Recaps

Li Yu traveled among the Human Race tribes, killing demons that preyed on them and earning the title of Holy Envoy. After hearing of his actions, Di Jun ordered the Demon Court not to bully the Human Race, hoping to improve Nüwa’s attitude toward them.

• Chief Lei told Li Yu that a venomous snake demon had been abducting Huaxu Tribe members, and Li Yu promised to deal with it.
• Li Yu captured the snake demon near the Huaxu Tribe, immobilized it, and carved it up for the tribesmen to eat.
• Li Yu left the Huaxu Tribe and spent nearly a year traveling among Human Race tribes, eliminating several thousand demons and spreading his reputation as the Holy Envoy.
• White Marsh reported Li Yu’s actions to Di Jun and the other leaders in the Demon Emperor Hall.
• Di Jun ordered the Demon Court to protect the Human Race because Nüwa had created it.

Di Jun revealed two formations intended to counter the Wu Clan and tasked White Marsh with preventing Gonggong or Zhurong from joining the decisive battle. Li Yu visited Nüwa at Wa Palace, secured a merit treasure for Red Boy and her help with a future claim on Minghe’s treasures, then headed back to Five Villages Temple.

• Di Jun announced the Celestial Star-Dipper Formation and the Primordial River Luo Grand Formation, and the demons celebrated their prospects against the Wu Clan.
• Taiyi warned Di Jun that the Demon Race’s growing power reminded him of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans, but Di Jun dismissed his concern.
• Di Jun praised White Marsh and ordered him to make sure Gonggong or Zhurong could not appear in the final battle between the Wu and Demon races.
• Li Yu visited Nüwa at Wa Palace, reported that the Human Race was temporarily safe, and said he would send Red Boy to protect them.
• Nüwa gave Li Yu the Primordial Gourd Vine, a merit treasure, for Red Boy and agreed to help Li Yu claim the Karmic Fire Red Lotus and the Abi Sword if the Blood Sea changed.
• Li Yu left Wa Palace and returned toward Five Villages Temple after more than a hundred years away.

Li Yu returned to Five Villages Temple and tasked Red Boy with protecting the Human Race from demon attacks. He then left to visit his Eastern Sea dojo and, after finding the Three Immortals absent, set out to visit Tongtian.

• Li Yu told Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun about his travels and said Nüwa had tasked him with finding a protector for the Human Race.
• Li Yu gave Red Boy the Wa Sovereign Whip and sent him out to patrol the Human Race and guard it from demons.
• Li Yu reassured Hongyun that the assignment would benefit Red Boy and that the Saint-bestowed treasure would help keep him safe.
• Li Yu infused the Bitter Bamboo with Chaos Qi and Merit Qi, then left Five Villages Temple as the War Between Witches and Demons approached its critical point.
• Li Yu visited his Eastern Sea dojo, found the Three Immortals absent, and learned Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao had gone to hear an expert expound the Dao.
• Li Yu concluded the expert was Tongtian and decided to visit Tongtian's dojo.

Li Yu traveled to Golden Ao Island with Zhao Gongming and met Tongtian before his grand preaching. After discussing Tongtian's plans to accept disciples, Li Yu explored the island as cultivators continued to arrive.

• Li Yu stopped Zhao Gongming in the Eastern Sea and joined him on the way to Golden Ao Island.
• Duobao welcomed Li Yu to the island by Tongtian's command, and Zhao Gongming learned that Li Yu was Tongtian's honored guest.
• Tongtian received Li Yu in the Azure Roaming Palace, and Li Yu named Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao as his friends; Tongtian said they were destined to become his disciples.
• Li Yu asked whether Tongtian planned to accept disciples through his preaching, and Tongtian said he wanted to take more disciples and enlighten living beings.
• After Li Yu left, Tongtian tried to understand his remarks but could not grasp their meaning, while Li Yu explored Golden Ao Island and observed its arriving cultivators.

Li Yu met Yunxiao, the other Three Xiao Sisters, and Zhao Gongming on Golden Ao Island, then went to the Blood Sea to wait for changes linked to the coming Netherworld. After finding Human Race souls in a sack carried by Blood Sea cultivators, Li Yu sealed the Blood Sea and confronted Minghe, who refused to swear to stop collecting the souls.

• Li Yu greeted Yunxiao and met Zhao Gongming, then encouraged the Three Xiao Sisters and Zhao Gongming to seek Tongtian's discipleship.
• Li Yu left Golden Ao Island and traveled to the Blood Sea, where he waited for the Netherworld's emergence and considered how to take Minghe's treasures.
• Li Yu questioned six Blood Sea cultivators returning from the south, killed them when they refused to answer, and found a sack filled with Human Race souls.
• Li Yu sealed the Blood Sea to stop Minghe's followers from gathering more souls, prompting Minghe to appear and demand an explanation.
• Minghe proposed that they each step back, but Li Yu demanded a Heavenly Dao oath; Minghe refused and returned to the Blood Sea.

As the Netherworld formed and drained most of the Blood Sea, Li Yu tried to settle his feud with Minghe, but Zhunti intervened and forced the battle into a stalemate. Nüwa’s intervention allowed Li Yu to defeat Minghe and claim his three spirit treasures, and he then turned toward the newly established Netherworld.

• The Blood Sea dwindled as the Netherworld took shape, and Minghe rushed to attack it but was blasted away by its power.
• Li Yu pursued Minghe and attacked with the Godslayer Spear, but Zhunti intervened to protect Minghe and joined him against Li Yu.
• Nüwa sent her Red Embroidered Ball to warn Zhunti, who withdrew from the fight.
• Minghe tried to self-destruct, but Nüwa’s strike killed him before he could act, while the Blood Sea lost most of its power.
• Li Yu collected Minghe’s Karmic Fire Red Lotus, Yuantu Sword, and Abi Sword, then prepared to explore the newly formed Netherworld.

Li Yu visited Houtu in the newly established Netherworld and arranged for Fuxi’s soul to enter reincarnation. After returning to Five Villages Temple, he told Hongyun that Minghe had been destroyed and began reconsidering his neglected study of spells and other abilities.

• Li Yu met Houtu at the Six Paths of Reincarnation, promised to help the Wu Clan when needed, and asked her to nurture a friend’s soul until it was ready for reincarnation.
• Li Yu visited Nüwa, received Fuxi’s divine soul, and assured Nüwa that Fuxi would become a pivotal figure for the Human Race.
• Li Yu returned Fuxi’s soul to the Netherworld and left its care to Houtu.
• Li Yu told Hongyun and Zhen Yuanzi that Minghe had been destroyed, and Hongyun left to visit his old cave abode.
• Li Yu and Zhen Yuanzi discussed Bitter Bamboo’s future, agreeing that it would become Zhen Yuanzi’s chief disciple if it took form.
• Li Yu realized he had neglected spells, divine abilities, and formations while focusing on cultivation and spiritual treasures.

Taiqing established the Human Sect and attained sainthood, appointing Li Yu as its vice sect leader to manage Human Race affairs. As the Demon Race debated how to respond to the Human Race’s rising fortune, Di Jun consulted Taiyi and decided to wait for White Marsh’s counsel.

• Taiqing visited Li Yu and invited him to Wa Palace, where Nüwa approved his plan to enlighten the Human Race and he asked Li Yu to serve as the Human Sect’s vice sect leader.
• Li Yu accepted the position, and the next day Taiqing established the Human Sect, attained sainthood, and left Human Race affairs in Li Yu’s hands.
• The Wu Clan remained friendly with the Human Race, while Demon Race leaders argued over whether to subjugate it or seek ties with it.
• Di Jun postponed a decision and consulted Taiyi, who advised him to focus on the Wu Clan and observe the Human Race for now.
• Di Jun planned to wait for White Marsh’s return and warned Taiyi that the Ten Golden Crows must not roam the Primordial World together.

Li Yu traveled among Human Race tribes, chose the Huaxu Tribe as a promising place for Fuxi, and intervened when Red Boy fought a powerful demon near human territory. After killing the demon, Li Yu confronted White Marsh, who denied that the Demon Race planned to attack the Human Race and explained that the demon had been sent to find him; Li Yu did not let the matter pass.

• Li Yu visited the Huaxu Tribe, judged it unusually developed, and considered it a suitable place for Fuxi to be born.
• Li Yu sensed that Red Boy was in trouble and found him fighting a powerful Demon Race cultivator near the Human Race.
• Li Yu killed the demon with the Yuantu and Abi swords, then told Red Boy to resume patrolling while he investigated.
• Li Yu waited near the demon's corpse and met White Marsh when he arrived to investigate.
• White Marsh said the Demon Emperor had sent the dead demon to summon him back to the Demon Court, and denied that the Demon Race intended to attack the Human Race.
• Li Yu provisionally accepted White Marsh's explanation but refused to let the incident pass without further consequence.

After White Marsh delivered a mysterious scroll to Di Jun, Di Jun learned how to forge the Witch-Slaying Sword and decided to use Human Race souls to make it. The Demon Race secretly gathered fifty thousand souls, and Di Jun began forging the sword without Li Yu detecting the scheme.

• Li Yu threatened White Marsh with Yuantu and Abi, accepted two spiritual treasures as an apology, and sent him back to deliver a warning to the Demon Emperors.
• A mysterious figure gave White Marsh a sealed scroll to deliver to Di Jun, warning him to obey or die.
• White Marsh reported his encounter to Di Jun, who opened the scroll and later read its contents again in private.
• Di Jun learned that the scroll contained a method for forging the Witch-Slaying Sword and decided to make it without consulting Taiyi.
• Di Jun ordered the Five Poison Great Demons to infiltrate the Human Race and collect living souls from people poisoned to the brink of death.
• The Five Poison Great Demons gathered fifty thousand Human Race souls, and Di Jun began forging the Witch-Slaying Sword.

At Five Villages Temple, Bitter Bamboo endured three tribulations and took human form as Zhu Lingzi, becoming Zhen Yuanzi’s first disciple. After Zhu Lingzi began stabilizing his cultivation, Zhen Yuanzi agreed that he could later join Li Yu’s Human Sect while retaining his existing teachings.

• Li Yu sensed that Bitter Bamboo was about to take form and hurried to Five Villages Temple, where Zhen Yuanzi prepared formations to protect it and the Ginseng Fruit Tree.
• Bitter Bamboo survived the Lightning Tribulation, the karmic Fire Tribulation, and the Astral Wind Tribulation, then transformed into a child.
• The newly formed Zhu Lingzi greeted Li Yu as Grand Master and Zhen Yuanzi as Master, and revealed that his original body had become an innate spiritual treasure that could seal an enemy’s senses.
• Li Yu told Zhu Lingzi to stabilize his cultivation and follow Zhen Yuanzi’s instruction.
• Li Yu asked Zhen Yuanzi to let Zhu Lingzi join the Human Sect after he left his master’s tutelage, and Zhen Yuanzi agreed on the condition that Zhu Lingzi keep his existing teachings.

Li Yu learned from Houtu that more than a hundred thousand Human Race souls had vanished, then divined that the Demon Race was using them to forge the Witch-Slaying Sword. He left the Netherworld to seek help from Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun.

• Ox-Head and Horse-Face visited Five Villages Temple and told Li Yu that Houtu had summoned him to the Netherworld over a possible threat to the Human Race.
• Houtu explained that over a hundred thousand Human Race souls had died without entering the Netherworld, and she suspected the Demon Race was responsible.
• Li Yu used divination to discover that the Demon Race was forging the Witch-Slaying Sword from Human Race souls to counter the Wu Clan.
• Li Yu promised to address the matter and hurried back toward Five Villages Temple to ask Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun for help.

Li Yu organized allies to protect the Human Race from the Demon Race’s efforts to gather souls for the Witch-Slaying Sword. After the Demon Race sent commanders Ji Meng and Ying Zhao toward Human territory, Li Yu intercepted them and demanded to know their purpose.

• Houtu told Dijiang that the Demon Race was forging the Witch-Slaying Sword and asked the Wu Clan to help the Human Race.
• Li Yu recruited Hongyun, Zhen Yuanzi, and the Three Xiao Sisters to guard the Human Race, while Xuandu sent Azure Ox and Immortal Deer with healing pills.
• Red Boy divided the Human Race into four regions for the defenders to oversee, and Hou Yi and Kua Fu joined Li Yu as support.
• The defenders captured and killed many Demon Race members and rescued countless humans.
• Li Yu waited outside the Demon Court, then intercepted Ji Meng and Ying Zhao as they led forces toward the Human Race and asked whether they had come over the Demon Race members killed there.

Li Yu confronted the Demon Race over the slaughter of humans for the Witch-Slaying Sword, fought Ji Meng and Ying Zhao, and forced Taiyi to promise the killings would stop and the sword would be returned. Taiyi then urged Di Jun to abandon the sword’s forging, warning that alienating the Human Race could bring the Human Sect and Saints against them.

• Ji Meng and Ying Zhao challenged Li Yu over the demons killed in Human Race territory, but Li Yu insisted the demons had attacked humans first.
• Ji Meng and Ying Zhao deployed Primordial River Luo Grand Formations and attacked Li Yu, who blocked their strikes and drove them back with his treasures.
• Taiyi arrived with the Chaos Bell, and Li Yu’s Godslayer Spear nearly shattered the formations with its shockwave.
• Li Yu demanded that the Demon Race stop killing humans and return the Witch-Slaying Sword; Taiyi agreed and led the demons away.
• Taiyi told Di Jun to stop forging the Witch-Slaying Sword, warning that the Human Sect and Saints could become enemies of the Demon Race, and Di Jun fell silent.

Li Yu accepted the Witch-Slaying Sword from Taiyi and traveled to the Netherworld to rescue the human souls trapped inside it. After Houtu explained that Merit Power could cleanse the sword, Li Yu freed the souls to reincarnate, and the Human Race remained peaceful after its protectors departed.

• Taiyi returned the Witch-Slaying Sword to Li Yu, who promised to seek a way to save the one hundred thousand human souls inside it.
• Li Yu assured Taiyi that the Human Race had not allied with the Wu Clan and warned him against harming innocent humans again.
• Li Yu brought the sword to Houtu, who explained that Merit Power could release its trapped souls, though they would retain little spirituality.
• Li Yu used the Merit Power in the Mysterious Origin Water-Control Banner to free the souls into reincarnation and cleanse the sword with the remainder.
• Houtu confirmed that the other soul Li Yu had asked about could enter reincarnation once the right opportunity arrived.
• Li Yu returned to the Human Race, and after the Three Xiao Sisters, Xuandu, Hongyun, and Zhen Yuanzi left, the Human Race passed through minor disturbances without Demon Race retaliation.

After Gonggong and Zhurong caused a catastrophe that shattered the Primordial World, the Saints repaired the heavens and killed the two Ancestral Shamans. Li Yu then sought Taiqing’s help in pursuing the Chaos Bell and stayed at Eight Views Palace to cultivate while waiting for an opportunity.

• Li Yu, Zhen Yuanzi, and Hongyun watched the catastrophe unfold and discussed the Saints’ likely response to Gonggong and Zhurong.
• Six Saints descended, and ten days later Nüwa had repaired the shattered world while Gonggong and Zhurong had been slain.
• Li Yu asked Taiqing why Taiyi possessed the Chaos Bell and requested help obtaining it during the Wu-Demon war; Taiqing agreed.
• Taiqing invited Li Yu to cultivate at Eight Views Palace until the opportunity arose, and Xuandu arranged a side hall for him.

Li Yu tested the New Dao beyond the heavens and waited for the Witch-Demon Calamity to begin. After Hou Yi shot down nine of the ten Golden Crows and war erupted, Li Yu returned to the Primordial World and reached the Demon Court, where he saw Di Jun and Taiyi’s Celestial Star-Dipper Formation.

• Li Yu cautiously revealed part of the New Dao at Taiqing’s Daoist grounds, and Taiqing shielded the area from the Heavenly Dao.
• Taiqing warned Li Yu to stop before the New Dao harmed Xuandu, Azure Ox, and the Immortal Deer, and Li Yu withdrew its power.
• The ten Golden Crow princes left the Sun Star and scorched the Primordial Wilderness, prompting Kua Fu to chase and attack them.
• Hou Yi shot down nine Golden Crows, igniting the Witch-Demon Calamity and beginning the Witch-Demon War.
• Li Yu left Taiqing’s grounds and returned to the Primordial World, then concealed himself near the Demon Court.
• Li Yu saw the Celestial Star-Dipper Formation surrounding the Demon Court, with Di Jun and Taiyi among its defenders.

Li Yu waited near the Demon Court for the Wu and demon races’ final battle, hoping to claim the Chaos Bell amid the destruction. After the Taiji Diagram carried him and the bell beyond the heavens, Taiqing protected him while he tried to subdue it and faced Jieyin and Zhunti.

• The demon race’s forces fought the Wu Clan until Dijiang led the nine Ancestral Shamans and three great shamans in forming the Twelve Capitals Baleful God Formation.
• The Celestial Star-Dipper Formation and the Twelve Capitals Baleful God Formation shattered together, annihilating both armies, their leaders, and the River Chart and Luo Writing.
• Li Yu struck the masterless Chaos Bell, but its resistance drew heavenly thunder, so he used the Innate Gourd to defend himself.
• Taiqing’s Taiji Diagram carried Li Yu and the Chaos Bell beyond the heavens, and the Innate Gourd returned to the Purple Cloud Palace.
• Taiqing told Li Yu to focus on subduing the Chaos Bell while Jieyin and Zhunti demanded it for the Western Religion.
• Taiqing refused to yield the Chaos Bell and invited Jieyin and Zhunti to attack him together.

Li Yu subdued the Chaos Bell and learned it could conceal his New Dao power from the Heavenly Dao. After the Saints departed for the Purple Cloud Palace, Li Yu returned to the Primordial World and began withdrawing from the Human Race’s affairs, ending at his Eastern Sea dojo with Black Armor welcoming him back.

• Li Yu persuaded the Chaos Bell to acknowledge him as its master by promising it freedom and a chance to witness the Primordial World's future.
• Nüwa, Yuanshi, and Tongtian arrived as Taiqing’s exchange of Dao with Jieyin and Zhunti ended, and the six Saints left for the Purple Cloud Palace after receiving the Dao Ancestor’s summons.
• Li Yu visited the ruined Demon Court and Mount Buzhou, recognizing that the Wu-Demon era had ended and the Human Race’s age had begun.
• Li Yu found Red Boy in Human Race territory and brought him to Five Villages Temple, where Hongyun took his son back to their cave dwelling and Li Yu bade Zhen Yuanzi farewell.
• Li Yu returned to his Eastern Sea dojo to consider refining the island into a portable treasure, and Black Armor hurried to greet his master.

Li Yu arranged for Fuxi to enter reincarnation so he could eventually become the Human Race’s sovereign, then refined his Eastern Sea island into a portable grotto-heaven. After Black Armor left to seek the Dragon Clan, Li Yu went to notify the neighbors on Three Immortals Island and found Yunxiao sparring with Golden Spirit Holy Mother.

• Li Yu advised Black Armor to seek a place among the Dragon Clan, and Black Armor agreed to leave after the dojo became portable.
• Li Yu visited Houtu in the Netherworld, and she sent Fuxi’s divine soul into reincarnation.
• Li Yu discussed the Human Race’s future and the missing Wu clansmen with Houtu, then visited Hongyun before returning to the Eastern Sea.
• Li Yu spent a year refining his island into a portable grotto-heaven, and Black Armor left to seek refuge with the Dragon Clan.
• Li Yu went to Three Immortals Island to inform its neighbors and saw Yunxiao sparring with Golden Spirit Holy Mother.

Li Yu visited Three Immortals Island, where he reunited with Yunxiao, Golden Spirit Holy Mother, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao and discussed cultivation after the Witch-Demon Calamity. He left them with advice and revealed that he planned to help establish the Heavenly Court, hoping to influence the future Investiture of the Gods.

• Yunxiao introduced Li Yu to Golden Spirit Holy Mother, and the sisters welcomed him to Three Immortals Island.
• Li Yu recounted the war between the Shamans and Demons, then explained that the path to Quasi-Sainthood remained open despite the changing cultivation realms.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother asked Li Yu about the limits of cultivation, and he urged her and the Three Xiao Sisters to focus on steady progress.
• Li Yu told the sisters that he had refined his Daoist grounds into a grotto-heaven treasure and would inform them of his future destination.
• Li Yu resolved to help establish the Heavenly Court so he could influence the Investiture of the Gods and prevent the Western Religion from taking its benefits.

Li Yu wandered the Wild Continent, encountered Human Race cultivators and became interested in surveying their immortal sects. He discovered that a newborn in Chief Wu Yun’s tribe was Haotian reincarnated, then arranged to stay in the tribe.

• Li Yu rescued five Lingyun Sect disciples from three leopard demons and learned that their sect followed the Chan Sect lineage.
• Li Yu decided to investigate how many Human Race immortal sects existed throughout the world.
• Li Yu sensed a notable birth in Chief Wu Yun’s tribe and visited the chief’s home.
• Li Yu recognized the newborn boy as Haotian, the future Jade Emperor, and blessed him.
• Li Yu declined Wu Yun’s offer to prepare lodging and said he would arrange his own place in the tribe.

Li Yu settled near the Clear Creek Tribe and agreed to give Haotian limited guidance, while refusing to take him as a disciple. When Yun Zhongzi arrived seeking a person of great fortune, he discovered Haotian’s fate was beyond his ability to read, and Li Yu told him to ask his master for answers.

• Li Yu established a hidden residence on Ox-Head Mountain near the Clear Creek Tribe and refused Chief Wu Yun’s request to take Haotian as his disciple, though he promised to teach the boy basic cultivation later.
• Li Yu visited the tribe every few months, bringing Haotian gifts, and noticed auspicious clouds descending as he prepared to leave.
• Yun Zhongzi of Jade Pillar Cave on Mount Zhongnan arrived, introduced himself to Wu Yun, and was startled to find Li Yu concealed in the courtyard.
• Li Yu identified himself as a Human Sect member, and Yun Zhongzi explained that he was searching for people of great fortune as part of the Chan Sect’s plans for the Human Race.
• Yun Zhongzi tried to calculate Haotian’s fate but found his fortune immeasurable and his future obscured, while Li Yu said the child would not become the Human Race’s common ruler or join the Chan Sect.
• Li Yu declined to explain Haotian’s destiny and advised Yun Zhongzi to ask his master if he wanted to know more.

Li Yu invited Yun Zhongzi to his cave abode after the two discussed Wu Yun’s extraordinary child, then told him how Bitter Bamboo had taken form. Yun Zhongzi learned that the method might help the Immortal Apricot, but Li Yu had already used or lost the resources needed to try it again.

• Yun Zhongzi concluded that Wu Yun’s child was extraordinary, while Li Yu advised Wu Yun to let nature take its course and fulfill his duties as a parent.
• Li Yu invited Yun Zhongzi to visit his cave abode at Ox-Head Mountain, where Yun Zhongzi recognized it as a grotto-heaven treasure.
• Li Yu served Yun Zhongzi ancient spirit fruits and fine wine, then revealed that Bitter Bamboo had once grown on his cave abode’s island and had taken form.
• Yun Zhongzi explained that he was worried about the Immortal Apricot on Mount Zhongnan and asked how Li Yu had helped Bitter Bamboo take form.
• Li Yu described the process, but Yun Zhongzi realized it required scarce Chaos Qi and Merit Power, while Li Yu explained that his own supplies were no longer available.

Li Yu left Clear Creek Tribe after ten years of guiding Haotian and continued visiting the Primordial World's mountain sects. He discovered that Xiaoyao Sect was a flourishing Human Sect legacy and entered with its disciple Yang Tian to meet its leaders.

• Yun Zhongzi learned that Zhu Lingzi was cultivating under Zhen Yuanzi at Five Villages Temple and hurried there to visit him.
• Li Yu praised Haotian's sword practice, told him they were not destined to be master and disciple, gave him spirit fruits, and departed Clear Creek Tribe.
• Li Yu continued traveling and, after finding a mist-shrouded mountain formation, learned that it belonged to Xiaoyao Sect, an orthodox Human Sect legacy.
• Yang Tian recognized Li Yu as the Human Sect's Deputy Headmaster, welcomed him inside, and reported that the sect had seventeen peak lineages, more than seven thousand members, and three mountain-protecting divine beasts.
• Yang Tian led Li Yu past Morning Glow Peak and explained that Xiaoyao Sect ranked among the top three Human Sect legacies and maintained good relations with the Chan Sect and Truncated Teaching.