Recaps

The Three Pure Ones killed Hongjun and congratulated Nuwa on attaining the Dao of the Daluo Golden Immortal of the Origin. They then brought Nuwa to Shouyang Mountain, where Xuanqing and his companions awaited them, to begin the human race’s creation.

• Taiqing used the Heart of Life and the Three Pure Ones’ supreme treasures to destroy Hongjun, then collected his Saint Essence Blood and sealed the Seal Immortal Absolute Seal in the Primordial Gourd.
• The Three Pure Ones revealed themselves after dismantling their array, and Nuwa mourned that Fuxi had fallen beneath Heavenly Punishment while buying her time.
• Taiqing told Nuwa that Fuxi’s fall might conceal great fortune, but withheld the details and urged her to complete the act of creating humans.
• Ancestor Reincarnation discovered that Xuanqing, Xuanhuang, and Soul were waiting at Shouyang Mountain on the Eastern Continent.
• Sanqing and Nuwa arrived at Shouyang Mountain, where Xuanqing congratulated Nuwa and Sanqing said they had come to rely on her to continue the path ahead.

Nuwa prepared to create the Human Race with extraordinary divine materials and the aid of Ancestor Soul and Xuanhuang Old Ancestor, intending to make humanity powerful enough to oppose Heavenly Dao. Heavenly Dao resolved to stop her and personally manifested in the Great Desolation.

• Nuwa agreed to reconnect the paths ahead for Ancestor Soul and Xuanhuang Old Ancestor, and they thanked her and Sanqing for their support.
• Taiqing gave Nuwa Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, Three Lights Divine Water, and an Innate Gourd Vine branch, astonishing Ancestor Soul and Xuanhuang Old Ancestor with the materials’ power.
• Nuwa borrowed the Creation Cauldron from Old Ancestor Creation and the Qiankun Cauldron from Old Ancestor Qiankun to create a powerful Human Race.
• Heavenly Dao feared that humanity would strengthen Human Dao beyond its own power, so It decided to intervene despite the risk of backlash.
• Heavenly Dao manifested a nine-colored Dao Body above the Great Desolation, and beings across the world sensed the crisis as Heavenly Dao declared It would restore the Great Desolation to its proper course.

Heavenly Dao manifested its Dao Body and prepared to attack Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches, but Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Lingbao attained the Daluo Golden Immortal of the Origin alongside Brother Taiqing. The Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches gathered at Shouyang Mountain and formed the Twelve Capitals Hunyuan Origin-Returning Divine Baleful Array against Heavenly Dao.

• Heavenly Dao manifested its nine-colored Dao Body, eased its suppression of the Earthly Dao, and prepared to personally attack its targets while keeping pressure on the Hunyuan Celestial Venerable Alliance.
• Brother Taiqing urged Yuqing and Shangqing to release their realm suppression, and Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Lingbao attained the Daluo Golden Immortal of the Origin.
• Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Lingbao chanted Dao songs recounting Sanqing's rise and their alliance with the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
• Heavenly Dao struck at the Sanqing, but Brother Taiqing called the Twelve Ancestral Witches to join the Sanqing in forming the Twelve Capitals Hunyuan Origin-Returning Divine Baleful Array at Shouyang Mountain.

The Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches summoned Pangu’s true body, which frightened Heavenly Dao and reunited the Taiji Diagram, Pangu Banner, and Chaos Bell into the Pangu Axe. Taiqing struck at Heavenly Dao with the first of the Thirty-Six Heaven-Opening Forms, while Heavenly Dao invoked its regulations and the Jade Disc of Creation to resist.

• The Twelve Ancestral Witches appeared behind Taiqing, and Pangu’s true body manifested before Heavenly Dao could strike.
• Heavenly Dao recoiled from Pangu, while the reincarnated Chaos Demon God powerhouses joined forces to pressure it.
• Pangu’s true body told Nuwa to create humans and awaken the Human Dao, then summoned the Taiji Diagram, Pangu Banner, and Chaos Bell.
• The three World-Opening Supreme Treasures merged into the Pangu Axe, alarming Heavenly Dao and making it resent Hongjun for failing to steal them.
• Taiqing wielded the Pangu Axe and attacked Heavenly Dao with Chaos Boundless, but Heavenly Dao invoked Heavenly Regulations, Righteous Punishment, and the Jade Disc of Creation to block the strike.

The Pangu True Body shattered Heavenly Dao’s rules, wrested at the Jade Disc of Creation, and split Heavenly Dao’s Dao Body with an axe. While Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches held Heavenly Dao back, Nuwa began creating humans and awakening the Human Dao, with Xuanqing protecting her.

• The Pangu True Body’s axe shattered Heavenly Dao’s rules, allowing beings across the Primordial Wilderness to perceive the Laws without Heavenly Dao’s suppression.
• The Pangu True Body pulled at the Jade Disc of Creation, forcing Heavenly Dao to focus on keeping control of it instead of defending against the next axe strike.
• The Pangu Axe split Heavenly Dao’s nine-colored Dao Body, and Heavenly Dao cut away the damaged portions before condensing a much smaller body.
• At Shouyang Mountain, Nuwa activated the Creation Cauldron and Qiankun Cauldron to create humans, while Xuanqing promised to protect her Dao.
• Nuwa placed mutated Three Lights Divine Water and mutated Nine Heavens Breathing Soil into the two cauldrons, which spun together like Yin-Yang fish.

Xuanqing added the Qi of the seven emotions and six desires to the fused divine materials as Nuwa prepared to create humans. The Heavenly Dao tried to turn the Primordial Wilderness against the Human Race, but the Pangu True Body exposed his schemes and cleaved apart the fleeing Heavenly Dao.

• Xuanqing added the Qi of the seven emotions and six desires to the Creation Cauldron and the Qiankun Cauldron, completing the fusion of the divine materials.
• The Heavenly Dao conjured a vision of the Age of Dharma's End and warned the Pangu True Body that the Human Race would destroy the Witch Race and the myriad races.
• The Pangu True Body revealed that the Heavenly Dao had caused the Primordial Wilderness's decline, and dispelled his influence over the living beings.
• The Heavenly Dao unleashed world-destroying Heavenly Punishment and tried to flee to the Heavenly Dao Origin Space.
• The Pangu True Body used One Stroke Opens Heaven to disperse the Heavenly Punishment and cleave apart the Heavenly Dao's nine-colored Dao Body.

The fused Sanqing and Twelve Ancestral Witches gravely wounded the Heavenly Dao, forcing its consciousness to flee into the Heavenly Dao Origin Space, while Nuwa safely created humans and awakened the Human Dao. With the Heavenly Dao weakened and the Hunyuan Celestial Venerable Alliance stunned by the battle, World Daoist decided to apologize to Taiqing.

• The Heavenly Dao abandoned its nine-colored Dao Body and fled into the Heavenly Dao Origin Space on the Jade Disc of Creation after the Pangu true body struck it.
• Yuqing, Shangqing, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches regretted that they had not destroyed the Heavenly Dao's consciousness, but Taiqing said their victory had secured Nuwa's creation of the Human Race and awakened the Human Dao.
• Taiqing urged the others to work with the Earthly Dao, Human Dao, and Hunyuan Celestial Venerable Alliance to gradually erode the wounded Heavenly Dao.
• The beings of the Great Desolation watched the Pangu true body in stunned silence, and Ancestor Reincarnation and World Daoist voiced their disbelief at its power.
• World Daoist decided to visit Taiqing and apologize for what had happened at Buzhou Mountain.

Old Ancestor Wuxing feared Taiqing’s retaliation for pursuing him on Buzhou Mountain and sought help from Shizhi Hong Yun and Xuanqing to mediate. Xuanqing agreed to speak with Taiqing, assuring Ancestor Reincarnation that Wuxing would live and remain in the Primordial Wilderness, though the price of settling the Causality would be steep.

• Old Ancestor Wuxing feared offending Taiqing, while World Daoist and Ancestor Reincarnation advised him to seek mediation through Shizhi Hong Yun and Xuanqing.
• Ancestor Reincarnation asked Xuanqing to plead with Taiqing on behalf of Martial Uncle Wuxing.
• Xuanqing froze at the request because he was Taiqing’s avatar, then agreed to plead with himself.
• Ancestor Reincarnation explained that Wuxing had pursued Taiqing after finding his traces during the investigation of Pangu’s awakening on Buzhou Mountain.
• Xuanqing assured Ancestor Reincarnation that Taiqing would not kill Wuxing or expel him from the Primordial Wilderness, but warned that settling the Causality would cost him dearly.

Old Ancestor Wuxing asked Hong Yun to plead with Taiqing over their past conflict, and agreed to pay a heavy price to settle the Causality. Meanwhile, the Pangu True Body remained fused after driving back the Heavenly Dao, waiting for Nuwa to finish creating humans.

• Old Ancestor Wuxing told Hong Yun that he had once pursued and ambushed Taiqing on Buzhou Mountain, creating Causality between them.
• Hong Yun agreed to plead with Taiqing and warned Old Ancestor Wuxing to prepare to pay a great price.
• Old Ancestor Wuxing accepted Taiqing's conditions so long as he could remain in the Great Desolation and continue his Path of Dao.
• The Pangu True Body stayed fused because Nuwa had not finished creating humans and the Human Dao had not awakened.
• Gonggong Lao Liu wanted to strike the Heavenly Dao Origin Space with the Pangu Axe, but the Pangu True Body held back to avoid damaging the Heavenly Dao's order.

After the Heavenly Dao's consciousness was destroyed, Taiqing negotiated with Hong Yun over Old Ancestor Wuxing's past pursuit of him. Taiqing demanded treasures and a lasting role for Wuxing in strengthening the Primordial Wilderness, and Hong Yun relayed the terms to his master.

• The Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches felt their resentment ease after defeating the Heavenly Dao's consciousness and driving it into the Heavenly Dao Origin Space.
• Hong Yun contacted Taiqing to plead for Old Ancestor Wuxing, admitting his master had been at fault and asking that his life and path of Dao be spared.
• Taiqing said he would spare Wuxing but demanded three Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, the Five Elements Cave Mystic Heaven's help stabilizing the Primordial Wilderness, and Wuxing's service developing its Great Dao of the five elements.
• Hong Yun agreed to persuade Wuxing to accept the terms and promised to find the treasures if his master could not provide them.
• Hong Yun relayed Taiqing's terms to Old Ancestor Wuxing and urged him to accept, emphasizing the benefits to his cultivation.

Old Ancestor Wuxing accepted Taiqing’s terms, merged the Five Elements Cave Mystic Heaven into the Primordial World, and committed to overseeing its Five Elements Dao. The change brought new life to the stars and ended the birth of Innate Deities, after which Wuxing opened his Dao to potential disciples.

• Hong Yun tried to persuade Old Ancestor Wuxing to accept Taiqing’s conditions, and Wuxing agreed because they advanced his Great Dao and settled Causality.
• Old Ancestor Wuxing summoned the Five Elements Cave Mystic Heaven and merged it into the Primordial World, greatly strengthening the Five Elements Dao.
• The merge restored barren lands and filled the stars with vitality, spiritual plants, and newly born Innate Living Beings, though the Sun Star, Moon Star, and Ziwei Star birthed none.
• After Innate Living Beings reached a certain number, their birth ceased across the Primordial World, marking the end of the Innate Deities era and the beginning of the Houtian Living Beings era.
• Old Ancestor Wuxing announced that those interested in the Five Elements Great Dao could enter the Five Elements Cave Mystic Heaven to study and might be accepted as disciples.

Old Ancestor Wuxing settled his Buzhou Mountain Causality with Taiqing by giving up three Five Elements treasures and agreeing to teach cultivators in the Primordial Wilderness. As the powerful beings turned their attention to Nuwa at Shouyang Mountain, Ancestor Yin Yang was left anxiously wondering why no one had considered him.

• Old Ancestor Wuxing offered Taiqing three of his Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures and promised to develop the Great Dao of the Five Elements and teach its cultivators.
• Taiqing accepted the treasures, declared their Causality settled, and granted Wuxing permission to develop his Daoist Tradition and gain Destiny.
• Ancestor Reincarnation and the other Hunyuan Celestial Venerables congratulated Wuxing, while Reincarnation teased him about possibly surpassing his strength.
• Ancestor Yin Yang envied the others’ opportunities and paced anxiously, feeling the Primordial Wilderness had forgotten him.
• The powerful beings turned their gazes toward Nuwa at Shouyang Mountain, and Hong Yun sighed with relief that Wuxing’s Causality with Taiqing had ended.

Nuwa completed the creation of the Human Race, and Taiqing and the Pangu True Body brought forth the Human Realm. The Hunyuan Celestial Venerables strengthened the new realm with their laws, while Ancestor Yin Yang placed the Yin-Yang Harmony Tower within it.

• Nuwa fashioned 129,600 exquisite clay figures, then used the gourd vine to create another 107 batches of 129,600 tiny figures after Taiqing explained that she could not exceed the Great Dao's limit by hand.
• The Pangu True Body cleaved open the chaotic void beyond Shouyang Mountain and created the Human Realm, which formed a triadic formation with the Netherworld and the Thirty-Six Heavens.
• The Great Desolation's laws and spiritual energy surged, loosening cultivation bottlenecks and allowing many beings to advance.
• Taiqing and the other Hunyuan Celestial Venerables strengthened the Human Realm by contributing their Great Dao laws, with Ancestor Reincarnation linking its reincarnation cycle to the Netherworld.
• Ancestor Yin Yang placed the Yin-Yang Harmony Tower in the Human Realm, surprising Taiqing and supporting the reproduction of Houtian Living Beings.

Nuwa declared the creation of the Human Race and the completion of the Great Desolation’s three Daos, while Ancestor Yin Yang merged his Yin-Yang Harmony Tower into the Human Realm and earned Taiqing’s promise of another great opportunity. The Heavenly Dao’s attempt to destroy the new Human Race was crushed by the Pangu True Body, and rosy light began descending from Chaos.

• Ancestor Yin Yang merged the Yin-Yang Harmony Tower into the Human Realm, gaining a share of its destiny and Taiqing’s promise of another great opportunity.
• Nuwa reported to the Great Dao, Pangu, and the Great Desolation that she would create the Human Race and six domestic animals, establish the Human Dao, and set rules for Houtian Living Beings.
• The Heavenly Dao sent Heavenly Punishment against the Human Race, but Taiqing had the Pangu True Body crush the thunderclouds.
• The Heavenly Dao withdrew to recover, and ten thousand streams of rosy light descended from Chaos toward the Primordial Wilderness.

After escaping into Chaos, Luohu merged with the last trace of his Chaos Demon God flesh and blood, restoring his strength but severing his path back to the Primordial Wilderness system. He enslaved a Universe World to build up forces for a future invasion, then sensed a great disturbance coming from the Primordial Wilderness.

• Luohu found his companion treasure Demonic Path Thousand Fathoms and merged with the flesh and blood it preserved, regaining Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal Second Heaven cultivation while losing his affinity with the Great Dao.
• Luohu decided to grow stronger in Chaos before seeking revenge, and planned to enslave beings there to help him attack the Primordial Wilderness.
• Luohu found a Universe World containing two Daluo Golden Immortals of the Origin and captured the world and its inhabitants inside Demonic Path Thousand Fathoms.
• Luohu made the two Daluo Golden Immortals of the Origin principal souls of his Myriad Souls Banner and gave them his inheritance.
• Luohu felt Chaos tremble and sensed the disturbance converging on the Primordial Wilderness, but could not learn what had happened.

The Great Dao approved the Human Race and the awakened Human Dao, then bestowed vast merit across the Primordial Wilderness. Xuanhuang and Soul became bound to the Great Desolation World, while Nuwa announced that she would expound on the Great Dao with the other Saints in a hundred years.

• Luohu decided to seek more worlds in Chaos and build his strength before returning to the Primordial Wilderness.
• As the Great Dao's approval descended, Xuanhuang and Soul used their laws to strengthen the Human Race's souls and bodies, binding themselves to the Great Desolation World.
• The Great Dao's approval stabilized the Human Realm, confirmed the Human Race's place under the Human Dao, and awakened the Human Dao.
• The Great Dao distributed merit throughout the Primordial Wilderness, with Nuwa receiving the largest share and Ancestor Reincarnation receiving an unexpectedly large portion.
• Ancestor Reincarnation deduced that Xuanqing had helped earn him the merit and praised his disciple.
• Taiqing asked Nuwa to keep Fuxi's share of the merit, and Nuwa announced that she would expound on the Great Dao with the other Saints in a hundred years.

Nuwa announced that the Human Dao would offer twelve Saint Positions and urged living beings to earn them through good deeds, stirring excitement throughout the Primordial Wilderness. At Shouyang Mountain, she instructed the Human Race to grow through its own efforts, then gave its first patriarch the Creation Whip and named him Human.

• Nuwa invited living beings to hear her expound the Great Dao of creation and the Human Dao, promising twelve Human Dao Saint Positions to those who benefited the Primordial Wilderness.
• Living beings across the Primordial Wilderness eagerly sought to perform good deeds, while Taiqing regarded their newfound harmony as temporary.
• The newly created Human Race bowed to Nuwa at the foot of Shouyang Mountain and thanked her for creating them.
• Nuwa told the Human Race to build its strength independently and explained that she would provide only essential assistance.
• Nuwa bestowed the Creation Whip on the first human, declared him the Human Race's first patriarch, and named him Human.

Nuwa appointed Human as the Human Race’s clan chief and gave him the Creation Whip, securing the race’s unity, while Taiqing and the others ended their Pangu True Body fusion. Taiqing then took a human named Xuandu as his senior disciple.

• Human thanked Nuwa for naming him clan chief and received the Creation Whip, which he refined and used to command the Human Race.
• Taiqing approved Nuwa’s decision, recognizing that Human and the Creation Whip would prevent the Heavenly Dao from dividing the Human Race.
• The Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches dissolved their Pangu True Body fusion and separated the Pangu Axe into the Taiji Diagram, Chaos Bell, and Pangu Banner.
• Nuwa introduced the Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches to the Human Race and told the humans to respect them and Taiqing at Shouyang Mountain.
• Taiqing chose a human with a deep causal connection to him as his disciple, and the man eagerly accepted.
• Taiqing named the man Xuandu and made him his senior disciple.

Taiqing named Xuandu and charged him to put the Human Race first, then established the Human Sect and proclaimed the Golden Core Great Dao and Martial Dao. Heavenly Dao resented Taiqing’s act and the strength Martial Dao gave Human Dao.

• Taiqing named Xuandu and instructed him to aid the Human Race without relying on power beyond its own reserves.
• Xuandu accepted Taiqing’s teaching, and the Human Race rejoiced that Taiqing would stand behind them.
• Taiqing’s aura drew the attention of the Primordial Wilderness’s myriad races, the Hunyuan Celestial Venerable Alliance, and Di Jun.
• Taiqing established the Human Sect as a branch of Daoism and created the Golden Core Great Dao and Martial Dao under Human Dao.
• The myriad races welcomed the new paths, while Heavenly Dao angrily objected to Taiqing establishing the Human Sect without its consent.

Taiqing established the Human Sect and passed the complete Golden Core Dao and Martial Dao to the Human Race, then urged Shangqing to establish the Earth Sect. The Heavenly Dao waited for Yuqing Yuanshi to establish a sect it could influence, but Yuqing remained unmoved.

• The Heavenly Dao grew furious that Taiqing established the Human Sect and passed down the complete Golden Core Dao, depriving it of a major source of the Human Race's Destiny.
• Taiqing sensed that establishing the Human Sect, Golden Core Dao, and Martial Dao had loosened his realm's shackles, then urged Shangqing to establish a sect.
• Shangqing established the Earth Sect beneath Kunlun Mountain's Daoism, connecting it to the Earthly Dao and the way of formations.
• The Heavenly Dao and the Hunyuan Celestial Venerables sighed in relief when Shangqing did not create another Great Dao.
• The Heavenly Dao and the living beings of the Primordial Wilderness waited for Yuqing Yuanshi to establish a sect, but he sat unmoving in meditation.
• Taiqing's knowledge of the Heavenly Dao's plot kept Yuqing from establishing a sect that the Heavenly Dao could use to influence him.

After Yuqing Yuanshi refused to establish a sect, the reincarnated Chaos Demon Gods realized the Sanqing had planned around the Heavenly Dao. Xuanhuang Old Ancestor and Ancestor Soul gained strength through the Human Race’s fortune and joined Taiqing’s camp, leaving the Witch Race’s allies stronger.

• Yuqing Yuanshi declined to establish the Elucidation Sect, and Ancestor Reincarnation inferred that Yuqing’s Heavenly Dao role prevented him from founding a sect while the Heavenly Dao remained conscious.
• The Human Race spread out from the place where Nuwa had created them to explore the Primordial Wilderness.
• Xuanhuang Old Ancestor and Ancestor Soul rose to the hunyuan grand unity golden immortal third heaven through the Human Race’s destiny and luck, and they received great dao merit.
• Xuanhuang Old Ancestor and Ancestor Soul thanked Taiqing, Nuwa, and Xuanqing, then pledged to answer their requests and side with their camp.
• Taiqing welcomed Xuanhuang Old Ancestor and Ancestor Soul into the Witch Race’s camp and urged them to help strengthen the Primordial Wilderness.

Xuanhuang Old Ancestor and Ancestor Soul joined the Witch Race camp, greatly strengthening its destiny, while the other powerhouses dispersed to cultivate. At Shouyang Mountain, Taiqing recognized that the Origin Qi in Nuwa’s leftover soil was destined to give birth to Sun Wukong and stopped her from casting it away.

• Xuanhuang Old Ancestor and Ancestor Soul formally joined the Witch Race camp, and both they and the Witch Race gained a great surge in destiny.
• The Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortals returned to their Daoist Arenas to absorb their gains, while the Twelve Ancestral Witches went back to the Netherworld and Xuanqing returned to his Master's Daoist Arena to prepare for cultivation.
• Nuwa discovered high-quality Origin Qi in the multicolored soil left over from creating humanity.
• Taiqing recognized the Origin Qi as one portion of the War Demon God's origin, destined to give birth to Sun Wukong, and stopped Nuwa from throwing the soil into the Great Desolation World.
• Nuwa asked whether Taiqing knew the Origin Qi's mysteries or had designs on it.

Taiqing obtained the Intelligent Stone Monkey’s portion of the War Demon God’s origin from Nuwa, compensating the nascent being with two wisps of Chaos Essence. He sent the renewed clod of earth to Flower-Fruit Mountain, where the Intelligent Stone Monkey would continue to gestate.

• Taiqing told Nuwa that the soil held a portion of the War Demon God’s origin and explained that he wanted it for his disciple, Six-Eared.
• Nuwa recognized the origin’s significance and willingly gave the soil to Taiqing.
• Taiqing extracted and sealed the War Demon God’s origin, then infused the weakened soil with two wisps of Chaos Essence.
• Taiqing threw the soil toward Aolai Island and Flower-Fruit Mountain in the Southern Sea.

Taiqing and Nuwa surveyed the aftermath of the Demon God Remnant calamity as the Great Desolation began recovering, and Nuwa returned to Phoenix Perch Mountain to cultivate. Taiqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches prepared to enter Chaos to seek Chaos Essence and arrange another world, leaving others to guard the Earthly Dao.

• A golden clump of earth landed on Flower-Fruit Mountain and began absorbing Innate Spiritual Qi to nurture the Intelligent Stone Monkey, whom Taiqing planned to raise as a Daoist Dharma Protector.
• Nuwa decided to return to Phoenix Perch Mountain to refine her gains, familiarize herself with the Human Dao, and prepare to avenge her elder brother.
• Taiqing reviewed how the Demon God Remnants had been defeated across most of the Great Desolation, while the Northern Continent still awaited reinforcements.
• The races that had sheltered in the Five Elements Great World began returning to their ancestral lands, though many stayed to earn merit by refining Chaos Qi.
• Sanqing went to the Netherworld, where the Twelve Ancestral Witches were ready to enter Chaos with them.
• Taiqing asked Styx, Hong Yun, and Zhen Yuanzi to guard the Earthly Dao while the group was away, wary that Heavenly Dao might exploit their absence.

Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches entered Chaos while the Heavenly Dao feared they would interfere with its battle against the Witch Race. They left the Heavenly Race to the Witch youths and met Chaos and his companions, explaining that they would not explore Chaos while the Heavenly Dao still threatened the Great Desolation.

• The Heavenly Dao accused Houtu of intending to attack the Heavenly Race, and Houtu and the others mocked it for its past oppression of Pangu’s descendants.
• Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches continued into Chaos without attacking the Heavenly Race, while the Witch youths prepared Shangqing Lingbao’s array disks to prevent their enemies from escaping.
• Chaos and his companions noticed Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches entering Chaos and discussed how Pangu’s descendants could eventually overwhelm the Hunyuan Celestial Venerable Alliance.
• Chaos offered to advise them about exploring Chaos, but Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches declined until the Heavenly Dao’s threat to the Great Desolation had ended.