Recaps

Qin Mu arranged for Mystic Turtle to reincarnate as the Human Race’s third Emperor, with his memories sealed until he attained enlightenment. After Mystic Turtle entered reincarnation, Qin Mu looked forward to the trouble this would cause Venerable Yuanshi and the Chan Teachings.

• Qin Mu explained that Mystic Turtle’s merit from supporting the heavens and his future Human Emperor destiny would let him repay his karma and advance toward Quasi-Saint peak.
• Qin Mu brought Mystic Turtle to Pingxin Hall, where Empress Pingxin opened a special reincarnation passage.
• Empress Pingxin explained that Mystic Turtle’s memories would be sealed to help him integrate into the Human Race and conceal his identity.
• Empress Pingxin sealed Mystic Turtle’s memories into an origin mark and sent his spirit into reincarnation.
• Qin Mu returned to Fengdu City and revealed that Mystic Turtle’s role as the third Human Emperor would outmaneuver Venerable Yuanshi and the Chan Teachings.

Chi You was resurrected by the Witch Clan in a hidden Secret Realm and learned that the Human Race now ruled the Primordial Wilderness. He ordered the Witch Clan to return and reclaim its former lands, prompting a sudden invasion that alarmed the region.

• Witch Clan shamans sacrificed ferocious beasts to revive Chi You from his statue.
• Chi You learned that the Witch-Demon War had ended, the Human Race had risen, and Fuxi and Shennong had attained the Dao.
• Chi You declared that the Witch Clan would regain its former glory and ordered its tribes to return and reclaim their lands.
• The Witch Clan emerged from hiding and attacked Human Race tribes and other groups across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Powerful beings reacted with shock, while survivors of the Witch-Demon War recognized the danger of the Witch Clan's return.

After the Witch Clan returned and attacked Human Race tribes, Venerable Yuanshi sent Guangchengzi to suppress them and gave him the Fan Tian Yin. Guangchengzi prepared to lead the Chan Teachings Golden Immortals down the mountain and clear the way for the third Human Sovereign.

• Guangchengzi and the Chan Teachings Golden Immortals grew angry when the Witch Clan returned and disrupted the Human Race as the third Sovereign was about to descend.
• Guangchengzi led his fellow disciples to Yuxu Palace and asked Venerable Yuanshi whether they should intervene.
• Venerable Yuanshi ordered Guangchengzi to suppress the Witch Clan and protect the Chan Teachings' chance to guide the third Sovereign.
• Venerable Yuanshi gave Guangchengzi the Fan Tian Yin, a powerful seal forged from fragments of Buzhou Mountain that countered physical strength and earth-fiend power.
• Guangchengzi accepted the Fan Tian Yin and pledged to lead the Golden Immortals against the Witch Clan, while Yellow Dragon True Person watched enviously.

Guangchengzi led the Chan Teachings disciples to suppress the Witch Chaos, prompting the Saints and Human leaders to question the timing and motives behind the conflict. Huang Tian, Zhenyuanzi, and Qin Mu suspected that someone was backing the Witch Clan as they waited to see how events unfolded.

• Guangchengzi and the Chan Teachings disciples defeated Witch Clan creatures ravaging Human settlements.
• Taishang, Jieyin, Zhunti, Tongtian, and Nuwa considered why Yuanshi had sent his disciples to quell the Witch Chaos, with Zhunti hoping the conflict would create an opening for the Western Teachings.
• Huang Tian told the Human leaders that Yuanshi was protecting the Chan Teachings' claim to the Third Human Emperor's Merit and warned that the Witch Clan's actions likely had a hidden cause.
• Zhenyuanzi agreed with Huang Tian that the Witch Clan's sudden attack was suspicious, and the Human leaders waited to see what happened.
• Qin Mu told Yin Tianzi that someone must be backing the Witch Clan, while privately suspecting who that might be.

Shennong recognized the danger posed by the Witch Clan’s return and welcomed the Chan Teachings’ intervention. Guangchengzi and the other disciples destroyed several Witch Clan strongholds, but Guangchengzi warned that their true elite forces had yet to appear.

• Shennong worried that the Witch Clan’s chaos could disrupt the Human Race and realized the Chan Teachings had intervened to protect the coming Third Human Emperor’s affairs.
• Guangchengzi confronted tens of thousands of Witch Clan warriors and attacked their blood-and-qi formation with Fan Tian Yin while the other Chan Teachings disciples unleashed their treasures.
• True Man Taiyi struck the broken formation with Nine Heavens Divine Thunder, and Guangchengzi shattered it with Fan Tian Yin as the Witch Clan warriors charged and were slaughtered.
• Guangchengzi led the Chan Teachings disciples in clearing several Witch Clan strongholds over the next few days.
• Chijingzi and the others dismissed the Witch Clan’s strength, but Guangchengzi warned them not to underestimate the enemy because its elite forces had not yet appeared.

Chi You learned that the Chan Teachings had attacked the Witch Clan and rose to confront Guangchengzi and his disciples. In a valley ambush, he revealed himself as a resurrected Ancestral Witch, and the chapter explained that Houtu’s Quintessential Blood had enabled him to become one.

• A wounded witch general told Chi You that Guangchengzi and the Chan Teachings had attacked the Witch Clan, so Chi You decided to face them himself.
• Guangchengzi led Chijingzi and the other Chan Teachings disciples into a mist-filled valley where the Witch Clan’s fleeing warriors had gone.
• A blood-red pillar erupted, and Chi You appeared, shocking Guangchengzi, the disciples, and powerful beings throughout the Primordial Wilderness.
• The story revealed that Houtu had left Ancestral Witch Quintessential Blood for Dijiang, and Chi You had refined it to become the Witch Clan’s new Ancestral Witch.

Chi You’s return from the dead shocked the Saints and the leaders of the Human Race as the Witch Clan’s attack threatened the third Human Emperor’s rise. Qin Mu suspected Chi You had prepared a contingency before the Witch-Demon War, while the reason for his return remained unclear.

• Yuanshi tried to divine how Chi You had returned, found the heavenly secrets in chaos, and worried that Guangchengzi and the others could not defeat him.
• Taishang told Xuandu to leave the matter to Yuanshi and said someone in the Human Emperor Realm could handle Chi You.
• Tongtian, Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti reacted to Chi You’s return, with the Western Saints welcoming the trouble it would bring the Chan Teachings.
• Fuxi and Zhenyuanzi questioned how Chi You had returned and wondered whether the other Ancestral Witches might also come back.
• Huang Tian recognized Chi You but suggested they wait and see, while Qin Mu told Xi He and Chang Xi that Chi You might have prepared a contingency before the Witch-Demon War.

Pingxin sensed Chi You’s resurrection through the Twelve Ancestral Witch banners as Chi You overwhelmed the Chan Teachings disciples in the deep ravine. As he prepared to deliver a third axe blow, an unseen voice intervened and asked him to spare them.

• Pingxin noticed Chi You’s aura stirring the banners and wondered how he had been resurrected outside.
• Chi You confronted Guangchengzi and the Chan Teachings disciples, declaring that he would defy Heaven and avenge the Witch Clan.
• Guangchengzi and the others used Fan Tian Yin to defend themselves, but Chi You’s first axe blow shattered their defense and gravely wounded them.
• Chi You’s second blow broke through their formation and left the Chan Teachings disciples near death.
• Chi You raised his axe for a third strike, but an unseen voice asked him to spare the disciples, stopping the blow midair.

Old Ancestor Randeng arrived in the ravine and used his green lamp to heal Guangchengzi and the other Chan Teachings disciples, stopping Chi You’s attack. After the disciples urged him to kill Chi You, Randeng demanded that Chi You withdraw from the Human Race, and Chi You answered with an insult.

• A green lamp appeared, dissolving Chi You’s blood fiend qi, repairing the ravine, and healing the wounded Chan Teachings disciples.
• Old Ancestor Randeng emerged and identified himself as the Chan Teachings’ Vice Sect Leader, drawing astonished reactions from onlookers.
• Randeng asked Chi You to stop fighting, but Guangchengzi and the other disciples urged him to strike Chi You down.
• Randeng privately resented the disciples’ demands, then offered to spare Chi You if he withdrew his forces and vowed not to invade the Human Race again.
• Chi You laughed at Randeng’s offer and insulted him as a doddering old man who had gained prestige from listening to sermons.

Chi You summoned the Gold-Devouring Sabre-toothed Tiger Weapon Soul and forged it into the Tiger Soul Fierce Weapon before attacking Old Ancestor Randeng. Randeng countered with the Universe Ruler and Glazed Lamp, trapping Chi You and burning him with Pure Glazed Fire, leaving the watching powers expecting his defeat.

• Chi You summoned a giant Gold-Devouring Sabre-toothed Tiger that merged into his axe and transformed it into the Tiger Soul Fierce Weapon.
• Chi You charged Old Ancestor Randeng with a devastating strike, and Randeng met it with the Universe Ruler.
• Chi You and Randeng fought fiercely as Randeng blocked Chi You’s attacks with the Universe Ruler and the Glazed Lamp’s light.
• Chi You taunted Randeng, who used the Universe Ruler to bind him in space-time.
• Randeng unleashed Pure Glazed Fire from the Glazed Lamp, and the flames burned Chi You as the watching powers anticipated his defeat.

Empress Pingxin intervened just as Randeng was about to kill Chi You, shattering Randeng’s attacks and allowing Chi You to escape into a rift. The Chan Teachings withdrew, while the Saints recognized Pingxin’s involvement and considered what it meant.

• Randeng broke through Chi You’s resistance and prepared to strike him down while the Glazed Lamp kept him immobilized.
• A gray pillar of light emerged from a void fissure, destroyed Randeng’s attack, and shattered the Glazed Lamp’s suppression.
• Chi You tore open the nearby void and escaped through the rift before Guangchengzi and the other Chan Teachings disciples could pursue him.
• Randeng stopped Guangchengzi’s group from chasing Chi You, then left and told them to return to the mountain.
• The Saints identified Empress Pingxin as Chi You’s rescuer, and Venerable Yuanshi and Zhunti reacted with anger and apprehension.

After Pingxin rescued Chi You from Randeng, Chi You withdrew to rebuild the Witch Clan, leaving the Human Race time to recover. Years later, the Human Race's Third Emperor was born, and Yuanshi summoned his disciples to plan their role in guiding him.

• Pingxin intervened when Randeng tried to kill Chi You, and Qin Mu and others concluded that the Witch Chaos had ended for now.
• Chi You led the surviving Witch Clan troops back to their Secret Realm, received Pingxin's warning, and decided to lie low and rebuild his strength.
• A Human child was born amid auspicious signs and a surge of Humanity Dao Fortune, revealing the arrival of the Human Race's Third Emperor.
• Qin Mu told Xi He that this Third Emperor's story would differ from those of the first two, since he had arranged for the Sky-Supporting Black Tortoise's True Spirit to reincarnate as the emperor.
• Venerable Yuanshi summoned Randeng, Immortal Weng of the South Pole, Guangchengzi, and the other Twelve Immortals to Yuxu Palace to discuss assisting the Third Emperor.

Venerable Yuanshi asked the Chan Teachings who would teach the third Human Emperor, prompting Guangchengzi and Immortal Weng of the South Pole to compete for the task. Their fellow disciples argued over whom to support before Yuanshi silenced the hall, leaving his choice unknown.

• Venerable Yuanshi announced that the third Human Emperor had been born and asked who would take responsibility for teaching him.
• Immortal Weng of the South Pole volunteered, citing his seniority and service to the Chan Teachings.
• Guangchengzi also volunteered and argued that his cultivation and Fan Tian Yin made him suited to protect the Human Emperor.
• Chijingzi, Yuding, Taiyi, and other disciples backed Guangchengzi, while Yellow Dragon True Person and several others supported Immortal Weng of the South Pole.
• The disciples argued heatedly over the candidates until Venerable Yuanshi ordered them to stop.

Yuanshi chose Guangchengzi to teach the third Human Emperor, while Chi You recovered in a secret realm after his defeat by Randeng. Qin Mu arrived and offered Chi You eighty-one drops of Great Witches' Quintessential Blood to help him grow stronger.

• Yuanshi appointed Guangchengzi to guide the third Human Emperor and ordered him to teach with care.
• The Chan Teachings disciples congratulated Guangchengzi, while Yellow Dragon True Person left dejectedly and Guangchengzi set off for the Human Tribe.
• Chi You recovered in a pool of blood and lamented that he still lacked the power to defeat Randeng.
• Qin Mu appeared in Chi You's secret realm, and Chi You bowed to him as the Lord of the Underworld and the one who had given him Ancestral Witch Quintessential Blood.
• Qin Mu produced eighty-one drops of Great Witches' Quintessential Blood and offered them to Chi You as an opportunity to gain strength.

Qin Mu gave Chi You eighty-one drops of Great Witch Quintessential Blood, and Chi You resolved to use them to create a new Witch Clan. Guangchengzi then visited a Human Tribe and named its auspiciously born infant Xuanyuan, taking him as his disciple under the Saint’s decree.

• Qin Mu gave Chi You eighty-one drops of Great Witch Quintessential Blood before leaving.
• Chi You decided to use the blood to transform powerful beings into a new Witch Clan and strengthen the clan.
• Guangchengzi traveled from Kunlun Mountain to the Human Tribe where an infant had been born amid auspicious signs.
• Guangchengzi declared that the child was destined to lead the Human Race, and said he had come to take him as a disciple.
• Guangchengzi named the infant Xuanyuan, and the tribe welcomed the child's promising future.

Chi You transformed eighty-one powerful beings with Great Witch Quintessential Blood and made them his brothers, then subdued an Iron Eater Beast as his mount. Meanwhile, the Emperor Venerate finished restoring the Heavenly Realm.

• Chi You gathered eighty-one powerful beings and offered them greater strength in exchange for swearing loyalty to the Witch Clan.
• The eighty-one beings agreed, and Chi You used Great Witch Quintessential Blood to transform them into powerful Witch Clan warriors.
• Chi You named the transformed beings his eighty-one brothers and called on them to restore the Witch Clan to glory.
• Chi You defeated a rampaging Iron Eater Beast, spared it, and took it as his mount.
• The Emperor Venerate completed the restoration of the Heavenly Realm and sighed with relief.

Emperor Venerate discovered a concealed Small World in the Heavenly Court and confronted the Sub-Saint hiding inside, who revealed himself as the Lord of Stars. Their conflicting claims over the stars brought the encounter to the brink of battle.

• Emperor Venerate detected a spatial disturbance in the Heavenly Court’s far west and uncovered a hidden gateway to a Small World.
• Emperor Venerate entered the Small World and found a mysterious Sub-Saint meditating among countless stars.
• Emperor Venerate claimed the hidden realm fell under the Heavenly Court’s authority and ordered the stranger to leave.
• The Sub-Saint identified himself as the Lord of Stars and claimed dominion over the stars and their laws.
• Emperor Venerate accused the Lord of Stars of stealing the stars’ essence, then released his aura and shook the Small World.

Emperor Venerate confronted the Lord of Stars, offering him submission or death, and the two Sub-Saints began fighting. Their battle shook the Heavenly Realm and drew the attention of powerful beings and Saints, who wondered who the Lord of Stars was and what the conflict meant for Qin Mu’s rule.

• Emperor Venerate demanded that the Lord of Stars submit to the Heavenly Court or die, but the Lord of Stars refused and attacked him with Starry Sky Prison Suppression.
• Emperor Venerate and the Lord of Stars clashed inside the Small World until the strain threatened to destroy it, then they took their fight into the Heavenly Realm.
• The two Sub-Saints fought above the Heavenly Court, shaking the realm and disrupting its palaces and the paths of the Zhou Tian Xing Dou.
• Powerful beings across the Primordial Wilderness noticed the battle but did not know its cause or the Lord of Stars’ identity.
• Taishang, Yuanshi, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Nuwa observed the clash; Yuanshi and Zhunti welcomed the possibility that Qin Mu’s rule would be troubled.

Emperor Venerate fought the Lord of Stars, a powerful Chaos creature who sought to refine the source of the stars and prove Primordial Chaos. Though the Primordial Quantity Heaven Ruler and the Heavenly Court’s Fortune strengthened Emperor Venerate, the Lord of Stars overwhelmed him and prepared to take his Fortune and refine his soul.

• Zhenyuanzi asked Huang Tian about the Sub-Saint fighting Emperor Venerate, but Huang Tian admitted he knew nothing about the creature.
• Qin Mu recognized the enemy as the Lord of Stars, a hidden Chaos creature who sought to refine the source of the stars and prove Primordial Chaos.
• The Lord of Stars attacked Emperor Venerate with a phantom star, and Emperor Venerate used the Primordial Quantity Heaven Ruler to deflect it.
• Emperor Venerate drew on the Heavenly Court’s Fortune and charged the Lord of Stars, who commanded the stars to attack him with overwhelming force.
• The Lord of Stars drove Emperor Venerate back and declared that he would take his Fortune and refine his soul.

Lord of Stars nearly killed Emperor Venerate, but Qin Mu intervened and revealed himself as a Primordial Chaos powerhouse. Lord of Stars was left stunned as Qin Mu stood between him and Emperor Venerate.

• Lord of Stars formed a supernova into a blade of destructive starlight and launched it at Emperor Venerate.
• Emperor Venerate's ruler and Heavenly Court Fortune could not stop the attack, leaving him on the verge of death.
• Qin Mu reached through a fissure and erased Lord of Stars' starlight with a casual gesture, saving Emperor Venerate.
• Qin Mu stepped out of the fissure, and Lord of Stars recognized him as a Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal.
• Jieyin, Zhunti, and Yuanshi reacted with anger and disappointment that Qin Mu had saved Emperor Venerate.

The Lord of Stars fled after Qin Mu subdued him, but Qin Mu caught him at Kunlun Mountain. Venerable Yuanshi intervened to protect the Lord of Stars, leaving Qin Mu and the Saint facing off as powerful beings watched.

• The Lord of Stars used the Stellar Escape Art to flee the Heavenly Realm, but Qin Mu pursued him and froze space and time around him.
• Qin Mu pressed the Lord of Stars to his knees and prepared to take him away alive.
• Venerable Yuanshi appeared at his Dao Field on Kunlun Mountain and challenged Qin Mu for overstepping his bounds.
• Qin Mu said he had a duty to capture the Lord of Stars, while the Lord of Stars begged Venerable Yuanshi for help and offered to join the Chan Teachings.
• Powerful beings and the other Saints watched the confrontation, and Taishang Saint wondered which of them was stronger.

Qin Mu confronted Venerable Yuanshi on Kunlun Mountain after Yuanshi offered to protect the Lord of Stars, who wanted to join the Chan Teachings. Qin Mu and Yuanshi began fighting, and their opening attacks shook Kunlun Mountain as powerful figures watched.

• Jieyin, Zhunti, Nuwa, Zhenyuanzi, Ancestor Minghe, and Tongtian watched Qin Mu face Yuanshi, with several prepared to support Qin Mu if needed.
• Yuanshi asked Qin Mu to let the Lord of Stars go because he wanted to recruit him into the Chan Teachings, but Qin Mu refused.
• Yuanshi summoned the Pangu Banner, and Qin Mu struck at him with sword intent; their first clash shook the land around Kunlun Mountain.
• Yuanshi unleashed Fortune Creation Mystic Light, and Qin Mu countered with his Grass Sword, causing another collision that nearly overwhelmed Kunlun Mountain's protective array.

Qin Mu used the Sacred Spirit Pearl to neutralize Venerable Yuanshi’s Heaven-Opening Qi Blade and trap the Pangu Banner in a river of redefining Dao laws. Venerable Yuanshi realized his treasure might be transformed as Qin Mu asked whether he still wanted to fight.

• Venerable Yuanshi unleashed a Heaven-Opening Qi Blade from the Pangu Banner at Qin Mu.
• Qin Mu brought out the Sacred Spirit Pearl, which assimilated the blade and turned its Dao laws into its own.
• Qin Mu sent a river of Dao laws around the Pangu Banner and began redefining its laws.
• Venerable Yuanshi poured Jade Clarity Immortal power into the banner, but its attacks only strengthened the river.
• Lord of Stars watched in shock as Qin Mu asked Venerable Yuanshi whether he wanted to continue.

Qin Mu forced Venerable Yuanshi to retreat despite Yuanshi wielding the Pangu Banner, and the Saints and powerful beings watching were shocked by Qin Mu’s strength. Back at Yuxu Palace, Yuanshi’s fury went unnoticed as black qi seeped from him and flowed into a hidden rune beneath Kunlun Mountain.

• Qin Mu withdrew the river of Daoist laws and put away the Sacred Spirit Pearl, after which Venerable Yuanshi left the battlefield.
• Lord of Stars and the watching powerful beings realized Yuanshi had been no match for Qin Mu, while the Saints reacted with astonishment and admiration.
• Tongtian celebrated Qin Mu’s victory, and Huang Tian knew Qin Mu had not shown his full strength.
• Yuanshi returned to Yuxu Palace and raged over his defeat, vowing revenge against Qin Mu.
• Black qi poured from Yuanshi and reached a hidden space beneath Kunlun Mountain, where it caused a pitch-black rune to glow.

After defeating Yuanshi, Qin Mu brought Lord of Stars to the Heavenly Court and made him submit. Lord of Stars joined the court as Myriad Stars Heavenly Venerate, and the resulting surge in its fortune convinced the Saints that it was poised to rise.

• Qin Mu brought Lord of Stars to the Heavenly Court and demanded his soul imprint.
• Qin Mu revealed that Emperor Venerate was his clone, and Lord of Stars bowed to them both.
• Emperor Venerate appointed Lord of Stars Myriad Stars Heavenly Venerate, and Lord of Stars pledged to serve the Heavenly Court.
• Qin Mu left as the Heavenly Court's fortune surged after Lord of Stars joined.
• Yuanshi, Jieyin, Zhunti, Taishang, and Nuwa sensed the change and considered the Heavenly Court's coming rise.