Recaps

Di Jun’s failed bid for sainthood exposed the Saints’ role in the Witch-Demon War, as the fighting devastated Kunlun and claimed Fuxi. Hong Yun and his allies destroyed the Karma Demon God, but Zhun Ti absorbed what remained of him as the Ancestral Shamans renewed their assault on Mount Sumeru.

• Di Jun’s Primordial Violet Qi shattered under the True Body of Pangu’s Heaven Opening Seal, and he realized Hong Jun had never intended to make him a Saint.
• Di Jun bowed to those harmed by the war and accused Yuan Shi of forging the arrows that killed his sons, while the Human Dao and Earthly Dao confirmed his claim.
• Yuan Shi attacked Di Jun, but Di Jun and Taiyi joined the Ancestral Shamans against him until Zhun Ti arrived to aid the Saint.
• Di Jun sent Xi He and the Little Golden Crow to safety, while Fuxi died rescuing living beings and Pingxin sent his soul into human reincarnation.
• Di Jun turned the Myriad Stars Great Formation against Kunlun, and the Taiji Diagram’s clash with the attack devastated the mountain and loosened the world’s constraints on Ancestral Dragon.
• Hong Yun, Zhen Yuan Zi, Tong Tian, and Nu Wa trapped and defeated the Karma Demon God, with Hong Yun capturing most of his soul and absorbing his Karma Great Dao Runes.
• A remnant of the Karma Demon God possessed Maitreya, but Zhun Ti extracted and devoured it, while Hong Yun concealed himself from Zhun Ti through the Way of Karma.
• After returning to the Primordial World, Hong Yun and his allies turned toward Mount Sumeru as Dijiang ordered the True Body of Pangu to strike it again.

The Lich Tribulation ended with the Witch Clan retreating and Di Jun’s sacrifice breaking Bu Zhou Mountain, giving the Human Dao room to grow. Hong Yun then helped stabilize the world and negotiate the Heavenly Court’s new rulers, while preparing his disciples to guide the human race.

• The Ancestral Shamans shattered Mount Sumeru and battled the Saints, while several sacrificed themselves and their laws returned to heaven and earth.
• Hong Yun revealed himself as the Thirteenth Ancestral Shaman, and Zhu Jiuyin led the Witch Clan into the Netherworld with the Pangu Hall.
• Di Jun gave Kun Peng the River Diagram and Luo Book for Fuxi, then drove Yuan Shi into Bu Zhou Mountain and broke it before dying.
• Hong Yun planted the Tong Tian Jianmu Tree at Bu Zhou Mountain’s former site, and Xi He and Wang Shu used the Myriad Stars Great Formation to strengthen the Human Dao and open a path for transformed demons.
• Nu Wa cut off the Mysterious Tortoise’s limbs to support the heavens, then mended the sky as the world settled and the Mysterious Tortoise entered reincarnation to become Hong Yun’s disciple.
• Hong Yun and Dao Ancestor Hong Jun negotiated the Heavenly Court’s leadership, appointing Hao Tian as Heavenly Emperor and dividing the Four Emperors’ positions between their sides.
• Huluwa declined the Ziwei position to cultivate the Human Dao, and Hong Yun planned to help him reincarnate as Shen Nong while agreeing to guide Fuxi himself.
• Yuan Shi appointed Taiyi as Great Emperor Qinghua of the East, while Taiqing agreed that Xuan Du would lead the Three Teachings in guiding the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.

Hong Yun helped establish the Heavenly Court, arranged for Fuxi’s birth and guided his early development as the Human Race’s leader. As Fuxi grew, Hong Yun explained Wish Power and sent Ying Long to retrieve the treasures meant for Fuxi.

• Taiqing proposed Xuan Du as an Imperial Teacher candidate, while Jieyin left the Heavenly Court meeting and later discussed the growing Way of Karma with Zhun Ti.
• Hong Yun revealed to Xi He that he had preserved the nine little Golden Crows’ True Spirits, then began strengthening Lu Ya’s Li Fire origin in Nu Wa’s Qiankun Cauldron.
• Hong Yun took the Great Emperor Zi Wei of the North Star position and urged Hao Tian to understand humanity and prepare for the karma of ruling the Heavenly Court.
• Dao Ancestor Hong Jun gave Hao Tian and Yao Chi treasures, helped Hao Tian reach the Quasi-Saint realm, and agreed that Hao Tian’s Good Corpse would enter reincarnation.
• Nu Wa passed her blood essence to Hua Xu Shi’s unborn child, and Hong Yun accepted Ying Long as his disciple and charged him with protecting Fuxi.
• Xuan Du traveled to guide Fuxi, but Hong Yun arrived, claimed the Imperial Teacher position, and instructed Xuan Du to help care for Fuxi without teaching him the Golden Core Dao.
• Hong Yun taught Fuxi as he grew into a leader, then explained how human Wish Power could empower gods and why Fuxi should prioritize his people’s welfare.
• Hong Yun ordered Ying Long to ask Kun Peng for the River Diagram and Luo Book and to remind Ancestral Dragon of the promised Innate Five Elements Spirit Pearls.

Hong Yun gathered the Five Elements treasures, guided his disciples and the Dragon and Phoenix Clans toward supporting the Human Race, and helped Fuxi attain the Human Dao. The arc ended with Hong Yun rejecting Hong Jun’s restrictions on the human sovereigns in the Fire Cloud Cave.

• Ancestral Dragon sought Yuanfeng’s Innate Fire Spirit Pearl, but Yuanfeng sent West Queen Mother to approach Hong Yun directly and offer the pearl as goodwill.
• Hong Yun accepted Kong Xuan as his seventh disciple, gathered all five Innate Five Elements Spirit Pearls, and allowed the Dragon and Phoenix Clans to establish human totems if they benefited the Human Race.
• Hong Yun guided Huluwa to sever his innate origins and reincarnate among the humans, then forged the Great Innate Five Elements Five Directions Banner from the Five Directions Banners, Five Elements Spirit Pearls, and Taiji Diagram.
• Hong Yun gave Fuxi the River Diagram and Luo Book, and Fuxi created the Innate Eight Trigrams before declaring himself Heavenly Emperor of the human race.
• Nu Wa captured the Primordial Violet Qi that flew toward Fuxi, while Hong Yun fused Fuxi with the Human Dao and helped him become a Human Dao Saint.
• Hong Yun drew the Heavenly Emperor’s Primordial Violet Qi from the Qiankun Cauldron and helped Fuxi merge it with a separate thought, giving him authority over the Heavenly Dao.
• Hong Jun said Suiren Shi and the other sovereigns had to suppress the Human Race’s fortune and remain in the Fire Cloud Cave without a Saint’s permission, but Hong Yun rejected the restrictions.