Recaps

Chen Changsheng turned Emperor Haotian’s confrontational visit into a project review, presenting a performance-based compensation plan for the Heavenly Court. Haotian accepted the proposal, requested a complete copy, and agreed to pay the project team’s consulting fee.

• Emperor Haotian arrived at Golden Ao Island and demanded to see the job description for the Heavenly Court’s divine positions.
• Chen Changsheng redirected Haotian to an internal progress review, where Daoist Duobao presented the job description for Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Star and its proposed salary.
• Chen Changsheng warned that paying all 365 deities the proposed salaries would bankrupt the Heavenly Court and unveiled a reform plan based on base salaries and performance commissions.
• Haotian praised the reform plan, accepted a prepared copy, and said he would await the final version in three days.
• Chen Changsheng asked Haotian to pay a consulting service fee, and Haotian reluctantly told him to name a price.

Chen Changsheng secured Emperor Haotian’s approval for Heavenly Court’s reform plan by demanding thirty percent of its future additional Merit income. With the contract sealed, Chen Changsheng’s team began a final sprint to prepare a recruitment announcement for the Three Realms.

• Chen Changsheng explained how his reform plan would avert financial collapse, improve Heavenly Court’s organization, and turn it into a profitable enterprise.
• Chen Changsheng presented a settlement list demanding thirty percent of Heavenly Court’s future additional Merit income as a project fee and operational fund.
• Emperor Haotian weighed the terms, approved them, and sealed the agreement with his true-name seal, making it a Heavenly Dao Contract.
• Emperor Haotian ordered the final proposal delivered to the Hall of Miraculous Mist in three days, then left the hall.
• Chen Changsheng told Daoist Duobao to display the new contract beside the Dragon King’s contract and ordered the team to prepare a recruitment announcement before dawn.

Chen Changsheng launched the Heavenly Dao’s public recruitment announcement for 365 Heavenly Court positions, offering merit-based salaries and selection by talent. Independent cultivators rushed toward Golden Ao Island, where Chen ordered an evaluation registration office to be established and opened the first recruitment fair.

• Chen Changsheng confirmed the announcement, and the Heavenly Dao broadcast the recruitment notice to living beings across the Three Realms and Six Paths.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven, Daoist Zhunti, Jieyin, and Saintess Nuwa reacted to the announcement.
• Independent cultivators across the Primordial World rushed toward Golden Ao Island to apply for Heavenly Court positions.
• Chen Changsheng ordered Zhao Gongming to establish the Investiture of the Gods Evaluation Registration Office and begin the recruitment fair.

Chen Changsheng organized the billions of cultivators arriving at Golden Ao Island into an orderly examination registration process. At Kunlun Mountain, the Chan Sect learned that Human Kingdom officials were seeking tutoring manuals for the Interception Sect’s Heavenly Court Civil Service Examination.

• Zhao Gongming saw billions of cultivators converge on Golden Ao Island and feared they would fight over registration.
• Chen Changsheng ordered the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation and Myriad Immortals Formation adapted into registration channels and waiting areas, with qualification checks, information offices, and a ten Low-grade Spirit Stones fee.
• Zhao Gongming and the other Interception Sect disciples carried out Chen Changsheng’s plan, and Daoist Duobao directed the cultivators into nine orderly channels.
• At Kunlun Mountain, the Twelve Golden Immortals and Daoist Randeng watched the registration scene in disbelief while Guangchengzi dismissed it as grandstanding.
• A Chan Sect disciple reported that Human Kingdom officials had come to request a Pre-examination Tutoring Manual, leaving the Chan Sect leaders stunned.

The Chan Sect learned that independent cultivators and Western Sect disciples were registering for the Interception Sect’s assessment, leaving the Chan Sect isolated. Guangchengzi proposed that the Chan Sect join the assessment and claim the highest divine offices, and Primordial Heavenly Venerate approved.

• The Twelve Golden Immortals watched the Interception Sect’s orderly registration channels and heard that independent cultivators were joining the assessment.
• True Master Yuding warned that the Dao Ancestor’s decree had legitimized the assessment and drawn the Primordial World’s independent cultivators to the Interception Sect.
• A disciple reported that Medicine Master, Maitreya, and other Western Sect disciples had registered, leaving the Chan Sect alone in rejecting the assessment.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate asked Guangchengzi how to break the situation, and Guangchengzi decided the Chan Sect should participate in the assessment.
• Guangchengzi rallied the Twelve Golden Immortals to compete for the most important divine offices, and Primordial Heavenly Venerate approved his plan.
• Guangchengzi ordered Immortal Weng of the South Pole to register the Chan Sect’s third-generation disciples and the Twelve Golden Immortals at Golden Ao Island.

Chen Changsheng welcomed Immortal Weng of the South Pole and the Chan Sect delegation with a VIP registration channel, then required them to complete a humiliating background-check form. The chapter ended with Immortal Weng furiously accusing the Interception Sect of seeking a fight, while Chen Changsheng insisted the form was mandatory.

• Daoist Duobao reported that over a million independent cultivators had sought registration and more than ten thousand had received Examination Permits.
• Immortal Weng of the South Pole arrived on Golden Ao Island, announcing that he had come under the Sect Leader Sage’s command to register Chan Sect disciples.
• Chen Changsheng opened an Urgent VIP Passage for the Chan Sect and handed Immortal Weng a cross-sect background-check and karmic declaration form.
• Immortal Weng read questions about Chan Sect conduct, racial discrimination, and unresolved karma, then grew livid at what he considered a targeted humiliation.
• Immortal Weng erupted with Quasi-Saint pressure and accused Chen Changsheng of seeking a fight to the death, but Chen Changsheng said the process could not proceed without the completed form.

Chen Changsheng forced Immortal Weng of the South Pole to complete the Chan Sect’s humiliating background check by invoking Heavenly Dao credit penalties. After Primordial Heavenly Venerate ordered the Chan Sect to comply, Chen Changsheng sent the exhausted Immortal Weng to the next step: a mandatory medical examination.

• Immortal Weng of the South Pole threatened Chen Changsheng, but held back when the Interception Sect prepared to act and Chen cited rules for the Heavenly Dao project.
• Chen Changsheng warned that refusing the form could damage the Chan Sect’s Heavenly Dao credit and permanently disqualify them from future projects.
• Immortal Weng sent a report to Primordial Heavenly Venerate, who ordered the Chan Sect to fill out the form.
• Immortal Weng completed the form, admitting that he had bullied the weak, caused karmic consequences for the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin races, and discriminated based on origin.
• Chen Changsheng accepted the completed form and directed Immortal Weng to the designated medical examination center for the next step.

Chen Changsheng forced Immortal Weng of the South Pole through an onboarding medical examination and announced that his background check and report would be made public. The report exposed damaging details across the Three Realms, leaving the Chan Sect immortals stunned as they prepared to investigate the evaluation process.

• Chen Changsheng directed Immortal Weng of the South Pole to a medical examination, where the report quantified his karma, Dao heart fractures, and suitability for divine positions.
• Immortal Weng signed the report and received an Examination Permit listing Ziwei the Great of the North Pole of the Central Heaven and Great Emperor Changsheng of the South Pole as his best matches.
• In Jade Void Palace, Guangchengzi agreed that the Chan Sect immortals had to attend the evaluation and urged them to learn its rules and find loopholes.
• Chen Changsheng told Immortal Weng that his background check and medical report would be publicly displayed, and Immortal Weng fled in an attempt to stop it.
• The Heavenly Dao Announcement published Immortal Weng's report, including allegations of bullying, lingering karma with the Three Clans, and discriminatory remarks, shocking the Chan Sect immortals.

After the Heavenly Dao publicly exposed Immortal Weng of the South Pole’s report, Guangchengzi led the Twelve Golden Immortals to Golden Ao Island to undergo Chen Changsheng’s evaluation and reclaim the Chan Sect’s reputation. Their reports were also publicly disclosed, leaving the Chan Sect collectively humiliated before the Three Realms.

• The Three Realms mocked the Chan Sect after the Heavenly Dao revealed Immortal Weng of the South Pole’s background check and medical report, while Ao Guang rejoiced and Daoist Zhunti celebrated the Chan Sect’s loss of influence.
• Guangchengzi persuaded the Twelve Golden Immortals to face Chen Changsheng’s evaluation together, insisting that they would prove their strength and restore the Chan Sect’s dignity.
• Guangchengzi and the other Golden Immortals arrived at Golden Ao Island, filled out the Chan Sect evaluation forms, and underwent medical examinations.
• The Twelve Golden Immortals received reports detailing their Dao Heart fractures, karmic entanglements, and personality flaws, then asked Chen Changsheng for their Examination Permits.
• Chen Changsheng submitted all twelve reports for disclosure, and the Heavenly Dao displayed them across the Three Realms.

After Chen Changsheng’s reports exposed Chan Sect’s misconduct, Guangchengzi reframed the evaluation as an opportunity to win divine positions by mastering its criteria. Chan Sect began mobilizing its disciples to study job descriptions, track their scores, and prepare an exam-cram course.

• The Twelve Golden Immortals watched the reports damage Chan Sect’s reputation, while Medicine Master and Maitreya recognized Chen Changsheng’s influence over the Primordial World’s standards of right and wrong.
• Guangchengzi interpreted the reports as a guide to the evaluation and urged the Golden Immortals to improve their records, temper their Dao Hearts, and match their actions to suitable divine positions.
• True Person Taiyi and Chi Jingzi rallied behind Guangchengzi, vowing to become ideal examinees and claim prestigious divine positions.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate approved as Guangchengzi ordered Chan Sect’s third-generation disciples to study the job descriptions and Taiyi to build treasures that tracked Merit, karma, and job relevance.
• Guangchengzi ordered Chi Jingzi to launch Chan Sect’s first Investiture of the Gods Evaluation Crash Course for human kings and nobles.

Chen Changsheng issued the official textbook and mock exam for the Investiture of the Gods Evaluation, revealing that it tested Heavenly Court administration and ideological adaptability rather than cultivation. The Chan Sect discovered that Chen Changsheng’s side controlled the exam’s scope and standards, leaving Guangchengzi convinced they had already lost.

• Chi Jingzi taught human nobles about the Chan Sect’s Dao, but they pressed him for exam tips and likely questions.
• Zhao Gongming showed Chen Changsheng and the Calamity Aversion Department Chi Jingzi’s tutoring class, and Chen Changsheng explained that the evaluation tested ideological reform and adaptability to rules.
• Chen Changsheng arranged for the Project Office to release an official applicant textbook and mock test paper throughout the Three Realms.
• Cultivators abandoned the registration lines and rushed to Golden Ao Island to collect the materials, while the Chan Sect obtained copies for review.
• Guangchengzi and the other Chan Sect immortals saw that the materials focused on Heavenly Court administration, workplace conduct, and essay questions, and Guangchengzi realized Chen Changsheng’s side controlled the exam standards.

Guangchengzi devised a plan for the Chan Sect to bypass the Interception Sect’s evaluation and appeal directly to Haotian. Chen Changsheng countered by preparing a formal payment reminder and project report for Haotian, leaving Holy Mother Jin Ling to deliver them to the Heavenly Court.

• Guangchengzi concluded that Haotian was the true client behind the recruitment and proposed that the Chan Sect present its own plan for governing the Three Realms directly to him.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate approved the strategy, and Guangchengzi, Chi Jingzi, and True Master Yuding set off for the Heavenly Court.
• Zhao Gongming showed Chen Changsheng the three Chan Sect immortals heading toward Haotian and warned that they were trying to bypass the project team.
• Chen Changsheng asked Daoist Duobao to turn the consulting fee settlement statement into a formal payment reminder and tasked Zhao Gongming with compiling a project work briefing.
• Chen Changsheng sent Holy Mother Jin Ling to deliver both documents to Haotian as the contractors’ first project progress report.

Guangchengzi, Chi Jingzi, and True Master Yuding proposed that the Chan Sect reshape the Three Realms’ order and asked Haotian to grant its disciples core Heavenly Court posts. Holy Mother Jin Ling presented the Interception Sect’s completed project results and a payment reminder under its Heavenly Dao contract, leaving Haotian to challenge Guangchengzi’s timing.

• Guangchengzi, Chi Jingzi, and True Master Yuding met Haotian and criticized Chen Changsheng’s evaluation as an unworthy way to appoint Heavenly Court officials.
• Guangchengzi presented a comprehensive plan for governing the Three Realms and offered the Chan Sect Twelve Golden Immortals to carry it out in core positions.
• Haotian examined the Chan Sect’s proposal but placed it beside Chen Changsheng’s performance and compensation plan without agreeing to the requested posts.
• Venus announced Holy Mother Jin Ling’s arrival, and she reported the Interception Sect’s applicant numbers, screenings, examinations, and textbook distribution.
• Holy Mother Jin Ling presented a payment reminder seeking advance funding under the contract granting the Interception Sect thirty percent of future new Heavenly Court Merit revenue.
• Haotian praised both proposals, then asked Guangchengzi why the Chan Sect had waited until the Interception Sect’s plan was underway to claim it would not work.

Haotian turned the Chan Sect’s proposal into binding evaluation criteria, forcing Guangchengzi to promise that the Chan Sect would win at least one hundred divine positions. The Chan Sect left trapped by the very claims it had made, while the Interception Sect’s evaluation continued with an increased budget.

• Haotian challenged Guangchengzi over why the Chan Sect had not offered its plan earlier, and Guangchengzi argued that the Interception Sect’s work had made it possible to elevate the project’s framework.
• Holy Mother Jin Ling avoided debating the Chan Sect’s outline and presented a Payment Reminder Letter demanding three thousand Merit for the Interception Sect’s expenses.
• Haotian praised both the Chan Sect’s strategy and the Interception Sect’s execution, approved the Chan Sect’s outline, and ordered the evaluation to continue on a larger scale with more funding.
• Haotian made the Chan Sect’s outline part of the evaluation criteria and demanded that the sect secure at least one hundred of the 365 divine positions, including core positions.
• When Haotian challenged Guangchengzi to prove the Chan Sect could meet the demand, Guangchengzi reluctantly agreed.

Guangchengzi and the Chan Sect accepted the Heavenly Court’s challenge and began studying for the Investiture of the Gods evaluation, while the Western Sect also joined the exam-preparation race. Just as the Three Realms focused on cramming, Chen Changsheng’s Project Office announced a practical internship task governing a flooded river without supernatural powers.

• Emperor Haotian approved Holy Mother Jin Ling’s payment request and awarded the Project Office an additional thirty thousand Merit.
• Guangchengzi returned to Jade Void Palace and ordered the Chan Sect to study the Interception Sect’s General Knowledge Textbook after Haotian made them accept a high-stakes evaluation agreement.
• The Chan Sect disciples struggled through the textbook’s workplace procedures, while Guangchengzi studied Zhao Gongming’s methods for completing tasks without incurring karma.
• Zhunti and Jieyin began teaching the Western Sect from the textbook, prompting Guangchengzi to impose intensive closed-door study on the Chan Sect.
• Across the Three Realms, cultivators began preparing for the evaluation, and Chen Changsheng instructed Daoist Duobao to issue Supplementary Announcement No. 2.
• The Project Office announced an internship task requiring applicants to govern a flooded mortal river without using spells or divine abilities beyond ordinary mortals’ understanding.

The Chan Sect and Western Sect sent disciples to manage the flood near Chentang Pass, turning the task into a competition for mortal labor and believers, while the Jie Sect interns focused on practical needs. Di Xin decided Great Shang should recruit the immortals, and Jiang Ziya realized the Shang-Zhou conflict was becoming a talent war.

• After the Heavenly Dao announced a mortal river-management task, Guangchengzi ordered the Chan Sect disciples to descend and organize surveys, tools, labor, and public morale.
• Zhunti sent Western Sect disciples to aid flood victims while prioritizing the conversion of believers.
• At Chentang Pass, Li Jing heard the Chan Sect demand a hundred thousand laborers, the Western Sect urge prayer, and the Jie Sect interns ask about tents, grain, and wages.
• Wen Zhong told Di Xin that the arriving sects could help Great Shang against Xiqi, and Di Xin ordered an envoy to recruit the immortals with official posts and noble titles.
• Jiang Ziya learned that Chaoge was recruiting the flood-control immortals and realized the Shang-Zhou war was about to become a talent war.

At Chentang Pass, the Three Teachings competed to control the flood in their own ways until Wen Zhong and Jiang Ziya arrived to recruit immortals for Great Shang and Xiqi. Zhao Gongming rejected both offers and presented them with the Interception Sect’s three-part river-governance proposal.

• Chi Jingzi directed mortal craftsmen, Medicine Master and Maitreya distributed porridge to disaster victims, and Zhao Gongming negotiated relief supplies and wages with Li Jing.
• Wen Zhong arrived with Di Xin’s decree and invited capable immortals to serve Great Shang in exchange for high office and noble rank.
• Jiang Ziya arrived with soldiers bearing Zhou banners and urged the immortals to aid Xiqi, promising Merit and places in the Heavenly Court.
• Wen Zhong offered the Interception Sect the position of Grand Tutor, while Jiang Ziya reminded the immortals that Heaven’s Will still controlled the evaluation.
• Zhao Gongming declined both recruitment offers and gave Wen Zhong and Jiang Ziya a report detailing three river-governance plans with different costs, construction periods, and benefits.

As the factions competed to recruit allies for the flood-control effort, Shen Gongbao persuaded Luo Xuan to join Great Shang. Watching through a Water Mirror, Chen Changsheng appointed Shen Gongbao to lead external recruitment for the Interception Sect and assigned him a new target.

• Wen Zhong and Jiang Ziya offered positions and rewards to recruit talent, while Guangchengzi and Maitreya promoted the Chan Sect's and Western Sect's ideals.
• Shen Gongbao arrived in disguise and agreed with Luo Xuan's claim that the flood should follow Heaven's ordained course.
• Shen Gongbao persuaded Luo Xuan that serving Great Shang would let him uphold the Heavenly Dao while avoiding the Chan Sect's influence, and Luo Xuan pledged himself to Wen Zhong.
• Chen Changsheng praised Shen Gongbao's persuasive skills and established the External Strategic Relations Development Department, appointing him chief consultant.
• Chen Changsheng ordered Shen Gongbao to invite capable, unaffiliated Great Rogue Cultivators to the Interception Sect's Recruitment Fair as potential project partners.

At the recruitment fair outside Chentang Pass, Shen Gongbao recruited Lü Yue for the Interception Sect by presenting his Art of Plague as a valuable professional skill for the Heavenly Court. Seeing how much talent the fair could attract, Chen Changsheng ordered the Interception Sect’s project office upgraded into a Three Realms-wide recruitment and position-certification service.

• Shen Gongbao persuaded Lü Yue to join the Interception Sect by proposing that he lead the Heavenly Court’s Plague Department.
• Lü Yue joined the Interception Sect camp and warmly greeted Zhao Gongming.
• Chen Changsheng decided the recruitment project should expand beyond the Interception Sect’s internal evaluation.
• Chen Changsheng ordered the project office upgraded into the Three Realms Talent Exchange and Heavenly Court Position Certification Service Center.
• Chen Changsheng declared the Interception Sect the Heavenly Dao-certified sole recruitment channel for those seeking positions in the Investiture of the Gods.

Shen Gongbao used the Heavenly Dao-certified talent center to assess Kong Xuan and offer him a custom Heavenly Court position, persuading him to visit Golden Ao Island. The center then received a startling application from Minghe, who sought assessment for the position of Asura Sect Leader.

• Chen Changsheng's decree established the Three Realms Talent Exchange and Heavenly Court Position Certification Service Center as the sole authorized recruitment channel, silencing the rival recruiters outside Chentang Pass.
• Kong Xuan arrived, and Guangchengzi, Zhunti, and Wen Zhong each tried to recruit him while Jiang Ziya held back.
• Shen Gongbao assessed Kong Xuan's Five-Colored Divine Light and proposed an exclusive Heavenly Court role overseeing Five Elements authority and enforcing Heavenly Dao order.
• Kong Xuan accepted the proposal and left for Golden Ao Island, prompting Chen Changsheng to order an S-Class Talent Reception Plan.
• A disciple reported that Minghe had remotely applied to the talent center for an assessment for the position of Asura Sect Leader.

Chen Changsheng treated Ancestor Minghe’s application for Asura Sect certification as a high-profile client case and ordered a risk assessment. Meanwhile, Guangchengzi shifted the Chan Sect’s strategy toward showcasing its achievements, but the chapter ended with Minghe adding “Heavenly Dao Saint” as a desired position.

• Chen Changsheng ordered Shen Gongbao to lead an S-Class assessment of Ancestor Minghe and demand the Asura Sect’s financial records and karmic disclosures.
• Guangchengzi declared that the Chan Sect would stop acting as examinees and instead present itself as executive talent through direct achievements and referrals.
• True Person Taiyi burned a Shang army granary to claim a victory for his KPI, but Interception Sect inspectors cited him for battlefield safety violations and demanded reports.
• Chen Changsheng learned that Ancestor Minghe had agreed to submit the requested materials but had also listed “Heavenly Dao Saint” as a desired position.

Chen Changsheng turned Minghe’s application to become a Heavenly Dao Saint into a lucrative consulting contract, while the Three Teachings escalated their competition across the battlefield and into mortal education. The chapter ended with the Jie Sect asserting control over the new academies by posting Heavenly Dao-certified education regulations.

• Chen Changsheng proposed charging Minghe one supreme-grade Innate Spirit Vein and a share of the Netherworld Blood Sea’s earnings for a Saint-level career plan, then ordered Shen Gongbao to draft a contract requiring payment first.
• Guangchengzi rallied the Chan Sect to abandon Jie Sect procedures, seek merit on the Shang-Zhou Battlefield, and recruit through executive referrals.
• Zhunti ordered the Western Sect to offer merit-backed loans to Rogue Cultivators and struggling mortals as a form of inclusive finance.
• Chan Sect immortals ground out merit on the battlefield while Jie Sect inspectors documented their violations and filed reports against them.
• The Shang and Zhou courts announced their own cultivation academies to train mortal talent.
• Jie Sect disciples posted a Heavenly Dao-certified notice declaring unapproved schools unrecognized and announcing an official cultivation textbook.

Shen Gongbao persuaded Old Ancestor Minghe to fund Chen Changsheng’s plan, sparking a rush of powerful cultivators seeking talent services. As Nezha was born, the Chan Sect, Jie Sect, and Western Sect competed to claim or educate him, leaving Li Jing caught between their offers.

• Shen Gongbao presented Minghe with a research report proposing that he use an official Heavenly Court position to pursue Sage-level Merit, and Minghe paid with a supreme-grade Innate Spirit Vein.
• Minghe’s agreement drew crowds of powerful cultivators to the Talent Center on Golden Ao Island.
• Guangchengzi sent True Person Taiyi to Chentang Pass to recruit his destined disciple before the child’s birth.
• True Person Taiyi offered Li Jing’s unborn son a Chan Sect admission notice, but Jie Sect officers intervened with a pre-birth admissions ban and a plan for compulsory education.
• Medicine Buddha offered Li Jing a prenatal education loan, while Jie Sect cited Empress Nuwa’s approval for Nezha’s moral re-education and urged Li Jing to choose its safe education program.
• Nezha was born amid a beam of red light as the Three Teachings prepared to compete for him.

The Intercepting Sect took control of Nezha’s upbringing at the General’s Mansion, using laws, safety rules, and an entrance assessment to block True Person Taiyi and Medicine Buddha. Nezha ended the chapter confined to supervised preschool care, while Taiyi was reduced to an unpaid guest professor and stormed off to Kunlun Mountain.

• True Person Taiyi and Medicine Buddha raced to recruit Nezha, while the Intercepting Sect announced his admission to its preschool tutorial class.
• When Li Jing raised his sword at the newborn Nezha, Intercepting Sect disciples stopped him with child-protection laws and threatened penalties.
• True Person Taiyi tried to give Nezha the Universe Ring and Chaos Tunic, but the disciples confiscated them under Empress Nuwa’s safety regulations.
• Nezha attacked a disciple and was struck with the Rule Ruler, losing points on his entrance assessment and being told to earn red flowers to reclaim his treasures.
• The Intercepting Sect blocked Medicine Buddha’s missionary effort, and Li Jing signed a contract entrusting Nezha to its preschool program.
• The Intercepting Sect outfitted Nezha with safety gear and placed him in a rune-covered cradle; Taiyi accepted a supervised weekly teaching role before leaving for Kunlun Mountain in anger.

After Nezha was taken by the Interception Sect, Guangchengzi ordered the Chan Sect to train Jin Zha, Mu Zha, and Yang Jian as expert test-takers and planned to recruit Yin Jiao and Yin Hong to undermine Great Shang. The princes faced execution in Chaoge as Guangchengzi and Chi Jingzi set out to save them.

• True Person Taiyi reported that the Interception Sect had taken Nezha and required him to work as a visiting professor.
• Guangchengzi decided the Chan Sect would train Jin Zha, Mu Zha, and Yang Jian to master the Interception Sect’s rules and exams.
• Guangchengzi learned that Yin Jiao and Yin Hong were to be executed, and planned to make them Chan Sect disciples who would eventually oppose Great Shang.
• Guangchengzi and Chi Jingzi left for Chaoge to rescue the princes.
• Yin Jiao and Yin Hong waited in prison as Imperial Guards arrived to escort them to their execution.