Recaps

Zhou Qingqing became the Creation Azure Lotus and joined the Three Pure Ones as their First Disciple, sharing knowledge of their future as they traveled to Purple Cloud Palace and Mount Buzhou. The arc ended with the group opening the Innate Gourd Vine formation and claiming its seven mature gourds.

• Zhou Qingqing awakened as the Creation Azure Lotus, and the Three Pure Ones decided to spare her after hearing her predict their future conflict and treasures.
• The Three Pure Ones brought Zhou Qingqing to Eastern Kunlun, where they nurtured her in a lotus pond and jointly enlightened her until she accepted them as her masters.
• Hongjun summoned the great powers to Purple Cloud Palace, and the Three Pure Ones secured meditation cushions while Zhou Qingqing watched the struggles over the remaining seats.
• Tongtian stopped Zhunti from using karmic threads to take Red Cloud’s cushion, while Jieyin and Zhunti defeated Kunpeng and Hongjun later arranged seats for them.
• Hongjun preached to the gathered immortals, appointed Eastern Duke and Queen Mother of the West to leadership positions, and Zhou Qingqing resolved to help the Queen Mother.
• Houtu gave the Three Pure Ones a drop of essence blood containing insights into the Nine Revolutions Profound Art, and Laozi led the group toward Mount Buzhou to seek the Innate Gourd Vine.
• Taiyi threatened the formation with the Chaos Bell, but Zhou Qingqing’s lotus blocked its aura, and Yuanshi warned Di Jun after Zhou Qingqing revealed his role in the attack.
• Tongtian broke the formation with a precise sword strike, revealing seven mature gourds, which Di Jun, Red Cloud, and Nuwa claimed among the first.

Zhou Qingqing and the Three Pure Ones gathered treasures and confronted Eastern Duke over the Penglai Immortal Court. After taking the three immortal islands and helping Primal Phoenix escape Undying Fire Mountain, they secured the Southern Ground-Severing Flame Light Banner and left with Primal Phoenix free.

• The Three Pure Ones claimed the remaining gourds, and Nuwa and Fuxi received the Gourd Vine and Nine Heavens Breathing Soil after Laozi offered them in exchange for Nuwa’s Purple-Cyan Gourd.
• Zhou Qingqing influenced the Three Pure Ones’ plans for their gourds, then Tongtian took her to Western Kunlun to obtain the Western Plain White Cloud Boundary Flag from Queen Mother of the West.
• Tongtian drove Eastern Duke away from Queen Mother of the West, and she gave him the flag after he advised her to seek other karmic offices instead of establishing an Immortal Court.
• The Three Pure Ones found Golden Turtle Island, defeated the Dragon Clan’s challenge, and struck a bargain with Azure Dragon for the Northern Mysterious Origin Water-Control Banner in exchange for the complete set of Sea-Calming Divine Pearls.
• At Eastern Duke’s Penglai Assembly, the Three Pure Ones ate the Yellow Center Plums, then Yuanshi and Laozi fought Eastern Duke and his divine generals after he demanded an apology.
• Yuanshi defeated Eastern Duke and swallowed Penglai, Yingzhou, and Fangzhang into the unfinished Chaos Gourd, while Eastern Duke established a new Immortal Court at Purple Mansion Province.
• The Three Pure Ones found Primal Phoenix beneath Undying Fire Mountain, and Laozi showed her how to create a Vermilion Bird incarnation to suppress the mountain.
• Primal Phoenix created the Vermilion Bird, gained her freedom, and gave the Three Pure Ones the Southern Ground-Severing Flame Light Banner before inviting them to discuss the Dao.

Zhou Qingqing accompanied the Three Pure Ones as they claimed the Upper Three Heavens, devised a cultivation method, and witnessed the Heavenly Court defeat the Immortal Court. After Hongjun’s final lecture, Tongtian defended the Dragon Clan and helped Azure Dragon overcome his karmic burden.

• Zhou Qingqing completed her fire element, while Yuanfeng warned the Three Pure Ones about Hongjun and the downfall of the Three Innate Races.
• At Purple Cloud Palace, Hongjun made the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa his disciples, rejected Red Cloud as a formal disciple, and bestowed treasures on the gathered immortals.
• The Three Pure Ones defeated Di Jun’s forces to claim the Upper Three Heavens, then created Three Pure Ones Heaven and broke through the Daluo Golden Immortal realm.
• Di Jun compensated Zhou Qingqing with the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, and she used its flying dagger to kill a corrupted Enlightened Beast that the Three Pure Ones restored as her pet.
• Laozi saved Donghua Dijun as the Immortal Court fell, then brought him to Mount Shouyang, where Donghua gave Laozi the Three Lives Stone.
• At Hongjun’s third lecture, he gave Primordial Purple Qi to seven immortals, announced his merger with the Heavenly Dao, and opened Treasure-Distribution Rock for the Red Dust Guests.
• Tongtian defeated Taiyi in the East Sea and secured the Northern Mysterious Origin Water-Control Banner for Zhou Qingqing, while the Dragon Clan refined the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls.
• Tongtian cut through Azure Dragon King’s karmic burden with the Immortal-Ending Sword, restoring his Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm, and the Dragon Clan vowed to build a Dragon Gate where the mountains split.

Zhou Qingqing helped the Three Pure Ones guide Nuwa, Fuxi, Minghe, and Houtu toward new paths, while Jade Pure Yuanshi secured lotus treasures and aided Houtu’s cultivation. As the Three Pure Ones moved to influence the Demon Clan’s plans, Tongtian rescued Xihe and Changxi from a Moon-Howling Divine Hound.

• Zhou Qingqing completed the Five Qi Returning to the Origin, gained the Innate Five Elements Five-Direction Formation, and broke through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm with the Treasure Lotus Lamp.
• Zhou Qingqing helped the Three Pure Ones and Fuxi derive the Creation Lotus Scripture, which let Nuwa reach the Quasi-Sage realm, while Laozi guided Fuxi toward Primal Change.
• Jade Pure Yuanshi defeated Minghe in a Dao discussion, exposed the Blood-Winged Black Mosquito, and obtained the Karmic Fire Red Lotus for Zhou Qingqing.
• Jade Pure Yuanshi advised Minghe to govern the Nether Blood Sea with Nether Mosquito, then stopped Zhurong from roasting Primal Phoenix’s eggs and helped Houtu begin exploring Reincarnation.
• Jade Pure Yuanshi brought Houtu to Zhen Yuanzi, where Houtu and Zhen Yuanzi created a world inside the Earth Book, making Zhen Yuanzi the Ancestor of Earth Immortals and deepening Houtu’s Earth Dao.
• Zhou Qingqing helped establish the Innate Five Elements Five-Direction Formation on Eastern Kunlun, and Laozi chose to intervene in Di Jun’s plans to secure Nuwa’s help with the Heavenly Marriage.
• Nuwa refused Di Jun’s request at Mount Fengqi, while Xihe and Changxi fought a Moon-Howling Divine Hound that was attacking the Lunar Star.
• Zhou Qingqing prompted Tongtian to intervene, and Tongtian stopped the Moon-Howling Divine Hound with the Immortal-Trapping Sword.