Arc 6The Netherworld and the Merchant Dao
Zhou Yuan established his Primordial path, reshaped the Netherworld, and defeated Great Freedom Heavenly Son with Grand Pure Daoist. As the Mystic Gate’s opening approached, Zhou Yuan’s intervention helped Wu Zhiqi crush a plot to seize the merchant association, though the hidden mastermind remained to be uncovered.
- Zhou Yuan attained the Primordial Golden Immortal realm by severing his past, present, and future, and his future body emerged as Emperor Fengdu to rule the Netherworld.
- Emperor Fengdu strengthened the Netherworld’s defenses, replaced the vanished Blood Moon with a new moon, and quelled a rebellion by the imprisoned Chaos Demon Gods with Meng Po’s help.
- Zhou Yuan opened the Bronze Ancient Coffin beneath the Red Moon, took the World-Destroying Millstone and Pangu True Blood, and used them to strengthen Taisha Heavenly Palace and cultivate the Primordial Chaos Golden Chapter.
- Zhou Yuan defeated the Wuchang Sea Dragon Lord and Old Man Blazing Flame, then joined Grand Pure Daoist to badly wound Great Freedom Heavenly Son and help Queen Mother of the West attain the Primordial Golden Immortal realm.
- Zhou Yuan sent Wang Pan inland with the Three Lights Jade Ruyi to confront the plot against Wuyi Mountain’s lineage, while he arranged for the merchant association to establish an overseas base.
- Wu Zhiqi rejected retreat and prepared to purge corrupt Marketplace leaders after Wang Pan reported Zhou Yuan’s orders and Guizhenzi revealed evidence of their corruption.
- At the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, Lord Qingcheng, Lord Hanhai, and Lord Baihui challenged Guizhenzi’s leadership, but Wang Pan invoked Zhou Yuan’s decree and the Three Lights Jade Ruyi destroyed the three demons.
- Wu Zhiqi ordered the disloyal cultivators killed, while Zhou Yuan captured the demons’ true spirits and began investigating the hidden power behind the plot.