Recaps

Dijiang forced the Heaven Demon to submit by suspending him over the Witch Race’s Blood Pool, then revealed Taiqing’s plan to reclaim Earthly Dao authority through the Heavenly Demon Tribulation. The Heaven Demon swore to serve the Witch Race and to require failed tribulation-takers to pass through Earthly Dao Reincarnation once the Earthly Dao awakened.

• Dijiang threatened to drop the Heaven Demon into the Blood Pool, and the Heaven Demon cried out that he submitted to the Witch Race.
• Dijiang pulled the Heaven Demon back and required him to swear submission and secrecy about what he had seen and heard in Pangu Hall.
• Dijiang explained that Taiqing wanted the Witch Race to control the Heavenly Demon Tribulation and reclaim the Earthly Dao authority it had encroached upon.
• Houtu regretted that the Earth Demon and the Demon of Seven Emotions and Six Desires had gone to the Heavenly Court and the Immortal Court instead of invading the Witch Race.
• Dijiang ordered the Heaven Demon to vow that failed Heavenly Demon Tribulation-takers would undergo Earthly Dao Reincarnation once the Earthly Dao awakened.
• Houtu recognized that the vow would strengthen the Earthly Dao by extending reincarnation to high-realm beings who failed their tribulations.

Dijiang and Houtu subdued the Heaven Demon and arranged to use him to bring the other demons to Buzhou Mountain, strengthening the Earthly Dao. The Heaven Demon returned to the Demon Realm with orders to rebuild his strength and later target Mount Sumeru.

• Houtu sensed feedback from the Earthly Dao after the Heaven Demon made his Great Dao Vow, and suggested luring the Earth Demon and Demon of Seven Emotions and Six Desires to Buzhou Mountain.
• Dijiang ordered the Heaven Demon to gather the other demons and promised the Witch Race would secretly support his bid to become Demon Cult Leader.
• The Heaven Demon reported that Hongjun's Three Corpses had defeated the Earth Demon and Demon of Seven Emotions and Six Desires, and Dijiang inferred that they would stay quiet until Hongjun merged with the Heavenly Dao.
• Dijiang told the Heaven Demon to build strength in the Demon Realm and make another move after Hongjun merged with the Heavenly Dao.
• Dijiang ordered the Heaven Demon to send Heaven Demons to harass Mount Sumeru and try to occupy it again after Hongjun merged with the Heavenly Dao.
• The Heaven Demon led the Heavenly Demon Clan away from Pangu Hall, while onlookers wondered why the Twelve Ancestral Witches had released them.

Hongjun focused on preaching the path of the Saint while secretly deciding how to distribute the remaining Hongmeng Purple Qi amid the changed balance of power in the Primordial Wilderness. He chose to give Di Jun the strand originally intended for Hong Yun, hoping to strengthen the Demon Race against the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Hunyuan Celestial Venerables.

• Hongjun failed to uncover why the Twelve Ancestral Witches had acted abnormally, then resumed preaching after Heaven Demon returned to the Demon Realm.
• Hongjun explained the path of the Saint, which most of the three thousand Purple Cloud Palace guests could neither understand nor retain.
• Hongjun decided to keep three strands of Hongmeng Purple Qi for Sanqing, reserve one for Nuwa, and use others in schemes involving Houtu and Mituo.
• Hongjun abandoned his plan for Hong Yun's strand and chose to give it to Di Jun, hoping the Demon Race could resist the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Hunyuan Celestial Venerables.

Hongjun decided how to distribute the eight remaining strands of Hongmeng Purple Qi, favoring the Demon Race and Mituo while excluding Dong Wang Gong, Kunpeng, and the rogue cultivators. At Kunlun Mountain, Taiqing discussed the expected allocations with Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Lingbao, who thought Di Jun and Tai Yi would each receive a Saint Position.

• Hongjun decided to give Hongmeng Purple Qi to Tai Yi, Di Jun, and Mituo, while refusing to allocate any to Dong Wang Gong or Kunpeng.
• Hongjun abandoned his plan to use Hong Yun as a pawn and recorded his chosen recipients in the Jade of Creation so they would receive the Heavenly Dao's recognition.
• Dong Wang Gong fantasized about becoming a Heavenly Dao Saint and leading the Immortal Court to defeat the Demon Race Heavenly Court.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi, Mituo and Bodhi, and Kunpeng each believed they had a strong chance of obtaining Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• Taiqing wondered how Hongjun would distribute the Saint Positions and told Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Lingbao that Mituo would likely receive one.
• Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Lingbao suggested that Di Jun and Tai Yi would each receive a Saint Position.

The Sanqing and the Hunyuan Celestial Venerables planned how to counter Hongjun’s expected support for Di Jun and Tai Yi, while Heaven Demon launched an attack on Mount Sumeru. The chapter ended with Heaven Demon and the Heavenly Demon Clan advancing into the Western Continent as Earth Demon and the Demon of Seven Emotions and Six Desires stayed out of the assault.

• Taiqing, Yuqing Yuanshi, and Shangqing Lingbao reasoned that Hongjun would likely give Di Jun and Tai Yi Heavenly Dao Saint Positions to strengthen the Demon Race’s Heavenly Court.
• Taiqing proposed using Mituo and Bodhi to take one of the brothers’ Hongmeng Purple Qi strands, and the Sanqing agreed to pursue the plan during the second Immortal-Demon War.
• The Hunyuan Celestial Venerables independently concluded that Hongjun would favor Di Jun and Tai Yi, so they decided to send disciples to support the Immortal Court after the third lecture.
• Heaven Demon returned to the Demon Realm, recovered, and then invited Earth Demon and the Demon of Seven Emotions and Six Desires to attack the Western Continent.
• After both demons refused, Heaven Demon led the Heavenly Demon Clan to Mount Sumeru, which had become suffused with demonic qi.

The Heaven Demon occupied Mount Sumeru and captured Medicine Master, whose claim that his masters Mituo and Bodhi might obtain Hongmeng Purple Qi convinced the Heaven Demon that the Witch Race had a larger plan. The Heaven Demon decided to guard Mount Sumeru and asked Dijiang how to handle Medicine Master.

• Mituo and Bodhi sensed their Destiny declining but stayed at Hongjun’s lecture rather than risk losing their chance at Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• The Heaven Demon seized Mount Sumeru and captured Medicine Master, then offered him a place in the Heavenly Demon Clan.
• Medicine Master refused because he was Mituo’s disciple and said his masters might become Saints with Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• The Heaven Demon took Medicine Master’s claim as an explanation for Dijiang’s plan and chose to remain at Mount Sumeru.
• The Heaven Demon sent Dijiang a message asking how to deal with Medicine Master, and Dijiang reacted with surprise at the brothers’ talented disciple.

Dijiang and Taiqing arranged for Medicine Master to be spared after the Heaven Demon seized Mount Sumeru, while Hongjun ended his third lecture and began granting Hongmeng Purple Qi to those who begged. Mituo received a strand and was named Hongjun’s nominal disciple, leaving the other supplicants waiting for their own allotments.

• Houtu reminded Dijiang to consult Taiqing about Medicine Master, and Taiqing decided Medicine Master should be preserved as a chess piece against the West and the Heavenly Dao.
• Taiqing had Dijiang tell the Heaven Demon to spare Medicine Master, so the Heaven Demon expelled him from Mount Sumeru and Medicine Master fled, believing his master’s reputation had protected him.
• Hongjun ended his third lecture and declared that he would soon merge with the Heavenly Dao without mentioning the Saint Positions.
• Mituo and Bodhi wept before Hongjun and begged for Hongmeng Purple Qi, prompting Di Jun, Tai Yi, Dong Wang Gong, and Kunpeng to kneel and ask for it as well.
• Hongjun accepted Mituo and Bodhi as nominal disciples, granted Mituo a strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi, and told the brothers to develop the West after becoming Saints.

Hongjun accepted Di Jun and Tai Yi as disciples and gave them Hongmeng Purple Qi, then claimed the Heavenly Dao had decreed how the remaining strands would be distributed. His explanation stirred hostility toward Sanqing and sharpened Dong Wang Gong’s resentment, leaving Hongjun’s schemes poised to divide his rivals.

• Mituo thanked Hongjun for granting him Hongmeng Purple Qi, while Hongjun silenced Bodhi’s continued sobbing.
• Hongjun accepted Di Jun and Tai Yi as disciples and gave each brother a strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• Dong Wang Gong wept and pleaded for a strand, but Hongjun ignored him until he gave up and stepped aside.
• Hongjun explained that the Heavenly Dao reserved strands for Sanqing, Nuwa, the West, and the Heavenly Court, while the final strand had gone somewhere unknown.
• The guests grew curious about Sanqing and hostile toward them after Hongjun said they were destined to receive three strands.

Hongjun distributed spiritual treasures to Mituo, Bodhi, Di Jun, and Tai Yi, then sent the three thousand Mortal Guests to collect treasures from Treasure Distribution Rock. Dong Wang Gong and Kunpeng grew more resentful after receiving nothing directly from Hongjun.

• Dong Wang Gong and Kunpeng secretly hated Hongjun after receiving neither Hongmeng Purple Qi nor discipleship, while the others accepted Nuwa’s strand without objection.
• Mituo and Bodhi asked Hongjun for protective Lingbao, and Hongjun gave Mituo the Wheel of Nirvana and Bodhi the Muni Pearl.
• After the other Mortal Guests begged for treasures, Hongjun bestowed the Sun Essence Wheel on Di Jun and the Fire Spirit Pearl on Tai Yi, revealing that the five spirit pearls could form the Innate Five Elements Great Array.
• Hongjun told the three thousand Mortal Guests to take treasures from Treasure Distribution Rock according to their fate, saying it held thousands of Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures and many others.

Hongjun merged with the Heavenly Dao after finishing his sermons, strengthening its suppression over the Primordial Wilderness. Merit for enlightening its living beings descended to the seventeen Hunyuan Celestial Venerables, Hongjun, and the absent Taichu, while Sanqing and Taichu remained hidden.

• Hongjun searched for Sanqing and Taichu but found neither, then announced that he would merge with the Heavenly Dao and vanished with the Jade of Creation.
• A ripple spread throughout the Primordial Wilderness as the Heavenly Dao became more complete and its suppression of the Law Path grew stronger.
• Yang Mei and the other Hunyuan Celestial Venerables dismissed Hongjun's plans to drive them out and stayed in the Primordial Wilderness.
• A vast mass of merit descended and divided into nineteen portions for the seventeen Hunyuan Celestial Venerables, Hongjun, and Taichu.
• Taichu's portion strengthened Daoism's Daoist Arena and disciples, while the rest waited for him at Kunlun Mountain.
• Sanqing hid in Pangu Hall, and Ancestor Reincarnation wondered whether Taichu's next appearance would be after he attained the Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

The Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches set out to gather materials and complete the Underworld before the Heavenly Dao awakened. At Treasure Distribution Rock, the Lingbao disappeared from the later-arriving Purple Firmament Palace guests and flew toward the Primordial Wilderness, where someone sensed a great opportunity approaching.

• Taiqing urged the Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches to focus on building the Underworld, and Dijiang agreed to gather materials with the Witch Race.
• Taiqing assigned Daoism, Heaven Demon, and his allies to help gather construction materials, then the Sanqing returned to Kunlun Mountain to form special hand seals.
• After Hongjun merged with the Dao, Dong Wang Gong rushed to Treasure Distribution Rock and collected the few treasures visible to him and his subordinates.
• Di Jun, Tai Yi, and the other later-arriving guests saw different treasures on the rock, but the Lingbao suddenly turned into streaks of light and flew toward the Primordial Wilderness.
• Dong Wang Gong celebrated the other guests' loss, while someone said an enormous wave of opportunities was rushing toward him.

Taiqing used the Spiritual Treasure Attraction Art to draw nearly a thousand treasures from Treasure Distribution Rock to Kunlun Mountain, where the Sanqing welcomed them. At Purple Cloud Palace, Dong Wang Gong considered seizing treasures from independent cultivators, but Hong Yun’s earlier instructions led an Immortal Court quasi-saint to urge him to recruit them instead.

• Taiqing, Yuqing Yuanshi, and Shangqing Lingbao used the Spiritual Treasure Attraction Art to draw nearly a thousand spiritual treasures from Treasure Distribution Rock to Kunlun Mountain.
• Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Lingbao praised Taiqing’s plan, and Taiqing led the Daoism disciples to gather materials for constructing the Underworld.
• Dong Wang Gong considered attacking Di Jun and Tai Yi for their treasures, but Immortal Court quasi-saints restrained him, so he turned his attention to the independent cultivators.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi remembered Hongjun’s warning, refrained from fighting Dong Wang Gong, and left with the Demon Race for the Heavenly Court.
• An Immortal Court quasi-saint reminded Dong Wang Gong that Hong Yun had instructed them to recruit independent cultivators, and Dong Wang Gong changed his attitude.

Dong Wang Gong recruited rogue cultivators after following Hong Yun’s advice, then took the Treasure Distribution Rock for himself. At the Demon Race Heavenly Court, Xuanqing congratulated Di Jun and Tai Yi on receiving Hongmeng Purple Qi before asking them for a large amount of spirit materials.

• Dong Wang Gong ordered the Immortal Court to courteously recruit rogue cultivators and leave their Lingbao alone, but most Rogue Quasi-Saints refused to join.
• Kunpeng left for the Northern Darkness Palace after resenting Hongjun, while Dong Wang Gong took the Treasure Distribution Rock, suspecting it was an extraordinary Lingbao.
• Xuanqing told Di Jun and Tai Yi that his master, the Reincarnation Celestial Venerable, already knew they had received Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi recognized that Hunyuan Celestial Venerables surpassed Heavenly Dao Saints and agreed they should stand united with Xuanqing.
• Xuanqing revealed that he had come to request spirit materials from Di Jun and Tai Yi.

Xuanqing persuaded Di Jun and Tai Yi to mobilize the Demon Race to gather materials and continue researching formations while he concealed his plans to build the Underworld. Di Jun revealed that Hongjun had given him the Evasion Shuttle, while Dong Wang Gong returned to Penglai and hurried to Nuwa's palace over the Hongmeng Purple Qi.

• Xuanqing urged Di Jun and Tai Yi to prepare for the second Immortal-Demon War by gathering spiritual materials and continuing their formation research.
• Di Jun agreed to mobilize the Demon Race and asked Xuanqing to help deduce a Heavenly Court formation while Tai Yi studied teleportation.
• Di Jun showed Xuanqing the Evasion Shuttle that Hongjun had bestowed on him, but Xuanqing deferred studying it and assigned it to Tai Yi.
• Di Jun ordered the Demon Race to gather the materials Xuanqing had listed.
• Dong Wang Gong returned to Penglai Immortal Island and hurried toward Nuwa's palace, while Lei Ze worried that the Hongmeng Purple Qi could fracture the Immortal Court before returning to cultivation.

Nuwa gave the Hongmeng Purple Qi to Dong Wang Gong, the lord of the Immortal Court, after explaining that her master would not allow her to become a Heavenly Dao Saint through it. The chapter ended with Nuwa publicly declaring that she would pursue the Law Path to become a Hunyuan Celestial Venerable.

• Dong Wang Gong entered Nuwa's imperial palace, where Fuxi and Nuwa had been waiting for him, while the Immortal Court's powerful beings anxiously watched for a possible conflict.
• Nuwa presented Dong Wang Gong with the Hongmeng Purple Qi, and Fuxi urged him to accept it.
• Dong Wang Gong seized the Hongmeng Purple Qi, thanked Nuwa, and promised to heed her within the Immortal Court.
• Fuxi and Nuwa recalled that Old Ancestor Creation had prevented the Hongmeng Purple Qi from merging into Nuwa's Primordial Spirit and that Taiqing had said it could not be refined without the Heavenly Dao's recognition.
• Nuwa declared that she would pursue the Law Path to Sainthood and bestowed the Hongmeng Purple Qi upon Dong Wang Gong before all beings.

Xuanqing explained the dangers of refining Hongmeng Purple Qi to Di Jun and Tai Yi after Nuwa gave hers to Dong Wang Gong. The brothers remained uneasy about the Hongmeng Purple Qi fused with their Primordial Spirits, while Xuanqing also stressed its benefits and the possibility of becoming Heavenly Dao Saints.

• News spread that Nuwa had given her Hongmeng Purple Qi to Dong Wang Gong, shocking Di Jun and Tai Yi.
• Di Jun asked Xuanqing to explain the Hongmeng Purple Qi and promised that he and Tai Yi would repay him for the information.
• Xuanqing said refining the Hongmeng Purple Qi entrusted one’s Primordial Spirit to the Heavenly Dao, subjected the cultivator to its control, and risked losing power if the Qi was reclaimed.
• Di Jun told Xuanqing that the Hongmeng Purple Qi had fused into his and Tai Yi’s Primordial Spirits and could not be activated.
• Xuanqing reassured the brothers that Hongjun was unlikely to harm them, then reminded them that the Hongmeng Purple Qi guaranteed sainthood and could allow resurrection through the Heavenly Dao.

Xuanqing planted doubts in Di Jun and Tai Yi about becoming Heavenly Dao Saints, while the Heavenly Court and Immortal Court prepared for war and the Underworld. With help from clones severed by the Two Pure Ones and the Twelve Ancestral Witches, Styx brought the Underworld close to completion and its leaders and duties were assigned.

• Di Jun and Tai Yi secretly agreed to doubt Xuanqing's warning while pretending to consider his words, and Xuanqing was satisfied that he had planted a seed of doubt.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi mobilized the Demon Race, while Dong Wang Gong went to refine his Hongmeng Purple Qi and the other Immortal Court leaders gathered materials to build the Underworld.
• Styx oversaw construction of the nearly completed Underworld with fourteen powerful clones severed by the Two Pure Ones and the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
• The clones took key Underworld offices: Fengdu would rule its administration, the Twelve Ancestral Witch clones would fill the Ten Palaces and other roles, and Yuanqing and Lingqing would guard against Heavenly Court and Heavenly Dao interference.
• The Two Pure Ones and the Twelve Ancestral Witches left the Five Ghost Emperor positions undecided until after Reincarnation was established.

With the Hunyuan Celestial Venerables in seclusion and the Heavenly Court and Immortal Court preparing for war, the Underworld’s construction continued unnoticed. While gathering spiritual materials, Taiqing discovered Shouyang Mountain and claimed the Kongtong Seal, leaving him puzzled that Hongjun had not taken it.

• The Hunyuan Celestial Venerables entered seclusion to refine their Destiny, while the Heavenly Court and Immortal Court focused on preparing for the second Immortal-Demon War.
• Taiqing led Six-Eared and his other disciples to gather spiritual materials, having accepted them into Daoism alongside Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Lingbao.
• Taiqing sensed a summons from an immortal mountain and recognized its features as those of Shouyang Mountain.
• Taiqing entered the mountain’s Innate Shaoyang Taiji Life-Death Great Formation, which opened for him and revealed nine peaks and magnificent palaces.
• Taiqing found the Kongtong Seal atop the central Lesser Yang peak and drew it into his hand, wondering why Hongjun had left it there.

Taiqing claimed Shouyang Mountain and the Kongtong Seal, using the mountain’s abundant spiritual materials to accelerate construction of the Underworld. Meanwhile, Mituo and Bodhi discovered that the Heaven Demon had occupied Mount Sumeru and fled after failing to break his formation.

• Taiqing took control of Shouyang Mountain and the Kongtong Seal, then sent Six-Eared and the Daoism disciples to gather mature spiritual materials for the Underworld.
• The Two Pure Ones, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, Styx, Hong Yun, Zhen Yuanzi, Fuxi, and Nuwa congratulated Taiqing, while Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Lingbao later gathered materials from Shouyang Mountain.
• Taiqing explained to Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Lingbao that the Kongtong Seal’s power would grow with the Human Race and urged them to comprehend the mortal world and the seven emotions and six desires.
• Mituo and Bodhi returned from Purple Cloud Palace to find demonic qi surrounding Mount Sumeru and attacked the Heaven Demon’s formation without breaking it.
• After Medicine Master warned them that the Heaven Demon occupied Mount Sumeru, Bodhi pulled Mituo away, and the brothers escaped before the Heaven Demon emerged from seclusion.

After Heaven Demon occupied Mount Sumeru, Mituo and Bodhi established Little Western Heaven as their new base, while Dijiang worried that the awakening Heavenly Dao would threaten Pangu’s descendants. The Ancestral Witches remained confident that Taiqing’s plans would give them a chance to resist.

• Medicine Master reunited with Mituo and Bodhi and explained that he had revealed their possible claim to Hongmeng Purple Qi to Heaven Demon, who then spared him.
• Mituo and Bodhi chose an immortal mountain near Mount Sumeru as their temporary Daoist Arena and named it Little Western Heaven.
• Heavenly Dao lightning validated the name, created a boundary stele, and enriched the mountain’s spiritual energy and growth.
• Heaven Demon reported Little Western Heaven’s transformation to Dijiang, who concluded that the Heavenly Dao was close to awakening.
• Houtu and the other Ancestral Witches reassured Dijiang that the Underworld would be completed in time, but he said he feared the Heavenly Dao would target Pangu’s descendants.
• The Ancestral Witches argued that Taiqing’s method for invoking Merit of World Creation and his preparations could help them withstand the Heavenly Dao.

Dijiang arranged for the Heaven Demon to draw Mituo and Bodhi into the second Immortal-Demon War, while Di Jun and Tai Yi grew increasingly suspicious of the Hongmeng Purple Qi and their teacher’s control. They abandoned attempts to cultivate the Law Path and began considering how Nuwa had avoided having her Hongmeng Purple Qi fused into her Primordial Spirit.

• Zhu Jiuyin reassured the Ancestral Witches that the Heavenly Dao would have to contend with seventeen Hunyuan Celestial Venerables as well as them.
• Dijiang instructed the Heaven Demon to influence Mituo and Bodhi, and told Taiqing that they would be drawn into the second Immortal-Demon War to weaken the Demon Race’s Heavenly Court.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi discussed how the unresponsive Hongmeng Purple Qi might control them, but Tai Yi warned that removing it could cost them their Saint Positions or provoke their teacher.
• Di Jun regretted going to Purple Heaven Palace and said that he and Tai Yi had failed to switch to the Law Path because their Three Corpses disrupted their attempts.
• Tai Yi recalled that Nuwa had given her Hongmeng Purple Qi to Dong Wang Gong after the Celestial Venerable of Creation prevented it from fusing with her Primordial Spirit.

Di Jun and Tai Yi decided to have Tai Yi remove the Hongmeng Purple Qi from his Primordial Spirit to test whether the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun would punish them. Xuanqing agreed to do it, secretly welcoming the chance to weaken Tai Yi for his future plans.

• Tai Yi proposed asking Xuanqing to seek help from the Reincarnation Celestial Venerable and suggested that one brother test the consequences of removing the Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• Tai Yi volunteered to take the risk, and Di Jun eventually agreed to the plan.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi interrupted Xuanqing's formation study and asked him to speak to his master on their behalf.
• Di Jun explained that Tai Yi would be the one to have his Hongmeng Purple Qi removed, and Xuanqing agreed to strip it away himself.
• Xuanqing concealed that he would rely on the Reincarnation Celestial Venerable's methods and let the brothers believe he could remove the Hongmeng Purple Qi on his own.

Xuanqing removed Tai Yi’s Hongmeng Purple Qi using the power of his master, the Reincarnation Celestial Venerable, and returned it to him in a state that prevented it from merging with his Primordial Spirit. He then diverted Di Jun and Tai Yi from the Lingxiao Treasure Hall by proposing that they study the Myriad Demons Great Formation.

• Xuanqing used a strand of hair infused with the Reincarnation Celestial Venerable’s power to remove the Hongmeng Purple Qi from Tai Yi.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi were stunned by how easily Xuanqing extracted the Hongmeng Purple Qi, and Tai Yi accepted it back.
• Xuanqing warned the brothers that removing Di Jun’s Hongmeng Purple Qi could invite Saint Hongjun’s punishment, so Di Jun abandoned the idea.
• Xuanqing urged Di Jun and Tai Yi to study a battle formation instead of going to the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
• Xuanqing explained that Shangqing Lingbao had comprehended the Myriad Demons Great Formation and given it to him.

Xuanqing used his partial understanding of the Myriad Demons Great Formation to keep Di Jun and Tai Yi engaged while he worked on the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Formation. Meanwhile, Taiqing’s allies prepared for the Heavenly Dao’s awakening, which Taiqing expected within ten thousand years, and resolved to begin building the Underworld.

• Xuanqing showed Di Jun and Tai Yi a portion of the Myriad Demons Great Formation and claimed that working together could complete it, leaving both brothers frustrated by his progress.
• Xuanqing continued revealing pieces of the formation to keep Di Jun and Tai Yi involved while he privately studied the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Formation.
• Taiqing learned that Xuanqing had helped Tai Yi strip away his Hongmeng Purple Qi, then informed Dijiang and the others that the remaining step was the second Immortal-Demon War.
• Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Lingbao reacted with surprise to Tai Yi’s decision, while Taiqing said it could benefit their plans against the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun.
• A fluctuation from the Heavenly Dao Origin Space spread through the Primordial Wilderness as the Heavenly Dao Will entered the Jade of Creation, and Taiqing warned that the Heavenly Dao might awaken within ten thousand years.
• The Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches discussed how their seventeen Hunyuan Celestial Venerables could face the awakened Heavenly Dao, then decided to help build the Underworld.

Taiqing and the Sanqing and Twelve Ancestral Witches accelerated construction of the Underworld while Hunyuan Celestial Venerables sent disciples to strengthen the Immortal Court. In the Heavenly Court, Xuanqing completed his comprehension of the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Formation, leaving Di Jun and Tai Yi to mistake it for the Myriad Demons Great Formation.

• The Sanqing and Twelve Ancestral Witches joined forces to build the Underworld, while Hunyuan Celestial Venerables dispatched seventeen Hunyuan Golden Immortal disciples to the Immortal Court.
• Houtu found that the Underworld accelerated her comprehension of the Law of Reincarnation, so Taiqing and the others persuaded her to stay at its center and focus on cultivation.
• Xuanqing reached a breakthrough in comprehending the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Formation, intending to combine it with his authority as Great Emperor Ziwei of the Central Pole.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi woke at Xuanqing's excited laughter and guessed that he had comprehended the complete Myriad Demons Great Formation.