Recaps

Fuxi followed a divination to Penglai Immortal Island, where he claimed its treasures and refined its boundary stele. He then took control of Yingzhou Island and Fangzhang Island as well, while King Father of the East continued to feel an unexplained sense of loss.

• Fuxi used Primordial Eight Trigrams divination to find the Xiantian Grand Formation concealing Penglai and entered without breaking it.
• Fuxi collected a pool of Spirit Liquid and took the Enlightenment Tea Tree into his inner world.
• Fuxi discovered and collected a pool of Three Lights Divine Water and the Hongmeng Measuring Heaven Ruler.
• Fuxi refined Penglai's boundary stele, strengthened its Xiantian Grand Formation, and assigned attendants to tend the island's spiritual roots.
• Fuxi claimed Yingzhou Island and Fangzhang Island, finding the Twelve-Rank Pure World White Lotus and the Thirty-Six Sea-Calming Divine Pearls.
• King Father of the East felt his sense of loss growing stronger but could not determine its cause.

Suiren Shi and Ziyi Shi worried that the Human Race lacked spiritual resources, but Fuxi appeared and arranged for them to use the treasures on the three immortal islands of Penglai. Suiren Shi returned with herbs and vowed that the Human Race would one day rule the Primordial World, while the King Father of the East began pursuing the same ambition elsewhere.

• Suiren Shi lamented the scarcity of spiritual resources, and Ziyi Shi suggested asking Fuxi for help, but Suiren Shi refused to trouble the Holy Teacher.
• Fuxi heard Suiren Shi's words, visited the Human Race's altar, and left spiritual herbs and roots on the three islands of Penglai for the humans to use.
• Suiren Shi and Ziyi Shi arrived at the altar, recognized Fuxi, and paid their respects to him.
• Suiren Shi led his people to Penglai, gathered immortal herbs, and declined the boy attendant's offer to move the Human Race onto the island.
• Suiren Shi vowed that the Human Race would become the sole overlord of the Primordial World, as the King Father of the East also began his bid for dominance.

King Father of the East established the Ancient Heavenly Court after Queen Mother of the West withdrew from his plans. Di Jun sensed that the new court was draining the Demon Clan Heavenly Court’s Fortune, and Taiyi prepared to confront King Father of the East.

• After the Dao Ancestor’s second sermon, King Father of the East recruited male immortals and asked Queen Mother of the West to gather female immortals for his Ancient Heavenly Court.
• Queen Mother of the West withdrew from the plan, warning King Father of the East that his Ancient Heavenly Court was not suited to her, then departed for West Kunlun.
• Angered by her departure, King Father of the East proclaimed the Ancient Heavenly Court on the Purple Mansion Divine Continent, and Heavenly Dao Merit descended upon him.
• Demon Emperor Dijun, Eastern Emperor Taiyi, and Demon Master Kunpeng reacted with hostility to the new court, while Di Jun sensed that the Demon Clan Heavenly Court’s Fortune was draining away.
• Taiyi offered to capture King Father of the East, but Di Jun told him to take others along and make sure King Father of the East could not escape.

Demon Saint Ji Meng attacked King Father of the East’s Ancient Heavenly Court, prompting Eastern Emperor Taiyi to intervene. Demon Emperor Di Jun and Demon Master Kunpeng then arrived with the Demon Race’s forces to reclaim the Fortune King Father of the East had taken, and Di Jun activated the Innate River Diagram-Luo Shu Formation as King Father of the East prepared his Nine Suns Returning to One Great Formation.

• King Father of the East refused to meet Ji Meng, so Ji Meng attacked the immortal official and the great hall.
• King Father of the East emerged and struck at Ji Meng, but Eastern Emperor Taiyi used his bell to freeze the area and rescue him.
• Di Jun and Kunpeng arrived with the Demon Race’s forces, and Di Jun declared that he had come to reclaim the Heavenly Court’s Fortune.
• King Father of the East warned that the Dao Ancestor might punish the Demon Race, but Di Jun argued that their conflict was a struggle for Fortune.
• Di Jun deployed the Innate River Diagram-Luo Shu Formation, and King Father of the East brought out his flaming flag to trigger the Nine Suns Returning to One Great Formation.

After the King Father of the East self-destructed to escape capture, the Queen Mother of the West realized Fuxi's earlier warning had saved her and went to Buzhou Mountain to seek his guidance. Fuxi prepared to turn her away, but Nuwa urged him to invite her inside, having decided to bring the two together.

• The King Father of the East failed to escape Di Jun, Tai Yi, and Kunpeng, so he self-destructed and Tai Yi shielded Di Jun with the Chaos Bell.
• The Queen Mother of the West heard the explosion and recalled Fuxi's warning, concluding that he had foreseen the King Father of the East's fate.
• The Queen Mother of the West left West Kunlun and traveled to Buzhou Mountain to seek the Dao from Fuxi.
• Nuwa drank Fuxi's Enlightenment Tea and welcomed the Queen Mother of the West's request for an audience.
• Fuxi considered sending the Queen Mother of the West away, but Nuwa persuaded him to invite her into the cave abode.

The Queen Mother of the West sought Fuxi's guidance after the King Father of the East's death, and Fuxi accepted her as an attendant at Nuwa's urging. She then asked Fuxi to help Changxi, whom Di Jun's unwanted interest had distressed.

• The Queen Mother of the West entered Fuxi's cave abode and met Fuxi and Nuwa.
• The Queen Mother of the West recognized Fuxi's Enlightenment Tea and offered Flat Peaches in exchange for its leaves.
• The Queen Mother of the West asked to serve Fuxi in return for guidance after the King Father of the East's death left her fearing for her safety.
• Nuwa persuaded Fuxi to accept the Queen Mother of the West as an attendant.
• The Queen Mother of the West gained an insight from the Enlightenment Tea and asked Fuxi to help Changxi.
• Di Jun's interest in Changxi had caused her distress after he established the Demon Race's Heavenly Court.

Changxi sought help after Di Jun’s unwanted pursuit, and Xihe learned what he had done. As the Third Sermon began, Fuxi, Nuwa, and the Queen Mother of the West arrived at Zixiao Palace, where Hongjun had to address their unexpected presence.

• Changxi confided in the Queen Mother of the West that Di Jun’s advances disgusted her and asked for help.
• Fuxi learned how Di Jun had pursued Changxi and dismissed the matter as something he would not intervene in.
• At the Moon Palace, Xihe became furious after Changxi told her what Di Jun had done, then invited Changxi to attend the Third Sermon with her.
• Fuxi went to the Third Sermon with Nuwa and the Queen Mother of the West, drawing strange looks from the gathered great powers and angering Laozi.
• Hongjun appeared in Zixiao Palace, questioned Fuxi and Nuwa’s presence, and told Nuwa there was no Meditation Cushion for her.

After completing his three sermons, Hongjun distributed treasures to the gathered cultivators, leaving Tongtian dissatisfied with his inferior gift. The Queen Mother of the West took more than half the treasures from the Treasure Distribution Cliff and departed with Fuxi and Nuwa, while the others rushed to claim what remained.

• Hongjun ended his sermons and announced that he would merge with the Heavenly Dao before distributing treasures to the gathered cultivators.
• Hongjun gave Laozi the Taiji Diagram, Yuanshi the Pangu Banner, Jieyin the Twelve-Grade Golden Lotus of Merit, Zhunti the Vajra Demon-Subduing Pestle, and Tongtian the Nine Heavens Demon-Swaying Thunder Sword.
• Tongtian felt slighted by his lesser treasure, while Hongjun suspected Fuxi had taken the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords to cause this outcome.
• Hongjun sent the gathered cultivators to collect the remaining treasures from the Treasure Distribution Cliff, and the Queen Mother of the West reached it first and took more than half.
• Yuanshi and the others confronted the Queen Mother of the West, but she left with Fuxi and Nuwa, and the remaining cultivators began fighting over the treasures.

Demon Emperor Dijun declared war on the Witch Clan, and the two races began a bloody battle around Buzhou Mountain. Great Shaman Xing Tian fought Demon Saint Gui Che alone after his Witch soldiers fell, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Bai Ze reported the Demon Race’s expansion to Demon Emperor Dijun, who decided the time had come to attack the Witch Clan.
• Demon Emperor Dijun proclaimed that the Demon Race would slay the Witch Clan in the name of justice, prompting the Twelve Ancestral Witches and their people to prepare for war.
• The Demon Race and the Witch Clan fought across the land around Buzhou Mountain, with heavy losses on both sides.
• Great Shaman Xing Tian continued fighting after his fewer than a thousand Witch soldiers were killed, while fewer than ten thousand of Gui Che’s million Demon Soldiers survived.
• Xing Tian cut through the Demon Soldiers and kept attacking Gui Che, who struggled to defend himself in their one-on-one fight.

The Demon Clan launched a massive attack on the Witch Clan beneath Buzhou Mountain, but the Ancestral Witches' strength and the Demon Clan's incomplete Zhou Tian Stars Great Array left both sides unable to claim victory. The armies withdrew, and Dijiang expected another clash with the Demon Race.

• Di Jun, Eastern Emperor Taiyi, and Demon Master Kunpeng led the Demon Clan in an assault on the Witch Clan beneath Buzhou Mountain.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi fought Zhurong and Gonggong, while the Ancestral Witches' mastery of laws and powerful bodies matched the Demon Clan's strongest fighters.
• Di Jun summoned the three hundred and sixty-five Star Officials and formed the incomplete Zhou Tian Stars Great Array with Eastern Emperor Taiyi.
• The array's power could not break through the Ancestral Witches' defenses, while its starlight shield kept the Witches from reaching Di Jun and Taiyi.
• Di Jun and the Twelve Ancestral Witches halted the fighting, and the surviving Demon Soldiers retreated as the Witch Clan returned to Buzhou Mountain.
• Dijiang considered what the Witch Clan could learn from the battle and sensed that the conflict would not be their last.

After the Demon Race’s defeat, Di Jun and Taiyi resolved to seek the Dao Ancestor’s guidance on becoming Sages, while the Ancestral Witches went to Fuxi for help using treasures. They learned Fuxi had gone with Nuwa to the Taiyin Star and were invited to wait at his cave abode.

• Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun discussed the Witch Clan’s strength, and Zhen Yuanzi urged Hong Yun to decide what to do about the Primordial Violet Qi.
• Di Jun admitted that starting the war had been right but that his weakness had caused the Demon Race’s losses, then resolved to seek guidance from the Dao Ancestor with Taiyi.
• Dijiang recognized the Witch Clan’s disadvantage against treasures and led the Ancestral Witches to ask Fuxi for ways to use them.
• Golden Phoenix told the Ancestral Witches that Fuxi had gone with Nuwa to the Taiyin Star and invited them to wait in his cave abode.

Fuxi, Nuwa, and Queen Mother of the West visited Changxi on the Taiyin Star, where Changxi sought Fuxi’s help in escaping Di Jun’s pursuit. Fuxi warned that the Demon Clan Heavenly Court was destined to decline, and Changxi asked how she could free herself from Di Jun.

• Changxi invited Fuxi and Nuwa to the Taiyin Star through Queen Mother of the West, and they accepted.
• Changxi welcomed the guests at the Moon Palace and led them to tea beneath the Moon Laurel Tree.
• Nuwa spotted Buzhou Mountain and the Demon Clan Heavenly Court from the Taiyin Star, prompting Changxi to reflect on her reason for inviting Fuxi.
• Changxi asked Fuxi what he thought of Di Jun and Tai Yi, and he praised their strengths while predicting the Demon Clan Heavenly Court’s decline.
• Changxi asked Fuxi if he knew a way for her to free herself from Di Jun.

Fuxi told Changxi that her opportunity lay in seeking enlightenment through the Human Race, and Nuwa showed her how powerful the humans had become. Changxi began to reconsider Fuxi’s advice as he discovered something important through Taiyin Star.

• Changxi complained about Di Jun, and Fuxi advised her to seek a new path through the Human Race because she could no longer advance on her current Great Dao.
• Nuwa used her Mirror Flower, Water Moon Divine Ability to show Changxi a human beating a Golden Immortal who served Demon Saint Ji Meng.
• The water mirror showed humans diving into a raging sea to catch a dragon despite the Dragon Clan’s foundations and the dangerous waves.
• Nuwa showed human children smashing through walls and youths consuming precious medicine before surging into the clouds, astonishing Changxi.
• As Nuwa showed Changxi the Human Race, Fuxi discovered something important through Taiyin Star.

Fuxi created the Thought Visualization Method, which cultivated the true spirit by contemplating the Great Dao throughout the Primordial World, and Changxi left a spark of her true spirit to enter the Human Race. Back on Buzhou Mountain, Dijiang asked Fuxi how the Witch Clan could use magical treasures without primordial spirits.

• Fuxi perceived the Great Dao throughout the Primordial World and deduced the Thought Visualization Method to cultivate the true spirit.
• The Three Thousand Great Daos manifested around Fuxi, astonishing Changxi and prompting the Queen Mother of the West to contemplate.
• Changxi resolved to find a new path, left her accumulated Taiyin essence behind, and departed with a spark of true spirit to enter the Human Race.
• Fuxi, Nuwa, and the Queen Mother of the West returned to Buzhou Mountain and found the Twelve Ancestral Witches roasting meat outside Fuxi's cave abode.
• Dijiang asked Fuxi to help the Witch Clan use magical treasures, and Fuxi considered how they might do so without primordial spirits.

Fuxi taught the Twelve Ancestral Witches the Thought Visualization Method, enabling them to cultivate their true spirits and use magical treasures. The Witch Clan grew stronger and began striking the Demon Race, while Bai Ze anxiously waited for the Demon Emperor and Eastern Emperor to return.

• Fuxi shared the Thought Visualization Method with the Twelve Ancestral Witches, who used it to witness Pangu’s creation of heaven and earth and strengthen their true spirits.
• The Witch Clan learned to use magical treasures, and Xing Tian created an axe from his thoughts that he called his Dao Artifact.
• Inspired by Xing Tian, Dayi condensed a Dao Artifact bow and arrows, and the Witch Clan’s strength rose as its members created weapons suited to themselves.
• The strengthened Witch Clan began overwhelming the Demon Race in the surrounding area.
• Bai Ze worried over the Demon Race’s troubles and wondered when the Demon Emperor and Eastern Emperor would return.

Di Jun and Taiyi received a private lesson from Hongjun, who told them that destroying the Witch Clan and unifying the Primordial World would give them the Fortune needed to become Sages. They returned to the Demon Race Heavenly Court and ordered a surprise attack, setting the assembled forces in motion against the Witch Clan.

• Di Jun and Taiyi visited Hongjun, who taught them about the Quasi-Sage realm despite his plans to merge with the Heavenly Dao.
• After the lesson, Di Jun asked Hongjun about the opportunity to become a Sage, and Hongjun identified the Witch Clan as the obstacle they had to destroy.
• Hongjun told Di Jun and Taiyi that defeating the Witch Clan and unifying the Primordial World would earn them boundless Fortune.
• Di Jun and Taiyi returned to the Heavenly Court, where Bai Ze reported the Witch Clan's recent attacks on the Demon Race.
• Di Jun and Taiyi ordered the Demon Race to assemble for a surprise assault on the Witch Clan, and the Demon Saints and their forces began mobilizing.

The Demon Race launched a surprise attack on the Witch Clan, with Di Jun claiming Dao Ancestor Hongjun had guided him. As the Twelve Ancestral Witches met the invading army, Zhurong confronted Eastern Emperor Taiyi and revealed a lotus-bearing Dao Artifact, leaving the battle at a turning point.

• Di Jun led Eastern Emperor Taiyi, Demon Master Kunpeng, and the Demon Race army in a surprise assault on the Witch Clan Territory beneath Buzhou Mountain.
• Eastern Emperor Taiyi attacked the Twelve Ancestral Witches with the Chaos Bell, but a punch from the Witch Clan sent it flying back.
• Di Jun led the Demon Race against the Twelve Ancestral Witches and claimed that Dao Ancestor Hongjun had guided him.
• Jieyin, Zhunti, the Three Pure Ones, and Hongjun watched the battle, with the onlookers expecting the Demon Race to prevail.
• Zhurong attacked Eastern Emperor Taiyi, who blocked his punches with the Chaos Bell and dismissed his strength.
• Zhurong revealed a spark containing a lotus bud, and Eastern Emperor Taiyi laughed at the sight.

The Witch Clan used Fuxi’s cultivation system and Dao Artifacts to rout the Demon Race at Buzhou Mountain, stunning the watching powers and drawing their attention toward Fuxi. Di Jun retreated, while Dijiang decided the Witch Clan would eventually attack the Heavenly Court.

• Hongjun realized he needed the Witch Clan and Demon Race to remain evenly matched so he could harvest their Fortune, and watched the battle at Buzhou Mountain.
• Zhurong’s Fire Lotus devastated the Demon Race’s Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, while Houtu bound Demon Saints and the Twelve Ancestral Witches fought the Demon Emperors.
• Xing Tian, Dayi, and other Witch Clan fighters used Dao Artifacts and Dharma treasures to slaughter the Demon Race’s army, prompting Di Jun and the watching powers to wonder who had guided the Witch Clan.
• Laozi, Tongtian, Zhen Yuanzi, Hong Yun, Jieyin, and Zhunti suspected Fuxi had created the Witch Clan’s cultivation system, and several planned to seek his guidance.
• Dijiang defeated Kunpeng’s escape attempts as the Witch Clan overwhelmed the Demon Race, and Di Jun ordered a retreat with Taiyi covering the army with the Chaos Bell.
• Dijiang stopped Zhurong from pursuing the fleeing Demon Race and resolved to attack the Heavenly Court in a future battle, while the Witch Clan celebrated its victory.

After the Demon Race’s defeat, Laozi and Yuanshi went to Zixiao Palace to ask Hongjun for guidance on becoming Saints. Hongjun revealed that Laozi’s path lay in taking Xuandu as his disciple and establishing the Human Sect, while Yuanshi’s opportunity depended on his brother.

• Ancestor Minghe, Jieyin, and Zhunti were shocked by the Witch Clan’s victory and suspected Fuxi’s guidance had strengthened them.
• Laozi and Yuanshi complained that Hongjun had guided Di Jun and Taiyi instead of them, then left Kunlun Mountain to seek his help.
• Tongtian stayed behind to guard Kunlun Mountain after his brothers told him they would pass along any guidance they received.
• At Zixiao Palace, Laozi and Yuanshi asked Hongjun to show them the path to sainthood.
• Hongjun told Laozi to find the Human Race member Xuandu, take him as a disciple, and establish the Human Sect.
• Hongjun reassured the confused Yuanshi that his opportunity lay with Laozi.

Fuxi divined that Hongjun had instructed Laozi to establish the Human Sect and claim the Human Race’s Fortune, prompting Fuxi and Nuwa to discuss how to stop him. Nuwa wanted to confront Hongjun immediately, but Fuxi asked whether she could defeat him, and she admitted she was unsure.

• Laozi and Yuanshi left Zixiao Palace after Hongjun guided them toward attaining Sagehood, and Laozi privately resolved to make things difficult for Fuxi.
• Fuxi divined that Hongjun still intended to involve himself with the Human Race by having Laozi establish the Human Sect.
• Fuxi told Nuwa about Hongjun’s plan, and Nuwa became furious and unleashed terrifying thunderclouds around Buzhou Mountain.
• Fuxi dispelled the thunderclouds and refused Nuwa’s demand to go to Zixiao Palace, asking whether she could defeat Hongjun.
• Nuwa acknowledged that Hongjun was likely an ancient demon god with many means, so she could not be certain she could kill him.

Fuxi persuaded Nuwa to establish the Human Sect herself, while Laozi arrived in the Human Race’s territory and took Xuandu as his disciple. Just as Laozi began to announce his own sect, Nuwa established the Human Sect first, and Laozi collapsed after losing the opportunity.

• Fuxi told Nuwa she could found the Human Sect herself, and she hurried to the Human Race’s territory.
• Laozi and Yuqing arrived and were astonished by the Human Race’s strength and vitality.
• Laozi and Yuqing sought Xuandu as a disciple, and Xuandu agreed after hearing about Laozi’s pill refinement.
• Laozi gave Xuandu several gourds of pills and prepared to announce his sect.
• Nuwa declared that she was establishing the Human Sect, and Heavenly Dao Merit descended upon her.
• Laozi fell from the air after Nuwa’s announcement, and Yuqing rushed to help him.

After Laozi’s attempt to found the Human Sect was thwarted, Nuwa founded it herself and taught the Human Race the method of Creation, increasing their strength and Fortune. Laozi and Yuanshi set out for Zixiao Palace to seek Hongjun’s help, while Hongjun erupted in anger.

• Laozi watched Nuwa receive Merit and lamented that it should have been his.
• Nuwa founded the Human Sect and taught the Human Race the method of Creation, causing golden lotuses and spiritual rain to descend.
• Fuxi observed Nuwa’s sermon and challenged Hongjun over the Human Race’s Fortune.
• Laozi feared he had lost his chance to become a Sage, and Yuanshi urged him to seek Hongjun again.
• Laozi and Yuanshi headed for Zixiao Palace as Nuwa continued teaching, and Hongjun’s anger broke loose.

After Hongjun advised Laozi to found a sect without the Human Race’s Fortune, Laozi attained Sainthood by establishing the Taiji Sect. Yuanshi and Tongtian then established their own sects and became Sages as well, while the chapter revealed that five Sages had appeared that day.

• Hongjun told Laozi and Yuanshi that Laozi could still become a Sage by founding a sect, despite losing the Human Race’s Fortune.
• Laozi returned to Kunlun Mountain, cultivated in seclusion, and established the Taiji Sect using the Taiji Diagram.
• Laozi gained the Hunyuan Fruit Position and became the Taiqing Saint.
• Yuanshi established the Chan Sect with the Pangu Banner and became a Sage.
• Tongtian established the Interception Sect with the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords and became a Sage.
• The Primordial World’s living beings praised the Three Pure Ones, unaware that five Sages had appeared that day.

Jieyin and Zhunti established the Western Teachings and became sages through their Forty-Eight Great Vows, while Minghe failed to gain sagehood by imitating them. The chapter ended with Hong Yun leaving Buzhou Mountain and heading west after thanking Fuxi for his guidance.

• Jieyin and Zhunti founded the Western Teachings, made the Forty-Eight Great Vows, and became sages as their merit revived the barren West.
• Di Jun complained that he and Taiyi had not become sages, then decided Hong Yun should return his Primordial Violet Qi.
• Minghe established the Asura Sect, received little merit, and was struck by lightning after demanding that the Heavenly Dao return his merit.
• The watching powers mocked Minghe’s failed attempt, and other beings abandoned hopes of becoming sages by founding teachings alone.
• Hong Yun emerged from Buzhou Mountain, thanked Fuxi for guiding him, and set out west.

Hong Yun followed Fuxi’s advice and went to Mount Sumeru to settle the karmic debt Jieyin and Zhunti owed him for the seat he had given up in Zixiao Palace. He accepted a Western Venerable Fruit Position, and as the agreement was confirmed, Di Jun, Tai Yi, and the others began to make their move.

• Hong Yun traveled west after deciding to seek Fuxi’s guidance about the Primordial Violet Qi fused with his origin.
• Jieyin and Zhunti met Hong Yun outside Mount Sumeru and feared he had come to demand repayment for the seat he had given up.
• Hong Yun proposed that the two Sages repay their karmic debt by granting him a Western Venerable Fruit Position.
• Jieyin and Zhunti agreed, and the Heavenly Dao erased their karmic debt as Hong Yun gained the position and a share of the Western Teachings’ Fortune.
• Di Jun, Tai Yi, and the others began to make their move.