Recaps

Bei Ming secured the Literary Sect a major role in the Heavenly Court and helped the West gain a place in the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors arrangements. At the Kunlun Competition, Ling Yan defeated Duobao and became one of the final five victors.

• The Saints agreed to gather at Kunlun to arrange teachers for the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, while Haotian and Yaochi left to seek the Demon Race's inheritance.
• Bei Ming traded with Jieyin for the Azure Lotus Treasure Color Flag by promising Western Religion a chance to spread its teachings in the East, and Ling Yan used the flags to reach the Quasi-Saint realm.
• Bei Ming appointed Guichenzi and Han Chi to lead the Literary Sect's Heavenly Court contingent, and Haotian accepted their extensive list of divine offices despite his anger.
• Jin Ling brought Jie Sect disciples to the Heavenly Court, where the Literary Sect already held many key posts, while Haotian descended to recruit cultivators of his own.
• The Saints gathered at Kunlun and assigned Fuxi the Heavenly Sovereign role, the Human Emperor to Yuanshi, and the Five Emperors' positions among Tongtian, Jieyin, and Bei Ming.
• Yuanshi established five arenas for the sects' competition, and Ling Yan suppressed Duobao's treasures, thunder, and sword attack until he conceded.
• Yuanshi named Ling Yan one of the final five victors after no other Quasi-Saints challenged her, while Guang Chengzi and Yao Shi began their contest.

The Xuan Sect Competition ended with Suyao, Guang Chengzi, Clouds, Ling Yan, and Moyuan as its victors, while the Saints prepared their disciples to guide the Human Race. Bei Ming’s plans for the Four Monkeys began with the Stone Monkey’s rise and defeat, as Fuxi regained his former memories and cultivation through the Eight Trigrams Diagram.

• Guang Chengzi and Suyao won successive arena battles, while Zhao Gongming and Clouds also claimed victories before Lan Sheng defeated Clouds through an illusion.
• Clouds escaped Lan Sheng’s illusion by severing parts of her soul, defeated him, and became Tongtian’s fifth Direct Disciple.
• Moyuan broke through to the peak of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, defeated Xuandu, and went on to win the Fifth Arena.
• Yuanshi awarded prizes to the five victors, and Bei Ming assigned Ling Yan to teach Fuxi, Suyao to teach the Earth Emperor, and Moyuan to prepare treasures for Dayu.
• Bei Ming reforged the Seven Heavenly Mang God Swords and discovered the origins of the Four Monkeys of Destruction, then created the Lingming Stone Monkey from Nüwa’s Five-Colored Stone.
• The Stone Monkey became the Handsome Monkey King, but White Eyebrow Divine Eagle defeated him and scattered his followers, prompting him to seek a Literary Sect expert.
• Ling Yan accepted the newborn Fuxi as her disciple, and Fuxi later led the Human Race through new inventions, reforms, and a growing system of rule.
• Ling Yan gave Fuxi the Hetu and Luoshu, and he created the Eight Trigrams Diagram, regained his past-life memories, and returned to Great Luo Golden Immortal cultivation.

Fuxi became the Human Race’s Heavenly Sovereign and Shennong succeeded him, while Wukong trained under Bei Ming and later set out on a journey. Shennong’s campaign against the East Sea Dragon Clan ended with Ling Yan driving back Haotian, and Wukong discovered a concealed Immortal Mountain.

• Suirenshi pledged to support Fuxi, who taught the Eight Trigrams and won the Human Race’s allegiance before ascending as Heavenly Sovereign and becoming the Head of the Three Sovereigns.
• Bei Ming and Nüwa arranged for the Three Sovereigns to govern in rotation while the others stayed in Huoyun Cave, and Fuxi prepared to pass the throne to Shennong.
• Bei Ming made Sun Wukong his Direct Disciple, gave him the name Wukong, and taught him for a thousand years before sending him to travel abroad.
• Shennong succeeded Fuxi as Earth Emperor, then confronted the East Sea Dragon Clan after Ao Yi attacked Nüwa and Shennong demanded Ao Yi and the Inner Sea.
• Shennong led the Human Race’s eastern expedition and defeated the East Sea Dragon Clan, but Haotian intervened to claim the surviving dragons for the Heavenly Court.
• Ling Yan fought Haotian and defeated him with the Five Directional Flags, allowing Shennong to kill Ao Guang and redraw the East Sea boundaries for the Human Race.
• Yaochi traded Immortal Peaches for Haotian’s sword and pagoda, while Han Chi judged that Haotian’s loss of prestige had served his aims.
• Bei Ming sent Wukong on his journey with three Life-saving Hairs, and Wukong broke through a Formation to reveal an Immortal Mountain on the Sea.

Bei Ming uncovered the Soul Demon God’s plans and began arranging for the Earth Book and Ming He’s Asura Race to support a gradual campaign in the West. As Luo Hou allied with the Soul Demon God, Jieyin and Zhunti faced Ming He’s occupation of Mount Wanshou and the threat of conflict.

• Wukong claimed Water Curtain Cave for his Daoist arena, appointed Xia Ba guardian of Flower Fruit Mountain, and began refining the Xuanhe Pendant.
• Chiyou sought Wu Clan support for the Human Emperor struggle but Ju Mang barred the Human-Wu from Mount Buzhou, while Xuanyuan became Guang Chengzi’s disciple.
• Reincarnation Old Ancestor revealed the Soul Demon God’s interest in the Primordial Wilderness, and Bei Ming captured and erased the demon’s Split Soul before ordering the Old Ancestor to retrieve the Earth Book and find infiltrators.
• Xuanyuan defeated Chiyou with the Xuanyuan Sword and strategies from Guang Chengzi and Jiutian Xuannu, ending the Human-Wu conflict as the Heavenly Dao distributed the Human Emperor’s Merit.
• Bei Ming urged Hongjun to support a trap for the Soul Demon God, but Hongjun refused to risk the Primordial Wilderness on a preemptive strike.
• Reincarnation Old Ancestor and Ming He attacked Zhen Yuanzi for the Earth Book, destroyed Mount Wanshou, and left Zhen Yuanzi dead after his incomplete self-explosion damaged the spiritual veins.
• Reincarnation Old Ancestor delivered the Earth Book to Bei Ming, and Ming He pledged the Asura Race to the Literary Sect as its vanguard in a gradual campaign to restore the West.
• The Soul Demon God allied with Luo Hou to spread Heart Demon Seeds, while Zhunti confronted Ming He at Asura City and returned to Jieyin, who treated the Asura advance as a possible opportunity for the West.