Chapter Summaries

Di Yi fought Dao Ancestor Hongjun and Old Ancestor Yang Mei, and their battle destroyed the hidden Small World. The three emerged above the Primordial World, where their power terrified its inhabitants and shocked the Saints, who recognized Hongjun but could not identify his opponents.

• Hongjun and Yang Mei declared that they would kill Di Yi and seize his origin, but Di Yi rejected their threat and unleashed his power.
• Hongjun attacked Di Yi with Order Divine Chains, while Yang Mei collapsed space around him; Di Yi countered with annihilation power and Solar True Fire.
• Hongjun and Yang Mei renewed their assault, and the three fought until their power shattered the Small World and exposed it to the Chaos.
• The three escaped the collapsing realm and faced one another above the Primordial World as the destruction and their auras swept across the land.
• The inhabitants of the Primordial World were overwhelmed by fear and pressure, while the Saints traced the disturbance to Hongjun, Yang Mei, and Di Yi.
• The Three Pure Ones recognized Hongjun but did not know the other two, and they wondered whether the winged Di Yi resembled Dijun.

Hongjun and Old Ancestor Yang Mei fought Di Yi, whose power was weakened by the Primordial Wilderness rejecting him, while a mysterious figure fused with the last little Golden Crow beneath Tanggu Valley. Hongjun and Yang Mei destroyed Di Yi and divided his remaining origin, leaving the Golden Crow to undergo a hidden transformation.

• Zhen Yuanzi, Old Ancestor Ming He, Jie Yin, Zhun Ti, and Qin Mu witnessed Hongjun and Old Ancestor Yang Mei fighting Di Yi and wondered how anyone could match the Dao Ancestor.
• Hongjun used Heavenly Dao power and Yang Mei wielded spatial power against Di Yi, while an ancient force sealed their battlefield to protect the Primordial World from destruction.
• Beneath Tanggu Valley, the mysterious figure who had rescued the little Golden Crow chose to self-destruct and fuse his spiritual consciousness and flame Dao Principles with the Golden Crow.
• The little Golden Crow's aura subsided as it entered a hidden transformation that the Saints and other powerful beings failed to notice.
• Hongjun and Yang Mei overwhelmed Di Yi, who roared that this era was not his, and annihilated his body.
• Hongjun claimed about seventy percent of Di Yi's purest origin, Yang Mei took the rest, and both departed.

After the Wu-Demon War, the Sky Rift continued pouring the Heavenly River into the Primordial Wilderness, and Nuwa was resurrected with her cultivation reduced to the Sub-Saint level. Qin Mu visited her to ask for the Five-Colored Stone, offering to help Fuxi’s True Spirit enter reincarnation and gain a fortunate opportunity in exchange.

• After Hongjun and Yang Mei departed, the supreme battlefield vanished, while the unrepaired Sky Rift remained an urgent threat to the Primordial Wilderness.
• Heavenly Dao Power resurrected Nuwa, but she discovered that her cultivation had fallen to the Sub-Saint level and began to question her past choices.
• Nuwa sensed Qin Mu arriving at Nuwa Palace and asked why he had come to see her.
• Qin Mu asked Nuwa to give him the Five-Colored Stone and promised to help Fuxi’s True Spirit enter reincarnation and receive a fortunate opportunity.
• Nuwa was shocked that Qin Mu knew about the stone, which she had kept secret.

Qin Mu traded with Nuwa for the Five-Colored Stone by promising to help Fuxi reincarnate with a chance to gain a Future Body. He returned to Penglai Immortal Island and offered Duobao an opportunity to advance to the Sub-Saint realm, though not to become a Saint.

• Qin Mu offered to help Fuxi reincarnate and gain a Future Body in exchange for Nuwa's Five-Colored Stone.
• Nuwa accepted the deal and handed Qin Mu the Five-Colored Stone, then wondered whether Dijun would revive before going into seclusion to stabilize her Saintly Body.
• Qin Mu returned to Penglai Immortal Island, where Daoist Duobao greeted him and asked whether he would help him become a Saint.
• Qin Mu told Duobao that the opportunity he brought could help him enter the Sub-Saint realm, and Duobao's spirits rose.

Qin Mu gave Duobao the Five-Colored Divine Stone and sent him to mend the Sky Rift above Buzhou Mountain. Duobao used it to repair the heavens, stopping the Heavenly River from flooding into the Primordial Wilderness.

• Qin Mu told Duobao to mend the Sky Rift and gave him the Five-Colored Divine Stone.
• Duobao flew to the Sky Rift above Buzhou Mountain as powerful beings and Saints watched and doubted he could succeed.
• Duobao infused the Five-Colored Divine Stone with his magical power and sent it into the flooding Heavenly River.
• The Five-Colored Divine Stone reached the Sky Rift and stitched the heavens back together.
• The Sky Rift sealed, and the Heavenly River's waters were forced back into their course.

Duobao mended the Sky Rift with the Five-Colored Divine Stone and gained enough Heaven-Mending Merit to break through to Sub-Saint. As the great powers reacted to Jie Teachings’ growing strength, Zhun Ti and Jie Yin decided that Duobao was fated with the West and planned to make an effort to draw him over.

• Duobao repaired the Sky Rift with the Five-Colored Divine Stone, while an unnoticed fragment fell into a blessed cave realm.
• Heaven-Mending Merit entered Duobao’s body and raised his cultivation to the Sub-Saint level.
• The great powers praised Duobao’s achievement and remarked on Jie Teachings’ growing strength, while Taishang wondered when Ren Teachings would prosper and Primordial Heavenly Venerate grew resentful.
• A strand of black aura entered Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s body from the depths of Kunlun Mountain without his noticing.
• Zhun Ti and Jie Yin sensed that Duobao was fated with the West and resolved to make an effort to win him over.

As the sky began collapsing because Buzhou Mountain no longer supported it, four Saints gathered to compete for the merit of holding it up. Tongtian wondered whether he and Qin Mu should join them, and the chapter ended before Qin Mu answered.

• After Duobao repaired the sky, the unsupported heavens began descending and throwing the Primordial Wilderness into chaos.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, Jie Yin, and Zhun Ti arrived at Buzhou Mountain and agreed to compete for the merit of supporting heaven.
• At Kongtong Mountain, Zhen Yuanzi asked why Huang Tian’s true body, Qin Mu, had not gone to Buzhou Mountain, but Huang Tian only smiled.
• Old Ancestor Ming He chose not to join the Saints and wondered whether Qin Mu had another plan.
• Qin Mu appeared at Biyou Palace, and Tongtian asked whether they should go to Buzhou Mountain to seek the merit.

Qin Mu visited the sealed Mysterious Turtle and offered to free him, though doing so would cost him his physical body. After the Mysterious Turtle agreed, Qin Mu used his authority to make the Heavenly Dao release its chains and took him away.

• Qin Mu told Tongtian that Laozi and the other Saints would fail to prop up the heavens, then left Biyou Palace.
• Qin Mu entered the undersea Sealed Land and reunited with the Mysterious Turtle, who was astonished by Qin Mu's cultivation.
• Qin Mu explained that freeing the Mysterious Turtle would destroy his body, but that his True Spirit could enter Reincarnation and receive a Great Opportunity.
• The Mysterious Turtle agreed to give up his body in exchange for escaping the sealed land and his fate of bearing heaven and earth.
• Qin Mu ordered the Heavenly Dao Chains to withdraw, and the Heavenly Dao released the Mysterious Turtle.
• Qin Mu took the Mysterious Turtle out of the Sealed Land.

Qin Mu freed the Mysterious Turtle and explained that he needed its body to hold up the collapsing heavens. At Buzhou Mountain, Laozi and Yuanshi each tried to support the heavens with their treasures, but neither method could withstand the weight.

• Qin Mu brought the Mysterious Turtle out of the Sealed Land and warned that Heavenly Dao Laws would suppress him again unless he abandoned his body.
• Qin Mu told the Mysterious Turtle that Buzhou Mountain had been broken and that he needed the Mysterious Turtle's body to hold up the heavens.
• The Mysterious Turtle agreed to keep his promise, and Qin Mu departed with him.
• Saint Taishang used the Taiji Diagram to form a golden bridge between Buzhou Mountain and the sinking heavens, briefly stabilizing them before the bridge began to buckle.
• Laozi recalled the Taiji Diagram, and Primordial Heavenly Venerate tried to support the heavens with the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, but its pillars of light began to tremble under the pressure.

After Laozi, Primordial Heavenly Venerate, Jie Yin, and Zhun Ti failed both individually and together to hold up the collapsing heavens, Qin Mu arrived and announced that he would try. The four Saints doubted he could succeed, and the chapter ended before Qin Mu acted.

• Primordial Heavenly Venerate recalled his Jade Ruyi after it failed, then watched as Jie Yin's Twelve-Grade Golden Lotus of Merit also failed to support the heavens.
• Zhun Ti tried to hold up the heavens with his Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree and Saint power, but withdrew before his Saint Body was damaged.
• The four Saints joined forces with their treasures, but the heavens overwhelmed them and they recalled their weapons.
• The watching great powers despaired as the Saints' failure left the Primordial Wilderness facing collapse.
• Qin Mu appeared and said it was his turn to hold up the heavens, while Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Zhun Ti mocked his chances.

Qin Mu rejected the Saints’ offer to share the Merit of supporting the heavens and summoned the Mysterious Turtle to carry out his own plan. He severed all four of its legs and sent them flying toward the four corners of the heavens.

• Jie Yin, Taishang, and Primordial Heavenly Venerate urged Qin Mu to join the four Saints in supporting the heavens and share the Merit.
• Qin Mu refused to let the Saints dictate when he could try, and Zhun Ti grew furious and prepared to fight him.
• Jie Yin stopped Zhun Ti, and Taishang allowed Qin Mu to proceed with his own method.
• Qin Mu summoned the Mysterious Turtle, which had agreed to give up its body while preserving its True Spirit.
• Qin Mu used his Grass Sword to sever the Mysterious Turtle’s four legs and sent them toward the four corners of the heavens.

Qin Mu used the Mysterious Turtle’s severed legs as Heavenly Pillars and its shell to stabilize the sky, succeeding where four Saints had failed. Saints and other powerful figures across the Primordial World reacted to his achievement, while Tongtian wondered whether Qin Mu had foreseen the other Saints’ failure.

• Qin Mu ordered the Mysterious Turtle’s four legs into the sky’s corners, where they became pillars that stopped the heavens from sinking.
• Qin Mu lifted the Mysterious Turtle’s shell into the sky, completing the repair and restoring balance to Yin Yang and the Five Elements.
• Laozi, Primordial Heavenly Venerate, Zhun Ti, and the other Saints watched in disbelief as Qin Mu accomplished what they had failed to do.
• Zhen Yuanzi asked Huang Tian whether he had known Qin Mu could hold up the heavens, and Huang Tian only smiled.
• Nuwa reflected that she had traded the Five-Colored Divine Stone to help Fuxi be reborn, while Old Ancestor Ming He celebrated Qin Mu’s success.
• Tongtian praised Qin Mu as his disciple and wondered whether Qin Mu had already known the other Saints could not prop up the heavens.

Qin Mu propped up the sky with the Sky-Propping Mysterious Turtle and claimed all the Heavenly Dao Merit, while the other Saints departed empty-handed. On their way back to the Western Realm, Jie Yin hinted to Zhun Ti that they had gained something after all, but did not explain what.

• Qin Mu stored the Merit from propping up the sky and collected the Mysterious Turtle’s True Spirit so it could reincarnate.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, Jie Yin, and Zhun Ti lamented that Qin Mu had taken all the Merit; they congratulated or criticized him before leaving.
• The observing powers withdrew their divine senses, and living beings across the Primordial Wilderness celebrated as the sky stopped sinking.
• Zhun Ti complained to Jie Yin that Qin Mu always obtained the best opportunities and suggested taking beings from the East to the Western Realm.
• Jie Yin refused Zhun Ti’s proposal, then hinted that they would not return empty-handed, leaving Zhun Ti confused.

Jie Yin and Zhun Ti headed to the Demon Race Treasury to claim its riches, but Primordial Heavenly Venerate joined them and they found it completely empty. The three Saints discovered a message revealing Qin Mu of the Underworld had taken everything.

• Jie Yin and Zhun Ti went to the Demon Race Heavenly Realm to plunder the Demon Race Treasury.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate appeared at the treasury, and Jie Yin proposed that he split its contents equally with the Western Teachings.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate opened the treasury gates, and the three Saints found every treasure gone.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate noticed Dao Resonance radiance, and the Saints found the words, "Qin Mu of the Underworld was here!"
• Jie Yin, Zhun Ti, and Primordial Heavenly Venerate flared with fury at the message.

Qin Mu kept the Demon Race treasury’s treasures and saved the Merit of supporting the heavens for later, while the Wu and Demon Races receded and the Human Race began to rise. Ten thousand years after the war, a Three-legged Golden Crow neared awakening, and an Ancestral Wu statue briefly opened its eyes.

• Primordial Heavenly Venerate, Jie Yin, and Zhun Ti found the Demon Race treasury empty and blamed Qin Mu for taking its treasures first.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate left, and Jie Yin and Zhun Ti returned to the Western Realm without gaining anything.
• Qin Mu stored the Demon Race treasures in Fengdu City and decided not to use the Merit of supporting the heavens yet.
• Ten thousand years passed as the Wu and Demon Races recovered from their losses and the Human Race began to rise in the Primordial World.
• The Three-legged Golden Crow cultivated in Tanggu Valley with an aura as powerful as Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi had once possessed.
• An Ancestral Wu statue in the Wu Clan’s hidden realm briefly opened its eyes.

After ten thousand years of quiet, Dao Ancestor Hongjun summoned the Saints to the Zixiao Palace, leaving Qin Mu to suspect that they would choose a new ruler for the Heavenly Court. Meanwhile, the Wu Clan hoped for the Ancestral Wus’ return, and Huang Tian hinted that a new order was due.

• A Wu Clan member claimed that Ancestral Wu Di Jiang’s statue had opened its eyes, and the gathered Wu Clan members knelt and prayed for the Ancestral Wus to return.
• After another ten thousand years passed, Hongjun summoned All Saints to the Zixiao Palace for deliberation.
• Taishang, Primordial Heavenly Venerate, Tongtian, Nuwa, Jie Yin, and Zhun Ti set out for the Zixiao Palace, each wondering why Hongjun had called them.
• Zhen Yuanzi visited Huang Tian to report the summons and ask Qin Mu’s avatar about its purpose, but Huang Tian said they would learn more at the Zixiao Palace.
• After Zhen Yuanzi left, Huang Tian said it was time to establish a new order, while Qin Mu suspected the summons concerned choosing a new Heavenly Emperor.

Qin Mu decided to compete for the vacant Heavenly Emperor position, intending to use an innate Imperial Embryo to create a third avatar. He secured Old Ancestor Ming He's support, and the Saints gathered at Zixiao Palace to hear Dao Ancestor Hongjun's purpose for summoning them.

• Qin Mu remembered his innate Imperial Embryo and resolved to seek the Heavenly Emperor position by nurturing a third avatar.
• Old Ancestor Ming He asked Qin Mu why Dao Ancestor Hongjun had summoned the Saints, and pledged to stand on Qin Mu's side.
• Qin Mu set off for Zixiao Palace, and Old Ancestor Ming He hurried after him.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, Jie Yin, Zhun Ti, Nuwa, Zhen Yuanzi, and Tongtian arrived at Zixiao Palace before Qin Mu and Old Ancestor Ming He.
• Haotian and Yaochi welcomed the Saints into Zixiao Palace, where Dao Ancestor Hongjun opened his eyes and looked over them.

Hongjun summoned the Sages to discuss choosing a new lord of the Heavenly Court after the Wu and Demon races declined. Several Sages nominated their disciples, while Qin Mu suspected Hongjun had already chosen Haotian, and Tongtian began to offer another candidate.

• Hongjun explained that the Three Realms needed a new ruler and called the Sages to discuss the Heavenly Emperor.
• Zhun Ti and Jie Yin nominated Kasyapa, asking Hongjun to give the Western Teachings a chance.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate countered by nominating his disciple Guangchengzi for the position.
• Saint Taishang surprised the Sages by recommending Xuan Du as lord of the Heavenly Court.
• Hongjun gave no response to the nominations, and Tongtian stepped forward to recommend someone.

Tongtian nominated Qin Mu to become the new Lord of the Heavenly Court, and Zhen Yuanzi and Old Ancestor Ming He supported him. Zhun Ti, Jie Yin, and Primordial Heavenly Venerate opposed the appointment, warning Hongjun that Qin Mu would hold too much authority if he governed both the Underworld and Heavenly Court.

• Tongtian recommended his disciple Qin Mu as the new Lord of the Heavenly Court and praised his fortune and strength.
• Zhen Yuanzi and Old Ancestor Ming He endorsed Qin Mu, while other sages worried that his power and influence could let him win the position.
• Zhun Ti argued that Qin Mu already controlled the Underworld and Reincarnation, so granting him authority over the Heavenly Court would upset the balance between Heaven and Earth.
• Jie Yin and Primordial Heavenly Venerate joined Zhun Ti in opposing Qin Mu, with Primordial Heavenly Venerate warning that Qin Mu could make the Three Realms his personal domain.

The Sages argued over whether Qin Mu should become Lord of the Heavenly Court, with Tongtian and his allies supporting him and several others opposing him. Hongjun stopped the debate and looked to Qin Mu, though the Heavenly Dao Will also opposed his appointment.

• Tongtian argued that Qin Mu’s success managing the Underworld made him the best choice to lead the Heavenly Court, and Zhen Yuanzi and Old Ancestor Ming He supported him.
• Yuanshi, Jie Yin, and Zhun Ti opposed Qin Mu’s appointment, citing the dangers of concentrating authority and their own concerns about the Jie Teachings’ growing power.
• Nuwa stayed silent because she had made an agreement with Qin Mu involving Fuxi’s True Spirit, while Taishang voiced a tactful objection based on Qin Mu’s workload.
• Hongjun ended the Sages’ argument and turned to Qin Mu, despite the Heavenly Dao Will’s opposition to his becoming the new Heavenly Emperor.