Chapter Summaries

Di Jun and Taiyi defeated Eastern King Duke, then established the Heavenly Court and Demon Race, while the Twelve Ancestral Witches founded the Witch Clan. Xiao Teng agreed to take the Calabash Kids traveling through the Primordial World before the third sermon.

• Taiyi battered Eastern King Duke with the Eastern Sovereign Bell, and Di Jun killed him as the Immortal Court's remaining forces fled.
• Di Jun and Taiyi collected the Immortal Court's treasures, and Di Jun later established the Heavenly Court and received Merit from the Heavenly Dao.
• Di Jun and Taiyi founded the Demon Race, gaining abundant Merit and bringing their realms close to the Quasi-Saint level.
• Xiao Teng told Seventh Gourd that identity depended on one's own choice, then considered visiting Nuwa before she created humans.
• Led by Dijiang, the Twelve Ancestral Witches established the Witch Clan and received Merit, setting the Witch and Demon Races on a path toward conflict.
• Xiao Teng agreed to take the Calabash Kids traveling, telling them to stay close and not run off.

Xiao Teng and the Calabash Kids traveled east of Mount Buzhou and visited Zhen Yuanzi at Longevity Mountain after Er Wa sensed a powerful spiritual aura there. Zhen Yuanzi welcomed them into Five Villages Temple, where they reunited with Red Cloud, who took the children to look around.

• Xiao Teng avoided the war between the Demon Race and the Witch Clan and headed east with the Calabash Kids after checking that Six-Eared Macaque, Kong Xuan, and Roc were cultivating safely at Mount Kongtong.
• Er Wa detected a pure spiritual aura in the mountains, and Xiao Teng realized it came from the Ginseng Fruit Tree at Zhen Yuanzi's Longevity Mountain.
• Xiao Teng decided to visit Zhen Yuanzi and explain the Calabash Kids' earlier encounter with him and Red Cloud at Purple Cloud Palace.
• Zhen Yuanzi noticed Xiao Teng and the Calabash Kids entering Longevity Mountain, greeted them, and invited them into Five Villages Temple.
• Red Cloud reunited with Xiao Teng and the Calabash Kids, joked with Si Wa about their age, and led the children around the temple.

Xiao Teng visited Zhen Yuanzi at Five Villages Temple to explain why he had stopped Zhen Yuanzi and Red Cloud at Purple Cloud Palace, then discussed the Dao with him. Their conversation was interrupted when Da Wa toppled the Ginseng Fruit Tree, and Xiao Teng offered Three Lights Divine Water to save it.

• Xiao Teng told Zhen Yuanzi that he had stopped him and Red Cloud at Purple Cloud Palace to keep Red Cloud from inviting a fatal calamity by taking the cushion.
• Xiao Teng and Zhen Yuanzi discussed the Dao and explored the path to Sever the Three Corpses and become a Quasi-Saint.
• A Daoist boy reported that the Ginseng Fruit Tree had been toppled, and Zhen Yuanzi and Xiao Teng rushed to the rear courtyard.
• Da Wa admitted that he had pulled the tree from the ground after Red Cloud wagered that the children could not uproot it for a taste of Ginseng Fruit.
• Xiao Teng offered Zhen Yuanzi a bottle of Three Lights Divine Water to help save the tree.

Zhen Yuanzi revived the Ginseng Fruit Tree with Three Lights Divine Water and rewarded Xiao Teng and the Calabash Kids with its fruits. Later, Xiao Teng and Zhen Yuanzi rushed to Mount Buzhou after a powerful disturbance revealed a hidden small world, where the Demon Race was establishing its Heavenly Court and the Twelve Ancestral Witches were trying to break in.

• Zhen Yuanzi restored the Ginseng Fruit Tree with Three Lights Divine Water and gave Ginseng Fruits to Xiao Teng and the Calabash Kids, while Red Cloud complained that he had been excluded.
• Xiao Teng shared Five-Needle Pine fruits with Red Cloud and Zhen Yuanzi, then continued discussing the Dao with Zhen Yuanzi as the Calabash Kids and Red Cloud went outside.
• Xiao Teng sensed a disturbance at Mount Buzhou and used Er Wa's perspective to see a strange space appear above the mountain.
• Xiao Teng and Zhen Yuanzi traveled to Mount Buzhou, where they found the Twelve Ancestral Witches attacking a formation around a small world that Di Jun and Taiyi were refining for the Demon Race Heavenly Court.
• The Calabash Kids and Red Cloud reunited with Xiao Teng at the summit, and Dijiang shattered the small world's barrier with a punch.

Di Jun and Taiyi established the Demon Race’s new Heavenly Court atop Mount Buzhou, while Xiao Teng traveled to Purple Cloud Palace for Hongjun’s third lecture. Before the lecture began, he spoke with Houtu about a path to cultivation for the Witch Clan and learned that Fuxi had committed to pursuing his Dao through the Demon Race.

• Taiyi used the Eastern Sovereign Bell to keep others out while Di Jun refined the small world, which the Demon Race made its new Heavenly Court.
• The Witch Clan and Demon Race fought briefly, then called a truce as the third Purple Cloud Palace lecture approached.
• Xiao Teng arrived at Purple Cloud Palace with the Calabash Kids and planned to obtain Primordial Chaos Purple Qi for a trade with the Queen Mother of the West.
• Xiao Teng warned Houtu to be cautious and suggested the Witch Clan consider proving the Dao through force, following Pangu’s example.
• Xiao Teng noticed Tai Qing had already reached the Early Quasi-Saint realm and spoke with Nuwa and Fuxi about Fuxi’s decision to seek his Dao through the Demon Race.

Xiao Teng attended Hongjun’s third sermon on the Way of the Sage, where Hongjun explained the nine Sage positions and distributed seven strands of Primordial Chaos Purple Qi. Xiao Teng and White Lotus received none as the final two strands went to Jie Yin and Zhunti, leaving the crowd stunned.

• White Lotus told Xiao Teng that she had competed with Jie Yin and Zhunti to repair the earth veins and had barely kept pace with them.
• Hongjun opened the sermon on the Way of the Sage, which Xiao Teng and most of the Daluo Golden Immortals struggled to understand; the Calabash Kids worked together, and Houtu grasped more than before.
• After the nine-thousand-year sermon, Hongjun announced that nine Sage positions existed and revealed seven strands of Primordial Chaos Purple Qi.
• Hongjun gave three strands to the Three Pure Ones and one to Nuwa, citing their origins and future Merit.
• Hongjun gave the final two strands to Jie Yin and Zhunti for repairing the Western Religion’s earth veins, surprising them and disappointing those who expected Xiao Teng and White Lotus to receive them.

Hongjun distributed the final Primordial Chaos Purple Qi and treasures, then announced that he would merge with the Heavenly Dao. Xiao Teng and the others collected treasures from Treasure-Dividing Cliff before leaving with their spoils.

• The final strand of Primordial Chaos Purple Qi settled before Xiao Teng, who declined to become Hongjun's disciple but kept the qi.
• Hongjun distributed treasures, giving Xiao Teng the Godslayer Spear and the Three Pure Ones and others their respective treasures.
• Hongjun announced that his sermon was final and that he would merge with the Heavenly Dao, then sent his remaining treasures to Treasure-Dividing Cliff.
• Xiao Teng and the Calabash Kids entered Treasure-Dividing Cliff and gathered treasures alongside the other living beings.
• After the treasures were divided, the Calabash Kids joined forces to take Treasure-Dividing Cliff, and everyone hurried away with their spoils.

Xiao Teng exchanged the Primordial Chaos Purple Qi for Queen Mother of the West’s Plain-Colored Cloud-Realm Banner and sent her back to Kunlun Mountains. On his way to the Three Immortal Isles, Di Jun and Taiyi ambushed him with demon forces, and White Lotus joined the fight as the battle erupted.

• Queen Mother of the West offered to travel with Xiao Teng, but he declined her help and asked to borrow the Plain-Colored Cloud-Realm Banner.
• Xiao Teng gave Queen Mother of the West the Primordial Chaos Purple Qi in exchange for the banner, then urged her to return to Kunlun Mountains.
• Xiao Teng and the Calabash Kids encountered Di Jun, Taiyi, and more than twenty demon Great Luo Golden Immortals on the East Sea shore.
• Di Jun demanded the Primordial Chaos Purple Qi and attacked Xiao Teng after he refused to join the demon race.
• White Lotus arrived to aid Xiao Teng, and Wu Wa blocked Di Jun’s Solar True Fire with saliva.
• Di Jun ordered the demon immortals to attack, and the Calabash Kids fought them amid a chaotic battle.

Xiao Teng and White Lotus battled Di Jun and Taiyi while the Calabash Kids fought the Demon Clan’s Great Luo Golden Immortals. After Taiyi’s Eastern Sovereign Bell threatened to overwhelm them, Xiao Teng ordered the kids to form their killing formation, leaving Di Jun to weigh whether the Demon Clan should retreat.

• Xiao Teng used the Five Directional Banners to hold off Di Jun, while the Calabash Kids fought the Demon Clan’s Great Luo Golden Immortals.
• Taiyi struck Xiao Teng with the Eastern Sovereign Bell, scattering the banners and forcing Xiao Teng to evade Di Jun’s attacks with the God-Striking Whip and Three Lights Divine Water.
• Seventh Gourd used the Primal Chaos Gourd to capture two Demon Clan Great Luo Golden Immortals, and White Lotus joined Xiao Teng to face Di Jun and Taiyi.
• Xiao Teng called on the Calabash Kids to form the Seven-Colored Primordial Unity Heavenly Dipper Formation, trapping the Demon Clan fighters and killing a Great Luo Golden Immortal.
• Taiyi tried to break free with the Eastern Sovereign Bell, but Xiao Teng temporarily trapped it with the Five Directional Banners as Di Jun considered retreating to preserve the Demon Clan’s strength.

Xiao Teng and the Calabash Kids settled on the Three Immortal Isles, cultivated for ten thousand years, and later visited Queen Mother of the West at Western Kunlun. Bai Ze delivered an invitation to Di Jun’s wedding to Xihe and Chang Xi, leaving Queen Mother of the West surprised by the match.

• Xiao Teng stopped the Calabash Kids from killing more demons, and Di Jun withdrew with the Demon Race after threatening them.
• Xiao Teng invited White Lotus to the Three Immortal Isles, where she chose to live on Yingzhou Island.
• After ten thousand years of cultivation, Xiao Teng reached the Late Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm, deduced the Five Elements Formation, and set out to travel with the Calabash Kids.
• Kong Xuan and Roc reached the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm and left Mount Kongtong to gain experience, while Six-Eared Macaque stayed to guard it.
• Xiao Teng and the Calabash Kids visited Queen Mother of the West at Western Kunlun, where she discussed her plans to attain the Dao through Severing the Three Corpses.
• Bai Ze delivered Queen Mother of the West an invitation to Di Jun’s wedding to Xihe and Chang Xi, and she accepted.