Recaps

After Skull Mountain's White Bone Cave transformed into a grotto-heaven in the Nine Nether Realm, Houtu revealed that Shi Ji's White Bone Dao could lead to sainthood. Zhou Qingqing also arranged for Ma Yuan to cultivate in the Hungry Ghost Path, leaving Shi Ji and her companions with new paths in the Nine Nether Realm.

• Zhou Qingqing brought Shi Ji and the others to Skull Mountain's White Bone Cave, where Earth Dao transformed it into a grotto-heaven filled with white bone spiritual light.
• Houtu appeared and told Shi Ji that her White Bone Dao had the potential to attain sainthood.
• Zhou Qingqing urged Shi Ji to cultivate in the Nine Nether Realm and seek Houtu's guidance, but Houtu said Qingqing had already planned Shi Ji's path.
• Zhou Qingqing arranged for Ma Yuan, who possessed the five aversions, greed, and delusion, to cultivate in the Hungry Ghost Path.
• Houtu agreed to send Ma Yuan into the Hungry Ghost Path.

Fairy Qingqing asked Lady Houtu to examine Caiyun Child, and Houtu exposed a hidden pink skeleton possessing her body. The being identified itself as having transcended Reincarnation, leaving the Three Pure Ones to suspect it was the former Reincarnation Demon God.

• Fairy Qingqing asked Lady Houtu to investigate Caiyun Child for anything suspicious.
• Lady Houtu used the power of Earth Dao and Reincarnation to sense Caiyun Child's flesh, bones, and soul.
• Houtu's examination revealed a pink skeleton beneath Caiyun Child's skin, and the being said its time had not yet come.
• The being described itself as having transcended Reincarnation and remarked that Houtu had awakened it through Reincarnation.
• Zhou Qingqing and the Three Pure Ones suspected the being was the former Reincarnation Demon God.

Zhou Qingqing questioned the Rosy Skeleton and learned that it was the Reincarnation Demon God, who said Pangu had killed it in every reincarnation of the Primordial World. The skeleton then declared it would erase the changes that had appeared and restore the Calamities to their proper course.

• Zhou Qingqing asked whether the Primordial World had reincarnated many times, and the Rosy Skeleton confirmed that Pangu had killed it in every cycle.
• The Rosy Skeleton said Desire Heaven and Nightmare had been exposed, but dismissed their deaths as ordinary changes between reincarnations.
• Zhou Qingqing asked what changes had appeared, but the Rosy Skeleton refused to explain.
• The Rosy Skeleton announced that it would erase the changes because the Primordial World did not need them and every Calamity had to follow its overarching course.

Lady Houtu confronted the former Reincarnation Demon God, who taunted her about her former identity as Pingxin and claimed she had once been weaker than him. Their battle began, leaving Houtu’s first blow unable to damage his strengthened skeletal body.

• The Rosy Skeleton revealed that he had fought Pingxin and forced her to return some of Reincarnation’s authority, while Houtu realized her past had been different from what she believed.
• The Rosy Skeleton used his aura and Contemplation of Impurity to pressure Houtu, but her lack of a primordial spirit made her immune to the technique.
• Houtu attacked with a fist imbued with Reincarnation, and the Rosy Skeleton used a red Sarira to form flesh and radiance over his bones.
• Houtu’s blow struck the Rosy Skeleton but failed to break a rib, while the Three Pure Ones judged the battle to remain under control.
• Houtu mocked the Rosy Skeleton for missing the reincarnations of the Primordial World and its Calamities, and the Three Pure Ones recognized the sting in her words.

Lady Houtu refused to surrender the Six Paths of Reincarnation to Rosy Skeleton, declaring that Earth Dao Reincarnation was filled with her true names. Rosy Skeleton unleashed his Impure Wheel, but the masters of the Six Paths and four great zombies resisted its pull.

• Lady Houtu asserted that all forms of reincarnation required her consent, and Rosy Skeleton conceded she was right before demanding the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Lady Houtu challenged Rosy Skeleton to take the Six Paths himself, saying Earth Dao Reincarnation was filled with her true names.
• Rosy Skeleton dismissed Houtu’s claim and declared he would show her the strength of the Reincarnation Great Dao.
• Rosy Skeleton used Impure Wheel to summon the resonance of Reincarnation above Skull Mountain.
• The masters of the Six Paths chanted Houtu’s divine name, while the four great zombies formed from Pangu Skull helped suppress the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

The former Reincarnation Demon God’s Nirvana Reincarnation failed to harm the Nine Nether Realm, whose Reincarnation was strengthened by Lady Houtu and the other Saints. He recognized that the world and the Twelve Ancestral Witches had changed, then turned his attention to Houtu as Zhou Qingqing urged her to fight.

• The former Reincarnation Demon God found that the Six Paths of Reincarnation had been strengthened by those chanting Lady Houtu’s name, so he unleashed Nirvana Reincarnation instead.
• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti tried to use Karma Nirvana to discover the source of their unease but could not deduce anything.
• The Nine Nether Realm’s laws dispersed Nirvana Reincarnation without damage, and Zhou Qingqing realized the former Reincarnation Demon God had weakened.
• Lady Houtu suspected a connection to the Western Sect, but the Rosy Skeleton said Nirvana and Karma could be incorporated into Reincarnation.
• The Rosy Skeleton noticed that the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Witch Race still existed, then decided to target Lady Houtu directly.
• Zhou Qingqing urged Lady Houtu to beat the Rosy Skeleton, and the former Reincarnation Demon God turned his attention toward her.

Rosy Skeleton used a divine ability that recreated the Primordial World's reincarnation, expecting it to overwhelm Houtu and destroy her physical body. Houtu drew on the Earth Dao and the Purple Lotus Reincarnation Method to shatter his technique, leaving him sensing cracks in his skeletal body and wondering whether Pangu had prepared her for this moment.

• Rosy Skeleton summoned six sets of his own bones and unleashed a crimson torrent that imitated the reincarnation of the Primordial World.
• Houtu merged with the Earth Dao, while Rosy Skeleton expected his technique to reduce her to a primordial spirit.
• Houtu used the Purple Lotus Reincarnation Method, and Zhou Qingqing recognized the purple light as belonging to the little girl beside her.
• Houtu struck once with all her strength and the Earth Dao, breaking Rosy Skeleton's Pseudo-Primordial World Reincarnation.
• Rosy Skeleton noticed his body was beginning to shatter and wondered whether Pangu had appointed Houtu to govern reincarnation for this moment.

Houtu withstood Rosy Skeleton’s Pseudo-Primordial World Reincarnation through her connection to the Twelve-Grade Reincarnation Purple Lotus, and Rosy Skeleton chose to stop fighting and leave her his insights. After he vanished into the Six Paths of Reincarnation, Zhou Qingqing and the Three Pure Ones considered what his actions meant for the Primordial World.

• Rosy Skeleton realized Houtu’s connection to the Twelve-Grade Reincarnation Purple Lotus had let her withstand his divine ability, and he decided not to launch his final attack.
• Rosy Skeleton acknowledged that Houtu had broken his divine ability, then claimed he was bowing to the Lotus Faction rather than Pangu.
• Rosy Skeleton turned into powder, left Houtu his insights into Primordial World Reincarnation, and merged into the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• The Three Pure Ones concluded that Rosy Skeleton was unlikely to intervene in the Investiture of the Gods Calamity and welcomed the outcome.
• Back on Skull Mountain, Bai Ze inferred that the Demon Clan’s fate might also have changed and decided to tell Demon Emperor Di Jun.

Houtu asked Zhou Qingqing about repaying Heaven and proposed that the Witch Race help operate the Heavenly Court’s seventy-two Earth Fiend Stars. Zhou Qingqing supported the plan, and Houtu agreed to consider the Witch Race taking charge of them.

• Houtu said she needed to study the Reincarnation Demon God’s divine ability, while Zhou Qingqing declared they would face the Immeasurable Calamity head-on.
• Zhou Qingqing left Skull Mountain with Bai Ze after instructing Shi Ji to cultivate until she reached the Quasi-Sage realm.
• Zhou Qingqing told Houtu about events involving Golden Turtle Island and Nuwa, and Houtu recognized how their changes were connected to Zhou Qingqing and the Lotus Faction.
• Houtu wondered whether the Witch Race should repay Heaven as the Human Race had, and Zhou Qingqing suggested they operate the seventy-two Earth Fiend Stars.
• Houtu agreed to Zhou Qingqing’s proposal, while Bai Ze noted that the stars belonged to the Dipper Division.

Houtu agreed to send seventy-one Witch Race members to the Earthly Fiend Stars and asked Zhou Qingqing to help Great Witches advance by joining the Heavenly Court. Zhou Qingqing proposed Xingtian for the Heavenly Punishment Star, and Houtu prepared to arrange his ascension and create another star for the Witch Race.

• Zhou Qingqing noted that Ksitigarbha Star was already occupied by Ksitigarbha and asked where Diting was; Houtu said Diting had gone to help Yama Great Emperor.
• Houtu realized that Ksitigarbha had been surrounded by Witch Race members, while Bai Ze and the Three Pure Ones Hall mistook the coincidence for Zhou Qingqing's scheme.
• Houtu said seventy-one Witch Race members could go to the Earthly Fiend Stars but asked for Great Witches to participate as well.
• Zhou Qingqing proposed sending Xingtian to operate the Heavenly Punishment Star, and Houtu agreed to arrange it.
• Houtu said she would send Xingtian and the Witch Race youngsters to the Heavenly Court and asked Zhou Qingqing what kind of star she should create.

Zhou Qingqing prompted Houtu to create a star that would give Yellow Dragon a path to prominence, and Houtu made Flying Serpent Star in the Starry Sky Heavenly Realm. Yellow Dragon sensed a connection to the new star as the Three Pure Ones recognized the opportunity it offered him.

• Zhou Qingqing suggested that Houtu make a star resembling Yellow Dragon, whose attributes were similar to Flying Serpent's.
• Houtu appeared in the Starry Sky Heavenly Realm and gathered Earth Dao power to create Flying Serpent Star.
• Heavenly Emperor Haotian saw the star take shape and realized that Zhou Qingqing's visit had brought Houtu to the Heavenly Court.
• Houtu returned to Zhou Qingqing and Bai Ze in the Nine Nether Realm after creating the star.
• The Three Pure Ones recognized that Flying Serpent Star could let Yellow Dragon guard the center and gain a supreme path of Dao.
• Yellow Dragon looked at Flying Serpent Star from Eastern Kunlun and saw its winding stars as a Divine Dragon.

Zhou Qingqing prepared to leave the Nine Nether Realm after securing Flying Serpent Star, and Lady Houtu revealed that she had something Qingqing had forgotten to take. Kuafu and Steel Bone arrived with their newborn panda, whom Qingqing named Roly-Poly and brought into the Daoist lineage.

• Zhou Qingqing told Lady Houtu she was returning to Eastern Kunlun to report that Flying Serpent Star was his, and Lady Houtu clarified that the Godslaying Spear had not been found.
• Lady Houtu reminded Zhou Qingqing that she had forgotten something, and Kuafu and Steel Bone arrived with their newborn panda.
• Zhou Qingqing had Bai Ze carry the panda and placed a Vajra Ring on its arm.
• Steel Bone asked Zhou Qingqing to name the panda, and she named it Roly-Poly.
• Zhou Qingqing promised Steel Bone that Roly-Poly would visit home often, while Bai Ze reflected that the Demon Clan’s course had changed.

Zhou Qingqing returned to Eastern Kunlun, where she reunited with Bai Ze, Roly-Poly, and her junior disciples. She assigned Yellow Dragon True Person to the Flying Serpent Star cluster and warned him that he would have to cultivate seriously among the Four Sacred Beasts.

• Bai Ze carried Roly-Poly as Zhou Qingqing returned, then helped it shrink so it could play with the newly born Sky-Howling Hound.
• The Moon-Howling Divine Hound showed Zhou Qingqing a vision of Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate delivering a baby, and Zhou Qingqing erased the image to protect his dignity.
• Yellow Dragon True Person and the Jade Void Twelve Immortals gathered to welcome Zhou Qingqing back to Eastern Kunlun.
• Zhou Qingqing told Yellow Dragon True Person that the divine position at Flying Serpent Star belonged to him and instructed him to use Lady Houtu's saintly power to cultivate.
• Yellow Dragon True Person celebrated by revealing his dragon form, and Zhou Qingqing warned him that the Four Sacred Beasts and Four Symbols Star Domain made the region dangerous.

Zhou Qingqing arranged for Julu Sun to cultivate under Zhen Yuanzi before taking up the post of Earth Virtue Star Lord. Her plans and revelations about the original timeline prompted the Three Pure Ones to reconsider disciple selection and investigate the many calamities suffered by Western Buddhism.

• Zhou Qingqing excused Taiyi True Person and Jade Cauldron True Person from her plans because they were still absorbing their gains from the Nine Nether Realm.
• Zhou Qingqing sent Julu Sun to learn from Zhen Yuanzi and told him to become the Earth Virtue Star Lord after returning.
• Julu Sun accepted the opportunity, while the Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate resolved to scrutinize future Jade Void disciples more carefully.
• Master Tongtian questioned whether the Chan Sect's third-generation disciples had been chosen to block calamities, and the Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate promised not to take disciples casually.
• Supreme Pure Laozi raised doubts about the many calamities that befell Western Buddhism's Buddhas, and the other two Pure Ones agreed.

Zhou Qingqing gave Wenshu the Merit Stele and assigned him to become Wenchang Star Lord, setting him on a path toward becoming a Heavenly Venerate. The three Heavenly Venerates approved her plan, while Bai Ze realized that she intended Wenshu to develop and spread a supreme Dharma method through literature.

• Zhou Qingqing recalled that Wenshu and Puxian had a history of turning into women, while Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate refused to accept blame for what they might do after joining Buddhism.
• Zhou Qingqing told Wenshu to refine the Merit Stele that she had created to help Cangjie establish writing and had used to suppress Fortune.
• Wenshu drew the Merit Stele from Eastern Kunlun and received Zhou Qingqing's order to place it upon Wenchang Star Lord.
• Zhou Qingqing warned Wenshu that the Wenchang Star Lord position was a step on his path to becoming a Heavenly Venerate.
• The three Heavenly Venerates approved the plan, and Bai Ze understood that Zhou Qingqing hoped Wenshu would use the stele and his divine position to develop and pass on a supreme Dharma method.

Zhou Qingqing assigned Julu Sun, Wenshu, and Puxian difficult tasks while seeking suitable divine posts for them. Puxian was appointed to establish the Twelve Earthly Branches and become Year-Ruling Tai Sui, leaving him to visit the Ten Golden Crows and endure their Solar True Fire as he worked.

• Zhou Qingqing ordered Julu Sun to build an altar for the Spirit Race without using magic and told Wenshu to copy Daoist teachings by hand.
• After considering Puxian’s deeds and future vows, Zhou Qingqing decided he should become Year-Ruling Tai Sui and establish the Twelve Earthly Branches.
• Zhou Qingqing asked Puxian to name her good deeds during the Witch-Demon Calamity, and he praised her for saving the Golden Crows and establishing the Ten Heavenly Stems.
• Zhou Qingqing sent Puxian to seek the Twelve Earthly Branches among the Ten Golden Crows, endure their Solar True Fire without using his powers, and check on Lu Ya.
• Puxian bowed and accepted the assignment, relieved that it seemed easier than Julu Sun’s altar work or Wenshu’s copying.

Zhou Qingqing found Cihang Daoist a future karmic position as the Eastern Pole Azure Florescence Great Emperor, sending her to learn from Yama Great Emperor and replicate Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s path. Cihang welcomed the special arrangement, while Bai Ze worried that Taiyi was being replaced yet again.

• Zhou Qingqing considered Cihang Daoist’s Buddhist titles and decided that Lotus-Hand and Guangshiyin offered no useful path for her.
• Zhou Qingqing realized that Cihang’s title of saving the suffering and rescuing the distressed suited the Eastern Pole Azure Florescence Great Emperor.
• Zhou Qingqing told Cihang Daoist to cultivate with Yama Great Emperor and discuss replicating Eastern Emperor Taiyi’s path to attain the karmic position.
• Bai Ze recognized Zhou Qingqing’s plan and mourned that Eastern Emperor Taiyi might be replaced again.
• Cihang Daoist was delighted by the grand-sounding position and the special treatment from her Big Sister.

Zhou Qingqing arranged Cihang Daoist’s trial by assigning Bai Ze to have Eastern Emperor Taiyi make it harsher than the previous trials. With the four problem disciples dealt with, she turned to the remaining three and invited them to state their wishes.

• Zhou Qingqing decided not to punish Cihang Daoist herself and instructed Bai Ze to accompany her to the Nine Nether Realm and relay orders for Eastern Emperor Taiyi to make her trial especially harsh.
• Bai Ze agreed to pass along Zhou Qingqing’s instructions, while the other disciples assumed Cihang Daoist would be spared a trial.
• Zhou Qingqing told the remaining disciples that only Dao Xing Heavenly Venerate, Lingbao Grand Master, and Brick Junior Brother remained and asked what they wanted to do.
• Dao Xing Heavenly Venerate spoke first, saying he wanted to follow the path of a Heavenly Venerate.
• Zhou Qingqing recalled that Guangchengzi and Chijingzi had taken two of Tongtian’s Immortal-Slaying Swords, alongside Dao Xing Heavenly Venerate’s connection to the Immortal-Ending Sword.

Zhou Qingqing considered training positions for her junior brothers based on their treasures, while the Three Pure Ones quietly influenced her choices. She planned to send several disciples and Four Unlike to Mount Zhou, and Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate chose to pretend he had not heard her thoughts.

• Tongtian argued that the disciples should still be punished because they had taken Qingqing’s swords, and Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate decided not to challenge him.
• Chijingzi asked Qingqing for a position suited to his Yin-Yang Mirror, praising her Creation Reincarnation divine ability.
• Guangchengzi requested a position where he could train with the Overturning Heaven Seal and praised both Qingqing and their sect master for passing it down.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate and the other senior figures considered sending Guangchengzi, Chijingzi, and Dao Xing Heavenly Venerate to Mount Zhou or Mount Tai for training.
• Qingqing also decided to send Dragon-Head Immortal, Spiritual Tusk Immortal, and Four Unlike to the Mount Zhou range, while Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate pretended not to notice her plan.

Zhou Qingqing arranged new trials and plans for her fellow disciples, recruited Queen Mother of the West to establish the White Lotus Sect, and set other allies to work. The chapter left Eastern Emperor Taiyi facing the unexpected task of training a female immortal after Bai Ze abruptly departed.

• Guangchengzi, Chijingzi, Dao Xing Heavenly Venerate, Dragon-Head Immortal, Spiritual Tusk Immortal, and Four Unlike struggled against Mount Zhou until Zhou Qingqing supplied a Five Mountains True Form Diagram.
• Zhou Qingqing visited Queen Mother of the West and proposed establishing a White Lotus Sect in the west as a counter to the Western Sect’s influence.
• Zhen Yuanzi agreed to build an altar for the Spirit Race and offered Julu Sun guidance in Earth Dao techniques.
• Bai Ze sent Eastern Emperor Taiyi a request for him to train a female immortal, then returned to Eastern Kunlun and left Taiyi to handle it himself.

Zhou Qingqing made up for forgetting Lingbao Grand Master by assigning him a prestigious Heavenly Court divine position. Lingbao Grand Master was left stunned as Queen Mother of the West recognized the promise of Zhou Qingqing’s choice.

• Queen Mother of the West told Zhou Qingqing that Lingbao Grand Master had arrived at Western Kunlun, and the Three Pure Ones criticized Primordial Heavenly Venerate for forgetting him too.
• Queen Mother of the West eased Zhou Qingqing’s embarrassment by asking her to explain the divine position she had planned for Lingbao Grand Master.
• Lingbao Grand Master believed that Zhou Qingqing had deliberately left him behind so he could help explain what happened on Eastern Kunlun.
• Zhou Qingqing considered Lingbao Grand Master’s Dragon-Tiger Seal and Demon-Subduing Sword, then chose a divine position connected to Hook Chen Star.
• Zhou Qingqing told Lingbao Grand Master to consult Fuxi about Heavenly Sovereign Dao methods, cultivate on Hook Chen Star, and become the Hook Chen Great Emperor.
• Lingbao Grand Master and Queen Mother of the West were stunned by the title and duties Zhou Qingqing assigned him.

Zhou Qingqing explained how the Hook Chen Star could evolve into a seat of divine authority, then proposed using Queen Mother of the West’s Kunlun Mirror to glimpse its future. Queen Mother of the West opened a time-space passage, and the three entered it to seek a reflection of the Hook Chen Star.

• Queen Mother of the West asked Zhou Qingqing how the Hook Chen Star could evolve into a star worthy of the Great Emperor’s divine office, and Zhou Qingqing described its complete form and powers.
• Zhou Qingqing suggested using the Kunlun Mirror to see the Hook Chen Star’s future, and Queen Mother of the West agreed to take her and Lingbao Grand Master through it.
• Queen Mother of the West warned them not to resist as she activated the Kunlun Mirror, and the three vanished into its time-space passage.
• Zhou Qingqing observed that the mirror passage was more stable than the River of Time and learned from Queen Mother of the West that its countless reflections showed scenes from time and space.
• The masters in Three Pure Ones Hall realized they could still hear Zhou Qingqing’s inner thoughts despite the passage’s time-space laws.

Queen Mother of the West took Zhou Qingqing and Lingbao Grand Master through the Kunlun Mirror to a future Hook Chen Star, where they witnessed Lei Peng’s sudden death. As they tried to return, a star-crowned Daoist trapped them and accused them of plotting against his position as Hook Chen Great Emperor.

• Queen Mother of the West used the Kunlun Mirror to bring Zhou Qingqing and Lingbao Grand Master to one possible future at Hook Chen Star.
• Lingbao Grand Master saw that Hook Chen Star had become a radiant, powerful star comparable to the South Pole Star.
• Lei Peng appeared on Hook Chen Star, then suddenly collapsed and vanished, and Zhou Qingqing suspected a Saint had killed him.
• As Queen Mother of the West prepared to return with Zhou Qingqing and Lingbao Grand Master, a star-crowned Daoist accused them of plotting against his divine position.
• The Daoist seized control of the Kunlun Mirror, and Queen Mother of the West promised to create an opening for Zhou Qingqing to escape with Lingbao Grand Master.

Zhou Qingqing deduced that the strange cultivator was Time Demon God Shichen, hidden within the Kunlun Mirror and planning to steal it from Queen Mother of the West. Shichen admitted his identity and revealed that he had used their conversation about Hook Chen Great Emperor as a cover for his plan.

• Supreme Pure Laozi deduced that the attacker was a Chaos Demon God on Western Kunlun who had stolen Queen Mother of the West's Kunlun Mirror.
• Zhou Qingqing connected the man's blue-black mismatched eyes to the Kunlun Mirror and identified him as Time Demon God Shichen.
• Queen Mother of the West urged Zhou Qingqing and Lingbao Grand Master to flee, but Zhou Qingqing stayed and confronted Shichen.
• Shichen confirmed that he had fused a strand of his power into the Kunlun Mirror after Pangu slew him in the age of Chaos.
• Shichen admitted he had planned to take the Kunlun Mirror while Queen Mother of the West traveled through time and space with Zhou Qingqing.

Zhou Qingqing confronted Shichen over the Kunlun Mirror and suspected his display of power was a bluff. Shichen admitted he had not recovered his strength and sought to transform his Time Great Dao into the Spacetime Great Dao, then demanded the mirror after learning about the Primordial World's repeating Reincarnations.

• Shichen pressured Queen Mother of the West and Lingbao Grand Master to hand over the Kunlun Mirror, claiming he could control Hook Chen Star Lord's life and death.
• Zhou Qingqing challenged Shichen's act, arguing that if he could defeat them easily, he would not need to talk so much.
• Shichen admitted his strength had not recovered and said he wanted to transform his Time Great Dao into the Spacetime Great Dao before attaining Primordial Chaos.
• Zhou Qingqing asked whether Shichen knew that the Primordial World repeatedly underwent Reincarnation and Calamities, and Shichen said he had not known.
• Shichen renewed his demand for the Kunlun Mirror, while Zhou Qingqing remained suspicious of his claims.