Recaps

Xiao arrived in the Azure Nether Sea Domain, reassured the Clam Clan woman who mistook him for Xuan Qing, and arranged for her to trade Clam Pearls for spiritual fruit. He told Chong Shan that he intended to strengthen the Human Race, then reached Azure Nether Island as the Qing Ya Sisters began a breakthrough.

• The Clam Clan woman mistook Xiao for the Dao Venerable, but Xiao explained that he was only a part of Xuan Qing and comforted her.
• Xiao asked the woman to provide Grand Unity Golden Immortal-level Clam Pearls in exchange for spiritual fruit, then left with Chong Shan for Azure Nether Island.
• Xiao told Chong Shan he had returned to gather Innate Spiritual Roots and spiritual fruit to prepare the Human Race for future calamities.
• Xiao explained that he believed the Human Race was destined to rise and would need to stand on its own rather than rely on powerful protectors.
• When Xiao and Chong Shan reached Azure Nether Island, a Law Torrent and dense life force appeared, signaling that the Qing Ya Sisters were about to break through.

The Qing Ya sisters proved the Dao of Life and became Primordial Chaos Great Luo, causing vitality to fill the Prehistoric sky. Zhunti learned from Karma that a new Great Dao controller would turn others who followed the same path into nourishment, leaving him alarmed about his own cultivation.

• The Qing Ya sisters transformed their Dao seed into a Great Dao Flower, and vitality spread across the Prehistoric World.
• Laozi, Tongtian, and Yuanshi failed to discover the source of the phenomenon through deduction.
• Zhunti visited the imprisoned Karma while Jieyin warned him to be cautious about delaying their promise to release him.
• Zhunti told Karma about the sky’s changes, and Karma recognized that someone was breaking through to Primordial Chaos Great Luo.
• Karma explained that the new controller of a Great Dao path would absorb other cultivators of that path as nourishment, frightening Zhunti because he practiced the Way of Karma.

Zhunti and Jieyin struggled to judge Karma’s warning that Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortals threatened beings who cultivated the same Great Dao, even as life energy from the Qing Ya Sisters restored the Western and Northern Continents. Mystic Turtle recognized the sisters’ breakthrough and ordered Tian Feng to establish rules for the Northern Continent’s recovering lands.

• Karma regretted revealing information that made Zhunti suspicious, while Zhunti left to report his warning to Jieyin.
• Zhunti told Jieyin that Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortals could threaten others who cultivated the same Great Dao, and Jieyin questioned whether Karma had deceived him.
• Life energy descended across the Prehistoric Era, rapidly restoring the Western Continent and further improving the Northern Continent’s Earth Veins.
• Mystic Turtle recognized the life energy as the work of Xuan Qing’s Qing Ya Sisters and told Tian Feng that two Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortals had emerged.
• Mystic Turtle ordered Tian Feng to send people to the Northern Continent and use an Imperial Edict to regulate competition over its recovering Blessed Lands.

Tian Feng proclaimed Saint Mystic Turtle’s edict to end the Northern Continent’s uncontrolled slaughter, revealing a powerful protector of the North. The edict halted the fighting, while Zhunti and Jieyin reconsidered their assumptions about the continent and Nuwa asked Han Xi to tell her about Xuan Qing’s past.

• As war over Blessed Lands ravaged the North, King Pan swept away many fighters with his gu insects and urged the survivors to stop the slaughter.
• Tian Feng told King Pan that he had come to proclaim an Imperial Edict from Saint Mystic Turtle, a Primordial Saint of the North.
• Tian Feng raised the edict and announced rules permitting conflict over Blessed Lands but forbidding the extermination of any race.
• The edict formed a giant turtle phantom, and the living beings across the North stopped fighting and obeyed.
• Zhunti and Jieyin discussed Saint Mystic Turtle’s emergence and decided against causing trouble on other continents.
• Nuwa asked Han Xi to tell her about Xuan Qing’s past.

Han Xi recounted how King Pan met Mystic Turtle, offered him the Life Gu, and was entrusted with governing the Northern Continent. As the Qing Ya Sisters’ breakthrough blessed the Azure Nether Sea Domain, King Pan learned more about the Dao Venerable’s hidden influence and the powerful community surrounding Azure Nether Island.

• Tian Feng led King Pan to Mystic Turtle after King Pan offered him a Mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.
• King Pan presented Mystic Turtle with the Life Gu, and Mystic Turtle granted him authority over the Northern Continent.
• Mystic Turtle took the Life Gu to Azure Nether Island to congratulate the Qing Ya Sisters on becoming Primordial Saints.
• Tian Feng told King Pan about the Dao Venerable, Azure Nether Island, and the Azure Nether Sea Domain.
• The Qing Ya Sisters’ breakthrough filled the Azure Nether Sea Domain with vitality and healed the hidden wounds of beings injured in the Dao-Demon War.
• Old monsters warned their younger companions not to mistake the Azure Nether Sea Domain’s powerful protectors for permission to cause trouble.

Xiao visited Azure Nether Island and took Innate Spiritual Roots and Spiritual Treasures back for the Human Race. After Mystic Turtle arrived with a Life Gu, Xuan Qing broke through to the fifth level of the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, and the leaked Immeasurable Law subtly changed the Prehistoric Era.

• Qing Ling and Qing Ya recognized Xiao as Xuan Qing’s Obsession Body, and the group settled on calling him Venerable Xiao.
• Xiao asked Qing Ya for ordinary Innate Spiritual Roots for the Human Race, then left with a batch of roots and three Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.
• Mystic Turtle congratulated Qing Ya and Qing Ling and gave them a Life Gu that carried the Law of Life.
• Xuan Qing broke through to the fifth level of the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, and a trace of his Immeasurable Law swept across Azure Nether Island and reached the Prehistoric Era.
• The World Origin silently absorbed the trace of Immeasurable Law, while Qing Ya sensed many familiar laws within it and Mystic Turtle was shocked by Xuan Qing’s progress.

After breaking through, Xuan Qing discovered a hidden Creation Dao Seed beside his Infinite Dao Flower and concealed it from the Great Dao. He reunited with the Qing Ya Sisters and Mystic Turtle, then prepared to visit the Four Sacred Spirits.

• Qing Ya suspected Xuan Qing's breakthrough had revealed a contingency he had hidden, while his Immeasurable Law resonated with the other Supreme Laws.
• Xuan Qing discovered an illusory Creation Dao Seed bearing Pangu's aura and hid it with the Immeasurable Law so the Great Dao would not discover it.
• Xuan Qing emerged from seclusion, teased Qing Ling, and learned Mystic Turtle had come to thank the Qing Ya Sisters for helping the North recover.
• Qing Ling asked when she could see Qing Yue again, and Xuan Qing said it would happen after Houtu attained the Dao and Earth Dao Emergence followed.
• Xuan Qing asked Qing Ya to prepare spiritual fruit and set out to meet the Four Sacred Spirits, while Mystic Turtle excused himself.

Xuan Qing arranged for the Four Sacred Spirits to feign drunkenness so he could lure Chaos Demon Gods into a trap near the Prehistoric Era. He brought Lei Li and Yun Jing to Azure Nether Island and ordered them to stay away from the Four Extremes Land during the Measure Tribulation.

• Xuan Qing visited Azure Dragon and asked him and the other three Sacred Spirits to act like drunkards to entice the Chaos Demon Gods into entering the Prehistoric Era.
• Xuan Qing gave Azure Dragon spiritual fruit and wine, then visited the other extreme lands to deliver supplies to the remaining Sacred Spirits.
• Lei Li told Xuan Qing that Yuanshi had neglected the Kirin Clan, so Xuan Qing invited the clan to move to Penglai Divine Continent.
• Xuan Qing asked Yun Jing to accompany Lei Li to Azure Nether Island and ordered both of them to avoid the Four Extremes Land during the Measure Tribulation.
• After Xuan Qing left with Lei Li and Yun Jing, the Four Sacred Spirits began making arrangements across the Four Extremes Land.

The Chaos Demon Gods learned that the Four Sacred Spirits were dissatisfied with their confinement and used hidden routes to enter the Prehistoric Era. Meanwhile, Xiao planted an orchard of Innate Spiritual Roots for the Human Race and gave its leaders a treasure to protect their Auspicious Qi.

• A Chaos Being overheard Azure Dragon complaining to Xuan Wu and Vermillion Bird about the Four Clans’ confinement, then reported their words to the Chaos Demon Gods.
• Destiny reassured the Demon Gods that Shanhai and Karma had shortcuts into the Prehistoric Era, and Shichen led them through the gate.
• Xiao planted the Innate Spiritual Roots he had brought from Azure Nether Island beside the Yellow River and built a house near the orchard.
• Sui Ren Shi, You Chao Shi, and Zi Yi Shi found the orchard, and Xiao claimed the spiritual roots had come from Holy Mother Niang Niang.
• Xiao offered the Human Race a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure for the Heroes’ Shrine, while Sui Ren Shi continued to wonder whether Nuwa had truly bestowed the gifts.

Xiao gave Sui Ren Shi a powerful spiritual treasure and other precious items for the Human Race’s treasury while Xi He gave birth to ten Golden Crows on the Lunar Star. Di Jun and Tai Yi learned of the birth, and Di Jun arrived to take his children, leaving Xi He to rest.

• Xiao gave Sui Ren Shi the Creation One Qi Pagoda, Spiritual Fruits, and Clam Pearls, and the three stored the treasures in the Human Race’s treasury.
• Solar power surged through the Starry Sky as Chang Xi helped Xi He endure the birth of ten Golden Crows.
• Chang Xi sent the newborn Golden Crows out of the Great Hall and scolded them for disturbing Xi He.
• Di Jun sensed the birth of his children and rushed toward the Lunar Star, while Tai Yi ordered Bai Ze to gather people to accompany them.
• Di Jun reached the Lunar Star, and Chang Xi handed him the ten Golden Crows so Xi He could rest.

Chang Xi worried over Xi He and the newborn Golden Crows, while Di Jun named his ten sons in the Heavenly Court. Xuan Qing confronted the mysterious Lu Ya and learned that he was the tenth Golden Crow from another version of the Prehistoric Era, leaving Xuan Qing questioning the nature of his own past and world.

• Chang Xi stayed with Xi He, eased her exhaustion with Taiyin power, and vowed never to become involved with a man.
• A thousand years later, Di Jun gathered the Heavenly Court and, with Fuxi and Bai Ze, named his ten Golden Crows from Bo Huang to You Wen.
• A red-robed Daoist appeared and renamed Lu Jun as Lu Ya, forming an invisible karmic connection with him.
• Xuan Qing arrived and questioned Lu Ya about the Return to Void, then moved them into a separate stretch of time and space.
• Lu Ya revealed that he was a Golden Crow and confirmed Xuan Qing's suspicions before the Return to Void's power emerged from him.
• Xuan Qing shielded Lu Ya with the Green Lotus of Creation, learned that Lu Ya was the tenth Golden Crow, and became confused about whether his own previous life and Earth Star were real.

Xuan Qing accepted Lu Ya as his follower, renamed him Zhuo Guang, and assigned him the Immortal Volcano as a future Dao Field. Before they left the Heavenly Court, Zhuo Guang gave Little Lu Ya the Immortal Slaying Flying Knife, while Xuan Qing ordered everyone to keep his existence secret.

• Lu Ya told Xuan Qing that the Return to Void had carried him to a mysterious place, and Xuan Qing made him the new Dao Lord of Fire on the condition that he not harm the world.
• At Lu Ya’s request, Xuan Qing renamed him Dao Lord Zhuo Guang, and the Heavenly Dao’s shackles on him disappeared.
• Xuan Qing assigned Zhuo Guang a Dao Field at the Immortal Volcano after the Witch-Demon War and brought him back to Azure Nether Island for the time being.
• At the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, Zhuo Guang gave Little Lu Ya the Immortal Slaying Flying Knife and warned him not to use it before reaching the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.
• Xuan Qing and Zhuo Guang vanished after Xuan Qing ordered the Heavenly Court to keep their encounter secret, and Di Jun wondered where Zhuo Guang’s gourd had come from.

After rescuing Zhuo Guang, Xuan Qing brought her to Azure Nether Island, where she and Lei Li and Yun Jing settled in. He then sent Chong Shan to Kunlun Mountain to negotiate moving the Kirin Clan to Yingzhou Island, and Chong Shan traveled there with Giant Mastiff as his guide.

• Xuan Qing gave Zhuo Guang two innate spiritual treasures and welcomed her as a member of Azure Nether Island.
• Qing Ling met Zhuo Guang, Lei Li, and Yun Jing, then led them to their new halls on the island.
• Xuan Qing ordered Chong Shan to speak with Yuanshi at Kunlun Mountain and bring the Kirin Clan to Yingzhou Island.
• Chong Shan stopped at the Ancient Jian Mu and met Giant Mastiff, who explained that he was serving Dao Venerable.
• Giant Mastiff offered to guide Chong Shan to Kunlun Mountain, and Chong Shan accepted.

Chong Shan arrived at Kunlun Mountain with Giant Mastiff to carry out Xuan Qing’s order to take the Kirin Clan to the East Sea. Yuanshi reluctantly agreed, while Guang Chengzi’s memories of Xuan Qing began to fade; Yuanshi was left resentful and determined to regain his lost face.

• Chong Shan and Giant Mastiff arrived at Kunlun Mountain and interrupted the Three Pure Ones’ sermon to meet Yuanshi.
• Chong Shan told Yuanshi that Xuan Qing had ordered him to take the Kirin Clan to the East Sea.
• Tongtian and Laozi criticized Yuanshi for neglecting the Kirin Clan and taking Four-unlike as his mount.
• Yuanshi agreed to let Chong Shan take the Kirin Clan, though he privately resented Xuan Qing’s authority.
• After Chong Shan and Giant Mastiff left, Guang Chengzi’s memories of Xuan Qing and his title began to disappear.

Chong Shan freed the Kirin Clan from Yuanshi’s confinement and brought them to Yingzhou Island, where Nuwa prepared to merge the island into the Prehistoric Era. The Heavenly Dao began drawing Yingzhou Island toward the mainland, with the Kirin Clan set to settle there.

• Tongtian ended the sermon, and Guang Chengzi found that he could not remember what had happened beyond the Kirin Clan’s departure.
• Chong Shan took the Kirin Clan and Kirin Cliff from Kunlun, then noticed spirit roots beneath the earth veins before the land concealed them.
• Xuan Qing summoned Nuwa and told her that merging Yingzhou Island into the Prehistoric Era would earn her merit and favor from the Three Daos.
• Chong Shan brought Kirin Cliff to Yingzhou Island, where Nuwa freed Phoenix Kirin and Thunder Kirin and offered the Kirin Clan territory there.
• Nuwa used the Power of Creation to prepare Yingzhou Island for the merger, and the Eye of the Heavenly Dao sent down golden light to pull the island toward the Prehistoric Era.

Nuwa named Yingzhou Island Creation Divine Continent, earning Heavenly Dao merit that transformed Kirin Cliff and helped awaken Lei Xing. After establishing Creation Palace and receiving attendants sent by Xuan Qing, Nuwa returned to Azure Nether Island, leaving Chong Shan and Giant Mastiff to arrange the Kirin Clan’s affairs.

• Nuwa named the newly emerged continent Creation Divine Continent, and Heavenly Dao merit transformed Kirin Cliff into a Blessed Land and partially cleared the Kirin Clan’s karmic sin.
• Lei Xing awoke, met Nuwa, and learned from Phoenix Kirin and Chong Shan that Nuwa was Xuan Qing’s disciple and that Lei Li had become a Quasi-Saint.
• The emergence of Creation Divine Continent released Yingzhou Island’s Innate Spiritual Qi into the East Sea, while Nuwa claimed the Huangzhong Plum and established Creation Palace.
• Two Quasi-Saints and several Grand Luo Golden Immortals arrived to manage Creation Palace, and Nuwa instructed them to send most of the Huangzhong Plum’s fruit to Xuan Qing.
• Nuwa returned to Azure Nether Island, and Chong Shan assigned Giant Mastiff to arrange the Kirin Clan and manage its dealings with the outside world.

Giant Mastiff advised the Kirin Clan on rebuilding its place in the Prehistoric Era, and the Qilin began spreading Auspicious Signs across the continents. In the Heavenly Court, Di Jun imprisoned his unruly Ten Golden Crows on the Solar Star, where Lu Ya urged his brothers to behave.

• Giant Mastiff warned Thunder Kirin and Phoenix Kirin to limit their territory and explained that Han Xi had become a Primordial Saint.
• The Kirin Clan settled down and traveled throughout the Prehistoric Era to spread Auspicious Signs.
• After several hundred Kalpas, Di Jun scolded the Ten Golden Crows for repeatedly disrupting the Heavenly Court.
• Di Jun overruled Xi He and Tai Yi and decided to confine his sons until they corrected their behavior.
• Di Jun locked the Ten Golden Crows around the Fusang Wood on the Solar Star, and Lu Ya urged his brothers to behave.

Zhunti and Jieyin considered eliminating the Wu and Demon formations, while an accusation that Jie Sect disciples had eaten Immortal Nanji’s cranes sparked a fight between Chan Sect and Jie Sect. Ran Deng intervened against Jie Sect, leaving Duobao and the others injured.

• Zhunti and Jieyin felt the Karma Line stir and debated acting against the Wu and Demon formations despite the danger of provoking the Three Pure Ones.
• Immortal Nanji discovered that most of his Immortal Cranes had vanished, then led Guang Chengzi and Chan Sect disciples toward Biyou Palace.
• Duobao confronted Guang Chengzi, who accused Jie Sect disciples of stealing and eating the cranes and insulted them as beasts.
• Jie Sect and Chan Sect disciples began fighting, and Duobao and the other Direct Disciples battled the Twelve Golden Immortals to a standstill.
• Ran Deng struck Duobao and the other Jie Sect disciples with his Grand Luo Golden Immortal Magic Power, sending them flying and making them vomit blood.

A dispute over Jie Sect disciples killing Immortal Nanji’s Immortal Cranes brought the Three Pure Ones out of seclusion. Laozi punished the culprits, but Yuanshi and Tongtian argued over Tongtian’s leniency toward his disciples, leaving Tongtian to return to Biyou Palace in anger.

• Guang Chengzi demanded that Duobao hand over whoever killed Immortal Nanji’s Immortal Cranes, while Duobao said he could not identify the culprit among the Jie Sect Outer Sect Disciples.
• The Three Pure Ones arrived, and Laozi deduced that Jie Sect disciples had killed the cranes as Yuanshi rebuked Tongtian over his disciples’ behavior.
• Laozi seized the guilty disciples and ordered them imprisoned for ten thousand years in a Formation, where they would endure the Nine Heavens Purgatory Fire.
• Tongtian asked Yuanshi to give the disciples another chance, and Laozi settled the matter by imposing the punishment before dismissing the gathered disciples.
• Yuanshi scolded Tongtian for accepting and excusing unruly disciples, and Tongtian returned to Biyou Palace while Yuanshi went back to Jade Void Palace in anger.

Ran Deng tried to build an alliance among Chan Sect disciples who felt overlooked by Yuanshi, while Yuanshi punished him for insulting Tongtian’s disciples. Ran Deng’s scheme failed to recruit Huang Long, but four others gathered at his Dao Field and considered his offer of shared support and Spiritual Treasures.

• Laozi worried that Yuanshi and Tongtian’s growing estrangement had put their brotherhood at risk.
• Yuanshi rebuked Ran Deng for threatening Tongtian’s disciples and warned him that he would be expelled from the Chan Sect if he spoke recklessly again.
• Yuanshi gave Nanji an Immortal Apricot as compensation and sent the disciples away.
• Ran Deng invited Huang Long and several disciples to a private gathering, but Huang Long saw through his plan and refused to attend.
• Ran Deng told Cihang, Puxian, Wenshu, and Juliusun to unite against Guang Chengzi and the other favored disciples, then offered them Spiritual Treasures.

Ran Deng used four Mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures to win Cihang and the others over, while Duobao and Jie Sect's inner disciples urged Tongtian to establish rules for the unruly Outer Sect Disciples. Tongtian rejected the proposal in defense of the Jie Teach Doctrine, leaving Duobao and the others unsure how to handle future conflicts.

• Ran Deng gave Cihang and three other disciples Mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, and they agreed to rely on him rather than Guang Chengzi.
• Duobao failed to gain an audience with Tongtian, while Bi Xiao blamed Chan Sect and Jie Sect's Outer Sect Disciples for the conflict over the Immortal Cranes.
• Duobao and the others considered Bi Xiao's suggestion that Tongtian establish rules to restrain Jie Sect's Outer Sect Disciples.
• Tongtian let Duobao's group into Biyou Palace but refused to establish rules, explaining that Jie Sect offered all living beings a chance to change and find a way forward.
• Tongtian sent Duobao and the others away, and they decided to avoid both the Outer Sect Disciples and Chan Sect's disciples.

Zhunti exploited the rift between the Three Pure Ones to release the Ten Golden Crows from the Solar Star, setting them loose over the Primordial Land. The Golden Crows began burning a Human-Witch Tribe, killing many people, while Lu Ya sensed that something was wrong.

• Zhunti saw that the Three Pure Ones had fallen into conflict and, disguised as a Demon Clan member, flew to the Solar Star.
• Wang Shu wanted to stop Zhunti, but Han Li persuaded her to trust Xuan Qing’s plans and accept that Xi He’s fate might be fixed.
• Zhunti claimed that Di Jun had sent him to free the Ten Golden Crows, and they left the Solar Star despite Lu Ya noticing a warning from the Immortal Slaying Gourd.
• The Ten Golden Crows appeared above a Human-Witch Tribe, where the youngest Golden Crow set buildings ablaze with Solar True Fire.
• Lu Ya questioned why so many Humans were there, but the other Golden Crows dismissed his concern and attacked, burning many Human-Witches and Humans to ash.

Lu Ya’s warning gourd kept him from joining the other Golden Crows as they fled from Kuafu and devastated the Prehistoric Era with Solar True Fire. The Golden Crows broke Nuwa’s Formation over the Yellow River Basin, leaving the humans fleeing in chaos as Xiao watched.

• Lu Ya ignored his brothers’ questions and claimed he could not use his divine abilities, though he realized they had fallen into a trap.
• Kuafu chased the Ten Golden Crows, whose fleeing Solar True Fire burned Witch Clan territories, other races, and human settlements.
• The Human Race’s grief and anger stirred the Human Dao River, while baleful qi spread across the Primordial World and Zhunti realized the resulting chaos concealed his role.
• The Golden Crows reached Nuwa’s protected Yellow River Basin and repeatedly rammed its Formation until they shattered it.
• The humans fled as Xiao watched the Golden Crows and noted that Lu Ya had committed no evil or gathered karmic sin.

Kuafu sacrificed himself to protect the Human Race, and Houyi shot down nine Golden Crows before Xiao stopped him from killing Lu Ya. Di Jun learned that his children had died, then attacked Houyi and the Human Race in the Yellow River Basin.

• Kuafu blocked the Golden Crows’ Solar True Fire with his body and became Peach Mountain, saving the Human Race.
• Houyi arrived, shot down the eldest Golden Crow and three others, then killed the remaining Golden Crows as they fled.
• The Ten Golden Crows shielded Lu Ya from Houyi’s ninth arrow, and Xiao restrained Houyi from killing Lu Ya.
• Lu Ya returned to the Heavenly Court and told Di Jun and Xi He that his brothers were dead.
• Di Jun rushed to the Yellow River Basin and sent Solar True Fire toward Houyi and the Human Race.

Di Jun confronted Di Jiang over Houyi’s killing of his nine sons, but Tai Yi and Bai Ze persuaded him not to start a war before the Demon Clan was ready. Di Jun and Di Jiang agreed to fight each other, and their battle devastated parts of the Primordial Land as Houtu protected the Human Race.

• Di Jiang blocked Di Jun from attacking Houyi and pointed out the devastation Di Jun’s sons had caused across the Primordial Land.
• Di Jun saw the Karmic Sin gathering over the Heavenly Court but still demanded that Di Jiang hand over Houyi.
• Tai Yi and Bai Ze persuaded Di Jun to hold back, while Xi He tried to attack Peach Mountain before Lu Ya comforted her and she fainted.
• Di Jun challenged Di Jiang to a duel, wagering that he would give up revenge if he lost and demanding Houyi if Di Jiang lost.
• Di Jun and Di Jiang fought, their battle threatened the Human Race, and Houtu shielded its people while the Yellow River Basin suffered destruction.