Recaps

Dao Ancestor Hongjun learned that the Heavenly Court had incited the Primordial Continent against him, while Taibai Jinxing revealed that Hongjun had thwarted both paths to Pangu’s return. The chapter ended with Taibai hinting that hope remained, making all living beings eager to hear what came next.

• Hongjun sensed the Primordial Continent’s collective resentment, learned the Heavenly Court had spread lies about him, and sent a clone out from Zixiao Palace.
• Living beings across the Primordial Continent cried out to execute Hongjun and avenge Pangu after watching the Three Realms Sky Screen.
• Grand Master Xuandu and Zhuangzi praised the Jade Emperor’s campaign and credited Zhang Yifan with guiding it.
• Taibai Jinxing explained that Hongjun had used the Witch-Demon Calamity to block Pangu’s return in the flesh and the Investiture of the Gods Calamity to prevent the Three Pure Ones from uniting.
• The Witch Tribe mourned the loss of hope for Pangu’s return, until Taibai Jinxing excitedly announced that there was a “however.”

Taibai Jinxing’s heavenly-screen tale portrayed the Jade Emperor as the hero who reconciled the Three Pure Ones, persuading countless beings to respect him and lend their wishes to the cause. The story then turned to Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s alleged plan to kill the Three Pure Ones, leaving the audience fearful for their survival.

• Taibai Jinxing claimed the Jade Emperor had persuaded Sect Master Tongtian to release his grudge against Primeval Lord of Heaven and brought the two brothers together.
• Taibai Jinxing said the Jade Emperor took a sword strike from each saint and endured severe injuries while mediating until they reconciled.
• Taibai Jinxing announced that Sect Master Tongtian, Primeval Lord of Heaven, and the Grand Pure Saint had set aside their grievances, prompting many beings to bow to the Jade Emperor.
• Taibai Jinxing claimed Dao Ancestor Hongjun planned to kill the Three Pure Ones, and the audience feared that the three saints had been slain.
• Old Ancestor Kunpeng and the ancient figures praised Taibai Jinxing’s storytelling as the wishes of all beings gathered again.

Taibai Jinxing revealed that Hongjun had stripped the Three Pure Ones of their Saint positions and recruited Minghe, Zhen Yuanzi, and Buddha Burning Lamp to help attack the Jade Emperor and prevent Pangu’s return. The Primordial Continent’s living beings turned against Hongjun and the four Saints, leaving Zhen Yuanzi afraid that someone would attack Wuzhuang Temple.

• Taibai Jinxing explained that Hongjun used the Saint-Slaying Pill to strip the Three Pure Ones of their Saint positions, then granted positions to Minghe, Zhen Yuanzi, and Buddha Burning Lamp after they swore allegiance.
• Taibai Jinxing accused the new Saints of helping Hongjun attack the Heavenly Court and kill the Jade Emperor to prevent Pangu’s return.
• Minghe panicked and protested that he had been forced to swear allegiance and had not known Pangu could return, while the Jade Emperor used the broadcast to discredit the four Saints.
• Living beings regretted their past attacks on the Heavenly Court and shouted Hongjun’s name in condemnation, then named Minghe, Jieyin, Buddha Burning Lamp, and Zhen Yuanzi as enemies of the Primordial Continent.
• Zhen Yuanzi ordered Qingfeng and Mingyue to check Wuzhuang Temple’s defensive formation because he feared an attack.

A disguised Eye of Heavenly Punishment appeared over the Primordial Continent and declared the Jade Emperor guilty, preparing to kill him. Just as Heavenly Court seemed doomed, the Howling Celestial Dog appeared and openly provoked the Eye.

• Hongjun disguised himself as the Eye of Heavenly Punishment and warned the living beings against criticizing him.
• The Eye condemned the Jade Emperor and gathered power to execute him, while Yang Jian prepared to defend Heavenly Court and Saint Houtu moved to help.
• The Howling Celestial Dog cursed at the Eye of Heavenly Punishment, shocking the mighty beings across the three realms.
• The Howling Celestial Dog removed the grass from its mouth and dared the Eye to bite it, further enraging the Heavenly Dao.

The Howling Celestial Dog survived Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s avatar’s Heavenly Punishment Divine Lightning without a scratch and told Yang Jian to leave so it could fight the Eye of Heavenly Punishment. Saint Houtu recognized that the dog had mastered a Great Dao-level divine ability, and the Jade Emperor realized it was the Five-Five Split Great Dao War God Art.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s avatar struck the Howling Celestial Dog with Heavenly Punishment Divine Lightning, and Yang Jian feared it had been killed.
• The Howling Celestial Dog emerged unharmed, astonishing Yang Jian and the watching powers of the three realms.
• The Howling Celestial Dog told Yang Jian to return to the Heavenly Court and stop getting in the way while it beat up the Eye of Heavenly Punishment.
• Saint Houtu recalled that the Howling Celestial Dog had taken a secret manual from Old Master Zhang Yifan years earlier and inferred that it had mastered a Great Dao-level divine ability.
• The Jade Emperor recognized the art as the Five-Five Split Great Dao War God Art and wondered whether the Howling Celestial Dog could now split evenly with the Great Dao.

Howling Celestial Dog revealed overwhelming strength by shattering the Eye of Heavenly Punishment, earning the name Master Hua across the Three Realms. As the onlookers celebrated or trembled, Dao Ancestor Hongjun appeared and challenged him.

• Howling Celestial Dog mocked the Eye of Heavenly Punishment, then punched it away and fought it amid divine lightning.
• Howling Celestial Dog gained the upper hand, cracked the Eye of Heavenly Punishment, and shattered it with another punch.
• The Jade Emperor, Yang Jian, the human race, and other observers reacted with shock, while Kong Xuan and Sun Wukong despaired at Howling Celestial Dog's strength.
• Howling Celestial Dog called himself Master Hua, and Four Unlike and Liu Chenxiang loudly celebrated him.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun appeared and condemned Howling Celestial Dog, making the Three Realms tense again.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun descended to confront the Howling Celestial Dog, whose public rebukes exposed Hongjun’s intimidation of the Primordial Continent’s inhabitants. Hongjun flew into a rage, while the Howling Celestial Dog stood firm and condemned him as a sinner.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun appeared, and his Heavenly Dao pressure forced countless beings across the Primordial Continent to the ground.
• The Howling Celestial Dog challenged Hongjun’s claim to represent a fair and equal Heavenly Dao, earning the approval of Yang Jian, the Jade Emperor, Saint Houtu, and many others.
• Hongjun’s avatar was stunned and then unleashed his fury and murderous aura against the Howling Celestial Dog.
• The Howling Celestial Dog mocked Hongjun for losing his temper and accused him of using the Eye of Heavenly Punishment to frighten living beings for selfish ends.

The Howling Celestial Dog revealed that Dao Ancestor Hongjun was originally an earthworm, provoking Hongjun into chasing him into the chaos. The mighty beings of the Primordial Continent believed the revelation after Hongjun failed to deny it, and their reverence for him gave way to stunned disbelief and resentment.

• Hongjun threatened the Howling Celestial Dog, who announced that he would expose Hongjun's origins to the Three Realms.
• The Howling Celestial Dog declared that Hongjun had been an earthworm, shocking the gathered mighty beings.
• Hongjun's furious reaction convinced the Howling Celestial Dog and the onlookers that the claim was true.
• The Howling Celestial Dog fled into the chaos while taunting Hongjun, and Hongjun pursued him in a rage.
• The mighty beings were left reeling as they accepted Hongjun's earthworm origins and questioned why he deserved to be the Dao Ancestor and Heavenly Dao's spokesperson.

Zhang Yifan revealed that Hongjun was an Earth Dragon, whose kind granted him extraordinary immortality and a resurrection after death. As the others wondered how Hongjun could be killed, the story returned to his evenly matched battle with the Howling Celestial Dog, who taunted him in the chaos.

• Zhang Yifan confirmed that Hongjun was an earthworm, also known as a qushan and an Earth Dragon.
• Zhang Yifan explained that Hongjun would not die as long as Earth Dragons survived and could revive once after death.
• Zhang Yifan warned Suirenshi, Ao Bing, Kong Xuan, Sun Wukong, and the others to keep Hongjun's secrets quiet, then looked into the chaos.
• The Howling Celestial Dog and Hongjun continued fighting evenly, and Hongjun demanded to know what had made the dog so powerful.
• The Howling Celestial Dog refused to explain and challenged Hongjun to keep fighting or kneel and beg Master Hua for mercy.

The Howling Celestial Dog fought Dao Ancestor Hongjun to a seemingly endless draw, while their battle left the watching mighty beings increasingly resentful and depressed. After several years, Hongjun finally gave up and fled, leaving the witnesses stunned.

• The Howling Celestial Dog mocked Hongjun as they traded world-shaking blows in the chaos, while Hongjun grew furious and envious of the dog's rapid rise in power.
• Old Ancestor Kunpeng, Buddha Burning Lamp, Zhuangzi, Grand Master Xuandu, the Three Daoists of Heaven, and other mighty beings watched and tried to comprehend the battle.
• Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi broke down in tears, lamenting that the Howling Celestial Dog had surpassed him, while Qingfeng and Mingyue tried to console themselves.
• Hongjun and the Howling Celestial Dog fought for months without a victor, and Hongjun's avatar grew numb as the dog's strength kept pace with his own.
• The Jade Emperor and the Heavenly Court gods laughed when Hongjun's frustrated howl reached the Primordial Continent.
• After another five years, Hongjun declared he would stop fighting, coughed blood, and fled, leaving Saint Jieyin, Netherworld Patriarch Minghe, Buddha Burning Lamp, Zhen Yuanzi, and the others shocked.

After the Howling Celestial Dog fought Dao Ancestor Hongjun to a standstill and drove his avatar away, Taibai Jinxing resumed announcing Hongjun’s Heaven Sealing Plan. The Heavenly Court declared its intent to oppose Hongjun and ordered the execution of Saint Jieyin and Netherworld Patriarch Minghe, leaving both terrified.

• The Howling Celestial Dog revealed that his Five-Five Split Great Dao War God Art was only about seventy percent mastered, then returned to the Heavenly Court to cheers from the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals.
• Yang Jian, the Jade Emperor, and others praised the Howling Celestial Dog, while the Jade Emperor instructed Taibai Jinxing to continue announcing Hongjun’s Heaven Sealing Plan.
• Taibai Jinxing told the three realms that Hongjun’s plan would bring the Age of Dharma Decline and ultimately sacrifice and devour the Primordial Continent to help him attain the Great Dao.
• Taibai Jinxing called on the beings of the Primordial Era to rebel against Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao, which Hongjun had devoured.
• Taibai Jinxing announced that the Heavenly Court would execute Saint Jieyin and Netherworld Patriarch Minghe, and both men panicked at the prospect of being killed before the entire Primordial Era.

The Jade Emperor held a public execution of Saint Jieyin and Netherworld Patriarch Minghe, shocking the Primordial Continent. Saint Jieyin was beheaded with the Dog Head Guillotine, and Minghe awaited his own execution.

• The Jade Emperor ordered Saint Jieyin and Netherworld Patriarch Minghe brought to the Platform of Extermination for a public execution.
• Taibai Jinxing announced that the Dog Head Guillotine would be used, and the Howling Celestial Dog claimed it had been modeled after his head.
• Yang Jian brought the Dog Head Guillotine down on Saint Jieyin, killing him and causing blood rain and mourning across the Three Realms.
• Netherworld Patriarch Minghe watched Saint Jieyin die and regretted hiding away instead of entering the world.

The Heavenly Court executed Saint Jieyin and Netherworld Patriarch Minghe, ending the era of the Primordial Era’s Six Saints. After Minghe ordered the Asura Clan not to seek revenge, the Jade Emperor challenged the three realms’ grief and reminded them that the fallen Saints had been enemies.

• Buddha Burning Lamp mourned Jieyin and vowed to avenge him against the Jade Emperor, while a trace of demonic aura entered his Dao heart.
• Netherworld Patriarch Minghe asked Yang Jian to let him send a final message to the Asura Clan, and the Jade Emperor granted permission.
• Minghe ordered the Asura Clan not to avenge him or join Hongjun, warning that any who disobeyed would face his wrath even after death.
• Yang Jian executed Minghe on the Immortal Execution Platform, and the three realms mourned as blood rain and red lotuses appeared.
• The Jade Emperor declared that Jieyin and Minghe were enemies of the Primordial Era, and the living beings stopped grieving and began to agree with him.

The Jade Emperor rewarded the five hundred people who climbed the Heavenly Ladder by making them Human Immortals and recruiting them into the Heavenly Court. He opened the ladder to all races, announced that eight more would be built, and drew the attention of ancient powers as a gray-robed old man entered the Primordial Continent.

• The Jade Emperor blamed Dao Ancestor Hongjun for stirring sorrow among living beings, then summoned the five hundred people who had reached the Heavenly Realm.
• The Jade Emperor granted the five hundred Immortal status, made them heavenly soldiers, and gave them a year of leave to visit their families.
• The Jade Emperor announced that anyone of any race who reached the Heavenly Ladder’s summit would become an immortal and join the Immortal ranks.
• The Jade Emperor ordered eight more Heavenly Ladders built across the Primordial Continent, prompting Zhuangzi and Grand Master Xuandu to remark on his influence.
• Ancient relics considered emerging from seclusion, while a gray-robed old man entered the Primordial Continent after learning that Haotian had become the Heavenly Emperor.

Old Ancestor Yang Mei returned to Zixiao Palace and found Hongjun fighting the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa, whose conical hats he recognized as Great Dao-level treasures. He revealed that he had reached one-third of a half-step Great Dao realm, leaving everyone wary of him.

• Hongjun fought Taiqing, Tongtian, Yuanshi, and Nuwa inside the Zixiao Palace Grand Formation while venting his fury over events on the Primordial Continent.
• Yang Mei breached the formation and entered Zixiao Palace, where he saw Hongjun battling the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa.
• Hongjun welcomed Yang Mei and pointed out the conical hats, prompting Yang Mei to recognize them as Great Dao-level treasures.
• Tongtian attacked Yang Mei, but Yang Mei easily dodged the strike and asked how the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa had obtained the treasures.
• Yang Mei identified himself to the others and revealed that he was at one-third of a half-step Great Dao realm.
• Taiqing, Yuanshi, Tongtian, and Nuwa retreated far from Yang Mei, unsure whether he was friend or foe.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun tried to recruit Old Ancestor Yang Mei to kill the Three Human Saints in exchange for Fragments of Great Dao Laws. Old Ancestor Yang Mei refused to commit and left to inspect Huoyun Cave, while Hongjun watched him go with a conspiratorial smile.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun welcomed Old Ancestor Yang Mei and took him aside for wine, claiming he was happy about Yang Mei's breakthrough.
• Hongjun told Old Ancestor Yang Mei that Zhang Yifan had given the Three Pure Ones and the others their conical hats.
• Old Ancestor Yang Mei tried to leave after learning about Zhang Yifan, but Hongjun held him back and asked him to kill the Three Human Saints.
• Hongjun claimed the Three Human Saints were surrounded by vast quantities of Fragments of Great Dao Laws, tempting Old Ancestor Yang Mei with the chance to advance.
• Old Ancestor Yang Mei declined to promise anything and left to inspect Huoyun Cave, while Hongjun smiled conspiratorially.

The Jade Emperor arranged for Lord of Fire Li Er and Taibai Jinxing to reincarnate so they could secure influence over the human race and Human Dao. Li Er was born as Li Longji, and years later Taibai Jinxing was born as Li Bai, with the courtesy name Taibai.

• In Chang'an, the Jade Emperor told Taibai Jinxing that Li Er should return and ordered Taibai to accompany him through reincarnation.
• At Zhang Yifan's farmhouse, the Jade Emperor and his allies sent Li Er's restored soul flame into the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and Zhang Yifan named the newborn Li Longji.
• Years later, Taibai Jinxing's reincarnation was born to a Li merchant in Mianzhou after his mother dreamed of a star falling into her arms and two golden dragons appeared at the door.
• The Li merchant's wife named the boy Li Bai, with the courtesy name Taibai.

Wu Zetian ascended the throne as Emperor of Great Zhou, but Buddha Burning Lamp revealed that Western Teachings had helped her rise and demanded that she eliminate the Li imperial clan. As King Han prepared to rebel in Yuzhou, Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang learned of the plot but decided not to intervene with Heavenly Court forces.

• Wu Zetian proclaimed herself Emperor, renamed Tang as Zhou, and took the name Wu Zhao.
• King Han received Western Teachings’ support for his planned rebellion and ordered his followers to prepare to rise.
• Buddha Burning Lamp confronted Wu Zetian, invoked her oath to Western Teachings, and demanded that she kill the Li imperial clan and make Fu Youyi Prime Minister.
• Li Yuanfang told Di Renjie that King Han was preparing a rebellion in Yuzhou, based on reports from Heavenly Court deities.
• Di Renjie refused to send Heavenly Soldiers and Generals against the rebels, warning that Heavenly Court involvement could provoke resentment and bloodshed.

Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang tried to contain the Yuzhou rebellion without revealing their Heavenly Court identities, but Wu Zetian’s purge of the Li clan and the Western Teachings’ demand for a royal temple inflamed Wuzhou. Meanwhile, Old Ancestor Yang Mei entered Huoyun Cave seeking the Great Dao Law fragments and startled its guardians.

• Di Renjie told Li Yuanfang to sever contact with the Heavenly Court and help resist the Western Teachings as a human subject of the Tang Dynasty.
• King Han Li Yuanjia rebelled with the Western Teachings’ support, but their arhats, cultivators, and demon beasts abandoned him, and a Wuzhou general killed him.
• Wu Zetian executed more than three hundred members of the Li imperial clan, while Buddha Burning Lamp ordered Samantabhadra Bodhisattva to make her build a royal temple.
• Wu Zetian forced the construction of Jianfu Temple as a royal temple, angering officials and commoners.
• Old Ancestor Yang Mei secretly watched Huoyun Cave for decades, then entered after Suirenshi and the Howling Celestial Dog departed.
• Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan heard a stranger admire the wine and realized someone had entered Huoyun Cave unnoticed.

Old Ancestor Yang Mei arrived at Huoyun Cave and demanded half of the Human Emperors’ food and wine, claiming Hongjun had sent him to kill them. As he moved to strike Fuxi, the Howling Celestial Dog appeared and blocked his pressure, leaving Yang Mei stunned.

• Old Ancestor Yang Mei arrived at Huoyun Cave and tried to mooch half of Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan’s food and wine.
• Fuxi refused to surrender the provisions, and Yang Mei revealed that Hongjun had sent him to kill the Human Emperors.
• Fuxi contacted Suirenshi, who replied that he and the Howling Celestial Dog were rushing to Huoyun Cave.
• Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan mocked Yang Mei by claiming that even a dog from Huoyun Cave could defeat him, enraging him.
• Yang Mei raised his hand to attack Fuxi, but the Howling Celestial Dog appeared and blocked his pressure, astonishing him.

At Huoyun Cave, the Howling Celestial Dog confronted Old Ancestor Yang Mei and matched his overwhelming aura, protecting Fuxi, Shennong, Xuanyuan, and the others. Yang Mei’s pressure shook the Three Realms and interrupted Zhang Yifan’s wine, so Zhang Yifan appeared beside him, leaving Yang Mei trembling.

• The Howling Celestial Dog taunted Old Ancestor Yang Mei by calling him “yangberry” and claimed to be Huoyun Cave’s gatekeeper, Master Hua.
• Old Ancestor Yang Mei unleashed his half-step Great Dao pressure across the Three Realms, alarming the powerful figures and forcing the Saints in Huoyun Cave to the ground.
• Yang Jian recognized the Howling Celestial Dog’s aura and decided Zhang Yifan would handle whoever had caused the disturbance.
• Zhang Yifan’s wine spilled when the Primordial Continent trembled, so he left Fengxian County and went to Huoyun Cave.
• The Howling Celestial Dog released an equally terrifying pressure and shielded the people in Huoyun Cave as Yang Mei intensified his aura.
• Zhang Yifan appeared beside Old Ancestor Yang Mei, whose body trembled at Zhang Yifan’s unfriendly gaze.

Zhang Yifan subdued Old Ancestor Yang Mei, then questioned him about his travels through Chaos. Yang Mei revealed that he had discovered a devastated world and ended his account with the terrifying sight of a giant wearing a necklace of heads that included his own.

• Zhang Yifan slapped and kicked Old Ancestor Yang Mei after he disturbed his wine, then snapped his fingers to bring him back after he fled into Chaos.
• Old Ancestor Yang Mei begged for mercy and explained that he had broken through to the Primordial Chaos Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm while traveling through Chaos.
• At Zhang Yifan's questioning, Old Ancestor Yang Mei recounted flying through Chaos for more than ten epochs before a spacetime torrent swept him into a new world.
• Old Ancestor Yang Mei described the shattered, blood-red world, where broken bodies carried auras powerful enough to remind him of Pangu.
• Old Ancestor Yang Mei said a giant bearing Great Dao Laws approached with a necklace of human heads, and he saw his own head among them.

Old Ancestor Yang Mei recounted how a mysterious giant captured him in a ruined world before suddenly treating him as a discovery. He revealed that the giants had found people from Yang Mei’s world, leaving Zhang Yifan and the others stunned.

• Old Ancestor Yang Mei said he had recognized a severed head as his own and formed a connection with it that advanced his Laws of Space.
• Yang Mei explained that the connection alerted a giant, who seized him and shattered his body before suddenly stopping and laughing with excitement.
• The giant protected Yang Mei from the force of his laughter, then ran off while shouting in an unfamiliar language.
• Yang Mei described a vast battlefield filled with corpses and blood, where other giants were cleaning up after a war.
• After probing Yang Mei’s soul, the giants hurried toward a distant city wall, saying they had found people from that world and needed to report to the Supreme One.

Old Ancestor Yang Mei told Zhang Yifan and the others that an Empress named Bai Susu had rescued him from terrifying Great Dao-level giants. Zhang Yifan recognized her name and revealed that Bai Susu was his wife, leaving everyone stunned.

• Fuxi suspected Old Ancestor Yang Mei had led the giants to the Primordial Continent, but Yang Mei swore he had not defected and said an Empress had saved him.
• Old Ancestor Yang Mei described how the Empress killed the giants with a sword strike before fleeing from a terrifying force pursuing her.
• Old Ancestor Yang Mei said the Empress was named Bai Susu, and Zhang Yifan reacted with alarm.
• Zhang Yifan revealed that his wife was named Bai Susu, shocking Fuxi, Shennong, Xuanyuan, Suirenshi, and the others.

Zhang Yifan learned that Empress Bai Susu had faced a Supreme without danger and had brought Yang Mei to the Shangyang Realm. There, people recognized Yang Mei as carrying the aura of the Seed of the Perfect World, leaving Zhang Yifan and the others wondering what the Perfect World was.

• Yang Mei told Zhang Yifan that Empress Bai Susu had challenged a Supreme, who stayed hidden and did not attack her.
• Yang Mei recounted how Bai Susu rescued him and brought him to the Shangyang Realm, where extraordinary people greeted her as the White Emperor.
• The people in the Shangyang Realm recognized the aura of the Seed of the Perfect World on Yang Mei and excitedly asked whether that world had succeeded.
• Zhang Yifan and the others questioned what the Perfect World was, but Yang Mei said Bai Susu and her people had never explained it.