Recaps

Haotian returned to the Heavenly Court with Li Changgeng, a talented Loose Immortal who became his trusted confidant. After Yaochi rebuked Haotian for failing to recruit the Saints’ disciples, Li Changgeng proposed that Haotian personally invite capable Loose Immortals to serve and build the Court’s reputation.

• Haotian met Li Changgeng, who praised the Heavenly Emperor and agreed to join the Heavenly Court after learning Haotian’s identity.
• Haotian brought Li Changgeng to Yaochi, who angrily asked why he had not recruited disciples from the Saints’ sects.
• Haotian recounted the Saints’ refusals and the Western Lands’ attempt to fill the Heavenly Court with their own people, making Yaochi furious.
• Yaochi left Haotian and Li Changgeng to return to the Peach Garden, and Haotian asked his new minister how to build momentum.
• Li Changgeng advised Haotian to personally invite talented Loose Immortals to ascend and give capable people high offices.

Haotian followed Li Changgeng’s advice and recruited ordinary cultivators while learning how difficult it was to win powerful figures’ support. Far away, the Young Golden Crow’s attempts to rebuild the Demon Kingdom descended into angry orders and threats as officials struggled to meet his demands.

• Haotian and Li Changgeng traveled through the Primordial Wilderness, where Haotian recruited cultivators by offering them status, resources, and recognition.
• Over several hundred years, Haotian found ordinary cultivators easy to recruit but struggled to attract powerful figures, while the Witch-Demon Two Clans opposed his efforts.
• Baize and other demons established a small Demon Kingdom in the north and helped the Young Golden Crow learn court affairs as they rebuilt the Demon Race’s regime.
• Demon officials began leaving the Young Golden Crow’s court after finding service there worse than in Di Jun’s Heavenly Court, while the Young Golden Crow grew furious at their departures.
• The Young Golden Crow berated his officials for failing to build an Immortal Market, and they explained that the treasury lacked the resources and the market required costly infrastructure.
• The Young Golden Crow rejected their explanations and ordered the guards to execute them.

Baize watched Young Golden Crow blame his officials for the Demon Kingdom’s failures, then confronted him over his tyranny and mismanagement. Convinced the kingdom had become an absurd farce, Baize dissolved it and planned to take Young Golden Crow to the Demon Sect leader for guidance, while the officials began to leave.

• A demon official told Young Golden Crow that his lavish, canceled projects and wasteful spending had left no funds to build an Immortal Market.
• Young Golden Crow accused the officials of embezzlement and threatened to kill them, but Baize ordered him to stop.
• Baize condemned Young Golden Crow’s autocratic rule and admitted he had failed to guide his character.
• Baize apologized to the demon officials, announced the Demon Kingdom’s dissolution, and said he would take Young Golden Crow to the Demon Sect leader.
• The demon official removed his cap and robes and departed, and other officials followed.

Baize disbanded the Demon Kingdom after the Young Golden Crow demanded that he prove his loyalty by dying. He took the Young Golden Crow to Wa Huang Heaven to meet Saint Nuwa, where Little Lingzhu immediately started arguing with him.

• The Young Golden Crow accused Baize of betraying him, and Baize dismissed his loyal officials, telling them they were free to leave.
• The Young Golden Crow ordered Ji Meng and Ying Zhao to seize Baize, but they refused and left after exchanging farewells with him.
• Baize picked up the Young Golden Crow and flew to Wa Huang Heaven to request an audience with Saint Nuwa.
• Jin Ning, Colorful Cloud, Jade Cloud, and other attendants received Baize and the Young Golden Crow outside the Palace of Nuwa.
• Little Lingzhu arrived and asked to borrow the Young Golden Crow, then traded insults with him while Baize watched.

Baize brought the Young Golden Crow to Saint Nuwa, returned the Ten Thousand Demons Banner, and entrusted the unruly heir to her care. After Baize left for Heavenly Palace Immortal City, Nuwa had the Young Golden Crow punished and ordered Ling Zhuzi punished too.

• Baize stopped the Young Golden Crow from arguing and respectfully returned the Ten Thousand Demons Banner to Saint Nuwa.
• The Young Golden Crow blamed Baize for disbanding the Demon Kingdom, while Nuwa agreed to keep him in Wa Huang Heaven and guide him.
• Baize admitted he did not know what to do with his newfound freedom and decided to visit Heavenly Palace Immortal City before leaving the Palace of Nuwa.
• The Young Golden Crow demanded that Nuwa help him become Heavenly Emperor, so she ordered her maids to drag him away and beat him until he behaved.
• Nuwa ordered the maids to punish Ling Zhuzi as well after he mocked the Young Golden Crow.

Jiu Feng received Chi You’s recovered Primordial Spirit from Pingxin and was ordered to deliver it to Meng Po before inviting Intercepting Sect’s First Disciple to the Netherworld. On her way to the Reincarnation Site, Ksitigarbha demanded Chi You’s Primordial Spirit for the Buddhist Sect, and Jiu Feng confronted him.

• Xiang Liu told Jiu Feng that Baize had disbanded the Demon Kingdom and its ensuing fighting had sent many demons to the Netherworld for judgment.
• Pingxin gave Jiu Feng Chi You’s reconstructed Primordial Spirit and explained that the Ancestral Witches could not be restored.
• Pingxin ordered Jiu Feng to invite Intercepting Sect’s First Disciple to the Netherworld to help improve the Underworld Bureau.
• Jiu Feng assigned Hong Yao to arrange Underworld Court duties, then carried Chi You’s Primordial Spirit toward the Reincarnation Site.
• Ksitigarbha stopped Jiu Feng and demanded that she hand Chi You’s Primordial Spirit over to the Buddhist Sect.

Jiu Feng delivered Chi You's Primordial Spirit to Meng Po, who tossed it into the Yellow Springs, then traveled to the East Sea and encountered Baize aboard a passenger ship. She reached Heavenly Palace Immortal City seeking the First Disciple of Intercepting Sect on Empress Pingxin's orders, but the receptionist asked whether she had an appointment.

• Jiu Feng confronted King Ksitigarbha, who stepped aside and let her continue toward the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Jiu Feng gave Chi You's Primordial Spirit to Meng Po, who accepted it and threw it into the Yellow Springs.
• Jiu Feng boarded a passenger ship in the East Sea and recognized Demon Saint Baize, who said he was visiting Heavenly Palace Immortal City for amusement.
• Jiu Feng warned Baize not to interfere with her mission to find the First Disciple of Intercepting Sect, then continued to Heavenly Palace Immortal City.
• Jiu Feng sought an audience with the First Disciple of Intercepting Sect on Empress Pingxin's orders, but the receptionist asked if she had an appointment.

Jiu Feng failed to meet the First Disciple of Interception Sect and remained in Heavenly Palace Immortal City to wait for him. Ten thousand years later, the Human Race had recovered and spread across the East Sea Coast, and a proclamation declared them the current Protagonist of Heaven and Earth.

• Jade-Faced Pipa Yu Xin refused Jiu Feng entry to Heavenly Palace Immortal City without an appointment and told her the First Disciple of Interception Sect was in secluded cultivation.
• Jiu Feng sought help from Sect Master Tongtian, who said he could not find his disciple and sent her away to wait or report back.
• Jiu Feng stayed in Heavenly Palace Immortal City while ten thousand years passed and the Primordial Wilderness lost much of its Innate Spiritual Energy and Dao Resonance.
• The Human Race multiplied from fewer than a million people to several hundred billion, protected by Interception Sect cultivators and expanding along the East Sea Coast.
• A majestic voice proclaimed that the Human Race would be the current Protagonist of Heaven and Earth.

After the Dao Ancestor declared the Human Race the Protagonist of Heaven and Earth, Grand Pure Laozi and Venerable Yuanshi sent disciples to the East Sea Coast to establish influence among them. Daoist Randeng remained isolated from the Chan Sect as its disciples prepared to leave.

• The Dao Ancestor proclaimed that the Human Race would rise as the Protagonist of Heaven and Earth, prompting powerful beings to wonder whether the weak race could defend its new status.
• Grand Pure Laozi ordered Xuandu to spread the Golden Core Great Dao among the Human Race, despite Xuandu's doubts about its suitability alongside existing cultivation paths.
• Venerable Yuanshi summoned the Chan Sect disciples and directed them to protect the Human Race, build reputations among them, and seek future benefits.
• Venerable Yuanshi gave his disciples protective treasures and warned them not to harm the Human Race, but he overlooked Daoist Randeng and gave him nothing.
• The Chan Sect disciples set out for the East Sea Coast while Daoist Randeng walked alone through the mountains.

Daoist Randeng and the Primordial Wilderness’s cultivators felt the Great Dao Laws withdraw, then witnessed a mysterious Chaos Demon God begin a breakthrough to Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal. The Heavenly Dao Saints could not identify him and realized he was tempering the Great Dao of Strength with more than a hundred perfected laws.

• Daoist Randeng sensed his Dao retreat, and cultivators throughout the Primordial Wilderness found their comprehended laws unusable.
• A Chaos Demon God appeared beneath destructive tribulation clouds, prompting the Saints to suspect someone was breaking through to Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
• The Five Elements Law manifested first, followed by more than a hundred laws that formed a Great Dao of Strength Hunyuan True Seal and plunged the Primordial Wilderness into darkness.
• Grand Pure Laozi, Yuqing Yuanshi, Supreme Pure Tongtian, Saint Nuwa, Saint Jieyin, and Saint Zhunti appeared, but could not deduce the mysterious figure’s origins.
• The Saints recognized that the figure was cultivating the Great Dao of Strength and feared he might eventually devour the Three Thousand Great Dao Laws and become like Great God Pangu.

Hongjun revealed that the Human Race would rise through the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, while warning the Saints not to provoke the mysterious cultivator who was breaking through to Hunyuan. The Saints then clashed over who could guide the Human Race, and Zhunti left after needling Tongtian about the Interception Sect’s likely role.

• Zhunti proposed that the Saints join forces to identify the mysterious cultivator, but Hongjun arrived and admitted that even he could not deduce the cultivator’s identity.
• Hongjun explained that Hong Yun’s vanished Primordial Violet Qi had merged with the Human Dao and split into eight portions, corresponding to the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors who would lead the Human Race’s future rise.
• Hongjun told the Saints they could gain Human Dao Merit and Fortune Aura by helping the destined leaders, and instructed Taiqing and Nuwa to lend their Human Race treasures when the time came.
• Hongjun warned the Saints not to provoke the mysterious Hunyuan cultivator unless they intended to kill him outright, then left the matter of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to them.
• Zhunti suggested dividing the eight positions among the Saints, but Tongtian, Yuanshi, and Taiqing rejected the Western Saints’ claim to interfere in Eastern affairs.
• Zhunti congratulated Tongtian on the Interception Sect’s likely role in assisting the Human Race, then fled before Tongtian could retaliate.

The Saints agreed to divide the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors between the Three Pure Ones, while Nuwa withdrew from the matter. Laozi and Yuanshi ordered Tongtian to give up his share and make Interception Sect disciples assist their lineages, leaving Tongtian furious and determined to let everyone compete on their own merits.

• Nuwa declined to interfere in the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, while reminding the Saints that Humanity still owed her a share of the benefits.
• Yuanshi told Tongtian that Laozi and Yuanshi would divide the Human Emperors between themselves and demanded that Interception Sect disciples provide them with resources and support.
• Laozi and Yuanshi disparaged Tongtian's disciples as burdened by sins and unfit for great use, prompting Tongtian to defend them and their achievements.
• Tongtian and Yuanshi exchanged increasingly bitter insults until Laozi ordered them to stop arguing.
• Laozi also insisted that Tongtian abandon the contest and make his disciples assist the other lineages, so Tongtian left and declared that everyone would rely on their own abilities.

Yuanshi and Laozi discussed why Tongtian’s growing Interception Sect should not compete for the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, then agreed on how to divide them. After the breakthrough phenomenon ended, Qingyuan emerged from secluded cultivation on Golden Ao Island with an aura powerful enough to alarm Beginning Dragon.

• Yuanshi told Laozi that he had opposed Tongtian’s plans for the Interception Sect’s own good and warned that its unruly disciples could cause disaster.
• Laozi and Yuanshi agreed that Yuanshi would seek two of the Three Sovereigns and three of the Five Emperors, and that they would decide the details when the time came.
• The mysterious breakthrough phenomenon lasted for years before a Chaos Demon God swallowed the Black Sea and other celestial signs, and the Primordial Wilderness’s skies and Great Dao Laws began to recover.
• Qingyuan opened his eyes after more than ten million years of secluded cultivation, and Beginning Dragon sensed his overwhelming, unfamiliar aura.
• Qingyuan concealed his aura, greeted Beginning Dragon, and let the excited dragon rush into the villa to embrace his leg.

Qingyuan reached the Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm and used the River of Time to survey the Primordial Wilderness’s past and present. He discovered that the Human Race was flourishing and that betrayal and discord were brewing within the Interception Sect, while the future remained uncertain.

• Qingyuan assessed his fused body and Primordial Spirit, which had become tougher than an Innate Supreme Treasure after absorbing Innate Spiritual Treasures and cultivating more than nine hundred Great Dao Laws.
• Qingyuan cautioned himself that the Dao Ancestor and the Three Corpses could still pose a threat, despite his immense strength.
• Qingyuan gazed into the River of Time and learned that Haotian had made little progress as Heavenly Emperor while the Human Race flourished after the Witch-Demon Tribulation.
• Qingyuan saw that his Grandmaster Uncle, Second Martial Uncle, and Master had begun arguing again, and discovered that Chang'er Dingguang Xian had betrayed the Interception Sect and drawn Duobao into the turmoil.
• Qingyuan viewed the Human Race’s future history, from the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors through Qin Shi Huang’s unification, before the visions shattered and the future remained unclear.

After emerging from seclusion, Qingyuan relaxed by fishing and caught a Chaos Bell Fragment from the River of Time. He absorbed its Space Law and concealed his Past Branch and present timeline, leaving his full power hidden.

• Qingyuan emerged from secluded cultivation and went fishing by the shore with Beginning Dragon.
• Qingyuan spent several days fishing without a bite, unconcerned with his disciples or Heavenly Palace Immortal City.
• Qingyuan felt a powerful tug and pulled a Chaos Bell Fragment from the Past Branch of the River of Time.
• Qingyuan learned the fragment was one-fifth of the Chaos Bell and contained Space Law, then placed it in his spiritual platform to nourish it and absorb its laws.
• Qingyuan concealed his Past Branch and present timeline, altering them to appear harmless.

Qingyuan’s peaceful fishing was interrupted when the Universe Myriad Worlds Gate opened and later Haotian arrived at the shore. Qingyuan concealed his identity from Haotian, who introduced himself and sought to get closer to him.

• The Universe Myriad Worlds Gate opened, and an arrogant youth emerged and called Qingyuan a mortal.
• Qingyuan annihilated the youth, put away the gate, and returned to fishing.
• Haotian arrived and offered Qingyuan fishing advice, while Qingyuan divined that he was the Heavenly Emperor.
• Haotian found Qingyuan familiar but could not remember where he had seen him, due to Qingyuan’s subtle concealment.
• Qingyuan gave Haotian the name Yuan Qing, and Haotian asked to fish alongside him.

Qingyuan explained to Haotian why he preferred a quiet life fishing rather than pursuing the prosperity of Heavenly Palace Immortal City. After Haotian revealed he was the Lord of the Heavenly Court and invited Qingyuan to serve, Qingyuan refused an official position but agreed to help strengthen the Heavenly Court.

• Haotian asked Qingyuan why he had settled north of Golden Ao Island, and Qingyuan said the rise of Heavenly Palace Immortal City had little to do with him and he preferred his simple life.
• Haotian lamented that he could see the city's prosperity but could not take part in it, while Qingyuan listened without offering a response.
• Haotian caught fish after fish, then served Qingyuan Peach Blossom Tea made from the Innate Ren Water Flat Peach Tree.
• Qingyuan praised the tea, then asked Haotian to explain why he was treating him so kindly.
• Haotian introduced himself as Lord of the Heavenly Court and offered Qingyuan any position he wanted, but Qingyuan declined to serve as an official and agreed to help strengthen the Heavenly Court.

Haotian sought Qingyuan's help in turning the weakened Heavenly Court into a powerful authority. Qingyuan agreed to help only if Haotian brought him the Western Plain-colored Cloud Realm Banner, leaving Haotian to ask Yaochi for the treasure and face her anger.

• Haotian told Qingyuan that the Heavenly Court had lost its followers and influence, leaving only Haotian, Yaochi, and a few lesser immortals.
• Qingyuan asked whether Haotian wanted to balance the Primordial Wilderness's factions or rule as an overlord, and Haotian pleaded to become an overlord.
• Qingyuan demanded the Western Plain-colored Cloud Realm Banner as the condition for lending Haotian a hand, and Haotian accepted the challenge.
• Haotian returned to the Heavenly Court and asked Yaochi to lend him the Western Plain-colored Cloud Realm Banner.
• Yaochi angrily reminded Haotian that the banner had been bestowed upon her by the Dao Ancestor and challenged him over his lack of achievements.

Haotian begged Yaochi to lend him the Plain Colored Cloud Boundary Flag so an Interception Sect cultivator could help the Heavenly Court rise. Yaochi agreed after Haotian promised to follow her plans if he failed, but she could not guess who he intended to lend the flag to.

• Yaochi scolded Haotian for repeatedly borrowing treasures and medicines without returning them, and compared his hopes for the Heavenly Court to a gambler's excuses.
• Haotian begged Yaochi for the Plain Colored Cloud Boundary Flag and promised to heed her plans for the Heavenly Court if his attempt failed.
• Yaochi softened and asked which Interception Sect cultivator would receive the flag and help the Heavenly Court.
• Haotian said the recipient was not Daoist Duobao, Turtle Spirit Holy Mother, Yun Zhongzi, or the other prominent Interception Sect figures Yaochi suggested.
• Yaochi darkened as her guesses failed and asked whether Haotian meant the First Disciple of Intercepting Sect, who had been secluded for years to heal his injuries.

Haotian returned to Yaochi seeking the Plain Colored Cloud Boundary Flag for Yuan Qing, but she refused and publicly rebuked him. Determined to gain power over the Heavenly Court, Haotian went back to Qingyuan, where he knelt before him.

• Haotian told Yaochi he had met a Jie Sect Disciple named Yuan Qing and wanted to give him the Plain Colored Cloud Boundary Flag.
• Yaochi dismissed Yuan Qing as an unknown nobody, refused to lend Haotian the treasure, and ordered him to leave.
• Haotian endured Yaochi's public scolding, then resolved to become a powerful Heavenly Emperor who commanded the Primordial Wilderness.
• Haotian dismissed Li Changgeng and the other worried ministers and flew to the East Sea seaside villa.
• Haotian returned to Qingyuan and dropped to one knee as Qingyuan asked whether he had brought the treasure.

Haotian knelt before Qingyuan and offered his treasures and promises in exchange for help, but Qingyuan rejected his empty words and confronted his reluctance to fight for what he wanted. Qingyuan offered to help Haotian become the true Heavenly Emperor if Haotian became his disciple.

• Haotian knelt before Qingyuan and admitted he had failed to obtain Yaochi's Plain Colored Cloud Boundary Flag, offering his other treasures and any conditions Qingyuan named.
• Qingyuan accused Haotian of relying on empty promises and emotional pressure instead of securing the flag or fighting for it.
• Haotian explained that Yaochi owned the flag and had refused to lend it, then admitted he had been unwilling to give a top-grade treasure to the obscure Yuan Qing.
• Qingyuan criticized Haotian for making excuses and warned that pretending to be useless could make him useless.
• Haotian asked what would persuade Qingyuan to help him, and Qingyuan offered to help him become the true Heavenly Emperor if he became Qingyuan's disciple.

Haotian brought Qingyuan the Plain Colored Cloud Boundary Flag in exchange for advice on strengthening the Heavenly Court. Qingyuan told him to challenge the Primordial Wilderness’s powerful factions and gave him the Sky-Shading Mountain Sea Curtain, ending by asking whether he dared to carry out Severance of the Ways.

• Haotian agreed to fetch the Plain Colored Cloud Boundary Flag after Qingyuan demonstrated that he could fish a High-grade Houtian Spiritual Treasure from the sea.
• Haotian returned with the flag, and Qingyuan accepted it before explaining that he would help establish the Heavenly Court’s authority.
• Qingyuan listed the saints, sects, clans, and powerful figures Haotian would offend, alarming Haotian with the scale of the opposition.
• Qingyuan urged Haotian to rule through strength and gave him the Sky-Shading Mountain Sea Curtain as a means to gather the Primordial Wilderness’s resources.
• Qingyuan asked Haotian whether he dared to carry out Severance of the Ways.

Qingyuan urged Haotian to carry out Severance of the Ways by gathering the Primordial Wilderness’s resources in the Heavenly Realm and restructuring time and seasons. Haotian feared the backlash but agreed after Qingyuan promised to help suppress opposition, then returned to the Heavenly Court with the Sky-Shading Mountain Sea Curtain.

• Qingyuan proposed gathering the Primordial Wilderness’s Innate Spiritual Energy in the Heavenly Realm and separating it from the lower realm, warning that Severance of the Ways would strengthen the Heavenly Court.
• Haotian feared that the Saints, Quasi-Saints, and other beings would attack him if he took their resources and cut off the sun, moon, and stars.
• Haotian asked whether Qingyuan would help suppress opposition, and Qingyuan agreed.
• Qingyuan explained that Severance of the Ways could earn Merit and outlined a calendar of 365 days, twelve hours per day, four seasons, and projected celestial lights for the lower realm.
• Haotian hesitated over the suffering and upheaval the reforms might cause, but Qingyuan challenged his resolve and threatened to send him away.
• Haotian agreed to carry out Severance of the Ways, bowed to Qingyuan, accepted the Sky-Shading Mountain Sea Curtain, and flew back toward the Heavenly Court.

Haotian returned to the Heavenly Court and, despite Yaochi’s anger, proclaimed that he would use the Sky-Shading Mountain Sea Curtain to separate heaven and earth and establish a new reckoning of time. The curtain spread over the Primordial Wilderness, plunging it into darkness as Haotian nervously awaited Yuan Qing’s help.

• Haotian returned to the Heavenly Court after drugging Yaochi and taking the Plain Colored Cloud Boundary Flag, then ignored warnings and headed for Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
• Yaochi confronted Haotian, but his sudden display of imperial majesty made her step aside and follow him.
• Haotian declared that he would create a Heavenly Veil, separate the Heavenly Realm from the Mortal Realm, and set one heavenly day to equal one earthly year.
• Haotian cast out the Sky-Shading Mountain Sea Curtain, which vanished through the Nine Heavens and spread across the Primordial Wilderness.
• The curtain covered the sky and plunged the Primordial Wilderness into darkness, leaving its inhabitants terrified.

Haotian’s Heavenly Veil cut off starlight and drained spiritual energy from the Primordial Wilderness, provoking powerful figures to attack it. An ordinary finger defeated them all, including Saint Zhunti’s assault, and continued toward Mount Sumeru as Jieyin and Zhunti fought back.

• The Heavenly Veil darkened the sky and reduced Innate Spiritual Energy, prompting countless beings to curse Haotian and Quasi-Saints to attack it.
• Queen Mother of the West and Zhen Yuanzi each struck at the veil but were defeated by a descending finger and gave up.
• Minghe, Ancestor Kunpeng, and many other powerful figures also tried to interfere, but the finger stopped them all.
• As the veil stabilized, Saint Zhunti attacked from Mount Sumeru with a vast Buddhist palm, which the finger crushed before continuing toward the mountain.
• Jieyin and Zhunti unleashed their treasures and divine abilities against the finger, but it pressed onward and crushed them aside.