Chapter Summaries

Qin Xi showed Zhenyuanzi and Red Cloud scenes from the River of Humanity Dao, where ordinary mortals sacrificed themselves to defend their people and country. He explained that their deeds and faith left imprints in the river, which recorded the Human Race’s sincere emotions and history.

• Qin Xi explained that heroes and martyrs left Divine Soul imprints in the River of Humanity Dao through the Human Race’s faith.
• Qin Xi showed a battlefield where a wounded soldier ate a mooncake from his mother before charging the enemy and being killed.
• Zhenyuanzi questioned why members of the Human Race slaughtered one another, and Red Cloud grew furious at the enemy soldiers’ cruelty.
• Qin Xi explained the mooncake’s meaning and described the River of Humanity Dao as a record of ordinary people’s sacrifices and convictions.
• Qin Xi compared the River of Humanity Dao with the Rivers of Heavenly and Earthly Dao and said the Human Race’s emotions helped it rule Heaven and Earth.

Qin Xi advised Red Cloud, who cultivated the Path of Goodness, to experience evil and compare it with goodness to find a way forward. Red Cloud felt the suggestion had clarified his thoughts, though Zhenyuanzi warned him against trying it.

• Qin Xi asked Red Cloud about the request he had been hinting at and said he could only offer guidance, not a definite answer.
• Zhenyuanzi offered the Ginseng Fruit Tree in exchange for advice, but Qin Xi declined and said his suggestion might not work.
• Qin Xi explained that Red Cloud’s selfless practice of goodness had earned the Heavenly Dao’s favor and immense Fortune.
• Qin Xi suggested that Red Cloud enter the Primordial World, experience evil without using mana, and learn its origins by comparing it with goodness.
• Red Cloud felt the idea had opened a new path for him, but Zhenyuanzi told him the method could not be used.

Red Cloud chose to risk changing his Dao despite Zhenyuanzi’s warning, and Qin Xi proposed a brutal way for him to experience good and evil. The chapter ended with Qin Xi instructing Red Cloud to observe injustice without intervening and repeatedly reincarnate as an evil person.

• Red Cloud thanked Zhenyuanzi but insisted on relying on himself, and Zhenyuanzi reluctantly respected his choice.
• Qin Xi agreed to help and suggested that Red Cloud carry the Investiture of the Gods into the Primordial World to observe good and evil without interfering in injustices.
• Zhenyuanzi warned that Red Cloud would struggle to watch people suffer without helping them.
• Qin Xi’s second suggestion was for Red Cloud to sever the Three Corpses, enter the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and choose the Path of Evil Ghosts in every life.
• Qin Xi explained that Red Cloud would have to experience everything his Three Corpses endured, making the proposed method a form of torture.

Red Cloud accepted Qin Xi’s challenge to become a saint by confronting evil and received the Investiture of the Gods. After Red Cloud and Zhenyuanzi departed, Qin Xi prepared to stir up the Primordial World with his own Grandmist Violet Qi.

• Red Cloud chose to pursue sainthood despite the difficulty and sent his Good Incarnation to the Six Paths Reincarnation.
• Qin Xi gave Red Cloud the Investiture of the Gods, which he had imbued with Space Law so Red Cloud could travel anywhere in the Primordial World.
• Red Cloud and Zhenyuanzi left Qin Xi’s Dao Field, with Zhenyuanzi planning to observe the future Earth Immortal Society.
• Nuwa returned, and Qin Xi learned she had been watching since Yangmei arrived; he told her to remain by his side now that Fuxi’s matter was settled.
• Qin Xi brought out several pieces of Grandmist Violet Qi and explained to Nuwa that they contained more laws than Hongjun’s and could improve the chance of becoming a Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Qin Xi revealed more than ten strands of true Grandmist Violet Qi as rewards for the Investiture of the Gods, while planning for Fuxi to become both Human Sovereign and Heavenly Emperor. Nuwa learned that Fuxi was meant to take the Heavenly Court and asked Qin Xi if she could go there.

• Qin Xi brought out more than ten strands of true Grandmist Violet Qi, intending to use them as rewards for the Investiture of the Gods.
• Nuwa was astonished by the Purple Qi and asked whether it was the reward; Qin Xi said Fuxi might receive a strand as well.
• Qin Xi told Nuwa that Di Qun and Tai Yi planned to step down and that he intended for Fuxi to become Human Sovereign before taking the throne of Heavenly Emperor.
• Nuwa asked Qin Xi whether she could go to the Heavenly Court, hoping to rally her old forces.

Qin Xi announced twelve strands of Great Dao Grandmist Violet Qi as rewards in the Investiture of the Gods and signaled that a member of the Wu Clan could prove the Dao through Strength. The Three Pure Ones discussed whether to compete, and Laozi decided his Good Incarnation would seek a strand for Xuandu.

• Nuwa suggested contacting the Monster Clan, but Qin Xi said Fuxi would have to earn the Heavenly Emperor position himself.
• Qin Xi revealed twelve strands of Great Dao Grandmist Violet Qi and declared that those who contended through martial might or governed through virtue could claim them.
• Qin Xi announced that one member of the Wu Clan could prove the Dao through Strength.
• Laozi contacted Tongtian and Yuanshi after hearing Qin Xi's announcement, and his pill furnace exploded while they discussed the Violet Qi.
• Yuanshi proposed that the Three Pure Ones compete, but Laozi said his Good Incarnation would seek a strand for Xuandu.

Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian discussed how to secure Grandmist Violet Qi for their disciples without provoking their peers. Laozi urged Yuanshi and Tongtian to send their Three Incarnations into the Primordial World, avoid competing for the Hongmeng Pearl, and prepare for the Valley Master’s first Investiture of the Gods as more than a hundred sects were set to emerge.

• Tongtian and Yuanshi explained that their many disciples made it difficult to distribute Grandmist Violet Qi fairly, while Laozi could provide for Xuandu.
• Yuanshi warned that former fellow Daoists might obtain the Qi and become Sages before the Three Pure Ones acted.
• Laozi advised Yuanshi and Tongtian to send their Three Incarnations into the Primordial World and avoid harming their former fellow Daoists.
• Laozi stopped Yuanshi from discussing the Hongmeng Pearl and warned that the Three Pure Ones should not compete for it because the Valley Master might take the Wu Clan under his command.
• Laozi said the Valley Master’s first Investiture of the Gods would determine whether their sects gained recognition, and revealed that more than a hundred sects would soon emerge.

Laozi sent Yuanshi and Tongtian into the Primordial World while secretly planning to benefit from the Fortune of the Hundred Schools of Thought. In the Wu Clan, the Ancestral Witches worried over Zhujiuyin’s condition, but he awakened and refused to claim the Chaos Bead ahead of whoever else might obtain it.

• Yuanshi and Tongtian questioned Laozi about sects that could threaten their doctrines, and he urged them to enter the Primordial World.
• After his brothers left, Laozi revealed that he had withheld details about the Hundred Schools of Thought because their teachings could bring Fortune to the Human Sect.
• The Ancestral Witches grieved that Zhujiuyin’s lack of a Divine Soul had prevented him from becoming a Sage, while insisting that the Wu Clan would prove the Dao through Strength.
• Dijiang promised that Zhujiuyin would use the Chaos Bead first if the Wu Clan obtained it, and reassured Houtu that she would always belong to the clan.
• Zhujiuyin awakened, refused Dijiang’s offer, and said he had gained benefits because the River of Time no longer restricted him.

Dijiang ordered the Wu Clan into the Primordial World battlefield while keeping Gonggong’s mission to the Human Race unchanged. The Monster Clan answered with its own mobilization, and allied Quasi-Sages anticipated a prolonged war.

• Dijiang promised Zhujiuyin the next opportunity to prove the Dao through Strength and explained that a Wu Clan Sage was essential to the clan’s future.
• Dijiang ordered Gonggong to continue to the Human Race and the other Ancestral Witches to lead troops into battle, with the Wu Clan taking the lead.
• The Wu Clan formally announced its entry into the battlefield, and its tribes answered with roars.
• Di Qun ordered the Ten Great Monster Gods to lead ten million monster soldiers into the Primordial World while he and Tai Yi stood ready to support them.
• Monster Clan forces began moving through Ascension Ladders, and allied Quasi-Sages warned that the Investiture of the Gods would bring a prolonged calamity.

The Wu and Monster Clans began fighting beneath Mount Buzhou, and the Monster Clan suffered a swift defeat against Jiufeng and the Wu forces. As news of the battle spread, old grudges ignited across the Primordial World, leaving the land engulfed in war.

• Jimeng led a hundred-thousand-strong Golden Immortal vanguard down Mount Buzhou and encountered Jiufeng and ten thousand Mid-Witches.
• Jiufeng and Jimeng fought fiercely, and Jiufeng mocked the Monster Clan and its Heavenly Emperor.
• Jimeng used his innate magic treasure against Jiufeng, but the Monster Clan's forces suffered a large-scale rout within an hour.
• Jimeng led the Monster Clan in a strategic retreat, while Jiufeng chose not to pursue.
• Qin Xi watched the battle and then decided to see how Red Cloud was doing.
• News of the clash beneath Mount Buzhou spread, prompting clans with old grudges to join the fighting and plunging the Primordial World into widespread war.

Red Cloud surveyed the war consuming the Primordial World and used the Investiture of the Gods to visit the Tengu Clan on the Valley Master's orders. He arrived as the Tengu Clan faced the Howling Moon Wolf Clan, and the clan leader eagerly prepared a welcome feast.

• The Primordial World descended into a long war, with the dead reincarnating through the Six Paths of Reincarnation according to arrangements made by Qin Xi.
• Red Cloud observed the Human Race's relative peace before using the Investiture of the Gods to travel to the Tengu Clan.
• Red Cloud saw that the Tengu Clan's greater numbers and stronger fighters gave it a decisive advantage over the Howling Moon Wolf Clan.
• The Tengu Clan Leader recognized Red Cloud and asked why the Demon Emperor had come.
• Red Cloud said he had arrived on the Valley Master's orders to observe matters concerning the Investiture of the Gods, and the Tengu Clan Leader ordered spirit fruits, immortal brews, and the clan's best Moonlight Brew prepared.

Red Cloud visited the Tengu Clan during its war with the Howling Moon Wolf Clan and suggested that the two sides take turns fighting, but the Tengu Clan Leader rejected the idea. Qin Xi watched and concluded that Red Cloud was likely to enter the Evil Path, though he still had a chance to change his fate.

• The Tengu Clan Leader welcomed Red Cloud after learning he had come in Qin Xi’s name and asked whether the Valley Master had given any instructions.
• Red Cloud said he had no orders and suggested that the Tengu Clan and Howling Moon Wolf Clan take turns instead of fighting.
• The Tengu Clan Leader insisted that reconciliation with the Howling Moon Wolf Clan was impossible because the clans had a longstanding blood feud.
• Qin Xi recalled how the clans’ different habits should have kept them apart, but their war had lasted hundreds of thousands of years and left the Tengu Clan with fewer descendants.
• Qin Xi decided to keep watching Red Cloud, believing he would likely enter the Evil Path but might still change his fate.

Red Cloud tried to understand whether the Tengu Clan and the Howling Moon Wolf Clan could end their ancient feud, but both leaders insisted that war was inevitable. After learning the history behind the Wolf Clan’s grievance, Red Cloud was left confused about how hatred could be resolved.

• Red Cloud asked the Tengu Clan Leader whether the two clans could reconcile, but the leader said the Wolf Clan had betrayed his father’s alliance and declared that they would fight to the death.
• The Tengu Clan Leader thanked Red Cloud and said some Tengu would take their cubs to live among the Human Race, but Red Cloud had already departed.
• Red Cloud visited the Howling Moon Wolf King and asked whether the feud with the Tengu Clan could end.
• The Wolf King said the clans could reconcile only if Qin Xi ordered it, then explained that the feud began when the Tengu Clan seized the Wolf Clan’s Innate Dawn Moon Bead.
• Red Cloud accepted that the old grievances had become deeply rooted and was left confused about what he could say.

After a hundred years of conflict had weakened many races, the Hundred Schools of Thought emerged from the River of Humanity Dao, revealing more than a hundred Great Luo Golden Immortals and a Quasi-Sage. Qin Xi and Nuwa headed to the Human Race to witness the upheaval as its leaders discussed the change and the future sovereign Fuxi.

• The Howling Moon Wolf King asked a hidden Venerable to destroy the Tengu Clan and secure him a position in the Investiture of the Gods, while Qin Xi observed Red Cloud’s shaken state of mind.
• Over the next hundred years, many races were wiped out or lost the will to return from the Six Paths of Reincarnation, leaving the Wu Clan, Monster Clan, Human Race, Four Seas Dragon Clan, and Ten Thousand Races as the main powers.
• The River of Humanity Dao appeared above the Human Race, and Qin Xi summoned Nuwa to go with him and investigate.
• Suiren and Youchao discussed the Human Race’s safety and identified Fuxi as the future sovereign mentioned by the Holy Mother’s Master.
• The Hundred Schools of Thought emerged from the River of Humanity Dao, displaying more than a hundred Great Luo Golden Immortals and a Quasi-Sage, and their appearance stirred the Primordial World.

The Hundred Schools of Thought arrived in the Primordial World and discussed how to strengthen the Human Race. Shang Yang, Confucius, Sun Wu, and the others established their teachings, leaving the Primordial World silent as their declarations echoed.

• Laozi and the others warned their companions to stay quiet so they would not be sensed.
• Confucius, Sun Wu, and the other scholars discussed entering the Human Race and competing to establish their schools.
• Confucius urged the group to lay foundations for the Human Race, while others pointed to the importance of Shang Yang and the School of Law.
• Shang Yang called for driving back the Ten Thousand Races before the schools settled their rivalries.
• Shang Yang established the School of Law, Confucius established the School of Confucianism, and Sun Wu established the School of Military as the Hundred Schools proclaimed their teachings.

Fuxi learned that the Kongtong Seal had triggered a change in the River of Humanity Dao, and he granted Confucius and the other Ancestors of the Hundred Schools permission to establish their schools. They received a surge of Fortune and began using their teachings to suppress each school’s Fortune.

• The Primordial World erupted in discussion as unfamiliar Human Race members petitioned the River of Humanity Dao to establish schools.
• Fuxi asked Qin Xi whether the Kongtong Seal’s change had been caused by the people in the Void, and Qin Xi told him to hold the seal and decide whether to grant their request.
• The Kongtong Seal released Profound Yellow Qi, and Fuxi appeared in the Void as the Hundred Schools’ founders bowed and asked him to grant their request.
• Fuxi said “Permitted,” and the River of Humanity Dao sent Fortune to Confucius and the other Ancestors of the Hundred Schools, raising them to the peak of the Great Luo realm.
• Confucius and the other founders declared the teachings and treasures they would use to suppress the Fortune of their respective schools.

Laozi established the Hundred Schools of Thought by diverting the Human Race’s fortune, linking it to the new sects and gaining deeper comprehension of the Dao. After his cultivation reached the Sixth Heaven of the Sage Realm, he used Taiqing Origin Qi to create three figures: Laozi, Li Er, and Taishang Laojun.

• Laozi allowed the Human Race’s fortune to flow into the newly established Hundred Schools of Thought, while Qin Xi judged the change beneficial to the Human Race.
• The founders of the new paths took their leave of Fuxi and scattered, and Laozi followed them to stay in contact and seek treasures for Xuandu.
• Yuanshi and Tongtian confronted Laozi about the Hundred Schools and the sudden changes to his cultivation.
• Laozi realized that his comprehension of the Dao had advanced enough to reach the Sixth Heaven of the Sage Realm, despite the loss of fortune.
• Laozi exhaled Taiqing Origin Qi and created three figures who introduced themselves as Laozi, Li Er, and Taishang Laojun.

Laozi explained that he had temporarily borrowed the Dao Sect's Fortune to support the Hundred Schools of Thought and promised to repay it twofold. At the borders of Human territory, Confucius and the other scholars demanded that non-Human races withdraw, and Confucius prepared to confront them when the deadline passed.

• Laozi revealed his One Breath Transforms Three Pure Ones Technique to Yuanshi and Tongtian, then explained his plan to borrow the Dao Sect's Fortune and promised to repay it twofold.
• Yuanshi and Tongtian agreed to Laozi's terms in exchange for the Xiantian Magical Treasures he had gained.
• Fuxi asked Qin Xi about the Heavenly Sovereign title and learned that he would one day lead the Human Race against the Ten Thousand Races.
• Confucius and the other scholars ordered non-Human beings at the Human borders to retreat ten million li within a quarter hour.
• Sun Wu and the others discussed the surrounding races' attacks on humans and anticipated a coming battle while Confucius waited for the deadline.
• After the quarter hour elapsed, Confucius calmly declared, "I do not speak of the strange, the violent, disorder, or spirits!"

Confucius used Haoran Righteous Qi and the Law of Order to erase the attacking branches of several races, while the Human Race watched and prepared for a larger confrontation. As one hundred Great Luo Golden Immortals and five Quasi-Sages approached, Confucius invoked the King's Way and declared that a grudge of ten generations could still be avenged.

• White light sealed the mana of the enveloped beings and burned them away without leaving blood or bodies.
• Suiren told Youchao that the attack came from Haoran Righteous Qi and was a law rather than ordinary flame.
• Gongsun Long and others teased Confucius about his use of the Law of Order, while Confucius remained unfazed.
• Qin Xi sensed one hundred Great Luo Golden Immortals and five Quasi-Sages flying toward Confucius and the others.
• Confucius gathered the Law of Righteousness and declared, “A grudge of ten generations can still be avenged!”

Confucius turned a Foreign Race Great Luo Golden Immortal’s killing intent against him, causing him to self-destruct and kill a nearby Daluo. Suiren and Youchao joined the Hundred Schools of Thought, and Guiguzi and Sun Wu began confronting the remaining enemies.

• Confucius restrained a Foreign Race Daluo and filled him with the baleful aura of living beings, driving him into a murderous frenzy.
• The possessed Daluo self-destructed his Dao Fruit and killed a nearby Great Luo Golden Immortal, while the Farmer School Ancestor shielded the masters of the Hundred Schools of Thought.
• Suiren decided to join the battle, and Youchao chose to go with him rather than leave a companion behind.
• Suiren and Youchao arrived in the Void, where Confucius and the other masters greeted them and then shielded them from the enemy.
• Shang Yang ordered the group to protect the ancestors and quickly finish the fight.
• Guiguzi used laws arranged like a Go board to restrain the enemy Daluo, while Sun Wu summoned the Four Styles of the School of Military and an army of hundreds of millions.