Recaps

Li Fan ended the ancient tribulation, reopened the Pangu Era, and established new realms and heavenly domains as schools and traditions contended for fortune. After Grand Unity Heaven moved into Inner Chaos, Ying Zheng rose as the Ancestral Human Emperor and began challenging the Three Realms and All Heavens, drawing Confucians and Daoists into war.

• Li Fan and the assembled powers signed a Dao Contract to reopen the Pangu Era, while Cangli Clan returned and his arrival disrupted the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.
• Li Fan and his allies fought the Fate Demon God, severed his hold over all beings’ destinies, and declared the ancient tribulation ended as the River of Fate dried up.
• Li Fan and the other Pangu Heavenly Kings inherited Pangu’s responsibility, restored the Primordial World, and ushered in the Pangu Era.
• Li Fan appointed Yunxiao the Southern Longevity Heavenly Emperor and created the Earth Immortal Realm, where Zhen Yuanzi and the major traditions established their influence.
• Jieyin and Zhunti founded the Buddha Sect, while Taishang and the Three Pure Ones established Taoism and Lesser Vehicle Buddhism, and Shi Qilin and others founded further schools.
• Li Fan moved Grand Unity Heaven and the Four Directions Heavenly Domains into Inner Chaos, merged the Three Pure Ones Heavens with the Nine Heavens, and established the Twelve Heavens.
• Xuanming gave Ying Zheng the Witch Dao inheritance, and Ying Zheng conquered Great Zhou, became the Ancestral Human Emperor, and forged the Twelve Golden Figures.
• Confucius declared war on Immortal Qin as Lü Dongbin founded the True Pure Yang Dao, and Ying Zheng fought Lü Dongbin and Zhuangzi, then broke free of Zhuangzi’s dream realm.

Li Fan and the Heavenly Court restored balance through crises in the Earth Immortal Realm, the Ghost Path, and time itself, while new powers and rival claimants emerged. The arc leaves Primordial Beginning Heavenly King and the Three Pure Ones confronting Yang Mei as he prepares to fight.

• Nuwa ended Ying Zheng’s war against the other traditions, and the factions accepted a fragile ceasefire while Ying Zheng resolved to strengthen Immortal Qin.
• Ying Zheng sought Nuwa’s help to preserve Humanity Dao, and Li Fan appointed Taihua to lead an inspection that checked Immortal Qin’s and the Buddhist Sect’s expansion.
• Zhen Yuanzi established the Earth Immortal Dao, but its resonance with the Ghost Immortal Path opened a dangerous breach that Li Fan’s contingency helped suppress.
• True Martial rose to confront the minor End of Dharma tribulation as five returning Chaos Demon Gods threatened the order of the Three Realms.
• Li Fan destroyed the Ghost Dao’s origin and severed the Demon Gods’ connection to the Prehistoric Universe, then later supported Haotian’s new Lingxiao Small Heavenly Realm.
• Zhuangzi won the contest to become the Eighth Saint, but Taiyi undermined him through Lord Lei and then exploited the upheaval surrounding Humanity Dao’s descent.
• Li Fan used the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls to halt the Primordial Beginning Heavenly King’s temporal advance and restore the River of Time, after which the Heavenly King preached at Yujing Mountain and claimed the Jade Palace.
• Li Fan warned that the Human Realm’s conflicts and Incense Fire could bring it to ruin, while Primordial Beginning Heavenly King confronted Yang Mei, who chose to fight rather than stop exploiting the Prehistoric Universe.

Li Fan and the powers of the Three Realms weathered wars, the Heavenly Human Five Declines, and the collapse of the old order. After four epochs, Li Fan established a new era of cultivating the truth and began reshaping the Immortal Dao.

• Primordial Beginning Heavenly King and Yang Mei fought for three eras, destroying the Earth Immortal Realm, until Li Fan forced them to pay compensation for the damage.
• Nuwa established Ying Zheng and Kong Qiu as the Ancestral Human Emperor Saint and Confucian Saint, while Ying Zheng later disrupted Huoyun Cave by claiming precedence over the Three Emperors and Five Emperors.
• The Chaos Five Demons stirred conflict across the Three Realms, and after a hundred thousand years the races negotiated borders and a truce as Divine Han’s forces returned home.
• Buddhism spread its Great Awakening Golden Immortal Path, prompting Fuxi to confront Tathagata at Spirit Mountain while Nuwa searched Fuxi’s hall and found a hidden Qiankun pouch.
• Liu Che’s Witchcraft Disaster ended in Liu Ju’s suicide and the deaths of tens of thousands, after which Liu Che issued the Edict of Repentance and began reforms.
• The Heavenly Human Five Declines ravaged the Three Realms, while Goddess Taiyuan used the Light of Taisu to stabilize the Five Heavenly Realms and preserve a glimmer of life for Great Luo Golden Immortals.
• Li Fan and Nuwa stopped the Return to Ruins demons from invading the Human Realm, while Wang Mang’s campaign was interrupted when half the Heavenly Realm fell and buried him and Chang'an City.
• After four epochs, Li Fan gathered the surviving supreme figures and established an era of cultivating the truth, setting rules to preserve Humanity Dao and the Human Realm as the Immortal Dao’s cultivation realms began to change.

Li Fan and the immortals faced schemes involving parallel worlds, the Hongmeng Purple Qi, and the Buddhist Westward Journey as the Monkey King was born and grew powerful. Zixia joined him in resisting the Heavenly Dao and Buddhism as the imprisoned figures were released and a great upheaval began.

• A He and A Chen took different paths after their spirit-root test, while Li Fan and Goddess Wangshu discussed the power of the Dao in the heart.
• Huang Tian’s Yellow Turban rebellion shook the Earth Immortal Realm, and Li Fan sealed him after Houtu intervened in his battle with Zhunti.
• Li Fan and the immortals confronted schemes involving parallel worlds, and Primordial Beginning Heavenly King became leader of the Immortal Path Alliance.
• Zhuang Zhou died in the struggle over his Hongmeng Purple Qi, and Li Fan stopped the fighting before the purple qi escaped.
• Nuwa became the Creation Holy Demoness and formed a pact with Li Fan and Wangshu to address disasters in the parallel world.
• The Monkey King summoned the Dinghai Shenzhen, freed Gonggong, and declared that he would stand equal to Heaven.
• Zixia became Nüyi’s disciple and began forging her own path of Fate, while Jieyin’s blood-red Buddha Light stirred a debt calamity across the Three Realms.
• Zixia joined the Monkey King in rejecting the Heavenly Dao and Buddhism, and the Chaos Bell released Tathagata, Zhunti, Huang Tian, and the other prisoners.