Recaps

After the Immortal Peach Festival strengthened the Heavenly Court, the Two Sages of the West blamed Supreme Pure Laozi for the loss of Ksitigarbha, while Laozi and his brothers met Zhou Qingqing at Three Pure Ones Hall. The chapter ended with Zhou Qingqing sharing the Flat Peaches Yaochi had given her.

• Haotian rejoiced that the festival had boosted the Heavenly Court’s reputation and considered Yaochi’s extra peaches for Zhou Qingqing a wise choice.
• Daoist Jieyin reassured Daoist Zhunti about the Western Sect disciples sent to the Heavenly Court, but lamented losing Ksitigarbha to oversee Ksitigarbha Star.
• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti suspected Supreme Pure Laozi had revealed the Western Sect disciples’ names to Zhou Qingqing so she could target them.
• At Three Pure Ones Hall, Supreme Pure Laozi scolded Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Upper Pure Master Tongtian for gloating over the blame laid on him.
• Zhou Qingqing credited her junior brothers with building Three Pure Ones Hall and offered the group the older Flat Peaches Yaochi had given her.

Zhou Qingqing received the Three Pure Ones’ approval to assign divine positions to Daoism’s disciples, while Hongjun noticed the Heavenly Dao had stabilized and chose to wait for the Investiture of the Gods Calamity. The Three Pure Ones began teaching Zhou Qingqing as she entered seclusion, then discussed their next strategy.

• Supreme Pure Laozi authorized Zhou Qingqing to confer divine positions on disciples of the three Daoist lineages and gave her the Three Pure Ones’ full support.
• Zhou Qingqing believed her masters had sensed the Investiture of the Gods Calamity and praised Supreme Pure Laozi’s explanation for assigning divine positions early.
• Hongjun detected that the Heavenly Dao had grown more stable, suspected the Three Pure Ones were delaying the Calamity, and decided to wait before intervening.
• The Three Pure Ones began expounding the Dao to Zhou Qingqing, who agreed to consolidate her cultivation in seclusion.
• Bai Ze decided to improve the Classic of Mountains and Seas and the Bai Ze Diagram while Zhou Qingqing was in seclusion.
• After Zhou Qingqing entered seclusion, the Three Pure Ones discussed how the changed Calamity would affect their next strategy.

After emerging from seclusion, Zhou Qingqing planned to prepare early for the Investiture of the Gods Calamity and checked on her steward Bai Ze, who was approaching a breakthrough in the Wisdom Great Dao. The Three Pure Ones supported her plans and considered the future potential of wisdom cultivation.

• Zhou Qingqing awakened after her three masters had taught her the Great Daos in the Three Pure Ones Realm, and she reflected on how the teachings had connected her cultivation.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate went to oversee the birth of the Sky-Howling Hound and concealed the scene with the Celebratory Clouds of the Heavens after hearing Zhou Qingqing's inner thoughts.
• Zhou Qingqing decided to secure official positions for the three lineages' core disciples before the Investiture of the Gods List appeared, especially for those at risk of being drawn into the calamity.
• Zhou Qingqing went to see Bai Ze and recognized that his cultivation of the Wisdom Great Dao was nearing a breakthrough.
• Zhou Qingqing considered the importance of wisdom in the Age of Dharma Decline and recalled that future Buddhism would also value methods for awakening wisdom.

Bai Ze tried to break through by using the light of wisdom to manifest Zhou Qingqing, but his attempts failed until she told him to use her lotus form. He successfully formed a Wisdom Lotus, and the Three Pure Ones were left astonished that her suggestion worked.

• Bai Ze attempted to condense Zhou Qingqing’s wisdom into her figure, but the light of wisdom repeatedly failed to solidify.
• The Three Pure Ones realized Bai Ze’s approach was flawed because he was trying to manifest wisdom through Zhou Qingqing’s innate Dao body.
• Zhou Qingqing told Bai Ze to manifest her lotus form instead of her Dao body.
• Bai Ze followed her advice and successfully shaped the light of wisdom into a lotus, leaving the Three Pure Ones speechless.

Bai Ze condensed a Wisdom Lotus and broke through to Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal, then used his divine ability to locate the three demons Zhou Qingqing sought. Qingqing set out for them, while Nuwa also felt a destined connection calling her to intervene.

• Bai Ze thanked Zhou Qingqing for inspiring his breakthrough and realized his Wisdom Lotus had broadened his understanding of the Three Daos.
• Zhou Qingqing decided to search for the Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit, Nine-Headed Pheasant Spirit, and Jade Pipa Spirit before the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.
• Zhou Qingqing ordered Bai Ze to locate the three demons, and Bai Ze found their whereabouts with his innate divine ability.
• Zhou Qingqing left Three Pure Ones Heaven for the demons’ location.
• Nuwa sensed that someone had a destined connection with her and left Nuwa Palace to intervene.

Nuwa shattered a Nightmare Gate that was attacking the fox clan at Green Hill and healed the survivors. After Zhou Qingqing warned her that the Nightmare Demon God might still be lurking nearby, Nuwa drew on the Human Dao and began searching for him.

• A Nightmare Gate unleashed black foxes on Green Hill, nearly exterminating the fox clan.
• Nuwa arrived, destroyed the Nightmare Gate, and healed the wounded demons with Creation Mystic Light.
• Zhou Qingqing and Bai Ze reached Green Hill and saw Nuwa among the surviving fox clan, including the Xuanyuan Three Demons.
• Bai Ze recorded the events in the Classic of Mountains and Seas and recognized Zhou Qingqing's wisdom as a form of foresight.
• Zhou Qingqing suspected the Nightmare had lured Nuwa to Green Hill and warned her that the Nightmare Demon God might still be nearby.
• Nuwa trusted Zhou Qingqing, drew on the Human Dao, and released her divine sense to search for the Nightmare Demon God.

Nuwa used her Creation Divine Eyes to reveal a hidden Nightmare and trapped it, along with the others, inside the Mountain River State Painting. Zhou Qingqing realized the Nightmare was repeating a role from earlier Calamities, and the Three Pure Ones recognized that those Calamities had repeatedly ended in their defeat—though this time, Nuwa and the Three Pure Ones had changed.

• Zhou Qingqing trusted Nuwa to investigate the vanished Nightmare, and Nuwa revealed her Creation Divine Eyes.
• Nuwa used her divine eyes to find the Nightmare disguised as a gigantic Black Fox.
• At Zhou Qingqing's suggestion, Nuwa used the Mountain River State Painting to trap the Nightmare and everyone nearby.
• The Black Fox claimed it had been helping Nuwa, and Zhou Qingqing realized it knew the Calamity's established course.
• The Three Pure Ones concluded that the Calamities had repeated with them and Nuwa as losers, but the current Calamity had changed.

Nuwa confronted the black fox Nightmare Demon God, whose claims about her past revealed that it did not know she had become the first saint of the Human Dao. After Nuwa trapped it inside the Mountain River State Painting, Bai Ze suspected that the demon came from a different version of the Primordial World.

• Nuwa questioned the black fox about how it had supposedly helped her, and it fell silent while describing her former weakness and merit-based sainthood.
• Nuwa drew the Primordial Sacred Sword, startling the black fox and prompting it to ask how she had become stronger.
• Nuwa said she needed the black fox’s help and warned it not to flee.
• The black fox unleashed its Nightmare Great Dao Law and tried to escape, but it struck the Mountain River State Painting’s barrier.
• Zhou Qingqing explained that the painting could trap Saints, while Bai Ze noticed that the black fox recognized Nuwa but not Zhou Qingqing.

Nuwa revealed herself as the ruler of the Human Dao and defeated the Nightmare black fox with her Human Dao Sacred Sword, capturing it alive. Before she could question it about Dao Integration, a mysterious golden rune erased it and knocked away her sword, seemingly silencing the demon.

• The Nightmare black fox transformed and drew on its nine-tailed fox power as Nuwa prepared to fight.
• Nuwa used the Human Dao Sacred Sword to pierce through the black fox’s illusions and capture it alive on Green Hill.
• The black fox recognized that Nuwa had achieved Dao Integration as ruler of the Human Dao and revealed that few experts had reached that realm.
• Nuwa and the Three Pure Ones considered the black fox’s claims, but remained uncertain what kind of Dao Integration it meant.
• A golden rune appeared on the black fox, knocked away Nuwa’s sword, and erased the Nightmare Demon God before she could question it further.

Nuwa realized Nightmare Demon God’s scheme might be connected to Buddhism and asked Zhou Qingqing how to deal with three demons it had brought to Green Hill. Zhou Qingqing consulted Bai Ze, who suggested keeping the demons at Green Hill while remaining cautious of Nightmare’s influence.

• Zhou Qingqing and the Three Pure Ones suspected that a Buddha Path expert had been involved in the scheme behind Nightmare Demon God’s dreamlike illusion.
• Nuwa put away the Mountain River State Painting and identified three demons at Green Hill as the ones Nightmare had guided into the Calamity.
• Nuwa asked Zhou Qingqing how she should handle the three demons, trusting her judgment as the Human Race’s Saint Flower.
• Zhou Qingqing asked Bai Ze for advice, and he suggested leaving the demons at Green Hill so Nuwa could summon them if needed.
• Bai Ze added that Nuwa could ignore the demons because of Nightmare Demon God’s influence, then said Zhou Qingqing should make the final decision.

Zhou Qingqing persuaded Nuwa to give Daji the Red Embroidered Ball and keep her and her sisters out of the Calamity by assigning them new roles. Nuwa granted the treasure and entrusted the three demons to Zhou Qingqing, who would arrange their duties in the Heavenly Court.

• Zhou Qingqing proposed that Nuwa give the Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit the Red Embroidered Ball so she could cultivate the Marriage Great Dao, with her two sisters accompanying her.
• Laozi deduced that Daji was suited to the Marriage Great Dao, while Bai Ze realized the Three Pure Ones had been involved in the past Heavenly Marriage and decided not to tell Di Jun.
• Nuwa agreed with Zhou Qingqing's plan and granted the Red Embroidered Ball to the fox spirit, transforming her and her sisters into their Dao bodies.
• Nuwa told the three demons to follow Zhou Qingqing's arrangements for new duties in the Heavenly Court, and they bowed to Zhou Qingqing in gratitude.

Nuwa brought a fox from the Green Hill Fox Clan to the Heavenly Court after bestowing her the Red Embroidered Ball, and Haotian granted the clan a residence. Zhou Qingqing transformed a Reincarnation Purple Lotus into a Lovesickness Tree to complete the new Matchmaker Shrine, leaving the Three Pure Ones nostalgic as she prepared to sing.

• Haotian and Yaochi welcomed Nuwa, who had come with a Green Hill fox seeking a Heavenly Court post after receiving the Red Embroidered Ball.
• Haotian assigned the Green Hill Fox Clan to the palace where the Other Shore Flower had grown, and Bai Ze transformed it into the Matchmaker Shrine and Betrothal Palace.
• The Green Hill Fox Clan settled into the Heavenly Court, while the Three Pure Ones reflected that Qingqing had steered the foxes away from their original calamity.
• Zhou Qingqing created a ninth-grade Reincarnation Purple Lotus as Celestial Master Zi, then used her power of creation to turn it into a Lovesickness Tree.
• Bai Ze recorded the Creation Divine Tree in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and Zhou Qingqing decided to sing "Beneath the Lovesickness Tree," stirring the Three Pure Ones' nostalgia.

Zhou Qingqing tested Daji’s Red Embroidered Ball by having her reveal and sever Princess Longji’s karmic marriage thread. Longji avoided the marriage fate that would have drawn her into the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, and she became the Red Luan Star Lord.

• Zhou Qingqing asked Nuwa to let Daji demonstrate the Red Embroidered Ball and summoned Princess Longji from the Heavenly Palace.
• Daji drew out Longji’s karmic red thread, and Zhou Qingqing instructed her to erase it instead of tying it.
• With Hu Ximei and Jade Noblewoman supporting her, Daji shattered Longji’s red thread with the Red Embroidered Ball.
• Longji’s cultivation advanced as her fate changed, removing her from the marriage tribulation tied to the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.
• The Red Luan Star shone upon Longji, who became its Star Lord.

After Long Ji became the Red Luan Star Lord, the Three Pure Ones discussed how Zhou Qingqing could take control of the Investiture of the Gods List during the coming Calamity. They agreed to replace Jiang Ziya as the one responsible for the investiture and began planning how to do so.

• Zhou Qingqing reflected that King Zhou had originally become the Heavenly Happiness Star Lord, while Nuwa noticed the Three Pure Ones meeting in Three Pure Ones Hall.
• Supreme Pure Laozi proposed that Zhou Qingqing take control of the Investiture of the Gods List by becoming the one responsible for the investiture during the Calamity.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate agreed to replace Jiang Ziya's presence with Zhou Qingqing's lotus aura, while Upper Pure Master Tongtian would seize a thread of the Calamity's fortune.
• Supreme Pure Laozi cast out the Taiji Diagram to deduce when his brothers should act and promised to call them elder brothers if he failed.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Upper Pure Master Tongtian agreed to return and prepare, while privately hoping to make Supreme Pure Laozi stake his title again.

Bai Ze reassured Daji, Hu Ximei, and Jade Noblewoman that their matchmaker duties would keep them in Nuwa’s favor, then Zhou Qingqing told Nuwa that the coming calamity might involve a change of Human Dao dynasties. Nuwa said she might support the Zhou Dynasty because its name matched Qingqing’s, leaving Qingqing stunned by the possibility of a changed Investiture of the Gods Calamity.

• Bai Ze told the three demons that their matchmaker positions came from Zhou Qingqing’s suggestion and instructed them to prepare Qingqing’s favorite snacks and spiritual tea for Nuwa.
• Nuwa enjoyed the refreshments, sent Bai Ze and the three demons away, and asked Zhou Qingqing what she knew about the coming calamity.
• Zhou Qingqing told Nuwa that the calamity might involve a change of Human Dao dynasties and that the Nightmare Demon God may have wanted Nuwa to involve the three Green Hill demons.
• Nuwa said she might consider supporting the Zhou Dynasty if it shared Qingqing’s surname, and Zhou Qingqing realized this could alter the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.

Zhou Qingqing advised Nuwa to connect the Three Daos’ divine offices with suitable candidates and warned her about the Two Sages of the West. Nuwa arranged for Yu the Great to seek the Water Official Great Emperor office with Wuzhiqi’s help, while Qingqing and Bai Ze set out for Mount Shouyang.

• Zhou Qingqing urged Nuwa to let suitable humans fill Heavenly Dao offices and identified Yu the Great as a candidate for the Water Official Great Emperor.
• Nuwa agreed to guide Yu the Great and asked Zhou Qingqing to have Wuzhiqi assist him, changing Wuzhiqi’s course from opposing Yu’s flood control.
• Zhou Qingqing warned Nuwa that the Two Sages of the West might be connected to the Nightmare Demon God, and Nuwa resolved to trust her warning.
• Zhou Qingqing named the little fox Daji, then left with Bai Ze for Mount Shouyang to bring Wuzhiqi to Yu the Great.
• Nuwa appeared before Yu the Great, explained the Water Official Great Emperor’s role, and told him a disciple of Supreme Pure Laozi would help him attain the office.
• Yu the Great declared his resolve to claim the divine office, and Nuwa gained a deeper understanding of the human heart.

Zhou Qingqing watched Wuzhiqi and Yu the Great enter Sun Valley Cave Source together to establish the Water Official Great Emperor’s divine office. They successfully formed Golden Palace Cavern Yin, and Zhou Qingqing left after confirming their cooperation.

• Zhou Qingqing secretly followed Wuzhiqi and Yu the Great to ensure their journey into the hidden realm went safely.
• Wuzhiqi and Yu the Great joined forces to strike open the hidden realm with their Lingbao.
• Yu the Great’s Yu King Spear drew forth Wind Marsh Qi, while Wuzhiqi’s Sea-Supporting Purple-Gold Beam brought out the Essence of Dawn Brilliance.
• Wuzhiqi sent the Essence of Dawn Brilliance to Yu the Great, and their energies fused to form Golden Palace Cavern Yin.
• Human Dao merit descended upon Wuzhiqi, strengthening his cultivation and deepening his insight into the Great Dao of Battle.
• Zhou Qingqing told Bai Ze to leave with her after he recorded what he had witnessed in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

Zhou Qingqing chose Qingxu Daode True Lord to become the Earth Official Great Emperor and brought him to the Azure Spirit Cave Yang Secret Realm. Qingxu emerged from the realm but failed to condense the required items, leaving Zhou Qingqing and Bai Ze facing an unexpected setback.

• Zhou Qingqing told Bai Ze to summon her junior brother Qingxu Daode True Lord for the Earth Official role.
• Supreme Pure Laozi, Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate, and Upper Pure Master Tongtian discussed which disciples might receive future divine offices.
• Qingxu Daode True Lord greeted Zhou Qingqing with enthusiastic praise after Bai Ze brought him to her.
• Zhou Qingqing led Bai Ze and Qingxu Daode True Lord to the Azure Spirit Cave Yang Secret Realm.
• Qingxu Daode True Lord emerged from the secret realm using his many magical treasures but failed to condense the required items.

Zhou Qingqing helped Qingxu Daode True Lord become the Earth Official by using lotus lanterns to unite the forces tied to his divine office. Qingxu agreed to send lanterns to the Nine Springs every year, and Zhou Qingqing wondered if she had established the Zhongyuan Festival in the Primordial World.

• The Three Pure Ones discussed whether Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate should intervene to help Qingxu, but Upper Pure Master Tongtian urged him to wait while Zhou Qingqing tried again.
• Zhou Qingqing realized she could use lotus floating lanterns to draw together the powers associated with the Earth Official and asked Qingxu Daode True Lord to send them into the Nine Nether Realm.
• Zhou Qingqing created six-colored lotus lanterns with the Treasure Lotus Lamp, and Qingxu infused them with his Jade Purity Dao arts.
• The lanterns reached the Nine Springs, where their light pardoned sins and helped the Yuan Cave Mixed Spirit qi and Knot Yellow Clear qi merge into Qingxu's primordial spirit, making him the Earth Official.
• Xuanming Ancestral Witch and Nüwa praised the lanterns, and Qingxu promised to send more every year to help maintain order in the Nine Springs.
• Zhou Qingqing wondered whether she had made the Zhongyuan Festival an annual event in the Primordial World.

Zhou Qingqing set out to resolve the Heavenly Official Emperor’s karmic position, which was linked to Ziwei Star, and used Tongtian Sword Dao to sever their connection. Bai Ze recorded her success, while the Three Pure Ones watched and reacted to her taking on Tongtian’s role.

• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti sensed that the Western Sect had lost a festival but could not determine what had happened.
• The Three Pure Ones discussed Zhou Qingqing’s next task and waited for her to address the Heavenly Official Emperor’s connection to Ziwei Emperor.
• Bai Ze examined the Heavenly Official’s karmic position and considered whether Di Jun could take it, but Zhou Qingqing began preparing to use sword dao instead.
• Zhou Qingqing summoned the Green Duckweed Sword, recalled Tongtian’s sword strikes, and declared herself Tongtian as she prepared to strike.
• Zhou Qingqing swung the sword and severed the connection between the Heavenly Official Emperor and Ziwei Star, which Bai Ze witnessed and recorded.

Zhou Qingqing appointed the Six-Eared Macaque as the Heavenly Official Emperor, then used his divine ears to locate the Immortal Apricot at Zhongnan Mountain. She acquired its two wind- and lightning-infused apricots, leaving Bai Ze wondering what she planned to do with them.

• Zhou Qingqing chose the Six-Eared Macaque to become the Heavenly Official Emperor, and Bai Ze summoned him from Golden Turtle Island.
• The Six-Eared Macaque found the Life-Prolonging Talisman and primordial yang qi, formed an ultimate true form, and took the office as merit descended.
• Zhou Qingqing told the Three Great Officials to cooperate and maintain order, then asked the Six-Eared Macaque to search for the Immortal Apricot by listening for wind and lightning.
• The Six-Eared Macaque pinpointed Zhongnan Mountain, and Zhou Qingqing and Bai Ze traveled there to find the Immortal Apricot.
• Bai Ze plucked the blue and purple Immortal Apricots from the tree, then asked Zhou Qingqing how they should eat them.

Zhou Qingqing visited Golden Turtle Island and refined two Immortal Apricots into twenty-four Wind Thunder Pills to strengthen disciples destined for the Heavenly Court’s Thunder Department. She sent the pill recipients to serve under South Pole Immortal, while Bai Ze sensed urgency behind her generosity.

• Zhou Qingqing told Azure Dragon to coordinate with Primal Phoenix and the two Kunlun cats so the Four Symbols could take their Heavenly Court posts and cultivate the Balance Great Dao.
• Zhou Qingqing gathered the Ten Heavenly Lords and other wind- and lightning-focused disciples at the Azure Wandering Palace to watch her refine pills.
• Zhou Qingqing used the Qiankun Cauldron to turn two Immortal Apricots and divine materials into twenty-four Wind Thunder Pills.
• Zhou Qingqing gave the pills to the Ten Heavenly Lords, Immortal Han Zhi, Fairy Caiyun, and other disciples on the condition that they join the Thunder Department.
• Zhou Qingqing sent the pill recipients to the Heavenly Court to serve in the Thunder Department and learn lightning arts from South Pole Immortal.

Zhou Qingqing arranged intensive training for Immortal Wuyun, Luo Xuan, and Lü Yue before assigning them future roles in the Heavenly Court. She then went to Skull Mountain, where she recognized Biyun Child and Caiyun Child as figures tied to the coming calamity, while Primordial Heavenly Venerate questioned the strange circumstances of Nezha’s attacks.

• Bai Ze asked Zhou Qingqing about candidates for the Water and Fire Departments, and she chose Immortal Wuyun, Luo Xuan, and Lü Yue for future Heavenly Court positions.
• Zhou Qingqing sent the three disciples to train with Gonggong, Zhurong, and Shebishi in the Nine Nether Realm.
• Zhou Qingqing traveled with Bai Ze to Skull Mountain to visit a Jie Sect junior sister.
• Bai Ze saw Biyun Child and Caiyun Child gathering herbs beneath the mountain’s scattered bones, and Zhou Qingqing recognized their fates.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate reflected on Nezha’s attacks on the two children and suspected that hidden schemes lay behind the unusual events.

Zhou Qingqing visited Shi Ji at Skull Mountain and offered to move her dojo into the Nine Nether Realm so she could cultivate through the Earth Dao. Shi Ji accepted, and Zhou Qingqing also asked her to bring Ma Yuan along.

• Shi Ji greeted Zhou Qingqing and Bai Ze at Skull Mountain White Bone Cave.
• Zhou Qingqing gave Shi Ji’s spiritual fruits to Bai Ze, then asked which Dao method Shi Ji cultivated.
• Zhou Qingqing offered to move Shi Ji and her dojo into the Nine Nether Realm, where Shi Ji could cultivate the Earth Dao and earn a divine position.
• Shi Ji accepted the offer, recognizing the Nine Nether Realm as a far better place for her White Bone Visualization Method.
• Zhou Qingqing asked Shi Ji to bring Ma Yuan with them, surprising Shi Ji because she knew him as a fellow Daoist.

Zhou Qingqing brought Ma Yuan and the people of White Bone Cave on Skull Mountain to the Nine Nether Realm, moving the entire mountain there. Skull Mountain transformed into a White Bone Grotto-Heaven as the realm’s bones gathered into skeletons, and Houtu hurried to investigate.

• Zhou Qingqing recognized Ma Yuan and arranged to take him to the Nine Nether Realm so the Western Sect could not claim him.
• Ma Yuan arrived at Skull Mountain and retracted the bone claws on the back of his head when he saw Zhou Qingqing and Bai Ze.
• Zhou Qingqing used her power to move Skull Mountain and its residents toward the Nine Nether Realm.
• As Skull Mountain entered the realm, bones gathered into skeletal giants that caught it, and its white-bone aura transformed it into a grotto-heaven.
• Houtu recognized the White Bone Dao laws and rushed toward Skull Mountain, expecting it to give rise to another race.