Arc 12The Three Powers Established

Pan Xuan helped Di Jun escape Hong Jun’s restrictions and supported the creation of the Human Race, whose rise enabled the three Daos to expel Hong Jun into Chaos. The Primordial World strengthened its defenses and cultivation paths, and Houtu attained Sagehood as the Three Powers began supporting one another.

  • Pan Xuan and his allies destroyed Amenominakanushi’s Divine Domain and used its essence to rebuild Di Jun’s Sage foundation without Hong Jun’s restrictions.
  • Di Jun yielded the Thirty-Three Heavens to Pan Xuan, who incorporated them into the Divine Dao System and stationed the Orthodox Gods’ authority avatars there.
  • Nuwa created the Human Race with the Divine Dao’s support, brought forth the Human Dao, and attained Sagehood.
  • Pan Xuan and the gods taught the Human Race, whose sovereigns defeated Hong Jun’s attacks before the united three Daos severed his control over the Heavenly Dao and forced him into Chaos.
  • Di Jun and Taiyi rebuilt the Zhoutian Star Dou Great Array to refine Chaos Qi and defend the Primordial World, while Hong Jun established a Divine Domain in Amenominakanushi’s ruins.
  • Pan Xuan and his allies withdrew their manifestations from the Heavenly Dao, completed the Witch Clan’s Martial Dao, and established the Literary Dao through Baize, Kunpeng, and Fuxi.
  • Pan Xuan secured guardians for the Human Race through the Seven Gourd Sons, the three auspicious beast clans, and the Twelve Yuan Chen selected by Di Jun.
  • Minghe submitted to the Divine Dao and added the Asura Path to reincarnation, while Houtu realized her unity with reincarnation and proclaimed her Sagehood.
Chapters 276–300 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 276Straight to the Point

Pan Xuan met Di Jun privately in Pangu Hall and asked him to question Hong Jun’s motives. Di Jun began to suspect that Hong Jun had been maintaining conflict to preserve his own influence, and Pan Xuan urged him to examine the structure of Primordial Violet Qi.

  • Pan Xuan welcomed Di Jun into Pangu Hall, where they discussed the threat from the rulers of Chaos.
  • Pan Xuan asked Di Jun to consider Hong Jun’s true nature, and Di Jun reflected on the gifts and support Hong Jun had given him.
  • Di Jun reasoned that Hong Jun’s actions had kept the Primordial World’s powers balanced against one another and dependent on the Dao Ancestor.
  • Pan Xuan told Di Jun to use his Sage power to examine the Primordial Violet Qi bound to his Primordial Spirit.

Ch. 277Cooperation

Di Jun discovered that Hong Jun had embedded restrictions in his Primordial Violet Qi, binding his will and compromising his Sage authority. Pan Xuan proposed replacing those restrictions with a wounded foreign deity’s Sage-level law essence, and Di Jun joined forces with Pan Xuan and the Divine Dao against their enemies from Chaos.

  • Di Jun probed the Primordial Violet Qi and found restrictions that could let Hong Jun interfere with his judgment whenever he wielded Heavenly Dao laws.
  • Di Jun confronted Pan Xuan and asked how to remove the restrictions.
  • Pan Xuan explained that stripping away the Primordial Violet Qi would collapse Di Jun’s Sage realm, but suggested replacing the restrictions with the law essence of a wounded foreign deity.
  • Di Jun recognized that Pan Xuan’s proposal was his only current chance to free himself from Hong Jun and agreed to cooperate.
  • Pan Xuan and Di Jun pledged that the Divine Dao and Heavenly Court would stand together against their foreign enemies from Chaos.

Ch. 278Setting out for Chaos

Pan Xuan and Di Jun reached an agreement to travel into Chaos and use the law essence of the wounded Amenominakanushi to replace the restrictions in Di Jun’s Primordial Violet Qi. After both sides prepared their forces and entrusted their defenses to trusted allies, Pan Xuan and Di Jun stood ready to set out for Chaos.

  • Pan Xuan told the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Three Pure Ones about his agreement with Di Jun and proposed using Amenominakanushi’s law essence to rebuild Di Jun’s independent foundation of Sagehood.
  • The Ancestral Witches and the Three Pure Ones pledged to accompany Pan Xuan, while Taiqing Laozi noted that Di Jun’s Pure Yang Law might be compatible with Amenominakanushi’s Initial Law.
  • Di Jun explained the plan to Taiyi and Kunpeng, confirmed that he had personally seen the restrictions in his Primordial Violet Qi, and accepted their support for the journey.
  • Di Jun ordered Baize and the Ten Great Demon Marshals to defend the Thirty-Three Heavens and avoid conflict with the Divine Dao.
  • Pan Xuan entrusted the Divine Dao’s affairs to Ancestral Dragon, Yuanfeng, and Primordial Qilin, with other Orthodox Gods assigned to assist them.

Ch. 279The ancient domain of Chaos

Pan Xuan and the other powerful beings entered Chaos to track the wounded foreign deity Amenominakanushi. They found his trail leading to an ancient Chaos domain and discovered a hidden divine realm at its core, where the story leaves them confronting his distinctive origin laws.

  • Ancestral Dragon, Yuanfeng, Primordial Qilin, and the other allies arranged defenses around the Thirty-Three Heavens as Pan Xuan led the expedition into Chaos.
  • Di Jun located his tracking mark, while Zhu Jiuyin retraced the battle through the River of Time and identified the Primordial Ancient Domain as Amenominakanushi's destination.
  • Pan Xuan, Di Jun, Taiyi, and the others traveled deeper into Chaos, with Taiyi using the Chaos Bell to clear their path.
  • The tracking mark led the group to an ancient Chaos domain containing a concealed divine realm woven from laws.
  • Di Jun's sage light and the Pangu True Body phantom's light revealed the divine realm's boundary and its eerie, primordial origin laws.

Ch. 280Amenominakanushi's struggle

Amenominakanushi devoured his followers inside his Divine Domain to recover after realizing Di Jun and the others had deceived him and were allied. Pan Xuan organized the approaching strike, and the assembled forces prepared to attack and seal off the domain.

  • Amenominakanushi absorbed his fleeing followers to rebuild his shattered law essence and buy time to escape.
  • Di Jun recognized Amenominakanushi’s devouring as a desperate attempt to recover and ordered the assembled group to strike before he finished.
  • Pan Xuan assigned Di Jun and Taiyi to break the Divine Domain’s barrier, the Pangu True Body to attack Amenominakanushi, and the others to seal the domain and locate its law fragments.
  • Di Jun empowered the Pure Yang Law while Taiyi’s Chaos Bell shook the barrier and the Twelve Ancestral Witches and Three Pure Ones formed their grand formations.
  • The Pangu Fleshly Body Phantom and Pangu Primordial Spirit Phantom merged into the complete Pangu True Body wielding a Pangu Axe Phantom.
  • Kunpeng transformed into his enormous true form and spread his wings over the Divine Domain to block its escape route.

Ch. 281Exchanging the Primordial Violet Qi

Pan Xuan and his allies destroyed Amenominakanushi and used the Divine Domain’s laws to exchange the primordial violet qi fused with Di Jun’s primordial spirit. Di Jun emerged free of Hong Jun’s restrictions but with diminished magical power, while the ruins became a stable barrier between the Primordial World and Chaos.

  • Di Jun, Taiyi, Kunpeng, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and the Three Pure Ones joined forces to shatter Amenominakanushi’s Divine Domain barrier and seal him inside.
  • Pan Xuan confirmed Amenominakanushi’s will had dissipated, and Di Jun extracted the foreign deity’s core essence intact.
  • Pan Xuan activated the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin’s transaction law, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches and Three Pure Ones protected Di Jun as his primordial violet qi was extracted.
  • The primordial violet qi fused with the Divine Domain’s core, binding Hong Jun’s restrictions to the ruins and preventing them from returning to the Primordial World.
  • Di Jun absorbed the remaining Divine Domain essence to rebuild his Sage foundation; his power declined, but his will became his own and his foundation grew more stable.
  • The Divine Domain contracted into a stable boundary barrier, and Pan Xuan, Di Jun, and the others departed for the Primordial World.

Ch. 282The powerless Hong Jun

Hong Jun watched Pan Xuan strip his control from Di Jun’s Primordial Violet Qi and realized he could no longer reach beyond the Heavenly Dao’s limits. With the Divine Dao and the Pangu True Body Phantom eroding his authority, Hong Jun weighed abandoning the Primordial World to establish a Divine Domain in Chaos.

  • Hong Jun sensed the restrictions on Di Jun’s Primordial Violet Qi being dismantled and traced the Law Exchange between Di Jun and Pan Xuan.
  • Hong Jun tried to interfere through the Heavenly Dao, but the Pangu True Body Phantom blocked his will from reaching Chaos.
  • Hong Jun recognized that Pan Xuan had removed another piece from his plans and that the suppression of Amenominakanushi had alerted other Chaos Overlords to the Primordial World.
  • Hong Jun reconsidered his plan to claim Pangu’s Dao Fruit and judged that his chances of defeating the Divine Dao from within the Heavenly Dao were shrinking.
  • Hong Jun considered retreating into Chaos to establish a Divine Domain, where he could build power beyond the reach of the Divine Dao and Heavenly Dao.

Ch. 283Planning a retreat

Hong Jun planned to establish an independent divine domain in Chaos using the Fragment of the Jade Plate of Creation and the Primordial Violet Qi, while keeping his position in the Primordial World. The chapter ended with the two pieces beginning to resonate across the distance.

  • Hong Jun recognized that uniting his body with the Dao had confined him to the Heavenly Dao Core and that he had lost control of the Primordial World's chessboard.
  • Hong Jun used the Fragment of the Jade Plate of Creation to divine how he could build a divine domain in Chaos, choosing the Primordial Ancient Domain as its concealed foundation.
  • Hong Jun planned to use the Fragment as the domain's core and the Primordial Violet Qi as its anchor, despite the danger posed by Zeus, God, Odin, and Brahma.
  • Hong Jun decided to keep contesting control in the Primordial World while preparing a retreat and foothold in Chaos.
  • The Primordial Violet Qi in the Primordial Ancient Domain began faintly resonating with the Fragment of the Jade Plate of Creation in Hong Jun's hands.

Ch. 284Di Jun yielded

Di Jun yielded the Thirty-Three Heavens to the Divine Dao System and pledged cooperation against threats from Chaos. After the armies withdrew, Pan Xuan planned to make the heavens the Divine Dao’s central base and meeting place.

  • Di Jun returned from Chaos with Pan Xuan and publicly yielded the Thirty-Three Heavens to the Divine Dao System.
  • Pan Xuan accepted the heavens and pledged that the Divine Dao and Heavenly Court would stand together against external enemies from Chaos.
  • Di Jun ordered the Heavenly Court to withdraw to the Sun Star and warned its forces against provoking disputes with the Divine Dao.
  • Ancestral Dragon, Yuanfeng, Primordial Qilin, and the other leaders departed with their respective followers as both armies withdrew.
  • Pan Xuan told the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Three Pure Ones that Divine Dao gods would use authority avatars to guard the heavens, with Great Luo Heaven serving as the Divine Dao Summit’s assembly venue.

Ch. 285The Thirty-Three Heavens Take Their Place, Entering Seclusion

Pan Xuan incorporated the Thirty-Three Heavens into the Divine Dao System, where Orthodox Gods established authority avatars to guard their laws. He then entered seclusion in Great Luo Heaven to study laws he had recorded in Chaos, while the Twelve Ancestral Witches and Three Pure Ones cultivated in Pangu Hall and the Primordial World awaited Chaos’s next move.

  • Di Jiang, Zhu Jiuyin, Houtu, the Three Pure Ones, and others supported Pan Xuan’s proposal to make the Thirty-Three Heavens the Divine Dao’s base and assign Orthodox Gods to guard their law nodes.
  • Pan Xuan used the Star Divine Dao Seal to incorporate the Thirty-Three Heavens into the Divine Dao System and summoned the Orthodox Gods to establish authority avatars there.
  • Ancestral Dragon, Yuanfeng, Primordial Qilin, Jieyin, Zhunti, Fuxi, Nuwa, Zhen Yuanzi, Hong Yun, Minghe, Randeng, and the Netherworld deities sent avatars to guard the heavens corresponding to their laws.
  • Pan Xuan, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and the Three Pure Ones agreed to cultivate separately, with Pan Xuan entering seclusion in Great Luo Heaven and the others returning to Pangu Hall.
  • The Star Witch Clan maintained the Thirty-Three Heavens while Pan Xuan studied Amenominakanushi’s laws of beginning, ending, and existence, seeking insights that could advance his cultivation.
  • The Divine Dao Network expanded across the firmament as the Primordial World maintained a wary balance with the Heavenly Court, while the rulers in Chaos remained silent.

Ch. 286On the Human Dao

After breaking through to the late-stage Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm, Pan Xuan returned to Pangu Hall and warned that the Primordial World faced threats from Chaos and Hong Jun. He proposed creating a race based on Pangu’s Innate Dao Body to establish the Human Dao and complete the Three Powers of heaven, earth, and humanity.

  • Pan Xuan emerged from seclusion in Great Luo Heaven after reaching the late-stage Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm and confirmed that the Thirty-Three Heavens remained stable.
  • Pan Xuan returned to Pangu Hall, where the Twelve Ancestral Witches and Three Pure Ones welcomed him and displayed their own cultivation progress.
  • Pan Xuan warned the gathered gods that the Chaos overlords were waiting for a chance to attack and that Hong Jun still controlled the Heavenly Dao Core.
  • Pan Xuan explained that the Primordial World lacked a Human Dao connecting the Heavenly Dao and Earthly Dao.
  • Pan Xuan proposed creating a new race modeled on Pangu’s Innate Dao Body to serve as the vessel of the Human Dao and balance Hong Jun’s control.

Ch. 287The Divine Dao's Resources Fully Committed

Pan Xuan secured the Divine Dao System’s support for Nuwa to create a new race with Innate Dao Bodies and complete the Human Dao. Nuwa agreed, gained confidence in the plan, and began receiving resources at Phoenix Perch Mountain as she and Fuxi prepared for the creation.

  • Pan Xuan explained that Nuwa could create the new race using the Qiankun Cauldron, nine heavens breathing soil, and the Innate Gourd Vine, and asked the Divine Dao System to commit its resources.
  • Di Jiang and the Three Pure Ones pledged the Twelve Ancestral Witches and their sects to support Nuwa’s undertaking.
  • Pan Xuan traveled to Phoenix Perch Mountain and told Nuwa and Fuxi that the new race would bear the Human Dao and help separate Hong Jun from the Heavenly Dao.
  • Nuwa accepted the task, recognizing it as an opportunity to advance her Creation Great Dao, and said she was seventy percent confident the plan would work.
  • Pan Xuan gave Nuwa a section of the Innate Gourd Vine and instructed Fuxi to calculate the laws with the Innate Eight Trigrams.
  • The Divine Dao System sent law sources, purifying power, Reincarnation Law support, and merit and fortune to Phoenix Perch Mountain.

Ch. 288Nuwa Attained Sagehood

Nuwa created the Human Race from Nine Heavens Breathing Soil and the Gourd Vine, establishing the Human Dao and completing the Three Powers of heaven, earth, and humanity. She attained Sagehood through her Creation Great Dao and the merit of the Human Dao's birth, while Pan Xuan called on the Divine Dao's orthodox gods to face the challenges within chaos together.

  • Nuwa, Fuxi, the Three Pure Ones, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches prepared the breath soil and devised the laws for the new race over nearly one origin cycle.
  • Nuwa molded 129,600 clay figures in the form of innate Dao bodies and brought them to life with the Gourd Vine, creating the Human Race.
  • The Great Dao recognized Nuwa's creation, and the Human Dao emerged as the Primordial World's third supreme law alongside the Heavenly Dao and Earthly Dao.
  • Boundless merit descended, and Nuwa broke through to Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal, becoming the Primordial World's second Sage.
  • The newborn humans knelt and called Nuwa their mother, and she named them the Human Race and urged them to inherit and propagate.
  • Pan Xuan told the Divine Dao's orthodox gods that the Three Powers were complete, while Hong Jun sensed that his supremacy within the Heavenly Dao Core had been shaken.

Ch. 289The Human Dao's First Rise: A Hundred Schools Contend

After the Human Dao was born, Pan Xuan guided the newly created Human Race as the Divine Dao gods taught a hundred schools and he established the Human Martial Dao. The Human Race gained both intellectual traditions and martial strength, while Pan Xuan declared his intention to use the Human Dao to overthrow Hong Jun’s control of the Heavenly Dao.

  • Pan Xuan announced that the Divine Dao System would be founded on the complete Three Powers of heaven, earth, and humanity, while Hong Jun sensed that the Human Dao threatened his supremacy.
  • The Human Race gathered at Phoenix Perch Mountain, and its members paid homage to Nuwa as their mother.
  • Pan Xuan sent the Divine Dao gods among the humans as ordinary teachers, and they founded diverse schools of thought, including the teachings of the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa.
  • The Human Race developed a hundred schools of thought, covering subjects such as rites, law, medicine, farming, and military strategy.
  • Pan Xuan created the Human Martial Dao, established its four realms, and taught the Human Race combat knowledge and cultivation methods.
  • Hong Jun watched as the Human Dao’s power grew, while Pan Xuan declared that the mature Human Race would bring a new master to the Heavenly Dao.

Ch. 290The Human Dao flourished: the Kongtong Seal emerged

As the Human Race flourished, the Kongtong Seal emerged and revealed that the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors would anchor Human Dao Fortune. Fuxi and Shennong became the first two sovereigns, while Hong Jun unleashed Chi You against the rising Human Race and Xuanyuan rallied to meet him.

  • Human settlements spread across the Primordial World, and their growing Fortune caused the Kongtong Seal to emerge from Shouyang Mountain.
  • Pan Xuan, Nuwa, and Fuxi saw visions of the Human Race's future and learned that the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors would anchor its Fortune.
  • Fuxi became the first Heavenly Sovereign, developed the Innate Principles of Change, and taught the people trigrams, calendar-making, fishing, and animal husbandry.
  • Shennong became the Earthly Sovereign after tasting herbs, creating medicines, and teaching farming with help from the gods of the Divine Dao.
  • Hong Jun shaped Chi You from Extremely Turbid Baleful Qi and secretly drove him to lead Fierce Beast Demon Soldiers against the Human Race.
  • Xuanyuan raised a banner, united the Hundred Schools, and organized the Human Race to fight Chi You.

Ch. 291The Three Powers Took Their Places, Hong Jun Departed

After Yu the Great controlled Hong Jun’s world-destroying flood, Pan Xuan brought the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors together to unite the three Daos and drive Hong Jun from the Primordial World. Hong Jun escaped into Chaos and vowed to return, while Pan Xuan prepared for a future war against him and his allies.

  • Xuanyuan defeated Chi You, united the Human Race, and established the Huaxia name; the Five Emperors later strengthened human governance and fortune.
  • Hong Jun unleashed a flood of turbid water that devastated the Primordial World, and Pan Xuan held back from intervening directly to avoid freeing Hong Jun.
  • Yu the Great dredged nine great rivers with help from the gods and channeled the flood into the East Sea, earning the Human Race’s reverence.
  • Pan Xuan summoned the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to Shouyang Mountain, where Nuwa, Houtu, the Ancestral Witches, and the Three Pure Ones helped form the Three Powers Return to the Origin Formation.
  • The united three Daos severed Hong Jun’s control over the Heavenly Dao, forcing him to flee into Chaos after threatening to return.
  • Pan Xuan, Nuwa, and Houtu recognized that Hong Jun might ally with Zeus, God, Odin, Brahma, and Amenominakanushi, and Pan Xuan vowed to settle their conflict in Chaos.

Ch. 292The Primordial World's Fighting Strength and the Mysteries of the Zhoutian Star Dou Great Array

Pan Xuan met with Di Jun and Taiyi to assess the Primordial World's defenses against Hong Jun and the foreign sovereigns, then proposed turning the Zhoutian Star Dou Great Array into a vast refining and defensive barrier. Di Jun and Taiyi were stunned by the plan as Pan Xuan began explaining how it could transform Chaos Qi and protect the world.

  • Di Jun and Taiyi arrived at Great Luo Heaven to discuss the threat posed by Hong Jun and the foreign sovereigns with Pan Xuan.
  • Pan Xuan listed four sources of Sage-level fighting strength: Nuwa, Di Jun, the Pangu True Body Great Array, and Heavenly Court's Zhoutian Star Dou Great Array.
  • Di Jun concluded that the Primordial World could hold its ground against a full assault but was not ready to counterattack into Chaos.
  • Pan Xuan proposed reversing the Zhoutian Star Dou Great Array's use and expanding it across the outer Starry Sky.
  • Pan Xuan explained that the array could refine Chaos Qi into primordial qi, enrich the Primordial World, and form a defensive barrier that would hinder invading demon gods.
  • Taiyi sprang to his feet in shock as Pan Xuan described the array's potential.

Ch. 293Laying an array across the Star Sea, refining Qi into spirit

Pan Xuan gave Di Jun and Taiyi the plan to transform the Zhoutian Star Dou Great Array into a formation that refined Chaos Qi into innate spiritual energy. After a hundred years of work, they completed it, strengthening the Primordial World and earning immense merit as the array became its first defense against Chaos.

  • Pan Xuan explained that the array would enrich the Primordial World's spiritual energy, strengthen the Heavenly Dao, and guard against Hong Jun's interference.
  • Di Jun and Taiyi accepted responsibility for the plan and returned to the Starry Sky to rebuild the Zhoutian Star Dou Great Array.
  • Taiyi used the Eastern Emperor Bell to stabilize the array while Di Jun used the River Diagram and Luo Book to guide Chaos Qi through the stars and refine it into spiritual energy.
  • Over a hundred years, Di Jun and Taiyi adjusted the stellar orbits as the array steadily enriched the Primordial World and strengthened the Heavenly Court's reserves.
  • When the final main star joined the array, the completed formation drew in Chaos Qi and released innate spiritual energy, triggering a great resonance and a vast shower of merit upon Di Jun and Taiyi.
  • Di Jun said the array had given the Primordial World room to breathe, while Taiyi vowed to use it against Hong Jun if he returned.

Ch. 294Hong Jun created heaven and earth

After escaping the Primordial World, Hong Jun reached the ruined Divine Domain of Amenominakanushi and used the Creation Jade Disc to rebuild it into a new world under his control. As Hong Jun prepared to grow his strength and return for revenge, a transcendent Space Chaos Demon approached through Chaos.

  • Hong Jun fled into Chaos and followed a trace of Primordial Violet Qi to Amenominakanushi's ruined Divine Domain.
  • Hong Jun reclaimed the strand of purple qi and found the remnant of Amenominakanushi's Chaos Jewel in the main hall.
  • Hong Jun used the Creation Jade Disc and the Divine Domain's ruins to create a new world, restoring its palaces and forming a sun, primordial qi, mountains, rivers, and plants.
  • Hong Jun vowed to return to the Primordial World and crush its Heavenly, Earthly, and Human Dao, but sensed a powerful presence approaching.
  • A Space Chaos Demon, who had fled after the Ferocious Beast Calamity and later achieved transcendence, approached Hong Jun's Divine Domain.

Ch. 295Yang Mei, the reactions of the foreign gods

Yang Mei visited Hong Jun after sensing his return to Chaos, learned that Pan Xuan had driven him from the Primordial World, and left after warning him about the foreign sovereigns. Hong Jun repelled their probing divine senses and began strengthening his new Divine Domain, while the foreign sovereigns secretly gathered against him.

  • Yang Mei sensed the Creation Jade Disc and discovered Hong Jun had returned to Chaos with a newly established Divine Domain.
  • Yang Mei met Hong Jun, explained why he had rejected the Heavenly Dao path, and expressed interest in meeting Pan Xuan.
  • Yang Mei warned Hong Jun that Zeus, God, Odin, and Brahma might challenge his occupation of Amenominakanushi's territory, then vanished into Chaos.
  • Zeus, God, Odin, and Brahma sent divine senses to probe Hong Jun's Divine Domain, but withdrew when they sensed his superior cultivation.
  • Hong Jun entered secluded cultivation to refine the Divine Domain and recover his strength as the foreign sovereigns quietly gathered to oppose him.

Ch. 296The Heavenly Dao Was Utterly Impartial, the Primordial Spirits Complete

Pan Xuan and the sages withdrew their Law Deities from the Heavenly Dao Space and established a Heavenly Rule so the Heavenly Dao could operate impartially without being controlled by any will. The Twelve Ancestral Witches regained their complete Primordial Spirits, and Pan Xuan proposed that they deduce the highest realm of the Martial Dao: the Dao Refining realm.

  • Pan Xuan summoned the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Three Pure Ones to discuss freeing the Heavenly Dao from their control and establishing rules against its usurpation.
  • Pan Xuan led the sages in recalling their Law Deities and Dharma bodies from the Heavenly Dao Space, allowing the Heavenly Dao Origin to operate freely.
  • The Twelve Ancestral Witches regained the strands of their Primordial Spirits and the insights they had accumulated within the Heavenly Dao Space.
  • Di Jiang realized that his Primordial Spirit had grown as powerful as his flesh, and Empress Houtu recognized that the Witch Clan had mended its innate deficiency.
  • Pan Xuan proposed deducing the highest realm of the Martial Dao, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches named it the Dao Refining realm.

Ch. 297Martial Dao Refinement, the Three Pure Ones' Enlightenment, and Taiyi's Seclusion

Pan Xuan and the Twelve Ancestral Witches completed the Witch Clan’s Martial Dao by deducing the Dao Refining realm, while the Three Pure Ones spread their distinct teachings across the Primordial World. Taiyi entered seclusion after realizing that his path to Sagehood lay in the Dao of One, represented by the Chaos Bell, and began merging with its Chaos aura.

  • Pan Xuan and the Twelve Ancestral Witches deduced the Dao Refining realm, completing the four realms of the Witch Clan’s Martial Dao.
  • Di Jiang tested the new realm with an ordinary punch that split the void and revealed Chaos.
  • Taiqing Laozi, Yuqing Yuanshi, and Shangqing Tongtian each established a lineage and taught their different paths to the Primordial World’s living beings.
  • Pan Xuan praised the Three Pure Ones for spreading enlightenment and nurturing the Primordial World.
  • Taiyi pondered his path to Sagehood in the Starry Sky and realized he sought the Dao of One through the Chaos Bell.
  • The Chaos Bell rang as its Chaos Qi merged with Taiyi’s aura, and Taiyi’s figure grew indistinct.

Ch. 298Transform People Through Culture, the Fortune of the Three Powers

Baize, Kunpeng, and Fuxi established the Literary Dao as a path that let people cultivate through learning, writing, and understanding principles. The Heavenly, Earthly, and Human Dao each bestowed fortune upon one of its founders, and Pan Xuan turned his thoughts toward giving the Human Race guardians.

  • Pan Xuan had tasked Baize, Kunpeng, and Fuxi with creating a path beyond the Martial Dao for people unable to cultivate through strength.
  • On Shouyang Mountain, the three developed the Literary Dao, a path of cultivating the heart and spirit through learning, writing, and understanding principles.
  • Fuxi wrote “Transform People Through Culture” above Shouyang Mountain, and the new Literary Dao began gathering fortune.
  • The Human Dao bestowed fortune upon Fuxi, the Earthly Dao upon Baize, and the Heavenly Dao upon Kunpeng.
  • Pan Xuan watched the three founders receive their blessings and decided that the next step was to give the Human Race guardians.

Ch. 299Guardians of the Human Dao, Auspicious Beasts Pledge Allegiance, the Twelve Yuan Chen

Pan Xuan strengthened the Human Race’s foundations by appointing the Seven Gourd Sons as guardians, bringing the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans into its protection, and establishing the Twelve Yuan Chen with Di Jun’s help. The Twelve Yuan Chen aligned with the stars and anchored the Human Race’s fortune.

  • Pan Xuan asked the Seven Gourd Sons to guard the Human Race, and they accepted posts across its lands.
  • Pan Xuan invited Ancestral Dragon, Yuanfeng, and Primordial Qilin to join the Human Race as auspicious beasts, and the three clans swore an oath at Shouyang Mountain.
  • Pan Xuan proposed that Demon Clan prodigies become the Twelve Yuan Chen, and Di Jun agreed to select them.
  • Di Jun chose prodigies from eleven animal tribes and the Dragon Clan, then invested them as the Twelve Yuan Chen.
  • The Twelve Yuan Chen’s starlight resonated with the celestial stars, anchoring the Human Race’s fortune.

Ch. 300The balance of the Three Powers, Houtu becomes a Sage

The Human, Earthly, and Heavenly Daos reached a balanced order, prompting Pan Xuan to foresee the Earthly Dao’s completion. In the Netherworld, Houtu understood that she and reincarnation had become one, then attained Sainthood through the Earthly Dao.

  • The Human Race prospered under the Literary Dao, the Martial Dao, the Twelve Yuan Chen, and the protection of the seven Gourd Sons.
  • The Netherworld expanded its jurisdiction over all beings, while Minghe submitted to the Divine Dao and added the Asura Path to reincarnation.
  • Pan Xuan observed the three Daos supporting one another and declared that the balance of the Three Powers had begun.
  • Houtu reflected on her bond with Pan Xuan and the Netherworld, realizing her goal was to give all beings an orderly path through life and death.
  • The Earthly Dao’s fortune surged toward Houtu, and she understood that she was reincarnation and reincarnation was her.
  • Houtu proclaimed that she had become a Sage, sending her Sage Dao pressure throughout the Primordial World.
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