Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Dan Jing bluntly dismisses the possibility that Nuwa and Fuxi’s alliance can currently defeat the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Witch Race. His assessment carries weight because of his past battles against them.
• Fuxi and Nuwa acknowledge the danger posed by the Witch Race, especially the immense karmic backlash associated with killing descendants of Pangu. They also recognize that the true strength of the Twelve Ancestral Witches remains unclear.
• When Fuxi asks Dan Jing for advice, Dan Jing jokingly insults him and admits that he came merely to watch their predicament rather than help solve it.
• The banquet proceeds into a thousand-year Dao discussion. The gathering eventually concludes after the cultivators withdraw from their meditation and discussion.
• The Three Pure Ones leave first. Dan Jing deliberately announces that he is leaving as well and pretends to pursue them, causing Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian to flee rapidly in the form of pure qi. Dan Jing laughs and mocks them without actually attacking.
• Xi He and Chang Xi then depart, explaining that they have important matters to attend to with Dan Jing. Nuwa thanks them, clearly recognizing their role in keeping Dan Jing under control.
• The Queen Mother of the West observes that Xi He and Chang Xi are uniquely capable of restraining Dan Jing. The other guests agree that future banquets should invite the three together, viewing the Lunar Goddesses as the “scabbard” for Dan Jing’s dangerous temperament.
• A century later, the East Sea Dragon King travels toward the Dragon Palace. Although he possesses early Great Luo cultivation and is the leader of the Dragon Clan, karmic restrictions from the Three Innate Tribes’ past sins have nearly sealed his future advancement.
• A mysterious golden immortal light suddenly blocks the Dragon King’s path. The Dragon King becomes wary, fearing that another powerful cultivator intends to exploit or extort the weakened Dragon Clan. The chapter ends with the stranger asking, “Dragon King, what kind of Dragon King are you?”

Character Developments

• Dan Jing: Continues to display his arrogant, mischievous, and intimidating personality. He uses humor and deliberate provocation to unsettle powerful figures, especially the Three Pure Ones, but also shows restraint by avoiding genuine violence. His immense reputation allows even jokes to inspire fear.
• Fuxi and Nuwa: Demonstrate caution and realism regarding the Witch Race. They understand both the Witches’ strength and the severe karmic consequences of fighting them, but remain without a clear strategy.
• The Three Pure Ones: Their fear of Dan Jing is reinforced. Even though they recognize that his pursuit is likely a joke, they choose not to risk staying and flee immediately.
• Xi He and Chang Xi: Their importance becomes more apparent. They are shown to have a calming or restraining influence over Dan Jing, earning the respect and gratitude of the other cultivators.
• East Sea Dragon King: Is portrayed as talented but constrained by the Dragon Clan’s karmic burden. Despite his status and cultivation, he is politically vulnerable and forced to act cautiously around stronger powers.

Significant Themes

• Power and reputation: Dan Jing’s reputation is so formidable that even his playful threats cause powerful immortals to flee.
• Karmic consequences: The Witch Race and the Dragon Clan are both burdened by their connection to ancient lineages and accumulated karma, demonstrating how past actions restrict present power and destiny.
• The limits of strength: Individual talent cannot easily overcome the larger karmic and cosmic forces governing the Three Innate Tribes.
• Humor amid danger: Dan Jing’s crude jokes and antics provide comic relief, but they also emphasize the terrifying gap between his power and that of others.
• Political vulnerability: The Dragon Clan’s decline has left even its leader fearful of exploitation by stronger cultivators.

Character Interactions

• Dan Jing challenges and ridicules Fuxi and Nuwa rather than offering practical assistance.
• His mock pursuit humiliates and frightens the Three Pure Ones, creating a comic contrast between their dignity and their panic.
• Xi He and Chang Xi maintain a close association with Dan Jing and are recognized by the other guests as the only people able to temper him.
• Nuwa respectfully thanks the Lunar Goddesses for their influence over Dan Jing.
• The East Sea Dragon King encounters an unidentified powerful figure whose arrival immediately places him and his retinue on alert, setting up the chapter’s cliffhanger.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• The East Sea Dragon King, Ao Sheng, is terrified when Dan Jing—the powerful Sun God—arrives with Xi He and Chang Xi. He assumes they have come to destroy or subjugate the Dragon Clan.
• Dan Jing questions Ao Sheng’s identity and confirms that, as the current Dragon Clan leader, Ao Sheng can speak for the entire clan.
• Dan Jing gives Ao Sheng a gold-foil jade scroll outlining a major task: the Dragon Clan must provide manpower and vast resources to collect the essence of the Heavenly Circumference Stellar Formation, organize its stellar veins, and help inscribe formation patterns across the starry sky.
• Ao Sheng initially panics because the scroll does not specify the task’s limits, making it seem like a potentially endless drain on the Dragon Clan’s already weakened foundation.
• Dan Jing reassures him that the Dragon Clan will receive Heavenly Dao Merit in proportion to its contributions. Ao Sheng immediately agrees, since the clan desperately needs merit to offset its enormous karmic burden.
• Dan Jing warns Ao Sheng not to deceive or sabotage the project and orders him to inform the Dragon Clan’s ancestors that successful completion will bring substantial rewards.
• Dan Jing, Xi He, and Chang Xi then leave. Ao Sheng dismisses his ceremonial guard and rushes to the Dragon Tomb to report the news.
• The leaders of the Qilin and Phoenix Clans are also intercepted and invited to participate in the same undertaking.
• The chapter ends in the Dragon Tomb, where powerful dragon ancestors struggle to suppress the Dragon Clan’s enormous karmic mountain. Ao Sheng arrives excitedly and announces that he has joyous news.

2. Character Developments

• Ao Sheng: Initially appears fearful and politically cautious, convinced that Dan Jing’s arrival spells disaster. However, he remains outwardly respectful and demonstrates sharp judgment by quickly recognizing that Dan Jing wants cooperation rather than immediate destruction. Once he learns that merit is involved, his fear turns into enthusiasm and determination to secure the opportunity for the Dragon Clan.
• Dan Jing: Displays overwhelming authority but does not need to use force. He is direct, pragmatic, and confident, offering a fair exchange—labor and resources in return for Heavenly Dao Merit. His warning against trickery reinforces his intimidating nature.
• Xi He and Chang Xi: They accompany Dan Jing as powerful helpers and reinforce the seriousness of his visit, though they do not speak or act independently in this section.
• The Dragon Ancestors: Though not yet directly interacting with Ao Sheng, they are shown as burdened by the clan’s accumulated karma and forced to suppress it through their own cultivation.

3. Significant Themes

• Fear transformed into opportunity: Ao Sheng expects annihilation but discovers that Dan Jing’s demands may offer the Dragon Clan a path toward redemption.
• Karmic debt and redemption: The Dragon Clan’s immense karma has become a literal mountain weighing down its ancestors. Heavenly Dao Merit represents a possible means of reducing or overcoming that burden.
• Power and submission: Dan Jing’s superior strength allows him to command cooperation without negotiation. The Dragon Clan’s willingness to accept harsh demands reflects its vulnerable position.
• Pragmatism and survival: Ao Sheng is willing to commit enormous resources—even potentially sacrifice members of the clan—as long as the Dragon Clan’s bloodline and foundation survive.
• Shared responsibility among ancient clans: By involving the Qilin and Phoenix Clans as well, Dan Jing appears to be organizing the former ruling clans into a large-scale project.

4. Character Interactions

• Dan Jing and Ao Sheng: Dan Jing establishes Ao Sheng as the official representative of the Dragon Clan, gives him the task, and explains the merit-based reward. Ao Sheng responds with complete submission and loyalty once he understands the benefits.
• Dan Jing, Xi He, and Chang Xi: Their united arrival heightens the pressure on Ao Sheng and makes the Dragon Clan fear a coordinated attack.
• Ao Sheng and the Dragon Clan’s ancestors: Ao Sheng goes directly to the Dragon Tomb to present the opportunity, setting up a forthcoming discussion with the ancestors about whether and how to undertake the Heavenly Circumference Stellar Formation project.
• Dan Jing and the Qilin and Phoenix Clans: Their leaders are separately intercepted and invited, suggesting that Dan Jing intends to recruit all three ancient clans for the same undertaking.

Chapter Summary: “Dan Jing: There Are Plenty of People Willing to Do It!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ao Sheng brings the Dragon Clan a gold-leaf jade scroll detailing Dan Jing’s request for manpower and resources for his massive Starry Sky project.
• He emphasizes that the Sun God has promised Heavenly Dao Merit to everyone who contributes, with greater contributions earning greater rewards.
• Recognizing that the project concerns the entire Starry Sky and will therefore yield substantial Merit, the Dragon Clan Ancestor orders the entire clan to assist Dan Jing wholeheartedly.
• The Phoenix Clan receives the same invitation. Its patriarch consults the clan’s elders, but Yuan Feng—one of the Three Corpses severed from the imprisoned original Yuan Feng—personally orders the clan to participate.
• Yuan Feng warns the Phoenix Clan not to quarrel with the Dragon Clan or Qilin Clan, correctly predicting that Dan Jing has contacted all three ancient tribes.
• At Qilin Cliff, the Qilin Clan likewise agrees to provide whatever manpower and resources Dan Jing requires.
• The Three Innate Tribes, long dormant after the Three Tribes Calamity, begin mobilizing in hopes of gaining a share of Dan Jing’s promised Merit.
• On the Sun Star, Dan Jing finishes calculating the arrangements for his project with the River Diagram and Luo Scripture. He confirms that all the “laborers” he requested have accepted and that resources and workers will soon arrive.
• Dan Jing entrusts Xi He and Chang Xi with organizing the tribes’ resources, assigning workers, and overseeing the collection of Heavenly Stellar Essence.
• He warns them to demand flawless work and dismiss any tribe that complains, confident that others would gladly take their place.
• Xi He asks Dan Jing about the alliance between Nuwa and Fuxi, but he dismisses the matter as irrelevant to him.

Character Developments

• Ao Sheng demonstrates political awareness by recognizing the enormous potential rewards attached to a project involving the entire Starry Sky.
• The Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans show their willingness to abandon their long-standing inactivity in exchange for Heavenly Dao Merit and renewed influence.
• Yuan Feng remains authoritative and pragmatic despite being only one of her Three Corpses. She prioritizes cooperation and warns against conflict among the ancient tribes.
• Dan Jing reveals both his strategic intelligence and his ruthless, exploitative attitude. He skillfully recruits powerful ancient clans while treating them as replaceable laborers.
• Xi He continues concealing her deeper romantic feelings for Dan Jing behind a composed and obedient exterior.
• Chang Xi responds with practical cooperation and accepts her assigned responsibilities.
• Nuwa and Fuxi’s alliance is mentioned as a developing political factor, though Dan Jing shows no interest in it.

Significant Themes

• Merit as political leverage: Dan Jing uses the promise of Heavenly Dao Merit to mobilize ancient powers that would otherwise remain isolated.
• Revival of dormant forces: The Three Innate Tribes begin reentering the affairs of the Primordial World after ages of decline and seclusion.
• Cooperation versus rivalry: Yuan Feng’s warning highlights the danger of renewed conflict between the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans.
• Power and exploitation: Dan Jing’s “capitalist” approach contrasts the immense scale of his project with his casual treatment of the participating clans as disposable workers.
• Hidden ambitions and relationships: Xi He’s concealed affection adds a personal undercurrent to the otherwise strategic and political events.

Character Interactions

• Ao Sheng reports to the Dragon Ancestor and receives the order to mobilize the entire clan.
• The Phoenix patriarch consults the clan’s elders, while Yuan Feng gives the final command and issues a warning about the other tribes.
• The Three Innate Tribes independently agree to support Dan Jing’s project.
• Dan Jing assigns Xi He and Chang Xi administrative duties and promises them additional Merit for their work.
• Xi He raises the issue of Nuwa and Fuxi’s alliance, but Dan Jing bluntly refuses to involve himself in it.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Dan Jing warns Xi He and Chang Xi not to become overly curious about the coming Calamity Cycle. He explains that powerful beings often observe and analyze such disasters to test and strengthen their Dao, but excessive involvement can accidentally draw them into the calamity.
• Dan Jing shares his ideal plan for avoiding the conflict: he will remain on the Sun Star, while Xi He and Chang Xi stay on the Lunar Star, allowing them to watch events from a safe distance and enjoy their freedom.
• The three laugh together, strengthening their friendly, relaxed relationship.
• Ten thousand years later, the Three Innate Tribes begin moving enormous quantities of resources into the Starry Sky:
  • Dragons transport treasures from the Four Seas.
  • Phoenixes transport resources from the Undying Volcano.
  • Qilins do the same from Qilin Cliff.
• Their wealth shocks the powerful beings of the Primordial World. Many envy them, while some consider attacking, but the Three Tribes’ vast military strength—and their apparent connection with Dan Jing, the “Sun Star Madman”—discourages any action.
• At Fengqi Mountain, Nuwa and Fuxi observe the Three Tribes’ movements and speculate that Dan Jing may be attempting to absorb or cooperate with them.
• Fuxi focuses on strengthening the Fengqi Mountain Alliance before the Twelve Ancestral Witches return, fearing that their return will halt the alliance’s expansion.
• Nuwa argues that the Witches are more likely to attack Dan Jing first because of their previous disastrous defeat at his hands. Fuxi remains unconvinced but agrees to continue with their existing plans.

2. Character Developments

• Dan Jing: Reveals his strong desire for freedom and his cautious attitude toward the Calamity Cycle. He acts as a warning and protective figure toward Xi He and Chang Xi, while also displaying his carefree personality.
• Xi He and Chang Xi: Initially curious, they take Dan Jing’s warning seriously and willingly accept his plan to remain uninvolved in the coming catastrophe. Their shared laughter shows their trust and closeness with him.
• Nuwa: Demonstrates independent judgment and confidence in her strategic interpretation. She believes Dan Jing will become the Witches’ primary target.
• Fuxi: Remains pragmatic and focused on long-term preparation. Rather than speculating excessively, he prioritizes building the alliance and recruiting powerful allies.
• The Three Innate Tribes: Their large-scale mobilization reveals that they retain immense wealth and considerable hidden strength despite their past decline and karmic burden.

3. Significant Themes

• The danger of curiosity and interference: Powerful beings may study calamities for insight, but observation can turn into involvement, bringing disaster upon them.
• Freedom versus ambition: Dan Jing values withdrawing from conflict and living freely, contrasting with the major factions’ efforts to expand power and prepare for war.
• The lasting consequences of past actions: The Three Tribes’ wealth comes from resources seized during the earlier Three Tribes Calamity, explaining both their strength and their enormous karmic sin.
• Strategic uncertainty: Different factions attempt to predict who will move first when the Calamity Cycle begins, but no one can fully understand Dan Jing’s intentions or the Witches’ future actions.
• Power as deterrence: The Three Tribes’ strength and their association with Dan Jing prevent others from exploiting their apparent vulnerability.

4. Character Interactions

• Dan Jing advises Xi He and Chang Xi like a close friend or “bro,” and they sincerely agree to follow his warning.
• Xi He and Chang Xi share Dan Jing’s vision of peacefully observing events from the stars, creating a warm and harmonious exchange.
• Nuwa and Fuxi discuss Dan Jing’s possible plans and the likely response of the Twelve Ancestral Witches. Their differing opinions highlight Nuwa’s intuition and Fuxi’s cautious pragmatism.
• Although Fuxi doubts Nuwa’s prediction, he respects her view and chooses not to argue, instead returning their attention to strengthening the Fengqi Mountain Alliance.

Chapter Summary: “Tongtian’s Frustrated Unhappiness”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Three Innate Tribes begin a massive undertaking in the Starry Sky under Dan Jing’s direction. They transport enormous reserves of resources into the heavens, creating a vast “Boundary Sea” of Great Thousand Worlds.
• They carefully gather Heavenly Stellar Essence from the three hundred and sixty-five primary stars, ten thousand eight hundred secondary stars, and countless other celestial bodies without damaging the stars’ origins.
• The tribes also organize and repair the astral veins connecting the constellations, making the work extremely precise, difficult, and time-consuming.
• Nuwa and Fuxi expand their alliance from the Bank of the East Sea, while Xi He and Chang Xi coordinate the Three Innate Tribes’ activities in the Starry Sky.
• Five epochs pass as Heaven and Earth become increasingly busy with the project.
• During this time, Dan Jing continues perfecting the Heavenly Circumference Stellar Formation beneath the Fusang Divine Tree on the Sun Star.
• Five epochs later, Dan Jing senses the return of a powerful presence near Mount Sumeru in the Western Lands. A terrifying force suddenly erupts only a thousand miles from the mountain, alarming Jieyin and Zhunti and leaving the chapter on a cliffhanger.

Character Developments

• Laozi recognizes that Dan Jing’s undertaking will likely earn an enormous amount of Heavenly Dao Merit—possibly enough to let one of the Three Pure Ones become a saint. Although envious, Laozi remains calm and accepts the situation as part of Heaven’s natural course.
• Yuanshi similarly concludes that Dan Jing’s opportunity is Heaven’s destined arrangement and returns to seeking his own path to sainthood.
• Tongtian becomes deeply frustrated. Dan Jing’s success reminds him of his own lack of major achievements, while Dan Jing’s criticisms at the Fengqi Mountain banquet continue to trouble him. Tongtian increasingly believes that his elder brothers truly disregard him, but he feels unable to confront them openly because he is the youngest.
• Jieyin and Zhunti become intensely covetous after realizing how wealthy the declining Three Innate Tribes still are. However, they fear provoking Dan Jing, whose reputation for violently punishing opponents makes them unwilling to act directly.
• Dan Jing remains confident and focused, continuing his formation deductions while accurately predicting the return of the mysterious force.

Significant Themes

• Envy and differing opportunities: The Three Pure Ones compare their own difficult paths toward sainthood with Dan Jing’s seemingly tailor-made achievements and opportunities.
• Family resentment and suppressed conflict: Tongtian’s frustration reflects his growing belief that Laozi and Yuanshi do not respect him as an equal brother.
• Power and deterrence: Dan Jing’s reputation alone restrains Jieyin and Zhunti from exploiting the Three Innate Tribes.
• Careful construction versus ruthless ambition: The tribes perform their work with extraordinary precision to preserve the Starry Sky, while Jieyin and Zhunti secretly plan to gradually strip the tribes of their wealth.
• Heaven’s will and merit: The chapter emphasizes the importance of destiny, Heavenly Dao Merit, and the unequal opportunities granted to different cultivators.

Character Interactions

• Laozi and Yuanshi independently observe Dan Jing’s project and reach similar conclusions about his Heaven-appointed opportunity.
• Tongtian internally compares himself with Dan Jing and replays Dan Jing’s earlier criticism of the Three Pure Ones, intensifying his resentment toward his brothers.
• Jieyin and Zhunti silently understand each other’s greed. Jieyin persuades Zhunti to wait until Dan Jing’s cooperation with the Three Innate Tribes ends before slowly targeting their resources.
• Xi He and Chang Xi coordinate the tribes’ Starry Sky operations, while Nuwa and Fuxi work to strengthen their external alliance.
• The chapter concludes with Jieyin and Zhunti reacting in fear as an overwhelmingly powerful presence appears near Mount Sumeru, suggesting an imminent confrontation or major event.

Chapter Summary: “Xuan Ming: Come Down Here!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• A powerful disturbance erupts in the Western Lands, alarming Jieyin and Zhunti, who fear another disaster in the already-devastated region.
• Great figures throughout the Primordial World—including those from Kunlun Mountain, Fengqi Mountain, the Lunar Star, and elsewhere—turn their attention toward the disturbance because of the Western Lands’ connection to Luo Hou, the Demon Abysses, and possible hidden dangers.
• The sky suddenly shatters, releasing a vast river of chaotic time and space. From it, the Twelve Ancestral Witches emerge, returning to the Primordial World after being trapped in the temporal currents.
• Di Jiang and Zhu Jiuyin stabilize the disrupted space and time, allowing the Ancestral Witches to return safely.
• Their reappearance alarms the major factions. Jieyin and Zhunti immediately decide not to interfere, recognizing the Twelve Ancestral Witches as opponents too dangerous to provoke. Nuwa, Fuxi, and the forces of Fengqi Mountain become concerned that the Witches’ return will destabilize the region.
• Xi He and Chang Xi worry that the Witches may seek revenge against Dan Jing, and they resolve to support him if conflict begins.
• The Witches’ injuries from their earlier battle with Dan Jing are largely healed by the Primordial World, though their internal Dao injuries remain.
• After revealing their Innate Dao Bodies, the Twelve Ancestral Witches all look toward the Sun Star, clearly challenging Dan Jing.
• Dan Jing responds with his characteristic arrogance, taunting them and openly inviting them to fight.
• Enraged—especially Xuan Ming, who was personally humiliated and kicked by Dan Jing in their previous encounter—Xuan Ming shouts, “Come down here!”, setting the stage for another confrontation.

Character Developments

• Jieyin and Zhunti: Demonstrate their pragmatic and self-protective approach. They are willing to punish weaker troublemakers but immediately withdraw when faced with the formidable Twelve Ancestral Witches.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches: Return from temporal exile stronger and physically recovered, but still carrying unresolved internal injuries and resentment toward Dan Jing. Their refusal to accept their earlier defeat remains central to their attitude.
• Xuan Ming: Emerges as the most openly confrontational member of the group. Her anger over her earlier humiliation overwhelms her restraint, leading her to directly challenge Dan Jing.
• Dan Jing: Remains confident, provocative, and domineering. Rather than avoiding the Witches or acknowledging their return, he deliberately insults them and escalates the tension.
• Xi He and Chang Xi: Show loyalty toward Dan Jing, preparing to support him despite uncertainty about whether he actually needs assistance.
• The broader powerful factions: Act largely as spectators, eager to witness a clash between the Witches and Dan Jing while remaining cautious about intervening.

Significant Themes

• Pride and refusal to accept defeat: The Twelve Ancestral Witches cannot accept their previous loss, while Dan Jing refuses to show them any respect or concession.
• Power and intimidation: The reactions of the various factions emphasize the overwhelming strength of the Witches and Dan Jing. Even major figures prefer to avoid direct involvement.
• Political caution and self-preservation: Jieyin and Zhunti’s decision to withdraw reflects the principle of avoiding unnecessary enemies when facing a dangerous opponent.
• Loyalty and alliances: Xi He and Chang Xi’s willingness to stand with Dan Jing highlights the importance of relationships and mutual support amid the looming conflict.
• Spectacle and anticipation: Much of the Primordial World watches eagerly, treating the impending confrontation as both a dangerous crisis and an entertaining display of power.
• The consequences of past battles: Although the Witches’ bodies have healed, their Dao injuries and emotional resentment remain, showing that the earlier battle still shapes current events.

Character Interactions

• The Twelve Ancestral Witches collectively confront Dan Jing by staring toward the Sun Star.
• Dan Jing responds directly with a mocking, aggressive challenge, refusing to back down.
• Xuan Ming answers his provocation with the command, “Come down here!”, turning the silent standoff into an explicit challenge.
• Jieyin and Zhunti observe the Witches’ return but deliberately avoid engaging them.
• Xi He and Chang Xi discuss the possibility of supporting Dan Jing if he comes into conflict with the Witches.
• Nuwa, Fuxi, White Marsh, and the forces of Fengqi Mountain react with concern, recognizing that the Witches’ return threatens the existing balance of power.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xuan Ming taunts Dan Jing, challenging him to descend and fight the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
• Dan Jing responds by unleashing the phantom of the Chaos Bell, whose overwhelming power suppresses the entire Western Lands. Time freezes, space solidifies, and nearly everyone—including Jieyin, Zhunti, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches—is immobilized.
• The already grievously injured Twelve Ancestral Witches are struck by the bell’s full power. Their damaged bodies are shattered and blasted into the earth.
• Dan Jing appears above them and openly mocks and humiliates them, especially Xuan Ming, pointing out that they demanded he come down but were unable to withstand him.
• He then uses the combined powers of time and space to remove the Twelve Ancestral Witches—and the surrounding section of the Western Lands—from the Primordial World. He compresses the region into a leaf-like fragment and throws it into the Temporal-Spacetime Turbulence, exiling them once again.
• Dan Jing disappears, leaving the powerful observers throughout the Primordial World shocked and amused. The Twelve Ancestral Witches are widely judged to have recklessly provoked a far stronger opponent.
• Nuwa, Fuxi, and the others on Fengqi Mountain, who had prepared for a major confrontation, find that the crisis ends instantly without their intervention.

Character Developments

• Dan Jing: Demonstrates overwhelming strength, mastery of the Chaos Bell, and refined control over time and space. His arrogance, cruelty, and refusal to tolerate insults are emphasized, but so is his confidence as the strongest figure beneath the Sage Realm.
• Xuan Ming and the Twelve Ancestral Witches: Their earlier pride and aggression collapse into helplessness. Their injuries prevent them from resisting Dan Jing, and their decision to provoke him makes them appear reckless and foolish.
• Jieyin and Zhunti: Even as Quasi-Sages, they are largely immobilized by the Chaos Bell’s suppression, reinforcing Dan Jing’s extraordinary power.
• Nuwa, Fuxi, and Fengqi Mountain’s forces: They remain spectators rather than participants, prepared for battle but ultimately benefiting from Dan Jing’s intervention.

Significant Themes

• Power and hierarchy: Dan Jing’s victory confirms his status as the strongest being beneath the Sage Realm.
• Pride and consequences: The Ancestral Witches’ provocation directly leads to their renewed defeat and exile.
• Humiliation of the arrogant: Their confidence and taunts are answered with overwhelming force and public mockery.
• Spectacle and reputation: The entire Primordial World witnesses Dan Jing’s display, further strengthening his fearsome reputation.
• Unexpected rescue and comic relief: What seemed like a major battle becomes an effortless victory for Dan Jing, leaving Fengqi Mountain to “win” without fighting.

Character Interactions

• Xuan Ming verbally challenges Dan Jing, but he turns her words against her after defeating the group.
• Dan Jing taunts and insults the Twelve Ancestral Witches, emphasizing the contrast between their earlier arrogance and their current helplessness.
• The wider community of powerful figures observes and judges the conflict, largely siding with the view that the Witches brought their punishment upon themselves.
• Fengqi Mountain’s members react with disbelief and amusement at having their impending battle resolved by Dan Jing, who effectively acts as the chapter’s “MVP.”

Chapter Summary: The Grand Witches: The Ancestral Witches Have Truly Lost Face!

Key Plot Points and Events

• Fengqi Mountain falls silent after learning that the Twelve Ancestral Witches, having just returned, were immediately provoked into another confrontation with Dan Jing of the Sun Star and exiled back into the chaotic currents of time and space.
• Fuxi breaks the silence by joking that this is actually beneficial: the Ancestral Witches, expected to be a major threat to the Fengqi Mountain Alliance, have once again removed themselves from the board through their own recklessness.
• White Marsh aptly describes the Witches’ behavior as “the ignorant fear nothing,” prompting amused agreement from Fuxi.
• Nuwa remains deeply troubled by the threat posed by the Twelve Ancestral Witches. She believes that, unless she becomes a Sage, she cannot match them and cannot adequately protect the alliance.
• Nuwa reflects that Dan Jing is so overwhelmingly powerful that an alliance would be unnecessary if he personally took action; instead, everyone else would merely burden him. She also realizes that Dan Jing is too powerful to be a central participant in the coming Calamity Cycle, and that the current conflict exists mainly because the Ancestral Witches repeatedly provoke him.
• Seeking to strengthen herself, Nuwa leaves Fengqi Mountain and travels to Western Kunlun. Fuxi and White Marsh understand her purpose and react with knowing smiles.
• At Mount Buzhou, the Witch Race’s Quasi-Sage-level Grand Witches gather before the Pangu Divine Hall. They complain that the Twelve Ancestral Witches returned only briefly before being beaten away again.
• Since the Ancestral Witches are absent and the Witch Race needs more territory, the Grand Witches must determine how to proceed without their leaders.
• Jiufeng, the strongest Grand Witch beneath the Ancestral Witches, assumes temporary leadership. She orders the Witch Race to expand eastward, where the land is more prosperous and suitable for supporting their growing population.
• Jiufeng concludes that the Ancestral Witches can remain in the chaotic time currents for the time being while the Grand Witches handle the race’s practical needs.

Character Developments

• Fuxi shows a more relaxed and humorous side, openly mocking the Ancestral Witches’ repeated failures. His strategic confidence also grows as he recognizes that their absence benefits Fengqi Mountain.
• White Marsh demonstrates his close understanding of Fuxi, offering the phrase that perfectly captures the Witches’ reckless behavior. Their friendship and intellectual compatibility are emphasized.
• Nuwa becomes increasingly aware of her own limitations. Her anxiety over the coming conflict motivates her to seek greater strength, leading her to travel to Western Kunlun.
• Dan Jing does not appear directly, but his overwhelming reputation dominates the chapter. Even Nuwa views him as powerful enough to defeat the entire Witch Race alone.
• Jiufeng emerges as a capable and responsible leader. Although she respects the Ancestral Witches, she prioritizes the survival and prosperity of the Witch Race and is willing to act independently in their absence.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches are portrayed as powerful but impulsive and humiliatingly reckless, repeatedly provoking an opponent they cannot defeat.

Significant Themes

• Power and helplessness: Dan Jing’s strength is portrayed as so extreme that ordinary alliances and cooperation seem meaningless beside him.
• Leadership and responsibility: With the Ancestral Witches absent, Jiufeng and the Grand Witches must protect and provide for the larger Witch Race.
• Humor amid political tension: The chapter uses satire to undercut the supposed menace of the Ancestral Witches, turning their return into another embarrassing defeat.
• Adaptation and practicality: Rather than waiting passively for their leaders, the Grand Witches make a realistic decision to expand and secure resources.
• The burden of future conflict: Nuwa’s anxiety reflects the looming Calamity Cycle and the pressure placed on powerful figures to prepare for it.

Character Interactions

• Fuxi and White Marsh share a witty exchange and display their deep friendship through mutual understanding and synchronized humor.
• Nuwa observes her brother and White Marsh’s changed attitude but remains focused on her own worries.
• Nuwa informs Fuxi of her departure for Western Kunlun, and he immediately understands that she is seeking greater strength.
• The Witch Race’s Grand Witches openly criticize the Ancestral Witches, revealing that respect does not prevent frustration with their poor judgment.
• Yi consults Jiufeng about the Witch Race’s next move, acknowledging her superior strength and authority.
• Jiufeng decisively takes command, directing the Grand Witches to lead the tribes eastward while leaving the absent Ancestral Witches to their own affairs.

Chapter Summary: Chang Xi: Sister Knows Best!

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Witch Race begins a large-scale migration from Mount Buzhou into the Eastern Lands under the direction of the Grand Witches.
• Led by powerful Grand Witches and supported by their formidable physical strength, the Witch Race overwhelms numerous Innate Great Clans and long-lived races. Some groups are destroyed, while others are subjugated or taken captive.
• The conflicts create widespread chaos in the Eastern Lands, attracting the attention of powerful figures throughout the Primordial World.
• Ten yuanhui later, Dan Jing meets with Xi He and Chang Xi in the Sun God Palace’s garden.
• Xi He updates Dan Jing on major political developments:
  • The Queen Mother of the West has joined the Fengqi Mountain Alliance led by Nuwa and Fuxi.
  • Fuxi is attempting to recruit Kunpeng from the Northern Dark Sea.
  • The Witch Race’s eastern conquest is continuing.
• Dan Jing remains unconcerned with these developments, focusing instead on completing the Heavenly Circumference Stellar Formation and organizing the Starry Sky’s astral veins.
• Xi He explains that the main astral veins have already been organized, allowing Dan Jing, Xi He, and Chang Xi to complete the remaining work efficiently by combining the power of the Sun and Lunar Stars.
• Dan Jing approves the plan, even though it reduces the Merit earned by the Three Innate Tribes, prioritizing Xi He and Chang Xi over fairness to their subordinates.
• A thousand years later, Xi He and Chang Xi leave for the Lunar Star. Chang Xi asks why Xi He does not simply give Dan Jing more Lunar Moon Laurel Brew.
• Xi He reveals that the limited supply is intentional: bringing him wine provides a regular excuse to visit and gradually cultivate a romantic relationship with him. Chang Xi agrees, concluding that her elder sister “knows best.”

Character Developments

• Dan Jing: Remains blunt, domineering, and self-interested, but is deeply loyal to Xi He and Chang Xi. He prioritizes their benefit over the Merit of the Three Innate Tribes and treats them as trusted companions.
• Xi He: Demonstrates strategic intelligence and emotional patience. She manages the astral-vein project effectively while secretly using the wine deliveries to maintain frequent contact with Dan Jing and pursue him romantically.
• Chang Xi: Continues to be reserved and quiet but becomes more openly supportive of Xi He’s plan. Her admiration for her sister’s judgment strengthens their sense of unity.
• The Witch Race: Expands aggressively under the Grand Witches, establishing itself as a major force and destabilizing the Eastern Lands.
• The wider Primordial powers: Become increasingly involved in alliances and recruitment as the coming Calamity Cycle approaches.

Significant Themes

• Rising chaos before catastrophe: The Witch Race’s conquest and the formation of alliances show the Primordial World moving toward large-scale conflict.
• Power and factional struggle: Major races and divine figures consolidate territory and allies in preparation for future upheaval.
• Loyalty over fairness: Dan Jing openly favors his close companions, accepting losses for others if it benefits Xi He and Chang Xi.
• Strategic patience: Xi He turns a simple act of hospitality into a long-term plan to remain close to Dan Jing.
• Sisterly cooperation: Xi He and Chang Xi work together smoothly, with Chang Xi trusting Xi He’s judgment and supporting her romantic strategy.

Important Character Interactions

• Xi He and Dan Jing: Xi He calmly reports world events and explains the astral-vein plan, while Dan Jing responds with blunt demands and ultimately approves her approach.
• Chang Xi and Dan Jing: Chang Xi quietly serves him wine and delicacies, showing affection through restrained, practical gestures.
• Xi He and Chang Xi: Their final conversation reveals Xi He’s matchmaking strategy and Chang Xi’s wholehearted agreement, emphasizing their close sisterly bond.
• Dan Jing and the Three Innate Tribes: Although they are carrying out essential work, Dan Jing views their reduced Merit as acceptable collateral for benefiting his allies.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Five yuanhui after entering seclusion, Dan Jing completes the deduction of the Heavenly Circumference Stellar Formation. He condenses the full stellar map and its Heavenly Stellar Essence into a scroll, then emerges from the Sun God Palace.
• In the starry Boundary Sea, members of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans—the Three Innate Tribes—are still organizing the patterns of the stars as Dan Jing had commanded.
• Dan Jing appears and orders all members of the Three Tribes to withdraw from the starry sky within ten thousand years, declaring that their work is finished.
• The Three Tribes obey without complaint. Despite Dan Jing’s dismissive and domineering tone, they recognize his overwhelming status and are grateful that he gives them time to leave.
• Dan Jing explains that the next stage is to refine numerous Heavenly Stellar Essence spiritual treasures, each corresponding to a specific stellar aura, and a formation diagram needed to establish the Heavenly Circumference Stellar Formation.
• Xi He and Chang Xi join Dan Jing. Over drinks and food beside the Boundary Sea, Dan Jing enthusiastically explains the formation’s structure and principles.

Character Developments

• Dan Jing demonstrates the results of his long seclusion and confirms his mastery of the Heavenly Circumference Stellar Formation. His confidence and authority are fully apparent, especially in the effortless way he commands the Three Tribes.
• His usually restrained personality gives way to open excitement and self-satisfaction as he eagerly explains his accomplishment. His pride is portrayed humorously rather than maliciously.
• Xi He remains gentle and perceptive. She quickly understands what Dan Jing means by the stellar spiritual treasures and enjoys watching his enthusiasm.
• Chang Xi is cheerful and observant. She recognizes that Dan Jing is essentially indulging in a rare opportunity to boast about his achievement.
• The Three Innate Tribes show their changed position in the Primordial World: though ancient and immensely well-founded, they now act cautiously and submissively toward Dan Jing.

Significant Themes

• Power and hierarchy: Dan Jing’s authority is so great that even the ancient Three Innate Tribes cannot risk offending him.
• Pragmatism and exploitation: Dan Jing treats the Three Tribes as temporary laborers, dismissing them once their usefulness ends, while they accept this because of the vast disparity in power.
• Achievement and pride: The completion of the formation marks a major accomplishment for Dan Jing, whose excitement reveals a more personable and boastful side.
• Humorous intimacy: The chapter contrasts Dan Jing’s imposing public authority with his “cute” eagerness to show off before Xi He and Chang Xi.

Character Interactions

• Dan Jing formally commands the Three Tribes to withdraw, and their leaders respectfully accept his decree.
• Xi He and Chang Xi greet Dan Jing after his emergence from seclusion and listen attentively as he explains his formation.
• The sisters exchange knowing glances and quietly appreciate Dan Jing’s enthusiasm. Xi He concludes that his transparent desire to brag makes him endearing, while Chang Xi internally agrees that he is “bragging to the heavens.”

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Dan Jing finishes boasting about his plans and receives enthusiastic praise from Xi He and Chang Xi. Their encouragement satisfies his pride and noticeably improves his mood.
• He divides his consciousness into countless strands to inspect and process the starry Boundary Sea, preparing to refine Stellar Spirit Treasures from its stars, resources, and Heavenly Stellar Essence.
• After ten thousand years, the Three Innate Tribes’ workers complete their task of organizing the stellar veins and patterns and leave.
• Dan Jing tells Xi He and Chang Xi to begin their own work. The sisters solemnly promise not to disappoint him, bid him farewell, and depart by transforming into moonlight.
• Dan Jing then envelops the entire Boundary Sea in Solar Dao power, transforming it into a massive Solar Golden Flame furnace. He compresses this furnace into a smaller treasure called the Great Sun Furnace.
• Using countless strands of consciousness, Dan Jing refines the Boundary Sea’s resources and Heavenly Stellar Essence into numerous Stellar Spirit Treasures. These treasures are extremely durable and can resonate with the power of their corresponding stars, though they lack major offensive abilities or special functions.
• With the remaining resources, Dan Jing begins refining the Heavenly Circumference Stellar Formation Diagram. The diagram incorporates the powers of time, space, sun, moon, heavenly secrets, and other Great Daos.
• The formation diagram condenses forty-eight Divine Restrictions, reaching the highest possible level for a spirit treasure. Dan Jing considers transforming it into a Supreme Treasure by adding a forty-ninth Divine Restriction.
• The chapter ends with Dan Jing displaying his Heavenly Dao Merit Wheel, saluting the heavens, and loudly proclaiming, “Heavenly Dao above!!!!”

Character Developments

• Dan Jing remains boastful, confident, and highly self-satisfied, but his pride is portrayed humorously rather than arrogantly. Xi He and Chang Xi’s praise genuinely delights him.
• His abilities and ambitions are emphasized: he can divide his consciousness across countless tasks, manipulate the Solar Dao, refine vast numbers of treasures, and combine multiple Great Daos into a powerful formation artifact.
• Xi He continues to show gentle affection toward Dan Jing. Her admiration is sincere and deep, though she conceals it so that Dan Jing does not notice.
• Chang Xi displays her familiar blunt and playful personality, using Dan Jing’s own exaggerated language to praise him. Her quiet smile suggests warmth and closeness.
• Both sisters demonstrate loyalty and responsibility by accepting Dan Jing’s instructions and departing to perform their assigned work.

Significant Themes

• Pride and companionship: Dan Jing’s satisfaction comes not only from his achievements but also from being praised by those close to him.
• Trust and cooperation: The large-scale project depends on Dan Jing’s leadership and the sisters’ willingness to carry out their duties.
• Creation through power and craftsmanship: The chapter focuses on transforming enormous natural resources into artifacts through Dao comprehension and technical refinement.
• Limits and transcendence: Forty-eight Divine Restrictions represent the peak of spirit treasures, while the forty-ninth restriction marks the difficult transition into a Supreme Treasure.
• Heavenly authority and ambition: Dan Jing’s final invocation suggests that he is about to appeal to or challenge the Heavenly Dao, likely seeking its recognition or assistance in completing the Supreme Treasure.

Character Interactions

• Xi He praises Dan Jing with restrained gentleness, privately revealing her growing affection through her gaze.
• Chang Xi praises him in deliberately outrageous language learned from Dan Jing himself, creating a humorous and familiar exchange.
• Dan Jing responds to both sisters with smug laughter and obvious enjoyment.
• Before leaving, Xi He and Chang Xi formally assure Dan Jing that they will fulfill his trust, reinforcing their loyalty and cooperation.
• The sisters’ departure leaves Dan Jing alone to complete the refinement process and make his dramatic appeal to the Heavenly Dao.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Dan Jing, the Lord of the Sun Star, loudly calls upon Heavenly Dao, startling all beings and powerful cultivators throughout the Primordial World and Universal Realms.
• His notoriously audacious manner earns him the mocking reputation of treating Heavenly Dao as though he were ordering an old man to “get up and work.”
• Heavenly Dao responds by directing a vast, majestic will toward Dan Jing.
• Dan Jing announces that Heaven and Earth suffer from insufficient external energy and presents his newly perfected Heavenly Circumference Stellar Formation, created with the Chaos Bell.
• He explains that the formation has nine major functions, including:
  • Protecting the Primordial World Membrane
  • Refining Chaos qi into useful essence for Heaven and Earth
  • Suppressing dangers from the Chaos beyond the world
  • Supporting the stability, growth, and prosperity of the Primordial World
• The observing powerhouses realize that even one successful function—continuously refining Chaos qi—would greatly strengthen the Primordial World and give Dan Jing an enormous advantage.
• Dan Jing begins activating the formation:
  • The Sun Star releases vast solar power through the stellar pathways.
  • Xi He and Chang Xi activate the Lunar Star and help repair the remaining stellar routes.
  • Dan Jing rearranges and fixes the primary and secondary stellar pathways.
  • Xi He and Chang Xi inscribe Great Dao formation patterns throughout the Starry Sky.
• The formation successfully begins refining Chaos qi at an accelerated rate, confirming that Dan Jing’s plan works.

Character Developments

• Dan Jing is portrayed as exceptionally bold, confident, and innovative. His willingness to address Heavenly Dao with overwhelming volume reflects his fearlessness and unconventional personality.
• He demonstrates not only reckless audacity but also genuine strategic ability, having designed a formation capable of strengthening the entire Primordial World.
• Xi He and Chang Xi actively support Dan Jing by coordinating the Lunar Star’s power and repairing the stellar pathways, showing their importance as partners in the formation’s construction.
• The various powerful figures are forced to acknowledge Dan Jing’s talent despite regarding him as a troublesome “lunatic.”
• The Three Pure Ones and Nuwa are implicitly placed in an uncomfortable position because Dan Jing’s latest achievement may further increase his power and influence.

Significant Themes

• Audacity versus convention: Dan Jing’s irreverent behavior toward Heavenly Dao contrasts with the cautious and respectful approach of other cultivators.
• Innovation and world-building: The chapter emphasizes that cultivation power can be used not only for combat but also to improve the structure and vitality of the entire world.
• Power and influence: By refining Chaos qi and strengthening the Primordial World, Dan Jing may gain a tremendous strategic advantage over other powerful figures.
• Recognition through achievement: Although many characters mock or resent Dan Jing, his success forces them to respect his abilities.
• Collective benefit versus personal advantage: The formation benefits Heaven and Earth as a whole, while simultaneously giving Dan Jing a powerful potential trump card.

Character Interactions

• Dan Jing directly addresses Heavenly Dao, creating the chapter’s main humorous interaction despite Heavenly Dao remaining silent.
• Heavenly Dao’s response—a vast, all-encompassing “glance”—acknowledges Dan Jing’s declaration and allows the ceremony to proceed.
• Xi He and Chang Xi cooperate closely with Dan Jing, combining Lunar Star power with his control over the Sun Star.
• The observing powerhouses react with shock, admiration, envy, and concern as they recognize the formation’s potential.
• The Three Pure Ones and Nuwa, who already have serious grudges against Dan Jing, are singled out as likely being especially displeased by his success.

Chapter Summary: “Dan Jing: Old Man, Pay Up!!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Over the course of ten thousand years, Dan Jing, Xi He, and Chang Xi complete the Heavenly Circumference Stellar Formation across the vast starry sky.
• Even before completion, the formation begins refining chaos qi. Once activated, it rapidly converts the chaos qi into immense quantities of heaven-and-earth essence, which descends upon the Primordial World and Universal Realms through sunlight, moonlight, and starlight.
• The activation causes extraordinary phenomena: golden spiritual-qi lotuses, heavenly fragrances, and resonant Dao echoes throughout the worlds.
• Many powerful figures initially suspect that Dan Jing may be about to become a Sage. However, they dismiss the idea because Dan Jing lacks Primordial Purple Qi, which they believe is essential for Sainthood.
• Dan Jing summons countless postnatal spiritual treasures from the Great Sun Furnace and places them throughout the formation as banners, formation eyes, and nodes. Their addition increases the formation’s refining efficiency by another thirty percent.
• After confirming that the formation is stable and can operate without the direct power of the Sun and Lunar Stars, Dan Jing formally declares its completion before Heaven and Earth, calling on the Heavenly Dao to bear witness.

Character Developments

• Dan Jing demonstrates tremendous patience, authority, and confidence. He successfully completes an undertaking spanning the entire starry sky and openly challenges the Heavenly Dao to acknowledge his achievement.
• Xi He and Chang Xi work alongside Dan Jing for ten thousand years, helping establish the formation and later withdrawing their power once it becomes self-sustaining. Their involvement strengthens their connection to Dan Jing’s grand project and its benefits.
• The Three Pure Ones and Nuwa feel relieved that Dan Jing apparently cannot become a Sage. Their reaction reveals both their insecurity and their concern that Dan Jing’s advancement would further widen the gap between them.
• Jieyin and Zhunti focus less on the question of Sainthood and more on the fate of the resources contributed by the Three Innate Tribes. Although they are tempted by the enormous number of spiritual treasures, they wisely avoid coveting them.
• Red Cloud realizes that Dan Jing’s achievements may provoke others to target him for his Primordial Purple Qi. His initial happiness over the formation’s benefits quickly turns into dread.
• Zhen Yuanzi correctly anticipates the danger facing Red Cloud and warns him that trouble is approaching.

Significant Themes

• Merit and cosmic benefit: The formation nourishes the entire Primordial World, presenting Dan Jing’s work as a blessing to all living beings rather than merely a personal cultivation project.
• Power beyond conventional systems: Dan Jing may be approaching Sage-level influence without possessing Primordial Purple Qi, challenging the established belief that Sainthood is the only path to supreme authority.
• Envy and insecurity among the mighty: The reactions of the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, and others show that even powerful figures fear being surpassed.
• Danger accompanying great treasures: The formation’s countless spiritual treasures attract attention, but its importance to Heaven and Earth makes interference extremely dangerous.
• Defiance of the Heavenly Dao: Dan Jing’s final declaration is both a formal announcement and a provocative demand that the Heavenly Dao recognize and reward his accomplishment.

Character Interactions

• Dan Jing cooperates closely with Xi He and Chang Xi throughout the formation’s construction, relying on their control of the Sun and Lunar Stars.
• Red Cloud and Zhen Yuanzi discuss the consequences of the formation’s success, with Zhen Yuanzi warning Red Cloud that his Primordial Purple Qi may make him a target.
• The various mighty figures observe Dan Jing’s achievement from afar, reacting with shock, jealousy, curiosity, or caution.
• Dan Jing’s final shout toward the Heavenly Dao carries the unmistakable implication that the “old man” must now fulfill its promised reward, ending the chapter on a triumphant and humorous note.

Chapter Summary: “Heavenly Dao Merit Golden Sun!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After Dan Jing announces the completion of the Heavenly Circumference Stellar Formation, the Heavenly Dao responds with unprecedented recognition:
  • Nine Heavenly Dao Congratulatory Golden Gongs ring throughout the Primordial World and Universal Realms.
  • The Heavenly Dao projects scenes of Dan Jing’s achievements—his deductions, treasure refinement, and formation construction—for all beings to witness.
• A vast ocean of Heavenly Dao merit gathers in the starry sky and is distributed among:
  • The stellar spirit treasures, which are transformed into Acquired Merit Spirit Treasures.
  • The Three Innate Tribes—Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin—through merit sent to the Dragon Tomb, Undying Volcano, and Qilin Cliff.
  • Xi He and Chang Xi, who each receive enormous shares of merit.
  • Dan Jing himself, who receives the largest personal reward.
• Dan Jing realizes that his merit is sufficient to refine his Primordial Purple Qi and become a Sage immediately. However, he refuses to do so, preferring freedom, happiness, and fewer responsibilities over the restrictions and duties of Sagehood.
• Instead, he absorbs the merit into a Heavenly Dao Merit Wheel, which becomes so immense and brilliant that it resembles a second sun in the starry sky. He conceals it afterward, but its presence greatly intimidates the watching powerful figures.
• Dan Jing attempts to use the merit surrounding the stellar spirit treasures to upgrade his formation diagram, but the Heavenly Dao prevents him from benefiting indirectly. He accepts the failure casually, considering the diagram’s existing status as an Acquired Supreme Treasure sufficient.
• Feeling emboldened by his new power, Dan Jing openly threatens the powerful figures who had been watching him. His intimidating display causes all their gazes to withdraw immediately.
• Dan Jing leaves the starry sky. Xi He and Chang Xi return to the Lunar Star and prepare for secluded cultivation, intending to use their recent insights to advance their Dao and possibly sever their Third Corpses.

Character Developments

• Dan Jing: Gains immense Heavenly Dao merit and becomes far more intimidating, but remains committed to his carefree philosophy. He rejects immediate Sagehood because he does not want the responsibilities and loss of freedom it may bring. His arrogance and confidence also intensify, leading him to openly taunt the powerful figures observing him.
• Xi He and Chang Xi: Receive substantial merit and choose to convert it into Merit Wheels rather than immediately use it for cultivation. Their understanding of the stellar formation improves, and they plan to enter seclusion to pursue further advancement. They also deliberately distance themselves from Dan Jing to conceal their growing attraction to him.
• The powerful figures of the Primordial World: Their attitude toward Dan Jing shifts from curious observation and possible hostility to caution and fear. His merit-based power makes confronting him significantly more dangerous.

Significant Themes

• Freedom versus power and responsibility: Dan Jing chooses personal happiness and independence over the supreme status of Sagehood, questioning whether greater power is worth the obligations attached to it.
• Recognition and merit: The Heavenly Dao’s extraordinary celebration emphasizes the unprecedented importance of Dan Jing’s achievement and the cosmic rewards granted to those who benefit the world.
• Power as deterrence: Dan Jing’s immense Merit Wheel changes the balance of power. Even those who might have challenged him must now consider the consequences of fighting someone protected by extraordinary Heavenly Dao merit.
• Arrogance and independence: Dan Jing’s crude threats and fearless attitude reinforce his refusal to submit to convention or defer to the powerful.
• Romantic restraint and strategy: Xi He and Chang Xi’s decision to “play hard to get” shows their growing feelings for Dan Jing, as well as their attempt to control and conceal those emotions.

Character Interactions

• The Heavenly Dao publicly honors Dan Jing, effectively presenting his accomplishments to every major power in existence.
• Dan Jing’s relationship with the Heavenly Dao is humorous and irreverent: despite receiving overwhelming merit, he complains that he was not allowed to “mooch” additional merit for his formation diagram.
• Dan Jing directly confronts the observing powerful figures through threats, causing them to retreat without engaging him.
• Xi He and Chang Xi act together in receiving and transforming their merit, then coordinate their plan to withdraw from Dan Jing temporarily while cultivating and concealing their attraction.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Dan Jing enters seclusion in the Sun God Palace after completing the Heavenly Circumference Stellar Formation, intending to break through his current cultivation bottleneck.
• The formation’s completion grants him enormous Heavenly Dao Merit and causes the status of the entire starry sky to rise throughout the Primordial World and Universal Realms.
• As the Sun God and the starry sky’s favored figure, Dan Jing gathers more than eighty percent of the starry sky’s fortune.
• Normally, much of this fortune would gradually dissipate, but Dan Jing uses the Chaos Bell to suppress and preserve it. His other treasures—the Primordial Measure Ruler, Heaven-Earth Dark-Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, and World-Purifying White Lotus—could also perform this function.
• With his accumulated positional fortune, rule-related fortune, and the benefits generated by the formation, Dan Jing reaches an unprecedented peak in luck and opportunity, giving him the ideal chance to advance his Dao Path.

Character Developments

• Dan Jing is revealed to be far more intelligent and capable than his public image suggests. Though widely regarded as arrogant, violent, and irrational, he has successfully created a world-benefiting formation and may now be on the verge of entering the Sage Realm.
• Nuwa is forced to reconsider her view of Dan Jing. She realizes that his apparent madness conceals exceptional wisdom and begins to doubt whether becoming a Sage would guarantee her superiority over him.
• The Queen Mother of the West already understood Dan Jing’s intelligence, having witnessed his terrifying strength firsthand. She takes comfort in the favor he owes her, hoping it might protect her from suffering another severe defeat.
• Fuxi recognizes Dan Jing’s strategic talent and suggests plotting against him.
• White Marsh is shocked by Fuxi’s proposal, considering it absurdly reckless given Dan Jing’s power and intelligence.

Significant Themes

• Hidden wisdom beneath a chaotic exterior: Dan Jing’s crude and violent reputation masks extraordinary intelligence and strategic ability.
• Fortune and destiny: The chapter emphasizes how merit, status, cosmic recognition, and powerful treasures can combine to create a moment of overwhelming opportunity.
• The danger of underestimating others: Many beings mistake Dan Jing’s arrogance for stupidity, failing to recognize the deliberate ability behind his actions.
• Power and confidence: Even powerful figures such as Nuwa and the Queen Mother of the West remain cautious around Dan Jing, while Fuxi’s confidence in attempting to outmaneuver him borders on reckless.
• The threshold of transcendence: Dan Jing’s seclusion represents a possible breakthrough into a higher realm, potentially changing the balance of power.

Character Interactions

• Nuwa and the Queen Mother of the West discuss Dan Jing’s unexpected achievement. Nuwa struggles with the contradiction between his infamous personality and his remarkable accomplishment, while the Queen Mother of the West remains more calmly convinced of his wisdom.
• Fuxi and White Marsh analyze Dan Jing over a chessboard. They agree that his outward arrogance conceals deep intelligence.
• Fuxi proposes drawing Dan Jing into a scheme, but White Marsh reacts with disbelief and alarm, implying that attempting to manipulate Dan Jing would be dangerously foolish.

Chapter Summary: White Marsh: I Want to Challenge My Limits

Key Plot Points and Events

• White Marsh considers Fuxi’s proposal to plot against Dan Jing, the Sun Star Madman and the strongest being below the Sage Realm. Although the danger could lead to the destruction of both body and Dao, White Marsh becomes increasingly tempted by the challenge and the glory of succeeding.
• Rather than dissuading Fuxi, White Marsh enthusiastically agrees to participate. The two heavenly-secret and karma specialists recognize that the plot is connected to their Great Daos and exchange knowing smiles.
• Fuxi reveals the foundation of his plan: exploiting the Witch Race’s eastward conquest from Mount Buzhou. The Witch Race’s occupation of the Eastern Lands and the panic it has caused among other races will apparently serve their purposes.
• Meanwhile, the Grand Witches—including Jiufeng, Da Yi, Yi, Kuafu, and others—are overwhelmed with administrative responsibilities after the Twelve Ancestral Witches’ banishment. Their lack of Primordial Spirits makes handling the Witch Race’s rapidly expanding affairs difficult.
• Ten epochs later, Dan Jing emerges from secluded cultivation on the Sun Star. Feeling refreshed and restless after his long confinement, he decides to travel through the Primordial World in search of amusement.
• Dan Jing leisurely visits the Eastern Lands for another three epochs, collecting spiritual roots, treasures, and other valuable objects that willingly seek him out.
• His presence causes widespread fear among the Eastern Lands’ cultivators, clans, and races, who worry that even an accidental offense could lead to their destruction.
• At the same time, rumors that Dan Jing is searching for something awaken the greed of countless powerhouses. They begin coveting the mysterious treasure he is supposedly pursuing.

Character Developments

• White Marsh shifts from cautious consideration to eager commitment. His fear remains, but his curiosity, ambition, and love of dangerous schemes overcome it. He views the plot as a chance to challenge his limits and achieve legendary status alongside Fuxi.
• Fuxi is portrayed as confident and calculating. He understands White Marsh’s nature and anticipates that his companion will accept the risk. His plan appears to involve manipulating the Witch Race’s current expansion and the unstable situation in the Eastern Lands.
• Dan Jing emerges from cultivation with renewed energy and his usual arrogant, carefree personality. Despite being feared as a “madman,” he behaves casually, wandering the world for entertainment and gathering treasures almost effortlessly.
• The Grand Witches have become irritable and short-tempered because of the burden of managing the Witch Race in the Ancestral Witches’ absence. Their resentment toward the banished Ancestral Witches continues to grow.
• The Eastern Lands’ powerhouses and races are divided between fear of Dan Jing and desire for the treasure connected to his search.

Significant Themes

• Risk and ambition: White Marsh and Fuxi are willing to risk annihilation for the prestige and personal fulfillment of challenging an overwhelmingly powerful opponent.
• The thrill of manipulation: Their expertise in heavenly secrets and karma makes them drawn to influencing major events and “dancing on the edge of a blade.”
• Power and deterrence: Dan Jing’s reputation is so terrifying that his mere presence destabilizes entire regions without him needing to act.
• Greed overcoming fear: Although the Eastern Lands’ inhabitants fear Dan Jing, the possibility of obtaining the treasure he seeks encourages them to consider competing with or exploiting him.
• Political and administrative strain: The Witch Race’s expansion creates internal pressure, showing that conquest brings logistical burdens as well as military power.
• Fate and interconnected events: Fuxi’s scheme, the Witch Race’s conquest, Dan Jing’s movements, and the growing desire for the mysterious treasure are presented as parts of a larger karmic plot.

Character Interactions

• White Marsh and Fuxi share a close partnership based on mutual understanding, similar ambition, and expertise in heavenly secrets and karma. Their exchange is brief but meaningful: White Marsh asks how Fuxi intends to proceed, and Fuxi responds by pointing to the Witch Race’s eastward campaign.
• The two immediately understand each other’s intentions and silently agree to proceed, signaling the beginning of a dangerous scheme against Dan Jing.
• The Grand Witches interact mainly through their collective management of Witch affairs, with their shared exhaustion and resentment toward the absent Ancestral Witches emphasizing their strained circumstances.
• Dan Jing has no direct interaction with the other major characters yet, but his movement through the Eastern Lands indirectly affects them all by creating fear, speculation, and competition.

Chapter Summary: “Dan Jing: As Expected of Me! Hahaha...”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Dan Jing divines the cause of the widespread rumors surrounding his travels through the Eastern Lands. He realizes that Fuxi and White Marsh, using the little Black Gourd’s “chicken feet,” are secretly manipulating the rumors.
• Rather than confronting them immediately at Fengqi Mountain, Dan Jing decides to exploit their scheme for his own amusement. He plans to transform the false rumors about his search into a real, extravagant “game,” deliberately making the situation even more absurd and influential.
• At Kunlun Mountain, the Three Pure Ones—Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian—emerge from seclusion after hearing that Dan Jing may be searching for an extraordinary treasure.
• Yuanshi doubts the rumor, reasoning that Dan Jing already possesses an overwhelming collection of supreme treasures and therefore has little reason to seek another. He suspects Dan Jing is merely traveling through the Eastern Lands.
• Laozi proposes that the three brothers leave Kunlun and investigate. Even if the rumor is false, traveling may help them seek the opportunity to become Saints, which they have failed to find despite countless years of cultivation.
• The Three Pure Ones agree and depart Mount Buzhou together for the Eastern Lands.

Character Developments

• Dan Jing: Displays his usual arrogance and self-confidence, celebrating the influence he has unknowingly—or deliberately—gained over the Primordial World. However, beneath his laughter, he shows sharp insight by identifying the hidden manipulation behind the rumors. Instead of reacting angrily, he turns the situation into a creative counter-scheme, intending to seize control of the narrative.
• Yuanshi: Remains rational and skeptical, questioning whether any treasure could truly be worth Dan Jing’s effort. He also shows concern for his relationship with Tongtian by deliberately asking for his younger brother’s opinion.
• Tongtian: Initially remains silent because of lingering resentment toward Yuanshi and Laozi after Dan Jing’s earlier provocation at Fengqi Mountain. When Yuanshi reaches out, however, Tongtian responds honestly and does not continue holding a grudge. His confidence in the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation makes him largely uninterested in the rumored treasure.
• Laozi: Demonstrates strategic foresight. His decision to travel is motivated less by the rumor itself than by the need to seek the path to Sainthood before the coming calamity cycle makes the Primordial World more dangerous.

Significant Themes

• Rumors and manipulation: The chapter emphasizes how rumors can reshape the balance of power, especially when deliberately spread by influential figures.
• Turning schemes against their creators: Dan Jing refuses to remain the target of Fuxi and White Marsh’s plot and instead plans to take over their “game.”
• Pride and overwhelming power: Dan Jing’s confidence reflects his immense wealth and strength, while the Three Pure Ones’ discussion highlights how formidable he has become.
• Sibling tension and reconciliation: The Three Pure Ones still carry emotional divisions, but Yuanshi’s attempt to include Tongtian suggests their relationship may gradually heal.
• The approaching calamity: The growing strength of the Witch Race and Fengqi Mountain Alliance signals an increasingly unstable world and foreshadows the coming Calamity Cycle.

Character Interactions

• Dan Jing mentally identifies Fuxi and White Marsh as the instigators behind the rumors and decides to retaliate indirectly through an even larger deception.
• Yuanshi and Tongtian interact cautiously, with Yuanshi extending an olive branch by asking Tongtian’s opinion. Tongtian accepts the gesture without openly discussing his resentment.
• Laozi acts as the mediator and decision-maker, presenting a plan that both brothers accept.
• The Three Pure Ones ultimately set aside their differing attitudes toward the rumor and travel together toward the Eastern Lands.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• After the Three Pure Ones leave Kunlun Mountain, a mysterious ray briefly appears in the sunlight before disappearing, hinting at hidden developments.
• Ten thousand years later, news spreads that Dan Jing—the “Sun Star Madman”—is searching the Eastern Lands for a supreme treasure. The Three Pure Ones have also joined the search.
• Jieyin and Zhunti immediately decide to travel east and compete for the opportunity, despite knowing their chances are extremely small against the Three Pure Ones, Dan Jing, Nuwa, Fuxi, Queen Mother of the West, and other powerhouses.
• Another ten thousand years later, Minghe learns that nearly all major factions have entered the contest. Though wary of confronting Dan Jing, he chooses to go, believing his strength has increased enough to avoid being defeated instantly again.
• Kunpeng remains in the Northern Dark Sea and refuses to pursue the treasure. His true priority is the Primordial Purple Qi possessed by Red Cloud; he intends to ambush Red Cloud if he leaves Longevity Mountain.
• Red Cloud grows restless and wants to explore the lively Eastern Lands, but recognizes that leaving would expose him to countless enemies seeking his Primordial Purple Qi.
• Zhen Yuanzi refuses to pursue the treasure because he has chosen to remain behind and protect Red Cloud. Their deep friendship is reaffirmed.
• Dan Jing observes the Eastern Lands from a hidden mountain using the River Diagram and Luo Scripture. He reveals that the treasure rumors were deliberately spread by him to lure the major powerhouses away and plunge the Eastern Lands into chaos.

Character Developments

• Jieyin and Zhunti: Show greater decisiveness and ambition. Though aware of their weakness, they are willing to risk injury for the chance to strengthen and revive the West.
• Minghe: His cautious nature conflicts with his desire for opportunity, but he ultimately chooses to act. His confidence has grown after severing all Three Corpses, even though he remains traumatized by Dan Jing’s former overwhelming defeat of him.
• Kunpeng: Demonstrates extreme patience and single-mindedness. He ignores the supposedly supreme treasure because obtaining the Primordial Purple Qi is more important to him.
• Red Cloud: Becomes increasingly frustrated by his confinement and isolation, yet remains aware of the danger surrounding him.
• Zhen Yuanzi: Reveals unwavering loyalty and self-sacrifice by staying with Red Cloud rather than pursuing a potentially extraordinary treasure.
• Dan Jing: Emerges as the chapter’s manipulator. His apparent treasure hunt is part of a larger scheme to mobilize the strongest figures and destabilize the Eastern Lands.

Significant Themes

• Ambition versus caution: Characters must decide whether to risk everything for a rare opportunity or remain safe and preserve their existing advantages.
• Loyalty and friendship: Zhen Yuanzi’s decision to protect Red Cloud emphasizes that genuine companionship can outweigh power, treasure, and advancement.
• Manipulation and misinformation: Dan Jing demonstrates how rumors can control even the most powerful beings when greed and fear cloud their judgment.
• The struggle for survival and advancement: The West seeks resources to recover its strength, while Kunpeng and others pursue treasures that could determine their path toward Sainthood.
• Chaos as a strategy: Dan Jing succeeds not by directly defeating his rivals, but by causing them to abandon their strongholds and compete in a dangerous, disordered region.

Character Interactions

• Jieyin and Zhunti discuss the risks of pursuing the treasure, ultimately agreeing that the West must participate regardless of the danger.
• Minghe internally measures his fear of Dan Jing against his desire to compete, resolving to face him again.
• Red Cloud questions Zhen Yuanzi’s lack of interest in the treasure, prompting Zhen Yuanzi to explain that protecting Red Cloud is his reason for staying.
• Their exchange strengthens their brother-like bond and reassures Red Cloud.
• Dan Jing, though not directly interacting with the other factions, has manipulated all of them through carefully planted information, turning their actions into the fulfillment of his plan.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Dan Jing decides the current turmoil in the Eastern Lands is insufficient and resolves to intensify it into a world-shaking upheaval.
• He uses the strand of Primordial Purple Qi he has already refined by one-third as bait, believing no one is powerful or foolish enough to steal it from him.
• Dan Jing deliberately stages a scene in which powerful figures witness the Primordial Purple Qi, then arrives dramatically with the Chaos Bell, World-Purifying White Lotus, River Diagram, and Luo Scripture.
• He seals heaven and earth, suppresses space-time, freezes everything, and pretends to be pursuing the escaped legendary opportunity known as the “One.”
• He knocks the observing cultivators unconscious while loudly lamenting that the Primordial Purple Qi and the “One” escaped again. When the cultivators awaken, both Dan Jing and the treasure are gone.
• The witnesses spread news of the Primordial Purple Qi and the escaped “One,” causing the already-growing chaos in the Eastern Lands to intensify dramatically.

Character Developments

• Dan Jing is portrayed as an extravagant schemer who thrives on chaos and spectacle. His confidence in his strength allows him to use Primordial Purple Qi as bait, and his staged performance demonstrates both his combat power and his talent for manipulating public perception.
• Fuxi and White Marsh realize that the situation they originally helped create has exceeded their control. Although they feel responsibility and concern over the potential calamity, they also become excited by the challenge, viewing the increasingly dangerous situation as an opportunity to test and advance their Dao paths.
• Fuxi ultimately develops a confident theory that no hidden mastermind is directing events. Instead, he believes the approaching Calamity Cycle, Heavenly Will, and the unstoppable “great tide” of fate are driving the changes.
• White Marsh acts as Fuxi’s analytical counterpart, recognizing early that the rumors are behaving unnaturally and questioning what should be done next.

Significant Themes

• Chaos as a catalyst: Dan Jing intentionally turns a minor disturbance into a massive crisis, showing how easily rumors and staged events can reshape the world.
• Heavenly Will versus individual manipulation: Fuxi and White Marsh debate whether an unseen player is controlling events or whether the upheaval is simply the inevitable movement of fate and Heavenly Will.
• The danger of unintended consequences: Fuxi and White Marsh began the rumors to manipulate others, but the situation grows beyond their control, threatening to produce a devastating war.
• The thrill of adversity: Rather than fearing disadvantage, Fuxi and White Marsh welcome the pressure of an unfavorable situation because it may reveal their abilities and deepen their understanding of the Dao.
• Performance and perception: Dan Jing’s false pursuit of the “One” transforms witnesses into unwilling messengers, demonstrating how appearances and rumors can be weaponized.

Character Interactions

• Dan Jing interacts indirectly with the powerful figures who witness his staged pursuit. He overwhelms them effortlessly, leaves them alive to spread the story, and manipulates their interpretation of events through his theatrical outburst.
• At Fengqi Mountain, Fuxi and White Marsh discuss the spreading rumors and their growing consequences. They acknowledge that they began the chain of events but suspect outside forces—or Heavenly Will itself—have since taken over.
• Fuxi reassures White Marsh that the changes likely do not indicate a superior hidden strategist. He argues that their own calculations failed only because they did not anticipate Dan Jing’s genuine involvement and his possession of the Primordial Purple Qi and the “One.”

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Fuxi and White Marsh conclude that the mysterious appearance of the “Escaped One” Primordial Purple Qi is the result of the will of Heaven and the tide of fate, not the work of the Sun Star Madman, Dan Jing.
• Convinced that their combined abilities in deduction and karmic analysis can overcome fate, they decide to join forces and “reverse the tide of fate” against Dan Jing and the Fengqi Mountain Alliance.
• The Fengqi Mountain Alliance abandons its pretense of merely searching for opportunities and openly mobilizes. Nuwa, Fuxi, Queen Mother of the West, Xuan Nü, and other Quasi-Sages begin searching the Eastern Lands for the Primordial Purple Qi and the legendary “One That Escaped.”
• Major powers throughout the Primordial World—including Kunpeng, Minghe, the Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunti—also intensify their searches.
  • Those without Primordial Purple Qi, such as Minghe, see this as a possible chance to obtain the foundation of Sagehood.
  • The Three Pure Ones mainly want to prevent Dan Jing from obtaining it and thereby preserve their dignity.
  • Jieyin and Zhunti are motivated by greed and their long-standing lack of resources.
• Over fifty thousand years, many famous experts repeatedly encounter and sense the elusive Primordial Purple Qi, but none can capture it. Rather than questioning the phenomenon, they become even more convinced of its importance and difficulty.
• After another ten thousand years, the truth is revealed: Dan Jing has orchestrated the entire situation as a game to toy with Fuxi and White Marsh.
• Dan Jing decides that the game has gone on long enough. He summons his own Primordial Purple Qi, which is already one-third refined, and releases a powerful Dao resonance from it across the Eastern Lands and the Primordial Cosmos.

Character Developments

• Fuxi and White Marsh: Their confidence grows into overconfidence. They believe their intelligence and deduction abilities can defeat fate itself, unaware that they are being manipulated by Dan Jing.
• Dan Jing: He is revealed as the true mastermind behind the apparent tide of fate. He treats the schemes against him as amusing entertainment but is now preparing to end the game and punish Fengqi Mountain.
• The Fengqi Mountain Alliance: Its members shift from covert preparation to aggressive, widespread action, driven by the possibility of gaining another Primordial Purple Qi.
• Kunpeng, Minghe, and other experts: Their desire for Sagehood pushes them into increasingly frantic and reckless pursuit.
• The Three Pure Ones: Their rivalry and wounded pride toward Dan Jing become major motivations, even outweighing their own need for the Purple Qi.
• Jieyin and Zhunti: Their poverty and opportunism drive them to pursue the opportunity greedily.

Significant Themes

• Overconfidence and miscalculation: Fuxi and White Marsh mistake Dan Jing’s deliberate manipulation for the natural movement of fate.
• Fate versus free will: The characters believe they are reversing destiny, while in reality their actions are unfolding according to Dan Jing’s design.
• Desire for power and Sagehood: The Primordial Purple Qi exposes how ambition, envy, greed, and desperation can drive even the strongest figures to irrational behavior.
• The danger of underestimating an opponent: Dan Jing’s superior strength and insight allow him to turn the schemes of powerful Quasi-Sages into a personal game.
• Manipulation and spectacle: By allowing everyone to repeatedly “encounter” the Purple Qi, Dan Jing creates a self-sustaining frenzy throughout the Eastern Lands.

Character Interactions

• Fuxi and White Marsh reinforce each other’s confidence, forming a united plan to oppose the tide of fate.
• The Fengqi Mountain Alliance acts collectively, with Nuwa, Fuxi, Queen Mother of the West, Xuan Nü, and other Quasi-Sages pursuing the same opportunity.
• The Three Pure Ones’ hostility toward Dan Jing contrasts with the Fengqi Mountain Alliance’s desire to secure the Purple Qi for its members.
• Dan Jing directly addresses the unseen Fuxi and White Marsh, mocking their confidence and acknowledging that their schemes have entertained him.
• The chapter ends with Dan Jing’s Primordial Purple Qi releasing a vast Dao voice, signaling a major announcement or confrontation that will affect the entire Eastern Lands.