Chapter Summaries

Emperor Jun studied the Celestial Emperor Authority revealed by Dao Ancestor Hongjun and quickly recreated a similar authority in his seven Mind Realms. The assessments then showed all seven candidates, including Bo Huang and Wu Xian, believing they had won and becoming Celestial Emperors within their respective realms.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun revealed the Celestial Emperor Authority in a Water Mirror, and Emperor Jun used his Heavenly Emperor Authority to understand it.
• Emperor Jun condensed a similar Celestial Emperor Authority inside his seven Mind Realms, astonishing Hongjun and the Sages with his speed.
• Emperor Jun began the assessments and watched Bo Huang awaken in a Mind Realm, convinced he had won and was about to ascend on Penglai Immortal Island.
• Bo Huang connected with the Celestial Emperor Karma Position and realized he would bear the Primordial Continent’s Laws, Destiny, and Causality, but accepted the burden.
• The Sages watched as all seven candidates, including Wu Xian, passed their Mind Realm assessments and became Celestial Emperors in their own realms.

Emperor Jun explained that the assessment would test both the candidates’ abilities as Celestial Emperors and their true natures, with their memories and cultivation retained for the first stage. After accelerating time in the seven Mind Realms, the Sages watched Bo Huang establish his Celestial Court with help from the Demon Clan and begin handling affairs across the Primordial Continent.

• The Sages questioned Emperor Jun about why the candidates retained their memories and cultivation, while he explained that all seven had taken on Celestial Emperor Authority.
• Emperor Jun said the assessment would first test what the candidates could accomplish as Celestial Emperors, then test their natures with their memories and cultivation sealed.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun approved Emperor Jun’s plan, and Emperor Jun accelerated time in the seven Mind Realms with the Law of Time.
• Bo Huang found that his Celestial Court had no servants and asked the Demon Clan for help.
• The other nine Great Golden Crows and many Demon Clan beings joined Bo Huang’s Celestial Court, allowing him to establish it and begin handling affairs of the Primordial Continent.

Bo Huang became Celestial Emperor by claiming the Primordial Continent’s authorities and maintaining its order, while Wutian used his rule to sow discord and pursue conquest. Eastern Emperor Taiyi defeated Wutian’s Celestial Court, and Wutian’s first trial ended as the Grand Heavenly Star Formation closed in on him.

• Bo Huang seized the Primordial Continent’s authorities with the Demon Clan’s support and ruled without interfering in ordinary conflicts.
• Wutian became Celestial Emperor with the Extraterrestrial Devils supporting his court and assigned them control of its authorities.
• Wutian tried to unify the Primordial Continent by sowing discord, worsening conflicts and causing widespread deaths.
• The Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans withdrew after realizing Devil Ancestor Luo Hou and other Primordial Origin Golden Immortals stood behind Wutian.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi led the Star Gods against Wutian’s Celestial Court, and its karmic debt cost Wutian and his devils their Karma Seats.
• The Grand Heavenly Star Formation refined the Extraterrestrial Devils until only Wutian remained, then froze as his first trial ended.

The Sages watched several Mind Realms reveal how Daoist Randeng, Maitreya, and Wu Xian ruled as Celestial Emperors. Maitreya’s pursuit of merit led his Celestial Court to manipulate wrongdoing, while Wu Xian’s Wu Tribe cautiously managed the court and affairs of the Primordial Continent.

• Daoist Randeng rebuilt the Celestial Court with inhabitants of the Primordial Continent, then withdrew from its affairs to pursue a Quasi-Sage breakthrough but made little progress.
• Maitreya filled the Celestial Court with Buddhist Sect disciples, who initially reduced conflict and earned merit by conscientiously performing their duties.
• Maitreya and the Buddhist Sect disciples began delaying the punishment of wrongdoing, then luring living beings into evil deeds so the Celestial Court could repeatedly suppress and punish them for merit.
• The Sages frowned at Maitreya’s scheme, while Zhun Ti and Jie Yin considered whether they could use it to obtain merit.
• Wu Xian placed Wu Tribe members in the Celestial Court, where they cautiously handled its responsibilities despite lacking the Twelve Ancestral Witches and facing lingering hostility from other races.

As the Wu Tribe grew bolder in the Celestial Court and preyed on beings across the Primordial World, the major clans joined a broad resistance led by the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans. The fighting began at Penglai Immortal Island, where Xingtian used the Twelve Heavens Godly Devil Annihilation Formation to face five Primordial Origin Golden Immortals.

• The Wu Tribe resumed capturing beings for food, while Wu Xian's warnings failed to curb its growing brutality.
• Races across the Primordial World formed alliances, and the Dragon, Phoenix, Qilin, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise Clans watched the Wu Tribe's actions with increasing alarm.
• After the Wu Tribe attacked peripheral members of the three great clans, their ancestors decided to oppose the Celestial Court, and the Heavenly Court sensed immense karma gathering on Wu Tribe members.
• The ancestors of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans led the allied races in an assault on Penglai Immortal Island as Wu Xian and the Wu Tribe rushed to meet them.
• Wu Xian controlled the Twelve Heavens Godly Devil Annihilation Formation, which summoned thirteen indistinct Ancestral Witch phantoms that merged into Xingtian.
• Wielding Gan Qi, Xingtian fought the five Primordial Origin Golden Immortals, unleashing the formation's power and Laws despite the immense strain on his body.

Wu Xian’s Celestial Court fell after the Wu Tribe was overwhelmed, and Eastern Emperor Taiyi killed Wu Xian. In Emperor Jun’s Mind Realm, the Sages questioned his command of many paths, and Emperor Jun explained that he had obtained the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique through a deal with Zhu Jiuyin.

• The Wu Tribe and invading Primordial Continent beings fought across Penglai Immortal Island until the Twelve Heavens Godly Devil Annihilation Formation collapsed and Xingtian fell to the five Primordial Origin Golden Immortals.
• Wu Xian learned why the five ancestors had attacked, lamented his inability to control the Wu Tribe, and was killed by Eastern Emperor Taiyi with the Chaos Bell.
• Lady Pingxin questioned Demon Emperor Jun about how he knew the Wu Tribe’s formation and Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, drawing the attention of the assembled Sages.
• Emperor Jun said he had obtained the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique in a transaction made when Zhu Jiuyin Ancestral Witch brought Wu Xian to the Hall of Universal Brightness.

Emperor Jun explained how he had comprehended the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique and reconstructed the Twelve Heavens Godly Devil Annihilation Formation through observation and deduction. His explanation left Lady Pingxin and the Sages astonished, and he clarified that Mind Realm trials combined his Mind Realm with each subject’s understanding.

• Lady Pingxin questioned how Emperor Jun had displayed the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique despite lacking a Wu Tribe bloodline.
• Emperor Jun said he had deduced the technique within the Mind Realm up to the Profound Skill Eighth Revolution, though the Profound Skill Nine Revolutions lacked enough information.
• Lady Pingxin and the Sages marveled at Emperor Jun’s comprehension and considered how Great Emperor Fengdu’s strength might relate to the technique.
• Lady Pingxin asked how Emperor Jun had recreated the Twelve Heavens Godly Devil Annihilation Formation without the Wu Tribe teaching it to him.
• Emperor Jun said he had observed the formation repeatedly and used the Hetu Luoshu Diagram to deduce it, then explained that Mind Realm trials fused his creation with the tested person’s understanding.

Emperor Jun revealed that he had mastered the Twelve Heavens Godly Devil Annihilation Formation and deduced the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, leaving the Sages awed by his talent. He then observed the Celestial Courts in the Mind Realms, where Haotian’s resource-intensive use of incarnations drew the Sages’ attention.

• Emperor Jun said he had gained insights into the Twelve Heavens Godly Devil Annihilation Formation and independently deduced the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation.
• Sage Taiqing and the other Sages reflected on Emperor Jun’s talent, while Dao Ancestor Hongjun and Devil Ancestor Luo Hou considered his extraordinary mental realm.
• Emperor Jun examined the Mind Realms and saw that Wutian’s and Wu Xian’s had frozen during life-and-death crises.
• Bo Huang maintained a weaker copy of the Heavenly Court, Daoist Randeng pursued the Dao with little success, and Maitreya focused on earning merit.
• Donghua gathered former Celestial Court survivors but lacked the strength to make his Celestial Court more than a formality.
• Haotian guarded his Celestial Court, withheld its Heaven and Earth Karma Seats, and used resources to create numerous incarnations for affairs across the Primordial World.

Haotian unified Penglai, Yingzhou, and Fangzhang under the Celestial Court, then sealed the merged island while seeking authority over Destiny and Causality. After gathering that authority and nurturing it, he formed something that reminded Emperor Jun of the Heavenly Dao Laws Golden Wheel.

• Haotian expanded the Celestial Court by selecting beings and assigning them Heaven and Earth Karma Seats.
• Haotian used the Celestial Court's authority to bring Penglai, Yingzhou, and Fangzhang together, joining their mountains and Spiritual Veins into one island.
• Haotian and the Celestial Court reduced their activity across the Primordial Continent and focused on controlling the merged island and sealing it from outside influence.
• Haotian searched for authority over Destiny and Causality within the island and eventually gathered the authority he had sought.
• Haotian used his Celestial Emperor authority to nurture and strengthen the gathered power, and Emperor Jun recognized a resemblance to a Law Golden Wheel.

Haotian used the authorities of the Primordial Continent to create the Immortal Realm from Penglai, Yingzhou, and Fangzhang, establishing it as the Celestial Court’s foundation. The Primordial Heavenly Dao acknowledged his creation, but the Immortal Realm did not change the major races’ or powerful forces’ attitudes toward Haotian and the Celestial Court.

• Emperor Jun recognized that Haotian was gathering authorities to turn the fused immortal islands into a world, and he praised the idea to the Sages.
• Haotian developed the island’s rules and called upon the Heavenly Dao to witness his creation of the Immortal Realm as the Celestial Court’s foundation.
• Emperor Jun decided to accept Haotian’s undertaking, and the Primordial Heavenly Dao acknowledged it.
• Haotian and the Celestial Court’s living beings used their authorities to move the Immortal Realm into a spatial layer connected to the Primordial World at a single point.
• Haotian welcomed the separation and the Celestial Court’s growing prestige, but he remained dissatisfied that major races and powerful forces still treated him and the Celestial Court as before.
• Emperor Jun accelerated time in the five Mind Realms as the Sages watched their deductions continue.

Eastern Emperor Taiyi punished Maitreya’s Celestial Court for its growing karmic debt, forcing Maitreya to face overwhelming Nine Heavens Thunder even after he offered to resign. The Mind Realm then showed Daoist Randeng and Donghua losing their Celestial Emperor positions, with Donghua’s cultivation severely reduced.

• Eastern Emperor Taiyi led the 365 Main Star Gods to Penglai Immortal Island to punish Maitreya’s Celestial Court on behalf of Heaven.
• Maitreya offered to relinquish the Celestial Emperor Karma Position and withdraw the Buddhist Sect disciples, but Eastern Emperor Taiyi said he would still face punishment.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi used the East Emperor Bell and the Grand Heavenly Star Formation to summon Nine Heavens Thunder, devastating the Celestial Court and leaving Maitreya near death.
• Sage Zhun Ti and Sage Jie Yin considered Maitreya’s choices in the Mind Realm and concluded that he would likely struggle to become Celestial Emperor again.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi revoked Daoist Randeng’s Celestial Emperor Karma Position without punishing him, ending Randeng’s Mind Realm.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi stripped Donghua of the Celestial Emperor Karma Position, causing Donghua to lose nearly half his Origin Essence and fall from Grand Luo Golden Immortal to Golden Immortal.

Emperor Jun and the Sages reviewed Bo Huang and Haotian’s Mind Realms, where both had secured their positions as Celestial Emperor. Emperor Jun ended the first stage of the assessment and proposed testing the candidates’ true nature by sealing their memories and cultivation and placing them among mortals.

• Grand Pure Laozi judged Haotian more ambitious than Bo Huang and considered him more likely to become Celestial Emperor, while the other candidates’ Mind Realms remained frozen.
• Haotian built up the Celestial Court and Immortal Realm, won the reverence of lower-level beings, and sought alliances with powerful groups across the Primordial World.
• Emperor Jun accelerated time in Bo Huang’s and Haotian’s Mind Realms until their positions as Celestial Emperor became difficult to challenge, then returned time to normal.
• Emperor Jun and Dao Ancestor Hongjun agreed to stop observing Bo Huang’s and Haotian’s Mind Realms, and the two realms became still.
• Sage Taiqing asked how the second assessment would test the candidates’ true nature, and Emperor Jun proposed sealing their memories and cultivation before placing them among mortals.

Emperor Jun restarted the Mind Realm assessment for all seven candidates, sending them through tens of thousands of mortal worlds with their memories and cultivation sealed so the Sages could observe their true natures. Bo Huang and Haotian stood out: Bo Huang revealed a lively nature beneath the burdens of his status, while Haotian repeatedly rose to authority among those around him.

• The Sages agreed that all seven candidates should complete the second part of the assessment before a Celestial Emperor was chosen.
• Emperor Jun revealed the assessment to the candidates, restored their awareness briefly, then sent them back into the Mind Realms with their memories and cultivation sealed.
• Emperor Jun arranged tens of thousands of worlds and had the candidates reincarnate as varied living things, later favoring Human Race lives so the Sages could observe them more clearly.
• Bo Huang remained steady through many forms and became lively when mortal life placed no pressure on him, while returning to a responsible temperament when difficulties arose.
• Haotian repeatedly gained influence as a beast, bird, insect, plant, or human, leading his groups and rising to prominence in each world.

Emperor Jun ended the Mind Realm assessment after it revealed the candidates’ natures, then preserved the experiences for them while diluting their emotions. The Sages began debating who should become Celestial Emperor, but Emperor Jun reminded them that they could not ignore the assessment results.

• The Mind Realms showed Haotian’s ambition, Wu Xian’s preference for advising from behind the scenes, Maitreya’s calculated kindness, and Daoist Randeng’s lifelong search for his path.
• Donghua remained carefree despite repeated deaths, while Wutian repeatedly incited conflict and slaughter across the Mind Realms.
• Emperor Jun halted the seven Mind Realms, returned the examinees’ consciousness, and gave them their memories with their emotions diluted.
• Grand Pure Laozi and Sage Jie Yin called for the Sages to decide who would become Celestial Emperor, while Sage Taiqing, Devil Ancestor Luo Hou, Lady Pingxin, and Great Emperor Fengdu considered their preferred candidates.
• Emperor Jun interrupted the Sages as they prepared to argue past the results and reminded them that they had all seen the candidates’ performances.

Emperor Jun had Dao Ancestor Hongjun choose the Celestial Emperor after the seven candidates completed their Mind Realm assessments. As the candidates awakened, Donghua withdrew from the contest, leaving the remaining hopefuls awaiting Hongjun’s decision.

• Emperor Jun asked Dao Ancestor Hongjun to select the Celestial Emperor based on the assessment results, and the Sages agreed to wait for the candidates to awaken.
• The seven candidates awoke with different reactions, while Yaochi wanted to speak privately with Haotian but stayed silent in Zixiao Palace.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun asked whether anyone wished to withdraw from the contest for the Celestial Emperor position.
• Donghua withdrew, explaining that he did not want to bear the Celestial Emperor Karma Position after experiencing its burdens and dangers in the Mind Realm.
• Grand Pure Laozi felt deeply disappointed in Donghua and decided against further nurturing him.

Wu Xian and Bo Huang withdrew from the contest for the Celestial Emperor position, leaving Haotian, Wutian, Maitreya, and Daoist Randeng to present their records from the assessment. After hearing Haotian’s account, Dao Ancestor Hongjun rejected Wutian’s bid and Maitreya finished by claiming that his Buddhist-led Celestial Court had accumulated immeasurable merit.

• Wu Xian withdrew from the Celestial Emperor contest, and Lady Pingxin and Great Emperor Fengdu felt relieved that the Wu Tribe would not take the position.
• Emperor Jun urged Bo Huang to give up the restrictive position, and Bo Huang withdrew despite having performed well in the Mind Realm.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun asked Haotian, Wutian, Maitreya, and Daoist Randeng to describe their deeds during the assessment.
• Haotian recounted his governance of the Celestial Court, while Daoist Randeng conceded that he was inferior and withdrew.
• Wutian described his plan to unify the Primordial Continent, and Dao Ancestor Hongjun said his killing intent made him unfit to be Celestial Emperor.
• Maitreya recounted how Buddhist Sect disciples helped his Celestial Court defeat evil and maintain stability, then claimed that the court had earned immeasurable merit.

Maitreya questioned why the Celestial Court he governed in the Mind Realm had been destroyed, and Hongjun revealed that Maitreya had deceived and manipulated beings to manufacture merit. After Maitreya withdrew from the contest, Hongjun named Haotian Celestial Emperor, and Emperor Jun voiced the first support.

• Maitreya asked Hongjun why the Heavenly Court had punished and destroyed his merit-bearing Celestial Court in the Mind Realm.
• Jie Yin tried to reframe Maitreya’s challenge as a sincere request for guidance, and Maitreya quickly agreed.
• Hongjun made Maitreya relive the suffering of a being he had provoked and oppressed, then explained that Maitreya’s deception had made the Heavenly Court’s punishment righteous.
• Maitreya admitted he was unfit to be Celestial Emperor and withdrew, leaving Haotian as the sole remaining candidate.
• Hongjun named Haotian Celestial Emperor, and Emperor Jun was the first to declare that he had no objections.

Haotian was appointed Celestial Emperor, and Hongjun ordered him and Yaochi to leave Zixiao Palace and establish the Celestial Court together. They received permission to bring Yaoji, still a Chaotic Stone, with them, while Hongjun declared that Haotian and Yaochi belonged to the Mystic School.

• Nüwa, Lady Pingxin, Great Emperor Fengdu, Luo Hou, the Two Sages of the West, and the Three Purities accepted Haotian as Celestial Emperor, and Hongjun formally appointed him.
• Haotian’s fate connected with the Celestial Emperor Karma Position, which began to condense and transform around him.
• Hongjun asked Yaochi to help Haotian establish the Celestial Court, and she agreed.
• Haotian asked about Yaoji, and Hongjun said she could accompany them and would soon take form.
• Hongjun revealed Yaoji as a Chaotic Stone and let Haotian take her from the secret realm.
• Hongjun told Haotian and Yaochi that they belonged to the Mystic School.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun appointed Haotian and Yaochi to establish the Celestial Court and bestowed powerful treasures on them. The other Sages left Zixiao Palace with their own plans and concerns, while the Three Purities gained little from their effort to shape the Celestial Court.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun told Haotian and Yaochi to leave Zixiao Palace and establish the Celestial Court.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun gave Haotian the Innate Ren Water Peach Tree and the Haotian Mirror, and gave Yaochi the Plain Cloud Flag.
• The Sages considered the Haotian Mirror’s power, with Lady Pingxin and Great Emperor Fengdu growing wary and others contemplating borrowing it.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun urged everyone to cooperate, then opened Zixiao Palace’s gates and departed.
• Devil Ancestor Luo Hou left with Wutian without blaming him for failing to obtain the Celestial Emperor Authority.
• The Three Purities left with Donghua and Daoist Randeng, having secured the Celestial Court’s establishment and reputation for Sage Taiqing but no tangible benefit.

After leaving Zixiao Palace, Haotian and Yaochi began preparing to establish the Celestial Court in the Primordial World. Haotian heeded Emperor Jun’s warning about the Mind Realm, postponed his ascension, and started gathering support while Yaochi secured the Queen Mother of the West’s position.

• Emperor Jun reminded Haotian that the Mind Realm was only an illusion and that its Celestial Emperor Karma Position differed from the true one.
• Haotian and Yaochi left Zixiao Palace, traveled to Penglai, Yingzhou, and Fangzhang, and inspected the three immortal islands.
• Yaochi stopped Haotian from ascending immediately, and he decided to hold a public ceremony after inviting the Sages and great cultivators.
• Haotian and Yaochi subdued the islands’ independent cultivators, and Yaochi planted the Innate Ren Water Peach Tree on Penglai to create the Peach Orchard.
• Haotian began secretly winning over living beings through an incarnation, while Yaochi visited the Queen Mother of the West, who relinquished her position as Head of the Female Immortals.