Recaps

Bei Ming invited Nüwa and Fuxi to travel through the Primordial Wilderness, and the three set out for Mount Buzhou. They entered the mountain despite its Pangu pressure and began climbing toward the summit.

• Nüwa agreed with Bei Ming that she preferred avoiding conflict, while Fuxi wrestled with the consequences of joining Di Jun's struggle for supremacy.
• Bei Ming invited Nüwa and Fuxi to see the Wu Clan and the Ten Thousand Clans for themselves, and they agreed to travel with him.
• Bei Ming proposed visiting Mount Buzhou, and Fuxi agreed after Bei Ming argued that the three Great Luo Golden Immortals could retreat safely if they met an Ancestor Wizard.
• The three traveled together, shared opportunities they discovered along the way, and grew more familiar with one another.
• Bei Ming, Nüwa, and Fuxi crossed Wu Clan territory and entered Mount Buzhou's main peak, where Pangu's pressure slowed them.
• Fuxi could not calculate how far the summit lay, so the three continued climbing as the pressure grew stronger.

Bei Ming and Nüwa were swallowed by separate formations among the jagged rocks atop Mount Buzhou, while Fuxi remained behind and encountered Di Jiang. Di Jiang told Fuxi to seek a different formation for his own opportunity, and Fuxi asked whether that meant many people would come to Mount Buzhou.

• After reaching Mount Buzhou’s summit, Bei Ming searched the jagged rocks and activated a formation that swallowed him.
• Nüwa followed Bei Ming’s method and was swallowed by another formation, leaving Fuxi to search for an entrance of his own.
• Di Jiang appeared before Fuxi, who identified him as the Space Ancestor Wizard and readied Fuxi’s Qin.
• Di Jiang said the formations offered separate opportunities and told Fuxi to find one meant for him.
• Fuxi asked Di Jiang whether many people would come to Mount Buzhou.

Fuxi entered Mount Buzhou’s secret realm after Di Jiang allowed him to pass, while Bei Ming encountered a palace guarded by a Small Hourglass wielding Time Law. Bei Ming overcame its time-resetting force with his treasures and touched the Hourglass, arriving beside a vast river where an enigmatic elder asked how he had come there.

• Di Jiang defended the Wu Clan’s dominance and allowed Fuxi to enter the formation on Mount Buzhou.
• Di Jiang contacted Ru Shou and She Bi Shi to join him at the summit while Fuxi entered the secret realm.
• Bei Ming found a dark palace containing a Small Hourglass that repeatedly reset his progress and withdrew the Xuan Yuan Controlling Water Flag.
• Bei Ming used the Twelve Grade Pure World White Lotus and the Xuan Yuan Controlling Water Flag together to resist the Hourglass’s Time Law.
• Bei Ming touched the Hourglass and appeared beside a vast river, where a White-Haired Stooped Elder asked where he came from.
• Bei Ming introduced himself as Kun Peng from the North of the Primordial Wilderness, and the elder asked how he had reached the river.

Bei Ming discovered that the old man in the River of Time was Yong Sui, the artifact spirit of the Eternal Age Hourglass, and learned how many Primordial Wilderness treasures had evolved from shattered Chaos artifacts. Back in the palace, Yong Sui offered to help Bei Ming refine the hourglass, and Bei Ming insisted on bringing Nüwa and Fuxi into the opportunity.

• Bei Ming recognized the river as the River of Time and realized the old man was the Eternal Age Hourglass’s artifact spirit.
• Yong Sui explained that the hourglass arose from the shattered Time Wheel and described how other Chaos treasures evolved into famous Innate Spirit Treasures.
• Bei Ming asked the old man’s name, and Yong Sui introduced himself and promised to help when Bei Ming faced a critical moment.
• Bei Ming returned to the palace with the Small Hourglass and confirmed that Yong Sui had made the River of Time manifest without moving him.
• Bei Ming told Yong Sui that Nüwa and Fuxi were accompanying him and did not want to abandon them.
• Yong Sui praised Bei Ming’s loyalty, accepted his assessment of their transcendent talent, and urged him to refine the hourglass promptly.

Bei Ming, Fuxi, and Nüwa emerged from Mount Buzhou’s Formation with treasures they had refined or obtained, including the Eternal Age Hourglass, the Changge Sword, and the Refining Heaven Furnace. Nüwa gave Bei Ming her first Five-Colored Stone, and Fuxi ended by revealing that he had met Di Jiang before entering the Secret Realm.

• Bei Ming completed his refinement of the Eternal Age Hourglass with the Eternal Years Daoist’s help and returned to Mount Buzhou Summit.
• Bei Ming reunited with Fuxi, who showed him the Changge Sword and described obtaining sword techniques in the Secret Realm.
• Nüwa arrived with the Refining Heaven Furnace and explained that she had used the Great Stone Transformation Technique to refine a Five-Colored Stone.
• Bei Ming recognized the Five-Colored Stone’s connection to the future mending of the sky, and Nüwa gave him the stone as a keepsake.
• Fuxi revealed that he had encountered Di Jiang, leader of the Twelve Ancestor Wizards, before entering the Secret Realm.

Bei Ming, Fuxi, and Nüwa met the Three Ancestor Wizards on Mount Buzhou, where Di Jiang invited Bei Ming to visit the Wu Clan. Di Jiang then invoked newly declared rules requiring visitors who took Mount Buzhou’s opportunities to accept the Wu Clan’s challenge, and Bei Ming asked Fuxi and Nüwa how they wanted to respond.

• Bei Ming explained to Fuxi that the Wu Clan welcomed cultivators who came to pay respects to Great God Pangu.
• Di Jiang, Ru Shou, and She Bi Shi appeared and introduced themselves to Bei Ming, Fuxi, and Nüwa.
• Di Jiang invited Bei Ming to visit the Wu Clan, but Bei Ming said he would not leave Fuxi and Nüwa behind.
• Di Jiang declared that anyone who took an opportunity on Mount Buzhou had to accept a challenge from the Wu Clan, claiming these were Mount Buzhou’s rules.
• The Three Ancestor Wizards released their powerful auras, and Bei Ming asked Fuxi and Nüwa whether they would accept the challenge.

Bei Ming trapped Di Jiang in the Returning Ruins and fought him with the Xuan Yuan Controlling Water Flag, the Pure World White Lotus, and the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler. Di Jiang shifted tactics and used Space Distortion, but Bei Ming’s ruler swept away the warped space as their battle continued.

• Nüwa and Fuxi agreed to accept the Ancestor Wizards’ challenge under the Rules of Mount Buzhou.
• Bei Ming isolated Di Jiang inside the Returning Ruins while Nüwa and Fuxi joined forces against Ru Shou and She Bi Shi.
• Di Jiang used Space Laws to destabilize the Returning Ruins, and Bei Ming reinforced it with the Xuan Yuan Controlling Water Flag.
• Bei Ming’s Feather Blade clashed with Di Jiang’s true form, but neither could seriously wound the other.
• Bei Ming struck Di Jiang with the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler, forcing him to abandon his true form and evade the blows.
• Di Jiang used Space Distortion, and Bei Ming’s Hongmeng Measuring Ruler smoothed away the warped space.

Bei Ming defeated Di Jiang in the Returning Ruins and joined Nüwa and Fuxi against Ru Shou and She Bi Shi. As Bei Ming prepared to attack, a vast pressure descended over the Primordial Wilderness.

• Bei Ming used Returning Ruins Attraction to suppress Di Jiang and struck him with the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler, defeating him.
• Nüwa reinforced the Refining Heaven Furnace with the Creation God Staff while Fuxi coordinated Fuxi's Qin and the Changge Sword against Ru Shou and She Bi Shi.
• Ru Shou and She Bi Shi continued attacking the furnace, straining Nüwa's defenses despite Fuxi's counterattacks.
• Bei Ming appeared beside the defeated Di Jiang, revealing the outcome of their duel to Nüwa, Fuxi, Ru Shou, and She Bi Shi.
• Bei Ming prepared to attack alongside Nüwa and Fuxi, but a vast pressure descended over the Primordial Wilderness.

Hongjun announced that he would preach at Zixiao Palace in ten thousand years, and the duel atop Mount Buzhou resumed. Bei Ming, Nüwa, and Fuxi defeated She Bi Shi and Ru Shou, while Di Jiang and the others prepared to meet again at Zixiao Palace.

• Hongjun declared that he had become a saint and invited fated beings to hear his Dao at Zixiao Palace in ten thousand years.
• Ru Shou and She Bi Shi insisted on continuing their duel with Bei Ming, and Di Jiang let the battle proceed while recovering from his injuries.
• Di Jiang considered how Di Jun and Tai Yi had been obstructing the Wu Clan’s expansion and suspected they were plotting against it.
• Bei Ming attacked with the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler while Nüwa defended him and Fuxi supported him, overwhelming She Bi Shi and Ru Shou.
• She Bi Shi and Ru Shou admitted defeat, and Di Jiang told them to learn from the battle before exchanging farewells with Bei Ming, Nüwa, and Fuxi.

Innate Gods across the Primordial World traveled into the chaos to hear Hongjun preach after he attained sainthood. Bei Ming, Nüwa, and Fuxi found Purple Cloud Palace and arrived to find many powerful figures already gathered there.

• Di Jiang took Ru Shou and She Bi Shi away to join the other Ancestor Wizards, while gods across the Primordial World set out for the chaos.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi left the Sun Star, and the Three Pure Ones departed East Kunlun to hear Hongjun preach.
• Bei Ming, Nüwa, and Fuxi traveled through the chaos, protected by the Pure World White Lotus and Refining Heaven Furnace, and found Purple Cloud Palace.
• As Bei Ming, Nüwa, and Fuxi approached the palace, they encountered the Three Pure Ones beneath the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda.
• Bei Ming saw Di Jun, Tai Yi, Zhen Yuanzi, Hong Yun, Ming He, and the Twelve Ancestor Wizards gathered outside Purple Cloud Palace.

The Great Powers gathered before the Purple Cloud Palace, where Zixiao Divine Thunder punished Di Jun, Tai Yi, and the Twelve Ancestor Wizards for fighting. When the hall opened, the cultivators raced for its six Prayer Mats, and the chapter ended as Haotian and Yaochi prepared to close the gates.

• The Twelve Ancestor Wizards cornered Di Jun and Tai Yi outside the Purple Cloud Palace, and Zixiao Divine Thunder struck them all as they prepared to fight.
• Yuanshi rebuked Di Jun, Tai Yi, and the Twelve Ancestor Wizards, while Dong Wangong secretly rejoiced at their setback.
• Haotian and Yaochi greeted the gathered Great Powers and opened the Purple Cloud Palace for them to enter.
• The Three Pure Ones took the first three Prayer Mats, Nüwa took the fourth, Bei Ming took the fifth, and Hong Yun took the sixth with Zhen Yuanzi's help.
• The remaining cultivators sat behind the Prayer Mats and meditated as more Great Powers arrived, while Haotian and Yaochi prepared to close the gates.

Zhunti and Jieyin arrived late at Zixiao Palace and schemed to take Hong Yun’s seat, while Hongjun watched his broader plans for the six seated cultivators unfold. After the pair staged a tearful plea, Hong Yun offered them his prayer mat, leaving Hongjun’s arrangement in jeopardy.

• Zhunti and Jieyin entered Zixiao Palace just before Haotian and Yaochi closed its gates.
• Zhunti and Jieyin assessed the six prayer-mat occupants and chose Hong Yun as the easiest to persuade.
• Hongjun considered how the six occupants could serve the Primordial Wilderness and support his plans for the West and the Mystic Gate.
• Zhunti and Jieyin knelt before Hong Yun and dramatized the hardships they claimed to have endured.
• Hong Yun took pity on Zhunti and Jieyin and offered them his prayer mat.

Hong Yun gave his prayer mat to Jieyin, and Zhunti tried to win another seat from Bei Ming with a plea for pity. Bei Ming struck Zhunti with the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler, while Yuanshi regarded Bei Ming’s merit with wary respect.

• Hong Yun yielded his prayer mat to Jieyin, and Zhunti pushed his senior brother into the seat.
• Hong Yun sat beside Zhen Yuanzi, who warned him that he should not have given up the opportunity.
• Zhunti approached Bei Ming and begged for another seat, threatening to hurt himself if he could not hear the Great Dao.
• Bei Ming struck Zhunti on the forehead with the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler and warned him to think before speaking.
• Nüwa and Fuxi condemned Zhunti’s greed, while Hong Yun quietly accepted Fuxi’s criticism.
• Yuanshi considered Bei Ming’s merit and resolved to recognize his strengths rather than look down on him.

Bei Ming defeated Zhunti and kept his prayer mat before Hongjun appeared and confirmed the seats for his three lectures. Hongjun began teaching the Dao of Zenith Heaven, explaining how cultivators could return the myriad laws to a single Dao Fruit and transcend the River of Time.

• Bei Ming struck Zhunti with the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler and Ice Soul Cold Qi, sending him crashing into a pillar in Purple Cloud Palace.
• Zhunti complained that Bei Ming had disrupted the Saint's arena, while Nüwa rebuked him and Jieyin held back under Nüwa and Fuxi's watch.
• Ju Mang condemned Zhunti, but Hongjun appeared and suppressed the hall with his Saint's pressure.
• Hongjun declared the seats decided and announced three lectures on Zenith Heaven, Quasi-Saint, and Saint realms.
• Hongjun began explaining the Dao of Zenith Heaven, describing how cultivators could unify their laws into a Dao Fruit and anchor themselves in the present beyond the River of Time.

After Hongjun's sermon raised many cultivators' cultivation, he proposed appointing a Leader of Male Immortals and a Leader of Female Immortals to bring order to the Primordial Wilderness. He planned to use the appointments to restrain the Wu Clan and called Dong Wangong and Queen Mother of the West forward.

• After three thousand years of preaching, Bei Ming and Laozi both reached the Great Luo Peak, while many other cultivators advanced a stage.
• The Twelve Ancestor Wizards grew impatient with the sermon, but Houtu decided to keep attending the next two preachings in hopes of finding a solution to the Wu Clan's lack of Primordial Spirits.
• Hongjun announced that the Primordial Wilderness needed leaders of male and female immortals, prompting cultivators to consider the authority and risks of the roles.
• Di Jun judged that becoming an Immortal Chief could bring danger as well as power, while Dong Wangong saw the appointment as a way to rally Rogue Cultivators.
• Hongjun considered the Immortal Chiefs potential pawns for curbing the Wu Clan and called Dong Wangong and Queen Mother of the West forward.

Hongjun appointed Dong Wangong and Queen Mother of the West as leaders of male and female immortals, then ended his preaching and announced the next session. On their return, Bei Ming, Nüwa, and Fuxi sensed a treasure appearing at Mount Buzhou and raced there with the Ancestor Wizards, where the Primordial Gourd Vine’s protective formation was about to vanish.

• Hongjun gave Dong Wangong the Dragon Head Crutch and Queen Mother of the West the Pure Water Bowl, charging them with maintaining order in the Primordial Wilderness.
• Hongjun announced that he would preach the Dao of Quasi-Saint after one Yuan Meeting and then departed, allowing the cultivators to leave Purple Cloud Palace.
• Bei Ming declined Nüwa’s invitation to return to Mount Qixi, and the three sensed a surge of Dao Rhyme coming from Mount Buzhou Summit.
• Di Jiang and the Ancestor Wizards joined the rush toward Mount Buzhou after Zhurong challenged the three and Di Jiang reminded his group not to lose sight of their objective.
• The narrative revealed that the Primordial Gourd Vine bore six mature gourds destined for Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Hong Yun, Tai Yi, and Nüwa, while its guarding formation began to dissipate.

The great powers gathered at Mount Buzhou Summit as the Primordial Formation revealed six mature gourds, prompting a dispute over their distribution. Di Jiang led the Twelve Ancestor Wizards in an attack on Di Jun and Tai Yi, who struggled to withstand them without allies.

• The Three Pure Ones and other great powers arrived at Mount Buzhou Summit, while the Wu Clan drove away weaker cultivators.
• The Primordial Formation vanished and revealed the Primordial Gourd Vine with six mature gourds.
• Dong Wangong asked how the six gourds should be distributed, and Di Jiang said the Wu Clan would not compete for them but would confront Di Jun and Tai Yi.
• Di Jiang led the Twelve Ancestor Wizards in attacking Di Jun and Tai Yi, who defended themselves with the Chaos Bell and Hunyuan Heluo Great Array.
• Di Jun realized the Wu Clan had isolated him and Tai Yi from potential allies, leaving them struggling against the Ancestor Wizards.

After Di Jun and the Ancestor Wizards withdrew from the Primordial Gourds, the remaining powers fought over how to divide them. Their negotiations collapsed into battle, and Queen Mother of the West used the Kunlun Mirror to reach for the Gourd Vine as Bei Ming countered with Absolute Time.

• Di Jun ordered his forces to abandon the gourds and retreat using the Hunyuan Heluo Great Array.
• Dong Wangong proposed that each of the six remaining parties take one gourd, but the others rejected his attempt to assert authority as Immortal Chief.
• Yuanshi demanded three gourds for the Three Pure Ones, while Bei Ming, Fuxi, Hong Yun, and Zhunti each claimed a share for their side.
• Ming He called for the powers to settle the dispute by force, and Tongtian launched the first attack as the parties rushed toward the Gourd Vine.
• Ming He fought Zhunti and Jieyin, Fuxi and Nüwa faced Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi, and Bei Ming battled Dong Wangong and Queen Mother of the West.
• Queen Mother of the West used the Kunlun Mirror to shroud the Gourd Vine in time-space power, and Bei Ming summoned the Eternal Age Hourglass to counter with Absolute Time.

Bei Ming and the other victors claimed the Primordial Gourd Vine’s gourds, while Dong Wangong failed to secure one and lost prestige. After the competitors departed, Laozi expressed interest in discussing the Dao with Bei Ming, and Dong Wangong and Queen Mother of the West resolved to build their strength and authority.

• Bei Ming used the Eternal Age Hourglass to restrain Queen Mother of the West, then overcame Dong Wangong and rushed toward the Gourd Vine.
• The Three Pure Ones, Bei Ming, Hong Yun, and Nüwa each took a gourd, and Bei Ming collected the vine and its last immature gourd along with the Nine Heavens' Soil.
• Ming He and the Western pair withdrew, while Dong Wangong invited the other Great Powers to discuss governing the Primordial Wilderness.
• Laozi invited Bei Ming to discuss the Dao, and Bei Ming agreed that they might meet if fate allowed.
• Bei Ming, Nüwa, and Fuxi agreed to meet again at Zixiao Palace before departing.
• Queen Mother of the West urged Dong Wangong to consolidate their cultivation, and he vowed that they would build their forces and eventually command the immortals.

After the Golden Crow Brothers escaped the Ancestor Wizards, Di Jun planned to unite the Ten Thousand Clans against the Wu Clan. Bei Ming returned to Changbai Mountain and entered seclusion to develop the divine power Two Forms Evolve Kun Peng.

• Queen Mother of the West agreed to discuss Dong Wangong's plan after the End of Sage Preaching.
• Tai Yi used the Chaos Bell to restrain the Twelve Ancestor Wizards briefly, allowing Di Jun to flee with him and the Hetu and Luoshu.
• The Ancestor Wizards abandoned pursuit and discussed conquering the Ten Thousand Clans, while Di Jiang and Zhu Jiuyin urged restraint in their campaign.
• Di Jun returned to the Sun Star and planned to formally establish the Demon Race and unite the clans against the Wu Clan.
• Bei Ming returned to Great Void Palace, praised Han Chi's cultivation, and instructed him to avoid reckless conflicts.
• Bei Ming entered seclusion and used the Great Void Two Forms Art with the Wind and Water Laws to attempt to create Two Forms Evolve Kun Peng.

Bei Ming returned to Zixiao Palace for Hongjun’s second lecture and learned the method of cutting off the Three Corpses to reach Quasi-Saint. As the lecture ended, Bei Ming recognized that the method might help solve a problem he would face.

• Bei Ming arrived at Zixiao Palace and waited with Nüwa and Fuxi for Hongjun’s lecture to begin.
• Hongjun explained that cultivators could reach Quasi-Saint by cutting off their Good Thoughts, Evil Thoughts, and Obsession corpses, and described how to transcend rather than suppress them.
• Hongjun advised the cultivators to entrust their corpses to compatible Innate Spiritual Treasures, preferably ones aligned by origin or law.
• Bei Ming concluded that the Three Corpses method borrowed support from the Heavenly Dao to aid law comprehension, though it did not replace genuine mastery of laws.
• Bei Ming realized that the method might help him address a problem he would have to face.

Bei Ming and Laozi each slashed out a corpse during Hongjun’s Second Lecture, becoming Quasi-Saints before Hongjun announced that his next lecture would teach the Dao of Saint. After the Great Powers departed, Bei Ming, Nüwa, Fuxi, and the Three Pure Ones prepared to cultivate, while rivalries and treasure hunts spread across the Primordial Wilderness.

• Bei Ming used the Xuan Yuan Controlling Water Flag to slash out Daoist Xuan Yuan, while Laozi also successfully slashed out his Good Corpse.
• Hongjun announced that after one Yuan Meeting he would hold his final lecture and impart the Dao of Saint, then dismissed the assembly.
• Bei Ming explained the Quasi-Saint realm to Nüwa and Fuxi, urging Nüwa to cultivate toward slashing out a corpse before the next lecture.
• Yuanshi warned that Bei Ming might become a difficult future rival, while Tongtian welcomed the prospect of meeting a worthy friend or foe.
• The Three Pure Ones returned to Kunlun Mountain and entered seclusion, as other Great Powers cultivated or searched for treasures to slash corpses, leading to battles, injuries, and deaths.

As clans fleeing the Wu Clan’s advances gathered outside Changbai Mountain, Bei Ming entrusted Han Chi with protecting the mountain and its inhabitants. Han Chi accepted the task and two Spirit Treasures, while Bei Ming remained alone in the hall with his Evil Corpse, Daoist Xuan Yuan.

• Bei Ming noticed refugee clans gathering around Changbai Mountain and summoned Han Chi for his advice.
• Han Chi proposed uniting the newcomers and mountain natives to build a power in the North, but Bei Ming said he sought the Dao rather than supremacy.
• Bei Ming gave Han Chi a talisman seal that could activate the Boundless Sea Array and ordered him to protect the mountain and its native creatures.
• Bei Ming granted Han Chi the Cold Light Sword and Profound Ice Armor and told him to guard the mountain after he left.
• Han Chi withdrew to refine the treasures, and Bei Ming released his Evil Corpse, Daoist Xuan Yuan, in the empty hall.

Bei Ming discussed preparing to refine the Destruction Demon God's True Spirit with Daoist Xuan Yuan, then traveled to Zixiao Palace for the Third Lecture. There, Jieyin and Zhunti invited him to the West and offered to make him its Lord.

• Bei Ming told Daoist Xuan Yuan that he planned to clear the Northern Continent's Baleful Aura and use the resulting Heavenly Dao Merit as protection when refining the Destruction Demon God's True Spirit.
• Daoist Xuan Yuan returned to Bei Ming's main body, and Bei Ming resolved to collect Fierce Beast corpses after the Third Lecture.
• Bei Ming arrived at Zixiao Palace and saw that Yuanshi and Tongtian had become Quasi-Saints; Nüwa and Fuxi also said they had each slashed off One Corpse.
• Nüwa rebuked Jieyin over his pursuit of his true self, and Zhunti explained that the West's damaged spiritual veins and dwindling living beings had driven their actions.
• Jieyin praised Bei Ming's work in the Changbai Mountain Range, and Zhunti invited him to the West, offering him the position of its Lord.

Hongjun delivered his final sermon on the Dao of Saint, explaining the three paths to sainthood and answering the cultivators’ questions. He announced that he would Merge with the Dao, then Bei Ming asked whether Hongjun would still be the Dao Ancestor afterward.

• Bei Ming declined Jieyin and Zhunti’s invitation to join the Buddhist Sect, and Nüwa pointed out unfamiliar cultivators attending the sermon.
• Hongjun appeared in Zixiao Palace, declared this his final preaching, and taught the Dao of Saint and its three paths to attainment.
• Hongjun explained to Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian the difference between Saints and Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortals, his own method of attainment, and the relative strength of each path.
• Hongjun told Houtu that the Wu Clan had its own destined path when she asked whether they could become Saints without Primordial Spirits.
• Hongjun announced he would Merge with the Dao and that Zixiao Palace would remain closed; Di Jun considered killing Dong Wangong, while Dong Wangong reflected on Hongjun’s departure.
• Bei Ming asked Hongjun whether he would still be the Dao Ancestor after merging with the Dao.