Recaps

After defeating Heavenly Dao Hongjun, the Three Pure Ones secured Daoism’s independence and returned to the Primordial World with Zhou Qingqing to conclude the calamity. Zhou Qingqing’s display of power and the Three Pure Ones’ founding of Three Teachings Grotto left the Saints gathered at Kongtong Mountain.

• Heavenly Dao Hongjun acknowledged the Three Pure Ones’ victory, declared Daoism independent from the Mystic Gate, and retreated to Purple Cloud Palace.
• The Three Pure Ones thanked the Saints who had aided them and invited them to return to the Primordial World for a grand gathering of the Dao.
• Zhou Qingqing led the Saints back as the Three Daos celebrated her return, and she scattered six-colored lotuses that granted cultivators insight into the Dao.
• Supreme Pure Laozi led the Saints to Kongtong Mountain, where Nuwa recognized the Kongtong Seal’s connection to the sacred mountain.
• The Three Pure Ones established Three Teachings Grotto on Kongtong Mountain as a gathering place for their three lineages.

Zhou Qingqing returned to Blue Planet and used the methods of Buddhism’s past, present, and future calamities to take control of the Investiture of the Gods Calamity. She kept the calamity going despite its apparent end, inviting even Saints to take part.

• Nuwa asked the Saints how Zhou Qingqing would end the calamity, and Supreme Pure Laozi said they would wait to see what she did.
• Zhou Qingqing returned to Blue Planet, where the Four Great Lords and the other lords greeted her as the Azure Lotus Dao Ancestor and Creation Dao Venerate.
• Zhou Qingqing took control of the fading calamity energy and manifested the methods of the past, present, and future calamities.
• Amitabha Buddha sensed that Zhou Qingqing’s actions had shaken Buddhism’s foundations, but he and Buddha Mother Zhunti remained trapped inside the Heaven-Suppressing Coffin as its golden Swastika Symbol went dark.
• Zhou Qingqing sent the calamity back into Blue Planet, declared that it would continue because its participants had not given their all, and announced that Saints could join.

Zhou Qingqing established the Contention of the Hundred Schools on Blue Planet, opened it to Saints, and created the Starry Sky Ancient Road as a way to escape the Calamity. She then empowered Bai Ze with Blue Planet’s data, helping him attain Primordial Chaos as the Wisdom Sage, and brought him to Kongtong to hear the Three Pure Ones expound the Dao.

• Zhou Qingqing named the remaining Calamity the Contention of the Hundred Schools and allowed Saints to enter Blue Planet to participate.
• Zhou Qingqing created the Starry Sky Ancient Road, while Ji Chang resolved to lead the Zhou Dynasty across it and escape the Calamity.
• Zhou Qingqing sent the Star Lords and atmosphere crew from Mind Platform Star to the Heavenly Court to fulfill their roles on the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Zhou Qingqing asked Bai Ze to gather Blue Planet’s data and create panels, and he absorbed its Dao rhythm through the Classic of Mountains and Seas and the Bai Ze Diagram.
• Bai Ze attained Primordial Chaos as the Wisdom Sage, prompting Amitabha Buddha to lament that Bai Ze had claimed the Buddha Path’s wisdom.
• Zhou Qingqing invited Bai Ze to Kongtong to hear the Three Pure Ones expound the Dao.

As the Three Pure Ones began a Dao Grand Assembly on Kongtong Mountain, Zhou Qingqing’s disciples from the Zhou Dynasty set out along the Starry Sky Ancient Road. The Dao Ancestors added powerful phenomena to the road, and Zhou Qingqing began explaining the Heaven, Earth, and Human Three Daos as the travelers encountered their creations.

• The Zhou Dynasty, led by Ji Chang and joined by Yang Jian, Nezha, and other disciples, entered the Starry Sky Ancient Road to explore it.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate sent Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin onto the road, while Supreme Pure Laozi and Master Tongtian added the Eight Views Palace and a Sword Tomb.
• Nuwa added the Gate of Creation, Houtu added Ghost Gate Pass, and Di Jun sent the divine charm of the Ancient Heavenly Court onto the road.
• Zhou Qingqing left her own mark on the road with a world-weary sigh that produced new phenomena, then began lecturing on the Heaven, Earth, and Human Three Daos at Supreme Pure Laozi’s request.
• The Zhou Dynasty travelers encountered the coffin, the Eight Views Palace, the Sword Tomb, the Gate of Creation, Ghost Gate Pass, and part of the Ancient Heavenly Court, before sensing that Qingqing’s sigh might give rise to a future threat.

After completing the Starry Sky Ancient Road, Ji Chang and many others returned to the Primordial World with the gains of their trials, and the Zhou Dynasty escaped calamity. The chapter ended with the Six-Winged Golden Cicada shedding its shell and beginning a rebirth through reincarnation.

• The Four Great Lords set out together on the Starry Sky Ancient Road, while Zhou Qingqing observed the changes leading Blue Planet toward the Hundred Schools of Thought.
• Ji Chang completed the road, returned to the Primordial World, gained immense power of the mind, and learned he could establish the Zhou Dynasty anew.
• Nezha, Yang Jian, Fire Spirit Holy Mother, Wen Zhong, and other Daoism disciples returned with improved Dao nature, wisdom, bodies, and minds, and planned to take offices maintaining order.
• The Three Pure Ones considered how Qingqing’s changes had allowed many figures to escape the Investiture of the Gods Calamity and find cultivation paths in heaven and earth.
• The Six-Winged Golden Cicada shed its shell, shrank while glowing with golden light, and vanished into the reincarnation passage to begin its rebirth.

Zhou Qingqing discovered that a Buddha Path Dao Fruit had entered Blue Planet and empowered the reincarnated Six-Winged Golden Cicada, who emerged as Master Sanzang. She resolved to keep the Buddha Path out of the Hundred Schools’ contention and planned to create Sha Wujin as Master Sanzang’s opponent, turning her attention toward the current Curtain-Rolling General.

• Zhou Qingqing used her Golden Eyes to detect the Buddha Path Dao Fruit entering Blue Planet and locating the reincarnated Six-Winged Golden Cicada.
• The Buddha Path Dao Fruit descended through the Three Lifetimes Calamities, and a novice monk opened his eyes and declared, "Sanzang!"
• Supreme Pure Laozi recognized Master Sanzang as the one fated to undergo the tribulation in Journey to the West, and Zhou Qingqing decided the Buddha Path should not join the Hundred Schools’ contention.
• Zhou Qingqing chose the current Curtain-Rolling General as the target for her plan to create Sha Wujin and deal with Master Sanzang.
• Zhou Qingqing looked toward the present Thirty-Three Heavens and prepared to meet the Curtain-Rolling General.

Zhou Qingqing sent the Three Xiao Sisters to train the Curtain-Rolling General by turning him into Sha Wujin and preparing him to kill a Buddha-path monk with the Buddha Dao Fruit. The Three Pure Ones watched as Sha Wujin gained a powerful killing Dao, a Moon Laurel Tree staff, and a custom formation, while other future figures and treasures remained in reserve.

• Zhou Qingqing sent a decree to the Three Xiao Sisters on the Lunar Star, and they learned that their senior sister wanted them to find the Curtain-Rolling General.
• The Three Xiao Sisters met the Curtain-Rolling General at the High Heaven Palace and told him to kill a Buddha-path monk with the Buddha Dao Fruit through every reincarnation.
• Yunxiao told the Curtain-Rolling General that Zhou Qingqing had named him Sha Wujin and sent the sisters to train him.
• Bixiao used the Golden Dragon Shears to give Sha Wujin principles of the Killing Dao, and Qiongxiao gave him a Moon Laurel Tree weapon called the Sala Treasure Staff or Moonlight Shovel.
• Yunxiao gave Sha Wujin the Eight Hundred Flowing Sand Realms formation, which summoned eight hundred shifting Flowing Sand domains to help him slay enemies.
• The Three Pure Ones observed that Qingqing had created a new Sha Wujin, while Laozi and Primordial Heavenly Venerate kept other future disciples and treasures in reserve.

Sha Wujin left the Three Xiao Fairies and defeated Master Sanzang with the Eight Hundred Flowing Sand Realms and his Crescent Moon Spade. Afterward, Zhou Qingqing considered changing the rest of the Journey to the West figures and spreading Daoist arts westward.

• Sha Wujin departed from the Three Xiao Fairies, who decided to establish the School of Novelists together.
• Sha Wujin found Master Sanzang, who expected him to follow the original Journey to the West events and leave him alive.
• Sha Wujin rejected Master Sanzang's claim that they were on the same path and trapped him in the Eight Hundred Flowing Sand Realms.
• Sha Wujin struck Master Sanzang with the Crescent Moon Spade and killed him, improving his cultivation and attainment.
• Zhou Qingqing considered changing the other Journey to the West figures and discussed the possibility of spreading Daoist arts westward.

After Zhou Qingqing finished preaching on the Great Dao, Houtu asked her to help choose paths in the Hundred Schools of Thought for the Ancestral Witches. Qingqing proposed that they help Turtle Spirit Holy Mother pioneer martial arts and attain the True Martial Great Emperor position, and Turtle Spirit began projecting the Black Tortoise constellation toward Blue Planet.

• Zhou Qingqing finished preaching, then passed questions from the gathered Saints to the Three Pure Ones, who explained Divine Path and Immortal Path civilization.
• Houtu asked the Three Pure Ones to help find suitable Hundred Schools of Thought paths for her elder brothers, but the eldest brother directed Zhou Qingqing to answer.
• Zhou Qingqing proposed that the Ancestral Witches follow Turtle Spirit Holy Mother and pioneer Blue Planet martial arts to help her become the True Martial Great Emperor.
• Zhou Qingqing offered Chiyou and other Ancestral Witches an alternative: Turtle Spirit could use the River Map and Luo Scroll to help them with deductions if they helped her attain divine martial arts.
• The Ancestral Witches agreed to help Turtle Spirit, and she projected the Black Tortoise constellation toward Blue Planet.

Zhou Qingqing assigned Saints and other powerful figures to schools for the debate among the hundred schools, prompting many to project themselves onto Blue Planet. The debate gained new participants, including Eastern Emperor Taiyi, Red Cloud, and disciples of Daoism.

• Houtu projected the Ancestral Witches and Great Witches onto Blue Planet after they agreed to experience Martial Dao.
• Nuwa asked Zhou Qingqing which Human Race schools Suiren, Youchao, and the Human Dao Saints could join, and Zhou Qingqing named the Mohists, Agriculturalists, and Fangji School.
• Di Jun asked about Eastern Emperor Taiyi, and Zhou Qingqing recommended that he join the Yin-Yang School; Taiyi projected himself down at once.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate asked Zhou Qingqing to arrange schools for the Kunlun lineage, while Supreme Pure Laozi assigned Zhuang Zhou to Daoism and Great Master Xuandu to the School of Diplomacy.
• Zhuang Zhou and Great Master Xuandu welcomed the chance to participate, while Red Cloud learned that he could project himself down to establish the Confucian School.
• Zhen Yuanzi thanked Zhou Qingqing and Upper Pure Master Tongtian for remembering Red Cloud, and Zhou Qingqing said that participants like him were needed to give the debate a strong foundation.

The Three Pure Ones decided to sever their ties to the Heavenly Dao, and Tongtian used his Heaven-Severing Sword Dao to cut Primordial Heavenly Venerate free. Zhou Qingqing took his Primordial Purple Qi and watched him shrink to her height, while Laozi prepared to undergo the same process.

• The Three Pure Ones announced that they would leave the Heavenly Dao and asked the gathered saints to witness them severing their Dao.
• Tongtian severed Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s connection to the Heavenly Dao with Dao Birth and Dao Extinction, and Zhou Qingqing claimed the Primordial Purple Qi that fell away.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate shrank to Zhou Qingqing’s height, fulfilling her wish not to have to look up at her masters.
• Hongjun acknowledged the Three Pure Ones’ departure, left the Primordial Purple Qi to them, and returned to studying the Creation Jade Disc.
• Tongtian urged Laozi to take his turn, and Laozi accepted the sword strike, shrinking into a white-haired young boy.

Zhou Qingqing helped Master Tongtian sever his Saint position, and her powerful strike turned all Three Pure Ones into children. The Three Pure Ones descended incognito onto Blue Planet while Zhou Qingqing began arranging Daoist affairs and monitoring their plans.

• Zhou Qingqing used the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords, the Taiji Diagram, Artifact Dao, Formation Dao, and a ninth-revolution pill to strike Master Tongtian, who became a child and gained insight into Dao Birth and Dao Extinction.
• Supreme Pure Laozi, Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate, and Upper Pure Master Tongtian announced they would visit Blue Planet, then descended there in their true bodies and concealed their identities.
• Zhou Qingqing stored the three strands of Primordial Purple Qi, sent Bai Ze into seclusion, and told him to guide fated disciples and establish a Dao lineage on Blue Planet.
• Zhou Qingqing decided to project more disciples onto Blue Planet and keep watch on the Three Pure Ones, who realized they could hear her inner thoughts and resolved to work diligently.
• Zhou Qingqing began planning the Mount Shouyang lineage, including arrangements for Yin Xi and Marshal Heavenly Canopy, then appeared atop Mount Shouyang.

Zhou Qingqing arranged for Yin Xi to join the Mount Shouyang lineage, while Du'e True Person recruited Marshal Heavenly Canopy and delivered three strands of Primordial Purple Qi to Haotian. Hongjun then gave the Heavenly Court three more strands and warned Zhou Qingqing that Yang Mei, the Space Demon God, might return as the Primordial World ascended.

• Yang Chan brought Yin Xi to Mount Shouyang as Zhou Qingqing's chosen disciple, and Yin Xi recognized her as his senior sister.
• The Three Pure Ones left Hangu Pass after learning that Yin Xi had escaped the calamity with the Zhou Dynasty.
• Du'e True Person accepted Marshal Heavenly Canopy as his disciple on Zhou Qingqing's orders.
• Du'e True Person gave Haotian three strands of Primordial Purple Qi for the Heavenly Court to distribute, and Haotian contacted Hongjun to report Zhou Qingqing's gift.
• Hongjun gave Haotian three additional strands of Primordial Purple Qi and sent Zhou Qingqing a warning that Yang Mei might return to the Primordial World.

Haotian distributed six strands of Primordial Purple Qi among Daoist disciples, including Ziwei Emperor, South Pole Immortal, Golden Spirit Holy Mother, Lingbao Grand Master, Yellow Dragon True Person, and Du'e True Person. Zhou Qingqing then gathered three of the Four Monkeys of the World and helped them begin comprehending the World-Mixing Grand Formation, leaving the Intelligent Stone Monkey to choose his own path when he was born.

• Haotian bestowed Primordial Purple Qi on Ziwei Emperor and South Pole Immortal for their roles in maintaining Heavenly Court's order.
• Haotian gave strands to Golden Spirit Holy Mother, Lingbao Grand Master, and Yellow Dragon True Person, then awarded the final strand to Du'e True Person, who accepted and agreed to take an office after teaching Marshal Heavenly Canopy.
• Du'e True Person told Marshal Heavenly Canopy to use the name Zhu Bajie on Blue Planet and brought him back to Mount Shouyang.
• Du'e True Person told Marshal Heavenly Canopy that Zhou Qingqing had gone to Mount Kunlun to find companions for him.
• Zhou Qingqing assembled Wuzhiqi and two other monkeys beside the lotus pond, then used the Law of Creation to help the four monkeys link their origins and comprehend the World-Mixing Grand Formation.

Zhou Qingqing prepared Blue Planet for the Hundred Schools of Thought, arranging for the Four Monkeys of the World to establish Mischief School and for Ying Zheng to enter the growing upheaval. As the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, and Houtu armed and supported Ying Zheng, the chapter left him poised to lead the rise of Immortal Qin.

• Zhou Qingqing told Wuzhiqi, Six Ears, and Yuan Hong that the Intelligent Stone Monkey would take form after the next Calamity, then sent the three monkeys to Blue Planet to establish Mischief School.
• Bai Ze told Zhou Qingqing that Blue Planet's schools and alliances were rapidly flourishing, and Zhou Qingqing decided that it was time for Ancestor Dragon to be born.
• Zhou Qingqing sent the Ancestor Dragon Pearl into the Human Dao, where Sha Wujin confronted Qin Sanzang as Ying Zheng began his reincarnation.
• Supreme Pure Laozi gave Ying Zheng an elixir of immortality, Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate built him Epang Palace, and Upper Pure Master Tongtian equipped it with an orbital cannon.
• Nuwa added the aura of Human Dao Civilization to Ying Zheng's cause, while Houtu arranged for reincarnated members of the Witch Race to join him.

Bai Ze learned that Ying Zheng could help sharpen his wisdom as Space Demon God Yang Mei returned to the Primordial World. Yang Mei discovered how radically the world had changed and learned that the Three Pure Ones were behind many of its upheavals, while Zhou Qingqing prepared to meet him.

• Zhou Qingqing told Bai Ze to watch Ying Zheng during the Hundred Schools of Thought contention to improve his wisdom.
• Yang Mei returned from Chaos, while Zhou Qingqing sensed him approaching through the Hollow Willow branch and offered to take Bai Ze to meet him.
• Yang Mei tried to locate Heavenly Dao Hongjun, but Hongjun concealed Purple Cloud Palace and refused to meet him.
• Yang Mei entered the Primordial World and found its world membrane, spiritual energy, Jianmu Tree, Zhou Mountain, and Dao Lords Houtu and Nuwa had changed dramatically.
• Yang Mei used spatial fragments to learn that the Three Pure Ones had defeated Heavenly Dao Hongjun twice, established Daoism, helped Houtu and Nuwa break free, and driven the Two Sages of the West into the Heaven-Suppressing Coffin.

Yang Mei searched for a Heavenly Dao Saint to learn about the Primordial World, but Zhou Qingqing’s warnings helped Yaochi evade him and led him to Lu Ya instead. After Lu Ya misdirected him with a selective account of events, Yang Mei traveled to Blue Planet, where Zhou Qingqing had the advantage.

• Yang Mei entered Yaochi’s realm to target Yaochi, but left when she manifested her Merit Golden Wheel after a warning from Zhou Qingqing and her allies.
• Zhou Qingqing asked Bai Ze where Yang Mei would go next, and Bai Ze predicted Lu Ya; Zhou Qingqing then warned Lu Ya that Yang Mei might arrive.
• Yang Mei appeared in Lu Ya’s Divine Kingdom and questioned him about the Three Pure Ones and the Primordial World.
• Lu Ya gave Yang Mei a carefully selective account, directing his attention to the Three Pure Ones’ presence on Blue Planet.
• Yang Mei departed for Blue Planet, and Zhou Qingqing praised Lu Ya for sending him there.

Zhou Qingqing descended to Blue Planet to confront Yang Mei, while Bai Ze tracked the Space Demon God as he investigated the planet’s unusual Dao resonance. Yang Mei headed toward the Three Xiao Bookshop, where Qingqing appeared to be waiting for him.

• The Three Pure Ones realized Yang Mei had gone to Blue Planet and expected Zhou Qingqing to deal with him there.
• Zhou Qingqing left Miro Palace and told Bai Ze to handle affairs while she was away.
• Yang Mei investigated Blue Planet’s Dao traditions and found their resonance comparable to the Chaos of old.
• Bai Ze used his knowledge of Blue Planet to locate and observe Yang Mei near Zhou Qingqing.
• Yang Mei sensed something and headed toward the Three Xiao Bookshop, while the Three Pure Ones wondered what he would make of its novels.

Yang Mei entered the Three Xiao Bookshop and became absorbed in the novels Zhou Qingqing had arranged for the Three Xiao to write. Zhou Qingqing and the Three Pure Ones saw an opportunity to make him help connect the Primordial World's fragments into myriad worlds, and the chapter left his role in that plan unresolved.

• Yang Mei entered the Three Xiao Bookshop, recognized the Three Xiao as disciples of Master Tongtian, and examined their spiritually charged novels.
• The Three Pure Ones realized that Zhou Qingqing's novels were not Primordial World stories, despite what she had told them.
• The Three Xiao watched Yang Mei become engrossed in the novels while Zhou Qingqing assessed what he knew about the Primordial World's fragments.
• Zhou Qingqing decided that Yang Mei could help create and connect myriad worlds beyond Blue Planet, and the Three Pure Ones understood her plan.
• Zhou Qingqing resolved that if Yang Mei became their enemy, she would still make him fulfill the task of filling in the Primordial World's fragments.

Yang Mei sought a fictional world that could shelter him from the Immeasurable Calamity and asked the Three Xiao Sisters to imagine a worldview greater than the Primordial World. Guided by Zhou Qingqing, Yunxiao suggested that slice-of-life and comedy novels could have invincible worldviews, leaving Yang Mei intrigued by the idea.

• Yang Mei realized that the fictional settings in the Three Xiao Bookshop might provide a space where he could survive the Immeasurable Calamity.
• Yang Mei revealed himself to the Three Xiao Sisters, who recognized him and struggled to hide their amusement at his awkward greeting.
• Yunxiao asked Yang Mei what guidance he had for the sisters, and he urged them to create a more vast space in their novels.
• Yang Mei asked for a worldview beyond the Primordial World, prompting Zhou Qingqing to consider Primordial Chaos and other fictional possibilities.
• Following Zhou Qingqing's instructions, Yunxiao told Yang Mei that some slice-of-life and comedy novels had invincible worldviews.

The Three Xiao Sisters sought Yang Mei’s help with Yunxiao’s idea for the School of Novelists, and Yang Mei agreed to guide them after introducing himself as a Quasi-Sage. He prepared to show them a method, though the sisters remained curious about how he could help without knowing how to write novels.

• Yang Mei considered Yunxiao’s proposal and asked to witness the invincible worldview she had described.
• Yunxiao explained that she had only grasped the concept’s essence and could not yet write such a novel, so Yang Mei offered to guide the sisters along the School of Novelists’ path.
• Yang Mei introduced himself as Ancestor Yang Mei, an independent cultivator of the Primordial World whose cultivation had reached the Quasi-Sage realm.
• The Three Xiao Sisters addressed Yang Mei as a fellow Daoist, then Qiongxiao and Bixiao questioned how he could help them if he did not know how to write novels.
• Yang Mei smiled, confident that he could show the sisters a method.

Patriarch Yang Mei demonstrated how he used novels to create virtual worlds, hoping the Three Xiao sisters would explore them and write beyond the Primordial World's worldview. The sisters agreed to help, while Zhou Qingqing privately resolved to make Yang Mei her future beast of burden for evolving myriad worlds.

• Yang Mei used spatial power to make the books in the Three Xiao Bookshop separate and open to their middle pages.
• Yang Mei created miniature virtual spaces inside the books, where worlds grew from the novels' contents.
• Zhou Qingqing watched Yang Mei's demonstration and decided to entrust him with evolving myriad worlds.
• Yang Mei urged the Three Xiao sisters to explore the novels' infinite spaces and write worldviews beyond the Primordial World.
• Yang Mei asked the sisters for a little space in return, and the Three Xiao sisters agreed.

Yang Mei used the abyss to probe Blue Planet and draw out the Three Pure Ones, but Zhou Qingqing intercepted it and turned its power into nourishment for her Masters. Yang Mei confirmed the Three Pure Ones were present, while the Three Pure Ones began recovering through the abyss’s energy.

• Yang Mei stayed at the Three Xiao Bookshop and subtly altered Blue Planet by setting up an abyss connected to the void.
• Bai Ze noticed the change, and Supreme Pure Laozi explained that Yang Mei could use void creatures and the abyss’s will to force the Three Pure Ones to act.
• Wangshu sensed the abyss and learned from Creation Dao Venerate that Space Demon God Yang Mei was behind it.
• Zhou Qingqing transformed into Zhou Heiya and used Before Creation of Demons · Heavenly Demon Cleaves into Being to sever and contain the abyss.
• The Three Pure Ones darkened and divided the abyss’s will among themselves, using it to strengthen their Heavenly Demon forms and restore their cultivation.
• Yang Mei realized the Three Pure Ones were on Blue Planet, despite losing his first probe.

Zhou Qingqing turned Yang Mei’s stay at the Three Xiao Bookshop into an opportunity for Blue Planet cultivators to seek his guidance, benefiting Daoism disciples and others while keeping him from learning the Three Pure Ones’ whereabouts. Yang Mei eventually left, the opportunity mission vanished, and the Three Pure Ones had nearly absorbed the abyss’s will.

• Zhou Qingqing posted an opportunity quest directing tribulation cultivators to the Three Xiao Bookshop, where Yang Mei had been reading.
• Turtle Spirit Holy Mother brought Ancestral Witches to the shop, recognized Yang Mei as the true opportunity, and sought his guidance while the Witches studied martial Dao novels.
• Cultivators flocked to the shop and gained insights from Yang Mei, including Xuandu, who studied the School of Vertical and Horizontal Alliances, and Zhuang Zhou, who emerged surrounded by butterflies.
• Yang Mei failed to learn the Three Pure Ones’ whereabouts and left the bookshop after growing impatient with the steady stream of visitors.
• The opportunity mission disappeared from Blue Planet, and the Three Pure Ones had absorbed nearly all of the abyss’s will.

Zhou Qingqing guided Yang Mei to the Three Pure Ones, who were disguised as three little boys, and they introduced themselves as the Wine Sword Immortal, Mystic Heaven, and the Emotionless Daoist. Yang Mei sat with them to drink and discuss the Dao, unaware of their true identities, while the Three Pure Ones prepared to draw his attention out.

• Zhou Qingqing guided Yang Mei to the space where the Three Pure Ones were waiting in little-boy forms, and Bai Ze watched their meeting through his wisdom.
• Yang Mei sensed an affinity with the three boys and asked their names, unaware that they were the Three Pure Ones.
• Tongtian introduced himself as the Wine Sword Immortal, Primordial Heavenly Venerate chose the name Mystic Heaven, and Laozi called himself the Emotionless Daoist.
• Tongtian brought out immortal wine, and Yang Mei sat beside the three boys to drink and discuss the Dao.
• Zhou Qingqing expected the Three Pure Ones to question Yang Mei, while Yang Mei praised their knowledge as exceptional.