Recaps

Xiang Yuan led Sun Wukong west, overturning the expected events around the six bandits and obtaining the Tightening Headband from White Moon Lay Buddhist. After Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing joined the group, Xiang Yuan reached the Four Saints Testing One's Zen Heart trial, confident that he could withstand its temptations.

• Sun Wukong killed the six bandits, but Xiang Yuan ordered him to kill future bandits away from him and threatened to take his head if he spoiled Xiang Yuan's compassion.
• Xiang Yuan seized White Moon Lay Buddhist, mistook her for a demon, and received the Tightening Headband; Sun Wukong then chased after her to learn the spell.
• Xiang Yuan visited the South Sea Purple Bamboo Grove, and later Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing, and White Dragon joined the scripture-seeking party.
• Xiang Yuan berated Sun Wukong for causing him to make repeated trips to thank Guanyin, then ordered the group to search the road ahead.
• Sun Wukong recited the Tightening Headband Spell ten times to prove his obedience, and Xiang Yuan whipped him for rolling in the road.
• Xiang Yuan approached the Four Saints Testing One's Zen Heart trial, confident he could resist any attempt to seduce him.

Xiang Yuan entered the Four Sages trial at Unrivaled Palace, where Bai Wuyan abandoned the test to confront him and their tangled relationship. His holy monk clone continued west with the disciples, reaching the Heaven-Reaching River, where Xiang Yuan revealed that he had personally raised King Inspiration and left the trial to his companions.

• Xiang Yuan entered the estate alone, was transported to Unrivaled Palace, and found Bai Wuyan with Yinshuang, Daoxue, and Qing Zhuying.
• Bai Wuyan explained that she had taken Jingyun's place to get at Queen Mother of the West, then tried to test Xiang Yuan by offering him her disciples as prospective wives.
• Xiang Yuan teased Bai Wuyan until she accidentally revealed her own interest in him, then she left and the Four Sages trial ended without a test.
• Xiang Yuan's clone continued the journey with Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing, clearing trials with his domineering approach before the group reached the Heaven-Reaching River.
• Xiang Yuan identified King Inspiration as the goldfish he had raised, told his companions to handle the river trial, and went underwater to accept the demon's welcome.

Xiang Yuan continued the journey through the Women's Kingdom, where Sword Venerable Su Ran played the queen and Shang Qingmeng carried him off as the Scorpion Demon. After Sun Wukong rescued him, the party passed through the fake Monkey King and Flame Mountain trials, and Xiang Yuan headed toward the Yellow-Brow Monster episode while his true body visited Wudang Mountain.

• Sun Wukong fed Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing water from the Mother-Child River, then fetched water from the Fetus-Falling Spring to cure their pregnancy pains.
• Xiang Yuan drew a crowd in the Women's Kingdom and was summoned to the palace, where Sword Venerable Su Ran played the queen and persuaded him into a round of dual cultivation.
• Shang Qingmeng appeared as the Scorpion Demon, seized Xiang Yuan, and kept him at Lute Cave until Sun Wukong defeated her three days later and rescued him.
• Sun Wukong fought the fake Handsome Monkey King, who was the Fighting Victory Buddha acting out the script, and the two monkeys clashed before Brother Monkey returned to Sun Wukong's soul.
• Sun Wukong and the Bull Devil King fought at Flame Mountain after Madam Bull's behavior exposed inconsistencies in the staged plot.
• Xiang Yuan left an avatar for the Yellow-Brow Monster trial and went to Wudang Mountain, where the True Warrior Great Emperor waited for Sun Wukong.

The Nine-Spirit Primordial Sage learned that Sun Wukong had beaten Yellow Lion Spirit and led his lion demons to Jade Flower Prefecture, intending to stage a confrontation while avoiding Xiang Yuan. He carried Xiang Yuan and the captured pilgrims to Nine-Bend Winding Cave, where Sun Wukong escaped and went to seek help from the Nine-Spirit Primordial Sage’s master.

• Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Monk recovered their stolen weapons and beat Yellow Lion Spirit, who went to Nine-Bend Winding Cave to complain to the Nine-Spirit Primordial Sage.
• Yellow Lion Spirit revealed that Sun Wukong had beaten him, and the Nine-Spirit Primordial Sage gathered six lion demons and more than a thousand lesser demons to march on Jade Flower Prefecture.
• The Nine-Spirit Primordial Sage captured Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Monk, then carried Xiang Yuan on his back after Xiang Yuan told him to stop talking and leave.
• The Nine-Spirit Primordial Sage brought the pilgrims to Nine-Bend Winding Cave and treated Xiang Yuan with great deference while his demons held the others.
• Sun Wukong left a false body behind, escaped the cave, and learned from Lord of the Land that the Nine-Spirit Primordial Sage served the deity at Eastern Pole Wondrous Solemn Palace.
• Sun Wukong headed for the Eastern Heavenly Gate to confront the Nine-Spirit Primordial Sage’s master about the demon’s conduct.

Sun Wukong asked Xiang Yuan to rescue the scripture party from Nine-Spirit Sage, and Xiang Yuan subdued his own mount before the pilgrimage continued. Later, Xiang Yuan sensed that Jambu Gate could cross worlds again, entered it alone, and arrived in the corrupted Heavenly Court of the Demon Domain, Great Freedom Heaven.

• Sun Wukong visited Xiang Yuan in the Eastern Pole Wondrous Solemn Palace and asked him to rescue the scripture party from Nine-Spirit Sage.
• Xiang Yuan went to Bamboo Joint Mountain, where Nine-Spirit Sage immediately surrendered, and took him back as his mount.
• Sun Wukong rejoined the Holy Monk and the others, and the scripture party continued west toward the Kingdom of India.
• Xiang Yuan later devoted himself to cultivating the Heavenly Dao and considered how to strengthen the Dry Abyss Realm, while the jade-disc tattoo in his palm began pulsing again.
• Xiang Yuan opened Jambu Gate and crossed through it alone, arriving in the demon-corrupted Great Freedom Heaven.

Xiang Yuan entered the Great Freedom Heaven Realm and discovered that Other-Transformation Heaven had demonized the Three Realms while performing a ritual involving the Reincarnation Relics. After defeating the realm’s demonized gods and Buddhas, Xiang Yuan confronted Other-Transformation Heaven and launched a surprise attack with the Light of Chaos.

• Xiang Yuan entered the Great Freedom Heaven Realm, and its demonic qi recognized his pure demonic aura as one of its own.
• Other-Transformation Heaven ordered the demonized gods and Buddhas of the Three Realms to capture Xiang Yuan while he continued his ritual.
• Xiang Yuan destroyed the Heavenly Net Formation and routed the demonized Heavenly Court and Spirit Mountain, then erased Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and the dark Spirit Mountain with his demonic light.
• Xiang Yuan reached Great Luo Heaven and confronted Other-Transformation Heaven, who realized Xiang Yuan had become extraordinarily powerful and questioned whether someone was plotting against him.
• Xiang Yuan tricked Other-Transformation Heaven into turning around by claiming the Venerable Lord of Morality was behind him, then fired the Light of Chaos from the eye between his brows.

Xiang Yuan battled Other-Transformation Heaven, shattered Great Freedom Heaven Realm, and salvaged its Heavenly Dao Origin before following the demon through a reincarnation whirlpool. Years after a black meteor brought demonic change to the Mystic Void Realm, Xiang Yuan arrived in the Great Song Dynasty’s Eastern Capital, Kaifeng Prefecture.

• Xiang Yuan struck Other-Transformation Heaven with Chaos Light, splitting the universe within his demonic eye and gravely weakening him.
• Xiang Yuan unleashed Overturning Fist, devastating Great Freedom Heaven Realm as he battered Other-Transformation Heaven through the collapsing three realms.
• Other-Transformation Heaven transformed into a vast demonic-eye sun and fought Xiang Yuan’s expanding small world while Xiang Yuan tried to seize the realm’s Heavenly Dao Origin.
• Other-Transformation Heaven self-destructed half the universe and Great Freedom Heaven Realm, and Xiang Yuan caught the surviving Heavenly Dao Origin in the River of Time.
• Other-Transformation Heaven sealed Xiang Yuan’s Primordial Spirit and fled through a reincarnation whirlpool, but Xiang Yuan recovered and followed him through it.
• A black meteor brought demonic change to the Mystic Void Realm, and years later Xiang Yuan crashed near Kaifeng Prefecture in the Great Song Dynasty.

Xiang Yuan disguised himself as Gao Yanei in Kaifeng and tried to follow the Water Margin story, but Lady Lin’s schemes and Lin Chong’s timid response upended his expectations. He left after seeing Lin Chong meet with Lu Zhishen, who planned to attack Gao Qiu’s residence later.

• Xiang Yuan searched Kaifeng for Other-Transformation Heaven and learned that 108 demon stars had descended, linking the world to Water Margin and the Reincarnation Relics.
• Xiang Yuan replaced Gao Yanei after the guards chased him into an alley, then went to Eastern Peak Temple to encounter Lady Lin and Lin Chong.
• Xiang Yuan discovered that Lady Lin hoped to use Gao Yanei to advance Lin Chong’s career, while Lin Chong considered retaliating only after the crowds dispersed.
• Xiang Yuan sent Lady Lin’s maid to fetch Lin Chong, and Lin Chong arrived but took his wife away without confronting Gao Yanei.
• Xiang Yuan visited Lu Zhishen, who told Lin Chong he would attack Gao Qiu’s residence after a while, then returned to the residence with his guards.

Xiang Yuan killed and cremated several demonized outlaws to investigate how to recover the Reincarnation Relics, then returned to Gao Qiu's residence and trapped Lin Chong and Lu Zhishen in a spatial restriction. He learned that Fu An and Lu Qian planned to lure Lady Lin to Gao Yanei, and delayed the scheme while Lin Chong raged helplessly inside the barrier.

• Xiang Yuan killed Sun Erniang and Zhang Qing, recovered their demonized Reincarnation Relics, and concluded that the relics were separate from the demon stars.
• Xiang Yuan captured Clear Wind Mountain's three chiefs and experimented on them, then went to the imperial palace to check whether Emperor Huizong was Other-Transformation Heaven.
• Lin Chong and Lu Zhishen sneaked into Gao Yanei's courtyard to scout it, but Xiang Yuan trapped them in a spatial restriction.
• Fu An told Xiang Yuan that Lu Qian planned to trick Lin Chong and send Lady Lin to Gao Yanei, prompting Lin Chong to attack the barrier in fury.
• Xiang Yuan told Fu An to postpone the plan for two days and approved Fu An's offer to descend into hell for Gao Yanei.

Xiang Yuan released Lin Chong from the spatial restriction, while Lin Chong returned home, beat Lu Qian and Fu An, and went back to rescue Lu Zhishen. Xiang Yuan then revealed that he was the “Timely Rain” Gruel-Bringer, leaving Lin Chong and Lu Zhishen to confront the mysterious man in Gao Yanei’s courtyard.

• Gao Qiu told Xiang Yuan that Lin Chong had to be controlled and asked how he planned to bring Lady Lin into his household, but Xiang Yuan said he wanted Lin Chong’s skills instead.
• Xiang Yuan released Lin Chong from the restriction, and Lin Chong hurried home to find Lady Lin dressing for what she believed would be a meeting with Gao Yanei.
• Lady Lin explained that she hoped to use Gao Yanei to advance Lin Chong’s career, but Lin Chong refused her plan and locked her in her room before meeting Lu Qian.
• Lin Chong knocked Lu Qian unconscious with a punch, then struck Fu An and threw both men out of the Zhang residence.
• Lin Chong returned to the Grand Marshal’s residence and found Lu Zhishen meditating in the open formation; Lu Zhishen questioned the figure sitting in the courtyard.
• Xiang Yuan stepped forward and introduced himself as the “Timely Rain” Gruel-Bringer, surprising Lin Chong and Lu Zhishen.

Xiang Yuan revealed his identity to Lu Zhishen and Lin Chong, then recruited them as protectors for a journey to investigate 108 demonic stars. Lin Chong accepted after Xiang Yuan threatened to continue testing him, and the chapter ended with Xiang Yuan setting out for Yuncheng to seek Song Jiang.

• Lu Zhishen saw through Xiang Yuan’s claim to be Song Jiang, prompting Xiang Yuan to reveal his identity as the Azure Emperor of the Eastern Pole and explain the demonic stars.
• Xiang Yuan told Lu Zhishen and Lin Chong that he was testing 108 demonic stars and needed two protectors for his journey.
• Lu Zhishen volunteered, and Lin Chong agreed to join after Xiang Yuan threatened to put him through the White Tiger Hall ordeal and have him divorce Lady Lin.
• Lin Chong returned home and struggled to explain his new role to Lady Lin, who misunderstood his promotion and feared he was leaving her for Gao Yanei.
• Lin Chong learned that Lu Qian and Fu An had been assigned under his command, then went to the Marshal’s Residence to meet Xiang Yuan.
• Xiang Yuan departed with Lu Zhishen and Lin Chong for Yuncheng, Ji Prefecture, to seek Song Jiang.

Xiang Yuan met Song Jiang in Yuncheng and offered him a path to serve Gao Qiu, while secretly testing his ambition and encouraging him to cut ties with his old associates. After leaving Yuncheng, Xiang Yuan and his companions reached Qinghe County, where a fleeing man was causing an uproar.

• Xiang Yuan calculated Wu Song's whereabouts and considered how to prevent the Wu brothers from suffering the events of the original story.
• Xiang Yuan experimented with separating Demon Stars from the Reincarnation Relic and punished several cruel outlaws ahead of schedule.
• In Yuncheng, Song Jiang sought out Xiang Yuan, Lin Chong, and Lu Zhishen after hearing of their arrival.
• Xiang Yuan offered Song Jiang a position serving Gao Qiu and advised him to distance himself from his former friends; Song Jiang eagerly accepted and began selling his possessions to fund his loyalty.
• Xiang Yuan's carriage reached Qinghe County, where a tall, powerful man fled toward the city gate amid cries of murder.
• Xiang Yuan ordered Lin Chong to test the fleeing man and stop him from escaping.

Xiang Yuan’s party stopped Wu Song as he fled Qinghe County, defeated him, and cleared him of a supposed murder charge. Xiang Yuan persuaded Wu Song and Wu Dalang to move to the capital together, then sensed a seductive deviless spying on him as he studied the Reincarnation Relic.

• Lin Chong intercepted Wu Song outside Qinghe County and defeated him in a fierce hand-to-hand fight while Xiang Yuan commentated.
• Xiang Yuan used Lin Chong’s Imperial Guard token to establish his authority, then persuaded the county commandant to declare Wu Song innocent.
• Xiang Yuan visited Wu Song’s home and offered Wu Song training with the Imperial Guards and Wu Dalang a shop in the capital; both brothers agreed to go together.
• Wu Song rejected Jinlian’s advances, and Xiang Yuan decided that Wu Dalang would leave with Wu Song while Jinlian remained behind.
• Xiang Yuan returned to his carriage to study the Devil Star and Reincarnation Relic, sensed someone watching him, and discovered a deviless cultivating her Primordial Spirit.

Xiang Yuan captured a witch sent by the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden and suspected the deity might be hiding in the Mystic Void Realm. He brought Wu Song and Wu Dalang to Song Jiang, then set out with them for the capital as Chao Gai secretly followed.

• The witch tried to ensnare Xiang Yuan and his companions in dreams, but Lu Zhishen shattered her Primordial Spirit attack and Lin Chong confronted her.
• Xiang Yuan exposed the witch’s escape attempt, trapped her in a palm-shaped world, and learned that the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden had given her powers and a mission involving Wu Dalang.
• Xiang Yuan decided to seek the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden at her temple and brought Song Jiang into the plan.
• Xiang Yuan returned to Song Jiang’s residence with Wu Song and Wu Dalang, and Song Jiang mistook Wu Dalang for a hidden worthy before swearing brotherhood with him.
• Song Jiang, the Wu brothers, and Xiang Yuan departed Yuncheng in separate carriages, while Chao Gai followed them from behind.

Song Jiang’s carriage was blocked by Chao Gai and his companions, who demanded its treasure, and Xiang Yuan ordered Lu Zhishen, Lin Chong, and Wu Song to fight them. After the three warriors gained power and turned the battle around, Chao Gai transformed into an Other-Transformation Heaven, leaving Xiang Yuan stunned and ready to intervene.

• Lin Chong noticed Chao Gai’s group following the carriages, while Lu Zhishen teased him and explained that Xiang Yuan wanted the pursuers tested.
• Chao Gai, Wu Yong, Gongsun Sheng, and their companions blocked the road and demanded Song Jiang hand over his treasure.
• Xiang Yuan ordered Lu Zhishen, Lin Chong, and Wu Song to attack, and Wu Song defeated Liu Tang, Bai Sheng, and the three Ruan brothers.
• Wu Yong, Gongsun Sheng, and Chao Gai used a star formation, Five Elements dragons, and a giant manifestation to suppress Lu Zhishen until Xiang Yuan empowered the three warriors.
• Lu Zhishen, Lin Chong, and Wu Song defeated Wu Yong, Gongsun Sheng, and Chao Gai’s manifestation, but Chao Gai awakened a surge of demonic power and transformed into an Other-Transformation Heaven.

Xiang Yuan killed Other-Transformation Heaven, brought Song Jiang to the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden’s temple, and later restored Great Freedom Heaven Realm while bringing Mystic Void Realm under its rule. With all 108 Reincarnation Relics collected, he prepared to reverse the Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends and return to Dry Abyss Realm.

• Other-Transformation Heaven revealed that he had weakened himself by dispersing his power among the 108 Reincarnation Relics, and Xiang Yuan killed him with Chaos Light.
• Xiang Yuan took Song Jiang to the ruined Mysterious Maiden Temple, where Song Jiang received three heavenly books from the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden’s phantom.
• Xiang Yuan brought Song Jiang to Kaifeng and left him as a clerk with Gao Qiu, then began reshaping Mystic Void Realm’s Heavenly Dao.
• Over the following three months, Xiang Yuan revived Great Freedom Heaven Realm, became its Heavenly Emperor, and incorporated Mystic Void Realm as a lower realm.
• Xiang Yuan collected the remaining Reincarnation Relics and prepared to reverse the Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends, erase the Mandate of Heaven, and return to Dry Abyss Realm.

Xiang Yuan merged Great Freedom Heaven into Dry Abyss Realm and introduced the concept of demons, creating an office to suppress demonic thoughts. After assigning Spirit Mountain to staff it, he gathered the 108 Reincarnation Relics and prepared to summon the Six Paths Goddess.

• Ji Wuzhou argued with the Heavenly Dao about his role as Jade Emperor until a demonic Great Luo Heaven approached and Xiang Yuan appeared with Great Freedom Heaven.
• Xiang Yuan explained that he had killed Other-Transformation Heaven and claimed the ownerless Great Freedom Heaven, then worked with Ji Wuzhou to merge the realms.
• Xiang Yuan added the concept of demons to Dry Abyss Realm's Heavenly Dao, causing its laws to evolve while he created an office to control demonic thoughts.
• The Buddha Patriarch entered Great Freedom Heaven, where the Azure Emperor of the Eastern Pole, Southern Pole Guanyin, the Buddha, and Spirit Mountain's Buddhas took up the work of suppressing the Demon Domain.
• Xiang Yuan reviewed the gains from his mission, including the 108 Reincarnation Relics, and prepared to use them to summon the Six Paths Goddess.

Xiang Yuan persuaded the six fusion materials to summon the Six Paths Goddess, hoping to confirm that her reincarnation powers could support the Dry Abyss Realm. The Goddess appeared, recovered her memories, and confronted Xiang Yuan, whose fate she could not read with the Ancient Mirror of Reincarnation.

• Xiang Yuan persuaded Sword Venerable Su Ran and White Moon Lay Buddhist to help him approach the Six Paths Goddess, while Chan'er willingly supported him.
• Xiang Yuan held a vote with the six fusion materials; two voted in favor, four abstained, and none opposed summoning the Goddess.
• The six fusion materials merged and summoned the Six Paths Goddess, who recovered her memories and turned the Ancient Mirror of Reincarnation on Xiang Yuan.
• The Ancient Mirror failed to reveal Xiang Yuan's fate, and the Six Paths Goddess's killing intent toward him grew as he offered her nine Reincarnation Relics.
• The Six Paths Goddess insisted Xiang Yuan bore the Heavenly Emperor's karma and proposed becoming the Dry Abyss Realm's Heavenly Emperor, while Xiang Yuan guessed she really wanted to fight him over his intimacy with the six women.

Xiang Yuan battled the Six Paths Goddess, who exploited his reluctance to strike the women she imitated, before he turned the tables and ended the fight with a headbutt and embrace. Later, Ji Wuzhou found the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden’s trail at Liangshan Marsh, and Xiang Yuan prepared to investigate her invitation with the Dry Abyss Realm ready for a trap.

• Xiang Yuan created a vast minor world and used its laws, the Demon-Summoning Banner, and the Kunlun Book Without Words to hinder the Six Paths Goddess.
• The Six Paths Goddess transformed into Chan'er and Xiao Lingyue to make Xiang Yuan hesitate, then repeatedly attacked him while he held back.
• Xiang Yuan punched and headbutted the Six Paths Goddess while she appeared as Sword Venerable Su Ran, then embraced her after she returned to her original form.
• The Six Paths Goddess split into six and withdrew, while Sword Venerable Su Ran confronted Xiang Yuan over singling her out for a beating.
• Ji Wuzhou told Xiang Yuan that the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden had revealed her aura at Liangshan Marsh, and Xiang Yuan recognized it as the destination she had signaled through the Heavenly Book.
• Xiang Yuan decided to enter the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden’s invitation with the Dry Abyss Realm prepared to attack if it proved to be a trap.

Xiang Yuan entered the World-Swallowing Painting with the Six Paths Goddess and discovered that its world centered on Fusang Mountain, the home of the long-dead Eastern King Lord. Unable to leave without claiming the mountain, Xiang Yuan began swallowing the Fusang Ninefold Immortal Mountains into his small world.

• Xiang Yuan made Queen Mother of the West refine the World-Swallowing Painting while he entered it with the wary Six Paths Goddess.
• Xiang Yuan learned that Eastern King Lord had defected from the Divine Dao to the Immortal Dao and that the Heavenly Emperor had killed him beyond reincarnation.
• The Six Paths Goddess explained the Divine Dao and Immortal Dao conflict and revealed why the Heavenly Emperor had killed her to destroy reincarnation.
• Xiang Yuan and the Six Paths Goddess found Fusang Mountain and its ten suns, but Xiang Yuan suspected that claiming the place could make him Eastern King Lord.
• Xiang Yuan failed to leave the painting, so he used the Formless Seal Method to swallow the Fusang Ninefold Immortal Mountains into his small world.

Xiang Yuan devoured Fusang Immortal Mountain, completed his eighth blood replacement and marrow cleansing, and restored the world after Yin energy threatened to consume it. He met incarnations of Nuwa and Fuxi, returned innate Yin to the Queen Mother of the West, and then asked her to help him cultivate.

• Xiang Yuan refined Fusang Immortal Mountain into primordial Yang, completed his eighth blood replacement and marrow cleansing, and worried that his ninth would leave him ready to be harvested.
• The ten suns vanished and Yin energy swept across the world, so Xiang Yuan used his Yang energy to drive it back and restore the world.
• Xiang Yuan and the Six Paths Goddess met incarnations of Nuwa and Fuxi, who explained that Fuxi had guarded the possibility of Eastern King Lord's return; Xiang Yuan had consumed that possibility himself.
• Xiang Yuan returned the primordial Yin to the Queen Mother of the West, entangling their Yin-Yang powers and leaving her stunned.
• The Queen Mother of the West identified the incarnations as Nuwa and Fuxi, explained that the Heavenly Emperor's return would help turn illusion into reality, and agreed to help Xiang Yuan cultivate.

Xiang Yuan visited Queen Mother of the West to learn the primordial history and investigate the Three Pure Ones’ plans, uncovering how the immortal path, Buddhism, and the three thousand worlds were tied to ancient divine conflicts. He concluded that he understood how the three thousand worlds had come to exist, but refused to explain his theory to Queen Mother of the West.

• Queen Mother of the West proposed joining forces with Xiang Yuan, and he agreed to visit her in Western Kunlun under the pretense of discussing cultivation.
• The Six Paths Goddess split into six fusion materials after hearing Xiang Yuan and Queen Mother of the West arrange to spend the night together, and Xiang Yuan used his power to make Queen Mother of the West serve tea while Chan'er mocked her.
• Xiang Yuan told Queen Mother of the West that the Three Pure Ones might be manipulating both her desire for revenge and his ambition, then asked her to explain the ancient secrets.
• Queen Mother of the West recounted how the gods created the immortal path, how the Heavenly Emperor fought the Three Pure Ones and the immortals, and how the divine path declined.
• Queen Mother of the West explained that Buddhism arose from the Primeval Heavenly Demon and revealed that she had secretly influenced Senior Jiang’s path to becoming the Buddha Patriarch.
• After learning that Zhunti had refined the Reincarnation Mother Tree’s roots into the Seven Treasures Wondrous Tree, Xiang Yuan connected several figures and legacies to the ancient gods and said he understood how the three thousand worlds formed, but declined to explain further.

Xiang Yuan cultivated with the Six Paths Goddess, then used her command over the river of time to begin merging worlds. In the Celestial Gate Realm, Ji Wuzhou was captured by its Celestial Emperor, but Queen Mother of the West killed the invader after he entered the Dry Abyss Realm, and Xiang Yuan prepared to move on to another world.

• Xiang Yuan refused to explain his conjecture to Queen Mother of the West, then went to the Six Paths Goddess and persuaded her to cultivate with him.
• Xiang Yuan and the Six Paths Goddess left marks on each other's Primordial Spirits, and she used the Ancient Mirror of Reincarnation and Yellow Springs Mother Tree to reveal the river of time so they could merge a tributary world.
• In the Celestial Gate Realm, its Celestial Emperor attacked Ji Wuzhou, who wounded him with the Regretless Blade before being trapped inside the Abyss of Returning Ruins.
• The Celestial Emperor entered the Dry Abyss Realm and praised its prosperity, but Queen Mother of the West appeared and killed him when he tried to leave.
• Xiang Yuan watched Queen Mother of the West kill the Celestial Emperor, then told the Six Paths Goddess to continue with the next world.

Ji Wuzhou led the Dry Abyss Realm’s forces into the Blood Sea Realm, where the Blood-Robed Elder Lord and a swarm of Mosquito Daoist’s black mosquitoes revealed an unexpected threat. Xiang Yuan and Queen Mother of the West suppressed the swarm and uncovered a Third-grade Golden Lotus, leaving the golden lotus’s significance to be explored.

• Ji Wuzhou entered the Blood Sea Realm and found the Blood-Robed Celestial Emperor, Blood-Robed Queen Mother, Blood-Robed Buddha, and Blood-Robed Elder Lord waiting for him.
• Ji Wuzhou called Xiang Yuan for help, and Xiang Yuan arrived with the Six Paths Goddess and Queen Mother of the West as the groups began fighting.
• Xiang Yuan overwhelmed the Blood-Robed Elder Lord, while Queen Mother of the West killed the Blood-Robed Celestial Emperor and Blood-Robed Queen Mother; the Blood-Robed Buddha’s destruction released a vast swarm of black mosquitoes.
• Queen Mother of the West suppressed most of the swarm with Western Kunlun, but Xiang Yuan withdrew the immortal mountains when the mosquitoes began devouring them and then used Ten Suns Across the Sky to burn the creatures.
• Xiang Yuan and Queen Mother of the West joined their primordial yin and yang to destroy the remaining mosquitoes, revealing a Third-grade Golden Lotus formed from their Buddhist light.

Xiang Yuan refined the Three-Grade Golden Lotus into himself, then joined forces with Queen Mother of the West to turn the Dry Abyss Realm from illusion into reality and absorb countless worlds. As time flowed backward, he discovered that a young Daoist had created the three thousand worlds by destroying the world and remaking it with earth, water, fire, and wind.

• Xiang Yuan drew the Three-Grade Golden Lotus into his palm, then refined it together with his Nine-Grade Golden Lotus into his body.
• Xiang Yuan explained that the Heavenly Dao was shifting from the Divine Dao to the Immortal Dao, then persuaded Queen Mother of the West to take the lead in making him Jade Emperor.
• Queen Mother of the West and Xiang Yuan joined yin and yang, and the Six Paths Goddess projected the rivers of time as the Dry Abyss Realm began absorbing worlds.
• The Yin-Yang swimming fish brought the Dry Abyss Realm into the true river of time and gathered three thousand worlds into its expanding order.
• Xiang Yuan saw a young Daoist destroy the world with a Light of Chaos sword strike and remake it with earth, water, fire, and wind.
• The young Daoist turned toward Xiang Yuan as time flowed backward past him.