Recaps

Zhou Yuan became the Water Element Black Emperor after overcoming challenges from the Demon Clan, Yu Jiang, and Ming He. As he prepared to reopen the Black Emperor Water Mansion, Di Jun’s suspicions threatened to widen divisions within the Demon Clan.

• Daoist Mother Yuan Jun used the stars to spread spiritual wisdom and establish a covenant that moonlight would form Imperial Flow Sap every sixty years.
• Di Jun ordered the demons to recruit awakened beings and summoned the Water Official Great Emperor, who appointed Grand White Golden Star to manage the Heavenly River before Zhou Yuan entered seclusion to contemplate water.
• Zhou Yuan began a thirty-thousand-year Dao lecture, while Liu Xuan reached the Dragon Palace and urged its elders to reconsider their allegiance and help Taiyuanzi claim the Black Emperor’s Position.
• The Demon Clan defeated East King Duke’s forces, and Ao Guang backed Taiyuanzi’s claim to the Black Emperor’s Position as the Witch Clan attacked the Heavenly Court seeking Pangu True Blood.
• Zhou Yuan established Water Element Circulation and confronted the Supreme Heavenly Demon Lord, Yu Jiang, and Ming He before defeating Ming He and sealing him and the Blood Sea.
• Zhou Yuan took the Black Emperor Seal into his true spirit, severed his present self, and claimed the Water Element throne, announcing that his Water Mansion would reopen in thirty thousand years.
• During his seclusion, Zhou Yuan examined his severed bodies and decided his past body must fall upon the Human Race and Human Dao, while the Demon Clan investigated Pangu True Blood and debated how to handle him.
• Nuwa and Fuxi agreed to use rumors to withdraw her gradually from Demon Clan affairs, while Fuxi stayed to pursue the Heavenly Emperor’s office for her.

As Zhou Yuan and the Mystic Gate faced the Witch and Demon clans’ growing power, they prepared to create the Human Race while Zhao Wushang rose through the Divine Path and clashed with Buddhist forces. The stretch ends with Zhao Wushang seeking Wang Liuyang’s cooperation to support the Dragon Court and share in the Human Dao’s fortune.

• Ao Lin became Jin Chentao’s true inheritor after accepting an exchange that required the dragon clan to provide cultivation resources, while Zhou Yuan’s reopening of the Black Emperor’s Water Palace was interrupted by Di Jun and Tai Yi.
• The Witch and Demon clans joined forces against the Mystic Gate, but Daoist Hongjun ended the battle and restricted the Mystic Gate’s ability to intervene as the clans expanded their power.
• Zhou Yuan and the Mystic Gate leaders resolved to create the Human Race through Nuwa and withdrew their lineages, while the Witch and Demon clans ravaged immortal schools and gathered fortune.
• Liu Xuan and Wu Zhiqi discovered an overseas island, collected its treasures, and captured Zhao Wushang, a reincarnator from the Main God Temple, whom Zhou Yuan rescued from the temple’s attempt to erase him.
• Nuwa presided over Di Jun’s marriage to Xi He and Chang Xi, but the Three Pure Heavenly Venerates and Mystic Gate Dao Lords disrupted Di Jun’s efforts to claim the Sun and Moon’s authority.
• Kinnara and other Western Demonic Cult followers stirred conflict between witches and demons, while Zhao Wushang gained the legacy of the Ninefold Peaks River Dragon God and reached third-rank divine status.
• Zhao Wushang defeated Precious Elephant Arhat, killed him near Mount Liuyang, and advanced to the second rank of the Divine Path before confronting Water Moon Precious Blossom Bodhisattva.
• After Zhao Wushang’s victory, the Buddha withdrew the Buddhist kingdom and saved the Bodhisattva’s true spirit, while Zhao Wushang claimed the white jade demon elephant and asked Wang Liuyang to support the Dragon Court.