Recaps

Jing Chu awakened as the Twelfth-Grade Pure World White Lotus, a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure descended from the Primordial Chaos Green Lotus, and learned that transforming would be necessary to survive. After Hongjun announced his Sainthood and a future lecture at Purple Cloud Palace, Jing Chu resolved to transform before the Witch-Demon Calamity and seek protection from one of the Three Teachings.

• Jing Chu realized he had transmigrated into the Purifying World White Lotus and traced his origins to the Primordial Chaos Green Lotus alongside Pangu.
• He claimed the name Jing Chu, received inherited memories, and entered a long period of enlightenment that revealed a path to transformation.
• Jing Chu continued cultivating on his island, absorbing spiritual energy and receiving Three Lights Divine Water on his petals.
• Hongjun announced that he had attained Sainthood and would expound the Great Dao at Purple Cloud Palace in ten thousand years.
• Jing Chu recognized the dangers ahead and decided to transform before the Witch-Demon Calamity and join one of the Three Teachings for protection.

After comprehending his origin, Jing Chu transformed into human form as a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal and gathered treasures from the island that had nurtured him. He left for the East Sea, hoping to find a Sage master and secure a safe path through the coming calamity.

• Jing Chu completed his transformation from the Twelfth-Grade Pure World White Lotus into human form, beginning as an early Primordial Unity Golden Immortal.
• Jing Chu explored his birthplace and collected its spiritual roots, including the Enlightenment Tea Tree, two innate spiritual treasures, and Three Lights Divine Water.
• Jing Chu broke through the island's Innate dharma array and flew into the East Sea.
• Jing Chu traveled across the East Sea for thousands of years, finding opportunities and gradually improving his cultivation without encountering enemies.
• Jing Chu sought a Sage master to join a powerful sect and stay safe before the Witch-Demon Calamity.

After learning that the Witch-Demon War would soon bring a great tribulation, Jing Chu headed for Kunlun Mountain to seek a master among the Three Pure Ones. On the way, he found Zhao Gongming and the Three Skies fleeing two Golden Flood Dragons and intervened, leaving the dragons badly wounded and charging at him.

• Jing Chu learned from island clans that the Demon Clan ruled the heavens, the Witch Clan ruled the earth, and the Sages had yet to emerge.
• Jing Chu chose Primordial Heavenly Venerable as his preferred master and traveled toward Kunlun Mountain.
• Jing Chu detected a battle and saw two Taiyi Golden Immortal Golden Flood Dragons pursuing Zhao Gongming and the Three Skies.
• Jing Chu purified the dragons' baleful aura and cut them with his Void-Piercing Sword, badly injuring them.
• The Golden Flood Dragons abandoned their pursuit of Zhao Gongming and the Three Skies and attacked Jing Chu together.
• Jing Chu told Zhao Gongming and the Three Skies not to worry and invoked Purifying World Divine Light.

Jing Chu purified and killed the two Golden Flood Dragons, saving the Three Skies and Zhao Gongming, then invited them to travel with him to the Primordial Land and seek the Three Pure Ones as masters. After a thousand years of listening to Jing Chu expound the Dao, the four began transforming into Dao Bodies.

• Jing Chu used the Purifying World White Lotus to destroy the two Golden Flood Dragons and collected their bodies.
• Yunxiao thanked Jing Chu, who healed the injuries of the Three Skies and Zhao Gongming.
• Zhao Gongming explained that the four had fled their island to escape the dragons, and Jing Chu invited them to travel with him to the Primordial Land.
• Yunxiao agreed to travel with Jing Chu, and the others followed; Jing Chu then offered to guide them in transforming.
• Jing Chu and the four discussed the Dao on an island for a thousand years, and the Three Skies and Zhao Gongming began constructing their Primordial Dao Bodies.

Jing Chu led Zhao Gongming and the Three Skies from the East Sea toward Kunlun Mountain after they completed their transformations. The group reached the mountain and began approaching the Three Pure Ones’ Daoist grounds, with Bixiao’s playful complaints briefly delaying them.

• Jing Chu congratulated Zhao Gongming, Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao on taking form, and they promised to remember his kindness.
• Jing Chu set out with the four newly transformed immortals and slowed his flight to accommodate their cultivation levels.
• After a journey of at least ten thousand years, Jing Chu and his companions reached Kunlun Mountain and marveled at its immense size, spiritual energy, and Dao aura.
• Jing Chu urged Zhao Gongming and the Three Skies to approach the mountain, and Yunxiao and Zhao Gongming followed him on foot.
• Bixiao complained that Jing Chu had called on only Zhao Gongming and Yunxiao, then ate the spiritual fruit Jing Chu tossed her as the group continued toward the Three Pure Ones’ Daoist grounds.

Shangqing Tongtian decided to take Jing Chu, Zhao Gongming, and the Three Skies as disciples after discussing their origins with Yuqing Yuanshi and Taiqing. The five disciples joined Tongtian, who then prepared to bring them to meet their senior uncles.

• Shangqing Tongtian praised Jing Chu and the Three Skies, and Yuqing Yuanshi and Taiqing agreed they were suitable disciples.
• Tongtian left the Three Pure Ones' courtyard and appeared before Jing Chu and his companions as they climbed Kunlun Mountain.
• Tongtian asked the five travelers to take him as their master, and Jing Chu immediately accepted.
• Zhao Gongming, Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao also bowed and became Tongtian's disciples.
• Tongtian welcomed his five personal disciples and said they would visit Yuqing Yuanshi and Taiqing before he taught them the Upper Pure Immortal Arts.

Tongtian brought Jing Chu and his four fellow disciples to meet Taiqing and Yuqing on Kunlun Mountain, where Yuanshi recognized Jing Chu’s noble origins as the Twelfth-Grade Pure World White Lotus. The two martial uncles gave the disciples meeting gifts, and Yuanshi promised to refine one suitable spiritual treasure for each of them.

• Tongtian tore through space and led Jing Chu and the others to a courtyard on Kunlun Mountain to greet Taiqing and Yuqing.
• Yuqing praised the Three Skies and Zhao Gongming’s origins, then revealed that Jing Chu had taken form from the Twelfth-Grade Pure World White Lotus and had origins comparable to the Three Pure Ones.
• Zhao Gongming and the Three Skies were shocked by Jing Chu’s origins but remained pleased for him.
• Taiqing gave Jing Chu and the others five gourds of Golden Cores as meeting gifts.
• At Tongtian’s prompting, Yuqing promised to refine one suitable spiritual treasure for each disciple, delighting Jing Chu.

Tongtian sent Jing Chu and the others to choose cave dwellings on Kunlun Mountain, where Duobao guided them and introduced them to the sparse ranks of Tongtian’s disciples. Jing Chu settled beside Yunxiao and the Three Skies, while Duobao teased him about his romantic fortune.

• Tongtian dismissed Jing Chu and the other four to establish cave dwellings, and Duobao appeared to guide them around Kunlun Mountain.
• Zhao Gongming asked why Duobao had stayed far from Three Friends' Courtyard, and Duobao admitted that Yuanshi frightened him before Bixiao guessed he had been punished.
• Duobao explained that Jin Ling and Wu Dang were in seclusion, while he had reached the Late Primordial Unity Golden Immortal stage.
• Zhao Gongming chose a cave dwelling where innate wind veins converged, and Jing Chu opened one in a place rich in spiritual energy.
• Yunxiao chose a cave dwelling beside Jing Chu, and the Three Skies settled nearby after abandoning their own search.
• Duobao gave Jing Chu a knowing look and teased him about his romantic fortune, leaving Jing Chu speechless at the contrast between Duobao and his future image.

Jing Chu cultivated in seclusion and, during Tongtian's lecture on the Supreme Purity Dao Method, broke through to the mid-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal realm and entered a deeper enlightenment. As Jing Chu continued his breakthrough, Tongtian ended the lecture and spent decades answering Yunxiao's questions.

• Jing Chu planted Innate spiritual roots around his cave abode and had Bixiao plant the remaining ones while Yunxiao offered to help.
• Jing Chu set up a Spirit-Gathering Array and cultivated for a hundred years until he was close to the mid-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.
• Tongtian lectured Jing Chu and the other disciples on the Supreme Purity Dao Method, and Jing Chu broke through to the mid-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.
• After ten thousand years of listening, Jing Chu entered another breakthrough, and his Purifying World White Lotus purified the surrounding area as Tongtian isolated him from disturbances.
• Tongtian ended the lecture and answered Yunxiao's questions for several decades while Zhao Gongming, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao watched.

Jing Chu comprehended his own Primordial Unity Dao and broke through to the Late Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm. After learning that Jin Ling planned to challenge him, he visited Tongtian and prepared to travel through the Primordial World.

• Jing Chu broke through after forging a cultivation path of his own, and Yunxiao congratulated him while the Three Skies watched over him.
• Qiongxiao realized that Yunxiao and Jing Chu seemed close, while Bixiao smugly claimed she had noticed it earlier.
• Jing Chu learned that Jin Ling had entered the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm and intended to fight him, and Qiongxiao revealed that Bixiao had encouraged the challenge.
• Jing Chu bound Bixiao with immortal light and hung her from a spirit tree for a few days as punishment.
• Jing Chu bid farewell to the Three Skies and headed to Shangqing Palace to see Tongtian and seek permission to travel through the Primordial World.

Jing Chu visited Tongtian after his cultivation and prepared to travel the Primordial World. Tongtian gave him the Purple Lightning Hammer for protection and warned him about killing karma, leaving Jing Chu asking how to obtain Merit.

• Tongtian praised Jing Chu's Late Primordial Unity Golden Immortal cultivation and welcomed his plan to travel the Primordial World.
• Tongtian gave Jing Chu the Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure Purple Lightning Hammer and told him to invoke his name if trouble arose.
• Jing Chu accepted the hammer, recognizing it would help make up for his lack of strength during his travels.
• Tongtian warned Jing Chu to avoid killing karma because it could bring heavenly punishment and damage his Dao path.
• Jing Chu asked Tongtian how he could obtain Merit.

Jing Chu learned from Tongtian that purifying baleful qi and resentment across the Primordial World could earn him Merit. He paid respects to Yuanshi and Taiqing Laozi, receiving a powerful jade talisman and nine Eight-Turn Golden Pills before setting out on his path.

• Tongtian showed Jing Chu how he could purify baleful qi and resentment in the Primordial World to accumulate Merit.
• Jing Chu visited Yuanshi, who praised his propriety and gave him a jade talisman containing Pangu Banner sword qi, warning him to use it only against someone who bullied the weak with greater strength.
• Yuanshi sent Jing Chu through space to Supreme Pure Palace to visit Taiqing Laozi.
• Laozi told Jing Chu to observe him refining pills, and Jing Chu entered a state of enlightenment while studying the alchemical Dao.
• Laozi rewarded Jing Chu with the nine Eight-Turn Golden Pills from the furnace.

After receiving nine Eight-Turn Golden Pills from Laozi, Jing Chu returned to his cave abode and met Golden Spirit Holy Mother, who challenged him to a Dao discussion through combat. Their exchange began with Jin Ling unleashing her spiritual treasures against Jing Chu, and she escalated by activating the Four Symbols Pagoda.

• Jing Chu thanked Laozi for the nine Eight-Turn Golden Pills and left with the pills, the Pangu Banner Jade Talisman, and the Purple Lightning Hammer.
• Jing Chu returned to his cave abode and found Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, Bixiao, and Golden Spirit Holy Mother discussing the Dao beneath the Enlightenment Tea Tree.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother asked Jing Chu to fight her, and he agreed to a friendly exchange through Dao discussion.
• Jin Ling unleashed the Flying Gold Sword, Dragon-Tiger Ruyi, and Four Symbols Pagoda against Jing Chu.
• Jing Chu summoned his Twelfth-Grade Pure World White Lotus, repelled the Dragon-Tiger Ruyi, and faced Jin Ling as she used the Four Symbols Pagoda to remake the surrounding space into chaos.

Jing Chu defeated Jin Ling in a battle and returned her Four Symbols Pagoda, then told the Three Skies he planned to travel through the Primordial World. He refused to bring them because their cultivation was too weak, and Yunxiao promised to wait for his return.

• Jing Chu calmed the chaos created by Jin Ling's Four Symbols Pagoda, defeated her, and returned the treasure after praising her strength.
• Jin Ling accepted her defeat and arranged to fight Jing Chu again after reaching Late Primordial Unity Golden Immortal.
• Jin Ling left with more than ten Enlightenment Tea Leaves from Jing Chu and the Three Skies.
• Jing Chu told Yunxiao he planned to travel through the Primordial World after bidding farewell to Master and the two Martial Uncles.
• Yunxiao offered to accompany Jing Chu, and Bixiao eagerly asked to go too, but Jing Chu refused because the Three Skies were not strong enough to stay safe.
• Yunxiao promised to watch Bixiao and wait at home for Jing Chu's return.

Jing Chu gave the Three Skies Eight-Turn Golden Pills, refined half the Purple Lightning Hammer's restrictions, and set out from Kunlun Mountain to find the Treasure-Dropping Copper Coin on Wuyi Mountain. As he traveled, he purified baleful energy for Merit before sensing a clash between the Demon Clan and the Witch Clan.

• Jing Chu gave two Eight-Turn Golden Pills each to Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao, and Yunxiao entered seclusion to refine hers.
• Jing Chu spent three thousand years refining twenty-four restrictions of the Purple Lightning Hammer, then left Kunlun Mountain for the Primordial Continent.
• Jing Chu traveled toward Wuyi Mountain to seek the Treasure-Dropping Copper Coin, collecting spiritual roots and materials along the way.
• Jing Chu purified baleful and resentful energy during his journey and gained a small amount of Merit.
• Jing Chu sensed a clash of blood vitality and dharma power within range of his divine sense and suspected members of the Demon Clan and Witch Clan were fighting.

Jing Chu watched Witch Clan warriors defeat Demon Race beasts, but the Great Shaman Kuafu arrived and attacked him before Jing Chu could escape. After Jing Chu revealed that he was Shangqing Tongtian’s disciple, Kuafu stopped and invited him to visit his tribe, leaving Jing Chu surprised to learn that Kuafu served Houtu.

• Jing Chu secretly watched Witch Clan warriors slaughter several Demon Race beasts and planned to purify the battlefield’s Killing Intent.
• Kuafu suddenly appeared, detected Jing Chu, and attacked him, forcing Jing Chu to flee and summon the Purple Lightning Hammer.
• Jing Chu identified himself as Shangqing Tongtian’s disciple, and Kuafu stopped attacking after recognizing the name.
• Jing Chu asked which Witch Clan Kuafu belonged to, and Kuafu named Houtu as his Ancestral Shaman and invited Jing Chu to visit.
• Jing Chu recognized Kuafu and Houtu’s legendary names and reflected on their future fates.

Jing Chu traveled with Kuafu to the Houtu Tribe, where he heard Kuafu boast about Houtu’s strength before meeting the Ancestral Shaman herself. Houtu recognized Jing Chu’s origins and praised his potential, leaving him welcomed as the disciple of her old friend Tongtian.

• Jing Chu accepted Kuafu’s invitation to visit the Houtu Tribe, and Kuafu tore open space and carried him through the turbulent currents.
• Kuafu hosted Jing Chu at a feast in the Houtu Tribe and boasted that Houtu was the strongest of the Ancestral Shamans while standing on the land.
• Jing Chu doubted Kuafu’s claim that Houtu could defeat Tongtian, and Kuafu’s excited boasts prompted Houtu to reprimand him.
• Houtu appeared before Jing Chu and Kuafu, and Jing Chu introduced himself as Shangqing’s disciple.
• Houtu saw that Jing Chu had been transformed from the Twelfth-Grade Pure World White Lotus and praised his foundations and future prospects.

Jing Chu agreed to carry Houtu’s warning to Zhen Yuanzi at Wuzhuang Temple about the Demon Court’s plan to seize Hongyun’s Primordial Purple Qi. Houtu rewarded him with the Witch Clan’s Nine-Turn Origin Art, a method for tempering the Dao body.

• Jing Chu spoke humbly with Houtu and learned of her gentleness toward the Houtu Tribe’s warriors.
• As Jing Chu prepared to leave, Houtu asked him to warn Zhen Yuanzi that Dijun, Donghuang Taiyi, and Kunpeng planned to seize Hongyun’s Primordial Purple Qi.
• Jing Chu agreed to travel to Wuzhuang Temple after Houtu explained that she and Kuafu could not leave the tribe without risking war between the Witch Clan and Demon Race.
• Houtu gave Jing Chu the Nine-Turn Origin Art after noticing his interest in the Witch Clan’s body-tempering methods.

After Houtu entrusted Jing Chu with a message for Wuzhuang Temple and taught him the Nine-Turn Origin Art, he left the Houtu Tribe and was ambushed by Demon Court warriors. Jing Chu defeated and killed the Demon Kings who tried to bar his way, gaining Merit for killing evildoers.

• Houtu taught Jing Chu the Nine-Turn Origin Art and asked him to deliver a message to Wuzhuang Temple.
• Jing Chu left the Houtu Tribe after bidding farewell to Kuafu.
• More than ten Taiyi Demon Kings confronted Jing Chu and demanded that he leave the Demon Court's sealed region.
• Jing Chu fought back with his Purple Lightning Hammer, killing most of the Demon Kings and driving the survivors to plead for mercy.
• Jing Chu killed the remaining Demon Kings, including Feilian, and received Merit without accumulating Karmic Burden.

Jing Chu reached Wuzhuang Temple on Longevity Mountain to visit Zhen Yuanzi and warn him that the Demon Court planned to seize Hongyun’s Primordial Purple Qi. Zhen Yuanzi flew into a rage and set out to find his friend, leaving Jing Chu at the temple.

• Jing Chu purified the land after killing more than a dozen Demon Kings, then continued toward Wuzhuang Temple.
• Jing Chu arrived at Longevity Mountain and called out to Zhen Yuanzi, whose Daoist boy escorted him into Wuzhuang Temple.
• Zhen Yuanzi welcomed Jing Chu and asked whether Shangqing had sent him to visit.
• Jing Chu told Zhen Yuanzi that Houtu had warned him the Demon Court’s seniors might attack Hongyun that day for his Primordial Purple Qi.
• Zhen Yuanzi furiously condemned Kunpeng, Dijun, and Taiyi, then set out to find Hongyun and invited Jing Chu to stay at Wuzhuang Temple.

Jing Chu stayed at Wuzhuang Temple and witnessed the Demon Court attack Hongyun for his Primordial Purple Qi. As Zhen Yuanzi struggled to protect Hongyun, Dijun and Kunpeng pressed their assault, and Dijun’s Solar True Fire burned Hongyun.

• A Daoist child welcomed Jing Chu into Wuzhuang Temple and presented him with spiritual roots and three Ginseng Fruits, one of which Jing Chu ate.
• After several days, Jing Chu sensed a distant battle and recognized Donghuang Taiyi’s Chaos Bell.
• Dijun and Kunpeng demanded that Hongyun hand over his Primordial Purple Qi, while Zhen Yuanzi vowed to defend him.
• Donghuang Taiyi used the Chaos Bell to disrupt Zhen Yuanzi’s connection to the earth veins and wound him.
• Hongyun trapped Kunpeng with his Nine-Nine Red Cloud Soul-Dispelling Gourd and its Soul-Scattering Sand.
• Dijun froze space and time with the River Chart and Luo Script, then attacked Hongyun with Solar True Fire.

Hongyun sacrificed the Primordial Purple Qi by casting it into a spatial rift, then appeared to die at Dijun’s hands. Jing Chu found Hongyun’s hidden Primordial Spirit inside the Nine-Nine Red Cloud Soul-Dispelling Gourd, leaving Hongyun alive but gravely weakened.

• Hongyun pulled the Primordial Purple Qi from his Primordial Spirit and threw it into a spatial rift, denying Dijun, Donghuang Taiyi, and Kunpeng the chance to claim it.
• Dijun killed Hongyun, then left with Donghuang Taiyi to search for the Primordial Purple Qi; Kunpeng escaped after Hongyun’s gourd lost control of the Soul-Scattering Sand.
• Zhen Yuanzi sensed Hongyun’s lingering aura and prepared to pursue it.
• Jing Chu caught the Nine-Nine Red Cloud Soul-Dispelling Gourd near Wuzhuang Temple and discovered Hongyun’s weakened Primordial Spirit hidden inside.
• Hongyun emerged before Jing Chu, recognized him as a disciple of Tongtian, and apologized for failing to repay his karma.

Jing Chu helped the weakened Hongyun reunite with Zhen Yuanzi, who planned to take him back to Wuzhuang Temple to recover. Jing Chu declined to join them and departed for Wuyi Mountain, while Hongyun and Zhen Yuanzi reaffirmed their bond as sworn friends.

• Zhen Yuanzi arrived and reunited with the gravely weakened Hongyun, who regretted that his greed for the Primordial Purple Qi had dragged his friend into danger.
• Jing Chu urged Zhen Yuanzi to take Hongyun to Wuzhuang Temple, where the Ginseng Fruit Tree could help his Primordial Spirit recover.
• Zhen Yuanzi invited Jing Chu to Wuzhuang Temple and gave him more than ten Ginseng Fruits, but Jing Chu declined and set off for Wuyi Mountain.
• Hongyun praised Jing Chu's character, and Zhen Yuanzi carried Hongyun toward Wuzhuang Temple as Hongyun called him his sworn friend.

Jing Chu broke the innate formation on Wuyi Mountain and found the Wuyi Mountain Red Robe Tea Tree and the Treasure-Dropping Copper Coin, but a Nine-Headed Bird demon god attacked him. Jing Chu claimed both treasures and prepared to fight the demon god, whose killing intent was being purified by Jing Chu's Purifying World White Lotus.

• Jing Chu searched Wuyi Mountain for a thousand years before finding and breaking its hidden innate grand formation with the Purple Lightning Hammer.
• Jing Chu discovered the Wuyi Mountain Red Robe Tea Tree and began to collect it, then struck a demon god who attacked him from behind.
• Jing Chu stored the tea tree and seized the Treasure-Dropping Copper Coin as it flew away from the exposed treasure site.
• The Nine-Headed Bird demon god demanded that Jing Chu surrender the copper coin, while Jing Chu mocked its strength and refused.
• Jing Chu manifested the Purifying World White Lotus, which purified the Nine-Headed Bird's killing intent as the two prepared to fight.