Recaps

Daoist Mother Yuan Jun used the Myriad Star Sacred Pagoda to spread starlight across the Primordial World and enlighten the wisdom of living things, cementing her status as the Mother of All Stars. Chang Xi was wounded when she tried to conceal the Taiyin, while Yuan Jun gained renewed hope of reaching Primordial Grand Unity and established moonlight as a source of Imperial Flow Sap.

• Daoist Mother Yuan Jun invoked the Myriad Star Sacred Pagoda to make the sun and Taiyin shine together and spread spiritual wisdom across the universe.
• Chang Xi tried to conceal the Taiyin Star, but the Heavenly Dao’s great trend struck her down, and Di Jun warned her not to interfere.
• Chang Xi withdrew to Guanghan Palace, vowing to remember Yuan Jun’s insult and repay it when the Heavenly Dao no longer protected her.
• Daoist Mother Yuan Jun perfected her status as the Mother of All Stars and saw renewed hope of attaining Primordial Grand Unity.
• Daoist Mother Yuan Jun used the sun to draw purple qi at dawn and made the Taiyin’s moonlight nourish living things.
• Daoist Mother Yuan Jun established a Heavenly Dao covenant that every sixty years, moonlight would form Imperial Flow Sap and scatter through the Primordial World, prompting Chang Xi to lament the loss of her fate.

Zhou Yuan and the Star God Lineage used starlight and the Secret Daoist Outline of Zhou Tian Star Dou's Wisdom Enlightenment and Spiritual Manifestation to awaken spirits in inanimate beings throughout the Primordial Great World. Their vast outpouring of gratitude brought merit and drew the attention of sages, who wondered what Zhou Yuan intended to gain from empowering the world's lowest strata.

• Doumu Niangniang concealed the moon and sun, and the [Morning Star] and All Stars sent starlight throughout the Primordial Great World.
• Starlight awakened fire, stone, water, and other spirits, giving countless inanimate beings the chance to cultivate.
• Awakened beings recalled Zhou Yuan, Daoist Mother Yuan Jun, and the Star God Lineage in visions and praised them, stirring the Heavenly Dao and Human Dao.
• Sages recognized the merit and influence the Star God Lineage and Zhou Yuan had gained, but hesitated to oppose him because of his standing in the Ancestral Court of Mystic Gate.
• On Kunlun Mountain, Daoist of Morality Heavenly Venerate urged Daoist of Beginning Heavenly Venerate not to interfere, while Daoist of Beginning Heavenly Venerate questioned what Zhou Yuan planned to do with the awakened beings.

The shamans learned that the Great Formation of the Heavens' Fiendish Spirits was nearly complete, while Di Jun ordered his demon race to welcome newly awakened beings into its ranks. Wary of the Zhou Tian Star Dou and its allies, Di Jun sent Ji Meng to Zi Wei Star Palace to invite the Water Official Great Emperor back to guard the Heavenly River.

• Empress Houtu speculated that beings awakened by starlight might form a new race, and Di Jiang dismissed them as no immediate threat while considering how the shamans might attract new members.
• Zhu Jiuyin told Di Jiang that the Great Formation of the Heavens' Fiendish Spirits was nearly complete after ten thousand years of research, and Di Jiang arranged to open the blood pool for their kin.
• Di Jun declared that any awakened being could join the demon race and ordered Tu Shan and Bai Ze to recruit intelligent beings from across the world.
• Di Jun privately grew wary of the Zhou Tian Star Dou, Taiyuanzi, and their allies, and ordered Ji Meng to invite the Water Official Great Emperor back to guard the Heavenly River.
• Ji Meng accepted Di Jun's decree despite his reluctance to meet Taiyuanzi and set out for Zi Wei Star Palace.

After the Star God Lineage gained immense merit, Zhou Yuan warned Daoist Mother Yuan Jun to keep the Zhou Tian Star Gods from provoking the Demon Clan Heavenly Court and promised to protect them. On the way back to the Heavenly Realm, he gave Ji Meng the Zhou Tian Star Banner and accepted a valuable gift and apology, leaving Ji Meng with a mysterious water treasure in return.

• Zhou Yuan praised the Star God Lineage's role in the plan and warned Daoist Mother Yuan Jun that the Demon Clan Heavenly Court might grow wary of its newfound power.
• Daoist Mother Yuan Jun offered to have Grand White Golden Star serve Zhou Yuan, and Zhou Yuan agreed.
• Ji Meng waited two years at Zi Wei Star Palace before Zhou Yuan and Daoist Mother Yuan Jun received him and Zhou Yuan departed with him for the Heavenly Realm.
• Above the Heavenly River, Zhou Yuan stopped and told Grand White Golden Star to give Ji Meng the Zhou Tian Star Banner to take back to the Heavenly Emperor.
• Ji Meng apologized to Zhou Yuan for his faction's past offenses and presented him with a Yellow-skinned Gourd containing an Innate Spiritual Treasure and divine materials.
• Zhou Yuan accepted the gourd and gave Ji Meng a mysterious water droplet containing Water Element Dao insights and a wisp of Primordial Grand Unity true intent.

The Water Official Great Emperor left Grand White Golden Star in charge of the Heavenly River Dojo, rewarding its officials and assigning him to strengthen the Water Department and build a Heavenly River water army. In seclusion, Zhou Yuan comprehended the Authority of Water Element and sensed a nearly formed Dao Fruit that remained incomplete.

• The Water Official Great Emperor appointed Grand White Golden Star to manage the Heavenly River Dojo while he was away and distributed immortal medicines, divine materials, pills, and artifacts to the Water Department's officials and generals.
• The Water Official Great Emperor told Grand White Golden Star to look after scattered cultivator officials and assured him that powerful figures would not dare attack the Water Department while his ties to the Demon Clan Heavenly Court remained intact.
• The Water Official Great Emperor ordered Grand White Golden Star to organize the Water Department's staff and train a Heavenly River water army, including fiendish stars seeking merit.
• The Water Official Great Emperor vanished into the great void, and Grand White Golden Star vowed to protect the Heavenly Court's Authority of Water Element.
• Zhou Yuan secluded himself at Wuyi Mountain and contemplated the cycle of the water element, creating a universe in which waters flowed from the Heavenly River through rivers and seas.
• Zhou Yuan sensed a Dao Fruit on the verge of emerging but constrained by a lack of perfection, then returned his created universe to Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind.

After leaving seclusion, Zhou Yuan summoned powerful figures to Wuyi Mountain for a thirty-thousand-year Dao lecture, while Liu Xuan continued Moonlight Spirit Mansion’s secret plans for its Dragon Gate true dragons. The chapter left Liu Xuan heading through a well toward the East Sea as his long-laid plans were set to bear fruit.

• Zhou Yuan left seclusion and ordered White Crane Attendant and White Deer Attendant to summon Wuyi Mountain’s factions and guests for a thirty-thousand-year Dao lecture.
• Immortals and gods from across the Primordial Great World gathered at Xuanzhen Cliff, including Zhen Yuanzi, whom Zhou Yuan welcomed to the high platform.
• Zhou Yuan began teaching the Dao to the assembled crowd after the Dao bell rang nine times.
• Liu Xuan assessed the Aquatic Race candidates at the Dragon Gate and told Old Ancestor Hei Zhuo to enforce their blood oaths and keep their passage secret.
• After receiving a jade slip, Liu Xuan concluded that scrutiny of Moonlight Spirit Mansion would ease and headed to a well beneath Moonwatch Lake that led to the East Sea.

Liu Xuan visited the East Sea Dragon Palace on Taiyuan Heavenly Venerate’s decree and claimed he could decide the Dragon Clan’s fate. After his sword intent broke the five old dragons’ display of power, the Dragon Clan elders challenged his claim.

• Liu Xuan arrived at the Dragon Palace unseen and told its hidden elder he had come bearing Taiyuan Heavenly Venerate’s decree and a plan that could restore or ruin the Dragon Clan.
• Ao Guang welcomed Liu Xuan, introduced him as Dao Lord Xuanxiao, and led him to a hidden hall where five ancient dragon lords awaited.
• The five old dragons unleashed an ancient battlefield illusion to intimidate Liu Xuan, but he broke it with a display of his Ultimate Sword Dao.
• The five dragon lords acknowledged Liu Xuan’s strength, manifested their Dao forms, and invited him to sit.
• An azure-robed dragon lord rejected Liu Xuan’s claim that he could determine the Dragon Clan’s rise and fall, and a white-robed dragon lord demanded to know how he dared make such a boast.

Liu Xuan warned the five old dragon lords that Purple Mansion Continent and East King Duke might be doomed, then urged the dragon clan to join Wuyi Mountain under his master, Taiyuanzi. The black-robed elder rejected the proposal, insisting the Water Element Black Emperor's legacy belonged to the dragon clan.

• Liu Xuan told the old dragon lords that the demon clan had created a formation capable of matching Purple Mansion Continent's Ten Thousand Immortals Formation.
• Liu Xuan called East King Duke a forerunner to a king, prompting the five elders to fear that the dragon clan had again chosen a doomed side.
• Ao Guang knelt and admitted he had gone all in with Purple Mansion Continent, even giving East King Duke the Ten Thousand Dragon Formation.
• The red-robed elder rebuked Ao Guang, while Liu Xuan challenged the elders to consider whether they dared switch allegiance to the demon clan.
• Liu Xuan invited the dragon clan to join Wuyi Mountain and help Taiyuanzi claim the Water Element Black Emperor position, but the black-robed elder refused.

Liu Xuan forced the five Dragon Lords to confront the consequences of dividing the Dragon Clan’s fortune, and they agreed to report the matter to their rulers. Twenty thousand years later, the Demon Race launched a sudden mobilization, and the sages realized a great calamity was beginning over the East Sea.

• Liu Xuan showed the Dragon Lords a vision of the Dragon Gate and warned that division would split the Dragon Clan’s fortune and bring turmoil to the Four Seas.
• The blue-robed Dragon Lord declared that the Dragon Clan could not return to its former glory and led his brothers to report the matter to their rulers.
• Twenty thousand years passed as the Immortal Dao spread through the Primordial Great World and its hidden tensions grew.
• Kunpeng sensed that war had begun and flew toward the Thirty-three Heavenly Palaces, while Xi He and Chang Xi prepared their treasures and demons gathered across the starry sky.
• The Demon Race struck before the Wu Clan and the sages could react, causing the great void to thunder and calamity Qi to surge.
• Sages across the world looked toward the East Sea and realized the Demon Race was behind the upheaval.

East King Duke prepared Purple Mansion Continent for a decisive war after the demon race struck first, choosing to pursue his ambition of ruling Heaven rather than retreat. As the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation revealed power beyond a Primordial Golden Immortal, the Three Pure Heavenly Venerates realized East King Duke had upset their plans and feared the consequences of either side winning.

• East King Duke sensed a great crisis from the demon race, and Great God Lei Ze, Immortal Lord San Ji, and Queen Mother of the West agreed that Purple Mansion Continent had to risk everything in battle.
• East King Duke drew the Pure Yang Immortal Sword, declared his determination to seek the Heavenly Emperor's throne, and summoned the immortals of Purple Mansion Continent.
• The gathered immortals formed the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, whose power surpassed its previous strength and approached a supreme realm beyond the Primordial Golden Immortal.
• Daoist of Beginning Heavenly Venerate accused East King Duke of pursuing ambitions of his own, while the Grand Pure Daoist grew uneasy about the fate of Kunlun Mountain's plans whichever side prevailed.

Di Jun launched the demon race’s Zhou Tian Star Dou Grand Formation against Purple Mansion’s Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, and battles erupted across the Eastern Sea. The chapter left the two sides locked in fierce combat, with the outcome undecided.

• Di Jun rallied the demon race and ordered its warriors to form the Zhou Tian Star Dou Grand Formation, which collided with Purple Mansion’s formation.
• Red Sand Dao Lord swept away demon warriors with red sand, but Ghost Chariot confronted him in poisonous fog.
• Five Innate Dao Lords attacked Chang Xi and Xi He inside the Five Elements Formation, and the two Female Immortals fought back with their Sun and Moon Essence Wheels.
• Old Ancestor Kunpeng faced Great God Lei Ze, whose lightning forced Kunpeng to defend himself with an Innate Spiritual Treasure.
• Empress Nuwa fought Queen Mother of the West after Queen Mother refused to abandon Purple Mansion, while Eastern Emperor Tai Yi attacked Immortal Lord San Ji with the Eastern Emperor Bell.

East King Duke fought Di Jun with the power of the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, but Tai Yi joined the battle and helped overwhelm him. As East King Duke faced death, he admitted his failures and bestowed the Golden Book upon Di Jun.

• East King Duke and Di Jun traded devastating attacks, with their sword strikes shaking spacetime and leaving both wounded.
• Eastern Emperor Tai Yi defeated Immortal Lord San Ji, who escaped as a wisp of true spirit, then turned to help Di Jun fight East King Duke.
• With Tai Yi and the Eastern Emperor Bell tipping the battle against him, East King Duke was burned by True Sun Fire until he could no longer resist.
• East King Duke accepted his fate, confessed his failures before the Heavenly Dao, and renounced his positions as master of the Dao Court and Head of Male Immortals.
• East King Duke bestowed the Golden Book upon Di Jun and urged him to govern wisely and bring peace to the realm.

East King Duke transferred the immortal path’s fortune and authority to Di Jun before dissolving himself, allowing the demon clan to conquer Purple Mansion Continent. As Di Jun celebrated, Ao Guang invited Taiyuan Heavenly Venerate to assume the Black Emperor’s Position, while a sudden foreboding drew Di Jun’s attention back to the Heavenly Court.

• Daoist of Beginning Heavenly Venerate wanted to strike East King Duke, but Daoist of Morality Heavenly Venerate restrained him and the Three Pure Daoists discussed joining other Mystic Gate lineages against the demon clan.
• East King Duke transferred the immortal path’s fortune to Di Jun, and Di Jun told him to dissolve himself rather than face death at his hands.
• The demon clan crushed the remaining resistance on Purple Mansion Continent, while Queen Mother of the West handed over the [Jade Register] and fled, and Great God Lei Ze escaped wounded.
• Di Jun celebrated his rise to power, but Ao Guang invoked the Dragon Clan’s support to invite Taiyuan Heavenly Venerate to take the Black Emperor’s Position and command the Water Element lineage.
• Di Jun grew furious at Ao Guang and Taiyuanzi, then felt a sudden foreboding and turned toward the Heavenly Court.

The Witch Clan attacked the Thirty-three Heavenly Palaces after sensing Pangu True Blood, forcing Di Jun to abandon his campaign and rush back to defend the Demon Clan’s base. At Wuyi Mountain, Zhou Yuan declared that he would re-establish the Water Element and prove the Black Emperor’s position, triggering changes across the world’s Water Element authority.

• A flash of Pangu True Blood aura appeared in Dao Lord Ji Meng’s palace, but the Black Water Bead shattered and erased its traces before Fuxi could investigate.
• Fuxi sensed the aura and suspected it was Pangu True Blood, while the Twelve Ancestral Witches charged into the Thirty-three Heavenly Palaces to seize it.
• Di Jiang led the Witch Clan in an assault on the Heavenly Court, and Di Jun ordered the Demon Clan to retreat from the East Sea and reinforce it.
• At Wuyi Mountain, Zhou Yuan received the East Sea Dragon King’s prayer as fortune from the Dao lineages, stars, and Four Seas gathered around him.
• Zhou Yuan declared that he would re-establish the Water Element, create Water Element Circulation, and prove the Black Emperor’s position, causing Water Element authority and Dao principles to change throughout heaven and earth.

Zhou Yuan expounded the water element cycle and manifested the long-hidden Black Emperor's Position, prompting cultivators and major factions to consider the struggle over the supreme seat. Just as the position was about to be completed, the Supreme Heavenly Demon Lord attacked, vowing to destroy Taiyuanzi's path to becoming Water Element Black Emperor.

• Zhou Yuan explained how water cycled through the heavens, land, seas, and underworld, benefiting the Primordial World.
• The Black Emperor's Position appeared, and cultivators and ancient powers recognized that Taiyuanzi had summoned it while warning that the Witch and Demon Clans might contest his claim.
• Daoist Zhunti considered intervening but held back, while Daoist Jieyin advised him to focus on cultivation.
• The Three Pure Heavenly Venerates discussed Taiyuanzi's likely conflicts with the Demon Clan and the Witch Clan, and the Supreme Pure Heavenly Venerate planned to invite him to Jade Void Palace.
• The Supreme Heavenly Demon Lord attacked the Ink-colored Imperial Seal, declaring that he would break Taiyuanzi's Dao path and prevent him from becoming the Water Element Black Emperor.

Zhou Yuan raced to claim the Water Element Black Emperor’s Position as Zhen Yuanzi, Yu Jiang, and Meng Po entered the struggle. Just as the battle seemed to secure Zhou Yuan’s ascension, an unseen figure challenged him with the Twin Swords.

• Zhen Yuanzi confined the Supreme Heavenly Demon Lord with Universe in a Sleeve and told Zhou Yuan to focus on proving the Water Element Black Emperor.
• Yu Jiang revealed himself above the North Sea, attacked Zhou Yuan, and demanded he abandon the Black Emperor’s Position.
• Meng Po intervened with Great Dream of a Thousand Autumns and battled Yu Jiang, revealing that she had survived from the Archaic Era.
• Observers concluded that Zhou Yuan would become the ruler of water element as the four Quasi-Saint Heavenly Venerates fought.
• An unidentified speaker addressed Zhou Yuan and declared that he would have to face the Twin Swords before proving the Water Element Black Emperor’s Position.

Zhou Yuan confronted Old Ancestor Ming He over the Netherworld Blood Sea and the Water Element Black Emperor’s Position. As Ming He attacked with Yuantu and Abi, Zhou Yuan revealed a Pangu-like Dragon Head Dao Body, leaving the great powers stunned.

• Old Ancestor Ming He said the Blood Sea threatened Zhou Yuan’s claim to command all water elements and launched an attack with Yuantu and Abi.
• The great powers watched in alarm as Ming He’s killing intent and sword qi filled the great void, while the Daoist of Spiritual Treasure Heavenly Venerate praised his mastery of slaughter.
• Zhou Yuan blocked Yuantu with the Twelve-petal World-Destroying Black Lotus and held off Abi with the Northern Profound Origin Water Control Banner.
• Zhou Yuan transformed into a colossal Dragon Head Dao Body, and the great powers questioned whether he was also Pangu’s true lineage.

Zhou Yuan overwhelmed Old Ancestor Ming He with the Heaven-Opening Divine Sounds and then struck with a fist drawn from the [Primordial Chaos Golden Chapter]. The chapter ended as Ming He summoned his Blood Realm Dao Domain and their attacks collided.

• Old Ancestor Ming split into 1.08 billion Blood God Children and sent a flood of attacks at Zhou Yuan.
• Zhou Yuan unleashed the three Heaven-Opening Divine Sounds, obliterating the Blood God Children and shattering their spells and treasures.
• Ming He re-formed from the blood mist and attacked Zhou Yuan with Yuantu, Abi, and the Karma Red Lotus.
• Zhou Yuan reinforced the [Northern Profound Origin Water Control Banner] and the [World-Destroying Black Lotus], then launched a devastating punch using the [Primordial Chaos Golden Chapter].
• Ming He summoned his Blood Realm Dao Domain, and his murderous sword qi clashed with Zhou Yuan's fist 129,600 times.

Zhou Yuan overwhelmed Old Ancestor Ming He in the Great Void and used the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin to seize the Karma Red Lotus. With Ming He’s defenses gone, Zhou Yuan repeatedly killed him, leaving Ming He terrified that his true spirit would be erased.

• A Great Luo Dao Lord who lost a wisp of divine consciousness to the battle’s aftershocks shut his mountain gates and abandoned his plans to contend for the Water Element Black Emperor’s fruit position.
• Zhou Yuan repeatedly struck Old Ancestor Ming He, eventually blasting him apart and damaging his foundation.
• Old Ancestor Ming He used the Sea of Blood to restore himself and raised the Karma Red Lotus to block Zhou Yuan’s next attack.
• Zhou Yuan sent the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin against the Karma Red Lotus, severed Ming He’s connection to it, and took the treasure for himself.
• With the Karma Red Lotus gone, Zhou Yuan killed Ming He 129,600 times, and Ming He feared Zhou Yuan would erase his true spirit.

Zhou Yuan suppressed Old Ancestor Ming He within the Blood Sea and claimed the Black Emperor Seal. As Yu Jiang faced Meng Po and Zhen Yuanzi, Zhou Yuan became the new Black Emperor.

• Zhou Yuan sealed Old Ancestor Ming He and the Blood Sea with the Twelve Sea-Calming Pearls and a Bagua talisman seal, giving Ming He the choice to submit or remain imprisoned for twelve yuanhui.
• The Supreme Heavenly Demon Lord fled from Zhen Yuanzi, while Yu Jiang retreated from Meng Po after witnessing Zhou Yuan's victory.
• Zhen Yuanzi joined Meng Po in pursuing Yu Jiang, who realized two Primordial Golden Immortals were attacking him together.
• Zhou Yuan withdrew his dragon-headed Dao body and approached the Black Emperor Seal as the other Divine Ability Users watched.
• The Black Emperor Seal sank into Zhou Yuan's true spirit, marking his birth as the new Black Emperor.

Zhou Yuan attained the Dao as the Water Element Black Emperor, claimed the Authority of Water Element, and announced that he would reopen the Black Emperor Water Manor at Wuyi Mountain in thirty thousand years. Afterward, Ao Guang prepared to bring the Four Seas’ dragon princes, princesses, and other promising members to seek an alliance and opportunities at Wuyi Mountain.

• Zhou Yuan severed his present self, gained power beyond that of a Quasi-Saint Heavenly Venerate who had severed two corpses, and declared himself the Water Element Black Emperor.
• Aquatic beings, dragons, stars, and Heavenly Court Water Department gods gathered fate and praised Zhou Yuan as he took the throne and Authority of Water Element.
• Zhou Yuan announced that he would reopen the Black Emperor Water Manor at Wuyi Mountain in thirty thousand years and summoned all who wielded Water Element authority.
• A voice in Dragon Abyss told Ao Guang to bring the Four Seas’ Dragon Kings and dragon lords to Wuyi Mountain, judging Zhou Yuan too powerful for the dragon clan to oppose.
• Ao Guang ordered Turtle Chancellor to gather the Four Seas’ dragon descendants and instructed him to select humble, cautious candidates for the Wuyi Mountain Dao Lineage.

After ascending as the Water Element Black Emperor, Zhou Yuan announced that his Water Mansion would reopen in thirty thousand years, then secluded himself to advance his Primordial Grand Unity Dao. He realized his past body must be connected to the Human Race and Human Dao.

• The Soul-Swaying River God decided to hide his authority and install a puppet rather than submit to Zhou Yuan.
• Zhou Yuan returned to Wuyi Mountain, where his followers hailed him as the Black Emperor.
• Zhou Yuan announced that the Black Emperor's Water Mansion would reopen in thirty thousand years, then entered seclusion.
• Zhou Yuan examined his severed past, present, and future bodies and saw the Black Emperor and Fengdu in the River of Time.
• Zhou Yuan recalled a past life among humans and decided that his past body must fall upon the Human Race and Human Dao.
• Zhou Yuan discovered that twenty-nine thousand nine hundred years had passed.

Di Jun questioned the demon court over the appearance of Pangu True Blood in the Thirty-three Heavenly Palaces, but avoided searching his ministers’ sacred grounds to preserve their loyalty. He ordered an investigation and then proposed attending Taiyuan’s Water Mansion ceremony with the court, leaving his intentions toward Wuyi Mountain uncertain.

• Di Jun asked Fuxi whether he had discovered who brought Pangu True Blood into the Heavenly Court, and Fuxi said the culprit had hidden it using a demon divine being’s sacred ground.
• Fuxi suggested using the Heaven-Illuminating Mirror to inspect every residence, but Di Jun rejected the proposal to avoid provoking his ministers.
• Di Jun ordered Bai Ze and Tu Shan to lead the Heavenly Court Inspection Office in searching for the truth, while the demon officials suspected Taiyuan was responsible.
• As the court session ended, Di Jun invited Fuxi, Nuwa, and the other ministers to attend Taiyuan’s ceremony for reopening the Black Emperor Water Mansion.

Di Jun weighed how to respond to Taiyuanzi and the Wuyi Mountain Dao Lineage, then raised suspicions that Emperor Xi and Empress Wa might be involved. Ji Meng accused the Phoenix Perch Mountain pair of harboring designs on the Heavenly Court, and Di Jun punished him with a hundred years of reflection, leaving the demon gods fearing a shift in their relations with Phoenix Perch Mountain.

• Di Jun asked his ministers how to handle Taiyuanzi and the Wuyi Mountain Dao Lineage, and Tai Yi and Bai Ze advised caution because war would be costly and Taiyuanzi was dangerous to provoke.
• Di Jun agreed to proceed cautiously, then questioned whether Taiyuanzi's ties to Emperor Xi and Empress Wa meant they were connected to the seizure of the Four Seas.
• The demon gods silently feared that Di Jun might provoke internal strife with Phoenix Perch Mountain and endanger the demon clan.
• Ji Meng voiced suspicions against Emperor Xi and Empress Wa, citing their rivalry with the Sun Palace lineage, the timing of the incident, and Taiyuanzi's friendship with them.
• Tu Shan and Bai Ze tried to object, but Di Jun silenced them and ordered Ji Meng to reflect in his Daoist grounds for one hundred years.

Nuwa and Fuxi discussed the Demon Clan’s growing hostility toward their lineage and Di Jun’s efforts to limit their influence. Fuxi proposed a plan to distance Nuwa from Demon Clan affairs while he pursued the Heavenly Emperor’s office for her, and Nuwa agreed to save him if his plans brought him calamity.

• Nuwa told Fuxi that rumors encouraged by the Sun Palace faction had turned the Demon Clan against their lineage, and she refused to let Di Jun control her through the clan’s providence.
• Fuxi argued that Di Jun feared Nuwa might one day rival him as a Saint and said the Demon Clan should not start internal strife before unifying the cosmos.
• Nuwa proposed that they use the rumors to gradually withdraw her from Demon Clan affairs, while noting the threat posed by the Mystic Gate’s future Saints.
• Fuxi planned to portray Nuwa as angered and withdrawn while he remained in the Demon Clan to pursue the Heavenly Emperor’s office for her.
• Nuwa accepted Fuxi’s plan and promised to save him if he faced calamity in the future.