Recaps

Yang Jian killed Tieguai Li and revealed the terrifying power of his combined techniques, prompting Tieguai Li’s disciples to attack him. He clashed with Xiao Wuji and faced a new threat as Xiao Wuji’s sword spread strange patterns across the battlefield.

• Yang Jian reasoned that his disciple had fused the Nine Lives Soul-Seizing Needle with Black Hole Devouring to unleash great power.
• Tieguai Li’s martial nephews realized Yang Jian had mastered the two Divine Abilities and tried to summon reinforcements, but Yang Jian cut Tieguai Li to powder.
• Tieguai Li’s disciples called Yang Jian a threat and charged him, so Yang Jian met them with Eight Extremes Collapse and the Hunyuan One Qi Art.
• One of Tieguai Li’s disciples attacked Yang Jian with the Nine Lives Soul-Seizing Needle while Xiao Wuji intercepted him with a sword strike.
• Yang Jian and Xiao Wuji exchanged blows, and Xiao Wuji then unleashed silver-white sword light and strange patterns that spread across the area.

Yang Jian faced Xiao Wuji and the other two, who relied on the Nine Lives Soul-Seizing Needle and their combined attacks to threaten him. He revealed formidable strength but continued to reject their demands, and the slovenly old man vowed to deal with him before turning to the other youth.

• Xiao Wuji revealed that his Nine Lives Soul-Seizing Needle was a deadly ancestral treasure, and Yang Jian sensed its terrifying threat.
• Yang Jian declared that all three opponents would die with him, while Xiao Wuji and the slovenly man mocked his chances of surviving.
• Xiao Wuji launched a python-shaped blast at Yang Jian, who dodged and countered with a sword strike that was shattered.
• Yang Jian unleashed a powerful surge of Sword Qi, but Xiao Wuji blocked it, leaving the onlookers shocked by Yang Jian's strength.
• The slovenly old man demanded that Yang Jian surrender, but Yang Jian refused, and the old man threatened to deal with him before the other youth.

Yang Jian and the disheveled old man traded powerful sword attacks, both suffering injuries as Yang Jian revealed a purple-gold power that let him block the old man's strike. As the old man charged again, Tieguai Li and Han Xiangzi left to seek the Dao Ancestor in the eastern cave abode.

• The disheveled old man attacked Yang Jian with a venomous-snake-shaped force and a sweeping Sword-Ray, but Yang Jian pressed forward.
• Yang Jian unleashed a powerful Sword-Ray that split a mountain peak, and the old man answered with a blood-red strike that injured them both.
• The old man attacked again, but Yang Jian summoned purple-gold light and a dragon phantom to block his sword, shocking the old man.
• The old man charged at Yang Jian, determined to seize his suspected treasure, while Yang Jian prepared to fight back.
• Tieguai Li and Han Xiangzi decided to seek the Dao Ancestor in the eastern cave abode and flew away.

King Golden Horn and his army attacked Yang Jian and his companions with the Golden Jiaolong Scissors, but Han Xiangzi subdued the weapon and absorbed its power. Yang Jian then gave Han Xiangzi the scissors, and the group set off for Heavenly Water Lake.

• King Golden Horn arrived with golden-armored warriors and unleashed the Golden Jiaolong Scissors, which killed and burned Demon Race soldiers as they attacked Yang Jian's group.
• Tieguai Li gave Han Xiangzi a Black Sha Bead and urged him to block the scissors while Tieguai Li sought a counter.
• Han Xiangzi trapped the Golden Jiaolong Scissors in a white mist vortex, shattered them, and absorbed their spirituality and power.
• Tieguai Li struck at the scissors with a black saber, but his blade light shattered against their defenses.
• Yang Jian gave the Golden Jiaolong Scissors to Han Xiangzi, then led the group toward Heavenly Water Lake to rest and regroup.

Yang Jian returned to Heavenly Water Lake with a Demon Race army and tried to force Han Xiangzi and the others to withdraw from a confrontation with powerful Demon Race fighters. Han Xiangzi stepped forward to face the two middle-aged men, leaving Yang Jian to recover and improve his cultivation.

• Yang Jian led his companions to Heavenly Water Lake, where elderly and middle-aged cultivators welcomed him and he rested to recover from his severe injuries.
• Tieguai Li arrived with the Demon Race army, and Yang Jian collected the Demon Race corpses and promised to return them to their territories.
• Yang Jian warned Han Xiangzi and the others to withdraw, threatening to attack them if they remained, but the two middle-aged men dismissed him.
• The young man in red produced the Spear of Slaughter, and Han Xiangzi explained its levels and power to Yang Jian.
• Han Xiangzi told Yang Jian to focus on improving his cultivation and challenged the two middle-aged men to fight.

Han Xiangzi fought two Demon King realm cultivators over the blood-colored gem, killing one opponent with a powerful suction force but struggling against the other’s Law Treasures. After both sides exchanged devastating attacks and were wounded, the fight remained unresolved.

• Han Xiangzi charged the two middle-aged men while Yang Jian withdrew from the battle.
• Han Xiangzi used a tremendous suction force to reduce the red-robed young man to an aged skeleton.
• Han Xiangzi cleaved through the flames and rushed toward the blood-colored gem, but the two middle-aged men struck him with their Law Treasures and shattered his shield.
• Han Xiangzi recovered and exchanged attacks with a middle-aged man, matching his blade of light with a Sword-Ray.
• Han Xiangzi and his opponent clashed again, and the resulting energy backlash made both men spit blood and stagger.

Han Xiangzi fought two Demon Kings, but their combined attacks left him badly injured despite his sword skills and defensive treasure. A figure appeared on a mountain peak and surprised the Demon Kings by being alive.

• Han Xiangzi and the middle-aged Demon King clashed repeatedly, shaking the ground and forcing nearby onlookers to fall.
• The two Demon Kings joined forces and overwhelmed Han Xiangzi, who struck back and sent them crashing to the ground.
• Han Xiangzi resumed fighting both Demon Kings, but one landed a sword strike that made him spit blood and fall.
• The Demon Kings mocked Han Xiangzi as he staggered under their attacks.
• An indifferent voice called the Demon Kings bullies, and a figure walked down from a mountain peak.
• The Demon Kings recognized the newcomer and exclaimed that he was not dead.

Han Xiangzi survived and fought the Demon King and another Demon Race cultivator, repeatedly mocking them as he countered their attacks. The two finally struck through his protective True Essence and damaged his meridians, but he retaliated with another sword strike.

• The Demon King and the other man attacked Han Xiangzi, but he shattered their force ribbons with his longsword.
• Han Xiangzi dodged their next attacks and taunted them, while one man charged at him and had his saber cleaved in two.
• Han Xiangzi attacked the Demon Race cultivator, who countered and forced him to retreat.
• The two Demon Kings attacked Han Xiangzi from both sides, broke through his protective True Essence, and injured his meridians.
• Han Xiangzi spat blood, then lunged at the two cultivators and brought his longsword down toward them.

Han Xiangzi defeated the Demon Race cultivators with his sword and revealed his powerful regenerative ability. At Ao Changsheng’s Dao residence, True Person Puxian asked whether the Primordial World was facing great change and brought up the plot against His Majesty the Demon Emperor.

• Han Xiangzi killed one of the injured Demon Race cultivators with a single sword strike.
• The remaining Demon Race cultivator attacked Han Xiangzi, and their clash severed Han Xiangzi’s arm.
• Han Xiangzi regenerated his arm and robes almost instantly, then mocked the surviving cultivator and prepared to attack again.
• True Person Puxian visited Ao Changsheng and asked whether the Primordial World was about to undergo great change.
• Ao Changsheng said they should look toward the world outside the Primordial World, and True Person Puxian began asking about the plot against His Majesty the Demon Emperor.

Ao Changsheng reassured True Person Puxian that he would not interfere in the Dragon Race’s affairs, then cultivated within his Dao Abode and grew stronger. After reaching the Saint Realm Ninth Stage, he realized he needed to advance to the Saint Realm Second Stage to fully awaken and reclaim a hidden power.

• True Person Puxian told Ao Changsheng that the demon who had attacked the Demon Emperor was captured and confessed, then worried that Ao Changsheng’s power might endanger the Dragon Race.
• Ao Changsheng told True Person Puxian that he would pursue what he liked and keep his Dao Abode in the Three Realms of the Primordial World without interfering with others.
• After True Person Puxian left, Ao Changsheng sensed another breakthrough approaching and decided to strengthen himself amid the turmoil before the great tribulation.
• Ao Changsheng used the formations and Spiritual Qi within his Dao Abode to increase his power until it stabilized at the Saint Realm Ninth Stage.
• Ao Qinglong urged Ao Changsheng to help the Dragon Race weather the great tribulation and restore its former glory.
• Ao Changsheng concluded that he needed to advance to the Saint Realm Second Stage to fully awaken a power and return it to his true self.

After Ao Changsheng's breakthrough, cultivators prepared for the coming calamity while an elder ordered a gathering of Demon Race and Rogue Cultivators to guard a grand formation. The Darkness Devil Master evaded them and returned to his repaired formation foundation, where he told an old man he would rest and recuperate.

• Demon Race cultivators and Rogue Cultivators gathered to seek a way to survive the calamity, and an elder ordered them to guard the grand formation.
• The elder sensed a Saint Realm expert spying on the formation, and the cultivators recognized the fleeing figure as the Darkness Devil Master.
• The elder forbade the cultivators from provoking the Darkness Devil Master and focused on watching the formation.
• The Darkness Devil Master returned to the formation foundation he had repaired and refined, strengthening his divine soul and power.
• The Darkness Devil Master told an old man to handle matters while he rested and recuperated.

Dao Ancestor Hongyun returned from reincarnation to the Three Realms and encountered a powerful old man who offered him a cultivation Method Formula. Their meeting left Hongyun wary of the stranger’s intentions as powerful Saint Realm figures gathered inside a black hole.

• The Darkness Devil Master dismissed the old man, then vanished in a streak of light.
• In a distant small world, a growing black hole consumed other black holes as sinister Saint Realm experts appeared within it and celebrated a powerful treasure.
• Dao Ancestor Hongyun returned from reincarnation, sensed an alarming fluctuation, and ordered his subordinates to notify his senior brother.
• A strange, enormous old man emerged from a fissure and recognized Hongyun as a late Daluo Golden Immortal, claiming Hongyun could not defeat him before recovering.
• Hongyun refused to back down when the old man offered him a Method Formula, then declined it and offered one of his own instead.

Dao Ancestor Hongyun accepted a dangerous Cultivation Method from the powerful old man, who revealed that he was a divided spirit of Old Ancestor Hongmeng. The old man explained that the Void-Breaking Realm had confined and weakened him, leaving Dao Ancestor Hongyun wary of what he might do once free.

• The old man pressured Dao Ancestor Hongyun to accept his gift and promised to train him, while Hongyun resolved to surpass and eventually defeat him.
• The old man demonstrated his regenerative power and explained that the Cultivation Method Devouring could raise a cultivator's power by two realms but might consume even a Hunyuan Golden Immortal.
• Dao Ancestor Hongyun recognized the old man as Old Ancestor Hongmeng, one of the Primordial World's three great figures.
• Old Ancestor Hongmeng offered Dao Ancestor Hongyun Devouring and claimed that, as a divided spirit, he remained extremely powerful despite being trapped.
• Old Ancestor Hongmeng said a spatial confinement in the Void-Breaking Realm weakened him by more than thirty percent, and Dao Ancestor Hongyun grew uneasy about his intentions.

Dao Ancestor Hongyun accepted Ancestor Hongjun’s threat and began cultivating the Heaven-Devouring Kunpeng Instruction, while his strength continued to rise. He reached the realm of a Hongmeng Sage and hoped to advance further, but Old Ancestor Hongmeng dismissed his chances of becoming a Chaos Sage.

• The old man threatened Dao Ancestor Hongyun, who agreed to cultivate according to his wishes.
• The old man revealed the Heaven-Devouring Kunpeng Instruction and told Dao Ancestor Hongyun to fuse it with the Chaos Green Lotus Instruction.
• Dao Ancestor Hongyun quickly comprehended the inheritance to its seventh level, and Ancestor Hongjun praised his talent.
• Dao Ancestor Hongyun acknowledged he needed to cultivate diligently and seek protection because his strength and lifespan were limited.
• Great Emperor Ziwei learned of Dao Ancestor Hongyun’s progress, and Dao Ancestor Hongyun announced that he had reached the realm of a Hongmeng Sage.
• Old Ancestor Hongmeng mocked Dao Ancestor Hongyun’s hope of crossing the chasm to become a Chaos Sage.

Dao Ancestor Hongyun admitted that he hoped to establish the Sacred Domain’s presence in Chaos, while Old Ancestor Hongmeng prepared to visit the Human Race youth in its central region. Sun Wukong and his companions entered Chaos, where Black Water Devil Lord pursued them, and the four monkeys prepared to confront him.

• Dao Ancestor Hongyun told Old Ancestor Hongmeng he only hoped to grow strong enough to establish a place for the Sacred Domain in Chaos, and Old Ancestor Hongmeng set out for the central region to bring back the Human Race youth.
• Sun Wukong warned Tu'erqi, Monk Sha, and Zhu Bajie not to underestimate the man watching them, then led them into Chaos.
• Black Water Devil Lord used black smoke from his gourd to travel to a star in Chaos and vowed to capture Sun Wukong, confident in his strength and Chaos Reversal Technique.
• Sun Wukong and the others found a rift in chaotic space and realized Black Water Devil Lord had arranged a passage to stop them.
• Zhu Bajie proposed capturing Black Water Devil Lord and refining him into sacred medicine, and Sun Wukong vowed to seek out Tang Sanzang after handling the matter.

Sun Wukong and his companions entered Chaos Space, confident they could defeat the Black-Clad Devil Lord and claim his body and the Chaos stone stele. The Devil Lord revealed that he had trapped them with a Heavenly Net and Earthly Web, and vowed to sacrifice them for his dead wife and child.

• Sun Wukong and Six-Eared Macaque agreed to work together before attacking West Ox Hezhou and imprisoning the Devil Lord's soul.
• Sun Wukong led Monk Sha, Tang Sanzang, and Zhu Bajie through Chaos toward Chaos Space.
• At the entrance, the group found a Chaos storm and an unfamiliar Chaos stone stele, but they dismissed the danger and planned to defeat the Devil Lord together.
• The Black-Clad Devil Lord was surprised when the four arrived and asked who they were and how they had reached Chaos Space.
• The Devil Lord admitted he had trapped them and vowed to kill them as a sacrifice for his dead wife and child.
• Zhu Bajie produced a massive palace, while Sun Wukong challenged the Devil Lord to send him to Hell.

Sun Wukong and the black-robed Devil Lord fought in the Chaos space, but neither could overcome the other's formidable strength. The Devil Lord revealed the Myriad Devils Token and threatened Sun Wukong, while their latest clash left both fighters wary of the other's power.

• Sun Wukong attacked the black-robed Devil Lord with the Jingu Bang, forcing him to evade and counter while Monk Sha offered to help.
• The black-robed Devil Lord endured Sun Wukong's strikes, boasted that he was stronger, and urged the four opponents to surrender.
• The black-robed Devil Lord revealed the Myriad Devils Token, which could command the Devil Creatures, and demanded that the four submit as slaves.
• After Sun Wukong refused, the black-robed Devil Lord threatened his loved ones and charged at him; their collision sent them flying apart.
• Sun Wukong was surprised by the Devil Lord's physical strength, while the Devil Lord wondered if Sun Wukong had reached the Immortal Emperor level.

Sun Wukong fought the black-robed Devil Lord, who wielded the Myriad Devils Token, and found himself unable to overcome the stronger opponent. The Devil Lord seized the Jingu Bang, but Wukong transformed it into a golden alms bowl to contain the incoming sword rays.

• Sun Wukong struck with the Jingu Bang and shattered the devil spear conjured by the Myriad Devils Token.
• The black-robed Devil Lord attacked with his longsword, but Sun Wukong smashed his sword ray and drove off his black dragon-shaped sword shadows.
• The Devil Lord battered Sun Wukong's staff with repeated punches, draining Wukong's Qi and leaving him at risk of losing.
• The Devil Lord caught the Jingu Bang and yanked it from Sun Wukong's grasp, then launched black sword rays at him.
• Sun Wukong transformed the Jingu Bang into a huge golden alms bowl and absorbed the sword rays.

Sun Wukong fought the black-robed Devil Lord, who eventually captured him with a black gourd and tried to kill him. A masked man in purple robes intervened and attacked the Devil Lord, leaving him terrified of the newcomer’s spear.

• Sun Wukong overpowered the black-robed Devil Lord in their clash, breaking his sword and battering him with the Jingu Bang.
• The black-robed Devil Lord transformed his fingers into long sabers, and their collision with the Jingu Bang shattered the staff.
• The black-robed Devil Lord used a black gourd to shrink Sun Wukong and trap him, then swung a black saber at his neck.
• A man in a purple ghost-face mask struck the black-robed Devil Lord with a fist and appeared with a long purple spear.
• The masked man declared that the Devil Lord had attacked his friend and threatened to kill him, while the Devil Lord recoiled in fear.

The man in the purple ghost-face mask overwhelmed Sun Wukong, the Black-Clad Devil Lord, and Sun Wukong, killing one and crushing another beneath a mountain. As the man in the black ghost-face mask celebrated their apparent defeat, a group of black figures approached from the darkness.

• Sun Wukong and the Black-Clad Devil Lord attacked the man in the purple ghost-face mask, but he shattered their attacks and killed Sun Wukong with purple flames.
• Sun Wukong struck at the masked man, but the man broke Jingu Bang and then attacked Sun Wukong with a colossal purple mountain.
• The mountain slammed Sun Wukong into its side, leaving him buried in a deep gully as the Black-Clad Devil Lord and the black-robed man cried out in alarm.
• The man in the black ghost-face mask laughed and declared that he would slaughter everyone without Sun Wukong and the Black-Clad Devil Lord's help.
• A group of black figures riding flying Law Treasures emerged from the darkness and sped toward them.

The newly promoted Ninth Stage Immortal Emperor attacked Sun Wukong, badly wounding him with the Black Sha Spear Technique. Meanwhile, Heavenly Venerable Daode consulted Hongjun about the Myriad Devils Token, and Hongjun sealed the Darkness Devil Lord inside a black hole as the devil vowed revenge.

• The ghost-faced black-clad man celebrated his breakthrough to the Ninth Stage Immortal Emperor realm and ordered his men to guard the place.
• The ghost-faced man fought Sun Wukong, piercing his thigh and leaving his right arm shattered as Sun Wukong collapsed to one knee.
• Heavenly Venerable Daode went to the Purple Firmament Palace after learning the Myriad Devils Token had been activated.
• Hongjun sent Heavenly Venerable Daode to ask Han Xiangzi to help Sun Wukong deal with the Darkness Devil Lord.
• Hongjun sealed the black hole containing the Darkness Devil Lord, who emerged as a black dragon, changed into human form, and unleashed black Qi across the Purple Firmament Palace.

Hongjun destroyed the Darkness Devil Lord’s black hole and created a new world, but the Devil Lord’s voice promised to return. Elsewhere, Han Xiangzi and Li Jing worried about his growing power, while the Black Dragon King’s forces searched for Lady Nüwa and Li Jing continued waiting for her.

• Hongjun used a golden barrier and his power to disperse the Darkness Devil Lord and collapse the black hole, creating a new world, but the Devil Lord vanished while threatening revenge.
• On Penglai Island, Han Xiangzi and Li Jing saw black mist around a giant planet and discussed the Darkness Devil Lord’s Demon Core, his ability to absorb Dark Qi, and the danger he posed.
• At the Black Dragon Hall, the Black Dragon King and Heihu King discussed the Human Race’s rise and their search for Lady Nüwa, while the Black Dragon King claimed their patriarch could defeat her.
• At the Heavenly Court, Li Jing reflected on waiting hundreds of thousands of years for Lady Nüwa and recalled following Yang Jian for tens of millions of years.

Li Jing and Heihu King discussed how to find Lady Nüwa and protect the Heavenly Court from the Human Race’s growing power. As they debated seeking help from a Human Race emperor, a figure appeared in the distant void, leaving them to wonder whether Lady Nüwa had ascended to the Immortal Realm.

• Li Jing decided to go to the Human Race to seek Lady Nüwa, despite Heihu King warning that she was stronger than him.
• Heihu King suggested capturing a Human Race emperor and proposed recruiting the Heavenly Court’s king of the gods, a Peak Daluo Golden Immortal.
• In the Heavenly Court, Black Tortoise King urged Li Jing to ask a Human Race emperor for help, but Li Jing worried that doing so would provoke the Human Race.
• Li Jing and the others agreed to keep searching for Lady Nüwa and postpone asking the emperor for assistance.
• Li Jing suddenly wondered whether Lady Nüwa had ascended to the Immortal Realm, and a figure streaked into view across the distant void.

Lady Nüwa's flying vessel arrived at the Heavenly Court, and a month later eighteen Peak Sage experts overwhelmed its defenders. Li Jing learned that White Crane True Person and the Black Bear Demon King had failed to find Nüwa, then left to answer Taishang Laojun's summons as the Chaos Demon Ape clan's Sages headed toward the Heavenly Court.

• Lady Nüwa's flying vessel appeared before Li Jing at the Heavenly Court, and the heavenly soldiers fled in fear.
• A month later, eighteen Peak Sage experts entered the Heavenly Court and defeated its heavenly soldiers and generals.
• Li Jing ordered a soldier to summon the Human Race's grand elder and other Sage experts to defend the Heavenly Court.
• White Crane True Person and the Black Bear Demon King returned without finding Lady Nüwa and told Li Jing they had come at Taishang Laojun's order to summon him.
• Li Jing left for Taishang Laojun while White Crane True Person and the Black Bear Demon King remained at the Heavenly Court.
• Chaos Demon Ape clan Sages learned that Human Race cultivators had entered their territory and sped toward the Heavenly Court.

Sage experts and a Human Race Sage undergoing tribulation threw the Heavenly Court into panic as terrifying Sword Qi devastated its grounds. A mysterious expert then unleashed even stronger sword light against the attackers, leaving the Heavenly Court in chaos.

• People in the Heavenly Court learned that Sage experts had appeared and that Human Race experts were attacking, so they urged one another to flee.
• A Heavenly Tribulation struck the Heavenly Court, and onlookers identified the person undergoing it as a Sage of the Human Race.
• Terrifying Sword Qi struck the Heavenly Court’s disciples, killing many as they tried to escape.
• A cold voice challenged the attackers, and powerful Sword-Rays swept down over the experts gathered in the Heavenly Court.
• More sword light became longswords that tore through buildings and the Heavenly Court as people cried out that it was a Heavenly Tribulation.