Recaps

Kuafu pursued the nine Golden Crows across the Primordial World as their heat scorched the land, but Zhunti secretly restored a river that Kuafu drank, causing him unbearable pain. The Golden Crows attacked the weakened Kuafu, and another voice arrived in fury as he neared collapse.

• The nine Golden Crows fled from Kuafu, scorching the land and killing countless living beings as Zhunti watched.
• Zhunti restored a dried-up river, and the exhausted Kuafu drank all its water before resuming his pursuit.
• Kuafu caught up with the Golden Crows, but pain from the river water slowed him, so the First Golden Crow Prince ordered his brothers to attack.
• The Golden Crows wounded Kuafu with their talons and beaks while Zhunti watched the fight with Jieyin through a water mirror.
• As Kuafu swayed on the verge of collapse, an enraged voice demanded to know how the Golden Crows dared injure his brother Kuafu.

Hou Yi avenged Kuafu by shooting down the Golden Crow princes who had killed him. The Tenth Golden Crow Prince fled toward Buzhou Mountain, calling for his father and uncle to save him.

• Hou Yi named his longbow Sun-Slaying and fired an arrow at the Golden Crows after Kuafu collapsed.
• The First Golden Crow Prince was killed by Hou Yi's arrow as the brothers wondered how they had defeated Kuafu.
• Hou Yi shot another arrow through the Third and Seventh Golden Crow Princes.
• Hou Yi fired three arrows at once, killing three more Golden Crow princes.
• The Tenth Golden Crow Prince fled toward Buzhou Mountain with two brothers and called for his father and uncle.

Di Jun discovered that Hou Yi had killed nine of his ten Golden Crow sons and rushed with Taiyi to save the last one. After the Tenth Golden Crow Prince reached his father, Laozi erased the concealment formation around the Heavenly Court and prepared to answer his Master's call.

• Bai Ze reported the Demon Race's gains against the Witch Clan, and Di Jun collapsed after sensing that his children were in danger.
• Di Jun used the River Diagram and Luo Book to discover that the young Golden Crows had left the Fusang Tree and were being hunted by Hou Yi.
• The Ninth Golden Crow Prince shoved the Tenth out of the path of Hou Yi's arrow and fell to the ground himself.
• Taiyi and Di Jun arrived in time for Taiyi's Chaos Bell to erase Hou Yi's arrow, and the Tenth Golden Crow Prince flew into Di Jun's arms.
• Di Jun held his grieving son as he fell asleep, while Laozi erased the Heavenly Court's concealing formation and left to answer his Master's summons.

Di Jun and Taiyi attacked Hou Yi for killing eight of the Golden Crows, but Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches intervened, triggering a war between the Witch and Demon races. Meanwhile, the Four Saints and the Dao Ancestor discussed a plan involving Chang'e and Hou Yi to intensify the Witch Clan's fury.

• Di Jun and Taiyi confronted Hou Yi, who struggled to resist their Quasi-Sage pressure after killing eight Golden Crows.
• Taiyi hurled the Chaos Bell at Hou Yi, but Dijiang used barriers of space to stop its attack.
• The Eleven Ancestral Witches arrived to protect Hou Yi, and Di Jun's grief and anger turned into a declaration of war.
• The Demon Saints led the Demon Race army against the Witch Clan as the two sides clashed across heaven and earth.
• At Zixiao Palace, Laozi claimed Tongtian was in seclusion, while the Dao Ancestor asked the others about their next step.
• Laozi proposed that Chang'e eat the spiritual medicine and ascend to the Taiyin Star, with Hou Yi following, to inflame the Witch Clan's anger.

Laozi explained the Sages’ plan to use Chang'e and Hou Yi to provoke a war between the Witch and Demon Races and bring down Buzhou Mountain for the Sages’ benefit. He expected Xihe to seek his Moon Pill, unaware that his assumptions about Chang'e’s memories and fate were wrong.

• Laozi revealed that Chang'e was Changxi, Xihe’s younger sister, and that he had prepared a Moon Pill to awaken her identity as a Taiyin Goddess.
• Laozi explained that Chang'e’s return to the Taiyin Star would drive Hou Yi to abandon the Witch Clan and become Wu Gang, provoking the Ancestral Witches.
• Laozi said the Ancestral Witches would be incited to destroy Buzhou Mountain, causing a calamity that the Sages would resolve and use to gain Merit.
• Jieyin questioned how Laozi knew Hou Yi and Chang'e would marry, and Laozi replied that Chang'e had lost her former memories and would be drawn to the heroic Hou Yi.
• The narrator revealed that Laozi’s assumptions about Changxi’s rebirth were mistaken, but Laozi remained confident that he could correct any problems in his plan.

The Sages discovered that Chang'e had become a powerful human warrior and had barely met Hou Yi, ruining Laozi's plan to bring them together. Hongjun ordered Laozi to fix the scheme, while Chang'e's sealed memories as the Taiyin Goddess returned and she reflected on Fuxi's guidance; someone then called out to her.

• Jieyin questioned Laozi's hands-off approach, and Laozi showed the Sages a water mirror revealing Chang'e's life among the Human Race.
• Hongjun confronted Laozi over the failed plan, and Laozi promised to use a Divine Ability to make Chang'e and Hou Yi fall in love.
• Hongjun assigned Laozi to carry out the remedy, while Yuanshi declined Jieyin and Zhunti's offer to help.
• Chang'e stood before Fuxi's statue as her sealed memories as the Taiyin Goddess returned, realizing her current path had fulfilled Fuxi's words.
• An unidentified voice called out to Chang'e from behind.

Laozi disguised himself as a poor old man and tried to arrange a marriage between Chang'e and Hou Yi so he could gain a share of the Human Race's Fortune. Chang'e recognized his scheme and resisted his attempt to alter her feelings, while Laozi failed to realize that her restored primordial spirit was beyond his power.

• Chang'e recognized Laozi despite his shabby disguise and secretly sent spell seals that concealed her actions from him.
• Laozi asked Chang'e for food, then questioned whether she was betrothed and proposed Hou Yi as a match.
• Chang'e realized Laozi's plan could provoke Xihe and spark a war between the Witch and Demon clans.
• Laozi secretly used a divine ability to change Chang'e's feelings toward Hou Yi, unaware that her restored primordial spirit made the technique ineffective.

Chang'e exposed Laozi's attempt to manipulate her and the Human Race, and Nuwa intervened to protect her. After Chang'e revealed the Moon Pill's cost, Suiren Shi recognized a plot that could reignite war between the Witch and Demon Clans and led the Human Race in severing its connection to Laozi.

• Chang'e rejected Laozi's claim that she and Hou Yi loved each other and attacked him, prompting Laozi to seize her.
• Chang'e called on Nuwa, whose statue's light rescued her and drove Laozi away before exposing his true form.
• Chang'e explained that the Moon Pill granted Taiyin power but bound its user to the Taiyin Star for life.
• Suiren Shi and the others inferred that Laozi planned to use Chang'e, Hou Yi, and the Moon Pill to provoke conflict between the Witch and Demon Clans and drag in the Human Race.
• Suiren Shi petitioned Nuwa to expel Laozi from Human territory, and the Human Race's Power of Vows severed Laozi's connection to them.

After the Human Race severed its connection with Laozi, Chang'e gained their Fortune and restored life to the lands devastated by the Golden Crows. At Zixiao Palace, the Sages approved Laozi’s plan to provoke war by having the Demon Race slaughter the Human Race, drawing in the Witch Clan.

• Laozi fled after the Human Race rejected his scheme, while Zhunti and Jieyin distanced themselves from his failure and Primordial Heavenly Venerable condemned the Human Race.
• The Human Race’s Fortune gathered around Chang'e, greatly increasing her strength as she spread spiritual Qi and revived the devastated land.
• Suiren Shi and the other human leaders guided their people in rebuilding, expanding their settlements, and strengthening the Human Race’s Fortune.
• At Zixiao Palace, Primordial asked Jieyin and Zhunti for a way to break the deadlock between the Witch and Demon races, but they refused to intervene.
• Laozi proposed that the Demon Race attack the Human Race on a grand scale so the Witch Clan would come to their aid and war would begin.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun approved Laozi’s plan, sealing the fate of the Human, Witch, and Demon races.

After the Little Golden Crows’ deaths, Di Jun and Tai Yi led the Demon Race into war against the Witch Clan, devastating the Primordial World. Laozi warned Di Jun that the Ancestral Witches might follow Houtu’s path, and Di Jun renewed his ambition to fight the Witch Clan to the death.

• Di Jun and Tai Yi mobilized the Demon Race to attack the Witch Clan, while Bai Ze warned Di Jun that their warriors struggled against the Witches’ powerful bodies.
• Hong Yun sheltered fleeing living beings at Longevity Mountain, and he and Zhen Yuanzi lamented the war’s destruction.
• Xing Tian and Hou Yi discussed the fighting beneath Buzhou Mountain before Zhurong left to join the battle.
• Laozi went to the Heavenly Court and warned Di Jun and Tai Yi that the Eleven Ancestral Witches might imitate Houtu and succeed.
• Di Jun recalled his ambition to unify the Primordial World and resolved to personally lead the Demon Race in a fight to the death against the Witch Clan.

Laozi told Di Jun and Taiyi that weapons made from Human Race flesh and blood could pierce the Witch Clan's bodies, prompting the Demon Race to march on the Eastern Sea Shore. Nuwa moved to protect the Human Race, but Laozi and Yuanshi intercepted her outside Wa Huang Palace.

• Laozi told Di Jun and Taiyi that weapons refined from Human Race flesh and blood could break through the Witch Clan's physical bodies.
• Laozi assured Di Jun and Taiyi that they did not need to worry about Nuwa intervening.
• Di Jun and Taiyi led the Demon Race's armies toward the Human Race's territory to obtain material for the Witch-Slaying Sword.
• Nuwa saw the approaching armies and prepared to go to the Human Race's aid.
• Laozi and Yuanshi stopped Nuwa outside Wa Huang Palace after knocking her maid unconscious.
• Nuwa attacked Laozi and Yuanshi and summoned the Red Embroidered Ball.

Fuxi received Hongjun on Buzhou Mountain while Houtu fought Jieyin and Zhunti in the Netherworld. As Sages clashed across the realms, Di Jun sent the Demon Race army toward the Human Race to lure out the Witch Clan and finish the Witch-Slaying Sword.

• Fuxi questioned Hongjun about the battles beyond the heavens, then agreed to conclude their discussion of the Dao.
• Jieyin and Zhunti provoked Houtu by claiming the Blood Sea had a karmic connection to Western Teachings, and Houtu fought them to a standstill in the Netherworld.
• Tongtian watched the battles beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens and in the Netherworld, suspecting that the Sages had devised another plan.
• Di Jun told Taiyi that he intended to use an attack on the Human Race to draw out the Witch Clan while he completed the Witch-Slaying Sword.
• A few hundred Demon Soldiers approached the Human Race's territory and charged after threatening the humans.

The Demon Race attacked the Human Race, but humans fought back with unexpected strength until the Ten Great Demon Gods turned the battle against them. As Chang'e and the human powerhouses fought to defend their people, the Witch Clan marched to their aid, and Yuxiu asked Suiren Shi about the power of his Fire Seed.

• The Human Race rallied against the Demon Race, using teamwork and the strength of its Heavenly Prodigies to rout the first wave of soldiers and generals.
• Zhurong told Dijiang that the Demon Race was besieging the Human Race, and Dijiang ordered the Witch Clan to march to the Eastern Sea Shore and help destroy the Demon Race.
• The Ten Great Demon Gods joined the battle and overwhelmed the humans, prompting Chang'e to attack Tongming before Pangshen intercepted her.
• Chang'e sent Pangshen flying with her sword, while the Three Ancestors of the Human Race, Shennong, Xuanyuan, Shaodian, and other human powerhouses fought the demons.
• Suiren Shi's Fire Seed evaporated Yuxiu's wave, forcing Yuxiu to evade and ask about the fire's origin.

The Human Race battled the Demon Race as Suiren Shi demanded answers and Xuanyuan’s formations overwhelmed the Demon Saints. Shennong poisoned and wounded Chaoyan, who fled, while the battlefield continued with Ganjing still trapped by Youchao Shi and Mietu held by Ziyi Shi.

• Suiren Shi angrily demanded to know why the Demon Race had attacked the Human Race.
• Ganjing broke free of Youchao Shi’s forest, but Youchao Shi trapped him again with vines and trees that could not injure him.
• Chaoyan attacked Shennong, but Shennong dodged and used poisoned Seven-Star Silver Soul Grass to numb Chaoyan and wound him; Chaoyan then fled from Shennong’s pursuit.
• Ziyi Shi kept Mietu trapped with treasured threads while Shaodian fought Basu and could not help her.
• Xuanyuan split his warriors into formations that isolated Shu Tao from Xiong Zhuo and Bu Feng, then used the Xuanyuan Sword to kill all three Demon Saints.

The Human Race gained the upper hand against the Demon Race, while Nuwa punished Laozi for plotting to use the Demon Race to slaughter her people. The Witch Clan arrived as reinforcements, and Di Jun refused Taiyi’s call to retreat, choosing to fight on.

• Ancestor Minghe, Hong Yun, and Zhen Yuanzi watched the Human Race defeat Demon Gods and praised Fuxi’s teachings.
• Hongjun concealed his anger as Fuxi mocked him over the Human Race’s success.
• Nuwa attacked Laozi and accused him of plotting to slaughter the Human Race; Yuanshi tried to shield Laozi from her blows.
• Laozi and Hongjun saw the Witch Clan go to war with the Demon Race and believed their plan was succeeding.
• The Witch Clan arrived at the Eastern Sea Shore, raising Human morale and forcing the Demon Race to fight on despite desertions.
• Taiyi urged Di Jun to retreat, but Di Jun refused and vowed to fight the Witch Clan.

Di Jun and Taiyi activated the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array, convinced the eleven Ancestral Witches could not answer it with their incomplete formation. The Witches revealed that their leader had devised a new way to form the Twelve Dutian Divine Fiends Great Array, and the chapter ended as they began assembling it.

• Di Jun summoned the star officials and Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, then entered the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array with Taiyi.
• The array covered the battlefield in starlight and halted the fighting, alarming the Human Race, Hong Yun, and Zhen Yuanzi.
• Di Jun taunted the eleven Ancestral Witches for being unable to complete their formation and demanded that they kneel.
• Zhurong rejected Di Jun's demand, and the Ancestral Witches remained defiant despite the array's power.
• The Ancestral Witches revealed that their big brother had devised a new formation, then called out for the Twelve Dutian Divine Fiends Great Array to form.

The Ancestral Witches summoned Pangu's Phantom with the Twelve Dutian Divine Fiends Great Array, and he clashed with Di Jun and Taiyi's Zhou Tian Stars Great Array. Their repeated collisions devastated the Primordial World, and both sides appeared close to their limits, but the battle continued.

• The Ancestral Witches formed the Twelve Dutian Divine Fiends Great Array and summoned Pangu's Phantom, prompting the Witch Clan to bow to him.
• Pangu's Phantom struck at the Zhou Tian Stars Great Array, and his axe collided with the starlight's enormous palms, unleashing destructive aftershocks.
• Nuwa's safeguard on the statues of Saint Nuwa and Great God Fuxi protected the Human Race, while Houtu told Ancestor Minghe that the Witches and Demons were destined to withdraw from the Primordial World.
• Di Jun and Taiyi suffered serious injuries but continued fighting Pangu's Phantom as the two arrays' collisions battered the Primordial World and killed countless beings.
• The aftershocks drove demon soldiers and the old Dragon King of the Dragon Clan to flee, while the battle-weary Pangu's Phantom raised his axe and struck at the stars again.

The Witch Clan and Demon Race destroyed each other in their final battle, leaving the Primordial World devastated and both factions without their leaders. Houtu guided the ten Ancestral Witches into the Netherworld, where they became the Ten Kings of Hell, while Bai Ze was left to wonder what would become of the scattered Demon Race.

• Di Jun and Taiyi unleashed the Zhou Tian Stars Great Array's final attack, but the Pangu Phantom broke apart and the ten Ancestral Witches' true spirits remained.
• A withered-handed figure tried to seize the Ancestral Witches' true spirits, but Houtu drove the figure away and led the spirits into the Netherworld.
• Houtu guided the ten Ancestral Witches along the Yellow Springs Road, where they recovered their memories and accepted their fate.
• Houtu appointed the ten Ancestral Witches as the Ten Kings of Hell, and the Netherworld responded by completing their new roles.
• The Zhou Tian Stars Great Array collapsed, Di Jun and Taiyi died, and Bai Ze wondered what the Demon Race should do as Kunpeng watched a certain place.

Kunpeng seized the River Diagram and Luo Book from the collapsing Demon Clan Heavenly Court, while the Sages failed to capture the Chaos Bell carrying Primordial Violet Qi. After the battle devastated the Primordial World, Gonggong woke among the dead and found no sign of his siblings.

• Kunpeng took the River Diagram and Luo Book from Bai Ze and fled to the North Sea, leaving the remaining Demon Gods to scatter.
• Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi discussed Kunpeng's betrayal as the Sages turned their attention to the Chaos Bell and its Primordial Violet Qi.
• Laozi tried to trap the Chaos Bell with the Taiji Diagram, but it shattered the formation and continued into the Chaos.
• Jieyin's Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree nearly swept up the Chaos Bell, but it vanished before either Sage could claim it.
• The battle's aftermath left the Primordial World strewn with corpses, and survivors of the Witch Clan gathered their fallen brothers' bones.
• Gonggong woke amid the devastation, called for his siblings without receiving an answer, and walked among the dead.

Gonggong, manipulated by Jieyin and Zhunti, broke Buzhou Mountain before dying, unleashing the Heavenly River across the Primordial World. Fuxi claimed the fallen half of the mountain and sent Yuanshi away, while the survivors prayed for help as the sky began to tilt.

• Gonggong cursed the Heavenly Dao and, driven by the schemes of Jieyin and Zhunti, crashed into Buzhou Mountain, breaking it and dying.
• Houtu brought Gonggong back and vowed to repay Jieyin and Zhunti for their repeated meddling with the Witch Clan.
• Fuxi took the fallen half of Buzhou Mountain before Yuanshi arrived, then waved Yuanshi away when he demanded it back.
• The collapse of Buzhou Mountain tore a hole in the sky, and the Heavenly River flooded the Primordial World, sweeping away countless living beings.
• Suiren Shi and the Human Race knelt before the statue of Nuwa and pleaded with Nuwa and Fuxi to stop the flood as the sky began to tilt.

Nuwa found a Five-Colored Stone to mend the heavens and learned that the North Sea Black Tortoise’s four limbs could serve as pillars to hold them up. When the Black Tortoise resisted, Hongjun arrived and urged him to sacrifice himself for the suffering beings, promising that Merit would let him return through reincarnation.

• Nuwa heard the pleas of living beings and resolved to mend the heavens, while Fuxi affirmed her decision.
• Nuwa found a Five-Colored Stone capable of mending the heavens but realized she also needed pillars to stop them from tilting.
• Nuwa divined that the North Sea Black Tortoise’s four limbs could hold up the heavens, then traveled to the North Sea and killed a black dragon stirring up the floodwaters.
• The Black Tortoise emerged and protested when Nuwa told him she needed his limbs, insisting he had harmed no one and wanted to keep pursuing Hunyuan.
• Hongjun appeared, declared the Black Tortoise’s sacrifice was his fate, and urged him to give up his limbs in exchange for great Merit and reincarnation; the Black Tortoise began to feel tempted.

Fuxi warned Black Tortoise that reincarnation would not let him attain the Hunyuan Fruit Position and offered him a better way to fulfill his destiny. Nuwa sealed the hole in the sky, and Black Tortoise merged with the Primordial World to repair it, leaving Hongjun furious.

• Fuxi appeared and warned Black Tortoise that reincarnation would make him start over rather than grant him the Hunyuan Fruit Position.
• Fuxi told Black Tortoise to merge his body with the Primordial World and become its Spirit, so he could use the Merit to give his primordial spirit physical form.
• Nuwa refined the Five-Colored Stone and sealed the great hole in the sky, stopping the Heavenly River from pouring through it.
• Black Tortoise vowed to merge with heaven and earth, then scattered his body across the Primordial World to prop up the heavens and restore the land.
• The floodwaters receded, the land recovered, and the Primordial World's living beings rejoiced as Hongjun burned with rage inside Zixiao Palace.

The Black Tortoise merged with heaven and earth, earning Merit alongside Nuwa and Fuxi and obstructing Hongjun’s plan to control the Heavenly Dao. Fuxi then prepared to send the remaining witches through his Myriad Worlds Passage, and the Witch-Demon Tribulation ended once the Witch Clan left the Primordial World and the Demon Clan went into hiding.

• The Black Tortoise merged his body with heaven and earth, thwarting Hongjun’s plan to merge with the Heavenly Dao and drawing his hatred toward Fuxi.
• Merit descended, restoring the Black Tortoise to an Innate Dao Body, empowering Nuwa, and flowing partly into Fuxi’s Fuxi Qin.
• Fuxi gained insight into Refining Spirit, Returning to Emptiness and realized the Witch-Demon Tribulation had not ended because the surviving witches remained in the Primordial World and the dead had joined the Earthly Dao.
• Hongjun recognized that the Witch Clan’s place in the Earthly Dao had weakened the Heavenly Dao and further blamed Fuxi for obstructing his plans.
• Fuxi prepared to send the remaining witches through his Myriad Worlds Passage, and the Witch-Demon Tribulation ended after the Witch Clan left the Primordial World and the Demon Clan went into hiding.

After the Witch-Demon War, the Three Teachings recruited disciples and spread their teachings as the Human Race rose. Hongjun appointed Haotian and Yaochi to govern the newly renamed Heavenly Court, then announced that he would merge with the Heavenly Dao, prompting Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi to anticipate further upheavals.

• Fuxi foresaw the Human Race's rise and viewed the coming Investiture of the Gods as an opportunity to challenge Hongjun's control.
• At Hongjun's order, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Laozi, Zhunti, and Jieyin began recruiting disciples and spreading their teachings across the Primordial World.
• A hundred years later, the Three Teachings had gained influence, with Yuanshi teaching at Jade Void Palace, Tongtian welcoming all listeners to Jin'ao Island, and Xuandu spreading Taiji Sect teachings.
• Hongjun summoned Haotian and Yaochi, restored the ruined Demon Court, renamed it the Heavenly Court, and appointed them its masters.
• Hongjun announced that he would merge with the Heavenly Dao, while Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi discussed the upheavals that might follow.

Hongjun merged with the Heavenly Dao and declared that the Human Race would become the protagonists of heaven and earth, alarming the Sages because Fuxi and Nuwa controlled the Human Path. He proposed targeting the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, while the Dragon Clan turned toward joining Haotian’s Heavenly Court.

• Haotian lamented that a thousand years of recruitment had left the Heavenly Court with only a few hundred members.
• Ao Tian resisted his brothers’ suggestion to seek a Sage’s protection, insisting that the Dragon Clan’s dignity could not be discarded.
• Hongjun merged with the Heavenly Dao, and Ao Tian decided to lead his brothers to the Heavenly Court as other powerful figures headed there too.
• Hongjun summoned the Sages and announced that the Human Race would become the protagonists of heaven and earth; Laozi attributed its rise to Fuxi’s cultivation art.
• The Sages worried that Fuxi and Nuwa controlled the Human Race’s Fortune, so Hongjun told them to target the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.