Recaps

Haotian ordered Yang Tianyou and Yao Ji’s three children executed, Yao Ji arrested, and the affair announced across the Three Realms to hold the Human Race accountable. Taibai Jinxing realized the decree was meant to force the Human Race to respond and waited for reinforcements instead of continuing ahead.

• Haotian rejected Yaochi’s plea and decreed that Yang Tianyou and the three children be executed while Yao Ji was taken back to the Heavenly Court for judgment.
• Haotian announced the affair to the Three Realms and blamed the Human Race, intending to force it to intervene.
• Yaochi recognized Haotian’s plan and agreed to carry it out despite the loss of their remaining dignity.
• Taibai Jinxing received Haotian’s decree ordering him to execute Yang Tianyou and the children and arrest Yao Ji.
• Taibai Jinxing inferred the purpose behind the decree and stopped in the clouds to wait for the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals.

Wu and the Human Race leaders decided Yang Tianyou had to die publicly as the scapegoat, while secretly preserving his soul and taking in his three children. Meanwhile, Yuanshi planned to enforce the Heavenly Rules against Yao Ji, and Jieyin and Zhunti watched as tensions between Haotian and Yuanshi intensified.

• Wu asked the Human Race leaders how to handle Yang Tianyou and Yao Ji, and Fuxi reported that his deductions showed no clear evidence of a scheme.
• Fuxi and Sui Ren Shi argued that Yang Tianyou had to bear the blame to preserve Yao Ji and the Human Race's dignity.
• Wu ordered Yang Tianyou's soul secretly preserved and sent into Reincarnation, and the three children brought to Huoyun Cave for the Human Race to raise.
• Fuxi left Huoyun Cave to carry out Wu's orders.
• Yuanshi realized Haotian's public announcement had disrupted his plan to recruit one of the children, and vowed that Yao Ji would face strict punishment.
• Jieyin and Zhunti concluded their plan to set the Human Race against the Heavenly Court had failed, but Haotian and Yuanshi's conflict had become irreconcilable.

Taibai Jinxing arrived to take Yao Ji back to the Heavenly Court and revealed that the Jade Emperor had ordered Yang Tianyou and their children executed. Yao Ji fought to protect her family, while Yang Tianyou stood against a Heavenly General to buy his wife and children time to escape.

• Taibai Jinxing entered Yang Tianyou's courtyard and ordered Yao Ji to return to the Heavenly Court after revealing her identity as the Jade Emperor's younger sister.
• Yao Ji agreed to go with Taibai Jinxing but pleaded for Yang Tianyou and their three children to be spared.
• Taibai Jinxing read the Jade Emperor's edict ordering Yang Tianyou and the children executed, driving Yao Ji to threaten the Heavenly delegation.
• Yao Ji attacked Taibai Jinxing as a Heavenly General advanced on Yang Tianyou and the children, and she urged Tianyou to flee with them.
• Yang Tianyou sent Yang Jiao to take Yang Jian and Yang Chan east, then charged at the Heavenly General with a firewood ax.

Taibai Jinxing used Haotian’s Imperial Edict to imprison Princess Yao Ji and killed Yang Tianyou, then led the Heavenly troops after their three children. Fuxi secretly preserved Yang Tianyou’s soul and followed the pursuit, intending to save the children.

• Princess Yao Ji tried to save Yang Tianyou as a Heavenly General attacked him, but the General held back because he feared her revenge.
• Taibai Jinxing struck Yang Tianyou with Immortal Light, then used the Imperial Edict’s Quasi-Saint power to seal Princess Yao Ji and prevent her from intervening.
• Yang Tianyou died after telling Princess Yao Ji he had no regrets about marrying her.
• Taibai Jinxing ordered the Heavenly General to receive one hundred strikes of the Heavenly Lightning Whip, then led the other troops to pursue the couple’s three children.
• Fuxi revealed that he had preserved Yang Tianyou’s soul and followed Taibai Jinxing to save the children.

Fuxi arrived as Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan faced execution by the Heavenly Court, and declared that he would take the children to Huoyun Cave. He defied the Jade Emperor’s decree, leaving Taibai Jinxing to withdraw with the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals.

• Yang Jiao tried to hold off the Heavenly General so Yang Jian and Yang Chan could escape.
• Fuxi stopped the Heavenly General from striking Yang Jiao and announced that he had come to take the children to Huoyun Cave.
• Taibai Jinxing argued that the Jade Emperor had ordered the children executed for violating the Heavenly Rules.
• Fuxi challenged the Heavenly Court’s authority over the Human Race and accused it of killing Yang Tianyou without investigating the circumstances.
• Fuxi unleashed his overwhelming aura and declared himself an enemy of the Heavenly Court if necessary.
• Taibai Jinxing said he could not stop Fuxi and ordered the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals to leave.

After Fuxi told Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan that their father was dead and he could not rescue their mother, he brought them to Huoyun Cave to begin their cultivation. The three siblings each gained a powerful Human Race master, with Ancestor Wu personally accepting Yang Jian as his disciple.

• Fuxi told the three siblings that Yang Tianyou was dead and that their mother could not be rescued by him, but they could grow strong enough to bring her back themselves.
• Fuxi buried Yang Tianyou, and the siblings vowed to care for one another, avenge their father, and rescue their mother.
• Fuxi brought Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan to Huoyun Cave, where the Human Race's ancestors welcomed them.
• Zi Yi Shi accepted Yang Chan as her disciple, and Shennong accepted Yang Jiao to teach him the Dao of protection.
• Ancestor Wu accepted Yang Jian as his disciple, explaining that his hatred and resolve required the guidance of the purest and most extreme power.

Yuanshi sent Guang Chengzi and Immortal Official Nanji to pressure Haotian into imposing a severe punishment on Yao Ji. Haotian reluctantly let them attend the trial, and ordered Yao Ji brought into the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.

• Yuanshi ordered Guang Chengzi and Immortal Official Nanji to attend Yao Ji's trial and demand that the Heavenly Rules be enforced without leniency.
• Haotian told Yaochi he planned to confine Yao Ji in the Heavenly Prison for ten thousand years after Taibai Jinxing returned with her.
• Guang Chengzi and Immortal Official Nanji arrived at the Heavenly Court, invoked Yuanshi and the Dao Ancestor, and insisted on overseeing the trial.
• Haotian ordered the two visitors to leave, but they refused and warned that Yuanshi would intervene if Haotian showed favoritism toward his sister.
• Haotian suppressed his anger and allowed Guang Chengzi and Immortal Official Nanji to stay for the trial.
• After Taibai Jinxing brought Yao Ji back, Haotian ordered the Heavenly Soldiers to bring her into the hall.

Haotian sentenced Yao Ji to be suppressed beneath Peach Mountain after Guang Chengzi and Immortal Official Nanji demanded a harsher punishment. After they left, Haotian told Yaochi he would seek the Human Race’s help in rescuing Yao Ji.

• Yao Ji admitted her crime and said she would accept any punishment, including eternal suppression and torture.
• Guang Chengzi and Immortal Official Nanji urged Haotian to torture Yao Ji repeatedly to uphold the Heavenly Rules.
• Haotian stopped Guang Chengzi and Immortal Official Nanji from pressing their demands, then ordered Yao Ji suppressed beneath Peach Mountain forever.
• Taibai Jinxing escorted Yao Ji from the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, while Guang Chengzi and Immortal Official Nanji departed.
• Haotian told Yaochi he would go to Huoyun Cave to discuss rescuing Yao Ji with the Human Race.

Haotian sought the Human Race ancestors’ help to rescue Yao Ji from her imprisonment beneath Peach Mountain. Wu proposed that her children rescue her, while Haotian arranged for Nuwa and Houtu to protect them from Yuanshi’s retaliation.

• Haotian told Wu, Fuxi, Shennong, Xuanyuan, and the other Human Race ancestors how Yuanshi’s disciples had pressured him into imprisoning Yao Ji beneath Peach Mountain.
• Fuxi said the Human Race could not intervene directly in a Heavenly Court affair, and Wu suggested Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan rescue their mother by splitting open Peach Mountain.
• Haotian agreed with Wu’s plan but feared Yuanshi would punish Yao Ji and her children, so he asked Fuxi to seek Nuwa’s support.
• Haotian asked Wu whether Hong Yun could accompany him to meet Zhou Ming and request that Houtu guard the Heavenly Court while the children rescued Yao Ji.
• Wu said Hong Yun was away at Pangu Hall and offered to accompany Haotian to meet Zhou Ming instead; Haotian agreed to depart immediately.

Haotian secured Houtu’s promise to support him when Yang Jian and his siblings tried to rescue their mother. After tens of thousands of years of cultivation, Yang Jian reached the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, and Wu told him to wait for Yang Jiao and Yang Chan so the three could act together.

• Haotian told Houtu about Yao Ji and asked her to support the Heavenly Court during the rescue; Houtu agreed to send either herself or a Dao Body.
• Haotian thanked Wu for his help and returned to the Heavenly Court, while Wu went back to Huoyun Cave.
• After tens of thousands of years of seclusion, Yang Jian broke through to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm and emerged to greet Wu.
• Yang Jian asked if he was strong enough to save his mother, and Wu confirmed that he could split open Peach Mountain.
• Wu told Yang Jian to wait for Yang Jiao and Yang Chan, explaining that the three siblings would rescue their mother together.

After tens of thousands of years in seclusion, Yang Jiao and Yang Chan reunited with Yang Jian, and Wu sent the siblings to save their mother at Peach Mountain. Da Yu gave Yang Jian the Mountain-Splitting Axe, while Wu secretly alerted someone to proceed with the plan.

• Yang Jiao and Yang Chan emerged from seclusion as Golden Immortals and reunited with Yang Jian, who had reached the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Wu told the siblings they were ready to go save their mother, and they eagerly prepared to leave for Peach Mountain.
• Da Yu gave Yang Jian the Mountain-Splitting Axe, a Postnatal Merit Spiritual Treasure especially suited to splitting mountains.
• The three siblings thanked Da Yu and the ancestors, then flew from Huoyun Cave toward Peach Mountain.
• Wu sent a message through a Communication Jade Talisman saying they had set out and the plan should proceed.

Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan reached Peach Mountain to rescue their mother, Yao Ji, but Heavenly Court guards tried to stop them. The siblings defeated the guards without killing them, and the survivors fled to report to Haotian.

• Haotian sensed that the siblings had arrived at Peach Mountain and sent a brief message to Huoyun Cave.
• Yang Chan sensed Yao Ji inside the mountain, and Yang Jian prepared to split it open with his axe.
• A squad of Heavenly Soldiers and Generals blocked the siblings and invoked Haotian’s decree against Yao Ji.
• Yang Jiao identified the siblings and their mother, while Yang Jian declared them enemies of the Heavenly Court and ordered the guards to move aside.
• Yang Jiao stopped Yang Jian from killing the guards, and the siblings charged into the battle formation, overpowering them while holding back.
• Yang Jian blasted the leading Heavenly General away with one palm, and the defeated guards fled toward the Heavenly Court to report to Haotian.

Yang Jian and his siblings broke Peach Mountain’s restraint and freed their mother, Yao Ji. They set off for Huoyun Cave, while Haotian learned of her rescue and raged at the Heavenly Court’s failure.

• Yang Jian repeatedly struck Peach Mountain’s restraint with the Mountain-Splitting Axe until it shattered, then split the mountain open.
• Yang Jian, Yang Jiao, and Yang Chan reunited with Yao Ji in the cavern and embraced her in tears.
• Yang Jiao urged the family to flee to Huoyun Cave, and Yang Chan and Yang Jian reassured Yao Ji that the Human Race had approved their plan.
• Yao Ji agreed to leave with her children, and the four flew toward Huoyun Cave.
• A Heavenly General reported Yao Ji’s rescue to Haotian, who learned that her three children had split Peach Mountain and condemned his guards.

Haotian first considered delaying action against Yao Ji and her children until the Heavenly Court learned whether Huoyun Cave supported them, but Guang Chengzi and Immortal Official Nanji pressed him to enforce the Heavenly Rules. Haotian then ordered Taibai Jinxing to lead troops to capture them, leaving the two envoys surprised and satisfied.

• A Heavenly General reported that Yang Jian had reached the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, Yang Jiao was at the peak of the Golden Immortal realm, and Yang Chan was at the early stage, and Haotian dismissed the General for his failure.
• Taibai Jinxing advised Haotian to send an envoy to Huoyun Cave before acting, warning that a military response could provoke the Human Race, and Yaochi supported his caution.
• Haotian agreed to Taibai Jinxing's proposal, but Guang Chengzi and Immortal Official Nanji arrived and demanded that Yao Ji and her rescuers be arrested.
• Taibai Jinxing explained that Yang Jian and his siblings had studied at Huoyun Cave, but Haotian abruptly declared that the Heavenly Rules applied to everyone and ordered their capture.
• Taibai Jinxing accepted Haotian's command to lead Heavenly Soldiers and Generals to the lower realm, while Guang Chengzi and Immortal Official Nanji approved the order.

Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan reunited with Yao Ji and tried to take her to Huoyun Cave, but Taibai Jinxing intercepted them with the Heavenly Court’s army. He captured all three siblings and ordered the soldiers to seize Yao Ji as well.

• Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan escorted Yao Ji toward Huoyun Cave after rescuing her.
• Taibai Jinxing and the Heavenly Court’s army blocked their path and declared that all four were to be captured by the Emperor’s decree.
• Yao Ji offered to return alone if Taibai Jinxing would spare her children, but he refused.
• Yang Jian attacked Taibai Jinxing, who bound his axe and sealed his Magic Power with a strike.
• Yang Jiao and Yang Chan attacked together, but Taibai Jinxing stopped their attacks and bound them with his Fly Whisk.
• Taibai Jinxing ordered the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals to seize Yao Ji and escort the family back to the Heavenly Court.

Haotian presided over the case of Yao Ji and her children, while Guang Chengzi and Immortal Official Nanji pressed for strict punishment. Nuwa intervened on the family’s behalf, Yuanshi opposed freeing Yao Ji, and Houtu’s Dao Body appeared as the dispute escalated.

• Taibai Jinxing brought Yao Ji, Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan before Haotian, who questioned them about breaking her out of Peach Mountain.
• Yang Jian defended their rescue as filial duty, and Haotian acknowledged his point despite Guang Chengzi and Immortal Official Nanji demanding severe punishment.
• Nuwa arrived and asked Haotian to punish the siblings lightly and free Yao Ji, and Haotian agreed to her request.
• Yuanshi appeared and argued that Yao Ji must be imprisoned again, setting himself against Nuwa.
• As Nuwa and Yuanshi faced off, Houtu’s Dao Body appeared beside Nuwa.

Houtu mediated between Nuwa and Venerable Lord Yuanshi, securing Yao Ji’s release from suppression while requiring her confinement in Heaven and her children to earn merit on her behalf. After Yuanshi accepted the compromise, Nuwa gifted Yang Chan the Precious Lotus Lantern, and Haotian let Yao Ji reunite with her children in the Heavenly Court.

• Houtu proposed that Yao Ji remain confined in Heaven while Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan accumulated merit to atone for her crimes, and Nuwa and Haotian approved.
• Venerable Lord Yuanshi agreed to Houtu’s compromise, and Haotian decreed that Yao Ji would no longer be suppressed while her children’s mountain-breaking crime would not be pursued.
• Nuwa gave Yang Chan the Precious Lotus Lantern, and Yang Chan accepted it after Haotian and Yao Ji urged her to do so.
• Haotian invited Yao Ji to stay in the Heavenly Court with her children, and the family left Lingxiao Treasure Hall together.

After Yuanshi repeatedly humiliated Haotian over Yao Ji, Haotian decided to ask their master to order the Chan Sect's Twelve Golden Immortals to serve in the Heavenly Court. Yaochi agreed to support him, and Haotian left for Zixiao Palace to make his appeal.

• Yaochi asked Haotian whether he would let Yuanshi's repeated pressure and humiliation go, and Haotian vowed to remember the debt.
• Haotian revealed his plan to summon the Chan Sect's Twelve Golden Immortals to Heaven as officials, and Yaochi warned that Yuanshi would oppose him.
• Haotian decided to seek an audience with their master and argue that the Heavenly Court needed capable officials.
• Haotian acknowledged that their master might side with Yuanshi, but resolved to make a tearful complaint if necessary.
• Yaochi agreed to stand by Haotian, but he told her to remain in the Heavenly Court and flew toward Zixiao Palace alone.

Haotian visited Hongjun in Zixiao Palace and asked him to persuade Yuanshi to send Chan Sect disciples to serve in the Heavenly Court. Hongjun agreed, but warned Haotian that their old affection would end here, leaving Haotian committed to confronting Yuanshi.

• Haotian waited outside Zixiao Palace until Hongjun admitted him, then described the Heavenly Court’s weakness and asked for help.
• Haotian proposed that Yuanshi send his Chan Sect disciples to take divine offices in the Heavenly Court.
• When Hongjun scrutinized his request, Haotian knelt and pleaded for help, invoking his and Yaochi’s long service.
• Hongjun asked whether Haotian was certain, and Haotian chose to proceed despite knowing it would sever ties with Yuanshi.
• Hongjun agreed to discuss the matter with Yuanshi and warned Haotian to conduct himself carefully; Haotian left without regret.

Haotian and Yaochi accepted that the Old Master would no longer help them, but found comfort in their renewed family ties with Yao Ji and her children. After promising to support the children’s efforts to free their mother, Haotian turned his attention to Yuanshi.

• Haotian told Yaochi that the Old Master had agreed to help but that they had exhausted his affection and could not rely on him again.
• Yaochi said they would stand with the Witch Clan if necessary, and Haotian agreed that their priority was peace and dignity in the Heavenly Court.
• Yaochi led Haotian to Yun Hua Palace, where Yang Chan amused Yao Ji by recounting her brothers’ embarrassing mishaps in Huoyun Cave.
• Yang Chan, Yang Jiao, and Yang Jian called Haotian their uncle, and Yao Ji explained that she had told them how he had helped reunite their family.
• Haotian urged the three siblings to cultivate and earn merit so Yao Ji could regain her freedom, and invited them to visit the Heavenly Court often.
• As Haotian and Yaochi left Yun Hua Palace, Haotian said Yuanshi would be the next to suffer.

After a nearly Kalpa-long debate on the Dao, Zhou Ming thanked Tongtian, then realized Tongtian’s difficulty comprehending Pangu’s Sky-Opening Mark might mean he had taken the wrong path. Tongtian was shaken by the suggestion as Zhou Ming departed for Buzhou Mountain, leaving him alone on Jinao Island to reflect.

• Zhou Ming and Tongtian ended their debate on the Dao, and Tongtian admitted that Zhou Ming had guided him far more than he had helped Zhou Ming.
• Zhou Ming urged Tongtian to devote more effort to comprehending Pangu’s legacy, but Tongtian said his progress with the Sky-Opening Mark had stalled despite years of effort.
• Zhou Ming wondered why Tongtian struggled so much and suggested that he might have taken the wrong path.
• Tongtian fell silent, recognizing that he had privately suspected the same possibility, while Zhou Ming offered reassurance without withdrawing his suggestion.
• Zhou Ming bid farewell and left for Buzhou Mountain, and Tongtian remained at Jinao Island pondering the possibility that his path was wrong.

After returning from Jinao Island, Zhou Ming learned that Tongtian could not comprehend Pangu’s Sky-Opening Mark because of the constraints of being a Heavenly Dao Sage. He heard that Haotian had secretly gone into Chaos, anticipated Hongjun’s involvement, and waited for the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation to begin.

• Zhou Ming told Houtu that Tongtian had made almost no progress comprehending Pangu’s Sky-Opening Mark and suspected his status as a Heavenly Dao Sage hindered him.
• Houtu reported that Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun had shattered their corpses and were stabilizing their realms, while Di Jun and East Prince Gong had mostly returned to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Houtu told Zhou Ming that Haotian had suppressed Yao Ji beneath Peach Mountain after she married a mortal, and Venerable Lord Yuanshi had used the incident to humiliate Haotian.
• Houtu revealed that Xing Tian had reported Haotian secretly leaving the Heavenly Court and going into Chaos.
• Zhou Ming concluded that Haotian had gone to Zixiao Palace to seek Hongjun’s help and said they should wait for Hongjun to act.

Zhou Ming brought the restored former enemies into a newborn world and tasked them with refining Chaos Qi to help it evolve. He returned the River Diagram and Luo Script to Di Jun to lead the Great Formation of the Stars, then gave Di Jun and Xi He time to reunite with their nine Golden Crow sons before departing for the moon.

• Zhou Ming led Di Jun, East Prince Gong, Candle Dragon, and the other restored experts from Pangu Hall to the summit of Buzhou Mountain and opened a passage into a newborn world.
• The group discovered that the nine Golden Crows were alive in the new world's sky, and Zhou Ming explained that they had to refine Chaos Qi into Innate Spiritual Qi to speed the world's evolution.
• East Prince Gong raised concerns about refining Chaos Qi, so Zhou Ming revealed that the Great Formation of the Stars would greatly increase their efficiency.
• Zhou Ming returned the River Diagram and Luo Script to Di Jun and ordered him to coordinate the others in operating the formation.
• Zhou Ming gave the nine Golden Crows the day off to reunite with Di Jun and Xi He, then left Chang Xi in charge and appeared on the world's moon.

Zhou Ming confronted Wang Shu over the Primordial Origin needed to revive her, refusing to let her consume too much of the Primordial World's resources. Wang Shu insisted on at least a middle- or upper-tier Innate foundation, leaving their cooperation strained after Zhou Ming issued a final warning.

• Zhou Ming asked Wang Shu whether she had accumulated enough Destiny and merit to recover, and she said she needed several tens of thousands more years.
• Zhou Ming told Wang Shu that he had only agreed to restore her Innate Being foundation, not make her a top-tier Innate Being, because drawing too much Primordial Origin would harm the world.
• Wang Shu argued that a powerful foundation was her last chance to avoid the limits of an ordinary Acquired Being and said she needed at least a middle- or upper-tier foundation.
• Zhou Ming said the Primordial World's Origin and his plans took priority, offered her the foundation of an average Innate Being, and warned that demanding more could damage their cooperation.

Hongjun summoned the six Heavenly Dao Sages to Zixiao Palace and presented the Investiture of the Gods, which would bind named disciples to serve Haotian but could protect them from an approaching Tribulation. Yuanshi rejected the idea of listing his own disciples and, with Taiqing and Tongtian, shifted the burden onto Jieyin and Zhunti, leaving the Western Sages displeased.

• Hongjun summoned Taiqing, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Nuwa to Zixiao Palace to discuss the Heavenly Court.
• Hongjun explained that Haotian had asked for disciples to fill Heavenly Court posts and revealed that he had agreed to the request.
• Hongjun presented the Investiture of the Gods and explained that those listed would obey Haotian but could use their divine positions to avoid the coming Tribulation.
• Yuanshi argued that his disciples’ past actions had followed Heaven’s will and insisted he would resolve their danger without listing them.
• Yuanshi proposed that Jieyin and Zhunti list their Western Teachings disciples, and Taiqing and Tongtian backed his suggestion.