Chapter Summaries

Nether River Daoist created the Asura Race from three thousand beings in the Blood Sea and received Heavenly Dao merit, but he failed to become a Sage. He also failed to use the merit to sever his Self Corpse, and ended the chapter in a foul mood.

• Nether River Daoist and his 480 million Blood God Doppelgangers purified three thousand blood clusters and shaped them into beings resembling the Human Race.
• Nether River Daoist cultivated the beings until they awakened, including three hundred Golden Immortals and two thousand seven hundred Celestial Immortals, then declared the creation of the Asura Race.
• The Heavenly Dao sent merit and auspicious signs, drawing the attention of powerful beings throughout the Primordial World, including Emperor Jun, Nüwa, and the Three Purities.
• Nether River Daoist refined the merit but failed to become a Sage, and the watching powers realized his attempt had fallen short.
• Nether River Daoist also failed to sever his Self Corpse because he could not sense it, then sent the Yuantu Sword and Abi Sword skyward to disrupt the Heavenly Secret.

Nether River Daoist created the Asura Race but discovered that its members could not reproduce naturally, exposing the flaws in his Creation Dao. As Emperor Jun watched the Primordial World’s factions shift, the Wu Tribe’s predation intensified while Wu Xian struggled to control them.

• Emperor Jun and Nüwa judged that Nether River Daoist’s imitation of others’ methods would inevitably fail, though Emperor Jun chose not to guide him.
• Nether River Daoist created the Asura Race, bestowed the Karma Fire Red Lotus to suppress its fortune, and taught its members cultivation methods.
• Nether River Daoist found that Asura fetuses were stillborn and that nurturing them in the Blood Sea was too slow, revealing a fatal flaw in his Creation Dao.
• Nether River Daoist continued replenishing the Asura Race for its fortune, while Mosquito Daoist preyed on its members and evaded capture.
• Emperor Jun noticed that Human Race members had joined the Demon Clan through its Mind Realm Trial, while the Three Ancestors had sealed away the method they received from him.
• The Wu Tribe’s attacks on other beings grew more severe as the Celestial Court let the conflict weaken the Wu Tribe and drive survivors to join it, and Wu Xian could not fully control his people.

Grand Pure Laozi grew restless over his inability to comprehend the Primordial Violet Qi and suspected his path to becoming a Sage might lead to Mount Buzhou. He found no such opportunity there, but learned why the mountain was weakening and recognized the merit Emperor Jun gained by sustaining it.

• Red Cloud Daoist, Daoist Zhun Ti, Daoist Jie Yin, Jade Pure Yuanshi, Supreme Pure Tongtian, and Grand Pure Laozi continued seeking the opportunity to become Sages after Nüwa's preaching.
• Grand Pure Laozi was invaded by an Extraterrestrial Devil when his thoughts wavered, then decided to leave Kunlun Mountain and search the Primordial World for his opportunity.
• Grand Pure Laozi used the Taiji Diagram to travel to Mount Buzhou and climbed to its summit, where he sensed the mountain's ancient aura, unyielding will, and depletion.
• Grand Pure Laozi found no opportunity to become a Sage on Mount Buzhou, but gained insight into its long history and realized it was weakening as Pangu's aura and the mountain's inner essence dissipated.
• Grand Pure Laozi understood that Emperor Jun's starlight was nurturing Mount Buzhou for merit, and that neither the Celestial Court nor the Wu Tribe could spare the strength to do the same.

Grand Pure Laozi left Mount Buzhou and wandered the Primordial World, eventually settling among the Human Race. After a century of observing and guiding them, he realized that his path to Sagehood lay with the Human Race and prepared to leave.

• Emperor Jun watched Grand Pure Laozi descend Mount Buzhou, then returned to comprehending the laws of the Heavenly Realm.
• Grand Pure Laozi wandered the Primordial World, saw its struggles, and arrived at the Human Race's largest settlement.
• Grand Pure Laozi lived among the Human Race for a hundred years, observing their Merit and guiding them.
• Suirenshi, Youchaoshi, and Ziyishi visited Grand Pure Laozi and waited outside his hut, hoping he would lead the Human Race.
• Grand Pure Laozi realized that his opportunity to become a Sage lay with the Human Race, and told the Three Ancestors that it was time to leave.

Grand Pure Laozi left the largest Human Race settlement after realizing that Demon Emperor Jun’s Law Manifestation Method had become the Human Race’s foundation, then searched for a community where he could spread his own cultivation path. He settled with a battered group of survivors and, after a thousand years of teaching and refining his methods, saw several of them reach the Celestial Immortal realm.

• Jun left the wooden hut without meeting Suirenshi, Youchaoshi, and Ziyishi, and told them he had no wish to lead the Human Race.
• Grand Pure Laozi realized that Jun’s Law Manifestation Method was widespread among the Human Race and decided not to spread his Dao in its largest settlement.
• Grand Pure Laozi searched across the Primordial World for a Human Race settlement whose members were less influenced by the Law Manifestation Method.
• Grand Pure Laozi chose a settlement with only several dozen survivors and settled there under their grateful protection.
• Grand Pure Laozi taught and refined a different cultivation method without forcing the settlement’s members to advance.
• A thousand years later, several beings in Grand Pure Laozi’s settlement had reached the Celestial Immortal realm.

Grand Pure Laozi’s Human Race settlement grew as he taught a cultivation method that competed with the Law Manifestation Method. Emperor Jun considered Laozi’s plans and attended as Laozi began preaching the Golden Core Great Dao to the Human Race.

• Grand Pure Laozi took Xuan Du as his disciple, and Xuan Du reached the Celestial Immortal realm within a hundred years.
• Nüwa noticed the Human Race’s changing fortune and learned that Daoist Taiqing was teaching among them, but she held back from intervening.
• Emperor Jun calculated the situation, decided the contest between lineages did not threaten him, and sent an avatar to Laozi’s settlement.
• Grand Pure Laozi announced that he would preach in three hundred years, and the Three Ancestors of the Human Race arranged to attend with beings from other settlements.
• Three hundred years later, the Human Race gathered before Grand Pure Laozi as Emperor Jun watched in concealment, and Laozi began teaching the Golden Core Great Dao.

Grand Pure Laozi preached the Golden Core Great Dao to the Human Race, and Emperor Jun realized it could coexist with and complement the Law Manifestation Method. Laozi introduced the Grand Yi Golden Immortal stage as a path toward the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, which Emperor Jun incorporated into the Demon Clan’s inheritance as Laozi continued teaching.

• Grand Pure Laozi began preaching the Golden Core Great Dao, explaining how Human Race beings could cultivate with Acquired Spiritual Energy and build their foundations.
• Emperor Jun deduced that the Golden Core Method and Law Manifestation Method could be converted into one another, though switching paths grew harder at higher cultivation levels.
• Grand Pure Laozi introduced the Grand Yi Golden Immortal stage, which allowed beings to approach the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm gradually.
• Emperor Jun revised the Grand Yi Golden Immortal teachings and added them to the Demon Clan’s inheritance.
• Grand Pure Laozi began explaining the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm as the Human Race listeners struggled to follow the profound teachings.

Grand Pure Laozi completed his teaching to the Human Race and became the Primordial World's second Sage by establishing the Human Sect. Its connection to Human Race Fortune required acknowledgment from both Nüwa and Emperor Jun, leaving Taiqing aware that Emperor Jun held the advantage among the Human Race.

• After teaching for three thousand years, Grand Pure Laozi received merit and realized that Pangu's Heaven-Opening Merit was the key to his opportunity to become a Sage.
• Grand Pure Laozi declared the establishment of the Human Sect, became a Sage, and received greetings from beings across the Primordial World.
• Nüwa acknowledged Grand Pure Laozi's establishment of the Human Sect, allowing him to sense the Human Race Fortune.
• Emperor Jun resisted the unseen urging to agree until his incarnation asked whether the Human Sect would protect the Human Race.
• Grand Pure Laozi promised that the Human Sect would protect the Human Race, and Emperor Jun's congratulations completed the Human Race Fortune he could bear.

Grand Pure Laozi established the Human Sect and promised protection to the Human Race, while Jade Pure Yuanshi and Supreme Pure Tongtian attained Sagehood by establishing their own sects. At Mount Sumeru, Daoist Zhun Ti and Daoist Jie Yin received their opportunity to become Sages, but lacked enough merit for both of them.

• Grand Pure Laozi established the Human Sect after Emperor Jun's incarnation reminded him to honor his promise to the Human Race.
• Grand Pure Laozi urged Jade Pure Yuanshi and Supreme Pure Tongtian to attain Sagehood, and the two established the Elucidation Sect and Interception Sect.
• Jade Pure Yuanshi and Supreme Pure Tongtian attained Sagehood, becoming the second and third Sages of the day.
• Daoist Zhun Ti and Daoist Jie Yin realized their opportunity to attain Sagehood had arrived, but their accumulated merit could support only one of them.
• Daoist Zhun Ti transferred his merit to Daoist Jie Yin, who accepted the chance to attain Sagehood first.

Daoist Jie Yin and Daoist Zhun Ti made forty-eight Great Vows, established Buddhism, and became Sages. The Primordial World awaited Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s response as Luo Hou questioned the foundations behind the five Sages’ ascensions.

• Daoist Jie Yin and Daoist Zhun Ti chanted forty-eight Great Vows to establish a western realm free of suffering, gaining enough merit to become Sages.
• Jie Yin and Zhun Ti left the Mystic School and declared that they were establishing Buddhism, using the Twelve Grade Golden Lotus of Merit and Seven Treasure Tree to suppress its fortune.
• Jie Yin named himself Amitabha Buddha, and Zhun Ti named herself Buddha-Mother Zhun Ti as the Western Sect became Buddhism and both attained Sagehood.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun watched the new Sages from Zixiao Palace, while Emperor Jun observed their rise without surprise.
• The great powers waited for Hongjun to respond, and Jie Yin and Zhun Ti remained apprehensive but did not regret their choice.
• Devil Ancestor Luo Hou judged that the five Sages had gained their positions through merit and compared their methods to the Demon Path.

After five Sages emerged in one day, Grand Pure Laozi proposed that they open Small Worlds and preach the Dao in Chaos three thousand years later. He tested Xuan Du by sealing his cultivation and sending him to travel the Primordial World, and a thousand years later Xuan Du was still away on his trials.

• Devil Ancestor Luo Hou considered the Western Sages’ Forty-Eight Great Vows a source of hidden suffering and a breeding ground for the Demon Path.
• Daoist Jie Yin and Daoist Zhun Ti received no objection from Dao Ancestor Hongjun after founding Buddhism, and the other Sages accepted the change despite feeling betrayed.
• Grand Pure Laozi proposed that the five Sages open Small Worlds and preach the Dao in Chaos in three thousand years, and Jie Yin and Zhun Ti agreed.
• Daoist Taiqing told Xuan Du they shared the fate of master and disciple, but required him to accept trials across the Primordial World before he could become a disciple.
• Xuan Du agreed, had his cultivation sealed while retaining his Golden Immortal body, and left the Human Race; a thousand years later, he was still traveling.

Emperor Jun, Nüwa, and Grand Pure Laozi gathered at Shouyang Mountain after sensing a change in the Human Race’s fortune and discovered a Human Race Fortune Treasure was being nurtured there. They agreed to lend it their fortune so it could be born sooner.

• Emperor Jun left the Heavenly Court, while Nüwa departed Wa Emperor Palace and Grand Pure Laozi left Kunlun Mountain after sensing the Human Race’s fortune change and a fortuitous opportunity.
• Emperor Jun reached Shouyang Mountain and recognized the opportunity as the Kongtong Seal, then waited for it to be born.
• Grand Pure Laozi and Nüwa arrived, and Nüwa identified the opportunity as a Human Race Fortune Treasure still absorbing the Human Race’s fortune.
• Nüwa asked Emperor Jun and Grand Pure Laozi to help hasten its birth, and both agreed.
• Nüwa, Emperor Jun, and Grand Pure Laozi released their Human Race fortune toward the treasure, using the Red Bridal Ball and Mountain and Rivers State Diagram, the Hetu Luoshu Diagram, and the Taiji Diagram.

The Three Ancestors of the Human Race discovered their Karmic Luck rapidly draining and sought reassurance from Nüwa, Emperor Jun, and Grand Pure Laozi. At Shouyang Mountain, the three completed the Kongtong Seal, which returned the spent Karmic Luck and strengthened the Human Race’s fortune.

• Suirenshi, Youchaoshi, and Ziyishi used their Merit Spiritual Treasures to investigate the Human Race’s declining Karmic Luck but could not find its cause.
• Youchaoshi and Ziyishi persuaded Suirenshi to seek guidance, and the Three Ancestors led the Human Race’s high-ranking members in prayer to Nüwa, Emperor Jun, and Grand Pure Laozi.
• Nüwa, Emperor Jun, and Grand Pure Laozi replied that there was no cause for concern, and the Three Ancestors left the great hall relieved.
• After a hundred years at Shouyang Mountain, Nüwa, Emperor Jun, and Grand Pure Laozi concealed the Kongtong Seal’s emergence and disrupted the Heavenly Secret.
• The Kongtong Seal returned the Karmic Luck its makers had expended, and the Three Ancestors sensed that the Human Race’s Karmic Luck had increased.

Grand Pure Laozi tried to use his Sagehood to make Emperor Jun withdraw from the contest over the Kongtong Seal, but Emperor Jun calmly challenged him to a duel in Chaos. Grand Pure Laozi accepted and left, and Emperor Jun followed him.

• Grand Pure Laozi claimed that Emperor Jun had no right to contest the Kongtong Seal because he was not a Human Race member or a Sage.
• Nüwa challenged Grand Pure Laozi's reasoning and defended Emperor Jun, arguing that the Three Ancestors of the Human Race should control the Kongtong Seal.
• Emperor Jun rejected Grand Pure Laozi's pressure and said that strength in the Primordial World was not decided by realm alone.
• Emperor Jun challenged Grand Pure Laozi to fight in Chaos, and Grand Pure Laozi accepted, telling Nüwa to conceal the Heavenly Secret and wait.
• Emperor Jun declined Nüwa's offer of help and pursued Grand Pure Laozi into Chaos.

Emperor Jun used a Mind Realm in Chaos to make Grand Pure Laozi believe they were fighting, concealing his true self while testing the newly ascended Sage Taiqing. The Mind Realm dissolved with Emperor Jun unharmed, leaving Grand Pure Laozi stunned and unaware that the battle had been an illusion.

• Grand Pure Laozi sensed that his connection to the Heavenly Dao had weakened in Chaos and realized Emperor Jun had chosen the battlefield deliberately.
• Emperor Jun appeared, rejected Grand Pure Laozi's offer to retreat, and attacked with Laws and close-quarters strikes.
• Grand Pure Laozi fought back with his Sage aura, while Emperor Jun endured his blows and continued attacking until the apparent Emperor Jun was badly wounded.
• Grand Pure Laozi urged Emperor Jun to admit defeat, but the battered figure vanished into starlight as an unharmed Emperor Jun watched nearby.
• Emperor Jun revealed that the fight had taken place inside a Mind Realm he had formed, where his projected self and its strength had seemed real to Grand Pure Laozi.

Emperor Jun used his Sage-level spiritual realm to battle Grand Pure Laozi through figures formed in his Mind Realm, concealing his true body and exploiting Laozi’s growing exhaustion. The chapter ended as two more Emperor Jun figures charged Laozi, who prepared to meet them with the Heaven and Earth Exquisite Pagoda and Taiji Diagram.

• Grand Pure Laozi realized that killing Emperor Jun could bring severe backlash because of his merit, fortune, and status as Heavenly Emperor.
• After an apparent Emperor Jun vanished, Laozi challenged him to appear, and a Mind Realm figure suddenly emerged beyond Laozi’s detection.
• The figure fought Laozi with Laws and fists before falling into starlight, while the real Emperor Jun sensed Laozi’s exhaustion.
• Emperor Jun sent two figures to attack Laozi at once, and Laozi raised the Heaven and Earth Exquisite Pagoda and wielded the Taiji Diagram as they charged.

Emperor Jun used his Mind Power, the Hetu Luoshu Diagram, and 365 incarnations to trap Grand Pure Laozi in the Grand Heavenly Star Formation and test his strength. Grand Pure Laozi remained protected by the Heaven and Earth Exquisite Pagoda and the Taiji Diagram, but Emperor Jun’s attacks reached Sage-level force and left him struggling to maintain his defenses.

• Grand Pure Laozi defeated two of Emperor Jun’s incarnations with the Heaven and Earth Exquisite Pagoda and the Taiji Diagram, then challenged Emperor Jun to send more.
• Emperor Jun surrounded Grand Pure Laozi with 365 incarnations and brought down the genuine Hetu Luoshu Diagram.
• The incarnations formed the Grand Heavenly Star Formation, drawing power from the Primordial World’s 365 Main Stars while Emperor Jun’s Three Corpse in the Heavenly Court reassured the Star Gods.
• The Grand Heavenly Star Formation trapped Grand Pure Laozi and attacked his defenses, forcing him to rely on his two treasures.
• Emperor Jun intensified the formation’s assault with his Mind Power, and Grand Pure Laozi’s treasures began to shake as their defenses weakened.

Emperor Jun defeated Grand Pure Laozi in the Grand Heavenly Star Formation, forcing him to abandon his claim to the Kongtong Seal. After Grand Pure Laozi left, Emperor Jun returned to the Primordial World, where Nüwa still guarded the seal with concern.

• Grand Pure Laozi realized he could no longer replenish his energy and admitted he could not defeat Emperor Jun.
• Grand Pure Laozi withdrew from the contest for the Kongtong Seal and asked Emperor Jun to end the Grand Heavenly Star Formation.
• Emperor Jun dismantled the formation, merged his incarnations, and let Grand Pure Laozi depart without revealing the Mind Realm behind his victory.
• Grand Pure Laozi asked whether Emperor Jun had reached the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, and Emperor Jun truthfully said he had not.
• Emperor Jun withdrew his Mind Realm and returned to the Primordial World, while Nüwa remained beside the Kongtong Seal on Shouyang Mountain.

Emperor Jun returned after defeating Grand Pure Laozi and winning the Kongtong Seal, leaving Nüwa stunned by his strength. He invited Nüwa to wield the Human Race treasure jointly, and she asked why.

• Nüwa sensed the Grand Heavenly Star Formation activate, then saw that Emperor Jun and the Demon Clan’s fortune remained unharmed.
• Emperor Jun told Nüwa that Grand Pure Laozi had been defeated and had withdrawn from the contest for the Kongtong Seal.
• Nüwa asked whether Emperor Jun had attained the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, and he said he remained far from it.
• Nüwa ceded the Kongtong Seal to Emperor Jun, who sensed that it was tied to and meant to suppress Human Race Fortune.
• Emperor Jun invited Nüwa to wield the Kongtong Seal jointly, and Nüwa asked why.

Emperor Jun and Nüwa jointly refined the Kongtong Seal and agreed to place the Human Race treasure among the Human Race so it could be nurtured by their fortune and protect them. After giving it to the Three Ancestors of the Human Race, Emperor Jun reflected on how he could use the Human Race to extend his influence throughout the Primordial World.

• Emperor Jun invited Nüwa to jointly control the Kongtong Seal, and she agreed because they belonged to the Demon Clan.
• Emperor Jun and Nüwa initially refined the Kongtong Seal together.
• Emperor Jun proposed placing the Kongtong Seal among the Human Race so it could be nurtured by their fortune and help protect them, and Nüwa agreed.
• Emperor Jun and Nüwa traveled to the Three Ancestors of the Human Race and announced that they had brought a treasure to protect the Human Race.
• Emperor Jun considered how to use the Human Race to permeate the Primordial World, as the Demon Clan had spread through the Primordial Starry Sky and Heavenly Realm.