Chapter Summaries

Haotian announced that he would rebuild the Heavenly Court, prompting the Saints and cultivators to send followers and show support. In the Nine Hells Underworld, Nüwa and Lady Pingxin argued over Chen Xuan’s favors until Lady Pingxin confronted Zhunti for entering her realm without greeting her.

• Haotian proclaimed his Heavenly Emperor role and invited cultivators to join the Heavenly Court.
• Jieyin sent Zhunti to have Ksitigarbha pledge allegiance to the Heavenly Court, while Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian each sent disciples to join Haotian.
• Nüwa and Lady Pingxin discussed Fuxi’s reincarnation and competed over how much Chen Xuan had done for them.
• Nüwa pointed out that Zhunti had entered the Nine Hells Underworld without greeting Lady Pingxin, so Lady Pingxin went to intercept him.
• Lady Pingxin appeared before Zhunti near the Lotus Pure Land and warned him that the Nine Hells Underworld was not his Western Spiritual Mountain.

Daoist Zhunti tried to enter the Lotus Pure Land on Yin Mountain without permission, but Lady Pingxin and Goddess Nvwa confronted him. Chen Xuan arrived and used his backing from Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the threat of Ksitigarbha being confined to hell to force Zhunti to reconsider; Ksitigarbha then appeared, allowing Zhunti to leave with a little dignity.

• Lady Pingxin and Goddess Nvwa challenged Daoist Zhunti for entering the Nine Hells Underworld without notice, but he insisted Saints could travel anywhere.
• Chen Xuan arrived before the women could fight Zhunti and taunted him about losing another Innate Spiritual Treasure.
• Zhunti threatened Chen Xuan over Mosquito Daoist devouring the Twelfth Grade Merit Golden Lotus, while Chen Xuan openly relied on Dao Ancestor Hongjun's protection.
• Chen Xuan suggested that Lady Pingxin help Ksitigarbha fulfill his oath by keeping him in the Eighteen Levels of Hell, and Zhunti stopped advancing toward the Lotus Pure Land.
• Ksitigarbha appeared and greeted Zhunti, who explained his visit and returned to the World of Ultimate Bliss on Western Spiritual Mountain.

Chen Xuan helped Goddess Nvwa send Fuxi into the Human Path for reincarnation, but a relic from the Western Sect merged with Fuxi’s soul and threatened to erase his memories and sway him toward the sect. The chapter ended with Lady Pingxin warning that Fuxi might never recover his former memories, even if he regained his Quasi-Saint cultivation.

• Chen Xuan asked Lady Pingxin for the Soul Awakening Pill, and she handed it to him after Goddess Nvwa admitted she needed her help to protect Fuxi’s memories.
• Lady Pingxin opened the Human Path and created a golden bridge, and Fuxi entered reincarnation after entrusting humanity’s future to Chen Xuan.
• A relic from the Western Spiritual Mountain flew into the reincarnation tunnel and merged with Fuxi’s primordial spirit, while Goddess Nvwa and Lady Pingxin were unable to stop it without risking his soul.
• Chen Xuan stopped Goddess Nvwa from going to the Western Paradise to confront the Two Sages, and she vowed to make the Western Sect repay the debt.
• Lady Pingxin warned that the relic could erase Fuxi’s past memories and incline him toward the Western Sect, leaving his eventual return uncertain.

Chen Xuan arranged for the Nine Hells Underworld to formally affiliate with the Heavenly Court while retaining its independence, then joined Goddess Nvwa in confronting Ksitigarbha. After Nvwa destroyed Ksitigarbha’s physical body, he continued toward the Heavenly Court as Haotian God and Yaochi Golden Mother waited anxiously for prospective allies.

• Chen Xuan asked Lady Pingxin to have the Ten Kings of Hell pledge nominal allegiance to Haotian God, and she agreed despite her reservations.
• The Ten Kings of Hell left the Nine Hells Underworld for the Heavenly Court, while Lady Pingxin mourned their lost memories as the Ten Ancestral Witches.
• Chen Xuan and Goddess Nvwa intercepted Ksitigarbha on his way to the Heavenly Court after he delayed to retrieve his physical body.
• Goddess Nvwa struck Ksitigarbha with the Red Embroidered Ball, destroying his physical body, then left with Chen Xuan while Ksitigarbha hid and later resumed his journey.
• Haotian God and Yaochi Golden Mother waited in vain at the South Heaven Gate, and Haotian worried that the Heavenly Court might not even qualify to become the Saints’ puppet.

Haotian God began rebuilding the Heavenly Court as disciples and forces arrived to serve him, while the Western Sect’s attempt to send Ksitigarbha ended in public humiliation. The chapter left Haotian with tens of thousands of troops, though most were weak Celestial Immortals.

• Tian Peng arrived as Taishang Laozi’s representative, and Haotian God appointed him marshal of the Heavenly River navy.
• Immortal Weng of the South Pole and Master Tongtian’s four disciples arrived to support Haotian God.
• The Ten Kings of Hell declared allegiance on Lady Pingxin’s order, but Haotian God sent them back to the Nine Hells Underworld to protect reincarnation.
• Ksitigarbha arrived as a primordial spirit, and Haotian God rejected him, saying he should obey the Ten Kings of Hell instead.
• Daoist Zhunti grew furious at Haotian God’s rejection of Ksitigarbha, but Daoist Jieyin stopped him from confronting Haotian.
• Cultivators and members of the Demon Race joined the Heavenly Court, giving Haotian tens of thousands of mostly low-ranking troops.

Chen Xuan helped restore Yaochi Wonderland and the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, then explained how rejecting Ksitigarbha thwarted the Western Sect’s attempt to gain influence in the Heavenly Court. He warned Haotian God and Yaochi Golden Mother to guard against further infiltration and ended by asking them for help with something.

• Goddess Nvwa rebuilt Yaochi Wonderland and the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, while Chen Xuan restored the grounds with Three Lights Divine Water and gave Yaochi Golden Mother Nine Heavens Breath Soil.
• Chen Xuan sent Holy Mother Turtle Spirit to the Heavenly River, Golden Spirit Holy Mother to the Taiyin Star, Daoist Duobao to gather Jie Sect disciples, and Holy Mother Wudang on a private errand.
• Chen Xuan explained that rejecting Ksitigarbha kept the Two Sages of the West from using him to interfere in Heavenly Court affairs and prepare for their Eight Hundred Side Doors.
• Chen Xuan revealed that the Western Sect had also sought influence in the Nine Hells Underworld, and that Lady Pingxin and the Ten Kings of Hell had helped counter its plan.
• Chen Xuan warned Haotian God to watch for Western Sect agents among the Heavenly Soldiers, and Haotian God said the Haotian Mirror could expose infiltrators.
• Chen Xuan asked Haotian God and Yaochi Golden Mother to help him with something.

Chen Xuan asked Haotian God and Yaochi Golden Mother for a branch from a Peach Tree of Immortality, and helped establish the Pan Peach Garden. After gaining a branch from its supreme-grade central tree, he was named the Eastern Emperor of the Daoist Heavenly Court.

• Haotian God and Yaochi Golden Mother readily agreed to Chen Xuan's request for a Peach Tree of Immortality branch.
• Yaochi Golden Mother planted the tree with Nine Heavens Breath Soil, transforming it into three thousand six hundred peach trees and a supreme-grade central tree.
• Chen Xuan used the northern Profound Origin Water Control Banner to rain Three Lights Divine Water and merit over the garden, and the ordinary peach trees quickly blossomed and bore fruit.
• Chen Xuan summoned the Source Tree, which received a branch from the central Peach Tree of Immortality and grew ninety-thousand-year peaches.
• Chen Xuan returned most of the supreme-grade peaches to Haotian God and Yaochi Golden Mother, keeping only a few.
• Haotian God declared that he would become Chen Xuan's elder brother and named Chen Xuan the Eastern Emperor of the Daoist Heavenly Court.

Chen Xuan became the Eastern Emperor as Haotian God rebuilt the Heavenly Court, while Golden Spirit Holy Mother chose to serve there so Wu Gang could briefly recover his memories of Chang'e. After Chen Xuan and Haotian inspected the Thirty-Three Heavens, Venus Tai Bai reported that ten suns had appeared at the South Heaven Gate.

• Golden Spirit Holy Mother told Chen Xuan that Chang'e remained trapped in Guanghan Palace behind the Moon Laurel Tree's seal.
• Haotian God lifted the seal and named Chang'e Taiyin Star Lord, allowing her to leave Guanghan Palace and visit Yaochi Wonderland monthly.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother asked Haotian God to restore Wu Gang's memories, and he agreed to let Wu Gang regain them for one shichen on the first day of each month.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother entered the Heavenly Court as Doumu of Kan Palace, and Yaochi Golden Mother allowed her to continue cultivating on Golden Turtle Island.
• Chen Xuan and Haotian God inspected the Thirty-Three Heavens, then Venus Tai Bai reported that ten suns had appeared at the South Heaven Gate.

Chen Xuan brought the resurrected Ten Golden Crows to the South Heaven Gate and arranged for them to serve Haotian God in the Heavenly Court. The Nine Golden Crows became Haotian’s adoptive sons and Sun Star Lords, while the youngest returned with Chen Xuan as his second direct disciple, Lu Ya Dao Ren.

• Chen Xuan told Haotian God that the ten suns approaching the Heavenly Court were his disciples, the resurrected Ten Golden Crows.
• Holy Mother Wudang told the Ten Golden Crows to wait outside the South Heaven Gate and avoid causing trouble in the Heavenly Court that had once been their home.
• The Ten Golden Crows greeted Chen Xuan as their master and bowed to Haotian God as Heavenly Emperor.
• Haotian God offered the Ten Golden Crows the title of crown princes, and Chen Xuan appointed them to control the Sun Chariot and govern sunrise and sunset.
• The Ten Golden Crows acknowledged Haotian God as their adoptive father, and he named them crown princes and Sun Star Lords.
• Chen Xuan named the youngest Golden Crow Lu Ya Dao Ren, made him his second direct disciple, and took him back to Fangzhang Island.

Chen Xuan asked Master Tongtian about the next calamity and learned that Jie Sect’s role in the current calamity obscured the heavenly secrets. After Chen Xuan asked how many Saints Jie Sect had, he was blasted out of Biyou Palace and into the East Sea.

• Chen Xuan pointed out that he had expanded Jie Sect’s influence in the Heavenly Court, and Master Tongtian disrupted the heavenly secrets before hearing his questions.
• Master Tongtian failed to deduce the next calamity and explained how calamities repaid the Heavenly Dao while weakening powerful races.
• Chen Xuan asked whether a calamity’s protagonist could also be unable to deduce it, prompting Master Tongtian to warn him to attain sainthood before he became a pawn.
• Chen Xuan realized that Saints could be drawn into a calamity even if they were not encompassed by it, and that Jie Sect’s role prevented Master Tongtian from predicting the next one.
• Chen Xuan asked how many Saints Jie Sect had, and a force blasted open Biyou Palace’s doors and sent him crashing into the East Sea.

Chen Xuan warned Master Tongtian that the next Heaven and Earth Calamity could pit Xuanmen sects against one another, and urged Jie Sect to prepare by competing to teach the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. Master Tongtian agreed to intervene if another Saint acted, but sent Chen Xuan flying after he asked him to keep their discussion secret.

• Chen Xuan explained that the cultivators of the Great Desolation, including Jie Sect, could become protagonists of the next Heaven and Earth Calamity.
• Master Tongtian considered consulting Taishang Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun, but Chen Xuan persuaded him that the conflict might arise between their sects and that it was too soon to act rashly.
• Chen Xuan urged Master Tongtian not to yield in guiding the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and Master Tongtian left the arrangements to him as Eldest Senior Brother.
• Chen Xuan asked Master Tongtian to intervene if a Saint interfered, and Master Tongtian promised he would not let Chen Xuan suffer a loss.
• Chen Xuan asked Master Tongtian to keep their conversation secret, and Master Tongtian struck him with the Purple Lightning Hammer, sending him flying from Biyou Palace.

Chen Xuan and Chang Xi brought Xi He, still a Jade Rabbit, to the Heavenly Court so she could return to the Taiyin Star and have another chance to regain her form. Before they left, Chen Xuan and Golden Spirit Holy Mother gave Chang'e magical treasures, and Chang Xi entrusted Xi He to her care.

• After spending several decades with Chang Xi on Fangzhang Island, Chen Xuan agreed to send Xi He back to the Taiyin Star to seek another chance to take form and attain the Dao.
• Chen Xuan and Chang Xi traveled to the Heavenly Court, where the guards welcomed Chen Xuan as the Eastern Emperor and they visited Yaochi Wonderland.
• Chen Xuan and Chang Xi greeted Haotian God, Yaochi Golden Mother, and the Jie Sect disciples gathered there.
• Chen Xuan gave Chang'e the Bright Moon treasure, and Golden Spirit Holy Mother gave her the Taiyin Divine Pestle.
• Chang Xi entrusted the Jade Rabbit, who was Xi He, to Chang'e and asked her to keep the rabbit company and protect her.

Chen Xuan sent Daoist Duobao to the Huang Long Tribe to arrange for Hua Xu’s unborn son, Fuxi, to become his disciple. After Fuxi’s miraculous birth, Guang Chengzi arrived to claim him as a disciple as well, and another Daoist descended before Hua Xu could respond.

• Daoist Duobao arrived at Hua Xu’s mountain refuge and announced that Chen Xuan had sent him to take her unborn son, Fuxi, as a disciple.
• Daoist Duobao revealed that Fuxi would become the Heavenly Sovereign, and Hua Xu agreed to return to the Huang Long Tribe with her mother, Huang Long.
• Daoist Duobao provided Hua Xu with a Kirin War Chariot pulled by Four Clouds Qilin to carry her back to the tribe.
• Fuxi was born amid extraordinary heavenly signs, and a golden light of destiny restored Hua Xu and transformed him into the size of a young child.
• Chieftain Huang Long declared that Fuxi would inherit his position, then Guang Chengzi arrived to take Fuxi as his disciple on behalf of the Jade Purity Saint.
• Another Daoist descended on an auspicious cloud and approached Hua Xu before she could answer Guang Chengzi.

Maitreya challenged Guang Chengzi for the right to teach Fuxi, who refused to choose Duobao and said he felt an affinity with Maitreya. Chen Xuan revealed that Jieyin had arranged that affinity by placing Maitreya’s relic in Fuxi’s reincarnation, then used the Fuxi Qin to draw Fuxi into enlightenment and confronted Maitreya about the resulting Karma.

• Maitreya claimed the right to take Fuxi as his disciple, and Guang Chengzi challenged him to a fight over the matter.
• Duobao asked Fuxi to complete the disciple-taking ceremony, but Fuxi refused and said he felt a strong affinity with Maitreya.
• Chen Xuan told Chang Xi that Jieyin had fused Maitreya’s relic with Fuxi’s primordial spirit to steer him toward the Western Sect.
• Chen Xuan played the Fuxi Qin, captivating the fighters and drawing Fuxi into enlightenment before appearing with Chang Xi before the tribe.
• Chen Xuan warned Maitreya that Jieyin’s actions had already caused him to incur Karma, but Maitreya denied it and accused Chen Xuan of sowing discord.

Maitreya and Guang Chengzi competed with Daoist Duobao and Grand Master Xuandu to take Fuxi as a disciple, but Hua Xu’s insistence led Fuxi to choose Daoist Duobao. Chen Xuan sent the rivals to seek the Hetu Luoshu from Demon Master Kunpeng, and the chapter ended as Kunpeng’s palace appeared to receive Maitreya.

• Chen Xuan made Maitreya swear that he would become Chen Xuan’s disciple if Chen Xuan’s prophecy about his future came true, and Maitreya agreed to the wager.
• Maitreya trapped Guang Chengzi and Fuxi inside his Golden Cymbal, but Fuxi escaped in relic form before Grand Master Xuandu freed Guang Chengzi.
• Hua Xu urged Fuxi to take Daoist Duobao as his master, and Fuxi agreed; Daoist Duobao sealed the relic within Fuxi’s middle finger.
• Chen Xuan told the contenders that whoever obtained the Hetu Luoshu from Demon Master Kunpeng could take Fuxi as a disciple, so Guang Chengzi, Grand Master Xuandu, and Maitreya set out for the North Sea.
• Daoist Duobao promised to retrieve the Hetu Luoshu, while Chen Xuan gave Fuxi the Fuxi Qin and left the Four Clouds Qilin with him.
• Guang Chengzi failed to persuade Kunpeng to lend the Hetu Luoshu, while Maitreya respectfully requested an audience and Kunpeng’s palace emerged from the North Sea.

Daoist Duobao sought to borrow the Hetu Luoshu from Demon Master Kunpeng to help Fuxi become Heavenly Sovereign, but Kunpeng refused until the Nine Great Golden Crows arrived on Chen Xuan’s behalf. Kunpeng then lent Duobao the treasure for three thousand years, while Guang Chengzi remained behind and Maitreya returned to the Western Paradise of Ultimate Bliss.

• Demon Master Kunpeng refused to lend the Hetu Luoshu, and Guang Chengzi and Maitreya argued over whether their sects could force him to hand it over.
• Grand Master Xuandu returned to the Eight Scenery Palace after deciding not to pursue the Hetu Luoshu, while Daoist Duobao went to ask Kunpeng for it.
• Daoist Duobao appealed to Kunpeng to lend the Hetu Luoshu for Fuxi, but Kunpeng refused because helping the human race could bring trouble from the Demon Race.
• The Nine Great Golden Crows appeared, revealed that Chen Xuan had revived them, and warned Maitreya to tell Daoist Zhunti they would settle their old grievance.
• Great Golden Crow said the Nine Great Golden Crows were Chen Xuan’s disciples and asked Kunpeng to lend the Hetu Luoshu for three thousand years.
• Kunpeng agreed and handed the Hetu Luoshu to Daoist Duobao, while Maitreya left for the Western Paradise of Ultimate Bliss and Guang Chengzi stayed at the North Sea.

Fuxi advanced the human race by creating the Eight Trigrams, building Chen Capital, and organizing trade, while Jie Sect disciples aided these achievements and earned merit. As Fuxi recovered his past-life memories and prepared to build a Human Temple, Chen Xuan arrived and Fuxi insisted that he would always honor him as the human race’s Saint Teacher.

• Daoist Duobao returned the Hetu Luoshu to Fuxi, who created the Eight Trigrams and became chief of the Huang Long Tribe.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother brought Fuxi a blueprint for Chen Capital, and the human tribes built the city and received Heavenly Dao Merit.
• Fuxi recovered some of his past-life memories, learned cultivation techniques from Daoist Duobao, and advanced to the peak Golden Immortal realm.
• Holy Mother Wudang helped establish a market, while Holy Mother Turtle Spirit helped Cangjie create Oracle Bone Script, earning both women merit.
• Yuanshi Tianzun rebuked the Chan Sect disciples for missing opportunities among the human race, and they went down the mountain to seek merit.
• Daoist Duobao tried to end his teacher-disciple bond with Fuxi, but Fuxi insisted it remain and asked him to stay until the Human Temple was complete; Chen Xuan supported the request, and Fuxi prepared to kneel to him.

Chen Xuan arranged for Zhao Gongming to teach Lie Shan, the newly born Earthly Sovereign, while Grand Master Xuandu secured Chen Xuan's promise to make him the Human Emperor's teacher. Guang Chengzi and Maitreya continued competing for Lie Shan, and Zhao Gongming challenged them to settle the matter through a fight.

• Fuxi swore to sever his identity as the Demon Race's Saint Teacher, and Chen Xuan sent Daoist Duobao and Zhao Gongming toward the Youjiang Tribe to secure Lie Shan's tutelage.
• Chen Xuan explained why Zhao Gongming had been chosen, and Zhao Gongming accepted the responsibility after learning that Golden Spirit, Wudang, and Guiling had already become Quasi-Saints.
• Nvdeng gave birth to Lie Shan amid heavenly signs, and Daoist Duobao announced Zhao Gongming as a candidate to teach him.
• Guang Chengzi and Maitreya rushed to recommend themselves as Lie Shan's teachers, while Grand Master Xuandu calmly yielded the contest and gained Chen Xuan's promise of the Human Emperor's teaching position.
• Zhao Gongming arrived with Chen Xuan and challenged Guang Chengzi and Maitreya to fight for the right to teach Lie Shan.

Zhao Gongming defeated Guang Chengzi and Maitreya in the contest to become Lie Shan’s teacher, but Yuanshi Tianzun’s intervention brought him into conflict with Master Tongtian. After Lie Shan became Zhao Gongming’s disciple, Chen Xuan told Master Tongtian that he had agreed to help Xuan Du become the Human Emperor’s teacher and warned that conflict between the Chan Sect and Jie Sect was inevitable.

• Zhao Gongming used the Sea Stabilizing Pearls to defeat Guang Chengzi and Maitreya, then countered Guang Chengzi’s sneak attack with the Primal Chaos Golden Dou and Golden Flood Dragon Scissors.
• Yuanshi Tianzun stopped the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors from killing Guang Chengzi, and Master Tongtian challenged him for intervening after Guang Chengzi had ambushed Zhao Gongming.
• Chen Xuan revealed that Twelfth Grade Lotus Platforms protected Zhao Gongming and Guang Chengzi, after which Yuanshi Tianzun sent Guang Chengzi to Repentance Cliff for three thousand years and left.
• Lie Shan performed the disciple-acceptance ceremony with Zhao Gongming, who named him Lie Shan and began preparing to teach him.
• In a secluded cave, Chen Xuan told Master Tongtian that he had agreed to help Xuan Du become the Human Emperor’s teacher and argued that conflict between the Chan Sect and Jie Sect could not be avoided.

Fuxi passed the position of common sovereign to Shennong, and Chen Xuan brought the Kongtong Seal so Taishang Laozi could confer Fuxi the Heavenly Sovereign Dao fruition. Fuxi became a Half-Step Saint backed by human destiny, while Yuanshi Tianzun began plotting.

• Master Tongtian agreed to let Chen Xuan pursue his plans and promised to help him if needed.
• Shennong succeeded Lie Shan as Zhao Gongming’s disciple, brought his tribe and crop seeds to Chen Capital, and spent ten years learning to govern from Fuxi.
• Daoist Duobao told Fuxi to hold the abdication ceremony, and Fuxi formally passed the human sovereign’s crown and title to Shennong.
• The Three Pure Ones, the Two Sages of the West, and Goddess Nvwa gathered for Fuxi’s investiture, but Fuxi insisted on waiting for Chen Xuan, and Nvwa defended his right to attend.
• Chen Xuan arrived with the Kongtong Seal, and Taishang Laozi used it to confer the Heavenly Sovereign title on Fuxi.
• Human destiny and merit transformed Fuxi into a Half-Step Saint, while Yuanshi Tianzun began plotting.