Recaps

Zhou Ming prepared the Human Race and Witch Clan for future threats while the Demon Clan and Immortal Court escalated toward war. The Demon Clan secured Xi He’s help with the Moon Star, but the rivalry and the coming decisive battle remained unresolved.

• Zhou Ming warned the Twelve Ancestor Witches that the Human Race faced manipulation by the Heavenly Dao, then arranged for Hou Yi to protect it and deliver the Innate Gourd Vine.
• Nuwa declined to lead the Demon Clan, while Fuxi considered returning to the Heavenly Court and Zhou Ming visited Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun to discuss the Human Race and their paths to cultivation.
• Wu tried to secure a master for the Human Race, but Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi refused to take him as a disciple and instead promised to preach three times, and Wu later entered seclusion to develop a cultivation method.
• After Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun gained Human Race Destiny through their lectures, Zhou Ming explained its potential, while the Demon Clan’s purge of Rogue Cultivators sparked a battle with East Prince Gong’s Immortal Court.
• Fuxi advised the Demon Clan to hunt Immortal Court cultivators on the mainland and refine the Star Cores, while East Prince Gong sent more immortals into the fighting to test and strengthen his forces.
• Zhou Ming prepared thirteen Great Witches to serve as replacements in the Witch Clan’s formation, helped Xing Tian refine his Essence Blood, and created a world inside the Dao Origin Divine Pearl.
• Minghe created the Asura Clan from the Sea of Blood’s remnant souls, but the Merit he received was insufficient to make him a Saint.
• Di Jun and Taiyi sought control of the Moon Star’s Star Core, but Xi He and Chang Xi refused, and Xi He instead agreed to activate the Moon Star’s Starlight Origin whenever the Demon Clan used its formation.

Di Jun and Xi He’s Heavenly Marriage earned merit as the Demon Clan prepared for war, and Nuwa intervened to end the Immortal Court’s defeat. As the rival clans withdrew, Taiqing entered Human territory seeking the chance to become a Saint, and Wu prepared Xuandu for their destined meeting.

• Di Jun and Xi He agreed to marry, and Nuwa recruited Zhou Ming to co-officiate after he lent her the Innate Red Embroidered Ball in exchange for help reclaiming the Kongtong Seal for Nuwa.
• Zhou Ming and Nuwa conducted the Heavenly Marriage, and Zhou Ming received his share of the merit before returning to Buzhou Mountain with the Twelve Ancestor Witches.
• Di Jun prepared the Demon Clan for war against the Immortal Court, while East Prince Gong secured Candle Dragon’s support on the condition that Ao Hai and other Dragon Clan elites would remain out of the battle.
• The Demon and Immortal armies clashed across the East Sea, and Nuwa broke the Myriad Immortals Formation after Hongjun ordered her to stop the fighting and spare the Immortal Court.
• Nuwa demanded that East Prince Gong surrender the cultivators who had desecrated Demon Clan corpses, killed the chief culprits, and helped bring the battle to an end.
• After the Immortal Court retreated and the clans returned to recover, Taiqing entered Human territory in disguise to seek the opportunity to become a Saint.
• Wu recalled the Human Race’s powerful Martial Dao cultivators to keep them from joining Taiqing’s Human Sect, then told Xuandu that they were destined to become master and disciple.

Zhou Ming helped Nuwa protect the Human Race’s Destiny while Taiqing, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Jieyin, and Zhunti attained Sainthood. After displaying his strength, Zhou Ming prepared for Hongjun’s scheme involving Houtu and Reincarnation, leaving the Ancestral Witches readying their arrays.

• Zhou Ming persuaded Nuwa to cooperate against anyone claiming the Human Race’s Destiny, and Nuwa secured Taiqing’s oath before he founded the Human Sect and attained Sainthood.
• Nuwa defeated Taiqing in their fight over the Kongtong Seal, then gave the seal to Zhou Ming, while Yuanshi and Tongtian went on to establish their own sects and attain Sainthood.
• Zhou Ming claimed one-third of the merit Jieyin and Zhunti had earned for the Western Teachings, after which both brothers made more Great Vows and attained Sainthood.
• Jieyin and Zhunti challenged Zhou Ming to a spar, and he overwhelmed them before staging a more even-looking fight for the arriving Sages and other onlookers.
• After witnessing Zhou Ming’s power, Jieyin decided to cultivate Laws, while Zhunti stayed to protect the Western Teachings.
• Taiqing offered Xuandu the position of his sole disciple and successor, but Xuandu refused to leave the Human Race and chose to continue pursuing Martial Dao with Wu’s support.
• Zhou Ming told the Ancestral Witches that Hongjun planned to steer Houtu toward creating Reincarnation, and explained how Pingxin and his own power could let her do so without losing her Witch body.
• Zhou Ming revealed that he intended to draw Hongjun into the Primordial Wilderness and use the Dao Origin Divine Pearl to form the Thirteen Heavenly Gods and Fiends Array, then ordered the Ancestral Witches to wait for Houtu.

Zhou Ming foiled Hongjun’s attempt to force Houtu’s sacrifice, helped Pingxin establish Reincarnation, and secured the Witch Clan’s influence over the Underworld. Wu strengthened the Human Race and created its written language, while rivalries among the Three Pure Ones and the Golden Crows’ arrival set up new conflicts.

• Hongjun ordered the Six Sages to stop Zhou Ming from interfering with Houtu’s transformation, but Zhou Ming and the Ancestral Witches exposed his scheme and drove him into Chaos.
• Pingxin established Reincarnation and the Underworld, became Lord of the Earth Dao, and appointed Zhen Yuanzi, Minghe, and the Ancestral Witches to govern its domains.
• The Three Pure Ones established their sects and later clashed over their disciples, culminating in an Interception Sect victory that angered Yuanshi.
• Wu moved the Human Race near the Witch Clan for protection, created three thousand characters, and led efforts to develop the Human Race and its Martial Dao.
• Di Jun celebrated the birth of his ten sons, while Zhunti and Jieyin discussed using the Golden Crows to weaken the Immortal Court and Demon Clan.
• After the Golden Crows injured servants and burned plants, Di Jun restricted their outings until they mastered their flames, and Taiyi began supervising their cultivation.