Recaps

After Mystic Turtle opened a Primary Greater Thousand World, Xuan Qing and his companions discussed the new path to proving the Dao and examined the treasures he had received. They found the Mysterious Origin Water Control Banner for Han Li at the Eye of the North Sea, but removing it unleashed the raging Profound Nether Heavy Water.

• Mystic Turtle entered his newly opened world to guard it and stabilize its Origin, while Xuan Qing wondered whether opening a world could prove the Dao.
• Xuan Qing gave Qing Yue twelve Sea Calming Divine Pearls and examined a Tortoise Shell before Han Li located the source of the Law of Water.
• Han Li led the group to the Eye of the North Sea, where the Mysterious Origin Water Control Banner emerged and acknowledged her as its master.
• The Mysterious Origin Water Control Banner's removal left the Profound Nether Heavy Water unsuppressed, and it began to rage.

Xuan Qing and his companions collected the Profound Nether Heavy Water, restored the North Sea Sea Eye with spiritual roots, and accepted the Black Tortoise Clan’s invitation. After discussing the Dao with Xuan Wu, Xuan Qing revealed a danger that could threaten the stability of Primordial Heaven and Earth.

• Qing Yue collected the Profound Nether Heavy Water in her Sea Calming Divine Pearls, and Xuan Qing planted spiritual roots at the North Sea Sea Eye to repay what they had taken.
• Xuan Qing and his companions met Xuan Wu, who invited them to visit the Black Tortoise Clan in gratitude for helping Patriarch Mystic Turtle.
• Xuan Qing and Xuan Wu discussed the Dao for ten thousand years, inspiring Qing Yue to comprehend the Law of Death.
• Xuan Qing dismissed the others and sealed the Great Hall before telling Xuan Wu that the four great clans faced an opportunity tied to the possible departure of the Great Dao from Primordial Heaven and Earth.
• Xuan Wu reacted with disbelief when Xuan Qing warned that the Great Dao’s departure could weaken the world’s stability and sever their paths of cultivation.

Xuan Qing persuaded Xuan Wu to have the Four Clans become the Four Pillars’ Guardian Deities before the Heavenly Dao emerged, promising they would gain Great Dao Merit and avoid harsher restrictions. After Xuan Wu agreed, the North Sea races gathered for a banquet, where Xuan Qing received Clam Pearls and invited the Clam Clan to trade with Azure Nether Island.

• Xuan Qing explained that the Heavenly Dao would take control of the Prehistoric Era and restrict those who had not secured their cultivation through Great Dao Merit or the River of Great Dao.
• Qing Ling and Xuan Qing told Xuan Wu that protecting the Prehistoric Era could earn his clan Merit, while becoming the Four Pillars’ Guardian Deities after the Heavenly Dao emerged would bind them and block their advancement.
• Xuan Wu agreed to Xuan Qing’s plan after receiving assurances that Great Dao would reward the Four Clans and improve the Four Pillars’ environment.
• Xuan Wu held a banquet for the North Sea’s powerful races and introduced Xuan Qing to the Kun Beast and the Clam Clan.
• A Clam Clan Grand Luo Golden Immortal gave Xuan Qing a box of Clam Pearls, and Xuan Qing invited the clan to visit and trade with Azure Nether Island.
• Han Xi asked whether the Clam Pearls were useful, and Xuan Qing told her they would help stabilize the Primordial Spirit but would not aid her cultivation of Great Dao Law.

Xuan Qing returned to Azure Nether Island, allowed displaced East Sea beings to settle in its waters, and planted the World Tree beside the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree. He then restored the damaged Ren Water Peach Tree to a Supreme Grade Innate Spiritual Root, leaving Azure Nether Island’s spiritual energy stronger than before.

• Xuan Wu gave Xuan Qing three tortoise shells, and Xuan Qing led his companions from the North Sea back toward Azure Nether Island.
• Xuan Qing found that Tian Yu had welcomed displaced beings into the island chain and permitted them to stay under conditions protecting its land and earth veins.
• Tian Yu explained Xuan Qing’s decision to the newcomers, who learned his Dao title and were told to contact Tian Yu rather than trouble the Island Master.
• Xuan Qing brought the World Tree to the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree and planted it in Chaos Breathing Soil, allowing its vitality to recover.
• Xuan Qing planted the Ren Water Peaches in Nine Heavens Breathing Soil and watered them with Three Lights Divine Water; Chaos Origin restored the tree to a Supreme Grade Innate Spiritual Root.

Su Mei reached the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, but the Kirin Clan attacked the Fox Clan and forced them to retreat behind their formation. As Huo Lin and the Earth Bear neared breaking through it, Lei Xing recognized Xuan Qing’s name and stopped Huo Lin, warning that he had caused a disaster.

• Han Li and Han Xi began breaking through after the Ren Water Peach tree recovered, and Xuan Qing entered seclusion to study the Law of Destiny.
• Su Mei comprehended the Illusion Law, formed an eighth-grade Earth Flower, and reached the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.
• Huo Lin arrived with the Earth Bear, demanded the Fox Clan submit to the Kirin Clan, and attacked them when they refused.
• Su Mei fled into Qing Qiu’s formation with her wounded clansmen, while Huo Lin and the Earth Bear attacked it for more than two hundred years.
• Lei Xing arrived, heard that Su Mei worshipped Xuan Qing, and stopped Huo Lin from attacking, warning him that he had caused a huge disaster.

Lei Xing stopped the Kirin Clan’s assault on the Fox Clan, killed the Earth Bear, and learned that Xuan Qing’s Dao Field was on Azure Nether Island. Meanwhile, Candle Dragon defeated Ming Snake after revealing his perfected Grand Luo cultivation, and Ming Snake dissolved into the Dao.

• Lei Xing explained Xuan Qing’s power to Huo Lin, then apologized to Su Mei and promised the Kirin Clan would stop pressuring the Fox Clan.
• At Su Mei’s request, Lei Xing killed the Earth Bear and erased his True Spirit, while Huo Lin reluctantly apologized for the Kirin Clan’s actions.
• Su Mei told Lei Xing that Xuan Qing’s Dao Field was on Azure Nether Island, and Lei Xing left her a message token before departing with Huo Lin.
• Su Mei led the surviving Fox Clan members in worshipping Xuan Qing’s Stone Statue and began tending to the clan’s losses.
• Candle Dragon fought Ming Snake and the Dragon Clan battled the Snake Clan for tens of thousands of years, until Candle Dragon revealed his perfected Grand Luo cultivation.
• Ming Snake accepted defeat and dissolved into the Dao, asking Candle Dragon to spare the Snake Clan from extermination.

Qing Ya and Qing Ling brought Chong Shan to the Azure Nether Sea Domain, where he settled as a cultivator under its rules. Qing Yue then broke through to the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, drawing Xuan Qing and other powerful cultivators to the River of Destiny, where Mystic Turtle reunited with them and Candle Dragon reflected on the formidable beings gathered around Xuan Qing.

• After Ming Snake fell, Chong Shan apologized to Qing Ya and Qing Ling, introduced himself, and asked to settle in the Azure Nether Sea Domain.
• Qing Ya agreed to take Chong Shan to the Azure Nether Sea Domain, while Candle Dragon destroyed the Snake Clan's Grand Luo Golden Immortals and made the clan a vassal of the Dragon Clan.
• Chong Shan chose an uninhabited island as his Dao Field, and Qing Ya accepted him under the domain's rules before returning to Azure Nether Island with Qing Ling.
• After more than a thousand Kalpas of cultivation, Qing Yue broke through to the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, and Xuan Qing blocked her Law of Death from harming the Dao Field's inhabitants.
• Xuan Qing went to the River of Destiny, where Candle Dragon greeted him and Mystic Turtle appeared, thanked him for helping him break free from confinement, and recognized Qing Yue.
• Candle Dragon reassured Mystic Turtle that the Dragon Clan would compensate him if needed, then remarked that the powerful cultivators around Xuan Qing were extraordinary.

Xuan Qing traveled to the South Sea and successfully formed a golden Primordial Spirit Heaven Flower bearing the Law of Destiny, drawing the Great Dao’s attention. After Hongjun learned that someone had comprehended the Law of Destiny, Xuan Qing realized his breakthrough had attracted powerful investigators and could no longer remain in the South Sea.

• Xuan Qing advanced his Law of Destiny to the Peak Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm and left Azure Nether Island to avoid disrupting others with his breakthrough.
• After traveling for more than a dozen Kalpas, Xuan Qing reached the depths of the South Sea, established a defensive Formation, and began forming his Heaven Flower.
• Xuan Qing inscribed the Law of Destiny onto his Heaven Flower, endured the Great Dao Divine Lightning, and completed its transformation into a golden flower.
• The River of Destiny rioted, and Hongjun learned from the Heavenly Dao that someone had comprehended the Law of Destiny.
• The Eye of the Great Dao watched Xuan Qing for a long time before disappearing, while Xuan Qing worried that it had noticed his attempts to evade its rules.
• Great powers noticed the Eye of the Great Dao had focused on the South Sea and prepared to investigate, so Xuan Qing decided he could no longer stay there.

After meeting Yang Mei in the South Sea, Xuan Qing explained his rebirth and argued that the Prehistoric Era could be the true path to the Great Dao. Yang Mei accepted his guidance and invited him to his Dao Field, while Xuan Qing looked forward to making him a close friend.

• Xuan Qing removed his Formation and erased his aura before setting out for Azure Nether Island, but he encountered Yang Mei nearby.
• Yang Mei realized that Xuan Qing had caused the Great Dao disturbance in the South Sea and welcomed the chance to meet a familiar face from Chaos.
• Yang Mei explained that remnants of his Origin had fallen into the Prehistoric Era and nurtured his rebirth, and he said he did not greatly hate Pangu.
• Xuan Qing told Yang Mei that Pangu’s creation of the Prehistoric Era might be a path to enlightenment and urged him to integrate into it rather than seek the Dao only in Chaos.
• Yang Mei accepted Xuan Qing’s guidance, reflected that the Great Tribulation of Heaven-Opening had given him a new starting point, and resolved not to seek the Dao alone.
• Yang Mei invited Xuan Qing to his Dao Field to discuss the Dao, and Xuan Qing asked whether he had anything good to offer as hospitality.

Xuan Qing visited Yang Mei’s hidden Dao Field, where they exchanged insights on their laws and the Six Supreme Laws. After more than a thousand Kalpas of cultivation, Xuan Qing reached Late Daluo in both his Earth Flower and Heaven Flower, while his Dao Flower remained unformed.

• Xuan Qing accompanied Yang Mei to his island Dao Field, where Yang Mei revealed the Hollow Willow Tree and its pool of Three Lights Divine Water.
• As they discussed the Dao, Yang Mei learned that Xuan Qing had comprehended the Laws of Creation and Destiny and that the Six Supreme Laws included Creation, Annihilation, Infinite, Supreme Destiny, Chaos, and Reincarnation.
• Yang Mei explained the Law of Space for one Kalpa, and Xuan Qing shared his understanding of the Laws of Creation and Destiny for more than ten Kalpas.
• Xuan Qing and Yang Mei entered closed-door cultivation, and more than a thousand Kalpas passed.
• Xuan Qing emerged with his physical body at peak Daluo and his Earth Flower and Heaven Flower wielding Late Daluo Magic Power, but without a Dao Flower.
• Yang Mei noticed Xuan Qing’s unusual cultivation and joined him for a cup of Enlightenment Tea.

Xuan Qing blocked Hongjun and the other great powers from uncovering his identity, then met Yang Mei and obtained the Space Spiritual Treasure Fragment he needed. After repairing Yang Mei’s Hollow Willow, Xuan Qing left the South Sea for Azure Nether Island with both fragments in hand.

• Hongjun, Old Ancestor Yin Yang, Zu Long, and the other great powers reversed time at the South Sea, but Xuan Qing destroyed their vision with the Green Lotus of Creation before they could identify him.
• Yang Mei recognized Xuan Qing’s Green Lotus of Creation as a Chaos Spiritual Treasure, and Xuan Qing showed him the Time Compass fragment taken from Shichen’s legacy.
• Yang Mei gave Xuan Qing a Space Spiritual Treasure Fragment from the Hollow Willow, and Xuan Qing used the Law of Creation to restore some of the tree’s lost vitality.
• Xuan Qing decided that the two fragments would let him activate the Dao Coffin of Time and Space and advance his comprehension of the Laws of Time and Space.
• Xuan Qing told Yang Mei that his Dao Field was Azure Nether Island and departed the South Sea to return there.

After returning from his breakthrough, Xuan Qing inspected the newly evolved Sun and Moon Grotto-Heaven and promised it to Chong Shan for overseeing the Azure Nether Sea Domain’s inhabitants. He then summoned the Dao Coffin of Time and Space, comprehended its laws, and learned to use them to attack and trap powerful enemies.

• Xuan Qing returned to the Azure Nether Sea Domain and learned that Han Xi and the others had gathered to witness the completed evolution of the Sun and Moon Grotto-Heaven.
• Xuan Qing inspected the grotto-heaven, which had fused its three islands and used three Innate Spiritual Roots to draw Star Power, then promised it to Chong Shan if he kept the inhabitants in order.
• Xuan Qing toured the other sixteen Cavern Heavens with Han Xi and Qing Ling before returning to Azure Nether Island to inspect its enhanced spiritual roots and ripe fruits.
• Xuan Qing activated the Chaos Spiritual Treasure Fragments related to time and space, and the Dao Coffin of Time and Space appeared and drew him into enlightenment.
• Xuan Qing comprehended the Law of Time and Space, practiced controlling its power, and discovered he could create an independent space-time to trap even a Primordial Origin Golden Immortal.

After emerging from seclusion, Xuan Qing reunited with Han Xi and welcomed Yang Mei and Hongjun to Azure Nether Island. He showed them his rare spiritual roots and Dao Palace, and his counsel prompted Hongjun to reconsider his path; the group then settled in to share tea and discuss the Dao.

• Han Xi complained that Xuan Qing had entered seclusion without telling her, and he teased her before the Qing Ya Sisters announced visitors.
• Xuan Qing welcomed Yang Mei and Hongjun, who had waited on the island while he was secluded, and brought them into Azure Nether Island.
• Xuan Qing introduced Han Xi, Han Li, and his attendants, then explained the island’s spiritual roots and revealed that its central roots included a Chaos Spiritual Root and a damaged Pseudo Chaos Spiritual Root.
• Yang Mei and Hongjun admired Xuan Qing’s Dao Palace and its meritorious treasures, and Xuan Qing invited them to share the roots’ fruits after they attained the Dao.
• Xuan Qing advised Hongjun not to lose himself in the Great Dao, and Hongjun thanked him for the guidance.
• Qing Ya served High-Grade Enlightenment Tea, and Yang Mei eagerly praised its fragrance as the visitors prepared to discuss the Dao.

Xuan Qing hosted Hongjun and Yang Mei for tea and a Dao discussion, revealing that he had comprehended the Laws of Destiny and Time and Space as well as the Law of Creation. The chapter left Hongjun and Xuan Qing’s disciples shocked by his extraordinary origins and insights.

• Yang Mei and Hongjun drank Xuan Qing’s Enlightenment Tea, gained insights into their laws, and joined him and his disciples on the sofa for a Dao discussion.
• Hongjun lectured on the Way of Balance, and Han Xi entered Enlightenment while comprehending the Law of Yin Yang.
• Yang Mei lectured on the Way of Space, then Xuan Qing shared his understanding of the Great Dao and deepened his own insights into the Law of Time and Space.
• Hongjun asked whether Xuan Qing had caused the disturbance in the River of Destiny, and Xuan Qing confirmed that he had while explaining that he had comprehended the Law of Destiny.
• Xuan Qing revealed his Laws of Destiny and Time and Space, describing the latter as a law just below Great God Pangu’s level and acknowledging the price behind his gains.
• Yang Mei recalled Xuan Qing’s earlier state in Chaos, and Xuan Qing explained that Great God Pangu had guided him and granted him fortune, leaving Hongjun and the others astonished.

Xuan Qing learned from Hongjun where the Azure Dragon and Vermillion Bird had withdrawn, then traveled to the East Sea to recruit the Azure Dragon for his plan to establish the Four Pillars. The Azure Dragon accepted the opportunity to transform his clan’s desolate home, and Xuan Qing prepared to continue his search.

• Han Xi returned after comprehending the Law of Yin Yang to the late Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, and Xuan Qing hosted Hongjun and Yang Mei for tens of thousands of years.
• Xuan Qing asked Hongjun about the Azure Dragon and Vermillion Bird, and Hongjun revealed that the Azure Dragon lived in the Extreme East while the Vermillion Bird had gone to the Extreme South.
• After Hongjun and Yang Mei departed, Xuan Qing told his companions that the Heavenly Dao might soon emerge and that he needed to hasten the establishment of the Four Pillars.
• Xuan Qing traveled into the desolate East Sea, met a courteous young member of the Azure Dragon Clan, and followed him to the Azure Dragon’s settlement.
• Xuan Qing explained that the Azure Dragon’s Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure could transform the clan’s barren surroundings and that the plan would bring the Azure Dragon greater cultivation at the cost of remaining there.
• The Azure Dragon accepted Xuan Qing’s proposal and began planning the undertaking, urging Xuan Qing to help move it forward quickly.

Xuan Qing arrived at Dangyun Mountain to meet the White Tiger Clan Leader and explain an opportunity involving the Four Clans. He revealed that the White Tiger Clan would have to leave its territory and settle in the Far West Land, leaving the Clan Leader to question how his people would survive there.

• Xuan Qing flew to the Eastern Continent and learned from a local where the White Tiger Clan's territory lay.
• At Dangyun Mountain, Yun Jing and Lei Li greeted Xuan Qing, and White Tiger welcomed him with a feast.
• Xuan Qing praised the roasted meat and Yun Jing's strong wine, then invited Yun Jing to visit Azure Nether Island.
• After the others left the Great Hall, Xuan Qing told White Tiger that the Four Clans' leaders would become the Four Spirits of Heaven and Earth and guard the Four Pillars.
• White Tiger, learning that his clan would need to relocate to the Far West Land, asked how its members would live and cultivate there.

Xuan Qing resolved the White Tiger Clan’s concerns, declined Lei Xing’s invitation to visit the Kirin Clan, and traveled to Immortal Volcano to find Vermillion Bird. He asked the Phoenix Clan for permission to pass through, but Ancestor Phoenix rejected the request as a threat to the clan’s secrets.

• Xuan Qing assured White Tiger that he could transform the desolate land, then left White Tiger to handle the Kirin Clan himself.
• Lei Xing introduced himself as Lei Li’s father and invited Xuan Qing to visit the Kirin Clan, but Xuan Qing postponed the visit.
• Xuan Qing crossed the Southern Continent toward Immortal Volcano, knowing that the Phoenix Clan would discover him.
• Ancestor Phoenix and Ancestor Phoenix met Xuan Qing and recognized him as the great power who had fought Candle Dragon.
• Xuan Qing asked to pass through Immortal Volcano, and Ancestor Phoenix refused, objecting that he would expose the Phoenix Clan’s secrets.

Xuan Qing crossed Immortal Volcano with Ancestor Phoenix’s help, learned that the Phoenix Clan’s Nirvana Flames formed there, and followed the route the Vermillion Bird Clan had taken. After traveling through a desolate region, he reached a broken, lifeless sea and chose a direction to continue his search.

• Xuan Qing promised the Phoenix Clan a great favor in exchange for passage through Immortal Volcano, and the two Ancestor Phoenix agreed to guide him.
• Ancestor Phoenix led Xuan Qing through the volcano’s black flames to its center, where Xuan Qing saw the Phoenix Clan’s Nirvana Flames and sensed Chaos energy.
• Xuan Qing declined to investigate the volcano’s deepest center, and Ancestor Phoenix guided him through a hidden valley along the route the Vermillion Bird Clan had taken.
• Xuan Qing traveled south for more than ten Kalpas and reached a shattered coastline with black, lifeless seawater.
• Xuan Qing used a counting rhyme to choose between two directions, then decided to go left instead of following the result.

Xuan Qing found and destroyed several groups of Fierce Beasts, including their kings, while searching for the Vermillion Bird Clan. After rescuing Vermillion Birds from Zhuyan, he learned their Clan Leader was trapped by Chaos and Taotie and went to help.

• Xuan Qing used the Jade Bamboo of Creation to annihilate a pack of Fierce Beasts and then killed their returning king with the Green Lotus of Creation.
• Xuan Qing followed flame and baleful aura through a damaged Formation to a continent where Vermillion Birds were fighting Zhuyan.
• Xuan Qing rescued the wounded Vermillion Birds, gave them Three Lights Divine Water, and destroyed Zhuyan with the Green Lotus of Creation.
• A Vermillion Bird told Xuan Qing that Chaos and Taotie had trapped the Clan Leader, and Xuan Qing agreed to help.
• Xuan Qing followed the Vermillion Birds to a barrier of baleful aura that concealed the Clan Leader's situation.

Xuan Qing rescued the Vermillion Bird Clan Leader and defeated Taotie while capturing Chaos. He discovered that Chaos's head was the source of its abilities and began investigating it.

• Xuan Qing broke through the sha qi barrier with the Green Lotus of Creation and rescued the Vermillion Bird Clan Leader from Taotie.
• Xuan Qing fought Chaos and Taotie, withstanding Chaos's attacks and studying Taotie's devouring patterns inside its stomach.
• Xuan Qing pierced Taotie's belly from within, then killed Taotie with the Jade Bamboo of Creation and trapped the fleeing Chaos in the Green Lotus of Creation.
• The Vermillion Bird Clan Leader asked about the Green Lotus of Creation, and Xuan Qing learned that others believed it was the Prehistoric Era's strongest treasure.
• Xuan Qing used the Law of Creation to examine Chaos and found that its head resisted his power, identifying it as the source of Chaos's abilities.

After defeating Chaos, Xuan Qing persuaded the Vermillion Bird Clan to join the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, and Xuan Wu Clans in establishing the Four Pillars. Their Great Dao Oath was granted, transforming the four clans’ leaders into transcendent guardians bound to protect the Prehistoric Era and stay out of its conflicts.

• Xuan Qing destroyed Chaos, studied its remains, and discovered a Chaos Origin Stone that could strengthen his body.
• Xuan Qing told Vermillion Bird that he wanted to stabilize the Primordial Heaven and Earth and guard its borders by establishing the Four Pillars; Vermillion Bird agreed to join the plan.
• Xuan Qing sent the oath to the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, and Xuan Wu Clans and instructed all four clans to swear it together one Kalpa later.
• The four clan leaders proclaimed their Great Dao Oath, and the Great Dao granted it, sending Merit that formed the Pillars of Heaven and Earth and raised the leaders to the Transcendence Realm.
• Xuan Qing declared that the Four Spirits must guard the Prehistoric Era, remain at the Four Pillars, and avoid its conflicts; the Four Spirits accepted his Imperial Edict.

Xuan Qing helped establish the Four Sacred Beasts as the Four Spirits, granting them powerful Heaven and Earth Fruit Positions while restricting them to the Four Extremes Land. After returning from Vermillion Bird's territory, he met the Ancestor Phoenixes, who invited him to visit their clan.

• The Four Sacred Beasts accepted their Heaven and Earth Fruit Positions and learned they could not interfere in the Prehistoric Era beyond their assigned territories.
• Xuan Qing accompanied Vermillion Bird to her Heavenly Pillar, where she received a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure palace and learned the Four Spirits could draw on their Fruit Positions to reach the Transcendence Realm within the Four Extremes Land.
• Vermillion Bird explained that the Four Spirits' clans could travel freely, though the Four Spirits themselves could intervene only to prevent their clans' annihilation.
• Xuan Qing left for Azure Nether Island, crossed Immortal Volcano after nearly one Kalpa, and encountered the two Ancestor Phoenixes waiting for him.
• The Ancestor Phoenixes invited Xuan Qing to their Great Hall, where he remarked that the scarcity of male phoenixes suggested an imbalance of Yin and Yang.

Xuan Qing explained the Four Sacred Spirits and the Phoenix Clan’s Auspicious Qi to Ancestor Phoenix, then warned her to protect the Prehistoric Era’s Earth Veins during future wars. After Xuan Qing departed, Luohu devised a new scheme to use the Heavenly Dao to create a race and provoke mass slaughter.

• Xuan Qing told Ancestor Phoenix that the Four Sacred Spirits held Transcendence-level strength only within the Four Pillars and would not return to seize the Phoenix Clan’s lands.
• Ancestor Phoenix explained that the Three Tribes gathered Clan Auspicious Qi to advance toward the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm, and Xuan Qing suspected that Chaos Demon Gods had provoked the resulting conflicts.
• Xuan Qing agreed to preserve hope for the Phoenix Clan if it faced disaster and advised Ancestor Phoenix to keep future battles from destroying the Earth Veins.
• Xuan Qing left the Phoenix Clan, and Luohu flew into a rage at Western Mount Sumeru because the Four Pillars had thwarted his plan to trigger the Annihilation Tribulation.
• Luohu planned to use the Heavenly Dao’s power to create a race and incite every race into a vast karmic slaughter while secretly pursuing freedom from the Heavenly Dao.

Luohu absorbed the Destruction Demon God's Origin, created the Demon Race, and discovered the treasures that would become the Four Swords of Zhu Xian, setting his sights on Hongjun and the living beings of the Prehistoric Era. Meanwhile, Xuan Qing returned to Azure Nether Island and explained how the newly born Four Spirits would guard the Prehistoric Era's borders.

• Luohu absorbed the Destruction Demon God's Origin from the God-Slaying Spear, transformed his Demonic Dao Laws into Destruction Laws, and created the Demon Race.
• Luohu named Jidu, Molo, Wuxin, and Wuxiang as the Demon Race's elders and secretly ordered the race to spread chaos through the Prehistoric Era.
• Hongjun sensed the black mist and a threat to his life, while Xuan Qing recognized the aura of Destruction Laws and suspected that the Dao-Demon tribulation was beginning.
• Jidu reported a Sha Qi Space beneath Mount Sumeru, where Luohu found the Four Swords of Zhu Xian and their Formation Diagram, five treasures that could eventually merge into an Innate Supreme Treasure.
• Xuan Qing returned to Azure Nether Island and told his companions that the Four Spirits would guard the Primordial Border and block Chaos Demon Gods from entering through its four passages.

Xuan Qing warned his companions to cultivate spiritual roots before the Heavenly Dao emerged, then left them with his Spiritual Root Cultivation Manual. Meanwhile, the Mystic Turtle advanced by fusing with the Water Element World, which became the Mysterious Water Great World, and visited Xuan Wu at the Black Tortoise Holy Hall.

• Xuan Qing told Han Xi and the others that the Great Dao would soon withdraw and urged them to cultivate spiritual roots to earn more Merit.
• Qing Qiong complained that Xuan Qing had neglected it, but followed Han Xi after she offered to take it in as her little brother.
• Xuan Qing gave Qing Ling and the others his Spiritual Root Cultivation Manual and left them to handle the cultivation work.
• The Mystic Turtle broke through to the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm by merging with the Water Element World, which emerged as the Mysterious Water Great World.
• Xuan Wu met the Mystic Turtle and explained that he had become the Sacred Spirit of the Extreme North and a Black Tortoise Sacred Beast.
• Xuan Wu brought the Mystic Turtle to the Black Tortoise Holy Hall, where he described the overwhelming power of the Transcendence Realm and warned against relying on it too often.