Recaps

Lu Yuan delivered the He Tu Luo Shu to Grand Master Xuandu, enabling Fuxi to comprehend the Eight Trigrams, unify the Human Race, and pass the throne to Lie Shan Shi. Fuxi attained the Human Emperor’s True Fruit, and the Heavenly Dao Pillar appeared over Chendu, shielding the Human Race and obscuring the mortal realm from outside interference.

• Lu Yuan gave the He Tu Luo Shu to Grand Master Xuandu, who arranged for Fuxi to receive it alongside the He Tu from the Dragon Horse and the Luo Shu from the Mystic Turtle.
• Fuxi studied the treasures for three thousand years, created the Eight Trigrams, and united the Human Race as its Co-Lord.
• Lie Shan Shi developed farming among the Jiang-surnamed tribe, and Daoist Duobao accepted him as a disciple and taught him the Shangqing Immortal Method.
• After Fuxi completed his reign, he passed the Human Race’s authority to Lie Shan Shi at a ceremony attended by the Saints.
• Fuxi received merit, recovered his memories, and attained the Human Emperor’s True Fruit before departing for Fire Cloud Cave.
• The Heavenly Dao Pillar descended over Chendu, sheltering the Human Race and sealing the mortal realm’s karmic secrets from even the Saints.

Fuxi returned to Fire Cloud Cave after attaining the Dao as Heavenly Emperor, while Lu Yuan focused on the Cosmic Star Sea Source Land. After ten thousand years, Lu Yuan severed his fifth Dao Fruit incarnation, Stars Daoist, advanced to Mid Quasi-Saint, and provoked Haotian’s jealousy.

• Fuxi departed for Fire Cloud Cave as the Human Race and cultivators bade him farewell, and Grand Master Xuandu left for Shouyang Mountain to cultivate.
• Lu Yuan sensed Fuxi’s return and the Heavenly Dao Pillar, then resumed deducing how to open the Cosmic Star Sea Source Land.
• After ten thousand years of cultivation, Lu Yuan severed his starry-heaven Dao Seed and forged the Stars Daoist incarnation through the Cosmic Stars Diagram.
• Lu Yuan’s cultivation advanced to Mid Quasi-Saint, and Shangqing Tongtian Cult Master, Sage Taiqing, Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate, and the other saints sensed the change.
• Haotian reacted to Lu Yuan’s breakthrough with jealousy and anger, crushing his jade cup and recognizing Lu Yuan as a threat to his authority.
• Lu Yuan sensed Haotian’s resentment but ignored it and returned his attention to transforming chaos into life in the Cosmic Star Sea Source Land.

After stabilizing his Mid Quasi-Saint cultivation, Lu Yuan weighed the immense difficulty of severing his remaining Dao Fruits and proving the Dao before the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation. He made opening the Cosmic Star Sea Source Land his urgent priority and began deducing how to turn it into a life-bearing world.

• Lu Yuan reflected on the trials and resources required to sever the remaining Five Elements, Creation, Four Symbols, and Karma Dao Fruits and ultimately prove the Primordial Saint Realm.
• Lu Yuan identified treasures that could anchor his future Dao Fruits, including the Disk of Creation and Chain of Karma, and planned to obtain the remaining Four Symbols Fans and Five Elements treasures.
• Lu Yuan resolved to open the Cosmic Star Sea Source Land, believing its creation could provide vast merit and fortune for his cultivation and strengthen the Jie Sect through future tribulations.
• Lu Yuan reviewed the Ziwei Imperial Palace's carefully selected, merit-based staff and contrasted it with Haotian's recruitment of cultivators burdened by karma.
• Lu Yuan began deducing how to use the Great Formation of the Stars and the Cosmic Stars Diagram to open a Star Sea Dantian and transform chaos and starlight into a source of spiritual qi.

A Heavenly Dao Plague swept through the Primordial World, devastating the Human Race and spawning deadly Spirits of Plague. Shangqing Tongtian Cult Master revealed that Human Emperor Shennong Shi had to refine a Human Dao Heavenly Heart Pill to end the calamity, and sent Daoist Duobao to seek the Taiqing Pill Scripture.

• The Heavenly Dao's transition stirred the Plague Demon God's lingering Dao Fruit resonance, transforming accumulated impurities into a plague that spread across the Primordial World.
• Lu Yuan recognized the plague as a great tribulation testing the Human Dao, while the plague infected mortals and immortals and gave rise to Spirits of Plague.
• Shennong Shi and Daoist Duobao found that ordinary detoxification methods could not stop the plague, so Duobao went to Biyou Palace to ask Shangqing Tongtian Cult Master for help.
• Shangqing Tongtian Cult Master explained that the Human Dao Heavenly Heart Pill required the Heart of the Human Dao, Pure Wish Power of All Spirits, Tears of the Azure Sky, and eighty-one Innate Spiritual Medicines.
• Shangqing Tongtian Cult Master sent Daoist Duobao to Shouyang Mountain to obtain the Taiqing Pill Scripture, instructing that Shennong Shi must personally comprehend and refine the pill.

Daoist Duobao secured the Taiqing Pill Scripture, and Shennong Shi refined the Human Dao Heavenly Heart Pill to combat the plague. Lu Yuan’s star power helped purify the ingredients and destroy the Plague Spirit, but Shennong left the other races uncertain about whether they would receive the scarce pills.

• Daoist Duobao accepted Tongtian Cult Master's decree and traveled to Shouyang Mountain to request the Taiqing Pill Scripture from Sage Taiqing.
• Sage Taiqing bestowed the pill scripture on Duobao and charged him with helping Shennong Shi forge the Human Dao Heavenly Heart Pill.
• Duobao presented the scripture to Shennong, who gathered the eighty-one auxiliary medicines, cultivated the Heart of the Human Dao, and prepared to refine the pill.
• Lu Yuan secretly gathered and purified the wishes of all spirits with his star net, then helped Shennong obtain a Tear of the Azure Sky when it fell into the pill furnace.
• After forty-nine years of refinement, the Plague Spirit attacked Chendu, but Lu Yuan restrained and purified it with nine chains of starlight as Shennong completed the pill.
• Shennong distributed the first pills to plague-stricken human regions, then told the gathered foreign races that the rare, difficult-to-make pills could not be shared among everyone.

After ending the Heavenly Dao Plague, Shennong Shi united the myriad races and raised humanity to unprecedented prominence. Remembering the suffering caused by illness and poisonous plants, he set out to taste and document every herb, with Daoist Duobao protecting him as he endured their effects.

• Shennong Shi used Heavenly Heart Pills to bargain with the myriad races, securing resources and weakening hostile factions before ending the plague.
• Profound Yellow merit raised Shennong Shi to the Great Luo Dao Lord realm and strengthened Daoist Duobao, while Shennong's prestige made him Co-Lord of all races.
• Inter-clan marriages produced powerful human branches, and humanity's strength and fortune grew under Shennong Shi's rule.
• After considering the dangers of poisonous plants, Shennong Shi resolved to taste the herbs himself and record their properties for his people.
• Shennong Shi began testing plants across the wilderness, suffering poisoning and near death as Daoist Duobao repeatedly rescued him and helped him continue his records.

Shennong Shi forged the Ochre Whip, compiled the Shennong Herbal Classic, and earned merit that strengthened the Human Race, provoking jealous powers to scheme against its alliance with the Dragon Clan. Their plot began to take shape when Nuwa secretly went to the East Sea, while Lu Yuan sensed the brewing danger and watched her from afar.

• Shennong Shi created the Ochre Whip, which revealed the medicinal properties and dangers of plants without requiring him to taste them.
• Shennong Shi and the Human Race's sages compiled the Shennong Herbal Classic, and the Heavenly Dao Pillar spread its basic herbal knowledge among humanity.
• The Heavenly Dao bestowed merit on Shennong Shi, Daoist Duobao, the Shennong Herbal Classic, and the Ochre Whip, prompting resentful powers to plot against the Human Race's alliance with the Dragon Clan.
• Nuwa slipped out of Chendu and reached the East Sea, where her playful use of spiritual power stirred up an enormous wave.
• A resentful being planned to direct Nuwa's power toward damaging the East Sea Dragon Palace prince's Seven-Colored Glazed Shell and provoking conflict.
• Lu Yuan sensed malice and calamity qi around Shennong Shi's bloodline, sent a wisp of Starlight Power to the East Sea, and kept Nuwa under observation.

Lu Yuan saw that the backlash against the Human Race’s rising fortune had gathered around Nuwa and watched as Wuzhiqi manipulated events to provoke a conflict between her and the Dragon Clan. Ao Yuan killed Nuwa, but Lu Yuan secretly rescued her Primordial Spirit; her resentment formed the Jingwei Bird, while Shennong Shi felt the wound through their bloodline.

• Lu Yuan traced the calamity surrounding Nuwa to the myriad races’ backlash and recognized Wuzhiqi’s plan to ignite war between the Human Race and the Dragon Clan.
• Wuzhiqi secretly redirected the waves, causing them to destroy Ao Yuan’s Seven-Colored Glazed Shell while Nuwa played beside the East Sea.
• Ao Yuan accused Nuwa of destroying his treasure, rejected her appeal to the alliance, and attacked her with Innate Kui Water Divine Thunder.
• Lu Yuan secretly carried Nuwa’s Primordial Spirit away as Ao Yuan’s attack destroyed her body.
• Nuwa’s grief and resentment formed the Jingwei Bird, which began dropping stones into the East Sea, and Shennong Shi spat blood as he felt the pain through their bloodline.

After discovering that Nuwa had died at Ao Yuan’s hands, Shennong Shi stormed the East Sea Dragon Palace and demanded the dragon’s life. His clash with Ao Guang drew in the Dragon Clan’s veteran Great Luos, but Daoist Duobao and Fuxi intervened, leaving Old Ancestor Chi Long and Fuxi facing off as tensions escalated.

• Shennong Shi used Nuwa’s soul lamp to trace her death to Ao Yuan and learned that she had become Jingwei.
• Ignoring Daoist Duobao’s warning about the pact with the Dragon Clan, Shennong Shi flew to the East Sea and demanded that Ao Guang hand over Ao Yuan.
• Ao Guang denied responsibility, offered compensation, and refused to surrender Ao Yuan, so Shennong Shi struck him with the Ochre Whip and sent him flying.
• Three veteran Dragon Clan Great Luos emerged to attack Shennong Shi, but Daoist Duobao arrived and warned them against challenging the Jie Sect and Sage Tongtian.
• Fuxi’s Good Corpse incarnation confronted Old Ancestor Chi Long as the Dragon Clan’s deepest power stirred, halting the confrontation in a tense standoff.

Lu Yuan revealed that Wuzhiqi had manipulated Ao Yuan into attacking Nuwa, while the backlash of tribulation had trapped her soul as Jingwei. After Ao Yuan was executed, Lu Yuan guided Jingwei through a stellar illusion that purified her resentment and restored Nuwa to life, and she chose the name Hua Xi.

• Fuxi confronted Old Ancestor Chi Long over Ao Yuan's attack on the Human Emperor's daughter, while Shennong Shi struck Ao Guang and Daoist Duobao stopped the dragons from retaliating.
• Lu Yuan arrived with Nuwa's preserved soul and exposed Wuzhiqi as the one who had manipulated events to provoke war between the Human and Dragon Races.
• Lu Yuan and Fuxi explained that Nuwa could not return to life until the resentment bound to her soul had been dispelled, and Shennong Shi agreed to wait for her recovery.
• Shennong Shi demanded justice for Nuwa, and Old Ancestor Chi Long ordered Ao Guang to execute Ao Yuan, who was beheaded and annihilated.
• Lu Yuan created an illusory starry sea where Jingwei repeatedly tried to fill the ocean until her resentment faded and Nuwa's body and soul were restored.
• Nuwa thanked Fuxi, Lu Yuan, and Shennong Shi, then changed her name to Hua Xi in honor of her mother Hua Xu and the East Sea.

After Hua Xi’s rebirth, Shennong Shi returned to Chendu and spent thirty thousand years strengthening the Human Race and its destiny. As Shennong Shi neared the end of his reign, Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate sent Guangchengzi to teach the next Human Emperor, deepening Daoist Randeng’s resentment toward the Chan Sect.

• Lu Yuan and Fuxi departed, and Shennong Shi returned to Chendu with Daoist Duobao and Hua Xi while Fuxi warned him to safeguard the Human Race and its ties with other clans.
• At the Dragon Palace, Old Ancestor Chi Long and the Dragon Clan seethed over Shennong Shi’s actions, but their ancient karma forced them to endure and withdraw into the deep sea.
• Over thirty thousand years, Shennong Shi promoted medicine, farming, cultivation, and inter-clan marriage, causing Human Dao Destiny to flourish.
• Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate told Guangchengzi that the next Human Emperor had been born and ordered him to become the child’s teacher and guide him toward attaining the Dao.
• Guangchengzi eagerly accepted the appointment, while Daoist Randeng resented being passed over and began to lose his sense of belonging to the Chan Sect.

Xuanyuan was born in the Youxiong Tribe and accepted as Guangchengzi’s disciple, while Chi You reincarnated into the Human Race to contend for the Human Emperor’s throne. After recognizing Chi You’s hidden Witch Race origins, Lu Yuan saw that the coming conflict could create an opportunity to open the Cosmic Star Sea Source Land.

• Fubao gave birth to Xuanyuan after a celestial omen, and Guangchengzi named him and settled in the Youxiong Tribe to teach him.
• Empress Houtu used Jiutou Shi’s imperial qi to protect Chi You’s reincarnation, and Xiang Liu, Feng Bo, Yu Shi, and Jiu Feng vowed to support him.
• Chi You was born into the Jiu Li Tribe, displayed extraordinary strength, and recovered his ancestral witch memories at age nine.
• Lu Yuan traced Chi You’s entangled Human and Witch destinies and deduced that he planned to challenge Xuanyuan for the Human Emperor’s position.
• Lu Yuan judged that the conflict between Xuanyuan and Chi You could draw away powerful observers and help him open the Cosmic Star Sea Source Land.

Xuanyuan rose to prominence through wise governance and military victories, and Shennong Shi chose him as successor to the Human Emperor. After Yuwang resented the decision, Shennong sent Xuanyuan to win authority through campaigns; Xuanyuan finished his wars and began learning the Human Emperor’s way from Shennong, while unrest persisted around Chendu.

• Xuanyuan developed the Youxiong Tribe with fair land distribution, stronger agriculture, and an army trained by Guangchengzi.
• Shennong Shi visited the Youxiong Tribe, tested Xuanyuan’s judgment, and decided to abdicate the Human Emperor’s position to him.
• Yuwang demanded the succession for himself, but Shennong rejected his claim and resolved to build Xuanyuan’s military prestige.
• Shennong appointed Xuanyuan Grand Marshal to subdue rebels, alien races, and other enemies, and Guangchengzi gave him military teachings.
• Over several thousand years, Xuanyuan won campaigns across the Human Race’s lands and defeated the last sizable Demon Race remnant by the East Sea.
• Shennong summoned Xuanyuan to Chendu and taught him the Human Emperor’s way, while disturbances continued around the city.

Chi You built Jiu Li into a warlike power, forged the demonic blade Tiger Soul, and prepared to challenge Xuanyuan for the Human Emperor throne. Shennong abdicated and Xuanyuan succeeded him, but Xuanyuan faced resistance within the tribes as rebellion and conflict loomed.

• Chi You summoned Great Witches from the Hundred Thousand Mountains, took control of Jiu Li, and expanded its territory through conquest and integration.
• Chi You secretly sacrificed Dao cultivators to forge the demonic blade Tiger Soul and vowed to seize the Human Emperor throne from Xuanyuan.
• Shennong abdicated at Chendu and entrusted the Human Emperor's authority to Xuanyuan, then attained the Perfected Quasi-Saint realm and departed for Fire Cloud Cave.
• Daoist Duobao received merit for serving as Shennong's teacher and advanced to the Quasi-Saint realm, while Yuwang resented Xuanyuan's succession.
• Xuanyuan found that the tribes resisted his rule, so he recruited worthy talents, reorganized the royal forces, and sent officials to promote policies and calm the people.

Yuwang rebelled against Xuanyuan and marched on Banquan, while Chi You used the human race’s internal conflict to expand Jiu Li’s power across the south. Xuanyuan defeated Yuwang’s army at Banquan, but Chi You remained a growing threat.

• Yuwang proclaimed himself Flame Emperor, gathered allied tribes, and marched toward Chendu.
• Xuanyuan ordered Li Mu to intercept Yuwang at Banquan, and Guangchengzi refused to use immortal arts against fellow humans.
• Fuxi told Shennong that the rebellion was a trial Xuanyuan had to endure, while Shennong grieved over the human casualties.
• Chi You seized the opportunity to attack southern tribes, and Jiu Li gained control of nearly the entire southern territory.
• Xuanyuan and Li Mu routed Yuwang’s coalition at Banquan, captured Yuwang, and left Xuanyuan facing the threat of Chi You.

Xuanyuan pardoned Yuwang but struggled to hold the Human Race together as Chi You’s forces pressed him at Zhulu. Chi You unleashed the Mysterious Yin Soul Devouring Banners, prompting Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate to mobilize the Chan Sect, whose disciples arrived to aid Xuanyuan.

• Xuanyuan stripped Yuwang of authority and exiled him to the Southern Wilderness border while sparing the surrendered soldiers and tribes.
• At Zhulu, Xuanyuan’s generals reported dwindling morale and repeated losses to Chi You, so Guangchengzi left to seek aid from Yuxu Palace.
• Chi You and eleven Great Witches activated eighty-one Mysterious Yin Soul Devouring Banners, unleashing a vast calamity that drew the attention of powerful beings across the Primordial World.
• Guangchengzi warned Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate that Chi You’s formation threatened Xuanyuan and the Human Dao, and Yuqing ordered the Chan Sect to descend to Zhulu.
• Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate summoned the Chan Sect disciples and warned them about the Great Witches before Guangchengzi led them toward the battlefield.
• After months of travel, Guangchengzi and the Chan Sect immortals reached the Youxiong Tribe, and Xuanyuan hurried out to greet them.

Xuanyuan’s army suffered a crushing defeat at Zhuolu as Chi You and the Great Witches overwhelmed the Chan Sect immortals, prompting Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate to borrow the Witch-Slaying Sword from Sage Taiqing. As the rival powers watched the conflict deepen, Lu Yuan traveled to Biyou Palace to ask Shangqing Tongtian Cult Master for an audience before opening the Primordial Chaos Star Sea’s source land.

• Xuanyuan welcomed Guangchengzi and the Chan Sect immortals, while Chi You prepared to attack with the Great Witches and eighty-one Mysterious Yin Soul Devouring Banners.
• Guangchengzi and the Chan Sect immortals joined Xuanyuan’s army, but Chi You’s forces overwhelmed them and devastated the Human Race soldiers despite the immortals’ efforts to halt Feng Bo and Yu Shi’s wind and rain.
• Guangchengzi ordered a retreat, and Xuanyuan’s army withdrew under Daoist Randeng and Immortal Elder Nanji’s protection as Chi You chose not to pursue.
• Yuqing Primordial Heavenly Venerate visited Sage Taiqing, who lent him the Witch-Slaying Sword and eighteen Nine Revolutions Golden Elixirs to support Xuanyuan.
• Fuxi, Shennong Shi, Houtu, Shangqing Tongtian Cult Master, Haotian, and other powerful figures observed the battle and considered its consequences for their factions and the Human Race.
• Lu Yuan judged the conflict’s killing intent would conceal his attempt to open the Primordial Chaos Star Sea’s source land, traveled to Biyou Palace, and requested an audience with Shangqing Tongtian Cult Master.

Lu Yuan proposed creating a Primordial Chaos Star Sea Source Land to transform the barren starfields and establish a vast new foundation for the Jie Sect. After Tongtian Cult Master endorsed the plan and summoned the sect’s immortals, Lu Yuan demonstrated that the formation could turn stellar killing intent into spiritual energy, and the assembled immortals pledged to help open the star sea.

• Lu Yuan paid his respects to Tongtian Cult Master, who praised his achievements and affirmed his potential to prove the Dao of Hunyuan.
• Lu Yuan explained his plan to use the Cosmic Stars Grand Formation to create a source land that would transform the star sea’s killing intent into spiritual energy and nurture life.
• Tongtian Cult Master approved the plan, agreed that the benefits should be shared with the Jie Sect and eventually the other Mystic Gate sects, and summoned the immortals to Biyou Palace.
• Tongtian Cult Master introduced Lu Yuan’s undertaking to the assembled immortals, and Lu Yuan announced his vow to open the Primordial Chaos Star Sea.
• Lu Yuan demonstrated the formation by drawing stellar power into a Ziwei star-domain model and producing spiritual energy, astonishing the immortals.
• Daoist Duobao and the gathered Jie Sect immortals pledged to follow Lu Yuan and work together to open the star sea.

Lu Yuan led the Mysterious Gate’s Three Teachings into the Primordial Starry Sky and used their combined strength and the Taiji Diagram to establish a Star Sea Source Pool. The source pool erupted with countless stars, leaving the Primordial Starry Sky newly ordered and filled with innate qi.

• Lu Yuan gathered the Intercepting Sect’s immortals, and Xuandu arrived with the Taiji Diagram before the Three Teachings traveled toward the Primordial Starry Sky on its golden bridge.
• Lu Yuan directed the immortals to survey the stars, forge star pools and formations, and build 365 Star God Mountains using nearly all his stored spiritual materials.
• Lu Yuan, Duobao, Jin Ling, and Xuandu established the formation around Ziwei, the Sun, and Taiyin, then used its origin pillars to guide the Main Zhou Tian Stars into new positions.
• Xuandu activated the Taiji Diagram to create a Chaos Hollow, and the Three Teachings moved the Star God Mountains and three supreme stars into it over a thousand years.
• Lu Yuan sought Heavenly Dao recognition as its power descended and transformed the Chaos Hollow into a Star Sea Source Pool.
• The source pool released billions of stars and streams of innate qi, while Jin Ling’s will guided the stars into their places across the Primordial Starry Sky.

Lu Yuan activated the Primordial Chaos Star Sea Source Land, creating Innate Spiritual Qi and earning Heavenly Dao Merit for himself and the three teachings. Saint Mother Jin Ling was then attacked by Lady Zi Guang’s ancient curse, prompting Sect Master Tongtian to strike through time before Cang Li Shi’s projection intervened and was destroyed by the Heavenly Dao.

• Lu Yuan activated the star formations, gathering and refining stellar power into Innate Spiritual Qi across the Ziwei, Sun, and Taiyin Star Domains.
• The three teachings witnessed barren stars stir with new life as the Primordial Chaos Star Sea Source Land took shape.
• Heavenly Dao Merit descended, with Lu Yuan receiving half, Saint Mother Jin Ling and Daoist Duobao receiving ten percent each, the Taiji Diagram receiving ten percent, and the disciples sharing the rest.
• Saint Mother Jin Ling was struck by Lady Zi Guang’s curse from the past, and Saint Mother Wudang was thrown back when she tried to help.
• Sect Master Tongtian sent his Immortal Slaying Sword Intent through time to erase Lady Zi Guang’s lingering traces, but Cang Li Shi’s projection used the Chaos Bell to preserve her final spark.
• The Heavenly Dao attacked Cang Li Shi’s projection with Purple Firmament Divine Thunder, destroying it after its appearance alarmed the strongest beings in the Primordial World.

After Tongtian erased Cang Li Shi and struck down much of Lady Zi Guang’s authority, Saint Mother Jin Ling inherited it and became Doumu Yuanjun. Lu Yuan opened the Cosmic Star Sea to disciples of the three teachings and introduced a scripture that could reshape the star order, drawing the interest of allies and rivals alike.

• Saint Mother Jin Ling absorbed the star authority released by Tongtian’s strike, received the Doumu Yuanjun title from the Heavenly Dao, and thanked her teacher.
• Lu Yuan invited disciples of the three teachings to study the Qingxuan Ziwei Xuanji Golden Chapter and bind their cultivation to stars in the revived star sea.
• Immortal Elder Nanji recognized the scripture as the foundation of a new Star Immortal Dao and resolved to seek Jupiter’s authority for himself and the Chan Sect.
• Jieyin and Zhunti considered converting star spirits and establishing a Western Star Pure Land, while Old Ancestor Minghe contemplated using star power to strengthen his asuras.
• Haotian Shangdi watched Lu Yuan’s expansion of the Cosmic Star Sea with resentment but held back from acting because Lu Yuan had the Sanqing’s support.

Haotian wrestled with the threat Lu Yuan’s growing authority posed to his control of the Heavenly Court, while Tai Bai Jin Xing urged him to treat the Primordial Chaos Star Sea’s opening as a blessing. As the decisive battle at Zhuolu began, Xuanyuan’s Royal Army summoned the Human Dao’s immense power to face Chi You’s forces.

• Haotian questioned Tai Bai Jin Xing about how he should respond to Lu Yuan’s opening of the Primordial Chaos Star Sea, and Tai Bai Jin Xing praised it as a blessing for the Heavenly Court.
• Haotian decided that confronting Lu Yuan while he was at the height of his power would be unwise, though he remained troubled by the Ziwei Emperor’s growing authority.
• Blood Sha Calamity Clouds surged over the Great Desolation as the fighting at Zhuolu resumed, with Chi You’s Jiu Li forces having defeated Xuanyuan’s side in twelve previous battles.
• Chi You led another assault against Xuanyuan, who ordered his Royal Army to meet the enemy.
• Xuanyuan’s soldiers united their qi and blood and Human Dao Destiny, manifesting a towering dharma form that drove off evil forces and embodied the Dao of Punishment.

Nine Heavens Profound Lady and the Heavenly Court reinforcements joined Xuanyuan’s army, helping it destroy Chi You’s Profound Yin Soul-Devouring Grand Formation and rout the Jiu Li forces. Xuanyuan defeated Chi You with the Witch-Slaying Sword, named it the Xuanyuan Sword, and sealed Chi You’s severed remains beneath the Five Sacred Mountains, ending the struggle for the Human Emperor’s throne.

• Nine Heavens Profound Lady arrived with Heavenly Court immortals to aid Xuanyuan and his army.
• Xuanyuan’s Royal Army gathered its Human Dao faith and shattered the Profound Yin Soul-Devouring Grand Formation, causing the Jiu Li army to collapse.
• As the battlefield turned against Chi You, Human Dao and Heavenly Dao backlash weakened him, and Xuanyuan beheaded him, but Chi You reattached his head.
• Guangchengzi gave Xuanyuan the Witch-Slaying Sword, which Xuanyuan purified with Human Dao radiance and named the Xuanyuan Sword.
• Xuanyuan used the Xuanyuan Sword to dismember Chi You and suppress his head, limbs, and torso beneath the Five Sacred Mountains.

Xuanyuan defeated Chi You at Zhuolu and became the undisputed Human Emperor, while the Witch Race fled under Heaven and Earth's backlash. Lu Yuan and Haotian each recognized how the victory had strengthened Ziwei’s influence over the stars and the Human Race’s military authority.

• After Chi You was dismembered and sealed, Xing Tian hurled a final axe at Xuanyuan, but Nine Heavens Profound Lady, Guangchengzi, and True Person Yuding helped stop it.
• Jiu Feng rescued Xing Tian, and Xiang Liu, Feng Bo, Yu Shi, and the other Great Witches led the Jiu Li soldiers in retreat as Heaven and Earth's backlash weakened them.
• Xuanyuan’s sword absorbed Human Emperor destiny, and the Human Race celebrated his victory as the river of Human Dao Destiny flowed into him.
• From the Ziwei Star Enclosure, Lu Yuan observed the battle’s end and considered the Witch Race’s karmic burden and the Chan Sect’s rising destiny.
• In Lingxiao Treasure Hall, Haotian watched the battle and worried that Lu Yuan’s growing influence had made his own plans to strengthen the Heavenly Court seem insignificant.

Haotian celebrated the Heavenly Court’s gains from aiding Xuanyuan, but Xing Tian stormed the Thirty-Three Heavens to avenge the Witch Race and fought Haotian in a devastating duel. Haotian severed Xing Tian’s head, yet Xing Tian refused to submit and continued battling him headlessly into the void.

• Haotian rewarded Nine Heavens Profound Lady and the other deities for helping Xuanyuan, praising the Heavenly Court’s growing influence over the Human Race.
• Xing Tian blamed Haotian and the Heavenly Court for the Witch Race’s losses, then charged through the Thirty-Three Heavens and slaughtered the guards at the South Heaven Gate.
• Xing Tian reached Lingxiao Palace and challenged Haotian, while the Heavenly Court’s ministers stayed silent rather than face him.
• Haotian used the Haotian Pagoda and Haotian Sword against Xing Tian; both fighters wounded each other before Haotian severed Xing Tian’s head.
• Xing Tian declared that he would not submit, fought on with his headless body, and drove the battle with Haotian into the void of the Primordial World.