Chapter Summaries

Hongyun, Li Yu, and Zhen Yuanzi gathered at Five Villages Temple to stay safe from Minghe and the approaching Witch-Demon Calamity. Li Yu moved Bitter Bamboo there and, with Hongyun recovering, agreed that Zhen Yuanzi would teach Red Boy while Li Yu supplied him with better treasures.

• Hongyun, Li Yu, and Zhen Yuanzi returned from the Blood Sea and decided to move Hongyun and Red Boy to Five Villages Temple for safety.
• Li Yu returned to his immortal island, discovered that Bitter Bamboo understood him, and brought it along after arranging for Black Armor to use the island’s spiritual fruits and treasures.
• Li Yu showed Bitter Bamboo to Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun, and they planted it beside the Ginseng Fruit Tree at Five Villages Temple.
• Hongyun poured divine water from a Pure Jade Bottle over Bitter Bamboo before returning to seclusion to recover.
• Li Yu and Zhen Yuanzi watched Red Boy cultivate and agreed that Zhen Yuanzi would instruct him while Li Yu provided him with an innate spiritual treasure.

Li Yu, Zhen Yuanzi, and Hongyun attended Hongjun’s third sermon at the Purple Cloud Palace, where Hongjun assigned the six Saint seats and warned their future holders to follow the Heavenly Dao. The gathering ended with Li Yu realizing Hongyun’s fate had changed, and Nüwa inviting him to visit Wa Palace.

• As the witch-demon conflict worsened, Li Yu, Zhen Yuanzi, and Hongyun left Five Villages Temple to attend the third sermon at the Purple Cloud Palace.
• Li Yu reached Quasi-Saint Perfection through Hongjun’s sermon but found he could not advance further along the Dao Hongjun taught.
• Hongjun announced he would merge with the Heavenly Dao and gave Primordial Purple Qi to Taiqing, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Nüwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti.
• Kunpeng feared Nüwa’s future sainthood would expose his secret harm to Fuxi, while Li Yu concluded Hongyun had not been given a strand of Primordial Purple Qi because his fate had changed.
• After Hongjun closed the Purple Cloud Palace, Li Yu spoke with Nüwa, who invited him to visit Wa Palace and see Fuxi.

Li Yu returned to Five Villages Temple and gave Red Boy the Cosmos Ruler, while Hongyun went into seclusion and Zhen Yuanzi studied his spiritual roots. Taiqing visited with an Azure Ox and an Immortal Deer, and Li Yu urged him to take both as his companions.

• Li Yu returned to Five Villages Temple with Hongyun and Zhen Yuanzi, where they found Red Boy had reached the Heavenly Immortal Realm.
• Li Yu gave Red Boy the Cosmos Ruler, and Zhen Yuanzi helped settle Hongyun’s objection to the gift.
• Hongyun went into seclusion, Red Boy focused on mastering the treasure, and Zhen Yuanzi studied the Ginseng Fruit Tree and Bitter Bamboo.
• Taiqing arrived at Five Villages Temple with an Azure Ox and an Immortal Deer, and Zhen Yuanzi and Li Yu welcomed him.
• Taiqing explained that he had come to bring the Immortal Deer, who had karmic ties to Li Yu, and Li Yu told him to take both the deer and the ox back with him.

Li Yu traveled to Mount Buzhou to visit Nüwa and Fuxi, then accompanied Nüwa on a walk that inspired her to create the Human Race. The chapter ended with nearly ten thousand newly born humans gathered before Nüwa and Li Yu.

• Taiqing took the Azure Ox and Immortal Deer to Mount Kunlun after Li Yu agreed to let the Immortal Deer go with him.
• Li Yu left Five Villages Temple for Mount Buzhou, telling Zhen Yuanzi where he could be found.
• Nüwa welcomed Li Yu to Wa Palace, and they visited Fuxi's divine soul together.
• Nüwa invited Li Yu to walk with her around Mount Buzhou, where a clay tiger he made sparked her insight.
• Nüwa used Resting Soil and the Primordial Gourd Vine to create the Human Race, bringing nearly ten thousand humans into the world.

Nüwa became a saint after creating the Human Race, while Li Yu stayed near Mount Buzhou to protect them. After evil beings began slaughtering humans for their blood and essence, Li Yu answered their prayers and arrived at the Huaxu Tribe to help.

• Nüwa accepted the merit for creating the Human Race, became a saint, gave Li Yu some Merit Qi, and moved Wa Palace beyond the heavens.
• The Wu Clan agreed to let humans live around Mount Buzhou, while Houtu warned the Ancestral Shamans to stay united against the Demon Court.
• Li Yu secretly protected the Human Race for a hundred years as their numbers grew and they spread outward from Mount Buzhou.
• Li Yu learned that wicked beings were slaughtering humans for cultivation, artifact refinement, and pill refinement after their prayers reached Nüwa.
• Li Yu arrived at a Huaxu Tribe gathering, told the people that a saint had sent him to aid them, and asked the chief, Lei, to remain and speak with him.

Li Yu traveled among the Human Race tribes, killing demons that preyed on them and earning the title of Holy Envoy. After hearing of his actions, Di Jun ordered the Demon Court not to bully the Human Race, hoping to improve Nüwa’s attitude toward them.

• Chief Lei told Li Yu that a venomous snake demon had been abducting Huaxu Tribe members, and Li Yu promised to deal with it.
• Li Yu captured the snake demon near the Huaxu Tribe, immobilized it, and carved it up for the tribesmen to eat.
• Li Yu left the Huaxu Tribe and spent nearly a year traveling among Human Race tribes, eliminating several thousand demons and spreading his reputation as the Holy Envoy.
• White Marsh reported Li Yu’s actions to Di Jun and the other leaders in the Demon Emperor Hall.
• Di Jun ordered the Demon Court to protect the Human Race because Nüwa had created it.

Di Jun revealed two formations intended to counter the Wu Clan and tasked White Marsh with preventing Gonggong or Zhurong from joining the decisive battle. Li Yu visited Nüwa at Wa Palace, secured a merit treasure for Red Boy and her help with a future claim on Minghe’s treasures, then headed back to Five Villages Temple.

• Di Jun announced the Celestial Star-Dipper Formation and the Primordial River Luo Grand Formation, and the demons celebrated their prospects against the Wu Clan.
• Taiyi warned Di Jun that the Demon Race’s growing power reminded him of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans, but Di Jun dismissed his concern.
• Di Jun praised White Marsh and ordered him to make sure Gonggong or Zhurong could not appear in the final battle between the Wu and Demon races.
• Li Yu visited Nüwa at Wa Palace, reported that the Human Race was temporarily safe, and said he would send Red Boy to protect them.
• Nüwa gave Li Yu the Primordial Gourd Vine, a merit treasure, for Red Boy and agreed to help Li Yu claim the Karmic Fire Red Lotus and the Abi Sword if the Blood Sea changed.
• Li Yu left Wa Palace and returned toward Five Villages Temple after more than a hundred years away.

Li Yu returned to Five Villages Temple and tasked Red Boy with protecting the Human Race from demon attacks. He then left to visit his Eastern Sea dojo and, after finding the Three Immortals absent, set out to visit Tongtian.

• Li Yu told Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun about his travels and said Nüwa had tasked him with finding a protector for the Human Race.
• Li Yu gave Red Boy the Wa Sovereign Whip and sent him out to patrol the Human Race and guard it from demons.
• Li Yu reassured Hongyun that the assignment would benefit Red Boy and that the Saint-bestowed treasure would help keep him safe.
• Li Yu infused the Bitter Bamboo with Chaos Qi and Merit Qi, then left Five Villages Temple as the War Between Witches and Demons approached its critical point.
• Li Yu visited his Eastern Sea dojo, found the Three Immortals absent, and learned Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao had gone to hear an expert expound the Dao.
• Li Yu concluded the expert was Tongtian and decided to visit Tongtian's dojo.

Li Yu traveled to Golden Ao Island with Zhao Gongming and met Tongtian before his grand preaching. After discussing Tongtian's plans to accept disciples, Li Yu explored the island as cultivators continued to arrive.

• Li Yu stopped Zhao Gongming in the Eastern Sea and joined him on the way to Golden Ao Island.
• Duobao welcomed Li Yu to the island by Tongtian's command, and Zhao Gongming learned that Li Yu was Tongtian's honored guest.
• Tongtian received Li Yu in the Azure Roaming Palace, and Li Yu named Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao as his friends; Tongtian said they were destined to become his disciples.
• Li Yu asked whether Tongtian planned to accept disciples through his preaching, and Tongtian said he wanted to take more disciples and enlighten living beings.
• After Li Yu left, Tongtian tried to understand his remarks but could not grasp their meaning, while Li Yu explored Golden Ao Island and observed its arriving cultivators.

Li Yu met Yunxiao, the other Three Xiao Sisters, and Zhao Gongming on Golden Ao Island, then went to the Blood Sea to wait for changes linked to the coming Netherworld. After finding Human Race souls in a sack carried by Blood Sea cultivators, Li Yu sealed the Blood Sea and confronted Minghe, who refused to swear to stop collecting the souls.

• Li Yu greeted Yunxiao and met Zhao Gongming, then encouraged the Three Xiao Sisters and Zhao Gongming to seek Tongtian's discipleship.
• Li Yu left Golden Ao Island and traveled to the Blood Sea, where he waited for the Netherworld's emergence and considered how to take Minghe's treasures.
• Li Yu questioned six Blood Sea cultivators returning from the south, killed them when they refused to answer, and found a sack filled with Human Race souls.
• Li Yu sealed the Blood Sea to stop Minghe's followers from gathering more souls, prompting Minghe to appear and demand an explanation.
• Minghe proposed that they each step back, but Li Yu demanded a Heavenly Dao oath; Minghe refused and returned to the Blood Sea.

As the Netherworld formed and drained most of the Blood Sea, Li Yu tried to settle his feud with Minghe, but Zhunti intervened and forced the battle into a stalemate. Nüwa’s intervention allowed Li Yu to defeat Minghe and claim his three spirit treasures, and he then turned toward the newly established Netherworld.

• The Blood Sea dwindled as the Netherworld took shape, and Minghe rushed to attack it but was blasted away by its power.
• Li Yu pursued Minghe and attacked with the Godslayer Spear, but Zhunti intervened to protect Minghe and joined him against Li Yu.
• Nüwa sent her Red Embroidered Ball to warn Zhunti, who withdrew from the fight.
• Minghe tried to self-destruct, but Nüwa’s strike killed him before he could act, while the Blood Sea lost most of its power.
• Li Yu collected Minghe’s Karmic Fire Red Lotus, Yuantu Sword, and Abi Sword, then prepared to explore the newly formed Netherworld.

Li Yu visited Houtu in the newly established Netherworld and arranged for Fuxi’s soul to enter reincarnation. After returning to Five Villages Temple, he told Hongyun that Minghe had been destroyed and began reconsidering his neglected study of spells and other abilities.

• Li Yu met Houtu at the Six Paths of Reincarnation, promised to help the Wu Clan when needed, and asked her to nurture a friend’s soul until it was ready for reincarnation.
• Li Yu visited Nüwa, received Fuxi’s divine soul, and assured Nüwa that Fuxi would become a pivotal figure for the Human Race.
• Li Yu returned Fuxi’s soul to the Netherworld and left its care to Houtu.
• Li Yu told Hongyun and Zhen Yuanzi that Minghe had been destroyed, and Hongyun left to visit his old cave abode.
• Li Yu and Zhen Yuanzi discussed Bitter Bamboo’s future, agreeing that it would become Zhen Yuanzi’s chief disciple if it took form.
• Li Yu realized he had neglected spells, divine abilities, and formations while focusing on cultivation and spiritual treasures.

Taiqing established the Human Sect and attained sainthood, appointing Li Yu as its vice sect leader to manage Human Race affairs. As the Demon Race debated how to respond to the Human Race’s rising fortune, Di Jun consulted Taiyi and decided to wait for White Marsh’s counsel.

• Taiqing visited Li Yu and invited him to Wa Palace, where Nüwa approved his plan to enlighten the Human Race and he asked Li Yu to serve as the Human Sect’s vice sect leader.
• Li Yu accepted the position, and the next day Taiqing established the Human Sect, attained sainthood, and left Human Race affairs in Li Yu’s hands.
• The Wu Clan remained friendly with the Human Race, while Demon Race leaders argued over whether to subjugate it or seek ties with it.
• Di Jun postponed a decision and consulted Taiyi, who advised him to focus on the Wu Clan and observe the Human Race for now.
• Di Jun planned to wait for White Marsh’s return and warned Taiyi that the Ten Golden Crows must not roam the Primordial World together.

Li Yu traveled among Human Race tribes, chose the Huaxu Tribe as a promising place for Fuxi, and intervened when Red Boy fought a powerful demon near human territory. After killing the demon, Li Yu confronted White Marsh, who denied that the Demon Race planned to attack the Human Race and explained that the demon had been sent to find him; Li Yu did not let the matter pass.

• Li Yu visited the Huaxu Tribe, judged it unusually developed, and considered it a suitable place for Fuxi to be born.
• Li Yu sensed that Red Boy was in trouble and found him fighting a powerful Demon Race cultivator near the Human Race.
• Li Yu killed the demon with the Yuantu and Abi swords, then told Red Boy to resume patrolling while he investigated.
• Li Yu waited near the demon's corpse and met White Marsh when he arrived to investigate.
• White Marsh said the Demon Emperor had sent the dead demon to summon him back to the Demon Court, and denied that the Demon Race intended to attack the Human Race.
• Li Yu provisionally accepted White Marsh's explanation but refused to let the incident pass without further consequence.

After White Marsh delivered a mysterious scroll to Di Jun, Di Jun learned how to forge the Witch-Slaying Sword and decided to use Human Race souls to make it. The Demon Race secretly gathered fifty thousand souls, and Di Jun began forging the sword without Li Yu detecting the scheme.

• Li Yu threatened White Marsh with Yuantu and Abi, accepted two spiritual treasures as an apology, and sent him back to deliver a warning to the Demon Emperors.
• A mysterious figure gave White Marsh a sealed scroll to deliver to Di Jun, warning him to obey or die.
• White Marsh reported his encounter to Di Jun, who opened the scroll and later read its contents again in private.
• Di Jun learned that the scroll contained a method for forging the Witch-Slaying Sword and decided to make it without consulting Taiyi.
• Di Jun ordered the Five Poison Great Demons to infiltrate the Human Race and collect living souls from people poisoned to the brink of death.
• The Five Poison Great Demons gathered fifty thousand Human Race souls, and Di Jun began forging the Witch-Slaying Sword.

At Five Villages Temple, Bitter Bamboo endured three tribulations and took human form as Zhu Lingzi, becoming Zhen Yuanzi’s first disciple. After Zhu Lingzi began stabilizing his cultivation, Zhen Yuanzi agreed that he could later join Li Yu’s Human Sect while retaining his existing teachings.

• Li Yu sensed that Bitter Bamboo was about to take form and hurried to Five Villages Temple, where Zhen Yuanzi prepared formations to protect it and the Ginseng Fruit Tree.
• Bitter Bamboo survived the Lightning Tribulation, the karmic Fire Tribulation, and the Astral Wind Tribulation, then transformed into a child.
• The newly formed Zhu Lingzi greeted Li Yu as Grand Master and Zhen Yuanzi as Master, and revealed that his original body had become an innate spiritual treasure that could seal an enemy’s senses.
• Li Yu told Zhu Lingzi to stabilize his cultivation and follow Zhen Yuanzi’s instruction.
• Li Yu asked Zhen Yuanzi to let Zhu Lingzi join the Human Sect after he left his master’s tutelage, and Zhen Yuanzi agreed on the condition that Zhu Lingzi keep his existing teachings.

Li Yu learned from Houtu that more than a hundred thousand Human Race souls had vanished, then divined that the Demon Race was using them to forge the Witch-Slaying Sword. He left the Netherworld to seek help from Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun.

• Ox-Head and Horse-Face visited Five Villages Temple and told Li Yu that Houtu had summoned him to the Netherworld over a possible threat to the Human Race.
• Houtu explained that over a hundred thousand Human Race souls had died without entering the Netherworld, and she suspected the Demon Race was responsible.
• Li Yu used divination to discover that the Demon Race was forging the Witch-Slaying Sword from Human Race souls to counter the Wu Clan.
• Li Yu promised to address the matter and hurried back toward Five Villages Temple to ask Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun for help.

Li Yu organized allies to protect the Human Race from the Demon Race’s efforts to gather souls for the Witch-Slaying Sword. After the Demon Race sent commanders Ji Meng and Ying Zhao toward Human territory, Li Yu intercepted them and demanded to know their purpose.

• Houtu told Dijiang that the Demon Race was forging the Witch-Slaying Sword and asked the Wu Clan to help the Human Race.
• Li Yu recruited Hongyun, Zhen Yuanzi, and the Three Xiao Sisters to guard the Human Race, while Xuandu sent Azure Ox and Immortal Deer with healing pills.
• Red Boy divided the Human Race into four regions for the defenders to oversee, and Hou Yi and Kua Fu joined Li Yu as support.
• The defenders captured and killed many Demon Race members and rescued countless humans.
• Li Yu waited outside the Demon Court, then intercepted Ji Meng and Ying Zhao as they led forces toward the Human Race and asked whether they had come over the Demon Race members killed there.

Li Yu confronted the Demon Race over the slaughter of humans for the Witch-Slaying Sword, fought Ji Meng and Ying Zhao, and forced Taiyi to promise the killings would stop and the sword would be returned. Taiyi then urged Di Jun to abandon the sword’s forging, warning that alienating the Human Race could bring the Human Sect and Saints against them.

• Ji Meng and Ying Zhao challenged Li Yu over the demons killed in Human Race territory, but Li Yu insisted the demons had attacked humans first.
• Ji Meng and Ying Zhao deployed Primordial River Luo Grand Formations and attacked Li Yu, who blocked their strikes and drove them back with his treasures.
• Taiyi arrived with the Chaos Bell, and Li Yu’s Godslayer Spear nearly shattered the formations with its shockwave.
• Li Yu demanded that the Demon Race stop killing humans and return the Witch-Slaying Sword; Taiyi agreed and led the demons away.
• Taiyi told Di Jun to stop forging the Witch-Slaying Sword, warning that the Human Sect and Saints could become enemies of the Demon Race, and Di Jun fell silent.

Li Yu accepted the Witch-Slaying Sword from Taiyi and traveled to the Netherworld to rescue the human souls trapped inside it. After Houtu explained that Merit Power could cleanse the sword, Li Yu freed the souls to reincarnate, and the Human Race remained peaceful after its protectors departed.

• Taiyi returned the Witch-Slaying Sword to Li Yu, who promised to seek a way to save the one hundred thousand human souls inside it.
• Li Yu assured Taiyi that the Human Race had not allied with the Wu Clan and warned him against harming innocent humans again.
• Li Yu brought the sword to Houtu, who explained that Merit Power could release its trapped souls, though they would retain little spirituality.
• Li Yu used the Merit Power in the Mysterious Origin Water-Control Banner to free the souls into reincarnation and cleanse the sword with the remainder.
• Houtu confirmed that the other soul Li Yu had asked about could enter reincarnation once the right opportunity arrived.
• Li Yu returned to the Human Race, and after the Three Xiao Sisters, Xuandu, Hongyun, and Zhen Yuanzi left, the Human Race passed through minor disturbances without Demon Race retaliation.