Recaps

The Nine Bends Yellow River Formation killed Yuanshi’s Twelve Golden Immortals, prompting the Sages to clash over the Interception Sect and Di Xin. After Taiqing and Yuanshi broke Tongtian’s Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, Tongtian accepted a final contest using the Myriad Immortals Formation.

• Yunxiao trapped the Twelve Golden Immortals in the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation while Zhao Gongming and the Yang siblings fought Yuanshi’s allies, killing Nanji and taking his Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner.
• Zhunti tried to recruit Burning Lamp and later Kong Xuan, but Di Xin intervened to protect Kong Xuan as the Sages converged at Sishui Pass.
• The Twelve Golden Immortals died in Yunxiao’s formation, and Yuanshi fought Tongtian until Taiqing intervened and the formation collapsed.
• Di Xin confirmed his identity as Wu, pledged support to Tongtian’s Interception Sect, and returned to Chaoge after leaving Jiang Ziya to guard Sishui Pass.
• Hongjun stopped Yuanshi from restoring Guang Chengzi, while Yuanshi and Taiqing agreed to pursue the Human Dao and pressure Tongtian into changing course.
• Tongtian recalled the Interception Sect’s disciples to Jinao Island and prepared for war, while Zhou Ming told Houtu and the others to gather world fragments when the Primordial Wilderness shattered.
• Yuanshi, Taiqing, Jieyin, and Zhunti entered Tongtian’s Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, where Nuwa and Wu joined Tongtian to face the four Sages.
• Taiqing and his incarnations defeated Tongtian’s four disciples at the formation gates and took the Four Swords of Zhu Xian, breaking the formation, and Tongtian then accepted Yuanshi’s challenge to establish the Myriad Immortals Formation.

Tongtian and the Interception Sect fought the other Sages at Sishui Pass, and Zhou Ming intervened to free Tongtian from the Heavenly Dao as the Primordial Wilderness was shattered. After the tribulation ended, the surviving disciples returned to Jinao Island, while the Sages’ disputes continued over defectors and stolen True Spirits.

• Tongtian prepared the Myriad Immortals Formation and traded Zhou Ming a Sky-Opening Mark for help preserving the Interception Sect and escaping the Heavenly Dao.
• Wen Zhong returned to Jinao Island, and Tongtian led his disciples to Sishui Pass, where Nuwa and Wu joined the fight against the Sages.
• The Sages overwhelmed the Myriad Immortals Formation, and Wu rescued the surviving core disciples as Tongtian agreed to help destroy the Investiture of the Gods.
• Hongjun appeared after the Investiture of the Gods shattered, but Zhou Ming intervened when Hongjun tried to force Saint-Slaying Pills on the Three Pure Ones.
• Tongtian gave up his Sky-Opening Mark to sever his Heavenly Dao connection, and Hongjun destroyed the Saint-Slaying Pills after Zhou Ming demanded he spare Taiqing and Yuanshi.
• Hongjun set terms for the Sages and their disciples, then worked with Zhou Ming to repair the Primordial Wilderness, and Tongtian later gave Zhou Ming the remaining two Sky-Opening Marks and received a cultivation method.
• Shen Gongbao and Daoist Burning Lamp fled Xiqi and joined Zhunti, who fought Yuanshi over their defection and the True Spirits they had taken.
• Nuwa attacked Jieyin and Zhunti over the humiliating poem in Nuwa Palace, and Zhunti revealed that Yuanshi had also taken part in the scheme.

Nuwa secured merit from the Western Sages, while Pingxin arranged for Buddhist disciples to help in the Underworld. Hongyun attained Hunyuan, forced Jieyin and Zhunti to promise repayment, and returned to Huoyun Cave to share his insights before entering seclusion.

• Nuwa forced Jieyin and Zhunti to promise her ten percent of their future merit, then arranged for Yuanshi to give her half of his promised share.
• Haotian appointed Saint Mother Jin Ling to lead the Jie Sect survivors in the Heavenly Court and planned separate roles for incoming Chan Sect disciples, while Wu left for Huoyun Cave with his companions.
• Zhou Ming and the other Sages merged the Primordial Wilderness fragments into the Pangu Realm, completing a self-sustaining world where the Witch Clan could settle.
• Jieyin and Zhunti negotiated with Pingxin to send Ksitigarbha and Buddhist disciples to the Underworld, where Ksitigarbha began delivering souls on Yin Mountain under strict limits.
• Hongyun attained the Hunyuan Dao Fruit, then went to Mount Sumeru to demand repayment of the karma Jieyin and Zhunti owed him for the Saint Position he had yielded.
• Hongyun fought Zhunti and Jieyin in Chaos, and Jieyin agreed that the two Sages would repay the debt within ten thousand years after Western Prosperity.
• Jieyin told Zhunti he intended to repay their debts, leave the Heavenly Dao Saint position, and pursue the path of laws, and Zhunti agreed.
• Hongyun returned to Huoyun Cave, shared his understanding of the Hunyuan Realm with the Human Race sages, and entered seclusion.

Duobao established Mahayana Buddhism as Zhou Ming strengthened the Witch Clan and freed it from the Heavenly Dao’s control. The powers then negotiated Buddhism’s eastward spread and finalized a plan for a scripture-seeking journey with 108 tribulations.

• Haotian appointed Bian Zhuang Marshal Tianpeng, and Bian Zhuang reported to Taishang Laojun before taking up his post.
• Saint Taiqing gave Duobao the Four Swords of Zhu Xian and led him west, where Duobao joined the Western Teachings and eventually established Mahayana Buddhism as Tathagata, Buddha of the Present.
• Zhou Ming broke through to Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal, helped the Ancestral Witches advance, severed the Witch Clan’s karmic ties to the Primordial Wilderness, and moved its people to the Pangu Realm.
• Jieyin and Zhunti sought Zhou Ming’s permission for Western Prosperity, and he agreed that the Witch Clan would not interfere as long as it was left alone.
• Hongyun agreed that the Human Race would support Buddhism’s eastward spread but forbade harm to its people and pressed for the Human Race to receive a share of the merit.
• Jieyin and Zhunti gathered the powers at the Heavenly Court, where they agreed to a scripture-seeking journey with Bian Zhuang, General Rolling Curtain, a Witch Clan protector, and a Dragon Clan mount among its participants.
• Zhunti and Jieyin decided to increase the journey from eighty-one to 108 tribulations, and Tathagata negotiated the factions’ roles and merit shares before receiving approval to begin preparations.