Recaps

Qin Mu refused to be intimidated by Xuan Mingzi’s ties to the Purple Mansion Immortal Court and killed him with a single strike of his Grass Sword. The San Xiao were left stunned by Qin Mu’s power, while Bixiao openly admired his sword strike.

• Xuan Mingzi identified himself as a cultivator of the Purple Mansion Immortal Court and ordered Qin Mu to leave, hoping to claim the San Xiao and their treasures.
• The San Xiao feared Qin Mu might back down, but he mocked East King Duke and the Purple Mansion Immortal Court.
• Qin Mu drew his Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Grass Sword, and showed it to the San Xiao.
• Qin Mu used his Heaven-Opening Sword to annihilate Xuan Mingzi’s body and soul in one strike.
• Yunxiao and Qiongxiao were stunned by Qin Mu’s strength, while Bixiao exclaimed over how cool his sword strike was.

Qin Mu saved Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao from Xuan Mingzi and revealed that he was their senior brother. After the reunion, Yunxiao explained that the sisters were searching for an Innate Secret Realm marked on a Treasure Map.

• Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao thanked Qin Mu for saving them from Xuan Mingzi.
• Qin Mu recognized the Three Xiao as disciples of Shangqing Tongtian and revealed that he was their senior brother.
• Yunxiao welcomed Qin Mu, while Bixiao eagerly clung to him until Yunxiao told her to behave.
• Qin Mu told the sisters that he was traveling overseas to find Tongtian after learning that Tongtian had parted ways with his two senior brothers.
• Yunxiao showed Qin Mu the Treasure Map that the sisters were following to find an Innate Secret Realm.

Qin Mu joined Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao to follow an ancient treasure map and broke the natural formation hiding a secluded small world. There, they discovered a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, and Yunxiao and Bixiao said it should belong to Qin Mu.

• Qin Mu sensed that the treasure map came from the Primordial Era, and Yunxiao invited him to seek the treasure with her and her sisters.
• Qin Mu followed the map with Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao, then used the Eye of Shattering Delusion to find and break an Innate Grand Formation.
• The four entered the revealed island and found a small world filled with Innate Spiritual Jade, spirit springs, and distant mountains.
• Five-Colored Radiance appeared at the small world's center, and an Ancient Mirror emerged from the twisting void.
• Qin Mu recognized the mirror as a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, and Yunxiao and Bixiao said it should belong to him.

Qin Mu turned down San Xiao’s offer of the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror and revealed that he already possessed several Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures. When Yunxiao tried to claim the mirror, it wounded her, prompting Qin Mu to confront the ancient being hiding inside it.

• Qin Mu refused to take San Xiao’s opportunity and showed them several Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures he possessed.
• Qin Mu told Yunxiao to claim the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror, and she accepted before trying to bind it with her magical power.
• The mirror absorbed Yunxiao’s power and struck her with black-and-white divine light, injuring her; Qin Mu caught her and handed her to Qiongxiao and Bixiao.
• Qin Mu attacked the mirror with the Grass Sword, drawing out a powerful ancient being in Black Mist who revealed that the Treasure Map had lured victims to become his food.
• Qin Mu stood in front of San Xiao with his sword and promised to handle the Quasi-Saint-level threat.

Qin Mu faced the remnant soul of Yin-Yang Ancestor, who recognized him as Hongjun’s grand-disciple and attacked him. After Qin Mu shattered Yin-Yang Ancestor’s spear, the ancestor unleashed a Law Suppression Domain, and Qin Mu answered with the Great Law of Self-Transformation into Freedom.

• Yin-Yang Ancestor discovered Qin Mu was an innate demon god and sought to use him as nourishment.
• Qin Mu sent the San Xiao Fairies into the Small World inside his Purple Gold Chaos Gourd.
• Yin-Yang Ancestor learned that Hongjun was Qin Mu’s Grandmaster and attacked him with the Yin Yang Divine Spear.
• Qin Mu activated the Secret of All and used Heaven-Opening Sword to shatter the spear and its Yin Yang Laws.
• Yin-Yang Ancestor summoned Heaven and Earth Suppression, and Qin Mu released the Great Law of Self-Transformation into Freedom.

Qin Mu transformed into a Xing Tian body using Xing Tian's Quintessential Blood and fought Yin-Yang Ancestor's Remnant Soul. He destroyed the Yin Yang Mirror's protective domain and annihilated Yin-Yang Ancestor, whose final roar echoed through the Small World.

• Yin-Yang Ancestor recognized the Pangu's Aura from Qin Mu and trembled in fear.
• Qin Mu revealed his Transformed Xing Tian Body, formed with the drop of Quintessential Blood Xing Tian had given him.
• Qin Mu summoned a giant axe and cleaved through Yin-Yang Ancestor's Yin Yang Laws with the Sky-Opening Axe Technique.
• Yin-Yang Ancestor used the yin side of the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror, but Qin Mu remained unharmed because the mirror only affected native beings of the Primordial Wilderness.
• Qin Mu's axe shattered the yang side's Guardian Domain and pierced Yin-Yang Ancestor, annihilating his divine consciousness.

After Qin Mu defeated Yin Yang Old Ancestor’s remnant soul, Yunxiao claimed the Taiji Yin Yang Mirror, and he returned to Jin'ao Island with San Xiao. There, he reunited with Duobao and paid his respects to Tongtian, who praised his cultivation.

• Qin Mu, weakened after destroying Yin Yang Old Ancestor’s remnant soul, released San Xiao and told Yunxiao she could claim the now-uncontrolled mirror.
• Yunxiao collected the Taiji Yin Yang Mirror, a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure whose Yin side destroyed primordial spirits and whose Yang side reversed life and death.
• After recovering, Qin Mu set a spatial coordinate and Gate of Space in the Small World, then traveled to Jin'ao Island with San Xiao.
• During the journey, Bixiao asked Qin Mu about his travels while Yunxiao and Qiongxiao discussed the Dao with him.
• Duobao welcomed Qin Mu back to Jin'ao Island, and Qin Mu praised Duobao’s Taiyi Golden Immortal cultivation.
• Qin Mu entered Biyou Palace to see Tongtian, who recognized his Mid Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal cultivation and praised his solid foundation.

Qin Mu told Tongtian about his travels and suggested that Tongtian establish a great sect to teach all beings, revealing a path to sainthood. Tongtian resolved to announce something to his disciples and rang the Golden Bell across Jin'ao Island.

• Tongtian questioned Qin Mu about his travels, and Qin Mu recounted his experiences, including killing a remnant soul of Yin-Yang Ancestor.
• Tongtian praised Qin Mu and admitted he still had not found the path to sainthood.
• Qin Mu suggested Tongtian establish a great sect to instruct all beings under Heaven.
• Tongtian realized that establishing a sect and gathering fortune could lead him to sainthood, and thanked Qin Mu for showing him the path.
• Tongtian summoned his disciples by ringing the Golden Bell, and they hurried toward Biyou Palace.

Tongtian summoned his disciples to Biyou Palace, introduced Qin Mu as his first disciple, and entrusted him with Jin'ao Island while he entered seclusion to pursue Sagehood. He left Qin Mu with the Qingping Sword and disappeared.

• Tongtian's disciples gathered at Biyou Palace after the Golden Bell rang, where they saw Qin Mu standing beside their Master.
• Tongtian introduced Qin Mu as his first disciple and the disciples' senior brother, and they bowed to greet him.
• Tongtian announced that he would enter seclusion to strive for Sagehood and put Qin Mu in charge of Jin'ao Island.
• Tongtian handed Qin Mu the Qingping Sword and told him to watch over the other disciples.
• Tongtian vanished, leaving Qin Mu to oversee the island.

After Tongtian entered seclusion, Qin Mu took charge of Jin'ao Island, while the conflict between the Purple Mansion Immortal Court and the Demon Race intensified. East King Duke ordered Xuan Feng to demand the Four Seas Dragon Clan submit, and Ao Guang went to receive the Purple Mansion envoy.

• Duobao, Golden Spirit Mother, Zhao Gongming, and the other disciples accepted Qin Mu's authority after hearing of his strength, and Qin Mu invited them to ask him about cultivation.
• Over the next thousand years, Qin Mu guided San Xiao and the other disciples as Jin'ao Island remained peaceful and the wider world grew more turbulent.
• After Donghuang Taiyi killed a Purple Mansion Quasi-Saint, East King Duke blamed the Demon Race for the death and disappearance of Purple Mansion members, including Xuan Mingzi.
• A celestial official urged East King Duke to annex the Dragon Clan for its fortune, and East King Duke ordered Xuan Feng to demand the Four Seas Dragon Clan submit or face destruction.
• When Xuan Feng arrived at the East Sea Dragon Clan's Crystal Palace, Ao Guang worried that the Purple Mansion intended to pull his weakened clan into its conflict and went to greet the envoy.

Daoist Xuanfeng delivered Emperor Dong Hua’s ultimatum that the Four Seas Dragon Clan submit to the Purple Mansion Immortal Court or face extermination. After the Four Dragon Kings gathered to discuss their options, Ao Shun proposed seeking help from Shangqing Tongtian.

• Ao Guang welcomed Daoist Xuanfeng, who ordered the Four Seas Dragon Clan to submit and surrender its Fortune under threat of extermination.
• When Ao Guang questioned the decree, Xuanfeng used his Great Principle Golden Immortal pressure to force him to his knees and warned that the Purple Mansion army would take over in a thousand years.
• Xuanfeng demonstrated his power by blasting a hundred-mile stretch of sea with purple lightning, then departed.
• Ao Guang crushed the Dragon Clan’s inheritance jade slip, summoning the other three Dragon Kings to the East Sea Dragon Palace.
• Ao Run and Ao Qin condemned the Purple Mansion’s demand, while Ao Guang warned that the Dragon Clan could not defeat East King Duke’s forces.
• Ao Shun proposed seeking aid from Shangqing Tongtian of Jin'ao Island.

Ao Guang set out to seek Shangqing Tongtian's protection for the Four Seas Dragon Clan, while Nuwa followed the Heavenly Dao's guidance to Kunlun Mountain and asked Yuanshi for the Three Lights Divine Water. Yuanshi looked troubled as Nuwa offered an Innate Spiritual Treasure in exchange.

• Ao Shun, Ao Run, and Ao Qin persuaded Ao Guang to seek Shangqing Tongtian's protection by offering him the Fortune of the Four Seas.
• Ao Guang agreed and departed for Jin'ao Island.
• Nuwa arrived at Kunlun Mountain after the Heavenly Dao guided her there in search of the Three Lights Divine Water.
• Daoist Randeng welcomed Nuwa and brought her to meet Yuanshi in Yuxu Palace.
• Nuwa asked Yuanshi for the Three Lights Divine Water and offered an Innate Spiritual Treasure in exchange.

Nuwa learned that Qin Mu held the Three Lights Divine Water and hurried toward Jin'ao Island to seek it, while Ao Guang arrived there to ask Tongtian for protection from the Purple Mansion Immortal Court. Tongtian was in seclusion, so Duobao offered to take Ao Guang to Qin Mu.

• Yuanshi told Nuwa that he had given the Three Lights Divine Water to Qin Mu, and Nuwa left for Jin'ao Island.
• Yuanshi suspected that the Three Lights Divine Water was connected to Nuwa becoming a Saint and wondered about his own path to sainthood.
• Nuwa hurried across the East Sea, anxious that Qin Mu might have already used the Three Lights Divine Water.
• Ao Guang arrived at Jin'ao Island to seek Tongtian's protection after the Purple Mansion Immortal Court threatened the Four Seas Dragon Clan.
• Duobao told Ao Guang that Tongtian was in seclusion and offered to take him to see Qin Mu.

Qin Mu relaxed on Three Immortal Island while Duobao managed Jin'ao Island's affairs, then learned that Ao Guang had come seeking help for the Dragon Clan. After meeting Ao Guang, Qin Mu heard him lament the Dragon Clan's decline.

• Duobao brought Ao Guang to Three Immortal Island to meet Qin Mu, who was handling affairs while Tongtian remained in seclusion.
• Duobao complained that Qin Mu had left him with all the work, and Qin Mu told him the experience would prepare him for future responsibilities.
• Duobao explained that Ao Guang had come seeking an audience with Tongtian, and Qin Mu guessed the Dragon Clan faced a crisis and wanted protection.
• Qin Mu sent Duobao to fetch Ao Guang, then welcomed the East Sea Dragon King and let him explain his situation.
• Ao Guang lamented that the Four Seas Dragon Clan had fallen from its former renown.

Ao Guang asked Qin Mu to secure Tongtian’s protection for the Four Seas Dragon Clan against Purple Mansion Immortal Court, but Qin Mu redirected him to seek an alliance with the Demon Race’s Heavenly Court. Ao Guang left after giving Qin Mu the Mysterious Origin Water Control Banner, and Zhao Gongming then hurried to Three Immortal Island.

• Ao Guang told Qin Mu that Purple Mansion Immortal Court had demanded the Four Seas Dragon Clan submit and surrender its Fortune within a thousand years or face extermination.
• Ao Guang offered Qin Mu the Mysterious Origin Water Control Banner in exchange for Tongtian’s protection, but Qin Mu said his master had entered seclusion.
• Qin Mu advised Ao Guang to seek help from the Demon Race’s Heavenly Court, since it was locked in conflict with Purple Mansion Immortal Court.
• Ao Guang accepted Qin Mu’s advice, gave him the Mysterious Origin Water Control Banner, and took his leave.
• Zhao Gongming hurried to Three Immortal Island after Ao Guang departed.

Zhao Gongming told Qin Mu that Nuwa had come to Jin'ao Island to seek him, and Qin Mu realized she wanted his Three Lights Divine Water for her path to sainthood. Qin Mu gave her the treasure without accepting a trade, and Nuwa stayed on Jin'ao Island to meditate.

• Zhao Gongming told Qin Mu that Nuwa had arrived at Jin'ao Island specifically to see him.
• Qin Mu recalled that Three Lights Divine Water had helped Nuwa create humans and suspected she wanted it as she neared sainthood.
• Nuwa confirmed that she had come for Qin Mu's Three Lights Divine Water, and Qin Mu gave it to her without accepting her Innate Spiritual Treasure in exchange.
• Nuwa said she would remember Qin Mu's kindness and asked to stay on Jin'ao Island to meditate.
• Qin Mu arranged a quiet place by the sea for Nuwa, and she approved of it.

Ao Guang went to the Demon Race Heavenly Court and offered to bring the Four Seas Dragon Clan into the Demon Race to escape the Purple Mansion Immortal Court’s threat. Dijun accepted, promised to protect the Dragon Clan, and sent Ji Meng to the East Sea with Ao Guang.

• Ao Guang arrived at the South Heaven Gate and requested an audience with the Yao Emperor.
• Dijun’s demon general reported Ao Guang’s arrival while Dijun and the Demon Race leaders discussed their conflict with the Purple Mansion Immortal Court.
• Dijun admitted Ao Guang into Lingxiao Palace, where Ao Guang offered the Four Seas Dragon Clan’s allegiance and explained the Immortal Court’s ultimatum.
• Dijun welcomed the Dragon Clan into the Demon Race and promised to protect it.
• Dijun ordered Ji Meng to accompany Ao Guang to the East Sea and kill any Purple Mansion Immortals who appeared.

Ao Guang returned to the East Sea with Ji Meng’s protection as calamity grew across the Primordial World. Qin Mu combined his accumulated red packets, opened an Extra-Large Red Packet in a secluded Small World, and received four powerful rewards.

• Dijun sent Ji Meng with Ao Guang to protect the East Sea Dragon Clan from the Purple Mansion Immortal Court.
• Five hundred years passed, and the aura of calamity intensified across the Primordial World.
• Qin Mu combined his red packets into an Extra-Large Red Packet and went into seclusion, leaving Three Immortal Island through the Gate of Space.
• Qin Mu opened the Extra-Large Red Packet in the Small World where Yin-Yang Ancestor had died and received the Three Talents Great Array, Human Emperor Art, Water Spirit Pearl, and a Chaos Origin Fruit.
• Qin Mu decided to teach the Three Talents Great Array to the San Xiao sisters.

After refining the Chaos Origin Fruit, Qin Mu advanced to the Late Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm and returned to Three Immortal Island. He taught San Xiao the Three Talents Great Array, then learned from Zhao Gongming that Nuwa had emerged from seclusion.

• Qin Mu refined the Chaos Origin Fruit for many years and broke through to the Late Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm.
• Qin Mu returned to Three Immortal Island, where Bixiao, Yunxiao, and Qiongxiao congratulated him on his breakthrough.
• Qin Mu passed the Three Talents Great Array to San Xiao and explained that they could use it to suppress a Quasi-Saint.
• Zhao Gongming arrived and told Qin Mu that Aunt Nuwa had emerged from seclusion.

After Nuwa emerged from centuries of meditation still short of attaining Sagehood, Qin Mu urged her to travel through the Primordial Land and offered to accompany her. Before they could leave, a vast pressure and sky-spanning Violet Qi erupted from Jin'ao Island, signaling that someone was about to become the Primordial World's second Saint.

• Nuwa told Qin Mu she had gained insight during her retreat but was still a little short of attaining Sagehood.
• Qin Mu suggested Nuwa travel through the Primordial Land to observe the Myriad Spirits, and she agreed to take him along.
• A tremendous pressure surged from Jin'ao Island as endless Violet Qi spread across the sky.
• Yuanshi and Taishang sensed the upheaval and realized someone was about to attain Sagehood.
• Dijun and Taiyi wondered whether Wa Huang would become a Saint and protect the Demon Race.
• East King Duke, Jieyin, and Zhunti also sensed that a second Saint of the Primordial World was about to be born.

Shangqing Tongtian proclaimed the establishment of the Interception Sect, becoming the Primordial World's second Saint. His ascension surprised the other mighty beings and even Dao Ancestor Hongjun, who recognized Tongtian as a variable accepted by the Heavenly Dao.

• Zhenyuanzi, Hong Yun, Ancestor Minghe, and other mighty beings sensed the signs of a Saint's emergence and speculated about who would attain Sagehood.
• Tongtian appeared above Jin'ao Island, and Yuanshi, Taishang, Dijun, East King Duke, Jieyin, Zhunti, and others realized he was about to become a Saint.
• Hongjun sensed Tongtian's rise and wondered why he had become the first of the Six Saints, then accepted him as a variable after the Heavenly Dao made no objection.
• Tongtian declared that he would establish the Interception Sect and use the Immortal-Slaying Four Swords to suppress its Fortune.
• Merit poured into Tongtian, whose aura broke through its limits as the Interception Sect was established and he attained Sagehood.

After Tongtian attained sagehood by establishing the Interception Sect, Yuanshi gained insight into the path of merit and established the Chan Teachings. The chapter ended as Yuanshi’s merit merged with Heavenly Dao Violet Qi and he broke through toward sagehood.

• Tongtian attained sagehood, and his disciples celebrated the Interception Sect’s new status as a Saint’s Legacy.
• Nuwa reflected on Tongtian’s merit-based path, while Qin Mu anticipated the coming tribulation and worried that the Interception Sect lacked a treasure to suppress its Fortune.
• Yuanshi realized he could establish a sect like Tongtian, and his disciples sensed the powerful aura gathering around him.
• A river of Violet Qi appeared above Kunlun Mountain, shocking living beings and powerful figures across the Primordial World as they wondered who would attain sagehood next.
• Yuanshi declared the establishment of the Chan Teachings, chose the Pangu Banner to suppress its Fortune, and drew Creation Merit into the Heavenly Dao Violet Qi.
• Yuanshi’s aura surged beyond its restraints, and a Primordial Unity Dao Fruit appeared above his head.

After Yuanshi became a Saint, the Primordial Wilderness expected Taishang to follow, but he could not find a basis for establishing his teaching. Qin Mu understood that Taishang needed the Human Race for the Humanity Teaching, but Nuwa had not created humanity yet, and he left with her to visit his master.

• Yuanshi attained Sagehood, delighting his disciples and prompting Dijun, East King Duke, and others to consider which future Saints might follow.
• The beings of the Primordial Wilderness waited for Taishang to become a Saint, but Shouyang Mountain remained quiet.
• Taishang recognized that establishing a teaching was his path to Sagehood, yet he could not determine what teaching to establish.
• Zhunti asked Jieyin why they could not establish teachings and become Saints; Jieyin said the Western Lands lacked sufficient Merit and urged patience.
• Hongyun asked Zhenyuanzi whether his Primordial Violet Qi could help him become a Saint, and Zhenyuanzi warned that it might be a sign of calamity.
• Nuwa wondered why Taishang had not established a teaching, and Qin Mu realized that the Human Race did not yet exist; he invited her to visit his master.

Tongtian attained Sagehood, and Qin Mu led the Interception Sect disciples in paying their respects to him. After learning that Qin Mu had helped Tongtian and advised Nuwa, Qin Mu received Tongtian’s permission to travel through the Primordial Land with Nuwa, leaving Duobao in charge of the sect.

• Qin Mu and Nuwa arrived at Biyou Palace, where the Interception Sect disciples greeted them and followed Qin Mu inside to bow to Tongtian.
• Tongtian bestowed Heavenly Dao Power on the disciples, then dismissed them and kept Qin Mu and Nuwa behind.
• Tongtian acknowledged that Qin Mu’s guidance had helped him attain Sagehood, astonishing Nuwa.
• Nuwa explained that she had come for the Three Lights Divine Water and planned to seek her Sagehood opportunity by traveling through the Primordial Land.
• Qin Mu asked Tongtian to let him travel with Nuwa, and Tongtian agreed.
• Qin Mu gave Duobao the Qingping Sword and left with Nuwa, appointing Duobao to oversee the Interception Sect.

Qin Mu guided Nuwa to visit the Myriad Races of the Primordial, where they traveled for several hundred years. Meanwhile, Ji Meng drove the Purple Mansion Immortal Court’s army from the East Sea Dragon Clan, and East King Duke ordered a decisive war against the Demon Race a thousand years later.

• Duobao lamented that Qin Mu had left him in charge of the Sect of Interception and entrusted him with the Qingping Sword.
• Nuwa admitted she did not know where to travel, so Qin Mu suggested visiting the Myriad Races of the Primordial, stirring her Primordial Violet Qi.
• Qin Mu and Nuwa visited the Vermilion Bird, the beasts of Cloud Marsh, the Witch Clan, and the Demon City over several hundred years.
• Daoist Xuanfeng demanded that Ao Guang surrender the Four Seas Dragon Clan and its fortune, but Ao Guang refused.
• Ji Meng appeared, overwhelmed Xuanfeng with his Quasi-Saint pressure, and declared that the Four Seas Dragon Clan belonged to the Demon Race.
• After Xuanfeng reported back, East King Duke ordered the Purple Mansion Immortal Court to gather its Immortal Soldiers and fight the Demon Race in a thousand years.