Recaps

Hong Yun guided the human race’s new era, helped Tong Tian establish the Interception Sect on Golden Ao Island, and arranged for Duobao to teach Shen Nong. The arc ended with Zhen Yuan Zi establishing the Great Dao of Earth Immortals and being hailed as its Ancestor.

• Hong Yun sent Suiren Shi, You Chao Shi, and Zi Yi Shi to the Fire Cloud Cave, returned the Taiji Diagram to Taiqing, and allowed the sects to compete for the Human Emperor’s teacher positions.
• Fuxi taught the human race and married Feng Lixi, while Shen Nong appeared through reincarnation with Hong Yun’s blood essence in him.
• Hong Yun offered Duobao the Earth Emperor’s teacher position, but conflict between Chan Sect and Interception Sect disciples led Tong Tian to leave Kunlun Mountain with his followers.
• Hong Yun and Zhen Yuan Zi found Golden Ao Island for Tong Tian, who established Biyou Palace there and announced a public Dao lecture.
• Hong Yun sent Duobao to teach Shen Nong magical-tool crafting, while Kun Peng accepted a role in organizing human writing.
• At the Golden Ao Island lecture, Tong Tian and Hong Yun taught their paths before Zhen Yuan Zi preached the Way of the Earth Immortal and advanced toward Primordial Unity.
• Hong Jun agreed not to interfere with the Great Dao of Earth Immortals, and Hong Yun and Tong Tian helped Zhen Yuan Zi complete his insights.
• Zhen Yuan Zi established the Great Dao of Earth Immortals using the Earth Book, the Ginseng Fruit Tree, and the Earth Immortal Realm, and the Three Daos bestowed merit and gifts on him.

As Hong Yun guided the Human Sovereigns’ rise, Daoist Ran Deng tried to harm Jingwei and was confronted by Hong Yun’s disciples. Wu Tian’s God-Slaying Spear nearly destroyed Ran Deng, bringing Zhun Ti and Yuan Shi into the dispute before the conflict ended with Ran Deng punished and Jingwei safe.

• Zhen Yuan Zi taught the Way of the Earth Immortal, while Shen Nong began cultivating the five grains and studying common plants for medicines.
• Hong Yun agreed to Kun Peng’s reincarnation into the human race and sent him toward the Human Emperor, while Ancestral Dragon began watching over Ji Xuanyuan.
• Hong Yun accepted Jingwei as his disciple and warned Wu Sheng that enemies might target her to undermine Shen Nong’s Dao heart.
• Daoist Ran Deng used the Spirit Coffin Lamp to draw resentment from the East Sea and trap Jingwei, but Wu Sheng rescued her and Hong Yun’s disciples pursued him.
• Ran Deng trapped several of Hong Yun’s disciples in a black coffin, prompting Wu Tian to summon the God-Slaying Spear as Hong Yun faced Zhun Ti.
• Wu Tian’s spear pierced Zhun Ti’s golden palms and devoured Ran Deng’s Dao, but Yuan Shi intervened and rescued Ran Deng before Wu Tian could finish him.
• Hong Yun rejected the Saints’ demand to restrict Wu Tian’s spear, severed Ran Deng’s connection to the Universe Ruler, and returned the weapon to Xuan Lang.
• Zhun Ti offered Wu Tian knowledge of the Western Great Dao before leaving, and Jingwei reunited with Hong Yun and told him she had trusted him and Wu Sheng to save her.

Hong Yun guided Wusheng and Wu Tian’s cultivation, while Shen Nong’s ascension and Xuanyuan’s rise reshaped the authority of the Human and Divine Paths. Xuanyuan defeated Chi You, whose struggle with Luohu’s remnant left him sealed but still under Hong Yun’s watch.

• Hong Yun gave Wusheng the Universe Ruler to combine with his Twenty-Four Sea-Calming Pearls, then bestowed the Treasure Gathering Basin on Xuan Lang and protected Wu Tian’s breakthrough.
• Shen Nong attained the Dao as the Earth Emperor, while Hong Yun explained the burdens of Wish Power to Hao Tian, who began recruiting human gods for the Heavenly Court.
• Wu Tian became Xuanyuan’s teacher, and Xuanyuan united tribes with Shen Nong’s support as Hao Tian’s officials sought to absorb human Wish Power.
• Xuanyuan killed a silver wolf deity and declared that gods in human lands had to be appointed by the Human Emperor, establishing the rule through the Human Path’s fortune.
• Luohu’s soul fragment possessed a white tiger and invaded Chi You, but Hong Yun contained the demonic power and forged it into the Tiger Soul Fierce Blade for him.
• Xuanyuan and Chi You’s forces clashed as Hong Yun explained that their contest could help Chi You become the Demon Lord, while Xuanming agreed not to interfere.
• Xuanyuan used a Kui Niu drum to defeat Chi You, then divided and sealed his body after failing to kill him.
• Hong Yun brought Xuanming to Chi You’s sealed head and showed him the white light suppressing Luohu’s black rune as his memories of the demon fragment returned.

Hong Yun helped Xuanyuan attain the Human Emperor’s position and gathered allies to search other worlds, while Zhuanxu sought to separate humans from the gods. The effort ended in a clash over the Tong Tian Jianmu Tree, with Hong Jun blocking Hong Yun as Xuanming struck toward the heavens.

• Hong Yun restored Chi You’s body and helped him become the Demon Lord, while Cang Jie created writing and became the Sage of Writing.
• Xuanyuan entrusted his primordial spirit to the Human Dao and became the Human Emperor, then brought his followers to the Fire Cloud Cave World.
• Hong Yun gathered Tong Tian, Nu Wa, West Queen Mother, Hou Tu, and others to discuss Chaos and used the Human Dao and Earthly Dao to search for other worlds.
• After Shao Hao passed the throne to Zhuanxu, Zhuanxu fought Gong Gong and asked Hong Yun how humans could avoid dependence on gods and totems.
• Hong Yun agreed with Zhuanxu’s plan to separate humans from the gods and prepared to use the conflict with Gong Gong to involve Hao Tian and the Tong Tian Jianmu Tree.
• Hao Tian intervened in Zhuanxu and Gong Gong’s battle, and Zhuanxu and Gong Gong joined forces against him as the fight moved toward the tree.
• Hong Yun sent the others’ true intents into small worlds, while Zhuanxu used the Human Dao Seal to restore Gong Gong’s clarity during the battle.
• Gong Gong’s Ancestral Shaman aura returned and his baleful energy sent Hao Tian Tower toward the Tong Tian Jianmu Tree, but Hong Jun blocked Hong Yun as Xuanming struck toward the heavens.