Recaps

After the Witch-Demon War, Hongxuan deepened his cultivation, accepted the title of Emperor Ziwei, and acquired the Karma Wheel and Eternal Sky Ark. He later accepted the task of teaching the Human Race’s Earth Sovereign and began guiding Jiang Lieshan, who became a capable leader and healer.

• Hongxuan defeated Guiche with Destiny Sever, then remained on Mount Heng as the Witch-Demon War ravaged the Primordial Wilderness.
• The Witch-Demon War ended in catastrophe, and the Six Sages and Houtu saved survivors and repaired the damage caused by the flood.
• Hongxuan visited Houtu, learned she did not need the Chaos Bell, and cultivated on Ziwei Star until he became Emperor Ziwei and formed stars within himself.
• Hongxuan told Lord Tongtian where to find the Chaos Bell, and Tongtian recovered it and rewarded Hongxuan with a greater share of Jie Sect fortune.
• Hongxuan entered the Land of Opportunity with Golden Fortune Daoist, mastered half of the Law of Karma, claimed the Karma Wheel and other treasures, and lifted Golden Fortune Daoist’s curse before the formation collapsed.
• At Lord Tongtian’s sermon, Hongxuan accepted the task of teaching the Earth Sovereign, while Tongtian recognized that corrupt Jie Sect disciples were harming the sect.
• Hongxuan accepted Jiang Lieshan as his disciple and taught him to cultivate and govern, while Jiang Lieshan strengthened his tribe, established trade, and used his medical knowledge to help the Human Race.

Hongxuan advanced to Quasi-Sage, strengthened his influence across the Human Race, Dragon Race, and Heavenly Court, and restored the stars through a vast formation. He established the Eternal Market and prepared to open it with a new currency, while tokens began drawing people into conflict.

• Hongxuan reached the Quasi-Sage realm, completed the dangerous Ninth Revolution, and entrusted Jiang Lieshan with leading the Human Race.
• Hongxuan guided Cangjie, developed Mount Wuyi, recruited followers, and partnered with Golden Fortune Daoist to establish a commerce guild.
• Hongxuan resolved Jingwei’s karma with the Dragon Race, brought her to Mount Wuyi, and removed the karmic burden blocking Ao Ling’er’s cultivation.
• Hongxuan planted the Star Ancient Tree on Ziwei Star and completed a formation that restored the stellar origins, earned him merit, and strengthened the Heavenly Court’s fortune.
• Hongxuan rejected Haotian as a collaborator and assigned Zhenwu to lead troops against one of the Demon Race remnants’ armies.
• Hongxuan and Golden Fortune Daoist created the Eternal Market inside the Eternal Sky Ark, made tokens that granted access, and devised Eternal Coin.
• Hongxuan scattered market tokens across the Primordial Wilderness, and a young figure fleeing demons used one to escape.

Hongxuan traced a Law of Time fragment to a hidden realm, mastered time there, and completed the Time Treasure Mirror. After advancing to the late Quasi-Sage stage, he founded a mountain inheritance and returned to the Eternal Market as an auction drew powerful visitors and secret plots.

• Hongxuan suppressed Wuzhiqi beneath a stone stele, then later released him and appointed him a guardian divine general at Ziwei Imperial Palace.
• Yunxiao advanced to the Quasi-Sage realm, and Hongxuan followed by reaching the middle stage and refining his laws and techniques during a long seclusion.
• Hongxuan investigated a silver fragment of the Law of Time and traced it to a hidden sea rift, where he mastered the Law of Time despite the realm’s erosion and backward flow.
• Hongxuan escaped after five million years and merged the fragment into the Time Treasure Mirror, completing the Chaos Supreme Treasure and raising suspicions that powerful beings were guiding his fortunes.
• Hongxuan returned to a Primordial Wilderness ruled by the Xia Dynasty, recognized Haotian in the form of a shrimp demon, and learned that the Martial Dao had spread widely among the Human Race.
• Hongxuan advanced to the late Quasi-Sage stage, then created a wooden sword containing his inheritance and established trials for future disciples on Azure Cloud Mountain Range.
• Hongxuan attended the Eternal Market ahead of its auction and noticed guests plotting to seize it, while he suspected Golden Fortune Daoist was allowing their schemes to unfold.

Hongxuan perfected the Law of Destiny, reached Quasi-Sage perfection, and watched Haotian rebuild the Heavenly Court as Yaoji’s family came under threat. After Hongxuan intervened, Haotian spared Yang Jiao because he held Hongxuan’s token but still ordered Yang Jian and Yang Chan killed.

• Hongxuan hosted the Eternal Commerce Guild’s first auction, then watched Golden Fortune Daoist defeat two invading Quasi-Sages and their forces at the Ruins Market.
• Hongxuan returned to Mount Wuyi, entrusted its affairs to Cangjie, and secluded himself for millions of years to deepen his mastery of the laws.
• Hongxuan experimented with the Law of Destiny through Jiang Li, abandoned his reckless approach after recognizing destiny’s influence on him, and eventually perfected the law.
• Taibai Jinxing brought Zhang Bairen and his family to the Heavenly Court, where Yaochi restored his memories as Haotian and he took up the role of Great Heavenly Lord.
• Nüwa arranged for Lei Ze to reincarnate so he could return as Gouchen Emperor under her protection, while Hongxuan increased the spiritual qi flowing into the Primordial Wilderness.
• Hongxuan slept beneath the Star Ancient Tree for five million years, perfected his cultivation, and later created the tenth transformation of his body-refinement art.
• When Haotian ordered Yaoji’s family punished, Hongxuan learned that Yaoji had given his Eternal Token to Yang Jiao and visited the Heavenly Court to intervene.
• Haotian agreed to spare Yang Jiao because he held Hongxuan’s token but still ordered Yang Jian and Yang Chan killed, so the three siblings used jade talismans to escape their pursuers.