Chapter Summaries

Zhenyuanzi chose to remain at Five Villages Temple rather than continue refining the Blood Sea to avenge Red Cloud Daoist, while the Wu Tribe and Celestial Court’s conflict continued to worsen. On the Moon Star, Xihe and Changxi began their final preparations to give birth to their ten and twelve offspring as Emperor Jun watched nervously.

• Zhenyuanzi promised to stay at Longevity Mountain and defend Five Villages Temple, so Nether River Daoist departed.
• Zhenyuanzi repaired Longevity Mountain’s formations and used the Ginseng Fruit Tree’s radiance to heal the wounded and restore the area.
• Wu Xian worried over the Wu Tribe’s growing casualties as the Celestial Court and other races fought them, while Extraterrestrial Devils secretly thrived amid the chaos.
• Emperor Jun watched as Xihe and Changxi gathered yang- and yin-aligned Natural Treasures and sent energy into the Womb Spaces containing their offspring.
• Xihe and Changxi formed fiery red and silvery white energy cocoons around themselves to nourish the ten and twelve beings before their birth.

Emperor Jun noticed that Xihe was struggling to nurture the Ten Golden Crows because the Moon Star’s energy could not provide them with enough Solar Power. He supplied Solar Trueflame from the Sun Star directly to their Womb Space, where the Golden Crows thrived, and urged Xihe to rest and nourish herself.

• Emperor Jun observed that the Ten Golden Crows and Changxi’s twelve infant girls were developing toward Golden Immortal cultivation, but Xihe was in worse condition than Changxi.
• Emperor Jun used the Hetu Luoshu Diagram to draw Solar Power and Solar Trueflame from the Sun Star and send them into the Womb Space around Xihe.
• Emperor Jun strengthened Xihe’s Womb Space with his Space Laws as the Solar Trueflame filled it.
• Xihe feared the flames would harm the Ten Golden Crows, but Emperor Jun reassured her and the Golden Crows absorbed the energy without injury.
• Emperor Jun told Xihe to stop converting Moon Essence and nourish her own body, but Xihe hesitated because she had been trying to master Solar Power and its conversion.

Emperor Jun helped Xihe and Changxi nourish the ten Golden Crows and twelve maidens until all twenty-two reached the Golden Immortal realm and emerged from their Womb Spaces. Their birth drew attention across the Primordial World, and Eastern Emperor Taiyi hurried to the Moon Star to meet them.

• Emperor Jun formed a Moon Star formation around the Moon Laurel Tree and sent moonlight and Moon Essence into Changxi’s Womb Space to nourish the twelve infants.
• Xihe and Changxi absorbed Moon Essence to recover while Emperor Jun watched over them and supplied their children with Solar Power, Solar Trueflame, moonlight, and Moon Essence.
• Emperor Jun called out when the twenty-two children were ready, and the ten Golden Crows and twelve maidens simultaneously broke through from the Celestial Immortal realm to the Golden Immortal realm.
• Xihe’s and Changxi’s Womb Spaces shattered, and the ten Golden Crows and twelve maidens emerged as spheres of light and flew freely above the Moon Star.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi sensed his blood connection to the twenty-two children and set off for the Moon Star to meet them.

Emperor Jun’s twenty-two children emerged around the Moon Star, and beings across the Primordial World divined their origins. As the Demon Clan celebrated their birth, Jie Yin and Zhun Ti saw the inexperienced children as a rare opportunity to influence the Demon Clan and seize control of the heavens.

• The ten Golden Crows and twelve girls, born with Primordial Deity foundations, flew around the Moon Star while Emperor Jun let the star gods handle their disturbance to the Grand Heavenly Star Formation.
• Divinations revealed that all twenty-two beings were Emperor Jun’s children, and the backlash lightly injured many who probed their origins.
• Bai Ze, Fuxi, Nüwa, and Kunpeng welcomed the news but held off visiting the Moon Star because the children had only just been born.
• Laozi told Xuan Du that the children’s pride could make them either a blessing or a disaster for the Demon Clan, while Yuanshi resented Emperor Jun’s good fortune and Tongtian paid the news little attention.
• Jie Yin and Zhun Ti concluded that the children’s immaturity, high status, and influence over Emperor Jun could give the Sages a rare chance to sway the Demon Clan and take control of the heavens.

Sage Jie Yin and Sage Zhun Ti agreed to enlist the Three Purities in a plan that might weaken the Demon Clan through Emperor Jun’s descendants. On the Moon Star, Emperor Jun’s twenty-two children were born and greeted their parents, while Eastern Emperor Taiyi delighted in meeting them.

• Sage Jie Yin persuaded Sage Zhun Ti that the Three Purities must join their plan so five Sages could withstand the Demon Clan’s retaliation.
• The two Sages agreed to consult the Three Purities and carefully devise a way to deceive or oppose Demon Emperor Jun.
• Emperor Jun watched the ten Golden Crows and twelve maidens circle the Moon Star while keeping watch over Xihe and Changxi, whose cultivation had weakened from nurturing them.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi arrived on the Moon Star, learned that the twenty-two beings were Emperor Jun’s descendants, and eagerly watched them.
• The ten boys and twelve maidens landed before Emperor Jun, Xihe, Changxi, and Eastern Emperor Taiyi, revealed their forms, and greeted their father and mothers.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi impatiently announced that he was their uncle.

Emperor Jun’s twenty-two children greeted Eastern Emperor Taiyi, who gave each an East Emperor Bell mark for protection. When they asked their father to name them, Emperor Jun began formally naming the Twelve Maidens after the Twelve Earthly Branches, granting them entries in the Demon Name Record and strands of fortune.

• Emperor Jun told the Ten Boys and Twelve Maidens to greet Eastern Emperor Taiyi, and they bowed to their uncle.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi created twenty-two East Emperor Bell marks and gave one to each child as a meeting gift.
• The Ten Boys and Twelve Maidens asked Emperor Jun to bestow names upon them.
• Emperor Jun summoned the Demon Name Record and declared that the Twelve Maidens would bear “Moon” in their names and correspond to the Twelve Earthly Branches.
• Emperor Jun named the Twelve Maidens Zi Moon, Chou Moon, Yin Moon, Mao Moon, Chen Moon, Si Moon, Wu Moon, Wei Moon, Shen Moon, You Moon, Xu Moon, and Hai Moon, and fortune descended upon each as she was recorded.

Emperor Jun entered the Twelve Maidens and the Ten Boys into the Demon Name Record, granting them personal shares of Demon Clan fortune and responsibilities for the future. He named the Ten Boys and arranged for them to cultivate under Eastern Emperor Taiyi on the Sun Star, while the group began receiving instruction on the Moon Star.

• Emperor Jun entered the Twelve Maidens into the Demon Name Record, and the Six Sages sensed the Twelve Earthly Branches and reacted to the fortune he had secured for his children.
• Emperor Jun named the Ten Boys Bo Huang, Zhong Lang, Shu Kun, Ji Xing, Xian Rui, Lu Jun, Ya Qiong, De Shen, Ren Jing, and You Wen, granting them Heavenly Court and Demon Clan fortune.
• Emperor Jun told Eastern Emperor Taiyi that the Ten Boys should cultivate on the Sun Star near the Fusang Tree, and Taiyi agreed to teach them.
• Emperor Jun, Xihe, Changxi, and Eastern Emperor Taiyi began instructing the Ten Boys and the Twelve Maidens, with Taiyi mostly teaching the Ten Boys about cultivation and the Demon Clan.

Emperor Jun arranged separate Mind Realm trials to temper his twenty-two children against dangers he foresaw, including the Sages’ designs on the Golden Crows. As Zhun Ti entered the Sun Star in the trial and put the Fusang Tree to sleep, Eastern Emperor Taiyi questioned whether a Sage could truly enter the Sun Star so easily.

• Emperor Jun assigned the Ten Golden Crows to guard the Sun Star with Eastern Emperor Taiyi and the Twelve Maidens to govern the seasons, then revealed their experiences had unfolded in his Mind Realm.
• Emperor Jun explained that he preserved blurred memories of the trials so his children could learn from danger, and split the Mind Realm so the Golden Crows and Maidens faced separate tests.
• The Ten Great Golden Crows lived on the Fusang Tree, taking turns guarding the Sun Star and cultivating until they reached the Grand Luo Golden Immortal level.
• Zhun Ti appeared near the Sun Star in the Mind Realm, while Emperor Jun concealed the trial from him using the Law of Fate and Mind Power.
• Zhun Ti entered the Sun Star, subdued its Solar Trueflame, and put the Fusang Tree’s consciousness to sleep without the Golden Crows noticing.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi asked Emperor Jun whether a Sage could enter and leave the Sun Star so casually.

Sage Zhun Ti used bewitchment in Emperor Jun’s Mind Realm to manipulate the Ten Great Golden Crows into bringing disaster upon the Primordial Continent. The chapter ended as Emperor Jun and the Demon Clan’s leaders arrived to find the Celestial Court and Wu Tribe attacking the Golden Crows.

• Emperor Jun explained that a Sage could not enter the real Sun Star unnoticed, while the Mind Realm let Zhun Ti approach the Fusang Tree and greet the Ten Great Golden Crows.
• Zhun Ti persuaded the Golden Crows that their father needed a pretext to conquer the Primordial Continent and urged them to provoke the Celestial Court and Wu Tribe.
• The Golden Crows left the Sun Star and ravaged the continent with Solar Trueflame, killing countless beings and eventually provoking the Celestial Court and Wu Tribe to attack them together.
• Emperor Jun, Eastern Emperor Taiyi, and other Demon Clan leaders arrived as the Golden Crows greeted their family and realized their father was focused on the forces pursuing them.

Emperor Jun confronted the Five Sages over their role in the Ten Great Golden Crows’ rampage and took the Demon Clan into the Grand Heavenly Star Formation. In his Mind Realm, the Sages persuaded the Celestial Court and Wu Tribe to join their attack, but the Grand Heavenly Star Formation initially held the advantage.

• Sage Zhun Ti accused the Ten Great Golden Crows of causing mass casualties, and Bo Huang revealed that Zhun Ti had encouraged their actions.
• The Ten Great Golden Crows attacked Sage Zhun Ti, but Emperor Jun stopped Zhun Ti’s counterattack and offered compensation to the Celestial Court and Wu Tribe.
• Sage Zhun Ti demanded that the Ten Great Golden Crows die, prompting Emperor Jun to attack him with Solar Trueflame; Sage Jie Yin protected him with the Twelve Grade Golden Lotus of Merit.
• The Three Purities arrived, and Emperor Jun led the Demon Clan and the Ten Great Golden Crows into the Grand Heavenly Star Formation.
• Sage Jie Yin persuaded Dijiang and Eastern Lord Duke to join the Five Sages, and their forces attacked the Grand Heavenly Star Formation, which initially maintained the upper hand.

Emperor Jun’s Mind Realm trial showed the Ten Great Golden Crows a disastrous war that shattered the Demon Clan’s power, while Emperor Jun explained to Eastern Emperor Taiyi that such a conflict would not occur in reality. He left Taiyi with the reminder that he did not understand Sages.

• Emperor Jun and the other Sages fought within the Grand Heavenly Star Formation while the Ten Great Golden Crows matured through battles in their Mind Realm trial.
• After tens of thousands of years, Emperor Jun told the Ten Great Golden Crows to run and sent them the East Emperor Bell, the Hetu Luoshu Diagram, and the Flying Dagger of Immortal Execution.
• The Grand Heavenly Star Formation shattered, leaving the Demon Clan devastated, its leaders sealed in the Heavenly Realm, and Fuxi, Daoist Kunpeng, and Bai Ze dead.
• Bo Huang urged his brothers to survive so they could reunite with their parents and uncle, and the Ten Great Golden Crows fled across the Primordial World.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi asked Emperor Jun whether a real war would end the same way, and Emperor Jun explained that the Mind Realm’s outcome was controlled by him and that the factions’ merits and Dao Ancestor Hongjun would prevent such a war.
• Emperor Jun told Eastern Emperor Taiyi that he did not understand Sages.

Emperor Jun ended the Ten Great Golden Crows’ Mind Realm trial and eased their memories before they could be emotionally damaged by it. He then turned his attention to the Twelve Moons, whose carefree time in the Mind Realm was about to give way to a Love Tribulation.

• Emperor Jun explained that a real war between the Demon Clan and the Sages could shatter the Primordial World, while Eastern Emperor Taiyi listened in awe of Sage power.
• In the Mind Realm, the Sages hunted the Ten Great Golden Crows, and their allies dwindled through betrayal, death, and separation.
• After Sage Zhun Ti cornered the Ten Great Golden Crows, they combined their power through the East Emperor Bell and Solar Trueflame but could not stop his attack.
• As the Mind Realm collapsed, Grand Pure Laozi recognized it as an illusion and tried to resist with the Taiji Diagram, but Emperor Jun shattered both him and the treasure.
• Emperor Jun put the Ten Great Golden Crows to sleep and softened the emotions attached to their memories, then focused on the Twelve Moons’ coming Love Tribulation.

Emperor Jun put the Twelve Moons through a repeated Love Tribulation, with Zi Moon and Chou Moon uncovering Sage Jie Yin’s schemes and helping their sisters resist them before the trial ended. As the children slept and cultivated, Eastern Lord Duke considered a report that devouring Human Race beings could rapidly increase cultivation.

• Emperor Jun arranged a Love Tribulation for the Twelve Moons, and Zi Moon and Chou Moon remained focused on cultivation while their ten sisters fell for mortal men.
• Zi Moon and Chou Moon used the Hetu Luoshu Diagram to investigate the mortals and traced the altered lives and romances to Sage Jie Yin at Mount Sumeru.
• With Zi Moon and Chou Moon’s help, the other ten moons saw through the scheme, and Emperor Jun suppressed Sage Jie Yin; repeated trials eventually taught the Twelve Moons to resist love’s deceptions.
• Emperor Jun ended the trial, extracted the Twelve Moons’ emotions while they slept, and nourished them as their cultivation continued to grow.
• At Penglai Immortal Island, Eastern Lord Duke weighed a report that devouring Human Race beings could accelerate cultivation, though it destabilized cultivators’ foundations and required later diligent practice.

Eastern Lord Duke considered using Human Race blood and souls to forge a weapon capable of piercing the Wu Tribe’s powerful bodies, but he feared the consequences of mass slaughter. Believing Grand Pure Moral Celestial might support his plan, he traveled to Shouyang Mountain to meet Sage Taiqing.

• Eastern Lord Duke learned that treasures made from Human Race bodies, blood, and souls could inflict unusually severe damage on the Wu Tribe.
• Eastern Lord Duke considered arming the Celestial Court or forging a supreme weapon he named the Lich Slaying Sword, but realized it would require slaughtering vast numbers of the Human Race.
• Eastern Lord Duke ruled out seeking approval from Nüwa and Demon Emperor Jun, then decided to consult Grand Pure Moral Celestial.
• Eastern Lord Duke left Penglai Immortal Island and traveled to Shouyang Mountain, where he respectfully greeted Sage Taiqing.
• Sage Taiqing reflected on how the Twelve Ancestral Witches had discovered his support for Eastern Lord Duke and considered whether Demon Emperor Jun or Devil Ancestor Luo Hou had revealed it.

Eastern Lord Duke sought Grand Pure Laozi’s permission to slaughter the Human Race and forge a Lich Slaying Sword, and Grand Pure Laozi allowed the Celestial Court to proceed with a warning. As the slaughter spread and the Wu Tribe sheltered humans, Emperor Jun discovered the cause of the Human Race’s declining fortune and foresaw that it would inherit the Celestial Court’s fortune after the calamity.

• Eastern Lord Duke asked Grand Pure Laozi to permit the Celestial Court to slaughter the Human Race and use its flesh, blood, and souls to forge a Lich Slaying Sword.
• Grand Pure Laozi calculated that the Human Race would eventually inherit the Celestial Court’s fortune and told Eastern Lord Duke not to go too far.
• Eastern Lord Duke ordered the Celestial Court to slaughter human tribes and began forging the Lich Slaying Sword, while some Celestial Court beings also devoured humans to increase their cultivation.
• Zhenyuanzi, the Dragon Clan, the Phoenix Clan, other races, and divine beings sheltered humans, while Wu Xian and the Wu Tribe opposed the Celestial Court and protected many of them.
• Emperor Jun used the Hetu Luoshu Diagram to discover why the Human Race’s fortune was declining and deduced that it would inherit the Celestial Court’s fortune after the calamity.

Nüwa confronted Grand Pure Laozi over the Celestial Court’s slaughter of the Human Race, but he urged her to consult the Three Ancestors first. Emperor Jun and the two Sages heard the ancestors’ plea for help, leaving the choice of how to save the Human Race with its leaders.

• Nüwa rushed toward Penglai Immortal Island after sensing the Human Race’s declining Karmic Luck and learning that Eastern Lord Duke was slaughtering its people.
• Grand Pure Laozi intercepted Nüwa and argued that she should learn the reason for the Celestial Court’s actions before intervening.
• Nüwa prepared to fight Grand Pure Laozi, but agreed to consult the Three Ancestors of the Human Race first.
• Suirenshi, Youchaoshi, and Ziyishi prayed to Nüwa, Emperor Jun, and Grand Pure Laozi, pleading for protection against Eastern Lord Duke’s massacre.
• Emperor Jun considered whether the Three Ancestors would prioritize the Human Race’s survival now or accept the Celestial Court’s Karmic Luck, while Grand Pure Laozi had already made his choice.

The Three Ancestors of the Human Race appealed to Sage Nüwa after the Celestial Court slaughtered hundreds of millions of humans, and Nüwa prepared to destroy the Celestial Court. Grand Pure Laozi and Demon Emperor Jun explained that the calamity would transfer Celestial Court Fortune to the Human Race, but the chapter ended with the ancestors grieving over the lives that had been lost.

• Sage Nüwa vowed to destroy the Celestial Court after hearing Suirenshi's tearful plea, but Grand Pure Laozi warned that doing so would leave her bearing its karmic burden.
• Emperor Jun offered to have the Demon Clan bear the sin, but Nüwa hesitated to bring karmic consequences upon her clan.
• Nüwa accused Grand Pure Laozi of secretly supporting the Celestial Court, and Laozi admitted it while claiming he opposed the Wu Tribe's threat to the Primordial World.
• Grand Pure Laozi urged Nüwa to deduce whether the Human Race's calamity was an opportunity, and she discovered that Celestial Court Fortune would flow to the Human Race.
• Nüwa and Emperor Jun confirmed that the Human Race's suffering would bring an opportunity, while Suirenshi and the other ancestors mourned the hundreds of millions who had died.

Emperor Jun and Nüwa offered the Three Ancestors of the Human Race a choice: endure the Celestial Court’s slaughter for the chance to inherit its fortune, or abandon that opportunity and stop the killings. Grand Pure Laozi urged them to preserve the Human Race’s future, but Emperor Jun reminded them that the suffering was immediate while the promised fortune remained uncertain, leaving them to decide.

• Emperor Jun told the Three Ancestors of the Human Race that they could accept the calamity’s opportunity or ask him to stop the slaughter, and Nüwa offered to speak with Eastern Lord Duke if they refused it.
• Grand Pure Laozi pressed Suirenshi, Youchaoshi, and Ziyishi to endure the calamity, explaining that the Human Race could inherit the Celestial Court’s fortune and gain the strength to nurture Quasi-Sages.
• The Three Ancestors of the Human Race struggled to choose between the suffering of billions of people and the uncertain promise of future prosperity.
• Suirenshi asked Emperor Jun how they should decide, and Emperor Jun told them to judge for themselves while weighing immediate suffering against a distant, uncertain reward.
• The Three Ancestors of the Human Race looked to Sage Taiqing for answers about when the Celestial Court would fall and its fortune transfer, but he remained silent.

The Three Ancestors of the Human Race chose to save their people after Emperor Jun argued that their potential did not depend on Celestial Court Fortune. Emperor Jun warned that Eastern Lord Duke could continue harvesting humans by other means and vowed to deal with the Lich Slaying Sword himself, leaving Sage Taiqing unable to stop him.

• Emperor Jun persuaded the Three Ancestors of the Human Race that preserving their people could still fulfill Sage Taiqing's vision for the Human Race.
• Suirenshi, Youchaoshi, and Ziyishi asked Emperor Jun and Holy Mother Nüwa to save the hundreds of millions of Human Race lives, while thanking Sage Taiqing for his concern.
• Sage Taiqing agreed to persuade Eastern Lord Duke to stop the slaughter, but Emperor Jun challenged whether the Celestial Court would face any real cost.
• Emperor Jun warned that Eastern Lord Duke could keep humans captive and periodically harvest their flesh, blood, and souls to refine Lich Slaying Swords.
• Emperor Jun said he would deal with the Lich Slaying Sword already being refined, then withdrew his divine sense before Sage Taiqing could stop him.

Emperor Jun confronted Eastern Lord Duke over the slaughter of the Human Race and ordered him to face a strike with the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation. The strike overwhelmed Eastern Lord Duke and his Dragon Head Staff, but the formation remained intact, leaving the watching Sages astonished.

• The Three Ancestors of the Human Race felt relief that their calamity had a solution, but grieved their losses and their dependence on others.
• Emperor Jun sent an incarnation to Penglai Immortal Island, where he accused Eastern Lord Duke of committing a crime by slaughtering Human Race beings.
• After Sage Taiqing told him the situation was beyond saving, Eastern Lord Duke accepted his guilt and agreed to receive one strike from Emperor Jun using the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation.
• Emperor Jun waited three days while Eastern Lord Duke gathered Celestial Court beings and formed the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation.
• Emperor Jun struck with starlight, disarmed Eastern Lord Duke by knocking away the Dragon Head Staff, and drove his palm into the formation; Sage Taiqing chose not to intervene.
• The Ten Thousand Immortals Formation did not shatter beneath Emperor Jun's palm, surprising Eastern Lord Duke and the onlookers.