Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Hongjun announces that Sagehood is about to be distributed. The gathered cultivators, including his seated disciples, all kneel and plead for a chance—except Daochen, who stays seated and watches.
• Daochen’s refusal to plead unsettles the others. Some assume he is arrogant; Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi wonder whether he knows something. Hongjun is likewise baffled by Daochen’s mysterious motives and apparently casual attitude toward power.
• Hongjun grants Sagehood to the Three Pure Ones, citing their connection to Pangu and the merit of creation, then to Nüwa.
• Yuanshi smugly glances at Daochen, expecting Sagehood to make him superior. Daochen answers by brandishing the Heaven Measuring Ruler; Yuanshi immediately backs down.
• When Hongjun skips Jieyin and Zhunti and turns his attention to Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi, the Western pair panic and beg for Sagehood, weeping theatrically and invoking the suffering of the West. Their shameless display disgusts the other cultivators.
• The chapter ends with Hongjun’s attention returning to Jieyin and Zhunti, leaving Dijun and Taiyi tense and Daochen puzzled by Hongjun’s apparent strategy.

Character developments

• Daochen remains independent and inscrutable. He sees no point in begging for an offer he suspects Hongjun will not give him, and shows little concern for the usual pursuit of Sagehood.
• Hongjun is increasingly unable to predict Daochen, whose power and talent impress him but whose choices defy his expectations.
• Yuanshi reveals his resentment and competitiveness toward Daochen, but quickly retreats when confronted with Daochen’s weapon.
• Jieyin and Zhunti display their characteristic opportunism, abandoning dignity to plead for what they want.
• Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi remain loyal to Daochen and grow anxious about their own prospects.

Significant themes

• Power and status: Sagehood is treated as the ultimate escape from mortal vulnerability, making its allocation a source of intense anxiety.
• Ambition versus detachment: The crowd’s desperation contrasts sharply with Daochen’s apparent indifference.
• Favoritism and destiny: The distribution appears tied to prior status and order, intensifying others’ regret over not claiming the meditation cushions.
• Pride, shame, and loyalty: Yuanshi’s provocation, the Western pair’s shameless pleading, and the brothers’ loyalty to Daochen highlight competing values.

Character interactions

• The crowd collectively pleads with Hongjun, while Daochen’s refusal to join them makes him the focus of attention.
• Nüwa is irritated by Daochen yet privately uneasy about his indifference.
• Dijun and Taiyi look to Daochen with concern but keep their suspicions about him private.
• Yuanshi tries to taunt Daochen; Daochen silences him with a threatening display of force.
• Jieyin and Zhunti plead directly with Hongjun, while the other cultivators silently judge their conduct.

Plot points and events

• Jieyin and Zhunti plead with Hongjun to consider the suffering Western Land. Hongjun promises both brothers a future opportunity to attain Sagehood; they accept gratefully, while Dijun and Taiyi grow anxious because fewer positions remain.
• Hongjun tells Dijun and Taiyi that their fates are uncertain and that their chance will come when their karmic connection arrives. Daochen recognizes this as a veiled push for them to leave the Sun Star and lead the Demon Race, setting the Tribal-Demon Kalpa in motion. He refuses to take the bait.
• Hongjun distributes six strands of Primordial Purple Qi to the Three Pure Ones, Nüwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti. The remaining powerful beings assume one final strand is available and beg for it.
• Daochen again declines to compete, puzzling several of the other disciples. Yuanshi privately hopes this choice will leave Daochen vulnerable to him later.
• Hongjun releases the final strand. It drifts among the assembled crowd, prompting a chaotic scramble—then unexpectedly enters Hongyun’s body as he talks with Zhen Yuanzi, leaving Hongyun stunned.

Character developments and interactions

• Jieyin and Zhunti use an emotional appeal grounded in the West’s devastation; their relief at Hongjun’s promise contrasts with their indifference to the fate of others.
• Dijun and Taiyi are left without an immediate promise of Sagehood and confused by Hongjun’s deliberately vague reassurance.
• Daochen sees through Hongjun’s political maneuvering and remains detached from the scramble for the final opportunity, reinforcing his independence and apparent confidence.
• Hongjun appears to manage the distribution strategically, especially through his hint to Dijun and Taiyi, while keeping the final strand’s recipient uncertain.
• Hongyun, previously unaware of the contest’s stakes, receives the last strand by chance—or apparent chance—and reacts with disbelief. Zhen Yuanzi is present when it happens.
• Yuanshi continues to regard Daochen as a rival and anticipates killing him once Yuanshi attains Sagehood.

Significant themes

• Power and scarcity: The limited Sagehood opportunities provoke anxiety, rivalry, and a palace-wide struggle.
• Manipulation and hidden agendas: Hongjun’s vague promises may steer major figures toward events that benefit the larger order.
• Detachment versus ambition: Daochen refuses to compete, while most others are consumed by the chance to gain power.
• Unequal fortune: Hongyun receives the final strand unexpectedly, underscoring how unpredictable—and politically consequential—fate can be.

Key plot points and events

• After Hongjun grants Hongyun the final strand of primordial purple qi, Hongyun activates his Innate Purple Cloud Shield while Zhen Yuanzi uses the Earth Book to protect them.
• Hongjun says the qi contains a narrow chance to attain the Dao, but his warning that all things retain “a thread of hope” makes Hongyun realize that everyone may now see him as a target.
• Hongyun asks Zhen Yuanzi for protection. Zhen Yuanzi promises to defend him, though he doubts the Earth Book alone can keep them safe once they leave the Purple Heavens Palace.
• Zhen Yuanzi asks Daochen to escort them to the Five Villages Temple. Daochen jokes that Zhen Yuanzi should worry he might steal the qi, prompting Hongyun to argue that Daochen would have no need to resort to theft.
• Hongyun offers to help Daochen deal with Yuanshi if he becomes a Sage; Zhen Yuanzi makes a more tangible offer, pledging his Ginseng Fruit Tree as payment.
• A system prompt appears, offering Daochen a choice: refuse and receive three space-law fragments, or accept the escort and receive three time-law fragments.

Character developments and interactions

• Hongyun shifts from delight at receiving the qi to fear as he understands the danger it brings. He urgently seeks allies and offers future help to persuade Daochen.
• Zhen Yuanzi shows deep loyalty to Hongyun, committing to protect him despite the risks and offering his treasured Ginseng Fruit Tree to secure Daochen’s aid.
• Daochen remains cautious and amused, testing Zhen Yuanzi’s trust with a joke. His eventual decision is left unresolved.
• Hongjun frames the gift as a chance for Hongyun, but his ambiguous words also alert the assembled powers that Hongyun’s opportunity may be contested.

Significant themes

• Opportunity brings danger: The primordial purple qi offers a possible path to Sagehood while making Hongyun a target.
• Loyalty and sacrifice: Zhen Yuanzi is willing to risk himself—and surrender a priceless treasure—to protect his friend.
• Uncertainty and manipulation: Hongjun’s cryptic pronouncement leaves the true purpose and likelihood of Hongyun’s “chance” unclear.
• Choice and reward: The system turns Daochen’s decision to help or refuse into a consequential choice with different rewards.

Key plot points and events

• Daochen agrees to escort Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun back to the Five Villages Temple, but makes clear he will not guard Hongyun indefinitely. He chooses the promised Time Law Fragments over the Ginseng Fruit Tree, though he still sees the tree as a welcome bonus.
• Hongyun resents Daochen’s terms but keeps his thoughts to himself, knowing he cannot afford to antagonize him. Zhen Yuanzi, relieved to have Daochen’s help, responds gratefully.
• Several powerful figures plan to attack Hongyun after the lecture, hoping to seize his primordial purple qi. Kunpeng organizes an ambush, while Minghe—newly restored to peak Great Luo Golden Immortal strength and equipped with the Mysterious Origin Water-Control Banner—also covets it.
• Hongjun appoints the Eastern Prince and the Queen Mother of the West to lead the male and female immortals. He gives them the Dragon-Headed Cane and Plain-Colored Cloud-Boundary Banner, respectively. Both accept eagerly, newly conscious of their authority.
• After ending the lecture, Hongjun departs. The Three Pure Ones leave quickly, while Yuanshi avoids Daochen and privately vows to seek revenge after becoming a Sage.
• Zhen Yuanzi uses the Earth Book to flee with Hongyun. Kunpeng and others give chase, and Daochen follows as well. His pursuit makes onlookers wonder whether he also wants Hongyun’s primordial purple qi.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen is pragmatic: he helps Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun, but sets firm limits and prioritizes his own cultivation goals. He also views the newly appointed leaders as potential pawns and warns himself not to let the Eastern Prince provoke him.
• Hongyun feels slighted by Daochen’s conditions but suppresses his anger out of caution.
• Zhen Yuanzi acts as a mediator, securing Daochen’s escort and then using the Earth Book to get Hongyun away from the waiting attackers.
• Kunpeng and Minghe emerge as the principal threats to Hongyun, each driven by ambition and jealousy over the primordial purple qi.
• The Eastern Prince and Queen Mother of the West accept positions that dramatically elevate their status, though their confidence risks turning into arrogance.
• Yuanshi retreats from confrontation with Daochen but privately nurtures a long-term revenge plan.

Significant themes

• Power and ambition: The promise of authority, spiritual treasures, and primordial purple qi drives alliances and plots.
• Caution and self-interest: Daochen’s conditional help and Hongyun’s silence show how survival often requires calculated restraint.
• Fortune and rivalry: Minghe interprets his recovery and new treasure as proof that the purple qi should be his.
• Power as a double-edged gift: The Eastern Prince and Queen Mother gain immense authority, but Daochen suspects their appointments will make them instruments in Hongjun’s plans.

Key plot points and events

• After leaving the Purple Heavens Palace, Kunpeng pursues Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun, hoping to delay them while other powers catch up.
• Daochen intercepts Kunpeng and warns him to turn back. Soon, Ancestor Minghe arrives with nearly a hundred powerful cultivators, demanding that Daochen stay out of their attempt to seize Hongyun’s primordial purple qi.
• Daochen answers Minghe’s threat with a spear strike that breaks through his defenses and grievously injures him. The display frightens the assembled cultivators, and some withdraw.
• Minghe urges the others to attack anyway, arguing that letting Hongyun escape may cost them their chance at Sagehood.
• Daochen attacks Minghe again, destroys his body, then uses the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner to seal his escaping blood-light avatars. Golden Crow Divine Flame burns away all but the fragment containing Minghe’s main body, leaving him screaming in agony.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen emerges as extraordinarily powerful and decisive. He protects Hongyun and Zhen Yuanzi without hesitation, treating the crowd’s threats as no reason to back down.
• Minghe is revealed as ambitious and vengeful: despite being badly wounded, he pushes the others to continue the attack, partly to preserve his chance at Sagehood and partly to settle old grievances against Daochen.
• Kunpeng initially pursues the pair but stops when Daochen blocks his way, visibly wary of Daochen’s strength.
• The assembled cultivators waver between pursuing the precious primordial purple qi and avoiding a fight they may not survive. Daochen’s demonstration drives some to retreat and leaves the rest shaken.

Significant themes

• Power and deterrence: Daochen’s overwhelming force turns a mass confrontation into a warning about the cost of challenging him.
• Ambition versus survival: The cultivators covet Sagehood, but their fear of death complicates their willingness to fight.
• The limits of status and numbers: Even a renowned powerhouse like Minghe, backed by many allies and defensive treasures, is swiftly overcome.

Plot and key events

• The Primordial World’s mighty figures abandon the fight after seeing Daochen defeat Ancestor Minghe, unwilling to risk their lives for Hongyun’s primordial purple qi. Kunpeng is the first to withdraw.
• Zhen Yuanzi thanks Daochen for protecting Hongyun. Daochen reminds him of their agreement: Zhen Yuanzi will give him the Ginseng Fruit Tree after returning Hongyun safely to the Five Villages Temple.
• Daochen destroys Minghe’s main body and strips the spirit imprints from his Abi and Yuantu Swords and Mysterious Origin Water-Control Banner. Minghe’s distant Blood Sea manifestation senses the loss and swears vengeance.
• Daochen claims the three treasures, especially valuing the banner because it is one of the Innate Five Directional Banners.
• The Eastern Prince arrives with followers and invites Daochen to join his new organization as a Great Guardian Sage. Daochen refuses twice, saying he prefers a free life and wants to focus on becoming stronger.
• Purple Bamboo High Person, hoping to ingratiate himself with the Eastern Prince, criticizes Daochen for defying the Eastern Prince and, by implication, the Dao Ancestor. Daochen threatens him, but the chapter ends with Purple Bamboo High Person confidently relying on the Eastern Prince’s protection.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen remains independent and focused on survival, but shows no hesitation in punishing those who repeatedly provoke him. He also demonstrates restraint by rejecting any thought of taking the Queen Mother of the West’s banner by force.
• Minghe suffers a devastating defeat: not only is his main body destroyed, but his prized treasures are taken from him. His hatred of Daochen intensifies.
• Zhen Yuanzi keeps his bargain and promises Daochen the Ginseng Fruit Tree; Hongyun remains wary even after the immediate danger passes.
• The Eastern Prince expects his new authority to command respect and becomes displeased when Daochen refuses. His followers begin to reinforce his status.
• Purple Bamboo High Person acts as the Eastern Prince’s outspoken supporter, mistaking his patron’s protection for personal security. His challenge puts him directly at odds with Daochen.
• Fuxi and Bai Ze are relieved that Daochen declines the Eastern Prince’s invitation, preserving the possibility of recruiting him for the Demon Race.

Significant themes

• Power and survival: The other immortals retreat once Daochen proves how dangerous the conflict is.
• Authority versus independence: The Eastern Prince’s appointed rank does not persuade Daochen to submit.
• Loyalty and bargains: Daochen protects Hongyun under an agreement, and Zhen Yuanzi commits to fulfilling his side.
• Arrogance and misplaced confidence: Purple Bamboo High Person assumes political backing will shield him from Daochen’s wrath.

Plot points and events

• The Purple Bamboo High Person mocks Daochen, convinced that Hongjun’s protection and his position under the newly appointed Eastern Prince make him untouchable.
• Daochen immediately seizes him and burns him with Golden Crow Divine Flame. When the Eastern Prince objects, Daochen insults him and punches him, sending him flying with a severe chest wound.
• The Eastern Prince’s followers confront Daochen, but his overwhelming aura forces them to stagger back. None dare intervene while the Purple Bamboo High Person continues to suffer.
• The Eastern Prince threatens revenge, but Daochen challenges him to come to the Sun Star. Intimidated, the Eastern Prince and his followers withdraw, abandoning their companion.
• Daochen kills the Purple Bamboo High Person by crushing his body and burning away his escaping primordial spirit. Only several ordinary spiritual treasures remain.
• Haotian watches from inside the palace and vows never to provoke Daochen, abandoning his thoughts of revenge.
• Daochen parts ways with Hongyun and Zhen Yuanzi, who head toward the Five Villages Temple. He returns toward the Purple Heavens Palace, while concealed figures begin following the two departing immortals from a distance.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen is shown as fiercely confident and merciless, willing to defy the Eastern Prince openly—even in Hongjun’s domain. He treats the prince as a pawn and shows no sympathy for the Purple Bamboo High Person.
• The Eastern Prince discovers that his new rank and followers cannot protect him from Daochen. He retreats rather than risk another confrontation.
• The Purple Bamboo High Person goes from arrogant certainty to terror and pleading, but Daochen refuses to spare him.
• Haotian is deeply shaken by Daochen’s brutality and resolves to avoid him altogether.
• Hongyun and Zhen Yuanzi are impressed and unsettled by Daochen’s power. They choose to travel home alone, confident his display will deter would-be attackers.

Significant themes

• Power outweighs rank and political backing: the Eastern Prince’s title and retinue prove useless against Daochen’s strength.
• Fear and deterrence: Daochen’s public violence changes how others view him, discouraging both open opposition and future retaliation.
• Hubris and consequences: the Purple Bamboo High Person’s confidence in his status leads to his destruction.
• Merciless justice and intimidation: Daochen’s punishment is final, while his challenge to the Eastern Prince leaves the conflict unresolved but establishes a clear threat.

Plot points and events

• After the Dao Ancestor’s sermon, Bai Ze tries to persuade Daochen to lead the Demon Race against the Eastern Prince’s coming Heavenly Court. Daochen dismisses the concern.
• Nüwa arrives and trades barbs with Daochen. He congratulates her on receiving primordial purple qi, then embarrasses her with a suggestive joke about “comprehending” it together. Furious, she leaves with Fuxi.
• Though apparently gone, Nüwa is still close enough to hear Bai Ze laugh at her. She strikes him with Nine Heavens Divine Thunder, leaving him smoking and unconscious. Daochen’s further teasing brings another cry of distress from the departing pair, apparently at Fuxi’s expense.
• Changxi and Xihe invite Daochen to visit the Lunar Star and taste their Moon Laurel Wine. He accepts, to Bai Ze’s envy.
• Daochen, Dijun, and Eastern Emperor Taiyi depart. Near the Five Villages Temple, they meet Zhen Yuanzi, who gives the Ginseng Fruit Tree to Taiyi and confidently says the Earth Book–backed formation will protect Hongyun from intruders.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen remains unconcerned about political pressure and reveals a playful, provocative side, especially with Nüwa. He is more courteous toward Changxi and Xihe.
• Nüwa’s short temper and hostility toward Daochen are on full display; Fuxi is left bewildered and repeatedly caught in the fallout.
• Bai Ze’s attempts to promote the Demon Race end in humiliation, and he envies Daochen’s invitation from the lunar sisters.
• Changxi and Xihe seem newly charmed by Daochen’s wit, though his comparatively formal manner leaves them faintly disappointed.
• Zhen Yuanzi trusts his defenses, while Daochen silently recognizes that Hongyun’s safety may depend on staying inside.

Significant themes

• Humor and teasing drive the chapter’s conflicts, with Nüwa’s anger producing comic misfortune for those nearby.
• Power and status do not guarantee control: Bai Ze’s political ambitions go nowhere, and even a casual joke can provoke divine retaliation.
• Protection has limits: Zhen Yuanzi’s defenses may secure Hongyun within the temple, but not necessarily beyond it.

Key plot points and events

• After surrendering the Ginseng Fruit Tree to Daochen, Zhen Yuanzi returns to the Five Villages Temple to protect Hongyun and its defensive formation.
• Dijun admires Zhen Yuanzi’s loyalty, while Taiyi and Dijun consider taking Hongyun’s primordial purple qi by force. Daochen warns that possessing it would not necessarily lead to Sagehood and says the outcome will be the same whether they intervene or not. He then leaves, and Dijun follows; Taiyi is left confused.
• Kunpeng, who had hidden when Daochen arrived, resumes watching the temple and vows to claim Hongyun’s primordial purple qi. Other powerful figures are also concealed nearby, waiting for Hongyun to emerge.
• In the Purple Heavens Palace, Hongjun wonders what Daochen truly wants. He is troubled by the weakening Demon Race and the growing Witch Clan, and unsure how to guide the War of the Liches.
• The Eastern Prince travels to the Eastern Sea with a much smaller, weaker group of followers than before. Still wounded from his defeat by Daochen, he declares that finding the Three Immortal Islands—Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou—will let him grow strong enough to take revenge.
• His followers are intrigued by the islands’ legendary treasures, but the Eastern Prince warns them not to covet them. His superior cultivation, weapon, and status keep them in check.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhen Yuanzi shows profound devotion to Hongyun, putting his friend’s safety ahead of keeping his own spiritual treasure.
• Daochen remains enigmatic and dismissive of the struggle for primordial purple qi, unsettling both Dijun and Taiyi. His cryptic warning leaves them with different reactions: Dijun trusts his judgment, while Taiyi remains baffled.
• Kunpeng stays patient but openly covets Hongyun’s qi, revealing that danger around the temple remains high despite the departure of Daochen and the brothers.
• Hongjun grows increasingly uncertain about Daochen’s motives and the shifting balance between the Demon and Witch Clans.
• The Eastern Prince turns humiliation into a plan for revenge, but his reduced following shows the damage Daochen’s earlier defeat has done to his authority. His followers’ interest in the Three Immortal Islands also exposes the tension between their shared ambition and his desire to control the prize.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and sacrifice: Zhen Yuanzi’s gift underscores the value of friendship over personal gain.
• Ambition and envy: Multiple figures covet Hongyun’s primordial purple qi, while the Eastern Prince seeks legendary islands to restore his power.
• Power and uncertainty: Daochen’s warning suggests that great treasures do not guarantee ultimate attainment, and his unexplained motives frustrate even Hongjun.
• Shifting political balance: The Demon Race’s disunity and the Witch Clan’s rise threaten the world’s balance, while the Eastern Prince’s weakened faction signals changing alliances and influence.

Plot points and events

• The Eastern Prince visits the Eastern Sea Dragon Clan, led by late-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal Ao Kun, and proposes joining forces to locate the legendary Three Immortal Islands.
• Zhulong, the Dragon Clan’s hidden mid-stage Quasi-Saint elder, appears. The Eastern Prince recognizes him as the Ancestral Dragon’s brother, long thought lost.
• Zhulong agrees to help only if the Dragon Clan receives two of the three islands. After initially resisting, the Eastern Prince accepts on the condition that he establish the Primordial Immortal Court on Penglai, with Zhulong as supreme elder, obligated to defend it three times. In return, the Eastern Prince promises to help the Dragon Clan return to the Primordial World’s affairs.
• Zhulong disappears into an ancient hall containing a powerful seal, beneath which something seems to be struggling. Days later, the Dragon Clan mobilizes with a vast host of sea creatures.
• Meanwhile, Daochen awakens from seclusion on the Sun Star. Thanks to the Time Compass, ten thousand years have passed for him, though only a century has passed outside. He has stabilized his early Quasi-Saint cultivation and advanced his mastery of the time law to the minor-mastery level.

Character developments

• The Eastern Prince shows ambition and political flexibility: despite resenting Zhulong’s demand, he accepts a costly deal to secure the Dragon Clan’s support and advance his plans for the Immortal Court.
• Zhulong is revealed as an ancient, powerful survivor who wields considerable authority within the Dragon Clan. His sudden disappearance to the sealed hall hints at a separate, secret responsibility.
• Daochen makes a major power advance, gaining the ability to stop time rather than merely alter its speed.

Themes

• Power and negotiation: The Eastern Prince must bargain from a weaker position, while Zhulong uses superior strength to dictate terms.
• Ambition and alliance: The deal links the Dragon Clan’s search for influence with the Eastern Prince’s plans for a new court.
• Hidden ancient forces: Zhulong’s survival and the mysterious sealed presence suggest that old powers and threats remain concealed.
• The value of time: Daochen’s accelerated cultivation shows how time manipulation can transform both training and combat.

Character interactions

• Ao Kun initially doubts the Eastern Prince’s generous-sounding proposal, but Zhulong’s arrival shifts the discussion’s balance of power.
• Zhulong pressures the Eastern Prince into accepting the Dragon Clan’s demand; the Prince counters by securing Zhulong’s service and a promise of future support.
• Daochen’s progress occurs separately from the Dragon Clan negotiations, setting up a striking contrast between political maneuvering and individual cultivation.

Plot points and events

• Daochen stabilizes his early Quasi-Saint cultivation and considers continuing his secluded training to advance the seventh revolution of the Nine Revolutions Mystic Art.
• The system alerts him that the Three Immortal Islands are about to emerge. He chooses to leave seclusion and seek them, taking three space-law fragments over a Supreme Xiantian Spiritual Treasure.
• Daochen explains to Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi that a personal opportunity has drawn him out. He urges them to continue working toward the Quasi-Saint realm.
• As he prepares to leave the Sun Star for the Eastern Sea, the seventh, purple-black gourd from the Xiantian Gourd Vine suddenly flies into his hand. Its earlier damage and unresolved murderous intent make its behavior mysterious.
• Daochen heads east, where a brilliant eruption of radiance and immortal energy signals the emergence of something in the sea—presumably the Three Immortal Islands.

Character developments

• Daochen prioritizes understanding the Great Dao over acquiring another treasure, reflecting his growing focus on cultivation and practical strength.
• Dijun and Taiyi are nearing the Quasi-Saint realm but are still in seclusion. They are surprised by Daochen’s early departure and speculate about what opportunity could interest someone already so wealthy.
• Daochen’s concern for his brothers remains evident: he reminds them to strengthen themselves ahead of the dangers and uncertainties to come.

Significant themes

• Cultivation over material wealth: Daochen values space-law insight more than another powerful treasure.
• Fate and opportunity: The system’s warning prompts him to act before a rare event passes.
• Uncertainty and foreshadowing: The gourd’s unexplained movement and the sudden radiance over the Eastern Sea hint at major developments.

Character interactions

• Taiyi asks why Daochen has ended his seclusion so soon, while Dijun shares his confusion. Daochen gives a broad explanation about an approaching opportunity.
• Daochen advises both brothers to pursue breakthroughs promptly; Dijun assures him they will heed the warning.
• The purple-black gourd’s unexplained arrival interrupts Daochen’s departure, leaving him puzzled before he continues toward the Eastern Sea.

Key plot points and events

• Three immense islands—apparently the legendary Penglai, Yingzhou, and Fangzhang—rise from the Eastern Sea, radiating dense immortal energy and displaying abundant spiritual roots, palaces, and Xiantian treasures.
• The sea-dwellers gathered nearby realize the islands may be the Dragon Clan’s long-sought Three Immortal Islands. Dark Whale tries to reach them first, but a hidden Xiantian grand formation kills him as soon as he enters the mist.
• Daochen appears and warns that treasures are not worth dying for. He spots the nearly invisible formation and receives three space-law fragments from his system, confirming that these are indeed the Three Immortal Islands.
• Ao Jun arrives with hundreds of dragons and claims the discovery as his own. Greedy for the islands’ treasures, he orders the gathered cultivators killed so no witnesses remain. The rogue cultivators resist, though they are badly outmatched by the Dragon Clan’s elite forces.

Character developments

• Daochen is cautious and perceptive: he recognizes the danger of the islands’ protective formation, unlike Dark Whale, and confirms the islands’ identity through his system.
• Dark Whale is reckless and ambitious. He gambles his life to gain first access and is killed, demonstrating the danger surrounding the islands.
• Ao Jun is revealed as arrogant, ruthless, and power-hungry. He responds to the discovery by ordering a massacre to secure the treasure for himself.
• The sea-dwelling cultivators shift from competing for a chance to claim the islands to uniting in desperate resistance against the dragons.

Significant themes

• Greed and danger: The islands’ wealth tempts cultivators into deadly risks.
• Power and tyranny: Ao Jun uses the Dragon Clan’s strength to eliminate rivals and monopolize the discovery.
• Caution versus recklessness: Daochen’s restraint contrasts sharply with Dark Whale’s fatal charge.
• Survival and resistance: Facing likely defeat, the cultivators choose to fight rather than submit without a struggle.

Character interactions

• The cultivators initially cooperate to stop Dark Whale, but their attacks inadvertently propel him toward the fatal formation.
• Daochen observes Dark Whale’s death and cautions the crowd against risking their lives for treasure.
• The gathered cultivators react warily to Ao Jun’s arrival, recognizing the Dragon Clan’s dominance in the Eastern Sea.
• Ao Jun’s order triggers open combat: the rogue cultivators denounce the massacre and strike back against the Dragon Clan.

Plot points and events

• After the Dragon Clan kills the sea-race cultivators who found the Three Immortal Islands, Ao Jun discovers several more hiding nearby and captures them.
• Ao Jun tests the islands’ powerful Xiantian Formation by throwing captured peak Grand Unity Golden Immortals at its barrier. The first victims are annihilated, revealing that he is using them to identify the formation’s weak points.
• Ao Jun orders the last three prisoners thrown at a spot he has identified. They die too, but their impact makes the formation flicker and reveals an illusory portal.
• Daochen, who has been secretly watching and letting Ao Jun do the work, appears. Ao Jun challenges him, recognizes his formidable Great Luo cultivation, and tries to flee—but Daochen strikes first, slapping him into the sea.

Character developments and interactions

• Ao Jun is shown to be ruthless and calculating: he treats prisoners as expendable tools and intimidates even his own Dragon Clan members. His confidence collapses when Daochen appears.
• The Dragon Clan members fear Ao Jun and obey his orders, retreating from him and worrying they may become his next victims.
• Daochen remains concealed until Ao Jun uncovers the portal, viewing him as useful “free labor.” He then effortlessly overpowers Ao Jun.
• The sea-race captives are helpless under Ao Jun’s control; their deaths expose the method he uses to probe the formation.

Significant themes

• Ruthlessness and power: Ao Jun’s authority rests on fear and force, while Daochen’s superior strength makes Ao Jun’s menace suddenly insignificant.
• Exploitation and expendability: The captives are sacrificed for Ao Jun’s goal, and Daochen in turn benefits from Ao Jun’s efforts without intervening.
• Confidence overturned: Ao Jun acts as though he controls the situation until a stronger figure appears.

Key plot points and events

• Daochen confronts the Dragon Clan forces outside the Three Immortal Islands. After revealing his early quasi-saint cultivation, he terrifies the dragons, who had mistaken him for a Great Luo Golden Immortal.
• Ao Jun tries to escape and invokes his ancestor Zhulong, but Daochen freezes the area with the law of time, nearly kills Ao Jun’s true form, then destroys his fleeing dragon soul.
• Daochen kills the remaining Dragon Clan elites and stores their corpses. He enters the islands through the illusory gate; as soon as he passes through, the surrounding xiantian grand formation turns illusory again and the gate vanishes.
• At the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace, the Dragon Clan and Eastern Prince learn that Ao Jun and his entire expedition are dead. A messenger recounts the expedition’s actions and discovery of the entrance, but cannot identify the killer.
• Eastern Prince worries about losing the islands’ resources, which he needs to establish the Immortal Court. The excerpt ends with someone asking whether Daochen was responsible.

Character developments

• Daochen displays overwhelming confidence and ruthlessness, dismissing the Dragon Clan’s pleas and Zhulong’s authority. His control of time and lethal power establish him as far stronger than the dragons expected.
• Ao Jun shifts from a confident expedition leader to a desperate fugitive. His attempt to escape and appeal to Zhulong fails, and he is killed.
• Ao Kun, Ao Jun’s brother, reacts with grief and fury, while Zhulong remains composed as he hears the report.
• Eastern Prince is chiefly concerned with the islands’ strategic value and the threat their loss poses to his plans.

Significant themes

• Power and fear: The Dragon Clan’s earlier arrogance collapses once Daochen reveals his true strength.
• The limits of status and ancestry: Invoking Zhulong and the Ancestral Dragon offers Ao Jun no protection.
• Ruthlessness and consequence: The dragons’ slaughter of sea-race cultivators is followed by their own annihilation.
• Uncertainty and ambition: The vanished entrance leaves the islands inaccessible again, while Eastern Prince’s plans depend on what they contain.

Character interactions

• Daochen mocks the dragons’ cowardice, rejects Ao Jun’s plea for mercy, and faces the Dragon Clan’s authority without hesitation.
• Ao Jun appeals to Daochen first on behalf of the clan, then by invoking Zhulong; neither changes Daochen’s decision.
• At the palace, Ao Kun angrily demands an explanation from the messenger, Eastern Prince presses for news of the islands, and Zhulong calmly directs the report.

Key plot points and events

• The Eastern Prince and the Dragon Clan suspect that the mysterious attack on their people may have come from Daochen—or from their old enemies, the Qilin and Phoenix Clans. Fearing that someone will claim the Three Immortal Islands’ riches, they urge Zhulong to act quickly.
• Zhulong orders Ao Kun and the Dragon Clan’s forces to head for the islands, then goes to a hidden chamber to reinforce a powerful seal.
• A mysterious being trapped within the seal taunts Zhulong, claiming the Dragon Clan cannot reclaim its former glory and threatening to destroy it if freed. Zhulong replies that he intends to refine the being and strengthen the clan. He renews the seal with a dragon-shaped Dao pattern before departing.
• Daochen arrives on Penglai and is astonished by its extraordinary abundance of spiritual roots, including many rare and powerful varieties. He begins sweeping them into his personal storage space, intent on taking the island’s resources before the Eastern Prince can claim them.

Character developments and interactions

• The Eastern Prince is anxious and resentful, especially at the possibility that Daochen—already his enemy—will become even stronger by claiming the islands.
• Ao Kun presses Zhulong to protect the Dragon Clan’s chance of recovery, reflecting the clan’s fear of falling further behind its rivals.
• Zhulong shows determination to restore the Dragon Clan, while privately maintaining control over the dangerous sealed being. Their exchange reveals a bitter history involving the Ancestral Dragon and the being’s imprisonment.
• Daochen is both awed by Penglai’s wealth and gleefully opportunistic. Though he recognizes the islands were meant to belong to the Eastern Prince, he is eager to strip them of their treasures.

Significant themes

• Competition for power and resources: The islands’ riches could dramatically shift the balance among the Dragon, Qilin, and Phoenix Clans—and Daochen’s own strength.
• Old grudges and uneasy survival: The clans’ past rivalries endure despite the end of the Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation.
• Sealing power and buried danger: Zhulong’s hidden captive suggests that past conflicts still threaten the present.
• Irony and opportunism: Daochen’s sympathy for the Eastern Prince is undercut by his excitement at taking the very wealth the prince hopes to claim.

Plot points and events

• After looting Penglai, Daochen strips the neighboring immortal islands of Yingzhou and Fangzhang, gathering spiritual treasures and rich immortal-crystal dragon veins.
• He cannot find two treasures he expects to be there: the World-Cleansing White Lotus and the Three Lights Divine Water. Suspecting they are hidden—or that events have changed—he searches the islands with his divine sense.
• Daochen detects a faint spatial disturbance between the islands and reveals a powerful, transparent barrier.
• His first physical attack barely affects it. He then summons his Self Corpse, Li Xuan, who strikes the barrier with a fragment of the Creation Jade Butterfly. That attack also fails.
• Daochen realizes the barrier is connected to all three islands’ dragon veins, making it exceptionally difficult to break. He and Li Xuan launch a sustained assault, damaging the islands as well as the barrier.
• At the chapter’s end, cracks finally appear in the barrier, suggesting it may soon give way.

Character developments

• Daochen is greedy, confident, and relentless. He justifies stripping the islands by blaming the Eastern Prince for provoking him, and treats resistance as proof that greater treasures lie ahead.
• Li Xuan, Daochen’s Self Corpse, acts as a capable and obedient partner, using the Creation Jade Butterfly fragment to help break the barrier.

Significant themes

• Greed and consequences: Daochen’s “Three-Alls Policy” leaves the islands devastated, and his pursuit of hidden treasures threatens to cause further destruction.
• Power and limits: Even Daochen’s formidable physical strength and a Supreme-Treasure-level weapon cannot easily overcome a formation anchored to the land’s dragon veins.
• Fate and altered history: Daochen wonders whether his arrival has changed the original course of events, while the hidden treasures help explain why the Eastern Prince never obtained them.

Character interactions

• Daochen directs Li Xuan to attack the barrier, and Li Xuan complies without hesitation.
• Daochen’s hostility toward the Eastern Prince is indirect but central to his reasoning: he sees the looting as justified retaliation.
• Daochen and Li Xuan work in tandem, combining physical attacks with the Jade Butterfly fragment’s power.

Chapter summary

Key plot points and events

• Daochen relentlessly bombards the barrier protecting the Three Immortal Islands. It is sustained by the islands’ underground dragon veins, but he breaks it before its spiritual energy can repair the cracks.
• Beyond the barrier, he discovers a mountain lake filled with an astonishing quantity of Three Lights Divine Water—a substance that is deadly in its separate forms but, when combined, serves as a powerful healing medicine.
• A Twelfth-Grade World-Cleansing White Lotus floats at the lake’s center. Several lesser white lotuses surround it, including one that has reached the eleventh grade. Daochen realizes the lake and lotuses are an extraordinary treasure, and considers taking them all.
• Before he can act, three horned men appear and identify the site as the ancestral grounds of their Qianyuan Tribe. They demand that Daochen leave.
• Daochen notices that their cultivation resembles the Witch Clan’s—focused mainly on physical strength and secondarily on laws. His Purple-Black Gourd also reacts hungrily to their auras, suggesting a possible connection to the Chaos Fiendgods.
• The Qianyuan leader and his two companions attack. Daochen dismisses them as no match for him, vanishes from their charge, and raises his hand to strike. The chapter ends before the outcome is shown.

Character developments

• Daochen shifts from determined trespasser to delighted treasure-seeker upon finding the lake and lotuses. Though surprised by the Qianyuan Tribe’s claim, he refuses to give up the site and remains confident in his overwhelming advantage.
• The Qianyuan leader presents himself as the tribe’s protector, first warning Daochen and then choosing force when Daochen refuses to leave. His two companions follow his lead.

Significant themes

• Treasure and temptation: The vast store of divine water and rare lotuses instantly captivates Daochen.
• Territorial claims and conflict: The discovery that the islands may be inhabited challenges Daochen’s assumption that they are unclaimed.
• Power and arrogance: Daochen’s confidence contrasts sharply with the tribe members’ willingness to challenge him.
• Mystery of ancient lineages: The strangers’ unusual cultivation and the gourd’s reaction hint at a deeper connection to the Chaos Fiendgods.

Character interactions

• Daochen breaks into the hidden site and is confronted by the Qianyuan Tribe’s three warriors.
• The leader offers him a chance to leave peacefully; Daochen refuses, and the exchange escalates into combat.
• Daochen studies the strangers while they warn him, but their threats do not deter him.

Plot points and events

• Daochen confronts three enormous alien warriors near the lake of Three Lights Divine Water. They fight with immense physical strength and weapons, resembling the Witch Clan, but Daochen easily overwhelms them.
• He launches the leader into a vast crater with a single blow, then uses a devouring force to drag the other two back when they try to flee.
• Daochen questions the survivors about their origins and unfamiliar cultivation system. They refuse to answer, so he knocks them unconscious.
• Black energy emerges from their hearts, rapidly healing their injuries and strengthening them. Daochen notices that the power comes from an illusory crystalline fragment.
• A Quasi-Saint-level presence approaches. The injured leader tries to escape toward it, but Daochen intercepts and kills him with a punch. A larger, law-infused fragment appears from the leader’s body.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen displays overwhelming confidence and curiosity. He deliberately restrains his power at first to study the aliens, but turns to force when they refuse to cooperate. Discovering the fragments shifts his attention from their combat ability to the mystery behind their power.
• The three aliens initially attack with confidence, then become fearful after Daochen defeats their leader. The two survivors remain defiant, while the leader seeks help from an approaching clan expert before Daochen kills him.
• The conflict is one-sided: the aliens attack and threaten Daochen, while he treats them as subjects of investigation rather than serious opponents.

Significant themes

• Power and intimidation: Daochen’s immense strength makes the aliens’ threats ineffective.
• The unknown beyond the Primordial World: The aliens’ similar yet distinct cultivation system hints at hidden origins and wider cosmic mysteries.
• Secrets revealed through conflict: Their healing power and crystalline Law Fragments suggest an unexplained source of strength that Daochen is eager to uncover.

Plot points and events

• Daochen examines the law fragment left by the slain middle-aged outsider. Unlike the pure fragments he has seen before, this “Law-Mixed Crystal” contains several kinds of law power that coexist harmoniously and seem to be merging.
• Before he can study it, an elderly member of the same race arrives. He has reached the Early Quasi-Saint Stage and carries a powerful, physical-cultivation aura.
• The old man mistakes Daochen’s Pangu-derived aura—likely caused by Daochen absorbing Pangu Blood Essence and Jade Marrow—for proof that he is Pangu’s descendant. He vows to make Daochen answer for an old debt.
• Daochen denies any connection to Pangu and is angered by the accusation. The old man attacks, and Daochen meets his punch head-on.
• Their first collision is evenly matched, despite Daochen using most of his strength. The impact shakes the Microcosm and sends waves across the Three Lights Divine Water lake, but the World-Cleansing White Lotuses protect themselves and restore calm.
• Impressed by one another’s strength, Daochen and the old man continue fighting in a series of powerful physical clashes.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen is puzzled by the unusual Law-Mixed Crystal, then shifts from curiosity to anger and excitement. He resents being treated as Pangu’s descendant and welcomes the old man as a rare opponent capable of testing his body and combat skills.
• The old man begins with suspicion and hostility, interpreting Daochen’s aura as evidence of Pangu ancestry. After their first exchange, he recognizes Daochen’s strength and raises his estimation of him.
• Their interaction moves quickly from accusation and verbal hostility to mutual recognition through combat; neither gains an advantage in the opening clash.

Significant themes

• Misidentification and inherited grievance: Daochen is targeted for an alleged connection to Pangu and a debt he knows nothing about.
• Strength tested through combat: Both fighters use their clash to measure the other’s physical power.
• Mysteries of cultivation: The harmonious, seemingly fusing laws in the crystal suggest an unusual form of law power.
• Spiritual treasures and protection: The World-Cleansing White Lotuses demonstrate exceptional defensive ability by shielding themselves and calming the disturbed lake.

Chapter summary

• Daochen battles the old man, whose mastery of laws and deceptive techniques nearly catches him off guard. When the old man’s close-range strike threatens serious injury, Daochen summons the Heaven Measuring Ruler. Its heaven-opening merit absorbs the blow and protects him.
• Seeing the ruler’s merit, the old man becomes even more convinced that Daochen is a descendant of Pangu and renews his vow to kill him. Daochen asks about the feud, but the old man refuses to explain and instead demands his name. Daochen jokingly gives himself the name “Daddy,” provoking the old man’s confusion.
• The system identifies the attacker as a powerful member of the Luo Demon Tribe, one of the Chaos Remnants, and offers Daochen a choice: abandon the Three Lights Divine Water and World-Cleansing White Lotus, or defeat the old man for a reward. Daochen chooses to fight.
• Daochen realizes the Chaos Remnants likely hate Pangu because his creation of the Primordial World shattered Chaos, leaving them stranded for ages on a fragment that became one of the Three Immortal Islands. He feels some sympathy for their plight but decides that securing power and resources is essential to surviving the larger upheavals ahead.
• The system rewards him with minor mastery of space law. Daochen absorbs the knowledge instinctively and discovers that he can merge with surrounding space and conceal his presence. He wonders whether the system has detected something important, but it offers no explanation.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen shifts from enjoying the fight as a test of skill to taking the danger seriously, using the ruler when the old man nearly lands a decisive blow. His humor remains intact, but he is also pragmatic: sympathy does not outweigh his need to grow stronger.
• The old man is a formidable, vindictive opponent whose grief and resentment toward Pangu’s legacy dominate the confrontation. He dismisses Daochen’s questions and treats his mistaken identity as certainty.
• Their exchange highlights the contrast between the old man’s deadly seriousness and Daochen’s irreverent taunting.

Significant themes

• Power and survival: Daochen sees strength as necessary preparation for future calamities.
• History’s lingering consequences: Pangu’s creation of the world left the Chaos Remnants displaced and resentful.
• Identity and inherited blame: Daochen is treated as Pangu’s descendant despite his protestations, drawing him into a feud rooted in the past.
• Sympathy versus necessity: Daochen can pity the Remnants while still choosing to fight them.