Chapter Summaries

After Ao Xin’s devastating attack on Mount Buzhou, the surviving great powers discussed the treasures she had found, including Nine Heavens Breathing Soil. Zhenyuanzi offered Ginseng Fruit in exchange, but Ao Xin said the soil belonged to the Valley Master and invited him to seek a trade after the Purple Heaven Palace lecture.

• The Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Fuxi, Zhenyuanzi, Red Cloud, Styx, Kunpeng, Tai Yi, Di Qun, and Ao Xin awoke and reacted to the deaths of over a thousand Great Luo Golden Immortals.
• Ao Xin explained that she had taken one of the seven Gourds and that the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil and Gourd Vine belonged to the Valley Master.
• Nuwa sensed that the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil held an important opportunity for her, while Zhenyuanzi praised its value for cultivating an Innate Spirit Root.
• Zhenyuanzi offered Ao Xin twenty Ginseng Fruit for a handful of the soil, but she refused because she lacked authority to trade the Valley Master's property.
• Ao Xin invited Zhenyuanzi to visit The Valley after the Purple Heaven Palace lecture and ask the Valley Master directly, and Tai Yi and Di Qun welcomed the other great powers as friends.

Hongjun delivered his second sermon in Purple Heaven Palace, teaching the Way of the Quasi-Sage and expelling the Six-Eared Macaque for eavesdropping. As the sermon ended, Laozi asked Hongjun to explain how to attain Quasi-Sagehood.

• After the great powers noticed many attendees were missing, Hongjun began preaching the Way of the Quasi-Sage.
• The remaining listeners struggled with the profound sermon, while the Three Pure Ones and other Peak Great Luo Golden Immortals gained insight.
• Hongjun seized the Six-Eared Macaque, identified her innate ability to hear the sermons, and forbade anyone from transmitting the Dharma to her.
• Hongjun sent the Six-Eared Macaque away from Purple Heaven Palace.
• Laozi asked Hongjun to teach them how to advance to the Quasi-Sage Dao Fruit.

Hongjun explained three methods of attaining the Quasi-Sage realm and warned that the treasures used to sever the Three Corpses determined the cultivator’s power. Ao Xin realized that the wealthy Jade Rabbit Clan could help its Great Luo Golden Immortals advance, while she herself owned only the Purple Red Gourd.

• Laozi and the two thousand Great Luo Golden Immortals asked Hongjun to teach them the Dao.
• Hongjun described the Merit and Luck Method, the Heavenly Dao Rewards Diligence Method, and the Method of Severing the Three Corpses.
• Hongjun explained the Three Corpses and cautioned that using higher-quality treasures, ideally three of the same origin, produced greater strength.
• The cultivators worried that they lacked enough suitable treasures to sever their corpses.
• Ao Xin thought of the Jade Rabbit Clan’s hundreds of wealthy Great Luo Golden Immortals and lamented that she possessed only the Purple Red Gourd.

After the second lecture at Purple Heaven Palace, Hongjun announced that his third lecture would cover the Way of the Sage and declared that the Primordial World could have only nine Heavenly Dao Sages. Ao Xin, Tianyi, and Di Qun returned to The Valley, preferring to pursue Proving the Dao through Strength.

• Tai Yi asked Ao Xin whether she could use magical treasures to slay corpses, and Ao Xin advised her to wait and consult the Valley Master.
• Hongjun announced that the third lecture, beginning in one thousand years, would cover the Way of the Sage, after which he would enter seclusion.
• Daoist Red Cloud asked whether there was a limit to the number of Sages, and Hongjun said there could be nine Heavenly Dao Sages and that his disciples would become Sages.
• Jieyin and Zhun Ti celebrated after Hongjun confirmed that they could become Heavenly Dao Sages.
• Hongjun sent everyone away from Purple Heaven Palace, and Ao Xin, Tianyi, and Di Qun returned to The Valley instead of pursuing the Way of the Sage.

Hongjun entered the Heavenly Dao Dojo to apologize for Jieyin and Zhun Ti, but Devil Ancestor Luohou confronted him. With Hongjun’s power suppressed in the valley, Luohou demanded that he hand over all his magic treasures.

• Hongjun arrived at the Heavenly Dao Dojo and called for the Valley Master to accept his apology on behalf of Jieyin and Zhun Ti.
• Devil Ancestor Luohou emerged from the woods, and he and Hongjun recognized each other as old enemies.
• Hongjun tried to threaten Luohou, but Luohou pointed out that the valley had suppressed Hongjun’s strength.
• Luohou warned Hongjun that he would be stripped and hung up unless he handed over every magic treasure he carried.

Devil Ancestor Luohou robbed Hongjun of his Xiantian Spiritual Treasures and refused to let him meet the Valley Master. Hongjun left the Heavenly Dao Dojo, where a nimble figure rushed in just after him.

• Devil Ancestor Luohou counted the many Xiantian Spiritual Treasures he had taken from Hongjun.
• Hongjun asked to see the Valley Master so he could apologize, but Luohou refused and blamed him for the trouble caused by his disciples.
• Luohou told Hongjun to leave and said the stolen treasures were the price of his life, then challenged him to settle their conflict after Luohou proved the Dao through Strength.
• Hongjun accepted that he could not fight Luohou while his primordial spirit remained in Heavenly Dao and left the dojo.
• A nimble figure rushed into the Heavenly Dao Dojo as Hongjun stepped out.

Six-Eared Macaque entered The Valley hoping to find a teacher after Hongjun banned anyone from teaching her spells. Luo Hou offered to present her request to the Valley Master and demanded a grueling display of devotion, which she began despite the pain.

• Six-Eared Macaque followed Hongjun to The Valley after witnessing him leave stripped of his clothes and magical treasures.
• She discovered her mana was sealed and asked Luo Hou to teach her spells, explaining that Hongjun had forbidden others from teaching her.
• Luo Hou refused to take her as his disciple but offered to report her request to the Valley Master.
• Luo Hou told Six-Eared Macaque to recite her plea one hundred trillion times and kowtow toward The Valley each time.
• Six-Eared Macaque began the ritual, and after several thousand kowtows her forehead started to bleed.

Luo Hou gave Qin Xi Hongjun’s spoils, then asked to reclaim his three treasures and reported that the Six-Eared Macaque wanted Qin Xi as her master. Qin Xi agreed to accept her if she completed a hundred trillion bows, leaving Luo Hou to supervise her trial.

• Luo Hou handed Qin Xi Hongjun’s treasures, and Qin Xi told him to give them to Flame Spirit.
• Luo Hou asked to reclaim his God-Slaying Spear, Nine Demon Pagoda, and Twelfth-Grade Karmic Black Lotus, and Qin Xi granted his request.
• Luo Hou reported that the Six-Eared Macaque had been expelled by Hongjun and wanted Qin Xi to accept her as a disciple.
• Qin Xi initially refused to teach the Six-Eared Macaque, but agreed to accept and protect her if she completed a hundred trillion bows.
• Luo Hou volunteered to supervise the Six-Eared Macaque’s bows, and Qin Xi reluctantly left the trial to him.

Ao Xin returned to the Heavenly Dao Dojo with the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil and the weakened Gourd Vine, and Qin Xi used Law of Fantasy—Growth to revive the vine and spread the soil across the dojo. The chapter ended with Tai Yi asking Qin Xi which of the three methods for attaining the Quasi-Sage Dao Fruit produced the strongest Quasi-Sage.

• Ao Xin, Tai Yi, and Di Qun returned to the Heavenly Dao Dojo, where Tai Yi and Di Qun greeted Qin Xi affectionately.
• Ao Xin gave Qin Xi the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil and the dimmed Gourd Vine she had found.
• Qin Xi planted the Gourd Vine in the soil and used Law of Fantasy—Growth, restoring the vine and making it grow seven new flowers.
• The Nine Heavens Breathing Soil spread across the entire Heavenly Dao Dojo before its growth stopped at the dojo's boundary.
• Tai Yi asked Qin Xi which of the Merit and Luck Method, Heavenly Dao Rewards Diligence Method, and Method of Severing the Three Corpses produced the strongest Quasi-Sage.

Qin Xi explained that the strongest Quasi-Sages would fulfill three conditions: cultivate Merit and Fortune, comprehend their own laws, and sever the three corpses. After Luo Hou reclaimed his treasures from Flame Spirit, Tai Yi and Di Qun asked her to guide them in comprehending the Law of Fire.

• Tai Yi asked Qin Xi which method produced the strongest Quasi-Sage, and he said combining all three methods would theoretically make one invincible among peers.
• Qin Xi advised Tai Yi and Di Qun to seek Flame Spirit's guidance because they shared her fire-attribute origins.
• Flame Spirit returned the God-Slaying Spear, Nine Demon Pagoda, and 12th-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus to Luo Hou, who thanked her and departed.
• Tai Yi and Di Qun told Flame Spirit they wanted to comprehend the Law of Fire as the first step toward becoming the strongest Quasi-Sages.

Flame Spirit helped Tai Yi and Di Qun comprehend the Law of Fire using leaves from the Fusang Divine Tree, but they suppressed their imminent Quasi-Sage breakthroughs until they could meet the required advancement conditions. She then gave them the Pangu Banner and Taiji Diagram to join their Chaos Bell as treasures for severing the Three Corpses, leaving them poised to become exceptionally powerful Quasi-Sages.

• Flame Spirit gave Tai Yi and Di Qun a leaf from the Fusang Divine Tree, and both comprehended the Law of Fire.
• Their accumulated mana surged toward an Early Quasi-Sage breakthrough, but Tai Yi and Di Qun expelled mana and essence blood to suppress it, creating ten tiny Golden Crows.
• Flame Spirit asked what treasures they could use to sever the Three Corpses, and Tai Yi and Di Qun named their matching gourd treasures.
• Flame Spirit gave Tai Yi the Pangu Banner and Taiji Diagram, completing the set of three Innate Supreme Treasures from the Heaven-Opening Axe alongside the Chaos Bell.
• Flame Spirit said the three same-origin treasures, combined with the Law of Fire, could make Tai Yi the strongest within the Quasi-Sage realm.

Flame Spirit gave Tai Yi and Di Qun Innate Supreme Treasures to prepare them to sever their three corpses, then explained that they needed Fortune as well as Merit to attain the Quasi-Sage Dao Fruit. She identified the Twelve Ancestral Witches as future children of Fortune but left Tai Yi and Di Qun to discover another candidate before acting.

• Flame Spirit gave Di Qun the Qiankun Cauldron and Five Directional Flags, adding to the treasures available for severing the three corpses.
• Flame Spirit explained that Tai Yi and Di Qun had abundant Merit but needed Fortune to reach the Quasi-Sage Dao Fruit.
• Tai Yi suggested that the Wu Clan would become children of Fortune, and Flame Spirit confirmed the Twelve Ancestral Witches were destined for that role.
• Tai Yi and Di Qun considered other possible children of Fortune, including Dragon Gate, but Flame Spirit rejected it as the correct answer.
• Flame Spirit told Tai Yi and Di Qun to find the remaining candidate before using their treasures to sever their corpses.

Tai Yi and Di Qun encountered the Six-Eared Macaque, who explained that monsters could rival the Wu Clan if a powerful leader united them as the Monster Clan. They realized that the Monster Clan might be the final child of fortune.

• Tai Yi and Di Qun found the Six-Eared Macaque repeatedly kowtowing and pleading to become the Valley Master's disciple.
• The Six-Eared Macaque insisted she would keep trying and offered to answer Di Qun's test.
• The Six-Eared Macaque identified the Wu Clan as the strongest current race but said monsters could rival them if united under an era-suppressing leader.
• Tai Yi and Di Qun concluded that the Monster Clan might be the final child of fortune.

Tai Yi and Di Qun established the Monster Clan in the Primordial Heavenly Court, gained Heavenly Dao merit, and broke through to the Early Quasi-Sage level. They began gathering monsters to serve under them as powerful figures across the Primordial World took notice.

• Tai Yi and Di Qun revealed their Three-Legged Golden Crow forms and established the Monster Clan, naming the Heavenly Court as its foundation and the Chaos Bell and River Chart and Luo Script as its Fortune-suppressing treasures.
• The Heavenly Dao bestowed merit and Fortune upon them, and they used their treasures to sever their Good Incarnations and reach the Early Quasi-Sage level.
• Tai Yi and Di Qun decided to recruit subordinates and summoned capable members of the Monster Clan to the Primordial Heavenly Court.
• Jimeng, Yingzhao, Baize, Feidan, Feilian, Jiuying, Citie, Shangyang, Qinyuan, Guiche, and countless other monsters headed for the Heavenly Court.
• The Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Fuxi, Nine Heavens Kunpeng, Ancestor Styx, Daoist Red Cloud, and Zhenyuanzi sensed the clan’s establishment and planned to congratulate Tai Yi and Di Qun after the teachings ended.

After ten thousand years of preparation, Tai Yi and Di Qun opened the Primordial Heavenly Court to the assembled Monster Clan and began organizing it against the Wu Clan. Di Qun revealed that he had comprehended a formation to defend the Heavenly Court, leaving the Monster Clan poised to unite under the two sovereigns.

• The Ten Great Monster Sages and countless other Monster Clan members gathered outside the Primordial Heavenly Court, awaiting Tai Yi and Di Qun.
• Tai Yi and Di Qun opened the gates and welcomed the Monster Clan, whose leaders hoped the two sovereigns would help them stand against the Wu Clan.
• Monster Sage Jimeng asked the sovereigns to suppress the Wu Clan, explaining that its expanding tribes hunted Monster Clan members for food.
• Tai Yi deferred the conflict and ordered the Monster Clan leaders to organize their forces at the Heavenly Court so the Wu Clan could not defeat them individually.
• Di Qun announced that he had comprehended a divine formation from the Heavenly Book, the River Chart and Luo Script to protect the Primordial Heavenly Court.

Di Qun revealed the Celestial Star Formation and assigned the Monster Clan its positions, then the newly established Monster Clan gained the support of several Quasi-Sages and the Phoenix Clan. Dragon Gate arrived on Ancestor Dragon’s behalf and offered to become Heavenly Dao Allies with the Primordial Heavenly Court.

• Di Qun taught the Monster Clan how to arrange the Celestial Star Formation and assigned its members their positions.
• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi told the Monster Clan that the approaching Quasi-Sages were friends who had come to congratulate them.
• Laozi, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Master Tongtian offered congratulations without joining the Monster Clan, while Fuxi, Daoist Red Cloud, Zhenyuanzi, Ancestor Styx, and Nine Heavens Kunpeng pledged support.
• Nine Heavens Kunpeng offered the Phoenix Clan as an ally, bringing the Monster Clan’s total to eight Quasi-Sages alongside Tai Yi and Di Qun.
• Dragon Gate representatives arrived on Ancestor Dragon’s behalf and offered to become Heavenly Dao Allies with the Primordial Heavenly Court.

Ao Xin, Xu Chu, and Dian Wei arrived at the Primordial Heavenly Court, where Dragon Gate joined the Monster Clan’s alliance and added to its growing strength. As Ao Xin advised Tai Yi and Di Qun on governing their new realm, the Three Kingdoms Investiture of the Gods glowed and awakened more souls.

• Ao Xin brought Xu Chu and Dian Wei to congratulate Tai Yi and Di Qun and offer Dragon Gate’s alliance to the Primordial Heavenly Court.
• Quasi-Sages from across the Primordial World joined the Monster Clan, greatly increasing its high-level combat strength.
• Tai Yi welcomed Ao Xin and reflected on how the Monster Clan had grown since the two emperors’ early days.
• Tai Yi and Di Qun admitted they did not know how to govern the Monster Clan, and Ao Xin advised them to appoint capable administrators.
• The Three Kingdoms Investiture of the Gods glowed in Ao Xin’s arms, awakening several more souls.

Ao Xin’s Three Kingdoms Investiture of the Gods awakened Zhuge Liang, Zhao Yun, Zhou Yu, and Sun Ce, bolstering the Primordial Heavenly Court. Tai Yi and Di Qun distributed the Monster Clan’s Fortune among its leaders and experts, then invited the assembled guests to visit the Valley and pay respects to Father God.

• Ao Xin’s Three Kingdoms Investiture of the Gods empowered Tai Yi and Di Qun and awakened Zhuge Liang, Zhao Yun, Zhou Yu, and Sun Ce.
• Tai Yi appointed Nuwa, Fuxi, Zhenyuanzi, Red Cloud, and Styx Monster Emperors; Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu, Nine Heavens Kunpeng, and the Dragon Gate Young Sect Master Monster Teachers; and several others Monster Marshals.
• Tai Yi distributed four-tenths of the Monster Clan’s Fortune among the Heavenly Court’s upper echelon, while he and Di Qun retained the remaining six-tenths.
• The Three Pure Ones discussed the Monster Clan’s growing power and chose not to accept its Fortune.
• Tai Yi entrusted the Heavenly Court’s operations to the Monster Teachers and invited everyone to visit the Valley and pay respects to Father God.

After more than ten thousand years of pleading, the Six-Eared Macaque became Qin Xi’s registered disciple. Qin Xi restored her cultivation, improved her bloodline, and named her Ayane, leaving her newly advanced to the early Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.

• The Six-Eared Macaque continued asking the master of the valley to accept her as a disciple until Qin Xi came over and told her to stop.
• Qin Xi warned that he could not teach her magical spells or divine abilities, but the Six-Eared Macaque insisted, and he accepted her as a registered disciple.
• Qin Xi lifted the Heavenly Dao Dojo’s restriction, restoring her cultivation and raising it to the Golden Immortal peak.
• Qin Xi used the Law of Fantasy to improve the Six-Eared Macaque’s bloodline, and she broke through to the early Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.
• Qin Xi named his new disciple Ayane, and she thanked him, glad to have a master and a backing.

Qin Xi helped Ayane calm her heart, allowing her to hear the Sound of the Great Dao and gain insight that could aid her future cultivation. Tai Yi and Di Qun returned with nine Primordial Great Experts to visit Qin Xi, who welcomed them into the valley.

• Ayane eagerly tried to help Qin Xi with chores until he told her to quiet down and sit beside him while he fished.
• Qin Xi taught Ayane to keep her heart like still water, and she briefly heard the Sound of the Great Dao before her limited cultivation ended her insight.
• Ayane sensed eleven powerful visitors entering the valley, where all but two were suppressed to the lowest point.
• Ayane learned that Tai Yi and Di Qun had returned with Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Nuwa, Fuxi, Zhenyuanzi, Red Cloud, Kunpeng, and Styx.
• Qin Xi invited Tai Yi and Di Qun's friends inside, and the nine Primordial Great Experts accepted his welcome with flattered surprise.