Recaps

Gu Changqing strengthened the Interception Sect, took Kunpeng’s River Diagram and Luo Book, and helped Houtu establish order in reincarnation while advancing humanity’s fortune. The arc left him watching as Jieyin and Zhunti tried to recruit the Blood-Winged Black Mosquito, whom Gu Changqing killed with poisoned wine.

• Gu Changqing’s dream projection defeated Guangchengzi and the other challengers, and Tongtian later offered him the sect leadership and Four Immortal-Slaying Swords, but Gu Changqing refused to give up drinking.
• Di Jun and Tai Yi pursued Kunpeng for the River Diagram and Luo Book, but Kunpeng escaped to Golden Ao Island and handed the treasures to Gu Changqing, who refused to admit him to the Interception Sect.
• Gu Changqing studied the diagrams and established the Primal Chaos Star Dou Great Array above Golden Ao Island, while Jieyin and Zhunti searched the Endless Blood Sea for a destined disciple.
• After drinking Houtu’s Earth Dao wine, Gu Changqing visited the Underworld and named the Six Paths of Reincarnation, directing departed spirits according to good and evil deeds and elevating the Human Realm Path.
• Gu Changqing’s changes strengthened humanity and the Earth Dao, angering Hongjun, who resolved to destroy the Witch and Demon Clans so Haotian and Yaochi could rule the heavens.
• Jieyin and Zhunti found the Hongmeng Blood-Winged Black Mosquito and tried to recruit it, but it rejected them and insulted the two Western Sages.
• Gu Changqing appeared as Zhunti restrained the Blood-Winged Black Mosquito, then offered it poisoned wine, and the mosquito drank, lost its vitality, and died.

Gu Changqing freed the Dragon Race from the Heavenly Dao’s restraints, strengthened his disciples and Houtu with his wine, and prepared for the coming war without changing Fuxi’s fate. The Demon Race and Witch Clan began their final battle as Hongjun’s schemes and Taiyi’s borrowed power came under scrutiny.

• The Blood-Winged Black Mosquito revived after drinking Gu Changqing’s poisoned wine, then devoured much of the Eight Treasures Merit Pool before following Gu Changqing back to Golden Ao Island.
• Hongjun ordered the Six Sages to use the fortune of living beings to dissolve the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans’ karmic burdens, then planned for the Demon Court to command them.
• When Laozi used Heavenly Dao restraints against the Dragon Race, Gu Changqing’s sword strike severed the shackles and freed the dragons, though Tongtian later announced his ten-thousand-year confinement.
• Gu Changqing told Tongtian he possessed a complete Dao, while Taiyi emerged from seclusion with Sage-level strength granted by Hongjun and Houtu’s wine strengthened her Dao Heart.
• Nuwa asked Gu Changqing to save Fuxi, but he said Fuxi would enter reincarnation and gain a great opportunity, so Nuwa chose not to intervene.
• Gu Changqing brought Mount Shu’s disciples deeper understanding of the Sword Dao and gathered its herbs to brew wine as the Demon Court and Witch Clan prepared for war.
• The Demon Race and the Eleven Ancestral Witches met at Buzhou Mountain, where Di Jun ordered his forces to attack and Hongjun watched, hoping the two clans would destroy each other.
• The Phoenix and Qilin Clans joined the battle, Taiyi hurled Dijiang away with his immense power, and Dijiang accused Hongjun of manipulating events while Hongjun called Taiyi a fool.

As the Witch, Demon, and Dragon Races fought, Houtu emerged from the Underworld and defeated Hongjun, destroying the Demon Race and ending the calamity. Gu Changqing helped establish the Underworld’s order, sent Fuxi’s spirit into reincarnation, and then traveled to the ruined Undying Volcano.

• The Dragon Race joined the Witch Clan, but Fuxi’s Primordial Eight Trigrams helped the Demon Race destroy the Pangu Phantom and turn the battle in its favor.
• Gu Changqing appeared to answer Taiyi’s taunts, but Houtu emerged from the Underworld, severely injured Taiyi, and killed Fuxi.
• Houtu challenged Hongjun with the Earth Dao and shattered his Heavenly Dao Divine Wheel, defeating him before the gathered sages and living beings.
• Houtu destroyed the Demon Court and killed Di Jun, Taiyi, the Ten Demon Saints, and countless demons, ending the Demon Race.
• Gu Changqing warned the Ancestral Witches that their victory had changed the Heavenly Mandate and that Hongjun might gain greater power from the Heavenly Dao.
• Fengdu and the Underworld’s officials appeared, and Houtu gave Gu Changqing a share of the merit generated by their arrival.
• Gu Changqing created the Long Body Heaven-Battling Art and sent Fuxi’s surviving true spirit through the Human Realm Path to reincarnate.
• After leaving the Underworld, Gu Changqing traveled to the Undying Volcano and entered the Phoenix Clan’s ruined ancestral grotto-heaven.

Gu Changqing gathered treasures from the Phoenix and Qilin Clans, took the God-Slaying Spear from the Chan Sect, and destroyed Luohu’s remnant soul. After accepting Kong Xuan as his disciple and studying Nuwa’s Creation Great Dao, he began brewing wine with the Southern Bright Separation Flame, leaving Bixiao in danger after she drank it.

• Gu Changqing took the Phoenix Clan’s treasures and captured the Southern Bright Separation Flame, then accepted Yuanfeng’s life-bound plume and agreed to protect Kong Xuan before she died.
• At Qilin Cliff, Gu Changqing found the Tongtian Jianmu and claimed the God-Slaying Spear, defeating Yu Ding Zhenren’s theft attempt and driving off Yuanshi’s incarnation.
• Back on Golden Ao Island, Gu Changqing accepted Kong Xuan as a disciple and destroyed Luohu’s remnant soul, which had emerged from the God-Slaying Spear.
• Gu Changqing gave Tongtian the Tongtian Jianmu, then showed Nuwa that Fuxi had reincarnated as a human youth and learned the Creation Great Dao from her over a thousand years.
• As Laozi and Yuanshi returned from the Outer Chaos Region with greatly increased power, Tongtian and Nuwa discussed the danger to their allies, while Gu Changqing kept his knowledge of the Human Dao to himself.
• Gu Changqing brewed wine with the Southern Bright Separation Flame, nine heavens spirit spring, spirit roots, and immortal fruits, drawing hundreds of thousands of Jie Sect Disciples to his cave abode.
• Bixiao drank a cup of the new wine and showed signs of pain as her blood qi surged, so Gu Changqing enveloped her with his power.