Chapter Summaries

Laozi and Yuanshi sought Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s help against Nuwa after she received the Human Dao, while Tongtian questioned Gu Changqing about yielding it to her. Hongjun agreed to call Nuwa to account in the Human Sect’s name.

• Laozi and Yuanshi decided they could not confront Nuwa alone and traveled to Zixiao Palace to ask Hongjun for help.
• Gu Changqing returned to the Interception Sect, and Tongtian summoned him to Biyou Palace to ask why he had given Nuwa the chance to wield the Human Dao.
• Gu Changqing said that wielding the Human Dao would interfere with his drinking and hinted that the Interception Sect’s Great Dao would soon emerge, though it would bring Tongtian a sight he dreaded.
• Laozi urged Hongjun to suppress Nuwa and defend the Profound Gate, accusing her of disloyalty.
• Hongjun said he already knew the Human Dao was in Nuwa’s hands and agreed to call her to account in the Human Sect’s name.

Nuwa gathered the power of the Human Dao and rose from the sixth heaven to the ninth heaven of Sage, but she could not break through further because the Human Sect’s karmic ties to humanity remained. Hongjun, Laozi, and Yuanshi confronted her and demanded that she surrender the Human Dao’s authority to the Heavenly Dao.

• Hongjun ordered Laozi and the other Sages to call Nuwa to account, and the Three Sages set out for Wa Huang Heaven.
• Nuwa took charge of the Human Dao, drawing its power into herself and advancing to the ninth heaven of Sage.
• Nuwa failed to reach the Hunyuan Limitless Daluo Golden Immortal realm and discovered through divination that the Human Sect’s ties to humanity blocked her from wielding the complete Human Dao.
• Nuwa considered abolishing the Human Sect despite the consequences for her relations with Laozi and Hongjun.
• Hongjun, Laozi, and Yuanshi arrived at Wa Huang Heaven, where Hongjun demanded that Nuwa surrender the Human Dao’s authority and merge it into the Heavenly Dao.

Nuwa rejected Hongjun’s attempt to bring the Human Dao under the Heavenly Dao, revealing that she had become a Hunyuan Sage beyond its control. She declared herself Lord of the Human Dao and abolished Laozi’s Human Sect, leaving Heaven and Earth in an uproar.

• Hongjun proposed that Nuwa make the Human Dao part of the Heavenly Dao, but Nuwa challenged the Heavenly Dao’s treatment of Humans.
• Nuwa revealed she had severed her Heavenly Dao Sage position and become a Hunyuan Sage, and Hongjun failed to summon heavenly punishment against her.
• Nuwa offered peace if the Heavenly Dao stopped harming Humans, but Laozi urged Hongjun to destroy her and claimed the Human Sect would oversee the Human Dao.
• Nuwa denounced Laozi’s Human Sect and declared herself Lord of the Human Dao.
• Nuwa proclaimed that the Human Sect lacked virtue, abolished it in the name of the Human Dao, and severed its ties with the Humans.

Nuwa severed the Human Sect’s karmic ties to humanity and shattered its stele, then defeated Laozi when he attacked her. Hongjun declared that Nuwa would die for betraying the Profound Gate.

• Nuwa used the Laws Heavenly Blade to shatter the Human Sect Stele on Shouyang Mountain and cut the Human Sect off from the human race.
• Xuandu realized that the Human Sect’s fortune and his own foundation had collapsed as living beings across the Primordial World reacted in shock.
• Tongtian asked Gu Changqing whether Nuwa’s decision had been part of his plan, and Gu Changqing claimed it had been her own choice while privately expressing satisfaction.
• Laozi attacked Nuwa with the Taiji Diagram, but Nuwa struck him with the Red Embroidered Ball, sent the diagram flying, and wounded him severely.
• Hongjun became enraged and threatened to kill Nuwa for betraying the Profound Gate.

Hongjun grievously wounded Nuwa after she abolished the Human Sect, and he prepared to kill her. Gu Changqing headed to Wa Huang Heaven as Houtu appeared to intervene, leaving Hongjun and Nuwa astonished.

• Hongjun attacked Nuwa with the Heavenly Dao's power, shattered Wa Huang Palace, and sent her flying despite her Red Embroidered Ball.
• Living beings and Tongtian feared Nuwa would fall, while Gu Changqing criticized her understanding of the Human Dao and sent divine sense toward the Underworld.
• Gu Changqing set out for Wa Huang Heaven, and Tongtian followed to protect him.
• Hongjun gathered a killing art and prepared a final strike against Nuwa.
• Houtu appeared before Hongjun and Nuwa, declaring that she would intervene and that he would have to overcome her to kill Nuwa.

Houtu intervened to protect Nuwa from Hongjun, then fought him in the Outer Chaos Region. After Gu Changqing gave Nuwa his wine, she sensed the method to condense the Hongmeng Sacred Sword, the symbol of the Lord of the Human Dao.

• Houtu, prompted by Gu Changqing, defied Hongjun and declared that she would protect Nuwa.
• Hongjun vowed to suppress Houtu and kill Nuwa, then met Houtu in the Outer Chaos Region to fight.
• Gu Changqing appeared in Wa Huang Heaven, and Nuwa thanked him for his help.
• Gu Changqing offered Nuwa his wine, restoring her magic power and revealing to her the method to condense the Hongmeng Sacred Sword.

Nuwa gathered humanity’s fortune, reestablished the Human Sect with Mount Shu as its anchor, and claimed its leadership, granting humanity a path to cultivate the Human Dao. As she and Gu Changqing watched, the long-awaited chaos supreme treasure began to form, appearing as three spirit treasures.

• Nuwa realized that holding the positions of Holy Mother of the Human Race, Leader of the Human Sect, and Hunyuan Sage would allow her to condense the Hongmeng Sacred Sword, and Gu Changqing urged her to act before Houtu fell to Hongjun.
• Nuwa gathered humanity’s fortune and manifested her Hunyuan Dao fruit, then declared the former Human Sect abolished and reestablished it with Mount Shu as the anchor of humanity’s fortune.
• Laozi protested Nuwa’s actions, but she ignored him and infused Mount Shu with the Human Dao’s power.
• Ji Ren and the Mount Shu disciples thanked Nuwa as humanity gained the right to cultivate its own Supreme Great Dao, separate from the Heavenly Dao.
• Nuwa and Gu Changqing watched as three spirit treasures appeared in the heavens, and Gu Changqing recognized that the chaos supreme treasure had taken shape.

Gu Changqing watched the Heaven-Refining Furnace, Four Treasures Precious Sword, and Creation Immortal Cauldron unite as the Hongmeng Sacred Sword, provoking the Heavenly Dao to unleash World-Destroying Divine Thunder. Nuwa broke through to the fifth heaven of the Hunyuan Limitless Daluo Golden Immortal realm and sent the sword to clash with the thunder, leaving the world frozen in suspense.

• The Heaven-Refining Furnace, Four Treasures Precious Sword, and Creation Immortal Cauldron merged into the Hongmeng Sacred Sword as Nuwa realized their true nature.
• The Heavenly Dao manifested and unleashed World-Destroying Divine Thunder, devastating the land and sending powerful experts fleeing.
• Gu Changqing pointed out that a Hunyuan Limitless Daluo Golden Immortal could withstand the catastrophe, and Nuwa sensed that her realm’s shackles had already broken.
• Nuwa advanced to the fifth heaven of the Hunyuan Limitless realm and told Laozi he was no longer worthy of her attention, leaving him enraged and shaken.
• Nuwa commanded the Hongmeng Sacred Sword to slash at the World-Destroying Divine Thunder, and their clash froze all living beings as they watched.

Nuwa empowered the Hongmeng Sacred Sword with the Human Dao and shattered the Heavenly Dao’s world-destroying lightning with one strike. As Hongjun prepared to protest, Gu Changqing emerged from the lightning unharmed, and Nuwa told him she could face the Heavenly Dao herself.

• Nuwa’s sword strike broke the first divine lightning bolt, prompting living beings to hope she could resist the Heavenly Dao.
• Hongjun condemned Nuwa and the Humans as ants while the Heavenly Dao expanded its lightning tribulation across the firmament.
• Nuwa called upon the Humans’ power, channeling the Human Dao into the Hongmeng Sacred Sword.
• Nuwa’s final strike split the sea of lightning and shattered the Heavenly Dao’s origin laws, leaving it unable to harm her.
• Gu Changqing flew out of the lightning unharmed, and Nuwa warmly told him she could face the Heavenly Dao without his help.

Gu Changqing revealed that he had faced the tribulation to collect lightning liquid for brewing wine, not to help Nuwa, while Hongjun confronted Nuwa over her opposition to him. Finding himself outmatched by Nuwa and Houtu, Hongjun withdrew with Laozi, who had failed to save the Human Sect.

• Nuwa thanked Gu Changqing for helping her, but he admitted he had only collected tribulation lightning liquid to brew wine, prompting laughter from the onlookers.
• Nuwa realized she had mistaken Gu Changqing’s intentions, while Tongtian was disappointed by his disciple’s obliviousness.
• Hongjun broke away from Houtu and confronted Nuwa, who calmly warned that he could no longer defeat her and Houtu together.
• Hongjun accused Nuwa of betraying the Profound Gate, but she remained silent and showed no sign of returning to their former relationship.
• Laozi protested that the Human Sect had been abolished, but Hongjun cut him off and departed with him.

After Hongjun and Laozi withdrew, Nuwa offered Gu Changqing the Human Dao as a path to Sagehood, but he declined and instead used his wine to establish humanity’s Five Emperors. The Five Emperors received the Human Dao’s recognition, and humanity bowed in thanks to Gu Changqing.

• Living beings marveled that Hongjun had been defeated and that the Earth and Human Daos could now challenge the Heavenly Dao.
• Nuwa thanked Houtu and Gu Changqing for their help, and she credited Gu Changqing’s guidance with helping her obtain the Hongmeng Sacred Sword.
• Nuwa offered Gu Changqing the chance to prove the Dao of Primordial Unity through the Human Dao, but he said he would rather gain merit as humanity flourished.
• Gu Changqing declared that Di Ku, Shaohao, Zhuanxu, Taihao, and Yao would become humanity’s Five Emperors and bestowed supreme cultivation upon them through his wine.
• The Human Dao recognized the Five Emperors, and humanity bowed in thanks to Gu Changqing.

Gu Changqing gathered humanity’s merit and unveiled the Stars Devouring Saints Method, drawing power from the stars as his aura surged. His new technique left even Tongtian, Nuwa, Houtu, and the other Sages shaken.

• Humanity’s fortune and prestige rose after the Five Emperors emerged, while Tongtian, Nuwa, and Houtu praised Gu Changqing’s influence and strength.
• Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti watched humanity’s growing fortune with envy but dared not seize it, while Laozi questioned Hongjun about their retreat to Zixiao Palace.
• Hongjun said they could not confront Nuwa and the others, and he feared the Hongmeng Sacred Sword and the rise of the Earth Dao and Human Dao.
• Merit descended upon the humans, and Gu Changqing summoned his Merit Golden Wheel to absorb it.
• Gu Changqing used the Stars Devouring Saints Method, drawing power from hundreds of millions of stars and terrifying the Sages.

Gu Changqing mastered the Stars Devouring Saints Method, a technique powerful enough to threaten Sages, and his display unsettled the Saints and their lineages. After Tongtian praised him, Gu Changqing borrowed Nuwa’s Hongmeng Sacred Sword, leaving everyone wondering what he planned to do next.

• Nuwa and Houtu recognized that Gu Changqing’s Stars Devouring Saints Method could suppress or even slay Sages, while Tongtian felt its force most strongly.
• Gu Changqing laughed beneath the Merit Golden Wheel and let his aura reach Zixiao Palace and the Saints’ Lineages, angering Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti.
• Jieyin privately took comfort in believing the Human and Chan Sects would be struck before the Western Buddhist Sect if Gu Changqing attacked.
• The Stars Devouring Saints Method reached full mastery, and its black starlight shattered space as Mighty Experts fled its reach.
• Tongtian admitted that Gu Changqing had surpassed him, and Gu Changqing claimed wine had inspired him.
• Gu Changqing asked Nuwa to lend him the Hongmeng Sacred Sword, and she handed it over as the onlookers anticipated another battle.

Gu Changqing used the Hongmeng Sacred Sword to sever heaven from earth and create a separate Human World Realm, free from interference by the Immortal and Divine Realm and the Netherworld. Hongjun and the Profound Gate Sages realized what he intended and descended to stop him.

• Gu Changqing announced that the Hongmeng Sacred Sword would sever the cloud stair, then slashed into the firmament and shattered its laws and order.
• Hongjun realized that Gu Changqing intended to separate the human and immortal realms and recreate a world for humans alone.
• Hongjun ordered Laozi, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti to stop Gu Changqing, and the sages set out to intervene.
• Gu Changqing explained that he was severing heaven from earth to establish three distinct realms and protect humanity from outside control.
• Hongjun, Laozi, Yuanshi, and the other Profound Gate Sages appeared and ordered Gu Changqing to stop.

Gu Changqing used the Hongmeng Sacred Sword and his Stars Devouring Saints Method to grievously wound four Sages with one strike. As Hongjun prepared to attack him, Houtu intervened while Nuwa worked to stabilize the Human World Realm.

• Hongjun, Laozi, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti attacked Gu Changqing as he was reshaping the order of the Three Realms.
• Gu Changqing unleashed the Hongmeng Sacred Sword and the Stars Devouring Saints Method, shattering the Sages' defensive treasures and grievously wounding Laozi, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti.
• Hongjun flew into a rage, raised the Creation Jade Disc, and prepared to kill Gu Changqing.
• Houtu leaped in to fight Hongjun and protect Gu Changqing from disruption.
• Nuwa sat among the humans and reshaped laws and order to stabilize the Human World Realm against the Heavenly Dao.

As Gu Changqing and Nuwa worked to sever humanity from the Heavenly Dao, Hongjun ordered the Three Sects to stop them. Gu Changqing prompted Tongtian to act, and Tongtian summoned the Immortal-Slaying Sword Array against the other sects, leaving Hongjun furious and the Four Saints uncertain.

• Gu Changqing's actions led onlookers to realize he was separating humanity from the Heavenly Dao and granting the human race transcendence.
• Hongjun, desperate to prevent Gu Changqing's success, ordered Laozi, Yuanshi, and the other saints to summon their disciples and deploy their sect arrays.
• The Three Sects' disciples gathered to attack, and Gu Changqing recognized that their arrays could threaten the unfinished Human World Realm.
• Gu Changqing recited a verse to Tongtian, who understood that he was being called upon to deploy the Immortal-Slaying Sword Array.
• Tongtian declared all bonds with Laozi and Yuanshi severed and raised the Immortal-Slaying Sword Array around the Three Sects, alarming the Four Saints and angering Hongjun.

The Interception Sect’s hundreds of thousands of disciples arrived to help Gu Changqing, overwhelming the Three Teachings with their numbers and momentum. Hongjun offered Gu Changqing a rank second only to his own, but Gu Changqing refused and unleashed his final sword strike, dividing the Three Realms as Hongjun erupted in rage.

• Tongtian realized Gu Changqing’s defiance had changed him and that the opposing side now had three Sages and the Immortal-Slaying Sword Array.
• Hundreds of thousands of Interception Sect disciples rushed from Golden Ao Island to aid Gu Changqing, including powerful figures such as Ancestor Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi.
• The Interception Sect disciples arrived and stared down the Three Teachings, whose disciples lost the contest of momentum.
• Hongjun stopped fighting Houtu and offered Gu Changqing a supreme rank second only to his own if he would stop.
• Gu Changqing rejected the offer and thrust out the Hongmeng Sacred Sword, unleashing his final strike and completing the division of the Three Realms.

Gu Changqing established the Human World Realm and severed its connection to the Heavenly Dao, prompting Hongjun to prepare to strike before Nuwa stepped in to protect him. The Heavenly Dao then drew Hongjun into its void, and as the Interception Sect celebrated its triumph, Gu Changqing began planning to brew wine for his own Dao-proving.

• Hongjun threatened Gu Changqing after the Human World Realm began circulating the Human Dao independently, but Gu Changqing drank wine and mocked him.
• Nuwa descended to Gu Changqing's side and vowed to fight to the death against anyone who harmed him, warning Hongjun and the other powerful figures.
• The Heavenly Dao opened above the Nine Heavens, sent down a Great Dao Golden Lotus, and carried the astonished Hongjun into its void.
• Gu Changqing joked that Hongjun had ascended, while Tongtian worried about the Heavenly Dao's intervention; Nuwa, Houtu, and the others laughed.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, and the other Four Saints fled, the Jie Sect Disciples cheered, and Gu Changqing resolved to brew wine to prove the Dao of Primordial Unity.

Gu Changqing examined the World-Destroying Tribulation’s lightning liquid and considered gathering more treasures to prepare for proving the Dao of primordial unity. As Nuwa and Houtu departed, he asked to accompany Houtu to the Underworld, hoping to brew wine with Wangchuan River water.

• Gu Changqing studied the black tribulation lightning liquid and planned to use it to better understand the Heavenly Dao and strengthen his chances of proving the Dao.
• The Jie Sect Disciples and other onlookers celebrated Gu Changqing’s creation of the Human World Realm.
• Nuwa returned to Wa Huang Heaven to enter seclusion and strengthen human dao power.
• Houtu promised to support Gu Changqing and the Interception Sect, then prepared to return to the Underworld.
• Gu Changqing asked to accompany Houtu and told Tongtian he wanted to try brewing wine with Wangchuan River water.

Gu Changqing entered the Underworld with Houtu to cultivate his Supreme Great Asura Manual using the Wangchuan River. Meanwhile, the Four Saints feared Gu Changqing and decided to wait for Dao Ancestor Hongjun to emerge from seclusion.

• Gu Changqing said he intended to brew wine with Wangchuan River water, then set off for the Underworld with Houtu.
• The Four Saints gathered in the Jade Void Palace and lamented their defeat and the destruction of the original Human Sect.
• Yuanshi asked whether they could still eliminate Gu Changqing, but the Four Saints admitted they feared retaliation from Nuwa and Houtu.
• Zhunti suggested they wait for Dao Ancestor Hongjun to emerge from seclusion, and the other Saints agreed.
• Gu Changqing stood above the Wangchuan River and sensed that its sinister sights and Dao rhythm could help him master the Supreme Great Asura Manual.