Mount Buzhou would cost his friend Mystic Turtle his life.

• Nüwa lectured on the Way of Creation, and Bei Ming praised her understanding of it.
• Fuxi asked Bei Ming about the Primordial Wilderness, and Bei Ming described the Wu Clan’s powerful Ancestor Wizards and vast forces.
• Nüwa asked about Bei Ming’s fight with Ju Mang, and Bei Ming said he had narrowly won before becoming friends with him.
• Fuxi asked whether any single race could rival the Wu Clan, and Bei Ming said only the united Ten Thousand Clans could stand against them.
• Bei Ming considered how conflict between the Wu Clan and its rivals could destroy Mount Buzhou and thought of his friend Mystic Turtle in the North Sea.

Bei Ming discussed Di Jun's proposed alliance of the Ten Thousand Clans with Fuxi and Nüwa, who explained why Fuxi had hesitated to join. The chapter ended with Bei Ming avoiding a commitment and saying he preferred to remain a free cultivator.

• Bei Ming and Fuxi agreed that the Ten Thousand Clans needed to unite against the expanding Wu Clan.
• Fuxi revealed that Di Jun and Tai Yi had visited Mount Qixi and that Di Jun had offered him the Hetu and Luoshu to study.
• Fuxi said he had not accepted because he did not want to involve Nüwa, but Nüwa assured him she could look after herself.
• Fuxi and Nüwa asked Bei Ming which side he would support, noting his friendship with Ju Mang.
• Bei Ming said he had not met Di Jun and preferred to seek the Dao and visit friends as a free cultivator.

Bei Ming invited Nüwa and Fuxi to travel through the Primordial Wilderness, and the three set out for Mount Buzhou. They entered the mountain despite its Pangu pressure and began climbing toward the summit.

• Nüwa agreed with Bei Ming that she preferred avoiding conflict, while Fuxi wrestled with the consequences of joining Di Jun's struggle for supremacy.
• Bei Ming invited Nüwa and Fuxi to see the Wu Clan and the Ten Thousand Clans for themselves, and they agreed to travel with him.
• Bei Ming proposed visiting Mount Buzhou, and Fuxi agreed after Bei Ming argued that the three Great Luo Golden Immortals could retreat safely if they met an Ancestor Wizard.
• The three traveled together, shared opportunities they discovered along the way, and grew more familiar with one another.
• Bei Ming, Nüwa, and Fuxi crossed Wu Clan territory and entered Mount Buzhou's main peak, where Pangu's pressure slowed them.
• Fuxi could not calculate how far the summit lay, so the three continued climbing as the pressure grew stronger.

Bei Ming and Nüwa were swallowed by separate formations among the jagged rocks atop Mount Buzhou, while Fuxi remained behind and encountered Di Jiang. Di Jiang told Fuxi to seek a different formation for his own opportunity, and Fuxi asked whether that meant many people would come to Mount Buzhou.

• After reaching Mount Buzhou’s summit, Bei Ming searched the jagged rocks and activated a formation that swallowed him.
• Nüwa followed Bei Ming’s method and was swallowed by another formation, leaving Fuxi to search for an entrance of his own.
• Di Jiang appeared before Fuxi, who identified him as the Space Ancestor Wizard and readied Fuxi’s Qin.
• Di Jiang said the formations offered separate opportunities and told Fuxi to find one meant for him.
• Fuxi asked Di Jiang whether many people would come to Mount Buzhou.

Fuxi entered Mount Buzhou’s secret realm after Di Jiang allowed him to pass, while Bei Ming encountered a palace guarded by a Small Hourglass wielding Time Law. Bei Ming overcame its time-resetting force with his treasures and touched the Hourglass, arriving beside a vast river where an enigmatic elder asked how he had come there.

• Di Jiang defended the Wu Clan’s dominance and allowed Fuxi to enter the formation on Mount Buzhou.
• Di Jiang contacted Ru Shou and She Bi Shi to join him at the summit while Fuxi entered the secret realm.
• Bei Ming found a dark palace containing a Small Hourglass that repeatedly reset his progress and withdrew the Xuan Yuan Controlling Water Flag.
• Bei Ming used the Twelve Grade Pure World White Lotus and the Xuan Yuan Controlling Water Flag together to resist the Hourglass’s Time Law.
• Bei Ming touched the Hourglass and appeared beside a vast river, where a White-Haired Stooped Elder asked where he came from.
• Bei Ming introduced himself as Kun Peng from the North of the Primordial Wilderness, and the elder asked how he had reached the river.

Bei Ming discovered that the old man in the River of Time was Yong Sui, the artifact spirit of the Eternal Age Hourglass, and learned how many Primordial Wilderness treasures had evolved from shattered Chaos artifacts. Back in the palace, Yong Sui offered to help Bei Ming refine the hourglass, and Bei Ming insisted on bringing Nüwa and Fuxi into the opportunity.

• Bei Ming recognized the river as the River of Time and realized the old man was the Eternal Age Hourglass’s artifact spirit.
• Yong Sui explained that the hourglass arose from the shattered Time Wheel and described how other Chaos treasures evolved into famous Innate Spirit Treasures.
• Bei Ming asked the old man’s name, and Yong Sui introduced himself and promised to help when Bei Ming faced a critical moment.
• Bei Ming returned to the palace with the Small Hourglass and confirmed that Yong Sui had made the River of Time manifest without moving him.
• Bei Ming told Yong Sui that Nüwa and Fuxi were accompanying him and did not want to abandon them.
• Yong Sui praised Bei Ming’s loyalty, accepted his assessment of their transcendent talent, and urged him to refine the hourglass promptly.

Bei Ming, Fuxi, and Nüwa emerged from Mount Buzhou’s Formation with treasures they had refined or obtained, including the Eternal Age Hourglass, the Changge Sword, and the Refining Heaven Furnace. Nüwa gave Bei Ming her first Five-Colored Stone, and Fuxi ended by revealing that he had met Di Jiang before entering the Secret Realm.

• Bei Ming completed his refinement of the Eternal Age Hourglass with the Eternal Years Daoist’s help and returned to Mount Buzhou Summit.
• Bei Ming reunited with Fuxi, who showed him the Changge Sword and described obtaining sword techniques in the Secret Realm.
• Nüwa arrived with the Refining Heaven Furnace and explained that she had used the Great Stone Transformation Technique to refine a Five-Colored Stone.
• Bei Ming recognized the Five-Colored Stone’s connection to the future mending of the sky, and Nüwa gave him the stone as a keepsake.
• Fuxi revealed that he had encountered Di Jiang, leader of the Twelve Ancestor Wizards, before entering the Secret Realm.

Bei Ming, Fuxi, and Nüwa met the Three Ancestor Wizards on Mount Buzhou, where Di Jiang invited Bei Ming to visit the Wu Clan. Di Jiang then invoked newly declared rules requiring visitors who took Mount Buzhou’s opportunities to accept the Wu Clan’s challenge, and Bei Ming asked Fuxi and Nüwa how they wanted to respond.

• Bei Ming explained to Fuxi that the Wu Clan welcomed cultivators who came to pay respects to Great God Pangu.
• Di Jiang, Ru Shou, and She Bi Shi appeared and introduced themselves to Bei Ming, Fuxi, and Nüwa.
• Di Jiang invited Bei Ming to visit the Wu Clan, but Bei Ming said he would not leave Fuxi and Nüwa behind.
• Di Jiang declared that anyone who took an opportunity on Mount Buzhou had to accept a challenge from the Wu Clan, claiming these were Mount Buzhou’s rules.
• The Three Ancestor Wizards released their powerful auras, and Bei Ming asked Fuxi and Nüwa whether they would accept the challenge.

Bei Ming trapped Di Jiang in the Returning Ruins and fought him with the Xuan Yuan Controlling Water Flag, the Pure World White Lotus, and the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler. Di Jiang shifted tactics and used Space Distortion, but Bei Ming’s ruler swept away the warped space as their battle continued.

• Nüwa and Fuxi agreed to accept the Ancestor Wizards’ challenge under the Rules of Mount Buzhou.
• Bei Ming isolated Di Jiang inside the Returning Ruins while Nüwa and Fuxi joined forces against Ru Shou and She Bi Shi.
• Di Jiang used Space Laws to destabilize the Returning Ruins, and Bei Ming reinforced it with the Xuan Yuan Controlling Water Flag.
• Bei Ming’s Feather Blade clashed with Di Jiang’s true form, but neither could seriously wound the other.
• Bei Ming struck Di Jiang with the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler, forcing him to abandon his true form and evade the blows.
• Di Jiang used Space Distortion, and Bei Ming’s Hongmeng Measuring Ruler smoothed away the warped space.

Bei Ming defeated Di Jiang in the Returning Ruins and joined Nüwa and Fuxi against Ru Shou and She Bi Shi. As Bei Ming prepared to attack, a vast pressure descended over the Primordial Wilderness.

• Bei Ming used Returning Ruins Attraction to suppress Di Jiang and struck him with the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler, defeating him.
• Nüwa reinforced the Refining Heaven Furnace with the Creation God Staff while Fuxi coordinated Fuxi's Qin and the Changge Sword against Ru Shou and She Bi Shi.
• Ru Shou and She Bi Shi continued attacking the furnace, straining Nüwa's defenses despite Fuxi's counterattacks.
• Bei Ming appeared beside the defeated Di Jiang, revealing the outcome of their duel to Nüwa, Fuxi, Ru Shou, and She Bi Shi.
• Bei Ming prepared to attack alongside Nüwa and Fuxi, but a vast pressure descended over the Primordial Wilderness.

Hongjun announced that he would preach at Zixiao Palace in ten thousand years, and the duel atop Mount Buzhou resumed. Bei Ming, Nüwa, and Fuxi defeated She Bi Shi and Ru Shou, while Di Jiang and the others prepared to meet again at Zixiao Palace.

• Hongjun declared that he had become a saint and invited fated beings to hear his Dao at Zixiao Palace in ten thousand years.
• Ru Shou and She Bi Shi insisted on continuing their duel with Bei Ming, and Di Jiang let the battle proceed while recovering from his injuries.
• Di Jiang considered how Di Jun and Tai Yi had been obstructing the Wu Clan’s expansion and suspected they were plotting against it.
• Bei Ming attacked with the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler while Nüwa defended him and Fuxi supported him, overwhelming She Bi Shi and Ru Shou.
• She Bi Shi and Ru Shou admitted defeat, and Di Jiang told them to learn from the battle before exchanging farewells with Bei Ming, Nüwa, and Fuxi.

Innate Gods across the Primordial World traveled into the chaos to hear Hongjun preach after he attained sainthood. Bei Ming, Nüwa, and Fuxi found Purple Cloud Palace and arrived to find many powerful figures already gathered there.

• Di Jiang took Ru Shou and She Bi Shi away to join the other Ancestor Wizards, while gods across the Primordial World set out for the chaos.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi left the Sun Star, and the Three Pure Ones departed East Kunlun to hear Hongjun preach.
• Bei Ming, Nüwa, and Fuxi traveled through the chaos, protected by the Pure World White Lotus and Refining Heaven Furnace, and found Purple Cloud Palace.
• As Bei Ming, Nüwa, and Fuxi approached the palace, they encountered the Three Pure Ones beneath the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda.
• Bei Ming saw Di Jun, Tai Yi, Zhen Yuanzi, Hong Yun, Ming He, and the Twelve Ancestor Wizards gathered outside Purple Cloud Palace.

The Great Powers gathered before the Purple Cloud Palace, where Zixiao Divine Thunder punished Di Jun, Tai Yi, and the Twelve Ancestor Wizards for fighting. When the hall opened, the cultivators raced for its six Prayer Mats, and the chapter ended as Haotian and Yaochi prepared to close the gates.

• The Twelve Ancestor Wizards cornered Di Jun and Tai Yi outside the Purple Cloud Palace, and Zixiao Divine Thunder struck them all as they prepared to fight.
• Yuanshi rebuked Di Jun, Tai Yi, and the Twelve Ancestor Wizards, while Dong Wangong secretly rejoiced at their setback.
• Haotian and Yaochi greeted the gathered Great Powers and opened the Purple Cloud Palace for them to enter.
• The Three Pure Ones took the first three Prayer Mats, Nüwa took the fourth, Bei Ming took the fifth, and Hong Yun took the sixth with Zhen Yuanzi's help.
• The remaining cultivators sat behind the Prayer Mats and meditated as more Great Powers arrived, while Haotian and Yaochi prepared to close the gates.

Zhunti and Jieyin arrived late at Zixiao Palace and schemed to take Hong Yun’s seat, while Hongjun watched his broader plans for the six seated cultivators unfold. After the pair staged a tearful plea, Hong Yun offered them his prayer mat, leaving Hongjun’s arrangement in jeopardy.

• Zhunti and Jieyin entered Zixiao Palace just before Haotian and Yaochi closed its gates.
• Zhunti and Jieyin assessed the six prayer-mat occupants and chose Hong Yun as the easiest to persuade.
• Hongjun considered how the six occupants could serve the Primordial Wilderness and support his plans for the West and the Mystic Gate.
• Zhunti and Jieyin knelt before Hong Yun and dramatized the hardships they claimed to have endured.
• Hong Yun took pity on Zhunti and Jieyin and offered them his prayer mat.

Hong Yun gave his prayer mat to Jieyin, and Zhunti tried to win another seat from Bei Ming with a plea for pity. Bei Ming struck Zhunti with the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler, while Yuanshi regarded Bei Ming’s merit with wary respect.

• Hong Yun yielded his prayer mat to Jieyin, and Zhunti pushed his senior brother into the seat.
• Hong Yun sat beside Zhen Yuanzi, who warned him that he should not have given up the opportunity.
• Zhunti approached Bei Ming and begged for another seat, threatening to hurt himself if he could not hear the Great Dao.
• Bei Ming struck Zhunti on the forehead with the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler and warned him to think before speaking.
• Nüwa and Fuxi condemned Zhunti’s greed, while Hong Yun quietly accepted Fuxi’s criticism.
• Yuanshi considered Bei Ming’s merit and resolved to recognize his strengths rather than look down on him.

Bei Ming defeated Zhunti and kept his prayer mat before Hongjun appeared and confirmed the seats for his three lectures. Hongjun began teaching the Dao of Zenith Heaven, explaining how cultivators could return the myriad laws to a single Dao Fruit and transcend the River of Time.

• Bei Ming struck Zhunti with the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler and Ice Soul Cold Qi, sending him crashing into a pillar in Purple Cloud Palace.
• Zhunti complained that Bei Ming had disrupted the Saint's arena, while Nüwa rebuked him and Jieyin held back under Nüwa and Fuxi's watch.
• Ju Mang condemned Zhunti, but Hongjun appeared and suppressed the hall with his Saint's pressure.
• Hongjun declared the seats decided and announced three lectures on Zenith Heaven, Quasi-Saint, and Saint realms.
• Hongjun began explaining the Dao of Zenith Heaven, describing how cultivators could unify their laws into a Dao Fruit and anchor themselves in the present beyond the River of Time.

After Hongjun's sermon raised many cultivators' cultivation, he proposed appointing a Leader of Male Immortals and a Leader of Female Immortals to bring order to the Primordial Wilderness. He planned to use the appointments to restrain the Wu Clan and called Dong Wangong and Queen Mother of the West forward.

• After three thousand years of preaching, Bei Ming and Laozi both reached the Great Luo Peak, while many other cultivators advanced a stage.
• The Twelve Ancestor Wizards grew impatient with the sermon, but Houtu decided to keep attending the next two preachings in hopes of finding a solution to the Wu Clan's lack of Primordial Spirits.
• Hongjun announced that the Primordial Wilderness needed leaders of male and female immortals, prompting cultivators to consider the authority and risks of the roles.
• Di Jun judged that becoming an Immortal Chief could bring danger as well as power, while Dong Wangong saw the appointment as a way to rally Rogue Cultivators.
• Hongjun considered the Immortal Chiefs potential pawns for curbing the Wu Clan and called Dong Wangong and Queen Mother of the West forward.