Chapter Summaries

Emperor Jun used the Three Corpses within the Hetu Luoshu Diagram to form an image of the Primordial Continent and face the Heavenly Punishment. After three increasingly powerful thunder strikes shattered the formation, his figure began to fade, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Emperor Jun stopped Eastern Emperor Taiyi from approaching the Purple Clouds and took control of the Three Corpses inside the Hetu Luoshu Diagram.
• One of Emperor Jun's corpses emerged and revealed a land resembling the Primordial Continent, astonishing the gathered cultivators.
• Emperor Jun formed the Mountains-and-Rivers Formation across the continent image as Dao Ancestor Hongjun allowed him to control the Three Corpses.
• The first thunder strike was broken down by the formation, and the second struck with several times greater power.
• The third thunder strike shattered the mountains, dried the rivers, and left Emperor Jun's figure illusory as onlookers feared his corpse could not survive.

Emperor Jun endured successive Thunder Tribulations by using the Primordial Continent and an illusory Thirty-Three Heavens to contain their lightning, then revealed his final Corpse and prepared the Grand Heavenly Star Formation for the next attack. As Jade Pure Yuanshi disputed whether Emperor Jun had truly severed three Corpses, Emperor Jun made the Hetu Luoshu Diagram the formation’s core and awaited the still-gathering tribulation.

• Zhenyuanzi apologized for Hongyun’s careless remark as the Demon Clan’s upper ranks glared at him.
• Emperor Jun returned the ruined Primordial Continent to the Hetu Luoshu Diagram and withdrew his consciousness from its sleeping Corpse.
• Emperor Jun used an illusory Thirty-Three Heavens to contain the fourth, fifth, and sixth Thunder Tribulations, then retreated to the diagram.
• Emperor Jun revealed his final Corpse with the Grand Heavenly Star Formation behind him, prompting Hongyun to exclaim that Emperor Jun had severed three Corpses.
• Jade Pure Yuanshi argued that Emperor Jun had only severed one Corpse, or had not cultivated the Severing the Corpse method at all.
• Emperor Jun expanded the Hetu Luoshu Diagram into the Grand Heavenly Star Formation as its core and watched the next Thunder Tribulation gather.

Emperor Jun endured the ninth Thunder Tribulation by using the Thirty-Three Heavens and the Grand Heavenly Star Formation to suppress its power inside the Hetu Luoshu Diagram. The tribulation ended, but the battered diagram showed no sign of whether it had advanced into a Primordial Treasure.

• Emperor Jun used the Grand Heavenly Star Formation to withstand the seventh and eighth Thunder Tribulations, though the eighth nearly overwhelmed it.
• The ninth tribulation descended as black lightning, shattered the formation, and struck the Hetu Luoshu Diagram as Emperor Jun was injured trying to stop it.
• Emperor Jun entered the diagram, where his two sleeping corpses awakened and joined him in containing the lightning.
• Emperor Jun drew on the Thirty-Three Heavens and the true Heavenly Realm to restore the diagram's formations and trap the purple-black lightning until its power was suppressed.
• Emperor Jun declared the tribulation over, and Dao Ancestor Hongjun disappeared along with his protection.
• The battered Hetu Luoshu Diagram appeared plain and unremarkable, leaving Nether River and the other observers uncertain whether it had advanced.

Emperor Jun watched the Hetu Luoshu Diagram endure its trial and transform into a Primordial Treasure, though its battered form and depleted foundation remained. He retained a tiny speck of the mysterious energy that had empowered its transformation before departing with the Demon Clan.

• Emperor Jun examined the exhausted Hetu Luoshu Diagram as rosy light poured energy into its Innate Undying Spiritual Light.
• The Hetu Luoshu Diagram’s Innate Undying Spiritual Light transformed, raising the diagram’s essence to that of a Primordial Treasure.
• Emperor Jun used the Law of Fate to capture a speck of the mysterious energy before the rosy light carried the rest away.
• Emperor Jun observed that the diagram remained damaged, but its advancement accelerated its refinement of the Thunder Tribulation and digestion of Creative Vitality, while benefiting the Three Corpses.
• Emperor Jun thanked the gathered beings, received their congratulations, and departed with Eastern Emperor Taiyi and the Demon Clan’s higher-ups.

Emperor Jun learned that Extraterrestrial Devils had infiltrated the Demon Clan and explained why he would not act against them until they broke the law. The leaders discussed ways to prepare for further invasions, but Daoist Kunpeng noted a drawback to Fuxi’s proposal.

• Eastern Emperor Taiyi asked whether the Demon Clan should intervene in the escalating conflict between the Celestial Court and the Wu Tribe, and Emperor Jun said it was not their concern for now.
• Bai Ze reported that a few Demon Clan members had undergone drastic changes in temperament, and Emperor Jun confirmed from the Demon Name Record that two were possessed by Extraterrestrial Devils.
• Emperor Jun told the leaders not to punish the infiltrated beings unless they violated the Demon Race Laws, warning that Devil Ancestor Luo Hou had chosen him as a host and might target the Demon Clan.
• Fuxi proposed using the illusory realms in the Demon Race Trial to strengthen the Demon Clan’s will against invasion, and Daoist Kunpeng began to point out drawbacks to the plan.

Emperor Jun approved using Mind Realm trials to strengthen the Demon Clan against Extraterrestrial Devils, while warning that the trials were unsuitable as a substitute for cultivation. He revealed his own Three Corpses Severing and introduced the Contemplation Method, then gave the others a chance to try it.

• Kunpeng, Bai Ze, and the others agreed that Mind Realm trials could help expose and strengthen Demon Clan members vulnerable to Extraterrestrial Devils.
• Emperor Jun authorized the Demon Clan to establish Mind Realms, explaining that they should not be used to replace real cultivation or temper Grand Luo Golden Immortals.
• Emperor Jun revealed that he had severed the Three Corpses by combining the Sage’s teachings with the Mind Demon Path from the Devil Ancestor’s inheritance.
• Emperor Jun explained that his Three Corpses method was not suitable for the others because he cultivated the Old Method rather than the Immortal Dao’s New Method.
• Emperor Jun introduced the Contemplation Method, which let cultivators visualize an object in their Sea of Consciousness so it could help resist Extraterrestrial Devils.
• Emperor Jun summoned several streams of light before the group so they could try the Contemplation Method themselves.

Emperor Jun introduced the Contemplation Method as a cultivation technique and defense against Extraterrestrial Devils, then explained its risks when used on powerful living beings. He approved Kunpeng’s proposal to let Demon Clan members contemplate their leaders, while Kunpeng began teaching the method and Bai Ze set out with Xihe and Changxi to find devil-invaded creatures.

• Eastern Emperor Taiyi, Daoist Kunpeng, Bai Ze, Nüwa, Fuxi, Changxi, and Xihe tried the Contemplation Method, and Xihe’s attempt to contemplate Emperor Jun vanished.
• Daoist Kunpeng and Fuxi praised the method as useful against Extraterrestrial Devils and suitable as an inheritance for the Demon Clan.
• Emperor Jun warned that contemplating powerful living beings could create a dangerous connection, and Xihe realized why her attempt had failed.
• Daoist Kunpeng argued that contemplating living beings was more effective, and Emperor Jun agreed that Demon Clan creatures could contemplate their leaders.
• Daoist Kunpeng began adding the method to the Demon Clan’s teachings, while Bai Ze asked Xihe and Changxi to help locate creatures invaded by Extraterrestrial Devils.

Emperor Jun refined the purple-black Thunder Tribulation in the Hetu Luoshu Diagram, gaining a small amount of Creative Vitality that strengthened his body, and assessed the recovery of his merged Three Corpses. He then inspected the Heavenly Realm and its inhabitants before the Throne of Law tempted him as his Heaven’s Mandate surged.

• Emperor Jun absorbed half of the Thunder Tribulation from the Hetu Luoshu Diagram and used the Star Body Tempering Method to refine it, producing Creative Vitality that slightly strengthened his fleshly body.
• Emperor Jun left the remaining Thunder Tribulation for the Hetu Luoshu Diagram and merged the three sleeping corpses into one, learning that it would take a thousand yuanhui to recover.
• Emperor Jun entered the Heavenly Realm, observed the Demon Clan’s lives across its thirty-three heavens, and listened to Demon Teacher Kunpeng teach the Contemplation Method.
• Emperor Jun saw Six-Eared Macaque searching the Inheritance Pagoda for a cultivation path and chose not to interfere.
• Emperor Jun entered the Heavenly Realm’s inner space, where his Heaven’s Mandate surged and the Throne of Law tempted him, but he remained unmoved.

Emperor Jun controlled his Heaven's Mandate to keep the Throne of Law's laws flowing while he studied the Heavenly Realm and prepared for the Heavenly Emperor position. Meanwhile, the Demon Clan adopted the Contemplation Method and began building a Mind Realm for training, as an Extraterrestrial Devil discovered the method could threaten its schemes.

• Emperor Jun suppressed his surging Heaven's Mandate with the Law of Fate, keeping it strong enough to make the Throne of Law's laws flow as he comprehended the Heavenly Realm.
• Beings across the Primordial World tried to advance their Innate Spiritual Treasures after Emperor Jun's Hetu Luoshu Diagram became a Primordial Treasure, though they did not understand that each treasure needed its own path.
• Emperor Jun sensed the Demon Clan's contemplation of him, blocked its effects, and resumed studying the Throne of Law after Fuxi's arrangements destroyed beings invaded by Extraterrestrial Devils.
• Bai Ze supervised the construction of the Thirty-Three Layered Heavenly Stairway, a vast Mind Realm where Demon Clan beings could undergo tempering.
• An Extraterrestrial Devil possessing a Demon Clan being invaded his Mind Realm after sensing a threat from the phantom of an Assistant Star, and the being later realized the Contemplation Method targeted the devils.

Luo Hou discovered that Emperor Jun’s Contemplation Method could connect a visualization to a real being, then tested how it worked on an Extraterrestrial Devil. He planned to alter the method so Extraterrestrial Devils could use visualized beings as devil seeds and intended to tell Emperor Jun about it.

• An Extraterrestrial Devil reported to Luo Hou that he had learned Emperor Jun’s Contemplation Method from the body he possessed.
• Luo Hou had the Extraterrestrial Devil visualize a star and discovered an illusory thread connecting the visualization to a real star, which he then shattered.
• Luo Hou gave the Extraterrestrial Devil information about himself and ordered him to visualize Luo Hou, forming a phantom that Luo Hou could control to threaten the devil.
• Luo Hou sent the Extraterrestrial Devil back to his body and considered modifying the Contemplation Method so Extraterrestrial Devils could invade through devil seeds.
• Luo Hou decided to tell Emperor Jun that his method could be turned against him.

Luo Hou established a Demon Sect in the Western Primordial Desolation and used the Contemplation Method to draw Emperor Jun into a controlled being’s mind. Emperor Jun recognized the scheme, and Luo Hou tried to provoke him by pointing out that a Demon Clan being had joined the Extraterrestrial Devils.

• Luo Hou sent an Extraterrestrial Devil to found the Demon Sect in the Western Primordial Desolation using the Devil Seed Method.
• The Extraterrestrial Devil selected four beings to contemplate Luo Hou and Emperor Jun, while other recruits contemplated lesser Extraterrestrial Devils.
• After a thousand years, two beings succeeded in contemplating Luo Hou, who took control of their bodies and ordered the training to continue.
• Five hundred years later, Emperor Jun sensed a being contemplating him, traced the connection to the Western Primordial Desolation, and entered the being’s mind.
• Emperor Jun recognized Luo Hou and realized that the Contemplation Method had brought him there.
• Luo Hou said a Demon Clan being had given him the method and joined the Demon Sect, hoping to create a flaw in Emperor Jun’s heart.

Emperor Jun confronted Luo Hou over the Contemplation Method and fought him through possessed bodies, leaving both bodies dead without either gaining an advantage. Emperor Jun informed Zhun Ti and Jie Yin about Luo Hou’s Devil Sect, then resumed comprehending the Throne of Law as the Heavenly Dao’s summons grew stronger.

• Emperor Jun identified a Demon Clan being as an Extraterrestrial Devil and used the Demon Name Record to locate Northern Darkness under Kunpeng’s jurisdiction.
• Kunpeng erased the being’s name from the Demon Name Record and sent beings to search the west for it.
• Luo Hou claimed Emperor Jun’s Contemplation Method would help Extraterrestrial Devils spread devil seeds, but Emperor Jun argued that its benefits were limited and taunted Luo Hou for failing to discover it himself.
• Luo Hou challenged Emperor Jun, and they clashed through possessed bodies; Emperor Jun’s body vanished while Luo Hou’s phantom flickered, and both possessed bodies collapsed lifeless.
• Luo Hou appointed his remaining available host as the Devil Sect Holy Son, while Emperor Jun sent news of Luo Hou and the Devil Sect to Zhun Ti and Jie Yin.
• Emperor Jun returned to comprehending the Throne of Law as he felt the Heavenly Dao’s summons growing harder to resist.

Zhun Ti and Jie Yin reluctantly prepared to eliminate the Demon Sect while the Demon Clan and Celestial Court faced different pressures from the Extraterrestrial Devils. After a thousand yuanhui of secluded cultivation, Emperor Jun found the Hetu Luoshu Diagram restored and showing signs of renewed life.

• Zhun Ti and Jie Yin agreed to attack the Demon Sect to protect the Western Earth Veins, though they could not locate its headquarters.
• The Demon Clan completed the Thirty-Three Layered Heavenly Stairway, allowing its beings to temper their minds through a self-sustaining Mind Realm.
• Extraterrestrial Devils provoked the Celestial Court into greater conflict with the Wu Tribe, while Luo Hou studied how to overcome the Wu Tribe's defenses.
• Jie Yin and Zhun Ti led the Western Sect in eliminating Demon Sect groups but failed to find the sect's headquarters.
• After a thousand yuanhui, Emperor Jun opened his eyes and saw that the Hetu Luoshu Diagram had recovered and begun to restore its stars, mountains, and rivers.

Emperor Jun transferred his Heaven's Mandate to his severed corpse, which sat on the Throne of Law and took on the Heavenly Realm's Laws, Causality, and Destiny. When the Heavenly Realm began tracing its connections to find Emperor Jun's original body, he used his divine sense through the corpse to slow its search, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Emperor Jun's corpse emerged from the Hetu Luoshu Diagram, and Emperor Jun shared information with him about the plan to transfer the Heaven's Mandate.
• Emperor Jun transferred his Heaven's Mandate to the corpse, which collided with the Throne of Law and sat upon it.
• Emperor Jun passed the Heavenly Realm Laws he had comprehended to the corpse, which took on the Realm's Causality and Destiny and gained its power and protection.
• Emperor Jun's corpse sensed that the Heavenly Realm's Laws and connections were searching for Emperor Jun's original body.
• Emperor Jun used the corpse's power to slow the search, then left his divine sense within the corpse to confront the Heavenly Realm.

Emperor Jun awakened from his analysis when the Twelve Ancestral Witches besieged Penglai Immortal Island, where Eastern Lord Duke and the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation were close to defeat. Grand Pure Laozi intervened and asked Eastern Lord Duke to swear a Heavenly Dao Oath, leaving the battle unresolved after the oath drew no response from the sky.

• Emperor Jun sensed the clash at Penglai Immortal Island and observed the gathered Quasi-Sages and the two formations battling.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches accused Eastern Lord Duke of threatening to slaughter Wu Tribe descendants, while he denied making the statement.
• Emperor Jun discovered that Extraterrestrial Devils on Penglai Immortal Island had spread the rumor and brought the Twelve Ancestral Witches there.
• Grand Pure Laozi supported Eastern Lord Duke and used the Profound Yellow Pagoda to stabilize the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation as the Pangu phantom attacked.
• Grand Pure Laozi demanded that Eastern Lord Duke swear a Heavenly Dao Oath, and Eastern Lord Duke swore he had never threatened the Wu Tribe; the sky remained clear.

After Taiqing stopped the Wu Tribe from destroying the Celestial Court, the Three Purities discussed why he had intervened and decided that preserving the balance of power was best. As the Dao Ancestor’s third preaching drew near, the great experts entered Chaos, while Dijiang chose not to attack the Celestial Court and Houtu went to hear the sermon.

• Dijiang accepted Taiqing’s intervention and withdrew the Twelve Ancestral Witches from the battle, while Emperor Jun wondered why Taiqing had saved the Celestial Court.
• Laozi told Yuanshi and Tongtian that he had acted to prevent either the Wu Tribe or the Demon Clan from dominating the Primordial Continent.
• As the third preaching approached, the Three Purities and Eastern Lord Duke’s party entered Chaos, leaving others to guard the Celestial Court.
• Gonggong urged Dijiang to attack the Celestial Court while its leaders were away, but Zhu Jiuyin warned that doing so would antagonize the Three Purities and fail to eliminate the Celestial Court.
• Dijiang rejected the attack, and Houtu persuaded him to let her enter Chaos and hear the Sage’s preaching.
• Jie Yin reassured Zhun Ti that their new cultivation path remained rooted in the Immortal Dao, and the two entered Chaos as the Demon Clan’s seven Quasi-Sages gathered at the Sun Star.

Emperor Jun led the Demon Clan to Zixiao Palace for Hongjun’s final preaching, where he studied the Quasi-Sage Path and the Method to Become Sage while comparing the teachings with his own cultivation. After Hongjun’s voice stopped two thousand nine hundred years into the sermon, Emperor Jun continued absorbing what he had learned.

• Emperor Jun gathered the Demon Clan and led them through Chaos to Zixiao Palace, hoping to ask Hongjun about his Three Corpses and seal the Causality and Destiny affecting the Heavenly Realm.
• Emperor Jun entered Zixiao Palace with the Demon Clan and was surprised to see Houtu among the gathered listeners.
• Hongjun announced that his third and final preaching would cover the Quasi-Sage Path and the Method to Become Sage.
• Emperor Jun compared Hongjun’s teachings on Three Corpses Severing and Unity with his own Primordial Origin Golden Immortal path and resolved to help Nüwa become a Sage after returning.
• As Hongjun’s teachings deepened, Emperor Jun continued to comprehend them while most listeners struggled, and Houtu focused on remembering the Method to Become Sage for the other Ancestral Witches.
• After two thousand nine hundred years, Hongjun abruptly stopped preaching, and Emperor Jun kept digesting the teachings while the others felt relieved.

Emperor Jun asked Hongjun why his Three Corpses could not bear the Heavenly Realm’s Causality and Destiny, and learned that the burden was too great for them. Hongjun advised him to become Heavenly Emperor and said he could eventually leave the office for a successor, leaving Emperor Jun tempted by the benefits but wary of losing his freedom.

• After three hundred years of absorbing Hongjun’s preaching, Emperor Jun realized that the third sermon had not yet ended.
• Emperor Jun asked Hongjun why his Three Corpses could not bear his Causality and Destiny after he had severed them all and achieved Three Corpses Unity.
• Hongjun examined Emperor Jun’s corpse in the Heavenly Realm and found that the Realm’s immense Causality and Destiny were confined within it by Emperor Jun’s seal.
• Hongjun told Emperor Jun that his Three Corpses could not bear the Heavenly Realm’s burden and that his true body would have to become Heavenly Emperor.
• Emperor Jun questioned whether the office would cost him his freedom and hinder his cultivation, while Hongjun argued that the Heavenly Realm’s fortune and Heavenly Dao’s favor could help him advance.
• Hongjun said Emperor Jun’s mandate would eventually end and a successor would take his place, then wondered who his own successor would be.

Emperor Jun considered Hongjun’s warning about becoming Heavenly Emperor while the beings in Zixiao Palace questioned the Sage. Hongjun explained three methods of becoming a Sage, and a Grand Luo Golden Immortal asked about the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans’ attempt to advance through accumulated fortune.

• Emperor Jun thanked Hongjun for answering his doubts but said he needed time to consider becoming Heavenly Emperor, then returned to his seat as time resumed.
• Red Cloud Daoist asked why Hongjun had not answered Fellow Daoist Hongyun’s question, but Hongjun said the others lacked the cultivation to understand, and Zhenyuanzi pulled Red Cloud back to his seat.
• After answering the cultivators’ questions, Hongjun explained the three methods of becoming a Sage: achieving Dao through force, the Three Corpses Severing method, and becoming Sage through Merit.
• A Grand Luo Golden Immortal asked Hongjun about the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans gathering fortune to reach the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.

At Zixiao Palace, Hongjun explained that unifying the Primordial World's providence could not produce a Sage, then revealed seven streams of Primordial Violet Qi that could aid in attaining Sagehood. He chose the Three Purities and Nüwa as disciples, leaving Eastern Lord Duke passed over and Taiyi uneasy about Nüwa's place in the Demon Clan.

• Hongjun told the gathered beings that the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin leaders had failed to reach the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm and that unifying providence to become a Sage was impossible.
• Grand Pure Laozi asked who could become a Sage, and Hongjun revealed seven streams of Primordial Violet Qi that could help others attain Sagehood.
• Hongjun announced seven Sage positions beneath his tutelage and accepted the Three Purities as disciples, giving each a stream of Primordial Violet Qi.
• Hongjun accepted Nüwa as a disciple and gave her a stream of Primordial Violet Qi, while Eastern Lord Duke was passed over.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi worried that Nüwa might not follow Emperor Jun's commands, but Emperor Jun said her becoming a Sage within the Demon Clan was cause for celebration.