Recaps

Li Yun and Eastern Duke fought at near Half-Saint strength, but Eastern Duke gained a powerful boost by summoning a Heavenly Dao tentacle. Li Yun answered by opening the Twenty-Four Heavens, raising his cultivation to Ultimate Quasi-Saint and matching Eastern Duke’s power.

• The guards expected Eastern Duke to lose to Li Yun and feared the consequences of his attack on someone protected by Humanity Dao and Laozi.
• Li Yun and Eastern Duke’s battle intensified until their power approached the limit of a Half-Saint.
• Eastern Duke was shaken to learn that Li Yun’s Attain Dao through Strength let him rival Eastern Duke despite his Quasi-Saint Late Stage cultivation.
• Eastern Duke summoned a phantom Heavenly Dao tentacle, greatly increasing his strength.
• Li Yun opened the Twenty-Four Heavens and rose to Ultimate Quasi-Saint, matching Eastern Duke’s power.

Li Yun activated the Twenty-Four Heavens and gained power on par with Eastern Duke, then fought him as their clash tore open a spatial black hole. The battle’s aura shook the Primordial World, leaving cultivators in awe and Fuxi stunned by Li Yun’s strength.

• Li Yun’s aura rose to match and even surpass Eastern Duke’s, astonishing the guards who cheered for him.
• Li Yun realized the Twenty-Four Heavens had grown stronger after he fused the Sea Calming Divine Pearls into them.
• Eastern Duke refused to accept Li Yun’s strength and attacked him with his long spear, while Li Yun met him with the Profound Yellow Axe.
• Li Yun and Eastern Duke clashed inside a spatial black hole as their battle shattered the surrounding space.
• Cultivators across the Primordial World sensed the fight and feared Li Yun’s power, while Fuxi wondered who could be fighting him.

Fuxi learned that the Dragon Clan had a Half-Saint and hurried back to the Primordial World to pursue Luomo’s offer of power. As Li Yun fought Eastern Duke, Di Jun sent Eastern Emperor Taiyi to deal with the newcomer while Dijiang prepared to intervene on the Witch Clan’s behalf.

• Fuxi crushed the object in his hand after discovering the Dragon Clan’s unfamiliar Half-Saint, then rushed toward the Primordial World to seek greater strength from Luomo.
• Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi watched Li Yun battle Eastern Duke and sensed a deep hostility toward the Dragon Clan figure.
• Di Jun ordered Eastern Emperor Taiyi to eliminate Eastern Duke but warned him not to attack Li Yun.
• Xuanming recognized the Heavenly Dao’s power behind Eastern Duke, alarming Dijiang and the other Ancestor Witches.
• Dijiang agreed to investigate with Zhujiuyin and Zhurong while Xuanming and the other Ancestor Witch stayed behind to oversee the selection of the Witch Clan’s king.

Dijiang left with Zhurong to help choose a Witch Clan king while Xuanming and Zhujiuyin hurried to complete the Earthly Dao’s task. Elsewhere, Luomo confronted Li Mo, revealed his ambition to control the Demonic Path, and left Li Mo shaken by the possibility that he was Luohu’s son.

• Xuanming and Zhujiuyin agreed that Dijiang should investigate the disturbance with Zhurong while they stayed to choose a Witch Clan king.
• Xuanming warned Zhujiuyin that Humanity Dao might soon move to obtain the Human Book, and Zhujiuyin left to speed up their work.
• Earthly Dao ordered Minghe and Zhen Yuanzi to protect Li Yun, so they rushed toward the area where he was fighting Eastern Duke.
• Li Mo emerged from his cave and encountered Luomo, whom he recognized as a powerful Saint of the Demonic Path.
• Luomo overpowered Li Mo, took the God-Slaying Spear, and offered him a chance to merge with the Devilish Dao.
• Li Mo realized that Luomo might be Luohu’s son and reacted with shock and fear.

Li Mo refused Luomo’s demand to submit, and the Eye of the Devilish Dao empowered him until he reached the False Saint stage. Luomo tried to leave, but Li Mo blocked him and attacked, prompting Luomo to summon a slaughter spear and retaliate.

• Luomo revealed that he was Luohu’s son and demanded that Li Mo choose whether to serve him.
• Li Mo refused and challenged Luomo, while the Eye of the Devilish Dao appeared and poured power into him.
• The Eye’s blessing raised Li Mo to the False Saint stage, and he realized Luomo was also a False Saint.
• Luomo threatened the Devilish Dao and began to leave, but Li Mo blocked him and attacked with the God-Slaying Spear.
• Luomo dodged Li Mo’s attack, summoned a top-grade slaughter Innate Spirit Treasure, and thrust a spear qi toward Li Mo.

Li Mo forced Luomo to agree to remain and wait while Li Mo’s true body handled its affairs, preventing Luomo from interfering. Meanwhile, Li Yun and Eastern Duke’s battle intensified, and Zhen Yuanzi and Ancestor Minghe arrived to contain its destructive force.

• Li Mo and Luomo clashed with their slaughter spear aura, and Li Mo recognized Luomo’s Slaughter Divine Spear as a weakened counterpart to the God-Slaying Spear.
• Li Mo demanded that Luomo stay until his true body had handled its affairs or returned to the Human Race, and Luomo agreed.
• Li Mo turned his attention to Li Yun and Eastern Duke, whose battle had become so destructive that the surrounding land began to collapse.
• Zhen Yuanzi arrived and used Saint’s Power to stop the destruction from spreading, while Ancestor Minghe raised the Xuan Yuan Water Control Banner to seal the area.
• Zhen Yuanzi greeted Ancestor Minghe and remarked on his Late Saint Stage cultivation, and Ancestor Minghe attributed his rapid progress to fate and fortune.

Zhen Yuanzi and Minghe declined to fight Eastern Duke directly, but Dijiang and Zhurong entered the black hole to help Li Yun. Li Yun and Eastern Duke remained locked in a stalemate until the Ancestor Witches arrived and attacked Eastern Duke.

• Zhen Yuanzi wondered whether they should intervene, and Minghe said Saints should not attack someone protected by the Heavenly Dao.
• Dijiang and Zhurong arrived, and Zhen Yuanzi and Minghe explained that they would protect Li Yun but leave the fighting to the Ancestor Witches.
• Dijiang and Zhurong agreed to help and entered the black hole while Minghe and Zhen Yuanzi stayed behind.
• Li Yun and Eastern Duke continued battling in a stalemate, though Eastern Duke struggled more with the strain of prolonged attacks.
• Dijiang and Zhurong reached Li Yun and attacked Eastern Duke with Space Severing and Blazing Fire: Prairie Scorch.

Li Yun used Dijiang and Zhurong’s surprise attack to grievously wound Eastern Duke and demanded the Sea Calming Divine Pearl from the Dragon Clan instead of killing him. He left Eastern Duke facing a choice while explaining that he sought the pearls to complete his Thirty-Six Heavens.

• Dijiang and Zhurong struck Eastern Duke by surprise, giving Li Yun an opening to sever and destroy one of his arms with the Profound Yellow Axe.
• Eastern Duke realized he had lost his advantage against Li Yun and the two arriving allies.
• Li Yun demanded that Eastern Duke hand over the Sea Calming Divine Pearl held within the Dragon Clan or die.
• Dijiang and Zhurong urged Li Yun to kill Eastern Duke, but Li Yun asked them to let him handle the matter.
• Dijiang and Zhurong agreed to follow Li Yun’s lead and threatened to kill Eastern Duke if he refused.
• Li Yun planned to obtain the pearls held by the Four Seas Dragon Kings and use all twelve to advance his Twenty-Four Heavens.

Li Yun forced Eastern Duke to choose between surrendering the Sea Calming Divine Pearls and facing death. Eastern Duke yielded and summoned the Four Seas Dragon Kings to deliver the pearls, leaving both sides waiting in the black hole.

• Li Yun threatened to resume the fight if Eastern Duke refused his terms, while Dijiang and Zhurong joined in pressuring him.
• Eastern Duke recognized that he had no safe way to resist and agreed to Li Yun's terms.
• Li Yun demanded that Eastern Duke hand over the Sea Calming Divine Pearls before he could leave.
• Eastern Duke contacted the Four Seas Dragon Kings and ordered them to send him all the Sea Calming Divine Pearls they possessed.
• Dijiang and Zhurong urged Li Yun to demand more from Eastern Duke, but Li Yun said the pearls mattered most to him.
• The fighting stopped, and everyone waited for the Four Seas Dragon Kings to bring the pearls.

Daoist Laozi celebrated Li Yun’s victory over Eastern Duke and confronted Nuwa for having opposed him. Meanwhile, the Four Seas Dragon Kings received Eastern Duke’s message and chose to hand Li Yun their Sea Calming Divine Pearl.

• Daoist Laozi praised Li Yun for defeating Eastern Duke and threatened Nuwa over her actions.
• Yuanshi Tianzun, Jieyin, and Zhunti denied intending to oppose Laozi, who used the Taiji Diagram to seal the area and keep them there.
• Yuanshi Tianzun urged Jieyin and Zhunti to accept Laozi’s order to wait, while Nuwa realized Laozi held her responsible.
• The Four Seas Dragon Kings discussed Eastern Duke’s message and worried that Li Yun would claim their Sea Calming Divine Pearl.
• The East Sea Dragon King decided they should hand over the pearl, warning that refusing could endanger the entire dragon lineage.

Li Yun explained why the Twenty-Four Heavens could not be replicated, while Dijiang and Zhurong considered whether they could create worlds of their own. The Four Seas Dragon Kings arrived to deliver something but could not enter the battle zone, and Li Yun prepared to address the Eastern Duke as they waited outside.

• Dijiang and Zhurong asked whether anyone else could attain power like Li Yun’s, and Li Yun said the Twenty-Four Heavens depended on rare treasures and the power of the heavens.
• Li Yun suggested that the Ancestor Witches could try creating Small Thousand Worlds, though they would need to evolve the power of the heavens for them to be useful.
• The Four Seas Dragon Kings arrived, saw the dangerous black hole, and asked Ancestor Minghe and Zhen Yuanzi to summon Li Yun so they could deliver their items.
• Zhen Yuanzi told the Four Seas Dragon Kings to wait, while Ancestor Minghe sent Li Yun a voice transmission about their arrival.
• Li Yun told the Eastern Duke that the Dragon Kings had come and asked what his name was.

Li Yun obtained the last Sea Calming Divine Pearls after Eastern Duke chose to leave with the Four Seas Dragon Kings. He absorbed the pearls to evolve his Twenty-Four Heavens, and their transformation began.

• Eastern Duke revealed that he used the name Ao Wang and decided to leave with the Four Seas Dragon Kings after his clash with Li Yun.
• Li Yun and his companions emerged from the black hole as the damaged space repaired itself.
• The Four Seas Dragon Kings presented Eastern Duke with the Sea Calming Divine Pearls they had gathered.
• Eastern Duke handed the pearls to Li Yun and departed with the Four Seas Dragon Kings.
• Li Yun absorbed the pearls with his Essence Blood, causing them to break down and merge into his Twenty-Four Heavens as they began to evolve.

Li Yun combined the Twenty-Four Heavens with the twelve Sea Calming Divine Pearls, transforming them into the Thirty-Six Heavens and gaining power comparable to a Saint. Dijiang, Zhurong, and Zhen Yuanzi witnessed the transformation and reacted with shock.

• Dijiang and the others watched as the Twenty-Four Heavens and twelve Sea Calming Divine Pearls converged around Li Yun.
• Li Yun saw a gray world give way to Chaos, then watched the Chaos world shatter and divide into thirty-six worlds.
• The thirty-six worlds expanded into Great Thousand Worlds, strengthening their inhabitants and greatly empowering Li Yun's fanatical believers.
• Li Yun emerged with the completed Thirty-Six Heavens behind him, and his aura reached the level of a False Saint.
• Dijiang and Zhurong sensed Li Yun's Saint-level power, while Zhen Yuanzi praised the Thirty-Six Heavens as pure, controllable power belonging to Li Yun.

Li Yun completed the Thirty-Six Heavens, whose defensive power impressed Zhen Yuanzi, Ancestor Minghe, Dijiang, and Zhurong. He gained Ancestor Minghe’s consent to bring Asuras into the heavens, then prepared to return to the Human Race to fulfill his Human Dao task.

• Dijiang and Zhurong found that the Thirty-Six Heavens repelled even Saints, while Zhen Yuanzi judged its power comparable to roughly twenty percent of the Earthly Dao’s strength.
• Li Yun realized the Thirty-Six Heavens had the potential to evolve beyond Great Thousand Worlds, but decided to focus on refining and controlling them first.
• Zhen Yuanzi and Ancestor Minghe urged Li Yun to cultivate the new power, and Li Yun agreed to develop it further.
• Li Yun asked Ancestor Minghe to let a group of Asuras enter the Thirty-Six Heavens, and Ancestor Minghe agreed.
• Li Yun thanked the seniors and prepared to leave for the Human Race to carry out his task for the Human Dao.

Dijiang proposed moving some members of the Witch Clan into Li Yun’s Thirty-Six Heavens to preserve the clan, and Li Yun agreed to provide them with at least one Great Thousand World. After settling the matter, Li Yun reunited with his guards and prepared to return to the Human Race.

• Dijiang asked Li Yun whether Witch Clan members could enter the Thirty-Six Heavens and take command of a Great Thousand World.
• Dijiang explained that relocating some clansmen would ensure the Witch Clan survived even if it lost its future conflict.
• Li Yun agreed to bring the Witch Clan members into the Thirty-Six Heavens and promised them at least one Great Thousand World, with several possible.
• Dijiang agreed to select suitable candidates and make preparations before departing with Zhurong.
• Li Yun met his guards, who praised his strength, and told them to follow him back to the Human Race.

After Li Yun defeated the Eastern Duke, the Saints and the three Dao ended their standoff, and Laozi hurried to deliver the Human Book to the Human Dao. Hongjun summoned the Heavenly Dao Saints and Xuanmen disciples to Zixiao Palace, while the Earthly Dao called its members to the Netherworld to discuss matters.

• Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun praised Li Yun’s rise, while Nuwa and the other Saints departed after accepting that the conflict was over.
• Nuwa left to find out what had happened to Fuxi, and Laozi rushed toward the Human Race with the Human Book so he could fulfill the Human Dao’s demand.
• The Heavenly Dao, Human Dao, and Earthly Dao ended their standoff and withdrew from the area.
• The Human Dao urged the Earthly Dao to catch up with the Heavenly Dao, and the Earthly Dao announced that it would begin canonizing gods upon its return.
• Hongjun summoned the Heavenly Dao Saints and Xuanmen disciples to Zixiao Palace, while the Earthly Dao summoned the Twelve Ancestor Witches, Zhen Yuanzi, and Minghe to the Netherworld.

Li Yun returned to Human Race territory, where the people’s faith power strengthened Li Shen and the Human Book. He assigned his guards to protect his palace and teach the Dao, promising to reward the best of them with personal guard positions and places among the Human Teachings’ Registered Disciples.

• As Heaven and Earth Dao moved toward conflict, cultivators fled the Primordial World’s center while others approached the Witch Clan, Demon Clan, and Human Race in hopes of finding profit.
• Li Yun led his guards into Human Race territory, where they sensed its growing providence and the benefits of the Humanity Dao’s favor.
• Humans welcomed Li Yun’s return and sent faith power toward him, which he transferred to Li Shen, strengthening Li Shen’s resonance with the Human Book.
• Li Yun lifted the humans who had bowed to him and ordered his guards to live at his palace, protect it, and take turns teaching the Dao every hundred years.
• Li Yun promised to choose twelve guards for personal service and to instruct them himself, admitting them into the Human Teachings’ Registered Disciples according to their efforts.

Li Yun transferred the Human Book and Li Shen into the Thirty-Six Heavens so Li Shen could finish studying its power, then met Laozi at the Human Ancestral Land. Laozi accepted Li Yun’s plans for his avatars and asked him to become the Human Dao’s trusted spokesperson when Laozi Merged with Dao.

• Li Yun sent the guards to settle into their residences after promising them the chance to join the Human Teachings.
• Li Shen told Li Yun that he needed to study the Human Book in the Thirty-Six Heavens and use their Faith Power to complete a similar creation.
• Li Yun transferred Li Shen and the Human Book into the open Thirty-Six Heavens before going to meet Laozi.
• Laozi questioned Li Yun about the Human Book, and Li Yun explained that Li Shen was studying its power.
• Li Yun admitted that his avatar Li Mo had entered the Devilish Dao and obtained its Saint Seat, though he had not yet Attained Dao.
• Laozi asked Li Yun to become a Human Dao Saint and spokesperson, since Laozi would soon Merge with Dao and Xuandu was not suited to the role.

Li Yun chose his avatar Li Xuan to succeed Laozi as the Human Dao’s spokesperson, then offered his promised Human Dao Saint Seat to Xuandu. The Human Dao summoned Li Yun and Laozi to its abode, where they met a woman believed to be its true form.

• Laozi proposed making one of Li Yun’s avatars the next Human Dao spokesperson, and Li Yun chose Li Xuan rather than Li Shen.
• Laozi approved Li Xuan as suited to the Human Dao and Human Race, and Li Yun offered his promised Saint Seat to Xuandu.
• Laozi agreed that Xuandu should receive the Saint Seat and praised Li Yun for securing another position for the Human Teachings.
• The Human Dao summoned Laozi and Li Yun, saying the Heavenly Dao and Earthly Dao had already acted.
• Laozi and Li Yun entered the Human Dao’s abode and found a woman waiting in a pavilion in Hundred Flowers Valley.

Human Dao explained her resemblance to Nuwa and urged Laozi and Li Yun to prepare the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors as the Heavenly Dao and Earthly Dao began acting. She approved Li Xuan as her spokesperson, who would inherit Laozi’s Saint power after Laozi Merged with Dao, and asked what would become of Xuandu.

• Human Dao explained that she had modeled her appearance after Nuwa, whom she once expected to become her spokesperson.
• Human Dao said the Five Emperors would receive Human Dao Power and could fight at False Saint strength, and Laozi assigned one position to Li Yun’s branch and four to Xuandu’s.
• Human Dao offered Laozi the chance to Merge with Dao and asked whether Xuandu would become her spokesperson.
• Laozi chose Li Yun’s avatar, Li Xuan, instead, and Li Yun summoned him from his divine soul.
• Human Dao recognized that Li Xuan carried Humanity Dao and Human Race Destiny, accepted him as spokesperson, and said he would inherit Laozi’s Saint power before asking about Xuandu’s future.

Li Yun gave the Human Dao’s promised Saint Seat to Xuandu, who accepted it and supported Laozi’s decision to make Li Yun’s clone the Humanity Dao Spokesperson. The Human Dao began preparing to help Laozi Merge with Dao by inscribing his title in the Human Book.

• Li Yun claimed the promised Saint Seat and chose Xuandu to receive it.
• The Human Dao summoned Xuandu and asked whether he objected to Laozi appointing Li Xuan as Humanity Dao Spokesperson; Xuandu supported Laozi’s decision.
• Laozi told Xuandu that Li Yun had given him the Saint Seat, and Xuandu accepted it gratefully.
• Li Shen sent out the Human Book after recording it, and Li Yun handed it to the Human Dao.
• The Human Dao transformed the Human Book, inscribed “One Who Merges with Dao” on its first page, and told Laozi to sign his name.

Laozi merged with the Human Dao through the Human Book, reaching a realm comparable to Hongjun’s. The Earthly Dao then began its second stage of development, assigning Xuanming, Zhen Yuanzi, and Minghe to inscribe candidates in the Earth Book.

• Laozi fused his blood with the Human Book and completed his merging with Dao, shaking the Primordial World with his newly powerful aura.
• Xuanming, Zhen Yuanzi, Minghe, and the Ancestor Witches realized Laozi had merged with Dao, and Minghe attributed his success to the return of the Human Book.
• The Earthly Dao appeared before the group and announced that its second stage of development was beginning.
• The Earthly Dao revealed the Earth Book’s true form as the Netherworld List and ordered the group to inscribe three Witch Clan candidates and one candidate each from the Asura Race and Earth Immortal Lineage.
• The Earthly Dao said the selected candidates would anchor their forces’ transformation and that Xuanming could merge with Dao after the process was complete.
• Xuanming, Zhen Yuanzi, and Minghe stepped forward and began inscribing their chosen candidates.

Earthly Dao explained that the Witch Clan, Asura Race, and Earth Immortal Lineage could establish their chosen rulers without fighting, granting them Half-Saint power and using a rotation system modeled on Human Dao. After Laozi merged with Dao and shocked the gathering in Zixiao Palace, Hongjun secured Di Jun’s commitment to the Heavenly Dao and appointed him Heavenly Dao Demon Emperor, ordering him to obstruct the other Daos’ plans.

• Earthly Dao told Dijiang, Zhen Yuanzi, and Minghe that their chosen rulers would receive empowerment and become Half-Saints rather than fight one another.
• Xuanming asked whether the Witch Clan had to divide its people among three rulers, and Earthly Dao recommended copying Human Dao’s rotation system.
• Laozi merged with Dao, shocking the figures gathered in Zixiao Palace.
• Hongjun said Laozi’s new status would restrict his ability to interfere in the Primordial World, then asked Di Jun whether the Demon Race would side with Heavenly Dao.
• Di Jun pledged the Demon Race’s allegiance, and Hongjun named him Heavenly Dao Demon Emperor and ordered him to disrupt Human Dao and Earthly Dao’s plans to create Saints.

Hongjun explained that the Heavenly Dao feared the Earthly Dao and Humanity Dao's plans to create Saints and half-Saints, and warned the gathered figures to watch Li Yun. As the meeting ended, Laozi merged with the Humanity Dao and became a Dao Ancestor, prompting Jieyin and Zhunti to ask Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian to congratulate him.

• Hongjun described the Saint Creation Plan and told the group to infiltrate the Human Race, Witch Clan, Asura Race, and Earth Immortal Lineage to learn its details.
• Hongjun warned that Li Yun was a powerful, unrestricted variable and told Di Jun, Eastern Emperor Taiyi, and Nuwa not to show him mercy if they found an opportunity.
• Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian argued that Li Yun posed no threat and suggested the Heavenly Dao could provide him with resources, while Jieyin and Zhunti stayed out of the dispute.
• Laozi announced that he was merging with the Humanity Dao, and the Primordial World shook as he advanced beyond the limits of a Saint.
• Hongjun dismissed the gathering and ordered everyone to prepare, then Jieyin and Zhunti asked Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian to join them in congratulating Laozi.

Laozi became the Humanity Dao Ancestor, prompting Jieyin, Zhunti, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Sect Master Tongtian to travel to the Human Race under the pretext of investigating. With Laozi’s new power strengthening Humanity Dao, he asked Li Xuan to become its spokesperson, and Li Xuan accepted.

• Jieyin and Zhunti proposed visiting Laozi, and Yuanshi Tianzun and Sect Master Tongtian joined them on the journey to the Human Race.
• Nuwa, Di Jun, and Eastern Emperor Taiyi watched the four depart and criticized Jieyin and Zhunti for trying to benefit from both sides.
• The Earthly Dao urged Xuanming and the others to accelerate their plans for the first Emperor, and Dijiang left to seek advice from Li Yun.
• Li Yun and Xuandu congratulated Laozi after he attained Dao Ancestor-level power, and Laozi’s gaze made Li Yun feel that his secrets had been exposed.
• Laozi asked Li Xuan to take over the position of spokesperson, and Li Xuan agreed.