Recaps

Zhou Ming offered to revive Wang Shu in exchange for her becoming the moon of his independent world, but said she must first pass a test before he revealed his other condition. After Wang Shu reunited with Chang Xi and learned that Xi He had died, Zhou Ming asked her to make her choice.

• Zhou Ming explained that he wanted Wang Shu to become the moon in his world and help it operate and evolve, and Wang Shu agreed to that condition.
• Wang Shu questioned Zhou Ming about his undisclosed test and additional condition, then asked him to release Chang Xi; Zhou Ming removed the restriction.
• Chang Xi reunited with Wang Shu, who learned that Xi He had died alongside Di Jun during the Calamity of Immortals and Demons.
• Wang Shu mourned Xi He's fate, and Zhou Ming asked her to decide whether she would accept his offer.

Zhou Ming stored Wang Shu’s remnant soul and agreed to take Chang Xi with him before uprooting the Moon Laurel Tree and stabilizing the Moon Star. He then set off with Chang Xi for the Sun Star to take the Fusang Tree and return to the Primordial Wilderness.

• Wang Shu asked Zhou Ming to take Chang Xi along, and Zhou Ming agreed.
• Zhou Ming wrapped Wang Shu’s remnant soul in a cocoon of light and stored it away.
• Zhou Ming uprooted the Moon Laurel Tree and stored it, then subdued the released lunar energy and sealed the pit it left behind.
• Zhou Ming told Chang Xi they were going to the Sun Star to take the Fusang Tree, and they flew there together.

Zhou Ming brought Wang Shu and Chang Xi to Buzhou Mountain so Pangu's Will could inspect them for hidden methods left by the Heavenly Dao. After both passed, Zhou Ming took them to Pangu Hall to discuss the remaining conditions for Wang Shu's revival.

• Zhou Ming explained to Wang Shu and Chang Xi that they had to pass an inspection by Pangu's Will before he would let them enter his world.
• Wang Shu agreed to the inspection, acknowledging she could not be certain the Heavenly Dao had not tampered with her remnant soul.
• Zhou Ming summoned Pangu's Will, which examined Wang Shu and Chang Xi and found no problems.
• Zhou Ming told Wang Shu and Chang Xi they had passed, giving Chang Xi hope of reviving her Master.
• Wang Shu asked about the remaining conditions, and Zhou Ming took her and Chang Xi toward Pangu Hall to discuss them.

Zhou Ming explained to Wang Shu that the Heavenly Dao had developed its own consciousness and that Pangu's Will was gradually dissipating, leaving the Witch Clan in danger. Wang Shu agreed to help the Witch Clan oppose the Heavenly Dao after her revival, then explained that she needed vast amounts of Destiny and merit, preferably Great Dao merit, to revive fully.

• Zhou Ming asked Wang Shu to help evolve the world and stand with the Witch Clan against the Heavenly Dao in the future.
• Zhou Ming told Wang Shu that the Heavenly Dao had gained consciousness and that Pangu's Will was gradually dissipating.
• Zhou Ming explained that he needed to gather allies before Pangu's Will vanished and the Heavenly Dao could threaten the Witch Clan.
• Zhou Ming argued that the Heavenly Dao would eventually target Wang Shu as a Chaos Demon God, so their interests were aligned.
• Wang Shu agreed to help the Witch Clan resist the Heavenly Dao after she revived.
• Wang Shu said she needed a massive amount of Destiny and merit, preferably Great Dao merit, to fully revive.

Zhou Ming reassured Wang Shu that he could gather the Destiny and Fortune and merit needed for her revival, then brought her remnant soul to sleep in the Dao Origin Divine Pearl. In the Underworld, he prepared to personally send the True Spirits of Di Jun, Taiyi, East Prince Gong, and others into Reincarnation, despite Minghe volunteering to handle it.

• Zhou Ming promised Wang Shu he would prepare the resources for her revival, while warning that obtaining Great Dao Merit was too difficult for now.
• Zhou Ming placed Wang Shu's remnant soul in the world inside the Dao Origin Divine Pearl and went to the Underworld.
• Pingxin told Zhou Ming that the Underworld was running smoothly with help from Zhen Yuanzi and Minghe.
• Zhou Ming revealed that he had preserved the True Spirits of Di Jun, Taiyi, East Prince Gong, and others and had come to send them into Reincarnation.
• Minghe praised Zhou Ming and offered to handle the Reincarnation, but Zhou Ming insisted on doing it himself and flew toward the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Zhou Ming secretly sent Di Jun, Taiyi, East Prince Gong, and the others into Reincarnation, then returned to Pangu Hall to study Hongjun’s complete Method of Slaying Three Corpses. He began checking whether the technique was feasible, complete, and free of hidden traps before allowing his allies to cultivate it.

• Zhou Ming concealed the True Spirits of Di Jun, Taiyi, and the others, sent the Demon Clan members into Demon Clan Reincarnation and the former Immortal Court members into Human Race Reincarnation, then erased their traces.
• Pingxin promised to erase the True Spirits’ remaining traces in Reincarnation, and Zhou Ming left the Underworld after telling her to return to Pangu Hall when she could.
• Zhou Ming examined the complete Method of Slaying Three Corpses in Hongjun’s Divine Thought, extracted the technique, and obliterated the Divine Thought to prevent any hidden tracking or sensing.
• Zhou Ming began secluded cultivation to verify the technique’s completeness and feasibility and to search for hidden restrictions Hongjun might have planted.
• Zhou Ming repeatedly deduced the steps for severing and merging the Three Corpses and the more difficult Method of Shattering Three Corpses, seeking to ensure his allies could cultivate it safely.

Haotian and Yaochi struggled to recruit anyone for the newly established Heavenly Court and decided to seek the Witch Clan’s support through Zhou Ming. They planned to trade a share of the Court’s Destiny for the Witch Clan’s presence, hoping its name would attract cultivators while leaving the Court’s rulers in control.

• Yaochi told Haotian that their latest recruitment effort had failed, with no envoys managing to bring back anyone of importance.
• Haotian explained that cultivators dismissed them as former Dao children and that the Sages were unlikely to lend them obedient disciples.
• Haotian proposed asking Zhou Ming to send members of the Witch Clan to serve in the Heavenly Court, offering them a share of its Destiny in return.
• Yaochi worried that the Witch Clan might take control, but Haotian reasoned that Zhou Ming wanted the clan to gain benefits rather than manage the Court.
• Haotian said the Witch Clan’s presence would serve as a nameplate of protection and persuade Rogue Cultivators to join the Heavenly Court.
• Yaochi accepted the plan, and she and Haotian decided to await Zhou Ming’s arrival.

After tens of thousands of years in seclusion, Zhou Ming sensed Houtu attaining Hunyuan and joined the Ancestral Witches in welcoming her success. He then took Houtu to the Heavenly Court to claim benefits from Haotian for supporting his rise to power.

• Zhou Ming finished reviewing Hongjun's Three Corpses cultivation method and considered finding someone to test its dangerous final stages.
• Houtu's aura surged through Pangu Hall, and Zhou Ming confirmed to the arriving Ancestral Witches that she was attaining Hunyuan.
• Houtu emerged successfully as a Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal and credited the merit from Pingxin's transformation into Reincarnation, along with her own efforts.
• Zhou Ming urged the other Ancestral Witches to pursue Hunyuan, prompting Dijiang, Zhurong, Gonggong, and the others to resolve to cultivate harder.
• Zhou Ming told Houtu he planned to demand benefits from Haotian for supporting his control of the Heavenly Court, then took her toward the Nine Heavens.

Zhou Ming and Houtu arrived at the Heavenly Court, where Haotian and Yaochi recognized Houtu as a Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal and resolved to secure the Witch Clan’s support. After a feast in Yaochi's Immortal Realm, Zhou Ming turned to the serious matter that had brought him there.

• Zhou Ming and Houtu reached the Southern Heavenly Gate, where Haotian and Yaochi greeted them.
• Haotian and Yaochi sensed Houtu’s Hunyuan cultivation and decided they needed the Witch Clan as powerful allies.
• Haotian and Yaochi led Zhou Ming and Houtu to a feast in Yaochi's Immortal Realm and described the Heavenly Court’s lack of capable followers.
• Haotian and Yaochi offered Zhou Ming and Houtu Flat Peaches, and Zhou Ming remarked that he would take some back for his younger brothers and sisters.
• After the feast, Zhou Ming announced that it was time to discuss serious matters, leaving Haotian and Yaochi tense.

Zhou Ming agreed to let Haotian and Yaochi govern the Heavenly Court in exchange for thirty percent of its Destiny. Haotian then asked to recruit members of the Witch Clan, and Zhou Ming recognized that he wanted to borrow their influence to attract people.

• Zhou Ming demanded thirty percent of the Heavenly Court's Destiny for the Witch Clan, and Haotian and Yaochi agreed.
• As Zhou Ming and Houtu prepared to leave, Haotian asked them to stay and hear another request.
• Haotian explained that the Heavenly Court lacked manpower and asked Zhou Ming to allow members of the Witch Clan to take divine positions.
• Haotian argued that Zhou Ming and the Witch Clan had no interest in the Jade Emperor's throne, so their members would not threaten his position.
• Zhou Ming told Haotian that he wanted to borrow the Witch Clan's influence to recruit people for the Heavenly Court.

Haotian negotiated for the Witch Clan to support the Heavenly Court, offering them half its Destiny and broad autonomy in exchange for joining. Zhou Ming also secured two of the six Imperial Jade Emperor positions for the Witch Clan, then left with Houtu as Haotian and Yaochi celebrated the Heavenly Court’s new support.

• Zhou Ming told Haotian that the Witch Clan would join the Heavenly Court if it received additional Destiny.
• Haotian offered the Witch Clan fifty percent of the Heavenly Court’s Destiny and promised its members could serve with little oversight.
• Zhou Ming agreed to send Witch Clan members to the Heavenly Court but demanded two of the six Imperial Jade Emperor positions for them.
• Haotian accepted Zhou Ming’s condition, and Zhou Ming promised the Witch Clan would cooperate with him.
• Zhou Ming and Houtu departed, while Haotian and Yaochi celebrated the Witch Clan’s support.

Zhou Ming explained to Houtu why the Witch Clan had given Haotian and Yaochi control of the Heavenly Court in exchange for half its Destiny. As they flew toward Buzhou Mountain, he revealed that he needed Haotian to initiate the next Tribulation, though he did not explain how.

• Houtu asked Zhou Ming why the Witch Clan did not take over the Heavenly Court instead of sharing its Destiny with Haotian and Yaochi.
• Zhou Ming explained that the Witch Clan did not want to manage the Heavenly Court, so Haotian and Yaochi could govern it while the Witch Clan benefited from its growth.
• Houtu wondered why Zhou Ming had not demanded seventy or eighty percent of the Heavenly Court's Destiny, and he told her that taking too much would breed resentment and undermine its development.
• Zhou Ming said that leaving Haotian and Yaochi half the Destiny would make them grateful and motivate them to develop the Heavenly Court.
• Zhou Ming revealed that he still needed Haotian to initiate the next Tribulation, then continued flying with Houtu toward Buzhou Mountain without explaining further.

Zhou Ming arranged for the Witch Clan to join the Heavenly Court, assigning Xing Tian to lead the clan members and Houtu to hold a Six Imperial Jade Emperor position in name. The news stirred regret and debate across the Primordial Wilderness, while the Heavenly Court was widely expected to rise.

• Zhou Ming told Houtu that Xing Tian would take one of the Witch Clan’s two Six Imperial Jade Emperor positions and lead its members in the Heavenly Court.
• Zhou Ming assigned Houtu the other position, explaining that she could hold it in name and share in the Heavenly Court’s Destiny; Houtu accepted and went to select candidates.
• Rogue Cultivators regretted rejecting Haotian’s recruitment after learning the Witch Clan would join the Heavenly Court.
• Taiqing, Venerable Lord Yuanshi, Tongtian, and Nuwa each reacted to the news, while Jieyin and Zhunti regretted losing their chance to gain influence in the Heavenly Court.
• Beings across the Primordial Wilderness disagreed about who would control the Heavenly Court, but expected it to rise.

Zhou Ming traveled to the East Sea Dragon Palace to discuss a task with Ao Hai, promising that it would bring great benefits to the Dragon Clan. Ao Hai accepted the Sage’s request without yet learning what it was.

• Haotian and Yaochi celebrated as Rogue Cultivators flocked to join the Heavenly Court under the Witch Clan’s protection.
• Zhou Ming decided to arrange matters before Fuxi reincarnated and left Pangu Hall for the East Sea.
• Ao Hai sensed Zhou Ming’s Sage aura approaching and went to welcome him with Ao Guang and other Dragon Clan elders.
• Zhou Ming declined a welcoming feast and asked Ao Hai to speak with him privately.
• Ao Hai agreed to do his utmost to carry out Zhou Ming’s task, though Zhou Ming had not yet revealed its details.

Zhou Ming revealed that Hongjun’s Method of Slaying Three Corpses had trapped Ao Hai on a dead-end path, then offered to teach him a way back to the Path of Laws in exchange for staying with the Witch Clan. Ao Hai refused to abandon the Dragon Clan, but Zhou Ming made him sense an aura that left him shocked and terrified.

• Zhou Ming sent Ao Hai the first half of Hongjun’s Method of Slaying Three Corpses, and Ao Hai realized the method had concealed a cruel truth.
• Zhou Ming confirmed that the method came from Hongjun, and Ao Hai erupted in regret and fury over having cultivated it.
• Zhou Ming offered Ao Hai a difficult method to escape the drawbacks of Severing Three Corpses and return to the Path of Laws, on the condition that he remain with the Witch Clan.
• Ao Hai refused because the Dragon Clan still needed him and he would not abandon his people for an uncertain chance at the Dao.
• Zhou Ming told Ao Hai to feel an aura, and Ao Hai’s resolve gave way to overwhelming shock and terror.

Zhou Ming revealed to Ao Hai that Candle Dragon had reincarnated, winning the Dragon Clan leader’s gratitude and agreement to cultivate the technique Zhou Ming had proposed. He gave Ao Hai ten thousand years to settle the clan’s affairs and advised the dragons to aid the rising Human Race to earn merit and reduce their Karma.

• Zhou Ming confirmed that Candle Dragon’s vital Qi belonged to the reincarnated Ancestor, and Ao Hai rejoiced before thanking him for saving the Dragon Clan’s Ancestor.
• Ao Hai agreed to follow Zhou Ming’s arrangements and cultivate the technique, and Zhou Ming gave him ten thousand years to settle clan affairs before meeting him at Pangu Hall on Buzhou Mountain.
• Ao Hai asked to see Candle Dragon, but Zhou Ming said the Ancestor’s opportunity was not yet ready to be revealed.
• Zhou Ming advised Ao Hai to send dragons to help the Human Race develop, saying their contributions could earn the clan merit and Destiny and ease its Karma.
• Ao Hai thanked Zhou Ming and promised the Dragon Clan would obey his orders, and Zhou Ming vanished from the Dragon Palace.

Zhou Ming visited West Queen Mother on West Kunlun and offered her the Method of Shattering Three Corpses as a way to reconnect her severed path. She agreed to cultivate it within the Witch Clan and immediately left with Zhou Ming for Pangu Hall on Buzhou Mountain.

• Zhou Ming traveled to West Kunlun to seek a great power who had slain two Corpses and could test the method.
• Yuanshi sensed Zhou Ming heading toward West Kunlun but chose not to investigate.
• West Queen Mother read the method Zhou Ming gave her and realized her path had been severed.
• Zhou Ming offered to help reconnect West Queen Mother's path if she cultivated the method within the Witch Clan and kept it secret.
• West Queen Mother accepted the conditions and departed with Zhou Ming for Pangu Hall on Buzhou Mountain.

After Fuxi's Primordial Spirit was restored, Nuwa went to Pangu Hall to arrange his Reincarnation into the Human Race. Zhou Ming insisted on consulting Human Race leader Wu before the Sages discussed the plan, and Wu arrived as the chapter ended with Zhou Ming raising the matter of Fuxi's Reincarnation and the Human Race's rise.

• Nuwa restored Fuxi's Primordial Spirit and left Wa Huang Palace to ask Zhou Ming to arrange his Reincarnation.
• Zhou Ming summoned Wu and told Houtu that Nuwa had come to discuss Fuxi's Reincarnation.
• Nuwa asked Zhou Ming to arrange the Reincarnation as soon as possible, and he agreed to accompany her to the Underworld after they discussed the Human Race's rise.
• Nuwa proposed summoning the other Sages, but Zhou Ming insisted they first explain the matter to Wu and respect the Human Race's role.
• Wu arrived at Pangu Hall, paid his respects to Zhou Ming, Houtu, and Nuwa, and heard Zhou Ming introduce the matters of Fuxi's Reincarnation and the Human Race's rise.

Zhou Ming and Wu arranged safeguards for the Human Race as Fuxi prepared to reincarnate as its Human Emperor. Fuxi accepted that he would become solely Human Fuxi, and Zhou Ming agreed to prevent the Sages' schemes from harming innocent humans before summoning the other Sages to Pangu Hall.

• Zhou Ming warned Wu that Heavenly Dao might raise the Human Race's trials, so Wu agreed to recall Martial Dao experts to the Ancestral Land and preserve them as the race's guardians.
• Wu told Nuwa that Fuxi must become the Human Race's Human Emperor and belong to the Human Race after reincarnation, provoking Nuwa's anger.
• Zhou Ming defended Wu's condition, and Fuxi agreed that he would be Human Fuxi, not Demon Fuxi, leaving Nuwa dejected.
• Wu asked Zhou Ming to ensure that the Sages' schemes did not harm innocent members of the Human Race, and Zhou Ming agreed.
• Zhou Ming asked Nuwa to summon the other Sages to Pangu Hall to discuss the Human Race's flourishing.

Zhou Ming convened the Sages to allocate teachers for the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and Nuwa asked him to teach her brother Fuxi. After the Three Pure Ones and the Western Sages argued over the remaining positions, Zhou Ming claimed both the Heavenly Emperor and Earthly Emperor teacher positions for the Witch Clan and left the others to divide the rest.

• Taiqing, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Jieyin, and Zhunti traveled to Buzhou Mountain after receiving Nuwa's transmission.
• Zhou Ming explained that the Sages would allocate teachers for the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
• Nuwa abstained from the allocation on the condition that Zhou Ming teach her brother Fuxi, and Zhou Ming accepted.
• Zhunti proposed that the Western Teachings and the Three Pure Ones each take a remaining position, prompting Yuanshi, Tongtian, Jieyin, and Zhunti to argue.
• Zhou Ming rebuked the Sages for deciding the Witch Clan's share and claimed the Heavenly Emperor and Earthly Emperor teacher positions for the Witch Clan.

Zhou Ming assigned the Witch Clan two Masters of the Three Sovereigns positions, then let the Sages divide the remaining Human Emperor and Five Emperors positions. After the factions reached an uneasy settlement, Zhou Ming forbade them from harming the Human Race and sent them from Pangu Hall.

• Zhou Ming asked the Sages for objections to the Witch Clan taking two positions, and they all agreed they had none.
• Zhunti proposed that the Western Teachings take the Master of the Human Emperor position in exchange for giving up all Five Emperors positions, but Yuanshi and Tongtian rejected him.
• Taiqing assigned the Human Emperor position to the Three Pure Ones and two Five Emperors positions to the Western Sages, threatening to fight if they refused.
• Yuanshi claimed the Human Emperor position for his disciple Guang Chengzi, while Tongtian accepted it and took the three remaining Five Emperors positions for the Interception Sect.
• Zhou Ming warned the Sages not to involve or harm the Human Race, then dismissed them from Pangu Hall.

Zhou Ming arranged for Wu to persuade Hong Yun to join the Human Race, then accompanied Nuwa to the Underworld to send Fuxi into Human Dao Reincarnation. Fuxi entered safely, and Nuwa returned to Wa Huang Palace to watch over his reincarnation while Zhou Ming went back to Pangu Hall.

• Zhou Ming asked Wu to go to Huoyun Cave and persuade Hong Yun to join the Human Race.
• After Wu set out, Zhou Ming and Nuwa traveled to the Underworld, leaving Houtu to watch over Pangu Hall.
• At Pingxin Palace, Nuwa asked Pingxin to send Fuxi's nurtured Primordial Spirit into Human Dao Reincarnation.
• Pingxin sent Fuxi's Primordial Spirit into the Reincarnation passage, and Fuxi reassured Nuwa that he would return.
• Nuwa thanked Zhou Ming and Pingxin, then returned to Wa Huang Palace to watch over Fuxi's reincarnation.
• Zhou Ming told Pingxin to contact him if anything happened and returned to Pangu Hall.

Wu visited Hong Yun at Huoyun Cave and offered him a chance to attain sainthood through the Human Dao in exchange for joining the Human Race. Hong Yun accepted and became Human Race Ancestor Yun, and Wu planned to announce it to the entire Human Race.

• Wu arrived at Huoyun Cave, where Hong Yun welcomed him and invited him inside.
• Wu asked Hong Yun if he wanted a Saint position and explained that the Human Dao would let him draw on the Human Race's Destiny to attain sainthood.
• Hong Yun realized that the opportunity Zhou Ming had described was tied to the emergence of the Human Dao.
• Wu asked Hong Yun to join the Human Race and put its interests first in exchange for its support and offerings of Destiny.
• Hong Yun readily agreed, and Wu named him Human Race Ancestor Yun and said he would announce the decision to the Human Race.

Hua Xu Shi became pregnant after stepping into a giant footprint at Lei Ze, and the Feng Yan Tribe feared the child might bring danger while its strongest fighters were away. The Ancestral Land declared the pregnancy a blessing for the Human Race, but twelve years passed without Hua Xu Shi giving birth.

• Hua Xu Shi's father kept her at the edge of the tribe while waiting for the Ancestral Land's response, and Hua Xu Shi blamed herself for her pregnancy.
• Auspicious divine beasts brought spirit fruits and herbs to Hua Xu Shi, deepening the tribe's belief that her unborn child had an extraordinary origin.
• After nearly ten months without a reply, Hua Xu Shi's father prepared to move her out of the tribe, but an envoy arrived with the Ancestral Land's command to protect her and ensure a safe birth.
• Hua Xu Shi's father brought her back to the tribe, where the people celebrated and cared for her.
• Twelve years passed, but Hua Xu Shi remained pregnant and showed no sign of giving birth.

Zhou Ming went to the Feng Yan Tribe when Fuxi was born and accepted him as his disciple, naming him Fuxi. As Fuxi grew into an exceptional leader, the tribe’s old chief made him the new chief and urged him to guide the whole Human Race.

• Zhou Ming left Pangu Hall after learning Fuxi was about to be born, and met Nuwa above the Feng Yan Tribe.
• Auspicious signs appeared as Fuxi was born, and Zhou Ming announced that he had come to accept the child as his disciple.
• Zhou Ming named the child Fuxi, left a mark on him, and departed without taking him away; Nuwa returned to Wa Huang Palace.
• Fuxi grew rapidly, displayed extraordinary wisdom, and helped the Feng Yan Tribe resolve its difficulties.
• The old chief handed Fuxi the chief’s token and urged him to lead the Human Race, and Fuxi accepted the responsibility.