Chapter Summaries

Nüwa visited Ao Changsheng on Hongjun’s recommendation, seeking guidance about a cultivation opportunity she sensed among the myriad races. Ao Changsheng suggested it might require the right time, greater cultivation, or comprehension, then wondered what Hongjun intended after noticing Primordial purple Qi within Nüwa.

• Nüwa told Ao Changsheng that Hongjun had sent her to seek his guidance, and Ao Changsheng asked her to address him as a fellow Daoist.
• Nüwa explained that she had moved past the Witch Race’s slaughter of the Demon Race and was instead troubled by an elusive opportunity she had sensed while helping the myriad races recover.
• Ao Changsheng suggested that Nüwa’s opportunity might depend on timing, cultivation, or comprehension rather than something she needed to find.
• Nüwa thanked Ao Changsheng and left him a pile of treasures, including several Innate Spirit Roots.
• Ao Changsheng sensed Primordial purple Qi in Nüwa’s Primordial Spirit and wondered what Hongjun was planning, noting that the Qi could aid merging with the Great Dao but was impure.

Ao Changsheng reflected on the difference between Heavenly Dao Sages and Hunyuan Daluo before choosing another hundred million years of seclusion and receiving the Seed of the Great Dao. He planted the seed, which began absorbing Spiritual Qi at an astonishing rate, and realized it might take at least a billion years just to sprout.

• Ao Changsheng judged the Primordial purple qi Nüwa had left to be tainted by Hongjun and believed he would choose the freedom of the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal path over becoming a Heavenly Dao Sage.
• Ao Changsheng put away Nüwa's treasures, planted the Innate Spirit Root on an island in his cultivation ground, and dispersed his incarnation.
• After ten million years of seclusion, Ao Changsheng reached the limit of a Small Thousand World and advanced his inner world to a Middle Thousand World, with his Dao cultivation and Law Power reaching Quasi-Sage level.
• Ao Changsheng chose to remain in seclusion for a hundred million years and received the Seed of the Great Dao, which could grow into a tree bearing fruits containing complete Great Daos.
• Ao Changsheng infused the seed with his essence, Qi, and spirit, and it began devouring Innate Spiritual Qi; he estimated it would take at least a billion years to sprout.

Ao Changsheng faced Dijun and the Demon Race’s Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation, using the power of his Middle Thousand World and the Eye of the Candle Dragon to overwhelm the formation. The demons withdrew into their formation, while Dijun realized that a single dragon could now withstand their full force.

• Ao Changsheng confronted Dijun as the Demon Race deployed the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation around his Dao field.
• Dijun ordered the formation to attack, but it failed to pull Ao Changsheng’s territory into its space.
• Ao Changsheng connected to Jianmu and drew on the power of his Middle Thousand World before unleashing the Eye of the Candle Dragon.
• Ao Changsheng’s darkness swallowed the stars’ light and suppressed the demons’ sound and Law Power until Changxi and Wangshu summoned the Supreme Yin Star’s moonlight.
• Ao Changsheng opened his eyes and filled the formation with blinding daylight and heat, causing demons to burn and forcing Dijun to order the formation closed.
• Dijun watched the closed formation hold back the daylight and marveled that one dragon could defeat the Demon Race’s formation.

Dijun transformed the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation into a Great Sun Golden Crow and attacked Ao Changsheng, convinced its combined power made him invincible. Ao Changsheng released a speck of World-Origin light that swallowed the Golden Crow into a vast, chaotic world and severed the formation’s link to the stars, leaving Xihe rushing to the East Sea.

• Dijun ordered the demons to alter the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation and merged with its Great Sun Golden Crow star god.
• The formation drew power from the Primordial World’s stars, and Dijun attacked Ao Changsheng with the enormous Golden Crow.
• Ao Changsheng mocked Dijun’s reliance on borrowed power and summoned a tiny speck of black light, calling it World - Origin.
• The black light collided with the Golden Crow and engulfed it in a newly formed world of chaotic matter and energy.
• Xihe and Changxi lost their connection to the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation, and Xihe flew toward the East Sea.

Ao Changsheng trapped the Demon Race in a collapsing world, then watched it be reborn before the Eye of the Heavenly Dao intervened and awarded him merit. He returned to his cultivation ground, regretting that the Primordial World’s Heavenly Dao had taken control of the world he created.

• Ao Changsheng released his hastily created world into the sky, where the Great Sun Golden Crow struggled against its raging matter and energy.
• Dijun led the Great Sun Golden Crow through a crack in the collapsing world's fetal membrane, and the formation broke apart as the demons escaped into the sea.
• The world collapsed into a point and burst into a new creation, but Hongjun manifested the Eye of the Heavenly Dao and made the spectacle vanish.
• Ao Changsheng caught the Heavenly Dao Merit sent from the Eye, while Hongjun declared that opening the world had strengthened the Primordial World's origin.
• Ao Changsheng put away the merit and returned to his cultivation ground, resolving to perfect the Dao of the World so no one could claim his future worlds.

After Ao Changsheng’s display of power, the Four Sacred Beasts discussed the benefits and risks of the Hunyuan Dao, while Dijun and the Demon Race tried to leave the East Sea. Eastern King Duke ambushed the exhausted demons, and as they sacrificed themselves to protect Dijun, an enraged voice rang out from the horizon.

• Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise reacted to Ao Changsheng’s power and debated whether the Hunyuan Dao should spread through the Primordial World.
• Dijun and Taiyi recognized Ao Changsheng as a fearsome powerhouse and prepared to lead the Demon Race away from the East Sea.
• Eastern King Duke arrived with a host of cultivators and accused Dijun and Taiyi of trespassing and harming East Sea inhabitants.
• Eastern King Duke ordered the cultivators to attack, and Taiyi used the Chaos Bell to block his blow at Dijun.
• Demon gods sacrificed themselves to shield Dijun from Eastern King Duke’s good corpse, prompting Dijun to summon the River Diagram and Luo Book.
• Eastern King Duke charged at Dijun again, but an enraged voice called out from the horizon.

The Eastern King Duke attacked the recovering Demon Race, but Xihe arrived and helped them form the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation. As Xihe prepared to face him, the Eastern King Duke deployed the Ten Thousand Immortals Great Formation, leaving the two forces poised for battle.

• The Twelve Ancestral Witches judged the Eastern King Duke's attack and Dijiang led them toward the Demon Race's Heavenly Court to hinder its reinforcements.
• Xihe arrived at the East Sea, shielded Dijun from the Eastern King Duke, and used solar flames to restore the demons' strength.
• Dijun rallied the demons to form the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation, drawing power from the Sun Star and Supreme Yin Star to heal the Demon Race and empower Xihe.
• Xihe attacked the Eastern King Duke with the great sun's power, burning rogue immortals and forcing him to defend with his dragon-headed cane.
• The Eastern King Duke ordered the rogue immortals to form the Ten Thousand Immortals Great Formation, concentrating their power against the Demon Race.

Eastern King Duke's Ten Thousand Immortals Great Formation turned the battle against the Demon Race until Kunpeng arrived with reinforcements and forced the unaffiliated immortals to retreat. After the Demon Race regrouped, Ao Changsheng noticed the Devil Qi Eastern King Duke had used and considered causing trouble for Luohou.

• Tongtian praised the Ten Thousand Immortals Great Formation, while Yuanshi criticized its reliance on people to seize Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, and Laozi urged them to keep watching the battle.
• Eastern King Duke released the black Qi in his sea of consciousness, severed his Evil Corpse, and gained enough power to suppress the injured Xihe as the Ten Thousand Immortals Great Formation pressed the Demon Race.
• Kunpeng arrived from the North Sea with hundreds of millions of demons, and Eastern King Duke ordered the unaffiliated immortals to retreat.
• Dijun, Taiyi, and Xihe welcomed Kunpeng and discussed the danger posed by Eastern King Duke, who had severed his Evil Corpse.
• Ao Changsheng watched Eastern King Duke's retreat and recognized the black Qi as Devil Qi, prompting him to consider giving Luohou trouble.

After the Demon Race survived the battle at the East Sea, Nüwa followed her long-awaited opportunity on Mount Buzhou and created the Human Race. The creation earned her immense merit, and she became the Primordial World’s first Sage before settling the humans on Mount Buzhou.

• Changxi and Wangshu discussed Changxi’s aid to Dijun and her refusal to accept his proposal unless he captured Ao Changsheng.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches withdrew from the Heavenly Court after learning the East Sea battle had ended, and Fuxi concluded that Dijun had won.
• Nüwa searched Mount Buzhou for a hundred thousand years, then discovered Nine Heavens Breathing Soil beneath the withered Innate Gourd Vine and realized how to pursue her opportunity.
• Nüwa used the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil to create the Human Race, named them humans, and severed her Self Corpse.
• Endless merit poured into Nüwa, the Primordial purple qi merged with her, and she declared that she had attained Sagehood.
• Nüwa laid a restriction over part of Mount Buzhou and told the humans to live and multiply there.

Ao Changsheng watched the Human Race develop beneath Nüwa’s barrier while Laozi walked among them and questioned why the barrier suppressed their cultivation. As many humans left to seek longer lives, Laozi heard an answer that the Human Race’s future did not lie within the barrier.

• Ao Changsheng observed the Human Race and concluded that they had received no merit for basic skills, despite their unusual physical aptitude and Nüwa’s protection.
• Laozi entered Nüwa’s barrier and experienced how thoroughly her Sage power suppressed his Law Power and access to the Great Dao.
• Over a thousand years, the Human Race grew beyond one billion, but the sixth generation had lifespans of less than five hundred years, prompting many to leave the barrier and seek cultivation.
• Laozi watched tens of thousands of humans depart and wondered why Nüwa had made a barrier that also suppressed the Human Race.
• An unseen voice told Laozi that the Human Race’s future did not lie in this world.