Recaps

Xuande and his companions restored the Western Continent, created the Yellow Ginseng Divine Tree, and helped Houtu develop a Primordial Spirit. As the Demon Clan founded its Heavenly Court, the other powers prepared for the consequences in their own ways.

• Xuande, Jieyin, and Zhunti settled Northern Mystery beneath the Four Symbols Banana Tree, then arranged the Three Immortal Islands around Mount Sumeru with Zhenyuanzi and Hong Yun to restore the West.
• Xuande, Zhenyuanzi, Hong Yun, Nuwa, Fuxi, and Houtu fused the Yellow Center Plum and Ginseng Fruit Tree into the Yellow Ginseng Divine Tree, whose fruits gained power from Heavenly Dao merit.
• Xuande used the Primordial Heaven-Measuring Ruler to remove turbid qi and Killing Intent from Houtu, allowing her to develop a Primordial Spirit and earn the gratitude of the Ancestral Witches.
• Wuzhen returned to Mount Sumeru with Yuan Hong and Wuzhiqi, and Xuande revealed that all three were incarnations of the Chaos Demon Ape’s primordial spirit.
• Jieyin and Zhunti took Yuan Hong and Wuzhiqi as disciples, and Xuande forged the two young men staffs from Treasure Distribution Cliff, Innate Goldstone, and Innate Water Jade.
• Dijun recruited Kunpeng as Demon Master, but Zhenyuanzi and Hong Yun refused to join the Demon Clan when Kunpeng approached them.
• Dijun, Taiyi, and Kunpeng established the Demon Clan’s Heavenly Court in the Thirty-Three Heavens, while Dijiang prepared the Witch Clan for the conflict Houtu foresaw.
• The Three Pure Ones, Xuande and his companions, Randeng, Minghe, West Queen Mother, and King Father of the East each responded to the Heavenly Court’s founding by pursuing their own aims or strengthening their forces.

Xuande, Jieyin, and Zhunti developed the West through new teachings, disciples, trade, and writing, drawing the attention of rival powers. The Demon Clan forced the Immortal Court to submit, while the West’s growing influence and Tongtian’s expanding following reshaped the balance of power.

• Yuanfeng emerged from the Undying Volcano with Kong Xuan and the Golden-Winged Great Peng, who became disciples of Xuande and Laozi respectively.
• Xuande saved Zhao Gongming and the Three Cloud Sisters from vicious jiaos, then brought them to Hong Yun, who accepted them as disciples.
• Xuande, Jieyin, and Zhunti created the Seven Emotions and Six Desires Severance and taught it to gathered cultivators, then accepted disciples and organized them with protective tokens.
• The Western trio introduced Western Treasury Coins and Sanskrit, earning Heavenly Dao merit and prompting other factions to develop their own languages and scripts.
• Xuande, Jieyin, and Zhunti helped Ancestral Dragon resist Taiyi and Kunpeng’s demand that the Dragon Clan submit to the Demon Clan.
• Taiyi and Kunpeng defeated King Father of the East’s Myriad Immortals Formation, and King Father of the East agreed to submit if the other Immortal Court members could leave safely.
• Dijun learned that King Father of the East’s self-detonation had killed many Demon Soldiers and resolved to reassess the West’s growing influence, while Tongtian taught the Shangqing Dao to more than ten thousand disciples.

The great powers gathered to learn Fuxi’s Deduction Dao, while Nuwa created the Human Race and attained the Dao. With Xuande and Fuxi guiding them, humans settled and spread, and Nuwa gave them cultivation methods that could help them survive.

• Yuanshi took twelve disciples on Kunlun Mountain, while Xuande, Jieyin, and Zhunti devised and taught the Six Divine Powers to their disciples.
• Fuxi lectured on the Eight Trigrams at Buzhou Mountain, and the assembled masters held a disciple tournament before expounding their own Daos.
• Nuwa realized that creating a new race with innate Dao Bodies could fulfill her Creation Dao, and Xuande offered her a clearing at Mount Sumeru.
• Nuwa created the Human Race, proclaimed its birth to the Great Dao, and attained the rank of a Great Dao Sage through the merit she received.
• Nuwa left the humans in Xuande’s care before going to Chaos, and Xuande’s disciples taught the humans survival skills at Mount Sumeru.
• Fuxi joined the humans in the West and taught them Bagua, while human settlements spread and began cooperating with nearby witches.
• The Gourd Vine absorbed the Human Race’s offerings and transformed into the Human Creation Whip, which Fuxi accepted.
• After Fuxi asked for help, Nuwa created the Creation True Scripture and the Creation Body-Tempering Art, giving humans a foundation for cultivation and survival.

Dijun’s marriage to Changxi strengthened the Demon Clan, but its expansion brought it into war with the Witch Clan, while Houtu established reincarnation and prepared her people for disaster. As Laozi founded Daoism, Xuande, Jieyin, and Zhunti settled their Mystic Gate debts and established the Western Sect, leaving the Demon Clan plotting against Hong Yun.

• Dijun married Changxi with Nuwa officiating, then joined the Sun and Taiyin Stars’ essences to spread Emperor’s Flowing Nectar across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Dijun’s expansion provoked war with the Witch Clan, and both sides halted their devastating formations after the Heavenly Dao warned them of karmic sin.
• Houtu created the Six Paths of Reincarnation and the Underworld, became a Great Dao Sage, and was barred from leaving by Hongjun, though she sent a clone to Buzhou Mountain.
• Houtu preserved the Ancestral Witches’ blood essences and arranged for Witch Clan warriors to take Underworld offices under Xuande’s authority, giving them a refuge and stabilizing the Underworld.
• Laozi devised the Golden Core Great Dao, established Daoism, and attained Great Dao Sagehood, while the Demon Clan decided Hong Yun’s Primordial Violet Qi could offer its own route to the Dao.
• Zhenyuanzi warned Hong Yun to remain protected at Wuzhuang Temple as Kunpeng watched for a chance to seize his Primordial Violet Qi.
• Xuande, Jieyin, and Zhunti formed karmic golden bodies to settle their ties to the Mystic Gate, then established the Western Sect and declared its cultivation path and purpose.