Chapter Summaries

Bei Ming began his lecture tour across the Primordial Wilderness at Changbai Mountain's Heavenly Lake, drawing cultivators who hoped to learn from him and join the Literary Sect. After teaching for three thousand years, he invited those with fate to enter the sect and advised the rest to cultivate carefully amid the ongoing Wu-Demon war.

• Bei Ming announced seven lecture sites across the Primordial Wilderness, beginning at Heavenly Lake and ending at Frost Chen Silver Lake.
• Cultivators across the regions weighed whether to travel to Kunlun Mountain or attend one of Bei Ming's lectures, while the Wu-Demon war made travel dangerous.
• Cultivators gathered at Heavenly Lake, where Bei Ming began his first lecture on the origins of the Dao and the formation of Yin Yang, the Four Symbols, and the Five Elements.
• After three thousand years, Bei Ming invited those fated with him to join the Literary Sect and urged the others to cultivate virtue and act cautiously.

Bei Ming selected disciples for the Literary Sect while his Five-Needle Pine transformed into Ling Yan. He accepted her as his Direct Disciple and named her the sect chief, leaving her with four powerful treasures suited to her cultivation.

• Bei Ming announced that the Literary Sect would have five Direct Disciples, three hundred Nominal Disciples, and eight Immortals in Attendance.
• The Five-Needle Pine absorbed its accumulated foundation and transformed into a young woman with the help of Nüwa's Qi of Creation.
• Ling Yan bowed to Bei Ming and agreed to become his disciple.
• Bei Ming named Ling Yan his Direct Disciple and the Literary Sect chief.
• Bei Ming bestowed the Xuan Yuan Controlling Water Flag, Leaving Earth Flame Light Flag, Wuji Apricot Yellow Flag, and Five Elements Bracelet on Ling Yan.

Bei Ming accepted Ling Yan as his Direct Disciple and Scripture Teaching Chief, then organized the new Literary Sect disciples and bestowed spirit treasures on them. The chapter ended with the remaining Nominal Disciples choosing protective treasures from Bei Ming’s collection.

• Bei Ming discussed his plans to seek the Plain Cloud Realm Flag from Hongjun and scheme for the Azure Lotus Treasure Color Flag from Jieyin.
• Bei Ming returned to Heavenly Lake with Ling Yan and introduced her as his Direct Disciple and Scripture Teaching Chief; the gathered Cultivators accepted her as their Senior Sister.
• Bei Ming appointed Han Chi as the head of the Eight Immortals in Attendance and tasked him with helping Ling Yan manage the Literary Sect.
• Bei Ming selected Moyuan as a potential Direct Disciple and bestowed several spirit treasures on him, while naming Yun Biao and Xiong Jun Nominal Disciples and members of the Eight Immortals in Attendance.
• Bei Ming gave Yun Biao and Xiong Jun spirit treasures and Nine Heavens' Soil, then let the other Nominal Disciples choose mid-grade and low-grade spirit treasures for protection.

After the disciples received treasures and separated to establish their Cave Abodes, Bei Ming set out with his attendants to preach at Canghai Chaoxin Cave. Suyao parted ways with Zhao Gongming and the Sanxiao, entering the cave to await Wen Zu while they headed for Kunlun Mountain.

• The Nominal Disciples each claimed one or two Innate Spiritual Treasures, and Bei Ming told them to cultivate in the Changbai Mountain Range while his Direct and Attendant Disciples traveled with him.
• Bei Ming and his five attendants rode Yinglong south toward Canghai Chaoxin Cave to begin his next public teaching.
• Suyao and Zhao Gongming traveled with the Sanxiao toward the continent, though Suyao favored Wen Zu and the Sanxiao planned to seek Tongtian Sect Master at Kunlun Mountain.
• Suyao wished the Sanxiao well, but Bixiao and Qiongxiao urged her to join them before Clouds asked them to respect her choice.
• Zhao Gongming chose to accompany the Sanxiao to Kunlun Mountain, and the four parted from Suyao.
• Suyao entered Canghai Chaoxin Cave to await Wen Zu.

Bei Ming preached the Dao at Canghai Chaoxin Cave, accepted Suyao as a Direct Disciple and several dozen rogue cultivators as Nominal Disciples, then set off toward his next sermon. Before the disciples continued to Lingxi Wuling without him, he said he would go to Wuyi Mountain to claim an opportunity.

• Suyao waited quietly at a secluded Tidal Stone Platform while Bei Ming traveled south with his disciples and Yinglong.
• Bei Ming arrived at Canghai Chaoxin Cave and preached the Dao for three thousand years as the gathered cultivators listened.
• Bei Ming accepted Suyao as his Direct Disciple and bestowed five Spirit Treasures upon her.
• Bei Ming accepted several dozen rogue cultivators as Nominal Disciples, gave them Spirit Treasures, and sent them to the Changbai Mountain Range.
• Bei Ming left Canghai Chaoxin Cave with his disciples, then told the six disciples to proceed to Lingxi Wuling while he went to Wuyi Mountain to claim an opportunity.

Bei Ming traveled to Wuyi Mountain and claimed Falling Treasure Money, an innate Spirit Treasure connected to Wealth Luck. After refining it, he learned that using its power to disarm another cultivator’s Spirit Treasure would expend the Luck of whichever side was weaker.

• Bei Ming gave his Six Disciples protective talismans and sent them toward Lingxi Wuling while he traveled south on Yinglong.
• Bei Ming searched Wuyi Mountain and found Falling Treasure Money concealed within a Primordial Formation.
• Bei Ming shattered the formation, and Falling Treasure Money emerged and flew into his hand as nearby Rogue Cultivators watched.
• Bei Ming instantly refined Falling Treasure Money, which Yinglong congratulated him for obtaining.
• Bei Ming discovered that Falling Treasure Money’s Treasure Drop ability expended the Luck of the weaker side in the contest.

Bei Ming put away the Falling Treasure Money and set out for Lingxi Wuling. Meanwhile, Ling Yan and the others came across Guichenzi fighting a Nine-Headed Lion, and Ling Yan faced a decision about whether the Literary Sect disciples should intervene.

• Bei Ming considered the risks and limits of the Falling Treasure Money, put it away, and ordered Yinglong to take him to Lingxi Wuling.
• Near Bamboo Sound Mountain, Ling Yan, Moyuan, Suyao, Han Chi, Yun Biao, and Xiong Jun encountered Guichenzi battling a Nine-Headed Lion.
• Guichenzi used Mastering the Five Thunders and the Five Elements Great Escape to drive back the Nine-Headed Lion, then swallowed a Golden Core and overwhelmed it with lightning.
• Han Chi urged Yun Biao and Xiong Jun to help the Human Race cultivator, while Xiong Jun asked Ling Yan to decide.
• Suyao told Ling Yan that she should make the decision.

Ling Yan stopped Guichenzi and the Nine-Headed Lion from fighting near Lingxi Wuling, where her master would soon preach the Dao. After confirming that Guichenzi had intervened when the lion threatened a Human Race tribe, she ordered them to take their conflict elsewhere, while the chapter described the Human Race’s precarious position among the Wu and Demon Races.

• Ling Yan subdued the Nine-Headed Lion and halted the battle, then introduced herself as a direct disciple of Ancestor of Script’s Sect.
• Guichenzi explained that he had attacked the Nine-Headed Lion to protect humans, while the lion accused him of ambushing it for its demon core and materials.
• Ling Yan deduced that the Nine-Headed Lion had been preparing to prey on a Human Race tribe and that Guichenzi had intervened by chance.
• Ling Yan told Guichenzi and the Nine-Headed Lion to leave Bamboo Sound Mountain’s outskirts and settle their fight elsewhere so they would not disturb the coming Dao lecture.
• Guichenzi considered the Human Race’s vulnerability to the Wu and Demon Races, its uneven cultivation, and the choice of talented cultivators to seek masters beyond their clans.

Guichenzi spared the Nine-Headed Lion after making a pact that they would settle their score in ten Yuanhui, with the demon agreeing not to harm any Human Race Tribe until then. Guichenzi reached Lingxi Wuling with Ling Yan and the others, where Bei Ming began his third lecture as the gathered cultivators listened.

• Guichenzi offered the wounded Nine-Headed Lion a pact: neither would harm the Human Race for ten Yuanhui, and they would fight again afterward; the Nine-Headed Lion accepted and fled.
• Ling Yan warned Guichenzi that the Nine-Headed Lion could reach Great Luo Golden Immortal within ten Yuanhui, but Guichenzi welcomed the pact as a chance to temper himself.
• Guichenzi traveled with Ling Yan, Moyuan, Suyao, Han Chi, Yun Biao, and Xiong Jun into Lingxi Wuling.
• Bei Ming appeared above the Mist Ridge on a Pure World White Lotus, accompanied by Yinglong and seven Prayer Mats, and Ling Yan and the others took their places.
• Bei Ming began his third lecture, and his Dao sound quieted the gathered cultivators and cleansed their spiritual awareness.

Bei Ming accepted Guichenzi as his fourth Direct Disciple after Guichenzi revealed his future duel with the Nine-Headed Lion, and he bestowed four Spirit Treasures to help him prepare. Bei Ming then continued accepting disciples, bringing Daoist Ranmu and Lan Sheng into his following and beginning Wang Du’s induction.

• After the sermon, Guichenzi told Bei Ming that he had agreed to duel the Nine-Headed Lion at Bamboo Sound Mountain ten Yuanhuis later, and Ling Yan advised him to face the contest without fearing defeat.
• Bei Ming accepted Guichenzi as his fourth Direct Disciple, charged him with bringing honor to the Human Race, and gave him four Spirit Treasures for the upcoming duel.
• Bei Ming accepted several dozen Nominal Disciples, gave them Spirit Treasures, and sent them to Changbai Mountain to cultivate.
• At Danxia Liuli Valley, Bei Ming accepted Daoist Ranmu as one of the Eight Immortals in Attendance and bestowed three Superior-Grade Innate Spirit Treasures on him.
• At Qingming Emerald Pool, Lan Sheng and Wang Du entered Bei Ming’s sect, and Bei Ming gave Lan Sheng three Spirit Treasures.

Bei Ming arrived at the desolate Sunset Xuanjing Peak in the West with his disciples, where no Cultivators had gathered to hear his Dao lecture. Jieyin appeared and proposed a Dao discussion between the Literary Sect and Western Religion, setting the stage for their leaders to speak before their disciples.

• Bei Ming's disciples and nominal followers had grown in number, and he brought his Four Direct Disciples and six Attendant Disciples to Sunset Xuanjing Peak.
• Han Chi asked whether Bei Ming would still lecture when no seekers of the Dao were present, and Bei Ming called out to the hidden guest.
• Jieyin appeared and explained that the West's living beings had gathered around Mount Sumeru for Western Prosperity, but had not all joined Western Religion.
• Jieyin proposed a Dao discussion between himself and Bei Ming, and Bei Ming accepted.
• Jieyin released more than a hundred Western Religion Disciples, including Zhunti and four direct disciples, who greeted Bei Ming and took their seats to listen.

Jieyin and Bei Ming lectured to the Western Religion disciples before arranging exchanges of ideas between their younger followers. Jieyin’s four Direct Disciples chose Bei Ming’s Taiyi Golden Immortal attendants as opponents, and the chapter ended as Bei Ming invited them to fight without restraint.

• Jieyin lectured for three thousand years, urging the Primordial Wilderness’s living beings to seek rebirth in the West.
• Bei Ming answered with his own lecture, shaking the state of mind of several Western Religion Nominal Disciples before they steadied themselves and resumed chanting.
• Bei Ming and Jieyin agreed that their younger disciples would exchange ideas, with Bei Ming excluding his Great Luo Golden Immortals from the matches.
• Yao Shi chose Wang Du, Maitreya chose Xiong Jun, Ksitigarbha chose Ranmu, and Mahasthamaprapta chose Lan Sheng.
• Bei Ming told the disciples they could go all out in the exchanges while he and Jieyin watched.

Bei Ming's disciples fought Jieyin's Western Religion disciples in separate domains, with Wang Du defeating Yao Shi through poison cultivation and Xiong Jun overpowering Maitreya. The remaining duels continued, and Mahasthamaprapta was already trapped in Lan Sheng's illusion.

• Bei Ming divided the battlefield into four domains, and Yao Shi and Wang Du began their duel over medicine and poison.
• Wang Du stopped his Spirit Treasure attack and challenged Yao Shi to fight with their respective Dao techniques instead.
• Wang Du's Dark Heaven Poison overcame Yao Shi's Pure and Clear Glaze, and Jieyin rescued and healed Yao Shi before praising the bond formed between the two.
• Xiong Jun used Nine Heavens' Soil to make Maitreya's Human Seed Bag swell until it ruptured, then struck Maitreya down with a Mountain Seal and Innate Wutu Divine Thunder.
• Jieyin pulled Maitreya from the battle, while Mahasthamaprapta remained caught in Lan Sheng's illusion.

Lan Sheng and Ranmu won the final two exchanges, giving the Literary Sect victory in all four battles against the Western Religion. As Bei Ming prepared to leave, Jieyin stopped him.

• Lan Sheng used the Illusion Mirage Pearl and Cut Acacia to shatter Mahasthamaprapta's vision of the Pure Land, and Jieyin pulled his tearful disciple from the illusion.
• Ranmu used the Red Sun Gathering Fire Cauldron and Flaming Cloud Fan to hold off Ksitigarbha's attacks.
• Ranmu brought out the Green Wood Spiritual Hua Xiao, combining wood-generated fire with his other treasures to overwhelm Ksitigarbha's Golden Body.
• Jieyin removed Ksitigarbha from the battlefield and conceded, leaving the Literary Sect victorious in all four battles.
• Bei Ming thanked Jieyin and said he had to leave for his next lecture, but Jieyin rose from the Merit Golden Lotus and asked him to wait.

Jieyin challenged Bei Ming to test his strength and judge whether he was a worthy ally in the West’s struggle to prosper. They entered the Inner Chaos to fight, while the Three Pure Ones and Nüwa watched.

• Jieyin explained that the West needed powerful allies and planned to assess Bei Ming before deciding how to cooperate with him.
• Jieyin weighed the risks of backing Bei Ming against the possibility that the Three Pure Ones could defeat him, while keeping his earlier promise flexible.
• Jieyin asked Bei Ming to fight in Hundun, and Bei Ming accepted.
• Jieyin and Bei Ming entered the Inner Chaos, where Jieyin sealed off the Primordial World to prevent cultivators below the Saint realm from watching.
• The Three Pure Ones and Nüwa observed Jieyin take his position atop the Twelve Grade Merit Golden Lotus and prepare to test Bei Ming.

Bei Ming tested his strength against Jieyin in the Chaos and decisively overcame the Saint’s defenses. After the duel, the observing Saints considered Bei Ming’s power, while Tongtian wondered whether his Qingping Sword could withstand the same assault.

• Jieyin attacked Bei Ming with the Blessing Divine Pestle and the Finger of Rebirth, but Bei Ming blocked both with Destruction Qi and divine thunder.
• Bei Ming broke Jieyin’s three Sarira beads, disabled the Jieyin Treasure Banner, and shattered the Twelve Grade Merit Golden Lotus’s defenses and Jieyin’s Dharma Form.
• Bei Ming sent Jieyin tumbling through the Chaos, then supported him and asked whether he was satisfied; Jieyin conceded.
• Bei Ming and Jieyin privately assessed their strengths, while the observing Saints were surprised that Bei Ming had broken two top-grade Spirit Treasures barehanded.
• Tongtian Sect Master wondered whether his Qingping Sword could withstand Bei Ming’s attack, and the sword answered with a tremble of light.

Yuanshi entered seclusion after assessing Bei Ming’s strength, while Laozi remained silent and Nüwa considered the benefits of their alliance. Jieyin chose to cooperate with Bei Ming against the Three Pure Ones, and Bei Ming continued north to lecture at Wind Erosion Tianyin Cave, where he accepted Lei Li and prepared to help him with Ancestor Wizard essence blood.

• Yuanshi shut off the Light Shadows and entered seclusion to strengthen his cultivation, while Randeng remained Chan Sect Vice Sect Master.
• Laozi watched Bei Ming defeat Jieyin without reacting, and Nüwa judged that Bei Ming’s growing strength improved their faction’s chances.
• Jieyin agreed with Zhunti to ally with Bei Ming against the Three Pure Ones, reasoning that Bei Ming would eventually leave the Primordial Wilderness.
• Bei Ming and his disciples traveled to Wind Erosion Tianyin Cave, where he lectured to the assembled Cultivators.
• Bei Ming accepted Lei Li as an Attendant Disciple and gave him three Superior-Grade Innate Spirit Treasures.
• Bei Ming considered giving Lei Li the essence blood of the Ancestor Wizards of Lightning and Electricity to aid his future cultivation.

Bei Ming gave his final lecture at Frost Chen Silver Lake, where Xue Ling emerged from a Nine-Grade Lotus Platform after attaining form. He accepted her as his disciple, completing the Eight Immortals in Attendance, and bestowed three Innate Spirit Treasures on her.

• Bei Ming and the Literary Sect arrived at Frost Chen Silver Lake, where Northern cultivators gathered to hear his final lecture.
• Bei Ming lectured on the Great Dao for three thousand years, and the gathered cultivators immersed themselves in comprehension.
• A spiritual treasure stirred at the lake's center, and Xue Ling emerged atop the Nine-Grade Lotus Platform after her Dao comprehension helped her take form.
• Bei Ming recognized Xue Ling as the Heavenly Frost Holy Snow Lotus and invited her to join the Literary Sect as his disciple and one of the Eight Immortals in Attendance.
• Xue Ling accepted Bei Ming as her master, and he granted her the Lingbo Umbrella, Ning Shuang Qin, and Snow Moon Still Heart Mirror.

Bei Ming established the Literary Sect on Changbai Mountain, settled its disciples, and reflected on the teachings and growing conflicts between the Chan and Jie Sects. Elsewhere, Xihe became pregnant, and the Demon Race prepared a long-term strategy to weaken the Wu Clan while awaiting the birth of the imperial princes.

• Bei Ming selected Nominal Disciples, gave advice to those left behind, and returned to Great Void Palace with the Literary Sect's disciples.
• Bei Ming assigned the disciples places to cultivate and warned them not to mistreat the living beings of Changbai Mountain.
• Bei Ming considered the Chan and Jie Sects' incompatible teachings and how conflicts among their disciples could worsen their divisions.
• The disciples dispersed through Changbai Mountain to choose cultivation sites, while Bei Ming consulted Falling Treasure Money and spoke of fate.
• Xihe became pregnant, bringing celebration to the Heavenly Court and the promise of future strength for the Demon Race.
• The Demon Race adopted plans to wear down the Wu Clan with lower-realm forces, strengthen the Heavenly Court's defenses, recruit cultivators, and await the imperial princes.

Houtu visited Reincarnation Old Ancestor, who was imprisoned beneath Pangu Hall, and told him the Wu Clan had reached a stalemate with the Demon Race. She suspected Pangu had left him there for a purpose and hoped he could reveal another way forward, while he considered the Primordial Wilderness’s lack of reincarnation.

• Houtu left her seclusion and descended to the altar beneath Pangu Hall.
• Reincarnation Old Ancestor mocked Houtu about his imprisonment, and they argued over whether the Chaos Gods were worthy of being called the Ancestor Wizards’ uncles.
• Reincarnation Old Ancestor recalled how Pangu’s formation had kept him and the Ancestor Wizards from harming each other or taking his treasures.
• Houtu explained that the Wu Clan’s struggle for supremacy had stalled because the Demon Race could now contend with them.
• Reincarnation Old Ancestor reflected that the Primordial Wilderness had endured successive calamities without reincarnation and considered the deeper meaning of Pangu’s suppression.