Recaps

Lu Yuan escaped the Fate Rules’ control, established his Dao Xuan lineage, and advanced toward the Hunyuan Dao as rival teachings reshaped the world. The stretch ended with Confucius founding the Confucian Dao and preparing to contend for the Human Race’s lineage.

• Duke of Zhou Dan purged the Three Overseers, rebuilt the realm through the Rites of Zhou, and secured the Human Dao Lineage for the Chan Sect before Zhou’s order later collapsed and Haojing fell.
• Lu Yuan sent his True Spirit into the Other Shore Universe, fought Daoist Tian Yuan, and escaped through the Great Dao Reincarnation River after the Fate Rules tried to destroy him.
• Lu Yuan recovered, formed the Innate Calamity Fortune Dao Seed, won the Cangming contest, and used its Opportunity to Achieve Dao to sever the Fate River’s shackles and become Dao Xuan, master of tribulation fortune.
• Lu Yuan established Dao Xuan Heaven in the Thirty-Three Heavens Domain and formed a Primordial Dao Fruit by resonating the Great Desolation with a nascent True World.
• Jieyin and Zhunti established Buddhism, Randeng became a Half-Saint through its fortune, and Yuanshi Heavenly Venerate’s hidden karmic chain left Randeng caught between the Saints’ schemes.
• Duobao entered Buddhism as Shakyamuni and established Mahayana Buddhism, while Randeng burned away his attachments and cast his purified True Spirit into the Great Dao Reincarnation to escape the Saints.
• Lu Yuan broke free of the River of Destiny with the help of Human Race wishes, and living beings across time and space hailed him as Qingxuan Daojun.
• Confucius wrote the Spring and Autumn Annals, established the Confucian Dao, and prepared with his seventy-two worthies to spread his teachings and contend for the Human Race’s Dao lineage.

The Hundred Schools’ contest and Zhou’s collapse led to Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s attempt to control humanity through Legalist rule, followed by Ying Zheng’s rebellion and the destruction of Immortal Qin. Lu Yuan then consolidated the Great Dao of Tribulation Fortune in the Other Shore Universe, reached the Great Dao Lord realm, and guided Qing Yang through a failed breakthrough.

• The Hundred Schools established rival Dao lineages, and Zhou’s collapse released karma and sin across the lands tied to its rule.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate sent Bo Yikao into reincarnation as Wei Si and spread Legalist reforms, while Lu Yuan and Sect Master Tongtian supported teachings that opposed their rule.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate reincarnated Zu Long into Qin, but the Six Sages helped Ying Zheng merge with Zu Long and destroy his Order Dao Fruit.
• Ying Zheng purged the Chan Sect’s influence, repelled Haotian’s army, and established the Immortal Qin Sage Dynasty.
• Ying Zheng stormed the Heavenly Court during its renewed attack, shattered the Haotian Mirror, and fell into the Land of Eternal Tribulation before Primordial Heavenly Venerate erased Immortal Qin’s remaining existences.
• Lu Yuan turned to the Other Shore Universe, concealed his strength while preaching to his disciples, and discussed its opportunities with Eastern Emperor Taiyi and Rahula.
• Lu Yuan killed hostile Dao Lords and spies, united the Great Dao of Tribulation Fortune under the Dao Xuan lineage, and used Daoist Tian Yuan’s attack to break through into the Great Dao Lord realm.
• Lu Yuan protected Qing Yang’s cultivation and later halted his collapsing Dao Lord breakthrough, teaching him to protect his Dao lineage and Dao heart.

Lu Yuan broke through to Hunyuan, shattered the Fate Rule Net, and returned to Dao Xuan Heaven before turning his attention to the coming Journey to the West Tribulation. As Sun Wukong’s rebellion unfolded and Tathagata prepared the scripture pilgrimage, Lu Yuan positioned his disciples to claim the tribulation’s rewards.

• Lu Yuan healed Qing Yang and restored Qing Shuang’s memories, then reunited her with Qing Li and explained the Fate Calamity.
• Lu Yuan killed Primordial, Taishi, and Taiming, survived the Hunyuan Dao Tribulation, and broke open the Fate Rule Net as the calamity reached its peak.
• Lu Yuan returned to Dao Xuan Heaven, raised it into the Hunyuan-level Dao Xuan World, and later advanced to Hunyuan Seventh Heaven.
• Lu Yuan foresaw the Journey to the West Tribulation as ancient powers began to stir, while Sun Wukong was born, became Bodhi Patriarch’s disciple, and was named Sun Wukong.
• Haotian held the Flat Peach Banquet as rival factions maneuvered, while Tathagata stripped Golden Cicada of his status and sent him into reincarnation.
• Sun Wukong took the Golden-Banded Staff, erased the Flower Fruit Mountain monkeys from the Book of Life and Death, and rebelled against the Heavenly Court with the Seven Great Sages.
• After Sun Wukong’s conflicts with the Heavenly Court, Taishang Laojun’s furnace refined him into a Daluo, and Tathagata sealed him beneath Five Elements Mountain.
• Lu Yuan told Sun Wukong that his rebellion served a Buddhist scheme and explained to his disciples how Juanlian General, Marshal Tianpeng, and Little White Dragon would join the pilgrimage, and Tathagata then sent Guanyin to find a scripture pilgrim.