Recaps

Sun Wukong’s capture and escape concluded the Journey to the West, while Wu claimed the Humanity Dao and Zhou Ming arranged breakthroughs for four cultivators. Tathagata and Haotian both failed to attain the Dao through the Slaying Three Corpses Method, leaving the Five Saints to plan to sever their Saint Positions together.

• Haotian sent Yang Jian to capture Sun Wukong, but Taishang Laojun struck the monkey with his Vajra Ring and the Heavenly Court imprisoned him in the Eight Trigrams Furnace.
• Sun Wukong broke out of the furnace, rampaged through the Heavenly Court, and accepted Tathagata’s challenge to escape from his palm.
• Minghe returned to the Underworld to seek a breakthrough, while Tathagata prepared to use Buddhism’s Merit to attain the Dao.
• Wu emerged from seclusion as a Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal, explained the Martial Path, and merged with the Humanity Dao through the Kongtong Seal.
• Zhou Ming chose Wangshu, West Queen Mother, Candle Dragon, and Taiyi for breakthroughs supported by the Earthly Dao and Humanity Dao, and placed them with their guides.
• Tathagata failed to merge his three corpses, and the Saints concluded that the Slaying Three Corpses Method had a fundamental flaw.
• Jieyin, Zhunti, Taiqing, Primordial Lord, and Nuwa settled Jieyin and Zhunti’s Karma with Hongyun, who explained the method’s flaw and urged them to seek Zhou Ming’s guidance after severing their Saint Positions.
• Haotian failed to attain the Dao, and the Five Saints agreed to sever their Saint Positions together after discussing how to settle their Heavenly Karma.

As Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao struggled, Zhou Ming and the Wu Clan gathered allies and prepared for the final battle. Five Saints severed their Saint Positions, while Haotian and Yaochi completed their foundations and continued cultivating.

• Jieyin and Zhunti borrowed Merit from Pingxin in exchange for placing Buddhism under the Wu Clan’s command.
• Haotian learned from Hongjun that the Slaying Three Corpses Method was flawed, then confirmed with Hongyun that the Method of Shattering the Three Corpses was genuine.
• Zhou Ming told Hongyun that Hongjun was fighting the Heavenly Dao’s independent consciousness and persuaded him to wait rather than attack.
• Minghe proved the Dao with Pingxin’s help, and Tongtian emerged as a Daluo Golden Immortal of the Origin before visiting his former disciples and sharing the Method of Shattering the Three Corpses.
• Tongtian reunited with Taiqing and Yuanshi, who apologized for their past actions, and advised them to seek Zhou Ming’s help in severing their Saint Positions.
• Taiqing, Primordial Lord Tianzun, Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti pledged themselves to Zhou Ming’s protection and prepared to act together when the Heavenly Dao was distracted.
• The five Saints severed their ties to the Heavenly Dao, and Zhou Ming found no hidden imprint in their primordial spirits as Hongjun’s plan to seize their Hongmeng Purple Qi failed.
• Zhou Ming brought Di Jun, East King Duke, and the other Great Powers out of Pangu Realm to cultivate, while Haotian and Yaochi completed their Dao Foundations and returned to seclusion.

The Heavenly Dao outmaneuvered Hongjun, completed its transformation, and launched a war against the Primordial World. Zhou Ming led the allied forces into battle and, after weakening the Heavenly Dao’s defenses, revealed a fragment of the Jade of Creation to expose an opening for a decisive strike.

• The Heavenly Dao manipulated Hongjun into freeing Destiny and Karma’s Remnant Souls, then destroyed them and took over Hongjun’s body.
• Haotian and Yaochi defected to Zhou Ming and revealed the locations of the Heavenly Dao Space and Purple Firmament Palace.
• Zhou Ming gathered his allies and learned that Luohu and a Demon God Army had been preserved in the Demon Realm.
• Luohu broke the seal and led his forces against the allies, while Pingxin took command and fought to keep him occupied.
• Zhou Ming and the Twelve Ancestral Witches confronted the Heavenly Dao in Chaos, forming Pangu True Body around Pangu Hall.
• The Heavenly Dao battered Pangu True Body, but Zhou Ming summoned the Pangu Axe and kept attacking despite its cost to Pangu’s will.
• Zhou Ming used varied axe strikes to make the Heavenly Dao expend its defenses, then revealed a Fragment of the Jade of Creation that exposed a gap in its protection.

After Zhou Ming destroyed the Heavenly Dao, Hongjun and Yang Mei sacrificed the Wu and Demon Clans to restore their power and prepared to stop Zhou Ming. Zhou Ming’s battle against them shattered Buzhou Mountain and drove the Primordial Wilderness toward collapse.

• Zhou Ming and the Twelve Ancestral Witches destroyed the Heavenly Dao, then hurried to help Pingxin as Luohu’s forces fought the allies in the Primordial World.
• The Earthly Dao and Humanity Dao betrayed Pingxin and Wu, while Hongyun, Minghe, Taiyi, Candle Dragon, and Pingxin sacrificed themselves to help survivors escape.
• Hongjun and Yang Mei drained the Wu and Demon Clans, restored Hongjun’s strength, and joined Luohu, Karma, and Fate to prepare a formation against Zhou Ming.
• Zhou Ming recovered Wu’s Primordial Spirit and Pingxin’s Remnant Soul, then accepted Wu’s Origin Essence while Houtu merged with Pingxin.
• Hongjun absorbed the scattered authority of the Heavenly Dao as Zhou Ming formed the Pangu True Body and sent Zhen Yuanzi and the others to rescue survivors.
• Yang Mei’s Five Elements Heaven-Sealing Array pulled Xuan Ming from the Pangu True Body, but Zhou Ming rescued her and struck back with the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe.
• The Pangu True Body shattered the array and destroyed Buzhou Mountain, while Zhen Yuanzi and the others fled toward Chaos with rescued living beings.
• Luohu self-destructed to buy Yang Mei and Hongjun time, as Karma and Fate merged into Hongjun and Yang Mei charged the Pangu True Body.