Chapter Summaries

Summary

Key plot points and events

• After helping Houtu and Xuanming settle on the Sun Star, Eastern Emperor Taiyi and Dijun return to secluded cultivation. Daochen’s recent strength has spurred them to hasten their own progress and pursue another corpse-severing breakthrough.
• Houtu and Xuanming explore their new surroundings. Xuanming is impressed by the Sun Star’s abundance of high-quality spiritual roots; Houtu begins cultivating beneath the Ginseng Fruit Tree, while Xuanming uses Three Lights Divine Water to tend the plants.
• Daochen attempts to merge his Three Corpses. With the Three Thousand Great Dao imprints supporting him, the corpses begin to show signs of merging. He pours in his own magical power to accelerate the process, hoping to break through to the peak Quasi-Saint stage.
• Meanwhile, Bai Ze gathers powerful demons at the Northern Dark Sea. Fearing renewed persecution by the Witch Clan, they decide the Demon Race needs a ruler and hope to persuade Daochen to lead them.
• Bai Ze proposes asking Kunpeng to accompany them to the Sun Star, but the others doubt Kunpeng will cooperate because of his grudge against Daochen. Bai Ze also reveals that Fuxi is still enduring an extraordinary, prolonged Nine Heavens Divine Thunder tribulation.
• Yingzhao ends the discussion by insisting that Kunpeng has no choice but to come.

Character developments and interactions

• Taiyi and Dijun feel newly motivated to catch up with Daochen, though they are not portrayed as personally resentful of him.
• Houtu and Xuanming settle into life on the Sun Star. Houtu is comfortable and teasing; she playfully embarrasses Xuanming by suggesting she hoped Daochen would pay her special attention. Xuanming turns to caring for the spiritual roots instead.
• Daochen demonstrates greater confidence in his cultivation, seeing a real chance to reach the peak Quasi-Saint stage after earlier failed attempts to merge his Three Corpses.
• Bai Ze takes the lead in organizing the demons but is troubled by the lack of suitable candidates and by the dangers facing their group.
• Yingzhao is forceful and determined to secure Kunpeng’s help, while Ji Meng, who knows Kunpeng best, believes persuasion will fail.

Significant themes

• Power and the pressure to advance: Daochen’s strength motivates others to cultivate harder and reshapes the political balance among the supernatural factions.
• Unity and leadership: The demons’ vulnerability drives them to seek a ruler capable of protecting them.
• Uneasy alliances and old grudges: The demons may need Kunpeng’s help, but his hostility toward Daochen makes cooperation uncertain.
• The cost and danger of cultivation: Daochen’s breakthrough attempt and Fuxi’s relentless tribulation both show that advancing in power can involve serious risk.

Plot points and events

• Facing escalating attacks from the Witch Clan, Bai Ze and the other Greater Demons decide to seek Daochen’s protection by inviting him to become Demon Emperor.
• They go to the Northern Dark Sea to recruit Kunpeng, but he refuses, wanting to avoid both Demon politics and Daochen, with whom he has a history of hostility.
• Bai Ze and the others force their way into Kunpeng’s palace and pressure him into joining them. Kunpeng’s objections—and offer to give up the title of Demon Master—do not deter them.
• Bai Ze’s plan is to place the Demon Emperor title on Daochen, whose strength and Demon lineage could lend the Demon Race authority and discourage the Ancestral Witches from attacking.
• The group gathers more Greater Demons along the way. Nearly a hundred eventually travel to the Sun Star and call on Daochen to lead them.
• Daochen remains in seclusion, having successfully merged his Good Corpse with his Self Corpse and preparing to merge his Evil Corpse. Xuanming is startled by the demons’ loud appeal.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Ze takes charge of the increasingly desperate Demon Race and uses persuasion, pressure, and finally a show of force to recruit Kunpeng and other demons.
• Kunpeng is shown as deeply self-interested and fearful of renewed conflict with Daochen. He resists involvement but is overwhelmed by the group’s numbers.
• The Greater Demons shift from seeking help to acting collectively and coercively, believing survival requires Daochen’s leadership.
• Daochen makes significant progress in cultivation but is unaware, so far, that the demons intend to make him their emperor.
• Xuanming is briefly caught off guard by the sudden arrival and shouting outside.

Significant themes

• Survival and political unity: The Demon Race seeks a powerful leader as the Witch Clan’s threat grows.
• Power and legitimacy: The demons hope Daochen’s strength and Demon identity will make him a credible ruler and a deterrent.
• Duty versus self-preservation: Kunpeng rejects responsibility, while the others insist that his position obliges him to help.
• Coercion and desperation: The demons’ cause may be collective, but they resort to force when persuasion fails.

Plot points

• Greater demons, led by Bai Ze, arrive at the Sun Star and kneel, urging Daochen to become Demon Emperor. Xuanming wants to confront them, but Houtu warns her not to cause trouble on Daochen’s territory.
• Daochen initially ignores the gathering, focusing on merging his Self Corpse and Evil Corpse and refining the primordial purple qi.
• The demons’ allegiance brings a sudden surge of worldly fortune. The corpses merge, Daochen completely refines the purple qi, and a vast Three-Legged Golden Crow phantom appears.
• The Heavenly Dao recognizes Daochen as Demon Emperor, making the position effectively unavoidable. The demons celebrate and pledge themselves to him.
• Hongjun welcomes this turn, orders Haotian to deliver the Chaos Pearl to Daochen as a congratulatory gift, and sees the Demon-Witch calamity beginning as the world returns to its expected course.
• The Three Pure Ones react with concern: with the Demon Race’s fortune behind Daochen, settling old scores with him after they become saints will be harder.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen becomes Demon Emperor without seeking the role, gaining the Demon Race’s allegiance and a major cultivation breakthrough.
• Bai Ze and the greater demons regard Daochen as the leader who can unite their scattered race and stand against the Witch Clan.
• Houtu acts cautiously, restraining Xuanming and recognizing the danger of offending Daochen.
• Xuanming remains resentful and worries that Daochen’s leadership could turn the Demon Race against the witches.
• Hongjun treats Daochen’s rise as part of the Heavenly Dao’s plan; Haotian resents being ordered to give Daochen a supreme treasure.
• Dijun and Taiyi, along with the others on the Sun Star, witness Daochen’s overwhelming power and the demons’ submission.

Significant themes

• Fate and choice: Daochen’s new title is imposed by Heavenly Dao recognition, regardless of his wishes.
• Power through fortune and allegiance: The demons’ recognition fuels Daochen’s cultivation and consolidates their own unity.
• Political balance and looming conflict: Daochen’s rise strengthens the Demon Race and intensifies the threat to the Witch Clan, while alarming the Three Pure Ones.
• Ambition and resentment: Haotian’s jealousy and the Three Pure Ones’ unease contrast with the demons’ hopeful devotion.

Key plot points and events

• After Daochen is unexpectedly recognized as Demon Emperor by the Demon Race’s remaining Greater Demons and the Heavenly Dao, his cultivation and fortune rise—but he is furious at being drawn into the Demon Race’s affairs.
• Fearing Daochen’s new power, Jieyin and Zhunti seal Mount Sumeru with the Twelfth-Rank Merit Golden Lotus and hide it in the void. Dijiang considers recalling Xuanming and Houtu but decides against it, believing Daochen would not attack them.
• Bai Ze and the other demons hail Daochen as emperor. Daochen curses them from inside the Sun Star and threatens them with the Heaven Measuring Ruler, so they flee. Kunpeng escapes especially quickly.
• Daochen comes out intending to punish the demons, but they have already left. Dijun and Taiyi also try to avoid him, knowing he never wanted the throne.
• Xuanming confronts Daochen, asking whether he will now kill her to avenge the Greater Demons she has slain. Houtu tries to stop her, but the chapter ends before Daochen answers.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen reaches the peak quasi-saint stage and becomes Demon Emperor against his will. His usual composure gives way to open anger at being bound to the Demon Race.
• Bai Ze and the Greater Demons force Daochen’s elevation, believing his leadership will protect the weakened Demon Race, but retreat when he reacts furiously.
• Jieyin and Zhunti show how deeply they fear Daochen, choosing concealment over confronting him.
• Dijiang remains cautious but trusts Daochen’s past restraint; Rushou worries for Xuanming and Houtu.
• Xuanming openly tests whether Daochen’s new role has changed his attitude toward the Witch Clan, while Houtu tries to prevent the confrontation.

Significant themes

• Power and unwanted responsibility: Daochen gains authority and fortune without choosing either.
• Fear and self-preservation: Sages, demons, and even Demon Clan leaders respond to Daochen’s power by hiding or fleeing.
• Witch–Demon conflict and uncertain loyalty: Daochen’s new title raises the question of whether he will act as the Demon Clan’s champion—or remain personally impartial.

Key plot points and events

• Daochen rejects revenge against the dead Greater Demons and orders Xuanming to work in his spiritual field. Houtu joins her, relieved that the situation has not escalated further.
• Bai Ze urges the Greater Demons to keep out of trouble and avoid provoking the Witch Clan—or Daochen—until Daochen leaves the Sun Star. They agree and retreat to their sealed Cave Abodes, creating the prospect of a temporary peace.
• Alone in the Sun God Palace, Daochen fumes that the Greater Demons have drawn him into the Demon Race’s tribulation and disrupted his plans for the coming age of Sages.
• Despite the unexpected burden, he is confident in his position: he has the treasures and accomplishments that Dijun and Taiyi lacked, and he believes he can keep the Demon Race’s fortune from declining.
• Daochen wonders why refining the Primordial Purple Qi has not subjected him to the Heavenly Dao’s suppression. Hongjun is equally unable to explain why Daochen has left no imprint in the Heavenly Dao’s origin, so he decides to wait and observe.
• Haotian and Yaochi arrive on Hongjun’s orders to congratulate Daochen and deliver the Chaos Pearl. Daochen recognizes its immense value and is delighted by the gift.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen remains irreverent and independent: he refuses to avenge the demons, brusquely assigns Xuanming farm work, and resents being made Demon Emperor. Yet he is confident he can manage the Demon Race and is pleased to receive the Chaos Pearl.
• Houtu and Xuanming cooperate in tending the spiritual roots; Houtu is reassured that Daochen is not immediately driving the conflict toward disaster.
• Bai Ze and the Greater Demons show caution and self-preservation, choosing retreat over risking Daochen’s anger.
• Dijun and Taiyi approach Daochen tentatively but withdraw when he asks for quiet.
• Hongjun remains watchful, while Haotian and Yaochi are uneasy around Daochen; Haotian’s nervousness reflects his past offense against him.

Significant themes

• Power and reluctant leadership: Daochen has become Demon Emperor without wanting the responsibilities that come with the title.
• Self-interest and survival: The Greater Demons prioritize staying alive and avoiding both the Witch Clan and Daochen.
• Fate versus agency: Daochen’s plans have been overturned, but he believes his strength can reshape the Demon Race’s future.
• Uncertainty around cosmic forces: Daochen’s unusual relationship with the Primordial Purple Qi and Heavenly Dao leaves even Hongjun without answers.
• Power expressed through humor and intimidation: Daochen’s blunt orders and outbursts contrast with the enormous stakes surrounding him.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• Daochen, pleased to have acquired the Chaos Pearl, invites Haotian and Yaochi to visit his Sun Star. Haotian declines and quickly tries to leave with Yaochi.
• Daochen catches up with Haotian and cryptically warns him to “watch out for anyone surnamed Yang.” Haotian misunderstands the warning as possibly relating to Yaochi, but Daochen clarifies that it has nothing to do with her and refuses to explain further.
• Elsewhere, Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters discover a mid-grade Xiantian Spiritual Treasure emerging from a lake. A crowd of demonic beasts and six Great Luo Golden Immortal demon kings are gathered there.
• Zhao Gongming, Yunxiao, and Bixiao engage the demon kings so Qiongxiao can claim the sword-shaped treasure. As she nears it, two young Daoists arrive: one attacks Qiongxiao with a horsetail whisk, while the other, Guangchengzi, rushes for the sword and declares it should belong to him.

Character developments and interactions

• Haotian remains anxious and suspicious, especially about Daochen influencing Yaochi. He takes the warning seriously despite not understanding it.
• Daochen is playful and cryptic. His warning appears to concern Haotian’s younger sister and a future connection with someone surnamed Yang, but he avoids explaining because of the potential karmic consequences.
• Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters have grown more mature and powerful through years of hardship. They have reached the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm and continue to conceal their identities while traveling.
• The siblings act as a coordinated team: Zhao Gongming, Yunxiao, and Bixiao hold off the demon kings, while Qiongxiao tries to secure the treasure.
• Guangchengzi and his companion abruptly disrupt the contest, setting up a conflict with Qiongxiao and the siblings.

Significant themes

• Fate and karmic consequence: Daochen’s warning hints at future events he does not want to alter.
• Growth through hardship: Zhao Gongming and the sisters have become stronger and steadier by facing danger without relying on their status.
• Competition for power and treasure: The spiritual treasure draws demons, cultivators, and rival claimants into conflict.
• Suspicion and misunderstanding: Haotian misreads Daochen’s intentions, while the treasure hunters’ plans are overturned by the newcomers.

Key plot points and events

• Guangchengzi seizes a Mid-Grade Xiantian Spiritual Treasure sword that Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters had been seeking. He and Red Essence Child flee, while the siblings pursue.
• Red Essence Child attacks Zhao Gongming and the sisters, insulting them as “mountain spirits and ghosts.” Zhao Gongming counters with his Twin Whips and badly injures him.
• Guangchengzi rushes to help Red Essence Child, gives him a healing pill, and accuses the siblings of stealing a treasure supposedly destined for the disciples of the Primordial Heavenly Venerable.
• Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters prepare to fight back. When Guangchengzi invokes his master and the Three Pure Ones to intimidate them, they pause and offer a peaceful settlement: return the sword and the matter will end.
• Guangchengzi refuses, insisting the treasure is fated to be theirs and threatening that his master will arrive. The confrontation remains unresolved.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhao Gongming responds to the theft and insults with force, but shows restraint once he learns the opponents are disciples of the Primordial Heavenly Venerable. He wants to avoid bringing trouble upon his own master, Daochen.
• The Three Xiao Sisters share Zhao Gongming’s anger and join the fight, yet also support his effort to settle the dispute without escalating it.
• Guangchengzi relies on his lineage to intimidate others and treats his opponents with condescension. Despite his threats, he appears fearful when the siblings press the attack.
• Red Essence Child begins as an aggressive attacker but is quickly overwhelmed by Zhao Gongming and left severely injured. Guangchengzi’s concern for him is clear as he rushes to his aid.

Significant themes

• Hypocrisy and entitlement: Guangchengzi and Red Essence Child claim moral and heavenly authority while keeping a treasure they took from others.
• Power versus pedigree: Zhao Gongming’s strength defeats Red Essence Child’s confidence in his status, though Guangchengzi still tries to use his lineage as leverage.
• Restraint amid conflict: The siblings are capable of violence but choose a peaceful resolution to protect Daochen from unnecessary trouble.

Key plot points and events

• Guangchengzi and Red Essence Child claim a treasure opportunity for themselves and refuse to acknowledge Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters’ grievance. Zhao Gongming challenges them, and the four siblings attack.
• Guangchengzi calls on Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi for help. Yuanshi appears through an incarnation, repels the four disciples’ treasures, and injures them. He dismisses their claim and orders them to leave, insisting the treasure belongs to his sect.
• Yunxiao summons their master, Daochen. Yuanshi initially welcomes the challenge, but recognizes Daochen’s aura in the Golden Crow Divine Flame and realizes the four are his disciples.
• Daochen arrives, sees their injuries, and attacks Yuanshi with the Heaven Measuring Ruler. Yuanshi blocks with the Pangu Banner but is badly hurt. Though he calls the situation a misunderstanding, Daochen rejects the excuse and attacks again.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhao Gongming stands up for his siblings and openly challenges the injustice, even after Yuanshi injures them.
• Yunxiao restrains Zhao Gongming from arguing further and takes decisive action by summoning Daochen.
• Guangchengzi and Red Essence Child rely on Yuanshi’s authority rather than resolving the dispute themselves.
• Yuanshi presents himself as a protector of his disciples but treats the opposing side dismissively and uses overwhelming force. His confidence turns to alarm when Daochen appears stronger than before.
• Daochen responds fiercely to his disciples’ injuries. His peak quasi-saint strength gives him a decisive advantage, and he refuses to accept Yuanshi’s claim that the attack was a misunderstanding.

Significant themes

• Favoritism and injustice: Yuanshi judges the dispute in his disciples’ favor without hearing the siblings’ case.
• Loyalty and protection: Daochen’s immediate defense of his disciples contrasts with Yuanshi’s self-serving intervention.
• Power and arrogance: Yuanshi’s belief that his status and strength make him untouchable is challenged by Daochen’s breakthrough.
• Accountability: Daochen’s retort turns Yuanshi’s “misunderstanding” excuse back on him, setting up a confrontation over consequences.

Key plot points and events

• Daochen decisively overwhelms the Primordial Heavenly Venerable (Yuanshi), revealing that he has reached the peak Quasi-Saint stage. Yuanshi, injured and badly outmatched, realizes that Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters are Daochen’s disciples.
• Yuanshi insists the attack was a misunderstanding and offers the four disciples three mid-grade Xiantian spiritual treasures and three Nine-Revolution Golden Elixirs as compensation.
• When they do not accept immediately, Yuanshi takes another treasure from Guangchengzi. He then orders Guangchengzi and Red Essence Child to apologize.
• Guangchengzi apologizes, while Red Essence Child pretends to be unconscious. Daochen asks his disciples whether they will accept the settlement; they defer to their master.
• Daochen agrees to end the matter, but warns Yuanshi to discipline his disciples and promises there will be no easy resolution if it happens again. He then takes his injured disciples back to the Sun Star to recover.
• Once Daochen leaves, Guangchengzi relaxes—only for Yuanshi to turn an icy glare on him.

Character developments

• Daochen displays overwhelming power and authority, but also lets his disciples decide whether to accept Yuanshi’s settlement. He is ultimately willing to stop once the offense has been addressed.
• Yuanshi shifts from aggression to anxious politeness when he realizes Daochen’s strength. He sacrifices valuable treasures and elixirs to avoid further conflict, though his resentment remains beneath the surface.
• Guangchengzi is forced to acknowledge his wrongdoing and apologize, despite his initial contempt for the four disciples. He fears the consequences of causing Yuanshi to lose valuable items.
• Red Essence Child avoids responsibility by pretending to be dead.
• Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters are astonished by Daochen’s strength and remain respectful, leaving the final decision to him.

Significant themes

• Power and status: Yuanshi’s prestige cannot protect him once Daochen proves vastly stronger.
• Accountability and respect: Daochen makes Yuanshi’s disciples apologize and warns that future misconduct will have consequences.
• Authority and loyalty: Daochen’s disciples trust his judgment, while Yuanshi’s disciples respond to their master’s commands and displeasure.
• Pride versus pragmatism: Yuanshi suppresses his pride and offers compensation to escape a worse confrontation.

Character interactions

• Daochen challenges Yuanshi’s claim that the attack was a misunderstanding, forcing him to confront the implication that he would treat others’ disciples differently.
• Yuanshi tries to appease Daochen with gifts and an apology from his disciples; Daochen instead consults his own disciples before accepting the settlement.
• Daochen and Yuanshi part on formally civil but tense terms, while Yuanshi’s final glare suggests Guangchengzi and Red Essence Child may face consequences afterward.

Key plot points and events

• Guangchengzi and Red Essence Child both try to escape blame for the failed confrontation with Daochen, each accusing the other. Yuanshi angrily abandons them, leaving the injured pair to make their own way back to Mount Kunlun.
• Yuanshi returns to Kunlun badly injured. Laozi and Tongtian suspect Daochen caused it, but say nothing, unwilling to risk confronting him.
• Yuanshi demands healing elixirs from Laozi and deliberately reveals that Daochen has reached the peak quasi-saint stage. Shocked by the gap between them, Laozi sends his Evil Corpse, Li Er, out to roam the Primordial World and seek opportunities for attaining the Dao.
• Back on the Sun Star, Daochen arrives with Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters, all injured. Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi recognize Yuanshi’s Jade Purity techniques and take the attack as an insult to their own disciples. Taiyi summons the Chaos Bell and sets out toward Mount Kunlun.

Character developments and interactions

• Guangchengzi and Red Essence Child show cowardice and self-interest by immediately shifting blame onto one another.
• Yuanshi is humiliated by his defeat and resentful of his brothers’ silence; he needles Laozi rather than simply asking for help.
• Laozi and Tongtian quietly avoid entanglement with Daochen, judging that opposing him is too dangerous. Laozi responds to the news of Daochen’s advancement by changing his strategy from cultivation to seeking opportunities.
• Dijun and Taiyi demonstrate their attachment to Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters, treating them as their own disciples and reacting fiercely to Yuanshi’s attack.

Significant themes

• Blame and evasion: Yuanshi’s disciples pass responsibility back and forth, while Yuanshi himself seeks to redirect his anger toward his brothers.
• Power and caution: Daochen’s overwhelming cultivation shapes everyone’s choices, prompting Laozi and Tongtian to avoid conflict.
• Loyalty and protection: The Sun Star’s leaders respond to the disciples’ injuries as a personal affront, setting up a possible escalation with Kunlun.

Plot points and events

• Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters’ injuries enrage Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi, who prepare to confront Yuanshi.
• Xuanming joins in, eager for a fight, while Houtu tries to manage her. Daochen stops the group, and Zhao Gongming explains that Daochen has already punished Yuanshi, who is unlikely to face them again.
• Xuanming turns her attention to sparring with Daochen. He hints that losing would mean extending her stay on the Sun Star by another thousand years. Since she still owes more than nine hundred years under their original agreement, she retreats with Houtu.
• Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi agree to help heal Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters, removing the lingering Quasi-Saint Dao laws from their injuries.
• Daochen returns to seclusion to study the Chaos Pearl, hoping its Great Dao principles connect to the source-law imprints he gained during the World-Creation Tribulation.
• Elsewhere, Nüwa’s attempts to create a new race keep failing: her creations are either strong but unintelligent, or intelligent but too fragile. She decides to seek Daochen’s help and flies toward the Sun Star.

Character developments and interactions

• Xuanming is shown as intensely battle-hungry and impulsive, but Daochen can restrain her by invoking the terms of her stay.
• Daochen acts as the group’s practical authority: he prevents a needless confrontation, delegates the injured disciples’ treatment, and resumes his own cultivation.
• Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi are protective of their disciples and relieved to avoid a clash with Xuanming. They respect Daochen’s knack for handling powerful, forceful women.
• Nüwa grows discouraged by repeated failures and becomes willing to approach Daochen for assistance, despite the terms he may demand.

Significant themes

• Power tempered by restraint: Daochen prevents anger from escalating into another fight.
• Obligation and leverage: Xuanming’s agreement gives Daochen a way to curb her appetite for combat.
• Cultivation and responsibility: Daochen balances his pursuit of greater power with caring for his disciples.
• The limits of creation: Nüwa’s failures highlight how difficult it is to create life capable of surviving the Primordial World.

Plot and key events

• Daochen enters the Chaos Pearl with his divine sense and discovers an independent inner microcosm: three thousand embryonic Great Daos stretch across a vast, chaotic expanse.
• He realizes that, once these Daos fully evolve, the microcosm could become a self-sustaining world that would survive even if the Primordial World were destroyed.
• Daochen confirms Hongjun never left a divine-sense imprint on the Pearl and decides to refine it himself. Its eighty-one restrictions are exceptionally difficult Grandmist Purple Restrictions.
• His own imprints of the Three Thousand Great Daos resonate with those inside the Pearl. This connection clarifies the restrictions and rapidly deepens his understanding of them.
• The resulting Dao resonance spills from Daochen’s secluded chamber across the Sun Star. Dijun, Taiyi, Zhao Gongming, and the Three Xiao Sisters seize the chance to meditate on it. Xuanming and Houtu also sense and study the law powers within it.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen shifts from wonder at the Pearl’s potential to focused ambition, beginning its refinement despite its formidable restrictions. He briefly questions why Hongjun never used it, but sets aside the speculation.
• Dijun recognizes the resonance’s value and urges Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters to comprehend it. He and Taiyi are astonished when it brings them close to a breakthrough toward the late Quasi-Saint stage.
• Taiyi wonders what Daochen is accomplishing inside the chamber, seeing that even the resonance reaching them is so powerful.
• Xuanming and Houtu cannot cultivate primordial spirits, but identify and begin comprehending distinct law powers—especially two different rain laws.

Significant themes

• Worldly independence and survival: The Chaos Pearl’s potential world could endure the destruction of the Primordial World, unlike worlds dependent on it.
• Resonance and shared insight: Daochen’s Great Dao imprints unlock deeper understanding of the Pearl, while their resulting resonance benefits others across the Sun Star.
• The vastness of cultivation: Even powerful Quasi-Saints find advancement difficult, making the sudden glimpse of a breakthrough extraordinary.
• Unanswered motives: Hongjun’s refusal to refine the Chaos Pearl remains a mystery, though Daochen prioritizes using the treasure over solving it.

Plot and events

• A century passes while the group meditates on the Sun Star, surrounded by Dao resonance. Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters advance from early to middle Great Luo Golden Immortal; Houtu rises from early to mid quasi-saint, while Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi clarify their path toward the late quasi-saint stage.
• Daochen emerges after refining the first eighteen Grandmist Purple Restrictions in the Chaos Pearl. His cultivation has reached the pinnacle quasi-saint stage—the limit before Sagehood. Further progress requires primordial purple qi and establishing the Demon Race Heavenly Court. The remaining restrictions and the rest of Pangu’s “Nine World-Creation Axes” must also wait until he becomes a Sage.
• Daochen has been waiting for Nüwa’s visit. She arrives seeking the Three Treasures and agrees to his marriage condition, asking only that he not restrict her freedom afterward.
• Nüwa is visibly bothered to find Daochen chatting with Houtu and Xuanming. Xuanming responds with conspicuous sweetness toward Daochen, while Houtu ushers her away, leaving Daochen uncomfortable and Nüwa alone to discuss her proposal.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen reaches the absolute ceiling of quasi-saint power and remains patient, waiting for the right opportunity—Nüwa’s arrival—to advance further.
• Nüwa moves from resistance to accepting Daochen’s condition because she believes she needs his approval and treasures to attain the Dao. Her irritation at his closeness with Houtu and Xuanming hints at jealousy or possessiveness.
• Houtu and Xuanming benefit from the resonance, especially Houtu’s breakthrough. Their teasing, awkward interaction with Daochen adds comic tension; Xuanming’s unexpectedly demure behavior unsettles him.
• Dijun and Taiyi gain confidence in their future progress, though neither breaks through during the century.

Significant themes

• Limits and ambition: Daochen has reached the highest point possible without becoming a Sage, and the laws of heaven and earth dictate what comes next.
• Cultivation through opportunity: The Dao resonance accelerates growth, but it can only help those able to comprehend it or already prepared to break through.
• Power and dependence: Nüwa’s pursuit of the Three Treasures places her in a bargaining position shaped by her reliance on Daochen.
• Jealousy and romantic tension: Nüwa’s reaction to Daochen’s conversations with the others, and Xuanming’s teasing display, complicate the negotiations.

Plot points and events

• Nüwa, believing Daochen had asked her to become his Dao Companion, says she will accept—including moving to the Sun Star—as long as he does not overly restrict her freedom.
• Daochen reveals that he never made such a request: he wants half the fortune of the race Nüwa will create. In return, he will give her the Three Treasures she needs to attain the Dao and become a Sage.
• After her anger and embarrassment subside, Nüwa agrees. Daochen requires her to make the promise binding with a Heavenly Dao Oath.
• Nüwa travels into the starry heavens and swears that, after becoming a Sage, she will share half her new race’s fortune with Daochen. An immense, cold eye appears in the sky, signaling that the Heavenly Dao has witnessed the oath.

Character developments and interactions

• Nüwa moves from eager hope to fury when she realizes she misunderstood Daochen, then chooses to accept the bargain because attaining Sagehood matters most to her. She assumes the race’s fortune will be modest and the cost inconsequential.
• Daochen remains calm and transactional, deliberately letting Nüwa’s misunderstanding stand until she clarifies her offer. He refuses to yield or elaborate, making clear that the Three Treasures are conditional on her agreement and oath. His aim is not romance but securing a share of the future race’s fortune.
• Their exchange is marked by a sharp contrast: Nüwa is emotionally invested and initially misreads the negotiation, while Daochen is controlled and focused on leverage.

Significant themes

• Power and ambition: Both characters prioritize advancement, especially Daochen, who sees Sagehood as essential to escaping the fate he associates with the Demon Emperor’s throne.
• Bargains and binding promises: Daochen turns a verbal deal into an irrevocable Heavenly Dao Oath.
• Foreknowledge and hidden significance: Nüwa suspects Daochen’s insistence means her future race will be exceptionally important, though she underestimates its value.
• Uncertainty about cultivation: Daochen privately wonders why his fused primordial purple qi has not triggered the Heavenly Dao’s suppression, and fears that Hongjun may discover the anomaly.

Key plot points and events

• Nüwa completes a Great Dao oath using her own blood, with the Heavenly Dao bearing witness. Half of the Human Race’s future fortune is pledged to Daochen.
• The transfer unsettles the Primordial World’s destiny, though not enough to derail its larger course. Hongjun notices the complication but chooses not to intervene.
• Daochen gives Nüwa the Nine Heavens Breath Soil but refuses to surrender his Xiantian Gourd Vine or Heaven-Earth Cauldron, both of which he still needs.
• When Nüwa presses for the treasures, Daochen jokingly offers them in exchange for her becoming the Demon Queen. Irritated, she takes the items anyway and leaves, promising to return them.
• Dijun and Taiyi warn Daochen that the coming age of Sages may bring retaliation from Nüwa and the other destined Sages. Daochen remains confident that he can attain Sagehood himself.
• Nüwa heads to the Eastern Sea to create the Human Race, avoiding Mount Buzhou because the newborn people might be preyed upon by the Witch Clan. She expects the Dragon Clan to stay in line, with Fuxi helping keep them in check.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen is shown as calculating and self-assured: he sees Nüwa’s oath as a way to gain Human Race fortune and strengthen his position. He refuses to part with valuable treasures, then provokes Nüwa by teasing her about joining him as Demon Queen.
• Nüwa secures what she needs to create the Human Race but remains resentful of Daochen’s teasing and past mistreatment. She is determined to settle the score once she becomes a Sage.
• Dijun and Taiyi act as cautious advisers, recognizing that Daochen’s conflicts with the destined Sages could become dangerous.
• Hongjun is frustrated by how unpredictable events involving Daochen have become, but prioritizes the stability of the world’s overall destiny.

Significant themes

• Power and political leverage: Daochen seeks to turn Human Race fortune into protection and influence.
• Rivalry and future consequences: Nüwa’s grievances—and Daochen’s conflicts with other future Sages—foreshadow later confrontations.
• Ambition and confidence: Daochen believes he can match the Sages’ power rather than submit to them.
• Protection of the vulnerable: Nüwa carefully chooses where to create the fragile Human Race, avoiding a region where they could be immediately endangered.

Key plot points and events

• Nüwa uses the Heaven-Earth Cauldron to refine the nine heavens breath soil, infusing it with her essence blood over forty-nine days. She then molds it into the shape of an innate Dao body.
• Her first creation survives the Primordial World’s pressure and shows basic intelligence, but seems lifeless. Even after she makes 129,600 figures, they remain wooden and do not trigger her path to sagehood.
• Nüwa realizes she has not yet used the Xiantian Gourd Vine. With Daochen’s prompting, she channels its creation aura into the figures.
• The figures awaken with clear primordial spirits and genuine intelligence. Nüwa names them the Human Race, and the completion of creation fully awakens her opportunity to attain sagehood.
• The Heavenly Dao responds with auspicious signs and a torrent of merit, most of which goes to Nüwa; the Heaven-Earth Cauldron and Xiantian Gourd Vine also receive shares.

Character developments

• Nüwa moves from confidence and excitement to anxiety and frustration as her creations initially fall short. She eventually identifies the missing element and succeeds, fulfilling her role as creator of humanity.
• Daochen proves he has been observing her efforts. His teasing irritates Nüwa, but his reminder helps her correct her mistake.

Significant themes

• Creation requires more than physical form: the Gourd Vine’s creative aura gives the humans spirit and intelligence.
• Persistence and insight turn repeated failure into success.
• Creation brings recognition and reward from the Heavenly Dao, linking the birth of a people with Nüwa’s path to sagehood.

Character interactions

• Nüwa’s relationship with Daochen is marked by teasing and irritation, tempered by his practical intervention.
• The newly awakened humans revere Nüwa as their “Holy Mother”; she, in turn, names them and establishes their identity as a race.

Plot points and events

• Nüwa uses the immense merit gained from creating the Human Race to sever her Self Corpse, unite all Three Corpses, and rapidly advance from mid-stage to peak-stage Quasi-Saint.
• The merit then merges with her, and she attains Sagehood—the first such breakthrough in the Primordial World since Hongjun and Yangmei.
• Her ascension is recorded in the essence of the Heavenly Dao. Hongjun senses the change and quietly approves.
• Other powerful figures react with envy and begin considering whether creating a race could help them advance. Li Er suspects the Human Race is connected to his own path to Sagehood and heads toward the Eastern Sea.
• Once her Sagehood clarifies previously obscured heavenly secrets, Nüwa realizes that Daochen’s Great Dao oath has taken half of the Human Race’s fortune for him. She angrily vows that their conflict is not over.

Character developments and interactions

• Nüwa achieves the status she sought, but her triumph turns to fury when she understands the cost of Daochen’s scheme.
• Zhunti envies Nüwa’s rapid progress and proposes creating a race. Jieyin mocks the idea, while Zhunti privately admits he was imagining a race of bald beings.
• Li Er, Laozi’s Evil Corpse, becomes intrigued by the Human Race and sets out to investigate.
• Yuanshi resents Nüwa’s advancement, especially because he feels overshadowed by Daochen, but cannot change the outcome.
• Hongjun acknowledges Nüwa’s imprint in the Heavenly Dao and returns to stillness.

Significant themes

• Merit and advancement: Nüwa’s success shows how creation’s merit can propel cultivation beyond ordinary limits.
• Fortune and hidden costs: Nüwa’s achievement is bound to the Human Race’s future, but Daochen’s claim on half its fortune makes her victory costly.
• Envy and rivalry: The other powerful beings respond to Nüwa’s rise with jealousy, ambition, or resentment.
• The Human Race’s importance: Its future fortune is revealed as a major factor in the destiny of multiple would-be Sages.

Plot points and events

• Nüwa attains Sainthood, sending a subtle wave of power through the distant Sun Star.
• Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi fear she will retaliate against Daochen for his past schemes. Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters also sense an overwhelming presence and wonder whether their master has angered a powerful enemy.
• Nüwa’s will penetrates the Sun Star’s defenses. She arrives in person, parting its solar flames and entering the Sun God Palace.
• Houtu and Xuanming congratulate Nüwa. After exchanging courtesies, Nüwa goes to confront Daochen.
• Daochen offers apparently sincere congratulations, but Nüwa rejects them coldly. Dijun and Taiyi ready their treasures in case violence follows.

Character developments and interactions

• Nüwa has gained the status of a Sage, but her first priority is confronting Daochen. She remains outwardly courteous to Houtu and Xuanming, then reveals her anger to Daochen.
• Daochen stays composed and congratulatory, despite knowing his past actions have given Nüwa cause for resentment.
• Dijun and Taiyi shift from apprehension to defensive readiness, anticipating Nüwa’s response.
• Houtu and Xuanming greet Nüwa warmly and respectfully.
• Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters are alarmed by the power that reaches the Sun Star, though they do not initially know who it belongs to.

Significant themes and context

• Power and consequences: Nüwa’s new strength gives her the means to confront Daochen, whose earlier manipulation of her providence now carries greater risk.
• The limits of achievement: Sainthood is not a final peak but the beginning of a nine-heaven hierarchy, and Nüwa has only reached its first heaven.
• Merit, providence, and unequal gain: Though Nüwa created the Human Race and attained Sainthood, Daochen still benefits from the providence tied to her and the Demon Race—making him, in her view, the greater winner.

Key plot points and events

• Nüwa confronts Daochen at the Sun God Palace, furious over his alleged scheme involving the Three Treasures and the Human Race’s fortune.
• Her Sage power chills the palace and even stills the Solar True Fire. Taiyi and Dijun move to protect Daochen, while Houtu, Xuanming, Zhao Gongming, and the Three Xiao Sisters rush in, fearing a clash.
• Daochen remains calm, offering everyone wine and fruit. When Nüwa demands an explanation, he pretends to misunderstand her purpose, then abruptly asks her to return the Heaven-Earth Cauldron and Xiantian Gourd Vine—treasures he had lent her for her path to Sagehood.
• Nüwa refuses to let the confrontation be diverted. She accuses Daochen of using the Three Treasures as bait to make her swear a Great Dao oath and claim half of the Human Race’s fortune.
• The chapter ends with Nüwa’s anger rising and everyone anticipating an imminent fight.

Character developments

• Nüwa is newly empowered as a Sage, confident in her strength but still deeply resentful of Daochen’s perceived manipulation. She finally abandons her reluctance to expose the dispute publicly.
• Daochen stays composed and wry, using the loaned treasures to turn the accusation back on Nüwa and provoke her.
• Taiyi and Dijun show loyalty to Daochen, ready to protect him despite being outmatched.
• Houtu and Xuanming, along with the other arrivals, act as anxious observers hoping to prevent violence.

Significant themes

• Power and restraint: Nüwa’s Sagehood gives her overwhelming force, but the others worry about the damage her temper could cause.
• Bargaining, ownership, and obligation: The Three Treasures, the oath, and the Human Race’s fortune are all disputed.
• Pride and face-saving: Nüwa hesitates to admit publicly that she may have been deceived, while Daochen needles her with deliberate calm.

Character interactions

• Nüwa challenges Daochen; he responds by demanding the return of her treasures, leaving her and the gathered witnesses confused.
• Taiyi and Dijun position themselves between Nüwa and Daochen, while Houtu and Xuanming arrive to keep tensions from escalating.
• Daochen’s unruffled manner contrasts sharply with Nüwa’s mounting fury, pushing their confrontation toward a likely battle.

Key plot points and events

• Newly elevated to Sagehood, Nüwa confronts Daochen, accusing him of scheming by taking half the Human Race’s providence in exchange for three treasures.
• Daochen insists that Nüwa agreed to the arrangement and feigns ignorance about the Human Race’s future importance. Those listening initially share his view that the young race’s providence must be minor.
• Nüwa privately explains that she learned the Human Race’s destiny by glimpsing heaven’s secrets during her ascension. She realizes Daochen, still a quasi-saint, could not have known that future and may not have deliberately deceived her.
• Embarrassed by her accusation, Nüwa drops the matter and prepares to leave. Daochen then asks her to return the Xiantian Gourd Vine and Heaven-Earth Cauldron; she gives them back.
• Hongjun orders Nüwa to leave Mount Buzhou and establish her cultivation grounds in the chaos beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens. She obeys, reminded of how far she remains beneath him.

Character developments and interactions

• Nüwa begins angry and convinced Daochen exploited her, but reconsiders when she recognizes the limits of what he could have known. Her retreat leaves her feeling she has lost face; she is also irritated by Daochen’s timely demand for his treasures.
• Daochen stays calm, deflects Nüwa’s accusations, and appears genuinely unaware of the Human Race’s future. Whether he is sincere or simply maintaining his position remains ambiguous. He ends the confrontation on a cheerful note by recovering his treasures.
• The onlookers—including Houtu, Xuanming, Dijun, and Taiyi—judge Nüwa’s confrontation as ungracious given Daochen’s past help, then are surprised when it ends so quickly.
• Hongjun asserts authority over Nüwa, directing her next move and underscoring the hierarchy between them.

Significant themes

• Hindsight and mistaken blame: Nüwa interprets an old bargain through knowledge she gained only after becoming a Sage.
• Reputation and gratitude: Her challenge risks making her appear ungrateful after Daochen helped her attain Sagehood.
• The limits of knowledge: The chapter distinguishes what a Sage can perceive from what a quasi-saint could reasonably know.
• Power and hierarchy: Nüwa’s new status does not erase her deference to Hongjun or the distance between their strengths.