Chapter Summaries

Hongjun asked Qin Mu whether he wished to become Lord of the Heavenly Court after negotiating with Heavenly Dao Will, which opposed Qin Mu’s appointment. Qin Mu accepted the possibility of taking the role, leaving the Sages alarmed and resentful.

• Heavenly Dao Will descended into Zixiao Palace as Hongjun considered Qin Mu for Lord of the Heavenly Court, and Qin Mu realized Heavenly Dao opposed his appointment.
• Hongjun silently negotiated with Heavenly Dao Will, which withdrew after he secured the authority to decide whether Qin Mu could take the position.
• Hongjun asked Qin Mu if he wished to become Lord of the Heavenly Court, surprising the Sages who believed Heavenly Dao had ruled him out.
• Qin Mu expressed his willingness to safeguard the Primordial Wilderness and its Three Realms, while Primordial Heavenly Venerate, Jie Yin, Zhun Ti, and Laozi reacted with unease.

Hongjun appointed Qin Mu as ruler of the Three Realms and supreme sovereign of the Heavenly Court, then privately advised him to protect the Primordial World. Qin Mu invited Haotian and Yaochi to join his court and arrived at the desolate former Demon Race Heavenly Court.

• Hongjun named Qin Mu the new Heavenly Emperor and silenced Zhun Ti when he objected.
• Hongjun dismissed the other Sages, kept Qin Mu behind, and urged him to preserve the Primordial World.
• Haotian and Yaochi congratulated Qin Mu, who invited them to serve in the Heavenly Court.
• Haotian said he would consult Hongjun before accepting Qin Mu's offer.
• Qin Mu left Zixiao Palace and arrived at the former Demon Race Heavenly Court.

Qin Mu restored the ruined Demon Race Heavenly Court with his many treasures and inscribed it with Dao Patterns. He then placed an Imperial Embryo in Lingxiao Treasure Hall to nurture it into a new Heavenly Emperor, but decided the Heavenly Court was not yet ready to emerge into the world.

• Qin Mu surveyed the ruined Demon Race Heavenly Court and wondered why the Dao Ancestor and Heavenly Dao had allowed him to become its ruler.
• Qin Mu used Sun-Glow Divine Gold, Moonlight Essence, and other treasures to rebuild the Heavenly Realm and restore its palaces, gates, river, and floating islands.
• Qin Mu inscribed the restored structures with runes made from his divine sense and Primordial Chaos Power.
• Qin Mu placed his Imperial Embryo inside Lingxiao Treasure Hall to nurture it as the new Heavenly Emperor.
• Qin Mu directed the Heavenly Court's Fortune and spiritual energy into the Imperial Embryo, then concluded that the time had not yet come for the Heavenly Court to emerge into the world.

After becoming ruler of the Heavenly Court, Qin Mu returned to the Underworld and revealed that Hongyun’s recovered soul was ready to reincarnate. Zhen Yuanzi asked for Hongyun to be reborn, but Qin Mu said they had to wait for someone else, and Nuwa arrived.

• Qin Mu sealed the Heavenly Realm with a Prohibition and returned to the Netherworld Underworld, where Old Ancestor Ming He congratulated him.
• At Kongtong Mountain, Zhen Yuanzi learned from Huang Tian that Qin Mu had returned and decided to visit the Underworld about Hongyun’s reincarnation.
• Zhen Yuanzi met Qin Mu in Fengdu City and asked whether he remembered their agreement about Hongyun.
• Qin Mu summoned Hongyun’s restored soul, and the brothers reunited emotionally.
• When Zhen Yuanzi urged Qin Mu to let Hongyun enter Reincarnation, Qin Mu said they had to wait for someone else, and Nuwa appeared in the hall.

Qin Mu brought Hongyun and Fuxi to Pingxin Hall so Empress Pingxin could let them reincarnate through a special passage. The passage could preserve their past wisdom and spiritual radiance while drawing on their former Fortune, and Pingxin began sending the two souls into it.

• Nuwa arrived in the Underworld and reminded Qin Mu of his promise to arrange Fuxi's reincarnation in exchange for the Five-Colored Divine Stone.
• Nuwa produced Fuxi's soul, and Qin Mu led him, Hongyun, Zhen Yuanzi, and Nuwa to Pingxin Hall.
• Empress Pingxin appeared and, at Qin Mu's request, opened a special Reincarnation Passage for Hongyun and Fuxi.
• Pingxin explained that the passage could preserve past-life wisdom and gather Fortune, then sent invisible forces toward Hongyun's and Fuxi's souls.

Qin Mu helped Hongyun and Fuxi enter reincarnation, then waited as the abandoned Heavenly Court stirred back to life. His third avatar emerged as Di Zun, reclaimed the Heavenly Court, and announced its rule over the Three Realms.

• Hongyun and Fuxi entered the Reincarnation passage, and Zhen Yuanzi and Nuwa thanked Qin Mu before departing.
• Nuwa reflected on her past choices and her weakened cultivation after the Demon Race's Heavenly Court fell.
• Years later, a law-shaking disturbance erupted from the Heavenly Realm, while Qin Mu's prohibition blocked outside divine senses.
• Qin Mu's third avatar emerged in the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, absorbed the Heavenly Court's gathered Fortune, and reached the Sub-Saint Realm.
• The avatar declared himself Di Zun and announced that the Heavenly Court had reopened to govern the Three Realms.

Qin Mu’s third avatar, Di Zun, took control of the Heavenly Court and used its Fortune to block the Saints’ surveillance. As the Saints reacted with anger and disappointment, hidden Demonic Energy leaked from Primordial Heavenly Venerate and flowed into a mysterious figure beneath Kunlun Mountain, which began to awaken.

• Yin Tianzi and Huang Tian sensed Di Zun’s birth and recognized that Qin Mu now controlled the Underworld, humanity, and the Heavenly Court.
• Di Zun ordered the Saints’ divine senses to leave, then used the Heavenly Court’s Golden Dragon of Destiny to seal the Heavenly Realm from outside observation.
• Zhun Ti condemned Di Zun’s arrogance, while Jie Yin said they had to wait for an opportunity to benefit the Western Teachings.
• Laozi regretted that his disciple Xuan Du had not been chosen as Heavenly Emperor, and Primordial Heavenly Venerate angrily questioned Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s choice of Qin Mu.
• Unnoticed by Primordial Heavenly Venerate, black Demonic Energy seeped from him and flowed into a fissure beneath Kunlun Mountain, where it began awakening a mysterious figure.

A thousand years after restoring the Heavenly Court, Huang Tian and Zhen Yuanzi opened the Human Emperor Realm to preserve the Human Race’s people and power. Another thousand years later, the Heavenly Dao announced the coming Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and the Saints began competing for the chance to guide them as Fuxi prepared to reincarnate.

• Huang Tian and Zhen Yuanzi opened a new world and stabilized it with the Kongtong Seal and Earth Book.
• Huang Tian named the realm the Human Emperor Realm and decreed that Human Race cultivators at the Grand Luo Golden Immortal level could enter it.
• The Saints reacted to the Human Emperor Realm, with Taishang welcoming its effect on Ren Teachings’ Fortune and the Western Teachings planning to spread eastward.
• A thousand years later, the Heavenly Dao revealed that the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors would arise and that those who helped them attain the Dao could earn Merit.
• Taishang, Primordial Heavenly Venerate, Jie Yin, and Zhun Ti resolved to contend for the chance to teach the destined rulers.
• Nuwa recognized that her elder brother Fuxi was about to reincarnate and vowed not to stand aside.

Qin Mu learned that the Merit of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors had been announced, but chose not to compete after becoming ruler of the Heavenly Court. As the Saints headed to Zixiao Palace to seek the merit, Qin Mu, Old Ancestor Ming He, and Zhen Yuanzi stayed behind, while Fuxi’s rebirth among the Human Race gave Zhen Yuanzi hope that Hongyun would soon return.

• Qin Mu sensed that Fuxi had been reborn among the Human Race and wondered when Hongyun would return.
• The Heavenly Dao Will revealed the Merit of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and several Saints set out for Zixiao Palace.
• Qin Mu decided that competing for more merit after taking charge of the Heavenly Court would provoke the other powers, so he stayed in the Underworld.
• Old Ancestor Ming He chose not to seek the merit, doubting he could win against the other Saints, and wondered why Qin Mu had stayed behind.
• Huang Tian and Zhen Yuanzi sensed Fuxi’s return, and Zhen Yuanzi said he would wait for Hongyun rather than compete for the merit.

The Sages gathered at Zixiao Palace to discuss who would assist the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and Hongjun summoned Human Emperor Huang Tian to decide the matter. Huang Tian assigned the Three Sovereigns to disciples of Nuwa, Taishang, and Yuanshi, gave Western Teachings one Emperor, and entrusted the other four Emperors to Tongtian’s Jie Teachings.

• The Six Saints of All Heavens arrived at Zixiao Palace, where Hongjun noted that Qin Mu, Zhen Yuanzi, and Ming He had not come.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate and the Two Western Sages asked Hongjun to let the Sages choose candidates and share the merit of assisting the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
• Hongjun sent Haotian to invite Human Emperor Huang Tian to Zixiao Palace so the Sages could consult him.
• Huang Tian agreed that the Sages could assist the Human Race and proposed that Nuwa, Taishang, and Primordial Heavenly Venerate each guide one Sovereign.
• Huang Tian assigned Western Teachings one of the Five Emperors and gave the remaining four to Tongtian’s Jie Teachings, leaving Zhun Ti and Jie Yin dissatisfied.

Huang Tian assigned the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors’ Imperial Tutor positions, giving Jie Teachings four positions and Nuwa one while reserving none for the Human Race. Hongjun accepted Huang Tian’s explanation and finalized the allocation, leaving Tongtian pleased and the other Sages displeased.

• Huang Tian gave Nuwa an Imperial Tutor position and assigned Jie Yin one of the Five Emperors’ tutor positions, while Jie Teachings received four positions among the Five Emperors.
• Hongjun questioned Huang Tian about giving no Imperial Tutor positions to the Human Race, and Yuanshi, Zhun Ti, and Jie Yin urged him to transfer some of Jie Teachings’ positions.
• Huang Tian told Hongjun that Zhen Yuanzi did not wish to participate in teaching the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and Hongjun approved the allocation as given.
• Hongjun asked the Sages for objections, then ended the meeting after they bowed and accepted his decision.
• Tongtian laughed after leaving Zixiao Palace, while Yuanshi, Jie Yin, and Zhun Ti lamented Jie Teachings’ advantage in Merit and Fortune.

After the Sages assigned disciples to guide the Human Race’s Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, they bestowed treasures to support them. Saint Nuwa prepared to personally oversee her brother Fuxi’s reincarnation, while the other Sages sent their disciples to claim their allotted opportunities.

• Saint Taishang realized Huang Tian was Qin Mu’s avatar and reflected that Qin Mu controlled the Human Emperor, the Lord of the Underworld, and the Lord of the Heavenly Court.
• Saint Nuwa decided to oversee her brother Fuxi’s reincarnation herself and set aside the River Diagram and Luo Shu for him.
• Saint Taishang appointed Xuan Du to guide the second Human Emperor and gave him an ancient three-legged cauldron.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate appointed Guangchengzi to guide the third Human Emperor and gave him a purified Witch-Slaying Sword.
• Jie Yin and Zhun Ti appointed Kasyapa to guide one of the Five Emperors, while Tongtian assigned his disciples to the other four positions and bestowed magical treasures upon them.

Fuxi grew into a wise leader of the Human Race, while Nuwa prepared to guide him toward becoming a sovereign. The chapter ended with a turtle appearing in the river as Fuxi sought a way to understand the patterns of heaven and earth.

• Duobao hoped that his merit as Imperial Tutor to the Three Sovereigns would help him attain sainthood.
• Fuxi traveled across the Primordial Land, studying nature and helping Human Race tribes with fishing, music, and marriage rites.
• Huang Tian assured Zhen Yuanzi that Fuxi’s rise as a leader would not threaten him, and Zhen Yuanzi wondered when Hongyun would be reincarnated.
• Qin Mu observed Fuxi’s rapid growth and anticipated the reopening of the Heavenly Court.
• Nuwa sent two treasures through the Chaotic Void to Fuxi.
• Fuxi pondered how the Human Race could interpret heaven and earth, then noticed a turtle at the center of ripples in the river.

Fuxi received the River Diagram and Luo Shu from a Divine Turtle, founded the Eight Trigrams, and led the Human Race into a new age as its first Sovereign. After becoming Heavenly Emperor and regaining his past-life memories, he helped Nuwa return to the Saint Realm, while the birth of the next Human emperor drew the Saints’ attention.

• A Divine Turtle brought Fuxi the River Diagram and Luo Shu, which entered his body and revealed profound knowledge to him.
• After ten thousand years of study, Fuxi created the Innate Eight Trigrams, established the Twelve Solar Terms, defeated twelve demonic beasts, and created the Twelve Zodiac Animals.
• The Human Race honored Fuxi as Xi Huang, and Heaven’s merit and Human Dao Fortune helped him attain the Heavenly Emperor Fruit Position.
• Fuxi regained his memories as the Demon Race’s Xi Huang and recognized Nuwa’s role in his reincarnation and the treasures’ arrival.
• Nuwa received merit for helping Fuxi and returned to the Saint Realm as Fuxi ushered in a golden age for the Human Race.
• An aura appeared in a southern Human Race tribe, signaling the birth of the second emperor among the Three Sovereigns and drawing the Saints’ attention.

The second Human Race emperor, Hongyun, reincarnated, stirring anticipation among the Saints and especially Zhen Yuanzi. Huang Tian explained that Hongyun’s Imperial Tutor position had gone to the Ren Teachings, but Zhen Yuanzi held no resentment and welcomed his brother’s return.

• Yuanshi and Guangchengzi sensed the second Human Race emperor’s arrival and anticipated the third emperor and the merit to come.
• Tongtian looked forward to the Five Emperors’ arrival, hoping their merit would help Duobao attain sainthood.
• Nuwa felt content that Fuxi had returned and that his achievements had restored her cultivation to the Saint Realm.
• Zhun Ti and Jie Yin complained that the Western Teachings had received too few Imperial Tutor positions and questioned Huang Tian’s closeness to the Jie Teachings.
• Zhen Yuanzi recognized Hongyun’s reincarnation and excitedly welcomed his second brother’s return.
• Huang Tian told Zhen Yuanzi that Hongyun’s Imperial Tutor position had gone to the Ren Teachings, and Zhen Yuanzi said he held no resentment.

Laozi sent Xuan Du to guide the newly born Shennong toward becoming the Earthly Emperor, and Shennong grew into a respected tribal leader who studied plants and cared for his people. When a deadly plague ravaged his tribe, Shennong begged Xuan Du to save them with immortal techniques.

• Laozi ordered Xuan Du to descend the mountain and take the second Human Sovereign as his disciple.
• Xuan Du arrived at Shennong’s birth and named the child Shennong after agreeing to guide him.
• Shennong grew up learning from Xuan Du, developing farming and studying plants, while his master urged him to focus on the mortal world rather than divine powers.
• Decades later, Shennong became the tribe’s leader and tried unsuccessfully to treat a plague that was killing his people.
• Shennong asked Xuan Du to use immortal techniques to save the plague-stricken tribespeople.

Xuandu refused to cure the Human Race’s plague directly, instead giving Shennong the Shennong Cauldron and knowledge of herbs and pill refinement so the people could heal themselves. Shennong’s work saved many during the epidemic, but his search for medicinal plants left him suffering after he tasted an unknown vine.

• Xuandu revealed that he had come to accept Shennong as a disciple on behalf of Saint Taishang, then said the Human Race had to resolve its plague with its own medicine.
• Xuandu gave Shennong the Shennong Cauldron and imparted knowledge of medicinal herbs and pill refinement.
• Shennong traveled through the wilderness, tested and recorded herbs, refined remedies, and spread his medical knowledge among the Human Race tribes.
• Fuxi watched Shennong’s progress from Kongtong Mountain and chose not to interfere with Shennong’s distinct path to the Dao.
• Shennong endured repeated poisonings while tasting plants, then chewed a leaf from an unfamiliar vine on a mist-shrouded cliff and was overcome by agony.

After Shennong died from tasting a deadly poisonous plant, Xuan Du used the gathered Human Dao Will to revive him and help him attain the Earthly Emperor Fruit Position. The chapter leaves the Saints anticipating their roles in guiding the remaining Human Emperors.

• Shennong tasted a highly toxic plant, lost the ability to use his mana, and died from the poison.
• The Human Race mourned Shennong, and their prayers gathered vast Human Dao Will above his body.
• Xuan Du arrived and used the Human Dao Will to revive Shennong, declaring that he should awaken and attain the Earthly Emperor Fruit Position.
• Shennong recovered as Mysterious Yellow Merit descended upon him and Xuan Du, astonishing the watching powers of the Primordial Wilderness.
• Taishang, Nuwa, and the other Saints observed Shennong's attainment, while Yuanshi and Jie Yin looked ahead to their roles in guiding the remaining rulers.

Shennong attained the Earthly Emperor Fruit Position, restored his memories as Hongyun, and established the Way of Medicine for the Human Race. He inherited Fuxi’s role as Co-Lord of Humanity and was confirmed as Laozi’s second personal disciple.

• Merit raised Shennong’s cultivation to the peak Quasi-Saint realm and restored his memories of being Hongyun, while the Shennong Cauldron became a Merit Spiritual Treasure.
• Shennong declared that he was now Shennong of the Human Race, attained the Earthly Emperor position, and passed down the Herbal Classics to establish the Way of Medicine.
• Xuan Du invited Shennong to visit Shouyang Mountain and then returned to report to Laozi.
• Shennong met Fuxi at Kongtong Mountain, where Fuxi handed over the Co-Lord of Humanity position and left for the Human Emperor Realm.
• Shennong went to Shouyang Mountain, where Laozi told him to leave his past life behind and named him his second personal disciple.

After a hundred years of Human Race prosperity, Qin Mu received the Sky-Propping Mysterious Turtle, who came to claim his promised reincarnation. Qin Mu proposed that the Mysterious Turtle become the Human Race’s third Human Emperor, Xuanyuan, and the turtle accepted the opportunity with astonishment.

• A hundred years passed as the Human Race flourished under Shennong’s guidance.
• The Sky-Propping Mysterious Turtle’s True Spirit arrived in Qin Mu’s Underworld and reminded him of his promise to arrange reincarnation.
• Qin Mu assured the Mysterious Turtle that he had planned his reincarnation and asked what he thought of the Human Race.
• Qin Mu proposed that the Mysterious Turtle reincarnate as Xuanyuan, the third Human Emperor, after Fuxi and Shennong.
• The Mysterious Turtle questioned whether the Saints would permit the arrangement, and Qin Mu replied that destiny could be changed by the strong.
• The Mysterious Turtle said he had never expected Qin Mu to offer him such a great opportunity.