Chapter Summaries

The Human Race sealed the Dragon Veins into the shattered Nine Provinces, restoring the land and expanding it to eighteen provinces. The Supreme Emperor then prepared to complete the lasting seal with the Three Talents Formation formed from the Heaven-Earth-Human Three Dings.

• Xuanming and Minghe vowed to defend the Human Race from the Demon Race as the sealing began.
• The Supreme Emperor, Duobao, and the others sealed the Dragon Veins into the Nine Provinces.
• The Dragon Veins spread Spiritual Qi, filling ravines, transforming mountains and rivers, and expanding the Nine Provinces into eighteen provinces.
• Suiren and the others rejoiced at the Human Race's renewed fortune, while Duobao warned that the current Formation Array seal would not last.
• The Supreme Emperor began perfecting the lasting seal, and his aura surged before gradually weakening.

The Heaven-Earth-Human Three Dings sealed Ancestor Dragon’s soul and stabilized the Mortal World, giving the Human Race a powerful new barrier. Ancestor Dragon’s remaining Destiny and Merit passed to the humans who had fused with his Essence Blood, while Bai Ze warned the Demon Race against acting rashly.

• The Supreme Emperor sacrificed his True Body, and Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan sent the Heaven-Earth-Human Three Dings to suppress Ancestor Dragon’s soul and the Dragon Vein.
• The Three Dings merged with the Mortal World as sky, mountains and rivers, and plains, forming a barrier across all eighteen provinces and stabilizing their Spiritual Qi.
• Demon Race Great Powers complained that they had missed a chance to seize the Dragon Vein, but Bai Ze told them not to jeopardize their plans and watched Ren through a Spirit Treasure.
• Merit descended upon Ren on Jinao Island, and Tianpeng wondered how Ancestor Dragon had accumulated so much despite his crimes.
• The humans who had fused with Ancestor Dragon Essence Blood inherited the Dragon Clan’s remaining Destiny and Merit, which the Human Race Destiny Divine Dragon devoured.

Ren directed the Ancestor Dragon’s vast Merit into the Black-Yellow Pagoda while the Human Race’s Eighteen Provinces remained scarred by death and disorder. Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan sacrificed their remaining power through the Heaven-Earth-Human Three Dings to restore order and comfort the people.

• Ren used the Black-Yellow Pagoda to devour the Merit left by the Ancestor Dragon, drawing criticism from onlookers who thought he was wasting it.
• People watched the recovered Eighteen Provinces, where survivors mourned the dead amid lingering deathly qi and disorder.
• Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan gathered their remaining energy and connected with the Heaven-Earth-Human Three Dings.
• Duobao warned the Three Sovereigns that acting would destroy their immortal physiques and make cultivating again far more difficult.
• Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan invoked their titles to stabilize Human ethics, soothe sorrow, calm unrest, and honor the dead.
• The Three Dings spread auras across the Eighteen Provinces, restoring reason to the confused, calming the violent, and easing the grief-stricken.

The Human Race recovered from its grief as Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan sacrificed their strength and grew old. As the conflict ended and the world returned to peace, Ren continued feeding Merit to the Black-Yellow Pagoda, whose hidden abilities were revealed to those watching.

• The aura healed injured humans and transformed the dead into fertile land, resources, and a firm foundation for future generations, while easing the survivors' painful memories.
• Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan became frail elders, and Duobao and the Interception Sect disciples helped them return to the Eighteen Provinces as the Human Race wept and welcomed them.
• At Jinao Island, Ren sensed that his Obsessive Thought might be connected to the Human Race, then closed his eyes and stopped watching.
• Ren kept using the Black-Yellow Pagoda to consume vast amounts of Merit, prompting Nezha and others to wonder what he intended to do.
• Tianpeng explained that the Black-Yellow Pagoda held thirty-three Merit-powered divine abilities and might allow cultivation in the Void Land, while Ren continued without responding.
• With Ancestor Dragon sealed and the upheaval over, the Zhu Xian Alliance withdrew, the Demon Clan returned to the Demon Land with Kong Xuan, and the Wu Clan and Asura Clan drank with the Interception Sect on Jinao Island.

Ren extracted the Merit from the Human Race’s three sacred artifacts and fed it to the Black-Yellow Pagoda, while it continued devouring Ancestor Dragon’s Merit. With the upheaval over, Ren thanked the allies gathered on Jinao Island, where the Wu Clan, Asura Clan, and Interception Sect celebrated together.

• Duobao returned to Jinao Island with Xuanming and Minghe and delivered the Fire Drill, Wooden House, and beast-skin garment to Ren.
• Ren tossed the three Human Sacred Artifacts into the ocean of Merit and had the Black-Yellow Pagoda extract their Merit.
• Duobao and the other observers reacted with disbelief as Ren sacrificed the artifacts instead of preserving their connection to Human Race Destiny.
• Ren thanked the assembled allies for helping during the upheaval.
• Xingtian and Feilian invited Ren to drink, and the Wu Clan, Asura Clan, and Interception Sect disciples began a lively banquet on Jinao Island.

After the victory over the Dragon Clan, Ren and the allied leaders discussed how to shape the Human Race’s future and secure the gains from their agreement. Ren proposed spreading the Three Sects’ teachings through the Human Race and establishing an Interception Sect holy land at the Dragon Vein’s tail.

• Ren encouraged the victors to feast on Jinao Island, and Duobao, Xingtian, Yun Zhongzi, Feilian, Yang Jian, and others joined the celebration.
• The leaders gathered in Biyou Palace and considered the gains from the war, including the Human Race’s expanded territory, resources, and Destiny.
• Duobao asked Ren how the Three Sects should intervene in the Human Race as it recovered.
• Ren proposed continuing to pass down the Literary Path and having recovered Interception Sect disciples reincarnate among the Human Race to establish order and inheritance.
• Ren told the leaders to build Three Pure Ones Hall and temples throughout the Mortal World and enlist people to guard them and spread the Three Sects’ teachings.
• Ren asked Wudang to establish an Interception Sect branch at the blessed land by the Dragon Vein’s tail, using the Human Tripod there to create a holy land of Human Race inheritance.

Ren arranged for the Three Sects to establish Inheritance Holy Lands across the Human Race, with humans sharing leadership and interests. After winning the sects’ trust and authority, he turned to Xuanming to divide the benefits.

• Ren chose Wudang Holy Mother to lead the Interception Sect’s Inheritance Holy Land and assigned it the dragon’s tail, while the Human Sect and Expounding Sect were to establish Holy Lands at the dragon’s head and waist.
• Ren proposed that Human Emperor Xuanyuan, Earth Emperor Shennong, and Heaven Emperor Fuxi serve as deputy sect masters so the Human Race’s interests would be tied to the Three Sects.
• Ren explained that shared interests would secure human support for the sects, and Duobao and the other disciples accepted Ren’s plans and agreed to follow his arrangements.
• Ren invited the Three Sects’ disciples to found smaller sects in the Mortal World Eighteen Provinces, then turned to Xuanming to divide the benefits.

Ren secured Xuanming’s support by explaining how the Wu Clan could help Human-Witches unify the Human Race and establish a dynasty. He then gave her a secret technique for infusing Wu Clan Blood Essence into Human bodies, offering a way to replenish the Wu Clan’s numbers.

• Xuanming recognized Ren as part of the Wu Clan and granted him permission to enter the Ancestral Witch Hall.
• Ren described the Human Race’s disorder after Ancestor Dragon destroyed the Nine Provinces and proposed that Human-Witches unify it and establish a dynasty.
• Ren explained that the Human Race would support the plan because the dynasty would strengthen its people while providing the Wu Clan with destiny and powerful Human-Witch.
• Xuanming agreed to discuss the Human-Witch Dynasty with Suiren and the other Human Race leaders.
• Ren gave Xuanming a beast-hide scroll containing a fusion secret technique that had at least a forty percent chance of implanting Wu Clan Blood Essence into Human bodies.

Ren revealed a secret art that let humans fuse Wu Clan Blood Essence and explained that the Shrouding the Heavens cultivation system could greatly improve the success rate. After Emperor Zun demonstrated the system, Xuanming urged Ren to pass it on to the Human Race so the Wu Clan could increase its numbers.

• Ren explained that his secret art could help humans fuse Wu Clan Blood Essence, especially when paired with the Wu Clan’s pools and a new cultivation system.
• Ren clarified that cultivating the new system could give humans special physiques, allowing some to fuse Great Shaman Blood Essence with a one hundred percent success rate.
• Ren asked Emperor Zun to demonstrate the Shrouding the Heavens cultivation system through its five Secret Realms.
• Minghe, Xuanming, and Duobao praised the system’s adaptability and its suitability for the Human Race.
• Xuanming asked Ren to pass the cultivation system on to the Human Race so more Human-Witches could be created.

Ren urged the Biyou Palace to reject Hongjun Daozu’s cultivation system and pass his new system to the Human Race, arguing that the old system hindered breakthroughs. As doubts spread, Xuanming revealed that Hongjun and Luo Hou had both tried to enter the Ancestral Witch Hall and that the Wu Clan had long regarded them as enemies.

• Ren promised Xuanming that his new cultivation system would be passed down to the Human Race through the Three Sects’ Inheritance Holy Lands.
• Ren told Wudang Holy Mother and the others that Hongjun Daozu’s system should not be taught, citing the difficulty of reaching higher realms and the strength Ren gained after developing his own system.
• Ancestor Minghe recalled that many ancient beings had incomplete inherited methods and agreed that Hongjun’s system might have serious flaws, leaving the Biyou Palace in doubt and silence.
• Xingtian and Xiangliu said the Wu Clan’s body-tempering methods came from Father God’s inheritance, while Feilian claimed the Wu Clan had long distrusted Hongjun.
• Xuanming recounted that Luo Hou had been injured by the Ancestral Witch Hall and accused Hongjun of scheming against him, then Hongjun had tried to force entry after the Wu Clan refused his offer to take them as disciples.

Xuanming recounted why the Wu Clan had come to distrust Hongjun, prompting Interception Sect disciples to consider abandoning his cultivation system. Ren persuaded the Three Sects to pass down new methods based on their own teachings, while privately planning to loosen Hongjun’s influence and make the Three Sects his own.

• Xuanming claimed Hongjun had secretly contributed to the Wu Clan and Demon Race destroying each other, shaking Duobao and other disciples who had once respected him.
• Interception Sect disciples preparing to reincarnate into the Human Race discussed adopting Ren’s system and combining it with Wu Clan Blood Essence.
• Ren urged the Three Sects to leave Hongjun’s system out of their inheritance and create cultivation methods based on their own ideals and teachings.
• Wudang Holy Mother and Duobao agreed to develop new systems for the Human Race, and the disciples reached a consensus not to spread Hongjun’s system.
• Ren privately considered breaking the Three Sects free from Hongjun’s influence and turning them into his own possession, with Tianjizi helping devise a gradual plan.

Ren arranged for the Three Sects to abandon Hongjun's system and pass down a new cultivation system, assigning the Human Sect inheritance to the Nine Secrets Heavenly Venerable. He then turned to Emperor Zun to oversee the Expounding Sect Inheritance Holy Land.

• Ren proposed that the Three Sects prioritize passing down his new cultivation system, and Wudang agreed to oversee its transmission.
• Tianpeng said the Human Sect lacked a suitable successor, but Ren insisted its inheritance should be passed down by Human Sect disciples.
• Ren arranged for the Nine Secrets Heavenly Venerable to join the Human Sect as disciples and take responsibility for its Inheritance Holy Land.
• Boundless accepted Ren's arrangement on behalf of the nine, and Tianpeng agreed to take them to Supreme Clear Heaven to seek Laozi's Obsessive Thought Corpse as their teacher.
• After Yun Zhongzi declined to oversee the Expounding Sect Inheritance Holy Land, Ren assigned it to Emperor Zun.

Ren appointed Emperor Zun vice sect master of the Expounding Sect and tasked him with overseeing its Inheritance Holy Land. He then laid out a plan for the Human-Witch faction to unify the Human Race and establish an imperial dynasty, leaving the Wu Clan ready to follow his arrangements.

• Ren offered Emperor Zun Expounding Sect membership, a vice sect master position, and the chance to cultivate in the Inheritance Holy Land, and Emperor Zun accepted.
• Yuding Zhenren welcomed Emperor Zun into the Expounding Sect, while Minghe lamented the Three Sects’ growth and the Shura Sect’s decline.
• Ren returned the discussion to the Human-Witch faction’s plans, and Xuanming and Xiangliu agreed to follow his arrangements.
• Ren proposed that Bai Qi establish a feudal state, build its population and Wu-blooded families, gather Literary Path talent, then unify the Human Race after Destiny surged.
• Xuanming said she hoped the plan would produce several Great Shamans, ideally including a peak Great Shaman.

Ren secured the Wu Clan’s support for unifying the Human Race and proposed a limited way for Ancestor Minghe’s Asura Clan to benefit from it. As alliances collapsed and the Demon Empress reviewed the war, she ordered Jin Chanzi to investigate Ren’s powerful allies.

• Ren proposed using the Human Race’s unification to help a talented Wu Clan member grow, but Xingtian and Xuanming rejected cultivating blood essence at the cost of harming fellow clansmen.
• Xuanming thanked Ren and gave him access to the Wu Clan’s resources and personnel, while Ren recognized that shared interests had secured their alliance.
• Ren told Ancestor Minghe that the Asura Clan might gain Human Race souls through reincarnation, since the Shura Sect’s doctrines and bloodline were unsuitable for the Human Race.
• Ren considered Haotian an enemy after Haotian had secretly wanted him killed, while the surviving alliances absorbed or fought over the fallen alliances’ benefits.
• The Demon Empress praised Ren’s temperament and asked Kong Xuan about Emperor Zun, then ordered Jin Chanzi to investigate Ren’s powerful allies.

The Demon Empress sent Kong Xuan to plant the Fusang Tree in Tang Valley and urged him to seek a breakthrough among the Human Race, while a hidden demon warned her not to plot against Ren. Later, on Jinao Island, Ren explained the Puppet Wood to Ancestor Minghe, who asked whether Hongjun had devised a scheme behind his cultivation system.

• Jin Chanzi said Ren’s Heavenly Court and Violet Myrtle Star defenses made him difficult to investigate, so the Demon Empress postponed that effort and gave Kong Xuan the Fusang Tree to plant in Tang Valley.
• The Demon Empress urged Kong Xuan to seek a breakthrough through the Human Race’s Literary and Martial Paths, and she encouraged Yuhua Xian, Canaan, and Jin Chanzi to do likewise.
• After the four disciples left, a hidden demon warned the Demon Empress that Ren must not be harmed, and she agreed while criticizing the Three Sects’ disciples and describing Ren’s ambitions.
• At Jinao Island, Ren examined the Puppet Wood with Ancestor Minghe, who explained that it could substitute for its owner’s death and bear their karma.
• Ren inferred that Ancestor Minghe had come to ask whether Hongjun’s cultivation system concealed a scheme, and Ancestor Minghe confirmed it.

Ren warned Minghe that Hongjun’s flawless generosity might conceal a scheme, then revealed to Emperor Zun that he intended to build the Human Race into a powerful, discreet base of disciples and resources. The chapter ended with Emperor Zun tasked with spreading a cultivation system that combined Martial Path and Shrouding methods among the Human Race.

• Ren argued that Hongjun’s apparent selflessness seemed suspicious, prompting Minghe to reconsider Hongjun’s past deeds.
• Ren advised Minghe to study other cultivation systems and remain alert without treating suspicion as proof.
• Ren and Emperor Zun discussed the Nine Secrets Heavenly Venerables joining the Human Sect and Ren’s plan to make the Three Sects effectively his own.
• Ren told Emperor Zun to spread the Shrouding cultivation system among the Human Race, explaining that he wanted both greater influence and a stronger Human Race.
• Ren asked Emperor Zun to combine the Martial Path principles in the Kongtong Seal with the Shrouding system and teach the resulting methods to the Human Race and its Three Sovereigns.

Ren promised Emperor Zun that he would eventually bring the Desolate Emperor to the Primordial World, then decided to enter seclusion and strengthen himself. Meanwhile, Supreme Elder Lord and Obsessive Thought Laozi received Tianpeng and the Nine Secrets Heavenly Venerable in the Supreme Clear Heaven.

• Ren explained that he planned to develop the Human Race and believed their growing strength would prevent them from betraying him.
• Emperor Zun insisted that he would never abandon his Obsessive Thought of challenging and defeating the Desolate Emperor.
• Ren told Emperor Zun he would first return to the era of Shrouding the Heavens to bring back Duan De, the Immortal Heavenly Emperor, Emperor Wu Shi, and other experts before pursuing the Desolate Emperor.
• Ren decided to enter seclusion to cultivate, while Emperor Zun agreed to improve himself among the Human Race and prepare for the Desolate Emperor's arrival.
• Supreme Elder Lord and Obsessive Thought Laozi discussed Ren's use of the Black-Yellow Pagoda to conceal himself from their observation.
• Tianpeng entered the Supreme Clear Heaven with the Nine Secrets Heavenly Venerable to meet Obsessive Thought Laozi and Supreme Elder Lord.

Obsessive Thought Laozi accepted the Nine Secrets Heavenly Venerables into the Human Sect after confirming their loyalty to Ren. He bestowed Daoist names on them and instructed them to keep their existing cultivation systems while preparing to refine their understanding of the Dao.

• Tianpeng brought the Nine Secrets Heavenly Venerables before Obsessive Thought Laozi and Supreme Elder Lord to seek their entry into the Human Sect.
• Obsessive Thought Laozi warned the nine not to join merely because Ren had influenced them, and asked whether they would obey the sect if it opposed Ren.
• Xiaoyao declared that the nine would never become Ren's enemies, and Obsessive Thought Laozi accepted them as his disciples.
• Obsessive Thought Laozi named them the Nine Sons of the Human Sect, granting them Daoist names drawn from nine Daoist words and nine Human Race virtues.
• Obsessive Thought Laozi told the nine to retain their established cultivation systems and paths, but said their understanding of the Dao needed to be refined.

The Nine Secrets Heavenly Venerables agreed to abolish their cultivation and recultivate, with the Supreme Elder Lord preparing to temper them in the Eight Trigrams Furnace. Tianpeng went to Yao Chi to request a time-reversing treasure and discovered that the unusual guest was Yang Chan.

• Annihilation Heavenly Venerable and Carefree Heavenly Venerable agreed on behalf of the Nine Secrets Heavenly Venerables to abandon their realms and recultivate while studying the Tao Te Ching.
• Obsessive Thought Laozi ordered Tianpeng to invite Yao Chi’s unusual guest and bring a time-reversing treasure to Tusita Palace to help the nine Heavenly Venerables recover their cultivation.
• The Supreme Elder Lord took the nine Heavenly Venerables to the Eight Trigrams Furnace, while Tianpeng flew to Yao Chi with the invitation.
• Tianpeng presented the invitation to the Queen Mother, who said the Lotus Lamp belonged to Yang Chan and that the decision depended on her.
• Tianpeng recognized the shy girl as Yang Chan, and she asked how he knew her name.

Tianpeng and the Queen Mother learned from Yang Chan that Nuwa had sent her and several powerful figures back to the Primordial World. Yang Chan revealed that White Vine and Green Vine were Nuwa’s ancient creations and that their unborn child had been accepted as Nuwa’s personal disciple, leaving Tianpeng poised to tell Ren and Yao Chi fearing the opportunity would go to him.

• Tianpeng recognized Yang Chan as Yang Jian and Nezha’s beloved younger sister and reassured her that he knew them.
• Yang Chan explained that Nuwa had sent her, Golden Phoenix, White Vine, and Green Vine back to the Primordial World after the Investiture of the Gods, and that she had found her mother at Mount Hua.
• Yang Chan revealed that White Vine and Green Vine were Nuwa’s early creations, had trained until they could cross Chaos, and had become guardians of Nuwa Palace.
• Yang Chan said Green Vine was pregnant with a child naturally attuned to the Creation Dao, whom Nuwa had accepted as a personal disciple and sealed to limit the child’s gifts.
• Tianpeng and the Queen Mother recognized the value of Yang Chan’s revelations, while Tianpeng realized Nezha would likely learn of them and help Ren gain the couple’s allegiance.