Chapter Summaries

Dijun and Taiyi complained to Sage Hongjun about Lin Yunji, but Hongjun dismissed them without granting their request for justice. Ten thousand years later, Lin Yunji’s words helped Lady Nüwa realize how to create the Human Race, and she brought the first humans to life.

• Dijun and Taiyi accused Lin Yunji of killing Demon God Qijing and attacking them, but Sage Hongjun told them to leave and not speak of the matter further.
• Taiyi demanded revenge, while Dijun explained that Lin Yunji’s connection to Tongtian and the Mystic Gate made Hongjun unlikely to punish him.
• Ten thousand years later, Lin Yunji traveled with Lady Nüwa, Xihe, and Changxi to the Shores of the Four Seas, where Lady Nüwa lamented the endless slaughter and felt that the world lacked something.
• Lin Yunji suggested that the Primordial Wilderness needed a race that could endure and become its protagonist, helping Lady Nüwa grasp her opportunity to attain the Dao.
• Lady Nüwa shaped Nine Heavens Breathing Soil into humans and used the Three-Colored Divine Spring to give them life.
• Lady Nüwa used a withered vine to create 129,600 humans, named them the Human Race, and drew vast clouds of merit.

Nüwa created the Human Race, became a Heavenly Dao Sage, and named Lin Yunji their Holy Father because he had given her the Three-Colored Divine Spring. After Lin Yunji protected the humans with a formation, his system rewarded him with the God-Slaying Spear and unlocked Faith Points, which could help him locate Heavenly Scar Fragments.

• Merit descended as Nüwa created the Human Race, and Nüwa attained Sagehood by entrusting her Primordial Spirit to the Heavenly Dao.
• Nüwa thanked Lin Yunji for the Three-Colored Divine Spring and told the humans to honor him as their Holy Father.
• Lin Yunji laid the Seven Blaze Raging Flame Formation at the Shores of the Four Seas and urged the humans to grow strong.
• The system rewarded Lin Yunji with the God-Slaying Spear and Hun'er Wine, unlocked Faith Points, and granted him 126,000 points from the humans' kowtows.
• Lin Yunji learned that Faith Points could help him locate Heavenly Scar Fragments and exchanged his cloud of merit for more points.

Lin Yunji gained five million Faith Points after converting merit, then accompanied Lady Nüwa to the Chaos, where she waited for witnesses before establishing her cultivation ground. The Three Pure Ones and other experts arrived to congratulate her, and the Three Pure Ones were stunned when they saw Lin Yunji.

• Lin Yunji received five million Faith Points from converting a cloud of merit and began considering how to obtain more.
• Lady Nüwa took Lin Yunji, Xihe, and Changxi into the Chaos to establish a new cultivation ground.
• The Three Pure Ones and other experts learned of Lady Nüwa's ascension and traveled to the Chaos, while Dijun and Taiyi worried about her power and resumed secluded cultivation.
• Lady Nüwa explained that she was waiting for witnesses to arrive, while Lin Yunji focused on refining the God-Slaying Spear.
• The arriving experts congratulated Lady Nüwa, and she told the Three Pure Ones that they were close to attaining the Dao.
• The Three Pure Ones noticed Lin Yunji beside Lady Nüwa and cried out in disbelief when they saw him.

Lin Yunji reunited with the Three Pure Ones and revealed that he had reached the Early-stage Quasi-Sage realm, while Lady Nüwa opened a new world in Chaos and named it Empress Wa Heaven. After the others departed, Lin Yunji said he would return to Kunlun Mountain in a few days, and Lady Nüwa prepared to enter seclusion, leaving their plans unresolved.

• Cult Master Tongtian discovered that Lin Yunji had become an Early-stage Quasi-Sage, astonishing him, Laozi, Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi, and the gathered experts.
• Lady Nüwa used the Red Embroidered Ball and the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram to open and stabilize a new world in Chaos, completing Empress Wa Heaven.
• The experts praised Lady Nüwa’s feat, and some gained insights before leaving; Cult Master Tongtian asked Lin Yunji whether he would return to Kunlun Mountain or stay with Lady Nüwa.
• Lin Yunji said he would return to Kunlun Mountain in a few days and teased Cult Master Tongtian for not yet becoming a Sage, prompting a playful exchange with the Three Pure Ones.
• Lady Nüwa told Lin Yunji she would enter seclusion to comprehend her new insights and asked whether he would show Changxi and Xihe around Empress Wa Heaven; Changxi and Xihe eagerly agreed, but Lin Yunji replied, “Not this time.”

Lin Yunji left Empress Wa Heaven to search the Primordial Wilderness Land for Heavenly Scar Fragments using Faith Points. After finding one and receiving 500,000 Cultivation Points, he spent only 6,000 Faith Points to locate another and suspected the marked area in the western lands contained multiple fragments.

• Lin Yunji told Lady Nüwa that Xihe and Changxi could stay in Empress Wa Heaven while he went to the Primordial Wilderness Land, and Changxi urged him to return soon.
• Lin Yunji spent one million Faith Points to locate a Heavenly Scar Fragment, searched the designated area, and found the fragment on a crooked tree.
• Lin Yunji collected the fragment and received 500,000 Cultivation Points from the system.
• Lin Yunji spent 6,000 Faith Points to locate the next fragment and saw that the marked area was in the western lands.
• Lin Yunji suspected the darker red area on the map indicated multiple Heavenly Scar Fragments and flew toward it.

Lin Yunji traveled to the Western World of Ultimate Bliss and collected two Heavenly Scar Fragments beneath the Divine Bodhi Tree. Zhunti tried to recruit him into the Buddhist School, but Lin Yunji challenged the shameless offer, leaving Zhunti without an answer.

• Jieyin and Zhunti sensed a powerful presence approaching the Divine Bodhi Tree and recognized Lin Yunji when he arrived.
• Lin Yunji collected two Heavenly Scar Fragments above the Divine Bodhi Tree and gained one million Cultivation Points from the system.
• Jieyin asked why Lin Yunji had come to the western lands, and Lin Yunji claimed he had simply wandered there.
• Zhunti urged Lin Yunji to join the Buddhist School, arguing that he had a strong affinity with the West and should follow heaven's will.
• Lin Yunji reminded Zhunti that he was Tongtian's disciple, but Zhunti said he could leave his master's sect and become his disciple instead.
• Lin Yunji asked Zhunti whether he knew his cultivation and mocked him for asking an accomplished cultivator to become his disciple.

Lin Yunji mocked Jieyin and Zhunti beneath the Divine Bodhi Tree, provoking Zhunti into a public accusation but leaving before a fight began. Jieyin explained why fighting him would risk a conflict with the Three Pure Ones, and Zhunti resolved to focus on cultivation and attain Sainthood.

• Lin Yunji mocked Zhunti’s threat, and Jieyin insisted they had only invited him to discuss the Great Dao.
• Zhunti reacted to Lin Yunji’s taunts by shouting that Lin Yunji was arrogant and broadcasting the accusation across the Western World of Ultimate Bliss.
• Lin Yunji dismissed Zhunti’s speech and flew away to search for another heavenly fragment.
• Zhunti complained that Jieyin had stopped him from fighting, and Jieyin explained that a battle could devastate the western land and draw the Three Pure Ones into the conflict.
• Jieyin reminded Zhunti to cultivate and comprehend his Primordial Expanse purple qi, and Zhunti resolved to pursue the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal realm.

Lin Yunji spent three million Faith Points to locate a Heavenly Scar Fragment on an East Sea island, where he encountered the Three Xiao Sisters after they broke through to the Early Taiyi Mystic Immortal realm. The sisters cautiously confronted him when he appeared in their hall, and Bixiao challenged his claim that he meant no harm.

• Lin Yunji used three million Faith Points to find a Heavenly Scar Fragment and flew toward the distant island marked on the map.
• Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao broke through together to the Early Taiyi Mystic Immortal realm.
• Bixiao asked Yunxiao to let them go out and play, and Yunxiao agreed.
• Lin Yunji appeared at the entrance to the Three Xiaos Hall after sensing the sisters on the island.
• Yunxiao and Qiongxiao shielded Bixiao while Lin Yunji introduced himself and said he meant no harm.
• Bixiao questioned Lin Yunji about why he had suddenly appeared and frightened them.

Lin Yunji visited Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao on their immortal island, where he recovered the Heavenly Scar Fragment and gave them Purple Heart Azure Firmament Fruits before disappearing. Qiongxiao and Bixiao began eating the fruits while Yunxiao remained unsure whether to trust them.

• Yunxiao invited Lin Yunji into the hall after he assured the sisters that he meant them no harm.
• Bixiao introduced herself and her sisters, and Lin Yunji realized they would become his future junior sisters.
• Lin Yunji sat down and said he wanted to sleep, but Bixiao objected to him staying in their palace.
• Lin Yunji admitted his mistake and gave the sisters three Purple Heart Azure Firmament Fruits, having also obtained the Heavenly Scar Fragment from the hall.
• Lin Yunji vanished, and Qiongxiao and Bixiao took a fruit each and began eating while Yunxiao hesitated.

Lin Yunji returned to Kunlun Mountain and encouraged Laozi to travel through the Primordial Wilderness and visit the Human Race. After discovering his opportunity among them, Laozi preached the Dao and declared the establishment of the Human Sect.

• Lin Yunji collected a Heavenly Scar Fragment, reviewed his resources, and decided to spend his remaining Faith Points on the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu before returning to Kunlun Mountain.
• Laozi lamented that he had not found a way to prove his Dao, and Lin Yunji advised him to travel and consider visiting the Human Race.
• Lin Yunji used his Faith Points to accelerate the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu's growth, gaining insight into the evolution of worlds and life.
• Laozi reached the Human Race's settlement, entered its protective formation, and was moved by the children and the people's way of life.
• Laozi recognized the Human Race as his opportunity, preached suitable cultivation methods for three years, and declared the founding of the Human Sect with the Taiji Diagram suppressing its fortune.

Laozi established the Human Sect and became a Heavenly Dao Sage, followed by Yuanshi, Tongtian, Jieyin, and Zhunti, bringing the total to six Sages. Lin Yunji used the merit from Laozi’s ascension to strengthen the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu, but just as he prepared to leave seclusion, he suddenly entered a mysterious state.

• Laozi established the Human Sect, became a Sage, and sent one tenth of the merit to Lin Yunji because of his guidance and the Kongtong Seal.
• Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi established the Chan Sect, and Cult Master Tongtian established the Jie Sect; both attained Sagehood.
• Jieyin and Zhunti jointly established the Western Sect, made forty-eight great vows, and became Sages after their sect’s merit proved insufficient on its own.
• Lin Yunji converted the merit he received into two million Faith Points and used all three million of his points to grow the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu, which gained ninety-seven leaves.
• Lin Yunji prepared to leave seclusion and congratulate the new Sages, but his body and mind trembled and he fell into a mysterious state.

Lin Yunji broke through to the Mid-stage Quasi-Sage realm and went to congratulate the Three Pure Ones on becoming Heavenly Dao Sages. At the Three Pure Ones Hall, he met Xuandu and learned that Tongtian and Yuanshi planned to recruit disciples and spread the Great Dao.

• Lin Yunji reached the Mid-stage Quasi-Sage realm and decided to seek more Faith Points to find the Heavenly Scar Fragments.
• Dijun and Taiyi feared the Three Pure Ones’ new Sage status and went to Hongjun for protection; Hongjun told them Sages could not act lightly unless an Immeasurable Calamity came.
• Lin Yunji visited the Three Pure Ones Hall, congratulated Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian, and met Xuandu, who struggled to address him as Senior Brother instead of Holy Father.
• Yuanshi and Tongtian noticed Lin Yunji’s breakthrough, and Tongtian said he and Yuanshi intended to recruit disciples and spread the Great Dao.

Lin Yunji ended a dispute between Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi and Cult Master Tongtian over how to choose disciples by helping Yuanshi devise a test for the Chan Sect. He adapted the Wind and Thunder Divine Formation into a more accessible selection formation, and Yuanshi considered his proposal.

• Laozi declined to take more disciples, while Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi and Cult Master Tongtian argued over whether sects should choose only the most gifted or teach all who sincerely sought the Dao.
• Lin Yunji urged Yuanshi and Tongtian to stop arguing and let each recruit disciples according to his own Dao, prompting Tongtian to leave the hall.
• Yuanshi asked Lin Yunji to create a grand formation to test prospective Chan Sect disciples, and Lin Yunji agreed despite joking about the unimpressive Eight Treasures Glazed Glass Bottle Yuanshi had once given him.
• Lin Yunji displayed the Wind and Thunder Divine Formation, startling Laozi, Yuanshi, and Xuandu, then dismissed Yuanshi’s concern that few candidates could pass it.
• Lin Yunji modified the formation so entrants of Mystic Immortal Realm or above could enter, its power adjusted to their cultivation, and colored lights revealed their origins and qualifications.

Lin Yunji helped Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi establish a formation to test those seeking to join the Chan Sect, then advised him to reject Daoist Randeng’s request to become a disciple. Randeng left after being rebuffed, harboring resentment as he flew toward the western reaches of the Primordial Wilderness.

• Lin Yunji set the Wind and Thunder Divine Formation before the Three Pure Ones Hall, and Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi announced the Chan Sect’s requirements for prospective disciples.
• Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi offered to preach to Lin Yunji, but Lin Yunji refused, fearing that insight would make his cultivation advance again.
• Daoist Randeng arrived and asked Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi to accept him into the Chan Sect, even as a Registered Disciple.
• Lin Yunji urged Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi to drive Randeng away, and Yuanshi rejected his request because they had been fellow listeners at Sage Hongjun’s preaching.
• After Lin Yunji mocked his persistence, Randeng left and flew toward the western reaches, his face twisted with hatred.

Daoist Randeng reported that Lin Yunji had thwarted his attempt to join the Chan Sect, then left the Western Sect after Jieyin and Zhunti argued over their promised reward. At Kunlun Mountain, the Immortal Elder of the South Pole passed Lin Yunji’s formation and joined the Chan Sect as a Registered Disciple, while becoming increasingly awed by Lin Yunji.

• Daoist Randeng told Jieyin and Zhunti that Lin Yunji had caused Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi to reject his request to join the Chan Sect.
• Zhunti balked at giving Randeng the promised Primordial Expanse purple qi, but Jieyin and Zhunti persuaded him to keep helping the Western Sect in exchange for a future reward.
• The Immortal Elder of the South Pole entered Lin Yunji’s Wind and Thunder Divine Formation, endured its trials, and emerged qualified to become Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi’s Registered Disciple.
• Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi introduced the Immortal Elder of the South Pole to Lin Yunji as his senior brother, and Lin Yunji welcomed him.
• The Immortal Elder of the South Pole sensed Lin Yunji’s profound presence and watched him banter casually with Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi, leaving him convinced that Lin Yunji was extraordinary.

Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi accepted eleven disciples and Registered Disciple Yunzhongzi after they passed Lin Yunji’s formation, then brought them back to the Three Pure Ones Grand Hall. The new disciples learned that Lin Yunji was their eldest senior brother, and over the following years his brief guidance revealed his profound cultivation.

• Guangchengzi passed Lin Yunji’s formation and became Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi’s disciple, though he privately resented Lin Yunji’s teasing and doubted his authority.
• Chijingzi and nine other beings passed the formation and joined the Chan Sect, while Yunzhongzi was accepted as a Registered Disciple.
• Lin Yunji withdrew the formation with a raised hand, astonishing the new disciples, and accompanied them with Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi to meet Laozi and Xuandu.
• Xuandu corrected the new disciples when they called him their eldest senior brother, and Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi confirmed that Lin Yunji held that place and urged them to seek his guidance.
• Over many years, Lin Yunji casually answered the disciples’ cultivation questions, and they came to recognize how high his cultivation was.

Lin Yunji guided Daoist Cihang in combining her earth fire and heart fire with Solar True Fire to create Samadhi True Fire, then drew a flower on her face. His reputation for beating and marking the Chan Sect disciples kept Guangchengzi and Juliusun from approaching him.

• The Chan Sect disciples had stopped seeking Lin Yunji's help because he beat them and left marks that were difficult to remove, while Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi dismissed their complaints.
• Daoist Cihang asked Lin Yunji to inspect her flame Divine Ability, and he identified its earth fire and heart fire and said it needed pure yang fire for balance.
• Lin Yunji summoned Solar True Fire and gave it to Daoist Cihang, telling her to fuse it with her flames to use Samadhi True Fire.
• When Daoist Cihang tried to leave, Lin Yunji restrained her and drew a flower on her face, then let her go; she fled while covering her cheeks.
• Guangchengzi and Juliusun saw Daoist Cihang flee and hurried away when Lin Yunji called to them, leaving him to wonder whether he was frightening.

Lin Yunji helped True Person Huanglong break through in physical strength by beating him, then trapped him in a formation to consolidate his realm. After scaring the Chan Sect disciples into silence, Lin Yunji met Cult Master Tongtian, who had returned with a new disciple.

• True Person Huanglong asked Lin Yunji to beat him so he could break through in physical strength, and Lin Yunji struck him until he succeeded.
• When True Person Huanglong tried to leave, Lin Yunji trapped him in a formation that would attack him for three years while he consolidated his strength.
• Guangchengzi, Juliusun, and True Person Taiyi watched Huanglong suffer and fled rather than continue plotting against Lin Yunji, while Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi approved of Lin Yunji’s influence on the disciples.
• Lin Yunji descended Kunlun Mountain intending to catch a quail, then met Cult Master Tongtian, who returned with a new disciple.
• Lin Yunji teased Cult Master Tongtian about his return and asked whether the little fatty beside him was his new junior brother.

Lin Yunji met Daoist Duobao and gave him a treasure after scolding him for asking in an ingratiating and then demanding manner. As Cult Master Tongtian led them to the Three Pure Ones Hall to announce that the Jie Sect would recruit disciples, Lin Yunji revealed that he had mastered the full Wind and Thunder Divine Formation, leaving Cult Master Tongtian astonished.

• Cult Master Tongtian introduced Daoist Duobao to Lin Yunji, and Duobao asked his new senior brother for a Law Treasure.
• Lin Yunji rejected Duobao's first request, scolded him after he tried demanding a treasure, then gave him the Leaf Treasure Golden Toad; Duobao accepted it fearfully.
• Cult Master Tongtian led Lin Yunji and Duobao toward the Three Pure Ones Hall and said he planned to announce that the Jie Sect would recruit disciples on a grand scale.
• Cult Master Tongtian and Duobao stopped when they heard True Person Huanglong screaming in Lin Yunji's weakened Wind and Thunder Divine Formation, and Lin Yunji admitted he had set it up.
• Lin Yunji displayed a miniature version of the complete Wind and Thunder Divine Formation, and Cult Master Tongtian marveled at his skill.

Cult Master Tongtian recruited disciples for the Jie Sect after arguing with Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi over the number and quality of their followers. As countless beings arrived at Kunlun Mountain, the Three Xiao Sisters came to join them.

• Lin Yunji dismissed his ability to summon powerful formations as a simple trick, while Daoist Duobao grew more afraid of him.
• Cult Master Tongtian learned that Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi had taken fourteen disciples and decided to recruit even more for the Jie Sect.
• At the Three Pure Ones Hall, Cult Master Tongtian argued that Lin Yunji and Duobao matched the Chan Sect disciples in origins, aptitude, and background.
• Cult Master Tongtian announced across the Primordial Wilderness that the Jie Sect would accept all who devoted themselves to the Dao, and countless beings set out for Kunlun Mountain.
• Cult Master Tongtian accepted arriving disciples and divided them into personal, inner, and outer disciples, while Lin Yunji remained above the ranks.
• The Three Xiao Sisters arrived at Kunlun Mountain, and Bixiao marveled at the crowds and unfamiliar beings.