Recaps

The Golden-Winged Great Peng beat Guangchengzi and the other Chan Sect Immortals after Guangchengzi struck him with the Fan Tian Seal, but Yuanshi Tianzun intervened and crushed the Great Peng with his power. As Yuanshi tried to destroy the Great Peng’s cultivation, a voice challenged him for entering the East Sea and sarcastically offered to hand it over to him.

• The Golden-Winged Great Peng flew into a rage after Guangchengzi ambushed him with the Fan Tian Seal and beat Guangchengzi and the other Chan Sect Immortals before the watching East Sea cultivators.
• Guangchengzi accused the Great Peng of disrespecting his martial uncle and insulted his master, so the Great Peng broke Guangchengzi’s teeth and bones.
• Yuanshi Tianzun arrived and struck the Great Peng down, then forced Yun Zhongzi and the other Jie Sect Disciples to kneel under his pressure.
• Daoist Huanglong begged Yuanshi for help and blamed the Dragon Clan and Interception Sect, while Yuanshi dismissed him and declared he would destroy the Great Peng’s cultivation.
• A cold snort broke Yuanshi’s hold on the Great Peng, and an unseen speaker challenged Yuanshi for coming to the East Sea and asked whether he wanted it handed over.

Sect Master Tongtian confronted Venerable Yuanshi over Yuanshi’s attack on the Golden-Winged Great Peng and his insults toward the Interception Sect. After Yuanshi threatened Golden Ao Island, Tongtian unleashed the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, trapping him as Yuanshi brought out the Pangu Banner.

• Venerable Yuanshi accused Tongtian of betraying their brotherhood and siding with beasts, while Tongtian defended his disciples and condemned Yuanshi for injuring the Golden-Winged Great Peng.
• Venerable Yuanshi attacked Golden Ao Island with the Wind-Thunder Shears, but Tongtian used the Yugu Drum to destroy the strike.
• Venerable Yuanshi sent more than a dozen Innate Spiritual Treasures toward Golden Ao Island, and Tongtian destroyed their manifestations before declaring he would no longer hold back.
• Sect Master Tongtian summoned the Four Immortal Slaying Swords and trapped Venerable Yuanshi inside the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.
• Venerable Yuanshi failed to deduce an escape and brought out the Pangu Banner, preparing to attack Tongtian.

Sect Master Tongtian fought Venerable Yuanshi inside the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, overpowering him despite the Pangu Banner. Saint Taiqing intervened and condemned Tongtian, leaving their conflict unresolved.

• Venerable Yuanshi accused Tongtian of attacking him over the dispute involving Guangchengzi and Tongtian’s disciple, while Tongtian condemned Yuanshi for attacking a junior.
• Venerable Yuanshi summoned the Pangu Banner, and the two Saints fought fiercely, tearing apart chaotic space-time.
• Saint Zhunti urged Saint Taiqing to intervene, and Taiqing ordered Tongtian to withdraw the sword formation.
• The formation revealed Tongtian calm and composed while Venerable Yuanshi stood battered and disheveled, unable to overcome him.
• Saint Taiqing told Tongtian that he had deeply disappointed him, making Tongtian even angrier.

Tongtian confronted Saint Taiqing over Yuanshi’s attack on Golden Ao Island and accused his elder brother and the other Saints of resenting the Interception Sect’s power. Taiqing condemned Tongtian for protecting his disciples, and the chapter ended with Tongtian vomiting blood and unleashing the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation as Taiqing left him with a warning about his eldest disciple.

• Saint Taiqing accused Tongtian of disrupting the Primordial Wilderness’s order by protecting the Interception Sect’s disciples and fighting Yuanshi.
• Tongtian protested that Yuanshi had attacked Golden Ao Island and tried to kill his disciples, then accused the Saints of envying the Interception Sect’s strength.
• Saint Taiqing called Tongtian bewitched by beasts and accused him of opposing the Heavenly Dao.
• Tongtian’s Four Immortal Slaying Swords erupted with terrifying power, alarming Nuwa and the Two Sages of the West.
• Saint Taiqing dared Tongtian to kill him, then left after telling him to reflect and resolve the matter of his eldest disciple; Tongtian vomited blood and unleashed his sword formation.

After the confrontation in Chaos, Venerable Yuanshi gave Tongtian a banner for Qingyuan and warned him to choose wisely. Tongtian summoned Yun Zhongzi and the others to Biyou Palace, reassured and rewarded them, then asked whether they knew where their master was.

• Nuwa and the Two Sages of the West left Chaos, while Venerable Yuanshi stayed behind and gave Tongtian the Central Wutu Apricot Yellow Banner for Qingyuan.
• Tongtian returned to Golden Ao Island and declared that the matter was over, allowing the gathered parties to depart.
• Tongtian summoned Yun Zhongzi, Wuzhiqi, and Golden-Winged Great Peng to Biyou Palace.
• Tongtian told the three they had done nothing wrong, promised to defend them, and gave them Pills and Houtian Spiritual Treasures.
• Tongtian asked Yun Zhongzi and the others whether they knew where their master was.

Sect Master Tongtian gave Qingyuan the Central Wutu Apricot Yellow Banner through his disciples to protect him from the danger Saint Taiqing had warned of. Centuries later, Yang Jian and his siblings challenged the Heavenly Court to rescue their imprisoned mother, and Yang Jian began a live stream as they attacked Peach Mountain.

• Sect Master Tongtian told Yun Zhongzi, Wuzhiqi, and Golden-Winged Great Peng not to heed rumors and gave them the Central Wutu Apricot Yellow Banner to deliver to Qingyuan when he emerged from secluded cultivation.
• Hundreds of years passed without the Three Sects acting, while Yaoji’s children Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan grew powerful and began opposing the Heavenly Court.
• Yang Jian gained fame for slaying demons and flood dragons, and he used online posts and netizens’ advice to cause trouble for Haotian’s rule.
• After the Heavenly Court flooded Yang Jian’s supporters’ kingdom, Yang Jian and his siblings became lower-realm heavenly gods at Irrigation Mouth but continued resisting orders.
• Yang Jian acquired a Heaven Opening Divine Axe and charged into Peach Mountain with his siblings and subordinates, then announced a live stream of their attempt to rescue Yaoji.

Yang Jian livestreamed his plan to split Peach Mountain and rescue his mother, publicly accusing Haotian of destroying his family. After the stream passed one hundred million likes, he killed a Golden Crow and then charged back to slaughter the remaining nine.

• Yang Jian introduced himself to the livestream audience and declared that he would split Peach Mountain to save his mother and expose Haotian.
• Yang Jian waited as the viewer count and likes rose, while the Heavenly Court made no move to stop him.
• After the stream surpassed one hundred million likes, Yang Jian entered the restriction set by the ten Golden Crows and killed one with the Heaven Opening Divine Axe.
• Yang Jian thanked viewers and urged them to share his cause as the livestream grew to billions of viewers and more than 2.5 billion likes.
• Yang Jian charged back into the fray, intent on killing the remaining nine Golden Crows.

Yang Jian slew the ten Golden Crow Divine Beasts despite attempts to stop him, then announced that he would split Peach Mountain and rescue his mother. At Yaochi, Yaochi Golden Mother revealed that she had invited Haotian to watch a good show.

• Yang Jian hunted down and killed all ten Golden Crow Divine Beasts while Yang Jiao and Yang Chan filmed and condemned Haotian's actions.
• Mountain gods tried to suppress Yang Jian beneath mountain ranges, but he kept pursuing the Golden Crows and later struck back at the gods who attacked him.
• Yang Jian declared that he would split Peach Mountain and rescue his mother, then charged toward the mountain with the Heaven Opening Divine Axe.
• A female immortal from Jade Pool Fairyland distracted Juling Shen with peaches and wine while Yaochi Golden Mother hosted Haotian and Lingxiao Divine Palace's immortal ministers.
• After probing Haotian during the banquet, Yaochi Golden Mother said she had invited him to watch a good show.

Yaochi showed Haotian footage of Yang Jian and his siblings heading to Peach Mountain, then hosted a livestream as Yang Jian split it open to rescue Yaoji. The family discovered Yaoji had been living in luxury, and the livestream exposed the truth to billions, leaving the siblings and Yaoji fearful of the fallout.

• Yaochi showed Haotian footage of Yang Jian, Yang Jiao, and Yang Chan attacking the Heavenly forces and Golden Crows at Peach Mountain, then kept Haotian from leaving to intervene.
• Yang Jian declared that he would rescue his mother and swung the Heaven Opening Divine Axe, splitting Peach Mountain apart.
• Yang Jian and the livestream viewers saw Yaoji living comfortably in a lavish cave abode filled with expensive modern goods.
• Yang Jian ordered Yang Chan to end the livestream, and the siblings realized their assumptions about Yaoji's punishment might have been wrong.
• Yang Jian dropped the axe in distress as Yaoji worried that her children had exposed the efforts she had made to protect them.

After Yang Jian and his siblings split Peach Mountain, cultivators across the Primordial Wilderness learned that Haotian had secretly treated Yaoji well, sparking outrage and leaving the family fearing the consequences. Yaoji reunited with her children and told them Haotian had never harmed her as curious cultivators gathered around them.

• Cultivators across the Primordial Wilderness condemned Haotian after learning that his harsh punishment of Yaoji had been a deception.
• Yang Jian, Yang Jiao, and Yang Chan panicked over exposing Haotian’s secret and disrupting the protection he had given their mother.
• Yaoji worried that Venerable Yuanshi would punish her and her brother, but calmed down when she saw her children.
• Yaoji reunited with her children, and the four of them shared an emotional conversation.
• As more cultivators approached, Yaoji told her children not to blame Haotian and explained that he had treated her well while risking public condemnation.

Yaoji explained that Haotian had secretly spared her despite the Heavenly Court’s laws, while Yang Jiao and Yang Jian believed Venerable Yuanshi would help protect their family. After sending her children away to fetch Yang Tianyou and osmanthus cakes, Yaoji remained alone with a resolve to die.

• Yaoji told her children that Haotian had kept her alive and had not ordered anyone to hunt them down, but Yang Jian doubted her account of Venerable Yuanshi.
• Yaoji asked Yang Jiao and Yang Jian to fetch Yang Tianyou while she waited for the Heavenly Court’s representatives.
• Yang Jian ordered the Plum Mountain Brothers and Grass-Head Gods to guard Yaoji before he and Yang Jiao left for the Kunlun Mountains.
• Yaoji sent Yang Chan away to buy osmanthus cakes, leaving herself alone at Peach Mountain.
• Yaoji sat among the ruins, wrestling with sorrow until resolve filled her eyes.

Yaoji sacrificed herself to take responsibility for the family’s troubles, but Yuanshi ordered her body and spirit destroyed, and she self-destructed at Peach Mountain. Yang Jian, Yang Jiao, and Yang Chan learned of her death and were overcome with grief.

• Yaoji confessed her guilt, blocked the Plum Mountain Brothers and Grass-Head Gods with the Precious Lotus Lamp, and begged Yuanshi to let her atone with her life.
• Yuanshi declared that Yaoji’s body and spirit should be destroyed, and Yaoji self-destructed at Peach Mountain.
• Yang Jian heard Yaoji’s final words while flying with Yang Jiao, crashed into a mountain, and rushed back toward Peach Mountain.
• Yang Jian and Yang Jiao heard Yuanshi’s decree confirming Yaoji’s death, and both collapsed in grief.
• Yang Chan fell from the clouds while hurrying back with osmanthus cakes and crawled toward Peach Mountain, crying for her mother.

Haotian watched Yaoji’s recorded death and broke down when she self-destructed to atone, grieving the loss of his last family. He blamed Yuanshi and swore they would not rest until one of them was dead.

• Yaoji showed Haotian the scene of Yang Jian splitting Peach Mountain and exposing what lay inside.
• Haotian remained impassive as the assembled immortals debated and condemned him, but Yaoji’s pleas for her children and apologies stirred his emotions.
• Yaoji asked Venerable Yuanshi for permission to die and atone, then self-destructed, scattering her True Spirit beyond revival.
• Haotian cried out in anguish, raged over losing his little sister, and collapsed under grief as Taibai Golden Star and the ministers tried to restrain him.
• Haotian spat black blood from his Dao Injury, ordered everyone away, cursed Yuanshi, and vowed they would not rest until one of them was dead.

After Yaoji’s death, Haotian furiously accused Yuanshi of scheming against his family and challenged him before the Primordial Wilderness. As Haotian prepared to seek answers from the Dao Ancestor, Yaochi told him he had long been abandoned and asked whether he remembered the Empty Fruit Box.

• Haotian grieved Yaoji’s death and publicly swore he would take revenge on Yuanshi.
• Yuanshi defended his actions, accused Haotian of breaking the law and slandering a Saint, and threatened to kill him.
• Haotian accused Yuanshi of hiding Yaoji’s descent and the Yang Family Brothers’ attempt to save their mother from him.
• Haotian turned away from Yuanshi and planned to go to the Zixiao Palace to ask the Dao Ancestor why he had been treated this way.
• Yaochi told Haotian the Dao Ancestor had abandoned him and asked whether he remembered the Empty Fruit Box.

Yaochi Golden Mother revealed that the Dao Ancestor’s message to Haotian meant he should commit suicide if the box contained no fruit, and Haotian collapsed after realizing he and his younger sister had been targeted. Five days after waking, Haotian resolved to visit someone and silently vowed to make Hongjun and Venerable Yuanshi pay.

• Yaochi Golden Mother told Haotian that the Dao Ancestor had meant for him to commit suicide if the box contained no fruit.
• Haotian rejected Yaochi’s claim, then coughed up blood, blamed the Dao Ancestor for plotting against him and his younger sister, and fainted.
• Yaochi let the Lingxiao Divine Palace ministers carry Haotian away, and news of his grave condition shook the Primordial Wilderness.
• Haotian woke five days later, refused to believe medicine could save him, and resolved to seek vengeance against Hongjun and Venerable Yuanshi.
• Haotian ordered his loyal minister to prepare generous gifts because he was going to visit someone.

After waking gravely wounded, Haotian decided to seek help from the mysterious figure who had once aided Taibai Golden Star. He found Qingyuan fishing on Golden Ao Island and knelt to beg for help, while Qingyuan ignored him.

• Haotian ordered Taibai Golden Star to prepare the Lingxiao treasury as lavish gifts for a visit.
• Taibai Golden Star reassured the worried immortal ministers that everything would become clear when Haotian returned, but did not reveal his expectations.
• Qingyuan received envoys from several sects and silently declined to answer their invitations.
• Qingyuan sensed a karmic connection with Haotian and drew the dying Heavenly Emperor into a Space-Time shaped by his Dream Dao.
• Haotian noticed that people in the East Sea seemed unable to see him, then found Qingyuan fishing on Golden Ao Island and knelt to beg for help.

Haotian begged Qingyuan to save him and offered the Heavenly Court in exchange for his loyalty. Qingyuan accepted Haotian as his disciple, and the system granted him a critical reward package.

• Haotian offered Qingyuan treasures and asked for help, but Qingyuan pointed out they had no relationship and challenged Haotian’s past behavior.
• Haotian admitted his fault, knelt, and promised to follow Qingyuan’s orders and hand over control of the Heavenly Court.
• Qingyuan set conditions for Haotian’s loyalty, then told him to kowtow and use the tea as a formal acknowledgment of their master-disciple relationship.
• Haotian gratefully acknowledged Qingyuan as his master and vowed to remember his kindness.
• The system rewarded Qingyuan with Great Dao Spiritual Power, several treasures, a Foundation Restoration Pill, and Chaos Indestructible Divinity for accepting Haotian as a disciple.

Qingyuan healed Haotian’s severe Dao Injuries and strengthened him with a Restoration Pill. Haotian planned to return to the Heavenly Court and ambush Yaochi Golden Mother.

• Qingyuan assessed the talents and treasures he had gained through Haotian, including powers that complemented his Chaos Dao Body.
• Haotian told Qingyuan he intended to destroy Yaochi, slay Yuanshi, and kill Hongjun.
• Qingyuan gave Haotian a Foundation Restoration Pill and helped him recover from his Dao Injuries.
• Haotian thanked Qingyuan and said he planned to scheme and ambush Yaochi Golden Mother after returning to the Heavenly Court.

Qingyuan gave Haotian a Thunder Seal and a plan to claim authority over Heavenly Punishment, then challenged him to scheme Yaochi Golden Mother’s death within the rules. Haotian returned to the Heavenly Court, summoned Yaochi to discuss her resignation, and left her wary of his intentions.

• Haotian vowed revenge for Yaoji, and Qingyuan taught him to fuse the Thunder Seal with the Heavenly Court’s Fortune Aura to establish Heavenly Punishment.
• Qingyuan told Haotian to take control of the authority to punish living beings before Venerable Yuanshi could, then challenged him to scheme Yaochi Golden Mother’s death within the rules.
• Haotian accepted Qingyuan’s bronze bell and returned to the Nine Heavens, discovering that his injuries were gone even though his outward appearance still showed decay.
• Haotian renamed Lingxiao Divine Palace as Lingxiao Treasure Hall and sent Taibai Golden Star to summon Yaochi Golden Mother to discuss relinquishing her position.
• Yaochi questioned whether Haotian was truly willing to abdicate but believed her backing from the Dao Ancestor and her strength would keep her safe.

Yaochi Golden Mother went to Lingxiao expecting Haotian to surrender the Heavenly Emperor’s throne, but he killed the Severed Corpse she had sent. Haotian ordered the Heavenly Court to attack Jade Pool Fairyland.

• Yaochi Golden Mother rejected her immortals’ warnings and went alone to Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
• Yaochi found Haotian in his sleeping chamber and demanded that he surrender the throne, threatening him with a dishonorable death.
• Haotian revealed himself, accused Yaochi of treason, and used his treasures and the Zhou Tian Star Dou Array and Hunyuan River Luo Array to kill her Evil Corpse.
• Haotian took the Star River Hairpin and ordered the heavenly forces to encircle and annihilate the traitors of Jade Pool Fairyland.

After his sister died, Haotian abandoned his restraint and led the Heavenly Realm’s forces to attack Jade Pool Fairyland. He killed Yaochi Golden Mother and imprisoned her True Spirit.

• Haotian ordered the immortal officials to draft an edict condemning Jade Pool Fairyland and called for an expedition against it.
• Juling Shen shut the Heavenly Gate as heavenly soldiers and generals gathered to support Haotian’s campaign.
• Haotian led over a hundred thousand elites to Jade Pool Fairyland, where his forces slaughtered its female immortals and destroyed its foundations.
• Yaochi Golden Mother emerged from Secluded Cultivation and confronted Haotian, while Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden tried to defend her.
• Haotian killed Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, beheaded Yaochi Golden Mother, and imprisoned her True Spirit.

Haotian killed Yaochi Golden Mother after she attacked him and his sister, then ordered a purge of her allies in the Heavenly Court. He proclaimed new Heavenly Edicts establishing Thunder Punishment and tribulations, provoking outrage across the Primordial Wilderness as the sky darkened.

• Haotian killed Yaochi Golden Mother, erasing her True Spirit and every trace of her existence.
• Haotian ordered Taibai Golden Star to announce Yaochi's rebellion and sent Tian You, Yi Sheng, and other officials to suppress resistance and punish her supporters.
• Haotian returned to Lingxiao Treasure Hall and proclaimed that he would establish the Eye of Heavenly Punishment and enforce Thunder Punishment.
• Haotian established the Immortal Ascension Tribulation and the Three Calamities and Five Tribulations for immortals.
• Cultivators across the Primordial Wilderness condemned Haotian's edicts and declared that they would not obey the Heavenly Rules.
• Thunder rumbled as the sky over the Primordial Wilderness went dark.

Haotian’s Heavenly Punishment killed cultivators who insulted him, silencing many across the Primordial Wilderness. The realm’s top powers then united to demand he withdraw the tribulations, but Haotian defended them and invited his opponents to protest at the Heavenly Court.

• Black clouds and lightning filled the sky, and Heavenly Punishment killed cultivators who continued to insult Haotian, including a One-Corpse-Severed Quasi-Saint.
• Haotian declared that anyone who slandered the Heavenly Emperor would be killed without mercy.
• Daoist Duobao, Golden Spirit Holy Mother, and other Interception Sect disciples challenged Haotian’s tribulations, warning that they would harm their followers.
• Yun Zhongzi’s group and the Primordial Wilderness’s other top powers also demanded that Haotian withdraw the tribulations.
• Haotian explained that tribulations followed the Primordial Wilderness’s general trend and cleansed heavy Karmic Power, then invited the powers to protest at the Heavenly Court.

Haotian defied the Primordial Wilderness’s Quasi-Saints and refused to withdraw his new Heavenly Rules, daring them to come challenge him in Heaven. Enraged powers from across the realms gathered in the Lingxiao Treasure Hall and confronted him.

• Haotian announced that anyone who rejected his decree should come to Heaven and debate him.
• Daoist Duobao and Ancestor Minghe challenged Haotian, who insisted that tribulations would cleanse those with deep Karmic Power and preserve the Primordial Wilderness Source.
• Haotian threatened to make stubborn ancient beings suffer Body Dies Dao Vanishes, while refusing to withdraw his decree.
• Daoist Duobao led more than a hundred thousand Interception Sect disciples toward Heaven, and followers of other Saint lineages and many Quasi-Saints joined them.
• Juling Shen watched the enormous crowd pass through the Heavenly Gate as they reached the Lingxiao Treasure Hall and glared at Haotian on his dragon throne.

Daoist Duobao led more than a hundred thousand Interception Sect disciples into Lingxiao Treasure Hall to demand that Hao Tian revoke his tribulation decree. When powerful factions joined the denunciation, Hao Tian refused to yield and threatened to imprison anyone who remained opposed.

• Daoist Duobao demanded that Hao Tian revoke his rules and threatened to denounce him across the network, while the Interception Sect disciples filled Lingxiao Treasure Hall with complaints.
• Hao Tian accused Duobao of forcing his way into the Heavenly Realm with rebellious intent and warned that defying Heaven would bring punishment.
• Demon Master Kunpeng, the Dragon Clan, Great Immortal Zhenyuan, and representatives of the Western Teachings, Demon Sect, Chan Sect, Human Sect, and Three Sovereigns called for Hao Tian to withdraw his decree.
• Hao Tian declared that he would suppress every enemy and ordered the objectors to leave Lingxiao Treasure Hall or be thrown into the Heavenly Prison.