Recaps

East King Duke established the Yin-Yang Realm and fought the Heavenly Court after the Demon Race slaughtered the Human Race to forge the Witch-Slaying Sword. As Houtu created the Six Paths of Reincarnation, her True Spirit began to dissipate and the merit she expected did not arrive.

• Nuwa created the Empress Wa Realm and preached the Dao of Creation, while Tai Yi brought Kunpeng back to the Heavenly Court and forced him to surrender a fragment of his True Spirit.
• Laozi, Primordial, Tongtian, Jieyin, and Zhunti each founded a religion and became Saints, while East King Duke retained most of the Human Race’s destiny.
• East King Duke merged Penglai, Yingzhou, and Mount Fang Island into the Three Immortal Islands, then proved the Dao and established the Yin-Yang Realm as its Realm Master.
• Di Jun ordered the Demon Race to gather Human flesh and blood for the Witch-Slaying Sword, and the demons massacred more than a million people while Kong Xuan was away.
• Queen Mother of the West became Saint Mother Tai Zhen, while the Human Race swore that humans and demons could never coexist and fought the Demon Race’s invasion.
• Kong Xuan and Azure Emperor fought the Demon Race to protect the Human Race, and East King Duke confronted the Heavenly Court, fought Primordial, and condemned Nuwa and Laozi for allowing the slaughter.
• Hongjun stopped East King Duke and the Saints, and the Heavenly Dao barred beings at or above the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm from joining the Human-Demon conflict.
• East King Duke guided Houtu at the Sea of Blood, where she created the Six Paths of Reincarnation and gave Minghe the Asura Dao to govern, but her True Spirit began to dissipate as the merit failed to arrive.

East King Duke established the Earthly Dao and tried to protect Hong Yun, but the Yao and Witch Races were drawn into a catastrophic war that broke Buzhou Mountain. After the sky was mended, the races withdrew, the fallen Witches entered reincarnation, and Hongjun instructed the Saints to spread the Dao among the Human Race.

• Pingxin became Lord of Reincarnation, and East King Duke established Great Emperor Fengdu to administer the Netherworld.
• The Yao Race forged the Witch-Slaying Sword, while the Three Pure Ones and Western Sect recruited disciples for Earthly Dao positions.
• Fengdu killed Patriarch Bodhi, and Hong Yun died after the Yao Race trapped him, though East King Duke recovered his Primordial Violet Qi and preserved his remnant soul.
• Kunpeng helped the Ten Golden Crows escape, and after they killed Kuafu, Hou Yi shot down nine of them before Tai Yi saved Lu Ya.
• The Witch and Demon Races marched to war, where the Witch-Slaying Sword and mutual sacrifices killed their leaders before Gong Gong broke Buzhou Mountain and unleashed devastating floods.
• East King Duke helped Nuwa mend the sky and installed Jianmu pillars at the Four Extremes, while Hongjun established four continents and accepted the races' withdrawal.
• Pingxin and Fengdu revived ten Ancestral Witches as the Ten Halls of Yama and arranged for the fallen Witches to enter reincarnation.
• Nuwa brought the surviving demons to North Julu Continent, and Hongjun told the gathered Saints to spread the Dao among the Human Race.

East King Duke helped establish the Heavenly Court and guide the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, while Xuanyuan defeated Chi You and unified the Human Race. The arc ended with Guda and Jie entering the Primordial World in disguise to spread their opposing faiths.

• Hongjun appointed Haotian and Yaochi to rule the Heavenly Court, and East King Duke later secured the Kongtong Seal as the Human Race’s sacred treasure.
• At the Peach Banquet, East King Duke backed Xuan Yang as Great Emperor Longevity, and Kong Xuan defeated Chan Sect disciples before East King Duke drove off Primordial Heavenly Lord’s threat.
• East King Duke helped Tongtian establish the Jie Sect on Golden Ao Island, then received Hongjun’s charge to establish the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
• Ksitigarbha’s attempt to claim Netherworld fortune led to a clash between Zhunti and Fengdu, which East King Duke stopped after wounding Zhunti and enforcing Ksitigarbha’s vow to remain in the Underworld.
• Kong Xuan guided Zhenxi, who prospered as Human Race Co-lord, while East King Duke placed Hong Yun’s True Spirit into reincarnation and Duobao took the destined Earthly Emperor, Lie Shan, as his disciple.
• Zhenxi became the Human Race’s Heavenly Emperor, and Lie Shan, renamed Shennong Shi, succeeded him before Hong Yun revealed his identity at Shennong’s abdication.
• Chi You challenged Xuanyuan for dominion, but Xuanyuan’s forces prevailed with East King Duke’s Xuanyuan Sword, and Xuanyuan unified the Human Race and established its Nine Provinces.
• Guda and Jie emerged from formations in the Sea of Nothingness, concealed themselves as Primordial Quasi-Saints, and entered the Primordial World to seek believers.

As the Investiture of the Gods approached, the sects maneuvered for influence while the Yin-Yang Lineage took in Yang Jian and Shen Gongbao. Nezha’s birth and resurrection brought new conflicts, while Jun Tian separated himself from the Heavenly Dao.

• Xuanyuan chose Zhuanxu as his successor, and after Zhuanxu and Di Ku ruled, Great Yu controlled the floods, forged nine cauldrons, and passed the throne to Boyi before Qi seized it.
• Haotian’s forces captured Yao Ji’s family, but Kong Xuan took Yang Jian as his disciple, and Yang Jian later freed Yao Ji from Peach Mountain with Great Yu’s axe.
• East King Duke advanced to the mid-stage Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, then met Hongjun, who revealed the coming invasion and initiated the Investiture of the Gods.
• The Sages negotiated over the divine positions, and East King Duke agreed to help Tongtian protect the Jie Sect during the calamity.
• Jieyin and Zhunti gained Hongjun’s approval to leave the Mystic Gate, founded Buddhism, and began recruiting followers as Jiang Ziya and Shen Gongbao sought their destined masters.
• Zhunti restored the Nuwa Temple poem, prompting Nuwa to send spirits toward Chaoge, while King Zhou’s demand for beauties led to the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox possessing Su Daji.
• Kong Xuan defended Yang Jian against Haotian, and Zhunti ended their fight, and Yao Ji then settled on the Three Immortal Islands.
• Taiyi True Person took Nezha as his disciple, but Nezha killed Ao Bing, sacrificed himself to protect Chentang Pass, and was later revived in a lotus-root body whose dormant soul had devoured his original soul.
• Jun Tian emerged after East King Duke severed Hongjun’s link to the Heavenly Dao, while Nezha’s arrow killed Azure Cloud Boy and Shi Ji Niangniang captured Li Jing.