Recaps

The Three Pure Ones stopped themselves from entering the Ferocious Beast Calamity and confronted Heavenly Dao Hongjun, who had changed history to test Qingqing. Hearing Qingqing calmly plan to restore the calamity’s history and make Sun Wukong its protagonist, they became confident that she could turn the supposed misfortune to her advantage.

• The Three Pure Ones halted their journey to the Ferocious Beast Calamity and refused Heavenly Dao Hongjun’s offer to help during the final Immeasurable Calamity.
• The Three Pure Ones surrounded Heavenly Dao Hongjun to prevent him from interfering while he waited to see whether Qingqing would face danger.
• Qingqing decided she could recreate Shenni and fill the missing roles of the Chaos Demon Gods, despite the changed history.
• Qingqing considered having Sun Wukong become Shenni and lead his monkeys during the Ferocious Beast Calamity.
• Qingqing realized she could use the Qiankun Cauldron, the Godslaying Spear, and King Pan’s Sacrificial Dao to sacrifice the calamity qi and reverse the altered events.
• The Three Pure Ones grew relaxed as they listened to Qingqing’s plans, leaving Heavenly Dao Hongjun puzzled by their confidence.

Zhou Jinjing and the Three Pure Ones connected Shenni’s birthplace to the southern Undying Fire Mountain, where Zhou Jinjing had gone to investigate during the Ferocious Beast Calamity. They discovered that the ancient volcano differed greatly from the later one where Primal Phoenix was suppressed.

• The Three Pure Ones deduced that Shenni had been born at the southern Undying Fire Mountain, startling Heavenly Dao Hongjun.
• Master Tongtian told Heavenly Dao Hongjun that they had discovered a mystery linking the mountain to the Ferocious Beast Calamity.
• The Three Pure Ones refrained from visiting the mountain because they were already following Zhou Jinjing’s investigation through her thoughts.
• Zhou Jinjing found no trace of the Dragon, Phoenix, or Qilin Clans at the mountain during the Ferocious Beast Calamity.
• Zhou Jinjing headed for the volcano where Primal Phoenix had been suppressed and realized that the ancient Undying Fire Mountain was unlike its later, extinct state.

Zhou Jinjing explored the southern Undying Fire Mountain and discovered that the lava’s undying trait came from the blood and resentment of countless Chaos Demon Gods buried beneath it. She used her Godslaying Spear to draw out that power, then brought out her Qiankun Cauldron as Heavenly Dao Hongjun watched the Three Pure Ones react.

• Zhou Jinjing saw the flames and undying quality of the southern Undying Fire Mountain as she traveled deeper into it.
• At the lava’s source, Zhou Jinjing discovered the blood and resentment of countless Chaos Demon Gods beneath the mountain.
• Zhou Jinjing drove her Godslaying Spear into the mountain, drawing out the Chaos Demon Gods’ blood and resentment.
• The Three Pure Ones smiled at Zhou Jinjing’s actions while Heavenly Dao Hongjun watched them, unable to understand their reaction.
• Zhou Jinjing took out her Qiankun Cauldron as power surged from the southern Undying Fire Mountain.

Zhou Jinjing sacrificed power from the Godslaying Spear and the Calamity aura to refine something in the Qiankun Cauldron, while the Three Pure Ones waited confidently for her return. Sun Wukong continued fighting the Ferocious Beasts to protect his monkey troop and grew stronger.

• Zhou Jinjing used Path of Sacrifice to offer the power drawn from the Godslaying Spear and the Calamity aura into the Qiankun Cauldron for refinement.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun noticed the Three Pure Ones' differing expressions and suspected that something had happened.
• The Three Pure Ones exchanged glances, kept their changed expressions visible, and waited for their disciple to return in triumph.
• Sun Wukong resolved to protect the monkey troop from the Ferocious Beasts and struck at them with his Golden-Hooped Staff, breaking through in cultivation again.

Zhou Jinjing secured the power of reversal and checked on Sun Wukong’s progress during the Ferocious Beast Calamity. Sun Wukong had begun gathering monkeys to challenge the Four Great Ferocious Beasts, while the Three Pure Ones praised both their disciple and the monkey’s remarkable growth.

• Zhou Jinjing completed her effort to draw out and claim Shenni’s power of reversal using her reversed Three Flowers.
• The Three Pure Ones reflected that Zhou Jinjing had overcome a challenge they likely could not have managed themselves.
• Zhou Jinjing looked in on Sun Wukong and saw that he had gone searching for the Four Great Ferocious Beasts.
• Sun Wukong plucked hairs and transformed them into countless monkeys, expanding his horde as his Nine Revolutions Profound Art advanced.
• Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate recognized that Sun Wukong’s transformed hairs and growing horde reflected his exceptional talent and Zhou Jinjing’s teaching.

Qingqing discovered the karmic sin buried beneath Undying Fire Mountain and began trying to absorb it, while sending an incarnation to assist Sun Wukong. The Three Pure Ones watched as Sun Wukong withdrew his transformed hairs, and he saw a golden figure appear just as he hoped for his master's guidance.

• The Three Pure Ones and Heavenly Dao Hongjun recognized that the karmic sin beneath Undying Fire Mountain could erupt during the Immeasurable Calamity and become original sin.
• Qingqing sent her Three Flowers of reversal beneath Undying Fire Mountain to absorb the karmic sin.
• Qingqing sent an incarnation in Zhou Qingqing's appearance to handle matters while she focused on Undying Fire Mountain.
• The Three Pure Ones concealed their changing thoughts from Heavenly Dao Hongjun as they watched Qingqing's plans unfold.
• Sun Wukong recalled the hairs that had become his monkey troop and realized he was still too weak to face the Four Great Ferocious Beasts.
• Sun Wukong saw a golden figure appear as he wished for his master to guide him.

Zhou Jinjing arrived during the Ferocious Beast Calamity and agreed to bring Sun Wukong’s monkey troop back with him, restoring their intelligence as well. She secretly placed the monkeys in her Lotus Space, leaving Sun Wukong amazed by what seemed to be her power to seal time and space.

• Sun Wukong saw Zhou Jinjing for the first time since the Ferocious Beast Calamity began and asked her to take his monkey troop back with him.
• Zhou Jinjing agreed, noting that the monkeys would not affect the greater course of events.
• Zhou Jinjing froze the monkeys and secretly moved them into her Lotus Space.
• Sun Wukong thanked Zhou Jinjing, unaware of her trick, while the Three Pure Ones reflected on how much his cultivation had advanced.

Zhou Jinjing offered Sun Wukong two paths to Daluo Golden Immortal and explained that defying the current offered the chance to pursue the Great Sage’s true path. Sun Wukong chose defiance, received a Gu insect carrying its power, and began transforming into a Chaos Demon Ape as the calamity recognized him as Shenni.

• Zhou Jinjing explained that Sun Wukong could follow the current or defy it to reach Daluo Golden Immortal, and said the latter might lead to the true path of the Great Sage.
• Sun Wukong chose defiance, declaring that he would overcome every barrier and would not fear the hardships ahead.
• Zhou Jinjing gave Sun Wukong a Gu insect containing the power of defiance, and he began condensing the Three Flowers with his staff in hand.
• The power of reversal spread through Sun Wukong, and the calamity began treating him as Shenni as he transformed into a gigantic Chaos Demon Ape.
• The Three Pure Ones understood that Sun Wukong would have to endure the calamity and break free of his Shenni state, while Zhou Jinjing intended to use his shell as the calamity’s protagonist.

Sun Wukong fought the Four Great Ferocious Beasts while Shenni’s inherited calamity power awakened his instinct. As the Three Pure Ones watched and Hongjun abandoned his attempt to interfere, Sun Wukong unleashed the Eight-Nine Profound Art and turned his hair-clones into ferocious beasts.

• Sun Wukong became wreathed in Shenni’s legacy and faced the Four Great Ferocious Beasts as the Three Pure Ones recognized how far he had advanced.
• Hongjun tried to use the Creation Jade Disc to inspect the altered calamity, but the Three Pure Ones placed their supreme treasures before him, and he gave up interfering.
• Zhou Jinjing cheered for the Four Great Ferocious Beasts while Sun Wukong endured their attacks and finally roused his instinct to fight back.
• Sun Wukong plucked out his hair to create a multitude of clones, prompting Zhou Jinjing to recall Journey to the West: The Later Story and the Three Pure Ones to puzzle over her thoughts.
• Sun Wukong used the Eight-Nine Profound Art to transform his clones into ferocious beasts.

Sun Wukong became the Beast Emperor, but the calamity’s power transformed him into a Chaos Demon Ape controlled by instinct. With Zhou Jinjing’s intervention, Sun Wukong regained control and began to subdue the mind ape.

• Sun Wukong defeated the Four Great Ferocious Beasts and took Shenni’s place as the Beast Emperor, becoming the calamity’s protagonist.
• Zhou Jinjing prepared to confront Sun Wukong and awaken him, but the Four Great Ferocious Beasts poured their remaining Demon God and calamity auras into him.
• The gathered power transformed Sun Wukong into a Chaos Demon Ape, while fortune and battle aura from the calamity converged upon him.
• Sun Wukong, aware within the Demon Ape’s body, realized instinct had taken control and worried about Zhou Jinjing facing his overwhelming power.
• Zhou Jinjing’s merit and divine might drove back the Demon God aura, allowing Sun Wukong to understand how to subdue himself.
• Sun Wukong spun his As-You-Will Gold-Banded Staff, drew upon his reversed Three Flowers, and began taking control of his powers.

Zhou Jinjing helped Sun Wukong subdue Shenni during the Ferocious Beast Calamity, earning merit and sending him and the monkey troop back to the present Primordial World. The Three Pure Ones helped guide them to Blue Planet, while Zhou Jinjing remained behind in the calamity.

• Sun Wukong subdued Shenni, gained merit, and absorbed Shenni's power into his three flowers.
• Zhou Jinjing sent Sun Wukong and the monkey troop from the Ferocious Beast Calamity back to the present Primordial World.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun noticed Sun Wukong and the monkeys had returned, and the Three Pure Ones recognized their disciple had sent them ahead.
• Supreme Pure Laozi used the Taiji Diagram's Golden Bridge to carry Sun Wukong and the monkey troop to Blue Planet.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun questioned the Three Pure Ones about their composure and whether they worried about Zhou Jinjing remaining in the Ferocious Beast Calamity.

In Purple Cloud Palace, the Three Pure Ones and Heavenly Dao Hongjun watched Zhou Qingqing’s progress through the Ferocious Beast Calamity. After the Ferocious Beast Dynasty members entered Undying Fire Mountain in the south, the volcanoes erupted into sudden activity.

• The Three Pure Ones worried over Zhou Qingqing’s confidence but trusted her strength, while Heavenly Dao Hongjun doubted she would survive changing history.
• Zhou Qingqing realized the Four Great Ferocious Beasts and Ferocious Beast Dynasty members had gathered at Undying Fire Mountain in the south.
• Zhou Qingqing watched the Ferocious Beast Dynasty members plunge into the volcanoes and considered how the blood sacrifice might affect Primal Phoenix.
• The Three Pure Ones and Heavenly Dao Hongjun turned their attention to Undying Fire Mountain in the south as it erupted, sending magma into the sky and turning the region crimson.

The southern Undying Fire Mountain erupted as changes from the Ferocious Beast Calamity resonated with the present, revealing that Primal Phoenix had survived and attained the Primordial Saint Dao. After Primal Phoenix suppressed the upheaval, Supreme Pure Laozi warned her it would continue and could resolve the mountain’s hidden danger; another eruption began as the calamity changed again.

• Heavenly Dao Hongjun recognized a connection between the Three Pure Ones and Zhou Qingqing but refused to explain the southern Undying Fire Mountain’s changes.
• Kong Xuan and Golden Roc tried to suppress the volcanoes, while Primal Phoenix emerged and quelled the central volcanic cluster.
• Cultivators realized Primal Phoenix was alive and had attained the Primordial Saint Dao, and Yaochi sensed that the Dao Venerable had helped her.
• Supreme Pure Laozi told Primal Phoenix that changes during the Ferocious Beast Calamity were causing the present upheavals and could eliminate the mountain’s hidden danger.
• The southern Undying Fire Mountain erupted again, and Primal Phoenix sensed that the Ferocious Beast Calamity was still changing.

Primal Phoenix suppressed the upheaval at Undying Fire Mountain in the south as Heavenly Dao Hongjun revealed that it could become an anchor for the returning Chaos Demon Gods. When black beacon smoke formed a projection of the World-Destroying Mill, Hongjun tried to seize it, but the Three Pure Ones stopped him and chose to trust Zhou Qingqing to handle the danger herself.

• Primal Phoenix used Nirvana Flame and Red Lotus Karmic Fire to suppress the frenzy at Undying Fire Mountain in the south.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun warned that the mountain could anchor the return of Chaos Demon Gods who would threaten the Heaven, Earth, and Human Three Daos and Mount Zhou.
• Black beacon smoke appeared, and fragments of Great Dao laws gathered into a projection of the World-Destroying Mill.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun tried to seize the projection, but the Three Pure Ones blocked him.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun offered to help rescue Zhou Qingqing if they let him go, but the Three Pure Ones refused and trusted Zhou Qingqing to face the projection.

Zhou Qingqing entered the World-Destroying Mill to confront its power, while the Three Pure Ones watched from Purple Cloud Palace. As the mill ground away Primal Phoenix’s attack and began consuming the southern Undying Fire Mountain, the Three Pure Ones chose to wait and see how it would grind.

• The Three Pure Ones realized the World-Destroying Mill contained the fallen Chaos Demon Gods and reflected on how their outlook had changed since meeting Qingqing.
• Zhou Qingqing stepped into the World-Destroying Mill and examined its world-destroying power.
• The mill ground away Primal Phoenix’s Red Lotus Phoenixes and began using the Heaven, Earth, and Human Three Daos to consume the southern Undying Fire Mountain.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun urged the Three Pure Ones to act before the mill grew beyond its ability to stop.
• The Three Pure Ones said they were in no rush and wanted to see how the World-Destroying Mill would grind.

The Saints of the Three Daos gathered at Southern Undying Fire Mountain to defend against the World-Destroying Mill, and Haotian led the Heavenly Dao Saints in joining the assault. Their combined strength could not defeat the mill’s phantom, leaving them facing overwhelming pressure.

• The Saints of the Three Daos arrived at Southern Undying Fire Mountain after sensing the World-Destroying Mill and the Karmic Fire Red Lotus connected to Qingqing.
• Haotian called on the Heavenly Court Great Emperors and Daoism disciples to lend him their strength, and they accepted.
• Haotian gathered their power into his Way of the Heavenly Venerate and attacked with the Haotian Sword.
• Fuxi led the Human Dao Saints in a joint attack, while Zhu Jiuyin led the Earth Dao Saints.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun judged that the united Saints were still no match for the World-Destroying Mill’s phantom.

Primal Phoenix and the other Saints joined forces against the World-Destroying Mill, but their attacks barely affected it. As the mill began grinding away their essence, energy, and spirit, a mysterious gate appeared beneath the southern Undying Fire Mountain.

• Kong Xuan brought out the Seven Treasures Wondrous Tree, while Golden Roc formed a precious vase from yin-yang energies to support Primal Phoenix.
• Primal Phoenix used her authority as sovereign of the skies to decree that the World-Destroying Mill could not fly, making it descend slightly.
• The Saints of the Three Daos and Primal Phoenix attacked together, but the mill only swayed before returning to its original height.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun watched the mill begin to turn and noted the Three Pure Ones' subtle reactions.
• The cultivators and Saints noticed a gate forming beneath the southern Undying Fire Mountain as the mill began grinding away the Saints' essence, energy, and spirit.

Zhou Qingqing used the World-Destroying Mill in the past Ferocious Beast Calamity to complete her fusion and break through to the ninth layer of Primordial Chaos, changing the present crisis at Undying Fire Mountain. She returned safely, the calamity’s history was revealed to the Primordial World, and Heavenly Dao Hongjun admitted defeat and promised to help the Three Pure Ones if they made it to the end.

• Zhou Qingqing placed her Primordial Spirit beneath the World-Destroying Mill and used its grinding force to complete her fusion and advance her cultivation.
• At Undying Fire Mountain, the World-Destroying Mill overwhelmed the Saints of the Three Daos and threatened Primal Phoenix, Kong Xuan, and Golden Roc while Heavenly Dao Hongjun prepared to intervene.
• The World-Destroying Mill vanished after Zhou Qingqing defeated it in the past Ferocious Beast Calamity and resealed the gateway to the Immeasurable Calamity.
• Primal Phoenix explained that Zhou Qingqing had altered the past, and the Saints realized she had caused the crisis to end.
• Zhou Qingqing appeared at the gateway at the ninth layer of Primordial Chaos as information about the Ferocious Beast Calamity spread to cultivators throughout the Primordial World.
• The Three Pure Ones told Heavenly Dao Hongjun that they had won, and he admitted defeat and promised to lend them a hand if they made it to the end.

Zhou Qingqing returned from the Ferocious Beast Calamity with the World-Destroying Mill’s location and restored the Great Dao, while the Three Pure Ones confronted Heavenly Dao Hongjun in Purple Cloud Palace. After Zhou Qingqing and Bai Ze arrived and witnessed the fight, the Three Pure Ones struck Hongjun hard enough to make him cough up blood, and Zhou Qingqing waited outside for them to finish.

• The Three Pure Ones challenged Heavenly Dao Hongjun over his scheme against Zhou Qingqing, and they began fighting in Purple Cloud Palace.
• Zhou Qingqing restored the Great Dao and healed the Saints at Southern Undying Fire Mountain, then told Bai Ze what had happened during the Ferocious Beast Calamity.
• Zhou Qingqing explained that she knew the World-Destroying Mill’s location but would wait for the Immeasurable Calamity before acting to claim it.
• Zhou Qingqing discovered that her masters were fighting Heavenly Dao Hongjun and brought Bai Ze to Purple Cloud Palace to watch.
• The Three Pure Ones combined their power and struck Hongjun until he coughed up blood, while Bai Ze recorded the scene in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
• After the palace gates closed, Bai Ze set out a table and stools, and Zhou Qingqing waited outside while cracking melon seeds.

Zhou Qingqing gathered Yun Zhongzi, Daoist Duobao, Great Master Xuandu, and Bai Ze outside Purple Cloud Palace while the Three Pure Ones fought Heavenly Dao Hongjun. After assigning Yun Zhongzi to cook, Duobao to replicate Lingbao for the myriad worlds, and Xuandu to play cards, she and the Three Pure Ones realized Xuandu’s cultivation of morality might help her deduce the End Fortune.

• Zhou Qingqing summoned Yun Zhongzi, Daoist Duobao, and Great Master Xuandu from the Primordial World to Chaos and asked Yun Zhongzi to cook with ingredients from the Ferocious Beast Calamity.
• Zhou Qingqing learned that Duobao had replicated the innate Lingbao and the Chaos Pearl, then tasked him with supplying replicated Lingbao to the myriad worlds.
• Zhou Qingqing invited Xuandu and Bai Ze to play Legends of the Three Kingdoms, while Duobao and Yun Zhongzi watched Xuandu struggle against them.
• The Three Pure Ones noticed Xuandu’s strong cultivation of morality and realized the End Fortune might complement it and help Zhou Qingqing deduce the World-Destroying Mill.

Zhou Qingqing transformed the mythological cards into an ordinary Three Kingdoms game and brought the World-Destroying Mill into the card game, demonstrating her version of the Dharma-Ending Age. The observers recognized the mill’s appearance, while Great Master Xuandu remained lost in thought.

• Bai Ze noticed that the game had stopped and returned his attention to studying the mythological cards.
• Bai Ze saw the cards change, and Daoist Duobao and Yun Zhongzi also sensed that something had happened.
• The Three Pure Ones realized Zhou Qingqing was turning Mythical Three Kingdoms Kill into ordinary Three Kingdoms Kill to enact the final fortune.
• A phantom of the World-Destroying Mill appeared in the game, startling the observers.
• Zhou Qingqing thought her simulated mill closely resembled the real one.

Qingqing’s words inspired Supreme Pure Laozi to see the Age of Dharma’s End as a call for the moral to save the world. As Heavenly Dao Hongjun attacked him, Laozi began using the battle to create his own Dao, potentially advancing to the Dao Creation Realm.

• Qingqing told Great Master Xuandu that in the Age of Dharma’s End, people of morality often saved the world, and the cards in his game lost their divine appearance.
• Supreme Pure Laozi heard Qingqing’s words and resolved that he should step forward to save living beings when the Age of Dharma’s End arrived.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun took advantage of Laozi’s distraction and prepared to attack him, but Laozi began reciting the Dao De Jing.
• Laozi told Jade Pure Primordial Heavenly Venerate and Upper Pure Master Tongtian not to intervene because he would treat Heavenly Dao Hongjun’s attack as the end times and enact his own path.
• Laozi faced Heavenly Dao Hongjun with the Taiji Diagram, Heavenly Emperor Mystic Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, and Primordial Heaven-Measuring Ruler as he began forging his own Dao.

Great Master Xuandu used the final fate of morality to transform his Xuandu Purple Mansion and attained Primordial Chaos. As Qingqing considered granting him the title Wondrous Joy Heavenly Venerate, Supreme Pure Laozi prepared to confront Heavenly Dao Hongjun.

• Great Master Xuandu recalled his past role in the Witch-Demon Calamity and recited passages from the Dao De Jing.
• Qingqing recognized that Xuandu was combining final fate with the qi of morality, and Supreme Pure Laozi realized his disciple’s breakthrough was going smoothly.
• Great Master Xuandu transformed his Purple Residence into Xuandu Cave, filled it with the laws of the Great Dao, and attained Primordial Chaos.
• Great Master Xuandu praised Eldest Sister in verse, and Bai Ze began recording his words in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
• Qingqing considered giving Xuandu his title, Wondrous Joy Heavenly Venerate, while Supreme Pure Laozi resolved to deal with Heavenly Dao Hongjun.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun frowned as Supreme Pure Laozi appeared ready to create his own path to Primordial Chaos.

Great Master Xuandu attained the Primordial Chaos and accepted the title Wondrous Joy Heavenly Venerate. His breakthrough encouraged Supreme Pure Laozi, who completed his own breakthrough inside Purple Cloud Palace.

• Great Master Xuandu accepted the honorific Wondrous Joy Heavenly Venerate from his eldest senior sister.
• Bai Ze realized Xuandu’s breakthrough had gone unnoticed and decided to spread the news to pressure Hongjun during his fight with the Three Pure Ones.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun sensed Xuandu’s attainment beyond Purple Cloud Palace and recognized that Xuandu had become a Saint without Primordial Purple Qi.
• Supreme Pure Laozi, spurred by Xuandu’s breakthrough, shortened the time needed to create his Dao and completed his breakthrough.

Supreme Pure Laozi created the Mystic Origin Great Dao and entered the Dao Creation Realm, then defeated Heavenly Dao Hongjun and left Purple Cloud Palace with the others. The group returned toward Three Pure Ones Heaven while Hongjun stayed behind to repair the palace.

• Great Master Xuandu displayed the majesty of Wondrous Joy Heavenly Venerate outside Purple Cloud Palace, then realized he had run out of words before announcing his venerable name.
• Purple Cloud Palace appeared beside Xuandu, Daoist Duobao, Yun Zhongzi, Bai Ze, and Zhou Qingqing, revealing that the Three Pure Ones were inside confronting Heavenly Dao Hongjun.
• Supreme Pure Laozi used One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones and the Great Dao of Pills to create the Mystic Origin Great Dao, entering the Dao Creation Realm.
• Supreme Pure Laozi manifested the transformations of creation and blasted Heavenly Dao Hongjun out of Purple Cloud Palace.
• Bai Ze recorded Supreme Pure Laozi’s achievement, and Supreme Pure Laozi led the others out of the palace toward Three Pure Ones Heaven.
• Heavenly Dao Hongjun returned to Purple Cloud Palace and repaired it without speaking.