Recaps

Taiqing and his allies survived the Dao-Devil War, claimed its treasures, and strengthened their ties with the Witch Race. At Pangu Hall, Taiqing told Fuxi, Nuwa, Hong Yun, and Zhen Yuanzi that Hongjun would soon preach at Zixiao Palace and harvest the listeners’ Destiny, leaving Fuxi questioning whether to attend.

• Taiqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches killed Jieyin and Zhunti after they attacked the Witch Race, and the Heavenly Dao threatened them before withdrawing.
• Hongjun and Luohu’s forces clashed at Mount Sumeru, where Luohu deployed the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and Hongjun used the Jade of Creation and his Three Corpses against him.
• The Sanqing seized the Four Swords of Zhu Xian, the God-Slaying Spear, and the Twelve-petal World-Ending Black Lotus as Luohu self-destructed and opened the Demon Realm.
• Reincarnation and Yang Mei received Heavenly Dao merit for preserving the Western Continent, while the Sanqing returned to Buzhou Mountain with their treasures.
• Fuxi, Nuwa, Hong Yun, and Zhen Yuanzi collected spiritual treasures on Buzhou Mountain, then joined the Sanqing and the Ancestral Witches at their tribe.
• Taiqing gave Houtu the Twelve-petal World-Ending Black Lotus and offered other treasures to the Ancestral Witches, then welcomed Fuxi, Nuwa, Hong Yun, and Zhen Yuanzi as guests.
• Taiqing led the four visitors to Pangu Hall after they made Great Dao Vows, and explained that the Heavenly Dao suppressed cultivation to harvest living beings’ Destiny.
• Taiqing warned that Hongjun would soon attain sainthood and preach at Zixiao Palace, and Fuxi asked how they could know what lay ahead if they did not attend.

Taiqing united the Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches against Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao, while guiding several allies along the Law Path. The arc ended with the factions setting their plans in motion and the Sanqing returning to Kunlun Mountain.

• Taiqing persuaded Fuxi, Nuwa, Zhen Yuanzi, and Hong Yun to cultivate the Law Path in Pangu Hall by revealing the truth behind the Dragon-Han Calamity and the Heavenly Dao’s designs.
• Taiqing explained that Houtu could awaken the Earthly Dao and Nuwa could strengthen the Human Dao, then guided the Witch Race toward cultivation and away from competing for supremacy.
• Xuanqing claimed the Eight Trigrams Furnace after fighting Dong Wang Gong, Styx, Kunpeng, Queen Mother of the West, and Lei Ze, then accepted Di Jun’s invitation to join his planned faction.
• Taiqing united the Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches in secret, and they confronted Hongjun at Buzhou Mountain as Taichu and Pangu True Body.
• Taichu and the Twelve Ancestral Witches defeated Hongjun and took nine Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, while Hongjun returned to Purple Cloud Palace injured and resolved to pursue sainthood.
• Nuwa, Fuxi, Zhen Yuanzi, and Hong Yun attained the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm and pledged support to the Witch Race, with Zhen Yuanzi recognizing his connection to Houtu and the Earthly Dao.
• Taiqing arranged for Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun to support Dong Wang Gong’s Immortal Court and warned them to avoid Hongjun’s sermon, while the Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches agreed to support the court in secret.
• Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun left to prepare their Daoist Arenas, and the Sanqing departed for Kunlun Mountain after the Twelve Ancestral Witches promised to remain united.

Xuanqing helped powerful beings unite to establish sects and teach living beings, challenging Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao’s plan to control Destiny and merit. After three waves of Heavenly Punishment, the Great Dao approved their undertaking and ended the assault.

• Taiqing concluded that the Sanqing should teach living beings, while Xuanqing met Fuxi and Nuwa and advised them to form a force without surrendering their independence.
• Lei Ze broke through on Penglai Immortal Island, allied with Queen Mother of the West, and taught Dong Wang Gong his method in exchange for an alliance and a place to cultivate.
• The Sanqing returned to Kunlun, planned to establish Daoism, and learned from Taiqing that they would teach after the Celestial Venerables began gathering Destiny.
• Ancestor Reincarnation gave Xuanqing a Golden Wheel of Merit, learned that preaching could grant Destiny and merit, and summoned powerful allies to oppose Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao’s plans.
• Ancestor Reincarnation and the assembled Demon Gods agreed to establish sects and teach across the Primordial Wilderness, while Xuanqing helped arrange for Fuxi and Nuwa to become disciples of Creation and Qiankun.
• Xuanqing introduced Dijiang and Zhen Yuanzi to Yang Mei and Hong Yun to Wuxing, as the Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches chose Dijiang as the only Ancestral Witch to take a master.
• Yang Mei, Reincarnation, and the other Hunyuan Celestial Venerables jointly announced plans to establish sects and teach, prompting Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao to unleash successive waves of Heavenly Punishment.
• Xuanhuang, World, Soul, Darkness, Plague, and Destruction attained the Hunyuan Celestial Venerable realm during the assault, and the Great Dao approved the sects’ undertaking after the Demon Gods survived three waves.

The Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches summoned Pangu’s true body to protect the Creation Green Lotus, driving Hongjun back and preserving a powerful defense against the Heavenly Dao. As Hongjun resumed preaching and plotted against his rivals, the Sanqing prepared to claim treasures from the Innate Gourd Vine.

• Taiqing, Shangqing Lingbao, and Yuqing Yuanshi chose disciples, then Taichu confronted Hongjun’s Good Corpse and seized two treasures before Hongjun became a Heavenly Dao Saint.
• Ancestor Reincarnation protected Taichu from Hongjun, while Hongjun gathered followers for his sermon and the Celestial Venerables recruited disciples of their own.
• The Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches formed the Fifteen Dutian Hunyuan Guiyuan God-Demon Great Formation and summoned Pangu’s true body at Buzhou Mountain.
• Pangu’s true body took the Twenty-Four Petal Creation Green Lotus, defeated Ancestor Darkness, and wounded Hongjun when he intervened with the Jade of Creation.
• The Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches left the Creation Green Lotus at Pangu Hall and planned a teleportation array, while Hongjun vowed to use the Demon Race against them.
• Dijiang told Zhen Yuanzi that the Ancestral Witches had summoned Pangu’s true body, and other powers considered visiting or befriending the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
• Hongjun schemed to make Di Jun and Tai Yi clash with the Sanqing over the Innate Gourd Vine, while Taiqing assigned Xuanqing and Zhu Rong to collect gourds.
• Hongjun began his second sermon by teaching the quasi-Saint realm and his Three Corpses method, and the Purple Cloud Palace guests accepted his instruction.