Recaps

Yuanshi Tianzun confronted Jieyin over Juliusun’s defection to the newly established Buddhist Sect and attacked Mount Ling when Jieyin refused to hand him over. Jieyin raised his defenses, and the two Saints began a clash over the repayment of their karma.

• Laozi decided to wait for the Journey to the West and consider joining forces with the other Mystic Gate sects to suppress the Buddhist Sect.
• Yuanshi Tianzun attacked Mount Ling with his Saintly Might and demanded that Jieyin hand over Juliusun for betraying the Chan Sect.
• Jieyin refused, arguing that Juliusun had willingly taken refuge in Buddhism and that he would not abandon him to Yuanshi’s anger.
• Yuanshi attacked Jieyin with the Pangu Banner, and Jieyin blocked the strike with the Twelve Grade Merit Golden Lotus.
• Yuanshi unleashed Opening Heaven and Earth, while Jieyin summoned eighty-one sariras to form a Buddha Dharma Image and prepared to defend himself.

Yuanshi Tianzun and Jieyin ended their confrontation after Yuanshi demonstrated the Pangu Banner’s power and Jieyin offered Saint karma to settle the dispute over Juliusun. Back at Jade Void Palace, Yuanshi refused Haotian’s demand for the Investiture of the Gods List and ordered his disciples to strengthen the Chan Sect.

• Yuanshi’s strike with the Pangu Qi Blade damaged Jieyin’s Sarira and weakened the Twelve Grade Merit Golden Lotus, but Jieyin protected Mount Ling.
• Jieyin proposed offsetting the Buddhist Sect’s acceptance of Chan Sect disciples with the Saint karma he owed, and Yuanshi agreed to spare Juliusun for now.
• Yuanshi returned to Jade Void Palace and resolved to focus on improving his disciples’ strength after the Investiture battle.
• Nanji Xianweng reported that Haotian had demanded the Investiture of the Gods List, but Yuanshi ordered him to keep the list and the God-Smiting Whip.
• Yuanshi sent Nanji Xianweng and Jiang Ziya to report to the Heavenly Court and instructed the disciples to cultivate diligently; Guang Chengzi vowed they would eventually slay Randeng and Juliusun.

Yuanshi praised Guang Chengzi’s resolve and prepared to teach the Chan Sect disciples, while Tongtian rallied the diminished Jie Sect and assigned Jin Chanzi a path to control his fierce-beast bloodline. The chapter ended with Tongtian ordering Duobao to arrange and guard Jin Chanzi’s ten lifetimes of reincarnation.

• Yuanshi approved Guang Chengzi’s declaration and promised to expound Yuqing’s cultivation method to the Chan Sect disciples.
• Tongtian summoned more than two hundred surviving Jie Sect disciples to Biyou Palace and lamented that the Buddhist Sect had risen where the Jie Sect had fallen.
• Duobao urged Tongtian to rebuild the Jie Sect by spreading its teachings and grasping a ray of hope for struggling beings.
• Tongtian rallied the disciples, who pledged to follow him and uphold the Jie Sect’s Dao.
• Tongtian ordered Jin Chanzi to undergo ten lifetimes of reincarnation and accumulate good deeds to suppress his fierce-beast bloodline.
• Tongtian instructed Duobao to negotiate with the Netherworld Underworld, arrange Jin Chanzi’s reincarnations, and guard against interference.

Tongtian Sect Master arranged for Jie Sect disciples to prepare for the Journey to the West and began training three disciples for the coming struggle. In the Heavenly Court, Haotian gathered the gods in a grand assembly and hoped to use the Investiture of the Gods List to command the Jie Sect gods, while the Literary Sect’s influence continued to evade his authority.

• Tongtian Sect Master sent Duobao to the Netherworld Mansion to arrange reincarnation for the deceased Jie Sect disciples.
• Tongtian Sect Master ordered Zhao Gongming to lead the other disciples westward and secure key locations for the Journey to the West.
• Tongtian Sect Master kept Wudang, Clouds, and Immortal Wuyun behind to teach them the Dao of Quasi-Saint and urged them to advance before the tribulation began.
• Haotian and Yaochi presided over a grand assembly in Lingxiao Treasure Hall, where the gods stood divided mainly between the Literary Sect and Jie Sect.
• Haotian hoped to use the Investiture of the Gods List to control the listed Jie Sect gods, but the Literary Sect’s divine officials continued to ignore many Heavenly Emperor edicts.

Haotian tried to assert his authority over the Heavenly Court, but Saint Mother Guiling challenged the court’s lack of real influence over the Primordial Wilderness. When Haotian demanded the Investiture of the Gods List from Nanji Xianweng, Nanji refused and directed him to seek Yuanshi Tianzun’s approval; Haotian backed down, and Han Chi tried to calm the officials.

• The Jie Sect gods gave Haotian only a formal salute, showing little reverence despite their divine appointments.
• Saint Mother Guiling questioned Haotian’s claim to rule the Primordial Wilderness, leaving him unable to answer.
• Haotian asked Nanji Xianweng to surrender the Investiture of the Gods List so he could secure the Divine Path and the gods’ loyalty.
• Nanji Xianweng refused, argued that the list should remain with him and the God-Smiting Whip with Ziya, and told Haotian to ask Yuanshi Tianzun directly.
• Haotian angrily accused Nanji of disregarding him, but did not dare go to Jade Void Palace to confront Yuanshi Tianzun.
• Han Chi urged the officials to remain calm and described the Heavenly Court as a place where they could cultivate while fulfilling their duties.

After the court assembly, Haotian despaired over how little authority he held and rejected Yaochi’s counsel to accept his position. Alone in his quiet room, he tried to calm his resentment through meditation, but a Heart Demon began speaking to him.

• Saint Mother Jin Ling and Guichenzi urged the ministers to stop provoking conflict, and Haotian dismissed the court.
• Yaochi told Haotian the Heavenly Court was functioning well and urged him to let go of power he could not claim.
• Haotian said he would retreat into seclusion and left the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, leaving Yaochi to manage the court’s daily affairs.
• Haotian sat in his quiet room and brooded over the Saints’ disciples controlling the Heavenly Court and denying him the Investiture of the Gods List.
• Haotian tried to draw on the Heavenly Court’s Luck to settle his Dao heart, but a voice mocked his distress and obsession.

Demon Spirit Saint infiltrated Haotian’s bedchamber and used Heart Demon Induction to corrupt him for the Demon Sect’s plan to seize the Heavenly Court. As Haotian struggled between Dao and demon, Yaochi sensed an ominous danger but could not identify its source.

• Haotian woke to a demonic voice in his mind and summoned the Haotian Pagoda, Haotian Mirror, and Haotian Sword to search his bedchamber.
• Demon Spirit Saint emerged from the void, suppressed Haotian, and revealed himself as the Demon Sect’s chief elder.
• Demon Spirit Saint explained that the Demon Sect intended to take over the Heavenly Court and identified Haotian’s resentment and fear as fertile ground for a Devil Seed.
• Demon Spirit Saint cast Heart Demon Induction, causing demonic qi to surge through Haotian and clash with his imperial-path Immortal light.
• Yaochi felt an unexplained heart palpitation, but her attempts to calculate its cause were obscured by ill omen.

After Yaochi warned that the Heavenly Court’s secrets had become impossible to read, Guichenzi judged that the Demon Sect might target the Heavenly Court and urged the Four Emperors to prepare a defensive retreat into the starry sky. Han Chi ordered Literary Sect forces to assemble in the Ziwei Enclosure, and the Chan and Jie Sect forces moved to join them as the Heavenly Court braced for battle.

• Yaochi warned the Four Emperors that the Heavenly Court had undergone a mysterious change and ordered them to heighten their guard.
• Guichenzi arrived at Han Chi’s mansion and argued that the Demon Sect might attack the Heavenly Court, proposing that they gather their forces in the Ziwei Enclosure and activate a defensive Zhou Tian Star Array.
• Han Chi issued a joint order with Guichenzi for trustworthy gods, officials, and Star Lords to assemble in the Ziwei Enclosure and sought cooperation from the other emperors.
• Nanji Xianweng led Dao Xing Tianzun, Huanglong Zhenren, Jiang Ziya, and other Chan Sect members toward the Ziwei Enclosure.
• Saint Mother Jin Ling ordered the Jie Sect gods to assemble at the Ziwei Enclosure in accordance with Tongtian Sect Master and Duobao Daoist’s instructions.
• Forces from various religions streamed across the Heavenly Realm toward the Ziwei Enclosure as tension mounted.

Yaochi discovered that Haotian had fallen into the Demonic Dao and fought him while calling the Four Emperors for help. Demon Spirit Saint controlled the corrupted Heavenly Court and waited for Wutian to establish the Demon Sect as the Four Emperors considered the hidden plot behind Haotian’s corruption.

• Yaochi broke through the restriction on Haotian’s chambers and found him demonized; Haotian attacked her with the Haotian Sword.
• Yaochi used the Inverted Chaos Flag to deflect Haotian’s attacks and summoned Guichenzi, Han Chi, Nanji Xianweng, and Saint Mother Jin Ling for aid.
• Demon Spirit Saint occupied the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, corrupted its officials and servants, and watched Haotian and Yaochi fight through a projection.
• The Four Emperors received Yaochi’s call, and Han Chi warned that Haotian’s fall was likely caused by a hidden plot rather than simple cultivation deviation.

After Haotian fell to demonic corruption, Guichenzi and Han Chi prepared the Heavenly Court for a possible attack while the Three Sects urged caution. Bei Ming and Nüwa saw Haotian’s fall as an opening to replace him as ruler of the Heavenly Court.

• Han Chi urged Guichenzi, Nanji Xianweng, and Saint Mother Jin Ling to seal the Starry Sky, summon Ling Yan, and have Yaochi retreat rather than rush to Haotian’s rescue.
• Guichenzi assigned Han Chi to activate the Zhou Tian Star Array and ordered Nanji Xianweng and Saint Mother Jin Ling to defend Ziwei Star and guide Yaochi back to safety.
• Han Chi activated the three hundred and sixty-five main stars and sealed off the Heavenly Realm with the array, while the leaders sent reports to their respective sects.
• Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian Sect Master instructed Nanji Xianweng and Saint Mother Jin Ling to preserve their forces and cooperate with the Literary Sect’s plans.
• Bei Ming told Nüwa that Wutian was advancing on Mount Sumeru and argued that Haotian’s fall left the Heavenly Court ready for a new ruler; Nüwa agreed.

Nüwa planned to seek the Human Race’s support for taking control of the Heavenly Court, while Bei Ming ordered a rescue for Yaochi and prepared an expedition against Mount Sumeru. Wutian re-established the Demon Sect, proclaimed its cause across the Primordial Wilderness, and unleashed widespread attacks that began a new killing tribulation.

• Nüwa told Bei Ming that the Human Race should lead the Heavenly Court and left for Huoyun Cave to coordinate with her older brothers.
• Ling Yan reported that Haotian had been demonized and was fighting Yaochi, while Guichenzi and three Great Emperors defended the Ziwei Enclosure with the Zhou Tian Star Array.
• Bei Ming sent Ling Yan to rescue Yaochi, then instructed her to join Old Ancestor Ming He and prepare an expedition west against Mount Sumeru.
• Wutian confirmed that Mount Sumeru had no remaining traps, gathered the Demon Sect’s hidden followers, and declared the sect re-established.
• Wutian’s proclamation shook the Primordial Wilderness and raised the Demon Sect’s luck alongside that of the Mystic Gate and Buddhist Sect.
• Demon Sect followers revealed themselves across the Primordial Wilderness and attacked cultivators, mortals, cities, and territories, spreading chaos and beginning a new killing tribulation.

After Wutian reestablished the Demon Sect, the forces of the Primordial Wilderness mobilized to suppress its disciples and drive them west. Bei Ming, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Tongtian Sect Master sent their disciples out to fight, with the chapter ending as the Jie Sect prepared to join Zhao Gongming and pursue merit that could aid cultivation breakthroughs.

• Clans, regional powers, Rogue Cultivators, and immortal sects began encircling Demon Sect disciples, while the Saints agreed to keep the decisive battle in the West.
• Bei Ming ordered Yinglong to guard the Great Void Palace and put Moyuan in command of the Literary Sect’s demon-slaying campaign, directing him to join Ling Yan and Ming He at Asura City after clearing the Eastern Continent.
• Yuanshi Tianzun ordered Guang Chengzi to lead Chan Sect disciples down the mountain to purge demonic cultivators.
• Tongtian Sect Master sent Wudang, Immortal Wuyun, and Clouds to join Zhao Gongming, gather Jie Sect disciples, and fight the Demon Sect, urging Wuyun and Clouds to use the merit gained to break through.

As the Demon Sect spread chaos, Laozi sent Xuandu to join Chan Sect’s forces, while Nüwa ordered Kong Xuan and Lu Ya to hunt evil cultivators. At Huoyun Cave, Nüwa told the Three Sovereigns that Haotian’s fall created an opening for the Human Race to claim the Heavenly Emperor’s vacant position and advance its standing among the ten thousand clans.

• Laozi ordered Xuandu to descend the mountain, join Guang Chengzi, and help eliminate the Demon Sect’s evil cultivators.
• Nüwa sent Kong Xuan and Lu Ya to leave the mountain and clear out evil cultivators.
• Nüwa met Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan at Huoyun Cave, where they discussed the Human Race’s limits and its difficulty uniting the ten thousand clans.
• Nüwa explained that Haotian’s loss of the Heavenly Emperor position gave the Human Race a chance to contend for it.
• Fuxi and Xuanyuan recognized that a human lord as Heavenly Emperor could use the Heavenly Court’s authority to integrate the ten thousand clans and extend Human Race influence.

The Three Sovereigns adopted a strategy of dividing the Demon Race’s remnants, allying with new clans, and using the Demon Sect’s attacks to unite the Primordial Wilderness around humanity. They issued a mobilization order and sent humanity’s forces to the front, where Fuxi took command and Shennong organized the supply of pills.

• Nüwa told Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan to unite humanity and take part in the Demon Calamity, while distinguishing ancient Demon Court loyalists from neutral clans and potential allies.
• The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors issued an edict ordering humanity’s regions to send elite cultivators against the Demon Sect and aid afflicted allies.
• Humanity mobilized troops, supplies, formations, and transport across its thirty-six regions.
• Fuxi left Huoyun Cave with nearly half its elite cultivators to coordinate the front lines and use the Hetu and Luoshu to locate demonic forces.
• Shennong opened Huoyun Cave’s furnaces and organized humanity’s alchemists to produce pills and medicines for the soldiers.

Fuxi used the Hetu and Luoshu to coordinate an increasingly powerful anti-demon alliance, while the newly established Han dynasty sought recognition from the Human Race’s ancestral land. Fuxi tasked Liu Bang with securing the Nine Provinces and supporting the war from the rear.

• Fuxi used the Hetu and Luoshu to uncover Demon Sect movements and direct precise attacks by Human Race and allied forces.
• Cultivators from several sects and growing numbers of small and major powers joined the Human-centered anti-demon alliance.
• The Qin dynasty rose under Ying Zheng, collapsed after Zhao Gao’s treachery and widespread rebellion, and gave way to Liu Bang’s Han dynasty after the Chu-Han struggle.
• Liu Bang brought Zhang Liang and gifts to meet Fuxi, pledged the Nine Provinces’ support for the anti-demon war, and sought the ancestral land’s recognition.
• Fuxi told Liu Bang to protect the Nine Provinces, maintain order, and supply the war effort rather than send mortal troops to the front.
• Liu Bang returned to the Han court satisfied and devoted his strength to managing the rear.

Demon Spirit Saint seized most of the Heavenly Court in Wutian’s name, while the Zhou Tian Star Array and Tushita Palace resisted the demonic tide. As the Demon Sect prepared to use its brief rise for strategic schemes, demonized Haotian continued fighting Yaochi amid the ruins of the Heavenly Emperor’s Bedchamber.

• Demon Spirit Saint unleashed demonic qi across the Heavenly Realm and declared that the Demon Sect had taken command of the Heavenly Court under Wutian.
• Guichenzi, Han Chi, Nanji Xianweng, Saint Mother Jin Ling, and the other defenders withdrew beneath the Zhou Tian Star Array, while Taishang Laojun kept Tushita Palace sealed against the demonic qi.
• Demon Spirit Saint refrained from attacking the Star Array or Tushita Palace, judging the risks too great for his puppet body and the Demon Sect’s plans.
• Demon Spirit Saint recognized the Demon Sect’s shortage of powerful fighters and relied on Mosquito Daoist as its rare Golden Immortal of the Origin.
• Demon Spirit Saint viewed the Demon Sect’s surge of power as a temporary opportunity and its demon cultivators as expendable resources for strategic objectives.
• Demonized Haotian attacked Yaochi with the Haotian Sword, forcing her to dodge through the ruins of the Heavenly Emperor’s Bedchamber.

Ling Yan arrived at the Heavenly Court and joined Yaochi against demonized Haotian, but Demon Spirit Saint intervened and proved able to block Ling Yan’s Five Elements Divine Light. After tormenting Haotian’s Primordial Spirit and ordering him to Mount Sumeru, Demon Spirit Saint turned his pressure on Yaochi as she tried to pursue him.

• Ling Yan arrived and attacked Haotian’s three spirit treasures with the Five Elements Divine Light, but Demon Spirit Saint blocked her strike.
• Ling Yan recognized Demon Spirit Saint and summoned the Five Elements Mysterious Pivot Fan and Innate Five Directions Flags while Yaochi withdrew to her side.
• Yaochi thanked Ling Yan for coming to help, and Ling Yan explained that her master had sent her after Guichenzi reported the crisis.
• Demon Spirit Saint crushed Haotian’s Primordial Spirit with his power, berated him, and ordered him to go to Mount Sumeru to await Sect Leader Wutian’s orders.
• Haotian fled toward Western Mount Sumeru, and Demon Spirit Saint’s soul-stifling pressure stopped Yaochi when she tried to chase him.

Ling Yan sent Yaochi into Five Elements Heaven and Earth, then faced the Demon Spirit Saint with the Innate Five Elements Great Formation and several spirit treasures. She combined the formation’s Five Elements power with the Precious Lotus Lantern, which transformed into the Twenty-Four Petal Five Elements Saint Lotus.

• Yaochi warned Ling Yan that the Demon Spirit Saint’s Laws and power rivaled what she had sensed from Hongjun before he became a saint.
• Ling Yan sent Yaochi into Five Elements Heaven and Earth, and Yaochi lent Ling Yan the Milky Way Divine Hairpin and Inverted Chaos Flag.
• Ling Yan formed the Innate Five Elements Great Formation and added the Precious Lotus Lantern and other treasures to her defenses.
• The Demon Spirit Saint struck the formation with a storm of soul power and Devil Realm origin, shaking it and disrupting its operation.
• Ling Yan counterattacked by cycling the Five Elements power through the flags and into the Precious Lotus Lantern.
• The lantern flame became the Twenty-Four Petal Five Elements Saint Lotus.

Demon Spirit Saint called on the Soul Demon God’s power and nearly destroyed Ling Yan’s protective lotus with Nine Chapters of Soul Burial. Bei Ming arrived, drove the Soul Demon God’s will from its host, and captured the fleeing Devil Realm origin and the remaining Split Soul.

• Demon Spirit Saint summoned the Soul Demon God, who sent a projection of the Soul Orb to possess him.
• Demon Spirit Saint unleashed Nine Chapters of Soul Burial, cracking Ling Yan’s Twenty-Four Petal Five Elements Saint Lotus and injuring her.
• Ling Yan tried to escape through a reversed Five Elements formation, but Bei Ming’s Destruction Scepter appeared and erased the soul attack.
• Bei Ming told Ling Yan to settle Yaochi and proceed to Asura City, and she departed for the starry sky.
• Bei Ming crushed Demon Spirit Saint’s possessed body, sealed the Devil Realm origin into a crystal core, and imprisoned the Soul Demon God’s Split Soul.

Beiming handed the Soul Demon God's captured Split Soul to Reincarnation Old Ancestor, who condemned it to repeated animal reincarnations as punishment. Reincarnation Old Ancestor then agreed to guard the Heavenly Court ruins, while the Soul Demon God's original body raged in the chaos over the humiliation.

• Beiming summoned Reincarnation Old Ancestor and asked him to punish the Soul Demon God's Split Soul for possessing a Split Soul to fight his disciple.
• Reincarnation Old Ancestor proposed sending the Split Soul through the Animal Path and used a Reincarnation Curse Seal to subject it to the Eighteen Levels of Hell.
• Reincarnation Old Ancestor placed the Split Soul in the Reincarnation Compass and opened a special passage to reincarnate it for one Yuan Meeting before erasing it.
• Beiming tasked Reincarnation Old Ancestor with guarding the Heavenly Court ruins and monitoring for demonic threats.
• The Soul Demon God's original body sensed his Split Soul repeatedly reincarnating as animals without awakening and erupted in rage and shame.

Bei Ming explained to Hongjun how the Demon Calamity could draw the Chaos Gods into the Primordial World and proposed using the conflict to repel them and restore the West. He asked Hongjun to lend him the Heavenly Dao’s power to strengthen the Six Souls Banner against the Soul Demon God, and Hongjun listened without answering.

• The Emotion Demon God and Sin Demon God arrived as the Soul Demon God raged over the humiliation of his split soul, then discussed their plans to attack the Primordial World.
• The Soul Demon God said Luo Hou and Hongjun’s conflict and the growing Demon Calamity would create an opening for their assault.
• Bei Ming warned Hongjun that Luo Hou might cooperate with the Chaos Gods, destabilizing the Heavenly Dao and bringing the Primordial World’s greatest calamity since its creation.
• Bei Ming argued that defeating the invaders could let them use the Chaos Gods’ origins to repair the West and strengthen the Primordial World’s foundation.
• Bei Ming asked Hongjun to empower the Six Souls Banner with the Heavenly Dao’s power so he could weaken the Soul Demon God and create a chance to kill him.
• Hongjun silently considered Bei Ming’s request and the Six Souls Banner.

Hongjun reflected on how Bei Ming had surpassed his expectations and become a vital force for Honghuang, then agreed to let him borrow the Heavenly Dao’s power against the Chaos Gods. In return, Bei Ming promised to use his Laws of Destruction to erase the Devil Realm after the crisis.

• Hongjun recalled how he had planned to equip Bei Ming with defensive treasures, but Bei Ming’s success in refining the Three Immortal Islands made him an unpredictable force beyond Hongjun’s deductions.
• Bei Ming argued that his contributions, responsibilities, and strength justified borrowing the Heavenly Dao’s power to defend Honghuang from the Chaos Gods and Luo Hou’s Devil Realm.
• Hongjun agreed to lend Bei Ming the Heavenly Dao’s power on the condition that he erase the Devil Realm after repelling the invaders and pacifying the internal chaos.
• Bei Ming accepted the condition and vowed to destroy the Devil Realm, which Hongjun feared Luo Hou could use to undermine Honghuang during the coming war.

Hongjun empowered Bei Ming’s Six Souls Banner with Heavenly Dao power for the coming war against the Devil Realm. At Ziwei Star, Ling Yan delivered Yaochi to the Four Emperors and ordered them to retake the Heavenly Court, while Yaochi asked to join the attack on Mount Sumeru to try to save Haotian.

• Hongjun gave Bei Ming a bead containing Heavenly Dao power, which Bei Ming fused into the Six Souls Banner to strengthen it and reduce its backlash.
• Bei Ming told Hongjun he had to return to coordinate preparations for the full-scale attack on the Demon Sect, and Hongjun sent him on his way.
• Ling Yan brought Yaochi through the Zhou Tian Star Array to Ziwei Star, where the Four Emperors reported that Xuan Sect forces had withdrawn safely but many other Heavenly Court officials were lost or demonized.
• Ling Yan ordered the Four Emperors to retake the Heavenly Court when the allied forces attacked Mount Sumeru and to use it to suppress demonic threats across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Yaochi asked to accompany Ling Yan to Asura City and try to save Haotian, but Ling Yan urged her to remain with the Four Emperors and lead the effort to reclaim and defend the Heavenly Court.

Ling Yan persuaded Yaochi to stay and help retake the Heavenly Court, then joined Zhunti and Old Ancestor Ming He in Asura City. Zhunti revealed that Wutian was Kimnara, a former disciple of the Western Religion, while Ming He vowed to kill him on the battlefield.

• Yaochi agreed to cooperate with the Four Emperors in retaking the Heavenly Court and asked Ling Yan to try to spare Haotian.
• Ling Yan flew to Asura City after learning that Haotian had fallen to the Demonic Dao and been sent to Mount Sumeru.
• Ling Yan told Zhunti and Old Ancestor Ming He that the Heavenly Court's forces had withdrawn into the Star Sky and could counterattack.
• Zhunti revealed that Wutian was Kimnara, a former Western Religion disciple who had disappeared while training.
• Old Ancestor Ming He rejected the idea of sparing Wutian and declared that he would kill him if they met in battle.

Zhunti failed to persuade Ming He and Ling Yan to spare or convert Wutian, while Ling Yan prepared to break through in seclusion. As the allied forces crushed the Demon Sect in the east, Six Eared Macaque fled west but was intercepted by Wukong.

• Ling Yan and Ming He rejected Zhunti’s idea of converting Wutian and insisted that the Demon Sect’s master must be executed.
• Zhunti left for Mount Ling after agreeing to defer further discussion until Fuxi arrived with the main force.
• Ling Yan asked to retreat into Youxuan Cave to pursue a breakthrough, and Ming He agreed to oversee the coalition’s affairs.
• Fuxi’s command helped the allied army rout the Demon Sect forces across the Eastern Continent, forcing survivors to flee west toward Mount Sumeru.
• Six Eared Macaque abandoned his hiding place and tried to escape west as Fuxi’s forces closed in.
• Wukong descended in front of Six Eared Macaque and blocked his escape after Fuxi sent him intelligence about their karmic entanglement.