Recaps

Hongjun announced a Dao Discussion at Purple Cloud Palace, prompting the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa and Fuxi to decide where to seek instruction. Meanwhile, one of Li Yi’s Spirit Treasure Avatars discovered a hidden Five-Colored Gourd Vine beneath Buzhou Mountain.

• Hongjun announced that he would hold a Dao Discussion at Purple Cloud Palace in three thousand years, resenting that Heaven-Earth Daoist had announced his own teaching first.
• Tongtian chose to go to Yingzhou Island to hear Heaven-Earth Daoist, while Laozi and Yuanshi decided to attend Hongjun’s Dao Discussion.
• Fuxi persuaded Nuwa that they should go to Purple Cloud Palace, though Nuwa remained troubled by an unexplained unease.
• Li Yi’s Spirit Treasure Avatar detected and entered an Innate Formation on Buzhou Mountain after searching for more than ten Yuanhui.
• Li Yi’s avatar found a Hundun-colored Five-Colored Gourd Vine bearing seven gourds within the formation.

Li Yi found the Innate Gourd Vine, used Primordial Mother Qi to save its seventh gourd, and took the vine and Nine Heavens Resting Soil with him to Yingzhou Island. At Purple Cloud Palace, Hongjun began his Dao Discussion and discovered that fewer cultivators had arrived than he expected, while one of the Pangu Three Pure Ones was missing.

• Li Yi entered the innate formation, recognized the seventh gourd’s potential, and used his Cosmos Cauldron to provide the Primordial Mother Qi it needed.
• The Innate Gourd Vine welcomed Li Yi after tasting the Primordial Mother Qi, and he placed it and the Nine Heavens Resting Soil in his Cosmos Cauldron.
• Li Yi traveled to Yingzhou Island, where his spirit-herb attendants prepared for his coming Dao Discussion.
• Hongjun received nearly two thousand cultivators at Purple Cloud Palace, fewer than the three thousand he had expected.
• Laozi and Yuanshi claimed two of the six Spirit Treasure Futons as members of the Pangu Orthodox lineage.
• Hongjun realized that the third of the Pangu Three Pure Ones was absent and suspected he had gone to the Heaven-Earth Daoist.

Hongjun arranged the six Prayer Mats and began preparing to teach the Great Firmament Dao, but Nuwa left the Purple Cloud Palace after sensing that staying would cost her something important. She told Fuxi she wanted to visit Yingzhou Island.

• Hongjun learned that Tongtian had gone to hear Li Yi's teaching and reserved a seat for him, while Laozi and Yuanshi accepted the remaining arrangement.
• Di Jun and Taiyi moved toward the empty seats, but Zhurong warned that the Witch Tribe would not let the demons claim them; Fuxi then urged Nuwa to take a seat tied to her Karma.
• Hong Yun yielded his seat to Zhunti and Jieyin after they pleaded, and Kunpeng gave up his seat after Zhunti insulted his origins.
• Hongjun realized the five seated figures were destined to become Heavenly Dao Sages and began to announce his Great Firmament Dao teaching.
• Nuwa abruptly left the Purple Cloud Palace, and Fuxi followed after Hongjun permitted them to go.
• Nuwa explained that the Prayer Mat made her feel something important would slip away, then told Fuxi she wanted to visit Yingzhou Island.

Li Yi lectured on the Great Firmament Dao at Yingzhou Immortal Island, where Tongtian and Nuwa both broke through. Tongtian left for Kunlun to learn how far Laozi and Yuanshi had advanced after Hongjun’s lecture.

• Li Yi opened his Dao discussion to more than ten thousand cultivators and explained the Great Firmament Dao in a way they could understand.
• Tongtian and Nuwa arrived at Yingzhou Immortal Island and listened to Li Yi’s lecture.
• Hongjun ended his three-thousand-year lecture in the Purple Cloud Palace and announced that his next discourse would cover the Quasi-Saint Dao.
• Laozi said he expected to reach the peak Great Firmament Golden Immortal realm, while Yuanshi said he was ready to advance to the late Great Firmament Golden Immortal realm.
• Tongtian broke through to the peak Great Firmament Golden Immortal realm, and Nuwa began advancing to the late Great Firmament Golden Immortal realm.
• Tongtian thanked Li Yi, then left for his Daoist Abode in the Kunlun Mountains to check on his brothers’ progress.

After reaching Late Great Firmament Golden Immortal, Yuanshi confronted Tongtian to mock his choice of teacher, but Tongtian revealed he had reached Peak Great Firmament Golden Immortal under Qiankun's instruction. News of Tongtian's breakthrough also led Purple Cloud Palace attendees across the Primordial World to question what they had learned from Hongjun.

• Yuanshi emerged from seclusion after breaking through to Late Great Firmament Golden Immortal and went to find Tongtian.
• Yuanshi ridiculed Tongtian for studying under Qiankun, but Tongtian defended his teacher and refused to let Yuanshi insult him.
• Yuanshi revealed his cultivation and boasted that Tongtian would have advanced if he had gone to Purple Cloud Palace.
• Tongtian released his aura, surpassing Yuanshi and Laozi as he revealed he had reached Peak Great Firmament Golden Immortal.
• Yuanshi left in humiliation, while Purple Cloud Palace attendees began questioning Hongjun's teachings after hearing of Tongtian's breakthrough.

As the second lecture approached, Tongtian chose to hear Qiankun preach on Yingzhou Island while Laozi and Yuanshi went to the Purple Cloud Palace. Hongjun began his lecture expecting to strengthen his path to Sagehood, but was stunned by how few listeners had arrived.

• Tongtian invited Laozi and Yuanshi to Yingzhou Island, but Yuanshi refused and Laozi chose to attend Hongjun's lecture with him.
• Yuanshi urged Tongtian to seek a Sage Position at the Purple Cloud Palace, but Tongtian left for Yingzhou Island.
• Laozi and Yuanshi flew to the Purple Cloud Palace, expecting Hongjun's teachings to help them advance to the Quasi-Saint realm.
• Hongjun divined that Tongtian and Nuwa had severed their karmic ties with him, then resolved to become a Sage before Qiankun could contest his Dao.
• Hongjun appeared on the Jade Platform and realized that far fewer listeners had come than before, suspecting they had gone to Qiankun's Yingzhou Island.

Hongjun learned that Qiankun's lectures had earned a reputation as superior and resolved to explain the Quasi-Saint Dao more carefully. On Yingzhou Island, Li Yi welcomed a much larger audience and began his lecture with a review of the Golden Immortal to Great Firmament Dao, promising to cover the Quasi-Saint Dao and formations.

• Yuanshi, Zhunti, Jieyin, and other Daoists flattered Hongjun by blaming the absentees for failing to understand his Sage Dao.
• Hongjun discovered that Qiankun's lectures had helped many Daoists achieve breakthroughs and decided to explain the Quasi-Saint Dao step by step.
• Li Yi arrived at Yingzhou Island and found nearly thirty thousand attendees, including Tongtian, Nuwa, Fuxi, and Houtu.
• Li Yi announced that he would teach the Quasi-Saint Dao and Formation Dao, hoping the formations would also benefit Houtu and the Witch Tribe.
• Li Yi began by reviewing the Golden Immortal to Great Firmament Dao for newcomers and returning listeners.

Eagle Nation celebrated Serafino’s acquisition of two Super Divine Artifacts and dismissed Li Yi’s weapons and stalled cultivation. In the Primordial World, Li Yi continued teaching the Dao, and Tongtian attained the Dao as the chapter ended.

• Serafino obtained the Seraphim Scepter, the Cherubim Scepter, and the Holy Angel Armament, prompting Eagle Nation’s Congress to expect a sweep of the rankings.
• Carl reported that Li Yi had gained no new weapons and that his cultivation had remained at Peak Primordial Unity Supreme Immortal.
• Eagle Nation’s Congress concluded that Li Yi’s treasures were unimpressive and mocked the Primordial World while predicting Serafino would win the rankings.
• Li Yi explained the Primordial Unity Dao and Quasi-Saint Dao to his listeners in the Primordial World.
• Tongtian comprehended Li Yi’s teaching, broke through, and caused the Daoist Abode’s inhabitants to recognize that someone had attained the Dao.

Tongtian broke through to the Primordial Unity Quasi-Saint realm after hearing Li Yi’s Dao, and both Tongtian and Nuwa asked Li Yi to accept them as personal disciples. In Purple Cloud Palace, Hongjun discovered that his Heavenly Dao Authority had diminished instead of growing.

• Tongtian broke through to the Primordial Unity Quasi-Saint realm, and Li Yi gained more Heavenly Dao Authority as cultivators praised his Dao Discussion over Hongjun’s.
• Tongtian asked Li Yi to accept him as a disciple, and Nuwa followed by making the same request.
• Li Yi accepted Tongtian and Nuwa as his Qiankun personal disciples, and they bowed to him as their Master.
• Hongjun taught the Three Corpses Severing Dao at Purple Cloud Palace and expected his Heavenly Dao Authority to increase through the favor he had bestowed.
• Hongjun found that his Heavenly Dao Authority had greatly diminished and wondered where it had gone.

Hongjun discovered that Qiankun’s teachings had drawn Heavenly Dao Authority away from him, but Laozi successfully used Hongjun’s Three Corpses Severing Method to reach Early Primordial Unity Supreme Immortal. Hongjun accepted Laozi, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti as disciples and promised to teach the Dao of Sanctification after the Three Yuan Assembly.

• Hongjun deduced that Qiankun had taught the Law Dao at Yingzhou Island, helping Tongtian break through to Quasi-Saint and enabling many Great Firmament Cultivators to make progress.
• Laozi comprehended Hongjun’s teaching, severed his Kind Corpse using the Supreme Unity Whisk, and reached Early Primordial Unity Supreme Immortal.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti asked Hongjun to accept them as disciples, and Hongjun agreed to take all four as his direct disciples.
• Hongjun ended the Dao Discussion and announced that he would resume teaching in the Purple Cloud Palace after the Three Yuan Assembly, where he would explain the Dao of Sanctification.
• Yuanshi and Laozi left eager to cultivate further and prove their progress to Tongtian.

After explaining the Formation Dao on Yingzhou Island, Li Yi announced that he would teach the Sage Dao after three Yuan Assemblies. Tongtian returned to Kunlun and told Laozi and Yuanshi that he had become Li Yi’s first disciple, then explained Li Yi’s Primordial Unity Dao, leaving his brothers bewildered by its Four Elements Laws.

• Li Yi explained the Formation Dao for a hundred years, then announced he would teach the path to Sainthood after three Yuan Assemblies.
• Tongtian returned to Kunlun, where Laozi and Yuanshi reproached him for skipping Hongjun’s lecture and missing the chance to become Hongjun’s direct disciple.
• Tongtian told his brothers that he had become Li Yi’s first disciple and would not attend Hongjun’s lectures.
• At Yuanshi’s request, Tongtian recounted Li Yi’s explanation of the Primordial Unity Dao, which focused on the Laws of Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire.
• Laozi and Yuanshi were dumbfounded because Tongtian’s account differed from Hongjun’s Three Corpses Severing Method.

Tongtian showed Laozi and Yuanshi the overwhelming Quasi-Saint power he gained through his Master's Law Dao and drove them from his Cave Abode. Meanwhile, on Blue Star, viewers awaited the second day's Weapon Rankings, with Eagle Nation confident Serafino would win.

• Yuanshi explained the Three Corpses Severing Dao and urged Tongtian to abandon the Law Dao and his Master.
• Laozi revealed his Kind Corpse, while Yuanshi displayed his Peak Great Firmament Golden Immortal power to convince Tongtian that Three Corpses Severing was the orthodox path.
• Tongtian unleashed his Quasi-Saint aura, which overwhelmed Laozi and his Kind Corpse, and declared that he would follow his Master's Dao.
• Tongtian sent Laozi and Yuanshi out of his Cave Abode; Yuanshi and Laozi left unsettled by Tongtian's strength.
• On Blue Star, viewers gathered for the second day's Weapon Rankings, and Eagle Nation supporters predicted Serafino would take the top spots.

The second day's National Destiny weapon rankings began, and viewers expected Li Yi to place poorly compared with other nations' divine artifacts. Instead, the first three entries all belonged to Li Yi, leaving viewers across nations stunned as the list continued.

• Cherry Blossom Nation's citizens praised Kato Kaito's Uchiha Fan and predicted their nation would rank highly in the weapon trial.
• Dragon Nation's viewers worried that Li Yi's familiar equipment would not earn him a high ranking, though they noted a Zhao Clan genius had borrowed the Sea God's Trident.
• The weapon rankings appeared, placing Li Yi's Six Desires Mind-Seizing Banner at rank 100 as Cherry Blossom Nation mocked him.
• The list placed Li Yi's Vermilion Bird Nirvana Feather at rank 99 and his Dark Nether Ruler at rank 98.
• Viewers from every nation were shocked when they realized the weapons appearing on the list all belonged to Li Yi.

The Trial Weapon Rankings filled with Li Yi’s weapons, making Dragon Nation viewers hopeful while Cherry Blossom Nation and Eagle Nation viewers struggled to explain his dominance. As the rankings approached the top ten, Eagle Nation remained confident that its Heaven World artifacts would claim the leading spots.

• Li Yi’s weapons repeatedly appeared on the ranking, prompting Cherry Blossom Nation viewers to accuse him of cheating and insist that Kaito’s Uchiha Fan would place in the top ten.
• Robert berated Eagle Nation’s Intelligence Department congressman for predicting that Li Yi’s weapons would not make the top hundred.
• The congressman relayed the advisory team’s claim that Li Yi’s weapons ranked highly only because other nations’ weapons were weak, while Eagle Nation’s Super Divine Artifacts would contend for the top three.
• Eagle Nation viewers accepted the reassurances and renewed their confidence in their Heaven World artifacts.
• Li Yi’s high-grade Innate Spirit Treasures appeared higher on the ranking, and Dragon Nation viewers speculated about the relative power of Innate Supreme Treasures and Innate Spiritual Treasures as the list reached the top ten.

The Golden Ranking revealed Li Yi’s weapons filling the top ten, bringing Dragon Nation repeated national fortune rewards and breakthroughs. With only two places left after Li Yi’s four Supreme-grade Innate Spirit Treasures appeared, Eagle Nation’s leaders grew confident that their two Heaven World artifacts would claim the top spots.

• The Golden Ranking placed Li Yi’s World-Destroying Black Lotus tenth, and Dragon Nation received rewards that helped citizens break through.
• The ranking continued to list Li Yi’s weapons among the top ten, while viewers from other nations envied Dragon Nation’s rewards and argued over whose artifacts would take first place.
• Eagle Nation’s Speaker Robert worried that Li Yi’s weapons might beat their artifacts until an intelligence official predicted that two places would remain for Eagle Nation’s Super Divine Artifacts.
• The ranking placed Li Yi’s Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation third, and Dragon Nation’s crowd celebrated while believing the final two spots would go to Eagle Nation.

The Weapon Rankings placed Li Yi’s four Innate Supreme Treasures jointly in second place, bringing Dragon Nation another national fortune reward and crushing other countries’ hopes. With Li Yi’s known weapons all listed, people across the world argued over which country would take first place as the ranking prepared to update.

• The Golden Ranking announced that Li Yi’s Cosmos Cauldron, God-Slaying Spear, Taiji Diagram, and Twenty-Four-Petal Pure World White Lotus were tied for second place, while Dragon Nation received another national fortune reward.
• People across the world reacted with disbelief and anger, while Dragon Nation citizens celebrated and defended Li Yi in the livestream chats.
• Eagle Nation Congress Speaker Robert berated his intelligence councilor for predicting that Eagle Nation would claim the top two spots.
• The councilor argued that Li Yi could not appear again because his known weapons had already been ranked, and Robert concluded that Eagle Nation’s two Super Divine Artifacts could take first place.
• Netizens from several countries argued over whose weapons would claim first place as the Golden Ranking flashed and updated.

The Golden Ranking placed Li Yi’s still-forming Chaos Gourd first, leaving Eagle Nation’s Super Divine Artifacts far behind and prompting its leaders to pin their hopes on the next contest. In the Primordial World, Yuanshi secretly sent his Kind Corpse to Yingzhou Island to hear Li Yi’s teachings, where it spotted a familiar figure ahead.

• The Golden Ranking revealed Li Yi’s still-forming Chaos Gourd in first place and awarded Dragon Nation major rewards.
• People across the nations reacted with shock, while Cherry Blossom Nation lamented that its Uchiha Fan could not beat Li Yi’s weapons.
• Speaker Robert learned that the Cherubim Scepter and Seraphim Scepter ranked 157th and 158th, and Eagle Nation’s leaders began hoping to win the next contest.
• After three Yuanhui passed, Yuanshi secretly sent his Kind Corpse toward Yingzhou Island to investigate the Heaven-Earth Daoist’s teachings.
• Near Yingzhou Island, Yuanshi’s Kind Corpse spotted a Daoist whose back looked like Laozi’s.

Laozi and Yuanshi traveled in disguise to Yingzhou Island, where Kunpeng forced them to give up their seats. At the Purple Cloud Palace, Hongjun tried to show off his disciples’ Kind Corpses, but Laozi and Yuanshi claimed their corpses were guarding Spirit Treasures.

• Laozi and Yuanshi agreed to visit Yingzhou Island while posing as Supreme Unity Golden Immortals.
• Laozi and Yuanshi sat in the inner circle beneath the Jade Platform, but Kunpeng ordered them to get lost.
• Yuanshi suppressed his anger and retreated with Laozi, while Kunpeng took their seats and suspected the White-Robed Daoist was Yuanshi.
• Hongjun gathered the remaining disciples at the Purple Cloud Palace and asked Laozi and Yuanshi to summon their Kind Corpses.
• Laozi and Yuanshi each claimed their Kind Corpse was guarding a Spirit Treasure, leaving Hongjun suspicious.

Hongjun discovered that his four disciples’ Kind Corpses had gone to Yingzhou Island to hear Li Yi preach, while he began explaining the Sage Dao at his own lecture. Li Yi outlined three paths to becoming a Sage and declared that the Three Corpses Severing Dao was a shortcut that led to a dead end for everyone but Hongjun.

• Hongjun used the Fragment of the Creation Jade Disc to locate the Kind Corpses of Laozi, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti, discovering that they had all gone to Yingzhou Island.
• Hongjun concealed his anger and began his final lecture by explaining the Sage Dao.
• Li Yi recognized the four Early Quasi-Saint incarnations at Yingzhou Island but chose not to expose them, then began preaching about the Sage Dao.
• Hong Yun broke through to the Primordial Unity Supreme Immortal Realm and thanked Li Yi for his teaching.
• Li Yi described the Law Dao as the orthodox but hardest path to Sagehood, then called the Three Corpses Severing Dao a dead end for everyone except Hongjun.

Li Yi publicly declared that the Three Corpses Severing Method could not lead to Sagehood unless its three spirit treasures shared the same origin, exposing a flaw that devastated its practitioners. In Purple Cloud Palace, Laozi, Yuanshi, Zhunti, and Jieyin confronted Hongjun after learning their Sage paths might be blocked.

• Li Yi explained that the Three Corpses Severing Method required three same-origin Innate Spiritual Treasures for Three Corpses Unity and called the method a dead end.
• Hongjun listened in disguise, recognized that Li Yi had revealed the method’s weakness, and wondered how he had learned it.
• Laozi and Yuanshi realized that the treasures housing their Kind Corpses shared an origin, while Zhunti and Jieyin feared their own limited treasures had doomed their prospects.
• After Li Yi’s five-hundred-year Dao discussion ended, the disciples received word of his claim through their incarnations and grew resentful toward Hongjun.
• Yuanshi demanded that Hongjun confirm whether the Three Corpses Severing Method could truly never succeed, as Laozi, Zhunti, and Jieyin watched him.

Hongjun convinced his four disciples to follow the Three Corpses Severing Method before seeking Sagehood through merit, while Li Yi planned to secure the remaining western merit for his own purposes. Hong Yun became Li Yi’s third disciple, and Li Yi summoned him with Tongtian and Nuwa after the Dao Discussion ended.

• Hongjun dismissed Qiankun’s warning and urged Yuanshi and the others to reach Peak Quasi-Saint through the Three Corpses Severing Method before pursuing merit-based Sagehood.
• Hongjun persuaded his four disciples that the Heavenly Dao allowed only six Sage Positions, and they apologized for doubting him.
• Li Yi planned to claim the opportunities for merit-based Sagehood before Hongjun’s chosen Sages could take them.
• Hong Yun asked Li Yi to accept him as a disciple, and Li Yi named him his third disciple while planning to send him west for its remaining merit.
• Zhunti and Jieyin’s incarnations looked down on Hong Yun and Li Yi and privately considered taking them in as protectors after attaining the Dao.
• After the Dao Discussion ended, Li Yi summoned Tongtian, Nuwa, and Hong Yun.

Li Yi gave Tongtian, Nuwa, and Hong Yun treasures meant to guide each of them toward Sagehood, then sent Hong Yun west to resolve an old karma. On Blue Star, Eagle Nation's think tank proposed using a National Destiny reward to summon its super geniuses and send them into the Primordial World to compete with Li Yi.

• Li Yi gave Tongtian the God-Slaying Spear and Twenty-Four Star Beads, Nuwa the Shanhe Sheji Diagram and an innate gourd, and Hong Yun the Mystic Yellow Seal and Nine-Nine Soul-Scattering Gourd.
• Li Yi told Hong Yun to travel west, where he would find the place of his Dao attainment and resolve a major past karma along the way.
• Eagle Nation's think tank concluded that the Primordial World was more powerful than the Heaven World, but argued that Li Yi himself was likely among its lowest-tier inhabitants.
• Hawk presented the think tank's proposal to summon Eagle Nation's super geniuses with its National Destiny reward and send them into the Primordial World to regain the rankings.

Eagle Nation planned to use a costly item to send Serafino and other geniuses back into the Primordial World, hoping to overtake Li Yi. In the Primordial World, Hongjun distributed treasures to his new Disciples, while Yuanshi and Laozi's Kind Corpses cornered Kunpeng.

• Eagle Nation's councilors concluded that Li Yi had survived the Primordial World through luck and proposed recalling Serafino and other geniuses with a special item.
• Hawk proposed inviting nine other powerful countries to share the item's cost, reducing Eagle Nation's loss of national destiny to five percent.
• Robert ordered the item activated so Serafino and the others could return and compete in the Primordial World.
• At Purple Cloud Palace, Hongjun gave Laozi and Yuanshi Supreme-grade Innate Spirit Treasures and gave Zhunti and Jieyin High-grade Innate Spirit Treasures before departing.
• After leaving the lecture, Kunpeng sensed danger and took a detour, but Yuanshi's Kind Corpse and Laozi's Kind Corpse intercepted him after decades of travel.
• Kunpeng pleaded that it was a misunderstanding as Yuanshi's Kind Corpse regarded him with killing intent.

Hong Yun saved Kunpeng from Yuanshi, settling the karmic debt from the Purple Cloud Palace. Kunpeng pledged himself to Hong Yun, who then agreed to let him accompany him westward on the path to the Sage Dao.

• Hong Yun sensed a terrifying disturbance and flew toward it, finding Yuanshi pursuing the badly wounded Kunpeng.
• Yuanshi struck at Kunpeng with the Jade Ruyi, but Hong Yun intercepted the blow with the Mystic Yellow Treasure Seal.
• Hong Yun explained his karmic debt to Kunpeng and offered to take responsibility for Kunpeng's offense; Yuanshi withdrew rather than fight him.
• Kunpeng knelt before Hong Yun, acknowledged him as his big brother, and pledged to obey him.
• Hong Yun told Kunpeng that his Master had sent him westward on the path to the Sage Dao, and Kunpeng offered to accompany and protect him.

After Li Yi’s weapons dominated the National Destiny Weapon Ranking, Robert gathered nine other nations to activate the Re-Rank Training Card and send their geniuses to train in the Primordial World. The ten nations signed a national destiny agreement, and the new training round began.

• Kato Tsuru accepted Robert’s invitation to discuss stopping Li Yi from dominating the rankings.
• Robert revealed the five-star Re-Rank Training Card, which could send three people from each participating nation into a designated world for another training round at a cost of 50% of national destiny.
• Robert argued that Li Yi’s weapons were strong because the Primordial World surpassed the other training worlds, and claimed the allied nations’ geniuses could catch up there.
• Cherry Blossom Nation and the other invited nations agreed to share the card’s cost with Eagle Nation.
• Representatives from the ten nations signed a national destiny agreement, and their combined national destiny activated the Re-Rank Training Card.