Recaps

Cangyuan established Martial Dao, helped guide Fuxi and Shennong through their reigns, and secured a path for the Dragon Clan to reduce its Karma. As Jiang Shinian’s rule ended, Chiyou and Xuanyuan were born as rivals for the next Human Sovereign, with Cangyuan and Guangchengzi drawn to their respective destinies.

• Cangyuan accepted the Heavenly Court’s Central Ziwei North Great Emperor title, then helped Haotian recruit Jie Sect disciples for divine offices.
• Cangyuan proclaimed Martial Dao, became the Martial Ancestor, and used the Martial Dao Sacred Hall to suppress its destiny and that of the Human Race.
• Houtu asked Cangyuan to help the Witch Race gain merit, and he advised her to have Chiyou compete for the Human Sovereign’s position.
• Fuxi was born to Huaxu, learned from Xuandu, united tribes, created the Eight Trigrams, and completed his reign as Heavenly Emperor Fuxi.
• Jiang Shinian succeeded Fuxi, developed agriculture and medicine, and established currency for the Human Race.
• Taotie saved Nuwa from the East Sea Dragon Clan, and Zhu Rong settled the confrontation by apologizing, removing Ao Bai, and offering compensation.
• Cangyuan advised Zhu Rong on reducing the Dragon Clan’s Karma, accepted Yinglong as his ninth disciple, and saw Zhu Rong pledge the dragons to suppress waterways.
• As Jiang Shinian’s reign neared its end, Houtu sent Chiyou to compete for the throne, Xuanyuan was born in the Youxiong Tribe, and Guangchengzi claimed a master-disciple affinity with him.

Xuanyuan defeated Chiyou and unified the Human Race, while Cangjie established the Literary Dao and the Dragon Clan allied with humanity. As Xuanyuan passed the throne to Shaohao, Cangyuan began planning for Di Yu and the founding of the Xia Dynasty, and Xing Tian vowed to attack Haotian’s Heavenly Court.

• Jiang Shinian became the Earthly Sovereign, regained his memories as Hongyun, and passed the Human Co-Lord position to Xuanyuan, while Styx’s attempt to claim the next Human Sovereign was rejected by Houtu.
• Chiyou built up the Jiuli Tribe and its army, then defeated Xuanyuan’s forces at Zhuolu with superior bronze weapons and cavalry, prompting the Three Teachings’ disciples to enter the conflict.
• Cangyuan arranged for Lu Ya to serve as Xuanyuan’s mount, and Nine Heavens Profound Lady helped Xuanyuan overcome Chiyou’s formations and fog before Xuanyuan defeated him and unified the Human Territory.
• Cangjie created three thousand Primordial Characters and established the Literary Dao, surviving the Heavenly Dao’s thunder and the Great Dao’s tribulation with help from Cangyuan and cultivators across the world.
• Cangyuan named Cangjie the Literary Ancestor and Fifth Ancestor of the Human Race, then helped establish an alliance in which the Dragon Clan served as humanity’s totem in return for faith power.
• Xuanyuan became the Human Sovereign and invested Chiyou as War Lord, while Chiyou’s merit was returned by Houtu and the Twelve Golden Immortals faced tribulation for killing mortal soldiers at Zhuolu.
• Xuanyuan passed the Co-Lord position to Shaohao, and Cangyuan completed the Star Sea in his Inner Space before choosing a mission to enlighten Di Yu and help establish the Xia Dynasty.
• Xing Tian declared that he would destroy Haotian’s Heavenly Court for interfering with Chiyou’s plans.

Cangyuan helped the Human Race establish the Xia Dynasty, guided Nuwa toward the Humanity Path, and prepared for the Investiture of the Gods War. When Yaoji’s children drew the attention of rival Sects, Cangyuan claimed them as disciples and confronted Zhunti to protect them.

• Xing Tian killed Haotian, but survived having his head severed when Cangyuan caught and restored it, and Haotian later revealed he had faked his death and chose reincarnation as a human.
• Emperor Zhuanxu invoked the Human Dao to create the Calamity of the Mortal World, shielding Human Territory from outside Immortal Gods, and the Human Sovereigns who followed him advanced the Human Race’s governance and cultivation.
• Yu controlled the great floods by dredging rivers and diverting their waters to the sea, then succeeded Shun as Co-Lord and established Great Xia with the Nine Provinces Tripods.
• Nuwa renounced her Heavenly Dao Saint Fruit Position and joined the Humanity Path, while Hongjun gave her Primordial Violet Qi to Haotian and Cangyuan received the God-Slaying Spear as a mission reward.
• Cangyuan strengthened his cultivation and prepared for the Investiture of the Gods War as Great Xia’s hereditary rule began and its later rulers faced conflict and restoration.
• After the Three-headed Flood Dragon wounded Yaoji, Yang Tianyou gave her his heart to save her, and she gave birth to Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan.
• Cangyuan and Yunxiao took Yaoji’s children as disciples, but Tian Peng, True Lord Yu Ding, and Zhunti’s disguised Daoist Ku Chazi came to claim them.
• Cangyuan protected Yaoji’s family from Daoist Ku Chazi, exposed him as Zhunti, and fought him rather than surrender his disciples.

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.