Recaps

Zhou Qingqing helped Zhu Jiuyin and Taiyi attain Earth Dao sainthood, then attended Haotian’s Immortal Peach Festival. She balanced Haotian’s demonstration of power and arranged for disciples of Daoism and the Western Sect to serve in the Heavenly Court, delaying the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.

• Zhu Jiuyin and Candle Dragon created a sun for the Nine Nether Realm, and Houtu helped Zhu Jiuyin attain Sainthood with Primordial Purple Qi.
• At Zhou Qingqing’s urging, Eastern Emperor Taiyi became the Yama Great Emperor, and her Earth Book transformed into the Earth Leaf as her cultivation advanced.
• Zhou Qingqing brought the Three Pure Ones to Haotian’s Immortal Peach Festival, where she matched Haotian’s display of the Great Dao and ended their exchange in a draw.
• Zhou Qingqing offered Daoism’s disciples to serve in the Heavenly Court, aiming to delay the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, and volunteered the Seven Little Ones as the first recruits.
• Zhou Qingqing arranged Heavenly Court positions for South Pole Immortal, Golden Spirit Holy Mother, Turtle Spirit Holy Mother, Yun Zhongzi, Immaculate Holy Mother, Great Master Xuandu, and Daoist Duobao, whose star transformation advanced his cultivation.
• After Daoist Zhunti gave the Seven Little Ones seven treasures, Zhou Qingqing named Ksitigarbha, Sun Radiance, and Moon Purity for Heavenly Court service, and Zhunti sent them to take their assigned positions.

Zhou Qingqing reshaped the coming calamity by redirecting destined figures into Heavenly Court offices and guiding them toward new paths. She moved Skull Mountain and its residents into the Nine Nether Realm, where Houtu recognized its emerging White Bone Dao laws.

• Supreme Pure Laozi authorized Zhou Qingqing to assign divine positions to disciples of the three Daoist lineages, and Zhou Qingqing entered seclusion to consolidate her cultivation.
• After awakening, Zhou Qingqing helped Bai Ze manifest his Wisdom Lotus and set out with him to find the three demons destined for the calamity.
• Nuwa captured the Nightmare Demon God at Green Hill, but a golden rune erased it before they could question it further.
• Nuwa gave the Red Embroidered Ball to the Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit, and Zhou Qingqing helped Daji break Princess Longji’s karmic red thread, making Longji the Red Luan Star Lord.
• Zhou Qingqing and Nuwa arranged for Wuzhiqi to assist Yu the Great, who joined him in a hidden realm and gained the means to pursue the Water Official office.
• Zhou Qingqing guided Qingxu Daode True Lord to become the Earth Official, then severed the Heavenly Official Emperor’s connection to Ziwei Star and appointed the Six-Eared Macaque.
• Zhou Qingqing gave Wind Thunder Pills to disciples who joined the Thunder Department and sent Immortal Wuyun, Luo Xuan, and Lü Yue to train for Water and Fire Department posts.
• Zhou Qingqing invited Shi Ji and Ma Yuan to the Nine Nether Realm, moved Skull Mountain there, and watched its bones form skeletal giants as Houtu hurried to investigate its White Bone Dao laws.

Zhou Qingqing helped Houtu defeat the former Reincarnation Demon God, then assigned divine offices and trials to the Jade Void disciples. The arc ended with Zhou Qingqing confronting Time Demon God Shichen in the Kunlun Mirror’s passage, unsure whether to trust his account of his plans.

• Houtu defeated the former Reincarnation Demon God with the Purple Lotus Reincarnation Method, and he left his insights before merging into the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Zhou Qingqing and Houtu arranged for Witch Race members to take up the Earthly Fiend Stars and created Flying Serpent Star for Yellow Dragon.
• Zhou Qingqing returned to Eastern Kunlun, named Steel Bone’s newborn panda Roly-Poly, and assigned divine positions and cultivation tasks to the Jade Void disciples.
• Zhou Qingqing sent several disciples to train at Mount Zhou and proposed establishing a White Lotus Sect in the west with Queen Mother of the West.
• Zhou Qingqing appointed Lingbao Grand Master as Hook Chen Great Emperor and traveled with him and Queen Mother of the West through the Kunlun Mirror to see Hook Chen Star’s possible future.
• A star-crowned Daoist seized control of the Kunlun Mirror, and Zhou Qingqing identified him as Time Demon God Shichen.
• Shichen demanded the Kunlun Mirror and said he wanted to transform his Time Great Dao into the Spacetime Great Dao, while Zhou Qingqing questioned his claims about not knowing the Primordial World’s repeated reincarnations.

Zhou Qingqing and the Three Pure Ones prepare to oversee the Calamity by reclaiming the Investiture of the Gods List and moving the conflict to Blue Planet. The list reveals the Divine Path’s past, while Hongjun’s Self Corpse descends to Blue Planet and Zhou Qingqing summons Di Jun to watch him.

• Shichen attacked Zhou Qingqing and Queen Mother of the West for the Kunlun Mirror, but Zhou Qingqing broke his Wheel of Time and Space, and Queen Mother of the West regained control of the mirror.
• Zhou Qingqing helped Queen Mother of the West establish the White Lotus Sect, then found Shen Gongbao and brought him to Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate, who accepted him as a disciple.
• The Three Pure Ones used the Taiji Diagram, the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords, and the Pangu Banner to alter Shen Gongbao’s calamity, giving Zhou Qingqing insight into the Flying Lotus Dream Entry and origins of Yin Virtue and Calamity Luck.
• Hongjun launched the Calamity with the Investiture of the Gods List, but Zhou Qingqing drew the list into her Chaos Azure Lotus and became its fated overseer.
• Zhou Qingqing proposed holding the Calamity in the miniature Primordial World on Blue Planet, and Hongjun approved the plan as the Three Pure Ones began transforming the list into the Heaven Leaf.
• The Investiture of the Gods List revealed a past Divine Path world and Heavenly King Yuanshi’s failed attempt to oppose the darkness, then showed Zhou Qingqing the Scripture of Salvation, which the Three Pure Ones comprehended.
• Zhou Qingqing planned to project the Human Race into the Calamity, while Bai Ze used the Classic of Mountains and Seas to reshape Blue Planet to resemble the Primordial World.
• Hongjun sent his Self Corpse to Blue Planet, and Zhou Qingqing summoned Di Jun through Bai Ze to tell him about the Divine Path, Heavenly King Yuanshi, and Hongjun’s arrival.