Recaps

Jieyin, Zhunti, Zhen Yuanzi, and Tongtian failed to draw the Spirit of Heaven and Earth out of the Small Primordial World, and Tongtian concluded that only Minghe or Li Xuan could earn its recognition. Li Yun let Minghe try, and the spirit reached the boundary and connected with him, leaving the Saints expecting his attempt to succeed.

• Jieyin and Zhunti failed to attract the Spirit of Heaven and Earth and yielded their turn to the others.
• Zhen Yuanzi tried to lure the spirit with the aura of his Ginseng Fruit Tree, but it swallowed the power without interest.
• Tongtian sent Shangqing aura toward the spirit, which absorbed it and returned to its original area.
• Tongtian said only Li Xuan and Minghe, as guides of the Creation of Heaven and Earth, might gain the spirit's recognition.
• Li Yun said he did not need the spirit and let Minghe try.
• Minghe's power excited the spirit, which raced to the Small Primordial World's border, swallowed it, and connected with Minghe.

Minghe failed to make the Spirit of Heaven and Earth submit and warned Li Yun that its demands were dangerous. Li Yun and Li Xuan heard its first condition and refused, but the Spirit revealed a reward that made Li Xuan reconsider.

• Minghe suffered an apparent backlash while dealing with the Spirit of Heaven and Earth, then told Li Yun that its demands were peculiar and dangerous.
• Li Xuan guided the Spirit of Heaven and Earth to the edge of the Small Primordial World, and Li Yun joined him in the space where it appeared.
• Li Xuan declared that Li Yun’s will was absolute, prompting the Spirit of Heaven and Earth to state its first condition: they had to stabilize the Small Primordial World and help it gain a foothold in Chaos.
• Li Yun immediately rejected the condition, and Li Xuan supported his refusal.
• The Spirit of Heaven and Earth offered the prospect of Li Yun becoming a Saint and Li Xuan’s avatar reaching the Dao Ancestor level, making Li Xuan reconsider the proposal.

Li Yun and Li Xuan questioned the Spirit of Heaven and Earth's proposal to help Li Xuan reach the Dao Ancestor level in exchange for three conditions. After the Spirit revealed his plan to exploit a conflict among the Heaven, Earth, and Human Dao, Li Yun asked what he could offer beyond something Li Xuan could achieve himself.

• Li Yun warned that the Spirit's promise of helping Li Xuan reach the Dao Ancestor level would be costly and unlikely to happen soon.
• Li Yun pressed the Spirit to reveal his other conditions, while Li Xuan prepared to attack when the Spirit grew hostile.
• The Spirit demanded protection from the Heavenly Dao's scrutiny and the freedom to merge into the Primordial World without its Dao restrictions.
• The Spirit explained that he hoped to exploit an impending conflict among the Heaven, Earth, and Human Dao, devour the Primordial World, and help Li Xuan reach the Demon God level.
• Li Yun and Li Xuan mocked the Spirit's confidence, and Li Yun asked what reward he could offer beyond Li Xuan's own advancement.

Li Yun and Li Xuan rejected the Spirit of Heaven and Earth's offer of three Saint Seats, judging the power and its restrictions not worth helping him. When the Spirit of Heaven and Earth attacked Li Yun in desperation, Li Yun and Li Xuan sent him into the Thirty-Six Heavens and sealed the entrance.

• The Spirit of Heaven and Earth offered Li Yun and Li Xuan three Saint Seats after admitting he could not provide Dao Ancestor-level power himself.
• Li Yun and Li Xuan refused, saying the Saint Seats and Dao Ancestor-level power came with restrictions and were not worth the cost.
• The Spirit of Heaven and Earth tried to stop Li Yun from leaving by attacking him.
• Li Yun opened a Space Tunnel to the Thirty-Six Heavens, and Li Xuan blasted the Spirit of Heaven and Earth inside.
• Li Yun sealed the Space Tunnel and told Li Xuan he had prepared the Thirty-Six Heavens entrance in advance.

Li Yun had Li Shen suppress and seal the Spirit of Heaven and Earth inside the Thirty-Six Heavens, then asked him to cut off part of the spirit’s essence for Li Xuan. Li Shen saw the sealed spirit as a path toward Dao Ancestor-level power, while Li Yun left with the essence and the collapsing mental space behind him.

• Li Yun told Li Xuan that the Spirit of Heaven and Earth could not seize the Thirty-Six Heavens and that Li Shen could turn the spirit into a fortuitous encounter.
• As the special mental space collapsed, Li Yun told Li Xuan to claim publicly that he had absorbed the Spirit of Heaven and Earth, then sent his consciousness into the Thirty-Six Heavens.
• Li Shen used the Thirty-Six Heavens to imprison the Spirit of Heaven and Earth in a massive cauldron and began refining his essence.
• Li Yun told Li Shen that refining the spirit could help him reach the Dao Ancestor level, then asked for part of its essence to be given to Li Xuan.
• Li Shen severed and handed Li Yun an arm containing the spirit’s essence, and Li Yun left while Li Shen carried the cauldron back to his residence.

Li Yun and Li Xuan escaped as the Spirit of Heaven and Earth collapsed, and Li Xuan absorbed its fragment of origin. After Li Yun said the Spirit had been weakened by Ancestor Minghe, the others congratulated Li Xuan, while Minghe suspected that Li Yun held the truth about what had happened.

• Li Yun gave Li Xuan the fragment of origin, and they vanished as space collapsed around them.
• Li Xuan absorbed the fragment, raising his aura as the Spirit of Heaven and Earth dissipated.
• Minghe suspected Li Yun and Li Xuan had not accepted the Spirit's terms and wondered whether the Spirit was actually within Li Yun.
• Li Yun told Sect Master Tongtian that Li Xuan had absorbed the Spirit, prompting congratulations from Sect Master Tongtian, Zhen Yuanzi, Jieyin, and the others.
• Li Xuan credited Minghe's clash with the Spirit for weakening it, and Minghe neither confirmed nor denied the claim.

Yuanshi Tianzun failed to withstand the collapsing Small Primordial World and withdrew before damaging his origin. Ancestor Minghe took his place, stabilized heaven and earth with three Law Dharma Bodies, and began comprehending the laws of Slaughter, Destruction, and Ruin.

• Yuanshi Tianzun used the Pangu Banner to hold back the center of heaven and earth, but the four corners began sinking under the Chaos Power.
• Yuanshi Tianzun struggled under the mounting pressure until Sect Master Tongtian urged him to withdraw before he damaged his origin.
• Yuanshi Tianzun recalled the Pangu Banner and left the Small Primordial World, relieving Sect Master Tongtian and Li Yun.
• Daoist Minghe offered Xuanming the chance to go next, but she asked him to proceed so she could observe his strength.
• Ancestor Minghe entered the Small Primordial World, split off three Law Dharma Bodies, and used them with his own Dharma Body to stabilize heaven and earth.
• Ancestor Minghe sat down to comprehend the laws of Slaughter, Destruction, and Ruin, shocking Jieyin, Zhunti, Nuwa, and the others.

Ancestor Minghe refined the Laws of Slaughter, Destruction, and Ruin into three light wheels, strengthening his Dharma bodies and pushing his power beyond its former limits. As strange Dao patterns appeared and shattered across his body, Nuwa and the others wondered whether he was advancing toward the Dao Ancestor level.

• Ancestor Minghe formed three light wheels from the Laws of Slaughter, Destruction, and Ruin, while Li Yun used the Eye of Heaven and Earth to examine them and recognized signs of a Divine Trait.
• Li Yun decided to wait until he Attained Dao and became a Saint before attempting to take Ancestor Minghe’s Divine Trait.
• Jieyin, Tongtian, Xuanming, and the others watched as Ancestor Minghe’s three light wheels completed and his power continued to rise.
• Ancestor Minghe sent the three light wheels into his Law Dharma bodies, which gained flesh and blood and reached the level of perfected Saints.
• Ancestor Minghe expanded himself and his three Dharma bodies, then developed Dao patterns that rapidly shattered, leaving Nuwa and the others to wonder if he was approaching the Dao Ancestor level.

Li Yun realized Ancestor Minghe's three dharma bodies might work like One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, and taught the technique to Li Xuan so he could strengthen himself before entering. As Li Xuan cultivated under Yuanshi Tianzun and Sect Master Tongtian's protection, Li Yun encouraged Yuanshi by pointing to a possible future opportunity tied to the struggle among the Heaven, Earth, and Human Dao.

• Li Yun inferred that Ancestor Minghe's three perfected dharma bodies could return to one and transform Minghe's power.
• Li Yun taught Li Xuan One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones and warned him that maintaining the divided state too long could destroy him.
• Li Xuan began cultivating, while Li Yun asked Yuanshi Tianzun and Sect Master Tongtian to guard him.
• Li Yun told Yuanshi Tianzun that the coming struggle among the Heaven, Earth, and Human Dao might let him perfect himself with the Heavenly Dao's power.
• Sect Master Tongtian agreed that Yuanshi Tianzun's earlier failure did not rule out future hope.

As Li Xuan cultivated amid the growing conflict with the Heavenly Dao, Ancestor Minghe abandoned his failing dharma bodies and fused the Laws of Slaughter, Destruction, and Ruin into the Law of Life and Death. Perfecting that Law let him break through Saint Extreme and reach the Dao Ancestor level, leaving the others stunned by what his success meant.

• Yuanshi Tianzun vowed to perfect his plan and settle accounts with the Heavenly Dao, earning Li Yun and Sect Master Tongtian's agreement.
• Li Xuan's aura and cultivation of One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones rose as Nuwa, Xuanming, and the others watched from a distance without approaching.
• Ancestor Minghe saw cracks form in his three dharma bodies and recalled them into his true body.
• Ancestor Minghe fused the Laws of Slaughter, Destruction, and Ruin into the Law of Life and Death, then perfected it.
• Ancestor Minghe shattered the shackles of Saint Extreme and advanced to the Dao Ancestor level, astonishing Jieyin, Zhunti, Nuwa, Zhen Yuanzi, and Xuanming.

Ancestor Minghe reached the half-step Dao Ancestor realm, while Li Yun explained that a complete Dao Fruit was needed to become a true Dao Ancestor. Xuanming began creating a world inside the Small Primordial World, and Minghe asked Li Yun whether Li Xuan had promised it to the Spirit of Heaven and Earth.

• Li Yun explained that Minghe had reached the half-step Dao Ancestor realm but could not advance further without a Dao Fruit.
• Minghe emerged from his breakthrough and invited Xuanming and Li Yun to enter the Small Primordial World, but Li Yun gave Xuanming the first turn.
• Xuanming expanded her Ancestor Witch True Body, drew Chaos qi into the Small Primordial World, and used it to create heaven, earth, and life.
• Nuwa distinguished Xuanming's world creation from her own world building and said Xuanming could gain immense benefits if she succeeded.
• Minghe asked Li Yun whether Li Xuan had agreed to give the Small Primordial World to the Spirit of Heaven and Earth as the price of becoming complete.

Minghe revealed that he wanted to claim the Small Primordial World to perfect his Dao Fruit, and Li Yun warned him that he would need ways to support and contain it. Their discussion ended when Zhen Yuanzi sensed that the struggle among the Heaven, Earth, and Human Dao had begun in the Primordial World.

• Li Yun told Minghe that the Spirit of Heaven and Earth had been subdued by force, and Minghe admitted he wanted the Small Primordial World to advance his cultivation.
• Li Yun warned Minghe that he would need something to support the Small Primordial World and something to hold it, while Minghe said he had a rough plan and returned to his thoughts.
• Tongtian said he would look for something to hold heaven and earth so he could nurture a Dao of his own, while Yuanshi worried about the Heavenly Dao obstructing his progress.
• Zhen Yuanzi sensed a crisis in the Primordial World and announced that the struggle among the Heaven, Earth, and Human Dao had begun.
• Li Yun and the others began divining what was happening in the Primordial World.

As the struggle among Heaven, Earth, and Human Dao intensified, the Human Race and Witch Clan advanced their succession contests while the Ten Golden Crows fought among themselves. Li Yun and the others stayed away as the Three Human Sovereigns emerged and Xing Tian became the first Witch Emperor, leaving the Primordial World on the brink of further conflict.

• Zhunti described the escalating struggles among the Human Race, Witch Clan, and Demon Clan, and Jieyin asked Nuwa and Li Yun whether they would return.
• Li Yun said the races had to undergo transformation and that returning would not stop the conflicts; Nuwa was unable to leave and resented him.
• Jieyin, Zhunti, and Nuwa watched the Primordial World as the Three Human Sovereigns emerged and worked with Xuandu to secure the Human Race’s future.
• Xing Tian defeated the Witch Clan’s contenders, became its first Witch Emperor, strengthened the clan, and then stepped down to advance to the sage realm.
• The Ten Golden Crows continued fighting, while Di Jun repeatedly rescued them from danger.
• After the Three Human Emperors emerged and Xing Tian stepped down, succession struggles intensified among the Human Race and Witch Clan, while Li Yun and the others remained away.

Xuanming's physical body advanced to the half-step Dao Ancestor level through Pangu's inheritance, revealing the power of complete Dao patterns. Li Yun sent Zhen Yuanzi into the Small Primordial World first and asked Xuanming to show him the patterns.

• As the Demon Race joined the growing conflicts, Xuanming broke through and her physical body reached the half-step Dao Ancestor level.
• Li Yun told Zhen Yuanzi to enter the Small Primordial World before him, and Zhen Yuanzi gratefully accepted.
• Xuanming said Pangu's inheritance had helped her transform and confirmed that it still held value.
• Xuanming showed Yuanshi Tianzun and the others the complete Dao patterns she had gained from Pangu's bloodline.
• Li Yun asked Xuanming if he could examine the Dao patterns.

Li Yun confirmed that Xuanming’s complete Dao pattern could help her replace a Dao Fruit and overcome her final flaw. Xuanming left to discuss her decision with the Earthly Dao, and Li Yun feared she might abandon her chance to Merge with Dao, potentially changing the balance among the three Dao factions.

• Li Yun examined Xuanming’s Dao pattern and confirmed that it was complete but could not fully integrate into her body without the complete Pangu Lineage.
• Li Yun said that Xuanming might use the pattern to replace a Dao Fruit if she reached the half-step Dao Ancestor realm.
• Ancestor Minghe and Sect Master Tongtian recognized the pattern’s value but realized they could not perfect it themselves.
• Xuanming thanked Li Yun, said she had reached a conclusion, and left to discuss important matters with the Earthly Dao.
• Li Yun suspected that Xuanming might give up her chance to Merge with Dao and feared that another person could Merge with Dao instead, making the Earthly Dao stronger than the Heavenly Dao and Humanity Dao combined.

Yuanshi struggled with his resentment over remaining at the Saint realm while Laozi and Tongtian advanced, and Li Xuan completed a technique that created three avatars. Li Yun identified the secret art as One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones.

• Li Yun considered Earthly Dao's growing strength and the need to deal with Li Xuan's half-step Dao Ancestor level.
• Yuanshi warned Li Yun that Xuanming might advance without Earthly Dao's power, allowing another Witch Clan member to take her place.
• Yuanshi lamented that Laozi had become a Dao Ancestor and Tongtian a half-step Dao Ancestor while he remained a Saint, and Tongtian suggested seeking the Heavenly Dao's empowerment.
• Li Xuan condensed three radiant lights into avatars that resembled him, astonishing everyone present.
• Li Yun told Yuanshi and Sect Master Tongtian that Li Xuan had used his Master's secret art, One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones.

Li Xuan completed One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones and prepared to continue perfecting his strength after Zhen Yuanzi finished. Meanwhile, Xuanming asked the Earthly Dao to let another Ancestor Witch take her place as its spokesperson, and it agreed while warning her that she would lose its power to grow stronger.

• Li Xuan recalled his clone, thanked Yuanshi Tianzun and Sect Master Tongtian for guarding him, and estimated his chance of reaching the Half-Step Dao Ancestor realm at seventy or eighty percent.
• Li Yun advised Li Xuan to rest until Zhen Yuanzi finished, and Li Xuan sat down to recuperate while Li Yun, Sect Master Tongtian, and Yuanshi Tianzun guarded him.
• Xuanming entered the Netherworld and summoned the Earthly Dao, which recognized that she had reached the Half-step Dao Ancestor level.
• Xuanming asked the Earthly Dao to transfer her spokesperson position and let another Ancestor Witch Merge with the Earthly Dao instead.
• The Earthly Dao agreed but warned Xuanming that giving up the opportunity would prevent her from growing stronger through it; Li Yun began to respond.

Xuanming declined to merge with the Earthly Dao because her Half-Step Dao Ancestor strength and Pangu's inheritance gave her a chance to advance on her own. She recommended Houtu as her replacement, and Houtu was left facing pressure to accept the role for the sake of the Witch Clan.

• The Earthly Dao accepted Xuanming's decision and asked whom she wanted to take her place.
• Xuanming recommended Houtu, and the Earthly Dao summoned her to its space.
• Xuanming told Houtu she would give her the spokesperson position and explained that she had reached the Half-Step Dao Ancestor level and inherited Pangu's complete Dao patterns.
• The Earthly Dao confirmed that Houtu was suited to merge with it because she had created the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and warned it might approach Zhen Yuanzi if she refused.
• Xuanming urged Houtu not to refuse, saying the choice affected her future and the future of the Witch Clan.

Houtu agreed to become the Earthly Dao’s new spokesperson and received an enhanced Origin that raised her to the Half-Step Dao Ancestor level. As Houtu’s power continued to transform, the Earthly Dao recognized her as its true Child, leaving Xuanming alarmed by the rising fluctuations.

• Houtu accepted the Earthly Dao’s offer to become its new spokesperson and merge with Dao.
• The Earthly Dao extracted some of Xuanming’s Origin, lowering her cultivation to the Late Saint Stage, then gave her spiritual energy to recover.
• The Earthly Dao formed an enhanced Origin sphere and told Houtu it could raise her to Half-Step Dao Ancestor level, though her final advancement had to wait.
• Houtu accepted the sphere, and her cultivation rose to Half-Step Dao Ancestor level as an eye bearing the Six Paths appeared on her brow.
• Xuanming asked what was happening as Houtu’s power continued to rise, and the Earthly Dao exclaimed that Houtu was its true Child.

Xuanming learned that Houtu had inherited the qualifications to become the Earthly Dao Child and might eventually become a Dao Lord. After Zhen Yuanzi emerged from the Small Primordial World at saint completion, Li Yun entered it to try advancing further.

• Xuanming challenged the Earthly Dao over calling Houtu its child, and it clarified that Earthly Dao Child was a title and Dao Fruit, not a claim on her.
• The Earthly Dao explained that Houtu could merge with it, become a Dao Lord, and potentially reach the Hunyuan Wuji Sage level.
• Xuanming and the Earthly Dao agreed to wait until Houtu awakened before discussing the levels among Saints.
• Zhen Yuanzi emerged from the Small Primordial World at saint completion and thanked Li Yun and the others for helping him advance.
• Li Xuan suggested that Li Yun enter the Small Primordial World first, and Li Yun went inside and began holding up the heavens and standing upon the earth.

Li Yun used the Small Primordial World’s pressure to temper his body and break through the bottleneck of the ninth revolution of the Nine Revolutions Profound Origin Technique. As the others watched, he entered the Sage Realm through strength, with his transformed true body still holding heaven and earth apart.

• Li Yun pressed his hands against the firmament and endured the crushing pressure, realizing it could help him complete the ninth revolution and attain Dao through strength.
• Yuanshi and the others grew alarmed as Li Yun’s body and life aura disintegrated, but Li Xuan stopped Sect Master Tongtian from intervening and said Li Yun was experiencing a fortuitous encounter.
• Sect Master Tongtian confirmed that Li Yun’s fundamental essence was growing stronger, while Jieyin explained that the Small Primordial World was tempering Li Yun as he held heaven and earth apart.
• Li Yun’s aura surged from the Quasi-Saint level to the Half-Saint level, shocking Jieyin, Zhunti, and the others.
• Li Yun shouted as the ninth revolution began, his true body grew stronger, and his bones, meridians, and flesh formed anew.
• Li Yun’s cultivation and physical body broke through their shackles and entered the Sage Realm.

Li Yun successfully reached the Saint realm through Attaining Dao through Strength, then began perfecting his Law of Strength by drawing countless rules into his domain. Li Xuan explained that the Law of Strength was founded on the Three Thousand Laws, and Li Yun was using those rules to complete it.

• Li Xuan and the Three Pure Ones celebrated Li Yun's advancement to the Saint realm through Attaining Dao through Strength.
• Li Yun stabilized his cultivation and sensed that his Law of Strength could be perfected further.
• Li Yun formed a hand seal and drew countless powers of rules toward his expanding domain.
• Jieyin and the others wondered why Li Yun had stirred up so many rules, and Ancestor Minghe recognized that he was perfecting the Law of Strength.
• Li Xuan explained that Li Yun was using the gathered rules to comprehend laws and merge them into the Law of Strength.

Li Yun’s extraordinary comprehension of the Laws shocked the Saints, who recognized his potential to reach the Dao Ancestor level. Meanwhile, Houtu emerged from seclusion much stronger, and Xuanming asked the Earthly Dao to explain the Earthly Dao Child and its promised benefits.

• Li Yun effortlessly comprehended complete Laws at the Entry Level, leaving Jieyin, Zhunti, and the other Saints shocked and fearful.
• Jieyin realized the Three Pure Ones had protected Li Yun because of his immense potential, and Yuanshi Tianzun and Sect Master Tongtian acknowledged they had recognized some of it.
• Yuanshi Tianzun and Sect Master Tongtian regretted that their eldest brother had taken Li Yun first and recalled that they had later tried to make him their disciple.
• Houtu broke through to the Half-Step Dao Ancestor level in the Earthly Dao space, becoming more than ten times stronger.
• Houtu thanked Xuanming for helping her, and Xuanming asked the Earthly Dao to explain the Earthly Dao Child, its purpose, and the promised fortuitous encounter.

The Earthly Dao revealed that Houtu could become its independent master after completing the Merge with Dao, potentially reaching the Hunyuan Wuji Sage realm. Xuanming took Houtu to Chaos to witness Minghe and Li Xuan’s Creation of Heaven and Earth, while Li Yun perfected his Law of Strength in the Small Primordial World.

• The Earthly Dao explained that Houtu’s Earthly Dao Child position could lead to her becoming the true master of the Earthly Dao and reaching the Hunyuan Wuji Sage realm.
• The Earthly Dao said Houtu had already reached the Half-Step Dao Ancestor level and could become at least a middle-stage Dao Ancestor after completing the Merge with Dao.
• Houtu thanked Xuanming for yielding the position, and Xuanming said the opportunity had always suited her.
• Xuanming told Houtu that Minghe and Li Xuan were creating heaven and earth in Chaos, then took her there to seek a further increase in strength.
• The Earthly Dao calculated that Minghe had reached the Half-Step Dao Ancestor level and realized it had three such beings on its side.
• Li Yun absorbed the multicolored radiance in the Small Primordial World and perfected his Law of Strength, shocking Jieyin and the others.

Li Yun emerged from seclusion after perfecting the Law of Strength and explained that he planned to pursue a creation Dao Fruit rather than push his cultivation further immediately. Li Xuan then used One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones to create three independent Sage Realm clones, leaving Tongtian and the others astonished.

• Li Yun perfected the Law of Strength, while Tongtian and Yuanshi Tianzun recognized that his strength had reached their level.
• Tongtian asked Li Xuan whether he could help Li Yun advance, but Li Xuan said he would not act without his original self’s consent.
• Li Yun left the Small Primordial World and told Li Xuan to perfect himself quickly and reach the half-step Dao Ancestor level.
• Li Yun explained that he intended to stabilize his cultivation and later create a world to obtain a creation Dao Fruit that might offer another chance to advance.
• Li Xuan activated One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, producing three independent Sage Realm clones that formed a Three Powers Formation while he entered contemplation.
• Jieyin and Zhunti reacted with disbelief, while Tongtian and Yuanshi Tianzun recognized the technique as Laozi’s exclusive secret art and possibly a legacy from Pangu.