Recaps

After Tathagata paid Yanhuang Hall with lotus platforms and Bodhi Seeds, he warned Buddhism against provoking its powerful members and sent Guanyin to inspect the Journey to the West route. Huang Tian accepted the compensation and planned to cultivate the treasures while his followers trained in the accelerated Huang Tian Realm.

• Tathagata returned to Spirit Mountain with Buddhism's members after handing Yanhuang Hall three Golden Lotuses, three White Lotuses, and three Bodhi Seeds as compensation.
• Tathagata rebuked Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta for questioning his decision, and Dipankara Ancient Buddha warned that Yanhuang Hall's strength could threaten Buddhism.
• Tathagata ordered Bodhisattva Guanyin to check the Journey to the West route, and Guanyin left the Great Thunderclap Temple.
• Huang Tian accepted the compensation from Tang Hao, then sent Yanhuang Hall's members into the Huang Tian Realm to cultivate under accelerated time.
• Huang Tian explained to Qian Renxue how Buddhism cultivated lotus platforms and warned her that ninth-grade Golden Lotuses could attract powerful enemies, but promised to protect her and her sisters.

Huang Tian cultivated merit lotus platforms, mastered the Law of Purification, and watched Yanhuang Hall grow stronger. He learned that the Huang Tian Realm could not advance further unless he strengthened the Huang Tian Immortal Estate to a Chaos Spirit Treasure, so he chose to pursue that path rather than expose the realm to the Chaos Sea.

• Huang Tian infused merit into the Golden Lotus, raising it to the fourth grade, and explained its potential to Qian Renxue before she returned to cultivate.
• Huang Tian planted a Bodhi Seed with Three Lights Divine Water, prompting Yanhuang Hall members within a hundred li to gain insight and break through.
• Huang Tian cultivated three Golden Lotuses and three White Lotuses for ten thousand years, producing six ninth-grade lotus platforms and mastering the Law of Purification.
• Huang Tian condensed a jade talisman that could purify attacks and dangers below the Saint level, then checked the cultivation progress of Yanhuang Hall's members and his five women.
• Huang Tian learned that the Huang Tian Immortal Estate could no longer contain the Huang Tian Realm's growth and decided to strengthen it rather than release the realm into the Chaos Sea.

Guanyin discovered that the Black Bear Demon had been taken from Black Wind Cave by Xiong Ba of Yanhuang Hall, threatening the Journey to the West tribulations and her share of Heavenly Dao Merit. Tathagata sent her to watch Yanhuang Hall, where she waited in disguise near Black Wind Mountain without realizing its members were cultivating in the Huang Tian Realm.

• Guanyin searched Black Wind Cave and learned that a supposed Black Bear Tribe chieftain had defeated and taken the Black Bear Demon.
• Guanyin reported the disappearance to Tathagata, who divined that Xiong Ba had taken the demon to Yanhuang Hall.
• Tathagata explained that Yanhuang Hall might be backed by a newly ascended saint and ordered Guanyin to monitor the area.
• Guanyin disguised herself as a young monk and hid in Guanyin Zen Temple near Black Wind Mountain.
• After a day without seeing anyone from Yanhuang Hall, Guanyin wondered where they had gone, unaware they were cultivating in the Huang Tian Realm.

Huang Tian Immortal Estate advanced into a low-grade Chaos Spirit Treasure, but the Heaven Concealing Formation hid its location from the Heavenly Dao. Its emergence sent the Primordial Wilderness into a treasure hunt and widespread disorder, which the Heavenly Court moved to suppress.

• Tang Chen led more than fourteen thousand three hundred Quasi-Saints of Yanhuang Hall in activating the Heaven Concealing Formation while Huang Tian Immortal Estate advanced.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun failed to locate the Chaos Spirit Treasure, while Sect Master Tongtian welcomed Hongjun’s setback and renewed his resolve to avenge his sect.
• Yuanshi Tianzun ordered Old Man of the South Pole and the remaining Chan School disciples to search for the treasure, and the other Saints also sent people to seek it.
• Cultivators searching for the treasure instead found other opportunities, sparking deadly conflicts and disrupting Buddhism’s and the Heavenly Court’s plans along the Journey to the West route.
• The Jade Emperor ordered Li Jing and Nezha to lead heavenly forces into the lower realm to restore order.
• At Guanyin Zen Temple, Li Jing captured a Taiyi Golden Immortal independent cultivator who had set the temple ablaze, then ordered Lord of Fire Virtue to collect the Samadhi True Fire.

After restoring order in the Earth Immortal Realm, Huang Tian took Liu Erlong, Tang Yuehua, Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and Zhu Zhuqing out for an outing. He led them east to visit Great Sage Sun, his childhood idol, who was about to emerge after five hundred years of imprisonment.

• Guanyin watched Yanhuang Hall after Heavenly Court forces subdued the slaughter and treasure plundering across the Earth Immortal Realm.
• Huang Tian planned ways to replenish the Huang Tian Realm’s depleted origin and sent Yanhuang Hall members to teach cultivation to the myriad races.
• Huang Tian agreed to take Liu Erlong, Tang Yuehua, Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and Zhu Zhuqing out to the Earth Immortal Realm.
• Huang Tian stored the Huang Tian Immortal Estate and its formation before telling the women they were going to see Great Sage Sun.
• Huang Tian and the five women flew east on a cloud, admiring the Earth Immortal Realm’s scenery along the way.

Huang Tian and his companions reached Five Elements Mountain, where Qian Renxue destroyed the Buddhist talisman and freed Sun Wukong. Sun Wukong emerged weakened after five hundred years of imprisonment, and Qian Renxue offered to restore his damaged foundation.

• Huang Tian moved human villages into the Huang Tian Realm and arranged for an incarnation to teach their people cultivation.
• Huang Tian and his companions arrived at Five Elements Mountain, where Golden-Headed Jiedi ordered them to turn back.
• Qian Renxue killed the Five Jiedi with Sacred Light, and the Six Ding and Six Jia stepped aside.
• Qian Renxue destroyed the Buddhist talisman and split Five Elements Mountain, freeing Sun Wukong.
• Sun Wukong explained that his cultivation had regressed to the Golden Immortal realm and that he lacked the strength to take revenge on Buddhism.
• Qian Renxue offered to repair Sun Wukong's damaged foundation with her Holy Purification Technique.

Huang Tian and his wives defended Great Sage Sun from Tathagata Buddha and Dipankara Ancient Buddha while Qian Renxue restored his Supreme Foundation. After their forces were overwhelmed, both Buddhas fled, leaving their followers dead.

• Qian Renxue used purifying light to cleanse Great Sage Sun’s Supreme Foundation and began repairing it.
• Tathagata Buddha arrived with Dipankara Ancient Buddha, five hundred Arhats, and three thousand bhikshus to demand Great Sage Sun’s return, but Huang Tian refused and ordered Liu Erlong and Bibi Dong to attack.
• Bibi Dong wounded Tathagata with a spatial blade, while Liu Erlong’s flames overwhelmed Dipankara’s Spirit Coffin Lamp and cracked his Twenty-Four Heavens.
• Dipankara Ancient Buddha fled with Near at Hand, Yet Worlds Away, and Huang Tian stopped Liu Erlong from pursuing him and ordered her to kill the assembled followers.
• Liu Erlong burned all five hundred Arhats and three thousand bhikshus, while Tathagata Buddha escaped after using Buddha Kingdom in the Palm and Earth-Traveling Golden Light.

After Liu Erlong and Bibi Dong defeated the Buddhist forces, Huang Tian urged his companions to retreat rather than challenge Saints before reaching Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal. In the Heavenly Court, the Jade Emperor assessed the newcomers’ threat, sent Grand White Golden Star to question Tathagata about the Journey to the West, and stopped spying on Huang Tian’s group.

• Huang Tian collected and devoured the Buddhist treasures, while Liu Erlong lamented that Dipamkara had escaped before she could fight him properly.
• Bibi Dong and Huang Tian reminded Liu Erlong that their enemies had fled because they were outmatched, and Huang Tian warned that only Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortals could face Saints without fear.
• The Jade Emperor and the Heavenly Court officials watched the battle through the Haotian Mirror and discussed how Liu Erlong and Bibi Dong had defeated Tathagata and Dipamkara and destroyed the Buddhist forces.
• The Jade Emperor concluded that Huang Tian’s group intended to undermine Western Buddhism and gain merit, then ordered Grand White Golden Star to ask Tathagata whether the Journey to the West could continue.
• After noticing Huang Tian’s knowing smile in the Haotian Mirror, the Jade Emperor put the mirror away to avoid provoking the six powerful newcomers.

After Qian Renxue restored his Supreme Foundation, Great Sage Sun broke through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm. Learning that Buddhism would try to control him through the Monkey Offspring of Flower and Fruit Mountain, he agreed to move them into Huang Tian’s Great Thousand World, and the group arrived at the mountain.

• Qian Renxue withdrew the Light of Purification, and Great Sage Sun used the restored foundation and Huang Tian’s Innate Spiritual Energy to break through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.
• Great Sage Sun thanked Huang Tian and the women, then said he planned to return to Flower and Fruit Mountain and guard the Monkey Offspring there.
• Huang Tian warned Great Sage Sun that Buddhism could use the Monkey Offspring to force him to protect the scripture-seeking monk, and offered to shelter them in his Great Thousand World.
• Great Sage Sun accepted Huang Tian’s offer, and Huang Tian used the Star Shifting Great Divine Ability to take everyone to Flower and Fruit Mountain.
• Huang Tian introduced his five wives to Great Sage Sun, who greeted them and was astonished by their Quasi-Saint Great Perfection cultivation.

Huang Tian rescued the Monkey Offspring from Flower and Fruit Mountain and brought them into his realm, while Great Sage Sun prepared to confront Tathagata’s Buddhist forces. A battle broke out between the two groups, and Zhao Wuji killed Joyful Buddha as Bibi Dong attacked the distracted Tathagata.

• Huang Tian moved several thousand Monkey Offspring into the Huang Tian Realm and assigned Tang Chen to teach them cultivation.
• Tathagata arrived at Flower and Fruit Mountain with twelve other Quasi-Saints and demanded that Huang Tian hand over Sun Wukong and compensate Buddhism.
• Huang Tian summoned Tang Chen, Tang Xiao, Tang Hao, Qian Daoliu, Bo Saixi, and Zhao Wuji to help the Yanhuang Hall members face the Buddhist force.
• Zhao Wuji tore through Joyful Buddha’s cassock, shattered his Golden Body, and killed him after Huang Tian moved Aolai Kingdom into his realm to protect its people.
• Tathagata looked away from his fight with Bibi Dong after hearing Joyful Buddha’s final cry, and Bibi Dong struck at him with her Abyssal Slash of Space Tear.

Yanhuang Hall's fighters overwhelmed Buddhism's forces on Flower and Fruit Mountain. Kong Xuan and Mahavairocana Tathagata fled after Tang Xiao and Tang Hao defeated them, while Huang Tian allowed Kong Xuan to escape.

• Bibi Dong kept Tathagata on the defensive, while Yanhuang Hall's fighters gained the upper hand against Buddhism's forces.
• Kong Xuan used his Five-Colored Divine Light against Tang Xiao, but Tang Xiao evaded it and repeatedly struck him until Kong Xuan fled in his peacock form.
• Huang Tian told Tang Xiao not to pursue Kong Xuan, and Tang Xiao joined Zhao Wuji to watch the remaining battles.
• Mahavairocana Tathagata used the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife against Tang Hao, but it failed to harm him.
• Tang Hao shattered Mahavairocana Tathagata's Golden Crow manifestation with the Clear Sky Hammer, and Mahavairocana Tathagata fled toward Western Heaven Spirit Mountain.

Dipamkara and Guanyin fled after Liu Erlong and Bo Saixi overwhelmed them, while the Heavenly Court debated whether to intervene. Bo Saixi was left frustrated after Guanyin escaped again.

• Liu Erlong battered Dipamkara until he used Blood Escape to flee toward Western Heaven Spirit Mountain.
• The immortals celebrated Dingguang Joyful Buddha’s death, and Jie School members considered ambushing the wounded Tathagata.
• Li Jing asked the Jade Emperor to send troops to aid the Buddhas, but Fire Mansion Star Spirit Mother rebuked him and the Jade Emperor refused to intervene.
• Bo Saixi overwhelmed Guanyin with Summoning Wind and Rain, then dragged her back with Star Shifting after Guanyin tried to escape.
• Bo Saixi gravely injured Guanyin with Overturning Rivers and Seas, but Guanyin fled behind Bodhisattva Puxian.

Samantabhadra and Tathagata fled after Yanhuang Hall’s fighters overwhelmed the Buddhist forces at Flower and Fruit Mountain. With the battle over, Huang Tian introduced Sun Wukong to the Yanhuang Hall members and welcomed him as family.

• Zhu Zhuqing wounded Samantabhadra with attacks infused with the Law of Darkness, but Samantabhadra escaped using the Fire Escape Technique after her lotus platform broke.
• Tathagata endured Bibi Dong’s attacks, then fled with the Earth-Traveling Golden Light rather than risk using the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree.
• Huang Tian warned his companions that the saints behind Buddhism might target them, while Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue spoke of their future strength.
• Huang Tian introduced Sun Wukong to Tang Chen, Bo Saixi, Qian Daoliu, Tang Xiao, Tang Hao, and Zhao Wuji, and asked Tang Chen to guide his cultivation.
• Sun Wukong accepted the Yanhuang Hall members as elder brothers after they welcomed him into their family.

Huang Tian fought Jieyin and Zhunti in the chaos after refusing to hand over Sun Wukong. He trapped Zhunti in the Huang Tian Realm and killed him, leaving Jieyin to realize that he could be next.

• Huang Tian traveled through the Outer Chaos, collecting drifting stones to replenish the Huang Tian Realm's origin.
• Jieyin and Zhunti confronted Huang Tian and demanded that he return Sun Wukong, but Huang Tian insulted them and refused.
• Zhunti attacked Huang Tian with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, and Jieyin joined the fight with his Golden Pestle.
• Huang Tian endured their attacks, tested his laws in battle, and suppressed both Saints.
• Huang Tian trapped Zhunti in the Huang Tian Realm and killed him with the Sky-Opening Axe.
• The Primordial Wilderness shook with signs of a Saint's death, and Jieyin learned Zhunti had fallen and feared Huang Tian would kill him next.

Huang Tian killed Jieyin inside the Huang Tian Realm, gained enough Heavenly Dao origin to advance to the late stage of the Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm, and fled into the World Sea of Small Worlds. He arrived in the world of Mr. Zombie and recognized Uncle Nine and Wencai heading to meet Master Ren.

• Huang Tian killed Jieyin with the Sky-Opening Axe, and Jieyin’s death further enriched the Huang Tian Realm and restored its Heavenly Dao origin.
• Huang Tian’s cultivation advanced to the late stage of the Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm, and he escaped into the World Sea of Small Worlds to avoid the other saints.
• Zhunti, Jieyin, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Daode Tianzun searched for Huang Tian but failed to find him, then discussed replacing Sun Wukong and guarding the inner chaos.
• Huang Tian concealed his strength in a small world and found himself in a bustling marketplace filled with Republican-era buildings.
• Huang Tian recognized Uncle Nine and Wencai passing by and realized they were going to see Master Ren about relocating Old Master Ren’s grave.

Huang Tian appeared at Yi Zhuang and used his merit light to heal Lin Jiu and improve Wencai’s aptitude before warning them that the exhumation would unleash a Black Zombie. He gave Lin Jiu a Flying Sword and Golden Cores to help him prepare, leaving Lin Jiu determined to face the danger himself.

• Lin Jiu and Wencai returned to Yi Zhuang to prepare for the exhumation and reburial, where they found Huang Tian meditating in the courtyard.
• Huang Tian revealed his power by flying on a Nine-Rank Merit Golden Lotus, whose light healed Lin Jiu’s injuries and helped him break through to the Late Foundation Establishment Stage while cleansing Wencai’s body and improving his aptitude.
• Huang Tian warned Lin Jiu that the exhumation would awaken Ren Weiyong as a Black Zombie and endanger Ren Fa, Ren Tingting, Lin Jiu, and his two disciples.
• Lin Jiu resolved to handle the Black Zombie himself, and Huang Tian gave him a Low-Grade Immortal Tool Flying Sword and five First Revolution Golden Cores to aid him.
• Wencai thanked Huang Tian, who urged him to cultivate diligently and preserve Lin Jiu’s lineage.

Huang Tian brought Uncle Nine to cultivate in the Huang Tian Realm, where accelerated time and a First Revolution Golden Core sent Uncle Nine’s strength soaring. After reaching the Late Tribulation Stage, Uncle Nine bound his Immortal Sword and began mastering Maoshan Sect spells before leaving seclusion.

• Huang Tian refused to stay at Yi Zhuang and took Uncle Nine through a spatial passage into the Huang Tian Realm, where time flowed one hundred times faster.
• Huang Tian gave Uncle Nine a courtyard for secluded cultivation and promised to protect him while he trained.
• Uncle Nine consumed half a First Revolution Golden Core and rapidly advanced through the Supreme Clarity Yellow Court Outer Scripture to the Late Soul Splitting Stage.
• Uncle Nine cultivated the Inner Scripture and refined the remaining medicinal energy, advancing to the Late Tribulation Stage.
• Uncle Nine blood-refined and mastered the Immortal Sword, stored it in his Dantian, and began rapidly learning Maoshan Sect spells.

Uncle Nine discovered that a feng shui master had sabotaged the Ren family’s burial site, and the coffin was raised for reburial. When the unrotted corpse emerged amid a swarm of crows and dense Baleful Energy, Uncle Nine warned that it should be cremated, but Ren Fa refused, so the coffin was taken to the Yi Zhuang.

• Ren Fa brought Uncle Nine, his disciples, and servants to Old Master Ren’s grave, where Uncle Nine identified its Dragonfly Touching Water Acupoint and explained that the coffin had been buried upright.
• Ren Fa revealed that his father had forced the feng shui master to sell the land, and Uncle Nine concluded that the master had retaliated by directing the family to cover the grave with cement.
• The servants unearthed and opened the coffin, revealing an unrotted corpse surrounded by dense Baleful Energy as hundreds of crows flew from the forest.
• Uncle Nine urged Ren Fa to cremate the corpse, but Ren Fa refused, so Uncle Nine arranged to keep it at the Yi Zhuang until he found another grave site.
• Uncle Nine ordered Wencai and Qiusheng to set up a Plum Blossom Incense Array and offer incense at the surrounding graves before using Shrinking the Ground into Inches to leave.

Qiusheng heard a ghost thank him at the graveyard and brought an ominous incense omen to Uncle Nine, who realized Old Master Ren’s corpse was nearing its transformation into a Black Zombie. Uncle Nine prepared to suppress the corpse as the danger to the Ren Family drew close.

• Qiusheng heard Dong Xiaoyu’s grave thank him after he offered incense, then noticed the incense had burned one long and two short.
• Qiusheng and Wencai brought the omen to Uncle Nine, who warned that someone in the Ren Family would die.
• Wencai and Qiusheng argued over who would pursue Ren Tingting, then asked Uncle Nine to protect her.
• Qiusheng and Wencai opened Old Master Ren’s coffin and saw that his corpse had grown fatter.
• Uncle Nine ordered Wencai and Qiusheng to prepare yellow paper, a red brush, black ink, a kitchen knife, and a wooden sword to suppress the transforming corpse.

Uncle Nine discovered that Ren Weiyong had become a Black Zombie because a geomancer had turned his burial site into a Corpse Nurturing Ground. Huang Tian took Ren Weiyong into the Huang Tian Realm and advised Uncle Nine to use a paper effigy as a substitute, leaving Uncle Nine to conceal the deception and prepare for the geomancer’s scheme.

• Qiusheng fled Yi Zhuang after he and Wencai accidentally angered Uncle Nine, while Uncle Nine ordered Wencai to cultivate and reach the Mid Qi Condensation Stage by the next day.
• At midnight, Ren Weiyong’s Black Zombie repeatedly tried to break out of his coffin, and Uncle Nine realized Wencai and Qiusheng had failed to mark beneath it.
• Huang Tian questioned Uncle Nine about the Ren Family’s fate and helped him realize that a geomancer had used the burial site to nurture Ren Weiyong into a zombie.
• Huang Tian took Ren Weiyong and his coffin into the Huang Tian Realm, then suggested Uncle Nine replace him with a lifelike paper effigy that would burn itself.
• Uncle Nine placed the paper effigy in the coffin, accepted a Spatial Ring from Huang Tian, and added ink lines beneath the coffin to hide the substitution.

Huang Tian transformed Ren Weiyong into a powerful Zombie King and sent him to kill the feng shui master and protect Ren Family Town. Ren Weiyong appeared at Uncle Nine’s ceremony and advised him to let Qiusheng and Wencai pursue Ren Tingting, while first resolving Qiusheng’s connection to a female ghost.

• Huang Tian erased the feng shui master's mark on Ren Weiyong's Corpse Control Talisman, strengthened Ren Weiyong with Gray Flame, and raised him to the Zombie King level.
• Ren Weiyong awakened, recognized Huang Tian as his master, and received orders to kill the feng shui master and protect Ren Family Town.
• Huang Tian sent Ren Weiyong to the grave mountain, where Ren Fa and Ren Tingting completed the burial rites for Ren Weiyong.
• Uncle Nine scolded Wencai for pursuing Ren Tingting and reprimanded Qiusheng for becoming involved with a female ghost.
• Ren Weiyong advised Uncle Nine to let both disciples pursue Ren Tingting, while Uncle Nine said Qiusheng's female ghost should be dealt with first.

Ren Weiyong revealed that he was the Ren family’s ancestor and a Human Immortal Realm Zombie King, tasked with hunting the feng shui master and protecting Ren Family Town. After defeating and freeing two Black Zombies controlled by the feng shui master, he stayed behind to await the enemy while Uncle Nine, Qiusheng, and Wencai returned to Yi Zhuang.

• Ren Weiyong identified himself as Old Master Ren and told Uncle Nine he had become a Zombie King with orders to find the feng shui master and build a Mountain God Temple.
• Uncle Nine explained his disciples’ weak cultivation ahead of the Maoshan Sect martial competition, and Ren Weiyong suggested using portions of the Dao Venerable’s First Revolution Golden Core pills.
• Uncle Nine sensed zombies underground, and Ren Weiyong dragged two attacking Black Zombies to the surface and defeated them.
• Ren Weiyong shattered the Corpse Control Talismans inside the Black Zombies, and they submitted to him as their king.
• Ren Weiyong sensed the feng shui master to the north and chose to wait for him, while Uncle Nine, Qiusheng, and Wencai returned to Yi Zhuang.

Ren Weiyong prepared an underground lair and faced the feng shui master who had controlled him and his zombies. He killed the old Daoist, freed himself from the Corpse Control Talisman, and took his revenge.

• Ren Weiyong named the two Black Zombies Big Black and Little Black, then built a deep underground palace in the ruined feng shui site.
• The old Daoist divined Ren Weiyong's location and set out with two Fierce Ghosts, two Black Zombies, and a Hopping Zombie, intending to control Ren Weiyong and make him slaughter his relatives.
• Ren Weiyong sensed the approaching group, sent Big Black and Little Black to cultivate, and waited outside the underground palace.
• The old Daoist tried to command Ren Weiyong through his Mother Corpse Controlling Talisman, but Ren Weiyong resisted and crushed the old Daoist's head.
• Ren Weiyong's resentment vanished after the old Daoist died, and Big Black, Little Black, and the freed zombies tore into the corpse.

Ren Weiyong accepted Dong Xiaoyu into his underground palace after learning she truly cared for Qiusheng, while Uncle Nine tested whether she would come for him at Yi Zhuang. Dong Xiaoyu chose to cultivate under Ren Weiyong’s protection, and she never appeared that night.

• Ren Weiyong expanded his underground palace, helped his zombies and Fierce Ghosts refine their transverse bones, and ordered them not to harm humans.
• Dong Xiaoyu asked Ren Weiyong to unite the local demons and ghosts, and he questioned her about her relationship with Qiusheng.
• Dong Xiaoyu said she truly loved Qiusheng, so Ren Weiyong advised her to stop seeing him until his cultivation improved and offered her a place to cultivate.
• Uncle Nine gave Wencai and Qiusheng pieces of a First Revolution Golden Core and falsely told Qiusheng he could absorb it in a few hours to keep him at Yi Zhuang.
• Uncle Nine waited for Dong Xiaoyu to come for Qiusheng, unaware she had joined Ren Weiyong, and resumed refining his magical artifacts after she did not appear.

Ren Weiyong and Uncle Nine discussed Ren Weiyong's plan to claim the Earth god's authority when Huang Tian refined the Mr. Zombie world and raised it to a Small Thousand World. The world's transformation broke the Heavenly Dao shackles and advanced both men, leaving them convinced the Dao Venerable had intervened.

• Ren Weiyong gathered solar and lunar essence to strengthen his followers, while Dong Xiaoyu and his other subordinates absorbed it.
• Ren Fa told Uncle Nine that the Ren Family's business had improved since Ren Weiyong was reburied, and Uncle Nine went to check the tomb.
• Ren Weiyong summoned Uncle Nine to the original tomb and explained he planned to capture the town's Earth god and take his authority, despite Uncle Nine's warning about provoking the righteous factions.
• Huang Tian refined the Mr. Zombie world, joined it to the Huang Tian Realm, and raised it to a Small Thousand World with a path of ascension.
• The transformed world's spiritual energy and laws surged, advancing Ren Weiyong to the early Earth Immortal stage and Uncle Nine to the early Human Immortal stage; they recognized the Dao Venerable's hand in the change.