Chapter Summaries

Aulisel presented the God Blood into Mortal World Plan, which would let Divine Clan members live mortal lives in the Sixth Epoch and recover their experiences afterward. After Li Xiaowa warned them not to interfere with the civilization’s development, the Gods agreed to leave their God Blood for the plan.

• Aulisel explained that God Blood Avatars would live mortal lives in different periods of the Sixth Epoch and return their experiences to their original selves after death.
• Aulisel set the number of God Blood drops each Divine Clan member could leave according to their strength.
• Li Xiaowa told the Gods to let the Sixth Epoch’s civilization develop by its own will and not to interfere with its course.
• Jiang Yang considered that experiencing a mortal life might help his cultivation at the Sixth Step.
• Aulisel invited the Gods to follow her and leave their God Blood for the future.

Aulisel and Li Xiaowa brought the gods to see the God Blood Creation Device, which Qing Fengxi demonstrated by placing Ice Phoenix God Blood into a Snow Vulture egg. The gods began contributing their own blood so the device could send it into the future, with Jiang Yang volunteering first.

• Aulisel and Li Xiaowa led the gods from the Research Hall to the enormous God Blood Creation Device.
• Qing Fengxi activated the device and showed the gods a golden ray striking a Snow Vulture egg.
• An Ice Phoenix hatched from the egg, then became an ordinary Snow Vulture with unusually intelligent eyes.
• Qing Fengxi explained how the device placed God Blood into mortal embryos and warned that its births could produce strange phenomena.
• Qing Fengxi invited the gods to give their blood, and Jiang Yang stepped forward first and offered nine drops, each containing a sliver of dormant consciousness.

The gods completed the God-Blood Genesis Plan by contributing their blood essence before preparing to leave the world. Jiang Yang proposed moving the Mount Tai divine beasts to Kunlun, where Filiya would serve as their Guardian and the Divine Clan’s refuge would be established.

• Jiang Yang noticed Zeus’s God Blood was missing, and Qing Fengxi explained that releasing it would greatly affect the world; Artemis joked that Zeus’s bloodline would eventually dominate it.
• Qing Fengxi stored the gods’ God Blood in the God Blood Creation Device, with her own blood planned as the first to be released into the mortal world.
• Aulisel announced that the Divine Clan would soon leave the world, and Li Xiaowa told the gods to remove all traces of their technology before departing.
• Li Xiaowa asked Jiang Yang to arrange the Mount Tai Divine Court’s divine beasts, and Jiang Yang proposed moving them to Kunlun under Filiya’s protection, with Yao as their Overseer.

A thousand years later, the Gods prepared to leave Earth for Mayi World, and Jiang Yang chose Filiya to rule Kunlun and protect the world in his absence. The Gods departed with Filiya crowned Queen Mother of the West, while she promised to join them once she reached the fifth step.

• The Gods gathered at the Divine Clan's camp in the Far North before setting out for Mayi World.
• Jiang Yang approached Filiya, who would remain on Earth, and entrusted the planet to her.
• Jiang Yang crowned Filiya Kunlun's God King and ordered the Divine Clan members staying behind to support her.
• Jiang Yang gave Filiya the Queen Mother of the West's Crown, which protected her from arts below the sixth step.
• Filiya accepted the crown and promised to go to Mayi World once she cultivated to the fifth step.

Jiang Yang gave Feng Luobin a magic mirror before leading the Divine Clan away from Earth into another space-time. As the gods departed, observers across distant realms reacted to the cycle of epochs and the coming tribulation.

• Jiang Yang asked Feng Luobin to support Filiya and gave her a magic mirror to protect herself.
• Jiang Yang looked across Earth and addressed the gods, promising they would return when great calamity threatened Earth in the Sixth Epoch.
• The Divine Clan departed Earth in seven pillars of light, and a young man in blue named the moment the Twilight of the Gods.
• A white-eyed figure on a Radiant Holy Mountain said their arrangements should proceed according to plan after the Divine Clan left.
• An old Daoist remarked that the Fifth Epoch had also departed and mentioned the immeasurable tribulation, while a woman in red said she looked forward to what was coming.

A thousand years after the gods departed, Filiya approved the first God-Blood Genesis to guide humanity, and Yao sent Qing Fengxi and Li Xiaowa to the Mortal Realm. Their lights entered a Huaxu girl at Thunder Marsh, leaving her with a strange feeling in her belly.

• Suiren discovered how to drill Sui Wood to make fire, helping human tribes improve their lives.
• Yao asked Filiya to approve the first God-Blood Genesis because human tribes faced danger, isolation, and declining populations.
• Filiya approved Qing Fengxi’s Genesis and agreed that Li Xiaowa should be introduced with him.
• Yao activated the God Blood Creation Device, sending two streaks of light toward the Mortal Realm.
• A Huaxu girl fell into a giant footprint-shaped pit at Thunder Marsh, where the two lights entered her belly and two serpent-bodied figures briefly appeared in the sky.

Feng Fuxi united the tribes of the Great River Basin, created the dragon totem, and regained his memories at twenty-eight, revealing his identity as Qing Fengxi to Feng Nüxi, who called herself Nuwa. They established humanity’s marriage customs, and nine generations of Fuxi led the tribe in peace until the Shennong Tribe rose a thousand years later.

• Huaxu gave birth to twins, naming the boy Feng Fuxi and the girl Feng Nüxi, while Yao arranged for Feng Fuxi’s memories to awaken at twenty-eight.
• Feng Fuxi invented fishing nets, helping the Huaxu Clan feed its growing population, while Feng Nüxi quietly supported him.
• After becoming chief, Feng Fuxi welcomed other tribes, formed the Fuxi Clan, created the dragon totem, and united many tribes under his alliance.
• When Feng Fuxi turned twenty-eight, his memories returned and he identified himself as Qing Fengxi; Feng Nüxi revealed that she was Nuwa.
• Feng Fuxi and Feng Nüxi married, established marriage customs, and had no children, while later leaders inherited the name Fuxi.
• Nine generations of Fuxi ruled in peace until the Shennong Tribe rose a thousand years later.

A thousand years after Fuxi and Nuwa’s deaths, Jiang Yang was born as Jiang in the declining Fuxi Tribe, carrying a fragment of Jiang Yang’s consciousness in a mortal body. He grew into a strong, gifted child, and the chapter ended with the tribe panicking after a Nine-Headed Monster appeared in its western hunting grounds.

• A heavenly sign heralded Jiang’s birth, and Eighth-Generation Fuxi became his father.
• Jiang Yang observed the primitive tribe and chose to live his mortal life without changing its course.
• At six, Jiang Yang made a small bow and arrows from beast sinew and a thousand-year-old tree, then quickly mastered archery.
• When Jiang was seven, only five of the Fuxi Tribe’s twenty hunters returned from an expedition and reported a nine-headed beast.
• The tribe learned that the Nine-Headed Monster had appeared west of its territory, and panic kept people out of the Great Wilderness Forest.

The Fuxi Tribe decided to seek help from the Luo River Goddess against a huge nine-headed beast that threatened the tribe. After Great Shaman Zhu prayed at the river, the goddess answered and appeared before them.

• Great Shaman Zhu warned Eighth-Generation Fuxi that fighting the enormous nine-headed beast could cause heavy casualties, so the tribe decided to seek divine help.
• Eighth-Generation Fuxi and Great Shaman Zhu led the Fuxi Tribe to the Luo River at dawn, with seven-year-old Jiang following his mother.
• Great Shaman Zhu invoked the Luo River Goddess and asked her to drive out the invading beast.
• The goddess Feng Luobin heard the prayer in her Water Palace and decided to visit the tribe after a thousand years.
• Feng Luobin emerged from the Luo River, and Great Shaman Zhu bowed to greet her as the tribespeople stared in amazement.

The Luo River Goddess, Feng Luobin, offered the Fuxi Tribe a way to face the Nine-Headed Fierce Beast by presenting an awakened divine artifact. She chose Jiang Yang to wield the Sword in the Stone, leaving him to answer her question about his name before the assembled tribe.

• The Luo River Goddess told Eighth-Generation Fuxi that she could help only after confirming the Nine-Headed Fierce Beast possessed supernatural power.
• Feng Luobin recognized Jiang Yang as her divine master reincarnated, and he signaled her not to reveal his identity.
• Feng Luobin told the Fuxi Tribe that a divine artifact had awakened and that its chosen wielder was among them.
• Feng Luobin summoned the Sword in the Stone and walked through the crowd to Jiang Yang.
• Feng Luobin asked Jiang Yang his name, and he answered, "Jiang!"

Feng Luobin gave Jiang Yang the Stone Sword and forged him ten divine arrows to prepare him to lead the Fuxi Tribe against the Nine-Headed Fierce Beast. The tribe rallied behind him after the Luo River Goddess departed, and Jiang Yang called them to slay the beast.

• Feng Luobin presented Jiang Yang with the Stone Sword, and he accepted it before the Fuxi Tribe.
• Feng Luobin made ten divine arrows and a quiver from a Jianmu branch and gave them to Jiang Yang.
• Eighth-Generation Fuxi felt proud and briefly jealous as he watched his son receive the goddess's gifts.
• After Feng Luobin left, the great shaman-priest urged the tribe to follow Jiang Yang against the Nine-Headed Fierce Beast.
• Jiang Yang raised the Stone Sword and shouted for the tribe to slay the beast, and the people joined his cry.

After receiving the Divine Sword and Divine Arrow, Jiang Yang refused the High Shaman’s offer and chose to lead people away to found a new tribe. On the return journey, the Fuxi clanspeople discovered their home was burning under attack by the Nine-Headed Fierce Beast, and Eighth-Generation Fuxi urged them onward, counting on Jiang Yang to help defeat it.

• The High Shaman offered Jiang Yang a place among the tribe’s shamans, but Jiang Yang refused and said he wanted to lead clanspeople to establish a new tribe.
• The High Shaman accepted Jiang Yang’s choice, and the clanspeople began their journey home from the Luo River.
• The returning clanspeople saw flames and smoke rising from the Fuxi Tribe, where a terrifying creature was rampaging.
• A warrior told Eighth-Generation Fuxi that the Nine-Headed Fierce Beast had attacked the tribe and could breathe fire.
• Eighth-Generation Fuxi ordered everyone to hurry back and declared that Jiang Yang could help them slay the beast.

Jiang Yang confronted the nine-headed serpent after it attacked the Fuxi Tribe, slaying it with arrows and the Sword in the Stone. At the river where the serpent fell, he decided he might establish a new tribe and named the river Jiang Water.

• Feng Luobin secretly saved tribespeople from the serpent’s flames while leaving Jiang Yang to fight it.
• Eighth-Generation Fuxi arrived with the warriors and led them in a charge against the nine-headed serpent.
• Jiang Yang shot out four of the serpent’s heads, then cut off three more with the Sword in the Stone as it attacked him.
• The wounded serpent fled, and Jiang Yang pursued it for several hundred li to a river.
• Jiang Yang cut off the serpent’s final two heads, then named the river Jiang Water and considered founding a tribe there.

After killing a Nine-Headed Serpent, Jiang Yang learned it was likely descended from Xiangliu and ordered Feng Luobin to warn Yao and punish Xiangliu. As his clanspeople approached, Feng Luobin departed for Kunlun Mountain.

• Jiang Yang called Feng Luobin out of hiding and pinched her cheeks for attacking him earlier.
• Jiang Yang asked Feng Luobin about the Nine-Headed Serpent, and she guessed it was descended from Xiangliu on Kunlun Mountain.
• Jiang Yang ordered Feng Luobin to tell Yao to control the creatures and have Xiangliu locked in a ravine for five hundred years.
• Feng Luobin took blood and scales as proof, then sat with Jiang Yang by the river and told him about Fuxi and Nuwa.
• Feng Luobin noticed Jiang Yang's clanspeople approaching and left for Kunlun Mountain.

Jiang Yang returned to the Fuxi Tribe after killing the Nine-Headed Serpent and received a hero’s welcome. From the mountains, Kuafu and the Kuafu Tribe watched the Fuxi clan and planned to attack once Jiang Yang left.

• Eighth-Generation Fuxi found Jiang Yang unharmed beside the Nine-Headed Serpent’s corpse and praised his victory.
• Eighth-Generation Fuxi arranged for the tribe to carry the serpent back and promised Jiang Yang a bowstring made from its tendons.
• Jiang Yang returned to the Fuxi Tribe, where the people celebrated him and the great shaman lamented that he could not become chief.
• The story of Jiang Yang killing the serpent spread through the Great Wilderness, drawing visitors and making other tribes wary of the Fuxi Clan.
• Kuafu watched the Fuxi Tribe from Chengdu Zaitian Mountain and decided to wait until Jiang Yang left before attacking.

Ten years later, Jiang Yang returned from a successful hunt and learned that Eighth-Generation Fuxi had chosen Yellow Bear as the next chief and planned for Jiang Yang to establish a new tribe. Several young warriors asked to go with him, and he was summoned to see Eighth-Generation Fuxi.

• Jiang Yang killed a black bear with an arrow and led the young warriors back from their hunt.
• Jiang Yang told the warriors that he would leave the Fuxi Tribe to establish a new tribe because his father had chosen the next Fuxi.
• Jiang Yang explained that Yellow Bear had been chosen, while the warriors protested and asked to follow him.
• Jiang Yang agreed to let the warriors accompany him, and the group returned to the tribe before dark.
• Eighth-Generation Fuxi sent for Jiang Yang.

Jiang Yang left the Fuxi Tribe to establish his own settlement beside Jiang Water, where his population grew to more than two thousand. The story left him learning that the Kuafu Tribe had attacked the Fuxi Tribe and that his father had died in the fighting.

• Eighth-Generation Fuxi and the Great Shaman Zhu chose Yellow Bear Clan as the next Fuxi and told Jiang Yang to leave and establish a new tribe.
• Jiang Yang led several hundred people away from the Fuxi Tribe toward Jiang Water, while a giant watched them depart from a nearby forest.
• Jiang Yang chose a settlement site beside Jiang Water and said his tribe's children could take Jiang as their surname.
• Over the next year, Jiang Yang's settlement grew as small tribes joined, eventually reaching more than two thousand people before he stopped accepting newcomers.
• A young man told Jiang Yang that the Kuafu Tribe had attacked the Fuxi Tribe and that many people, including his father, had died.

Jiang Yang learned how the Kuafu Tribe attacked the Fuxi Tribe, killing Eighth-Generation Fuxi and prompting Ninth Generation Fuxi to take over. As he prepared to attend the new leader’s accession, Jiang Yang reflected on grief, mortality, and the emotions he had regained in this lifetime.

• Jiang Yang learned that Kuafu’s giants had attacked the Fuxi Tribe and that Eighth-Generation Fuxi had died defending it.
• Ninth Generation Fuxi succeeded him with Great Shaman Zhu’s support, and the Fuxi Tribe invited the river-basin tribes to witness his accession and discuss a punitive expedition.
• Jiang Yang arranged for the envoy’s lodging and ordered his warriors to prepare to travel to the Fuxi Tribe the next day.
• Feng Luobin told Jiang Yang she had witnessed the battle but could not intervene because the giants were human.
• Jiang Yang reflected that his father’s death had brought him sorrow and asked Feng Luobin what his father had been like before he died.
• Feng Luobin said that Jiang Yang’s father had been brave, and Jiang Yang accepted the answer.

Xuanming agreed to send her infant son Shennong to Earth in three years so he could complete his foundations and gain a chance to grow stronger. The chapter ended with a golden-eyed god sensing something and Jiang Yang leading warriors toward the Fuxi Tribe.

• On Luofu Immortal Mountain, Xuanming hesitated to send her baby to Earth, but the Dao Ancestor’s attendant explained the journey’s purpose and left the choice to her.
• Xuanming agreed to send Shennong to Earth, and the middle-aged Daoist said the Dao Ancestor would take him there in three years.
• That night, Xuanming told Gou Daoren that she named her son Shennong because he was the child of a god and a dragon maiden.
• On the Sky Divine Throne in Mayi World, the golden-haired, golden-eyed god felt a sudden jolt, smiled, and closed his eyes again.
• On Earth, Jiang Yang led several dozen of the strongest warriors from the Jiang-surnamed tribe toward the Fuxi Tribe.

Jiang Yang reached the ruined Fuxi Tribe, learned where his father was buried, and joined the Great River Basin alliance preparing to attack the Kuafu giants. After two days of marching past the remains of tribes the giants had slaughtered, the alliance arrived at the Kuafu settlement beneath a peach-covered hill.

• Jiang Yang arrived at the Fuxi Tribe and promised to avenge his father and bring his mother home.
• The Ninth Generation Fuxi told Jiang Yang that his father had been buried beside the Luo River, and Jiang Yang went to pay his respects.
• The Great River Basin tribes gathered at the Fuxi settlement, where Fuxi announced they would march against the Kuafu giants the next day.
• The Ninth Generation Fuxi led the alliance past slaughtered tribes and ordered the warriors to bury the human remains they found.
• After two days of marching, Jiang Yang and the alliance spotted the Kuafu Tribe at the foot of a hill covered in peach trees.