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Primordial Era: Against-the-Heavens Comprehension, I Am the Ancestor of Array Dao
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Ch. 41Reincarnation Formation, Great Mage Xuandu

Chapter Summary: Reincarnation Formation, Great Mage Xuandu

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Chen Yang orders the Human Clan to use the Battlefield Killing Formation for its intended purpose: slaughtering wild beasts and fighting the Demon Race. The soldiers are encouraged to travel beyond the Eastern Sea Coast to gain battle experience, obtain food, and develop through real combat.
  • He instructs Sui Qing to continue spreading the Totem System, emphasizing its effectiveness in conquest and warfare.
  • Returning to cultivation, Chen Yang studies the rudimentary Reincarnation Formation created by Pingxin. His comprehension allows him to:
    • Understand part of the Reincarnation Law.
    • Create the grand Firmament Reincarnation Formation.
    • Develop the divine ability Grand Reincarnation of the Heavens.
  • Chen Yang realizes that the “firmament” in the formation refers to the six directions—above, below, east, west, south, and north. These six areas form connected reincarnation worlds arranged in a loop.
  • He begins evolving the formation within his Primordial Spirit. Because his spirit cannot yet withstand the full formation, he develops it gradually, using the formation to absorb spiritual qi and temper his soul.
  • After thousands of years of cultivation, aided by Primordial Clear Qi from the Ancestral Witch Hall, Chen Yang’s Primordial Spirit becomes far stronger. He successfully breaks through from the Great Luo Earth Immortal realm to the Great Luo Heavenly Immortal realm.
  • During his long cultivation, Chen Yang also creates divine abilities, improves the Human Clan’s cultivation system, and observes the effects of the Battlefield Killing Formation.
  • The Human Clan’s military strength and population expand rapidly. With food supplied by their hunts, reproduction accelerates, and their population grows by hundreds of billions in only several thousand years.
  • Chen Yang reflects on the enormous population and mortality of both the Human and Demon Races, recognizing life and death as a continuous cycle throughout the Primordial World.
  • He begins thinking about returning to Golden Ao Island, which he has not visited since leaving, but decides that the time is not yet right.
  • Xuandu arrives to meet Chen Yang after several hundred thousand years apart. He explains that Laozi sent him to train in the Human Realm, observe the Human Clan and its script, and deliver a request from the Human Clan’s ancient patriarchs.
  • Xuandu reveals that Patriarchs Suiren, Ziyi, and other elders wish to meet Chen Yang but cannot leave the Human Clan’s Land of Destiny, leaving Chen Yang puzzled about its nature.

Character Developments

  • Chen Yang grows substantially in power, advancing to the Great Luo Heavenly Immortal realm. His cultivation becomes increasingly centered on formations, reincarnation principles, soul tempering, and the creation of new divine abilities.
  • He also develops as a leader and reformer. His military policies strengthen the Human Clan, while his improvements to cultivation and food supply help drive its population growth.
  • Chen Yang displays growing insight into the relationship between life, death, reproduction, and the larger balance of the Primordial World.
  • Sui Qing continues acting as Chen Yang’s trusted administrator and military representative, carrying out his orders concerning the Battlefield Killing Formation and Totem System.
  • Chang’e remains close to Chen Yang, discussing the Human Clan’s development and questioning his desire to return to Golden Ao Island.
  • Xuandu is portrayed as a respected senior relative and observer of the Human Clan. He acknowledges Chen Yang’s extraordinary progress and influence while serving as a messenger between Chen Yang and the Human Clan’s ancient ancestors.

Significant Themes

  • War as cultivation: The Battlefield Killing Formation must be tested through genuine slaughter rather than ceremonial practice. Combat strengthens both individual warriors and the Human Clan as a whole.
  • Formation and reincarnation: Chen Yang’s study of the Reincarnation Formation represents the union of law, formation theory, and spiritual cultivation. Reincarnation is depicted as an ordered cycle formed through interconnected worlds.
  • Evolution through gradual progress: Chen Yang cannot complete the formation in a single step. His Primordial Spirit must adapt and strengthen gradually, emphasizing patience and controlled advancement.
  • Growth of civilization: Military organization, food security, population growth, writing, and cultivation systems all contribute to the Human Clan’s rise.
  • Life and death as a cycle: Chen Yang reflects that countless beings are born and die throughout the Primordial World, placing the Human Clan’s growth within a larger natural cycle.
  • Duty versus personal ties: Although Chen Yang misses Golden Ao Island and his masters, he postpones returning because of his responsibilities to the Human Clan.

Character Interactions

  • Chen Yang and Sui Qing: Chen Yang gives direct strategic orders, and Sui Qing immediately accepts and implements them.
  • Chen Yang and Chang’e: They discuss the Human Clan’s population growth and compare it with the vast, constantly changing numbers of the Demon Race. Chang’e also asks whether Chen Yang intends to return to Golden Ao Island.
  • Chen Yang and Xuandu: Their reunion is respectful but familiar. Xuandu praises Chen Yang’s cultivation and accomplishments, while Chen Yang asks about the purpose of his visit.
  • Xuandu and Chen Yang regarding the elders: Xuandu explains that the Human Clan’s ancient patriarchs specifically requested Chen Yang’s presence. The chapter ends with Chen Yang learning about the mysterious Land of Destiny and wondering why the elders are confined there.
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Ch. 42Three Ancestors of the Human Clan, Fragment of the Creation Jade Butterfly

Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

  • Xuandu explains to Chen Yang that the Human Clan possesses enormous Fortune but lacks a treasure capable of suppressing it. The Three Human Ancestors—Suiren, Ziyi, and Youchao—have therefore remained in a hidden Land of Destiny to nurture such a treasure.
  • Chen Yang realizes that the treasure may be the Kongtong Seal, traditionally associated with Human Clan Fortune, but learns that it is actually a Fragment of the Creation Jade Butterfly.
  • Xuandu brings Chen Yang to a secret Human Clan sanctuary along the Yellow River, a river formed from the water that washed over Nuwa’s hands after humanity’s creation. Its waters contain powerful Human Clan Fortune and a concealed Dragon Vein.
  • At the sanctuary’s core, Chen Yang meets the Three Ancestors, who guard a massive spiritual-energy-filled pit where the treasure is being nurtured.
  • The Ancestors explain that the Human Clan’s weakness stems from lacking its own Fortune-suppressing treasure. Although the Saints support humanity, they primarily preach, educate, and share in its Fortune; they cannot provide a treasure belonging to the Human Clan itself.
  • They ask Chen Yang to accelerate the treasure’s formation by infusing it with the Human Clan Script and all knowledge, systems, techniques, and accumulated wisdom related to humanity.
  • Chen Yang uses his Elementary Learning, Human Clan Fortune, flames of Fortune, the Human Pool, and his brush, ink, paper, and inkstone treasures to pour vast amounts of Human Clan knowledge into the jade-butterfly fragment.
  • He also contributes cultivation systems, divine abilities, secret arts, formations, medical knowledge, and the future intellectual development of humanity, including Legalist, Daoist, Mohist, Confucian, Yin-Yang, Agriculturalist, Medical, Military, and other schools of thought.
  • Several thousand years later, the treasure has advanced dramatically toward completion, astonishing the Three Ancestors, who had previously nurtured it for countless years with little visible progress.

2. Character Developments

  • Chen Yang demonstrates humility by attributing the success of the Human Clan Script partly to his advantageous position and the support of the Human Clan’s higher powers rather than claiming sole credit.
  • He is revealed to possess extraordinary wisdom, creativity, and foresight. His understanding of humanity allows him to contribute not only existing knowledge but also concepts and classics that humanity will develop in the future.
  • Chen Yang’s role expands from Cultural Sage and creator of the Human Clan Script to a central contributor in creating the Human Clan’s foundational Fortune treasure.
  • Xuandu acts as Chen Yang’s guide and explains the Human Clan’s political and spiritual predicament.
  • Suiren, Ziyi, and Youchao are shown as long-term guardians of humanity’s future. Though visually primitive and savage-like, they possess immense cultivation and Merit treasures, emphasizing their exalted status.
  • The Three Ancestors shift from cautious guardians to astonished witnesses as Chen Yang’s contributions greatly accelerate the treasure’s gestation.

3. Significant Themes

  • The importance of self-sufficiency: External support from the Saints cannot replace the Human Clan’s need for its own source of power and Fortune.
  • Civilization as power: Human writing, knowledge, institutions, cultivation methods, and intellectual development are treated as tangible forces capable of creating and strengthening a divine treasure.
  • Human wisdom and collective progress: The treasure is nourished not merely by physical Fortune but by the accumulated and future wisdom of humanity.
  • Cultural creation and destiny: Chen Yang’s Human Clan Script becomes more than a communication system; it serves as a foundation for civilization and the Human Clan’s future rise.
  • The relationship between history and the future: Chen Yang draws on both humanity’s existing knowledge and its potential future achievements, suggesting that destiny can be shaped through foresight and accumulated wisdom.
  • Humility and collective achievement: Although Chen Yang plays the decisive role, the chapter emphasizes that his accomplishments depend on the Human Clan’s traditions, the Three Teachings, the Wu Tribe’s knowledge, and the support of earlier sages.

4. Character Interactions

  • Xuandu and Chen Yang discuss the Human Clan’s lack of a Fortune-suppressing treasure, leading Chen Yang to speculate about the Kongtong Seal.
  • Chen Yang receives instructions from Chang’e before departing with Xuandu.
  • A Human Clan sage guides Xuandu and Chen Yang through the secret sanctuary, explaining that the Three Ancestors cannot leave the treasure’s core.
  • Suiren warmly praises Chen Yang for creating the Human Clan Script, while Chen Yang responds modestly. Youchao reinforces that Chen Yang’s talent, rather than merely his status, is what matters.
  • The Three Ancestors explain the treasure’s purpose and ask Chen Yang to contribute his knowledge.
  • Chen Yang cooperates immediately, combining his own wisdom and treasures with the Human Clan’s Fortune.
  • After witnessing the treasure’s rapid development, Suiren asks how many classics Chen Yang has created, prompting Chen Yang to explain that his enhanced wisdom and study of other races and traditions enabled his vast intellectual output.
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Ch. 43Literary Dao Sage, Martial Dao Apotheosis

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

  • After thousands of years, the Human Clan’s Fortune treasure is finally completed. Its birth triggers enormous heavenly phenomena: the Five Elements form Heavenly Emperors, the Four Spirits manifest across the cosmos, Yin and Yang divide heaven and earth, and immense spiritual energy gathers around the Yellow River.
  • Concerned that outsiders may covet the treasure, the Human Clan sages activate a formation to conceal the phenomena. Nevertheless, Laozi and other sages sense the fluctuation in Human Clan Fortune and recognize that the treasure has been successfully created.
  • Chen Yang completes the refinement by incorporating Daoist scriptures from the Three Teachings and fragments of later Daoist texts into the treasure. It takes the form of a great seal engraved with the words “Kongtong Seal.”
  • Because much of the seal’s essence comes from the thoughts and concepts Chen Yang infused into it, the Kongtong Seal voluntarily acknowledges him as its master. The Human Clan’s leaders agree that Chen Yang is the safest person to wield it.
  • During secluded cultivation, Chen Yang discovers that the Kongtong Seal contains profound Grand Dao principles. He comprehends two divine abilities:
    • Literary Dao Sage: Literary qi empowers his words, allowing language and written characters to become destructive laws.
    • Martial Dao Apotheosis: Martial Dao power strengthens his body, enabling a single fist to shatter the heavens.
  • His comprehension causes a massive influx of spiritual energy, allowing Chen Yang to advance to the fourth realm of the Great Luo True Immortal Realm. The Kongtong Seal also helps refine his vital essence and develop his Flower of Essence.
  • The seal reveals that it has synthesized a distinct Martial Dao System and Literary Dao System from numerous cultivation traditions. The Martial Dao emphasizes self-reliance rather than dependence on heaven, earth, or external forces.
  • Chen Yang explains the Martial Dao System to the Three Ancestors of the Human Clan. They agree that it should be spread among all humans as the Human Clan’s own cultivation path.
  • Over several thousand years, the Martial Dao spreads through the Human Realm, especially via the Human Clan’s armies. Its early stages focus on consuming food and using specialized techniques to refine flesh, bones, marrow, blood, and eventually the body’s acupoints.
  • As Martial Dao cultivators grow stronger, they condense qi and blood and form a “great human elixir.” Even incomplete cultivation dramatically increases the Human Clan’s physical strength and makes its soldiers extremely powerful when combined with armor, weapons, and battlefield formations.
  • When Sui Qing reports that the army has exhausted nearby Demon Race and beast resources needed for cultivation, Chen Yang orders the army to expand its hunting grounds. He argues that since the Demon Race can consume humans, humans have the right to consume demons, encouraging the army to kill demons and use their flesh and blood as cultivation resources.

Character Developments

  • Chen Yang evolves from a contributor to the Human Clan’s Fortune treasure into its acknowledged master and central protector. His understanding of the Kongtong Seal greatly increases his cultivation and grants him powerful Literary and Martial Dao abilities.
  • He also becomes the creator and teacher of a cultivation system uniquely suited to the Human Clan, showing greater confidence, authority, and willingness to make ruthless strategic decisions.
  • Suiren Clan, Youchao Clan, and Ziyi Clan shift from overseeing the treasure’s creation to supporting Chen Yang’s plan to reform Human Clan cultivation. They recognize that the Martial Dao may allow the Human Clan to overcome its weak foundation.
  • Sui Qing acts as Chen Yang’s trusted intermediary, spreading the Martial Dao techniques through the army and reporting on the Human Clan’s military progress. His hesitation about provoking danger is overridden by Chen Yang’s firm command.
  • Laozi and the other sages acknowledge Chen Yang’s achievement from afar, with Laozi expressing particular approval of his success.

Significant Themes

  • The rise of the Human Clan: The Kongtong Seal symbolizes the Human Clan gaining its own source of Fortune, identity, and protection rather than relying entirely on other powers.
  • Self-reliance and independence: The Martial Dao System is based on strengthening the body and will through personal effort, reflecting the Human Clan’s attempt to develop a path independent of established Immortal Dao systems.
  • Creation through synthesis: Chen Yang combines ancient Daoist teachings, later textual fragments, and various cultivation principles to create something new, suggesting that innovation can emerge from integrating many traditions.
  • Power and responsibility: Possessing the Kongtong Seal gives Chen Yang enormous authority, but it also makes him responsible for protecting the Human Clan and guiding its future.
  • Survival through violence and consumption: The chapter presents the brutal logic of the Primordial World, where races hunt and consume one another. Chen Yang accepts this reality and turns it into a means of strengthening humanity.
  • Fortune and destiny: The timing of the treasure’s birth—after nine epochs and nine cycles—reinforces the idea that the Human Clan’s rise is both cosmically significant and seemingly destined.

Character Interactions

  • The Human Clan’s ancestors celebrate the Kongtong Seal’s birth with Chen Yang and explain why it naturally recognizes him as master.
  • Chen Yang reassures the ancestors that he will protect the seal and agrees to use it on behalf of the Human Clan.
  • He consults Suiren Clan about studying the seal’s Grand Dao, receiving encouragement to pursue further comprehension.
  • After discovering the Martial Dao, Chen Yang explains it to the Three Ancestors, who agree to cultivate and promote it despite the long process of transforming their existing Golden Core foundations.
  • Chen Yang later instructs Sui Qing to distribute the Martial Dao among the armies. When Sui Qing worries about provoking powerful enemies by hunting farther from the Human Clan’s territory, Chen Yang firmly orders him to continue, emphasizing the Human Clan’s right to fight back and use Demon Race resources.
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Ch. 44Merit Descends from Heaven, Houtu Becomes Reincarnation

Chapter Summary: Merit Descends from Heaven, Houtu Becomes Reincarnation

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Several centuries after the previous events, Chen Yang visits the Eastern Sea Coast, which has become a vast Human Clan military camp.
  • The Humans train in Martial Dao and consume the bodies of defeated Demon Race creatures. This reverses the former relationship in which the Demon Race had slaughtered and eaten Humans.
  • Pingxin arrives and asks Chen Yang to accompany her on a long journey. Together, they walk across the Primordial Wilderness—from the Eastern Sea Coast to the Far North, Western Land, and southern regions—using neither magical powers nor divine abilities.
  • Chen Yang gradually realizes that Pingxin intends to sacrifice herself to create Reincarnation. He repeatedly asks whether this sacrifice is truly necessary and argues that other methods might exist.
  • Pingxin explains that although Reincarnation might be created through other means, it would not be the true Reincarnation required by the Primordial Wilderness. She insists that her destiny and mission were determined long ago.
  • After hundreds of thousands of years, they reach the Filth Land and Blood Sea, where countless dead and resentful souls gather.
  • They meet Minghe, master of the Blood Sea and creator of the Asura Race. Pingxin declares her intention to use her Primordial Unity Realm body and the Great Path of Reincarnation within her to create Reincarnation.
  • Minghe agrees to provide the Blood Sea, asking only that the Asura Race be incorporated into the reincarnation system. Pingxin accepts.
  • Pingxin transforms into her battle form and publicly announces that she will use her body to repair the Primordial Wilderness’s deficiency and establish Reincarnation.
  • Heaven and earth react dramatically. All living beings and many great powers bow or mourn, while even the saints show deep respect.
  • Pingxin’s body dissolves into the Dao and transforms into the Reincarnation Divine Wheel, which begins drawing souls into rebirth.
  • Vast Merit descends from Heaven, flowing into Reincarnation, Minghe, and Chen Yang. Chen Yang ignores the Merit and cries out for Pingxin, grieving her disappearance.

Character Developments

  • Chen Yang: His bond with Pingxin deepens during their long journey. Though he understands that her sacrifice is necessary, he remains emotionally unwilling to accept it and suppresses his own breakthrough because he believes it would signal the completion of Reincarnation. His final reaction reveals intense grief and attachment.
  • Pingxin/Houtu: She fully embraces her destiny, demonstrating compassion, resolve, and self-sacrifice. She accepts that becoming Reincarnation means abandoning her individual existence, believing this is the only way to create the Reincarnation the Primordial Wilderness truly needs.
  • Minghe: He initially reacts with disbelief but quickly recognizes the importance of Pingxin’s plan. He cooperates by surrendering the Blood Sea while securing the Asura Race’s place within Reincarnation.
  • The Human Clan: Their rapid military and physical development shows the dramatic rise of Human power and the reversal of their former oppression by the Demon Race.

Significant Themes

  • Sacrifice for the greater good: Pingxin gives up her body and personal identity to repair the world and provide countless souls with the chance for rebirth.
  • Fate versus personal choice: Chen Yang questions whether Pingxin must sacrifice herself, but Pingxin maintains that her role was predetermined and unavoidable.
  • Reversal of power: The Humans’ slaughter and consumption of the Demon Race mirror the earlier suffering inflicted upon Humanity, highlighting the cyclical nature of violence.
  • Compassion and redemption: Pingxin’s transformation is driven by pity for the dead and a desire to establish order and hope through reincarnation.
  • Grief and attachment: Chen Yang’s inability to celebrate the Merit or the success of Reincarnation emphasizes the personal cost of cosmic salvation.
  • World repair and cosmic balance: Reincarnation is portrayed as a missing foundation of the Primordial Wilderness, and Pingxin’s sacrifice restores this essential balance.

Character Interactions

  • Chen Yang and Pingxin share a quiet, intimate journey across the Primordial Wilderness, with their conversations revealing both their affection and their differing acceptance of fate.
  • Chen Yang repeatedly tries to dissuade Pingxin, while Pingxin gently but firmly leads him toward the Blood Sea and asks him not to suppress his breakthrough.
  • Pingxin and Minghe negotiate the creation of Reincarnation. Minghe offers the Blood Sea in exchange for the Asura Race being included in the reincarnation system.
  • At the moment of Pingxin’s transformation, Chen Yang can only call her name, showing that their personal relationship remains more important to him than the cosmic Merit resulting from her sacrifice.
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Ch. 45Self-Severing the Dao Fruit, Hongyun's Remnant Soul

Chapter Summary: Self-Severing the Dao Fruit, Hongyun’s Remnant Soul

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Pingxin, having sacrificed her physical body to establish Reincarnation, appears through the power of Merit and returns briefly to Chen Yang.
  • She transfers her complete understanding of the Great Path of Reincarnation to him. This causes Chen Yang’s Primordial Spirit to form Reincarnation Formation Arrays and raises his cultivation to the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm.
  • Chen Yang’s Heaven Cauldron blooms with a Divine Flower, and he condenses a Great Luo Dao Fruit. However, he realizes that ordinary cultivation is not what he truly desires—he wants to remain connected to Pingxin.
  • As Pingxin begins fading, she explains that the Land of Reincarnation will become her prison. Chen Yang is overwhelmed by grief and rage, having grown deeply attached to her over their million years together.
  • Chen Yang uses Buddhist relic-refining methods and his own faith to refine a Lesser Reincarnation from his Dao Fruit. He then severs the Dao Fruit from himself, suffering severe backlash and vomiting blood.
  • He sends the severed Dao Fruit into the Reincarnation Divine Wheel, allowing it to accompany and support Pingxin. He declares that although Pingxin transformed her body into Reincarnation, he has sacrificed his origin Dao Fruit for the same purpose, ensuring they will never be completely separated.
  • Reincarnation is fully established as the Six Paths: the upper three paths—Heavenly, Human, and Asura—and the lower three—Beast, Hungry Ghost, and Hell. Countless souls enter the cycle of rebirth.
  • Eighty percent of the Merit flows into Pingxin’s True Spirit, allowing her to reach the Primordial Unity Realm. Observers regard this as equivalent to proving the Dao twice, since she had previously reached that realm through her physical body.
  • Minghe receives half of the remaining Merit, while Chen Yang receives fifteen percent. Chen Yang remains in mourning and silently watches Reincarnation, while Minghe leaves without challenging the distribution.
  • Tens of thousands of years later, Chen Yang finally leaves the Land of Reincarnation, promising Pingxin that he will return.
  • Shortly afterward, he is summoned to the edge of the Blood Sea, where he discovers Hongyun’s Nine-Nine Soul-Shattering Gourd.
  • The gourd’s artifact spirit reveals that Hongyun’s body and most of his origin were destroyed when Dijun, Taiyi, and Kunpeng killed him, but a faint remnant of his origin survived inside the gourd.
  • Chen Yang agrees to take the gourd to Zhenyuanzi at Five Villages Temple, believing that Hongyun may still be resurrected. He restores the artifact spirit with resources and sets out for Longevity Mountain.

Character Developments

  • Chen Yang: Reaches a major cultivation breakthrough but chooses emotional loyalty over personal advancement. His willingness to sever his own Dao Fruit demonstrates his devotion to Pingxin and his readiness to sacrifice his future for her. His grief also hardens his resolve and reinforces his dangerous, uncompromising nature.
  • Pingxin: Fully accepts her fate as the spirit and prisoner of Reincarnation. Her relationship with Chen Yang becomes openly emotional, extending beyond comradeship into deep affection. Through Merit, she ascends to the Primordial Unity Realm.
  • Minghe: Gains a substantial share of Merit but avoids confrontation with Chen Yang, recognizing the latter’s grief and formidable strength.
  • Hongyun: Though presumed dead, is revealed to possess a surviving fragment of origin, creating the possibility of resurrection.
  • Hongyun’s artifact spirit: Survives through Hongyun’s final escape technique and becomes the guardian of his remaining origin, seeking Chen Yang’s help.
  • Dijun and Taiyi: Recognize that Reincarnation will severely weaken the Demon Race’s future by sending deceased demons through the lower three paths. Their discussion also reveals concern over the changing balance of power.

Significant Themes

  • Sacrifice and devotion: Chen Yang’s severing of his Dao Fruit symbolizes an extreme willingness to sacrifice his cultivation and origin for someone he loves.
  • Fate versus personal choice: Pingxin and Chen Yang understand that fate has forced them apart, yet Chen Yang attempts to resist that separation by embedding part of himself within Reincarnation.
  • Life, death, and rebirth: The Six Paths transform death into an endless cycle, while Hongyun’s remnant demonstrates that even apparent destruction may not be final.
  • Emotional bonds beyond blood or status: Chen Yang and Pingxin’s relationship evolves from mutual reliance into profound affection, while Chen Yang’s promise to save Hongyun reflects his commitment to repaying kindness.
  • Political and cosmic consequences: The creation of Reincarnation reshapes the entire Primordial World, especially weakening the Demon Race and altering the future Wu-Demon conflict.

Important Character Interactions

  • Chen Yang and Pingxin: Their farewell is the emotional center of the chapter. Pingxin gives Chen Yang her Reincarnation insights and worries for his safety, while Chen Yang sacrifices his Dao Fruit so they can remain connected.
  • Chen Yang and Minghe: Their silent confrontation over Merit shows Chen Yang’s fury and Minghe’s decision not to provoke him.
  • Jie Sect disciples: Duobao and the Holy Mothers discuss Chen Yang and Pingxin’s relationship, expressing surprise and sympathy at their separation.
  • Dijun and Taiyi: They debate the strategic impact of Reincarnation on the Demon Race. Taiyi considers Chen Yang a possible weakness in Reincarnation, while Dijun warns that interfering would risk provoking the Three Teachings, Hongjun, and the wider forces of the Primordial World.
  • Chen Yang and Hongyun’s artifact spirit: The artifact spirit appeals to Chen Yang’s sense of loyalty and gratitude. Chen Yang accepts responsibility for preserving Hongyun’s remnant and brings it toward Zhenyuanzi for possible restoration.
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Ch. 46Earth Book, Zhenyuanzi's Deal!

Chapter Summary: “Earth Book, Zhenyuanzi’s Deal!”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Chen Yang travels to Longevity Mountain carrying the Nine-Nine Soul-Shattering Gourd, which contains a trace of Hongyun’s original essence.
  • Zhenyuanzi recognizes Hongyun’s aura and becomes extremely emotional. He places the remnant within the Ginseng Fruit Tree to nourish it, but admits that reviving Hongyun will be extremely difficult.
  • Zhenyuanzi proposes a deal with the Human Clan: he wants Hongyun to reincarnate into the Human Clan and eventually become one of its foundational sages.
  • In exchange, Zhenyuanzi offers the Earth Book, one of the Three Books of Heaven, Earth, and Man. The Earth Book can appoint and connect mountain gods and earth gods, making it highly valuable for governing territory and improving communication.
  • A century later, Chen Yang presents the proposal and the Earth Book to the Human Clan ancestors at Kongtong Mountain. The Suiren Clan and Youchao Clan agree to the arrangement, deciding that the Earth Book should remain with Chen Yang for safekeeping.
  • The Human Clan initially plans to use the Earth Book to appoint mountain and earth gods throughout the Eastern Sea Coast, its current territory.
  • Chen Yang then asks the ancestors to approve a larger plan: forming an alliance with the Wu Tribe and eventually waging war against the Demon Race in revenge for its past massacre of the Human Clan.
  • The ancestors acknowledge the consequences but approve Chen Yang’s actions. Since he holds the Kongtong Seal, Chen Yang is effectively recognized as the Human Clan’s leader and gains authority over its armies and sages.
  • Chen Yang orders the Human Clan to strengthen itself rapidly. Millions of Primordial Realm Martial Dao experts are sent with Chang’e to cultivate in Firecloud Cave, Hongyun’s former sanctuary.
  • Firecloud Cave is designated as the future core and foundation of the Human Clan. Chang’e is also instructed to remain there and cultivate.
  • After completing these arrangements, Chen Yang leaves to visit the Wu Tribe.

Character Developments

  • Chen Yang becomes increasingly decisive and politically powerful. He acts not only as a mediator but as the practical leader of the Human Clan, preparing it for a major conflict with the Demon Race.
  • Zhenyuanzi’s grief and loyalty toward Hongyun are emphasized. His willingness to surrender the Earth Book demonstrates how deeply he values his old friend and how far he will go to preserve Hongyun’s future.
  • Hongyun remains absent, but the surviving thread of his origin gives hope for his eventual revival and reincarnation.
  • The Human Clan ancestors, especially the Suiren Clan and Youchao Clan, move from cautious deliberation to acceptance of Chen Yang’s leadership. Their approval also reflects their continuing hatred of the Demon Race.
  • Chang’e shows trust and obedience toward Chen Yang. She appears to understand his larger plans and accepts her role in strengthening the Human Clan.
  • Sui Qing serves as Chen Yang’s administrator, receiving and carrying out orders concerning the Human Clan’s cultivation and military development.

Significant Themes

  • Friendship, loyalty, and sacrifice: Zhenyuanzi’s devotion to Hongyun drives the entire exchange and shows the enduring power of their brotherly bond.
  • Political alliances and strategic bargaining: The Earth Book becomes the foundation of a deal linking Zhenyuanzi, Hongyun, and the Human Clan.
  • The rise of the Human Clan: With the Witch-Demon conflict approaching, the Human Clan is positioned to become the central power of the Primordial World.
  • Revenge versus survival: Chen Yang wants to punish the Demon Race for its atrocities, but he also recognizes that war could endanger the Human Clan’s future.
  • Preparation and consolidation of power: The chapter focuses on strengthening territory, cultivating powerful warriors, organizing divine administration, and establishing Firecloud Cave as a secure base.
  • Legacy and reincarnation: Hongyun’s possible reincarnation into the Human Clan connects personal resurrection with the larger historical destiny of the Human Clan.

Important Character Interactions

  • Chen Yang and Zhenyuanzi: Chen Yang delivers Hongyun’s remnant, while Zhenyuanzi explains its limitations and proposes the Earth Book exchange.
  • Chen Yang and the Human Clan ancestors: They negotiate Hongyun’s place in the Human Clan and debate the consequences of war against the Demon Race. Their agreement effectively confirms Chen Yang’s authority.
  • Chen Yang and Sui Qing: Chen Yang gives practical orders to accelerate cultivation and relocate powerful Martial Dao experts to Firecloud Cave.
  • Chen Yang and Chang’e: He assigns Chang’e to oversee cultivation in Firecloud Cave and instructs her to remain there to grow stronger.
  • The Human Clan and Zhenyuanzi: Their agreement creates a mutually beneficial relationship: the Human Clan gains the Earth Book, while Hongyun receives a path toward reincarnation and recognition within the Human Clan.
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Ch. 47Immortal-Severing Sword Formation, Witch-Demon Final Battle

Chapter Summary: Immortal-Severing Sword Formation, Witch-Demon Final Battle

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Chen Yang returns to the Wu Tribe and meets Houyi before entering the Ancestral Witch Hall to see Ancestor Shaman Dijiang and the other Ancestor Shamans.
  • He proposes an alliance between the Human Clan and the Wu Tribe. The Human Clan will provide enormous numbers of soldiers, while the Wu Tribe’s powerful warriors will command them through Chen Yang’s Battlefield Killing Formation.
  • This alliance would compensate for the Wu Tribe’s greatest weakness: its small population and limited lower-ranking forces, which had previously been overwhelmed by the Demon Race’s vast armies.
  • Chen Yang acknowledges that the Human Clan soldiers joining the war will almost certainly die. In exchange for organizing the alliance and aiding the Wu Tribe, he requests the Wu Tribe’s scriptures, cultivation resources, spiritual roots, and spiritual treasures to compensate the Three Teachings.
  • The Wu Tribe agrees, and its preparations intensify. Young clansmen are moved into Houtu’s Six Paths of Reincarnation, elite descendants are hidden, and Wu bloodlines within the Human Clan are preserved.
  • After tens of thousands of years of cultivation, Chen Yang advances his Mystic Art and successfully inscribes the Immortal-Severing Sword Formation. This gives him three of the four component formations of the complete Slaying Immortals Sword Formation.
  • As the one-yuanhui deadline approaches, the entire Primordial World becomes tense. Rogue cultivators hide, while the Wu Tribe and Demon Race mobilize all their forces.
  • Dijiang and the Ancestor Shamans accept that the Wu Tribe’s destruction is inevitable and arrange for the Ancestral Witch Hall and surviving bloodlines to be protected through Reincarnation or concealment.
  • In the Demon Court, Dijun, Taiyi, and Kunpeng debate how completely to commit the Demon Race’s forces. Kunpeng worries that an unforeseen event could destroy the Demon Race if all its foundations are risked, but Dijun and Taiyi insist that survival will reveal the truth.
  • One hundred thousand years later, the final Witch-Demon war begins. Demon qi fills the heavens, while the Wu Tribe’s Killing Intent rises from the earth.
  • The two armies gather in the Buzhou Region, with the Demon Race possessing overwhelming numbers and the Wu Tribe deploying its full strength, including Ancestor Shamans, High Shamans, Little Shamans, and Human-Wu forces.
  • Dijun and Dijiang confront each other directly. Their first clash destroys the surrounding landscape and shatters stars, serving as the signal for the armies to attack.

Character Developments

  • Chen Yang becomes more decisive and self-sacrificing. He understands the Human Clan’s weakness but willingly commits its forces to a war where death is expected, believing the alliance is necessary to change the battlefield’s balance.
  • Dijiang shows a grim acceptance of destiny. Though he understands the Wu Tribe is likely doomed, he continues preparing his people and protecting their future bloodline.
  • Zhu Jiuyin acts as a realistic strategist, recognizing that the Human Clan’s aid fixes the Wu Tribe’s numerical disadvantage but cannot overturn the greater forces controlling the war.
  • Zhurong expresses anger and frustration at the idea that the powerful Ancestor Shamans are merely pieces in a larger cosmic struggle.
  • Dijun remains forceful and aggressive, committing the Demon Race to the final battle and personally challenging Dijiang.
  • Kunpeng becomes cautious and suspicious, fearing that the war may contain hidden dangers and that total commitment could leave the Demon Race unable to recover.
  • Houyi serves as Chen Yang’s guide and intermediary but displays little emotional warmth, reflecting the seriousness and distance created by the impending war.

Significant Themes

  • Destiny versus free will: Both tribes understand that the war is governed by larger forces and that their destruction may already be predetermined, yet they still fight and make strategic choices.
  • Sacrifice and survival: Chen Yang knowingly sacrifices Human Clan soldiers, while the Wu Tribe sacrifices its present strength to preserve its bloodline and future existence.
  • Strength and weakness: The Wu Tribe has superior individual experts but too few soldiers; the Demon Race has immense numbers but comparatively weaker elites. The Human-Wu alliance is designed to balance these opposing advantages.
  • Legacy and preservation: Moving young Wu clansmen into Reincarnation and protecting elite descendants shows that preserving the race’s future may matter more than winning the immediate battle.
  • The inevitability of war: The chapter emphasizes the oppressive, world-shaking atmosphere before the battle, presenting the conflict as a catastrophe affecting the entire Primordial World.
  • Political exchange and responsibility: Chen Yang’s alliance is both military cooperation and negotiation, requiring the Wu Tribe to surrender valuable resources in return for Human Clan support.

Character Interactions

  • Chen Yang and Houyi meet briefly but without their former warmth, emphasizing the tension surrounding the coming conflict.
  • Chen Yang presents his alliance proposal to Dijiang and the Ancestor Shamans, persuading them by explaining how the Battlefield Killing Formation can turn Human Clan numbers into military strength under Wu Tribe command.
  • Zhu Jiuyin challenges the plan by noting that numerical support alone cannot defeat the fate surrounding the Witch-Demon conflict.
  • Chen Yang and the Ancestor Shamans reach an understanding: the Human Clan will participate despite the expected casualties, while the Wu Tribe will provide resources to compensate the Three Teachings.
  • Dijiang, Zhu Jiuyin, and Zhurong discuss the Wu Tribe’s likely fate, revealing differing responses—resignation, realism, and anger.
  • Dijun, Taiyi, and Kunpeng debate whether to commit all Demon Race forces, exposing their differing levels of confidence and caution.
  • The final exchange between Dijun and Dijiang is hostile and direct. Their brief verbal confrontation immediately becomes a deadly clash, triggering the full-scale battle between the two races.
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Ch. 48Dijiang: The Advantage Is Mine, Dijun, Prepare to Die

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

  • The Wu Tribe and Demon Race launch a devastating full-scale battle across the Buzhou Region.
  • Donghuang Taiyi, wielding the Primal Chaos Bell, clashes with Zhu Jiuyin, whose mastery of time creates collapsing worlds and destabilizes spacetime.
  • Dijiang battles Dijun, who transforms into a Great Sun and unleashes overwhelming Great Sun True Fire. Dijiang responds with his Earthly Fiend battle form and a heaven-shattering punch.
  • Xuanming fights Xihe, freezing the battlefield and eventually more than half of the Western Sea in an Extreme Northern Glacier.
  • Zhurong battles Fuxi, whose immortal melodies are shattered by Zhurong’s flames, while the other Ancestor Shamans fight the Demon Race’s demon gods.
  • The fighting devastates Mount Buzhou and sends spiritual-qi shockwaves throughout the Primordial World. Countless lives, mountains, rivers, and blessed lands are destroyed.
  • Although both sides possess Primordial Unity experts, the Demon Race gradually begins to lose ground because the Wu Tribe has received a major boost from new systems created by Chen Yang.
  • On Golden Ao Island, Duobao and Tongtian explain that Chen Yang’s Totem System and Battlefield Killing Formation transformed Wu battle forms into bodily formations, greatly increasing the Wu Tribe’s individual strength and compensating for its numerical disadvantage.
  • Dijiang calls for the Human Clan to join the battle. In response, hundreds of millions of human warriors march from the Eastern Sea Coast into the conflict.
  • The Human Clan attacks the Demon Race under the banners of revenge for past massacres and oppression, shocking the entire Primordial World.

2. Character Developments

  • Dijiang demonstrates that he has reached the Primordial Unity Realm and is powerful enough to confront Dijun directly. His call for the Human Clan shows his strategic awareness and willingness to broaden the Wu Tribe’s alliance.
  • Zhu Jiuyin displays terrifying mastery over time, using a forbidden technique that collapses three thousand great worlds. His physical Primordial Unity cultivation makes him a peerless combatant despite his comparatively weaker Grand Dao.
  • Donghuang Taiyi remains one of the strongest figures in the Primordial World, using the Primal Chaos Bell to counter Zhu Jiuyin’s time-based attacks and distortions.
  • Dijun reveals overwhelming offensive power through his Great Sun form and Great Sun True Fire, though Dijiang is able to meet him head-on.
  • Xuanming and Xihe are shown as evenly matched Half-Step Primordial Unity experts whose battle reshapes the environment itself.
  • The Wu Tribe as a whole has grown dramatically stronger due to Chen Yang’s innovations, with the Ancestor Shamans’ physical bodies and the ordinary warriors’ battle formations both receiving major improvements.
  • The Human Clan undergoes a major transformation from a weak, oppressed race into an organized military force willing to fight and die for its dignity. Its warriors embrace vengeance, pride, and collective identity.

3. Significant Themes

  • The destructive scale of power: The battle is so immense that it damages the Primordial World itself, emphasizing the cost of conflict among top-level cultivators.
  • Innovation changing the balance of power: Chen Yang’s Totem System and Battlefield Killing Formation allow the Wu Tribe to overcome previous limitations, showing how strategy and invention can rival innate strength.
  • Revenge and collective memory: The Human Clan’s participation is driven by memories of the Demon Race’s past slaughter. Their hatred has endured across generations and becomes a source of strength.
  • Rise of the oppressed: The Human Clan’s entrance symbolizes its emergence from weakness and subjugation. Their willingness to fight proves that they are no longer powerless “ants” or puppets.
  • Sacrifice for future generations: The human soldiers understand that many will die, yet they view their deaths as meaningful sacrifices that can awaken the Human Clan’s spirit and secure its future.
  • Inevitable historical momentum: Tongtian suggests that the overall outcome of the conflict is already determined, but Chen Yang’s contributions may preserve more of the Wu Tribe and worsen the Demon Race’s eventual fate.

4. Character Interactions

  • Dijiang vs. Dijun: Their clash represents the confrontation between the leaders of the Wu Tribe and Demon Race. Each embodies the supreme strength of his faction.
  • Zhu Jiuyin vs. Donghuang Taiyi: Their battle pits time manipulation and physical Primordial Unity against the Primal Chaos Bell and overwhelming divine power.
  • Xuanming vs. Xihe: Their opposing cold and yin powers transform the battlefield into a frozen wasteland.
  • Zhurong vs. Fuxi: Fire and physical force clash against Fuxi’s control of heaven and earth and his immortal melodies.
  • Duobao, Golden-Spirit Holy Mother, and Tongtian: They discuss Chen Yang’s influence on the war, with Duobao surprised and slightly embarrassed that his junior’s inventions have so greatly empowered the Wu Tribe. Tongtian acknowledges the benefits but maintains that they cannot overturn the war’s predetermined course.
  • Dijiang and the Human Clan: Dijiang’s summons inspires the Human Clan to enter the war. The human armies respond with unified cries of revenge, turning their hatred of the Demon Race into military resolve.
  • The Human Clan and the Demon Race: Their confrontation is both military and symbolic: the formerly oppressed humans openly challenge the race that once massacred them.
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Ch. 49Three Formations Emerge Together, Chaos Killing Sword

Chapter Summary: “Three Formations Emerge Together, Chaos Killing Sword”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • The battlefield changes dramatically when the Human Clan joins the war between the Wu Tribe and the Demon Race. The Human Clan’s numbers and relentless attacks help the Wu Tribe push the Demon Race into retreat.
  • Although countless humans and Wu Tribe members die, the Human Clan fights with extraordinary courage, driven by memories of the Demon Race’s past massacres. Their participation awakens their collective hatred and announces their presence as a major force in the Primordial World.
  • Dijun and Dijiang clash in the starry sky. Dijun accuses the Wu Tribe and Human Clan of trying to defy fate, while Dijiang explains that humanity seeks revenge and recognition rather than merely changing destiny.
  • Dijun orders part of the Demon Race to attack the Eastern Sea Coast, hoping to test and destroy the Human Clan’s foundation. The Human Clan responds by mobilizing vast armies, led by martial artists and battlefield formations.
  • Human and demon armies engage in an exceptionally brutal battle along the Eastern Sea Coast. The fighting becomes a direct contest between the Human Clan’s newly awakened military spirit and the Demon Race’s powerful forces.
  • Demon gods enter the battle, but Human Clan martial artists from Firecloud Cave intercept them. These experts, rapidly strengthened through the Martial Dao System and Wu Tribe resources, demonstrate that humanity now possesses powerful combat reserves.
  • When a Demon Saint attacks, Suiren Clan personally confronts him. Suiren’s Martial Dao transformation and overwhelming fist force tear through the Demon Saint’s defenses. Youchao Clan, Ziyi Clan, and other first-generation humans also stop another Demon Saint.
  • Chen Yang finally enters the battlefield after observing the war and recognizing that a Demon Emperor has attacked the Eastern Sea Coast. He activates the Slaying Immortals Sword Formation, combining the formation within his body with the Immortal-Slaying Formation Diagram.
  • Chen Yang uses four killing swords and boundless battlefield killing intent to unleash a devastating sword strike. The attack destroys the Demon Emperor’s body, spiritual treasure, and essence in a single blow.
  • The strike also annihilates enormous numbers of demons, stunning the entire Primordial World. The Human Clan’s lack of a central figure is effectively ended: Chen Yang becomes its recognized core and protector.
  • Dijun realizes the threat posed by Chen Yang’s formation and orders the Cosmic Star Formation to be activated. Together with the Wu Tribe’s Heavenly Capital Divine Baleful Formation and Chen Yang’s Slaying Immortals Sword Formation, three supreme formations are poised to appear in the same battle.

Character Developments

  • The Human Clan evolves from a persecuted and relatively weak race into a unified military power. Its members fight without fear of death, transforming past suffering into collective strength and battlefield determination.
  • Suiren Clan demonstrates that the Human Clan’s leaders can now contend with Quasi-Saint-level enemies. His rapid Martial Dao advancement establishes him as one of humanity’s strongest defenders.
  • Youchao Clan, Ziyi Clan, and the first-generation humans also step forward, showing that the Human Clan possesses multiple high-level experts rather than relying on a single warrior.
  • Chen Yang undergoes his most important transformation in the chapter. His cultivation, Primordial Spirit formations, and mastery of the Slaying Immortals Sword Formation have advanced far beyond the past. By killing a Demon Emperor effortlessly, he becomes the Human Clan’s central pillar.
  • Dijun remains a powerful and calculating commander. He recognizes the danger of Chen Yang’s formation and responds by preparing the Cosmic Star Formation rather than underestimating the threat.
  • Dijiang and Zhurong openly celebrate Chen Yang’s achievement, confirming the growing alliance and mutual reliance between the Wu Tribe and Human Clan.
  • Duobao and Tongtian reveal that Duobao gave Chen Yang a powerful pill as a life-saving trump card. Their conversation emphasizes the scale of the current conflict and the unusual convergence of three supreme formations.

Significant Themes

  • The rise of the Human Clan: Humanity moves from victimhood to active resistance, proving that it can stand alongside the Wu Tribe and Demon Race.
  • Revenge and collective memory: The Human Clan’s hatred of the Demon Race becomes a source of unity, courage, and renewed fighting spirit.
  • Sacrifice and indomitable will: Humans continue fighting despite overwhelming casualties, presenting their refusal to surrender as their defining strength.
  • Recognition through power: Chen Yang’s destruction of a Demon Emperor gives the Human Clan the “core” it previously lacked and forces the Primordial World to acknowledge its status.
  • Formation versus formation: The chapter builds toward a confrontation among three ultimate formations, suggesting that the war is escalating from an army conflict into a contest of world-shaking powers.
  • Alliance and transformation: The Wu Tribe’s support allows the Human Clan to develop rapidly, while the shared war reshapes the balance of power among the major races.

Character Interactions

  • Dijun and Dijiang exchange accusations while battling, debating whether the Human Clan’s participation represents defiance of fate or revenge and self-assertion.
  • Dijun and the Demon Race act strategically against the Human Clan by sending forces toward the Eastern Sea Coast.
  • The Human Clan leaders and their armies rally together through war horns and commands, turning their shared trauma into coordinated resistance.
  • Suiren Clan and the Demon Saint engage in a direct Quasi-Saint-level confrontation, establishing humanity’s ability to oppose the Demon Race’s highest experts.
  • Chen Yang and the Demon Emperor have a brief but decisive encounter that ends with Chen Yang’s one-strike annihilation of the Demon Emperor.
  • Chen Yang and the Wu Tribe become symbolically linked when Dijiang and Zhurong praise his victory and urge him to continue slaughtering the Demon Race.
  • Duobao and Tongtian discuss Chen Yang’s use of the pill and recognize that his actions have triggered the simultaneous appearance of the three great formations.
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Ch. 50Three Pure Ones Take Action, Buzhou Mountain Collapses

Chapter 50 Summary: Three Pure Ones Make Their Move, Buzhou Mountain Collapses

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Chen Yang, consumed by murderous intent, fully activates the Slaying Immortals Sword Formation, while the demon emperors and demon gods organize the Cosmic Star Formation.
  • Dijiang unexpectedly summons the Heavenly Capital Divine Baleful Formation, despite Houtu’s transformation into Pingxin and Reincarnation. Special banners containing the imprints and auras of all twelve Ancestor Shamans—including Houtu—absorb the world’s baleful qi and manifest Pangu’s True Body.
  • Three supreme formations now dominate the battlefield:
    1. The Cosmic Star Formation, which turns the heavens into an astral slaughter formation.
    2. The Heavenly Capital Divine Baleful Formation, which manifests Pangu.
    3. Chen Yang’s Slaying Immortals Sword Formation, which merges its four swords into a gigantic Chaos Killing Sword stretching across the Primordial World.
  • Chen Yang’s body fuses with the sword formation, causing him severe pain and placing enormous strain on him.
  • The Three Pure Ones—Tongtian, Laozi, and Yuanshi Tianzun—secretly provide him with energy. Their combined assistance stabilizes Chen Yang, strengthens his aura, and allows him to unleash the sword formation at full power.
  • Chen Yang releases devastating Chaos Sword Qi against the demon army and the Cosmic Star Formation. Dijun counters by combining the stars’ yin and yang forces into a Primal Chaos Divine Light.
  • The collision of the two attacks devastates the Primordial World. Countless demons die, time and space are disrupted, the Four Seas churn, and the aftermath continues for thousands of years.
  • With the Demon Race apparently defeated, Pangu’s True Body attacks Dijun and Donghuang Taiyi.
  • Taiyi burns his origin and enlarges the Primal Chaos Bell in an attempt to suppress Pangu. Pangu knocks the bell away with one punch and sends it crashing into Mount Buzhou.
  • Mount Buzhou collapses, causing massive geological destruction: dragon veins scatter, mountains and oceans are disrupted, and Earth Sha erupts from the ground.
  • The collapse also destroys the Heavenly Capital Divine Baleful Formation. The Pangu banner and Ancestor Shaman banners shatter, while the Ancestor Shamans suffer severe backlash.

Character Developments

  • Chen Yang becomes increasingly consumed by killing intent but also demonstrates tremendous control and determination by fusing himself with the sword formation. With the Three Pure Ones’ support, he reaches a higher level of power and gains a glimpse of a deeper realm of Dao.
  • Tongtian openly supports Chen Yang and encourages him to push the sword formation to its limit.
  • Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun, despite their usual restraint and differing attitudes, also assist Chen Yang, showing that their fortunes and interests have become linked with his.
  • Dijiang and the Ancestor Shamans reveal that Houtu’s transformation does not prevent them from recreating the Heavenly Capital Divine Baleful Formation through their preserved banners and imprints.
  • Dijun remains a capable battlefield commander, manipulating the Cosmic Star Formation to counter Chen Yang’s attack.
  • Donghuang Taiyi refuses to accept defeat and burns his origin to activate the Primal Chaos Bell, but his desperate counterattack fails and indirectly causes Mount Buzhou’s collapse.

Significant Themes

  • The terrifying scale of power: The three formations represent the highest destructive forces in the Primordial World, and their clash threatens the structure of reality itself.
  • Allies and intertwined destiny: The Three Pure Ones’ aid shows that alliances and shared fortunes can overcome previously rigid divisions.
  • Sacrifice and desperation: Chen Yang endures immense pain, while Taiyi burns his origin in a final attempt to change the battle’s outcome.
  • The fragility of the world: Even sacred landmarks such as Mount Buzhou can be destroyed when supreme powers collide, demonstrating that the battlefield’s consequences extend far beyond the Wu and Demon tribes.
  • Unexpected reversals: The Demon Race appears to suffer total defeat, but the collapse of Mount Buzhou and the destruction of the Wu formation create new uncertainty and destabilize the entire conflict.

Character Interactions

  • Tongtian communicates directly with Chen Yang, assuring him that the Three Pure Ones are supporting him.
  • Chen Yang responds with gratitude and uses their combined power to unleash the Chaos Sword Qi.
  • Chen Yang’s sword formation clashes with Dijun’s Cosmic Star Formation in the chapter’s central confrontation.
  • Pangu’s True Body taunts and attacks Dijun and Taiyi after the Demon Race’s apparent defeat.
  • Taiyi counters Pangu with the Primal Chaos Bell, but Pangu overpowers it and sends it into Mount Buzhou, triggering the chapter’s catastrophic ending.
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Ch. 51The Fall of the Wu-Demon Tribes

Chapter Summary: The Fall of the Wu-Demon Tribes

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Buzhou Mountain collapses after Donghuang Taiyi’s Primal Chaos Bell strikes it. The mountain crushes countless Wu Tribe and Human Clan members, while its fall pierces the Heavenly Dipper Layer and releases Celestial River water into the Primordial Wilderness.
  • Xuanming is swallowed by the flooding Celestial River, and the impact severely damages her physical body. The collapse also shatters the Heavenly Capital Divine Baleful Formation.
  • A fragment of Buzhou Mountain crashes into Chen Yang’s Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation. Pangu’s essence within the fragment destroys the formation and damages the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords, leaving Chen Yang gravely injured.
  • The collapse reverses the battle’s momentum. Although the Demon Race had been nearly defeated after Chang’e disrupted the Lunar Star and shattered the Astral Formation, the destruction of Buzhou Mountain restores the Wu and Demon Tribes to a temporary balance.
  • The Wu and Demon Tribes continue fighting for centuries without their major formations. The slaughter becomes intensely physical and devastating, nearly wiping out the Human Clan forces involved.
  • Zhu Jiuyin burns his origin and uses “Time Shatter” against Donghuang Taiyi. Taiyi, whose Primal Chaos Bell and origin have already been damaged, draws on the Great Sun Origin and fights back with equal desperation.
  • Dijun and Dijiang engage in a deadly clash using the Witch-Slaying Sword and Demon-Slaying Saber, weapons designed to counter the opposing race’s greatest strengths.
  • Donghuang Taiyi ultimately self-destructs, attempting to take Zhu Jiuyin with him. Zhurong follows by detonating himself, and Dijun responds by causing the remaining stars and Demon Race forces to self-destruct.
  • The resulting explosions devastate the Buzhou Region, tear open a breach into Chaos, and create a Chaos storm that lasts for thousands of years. The region is destroyed, the Primordial Wilderness floods, spiritual qi declines, and many Dragon Veins are lost.
  • The saints—Laozi, Yuanshi Tianzun, Tongtian, and Nuwa—finally intervene. Laozi uses the Taiji Diagram and Yuanshi uses the Pangu Banner to suppress the breach, though they cannot permanently repair it.
  • Duobao finds Chen Yang barely alive and angrily orders him to enter seclusion for one yuanhui, revealing concern beneath his harsh reprimand.

Character Developments

  • Chen Yang is shown to be powerful but reckless and vulnerable. The destruction of his sword formation nearly shatters his origin, and he survives only because of the Three Pure Ones’ energy.
  • Donghuang Taiyi shifts from confident battle leader to a desperate, self-sacrificing warrior. His final wish that he and Dijun remain brothers highlights his loyalty and emotional attachment.
  • Zhu Jiuyin becomes consumed by grief and hatred over Buzhou Mountain’s destruction. He burns his origin in an all-out attempt to kill Taiyi.
  • Zhurong follows Taiyi into self-destruction, demonstrating his loyalty to his brother and willingness to die for the Wu Tribe.
  • Dijun reacts to Taiyi’s death with grief and fury, choosing mass destruction rather than allowing the Demon Race to fall alone.
  • Dijiang and the other Ancestor Shamans are driven into madness by the collapse of Buzhou Mountain, their sacred symbol and the embodiment of their Father God.
  • Duobao appears stern toward Chen Yang but clearly acts protectively, emphasizing his concern for Chen Yang’s survival.

Significant Themes

  • The inevitability of the great tide: The battle reinforces the belief that the Primordial World’s larger fate cannot be changed. Every apparent reversal is followed by an even greater catastrophe.
  • Faith and guilt: Buzhou Mountain is both the Wu Tribe’s spiritual foundation and the source of their despair because their own conflict causes its destruction.
  • Sacrifice and loyalty: Taiyi, Zhurong, and Dijun choose self-destruction rather than surrender, showing the extreme loyalty binding the brothers and their races.
  • The cost of war: The conflict destroys not only armies but landscapes, spiritual resources, Dragon Veins, and the stability of the entire world.
  • Cycles of retaliation: Each death and loss provokes another act of revenge, escalating the war into mutual annihilation.
  • Cosmic balance and irreversible consequences: The collapse of the formations and Buzhou Mountain demonstrates how a single event can overturn the battlefield and permanently reshape the world.

Important Character Interactions

  • Chen Yang and Xihe: Despite suffering backlash from the collapsed formation, Xihe continues fighting Chen Yang and remains stronger than him. Chen Yang relies on the damaged Immortal-Slaying Formation Diagram to resist her.
  • Zhu Jiuyin and Donghuang Taiyi: Their battle becomes a clash between Time Origin and Great Sun Origin. Both burn their origins, turning the confrontation into a contest of mutual destruction.
  • Dijun and Dijiang: Their weapons directly counter one another, making their fight a collision between their respective Grand Daos rather than merely a physical duel.
  • Donghuang Taiyi and Dijun: Their brotherly bond is emphasized by Taiyi’s final words and Dijun’s anguished response. Dijun’s subsequent detonation of the stars is both vengeance and a refusal to let Taiyi die alone.
  • Duobao and Chen Yang: Duobao scolds Chen Yang for creating such a disaster but rescues him and orders his seclusion, combining anger with unmistakable care.
  • The saints and the Chaos breach: Laozi and Yuanshi act together to contain the catastrophe, while the other saints arrive to assess the damage and prevent Chaos from consuming the Primordial World.
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Ch. 52Three Pure Ones Origin, Body Becoming a Sage

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

  • After Chen Yang’s battle causes a massive rupture in the heavens, the Sages gather to discuss how to repair the gap. Chaos Qi is pouring into the Primordial World, where it is deadly to ordinary Innate Lifeforms.
  • While the Sages are unable to devise a solution, Duobao brings the severely injured Chen Yang to them. His origin is collapsing, and without intervention he would be forced into Reincarnation.
  • The Three Pure Ones—Laozi, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Tongtian—each place a special power into Chen Yang. These energies stabilize his origin and begin transforming it, though Chen Yang immediately falls unconscious.
  • The Sages eventually decide that only Dao Ancestor Hongjun can repair the heavens. Hongjun later seals the Chaos gap, isolates the flooded region around Buzhou Mountain, and restores the heavens with new supports.
  • Chen Yang awakens at Golden Ao Island and learns from Duobao that the crisis has been resolved. He admits several of his mistakes, including leading the Human Clan into the battle formation and using the Slaying Immortals Sword Formation to devastate the Demon Race.
  • Over the following centuries and millennia, Chen Yang cultivates:
    • His origin continues transforming because of the Three Pure Ones Origin.
    • His body reaches the eighth turn of the Nine-Turn Profound Art, giving him the strength to fight many Quasi-Saints physically.
    • His sword formation is fully completed, and the four damaged killing swords within him recover.
  • The restoration of Chen Yang’s swords creates such powerful sword intent that every sword on Golden Ao Island resonates in response.
  • Tongtian explains that, despite the trouble Chen Yang caused, his actions ultimately benefited the Three Teachings. The Human Clan absorbed much of the Fortune released by the collapse of the Witch and Demon Tribes, greatly increasing both Human Clan and Three Teachings’ Fortune.
  • Tongtian announces a journey to Kunlun to prepare for a future meeting at Zixiao Palace, where Hongjun will discuss the Primordial World’s reconstruction. The Three Sects Tournament will also be held again, and Chen Yang is ordered to accompany them.
  • When Chen Yang arrives among the Jie Sect disciples, they treat him with a mixture of fear and reverence because of his terrifying reputation and rapidly increasing strength. Bixiao, however, speaks to him more familiarly, though she admits that the enormous gap between their powers has made their relationship feel more distant.
  • Tongtian then leads his disciples toward the Kunlun immortal mountains.

Character Developments

  • Chen Yang survives a near-fatal collapse of his origin and receives the combined inheritance-like power of the Three Pure Ones. His body, origin, and sword techniques all advance dramatically.
  • Chen Yang shows some self-awareness by acknowledging the disastrous consequences of his actions, although Duobao jokes that his “mistakes” sound like a boastful list of accomplishments.
  • Duobao remains deeply protective of Chen Yang but is also constantly anxious about the catastrophes his disciple causes. He initially fears Chen Yang may create another disaster, yet relaxes after learning that the Three Teachings gained substantial Fortune from the conflict.
  • The Three Pure Ones demonstrate their concern for Chen Yang despite his recklessness, recognizing him as a shared disciple of exceptional talent.
  • Tongtian adopts a broader, strategic view of Chen Yang’s actions, emphasizing that the gains to the Human Clan and Three Teachings outweighed the political trouble he created.
  • The Jie Sect disciples now regard Chen Yang almost as a legendary figure, showing how dramatically his status has risen.
  • Bixiao retains personal familiarity with Chen Yang but candidly points out that his overwhelming growth has created distance between them.

Significant Themes

  • Disaster transformed into opportunity: Chen Yang’s reckless actions cause immense destruction, yet they ultimately strengthen the Human Clan and the Three Teachings.
  • Growth through crisis: Physical and spiritual advancement follows Chen Yang’s near-death experience and the trials of the great battle.
  • The burden of power and reputation: Chen Yang becomes so powerful that other disciples fear and revere him, making ordinary relationships difficult.
  • Mentorship and loyalty: The Three Pure Ones and Duobao save Chen Yang despite his mistakes, emphasizing the bonds between masters and disciples.
  • The balance between destruction and order: The chapter moves from the collapse of the heavens to their restoration, while the next stage involves rebuilding the Primordial World.
  • Fortune and unintended consequences: The battle’s political and spiritual results differ from its immediate devastation, showing how destruction can redistribute power and Fortune.

Character Interactions

  • The Sages debate the heavenly rupture before turning their attention to Chen Yang’s condition.
  • Duobao pleads with the Three Pure Ones to save his disciple, and all three contribute power to stabilize Chen Yang.
  • Duobao reprimands Chen Yang after his awakening, while Chen Yang apologizes and lists the actions that caused the disaster.
  • Duobao and the other Jie Sect elders joke about Chen Yang’s dangerous reputation and his tendency to cause world-shaking incidents.
  • Tongtian reassures Duobao that Chen Yang’s actions benefited the Three Teachings and explains the upcoming journey to Kunlun.
  • Chen Yang’s reunion with Bixiao provides a more personal interaction, contrasting with the fear and formality shown by the other Jie Sect disciples.
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Ch. 53A New Lord of the Demon Court? The Three Sects Tournament

Chapter Summary: A New Lord of the Demon Court? The Three Sects Tournament

Key Plot Points and Events

  • At Kunlun Mountain, the disciples of the Three Teachings are relieved that Chen Yang will not participate in the upcoming Three Sects Tournament, knowing they are currently unable to defeat him.
  • Grand Pure One Laozi arrives with Xuandu, who brings Chang’e from the Human Clan. Chang’e has grown into a powerful and elegant cultivator under Chen Yang’s guidance.
  • Chen Yang reunites with Chang’e, praises her progress, and encourages her to compete for first place. He settles her in Duobao’s former cave residence.
  • Several years later, the Three Pure Ones summon Chen Yang to address his decision to lead the Human Clan into the Wu-Demon War.
  • Although Yuanshi Tianzun criticizes Chen Yang’s recklessness, Chen Yang reveals that he had previously negotiated an alliance with the Wu Tribe. In exchange for Human Clan assistance, the Wu Tribe gave him eighty percent of its accumulated resources, including resource worlds, treasures, spiritual roots, manuals, and blessed lands.
  • Chen Yang offers the Three Pure Ones access to these resources as compensation for the losses suffered by the Three Teachings. Impressed by the value of the inheritance, they decide not to punish him beyond a verbal reprimand.
  • The Three Pure Ones discuss the future of the Demon Court, whose Thirty-Three Heavens and connection to the stars make it an immensely important source of Fortune and resources. They speculate that its next ruler will likely come from the Mystic Sect, with Duobao, Chen Yang, Xuandu, and Guangchengzi as possible candidates.
  • Duobao refuses the possibility of governing the Demon Court, while Tongtian argues that both Duobao and Chen Yang are too important to the Jie Sect to be removed from their current positions.
  • After several centuries of discussion concerning the Wu and Demon Races’ remaining resources, the Three Sects Tournament begins.
  • The tournament follows the previous rules: disciples enter a great world, compete for opportunities, and fight until a final winner emerges. The prize is a complete set of the Three Treasures of Heaven, Earth, and Man.
  • Chen Yang does not participate, instead watching with Duobao and the Three Pure Ones.
  • Chang’e’s first opponent is Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal, just as Chang Yang’s first tournament opponent had previously been Chang’er.
  • Chang’e quickly reveals that she has reached the Daluo Realm. Using Lunar Star energy and Jie Sect techniques, she overwhelms Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal and becomes the first contestant eliminated.

Character Developments

  • Chen Yang: Demonstrates maturity and foresight by preparing compensation for his unauthorized involvement in the war. His alliance with the Wu Tribe proves highly advantageous and prevents punishment. He also continues to act as Chang’e’s mentor.
  • Chang’e: Has transformed from a young disciple into a confident and exceptionally powerful Daluo cultivator. Her strength comes from Chen Yang’s inheritance, the Reincarnation Formation Array, extensive resources, and the fusion of her past and present lives.
  • The Three Pure Ones: Though initially displeased with Chen Yang, they recognize the value of his contribution and reconsider his punishment. They also begin planning the redistribution of power and resources after the Wu-Demon War.
  • Duobao: Remains loyal to the Jie Sect and rejects the prospect of ruling the Demon Court because he considers his current responsibilities as Tongtian’s heir more important.
  • Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal: Displays confidence and pride but is shocked by Chang’e’s cultivation. His defeat exposes the growing gap between him and Chen Yang’s disciple.
  • Tongtian and Yuanshi Tianzun: Their argument reflects their differing attitudes toward Chen Yang. Tongtian defends Chen Yang’s talent, while Yuanshi criticizes his recklessness.

Significant Themes

  • Consequences and accountability: Chen Yang must answer for his decision to enter the Wu-Demon War, but his preparation and willingness to compensate the Three Teachings save him from serious punishment.
  • Power and resource distribution: Much of the chapter focuses on the political consequences of the war and the struggle to control the Wu Tribe’s resources, the Demon Court, and the Primordial World’s future imperial positions.
  • Mentorship and inheritance: Chang’e’s growth demonstrates the long-term impact of Chen Yang’s teachings and resources.
  • Rising younger generation: Chang’e’s overwhelming victory symbolizes the emergence of a new generation of cultivators capable of surpassing established disciples.
  • Political maneuvering within the Mystic Sect: The discussion over the Demon Court reveals tensions between sect responsibilities, personal power, and the broader interests of the Three Teachings.

Character Interactions

  • Chen Yang and Chang’e reunite warmly, with Chang’e expressing her longing for her master and Chen Yang praising her accomplishments.
  • Yuanshi Tianzun reprimands Chen Yang and criticizes Tongtian for giving him the dangerous Slaying Immortals Sword Formation, while Tongtian strongly defends Chen Yang’s talent.
  • Chen Yang negotiates indirectly with the Three Pure Ones by revealing the Wu Tribe’s enormous compensation, turning a potential punishment into an opportunity for the Three Teachings.
  • The Three Pure Ones debate who should govern the Demon Court, while Duobao firmly declines the position.
  • Chang’e and Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal exchange sharp words before fighting. Chang’e rejects his attempt to “teach her a lesson,” defeats him decisively, and establishes herself as one of the tournament’s strongest contenders.
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Ch. 54Zixiao Palace, Purple Cloud Blessed Land

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Chang’e wins the Three Sects Tournament through the use of a formation, securing victory for the Jie Sect for the second consecutive tournament. Although the other factions are dissatisfied, they cannot overturn the result. Tongtian is delighted by the Jie Sect’s success.
  • Tens of thousands of years pass, and the era of the next major cosmic cycle approaches. The Three Pure Ones prepare to travel to Zixiao Palace for Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s gathering.
  • Only Duobao and Chen Yang accompany them as disciples. Duobao is recognized as a third-generation disciple of the Mystic Sect, while Chen Yang is nominally fourth-generation but has not received Hongjun’s formal acknowledgment.
  • The group travels beyond the Primordial World, crossing the Heavenly Dipper Layer, the Demon Court region, the stars, and the Primordial World Membrane before entering Chaos.
  • Duobao explains that the surrounding Chaos is a relatively mild, enclosed form of Chaos Qi that gradually transforms into Innate Qi and replenishes the Primordial World. Chen Yang becomes eager to study and eventually reproduce this transformation process.
  • At Zixiao Palace, the Three Pure Ones leave Chen Yang and Duobao behind while they meet privately with the other Sages. Duobao then persuades Haotian to guide them into the Purple Cloud Blessed Land, Hongjun’s inner domain containing immense treasures, spiritual roots, and ancient knowledge.
  • Duobao lures Haotian with the promise of stories about the Primordial World. Chen Yang contributes by giving Haotian one of his historical biographies, which resembles a storybook.
  • While climbing the three thousand steps leading to Zixiao Palace, Chen Yang experiences profound enlightenment. The stairway helps him unify his Dao techniques and overcome inner confusion, restoring a pure and clear state of mind.
  • After reaching the Purple Cloud Blessed Land, Chen Yang and Duobao are astonished by its unimaginable wealth of spiritual roots, treasures, and rare materials. Haotian, who has grown up surrounded by such abundance, considers the outer region ordinary.
  • Chen Yang explains that despite the Primordial World’s apparent richness, its resources are scarce when divided among countless races and living beings, especially after widespread wars. Haotian begins to understand the difference between life in the Blessed Land and life in the wider world.

Character Developments

  • Chen Yang becomes increasingly ambitious and curious. The Chaos Qi’s transformation into Innate Qi sparks his interest in researching and reproducing the process. His journey up the Purple Cloud Stairway produces a major spiritual breakthrough, clearing his inner doubts and giving him a pure, uncomplicated state of mind.
  • Duobao reveals a playful, mischievous side. He schemes to enter the Purple Cloud Blessed Land by exploiting Haotian’s childlike curiosity, while also acting as a supportive master who guides Chen Yang toward enlightenment.
  • Haotian is presented as an innocent, sheltered child who is curious about the Primordial World and fascinated by stories. Though initially fearful of Duobao because of their past troublemaking, he is ultimately persuaded to help. His limited understanding of poverty and scarcity highlights his sheltered upbringing.
  • Hongjun remains an unseen but powerful presence. His authority governs access to Zixiao Palace and the Blessed Land, while his vast collection demonstrates his immense status and resources.
  • The Three Pure Ones continue to act as senior figures among the Sages, preparing for the coming cosmic event and meeting privately to discuss important matters.

Significant Themes

  • Abundance versus scarcity: The Purple Cloud Blessed Land contains seemingly limitless treasures, contrasting sharply with the resource shortages and war-torn regions of the Primordial World.
  • Sheltered innocence and worldly hardship: Haotian’s ignorance of poverty reflects his isolated upbringing, while Chen Yang provides him with a broader understanding of life beyond Zixiao Palace.
  • Enlightenment and self-purification: Chen Yang’s climb up the three thousand stairs symbolizes an inward journey. By confronting and passing through the path within his heart, he sheds confusion and returns to a state of clarity and purity.
  • Knowledge as influence: Chen Yang’s books become a means of connecting with Haotian and gaining access to the Blessed Land. Written history also preserves the Human Clan’s struggles and identity.
  • Curiosity and ambition: Chen Yang’s desire to understand Chaos Qi and the treasures of Hongjun’s collection reflects his drive to expand his knowledge and power.
  • Hierarchy and privilege: Access to Zixiao Palace, the Purple Cloud Blessed Land, and even the ability to fly inside the palace depends on status and recognition within the Mystic Sect.

Character Interactions

  • Tongtian celebrates the Jie Sect’s victory, while the other participants resent the outcome.
  • The Three Pure Ones travel with Duobao and Chen Yang but exclude them from the Sages’ private discussions.
  • Duobao teases and pressures Haotian into granting access to the Purple Cloud Blessed Land, relying on their previous familiarity and Haotian’s love of stories.
  • Chen Yang feels uncomfortable manipulating Haotian but eventually participates by offering him a biography.
  • Duobao encourages Chen Yang to focus on the Purple Cloud Stairway’s Dao insights, helping him achieve enlightenment.
  • Chen Yang and Haotian discuss the differences between the Primordial World and the Blessed Land, allowing Haotian to gain his first real understanding of hardship and unequal resources.
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Ch. 55Treasure-Splitting Rock, Gods and Devils' Legacy

Chapter Summary: Treasure-Splitting Rock, Gods and Devils’ Legacy

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Led by Little Haotian, Chen Yang and Duobao enter the heart of the Purple Cloud Blessed Land, where the abundance of resources vastly surpasses anything Chen Yang obtained from the Wu Tribe.
  • They discover the legendary Treasure-Splitting Rock, a massive stone originally formed in Chaos and collected by Dao Ancestor Hongjun. Chen Yang decides to take it for possible artifact refinement.
  • Ordinary techniques cannot move the rock because it exists outside the Five Elements and is extraordinarily heavy. Chen Yang eventually stores it in a special container refined by Zhurong, though the container may not endure for long.
  • Little Haotian gives Chen Yang and Duobao many fruits from the blessed land’s spiritual roots.
  • They arrive at the courtyard where Little Haotian and Little Yaochi live. The courtyard contains enormous inner spaces, including pill-refining, artifact-refining, library, and treasure areas.
  • Duobao goes to the artifact-refining area, despite Little Haotian’s warning that he previously ruined a furnace of pills through reckless exploration.
  • Chen Yang visits the library pavilion and is nearly overwhelmed by the power contained in its books. Some manuals carry the insights of Chaos Demon Gods, and even a few written characters embody profound Grand Dao principles capable of damaging or killing readers with insufficient cultivation.
  • Chen Yang is unable to copy or properly study most of the texts because even his writing materials cannot withstand them.
  • In the pill pavilion, he sees a gigantic furnace containing a mysterious flame. In the treasure pavilion, he discovers an entire world formed from countless spiritual treasures, leaving him stunned by the Dao Ancestor’s unimaginable wealth.

Character Developments

  • Chen Yang demonstrates ambition and curiosity by claiming the Treasure-Splitting Rock despite its difficulty and by exploring Hongjun’s vast collection. His caution increases after nearly suffering mental damage from reading a powerful manual.
  • He also realizes the enormous gap between his current cultivation and the knowledge preserved in Zixiao Palace, motivating him while reminding him of his limitations.
  • Duobao is shown as experienced, generous, and somewhat mischievous. He recognizes the Treasure-Splitting Rock from the past, gives gifts to Yaochi, and eagerly heads toward the artifact-refining area despite his history of causing trouble.
  • Little Haotian acts as a guide and protector, explaining the origins of the rock, the rules of the blessed land, and the dangers of the library. His familiarity with the palace contrasts with his childlike excitement over stories.
  • Little Yaochi appears innocent and affectionate, warmly receiving gifts from Chen Yang and Duobao. She also provides important information about Hongjun’s recognition of Chen Yang as a member of the Mystic Sect’s direct lineage.
  • Dao Ancestor Hongjun, though absent, is characterized through his possessions and arrangements as extraordinarily powerful, wealthy, and connected to ancient and possibly Chaos-level legacies.

Significant Themes

  • Immense power and wealth: The treasures and resources of Zixiao Palace reveal a level of abundance far beyond the Wu Tribe, the Three Teachings, or anything Chen Yang has previously encountered.
  • Limits of cultivation: Chen Yang’s inability to read or record the library’s manuals emphasizes that profound knowledge cannot be obtained without sufficient strength and understanding.
  • Ancient legacies: The books contain traces of Chaos Demon Gods and the Grand Dao, suggesting that the library preserves the history and ultimate teachings of the Primordial World.
  • Recognition and belonging: Chen Yang learns that his ability to enter the blessed land confirms Hongjun’s acknowledgment of him as a fourth-generation direct disciple of the Mystic Sect.
  • Curiosity versus danger: Exploration brings valuable discoveries but also risks, as shown by the Treasure-Splitting Rock’s burden and the lethal power contained in the library’s writings.

Character Interactions

  • Chen Yang consults Duobao and Little Haotian about the Treasure-Splitting Rock before taking it, showing respect for their knowledge while maintaining his initiative.
  • Duobao and Chen Yang both give Yaochi gifts, strengthening their friendly relationship with the young guardians of the palace.
  • Little Haotian and Yaochi jointly explain the rules and dangers of the courtyard and library, guiding Chen Yang through the Dao Ancestor’s domain.
  • Little Haotian’s concern over Duobao’s reckless behavior creates a humorous contrast with Duobao’s confidence.
  • Chen Yang’s anxiety about encountering Hongjun is eased when Yaochi explains that his presence already proves the Dao Ancestor accepts him.
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Ch. 56Formation-Based Artifact Refining, Supreme Spirit-Gathering Formation Diagram

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Chen Yang asks to take defective spiritual treasures from Hongjun’s collection to use as artifact-refining materials. Although others consider them useless, Chen Yang recognizes their value.
  • He enters the enormous Artifact Refining Pavilion in Purple Cloud Blessed Land and discovers its immense reserves of divine materials. At its center stands the Zixiao Cauldron, an enormous cauldron burning with Chaos Fire.
  • Duobao is refining the Many-Treasure Pagodas, intended to serve as spiritual treasures for bearing his Three Corpses. He explains that the Zixiao Cauldron was created by Hongjun using Chaos materials and fragments of Chaos treasures, making it especially suitable for refining treasures related to the Three Corpses Severing Method.
  • Chen Yang introduces the idea of Formation-Based Artifact Refining, adapting the method he previously developed for pill refining.
  • Using formations to control the cauldron’s flames and refining process, Chen Yang perfectly purifies divine materials, removes all impurities, and repeatedly produces flawless material essences.
  • After several centuries, these essences fuse into a Spirit-Gathering Formation Diagram. The diagram absorbs Innate Qi and transforms from a postnatal supreme treasure into a supreme Innate Spiritual Treasure.
  • Chen Yang successfully refines three supreme-grade Spirit-Gathering Formation Diagrams, enough for his Three Corpses Severing technique.
  • He then attempts to upgrade numerous existing treasures—including the Two-Aspects Furnace, Four Symbols Furnace, Wu Tribe treasures, the Three Heavens-Earth-Human Swords and Pearls, and other artifacts—to supreme grade.
  • Finally, Chen Yang brings out the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords and the Immortal-Slaying Formation Diagram, shocking Little Haotian, Little Yaochi, and Duobao with the sheer number of treasures he possesses.

Character Developments

  • Chen Yang demonstrates extraordinary creativity and confidence. Rather than following conventional artifact-refining methods, he applies Formation Dao to create a completely new refining technique.
  • His mastery of formations develops further, allowing him to break traditional limitations in both pill refining and artifact refining.
  • Chen Yang also reveals his practical and opportunistic nature: he takes advantage of Hongjun’s immense resources to strengthen nearly every treasure he owns.
  • Duobao begins as a skeptical master, doubting whether formations can replace conventional artifact refining. After witnessing Chen Yang’s results, he becomes impressed and somewhat humbled, admitting that his own artifact-refining ability cannot match his disciple’s achievement.
  • Little Haotian and Little Yaochi move from puzzlement to astonishment as Chen Yang’s methods and stockpile of treasures repeatedly exceed their expectations.

Significant Themes

  • Innovation versus tradition: Chen Yang challenges established methods by using formations to automate and perfect artifact refining.
  • The power of specialization: Although Chen Yang’s Spirit-Gathering Formation Diagram is simpler than Duobao’s Many-Treasure Pagoda, his focused design allows him to refine it to supreme quality.
  • Abundance and privilege: The Mystic Sect’s direct lineage enjoys access to resources and treasures far beyond ordinary cultivators.
  • Preparation and survival: Chen Yang justifies collecting and upgrading so many treasures as necessary protection in the dangerous Primordial World, though the narrative humorously suggests that he is already one of its most dangerous figures.
  • Master and disciple comparison: Duobao’s long experience is contrasted with Chen Yang’s unconventional talent, showing that creativity can surpass established expertise.

Character Interactions

  • Chen Yang respectfully but casually negotiates with Little Haotian and Little Yaochi to obtain defective treasures, while they question why he wants such inferior materials.
  • Duobao initially warns Chen Yang that artifact refining differs fundamentally from pill refining and doubts the feasibility of his method.
  • Chen Yang proves him wrong by producing perfectly purified divine iron essence and explaining how formations preserve ideal refining conditions.
  • Duobao praises Chen Yang’s achievement but also feels embarrassed by the comparison, especially after Chen Yang produces three supreme treasures in succession.
  • Chen Yang modestly explains that his success comes partly from refining a simpler treasure, while Duobao’s Many-Treasure Pagoda is more complex and potentially more powerful.
  • The chapter ends with Duobao, Haotian, and Yaochi staring in disbelief at Chen Yang’s enormous collection of spiritual treasures, with Duobao demanding to know where he obtained them.
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Ch. 57Tempering the Body, Outworld Demons

Chapter Summary: “Tempering the Body, Outworld Demons”

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Chen Yang reveals that he traded with the Wu Tribe for eighty percent of their resources, including numerous Innate Spiritual Treasures. He attempts to place these treasures, along with the Heavenly Cloud of All Heavens, into the Zixiao Cauldron for refinement.
  • The Zixiao Cauldron’s artifact spirit awakens and explains that it can assist members of the Mystic Sect Direct Lineage, but it will not upgrade Chen Yang’s Innate Spiritual Treasures. It agrees to refine only three of his formation diagrams.
  • The artifact spirit permits Chen Yang to upgrade the Heavenly Cloud of All Heavens, though the resources within its internal world may be consumed in the process. It also agrees to help refine the spiritual treasures fused into Chen Yang’s body.
  • Chen Yang undergoes an extremely dangerous but carefully controlled refinement. The cauldron’s gray flames digest the Five Elements Pearl, the Skyland Landscape Painting, the Firmament Diagram, and other treasures embedded in his body.
  • His internal Formation World expands and becomes increasingly like a genuine world, with the Five Elements forming the foundation of heaven and earth. The energy released from the treasures strengthens his essence, qi, spirit, physical body, Primordial Spirit, and mana.
  • At the artifact spirit’s instruction, Chen Yang circulates the Nine-Turn Profound Art while being engulfed in the cauldron’s flames. Over several thousand years, his body is repeatedly destroyed, tempered, and regenerated.
  • Chen Yang ultimately undergoes a major transformation, returning to his origin and becoming a pure innate lifeform. He gains a vastly purer body and innate origin.
  • Afterward, Duobao and Chen Yang exploit their remaining time by gathering large quantities of artifact-refining materials and other resources.
  • They then enter a palace where Hongjun is meeting with the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Zhunti, and Jieyin. Hongjun jokingly calls Duobao and Chen Yang “two little monkeys,” while the two behave obediently.
  • Hongjun begins discussing the postwar reorganization of the Primordial World, particularly the management of the Demon Court and its role in defending against Outworld Demons.

Character Developments

  • Chen Yang: Receives a profound physical and spiritual upgrade. His risky method of engraving formations in his body and integrating powerful treasures proves successful, allowing him to evolve into a pure innate lifeform. His internal world also advances toward becoming a true world. He remains ambitious and opportunistic, but shows humility and gratitude toward the Zixiao Cauldron’s artifact spirit.
  • Duobao: Continues to view Chen Yang as troublesome but supports and protects him throughout the refinement. He also displays his own opportunistic nature by collecting large quantities of resources once the opportunity arises.
  • Zixiao Cauldron’s Artifact Spirit: Emerges as an intelligent and highly discerning entity. It recognizes Chen Yang’s unusual talent and dangerous ingenuity, assists him because of his Mystic Sect lineage, and carefully controls its flames to prevent his destruction.
  • Hongjun: Appears detached and inscrutable, but maintains an amused familiarity with Duobao and Chen Yang. He takes charge of reorganizing the Primordial World after the Wu–Demon war.
  • The Saints: Gather before Hongjun and acknowledge the need to establish new leadership for the Demon Court after the deaths of Dijun and Taiyi.

Significant Themes

  • Transformation through destruction: Chen Yang’s body must be repeatedly broken down and rebuilt before he can return to an innate state, emphasizing that power and purity require extreme refinement.
  • Risk and innovation: Chen Yang’s unorthodox practice of fusing formations and spiritual treasures into his body is highly dangerous, yet his bold experimentation enables extraordinary advancement.
  • Lineage and privilege: The Zixiao Cauldron assists Chen Yang and Duobao specifically because they belong to the Mystic Sect Direct Lineage, highlighting the importance of spiritual inheritance and status.
  • Greed and resource accumulation: Both Chen Yang and Duobao eagerly harvest treasures whenever possible, reinforcing their opportunistic personalities and the importance of resources in cultivation.
  • Order after catastrophe: With the Wu and Demon races weakened or destroyed, the chapter shifts from individual cultivation to the political and cosmic reorganization of the Primordial World.
  • Guarding against external threats: The Demon Court’s original role in defending the Primordial World from Outworld Demons becomes central to the next stage of the story.

Character Interactions

  • Chen Yang repeatedly negotiates with the Zixiao Cauldron’s artifact spirit, asking it to refine his treasures, internal world, and body.
  • Duobao alternates between embarrassment, concern, and amusement at Chen Yang’s behavior. He urges Chen Yang to stop troubling the artifact spirit and later joins him in gathering resources.
  • The artifact spirit praises Chen Yang’s creativity while warning him not to be excessively greedy. It also reassures Duobao when Chen Yang appears to be consumed by flames.
  • Chen Yang and Duobao show mutual understanding and similar opportunism, prompting Hongjun to describe them as “cut from the same cloth.”
  • Hongjun establishes authority over the gathered saints, Duobao, and Chen Yang as he begins deciding how the Demon Court and the defense against Outworld Demons should be handled.
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Ch. 58Chen Yang: Fuxi as Demon Emperor Must Be Executed!

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Dao Ancestor Hongjun reorganizes the former Demon Court into the Heavenly Court, whose true body will be the Thirty-Three Heavens. The upper three heavens are designated Taiqing Heaven, Jade Pure Heaven, and Highest Pure Heaven.
  • The Sages receive defensive responsibilities:
    • Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian will guard the firmament and resist invading Outworld Demons.
    • Nuwa will continue guarding Nuwa Heaven, monitoring and repairing the Chaos Fetal Membrane.
    • Jieyin and Zhunti will guard the Western Land and the seal suppressing the remnants of demonic qi left by Luohou.
  • Hongjun reveals that Luohou survived, transformed into an Outworld Demon, created the Demon Dao, and continues attempting to invade the Primordial World. His surviving followers remain hidden within the world.
  • The Sages debate who should become Heavenly Emperor. They explain that the position is a powerful but dangerous divine seat: the emperor gains strength and fortune as the Heavenly Court develops, but is also bound to it and suffers backlash if it weakens or is damaged.
  • The Three Pure Ones refuse to nominate their most promising disciples, including Duobao and Chen Yang, because the Heavenly Emperor’s position would restrict their futures.
  • Jieyin proposes Medicine Master and Maitreya, partly because the Western Land needs resources, but the Three Pure Ones reject the idea of allowing the position to pass outside the Mystic Sect Direct Lineage.
  • Nuwa suggests restoring her brother Fuxi, formerly the Demon Race’s Xi Emperor, and making him Heavenly Emperor. The proposal is immediately opposed because it could be interpreted as the Demon Race’s revival and might provoke the Wu Tribe.
  • Laozi asks Chen Yang whether the Human Clan would support Fuxi. Chen Yang firmly refuses, declaring that the Human Clan’s hatred of the Demon Race remains irreconcilable and that the Human Clan will not aid Fuxi’s restoration.
  • At Hongjun’s request, Chen Yang proposes Haotian and Yaochi, longtime attendants of Hongjun, as candidates. Hongjun unexpectedly accepts the suggestion.
  • Haotian is appointed Heavenly Emperor and Yaochi Queen Mother, tasked with governing the Heavenly Court, maintaining order in the firmament, and resisting the Outworld Demons.

Character Developments

  • Chen Yang demonstrates growing authority and political maturity. Though still a junior, he speaks confidently before the Sages and openly defends the Human Clan’s interests.
  • Chen Yang’s rejection of Fuxi reveals his firm opposition to any Demon Race revival, even while he maintains respect for Nuwa as the Human Clan’s creator.
  • His casual recommendation of Haotian and Yaochi unexpectedly determines the future leadership of the Heavenly Court, showing how highly Hongjun regards him.
  • Nuwa remains devoted to Fuxi and seeks a path for his restoration, but Chen Yang’s refusal makes clear that she cannot rely on the Human Clan.
  • Duobao acts as Chen Yang’s guide, explaining the risks and benefits of the Heavenly Emperor’s divine seat while also being surprised by his disciple’s influence.
  • Hongjun reveals himself as deliberate and protective, having concealed Luohou’s survival to prevent unrest, while also rewarding Haotian and Yaochi for their long service.
  • The Three Pure Ones prioritize the long-term potential of their disciples over the immediate advantages of the Heavenly Emperor’s position.
  • Jieyin and Zhunti are portrayed as more willing to use the position to strengthen the impoverished Western Land.

Significant Themes

  • Power versus freedom: The Heavenly Emperor’s divine seat grants immense power but binds its holder to the success and survival of the Heavenly Court.
  • Political legitimacy and historical resentment: Fuxi’s former identity as Demon Emperor makes him unacceptable to the Human Clan and potentially threatening to the Wu Tribe, regardless of his individual qualifications.
  • Factional interests: The Sages’ recommendations are shaped by the needs of their respective sects, races, and territories.
  • Hidden history and controlled information: Hongjun’s suppression of the truth about Luohou shows how knowledge can be concealed to preserve stability.
  • No absolute distinction between good and evil: Hongjun emphasizes that both the Mystic Dao and Demon Dao are legitimate paths of cultivation; conflict arises from opposing strength, interests, and actions rather than simple moral labels.
  • Chen Yang’s emergence as a major political figure: His position as Human Clan lord and Mystic Sect Direct Lineage disciple gives him influence far beyond his apparent rank.

Important Character Interactions

  • Chen Yang repeatedly consults Duobao through voice transmission, relying on him to explain the hidden dangers surrounding the Heavenly Court.
  • Hongjun lightly challenges Chen Yang and Duobao for whispering, then openly acknowledges that some truths were concealed for strategic reasons.
  • The Three Pure Ones collectively reject candidates who might be harmed by the Heavenly Emperor’s responsibilities, especially Duobao and Chen Yang.
  • Nuwa proposes Fuxi, but Tongtian, Yuanshi, Laozi, and Chen Yang all oppose the idea for different political reasons.
  • Chen Yang addresses Nuwa respectfully but firmly, making it clear that filial respect cannot overcome the Human Clan’s enduring hatred of the Demon Race.
  • Hongjun directly solicits Chen Yang’s opinion, and Chen Yang’s suggestion leads to Haotian and Yaochi receiving the highest positions in the new Heavenly Court.
  • Duobao ends the chapter astonished at how a single casual remark from Chen Yang settles a matter involving the entire Primordial World.
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Ch. 59Human Sovereign of the Human Clan, the Supreme Treasure God-Slaying Spear

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

  • Dao Ancestor Hongjun appoints Chen Yang as enforcer of the Mystic Sect’s laws, granting him the God-Slaying Spear, a supreme-grade killing treasure formed from the Fortune Green Lotus. Chen Yang is authorized to punish Mystic Sect disciples who violate its principles.
  • Hongjun restores the ruined Heavenly Court and formally appoints Haotian and Yaochi as its rulers. He gives them numerous powerful treasures, including the Haotian Mirror, Sword, and Armor, as well as spiritual roots and other resources.
  • The saints decide that the Three Teachings must focus on defending the Primordial World against the Outworld Demons. The Heavenly Court’s initial administration is left to Chen Yang and Duobao.
  • Chen Yang promises to help Haotian and Yaochi develop the empty Heavenly Court. Over several thousand years, he brings billions of humans there, assigns them administrative and military roles, and stations Human Clan experts in important positions.
  • The Heavenly Court gradually becomes functional, though the appointment of Star Deities remains unresolved because it requires the Investiture List.
  • Once the Heavenly Court is established, Chen Yang leaves despite Haotian and Yaochi asking him to stay. He reveals that one of the Thirty-Three Heavens belongs to him and can serve as his personal cultivation domain.
  • Chen Yang returns to the Eastern Sea Coast and witnesses the transformation of the Human Clan. The humans are now confident, militarized, culturally developed, and no longer willing to submit to oppression.
  • At Kongtong Mountain, the Human Clan publicly greets Chen Yang as the Human Sovereign. He declares that humans should kneel only to parents, ancestors, teachers, and elders—not to hostile races or external powers. The people respond with an oath of obedience.
  • The chapter ends with Chen Yang entering the core of the Human Clan’s blessed land, where the Suiren Clan asks him how the Human Clan should develop from that point onward.

Character Developments

  • Chen Yang rises from a powerful Human Clan leader to an official enforcer of Mystic Sect law and receives a weapon befitting his slaughter-based abilities. His authority and influence now extend across both the Mystic Sect and the Human Clan.
  • He demonstrates strong administrative ability and a sense of responsibility by organizing the Heavenly Court, supplying it with personnel, and preparing the Human Clan to participate in its governance.
  • Chen Yang’s status among humanity reaches its peak. He is no longer merely respected for bringing writing, culture, and knowledge; he is revered as the leader who restored the Human Clan’s dignity and made it a major race.
  • Haotian and Yaochi mature politically and begin assuming the bearing of Heavenly rulers, though they remain somewhat inexperienced and dependent on Chen Yang and Duobao for guidance.
  • Duobao maintains a teasing but protective relationship with Haotian and Yaochi, while also acting as a practical adviser.
  • The Human Clan as a whole develops greater confidence, unity, military strength, and pride after the previous war.

Significant Themes

  • Rise from oppression: The Human Clan’s transformation from a vulnerable race used and abused by others into a powerful and respected people is the chapter’s central theme.
  • Dignity and independence: Chen Yang’s declaration that humans should no longer kneel symbolizes their rejection of humiliation and submission.
  • Leadership and responsibility: Chen Yang repeatedly accepts responsibility for building institutions, protecting humanity, and helping establish the Heavenly Court.
  • Power balanced by law: The God-Slaying Spear represents Chen Yang’s new role as an enforcer who must uphold the Mystic Sect’s principles.
  • Reciprocity and alliance: Chen Yang aids the Heavenly Court while also advancing Human Clan interests, showing how cooperation between major powers strengthens both sides.
  • Nation-building: The chapter focuses less on battle and more on rebuilding—staffing the Heavenly Court, creating an army, assigning positions, and planning the Human Clan’s future.

Character Interactions

  • Hongjun formally entrusts Chen Yang with the God-Slaying Spear and gives Haotian and Yaochi authority over the Heavenly Court.
  • The saints place Duobao and Chen Yang in charge of assisting the new Heavenly rulers while they prepare to resist the Outworld Demons.
  • Duobao jokingly pressures Haotian over his new status, causing Haotian to abandon the idea of being treated as a senior figure despite becoming Hongjun’s nominal disciple.
  • Haotian and Yaochi rely on Chen Yang for practical guidance, especially regarding staffing, cultivation, and resource management.
  • Haotian expresses sincere gratitude to Chen Yang for helping them establish the Heavenly Court, while Chen Yang treats his assistance as a matter of mutual obligation.
  • Chen Yang’s interaction with the Human Clan is deeply reverent and emotional: the people kneel to him, he orders them to stand, and they accept his command as a declaration of their collective dignity.
  • The chapter closes with the Suiren Clan and other Human Clan leaders seeking Chen Yang’s direction for the next stage of humanity’s development.
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Ch. 60Auspicious Cloud Realm, the Rise of the Human Clan

Chapter Summary: Auspicious Cloud Realm, the Rise of the Human Clan

Key Plot Points and Events

  • With the Demon Race destroyed and the Wu Tribe withdrawing from worldly affairs, the Human Clan begins its rise. The Youchao Clan celebrates the prospect of human supremacy, but Chen Yang cautions that the Primordial World still contains many hidden dangers and that the Human Clan must avoid arrogance.
  • Chen Yang completes the refinement of the Heavenly Cloud of All Heavens, merging it with numerous grotto-heavens, blessed lands, spiritual treasures, divine materials, and resources. It becomes a portable Great Thousand World known as the Auspicious Cloud Realm.
  • Chen Yang moves many of his treasures and resources into the realm, including the Human Pool, Kongtong Seal, spiritual fruits, pills, scriptures, refining materials, and flawed spiritual treasures.
  • The four Immortal-Slaying Swords manifest their artifact spirits after absorbing enormous amounts of Killing Intent and receiving tempering from the Zixiao Cauldron. Their spirits appear as four girls representing different stages of womanhood.
  • Chen Yang examines the God-Slaying Spear, a weapon of extraordinary single-target killing power. The sword spirits speculate that it may have originated from the roots of the Fortune Green Lotus and might possess Devouring power, but Chen Yang finds no trace of Devouring within it.
  • The mysterious Treasure-Splitting Rock remains unmelted despite being placed inside the Great Sun at the core of the Auspicious Cloud Realm. Chen Yang decides to leave it there and wait.
  • Tens of thousands of years pass as wars among the Primordial World’s races intensify. The Human Clan joins the conflicts, using the Battlefield Killing Formation to expand from the Eastern Sea Coast, seize resources, establish territories, and appoint mountain and earth gods.
  • The Human Clan grows rapidly but suffers heavy casualties. Its territory expands severalfold, and its Fortune increases dramatically after absorbing portions of the Demon Race’s and Wu Tribe’s Fortune.
  • The Kongtong Seal can no longer fully suppress the Human Clan’s immense Fortune, causing some of it to dissipate. Chen Yang becomes concerned that too much Fortune is controlled by outside Sages and considers reclaiming it, though doing so would mean confronting powerful religious factions.
  • After another period of development, Chen Yang perfects every realm of the Immortal Dao and reaches the utmost limit of what his body can currently bear.
  • Just as he prepares to advance further, Chen Yang receives a summons from Hongjun and immediately travels toward the Heavenly Court.

Character Developments

  • Chen Yang becomes more cautious and politically aware. Although he supports the Human Clan’s rise, he recognizes the dangers of overconfidence and the limitations imposed by the Primordial World’s hidden powers.
  • He establishes the Auspicious Cloud Realm as both his residence and a secure treasury, demonstrating his increasing ability to combine formations, divine materials, spiritual treasures, and spatial powers.
  • His cultivation advances to the peak of the current Immortal Dao realms, putting him on the verge of a major breakthrough.
  • The four sword artifact spirits finally take physical form and begin interacting directly with Chen Yang. They display distinct personalities: the younger spirits are playful and competitive, while the Immortal-Execution Sword’s spirit is mature, calm, and perceptive.
  • Xiao Ling’er, the artifact spirit of the Heavenly Cloud of All Heavens, acts as Chen Yang’s practical adviser, warning him about the security risks of carrying an entire blessed land and explaining the limits of the Kongtong Seal.
  • The Kongtong Seal’s artifact spirit becomes increasingly distressed by its inability to contain the Human Clan’s swelling Fortune, highlighting the growing scale of the Human Clan’s power.

Significant Themes

  • Rise accompanied by caution: The Human Clan’s growing strength does not guarantee invincibility. Chen Yang emphasizes humility and awareness of hidden threats.
  • Power and responsibility: Expansion brings territory, resources, and Fortune, but also warfare, death, and the burden of managing an increasingly powerful race.
  • Control of Fortune: The chapter presents Fortune as both a source of strength and a political resource. Much of the Human Clan’s Fortune is held exclusively by Sages, creating an imbalance that Chen Yang considers dangerous.
  • Accumulation and preservation: The Auspicious Cloud Realm symbolizes Chen Yang’s attempt to preserve and organize the immense resources acquired through war and cultivation.
  • Transformation and evolution: Treasures, artifact spirits, the Human Clan, and Chen Yang himself all undergo major stages of development.
  • The limits of strength: Even powerful treasures such as the Kongtong Seal cannot perfectly contain the Human Clan’s Fortune, suggesting that every form of power has limitations.

Character Interactions

  • Chen Yang tempers the Youchao Clan’s excitement, urging the ancestors to remain confident but not arrogant.
  • He jokes and argues playfully with the four sword spirits when they object to his comparison between their killing power and that of the God-Slaying Spear.
  • The Immortal-Execution Sword’s spirit provides a serious explanation of the God-Slaying Spear’s possible origins and powers.
  • Xiao Ling’er discusses the advantages and dangers of the Auspicious Cloud Realm with Chen Yang and later explains why the Kongtong Seal is struggling.
  • Chen Yang questions the Kongtong Seal about the distribution of Human Clan Fortune, leading to his concern that the Sages possess an excessive and exclusive share.
  • The chapter ends with Chen Yang responding to Hongjun’s summons, setting up a likely confrontation or revelation concerning his impending breakthrough and the Human Clan’s growing power.
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