Arc 10Divine Dao Expansion

Pan Xuan and his allies expanded the Divine Dao System through teaching, recruitment, and the removal of Hong Jun’s restrictions from Primordial Violet Qi. The arc ended with Pan Xuan offering Transaction Law and the Wealth Dao to the Heavenly Dao and distributing the resulting merit through the Divine Dao Network.

  • Pan Xuan, Houtu, and the Three Pure Ones nourished the Eleven Ancestral Witches’ Primordial Spirits through successive Dao teachings after Randeng took charge of the Netherworld.
  • Pan Xuan awakened the seven gourds’ intelligence, and he and the Three Pure Ones protected them through their tribulation before they took human form.
  • Di Jun invested the Heavenly Court’s gods at the Ten Thousand Demon Assembly, and he and Taiyi advanced to late-stage Primordial Origin Golden Immortal.
  • Pan Xuan secured Jieyin and Zhunti’s agreement to join the Divine Dao System and appointed Fuxi as the Bagua Heavenly Secrets Divine Venerable while the Ancestral Witches purified afflicted lands.
  • The Three Pure Ones recruited disciples through the Heart-Questioning Formation, and they removed Hong Jun’s brand from Wuzhen before Pan Xuan restored his divine hearing.
  • Fuxi warned Nuwa about Hong Jun’s restrictions, and Pan Xuan stripped the Primordial Violet Qi from Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti while the Pangu True Body blocked Hong Jun’s interference.
  • Nuwa joined the Divine Dao System as Creation Venerable after Pan Xuan sent the three strands of Primordial Violet Qi into the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk.
  • Pan Xuan offered Transaction Law and the Wealth Dao from the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin to mend the Heavenly Dao, then distributed its merit throughout the Divine Dao Network and its appointed gods.
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Ch. 226The investitures completed, returning to Buzhou

After the Netherworld was established, Randeng agreed to preside over its operation while Houtu and the others left law projections to guard it. The group returned to Mount Buzhou and planned to help the Eleven Ancestral Witches grow their newly formed embryonic Primordial Spirits by taking turns expounding the Dao.

  • Pan Xuan and Houtu appointed Randeng to oversee the Netherworld, and Randeng began calming departed souls from the Soul-Calming Hall.
  • Pan Xuan, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and the Three Pure Ones left Law Deity projections in the Netherworld before departing for Mount Buzhou.
  • The sixteen returned to Mount Buzhou and gathered in Pangu Hall, where they recognized that the Netherworld had completed the Divine Dao System's cycle of life and death.
  • Houtu explained that the Eleven Ancestral Witches' embryonic Primordial Spirits needed further insight into the Great Dao to grow.
  • Houtu proposed that she, Pan Xuan, Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian take turns expounding the Dao to the Eleven Ancestral Witches.

Ch. 227The Three Pure Ones expounded the Dao

The Three Pure Ones, Houtu, and Pan Xuan took turns teaching the Eleven Ancestral Witches, helping their embryonic Primordial Spirits grow. Beyond Mount Buzhou, the birth of the Earthly Dao and the Witch Clan’s transformation reshaped the Primordial World’s balance of power.

  • Pan Xuan proposed that the group take turns expounding the Dao, and Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian each offered to teach from their own insights.
  • Houtu began the teachings in Pangu Hall, expounding the Earth Law and Netherworld Dao as the Ancestral Witches listened.
  • Laozi, Pan Xuan, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Tongtian led successive rounds, using Yin-Yang, vast righteous qi, the Dao of Chaos, and Sword Dao to nourish the Primordial Spirits.
  • The Eleven Ancestral Witches’ Primordial Spirits grew clearer and stronger, with each developing forms and law marks suited to their nature.
  • Across the Primordial World, Ao Guang, Phoenix Clan elders, beings on Mount Sumeru, and Zhen Yuanzi sensed the implications of reincarnation and the Earthly Dao.
  • The Earthly Dao established authority alongside the Heavenly Dao, while the Divine Dao System spread and the Witch Clan advanced beyond its former limits.

Ch. 228Spirits Stir in the Gourds, Pan Xuan's Mischievous Streak

Pan Xuan discovered that the Innate Gourd Vine’s seven gourds had begun developing intelligence, so he nourished and taught them. The Three Pure Ones also sensed the gourds’ emerging affinities with their Great Daos.

  • During his lecture in Pangu Hall, Pan Xuan sensed new fluctuations of intelligence coming from the seven gourds beside the Blood Pool.
  • Pan Xuan used Heavenly Enlightenment Wisdom Light to awaken the gourds’ awareness, then taught them the rudiments of the Great Dao.
  • Pan Xuan joked that the gourds would have to call him Grandpa once they took form, and Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, Zhu Jiuyin, and Xuan Ming teased him.
  • Pan Xuan began nourishing the gourds with wisdom light after his daily lectures, while Taiqing, Yuanshi, and Tongtian discovered their budding intelligence and sensed affinities with their own Great Daos.

Ch. 229Eight-Nine Heavenly Tribulation

The seven gourds on Mount Buzhou matured after ages of teachings from Pan Xuan, the Three Pure Ones, and the Ancestral Witches, then faced the Eight-Nine Heavenly Tribulation to assume form. They survived its first sixty-three bolts but stood badly damaged before the final nine, with the strongest bolt still to come.

  • Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, and the Ancestral Witches taught the seven gourds, deepening their distinct affinities with the laws of yin-yang, chaos, sword intent, earth, wood, water, fire, metal, wind, and thunder.
  • The seven gourds stopped growing as their intelligences withdrew within them, signaling that they were ready to assume form.
  • Pan Xuan recognized the Eight-Nine Heavenly Tribulation gathering over Mount Buzhou as the seven gourds rose from the Gourd Vine to face it.
  • The seven gourds used their respective laws to withstand the first sixty-three bolts of Purple Firmament Divine Thunder, though cracks spread across their bodies and their strength dwindled.
  • The tribulation clouds continued to gather power for the final nine bolts as the battered gourds stood together beneath them.

Ch. 230The Gourd Children Took Human Form

Pan Xuan and the Three Pure Ones protected the seven gourds from the final heavenly lightning, allowing them to take human form. The seven became children of Mount Buzhou and disciples of the Three Pure Ones, and the chapter ended with Pan Xuan watching them join the Ancestral Witches as the Divine Dao System’s foundations stood secure.

  • Pan Xuan and the Three Pure Ones blocked the last bolts of heavenly lightning, and the seven gourds transformed into human forms.
  • The seven newborns knelt before Pan Xuan and called him Grandpa; he named them Chi Yan, Jin Chen, Huang Yue, Bi Luo, Qingxiao, Lan Yuan, and Zixiao.
  • Yuanshi declared that the seven would become disciples of the Three Pure Ones, and the children greeted Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian as their grandpas.
  • Pan Xuan refined the Innate Gourd Vine with the Creation Cauldron, then led the seven into Pangu Hall to meet the eleven Ancestral Witches.
  • Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, and Houtu welcomed Chi Yan, Lan Yuan, and Bi Luo, while Tongtian began teaching Qingxiao the Life-Seizing Sword Dao.
  • Pan Xuan watched the seven among the Ancestral Witches and looked over the Star Divine Dao Seal as the tribulation clouds cleared.

Ch. 231Recruitment Edict, Ten Thousand Demon Assembly

After learning that the Earthly Dao had strengthened the Witch Clan, Di Jun, Taiyi, and Kunpeng planned to consolidate the Heavenly Court by uniting the Demon Clan and establishing its presence across the Primordial World. Kunpeng prepared the recruitment edict and Ten Thousand Demon Assembly plans, while the Heavenly Court assigned divine positions and offered exhausted cultivators a new path to pursue.

  • Di Jun told Kunpeng that Hong Jun had confirmed the Earthly Dao's emergence and advised the Heavenly Court to deepen its roots while the Witch Clan consolidated the Netherworld.
  • Kunpeng urged Di Jun to strengthen the Demon Clan's cohesion and expand the Heavenly Court's influence in territories governed by the Heavenly Dao.
  • Di Jun announced the Ten Thousand Demon Assembly, divine appointments from the Investiture of the Gods List, a martial tournament, and a demonstration of the Zhoutian Star Dou Great Array.
  • Taiyi agreed to command the Ten Great Demon Marshals for the array demonstration, and the three finalized the assembly's arrangements.
  • Di Jun ordered Kunpeng to draft a Recruitment Edict summoning submitted races to the Sun Star, and Kunpeng assigned divine ranks and commands across the Heavenly Court.
  • Di Jun publicized Hong Jun's cultivation method for elders whose paths had stalled, while younger cultivators with remaining potential were kept off the Investiture of the Gods List.

Ch. 232Di Jun and Taiyi Break Through

Di Jun held the Ten Thousand Demon Assembly and used the Investiture of the Gods List to establish the Heavenly Court’s hierarchy, earning Heavenly Dao recognition. The fortune and merit helped Di Jun and Taiyi break through to the late-stage Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm, and Di Jun ordered the Heavenly Court to prepare for a future conflict with the Witch Clan.

  • Demon Clan tribes gathered on the Sun Star as the Heavenly Court completed the Zhoutian Star Dou Great Array for the Ten Thousand Demon Assembly.
  • Di Jun invested Taiyi as Eastern Emperor, Kunpeng as Military Strategist, the Ten Great Demon Marshals, and allied clan chiefs as Heavenly Court gods.
  • The Heavenly Dao recognized the Heavenly Court’s order, and its fortune and merit helped Di Jun break through to the late-stage Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm.
  • Taiyi also reached the late-stage Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm through the fortune of his Eastern Emperor position and the Chaos Bell’s power.
  • Di Jun ordered Taiyi and Kunpeng to cultivate more Quasi-Saints and strengthen the Zhoutian Star Dou Great Array in preparation for war with the Witch Clan.

Ch. 233The Witch Clan's response, a new chapter for the Divine Dao

Pan Xuan argued that Hong Jun, rather than Heavenly Court, was the Witch Clan and Divine Dao System’s true enemy because he had infiltrated the Heavenly Dao. The assembly agreed to weaken his hold through teaching, purification, and efforts to win over Jieyin and Zhunti.

  • Pan Xuan gathered the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Three Pure Ones to discuss Heavenly Court’s rise and the Divine Dao’s next priorities.
  • Pan Xuan identified Hong Jun’s control of the Heavenly Dao Core and the four remaining strands of Primordial Violet Qi as the greater threat.
  • Pan Xuan proposed expanding the Divine Dao’s influence, persuading Jieyin and Zhunti to give up their Primordial Violet Qi, and continuing the Witch Clan’s work of purifying the world.
  • Laozi and Yuanshi supported Pan Xuan’s plan, and Tongtian agreed to recruit disciples and teach the Dao.
  • Di Jiang assigned the Three Pure Ones to teach and recruit, the Twelve Ancestral Witches to purify the Primordial World, and Pan Xuan to approach Jieyin and Zhunti.
  • Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, Xuan Ming, and the other Ancestral Witches agreed to act against Hong Jun.

Ch. 234The Three Pure Ones took disciples; the Twelve Ancestral Witches entered the Primordial World

The Three Pure Ones opened dojos on Mount Buzhou, while the Ancestral Witches renewed their work purifying baleful energy across the Primordial World. Pan Xuan visited Jieyin and Zhunti, who revealed the control restriction hidden in the Primordial Violet Qi, and invited them to join the Divine Dao System; their answer was not given.

  • Taiqing Laozi, Yuqing Yuanshi, and Shangqing Tongtian announced their dojos on Mount Buzhou and opened their lineages to disciples from across the Primordial World.
  • Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Witches used their laws and powers to locate, cleanse, and restore lands afflicted by baleful energy.
  • Pan Xuan traveled to Mount Sumeru and met Jieyin and Zhunti beneath the Bodhi Tree.
  • Jieyin and Zhunti told Pan Xuan that the Primordial Violet Qi contained a restriction linking its bearers to the Heavenly Dao and Hong Jun’s will, and said they planned to remove it using the Vow Power Method.
  • Pan Xuan invited Jieyin and Zhunti to join the Divine Dao System as lords of the west and founders of the Vow Power Method.

Ch. 235Jieyin and Zhunti's Choice, the Bagua Heavenly Secrets Divine Venerable

Jieyin and Zhunti joined the Divine Dao and began using their vow power to remove the restrictions in their primordial violet qi. Pan Xuan then invested Fuxi as the Bagua Heavenly Secrets Divine Venerable, giving him a central role in divining for the Divine Dao Summit.

  • Jieyin and Zhunti agreed to enter the Divine Dao and entrust their purified primordial violet qi to perfect its cycle of laws.
  • Pan Xuan explained that their vow power and the Divine Dao's law deities would safely strip away the restrictions, and the brothers began the process at Mount Sumeru.
  • Pan Xuan traveled to Phoenix Perch Mountain and offered Fuxi the station of God of Divination after observing his long service and divinatory support.
  • Fuxi accepted, and Pan Xuan invested him as the Bagua Heavenly Secrets Divine Venerable, granting him authority over divination and a place at the Divine Dao Summit.
  • The law deity linked Fuxi's Innate Eight Trigrams to the Divine Dao Network, and Fuxi advanced to mid-stage Primordial Origin Golden Immortal.
  • Pan Xuan charged Fuxi with corroborating major decisions and reporting anomalous heavenly secrets, especially those concerning Hong Jun's will.

Ch. 236Guiding Nuwa, Pan Xuan expounded the Dao

Pan Xuan returned to Mount Buzhou, where he and the others decided to let Fuxi gradually guide Nuwa rather than approach her directly. He visited the seven gourd children and began expounding how different laws connected, leaving them gathered in the bamboo grove to learn from him.

  • Pan Xuan and the others discussed Nuwa's primordial violet qi and decided that Fuxi should influence her gradually as her elder brother.
  • Tongtian reminded Pan Xuan to visit the seven gourd children, and Zhu Rong asked him to tell Chi Yan to come learn the southern illumination divine flame the next day.
  • Pan Xuan found Chi Yan, Jin Chen, Huang Yue, Bi Luo, Qingxiao, Lan Yuan, and Zixiao cultivating in Tongtian's bamboo grove, each following a different teacher and path.
  • The seven gourd children greeted Pan Xuan warmly and gathered around him in the grove.
  • Pan Xuan began expounding the connections between laws by integrating the Dao of strength, the way of the stars, and yin-yang and the five elements.

Ch. 237The Three Pure Ones' Great Heart-Questioning Formation

Pan Xuan taught the seven Calabash Brothers how the laws of the Great Dao complemented and restrained one another, then brought them to see the Three Pure Ones' Great Heart-Questioning Formation. At Mount Buzhou's foot, the formation awaited Dao seekers, including some of Pan Xuan's old acquaintances.

  • Pan Xuan taught the Calabash Brothers about the interactions of the five elements, yin and yang, wind, and thunder, helping them refine their understanding of their respective laws.
  • Chi Yan and Jin Chen reflected on balancing their powers, while Pan Xuan advised Zixiao to temper his destructive thunder with steadiness and cleansing.
  • Laozi and Tongtian invited Pan Xuan to see the Great Heart-Questioning Formation and hinted that old acquaintances were among the arriving Dao seekers.
  • Pan Xuan agreed to bring all seven Calabash Brothers to the foot of Mount Buzhou.
  • The Three Pure Ones' formation tested seekers through the Taiqing, Yuqing, and Shangqing formation eyes, and passing any one trial allowed a seeker to become a disciple.

Ch. 238Taking in disciples

Pan Xuan brought the Three Pure Ones and the seven Calabash Brothers to the sanctuary’s gathering, where Zhao Gongming and the three sisters sought Tongtian as their master and many youths from the Demon Clan, Three Clans, and smaller groups assembled. Yuanshi opened the Great Heart-Questioning Formation, and its first two formation eyes began to reveal the trials awaiting the Dao seekers.

  • Pan Xuan reunited with Zhao Gongming, Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao, then recommended the four to Tongtian as suitable candidates for the Shangqing Dao.
  • Tongtian invited Zhao Gongming and the three sisters to enter his Heart-Questioning Formation, and they agreed.
  • The Ten Great Demon Marshals escorted promising youths to Mount Buzhou, followed by candidates from the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans and other groups.
  • Yuanshi explained that admission depended on the clarity of each seeker’s Dao heart rather than their origins or cultivation, and the hundreds of candidates bowed as the formation activated.
  • Taiqing Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian powered the formation’s three eyes; the Taiqing eye formed a Taiji diagram to test mental fortitude and understanding of the Great Dao, while the Yuqing eye filled with law runes.

Ch. 239Laozi Takes Kong Xuan as His Disciple

Kong Xuan passed the Taiqing Heart-Questioning Formation and became Laozi’s first disciple, while his brother Jinpeng failed but was accepted as a nominal disciple. Hundreds of seekers continued facing the trials in the other formation cores.

  • Hundreds of seekers entered the three formation cores and faced trials that tested their understanding of the Dao and the firmness of their hearts.
  • Kong Xuan emerged from the Taiqing formation core with his Dao heart intact and asked Laozi to accept him as a disciple.
  • Laozi accepted Kong Xuan as the first disciple of his Taiqing lineage.
  • Jinpeng admitted that he had failed the trial and begged Laozi to take him as a disciple; Laozi accepted him as a nominal disciple until he could pass the formation.
  • Pan Xuan watched as Tongtian and Yuanshi Tianzun continued overseeing the trials in the other formation cores.

Ch. 240Innate origins

As the Great Heart-Questioning Formation continued, Yuanshi Tianzun accepted five seekers who passed the Yuqing Formation Eye as direct disciples: Guangchengzi, Chijingzi, Taiyi, Huang Long, and Grand Master Lingbao. The chapter ends with Lingbao explaining how he used his innate understanding of spiritual treasure law to unravel the formation’s runes.

  • Guangchengzi passed the Yuqing trial by carefully deciphering its law runes, and Yuanshi Tianzun accepted him as a direct disciple.
  • Chijingzi burned through the rune labyrinth with his essence of separation flame, and Yuanshi Tianzun accepted him as a direct disciple.
  • Taiyi used taiyi dao qi to sense the source of the Chaos runes and find his own way through the trial, earning acceptance as a direct disciple.
  • True Person Huang Long passed the trial despite his mixed-blood origins, and Yuanshi Tianzun accepted him after reconsidering the importance of innate origins.
  • Grand Master Lingbao emerged and described dismantling the law runes as though they were Spiritual Treasures.

Ch. 241Yuanshi's change

Yuanshi Tianzun accepted twelve disciples who passed the Yuqing Formation Eye, including the Qilin Clan’s Mo Yu. His acceptance of disciples from varied origins showed how years within the Divine Dao System had changed his views.

  • True Lord Qingxu Daode and Daoxing Tianzun emerged from the Yuqing Formation Eye, and Yuanshi Tianzun accepted them as direct disciples.
  • Yu Ding Zhenren, True Person Chixiao, True Person Qingxu, and True Person Lingyao passed the trial and joined the Yuqing lineage.
  • Mo Yu, grandson of the Qilin Clan’s Primordial Qilin, emerged from the formation and asked to enter the Yuqing lineage.
  • Yuanshi Tianzun examined Mo Yu’s talent and accepted him as his twelfth direct disciple.
  • Pan Xuan recognized that Yuanshi Tianzun’s acceptance of Huang Long and Mo Yu reflected the Divine Dao System’s influence on the Three Pure Ones.
  • Yuanshi Tianzun told the twelve disciples to understand their responsibility to expound the Dao, and they bowed together.

Ch. 242Tongtian's Change, the Interception Sect's Four Direct Disciples

Tongtian changed the Shangqing Array Eye to test seekers’ character and karmic force as well as their swordhearts. Duobao, Golden Spirit Holy Mother, Turtle Spirit Holy Mother, and Wudang Holy Mother passed and became the Interception Sect’s four direct disciples.

  • Tongtian revised the Shangqing Array Eye to reject seekers with crooked character or heavy karmic force, while allowing those turned away for karmic force to try again later.
  • Duobao overcame his fear of losing his treasure-seeking ability and realized that he himself was his own treasure, earning Tongtian’s acceptance as a direct disciple.
  • Jin Ling passed with a swordlight that balanced sharpness and restraint, and Tongtian accepted her into the sect.
  • Gui Ling passed with a defensive sword path and was accepted by Tongtian.
  • Wudang passed with a sword path blending moonlight’s softness and the Sword Dao’s strength, completing Tongtian’s four new direct disciples.

Ch. 243Changes among the Interception Sect Disciples

Tongtian accepted the six attendant immortals and numerous outer disciples into the Interception Sect after they emerged from the Shangqing Array Eye, while Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal failed its test and was sent out. The chapter ended as a young man with gold-and-silver sword light emerged from the Shangqing Array Eye after wavering between it and the Taiqing Array Eye.

  • Wuyun Xian, Golden Hoop Immortal, Pilu Xian, Qiu Shou Xian, Ling Ya Xian, and Jinguang Xian passed the array and were accepted into Tongtian's lineage.
  • Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal tried to evade his fear within the array, failed its judgment, and was sent out; Tongtian said he could return after strengthening his resolve.
  • Wang Mo, Yang Sen, Gao Youqian, Li Xingba, the Ten Heavenly Lords, Han Zhi Xian, Fairy Caiyun, Luo Xuan, Lü Yue, Li Ping, and Yu Yuan emerged and joined the Interception Sect's outer ranks.
  • Mo Liqing, Mo Lihong, Mo Lihai, and Mo Lishou passed the array together, and Tongtian assigned them to guard the sect and repel its enemies.
  • Shi Ji and Fire Spirit Holy Mother emerged from the array and joined the outer disciples.
  • A young man with gold-and-silver sword light wavered between the Taiqing and Shangqing Array Eyes before settling on the Shangqing Array Eye and emerging.

Ch. 244The Dao is taught to Six-Eared

Sect Master Tongtian accepted Six-Eared Macaque as the Interception Sect’s fifth direct disciple despite Hong Jun’s edict sealing his ability to comprehend the Dao through listening. The chapter ended with Six-Eared Macaque gaining a new path to cultivation and the Divine Dao System openly challenging Hong Jun’s authority.

  • Six-Eared Macaque passed the Shangqing Array Eye’s trial and begged Sect Master Tongtian to accept him as a disciple.
  • Pan Xuan urged Tongtian to accept Six-Eared Macaque as an act of the Dao of Gathering Life, despite Hong Jun’s edict.
  • Tongtian named Six-Eared Macaque the Interception Sect’s fifth direct disciple and declared that Hong Jun’s rule did not apply within the sect.
  • Six-Eared Macaque kowtowed in gratitude, and Tongtian told him that the Sword Dao depended on his swordheart rather than his sealed listening ability.
  • Pan Xuan saw the Three Pure Ones’ discipleship programs carrying the Divine Dao System’s teachings into practice and Hong Jun’s rules losing their hold.

Ch. 245Granted the name Wuzhen, his divine ability restored

The Three Pure Ones’ recruitment ceremony ended with Zhao Gongming and the three Xiao sisters joining the Interception Sect, while Wuzhen became Tongtian’s fifth direct disciple. With help from the Three Pure Ones and Pan Xuan, Wuzhen broke Hong Jun’s Heavenly Dao brand and recovered his divine hearing ability.

  • Zhao Gongming and Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao passed the Shangqing Array Eye trial and became Tongtian’s outer disciples; Ao Qing, Feng Ming, and Mo Yu also joined the Three Pure Ones’ schools.
  • Pan Xuan urged Tongtian to give Six-Eared Macaque a new name, and Tongtian named him Wuzhen, meaning to comprehend his true self.
  • Pan Xuan asked the Three Pure Ones to remove Hong Jun’s brand, and Taiqing Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian joined forces to break it from Wuzhen’s true spirit.
  • Pan Xuan used the Heavenly Enlightenment Wisdom Light to heal Wuzhen’s true spirit, restoring his divine hearing ability.
  • Tongtian welcomed Wuzhen’s freedom, and Pan Xuan suggested that Wuzhen work with Fuxi by combining his Dao of Hearing with Fuxi’s Dao of Deduction.
  • Wuzhen returned to stand with the Interception Sect’s direct disciples as the Three Pure Ones’ recruitment ceremony concluded.

Ch. 246Glimpsing Heaven through the Eight Trigrams

Fuxi used the innate eight trigrams to uncover Hong Jun’s scheme to control the Heavenly Dao and bind future Sages through Primordial Violet Qi and the severing of emotions. He warned Nuwa, whose Primordial Violet Qi could endanger her as she approached Sagehood, and she decided they should go to Mount Buzhou.

  • Fuxi divined that Hong Jun’s lectures, gifts of Primordial Violet Qi, and plans for the Heavenly Court were steps toward controlling the Heavenly Dao.
  • Fuxi discovered that Primordial Violet Qi could bind future Sages’ wills to Hong Jun and that severing emotions could make them compliant vessels.
  • Fuxi realized that Nuwa’s Primordial Violet Qi might activate its restrictions as she neared Sagehood, so he went to her in seclusion.
  • Fuxi told Nuwa what he had learned, and she listened in silence before resolving to go with him to Mount Buzhou.

Ch. 247Violet Qi entered Reincarnation

Pan Xuan stripped the Primordial Violet Qi from Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti while Hong Jun was unable to interfere from within the Heavenly Dao Core. He sealed the three strands and sent them into the Six Paths of Reincarnation to nourish the Earthly Dao.

  • Pan Xuan invited Jieyin and Zhunti to join Nuwa in having their Primordial Violet Qi stripped away.
  • Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti sat in a triangular formation as Pan Xuan used the Star Divine Dao Seal and Light of Chaos to strip their three strands simultaneously.
  • Hong Jun sensed Divine Dao Power eroding the violet qi and tried to interfere, but the Pangu True Body blocked his will inside the Heavenly Dao Core.
  • Pan Xuan separated all three strands from their hosts, severing their connections to Hong Jun and leaving Jieyin and Zhunti marked by Divine Dao Law.
  • Pan Xuan sealed the strands in the Star Seal and used the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin to send them into the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk.

Ch. 248Nuwa Joined the Divine Dao, Becoming the Creation Venerable

Nuwa joined the Divine Dao System as the Creation Venerable, completing its framework and boosting its fortune. Pan Xuan then summoned the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Three Pure Ones to discuss what the expanding order still lacked, ending with a copper coin in hand.

  • Pan Xuan thanked Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti for severing their ties to the Primordial Violet Qi, and Jieyin and Zhunti described how their Dao hearts and Vow Power Method had advanced.
  • Nuwa chose to join the Divine Dao System and contribute the Creation Great Dao, and Pan Xuan appointed her Creation Venerable with authority over creation.
  • The Star Divine Dao Seal gained a Qiankun Cauldron imprint, and the Divine Dao System's fortune surged as Nuwa was welcomed by Fuxi, Jieyin, Zhunti, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and the Three Pure Ones.
  • Pan Xuan reflected that the Divine Dao had gathered the world's major powers, while anticipating a final contest with the Heavenly Dao when the Sages emerged.
  • Pan Xuan summoned the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Three Pure Ones to Pangu Hall, asked what the Divine Dao's expanding framework still lacked, and took a copper coin from his sleeve.

Ch. 249Two Great Daos, a Plan to Mend the Heavens

Pan Xuan revealed that the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin contained the Great Dao of Transactions and the postnatal wealth Dao, laws that could let ordinary beings participate in the Divine Dao System. He proposed first adding both laws to the Heavenly Dao, then integrating them into the Divine Dao Network and establishing the practices needed for the wealth Dao to function.

  • Pan Xuan used the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin to reveal its laws to the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Three Pure Ones.
  • The Twelve Ancestral Witches found little connection between the coin's laws and their own Great Daos, while the Three Pure Ones and Houtu sensed laws independent of the Heavenly Dao and Earthly Dao.
  • Pan Xuan explained that the coin contained the Great Dao of Transactions and the postnatal wealth Dao, which could govern exchanges and help ordinary cultivators access resources through the Divine Dao System.
  • Taiqing Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian recognized that these laws would make the Divine Dao System more directly accessible to all living beings.
  • Pan Xuan said transaction law could enter the Divine Dao System through the coin, but the wealth Dao needed institutions and participation from the Primordial World's living beings.
  • Pan Xuan proposed first adding the two laws to the Heavenly Dao, then introducing the wealth Dao throughout the Primordial World through the Divine Dao Network.

Ch. 250Mending the Heavens and Integrating the Daos, Expanding the Divine Dao

Pan Xuan used the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin to add Transaction Law and the Postnatal Wealth Dao to the Heavenly Dao, completing its laws and earning vast merit. He channeled that merit into the Divine Dao Network, whose appointed gods across the Primordial World gained new ways to regulate exchanges and allocate resources.

  • Pan Xuan explained that Transaction Law and the Wealth Dao should first mend the Heavenly Dao before being integrated into the Divine Dao System, and Di Jiang agreed.
  • Pan Xuan brought the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin to the altar on Mount Buzhou and offered the origins of both Daos to the Heavenly Dao.
  • Hong Jun sensed the new laws enter the Heavenly Dao, sealing gaps in its framework and granting Pan Xuan the merit and authority for the change.
  • The Heavenly Dao recognized Pan Xuan’s act with a pillar of merit, which he distributed throughout the Divine Dao Network and its appointed gods.
  • Ancestral Dragon, Yuanfeng, and Primordial Qilin recognized that Transaction Law would improve how their clans allocated resources and governed their domains.
  • Jieyin, Zhunti, Zhen Yuanzi, Hong Yun, Minghe, Fuxi, and Nuwa sensed how the new laws strengthened the Divine Dao and affected their own authorities.
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