Chapter Summaries

Emperor Jun persuaded Fuxi and Nüwa to join the Demon Race as Emperor Xi and Wa Emperor, then discussed the race’s plans with them. A disturbance over the East Sea revealed the three immortal islands, and Emperor Jun held Taiyi back from claiming them.

• Emperor Jun offered Fuxi and Nüwa equal status with himself, and both agreed to join the Demon Race.
• Bai Ze greeted Fuxi and Nüwa as Emperor Xi and Wa Emperor, while Taiyi remained displeased.
• Fuxi and Nüwa gave Emperor Jun their soul auras, and he entered their names into the Demon Name Record.
• Emperor Jun said the Demon Race would be established before the Sage’s second Preaching of the Dao, and Fuxi and Nüwa offered suggestions for its plans.
• A disturbance over the East Sea drew Emperor Jun, Taiyi, Bai Ze, Fuxi, and Nüwa to the coast, where Penglai, Yingzhou, and Fangzhang appeared.
• Taiyi suggested claiming the three immortal islands, but Emperor Jun refused.

Eastern Lord Duke claimed the three immortal islands and announced that he would establish the Celestial Court in three thousand years, while hoping his revised Ten Thousand Immortals Formation could rival Emperor Jun. As Emperor Jun and Taiyi returned to the Primordial Starry Sky, Emperor Jun explained why he had granted Fuxi and Nüwa exalted positions in the Demon Clan.

• Eastern Lord Duke said he had brought the three immortal islands into the Primordial World and would establish the Celestial Court there in three thousand years.
• The gathered cultivators agreed to attend Eastern Lord Duke’s ceremony, curious about his plans and confidence.
• Eastern Lord Duke asked Emperor Jun to inspect his revised Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, but Emperor Jun declined, prompting Eastern Lord Duke to believe the formation could help him contend with Emperor Jun.
• Emperor Jun, Taiyi, and Bai Ze left for the Primordial Starry Sky, while Fuxi and Nüwa returned to Phoenix Perch Mountain.
• Taiyi asked why Emperor Jun had granted Fuxi and Nüwa the positions of Emperor Xi and Empress Wa, and Emperor Jun said opportunities connected to the Sage should be brought into the Demon Clan.

Emperor Jun and Taiyi returned to Penglai Immortal Island as Eastern Lord Duke prepared to establish the Celestial Court, while Fuxi and Nüwa discussed why joining the Demon Clan could benefit them. Eastern Lord Duke activated a formation powered by the immortals on three islands, and a colossal image of himself appeared behind him.

• Fuxi questioned why Nüwa had agreed to join the Demon Clan, and Nüwa explained that refusing would have offended Taiyi and jeopardized their position.
• Nüwa argued that Emperor Jun’s support could protect them amid the coming disorder and help them pursue the opportunity represented by the first six Prayer Mats.
• Three thousand years later, Emperor Jun and Taiyi arrived at Penglai Immortal Island and saw that Eastern Lord Duke had gathered many powerful beings for his Celestial Court plans.
• Emperor Jun recognized an Azure Dragon, a Phoenix, and a Qilin among the guests, while noting that the former high-ranking Grand Luo Golden Immortals of the Zifu Continent faction were absent.
• Eastern Lord Duke shouted for the formation to arise, and the Hidden Immortal Diagram gathered the immortals’ Magical Power before a vast image of Eastern Lord Duke appeared behind him.

Eastern Lord Duke established the Celestial Court with the Heavenly Dao’s acknowledgment and Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s approval. The Twelve Ancestral Witches challenged his authority, and the chapter ended with Eastern Lord Duke and the Wu Tribe confronting each other outside Penglai Immortal Island.

• Eastern Lord Duke revealed the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, while Emperor Jun sensed Grand Luo Golden Immortals hidden within the Hidden Immortal Diagram.
• Eastern Lord Duke declared the establishment of the Celestial Court and used the cane to suppress its fortune; auspicious signs appeared, confirming the Heavenly Dao’s acknowledgment.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun briefly appeared, and Eastern Lord Duke thanked the Sage as the gathered powers abandoned thoughts of opposing the new court.
• Dijiang challenged Eastern Lord Duke on behalf of the Wu Tribe, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches assembled outside Penglai Immortal Island in formation.
• Eastern Lord Duke told Dijiang that the Celestial Court had already been established, and he rejected Zhurong’s accusation of presumption.

The Twelve Ancestral Witches confronted Eastern Lord Duke after he established the Celestial Court, summoning a Pangu phantom with the Twelve Heavens Godly Devil Annihilation Formation. Their clash with Eastern Lord Duke and the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation ended in a draw, but both sides were badly strained and the battle remained unresolved.

• Houtu stopped Zhurong from insulting a Sage, and Eastern Lord Duke asked what the Wu Tribe would do about his newly established Celestial Court.
• Dijiang declared that the Wu Tribe would tear down the Celestial Court, and Zhu Jiuyin activated the Twelve Heavens Godly Devil Annihilation Formation.
• The formation summoned a Pangu phantom, whose presence surprised the Three Purities and made Eastern Lord Duke wary.
• Dijiang said the Wu Tribe would summon Father God to overthrow the Celestial Court, and the Pangu phantom punched Eastern Lord Duke, who blocked it with his Dragon Head Staff.
• The shockwave scattered the auspicious signs and forced Eastern Lord Duke to retreat half a step, while he protected a fleeing Qilin and the Twelve Ancestral Witches prepared to continue fighting.
• The Pangu phantom and Eastern Lord Duke struck again and neither side yielded, but the Twelve Ancestral Witches' strength and Laws were draining while beings inside the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation were nearly spent, badly injured, or dead.

As the Twelve Ancestral Witches formed an illusory Heaven Splitting Axe, Taiyi’s Chaos Bell was pulled toward it, but Taiyi began refining the bell and strengthening its bond with himself. The bell took the name East Emperor Bell, leaving its connection to the Heaven Splitting Axe almost imperceptible.

• Eastern Lord Duke summoned Grand Luo Golden Immortals from the Hidden Immortal Diagram to reinforce the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation as the Twelve Ancestral Witches prepared to end the battle.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches formed an illusory Heaven Splitting Axe, prompting Dao Ancestor Hongjun to suppress the Taiji Diagram and Pangu Banner in Zixiao Palace.
• Taiyi’s Chaos Bell flew toward the Pangu phantom but stopped, resisting the pull that linked it to the illusory Heaven Splitting Axe.
• Emperor Jun isolated himself and Taiyi, then used Laws and the Law of Fate to examine the Chaos Bell’s connection to the axe.
• Taiyi touched the Chaos Bell, which began helping him refine it and shifted its bond of destiny away from the Heaven Splitting Axe.
• The Chaos Bell’s Heavenly Dao Script characters changed to East Emperor Bell, and its destiny connection to the illusory Heaven Splitting Axe became almost imperceptible.

Emperor Jun watched the final clash between Eastern Lord Duke’s Ten Thousand Immortals Formation and the Twelve Ancestral Witches’ Pangu phantom, while Taiyi continued refining the East Emperor Bell in isolation. Both sides survived, but their forces suffered devastating losses, and the Wu Tribe arrived to protect the weakened Ancestral Witches.

• Emperor Jun withdrew the Laws from the isolated space after Taiyi’s East Emperor Bell stabilized, then reinforced the space as Eastern Lord Duke and the Twelve Ancestral Witches gathered strength.
• The Pangu phantom lightly swung the Heaven Splitting Axe, and Eastern Lord Duke met it with the Dragon Head Staff, unleashing a shockwave that injured nearly all nearby spectators.
• The Ten Thousand Immortals Formation shattered, killing many of its members and leaving Eastern Lord Duke and the surviving formation fighters severely injured.
• The Pangu phantom disappeared after the clash, but all Twelve Ancestral Witches survived with grievous injuries and depleted Laws.
• As onlookers considered attacking the weakened Ancestral Witches, members of the Wu Tribe arrived, and Zhu Jiuyin welcomed them as reinforcements he had arranged in advance.

The Wu Tribe attacked Eastern Lord Duke’s newly established Celestial Court, but Grand Pure One Laozi and other great powers intervened to prevent its destruction. Dijiang withdrew after warning Eastern Lord Duke that the Wu Tribe would never recognize the Celestial Court.

• Dijiang mocked Eastern Lord Duke as the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Wu Tribe prepared to destroy the weakened Celestial Court.
• Eastern Lord Duke appealed to the watching great powers for help, and Grand Pure One Laozi sensed a karmic connection but waited to act.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches attacked, while Houyi shot an arrow at Eastern Lord Duke; the Heaven and Earth Exquisite Pagoda blocked it.
• Grand Pure One Laozi, Jade Pure Yuanshi, and Supreme Pure Tongtian arrived, and Laozi persuaded the Ancestral Witches to stop attacking.
• Red Cloud Daoist and several onlookers sided with Eastern Lord Duke, while Nüwa stopped Fuxi from intervening.
• Dijiang abandoned the attack, warned Eastern Lord Duke not to provoke the Wu Tribe, and declared that the tribe would never acknowledge the Celestial Court.

After the Wu Tribe withdrew from Penglai, Emperor Jun returned to the Sun Star and used the clash over Eastern Lord Duke’s Celestial Court to deepen his understanding of fate. He realized his paths all converged on becoming the Demon Emperor, then answered a call from the Heavenly Realm by opening a spatial rift.

• Dijiang led the Wu Tribe away from Penglai, and Grand Pure One Laozi warned Eastern Lord Duke to remember his words before departing with Yuanshi and Tongtian.
• Emperor Jun returned to the Sun Star with Taiyi, reflecting that the ceremony had revealed a way to study the Law of Fate and had helped Taiyi refine the East Emperor Bell.
• Eastern Lord Duke surveyed the damaged Penglai Immortal Island, resolved to rebuild the Celestial Court, and trusted that his Ten Thousand Immortals Formation could defeat the Wu Tribe’s formation.
• Emperor Jun traced Eastern Lord Duke’s Fate Line and examined his own, finding that its many branches converged on establishing the Demon Race and becoming the Demon Emperor.
• Emperor Jun heard the Heavenly Realm calling, used the Hetu Luoshu Diagram to confirm his calculations, and opened a spatial rift on the Sun Star while containing the clashing powers within it.

Emperor Jun followed a call through the spatial layer, passed the inaccessible Devil World and Netherworld, and entered the Heavenly Realm. After surveying its Thirty-Three Heavens, he found an empty space beyond them with a golden throne at its center.

• Emperor Jun concealed his aura as the Devil World passed nearby, then continued after it had gone.
• Emperor Jun realized he could not approach the Netherworld and followed the call toward the Heavenly Realm instead.
• The Heavenly Realm invited Emperor Jun inside, and he entered its layers of worlds filled with Primordial Spiritual Energy, Spiritual Veins, and Natural Treasures.
• Emperor Jun surveyed the Thirty-Three Heavens and noted that the final three were especially abundant and had been occupied by the Three Purities in his previous life.
• After passing through Clear Tenuity Heaven, Emperor Jun reached an empty space beyond the heavens and examined the golden throne at its center.

Emperor Jun refused to sit on the Golden Throne despite recognizing Heaven's Mandate for him to become Heavenly Emperor, deciding to wait until he had witnessed a Sage Merging with the Dao. He used the Hetu Luoshu Diagram to connect it with Clear Tenuity Heaven, then followed the Heavenly Realm's summons back to the Golden Throne's space.

• Emperor Jun saw that his branching fates converged on him becoming Heavenly Emperor, but he chose to delay accepting the throne until after witnessing a Sage Merging with the Dao.
• Emperor Jun sent the Hetu Luoshu Diagram to absorb Clear Tenuity Heaven's aura, but the Heavenly Realm initially pressured it and stopped the process.
• Emperor Jun released his Origin Essence through the Hetu Luoshu Diagram, easing the Heavenly Realm's resistance and causing Clear Tenuity Heaven to pour its aura into the diagram.
• Emperor Jun formed a faint connection between the Hetu Luoshu Diagram and Clear Tenuity Heaven, then closed the diagram and sensed the Heavenly Realm was still unsatisfied.
• Emperor Jun sent resonant calls through the Hetu Luoshu Diagram, followed the Heavenly Realm's pull, and returned to the space containing the Golden Throne.

Emperor Jun discovered that the Heavenly Realm’s throne sent the Thirty-Three Heavens’ auras and countless Laws into the Hetu Luoshu Diagram, where the Laws sought his Origin Essence. Meanwhile, Eastern Lord Duke pursued an increasingly aggressive campaign to expand the Celestial Court and visited Daoist Kunpeng as his next potential target.

• Emperor Jun used the Hetu Luoshu Diagram’s Origin Essence aura to draw the Thirty-Three Heavens’ auras and Laws from the Golden Throne into the diagram.
• Emperor Jun concealed his own aura, let the Laws seek out a portion of his Origin Essence among the stars, and began comprehending them.
• Eastern Lord Duke, encouraged by Grand Pure Laozi’s words about the Sage’s acknowledgment, launched conquests to gather providence and living beings for the Celestial Court.
• Eastern Lord Duke’s former allies grew concerned as he became more arrogant and distanced himself from them, while he believed he had inherited Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s lineage.
• Eastern Lord Duke chose Daoist Kunpeng and the North Sea as his next target, then visited Daoist Kunpeng, who was surprised by his arrival.

Eastern Lord Duke ambushed Kunpeng with the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation and forced him to agree to join the Celestial Court. Afterward, Kunpeng resolved to escape that fate by seeking Emperor Jun’s protection, though he was still considering how to approach the Demon Clan.

• Eastern Lord Duke used the Hidden Immortal Diagram to conceal dozens of Grand Luo Golden Immortals and trap Kunpeng in the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation.
• Kunpeng agreed to join the Celestial Court after Eastern Lord Duke suppressed him, asking for time to settle affairs in the North Sea.
• Eastern Lord Duke accepted Kunpeng’s request and left for Penglai Immortal Island with the other Grand Luo Golden Immortals.
• Kunpeng returned to his daoist abode, revealed that his request had only been a way to buy time, and considered which powers could protect him from the Celestial Court.
• Kunpeng rejected the Wu Tribe and other possible allies, then decided to join Emperor Jun’s Demon Clan despite concerns about losing his freedom.
• Kunpeng recalled his encounters with Emperor Jun and rumors about how he selected Demon Clan members, but struggled to figure out how to join.

Daoist Kunpeng sought a way to earn a place in the Demon Clan, while Emperor Jun stabilized the Hetu Luoshu Diagram and suppressed the Heavenly Realm’s Laws with the stars. The chapter left Kunpeng at the Sun Star, where five Grand Luo Golden Immortals challenged him.

• Daoist Kunpeng recalled an insight he had gained in the North Sea, arranged it quickly, and secretly traveled to the Sun Star to present it to Emperor Jun.
• The Hetu Luoshu Diagram formed an illusory Thirty-Three Heavens and reached the limit of a Primordial Supreme Spiritual Treasure, but Emperor Jun refused its request to advance further.
• Emperor Jun returned to Clear Tenuity Heaven and chose not to hasten the Heavenly Realm’s arrival, then left while sensing its faint reluctance.
• Emperor Jun used the stars within the Hetu Luoshu Diagram to confine and separate the Heavenly Realm’s rootless Laws, suppressing them among the stars.
• Daoist Kunpeng arrived at the Sun Star, where five Grand Luo Golden Immortals flew toward him and ordered him to halt.

Kunpeng sought Emperor Jun’s protection and offered his insights in exchange for joining the Demon Clan. Taiyi said Emperor Jun was absent and deferred the decision until his return.

• Bai Ze met Kunpeng near the Sun Star and learned that Kunpeng wanted the Demon Emperor’s protection and hoped to join the Demon Clan.
• Bai Ze entered the Sun Star, informed Taiyi about Kunpeng, and shared his suspicions about why Kunpeng had come.
• Taiyi met Kunpeng outside the Sun Star and asked what he would offer in exchange for Emperor Jun’s protection.
• Kunpeng displayed writing he had devised, which Taiyi and Bai Ze recognized as a simplified form of Heavenly Dao Script that could help lower-level cultivators.
• Taiyi said Emperor Jun would decide whether to accept Kunpeng’s offer after he returned.

Eastern Lord Duke arrived at the Sun Star with dozens of Grand Luo Golden Immortals to seize Kunpeng, but Taiyi intervened because Kunpeng had insights to offer Emperor Jun. Eastern Lord Duke activated the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation and fought Taiyi, while Kunpeng and the others battled the formation’s members.

• Eastern Lord Duke appeared before Taiyi and Kunpeng, accusing Kunpeng of defying the Celestial Court and demanding his capture.
• Kunpeng challenged Eastern Lord Duke to fight him alone, but Eastern Lord Duke refused and called on his allies to capture him.
• Taiyi stopped Eastern Lord Duke, explaining that Kunpeng had insights for Emperor Jun and could not be taken away yet.
• Eastern Lord Duke insisted on taking Kunpeng, so Taiyi prepared to fight him with the East Emperor Bell.
• Eastern Lord Duke activated the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, and its members fought Kunpeng, Bai Ze, and the other Grand Luo Golden Immortals.
• Taiyi repeatedly trapped Eastern Lord Duke with spatial confinement as they fought, while Eastern Lord Duke attacked with the Dragon Head Staff.

Emperor Jun returned to the Sun Star and confronted Eastern Lord Duke, who claimed the Celestial Court had the right to reclaim Daoist Kunpeng. Eastern Lord Duke summoned his Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, but Emperor Jun refused help and prepared to show him how vast the differences between Primordial Origin Golden Immortals could be.

• Emperor Jun returned from the Primordial Desolation Spatial Layer, and the fighting around the Sun Star stopped as his aura spread.
• Emperor Jun stood with Taiyi, Bai Ze, and the others, then demanded to know why Eastern Lord Duke had come to cause trouble on his Sun Star.
• Eastern Lord Duke claimed Daoist Kunpeng was a Celestial Court traitor, but Daoist Kunpeng denied ever joining the Celestial Court.
• Eastern Lord Duke listed his old grievances against Emperor Jun and claimed his Ten Thousand Immortals Formation could suppress him.
• Eastern Lord Duke summoned countless beings into the formation and boasted that it had already slain a Primordial Origin Golden Immortal.
• Emperor Jun refused Bai Ze and the others' offer to assist and said he would teach Eastern Lord Duke that Primordial Origin Golden Immortals differed greatly in strength.

Emperor Jun mobilized the Primordial Starry Sky through the Hetu Luoshu Diagram, leaving Eastern Lord Duke unable to reach him despite the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation. As Emperor Jun studied the stars’ power and sensed Dao Ancestor Hongjun watching him, he realized he had begun to imagine fighting a Sage.

• Emperor Jun activated the Hetu Luoshu Diagram, and Eastern Lord Duke launched an attack with the Dragon Head Staff as the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation awakened.
• Emperor Jun stirred the Stellar Force of All Heavens Stars, whose growing resistance stopped Eastern Lord Duke from reaching him.
• The Primordial World’s great powers noticed the starry sky’s changes and worried that Emperor Jun’s strength was widening the gap between them.
• Eastern Lord Duke’s Dragon Head Staff halted three feet from Emperor Jun’s brow while Emperor Jun remained absorbed in comprehending the stars.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun watched from Zixiao Palace, and Emperor Jun sensed his gaze before Hongjun vanished.
• Emperor Jun wondered whether his new impulse to fight Hongjun meant he might one day catch up to him.

Emperor Jun discovered that Wutian had influenced Eastern Lord Duke, then overwhelmed the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation with Stellar Force and sent its people tumbling toward the East Sea. As Penglai Immortal Island rescued the fallen Celestial Court members and Emperor Jun’s prestige spread, he returned to studying the Primordial Starry Sky.

• Emperor Jun sensed Wutian’s aura in Eastern Lord Duke’s crude Mind Realm and realized an Extraterrestrial Devil had influenced him before fleeing.
• Eastern Lord Duke tried to withdraw the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, but Emperor Jun unleashed Stellar Force and overwhelmed it.
• The formation collapsed, leaving its living beings and Eastern Lord Duke unable to move as they fell from the Primordial Starry Sky.
• Eastern Lord Duke ordered the Grand Luo Golden Immortals to guide the falling beings toward the East Sea, and Penglai Immortal Island sent rescuers.
• Witnesses on the Primordial Continent saw the Celestial Court’s defeat, while Emperor Jun resumed comprehending the Primordial Starry Sky.

After Emperor Jun ended the starry phenomenon, Kunpeng joined the Demon Clan and presented the characters he had created. Emperor Jun named him Demon Teacher and tasked him with completing 129,600 Demon Scripts, leaving Kunpeng eager to fulfill his new role.

• Kunpeng and the other beings cultivated the Star Body Tempering Method while Emperor Jun guided the stars for one Yuanhui.
• Emperor Jun ended the phenomenon and returned to the Sun Star, where Bai Ze brought Kunpeng to meet him.
• Kunpeng explained that he had created characters modeled on Heavenly Dao Script while preaching in the North Sea.
• Emperor Jun offered Kunpeng the position of Demon Teacher and charged him with completing 129,600 Demon Scripts.
• Kunpeng accepted the role and promised not to disappoint Emperor Jun.