Recaps

Xi He agreed to help the Demon Clan mobilize Starlight Force, though Chang Xi suspected her sister was acting strangely and worried their Master would disapprove. After leaving Moon Star, Di Jun reassured Taiyi that he trusted Xi He and planned to handle the effort to secure Moon Star himself while Taiyi prepared the Demon Clan for war with the Immortal Court.

• Di Jun ended the meeting with Xi He and took an unwilling Taiyi away from Moon Star.
• Chang Xi questioned Xi He's sudden change of attitude, and Xi He explained that helping the Demon Clan would protect Moon Star and avoid a disastrous conflict.
• Chang Xi worried that assisting the Demon Clan would violate their Master's instruction, but Xi He assured her and led her back to Guanghan Palace.
• Taiyi challenged Di Jun for trusting Xi He, but Di Jun said a forceful attack risked the Star Core of Moon Star and would be the worst strategy.
• Di Jun told Taiyi to reorganize the Demon Clan's army for war with the Immortal Court and said he would personally handle Moon Star, then thought of Xi He as he flew toward the Heavenly Court.

After emerging from seclusion, Wu revealed the Wu Jing, a Martial Dao that would let even humans with poor aptitude begin cultivating. He taught it to the Ancestral Land, earning the Human Race’s recognition and Destiny as he prepared to spread the new path.

• Wu told Suiren, You Chao Shi, and Zi Yi Shi that he had created the Wu Jing, a cultivation technique that currently reached the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Wu explained that the Martial Dao would let humans enter cultivation through martial practice, then choose whether to pursue the Immortal Dao or continue along the Martial Dao.
• Wu urged Suiren to summon clansmen from every tribe to learn the technique and spread it, and Suiren ordered an Ancestral Land lecture.
• Three days later, Wu taught tens of thousands of humans the Martial Dao’s basic breathing and vital-force methods, and some began cultivating on the spot.
• The Human Race’s Destiny converged into Wu as the clanspeople thanked him, and Wu sensed that his Dao had become clearer.

As Wu taught the Human Race the Martial Dao, their cultivation and Fortune grew, while the Primordial Wilderness remained peaceful. In the Heavenly Court, Di Jun asked Fuxi to help him seek Nuwa’s approval to preside over his ceremony with Xi He, and the three set off for Wa Huang Palace.

• Wu traveled among the human tribes, answering questions and correcting their Martial Dao cultivation as the Human Race developed rapidly.
• Di Jun told Fuxi and Taiyi that he and Xi He planned to become Dao companions, surprising Taiyi and amusing Fuxi.
• Di Jun asked Fuxi to accompany him to Nuwa and request that she preside over the ceremony.
• Fuxi agreed, and Di Jun, Taiyi, and Fuxi left Demon Emperor’s Palace for Wa Huang Palace.

Di Jun asked Nuwa to preside over his marriage to Xi He, and Nuwa realized their union was a Heavenly Marriage that would bring merit. She agreed to officiate but revealed that Zhou Ming held the Innate Red Embroidered Ball.

• Di Jun told Nuwa that he and Xi He had decided to become Dao companions and asked her to preside over their ceremony.
• Nuwa connected their union of the Sun Star’s supreme yang and the Moon Star’s supreme yin to the Heavenly Marriage and foresaw that merit would descend.
• Di Jun celebrated the unexpected merit, while Nuwa resented Zhou Ming for having maneuvered her into the situation.
• Nuwa agreed to preside over the ceremony but said the Innate Red Embroidered Ball was not in her possession because she had mortgaged it to Zhou Ming.

Nuwa explained that Di Jun needed the Innate Red Embroidered Ball to secure the Heavenly Marriage merit and protect his marriage fate with Xi He, so she agreed to ask Zhou Ming for it. After Di Jun, Taiyi, and Fuxi returned to the Heavenly Court, Nuwa set out for Buzhou Mountain to meet Zhou Ming.

• Nuwa revealed that Zhou Ming had demanded the Innate Red Embroidered Ball because it was needed to seal Di Jun and Xi He's Heavenly Marriage.
• Di Jun urged Nuwa not to seek the ball or risk Zhou Ming making another outrageous demand, saying he could forgo the merit.
• Nuwa warned that the Red Embroidered Ball could alter or destroy marriage fate, terrifying Di Jun and Taiyi.
• Fuxi reasoned that Zhou Ming likely wanted the Heavenly Marriage merit and would lend the ball, and Nuwa promised to obtain it even at further cost.
• Nuwa sent Di Jun, Taiyi, and Fuxi back to the Heavenly Court, then left Wa Huang Palace for Buzhou Mountain.

Zhou Ming welcomed Nuwa to Pangu Hall after she arrived to borrow the Innate Red Embroidered Ball for Di Jun’s Heavenly Marriage. He agreed to lend it, then said he wanted Nuwa to help him retrieve something.

• Zhou Ming sensed Nuwa approaching and summoned Houtu and the other Ancestral Witches to meet her.
• Gonggong teased Zhurong about using Nuwa as alchemy material, but Dijiang silenced them before Nuwa arrived.
• Houtu escorted Nuwa into Pangu Hall, where Zhou Ming and the Ancestral Witches greeted her.
• Nuwa accused Zhou Ming of scheming against her over the Innate Red Embroidered Ball and explained that Di Jun needed it for the Heavenly Marriage.
• Zhou Ming agreed to lend Nuwa the ball and said he wanted her help retrieving something in return.

Zhou Ming told Nuwa that an opportunity tied to her had been taken and asked her to retrieve it, arguing that the Witch Clan could not act without damaging its reputation. Nuwa realized she could not refuse and grew determined to reclaim what was hers.

• Nuwa suspected Zhou Ming was making an excuse to avoid lending her the Innate Red Embroidered Ball, and the Ancestral Witches shared her doubts.
• Zhou Ming explained that the item he wanted Nuwa to retrieve was connected to her and should have been her opportunity, but someone else had taken it.
• Nuwa became furious at the thought that her opportunity had been stolen, while Zhou Ming sarcastically remarked that many opportunities were connected to her.
• Nuwa asked why Zhou Ming and the Witch Clan could not retrieve it themselves, but Zhou Ming said their public involvement would tarnish the Witch Clan's reputation.
• Zhou Ming argued that Nuwa could reclaim her own lost opportunity without anyone objecting, and Nuwa silently accepted that she had to act.

Zhou Ming agreed to help Nuwa officiate Di Jun’s Heavenly Marriage and returned the Innate Red Embroidered Ball to her. After she left, he told the Ancestor Witches that he planned to use the ceremony to test whether the Heavenly Dao would grant the Witch Clan merit.

• Nuwa agreed to let Zhou Ming co-officiate Di Jun’s Heavenly Marriage after he said the ceremony would bring prestige to the Demon Clan.
• Zhou Ming gave Nuwa the Innate Red Embroidered Ball, and she left Pangu Hall for the Heavenly Court.
• Zhurong and the other Ancestor Witches questioned Zhou Ming’s decision to officiate Di Jun’s wedding.
• Zhou Ming said he wanted the merit from the Heavenly Marriage and planned to test whether the Heavenly Dao would grant merit to the Witch Clan.
• Zhou Ming declared that if the Heavenly Dao withheld merit, he would seize it from the others.

Zhou Ming explained that the Human Race’s supreme treasure, the Kongtong Seal, would eventually be taken by Taiqing, but argued that Nuwa should reclaim it because she created the Human Race. He left the Ancestral Witches persuaded by his reasoning, though they suspected he had other motives.

• Zhou Ming told the Ancestral Witches that the Kongtong Seal was the opportunity he had mentioned to Nuwa and that Taiqing would eventually obtain it.
• Zhurong and Gonggong urged the Witch Clan to take the treasure from Taiqing, but Zhou Ming said they should not provoke fellow descendants of Pangu.
• Zhou Ming lectured the Ancestral Witches to honor Father God Pangu and avoid conflict with the Three Pure Ones, and Dijiang agreed.
• Zhurong questioned why Zhou Ming had asked Nuwa to seize the Kongtong Seal, and Zhou Ming said it rightfully belonged under Nuwa’s control as the Human Race’s creator.
• Zhou Ming claimed he had asked Nuwa to give him the seal so Taiqing would blame him instead of her, and the Ancestral Witches were left dumbfounded.

Zhou Ming persuaded the Ancestral Witches that taking the Innate Red Embroidered Ball was a righteous effort to protect Nuwa and stop Taiqing from making a mistake. Nuwa returned to Heavenly Court with the treasure and told Di Jun that Zhou Ming would co-host the Heavenly Marriage, while she kept his second condition to herself.

• Zhou Ming convinced the Ancestral Witches to support his claim that he had acted for Pangu's descendants and Nuwa's sake.
• Nuwa returned to Heavenly Court and showed Di Jun, Taiyi, and Fuxi that she had borrowed the Innate Red Embroidered Ball.
• Nuwa told them Zhou Ming's first condition was to host the Heavenly Marriage alongside her, and they agreed that his participation brought the Demon Clan great honor.
• Nuwa said Zhou Ming's second condition concerned the Sages and that she would handle it herself.
• Nuwa agreed to stay in Heavenly Court while Di Jun, Taiyi, and Fuxi began preparing the Heavenly Marriage ceremony.

Xi He defended her decision to become Dao companions with Di Jun, while Chang Xi refused to join the Demon Clan and chose to remain on the Moon Star. Xi He left for the Heavenly Court to finalize the marriage, and Chang Xi questioned whether Di Jun was truly a suitable match.

• Chang Xi warned Xi He that marrying Di Jun would entangle them in the conflict between the Demon Clan and the Immortal Court, but Xi He said they could not avoid the Primordial Wilderness’s disputes.
• Xi He argued that her union with Di Jun would benefit their cultivation and could not be undone after the marriage had been announced, while Chang Xi asked whether Xi He truly loved him.
• Xi He urged Chang Xi to join her, but Chang Xi refused, saying she wanted to guard their master's sanctuary and would enter seclusion in Guanghan Palace.
• Xi He accepted Chang Xi’s choice and left for the Heavenly Court to discuss the final details of her marriage to Di Jun.
• After Xi He departed, Chang Xi wondered whether Di Jun was truly a suitable match and recalled their master's warning that benefits never came without a reason.

News that Nuwa and Zhou Ming would jointly preside over Di Jun and Xi He's marriage ceremony baffled the Primordial Wilderness. The Three Pure Ones and Jieyin and Zhunti decided to attend, as the Heavenly Court became the center of attention.

• News spread that Di Jun and Xi He would marry and that Nuwa and Zhou Ming would jointly preside over their ceremony.
• Mighty figures across the Primordial Wilderness resolved to attend, including East Prince Gong, despite his enmity with the Demon Clan.
• At Kunlun Mountain, Yuanshi criticized Zhou Ming for officiating, while Taiqing urged caution and Tongtian dismissed Yuanshi’s concern.
• The Three Pure Ones agreed to attend Di Jun and Xi He’s ceremony to discover why two Sages would preside over it.
• At Mount Sumeru, Zhunti and Jieyin decided to prepare a gift and travel to the Heavenly Court for the ceremony.

Zhou Ming and the Twelve Ancestor Witches attended Di Jun and Xi He's Heavenly Marriage, which Nuwa and Zhou Ming completed with the Innate Red Embroidered Ball. As Heavenly Dao merit gathered above the Heavenly Court, Zhou Ming prepared to seize it, and Nuwa urged him to stop, offering him her entire share.

• Zhou Ming and the Twelve Ancestor Witches arrived at the Heavenly Court, where Fuxi and Eastern Emperor Tai Yi greeted them and escorted them to Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
• Zhou Ming greeted Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi before taking his seat among the gathered powers of the Primordial Wilderness.
• Xi He arrived from the Moon Star, and Nuwa used the Innate Red Embroidered Ball to bind her and Di Jun with marriage threads.
• Di Jun proclaimed the Heavenly Marriage, and Zhou Ming and Nuwa activated the red ball to complete it as Heavenly Dao merit gathered.
• Zhou Ming prepared to sever the Heavenly Secrets and seize the merit, so Nuwa confronted him and offered him all her share if he would not act recklessly.

At Di Jun and Xi He's Heavenly Marriage, Zhou Ming collected a share of the merit and reclaimed the Innate Red Embroidered Ball without disrupting the ceremony. After the banquet, he left with the Twelve Ancestor Witches, and the guests soon departed as the wedding concluded.

• The Heavenly Dao distributed merit among Di Jun, Xi He, Nuwa, the Innate Red Embroidered Ball, and Zhou Ming, who collected his share and took back the treasure.
• The Twelve Ancestor Witches abandoned their plan to attack when the Heavenly Marriage succeeded, and Zhou Ming declared the banquet should begin.
• Fuxi ordered the Demon Clan attendants to serve food and music, and Zhou Ming and the guests sat down to eat.
• After the banquet, Zhou Ming said farewell to Nuwa and departed for Buzhou Mountain with the Twelve Ancestor Witches.
• Nuwa relaxed after Zhou Ming left, and the guests bid farewell to Di Jun and Xi He before the Lingxiao Treasure Hall emptied.

Di Jun and the Demon Clan prepared to attack the Immortal Court once Bai Ze emerged from seclusion, prompting East Prince Gong to ready his own forces. East Prince Gong then took Ao Hai to visit Candle Dragon, intending to draw the Dragon Clan into the coming war.

• Taiyi urged Di Jun to attack the Immortal Court, but Fuxi advised waiting until Bai Ze finished stabilizing his Quasi-Saint cultivation.
• Di Jun ordered Taiyi to gather troops and generals, setting Bai Ze’s emergence as the signal for war against the Immortal Court.
• As the Demon Clan assembled its armies, East Prince Gong ordered the Immortal Court to prepare for battle.
• East Prince Gong dismissed his officials and told Ao Hai he would visit Candle Dragon at the East Sea Dragon Palace, knowing Ao Hai could not refuse.
• East Prince Gong and Ao Hai left Penglai Immortal Island and headed for the East Sea Dragon Palace.

East Prince Gong asked Candle Dragon to bring the Dragon Clan into the Immortal Court’s war against the Demon Clan, but Candle Dragon refused. East Prince Gong challenged him over whether he was truly willing to risk Ao Hai, the Dragon Clan’s prodigy and future hope, leaving Candle Dragon silent and shaken.

• Candle Dragon welcomed East Prince Gong and Ao Hai at the Crystal Palace, praised Ao Hai’s cultivation, and told him to return to the clan while the elders spoke privately.
• Candle Dragon rejected East Prince Gong’s request for the Dragon Clan to join the fight against the Demon Clan, but agreed that Ao Hai and the other Dragon Clan members serving the Immortal Court would fight.
• East Prince Gong asked Candle Dragon whether he was willing to let Ao Hai risk his life, then stressed that Ao Hai was a rare prodigy nearing the Quasi-Saint realm.
• Candle Dragon fell silent as he considered that Ao Hai was the Dragon Clan’s hope for protecting its future.

East Prince Gong confronted Candle Dragon about his failing health and argued that the Dragon Clan would be vulnerable without a new Quasi-Saint. He offered to keep Ao Hai and the other Dragon Clan elites out of the battle and help Ao Hai reach the Quasi-Saint realm, leaving Candle Dragon to weigh the bargain.

• Candle Dragon said Ao Hai had a duty to support the Immortal Court, while East Prince Gong challenged him to admit that he had little time left.
• Candle Dragon demanded to know how East Prince Gong had learned of his Dao injury, and East Prince Gong said he had deduced it himself.
• East Prince Gong warned that the Dragon Clan's wealth and survival would be at risk after Candle Dragon's death if no new Quasi-Saint emerged.
• East Prince Gong offered to withdraw Ao Hai and the other Dragon Clan elites from the battle and teach Ao Hai the Method of Slaying Three Corpses after it.
• Candle Dragon silently considered the offer and sighed, realizing he had no choice.

East Prince Gong negotiated for Candle Dragon and the Dragon Clan’s surviving elders to aid the Immortal Court in its war against the Demon Clan, promising protection and support for Ao Hai’s cultivation. Candle Dragon agreed, wagering the older generation’s lives on Ao Hai’s chance to reach the Quasi-Saint realm.

• East Prince Gong asked Candle Dragon and the Dragon Clan elders who survived the Dragon-Phoenix-Qilin Calamity to join the coming battle, but Candle Dragon said their injuries made that sacrifice too costly.
• East Prince Gong promised to protect the Dragon Clan and cultivate Ao Hai, persuading Candle Dragon that the clan’s future depended on the Immortal Court’s victory.
• Candle Dragon agreed to aid the Immortal Court on the condition that Ao Hai and other Dragon Clan elites stay out of the war, and that the Immortal Court support Ao Hai’s cultivation if it won.
• East Prince Gong accepted Candle Dragon’s conditions and departed, while Candle Dragon promised the Dragon Clan would give its all to help the Immortal Court.
• Ao Hai asked whether the sacrifice was worth it, and Candle Dragon explained that he hoped Ao Hai would become a Quasi-Saint and protect the Dragon Clan.
• Ao Hai kowtowed to Candle Dragon and vowed to reach the Quasi-Saint realm, then agreed to remain with the clan until the battle ended.

The Immortal Court and Demon Clan confronted each other at the East Sea as mighty figures from across the Primordial Wilderness gathered to watch. East Prince Gong refused Di Jun’s demand to surrender the Rogue Cultivators, and Candle Dragon confirmed the Dragon Clan would fight alongside the Immortal Court.

• The Ancestral Witches decided to watch the war and, led by Zhou Ming, set out for the East Sea.
• Mighty figures from Kunlun Mountain and Mount Sumeru also traveled toward the East Sea as the Immortal and Demon armies assembled.
• Di Jun demanded that East Prince Gong surrender the Rogue Cultivators and submit to the Demon Clan or face destruction.
• East Prince Gong defended the Rogue Cultivators and refused to hand them over, declaring that the Immortal Court would protect its members.
• Di Jun threatened Candle Dragon over the Dragon Clan’s alliance with the Immortal Court, but Candle Dragon stood by the clan’s choice.
• East Prince Gong challenged Di Jun to begin fighting rather than continue arguing.

The Demon Clan’s Great Formation of the Stars and the Immortal Court’s Myriad Immortals Formation fought to a costly stalemate across the East Sea. As Nuwa went to aid the Demon Clan, Dao Ancestor Hongjun instructed her to stop the battle without destroying the Immortal Court.

• Di Jun and East Prince Gong deployed their rival formations, which clashed across the East Sea.
• The formations remained evenly matched as their backlash killed many Demon soldiers and immortals.
• Di Jun and East Prince Gong worried that their forces would be devastated, while Nuwa decided to leave Nuwa Palace and aid the Demon Clan.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun judged the casualties sufficient and sent Nuwa a message to stop the battle but spare the Immortal Court.

Nuwa arrived at the East Sea under Hongjun’s orders and shattered the Immortal Court’s Myriad Immortals Formation with one strike. She stopped the Demon Clan and Immortal Court from continuing the battle, leaving East Prince Gong and the survivors stunned by her claim that she acted on the Dao Ancestor’s orders.

• Nuwa heard Hongjun’s decree to stop the battle and spare the Immortal Court from destruction, then went to the East Sea to administer a small punishment.
• As the Immortal Court and Demon Clan fought at their limits, Nuwa struck the Myriad Immortals Formation and shattered it, killing many Immortal Court cultivators and injuring the Dragon Clan experts supporting it.
• Nuwa appeared between the two armies, while Di Jun thanked her for aiding the Demon Clan and East Prince Gong accused her of defying the Dao Ancestor.
• Nuwa told East Prince Gong that she had come under the Dao Ancestor’s orders, shocking both armies and the observers.
• The Ancestral Witches regretted that they would not get another chance to attack Hongjun, while Zhou Ming told them to watch and see how Nuwa would handle the matter.

Nuwa demanded that the Immortal Court surrender the Rogue Cultivators who had used Demon Clan corpses to refine pills and treasures, along with compensation for the war. When East Prince Gong refused to surrender them, Nuwa struck him down and targeted the culprits herself.

• Nuwa demanded that East Prince Gong hand over the Rogue Cultivators who had desecrated Demon Clan corpses and compensate the Demon Clan for its losses.
• East Prince Gong offered double compensation but refused to surrender his followers, insisting the Immortal Court would protect them.
• Di Jun and Nuwa declared that the culprits had to be handed over, while East Prince Gong stood firm despite their threats.
• Nuwa struck the already wounded East Prince Gong with a single blow, leaving him severely injured.
• Nuwa bypassed most of the Immortal Court army with her power and targeted the cultivators who had refined pills and treasures from Demon Clan corpses.

Nuwa ended the battle by killing the cultivators who had used Demon Clan corpses, forcing the defeated Immortal Court to retreat. Hongjun then erased the battlefield’s resentment and baleful energy as the Immortal Court and Demon Clan withdrew to recover.

• Nuwa killed the chief culprits who had slain Demon Clan members and warned the Primordial Wilderness that such acts would be punished without mercy.
• East Prince Gong led the surviving Immortal Court cultivators back to the East Sea, while Di Jun thanked Nuwa and returned with the Demon Clan to the Heavenly Court.
• Nuwa, Zhou Ming, the Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunti revealed themselves above the East Sea before the Sages and other powerful figures departed.
• At Zixiao Palace, Hongjun considered the coming rise of the Six Sages and Houtu’s transformation into Reincarnation, then erased the battlefield’s bloodshed, resentment, and baleful energy.
• The Immortal Court’s defeat established it as a powerful faction, and the Immortal and Demon Clans returned to recover as peace resumed across the Primordial Wilderness.

Taiqing left Kunlun Mountain to travel among the Human Race, while Wu learned of his arrival and moved to protect the Human Race’s Martial Dao cultivators. The True Immortal-level cultivators returned to the Ancestral Land, where Xuandu arrived and went to meet Wu.

• Taiqing left Kunlun Mountain to seek the opportunity to become a Saint and entered Human territory disguised as an ordinary old man.
• Sui Ren Shi, You Chao Shi, and Zi Yi Shi told Wu that the old man he had described had arrived, and Wu identified him as Taiqing.
• Wu ordered Sui Ren Shi to recall all Human Race Martial Dao cultivators at the True Immortal realm or above, while allowing ordinary clansmen to attend Taiqing’s teachings.
• Wu asked Sui Ren Shi to send Xuandu to him as soon as Xuandu returned, saying he had something important to discuss privately.
• The Human Race cultivators returned to the Ancestral Land, and Sui Ren Shi directed Xuandu to Wu’s stone house.

Wu told Xuandu that Taiqing Laozi planned to establish the Human Sect and gain the Human Race’s Destiny, warning that he might not protect the Human Race in return. He had summoned the other martial cultivators to keep them from listening to Laozi preach, but revealed that Xuandu was destined to become Laozi’s disciple, leaving Xuandu wondering whether Wu feared he would accept him as his master.

• Wu explained that Taiqing Laozi intended to establish the Human Sect, attain Sainthood, and benefit from the Human Race’s Destiny.
• Xuandu suggested that a Sage as the Human Race’s backer would be a blessing, but Wu warned that Laozi might take the Destiny without protecting them.
• Wu said he had summoned the Human Race’s True Immortal-level and stronger cultivators to stop them from listening to Laozi preach and potentially joining his sect.
• Xuandu agreed not to listen to Laozi, but Wu clarified that Xuandu was different because his Dao was highly compatible with Laozi’s.
• Wu told Xuandu that they were destined to become master and disciple, and Xuandu asked whether Wu feared he would choose Laozi as his master.