Recaps

Zhou Ming guided the Human Clan’s early development while the Demon Race and Immortal Court slid into open conflict. As Zhou Ming strengthened the Wu Clan and created a world within the Dao Origin Divine Pearl, Di Jun secured Xi He's cooperation in using Taiyin Star for the Demon Race’s array.

• Zhou Ming left the Dao Origin Divine Pearl and the Fragment of the Jade of Creation with the Ancestral Wu, explained the Human Clan’s importance, and told Houtu to appoint Hou Yi as its guard.
• Nuwa declined Di Jun and Taiyi’s request to lead the Demon Race, while Fuxi chose to return to the Heavenly Court.
• Zhou Ming gave Hou Yi the Innate Gourd Vine, then visited Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun and urged them to recognize the Human Clan’s potential.
• After Nuwa and Zhou Ming preached at Empress Wa’s Palace, Wu sought a way to strengthen the Human Clan and left to find a master.
• Wu offered the Innate Gourd Vine to Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi, who declined to take him as a disciple but preached to and protected the Human Clan before departing.
• As Rogue Cultivators hunted demons and joined East King Duke’s Immortal Court, Taiyi fought East King Duke and the Demon Race and Immortal Court began a wider conflict.
• Zhou Ming arranged for elite Great Witches to refine the Ancestral Wu’s Essence Blood, helped Xing Tian withstand the refinement, and created a world inside the Dao Origin Divine Pearl.
• Minghe established the Asura Clan, while Di Jun and Taiyi secured Xi He's agreement to help draw on Taiyin Star’s power for the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Array.

Di Jun and Xi He’s Heavenly Marriage drew Zhou Ming into a contest for Merit, while the Demon Race and Immortal Court prepared for war. Nuwa ended the battle in the Demon Race’s favor, and Wu then moved to keep Laozi’s teachings from drawing the Human Clan’s strongest cultivators away.

• Di Jun secured Xi He’s agreement to help the Demon Race and later asked Nuwa to preside over their Heavenly Marriage, which required borrowing the Innate Red Embroidered Ball from Zhou Ming.
• Zhou Ming lent Nuwa the ball on the condition that he co-preside over the marriage, then collected his share of its Merit and reclaimed the treasure during the ceremony.
• East King Duke sought Candle Dragon’s support against the Demon Race, and Candle Dragon agreed to commit the Dragon Clan’s elders while keeping Ao Hai and other elites out of the war.
• Di Jun and East King Duke brought their armies and great arrays into battle over the Eastern Sea, suffering heavy casualties as Nuwa headed to the battlefield under Hongjun’s order to stop the war without destroying the Immortal Court.
• Nuwa broke the Immortal Court’s array, demanded the surrender of those who had made pills and treasures from Demon Race corpses, and killed the chief culprits when East King Duke refused.
• The Immortal Court withdrew and the armies returned to recover as Hongjun cleared the battlefield’s bloodlust and resentment.
• When Laozi entered the Human Tribe to expound the Dao and establish the Human Sect, Wu recalled the tribe’s strongest Martial Dao cultivators and warned Xuandu against becoming Laozi’s disciple.
• Wu told Xuandu that Laozi was destined to take him as a disciple because their Daos were compatible, leaving Xuandu questioning whether Wu expected him to seek out Laozi.

Zhou Ming helped Nuwa secure the Human Clan’s Fortune and the Kongtong Seal, then manipulated the rise of the Sages and staged a fight to conceal his strength. As Houtu set out on her journey, Zhou Ming prepared the Wu Clan to thwart Hongjun’s plan for her transformation into Reincarnation.

• Xuandu weighed Wu’s warning that studying under Laozi could weaken his ties to the Human Clan and left to consider the choice.
• Zhou Ming persuaded Nuwa to demand that Laozi renounce the Human Clan’s Fortune, and Nuwa agreed to share half of it with Zhou Ming in exchange for his protection.
• Nuwa forced Laozi to swear that he would not occupy the Human Clan’s Fortune, after which he established the Human Sect and attained Sagehood.
• Nuwa defeated Taiqing in their fight over the Kongtong Seal, then handed the seal to Zhou Ming as Primordial Lord Tianzun and Tongtian left to establish their own sects and become Sages.
• Zhou Ming claimed one-third of the merit promised by Jieyin and Zhunti, then watched them make enough Great Vows to become Sages together.
• Zhou Ming and Jieyin and Zhunti staged a fight in Chaos that convinced the gathered powers he could defeat both Sages, while Hongjun recognized Zhou Ming’s true strength and planned to hasten Houtu’s transformation.
• Xuandu refused Taiqing’s offer to become his disciple, choosing to remain with the Human Clan and trust in Wu’s Martial Dao.
• Zhou Ming revealed that Hongjun intended Houtu to become Reincarnation and lose her Wu body, then planned for Pingxin to take her place and for the Wu Clan to form the Thirteen Capital Heavenly God Evil Array.

Zhou Ming thwarted Hongjun’s attempt to sacrifice Houtu, and Pingxin established the Underworld and Earthly Dao. Wu moved the Human Tribe under Wu Clan protection, created writing, and the arc ended as tensions grew among the Sages and the Ten Little Golden Crows began training to control their flames.

• Hongjun summoned the Six Saints and ordered them to trap Zhou Ming, but Houtu returned to Pangu Hall after realizing Reincarnation was needed and consulted Zhou Ming before acting.
• Zhou Ming brought Houtu, the Ancestral Wu, Zhen Yuanzi, and Ancestor Minghe to the Sea of Blood, where the Six Saints trapped him and Hongjun demanded that Houtu use her true body.
• Di Jiang formed the Du Tian Shen Sha Great Array, forcing Hongjun to flee, while Zhou Ming defeated the Three Pure Ones and extracted concessions from the Saints.
• Pingxin established the Six Paths, the Underworld, and the Earthly Dao, then appointed Zhen Yuanzi Great Emperor Fengdu, Minghe Lord of the Asura Path, and Wu Clan members to Underworld posts.
• The Three Pure Ones founded the Clarify Sect and Jie Sect, while Wu moved the Human Tribe near Buzhou Mountain and created Three Thousand Characters, earning a vast Golden Light of Merits.
• Yuanshi and Tongtian argued over their disciples, and the Jie Sect defeated the Clarify Sect in a competition, deepening resentment among Yuanshi’s disciples.
• Di Jun celebrated the birth of Xi He’s ten sons as Zhunti and Jieyin discussed the Heavenly Dao’s plan to use them in an Immortal-Demon Calamity.
• After the Little Golden Crows scorched flowers and injured servants with their True Sun Fire, Di Jun ordered Taiyi to supervise their cultivation, and Taiyi arranged supervised outings for them one at a time.