Recaps

Xuanyuan Huangdi forged the Nine Cauldrons and established a barrier that protected Human Race territory from the returning races. As Ao Changsheng reached a Sage-level realm and uncovered secrets about Pangu and the Four Sacred Beasts, Guiling broke through to Daluo and began investigating the Merfolk within the barrier.

• Ji Xuanyuan discovered that a supposed great demon on the East Sea coast was a Daluo demon god, and Bai Ze gave him a chart explaining the Yaomo.
• The Bai Ze Chart raised Xuanyuan’s standing, and after defeating Chiyou’s forces at Zhuolu, Xuanyuan became Human Emperor while Chiyou ordered the Jiuli to surrender.
• Heavenly Emperor Haotian defeated Xingtian, punished Chiyou and the Great Witches, and accepted Lady Pingxin’s Houtu avatar into the Heavenly Court.
• Youchaoshi explained that Human cultivators who reached Quasi-Sage had to retreat to Fire Cloud Cave, and Xuanyuan’s Daluo voted to build an Immortal-Prohibiting Barrier.
• Xuanyuan forged the Nine Cauldrons, which created the Nine Provinces Barrier and thwarted the Qilin Race’s attempt to break into Human Race territory.
• Ao Changsheng broke through to a Sage-level realm, learned from the Four Sacred Beasts about the ancient Great Dao Sages and Pangu’s possible survival, and chose not to interfere with their plans.
• Ao Changsheng traded with Hongjun and guided Guiling after she attained Daluo, while Guiling explored the East Sea and found Merfolk living within the Nine Provinces Barrier.
• Guiling set out toward the barrier to investigate the Merfolk, while Hongjun observed her cultivation and Ao Changsheng returned to secluded cultivation.

Guiling and Jinling fought Xiangliu to protect the Human Race, and Jinling recovered her identity as the Dipper Mother of the Kan Palace and broke through to Quasi-Sage. Ao Changsheng then negotiated with Pingxin over reincarnation authority as Dizang entered the Netherworld and witnessed the Hells.

• Guiling and Holy Mother Jinling entered the Nine Provinces Barrier and explored the Variant Human settlements, while Fuxi explained that other races’ Karmic Luck was strengthening the Human Race.
• Xiangliu attacked a Human Race force, but Guiling and Jinling joined Yu and the others, and Xiangliu dragged them beyond the barrier and unleashed his full nine-headed Great Witch form.
• Guiling transformed into the Black Tortoise True Body and injured Xiangliu, but the Human Race refused to abandon her and Jinling as Fuxi and Ao Changsheng used the barrier’s power to suppress him.
• After the battle, Guiling asked Yu for a map of the Giant Race, and she and Jinling discovered the concealed Acupoints that Nüwa had hidden from humanity.
• Jinling opened her Acupoints, recovered her identity as the Dipper Mother of the Kan Palace, and became a Quasi-Sage, and she resolved to connect the Human Race’s Acupoints to the ancient stars.
• Ao Changsheng met Pingxin in the Netherworld and exchanged ten percent of his reincarnation authority for world origins, setting aside some authority for Guiling, while Pingxin asked him to take Jiufeng as a disciple.
• Dizang entered the Netherworld, fought off the yakshas without striking back, and continued along the Yellow Springs Road as Pingxin let him see the Hells.
• Dizang watched the souls’ punishments and learned from a ghost god that each soul had to repay its own sins before reincarnation.

As Jinling and Guiling opened human acupoints and sought Guiling’s opportunity in the Underworld, Yang Jian’s fight over Yaoji drew Haotian into conflict with the Sages. Hongjun then announced the Immortal Slaughter Tribulation and the Investiture of the Gods, leaving Ao Changsheng intent on confronting Yuanshi.

• Dizang vowed not to become a Buddha until Hell was empty, reached Daluo, and used Diting to guide sincerely repentant ghosts to the Yellow Springs Road while taking their remaining sins upon himself.
• Jinling and Guiling devised a way to use Round Light Mirrors to channel star power into human cities, unsealed acupoints across the Nine Provinces, and gained Fuxi’s support for an alliance between the Human Race and the stars.
• Ao Changsheng chose to continue his seclusion, forced open the Seclusion System’s passage to the River of Space and Time, and received the dangerous Great Dao Battle Physique method.
• Ao Changsheng sent Guiling, Jinling, and the Three Xiaos through a passage into the Netherworld, where they crossed the White Lotus Bridge and followed the Yellow Springs Road toward Hell.
• Yang Jian entered the Underworld demanding Yaoji’s soul, fought a Ghost Emperor, and was eventually suppressed by Guiling and handed to Houtu.
• Pingxin reunited Yaoji and Yang Jian, and Yaoji refused the Heavenly Eye so that it could return to her son, and afterward, Haotian confronted Yang Jian and went to Hongjun for support.
• Hongjun summoned the Sages and announced that the Immortal Slaughter Tribulation would end when the Investiture of the Gods filled 365 Orthodox God positions, but he rejected Zhunti’s proposed names and the Sages struggled to nominate disciples.
• Yuanshi refused to sign the Investiture of the Gods, while Laozi and Nüwa added Taishang Laojun and Lingzhuzi, and Hongjun declared the tribulation would begin, and Ao Changsheng sent an incarnation toward Yuanshi, saying Yuanshi needed a beating.

As the Immortal Slaughter Tribulation approached, Ao Changsheng and his allies prepared for the fall of the Primordial World while the Sages maneuvered over the Investiture of the Gods. The arc left Ao Changsheng confronting Great Immortal Yangmei as the Water Dragon World shattered.

• Ao Changsheng defeated Celestial Venerable Yuanshi, then accepted Pingxin’s offer of access to deeper reincarnation and learned that the Immortal Slaughter Tribulation was approaching.
• Cult Master Tongtian ordered the Jie Sect into seclusion, while the Sages and Human Race leaders began preparing for the tribulation and its consequences.
• Ao Changsheng traded six supreme Yellow Center Plums to Haotian for twelve Chaos Demon Gods, and Guiling underwent Pingxin’s trial to reach reincarnation’s center.
• Pingxin transferred the authority over reincarnation to Guiling while Ao Changsheng fought Heavenly Dao Hongjun, and Guiling later devised a plan to reincarnate the Star Gods as humans.
• Fuxi approved Guiling’s plan, while Celestial Venerable Yuanshi secured the Investiture of the Gods and God-Beating Whip and sought out Jiang Ziya and Shen Gongbao.
• Zhunti bewitched Di Xin at Nüwa Palace, prompting Nüwa to send three spirits to lead him astray, while Li Jing and Madam Li welcomed their son Nezha.
• True Person Taiyi took Nezha as his disciple, and Ao Changsheng began preparing for the Primordial World’s destruction while studying a captive Chaos Demon God.
• Great Immortal Yangmei attacked Ao Changsheng in the Water Dragon World, but Ao Changsheng broke his spatial chains and shattered the world.