Recaps

Primordial Heavenly Demon overwhelmed Lu Ya in Tanggu Valley and reached for the Great Sun Dao Source to advance his plan to end the epochs early. As the battle’s power spread across the Primordial World, Qin Mu watched, intending to claim the same prize.

• Primordial Heavenly Demon declared that he would sacrifice the surviving Dao Source of three thousand epochs to refine the Primordial World's origin and open the gate to the end of epochs early.
• Lu Ya revealed his identity as the Lord of the Tenth Epoch and unleashed the Great Sun Divine Court, but Primordial Heavenly Demon used the Heaven-Burying Seal to destroy it and leave Lu Ya gravely weakened.
• Primordial Heavenly Demon pinned Lu Ya in place and reached into the Fusang Divine Tree for its origin core.
• The battle’s fluctuations reached Kunlun Mountain, Mount Sumeru, Great Pure Heaven, the Nether Underworld, and Penglai Immortal Island, where powerful figures sensed the clash and reacted.
• Qin Mu watched Primordial Heavenly Demon reach for the Great Sun Dao Source and resolved to take it for himself.

Hongjun realized Primordial Heavenly Demon was gathering epochal Dao Sources to refine the Primordial Wilderness and tried to mobilize the Saints against him. The Saints refused to help, and Hongjun turned his attention to the hidden Qin Mu.

• Hongjun recognized Lu Ya as a survivor of the tenth epoch and feared Primordial Heavenly Demon intended to devour the Heavenly Dao and seize the Immortal Seed.
• Hongjun rejected the idea of asking Qin Mu for help and sent decrees ordering Taishang Laozi, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Ancestor Minghe to fight Primordial Heavenly Demon.
• Taishang Laozi ignored the decree, deciding Qin Mu could handle the threat instead.
• Jieyin persuaded Zhunti that Hongjun meant to use them as cannon fodder, and they refused to answer the call.
• Ancestor Minghe threw Hongjun's decree into the Blood Sea and dismissed the Heavenly Dao's affairs.
• Hongjun raged at the Saints' refusal, then calmed as he fixed his gaze on Qin Mu, who remained hidden and motionless.

Primordial Heavenly Demon nearly seized Lu Ya’s Great Sun Dao Source while Qin Mu watched from hiding, leaving Hongjun furious and helpless. At the last moment, Qin Mu used the Donghuang Bell to stop the demon, and Lu Ya recognized him as an ally.

• Hongjun watched Qin Mu remain hidden as Primordial Heavenly Demon attacked Lu Ya, and he grew desperate for Qin Mu to intervene.
• Primordial Heavenly Demon pierced the Fusang Divine Tree’s defenses and reached for Lu Ya’s Great Sun Dao Source, dismissing anyone who might stop him.
• Just as Primordial Heavenly Demon was about to seize the Dao Source, the Donghuang Bell appeared and froze his hand and the surrounding space.
• The Donghuang Bell cut the Dao Source off from Primordial Heavenly Demon, and observers across the Primordial World recognized Qin Mu’s treasure.
• Lu Ya saw the bell and regained hope, realizing that Qin Mu had come to his aid.

Qin Mu appeared in Tanggu Valley, revealed that Primordial Heavenly Demon was only a clone with less than thirty percent of his strength, and claimed the Great Sun Dao Source. When Primordial Heavenly Demon attacked, Qin Mu erased his annihilating beam with a single finger, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Qin Mu arrived atop the Donghuang Bell and challenged Primordial Heavenly Demon’s claim to the Great Sun Dao Source.
• Qin Mu revealed that Primordial Heavenly Demon was a clone with less than thirty percent of his strength, shocking Hongjun and the other observers.
• Qin Mu declared that he would take the Great Sun Dao Source, and Primordial Heavenly Demon attacked him with the Heaven-Burying Seal.
• Qin Mu stopped the gray beam with one finger and erased it with a higher level of Dao.

Qin Mu erased the Primordial Heavenly Demon’s Dao of Termination with a finger, shocking the saints who watched from across the Primordial Wilderness. Enraged, the demon summoned his Primordial Demon Realm and swallowed Qin Mu, leaving his fate unclear.

• Qin Mu casually erased the Primordial Heavenly Demon’s gray divine radiance, stunning the watching saints.
• Ji Fa, the Nine-Tailed Fox, Zhunti, Jieyin, Taishang Laozi, and Hongjun realized Qin Mu’s Heavenly Dao Realm surpassed their understanding.
• Qin Mu mocked the Primordial Heavenly Demon, while Tongtian laughed at the demon’s humiliation.
• The Primordial Heavenly Demon unleashed his demonic qi and summoned the Primordial Demon Realm, a world of ending and decay.
• Lu Ya warned Qin Mu to retreat, but the Primordial Demon Realm swallowed Qin Mu before he could escape.

Qin Mu discovered that the Primordial Demon Realm triggered an Extra-Large Red Packet, then used his creation Dao to transform the dead world into a flourishing green lotus. The Primordial Heavenly Demon lost control of his realm as Qin Mu’s counterattack began.

• Qin Mu explored the Primordial Demon Realm and received an Extra-Large Red Packet from the system.
• Lu Ya warned that the realm could grind away even a powerful opponent’s Dao Fruit, while the Primordial Heavenly Demon boasted that Qin Mu would be destroyed inside it.
• Qin Mu pretended to weaken himself, letting the Primordial Heavenly Demon believe his plan was working.
• Qin Mu unleashed his creation Dao, melting the realm’s termination laws and severing the Primordial Heavenly Demon’s connection to it.
• Qin Mu’s green sprout fed on the realm’s power of termination and grew into a colossal lotus that spread creation throughout the world.

Qin Mu destroyed the Primordial Heavenly Demon's Primordial Demon Realm by transforming it with his Great Dao of creation, leaving the demon grievously weakened. As Qin Mu advanced with a Grass Sword, the Primordial Heavenly Demon used the Heaven-Burying Seal to defend himself, but Qin Mu's sword pierced its annihilation domain and struck the seal.

• Qin Mu transformed the Primordial Demon Realm into a vibrant world, causing it to crack apart and explode.
• The Primordial Heavenly Demon suffered a severe backlash, and Qin Mu emerged unharmed as the watching Saints stared in shock.
• Qin Mu called himself a gardener and said he would prune the Primordial Heavenly Demon as a weed.
• The Primordial Heavenly Demon poured his remaining demonic qi into the Heaven-Burying Seal to form a defensive domain.
• Qin Mu appeared before the Primordial Heavenly Demon and thrust his Grass Sword through the domain, striking the Heaven-Burying Seal.

Qin Mu destroyed the Primordial Heavenly Demon's Clone with one sword, then turned to Lu Ya and demanded payment for saving him. The chapter ended with Qin Mu proposing to take half of Lu Ya's Great Sun Dao Source.

• Qin Mu shattered the Heaven-Burying Seal and erased the Primordial Heavenly Demon's Clone with the Grass Sword.
• Qin Mu told an unknown existence beyond the Primordial Wilderness that he would be waiting, then returned to Lu Ya.
• Qin Mu removed the Donghuang Bell and asked Lu Ya who the Great Sun Dao Source belonged to.
• Lu Ya thanked Qin Mu for saving his life, but Qin Mu asked him how he planned to repay the favor.
• Qin Mu proposed taking fifty percent of Lu Ya's Great Sun Dao Source, leaving Lu Ya nearly fainting.

Lu Ya surrendered half of his Great Sun Origin to Qin Mu after Qin Mu defeated the Primordial Heavenly Demon, then asked to join the Interception Sect for protection. Qin Mu accepted him as an outer protector elder and took him to Jin'ao Island.

• Lu Ya gave Qin Mu half of his Great Sun Origin in exchange for being spared.
• Lu Ya asked to join the Interception Sect and explained that its Fortune could protect him from returning overlords and help him become part of the third era.
• Qin Mu accepted Lu Ya as an outer protector elder and allowed him to keep his Dao Field in Tanggu Valley.
• Lu Ya paid his respects to Qin Mu, who gathered the remaining essence of the Fusang Divine Tree and headed with him toward Jin'ao Island.

Qin Mu returned to Jin'ao Island with Lu Ya, welcomed him into the Sect of Interception, and used its fortune and his law of creation to cleanse Lu Ya’s rejection by the current epoch. As the other powers reacted to the Sect’s growing strength, the Primordial Heavenly Demon’s true body appeared at Yuxu Palace.

• Qin Mu introduced Lu Ya to Sect Master Tongtian, who welcomed him as an outer sect Dharma Protector Elder of the Sect of Interception.
• The Sect of Interception’s fortune and Qin Mu’s law of creation rewrote Lu Ya’s Primordial Spirit imprint, freeing him from the current epoch’s rejection and restoring some of his lost strength.
• Jieyin and Zhunti ordered the Western Teachings to seal their mountain gates and avoid the Sect of Interception, while Taishang Laozi chose to remain uninvolved.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun watched the Sect of Interception slip beyond his control and hoped hidden epoch monsters would emerge to restrain Qin Mu.
• At Yuxu Palace, the Primordial Heavenly Demon sat upon Venerable Yuanshi’s Nine Dragon Agarwood Carriage amid spreading termination demonic qi.

The Primordial Heavenly Demon dismissed Qin Mu’s destruction of his clone as a minor loss and ordered Ji Fa to begin the war against Shang. After Guangchengzi, Ji Fa, and the Nine-Tailed Fox left for Western Qi, the demon summoned Daoist Randeng, who feared he would be punished for hiding during an earlier crisis.

• The Primordial Heavenly Demon reflected on Qin Mu’s power but restrained himself from attacking because the Heavenly Dao would retaliate against his true body.
• He told Guangchengzi, Ji Fa, and the Nine-Tailed Fox that the priority was advancing the Humanity Dao and changing its Fortune.
• The Primordial Heavenly Demon ordered Ji Fa to return to Western Qi with Guangchengzi and the Nine-Tailed Fox and raise the banner of rebellion against Shang.
• Ji Fa and the Nine-Tailed Fox pledged to destroy Great Shang, then left with Guangchengzi for Western Qi.
• The Primordial Heavenly Demon summoned Daoist Randeng, who trembled as he recalled hiding from the Dragon Emperor during the previous crisis.

Randeng feared the Primordial Heavenly Demon would punish him, but the demon offered him a path to the Primordial realm in exchange for his Primordial Spirit and Dao Fruit. Randeng accepted, became a demonic Pseudo Primordial Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal, and pledged to serve as the demon’s vanguard.

• Randeng overcame his fear and went to Yuxu Palace, where he knelt before the Primordial Heavenly Demon.
• The Primordial Heavenly Demon offered to raise Randeng into the Primordial realm if he sacrificed his Primordial Spirit and Dao Fruit.
• Driven by jealousy and his desire for power, Randeng agreed to surrender himself to the demon.
• The Primordial Heavenly Demon implanted an Origin Demon Seed that devoured and corrupted Randeng’s Dao Fruit, transforming his body and cultivation.
• Randeng emerged with power beyond the Quasi-Saint peak, thanked the Primordial Heavenly Demon, and vowed to clear the way for him.

Primordial Heavenly Demon sent Randeng to force Jieyin and Zhunti to join Great Zhou's campaign. After Randeng defeated the two Saints at Mount Sumeru, Jieyin agreed to send the Western Teachings to Western Qi.

• Primordial Heavenly Demon ordered Randeng to make Jieyin and Zhunti support Great Zhou, threatening to destroy the west if they refused.
• Jieyin and Zhunti decided to seal Mount Sumeru, but Randeng shattered its protective formation and delivered his master's decree.
• Zhunti attacked Randeng with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, but Randeng ignored its radiance and struck Zhunti into the mountainside.
• Randeng corroded Jieyin's Golden Lotus of Merit and demanded the Western Teachings submit.
• Jieyin agreed to send the Western Teachings' disciples to Western Qi, and Randeng departed.

Qin Mu explained that Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao had blocked Duobao’s path to Sagehood to limit the Sect of Interception’s power. He gave Duobao Lu Ya’s Great Sun origin to help him break through and become the sect’s Second Saint.

• Qin Mu considered the Sect of Interception’s need for a loyal Saint to lead its forces as the coming battle for humanity’s Fortune approached.
• Qin Mu summoned Duobao and learned that he had been unable to attain Sagehood despite possessing Primordial Violet Qi.
• Qin Mu told Duobao that Hongjun was suppressing the sect by sealing away his opportunity to become a Saint.
• Qin Mu revealed Lu Ya’s Great Sun origin and instructed Duobao to use it to break through the Heavenly Dao’s blockade.
• Duobao accepted the responsibility and approached the Great Sun origin to begin his breakthrough.

Duobao absorbed Lu Ya’s Great Sun Origin and broke through the Heavenly Dao’s restraints to become a Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal and Heavenly Dao Saint. As the Sect of Interception sensed his breakthrough, a pillar of purple qi burst from Biyou Palace into Chaos.

• Duobao absorbed the Great Sun Origin and fused its pure-yang laws with his dormant Primordial Violet Qi to transform his body and rise through the Sub-Saint realm.
• Duobao broke the Heavenly Dao chains that restrained his advancement and attained the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm.
• Duobao refined his Primordial Violet Qi to claim the status of a Heavenly Dao Saint, and Qin Mu praised his new strength.
• Duobao thanked Qin Mu, who urged him to reveal the Sect of Interception’s power to the Primordial World.
• Zhao Gongming, the San Xiao sisters, and the other core disciples sensed Duobao’s breakthrough as the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation revived.
• A pillar of purple qi burst from Biyou Palace’s rear hall, pierced Jin'ao Island’s protective formation, and soared into Chaos.

Duobao broke through the Heavenly Dao’s restraints and became a true Heavenly Dao Saint, bringing the Sect of Interception to two Saints and shifting the Primordial World’s balance of power. After Duobao proclaimed his attainment, the Sect’s fortune surged, while Hongjun and the other forces recognized the growing threat.

• Purple qi and auspicious signs spread across the Primordial World as Duobao attained Heavenly Dao Sainthood, and the Sect of Interception’s disciples celebrated its second Saint.
• Tongtian praised Duobao’s breakthrough and credited Qin Mu’s influence, while Zhenyuanzi, Ancestor Minghe, and Huang Tian assessed the change in power.
• Hongjun failed to sever Duobao’s connection to the Heavenly Dao and realized Qin Mu had used the Great Sun Origin and the power of an epoch to help him.
• Taishang Laozi accepted that the Sect of Interception’s rise could no longer be stopped, while Primordial Heavenly Demon ordered Daoist Randeng to urge Ji Fa to attack Western Qi.
• Duobao proclaimed his new status to the Primordial World, and the Sect of Interception’s Fortune Golden Dragon swelled until its fortune surpassed that of the Chan Teachings, Humanity Teaching, and Western Teachings combined.

Duobao became a Saint of the Sect of Interception, and Qin Mu tasked him with guarding the East Sea as the struggle for the Human Dao approached. Decades later, Western Qi began its war against Great Shang outside Chentang Pass.

• Duobao attained Sagehood, and Qin Mu appointed him to lead the Sect of Interception’s external affairs under Sect Master Tongtian’s command.
• Primordial Heavenly Demon ordered Daoist Randeng to urge Ji Fa to send Western Qi’s army into battle, while Hongjun fumed over Duobao’s ascension.
• Qin Mu assigned Duobao to watch the mortal war from the East Sea and confront Saints of the Chan Teachings and Western Teachings if they appeared.
• Several decades later, Great Shang flourished under Di Xin, while Western Qi launched a war outside Chentang Pass.
• Great Shang and Western Qi troops clashed, and a Golden Immortal Great Shang general attacked the rebels with his spear.

Di Xin ordered the Four Saints of Nine Dragon Island and the Ten Heavenly Lords to prepare a counterattack as Western Qi escalated the war by sending its strongest experts against Kong Xuan at Three Mountains Pass. While the battle erupted, Haotian watched from the Heavenly Court, regretting his past choices and wondering whether he could turn to Qin Mu for help.

• A Western Qi cultivator used a black banner to devour a Great Shang Golden Immortal general, while reports described heavy losses from demonic forces and covert support for Western Qi.
• Di Xin ordered the Four Saints of Nine Dragon Island and the Ten Heavenly Lords to set up an array at Sishui Pass.
• Daoist Randeng relayed Primordial Heavenly Demon's order to Ji Fa to send Daluo Golden Immortals against Three Mountains Pass, and Ji Fa accepted.
• Kong Xuan's Five-Colored Divine Light destroyed a demonic Daluo and his white-bone blade, then Randeng and Guangchengzi attacked him together.
• Haotian watched the battle in his mirror and worried that the Heavenly Court had become trapped between Primordial Heavenly Demon and Qin Mu's faction.
• Heavenly Empress Yaochi asked Haotian whether the calamity still troubled him, and he asked her how he should act.

After Yaochi persuaded Haotian that Qin Mu was a safer ally than the Primordial Heavenly Demon, Haotian chose to seek an alliance with Great Emperor Fengdu. Yin Tianzi made him wait at Ghost Gate Pass, intending to put the Heavenly Emperor in his place before hearing him out.

• Yaochi warned Haotian that the Primordial Heavenly Demon treated allies as tools, while Qin Mu empowered those who followed him.
• Haotian resolved to choose Qin Mu's side and ordered the Heavenly Court to prepare three precious Innate Spiritual Treasures for his visit to the Underworld.
• Haotian and Yaochi traveled by Nine Dragons jade carriage to Ghost Gate Pass, signaling that the Heavenly Court was choosing a side.
• King Qinguang and the Ten Kings of Hell received Haotian and relayed his request for an audience with Great Emperor Fengdu.
• Yin Tianzi continued his work and ordered Haotian to wait by the Bridge of Helplessness, deciding that Haotian needed to be put in his place.

Haotian and Yaochi sought an alliance with Yin Tianzi, but he demanded that the Heavenly Court submit to the Eastern Heavenly Court instead. Haotian accepted, and Yin Tianzi ordered him to denounce Western Qi’s Investiture of the Gods as a forgery and expose its war against Great Shang as a conspiracy.

• Haotian and Yaochi waited for three hours at the Bridge of Helplessness before a ghost marshal escorted them into Fengdu City.
• Haotian offered an alliance with the Sect of Interception and pledged the Heavenly Court’s authority over the Investiture of the Gods and its heavenly forces.
• Yin Tianzi rejected an alliance and demanded that Haotian submit the Heavenly Court to the Eastern Heavenly Court under Saint Emperor Venerate.
• Haotian knelt and accepted, sending the Heavenly Court’s Fortune into the Fortune Golden Dragon formed from the Sect of Interception, the Human Dao, and the Underworld.
• Yin Tianzi ordered Haotian to return to the Heavenly Court and declare Western Qi’s Investiture of the Gods a forgery and its campaign against Great Shang a conspiracy.
• Haotian accepted the decree and prepared to carry out Yin Tianzi’s command.

Haotian returned from the Underworld and declared that the Heavenly Court would support Great Shang against Western Qi, shifting the court’s Fortune toward the Sect of Interception. His defection enraged the Western Teachings and unsettled the Chan Teachings, while the Primordial Heavenly Demon dismissed the uproar over Haotian as unworthy of alarm.

• Haotian returned to the Heavenly Court with Yaochi and summoned the immortal officials to Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
• Haotian proclaimed that Ji Fa had colluded with demonic gods and forged the Investiture of the Gods, then ordered the Heavenly Court to support Great Shang against Western Qi.
• The Heavenly Dao shifted Fortune away from the Western Teachings and Chan Teachings toward the Sect of Interception, causing the Western Teachings’ Fortune Golden Lotus to wither by half.
• Zhunti erupted in rage at Haotian, while Jieyin realized that Haotian had pledged himself to Qin Mu.
• Guangchengzi demanded that the Primordial Heavenly Demon punish Haotian, but the Primordial Heavenly Demon asked whether a mere Heavenly Dao Saint was worth such alarm.

Primordial Heavenly Demon secured an alliance with Lord of Thunder Punishment and Dark Night Monarch to eliminate Qin Mu and claim the Immortal Seed. At Three Mountains Pass, demonized Randeng defeated Kong Xuan, forcing Di Xin to order Great Shang’s retreat and abandon the pass.

• Primordial Heavenly Demon told Lord of Thunder Punishment and Dark Night Monarch that Qin Mu threatened their plans and proposed they join forces against him.
• Lord of Thunder Punishment and Dark Night Monarch accepted the alliance after Primordial Heavenly Demon promised them thirty percent of the world’s origin of ruin.
• Randeng’s Termination Demonic Qi countered Kong Xuan’s Five-Colored Divine Light, and Randeng struck Kong Xuan down.
• Western Qi celebrated Kong Xuan’s defeat, and Ji Fa ordered his army to advance on Three Mountains Pass.
• Di Xin ordered Great Shang’s troops to withdraw, and Kong Xuan retreated into the city under the protection of Sect of Interception immortals.

After Great Shang lost Three Mountains Pass, Qin Mu treated the defeat as bait and ordered the San Xiao sisters to prepare the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation at Sishui Pass. He also sent Ancestor Minghe and his Asura army to raid the Western Lands while Western Teachings' forces were away.

• Randeng defeated Kong Xuan at Three Mountains Pass, and Guangchengzi stopped the Western Qi army from pursuing the retreating Shang forces.
• Di Xin reassured Kong Xuan, while Qin Mu told Duobao that the defeat would draw out hidden opponents.
• Qin Mu ordered Duobao to send the San Xiao sisters to Sishui Pass to set up the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation, and they departed with his permission to face even Saint-level opponents.
• Randeng celebrated the victory with Ji Fa and promised to capture Di Xin, while Guangchengzi remained uneasy about Qin Mu's silence.
• Qin Mu instructed Ancestor Minghe to lead the Asura army into the Western Lands and raid Western Teachings' home territory while its main forces were away.

Ancestor Minghe led the Asura army to raid Mount Sumeru while the Western Teachings' Saints and main forces were away. After breaking the mountain's protective array, Minghe began looting the treasures and reached for the Bodhi Tree.

• Ancestor Minghe summoned the Asura army and announced they would bring warmth to the empty Mount Sumeru.
• Minghe and the Asuras reached the Western Lands and found only weak novice monks guarding the mountain.
• Mount Sumeru's protective array activated, but Minghe shattered it with one strike of the Yuantu Sword.
• Minghe led the Asuras in looting Mount Sumeru, while the killing Sword Qi ruined the Eight Treasures Merit Pool and its Merit Golden Lotus flowers.
• Minghe took the palace's Houtian Spirit Treasures and reached for the Bodhi Tree, intending to uproot it and bring it to the Blood Sea.

After Great Shang’s defeat at Three Mountains Pass, Di Xin reassured his court that reinforcements were coming. The Five Emperors arrived to aid Great Shang, and three powerful female immortals began descending from a rift above the hall.

• Wen Zhong warned Di Xin that Western Qi had four formidable experts while Kong Xuan was badly injured and Great Shang lacked anyone who could match them.
• Kong Xuan apologized for his defeat, but Di Xin comforted him and urged the court to hold steady while awaiting reinforcements.
• A rift opened in the Human Emperor Hall, and the Five Emperors descended after being sent by Huang Tian to defend Great Shang and the Human Race.
• Di Xin and the officials welcomed the Five Emperors, whose arrival raised their hopes of defeating Western Qi.
• The rift surged with a sharp Sect of Interception aura, and three beautiful female immortals descended, led by an ethereal woman whose identity remained unrevealed.