Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Fate accompanies Demon Emperor Daochen to the newly established Demon Realm, partly to keep Daochen and Devil Ancestor Luo Hou from fighting or conspiring.
• Daochen encourages Human Sovereign Fuxi to explore the realm and study its people for his effort to establish the Human Path.
• Luo Hou proudly shows Daochen and Fate his lavish Devil Palace, describing its defenses, magical inhabitants, cultivation benefits, and an escape array that can send him into Chaos.
• Luo Hou’s boastful tour doubles as a warning to Fate: he knows Fate has planted spies and wants them withdrawn.
• Fate responds by proposing to send Envoys to help govern the Demon Realm—a transparent attempt to extend his control. Luo Hou refuses.
• Daochen offers Fate control of Daochen’s own Demon Realm in exchange for being allowed to leave his confinement and return to the Primordial World. Fate rejects the bargain, fearing Daochen’s power would disrupt his plans.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen remains outwardly friendly and teasing, but uses humor and negotiation to challenge Fate’s control over him.
• Luo Hou appears deferential to Daochen yet remains resentful and wary of Fate. His display of the palace’s defenses asserts that he is not easily intimidated.
• Fate reveals increasingly open ambitions: he wants influence over Luo Hou’s realm and refuses to release Daochen because he considers him a threat to his larger plans.
• Fuxi is given space to observe the Demon Realm, though the chapter focuses chiefly on the tense exchange among the three powerful figures.

Significant themes

• Control versus independence: Fate tries to manage both the Demon Realm and Daochen, while Luo Hou and Daochen resist being controlled.
• Power and deterrence: Luo Hou’s palace tour is both self-congratulation and a calculated warning about his defenses.
• Caution beneath courtesy: The characters speak politely and joke, but their exchanges are shaped by old hatred, suspicion, and competing plans.
• Ambition and restraint: Fate’s refusal to accept Daochen’s offer shows that his grand design outweighs even an attractive bargain.

Chapter Summary: “A Covert Maneuver”

• Daochen’s trap: The Devil Ancestor reveals that he deliberately provoked Fate, who was inhabiting the Five-Colored Golden Luan Sparrow, into fighting Daochen. He had sealed the space so the two would be forced to battle, creating an opportunity to speak with Daochen privately. Fate realizes he has been manipulated, but the fight has already begun; the weaker Golden Luan Sparrow is put at a disadvantage against Daochen’s Golden Crow form.
• A wary alliance: Outside the sealed space, the Devil Ancestor meets Daochen, who demands information about his missing children, Qingchan and Qingxuan. Daochen offers to help eliminate Fate in exchange. The Devil Ancestor declines, arguing that Fate is too powerful to kill and that his own priority is simply surviving and remaining free to travel between the Primordial World and Chaos.
• The Devil Ancestor’s outlook: He explains that he enjoys the Primordial World as a diversion from the loneliness of Chaos and has little interest in grand ambitions such as destroying the world or reaching the Heavenly Dao Realm. His opposition to Fate is personal: Fate seeks to control everything and is trying to kill him.
• The children’s location: The Devil Ancestor says Qingchan and Qingxuan are in Fate Space, a strange realm that exists at the boundary of spaces and can be opened anywhere, yet is not located in any ordinary place. He saw Fate’s true body there, or what Fate chose to show him. Fate alone can open the realm, and the Devil Ancestor does not know how to reach it.
• Ending: Daochen is devastated by the news, since he still has no way to reach his children. His grief turns toward despair and anger, leaving him tempted to destroy the Primordial World and make Fate pay.

Character developments and interactions

Daochen begins to see the Devil Ancestor as more reasonable and sincere than he had assumed, though he remains focused on rescuing his children. The Devil Ancestor is candid about his limited ambitions and cautiously shares what he knows to earn Daochen’s trust. Meanwhile, Fate’s manipulation of events backfires: he is drawn into a fight and exposed to danger.

Significant themes

The chapter emphasizes the danger of control and manipulation, the contrast between modest contentment and ambition, and the helplessness of confronting a seemingly unreachable power. Daochen’s parental longing also highlights how personal grief can push even a powerful figure toward destructive choices.

Key plot points and events

• Devil Ancestor Luo Hou tells Demon Emperor Daochen that Qingchan and Qingxuan are safe in Fate’s space. The best chance to rescue them will come when Fate emerges during his transformation.
• Luo Hou claims he is the only one to have entered and escaped Fate’s space, and urges Daochen to follow his guidance. Daochen agrees to a secret alliance, with the two publicly continuing to act as enemies.
• As a show of trust, Luo Hou reveals that four sages are under Fate’s influence: Zhunti and Jieyin are preparing to establish the Buddha Realm, while Laozi and Tongtian are preparing to establish the Immortal Realm. If those plans succeed, Fate may control all six realms.
• Daochen is shaken, especially by the possibility that Tongtian—once a close friend—has chosen Fate’s help. He tries to see the sages’ decision as a response to his own inability to help them grow stronger.
• Luo Hou warns Daochen that the Nine-Headed Serpent is more formidable than he appears. Daochen acknowledges the danger while remaining confident that the Serpent’s power of fate is sealed.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen accepts a wary partnership with Luo Hou, balancing his need to save the children against his distrust of the Devil Ancestor. He is hurt by the sages’ apparent defection but chooses not to blame them.
• Luo Hou uses the children and his knowledge of Fate’s space to secure Daochen’s trust and protect his own interests. He also shares intelligence about the sages and cautions Daochen about the Nine-Headed Serpent.
• Their agreement is pragmatic rather than fully trusting: they will cooperate in secret while maintaining the appearance of hostility.

Significant themes

• Trust and manipulation: Both allies suspect the other has ulterior motives, even as they form an alliance.
• Power and loyalty: Daochen reflects that the sages may have chosen strength and opportunity over friendship.
• Preparation for a larger conflict: Fate’s influence is spreading through the sages and the realm-building plans, making the coming struggle increasingly urgent.
• Caution and hidden agendas: Information, alliances, and even apparent enemies may conceal deeper motives.

Plot points and events

• Daochen and Fate emerge from the Sealed Space after a bruising fight, still trading insults. The Devil Ancestor tries and fails to reconcile them.
• A messenger reports that Fuxi has entered the Demon Realm’s Origin Land. The Devil Ancestor, furious and worried for his realm, sets out with Daochen and Fate to investigate.
• Daochen claims he only asked Fuxi to observe the Demon Realm’s Great Dao, not enter the Origin Land. Privately, he regrets not exploring it himself: the Origin Stone could give him leverage over the Devil Ancestor.
• At the gateway, the Devil Ancestor discovers that his guards failed to stop Fuxi. He punishes the Devil Race Sages responsible with 100,000 years of confinement.
• The Devil Ancestor tries to keep Daochen and Fate outside with a Space Barrier. Fate hints that Fuxi may be in danger, prompting Daochen to insist on entering and threaten the Demon Realm if Fuxi is harmed.
• The Devil Ancestor allows Daochen to accompany him into the Origin Land, warning him not to interfere. Fate is left behind inside another Space Barrier.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen remains outwardly casual but is calculating: he sees the Origin Land as a possible means to control the Devil Ancestor, yet also acts protectively toward Fuxi.
• The Devil Ancestor is fiercely protective of his realm, viewing it as his only refuge. His anger at the guards’ failure reveals how seriously he takes any threat to it.
• Fate continues to provoke and distrust Daochen, raising the possibility that the Devil Ancestor might harm Fuxi. Though he is excluded from the expedition, he remains interested in the Origin Land’s power.
• Fuxi does not appear directly, but his unauthorized entry drives the chapter’s conflict.
• The bantering, bruised Daochen and Fate remain openly hostile, while the Devil Ancestor tries to manage their rivalry and keep control of the situation.

Significant themes

• Power and leverage: Daochen sees the Origin Stone as a way to gain control over the Devil Ancestor.
• Fear of losing one’s refuge: The Devil Ancestor’s attachment to the Demon Realm reflects the danger and isolation of existence in Chaos.
• Trust and manipulation: Fate uses concern for Fuxi to push Daochen toward action, while Daochen’s reassurances conceal his own ambitions.
• Duty and consequences: The guards accept severe punishment for failing to protect the Origin Land.

Key plot points and events

• The Lord of Fate watches the Devil Ancestor and Demon Emperor Daochen enter the land of Origin, suspicious but unaware that they intend to meet Fuxi.
• Inside, Fuxi joins them. Daochen explains that Fate and the Heavenly Dao are growing dangerously powerful, and that all three races must cooperate to survive and pursue their own breakthroughs.
• The Devil Ancestor offers the Devil Race’s support in helping Fuxi establish the Human Path. The three agree to form an alliance among the Human, Demon, and Devil races.
• Their strategy is to place Fuxi and the Human Race in the foreground, drawing their enemies’ attention while the Demon and Devil races strengthen their forces—especially by training Saint-level fighters. They consider recruiting the Buddhist Sect and the Three Pure Ones, but distrust their shifting loyalties.
• To hide their agreement, Daochen escorts Fuxi out under guard. The Devil Ancestor publicly expels them both, then challenges Fate to leave the Demon Realm.
• Fate returns to the Primordial World and searches for Daochen, briefly losing track of him. He eventually finds him concealed beside Fuxi among the Human Race.

Character developments and interactions

• Devil Ancestor: Shows diplomatic skill, treating Fuxi as an equal and using apparent hostility afterward to protect the alliance.
• Demon Emperor Daochen: Takes the lead in explaining the strategic need for cooperation and coordinates the secret meeting’s cover.
• Fuxi: Accepts the offer of support but says he can proceed alone for now; he focuses on understanding and establishing the Human Path.
• Lord of Fate: Remains suspicious and irritated, but misreads the trio’s actions and does not discover their alliance.

Significant themes

• Unity against overwhelming power: The three races cooperate because neither Fate nor the Heavenly Dao can be safely confronted alone.
• Deception and appearances: The alliance is concealed through a staged expulsion, and Fate’s surveillance proves imperfect.
• Pragmatic distrust: Potential allies such as the Buddhist Sect and the Three Pure Ones may switch sides when it benefits them.
• Power and preparation: The factions build strength in anticipation of a future war, recognizing that even Saint-level fighters are valuable without immortality.

Key events

• Heavenly Dao takes complete possession of Dao Ancestor Hongjun, erasing Hongjun’s original Spiritual Sense. It appears openly before the Primordial World and announces plans to break through to the Heavenly Dao Realm.
• Hongjun offers Demon Emperor Daochen a Sage Position in exchange for submission. Daochen refuses, and Hongjun threatens to destroy him and take his fortune.
• Fate proposes an alliance with Daochen against Hongjun, but Daochen rejects him. Fate suspects Daochen wants the two Little Golden Crows back, though he refuses to be pressured over them.
• Meanwhile, Human Sovereign Fuxi continues traveling among humanity and studying how the Human Race lives. He recognizes that its customs—mutual aid, shared rules, protection, and the exchange of resources—already embody the Human Path.
• Fuxi formally establishes the Human Path, declaring that those who follow its rules will receive its fortune and protection. Other races may join the Human Race by accepting those principles.

Character developments

• Daochen remains defiant toward Hongjun and refuses to ally with Fate on Fate’s terms. His priority is finding a way to rescue the two children.
• Fate realizes that Daochen is his only plausible partner against Hongjun, but his attempt to secure an alliance fails.
• Hongjun, now fully controlled by Heavenly Dao, acts with newfound arrogance and openly threatens his former allies.
• Fuxi moves from observing human society to understanding its underlying principles, then turns that insight into the formal establishment of the Human Path.

Significant themes

• Power and coercion: Heavenly Dao’s possession of Hongjun shifts the balance of power, while its offer of a Sage Position is also a demand for submission.
• Self-interest and uneasy alliances: Fate and Daochen share a danger but distrust one another and pursue separate priorities.
• Community and responsibility: The Human Path is founded on mutual support, rules, and the strong protecting the weak.
• Order as strength: Collective cooperation allows the vulnerable Human Race to survive and flourish in a dangerous world.

Character interactions

• Hongjun confronts Daochen with an offer and a threat; Daochen rejects both.
• Fate seeks Daochen’s cooperation, but Daochen withdraws, leaving Fate to search for another solution.
• Fuxi’s observations of ordinary humans shape his understanding of the Human Path and lead him to proclaim it across the Human Race.

Key plot points and events

• Fuxi’s oath to establish the Human Path reaches every human, inspiring people of all ages and stations to pledge themselves to the cause.
• Their shared convictions give shape to the Human Path within the Human Race’s fortune. The Heavenly Dao recognizes its creation and grants merit to the entire race.
• Fuxi declares that the Human Race may now produce its own Sages. Those who reach sainthood within the race, or excel in their chosen fields, may attain a Human Race Sage position.
• Rewarded for his work, Fuxi rises rapidly to the fourth heaven of sainthood. He then hits a bottleneck: his power has outpaced his cultivation and understanding, so he must stabilize and deepen his mastery before advancing further.
• The fortune golden dragon names him the Human Sovereign Saint, the first Sage of the Human Race. The people celebrate, seeing this as the end of their long vulnerability.
• Fuxi publicly credits Demon Emperor Daochen for supporting the Human Race and proposes a place for him among its Sages. Humans respond by voluntarily offering him their faith.

Character developments

• Fuxi fulfills his long-held ambition and becomes the Human Race’s first Sage. He remains humble, recognizing Daochen’s help, while his sudden rise leaves him with serious work ahead to strengthen his foundations.
• The Human Race becomes united in purpose, with its collective belief forming a shared Dao and its people embracing new hope and agency.
• Daochen is shown to be a sincere friend and protector of humanity, delighted by Fuxi’s success and seeking no reward. The humans’ gratitude is now expressed through worship.
• Fate watches Daochen’s reaction with puzzlement and considers the implications of the Human Race’s unexpected breakthrough.

Significant themes

• Unity and collective belief: The Human Path is formed from the shared convictions of the people.
• Sacrifice and perseverance: Fuxi’s years of labor, alongside the contributions of countless humans, make the breakthrough possible.
• Gratitude and loyalty: Fuxi and the people openly acknowledge Daochen’s support.
• Hope and self-determination: The Human Race gains its own Sagehood and a stronger means of protecting itself.
• Power versus preparation: Fuxi’s rapid advancement shows that bestowed power must still be matched by understanding and stable foundations.

Character interactions

• Fuxi’s oath inspires ordinary people—including elders, warriors, and children—to answer in kind, turning his personal pledge into a collective movement.
• The fortune golden dragon formally recognizes Fuxi’s achievement before the cheering Human Race.
• Daochen celebrates Fuxi’s success, while Fate silently studies his motives and the broader consequences.
• Fuxi honors Daochen publicly, and humans answer by bowing and pledging their faith to him.

Key plot points and events

• As the Human Race worships Daochen, their faith power strikes his soul. The Human Race’s fortune golden dragon declares him their Origin Sage, placing him under the protection of the Human Path and warning that anyone who harms him will be the race’s mortal enemy.
• Daochen accepts the title, and faith and merit pour into him. Seizing the rare opportunity, he begins breaking through toward the eighth heaven of the Saint Realm—a moment when he is especially vulnerable.
• Daochen makes sure Fate knows he is vulnerable, effectively testing whether Fate will attack. Fate considers killing him but decides they need to remain allies against the immensely powerful Heavenly Dao, now merged with Hongjun. Instead, Fate guards him, though he angrily warns Daochen not to betray him.
• A Quasi-Saint who lives nearby approaches, wanting Daochen to take his tribulation elsewhere. Unable to recognize Daochen or Fate, he mocks the sparrow-like Fate. Fate kills him instantly with five golden dragons, both out of anger and to prevent him from disturbing Daochen.
• The resulting energy draws nearby experts. Recognizing the Demon Emperor, they urge one another not to interfere and to withdraw. The Five-Colored Golden Luan Sparrow realizes they may be about to make an important decision.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen shows ambition and strategic caution: he pursues advancement while using his vulnerability to gauge Fate’s loyalty.
• Fate struggles between resentment and the need for unity. Though furious at Daochen’s manipulation, he chooses to protect him and acts decisively against a potential threat.
• The Human Race formally elevates Daochen to a sacred, protected status, strengthening their bond with him.
• The Quasi-Saint misjudges Fate and is swiftly killed; the arriving experts, by contrast, recognize Daochen and choose not to disrupt his breakthrough.

Significant themes

• Faith, merit, and power: collective devotion becomes a source of extraordinary strength and opportunity.
• Alliance amid distrust: Fate and Daochen remain wary of each other, yet their shared enemy forces cooperation.
• Power and vulnerability: Daochen’s breakthrough could greatly strengthen him, but the process exposes him to danger.
• Recognition and misjudgment: the Quasi-Saint’s failure to perceive who he is confronting proves fatal, while the other experts’ knowledge leads them to act cautiously.

Chapter summary

• The Sages rally around the Demon Emperor: As Daochen undergoes a dangerous breakthrough, Jieyin arrives to guard him and calls Zhunti for support. Laozi, Tongtian, and the other active Sages soon join them, determined to keep anyone from interrupting the tribulation.
• The Heavenly Dao reveals its intent: The Heavenly Dao returns, possessing Hongjun’s body and speaking through him. It admits that it intends to kill Daochen while he is vulnerable, fearing his eventual power. It threatens to strip the Sages of their positions unless they help.
• The Sages refuse to betray Daochen: Though they fear losing their Sage status and immortality, Tongtian rejects the demand, calling Daochen his brother and insisting the Heavenly Dao has no right to revoke their positions at will. The other Sages join his defiance.
• The Heavenly Dao attacks: Unable to persuade them, the possessed Hongjun creates five doppelgangers to occupy the Sages and advances on Daochen himself, believing he can kill him before the breakthrough is complete.
• The Human Race intervenes: Fuxi appears beside Daochen and declares that the Human Race—and its academy—will protect him. He identifies Daochen as a Sage and Origin Sage of the Human Race, arguing that the Heavenly Dao’s living incarnation has no authority to condemn him.

Character developments and interactions

• Jieyin and the other Sages show how strongly they value Daochen, rushing from seclusion and risking their status to protect him.
• Tongtian openly chooses loyalty to Daochen over self-preservation, and his defiance gives the other Sages courage to stand together.
• Fuxi and the Human Race repay Daochen’s past contributions by coming to his defense at a critical moment.
• The Heavenly Dao, through Hongjun, shifts from indirect opposition to open aggression, exposing its fear of Daochen’s future power.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and reciprocity: Allies from multiple groups rally around Daochen because of their bonds with him and what he has done for them.
• Authority versus conscience: The Sages reject the Heavenly Dao’s threats, insisting that power does not grant unlimited rights over them.
• Unity against tyranny: Sages and the Human Race unite despite their different affiliations to protect Daochen.
• Fear of rising power: The Heavenly Dao’s attempt to kill Daochen stems from anxiety about what he may become after breaking through.

Plot points and events

• Heavenly Dao Hongjun condemns the Human Race for intervening on Demon Emperor Daochen’s behalf, believing he had elevated and guided them. He insists that even great strength would not make them a match for him.
• Fuxi confronts Hongjun and reveals his former-life true form, dramatically increasing his power. He tears apart Hongjun’s lightning giant and demands that Hongjun withdraw.
• Hongjun explains that he intends to eliminate Daochen before the Demon Emperor becomes even harder to stop. He traps Fuxi in a folded-space illusion, but the Fortune Golden Dragon channels the Human Race’s Power of Faith to him. Fuxi uses the power to break free.
• Hongjun kills Fuxi with a swift strike, but Fuxi resurrects because he is a Sage of the Human Path, as long as the Human Race survives.
• Fuxi uses repeated resurrection to protect Daochen and sustain the formations he has placed around him. Hongjun realizes he may have to keep killing Fuxi—or focus directly on reaching Daochen—to overcome this defense.

Character developments and interactions

• Fuxi emerges as fiercely loyal and strategically resourceful. Though outmatched, he willingly endures repeated deaths to buy Daochen time and shield him.
• Hongjun reveals both confidence in his overwhelming power and a possessive sense of betrayal toward the Human Race. Fuxi’s persistence frustrates him and complicates his attack.
• The four Sages arrive while heading to congratulate the Human Race and help Daochen, though their contribution is limited. They initially fear for Fuxi, then see him resist Hongjun.
• The Fortune Golden Dragon responds to Fuxi’s call and supplies the Human Race’s Power of Faith, enabling Fuxi’s escape from Hongjun’s spatial trap.
• Fuxi and Hongjun move from verbal confrontation to direct combat, while Fuxi’s bond with the Fortune Golden Dragon becomes crucial to the defense of Daochen.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and sacrifice: Fuxi risks repeated death rather than abandon Daochen.
• Power and resistance: Hongjun’s immense strength is challenged not by matching it, but by Fuxi’s determination, resurrection, and tactical use of formations.
• Collective strength: The Human Race’s shared faith directly empowers Fuxi.
• Betrayal and entitlement: Hongjun sees the Human Race’s resistance as ingratitude, exposing his belief that his role as their benefactor entitles him to their obedience.

Key plot points and events

• Human Sovereign Fuxi uses the Human Race’s fortune to shield the Demon Emperor, Daochen, from Hongjun’s attack. Though Hongjun threatens to destroy the Human Race, Fuxi insists that protecting their benefactor is worth any cost.
• Fate mocks Hongjun for being opposed by the powerful beings around him. Hongjun warns Fate that the same allies might one day resist him; Fate dismisses the idea, though his confidence seems shaky.
• Hongjun reveals that he has detected Fate’s hidden Wild Beast army and takes control of it, sending the beasts against Daochen to drain the Human Race’s fortune.
• Fuxi calls on all humans to offer their faith and pray for Daochen, hoping their support will sustain him until his breakthrough.
• Daochen, still at the final stage of his breakthrough, awakens in a desperate need for more energy. He draws in ambient spiritual energy, then absorbs Fate’s power to continue pushing through the final barrier.
• Fate allows Daochen to take his power, knowing that Daochen is his only real chance against Hongjun. Daochen absorbs a vast amount, but then abruptly shrivels and becomes skeletal, ending the chapter on a cliffhanger.

Character developments

• Fuxi demonstrates unwavering loyalty and a willingness to sacrifice the Human Race’s fortune—and potentially himself—to protect Daochen.
• Hongjun proves resourceful and ruthless, exposing Fate’s preparations and using the Wild Beasts to pressure both Daochen and the Human Race.
• Fate remains aligned with Daochen out of necessity, despite his distrust and anger. He recognizes his dependence on Daochen but fears being betrayed.
• Daochen is consumed by the urgency of his breakthrough, acting almost without reason as he seeks energy. His sudden physical collapse raises uncertainty about whether he is succeeding or suffering a dangerous consequence.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and faith: The Human Race’s devotion to its benefactor drives Fuxi’s sacrifice and the people’s prayers.
• Power and dependence: Fate and the Human Race both expend their resources to help Daochen, while Fate’s alliance with him is driven by survival rather than trust.
• Political maneuvering and shifting alliances: Hongjun and Fate recognize that today’s cooperation may give way to future conflict.
• The cost of transformation: Daochen’s pursuit of breakthrough energy puts his body—and the allies supporting him—under extreme strain.

Character interactions

• Fuxi defies Hongjun directly, making clear that the Human Race will defend Daochen.
• Hongjun tries to unsettle Fate by suggesting that Fate could someday face the same opposition; Fate rejects the claim but appears uncertain.
• Hongjun taunts Fate by turning Fate’s concealed Wild Beasts against Daochen.
• Fuxi appeals to the Human Race for faith and prayer, while Fate reluctantly lets Daochen absorb his power, hoping Daochen will become strong enough to oppose Hongjun.

Plot points and events

• Demon Emperor Daochen completes his breakthrough to the Second Heaven Eighth Level, aided by Fate—but the process leaves Fate nearly incapacitated because Daochen consumes so much energy.
• Daochen tests his new strength against Heavenly Dao Hongjun. Hongjun quickly retreats after realizing Daochen is draining Heavenly Dao’s energy; to observers, it looks as though Daochen defeats him with one blow.
• Daochen’s breakthrough leaves the surroundings stripped of spiritual energy, and even the lightning disperses to avoid being absorbed.
• Fuxi congratulates Daochen on the Human Race’s establishment of the Human Path. The two praise one another, and the Human Race and demon race form an alliance.
• The four Sages offer future support and explain that the Lord of Fate had coerced them into inaction. Daochen accepts their explanation but remains wary of their opportunism.
• Fate reminds Daochen to return, since his continued presence could disrupt Fate’s plans to establish the Buddha and Immortal Realms. Daochen agrees, mindful of their arrangement and of the two young demon princes whom Fate can use as leverage.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen grows even more formidable, but his immense appetite for energy remains a vulnerability—and a source of comedy. He boasts that his strength is impossible to hide, while privately longing to drain more of Fate’s power.
• Fate is exhausted and resentful after fueling Daochen’s breakthrough. He avoids being consumed again by pretending to faint, then tactfully but firmly pushes Daochen to leave.
• Fuxi expresses genuine gratitude and friendship toward Daochen, presenting the Human Race’s alliance as a repayment for the Demon Emperor’s guidance.
• The four Sages seek to preserve their relationship with Daochen while defending their earlier inaction. Daochen judges them pragmatic allies rather than dependable friends.
• Hongjun retreats from Daochen rather than risk a prolonged clash, revealing the danger posed by Daochen’s ability to absorb Heavenly Dao energy.

Significant themes

• The Human Path secures the Human Race’s lasting strength and independence: its fortunes may rise and fall internally, but no outside power can rule over it.
• Power and dependence are intertwined: Daochen is overwhelmingly strong, yet relies on others’ energy and remains constrained by agreements and personal attachments.
• Trust, gratitude, and political self-interest shape alliances. Daochen values the Human Race’s reciprocity but expects the Sages to side with whoever holds power.
• The chapter balances epic cultivation and world-building with comedic bravado, especially through Daochen’s humblebragging and Fate’s comic exhaustion.

Plot points and events

• After the Demon Emperor returns to the Demon Realm, Fate brings the four remaining Sages—Jieyin, Zhunti, Maozi, and Tongtian—under his control again.
• Jieyin and Zhunti ask Fate to help them establish a Buddha Realm, hoping to create a domain of their own as Luo Hou did with the Demon Realm.
• Fate warns that creating a realm is dangerous and says he will need access to their power and origins. In return, the pair agree to establish a Hall of Fate in the Buddha Realm and welcome Fate’s worshippers.
• Fate proposes a further exchange: the Buddhist sect will use its strong faith to reinforce and remodel a puppet body made by Beast God Shen Ni, while Fate helps establish their realm.
• Fate reveals Shen Ni’s corpse, already strengthened by faith. Jieyin and Zhunti realize its durability—and the power it could give Fate—may rival the Demon Emperor’s. They begin to fear that Fate could become another Heavenly Dao-level force and regret their agreement.

Character developments and interactions

• Jieyin and Zhunti show ambition and pragmatism: despite their resentment of Fate’s control, they swallow their pride and make concessions because they lack the strength and allies to establish the Buddha Realm alone. Their confidence falters when they see the strengthened puppet.
• Fate is calculating and transactional. He presents realm creation as risky, secures access to the Sages’ power, and negotiates for Buddhist faith to strengthen his own weapon. He views the pair as useful, disposable subordinates.
• The Demon Emperor is mentioned as having returned to the Demon Realm under Fate’s pressure, while Fate’s growing power raises the possibility that even the Demon Realm may not remain beyond his reach.
• The exchange between Fate and the two Sages is outwardly cooperative but founded on mutual dependence and suspicion.

Significant themes

• Power and control: Fate keeps the Sages subordinate and seeks to expand his influence through their resources.
• Ambition and compromise: Jieyin and Zhunti accept a dangerous bargain because independence seems worth the cost.
• Faith as power: Buddhist devotion can strengthen physical vessels and potentially elevate Fate’s threat level.
• Unintended consequences: The Sages’ attempt to secure their own realm may help empower the very force they fear.

Plot points and events

• The Lord of Fate insists that Zhunti and Jieyin honor their agreement and use Buddhist believers’ faith to strengthen Shen Ni’s body. Though uneasy about being manipulated, the Sages comply because they still need Fate’s help to establish the Buddha Realm.
• They gather a vast crowd of Buddhist cultivators and order them to bless Shen Ni. The disciples obey without questioning why their faith is being used this way.
• As the blessings pour in, Shen Ni’s corpse becomes visibly stronger, astonishing the two Sages.
• Fate explains that Shen Ni was born with a chaos origin body, a divine body capable of surviving in Chaos and growing without limit. He expects faith to raise it to the pinnacle of the Saint Realm, potentially allowing him to manifest through it with power approaching—or perhaps surpassing—the Heavenly Dao.
• Fate reveals his deeper ambition: he hopes Shen Ni’s body might eventually help him defeat the Demon Emperor, Daochen, and perhaps even provide a path to taking Daochen’s body. He admits, however, that this plan has slim odds.
• Zhunti and Jieyin accept the explanation but press Fate not to neglect their own priority: establishing the Buddha Realm.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhunti and Jieyin begin to regret their bargain and resent Fate’s arrogance, but restrain themselves because they need his assistance. They reassure themselves that a Buddha Realm would give them a secure refuge and make them difficult to threaten.
• The Lord of Fate is domineering and self-satisfied, enjoying the chance to boast about Shen Ni’s potential and his own plans. He also envies the Sages’ large, unquestioning following.
• The Buddhist disciples are depicted as obedient followers who provide faith without understanding its purpose.
• Fate belittles the Sages’ limited talents; they respond with flattery while continuing to insist that their needs be addressed.

Significant themes

• Power and dependence: The Sages resent Fate’s control but accept it because they need his help.
• Faith as a resource: Believers’ devotion can empower a body, but it is also exploited by leaders.
• Ambition and manipulation: Fate treats Shen Ni as a vessel for his plans, including his long-shot hopes of challenging Daochen.
• Security through isolation: Zhunti and Jieyin see the Buddha Realm as a refuge that could protect them from their enemies.

Plot points and events

• Jieyin and Zhunti ask the Lord of Fate for help establishing the Buddha Realm. He says they will need support from other powerful figures, especially Demon Emperor Daochen.
• Although the Sages doubt Daochen will help after their past betrayals, Fate gives them a jade slip and tells them to take it to the Demon Realm. It contains images of Daochen’s sons, Qingchan and Qingxuan, in their current lives.
• On the journey, Jieyin and Zhunti suspect Fate may be manipulating them. They inspect the slip and are disturbed that he is using the boys to influence Daochen.
• Daochen receives the Sages, sees that his sons appear safe, and asks what Fate wants. Jieyin and Zhunti request his help founding the Buddha Realm.
• Daochen agrees readily, telling them to prepare and that he will join when needed.

Character developments

• Jieyin and Zhunti are anxious to establish the Buddha Realm but embarrassed to ask Daochen for help after betraying him. Their mistrust of Fate persists.
• The Lord of Fate reveals a pragmatic, manipulative streak: unable to intervene directly, he uses the jade slip to secure Daochen’s involvement.
• Daochen shows deep concern for his sons, but responds calmly and strategically. He helps the Sages while keeping their past conflict unresolved.

Character interactions

• Fate urges Jieyin and Zhunti to recruit powerful allies, then sends them to Daochen with the jade slip.
• The Sages approach Daochen cautiously and reluctantly make their request.
• Daochen reassures them that he will help, but refuses to hear their explanations or excuses. He says he understands why they came and leaves their future choices open.

Significant themes

• Pragmatism over grievance: Daochen sets aside resentment because greater conflicts lie ahead.
• Manipulation and leverage: Fate uses the princes’ images to prompt Daochen’s cooperation.
• Uneasy alliances and future choices: Daochen’s offer plants goodwill and hints that the Sages may someday have to choose sides in a larger war against Fate and the Heavenly Dao.

Key plot points and events

• Daochen presses Jieyin and Zhunti to recognize that Fate and the Heavenly Dao seek to control the Primordial World, and urges them to trust themselves rather than those powers.
• The two Sages give Daochen an ambiguous promise to help when the time comes, but say they must first establish the Buddha Realm under Fate’s guidance. Daochen accepts their immediate choice and promises to act when needed.
• After Jieyin and Zhunti leave, Daochen heads to the Human Race, intending to bring Fuxi into the unfolding events.
• Back at the Buddhist Sect, Fate asks what Daochen said. Zhunti reports that Daochen seemed to agree to help, though not wholeheartedly, while omitting his attempt to recruit them.
• Fate assumes Daochen is merely displeased and remains confident he will help, citing a trump card Daochen will find hard to refuse. He begins preparations with the Sages to create the Buddha Realm, anchored at Mount Sumeru.
• The chapter ends with Daochen observing Fuxi among the Human Race and reacting with astonishment; the cause is not yet revealed.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen is strategic and politically perceptive. Though he wants Jieyin and Zhunti on his side, he understands their dependence on Fate and does not force an immediate commitment.
• Jieyin and Zhunti remain cautious fence-sitters, balancing the risks of opposing Fate and the Heavenly Dao against their ambition to establish the Buddha Realm. They distrust Daochen’s judgment of them, yet still need his help.
• Fate misreads Daochen’s response as simple irritation and confidently proceeds with his own plan. His certainty suggests he believes he can compel Daochen’s cooperation.
• The Sages’ conversation with Daochen reveals their uneasy relationship: they flatter him and claim loyalty, while he sees through their evasiveness and reminds them of their vulnerability.

Significant themes

• Power and control: Fate and the Heavenly Dao seek to impose their rules on all existence, treating deviation as a threat.
• Ambition versus loyalty: Jieyin and Zhunti pursue advancement through the Buddha Realm while trying to preserve options with both sides.
• Trust and manipulation: Each faction withholds information or misjudges the others, leaving alliances uncertain.
• Self-reliance and resistance: Daochen urges the Sages to believe in their own strength rather than submit to powers that claim to govern everything.

Key plot points and events

• Fuxi reveals that he has cultivated many Human Race Quasi-Saints as potential Human Path Sages, hoping they can match the Sages of the Primordial World.
• Daochen praises the plan but warns that the Human Path’s future could be threatened if the Primordial World is destroyed. He proposes that the Human Race look beyond it and explore Chaos, which he believes may offer room to grow.
• Fuxi is intrigued and asks Daochen to help him investigate Chaos. Daochen suggests first testing Fuxi’s method by helping Xuanyuan and Shennong become Sages.
• With the Human Path and the Human Race’s Fortune Golden Dragon supporting him, Xuanyuan successfully becomes the Human Race’s War Sage. His Sage Position deepens his understanding of warfare and helps him refine his abilities.
• Xuanyuan’s power transforms, and his sword becomes a Sage weapon. He then disguises his Sage presence so completely that he appears to be only a Quasi-Saint.
• As Xuanyuan completes his breakthrough, signs of progress emerge on Shennong’s side.

Character developments and interactions

• Fuxi shows himself to be a bold strategist, confident that the Human Path can create Sages by granting them Sage Positions. Daochen’s suggestion expands his ambitions from defending the Human Race within the Primordial World to exploring Chaos.
• Daochen shifts from skepticism to astonishment when Fuxi’s plan succeeds. He also serves as a pragmatic adviser, urging Fuxi to test the method and consider a future beyond the Primordial World.
• Xuanyuan develops into the War Sage, drawing on his longstanding passion and expertise in warfare. He embraces the role of directing and leading the Human Race’s wars, while also demonstrating mastery of concealment.
• Shennong is positioned to attempt the same breakthrough, though the result is not yet shown.

Significant themes

• Human potential and self-determination: The Human Race has escaped its former limitations and can cultivate its own powerful path.
• Innovation and “cheating” the system: Fuxi’s method lets candidates gain Sage Positions first and then cultivate toward Sagehood—a shortcut with easier advancement but a weaker foundation.
• Adaptation and expansion: Daochen’s proposal reframes Chaos not as empty darkness but as a possible frontier for Human development.
• Warfare and deception: Xuanyuan’s War Sage identity embodies strategic skill, including hiding one’s true strength.

Key plot points and events

• Shennong awakens amid a miraculous growth of plants and reveals a gentle Sage power that heals nearby people, even erasing old scars.
• He declares himself the Human Race’s Medicine Sage, vowing to heal the sick and wounded with compassion. People recall that he had quietly helped them before, despite his gloomy appearance and habit of denying credit.
• The Human Race’s rapid rise in Sages alarms the Heavenly Dao. Hongjun tries to bring down Heavenly Punishment but cannot, because the Human Path protects the Human Race.
• Hongjun asks the Human Path to limit the number of Human Sages. Its fortune golden dragon refuses, recognizing that more Sages strengthen the Human Path.
• Hongjun then confronts Human Sovereign Fuxi. Fuxi argues that Human Sages belong to the independent Human Path, not the Heavenly Dao, and are Saint Realm experts rather than Primordial World Sages. Hongjun sees the logic but realizes that, in practice, these Sages are extremely difficult to eliminate.

Character developments and interactions

• Shennong is revealed as compassionate beneath his gloomy exterior. Public gratitude embarrasses him, and he promises to serve the Human Race more openly.
• Daochen praises Shennong’s kindness, reconciling his knowledge of Shennong’s past misdeeds with the healer’s compassion he witnesses.
• Hongjun shifts from attempted punishment to negotiation, then finds himself unable to control the Human Path or easily refute Fuxi’s argument.
• Fuxi calmly defends the Human Race’s right to establish its own Sages. The fortune golden dragon, though inexperienced, firmly refuses Hongjun’s demand.

Significant themes

• Compassion and service: Shennong’s Sagehood is defined by healing and care for all living beings.
• Human independence: The Human Path operates as a system of its own, resisting control by the Heavenly Dao.
• Power and loopholes: The Human Race uses the distinction between Human Path Sages and Heavenly Dao Sages to defend its growing strength, exposing limits in Hongjun’s authority.

Key plot points and events

• Heavenly Dao Hongjun demands that the Human Race restrict the emergence of its Human Path Sages, fearing their growing collective power could threaten the Heavenly Dao.
• The Demon Emperor, Daochen, rejects Hongjun’s authority over the Human Race and insists its affairs should be decided by strength. He challenges Hongjun to a fight, with the Human Race’s freedom to develop as the stake.
• Hongjun accepts, partly to test Daochen’s recently increased power. They move to Chaos to avoid damaging the Primordial World.
• Fuxi and other Human Race leaders prepare to support Daochen. Fuxi keeps most of them behind to guard their people, then goes to Chaos with Shennong and Xuanyuan.
• When the three arrive, Daochen and Hongjun are already fighting evenly. A stray shockwave nearly kills Fuxi, forcing the Human Sages to retreat and watch from a distance.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen acts as the Human Race’s protector, showing confidence in his strength and willingness to confront Hongjun on its behalf. He sees the fight as both a defense of the Human Race and a chance to test himself.
• Hongjun reveals that his concern is not merely principle: he fears that multiple Human Sages could escape Heavenly Dao control. Though furious at Daochen’s interference, he accepts the challenge rather than risk appearing weak.
• Fuxi recognizes Daochen’s support as an act of kinship and wants to repay it, but shows prudence by keeping the less powerful Human Race members out of the dangerous battlefield.
• Shennong, Xuanyuan, and the other Human Race members demonstrate loyalty and gratitude by offering to fight beside Daochen, though Fuxi assigns them to protect their people instead.

Significant themes

• Power and authority: Hongjun tries to regulate the Human Race to preserve Heavenly Dao control; Daochen counters that strength, not imposed jurisdiction, should determine the outcome.
• Collective independence: The Human Race’s growing number of Sages represents both its rising power and the possibility of breaking free from external control.
• Loyalty and reciprocity: Daochen’s defense of the Human Race inspires its leaders to stand by him.
• Caution amid ambition: Fuxi’s decision to prioritize the Human Race’s safety contrasts with the group’s eagerness to join the fight.

Key events

• Demon Emperor Daochen and Hongjun of the Heavenly Dao fight for an immense span of time without either gaining the upper hand.
• They pause when they sense Fate beginning to establish the Buddha Realm. Daochen negotiates a temporary restriction on Human Race Sages: Hongjun initially demands 125,000 years, but Daochen secures an agreement of 50,000.
• Fuxi proposes the shorter term, but Hongjun dismisses him with a casual blow that sends him crashing into the Primordial World. Xuanyuan and Shennong rush down to recover him.
• Daochen hurries to Mount Sumeru, where the Buddha Realm is nearly complete. He learns that Fate’s group used a spatial formation to divert the dangerous resentment amalgamations into Chaos—but the creatures shattered space and ended up in the Eastern Sea.
• Daochen and Fate set off to contain the threat. Jieyin and Zhunti remain at Mount Sumeru to finish stabilizing the Buddha Realm, while Hongjun watches from hiding and considers making matters worse.

Character developments and interactions

• Daochen shows both formidable strength and political concern for the Human Race, pressing for a manageable Sage restriction while avoiding a renewed fight with Hongjun.
• Hongjun remains overwhelmingly powerful and dismissive of Fuxi, though he accepts Daochen’s negotiated terms.
• Fuxi’s attempt to speak for the Human Race reveals his concern, but his encounter with Hongjun exposes the enormous gap between Human Sovereigns and top-tier Sages.
• Fate’s hurried, nervous confession reveals that his plan to redirect the resentment creatures went wrong. Daochen responds by quickly assessing the danger and taking action.
• Jieyin and Zhunti are anxious about the unusually powerful threat but cannot leave the unfinished Buddha Realm.

Significant themes

• Power and hierarchy: Even powerful Human Sovereigns are vulnerable before a Nine-Heavens Sage.
• Negotiation amid conflict: Daochen and Hongjun settle for a temporary compromise rather than risk an inconclusive battle.
• Responsibility and unintended consequences: Fate’s attempt to contain a threat has merely displaced it, leaving Daochen to handle the danger.
• Rising stakes: The possibility that each newly established realm brings stronger calamities hints at a growing threat to the Primordial World.