Chapter Summaries

Emperor Jun discovered that Changxi was carrying twelve baby girls and settled into a peaceful life on the Moon Star with her and Xihe. In the Western Primordial Desolation, Demon Sect followers gathered to transform into Extraterrestrial Devils and pay homage to Devil Ancestor Luo Hou, prompting Daoist Zhun Ti to set out against them.

• Emperor Jun deduced that twelve lives were forming in Changxi's body, then withdrew his divine sense without telling her about the pregnancy.
• Emperor Jun, Xihe, and Changxi spent peaceful days on the Moon Star while Emperor Jun managed Heavenly Realm affairs from there.
• Followers changed by Devil Ancestor Luo Hou's preaching gathered in the Western Primordial Desolation to transform into Extraterrestrial Devils.
• Demon Sect followers joined the ritual, chanting as black qi and demonic clouds rose toward the heavens.
• Daoist Jie Yin and Daoist Zhun Ti sensed the demonic qi, and Daoist Zhun Ti agreed to go in person.

Devil Ancestor Luo Hou appeared in the Primordial World and transformed his followers into Extraterrestrial Devils, then invited others to join him before withdrawing into the Devil World. Emperor Jun calmly met Luo Hou’s gaze, while the Sages considered the threat and Nüwa resolved to grow stronger.

• Devil Ancestor Luo Hou brought a corner of the Devil World into the Primordial World, and the Two Sages of the West, the Three Purities, and Nüwa sensed his arrival.
• Emperor Jun met Luo Hou’s gaze from the Moon Star, and their brief clash revealed that Emperor Jun had grown stronger since their Dao Debate.
• Luo Hou’s chanting followers gradually became illusory Extraterrestrial Devils, and he brought them into the Devil World.
• Luo Hou invited willing beings to transform into Extraterrestrial Devils, then withdrew the Devil World and disappeared.
• The Three Purities and the Two Sages of the West worried about Luo Hou’s return and the Six Sages’ ability to rule the heavens, while Emperor Jun remained confident.
• Nüwa resumed comprehending the Heavenly Dao and resolved to reach and surpass the cultivation of Emperor Jun and Luo Hou.

Jade Pure Yuanshi summoned Grand Pure Laozi and Supreme Pure Tongtian to discuss strengthening their sects by accepting disciples. Laozi declined to recruit, explaining that the Human Sect would prosper as the Human Race grew, a future he believed was assured.

• Emperor Jun spent peaceful days with Xihe and Changxi on the Moon Star while patiently waiting for their Yin and Yang energies to nurture life.
• Jie Yin and Zhun Ti stayed on Mount Sumeru to cultivate, while Luo Hou's Extraterrestrial Devils focused their attention on the east.
• Jade Pure Yuanshi proposed that the Three Purities recruit disciples to strengthen their sects, and Tongtian eagerly agreed to open their mountain gates.
• Grand Pure Laozi said the Human Sect would not recruit because it already had Xuan Du and would grow with the Human Race.
• Laozi explained that he had glimpsed the Human Race's future and that Nüwa and Emperor Jun had already placed their pieces within it.

Jade Pure Yuanshi and Supreme Pure Tongtian established formations on Kunlun Mountain to assess potential disciples, while Grand Pure Laozi assigned Xuan Du to create a first assessment at the mountain’s foot. Countless beings arrived seeking Sage masters, and Xuan Du prepared to test them before they could enter his martial uncles’ assessments.

• The Three Purities discussed the future, then Jade Pure Yuanshi and Supreme Pure Tongtian began preparing formations to accept disciples.
• Three years later, Jade Pure Yuanshi and Supreme Pure Tongtian established their assessment formations and inscribed the teachings of their respective sects on stone steles.
• News spread across the Primordial World, drawing countless beings toward Kunlun Mountain in search of Sage masters.
• Grand Pure Laozi summoned Xuan Du and tasked him with managing the crowds by setting up the first assessment at the foot of Kunlun Mountain, lending him the Heaven and Earth Exquisite Pagoda for protection.
• Xuan Du established his formation, and when the arriving beings gathered before him, he announced that they had to pass two assessments to become disciples of his martial uncles.

Xuan Du screened would-be disciples at Kunlun Mountain while the trials of Jade Pure Yuanshi Heavenly Lord and Supreme Pure Spiritual Treasure Heavenly Lord turned away even the Grand Luo Golden Immortals. Bai Ze asked Emperor Jun how the Demon Clan should respond, and Emperor Jun allowed its members to seek Sage discipleship so long as they fulfilled their duties.

• Xuan Du explained the trials and used the Heaven and Earth Exquisite Pagoda to assess the character of applicants at the Foot of Kunlun Mountain.
• Living beings entered the Elucidation Sect and Interception Sect formations, but every Grand Luo Golden Immortal failed, and no one had yet passed the second trial.
• Bai Ze left the Heavenly Realm and went to the Moon Star to meet Emperor Jun beneath the Moon Laurel Tree, where Xihe and Changxi were seated beside him.
• Bai Ze reported that Demon Clan members wanted to seek discipleship at Kunlun Mountain and asked how the Demon Clan should respond.
• Emperor Jun told Bai Ze to let them go as long as they did not neglect their duties to the Demon Clan and the Heavenly Court, and ordered him to spread the Oral Decree.

Emperor Jun reassured Bai Ze that Demon Clan members could enter Sage sects without weakening the clan, and Bai Ze issued a decree allowing them to go. Meanwhile, Eastern Lord Duke resented his limits in the Celestial Court and fixed his hopes on Red Cloud Daoist at Five Villages Temple.

• Emperor Jun told Bai Ze that sect conflicts would not decide the Demon Clan’s fate, since battles between Sages would be determined by the Sages themselves.
• Emperor Jun explained that the Grand Heavenly Star Formation could contend with a Sage but was a final trump card that could not be moved easily.
• After Emperor Jun addressed his concerns, Bai Ze accepted that sect members were only a small part of the Demon Clan and issued an Oral Decree permitting them to join Sage sects.
• Demon Clan beings traveled to Kunlun Mountain, but most failed Xuan Du’s Talent Barrier, and none passed the next test for either the Elucidation Sect or the Interception Sect.
• Eastern Lord Duke brooded over his lack of Sagehood and focused on Five Villages Temple, hoping to find a way to reach Red Cloud Daoist.

Daoist Randeng, unable to break through to the Quasi-Sage realm, abandoned his cultivation path and went to Kunlun Mountain to join a Sage’s sect. He passed the first trial and entered Jade Pure Yuanshi Heavenly Lord’s formation, where he faced questions about abandoning his path and conforming to the Heavenly Dao.

• Daoist Jie Yin and Daoist Zhun Ti envied the crowds seeking disciples at Kunlun Mountain and reflected on why Buddhism attracted few followers.
• Daoist Randeng recalled years of preaching and cultivation that had failed to bring him beyond the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, leaving him despairing of his path.
• After deciding to enter a Sage’s sect, Daoist Randeng abandoned his original path and felt his cultivation begin to decline.
• Daoist Randeng traveled to Kunlun Mountain, passed the first trial, and chose the formation set up by Jade Pure Yuanshi Heavenly Lord.
• Daoist Randeng told Yuanshi Tianzun that he was willing to abandon his path, then faced a more pressuring question about conforming to the Heavenly Dao.

Daoist Randeng passed Jade Pure Yuanshi Heavenly Lord’s examination, but Yuanshi refused to make him a disciple because both had heard Dao Ancestor Hongjun preach in Zixiao Palace. Yuanshi instead appointed Randeng Deputy Leader of the Elucidation Sect, and Randeng returned to Mount Lingjiu.

• Daoist Randeng endured the examination array’s pressure and answered its second question honestly.
• Jade Pure Yuanshi Heavenly Lord recognized Randeng and weighed his lack of talent against the awkwardness of taking a fellow Zixiao Palace guest as a disciple.
• Yuanshi brought Randeng out of the array, but Randeng realized from Yuanshi’s address that he had not been accepted as a disciple.
• Randeng argued that the accomplished should be revered as teachers and pleaded to join the Elucidation Sect, but Yuanshi refused to take him as a disciple.
• Yuanshi offered Randeng the position of Elucidation Sect Deputy Leader, and Randeng accepted as the sect’s fortune entered his body.
• Randeng left Kunlun Mountain and returned to Mount Lingjiu.

Emperor Jun discovered that Duobao, the Interception Sect’s only successful disciple, was a Demon Clan being and considered how that might affect future sect affairs. Tongtian abandoned his selective formation and opened Kunlun Mountain to applicants, while Laozi recalled Xuan Du.

• Daoist Randeng regretted joining the Elucidation Sect after Yuanshi made clear that he could not refuse the deputy leader position.
• Emperor Jun used the Demon Name Record to discover that Duobao had joined the Interception Sect and considered the future significance of Duobao’s identity.
• Xuan Du continued overseeing the Kunlun Mountain assessments, where only a few candidates passed and Duobao remained Tongtian’s sole disciple.
• Tongtian concluded that his formation contradicted his teaching without discrimination, so he removed it and told Xuan Du to let applicants enter Kunlun Mountain.
• Laozi told Xuan Du to return.

After Xuan Du removed the trial formation, Tongtian invited the gathered beings to hear his preaching and accepted only those with affinity into the Interception Sect. Kunlun Mountain grew crowded, and Yuanshi demanded that Tongtian drive the visitors away, but Tongtian said doing so would hinder his cultivation.

• Xuan Du removed the first trial formation at Tongtian's request, and Yuanshi and Laozi sealed the paths to their residences.
• Tongtian set up a preaching platform and told the gathered beings that those with affinity could join his sect.
• Tongtian preached from the immortal realms through Grand Yi Golden Immortal, drawing increasing numbers of beings to Kunlun Mountain.
• Yuanshi summoned Laozi and Tongtian and demanded that Tongtian drive the noisy visitors from Kunlun Mountain.
• Tongtian told Yuanshi that driving the beings away would hinder his path of cultivation.

Supreme Pure Tongtian and Jade Pure Yuanshi discovered that their paths conflicted over the beings gathered on Kunlun Mountain, so Tongtian decided to leave. Grand Pure Laozi then announced that he would leave too, warning that his path might eventually conflict with Yuanshi’s.

• Jade Pure Yuanshi told Supreme Pure Tongtian that the undisciplined beings on Kunlun Mountain hindered his path.
• Supreme Pure Tongtian decided to leave Kunlun Mountain rather than force the beings away or continue opposing Yuanshi.
• Grand Pure Laozi accepted Tongtian’s choice and entrusted Kunlun Mountain to Jade Pure Yuanshi.
• Grand Pure Laozi announced that he would also leave because his path might conflict with Yuanshi’s in the future.
• Grand Pure Laozi began explaining that the brothers’ shared residence on Kunlun Mountain had been appropriate before they attained Sainthood.

The Three Purities agreed to separate so their differing Dao paths and sects could develop independently while their bond remained intact. Laozi established his Human Sect on Shouyang Mountain, while Tongtian left Kunlun Mountain with his followers; on the Sun Star, Xihe and Changxi discovered they were expecting Emperor Jun’s children.

• Laozi explained that the Three Purities should leave Kunlun Mountain because their Dao paths and sects might eventually cause conflict there, and Yuanshi and Tongtian accepted his reasoning while affirming their bond.
• Laozi took Xuan Du from Kunlun Mountain, and Tongtian departed in a grand procession with Daoist Duobao, his other personal disciples, and many followers, while Yuanshi remained behind.
• Laozi transformed the summit of Shouyang Mountain into his daoist abode and declared it the home of the Human Sect, regretting that Emperor Jun had taken the Kongtong Seal.
• Sage Nüwa, Emperor Jun, Daoist Zhun Ti, and Daoist Jie Yin observed Tongtian’s departure from afar.
• Xihe and Changxi sensed an aura of life within themselves and realized they were carrying Emperor Jun’s offspring.

Emperor Jun watched Supreme Pure Tongtian depart Kunlun Mountain and considered a possible alliance between the Demon Clan and the future Interception Sect. Tongtian established Golden Ao Island as his daoist abode, founded Biyou Palace, and declared that the Interception Sect would teach all living beings without distinction.

• Emperor Jun saw the Three Purities' Fate Lines beginning to separate and considered cooperating with Supreme Pure Tongtian, while worrying that Demon Clan disciples might later be taken into Buddhism.
• Supreme Pure Tongtian led the living beings across the Primordial World to a desolate part of the East Sea rather than claim an occupied famous mountain.
• Supreme Pure Tongtian activated a dormant Spiritual Vein and gathered the scattered islands into Golden Ao Island, preserving their inhabitants as the island transformed.
• Supreme Pure Tongtian forged Biyou Palace from Natural Treasures and placed it at the center of Golden Ao Island.
• Supreme Pure Tongtian announced that Golden Ao Island would house the Interception Sect and that all living beings could seek a path to life there.

Supreme Pure Tongtian established Biyou Palace on Golden Ao Island and informed the Primordial World that the Three Purities had separated. After meeting Eastern Lord Duke and the Dragon Clan Old Ancestor, Tongtian discovered that Zhu Long was secretly preserving himself in a deep slumber near the East Sea Dragon Clan.

• Demon Emperor Jun, Sage Nüwa, and Jade Pure Yuanshi Heavenly Lord reacted to Tongtian's announcement, while Sage Jie Yin and Sage Zhun Ti welcomed the Three Purities' separation.
• Eastern Lord Duke and the Dragon Clan Old Ancestor hurried to Golden Ao Island, where Tongtian welcomed them and reassured them that he had come to spread the Dao.
• Eastern Lord Duke and the Dragon Clan Old Ancestor offered the Celestial Court's and Dragon Clan's assistance before departing Biyou Palace.
• Tongtian reflected on the Celestial Court's limited strength and the difficulty of producing new Quasi-Sages in the current era.
• Tongtian sensed Zhu Long hidden near the East Sea Dragon Clan and realized the wounded dragon was feigning death to preserve his life force for a final battle.

Supreme Pure Tongtian preached at Golden Turtle Island while Red Cloud Daoist chose to leave Five Villages Temple and face the dangers surrounding his Primordial Violet Qi. Eastern Lord Duke and Demon Teacher Kunpeng pursued him, and Kunpeng asked Emperor Jun for help if he obtained the treasure.

• Supreme Pure Tongtian began preaching in Biyou Palace to listeners gathered across Golden Turtle Island and the East Sea.
• Red Cloud Daoist told Zhenyuanzi he would leave Longevity Mountain to follow his own Dao, and refused Zhenyuanzi's offer to accompany him.
• Red Cloud Daoist left Five Villages Temple openly, and Eastern Lord Duke learned of his departure through watchers stationed nearby.
• Eastern Lord Duke led four Primordial Origin Golden Immortals in pursuit of Red Cloud Daoist, with additional Grand Luo Golden Immortals hidden in his Hidden Immortal Diagram.
• Demon Teacher Kunpeng left the North Sea to pursue Red Cloud Daoist after sending Emperor Jun a message requesting help if he obtained the Primordial Violet Qi.

Emperor Jun learned that Demon Teacher Kunpeng was trying to seize the Primordial Violet Qi and ordered Eastern Emperor Taiyi to prepare the Star Gods to protect him only if he succeeded. While Emperor Jun watched from the Moon Star, Kunpeng waited near Fire Cloud Cave and discovered that Red Cloud Daoist and Eastern Lord Duke had begun fighting.

• Emperor Jun told Eastern Emperor Taiyi, Xihe, and Changxi that Demon Teacher Kunpeng was pursuing Red Cloud Daoist's Primordial Violet Qi, and explained that the dispute was Kunpeng's personal Causality.
• Emperor Jun told Eastern Emperor Taiyi to send the Star Gods only if Kunpeng obtained the Primordial Violet Qi, and said the Dao Ancestor within Zixiao Palace remained the key to the outcome.
• Emperor Jun used the Demon Name Record, Hetu Luoshu Diagram, and a moonlight mirror to locate Kunpeng near Fire Cloud Cave.
• Kunpeng waited near Fire Cloud Cave for Red Cloud Daoist, while Eastern Lord Duke pursued Red Cloud Daoist in search of the Primordial Violet Qi.
• Kunpeng sensed Red Cloud Daoist and Eastern Lord Duke fighting, hurried toward them, and then concealed himself again as Red Cloud Daoist declared Eastern Lord Duke too weak to take the Primordial Violet Qi.

Eastern Lord Duke trapped Red Cloud Daoist in the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation to seize his Primordial Violet Qi, but Daoist Kunpeng broke the formation and helped him escape. At Mount Sumeru, Sage Jie Yin and Sage Zhun Ti discussed Red Cloud Daoist’s fate and agreed to keep Zhenyuanzi from coming to his aid.

• Eastern Lord Duke used the Hidden Immortal Diagram and the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation to trap Red Cloud Daoist while four Primordial Origin Golden Immortals approached.
• Red Cloud Daoist attacked the formation with the Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd, and Daoist Kunpeng struck from hiding to open a gap.
• Daoist Kunpeng urged Red Cloud Daoist to flee, then transformed into a peng and escaped as Eastern Lord Duke pursued Red Cloud Daoist.
• At Mount Sumeru, Sage Jie Yin and Sage Zhun Ti discussed the Causality they owed Red Cloud Daoist and worried that Zhenyuanzi might come to help him.
• Sage Zhun Ti proposed obscuring the Heavenly Secret and sealing off Longevity Mountain to keep Zhenyuanzi in Five Villages Temple, and Sage Jie Yin agreed.

Hongyun fled with the Primordial Violet Qi as Eastern Lord Duke and numerous other forces pursued him, while Jie Yin and Zhun Ti concealed the connection between Hongyun and Zhenyuanzi. Hongyun deliberately avoided Longevity Mountain to keep Zhenyuanzi out of danger, but as he and Eastern Lord Duke clashed in the Blood Sea, Hongyun sensed an imminent threat.

• Jie Yin and Zhun Ti hid the Heavenly Secret linking Hongyun and Zhenyuanzi, while Zhenyuanzi remained unaware of the pursuit.
• Eastern Lord Duke chased Hongyun as Kunpeng and other powerful beings followed, hoping to seize the Primordial Violet Qi.
• Hongyun changed course away from Longevity Mountain so Zhenyuanzi would not be drawn into the conflict.
• Hongyun and Eastern Lord Duke reached the Blood Sea, where Nether River Daoist concealed his aura and the Asura Clan and Mosquito Daoist hid.
• After clashing with Eastern Lord Duke in the Blood Sea, Hongyun tried to flee but sensed danger approaching.

Nether River Daoist and Eastern Lord Duke attacked Red Cloud Daoist over the Primordial Violet Qi, but Red Cloud Daoist self-destructed rather than surrender it. His True Spirit escaped in the Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd, while the Primordial Violet Qi remained behind as the surviving contenders rushed to claim it.

• Nether River Daoist ambushed Red Cloud Daoist with Yuantu Sword and Abi Sword, and Eastern Lord Duke hurried over to contest the Primordial Violet Qi.
• Red Cloud Daoist realized he was dying and self-destructed, injuring Nether River Daoist and Eastern Lord Duke and killing some nearby Grand Luo Golden Immortals.
• The Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd carried Red Cloud Daoist's True Spirit and part of his remnant soul through a spatial rift, leaving the Primordial Violet Qi behind.
• Nether River Daoist, Eastern Lord Duke, and the other contenders rushed toward the ownerless Primordial Violet Qi as the spatial rift began to close.
• At Mount Sumeru, Sage Zhun Ti and Sage Jie Yin rejoiced that Red Cloud Daoist's death had resolved their Causality with him.

After learning that Hongyun had died, Zhenyuanzi suspected a Sage had concealed the circumstances and left Five Villages Temple for the Blood Sea to learn who would claim the Primordial Violet Qi. At the Blood Sea, Nether River Daoist and Eastern Lord Duke fought over it as other powerful beings approached.

• Zhenyuanzi used the Earth Book to learn that Hongyun had fallen, grieved for his friend, and realized a Sage had likely hidden the Heavenly Secret.
• Zhenyuanzi set aside his plans for revenge and left Five Villages Temple for the Blood Sea to learn who would obtain Hongyun's Primordial Violet Qi.
• Nether River Daoist reached the Primordial Violet Qi first, but Eastern Lord Duke attacked him with the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation's power.
• Nether River Daoist used the Twelfth Grade Red Lotus of Karma Fire to withstand Eastern Lord Duke's strike and sent the Yuantu Sword and Abi Sword against him.
• Nether River Daoist sensed the approaching Celestial Court immortals, Kunpeng, and the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clan ancestors, then summoned countless copies of himself from the Blood Sea to surround Eastern Lord Duke.