Chapter Summaries

Ren discussed re-cultivation and the Human Race’s political situation with Emperor Zun, then watched the Mortal World Grand Tournament and saw the young Heaven’s Prides dominate their opponents. The chapter left Ren pleased with the forces under his influence and impressed by the children’s strength.

• Emperor Zun explained that his faster re-cultivation came from preserving his original body and forging his severed cultivation into a cauldron, unlike Ruthless’s method of starting over with a new self.
• Emperor Zun assured Ren that Fuxi, Xuanyuan, and Shennong had recovered Great Luo cultivation and that the Three Ancestors of Humanity posed little threat to his control of the Human Race.
• Ren declared that he intended to control the Heavenly Court, the Human Race, and the Three Sects, while allying with the Wu Clan and Shura Sect and maintaining ties to the Demon Cult.
• Ren watched the Expounding Sect’s Mortal World Grand Tournament, where thousands of disciples battled for valuable rewards until 120 contestants remained.
• Wudang pointed out that the children Ren had brought were far stronger than the tournament’s elite disciples, and Ren recognized them as the Heaven’s Prides from Shrouding the Heavens.

Ren left the arena after Yang Chan sensed Green Vine suffering and asked him to rescue her. Following Yang Chan’s directions into the Mortal World, he reached an ancient city and learned Green Vine was in a nearby lake, while Yang Chan’s pain intensified as they drew closer.

• Jian You told Ren that Yang Chan was asking him to save someone, so Ren left Wudang in charge and went to her.
• Yang Chan said she could feel Green Vine’s agony and sensed her presence somewhere in the Mortal World.
• Ren took Yang Chan toward the source of the aura, realizing Green Vine and the others had hidden in the Mortal World.
• As they traveled, Yang Chan’s pain grew worse, and she spat blood before identifying a lake nearby as Green Vine’s location.
• Ren saw an ancient bluestone city with a population of nearly one million near the lake.

Ren and Yang Chan found the Heaven-Earth Cauldron beneath West Lake and learned that Green Vine was suffering inside it. Green Vine brought them into the cauldron’s small world, where Ren reached a wooden house at its center while Yang Chan continued to feel her pain.

• Ren sensed Yang Chan’s distress and followed her to West Lake, where she felt Green Vine suffering beneath its waters.
• Ren used the Black-Yellow Pagoda to shield Yang Chan from the pain she shared with Green Vine.
• The Heaven-Earth Cauldron emerged from the lakebed, and Green Vine spoke to Ren from within it.
• Ren identified himself as an Expounding Sect disciple, then followed Green Vine’s light into the cauldron’s small world with Yang Chan.
• Yang Chan convulsed when she left the Pagoda’s protection, and Ren carried her to the small world’s center, where he saw a wooden house.

Ren and Yang Chan found Green Vine in the Heaven-Earth Cauldron, where she was enduring the birth of Nuwa’s sealed, extraordinarily gifted disciple. After Ren supplied energy to protect Green Vine, he discovered that the Cauldron’s Small World was made from the Heaven-Earth Flame.

• Green Vine explained that Nuwa had linked her and Golden Phoenix to Yang Chan, whose search helped release their seals and whose connection made her share Green Vine’s childbirth pain.
• Green Vine revealed that Nuwa’s disciple had been sealed to develop a strong foundation, and that breaking the seal was consuming Green Vine’s cultivation, blood essence, Origin, and Primordial Spirit.
• Yang Chan gave Green Vine her resources, and Ren supplied more energy so the child could break the seal without further draining her mother.
• Green Vine told Ren that Nuwa had instructed her and the others to seek refuge with Nezha if he recovered his Wa Palace memories, which he had done.
• Yang Chan entered the Wooden House to stay with Green Vine while Ren remained outside and watched Emperor Flame devour a butterfly, realizing the Small World was made of Heaven-Earth Flame.

Ren watched Green Vine give birth to a girl whose body was steeped in Creation Dao, then helped feed her with a Creation Flat Peach. Green Vine named the child Bai Suzhen, and Ren realized her name belonged to someone remembered in later ages.

• Ren let his Emperor Flame devour the Heaven-Earth Flame’s flowers, but the distant forest became a Divine Dragon and challenged it.
• Green Vine gave birth to a white egg, which cracked open and revealed a little girl with a white snake tail who clung to Ren.
• Ren offered the hungry girl a Nine-Thousand-Year Flat Peach, but she rejected it because it lacked Creation.
• Green Vine explained that the child needed Creation-infused food, so Ren used Creation Water to turn a Peach into a Creation Flat Peach.
• The girl eagerly ate the peach, and Green Vine revealed her name was Bai Suzhen, leaving Ren astonished.

Ren met Nuwa’s phantom, which appeared through Suzhen after Green Vine brought her into the world. Nuwa said the Fiendish Qi made it extremely difficult for Saints to descend and left Ren uncertain about what had changed in Chaos.

• Little Suzhen finished her peach and gestured that she wanted to sleep.
• Creation Energy surged through Suzhen, forming a phantom of Nuwa in the air.
• Yang Chan greeted Nuwa, and Green Vine introduced Suzhen as the child she had been tasked with bringing into the world.
• Nuwa explained that she was an incarnation with limited memories and said the Fiendish Qi would weaken any Heavenly Dao Sage who descended.
• Ren asked what had happened in Chaos, but Nuwa said she did not know and only sensed that something had changed her true body's mind.

The Nuwa Phantom formally accepted Little Suzhen as Nuwa’s personal disciple, gave her the Creation True Scripture, and entrusted Ruyi to her. Ren agreed to protect Su Zhen, Green Vine, and the others in exchange for the Nuwa Phantom refining his Emperor Flame, and Ruyi joined Little Suzhen as her companion.

• The Nuwa Phantom accepted Little Suzhen as Nuwa’s personal disciple and transformed her eggshell into the Creation True Scripture, which became a white dress and merged with her.
• The Nuwa Phantom summoned Ruyi, revealing her as the Heaven-Earth Cauldron’s Artifact Spirit and the Sentience of the Heaven-Earth Flame.
• Ruyi explained that she had watched the outside world and told the Nuwa Phantom about Ren and the chaos in the Primordial World.
• The Nuwa Phantom asked Ren to protect Su Zhen, Green Vine, and the others, offering to refine his Emperor Flame and teach him in return.
• The Nuwa Phantom assigned Ruyi to stay with Little Suzhen, and Ruyi marked her as her little master.
• Little Suzhen awakened a cluster of green flame, revealing her connection to the Heaven-Earth Flame.

The Nuwa Phantom sacrificed herself to purify Ren’s Emperor Flame and warned him to avoid Chaos until he reached Primordial Unity, while hinting at dangers and other phantoms. After inheriting Nuwa Palace’s teachings and the Demon Race’s secret arts, Ren learned he had been warned to beware of Dijun and Taiyi.

• The Nuwa Phantom drew out Ren’s Emperor Flame and used her remaining power, Fortune, and part of Ruyi’s Heaven-Earth Flame Origin to purify and strengthen it.
• Before disappearing, the Nuwa Phantom told Ren to remain in the Primordial World until he reached Primordial Unity and suggested finding Golden Phoenix or White Vine to awaken more of Nuwa’s memories.
• Ren promised to protect Little Suzhen and the others and look after Fuxi, but the Nuwa Phantom vanished before finishing her warning about Dijun and Taiyi.
• Ren took the warning to heart as his purified black Emperor Flame entered his body and delivered a torrent of information.
• Ren said Nuwa’s phantom had passed him Nuwa Palace’s inheritances and the Demon Race’s secret arts, while Ruyi objected to counting him as one of them.

Ren learned the Heaven-Earth Cauldron’s secrets, agreed to protect Green Vine and Little Suzhen, and left them in its Small World. After returning to West Lake, he encountered a roar filled with powerful Fiendish Qi and wondered who in the Mortal World carried such murderous intent.

• Ren used Innate materials to appease Ruyi and learned the Heaven-Earth Cauldron could refine Innate Origin and support the Boundless Treasure Art.
• Ren accepted Green Vine’s request to shelter her and Little Suzhen, then left them with Yang Chan in the Heaven-Earth Small World.
• Ruyi agreed to help Ren in exchange for Innate Objects and sent him out of the cauldron.
• Ren emerged from West Lake with the cauldron transformed into a pendant at his waist.
• A roar carrying intense Fiendish Qi struck as Ren surfaced, and he wondered whether Bai Qi or someone else was responsible.

Ren encountered a frenzied Great Shaman who attacked him after sensing the Demon Race aura on him. Their clash revealed the warrior to be Chi You, who remained consumed by madness and intent on killing Ren.

• A dust-covered giant leaped from Green Mountain City to West Lake and attacked Ren, mistaking him for a demon.
• Ren's sound-wave Sword Aura struck the giant's fist, shattering and revealing the Great Shaman beneath the dirt.
• Ren realized Nuwa's and Little Suzhen's Demon Race auras had clung to him, provoking the Great Shaman's hatred.
• The Great Shaman attacked again, and Ren met him with his Reincarnation Fist, sending him crashing into West Lake.
• The giant emerged with blood-red hair and bull horns, and Ren recognized him as Chi You.
• Chi You remained mad and charged at Ren, while Ren prepared to face him seriously.

Ren fought the frenzied Chi You, and Emperor Zun transferred them from West Lake to Battle Province to contain the damage. As Chi You adapted to the battle and matched Ren’s attacks, he used a technique that Ren recognized as the Shrouding cultivation method.

• Ren and Chi You exchanged powerful blows, sending shock waves across the lake and damaging Green Mountain City.
• Shennong, Fuxi, and Xuanyuan discussed Chi You’s escape and his apparent loss of reason, then decided to move the fight to Battle Province.
• Emperor Zun used the Earth Tripod to transfer Ren and Chi You to Battle Province, whose terrain and Formation Arrays were built to withstand powerful battles.
• Ren repeatedly knocked Chi You back, but Chi You grew stronger and learned to meet Ren blow for blow through instinct.
• Ren unleashed Sky Fist wreathed in Emperor Flame, and Chi You answered with Tiger Soul Fist, using a technique Ren recognized as the Shrouding cultivation method.

Ren and Chi You unleashed their strongest attacks, revealing that Chi You had instinctively mastered the Shrouding cultivation method and Tiger Soul Blade. Their clash left Chi You embedded in a golden mountain and shattered Ren’s right arm, while the Human Race’s leaders realized Ren could draw power from everyone who practiced his system.

• Ren and the Three Sovereigns discovered that Chi You had cultivated the Shrouding system and forged his own path despite his clouded mind.
• Ren struck with the Shrouding the Heavens Fist, drawing power from countless cultivators and crushing the surrounding void.
• Chi You summoned the Tiger Soul Blade and countered with Tiger Soul Slash.
• Ren’s punch collided with Chi You’s slash, sending Chi You crashing through iron mountains into a golden mountain and breaking Ren’s right arm.
• Ren used Creation Power and Creation Sacred Water to slowly restore his arm as Great Powers watched through Mystic Light Mirrors.
• Suiren, Youchao Shi, and Ziyi Shi realized Ren could draw power from Shrouding cultivators and worried that the Human Race had placed itself under his control.

Ren fought Chi You in the Mortal World War Province after Chi You attacked him over the Demon Race aura he carried. Ren’s Creation Water and other resources helped him gain the upper hand as their battle continued.

• Observers recognized Chi You and recalled how he had survived the Witch-Demon War, become a Human-Witch, and later been sealed after losing to Xuanyuan.
• The Great Powers realized Ancestor Dragon’s destruction of the Mortal World Nine Provinces had freed Chi You from his seal and turned their attention to the War Province.
• Chi You emerged from the shattered iron mountain with broken arms, seized the Tiger Soul Blade, and charged at Ren despite his injuries.
• Ren answered with the Reincarnation Fist, then took out the Great Wilderness Blood Halberd when Chi You’s blade put him at a disadvantage.
• Ren used Creation Water to recover from injuries while Chi You had no resources to replenish himself, causing Chi You to lose ground.

Ren’s fight with Chi You was interrupted when Hanba appeared and attacked him, while Duan De and the Black Emperor arrived and confessed to disturbing Chi You’s seal and Hanba’s tomb. The chapter left Hanba and Chi You battling as Duan De and the Black Emperor considered returning to loot the tomb.

• Ren struck Chi You with Reincarnation Halberd, sending him crashing through a mountain range.
• Hanba appeared and charged Chi You, then fought him while Ren paused to recover.
• Ren and the onlookers recognized Hanba as Xuanyuan’s daughter, and Xuanyuan grieved at seeing her again.
• Duan De and the Black Emperor arrived, and Ren suspected they had caused the turmoil.
• The Black Emperor and Duan De blamed each other for unsealing Chi You and waking Hanba while trying to take their treasures.
• The Black Emperor proposed returning to Hanba’s tomb to retrieve the treasures they had left behind.

Ren learned that Duan De and the Black Emperor had dug up Chi You and Hanba, causing the battles and trouble now unfolding. Their grave-robbing confession reached the Primordial World's spectators and enraged Xuanyuan, Fuxi, and Shennong, while Ren postponed punishing the pair until the fighting ended.

• Duan De and the Black Emperor argued about fleeing Hanba and blamed each other for the danger, while Ren realized they had unearthed Chi You and Hanba.
• Ren confronted the pair and promised to settle accounts with them after the battle, but held back because Chi You and Hanba were still fighting.
• Viewers of the Mystic Light Mirror heard the pair discuss grave robbing and mocked Ren's strange subordinates, linking them to Chi You's confrontation with Ren.
• Xuanyuan, Fuxi, and Shennong condemned Duan De and the Black Emperor in the Expounding Sect Holy Land, and Xuanyuan seethed over his daughter Hanba's tomb being disturbed.
• Ren reproached Duan De and the Black Emperor for releasing Chi You and Hanba and feared their actions would turn the Human Race against him.

Hanba and Chi You fought so violently that Ren feared their deaths would spark conflict between the Human Race and the Wu Clan. Duan De provoked Chi You into attacking him, then revealed formidable power as he fought back.

• Hanba and Chi You wounded each other fiercely while the watching Great Powers wondered about their history and Hanba’s strength.
• Ren weighed the political consequences if either Hanba or Chi You died and decided they needed to be separated.
• Duan De told Ren he knew the grudge between Hanba and Chi You, prompting Ren to warn him to stop Chi You.
• Chi You recognized Duan De as a demon and abandoned Hanba to pursue him, while Duan De defended himself with the Tribulation Crossing Thunder Domain.
• Duan De struck Chi You with a powerful punch that drew on the surrounding land, shocking the Great Powers who had underestimated him.

Duan De fought Chi You by drawing on Battle Province’s geomantic forces, but Chi You summoned the Demon God Banners that the Black Emperor had stolen. Chi You’s power surged, and Ren learned Duan De had also stolen Chi You’s Primordial Spirit Crystal, leaving Ren furious at both of his subordinates.

• Duan De used Origin Art to draw on Battle Province’s geomantic forces and overpower Chi You in their fight.
• Chi You called for his Demon God Banners, and Ren realized the Black Emperor was hiding them.
• Ren kicked the Black Emperor, forcing him to release the twelve banners, which flew to Chi You and empowered him with the Ancestral Shaman True Form.
• Chi You shattered Duan De’s geomantic attack, and Duan De and the Black Emperor blamed each other for stealing Chi You’s treasures.
• Ren learned Duan De had taken Chi You’s Primordial Spirit Crystal, explaining Chi You’s dazed state and his pursuit of Duan De.
• Great Powers across the Primordial World laughed at Ren for being dragged into trouble by his subordinates.

Duan De used the feng shui terrain of the Mortal World Eighteen Provinces to battle Chi You, while Black Emperor’s bell provoked Hanba into attacking him. Ren intervened to protect Black Emperor, but Wushi arrived and claimed responsibility for handling the trouble, leaving the gathered Great Power stunned that Ren had a son.

• Duan De connected himself to the Mortal World’s feng shui terrain and fought Chi You with power drawn from its Eighteen Provinces.
• Duan De flicked his sleeve at Black Emperor’s bell, causing it to tremble and making Hanba recognize an aura that enraged her.
• Hanba charged at Black Emperor, and Ren used the Willow Branch to block her attack and refused to let her kill him.
• Wushi appeared, told Ren that Black Emperor was his pet, and insisted he would handle the trouble himself.
• The Great Power erupted in surprise when Wushi called Ren his father.

Wushi arrived in Battle Province to face Hanba, using the Time and Space Dao to grow into a young man and overpower her in their first exchange. As Hanba unleashed a weather-controlling killing move, Ren began to suspect that her powers resembled those of the Ancestral Shaman Shebi Shi.

• The Great Powers watched Wushi arrive in Battle Province, while Emperor Zun explained that Wushi had traveled there himself through his mastery of space.
• Wushi used Spatial Sacred Art to trap Hanba, but she broke free with a roar, and he sent Little Black to Ren.
• Wushi invoked the Time River to grow into a young man, then challenged Hanba to settle their dispute through battle.
• Hanba charged with wind and fire, but Wushi's Beginningless Fist crushed her attack and hurled her through mountains and rivers.
• Hanba unleashed Four Extremes Evolving the Firmament, summoning wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, and Ren recognized that her abilities resembled Shebi Shi's.

Wushi defeated Hanba with his newly created Demon God Fist, drawing power from the Time River, but Hanba transformed into a crazed beast and attacked again. Wushi continued to overpower her as Ren watched, leaving the battle still underway.

• Hanba attacked Wushi with a weather-based killing move, but Wushi shattered it with his Demon God Fist and sent her flying, badly wounded.
• Wushi criticized his new fist technique as immature, while the watching experts marveled at his mastery of time and space.
• Hanba roared at the edge of the Battle Province, transformed into an armored beast, and charged back at Wushi with her arms restored.
• Wushi met Hanba’s claws with his palm and fought her with fists and palms, using time and space to keep her at bay.
• Ren continued watching as Wushi proved more domineering than he had expected and held the advantage over Hanba.