Recaps

After the Dao-Demon War, Xuan Qing negotiated with Hongjun over the Spirit of the Ancestral Vein of the West and received the Qiankun Cauldron in exchange for returning it. Xuan Qing and Kunwu departed, leaving Hongjun to face the ruined Western Continent and his burdens as Dao Harmonizer.

• Heavenly Dao bestowed merits after the war, and Xuan Qing gave his share to help restore the Western Continent.
• Xuan Qing revealed that he had preserved the Spirit of the Ancestral Vein of the West, and Hongjun realized it could eventually help clear his karma.
• Xuan Qing bargained with Hongjun for the Spirit, but Hongjun said Heavenly Dao had claimed most of the treasures and that he could not freely trade them.
• Xuan Qing agreed to let Hongjun borrow the Qiankun Cauldron in exchange for giving it to him and owing him a favor.
• Xuan Qing returned the Spirit of the Ancestral Vein to Hongjun, accepted the Qiankun Cauldron, and left with Kunwu.
• Hongjun remained alone in the devastated Western Continent, reflecting on the damage and his responsibilities.

After the great battle, the weakened Dragon, Phoenix, and Kirin Clans faced the consequences of their Karmic Sin as affiliated races began to leave. The Three Tribes withdrew from power, leaving the Four Seas and the wider Prehistoric Era to the remaining races.

• Hongjun stabilized his Dao Injuries and vanished from the Western Continent, which had become a Spirit-Deprived Land.
• Teng Snake led Water Clan races to leave the Dragon Clan, and Bi An agreed rather than risk another conflict.
• Teng Snake and the departing Water Clan races swore oaths to the Heavenly Dao and shed the Dragon Clan's Karma and Karmic Sin.
• Bi An placed the Four Seas under Ao Guang and his three brothers, then withdrew the Dragon Clan into the Dragon Palace.
• Qingluan relayed the Phoenix Clan Great Elder's order to let affiliated races leave, but most chose to remain.
• The Kirin Clan's affiliated races departed to escape their Karma, and the Three Tribes faded from the Prehistoric Era's affairs.

Xuan Qing subdued the God-Slaying Spear after years of struggle, which strengthened his laws and let him refine the weapon. Its power carried him to a space containing the Destruction Demon God, where he began a confrontation that remained unresolved.

• Xuan Qing discovered that the Qiankun Cauldron could only transform a few high-grade Postnatal Spirit Treasures over a kalpa and could not upgrade supreme-grade ones.
• The God-Slaying Spear resisted Xuan Qing’s attempts to refine it, but his Dao Seed overcame its Destruction Laws and helped him brand the spear with his mark.
• Xuan Qing’s struggle with the spear advanced his Law of Creation and Law of Time and Space to the third tier and increased his Law of Destiny by ten percent.
• After consolidating his cultivation, Xuan Qing refined the God-Slaying Spear and was pulled through a Space Rift into a space filled with Destruction Laws.
• Xuan Qing met the Destruction Demon God, mocked him, and shattered his giant sword with the Green Lotus of Creation.
• The Destruction Demon God gathered black qi to form a new giant sword.

Xuan Qing destroyed Destruction’s hidden passage between the Primordial World and Chaos, while the God-Slaying Spear absorbed its laws. Destruction and Karma then identified Xuan Qing as a threat and began plotting against him, leaving him sensing that someone had targeted him.

• Xuan Qing overwhelmed Destruction’s false body with the Laws of Creation and Destiny, then discovered the space was a Destruction Law passage between the Primordial World and Chaos.
• Xuan Qing shattered the passage, and the God-Slaying Spear absorbed its scattered laws before the space collapsed completely.
• Destruction told Karma that Xuan Qing had destroyed the passage and described sensing the Laws of Creation and Destiny in him.
• Karma recognized Xuan Qing as the one who had injured him in Chaos and vowed to make him face their schemes.
• Xuan Qing sensed a malicious presence targeting him and resolved to meet the Chaos Demon Gods with greater strength.

Xuan Qing visited Luohu in the Heavenly Demon Realm to ask what the Chaos Demon Gods had wanted from him, but their clash damaged the realm before Luohu revealed their plan. Xuan Qing left, and Luohu ordered Molo to receive him if he returned.

• Xuan Qing asked the Heavenly Dao where the Heavenly Demon Realm was and warned it that Luohu had colluded with Chaos Demon Gods.
• Xuan Qing traveled to the Heavenly Demon Realm and smashed through its barrier with the Green Lotus of Creation after Luohu ignored him.
• Luohu fought Xuan Qing with the Heavenly Demon Realm's support, but their clash badly damaged the realm and killed many Demon Race beings.
• Luohu stopped the fight when neither could overcome the other's defenses, and he told Xuan Qing that the Destruction Demon God and the others had asked him to eliminate the Prehistoric Era's great powers and not interfere with their actions.
• Xuan Qing left the Heavenly Demon Realm, and Luohu told Molo to claim he was in seclusion if Xuan Qing came again.

Xuan Qing emerged from a long seclusion after half a Measure Tribulation, while Hongjun took Haotian and Yaochi as disciples and entrusted Jade Capital Mountain to them. Xuan Qing found that his companions had advanced in cultivation and asked Han Xi to prepare him a meal.

• Xuan Qing returned to his Dao Field, placed the damaged World-Destroying Black Lotus in Divine Water Lake, and entered seclusion.
• Heavenly Dao removed Hongjun's Karmic Sin as compensation for taking his Spiritual Treasure and assured him the Western Lands' Karma would not hinder his path to sainthood.
• Half a Measure Tribulation passed as the Prehistoric Era slowly recovered, and Hongjun named the two children Haotian and Yaochi and left Jade Capital Mountain in their care.
• Xuan Qing emerged from seclusion with his three laws at seventy percent comprehension, and Han Xi told him she had reached the third level of the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm.
• Han Xi told Xuan Qing that her Big Sister and Qing Ya had also broken through, and he asked Han Xi to make him a new dish.

Han Xi served Xuan Qing an overwhelmingly sweet dish made with an elaborate spiritual-fruit sauce, prompting him to flee before she could experiment further. Seeing that beings across the Prehistoric Era were transforming into strange monsters, Xuan Qing created five Transformation Inheritance Steles and obtained the Heavenly Dao’s approval to distribute them, beginning with the Azure Nether Continent.

• Han Xi made Xuan Qing taste her intensely sweet experimental cooking, and both of them spat it out after trying it.
• Xuan Qing left Han Xi behind and learned that Chong Shan was collecting spiritual fruits for her next experiment.
• Xuan Qing discovered that newly born beings across the Azure Nether Sea Domain transformed into strange monsters and decided to teach them a Transformation Method through a Stele.
• More than ten Kalpas later, Xuan Qing completed five Transformation Inheritance Steles and asked the Heavenly Dao to distribute them.
• The Heavenly Dao agreed, and a golden ray sent one Stele to the center of the Azure Nether Continent, where its arrival disturbed countless beings.

Xuan Qing planted the Jade Bamboo of Creation in Chaos Breathing Soil and began nurturing it with the Law of Creation. Meanwhile, Taiqing Laozi completed his transformation under the Tribulation of Transformation, startling the Prehistoric Era and prompting Yuanshi and Tongtian to prepare to transform next.

• Xuan Qing planted the Jade Bamboo of Creation on an island in Divine Water Lake and used the Law of Creation to help it grow roots, then committed to nurturing it for countless years.
• Taiqing Laozi began his Tribulation of Transformation on Kunlun Mountain while Yuanshi and Tongtian watched.
• Taiqing endured eighty lightning strikes, and the final strike enveloped his Primordial Spirit in vitality and Innate Spiritual Qi, forming a cocoon.
• Taiqing emerged as a Grand Unity Golden Immortal and announced that he was one of Pangu's Three Pure Ones, astonishing beings throughout the Prehistoric Era.
• Taiqing advised Yuanshi and Tongtian to comprehend the final lightning strike, and both brothers began preparing for their own transformations.

The Three Pure Ones, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and several other Innate Divine Beings took form across the Prehistoric Era, competing for the auspicious fortune of emerging early. The chapter ended with Hong Yun surviving his lightning tribulation and transforming into human form at Wuzhuang Temple.

• Yuanshi and Tongtian took form on Kunlun Mountain alongside Taiqing, and the Three Pure Ones traveled together after declaring themselves Pangu’s descendants.
• Di Jiang and the other Eleven Ancestral Witches took form beneath Zhou Mountain, prompting Yuanshi to demand that the Three Pure Ones confront them before Taiqing restrained him.
• Nuwa and Fuxi emerged from Phoenix Nest Mountain, and Ming He later took form with three Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures after absorbing the Blood Sea’s energy.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi emerged from the Solar Star and considered the quiet Starry Sky their future domain.
• Zhunti and Jieyin took form together after Zhen Yuanzi emerged, while Kunpeng severed an unseen karmic bond and Hong Yun survived his tribulation and transformed at Wuzhuang Temple.

Hong Yun visited Zhen Yuanzi after taking form and tasted a Ginseng Fruit, while Zhen Yuanzi gained insight into the laws of earth. After leaving Wuzhuang Temple, Hong Yun found Fire Cloud Cave, his own Dao Field, and settled there to comprehend the laws.

• Hong Yun asked Zhen Yuanzi to pick Ginseng Fruits, and Zhen Yuanzi explained how to harvest them and warned that their power could be difficult to digest.
• Hong Yun ate a Ginseng Fruit whole and sat down to refine its spiritual energy, while Zhen Yuanzi savored his fruit and entered Enlightenment into the laws of earth.
• After waking, Hong Yun left Wuzhuang Temple and traveled east through the Prehistoric Era.
• Hong Yun found Fire Cloud Cave and recognized it as the place where he was meant to take form.
• Hong Yun discovered the cave's Fire Cloud Jujube Tree and other treasures, then settled beneath the tree to comprehend the laws.

Jieyin and Zhunti explored Mount Sumeru, made it their Dao Field, and studied its demonic qi while refining treasures. After ten Kalpas, they endured the Heavenly Dao’s lightning trial and became Grand Luo Golden Immortals, with Jieyin comprehending Nirvana and Zhunti comprehending causation.

• Jieyin and Zhunti entered Mount Sumeru, where Zhunti used the ruins’ materials to strengthen his Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree.
• Jieyin and Zhunti chose Mount Sumeru as their Dao Field and began clearing its demonic qi and refining Spiritual Treasures.
• Jieyin and Zhunti studied the Demonic Dao without inheriting it and incorporated its methods into their own Paths of Dao.
• After ten Kalpas, Jieyin and Zhunti faced the Heavenly Dao’s golden lightning and received World Marks.
• Jieyin comprehended the Nirvana Law, while Zhunti comprehended causation within the Law of Karma, and both advanced to Grand Luo Golden Immortals.

Zhunti and Jieyin traveled east from Mount Sumeru, where Zhunti began plundering Longevity Mountain’s spiritual plants for the West. At Wuzhuang Temple, Hong Yun enjoyed Ginseng Fruit with Zhen Yuanzi and his attendants until Zhen Yuanzi suddenly rushed outside in a rage.

• Zhunti and Jieyin agreed to strengthen the West rather than leave it, and Zhunti entered Longevity Mountain to gather its spiritual herbs and flowers.
• Hong Yun arrived at Wuzhuang Temple to taste Ginseng Fruit and drank Zhen Yuanzi’s Spiritual Wine.
• Hong Yun shared Ginseng Fruit with Qing Feng and Ming Yue after noticing they had never tasted it.
• Zhen Yuanzi suddenly shouted about a thief and rushed out of Wuzhuang Temple, and Hong Yun followed after telling Qing Feng and Ming Yue to guard the Dao Field.

Zhunti and Jieyin stripped spiritual herbs from Zhen Yuanzi’s Dao Field before Hong Yun persuaded him to let them go. Later, a mysterious Inheritance Stele appeared in the Northern Continent, where its dangerous defenses killed several Grand Unity Golden Immortals who attacked it.

• Zhunti and Jieyin gathered spiritual herbs from Longevity Mountain, and Zhen Yuanzi confronted them until Hong Yun intervened and allowed them to leave.
• Hong Yun explained the Western Lands’ barrenness to Zhen Yuanzi, stayed at Wuzhuang Temple for tens of thousands of years, and received ten Ginseng Fruits before continuing his travels.
• A Golden Immortal tiger discovered a Transformation Method on a golden Stele in the Northern Continent, memorized it, and left when he could not move the Stele.
• Several Grand Unity Golden Immortals decided to destroy the Stele to keep its inheritance from spreading, but the Stele’s golden barrier blocked their attacks.
• The Stele’s golden rays killed the attackers, and Grand Luo Golden Immortal Giant Mastiff suggested that it punished anyone who attacked it or fought nearby.

Kunpeng discovered the name Xuan Qing, Immeasurable Dao Venerable, on the Inheritance Stele and continued studying its Transformation Method. At another Stele, Hong Yun was badly wounded defending it from a mysterious Daoist, but the Three Pure Ones rescued him and learned why they had fought.

• Kunpeng found faint Dao Patterns naming Xuan Qing, Immeasurable Dao Venerable, and Xuan Qing briefly descended his consciousness to the Inheritance Stele before withdrawing.
• Kunpeng warned arriving living beings not to attack the Stele, identified himself as a Grand Luo Golden Immortal, and continued comprehending the Transformation Method.
• Hong Yun tried to stop a black-robed Daoist from destroying a Stele, but the Daoist attacked him with a High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure halberd.
• The Daoist wounded Hong Yun and aimed at his Origin, but Laozi's Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda blocked the strike as the Three Pure Ones arrived.
• The black-robed Daoist escaped when Laozi judged him strange and not one of the Innate Divine Beings, and Hong Yun explained the Stele and their fight to the Three Pure Ones.

Xuan Qing and Han Xi returned to Zhou Mountain, where Pangu’s gift appointed Han Xi as its future Mountain God and moved her home’s Formation to the summit. They began climbing together, encountering the place where Xuan Qing had once bled before Zhou Mountain’s pressure set in.

• East King Duke celebrated his breakthrough to the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, and Xuan Qing stopped Han Xi from confronting him.
• Xuan Qing completed the Jade Bamboo of Creation grove and used his Inheritance Stele mark to take Han Xi to Zhou Mountain.
• Xuan Qing and Han Xi offered incense to Pangu, who sent an investiture into Han Xi’s sea of consciousness, naming her the future Mountain God of Zhou Mountain.
• Han Xi sensed that the Formation had moved to the summit, so Xuan Qing decided they would climb there.
• Xuan Qing and Han Xi reached the spot where he had turned back before, saw the bloodstained soil from his earlier climb, and continued upward as Zhou Mountain’s pressure descended.

Xuan Qing and Han Xi reached the summit of Zhou Mountain, where axe-light imprints sent them into Enlightenment. At the mountain’s foot, the Three Pure Ones worshipped at an altar and received a connection to their own opportunity before climbing toward it.

• Xuan Qing stopped Han Xi from entering the Twelve-grade Green Lotus Formation, explaining that its opportunity was not meant for them.
• Han Xi endured Zhou Mountain’s crushing pressure as she climbed with Xuan Qing, who reached the summit ahead of her.
• An axe-light imprint entered Xuan Qing’s sea of consciousness and sent him into Enlightenment at the empty summit.
• A second axe light healed Han Xi’s injuries, gave her an imprint, and sent her into Enlightenment as well.
• The Three Pure Ones arrived at Zhou Mountain, worshipped at the altar, and received a spiritual connection to an opportunity.
• The Three Pure Ones climbed toward the source of their opportunity and arrived outside an innate Formation.

The Three Pure Ones and Nuwa obtained treasures from the disintegrating Twelve-grade Green Lotus, while Xuan Qing watched from Zhou Mountain and assessed his growing strength. The chapter ended with a blank Primordial Spirit flying out from the Pangu Imprint into his sea of consciousness.

• Tongtian spent tens of thousands of years breaking the innate formation, and the Three Pure Ones found the Green Lotus of Creation in a cave.
• Fuxi and Nuwa arrived, and the two sides fought over the lotus until it shone and disintegrated into three treasures for Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian.
• Laozi agreed to split the Three Lights Divine Water with Nuwa and Fuxi, who took the lotus roots and left.
• Xuan Qing and Han Xi watched the events through the Green Lotus of Creation, and Xuan Qing reflected on his connection to Nuwa.
• Xuan Qing found that his three laws had reached ninety percent and that he had advanced to the peak of the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm.
• Xuan Qing noticed an abnormal movement in his sea of consciousness as a blank Primordial Spirit flew out from the imprint.

Xuan Qing discovered a blank Primordial Spirit on Zhou Mountain and then brought Han Xi to meet Nuwa and Fuxi. He took Nuwa as his disciple, leaving the formal ceremony for a later visit to his Dao Field.

• Xuan Qing found a blank Primordial Spirit and wondered whether it was an opportunity meant for the Witch Clan, but decided to observe them before acting.
• Han Xi advanced to late Primordial Origin Golden Immortal, crashed through a Space Rift with Xuan Qing, and found the depleted Formation space.
• Xuan Qing asked whether Han Xi wanted a disciple, then took her to Phoenix Nest Mountain to meet Nuwa and Fuxi.
• Nuwa gave Fuxi the Azure Lotus root, while Fuxi’s breakthrough to Grand Luo Golden Immortal was attributed to Nuwa yielding the Yin Yang Origin to him.
• Xuan Qing revealed that he was above Daluo and offered to take Nuwa as his disciple; Nuwa accepted, and he postponed the formal ceremony until she visited his Dao Field.

Xuan Qing accepted Nuwa as his disciple, then traveled with Han Xi to retrieve the Karma Fire Red Lotus from the Blood Sea. They left Ming He behind after he claimed the lotus as his Companion Spiritual Treasure and challenged them, while he wondered who they were.

• Xuan Qing introduced Han Xi as Nuwa's Martial Aunt, and Han Xi gave Nuwa the Wind-Quelling Pearl before Xuan Qing imparted insights into the Law of Creation and the coordinates of his Dao Field.
• Nuwa celebrated having a teacher and set out with Fuxi for Xuan Qing's Dao Field in the East Sea.
• Han Xi rejoiced over becoming a Martial Aunt, and Xuan Qing reminded her to maintain her dignity before they headed to the Blood Sea.
• Xuan Qing removed the Karma Fire Red Lotus from its damaged Formation, and it transformed into a Lotus Throne as Han Xi spotted several Lotus Seeds.
• Ming He confronted Xuan Qing and Han Xi, claiming the lotus as his Companion Spiritual Treasure and summoning Yuantu and Abi.
• Xuan Qing and Han Xi vanished without fighting, leaving Ming He to realize they were far stronger than he was.

Xuan Qing and Han Xi visited the Blood Sea and found its thirty-six Cavern Heaven worlds crowded with Remnant Souls, while ten forested islands had given rise to Pure Ginko Tree sprites. After meeting one sprite that helped sustain the islands, they left it to grow and returned to Azure Nether Island.

• Xuan Qing saw countless Remnant Souls filling the thirty-six Cavern Heaven worlds and refused Han Xi's suggestion to create more worlds, saying they could no longer interfere with them.
• Xuan Qing and Han Xi explored the expanded blood-red islands and discovered a little winged sprite born from a Pure Ginko Tree.
• The sprite told Han Xi it could control the forest and strengthen the island's purification of foul qi, which had nearly failed under the effects of the Measure Tribulation.
• Xuan Qing considered how beings like the sprite might relate to mountain and river deities and thought of guiding Zhen Yuanzi toward the Earth Dao in the future.
• Xuan Qing left the sprite to grow, then returned with Han Xi to Azure Nether Island.

Wang Shu met Chang Xi and Xi He on the Lunar Star, accepted them as disciples, and warned them to cultivate carefully. On the Primordial Land, Di Jun and Tai Yi met Bai Ze, who told them that powerful men were slaughtering and eating other beings, and asked for their help.

• Wang Shu stopped Chang Xi and Xi He from leaving the Lunar Star, revealed that she was a Star God, and accepted them as disciples.
• Wang Shu gave Xi He and Chang Xi Laurel Wine, warned them about the dangers of the Primordial Land, and taught them about laws.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi left the Solar Star for the Primordial Land and decided they would keep the Fusang Wood while seeking a chance to establish another Dao Field.
• Bai Ze introduced himself to Di Jun and Tai Yi and told them that more than a dozen Big Men had been slaughtering and eating other beings.
• Bai Ze asked Di Jun and Tai Yi to help drive the strong men away.

Di Jun and Tai Yi joined Bai Ze’s group, only to be confronted by the Twelve Ancestral Witches and drawn into battle. The Witches withdrew to Pangu Hall, where they recognized the Golden Crows’ power and discussed preparing for future enemies.

• Di Jun asked about Bai Ze’s forces, then followed Bai Ze with Tai Yi to his base and met the group’s eight Grand Luo Golden Immortals.
• Zhu Rong and the other Ancestral Witches appeared and blocked the group’s exit, prompting Tai Yi and Di Jun to attack with the Chaos Bell, River Diagram, and Luo Script.
• Bai Ze rallied his allies to support the Golden Crow brothers, and the two sides fought until the Ancestral Witches withdrew to Pangu Hall.
• Zhu Rong and Gonggong argued over the battle, but Xuan Ming stopped them and Houtu calmed the group.
• Di Jiang and Zhu Jiuyin warned that the Golden Crows might be connected to Pangu, while Houtu urged the Ancestral Witches to strengthen themselves against future enemies.

Di Jiang ordered Gonggong and Zhu Rong to stop slaughtering living beings, while Bai Ze and his followers joined Di Jun and Tai Yi, establishing the first rudiments of the Demon Clan. In the East Sea, Nuwa and Fuxi rejected East King Duke’s advances and found their way into Xuan Qing’s hidden Azure Nether Sea Domain.

• Di Jiang forbade Gonggong and Zhu Rong from hunting living beings for food, and they reluctantly agreed.
• Bai Ze and the others offered to follow Di Jun and Tai Yi, who accepted them and formed the first rudiments of the Demon Clan.
• Nuwa and Fuxi rebuffed East King Duke when he tried to recruit them, and he grew resentful as they left for the Azure Nether Sea Domain.
• Fuxi noticed that the calm waters at their destination were unusual, and he and Nuwa passed through a hidden barrier into the Azure Nether Sea Domain.

Nuwa and Fuxi arrived at Xuan Qing’s Azure Nether Sea Domain and met their master on Azure Nether Island. Xuan Qing revealed the Prehistoric Era’s hidden history and his realm, leaving them to reconsider what they knew about the world.

• Xuan Qing sent Chong Shan to welcome Nuwa and Fuxi, who were impressed by the peaceful Azure Nether Sea Domain and its many Grand Luo Golden Immortals.
• Chong Shan guided Nuwa and Fuxi through the domain, explaining that its inhabitants had sought refuge from the conflicts of the Prehistoric Era and that its many Cavern Heavens were provided for wandering cultivators.
• Xuan Qing appeared before Nuwa and Fuxi on Azure Nether Island and dismissed Chong Shan after warning him that another great age was approaching.
• Xuan Qing told Nuwa and Fuxi that the Prehistoric Era had reached its tenth Measure Tribulation and that powerful beings had existed since the seventh.
• Xuan Qing revealed that he was a Primordial Origin Golden Immortal, a realm above Grand Luo, and Nuwa grew angry that the Heavenly Dao had misled them.

Xuan Qing assigned Nuwa to learn spiritual-root cultivation and sent Fuxi to Han Xi for guidance in the Law of Yin Yang. Nuwa and Fuxi were left facing punishing training tasks at Azure Nether Island.

• Xuan Qing warned Nuwa and Fuxi not to blame or speak carelessly about the Heavenly Dao, then introduced them to Qing Ya and Qing Ling.
• Xuan Qing instructed Nuwa to learn spiritual-root cultivation from Qing Ya and directed Fuxi to seek guidance from Han Xi.
• Han Xi led Nuwa and Fuxi to Divine Water Lake, where they were astonished by its Three Lights Divine Water and many spiritual roots.
• Qing Ya gave Nuwa a huge pile of spiritual-root branches and ordered her to learn the cultivation process and handle the roots herself.
• Han Xi took Fuxi to Enlightenment Palace, kicked him into the Great Yin-Yang Millstone, and made him endure its trial as his training.