Recaps

Gu Changqing helped the Three Ancestors of the Human Race defeat the disciples of the Three Teachings and establish their place among humanity. When the Four Saints attacked him, Tongtian and Nuwa intervened, and Gu Changqing’s Sword Dao turned Tongtian’s sword array against them before Tongtian proposed ending the conflict.

• Gu Changqing tricked Jieyin and Zhunti into giving him two sections of the Six Roots Pure Bamboo, then used inferior ingredients to stage a failed brew and kept the true Bitter Bamboo wine for himself.
• Gu Changqing gave Hong Yun jars of the true wine, while Tongtian realized what Gu Changqing had done and suspected Laozi and Yuanshi were conspiring against him.
• Laozi, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti allied to undermine the Mount Shu Sword Sect and compete for human fortune, prompting Nuwa to seek Tongtian and tell him of their scheme.
• Tongtian sent Gu Changqing and the Interception Sect’s disciples to help humanity, and Gu Changqing arrived at Mount Shu and took Suiren Shi, Youchao Shi, and Ziyi Shi to confront the Three Teachings’ disciples.
• Gu Changqing gave the three human leaders wine that granted them the Ten Directions Limitless Sword Array, which killed Aniruddha and several other disciples before Gu Changqing stopped the slaughter.
• Gu Changqing named Suiren Shi, Youchao Shi, and Ziyi Shi the Three Ancestors of the Human Race, and the humans’ allegiance raised their cultivation and brought fortune to Mount Shu and Ji Ren.
• Yuanshi attacked Gu Changqing, Laozi joined the assault, and Nuwa and Tongtian intervened to face the Four Saints as Tongtian summoned the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords.
• Gu Changqing’s sword intent empowered Tongtian’s array and drove the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords into the Four Saints, who recognized his Sword Dao before Tongtian proposed ending the conflict.

Gu Changqing strengthened the Witch Clan and exposed Jieyin and Zhunti’s scheme to provoke war between the Witch and Demon Clans. His use of karma turned the Demon Race against the Western Teachings, leaving the Witch-Demon War delayed and Hongjun stunned.

• Hongjun summoned the Xuanmen Saints to Zixiao Palace and ordered them to restore the disrupted heavenly mandate, while Laozi and the other Three Saints demanded Gu Changqing’s death.
• Gu Changqing went to the Underworld, warned the Ancestral Witches about the Demon Race’s Primal Chaos Star Dou Great Array, and taught them the Pangu Emperor Heaven-Opening Sacred Art.
• Jieyin and Zhunti manipulated the Ten Golden Crow Princes into attacking the Witch Clan, and the princes scorched the land and killed millions of living beings.
• Hou Yi killed nine Golden Crow Princes as Gu Changqing had advised, then Gu Changqing broke Zhunti’s concealment so Di Jun and Tai Yi could learn what had happened.
• Di Jun accused Gu Changqing of killing his sons, but Gu Changqing exposed Jieyin and Zhunti’s role and manifested his Merit Golden Wheel to reveal the accumulated karma.
• The karmic backlash overwhelmed the Western Teachings and cost it much of its fortune, while Jieyin and Zhunti failed to stop it.
• Di Jun led countless demons to attack Mount Sumeru, the Ancestral Witches waited for the Demon Race to weaken, and Hongjun watched in disbelief as the Demon Race turned on the Western Teachings.

Gu Changqing outmaneuvered Hongjun and aided the Witch Clan as the Witch-Demon War escalated. The Demon Court’s betrayal and desperate attack brought down Buzhou Mountain, leaving heaven and earth in turmoil.

• Gu Changqing turned the Demon Race against the Western Teachings, and Hongjun intervened only after Di Jun and Tai Yi destroyed Mount Sumeru.
• When Hongjun tried to take Gu Changqing to Zixiao Palace, Gu Changqing concealed his Fate Mark with the Karmic Wheel and escaped his grasp.
• The Witch Clan declared war on the weakened Demon Race, and Gu Changqing cultivated the ninth form of his Nine Sword Divine Ability while the armies fought.
• The Ancestral Witches summoned a Pangu Phantom against the Demon Race’s star formation, prompting Hongjun to order the Sages to bolster the Demon Race with their lineages’ fortune.
• Gu Changqing sent wine across the battlefield, strengthening the Witch Clan, then withdrew after Laozi proposed that the Sages leave the two clans to fight alone.
• Kunpeng stole the River Diagram and Luo Book and fled, collapsing the Demon Race’s great array as the Witch Clan pressed its attack.
• Di Jun and Taiyi led the Demon Court in a desperate assault on Buzhou Mountain, where Di Jun’s charge killed Chi You and Jiu Feng before Taiyi struck the mountain down with the Chaos Bell.

After Buzhou Mountain’s collapse, Gu Changqing secured the means for Nuwa to mend the heavens and persuaded Black Tortoise to anchor the world, earning immense merit. As the Interception Sect drew new followers, Laozi and Yuanshi challenged it to a contest, which ended with their disciples defeated and Gu Changqing plotting a response.

• Buzhou Mountain collapsed and flooded the Primordial World, prompting Hongjun to confine the surviving Demon Race while the Witch Clan protested his ruling.
• Nuwa sought Gu Changqing’s help to save the world, and he persuaded Hongjun to lend her the Qiankun Cauldron so she could mend the heavens with Five-Colored Stones.
• Gu Changqing forced Black Tortoise to surrender a piece of his origin armor for wine, severing the karma attached to it, then persuaded him to anchor the Four Extremities after Nuwa repaired the heavens.
• Black Tortoise stabilized the world with his four legs and rejected Yuanshi’s offer to join the Profound Gate, while Hongjun’s silence confirmed the limit on Heavenly Dao Sages.
• The Great Dao granted Gu Changqing immense merit, which he poured into his Merit Golden Wheel, and he later offered the Interception Sect disciples wine that carried the Earth Dao’s resonance.
• As the Interception Sect attracted crowds of applicants, Laozi and Yuanshi failed to restore innate spiritual energy on Kunlun Mountain and decided to challenge Tongtian’s sect to a disciples’ contest.
• Bixiao defeated Yu Ding Zhenren, and the Interception Sect disciples went on to defeat their Human and Chan Sect challengers in battles above Golden Ao Island.
• Yuanshi blamed Gu Changqing for the defeats, Laozi rebuked Yuanshi for provoking him, and Gu Changqing appeared to sleep while secretly promising to return the favor.