Recaps

Du Yu and his allies battled the Black Monks while You Si’s resurfacing mission and the struggle over Mount Buzhou threatened both Legends. Mount Buzhou fell and Nüwa appeared, leaving Zhan Qisheng gravely wounded and Nüwa facing Yinglong on Dragon Ancestor Island.

• Du Yu learned from Xiao Qi that the Black Monks were evil counterparts of the Western Heaven’s Arhats and that the Extreme Darkness World would attack in five days, so he prepared a plan to bring down Mount Buzhou.
• You Si awakened within Xie Yujiao, attacked the allied fighters, and revealed that she sought a suitable person to become the new “Time,” but her returning memories made her withdraw.
• Sage split Mount Buzhou with his axe, and the Yellow Emperor and Flame Emperor joined forces with the tribes to bring the mountain down.
• Gonggong struck Mount Buzhou as Zhan Qisheng widened its cracks, and the mountain’s collapse released destruction before Nüwa appeared.
• Nüwa attacked the Black Monks and gravely wounded Zhan Qisheng and Yingning, while Fuxi arrived and treated them.
• Zhan Qisheng asked Fuxi to save Du Yu in seven days, then vanished into a beam of light as a drunken young man followed him.
• Fuxi and Nüwa arrived on Dragon Ancestor Island, where Nüwa declared she would not spare Yinglong as he blasted the monks to dust.

Du Yu surrendered the Eight Directions Ghost Record and appeared to face Great Dark Heaven alone, while secretly arranging for the Immortals and their allies to ambush its forces. The battle began with allies arriving from across the realms, and Yang Jian and Ibaraki Doji joined forces against Maudgalyayana as Black and White Impermanence faced Mahakasyapa.

• Du Yu accepted Yinglong’s soul into the Eight Directions Ghost Record, then accused Fuxi of neglecting the suffering people and ordered his disciples to kill him.
• Du Yu’s group wounded Fuxi and escaped through the recall, while Nüwa refused to save him and You Si rejected him as unfit to become Eternity.
• Du Yu put Zhan Qisheng, Yingning, and Weaver Girl into the Ghost Record, then told his companions he would face He Suoyi alone rather than risk their lives.
• Yinglong recognized A Can and A Kui and revealed how he had imprisoned them, while Du Yu arranged for his companions and the Bureau’s staff to evacuate.
• Du Yu returned the Ghost Record to Houtu, erased his name, and remained alone at the Bureau as Great Dark Heaven approached.
• Du Yu confronted He Suoyi, then revealed that the Immortals had hidden nearby and that Shen Shi’s fake Ghost Record had deceived the enemy about his surrender.
• The Immortals, Greek Immortals, Dragon Kings, Crab Generals, Heavenly Generals, and Armed Monster Alliance arrived to support Du Yu as Great Dark Heaven began its attack.
• Maudgalyayana overwhelmed Du Yu’s group until Yang Jian intervened, then Ibaraki Doji helped Yang Jian resist Maudgalyayana’s attempt to exploit his grief over his mother.

Du Yu's allies battled Great Dark Heaven's monks while a reversed Heart Sutra turned old regrets into murderous resentment. Du Yu set out to kill Great Dark Heaven as his allies faced mounting losses and more forces joined the assault.

• Black Impermanence rejected Mahakasyapa's attempt to turn him against Du Yu and killed him, while Xie Bi'an learned that the monks had gained their cultivation by offering up suffering.
• Great Dark Heaven's reversed Heart Sutra drove Immortals to attack one another, and the Northern Emperor killed Cui Jue and Chang'e while protecting Du Yu.
• Xie Bi'an warned Du Yu that defeat was approaching and offered to cover his escape, but Du Yu chose an all-out assault on Great Dark Heaven.
• Black Impermanence demanded that Du Yu let Zhan Qisheng's soul disappear, and Xie Bi'an stayed behind to restrain him while Du Yu vowed to kill Great Dark Heaven within an hour.
• Shiranui Asuka refused to abandon Du Yu despite predictions that Lines would soon cover China, and the Time Masters chose to stay and fight beside her.
• Nezha transformed into a fiery lotus and charged Aniruddha after Samadhi True Fire burned him from within, and Du Yu vowed to avenge him.
• Shuten Doji sent the Armed Monster Alliance toward the great Buddha, and a girl accompanied by Li Lianying arrived to defend the Inner Yellow Springs.

Du Yu led the Immortals against Great Dark Heaven, but his victory unleashed He Suoyi and shattered spacetime. Stranded in the Peach Blossom Spring with Old Man Du, Du Yu sought a way out and planned to return to hunt the Water Monkey.

• Cowherd learned that Weaver Girl had fallen and attacked Xie Yujiao, but Meng Po persuaded him to spare her before he relinquished his West Street position.
• Xie Yujiao chose to recover her memories as You Si, while Sage and Xiao Qi considered how the altered timeline might affect Du Yu’s fate.
• Du Yu gathered the Immortals and their allies to attack Great Dark Heaven, which crushed Dong Qianqiu and Xiao Qi before Du Yu entered its body and found You Si.
• You Si urged Great Dark Heaven to withdraw, but Du Yu struck him after finding an opening, and Sage appeared to warn that killing the Black Buddha would destroy the world.
• Du Yu trapped Sage in the Eight Directions Ghost Record and shattered Great Dark Heaven’s head, but the explosion destroyed the Underworld and left He Suoyi ready to purge the world.
• Du Yu and Sage sent He Suoyi through a Portal toward Sage’s ruined future, but He Suoyi’s explosion shattered spacetime and carried Du Yu into a succession of eras.
• Du Yu chased He Suoyi into an isolated village, where he met Old Man Du and learned that the villagers had no known road out.
• Du Yu and Old Man Du opened the Rabbit Path through the rock, crawled into another peach blossom grove, and marked the route so they could return to kill Water Monkey.