Recaps

Wukong claimed Flower Fruit Mountain and Water Curtain Cave as his Daoist arena, appointing Xia Ba to guard the mountain. He discovered the Xuanhe Pendant beneath the stone chair and began refining it in the cave.

• Wukong explored Flower Fruit Mountain, found Water Curtain Cave behind a waterfall, and decided to make it his Daoist arena.
• Wukong released Xia Ba from the Eight Desolations Domain Suppression Tower and ordered him to serve as the mountain's guardian spirit beast.
• Wukong gave Xia Ba pills, and Xia Ba offered his clan's defensive formation to protect Flower Fruit Mountain.
• Wukong realized the pills may have revealed his connection to the Literary Sect, though he had not openly identified himself as a direct disciple.
• Wukong smashed the stone chair in Water Curtain Cave, revealed the Xuanhe Pendant, and began refining the Innate Spiritual Treasure.

Chiyou sought the Wu Clan’s support and blood pool as he prepared to compete for the Human Emperor position, but Ju Mang refused to involve the clan and ordered Chiyou to leave Mount Buzhou afterward. Xuanyuan was born and accepted Guang Chengzi as his teacher, while Emperor of Fengdu arrived to request an audience with Bei Ming.

• Chiyou returned to Mount Buzhou, where Xing Tian and Xiang Liu challenged his claim to belong to the Wu Clan.
• Chiyou declared that he wanted to borrow the Wu Clan’s strength to compete for the Human Emperor position, but Ju Mang refused to bring the secluded clan into the struggle.
• Ju Mang ordered Xing Tian to take Chiyou to the Pangu Blood Pool, then forbade the Human-Wu from returning to Mount Buzhou’s remnant veins.
• Xuanyuan was born amid auspicious signs, and Guang Chengzi accepted him as his disciple and began teaching him.
• Emperor of Fengdu visited Changbai Mountain and asked to meet Bei Ming, who recognized that his cultivation had recovered to the peak stage of Hunyuan Golden Immortal.

The Reincarnation Old Ancestor visited Bei Ming to seek cooperation in luring an old Chaos God into the Primordial Wilderness, hoping to earn enough merit to repay his karma and transcend. Bei Ming questioned how the plan would benefit Heaven and Earth, and the Reincarnation Old Ancestor explained that the Saints suppressing the enemy would not count as his own contribution.

• The chapter explained that the Reincarnation Old Ancestor still owed karma to the Primordial Wilderness despite helping Houtu establish the Underworld and Six Paths of Reincarnation.
• Bei Ming opened a spatial passage and received the Reincarnation Old Ancestor at Great Void Palace.
• The Reincarnation Old Ancestor told Bei Ming that the Underworld was operating smoothly and that his important news concerned Hundun.
• The Reincarnation Old Ancestor asked Bei Ming to cooperate, saying he needed one more meritorious deed to erase his remaining karma and achieve transcendence.
• Bei Ming recognized that the plan involved luring an external enemy into the Primordial Wilderness, but questioned why the Reincarnation Old Ancestor needed his help.
• The Reincarnation Old Ancestor argued that letting the Saints suppress the enemy would bring no benefit to Heaven and Earth and would not repay his karma.

Reincarnation Old Ancestor proposed restoring the West’s spiritual veins with resources from beyond the Primordial Wilderness, while Bei Ming uncovered that the Soul Demon God was secretly manipulating him. The Soul Demon God urged Bei Ming to join a plot to destroy the Heavenly Dao and divide the Primordial Wilderness, leaving Bei Ming to decide whether to cooperate or oppose him.

• Reincarnation Old Ancestor proposed using the foundation of a Chaos Great Luo Golden Immortal to restore the West’s spiritual veins and suggested obtaining the Earth Book from Zhen Yuanzi.
• Bei Ming agreed the plan might be worth attempting but questioned Reincarnation Old Ancestor about the old friend who had contacted him.
• Bei Ming used the Chaos Bell to expose and capture the Soul Demon God’s hidden Split Soul inside Reincarnation Old Ancestor.
• The Soul Demon God invited Bei Ming to join him in exploiting the Underworld and incomplete paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man to refine the Primordial Wilderness Origin.
• Bei Ming deduced that Pingxin had knowingly tolerated Reincarnation Old Ancestor’s dealings with the Soul Demon God while remaining wary of him.
• The Soul Demon God demanded that Bei Ming choose whether to cooperate with the Chaos Gods or oppose them.

Bei Ming forced Reincarnation Old Ancestor to choose a side and tasked him with recovering the Earth Book and uncovering the Soul Demon God's infiltrators. Bei Ming concluded that the Soul Demon God would try to destabilize the Mystic Gate by exploiting the Buddhist Sect and Demon Sect, leaving the coming Journey to the West Tribulation entangled with the Demon Sect's return.

• Bei Ming erased the Soul Demon God's Split Soul and released Reincarnation Old Ancestor from the Chaos Bell's suppression.
• Reincarnation Old Ancestor agreed to follow Bei Ming's arrangements after weighing his chances of survival on either side of the coming conflict.
• Bei Ming ordered Reincarnation Old Ancestor to retrieve the Earth Book and deliver it to him so it could help repair the spiritual veins.
• Bei Ming instructed Reincarnation Old Ancestor to use his command of reincarnation and the Underworld to find the Soul Demon God's infiltrators, who might be working with Luo Hou and Demons Outside the Domain of Heaven.
• After Reincarnation Old Ancestor departed, Bei Ming considered how the Soul Demon God might exploit the Buddhist Sect and Demon Sect to throw the Mystic Gate into disorder.
• Bei Ming foresaw that the Journey to the West Tribulation would become entangled with the Demon Sect's return.

Bei Ming rejected the Soul Demon God's plan to seize the Primordial Wilderness Origin and chose to side with the Primordial Wilderness, then went to meet Hongjun. Meanwhile, Shennong prepared to pass the position of Common Lord to Xuanyuan as the Human Race faced a dangerous struggle with the Human-Wu over its future leadership.

• Bei Ming judged that he was not yet strong enough to seize the Primordial Wilderness Origin and decided to cultivate within the Primordial Wilderness rather than gamble against Pangu's possible countermeasures.
• Bei Ming entered Inner Chaos, and Zixiao Palace appeared to receive him so he could communicate with Hongjun.
• After several hundred years, the Human Race expanded using resources from the former East Sea Dragon Race territory, while Shennong recognized Xuanyuan as a likely successor after Guang Chengzi took him as a disciple.
• Ju Mang sent Chiyou into the Pangu Blood Pool to repay the Human-Wu's karmic debt, then barred the Human-Wu from Mount Buzhou Range and returned the Wu Clan's share of their Luck to the contest for leadership.
• Shennong feared that a war between Xuanyuan and Chiyou would provoke rebellion among Human Race tribes, so he decided to summon them to the ancestral land and abdicate in Xuanyuan's favor.
• Shennong also planned to meet Chiyou and try to win him over as a general for the Human Race.

After missing the chance to summon Chiyou, Shennong passed the position of Common Lord to Xuanyuan, prompting Chiyou to raise an army and begin the Battle of the Human Emperor. Shennong and Suyao parted ways as the conflict approached, while Yuanshi Tianzun discovered that the Wu Clan had aided Chiyou despite their severed connection.

• Shennong held an abdication ceremony and passed the position of Common Lord to Xuanyuan after Chiyou failed to return from Pangu Hall in time.
• Chiyou returned to the Jiuli Tribe with new Wu Clan techniques, medicine, and the Nine Yin Mysterious Array, then raised an army against Xuanyuan.
• Fuxi and Shennong ordered the governors of the Thirty-Six Regions to strengthen their defenses and stay out of the conflict, though some tribes secretly prepared to intervene.
• Shennong thanked Suyao for her aid, and Suyao returned to the Changbai Mountain Range to pursue a breakthrough.
• Yuanshi Tianzun observed Chiyou's abundant blood and qi, then deduced that the Wu Clan had aided him despite their severed connection.

Yuanshi Tianzun sent Guang Chengzi to Mount Shouyang to retrieve the Tuyu Sword, while Xuanyuan mobilized the Human Race army against Chiyou’s rebellion. After Li Mu’s vanguard was routed, Xuanyuan’s forces faced Chiyou at Zhuolu, where both sides prepared for a larger battle.

• Yuanshi Tianzun told Guang Chengzi to obtain the Tuyu Sword from Bajing Palace so Xuanyuan could use it against Chiyou.
• After receiving reports that Chiyou had seized territory, Xuanyuan mobilized his army and appointed Li Mu as vanguard, Fenghou as strategist, and Cangjie as liaison to the Literary Sect.
• Chiyou’s Jiuli Troops routed Li Mu’s vanguard, and Xuanyuan’s main force joined the survivors in a standoff at Zhuolu.
• Chiyou and his eighty-one brothers began drilling the Nine Yin Mysterious Array while consolidating their conquered territories.
• Xuanyuan demoted Li Mu to a foot soldier, appointed Da Hong as vanguard, and ordered harassment attacks and a secret strike on the Jiuli rear.
• Fenghou urged Xuanyuan to wait for Guang Chengzi’s return, and Xuanyuan asked Cangjie to seek reinforcements from the Literary Sect.

Xuanyuan’s forces fought Chiyou’s army to a stalemate while Rong Cheng stirred resistance behind Jiuli lines. Guang Chengzi returned with the reforged Tuyu Sword, which Xuanyuan received as a weapon capable of killing Chiyou.

• Cangjie told Xuanyuan that the Literary Sect would not interfere in the Human Race’s internal war, and Xuanyuan accepted its decision.
• Xuanyuan’s and Chiyou’s forces exchanged attacks without gaining a clear advantage, while Rong Cheng rallied tribes in Jiuli territory and disrupted their supplies.
• Chiyou sent a trusted general and elite troops to suppress the rebellion in his rear, but Rong Cheng continued harassing Jiuli forces and logistics.
• At Bajing Palace, Xuandu gave Guang Chengzi the Tuyu Sword, reforged by Laozi so that only an emperor could wield it.
• Guang Chengzi returned to the allied army’s camp and told Xuanyuan that the sword could kill Chiyou.
• Xuanyuan took the Tuyu Sword, and the Human Race’s Luck resonated with it as golden light and Saintly Might emerged.

Xuanyuan led the Human Race allied forces against Chiyou at Zhuolu, but Chiyou lured the army into the Nine Yin Mysterious Array. Guang Chengzi opened a breach, and Xuanyuan stayed behind to cover the army’s retreat while fighting Chiyou.

• Xuanyuan named the Tuyu Sword the Xuanyuan Sword, rallied the Human Race, and ordered an attack on Chiyou.
• Xuanyuan and Chiyou clashed at Zhuolu, and Guang Chengzi struck Chiyou with the Fan Tian Yin, prompting the Jiuli army to retreat.
• Xuanyuan pursued the Jiuli army, but Chiyou revealed that the Nine Yin Mysterious Array had trapped the Human Race’s main force.
• Xuanyuan ordered the army to break out, but the formation and Jiuli attacks inflicted heavy losses.
• Guang Chengzi used the Fan Tian Yin to blast open a breach, and Xuanyuan ordered Li Mu to lead the vanguard through it.
• Xuanyuan stayed behind with Guang Chengzi to cover the retreat, fighting Chiyou as the Human Race army withdrew.

Xuanyuan’s forces withdrew after the Twelve Golden Immortals failed to break Chiyou’s Nine Yin Mysterious Array and escaped its Baleful Aura. Haotian sent Jiutian Xuannu to aid Xuanyuan with a method for breaking the formation, and Xuanyuan went out to greet the promised helper.

• Xuanyuan wounded Chiyou while retreating, but the Jiuli army pursued until eleven Golden Immortals arrived and disrupted their advance.
• The Twelve Golden Immortals pursued Chiyou into the Nine Yin Mysterious Array, where prolonged combat and Baleful Aura trapped and weakened them.
• Guang Chengzi used Fan Tian Yin to open a way out, and the Twelve Golden Immortals withdrew while Chiyou remained inside the formation.
• Haotian watched the battle through the Haotian Mirror and sent Jiutian Xuannu to Xuanyuan with instructions for breaking the array.
• After a guard reported that a cultivator who could break the formation had arrived, Xuanyuan decided to greet the visitor himself.

Jiutian Xuannu arrived at Xuanyuan's camp with the Heavenly Court's method for breaking Chiyou's formation, provoking the Chan Sect's concern that the Heavenly Court was interfering in its task. Yuanshi Tianzun sent Guang Chengzi the formation-breaking method and retaliated against Haotian, who then had to send Yunhua Fairy after the escaped Three-Headed Flood Dragon while struggling with his lack of authority.

• Jiutian Xuannu told Xuanyuan and the Twelve Golden Immortals that Haotian had sent her with a method to break the Nine Yin Mysterious Array, and Xuanyuan persuaded Guang Chengzi to let her into the camp.
• Guang Chengzi secretly reported the Heavenly Court's involvement to Yuanshi Tianzun, who sent him the method for breaking the array and decided to discipline the Twelve Golden Immortals.
• Yuanshi Tianzun sent Saintly Might toward Lingxiao Treasure Hall, and the Three-Headed Flood Dragon stole the Dragon Pearl and fled into the Primordial Wilderness.
• Haotian realized Yuanshi Tianzun had pressured him over Jiutian Xuannu's mission, then dispatched Yunhua Fairy to capture the Three-Headed Flood Dragon rather than go himself.
• Haotian reflected on how the Heavenly Court's scattered authority and the Literary Sect's disobedient disciples undermined his dignity as Emperor.

Xuanyuan defeated Chiyou, unified the Human Race, and received most of the Human Emperor’s Merit, while the remaining Merit was divided among those who had helped him. The chapter ended with Bei Ming meeting Hongjun in the garden at Zixiao Palace.

• Haotian sent Yunhua Fairy to deal with the Three-Headed Flood Dragon, which seized the Dragon Pearl and fled into the Primordial Wilderness.
• Xuanyuan heard Guang Chengzi and Jiutian Xuannu’s strategies, then used both methods to break the Nine Yin Mysterious Array and capture Chiyou.
• Xuanyuan executed Chiyou, spared the Jiuli people, and incorporated them into the Human Race, bringing the Human-Wu conflict to an end.
• The Heavenly Dao divided the Human Emperor’s Merit among those who had contributed, leaving Guang Chengzi short of the Merit needed to reach Quasi-Saint.
• Yuanshi Tianzun deduced that his disciples would face hardship in the coming calamity, while the Literary Sect had no need to participate before Dayu’s water control.
• Bei Ming visited Zixiao Palace and met Hongjun in the garden.

Bei Ming sought Hongjun’s support for a plan to kill the Soul Demon God, use his foundation to restore the Western Spiritual Veins, and strengthen the Primordial Wilderness. Hongjun warned him of the risks and confirmed that Bei Ming was not yet strong enough to challenge Luo Hou, leaving their decision about the trap unresolved.

• Hongjun and Bei Ming discussed their Dao, and Hongjun remarked that Bei Ming’s becoming a Chaos God might bring fortune or misfortune to the Primordial Wilderness.
• Bei Ming told Hongjun that he wanted an ally against Hundun and described Reincarnation Old Ancestor’s visit and the Soul Demon God’s interest in the Primordial Wilderness.
• Hongjun warned Bei Ming that a Chaos God could escape a battle in Hundun or devastate the Primordial Wilderness in a desperate fight.
• Bei Ming argued that killing the Soul Demon God could also restore the West, while Hongjun questioned whether Jieyin could accomplish that and discussed Luo Hou’s enduring place in the world.
• Bei Ming declared that he intended to destroy demons and use Luo Hou to advance his cultivation, but Hongjun said he was not yet qualified to do so.
• Bei Ming pressed Hongjun for his decision on luring the Soul Demon God into a trap, arguing that the enemy’s foundation must be seized to strengthen the Primordial Wilderness and restore the West and Earth Path.

Bei Ming urged Hongjun to take the chance to eliminate the Chaos Gods, but Hongjun prioritized the Primordial Wilderness's survival and chose to address the Demon Sect first. After returning to Great Void Palace, Bei Ming surveyed the Human Race's flood-control era and considered how his past actions had altered the events leading toward the Canonization of the Gods.

• Hongjun refused to gamble the Primordial Wilderness on a preemptive strike, though he said he would respond if the Soul Demon God or Luo Hou came in person; Bei Ming urged him to reconsider and departed.
• Bei Ming returned to Great Void Palace and resolved to continue planning against the Chaos Gods, seeking a Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal as a first opponent.
• Bei Ming calculated recent events and saw that the Five Emperors' era had begun, Gun had failed to control the flood and been executed, and Moyuan had found Dayu within Gun's corpse and taught him to guide the waters.
• Wuzhiqi of the Huai River broke through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, while Sun Wukong left Flower Fruit Mountain and entered the Primordial Wilderness.
• Bei Ming realized that Ling Yan's share of the Immortal Peaches had weakened the Heavenly Court's ability to stage a banquet that would lead Haotian to seek the Canonization of the Gods.

The Reincarnation Old Ancestor visited Zhen Yuanzi and explained that reviving the West could help him attain a Saint Position through the Earth Path. He argued that Zhen Yuanzi lacked the allies and resources Bei Ming had relied on, then began describing how Hongjun had helped Bei Ming restore the North.

• Bei Ming meditated in Great Void Palace while waiting for Haotian to seek Hongjun's help and advance the Investiture of the Gods.
• At Wuzhuang Temple, Zhen Yuanzi asked the Reincarnation Old Ancestor why he had come, and the Old Ancestor discussed Zhen Yuanzi's cultivation and his lingering Obsession over Hong Yun.
• The Reincarnation Old Ancestor explained that the remaining Hongmeng Purple Qi strands belonged to the Earth Path and suggested that reviving the West could bring Zhen Yuanzi the Merit needed to prove the Dao.
• Zhen Yuanzi doubted that he could save the West, noting that Jieyin and Zhunti had failed despite their efforts, but the Reincarnation Old Ancestor compared the task to Bei Ming's revival of the North.
• The Reincarnation Old Ancestor argued that Bei Ming succeeded because the North Sea Black Tortoise entrusted him with her Luck, status, and Spirit Treasures, and because Hongjun provided the Qiankun Cauldron.

Reincarnation Old Ancestor tried to persuade Zhen Yuanzi to lend the Earth Book and join Bei Ming’s Literary Sect as a guest official, offering him a chance to gain Merit and pursue Dao-Proving. Zhen Yuanzi remained wary and decided to wait for circumstances to change, though Bei Ming’s personal visit might make him reconsider.

• Reincarnation Old Ancestor told Zhen Yuanzi that the Earth Book might help restore damaged spiritual veins and criticized him for staying secluded to protect Hong Yun.
• Zhen Yuanzi asked whether Emperor of Fengdu had come as Wen Zu’s spokesperson, and Reincarnation Old Ancestor admitted that he had.
• Reincarnation Old Ancestor asked Zhen Yuanzi to lend the Earth Book so Bei Ming could gain insight, promising Zhen Yuanzi a share of the resulting Merit.
• Reincarnation Old Ancestor suggested that Zhen Yuanzi join the Literary Sect as a guest official and said Bei Ming might help him find a path to great Merit and Dao-Proving.
• Zhen Yuanzi worried that joining the powerful Literary Sect could entangle his luck and invite calamity, and he questioned why Bei Ming had sent a representative instead of coming himself.
• Zhen Yuanzi concluded that his opportunity might lie with the Earth Path, so he chose to wait rather than seek Bei Ming out unless Bei Ming personally approached him.

After Zhen Yuanzi refused to lend the Earth Book, Reincarnation Old Ancestor attacked Mount Wanshou and enlisted Old Ancestor Ming He to help seize it. Zhen Yuanzi recognized Ming He's Blood Sea Great Array corroding the spiritual veins as the chapter ended.

• Zhen Yuanzi rejected Reincarnation Old Ancestor's proposal to lend out the Earth Book and asked him to leave.
• Reincarnation Old Ancestor decided to use force and attacked Zhen Yuanzi with the Mantra of Rebirth seal.
• Zhen Yuanzi countered with Mountain Suppression, then deployed the Earth Book to form a defensive array around Mount Wanshou.
• Reincarnation Old Ancestor revealed the Reincarnation Compass, while Old Ancestor Ming He established the Sea of Blood Great Array around Mount Wanshou.
• Ming He's Blood Sha began corroding the spiritual veins and disrupting Zhen Yuanzi's formation, prompting Zhen Yuanzi to identify Ming He.

Reincarnation Old Ancestor and Ming He overwhelmed Zhen Yuanzi at Mount Wanshou, leaving him isolated and unable to complete the Earth Book formation. With his origin being assimilated and defeat imminent, Zhen Yuanzi triggered a devastating self-explosion, while his attackers prepared defenses.

• Reincarnation Old Ancestor used the Reincarnation Compass to suppress Zhen Yuanzi and prevent him from completing the Earth Book formation as Ming He attacked with Yuantu, Abhi, and the Karma Fire Red Lotus.
• Ming He and Reincarnation Old Ancestor destroyed much of Mount Wanshou, damaged the Ginseng Fruit Tree, and drove Zhen Yuanzi into a desperate position as other factions chose not to intervene.
• Zhen Yuanzi attempted to gather power for a self-explosion, but Reincarnation Old Ancestor used Eternal Reincarnation to assimilate his origin and slow the buildup.
• Zhen Yuanzi summoned the earth veins and mountain phantoms to resist Ming He's Slaughter Unification, but Ming He's swords shattered his defenses while Reincarnation Old Ancestor continued weakening him.
• Zhen Yuanzi unleashed his Qi Mechanism in a violent self-explosion, and Reincarnation Old Ancestor and Ming He raised the Reincarnation Compass and Karma Fire Red Lotus to shield themselves.

Zhen Yuanzi's self-explosion destroyed Mount Wanshou and erased the buffer between East and West, prompting the major powers to consider the consequences. Jieyin held back from exploiting the opening while Bei Ming focused on securing influence over the Western Continent.

• Zhen Yuanzi's incomplete self-explosion leveled Mount Wanshou and the surrounding ranges, leaving the Spiritual Veins damaged but repairable and removing the geographical barrier between East and West.
• Laozi ignored Zhen Yuanzi's death as he prepared for secluded cultivation, Yuanshi and Tongtian briefly regretted their fellow Daoist's passing, and Nüwa returned to comprehending the laws.
• Zhunti suggested that the Western Religion use the vanished buffer zone to advance east, but Jieyin warned him that Zhen Yuanzi's death was suspicious and told him not to act rashly.
• Jieyin ordered Ksitigarbha to investigate the matter within his means without offending the Underworld, and Ksitigarbha judged that he could not fulfill the task.
• Haotian watched the battle through the Haotian Mirror rather than intervene, while Bei Ming considered Zhen Yuanzi's death irrelevant to his plans to secure influence over the Western Continent.

Reincarnation Old Ancestor recovered the Earth Book from Zhen Yuanzi’s ruins and brought Ming He to meet Bei Ming at Great Void Palace. Ming He offered the Asura Race and Asura Religion to the Literary Sect in exchange for Bei Ming’s guidance and protection.

• Reincarnation Old Ancestor collected the Earth Book and let Ming He take the surviving Spirit Treasures to reward the Asura Race.
• Reincarnation Old Ancestor used the Reincarnation Compass to confirm that Zhen Yuanzi had completely perished, then left with Ming He for Changbai Mountain Range.
• Bei Ming opened a spatial passage and brought Reincarnation Old Ancestor and Ming He into Great Void Palace.
• Reincarnation Old Ancestor presented the Earth Book to Bei Ming and said Ming He wanted to serve the Literary Sect.
• Ming He offered the Asura Race and Asura Religion as the Literary Sect’s blades and asked Bei Ming for guidance and protection.

Bei Ming recruited Ming He into the Literary Sect and outlined a gradual campaign to restore the West by combining the Asura Race’s advance with the sect’s preaching. Ming He accepted the role and returned to the Blood Sea to prepare.

• Bei Ming refined the damaged Earth Book, then welcomed Reincarnation Old Ancestor and Ming He into the hall.
• Bei Ming promised Ming He that Dao-Proving would be within reach if he contributed to their plan, and described restoring the West or contending for Luck as his two opportunities.
• Ming He agreed that restoring the West was the better path and asked whether the Earth Book could help repair its spiritual veins.
• Bei Ming explained that the Earth Book was part of his preliminary plan and proposed establishing a foothold in the West while avoiding a direct war with Jieyin.
• Ming He volunteered the Asura Race as the vanguard, and Reincarnation Old Ancestor proposed that it occupy key routes while the Literary Sect spread its teachings.
• Bei Ming made Ming He a Guest official of the Literary Sect and ordered him to gather the Asura Race at the border and prepare for a gradual campaign in the West.

Ming He returned to the Blood Sea resolved to risk a war against the West in pursuit of proving the Dao, while Bei Ming and the Reincarnation Old Ancestor set their plans in motion. Outside the Primordial Wilderness, the Soul Demon God sent a Split Soul through Luo Hou’s Devil Realm, where it appeared before the Demon Ancestor.

• Ming He left Great Void Palace and reflected on his failed attempts to prove the Dao before deciding to gamble on opposing the West.
• Bei Ming warned that Ming He’s campaign could provoke a direct war with the Western Religion, then sent the Reincarnation Old Ancestor to investigate Demons Outside the Domain of Heaven.
• The Reincarnation Old Ancestor used the Reincarnation Compass to conceal himself as he traveled west to await an opportunity.
• The Soul Demon God sent a Split Soul through the Devil Realm’s hidden opening and into the Heavenly Devil Palace.
• The Split Soul appeared before Luo Hou, who sat on the Twelve Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus beside the Godslaying Spear.

Luo Hou agreed to cooperate with the Soul Demon God to revive the Demon Sect by exploiting cultivators’ Heart Demons. At Mount Sumeru, Jieyin learned that Ming He had occupied Mount Wanshou and suspected Bei Ming’s involvement, leaving him wary of confronting the West’s potential enemy.

• Luo Hou accepted the Soul Demon God’s proposal to work together and restore the Demon Sect’s influence.
• The Soul Demon God and Luo Hou planned to use Heart Demon Seeds to possess unaffiliated cultivators and make them Demon Sect agents.
• A fragment of the Soul Demon God’s soul left the Devil Realm and entered the Primordial Wilderness under Luo Hou’s concealment.
• Jieyin deduced that Ming He had occupied Mount Wanshou and obscured the Heavenly Secrets with help from a Saint-level power.
• Zhunti arrived at Mount Sumeru, and Jieyin told him to investigate Ming He while avoiding a direct confrontation.

Zhunti visited Ming He at Asura City to learn why the Asura Race had occupied Mount Wanshou, but Ming He angrily refused him entry and threatened him with his swords. Back at Mount Sumeru, Jieyin argued that the Asura Race’s arrival might help the West, regardless of whether the Western Religion received credit or status.

• Jieyin warned Zhunti that if Bei Ming was behind Ming He, he might have to visit Changbai Mountain and seek his guidance.
• Ming He rebuilt the former site of Mount Wanshou as Asura City, surrounded by the Sea of Blood Great Array and filled with Asura warriors.
• Zhunti arrived at Asura City and asked Great Brahma to announce his visit to Ming He.
• Ming He appeared, insulted Zhunti, refused to invite him inside, and warned him that Yuan Tu and A Bi would not spare him if he persisted.
• Zhunti returned to Mount Sumeru and told Jieyin that Ming He’s firm attitude might force the Western Religion into confrontation.
• Jieyin told Zhunti that the Asura Race’s move toward the West could be a fortunate opportunity, since their goal was the West’s revival rather than personal credit or status.