Arc 8The Three Paths and Rebirth
Cangyuan strengthened his allies and incarnations, helped Styx slay Zhunti, and attained the Hunyuan Great Luo before the other Saints. As the Calamity approached, he entered reincarnation to be born as Yin Shou, the future Di Xin, while promising to help Ksitigarbha enter the Underworld.
- Cangyuan forced back Zhunti’s Good Corpse, then accepted Styx’s request to help him slay a Saint in exchange for a One-Third Creation Jade Plate.
- Cangyuan helped the Phoenix Clan clear its Karma and accepted Shi Qilin’s daughter as his thirteenth disciple, while Kong Xuan awakened to his role in establishing a dynasty.
- Cangyuan gave Xuanyuan the Humanity Path Primordial Violet Qi and negotiated with Zhunti to let Styx challenge him, with Styx agreeing to owe The West a Karma if he attained the Dao.
- Cangyuan summoned seven World Incarnations to restrain Zhunti, allowing Styx to pierce and annihilate him with the God-Slaying Spear.
- Styx attained the Dao as a Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal, and Cangyuan later raised his cultivation and strengthened his realms before undergoing the Great Dao’s tribulation in Chaos.
- Cangyuan survived forty-nine bolts of Chaos Divine Thunder, gained a mid-grade Chaos Divine Demon origin, and advanced to the Second Heaven of Hunyuan Great Luo.
- Cangyuan told Houtu he would enter the Calamity in his true body, then entered the Humanity Path Reincarnation Gate to be reborn as Yin Shou, the future Di Xin.
- Cangyuan agreed to take Ksitigarbha to the Underworld, fulfilling his promise to Zhunti and Jieyin.