Recaps

Qi WuHuo used Human Dao Destiny and the Nine Cauldrons to withstand and turn back Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole’s hidden strike, killing the divine generals who had attacked the Human World. The heavens mistook the feat for his sole trump card, while Qi WuHuo ended his sermon and said he might teach again in seventeen years.

• Qi WuHuo formed a colossal incarnation from Human Dao Destiny and dispelled Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole’s thunderous attack.
• Qi WuHuo shaped the thunder into a spear and killed several divine generals who had attacked the Human World.
• The Great Celestial Venerable Jade Emperor declared Qi WuHuo an ally, ordered the array targeting the Human World’s destiny withdrawn, and ordered an investigation into the attackers.
• The immortals and gods departed, believing Qi WuHuo had revealed his trump card, while Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole and Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole considered his power.
• Qi WuHuo ended his sermon and told his listeners they might return in seventeen years; blood from the slain divine generals then fell as rain.
• Great Master Xuan Du, Great True Lord Tian Peng, and Great Unity Salvation Heavenly Venerate met in the Nine Heavens and went to report the events to the Three Pure Ones.

Qi Wuhuo refused to consume Human Dao Destiny for his own power and instead planned to leave behind a sword that could protect the Human World after he departed. As his lectures drew ever more listeners beneath the Nine Stone Tablets, Fuxi sensed a wisp of qi from Qi Wuhuo and wondered whether his cultivation had broken through.

• Great Master Xuandu and the Heavenly Worthy Who Relieves Suffering in Taiyi failed to reach their Teachers, while the Great True Lord Tianpeng found a message in Yuxu Palace expressing the Three Pure Ones' wish for Qi Wuhuo to come to them himself.
• Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole concluded that Qi Wuhuo had Imperator-level methods and decided to treat him as a newly risen Imperator.
• Qi Wuhuo told Fuxi he would not seize Human Dao Destiny to strengthen himself and instead planned to forge a sword of destiny to protect the Human World after he left.
• Qi Wuhuo said the sword was only the first step and planned to spread Daoist Magic so people of many lineages could create their own Sword Artifacts; he and Fuxi wagered on what would happen next.
• More people gathered beneath the Nine Stone Tablets to hear Qi Wuhuo lecture and exchange insights, causing Human Dao Destiny to rise.
• Fuxi sensed a wisp of qi escaping from Qi Wuhuo and was astonished that his cultivation might have broken through.

After Qi WuHuo’s teachings helped him break through to perfect Human Qi, crowds gathered beneath the Nine Stone Tablets to debate the Dao. As Li Weifeng discussed unifying the human world and the Nine Cauldrons with his master, a familiar friend returned to the Treasury Chamber and one stone tablet began to ripple.

• Qi WuHuo broke through the bottleneck in his Human Qi, though his outward cultivation aura appeared to fall by a level.
• People gathered beneath the Nine Stone Tablets at Jimen to debate the Dao, and Li Weifeng’s personal visit ended official resistance to their meetings.
• Li Qiongyu visited Qi WuHuo, spoke with him about their shared dream and the gatherings, then left without discussing her rumored affection for him.
• Li Weifeng told Qi WuHuo that his Seventh Brother had reached the final frontier and that unifying the human world would allow them to cast the Nine Cauldrons.
• Li Weifeng asked whether his achievements could wash away his sins and whether he could stand beside Seventh Brother; Qi WuHuo gave no answer.
• A familiar friend arrived at the Treasury Chamber, and one of the Nine Stone Tablets began to ripple as the young sapling swayed.

The Golden Cicada recounted how he tested Buddhism by helping ordinary people, then gave up his cultivation to test the Dharma against the worst of human nature. Qi WuHuo watched the lives of Medicine Master Buddha’s reincarnation and others unfold, and the chapter ended with Mingxin writing that he had found a Dao-attuned disciple surnamed Zhuang.

• The Golden Cicada told Qi WuHuo how years spent among ordinary people convinced him that Buddhist principles could save people without sectarian rules or supernatural power.
• The Golden Cicada relinquished his cultivation, left his Sarira with Qi WuHuo, and set out to test the Dharma against greed, violence, and lust among the wicked.
• The Golden Cicada changed a thief and a violent thug, then chose a dangerous courtesan as the target of his final vow.
• Qi WuHuo attended the betrothal ceremony of Medicine Master Buddha’s reincarnation, Ming, returned his Buddhist beads, and promised to visit again in seventeen years.
• Seventeen years later, Qi WuHuo attended Xi Men Da Chong’s marriage, named his son Bao, and received Mingxin’s letter about a Dao-attuned child surnamed Zhuang.

After seventeen years, Qi WuHuo’s Five Qi reached perfection as King Wei Wu Li Zhai conquered the last city, bringing the mortal world closer to renewed contact with Heaven. Ming Xin introduced Zhuang Ergou, whom Qi WuHuo named Zhuang Zhou, and Qiu returned to stand before his former master.

• Daoist Ming Xin wrote to Qi WuHuo about finding Zhuang Ergou among bandits and bringing the clever boy to meet him.
• Qi WuHuo watched the Daoist school flourish as Human Dao Destiny and literary tradition grew, while Fuxi warned that Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole would eventually come for him.
• Qi WuHuo declined to take Zhuang Ergou as his disciple, gave him the name Zhuang Zhou, and told Ming Xin to guide him as they traveled.
• King Wei Wu Li Zhai conquered the last city, and Qi WuHuo’s five kinds of Qi all reached perfection after seventeen years.
• Qiu returned to the capital with his disciples and stood before Qi WuHuo.

Qi WuHuo and Qiu’s meeting inspired Qiu to challenge the cultivators beneath the Nine Stone Tablets, where their struggle helped the Hundred Schools flourish. Qi WuHuo delayed his plan to ascend until the era reached its end, as the final material for the Ninth Cauldron arrived.

• At thirty-four, Qiu returned to visit Qi WuHuo, discussed the Dao with him for a month, and praised him as a dragon.
• Qi WuHuo sent Qiu to debate the cultivators beneath the Nine Stone Tablets, where Qiu’s formidable challenge shattered their confidence before Qi WuHuo began teaching them again.
• Qiu left to travel the world once more, while Zhuang Zhou followed Qi WuHuo and then dozed through the renewed lectures.
• Under pressure from Qiu and Qi WuHuo’s teachings, the cultivators developed new schools of thought, and Fuxi urged Qi WuHuo to act while Human Dao Destiny surged.
• Qi WuHuo told Fuxi he would wait for Qiu, Golden Cicada, Li Zhai, and the Phoenix of Might to return and for the era to end before ascending to the heavens.
• The final material for the Nine Cauldrons arrived, ready for Qi WuHuo to forge into the Ninth Cauldron.

The Golden Cicada told Qi WuHuo how a woman’s sacrifice and the Buddhas’ rejection shattered his certainty in the Buddhist Way, then left to walk among ordinary people and seek his answer. Qi WuHuo later forged and placed the ninth cauldron, bringing the Nine Cauldrons together as the Human World awaited the rite’s completion.

• The Golden Cicada recounted how he guided a greedy man, a killer, and a courtesan, before the courtesan died to save him from the city lord.
• The Golden Cicada described how the Buddhas refused to admit the woman into the Buddha’s realm, and he questioned Qi WuHuo about the Buddhist Way’s unequal treatment of living beings.
• Qi WuHuo answered that he did not know what the Buddha was, and the Golden Cicada chose to return to the Human World as one among all living beings, promising to return in seventeen years.
• Qi WuHuo visited Ming, the reincarnation of Medicine Master Lapis Lazuli Light Tathagata, and promised to see him again in seventeen years.
• Qi WuHuo gathered the Human Dao artifacts into the final cauldron and sent it to the last formation point, completing the union of the Nine Cauldrons as the Human World fell still.

Qi WuHuo completed the Nine Cauldrons formation, unleashing Human Dao Destiny across the mortal realm and revealing Fengshan at Mount Tai as its final step. Li Weifeng postponed the rite until the realm had truly prospered, while Qi WuHuo prepared for a final battle and grew old as he awaited his promised meeting with Qiu.

• Qi WuHuo activated the completed Nine Cauldrons formation, spreading its protective Human Dao Destiny across the entire mortal realm.
• The Celestial Realm witnessed the formation’s immense power, and the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable grew consumed by jealousy toward Qi WuHuo.
• Qi WuHuo and Li Weifeng discovered that the Nine Cauldrons still required a final act, and Li Weifeng identified Fengshan at Mount Tai as the rite that would complete it.
• Li Weifeng refused to perform Fengshan immediately, choosing to wait until the realm had entered a genuine golden age before undertaking the rite.
• Qi WuHuo gathered Human Dao Destiny, underworld energy, and local gods around Mount Tai to strengthen Fengshan, then told Fuxi that the rite might be his last battle in the Human World.
• Seventeen years passed as Qi WuHuo grew old, and his promised final meeting with Qiu arrived.

Qiu met the old man at Jixia Academy and debated him for three months, while the Human World watched their meeting as the convergence of Daoism and Confucianism. When the old man told Qiu he had attained the Dao, the Spring and Autumn Cauldron and Imperial Pure Tree reached their full bloom, and Fuxi realized the Daoist’s long wait might finally be over.

• Zhuang Zhou escorted the old man to Jixia Academy, where he and Qiu reunited and walked together to meet him.
• Qiu and the old man debated privately for three months as news of their meeting spread throughout the Human World.
• Zhuang Zhou recorded the old man telling Qiu, “You have attained it,” and titled the account “Zhuangzi: Heaven’s Fortune.”
• Qiu and the old man crossed paths as Daoism and Confucianism converged, and the Imperial Pure Tree spread its influence across the Human World.
• Fuxi watched the Spring and Autumn Cauldron bloom and realized Qiu had attained the Dao, possibly fulfilling the purpose for which the Daoist had waited.

Qi WuHuo watched Qiu, Golden Cicada, and Zhuang Zhou fulfill their paths as the flourishing Human Dao Destiny reached completion. After promising to expound the Way one last time, the aged Daoist returned to his quiet chamber and closed his eyes, leaving his identity as Zhenwu, the Supreme One, revealed as Angelica.

• Qiu left the capital to continue traveling, while Zhuang Zhou saw him off and later drove Qi WuHuo to visit Ming, the reincarnation of the Medicine Master Glazed Buddha.
• Ming described his lonely old age and asked whether his life had been good or bad; Qi WuHuo promised to return in seventeen years so Ming could answer for himself.
• Golden Cicada returned after seventeen years of seeing the common people, explained that people could turn back by looking inward, and established the Shi school, which later developed into Yogacara and Zen.
• Golden Cicada reclaimed his Sarira, crushed it as he left the capital, and departed after Qi WuHuo pointed him toward Ming.
• Zhuang Zhou bowed to Qi WuHuo before leaving to write the Zhuangzi, whose Inner Chapter titles described the old Daoist's path.
• Qi WuHuo returned to his quiet chamber as his cultivation scattered away, and the chapter revealed that the Supreme One was Angelica.

After nine years in seclusion, Qi WuHuo remained inside the Treasury Chamber while Fuxi and the others waited for the right moment. As rumors of the Master's death reached the aging Human Emperor Li Weifeng, he ordered Feng Shan at Mount Tai, determined to unite the Hundred Schools of Thought and prepare humanity to defend itself.

• Fuxi told Empress Nuwa and the others that Qi WuHuo would emerge when the time came, though Human Dao Destiny had already reached its limit.
• Li Weifeng granted his longtime minister permission to retire, then angrily rejected rumors that Qi WuHuo had died.
• Li Weifeng sensed hostile immortals beyond the Destiny Great Formation and recognized that the mortal world's defenses still lacked a final step.
• Li Weifeng summoned the gods of Human Dao Destiny and ordered them to begin Feng Shan at Mount Tai.
• Li Weifeng called on the Hundred Schools of Thought to gather for debates over the Dao and have their seats ranked as the Three Teachings, the Nine Schools, and the Hundred Schools.
• Li Weifeng declared that humanity must forge its own hearts and defenses, then vowed that Heaven should let him win for once.

Li Weifeng completed the Nine Cauldrons Great Formation and summoned the Hundred Schools to Mount Tai, while the Buddhist sect and Heavenly Court received rumors that True Martial Demon Queller had lost his cultivation. The Buddhas and the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable saw a chance to attack, but Manjushri Bodhisattva and Guanyin Bodhisattva recognized that the sixty-year cycle had reached the moment Wu Huo had prepared for; Li Weifeng set out to perform the Feng Shan ritual.

• Li Weifeng's command spread across the Human World, and the Hundred Schools' masters and disciples began gathering beneath Mount Tai.
• A monk who had watched Wu Huo for nine years returned to the Buddha Kingdom and reported that Wu Huo had lost his cultivation, along with the discovery of Buddhist power within the Human World's destiny.
• The Buddhas celebrated the news and planned to enter the Human World, with [Namo Joyful Sound and Light Tathagata] proposing they cooperate with Heavenly Court forces to break through its limits.
• The Judicial Great Celestial Venerable rejoiced at Wu Huo's apparent downfall, while Jade Emperor Zhang Xiaoyu worried about him and restrained himself from acting rashly.
• Manjushri Bodhisattva recalled that Wu Huo had said the Buddhas arrived sixty years too early, and Guanyin Bodhisattva sensed that he was inviting them into a trap now that the cycle had passed.
• Li Weifeng left the imperial palace as the Nine Cauldrons Great Formation was completed and the Hundred Schools set out, preparing to perform the Feng Shan ritual.

Li Weifeng completed the Fengshan Ceremony at Mount Tai, then refused the immortality offered by the Investiture of the Gods and severed his own name from it. He decreed that no Human Emperor could ever become a god, leaving the ceremony’s witnesses to watch his sword shatter after his final act.

• Li Weifeng visited Li Qiongyu, asked her to remain in the mountains and cultivate, then left to tell the Daoist Master he would face what awaited him at Mount Tai.
• Great True Person Ming Xin welcomed Li Weifeng to Mount Tai, where the Hundred Schools of Thought gathered and the Fengshan Ceremony began.
• The Nine Cauldrons united Human Dao Destiny, and the Investiture of the Gods unfurled before Li Weifeng with his name and achievements at its head.
• Li Weifeng stabbed the Investiture of the Gods and decreed that no Human Emperor could ever ascend to godhood.
• Li Weifeng cut his name from the Investiture of the Gods, rejected eternal life, and declared that even the gods must stand beneath humanity.
• Li Weifeng’s sword shattered as the people, gods, Buddhas, and masters of the Hundred Schools watched in solemn silence.

After completing the Feng Shan rite, Li Weifeng left Mount Tai with Mingxin and died in the Capital City after reliving their youth through the Yellow Millet Dream. His death weakened the formation over the human world, and Li Zhai entered it alone.

• Li Weifeng decreed that the next Human Emperor would be chosen through a contest of Human Dao destiny, then asked Mingxin to take him home.
• As Mingxin carried Li Weifeng toward the Capital City, Li Weifeng reminisced about his youth and his dreams of wandering the world.
• Mingxin cast the Yellow Millet Dream, returning Li Weifeng to a childhood meeting with the young Mingxin in Central Province Prefecture City.
• Li Weifeng died at the age of eighty-one, and Mingxin carried his body through the city as children sang nearby.
• Li Zhai poured out his wine on Mount Tai, mounted the Kirin Beast, and entered the formation as Li Weifeng's death caused its power to disperse.

The Hundred Schools of Thought repelled the immortals and gods attempting to enter the Human World, revealing how far human strength had grown. As the battle escalated, the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable sent a sword toward Mount Tai, and Human Dao Destiny began forming the image of Qi WuHuo to face it.

• Jade Emperor Zhang Xiaoyu and Empress Houtu chose not to intervene as the immortals and gods descended toward the Human World.
• The Hundred Schools of Thought shattered the immortals’ first attack with Human Dao Destiny, leaving the heavens stunned.
• The disciples realized that their years of training against Qiu had made them far stronger than the immortals they had once revered.
• The Hundred Schools joined forces at Mount Tai and met the immortals’ renewed assault with their schools’ literary veins and Human Dao Destiny.
• The Judicial Great Celestial Venerable sent a powerful sword toward Mount Tai, and Human Dao Destiny gathered into the apparent likeness of Qi WuHuo to intercept it.

Master Qiu and Li Zhai rallied the Hundred Schools and the spirits of legendary human generals to fight the heavenly forces, while the Buddhas moved to reclaim the Nine Stone Tablets. As the human realm remained peaceful below, someone emerged from seclusion and greeted Old Green Ox.

• Golden Human Dao Destiny took the form of Master Qiu, who caught the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable's sword and joined the Hundred Schools.
• Li Zhai arrived with his spear and called upon the Investiture of the Gods, summoning legendary generals and armies to fight beside the living.
• Master Qiu swept the Heavenly Soldiers away with Human Dao Destiny, and the assembled human forces charged into battle against the immortals and gods.
• The Buddhas entered the human realm to reclaim the Nine Stone Tablets while the conflict among the Six Realms intensified.
• Old Green Ox watched ordinary life continue in the Capital City, then heard someone emerge from behind him and address him as Uncle Niu.

Qi WuHuo, wearing his old blue Daoist robe, left the Human World on Old Green Ox’s back after promising his followers one final sermon. At Hangu Pass, the Sixteen Buddhas halted before the approaching old Daoist and his ox.

• Qi WuHuo said he had loose ends to settle before the Human Dao’s kalpa and accepted Old Green Ox’s offer to carry him.
• Xi Men Da Chong and the people of the Human World gathered to bid farewell to Qi WuHuo, who promised to expound on the Dao one more time.
• Qi WuHuo invited Ming to come with him, while [Yin] felt a painful stirring of memories and followed.
• Old Green Ox carried Qi WuHuo, Ming, and [Yin] out of the capital as the people called, “We send off the Teacher!”
• The Sixteen Buddhas arrived at Hangu Pass intending to enter the Human World openly, but stopped when they saw Qi WuHuo approaching on Old Green Ox.

Qi WuHuo passed through Hangu Pass and destroyed sixteen Buddha lineages, while Ming and the Golden Cicada found enlightenment through their meeting. As Buddhist schools flourished within the Human Dao, Qi WuHuo broke through to a higher realm.

• [Namo Joyful Sound and Light Tathagata] led the Buddhas in attacking Qi WuHuo, but their power failed and they were driven out of Hangu Pass.
• [Namo Joyful Sound and Light Tathagata] begged Qi WuHuo to spare the Buddhas, but Qi WuHuo scattered their cultivation and declared that slaying the Buddhas was not slaying the Dharma.
• Sixteen lotus ponds in the Western Heaven Buddha Kingdom withered as Qi WuHuo dissolved the sixteen Buddha lineages.
• Ming welcomed the Golden Cicada into his home and recognized the parallel between the Daoist who had visited at his birth and the monk who arrived near the end of his life.
• The Golden Cicada plucked a Winter Plum Blossom, and Ming attained insight as Zen Buddhism and Consciousness-Only blossomed within the Human Dao.
• Qi WuHuo sensed the Buddhist flowers blooming on the Imperial Pure Tree, gathered the Three Flowers and Five Qi, merged with a descending Daoist figure, and broke through.

Qi WuHuo reunited his Primordial Spirit and Primordial Qi avatars, reached the peak of the True Lord realm, and refused to become a Great Emperor before his Primordial Blood avatar returned. As the battle between the Hundred Schools and the immortals threatened to ignite a war between the Human World and the Celestial Realm, Qi WuHuo arrived alone on a path of purple qi and erased their attacks.

• Old Green Ox realized that Qi WuHuo’s achievements in the Human World had been accomplished by his Primordial Qi avatar while his Primordial Spirit protected the world.
• Qi WuHuo absorbed his Primordial Spirit avatar and rapidly rose to the peak of the True Lord realm, but dispersed the Great Grade Dao Fruit because he wished to attain the Imperial Pure Realm first.
• Qi WuHuo saw the battle on Mount Tai through his Dharma Eye, declined to use the Gouchen Sword, and severed the sky with a sword gesture.
• The Jade Emperor, the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable, the Sovereigns, and Empress Houtu prepared to intervene as the fighting between the Hundred Schools and the immortals escalated.
• Qi WuHuo’s purple qi swept across Mount Tai and erased the attacks, then he walked alone toward the Celestial Gate as the immortals and the Hundred Schools watched.

Qi WuHuo returned to the Human World, halted the fighting, and guided the Hundred Schools and the immortals to settle their conflict through three debates on the Dao. After giving one final sermon and reciting his five-thousand-word scripture to every living being, he vanished, leaving the scholars to lead the way themselves.

• Qi WuHuo appeared amid the purple qi, and the Hundred Schools of Thought saluted him as their Master while Judicial Great Celestial Venerable recognized that his Dao Fruit had been dissolved and suppressed his urge to attack.
• Qi WuHuo stopped the renewed fighting and proposed debates on the Dao; the Leader of the School of Military won the first, Zhuang Zhou conceded the second, and Master Qiu drew the third.
• The immortals agreed to meet the Hundred Schools again on Mount Tai in sixty years, then withdrew from the Human World.
• Qi WuHuo sat among the purple qi and gave his promised final lecture, then recited the five-thousand-word scripture he had completed.
• Purple qi enveloped the Human World, and Qi WuHuo vanished; the scholars mourned his departure and realized they now stood at the front.

After Qi WuHuo helped halt the Calamity Cycle, Zhang Xiaoyu consolidated power in Heaven and descended to the Human World to meet him. As Heaven prepared for Qi WuHuo’s return, the Three Pure Ones and the Northern Emperor’s Son waited for him.

• Zhang Xiaoyu used the aftermath of the Human World’s victory to capture, punish, and recruit Immortals and Gods, then planned to divide his new divine generals with Qi WuHuo.
• Zhang Xiaoyu created an avatar to remain in Heaven and descended to the Mortal World to find Qi WuHuo.
• The Judicial Great Celestial Venerable enlisted the current Laojun to help kill Qi WuHuo, promising to aid him in finding a hidden chamber in Doushuai Palace containing Dao Ancestor Tai Shang’s book and sword.
• The Great Unity Salvation Heavenly Venerate, the Great Master Xuan Du, and Heavenly Marshal Tian Peng discussed Qi WuHuo’s rising strength and remembered that their teachers had waited for him to pay his respects.
• The Northern Emperor’s Son heard that Qi WuHuo might be returning and wondered whether he was coming back.

Qi WuHuo left the Mortal World after entrusting Empress Nuwa’s return to Fuxi and sharing the Dao with later generations. He climbed Mount Tai, where Zhang Xiaoyu revealed himself as the Jade Emperor and welcomed Qi WuHuo into the Heavenly Palace.

• Old Green Ox celebrated reaching the Emperor Realm, while Qi WuHuo sent Empress Nuwa’s spirit back to the Taiyi Realm and heard Fuxi promise to create a safe opportunity to restore her.
• Qi WuHuo attended Li Weifeng’s funeral, answered Li Qiongyu’s question about eternal life, and said farewell to the young Dragon Maiden before leaving the Mortal World.
• Qi WuHuo spread the Great Dao scripture; Mingxin and Yin recorded its final Spirit Charm, and Yin later remembered something and watched the southern sky.
• Golden Cicada died beside the grave of the butterfly, promising to meet the young Daoist again in a future life, while the young Daoist chose to remain in the Mortal World.
• Qi WuHuo reached Mount Tai, regained his youthful appearance, and met Zhang Xiaoyu, who revealed that he was the Jade Emperor and personally led Qi WuHuo toward the Heavenly Palace.

Qi WuHuo met with Zhang Xiaoyu in the Soaring Heavens Palace, accepted half the spoils from Mount Tai, and confirmed that he would leave the Heavenly Court after helping defeat the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable. As Qi WuHuo departed with Wang E, Great Master Xuan Du arrived and challenged him to a spar, wagering the position of Supreme First Disciple.

• Wang E stopped Old Celestial Lord from entering the Soaring Heavens Palace and told him that True Martial was meeting with the Jade Emperor inside.
• Qi WuHuo told Zhang Xiaoyu that he would not recruit the Hundred Schools of Thought or stay in the Heavenly Court once his work was finished.
• Zhang Xiaoyu gave Qi WuHuo half of the spoils from Mount Tai and offered him residences and staff in the Heavenly Court.
• Qi WuHuo agreed to return after defeating the Judicial Great Celestial Venerable, then left the palace with Wang E as his guard.
• Great Master Xuan Du pinned Wang E beneath the Purple Gold Eight Trigrams Furnace and challenged Qi WuHuo to spar, wagering the title of Supreme First Disciple.

Qi WuHuo reached Great Luo Heaven after the three first disciples of the Three Pure Ones tested his abilities and welcomed him into the mountain gate. He entered the temple and bowed to Yuqing Primordial Celestial Venerable, Taiqing Moral Celestial Venerable, and Supreme Pure Spirit Treasure Celestial Venerable.

• Great Master Xuan Du tested Qi WuHuo with Six Ding Divine Fire, and Qi WuHuo suppressed the flames before returning his cultivation to the True Lord realm at will.
• Heavenly Marshal Tian Peng challenged Qi WuHuo with the Yuqing Talismanic Method, and Qi WuHuo defeated his countless incarnations with the True Talisman of Controlling Heaven's Creation.
• Great Unity Salvation Heavenly Venerate tested Qi WuHuo with the Shangqing Tribulation Sword, and Qi WuHuo countered with the Execution sword technique using the sheathed Gouchen Sword.
• Great Master Xuan Du freed Spirit Officer Wang and told Qi WuHuo that the Three Pure Dao Ancestors had been waiting for him; the three senior disciples congratulated him and cleared his way.
• Holy Mother Taiyuan escorted Qi WuHuo through Great Luo Heaven, then stopped and sent him to meet the Three Pure Celestial Venerables alone.
• Qi WuHuo entered the Daoist temple and bowed to Yuqing Primordial Celestial Venerable, Taiqing Moral Celestial Venerable, and Supreme Pure Spirit Treasure Celestial Venerable.

Qi WuHuo returned to the celestial realm after sixty years, and the Three Pure Dao Ancestors welcomed him while debating how he should continue his cultivation. After he explained his plan to rescue Empress Nuwa and recover his Primordial Blood avatar, Supreme announced that the Three Pure Ones would publicly recognize him as their shared disciple once he entered the Great Grade.

• Supreme, Primordial Celestial Venerable, and Shangqing Great Dao Lord praised Qi WuHuo for returning after sixty years and reaching the peak of the True Lord realm.
• Shangqing Great Dao Lord invited Qi WuHuo to travel with him, while Primordial Celestial Venerable urged him to cultivate in Great Luo Heaven for a thousand years or more.
• Qi WuHuo told Supreme that he had come to rescue Empress Nuwa and described the Sea of Blood and Fuxi's warning about a period of absolute safety.
• Qi WuHuo said he would retrieve his Primordial Blood avatar and let his cultivation break through naturally after the Three Pure Ones avatars reunited.
• Supreme proposed that, after Qi WuHuo entered the Great Grade, the Three Pure Ones would reopen the assembly of the Six Realms and publicly declare him their shared disciple.