Chapter Summaries

After three hundred years of Dao Debate, the gathered beings gained insights before Eastern Lord Duke invited Emperor Jun to test his newly created Ten Thousand Immortals Formation. Eastern Lord Duke began assembling the formation on an island, with the Hidden Immortal Diagram as its core.

• Taiyi and Eastern Lord Duke debated the sun and Pure Yang, while the other beings debated their own paths within Emperor Jun's protected spaces.
• Emperor Jun quietly arranged the debaters by their shared paths and observed as the Dao Debate continued for three hundred years.
• Eastern Lord Duke ended the debate, and Emperor Jun withdrew the Space Laws, restoring Eastern Lord Duke's palace.
• Eastern Lord Duke asked Emperor Jun to test the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, and Emperor Jun agreed.
• Eastern Lord Duke led the gathered beings to an island, where the Hidden Immortal Diagram entered the ground and Array Patterns began to appear.
• Eastern Lord Duke handed Jade Slips to the beings of Zifu Continent as they prepared to help activate the formation.

Emperor Jun joined Eastern Lord Duke’s Ten Thousand Immortals Formation to test its power, with Taiyi, Xihe, and Changxi participating. Inside the formation, Emperor Jun easily countered the first attacks, while Taiyi prepared a more violent Solar Trueflame assault.

• Emperor Jun deduced that the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation grew stronger with more and stronger participants, then asked Taiyi, Xihe, and Changxi to join.
• Eastern Lord Duke gave the participants Jade Slips, activated the Hidden Immortal Diagram, and led them into the formation.
• Eastern Lord Duke summoned Taiyi to help face Emperor Jun, and the formation empowered them both.
• Emperor Jun entered the formation and found that it suppressed his strength and distorted the distance between him and his opponents.
• Emperor Jun extinguished Eastern Lord Duke’s Pure Yang Fire with a punch and swallowed Taiyi’s Solar Trueflame, prompting Taiyi to fill the area with amplified, violent Solar Trueflame.

Emperor Jun tested the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation with Taiyi and Eastern Lord Duke, revealing his Primordial Origin Golden Immortal cultivation when he shattered it. After assessing the formation, he advised Eastern Lord Duke to expand it if he intended to use it against the Wu Tribe.

• Eastern Lord Duke reinforced Taiyi's Solar Trueflame with Pure Yang Energy, while Emperor Jun used the Hetu Luoshu Diagram to withstand their attack and break free of Taiyi's Chaos Bell.
• Emperor Jun struck Eastern Lord Duke and tested the formation's defenses, then unleashed Primordial Origin Golden Immortal power and shattered the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation.
• Emperor Jun restrained his power to protect the others, and the Hidden Immortal Diagram returned to Eastern Lord Duke and helped suppress his injuries.
• Eastern Lord Duke asked Emperor Jun to evaluate the formation, and Emperor Jun recommended expanding it for a battle against the Wu Tribe.

Emperor Jun advised Eastern Lord Duke on improving the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, then traveled the Primordial World with Taiyi, Xihe, and Changxi. After the three left to pursue their own paths, Emperor Jun settled old scores with several Hidden Races and returned to the Sun Star when Taiyi sent for him.

• Emperor Jun advised Eastern Lord Duke to appoint a primary combatant and let other cultivators control parts of the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation.
• Emperor Jun traveled the Primordial World with Taiyi, Xihe, and Changxi as their reputations spread.
• Taiyi told Emperor Jun he wanted to train alone, and Emperor Jun sent him away with an illusory Hetu Luoshu Diagram containing a wisp of his Primordial Spirit.
• Xihe and Changxi also left Emperor Jun, who then challenged the ancestors of several Hidden Races and won gifts from them after battles ended in draws.
• Emperor Jun returned to the Sun Star after Taiyi's message and sensed that Taiyi's cultivation and battle intent had grown.

Taiyi returned to Emperor Jun after years among the Wu Tribe and invited him to face the Twelve Ancestral Witches. Emperor Jun accepted their challenge to witness the Twelve Heavens Godly Devil Annihilation Formation, which began to reveal a familiar aura he had sensed at Mount Buzhou.

• Taiyi told Emperor Jun that he had stayed with the Wu Tribe and grown stronger by fighting its members, including Shebishi.
• Taiyi said the Twelve Ancestral Witches had invited Emperor Jun to spar and planned to use their formation against him.
• Emperor Jun agreed to visit the Wu Tribe and traveled there with Taiyi.
• Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches welcomed Emperor Jun, then challenged him to a spar.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches formed the Twelve Heavens Godly Devil Annihilation Formation, and Emperor Jun sensed its Earthly Fiend Energy, Earth Vein Energy, and merging Laws.
• Emperor Jun sensed a familiar aura gathering within the formation, one he had felt before at Mount Buzhou.

Emperor Jun faced the Twelve Ancestral Witches’ Pangu phantom and endured its powerful single strike. After the phantom faded, his injuries began to heal, and he discovered that the battle had helped him break through a physical-body bottleneck.

• The Twelve Ancestral Witches formed the Twelve Heavens Godly Devil Annihilation Formation and summoned a Pangu phantom to face Emperor Jun.
• Emperor Jun met the phantom’s punch head-on, using the Hetu Luoshu Diagram and his gathered powers to withstand the blow.
• Emperor Jun called for another attack, but the exhausted Twelve Ancestral Witches could no longer maintain the phantom.
• Emperor Jun healed his injuries and found that his physical body was improving as he circulated the Star Body Tempering Art.
• Taiyi teased Zhurong, and Dijiang praised Emperor Jun before an overwhelming pressure suddenly appeared.

After Hongjun became a Sage, he announced a sermon at Zixiao Palace in three thousand years, prompting powerful beings to search Chaos for it. Emperor Jun strengthened his body while waiting, then set out with Taiyi, Xihe, and Changxi to find the palace.

• Hongjun revealed that he had attained Sagehood and invited those with affinity to hear him preach at Zixiao Palace in three thousand years.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches resisted Hongjun's pressure with a mysterious great hall, which also shielded Emperor Jun and Taiyi before vanishing.
• Two thousand years later, Emperor Jun absorbed Stellar Force for two hundred years and reached the point where his physical body could rival a Primordial Origin Golden Immortal cultivator.
• Taiyi urged Emperor Jun to leave with eight hundred years remaining until the sermon, and Emperor Jun agreed to set out for Chaos.
• Emperor Jun and Taiyi persuaded Xihe and Changxi to join them, and the four entered Chaos through the Pangu Membrane.

Emperor Jun led Taiyi, Xihe, and Changxi through Chaos toward Zixiao Palace, relying on the Chaos Bell and his conviction that the fated would find the palace. They reached it as the three-thousand-year deadline approached and entered, where Emperor Jun recognized several cultivators occupying the six foremost Prayer Mats.

• Taiyi used the Chaos Bell to calm the violent Chaotic Energy around the group and help them travel through Chaos.
• After eight hundred years without finding Zixiao Palace, Emperor Jun chose a direction and continued leading the group onward.
• As the three-thousand-year deadline approached, Emperor Jun declared that Zixiao Palace was ahead, and the palace appeared before them.
• Emperor Jun greeted the attendants Haotian and Yaochi, then entered Zixiao Palace with Taiyi, Xihe, and Changxi.
• Xihe noted that the hall had only three thousand Prayer Mats, and Emperor Jun identified the cultivators occupying the six foremost seats as the Three Purities, Nüwa, Fuxi, Daoist Kunpeng, and Hongyun.

Emperor Jun watched the living beings gather in Zixiao Palace and saw Zhun Ti manipulate Hongyun into surrendering his Prayer Mat. As Zhun Ti sought another seat from Kunpeng, Hongyun offered to give up his own again.

• Emperor Jun and Taiyi took seats beside Fuxi, while Xihe and Changxi sat behind them, and the group introduced themselves.
• Emperor Jun observed that he was the only Primordial Origin Golden Immortal among the arrivals and wondered whether the Hidden Races lacked the fate to enter Zixiao Palace.
• Zhun Ti and Jie Yin arrived after three thousand years of travel, and Zhun Ti wept about their hardships until Hongyun offered him a Prayer Mat.
• Zhun Ti took Hongyun's seat, while Zhenyuanzi sighed and Emperor Jun told Taiyi that everything in Zixiao Palace rested on fate.
• Zhun Ti tried to persuade Kunpeng to give up his seat, but Kunpeng angrily refused, and Hongyun again suggested giving Zhun Ti his Prayer Mat.

At Zixiao Palace, Zhun Ti took Kunpeng’s Prayer Mat for Jie Yin, and Dao Ancestor Hongjun ended the dispute before beginning his first sermon. Emperor Jun listened to Hongjun teach the Great Luo Dao and began discerning how its path differed from the one he had followed.

• Yuanshi insulted Kunpeng, and Emperor Jun’s rebuke disrupted Yuanshi’s aura.
• Zhun Ti knocked Kunpeng off his Prayer Mat and seated Jie Yin in his place.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun appeared, ordered everyone to take their seats, and left Kunpeng to accept his remaining seat.
• Hongjun restored the gathered beings with the Prayer Mats and announced three sermons before he would merge with the Heavenly Dao.
• Hongjun began teaching the Great Luo Dao and declared that its teachings would not be passed to Six-Eared Macaque, who could no longer hear the sermon.
• Emperor Jun found the teachings easy to understand and used them to consider the path beyond his own cultivation.

After Hongjun finished his first sermon, he appointed Eastern Lord Duke and Queen Mother of the West to govern male and female immortals. He privately confronted Emperor Jun about becoming the Demon Emperor, and the chapter ended with Hongjun realizing Emperor Jun’s refusal explained why the Demon Clan had not emerged.

• Hongjun ended his three-thousand-year sermon after explaining the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.
• Hongjun appointed Eastern Lord Duke Leader of Male Immortals and gave him the Dragon Head Staff.
• Hongjun appointed Queen Mother of the West Head of the Female Immortals and gave her the Pure Water Bowl.
• Hongjun used a time-distorting technique to speak privately with Emperor Jun and asked why he wanted to refuse the Demon Emperor position.
• Emperor Jun said he simply did not want to become the Demon Emperor, and Hongjun understood why the Demon Clan had yet to emerge.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun showed Emperor Jun how Heaven’s Mandate shaped the Fierce Beast era, the Three-Clan War, and the Dao-Devil Conflict, then explained that destiny remained changeable even when the greater course was fixed. Emperor Jun resolved to fight for a chance to escape his fate and comprehended the Law of Fate.

• Hongjun showed Emperor Jun that Shenni and the leaders of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans had borne Heaven’s Mandate, and that the Three-Clan War ended their era.
• Hongjun showed Emperor Jun the Dao-Devil Decisive Battle and revealed that the conflict’s outcome had followed Heaven’s Mandate, not simply Heaven helping Hongjun defeat Luo Hou.
• Emperor Jun learned that the battle had been misunderstood and vowed to fight for a chance to survive despite Heaven’s Mandate.
• Hongjun explained that Heaven’s Mandate carried responsibility but was not the same as predetermined destiny, which remained unpredictable.
• Emperor Jun grasped the distinction between Heaven’s Mandate and destiny, broke through Hongjun’s restraints, and comprehended the Law of Fate.

Emperor Jun comprehended the Law of Fate, accepted Hongjun’s appointment as Demon Emperor, and began considering what the Demon Clan should include. After the first Dao preaching ended, Grand Pure Laozi approached him with Yuanshi to apologize for Yuanshi’s earlier words.

• Emperor Jun thanked Hongjun for his guidance after comprehending the Law of Fate, and Hongjun warned him that those bearing Heaven’s Mandate rarely met good ends.
• Emperor Jun accepted Hongjun’s appointment as Demon Emperor and received an ongoing stream of Heaven’s Mandate fortune, which he suppressed with the Hetu Luoshu Diagram.
• Emperor Jun asked Hongjun what counted as a demon, and Hongjun told him to decide the Demon Clan’s membership himself.
• Hongjun ended the first Dao preaching, announced that the next session would begin after three thousand epochs, and left Zixiao Palace; Kunpeng realized he had missed an enormous opportunity.
• Emperor Jun left Zixiao Palace with Taiyi, Xihe, and Changxi, but Grand Pure Laozi stopped him and brought Yuanshi to apologize for speaking improperly.

Yuanshi apologized to Emperor Jun for his insult, though he privately resented the humiliation and vowed to gain strength. After returning to the Primordial World, Emperor Jun went to Mount Buzhou to witness the Seven Gourds being born, where Zhun Ti and Jie Yin’s attempt to claim them stalled when they recognized him.

• Yuanshi apologized to Emperor Jun, who accepted the apology and warned him to curb his arrogance.
• Laozi told Yuanshi and Tongtian to recognize that their strength was inferior to Emperor Jun’s, while Yuanshi secretly vowed to remember the humiliation.
• Emperor Jun and his companions returned to the Primordial World and traveled to Mount Buzhou after he sensed a spiritual treasure’s birth.
• The Innate Gourd Vine withered as it nurtured the Seven Gourds, and the gathered Dao listeners watched tensely for them to mature.
• Zhun Ti and Jie Yin arrived and asked to take the Seven Gourds to the West, but stopped their plea when they saw Emperor Jun.
• Emperor Jun addressed Zhun Ti and Jie Yin, revealing to the gathered beings that they knew each other.

Emperor Jun and Taiyi claimed two of the seven Primordial Gourds, while other powerful beings fought over and took the rest. After the three thousand years of preaching ended, Kunpeng returned to the Northern Darkness to cultivate and preach, as Emperor Jun’s reputation continued to rise.

• Zhun Ti and Jie Yin accepted that the Primordial Gourds had only a shallow fate with the West and departed for home.
• Taiyi took the purple-yellow gourd, and Emperor Jun took the Purple-Green Gourd before withdrawing to watch the remaining claims.
• Grand Pure Laozi took the Purple-Gold Gourd as Yuanshi and Tongtian fought Kunpeng and Nether River, defeating both challengers.
• Red Cloud Daoist took the Purple-Red Gourd, while Nüwa claimed the last, immature gourd and the Gourd Vine.
• Xihe and Changxi asked to join the Demon Clan, and Emperor Jun agreed to invite them once it was established.
• After the preaching ended, Kunpeng returned to the Northern Darkness to cultivate and preach, while Emperor Jun became known as the Primordial World’s foremost expert.

Eastern Lord Duke expanded Zifu Continent and gathered living beings while Emperor Jun and Taiyi stayed on the Sun Star to cultivate and refine their gourds. Emperor Jun stopped the Purple-Cyan Gourd from becoming a Demon Summoning Banner, then infused it with Magical Power as countless Laws transformed it.

• Eastern Lord Duke accepted many living beings into Zifu Continent and planned to use the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation against the Wu Tribe.
• Eastern Lord Duke taught the formation to Zifu Continent's living beings and resolved to make other great powers submit to him.
• Emperor Jun studied the Law of Fate and continued cultivating on the Sun Star with Taiyi.
• Emperor Jun and Taiyi refined their gourds, and Emperor Jun discovered that the Purple-Cyan Gourd could detain souls.
• Emperor Jun shattered the banner forming inside the Purple-Cyan Gourd and poured in his Magical Power as countless Laws transformed it.

Emperor Jun transformed the Purple-Cyan Primordial Gourd into the Demon Name Record, a treasure for recording the names of the future Demon Clan. After testing Taiyi’s Flying Dagger of Immortal Execution, Emperor Jun named Taiyi Eastern Emperor Taiyi and declared that they would govern the Demon Clan together; Taiyi then asked when they would establish it.

• Emperor Jun used Laws and the Law of Time to transform the Purple-Cyan Primordial Gourd into the crimson-gold Demon Name Record.
• Emperor Jun recorded his own name in the Demon Name Record, which required a trace of soul aura and his approval.
• Taiyi showed Emperor Jun his purple-yellow Primordial Gourd and Flying Dagger of Immortal Execution, and Emperor Jun tested the dagger by catching it between two fingers.
• Emperor Jun entered Taiyi’s soul aura in the Demon Name Record and named him Eastern Emperor Taiyi, declaring they would govern the Demon Clan together.
• Taiyi accepted the title and asked Emperor Jun when they would establish the Demon Clan.

Emperor Jun explained that his Demon Clan would be selective, protecting only those who met its standards, and set out with Taiyi to find its founding members. Meanwhile, Eastern Lord Duke followed a new opportunity in the East Sea and was pulled toward an unknown destination.

• Emperor Jun rejected Taiyi’s idea that every intelligent being should belong to the Demon Clan and said membership would depend on Merit, Fortune, and sincere intent.
• Emperor Jun told Taiyi that the clan was not ready to be established, then took him from the Sun Star to the Primordial Continent to find suitable members.
• Eastern Lord Duke worried that Zifu Continent was running out of room as its territory and population grew, despite repeated clashes with other forces, including the Wu Tribe.
• Eastern Lord Duke sensed an opportunity and traveled to an empty area of the East Sea, where a powerful suction force suddenly began pulling him.
• Eastern Lord Duke welcomed the change and let the suction force draw him away.

Eastern Lord Duke discovered Penglai, Yingzhou, and Fangzhang Immortal Islands as a potential home for Zifu Continent, while Emperor Jun continued gathering members for the Demon Race. Emperor Jun then took Taiyi and Bai Ze to Phoenix Perch Mountain to invite Fuxi and Nüwa.

• Eastern Lord Duke explored the three immortal islands and decided that Zifu Continent's inhabitants could work together to bring them into the East Sea.
• Emperor Jun and Taiyi heard rumors that Emperor Jun was recruiting for the Demon Race, and the chapter confirmed that the Demon Name Record already contained many beings.
• Bai Ze reported that beings without Daoist Abodes had been assigned to stars, while those with Daoist Abodes had not yet moved.
• Emperor Jun judged that the Demon Race had enough members to begin arranging the Grand Heavenly Star Formation and chose to invite two more beings.
• Emperor Jun led Taiyi and Bai Ze to Phoenix Perch Mountain to invite Fuxi and Nüwa into the Demon Race.

Emperor Jun visited Fuxi and Nüwa at Phoenix Perch Mountain to invite them into the Demon Race. He offered them positions as exalted as his own, leaving the two surprised by the proposal.

• Emperor Jun arrived at Phoenix Perch Mountain with Taiyi and Bai Ze and called to Fuxi and Nüwa through their protective formation.
• Fuxi worried that refusing Emperor Jun could bring trouble, but Nüwa urged him to hear the visitors out.
• Fuxi and Nüwa welcomed the three guests and served them Primordial Spiritual Liquid from a purple-black Primordial Gourd.
• Emperor Jun sealed the Chaotic Energy in Bai Ze's body so he could absorb it gradually.
• Emperor Jun invited Fuxi and Nüwa to join the Demon Race and offered them the titles Emperor Xi and Empress Wa, with status equal to the Demon Emperor.