Recaps

Zhou Yuan established the Earth Immortal lineage, survived Great Freedom Heavenly Son’s attack, and became stranded in the Netherworld, where he captured Chaos Demon Gods and met Meng Po. He persuaded her to help create the Ghost Immortal Path, leaving her to question how it might return souls and extinct Chaos Demon Gods to life.

• Zhou Yuan destroyed the Old Fiend in Red Robes, helped Hundred Flowers Valley, and discovered a method for nurturing spiritual apertures and creating blessed lands.
• Zhou Yuan and Zhen Yuanzi founded the Earth Immortal Lineage, with Zhou Yuan as Earth Immortal Ancestor and Zhen Yuanzi as Earth Immortal Sect Master.
• Zhou Yuan spread the Earth Immortal Dharma across the eastern continent before rejecting Great Freedom Heavenly Son’s destructive path to transcendence.
• Great Freedom Heavenly Son attacked Zhou Yuan across time, but Zhou Yuan escaped into the Netherworld with severe Dao injuries.
• Zhou Yuan and Mysterious Yin Su Nu explored Duoshuo Mountain, where Zhou Yuan captured Great Dark Sky and learned that the Pangu Clan had imprisoned Chaos Demon Gods beneath the Blood Moon.
• Zhou Yuan captured Chaos Demon Gods across the Netherworld, then met Meng Po at the Bridge of Helplessness and learned of her past and her decision to remain there.
• Zhou Yuan persuaded Meng Po to pursue the Ghost Immortal Path with him, and she asked whether it could restore souls and extinct Chaos Demon Gods.

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.

Zhou Yuan helped establish the Five Immortal Dao Lineages, then led the Mystic Gate to victory over the Losers' Alliance. As Wuyi Mountain spread its influence, Zhou Yuan defeated Old Ancestor Kunpeng and secured the North Nether waters for his lineage.

• Grand Pure Daoist outlined the Immortal Path, and Zhou Yuan helped establish the Earth and Ghost Immortal lineages alongside the other three paths.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun bestowed seven ancestor ranks as the Four Extremes Divine Lords challenged Purple Heaven Palace, triggering a vast war between the Mystic Gate and the Losers' Alliance.
• Zhou Yuan trapped Great Freedom Heavenly Son in the Netherworld and imprisoned him in the Eighteen Layers of Hell, weakening the Losers' Alliance.
• The Mystic Gate defeated its opponents and declared its Immortal Path the Orthodox Dharma, while Zhou Yuan returned to Wuyi Mountain to organize its disciples and expand its territory.
• Candle Dragon and Dragon Mother Empress sent Ao Guang and thirty-six dragon youths to submit to East King Duke as their clan faced severe injuries and dwindling fortune.
• After ten thousand years of cultivation, Liu Xuan awakened, defeated Mingyan Goddess, and brought her to Zhou Yuan, who uncovered the factions behind her obstruction of Wu Zhiqi's campaign.
• Zhou Yuan confronted Old Ancestor Kunpeng, defeated him in their Dao Domains, and secured the North Nether waters for Wuyi Mountain in exchange for a secondary residence.

As the Witch-Demon Tribulation erupted, the Demon Clan clashed with East King Duke’s Dao Court and sought a formation capable of overcoming it. Zhou Yuan secured a place in the Star God Lineage and launched the Star Enlightenment plan, while Di Jun prepared to use the stars against his enemies.

• Di Jun appointed East King Duke to govern Purple Mansion Continent and oversee the Dao Court, then Dao Ancestor Hongjun declared that the conflict had begun a new Great Tribulation.
• Zhou Yuan agreed to help Zhen Yuanzi protect Hongyun, but Hongyun was lured into an ambush, killed by Kunpeng, and then revived by Emperor Fengdu.
• Di Jun united the demon elders under the Myriad Demon Banner and led an invasion of Purple Mansion Continent, where East King Duke’s Ten Thousand Immortals Formation forced the demon leaders to retreat.
• Fuxi devised the Zhou Tian Star Dou Grand Formation, and Di Jun granted the Heavenly River Water God the Water Official Great Emperor position to gain access to the Star God Lineage.
• Zhou Yuan showed Zi Wei Star Lord and Daoist Mother Yuan Jun how the Zhou Tian Star Banner could channel Star Authority and proposed the Star Enlightenment, Sea of Wisdom plan.
• Daoist Mother Yuan Jun offered Zhou Yuan a divine position and Heavenly River authority in exchange for his alliance, and Zhou Yuan accepted and urged her to begin the plan.
• The Star Lords spent three thousand years creating spiritual-awakening arts, while Di Jun ordered Tai Yi to pressure the Star God Lineage if it delayed helping the Demon Clan.
• Daoist Mother Yuan Jun agreed to help refine the Zhou Tian Star Banner and drill the Zhou Tian Star Dou Grand Formation, and divine radiance spread across the starry sky.