Recaps

Qin Mu learned that Kong Xuan was in danger in the Western Lands and rushed to his aid after Zhunti's incarnation attacked him over a giant egg. Kong Xuan remained gravely wounded but protected the egg and warned Zhunti that Qin Mu had been summoned.

• Tongtian supported Qin Mu's decision to pursue Attaining the Dao Through Strength rather than use Primordial Violet Qi.
• Qin Mu received Kong Xuan's distress signal and hurried from Biyou Palace to the Western Lands.
• Kong Xuan explained that he had found an unhatched egg belonging to his unborn little brother, but Zhunti's incarnation claimed it for the Western Teachings.
• Zhunti's incarnation struck Kong Xuan with a golden Buddha hand, sending him crashing into a mountain.
• Kong Xuan rose from the rubble still holding the egg and warned Zhunti that he had summoned Qin Mu.

Zhunti's avatar overwhelmed Kong Xuan with the Buddha Kingdom in Palm and tried to convert him, but Qin Mu arrived in time to shatter the Buddha Kingdom. Qin Mu confronted Zhunti and declared that he would destroy the Saint's avatar.

• Zhunti grew furious when Kong Xuan invoked Qin Mu's name and attacked him with the Buddha Kingdom in Palm.
• Kong Xuan's Five-Colored Divine Light failed to stop Zhunti's attack, and he was trapped beneath the Buddha light while Zhunti tried to convert him.
• Qin Mu arrived after hearing Kong Xuan's call for help and shattered the Buddha Kingdom with a sword strike.
• Qin Mu rebuked Zhunti for attacking his mount, and Zhunti threatened to teach him a lesson.
• Qin Mu declared that he would destroy Zhunti's Saint avatar, shocking Kong Xuan.

Qin Mu revealed his Sub-Saint strength and fought Saint Zhunti’s incarnation in the Western Lands, overwhelming the incarnation’s powerful attack. Powerful figures across the Primordial Wilderness watched the clash, while Dijun expected Qin Mu to be humbled.

• Zhunti’s incarnation mocked Qin Mu’s claim that he could slay a Saint and prepared to attack him.
• Qin Mu unleashed an aura that revealed he had reached the Sub-Saint realm, surprising Zhunti’s incarnation.
• Zhunti’s incarnation used Five-Finger Heaven and Earth, but Qin Mu split the attack apart with One Sword to Open Heaven.
• The clash devastated mountains and rivers across the Western Lands and drew the attention of powerful figures throughout the Primordial Wilderness.
• Dijun and the Demon Race’s high-ranking members observed the battle, and Dijun dismissed Qin Mu’s chances against a Saint’s incarnation.

Demon Race leaders and several powerful figures across the Primordial Wilderness reacted to Qin Mu fighting Saint Zhunti’s incarnation, weighing his Sub-Saint cultivation and powerful allies against the danger. Zhunti’s true self remained confident his incarnation would teach Qin Mu a lesson, while Xi He silently prayed for Qin Mu’s safety.

• Demon Teacher Kunpeng warned Donghuang Taiyi and the other Demon Race leaders that Qin Mu was a Sub-Saint with Saint Tongtian’s protection and control of the Underworld.
• Zhenyuanzi, Yuanshi, and Taishang sensed Qin Mu’s battle; Zhenyuanzi trusted that Qin Mu would be safe, while Yuanshi hoped Zhunti would punish him and Taishang noted his troublemaking.
• Tongtian prepared the Immortal-Slaying Four Swords and warned Zhunti not to fight Qin Mu with his true self.
• Yin Tianzi, the Underworld leaders, Chang Xi, Xi He, and Ancestor Minghe reacted with concern or curiosity about Qin Mu’s fight.
• Zhunti angrily dismissed Qin Mu’s strength, and Jieyin reassured him that his incarnation could handle a Sub-Saint; Zhunti agreed to let it teach Qin Mu a lesson.

Qin Mu resisted Zhunti's avatar's Buddhist Kingdom and shattered much of it with the Grass Character Sword Art. As Zhunti's avatar summoned the Three Heavens of Buddhism to crush him, Qin Mu's aura shifted into an ancient, chaotic innate origin.

• Zhunti's avatar summoned the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree and used it to draw on the Western Lands' spiritual ley lines.
• Zhunti's avatar manifested a Buddha Kingdom and tried to convert Qin Mu with its chants, but Qin Mu's will remained unmoved.
• Qin Mu declared that he would slay a Saint with his Sub-Saint body and attacked with four forms of the Grass Character Sword Art, shattering many Buddha statues.
• Zhunti's avatar rebuilt the Buddha Kingdom and summoned the Three Heavens of Buddhism to suppress Qin Mu.
• As the Three Heavens of Buddhism descended, Qin Mu's aura transformed into an ancient, chaotic aura of innate origin.

Qin Mu revealed his true form as an Innate Chaos Green Lotus Sword Leaf and shattered Zhunti's avatar's Threefold Buddha Heavens, severely wounding him. As Zhunti claimed he could not be killed, Qin Mu summoned the Innate Supreme Treasure Sacred Spirit Pearl, leaving Zhunti and the onlookers shocked.

• Qin Mu transformed into his Innate Chaos Green Lotus Sword Leaf true form, stunning the watching figures of the Primordial Wilderness.
• Qin Mu unleashed a sword arc that destroyed Zhunti's Threefold Buddha Heavens and struck Zhunti's avatar.
• Zhunti's avatar summoned the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree and protective Buddha-light, but Qin Mu's sword arc severely wounded him.
• Zhunti's avatar sealed his wound and declared himself immortal while the Heavenly Dao endured, and Qin Mu responded with a cold laugh.
• Qin Mu summoned the Sacred Spirit Pearl, revealing an Innate Supreme Treasure and shocking Zhunti's avatar and the watching figures.

Qin Mu revealed an Innate Supreme Treasure and used it to isolate Zhunti's incarnation from the Primordial World and its true self, leaving him vulnerable to annihilation. Zhunti rushed to intervene, but Tongtian blocked his path.

• Taishang, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Jieyin, and Zhunti were shocked to learn that Qin Mu possessed an Innate Supreme Treasure.
• Qin Mu activated the Sacred Spirit Pearl and transformed the area around Zhunti's incarnation into primordial Chaos, severing its connection to Zhunti's true self.
• Observers outside the Chaos space lost their ability to sense Qin Mu and the incarnation, while Zhunti realized Qin Mu meant to destroy it.
• Zhunti rushed toward Qin Mu to stop him, but Tongtian appeared and barred his way.
• Tongtian told Zhunti that the clash was between a junior and an incarnation and that the Saints should not interfere.

Qin Mu destroyed Zhunti’s clone with his newly forged Grass Sword while Tongtian prevented Zhunti’s true body from intervening. The clone’s death shook the Great Desolation World and revealed that even Saints’ avatars could be destroyed.

• Tongtian blocked Zhunti with the Immortal-Slaying Four Swords and refused to let him reach Qin Mu.
• Zhunti’s clone pleaded with Qin Mu to let him leave, but Qin Mu refused and drew his Grass Sword.
• Qin Mu unleashed the Heaven-Opening Sword, shattering Zhunti’s golden body and erasing his clone and primordial spirit.
• Heaven and Earth mourned the clone’s destruction with blood rain, shocking the mighty figures of the Primordial Wilderness.

Qin Mu returned after slaying Zhunti's clone, leaving Zhunti injured and enraged while Tongtian protected his disciple from further retaliation. Qin Mu and Kong Xuan returned to Penglai, where Kong Xuan introduced the giant egg as his younger brother.

• Qin Mu put away the Sacred Spirit Pearl and returned from the Chaos Void after slaying Zhunti's clone, astonishing Kong Xuan and powerful beings across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Zhunti prepared to confront Qin Mu, but Tongtian threatened him with the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and warned that he would intervene if Zhunti's true body attacked.
• Daoist Jieyin arrived and persuaded Zhunti to leave with him rather than continue the confrontation.
• Tongtian reassured Qin Mu that he would protect him, and Qin Mu suspected his master had stopped Zhunti's true body from interfering.
• Qin Mu and Kong Xuan returned to Penglai Immortal Island, where Kong Xuan showed Qin Mu the giant egg and said it was his younger brother.

Qin Mu arranged for Duobao to take Kong Xuan’s younger brother as his disciple once the egg hatched, then spoke with Tongtian about the Sacred Spirit Pearl and received a warning to keep it safe. Zhunti returned to Mount Sumeru with Jieyin, still angry over the destruction of his incarnation.

• Qin Mu offered to find a master for Kong Xuan’s younger brother, and Kong Xuan eagerly agreed.
• Qin Mu arranged for Duobao to take the egg as his disciple after it hatched, and Duobao promised to teach him carefully.
• Qin Mu visited Tongtian and thanked him for holding Zhunti back during the fight.
• Qin Mu showed Tongtian the Sacred Spirit Pearl, and Tongtian examined it before warning Qin Mu to guard it and use it cautiously.
• Zhunti returned to Mount Sumeru with Jieyin, still seething over what had happened.

After Qin Mu destroyed Zhunti’s avatar, Zhunti wanted to complain to Hongjun, but Jieyin persuaded him to endure the humiliation and wait for a chance to retaliate. Years later, the Human Race began a mass migration to Kongtong Mountain, leaving the Witch and Demon Clans to wonder what major move was underway.

• Zhunti blamed Tongtian for his losses and decided to go to Zixiao Palace to complain to Hongjun.
• Jieyin stopped Zhunti, argued that Tongtian had not directly attacked and that Zhunti’s avatar had struck first, and urged him to wait and build strength.
• Many years later, members of the Human Race left their tribes and traveled with their families toward Kongtong Mountain.
• Dijiang and the Ancestral Witches discussed the migration, while Dijiang said it looked like something major was happening rather than preparations for war.
• Dijun questioned the Demon Race’s leaders about whether they had provoked the Human Race, and Donghuang Taiyi said they could crush the humans if they attacked.

The Human Race gathered at Kongtong Mountain, where Huang Tian appeared before them and drew the power of the Humanity Dao through their united allegiance. The chapter left the Human Race poised for its next move, while the saints and other powers watched with unease and curiosity.

• Taishang, Zhenyuanzi, and Tongtian recognized that the Human Race’s gathering signaled the coming effort to remove Nuwa as Holy Mother, while Jieyin and Zhunti chose to observe events.
• Nuwa sensed an inexplicable unease as she learned that the Human Race was gathering at Kongtong Mountain.
• Suiren Shi, Youchao Shi, and Ziyi Shi led the gathered Human Race in summoning Huang Tian, who emerged from the Human Emperor Hall.
• Huang Tian appeared before the assembly, and the Human Race’s worship drew immense Humanity Dao power to him.
• Dijun and Dijiang recognized that the Human Race’s unity surpassed that of the Demon and Witch Clans, and Huang Tian raised his hand to silence the crowd.

Huang Tian commemorated the Human Race members who died in the Human-Yao War, using the people’s collective faith to open the Ghost Gate Pass and let the fallen return briefly. The reunited living and dead proclaimed that the Human Race would prosper forever.

• Huang Tian showed the Human Race and the watching powers scenes of the brutal Human-Yao War, stirring grief and anger among the people and displeasure among the Demon Race.
• Huang Tian announced that his first matter was to honor the fallen heroes, then offered incense before the Xin Huo Ding on a white-jade altar.
• The Human Race’s shared convictions opened a rift to the Underworld and manifested the Ghost Gate Pass above Kongtong Mountain.
• The souls of the Human Race dead walked through the gate, and the living recognized their loved ones.
• The dead saluted Huang Tian, and the gathered Human Race shouted, “May the Human Race prosper forever!”

At Kongtong Mountain, Huang Tian honored the Human Race’s fallen heroes and then announced that the race would abolish Nuwa Saint’s status as its Holy Mother and cut off her share of its Fortune. His declaration shocked the Primordial Wilderness and left the Ancestral Witches fearing Nuwa’s response.

• The Human Race gathered at Kongtong Mountain to honor its heroic spirits, and the spirits vanished as the Underworld gates closed.
• Huang Tian showed scenes of Nuwa creating humanity, Taishang teaching it, the Three Ancestors guiding it, and Huang Tian leading it through hardship and war.
• Huang Tian announced that the Human Race would strip Nuwa Saint of her Holy Mother position and all Fortune and offerings it gave her.
• The mighty figures of the Primordial Wilderness reacted with disbelief, recognizing that the Human tribes had gathered in support of Huang Tian’s decision.
• Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches worried that Nuwa Saint might retaliate against the Human Race.

Huang Tian’s decision to strip Nuwa of her title as Holy Mother of the Human Race enraged Nuwa and drew the attention of the Demon Race and several Saints. Nuwa appeared at Kongtong Mountain and confronted Huang Tian, insisting that the Human Race owed its existence and Fortune to her.

• Dijun and the Demon Race’s leaders condemned Huang Tian’s decision, but Dijun expected Nuwa to punish the Human Race herself.
• Taishang, Tongtian, Jieyin, and Zhunti watched the crisis unfold, with Tongtian prepared to protect the Human Race if Nuwa attacked.
• Nuwa’s Saintly pressure descended over the Human Ancestral Land, bearing down on the Human Race as its people stood defiant.
• Nuwa appeared at Kongtong Mountain and demanded to know whether Huang Tian understood what he was saying.
• Nuwa claimed that creating the Human Race entitled her to its Fortune and called its people ungrateful, asking what they would be without her.

Huang Tian challenged Nuwa’s claim to the Human Race’s Fortune, arguing that she had failed to protect the people she created. Nuwa answered his accusations with overwhelming Saintly Might and threatened to destroy the Human Race and create a new one.

• Huang Tian declared that the Human Race would strip Nuwa of her Holy Mother title and gave three reasons: her creation had repaid its karmic debt, and she had abandoned the Human Race during its suffering and the Demon Race’s slaughter.
• Nuwa struggled to answer Huang Tian’s accusations, while observers across the Primordial World recognized his argument but doubted the Human Race could oppose a Saint.
• Dijun and Donghuang Taiyi condemned Huang Tian’s defiance but believed Nuwa’s anger might benefit the Demon Race by eliminating the Human Race.
• Nuwa unleashed her Saintly Might over Kongtong Mountain, and the Human Race cultivators gathered their auras into a barrier that resisted her pressure.
• Nuwa declared that she would kill the Human Race and create a new one, then released an even greater wave of Saintly Might.

Nuwa attacked the Human Race at Kongtong Mountain, but Zhenyuanzi arrived with the Earth Book and blocked her strike. He declared that he had joined the Human Race and would share in its Fortune, leaving Nuwa furious and preparing to attack him as well.

• Nuwa gathered Saintly power and sent a giant palm toward the Human Race at Kongtong Mountain.
• Zhenyuanzi appeared and used the Earth Book to shield the Human Race from Nuwa's strike.
• Zhenyuanzi greeted Huang Tian and confirmed that he had come to stand with him.
• Nuwa demanded that Zhenyuanzi leave, but he refused and said he had accepted the Human Emperor's invitation to join the Human Race and share in its Fortune.
• Nuwa grew enraged and gathered more Saintly power, threatening to strike Zhenyuanzi and the Human Race.

Qin Mu and Zhenyuanzi faced Nuwa Saint as she prepared to attack the Human Race, but Taishang Saint arrived to protect them. Huang Tian then called on the Heavenly Dao to witness the Human Race severing its ties with Nuwa, and the chapter ended as all awaited its judgment.

• Nuwa Saint unleashed her Saintly Might against Zhenyuanzi, who raised the Earth Book to defend himself.
• Qin Mu appeared beside Zhenyuanzi and challenged Nuwa to fight them both.
• Taishang Saint arrived and said he would stop Nuwa from destroying the Human Race.
• Nuwa accused Taishang of seeking to monopolize the Human Race's fortune, but he said the Human Race's decision was its own.
• The Eye of the Heavenly Dao appeared, and Huang Tian called on it to witness the Human Race reclaiming its fortune from Nuwa.
• The Human Race joined Huang Tian in demanding that its ties with Nuwa be severed, while the gathered figures waited for the Heavenly Dao's judgment.

The Heavenly Dao severed Nuwa’s Fortune and karmic connection to the Human Race, reducing her cultivation to the Sub-Saint level while leaving her Saintly position intact. After Nuwa departed, Huang Tian appointed Zhenyuanzi Imperial Tutor of the Human Race, shocking Taishang Saint as he considered claiming its Fortune for himself.

• The Eye of the Heavenly Dao struck between Nuwa and the Human Race, severing their Fortune and karmic connection and reducing Nuwa to the Sub-Saint level.
• The Heavenly Dao withdrew, and Qin Mu said Nuwa had brought the loss upon herself after failing to heed his chances.
• Nuwa left in humiliation, and Taishang Saint departed on his azure ox after speaking with Huang Tian.
• Huang Tian announced that the Human Race would rise now that Nuwa had been deposed as its Holy Mother.
• Huang Tian appointed Zhenyuanzi Imperial Tutor of the Human Race, granting him a share in its Fortune and honor.
• Taishang Saint turned pale at Eight Sceneries Palace, realizing Zhenyuanzi had gained a place in the Human Race’s Fortune.

Huang Tian appointed Zhenyuanzi as the Human Race’s Imperial Tutor and bestowed the Human Race’s Fortune and Merit upon him to help him attain Saintly Way. When Primordial Violet Qi appeared within Zhenyuanzi, the mighty figures were stunned, and Jieyin and Zhunti wondered whether he would become a Saint.

• Nuwa Saint realized Zhenyuanzi had likely arranged in advance to help the Human Race, but she could not intervene after losing her connection to its Fortune.
• Huang Tian announced Zhenyuanzi’s appointment as Imperial Tutor, and the Human Race accepted him wholeheartedly, sending its Fortune surging into his body.
• Huang Tian bestowed the Human Race’s Merit upon Zhenyuanzi, who absorbed it alongside the Fortune while protected by the Earth Book.
• Primordial Violet Qi burst from Zhenyuanzi and dyed half the sky violet, shocking the watching mighty figures.
• Venerable Yuanshi questioned where Zhenyuanzi had obtained the Primordial Violet Qi and wondered if he could attain Saintly Way.
• Zhunti recalled sending Hong Yun’s Primordial Violet Qi into a spatial rift, while Jieyin suggested it may have been Zhenyuanzi’s destined opportunity.

Zhenyuanzi used the Primordial Violet Qi, Human Race Fortune, and Merit to attain Sagehood as the Human Race’s Imperial Tutor. The Human Race celebrated its new Saint, while many of its people still wished their own Human Emperor had been the one to ascend.

• Nuwa, Taishang, Ancestor Minghe, Tongtian, Qin Mu, and the Demon Clan’s leaders reacted to Zhenyuanzi possessing the Primordial Violet Qi and the prospect of his becoming a Saint.
• Zhenyuanzi vowed to protect the Human Race, bound his Dao to its prosperity, and used the Earth Book to suppress its Fortune.
• Heaven and Earth answered Zhenyuanzi’s vow with signs of Sainthood and a flood of Merit, which raised him into the Saint Realm.
• Zhenyuanzi became the seventh Heavenly Dao Saint and vowed to protect Hong Yun when he returned through reincarnation.
• The Primordial Wilderness’s great powers and the Human Race celebrated Zhenyuanzi’s ascension, though some Humans regretted that their Human Emperor had not become a Saint.

After losing her Saint cultivation and being rejected by the Human Race, Nuwa reflected on her neglect of them and refused Zhunti’s offer to join the Western Teachings. She decided to seek Hongjun at Zixiao Palace, while Zhunti secretly went to the forbidden area where Dijun’s ten Golden Crows were cultivating.

• Nuwa recalled that she had failed to protect the Human Race and wondered whether intervening earlier could have changed their decision to depose her.
• Zhunti visited Nuwa and offered to help restore her cultivation if she joined the Western Teachings, but Nuwa refused.
• Nuwa decided to go to Zixiao Palace to ask Hongjun to intervene and then departed.
• Zhunti traveled to a forbidden area in the Primordial starry sky and saw Dijun’s ten Golden Crows cultivating there.

Nuwa sought Hongjun's help after losing the Human Race's Fortune, but he blamed her plight on her own past actions. Back at Nuwa Palace, Dijun tried to bind her Fortune to the Demon Race, and Nuwa recognized the danger hidden beneath its apparent strength.

• Nuwa went to Zixiao Palace to ask Hongjun for justice, but Haotian relayed Hongjun's message that she must bear the consequences of her own actions.
• Nuwa returned to Nuwa Palace dejected and hid from Fuxi that Hongjun had refused to see her.
• Dijun told Nuwa he wanted to bind her Fortune to the Demon Race so its Fortune could help restore her cultivation.
• Nuwa saw that the Demon Race's Fortune was burdened by tribulation energy and karmic sin, and feared joining it would pull her into a disastrous calamity.

After losing her status and Fortune as the Human Race’s Holy Mother, Nuwa agreed to bind her Fortune to the Demon Race and became its Saint. The Demon Race’s Fortune restored her cultivation, while Taishang Saint and Venerable Yuanshi viewed her choice with concern.

• Fuxi urged Nuwa to leave the Human Race behind, and she accepted Dijun’s offer to become a Saint of the Demon Race.
• Dijun and Fuxi left Nuwa Palace, and Dijun thanked Fuxi for helping secure Nuwa’s agreement.
• Dijun held a grand Pilgrimage Ceremony and proclaimed Nuwa the Demon Race’s Saint, binding her Fortune to the race.
• The Demon Race’s Fortune flowed into Nuwa and restored her cultivation to the Saint realm, though she worried about sharing its karmic debt.
• Taishang Saint and Venerable Yuanshi sensed Nuwa’s new bond with the Demon Race, and Yuanshi turned his thoughts to restraining the Interception Sect.

Zhenyuanzi visited Penglai to claim Qin Mu’s promised help in reviving Hong Yun, and Qin Mu brought him to the Underworld. After learning that Yin Tianzi was one of Qin Mu’s Clones, Zhenyuanzi asked whether Huang Tian was another.

• Jieyin learned that Nuwa had chosen to bind her Fortune to the Demon Race and regretted that Zhunti had failed to recruit her.
• Qin Mu heard that Nuwa had become a Saint of the Demon Race and wondered whether she had chosen that path out of desperation.
• Zhenyuanzi arrived at Penglai, where Qin Mu agreed to honor his promise to help revive Hong Yun.
• Qin Mu took Zhenyuanzi through a passage into the Netherworld and introduced him to Yin Tianzi, Lord of the Underworld.
• Zhenyuanzi learned that Yin Tianzi was Qin Mu’s Clone and asked whether Huang Tian was also one of Qin Mu’s Clones.