Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Fate corners Tongtian and Laozi, declaring that they must help establish the Immortal Realm if they hope to survive and eventually reach the Heavenly Dao Realm. He gives them three days to decide.
• The two Sages lament their earlier choices, realizing their pride and separation from Daochen left them vulnerable to Fate.
• Zhunti and Jieyin arrive and reveal that Fate has already coerced them. They admit they could have warned Tongtian and Laozi but chose not to, unwilling to suffer alone.
• Tongtian and Laozi submit, asking Fate to lift their curse. Fate agrees to have them establish the Immortal Realm in the Thirty-Three Heavens, transmitting the method directly into their minds. They also request materials, including Nine Heavens Breath Soil, which Fate promises will appear when needed.
• Fate directs Zhunti and Jieyin to establish the Buddha Realm near Mount Sumeru, promising them resources as well.
• As the Sages set to work under pressure, Fuxi continues developing laws for the Ten Thousand Races Alliance. The Heavenly Dao secretly comes to believe that the Human Path may strengthen rather than threaten it, and quietly supports its creation.

Character developments and interactions

• Tongtian and Laozi move from regretful resistance to resigned cooperation, recognizing that they have no way to oppose Fate without Daochen.
• Zhunti and Jieyin reveal their self-interest and then quickly adapt to serving Fate, prioritizing survival and the chance to grow stronger.
• Fate demonstrates his control over the Sages, manipulating them into creating new realms while supplying the methods and promising resources.
• The Heavenly Dao’s view of the Human Path shifts: what others expect to be a rival may instead complement and empower it. It keeps this insight private while encouraging Fuxi.

Significant themes

• Fate and coercion: The Sages’ choices are presented as constrained by Fate’s power and the threat of the curse.
• Pride, regret, and survival: Tongtian and Laozi recognize that prideful decisions helped lead them into their predicament.
• Self-interest and shared hardship: Zhunti and Jieyin’s choice not to warn the others reflects their reluctance to suffer alone.
• Unexpected cooperation: The Human Path may strengthen the Heavenly Dao, showing that apparent rivals can become complementary forces.

Key plot points and events

• The Human Race’s increasingly strict rules help drive the Devil Race out of the Primordial Continent and deeper into the Endless Sea.
• Oppressed after losing its leadership position in the Ten Thousand Races Alliance, the Star Race considers leaving the Primordial World and entering the Immortal Realm—or rebelling against the Human Race.
• Fuxi and Human Race leaders confront the Star Race gathering. Fuxi offers a choice: members may stay, or leave permanently, but those who depart will not be allowed to return.
• Xingyao urges the Star Race to stay, arguing that the alliance is comparatively safe and fair. The Star Race divides: some accept the chance to remain, while others choose to leave.
• In the Beyond Lands, Devil Ancestor Luo Hou realizes he can no longer reach the Heavenly Dao Realm. With the Devil Race losing ground, he turns to establishing a Demon Realm, using a method supplied by Fate. Its first step—dividing his soul’s origin—will weaken him temporarily, though a stabilized realm could later increase his power.

Character developments and interactions

• Fuxi shows himself as firm but pragmatic: he enforces the Human Race’s rules consistently, yet avoids forcing the entire Star Race to stay. He also uses the crisis to split the Star Race and consolidate Human control of the alliance.
• Xingyao acts as a voice of restraint, defending Fuxi’s fairness and encouraging the Star Race to choose security over an uncertain new realm.
• Xinghui’s absence suggests he is not openly leading a rebellion, though Fuxi remains suspicious that he may be encouraging it from behind the scenes.
• Luo Hou responds to defeat by shifting his ambitions from advancing his own cultivation to creating a realm where he can wield near-Heavenly-Dao authority.

Significant themes

• Power and responsibility: The Human Race’s rise brings order, but also resentment from those who once held power.
• Division as political strategy: Fuxi exploits disagreement within the Star Race to weaken opposition and strengthen his control.
• Adaptation after defeat: Both the Star Race and Luo Hou face diminished circumstances and must decide whether to endure, depart, or pursue a new path.
• Limits and ambition: Though Luo Hou’s path to the Heavenly Dao Realm is closed, he seeks a different form of power through world-building.

Summary

• The Devil Ancestor’s plan: Although most devils live in the Beyond Lands, the Devil Ancestor decides to establish a Demon Realm within the Primordial World, hoping to restore the Devil Race to its former heights. He summons the Ten Great Demon Saints and other Demon Saints to the Devil Palace to secure their cooperation and make governing the undertaking easier.
• The Demon Saints’ response: The Ten Great Demon Saints speculate about the Ancestor’s motives, recalling his reputation for reckless decisions and his recent losses. They are uneasy about meeting him, but attend together for safety. When he promises that the Demon Realm will bring the race prosperity, the chance to become true Sages, and the prospect of lasting existence, the gathered devils eagerly pledge their support.
• The Ancestor’s instructions: The Devil Ancestor says the realm must be founded on the Primordial World. He assigns the Demon Saints to guard the entrance during its creation, forbidding anyone—including the Primordial World’s Sages—from interfering.

Character developments and interactions

• The Devil Ancestor reveals himself as a poor administrator who prefers fighting, yet he recognizes that forcing the Devil Race would invite resistance. He instead persuades its leaders with shared rewards. Despite having created the race, he feels little affection for its members and is sometimes disgusted by their cruelty; he sees himself as relatively restrained by comparison.
• The Ten Great Demon Saints are powerful but far weaker than the Ancestor, and their fear of his unpredictable temper shapes how they act. Their initial skepticism gives way to enthusiastic loyalty when he offers hope of greater power and longevity.
• The wider Demon Saint group quickly follows the Ten’s lead, eager not to be left behind in the coming venture.

Significant themes

• A fractured people and the need for unity: The Devil Race is powerful but chaotic, prone to infighting and self-destruction. The Ancestor needs cooperation to make his project succeed.
• Ambition and fear of mortality: The promise of true Sagehood and enduring life motivates the devils, who have seen many of their own fall to karma and calamity.
• Power and uneasy leadership: The Ancestor commands overwhelming authority, yet relies on persuasion because coercion could undermine the mission—and because he lacks trusted, dependable allies.

Plot points and events

• After unifying the Devil Race, Devil Ancestor Luo Hou prays to Fate for approval to establish the Demon Realm. Fate responds with a surge of fortune and gives him a black origin stone—the realm’s foundation.
• Luo Hou leads a large group of Devil Sages into the Primordial World, intending to establish the Demon Realm in the south, opposite the existing realm in the north.
• Laozi and Tongtian go to monitor the newcomers. Zhunti and Jieyin stay out of it, constrained by Fate’s decree; the Demon Emperor is also unable to intervene, while Hongjun is under Heavenly Dao control.
• Insulted by Luo Hou’s contemptuous “trash” remark, Tongtian charges the procession and demands that the Devils leave. Laozi follows, unwilling to let his junior brother face danger alone.
• When a Devil Saint prepares to attack Tongtian, Luo Hou slaps him for being disrespectful. Luo Hou explains that he only seeks permission to establish the Demon Realm and swears not to harm anything in the Primordial World.
• The Devil Saints object angrily to Luo Hou’s restraint, and the chapter ends as they urge their comrades to attack the Primordial Sages.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Hou begins as confident and dismissive, but quickly adopts a conciliatory approach. He follows Fate’s instruction to treat Tongtian respectfully and prioritizes his mission over his followers’ appetite for conflict.
• Tongtian is proud, hot-tempered, and driven by the insult to his status. Though badly outnumbered, he would rather fight than tolerate what he sees as an intrusion.
• Laozi is more cautious and pragmatic. He recognizes that the Primordial Sages cannot win a direct confrontation, but still stands beside Tongtian out of loyalty.
• The Devil Saints regard the Primordial Sages as weak and are frustrated when Luo Hou chooses diplomacy. Their defiance threatens to undermine his authority.
• The exchange between Luo Hou, Tongtian, and Laozi shifts from mutual hostility toward negotiation, but the Saints’ reaction leaves that peace uncertain.

Significant themes

• Power and restraint: The Devil Race has overwhelming numbers, yet Luo Hou chooses diplomacy; Tongtian’s pride pushes him toward a fight he is unlikely to win.
• Duty and loyalty: Laozi’s decision to follow Tongtian shows the bond between the Three Pure Ones, even when he knows the danger.
• Authority and obedience: Fate’s commands shape the characters’ choices, while the Devil Saints’ protest raises the question of whether Luo Hou can keep his followers in line.
• Peace under pressure: The oath offers a basis for coexistence, but mutual contempt and anger threaten to turn a peaceful mission into conflict.

Key plot points and events

• The Devil Ancestor restrains his angry Demon Saints, insisting that establishing the Demon Realm matters more than retaliating against the Primordial World Sages who insulted him. He leads them to a remote sanctuary in the Primordial World, partly to avoid the Demon Emperor.
• Guided by Fate, he follows instructions to transform the sanctuary into the Demon Realm. He refines the land, gathers rare origin materials—including nine heavens breath soil—and gradually opens and stabilizes the realm.
• To supply the Devil Race with the demonic qi they need, Luo Hou brings special vines into the Demon Realm and alters them so they convert spiritual energy into demonic qi. The spreading vines create a forest-like landscape and could also provide the Devil Race a route into the Primordial World.
• Luo Hou places part of his soul in the Demon Realm so he can control it. He grants the gathered Devil Race Sages immortality within the realm, though they can still die outside it.
• As the Devils celebrate, a powerful presence attacks. A skeletal hand made of killing intent and chaos tears through the Demon Realm’s space. Luo Hou senses that its owner may be stronger than he is.

Character developments

• Luo Hou, the Devil Ancestor: He puts long-term strategy ahead of wounded pride, then takes responsibility for building and securing a home for his people. Although he believes he acts independently, Fate is effectively directing him. His ambitions remain expansive: the vines’ ability to reach other worlds keeps the Primordial World in his sights.
• The Devil Race Sages: Their initial anger gives way to cautious cooperation and awe as they witness the realm’s creation. Their new immortality makes them jubilant, though their protection is limited to the Demon Realm.

Character interactions

• Luo Hou calms the Demon Saints and redirects their attention from revenge to the larger plan.
• The Devil Race Sages watch the realm’s creation, seek insight from the process, and remain alert for interference from the Primordial World Sages.
• Luo Hou rewards his followers by making them Sages of the Demon Realm, strengthening their bond with him—until the unknown attacker interrupts their celebration.

Significant themes

• Patience and strategy: Immediate retaliation is rejected in favor of completing the Demon Realm.
• Control and agency: Fate guides Luo Hou’s actions while leaving him convinced that he is acting on his own.
• A new foundation for survival: The Demon Realm and its demonic-qi-producing vines offer an alternative to the Devil Race’s former, brutal practice of devouring one another.
• The limits of power and immortality: The Devils gain extraordinary protection at home, but not the Primordial World’s broad resurrection, underscoring the Primordial World’s superior status.
• Fragile beginnings: The newly formed realm remains vulnerable, and the sudden attack threatens to destroy it before it is fully secure.

Key plot points and events

• During the Devil Ancestor’s delicate soul-splitting and Demon Realm construction, a monstrous being bursts from a rift and charges toward him.
• Three Demon Saints attack together, but their bodies dissolve instantly. The assembled devils realize the creature is far beyond ordinary opponents.
• Kui Ba identifies it as a Baleful Corpse: a being of immense killing intent and resentment accumulated since the creation of the world. Recognizing that it is too dangerous to fight, he quietly retreats toward the Devil Ancestor.
• The Flame Demon, believing his flames can counter the creature, attacks. Though the flames weaken its killing intent, the monster uses its overwhelming density to drag him close and swallow him.
• Terrified by the deaths and the monster’s power, the remaining Demon Saints and Sages flee.

Character developments and interactions

• The Devil Ancestor remains vulnerable and focused on completing his soul-splitting, ordering the others to stop the monster before it disrupts his work.
• Kui Ba proves perceptive and cautious: he understands the threat, admits his own technique makes him ineffective against it, and prioritizes survival.
• The Flame Demon acts confidently, relying on his apparent elemental advantage, but underestimates the monster’s resilience and is killed.
• The other Demon Saints shift from bravado and debate to panic, abandoning the battlefield.

Significant themes

• Arrogance versus sound judgment: Confidence in strength or a presumed advantage proves dangerous.
• The limits of power: Even elite fighters cannot overcome a threat vastly beyond their scale.
• Fear and survival: Once the monster’s power becomes undeniable, self-preservation overwhelms loyalty and discipline.
• Ancient accumulated violence: The Baleful Corpse embodies an almost immeasurable history of killing intent and resentment.

Key plot points and events

• A mindless, immensely powerful monster attacks the newly established Demon Realm. The Demon Saints flee despite Devil Ancestor Luo Hou’s threats, leaving him to face the creature alone.
• Luo Hou realizes he is no match for it and escapes, abandoning the realm’s treasures and resources.
• Fate, watching in the form of a Five-Colored Golden Luan Sparrow, recognizes the monster as the accumulated resentment of Chaos Demon Gods slain by Pangu. The damaged protective barrier around the Primordial World has exposed its aura and drawn the creature in.
• Fate fears the monster will attack the Primordial World, causing disastrous karmic consequences for both him and Luo Hou. He traps it temporarily with an illusion formation and decides to seek the Demon Emperor, whom he believes is the only one capable of stopping it.
• Laozi and Tongtian see Luo Hou fleeing and suspect the monster caused the Demon Realm’s failure. Tongtian’s resentment toward Fate grows, though he restrains himself because establishing the Immortal Realm would be similarly dangerous.
• In his fury, Luo Hou turns on the fleeing Demon Saints and begins slaughtering them. Fate stops him and explains the monster’s origins, then says they must summon the Demon Emperor.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Hou shifts from threatening authority to frightened survivor, then lashes out at his own followers for abandoning him. Fate’s rebuke briefly restores his composure.
• Fate takes responsibility for addressing the threat, despite his reluctance to approach the Demon Emperor. He is also angry at Luo Hou for his poor leadership and the loss of the Demon Realm’s resources.
• Tongtian becomes more hostile toward Fate and sympathetic to the Demon Emperor, but holds back from open conflict.
• Laozi and Tongtian share their suspicions about the monster and quietly avoid interfering in Luo Hou’s rampage.
• The Demon Saints reveal their fear and lack of loyalty by abandoning their founder when danger strikes.

Significant themes

• The cost of creating new worlds: Establishing a realm damages the Primordial World’s protections and can invite catastrophic threats.
• Leadership and loyalty: Luo Hou’s followers desert him, exposing the weakness of a community held together by authority and ambition.
• Karma and responsibility: Fate and Luo Hou may bear the consequences of the destruction caused by a creature their actions inadvertently attracted.
• Power and restraint: Even powerful figures must recognize when they cannot win—and when anger only worsens a crisis.

Key plot points

• Fate explains that Demon Emperor Daochen is the Primordial World’s strongest being, whose path of proving the Dao through sheer power lets him destroy even immense killing intent. The Devil Ancestor resents being treated as a disposable pawn, but hides his feelings.
• Fate says Daochen will not be persuaded to act directly. Instead, he must be provoked through what he cares about—especially the Human Race, which includes many members of the Demon Race. The Devil Ancestor concludes he may need to draw the humans into the Demon Realm.
• Fuxi prepares to establish the Human Path. His “Great Integration” is bringing humans and other races together under shared rules, with the goal of reducing slaughter and creating peaceful lives.
• A vast killing intent rises from the south. Fuxi and the Primordial World’s Quasi-Saints sense the approaching crisis, while Hongjun realizes the Demon Realm is nearly destroyed and suspects the attacker bears the aura of the supposedly dead Netherworld Demon God.
• Hongjun rushes south to contain the danger. Other powerful beings gather, mistaking the monster for a calamity born in response to heaven and earth.
• As Fuxi remains among the Human Race, a mysterious old man appears before him. He has no detectable aura, and Fuxi—who knows the Sages—cannot identify him.

Character developments and interactions

• The Devil Ancestor recognizes that Fate values Daochen far more than him. His suppressed jealousy and resentment reveal how deeply he feels used, even as he continues to follow Fate’s plan.
• Fate admires Daochen’s strength and character, describing him as someone who follows his heart and will defend his people. Fate directs the Devil Ancestor to exploit that loyalty.
• Fuxi has grown weary of violence and channels that experience into a broad, inclusive vision for the Human Path.
• Hongjun shifts his attention from observing Fuxi to confronting the immediate threat, alarmed by its connection to an ancient Chaos Demon God.
• The chapter ends by setting up an encounter between Fuxi and the enigmatic old man.

Significant themes

• Power and recognition: The Devil Ancestor’s envy contrasts with Daochen’s unmatched strength and the admiration he receives.
• Loyalty and manipulation: Fate plans to use Daochen’s devotion to his people as leverage.
• Peace after suffering: Fuxi’s Human Path is a response to the devastation caused by slaughter.
• Impending catastrophe: The monster’s emergence threatens the entire Primordial World, interrupting Fuxi’s efforts at a crucial moment.

Plot points and events

• A mysterious old man proposes that Fuxi could establish a lasting Human Race Great Dao by subduing a powerful Chaos Demon God. The creature contains the accumulated daos and resentment of the Chaos Gods and Demons Pangu slew, but it is too strong for even Sages to defeat.
• Fuxi sees how the idea might serve his ambition: ensuring the Human Race’s permanent dominance. He privately believes humans will eventually absorb or outlast all other races, leaving humanity alone in the Primordial World.
• Fuxi doubts the old man’s motives and refuses to seek help from Demon Emperor Daochen, realizing the man’s real aim is to draw Daochen out of confinement—a confinement engineered by Fate.
• The old man reveals himself as Devil Ancestor Luo Hou and warns that the Chaos Demon God may soon escape, killing the Quasi-Saints who have gathered near it.
• Accepting the danger to the wider world, Fuxi heads for the Demon Realm. Daochen appears and says he already knows about the Baleful Corpse and will go with him. He also demands that Fate compensate him for the losses the Demon Realm suffered during Luo Hou’s previous intervention.

Character developments and interactions

• Fuxi is ambitious but cautious: he considers sacrificing himself for humanity’s future, yet questions the old man’s story and refuses to be manipulated into summoning Daochen. He ultimately acts to prevent a catastrophe.
• Luo Hou begins with a tempting proposal, then admits his purpose is to enlist Fuxi’s help in bringing Daochen out. When Fuxi refuses, he reveals his identity and presses the urgency of the threat.
• Daochen takes the initiative once the danger is known, joining Fuxi and confronting Luo Hou over the costs of past actions in the Demon Realm.
• Their exchange highlights Fuxi’s suspicion, Luo Hou’s pressure, and Daochen’s directness and insistence that Fate bear responsibility.

Significant themes

• The chapter contrasts personal sacrifice and strategic alternatives in the pursuit of a great dao.
• It explores ambition and survival, revealing Fuxi’s vision of human supremacy beneath the language of racial integration.
• Manipulation, trust, and hidden agendas shape the discussion, as Fuxi recognizes that Luo Hou’s proposal also serves Fate’s interests.
• The looming threat emphasizes shared responsibility: Fuxi acts to protect the wider world, while Daochen demands that those who enlist his power pay for the damage they cause.

Plot points and events

• Devil Ancestor Luo Hou accepts responsibility for the damage tied to the Chaos Demon God, since the resulting karma could eventually rebound on him.
• Daochen refuses to trust Luo Hou’s promises and presents an itemized list of losses, demanding compensation before helping. Though shocked by the enormous price, Luo Hou hands over a Heaven and Earth Bag containing goods intended to rebuild the Demon Realm.
• Daochen accepts the payment, warns Luo Hou not to act against him again, and admits he is petty enough to remember every slight.
• Near the Demon Realm, Quasi-Saints gather to watch the danger. Daochen warns them that the approaching creature is a nearly indestructible monster formed from the Primordial World’s accumulated resentment, not a treasure. He orders them to retreat, and his Demon Race followers obey; the other spectators withdraw only as far as a million li.
• The Demon Realm is torn open, and a skeletal monster emerges, driven by revenge. Daochen immediately releases his aura and attacks with a punch. The spectators are stunned by the gulf between his power and the monster’s; Luo Hou cries, “Impossible!”

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen is shrewd and vindictive: he uses Luo Hou’s need for help to secure substantial compensation, openly warns him against future provocations, and then takes charge of the threat. Despite his stern warning, he allows the curious Quasi-Saints to observe from a safer distance.
• Luo Hou reluctantly acknowledges his responsibility and pays the price, even though it will make rebuilding the Demon Realm harder. He remains wary that Daochen might break their agreement.
• Fuxi explains why the Quasi-Saints are willing to risk staying: they hope for an opportunity and are inspired by Daochen’s success in reaching Sagehood.
• The gathered Quasi-Saints fear Daochen’s authority but remain curious and ambitious. Their banter, including joking about becoming his concubine, briefly lightens the tense scene.
• The skeletal monster emerges with revenge as its last surviving purpose, setting up the confrontation.

Significant themes

• Karma and accountability: Luo Hou recognizes that causing widespread harm carries consequences that cannot simply be ignored.
• Power and opportunism: Daochen’s strength shapes how others respond, while the spectators’ hopes lead them to take risks.
• Pettiness and bargaining: Daochen turns past grievances into leverage, making his “petty streak” part of his political style.
• Ambition versus survival: The Quasi-Saints know the danger but cling to the possibility of advancement in a world where opportunities are scarce.

Plot points and events

• Demon Emperor Daochen destroys the monster with a single punch, astonishing the Devil Ancestor and the assembled Quasi-Saints. The Devil Ancestor realizes how far Daochen surpasses the other experts, abandons his immediate opposition, and resolves to stay out of the Demon Realm’s way once he establishes it.
• Daochen leaves to search dangerous locations for Qingchan and Qingxuan, hoping Fate might have hidden them there. The Five-Colored Golden Luan Sparrow follows and eventually tells him plainly that the children are not in the Primordial World.
• Daochen pleads with Fate to return the children, even offering to remain in the Demon Realm. Fate refuses, claiming he will keep them safe. Daochen gives up arguing and heads home.
• Though the search fails, Daochen notices that the Nine-Headed Serpent has become a Child of Fate. He reflects on how Fate’s chosen individuals rapidly grow stronger and can endure its concentrated power.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen is revealed as overwhelmingly powerful, but his strength cannot resolve his most painful problem: the loss of his children. His fierce determination gives way to exhaustion and grief; his deepest wish is simply to bring them home and live peacefully with them and Nüwa.
• The Devil Ancestor is humbled by Daochen’s display and becomes wary of challenging him again. He dismisses the admiring Quasi-Saints when they talk of joining the Demon Realm.
• The Five-Colored Golden Luan Sparrow/Fate remains firm and guarded. He follows Daochen, rejects his bargain, and interprets his words cautiously, unsure whether Daochen is seeking sympathy or time.
• Daochen’s thoughts turn to Nüwa, who has concealed her sorrow over the children’s disappearance, deepening his sense of shared loss.

Significant themes

• Power and vulnerability: Daochen can defeat a monster instantly, yet cannot use force to recover his children.
• Family and grief: His search, despair, and memories of Nüwa show that family matters more to him than conflict or dominion.
• Fate and control: Fate’s ability to withhold the children and select individuals to empower shapes the world’s struggles.
• Ambition and restraint: The Devil Ancestor’s fear leads him to retreat from confrontation, while Daochen restrains his threats because he cannot risk harming the children or the world.

Key plot points and events

• Fuxi returns to the site where the monster vanished and finds a substantial remnant particle containing concentrated, relatively intact Great Dao power—the residue of the resentment of the three thousand Gods and Devils killed by Pangu.
• Using his Innate Calculations, Fuxi begins drawing insight from the particle to advance his effort to establish the Human Path. At a peak quasi-saint level, his growing mastery of the Great Daos gives him the foundation for a possible breakthrough, but the Primordial World’s laws prevent him from reaching the Saint Realm there.
• Hongjun secretly aids him, first allowing a strand of Dao Resonance to reach him and then isolating Fuxi and himself from the outside world so Fuxi can continue undisturbed. Hongjun reflects that he has repeatedly broken his own rule against interfering in worldly affairs.
• Fate senses a strange power resembling that of a quasi-saint and a sage, but cannot identify its source. Unable to find anyone, he returns to the Beyond Lands.
• Determined to try again, Fate tells Luo Hou he will recreate the Demon Realm and confront the Demon Corpse. Luo Hou warns that he lacks the strength to manage another corpse while creating the realm. Fate proposes taking control of Luo Hou’s body and bringing his devil spawn, arguing that their combined power will make success attainable.

Character developments and interactions

• Fuxi seizes a rare chance to advance the Human Path, concentrating on understanding many Great Daos rather than pursuing a breakthrough he cannot yet achieve.
• Hongjun becomes an increasingly active, if hidden, supporter of Fuxi. He shields Fuxi from Fate’s notice despite his personal commitment to noninterference.
• Fate remains focused on creating the Demon Realm and treats the previous failure as a manageable setback. His unexplained detection of a near-sage presence makes him more watchful.
• Luo Hou is cautious after the failed attempt and openly explains why he cannot safely repeat it alone. Fate responds by offering to control his body and use Luo Hou’s followers in the next attempt.

Significant themes

• Opportunity and ambition: Fuxi risks pursuing insight at a pivotal moment, while Fate refuses to abandon his goal after failure.
• Interference versus principle: Hongjun’s repeated aid to Fuxi tests his vow to leave the Primordial World’s affairs alone.
• Power and restraint: Fuxi approaches a breakthrough but must suppress it because the world’s laws forbid it.
• Risk and adaptation: Fate and Luo Hou plan to use what they learned from their first encounter to improve their chances against the Demon Corpse.

Plot points

• Demoralized by his earlier failure, the Devil Ancestor says he needs time to recover. Fate ignores his hesitation and possesses his body, planning to use it as a temporary vessel rather than risk trying to possess the Demon Emperor.
• Fate summons the Devil Race’s Demon Saints and announces a renewed effort to establish the Demon Realm. They agree to redeem themselves by helping, and preparations begin.
• Fate secretly gathers his “children” from across the Primordial World, compelling them to travel to the Demon Realm. The Devil Ancestor leads the expedition; Laozi and Tongtian choose not to interfere.
• As the Demon Realm takes shape, numerous Baleful Corpses attack while its space is vulnerable. The Demon Saints panic and find they cannot escape because the area has been sealed.
• Fate’s gathered children arrive and fight the corpses, their fate-enhanced protection allowing them to hold their own. The Demon Saints realize the crisis was anticipated and that Fate had prepared a defense.

Character developments and interactions

• Devil Ancestor: His confidence has been shaken by his past failure and the Demon Emperor’s overwhelming strength. Though Fate takes control of his body, he cooperates in the new undertaking and projects renewed confidence to the Demon Saints.
• Fate: Pragmatic and calculating, he uses the Devil Ancestor as a vessel, recruits the Devil Race, seals the battlefield, and secretly mobilizes his children as a countermeasure.
• Demon Saints: Fearful and uncertain, they first seek forgiveness, then choose service over punishment. Their panic turns to relief when Fate’s plan becomes clear.
• Laozi and Tongtian: They refrain from stopping the Devil Ancestor, both wary of the danger and interested in observing the attempt.

Significant themes

• Failure and recovery: The Devil Ancestor’s humiliation contrasts with his renewed effort to rebuild.
• Preparation and control: Fate anticipates danger and arranges the battlefield and reinforcements in advance.
• Power and dependence: The Devil Ancestor’s reliance on Fate and the Demon Emperor highlights the limits of his own strength.
• Fate versus choice: The children of Fate are compelled to gather, while the Demon Saints make a conscious choice to seek redemption through service.

Plot points and events

• The children of fate initially dispatch the chaos baleful corpses with ease, while the Demon Saints stand ready to help.
• The corpses begin merging and regenerating, revealing that they cannot be defeated by ordinary attacks. The Devil Ancestor orders everyone to wear them down by dispersing their killing intent.
• As the battle grows harder, children of fate fall. Their power of fate passes to the survivors, strengthening them without their knowledge. Eventually only about a dozen remain, each at peak quasi-saint level and strong enough to contend with the corpses.
• When the Demon Saints can no longer meaningfully assist, Devil Ancestor Luo Hou steps in and erases the corpses one by one. This costs him a great deal of origin power, though the onlookers believe he has destroyed them completely.
• The Demon Realm is completed during the battle. Luo Hou announces that the gathered people will be its first inhabitants.
• It is revealed that the corpses were not truly destroyed: Luo Hou suppressed and sealed them beneath the realm, where they remain a long-term threat.
• A Demon Saint asks Luo Hou whether he can become a Sage of the Demon Realm and help shoulder the Devil Ancestor’s responsibilities.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Hou maintains a composed, powerful public image while privately struggling with the corpses and the cost of suppressing them. He relies on the others to buy enough time to complete the realm.
• The children of fate go from confident fighters to a dwindling group of survivors, growing stronger as their fallen companions’ fate-power is redistributed among them.
• The Nine-Headed Serpent, disguised as a Devil, is the first to notice signs that the corpses are stirring and remains among the last survivors.
• The Demon Saints begin as supporting combatants, but their effectiveness declines as the corpses merge. After Luo Hou intervenes, they acclaim him and one seeks advancement in the new realm.
• The crowd’s admiration of Luo Hou contrasts with the hidden reality: his apparent effortless victory is actually a costly containment effort.

Significant themes

• Sacrifice and hidden costs: The children’s deaths empower the survivors, while Luo Hou’s triumph drains his strength.
• Appearance versus reality: The corpses seem erased, but are only sealed; Luo Hou’s confidence masks strain and compromise.
• Power and ambition: The battle strengthens the surviving children, and the completed realm immediately inspires a request for elevated status.
• Creation amid danger: The Demon Realm is founded not through a clean victory, but while an ongoing threat is being contained.

Plot points and events

• Devil Ancestor Luo Hou declares that candidates may compete to become Demon Realm Sages, with strength determining who succeeds.
• He expels Fate from the Demon Realm, reclaiming control of his body and asserting that the realm belongs to him. Fate cannot force his way back in because the Laws prevent it.
• Luo Hou opens the Sagehood contest to the Children of Fate, hoping to recruit them into his Devil Race and build a powerful force.
• The Nine-Headed Serpent, who had been focused on fighting Baleful Corpses and barely understood what was happening, agrees to become a Sage. Luo Hou uses Word-Following Law to raise him to Sagehood instantly.
• The chapter explains that Luo Hou’s Demon Realm is a comparatively low-tier world with incomplete Laws, making Word-Following Law possible. Its Sagehood grants substantial status but is closer to Pseudo-Sagehood than true Sagehood.
• Seeing the Serpent’s promotion, the other Children of Fate grow eager. One offers to abandon his original race and join the Devil Race, and Luo Hou warns him that the transformation is permanent.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Hou shifts from enduring Fate’s control to confidently ruling the Demon Realm. He now recognizes the value of strong subordinates and intends to remain in his realm, using recruits to influence events beyond it.
• Fate is frustrated at being expelled but is constrained by the Demon Realm’s Laws.
• The Nine-Headed Serpent moves from an absorbed battlefield fighter to the first newly appointed Demon Realm Sage, accepting the offer without hesitation.
• The Children of Fate respond to the promise of Sagehood with envy and ambition; at least one is willing to forsake his former race for advancement.
• Luo Hou treats the Serpent warmly and courts the other candidates, while making clear that joining the Devil Race means permanent allegiance.

Significant themes

• Control and independence: Luo Hou’s central goal is to govern his own world without Fate controlling him.
• Power and loyalty: Sagehood is used as an incentive to recruit capable followers.
• The cost of ambition: Joining the Devil Race requires abandoning one’s original identity and race.
• Strength through collective force: Luo Hou concludes that powerful allies and subordinates can achieve what individual strength alone cannot.

Key plot points and events

• The Devil Ancestor brings the Demon Realm under his control, subduing the child of Fate and converting the Demon Race Sages into Demon Realm Sages. He then brings in large numbers of Devil Race members. The realm’s abundant demonic qi and weak laws accelerate their cultivation, and the Devil Race begins to thrive.
• At a banquet, the Devil Ancestor lets the Nine-Headed Serpent hear of a mysterious, world-like place where his strength was once enhanced. The Serpent realizes the Devil Ancestor is baiting Daochen and Fate into conflict, but secretly passes the information to Daochen using a message talisman.
• Daochen wants to leave the Demon Realm and investigate the Devil Race’s realm. He spots another opportunity: Fuxi is close to establishing the Human Path, but is pursuing it incorrectly by relying on the Three Thousand Great Daos.
• Daochen enters the Primordial World, claiming he must help his brother-in-law. Fate, disguised through the Five-Colored Golden Luan Sparrow, follows to keep watch. They arrive at the Human Race, where Hongjun suspects they may be conspiring together.
• Daochen finds Fuxi absorbed in studying the Three Thousand Great Daos and recognizes that Fuxi must abandon them to establish a dao uniquely suited to the Human Race. The chapter ends as Daochen considers how to change Fuxi’s conviction.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen is eager to pursue the Devil Ancestor’s clue, but uses concern for Fuxi as a legitimate reason to enter the Primordial World. He understands the flaw in Fuxi’s approach and plans to intervene.
• The Devil Ancestor appears to manipulate events cautiously, planting information through the Nine-Headed Serpent rather than approaching Daochen directly.
• The Nine-Headed Serpent remains composed and fulfills his intelligence-gathering role by relaying the clue.
• Fate is frustrated by his earlier defeat and suspicious of Daochen’s repeated rule-breaking, yet cannot force a confrontation without risking what he has built. He agrees to accompany Daochen and monitor him.
• Hongjun is wary of Fate’s presence and asks whether he and Daochen have joined forces; Daochen disregards the exchange and focuses on Fuxi.

Significant themes

• Manipulation and hidden motives: The Devil Ancestor uses indirect means to provoke a conflict, while Daochen and Fate each conceal or justify their intentions.
• Power and opportunity: The Demon Realm’s conditions fuel the Devil Race’s rapid growth, while the mysterious place may offer a separate source of power.
• The need for a distinct path: Fuxi’s central challenge is to stop relying on borrowed, universal Daos and create a Human Path grounded in the Human Race itself.

Key plot points and events

• Daochen finds Fuxi stuck in secluded cultivation and warns that, without action, Fuxi may fail to establish the Human Path—and the Human Race could decline.
• Fuxi asks Daochen for guidance. Daochen suggests they travel among the people rather than try to build a Human Dao from abstract principles.
• As they journey toward the Human Race, Daochen challenges Fuxi’s view that humans’ defining strengths are communication, numbers, and rapid cultivation: those qualities alone do not capture what people are.
• Daochen draws Fuxi’s attention to an old man who teaches and cares for many children. Through the man’s past, they learn he was once a gifted cultivator with the potential to become a Sage.
• When the Devil Race invaded, the old man tried to enlist but was rejected for being too weak. Later, during an attack on the vulnerable people left behind, he joined the desperate defense. The devil seized children as hostages, forcing the humans into a terrible choice. The chapter ends as they face that dilemma.

Character developments

• Fuxi recognizes that his solitary cultivation has left him unable to see what the Human Race needs. He becomes willing to learn from Daochen and from ordinary people.
• Daochen acts as a guide, directing Fuxi toward lived human experience and arguing that the Human Path must grow from the people themselves.
• The old man is revealed as a once-promising cultivator whose strength and standing diminished, but whose compassion and courage made him deeply respected by the children.

Significant themes

• The Human Dao must be grounded in human lives: It cannot simply be assembled from existing cosmic Daos or lofty ideas.
• Legacy and continuity: The Human Race’s path depends on passing its “flame” to future generations.
• Courage beyond power: The old man’s worth is measured not by his cultivation level but by his care, sacrifice, and bravery.
• The stakes of leadership: Fuxi’s success matters not only to himself but to the future and survival of the Human Race.

Character interactions

• Daochen warns Fuxi, then guides him through a quiet journey rather than lecturing him from afar.
• Fuxi listens respectfully, though he initially misunderstands what makes humans distinctive.
• Daochen uses the old man’s life—and the children’s respect for him—to show Fuxi what human values look like in practice.
• The old man and other humans confront the devil together, revealing their resolve to protect the children even under an impossible threat.

Key plot points and events

• An elderly human warrior secretly disguises his aura as that of a devil and lures a fleeing devil away from the human rescue group by pretending to be another devil.
• He leads the enemy underground, claiming that other devils are hiding there. When the devil moves close to hear him, the old man stabs him in the heart.
• The devil strikes back, badly injuring the old man and damaging his dantian. As rescuers arrive, the devil tries to flee, but the old man has already saved the children in his hands and many others.
• Though the old man loses the ability to continue cultivating, he dedicates the rest of his life to teaching children.
• Witnessing this, Fuxi realizes he has become too focused on establishing the Human Path and lost sight of his original purpose: creating a way for humanity to flourish and coexist with other races.
• Fuxi resolves to live among humans and the Ten Thousand Races to understand them firsthand. Daochen disguises Fuxi as a vigorous but disfigured man and follows him as a sparrow to protect him.

Character developments

• The old man shows courage, ingenuity, and self-sacrifice, giving up his cultivation and future to protect children and serve humanity.
• Fuxi recognizes his mistake and recommits to seeking a Great Dao grounded in ordinary people’s lives, rather than pursuing an abstract ideal from above.
• Daochen guides Fuxi toward this insight and takes responsibility for protecting him during his journey.

Significant themes

• The Dao is rooted in people: humanity’s way is expressed through resilience, mutual aid, ingenuity, and shared purpose—not merely philosophical understanding.
• Service and sacrifice: the old man’s personal loss illustrates the cost some bear for the community.
• Understanding through experience: Fuxi must leave his elevated position and learn directly from humans and other races.
• Origins and humility: Fuxi is reminded that the Human Race shaped his strength and confidence, not the other way around.

Character interactions

• The old man deceives the devil by presenting himself as an ally, then sacrifices his future to protect the children.
• Daochen uses the old man’s story to challenge Fuxi’s assumptions and help him recover his original purpose.
• Fuxi accepts Daochen’s guidance, while Daochen quietly accompanies and safeguards him on his journey.

Key plot points and events

• Daochen continues roaming the Primordial World with Fate and the Five-Colored Golden Luan Sparrow, outwardly helping Fuxi while secretly hoping for news of his missing children, Qingchan and Qingxuan. He knows Fate expects him to fail, but uses the search as cover for his real intentions.
• The Golden Luan Sparrow grows stronger after the Demon Realm’s establishment. He says the creation of all Six Realms will eventually let him take human form.
• Fate and Daochen clash over Fate’s plan to complete the Six Realms and Daochen’s repeated trips outside the Demon Realm. Fate claims Daochen is breaking their agreement and warns that he could destroy everything rather than yield.
• Fate bluntly admits that Qingchan and Qingxuan are leverage over Daochen, and tells him that sacrificing himself might give them a chance. Daochen recognizes how ruthless—and threatening—Fate has become.
• The Nine-Headed Serpent sends Daochen news about the children, sourced from Devil Ancestor Luo Hou. Daochen suspects Luo Hou wants an alliance to escape Fate’s control.
• Daochen probes Fate about the costs of establishing worlds. Fate angrily reveals that he lost many “Children of Fate” in creating the Demon Realm, inadvertently confirming that he has taken control of people who bear the power of fate.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen remains focused on rescuing his children, but acts cautiously and strategically, masking his plans while searching for a way to return to the Demon Realm.
• Fate becomes more openly coercive, asserting control over the Primordial World and treating Daochen as an anomaly to be eliminated.
• The Golden Luan Sparrow celebrates his growing power and anticipates eventual transformation into human form.
• Luo Hou emerges as a possible, though uncertain, ally against Fate; Daochen doubts what Luo Hou can still accomplish after losing much of his foundation.
• Daochen and Fate’s conversation shifts from guarded negotiation to open threats, while Daochen’s questions expose more about Fate’s control and ambitions.

Significant themes

• Power and control: Fate seeks dominion over the Six Realms and uses people—including Daochen’s children—as instruments.
• Deception and strategy: Daochen hides his true motives, while Fate’s accidental disclosure reveals the limits of his own secrecy.
• Family and sacrifice: Daochen’s determination to recover his children shapes his choices, even as Fate challenges him to sacrifice himself.
• Ambition and transformation: The expanding realms promise greater power and a new form for the Golden Luan Sparrow, while threatening those caught in Fate’s design.

Key plot points and events

• The Demon Emperor Daochen asks Fate for permission to visit the newly established Demon Realm, arguing that Fuxi needs insight from other realms to help establish the Human Path.
• Fate warns that Devil Ancestor Luo Hou may trap Daochen there, but agrees after Daochen stresses the importance of moving quickly. Daochen is confident he could escape through Chaos if necessary.
• Daochen sends Fuxi ahead. The journey highlights the devastation left by the Devil Race’s uprising: other races are weakened, and hostility toward the Devil Race has become entrenched.
• At the Demon Realm, Daochen announces his arrival with a voice powerful enough to injure weaker devils. Luo Hou greets him warily, suspecting a declaration of war.
• Daochen presents the visit as a friendly chance to learn, while invoking Fate’s presence as a reason Luo Hou should not attack.
• Fate angrily warns Luo Hou not to defy him again. Luo Hou apologizes and professes loyalty, but his increased boldness suggests that the balance of power has shifted.
• Daochen notices the tension and wonders whether Luo Hou has gained control of the Demon Realm, despite having once seemed merely Fate’s puppet.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen is cautious about the danger but willing to accept it for the Human Path and Fuxi’s development. He also observes the strained relationship between Fate and Luo Hou and begins questioning who truly controls the Demon Realm.
• Fate is reluctant to help with the Human Path, but ultimately permits the visit. His warning and threat toward Luo Hou reveal anger and possible loss of control.
• Fuxi feels like a chess piece being directed by others, though he proceeds toward the Demon Realm as instructed.
• Luo Hou acts deferential when necessary but appears more confident and independent than before, prompting doubts about his loyalty and authority.
• The exchange between Fate and Luo Hou is openly tense: Luo Hou claims he acted only to survive, while Fate’s threat makes clear that their relationship is no longer straightforward.

Significant themes

• Risk in pursuit of progress: Daochen accepts danger to advance the Human Path and deepen understanding.
• Power and control: Luo Hou’s growing confidence raises questions about whether Fate still commands the Demon Realm.
• Consequences of conflict: The Devil Race’s uprising has weakened other peoples and left lasting hatred, even though the Devil Race itself suffered little.
• Appearance versus reality: Polite words conceal distrust, resentment, and shifting loyalties.