Chapter Summaries

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhao Gongming returns to Golden Turtle Island, plans to build a Primordial World version of the Virtual Universe, and sort out the Primordial World's earth veins and spirit veins.
• Tongtian Cult Leader agrees to help and announces the project to the Primordial World, stirring excitement among cultivators.
• Zhao Gongming reunites with his three younger sisters, shares his experiences, and gifts them treasures and opportunities, inadvertently aiding their cultivation.
• Grand Pure One Laozi, disguised, tries to teach the Human Race a cultivation method but is driven out due to the superiority of the Human Race's own method.

Character Developments

• Zhao Gongming: Shows his loyalty and sentiment towards his family, plans an ambitious project for the Primordial World's benefit, and aids his sisters' cultivation.
• Tongtian Cult Leader: Recognizes Zhao Gongming's potential and agrees to help with the project, understanding its significance and the potential Merit it could bring.
• Grand Pure One Laozi: Initially confident in his teaching, is shocked and disbelieving when the Human Race rejects his method.

Significant Themes

• The importance of family and loyalty (Zhao Gongming's relationship with his sisters).
• Ambition and grand plans (Zhao Gongming's Virtual Universe project).
• The value of one's own knowledge and methods over outsiders' (Human Race's rejection of Grand Pure One Laozi's teaching).

Character Interactions

• Zhao Gongming and Tongtian Cult Leader: Master and disciple, they share a mutual understanding and respect, with Tongtian Cult Leader supporting Zhao Gongming's plans.
• Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters: Their reunion is filled with warmth and joy, with Zhao Gongming sharing his experiences and aiding their cultivation.
• Grand Pure One Laozi and the Human Race: Despite his good intentions, Grand Pure One Laozi is rejected by the Human Race, highlighting the value they place on their own knowledge.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Human Race Fundamental Cultivation Method, derived by the Human Race Holy Ancestor, is revealed to be at the Saint level, stunning Grand Pure One Laozi.
• Grand Pure One Laozi acknowledges the loss of Humanity Sect Fortune but plans for the future.
• Zhao Gongming and his sisters return to Azure Tour Palace, where Tongtian Cult Leader announces a joint sermon.
• Tongtian Cult Leader delivers a 100-year sermon, followed by Zhao Gongming's 100-year sermon on leyline and spiritual-vein reorganization methods.
• Zhao Gongming selects 200 disciples, including his sisters and notable second-generation disciples, to help sort out the Primordial World's leylines and spiritual veins.
• Tongtian Cult Leader leads the selected disciples to Mount Buzhou, drawing attention throughout the Primordial World.

Character Developments

• Grand Pure One Laozi acknowledges the power of the Human Race Holy Ancestor's cultivation method and accepts the loss of Humanity Sect Fortune.
• Zhao Gongming demonstrates his profound understanding of the Great Dao and his ability to lead and inspire disciples.
• Tongtian Cult Leader recognizes Zhao Gongming's potential and allows him to lead the disciples in the leyline and spiritual-vein sorting project.

Significant Themes

• The power and significance of Saint-level cultivation methods.
• The importance of Great Dao comprehension and its application.
• The value of Merit and Fortune in cultivation and the willingness to undertake challenging tasks for potential rewards.

Character Interactions

• Grand Pure One Laozi and Zhao Gongming: Laozi acknowledges the power of the Human Race Holy Ancestor's cultivation method, while Zhao Gongming demonstrates his understanding of the Great Dao.
• Tongtian Cult Leader and Zhao Gongming: Tongtian Cult Leader recognizes Zhao Gongming's potential and allows him to lead the disciples in the leyline and spiritual-vein sorting project.
• Zhao Gongming and his sisters: The Three Xiao Sisters trust and support Zhao Gongming, choosing to accompany him on this journey.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Tongtian Cult Leader mobilizes Interception Sect to sort out earth veins and spirit veins, creating Grotto-Heaven Paradise nodes, despite the vastness and complexity of the task.
• Dijun and Taiyi announce their Heavenly Marriage in a hundred years, inviting Primordial World's powerful figures to the Demon Race Heavenly Court.
• Xihe and Changxi, Lunar Goddesses, arrive in the Primordial World to seek Zhao Gongming, freeing them from the Heavenly Marriage destiny.
• Zhao Gongming guides Xihe and Changxi in repairing earth veins and spirit veins for a hundred years.
• The Demon Race Heavenly Court is lavishly decorated for Dijun and Taiyi's Heavenly Marriage, but the objects prepared for the marriage cause them distress.

Character Developments

• Tongtian Cult Leader shows dedication to improving the sect's Fortune, despite the challenges and limited rewards of sorting earth veins and spirit veins.
• Dijun and Taiyi, despite their status, express unease about their Heavenly Marriage.
• Zhao Gongming demonstrates patience and willingness to guide Xihe and Changxi, showing growth in his role as a mentor.
• Xihe and Changxi show determination and adaptability in their decision to follow Zhao Gongming and their willingness to learn from him.

Significant Themes

• Destiny vs. Free Will: The Heavenly Marriage is a destined event, but Xihe and Changxi's arrival allows them to change their fate.
• Cultivation and Growth: The sorting of earth veins and spirit veins, and the Heavenly Marriage, are both means of gaining Merit and Fortune for cultivation advancement.
• Friendship and Loyalty: Xihe and Changxi's journey to the Primordial World demonstrates their loyalty and friendship towards Zhao Gongming.

Character Interactions

• Tongtian Cult Leader and the Interception Sect disciples work together to sort earth veins and spirit veins.
• Dijun and Taiyi interact with the Primordial World's powerful figures, inviting them to their Heavenly Marriage.
• Zhao Gongming interacts with Xihe and Changxi, guiding them and accepting their decision to follow him.
• Xihe and Changxi interact with each other, showing a sisterly bond as they make decisions together.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Dijun and Taiyi compromise, obtaining two Lunar Toads with Lunar Yin Origin to perfect their Zhou Tian Star-Division Formation.
• The Heavenly Marriage takes place without any Heavenly Dao Sages attending, angering Dijun and Taiyi.
• Dijun and Taiyi gain significant Merit, advancing to Sub-Saint realm, and the Demon Court's strength increases dramatically.
• The Calamity Sha Qi surges, signaling the impending Final Witch-Demon War.
• Zhao Gongming sorts out half of the Primordial World's earth veins and spiritual veins and creates a Virtual Universe World using the Chaos Dream Tapir's help.

Character Developments

• Dijun and Taiyi: They compromise and gain significant power, fueling their ambition to challenge the Saints and unify the Primordial World.
• Zhao Gongming: He advances to Mid-Stage Primordial Golden Immortal and creates the Virtual Universe World, further solidifying his influence in the Primordial World.

Significant Themes

• Ambition and Power: Dijun and Taiyi's desire for power and influence drives their actions, leading to increased tension with the Saints and the Witch Race.
• Illusion vs. Reality: The creation of the Virtual Universe World explores the theme of illusion and reality coexisting, reflecting Zhao Gongming's unique perspective and abilities.

Character Interactions

• Dijun and Taiyi: Their interaction highlights their shared ambition and determination, as well as their frustration with the Saints' disregard.
• Zhao Gongming and the Chaos Dream Tapir: Their interaction showcases the Tapir's fawning attitude and eagerness to please Zhao Gongming, as well as Zhao Gongming's trust in the Tapir's abilities.
• Xihe and Changxi: Their interaction with the Chaos Dream Tapir reveals their surprise and curiosity about Zhao Gongming's influence and the Tapir's demeanor.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhao Gongming announces the creation of the Virtual Universe, triggering a Heavenly Dao Merit response.
• The Merit is distributed across the Interception Sect and the Primordial World, allowing entry into the Virtual Universe.
• Zhao Gongming uses the Merit to improve his Primordial Spirit cultivation, reaching Perfected Primordial Golden Immortal and comprehending the Great Dao of Strength to 19.15%.
• The Interception Sect's Fortune surges, and the Primordial World's living beings and Heavenly Dao Sages react to the Virtual Universe's establishment.

Character Developments

• Zhao Gongming: Advances his cultivation and comprehends the Great Dao of Strength, solidifying his position as a powerful figure in the Primordial World.
• Heavenly Dao Sages: Recognize the potential of the Virtual Universe and its impact on the Primordial World, including Primordial Lord of Heaven and Grand Pure One Laozi.
• Other Great Supernatural Beings: React to the Virtual Universe's establishment, with some like Zhunti and Jieyin facing issues within their sects (Western Sect's Red Cloud).

Significant Themes

• The impact of the Virtual Universe on the Primordial World's living beings and the potential for commerce and wealth accumulation.
• The role of Heavenly Dao Merit as a universal currency for the Primordial World.
• The power dynamics and relationships between different factions and cultivators in the Primordial World.

Character Interactions

• Zhao Gongming interacts with the Heavenly Dao, receiving Merit and advancing his cultivation.
• The Interception Sect disciples, including the Three Xiao Sisters and Jinling Holy Mother, share in the Heavenly Dao Merit.
• Great Supernatural Beings and Heavenly Dao Sages react to the Virtual Universe's establishment, with Primordial Lord of Heaven and Grand Pure One Laozi acknowledging its significance.
• Zhunti, Jieyin, and Medicine Master discuss Red Cloud's actions at the Western Sect, highlighting their sect's struggles.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhao Gongming realizes the need for a universal currency in the Primordial World to facilitate trade and circulation of Heavenly Dao Merit.
• He creates a monetary system with Merit Coin as the core, supported by Dao Coin, Dharma Coin, Spirit Coin, and Mortal Coin.
• Zhao Gongming forges the first Merit Treasure Coin and proclaims it the universal currency, gaining Heavenly Dao's recognition.
• The Merit Treasure Coin, later revealed to be the Treasure-Dropping Coin, has the ability to make others' treasures fall, consuming the user's Fortune or Merit.
• Zhao Gongming enters the Virtual Universe to develop it further, with ideas like creating instances and gathering various aspects of life.

Character Developments

• Zhao Gongming demonstrates his strategic thinking and innovation by creating a monetary system for the Primordial World.
• He shows determination and decisiveness in acting on his ideas and gaining Heavenly Dao's recognition.

Significant Themes

• The importance of currency and trade in society and cultivation.
• The concept of 'Fortune' and its relation to one's wealth and luck.
• The potential for growth and development within the Virtual Universe.

Character Interactions

• Zhao Gongming interacts with the Heavenly Dao, gaining its recognition for his monetary system.
• He reflects on his past life, connecting the Treasure-Dropping Coin to his previous experiences.
• Zhao Gongming's actions influence the entire Primordial World, affecting countless living beings.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhao Gongming senses a powerful pull within his body, recognizing it as a possible opportunity to attain Sainthood. His intuition is strengthened by his status as lord of the Virtual Universe and the immense Fortune generated by the Commerce Dao.
• He travels into the Primordial Starry Sky, where he discovers an enormous and highly complex Chaos Restriction hidden within the Primordial Chaos currents.
• Zhao Gongming studies and breaks the restriction. In doing so, he greatly advances his Formation Dao, comprehends the World Dao, and obtains the Inner World Sainthood Method.
• The method involves placing Five Elements Origin treasures within his body, transforming them into earth, water, wind, and fire, then creating and splitting Primordial Chaos in imitation of Pangu’s creation of the world. The resulting inner world has theoretically limitless potential and could provide overwhelming power.
• Choosing to pursue the immediate opportunity first, Zhao Gongming enters the opened restriction and finds an enormous store of spiritual qi, spirit roots, and rare spiritual materials—far surpassing even the richest grotto-heavens.
• At the restriction’s core, he discovers the true Chaos Ancestral Spirit Root, also known as the World Tree, surrounded by more than a thousand Innate Spiritual Roots.
• The World Tree is revealed to be the original main trunk of the primordial World Tree that existed alongside Pangu. Its aura is so powerful that it resembles a Saint’s presence, suggesting it could attain Sainthood immediately if it took form.
• Zhao Gongming realizes that combining the resources within the restriction with those he has already collected may allow him to break through the Sixth Turn of the Profound Technique and achieve Physical Body Becoming a Sage, granting him physical strength comparable to or capable of challenging Heavenly Dao Sages.

Character Development

• Zhao Gongming demonstrates increased confidence and decisiveness, immediately following his intuition despite the dangers of the calamity-filled Primordial World.
• His mastery of the Formation Dao and World Dao expands substantially through breaking the Chaos Restriction.
• He gains a new possible path to Sainthood through the Inner World Sainthood Method, broadening his cultivation options beyond conventional methods.
• His ambitions rise from merely seeking an opportunity to attain Sainthood to potentially achieving both an invincible inner world and a sage-level physical body.

Significant Themes

• Fortune and destiny: Zhao Gongming’s immense Fortune guides him toward a rare opportunity even without actively searching for one.
• Imitating primordial creation: The Inner World Sainthood Method reflects the power of Pangu’s creation of heaven and earth, suggesting that recreating cosmic processes is a path to transcendence.
• Limitless potential versus fixed limits: Ordinary worlds possess developmental ceilings, while an inner world formed from Primordial Chaos may grow without restriction.
• Accumulation and transformation: The vast collection of spirit roots and materials represents the culmination of Zhao Gongming’s previous efforts and may enable a decisive physical breakthrough.
• The legacy of Pangu and the primordial Chaos World: The World Tree connects the present world to its ancient origins and embodies the immense power of the pre-creation era.

Character Interactions

• Zhao Gongming’s main interactions are with the Chaos Restriction and the hidden World Tree.
• He methodically analyzes and overcomes the restriction, demonstrating his growing mastery and adaptability.
• Upon encountering the World Tree and the spirit roots beneath it, he recognizes their true origins and evaluates how they can be used to advance his cultivation.
• No other major characters appear directly in the chapter.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhao Gongming receives three extraordinary treasures from the World Tree: the Creation Cauldron (an Innate Defensive Supreme Treasure that can reverse spiritual roots), three Fragments of the Creation Jade Butterfly, and the Chaos Yellow Springs Banner (a Chaos Spirit Treasure).
• He finds a mountain of Innate Spiritual Fruits and uses them to break through to the Sixth Turn of the Profound Technique, Physical Body Becoming a Sage, by refining them with his Nine Revolutions Profound Art.
• He demonstrates his new physical body's strength by withstanding a strike from the Hongmeng Heaven-Measuring Ruler without injury.

Character Developments

• Zhao Gongming's foundation is shown to be profound, remaining calm even when faced with a vast amount of resources.
• His physical body's strength increases significantly, allowing him to contend with a Heavenly Dao Sage.

Significant Themes

• Fortune and Calamity: The World Tree senses that Zhao Gongming brings fortune and avoids calamity, leading it to bestow treasures upon him.
• Growth and Transformation: Zhao Gongming's physical body evolves and strengthens through refinement and cultivation.
• Power and Strength: Zhao Gongming's new physical body demonstrates immense power and strength, enabling him to contend with powerful beings.

Character Interactions

• Zhao Gongming interacts with the World Tree, which senses his potential and bestows treasures upon him, expressing happiness at his gratitude.
• No other characters are present in this chapter.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhao Gongming successfully refines the remaining nine drops of Pangu Essence Blood, advancing his bloodline lineage to the 9th rank in the Top-Tier Chaos God-Devil Lineage.
• Dijun and Taiyi, after attaining the Dao through their Heavenly Marriage, have ten Little Golden Crows, causing a calamity in the Primordial World. They send the Little Golden Crows back to the Sun Star and set restrictions to prevent their entry.
• Zhunti, seeking to hasten the Tribulation's evolution and gain Fortune and Merit, arrives at the Solar Star, erases the restrictions set by Dijun and Taiyi, and leaves without a trace.
• The Little Golden Crows, attracted by the Primordial World, decide to venture into it despite the dangers, causing another surge of Calamity Sha Qi.

Character Developments

• Zhao Gongming's physical body becomes a Sage, and his bloodline advances to the top tier, allowing him to mobilize a trace of Great Dao Origin power, comparable to a Heavenly Dao Sage.
• Dijun and Taiyi, now Heavenly Dao Sages, prepare for the decisive battle against the Witch Race, but are puzzled by Pangu Temple's silence and the Ancestral Witches' inactivity.
• Zhunti, facing pressure from Red Cloud, seeks to gain Fortune and Merit by hastening the Tribulation's evolution.
• The Little Golden Crows, despite their fathers' warnings, decide to explore the Primordial World, showing their curiosity and disregard for potential dangers.

Significant Themes

• The power of bloodline and its influence on cultivation and combat strength.
• The consequences of actions and the need to face them (Zhunti's actions and the potential backlash).
• The theme of curiosity and its role in driving exploration and growth (the Little Golden Crows).

Character Interactions

• Zhao Gongming interacts with the Heavenly Dao, refining Pangu Essence Blood and advancing his bloodline.
• Dijun and Taiyi interact with their children, the Little Golden Crows, setting restrictions and warning them about the dangers of the Primordial World.
• Zhunti interacts with the restrictions set by Dijun and Taiyi, erasing them and causing another surge of Calamity Sha Qi.
• The Little Golden Crows interact with each other, deciding to venture into the Primordial World despite the warnings from their fathers.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhao Gongming feels the power of his bloodline and understands its immense potential.
• The World Tree, a Chaos Ancestral Spirit Root, wants to follow Zhao Gongming and brings along numerous spirit roots and spiritual materials.
• Zhao Gongming takes the World Tree and the spirit roots into his Myriad Heavens World, which significantly enhances its origin and defensive power.
• In the Primordial World, Kuafu pursues the ten Little Golden Crows, causing destruction. Zhao Gongming intervenes, saves Kuafu, and captures the Little Golden Crows.
• Zhunti, who had been watching, reveals himself and confronts Zhao Gongming.

Character Developments

• Zhao Gongming realizes the immense power of his bloodline and understands that his Physical Body Becoming a Sage is just the beginning.
• The World Tree demonstrates consciousness and initiative, wanting to follow Zhao Gongming and bringing along other spirit roots.

Significant Themes

• The power of bloodlines and their potential.
• The growth and development of the Myriad Heavens World.
• The conflict between Zhao Gongming and Zhunti, reflecting their differing goals and methods.

Character Interactions

• Zhao Gongming interacts with the World Tree, understanding its intentions and accepting its following.
• Zhao Gongming saves Kuafu and captures the Little Golden Crows, thwarting Zhunti's plans.
• Zhunti confronts Zhao Gongming, marking a continuation of their conflict.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhunti Saint suddenly appears and attacks, sealing the heaven and earth.
• Zhunti demands the Ghost Emperor Position and a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure from Zhao Gongming.
• Zhao Gongming reveals that Zhunti's Little Golden Crows caused a potential calamity for the Witch Race.
• Zhunti threatens to fight if Zhao Gongming refuses his demands.
• Zhao Gongming reveals he has a Primordial Spirit and uses a Defensive Supreme Treasure, the Creation Cauldron, to block Zhunti's attack.
• Zhunti is shocked and agitated upon seeing the Creation Cauldron.

Character Developments

• Zhao Gongming remains calm and composed throughout the confrontation, revealing his strength and resourcefulness.
• Zhunti initially underestimates Zhao Gongming but becomes increasingly alarmed as the conversation progresses.

Significant Themes

• The struggle for power and resources among different factions in the Primordial World.
• The consequences of interfering with the natural course of events.
• The importance of spiritual treasures and their role in combat.

Character Interactions

• Zhunti and Zhao Gongming engage in a tense negotiation that escalates into a threat of violence.
• Zhao Gongming's revelation of his Primordial Spirit and the Creation Cauldron surprises and alarms Zhunti.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhunti, a Heavenly Dao Sage, is astonished by Zhao Gongming's possession of a Supreme Treasure, a Defensive Supreme Treasure, which is extremely rare and valuable.
• Zhunti attempts to seize the treasure by exhausting Zhao Gongming's Dharma power, but Zhao Gongming uses the Creation Cauldron to defend against Zhunti's attacks.
• Zhao Gongming reveals his true strength by advancing and punching Zhunti, demonstrating a Physical Body that has surpassed the limits of a Quasi-Sage and reached the Sub-Saint level.
• Zhunti, also using his Saint Body, clashes with Zhao Gongming in a punch that shakes the entire Primordial World.
• The aftermath of their punch evaporates half of the Boundless Blood Sea, showing the terrifying power of Saints.
• Zhunti is grievously injured and blasted back, spitting out golden Saint blood and suffering cracks on his Saint Body.

Character Developments

• Zhunti: Initially confident and aggressive, he becomes astonished, envious, and jealous upon realizing Zhao Gongming's true power.
• Zhao Gongming: Reveals his true strength and power, proving to be a formidable opponent even for a Heavenly Dao Sage.

Significant Themes

• The power of Supreme Treasures and their rarity.
• The difference in strength between Quasi-Sages and Saints.
• The envy and jealousy that can arise even among powerful beings.

Character Interactions

• Zhunti and Zhao Gongming: Their interaction is marked by conflict and escalating power display, culminating in a punch that demonstrates the terrifying might of Saints.
• Zhunti's envy and jealousy towards Zhao Gongming's physical body, which has surpassed the limits of a Quasi-Sage and reached the Sub-Saint level.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhunti, a Heavenly Dao Sage, becomes jealous of Zhao Gongming's Physical Body Becoming a Sage, which allows him to explore the Chaos World without Heavenly Dao suppression.
• Zhunti uses Heavenly Dao Authority to empower himself, breaking through to the Second Heaven of Primordial Unity and manifesting a Saint Dharma Form to suppress Zhao Gongming.
• Zhao Gongming counters with the Creation-Heaven Strike, destroying Zhunti's Saint Dharma Form and Meritorious Golden Lotus, then killing Zhunti.
• Zhunti's fall triggers a blood rain across the Primordial World and a Heavenly Tribulation targeting Zhao Gongming.

Character Developments

• Zhunti shows envy and underestimation of Zhao Gongming, leading to his downfall.
• Zhao Gongming demonstrates his power and resilience, surviving Zhunti's attack and defeating him.

Significant Themes

• The power dynamics between Heavenly Dao Sages and those who achieve Physical Body Becoming a Sage.
• The consequences of underestimating one's opponent and acting out of envy.
• The reaction of the Heavenly Dao and the Primordial World to the fall of a Saint.

Character Interactions

• Zhunti envies Zhao Gongming and attempts to suppress him using his Heavenly Dao Authority.
• Zhao Gongming remains calm and composed, countering Zhunti's attack and ultimately defeating him.
• The Primordial World and other living beings react to Zhunti's fall with grief and mourning.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhao Gongming, after killing a Heavenly Dao Sage, faces Chaos Divine Lightning Tribulation.
• Zhunti, the Heavenly Dao Sage, resurrects and offers a strand of Gengjin Origin as compensation.
• Zhao Gongming proposes to establish the Nether Sect and merge the Western Sect, offering 30% of the Western Land's Fortune.

Character Developments

• Zhao Gongming demonstrates his power and cunning, showing no fear of the Heavenly Dao and revealing his long-term plans for the Western Land.
• Zhuti, despite his initial arrogance, becomes submissive after witnessing Zhao Gongming's strength. He shows willingness to negotiate and even betray his sect for personal gain.

Significant Themes

• Power dynamics and the will of the Heavenly Dao.
• The value of origins and their extraction.
• The potential for betrayal and shifting alliances.

Character Interactions

• Zhao Gongming and Zhuti interact, with Zhao Gongming displaying dominance and Zhuti showing deference and willingness to negotiate.
• The interaction hints at a future betrayal by Zhuti, aligning with Zhao Gongming's plans.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Thirteenth Ancestral Witch, Zhao Gongming, plans to reconstruct the damaged earth veins and spirit veins of the Primordial World's west.
• He offers Zhunti, a Western Sect leader, advanced reconstruction methods and promises to join his Nether Sect after the west's restoration.
• Zhao Gongming initiates a "Western Development Campaign" using the Primordial Version Virtual Universe, mobilizing countless cultivators to repair the earth veins and spirit veins in exchange for currency (condensed mana and Dao comprehension).
• The campaign successfully attracts Golden Immortal Realm cultivators and above, leading to a massive surge of cultivators heading west to repair the earth veins and spirit veins.

Character Developments

• Zhao Gongming: Shows absolute confidence in his plan and demonstrates his prowess by offering advanced reconstruction methods and mobilizing countless cultivators.
• Zhunti: Initially doubtful, becomes ecstatic after learning the advanced reconstruction methods and joins the campaign to repair the earth veins and spirit veins.

Significant Themes

• Repair vs. Destruction: Repairing the earth veins and spirit veins is much harder than destroying them, symbolizing the effort required to rebuild and maintain balance.
• Currency System: The currency system is shown to be a powerful motivator, driving cultivators to participate in the repair campaign.
• Unification and Cooperation: The campaign unites cultivators from various sects and even the Demon Race, showcasing the power of collective effort.

Character Interactions

• Zhao Gongming and Zhunti: Zhao Gongming convinces Zhunti to join the campaign by offering advanced reconstruction methods and promising future collaboration.
• Cultivators and the Campaign: The cultivators' enthusiasm and dedication to the repair campaign, driven by the currency system, impresses Zhunti and Jieyin, leading them to join the campaign as well.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Tongtian Cult Leader tasks Zhao Gongming with appointing Ghost Emperor Positions in the Underworld.
• Zhao Gongming decides the candidates for the Five Directional Ghost Emperors, prioritizing his three younger sisters and their close associates.
• He plans to promote other positions like the Ten Yama Kings and Black-and-White Judges from Fengdu, based on merit.
• Zhao Gongming leads the appointed Ghost Emperors into the Underworld, where they meet Houtu Dao Ancestor.
• Houtu Dao Ancestor acknowledges the Three Xiao Sisters as her younger sisters, indicating her close relationship with Zhao Gongming.
• Zhao Gongming appoints the Ghost Emperors, starting with Yun Xiao as the Central Ghost Emperor, and grants them Merit to advance their cultivation.

Character Developments

• Zhao Gongming: Shows his authority and wisdom in deciding the Ghost Emperor appointments, demonstrating his understanding of the future calamities and his sisters' fates. He also reveals his close relationship with Houtu Dao Ancestor.
• The Three Xiao Sisters: Are appointed as Ghost Emperors and receive recognition from Houtu Dao Ancestor, indicating their importance and potential.
• Duobao Daoist: Feels snubbed and resentful after being ignored in the Ghost Emperor appointments, hinting at his future betrayal.

Significant Themes

• Fate and Destiny: Zhao Gongming's decisions are influenced by his knowledge of the future calamities and his sisters' fates.
• Loyalty and Betrayal: Duobao Daoist's resentment hints at his future betrayal, contrasting with the loyalty of other characters like Wudang Holy Mother.

Character Interactions

• Zhao Gongming and Houtu Dao Ancestor: Their close relationship is revealed, showing Houtu's affection for the Three Xiao Sisters.
• The Three Xiao Sisters and Houtu Dao Ancestor: Houtu's recognition of the Three Xiao Sisters indicates her high regard for them and her relationship with Zhao Gongming.
• Duobao Daoist and Zhao Gongming: Duobao feels snubbed by Zhao Gongming's decision, foreshadowing their future conflict.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yun Xiao's cultivation reaches Early Quasi-Sage level during the Lich Calamity.
• Zhao Gongming appoints the Three Xiao Sisters and other experts as Ghost Emperors, granting them immense authority and the ability to recruit ghost soldiers.
• Zhao Gongming visits the North Sea Black Tortoise, offering it a karmic opportunity to avoid its impending doom during the Final Witch-Demon War.
• The Black Tortoise offers Zhao Gongming two powerful treasures: a twelve-petaled black lotus platform and a crimson spear.

Character Developments

• Yun Xiao's cultivation progresses rapidly, reaching a level unprecedented for her age.
• The Three Xiao Sisters and other experts gain significant power and responsibility as Ghost Emperors.
• The North Sea Black Tortoise, facing its impending demise, seeks Zhao Gongming's help and offers its treasures.

Significant Themes

• The theme of cultivation and progression, with characters advancing their levels rapidly during the calamity.
• The theme of power and authority, as characters gain new positions and responsibilities.
• The theme of karmic opportunities and fate, with the North Sea Black Tortoise seeking to avoid its predetermined doom.

Character Interactions

• Zhao Gongming interacts with the Three Xiao Sisters, granting them Ghost Emperor positions and providing guidance.
• Zhao Gongming interacts with the North Sea Black Tortoise, offering it a chance to avoid its impending fate and accepting its treasures.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhao Gongming learns that the North Sea Black Tortoise possessed Luohou’s lost treasures: the God-Slaying Spear and the Twelfth-Rank World-Destroying Black Lotus. He takes both treasures, intending to give the spear to Qiong Xiao and the black lotus to Yun Xiao.
• He explains that the Black Tortoise’s immense body and cultivation have made it a target for calamity. Rather than allowing it to be killed and exploited later, he offers it a chance to voluntarily disperse its cultivation and abandon its physical body.
• Zhao reveals his larger Heaven-Mending Plan: use the Black Tortoise’s four limbs, along with the Twelve Ancestral Witches’ blood essence, to forge additional supports for Mount Buzhou, the Primordial World’s Heavenly Pillar.
• The Ancestral Witch blood essence would also be used to form a new version of the Twelve-Capital Heaven Fiend Formation, allowing Mount Buzhou to resonate with Pangu’s remaining will and manifest the Pangu True Form in times of danger.
• Initially reluctant to sacrifice its body after countless years of cultivation, the Black Tortoise changes its mind when Zhao offers it a strand of Primordial Purple Qi and promises to protect its Primordial Spirit through reincarnation.
• The Black Tortoise agrees, hoping to be reborn as a future Human Sovereign and eventually pursue the Great Dao. Its Primordial Spirit leaves its body, and Zhao preserves both the spirit and corpse using the Myriad Heavens World and Three Lights Divine Water.
• Zhao then travels to the summit of Mount Buzhou, where he observes that Pangu’s will is weakening and the Heavenly Pillar is becoming increasingly unstable.
• He summons two innate defensive treasures: the Cosmic Cauldron, containing Cosmic Mother Qi, and another cauldron containing Creation Mother Qi. The two treasures revert to their original forms as halves of a Chaos Green Lotus seedpod and begin merging.

Character Developments

• Zhao Gongming is portrayed as calculating but benevolent. He plans far ahead, not only collecting powerful treasures for his sisters but also arranging a solution to the Primordial World’s structural crisis.
• He demonstrates a willingness to offer major rewards—especially Primordial Purple Qi—to gain cooperation, while framing the Black Tortoise’s sacrifice as a way to escape a worse fate.
• The Black Tortoise evolves from a powerful but doomed cultivator into a willing participant in Zhao’s plan. Its fear of losing its body gives way to hope for a second life and future Dao advancement.
• Zhao’s relationship with the Black Tortoise is defined by negotiated karma: he accepts its treasures, then offers protection and a path to greater future potential in exchange for its sacrifice.

Significant Themes

• Sacrifice and redemption: The Black Tortoise gives up its body and cultivation, but gains the chance to reincarnate and pursue a higher destiny.
• Fate versus choice: Although the Black Tortoise was likely destined to have its limbs taken by others, Zhao allows it to choose its own sacrifice and preserve its Primordial Spirit.
• Restoration and cosmic balance: The Heaven-Mending Plan addresses the instability of Mount Buzhou and seeks to prevent another collapse of the Primordial World.
• Power and strategic planning: Zhao combines treasures, blood essence, formations, and Pangu’s remaining will into a long-term solution.
• The rise of humanity: The promise that the Black Tortoise may reincarnate as a Human Sovereign connects its personal future to the Human Race’s coming prominence.
• The cost of the Primordial World’s survival: The world’s stability depends on the sacrifice of powerful beings and the repurposing of their bodies and origins.

Character Interactions

• Zhao and the Black Tortoise negotiate directly over the latter’s body, cultivation, and future. Zhao first presents the sacrifice as necessary, then persuades it with the promise of Primordial Purple Qi and reincarnation.
• The Black Tortoise’s reaction to the Primordial Purple Qi reveals its awe toward Zhao and its desperate desire for a genuine chance at Dao advancement.
• Zhao’s planned distribution of the recovered treasures also reflects his concern for his sisters: the God-Slaying Spear is designated for Qiong Xiao, while the World-Destroying Black Lotus is intended for Yun Xiao.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Chaos Green Lotus Seedpod, formed from the fusion of the Creation Cauldron and Cosmic Cauldron, exceeds the Primordial World's Heavenly Dao limits, triggering a tribulation of Chaos Divine Lightning and the appearance of the Eye of Heavenly Punishment.
• The Chaos Green Lotus Seedpod swallows and refines the Chaos Divine Lightning into Chaos Divine Lightning Pellets, and later, the scarlet lightning from the Eye of Heavenly Punishment into Scarlet Lightning Pellets.
• The appearance of the Eye of Heavenly Punishment alarms all the Saints and countless Great Supernatural Beings in the Primordial World, leading them to rush towards Mount Buzhou.

Character Developments

• Zhao Gongming, now a Sage, witnesses the evolution of the Chaos Green Lotus Seedpod and its refinement of the lightning, leading him to have a bold idea about refining the scarlet lightning into pellets.

Significant Themes

• The limits of the Primordial World's Heavenly Dao and the consequences of surpassing them, as seen in the tribulation and the Eye of Heavenly Punishment.
• The power and potential of the Chaos Green Lotus Seedpod, which can swallow and refine even the most destructive lightning.

Character Interactions

• The Saints and Great Supernatural Beings, including Grand Pure One Laozi, Zhunti, Jieyin, Tongtian Cult Leader, Primordial Lord of Heaven, Dijun, Taiyi, and the Ancestral Witches, all react to the appearance of the Eye of Heavenly Punishment and rush towards Mount Buzhou, setting the stage for potential interactions and conflicts.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhao Gongming successfully refines forty-nine bolts of Crimson Lightning into a Scarlet Lightning Pellet, which can grievously injure even a Dao Ancestor.
• He uses the Chaos Pearl to hide the Chaos Green Lotus Seedpod's power, avoiding further heavenly tribulation.
• Zhao Gongming fuses the Cosmic Cauldron and Creation Cauldron into the Chaos Green Lotus Cauldron, which can refine anything, including Karmic Power and worlds.
• He begins forging the Heaven-Supporting Pillar using the Chaos Green Lotus Cauldron, attracting the attention of Demon Emperors Dijun and Taiyi, and the Heavenly Dao Six Sages.

Character Developments

• Zhao Gongming demonstrates his cunning and resourcefulness in handling the heavenly tribulation and forging the Heaven-Supporting Pillar.
• The Ancestral Witches show their loyalty and protectiveness towards Zhao Gongming, engaging Dijun and Taiyi in battle.

Significant Themes

• The power of refinement and transformation, as seen in the Chaos Green Lotus Cauldron and the forging of the Heaven-Supporting Pillar.
• The struggle against heavenly interference and the desire for self-determination, reflected in Zhao Gongming's actions and the Ancestral Witches' defense of Mount Buzhou.

Character Interactions

• Zhao Gongming and the Ancestral Witches: They work together to protect Zhao Gongming's forging process, with the Ancestral Witches engaging Dijun and Taiyi in battle.
• Zhao Gongming and the Heavenly Dao Six Sages: Their presence indicates their interest and potential threat to Zhao Gongming's plans.
• Dijun and Taiyi: They attempt to interfere with Zhao Gongming's forging but are held off by the Ancestral Witches.