Recaps

Ren became the Ziwei Great Emperor during the Investiture of the Gods, then worked to preserve Jiang Ziya and strengthen ties between the Expounding Sect and the Wu Clan. After six years of cultivation and library work, he entered seclusion as battles over Tongtian’s Sword Aura spread across the Primordial World.

• Jiang Ziya appointed Lei Zhenzi Gouchen Upper Palace Heavenly Emperor, Ren Ziwei Great Emperor, and Yang Jian Judicial Celestial God as the Investiture of the Gods proceeded.
• Ren rebuilt his body through Tongtian’s Sword Aura and the Expounding Sect’s resources, while he exposed Daoist Randeng’s betrayal and Yuanshi Tianzun imprisoned him.
• Jiang Ziya completed the investiture but received no Merit, so Ren preserved him in Divine Source Liquid and hid him in the Trash Station Space.
• Ren met Black and White Impermanence, learned of the Wu Clan’s pursuit of Lu Ya, and heard Yun Zhongzi recount the Wu Clan’s history and power.
• Ren arranged for the Nine Provinces to gather fossils and received Tongtian’s Sword Dao Inheritance, while cultivators across the Primordial World fought over the scattered inheritances.
• Ren returned to Kunlun, cultivated and copied its scriptures, and made paper and ink that earned Merit as the Four Treasures of the Study spread.
• Yun Zhongzi warned Ren, Nezha, and Lei Zhenzi to stay in Kunlun as the inheritance battles threatened another Hundred Clans War, and Ren entered seclusion before opening a portal to the Shrouding the Heavens World.

Ren returned to the Shrouding the Heavens World, reunited with Ye Fan and his allies, and gathered the Devouring Heaven Demonic Jar and Ruthless Emperor’s techniques. He killed the Golden Ancient Emperor alongside Jiang Taixu, then urged Jiang Taixu to pursue the Imperial Position and prepared to marry Yan Ruyu.

• Ren arrived in An Miaoyi’s boudoir, reunited with Ye Fan, and learned that Yan Ruyu was safe and waiting for him.
• Ren witnessed the Wushi Emperor Bell punish those who had explored Purple Mountain, then traded for Jiang Yifei’s incomplete inheritance from the Ruthless Lineage.
• Ren traded for both halves of the Devouring Heaven Demonic Jar, reunited with Duan De and Black Emperor, and received an invitation from the Beginningless Emperor Bell.
• Ren challenged the Golden Ancient Emperor at Sacred Cliff, and Jiang Taixu blocked Wanlong Ancient Emperor from joining the fight against him.
• Ren killed the Golden Ancient Emperor and destroyed his Immortal Platform, while Jiang Taixu defeated Wanlong Ancient Emperor with his Battle Body.
• Ren and Jiang Taixu agreed that both would pursue the Imperial Position, and Ren asked the Jiang Family to arrange his wedding to Yan Ruyu.
• Ren revealed Jiang Ziya in Divine Source, and Jiang Taixu accepted him into the Jiang Family and agreed to protect him.

Ren brought Xiao Nannan to the Ruthless Emperor, restored the Great Accomplished Sacred Body, and returned to marry Yan Ruyu. Five Ancient Emperors interrupted the wedding, but Ren and Jiang Taixu defeated them and became Flawless Great Emperors before the wedding resumed, leaving Ren planning to take Yan Ruyu and the Ruthless Emperor to another world.

• Ren brought Xiao Nannan to the Ruthless Emperor, who entrusted her Dao Fruit to him and revealed that the Great Accomplished Sacred Body was sealed nearby.
• Ren restored the Great Accomplished Sacred Body with Immortal Wine, then returned to Yan Ruyu and arranged their wedding with Jiang Taixu.
• Ye Fan arrived with a Kirin Immortal Medicine Seed, and Ren and Jiang Taixu went into the Starry Sky to confront five Ancient Emperors who attacked during the wedding.
• Ren devoured the Blood, Radiance, and Dark Ancient Emperors while the Desolate Pagoda protected him, and the Ruthless Emperor emerged to destroy the Supremes threatening the world.
• Ren and Jiang Taixu defeated the remaining Origin and Kirin Emperors, then entered their Great Emperor Tribulations together and became Flawless Great Emperors.
• The Azure Emperor awakened from the Desolate Pagoda, and Ren returned to Yan Ruyu so their wedding could begin with Jiang Taixu and the Azure Emperor present.
• Ren told the Azure Emperor that he would take Yan Ruyu and the Ruthless Emperor to another world, while the Azure Emperor agreed to stay behind and help suppress the Forbidden Zone Supremes.

Ren entered the Primordial World, strengthened his cultivation under the Ruthless Emperor, and rescued Nezha from Shan Wen’s attack. He reached the Heavenly Court, gained the Interception Sect’s support, and began building his own power from Ziwei Palace.

• Ren and the Ruthless Emperor crossed the Spacetime Tunnel to Kunlun, where she criticized Ren’s cultivation and began training him in Emperor Scriptures and combat methods.
• Ren passed his Golden Immortal Tribulation, then followed Nezha’s Wind-Fire Wheels and rescued the wounded Nezha from Shan Wen and his attackers.
• Ren defeated Shan Wen and learned from Yun Zhongzi that alliances and bounties had plunged the Primordial World into conflict.
• Ren, Nezha, and Lei Zhenzi set out for the Heavenly Court to confront Li Jing over the Linglong Pagoda and Nezha’s lost Origin.
• Ren met Yang Jian and the Interception Sect’s leaders, revealed Randeng’s ties to Buddhism, and gained Golden Spirit Holy Mother’s support.
• Ren brought the Ruthless Emperor and Yan Ruyu to Ziwei Palace, where they began cultivating as he studied the Astral Sword Dao.
• Ren blocked the Heavenly Court’s view into Ziwei Palace, then used the Trash Station to send most of his sleeping followers to suitable worlds and kept Madara Uchiha with him.