Recaps

Upper Pure Master Tongtian forged the End Great Dao and defeated Amitabha Buddha through a series of battles, while the Three Pure Ones revealed their linked Great Daos. After Tongtian returned the borrowed swords, Nuwa struck at Buddhism’s wheel power, leaving Amitabha Buddha and Buddha Mother Zhunti uncertain they could still defeat Ying Zheng.

• Upper Pure Master Tongtian used his sword to erase the lotuses from Amitabha Buddha’s Lotus Great Hand Seal, then fought Amitabha as his sword prevented the Buddha from forming the seal again.
• Tongtian tested his Mind-Guided Sword against Amitabha Buddha’s Heart Pure Land, then summoned swords from across the Primordial World to complete Myriad Swords Return to the Source.
• Tongtian named his new creation the End Great Dao and descended in his true form, using the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords to annihilate Amitabha Buddha and the Heart Pure Land.
• Amitabha Buddha revived through the Buddha Path, but Tongtian killed him again and forced him to draw memory fragments from the Dream World, revealing the Twelve Light Buddhas and a true Pure Land system.
• Tongtian revealed the Great Daos created by Supreme Pure Laozi and Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate, then formed a circle with their linked Daos that shredded Amitabha Buddha’s Twelve Lights.
• Tongtian combined the Heavenly Demon Method with the End Great Dao to create the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon Sword, severed Amitabha Buddha’s battle memories, and secured his opponent’s admission of defeat.
• Tongtian returned the borrowed swords, and Zhou Jinjing restored and improved them in the Qiankun Cauldron while compensating for damaged swords.
• Nuwa used the Primordial Sacred Sword to strip away some of the wheel power Amitabha Buddha had given Shakyamuni Tathagata, and Amitabha Buddha and Buddha Mother Zhunti recognized that victory against Ying Zheng was no longer assured.

Ying Zheng united the fortune dragons, overcame Shakyamuni Tathagata’s End Great Dao, and became the First Emperor and a Human Dao Saint. The Human Race’s evolving power of “one” then restored Zhou Qingqing’s human heart and advanced her cultivation, while she agreed to help Shakyamuni Tathagata be reborn free of Buddha Mother Zhunti’s karmic ties.

• Cultivators across the Primordial World resolved to pursue sword treasures or a Sword of Wisdom, while Haotian began transforming toward the Great Heavenly Venerate and Bai Ze recorded the start of the Year One of Sword Dao.
• Zhou Qingqing completed the Creation Primordial Chaos Pearl, merged it with the Chaos Pearl, and reached 50% progress before following Amitabha Buddha into the Dream World and feeding its power to her beasts.
• Shakyamuni Tathagata confronted Ying Zheng at Epang Palace, but Ying Zheng gathered the fortune dragons into Ancestor Dragon and used Comprehensive Coverage to send the Heavenly Wheel’s wheels into Reincarnation.
• Buddha Mother Zhunti passed insights into Tongtian’s End Great Dao to Shakyamuni Tathagata, whose final wheel overwhelmed Ying Zheng with visions of past calamities.
• Ying Zheng absorbed Epang Palace and the Great Wall’s power, united with Ancestor Dragon as Zu Zheng, and endured the final attack until he could shatter the Wheel of the End and defeat Shakyamuni Tathagata.
• Nuwa gave Zu Zheng Creation Sacred Water and Primordial Purple Qi, and he recovered, attained sainthood as the First Emperor, and declared himself a Human Dao Saint.
• Zu Zheng and the Human Dao Saints developed the power of “one” and sent it to Zhou Qingqing, who regained her human heart and advanced to the ninth layer of Primordial Chaos.
• Zhou Qingqing offered the Human Dao Saints a lotus containing the supreme Great Dao of Creation to study, and agreed to grant Zu Zheng’s wish for Shakyamuni Tathagata to be reborn human without karmic ties to Buddha Mother Zhunti.

Zhou Qingqing freed Shakyamuni Tathagata and Patriarch Bodhi, then disrupted Amitabha Buddha’s plans for Golden Cicada by helping Shi Ji defeat him. Reborn as Tang Sanzang, Golden Cicada received the Burial System and used its rewards to protect his parents from Liu Hong’s bandits, leaving Amitabha Buddha convinced that Daoism had claimed him as its protagonist.

• Zhou Qingqing revived Shakyamuni Tathagata, who became the Awakened One and chose to reincarnate as a citizen of Great Qin.
• Zhou Qingqing freed Patriarch Bodhi from the Investiture of the Gods List and sent him to reincarnate on Blue Planet, then used their severed fates to swap Buddha Mother Zhunti’s fate onto a puppet.
• Amitabha Buddha restored Buddha Mother Zhunti’s fate, empowered Golden Cicada through the Reverse Karmic Cultivation Method, and challenged Zhou Qingqing’s plans.
• Zhou Qingqing gave Shi Ji the Heaven-Sent Fortune System, which helped her develop her White Bone Demon Path and defeat Golden Cicada before she became an Earth Dao Saint.
• Zhou Qingqing bound the reincarnated Golden Cicada to the Burial System, and Tang Sanzang claimed its treasures and began cultivating in Yin Wenjiao’s womb.
• Amitabha Buddha empowered Liu Hong’s bandits to attack Chen Guangrui and Yin Wenjiao on the Flood River, but Tang Sanzang used the Heaven-Burying Scripture through Yin Wenjiao to strike back.
• Tang Sanzang used the Lucky Grand Wheel to gain Yu the Great’s flood-control abilities, enabling Yin Wenjiao to stop the Weak Water and defeat the bandits.
• Tang Sanzang earned Dragon Clan Blood Essence and Thunderstruck Jujube Wood for Chen Guangrui, and Amitabha Buddha concluded that Daoism had made Tang Sanzang its protagonist.

Tang Sanzang erased the Weak Water and began his journey toward the Starry Sky Ancient Road as Amitabha Buddha arranged trials for the scripture-fetching party. On Blue Planet, Ao Lie used Zhou Qingqing’s Emotion System to expose and defeat Guangcai Dragon King, while his Heavenly Dao Dragon Flame drew Hongjun’s power into the conflict.

• Tang Sanzang fused the powers of Laozi, Gonggong, and Yu the Great, erased the Weak Water, and helped Chen Guangrui subdue Liu Hong.
• Emperor Taizong registered Tang Sanzang with the imperial clan and planned to send him west with Tang classics, while Amitabha Buddha prepared trials for the journey.
• Amitabha Buddha sent Guangcai Dragon King and Myriad Saints Princess to draw Ao Lie into a marriage scheme, and Zhou Qingqing gave Ao Lie an Emotion System.
• Ao Lie rejected the proposed marriage, then agreed to an engagement on the condition that the Myriad Saints Dragon King and Myriad Saints Princess help him find Guangcai Dragon King.
• Ao Lie used the Dragon Scale Compass and Dragon Eye to locate Guangcai Dragon King, then exposed the allies’ staged fight and trapped the Naga with the Primordial Blood Prison.
• The Myriad Saints Princess severed Guangcai Dragon King’s heads, while Ao Lie refused to let him escape and drew new Dragon Pearls and abilities.
• Ao Lie used the Purple Cloud Heavenly Swan Dragon Pearl and Heavenly Dao Dragon Flame, alarming Amitabha Buddha with the flame’s power and provoking Hongjun to release the Boundless Great Dao to Daoism.
• Ao Lie burned Guangcai Dragon King with Heavenly Dao Dragon Flame, and Guangcai’s fury earned Ao Lie a surge of Emotion Points.