Arc 20The Calamity and the New Era
Li Fan established the Investiture of the Gods as the calamity drew the Three Teachings, the Dragon Clan, and the human powers into conflict. After the war stalled for generations, he proposed reopening the Pangu Era, while the sect war resumed with the destruction of Tongtian’s Ten Thousand Immortals Array.
- Li Fan and Goddess Taiyuan established the Investiture of the Gods, assigned divine positions, and began the calamity that drew the Three Teachings into conflict.
- Yuanshi sent the Twelve Golden Immortals among the Human Race, while Nezha was born, died defending Chentang Pass, and received a new lotus body through Nuwa.
- Ancestor Dragon attacked humanity at Chentang Pass, but Li Fan struck him into the East Sea and confined the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to Huoyun Cave.
- Di Xin and Daji used Chaoge’s dragon fortune and a prison array to refine captured cultivators, while Jiang Ziya went to Xi Qi and the Shang-Zhou conflict escalated.
- The calamity stalled for three generations as Ji Fa aged and the Chan Teachings and Interception Sect continued fighting, until Li Fan told the Three Pure Ones he would reopen the Pangu Era.
- Wen Zhong’s Ten Heavenly Lords established the Ten Absolute Arrays outside Xi Qi, and the Chan Teachings suffered losses while seeking powerful treasures to counter them.
- Tongtian formed the Ten Thousand Immortals Array, but Taishang and Primordial Lord of Heaven weakened and shattered it, forcing Tongtian and his core disciples to retreat to Golden Ao Island.