Chapter Summaries

After the Three Pure Ones spread their cultivation system through the Divine Dao Network, the Great Dao and Heavenly Dao bestowed merit, and the Divine Dao expanded to guide living beings in cultivation. As Pan Xuan and the others witnessed the changes on Mount Buzhou, its earth veins began to tremble with an ancient force.

• At Wuzhuang Temple, Hong Yun praised the Three Pure Ones' cultivation path, while Zhen Yuanzi noted its similarities to the Earth Book's laws and affirmed Longevity Mountain's own tradition.
• At Vulture Peak, Randeng considered how the Three Pure Ones' sermon might shift the balance between the cultivation system and the Immortal Dao.
• After three days and nights, the Great Dao and Heavenly Dao both bestowed merit for the Three Pure Ones' teachings, with the Great Dao favoring the Three Pure Ones and the Heavenly Dao favoring Pan Xuan.
• The Divine Dao Network expanded from managing heaven and earth to guiding living beings' cultivation, and its seven imprints and far-flung nodes responded to the transformation.
• The Witch Clan felt their law deity marks brighten and sensed opportunities to break through, while Pan Xuan, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and the Three Pure Ones gathered before Pangu Hall.
• Mount Buzhou's earth veins trembled with a primordial force as Pangu Hall, Pangu's Heart, the five innate spiritual roots, and the Innate Gourd Vine reacted.

Houtu discovered that Pangu’s legacy had awakened the reincarnation law and revealed her duty to establish reincarnation. Pan Xuan proposed a way to create the Six Paths without Houtu sacrificing herself, and Houtu realized he had anticipated this moment all along.

• Houtu resonated with the reincarnation law beneath the Primordial World and received Pangu’s inheritance, which named her the one responsible for completing the world’s order through reincarnation.
• Houtu told Pan Xuan, the other Ancestral Witches, and the Three Pure Ones about the awakened law and Pangu’s mission for her.
• Pan Xuan explained why reincarnation was needed and proposed that the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Three Pure Ones open a Reincarnation World beneath the Blood Sea.
• Pan Xuan proposed using the Twenty-Four-Grade Creation Green Lotus, three strands of primordial violet qi, Pangu essence blood, and the Primordial Heaven-Measuring Ruler to establish the Six Paths.
• Pan Xuan proposed that Houtu oversee reincarnation as Lord of the Netherworld without turning her body into its foundation, and Houtu recognized that he had planned for this from the start.

Pan Xuan, Houtu, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and the Three Pure Ones agreed to establish reincarnation without sacrificing Houtu, using three strands of Primordial Violet Qi and their combined powers. After the Three Pure Ones returned to Kunlun Mountain and Houtu resumed her study of the Reincarnation Law, the Witch Clan prepared in a period of quiet growth for the future opening of the Reincarnation World.

• Pan Xuan proposed using three strands of Primordial Violet Qi to form reincarnation’s foundation and keep Houtu safe, and the Three Pure Ones endorsed his plan.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches and Pan Xuan agreed to prepare together while Houtu returned to the Blood Sea to comprehend the Reincarnation Law.
• The Three Pure Ones bid farewell to Pan Xuan and the Twelve Ancestral Witches, then flew back to Kunlun Mountain to restore their cultivation.
• Pan Xuan anticipated that the Six Paths of Reincarnation would become the eighth imprint on the Star Divine Dao Seal and a decisive asset against Hong Jun.
• Houtu continued comprehending reincarnation while the Witch Clan cultivated, Pan Xuan consolidated his cultivation, and the Divine Dao Network spread through the Primordial World.

After consolidating his breakthrough, Pan Xuan traveled west to Mount Sumeru to persuade Jieyin and Zhunti to join the Divine Dao System or at least question Hong Jun’s designs. He met them beneath the Bodhi tree, where Jieyin asked what had brought him there.

• Pan Xuan emerged from secluded cultivation on Mount Buzhou and told Di Jiang and Zhu Jiuyin he planned to visit powerful beings who remained outside the Divine Dao System.
• Di Jiang approved the journey, while Zhu Jiuyin warned Pan Xuan that Jieyin and Zhunti might need a defensible reason to join because they were Hong Jun’s nominal disciples.
• Pan Xuan explained that he would remind Jieyin and Zhunti of the restrictions in the primordial violet qi and the flaws in Hong Jun’s Three Corpses Severing Method, then set out for Mount Sumeru.
• Pan Xuan arrived openly at Mount Sumeru, where Jieyin and Zhunti sensed his aura and came down to welcome him.
• Jieyin and Zhunti received Pan Xuan beneath the Bodhi tree, and Jieyin asked what guidance had brought him to Mount Sumeru.

Pan Xuan invited Jieyin and Zhunti to bring Mount Sumeru into the Divine Dao System, but they hesitated because of their ties to Hong Jun. After Pan Xuan warned that the Three Pure Ones’ departure might reveal a hidden problem with Primordial Violet Qi, the brothers began examining the strands within their Primordial Spirits.

• Pan Xuan invited Jieyin and Zhunti to join the Divine Dao and offered Mount Sumeru a central role in the west.
• Jieyin and Zhunti said they feared that joining would provoke Hong Jun and endanger Mount Sumeru, so they needed time to consider.
• Pan Xuan urged them to reflect on why the Three Pure Ones had left Hong Jun’s Xuanmen, then departed without demanding an answer.
• Jieyin concluded that Pan Xuan was hinting at a problem in their Primordial Violet Qi, and Zhunti agreed they should investigate it.
• Jieyin said that if they found a hidden scheme in the Primordial Violet Qi, Pan Xuan’s invitation could offer them a way out.
• Jieyin and Zhunti sat beneath the bodhi tree and carefully examined the Primordial Violet Qi within their Primordial Spirits.

Pan Xuan traveled to Phoenix Perch Mountain to invite Fuxi and Nuwa to join the Divine Dao System. Fuxi anticipated his purpose and advised Nuwa to stay silent, leaving Pan Xuan’s invitation unanswered for now.

• Pan Xuan traveled from Mount Sumeru to Phoenix Perch Mountain, reasoning that Fuxi might be persuaded by the Divine Dao while Nuwa’s trust in Hong Jun made her harder to convince.
• Fuxi divined that Pan Xuan had come to invite them to join the Divine Dao after the Three Pure Ones joined it.
• Fuxi told Nuwa to let him speak and to avoid stating her position, and they went together to welcome Pan Xuan.
• Pan Xuan greeted Fuxi and Nuwa, accepted their invitation inside, and joined them for tea at a stone terrace.
• Pan Xuan openly invited Fuxi and Nuwa to join the Divine Dao System.

Pan Xuan recruited Fuxi into the Divine Dao System while accepting Nuwa’s refusal to join. After appointing Fuxi Mountain God of Phoenix Perch Mountain, Pan Xuan hinted that the Divine Dao Network might help him uncover hidden truths, leaving Fuxi suspicious of Hong Jun.

• Fuxi said he would join the Divine Dao System, but Nuwa could not because of her bond with Hong Jun.
• Pan Xuan accepted Nuwa’s decision and appointed Fuxi Mountain God of Phoenix Perch Mountain.
• Fuxi received the mountain god’s Law Deity and sensed how the Divine Dao Network expanded his access to the world’s earth veins and spiritual energy.
• Nuwa recognized that the Divine Dao System granted authority to support a cultivator’s original path, unlike Hong Jun’s Immortal Dao system.
• Before leaving for Wuzhuang Temple, Pan Xuan urged Fuxi to use his divination to examine the Divine Dao Network, prompting Fuxi to suspect the clue concerned Hong Jun.

Fuxi used the Divine Dao Network and the Innate Eight Trigrams to investigate Hong Jun’s past actions, uncovering signs that Hong Jun had arranged rival powers and used primordial violet qi to control potential Sages. He could not discover Hong Jun’s ultimate goal, but he realized Nuwa might be in danger and went to warn her.

• Nuwa asked Fuxi what Pan Xuan had meant, and Fuxi said he would divine the matter and report what he found.
• Fuxi connected his Innate Eight Trigrams to the Divine Dao Network and investigated the karmic threads behind Hong Jun’s past deeds.
• Fuxi divined that Hong Jun’s choice of disciples and bestowal of primordial violet qi appeared to gather fortune and link its holders to the Heavenly Dao Core.
• Fuxi found that Hong Jun had supported the Heavenly Court and the Pure Yang Immortal Court as counterweights to the Divine Dao and had positioned these forces before uniting with the Dao.
• Fuxi saw that Hong Jun had laid out a far-reaching game but could not divine its ultimate objective because a barrier blocked his readings.
• Fuxi concluded that primordial violet qi was a central piece in Hong Jun’s plans and went to warn Nuwa, whose primordial violet qi had partly fused with her primordial spirit.

Fuxi warned Nuwa that Hong Jun had a hidden aim, urged her to rely on her Creation Great Dao rather than the primordial violet qi, and affirmed the Divine Dao’s merits. Pan Xuan visited Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun at Wuzhuang Temple, where he began discussing another matter after being warmly welcomed.

• Fuxi told Nuwa that Hong Jun’s preaching and gifts of primordial violet qi served an unknown purpose, and that she should rely on her Creation Great Dao rather than the qi.
• Nuwa accepted Fuxi’s warning and said she would focus on cultivation while leaving Hong Jun’s aims aside for now.
• Pan Xuan traveled to Longevity Mountain, expecting Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun to consider joining the Divine Dao System.
• Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun welcomed Pan Xuan at Wuzhuang Temple and served him ripe ginseng fruit and spirit tea.
• After tasting the fruit, Pan Xuan told Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun that he had another matter to discuss.

Pan Xuan invited Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun to join the Divine Dao System and offered each an office suited to their goals. Hong Yun accepted the God of Fortune and Virtue position, while Pan Xuan proposed that Zhen Yuanzi become Ancestor of Earth Immortals, leaving his decision unresolved.

• Pan Xuan explained that the Divine Dao System needed Zhen Yuanzi's knowledge of earth veins and Hong Yun's standing among independent cultivators.
• Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi said they would not accept offices that tied them to a particular mountain or region, and Zhen Yuanzi asked for access to information about all the Primordial World's earth veins.
• Pan Xuan offered Hong Yun the position of God of Fortune and Virtue, allowing him to guide independent cultivators while remaining free to roam.
• Hong Yun gladly accepted the office of God of Fortune and Virtue.
• Pan Xuan described how the Divine Dao Network tracked earth veins throughout the Primordial World and invited Zhen Yuanzi to become Ancestor of Earth Immortals, overseeing the Mountain Gods and the Way of the Earth.

Pan Xuan appointed Hong Yun as God of Fortune and Virtue and Zhen Yuanzi as Ancestor of Earth Immortals, giving them duties suited to their strengths. He also named Qingfeng and Mingyue the mountain gods of Longevity Mountain, while Zhen Yuanzi’s new authority opened a path toward deeper understanding of the Way of the Earth.

• Zhen Yuanzi accepted the role of Ancestor of Earth Immortals, and proposed Qingfeng and Mingyue as Longevity Mountain’s mountain gods.
• Pan Xuan appointed Hong Yun God of Fortune and Virtue, granting him authority to aid independent cultivators through the Divine Dao Network.
• Pan Xuan appointed Zhen Yuanzi Ancestor of Earth Immortals, with authority over the Way of the Earth and responsibility for inspecting mountain gods.
• Pan Xuan appointed Qingfeng Chief Mountain God and Mingyue Assistant Mountain God of Longevity Mountain.
• The new appointments added two imprints to the Star Divine Dao Seal, and the Great Dao and Heavenly Dao responded with auspicious signs.
• Zhen Yuanzi thanked Pan Xuan and pledged to use his new authority to inspect mountain gods and contemplate the Way of the Earth.

After welcoming Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi into the Divine Dao System, Pan Xuan considered how to complete it by establishing a Way of Burial and a Dao of Transactions. He went to Phoenix Perch Mountain and asked Fuxi to divine Randeng’s origin, and Fuxi began the divination.

• Pan Xuan thanked Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun, reminded Qingfeng Mingyue to perform their duties, and left Longevity Mountain.
• Pan Xuan considered bringing Randeng into the Divine Dao as a Funerary God and establishing a Way of Burial, then planned to add the Dao of Transactions using the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin.
• Pan Xuan decided Fuxi could divine whether Randeng had originated as the first coffin between heaven and earth, and changed course for Phoenix Perch Mountain.
• Fuxi welcomed Pan Xuan, who asked him to divine what had taken form to become Randeng.
• Fuxi opened the Innate Eight Trigrams and began divining Randeng’s origin with information from the Divine Dao Network.

Pan Xuan learned from Fuxi that Randeng had originated from the first coffin between heaven and earth, then returned to Mount Buzhou with a plan to establish the Way of Burial. He proposed holding Pangu’s first funeral and making Randeng its God of Burial, while also laying foundations for reincarnation and the Way of Transactions.

• Fuxi divined that Randeng had formed from the first wisp of death qi and the first piece of Yinchen Wood, and that his Glazed Lamp held the flame of annihilation.
• Pan Xuan thanked Fuxi and left Phoenix Perch Mountain for Mount Buzhou, while Fuxi reflected on the changes Pan Xuan was bringing to the Primordial World.
• Pan Xuan told the Twelve Ancestral Witches about his visits to Mount Sumeru, Phoenix Perch Mountain, and Longevity Mountain, including Fuxi, Hong Yun, and Zhen Yuanzi joining the Divine Dao.
• Pan Xuan proposed holding the Primordial World’s first funeral for Pangu, establishing the Way of Burial, and appointing Randeng as God of Burial.
• Pan Xuan explained that burial would prepare for reincarnation and that the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin could help establish the Way of Transactions, then asked to discuss the plan with the Three Pure Ones and his siblings.
• Di Jiang agreed to summon the Three Pure Ones brothers.

Pan Xuan proposed holding a funeral for Pangu and establishing the Way of Burial as part of a complete Divine Dao System. With the Pangu Orthodox Lineage gathered in Pangu Hall, he explained how burial would guide departed souls toward Houtu’s planned reincarnation system and outlined the remaining Dao of Transactions.

• Di Jiang agreed that the Witch Clan should support Pan Xuan’s proposal and summoned the Three Pure Ones, while Pan Xuan sent word to Houtu.
• Taiqing Laozi, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Sect Master Tongtian left their seclusion on Kunlun Mountain and hurried to Mount Buzhou.
• Houtu returned from the Blood Sea, joining the Twelve Ancestral Witches, the Three Pure Ones, and Pan Xuan in Pangu Hall.
• Pan Xuan explained that Randeng’s origin and Glazed Lamp connected him to the Way of Burial, and proposed making him the Funerary God after holding Pangu’s funeral.
• Pan Xuan connected the Way of Burial to Houtu’s plans for reincarnation and said he would later establish the Dao of Transactions using the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin.

Pan Xuan and the Pangu Orthodox Lineage agreed to hold a funeral for Pangu and establish funeral rites, assigning the Three Pure Ones and Twelve Ancestral Witches key roles. Pan Xuan set out to invite Randeng at Vulture Peak while the others began their work.

• Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches pledged to help create Pangu’s funeral rites and gather the aura he left across the Primordial World.
• Pan Xuan divided the work, assigning Laozi the rites’ principles, Yuanshi their procedures, and Tongtian the soul-pacifying ceremony.
• Pan Xuan and the others vowed before Pangu’s Heart to hold the funeral, and their auras resonated with its beat.
• Pan Xuan flew toward Vulture Peak to invite Randeng to join the undertaking.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches departed through passages Di Jiang opened to gather Pangu’s aura, while the Three Pure Ones began developing the funeral rites in Pangu Hall.

Pan Xuan visited Randeng at Vulture Peak to invite him into the Divine Dao System and proposed working together on a grand undertaking. After candidly revealing that Fuxi had divined Randeng’s origins, Pan Xuan left Randeng willing to hear his idea.

• Pan Xuan arrived at Vulture Peak and waited for Randeng to receive him.
• Randeng welcomed Pan Xuan into Yuanjue Cave, where they shared tea.
• Pan Xuan invited Randeng to join the Divine Dao System and said he had a special idea for them to pursue together.
• Pan Xuan revealed that Fuxi had divined Randeng’s origins and explained that the idea was connected to them.
• Randeng set aside his discomfort at Pan Xuan’s candor and asked him to speak plainly about his idea.

Pan Xuan proposed establishing the Way of Burial through a funeral for Pangu and inviting Randeng to preside over it. The vision completed Randeng’s understanding of his Way of Annihilation, and Randeng agreed to travel with Pan Xuan to Mount Buzhou.

• Pan Xuan explained that the Divine Dao Network lacked a domain for burial and proposed holding the Primordial World's first funeral for Pangu.
• Randeng realized that the Way of Burial complemented his Way of Annihilation and that this connection could resolve his long-standing cultivation bottleneck.
• Randeng told Pan Xuan that Hong Jun’s Three Corpses method conflicted with his Way of Annihilation and had kept him from advancing beyond the Daluo Golden Immortal peak.
• Randeng declared that he would help establish the Way of Burial and accompany Pan Xuan to Mount Buzhou.
• Pan Xuan and Randeng left Yuanjue Cave and flew toward Mount Buzhou, where the Twelve Ancestral Witches and Three Pure Ones awaited them.

Pan Xuan, Randeng, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and the Three Pure Ones prepared a complete funerary ritual for Pangu, but they still needed to collect his auras from the Demon Clan-controlled Starry Sky. Pan Xuan proposed using Randeng’s Funerary God authority to locate and retrieve the auras without provoking the Heavenly Court.

• Pan Xuan brought Randeng to Pangu Hall, where the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Three Pure Ones were waiting.
• Di Jiang presented the twelve auras the Ancestral Witches had gathered from across the Primordial Continent.
• Yuanshi presented the Three Pure Ones’ completed funerary ritual, while Laozi recited its guiding principles.
• Laozi and Yuanshi explained that collecting Pangu’s remaining starry auras would risk a clash with Di Jun, Tai Yi, and the Demon Clan’s Heavenly Court.
• Pan Xuan proposed investing Randeng as the Funerary God so he could use Divine Dao authority to locate unguarded stars and retrieve Pangu’s auras without alerting the Demon Clan.

Pan Xuan invested Randeng as the Funerary God, establishing the Divine Dao’s authority over funerals and the Way of Burial. As the new god’s bell resonated throughout the Primordial World, the Heavenly Court resolved to accelerate its own expansion and prepare to invest Star Gods.

• Laozi and Di Jiang agreed that Randeng could use his new authority to sense Father God's aura among the stars and help complete the collection before the funeral.
• Pan Xuan invested Randeng as the Funerary God, and Randeng’s coffin-and-lamp Law Deity tolled a bell that reached across the Primordial World.
• Minghe, Ao Yuan, Zhen Yuanzi, Hong Yun, Fuxi, Jieyin, and Zhunti sensed the Divine Dao’s new god and reflected on its growing reach.
• Di Jun recognized the Divine Dao’s expansion into life and death, ordered the Ten Great Demon Marshals to intensify their array drills, and tasked Kunpeng with preparing to invest Star Gods.

Randeng completed the way of burial, broke through to the early-stage Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm, and transformed his Glazed Lamp into a Funerary Lamp. Pan Xuan then asked him to use his new authority to gather Father God's scattered aura from the Starry Sky, and the Divine Dao Network began drawing on the gathered power of the gods.

• Randeng received the complete law of the way of burial, completed his Dao, and advanced from the Daluo Golden Immortal peak to the early-stage Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm.
• Randeng's Glazed Lamp transformed into a Funerary Lamp, and Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, and Xuan Ming praised his breakthrough.
• Randeng thanked Pan Xuan, who appointed him to gather Father God's remnants from the Starry Sky without alerting the Demon Clan.
• Randeng agreed to begin at once and placed his Funerary Lamp before him as Pan Xuan activated the ten Divine Dao seals.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Three Pure Ones channeled their powers through the Divine Dao Network to open a path into the Starry Sky and locate Father God's scattered aura.