Chapter Summaries

Xuanyuan and the Yan Emperor joined forces against Chi You’s Wu Clan army, but suffered another crushing defeat despite their combined efforts. With both leaders gravely wounded and the Human Race facing eighty-one formidable Demon God Generals, Xuanyuan feared the human legacy might end with him.

• Guangchengzi told Xuanyuan to lead the Human Race against Chi You while he returned to Kunlun Mountain for reinforcements.
• Chi You’s Eighty-one Demon God Generals routed Xuanyuan’s army, forcing the surviving humans to retreat.
• Jie Yin and Zhun Ti concluded that Xuanyuan had to end the Wu Rebellion to truly become the Human Emperor.
• Xuanyuan asked the Yan Emperor to join him against Chi You, and the Yan Emperor agreed to defend the Human Race.
• After ten days of brutal fighting, Xuanyuan and the Yan Emperor were gravely wounded and retreated, leaving Xuanyuan to fear for the Human Race’s survival.

Di Zun appointed Queen Mother of the West as the Heavenly Court’s Queen Mother, then went to the Human Emperor Realm to invite Fuxi to help restore the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation. Fuxi agreed and returned to Heaven with Di Zun, who then summoned the Lord of Stars.

• Di Zun appointed Queen Mother of the West to preside over the Heavenly Court’s female immortals and other affairs, binding her Fortune to the court.
• Di Zun met Zhen Yuanzi and Huang Tian in the Human Emperor Realm and asked to take Fuxi to Heaven to reforge the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation.
• Huang Tian relayed Di Zun’s request to Fuxi, who agreed to go to the Heavenly Realm.
• Di Zun returned to the Heavenly Court with Fuxi and summoned the Lord of Stars.

Guangchengzi returned to Kunlun to seek aid after Chi You invaded the Human Race with eighty-one Demon God Generals. Yuanshi sent Randeng and the Clarify Teachings disciples to help Xuanyuan, while Randeng grew wary of Yuanshi’s intensifying Demonic Energy; Xuanyuan’s remaining troops prepared to make a stand against Chi You.

• Di Zun watched as Heavenly Emperor Fuxi and the Lord of Stars began rebuilding the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation.
• Guangchengzi told Yuanshi that Chi You had returned with eighty-one Demon God Generals and that the Human Race was losing ground.
• Yuanshi summoned Randeng and ordered him to help Xuanyuan destroy Chi You and the Wu Clan remnants.
• Randeng sensed stronger Demonic Energy around Yuanshi and privately worried that his master might be falling to demonic corruption.
• Randeng gathered Guangchengzi and other Clarify Teachings disciples and led them toward the Human Race.
• Xuanyuan withdrew his surviving troops to a plain after Chi You defeated his forces twice, even with Yan Emperor’s help.

Xuanyuan welcomed Randeng Daoren and the Clarify Teachings Disciples as reinforcements, then led the Human Race army into battle against Chi You. Randeng’s attacks failed to stop Chi You, whose strength had greatly recovered, and Chi You charged toward him.

• Xuanyuan worried about the Human Race army until Randeng Daoren arrived with Guangchengzi and the Clarify Teachings Disciples.
• Randeng told Xuanyuan to prepare for a decisive battle against Chi You the following day.
• Randeng led the Human Race army to confront Chi You’s forces, and both armies charged into battle.
• Randeng summoned the Glazed Lamp and sent a light barrier toward Chi You, but Chi You tore it apart with the Tiger Soul Fierce Weapon.
• Randeng attacked Chi You with the Qian Kun Ruler, but Chi You’s tiger soul swallowed the ruler force before he charged at Randeng.

Chi You broke Randeng Daoren’s treasures and defeated him, while the Eighty-one Demon God Generals overwhelmed the Clarify Teachings Disciples and the Human Race forces. Randeng ordered a retreat, and Xuanyuan and the Yan Emperor led the surviving soldiers away in defeat.

• Chi You shattered Randeng Daoren’s Golden Exquisite Pagoda and sent his Purple Gold Alms Bowl flying with the Tiger Soul Fierce Weapon.
• The Eighty-one Demon God Generals formed the Eighty-one Du Tian Array and summoned a Chaos Demon God phantom with eighty-one arms.
• The phantom’s attacks drove back Guangchengzi, the other Clarify Teachings Disciples, and Xuanyuan.
• The Wu Clan’s forces inflicted heavy casualties on the Human Race army as its soldiers struggled to hold their ground.
• Chi You drove Randeng Daoren back, and Randeng ordered the troops to retreat.
• Guangchengzi and the other Clarify Teachings Disciples withdrew as Xuanyuan and the Yan Emperor led the surviving Human Race soldiers away in defeat.

After Chi You defeated the Human Race army and Clarify Teachings disciples, the Saints and Qin Mu considered the consequences while Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s anger fed the Primordial Heavenly Demon. Di Zun then asked Queen Mother of the West to send Nine Heavens Xuan Nü to help Xuanyuan.

• Chi You routed the Human Race army and Randeng’s Clarify Teachings disciples, prompting Zhun Ti, Jie Yin, Taishang, Tongtian, and Nuwa to react to the defeat.
• Qin Mu revealed that he had strengthened Chi You with eighty-one drops of Great Witch Essence Blood, enabling Chi You to create eighty-one powerful Demon God Generals.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate raged over the defeat, and the Primordial Heavenly Demon absorbed his negative emotions to hasten its recovery.
• Di Zun arrived at Yaochi and asked Queen Mother of the West to send her disciple Nine Heavens Xuan Nü to assist Xuanyuan.

Di Zun persuaded the Queen Mother of the West to send Nine Heavens Xuan Nü to help Xuanyuan defeat Chi You, and Xuan Nü agreed to become Xuanyuan’s dual-cultivation partner to aid his breakthrough. The chapter left Xuanyuan’s army regrouping after defeat while Xuan Nü prepared to descend to the lower realm.

• Di Zun told the Queen Mother of the West that Nine Heavens Xuan Nü could teach Xuanyuan’s army formations and help him reach the Quasi-Saint realm through the Yunu Method.
• The Queen Mother summoned Nine Heavens Xuan Nü and explained Di Zun’s request and the Yunu Method.
• Nine Heavens Xuan Nü agreed to help Xuanyuan, seeking a share of his sovereign Fortune and a chance to advance her cultivation.
• The Queen Mother sent Xuan Nü to Di Zun, who gave her instructions and ordered her to descend at once.
• Xuanyuan’s army retreated to a settlement after Chi You’s forces defeated them, and Xuanyuan lamented the strength of Chi You and his eighty-one Demon God Generals.

After Chi You’s army defeated the Human Race forces again, Guangchengzi opposed Xuanyuan seeking aid from the Human Ancestral Land and arranged for him to cultivate with Nine Heavens Xuan Nü. The chapter ended with Xuan Nü warning that Xuanyuan’s unstable foundation could hinder his path to the Quasi-Saint realm.

• Xuanyuan, Guangchengzi, and Randeng Daoren acknowledged that Chi You and the Eighty-one Demon God Generals had overwhelmed them in battle.
• Xuanyuan proposed seeking help from the Human Ancestral Land, but Guangchengzi firmly refused because he wanted Xuanyuan to claim the Merit for defeating Chi You himself.
• Nine Heavens Xuan Nü arrived under the Divine Decree of the Heavenly Emperor and the Queen Mother to assist the Human Race.
• Guangchengzi urged Xuanyuan to cultivate with Nine Heavens Xuan Nü so he could advance, then left for Kunlun Mountain to seek an Ultimate Treasure.
• Nine Heavens Xuan Nü agreed to become Xuanyuan’s Dao companion and warned him that his reliance on Human Race women’s Primordial Yin Essence had destabilized his foundation.

Xuanyuan and Nine Heavens Xuan Nü cultivated together, allowing Xuanyuan to absorb her knowledge of Heavenly Law and battle formations and break through to the Quasi-Saint realm. As the Human Race celebrated his rise, Guangchengzi returned to Kunlun Mountain and felt an inexplicable fear of Yuanshi.

• Nine Heavens Xuan Nü proposed dual cultivation with Xuanyuan, explaining that their union would strengthen him and transmit her insights into Heavenly Law and battle formations.
• Xuanyuan accepted on behalf of the Human Race, and he and Xuan Nü entered a formation to cultivate together.
• After several days, Xuanyuan broke through from the Late Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm to the Quasi-Saint realm, while Xuan Nü also advanced.
• The Human Race celebrated Xuanyuan's breakthrough, and Randeng Daoren waited for Guangchengzi to return from Kunlun Mountain.
• At Yuxu Palace, Guangchengzi wondered why Yuanshi's presence frightened him, and Yuanshi coldly asked why he had returned.

Guangchengzi returned to Kunlun Mountain and obtained the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Clouds from Primordial Heavenly Venerate to help Xuanyuan defeat Chi You. As the Human Race army prepared for a final battle at Zhuolu Wilderness, Primordial Heavenly Demon grew stronger by absorbing Yuanshi’s anger.

• Guangchengzi told Primordial Heavenly Venerate that Chi You had recovered his strength and asked to borrow an Ultimate Treasure for the decisive battle.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate gave Guangchengzi the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Clouds and warned him not to fail again.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate suspected that Qin Mu was behind Nine Heavens Xuan Nü’s aid to Xuanyuan, and Primordial Heavenly Demon absorbed the Demonic Energy stirred by his fury.
• Xuanyuan’s side challenged Chi You to fight at Zhuolu Wilderness in three days, and Chi You ordered the Wu Clan army to march there.
• Guangchengzi returned to the Human Race camp with the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Clouds, and the Clarify Teachings disciples celebrated the treasure.

Randeng Daoren resented Yuanshi for entrusting the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Clouds to Guangchengzi instead of him. At the decisive battle of Zhuolu, Guangchengzi used the treasure to suppress the Eighty-one Demon God Generals’ summoned phantom, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Randeng Daoren brooded over Yuanshi’s disregard and believed he deserved the treasure and the Heavenly Merit from helping Xuanyuan.
• Guangchengzi returned with the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Clouds, and Xuanyuan praised him before the decisive battle began.
• Xuanyuan led the Human Race army against Chi You’s Wu Clan forces, while both armies charged into battle.
• The Human Race army held its formations against the Wu Clan, and Guangchengzi and the Clarify Teachings disciples intercepted the Demon God Generals.
• The Eighty-one Demon God Generals summoned a colossal demonic phantom, but Guangchengzi manifested the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Clouds and began dissolving it.

Chi You and the Eighty-one Demon God Generals summoned the Twelve Divine Fiend Formation of the Heavens, turning Chi You into a colossal Demon God whose power overwhelmed the Human Race army. The chapter ended with Chi You’s second punch shattering the army’s defensive array and killing countless soldiers.

• Guangchengzi used the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Clouds to disrupt the Wu Clan’s baleful energy and dissolve its phantom Demon Gods.
• Chi You ordered the Eighty-one Demon God Generals to form the Twelve Divine Fiend Formation of the Heavens and offered his essence blood to summon the Father God’s power.
• The formation gathered the images of the Twelve Ancestral Witches and transformed Chi You into a gigantic Demon God approaching the peak of Sub-Saint.
• Chi You’s first punch cracked the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Clouds and sent Guangchengzi flying as the Cloud Diagram’s light dimmed.
• Xuanyuan tried to meet Chi You’s second punch with the Xuanyuan Sword while the Human Race army formed a defensive array, but the attack shattered both defenses and reduced countless soldiers to dust.

Chi You unleashed a devastating punch against the battered Human Race army, and Randeng took control of the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Clouds to block it. As the army survived the strike, Chi You immediately swung another punch.

• Chi You gathered power for a third punch while the injured Xuanyuan and Guangchengzi feared the Human Race would be destroyed.
• Randeng appeared before Guangchengzi and demanded the Cloud Diagram so he could control the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Clouds.
• Guangchengzi handed Randeng the Cloud Diagram after Randeng warned him about failing Yuanshi again.
• Randeng fueled the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Clouds with his essence blood and used them to shatter Chi You's descending fist power.
• Randeng absorbed the returning clouds into the Cloud Diagram, and Chi You roared and struck with another punch.

Randeng and Chi You fought to a draw as Randeng wielded the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Clouds, but the Eighty-one Demon God Generals soon collapsed and the Twelve Divine Fiend Formation of the Heavens broke. With Chi You weakened and returned to his original size, his defeat appeared certain.

• Randeng poured his cultivation into the Cloud Diagram and used the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Clouds to block Chi You's powerful punch.
• Chi You poured more baleful energy into his fist, and Randeng held up the sinking clouds until their forces erupted in a draw.
• Randeng prepared to attack Chi You again, but the Wu Clan formation began to fracture.
• The Eighty-one Demon God Generals spat blood and collapsed, causing the Twelve Divine Fiend Formation of the Heavens to break.
• Chi You shrank back to his original size and lost much of his strength, while Randeng and the watching great powers recognized that Chi You was likely to be defeated.

Empress Pingxin asked Qin Mu to intervene and preserve the Wu Clan's remaining bloodline, and Qin Mu agreed. He then secretly asked Di Zun to save the Wu Clan survivors, leaving Queen Mother of the West confused about his intentions.

• Empress Pingxin appeared before Qin Mu and pleaded with him to preserve the Wu Clan after Chi You's defeat.
• Pingxin explained that she still cared for the Wu Clan and asked Qin Mu to leave its survivors hope for the future.
• Qin Mu agreed, remembering Pingxin's past help and his own investment in Chi You and the Demon God Generals.
• Qin Mu sent Di Zun a secret message asking him to save the remaining Wu Clan members.
• Di Zun told Queen Mother of the West that he would preserve the Wu Clan, then said he intended to favor neither the Wu Clan nor the Human Race.

After Randeng Daoren broke Chi You’s formation, Chi You accepted defeat and asked Xuanyuan to spare the Wu Clan. Guangchengzi rejected the plea and unleashed the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Clouds to exterminate them, leaving their fate unresolved.

• Randeng Daoren used the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Clouds to break Chi You’s Twelve Divine Fiend Formation of the Heavens, and the Human Race celebrated.
• Chi You admitted defeat and offered to destroy his Ancestral Wu Origin if Xuanyuan spared the Wu Clan.
• The eighty-one Demon God Generals and the surviving Wu Clan members vowed to face death alongside Chi You, moving Xuanyuan to hesitate.
• Guangchengzi reclaimed the Cloud Diagram from Randeng Daoren and argued that the Wu Clan had to be exterminated.
• Guangchengzi released the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Clouds and sent them crashing down toward the Wu Clan.

Di Zun intervened at Zhuolu to stop Guangchengzi from wiping out Chi You and the surviving Wu Clan, destroying the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Clouds. He declared that the Heavenly Court would protect them, leaving Guangchengzi demanding an explanation.

• Chi You rallied the remaining Wu Clan Warriors to fight as Guangchengzi brought the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Clouds down upon them.
• Di Zun appeared and held the clouds aloft, then shattered them and returned their energy to Guangchengzi's Cloud Diagram.
• The assembled powers recognized Di Zun as lord of the Heavenly Court, while the Saints realized Qin Mu was behind the intervention.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate raged at Qin Mu, and the Primordial Heavenly Demon absorbed the Demonic Energy surging beneath Yuxu Palace.
• Di Zun declared that wanton slaughter was forbidden under the Heavenly Court's rule and vowed to protect the Wu Clan; Guangchengzi demanded to know what he meant.

Di Zun stopped Guangchengzi from killing Chi You, recruited Chi You and the remaining Wu Clan army into the Heavenly Court, and left for the Heavenly Realm with them. Heavenly Dao Merit then descended at Zhuolu, but it split among the Western Teachings, the Heavenly Court, and Kunlun Mountain rather than going solely to Xuanyuan and the Clarify Teachings disciples.

• Guangchengzi challenged Di Zun, who suppressed him with his aura and warned he would kill him if he showed such disrespect again.
• Di Zun asked Chi You to join the Heavenly Court, and Chi You accepted on behalf of his remaining Wu Clan forces.
• Di Zun led Chi You and the Wu Clan army toward the Heavenly Realm, while Guangchengzi angrily threatened a feud between the Clarify Teachings and the Heavenly Court if Xuanyuan failed to become Human Emperor.
• Golden light and auspicious energy appeared over Zhuolu, prompting Guangchengzi and Primordial Heavenly Venerate to believe Xuanyuan would attain the Human Emperor's Dao.
• Heavenly Dao Merit descended and enveloped Xuanyuan, with portions also going to Guangchengzi, the other Clarify Teachings disciples, the Western Teachings, the Heavenly Court, and Kunlun Mountain.

As merit from Xuanyuan’s attainment of the Dao was divided among several parties, the Western Teachings unexpectedly received a share, enraging Primordial Heavenly Venerate and disappointing Guangchengzi. Jie Yin and Zhun Ti celebrated their role in earning merit, but the Heavenly Dao reclaimed the Western share to repay their vows.

• The great powers wondered why the Western Teachings received merit, while Laozi deduced that Jie Yin and Zhun Ti had secretly helped and Tongtian laughed at Yuanshi’s loss.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate raged over the merit being divided and produced Demonic Energy that the Primordial Heavenly Demon absorbed.
• Guangchengzi received only a small share of merit and failed to break through.
• Jie Yin and Zhun Ti celebrated the Western Teachings’ reward and explained that Yan Emperor’s role in the Wu Rebellion had earned them merit.
• The merit headed toward Mount Sumeru vanished, and Jie Yin and Zhun Ti realized the Heavenly Dao had reclaimed it as repayment for their forty-eight Grand Vows.

After the Three Sovereigns attained the Dao, Jie Yin and Zhun Ti planned for Western Teachings’ role in the Era of the Five Emperors and chose Ksitigarbha as their candidate. Qin Mu anticipated that they had come to the Underworld to ask for Ksitigarbha.

• Jie Yin and Zhun Ti discussed guarding Western Teachings’ position from interference by Yuanshi and considered Ksitigarbha as a guide for a Five Emperor.
• Zhun Ti worried that Qin Mu would refuse to release Ksitigarbha, who served in the Underworld.
• Qin Mu and Yin Tianzi discussed the Five Emperors’ positions and how Qin Mu had helped arrange them to favor Jie Teachings over Western Teachings.
• An Underworld general reported that Jie Yin and Zhun Ti had arrived seeking an audience with Qin Mu.
• Qin Mu guessed that the two Saints had come to ask for Ksitigarbha because Western Teachings had received one position.