Chapter Summaries

Ji Ren visited Gu Changqing to ask about the coming Human Emperor, but Gu Changqing trusted fate to choose the ruler and dismissed the Human Sect’s attempt to seize the position. In Wa Huang Heaven, Nuwa sensed that she might soon reunite with her brother Fuxi.

• Gu Changqing welcomed Ji Ren to Golden Ao Island and praised him for becoming a Quasi-Saint.
• Ji Ren told Gu Changqing that a Human Emperor was destined to emerge and asked for his guidance.
• Gu Changqing said they should let fate decide who would take the Human Emperor Position.
• Ji Ren revealed that Xuandu had secretly entered human lands, apparently seeking the position for the Human Sect.
• Gu Changqing said the Human Sect’s schemes would come to nothing because Fuxi was destined to become the first Human Emperor.
• Nuwa awoke from meditation and wondered whether she would finally meet her brother Fuxi again.

Nuwa strengthened the human race to hasten the Human Emperor's emergence, while Gu Changqing watched the Sages' plans unfold without intervening. In Jade Void Palace, Laozi and Yuanshi welcomed Xuandu and the human youth they believed was the heaven-appointed Human Emperor, who identified himself as Xi Huang.

• Nuwa sent Sage radiance to the human race, increasing its fortune and making the Human Emperor's emergence clearer.
• Ji Ren told Gu Changqing that Nuwa had intervened, but Gu Changqing remained relaxed and watched for the Sages' next moves.
• Laozi and Yuanshi welcomed Nuwa's actions, believing her power would add to their fortune and merit while giving them a chance to make her pay.
• Xuandu brought a human youth to Jade Void Palace, and Laozi and Yuanshi recognized his extraordinary destiny as that of the Human Emperor.
• Laozi asked the youth his name, and he respectfully replied that he was Xi Huang.

Laozi and Yuanshi used the Human and Chan Sects’ fortune to help Xi Huang claim the Human Emperor position. The Heavenly Dao announced the Human Emperor’s emergence to all living beings, and Laozi and Yuanshi publicly pledged their support.

• Xi Huang accepted Laozi and Yuanshi’s offer to help him become the Human Emperor.
• Laozi and Yuanshi invoked the Heavenly Dao’s power and poured their sects’ fortune into Xi Huang.
• Humanity’s fortune surged, prompting powerful beings to marvel at its rise and regret not supporting it earlier.
• A rift opened above the Nine Heavens, and the Heavenly Dao proclaimed that the Human Emperor had emerged.
• Laozi and Yuanshi announced across the heavens that they would assist humanity, stirring an uproar among living beings.

Laozi and Yuanshi helped Xi Huang become a Human Emperor, prompting the Interception Sect and Ji Ren to urge Gu Changqing to intervene. Gu Changqing stayed calm and let the event unfold, while Xi Huang rose to the early Quasi-Saint realm and the two Sages celebrated their apparent success.

• Laozi and Yuanshi appeared as Xi Huang's Human Emperor Dao Fruit formed, leading observers to suspect they were trying to seize humanity's fortune.
• Duobao, Jin Ling, and the other disciples gathered at Gu Changqing's cave abode and urged him to stop Laozi and Yuanshi, while Ji Ren begged his master to protect humanity.
• Gu Changqing dismissed their worries, said they should thank Laozi and Yuanshi, and told everyone to let events unfold.
• Xi Huang absorbed the heavenly power, completed his Human Emperor Dao Fruit, and reached the early Quasi-Saint realm.
• Laozi and Yuanshi laughed with satisfaction as their plan appeared to succeed.

Nuwa intervened when Xi Huang was about to accept Xuandu as his master, striking Xuandu down and challenging Laozi and Yuanshi. She declared that Xi Huang was her elder brother, leaving all living beings stunned.

• The Humans worshipped Xi Huang as their Human Emperor, and their gathered fortune formed a Divine Seal above him.
• Xuandu demanded that Xi Huang become his disciple in the Human Sect, and Xi Huang began to accept.
• Nuwa descended and grievously wounded Xuandu with a single strike.
• Laozi and Yuanshi accused Nuwa of interfering with their efforts to elevate Xi Huang and claim him for their sects.
• Nuwa asked what right they had to take her elder brother as their disciple.

Nuwa claimed that Xi Huang was her long-dead elder brother Fuxi, challenging Laozi and Yuanshi’s effort to secure the Human Emperor’s fortune. She pointed to Gu Changqing’s role in the matter, and he appeared without revealing what he had done.

• Nuwa declared that Xi Huang was her elder brother, prompting the crowd to question how Fuxi could have survived his death at Houtu’s hands.
• Yuanshi confronted Laozi over his role in the plan, while Laozi denied knowing Xi Huang’s identity and accused Nuwa of seeking the Human Emperor’s fortune.
• Interception Sect disciples wondered whether Gu Changqing had anticipated Nuwa’s intervention, but he remained silent and watched the confrontation.
• Nuwa addressed Gu Changqing and said it was time to reveal what he had done, unsettling Laozi and Yuanshi.
• Gu Changqing appeared with his Wine Gourd and complained that Nuwa was making others resent him, while Nuwa thanked him publicly for his kindness.

Gu Changqing revealed that Xi Huang was Fuxi and restored Fuxi’s memories with wine, while Nuwa kept Laozi from interfering. Fuxi recognized his past and reunited emotionally with his sister, Nuwa.

• Gu Changqing told Xi Huang that they had met thousands of years earlier and explained that he had once used wine to nourish Fuxi’s surviving true spirit.
• Laozi tried to stop Gu Changqing’s wine from reaching Xi Huang, but Nuwa struck him with the Red Embroidered Ball and drove him back.
• The wine entered Xi Huang’s Sea of Consciousness and restored memories of his life as Fuxi, including the Demon Court and the Witch-Demon wars.
• Fuxi recited the Primordial Eight Trigrams, confirming his identity to the gathered beings.
• Fuxi turned to Nuwa and called her his little sister, and they trembled with emotion at their reunion.

Nuwa and Fuxi reunited after Gu Changqing revealed that Fuxi had been secretly reincarnated and cultivated anew. Fuxi thanked Gu Changqing and vowed to protect the Humans, while Laozi and Yuanshi grew furious at being deceived.

• Nuwa joyfully reunited with Fuxi, who regretted ignoring her warnings and becoming entangled in the Witch-Demon Tribulation.
• Dijiang, Xuanming, Zhurong, and the other Ancestral Witches realized Gu Changqing had arranged Fuxi's reincarnation, while Houtu showed jealousy over Nuwa's gratitude toward him.
• Fuxi thanked Gu Changqing for giving him a new life, and Gu Changqing told him to prove worthy of being Human Emperor.
• Fuxi vowed to protect the Humans and discreetly challenged Laozi and Yuanshi's attempts to seize their fortune.
• Yuanshi, enraged by Gu Changqing's actions, unleashed a Sage's pressure and demanded to know whether Gu Changqing had made fools of them.

Gu Changqing revealed that Laozi and Yuanshi had unknowingly empowered Xi Huang, who was Fuxi, and calmly rejected Yuanshi’s demand for half of Human fortune. Ji Ren and Fuxi refused to let the Saints claim it, leaving Laozi furious as Tongtian prepared to protect Gu Changqing.

• The Interception Sect realized Gu Changqing had let Laozi and Yuanshi invest their lineages’ fortune in Xi Huang, while Tongtian watched the dispute and prepared to protect his disciple.
• Gu Changqing dismissed Yuanshi’s accusation, saying the Humans had never asked the two martial uncles to intervene.
• Yuanshi demanded half of Human fortune as compensation for his and Laozi’s support of Fuxi’s rise.
• Gu Changqing thanked Laozi and Yuanshi for their contribution but told them to ask the Humans about dividing their fortune.
• Ji Ren and Fuxi declared that outsiders would never be allowed to take Human fortune, and Laozi angrily called them ants who dared defy him.

Laozi and Yuanshi tried to kill Gu Changqing after their attempt to seize the human race’s fortune failed, while Nuwa fought Yuanshi to protect him. Tongtian arrived to stop them, but Laozi summoned the Heaven-Shaking Coffin.

• Laozi denounced the humans as ants and fixed his murderous gaze on Gu Changqing, who dismissed the confrontation and started to leave for the Interception Sect.
• Yuanshi attacked Gu Changqing with Jade Purity Immortal Light, but Nuwa struck back with the Red Embroidered Ball, forcing Yuanshi to defend himself with the Pangu Banner.
• Yuanshi urged Laozi to kill Gu Changqing, and Laozi agreed, unleashing a fierce aura as both Sages prepared to attack.
• Tongtian flew from Golden Ao Island and ordered Laozi and Yuanshi to stop.
• Laozi called out the Heaven-Shaking Coffin, and blood-red light engulfed the sky.

Laozi unleashed the Heaven-Shaking Coffin and trapped Gu Changqing inside, leading Tongtian to erupt in fury. Tongtian charged Laozi and Yuanshi with the Qingping Sword and pierced both Sages, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Laozi revealed that he had used the Heaven-Shaking Coffin to imprison Gu Changqing, while Tongtian and Nuwa failed to dispel its bloody light.
• Tongtian could no longer sense Gu Changqing and realized his disciple was sealed inside the coffin.
• Laozi and Yuanshi celebrated, believing Gu Changqing would remain sealed forever after forty-nine days.
• Furious over Gu Changqing's imprisonment, Tongtian charged with the Qingping Sword and pierced through Laozi's and Yuanshi's Dao Bodies.

Tongtian, Nuwa, and Houtu threatened to destroy Laozi and Yuanshi’s forces unless they released Gu Changqing from the Heaven-Shaking Coffin. As Houtu and the Eleven Ancestral Witches joined the standoff, Laozi and Yuanshi hesitated, and another change arose in the Nine Heavens.

• Tongtian wounded Laozi and Yuanshi with a sword strike and demanded they release Gu Changqing or face death.
• Tongtian summoned the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords and threatened to unleash the Immortal-Slaying Sword Array when Yuanshi refused to release Gu Changqing.
• Nuwa struck Kunlun Mountain and warned Yuanshi she would wipe out the Chan Sect if Gu Changqing died.
• Houtu arrived with the Eleven Ancestral Witches, threatened to cast Laozi and Yuanshi into the Animal Realm Path, and promised to summon the Father God Phantom if they refused.
• Laozi and Yuanshi fell silent and hesitated as a sudden change arose high in the Nine Heavens.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun sided with Laozi and Yuanshi and ordered Tongtian and Nuwa to withdraw, but they joined Houtu in battle against him and the other Sages. Inside the Heaven-Shaking Coffin, Gu Changqing remained calm and unimpressed.

• Hongjun appeared alongside Jieyin and Zhunti and declared that Gu Changqing deserved his fate, demanding that Tongtian and Nuwa return to their cultivation grounds.
• Houtu accused Hongjun and the Sages of plotting to trap Gu Changqing with the Heaven-Shaking Coffin.
• Tongtian refused to retreat and unleashed the Immortal-Slaying Sword Array against the coffin.
• Nuwa and Houtu joined Tongtian, and the battle of the Sages devastated heaven and earth.
• Inside the Heaven-Shaking Coffin, Gu Changqing examined his prison and remarked that it was nothing special.

Gu Changqing endured the Heaven-Shaking Coffin’s baleful qi and used his wine to purify it, then began comprehending the laws and order left by the Three Thousand Great Dao Demon Gods. Outside, Nuwa and Tongtian fought Hongjun’s allies to protect him, with Tongtian overpowering Laozi and Yuanshi as Yuanshi vowed to keep fighting unless Gu Changqing died.

• Gu Changqing drank his wine to resist the resentment and baleful qi within the Heaven-Shaking Coffin, and decided to study the remnants of the Demon Gods.
• Gu Changqing poured wine through the coffin, dispelling the blood-red baleful qi and revealing the laws and Chains of Order beneath it.
• Gu Changqing sat amid the revealed laws and extended his divine sense to comprehend the Great Dao.
• Nuwa fought Jieyin and Zhunti in the Outer Chaos Region, while Tongtian used the Immortal-Slaying Sword Array to suppress Laozi and Yuanshi.
• Tongtian demanded that Laozi and Yuanshi release Gu Changqing and threatened to fight them to the death, but Yuanshi refused and vowed not to stop unless Gu Changqing died.

Yuanshi and Laozi kept Tongtian occupied while Randeng and other Chan Sect members strengthened the Heaven-Shaking Coffin to seal Gu Changqing. Houtu and the Eleven Ancestral Witches attacked Kunlun Mountain with the Dutian Divine Fiends Formation, as distant onlookers wondered whether Gu Changqing had already been sealed.

• Yuanshi ordered Randeng and the Antarctic Immortal to guard the Heaven-Shaking Coffin and refine Gu Changqing inside it.
• Randeng and the others poured deathly energy into the Heaven-Shaking Coffin while Laozi and Yuanshi prevented Tongtian from intervening.
• Houtu called on Dijiang and the other Eleven Ancestral Witches to kill the Chan Sect Disciples and protect Gu Changqing.
• Dijiang deployed the Dutian Divine Fiends Formation, and the Pangu Phantom struck Kunlun Mountain with the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe.
• Tongtian intensified his Sword Array battle against Laozi and Yuanshi as the Chan Sect Disciples pleaded for protection.
• Living beings watching from afar feared another world-shattering catastrophe and questioned whether the Heaven-Shaking Coffin had already sealed Gu Changqing.

As the battle to save Gu Changqing escalated, Fengdu, Xihe, and Changxi joined the Interception Sect against Yuanshi and the forces backing him. Inside the Heaven-Shaking Coffin, Gu Changqing awoke from a drunken sleep, radiating even greater power.

• The onlookers believed Gu Changqing had been killed inside the Heaven-Shaking Coffin as the Interception Sect mourned him and intensified its attack on the Chan Sect's Sect-Protecting Array.
• Fengdu announced that he would help rescue Gu Changqing, while Xihe and Changxi arrived from the Taiyin Star and joined the fight.
• Haotian and Yaochi gathered the Zhoutian Authority to bolster Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the Four Saints, raising fears that the battle would destroy the Primordial Great World.
• Inside the Heaven-Shaking Coffin, Gu Changqing woke from a drunken sleep with brilliant light in his eyes and greater power than before.

Gu Changqing gained fragments of the Great Dao’s laws while imprisoned in the Heaven-Shaking Coffin and chose to master them before trying to escape. Outside, the Eleven Ancestral Witches and their allies shattered the Chan Sect’s protective array, and Dijiang began the slaughter of its disciples.

• Gu Changqing absorbed fine wine and used it to imprint fragments of the three thousand Great Daos’ laws into his body and origin.
• Gu Changqing decided to master the laws he had comprehended before attempting to break free of the Heaven-Shaking Coffin.
• The Interception Sect disciples, Fengdu, Xihe, Changxi, and the Eleven Ancestral Witches attacked Kunlun Mountain and broke the Chan Sect’s Sect-Protecting Array with the Pangu Phantom’s axe.
• Yuanshi threatened Dijiang and the others after the barrier fell, but Dijiang rejected his warning.
• Dijiang stomped on the ground and sent surging power into the Chan Sect disciples, killing tens of thousands of ordinary disciples and beginning the massacre.

The Witch Clan and Xihe and Changxi slaughtered the Chan Sect disciples on Kunlun Mountain, and Dijiang killed Grand Master Lingbao as Yuanshi raged helplessly. Inside the Heaven-Shaking Coffin, Gu Changqing finished integrating the laws he had comprehended and announced that it was time to leave, turning everyone's attention to the coffin.

• Dijiang and Zhurong killed many Chan Sect disciples with their attacks, while Xihe and Changxi froze others with supreme yin energy.
• Yuanshi demanded that Tongtian stop the attackers, but Tongtian refused, and Dijiang vowed to bury the Chan Sect alongside Gu Changqing.
• Dijiang charged Guangchengzi and the others and killed Grand Master Lingbao with a single punch.
• Duobao, Jin Ling, and the other disciples gathered around the Heaven-Shaking Coffin and poured their power into dispelling its baleful qi to protect Gu Changqing.
• Gu Changqing opened his eyes after integrating the laws of the Three Thousand Great Daos, heard his fellow disciples' voices, and said it was time to leave.

Gu Changqing revealed that he had survived inside the Heaven-Shaking Coffin because he had been drunk and asleep, but Laozi and Yuanshi insisted the coffin would eventually kill him. After Tongtian failed to break it from outside, Gu Changqing readied the God-Slaying Spear to attack the seal from within.

• Gu Changqing answered Duobao from inside the Heaven-Shaking Coffin, explaining that he had drunk too much and fallen asleep, and his allies rejoiced that he was alive.
• Yuanshi claimed the coffin's baleful qi would eventually destroy Gu Changqing, while Laozi remained confident he could not escape.
• Tongtian struck the Heaven-Shaking Coffin with the Immortal-Slaying Sword Array, but the coffin's shell endured the attack.
• Tongtian urged Gu Changqing to use the God-Slaying Spear, and Gu Changqing, already holding it, thrust the spear forward.

Trapped inside the Heaven-Shaking Coffin, Gu Changqing struck it with the God-Slaying Spear and managed only to crack it before its demonic resentment repaired the damage. As Tongtian prepared to fight Laozi and Yuanshi, Gu Changqing announced another attack with his sword.

• Gu Changqing unleashed the God-Slaying Spear from inside the Heaven-Shaking Coffin, making the coffin tremble and its baleful qi surge.
• The spear strike cracked the coffin, but it did not break it or free Gu Changqing.
• Laozi and Yuanshi declared that the coffin could repair itself, and its bloody qi restored the crack.
• Tongtian, Nuwa, and the other Sages grew more alarmed, while Tongtian prepared to attack Laozi and Yuanshi.
• Gu Changqing called out the ninth form of his Sword Nine Divine Ability, “Noble Steed and Yellow Wine, Six Thousand Miles,” and launched a slash.