Recaps

Houtu merged with reincarnation, was reborn as Saint Pingxin, and became the Lord of the Earthly Dao. East King Duke then appointed his clone Fengdu to establish the Netherworld, drawing the attention of the other Saints.

• East King Duke rebuked the Heavenly Dao as Houtu's True Spirit began to dissipate, and the Eye of Great Dao descended to stabilize her and give her a new Dao Body.
• Houtu became Saint Pingxin, Lord of Reincarnation, and the Heavenly Dao established the Earthly Dao under her command.
• Pingxin created Meng Po to guard reincarnation, then let East King Duke choose a Great Emperor to administer the Earthly Dao.
• East King Duke created a clone who named himself Great Emperor Fengdu and established the Netherworld beneath Pingxin.
• The Heavenly Dao bestowed the Netherworld Judge Brush and Book of Life and Death on Fengdu, prompting the Saints to rush over.

Pingxin reunited with the Ancestral Witches after becoming the Lord of the Earthly Dao, while East King Duke and Fengdu faced the arriving Saints over control of reincarnation. East King Duke agreed to let the Saints’ disciples hold some Earthly Dao Venerable Titles, but his next words darkened their expressions.

• Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches arrived, and Pingxin told them that Houtu had passed away and entrusted the Witch Clan to them.
• East King Duke gave Dijiang the Ancestral Witch Essence Blood, and Pingxin defended him from Zhu Rong’s accusations.
• Pingxin left with the Ancestral Witches to discuss the Witch Clan’s affairs, entrusting East King Duke and Fengdu with reincarnation’s business.
• The Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Queen Mother of the West arrived, and Zhunti challenged Fengdu’s authority over the underworld.
• East King Duke refused to yield Fengdu’s position but agreed that the Saints’ disciples could hold some Earthly Dao Venerable Titles, then said something that angered the Saints.

East King Duke established the Underworld’s first ghost-official ranks and reported the Saints’ dispute over Earthly Dao positions to Pingxin. The Heavenly Dao then ordered Pingxin to remain in Reincarnation for one Yuan Hui to guard it.

• East King Duke’s requirement that Earthly Dao Venerable Titles go to Great Luo Golden Immortals or above left the Saints unable to claim the positions, so they departed to recruit and train disciples.
• East King Duke summoned the Ox-Head and Horse-Face tribes, and Great Emperor Fengdu appointed them as soul-hooking envoys of Reincarnation.
• East King Duke created Black and White Impermanence as ghost officials to guide souls and summon spirits, then sent Great Emperor Fengdu into the Underworld to oversee its operation.
• Reincarnation stabilized, and East King Duke gained Earthly Dao fortune and a steady flow of merit; ten years later, Pingxin sent Dijiang and the other Eleven Ancestral Witches away.
• East King Duke told Pingxin about the Saints’ discussion of Earthly Dao Venerable Titles, and she entrusted him and Fengdu with managing the Underworld.
• The Heavenly Dao Incarnation ordered Pingxin to remain in Reincarnation for one Yuan Hui unless a major matter arose, and Pingxin accepted the edict.

After Houtu became Saint Pingxin and established reincarnation, East King Duke promised to help the Witch Clan if he could. As the Witch-Demon War approached, the Yao Race prepared its Witch-Slaying Sword, Kunpeng secretly plotted against the Heavenly Court, and Hou Yi became the new Earth Ancestral Witch.

• Pingxin asked East King Duke and Queen Mother of the West to help the Witch Clan if it faced danger, and East King Duke agreed to do what he could.
• Di Jun and the Yao Race discussed Houtu’s departure from the Twelve Ancestral Witches, worried about the Yin-Yang Lineage, and ordered Bai Ze to gather human flesh and blood for the Witch-Slaying Sword.
• Kunpeng listened silently as the Yao Race planned its campaign and secretly began plotting against the Heavenly Court.
• Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches chose Hou Yi to replace Houtu and gave him her Ancestral Witch Essence Blood to refine.
• Hou Yi emerged from the Blood Pool less than a hundred years later with the Ancestral Witch Body, and Dijiang welcomed him as their brother.

After Hou Yi restored the Twelve Ancestral Witches, the Yao Race ended its war against Humanity and began forging the Witch-Slaying Sword. Meanwhile, the Three Pure Ones opened separate sanctuaries on Kunlun Mountain and recruited disciples, leaving the Interception Sect with the largest following.

• Dijiang taught Hou Yi the Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Formation, and after several thousand years Hou Yi mastered it and restored the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
• The Heavenly Court ended its war against Humanity after collecting enough human flesh and blood, then Di Jun oversaw the final forging of the Witch-Slaying Sword.
• Laozi, Primordial, and Tongtian agreed to open their sects to recruit talented disciples for future Earthly Dao positions.
• The Three Pure Ones built the Eight Sceneries Palace, Jade Void Palace, and Biyou Palace on Kunlun Mountain and announced their different standards for accepting disciples.
• Laozi accepted Grand Master Xuandu as his sole Direct Disciple, while Primordial selected twelve Direct Disciples for the Chan Sect.
• Tongtian accepted eight Direct Disciples and nearly ten thousand outer disciples, making the area around Biyou Palace bustling with followers.

Primordial accepted Randeng Daoist into the Chan Sect as its Vice Sect Master and appointed disciples, while Hong Yun decided to leave Wuzhuang Temple to seek a way to prove the Dao. Hong Yun planned to seek guidance from Yin-Yang Fellow Daoist if his travels failed.

• Jieyin and Zhunti decided to seek talented disciples in the eastern lands for the Western Sect, and Zhunti began traveling there to recruit them.
• Primordial admitted Randeng Daoist to the Chan Sect as Vice Sect Master after Randeng broke through the Jade Purity formation and asked to join.
• Primordial appointed Guangchengzi as the Chan Sect's first Direct Disciple and passed the Yuqing Dao Method to the twelve disciples.
• Primordial appointed Antarctic Immortal the foremost outer disciple and accepted Yun Zhongzi among the Chan Sect's outer disciples.
• Hong Yun told Zhenyuanzi he would leave Wuzhuang Temple to seek a breakthrough and would ask Yin-Yang Fellow Daoist for guidance if he failed.

Ancestor Hong Yun left Wuzhuang Temple to seek his own path to the Dao, drawing the Heavenly Court’s attention and prompting Great Emperor Fengdu to go to his aid. Fengdu’s rescue journey ended in a standoff with Bodhi, who had been sent to stop him.

• Hong Yun told Zhenyuanzi he would leave Wuzhuang Temple and travel the Primordial World for ten thousand years before meeting him at the Three Immortal Islands of the East Sea.
• East King Duke sensed Hong Yun’s coming tribulation and resolved to help him, while Saint Pingxin noticed Fengdu’s departure and let him go.
• Bai Ze reported Hong Yun’s departure to Di Jun, who planned to have Tai Yi and Xi Huang watch for an opportunity to capture him.
• At East King Duke’s request, Great Emperor Fengdu set out from the Place of Reincarnation to rescue Hong Yun.
• Old Ancestor Bodhi blocked Fengdu and urged him to return to the underworld, and the two prepared to fight.

The Great Emperor Fengdu confronted Patriarch Bodhi, Zhunti’s Good Corpse, who had moved against Hong Yun. Fengdu destroyed Bodhi’s Dao Body, revealing the formidable strength of the Netherworld’s new Great Emperor.

• East King Duke told Queen Mother of the West that Fengdu could defeat Bodhi and that Zhunti’s Good Corpse would make a suitable example.
• Patriarch Bodhi challenged Fengdu and blocked his Netherworld Qi with the Nine-grade Merit Golden Lotus.
• Bodhi attacked Fengdu with his Thousand Silk Duster, but the Book of Life and Death absorbed the blows.
• Fengdu used the Netherworld Judge Brush to bind Bodhi with a giant Dao Script.
• Fengdu struck Bodhi with a magical sword that pierced the Merit Golden Lotus and split Bodhi’s Dao Body in two.

Great Emperor Fengdu killed Patriarch Bodhi with one strike, shocking the Primordial World and wounding Zhunti through the loss of his Good Corpse. Meanwhile, Hong Yun left Wuzhuang Temple to seek his chance at sainthood, only to be surrounded by powerful cultivators demanding his Primordial Violet Qi.

• Great Emperor Fengdu killed Patriarch Bodhi, and the Three Pure Ones debated whether Fengdu's power came from the Earthly Dao or rivaled a Saint's might.
• Zhunti suffered a grievous blow from the death of his Good Corpse, and Jieyin urged him to recover in secluded cultivation.
• Hong Yun traveled through the Primordial World seeking insight into sainthood, aware that the Heavenly Dao was driving him toward tribulations.
• Hong Yun stopped to meditate, then found himself surrounded by dozens of Quasi-Saints who demanded his Primordial Violet Qi.
• Hong Yun challenged the attackers, asking whether they feared punishment from the Dao Ancestor for stealing what he had bestowed.

Hong Yun staged his death by sacrificing his Good Corpse to escape the Quasi-Saints who sought the Primordial Violet Qi, while Zhenyuanzi set out for revenge believing his friend had died. Hong Yun secretly survived, but another figure stopped him as he tried to slip away.

• Venerable Kummu and dozens of Quasi-Saints trapped Hong Yun in a formation and attacked him for the Primordial Violet Qi.
• Hong Yun detonated his Good Corpse and several Innate Spiritual Treasures, killing dozens of attackers and leaving Venerable Kummu, True Person Huanyue, True Lord Wuyang, and Old Ancestor Wantta gravely wounded.
• Zhenyuanzi learned through divination that Hong Yun had fallen, summoned the Earth Book, and vowed revenge on the four surviving Quasi-Saints.
• Great Emperor Fengdu told Zhenyuanzi that East King Duke knew Hong Yun was still alive and had sent him to rescue him, so they hurried toward Hong Yun.
• Hong Yun reappeared far from the explosion and revealed that his true self had hidden while his Good Corpse impersonated him and self-detonated.
• Someone stopped Hong Yun as he tried to leave, and he recognized the figure with sudden fear.

The Yao Race Heavenly Court trapped Hong Yun with the Star Dou Great Formation to seize his Primordial Violet Qi, while Jieyin blocked Fengdu and Zhenyuanzi from reaching him. East King Duke arrived to free them and challenged Jieyin to battle in the chaos, leaving Hong Yun’s fate unresolved.

• Di Jun, Tai Yi, Fuxi, Kunpeng, and other Heavenly Court forces surrounded Hong Yun and sealed the area with the Star Dou Great Formation.
• Fengdu and Zhenyuanzi raced to rescue Hong Yun, but Jieyin appeared and used Saintly pressure to hold them back.
• Fengdu and Zhenyuanzi resisted Jieyin with their treasures, while Jieyin acknowledged Fengdu’s strength.
• East King Duke attacked Jieyin with Yin-Yang Sword Light and ordered Fengdu to take Zhenyuanzi to protect Hong Yun.
• East King Duke confronted Jieyin over the Western Sect’s debt to Hong Yun and challenged him to battle in the chaos.

East King Duke defeated Jieyin in a battle in Chaos, while Hong Yun was trapped by Heavenly Court and destroyed himself. The Primordial Violet Qi vanished into a Spatial Rift just as Di Jun reached for it, leaving him furious and without the Saint Position he had sought.

• East King Duke challenged Jieyin to fight in Chaos, and Jieyin accepted while Saints watched.
• East King Duke used the Yin-Yang Sword Array and God Slaying Spear to overwhelm Jieyin, who conceded and withdrew.
• Hong Yun, trapped in the Star Dou Great Formation and gravely injured by Tai Yi, exploded his true Dao Body after declaring that he would take Heavenly Court enemies with him.
• The Primordial Violet Qi and Hong Yun's red Spirit Treasure Gourd remained after his death, and Di Jun reached for the Qi.
• A Spatial Rift carried the Primordial Violet Qi away before anyone could react, and Di Jun roared in fury as Tai Yi used the Chaos Bell to steady him.

After Hong Yun died without passing on the Primordial Violet Qi, Di Jun led Heavenly Court away with Hong Yun’s relic. Zhenyuanzi confronted the demons, but Great Emperor Fengdu intervened and forced them to surrender the relic and retreat.

• Di Jun abandoned hope of obtaining the Primordial Violet Qi and prepared to return to Heavenly Court with Hong Yun’s Soul Scattering Gourd.
• Zhenyuanzi arrived and accused Di Jun and the demon race of killing Hong Yun, prompting Tai Yi to attack him with the Chaos Bell.
• Great Emperor Fengdu appeared beside Zhenyuanzi and knocked the Chaos Bell away with a casual strike.
• Fengdu used a giant palm to suppress the demon race, injuring several Heavenly Generals and warning Di Jun to surrender Hong Yun’s relic.
• Di Jun and the demons left the Soul Scattering Gourd behind and withdrew to Heavenly Court in disgrace.

After Hong Yun’s death, Fengdu revealed that his True Spirit had survived and East King Duke recovered the Primordial Violet Qi. Kunpeng later slipped away from the Heavenly Court and headed for the Sun Star.

• Fengdu told Zhenyuanzi that Hong Yun’s remnant soul remained in the Nine-Nine Soul Scattering Gourd and could be nurtured in the Ginseng Fruit Tree’s Yimu Origin.
• East King Duke revealed that the Chaos Bead had captured the Primordial Violet Qi and decided to keep it for the Yin-Yang Lineage.
• Fengdu returned to the underworld after agreeing to help Hong Yun when his True Spirit had recovered.
• Di Jun and the others returned to the Heavenly Court empty-handed, while Kunpeng felt satisfied that Hong Yun was dead.
• Kunpeng left the Heavenly Court in secret and flew toward the Sun Star.

Kunpeng secretly opened the array containing Di Jun and Xi He's ten Golden Crow Princes, and they flew into the Primordial World, where their uncontrolled Solar True Fire caused destruction. As Kuafu rushed to confront them, Jieyin and Zhunti concealed the Heavenly Secrets, revealing that Kunpeng’s actions were part of the Saints’ scheme.

• Kunpeng visited Bi Fang on the Sun Star, discussed the Dao with him, and left after secretly tampering with the array around the Fusang Tree.
• The ten Golden Crow Princes discovered the opening in the array and escaped while Bi Fang remained in Secluded Cultivation.
• The Golden Crows flew through the Primordial World, scorching land and harming living beings with their uncontrolled Solar True Fire.
• After the Golden Crows injured and killed members of a Witch Tribe settlement, Kuafu rushed to confront them.
• Jieyin and Zhunti concealed the Heavenly Secrets from Western Spirit Mountain, and Kunpeng’s actions were revealed as part of their scheme.

Kunpeng’s secret arrangement helped set the calamity in motion as the Ten Golden Crows ravaged the Primordial World. Kuafu died trying to stop them, and Hou Yi killed nine of the Golden Crow Princes before Di Jun and Tai Yi arrived to save Lu Ya.

• East King Duke sensed the West’s plan, sent Xuan Yang, Kong Xuan, and Qing Ling to the Primordial Continent, and told Chang Xi that Xi He faced a calamity.
• Kuafu confronted the Ten Golden Crows as they devastated the land, but they burned him to death after a long pursuit.
• Hou Yi found Kuafu’s body and shot down nine Golden Crow Princes with his Divine Arrows.
• Di Jun, Tai Yi, and Xi He followed their Bloodline Sense and arrived as Hou Yi prepared to shoot Lu Ya.
• Tai Yi used the Chaos Bell to block Hou Yi’s arrow and save Lu Ya.

After Hou Yi killed nine of the Little Golden Crows, Di Jun, Xi He, and Tai Yi arrived and rescued Lu Ya, but the Ancestral Witches prevented them from taking revenge. Back at the Heavenly Court, Di Jun suspected an outside force had enabled the princes to leave the Sun Star, and Bi Fang returned to report after being summoned.

• Lu Ya fled to Di Jun, and Tai Yi saved him with the Chaos Bell as Di Jun and Xi He mourned the nine dead Golden Crows.
• Tai Yi attacked Hou Yi with the Chaos Bell and badly injured him, but Dijiang arrived with Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, and She Bi Shi and blocked the next strike with the Space Divine Axe.
• Di Jun demanded that the Witch Clan hand over Hou Yi, while Zhu Rong accused the Golden Crows of killing Kuafu and attacking Witch Clan territory.
• Di Jun stopped Tai Yi from fighting the Ancestral Witches, gathered the nine bodies, and returned to the Heavenly Court with Xi He and Lu Ya.
• Di Jun and Xi Huang Fuxi suspected that an outside force had disrupted the River Diagram and Luo Book Formation, so Di Jun sent Bai Ze to summon Bi Fang.
• Bi Fang returned to the Heavenly Court unaware of the deaths, saw the Golden Crow bodies in the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, and knelt in shock.

After the Golden Crows’ deaths, Di Jun’s court concluded that Western Saints had manipulated events but lacked the strength to retaliate. The Twelve Ancestral Witches learned that four Great Witches and millions of their people had died, and Dijiang ordered an assault on the Heavenly Court.

• Fuxi questioned Bi Fang, and Lu Ya recounted how the Golden Crows had been released and led into disaster.
• Di Jun and Fuxi suspected Jieyin and Zhunti had hidden the truth and targeted the Yao Race, but Di Jun accepted that the Heavenly Court could not challenge them.
• Xi He revealed Chang Xi’s warning from East King Duke that a Primordial Tribulation was approaching the Yao Race.
• Hou Yi told the Ancestral Witches that Kuafu and three other Great Witches, along with millions of Witch Clan members, had died to the Golden Crows.
• A Saint’s spell inflamed the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and Dijiang ordered the Witch Clan to march on the Heavenly Court.

East King Duke and Queen Mother of the West conceived a child, and the Primordial World erupted in signs of celebration. The Great Dao blessed the pregnancy and sent two auspicious Qilin bearing treasures to the Yin Yang Dao Palace.

• East King Duke watched the brewing calamity from the Three Immortal Islands while Queen Mother of the West stayed with him as his Dao companion.
• After East King Duke and Queen Mother of the West united, the Sun Star and Taiyin Star sent auspicious light into her body, revealing that she had conceived.
• Fortune from the Human Race, the netherworld, and the Yin-Yang Realm formed four-colored dragons that gathered above the Three Immortal Islands and entered Queen Mother of the West.
• The Great Dao descended as an auspicious Red Luan Bird, celebrated Queen Mother of the West's pregnancy, and blessed all living beings.
• The Great Dao's lingering resonance formed two auspicious black-and-white Qilin, which brought golden beams of spiritual light to the entrance of Yin Yang Dao Palace.

East King Duke and Queen Mother of the West accepted two auspicious Qilin and received protective treasures for their unborn twins as the Witch-Demon war erupted. The battle turned deadly when Dijiang killed Xi He, and Di Jun retaliated by striking Gou Mang with a blood-red sword.

• Mo Yu and Bai Fu asked East King Duke and Queen Mother of the West to take them in as mounts for their unborn twins, and the couple agreed.
• Mo Yu and Bai Fu presented a golden lock and a silver lock, which East King Duke and Queen Mother of the West discovered were Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.
• The Witch Clan marched on Buzhou Mountain, where the Demon Race met them, and both sides unleashed their formations in a devastating battle.
• Xi He attacked Hou Yi, but Dijiang appeared behind her and killed her with his Space Divine Axe.
• Di Jun hurled the River Diagram and Luo Book at Dijiang, and Gou Mang blocked the attack before Di Jun sent a blood-red sword through Gou Mang's Witch Body.

The Witch and Demon Races annihilated each other as the battle escalated into successive mass sacrifices. With Gong Gong’s final charge breaking Buzhou Mountain, heaven and earth collapsed into a world-ending catastrophe.

• The Witch-Slaying Sword killed Gou Mang, and the broken Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Array left the Ancestral Witches vulnerable to the Demon Race’s attack.
• Dijiang detonated himself, killing Fuxi and several Demon Sages; Tai Yi then slew more Ancestral Witches, and Zhu Rong, She Bi Shi, and Zhu Jiuyin sacrificed themselves, killing Di Jun and the remaining Demon leaders.
• Tai Yi detonated himself, killing Hou Yi and severely wounding Gong Gong, while Kunpeng seized River Diagram and Luo Book and fled with the Chaos Bell beyond his reach.
• Gong Gong struck Buzhou Mountain and detonated himself, snapping the Heavenly Pillar.
• Buzhou Mountain’s fall shook the Primordial World, tore open the sky, and unleashed floods of Weak Water that drowned countless beings.

After Nuwa mended the torn firmament with Five-Colored Stone, the fallen Buzhou Mountain left Heaven and Earth collapsing together. East King Duke stabilized the world with four Jianmu pillars and established the Four Symbol Spirits to guard them, earning merit alongside the other powers.

• The Saints and East King Duke used their treasures to stop the Weak Water and drain the floods as Nuwa grieved for her dead elder brother.
• East King Duke lent Nuwa the Qiankun Cauldron, and she refined Five-Colored Stone and mended the breach in the firmament.
• The repaired sky began sinking because Buzhou Mountain's Heavenly Pillar had fallen, and East King Duke said Heaven and Earth needed new supports.
• East King Duke placed four Jianmu pillars at the Four Extremes, where they grew and pushed the firmament back into place.
• East King Duke designated Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise as the Four Symbol Spirits, and the Heavenly Dao raised their cultivation to Late-stage Quasi-Saint.
• An immense Merit Golden Cloud descended and distributed merit among those who had helped resolve the calamity.

After the Mending of the Heavens, Hongjun punished the Saints, divided the Primordial World into four continents, and ordered the Witch and Demon Races to withdraw from the world's conflicts. East King Duke parted with Nuwa and Pingxin as they led their surviving people to their new homes.

• Merit from the Mending of the Heavens rewarded East King Duke most, while Zhunti received no merit and incurred Karmic Sin.
• Hongjun arrived, took merit from the Saints for their responsibility in the calamity, and used the Heavenly Dao to establish the four continents and an azure-colored planet.
• Pingxin and Nuwa pledged that the Witch and Demon Races would withdraw, and Hongjun accepted their vows.
• Nuwa found traces of Fuxi and Heavenly Empress Xi He's True Spirits, while Pingxin found traces of several Ancestral Witches' True Spirits.
• Hongjun summoned the Saints and East King Duke to the Zixiao Palace in ten thousand years before leaving, and Nuwa's leftover Five-Colored Stone flew to a mountain in the East Victory Divine Continent.
• Nuwa led Lu Ya and the surviving demons to the North Uttarakuru Continent, while Pingxin told East King Duke she would return to the Reincarnation to deal with the Witch Clan's souls.

Pingxin brought the surviving Witches to the Netherworld and revived the True Spirits of ten Ancestral Witches, then helped them reincarnate as the Ten Halls of Yama under Fengdu’s authority. The new Yama took up their offices, while Pingxin planned to send Hou Yi’s weak True Spirit into the cycle of reincarnation.

• Pingxin asked Fengdu to shelter the surviving Witches; he accepted those willing to serve as ghost officials, while the rest settled outside the Place of Reincarnation.
• Pingxin awakened the True Spirits of ten Ancestral Witches and told them the Witch and Demon Races had withdrawn from the Primordial World after their war.
• The Ancestral Witches agreed to reincarnate through the Earthly Dao, giving up their Witch identities in exchange for new lives.
• Fengdu established the Ten Halls of Yama with the Judge’s Brush and the Book of Life and Death, and the ten Ancestral Witches became its Yama.
• Pingxin explained that Gong Gong’s soul and True Spirit were destroyed, while Hou Yi’s True Spirit was too weak to enter the Underworld; she planned to send Hou Yi into reincarnation, and the Yama agreed.

After the Witch-Demon War, Nuwa sheltered Lu Ya and sought a way to revive Fuxi, whose True Spirit needed to reincarnate among the Human Race. Ten thousand years after Mending the Heavens, Hongjun declared that the Human Race would prosper and ordered the Saints to spread the Dao among them.

• Nuwa brought the surviving Demon Race to North Julu Continent, transformed Lu Ya into an Innate Dao Body, and gave him the Immortal Slaying Gourd.
• Nuwa learned through divination that Fuxi had to reincarnate among the Human Race and decided to ask East King Duke for help.
• Ten thousand years after Mending the Heavens, the Saints gathered at Purple Firmament Palace, where Nuwa thanked East King Duke for his past help.
• Hongjun told the Saints that the Human Race would prosper and instructed them to spread the Dao among its people.