Chronicles of Honghuang: The Netherworld Emperor Spider Rules the Earthly Dao

Transmigrate as the first Netherworld Black Spider in the primordial world, only to run straight into the World-Destroying Black Lotus and the remnant soul of Luo Hou from the start? Daoist Xuan Zhu says: What’s there to panic about? With Netherworld Profound Water in hand, I’ll purify the Black Lotus and use it as a flowerpot! Others attain the Dao through slaughter. He does it by “growing flowers and guiding souls across.” He opens a herb garden in the Netherworld, gathering the primordial world’s rare flowers and plants. He purifies vengeful spirits without killing or destroying them, sending them into reincarnation and giving each one a flower as a gift, wishing them peace in their next life. Moved by his compassion, the Netherworld sends merit down from the heavens, which gathers into the merit treasure, the Xuan Pin Staff. When Tu Bo’s origin is incomplete, he uses the power of the earth’s ley lines to restore it, and they become friends bound by life and death. He seizes the Karma-Fire Red Lotus from the Blood Sea and leaves a mark for the not-yet-transformed Ming He, planning to take him as a disciple once he is born. When Daoist Mosquito wreaks havoc in the Netherworld, he sees that his nature can be shaped, takes him under his wing, and restrains his urge to devour. When Hongjun preaches, he listens in secret and perfects the Earth Profound Daoist Canon. During the War Between the Liches and Demons, he helps Houtu establish reincarnation and lays the foundations of the underworld. During the Investiture of the Gods calamity, he balances the Chan, Jie, and Human Daos, and sets the rules for good and evil in reincarnation. On the Journey to the West, he guides sinful souls across, spreading the Netherworld’s renown far and wide. When the Chaos Demon Gods invade, he allies with Luo Hou and joins forces with the saints. As the Netherworld Emperor Spider, he commands the Netherworld’s cycle of reincarnation and protects every living being in the primordial world from extinction! Who says spider demons must be savage? Who says the Netherworld cannot be compassionate? Daoist Xuan Zhu takes the earth’s ley lines as his foundation, the Twin Lotuses as his core, and reincarnation as his path. He advances carefully through the primordial world’s great calamities, ultimately becoming the Great Emperor of the Netherworld and standing as an equal to the Heavenly Dao!