Chapter Summaries

Ling Xiao questioned Yang Mei’s proposal to join forces against Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao, while the Human Race prospered under Ziwei and crowned him Co-Lord. The chapter ended as the Taiqing Saint arrived at Ziwei’s ascension ceremony.

• Yang Mei warned Ling Xiao that the world might be purged after the nine great tribulations and proposed that they join forces to take Hongjun’s Jade Plate of Creation.
• Ling Xiao received a choice to join Yang Mei or refuse him, with a Fragment of the Jade Plate of Creation as the reward for refusing.
• Ling Xiao invited Yang Mei to his Daoist abode to eat and talk before deciding, and Yang Mei followed him.
• Ziwei used Ling Xiao’s guidance to develop the Human Race’s customs, knowledge, and civilization, helping it spread throughout the Primordial World.
• The Human Race named Ziwei its Co-Lord and held an ascension ceremony at Mount Shouyang, where Ao Zhan arrived with eighty-one True Dragons to offer congratulations.
• Purple qi swept in from the east as the Taiqing Saint arrived on a green ox, led by Xuandu.

As Taiqing Saint Laozi arrived at Ziwei’s enthronement, he tried to remove the new Human Emperor from power by inviting him to cultivate in seclusion. Ziwei refused and challenged Laozi’s authority over the Human Race, leaving their confrontation escalating on Mount Shouyang.

• Haotian and Yaochi watched Ziwei’s enthronement and expected Laozi to undermine him, believing their own rise to rule the Heavenly Court was near.
• Laozi praised Ziwei’s merits but urged him to leave the Human Race and cultivate in seclusion, effectively stripping him of his authority.
• Ziwei rejected Laozi’s offer, saying the Human Race still needed him and that he would not enter seclusion.
• Laozi demanded to know whether Ziwei would disobey him, and Ziwei declared that he was the Human Emperor and had no reason to heed Laozi.
• Ziwei accused Laozi of exploiting the Human Race without fulfilling his duty to enlighten it and said the Human Race did not recognize the Human Sect or Laozi as its Leader.

At Ziwei’s enthronement, he defied Laozi and declared that the Human Race would abolish the Human Sect, prompting the Sages to intervene. Nuwa opposed Laozi’s demand to take Ziwei away, while Ziwei remained calm, trusting the backup plan his master had prepared.

• Laozi unleashed his Sage pressure against Ziwei, while Haotian expected the confrontation to end badly for him.
• Tongtian watched from Golden Turtle Island and considered claiming a share of the Human Race’s fortune for himself.
• The Kongtong Seal protected the Human Race, whose people stood in silent support of Ziwei as he declared the Human Sect abolished.
• Laozi erupted in anger, and Nuwa and Yuanshi arrived as the dispute threatened to turn into a fight between Sages.
• Nuwa refused to let Laozi take the Human Emperor away, and Laozi warned her that the Teacher might take offense.
• Ziwei watched the Sages debate his fate and remained composed, relying on his master’s backup plan.

Laozi and Nuwa compromised on Ziwei’s fate, agreeing to confine him in Fire Cloud Cave, but Ziwei rejected their decision after receiving a directive from Ling Xiao. He prepared to carry out a plan that could overturn the situation and help him advance toward Primordial Origin Sagehood.

• Zhun Ti welcomed Ziwei’s challenge to Laozi, while Jieyin and Minghe considered how Ziwei’s removal might benefit their sects and ambitions.
• Laozi pressured Nuwa to support taking Ziwei away from the Human Race, warning that Fuxi’s throne could be threatened if Ziwei stayed.
• Nuwa proposed sending Ziwei away to reflect while preserving his contributions, and Laozi agreed to confine him in Fire Cloud Cave despite Yuanshi’s demand for harsher punishment.
• Hong Yun and Zhenyuanzi reacted to Laozi choosing Fire Cloud Cave, which Hong Yun considered his home.
• Laozi ordered Ziwei to accept his fate, but Ziwei received a directive from Ling Xiao and resolved to follow a plan to gain more Human Race fortune.

Ziwei agreed to go to Fire Cloud Cave but sealed the Kongtong Seal atop Mount Shouyang and issued a decree making the next Human Emperor whoever from the Human Race could defeat its 108 Guardian Deities and claim the seal. After leaving treasures and opportunities at the summit, he was sent away, while Haotian departed for Purple Heaven Palace and missed his tribe chieftain’s attempt to find him.

• Ziwei agreed to leave for Fire Cloud Cave, but challenged Laozi’s demand to hand over the Kongtong Seal by asking who the next Human Emperor was.
• Ziwei sealed the Kongtong Seal atop Mount Shouyang and appointed 108 Daluo Golden Immortals as Guardian Deities, requiring the next Human Emperor to defeat them and claim the seal.
• Nuwa agreed to witness the arrangement, and Ziwei proclaimed that anyone of the Human Race could become Human Emperor by reaching the summit.
• Ziwei sent several Innate Spiritual Treasures toward the Kongtong Seal before Laozi sent him to Fire Cloud Cave.
• Haotian left Mount Shouyang with Yaochi for Purple Heaven Palace, and his tribe chieftain arrived too late to find him.

Ling Xiao explained that Ziwei’s Human Emperor scheme was intended to strengthen the Human Path and challenge the Heavenly Dao, while he suspected Yang Mei was hiding something. As the Human Race began preparing for the contest, Minghe decided to reincarnate and claim the Human Emperor’s throne.

• Ling Xiao, Yang Mei, Di Jun, and Tai Yi watched the Primordial World as Ling Xiao reflected on how Ziwei’s scheme could draw all living beings into the Human Path and change the world’s balance.
• Yang Mei asked Ling Xiao to join forces against Hongjun, but Ling Xiao refused, saying they were not yet strong enough to defeat him.
• Ling Xiao asked Yang Mei whether any other Chaos Gods and Demons survived, and Yang Mei claimed he was the only one left.
• Ling Xiao noticed Yang Mei’s reaction suggested he was concealing something, then proposed discussing the Dao, which Yang Mei accepted.
• The Human Race began cultivating candidates for the Human Emperor’s contest, while Minghe resolved to reincarnate and seize the throne.

Minghe secretly entered Reincarnation and secured rebirth through the Human Path after seeing Qiangliang randomly throw waiting souls into different paths. Laozi arranged for Duke of the East to be reborn as a Human Emperor candidate, but learned that he had become an animal again and discovered Qiangliang causing chaos at Reincarnation.

• Minghe saw Qiangliang randomly flinging souls into the Six Paths of Reincarnation and waited until he left.
• Minghe maneuvered past the Ghost Messenger and entered the Human Path.
• Laozi found Duke of the East’s reincarnation, took his true spirit, and sent it toward rebirth as part of his Human Emperor plan.
• Laozi learned through divination that Duke of the East had become an animal again and went to investigate Reincarnation.
• Laozi found Qiangliang tossing waiting souls into different paths, mostly sending members of the demon race into them.

Houtu defeated Laozi in the Netherworld and concluded that Hongjun intended to move against the Human Path. She ordered Qiangliang, Xuanming, and Zhurong to be reborn into the Human Race, leaving them shocked and uncertain how it could be done.

• Houtu beat Laozi in the Netherworld, and Laozi retreated to the ninth heaven while Hongjun considered Houtu’s strength and summoned the Sages to discuss establishing the Heavenly Court.
• Houtu asked Qiangliang, Xuanming, and Zhurong whether they had disrupted Reincarnation, and they admitted their involvement.
• Houtu forbade the Three Ancestral Witches from interfering with the Six Paths of Reincarnation again.
• Houtu realized the Heavenly Dao might be targeting the Human Path and decided not to let Hongjun succeed easily.
• Houtu told Qiangliang, Xuanming, and Zhurong that they needed to be reborn into the Human Race, leaving them stunned.

Houtu persuaded Qiangliang, Zhurong, Dayi, and Xingtian to reincarnate as humans, giving them the Nine-Turn Profound Art and preserving the Ancestral Witches’ bodies. The Human Race entered a golden age of reincarnations, while Tongtian sent disciples to follow and the Sages gathered at Purple Heaven Palace.

• Houtu explained that reincarnation could let the Ancestral Witches pursue Primordial Origin, promised a method to cultivate their bodies, and sealed their Ancestral Witch forms for possible future use.
• Houtu sent Qiangliang, Zhurong, Dayi, and Xingtian into the Human Path, while Xuanming stayed behind to help manage the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• The Six Paths returned to order, and increasing numbers of powerful beings reincarnated after Ziwei’s Human Emperor Decree raised hopes of becoming Sages.
• Tongtian sent several outstanding Jie Sect Disciples into reincarnation, then left Golden Turtle Island for a meeting at Purple Heaven Palace.
• Jieyin and Zhun Ti traveled through Chaos to Purple Heaven Palace, where the Sages found Haotian and Yaochi guarding the gates.

Hongjun appointed Haotian and Yaochi to rule the Heavenly Court, rejecting the Sages’ attempts to nominate their own disciples. Haotian claimed authority over Heaven and Earth, then returned to the Primordial World and proclaimed the Heavenly Court’s founding, but the great powers largely ignored his call for immortals to serve.

• Hongjun proposed establishing the Heavenly Court, and Zhun Ti, Yuanshi, and Tongtian each offered their disciples for the role.
• Laozi recommended Hongjun’s attendants Haotian and Yaochi, and Hongjun appointed them as the Heavenly Court’s co-rulers.
• Haotian asked whether the Heavenly Court could command the Sages, and Hongjun said the Sages answered only to Heaven but could help maintain order.
• Hongjun bestowed a mirror on Haotian, the Ruyi Golden Hairpin and Innate Ren Water Flat Peach Tree on Yaochi, then sent them back to the Primordial World.
• Haotian proclaimed the founding of the Heavenly Court and invited immortals to ascend and enter the Divine Registry, but the great powers dismissed the summons.

After discussing the Dao with Yang Mei, Ling Xiao agreed to fuse their Jade Plate Fragments and let Yang Mei study the Chaos Green Lotus. Yang Mei betrayed him and stole both treasures, but a giant hand of Nine-Colored Divine Light seized them back as Yang Mei tried to escape.

• Di Jun and Tai Yi advanced to the second heaven of the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm during the Dao discussion with Yang Mei and Ling Xiao.
• Yang Mei proposed combining his Jade Plate Fragment with Ling Xiao's, and the two fused into a larger fragment.
• Ling Xiao lent Yang Mei the Chaos Green Lotus so he could study it, then asked him to handle the fusion.
• Yang Mei suddenly drew the Jade Plate Fragment and Chaos Green Lotus into his chest and began to flee into the void.
• A giant hand of Nine-Colored Divine Light snatched both treasures from Yang Mei, who roared in dismay.

Ling Xiao exposed and defeated Yang Mei’s attempt to steal the Fragment of the Jade Plate of Creation and the Chaos Green Lotus, forcing the Hollow Willow Tree spirit to flee. Yang Mei warned that other Chaos gods and devils might survive, while Ling Xiao restored Sun Heaven and urged Di Jun and Tai Yi to grow stronger.

• Ling Xiao used his concealed Nine-Colored Divine Light to reclaim the treasures Yang Mei had stolen and revealed that he had anticipated Yang Mei’s deception.
• Di Jun attacked Yang Mei with Golden Crow Divine Fire, but Yang Mei absorbed the flames, while Ling Xiao severed the Hollow Willow Tree’s branches and destroyed its clones.
• Ling Xiao overwhelmed Yang Mei’s immense true form, cleaved the Hollow Willow Tree in two, and helped Di Jun and Tai Yi strip away its branches.
• Yang Mei returned to human form, escaped by transforming into Chaos space, and threatened Ling Xiao with the possibility that other Chaos gods and devils had survived.
• Ling Xiao stopped Di Jun from pursuing Yang Mei, reassured Tai Yi, restored Sun Heaven, and entered it to cultivate.

Ling Xiao fused the Jade Plate of Creation fragments and began investigating their secrets while the Human Race descended into conflict after its first Human Emperor abdicated. Reincarnated Minghe sensed Duke of the East nearby and set out to kill him, unaware that Duke of the East was quietly preparing to claim the Human Emperor’s throne.

• Di Jun and Tai Yi gave Ling Xiao their Jade Plate of Creation fragments, and Ling Xiao fused them into a larger disc before returning to study it.
• A thousand years after the first Human Emperor abdicated, the growing Human Race split into rival tribes whose struggles over resources threatened to become a widespread war.
• Ancestor Minghe awakened his past-life memories in a human body, resolved to gather energy and claim the Human Emperor’s throne, and used Primordial Violet Qi to locate Duke of the East.
• Minghe sensed Duke of the East nearby and left his tribe to pursue him.
• Duke of the East, who had regained his past-life memories and was hiding to cultivate, believed the Human Emperor’s throne had been reserved for him by Dao Ancestor.

Fuxi recovered memories of his past life after becoming chief of the Fenggun Tribe, but found no clear role to fulfill and considered competing for the Human Emperor's throne. Meanwhile, Qiangliang and Zhurong established the Thunder-Fire Tribe, while Ziwei watched the Human Race's fortune rise from Fire Cloud Cave.

• Fuxi was born to Huaxu amid celestial wonders, grew up unusually quickly, and eventually became chief of the Fenggun Tribe.
• Guided by Nuwa, Fuxi recovered his past-life memories and sensed a mission, but found that Ziwei had already accomplished what he was meant to do.
• Frustrated by his idle life, Fuxi considered fighting for supremacy and the Human Emperor's throne.
• Qiangliang and Zhurong reached the fifth turn of the Nine-Turn Profound Art and established the Thunder-Fire Tribe, then agreed to seek Xingtian and Dayi while staying cautious of rivals.
• Ziwei cultivated in Fire Cloud Cave despite Laozi's restrictions and sensed the Human Race's fortune steadily increasing toward its peak.

Laozi and Yuanshi planned to divide the Human Race’s Three Sovereigns between themselves and Fuxi while dismissing Minghe, Duke of the East, and Ziwei as threats. Tongtian, Jieyin, and Zhun Ti each advanced their own plans, while Nuwa watched Fuxi struggle to find a role after Ziwei had already advanced human civilization.

• Laozi told Yuanshi that Minghe and the Duke of the East would try to become Sages through the Heavenly Dao, and said he would kill Ziwei once the situation settled.
• Laozi proposed assigning Fuxi one of the Human Race’s Three Sovereign positions and having himself and Yuanshi decide who received the other two.
• Yuanshi noticed that spirits and monsters were reincarnating among the Human Race, but Laozi dismissed them as no threat to the grand scheme.
• Tongtian checked on his reincarnated disciples and trusted that their memories, abilities, and magic treasures would help them compete.
• Jieyin and Zhun Ti prepared to send their disciples east to preach the Western Sect’s teachings among the Human Race.
• Nuwa realized that Ziwei had already accomplished the civilizing work intended for Fuxi, leaving Fuxi caught in a struggle to rule the world.

Ling Xiao explored the Jade Plate of Creation and discovered that its patterns formed an incomplete map while learning that the Primordial World faced its ninth and final tribulation. He chose to pursue the calamity’s potential rewards, then looked into the Primordial World and found Qiangliang and Zhurong among the Human Race.

• Ling Xiao studied the Jade Plate of Creation and realized its laws and strange worlds formed paths toward an unknown destination, though the incomplete fragment left those paths broken.
• Ling Xiao learned that the Primordial World was undergoing its ninth and final tribulation, which could destroy everything or transform Heaven and Earth and bring a great reward.
• Ling Xiao decided not to stop the tribulation and planned to use the Chaos Bead to draw in the Primordial World at the crucial moment.
• Ling Xiao surveyed the nascent world inside the Chaos Bead, then left it to inspect the Primordial World.
• Ling Xiao spotted Qiangliang and Zhurong in a Human tribe in the Eastern Wasteland and wondered what Houtu was planning.

Ling Xiao watched powerful figures reincarnated among the Human Race and considered revealing the secret of Slashing the Three Corpses. Minghe confronted Duke of the East over their old feud and half a strand of Primordial Violet Qi, but Duke of the East struck back with a hidden spirit treasure.

• Ling Xiao spotted Qiangliang, Zhurong, Minghe, Duke of the East, Fuxi, and other powerful figures among the Human Race, and resolved to reveal the secret of Slashing the Three Corpses at a suitable time.
• Minghe cultivated the Blood Scripture, advanced to the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm, and found Duke of the East in a mountain valley.
• Minghe demanded Duke of the East surrender the half-strand of Primordial Violet Qi, while Duke of the East claimed Laozi had appointed him Human Emperor.
• When Duke of the East refused, Minghe attacked him, but Duke of the East revealed the Dragon-Headed Staff and smashed Minghe's hand and half his body.

Minghe and Duke of the East battled after discovering that both had reincarnated as humans, drawing the attention of powerful figures across the Human Race lands. Qiangliang, Zhurong, Xingtian, Dayi, Fuxi, Baize, and Jimeng set out toward the conflict, with several preparing to confront the fighters.

• Minghe restored his body and resumed attacking Duke of the East, whose Dragon-Headed Staff met his blood-red techniques in a battle that flattened their mountain.
• Qiangliang and Zhurong recognized the fighters and decided to take advantage of their distraction to attack them.
• Xingtian and Dayi arrived at the Thunder-Fire Tribe, where Qiangliang and Zhurong recognized them and led them toward the battle.
• Fuxi sensed the clash, realized Duke of the East and Minghe had reincarnated as humans, and left the Fenggun Tribe.
• Baize and Jimeng watched the battle from a mountain and decided to go see it for themselves.

The Duke of the East and Minghe fought fiercely as the Witch Clan secretly prepared a coordinated ambush. Houyi’s arrows struck alongside Qiangliang and Zhurong’s attacks, piercing both opponents and blowing them to pieces.

• The Duke of the East held off Minghe with his Dragon-Headed Staff while Minghe summoned the Yuantu Abi Twin Swords.
• Qiangliang, Zhurong, Xingtian, and Houyi planned to kill the fighters while they were occupied, and Houyi offered to shoot them with his bow.
• Houyi waited for an opening as Qiangliang and Zhurong readied their attacks, then fired two arrows at the Duke of the East and Minghe.
• Qiangliang and Zhurong attacked at the same time, injuring the Duke of the East and Zhurong before the arrows reached their targets.
• Houyi’s arrows pierced the Duke of the East and Minghe and blew them to pieces, shocking the mighty beings watching from afar.
• At Mount Kunlun, Laozi and Yuanshi watched in astonishment before their expressions darkened.

The reincarnated Qiangliang and Zhurong ambushed Minghe and Duke of the East, alarming the watching Sages and rivals for the Human Emperor position. As Fuxi assessed the growing danger, Qiushou Immortal Green Lion and Immortal Lingya planned to stay hidden and strike later, though their master Tongtian had ordered them to secure the position.

• Laozi and Yuanshi recognized Qiangliang and Zhurong as reincarnated Ancestral Witches and worried that Houtu’s involvement would make their plans harder.
• The Two Western Sages gloated, while Nuwa worried that Fuxi would struggle to claim the Human Emperor position.
• Baize identified Qiangliang, Zhurong, and Dayi for Jimeng, who considered ambushing the reincarnated Ancestral Witches before Baize questioned whether he could defeat them.
• Fuxi arrived, recognized the Witch Clan’s reincarnated members, and feared their strength as he saw them attack Minghe and Duke of the East.
• Qiushou Immortal Green Lion and Immortal Lingya discussed hiding until the other contenders were weakened, despite Tongtian’s command that they win the Human Emperor position.