Recaps

Gu Changqing brewed wine that transformed the Interception Sect disciples and helped Hong Yun, then freed Ao Cunxin from her Heavenly Dao seal and took her as his disciple. When Yuanshi and Laozi plotted against him through the Dragon Race, Gu Changqing’s wine and sword arts let Ao Cunxin turn the tables on Randeng, until Yuanshi appeared.

• Gu Changqing brewed wine infused with Hunyuan Dao Rhyme, and the Interception Sect disciples discovered that drinking it transformed their origin Dao foundations.
• Gu Changqing taught Hong Yun the Dao of Hunyuan, then traveled to the East Sea for more wine and confronted the Dragon Race.
• Gu Changqing broke Ao Cunxin’s Heavenly Dao seal with his Origin-Transforming Slash and accepted her as his disciple in exchange for the Ancestral Dragon Scale.
• Gu Changqing brewed wine with the scale, and Ao Cunxin’s bloodline evolved, and Laozi then offered Gu Changqing Yellow Central Plums to restore the Human Sect’s prestige, but Gu Changqing told him to help the human race himself.
• Yuanshi and Laozi plotted to use Randeng against Ao Cunxin and the Dragon Race, while Ao Cunxin grew stronger through Gu Changqing’s wine.
• Randeng attacked the Dragon Race, and Ao Cunxin returned to defend it after Gu Changqing gave her a jar of wine.
• Ao Cunxin used the wine to unleash Gu Changqing’s sword arts, wounded Randeng, and drove him into a disadvantage as the East Sea battle shook the region.
• Yuanshi appeared over the East Sea and rebuked Ao Cunxin for attacking Randeng.

Gu Changqing protected the Dragon Race, helped Ao Cunxin become its Dragon Emperor, and supported Houtu as she established the Underworld and attained the Earth Dao. When Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao moved to suppress Houtu, Gu Changqing persuaded her to accept suppression for now, and she welcomed him into the Underworld.

• Gu Changqing threatened the Chan Sect to protect the Dragon Race, then killed Daoxing Tianzun when he challenged him, provoking Yuanshi and forcing Tongtian to intervene.
• Tongtian rescued Gu Changqing from Yuanshi and brought him back to Golden Ao Island, where he forbade him from leaving while Gu Changqing worked on the Totem Contract Art.
• Gu Changqing proclaimed Ao Cunxin Dragon Emperor and taught her to establish a contract in which the Dragon Race protected humanity in return for fortune and merit.
• Houtu gained insight from the Twelve Dutian Divine Fiends Array, traveled to the Blood Sea, and created the Underworld as the Earth Dao, earning the Sage Fruit Position.
• Houtu gave Gu Changqing a share of her Great Dao merit, then confronted Hongjun, who called her Earth Dao a crooked path and attacked her.
• The Twelve Ancestral Witches summoned a Pangu Phantom to fight Hongjun, but he shattered it with the Heavenly Dao’s power and sent them back to Buzhou Mountain.
• The Heavenly Dao Cage suppressed Houtu, and Gu Changqing persuaded her to stop resisting and wait for another chance rather than perish in defiance.
• Houtu accepted suppression in the Underworld, invited Gu Changqing inside, and listened as he described its power over life, death, reincarnation, and judgment.

Gu Changqing helped Houtu advance the Six Paths of Reincarnation, then defeated Jieyin and Zhunti and strengthened the Interception Sect with his wine and treasures. As the Witch-Demon truce neared its end, the Demon Court prepared its great array while Ancestor Minghe attained enlightenment.

• Gu Changqing gave Houtu prototypes of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and she began refining them as Earth Dao Resonance strengthened him.
• Jieyin and Zhunti ambushed Gu Changqing, but his sword strike wounded them before Tongtian arrived and forced them to surrender the Twelve-Grade Golden Lotus of Merit and a strand of Geng metal origin qi.
• Gu Changqing used the Golden Lotus to suppress the Interception Sect’s fortune, then brewed Geng Metal Immortal Brew that transformed the disciples’ Sword Intent and Tongtian’s own sword intent.
• Ancestor Minghe sought Gu Changqing’s guidance about the weakening Blood Sea, and Gu Changqing urged him to follow his Dao of killing while warning that it would not make him a Sage.
• Gu Changqing formed an eighteen-layer Merit Golden Wheel and manifested the Heaven and Earth Guillotine, alarming the great powers across the Primordial World.
• Houtu told Dijiang and the other Ancestral Witches that the Earth Dao and Six Paths might help her escape confinement and enable them to become Sages.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi unveiled the Primal Chaos Star Dou Great Array and ordered the Demon Court to forge Star Banners before the truce ended.
• Gu Changqing continued cultivating and sensed an unusual aura from Ancestor Minghe, who attained enlightenment in the Endless Blood Sea.

Gu Changqing helped Ancestor Minghe block the Western Teachings from claiming the Underworld, then survived Hongjun’s attack and damaged the Human Sect with his Demon Souls. At Di Jun’s celebration for the Ten Golden Crow Princes, Gu Changqing unsettled the Demon Court and struck a brewing bargain with Jieyin and Zhunti, demanding Bitter Bamboo as a key ingredient.

• Ancestor Minghe created the Asura Clan and received Heavenly Dao merit, but failed to become a Sage, while Gu Changqing pointed him toward the Underworld.
• Jieyin and Zhunti tried to send Ksitigarbha into the Underworld, but Houtu repelled him, and Minghe agreed to block his entry after Gu Changqing gave him a jar of wine.
• Minghe defeated the Western Sages’ attempt to force Ksitigarbha into the Underworld, but Hongjun arrived to punish Gu Changqing for defying the Heavenly Dao.
• Gu Changqing absorbed Hongjun’s heavenly punishment power, survived the Eye of Heavenly Punishment, and sent nine Demon Souls to devastate Laozi’s Human Sect before Tongtian took him back to Golden Ao Island.
• Di Jun announced the birth of his Ten Golden Crow Princes and invited the Sages to celebrate, and Gu Changqing joined Tongtian and the Interception Sect at the Demon Court.
• Gu Changqing demanded that Di Jun and the Demon Court’s leaders provide brewing ingredients, provoking them, but Di Jun avoided a fight and presented the Ten Golden Crow Princes to the guests.
• Jieyin and Zhunti apologized to Gu Changqing and offered treasures and produce in exchange for wine, then followed him and Tongtian to Golden Ao Island.
• Gu Changqing rejected Jieyin and Zhunti’s offerings as insufficient and named Bitter Bamboo as the essential ingredient.