Recaps

While Zhou Yuan expounded the Dao in the Wei River Water Mansion, Di Jun founded the Demon Clan and was granted the title of Heavenly Emperor. Di Jun then called forth the Thirty-three Heavens, leaving the Primordial Great Land’s powerful beings wondering whether his court would become Heaven and Earth’s orthodoxy.

• Zhou Yuan taught the Water Mansion’s independent cultivators about the path of cultivation, clarifying their bottlenecks as he refined his own understanding.
• Di Jun announced the founding of the Demon Clan, welcoming beings of every race and status and promising them its protection.
• Races across the Primordial Great Land, including those in the Myriad Races Alliance, answered Di Jun’s call and gathered their destiny under the Demon Clan.
• Di Jun asked to reestablish the Heavenly Court and order Heaven and Earth, and the Heavenly Dao granted him the position of Heavenly Emperor.
• Di Jun used the gathered destiny to reveal the Thirty-three Worldly Heavens, prompting Great Divine Ability Users to question whether his Heavenly Court was the rightful orthodoxy.

Di Jun raced to claim the Thirty-three Heavenly Palaces, but Zhu Rong and Di Jiang tried to stop him as Tai Yi held off the Ancestor Witches with the Chaos Bell. Dou Mu Heavenly Venerate intervened on Di Jun’s behalf, and Houtu prepared to fight her.

• Di Jun flew toward the Thirty-three Heavenly Palaces to refine their origin, but Zhu Rong attacked him and Di Jiang intercepted him with the Great Dao of Space.
• Tai Yi used the Chaos Bell to dispel Di Jiang’s attack and urged Di Jun to continue toward the palaces while he faced the Ancestor Witches.
• Zhu Rong called the other Ancestor Witches to attack Tai Yi, and Tai Yi asked an unnamed Majesty for aid.
• Dou Mu Heavenly Venerate appeared with the Star God Lineage and used her Golden Pagoda to block the Ancestor Witches.
• Dou Mu Heavenly Venerate explained that Di Jun had asked her to hold them back, and Houtu transformed and challenged her to battle.

East King Duke weighed the Dao Court’s chances as Kunpeng arrived, while the Three Pure Ones blocked the divine sovereigns from confronting Di Jun. In Kunlun Mountain, Grand Pure Daoist explained that the Three Pure Ones supported Di Jun because he had agreed to spread the Mystic Gate’s cultivation methods.

• East King Duke learned that Queen Mother of the West remained in seclusion and feared he could not contend for supremacy without her support.
• Chengying Daoist Lord asked whether the Dao Court should intervene as Di Jun headed to the Thirty-three Heavenly Palaces, but Kunpeng arrived and East King Duke judged the Dao Court’s prospects lost.
• The Three Pure Ones’ Taiji Diagram, Pangu Banner, and Qingping Sword stopped the Three Sovereigns Palace from attacking Di Jun.
• In Jade Void Palace, Jade Pure Daoist questioned Di Jun’s trustworthiness, and Upper Pure Daoist warned that his Four Swords of Zhu Xian could punish him if he broke their agreement.
• Grand Pure Daoist said Di Jun had pledged to spread the Mystic Gate’s cultivation methods in exchange for their support, and trusted him to choose correctly.

As the prehistoric world descended into war, Zhou Yuan decided to use the chaos to expand his influence, annex the Huai River, and align with the Demon Clan Heavenly Court. He sent his followers to gather the Wei River’s inhabitants and flew toward Myriad Spirit Mountain Range to recruit the twelve races on Chessboard Mountain.

• Western Demonic Path elders moved to join the heavenly conflict, but Jieyin and Zhunti used Mount Sumeru’s power to block them.
• The Five Directions Emperors confronted Fuxi and Nuwa at Myriad Spirit Mountain Range, and their forces began a devastating battle.
• Zhou Yuan judged that the Tianshui Imperial Dynasty could not interfere with his plans and considered using the Demon Clan Heavenly Court to challenge the Four Seas Dragon Clan and annex the Huai River.
• Zhou Yuan ordered Old Man Qingrong and several Heavenly Being Demon Gods to spread his decree along the Wei River, granting them Houtian Spiritual Treasures for protection.
• Zhou Yuan decided to recruit the twelve races on Chessboard Mountain and flew toward Myriad Spirit Mountain Range, passing war chariots and enormous beasts along the way.

Old Man Heavenly Sword attacked Chessboard Mountain, but Zhou Yuan intervened and trapped him within his domain of rain. When Old Man Heavenly Sword unleashed his Heaven-Slaying Sword Intent, the Grand Unity Great Sages of Phoenix Perch Mountain flew to Chessboard Mountain to join the fight.

• A Grand Unity Great Sage from the Five Directions Divine Dynasty revealed himself and prepared to destroy Chessboard Mountain after concealing his presence from Phoenix Perch Mountain.
• The aged deity intercepted the Golden Armored Divine General's message and unleashed golden sword qi, but Zhou Yuan stopped the attack and his rain killed the invading cultivators.
• Zhou Yuan appeared before the aged deity, introduced himself as Taiyuanzi, and refused his offer to make amends, demanding his head instead.
• The aged deity revealed himself as Old Man Heavenly Sword and attacked Zhou Yuan with a sword nurtured since the ancient Human Emperor era.
• The Phoenix Perch Mountain Grand Unity Great Sages recognized Old Man Heavenly Sword's Heaven-Slaying Sword Intent and flew to Chessboard Mountain to help.

Zhou Yuan defeated and beheaded Old Man Heavenly Sword, earning acclaim across the Myriad Spirit Mountain Range. At a gathering on Chessboard Mountain, Chong Ming and Chi Zhou competed to recruit him into their Dao lineages, with the Sun Palace offering a prestigious Innate Star God position and generous rewards.

• Zhou Yuan summoned wind, rain, thunder, and lightning to clash with Old Man Heavenly Sword, then emerged from the bloody rain holding the elder’s head.
• News of Zhou Yuan’s victory spread through the Myriad Spirit Mountain Range, where cultivators praised him for raising the Phoenix Perch Mountain lineage’s prestige.
• At a gathering of Grand Unity Great Sages, Chong Ming asked whether Zhou Yuan had a Dharma lineage, and Zhou Yuan explained that he had no inherited lineage.
• Chong Ming invited Zhou Yuan to join North Sea Palace and offered to guide him into the North Sea.
• Chi Zhou countered with an invitation to the Sun Palace, offering ten Grotto-heavens, treasures, scriptures, True Sun Fire, and an Innate Star God position.

Zhou Yuan declined the Sun Palace and accepted Fairy Cai Feng’s offer to join Phoenix Perch Mountain, securing a promise of Water Element authority in the Tianshui Imperial Dynasty. He concealed the true rank of his Origin Divine Position and considered how annexing the Wei River could help him reach the Innate Dao Lord realm.

• Fairy Cai Feng offered Zhou Yuan generous resources, freedom to cultivate, and Water Element authority if he joined Phoenix Perch Mountain.
• Zhou Yuan rejected Great Sage Chi Zhou’s recruitment by citing his karmic debt to Empress Nuwa and Dao Lord Fuxi, then built goodwill with the other Grand Unity Great Sages by offering his pill and artifact-refining services.
• After the other Great Sages departed, Zhou Yuan asked Fairy Cai Feng how she had recognized his Ancient Divine Path legacy, and she explained that she had only glimpsed his aura.
• Fairy Cai Feng promised to secure Zhou Yuan the Tianshui Imperial Dynasty’s Water Element authority, believing his Origin Divine Position could eventually lead him to the Innate Dao Lord realm.
• Zhou Yuan privately recognized that his Water Ancestor divine rank surpassed an Innate Dao Lord’s and concluded that claiming the Tianshui waterways and annexing the Wei River could bring him to that realm.

After gaining Phoenix Perch Mountain’s backing, Zhou Yuan prepared to consolidate his rule over the Wei River and expand his influence. He brought Chessboard Mountain’s stewards and Guizhenzi into his service, leaving the mountain’s future in their hands as he assembled followers for the conflicts ahead.

• Zhou Yuan reflected that Phoenix Perch Mountain’s support and its two Dao Lords would help protect him as he pursued control of the Tianshui Imperial Dynasty’s waterways.
• At Chessboard Mountain, Dragon Ancestor Chenlong and the other stewards celebrated Zhou Yuan’s rise to the Grand Unity Great Sage realm and their improved prospects under his protection.
• Zhou Yuan offered the twelve stewards the choice of staying at Chessboard Mountain with a scripture to aid their cultivation or accompanying him to the Wei River; they chose to follow him.
• Zhou Yuan ordered the stewards to hand over the mountain’s affairs and bring most of their demon folk to the Wei River, leaving only a few behind to guard Chessboard Mountain.
• Guizhenzi visited Zhou Yuan, accepted the vacant chief steward position in the Wei River Water Palace, and agreed to serve him.

Zhou Yuan led the Chessboard Mountain demons to the Wei River and organized his newly established Water Palace. He appointed its officials and guard commanders, then taught them methods for training Dao soldiers as the Wei River lineage prepared to grow amid the ongoing war.

• Fairy Cai Feng and the Grand Unity Great Sages watched Zhou Yuan depart for the Wei River and discussed the Dao Sovereigns' conflict and the Five Directions Imperial Dynasty's reliance on fortune.
• Zhou Yuan brought the Chessboard Mountain demons to the Wei River, where Rat Ancestor Zishu and the others saw the region's abundant resources and growing population.
• Zhou Yuan appointed Guizhenzi chief steward of the Water Palace and named Old Man Qingrong, Mangcang, Jin Yuanzi, and Madam Jiuzhen as masters of its four halls.
• Zhou Yuan appointed Rat Ancestor Zishu and the other twelve commanders to lead the Outer Palace guards, instructing them to recruit capable members from their clans and the Wei River's communities.
• Zhou Yuan taught the guard commanders battle formations, the Path of Condensing Sha, and Dao soldier methods before assigning everyone their duties.

Zhou Yuan studied the changes in the heavens while Guizhenzi organized the Water Mansion’s officials and preparations for conquest. The Dragon Elephant chief, seeking protection for his tribe from its former enslavers, decided to offer the tribe’s last treasure to Madam Jiuzhen.

• Zhou Yuan resolved to wait for the heavenly war to end before acting and absorbed Old Man Heavenly Sword’s sword arts into his cultivation.
• Guizhenzi warned the Water Mansion’s officials to put public duties first and directed them to settle submitted tribes, collect tributes, forge weapons and pills, and prepare Dao soldiers.
• The Dragon Elephant chief recalled how the Golden Brilliance Divine Race had enslaved his declining tribe and demanded their life-ending tusks every hundred years.
• Longshan Lie told the Dragon Elephant chief that Guizhenzi oversaw the Water Mansion and that Madam Jiuzhen handled tribal settlements fairly.
• The Dragon Elephant chief decided to visit Madam Jiuzhen with the tribe’s Crimson Dragon Ginseng in hopes of securing her protection.

Long Shanying and the Dragon Elephant Tribe were pursued by a Golden Robe Divine Envoy of the Golden Brilliance Imperial Dynasty, and Long Shanying fought to protect his fleeing clansmen. Madam Jiuzhen intervened at the Wei River, defeated and captured the envoy, and planned to hand him over to Grand Supervisor Guizhen for interrogation.

• Long Shanying sent Lie and the Dragon Elephant Tribe clansmen toward the Wei River Water Mansion while he stayed behind to confront the Golden Robe Divine Envoy.
• Long Shanying and his Golden Giant Elephant fought the envoy, who wounded them and threatened to kill the tribe’s descendants.
• Madam Jiuzhen arrived, tossed the Golden Giant Elephant aside, and shattered the envoy’s Heavenly Blade divine ability.
• Long Shanying pleaded with Madam Jiuzhen to protect the Longshan Tribe and explained that the Golden Brilliance Imperial Dynasty had pursued them to the Wei River.
• Madam Jiuzhen recognized the envoy as a member of Golden Brilliance and decided not to spare him, while the envoy tried to flee.
• Madam Jiuzhen used the Brocade Peach Blossom Scarf and her Fox Clan enchanting divine art to incapacitate and capture the envoy for Grand Supervisor Guizhen to interrogate.

Madam Jiuzhen subdued the Golden Robe Divine Envoy and accepted the Dragon Elephant Tribe’s allegiance, bringing the tribe under the Wei River Water Mansion’s protection. After she arranged support and registration for the tribe, Guizhenzi urged the Water Mansion to strengthen itself, then warned that little time remained.

• Madam Jiuzhen accepted Long Shanying’s allegiance and explained how the Dragon Elephant Tribe could serve the Water Mansion and earn cultivation resources.
• Long Shanying celebrated his tribe’s new protection and resolved to prove its worth to the Water Mansion.
• Madam Jiuzhen ordered officials to register the tribes along the Wei River and exchange the Dragon Elephant Tribe’s Crimson Dragon Ginseng for pills and magical artifacts.
• Guizhenzi interrogated and killed the Golden Robe Divine Envoy, then told Madam Jiuzhen to ensure the Water Mansion’s policies were implemented.
• Guizhenzi urged Madam Jiuzhen to cultivate before Zhou Yuan’s next Dao lecture and said there was not much time left.

Gui Changshou registered the Dragon Elephant Tribe as a Wei River vassal and explained its duties and benefits. Long Shanying accepted the terms and became eager to raise the tribe’s grade to gain access to stronger inheritances.

• Long Shanying ordered Longshan Lie to lead a hunting party into the Misty Cloud Mountains to gather resources and train the young tribe members.
• Gui Changshou arrived with soldiers from the Wei River Water Mansion and registered the Dragon Elephant Tribe in the Golden Book and Jade Scroll.
• Gui Changshou told Long Shanying that the tribe must obey the Divine Lord, recommend a warrior for selection every ten years, and submit cultivation resources.
• Long Shanying learned that the tribe’s required tribute was far lighter than what it had paid the Golden Brilliance Imperial Dynasty and praised the Divine Lord’s benevolence.
• Gui Changshou described the yearly benefits for a Seventh-grade Tribe, including pills, an artifact, and a Dao Listening Quota, and explained how tribes could advance their grade.
• Long Shanying asked how to raise the tribe’s grade after learning that higher grades could unlock valuable cultivation inheritances.

The Longshan Clan became a vassal of the Wei River Water Mansion, whose growing fortune helped Zhou Yuan refine Wood God Thunder and strengthen his faction. After a century of teaching his subordinates and expanding his territory, Zhou Yuan sensed an Innate Dao Lord’s fall and discovered the Tianshui prince’s suppressed treasure might still retain a connection to its master.

• Long Shanying sent Longshan Lie to register for the Black Water Guard assessment and led the Longshan Clan in worshipping Zhou Yuan, sending its fortune to the Water Mansion.
• Zhou Yuan used the rising fortune to cultivate and refined Wood God Thunder, achieving two of the Innate Five Elements Divine Thunders.
• Over the next century, Zhou Yuan instructed his subordinates, helping cultivators including Madam Jiuzhen and Old Man Qingrong break through to True One; the Water Mansion then expanded its control over nearby waters.
• Zhou Yuan sensed bloody rain and the wailing of the Five Elements, recognizing that an Innate Dao Lord had fallen and suspecting the rulers of Phoenix Perch Mountain had defeated the Five Directions Imperial Dynasty.
• Zhou Yuan examined the Profound Nether Weak Water Bead and found its divine-sense imprint had not fully vanished, then looked in shock at the unconscious Eighteenth Prince of the Tianshui Imperial Dynasty inside the formation.

Zhou Yuan captured Dao Lord Tianshui after the ancient god took over the Eighteenth Prince’s body, then used the Myriad Dao Book to seal his undying true spirit. By calculating through the spirit, Zhou Yuan discovered that Tianshui had left eight other Dao bodies as contingencies and resolved to eliminate his remaining legacy.

• Dao Lord Tianshui awakened in the Eighteenth Prince’s body, and Zhou Yuan revealed that he had trapped him in a formation.
• Dao Lord Tianshui dismissed the Eighteenth Prince’s death, threatened Zhou Yuan, and tried to escape by abandoning his Dao body.
• Zhou Yuan used the Myriad Dao Book to suppress and seal Dao Lord Tianshui’s undying true spirit.
• Zhou Yuan used the sealed spirit and his Heavenly Machine Chessboard to trace Tianshui’s hidden contingencies, discovering eight other Dao bodies.
• Zhou Yuan concluded that Heaven’s mandate and his ties to the demon race had made him one of those destined to destroy Dao Lord Tianshui.

Zhou Yuan mobilized the Wei River Water Mansion to seize waterways after the Five Directions Imperial Dynasty's Dao Lords fell, then went to Yunmeng Marsh to hunt Dao Lord Tianshui's final Dao body. There, he killed a group of Aquatic Race pursuers who attacked him, leaving the injured white dragon Ao Lin at his mercy.

• Zhou Yuan ordered the Wei River Water Mansion to take control of waterways while avoiding powerful lineages until he could deal with them himself.
• Longshan Lie joined the campaign, and Chief Long Shanying planned to send more Dragon Elephant Tribe youths to become Black Water Guard Dao soldiers.
• After observing the Water Mansion's forces mobilize, Zhou Yuan traveled to Yunmeng Marsh, where Dao Lord Tianshui's last Dao body and hidden legacy were believed to be.
• The injured white dragon Ao Lin asked Zhou Yuan to escort him to the Four Seas, while the Green Fish Commander accused Zhou Yuan of being his accomplice and ordered the Aquatic Race warriors to attack.
• Zhou Yuan used his golden lamp to burn the Aquatic Race pursuers to ash, including the Green Fish Commander, and then fixed his cold gaze on the terrified Ao Lin.

Zhou Yuan learned that the Four Seas Dragon Clan had secretly sent pure-blooded dragons onto land to expand its control over waterways, and concluded that Yunmeng Marsh was part of a plan to claim the Four Rivers. He entered Yunmeng Dragon Palace in disguise to confront the Green Flood Dragon, Dao Lord Tianshui’s final Dao body, while the dragon hosted a gathering.

• Ao Lin recounted the West Sea Dragon Clan’s mission and how the old flood dragon captured Ao Sheng after driving him from Yunmeng Marsh’s Water Palace.
• Zhou Yuan inferred that the Green Flood Dragon was Dao Lord Tianshui’s final Dao body and ordered Ao Lin to take him to Yunmeng Dragon Palace.
• Ao Lin led Zhou Yuan through a hidden teleportation passage into the palace’s Inner Treasury while the Green Flood Dragon hosted the local River Gods and Water Gods.
• Zhou Yuan disguised himself as a visiting Daoist, and Ao Lin became his attendant as they entered the celebration bearing two Green Pears as a gift.
• Turtle Chancellor welcomed Zhou Yuan after hearing his claim that he cultivated at Floating Cloud Temple on Mount Yandang and inspecting the valuable gift.

Zhou Yuan revealed himself at a feast in Yunmeng and killed the Old Flood Dragon of Yunmeng before the assembled water spirits. He took the dragon’s remaining treasures, claimed control of the palace, and went to free Dragon Lord Ao Sheng.

• The Old Flood Dragon of Yunmeng rewarded the River Earls and water gods, then lamented that the wicked dragon’s son was still at large.
• At a Crab Spirit’s urging, Zhou Yuan displayed his lightning arts, then attacked the Old Flood Dragon of Yunmeng with thunder, divine light, and the Crimson Bright Profound Sky Golden Lamp.
• The Old Flood Dragon of Yunmeng was burned to death, and Zhou Yuan collected the treasures left behind by his Dao body.
• The water gods and River Earls knelt to Zhou Yuan, who ordered them to resume the music and dancing.
• Zhou Yuan took Ao Lin to the Dragon Palace dungeon and released Dragon Lord Ao Sheng.

Zhou Yuan entered the Innate Magic Array in Yunmeng Marsh and calmed its myriad true waters by evolving his Great Dao of Water Element. He reached a Chaos-shrouded stone platform and stared in surprise at what lay upon it.

• Ao Sheng and Ao Lin led Zhou Yuan to the hidden Innate Magic Array after Ao Sheng reluctantly agreed to show him.
• After Zhou Yuan entered the array, Ao Sheng and Ao Lin planned to summon other Dragon Kings and seize the treasure for themselves.
• Zhou Yuan returned from hiding, exposed their scheme, sealed their senses with his bamboo staff, and stored both dragons away.
• Inside the array, Zhou Yuan found that divine force alone could not overcome its powerful water-element attacks, so he sought its core instead.
• Zhou Yuan evolved his Great Dao of Water Element, causing the myriad true waters to calm and reveal a Chaos-shrouded stone platform.

Zhou Yuan claimed the Northern Profound Origin Water Control Banner, the Twelve Sea-Calming Pearls, and the Chaos stone platform before returning to Yunmeng Dragon Palace. He began refining the Nine Nether Profound Yin Myriad Spirits Banner and prepared to purify the innate Yin Sha Qi needed for its Banner Spirit.

• Zhou Yuan took the Northern Profound Origin Water Control Banner, the Twelve Sea-Calming Pearls, and the Chaos stone platform, causing the innate formation to collapse.
• Zhou Yuan considered using the demon race against the Four Seas Dragon Palace and thought about influencing Ao Sheng and Ao Lin.
• Zhou Yuan studied Dao Lord Tianshui’s secret art and learned how to refine the Nine Nether Profound Yin Myriad Spirits Banner with the Myriad Dao Book.
• Zhou Yuan spent forty-nine years refining the banner, then prepared to dispel the darkness within the innate Yin Sha Qi using the Crimson Bright Profound Sky Golden Lamp.

Zhou Yuan completed the Myriad Spirits Banner, bound Ao Sheng and Ao Lin’s souls to it, and sent them to spy on the Four Seas Dragon Clan. After returning to the Wei River, he praised Guizhenzi and the others for expanding their territory and ordered them to prepare for the campaign to resume.

• Zhou Yuan refined the Myriad Spirits Banner with purified Innate Yin Sha Qi and 129,600 Innate Dao Scripts, creating a golden-red treasure with the spirit Nine Nether Profound Yin Su Nü.
• Zhou Yuan had Su Nü draw Ao Sheng and Ao Lin’s souls into the banner, where they became loyal Main Souls able to form Dao bodies.
• Zhou Yuan ordered Ao Sheng to watch the Four Seas Dragon Clan’s movements and have Ao Lin report anything unusual to him at the Wei River.
• Zhou Yuan returned to the Wei River and heard that Guizhenzi and the other True One cultivators had taken the small water veins in the upper Huai River.
• Zhou Yuan rewarded Guizhenzi and the others with cultivation resources and ordered them to gather troops for the campaign after his seclusion.

Zhou Yuan assessed the treasures he had taken from Dao Lord Tianshui and began seizing the Tianshui Imperial Dynasty’s water veins to strengthen his cultivation. He left the Wei River Water Mansion’s forces to clear the first conquered water vein after personally killing its divine-clan guardian.

• Zhou Yuan examined Dao Lord Tianshui’s legacy, including the Profound Nether Weak Water Bead, Three Lights Jade Ruyi, and Pure Jade Glazed Apricot, and planned to absorb the domain’s water veins before refining the Yellow Middle Plum’s innate embryo.
• After a hundred years, Zhou Yuan led the Black Water Guard to take control of the Tianshui Imperial Dynasty’s water veins, ordering them to kill anyone who resisted and promising doubled rewards.
• At the Wei River, a white-haired remnant of the Tianshui Divine Clan challenged Zhou Yuan and threatened him.
• Zhou Yuan killed the old man with Black Water Divine Thunder, captured his soul in the Myriad Spirits Banner, and ordered Su Nu to clear the water vein without killing those who surrendered or had minor sins.

After clearing the Wei River Water Mansion, Zhou Yuan continued claiming waterways under Phoenix Perch Mountain’s decree and killed a Demon King who rejected Empress Nuwa and Dao Lord Fuxi’s authority. Dao Lord Ji Meng chose to visit Phoenix Perch Mountain and apologize, leaving his grievance with Zhou Yuan for later.

• Su Nu gathered the fallen cultivators’ souls into the Myriad Spirits Banner, and Guizhenzi arranged for the Wei River Water Mansion’s forces to withdraw after leaving a squad to take over its resources.
• Dragon King Hei Zhuo handed over the troops and waters of a Water Mansion to Zhou Yuan before departing for the North Sea.
• A Demon King claiming allegiance to Ji Meng ordered Zhou Yuan to leave and declared that he recognized only the Sun Palace, not Phoenix Perch Mountain.
• Zhou Yuan invoked Empress Nuwa and Dao Lord Fuxi, then killed the Demon King with lightning and fire, destroying his body and soul.
• Ji Meng consulted Dao Lord Bai Ze, received word that the demon race’s greater interests must come first, and prepared to visit Phoenix Perch Mountain with a Golden Thread Jade Robe to apologize.

Zhou Yuan secured the upper reaches of the Huai River, strengthened his forces, and found that his Myriad Spirits Banner still could not raise Su Nu to the Dao Lord realm. As Zhou Yuan returned to govern his new territory, an old dragon and Ao Yuan discussed waiting for a better chance to move against him.

• Empress Nuwa ordered Fairy Cai Feng to bring Taiyuanzi to Phoenix Perch Mountain after he settled the Water Mansion, while she and Dao Lord Fuxi discussed using him to counter their enemies.
• Zhou Yuan continued subduing the Huai River’s cultivators, killing opponents and recruiting demon cultivators as his Wei River Water Mansion grew.
• Zhou Yuan used the Myriad Spirits Banner to gather the fallen Grand Unity cultivators, but concluded that Su Nu still could not reach the Dao Lord realm through accumulated souls alone.
• After taking the upper reaches of the Huai River, Zhou Yuan chose to return and govern the territory rather than continue expanding, as his water-god authority and fortune grew.
• An old dragon lamented that Zhou Yuan had been too cautious to attack the lower Wei River, then told Ao Yuan to wait for a better opportunity while he returned to the East Sea.

Zhou Yuan accepted Empress Nuwa’s invitation and traveled with Fairy Cai Feng to Phoenix Perch Mountain, where he received praise for his actions in the Wei River and Tianshui Imperial Dynasty. He asked to study the lineage’s scriptures, and Dao Lord Fuxi granted him access to the Creation Pavilion before summoning him to return in ten thousand years for a journey to the Thirty-three Heavens.

• Zhou Yuan reflected that he needed to secure the upper Wei River and might rely on Phoenix Perch Mountain’s protection before moving against the Huai River.
• Fairy Cai Feng arrived with Empress Nuwa’s oral decree inviting Zhou Yuan to Phoenix Perch Mountain and used the Yin Yang Golden Bridge to take him there.
• Zhou Yuan marveled at Phoenix Perch Mountain’s sacred grounds and paid his respects to Dao Lord Fuxi and Empress Nuwa.
• Empress Nuwa praised Zhou Yuan’s efforts against the remnants of the divine race and the Taiyi in the Tianshui Imperial Dynasty, then asked what reward he wanted.
• Zhou Yuan requested permission to read Phoenix Perch Mountain’s Daoist books, and Dao Lord Fuxi granted him access to the Creation Pavilion.
• Dao Lord Fuxi told Zhou Yuan to return in ten thousand years and travel with him and Empress Nuwa to the Thirty-three Heavens.