Recaps

Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi blocked Heaven Demon and the Heavenly Demon clan from reaching the Western Continent's earth-vein nexus beneath Mount Sumeru. Heaven Demon abandoned his pretense of protecting the earth veins and threatened them, while the hidden Jidu waited for a chance to slip past.

• Heaven Demon led the Heavenly Demon clan toward the Western Continent's earth-vein nexus, while the hidden Jidu watched and prepared to carry out Luohu's backup plan.
• Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi appeared on the only path to the earth-vein nexus and stopped Heaven Demon and Jidu with the words, “Daoist Friend, Please Stay!”
• Jidu reported their arrival to Luohu, who ordered him to destroy the earth veins while Heaven Demon held the two Immortal Emperors back.
• Heaven Demon claimed he had come to protect the earth veins, but Hong Yun called out his deception and urged him to leave.
• Heaven Demon dropped his pretense, released his Hunyuan Golden Immortal Pinnacle aura, and threatened to throw Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi out of the Western Continent.
• Jidu considered provoking a fight so he could slip past them, but lowered his raised hand for fear of the protections Yang Mei and Five Elements had left on their disciples; Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi exchanged a glance and nodded.

Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi exposed Jidu’s hiding place and trapped him in the Five Elements Sword Formation, nearly killing him. Luohu intervened, but Yang Mei and Wuxing appeared to protect their disciples and demanded a price for Luohu’s attack.

• Hong Yun revealed the five Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure swords and used the Five Elements Sword Formation to find and suppress Jidu.
• The formation’s sword qi ravaged Jidu, so he activated the Demon character and called for Luohu to save him.
• Heaven Demon begged Hong Yun to spare Jidu and attacked with the Myriad Demons Great Formation, but Luohu’s Saint’s might shattered Hong Yun’s formation and froze Heaven Demon’s attack.
• Luohu moved to crush Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi, but phantom figures of Yang Mei and Wuxing appeared and confronted him.
• Yang Mei demanded that Luohu leave the Demon character behind in exchange for taking Jidu away.

Yang Mei forced Luohu to abandon the Demon character and entrusted it to Zhen Yuanzi, while the Heaven Demon’s betrayal helped Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches secure it. Houtu fused the character into her World-Ending Black Lotus as the Heavenly Dao and Luohu lamented the failure to destroy the Western Continent’s earth veins.

• Luohu gave up the Demon character to save Jidu, and Yang Mei placed it in Zhen Yuanzi’s care at Dijiang and Xuanqing’s request.
• The Heaven Demon left for Mount Sumeru, then joined the Earth Demon and the Demon of Seven Emotions and Six Desires in exploiting the battlefield’s bug, enraging Luohu.
• The Demon character reached Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches in Pangu Hall, where Taiqing gave it to Houtu.
• Houtu fused the Demon character into her Twelve-petal World-Ending Black Lotus.
• The Heavenly Dao and Luohu regretted that Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun had foiled the plan to detonate the Western Continent’s earth veins.

Kunpeng suddenly joined Di Jun in attacking Dong Wang Gong, seeking the Hongmeng Purple Qi he had been promised, while the three men’s conflicting motives turned the battlefield into a chaotic brawl. Heavenly Dao influenced Di Jun to stop attacking Kunpeng, leaving Kunpeng free to focus on taking the promised treasure from Dong Wang Gong.

• Hongjun regretted that the Western Continent’s earth veins had not been detonated, and Heavenly Dao punished him with electric torture.
• Kunpeng arrived on the battlefield and attacked Dong Wang Gong alongside Di Jun, demanding the Hongmeng Purple Qi Dong Wang Gong had promised him.
• Di Jun and Kunpeng argued over Kunpeng’s betrayal of the Demon Race and Tai Yi’s death, then attacked each other as well as Dong Wang Gong.
• Dong Wang Gong thanked Kunpeng, revealing that Kunpeng’s appearance had been part of his calculations, though Kunpeng insisted he was only after the Hongmeng Purple Qi.
• Heavenly Dao influenced Di Jun to stop attacking Kunpeng, while the Hunyuan Celestial Venerables prevented It from influencing Kunpeng.
• Kunpeng stopped wasting effort against Di Jun and concentrated on obtaining the Hongmeng Purple Qi from Dong Wang Gong.

Heavenly Dao incited the Demon Race to resent Xuanqing, hoping to draw him into the Immortal-Demon Calamity and destroy him. Xuanqing left Purple Emperor Star with Ancestor Reincarnation’s Reincarnation Disk to pursue an undisclosed great fortune.

• Heavenly Dao revealed that it had planted suspicion of Xuanqing among the Demon Race and intended to use the war to make him perish and drive a wedge between Ancestor Reincarnation and the other Hunyuan Celestial Venerables.
• Old Ancestor Yang Mei suspected Heavenly Dao wanted Xuanqing to enter the tribulation, and Ancestor Reincarnation began to warn his disciple to stay on Purple Emperor Star.
• Xuanqing left Purple Emperor Star for the Western Continent battlefield, telling Ancestor Reincarnation that he was acting of his own accord and would bring him a great fortune.
• Xuanqing asked Ancestor Reincarnation for the Reincarnation Disk, and Ancestor Reincarnation agreed without demanding an explanation.
• Ancestor Reincarnation gave Xuanqing the Reincarnation Disk and said he planned to seek its original Chaos Spirit Treasure body; Xuanqing accepted it and promised his scheme would bring his master immense benefits.

Xuanqing headed to the Western Continent and joined the Immortal-Demon battlefield, where Dong Wang Gong faced him with resolve while Kunpeng kept his distance. The Heavenly Dao welcomed Xuanqing’s arrival, unaware of his intentions.

• Xuanqing left for the Western Continent, and Ancestor Reincarnation reassured the other Hunyuan Celestial Venerables that he supported his disciple.
• Five Elements realized Ancestor Reincarnation had likely advanced to the Hunyuan Celestial Venerable Triple Heaven, possibly due to Xuanqing’s destiny.
• The Heavenly Dao decided to exploit the Immortal-Demon Calamity to eliminate Xuanqing after seeing that Ancestor Reincarnation had not stopped him.
• Xuanqing appeared on the battlefield and spoke with Di Jun, whose thoughts recovered from the Heavenly Dao’s influence.
• Dong Wang Gong activated the Myriad Immortals Great Formation and charged at Xuanqing, while wary Kunpeng retreated and avoided confronting him.

Xuanqing used the World-Ending Millstone to defeat Dong Wang Gong and contain the Immortal Court’s formation. Dong Wang Gong self-destructed, declaring that the Immortal Clan would withdraw from the Primordial Wilderness and establish the Immortal Realm, while the remaining Immortal Court quasi-sages followed his example.

• Xuanqing arrived and suppressed Dong Wang Gong while Di Jun led the Great Evolution Annihilation Formation against the Immortal Court’s other forces.
• Xuanqing brought out the World-Ending Millstone and trapped Dong Wang Gong’s Myriad Immortals Great Formation inside it.
• Dong Wang Gong’s true spirit entered Xuanqing’s Reincarnation Pearl, and he self-destructed after declaring that the Immortal Realm would emerge and the Immortal Clan would withdraw from the struggle for supremacy.
• The remaining Immortal Court quasi-sages charged at the Heavenly Court and self-destructed in grief over Dong Wang Gong’s fall.
• Xuanqing covered the blast area with the World-Ending Millstone to keep the explosions from spreading across the Western Continent.

After Dong Wang Gong’s death ended the Immortal-Demon Calamity, Houtu attained the Hunyuan realm and established the Underworld Reincarnation, awakening the Earthly Dao. The Great Dao approved her creation, while Ancestor Reincarnation and Ancestor Slaughter gained merit and the Heavenly Dao took its anger out on Hongjun.

• Xuanqing confined Dong Wang Gong and several quasi-saints’ self-detonation within the World-Ending Millstone, and the Great Dao used their power to create the Immortal Realm.
• The Immortal Clan was drawn into the Immortal Realm, Dong Wang Gong’s death ended the clan’s role in the Primordial Wilderness, and the Calamity Qi receded.
• Houtu attained the Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and established the Underworld Reincarnation, the Netherworld, and the Earthly Dao.
• The Great Dao approved Houtu’s creation and inscribed the name “Underworld” on its plaque.
• Ancestor Reincarnation and Ancestor Slaughter rejoiced over their expected merit, while the Heavenly Dao began punishing Hongjun.

Houtu established Reincarnation in the Underworld, awakening the Earthly Dao as countless collected true spirits entered rebirth and Great Dao Merit descended. Heaven Demon, Earth Demon, and the Demon of Seven Emotions and Six Desires placed the demonic tribulation under the Earthly Dao, and Zhen Yuanzi then announced a lineage of earthly deities to protect the Primordial Wilderness.

• The Netherworld emerged, and Houtu's establishment of Reincarnation awakened the Earthly Dao and increased the Primordial Wilderness's spiritual energy.
• Dong Wang Gong's true spirit and many other powerful spirits poured from the Reincarnation Pearl into Reincarnation, strengthening the Earthly Dao as it concealed their karmic ties from the Heavenly Dao.
• Great Dao Merit descended and was divided among Houtu, the other contributors, the Netherworld, Reincarnation, and others who had helped build the Underworld.
• Heaven Demon, Earth Demon, and the Demon of Seven Emotions and Six Desires petitioned the Great Dao to place their races and the demonic tribulation under the Earthly Dao, and the Great Dao granted their request.
• Zhen Yuanzi announced that he would establish a lineage of earthly deities to stabilize and restore the land and its earth veins, prompting an uproar among the beings of the Primordial Wilderness.

The Great Dao acknowledged the Earth Deity lineage and granted Wuzhuang Temple a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, while Styx established the Asura Clan to purify the Primordial Wilderness. As the Underworld’s authorities were formally declared, Di Jun announced that the Demon Race would withdraw to the Demon Realm and repair the wilderness by refining Chaos Qi.

• The Great Dao bestowed a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure upon Zhen Yuanzi’s Wuzhuang Temple after he established the Earth Deity lineage.
• Styx established the Asura Clan, whose members were tasked with processing the wilderness’s impure blood and filth and purifying its earth veins.
• Fourteen Daoists, including Fengdu, the Ten Palace Yama, Wangyou, Daoist Tai Shan, and Daoist Huangquan, declared their Underworld offices to the Great Dao.
• The Heavenly Dao grew increasingly powerless as it watched the Underworld’s authorities become established beyond its control.
• Di Jun declared that he would lead the Demon Race into the Demon Realm, where they would refine Chaos Qi to repair the Primordial Wilderness, and said they would no longer contend for supremacy.

The Great Dao approved Di Jun’s petition, removing the Demon Race from the Primordial Wilderness’s struggle for supremacy and enraging the Heavenly Dao. As the Heavenly Dao clashed with the Earthly Dao, Ancestor Reincarnation and World Daoist advanced in cultivation, leaving the other Hunyuan Celestial Venerables envious.

• The Great Dao transferred the Demon Race into the Demon Realm and ruled that only beings born there would be considered members of the Demon Race, while the Immortal Clan followed the same rule for the Immortal Realm.
• The Heavenly Dao raged at Di Jun’s petition and, after the Great Dao withdrew, spread His pressure across the Primordial Wilderness to regain His dignity.
• Houtu used the Earthly Dao to resist the Heavenly Dao and warned Him that a conflict would harm the Primordial Wilderness.
• Ancestor Reincarnation broke through to the Hunyuan Celestial Venerable Fifth Heaven and praised Xuanqing for his role in the gains.
• World Daoist reached the Hunyuan Celestial Venerable Third Heaven through Destiny feedback, prompting the other Hunyuan Celestial Venerables to notice how quickly those connected to Pangu’s descendants advanced.

After the Immortal-Demon Calamity, the Hunyuan Celestial Venerables changed their attitudes toward the Primordial Wilderness, while the Heavenly Dao endured their combined clash with the Earthly Dao. In the Underworld, Houtu received the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler and offered Zhen Yuanzi an Earthly Dao Hongmeng Purple Qi to become an Earthly Dao Saint.

• The fifteen Hunyuan Celestial Venerables began considering how to support the Primordial Wilderness and clashed with the Heavenly Dao alongside Houtu's Earthly Dao.
• The Immortal-Demon Calamity ended after killing nearly nine-tenths of the Primordial Wilderness's living beings, clearing the way for a new period of development.
• Taiqing and the others gathered in the Underworld, where Houtu asked how Taiqing had known the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler would appear there.
• Taiqing explained that Pangu had designated the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler for Houtu, and Houtu accepted the treasure.
• Twelve strands of Earthly Dao Hongmeng Purple Qi emerged from the ruler, and Houtu gave one to Zhen Yuanzi, urging him to refine it and become an Earthly Dao Saint.

Houtu distributed Earthly Dao Hongmeng Purple Qi among Zhen Yuanzi, Hong Yun, Styx, and the Ancestral Witches to strengthen the Earthly Dao. The gathering then turned to protecting Nuwa as she prepared to create the Human Race and awaken the Human Dao.

• Houtu gave Earthly Dao Hongmeng Purple Qi to Zhen Yuanzi, Hong Yun, and Styx, while explaining that Fuxi and Nuwa should wait for Human Dao Hongmeng Purple Qi suited to their paths.
• Dijiang, Zhu Jiuyin, and Ru Shou declined strands, and the Ancestral Witches collected the remaining eight strands; they planned to later give the Qi to more suitable beings after the Heavenly Dao was dealt with.
• Taiqing warned Nuwa and Fuxi that the Heavenly Dao might target them and urged Fuxi not to let it use him to threaten Nuwa.
• Nuwa said she would seek her master's support but did not know how to create humans, and Taiqing advised her to cultivate until she attained the Dao as a Hunyuan Celestial Venerable.
• Taiqing had prepared Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, Three Lights Divine Water, and a Gourd Vine, and had enriched the soil with Yin Yang divine soil, Creation divine soil, and Five Elements divine soil.

Taiqing prepared materials for Nuwa to create humans and arranged for Fuxi and Nuwa to lead the Immortal Court until his disciple could take over. Meanwhile, the Heavenly Dao ordered Luohu and Hongjun to help bring the Primordial Wilderness under its control, while it considered which candidates to make Heavenly Dao Saints.

• Taiqing told Fuxi and Nuwa to manage the Immortal Court and cultivate with its resources until his disciple arrived to take over.
• The Heavenly Dao summoned Luohu and Hongjun, ordering Luohu to sow discord among the reincarnated Chaos Demon Gods and Hongjun to deal with the Twelve Ancestral Witches, the Sanqing, and the other realms.
• Hongjun urged the Heavenly Dao to bring forth the remaining Heavenly Dao Saints, while Luohu distrusted Hongjun's show of loyalty but did not expose him.
• The Heavenly Dao revealed that it could currently elevate only the two western cultivators, Di Jun, and Kunpeng, who had secretly received Hongmeng Purple Qi from Dong Wang Gong.

The Heavenly Dao gave Luohu a strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi and tasked Hongjun and Luohu with further schemes. As they debated how to win Nuwa and who should rule the Heavenly Court, the Heavenly Dao said it already had a plan and asked Hongjun about his former attendants.

• The Heavenly Dao gave Luohu a strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi, and Luohu merged it into his Primordial Spirit.
• Hongjun warned that turning Nuwa would be difficult, then proposed creating another Nuwa; the Heavenly Dao rejected the idea and warned against changing what was predetermined.
• Hongjun secretly resolved to create another Nuwa, while the Heavenly Dao anticipated that his attempt would bring the Great Dao's punishment.
• Luohu proposed quickly filling the vacant Heavenly Court and keeping Xuanqing from becoming its ruler; Hongjun accused him of wanting Jidu to take the position.
• The Heavenly Dao stopped their argument, said it had its own plan for the Heavenly Court, and asked Hongjun whether he had once had two young attendants.

Heavenly Dao appointed Hongjun’s attendants Haotian and Yaochi to lead the Heavenly Court and gave Jidu military authority, then tasked Hongjun and Luohu with dealing with Xuanqing. After leaving the Heavenly Dao Origin Space, Hongjun and Luohu revealed their separate plans, while Ancestor Reincarnation sensed that someone had set their sights on him.

• Hongjun recommended Haotian as ruler of the Heavenly Court and Yaochi as presiding over the Yaochi Immortal Realm, and Heavenly Dao approved both appointments.
• Heavenly Dao appointed Jidu as Great Emperor Tianhuang of Gouchen Shang Palace and warned Hongjun and Luohu to ensure their factions cooperated.
• Hongjun urged Heavenly Dao to address Xuanqing’s authority as Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Star, and Heavenly Dao told Hongjun and Luohu to deal with Xuanqing together.
• Hongjun left the Heavenly Dao Origin Space and resolved to overthrow Heavenly Dao’s control, while Luohu vowed to attack his old enemies.
• Ancestor Reincarnation sensed that someone had set their sights on him while he refined Great Dao Merit and Destiny.

Ancestor Reincarnation sensed Hongjun and Luohu but could not deduce their return because Heavenly Dao concealed the clues. On the ruined Western Continent, Mituo and Bodhi searched for the missing supreme gourd treasure, suspected Heavenly Dao had arranged the calamity, and stopped short of investigating further.

• Ancestor Reincarnation sensed traces of Luohu and Hongjun, failed to uncover anything through deduction, and warned the Hunyuan Celestial Venerables to stay cautious.
• After the Immortal-Demon Calamity devastated the Western Continent, Mituo and Bodhi left Little Western Heaven to look for the supreme gourd treasure at Gourd Immortal Mountain.
• Mituo and Bodhi found that the treasure had vanished, and Mituo vowed that it would return to the West and that its theft had to be answered for.
• Bodhi pointed out suspicious circumstances surrounding the treasure's appearance and compared them to the Little Golden Crows' role in the second Immortal-Demon War.
• Mituo and Bodhi suspected Heavenly Dao had used the treasure to scheme against the immortals, demons, or Western Continent, then halted their deductions for fear of being killed.

Mituo and Bodhi sought to revive the nine beings beneath Gourd Mountain, but Di Jun unexpectedly established the Demon Sect and became a Heavenly Dao Saint using Great Dao Merit. Di Jun’s restored memories revealed Xuanqing had planned his ascension, and he invited the Primordial Wilderness to hear him expound the Great Dao in ten thousand years.

• Bodhi proposed recruiting the nine beings suppressed by Gourd Mountain to strengthen the West, and Heavenly Dao guided Mituo and Bodhi toward establishing a sect.
• Mituo and Bodhi attained enlightenment beneath Gourd Mountain and advanced to the Late Stage Quasi-Saint.
• Di Jun established the Demon Sect and used Great Dao Merit to refine the Hongmeng Purple Qi, becoming the third Heavenly Dao Saint after Hongjun and Luohu.
• Heavenly Dao realized Di Jun had used Great Dao Merit to become a Saint before its planned timing.
• Di Jun recovered parts of the plan he had made with Xuanqing, thanked him, and announced that he would expound the Great Dao in the Demon Realm in ten thousand years.
• Living beings across the Primordial Wilderness hurried toward the Demon Realm to hear Di Jun expound the Dao.

Mituo and Bodhi established the Western Teachings and sought to become Saints, but Di Jun attacked them after recognizing Bodhi’s Hongmeng Purple Qi as Tai Yi’s. The Heavenly Dao blocked Di Jun, sealed him in the Demon Realm, and punished him for resisting its control.

• Mituo and Bodhi declared the establishment of the Western Teachings and asked the Heavenly Dao to bear witness.
• Taiqing recognized the Heavenly Dao’s scheme behind Mituo and Bodhi’s attempt to become Saints and chose not to interfere.
• Di Jun recognized the Hongmeng Purple Qi above Bodhi as Tai Yi’s and launched a furious attack at the Western Continent.
• Mituo begged Di Jun to spare them, but the Heavenly Dao dispersed his attack by controlling his entrusted Primordial Spirit.
• The Heavenly Dao sealed Di Jun in the Demon Realm and struck him with Lightning Punishment after sensing his resentment.

Heavenly Dao blocked Di Jun’s attack and sent merit to help Mituo and Bodhi refine their Hongmeng Purple Qi, but their progress stalled when the merit ran out. Mituo began making great vows to gain the merit needed to become a Saint.

• The Hunyuan Celestial Venerables blocked Heavenly Dao’s Lightning Punishment against Di Jun, and Heavenly Dao withdrew Its attack.
• Heavenly Dao sent merit to Mituo and Bodhi, then also sent a larger portion to Di Jun for establishing the Demon Sect.
• Heavenly Dao considered using Di Jun’s deaths and resurrections to exhaust his Great Dao Merit and gain control over him.
• The merit ran out before Mituo and Bodhi could finish refining their Hongmeng Purple Qi, leaving them unable to become Saints.
• Taiqing and the other observers began recording Mituo’s predicament as a famous scene.
• Mituo determined that the Western Teachings lacked enough merit and began making great vows, though Heavenly Dao would not permit his intended forty-ninth vow.

Mituo and Bodhi attained Heavenly Dao Sainthood by making forty-eight grand vows, but the Primordial Wilderness mocked their weak power and narrow invitation to preach. When they tried to punish those who criticized them, Shangqing and Yuqing moved to suppress them for ten thousand years.

• Mituo and Bodhi made forty-eight grand vows, and the Heavenly Dao granted them just enough merit to refine the remaining half of their Hongmeng Purple Qi and become Saints.
• The Hunyuan Celestial Venerables and the living beings of the Primordial Wilderness ridiculed Mituo and Bodhi's vows and their feeble Saintly Pressure.
• With the Heavenly Dao's help, Mituo and Bodhi spread their pressure across the Primordial Wilderness and announced they would preach at Little Western Heaven in ten thousand years to any fated living being.
• Living beings criticized Mituo and Bodhi's restrictive invitation and compared them unfavorably with the Demon Saint.
• Mituo and Bodhi prepared to kill those who had mocked them, but Shangqing and Yuqing declared they would suppress the two Saints for ten thousand years.

Houtu sealed Mituo and Bodhi beneath a Five Finger Mountain, provoking a clash between the Heavenly Dao and the Earthly Dao. Fifteen Hunyuan Celestial Venerables helped Houtu establish a stalemate, while Xuanqing sensed an unseen intruder in the Thirty-Second Heaven.

• Houtu suppressed Mituo and Bodhi beneath a Five Finger Mountain and warned the Heavenly Dao against letting its Saints run amok.
• The Heavenly Dao attacked the Netherworld, forcing Houtu and the Earthly Dao onto the defensive as Mituo and Bodhi hid beneath the mountain.
• Ancestor Reincarnation, Old Ancestor Yang Mei, and thirteen other Hunyuan Celestial Venerables joined the Earthly Dao against the Heavenly Dao, bringing the two sides to a temporary balance.
• Xuanqing sensed an aura enter the Thirty-Second Heaven, but found no trace of the intruder.

Xuanqing sensed an undetectable presence entering the Thirty-Second Heaven and concluded it was either Hongjun or Luohu, prompting Taiqing and his brothers to act. The Three Pure Ones formed Taichu, armed him with the Primordial Gourd, and sent him toward the Heavenly Court.

• Hongjun sneaked into the Thirty-Second Heaven with Haotian and Yaochi, intending to install them as rulers of the Heavenly Court.
• Xuanqing detected the intruders and reasoned that only Hongjun or Luohu could have evaded his deductions.
• Xuanqing informed Taiqing, who called Yuqing and Shangqing to help disrupt their enemy’s plans by bringing Taichu back into the Primordial Wilderness.
• The Three Pure Ones formed Taichu, whose strength had reached the Saint Second Heaven, and Taiqing borrowed the Primordial Gourd from Dijiang.
• Taichu declared that he would attain the Dao by an unconventional path and set out to inspect the Heavenly Court.

Taichu appeared in the Heavenly Court with Saint-level strength, startling the Primordial Wilderness and its powerful beings. He confronted Hongjun outside the Lingxiao Treasure Hall and prepared to test his strength, while Ancestor Reincarnation agreed to stop the Heavenly Dao from aiding Hongjun.

• Taichu's appearance and aura shocked the Primordial Wilderness, while Mituo and Bodhi lamented the West's misfortune beneath Five Finger Mountain.
• Hongjun recognized Taichu and recalled their past grievances, then led Haotian and Yaochi into the Lingxiao Treasure Hall before waiting outside for Taichu.
• Ancestor Reincarnation and Daoism's disciples sensed Taichu's arrival; the disciples celebrated their Sect Master's return and Saint-level strength.
• Taichu appeared in the Heavenly Court and confronted Hongjun outside the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
• Taichu refused Ancestor Reincarnation's offer to fight Hongjun, but asked him to resist the Heavenly Dao if it tried to help Hongjun; Reincarnation agreed.
• LuoHu and the Heavenly Dao tried to learn Taichu's origins but could find no information about him.

Taichu confronted Hongjun over his attempt to seize the authority of Lord of the Heavenly Court, then lured him into Chaos to fight away from the Heavenly Court and the Heavenly Dao’s support. On a dead Chaos Star, Taichu brought out the Primordial Gourd, and Hongjun recognized it as the treasure from the Western Continent and questioned whether Taichu had schemed behind the Immortal-Demon Calamity.

• The Heavenly Dao failed to sense Taichu’s destiny or Causality and ordered Hongjun to kill him, but Houtu and the Hunyuan Celestial Venerables forced it to focus on their confrontation.
• Hongjun summoned the Seal Immortal Absolute Seal and faced Taichu outside Lingxiao Treasure Hall while Haotian and Yaochi refined the authorities of the Heavenly Court and Lady of Yaochi.
• Taichu mocked Hongjun’s attempt to take the authority of Lord of the Heavenly Court and challenged him to fight in Chaos.
• Hongjun pursued Taichu to a dead Chaos Star, where both prepared to battle.
• Taichu summoned the Primordial Gourd, and Hongjun recognized it as the gourd treasure from the Western Continent and asked if Taichu had plotted behind the Immortal-Demon Calamity.