Recaps

Suirenshi used the Human Race's Primordial Fire to kill Maitreya Buddha despite Saint Zhunti's intervention, then returned to the Women's Country and prepared a banquet as Zhunti pursued him. A mysterious shadow arrived, claiming it would kill Zhunti and bring his head as a wedding gift.

• Saint Zhunti arrived and tried to save Maitreya Buddha, but Suirenshi intensified the fire and escaped while Zhunti battled the flames.
• Saint Zhunti could not extinguish the Human Race's Primordial Fire, and Maitreya Buddha burned to death before the flames exploded and destroyed what remained of him.
• Suirenshi detonated the flames, leaving Saint Zhunti battered and humiliated, then returned to the Women's Country as Zhunti charged after him.
• Suirenshi told Tang Sanzang and the Queen of the Women's Country to hold a grand wedding banquet, and the Queen ordered her officials to prepare it.
• A mysterious shadow landed at the Women's Country and announced it would slay Saint Zhunti and bring his head as a congratulatory gift.

First Qilin confronted Saint Zhunti in the chaos and revealed that he intended to kill a Saint for fun. After overpowering and chasing Zhunti, First Qilin revealed his true form and crushed Zhunti’s head in his jaws, leaving the Primordial Continent’s great powers stunned.

• Suirenshi, Meng Xiaojiu, King Qin Guang, and Taibai Jinxing welcomed the shadowy figure and trusted him to kill Saint Zhunti.
• The Jade Emperor told Sect Master Tongtian and Saint Nuwa that First Qilin had reached the peak of the Fifth Heaven and could defeat Nuwa.
• First Qilin identified himself to Zhunti as the one who had dug out his head before and declared that he would kill a Saint for fun.
• Zhunti fled when First Qilin unleashed his aura, but First Qilin caught him and badly wounded him as they fought through the chaos.
• First Qilin revealed his qilin form and crushed Zhunti’s head in one bite, shocking the watching great powers.

First Qilin revealed himself after killing Saint Zhunti’s body and primordial spirit, then joined Tang Sanzang and the Queen of the Women's Country at their wedding. His return and immense power shocked the Primordial Continent, while Kong Xuan charged toward him in fury.

• First Qilin pursued Saint Zhunti and crushed his primordial spirit, killing him completely.
• Experts across the Primordial Continent celebrated Zhunti’s death, while Saint Jieyin grieved at Spirit Mountain.
• First Qilin returned to the Women's Country, accepted celebratory wine from Tang Sanzang, and wished him and the Queen of the Women's Country a happy marriage.
• When the Queen asked his name, First Qilin revealed that he was the long-dead First Qilin, and the news of his return spread throughout the Three Realms.
• Kong Xuan, enraged by First Qilin’s identity, charged toward the Women's Country with murderous intent.

First Qilin attended Tang Sanzang and the Queen of the Women's Country’s wedding, where Kong Xuan challenged him to avenge his mother, Yuan Feng. First Qilin effortlessly endured Kong Xuan’s Five-Colored Divine Light, then bound him and hurled him toward Fengxian County.

• First Qilin arrived at Tang Sanzang and the Queen of the Women's Country’s wedding, where the guests learned his identity.
• Kong Xuan arrived and declared that he was Yuan Feng’s son, demanding that First Qilin come out and die.
• First Qilin invited Kong Xuan to drink, but Kong Xuan attacked him with the Five-Colored Divine Light.
• First Qilin let the attacks wash over him, calling the Five-Colored Divine Light perfect for scratching an itch.
• After a voice transmission from Saint Nuwa, First Qilin taunted Kong Xuan about being unable to defeat his son, Four Unlike, then bound him and hurled him toward Fengxian County.

Yang Chan arrived in Fengxian County to meet Zhang Yifan, while the Jade Emperor was forced to clean the chicken coop before her arrival. She saw her uncle at work as she entered the courtyard, leaving both of them caught in an awkward moment.

• Zhang Yifan ordered the Jade Emperor to help prepare the courtyard for Yang Chan’s arrival and sent him to clean the chicken coop.
• The Jade Emperor reluctantly began cleaning while Sect Master Tongtian, Yang Jian, and the others laughed at his predicament.
• The chickens tried to placate the Jade Emperor, and the rooster and hens began pecking at the droppings he was gathering.
• The Jade Emperor drove the chickens away and insisted that he was cleaning his own droppings as he worked.
• Yang Chan arrived at the courtyard entrance and saw the Jade Emperor cleaning the coop, while he noticed her looking on.

Yang Chan delivered the Jade Emperor’s appointment of Zhang Yifan as Teacher of the Jade Emperor and offered him any request. Zhang Yifan asked the Jade Emperor to take his family and servants to the Heavenly Court for protection, but before they could leave, a Buddhist voice summoned Zhang Yifan to County Marquis Shangguan’s residence.

• Yang Chan arrived at Zhang Yifan’s courtyard and greeted him and the assembled Jade Emperor, Queen Mother, Sect Master Tongtian, Saint Nuwa, and others.
• Yang Chan announced that the Jade Emperor had appointed Zhang Yifan as Teacher of the Jade Emperor and permitted him to make any request.
• Zhang Yifan asked the Jade Emperor to bring his family to the Heavenly Court so they would be safe from the Western Teachings.
• Yang Chan accepted the request, while the Jade Emperor and Zhang Yifan’s servants protested that they wanted to stay with him.
• A Buddhist voice from Fengxian County summoned Zhang Yifan to County Marquis Shangguan’s residence, and Zhang Yifan realized the Western Teachings had come.

Zhang Yifan set out for County Marquis Shangguan’s residence after Buddha Burning Lamp threatened Shangguan’s family, and he reclaimed the sword that had accompanied him as the Sword Maniac. He entered the eerily deserted residence while the Grand Pure Saint discovered that even his divine sense could not penetrate it.

• Buddha Burning Lamp threatened County Marquis Shangguan and sealed the throats of him and his family after failing to find Zhang Yifan among Fengxian County’s ordinary residents.
• Zhang Yifan asked Yang Chan to take his family to the Heavenly Court and declined her offer to accompany him, wary of giving the Western Teachings grounds to accuse the Jade Emperor of interfering.
• Zhang Yifan dug up his sword case, revealed his Three-foot Green Edge, and told Sect Master Tongtian that he would teach him his Sword Dao later.
• Zhang Yifan took up the sword and hurried to County Marquis Shangguan’s residence, declaring that the Sword Maniac would return to the martial world.
• The Grand Pure Saint recognized Zhang Yifan as Tongtian’s grandfather but could not use his Saint-level divine sense to investigate the Shangguan residence.

Zhang Yifan defeated Buddha Burning Lamp at County Marquis Shangguan's residence and mistook him for a scammer. When the Grand Pure Saint approached to seek his guidance, Zhang Yifan kicked him unconscious too, leaving the Saint baffled and wronged.

• Zhang Yifan freed County Marquis Shangguan and his family, then challenged Buddha Burning Lamp to fight outside.
• Buddha Burning Lamp attacked Zhang Yifan from behind, but the attack did no harm, and Zhang Yifan grabbed him when he tried to flee.
• Zhang Yifan slapped and kicked Buddha Burning Lamp until he fainted, then carried him out as a hostage.
• The Grand Pure Saint approached Zhang Yifan to seek his guidance, but Zhang Yifan mistook him for another scammer and kicked him away.
• The Grand Pure Saint spat blood and passed out while insisting inwardly that he was the Grand Pure Saint and Pangu's rightful descendant.

Kong Xuan was brought to the Jade Emperor’s courtyard after First Qilin spared him, where he learned that the courtyard’s mysterious master was revered even by Nuwa. First Qilin warned him about the master’s anger, and Kong Xuan was left terrified when Zhang Yifan returned carrying the unconscious Buddha Burning Lamp.

• Nuwa told Kong Xuan that First Qilin spared him because of the Jade Emperor’s mercy, and Kong Xuan reluctantly thanked the Jade Emperor.
• The Jade Emperor told Kong Xuan to serve as a peacock in his father’s courtyard, and Kong Xuan agreed after learning Nuwa called the courtyard’s owner Ancestor.
• First Qilin returned after killing Saint Zhunti, transformed into a Big Black Dog, and entered the courtyard.
• Kong Xuan entered the courtyard in peacock form and discovered that his cultivation and magical power had vanished.
• First Qilin warned Kong Xuan that the master was unhappy and that he could be slaughtered for the wine table.
• Zhang Yifan returned carrying the unconscious Buddha Burning Lamp, leaving Kong Xuan terrified.

Zhang Yifan returned with Buddha Burning Lamp beaten unconscious and ordered him tied to a tree as a public warning to the Western Teachings. While the Jade Emperor and others prepared the display, they realized Zhang Yifan might also have knocked the Grand Pure Saint unconscious, and Buddha Burning Lamp woke to find himself bound atop the pole.

• Zhang Yifan told the Jade Emperor and the others that he had defeated Buddha Burning Lamp with one slap and ordered him tied to a tall tree as a warning to the Western Teachings.
• Zhang Yifan described kicking an aloof white-robed man unconscious, and Primeval Lord of Heaven and Sect Master Tongtian suspected the man had been the Grand Pure Saint.
• The Jade Emperor, Sect Master Tongtian, and Yang Jian chopped down a tree while Primeval Lord of Heaven sent an incarnation to find the Grand Pure Saint.
• Zhang Yifan praised Kong Xuan's feathers and patted his head as the Big Black Dog and Howling Celestial Dog competed for his affection.
• The Jade Emperor and the others tied Buddha Burning Lamp to the tree in the courtyard, and he woke to realize he had been put on public display.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun summoned Netherworld Patriarch Minghe, Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi, and Saint Jieyin to Zixiao Palace and claimed Zhang Yifan was an outsider threatening the Primordial Continent. He recruited Minghe and Zhen Yuanzi as prospective Heavenly Dao Saints, while secretly plotting to seize full control of the Heavenly Dao.

• Buddha Burning Lamp was left tied to a tree with his mana gone, and Saint Jieyin decided not to rescue him yet.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun told Minghe, Zhen Yuanzi, and Jieyin that Zhang Yifan came from beyond the Primordial Continent and was an enemy.
• Hongjun offered Minghe and Zhen Yuanzi the Saint positions of Sect Master Tongtian and Primeval Lord of Heaven, whom he planned to strip of their positions and execute.
• Minghe and Zhen Yuanzi agreed to become Saints and began addressing Hongjun as Teacher.
• Hongjun instructed Jieyin to send groups around Fengxian County to finish the Journey to the West Tribulation and offered Western Teachings disciples entry to the Hunyuan Supreme Secret Realm.
• After the others left, Hongjun revealed he intended to assimilate the Heavenly Dao and replace it, then addressed Yang Mei as his conspiracy began.

Zhang Yifan warned the Jade Emperor that Hongjun could soon carry out the final stage of the Heaven Sealing Plan, then discovered that his courtyard stripped away mana and prevented him from cultivating. With the group’s help, he opened his storage ring and brought out several ancient chests, leaving the Jade Emperor and the Saints eager to see what they contained.

• Zhang Yifan urged Yang Chan to tell the Jade Emperor to begin the Heaven Shattering Plan immediately because the Journey to the West Tribulation had become an empty shell and Hongjun was free to act.
• Zhang Yifan asked the Jade Emperor to warn the Three Pure Ones about Hongjun, and Yang Chan agreed to pass on the warning.
• Zhang Yifan gave the Jade Emperor a storage ring, but the Jade Emperor revealed that mana vanished inside Zhang Yifan’s courtyard.
• Zhang Yifan realized the courtyard had caused his mana to disappear, while a hazy sealed memory began to surface.
• The Jade Emperor failed to open the owner-bound ring, so he, Yang Jian, and the others transferred mana to Zhang Yifan, who used it to release five or six large chests.

Zhang Yifan opened a chest of cultivation manuals and explained that the Great Dao War God Art let its user draw against any opponent, from the Great Dao to a three-year-old child. He gave the manual to the Howling Celestial Dog, which left excitedly declaring itself the Primordial World's Five-Five Split War God.

• Zhang Yifan said five chests held keepsakes from his life with his wife and told the Jade Emperor to open the sixth chest, which he opened himself.
• The chest revealed several cultivation manuals, and the Jade Emperor picked up one titled Five-Five Split Great Dao War God Art.
• Zhang Yifan explained that the art made its user draw against any opponent, so the Jade Emperor, Yang Jian, and Saint Nuwa declined to cultivate it.
• The Howling Celestial Dog grabbed the manual, and Zhang Yifan let it keep the art after Yang Jian returned it.
• The Howling Celestial Dog thanked Zhang Yifan, then ran outside boasting that it was the Primordial World's Five-Five Split War God.

Zhang Yifan’s attempt to reveal another manual’s title triggered a terrifying force that warned him to stop, so he gave his descendants calligraphy instead. Meanwhile, Hongjun assimilated the Will of the Heavenly Dao, but three fragments escaped and became Azure Heaven, Yellow Heaven, and Blue Heaven.

• Zhang Yifan gave the Jade Emperor the Crimson Phoenix Heavenly Scripture, which could distinguish fortunate choices from disastrous ones.
• When Zhang Yifan tried to say another manual’s title, a thunderous force struck the courtyard and threatened everyone; he put the book away and refused to name it.
• Zhang Yifan wrote the character for sword for Sect Master Tongtian and the character for Dao for the Jade Emperor, Queen Mother, and the others to study.
• Hongjun assimilated the Will of the Heavenly Dao after accusing it of concealing Zhang Yifan’s background.
• Before it vanished, the Will of the Heavenly Dao released three strands of consciousness that became Azure Heaven, Yellow Heaven, and Blue Heaven.
• Hongjun proclaimed himself the Heavenly Dao and the Primordial Era World’s sole supreme being.

The Jade Emperor returned to the Heavenly Realm and began the Heaven Shattering Plan to undermine the Journey to the West Tribulation. He explained that its foundation was human faith in Buddhism and revealed that the first measure was to let immortals and gods return to the mortal world.

• Zhang Yifan warned the Jade Emperor to prepare for the Primordial Continent’s Status Advancement without relying on him, then sent the Jade Emperor and the others back to the Heavenly Realm.
• Suirenshi, Ao Bing, Matchmaker Emperor Xin, Kitchen God Zhang Ziguo, and Primeval Lord of Heaven stayed behind as Zhang Yifan’s attendants.
• The Jade Emperor told a Golden Crow to keep nourishing Lord of Fire Li Er’s soul flame because Li Er was important to his plans.
• Saint Jieyin sent nine teams to resume the Journey to the West Tribulation, while the Jade Emperor rejected Yang Jian’s proposal to intercept them and ordered the Heaven Shattering Plan to begin.
• The Jade Emperor explained to Yang Jian that Buddhist faith among humans sustained the Journey to the West Tribulation, and Yang Jian concluded that the plan was to let immortals and gods return to the mortal world.

The Jade Emperor launched the first move of the Heaven Shattering Plan, Divine Manifestation, sending Yuan Hong and the local gods to expose injustices and reveal the gods to mortals. In Xinfeng County, Yuan Hong ordered Shen Tu and Yu Lei to save a woman wrongly condemned for murder, while the real conspirators remained confident she would be executed.

• The Jade Emperor ordered Taibai Jinxing to begin Divine Manifestation and sent word that Yuan Hong's region would be the first to act.
• Yuan Hong gathered the gods under his command and promised promotions and rewards for helping carry out the plan.
• Shen Tu and Yu Lei described how a woman had been framed for her husband's murder and was due to be executed the next day.
• Yuan Hong ordered Shen Tu and Yu Lei to reveal their true forms and testify to save the woman, welcoming the uproar their appearance would cause.
• A wealthy middle-aged man and his black-clad accomplice discussed the case and believed the woman's conviction was certain.

At Zhou Qingqing’s retrial, she insisted that the Door Gods on her home’s gate could testify that she had not killed her husband. When the images were brought into court, they transformed into divine generals before the stunned magistrate and crowd.

• County Magistrate Huang Tingyong prepared to close Zhou Qingqing’s murder case, while a local magnate in the crowd looked forward to her execution.
• Zhou Qingqing said she had no evidence or human witnesses, then suddenly remembered that the Door Gods outside her home had seen her husband’s death.
• Huang Tingyong ordered Xiong Da and Xiong Er to bring the Door Gods images to court, despite the crowd’s laughter and disbelief.
• Zhou Qingqing prayed to Shen Tu and Yu Lei to reveal themselves and testify on her behalf.
• The Door Gods images glowed and transformed into two majestic divine generals, leaving Huang Tingyong, the magnate, the bailiffs, and the onlookers stunned.

Shen Tu and Yu Lei appeared as Door Gods during a trial in Xinfeng County, convincing the county magistrate and the townspeople that immortals were real. Their arrival drew the whole city to the county office, where they projected the trial into the sky for the crowd to watch.

• Shen Tu and Yu Lei appeared in the county office and identified themselves as Heavenly Court True Gods serving as Door Gods.
• County Magistrate Huang Tingyong and the people in the courtroom knelt before the two gods, followed by the townspeople outside.
• News of the immortals spread through Xinfeng County, drawing crowds from the city and surrounding areas to the county office.
• Huang Tingyong sent the bailiffs to maintain order as the crowd surged toward the gates.
• Yu Lei and Shen Tu used divine power to calm the crowd, then projected the trial into the sky above the county office.
• The crowd cheered and called out their wishes, while a young woman said she wanted to become emperor.

Shen Tu and Yu Lei exposed Teng Yonggui’s crimes and proved that Zhou Qingqing had not killed her husband, Wang Daqiang. Huang Tingyong ordered Teng Yonggui punished, and Yu Lei captured the martial artist who had carried out the murder.

• Shen Tu told Huang Tingyong that Teng Yonggui had ordered a martial artist to kill Wang Daqiang, then dragged Teng Yonggui into the hall when he denied it.
• Yu Lei revealed the events leading to Wang Daqiang’s death and showed Teng Yonggui’s other crimes to the people of Xinfeng County.
• Huang Tingyong ordered Teng Yonggui imprisoned and called for his execution, while the crowd cheered.
• Yu Lei used Divine Power to seize the fleeing martial artist and bring him to the county office, where the murderer recognized the Door Gods and panicked.

Shen Tu and Yu Lei exposed the murderer and cleared Zhou Qingqing, revealing that the Jade Emperor had sent them to help her. They introduced the Jade Emperor to Xinfeng County, built a Lingxiao Palace for worship, and left the people praying to him for blessings.

• The murderer confessed under Huang Tingyong's interrogation after Shen Tu and Yu Lei appeared, exposing Teng Yonggui's crimes and clearing Zhou Qingqing.
• Yu Lei healed Zhou Qingqing and told her the Jade Emperor had ordered the Door Gods to help her.
• Shen Tu and Yu Lei urged the people of Xinfeng County to pray to the Jade Emperor and showed them his image.
• Yu Lei and Shen Tu created a Lingxiao Palace east of Xinfeng County as a place for people to offer incense and pray.
• Shen Tu and Yu Lei vanished after declaring that those who chanted the Jade Emperor's true name could gain the blessings of all gods, and the people called out their thanks.

After the Jade Emperor’s divine manifestations spread across the Eastern Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin led his officials to worship at the Heavenly Emperor Palace, believing the miracles would strengthen Tang. Yuan Hong welcomed the emperor but planned to leave him waiting for two months and punish him for a past offense.

• Yuan Hong’s miracles at the Heavenly Emperor Palace drew millions of worshippers, sending their faith toward the Jade Emperor and boosting the Heavenly Court’s fortune.
• Li Shimin learned from Wu Meiniang and reports that gods had manifested throughout the Tang Dynasty, bringing rain and performing miracles under the Jade Emperor’s decree.
• Wu Meiniang persuaded Li Shimin that the Jade Emperor was his divine father and that honoring him would benefit Tang, so Li Shimin ordered a royal procession to Xinfeng County.
• Yuan Hong and the Door Gods celebrated the spread of Jade Emperor worship and discussed how it weakened the Western Teachings’ influence and the Journey to the West Tribulation.
• When Shen Tu suggested showing Li Shimin another miracle, Yuan Hong refused and said the emperor would wait two months and be punished for his mistake.

Li Shimin worshipped the Jade Emperor while the Heavenly Court planned to prevent Buddhism from regaining influence in Great Tang. Wu Meiniang prayed to become emperor, and as the story left off, Li Shimin still had not seen any immortals despite nearly everyone around him witnessing them.

• Li Shimin prayed to the Jade Emperor for health and more descendants, and the Jade Emperor and the immortals heard his thoughts through the Haotian Mirror.
• The Jade Emperor warned that the Western Teachings might imitate the Heavenly Court’s divine manifestations and said he would forge enmity and destroy Buddhism.
• Wu Meiniang prayed to become emperor and promised to make Great Tang worship the Jade Emperor; Taibai Jinxing observed that she bore an emperor’s aura.
• Li Shimin dreamed of visiting the Heavenly Realm, then grew envious as officials and palace attendants saw immortals while he did not.
• After more than a month of worship, Li Shimin still had not seen an immortal and worried that the Jade Emperor was punishing him.

Yuan Hong confronted Yuan Shoucheng over his role in the Jinghe Dragon King’s death and threatened him with his own fate. He offered Yuan Shoucheng a chance to avoid eternal rebirth in the Animal Realm, but his secret instructions left Yuan Shoucheng fearing he would still die miserably.

• Yuan Shoucheng worried that the immortals’ arrival had driven away his fortune-telling customers until Yuan Hong came to his stall.
• Yuan Hong exposed Yuan Shoucheng’s part in the events that led to the Jinghe Dragon King’s execution and demanded that he calculate whether he would die that day.
• Yuan Hong revealed that Master Yuan had died and introduced himself as Yuan Hong, one of the Seven Sages of Plum Mountain.
• Yuan Hong told Yuan Shoucheng that the Jade Emperor had decreed he would spend eternity in the Animal Realm, but that he could avoid it by completing a task.
• Yuan Hong whispered two sentences to Yuan Shoucheng, who was stunned and feared the task would still end in a miserable death.

Li Shimin, seriously ill and troubled by rumors that he had offended the Heavenly Emperor, summoned Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, and Yuan Tiangang to learn what he had done wrong. Yuan Tiangang named three offenses but left Li Shimin anxiously waiting to hear the third.

• Rumors spread through Chang'an that the Heavenly Emperor had punished Li Shimin because he was the only one who had not seen an immortal.
• Li Shimin summoned Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, and Yuan Tiangang and asked why the Heavenly Emperor was angry with him.
• Yuan Tiangang explained that Li Shimin had worshipped Laozi without worshipping the Heavenly Emperor, and claimed that Laozi had been executed by the Jade Emperor.
• Yuan Tiangang said Li Shimin had killed his brother and forced his father to abdicate, but Li Shimin accepted that the Heavenly Emperor might condemn him for it.
• Yuan Tiangang reassured Li Shimin that the first two offenses could be forgiven, then warned that the third might be troublesome.

Yuan Tiangang told Li Shimin that Xuanzang’s journey west had been a conspiracy that belittled the Great Tang while leaving Western nations near Spiritual Mountain prey to demons. He also revealed Guanyin and Li Jing’s rebellion against the Heavenly Realm and their brutal punishment, leaving Li Shimin furious at first and then praising the Jade Emperor as his father.

• Yuan Tiangang reminded Li Shimin of Xuanzang’s scripture-seeking journey and explained that Tathagata had portrayed the Great Tang as corrupt and in need of Buddhist salvation.
• Yuan Tiangang said demons grew more numerous and vicious beyond the Great Tang, enslaving nations and devouring people near Spiritual Mountain, and Li Shimin vowed to question the returning scripture seekers.
• Yuan Tiangang revealed that Guanyin had insulted the Jade Emperor and incited Li Jing to rebel with a million Heavenly Soldiers and Generals.
• Yuan Tiangang said the Jade Emperor had beaten Guanyin and that Yang Jian later killed her, while Li Jing, Mu Zha, and Jin Zha were condemned to the Animal Realm as dogs.
• Li Shimin praised the Jade Emperor as his father, leaving Yuan Tiangang, Fang Xuanling, and Wei Zheng speechless.