Chapter Summaries

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Yuan decides to keep his identity secret until he reaches the Heavenly Immortal stage.
• He begins the process of planting the Profound Yellow Grain, facing the hardship of tilling the land due to the Primordial World's terrain.
• He regrets not knowing the art of artifact refining to create farming tools, which would have eased the burden on his clansmen.
• He plans to attract the attention of the Ten Thousand Races to the Profound Yellow Grain, creating scarcity to generate interest and value.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yuan shows concern for his clansmen's well-being and is willing to delay his cultivation to help them.
• He demonstrates strategic thinking in his plan to promote the Profound Yellow Grain.
• Ancestor Sui shows trust in Jiang Yuan's decisions and grants him full authority over the planting process.

Significant Themes

• The difficulty of cultivation and the importance of patience and timing.
• The value of knowledge and skills (in this case, artifact refining) in overcoming challenges.
• The power of scarcity in creating interest and value.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Yuan and Ancestor Sui discuss Jiang Yuan's plans and decisions, showing a level of trust and mutual respect.
• Jiang Yuan interacts with his clansmen, showing concern for their well-being and willingness to help them.
• The Human Race interacts with the Ten Thousand Races, creating intrigue and curiosity about the Profound Yellow Grain.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Yuan discovers seven methods to breakthrough and achieve the Heavenly Immortal realm, including the previously forbidden Primordial Savage Dragon Dharma Form.
• He decides to condense the Empress Wa Dharma Form first, then the others successively.
• Jiang Yuan consumes the Three Lights Divine Water and begins his cultivation, proceeding smoothly.
• He successfully condenses the Emperor Xi Dharma Form and merges with it, becoming a Creation Heavenly Immortal.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yuan's cultivation and understanding of his abilities grow significantly.
• Jiang Yuan's determination and decisiveness are shown as he chooses the best path for his breakthrough.

Significant Themes

• The power of choice and preparation.
• The interconnectedness of different aspects of cultivation and their benefits.
• The importance of time and opportunity in cultivation.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Yuan interacts with his own Dharma Forms, particularly the Emperor Xi Dharma Form, as he merges with it.
• Though not physically present, Lady Nuwa's influence is felt through the Myriad Star Pot and the knowledge of the Human Race's origins.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Yuan realizes he can't fully control the power of an Innate Divine Being with the Creation Heavenly Immortal Dao Fruit.
• He decides to seek the more powerful Creation Taiyi Dao Fruit to truly transform into an Innate Divine Being and surpass one.
• He compares his body to an Innate Divine Being's, finding his own weak and inferior in size, toughness, and connection to mana.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yuan's ambition grows as he fantasizes about existences stronger than Innate Divine Beings.
• He understands the correct, gradual progression of the Creation Scripture, but chooses to skip steps due to his unique method.

Significant Themes

• Ambition and its consequences (Jiang Yuan's desire to skip cultivation steps).
• The hierarchy of life and cultivation (Acquired Living Beings to Innate Divine Beings, Void Refinement to Quasi-Saint realms).
• The power and uniqueness of Innate Divine Beings.

Character Interactions

• No significant interactions in this chapter; it's mostly Jiang Yuan's introspection and decision-making.

Detailed but Concise

Jiang Yuan, having temporarily gained the power of an Innate Divine Being, realizes he needs the Creation Taiyi Dao Fruit to fully master this power and transform. He compares his body to an Innate Divine Being's, finding it weak and inferior. He learns the correct progression of the Creation Scripture but decides to skip steps, aiming directly for the fifth step to become a Chaos Demon God. This method offers immense benefits but comes with immense difficulty, with almost no one else able to achieve it.

Chapter Summary: “Unexpected”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Yuan’s cultivation method is revealed to be extraordinarily ambitious. By skipping the first four stages of the Creation Scripture and beginning directly with the final stage—condensing Innate Divine Being incarnations—he is pursuing a path that theoretically should be impossible.
• Even the Three Pure Ones, despite possessing immense talent and ten percent of Creation Merit each, would only dare cultivate this technique because their merit compensates for their shortcomings. No one else in the Primordial World is believed capable of succeeding.
• Jiang Yuan’s method is especially remarkable because it may allow him not only to reach the Hunyuan Realm but also to transform his life level into that of a Chaos Demon God. This transformation is considered even more difficult than becoming a Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal.
• Lady Nuwa did not stop Jiang Yuan because she foresaw that the enormous amount of Merit he would eventually accumulate might allow him to complete the technique even if his talent were insufficient. If he failed, he would survive and could simply abandon the method and cultivate the Creation Scripture normally.
• Jiang Yuan remains confident in his decision. With the Creation Jade Disk and an endless supply of Merit, he believes he should pursue the strongest possible path rather than follow an ordinary cultivation route.
• His unusual cultivation has already produced extraordinary results. Although only a Heavenly Immortal, Jiang Yuan can transform into any Innate True Spirit, copy its abilities, and potentially impersonate it so perfectly that others would not notice.
• After stabilizing his Heavenly Immortal cultivation, Jiang Yuan resumes his seclusion, intending to condense all seven Innate Divine Being Dharma Images.
• He successfully condenses the Ancestral Dragon Dharma Image by fusing the Nine Sons of the Ancestral Dragon using their Essence Blood, the Creation Jade Disk, and Three Lights Divine Water.
• The Ancestral Dragon’s roar spreads across the East Sea, causing weaker dragon descendants to prostrate themselves in worship. The Dragon Emperor investigates, suspecting that a treasure related to the Ancestral Dragon has appeared, but finds nothing because Jiang Yuan’s cultivation is concealed within the Sacred Temple.
• Jiang Yuan then begins condensing the Savage Dragon Dharma Form, representing the Ancestral Dragon of the Fierce Beasts rather than the Primordial World’s Ancestral Dragon. An unexpected accident occurs at the moment of success, ending the chapter on a cliffhanger.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yuan: Demonstrates confidence, ambition, and a willingness to take extreme risks. He recognizes the difficulty of his path but believes his unique advantages justify it. His growing power confirms that his unconventional choices are effective.
• Lady Nuwa: Is shown to be both perceptive and pragmatic. Rather than suppressing Jiang Yuan’s rebellious choice, she supports it because she has foreseen his chance of success and knows failure would carry little danger.
• The Dragon Emperor: Becomes alert when the Ancestral Dragon’s roar echoes through the East Sea. His inability to discover the cause emphasizes Jiang Yuan’s secrecy and the effectiveness of the Sacred Temple’s concealment.
• Dragon descendants: Their instinctive reaction to the Ancestral Dragon’s roar reveals the overwhelming authority and bloodline pressure carried by Jiang Yuan’s newly condensed Dharma Image.

Significant Themes

• Defying conventional cultivation: Jiang Yuan rejects the established path and uses his advantages to pursue a far more powerful but dangerous route.
• Talent versus accumulated Merit: The chapter explores how extraordinary talent, Merit, and external treasures can compensate for natural limitations.
• Risk and opportunity: Lady Nuwa’s reasoning suggests that taking a nearly impossible gamble is worthwhile when the consequences of failure are limited.
• Transformation and higher existence: The possibility of becoming a Chaos Demon God represents not merely greater strength but an evolution to a superior life form.
• Hidden power: Jiang Yuan’s breakthrough affects the East Sea, yet powerful figures remain unaware of its source, highlighting the gap between his public status and his true abilities.

Important Character Interactions

• Lady Nuwa’s support of Jiang Yuan’s cultivation reflects her confidence in his potential and her strategic willingness to let him learn through either success or failure.
• Jiang Yuan’s emergence as the Ancestral Dragon causes a spiritual reaction throughout the Dragon Race, even though he has no direct interaction with them.
• The Dragon Emperor searches for the source of the Ancestral Dragon’s roar but is unable to detect Jiang Yuan, creating dramatic irony: the Dragon Race senses its ancestor’s power without realizing Jiang Yuan is responsible.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Yuan summons the Primordial Savage Dragon manifestation, which attempts to possess him.
• The dragon's remnant spirit is weak but carries ancient Chaos Dao rhymes.
• Jiang Yuan remains calm and confident, using the opportunity to study the dragon's Chaos Dao rhymes.
• The dragon is shocked by Jiang Yuan's Saintly aura and admits the Primordial World's rapid progress.
• The dragon attempts to provoke Jiang Yuan psychologically to lower his defenses for possession.
• Jiang Yuan provokes the dragon in return, aiming to incite its ferocity and prevent its escape.
• Jiang Yuan summons the Emperor Xi and Ancestral Dragon manifestations to suppress the dragon.
• He then uses the Myriad Star Pot to attack the dragon's remnant soul.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yuan shows remarkable composure and confidence in the face of a powerful Fierce Beast.
• He demonstrates strategic thinking by using the dragon's possession attempt to study its Chaos Dao rhymes.
• The Primordial Savage Dragon reveals its desperation to resurrect and catch up to its former enemies.

Significant Themes

• The rapid progress of the Primordial World's cultivation civilization.
• The superiority of the new methods over the old.
• The psychological warfare between Jiang Yuan and the Primordial Savage Dragon.
• The importance of mental defenses and emotional control in cultivation.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Yuan and the Primordial Savage Dragon engage in a mental battle, each trying to provoke the other.
• Jiang Yuan's manifestations, Emperor Xi and Ancestral Dragon, assist him in suppressing the dragon.
• The Myriad Star Pot, a top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasure, aids Jiang Yuan in attacking the dragon's remnant soul.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Yuan summons the Myriad Star Pot to fight the Primordial Savage Dragon.
• The Dragon tries to flee but is stopped by Jiang Yuan's Dharma Images.
• The Dragon spits out Chaos Sha Qi to corrupt Jiang Yuan's Ancestral Dragon Dharma Image.
• The Myriad Star Pot absorbs the Dragon's remnant soul and Chaos Sha Qi.
• The Jade Plate of Creation absorbs a trace of the Dragon's Power of the Chaos Demon God, enhancing itself.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yuan demonstrates his strategic thinking and resourcefulness in battle.
• The Primordial Savage Dragon shows cunning and desperation in his attempt to escape.
• The Jade Plate of Creation shows signs of recovery after absorbing the Chaos Demon God's power.

Significant Themes

• The power of magical treasures like the Myriad Star Pot.
• The danger of Chaos Demon God's power and the risk of having one's body seized.
• The origin and recovery of the Jade Plate of Creation.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Yuan's Dharma Images (Emperor Xi and Ancestral Dragon) assist him in the fight against the Primordial Savage Dragon.
• The Jade Plate of Creation interacts with Jiang Yuan's sea of consciousness, absorbing the Chaos Demon God's power.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Jade Plate of Creation offers two benefits: the Chaos Demon God Mark and the Qi of the Great Dao.
• Jiang Yuan absorbs a faint Chaos Demon God Mark from the Savage Dragon's lingering thoughts, but it's insufficient to become a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin.
• The Qi of the Great Dao is a life-saving power that can make one immortal and indestructible, but it requires a complete Chaos Demon God Mark to derive.
• Jiang Yuan plans to restore the Jade Plate of Creation by condensing a complete Chaos Demon God Mark, either by killing enough fierce beasts or reviving and devouring their ancestors' lingering thoughts.
• Jiang Yuan spends five thousand years (fifty years in the outside world) condensing all Seven Great Dharma Forms and reaching the Third Heaven of Heavenly Immortal cultivation.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yuan becomes more determined to restore the Jade Plate of Creation due to its immense benefits.
• Jiang Yuan realizes that cultivation can be achieved through various means, not just bitter meditation.

Significant Themes

• The pursuit of power and immortality.
• The importance of adaptability and versatility in cultivation.
• The consequences of one's actions and the risks involved in pursuing great power.

Character Interactions

• No significant interactions are mentioned in this chapter, as Jiang Yuan is primarily focused on his own cultivation and planning.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Yuan, now at the Third Heaven of Heavenly Immortal, plans to visit Mu Jiao at the Dragon Palace but decides against it, prioritizing his task to bestow the Blood Rebirth ability upon his clansmen.
• He traces his bloodline back to the source, seeking approval from Lady Nuwa to brand the Blood Rebirth technique into the Human Race's bloodline.
• Jiang Yuan successfully bestows the Blood Rebirth ability, transforming it into an innate divine power for all Human Race members.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yuan's cultivation has reached the Third Heaven of Heavenly Immortal, but his combat power far exceeds his realm due to his excessive parameters.
• Lady Nuwa, the source of the Human Race's bloodline, appears as a shadow, granting Jiang Yuan's request to bestow the Blood Rebirth ability.

Significant Themes

• The power of bloodlines and their influence on a race's development and abilities.
• The costs and benefits of bestowing innate divine powers upon a race, with higher costs in later stages of a race's existence.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Yuan interacts with his ancestors at the Heavenly Immortal Realm while tracing his bloodline.
• He communicates with Lady Nuwa, seeking her approval to bestow the Blood Rebirth ability upon the Human Race.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Human Race collectively experiences a surge of power, manifesting Innate Runes, and gains a new technique to open acupoints.
• Jiang Yuan, now a Saint's disciple, decides to deal with Mu Jiao before revealing his status.
• Jiang Yuan and Mu Jiao leave the Human Race together, with Mu Jiao planning to attack Jiang Yuan after reaching the Mu Dragon Palace.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yuan: Realizes the condition for awakening the Human Race's innate divine abilities, becomes a Saint's disciple, and plans to handle Mu Jiao.
• Mu Jiao: Greedily awaits Jiang Yuan's Heavenly Immortal realm cultivation to refine the Exotic Fruit, planning to attack Jiang Yuan after leaving the Human Race.

Significant Themes

• The power of the Human Race's bloodline and the conditions for awakening innate divine abilities.
• The complex dynamics of friendship and betrayal between Jiang Yuan and Mu Jiao.
• The impact of public opinion and reputation on one's actions.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Yuan and Mu Jiao: Despite their hidden agendas, they maintain a friendly facade, with Mu Jiao genuinely happy to see Jiang Yuan's progress and Jiang Yuan trying to manipulate Mu Jiao.
• Jiang Yuan and the Human Race: Jiang Yuan's actions reflect his desire to protect and empower the Human Race, as seen in his setting the condition for awakening divine abilities.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Mu Jiao's secret of eating humans is discovered by Jiang Yuan.
• Mu Jiao admits to eating humans and boasts about the cultivation benefits it brings.
• Jiang Yuan reveals he intends to kill Mu Jiao and uses the Ancestral Dragon Dharma Image to suppress him.
• Mu Jiao is captured by Jiang Yuan, and his father, Mu Longbo, arrives to find him in danger.
• Jiang Yuan reveals his identity as Di Yuan, a disciple of Lady Nuwa, to Mu Longbo.

Character Developments

• Mu Jiao: Initially confident and proud, he becomes terrified and desperate when faced with Jiang Yuan's power.
• Jiang Yuan: Demonstrates his immense power and reveals his true identity, showing no mercy towards Mu Jiao.
• Mu Longbo: Arrives to save his son but senses danger from Jiang Yuan and realizes the severity of the situation.

Significant Themes

• The power dynamics between different races and their members.
• The consequences of one's actions and the retribution that follows.
• The reveal of Jiang Yuan's true identity and his connection to Lady Nuwa.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Yuan and Mu Jiao: Jiang Yuan's interrogation and subsequent capture of Mu Jiao highlight the power imbalance between them.
• Mu Jiao and Mu Longbo: Mu Jiao's plea for help to his father shows his desperation, while Mu Longbo's caution upon arrival indicates his awareness of the danger Jiang Yuan poses.
• Jiang Yuan and Mu Longbo: Their interaction reveals Jiang Yuan's identity and the gravity of the situation for Mu Longbo.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Yuan encounters Mu Jiao, who tries to kill him. Mu Longbo, Mu Jiao's father, arrives and disowns Mu Jiao to avoid offending Jiang Yuan, a Sage's disciple.
• Mu Longbo swears to prevent human-eating incidents in his jurisdiction to compensate Jiang Yuan.
• Jiang Yuan kills Mu Jiao and returns to the Human Race, deciding to leave for the Heavenly Court to cultivate.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yuan: Realizes his self-assessment was distorted and decides to leave the Human Race to cultivate in the Heavenly Court.
• Mu Longbo: Disowns Mu Jiao to protect his family, showing prioritization of self-interest.
• Mu Jiao: Dies at Jiang Yuan's hands, proving his lack of strength compared to Jiang Yuan.

Significant Themes

• Power dynamics: The stronger one is, the more respect they command. Mu Longbo disowns Mu Jiao to avoid offending Jiang Yuan.
• Fortune: The Heavenly Court is portrayed as a place where fortune converges, crucial for cultivation.
• Self-assessment: Jiang Yuan realizes his self-assessment was inaccurate, leading him to seek better cultivation grounds.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Yuan and Mu Longbo: Mu Longbo disowns Mu Jiao to avoid offending Jiang Yuan, showing deference to his power.
• Jiang Yuan and Mu Jiao: Jiang Yuan kills Mu Jiao, demonstrating his superior strength.
• Jiang Yuan and the Xuanshan Clan: The Xuanshan Clan follows Jiang Yuan secretly and benefits from Mu Jiao's corpse, showing their dependence on him.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Yuan contemplates leaving for the Heavenly Court to continue his cultivation, as the Human Race's resources and destiny can no longer support his growth.
• He returns to find the Grain Fields expanded significantly, with the Profound Yellow Grain's effects causing a stir among the Ten Thousand Races.
• The Ten Thousand Races covet the Profound Yellow Grain seeds, but the Human Race refuses to sell them without permission, leading to theft attempts.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yuan: Acknowledges the need to leave the Human Race for personal growth and to prevent draining their destiny. He decides to address the theft of the Profound Yellow Grain to maintain the Human Race's integrity and authority.

Significant Themes

• Personal growth vs. collective well-being: Jiang Yuan's decision to leave the Human Race for his own advancement, while also considering the consequences for others.
• Greed and its consequences: The Ten Thousand Races' desire for the Profound Yellow Grain seeds leads to theft attempts, highlighting the dangers of unchecked greed.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Yuan and the Ten Thousand Races: The races covet the Profound Yellow Grain seeds, leading to theft attempts, while Jiang Yuan aims to maintain the Human Race's rules and authority.
• Jiang Yuan and the Human Race: Jiang Yuan considers the Human Race's limitations in supporting his growth and decides to leave to prevent draining their destiny.

Chapter Summary: Creating a Method of Artifact Refinement

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Yuan considers how to stop foreign races from stealing Profound Yellow Grain seeds. He develops two solutions:
  1. Use a secret technique to make the seeds unable to grow once they leave Human Race territory.
  2. Punish thieves by imposing fines ten times the value of what they stole.
• Although both plans are effective in theory, enforcing the second proves difficult because the Primordial World contains countless theft-related divine abilities. Even constant patrols—or Jiang Yuan’s personal supervision—could not reliably catch offenders.
• Jiang Yuan realizes that the Haotian Mirror and Kunlun Mirror function like surveillance systems, but neither treasure is available to him. He therefore decides to create his own monitoring treasure.
• He concludes that monitoring spiritual-power fluctuations, rather than appearances or movements, would allow him to detect the use of divine abilities, even those involving concealment or deception.
• Jiang Yuan informs his students that the upcoming harvest requires increased vigilance, but tells them not to risk themselves if thieves cannot be stopped. He also reveals that he has already placed a divine restriction on every Profound Yellow Grain seed: any seed not willingly given by the Human Race will be unable to sprout.
• Returning to the Sacred Temple, Jiang Yuan enters seclusion to research postnatal artifact refinement. His goal is to create surveillance devices as well as useful farming tools and other practical treasures.
• He first studies Array Dao, recognizing that arrays are the foundation of artifact refinement. After roughly a century of outside time—equivalent to ten thousand years with the History Book’s assistance—he successfully creates two methods:

Detailed Explanation of Array Dao Fundamentals

Detailed Explanation of Artifact Dao Fundamentals

• These “fundamentals” are actually powerful Daluo-level methods. The Array Dao text can produce innate arrays capable of trapping Daluo Golden Immortals, while the Artifact Dao text can refine top-grade postnatal spiritual treasures with comparable power.
• The chapter concludes by explaining the six ranks of arrays, ranging from low-grade arrays to supreme arrays, corresponding respectively to realms from below Heavenly Immortal up to Sage.

Character Development

• Jiang Yuan demonstrates practical leadership and strategic thinking. Rather than relying on punishment alone, he combines prevention, deterrence, and technological innovation.
• His frustration over the lack of surveillance leads to a major intellectual breakthrough: he identifies spiritual-power fluctuations as the key to detecting hidden divine abilities.
• Jiang Yuan increasingly views artifact refinement as a path suited to the Human Race’s natural creativity. His focus shifts from merely solving an immediate problem to establishing a long-term technological foundation for Human Race development.
• His mastery of Array Dao and Artifact Dao significantly expands his abilities, positioning him as a creator of powerful systems and treasures rather than only a cultivator or administrator.

Significant Themes

• Innovation through necessity: A problem with stolen grain drives Jiang Yuan to invent new forms of magical technology.
• Human creativity and self-reliance: Instead of coveting existing treasures, Jiang Yuan chooses to create imitations and develop the Human Race’s own capabilities.
• Prevention versus punishment: The chapter contrasts stopping a problem at its source with using severe penalties to maintain authority and deter wrongdoing.
• Technology as power: Artifact refinement is described as the Human Race’s equivalent of high technology, allowing ideas to be transformed into practical and powerful objects.
• Foundations and specialization: Powerful treasures depend on strong arrays and suitable materials, emphasizing that advanced creation requires both theoretical knowledge and proper foundations.
• Authority and order: The seed restriction and proposed fines are intended not only to protect resources but also to reinforce the Human Race’s status among foreign races.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Yuan gives instructions to his students before returning to seclusion, ordering them to patrol the grain fields but not to endanger themselves against thieves.
• He communicates the purpose and limitations of the seed restriction, reassuring them that stolen seeds will ultimately be useless.
• His comparisons with the Dao Ancestor’s Haotian Mirror and the Queen Mother of the West’s Kunlun Mirror establish the gap between his current resources and those of more powerful figures, motivating him to develop his own solution.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Yuan refines the Di Yuan Sword into a top-tier mid-grade Post-Heaven Spirit Treasure using the Creation Jade Disk.
• He plans to refine the Heavenly Emperor Mirror, a surveillance-type Dharma treasure, to complement his existing treasures: the Earth Emperor's Book and the Human Emperor's Brush.
• Jiang Yuan first refines a tractor, an agricultural Dharma treasure, to aid in land reclamation and farming, and teaches his students how to refine more.
• He begins refining the Heavenly Emperor Mirror, aiming to create a top-tier high-grade Post-Heaven Spirit Treasure, but finds his merit insufficient to transform it into a Merit Spirit Treasure.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yuan demonstrates his skill and willingness to help the Human Race develop by refining practical Dharma treasures like the tractor.
• He shows his strategic thinking by planning to refine the Heavenly Emperor Mirror as a surveillance tool to complement his existing treasures.
• Jiang Yuan expresses regret for spending too much merit in the past, leading to insufficient merit for his current needs.

Significant Themes

• The importance of practical and useful Dharma treasures for the development of the Human Race.
• The significance of merit in refining powerful Dharma treasures and the consequences of spending it lavishly.
• The strategic planning and foresight of Jiang Yuan in refining treasures to complement each other.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Yuan interacts with his students, teaching them how to refine the tractor and likely other Dharma treasures.
• Jiang Yuan's actions and decisions reflect his role as a teacher and guide to the Human Race, influencing their development and progress.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Yuan begins refining the Heavenly Emperor Mirror using Pre-Heaven Yellow Copper, Heavenly Crystal, and Sun-Moon Divine Stone.
• He refines it from a low-grade Acquired Spirit Treasure to a high-grade one, engraving arrays at different levels (low, mid, high) with the aid of the Creation Jade Disk for the most complex ones.
• After over a hundred years, the Heavenly Emperor Mirror is forged, capable of surveilling the Human Race's territory and possessing abilities from both the Haotian and Kunlun Mirrors, though weakened.
• Jiang Yuan considers the mirror's potential to become a Pre-Heaven Supreme Treasure by devouring the Haotian and Kunlun Mirrors in the future.
• He infuses the mirror with merit, but it's not enough to transform it into a Merit Spirit Treasure.

Character Development

• Jiang Yuan demonstrates his patience and dedication in refining the mirror, understanding the process of strengthening Acquired objects from weak to strong.
• He shows ambition and boldness in envisioning the Heavenly Emperor Mirror's future potential, despite the risks involved.

Significant Themes

• The difference between Pre-Heaven and Acquired objects, with the latter needing to be strengthened over time.
• The power of merit and its importance in transforming Dharma treasures.
• The concept of karmic luck and its backlash when coveting powerful objects or figures.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Yuan interacts with the Heavenly Emperor Mirror throughout the chapter, refining, infusing merit, and envisioning its future.
• He also interacts with the Creation Jade Disk, using its power to aid in refining the mirror's arrays.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Yuan reflects on the meaning and functions of mirrors, leading him to understand the purpose of the Heavenly Emperor Mirror.
• He realizes that the mirror's primary function should be to discern good from evil and loyalty from treachery, upholding justice throughout the Primordial World.
• Jiang Yuan decides to forge the Heavenly Emperor Mirror as the "eye" of the Heavenly Dao, an instrument of punishment that manifests the principle of its perfect impartiality.
• He understands that controlling the power of punishment, which involves calamities like killing tribulations and heavenly tribulations, will allow him to set rules for the Primordial World, equivalent to grasping legislative power.
• Jiang Yuan sees a path to becoming the Heavenly Emperor by grasping the power of punishment and setting rules, challenging the current Heavenly Emperor Di Jun's incomplete authority.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yuan gains a deeper understanding of the Heavenly Emperor Mirror's purpose and its connection to the Heavenly Dao, leading him to aspire to become the Heavenly Emperor.
• Di Jun, the current Heavenly Emperor, is portrayed as having a flawed authority due to his incomplete control over the Primordial World, setting the stage for potential challenges to his position.

Significant Themes

• Justice: The importance of discerning good from evil and loyalty from treachery to uphold justice in the Primordial World.
• Power and Authority: The struggle for power and authority, with legislative power being the most important aspect of the Heavenly Emperor's authority.
• Destiny and Fate: The role of destiny and fate in determining one's position and the backlash against actions that go against collective destiny.

Character Interactions

• The chapter focuses on Jiang Yuan's internal thoughts and reflections, with no direct interactions with other characters. However, it sets the stage for potential interactions with Di Jun, the Heavenly Emperor, and Di Jiang, the leader of the Wu Clan.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Yuan plans to become the Heavenly Emperor, knowing he can't rely on fate like Di Jun or the Haotian Daoist.
• He aims to forge the Heavenly Emperor Mirror into a treasure of punishment to seize power in the Primordial World.
• Jiang Yuan drafts the Three-Chapter Code, a simple yet significant law for the Primordial World, and inscribes it on the mirror.
• He plans to trial the law within the Human Race before promoting it among the Ten Thousand Races.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yuan: Shows ambition, strategic thinking, and determination in his quest to become the Heavenly Emperor. He understands the importance of earning power and authority through his own efforts rather than relying on fate or charity.

Significant Themes

• Ambition and Power: Jiang Yuan's desire to become the Heavenly Emperor and his understanding of the importance of power in the Primordial World.
• Self-Effort vs. Fate: The contrast between Jiang Yuan's path and that of Di Jun or the Haotian Daoist, who rely on fate for their ascension.
• Law and Order: The introduction of the Three-Chapter Code and its potential impact on the Primordial World's order.

Character Interactions

• No significant interactions with other characters in this chapter. Jiang Yuan's thoughts and plans are the primary focus.

Chapter Summary: Manifestation of Racial Destiny, the Powers of the Daluo Realm

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Yuan implements the Three-Chapter Code throughout the Human Race. Because of his authority, the laws spread rapidly within a few months.
• Additional regulations are created to address corruption, fraud, and dishonesty, especially in tax collection, trade, and the harvesting of Profound Yellow Grain.
• Jiang Yuan establishes a system of local government offices by selecting stern, impartial individuals to carry incarnations of the Heavenly Emperor Mirror, Earth Emperor’s Book, and Human Emperor’s Brush.
  • The Mirror bearers investigate and judge cases.
  • The Book bearers maintain records.
  • The Brush bearers apprehend criminals.
• This system spreads legal knowledge, suppresses corruption, strengthens Jiang Yuan’s control, and gives him insight into conditions across Human settlements.
• As order and cohesion improve, the Human Race’s Destiny increases dramatically and manifests as a tangible Fire of Civilization.
• Outside observers initially assume that the Human Race must have produced a Daluo Golden Immortal, since only a lesser race’s Destiny was believed capable of manifesting.
• It is eventually determined that the Human Race’s Destiny manifested because its cohesion rose sharply through the establishment of fair and effective laws—not because anyone had broken through to the Daluo realm.
• The manifested Destiny can be absorbed by one of the Human Race’s three ancestors, granting them combat power comparable to or greater than that of an ordinary Daluo Golden Immortal.
• Other powerful races realize that the development of civilization and legal systems can strengthen racial Destiny. They begin creating laws suited to their own circumstances, using the Human Race as a model.

Character Development

• Jiang Yuan develops from a powerful leader into an organized nation-builder. He recognizes that stable laws and competent administration are essential to preserving the Human Race’s prosperity.
• His decision to combat even minor corruption shows his long-term vision: he understands that small abuses can grow into systemic decay.
• Jiang Yuan also strengthens his political authority by using officials linked to his three imperial treasures as his administrative network and intelligence system.
• The Human Race matures collectively, becoming more disciplined, united, and institutionally organized rather than relying solely on individual powerful cultivators.
• The three Human Ancestors, particularly Suiren, gain access to unprecedented power through the manifested racial Destiny, though Suiren is still far from independently reaching the Daluo realm.

Significant Themes

• Civilization as a source of power: A race can strengthen itself not only through cultivation or the birth of supreme experts, but also through laws, social order, and institutional development.
• Justice and stability: Fair laws increase trust and cohesion, allowing society to prosper and preventing internal corruption.
• Collective strength versus individual strength: The Human Race gains Daluo-level power through accumulated racial Destiny despite lacking an actual Daluo Golden Immortal.
• The importance of Destiny: Once manifested, Destiny changes from an invisible influence into a tangible force capable of empowering individuals directly.
• Imitation and competition: Other races recognize the effectiveness of the Human Race’s reforms and attempt to adapt the same principles to their own societies.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Yuan works with selected impartial members of the Human Race, assigning them specialized roles in law enforcement and administration.
• These officials cooperate with local assistants to establish functioning government offices throughout Human territory.
• The chapter also depicts indirect interactions between the Human Race and outside powers: observing experts investigate the sudden manifestation of Human Destiny, debate its cause, and react with envy and admiration.
• After identifying Jiang Yuan’s legal reforms as the cause, leaders of other races adapt his methods rather than copying them blindly, creating laws appropriate to their own societies.

Chapter Summary: A Great Amount of Merit, the Heavenly Emperor Mirror Advances Again

Key Plot Points and Events

• During his cultivation, Jiang Yuan discovers that the Heavenly Emperor Mirror is absorbing an enormous amount of Merit from the Heavenly Dao.
• The mirror advances from a high-grade Acquired Merit Spirit Treasure to a supreme-grade Acquired Merit Spirit Treasure, while Jiang Yuan himself receives an equivalent share of Merit.
• Jiang Yuan learns that the Merit originated from the Ten Thousand Races imitating the Human Race’s legal system. After seeing the Human Race’s Destiny rise due to its laws, many races established laws of their own.
• Although these laws were poorly enforced, their creation still advanced the legal order of the Primordial World. The Heavenly Dao therefore rewarded Jiang Yuan for initiating this development.
• The Merit was sufficient to elevate Jiang Yuan directly to the level of a Merit Daluo Golden Immortal, but he refuses, believing that this path would limit his future potential. He instead intends to pursue the more powerful Creation Daluo path.
• Jiang Yuan criticizes the powerful figures of the Ten Thousand Races for being unable to enforce their own laws. He concludes that only overwhelming personal strength will allow him to impose a truly effective legal and judicial system across the Primordial World.
• Before traveling to the Heavenly Court to seek the Method of the Celestial Cycle, Jiang Yuan decides to expand the use of Profound Yellow Grain, which he intends to function as a form of currency.
• Previous anti-theft measures have made stealing Profound Yellow Grain impractical: the Heavenly Emperor Mirror exposed even Taiyi Golden Immortal thieves, and the grain lost its ability to regrow once taken outside the Human Race.
• Jiang Yuan therefore summons representatives from races allied with the Human Race to discuss large-scale promotion of Profound Yellow Grain. Because he invokes his status as a Sage’s disciple, the invited races send Daluo Golden Immortals to represent them.

Character Development

• Jiang Yuan gains a major increase in power and receives confirmation that his reforms have influenced the entire Primordial World.
• Despite being offered enough Merit to become a Daluo Golden Immortal immediately, he remains ambitious and disciplined, rejecting an easier advancement path in favor of his long-term goal of becoming a Creation Daluo.
• His political vision expands: he no longer focuses only on reforming the Human Race but seeks to establish laws, judicial authority, and economic systems across all races, including the Wu and Yao races.
• Jiang Yuan also becomes more realistic about the difficulty of reform. He recognizes that creating laws is simple compared with enforcing them, especially among ancient races dominated by powerful vested interests.

Significant Themes

• Merit and consequence: Jiang Yuan’s reforms produce benefits far beyond the Human Race, demonstrating how actions that improve order can earn Heavenly Dao recognition.
• Law versus enforcement: The chapter emphasizes that laws have little value without the strength and authority to enforce them.
• Ambition and long-term cultivation: Jiang Yuan rejects immediate power because it would restrict his ultimate potential.
• Political power and social order: The chapter presents overwhelming force as necessary to overcome entrenched interests and establish a unified legal system.
• Economic expansion: Profound Yellow Grain is positioned as a tool for integrating the races and strengthening the Human Race’s influence.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Yuan receives a revelation from the Heavenly Dao, which explains the source of his sudden Merit.
• He indirectly evaluates the leaders of the Ten Thousand Races, judging them incapable of consolidating their own clans or enforcing meaningful laws.
• He invokes the authority of his Sage master when summoning allied races, ensuring that they treat the meeting seriously and send high-ranking representatives.
• The invited races respond cautiously and respectfully, dispatching Daluo Golden Immortals to negotiate with Jiang Yuan over the future distribution and use of Profound Yellow Grain.

Chapter Summary: Transmission System Concept

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Human Race hosts a gathering known as the “Ten Thousand Races,” though only slightly more than a hundred small races attend. The Dragon Race is the only exceptionally powerful race present, having come because of its close marriage alliance with the Human Race.
• Jiang Yuan reflects on the Human Race’s limited influence. Despite its successful development and trade network, its reputation extends only around the East Sea, and no major races have established relations with it.
• He realizes that distance and the danger of traveling through the Primordial World—not merely lack of fame—are the main barriers preventing distant races from trading with the Human Race.
• Jiang Yuan conceives the idea of constructing Teleportation Arrays. A network of short-range arrays could connect different regions safely, greatly reducing travel time, danger, and transportation costs.
• He compares the arrays to docks and the connecting Void Passages to shipping lanes, recognizing that they could stimulate trade and generate enormous profits. He plans to begin near the Human Race and expand outward gradually.
• Jiang Yuan is interrupted after becoming absorbed in his thoughts. He apologizes to the gathered Daluo Golden Immortals and explains that he has thought of something beneficial to everyone.
• However, he postpones discussing the Teleportation Array plan and turns to the gathering’s immediate purpose: discussing how to cultivate and spread Profound Yellow Grain throughout the Primordial World.
• He reminds the visiting races that their clansmen have already stolen enough Profound Yellow Grain to understand its value.

Character Developments

• Jiang Yuan demonstrates strategic vision and economic insight. He recognizes that infrastructure, rather than mere publicity, is the key to expanding the Human Race’s influence and trade.
• His thinking reflects practical knowledge from another world, especially the principle that prosperity requires improving transportation first.
• He also shows political awareness by keeping the Teleportation Array concept separate from the current meeting’s official purpose, focusing first on the more immediate issue of Profound Yellow Grain.
• His momentary distraction reveals both his intense concentration and his confidence: although the guests are powerful Daluo Golden Immortals, his status as Lady Nuwa’s disciple protects him from serious offense.
• The visiting races are portrayed as interested and eager to learn, particularly because they believe Jiang Yuan’s idea may bring them shared benefits.

Significant Themes

• Infrastructure as the foundation of prosperity: Efficient transportation can transform regional trade and expand political influence.
• Distance and danger as economic barriers: Even profitable exchanges are impossible when travel costs and risks exceed potential gains.
• Gradual development: Jiang Yuan understands that the Human Race cannot immediately connect the entire Primordial World and must expand step by step.
• Innovation adapted to local conditions: Short-range Teleportation Arrays are favored because they are more resistant to Void Storms than long-range systems.
• Profit as a universal motivator: Once transportation becomes safer and cheaper, races will participate willingly because trade benefits them economically.
• The Human Race’s growing influence: Though still weak compared with major races, it is beginning to develop systems that could eventually make it a central commercial power.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Yuan and the Dragon Race: Their presence reflects the longstanding marriage alliance and mutual support between the Human and Dragon Races.
• Jiang Yuan and the gathered races: He acts as host and potential economic leader, while the races listen with interest to his ideas and expect practical benefits.
• An impatient Daluo Golden Immortal and Jiang Yuan: The immortal interrupts Jiang Yuan’s reverie and politely asks why the gathering was called, prompting Jiang Yuan to return his attention to the meeting.
• Jiang Yuan and the visiting races regarding Profound Yellow Grain: He directly confronts them over their clansmen’s theft of the grain and prepares to discuss its cultivation and wider distribution.