Recaps

As the Primordial World’s customs and dangers unfold before the Douluo Continent, Qian Renxue earns divine office through her service and joins the Heavenly Court as Mountain God of Flower-Fruit Mountain. She settles into her post and begins preparing for the return of the Handsome Monkey King.

• The Douluo Star Will announced the Primordial World’s return and chose Tai Tan, Qian Renxue, Xiao Wu, and Ma Hongjun for the first ascent.
• Tai Tan gained nine golden Soul Rings upon arrival, but a bandit leader killed him, shocking the Douluo Continent’s factions.
• Snake Maiden took Xiao Wu to Nine Demon Cave, while Ma Hongjun joined Nalanda Temple and Qian Renxue began learning about gods and cultivation from Earth Granny.
• Qian Renxue accepted a role helping Earth Granny guide the dead, then helped the Underworld Constables destroy a Wild God’s statue and spirit tablet.
• The City God granted Qian Renxue an Eighth-Rank post as Earth God of Flower-Fruit Mountain, and she learned that Sun Wukong had made its monkeys immortal by removing their names from the Book of Life and Death.
• After an Edict Messenger ordered her to assume her post, Qian Renxue left Qingshui Village, settled on Flower-Fruit Mountain, and studied cultivation and her new duties.
• Qian Renxue saw an auspicious cloud descend and heard the monkeys welcome their king, realizing the Handsome Monkey King had returned.

Qian Renxue rises from Earth God to Mountain God while the ascended figures of Douluo Continent encounter the Primordial World’s powerful factions and opportunities. Di Tian becomes a True Dragon and Soul Beast Co-Ruler, while Zhu Zhuqing’s search for her destined opportunity ends in her death.

• Sun Wukong welcomed Qian Renxue to Flower-Fruit Mountain, gave her immortal wine and a peach, and was captured by the Heavenly Court after battling Nezha and Yang Jian.
• Qian Renxue cultivated with Sun Wukong’s wine, then Di Tian, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhao Wuji ascended to the Primordial World, and Di Tian sought Qian Renxue while Zhu Zhuqing went to Wuzhuang Temple.
• Zhao Wuji exposed Tang Hao, Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang through his livestream, Bibi Dong destroyed the Clear Sky Sect, and Scarred Rose married Xiao Wu as his one hundred and eighth concubine.
• Qian Renxue accepted Di Tian’s allegiance and was promoted to Mountain God of Five Finger Mountain, where she found Sun Wukong pinned beneath the mountain and returned his Peach of Immortality.
• Nezha showed Qian Renxue and Di Tian how Nuwa created humanity, and Nuwa later asked Qian Renxue for entertaining stories and suggested holding a Soul Master Tournament.
• Ao Cunxin took Di Tian to the West Sea Dragon Palace, where Ao Run adopted him and arranged for him to enter the Dragon Gate in place of Ao Yu.
• Di Tian passed through the Dragon Gate, became a black dragon, and announced an alliance between the Soul Beasts and Spirit Hall before the Thunder Department punished him for unauthorized rain.
• Zhen Yuanzi told Zhu Zhuqing her opportunity lay beyond Wuzhuang Temple, but she was killed by a black demonic beast after leaving the mountain.

Zhu Zhuqing and Zhao Wuji faced the Underworld’s path to reincarnation as the living learned about its trials and prepared for ascension. In the Primordial World, Bibi Dong joined the Sea of Blood and prepared for Qian Renxue’s tournament, while Yu Xiaogang gained influence at Bai Ze Ridge and took the Nine-Colored Gauze from Scarface King.

• Zhu Zhuqing woke as a Three-Eyed Nether Cat beneath the Ghost Gate and began cultivating on Yellow Springs Road, while Zhao Wuji arrived among the dead and later saw his friends at the Pavilion of Homesickness.
• Zhao Wuji crossed the Underworld’s trials, confessed his crimes, and was sentenced to the City of Wrongful Deaths rather than hell or the Animal Realm.
• Tang San worshipped the Three Pure Ones, while Qian Daoliu and Ning Fengzhi arranged funeral provisions and others tried to improve their chances of reincarnation.
• Qian Renxue organized a tournament at Five Finger Mountain, and the light screen selected Bibi Dong, Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender to ascend, leaving Tang San behind.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived in the Northern wilderness, turned into a pig, and lost Luo Sanpao to Huanglong, while Bibi Dong reached Flaming Mountain and met Princess Iron Fan.
• Yu Xiaogang gained Scarface King’s favor at Bai Ze Ridge, became the Rose Grandmaster, and persuaded lesser demons to follow his teachings, while Bibi Dong joined Ancestor Minghe’s Asura Clan and received the Third-Rank Hong Lian for the tournament.
• Liu Erlong reunited with Flender and joined the Ascension Immortal Pavilion, but an old fox demon’s Man-Repelling Bracelet kept Flender from approaching her.
• Qian Renxue borrowed Sun Wukong’s Ruyi Golden Cudgel and opened tournament entry for Five Finger Mountain, while Yu Xiaogang persuaded Scarface King to give him the Nine-Colored Gauze and Xiao Wu’s kick broke the influence over Scarface.