Chapter Summaries

Pan Xuan saved Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos from two Evil Flood Dragons while traveling to the East Sea to appoint the Dragon Clan’s water deities. He invited the newly formed beings to stay at the Three Immortal Islands, and brought them there.

• Pan Xuan sensed Zhao Gongming, Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao fleeing two Evil Flood Dragons across the East Sea.
• Pan Xuan killed both dragons with streams of vast righteous qi before they could reach the four fugitives.
• Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos thanked Pan Xuan and recognized him as the Lord of the Divine Dao.
• Pan Xuan offered the four refuge at the Witch Clan’s Three Immortal Islands while they stabilized their cultivation.
• Pan Xuan enveloped Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos in purple-gold light and carried them across the sea.

Pan Xuan brought Zhao Gongming and the three Xiao sisters to the Three Immortal Islands to recover, then traveled to the East Sea Dragon Palace for the Dragon Clan’s Water God investiture. The ceremony was ready to begin, with Ancestral Dragon, the Four Seas Dragon Kings, and more than a hundred candidates gathered in the Four Seas Hall.

• Pan Xuan introduced Zhao Gongming and the three Xiao sisters to the Great Witches and asked Kuafu to arrange a residence for them on the Three Immortal Islands.
• Yunxiao thanked Pan Xuan, received a Witch Clan Divine Dao passage talisman, and settled on the islands with her sisters and Zhao Gongming.
• Pan Xuan discussed coordination between the Water Gods and the island deities with Xing Tian and Hou Yi, then departed for the East Sea Eye.
• Ancestral Dragon welcomed Pan Xuan in ceremonial robes and led him to the East Sea Dragon Palace for the investiture.
• The Four Seas Dragon Kings and more than a hundred Water God candidates assembled in the Four Seas Hall to await Pan Xuan.

Pan Xuan presided over the Dragon Clan’s induction into the Divine Dao, appointing Water Gods and River Earls across the Primordial World’s waterways. He then invested Ancestral Dragon as the Primordial World Water God, and the Dragon Clan’s karmic burden began to ease.

• Ancestral Dragon asked Pan Xuan to conduct the investiture ceremony, and Pan Xuan invoked the Heavenly Dao with the Star Divine Dao Seal.
• Pan Xuan invested Ao Yuan, Ao Qin, Ao Run, and Ao Shun as the Water Gods of the Four Seas, granting each a Law Deity.
• The Heavenly Dao responded to the appointments, and the Dragon Clan felt its karmic burden lessen.
• Pan Xuan invested Water Gods and River Earls from the great rivers, lakes, and smaller waterways, and each received a Law Deity.
• Pan Xuan appointed Ancestral Dragon as the Primordial World Water God, second only to Gong Gong and empowered to invest Water Gods directly.
• Ancestral Dragon received a Law Deity shaped as a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, and those gathered knelt to honor him.

Ancestral Dragon joined the Divine Dao as the Water God of the Primordial World, and the Star Divine Dao Seal manifested the Dragon Clan’s mark. Meanwhile, Di Jun and Taiyi completed their plans to establish the Heavenly Court and set out to recruit Changxi and Xihe on the Taiyin Star.

• Ancestral Dragon felt the Dragon Clan’s karmic chains loosen after Pan Xuan invested him as Water God, and a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon appeared on the Star Divine Dao Seal.
• Pan Xuan and Ancestral Dragon discussed how the Dragon Clan would work with other Water Gods, and Ancestral Dragon promised to fulfill the clan’s duties.
• Ancestral Dragon asked whether Pan Xuan would rule for the Witch Clan or all races, and Pan Xuan said the Divine Dao was meant to serve the Primordial World’s many races.
• Di Jun refined the Investiture of the Gods List while Taiyi guarded him, then said the Heavenly Court needed powerful Innate Divinities to join it.
• Di Jun chose to approach Changxi and Xihe first, and he and Taiyi flew from the Sun Star toward the Taiyin Star.

Di Jun and Taiyi sought allies for the newly established Heavenly Court, but Changxi, Xihe, and Minghe refused to join. After bringing most star divinities under the Court through Great Dao oaths, the brothers set their sights on Kunpeng in the North Sea.

• Di Jun and Taiyi invited Changxi and Xihe to join the Heavenly Court, but the goddesses declined, choosing to remain on Taiyin Star.
• Di Jun and Taiyi organized the starry sky’s forces, offering divine offices to those who entered the Investiture of the Gods List and accepting Great Dao oaths from most others.
• Di Jun and Taiyi visited Minghe in the Blood Sea and invited him to join the Heavenly Court, but Minghe refused and declared his neutrality.
• Taiyi questioned their difficult path after several refusals, and Di Jun urged him to proceed step by step before setting off for the North Sea to approach Kunpeng.

Pan Xuan welcomed the Qilin Clan into the Divine Dao and appointed Primordial Qilin as Mountain God Inspector, giving the clan authority to supervise Mountain Gods throughout the Primordial World. The Qilin Clan accepted the responsibility and pledged impartial inspections as it began to emerge from seclusion.

• Primordial Qilin gathered several hundred Qilin clansfolk at Qilin Cliff to await Pan Xuan.
• Pan Xuan used the Star Divine Dao Seal to appoint Primordial Qilin as Mountain God Inspector, with authority to assess and supervise Mountain Gods.
• Primordial Qilin accepted the appointment and told the Qilin Clan to inspect Mountain Gods fairly and protect the mountains and forests.
• Pan Xuan appointed the remaining Qilin as Mountain Gods or assistants in the inspection system, and the Qilin imprint appeared on the Star Divine Dao Seal.
• Primordial Qilin promised that the Qilin Clan would investigate Mountain Gods equally regardless of their clan, and Pan Xuan affirmed that the Divine Dao depended on all clans working together.

Pan Xuan left Qilin Cliff for the Undying Volcano after Primordial Qilin warned him that the Divine Dao’s growing influence would attract enemies. At the same time, Kunpeng joined the Heavenly Court as Military Strategist and urged Di Jun and Taiyi to reach the Phoenix Clan before Pan Xuan, leaving both sides racing to win Yuanfeng’s support.

• Primordial Qilin warned Pan Xuan that Hong Jun, Di Jun, and Tai Yi would oppose the Divine Dao’s expansion, and Pan Xuan flew south toward the Undying Volcano.
• Di Jun and Taiyi visited Kunpeng in the North Sea and offered him the Heavenly Court’s Military Strategist position.
• Kunpeng accepted the appointment and advised Di Jun that securing the Phoenix Clan’s neutrality or allegiance was vital to countering the Divine Dao.
• Di Jun, Taiyi, and Kunpeng set out for the Undying Volcano ahead of Pan Xuan, while Kunpeng explained that Yuanfeng could be persuaded with benefits, especially help restoring the Phoenix Clan’s cultivation after Nirvana.

Pan Xuan reached the outskirts of the Undying Volcano and discovered Di Jun, Taiyi, and Kunpeng approaching. After secretly summoning the Twelve Ancestral Witches for help, he faced their coordinated assault and prepared to counter with the Primordial Heaven-Measuring Ruler.

• Pan Xuan flew toward the Undying Volcano and sensed Di Jun, Taiyi, and Kunpeng heading there.
• Pan Xuan concealed the Primordial Heaven-Measuring Ruler and sent a message to Mount Buzhou asking the Twelve Ancestral Witches for reinforcements.
• Di Jun, Taiyi, and Kunpeng arrived and confronted Pan Xuan at the volcano’s outskirts.
• Taiyi attacked with the Chaos Bell, Di Jun deployed the River Diagram and Luo Book, and Kunpeng transformed into his true form to strike from above.
• Pan Xuan anticipated the coordinated assault and sent the Primordial Heaven-Measuring Ruler from his sleeve before the Chaos Bell’s toll reached him.

Pan Xuan used the Primordial Heaven-Measuring Ruler, Vast Righteous Qi, and his precise judgment to withstand the attacks of Di Jun, Taiyi, and Kunpeng. He aimed to stall until help from Mount Buzhou arrived, and the three Quasi-Sages continued their assault as he narrowly held his ground.

• Pan Xuan used the ruler’s Xuanhuang Merit Light to block Taiyi’s Chaos Bell, then retreated past Di Jun’s yin-yang net and Kunpeng’s talons.
• Taiyi struck again with the Chaos Bell, Di Jun tightened his net and sealed the space, and Kunpeng unleashed a storm of wind blades.
• Pan Xuan assessed the three opponents and relied on the Star Divine Dao Seal to send word to Mount Buzhou, resolving to stall for the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
• Pan Xuan manifested his Merit Profound Yellow Dharma Aspect and Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon Law Deity, then used the Heaven-Measuring Ruler to redirect the Chaos Bell’s force into the Undying Volcano.
• Pan Xuan found a weak point in Di Jun’s net and escaped through it, then endured Kunpeng’s wind blades with his regenerating Vast Righteous Qi.

Pan Xuan struggled to withstand Di Jun, Taiyi, and Kunpeng while charging the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin with merit and fortune to seize the Chaos Bell. Bound to the Undying Volcano by her oath, Yuanfeng sent Azure Luan and Fire Phoenix to aid him, and their attack forced Kunpeng to turn aside.

• Pan Xuan used the Merit Profound Yellow Dharma Aspect to replenish his magical power as he endured the three Quasi-Sages’ assault and secretly empowered the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin.
• Taiyi drew on the Chaos Bell’s source power and struck Pan Xuan with a chaos-colored pillar, sending him reeling and further draining his reserves.
• Pan Xuan calculated that he could not hold out much longer while the coin continued to accumulate merit and fortune for a transaction against the Chaos Bell.
• Yuanfeng, unable to leave the Undying Volcano because of her Great Dao Oath, gave the Yuanfeng Pearl to Azure Luan and Fire Phoenix and ordered them to distract Kunpeng.
• Azure Luan struck Kunpeng with wind blades and Fire Phoenix hit the base of his right wing with Nirvana Fire, forcing him to twist aside and recognize the Phoenix Clan’s support for the Witch Clan.

Pan Xuan and the Twelve Ancestral Witches forced Di Jun, Taiyi, and Kunpeng to retreat after the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin nearly stripped Taiyi of the Chaos Bell. Pan Xuan declined to pursue them into the starry heavens and turned instead to bringing the Phoenix Clan into the Divine Dao.

• Azure Luan and Fire Phoenix pinned Kunpeng down while Pan Xuan fought Di Jun and Taiyi.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches arrived, prompting Di Jun to order a retreat toward the starry heavens.
• Pan Xuan used the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin on Taiyi's Chaos Bell, nearly severing its bond with Taiyi but failing to bring it down.
• Di Jun, Taiyi, and Kunpeng escaped through a passage into the starry heavens, and Pan Xuan refused to pursue them.
• Pan Xuan told the Ancestral Witches to focus on perfecting the Divine Dao and bringing the Phoenix Clan into it.
• Azure Luan said Yuanfeng awaited Pan Xuan inside the mountain, and Pan Xuan agreed to enter.

Pan Xuan formally brought the Phoenix Clan into the Divine Dao as Gods of the Sky, with Yuanfeng appointed to govern the heavens and celestial phenomena. After the clan received its investitures and felt its karmic burden lessen, the Star Divine Dao Seal awakened when the Phoenix imprint joined the Dragon and Qilin imprints.

• Pan Xuan thanked Yuanfeng for sending Azure Luan and Fire Phoenix to help him, and she welcomed him and the Twelve Ancestral Witches into the Undying Volcano.
• Pan Xuan offered the Phoenix Clan the new positions of Gods of the Sky, and Yuanfeng agreed to enter the Divine Dao.
• Pan Xuan invested Yuanfeng as God of the Sky, and the divine authority began loosening the karmic burden on the Phoenix Clan.
• Azure Luan, Fire Phoenix, Swan, Yuan Chu, and the other Phoenix Clan members received positions as Gods of the Sky over famed mountains and great rivers.
• A Fire Phoenix imprint appeared on the Star Divine Dao Seal beside the Dragon and Qilin imprints, and the seal trembled as a profound aura spread around the Sacred Parasol Tree.

After the Phoenix Clan joined the Divine Dao, the Star Seal advanced into an innate supreme treasure, strengthening the Divine Dao’s authority within the Heavenly Dao. Pan Xuan and Yuanfeng established the framework for the Gods of the Sky, and Pan Xuan departed with the Twelve Ancestral Witches for Mount Buzhou.

• The Star Seal evolved into an innate supreme treasure after the imprints of the Dragon, Qilin, and Phoenix Clans gathered, making the Divine Dao’s core laws more complete.
• Pan Xuan recognized that the Star Seal anchored the Divine Dao System, whose foundation of the myriad races’ order differed from Hong Jun’s Immortal Dao, founded on Hong Jun’s will.
• Pan Xuan and Yuanfeng agreed on how the Gods of the Sky would coordinate with Mountain Gods, Earth Gods, and the Dragon Clan’s Water Gods.
• Yuanfeng told Azure Luan that the Phoenix Clan would first focus on fulfilling the Gods of the Sky’s duties and securing its foundation.
• Pan Xuan and the Twelve Ancestral Witches left the Undying Volcano and flew toward Mount Buzhou.

After Pan Xuan returned to Mount Buzhou from the battle at the Undying Volcano, the Twelve Ancestral Witches worried over him and vowed to remember the Heavenly Court’s attack. Pan Xuan argued against rushing into war and explained that he had failed to take Taiyi’s Chaos Bell, though he believed he could claim it once his cultivation and resources grew.

• Pan Xuan reassured Houtu that he had survived the combined assault by Di Jun, Taiyi, and Kunpeng, and thanked Azure Luan, Fire Phoenix, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches for their aid.
• Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, Xuan Ming, and the other Ancestral Witches demanded revenge for the attack, but Pan Xuan urged them not to pursue the enemies into the Heavenly Court’s territory.
• Pan Xuan said the Witch Clan should strengthen its foundations before confronting the Heavenly Court, and disclosed that his Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin had failed to take Taiyi’s Chaos Bell.
• Houtu, Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, and Zhu Jiuyin encouraged Pan Xuan, with Zhu Jiuyin recalling a vision of the Chaos Bell’s radiance vanishing from Taiyi while Pan Xuan stood nearby.
• Pan Xuan agreed that greater cultivation, merit, and fortune would let him take the Chaos Bell if Taiyi summoned it again.

Pan Xuan proposed using the Blood Sea’s resources to strengthen the Witch Clan and offering Minghe a Divine Dao position that could help him pursue the Dao. Di Jiang assigned Houtu and Zhu Jiuyin to accompany Pan Xuan, and the three set out for the Blood Sea.

• Pan Xuan warned that Hong Jun’s alliance of Di Jun, Taiyi, unaffiliated cultivators, and Xuanmen threatened the Witch Clan, which needed to grow its population and expand the Divine Dao System.
• Pan Xuan proposed refining the Blood Sea’s turbid baleful qi and tainted blood, and offering Minghe authority as Lord of the Netherworld or God of the Blood Sea in exchange for joining the Divine Dao.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches insisted that Pan Xuan not travel alone, and Di Jiang chose Houtu and Zhu Jiuyin to accompany him.
• Pan Xuan assigned the remaining Ancestral Witches to oversee Mount Buzhou and the Divine Dao System, then departed for the Blood Sea with Houtu and Zhu Jiuyin.

Pan Xuan, Houtu, and Zhu Jiuyin visited Minghe at the Blood Sea, where Pan Xuan apologized for the Witch Clan’s earlier intrusion and offered him a foundation for attaining the Dao. Minghe’s anger gave way to cautious interest, and he invited them into the Netherworld Blood Sea Palace to discuss the offer.

• Minghe sensed Pan Xuan, Houtu, and Zhu Jiuyin arrive and demanded that the Witch Clan leave the Blood Sea.
• Pan Xuan acknowledged that the Witch Clan had been discourteous during its previous visit and apologized to Minghe in person.
• Minghe accused the Witch Clan of trying to recruit him like Di Jun and Tai Yi had.
• Pan Xuan told Minghe that the Witch Clan could give him a foundation for attaining the Dao.
• Minghe emerged from the Blood Sea and invited Pan Xuan, Houtu, and Zhu Jiuyin into the Netherworld Blood Sea Palace to discuss the offer.

Minghe accepted Pan Xuan's offer to join the Divine Dao as the God of the Blood Sea, gaining a Law Deity that could provide a path toward attaining the Dao. After Minghe and Pan Xuan swore their covenant, the Star Divine Dao Seal appointed him and recorded his place among the Divine Dao's great powers.

• Pan Xuan explained how Minghe could use a Divine Dao Law Deity to unite with the Blood Sea's laws and offered him the stations of God of the Blood Sea or Lord of the Netherworld.
• Pan Xuan asked the Witch Clan to gather and purify turbid baleful qi and tainted blood from the Blood Sea, and promised Minghe authority, autonomy, and support for establishing the Netherworld and Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Minghe accepted the God of the Blood Sea's authority on the condition that he and Pan Xuan jointly approve the Witch Clan's collection methods and purification array.
• Minghe and Pan Xuan swore their covenant before the Great Dao and Heavenly Dao, while Houtu and Zhu Jiuyin welcomed Minghe into the Divine Dao.
• Pan Xuan used the Star Divine Dao Seal to appoint Minghe, forming a Blood Sea Law Deity and adding the God of the Blood Sea to the seal.

After the Witch Clan’s rise alarmed him, Di Jun began deriving the Zhoutian Star Dou Great Array while Taiyi and Kunpeng gathered forces for the Heavenly Court. By the end, ten powerful spirits and tens of thousands of races had submitted, and their armies had assembled at the edge of the sea of stars.

• Di Jun identified the Witch Clan’s lack of primordial spirits as a weakness and decided to establish the Heavenly Court and develop the Zhoutian Star Dou Great Array.
• Di Jun assigned Taiyi and Kunpeng to recruit the Primordial World’s scattered forces, while he began deriving the array with the River Diagram and Luo Book.
• Taiyi subdued Ji Meng, Yingzhao, Fei Lian, Jiu Ying, Shangyang, Qin Yuan, Ci Tie, Guiche, Baize, and Qiongqi with the Chaos Bell, and Kunpeng persuaded them to swear Great Dao Oaths.
• Taiyi and Kunpeng brought scattered races under the Heavenly Court, entering their chiefs and powerful elders with exhausted potential into the Investiture of the Gods List while other members swore loyalty.
• Tens of thousands of races submitted, and their allied armies gathered at the edge of the sea of stars.

Di Jun united the myriad races under the Demon Clan and established the Heavenly Court, earning the Heavenly Dao’s recognition and a surge of fortune. Pan Xuan judged the new power no immediate cause for alarm and returned toward Mount Buzhou, while Di Jiang’s Ancestral Witches waited for him to decide the Witch Clan’s response.

• Taiyi and Kunpeng brought the Ten Great Demon Gods, soldiers, and submitted races to Di Jun, who declared the Demon Clan and ordered the Lingxiao Treasure Hall built.
• Di Jun completed the Lingxiao Treasure Hall and proclaimed the Heavenly Court’s establishment, with Taiyi raising the Chaos Bell to summon the Heavenly Dao’s response.
• Heavenly Court fortune strengthened Di Jun, Taiyi, Kunpeng, the Ten Great Demon Gods, and the demon soldiers, while the other powers across the Primordial World sensed its founding.
• Pan Xuan, Houtu, and Zhu Jiuyin left the Blood Sea Palace, and Pan Xuan said the Witch Clan should return to Mount Buzhou and strengthen itself rather than rush to respond.
• The Ancestral Witches in Pangu Hall discussed the Heavenly Court’s growing military strength, and Di Jiang ordered them to wait for Pan Xuan to return and decide their response.

Pan Xuan reported that the Blood Sea cooperation was secure, then analyzed how Hong Jun’s arrangements had positioned the Heavenly Court and other powers to check the Witch Clan and its Divine Dao. As Zhu Rong and several Ancestral Witches urged an immediate attack, Pan Xuan argued that an all-out war was premature and left them considering whether defeating the Heavenly Court would require the Dutian Divine Fiends Grand Formation.

• Pan Xuan told the Ancestral Witches that Minghe had joined the Divine Dao and agreed to work with Houtu on a purification array for the Blood Sea.
• Pan Xuan explained that Di Jun and Tai Yi had founded the Demon Clan and Heavenly Court, prompting Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, Xuan Ming, and others to advocate attacking them.
• Di Jiang quieted the calls for war and asked Pan Xuan for his view.
• Pan Xuan said the Witch Clan should not yet begin an all-out war, then described Hong Jun’s disciples, the Heavenly Court, and the King Father of the East and West Queen Mother as parts of a plan to curb the Witch Clan and Divine Dao.
• Zhu Rong challenged Pan Xuan’s caution, and Pan Xuan asked whether the Witch Clan would need the Dutian Divine Fiends Grand Formation to conquer the Heavenly Court.