Recaps

Nuwa claimed the Human Dao and forged the Hongmeng Sacred Sword, while Gu Changqing used it to separate the Three Realms and establish a Human World independent of the Heavenly Dao. After helping the Underworld awaken the Ancestral Witches’ Primordial Spirits, Gu Changqing departed as Hongjun prepared for the Investiture of the Gods Measureless Calamity.

• Nuwa severed her ties to the Heavenly Dao, abolished Laozi’s Human Sect, and declared herself Lord of the Human Dao.
• Nuwa reestablished the Human Sect on Mount Shu, forged the Hongmeng Sacred Sword, and used it to break the Heavenly Dao’s lightning tribulation.
• Gu Changqing named the Five Emperors, absorbed humanity’s merit, and mastered the Stars Devouring Saints Method.
• Gu Changqing borrowed Nuwa’s Hongmeng Sacred Sword and severed heaven from earth, while Nuwa stabilized the Human World Realm and Tongtian raised the Immortal-Slaying Sword Array against the Three Teachings.
• Gu Changqing completed the division of the Three Realms, and the Heavenly Dao carried Hongjun into its void as the other Four Saints fled.
• In the Underworld, Gu Changqing mastered the Great Asura Manual and helped Ancestor Minghe improve his cultivation.
• Gu Changqing used the Chaos Divine Millstone to reveal that baleful qi had suppressed the Ancestral Witches’ Primordial Spirits, then left the Underworld after drawing Kun Origin Ancestral Marrow from the Earth Dao.
• The Heavenly Dao declared a measureless calamity, and Hongjun accepted the Investiture of the Gods Measureless Calamity as a way to restore the Profound Gate’s power.

Gu Changqing brewed Hunyuan Immortal Brew while the Four Saints attacked the Interception Sect, then used the wine to prove the Dao of Primordial Unity. After defeating Yuanshi, he turned the Immortal-Slaying Sword Array against the Three Teachings and faced Jieyin’s counterattack.

• Gu Changqing gathered the Human Dao Era Flame from the Humans, completed the three ingredients for his wine, and taught the Humans and Interception Sect disciples.
• Gu Changqing rallied the wishes of countless living beings into a heavenly sword that shattered Heavenly Punishment, then preached Cutting Heaven to Prove the Dao on Golden Ao Island.
• As Gu Changqing brewed the wine in Biyou Palace, Laozi, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti attacked, while Haotian and Yaochi led the assault on the Interception Sect.
• Haotian used the Kunlun Mirror and Haotian Pagoda against the Interception Sect disciples, but Gu Changqing’s spatial sword struck him and Gu Changqing guided fallen disciples into reincarnation.
• Gu Changqing emerged without appearing to have become a Sage, then drank his Hunyuan Immortal Brew and attained the cultivation of a primordial Daluo Golden Immortal.
• Gu Changqing defeated Yuanshi in a sword clash, stopped the Four Saints from leaving without accounting for the Interception Sect’s losses, and accepted Tongtian’s Four Immortal-Slaying Swords.
• Gu Changqing unleashed the Immortal-Slaying Sword Array, killing most of the Three Teachings’ ordinary disciples and severely wounding Xuandu, Guangchengzi, Ksitigarbha, and Maitreya.
• Jieyin invoked Conversion and turned the world’s blood fiend aura and karmic burdens against Gu Changqing, who struck again and declared that all gods and Buddhas must bow before him.

Gu Changqing defeated the Four Saints, established the Sword Tomb, and rejected Hongjun’s offer to submit to Heaven. In the Western World, he found the God-Slaying Spear and the World-Destroying Mill Fragment, which crushed Jieyin and Zhunti and left the Heavenly Dao announcing a Sage’s death.

• Gu Changqing destroyed Jieyin and Zhunti’s Buddha Kingdom in the Palm, then followed the retreating Saints to the Heavenly Court and shattered its Primal Chaos Star Dou Great Array before leaving without killing its defenders.
• Gu Changqing returned to Golden Ao Island, created the Sword Tomb from fallen disciples’ companion swords, and shared wine that gave the Interception Sect insights into proving the Dao.
• Hongjun returned and offered Gu Changqing supreme authority if he submitted to the Heavenly Dao, but Gu Changqing refused, and Hongjun took the Four Saints to Zixiao Palace instead of killing him.
• Gu Changqing traveled to the Western World, unearthed the God-Slaying Spear, and pinned Maitreya with Words Become Law when Maitreya tried to stop him.
• Gu Changqing entered the Heavenly Abyss, broke the formation sealing the World-Destroying Mill, and emerged with a fragment as Jieyin and Zhunti, Houtu, Nuwa, and Tongtian converged on the Western World.
• Gu Changqing let the World-Destroying Mill Fragment fall on Jieyin and Zhunti, crushing them and the Twelve-Grade Golden Lotus of Merit, while Houtu and Nuwa questioned whether the two Saints had died.
• The Heavenly Dao thundered and blood rain fell, prompting Nuwa to recognize the sign of a Sage’s death as Houtu looked toward Zixiao Palace.

Gu Changqing defeats the Four Saints, claims the World-Destroying Mill, and learns from Lord Taiji how Heavenly Dao Sages can be slain. Hongjun then lures Interception Sect disciples into a trap, and Gu Changqing arrives as Tongtian battles Laozi and Yuanshi.

• Hongjun restored Jieyin and Zhunti, then demanded the World-Destroying Mill from Gu Changqing, who refused and joined Houtu and Nuwa against him.
• Gu Changqing challenged Laozi, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti to a wager, then used himself as the fifth sword to defeat them with the Immortal-Slaying Sword Array.
• After the Four Saints fled to Kunlun Mountain and broke their wager, Gu Changqing overwhelmed their defenses with the Human Emperor Brush and took their spirit treasures.
• Gu Changqing returned to the Western World, claimed the World-Destroying Mill Fragment, and refined its restrictions with Tongtian, Houtu, and Nuwa.
• Lord Taiji emerged from the Mill and traded knowledge of how to destroy a Sage’s Dao Fruit for Gu Changqing’s explanation of the Three Thousand Great Daos.
• Hongjun forged the Sage-Transforming Furnace and manipulated Interception Sect disciples into seeking treasures, leading Duobao and seven others into Laozi and Yuanshi’s trap.
• Tongtian rescued the disciples from Yuanshi’s attack, but Laozi and Yuanshi demanded that he disband the Interception Sect, prompting Tongtian to fight them.
• After Lord Taiji erased the Mill’s restrictions and departed, Gu Changqing claimed the treasure and arrived at the battlefield as Tongtian suppressed Laozi and Yuanshi.