Recaps

Qi WuHuo survived Zhou Qi’s attempt to kill him, claimed the authority of the Mount Tai Prefect, and stopped the calamity from consuming the Six Realms. After defeating the Demon Race and earning the title of Martial Valor, he recovered and reunited with Yun Qin as Heaven reorganized.

• Qi WuHuo used the character [Tai] to survive Zhou Qi’s ritual, then declared that he would become Mount Tai Prefect and unite the Five Directions and Five Realms.
• Empress Houtu learned Qi WuHuo had apparently died, renounced her Heavenly Court authority, and led the Earthly Deities against Heaven and Gouchen.
• Qi WuHuo broke free in Fengdu, destroyed its evil spirits, and pursued Zhou Qi to the poles, where he wounded Great Emperor Changsheng and halted the tribulation.
• The Jade Emperor named Qi WuHuo an Orthodox God and entered Mount Tai Prefect into the Haotian Jade Scroll before his consciousness faded and a new young Jade Emperor awakened.
• Qi WuHuo entered the Demon Race’s formation, seized its foundations, and used Fuxi Qin music amplified by the Mount Tai Earth Vein to kill Lord Candle Dragon and sweep away the demon army.
• Qi WuHuo summoned the Gods of Mount Tai, led a rite that forged a sword from thirty-two Earth Veins, and was hailed as [Martial Valor] before collapsing from exhaustion.
• After recovering from his injuries, Qi WuHuo reunited with Yun Qin and Little Medicine Spirit, while Old Yellow Ox told him Heaven had reorganized and appointed Qinghua Great Emperor.

Qi WuHuo helped Xiao Pengcao claim the Demon Emperor’s throne, then rejected the Heavenly Court’s honors and chose to build a system of fortune and destiny independent of Heaven. The Jade Emperor visited him as Zhang Xiaoyu, and Xuan Du Great Master revealed the boy’s damaged condition and urged Qi WuHuo to choose his own path.

• Great Master Xuan Du and Celestial Venerable Taiyi fought over who had taught Qi WuHuo, while Fuxi’s artifact spirit recounted Fuxi’s plan to restore Empress Wa and oppose [Taiyi].
• The Jade Emperor granted Qi WuHuo the title True Warrior, and Qi WuHuo returned the Dragon Emperor’s Dragon Pearl before obtaining the Taiyi Seal from the Azure Dragon.
• Qi WuHuo challenged Great Firmament, exposed his betrayal of the Dragon Emperor, and helped Xiao Pengcao gain the Taiyi Seal’s recognition and claim the Demon Emperor’s throne.
• Qi WuHuo taught Xiao Pengcao to gather the fortune of all spirits, and she chose to become a Huang rather than a puppet as the Fire Luminary’s upheaval coincided with her enthronement.
• Empress Houtu defeated Gouchen, then killed Great Firmament when he ambushed Qi WuHuo, while Shangqing Great Dao Lord agreed to forge Qi WuHuo the sword Cease War.
• Qi WuHuo returned the Saint Embryo’s power to Jinzhou, restored the prefecture’s ley lines, and completed the Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown as Ao Cang carried him.
• Qi WuHuo rejected the Jade Emperor’s investiture, showed the Old Celestial Lord Jinzhou’s memorial to the dead, and declared his plan to unite the human nations and build a system of fortune and destiny independent of Heaven.
• The Jade Emperor arrived at Qi WuHuo’s door as Zhang Xiaoyu, and Xuan Du Great Master later explained the boy’s condition, warned Qi WuHuo not to mistake him for the Jade Emperor, and returned the Supreme Elixir Art.

Qi WuHuo weighed the rival Emperors’ doctrines, received Taishang and Shangqing’s guidance, and prepared to forge a divine sword while learning new arts. Taiyi’s remnant power then tried to take over him, but Qi WuHuo fought back with Shangqing’s sword technique and pierced Taiyi’s heart.

• Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole proposed hastening reincarnation to end premature death, while Qi WuHuo challenged the suffering his plan required and debated the meaning of personal identity with the North Emperor.
• The North Emperor offered Qi WuHuo a place among the Northern Pole’s saints, and Yun Qin urged him to reject imposed order as they exchanged keepsakes and discussed escaping the conflict.
• Taishang returned to guide Qi WuHuo, gave him the Eight Sceneries Palace Lantern, and began teaching him, while Qi WuHuo impressed Shangqing by fighting with Yuqing’s solid cultivation and breaking his branch sword.
• Shangqing agreed to teach Qi WuHuo and forge him a sword, while Taishang taught Qi WuHuo One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones and challenged him to master a sealed divine art.
• Qi WuHuo met Zhang Xiaoyu and helped contain the backlash when Zhang tried to use the way of destiny, then continued training with Shangqing as the Jade Emperor sought to restore his strength.
• The Taiyi Seal manifested Taiyi in Qi WuHuo’s mind, and Qi WuHuo shattered his own mental world to escape the attempt to replace him before discovering Taiyi’s influence still lingered.
• Taiyi’s power stopped Qi WuHuo from warning his Teacher and nearly made him strike a child, but Shangqing severed the control and Taishang confirmed that Taiyi’s remnant could not be removed without destroying Qi WuHuo.
• Shangqing taught Qi WuHuo how to counter Taiyi’s technique, and Qi WuHuo used the art in a dream confrontation to break Taiyi’s attack and pierce his heart.

Qi WuHuo used Fuxi’s teachings and the tribulation to overcome Taiyi, then accepted the Three Pure Ones as teachers and entered the mortal world to depose a Buddhist-backed Human Emperor. As he cultivated toward the supreme path, he reached the Wa Sovereign trapped by Taiyi’s authority and received her power.

• Qi WuHuo trained to resist Taiyi, but Taiyi took control of his body and was driven out only when the Supreme poured his qi into him.
• Zhang Xiaoyu found Fuxi’s letter, and Qi WuHuo learned the method of drawing weapons into the soul and chose to fight Taiyi during the tribulation.
• Qi WuHuo used the tribulation, the Taiyi Seal, and his three incarnations to defeat Taiyi’s hold and become the new Taiyi.
• Empress Houtu settled the Three Pure Ones’ dispute by assigning Qi WuHuo’s three incarnations to their teachings, and they charged him to spread the Dao in the mortal world.
• Qi WuHuo confronted the Human Emperor, shattered his Human Dao Destiny, and left the people to write the final stroke of his deposition.
• Qi WuHuo entered the Sword Embryo and defeated Great Emperor Gouchen’s will, claiming the Gouchen Sword and becoming Shangqing Great Dao Lord’s disciple.
• As Qi WuHuo cultivated Taiyi Qi alongside the Five Qi, he sensed the Wa Sovereign trapped in darkness and reached her with the Three Pure Dao Ancestors’ help.
• The Wa Sovereign touched Qi WuHuo and gave him her power, strengthening his body, soul, and foundation as his Taiyi Cultivation Body shattered.