Recaps

Dijiang confronted the Three Pure Ones over their disciples’ fighting on Kunlun Mountain and ordered them to leave, giving them five years to move. Laozi denied that the clash had been anything but friendly sparring, and Xingtian mocked his shameless explanation.

• Xingtian told Dijiang how the Chan Sect disciples had called for help and ganged up on their opponents, prompting Dijiang to ridicule Yuanshi and Tongtian’s disciples.
• Yuanshi, Tongtian, and Laozi united against Dijiang, who declared that Kunlun Mountain was under Heavenly Court jurisdiction and accused the Three Pure Ones of letting their disciples damage it.
• Dijiang ordered the Three Pure Ones to leave Kunlun Mountain and suggested they divide their household, but Yuanshi and Tongtian refused to accept his authority.
• Dijiang gave the Three Pure Ones five years to move, while Laozi claimed their disciples had only been sparring in a friendly manner.
• Xingtian laughed at Laozi’s explanation and teased Tongtian by asking whether the man before them was really his eldest brother.

Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian covered up the Chan and Interception Sects’ violent clash as a sparring match, and Dijiang left Kunlun Mountain without escalating the confrontation. Back at Taiqing Palace, Laozi demanded that his brothers settle how their sects could coexist.

• Laozi persuaded Yuanshi and Tongtian to call the Chan and Interception Sects’ fight a sparring match, and their disciples reluctantly agreed.
• Dijiang warned the Three Pure Ones not to let their disciples damage Kunlun Mountain again, then departed with Xingtian.
• Yuanshi ordered his disciples to return to their cave abodes and stay out of trouble, while Tongtian dismissed his disciples.
• At Pangu Hall, Dijiang told the Ancestor Witches that the Three Pure Ones would eventually split apart, and Zhu Rong and Gonggong mocked Laozi’s excuse.
• At Taiqing Palace, Laozi told Yuanshi and Tongtian that their conflict needed a real resolution and asked how the Chan and Interception Sects could coexist.

Laozi mediated the dispute between Yuanshi and Tongtian over the Chan Sect’s attack on Interception Sect disciples, but his compromise left Tongtian feeling wronged. The brothers accepted his ruling and returned to discipline their disciples.

• Tongtian demanded that Yuanshi make Guangchengzi and the other Chan Sect disciples apologize and accept the principle of teaching without discrimination.
• Yuanshi rejected Tongtian’s demands and blamed the Interception Sect disciples for disturbing Kunlun Mountain, prompting the brothers to trade accusations.
• Laozi separated the arguing brothers and ruled that both sects were at fault, with their offenses canceling each other out and no apology required.
• Laozi promised Nine-Turn Golden Elixirs for the injured disciples and ordered both brothers to discipline their sects and prevent further disputes.
• Yuanshi accepted the ruling readily, and Tongtian reluctantly agreed to preserve the brothers’ relationship; Laozi gave them the elixirs.

After Laozi’s ruling deepened Tongtian’s doubts and left the Chan Sect and Jie Sect in a tense false peace, Taiyi broke through on the Sun Star. By forcibly uniting his Three Corpses with heavenly dao origin, he reached an unconventional Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm without becoming a Saint.

• Yuanshi warned Tongtian to discipline his disciples, and Tongtian condemned the unfair ruling before returning to Azure Wandering Palace.
• Tongtian gave the injured Jie Sect disciples Nine-Turn Golden Elixirs and told them to avoid Chan Sect territory, while Duobao and the others protested Laozi’s ruling.
• Yuanshi reassured Guangchengzi and the Chan Sect disciples that Laozi understood reason, then told them to suppress Jie Sect disciples who provoked them but not to start trouble.
• The Chan Sect and Jie Sect disciples kept apart, leaving Kunlun Mountain in a strained false peace.
• Taiyi used the heavenly dao origin to unite his Three Corpses and reached an unconventional Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm on the Sun Star.

Taiyi celebrated his breakthrough into the primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm, but Dijiang easily broke his attack and exposed the weakness of his unstable foundation. Meanwhile, Fuxi settled among the humans and began forging a path to the Dao by turning his divination insights into laws of his own.

• Taiyi used the Chaos Bell to attack Dijiang, who shattered the sound waves with a single punch and mocked Taiyi's weakened realm.
• Taiyi admitted defeat but resolved to stabilize his realm in seclusion, while Di Jun anticipated pursuing the same breakthrough.
• Hongjun watched the clash and approved of Taiyi's progress, then turned his attention to Di Jun as his next candidate.
• Fuxi entered a Human Clan settlement, lived there as an ordinary Daoist, and helped its people with their cultivation.
• Fuxi combined his divination knowledge with insights from Kong Xuan and Six-Eared Macaque and began integrating divination principles into his body and primordial spirit.

Kong Xuan and Six-Eared Macaque discovered ancient Dragon Clan ruins beneath the Eastern Sea and were overwhelmed by vengeful Dragon Souls. As Six-Eared Macaque faced death, a savage will awakened within his dormant bloodline.

• Kong Xuan and Six-Eared Macaque traveled into the Eastern Sea and sensed chaotic five-element power and resentful voices beneath the water.
• Kong Xuan and Six-Eared Macaque found ancient ruins with an altar and were attacked by remnant Dragon Souls.
• Kong Xuan’s Five-Colored Divine Light scattered the Dragon Souls but could not destroy them, while Six-Eared Macaque fought them with his Black Iron Staff.
• The Dragon Souls wounded and surrounded Kong Xuan and Six-Eared Macaque, striking at their primordial spirits with resentment.
• As Dragon Souls tore into Six-Eared Macaque, his dormant ancient bloodline awakened with a fierce, overbearing will.

The Six-Eared Macaque awakened the Chaos Demon Ape bloodline, comprehended the War Law, and broke through to the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm while fighting Dragon Souls in the Eastern Sea ruins. After he and Kong Xuan found a powerful Water Origin pearl sealed on an altar, they left to report it to Dijiang.

• The Six-Eared Macaque unleashed the Chaos Demon Ape bloodline and War Law, shattered the Dragon Souls, and reached the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm.
• An ancient being in Primordial Chaos sensed the War Law and Chaos Demon Ape bloodline and speculated that the hidden powers would soon return.
• Dijiang sensed the Six-Eared Macaque's breakthrough at Pangu Hall and worried that it would attract the attention of ancient beings in Primordial Chaos.
• The Six-Eared Macaque and Kong Xuan explored farther into the Eastern Sea ruins and found a blue pearl rich in ancient Water Origin on an altar.
• The altar's Dragon Clan restriction repelled the Six-Eared Macaque and Kong Xuan, so they left the pearl untouched and headed to Mount Buzhou to report it to Dijiang.

Dijiang identified the blue pearl in the Eastern Sea ruins as the Ancestral Dragon Pearl and brought it to Ao Lie at the East Sea Dragon Palace. He offered to return it in exchange for the Dragon Clan submitting to the Heavenly Court, and Ao Lie accepted after Dijiang promised the clan a chance to earn merit and restore its fortune.

• Six-Eared Macaque told Dijiang that he and Kong Xuan had found Elder Dragon Clan ruins and a blue pearl beneath the Eastern Sea.
• Dijiang recognized the pearl as the Ancestral Dragon Pearl, dismantled the altar's bloodline restriction with Space Law, and retrieved it.
• Dijiang brought Six-Eared Macaque and Kong Xuan to the East Sea Dragon Palace, where Ao Lie and the elders knelt to welcome him.
• Dijiang offered to return the Ancestral Dragon Pearl if the Dragon Clan submitted to the Heavenly Court and explained that its service summoning clouds and bringing rain could earn merit and reduce its karmic burden.
• Ao Lie agreed that the East Sea Dragon Clan would submit to the Heavenly Court and serve Dijiang.

Dijiang approved Kong Xuan’s proposal for the Phoenix Clan to submit to the Heavenly Court and establish a Fire Virtue Bureau. Kong Xuan brought the good news to Yuanfeng at the Undying Volcano, and she eagerly accepted as he and Six-Eared Macaque celebrated together.

• Dijiang gave Ao Lie the Ancestral Dragon Pearl and told him to organize the Four Seas Dragon Clan before accepting an appointment in the Heavenly Court.
• Kong Xuan asked Dijiang to let the Phoenix Clan serve the Heavenly Court, and Dijiang agreed to the plan if Yuanfeng consented.
• Kong Xuan and Six-Eared Macaque traveled to the Undying Volcano, where Kong Xuan told Yuanfeng about the Fire Virtue Bureau.
• Yuanfeng joyfully agreed to the Phoenix Clan’s submission, hoping to cleanse its karmic burden and regain her freedom.
• Kong Xuan hosted Six-Eared Macaque at a Phoenix Clan banquet, and the two praised Dijiang as they ate and drank.
• Someone called out, “Report!” as Kong Xuan and Six-Eared Macaque were talking.

Zhunti came to the Undying Volcano to recruit Kong Xuan into the Western Religion and seize the Phoenix Clan’s fortune. Kong Xuan refused, and after Zhunti wounded Six-Eared Macaque, he threatened to forcibly take Kong Xuan as his disciple; Kong Xuan prepared to fight back.

• A guard told Kong Xuan and Six-Eared Macaque that Zhunti had arrived to guide Kong Xuan to enlightenment, and they went to confront him.
• Zhunti offered to take Kong Xuan to the Western Paradise as a direct disciple, but Kong Xuan refused because he had joined the Witch Cult.
• Six-Eared Macaque mocked Zhunti, who attacked him with the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree and sent him crashing into the volcano wall.
• Kong Xuan defended Six-Eared Macaque and warned Zhunti that Dijiang would retaliate if he laid a hand on his disciple.
• Zhunti dismissed the threat of Dijiang’s intervention and demanded that Kong Xuan join the Western Religion or be forcibly taken.
• Kong Xuan refused again and gathered his Five-Colored Divine Light to fight Zhunti.

Dijiang rescued Kong Xuan and Six-Eared Macaque from Zhunti, shattered Zhunti’s body, and nearly destroyed his primordial spirit. Jieyin arrived to save his junior brother, and Dijiang demanded the Western Religion’s Twelfth-Grade Golden Lotus of Merit and a ten-Yuanhui oath barring its disciples from the east.

• Zhunti attacked Kong Xuan and Six-Eared Macaque, but Dijiang appeared and shattered his seven-colored net with Space Law.
• Dijiang accused Zhunti of trying to forcibly convert his disciple, imprisoned him, and punched his Sage body apart.
• Jieyin sensed Zhunti’s injury at Spirit Mountain and rushed to the Undying Volcano to save him.
• Zhunti reconstructed his body and begged Dijiang for mercy, but Dijiang prepared to destroy his primordial spirit.
• Jieyin apologized on Zhunti’s behalf and offered any price for his life, so Dijiang demanded the Twelfth-Grade Golden Lotus of Merit and a ten-Yuanhui oath keeping Western Religion disciples out of the east.

Dijiang punished Jieyin and Zhunti for targeting Kong Xuan and the Phoenix Clan, repeatedly destroying their bodies on Spirit Mountain. He stopped to demand the real motive behind Zhunti’s actions, but Zhunti continued to claim he only wanted to strengthen the Western Religion.

• Jieyin and Zhunti refused Dijiang’s demands to surrender the Twelfth-Grade Golden Lotus of Merit and stay out of the east for ten Yuanhui.
• Dijiang transported the two Sages to Spirit Mountain and attacked them with the Pangu Banner and Space Law.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian watched the battle from Kunlun Mountain, while Di Jun recognized Dijiang’s actions as a warning to the Primordial World.
• After blasting Jieyin and Zhunti apart more than a dozen times, Dijiang stopped and demanded to know why Zhunti had targeted Kong Xuan and the Phoenix Clan.
• Zhunti insisted that he had sought to recruit Kong Xuan and secure the Phoenix Clan’s fortune to help the impoverished Western Religion flourish.

Dijiang forced Hongjun to settle the debt for the Western Religion’s attack on Kong Xuan, then returned to the Undying Volcano and discovered Yuanfeng’s aura had reached the primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm. He suspected a secret lay within the volcano and greeted Yuanfeng.

• Hongjun intervened to stop Dijiang from beating Jieyin and Zhunti, and Dijiang demanded compensation and a ten-yuanhui ban on the Western Religion entering the east.
• Hongjun gave Dijiang two supreme-grade innate spirit treasures and secured the Western Religion’s promise not to enter the east for ten yuanhui.
• Dijiang returned to the Undying Volcano and gave the two spirit treasures to Kong Xuan and Six-Eared Macaque.
• Kong Xuan led Dijiang and Six-Eared Macaque into the volcano’s core, where Dijiang sensed Yuanfeng’s primordial Daluo Golden Immortal aura.
• Dijiang suspected a secret within the Undying Volcano and greeted Yuanfeng.

Dijiang discovered that Yuanfeng had reached the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal realm and possessed Chaos Fiend origin power, then pressed her to explain Zhunti’s interest and the history behind it. Yuanfeng revealed that the ancient Ferocious Beasts Epochal Tribulation nearly destroyed the Primordial World, and that Hongjun and Luo Hou had fought alongside her against the destructive Demon Gods.

• Dijiang probed Yuanfeng and uncovered her concealed Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal aura and Chaos Fiend origin power.
• Dijiang questioned Yuanfeng about Zhunti’s purpose, and she sent Kong Xuan and the Six-Eared Macaque away before answering.
• Yuanfeng told Dijiang that the Ferocious Beasts Epochal Tribulation had preceded the Initial Tribulation of Longhan and nearly returned the Primordial World to chaos.
• Yuanfeng explained that Ancestral Dragon, Primordial Qilin, and she had led the primordial clans against the ferocious beasts and Demon God Reincarnations.
• Yuanfeng revealed that Hongjun and Luo Hou had joined the fight against the Demon Gods of the Destruction Faction for their own goals.

Yuanfeng revealed to Dijiang that ancient fiends and savage beasts were sealed beneath three forbidden grounds, including the Undying Volcano, and that Zhunti’s interest in Kong Xuan was tied to the secret. Dijiang returned to Mount Buzhou and warned the Ancestor Witches, concluding that the fiends hidden in the Primordial Chaos posed the greatest immediate concern.

• Yuanfeng told Dijiang that the three clans had sealed powerful fiends and savage beasts beneath the earth, in the sea eyes, and under the Undying Volcano, where she drew on their power to resist karmic fire.
• Yuanfeng said Zhunti’s interest in Kong Xuan was connected to the secret beneath the volcano and suggested that Hongjun had revealed it to him.
• Dijiang urged Yuanfeng to send word if anything changed, then told Kong Xuan to care for his mother and ordered Six-Eared Macaque to return to Mount Buzhou with him.
• Dijiang summoned the Ancestor Witches at Pangu Hall and recounted Yuanfeng’s revelations about the Savage Beast Epochal Tribulation and the Chaos Fiends.
• Dijiang declined Zhu Jiuyin’s suggestion to reinforce the seals and said he was more concerned about fiends in the Primordial Chaos reaching into the Primordial World.

Jieyin and Zhunti argued with a mysterious shadow after their plan to free a Chaos Fiend beneath the Undying Volcano failed, then agreed to target the Endless Sea Eye. Dijiang anticipated their next move and went to meet Ancestral Dragon, who was shocked when Dijiang asked about the suppressed Chaos Fiend.

• Zhunti demanded compensation from the shadow for the losses caused by the failed attempt to convert Kong Xuan, but the shadow blamed Jieyin and Zhunti for their hesitation.
• Jieyin warned that Hongjun might have detected the shadow, but the shadow dismissed the threat and ordered them to awaken its former comrade beneath the Endless Sea Eye.
• Dijiang told the Ancestor Witches that the fiends were likely no stronger than Sages and predicted that the Endless Sea Eye would be the next target.
• Dijiang left Pangu Hall to visit the Dragon Clan's forbidden grounds and question Ancestral Dragon.
• Dijiang reached Ancestral Dragon beneath the Endless Sea Eye and asked about the Ferocious Beasts Epochal Tribulation and the Chaos Fiend imprisoned there, startling Ancestral Dragon.

Ancestral Dragon revealed that the Dragon Clan had secretly cooperated with the Water Demon God to gather fortune, before sealing him beneath the Sea Eye when the clans’ cause became lost. After Dijiang warned him that Zhunti and Jieyin might target the Sea Eye, they planned to trap the attackers, and Dijiang confirmed the Dragon Clan had submitted to the Heavenly Court.

• Ancestral Dragon told Dijiang that the Dragon Clan had secretly worked with the Water Demon God, who wanted to rebuild his body and replace Heaven's Way.
• Ancestral Dragon explained that he had turned against the Water Demon God and sealed him beneath the Sea Eye, and that the Demon Gods’ internal conflicts had helped the clans defeat them.
• Dijiang warned Ancestral Dragon that Zhunti and Jieyin had attacked the Undying Volcano and might next target the Endless Sea Eye.
• Dijiang told Ancestral Dragon to keep suppressing the Sea Eye while Dijiang waited to ambush Zhunti and Jieyin if they came.
• Dijiang revealed that he had given the Ancestral Dragon Pearl to Ao Lie and that the Dragon Clan had submitted to the Heavenly Court.

Dijiang returned the Dragon Pearl to Ancestral Dragon, then secretly prepared a trap for Jieyin and Zhunti when they came to awaken the Fiendgod of Water beneath the Endless Sea Eye. He trapped the two Sages in the Space Annihilation Formation, leaving them to suffer repeated destruction while he departed.

• Ancestral Dragon thanked Dijiang for taking in the Dragon Clan and wondered which fiendgod backed Jieyin and Zhunti.
• Dijiang laid a hidden Space Annihilation Formation around the Endless Sea Eye before returning to Pangu Hall.
• Jieyin and Zhunti left Spirit Mountain for the Eastern Sea, planning to awaken the Fiendgod of Water and strengthen the Western Religion.
• Dijiang confronted Jieyin and Zhunti above the sea eye and trapped them inside the formation as they tried to flee.
• The formation shattered the Sages’ bodies repeatedly, and Dijiang left them trapped for tens of thousands of years.

Dijiang discovered Karma Fiend’s remnant beneath Mount Sumeru and killed him, then learned the Creation Jade Disk could absorb fiend essence and grant him Great Dao insights. He resolved to search the Primordial World for other surviving fiends.

• Dijiang followed the Creation Jade Disk’s warning into a cavern beneath Mount Sumeru and found a Chaos Fiend’s essence.
• Karma Fiend revealed that he controlled the karmic Great Dao, sought to devour the Primordial World’s fortune, and claimed other fiends remained hidden.
• Dijiang rejected Karma Fiend’s offer to cooperate and killed him with Space Law.
• The Creation Jade Disk absorbed Karma Fiend’s essence and sent Dijiang insights into the karmic Great Dao, stirring his cultivation.
• Dijiang wondered why the Creation Jade Disk had not reacted during his previous visit and decided to search for other fiends.

Dijiang searched the Primordial World for the hidden Chaos Fiends while Ancestral Dragon prepared to seek Yuanfeng’s help as a great tribulation approached. Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun discovered a destructive force within a mountain’s earth veins.

• The Chaos Fiends sensed that the Karma Fiend’s will had been erased and vowed to investigate, while Hongjun failed to divine what had happened.
• Hongjun broke Dijiang’s Space Annihilation Formation, allowing Jieyin and Zhunti to escape; the two abandoned their mission and fled to Spirit Mountain.
• Dijiang searched the Primordial World with the Creation Jade Disk but found no other Fiend essences, then returned to Mount Buzhou.
• Ancestral Dragon concluded that the Dragon Clan needed the Heavenly Court’s protection and sent Candle Dragon to ask Yuanfeng for an audience, warning that Hongjun might have broken their agreement.
• Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun investigated chaotic earth veins and sensed a dense force of savagery and destruction within them.

Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun discovered a fragment containing the Earth Demon God's remnant soul, which attacked them until Dijiang arrived. Dijiang imprisoned the fragment and earth-vein energy, leaving the Earth Demon God panicked and questioning his power.

• Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun found a dark yellow fragment that awakened the Earth Demon God, who declared he would consume them.
• Zhen Yuanzi shielded them with the Earth Book while Hong Yun sent a message to the Heavenly Emperor for help.
• The Earth Demon God formed a towering phantom that cracked the Earth Book's barrier and wounded Zhen Yuanzi.
• Dijiang appeared, annihilated the phantom with spatial power, and told Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun to withdraw.
• Dijiang froze the surrounding space and imprisoned the fragment as the Earth Demon God questioned how he had become so powerful.